[ { "url": "http://103gbfrocks.com/hellyeah-christian-brady-vinnie-paul-most-incredibly-generous-person/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:15:15Z", "digest": "sha1:FRDGBFGMJMVIOYEIEMS7TUYCFWZCSACG", "length": 2832, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "103gbfrocks.com", "title": "Hellyeah Guitarist: Vinnie Paul 'Most Incredibly Generous Person'", "raw_content": "Hellyeah\u2019s Christian Brady: Vinnie Paul Was the \u2018Most Incredibly Generous Person\u2019\nIt's been a week since the passing of Pantera legend Vinnie Paul. Countless musicians and former bandmates have reflected on the loss and now, after taking time to process the drummer's death, Hellyeah guitarist Christian Brady penned a heartfelt remembrance.\nBrady collected his thoughts on Instagram, posting a live shot where he shared an onstage moment with Vinnie Paul, locked into each other mid-song. At first, he wonders aloud why it took him this long to be able to write something and shares how deep the loving bond between them ran.\nI\u2019m sitting here in tears writing this. I haven\u2019t been able to find the words to do this... maybe I just haven\u2019t had the will to do it yet because I knew once I did, it would make it real and I still keep hoping that this is just a horrible nightmare that I\u2019m going to wake up from. But I know it\u2019s not.\nA friend of ours said to me today... 'sometimes you get to meet your heroes and they turn out to be cool, and then maybe you got lucky enough to meet Vinnie Paul.' Vinnie... not only was I lucky enough to meet you, I was lucky enough to be taken in as your family. I was lucky enough to create and play music with you. I was lucky enough to have you call me your brother and tell me you love me. I was lucky enough to call you my brother and tell you I love you. You will ALWAYS be with me. I can\u2019t even begin to thank you for everything you did... for me, for our band. You were the most incredibly generous person I\u2019ve ever known. You changed my life in so many ways and I will FOREVER be grateful for you.\nThe only thing that makes me smile right now amidst the ocean of tears is that I know you\u2019re with Dime again. I know he was there waiting for you with a shot and smiling... 'Drink it or wear it big bro!'... and I know the heavens are rocking harder than ever right now. You always believed that when you lose someone so close to you, you have to live for two. That\u2019s exactly what you did and now that\u2019s exactly what I\u2019m going to do. You will be missed everyday. You will be on my mind and in my heart for the rest of my life. I love you with all of my heart bro. Thank you for everything. May you Rest In Peace. Until we meet again my dear friend...\nVinnie Paul's other Hellyeah bandmates, Chad Gray, Tom Maxwell and Kyle Sanders have all reflected on the loss of their friend since his passing.\nThe news of Vinnie's death was shared by Pantera late last Friday (June 22) and no official cause of death has been offered.\nVinnie Paul's Best Songs: Pantera & Beyond\nVinnie Paul 1964 - 2018: A Look Back at Pantera's Legendary Drummer\nVinnie Paul: Pantera & Beyond Playlist\nSource: Hellyeah\u2019s Christian Brady: Vinnie Paul Was the \u2018Most Incredibly Generous Person\u2019\nFiled Under: Hellyeah", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 119, "original_length": 4677, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 252.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://12345w.xyz/faryal/547-12.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:17Z", "digest": "sha1:GTUSE46FTXA4RUNJ3DQX72H6S3UNX7RB", "length": 8604, "nlines": 32, "source_domain": "12345w.xyz", "title": "Buying a Fuel-Smart Home", "raw_content": "Ways to be Fuel Smart: Buying a Fuel-Smart Home\nThe average U. S. family moves from one home to another every 5 years. Considering that some people settle down for much longer periods, it works out that many of us move even more often than that.\nIt\u2019s worthwhile, then, to examine some of the factors you should consider when you\u2019re looking for your next house. Maybe you\u2019ll be building from scratch; maybe you\u2019ll be shop ping for a house someone else built \u2014 either way, you can look for advantages that wouldn\u2019t be practical to build into your present home.\nYou\u2019ll probably get closest to the ideal if you\u2019re building from the ground up, so much of this section assumes that you will. Even if you\u2019re going to move to an older home, you can look for the house you would build if you could.\nOften, successful living is the art of compromise. You\u2019ll be weighing one set of criteria against another and deciding where compromises must be made. In general, remember that investments in energy conservation result in decreased operating costs. Therefore, even if an energy-efficient house costs more to build or to buy, the total amount you pay each month in mort gage payments and utility bills may be the same or lower. and you will be a lot more comfortable in an energy-efficient home.\nAnd when looking for a new home, you can assess the feasibility of modifying and adapting a house to make daily living more economical. Moving the structure to another position on the land may be impossible. Insulating the walls or attic is easy and inexpensive in many situations. Let\u2019s assume your search is in an area where the seasons include some cold winter months.\nStudy the Setting\nIf you\u2019re looking at home sites in a hilly area, the best location is on a southeast slope. A little rise to the west will tend to cut the force of the prevailing winds in winter, and the southern exposure will take maximum advantage of the sun for winter heating and will give the best prospects for gardening in the summer.\nHaving picked an ideal location, you will be best off if the principal windows face south and the structure is positioned on an east-west axis to provide a south-facing roof. Deep overhanging eaves on the south side will let you take maxi mum advantage of the winter sunlight while shading you from the direct heat of the summer sun.\nBroad-leafed trees on the south side of your house will make a cooling shade in the summer, then conveniently drop their leaves and let the warmth of the winter sun through, just when you want it.\nA solid windbreak of hardy evergreens to the west of your house, and more on the north side, will be a welcome shield from the winter winds and will shade the house from the sun and the heat of the late afternoon in summer.\nA light-colored roof will reflect heat; a dark-colored roof will absorb heat. With a truss roof and extra space above the ceiling, the roof color won\u2019t make a lot of difference. If there is usable space under the roof and adequate ventilation avail able, the dark-roof option will save money during the winter months.\nSmall windows on the north side will provide summer cross-ventilation and minimum exposure to winter cold. Be sure those north windows are double-glazed or covered with storm windows. Low-e glass or argon-filled windows will reduce the heat that is lost through your windows even more.\nA Close Look at the House\nIf the location and grounds satisfy you, it\u2019s time to study the house itself \u2014 closely.\nThe two-story design is far more economical than the extended single-floor plan. The principal heat loss in a house is through the walls and roof, so the less surface area you have, the less you\u2019ll spend on heat.\nSelecting someone to build your home may be the most significant decision you make. Try to find a builder who is informed about the latest developments in energy-efficient new home construction. Your discussions should include how the house will be framed; how much insulation will be installed in the walls, attic, foundation, and basement ceiling; the type of windows that will be installed; the choice of heating systems; and airtight construction. The more you know, the better your house will turn out.\nIf you are building your own home, use 2 x 6s instead of 2 x 4s in framing outside walls. This will permit use of a heavier layer of insulation. A bonus is an interesting window option; you can set your windows flush with the outer wall and give yourself deep windowsills indoors, or you can do the opposite for an unusual deep-set window effect from the outside.\nBuilding an airtight home is easier than trying to seal up an existing home. A state-of-the-art home, from the energy perspective, will have extremely low infiltration rates. The builder will use special techniques to install a continuous vapor barrier on the interior walls and ceilings. It will be important for the electrician and plumber to understand the importance of sealing the holes they make. The builder will use a blower door to make sure the house is sealed tightly. At this point you may want or need to install mechanical ventilation. This will ensure adequate ventilation in every room. Moisture from the kitchen and bathrooms will be vented to the outdoors.\nOne of the major decisions you may need to make in building your home is what kind of heating system to install. Because your heating system should last about 30 years, this is a good opportunity to invest in energy conservation. Make sure you compare the installation and operating costs for each system. For example, electric heat is relatively inexpensive to install but more expensive to operate than oil or gas. Select an energy efficient heating system. There are many recent improvements in this technology. For example, new oil- and gas-fired systems vent directly to the outdoors and no longer need chimneys.\nNumerous features will affect the home\u2019s overall energy consumption. A house that is planned for energy saving will have an unheated garage, woodshed, or toolshed shielding a west or north wall. The buffer space of those unheated rooms is excellent insulation.\nMany contemporary designs locate closets and other storage spaces in the house interior in order to leave more room for windows on the outer walls. The center of the house, though, will be the warmest place in winter and not the most sensible place for storage. Try for a design that puts closets and storage spaces on north and west outer walls, where they can serve as insulators.\nFunctions that require plumbing \u2014 the kitchen, bath, and laundry \u2014 should be clustered as close to each other as possible. This is easier in a two-story design. The water and drain lines will be short, which will save money when you\u2019re installing them and make them easier to secure in a winter time heating emergency. Also, short hot-water lines keep the water warmer between heater and faucet.\nRooms that may be unused in winter should not have water lines running through them. Given the absence of water lines, extra rooms with separate thermostats can be shut off when they are not in use. There\u2019s a money-saver.\nConsider getting along without general, full-room illumination. The wall switches at the room entry can be wired to turn on outlets where individual lamps are plugged in.\nWhere full-room illumination is needed as, perhaps, in the kitchen or playroom, get acquainted with the varieties of fluorescent fixtures. The cool tubes use just one-fourth the power of incandescent light bulbs and are available in warm color tones that are much easier on the eyes than they used to be.\nGive a thought to chimney placement. The central chimney will radiate warmth whenever the heating unit is in use. If you are planning to use one or more woodstoves, be sure your house design allows for easy chimney placement.\nA final consideration:\nThink about the sun when you buy or build. You may not be able to build or buy a solar home now, but will the design or orientation of the house you are thinking about adapt to solar installation at a later date? If the principal roof area is facing south, you\u2019re on the way to solar hot water, space heating, or electricity.\nThe wing we built on the former schoolhouse we live in is half below grade and con three bedrooms. Their windows are smaller and higher up the wall than they might other wise be, but since bedrooms are used primarily at night, the size and placement of windows isn\u2019t critical. The downstairs bedrooms are easy to heat in winter, and stay cool for summer sleeping.\nNext: Is Wind Power in Your Future?\nPrev: Tips for an Energy-Efficient Home", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 37, "original_length": 8823, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 304.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://44news.wevv.com/general-motors-to-layoff-14000-workers/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:33Z", "digest": "sha1:AYIOSTQ4RGPPHHA4RVO6RLXMMIZJ6TFA", "length": 602, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "44news.wevv.com", "title": "General Motors To Layoff 14,000 Workers - 44News | Evansville, IN", "raw_content": "November 26th, 2018 Tyrone Morris Indiana, National\nGeneral Motors is cutting thousands of factory and white collar jobs as part of a restructuring plan.\nThe company says the job cuts are needed so they can start focusing on autonomous and electric vehicles.\nMost of the affected factories build cars that won\u2019t be sold in the U.S. After next year, including the Chevrolet Volt, the Impala, the Cruze as well as the Cadillac XTS and the Cadillac CT6.\nFive U.S. and Canadian factories are closing.\nThey\u2019re located in Detroit and Warren Michigan; Lordstown, Ohio; Baltimore, Maryland, and Oshawa, Canada.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 141, "original_length": 3243, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 192.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://92yondemand.org/artistspeaker-posts-displayed?director=Mackie%2C%20Anthony", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:51Z", "digest": "sha1:YV3ZP33XZY4MPFVJ5D6HCLCX2LI2D2Y3", "length": 210, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "92yondemand.org", "title": "Artist/Speaker Posts Displayed - 92Y On Demand", "raw_content": "Bryan Cranston, Anthony Mackie, Robert Schenkkan, and Jay Roach on All the Way: Reel Pieces with Annette Insdorf\nAfter a preview of HBO\u2019s All the Way \u2014 in which Bryan Cranston reprises his Tony Award winning...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 99, "original_length": 2072, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.82, "perplexity": 221.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://975kgkl.com/cole-swindell-middle-of-a-memory/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:55Z", "digest": "sha1:6NV7JENKBORV5X45OF2HOBOUPAJ447IH", "length": 2632, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "975kgkl.com", "title": "Cole Swindell, \u2018Middle of a Memory\u2019 [Listen]", "raw_content": "Cole Swindell, \u2018Middle of a Memory\u2019 [Listen]\nCole Swindell stands all alone wondering what could have been in his new single \"Middle of a Memory.\" The ballad from the You Should Be Here album describes what happens when the spark of love is rudely interrupted.\n\"Middle of a Memory\" finds Swindell caught in a love at first sight moment that\u2019s clearly reciprocated. However, friendly drama pulls his Cinderella away toward the end of the first verse. He spends the rest of the song describing the life and love the two would have shared.\nA singable chorus is the signature moment of \u201cMiddle of a Memory,\u201d the follow-up to five No. 1 songs. The singer wrote the song with Zach Crowell and Ashley Gorley. It focuses on a finite moment in time that every guy has lived through. A tsunami of emotions suddenly turns back and runs, leaving only heartache and questions standing.\nWhile not the signature ballad on You Should Be Here, the song is an example of Swindell\u2019s improved storytelling. With \u201cMiddle of a Memory\u201d he continues to choose songs that represent the album as a whole.\nDid You Know?: \"Middle of a Memory\u201d was written in the middle of writing \u201cKiss,\u201d a song from Swindell\u2019s Down Home Sessions EP.\nListen to Cole Swindell, \"Middle of a Memory\"\nSee the Top 10 Songs of 2016 (So Far)\nCole Swindell, \"Middle of a Memory\" Lyrics:\n\u201cBaby it just took one look at you / For me to change my one drink order to two / Like we already knew each other / Like we\u2019ve been talking all night / About a minute into our first dance / We got blindsided by your friends / All in a hurry like you had to go / Didn\u2019t they know you can\u2019t leave someone / You can\u2019t leave someone.\u201d\n\u201cIn the middle of a dance floor all alone / In the middle of an old school country song / Right when I was just about to lean on in / Why\u2019d you have to go then, baby / In the middle of a glow of the neon light / It shoulda, coulda, woulda been the night of our lives / Girl it ain\u2019t right, no how you gonna leave me / Right in the middle of a memory.\u201d\n\u201cWe were gonna dance \u2019till they shut it down / People\u2019d be staring while I spin you around / Thinking we were so in love / They wouldn\u2019t know we hadn\u2019t even hooked up / I\u2019d get your number and I\u2019d give you mine / And we\u2019d be hanging out tomorrow night / But now I don\u2019t know where you are / I\u2019m under these lights right here in the dark.\u201d\n\u201cYeah it\u2019s like you walk right out / In the middle of a movie / Tore the back half out of a book / No you\u2019ll never know / Girl what you did to me / It ain\u2019t right, saying goodbye.\u201d\nNext: ToC's Review of 'You Should Be Here'\nSource: Cole Swindell, \u2018Middle of a Memory\u2019 [Listen]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 4327, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 327.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://991thewhale.com/geddy-lee-grandmother-nazi-gas-chambers/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:40Z", "digest": "sha1:WVUGZ6PI2AMEUMZ4GGBAPJCUTUL3BDTA", "length": 2059, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "991thewhale.com", "title": "How Geddy Lee\u2019s Grandmother Saved Family From Nazi Gas Chambers", "raw_content": "Former Rush frontman Geddy Lee explained how his grandmother kept her family alive during their internment in Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust of the Second World War.\nHis parents, Morris and Mary Weinrib, were among those sent to Dachau after surviving Nazi anti-Jewish policies in their native Poland. They were later transferred to Bergen-Belsen and then Auschwitz, where, around the age of 13, they endured constant the constant threat of the gas chambers.\n\u201cMy mum and dad were in Auschwitz for, I think, a couple of years, and how they survived in there I don\u2019t know,\u201d Lee told Q104.3 New York in an interview to be broadcast in full on Sunday, which is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. \u201cMy dad was transferred out of Auschwitz before my mother was. My mother and her sister and her mother survived together.\u201d\nHe recalled the story his grandmother used to tell: \u201c[Nazi guards] would line them up every day. They would go 'left, right, left, right.' If you went to one direction, you went to the gas chambers. If you went to the other direction, you went to work.\n\"So my grandmother would rearrange them in the lineup so they all went to the same direction,\" he continued. \"She believed that if they were all going to perish, they would perish together, and if they were all going to survive, they would survive together. My grandmother was an amazing person; she kept them alive throughout their time in the camps.\u201d\n\u201cGeddy says his earliest memories are of his mother telling her survival story,\" Q104 noted. \"While those conversations definitely scarred him, he says they also deeply affected his worldview and gave him some much needed perspective on the importance of love, trust and family.\u201d\nAround 6 million Jews died during the Holocaust, representing nearly seven in 10 of the Jewish population of Europe. After the war, Lee\u2019s father searched for his mother and found her at a displacement camp, where they were married, and later they settled in Canada.\nSource: How Geddy Lee\u2019s Grandmother Saved Family From Nazi Gas Chambers", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 129, "original_length": 4254, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 243.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://absolutelandscaping.co/contact-us", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:41Z", "digest": "sha1:CTJQNVEJ2ANMUO64TB43B66IQ5NEDOJA", "length": 471, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "absolutelandscaping.co", "title": "Contact Us - Absolute Landscaping London", "raw_content": "Top Floor, 389 High Road, Leyton\nhttp://www.absolutelandscaping.co\nFor over 35 years, the senior landscapers at Absolute Landscaping have been specialising in residential and commercial soft landscaping spanning the entire South East of England. We pride ourselves in carrying out our clients landscape projects to the highest of standards with customer satisfaction being at the top of our list. We believe that it is not enough to meet expectations, but to exceed them.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 1391, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 223.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://absolutely-radical.com/calendar.php?dmonth=4&dday=23", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:50Z", "digest": "sha1:5ZE7M6SDE34W3SEUT2ULGJYGAYBPHE5D", "length": 852, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "absolutely-radical.com", "title": "Ab Dash Rad", "raw_content": "People from my DVD collection who passed away on April 23:\nWilliam Shakespeare April 23, 1564 - April 23, 1616\nFarrell Pelly March 1, 1891 - April 23, 1963\nVerne Smith July 7, 1913 - April 23, 1968\nJames Flavin May 14, 1906 - April 23, 1976\nShimen Ruskin February 25, 1907 - April 23, 1976\nOtto Preminger December 5, 1905 - April 23, 1986\nMarc Daniels January 27, 1912 - April 23, 1989\nPaulette Goddard June 3, 1910 - April 23, 1990\nPaul Brickhill December 20, 1916 - April 23, 1991\nWilliam Dozier February 13, 1908 - April 23, 1991\nMichael I. Wagner September 30, 1947 - April 23, 1992\nP.L. Travers August 9, 1899 - April 23, 1996\nSammy Smith March 3, 1904 - April 23, 1997\nDavid E. Peckinpah September 5, 1951 - April 23, 2006\nHarvey Bullock June 4, 1921 - April 23, 2006\nShay Duffin February 26, 1931 - April 23, 2010\nPhilip L. Clarke April 23, 2013", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 133, "original_length": 7841, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 123.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://accesschange.com/life-is-fitness/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:20Z", "digest": "sha1:IGBMSMCZKB3MIPLMEMLMMPG3T2VQKFNL", "length": 2794, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "accesschange.com", "title": "Life is Fitness - Access Change", "raw_content": "I want to \u201cjog\u201d your memories a bit to a time where you felt like you were most fit. For some of us, it\u2019s today. For others further back. And for more than a few of us, much further back. This isn\u2019t an opportunity for us to feel bad or good about ourselves, it\u2019s merely the beginning of an observation.\nFitness is Feeling\nFirst of all, fitness is feeling. Think back to yourself at your fittest. How did you feel? Pretty good I bet. Like you could just about conquer anything. More importantly, I bet you felt capable. You had more energy\u2026 Energy you could choose to spend loving your family, spending time with them. That\u2019s the important stuff right there.\nFitness isn\u2019t about looking good\u2026 Though that tends to be a benefit. It\u2019s not about being good necessarily\u2026 But that, too, is also a benefit. It\u2019s really about being able to do the things you want to do when you want to do them without fear. It\u2019s about feeling more than capable enough to make the decisions that are important to you.\nLet\u2019s face it, no one likes to workout. Not in the moment at least. Working out is uncomfortable. You get icky and sweaty. It\u2019s just not that fun of an experience, especially at first. People learn to love it because of how they feel after it. Also, how they feel when they string a bunch of great workout days together (say 365? okay, call me crazy).\nHere\u2019s the thing: not every workout has to be this miserable sweat fest. You don\u2019t have to do cardio machines that bore you to death or exercises you hate\u2026 You can actually find ways to have fun while exercising (yes, even strength training). The truth is that even if you can\u2019t find some form of exercise you enjoy (P.S. You\u2019re being really stubborn and closed minded), you will enjoy how you feel as a result of it. You can\u2019t argue with the positive feelings that fitness is proven to create. Everybody could benefit from them. Those who take the opportunity for fitness everyday already do.\nHow much easier would life be if we felt like we could handle it? What if we, wait for it, actually could handle it? Wouldn\u2019t that be even better? Furthermore, what if there was something more to fitness, that translated into more than just our physicality. What if it affects our mentality? Maybe it changes our thinking? Helps us grow?\nIs there an option for ALL OF THE ABOVE? Because, if so, that would be the correct choice. Do not forget, fitness isn\u2019t something you do for an hour three times a week\u2026 Fitness is all day everyday. Fitness is life. And when you live fitness, it gives back generously.\nSo get out there and take your fitness by the horns. Find fitness in the mind, the body, and the soul. Live each day for the opportunity to learn, change, and grow. Take action and opportunity as they arrive. Say yes to fitness. 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Pratama", "raw_content": "Aditya I. Pratama, is an architecture interior design graduate from Institut Teknologi Bandung. Currently developing his skills in the workplace design, focusing mainly on improving human productivity, interaction, and well-being through workplace design in Indonesia.\nHis other interest would be in film photography. 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Congressional findings and statement of policy\n(a) The Congress finds --\n(1) that inadequately controlled noise presents a growing danger to the health and welfare of the Nation's population, particularly in urban areas;\n(2) that the major sources of noise include transportation vehicles and equipment, machinery, appliances, and other products in commerce; and\n(3) that, while primary responsibility for control of noise rests with State and local governments, Federal action is essential to deal with major noise sources in commerce control of which require national uniformity of treatment.\n(b) The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States to promote an environment for all Americans free from noise that jeopardizes their health or welfare. To that end, it is the purpose of this chapter to establish a means for effective coordination of Federal research and activities in noise control, to authorize the establishment of Federal noise emission standards for products distributed in commerce, and to provide information to the public respecting the noise emission and noise reduction characteristics of such products.\n(1) The term \"Administrator\" means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.\n(2) The term \"person\" means an individual, corporation, partnership, or association, and (except as provided in sections 4910(e) and 4911(a) of this title) includes any officer, employee, department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States, a State, or any political subdivision of a State.\n(3) The term \"product\" means any manufactured article or goods or component thereof; except that such term does not include -\n(A) any aircraft, aircraft engine, propeller, or appliance, as such terms are defined in section 40102(a) of title 49; or\n(B)(i) any military weapons or equipment which are designed for combat use; (ii) any rockets or equipment which are designed for research, experimental, or developmental work to be performed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; or (iii) to the extent provided by regulations of the Administrator, any other machinery or equipment designed for use in experimental work done by or for the Federal Government.\n(4) The term \"ultimate purchaser\" means the first person who in good faith purchases a product for purposes other than resale.\n(5) The term \"new product\" means (A) a product the equitable or legal title of which has never been transferred to an ultimate purchaser, or (B) a product which is imported or offered for importation into the United States and which is manufactured after the effective date of a regulation under section 4905 or 4907 of this title which would have been applicable to such product had it been manufactured in the United States.\n(6) The term \"manufacturer\" means any person engaged in the manufacturing or assembling of new products, or the importing of new products for resale, or who acts for, and is controlled by, any such person in connection with the distribution of such products.\n(7) The term \"commerce\" means trade, traffic, commerce, or transportation -\n(A) between a place in a State and any place outside thereof, or\n(8) The term \"distribute in commerce\" means sell in, offer for sale in, or introduce or deliver for introduction into, commerce.\n(9) The term \"State\" includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.\n(10) The term \"Federal agency\" means an executive agency (as defined in section 105 of title 5) and includes the United States Postal Service.\n(11) The term \"environmental noise\" means the intensity, duration, and the character of sounds from all sources.\n\u00a7 4903. Federal programs\n(a) Furtherance of Congressional policy\nThe Congress authorizes and directs that Federal agencies shall, to the fullest extent consistent with their authority under Federal laws administered by them, carry out the programs within their control in such a manner as to further the policy declared in section 4901(b) of this title.\n(b) Presidential authority to exempt activities or facilities from compliance requirements\nEach department, agency, or instrumentality of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Federal Government -\n(1) having jurisdiction over any property or facility, or\n(2) engaged in any activity resulting, or which may result, in the emission of noise, shall comply with Federal, State, interstate, and local requirements respecting control and abatement of environmental noise to the same extent that any person is subject to such requirements. The President may exempt any single activity or facility, including noise emission sources or classes thereof, of any department, agency, or instrumentality in the executive branch from compliance with any such requirement if he determines it to be in the paramount interest of the United States to do so; except that no exemption, other than for those products referred to in section 4902(3)(B) of this title, may be granted from the requirements of sections 4905, 4916, and 4917 of this title. No such exemption shall be granted due to lack of appropriation unless the President shall have specifically requested such appropriation as a part of the budgetary process and the Congress shall have failed to make available such requested appropriation. Any exemption shall be for a period not in excess of one year, but additional exemptions may be granted for periods of not to exceed one year upon the President's making a new determination. The President shall report each January to the Congress all exemptions from the requirements of this section granted during the preceding calendar year, together with his reason for granting such exemption.\n(c) Coordination of programs of Federal agencies; standards and regulations; status reports\n(1) The Administrator shall coordinate the programs of all Federal agencies relating to noise research and noise control. Each Federal agency shall, upon request, furnish to the Administrator such information as he may reasonably require to determine the nature, scope, and results of the noise-research and noise-control programs of the agency.\n(2) Each Federal agency shall consult with the Administrator in prescribing standards or regulations respecting noise. If at any time the Administrator has reason to believe that a standard or regulation, or any proposed standard or regulation, of any Federal agency respecting noise does not protect the public health and welfare to the extent he believes to be required and feasible, he may request such agency to review and report to him on the advisability of revising such standard or regulation to provide such protection. Any such request may be published in the Federal Register and shall be accompanied by a detailed statement of the information on which it is based. Such agency shall complete the requested review and report to the Administrator within such time as the Administrator specifies in the request, but such time specified may not be less than ninety days from the date the request was made. The report shall be published in the Federal Register and shall be accompanied by a detailed statement of the findings and conclusions of the agency respecting the revision of its standard or regulation. With respect to the Federal Aviation Administration, section 44715 of title 49 shall apply in lieu of this paragraph.\n(3) On the basis of regular consultation with appropriate Federal agencies, the Administrator shall compile and publish, from time to time, a report on the status and progress of Federal activities relating to noise research and noise control. This report shall describe the noise-control programs of each Federal agency and assess the contributions of those programs to the Federal Government's overall efforts to control noise.\n\u00a7 4904. Identification of major noise sources\n(a) Development and publication of criteria\n(1) The Administrator shall, after consultation with appropriate Federal agencies and within nine months of October 27, 1972, develop and publish criteria with respect to noise. Such criteria shall reflect the scientific knowledge most useful in indicating the kind and extent of all identifiable effects on the public health or welfare which may be expected from differing quantities and qualities of noise.\n(2) The Administrator shall, after consultation with appropriate Federal agencies and within twelve months of October 27, 1972, publish information on the levels of environmental noise the attainment and maintenance of which in defined areas under various conditions are requisite to protect the public health and welfare with an adequate margin of safety.\n(b) Compilation and publication of reports on noise sources and control technology\nThe Administrator shall, after consultation with appropriate Federal agencies, compile and publish a report or series of reports\n(1) identifying products (or classes of products) which in his judgment are major sources of noise, and\n(2) giving information on techniques for control of noise from such products, including available data on the technology, costs, and alternative methods of noise control. The first such report shall be published not later than eighteen months after October 27, 1972.\n(c) Supplemental criteria and reports\nThe Administrator shall from time to time review and, as appropriate, revise or supplement any criteria or reports published under this section.\n(d) Publication in Federal Register\nAny report (or revision thereof) under subsection (b)(1) of this section identifying major noise sources shall be published in the Federal Register. The publication or revision under this section of any criteria or information on control techniques shall be announced in the Federal Register, and copies shall be made available to the general public.\n\u00a7 4905. Noise emission standards for products distributed in commerce\n(a) Proposed regulations\n(1) The Administrator shall publish proposed regulations, meeting the requirements of subsection (c) of this section, for each product --\n(A) which is identified (or is part of a class identified) in any report published under section 4904(b)(1) of this title as a major source of noise,\n(B) for which, in his judgment, noise emission standards are feasible, and\n(C) which falls in one of the following categories:\n(i) Construction equipment.\n(ii) Transportation equipment (including recreational vehicles and related equipment).\n(iii) Any motor or engine (including any equipment of which an engine or motor is an integral part).\n(iv) Electrical or electronic equipment.\n(2)(A) Initial proposed regulations under paragraph (1) shall be published not later than eighteen months after October 27, 1972, and shall apply to any product described in paragraph (1) which is identified (or is a part of a class identified) as a major source of noise in any report published under section 4904(b)(1) of this title on or before the date of publication of such initial proposed regulations.\n(B) In the case of any product described in paragraph (1) which is identified (or is part of a class identified) as a major source of noise in a report published under section 4904(b)(1) of this title after publication of the initial proposed regulations under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, regulations under paragraph (1) for such product shall be proposed and published by the Administrator not later than eighteen months after such report is published.\n(3) After proposed regulations respecting a product have been published under paragraph (2), the Administrator shall, unless in his judgment noise emission standards are not feasible for such product, prescribe regulations, meeting the requirements of subsection (c) of this section, for such product --\n(A) not earlier than six months after publication of such proposed regulations, and\n(B) not later than --\n(i) twenty-four months after October 27, 1972, in the case of a product subject to proposed regulations published under paragraph (2)(A), or\n(ii) in the case of any other product, twenty-four months after the publication of the report under section 4904(b)(1) of this title identifying it (or a class of products of which it is a part) as a major source of noise.\n(b) Authority to publish regulations not otherwise required\nThe Administrator may publish proposed regulations, meeting the requirements of subsection (c) of this section, for any product for which he is not required by subsection (a) of this section to prescribe regulations but for which, in his judgment, noise emission standards are feasible and are requisite to protect the public health and welfare. Not earlier than six months after the date of publication of such proposed regulations respecting such product, he may prescribe regulations, meeting the requirements of subsection (c) of this section, for such product.\n(c) Contents of regulations; appropriate consideration of other standards; participation by interested persons; revision\n(1) Any regulation prescribed under subsection (a) or (b) of this section (and any revision thereof) respecting a product shall include a noise emission standard which shall set limits on noise emissions from such product and shall be a standard which in the Administrator's judgment, based on criteria published under section 4904 of this title, is requisite to protect the public health and welfare, taking into account the magnitude and conditions of use of such product (alone or in combination with other noise sources), the degree of noise reduction achievable through the application of the best available technology, and the cost of compliance. In establishing such a standard for any product, the Administrator shall give appropriate consideration to standards under other laws designed to safeguard the health and welfare of persons, including any standards under chapter 301 of title 49, the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.), and the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). Any such noise emission standards shall be a performance standard. In addition, any regulation under subsection (a) or (b) of this section (and any revision thereof) may contain testing procedures necessary to assure compliance with the emission standard in such regulation, and may contain provisions respecting instructions of the manufacturer for the maintenance, use, or repair of the product.\n(2) After publication of any proposed regulations under this section, the Administrator shall allow interested persons an opportunity to participate in rulemaking in accordance with the first sentence of section 553(c) of title 5.\n(3) The Administrator may revise any regulation prescribed by him under this section by (A) publication of proposed revised regulations, and (B) the promulgation, not earlier than six months after the date of such publication, of regulations making the revision; except that a revision which makes only technical or clerical corrections in a regulation under this section may be promulgated earlier than six months after such date if the Administrator finds that such earlier promulgation is in the public interest.\n(d) Warranty by manufacturer of conformity of product with regulations; transfer of cost obligation from manufacturer to dealer prohibited\n(1) On and after the effective date of any regulation prescribed under subsection (a) or (b) of this section, the manufacturer of each new product to which such regulation applies shall warrant to the ultimate purchaser and each subsequent purchaser that such product is designed, built, and equipped so as to conform at the time of sale with such regulation.\n(2) Any cost obligation of any dealer incurred as a result of any requirement imposed by paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be borne by the manufacturer. The transfer of any such cost obligation from a manufacturer to any dealer through franchise or other agreement is prohibited.\n(3) If a manufacturer includes in any advertisement a statement respecting the cost or value of noise emission control devices or systems, such manufacturer shall set forth in such statement the cost or value attributed to such devices or systems by the Secretary of Labor (through the Bureau of Labor Statistics). The Secretary of Labor, and his representatives, shall have the same access for this purpose to the books, documents, papers, and records of a manufacturer as the Comptroller General has to those of a recipient of assistance for purposes of section 311 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7611).\n(e) State and local regulations\n(1) No State or political subdivision thereof may adopt or enforce --\n(A) with respect to any new product for which a regulation has been prescribed by the Administrator under this section, any law or regulation which sets a limit on noise emissions from such new product and which is not identical to such regulation of the Administrator; or\n(B) with respect to any component incorporated into such new product by the manufacturer of such product, any law or regulation setting a limit on noise emissions from such component when so incorporated.\n(2) Subject to sections 4916 and 4917 of this title, nothing in this section precludes or denies the right of any State or political subdivision thereof to establish and enforce controls on environmental noise (or one or more sources thereof) through the licensing, regulation, or restriction of the use, operation, or movement of any product or combination of products.\n(f) Publication of notice of receipt of revision petitions and proposed revised regulations\nAt any time after the promulgation of regulations respecting a product under this section, a State or political subdivision thereof may petition the Administrator to revise such standard on the grounds that a more stringent standard under subsection (c) of this section is necessary to protect the public health and welfare. The Administration shall publish notice of receipt of such petition in the Federal Register and shall within ninety days of receipt of such petition respond by (1) publication of proposed revised regulations in accordance with subsection (c)(3) of this section, or (2) publication in the Federal Register of a decision not to publish such proposed revised regulations at that time, together with a detailed explanation for such decision.\n\u00a7 4906. Omitted\n\u00a7 4907. Labeling\nThe Administrator shall by regulation designate any product (or class thereof) --\n(1) which emits noise capable of adversely affecting the public health or welfare; or\n(2) which is sold wholly or in part on the basis of its effectiveness in reducing noise.\n(b) Manner of notice; form; methods and units of measurement\nFor each product (or class thereof) designated under subsection (a) of this section the Administrator shall by regulation require that notice be given to the prospective user of the level of the noise the product emits, or of its effectiveness in reducing noise, as the case may be. Such regulations shall specify (1) whether such notice shall be affixed to the product or to the outside of its container, or to both, at the time of its sale to the ultimate purchaser or whether such notice shall be given to the prospective user in some other manner, (2) the form of the notice, and (3) the methods and units of measurement to be used. Section 4905(c)(2) of this title shall apply to the prescribing of any regulation under this section.\n(c) State regulation of product labeling\nThis section does not prevent any State or political subdivision thereof from regulating product labeling or information respecting products in any way not in conflict with regulations prescribed by the Administrator under this section.\n\u00a7 4908. Imports\nThe Secretary of the Treasury shall, in consultation with the Administrator, issue regulations to carry out the provisions of this chapter with respect to new products imported or offered for importation.\n\u00a7 4909. Prohibited acts\n(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, the following acts or the causing thereof are prohibited:\n(1) In the case of a manufacturer, to distribute in commerce any new product manufactured after the effective date of a regulation prescribed under section 4905 of this title which is applicable to such product, except in conformity with such regulation.\n(2)(A) The removal or rendering inoperative by any person, other than for purposes of maintenance, repair, or replacement, of any device or element of design incorporated into any product in compliance with regulations under section 4905 of this title, prior to its sale or delivery to the ultimate purchaser or while it is in use, or (B) the use of a product after such device or element of design has been removed or rendered inoperative by any person.\n(3) In the case of a manufacturer, to distribute in commerce any new product manufactured after the effective date of a regulation prescribed under section 4907(b) of this title (requiring information respecting noise) which is applicable to such product, except in conformity with such regulation.\n(4) The removal by any person of any notice affixed to a product or container pursuant to regulations prescribed under section 4907(b) of this title, prior to sale of the product to the ultimate purchaser.\n(5) The importation into the United States by any person of any new product in violation of a regulation prescribed under section 4908 of this title which is applicable to such product.\n(6) The failure or refusal by any person to comply with any requirement of section 4910(d) or 4912(a) of this title or regulations prescribed under section 4912(a), 4916, or 4917 of this title.\n(b)(1) For the purpose of research, investigations, studies, demonstrations, or training, or for reasons of national security, the Administrator may exempt for a specified period of time any product, or class thereof, from paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (5) of subsection (a) of this section, upon such terms and conditions as he may find necessary to protect the public health or welfare.\n(2) Paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply with respect to any product which is manufactured solely for use outside any State and which (and the container of which) is labeled or otherwise marked to show that it is manufactured solely for use outside any State; except that such paragraphs shall apply to such product if it is in fact distributed in commerce for use in any State.\n\u00a7 4910. Enforcement\n(a) Criminal penalties\n(1) Any person who willfully or knowingly violates paragraph (1), (3), (5), or (6) of subsection (a) of section 4909 of this title shall be punished by a fine of not more than $25,000 per day of violation, or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by both. If the conviction is for a violation committed after a first conviction of such person under this subsection, punishment shall be by a fine of not more than $50,000 per day of violation, or by imprisonment for not more than two years, or by both.\n(2) Any person who violates paragraph (1), (3), (5), or (6) of subsection (a) of section 4909 of this title shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 per day of such violation.\n(b) Separate violations\nFor the purpose of this section, each day of violation of any paragraph of section 4909(a) of this title shall constitute a separate violation of that section.\n(c) Actions to restrain violations\nThe district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction of actions brought by and in the name of the United States to restrain any violations of section 4909(a) of this title.\n(d) Orders issued to protect public health and welfare; notice; opportunity for hearing\n(1) Whenever any person is in violation of section 4909(a) of this title, the Administrator may issue an order specifying such relief as he determines is necessary to protect the public health and welfare.\n(2) Any order under this subsection shall be issued only after notice and opportunity for a hearing in accordance with section 554 of title 5.\n(e) \"Person\" defined\nThe term \"person,\" as used in this section, does not include a department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States.\n\u00a7 4911. Citizen suits\n(a) Authority to commence suits\nExcept as provided in subsection (b) of this section, any person (other than the United States) may commence a civil action on his own behalf --\n(1) against any person (including (A) the United States, and (B) any other governmental instrumentality or agency to the extent permitted by the eleventh amendment to the Constitution) who is alleged to be in violation of any noise control requirement (as defined in subsection (e) [FOOTNOTE 1] of this section), or\n[FOOTNOTE 1: So in original. Probably should be subsection \"(f)\"].\n(2) against --\n(A) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency where there is alleged a failure of such Administrator to perform any act or duty under this chapter which is not discretionary with such Administrator, or\n(B) the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration where there is alleged a failure of such Administrator to perform any act or duty under section 44715 of title 49 which is not discretionary with such Administrator. The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction, without regard to the amount in controversy, to restrain such person from violating such noise control requirement or to order such Administrator to perform such act or duty, as the case may be.\nNo action may be commenced --\n(1) under subsection (a)(1) of this section --\n(A) prior to sixty days after the plaintiff has given notice of the violation (i) to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (and to the Federal Aviation Administrator in the case of a violation of a noise control requirement under such section 44715 of title 49) and (ii) to any alleged violator of such requirement, or\n(B) if an Administrator has commenced and is diligently prosecuting a civil action to require compliance with the noise control requirement, but in any such action in a court of the United States any person may intervene as a matter of right, or\n(2) under subsection (a)(2) of this section prior to sixty days after the plaintiff has given notice to the defendant that he will commence such action. Notice under this subsection shall be given in such manner as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall prescribe by regulation.\n(c) Intervention\nIn an action under this section, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, if not a party, may intervene as a matter of right. In an action under this section respecting a noise control requirement under section 44715 of title 49, the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, if not a party, may also intervene as a matter of right.\n(d) Litigation costs\nThe court, in issuing any final order in any action brought pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, may award costs of litigation (including reasonable attorney and expert witness fees) to any party, whenever the court determines such an award is appropriate.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 139, "original_length": 27608, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 208.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://aksac-law.com/?p=makaleler&id=41", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:49Z", "digest": "sha1:DXQBGRUGTINTKWKPQ3LJZXZ3ZKS5PASF", "length": 3698, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "aksac-law.com", "title": "Aksa\u00e7 Hukuk B\u00fcrosu", "raw_content": "Directive on the Processing and Preserving the Confidentiality of Personal Health Data (\u201cDirective\u201d), which regulates the collection, transfer and processing of personal health data, as well as the setting up of a database by the Turkish Ministry of Health\u2019s (\u201cMinistry\u201d) for the purposes of storing patients\u2019 health data, has been published in the Official Gazette dated 20.10.2016 numbered 29863.\nThe Directive has been issued on the basis Data Protection Law No. 6698 (\u201cData Protection Law\u201d), which came into first in April 2016, and echoes the principles enshrined therein.\nThe Directive defines the term \u201chealth service providers\u201d as any real person or public or private legal entity licensed to provide health services and stipulates that such providers shall be obligated to take all measures specified by the Ministry for the protection of personal health data, which covers any data concerning the health of an indentified or identifiable person. To ensure the fulfilment of this obligation, the Directive stipulates that health service providers shall submit the personal details of its employees who shall be in charge of data processing to the Ministry within 15 days, failing which may they face legal action. The term \u201cprocessing of personal health data\u201d stands for the procurement of data through fully or partly electronic or non-electronic methods, storage, conservation, alteration, re-arrangement, divulgence, transfer, classification and obstruction of the subject data, where necessary.\nPursuant to the Directive, personal health data can only be processed to the extent necessary for the rendering of health services concerned and any person who processes or has access to processed personal health data is under the obligation to keep it confidential. It is permissible for personal health data to be processed without the express consent of the relevant person for the protection of public health, medical diagnose, treatment and care purposes and the planning and management of health services and its financing. The processing of personal health data for any other purpose without anonymizing it or obtaining the express consent of the owner is strictly prohibited. The transfer of personal health data will be subject to the provisions of the Data Protection Law, however, the Commission\u2019s approval must be obtained prior to transferring such data abroad. Once the purposes for which personal health data was processed cease to exist, the processors are required to delete or anonymize the data upon the relevant person\u2019s request.\nIn case of a suspicion of violation of the principles contained in the Directive, a standard complaint form may be submitted to the Ministry to request the launching of an investigation of the subject violation. The outcome of the investigation will then be reported to the Personal Health Data Commission, which will be established to resolve disputes, process applications and complaints and conduct the necessary supervisions relating to the processing of personal health data. Without any prejudice to the general provisions of law, any violation of the Directive will be penalized as per Articles 17 and 18 of the Data Protection Law. In the case where the wrongdoer is a public officer, he may also face disciplinaryproceedings and his/her authority to process personal health data will be withdrawn.\nLastly, as per Article 15 of the Directive, any Turkish citizen will be grated the opportunity to review and monitor the health services provided to him and his personal data processed in the meantime by way of creating an account on the online personal health database, which will also be accessible through the e-Government portal.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 35, "original_length": 5434, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 181.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://alexandrelecouillard.fr/cuisine-plan-de-travail-en-bois-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:41Z", "digest": "sha1:AP3KJ2ZAN4LPZCS5GKOWTN7FPJ65GYLF", "length": 97, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "alexandrelecouillard.fr", "title": "Cuisine plan de travail en bois - alex coui", "raw_content": "Source google image: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/02/0a/05/020a054c4d6dc45c80453f06339c4119.jpg", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 70, "original_length": 2432, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.56, "perplexity": 320.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://algosonline.com/technology/paper-and-paperboard-packaging-market-analysis", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:07Z", "digest": "sha1:4NJCUMBSTZXWN3TNX7BJ2WG3OWJ2WLCH", "length": 4713, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "algosonline.com", "title": "Paper and Paperboard Packaging Market Analysis, Trends, Top Manufacturers, Share, Growth, Statistics, Opportunities & Forecast to 2023", "raw_content": "Paper and Paperboard Packaging Market Analysis, Trends, Top Manufacturers, Share, Growth, Statistics, Opportunities & Forecast to 2023\nThe ' Paper and Paperboard Packaging market' analytical summative by Market Study Report, LLC, is a thorough study on the latest market trends prevailing in the global business sphere. The report also offers important details pertaining to market share, market size, profit estimations, applications and statistics of this industry. The report further presents a detailed competitive analysis including growth strategies adopted by key players of the industry.\nPacking board is the general name of the board used for packing.\nGlobally acclaimed to be one of the most lucrative business verticals of today, the overall Paper and Paperboard Packaging market is forecast to procure commendable returns by the end of (final year). This report has been specifically formulated with respect to the regional landscape of Paper and Paperboard Packaging market in addition to incorporating extensive details about the application and type spectrums of this business space.\nRequest a sample Report of Paper and Paperboard Packaging Market at: https://www.marketstudyreport.com/request-a-sample/1271325?utm_source=Algosonline&utm_medium=VarsHL\nThe report holds intricate details about the contribution by pivotal contenders and the opportunities that the industry can offer them over (forecast period). The competitive landscape of global Paper and Paperboard Packaging market, inclusive of companies such as\nThe report enumerates the regional spectrum of Paper and Paperboard Packaging market is appreciable detail. Spanning the belts of North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, South America, Middle East and Africa , the report explains the contribution of every region toward the global Paper and Paperboard Packaging market share. The geographies have been individually analyzed in terms of the parameters such as production, market share in terms of the manufacturers as well as with regards to application and type.\nAsk for Discount on Paper and Paperboard Packaging Market Report at: https://www.marketstudyreport.com/check-for-discount/1271325?utm_source=Algosonline&utm_medium=VarsHL\nPaper and Paperboard Packaging market report is inclusive of other pivotal parameters such as competitive insights pertaining to the business space as well as the industry chain analysis, that have been enumerated in excruciating detail. Furthermore, a macroeconomic analysis has been provided in the report, categorized into informative segments elucidating the global macroeconomic environment analysis and the global macroeconomic environment development trends.\nDefine, Analyze and Forecast Paper and Paperboard Packaging Market by Product Applications, Key Players and Region.\nGive Elaborated Data Regarding the Foremost Factors (Opportunities, Drivers, Restraints, And Industry-Specific Challenges) Influencing the Expansion of Paper and Paperboard Packaging Market.\nAnalyze the Industry with Relation to Individual Growth Trends, Prospects and Contributions to The Whole Paper and Paperboard Packaging Market.\nAnalyze Opportunities Within the Marketplace for Varied Stakeholders by Distinguishing the High-Growth Segments of Paper and Paperboard Packaging Market.\nAnalyze Competitive Developments, Like Partnerships and Joint Ventures, New Product Developments, Expansions, And Development in Paper and Paperboard Packaging Market.\nBrowse key industry insights spread across market data tables, figures & charts from the report, \u201c Paper and Paperboard Packaging market size by Application, By Types, Top Players, Regional Outlook, Global and regional Trends, Forecast - 2018 to 2023\u201d in detail along with the table of contents:\nhttps://www.marketstudyreport.com/reports/global-paper-and-paperboard-packaging-market-2018-by-manufacturers-regions-type-and-application-forecast-to-2023\nKey questions answered in the Paper and Paperboard Packaging Market report:\nWhat will the Paper and Paperboard Packaging market size and the growth rate to be in 2023?\nWhat are the latest market trends impacting the growth of the Paper and Paperboard Packaging market?\nWho are the global topmost manufacturers of Paper and Paperboard Packaging industry?\nWhat are the types and applications of Paper and Paperboard Packaging ? What is the market share of each type and application?\nWhat are the Paper and Paperboard Packaging market opportunities and threats faced by the vendors in the Paper and Paperboard Packaging Industry\nRead More Reports On: https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/dairy-processing-equipment-market-size-analytical-overview-growth-factors-demand-trends-and-forecast-to-2024-2019-01-31", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 82, "original_length": 7937, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 328.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://allcarschannel.com/mini-malaysia-introduces-2nd-generation-countryman/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:31:22Z", "digest": "sha1:I45MPV3OZZVGOSTEGZ2BMTH5UHLCNZTD", "length": 6160, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "allcarschannel.com", "title": "AllCarsChannel.com - MINI Malaysia introduces 2nd-generation Countryman", "raw_content": "MINI Malaysia introduces 2nd-generation Countryman\nMINI Malaysia has introduced the New Countryman, in its second generation guise. There are two variants to the MINI Countryman, Countryman and Cooper S Countryman, with price tags of RM 239,888.00 and RM 269,888.00, respectively.\nThe second-gen MINI Countryman features design elements that are typical of the brand, including the iconic three-way structure of the side view made up of its roof, glass house section and main body as well as short overhands, large wheel arches and downward increase in width. The precise contours on the generous surfaces of the new MINI Countryman, meanwhile, create an attractive play of light and shade that underscores the car\u2019s athletic shaping and the vertical orientation of the body.\nIn dimensions, the new Countryman is proportionately bigger than its predecessor but else everything remains similar. Now 20 centimeters longer than the first-gen and approximately three centimeters wider, the 2017 MINI Countryman has a length of 4,299mm, a width of 1,822mm and a height of 1,557mm. Its distinctive proportions are also made up of a wheelbase that measures 2,670mm, while the track width is 1,585mm at the front and 1,587mm at the rear.\nWith MINI ALL4 Bodykit, the Countryman has roof rails, an extended ground clearance, satin-finished aluminium combined with silver-colored side sill and raised seating position to showcase an off-road characteristic. The differentiated rear and front fenders with Piano Black bumper elements and the implied silver colored sump guard further underlines the adventurous character of the Countryman. Completing the exterior is Countryman\u2019s 18-inch light alloy wheels. The MINI Cooper S Countryman is offered with 19-inchers. Both editions come with run flat tyres.\nThe new Countryman is equipped with auto LED Headlights with Cornering Lights, for the first time. Additionally, the new Icon Lights which remains activated in dimmed form creates a signature element for the MINI even when the headlights are switched on.\nInside, the Countryman, thanks to increased overall space, offers five fully-fledged seats as well as a definite increase in storage volume and luggage transport versatility. Coupled with some of the most high-end materials and surface finishes ever put into a MINI and highly-functional features. Highlights include MINI Connected with 6.5-inch touchscreen, Cloth Firework Carbon Black upholstery with Hazy Grey interior surfacing, Chrome Line interior, driver\u201ds electric seat, sports leather steering, Automatic Tailgate, MINI Yours Piano Black Illuminated interior surfacing (Countryman Cooper S) and John Cooper Works leather steering with paddle shifters (Cooper S), and a boot space of 450 liters, expanded to 1,390 liters.\nFor the first time, the new MINI Countryman offers a Picnic Bench that folds out of the boot to provide a comfortable seat on the luggage compartment lid. The Picnic Bench in the new Countryman is one of the very few offerings in premium vehicles that offers two extra seats outside of the car, a feature that comes in handy for general outdoor use.\nThe engine of the new Countryman comprises the latest generation of the BMW\u2019s 3- and 4-cylinder TwinPower Turbo engines. The Countryman is now powered by a 1.5-liter 3-cylinder inline engine combined with a 6-speed automatic Steptronic transmission. This enables the car to deliver an output of 136 hp and a maximum torque of 220 Nm. It sprints from zero to 100km/h in 9.6 seconds with a top speed of 200 km/h and has a reduction in fuel consumption which amounts to as much as 6.0 liters per 100 km. The Cooper S Countryman houses a 2.0-liter 4-cylinder engine, which mobilises a peak output of 192 hp and a maximum torque of 280 Nm. It is able to accelerate from zero to 100km/h in just 7.4 seconds, reaching a top speed of 224 km/h. These figures are combined with an average fuel consumption of 6.5 l per 100 km. A rarity in its class, the MINI Cooper S Countryman has an eight-speed transmission that enables impeccably fluid gear changes, while the Steptronic function allows the driver to choose between the ease of automatic shifting and the visceral thrill of the manual driving experience.\nDrive modes available for the new Countryman consist of MID, SPORT and GREEN. Each has its own predictable use according to the driver\u2019s desires. In terms of suspension, the tried-and-tested principle of a single-joint spring strut axle at the front and a multi-link rear axle make up the suspension setup of the Countryman. In addition to this and the electromechanical steering with Servotronic function are powerful brakes and Dynamic Stability Control (DSC) which adjusts the vehicle\u2019s output power to the wheels.\nFurther protection to unlikely events are achieved with the ultra rigid multiphase steel frame for the Countryman as well as the break-away engine mounts which will help avoid further danger for drivers and passengers. Additionally, the Hill Hold Control which ensures that the MINI will not roll backwards when parked on a hill or driving in stop-and-go traffic as well as airbags, two each at the front, sides and at the ceiling of the Countryman ensure better peace of mind for both the driver and passengers.\nThe 2017 MINI Countryman also introduces for the first time, two new paint finishes which are now available including Chestnut and Island Blue. Other color schemes include British Racing Green, Chili Red, Light White, Melting Silver, Midnight Black, and Moonwalk Grey. The Thunder Grey scheme is available exclusively on the MINI Cooper S Countryman.\nThe new MINI Cooper Countryman and Cooper S Countryman will be available for test drive for the public over the weekend of 15 April and Sunday, 16 April at The International Gallery at Alya Kuala Lumpur. The new models from MINI will also be available at all authorized MINI dealerships across the country during the same weekend.\nPreviousPerodua Bezza snaps up 2017 Frost & Sullivan\u2019s Malaysia Car of the Year award\nNextPerodua Bezza refreshed for the year\nBMW M4 CS: Track-bred to prove a point\nVolkswagen Malaysia releases top variants of the Golf", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 6969, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 321.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://allongeorgia.com/georgia-column-politics/column-a-person-of-integrity/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:28Z", "digest": "sha1:V5GCGDT3GRYYMEPKUHHMR2P35GSQT3OG", "length": 5694, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "allongeorgia.com", "title": "COLUMN: A Person of Integrity - AllOnGeorgia", "raw_content": "By: Ken Herron\nThe dictionary states that the word INTEGRITY means: Having the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles. A person of moral uprightness. A person of integrity will do the right thing when no one is watching and he or she is all alone.\nIf there was ever a word that we should have to describe ourselves it should be that we have integrity. If someone is going to describe us we would want it said that we will always do the right thing in a reliable way. We should have a strong moral compass that does not waver and that we follow consistently.\nWe follow many different examples in our lifetime. We begin with our parents. We trust them and believe what they tell us. When we become parents we must also be the leader that has integrity. We follow our teachers in school and we trust them to have integrity and guide us correctly. It is a grave injury to us when one of our teachers breaks their code of conduct, loses their temper, and makes false statements.\nThe individuals that may affect us the most would be our spiritual leaders in our early lives. Sunday School teachers, counselors, and pastors of churches. We expect integrity from all of these individuals. When any one of these has a personal failure and has their failure publicly known it hurts us.\nTrue relationships depend on the integrity of each of the parties in the relationship. A marriage is the strongest relationship that any of us form. A loss of integrity in a marriage often ends in the dissolving of the marriage. Within a family integrity is one of the characteristics that molds the family unit.\nThe ultimate demonstration of integrity comes through a person who declares himself or herself to be a follower of Jesus Christ. The Bible is the guide for Christians and a follower of the Bible must be a person of integrity. A statement from one Christian was that he wanted his reputation to be so strong that when a crime took place in his neighborhood that no one would stop at his house to ask any questions.\nOne of the places we see a lack of integrity is in our political candidates. We hope that any candidate that we support is a man or woman of integrity. A person of integrity will not use deception in order to be elected to an office.\nI ran for State Representative on two occasions against the same candidate. I never said or printed a statement that challenged his integrity. In the first election in the last week when a proper response was not possible, my opponent ran a deceptive negative ad that swung the election in his favor. It is factual to state an opponent\u2019s position honestly but his position should not be presented in a twisted fashion to attempt to deceive the voters. I ran for Congress against a candidate that had made some business decisions that reflected badly on him. I stayed with the issues of the campaign and avoided the challenges to his integrity and so did he. I lost all three of the elections but I kept my own integrity and did not challenge the integrity of my opponent. Negative advertising as long as it is accurate and fair should be acceptable.\nIn Gordon County, Representative John Meadows and Congressman Tom Graves are two elected candidates that have attended the monthly meetings of the Gordon County Republican Party. Recent candidate for State Representative Scott Tidwell attends all of the meetings and functions. Recent candidate Jesse Vaughn has attended some monthly Republican meetings and he was a delegate to the Gordon County Republican Convention in both 2015 and 2017. None of the elected Republican Office holders in the City of Calhoun or Gordon County attends the monthly Republican meetings or pays the annual dues. They also have not attended the semi-annual Republican conventions for the county, the district, or the state. The 2019 Republican Gordon County convention will be held in March.\nElected office holders should be held to a standard of integrity that will not allow them to accept favors that obligate them to vote in a particular fashion. It does not matter if the favor is a campaign contribution or a personal gift. Even a dinner or tickets to an event can be enough to create a feeling of commitment to the contributor. This should not require a rule or a regulation. The integrity of the office holder should be enough to enforce this.\nOur politicians should tell us the truth without attempts at deception. When they vote in a particular fashion, they should know why and be able to explain the reasons. Integrity of an individual should be enough to keep wives and husbands faithful to each other. Moral relationships exceed financial honesty in the sight of the American public. Integrity helps individuals not to create more debt than they can pay. Integrity causes individuals to do what they say they will do.\nPrevious articleFormer City of Atlanta Employee Cited for Open Records Act Violations\nNext articleGDOL and PeopleReady job fair in February\nNelda Smith February 12, 2019 at 9:10 pm\nAll Politicians who are Pedophiles, Perverts, Rapist, Baby Murderers, Witches, Baby Parts Salesmen, Satanist, Cannibals , Vampires / Blood Drinkers, Adrenochrome Junkies, Child Sex & Human Traffickers, Drug Traffickers, U.N. AGENDA 21 Puppets, Communist / Socialist, Anti-American, Anti-Constitution, Anti-2nd Amendment, Anti-Free Speech, Traitors, Seditionist, Thieves and Liars should be executed. And, if you don\u2019t believe this is happening within our Government and among Politicians you are either living under a rock, uninformed, blind as to what is happening around you or living in a fantasy world. The majority of Politicians are evil satanist.\nWonderful article! I totally support it!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 142, "original_length": 8205, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 339.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://amberbarnes.com/lisa-stirgus-wells-fargo-district-manager-vp", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:03:46Z", "digest": "sha1:MO6LVPEEEIOQZEX6WANF6G56V66WXFTS", "length": 4640, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "amberbarnes.com", "title": "Lisa Stirgus, Wells Fargo, District Manager/ VP \u2013 Amber Barnes", "raw_content": "July 26, 2012 /2 Comments/in Leaders That People Love, Leadership, Talent Strategy /by Amber\nWhen Lisa Stirgus first became a district manager for Wells Fargo six years ago, she thought the transition would be simple. \u201cI had it in my sleep,\u201d she said. \u201cI was always a top-performing manager.\u201d But, as her boss had warned, going from managing individual contributors to managing managers presented a new scope of challenges.\nLisa soon realized that with her district being spread out over eight towns and cities across Northern Nevada, she could not be everywhere at once. She had to rely on her managers and the best way to get the results she needed was to mentor her managers in a way that would inspire everyone who worked for them to excel as well. This required an individualized approach, and with 10 managers on her team, Lisa had to learn how to teach to 10 different personalities, adjusting her leadership to fit each one separately and together as a whole. She believes that this is what created the team she has now, a team that has just completed its third straight year with the highest engagement scores in the state!\nI have known Lisa for eight years and have heard firsthand from her team how much they admire, respect, and love her. Setting a meeting with her was my opportunity to find out from Lisa\u2019s perspective what makes her a leader that people love.\nLisa started out by telling me of her reputation as a \u201cpit-bull with a smile.\u201d After a chuckle, she said the analogy was something she had taken to heart, and was even proud of. She\u2019s created an environment where she can give honest and sometimes tough feedback\u2014this works because she cares and because her team knows that she genuinely wants them to succeed in life and at work. Giving honest feedback means a combination of positive reinforcement as well as developmental feedback.\n\u201cMy job is to build, grow and develop talent,\u201d she said. Lisa knows that building confidence together with helping her team identify ways to grow and stretch is the key to breakthrough performance and engagement. Building confidence is an important aspect of a successful team; it changes the game. When a team member has a sense of purpose and confidence, they are going to do a great job no matter who is watching. Once this is achieved, a leader can then focus on providing direction and guidance.\nWe sat and talked for about three hours and as our meeting drew to an end I had a sense that what Lisa truly loved about being a leader was helping people achieve what they never thought was possible. She has a passion for what she does and believes that if you focus on cultivating talent and invest in developing your team, you\u2019ll not only achieve your goals, but you\u2019ll exceed your goals. It also creates a ripple effect; an engaged team leads to an engaged customer base. Love your team the way that you want them to love your customers. I call it contagious leadership. Setting the bar high and modeling the way every day sets the tone for everyone in the workplace. Lisa is constantly asking herself, \u201cAm I living and breathing what I expect from my team?\u201d It\u2019s a top-down approach and it is truly inspirational.\nTags: Engagement, Feedback, Human Potential, Leadership\nhttp://amberbarnes.com/wp-content/uploads/Copy-of-ABs-Logo2F-Icon-2.png 0 0 Amber http://amberbarnes.com/wp-content/uploads/Copy-of-ABs-Logo2F-Icon-2.png Amber2012-07-26 14:43:532012-07-26 14:43:53Lisa Stirgus, Wells Fargo, District Manager/ VP\nLisa has made a humongous impact in my life from the moment I met her. When I met her I told myself that I wanted to be like her one day. When I no direction in life she picked me out at a group interview. All it took was her believing in me to be successful. She gave me the right guidance to show me the way. Starting off as a teller 18yrs old with no credit, some how she was able to help a get an auto loan. She\u2019s help me in so many different ways. That\u2019s how I know she really cares about everyone that works for her. Now 22yrs old service manager and a first time home owner. Without her leadership and passion who knows where my life would be. She has built me into what I\u2019ve become and for that she has my loyalty and I do work hard for her. When my family says their proud of me, the first thing that comes to mind is I couldn\u2019t of done it without her.\nThank you for sharing! It\u2019s amazing that one person can have such an impact. It sounds like Lisa has been an incredible role-model and friend, in addition to being a great leader. Now that you\u2019re a manager, how have you applied what you\u2019ve learned from Lisa?\nLiberating Talent Flirting with Failure", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 102, "original_length": 6276, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 333.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ameenrihani.org/index.php?page=lbhomes", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:57Z", "digest": "sha1:KSERKMIVBQRHW3J5KUK57NUVWTIWSSUS", "length": 513, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "ameenrihani.org", "title": "Ameen Rihani Organization - Rihani's Homes in Lebanon", "raw_content": ".: Rihani's Homes in Lebanon\nRihani's primary home in Lebanon was in Freike, North Metn, where he was born and where his father had built the family's home in the 1860s. He also resided for a short period of time in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, during the 1920s:\nRihani Residence, Ameen Rihani Street, Freike, Lebanon\n(Rihani's home 1876-1888, 1897-1899, 1905-1911, 1932-1940)\nSader (Rihani\u2019s brother-in-law) Residence, 169 Clemeceau Street, Beirut, Lebanon\n(Where Rihani stayed occasionally between 1924-1938)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 37, "original_length": 1575, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 229.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://americanhealthcouncil.org/valerie-mcrae-md-is-selected-to-the-american-health-councils-board-of-physicians/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:36:52Z", "digest": "sha1:Z2ECQZ5CZL564RAQ7QRIQ25K6J5BJTKY", "length": 3911, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "americanhealthcouncil.org", "title": "Valerie McRae, MD is Selected to the American Health Council\u2019s Board of Physicians | American Health Council", "raw_content": "You are here: Home / Affiliate Updates / Valerie McRae, MD is Selected to the American Health Council\u2019s Board o...\nThe American Health Council has selected Valerie McRae, MD to its Board of Physicians. As the chief of the division of pediatric anesthesia and associate professor at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, N.J., Dr. McRae contributes over 25 years of knowledge in pediatric deformities and managing challenging pediatric cases. While she has held the role of chief of pediatric anesthesia for over 6 years, she is dedicated to provide high-quality education to future generations of skilled physicians in a clinical setting.\nThe medical field always ignited a deep interest within Dr. McRae that sparked curiosity in several fields when she was a child. During high school, that curiosity harvested into volunteer work as she signed up to help others at her local hospital. She enrolled at Princeton University and earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in sociology in 1988. She later attended Pennsylvania State University\u2019s College of Medicine and earned her medical degree in 1993. Following her graduation, she completed an internship at Overlook Hospital in 1994, and immediately began an anesthesiology residency program at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. After completing the residency program in 1997, she began a pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at St. Christopher\u2019s Hospital for Children. By 1998 \u2014 after completing the fellowship \u2014 she accepted a position at New Jersey Medical School as an attending pediatric anesthesiologist and remained there until 2002, when she transferred to Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.\nHer rigorous academic and medical training led her to become an esteemed member at Rutgers where she now supplies residents and medical students with tools, skills and strategies to properly tackle the intricate field of anesthesiology. To complement her successful career, Dr. McRae received the Hugs For Brady Humanitarian Award in 2013 from the Hugs for Brady Foundation, an organization that aims to aid children diagnosed with cancer through donations and support. She is a strong supporter of the foundation, and often advocates for its mission.\nShe attributes her successful career to her own sense of dedication, persistence, and diligence. Her dedication to her profession shines through her involvement with other professionals in her field. She is a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the New Jersey Society of Anesthesiologists and the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia. She plans to continue to evolve within her field, to maintain a positive relationship with her residents and students, and to continue to deliver excellent quality care to her patients.\nValerie McRae\nAssociate Professor & Director of Pediatric Anesthesia at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School\nAs one of the nation\u2019s leading comprehensive medical schools, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in education, research, health care delivery, and the promotion of community health.\nRobert Wood Johnson Medical School encompasses 21 basic science and clinical departments, and hosts centers and institutes including The Cardiovascular Institute, the Child Health Institute of New Jersey, and the Women\u2019s Health Institute.\nRobert Wood Johnson Medical School is dedicated to transforming health care for New Jersey and the nation through innovation and excellence in education, research, patient- and family-centered care and addressing the health of our diverse community.\nSource: www.rwjms.rutgers.edu\nHugs for Brady Humanitarian Award\nProfessional Associations and Charitable Organizations\nNew Jersey Society of Anesthesiologists\nThe American Health Council Welcomes Betsy Peerless, MD to its Board of Phy... Edna Hodges, BSN, RN, CNOR, ACLS, PALS, BLS is Elected to the American Health...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 4739, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 142.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://amerinz.blogspot.com/2017/09/minor-politics.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:56:45Z", "digest": "sha1:UGAF2OS2AO2OEZMAQN2RYXUZFNK4SPM2", "length": 4795, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "amerinz.blogspot.com", "title": "AmeriNZ Blog: Minor politics }", "raw_content": "Televised debates have long been a staple of election campaigns in New Zealand. Time was, all the parties, subject to certain polling criteria, were included. In recent elections, however, they're separated into one set of debates between the leaders of the two main parties, Labour and National, with a debate just among the leaders of the minor parties\u2014which means every party that\u2019s not Labour or National. Really, it\u2019s a bit too much like the original theme song for Gilligan\u2019s Island, which ended with \u201cand the rest\u201d. Sadly, the viewers are the ones seemingly stuck on a desert isle.\nTonight I watched this year\u2019s minor parties leaders\u2019 debate, and it wasn\u2019t very enlightening. I already know about Green Party policy, and I couldn\u2019t really hear a lot of other party leaders\u2019 answers because David Seymour, leader and only MP for the neoliberal Act \u201cParty\u201d, kept interrupting and talking over everyone else. He acted like a boorish jerk, to be honest. He\u2019s also delusional if he thinks that his party will ever get anywhere near getting another MP, let alone crossing the threshold of 5% of the Party Vote to get into Parliament without winning an electorate\u2014though that would only matter if Seymour loses Epsom.\nThe leader of New Zealand First, Winston Peters, backed out of the debate at the last minute. No explanation was given, but his party isn\u2019t doing well this election, so he may be planning to spin it in some way. One never knows with him.\nOn the postive side, Damian Light, who became the new leader of the United Future Party after Peter Dunne announced his retirement, was something of a hit. This amuses me because I kind of know Damian: I met him when he was the United Future Electorate Candidate in Northcote in 2014, and I thought he was a genuinely nice guy. We\u2019ve traded the occasional comment on social media ever since, but the announcement he had became the new leader came during one of the times I was away from Twitter (isn\u2019t it always the way?). Obviously I don\u2019t support United Future, but I certainly wish him well\u2014he has a big job to do!\nI don\u2019t know Marama Fox, co-leader of the M\u0101ori Party, though the folks I follow on Twitter who are on NZ\u2019s Leftward side of Left seem to like her a lot, which confuses me a bit because the M\u0101ori Party has supported the conservative National Party for three terms now, so they\u2019re not exactly a force for progressive politics. Still, their own policies are not all conservative, though some are, and I know plenty of people who will argue their corner over whether the party has advanced the interests of M\u0101ori people or not, but that, too, isn\u2019t something I can comment on. At any rate, she\u2019s certainly passionate, and politics can use people who both mean what they say and say what they mean\u2014even if it pisses other people off.\nBy the end of the debate, I was desperately hoping that Labour and Greens voters who live in the Epsom Electorate will do the only sensible thing they can do and hold their noses and give their Electorate Vote to Paul Goldsmith, the National Party candidate in Epsom. He\u2019s the only one who could defeat Seymour and knock him and Act out of Parliament. Yes, I know such tactical voting would be unpleasant, and doing so would mean Labour and Greens voters would need an immediate shower, but it truly is the only reponsible thing for them to do for all of New Zealand. I say that mostly joking, but only because I know that most Labour and Greens voters will probably vote for their own parties\u2019 candidates as they always have. Centre-Left voters don\u2019t understand tactical voting, but the right does: It\u2019s the only reason that Seymour is even in Parliament, after all.\nSo tonight\u2019s debate was kind of pointless, really, except for one thing: For many New Zealand voters, it will be the only time they hear from the leaders of any of those parties. In fact, for many it will be the only time they hear from anyone in those parties, even in their electorate. In my own electorate, the Act Party candidate was the only opne from a minor party that showed up to a candidate forum (not counting NZ First, who weren't in this TV debate), and in his first statement he said he was only there to urge the Party Vote for his party (which isn\u2019t going to happen, but points for trying), and NOT for the Electorate Vote. Even so, the debate was a sad and useless way to expose voters to alternative parties.\nThe quality of New Zealand\u2019s political coverage is pretty bad, though what we have is often better than one finds in the USA. But our system is more complicated than the USA, and minor parties actually matter here, unlike the USA. We really need a better way for minor parties to be heard than these silly \u201cand the rest\u201d debates.\nLabels: Media, NZ 2017 Elections, NZ News, NZ Politics, Television", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 299, "original_length": 14251, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 272.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://amkcs.ch.bme.hu/Research/long-range_peptide.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:43:22Z", "digest": "sha1:HPOV6K535VUIFXQW5PLN7I72K7OD7D6K", "length": 1753, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "amkcs.ch.bme.hu", "title": "Long-range effects in glycine", "raw_content": "Vikt\u00f3ria Horv\u00e1th, Zolt\u00e1n Varga, and Attila Kov\u00e1cs\nLong-Range Effects in Oligopeptides.\nA Theoretical Study of the b-Sheet Structure of Glyn (n = 2 - 10)\nLong-range interactions in the b-sheet structure of oligoglycines Glyn (n = 2 - 10) have been investigated by DFT computations using the B3LYP exchange-correlation functional in conjunction with a diffuse polarized valence triple-zeta basis set.\nThe study focused on the evaluation of the title interactions in the Glyn chain and on the quantitative determination of their consequences in both energy and geometry. It was found that the interactions contribute considerably to the stability of the b-sheet and have a substantial impact on the geometrical parameters. On the basis of the gradual build-up of energetic and geometrical effects, we determined the effective radius of long-range interactions to be around ten Gly units in the b-sheet Glyn. The energy gain from the long-range interactions of a Gly unit is around 2.5 kJ/mol, stemming to a large extent from the strengthening of the N\u2013H\u2026O=C hydrogen bonds. Among the geometrical parameters, the H\u2026O hydrogen-bond length is the most sensitive to long-range effects, decreasing by several hundredths of an angstrom. Besides, there is a pronounced shortening of the C\u2013N bonds (up to 0.009 \u00c5), while the other bond distances vary within 0.002 \u00c5 and the bond angles within 0.5\u00b0. Our structure analysis revealed also a small (a few thousands of an angstrom) elongation vs contraction of the chain depending on the parallel vs antiparallel orientation of the NH2 and COOH end-dipoles. The alterations of the bond distances upon long-range effects are associated with appreciable changes in the magnitude of the main hyperconjugation interactions.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 6, "original_length": 1857, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 301.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://anamcaraconnections.com/category/uncategorized/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:34Z", "digest": "sha1:5YVOTLR7UWNQBKE44FZSRTFKQ7VVLMKR", "length": 31280, "nlines": 120, "source_domain": "anamcaraconnections.com", "title": "Uncategorized \u2013 Anam Cara Connections", "raw_content": "Sharing a message from a labyrinth guide in Ireland, Tony Christie. https://www.tonymchristie.com/\nThis is the minute\nThis is the second\nThis is not the past\n\u201cThe amazing feeling of being alive beautifully conquers the fear of death\u201d \u2015 Munia Khan\n\u201cDo you want to live?\u201d was the first question I asked my friend Walt. It was 20 years ago that he came to me for spiritual guidance when he was on the transplant list. His health had been rapidly declining, and a new liver is what would save him, medically speaking. We both knew that a spiritual conversation needed to happen first. What that conversation was, neither of us had a clue. As an anam cara, a soul friend, I was prepared to listen deeply, and mirror back to him what I perceived as the greater truth.\nAfter a centering prayer, we both opened our eyes and just stared at one another. Neither of us knew how to begin. After a period of silence, I heard myself ask, \u201cDo you want to live?\u201d Walt\u2019s candid reply, \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d Thus began a profound dialogue that would last for several months, and even years. A man of faith and compassion, Walt felt uncomfortable knowing that his chance of survival rested on the fate of another. Someone would have to die in order for Walt to live. Was he worthy of this?\nDuring one particular session, I offered a meditation to help Walt connect with the present moment. After several minutes, Walt interrupted with a provocative question, \u201cWhat does it mean to be present?\u201d\nI realized that I often used words like \u201cin the present moment,\u201d or \u201clet us all be present.\u201d What did I mean by that? So began a lesson for both of us.\nTo be present, to me, means to have awareness of all that is around and within. If someone took a photograph of this very moment, what would it show? As I write this, I am aware of the waning daylight. I see that the walls of my office are green. I notice that my hands are cold, and that my neck is warm. Artificial light makes the room bright on this dark December day. I sit up straighter, I smile. I am fully present.\nWhat percentage of you is present in this moment?\nWhen I am not present, which is a challenge all humans face, I am disconnected from myself, from others, and from life itself. How could Walt know what he really wanted if he was cursing the past (because of liver failure) or projecting out into the future (when am I going to die)? We can easily get paralyzed between past and future. What lies between is the present moment, a notion saints and sages have preached since the beginning of time: Be Here Now!\nFor months Walt and I would meet and explore his inner thoughts and feelings about the nature of life and death, and the many moments in between. I marveled at his stories of experiencing exquisite present moments, most often in nature. He discovered that trees are alive, squirrels are lively, and the laughter this brings him makes him feel totally alive.\nWalt\u2019s health continued a rocky path, as he held his breath in anticipation of receiving a new liver. When a year passed, and another, we both marveled that a donor liver had not presented itself, nor had his health declined in a life-threatening way. He was holding steady. Surprisingly, a third year passed. Walt had a few more health complications that called for surgery and hospital stays. Through it all, he remained present and engaged, embracing his aliveness.\nAt one point, ten years later, Walt was then too healthy to be on the transplant list. He cherished his aliveness for ten more years. His doctors were stunned, noting how many close calls he had. Walt and I knew the best medicine of all\u2014being true to one\u2019s self by claiming our aliveness. He stepped into the river of his life. He embraced living in the soul. He gave thanks for being alive.\nI last saw Walt on November 8th to go over his wishes for an eventual celebration of life ceremony. Last weekend, on December 2nd, early in the morning, Walt finally made his transition. Because I was away over the weekend, the day before his partner held the phone up to Walt\u2019s ear so I could say farewell. I\u2019m told it was a peaceful passing, yet when I heard the news I burst into tears. Even through my tears, I chuckled, because, with Walt as my guide on the other side of the veils, I felt very alive in that moment. Thank you, Walt, for showing me what life is really about. Being alive and knowing it. Every day. With every thought and every breath, as best we can.\nRIP my anam cara.\nTake a moment and treat yourself to this viral video of a Baby\u2019s Reaction to seeing holiday lights. Now that\u2019s being present!!!!\nhttps://www.romper.com/p/this-viral-video-of-a-babys-reaction-to-seeing-holiday-lights-will-even-warm-a-grinchs-heart-3902780\nMay 11, 2017 by KathleenVerigin\nIt\u2019s more fun to experience things when you don\u2019t know what\u2019s going to happen. Louis C. K.\nIf Life came with a spiritual assurance policy, which plan would you choose? The Fun Plan or the No Fun Plan? We all know people who are living life on the No Fun Plan. Always frowning. Constantly complaining. Finding fault with everything and everyone. A genuine Debbie Downer. Remember her? Check out one of the all-time best Saturday Night Live skits from 2004. I hope you find it as fun and funny as I do!\nSNL Debbie Downer: Birthday Party (Dress Rehearsal)\nhttps://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/debbie-downer/n11842?snl=1\nImagine how low Ms. Downer would be living in 2017? It doesn\u2019t take much effort to spot the gloom and doom swirling around us. Sometimes it takes a lot of effort to stay on the bright side. For me, it\u2019s all about choice. If I am not vigilant, No Fun slips backwards into my pre-paid assurance plan. I start to see the world through grey colored glasses. Stop! It doesn\u2019t have to be that way. For example, take this fun moment.\nMy Ireland tour had concluded and I was now resting and recovering in my favorite place in Ireland: Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare. It\u2019s a tiny village perched on Galway Bay in the west of Ireland. Some there think of me as the US Ambassador to Ballyvaughan. How fun is that?\nAfter breakfast one morning, I took myself on a walk along the water front. I hadn\u2019t slept well the night before. My arthritic feet hurt from days of walking on all sorts of uneven surfaces. Again, pain in my left hip kept me awake in the night. Emotionally I was recovering from the news of the death of a man I had gotten to know during my yearly travels to Ireland, plus news from home of the death of one of my husband\u2019s longest friends. Shall I add that I also learned my beloved Ishka cat got out and went missing? Feeling \u201cout of sorts\u201d barely described how I was feeling.\nThis was a walk I\u2019ve taken dozens of times but, this time something was different. A gigantic grey stone house, likely 200 years old, had been purchased. This after being derelict for over twenty years. It was an eye sore right smack in the center of the village. This particular morning I noticed scaffolding on one side and the front door wide open. Curiosity got the best of me so I crossed the street for a better look. That\u2019s when two workmen, each in bright yellow vests and hardhats, stepped out of the front door.\nLaunching the conversation, I said, \u201cI come here once a year and have always been intrigued by this building. Will it be a private home or a business of some sort? The first fellow responded, \u201cSeems it\u2019s a family with 5 kids or so. Might be their home, or a vacation home. Hard to tell.\u201d What was hard for me to tell was what exactly he said. When you get out into the hinterlands of Ireland, accents can be very thick. I asked if I could look inside the door, something I\u2019ve wanted to do for years. The inside was nearly gutted for the remodel, but I still got a sense history there.\n\u201cWe should call one of those ghost hunter shows and have them bring a crew here,\u201d I joked.\n\u201cOh, aye, \u2018tis haunted this place, some folk say,\u201d he said through thick accent and missing teeth. \u201cSome say they\u2019ve heard voices in there.\u201d\n\u201cMale or female?\u201d I asked.\n\u201cHard to say,\u201d he replied. \u201cSome have even heard a wee baby crying.\u201d\nI gasped, \u201cReally?\u201d We both stood frozen in silence when suddenly, from the back of the house, came a faint sound. \u201cWaa, Whaa\u2026\u201d It was a baby\u2019s cry! The man and I suddenly turned towards each other in complete shock. That\u2019s when I saw the glint in his eye.\n\u201cHey, you. Where\u2019s your fellow workman?\u201d That\u2019s when the second guy emerged from the back of the house. They had totally set me up. I was glad they did because it completely changed my attitude towards the day. We three stood together as we laughed, and laughed, and laughed. It still makes me laugh just remembering the encounter. It is one of the most fun moments of all my journeys to Ireland.\nI\u2019m not advocating that we put on masks and play Pollyanna. But I will say\u2013enough the Debbie Downer-isms. Choose to see the best in others. Choose to be open to unplanned encounters that remind us to lighten up. Choose. It\u2019s really that simple.\nMr. Michael O\u2019Toole\n\u201cIreland is where strange tales begin and happy endings are possible.\u201d\nCharles Haughey (1925 \u20132006) former Taoiseach of Ireland\nBallyvaughan is a tiny village nestled on Ireland\u2019s west coast, overlooking Galway Bay. I adopted it as my home away from home, having enjoyed many stays there before and after my Ireland tours. That\u2019s where I found myself in April 2012. Without a car at my disposal, and limited bus service, I discovered that I was getting a bit antsy, feeling kind of stuck. One day, while at the tiny market (which also serves as the post office and petrol station) a notice on the community bulletin board caught my eye. Every Tuesday morning in Ballyvaughan a 10-seater bus collects an assortment of seniors and delivers them to the closest big town of Ennistymon, and then returns them three hours later. Myself being a young 59, I wondered if I was suitable company. \u201cYes,\u201d I was informed. Anyone could take the weekly bus to Ennistymon and back, for a mere two euro.\nIt was a soft weather day, meaning the temp was mild and the breeze light. I arrived at the market to find two elderly women chatting with each other. I inquired about the bus to Ennistymon. They assured me that I was at the right place, at the right time, and that the bus would arrive soon.\nI was very much the center of attention on the wee bus, obviously new to the area and a couple of decades younger than most of the passengers. I loved being questioned, as I knew it was coming from a trait shared by the Irish\u2014a lively sense of curiosity.\nTogether we sat in silence, until the Irish thirst for information got into one of the women. With narrow eyes and a tilt of the head, I was asked, \u201cHow do you come to be here in Ballyvaughan?\u201d\nI replied, \u201cI lead tours to Ireland and like to take a break by staying on my own in Ballyvaughan.\u201d\nBoth women looked at each other, somewhat shocked that a lady like me would be roaming about Ireland on her own. I gave them a smile and added, \u201cI\u2019m a Reverend, very interested in Celtic Spirituality.\u201d\nBy their expressions, I sensed that I had passed a moral code of some sort.\n\u201cDid ye know of John O\u2019Donohue?\u201d one woman asked.\n\u201cOh yes,\u201d I replied, \u201cHe greatly inspired my ministry.\u201d\n\u201cJohnny grew up here, you know,\u201d a woman said, \u201cjust a wee bit down the road. Oh, his death was so shocking and sad.\u201d With that both women nodded to each other, with hand over heart, followed by making the sign of the cross on their ample bosoms.\nFriends at last, I learned their names were Mary and Maureen. They loved my Irish name of Kathleen and my mother\u2019s birth name of Connolly. Together we bounced along as the wee bus negotiated the narrow roads full of pot holes. Already on board was an elderly gent, quite decked out for a casual trip into town. He kept to himself.\nSuddenly Maureen announced, \u201cThis here lady is a Reverend from the States. She liked John O\u2019Donohue.\u201d Mary silently echoed with a vigorous nod. The old man replied, \u201cYou know Johnny grew up around here. Just down the road.\u201d Now all four of us were nodding in agreement.\nWe traveled on in silence for several minutes, my eyes soaking up the beauty of this wild and rugged area of Ireland. Soon we made a stop in the tiny village of Fanore when on the bus hopped a jolly fellow more my age. He looked to be a rugged farmer type, with deep grooves on his forehead and red lines on his puffy cheeks. He nodded to the driver, to the elderly gent, then to Mary and Maureen. They all nodded back. Suddenly the new man, the one more my age, locked eyes with me. \u201cWell, now, who are ye and where do you come from?\u201d\nMaureen blurted out, \u201cShe\u2019s a Reverend from the States. She liked John O\u2019Donohue.\u201d\nThe newly arrived man chimed in, \u201cDid you now! Well, Johnny grew up around here, just down the road. Fine lad he was. He used to do my religious home work for me.\u201d With that he introduced himself as Mr. Michael O\u2019Toole. We shook hands, and our bus ride continued. Mr. O\u2019Toole interrupted my thoughts with his own inspired thought, \u201cYe know Johnny is buried in the cemetery up ahead.\u201d\n\u201cYes, I know,\u201d I replied, \u201cI have visited his grave.\u201d\nWithout a pause, Mr. O\u2019Toole shouted to the bus driver, \u201cTommy, pull over at the cemetery where Kathleen here can visit John O\u2019Donohue\u2019s grave.\u201d Mary and Maureen nodded in agreement and then chimed in, \u201cOh, wouldn\u2019t that be lovely!\u201d\n\u201cOh, that\u2019s okay,\u201d I tried to graciously reply. \u201cI\u2019ve already been there. You needn\u2019t pull over for me.\u201d\nPull over, Tommy the driver did do. Everyone was staring at me, in eager anticipation. I slowly stood up, gave the obligatory nod, and disembarked the little bus.\nI walked through the cemetery gate and then climbed up on the cement wall in order to make the trek to John\u2019s grave. When I arrived, I turned and looked at the bus. All eyes were on me, peering through the windows like they were about to witness John\u2019s resurrection.\nI hadn\u2019t a clue what to do. With my back to them, I said aloud, \u201cOkay, John, I\u2019m paying my respects. Again. I can see how loved you were and are, and not just by me.\u201d I stood long enough to give my witnesses a thrill. Down over the cement wall and back through the gates, I again boarded the little bus to Ennistymon. My group of newfound companions remained silent the rest of the way, each wearing a smile as soft as the weather.\nWe arrived Ennistymon and parted ways for a few hours. While the ladies shopped, I enjoyed a luxurious foot massage at a fancy hotel spa. Ever mindful of the clock, I returned to the little bus several minutes before the declared departure time. I was surprised to find Michael already on the bus. Now my Irish curiosity kicked in. \u201cSo, Michael, I see that our elderly friends come to town to shop. What is it that calls you to Ennistymon?\u201d\n\u201cWell, you see, it\u2019s a bit of a tale,\u201d Michael replied. \u201cI was arrested for drink driving.\u201d That\u2019s Ireland\u2019s equivalent of a DUII. With that bit of news, I tucked my chin, cocked my head and looked over my glasses as I said, \u201cOhhhh, so you don\u2019t drink anymore?\u201d\n\u201cOh, hell no. I drink like crazy. It\u2019s driving I no longer do.\u201d He seemed very pleased with himself. \u201cNext time you take the bus to Ennistymon I\u2019ll buy ye a pint.\u201d He punctuated the invitation with a wink.\nWith all travelers back on the bus, we began the ride back to my little village. Soon, Michael interrupted my wandering thoughts as he shouted to the driver, \u201cHey, Tommy, can ye make a detour and show Kathleen here where John O\u2019Donohue grew up?\u201d\nMary and Maureen thought this to be a fabulous idea. One of the women chimed in. \u201cHis mum still lives there. Oh, the sorrow poor Josie has had since her Johnny died. How she lives with a broken heart, I don\u2019t know.\u201d Again the two women shook their heads and crossed themselves.\nI did indeed get a look at the O\u2019Donohue homestead in rural County Clare. It was a little yellow house on a hillside covered with spring flowers and surrounded by miles of rock walls. It was an extra treat to realize we were driving on a very narrow road that John used to walk to school. Once again, I heard Michael\u2019s story of forcing a young John O\u2019Donohue to do his religious homework. It was obvious that the ladies did not approve of this behavior, and it was equally obvious that Michael got a kick out of it. With a grin he said, \u201cOh, I did him no harm, ye see. It was all good fun. But Johnny sure knew his Bible!\u201d\nWe all sat in silence the rest of the way home. Arriving in Fanore, Mr. O\u2019Toole stood up, made a grand bow, and proclaimed, \u201cGod bless ye all on this fine, fine day.\u201d With another wink he was gone. In another ten minutes, I was back at my B&B in Ballyvaughan, wondering if I\u2019d ever see Mr. O\u2019Toole again.\nGeorge Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish writer\nOne year later I was back in Ireland, again enjoying private time at a quaint B&B overlooking Galway Bay. Mostly out of curiosity, I decided to take the Tuesday seniors bus into Ennistymon. I was delighted when I recognized Mary and Maureen, one up in her 80s, the other low in her 90s. Smart as a whip these two! I re-introduced myself. They remembered that I was from Oregon and that I loved the writings of John O\u2019Donohue. When they called me Kathleen Connolly, I didn\u2019t correct them.\nSoon we made the stop in the coastal village of Fanore and onto the bus came a man looking a bit disheveled. I recognized him as Mr. Michael O\u2019Toole from the previous year. \u201cOh, I see we have a visitor!\u201d Michael shouted with glee. I said a proper hello and then reminded him that we had met before. \u201cOh, yes, it\u2019s John O\u2019Donohue that ye\u2019d be after. He was raised here and is buried just up the road a ways. He used to do my religious homework for me. All it took was showing him a fist.\u201d Michael gestured while I grimaced at the thought of John being bullied. \u201cOh, \u2018tis only a bit of fun we were having back then. You see, Johnny boy loved the Bible. I\u2019d like to think I helped him in his studies.\u201d A sudden outburst of laughter rang through the little bus.\nThis year, on the ride back to Ballyvaughan, Michael asked me to sit where we could chat. That would be him chatting and me listening. Soon he told me that he had had three drink driving offenses. With the third he permanently lost his right to drive. \u201cThat was fourteen summers ago,\u201d he said. He\u2019s never driven since, and nor will he ever again. This is because the last offense put a young woman in a wheelchair for life.\nMichael has carried this heavy burden every day for fourteen years, he says, and will for the rest of his life. Each summer he makes a pilgrimage by train to Dublin to visit Ann and her family. He brings them gifts and buys them supper. \u201cAnn and her family have forgiven me,\u201d he said. After a long silence, Michael shook his head as he spoke. \u201cHow they can do that I just don\u2019t understand. I don\u2019t deserve to be forgiven. I could have killed that young woman, and nearly did so. I have to live with that the rest of my life.\u201d\nIt was then that I remembered something I was carrying in my purse. It was a round clay medallion with a spiral etched on one side. A friend made these for my Ireland travelers that year. Each received one upon arrival in Ireland.\nAll had words on the back that became literal touch stones for our journey. The leftover medallion was white. On the back was etched the word \u201cforgive.\u201d I took it out of my purse and showed it to Michael.\n\u201cI want to give this to you,\u201d I said, \u201cbecause now you must learn to forgive yourself.\u201d He scoffed at that notion, saying it wasn\u2019t possible and that he didn\u2019t deserve it. Knowing that Mr. O\u2019Toole was likely a devout Catholic, I subtly played the God Card, using a tone of voice similar to Roma Downey on the Touched by an Angel television show. I\u2019m pretty sure a golden halo emerged at the tips of my black and silver hairs.\n\u201cDo you think, Michael, our Creator would want you to suffer like this? You were made in the image of Him. You are a child of God, just like me, just like Ann, just like the ladies on the bus with us. Ann is showing you that God has forgiven you through her. Now, can you Michael, just believe for a moment that God can forgive you so that you can forgive yourself?\u201d\nAfter a long pause, I then placed the white medallion in his hand. \u201cHold onto this, Michael, and remember this moment. Our healing sometimes doesn\u2019t happen in a day, a week or even a year. But with God\u2019s love moving in and through us, forgiveness is possible. Can you believe that, even if for a moment?\u201d\nLooking like a lost little child, Michael nodded his head. He clasped the medallion in both hands as if in prayer. \u201cI\u2019ll hold this every day until summer, and then I\u2019m going to give it to Ann.\u201d I added, \u201cThat\u2019s a grand idea. Let it connect you as anam caras, as soul friends, as your buddy John O\u2019Donohue wrote about.\u201d\nWith a grin, he replied, \u201cOhhh, that\u2019s what John O\u2019Donohue would say. You know he lived just up the road here. His mudder died a year or two ago. Dementia, a terrible thing.\u201d Out of the corner of my eye I saw Mary and Maureen again shake their heads and cross themselves.\nAnd on and on he went, sharing stories, pointing out landmarks in the rugged Burren landscape, and, occasionally, with a wink, showing me the clay medallion. I\u2019d like to think that Mr. O\u2019Toole was changed that day, but only he and God know that for sure. What I know is that I was changed by the encounter on the little seniors\u2019 bus to Ennistymon. Mary, Maureen, Michael and I plan to meet up again on a spring Tuesday in 2014. Praise God, let it be so!\n\u201cThe reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.\u201d \u2013 George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish writer.\nOne year later, for the third time, I again hopped aboard the little senior\u2019s bus destined for Ennistymon. Maureen was there, greeting me with a grand smile. Mary, she said, was on holiday in England. Then Maureen proceeded to introduce me to a new lady I had not met. Maisy is a good friend of hers. The three of us enjoyed a good chat while savoring the sites of the lush and rocky landscape. It was a glorious day, spring effortlessly easing into summer.\nI wondered if Mr. O\u2019Toole would join us as in previous years. \u201cYes,\u201d Maureen said, adding, \u201cI hear he\u2019s no longer drinking or smoking.\u201d Tommy, the bus driver, let out a loud guffaw just as he pulled over. There was Mr. O\u2019Toole, leaning against a rock wall, with cigarette in hand. He looked neat and tidy in a leather coat and dark sunglasses. Kind of movie star like. Mary whispered to me, \u201cI\u2019ll bet he\u2019s into the drink again, too.\u201d\nSo on the bus came Mr. O\u2019Toole followed by a lingering trail of smoke. He nodded to everyone, including me, as if I was a local. \u201cYou\u2019re back, just like ye said you\u2019d be,\u201d he said to me. I smiled and continued to enjoy the bus ride.\nLater, when everyone had finished their chores in Ennistymon, we again boarded the little bus. This time I said to Mr. O\u2019Toole, \u201cDo you remember what we talked about last year on the way home?\u201d He nodded, quickly adding, \u201cAnd I still have the little coin you gave me with that word on it. I see it every day. Some days I pick it up and hold on to it like there\u2019s no tomorrow. Other days I feel like throwing it. It\u2019s a choice, you know. Do ye think that\u2019s reasonable?\u201d My reply was a simple nod of the head.\nAfter a few bends in the road, I smiled and said softly, \u201cYou\u2019re looking well. I can tell there\u2019s something different about you.\u201d He wanted details, so I continued, \u201cYour eyes are brighter and your smile is softer. I can tell you\u2019re no longer carrying the double burden of guilt and self-hatred.\u201d\nThe rest of the journey home was filled with idle chatter and gentle laughter. It was like we were all lifted by Mr. O\u2019Toole\u2019s new found freedom. \u201cTo be honest with you,\u201d he said before departing, \u201cI did have a Guinness at the pub in Ennistymon, but look at me\u2014I didn\u2019t drive!\u201d I asked for a photo. Just as Tommy the bus driver snapped the camera, Mr. O\u2019Toole gave me a peck on the cheek. With a wink, he was gone.\nSometimes I wonder if Mr. O\u2019Toole is real. Our brief encounters on the little bus to Ennistymon have been filled with unbelievable mischief and magic. I can\u2019t wait to see what the next bus ride reveals.\nWilliam Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Irish prose writer, dramatist and poet\nMy 2015 springtime travel plans for Ireland did not find me in Ballyvaughan. Having skipped a year, I wondered if, a year later, anyone on the wee little senior\u2019s bus would remember me. Come to find out, I am quite memorable, as are the jovial and kind hearted seniors once again headed for shopping in Ennistymon. My trio of elderly lassies greeted me with glee. That would be Mary, back from London, plus Maureen and Maisy. Even Tommy the bus driver asked me how things were in Ore-e-gone.\nAs always, the enchanting landscape of The Burren captured my full attention. \u201cDo you ever get tired of looking at where you live?\u201d I inquired. All three agreed. \u201cWe never get tired of God\u2019s blessing of this most beautiful place on earth to live.\u201d Tiny little Mary squeaked, \u201cAnd I\u2019ve been here 92 summers.\u201d I love how people in Co. Clare often measure time by the passing of seasons. It caused me to reflect on the many spring times that have passed since my first solo pilgrimage to Ireland in May 2000.\nBefore we reached Fanore to fetch Mr. Michael O\u2019Toole, I was told that he was again into the drink. All heads shook in sadness to the tune of the soft clicking of the tongues. This time Michael looked disheveled but his spirits (not the drinking kind) were in full bloom. \u201cWell, helloooo, Kathleen. Why were ye not here last year? We missed you and were worried about you.\u201d I explained that my tour group concluded in the east of Ireland, therefore preventing me from my annual visit to the west.\nThere was the usual conversation about the late John O\u2019Donohue. Remembering how Michael used to make John do his religious homework, I couldn\u2019t help but inquire as to what stopped it. \u201cWell,\u201d he said, \u201cIt seems Johnny Boy\u2019s mudder called my mudder and told her all about it. Oh, did I get a whupping that day! \u201c\n\u201cSo you stopped making John do your homework?\u201d I asked.\n\u201cOh, hell no. All I had to do was add a fist and he got the message.\u201d With that Michael lifted two fists as if he were a world class boxer from Donegal. Again, laughter wafted through the little bus to Ennistymon.\nThis time, on the return journey, I sensed that there was something Michael wanted to tell me. \u201cSo,\u201d I asked, \u201cWhat\u2019s new in your life?\u201d His bushy eyebrows lifted as his lips twisted into a sly smile. \u201cShhh,\u201d he whispered, \u201cThis is only for you to hear because you\u2019re a reverend and will understand.\u201d I calmly waited for whatever confession he was about to make.\n\u201cI\u2019m seeing someone, all the way in Dublin,\u201d he whispered.\n\u201cOh, Michael, I think that\u2019s fabulous. Why is it a secret?\u201d\n\u201cWell, you see, her husband doesn\u2019t know.\u201d With that he threw his head back and laughed and laughed and laughed. I never did know if he was telling the truth.\nWe took another photo together and said our goodbyes. He again sneaked in a quick peck on my cheek. \u201cUntil next time,\u201d he said over his shoulder as his disembarked from the little bus. That would prove to be my last encounter with Mr. Michael O\u2019Toole.\n\u201cBetter pass boldly into that other world in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.\u201d \u2013 James Joyce (1882-1941) Irish writer\nWhen my yearly tour concluded on April 30th, I returned to Ballyvaughan. A local business man once declared that I was the American ambassador to Ballyvaughan. I rather liked the sound of that. I arrived on a Monday feeling very tired, but I knew I could not pass up the nearly annual Tuesday bus ride to Ennistymon.\nI arrived at the usual pickup point on an unusually sunny and warm day. It was outside the only petrol station in the village, situated right next to the only church. To my delight, I discovered dear Maisy sitting alone at a picnic table. The sun was in her eyes as we greeted one another. \u201cHello Maisy. It\u2019s Kathleen, the reverend from Oregon.\u201d Her face lit up as we clasped hands. \u201cOh, Kathleen, you\u2019ve come back to us. Mary, now 95, has gone back to England to live out her days. Maureen, thank God still with us, will be very happy to see you.\u201d\nSoon after that Maureen joined us at the bus assembly point. It was then I inquired about Michael O\u2019Toole. \u201cWill we be seeing him today?\u201d I asked. I premonition told me that we would not.\nMaisy began, bowing and shaking her head. \u201cOh, it\u2019s very sad news. You see he died, last November, I think it was.\u201d\nMaureen chimed in. \u201cYes, I do believe it was November. A rather dark and breezy day.\u201d\nTommy the bus driver confirmed it. \u201cYes, it was Tuesday in November. When he got off the bus he bid us all farewell. Those were likely his last words. His body was found the next day. They think it was a sudden and massive heart attack.\u201d\nI felt that drop in the belly that comes with sad news. \u201cOh, no,\u201d I managed to say, adding, after a pause, \u201cI hope his passing was swift and painless.\u201d\n\u201cOh, likely it was,\u201d someone said. \u201cBut you know, Kathleen, that man lived a life of hell. It was his own pain and the pain he caused others.\u201d This was followed by dead silence.\nIt was then that I realized I had only encountered Michael in the mornings, presumably before he had a first drink. That was on the way to Ennistymon. On the bus rides back, after a couple of pints, he was full of the craic, the Irish word for fun. He was, you know, the funny kind of drunk. But there\u2019s nothing amusing about the pain and suffering caused by alcoholism.\nIn my four brief encounters with Michael, aboard the wee little bus for seniors, I always came away inspired.\nFirst, by him taking responsibility for nearly killing someone due to his choice to drink and drive.\nSecond, by never again getting behind the wheel of a car, whether sober or drunk. I believed him.\nThird, many times I imagined what it was like for him to make his yearly trek to Dublin\u2014by bus\u2014to make amends to the wheelchair bound young woman and her family.\nFourth, and finally, it\u2019s that word: Forgiveness. Michael made it very clear that he hated religion for all the bad things it had done to good people. Forgiveness of the Church would never be uttered by his lips, he once told me, \u201c\u2026as long as I live.\u201d Well, Michael is no living in human form, so I will utter that word for him.\nI ask God to forgive you, Michael, for all of the transgressions you committed while alive. John O\u2019Donohue, who passed as suddenly as you nine winters ago, forgives you for being a bully. The woman you maimed has already forgiven you. It is my deepest belief that now, in spirit form, you have finally forgiven yourself. I like to think that the medallion with the word \u201cforgive\u201d was your touchstone. To the past, to the present, and now the future of your eternal spirit. 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The sheer presence of Hess in movies since then sort of makes you really dislike the guy. He has played bad guys in AUTOSTOP ROSSO SANGUE, THE HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK and SWAMP THING. Of course, there is more to the story. Do you for instance know that he has a couple of Grammy awards at home? Did you know that he wrote the hitsong Speedy Gonzales and even wrote a tune for that guy from Memphis\u2026what\u00b4s-his-name\u2026 Elvis Presley?\nChrister: You are most famous for your character Krug, from Wes Cravens classic LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT. A film that was influential to many of the violent movies of the seventies. Today there is a new wave of these violent and misogynic movies (and remakes as you most certainly know) what do you think is the main difference between the older movies and the new ones?\nDavid: More Hollywood control, more interest in the all mighty buck and less interest in making a movie. Hard to repeat something that's seminal to begin with!\nChrister: AUTOSTOP ROSSO SANGUE, in which you played against Corinne Clery and Franco Nero, is a very special and well made movie. What do you think makes it so special that it even today finds new fans?\nDavid: It's an ensemble work and in order to work trust is the most important element. We all loved each other and because of that were able to dig down into that untapped part of who we all are at root level.\nChrister: One of the funniest roles you\u2019ve made is in Ruggero Deodato\u00b4s BODYCOUNT, which is a sort of FRIDAY THE 13:TH rip-off. It seems like you had a lot of fun on the set with Mimsy Farmer and Charles Napier. Was Ruggero Deodato a more relaxed director than when you were making HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK?\nDavid: Not really! Ruggie is always pretty intense and the consummate perfectionist. He had problems with english early on in his career, so the producers asked me to direct the english ensemble part of the movie, but we worked together and we have remained friends to this day.\nChrister: Is it a different spirit in today\u2019s \u201cup and coming\u201d filmmakers, than the spirit filmmakers, for instance Wes Craven, had in the early seventies?\nDavid: I don't know if it's much different, but there are so many more things available. The computer editing systems for one. Better special effects, blue screen techniques etc. We had to work from film and be able to visualize everything right through to the final print. Now with the new equipment, it makes covering mistakes much easier and maybe that's made the new breed of directors a little lazy and somewhat careless. But a good filmmaker will always be a good filmmaker and a good story is just that! As for Wes, I think he got caught in a time warp because of his early success and never really overcame his reputation as a B horror film director. He's better than his films!\nChrister: What do you want to be remembered for, when you (god forbid!) pass over to the other side? Your music, your acting or do you have something else up your sleeve that I don\u00b4t know of?\nDavid: My essence is music. That's what I've always been about! Everything I do from writing to acting to directing has a musical base. When I act I think in musical terms as do I when I write. I'm at my happiest when I'm composing or performing whether on stage or in a recording studio. Without my songs I'd be a shell of man. My music is what keeps me alive.\nChrister: Does people get surprised when they find out that you\u2019re musician and not only that, that you also is a Grammy award winner?\nDavid: A little bit. It's always interesting to see their reactions when they find out I'm more than just KRUG from LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT.\nChrister: What movie that you have starred in, are you most proud of?\nDavid: Hard to say? I think that the last film I did...SMASH CUT, is pretty interesting, but I'm not much of a self rater. I let the work do my talking...but I must say that the 'trilogy', ending with AUTOSTOP ROSSO SANGUE was as good as it gets.\nChrister: Is there anything (apart from this interview) you really regret doing or not doing in your time in show business?\nDavid: I would like to have done more Broadway. I turned down a lot of musicals, for what ever reasons and then the offers just stopped. Singing and acting on Broadway would have been a high point, but I have a wonderful family and that, too, is a high point. Most importantly is not what we regret not doing, but that we live with the choices we make.\nChrister: The final question is the one I ask every prominent interviewee: What is the meaning of life?\nDavid: That answer would take knowing the meaning of not-life. Maybe the Buddist have it right in the end. The striving for Samadhi...cleansing one\u2019s mind of all thought, is the answer. I just don't know, but then that's a good definition of life, also.\nMake sure to check out Davids website: http://www.davidhess.com/\nUffe 15:30:00\nS\u00e4lj till Cinema! Nu, p\u00e5 en g\u00e5ng!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 118, "original_length": 7841, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 295.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://apeconcerts.com/events/the-funk-hunters-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:21Z", "digest": "sha1:GG3EBBAMBYFJFPUNVQUUNSY77HNQAZR7", "length": 1834, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "apeconcerts.com", "title": "The Funk Hunters | Another Planet Entertainment The Funk Hunters | Another Planet Entertainment", "raw_content": "Euphonic Conceptions presents\nTypecast Tour 2019\nDoors: 9:30pm | Show: 10:00pm\nTickets are also available service charge free at The Fox Theater\u2019s Box Office (located on the 19th street side of the theater) on show dates and on Fridays from noon \u2013 7:00pm, and The Independent box office (628 Divisadero, SF) with a $2.00 service charge.\nBorrowing inspiration from classic funk and hip-hop, The Funk Hunters are putting the soul back into electronic dance music. Having honed their craft over 500 performances in 16 countries, the DJ duo\u2019s show is a brilliant technical display of creative collaboration between 4 turntables. But words can\u2019t do justice to two friends whose passion is dance floor mastery \u2013 breathless audiences at global festivals including Coachella, Osheaga, Burning Man, Rhythm & Vines, Shambhala, Electric Forest, and Envision are the ultimate testament.\nThe Funk Hunters\u2019 reverence for the roots of dance has led them into unique collaborations, sometimes drawing on a cast of supporting musicians to add dimension to their signature sound. They have toured North America with iconic rapper Chali 2na of Jurassic 5, who called them \u201cthe selectah\u2019s of the century,\u201d and they have collaborated on official remixes for Selena Gomez, Imagine Dragons, Big Gigantic, and Gramatik. The Funk Hunters\u2019 music has amassed over 10 million streams to date across the major streaming platforms.\nThe Funk Hunters are now preparing to release their debut full-length album, TYPECAST, in early 2018.\nBased in Vancouver BC, Nick Middleton and Duncan Smith define the west coast bass sound and elevate it with their stunning custom-curated visuals and animated stage presence. Spend an evening with this charismatic duo and you\u2019ll see that the band\u2019s lifestyle is as relaxed as the west coast, but their sound is global and booming.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 148, "original_length": 5874, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 307.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://apishawaii.org/academics/apis-learning-center/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:55Z", "digest": "sha1:SJNTK7X6X5QZPSN5MQR6AL373NCFNCMD", "length": 849, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "apishawaii.org", "title": "APIS Learning Center \u2502 Asia Pacific International School APIS Hawaii", "raw_content": "APIS has a learning center staffed with full-time teachers to provide both in-school and afterschool support for any student who needs extra academic assistance. As a growth-mindset school where all students can succeed, we believe that every student can learn and grow through hard work and perseverance.\nThe Learning Center is open and available to all middle and high school students every day and is comprised of the learning support specialist, EAL specialist, and teachers teaching various subjects.\nDuring the school day, the teachers and specialists at the Learning Center provides EAL support and assists students with mild to moderate emotional, social, behavioral, and special learning needs. After school, the Learning Center also provides one-on-one guidance in all subject areas, and helps any student with homework on a drop-in basis.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 139, "original_length": 3223, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 218.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://appa.creditcardprocessing.com/2013/12/private-label-credit-card/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:38Z", "digest": "sha1:BYHDGDBYC3DMTF6IHTA5RQHRJKYRMNKW", "length": 2382, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "appa.creditcardprocessing.com", "title": "What is a Private Label Credit Card? - CreditCardProcessing.com", "raw_content": "What is a Private Label Credit Card?\nAll of us are familiar with the \u201cbig four\u201d credit card labels that are issued throughout the world \u2013 VISA, MasterCard, Discover and American Express. These are all \u201cgeneral purpose\u201d cards that can be used basically anywhere that money can be spent (except, of course, for companies that take cash only).\nMany companies, however, choose to issue their own credit cards, rather than accept any of the major labels. These are called \u201cprivate label credit cards\u201d and they can be used only at the particular store that issued them. The card is branded for that specific retailer, manufacturer or independent dealer. Sports teams, nonprofit organizations, manufacturers and websites also offer their own credit cards.\nSome are managed not by the retailers themselves, but by third parties, in which case it is the latter that collect payments from the cardholders. How these cards work will be described in greater detail below.\nWhy private label credit cards?\nCompanies issue their own credit cards for several reasons. One is that it increases the volume of sales by providing customers with an alternative way of shopping with them. More importantly, private label cards are the least expensive form of payment that can be accepted by retail companies. This is because tasks that would otherwise be repetitive are automated.\nPrivate credit cards have also been observed to have a deep and lasting effect on customer loyalty: The presence of a card containing the logo of a prominent company in the wallet of a customer has emotional impact and creates a kind of bond, as it were, with that company, precisely because of the exclusivity of such cards. Company cardholders not only make more purchases at the stores that issue them than do non-holders; they also purchase the more expensive products. In addition, those who find themselves in a financial \u201cpinch\u201d tend to pay back their private label card debt ahead of all others, again because of customer loyalty.\nLarger companies tend to issue and manage credit cards entirely on their own, while smaller ones, as mentioned in the introduction, are more likely to sign an agreement with a bank, which sets up a line of credit with the client and determines the credit requirements for card applicants.\nThis entry was posted in Article and tagged private label credit cards. Bookmark the permalink.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 4245, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 214.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://apple-scruffs.tripod.com/id64.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:28Z", "digest": "sha1:I22TUKJCGKS7WCC7HUOO6TNDHMQVFWYW", "length": 2370, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "apple-scruffs.tripod.com", "title": "BB's, 13/12/03", "raw_content": "BB's, 13/12/03\nThe Bootleg Beatles certainly dont do things by halves.\nThe show opens with the early music of The Beatles; the Crowd Pleasers - I Want To Hold Your Hand, She Loves You, I Feel Fine, etc. The show as a whole is very elaborate - there are many set and costume changes.\nNeil Harrison as John put on a fine performance of I Feel Fine, and even did a brilliant impersonation of John when he went into \"spastic\" mode. The band then gave a cheeky nod to the worst Beatle-wannabes around, Oasis, and sang a few bars from Don't Look Back In Anger.\nThe 'early' music was quickly over and the band went off stage. A video screen was dropped down which played clips of the 1966 world cup, John F Kennedy, and various TV adverts of the time. The Bootlegs then reappeared in full Sgt. Pepper get-up, and the UV lights made them glow. Eleanor Rigby, which I'd never heard live before, was aided by the quartet of strings. All You Need Is Love seemed almost inevitable, and \"John\" took to the piano. Then came A Day In The Life. This was one of the highlights of the whole show. With the assistance of the orchestra, the noise during the chord build up in the middle and at the end was phenomenal.\nThe final era was Apple. The Bootlegs left the stage and the orchestra played The Long And Winding Road, and the crowd sang softly along with them. When the band reappeared, they were wearing the same style clothes as The Beatles did on the Abbey Road cover. \"George\" informed the crowd that they had originally planned for Eric Clapton to guest for his guitar solo on While My Guitar...., but then he was politely turned away when \"I found out he was shagging my wife\".\nAnother new addition to the set was Something. This was tackled well, and with respect. George received applause after the middle guitar solo.\nThe Golden Slumbers medley was exceptional; the new Bootleg Ringo did probably the best version of the drum solo in The End that I've ever heard.\nInevitably, the show came to an (pre-encore) end, and the band performed Hey Jude. It lasted for about 10 minutes, and the crowd never grew tired of singing along.\nThe band left the stage and the crowd cheered continuously. \"John\" returned by himself and performed Imagine on the piano accompanied by the orchestra. The rest of the band then joined him and they performed Revolution, ending with Twist and Shout.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 13, "original_length": 2496, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 218.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://apps.prsa.org/intelligence/tactics/articles/view/11450/1124/elise_mitchell_apr_fellow_prsa_on_striving_for_sig", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:01Z", "digest": "sha1:TLXJDZ5ODJHAVSQMRUU5T2OBOT3AXBOC", "length": 5021, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "apps.prsa.org", "title": "Elise Mitchell, APR, Fellow PRSA, on Striving for Significance", "raw_content": "Elise Mitchell, APR, Fellow PRSA, on Striving for Significance\nI became a fan of Elise Mitchell, APR, Fellow PRSA, when we met at the 2008 Counselors Academy Spring Conference in Naples, Fla. We\u2019ve since become friends, and I consider her one of my biggest supporters. We recently chatted about leadership, and her upcoming closing keynote at this year\u2019s conference \u2014 taking place in Puerto Rico this May \u2014 titled: \u201cJourney Mindset: The Quest for Passion and Purpose.\u201d She also has a book in the works titled \u201cLeading Through the Turn: Destination Leadership, Journey Mindset.\u201d\nYou\u2019re known as a brave leader, yet I assume you\u2019ve had to tackle your fears, and often. Please share one such experience.\nIt was fear of failure. Most driven leaders work so hard for success, and our biggest fear is not reaching the destination we set our sights on. But if you\u2019re a risk-taker, you have to be willing to deal with failure.\nTo do so, know that one, you can be mad for 24 hours, but after that you have to get over it and look ahead, and two, learn from it! Figure out what didn\u2019t work and try something new next time. Don\u2019t keep doing the same thing or you\u2019ll keep getting the same result! This is where being nimble, adaptable and coachable are critical.\nI imagine that along your journey from a one-person PR agency in 1995 to becoming CEO of the Dentsu Global PR Network you \u201cfailed\u201d a few times. Please share a big failure, and what you learned from it.\nOne of my biggest mistakes in our early years was when we were growing so rapidly, and the team was working too many hours and feeling overwhelmed. That\u2019s when we made what I call \u201cdesperate hires\u201d: candidates who weren\u2019t the best fit for the job, or worse, soon showed themselves to be cultural scoundrels. These are people who have knowledge and technical skills, but don\u2019t live up to the values and culture that are the heart and soul of your organization.\nWhen that happens, you must act swiftly to see if they are coachable and want to change in order to succeed here, or you must exit them for the good of everyone \u2014 including them. They\u2019ll find a better fit somewhere else.\nPlease share a preview of your closing keynote at the upcoming Counselors Academy Spring Conference.\nAs leaders, we\u2019re very goal-oriented and driven. For us, setting and achieving compelling goals lights our fires.\nBut you don\u2019t often hear about striving for significance in one\u2019s leadership journey. You can get to a lot of \u201ctheres\u201d in your life. And while getting \u201cthere\u201d has its rewards, it doesn\u2019t completely satisfy.\nAs I went along my leadership journey, I realized I needed something more: finding passion and purpose in my work. It then becomes less about you, and more about everyone else. There\u2019s so much you can do to impact others for good, whether it\u2019s your time, your money, your mentoring or simply making a conscious decision to help those around you.\nLeaders are often in the position to make these life-changing decisions. These are the crucial moments when you\u2019re going to do something that can benefit others around you. I\u2019ve found that when I put my people first, and focus on what\u2019s right and best for them, as well as my companies, I\u2019ve benefited tenfold. It\u2019s been proven to me time and time again that that\u2019s the right thing to do.\nSo strive to find significance and purpose in your work, more than money, fame, fortune and power. Those aren\u2019t the be-all end-all, and they can\u2019t solely define who you are as a leader. Those aren\u2019t lasting rewards, they\u2019re not completely satisfying and there\u2019ll be something missing.\nIt\u2019s been a far more rewarding leadership journey this way. It\u2019s the way I was raised, the way my parents raised me and supports my spiritual beliefs. I guess I\u2019ve always believed that God gives us opportunities. It\u2019s up to you to do what you can with them. When you\u2019re trustworthy with little, you are trustworthy for much. When people see this in you, they\u2019ll walk through fire for you.\nWhat advice do you have for managers who have the opportunity for leadership offered to them early in their careers? What are the things to watch out for?\nTake it, but only if it's the right fit. And that's not an easy thing to determine. Great leaders know not only what they do, but why they do it and how they do it. Don't take a leadership opportunity just because you have the technical expertise or because it's another step up the chain; take it because the culture is consistent with your values and is conducive to a productive, happy team. Take the opportunity if you will be proud to see it through to fruition.\nAnd be humble. A title is not the end game. Leadership is a process. Never stop learning from others, and, of course, leadership doesn't just come from people higher up the chain than you. Look for leadership qualities among your clients, your staff and your family and friends.\nFRANCISCA RHONDA HECTOR says:\nThis article was very insightful. As I achieve more and move further in my career fear is a major factor. Great perspective!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 64, "original_length": 6418, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 296.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://april25.weebly.com/note-from-an-alienated-dad.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:26:31Z", "digest": "sha1:2F24ZD74WMKYP2H7IR6W2PET4STPG54Z", "length": 17349, "nlines": 69, "source_domain": "april25.weebly.com", "title": "Note From An Alienated Dad - A Case for Parental Alienation", "raw_content": "Please help bring awareness to this issue by liking & sharing our website. Like, Share, Follow us...\nby Joe R. Barrow, MFTt, an alienated father\nMeet our family: The Barrow Family\nBut Twilight Zone, horror, parental alienation, setback, all these things I can handle. I have a beautiful wife and children at home. I have my support group, my outlook and my faith. Sure, I break down, how could I not. Anyone who knows me knows how much I love our daughters. I joked with a friend I ran into at the court house that I have lost it while I was plugging away on the elliptical at Anytime Fitness, little does she know that I wasn't kidding. I think that at least one of the trainers there, who saw tears streaming down my face while I was doing my cardio, is concerned that I may be working out too hard.\nBut this is a staple of Parental Alienation; it is parents, grandparents and siblings suffering silently the effects of the most horrific type of child abuse that you have never heard of.\nNote from an Alienated Dad (cont)...\nTo everyone else, I want to start by saying this: To truly know the nightmare that my wife and I are going through you would have had to experience it, but I would not wish this upon anyone, not even the person who is to blame for causing it. But in sharing my personal experience, what I have learned and what I have documented, I hope to bring some much needed awareness to this issue.\nOne of the things I hear often when someone is talking about their experience with parental alienation is that you can't write this stuff. It is a fact that this is so much stranger than fiction it's almost unbelievable. Our story will floor you, and hopefully bring awareness enough to move you to action. Even if its just moving you to talk about it, sign a petition, or something as simple as writing a letter to a legislator. Its a step forward and would be much appreciated.\nThis website will have two parts: one that will deal with parental alienation and what it is, how it happens and what type of person does this to a child; the other part will be the telling and sharing of our story.\nIt takes more than just one disturbed parent to completely alienate a child from a loving parent. On this site, we hope to show, with actual examples, how the family law system, the mental health field and even family or friends--with good intent or bad-- can move the alienation process into completion.\nI have been told that we have one of the best documented cases of what happens in the alienation process. Not just the detestable role that the alienator plays but also how an incompetent therapist can do great harm, a duped family member can be manipulated into helping, and finally, how our family law system is set up to fail the loving parent.\nAll the information, examples of actual alienating behavior, e-mail, texts, voice-mails, audio and video recordings will be disseminated here: The Documented Case\nIt has been hard on our family\nI do struggle with this. It is hard to cope and to deal with. But, somehow I manage to deal with it and for that I am grateful. The hardest time, when I have to really fight to hold back the tears and mostly fail, is when I notice one of our other three daughters in our home hesitate before mentioning their sister's name. They have lost a sister as well, though we instill hope in them that its only a matter of time before we see her again. Our other children at home seem very happy and well-adjusted, yet I wonder how Malia, Jaida, and Sophie are really doing with not being allowed to see their big sister.\nMalia looked up to her the most, they were the closest in age, but she has recently stopped wearing her hair like her older sister. Jaida, who would cry quietly every time we dropped her sister back off at her mothers, seems oblivious to what is going on which is great. But even she will ask for her now and again. Sophie has just recently stopped calling out for her in her sleep. But she is so in tune with me that she seems to know somehow when I am really struggling and is doubly affectionate towards me at those times. She seems to know what I love and what I need and holds me longer than usual. They haven't seen their sister in months or spent any significant amount of time with their older sister in over 6 months. I know they all miss their her. How could they not?\nKeeping a sense of normalcy in our home\nThe good thing is that they are so distracted with life, that they are happy. To keep it that way, my wife and I don't bring up their sister too often. When she does comes up, we address it and then reframe things in a positive light. Eventually, we will include them in the therapy that my wife and I attend. Our therapist is amazing and is very familiar with what we are going through (Thank God), although I wish she would be more optimistic about the outcome. I know she is preparing us for the worst, for the reality that Parental Alienation doesn't end favorably for the loving parent. She says that she has seen well-prepared cases and documented custodial interference go ignored by fellow therapist and judges.\nIn the long and short run, my wife and I will be okay and because we are good parents, and nothing like Christy how portrays us, our girls will be as well.\nOur concern is our alienated daughter.\n\"I guess I will have to take my chances.\" My ex-wife, Christy Garrison when I explained how this could backfire on her.\nThe damage that is done to an alienated child is horrendous and well-documented in the research, literature, and, tragically, in the lives of the alienated child. Imagine not only having to go without a loving parent but also being forced to loathe that parent. What damage is worse than that which you perpetuate on a child's soul? Our children want to love us.\nWhen I pleaded with my ex-wife about the eventual ramifications, the damage that could be done by her actions, and how it may even backfire on her, Christy's response was, \"I guess I will have to take my chances.\" This is her mother. She is so full of hatred (or love some say) for me that she refuses to step back and look at the damage that she is doing. But, I don't blame her any more than I blame our daughter. Her history is very telling. (See Genogram)\nWhat damage is worse than that which any one would cause to a child's soul? And doesn\u2019t it make it doubly worse if it is done by their parent? How horrific! If this happens once to a child's it has happened too often. Regrettably, this happen all the time. Where is the outrage?\nI have seen the damage as it was being done.\nAs a loving father this is what I struggle with the most; that I didn\u2019t react expediently or forcefully enough to save our daughter and our relationship. And now I find myself fighting an uphill, and perhaps, unwinnable battle.\nI have seen a mother\u2019s reactive actions and words signal a child that it was preferred that the full force of her love for the other parent not be displayed so affectionately in her presence, and immediately, I felt our child loosen her embrace on me. It was so subtle and it took nothing away from us at the that moment-or so I thought. She still loved me and I loved her. Her embrace and love for me was still so real. So, I made the mistake of saying nothing and doing nothing.\nJust like I said nothing when her mother dismissed a planter that a I had painted for our daughter with a wave of her hand and a slight look of disgust.\n\"You can leave that here,\" she said. I waited to hear the words that follow so often, \"You're not bringing that to your real home.\" But everything else that was meaningful, of value, or sentiment (all trophies, awards, clothing, pictures, report cards) was to be kept at her \"real\" home according to Christy. (see You can keep the Trophies blog)\nNor did I say something when, in an odd show of affection, her mother would hold our daughter for overly extended periods when it came time for her our daughter to leave with me.\nI remained quiet on many other occasions where either with her words or behavior, Christy suggested that I was less than equal in importance as a parent to our daughter or even somehow, inexplicably, a threat to her safety.\nI remained quiet for the sake of keeping the peace with a mother who has a tendency to get volatile. I dismissed these slights as simple ignorance on Christy's part. I was naive in thinking that nothing could possibly damage or have a negative effect on the strong relationship that I had with our daughter.\nSome have counselled me, after the fact, that perhaps I should have been more assertive when it came to Christy's alienating behavior. I agree. Then again, look at what happens when I do stand my ground---complete alienation from our daughter. Christy has done this before when she feels there is a perceived slight, she will threaten another parent's removal from their children's lives using the courts system to do it. She calls it going to battle. \"You want to go to battle, we'll go to battle... but remember...my daughter is old enough to decide,\" her threats still echo in my mind. The fact that she would use our daughter against me disturbs me to now end.\nI also saw a mother, who was not as emotionally available to begin with, with-hold affection and instill guilt in her own daughter when she dared reciprocated the love, respect, and affection that her daughter had received from her step-mother. A woman--a mother--who stepped in and filled a void. That step-mother has now been discarded as well. The only thing left besides the memories of a perfect, yes perfect, relationship are the loving texts and e-mails. The exchanges that were once so overwhelmingly heartwarming are now heartbreaking. One of them is so telling, our child asks of her step-mom, \u201cthank you so much i love you much and why are you so nice to me?...\u201d\nWhat\u2019s missing when a child has to ask someone who loves them and shows affection, why they are so nice to them as if there is an ulterior motive.\n\"I am nice to you because I LOVE YOU!!!!!\" was her step-mom's response.\nIt was shortly after that when our daughter asked us, in tears if she could come live with us.\nWhat I am Prepared To Do\nMy contribution in life besides being everything I can be to my family, will be to do what I can to bring attention to Parental Alienation.\nI wish to make this a comprehensive website, a place where targeted parents, targeted children, as well as the alienating parent, can get some help and support.\nBut I also want it to be more than that. Much more.\nThis website will have examples of real life alienating behavior. I have spent the last 2 1/2 years documenting, video-recording, audio-recording and have saved hundreds of texts, e-mails, voice-mails of alienating and other disturbing behavior. I plan on publishing them all here for them to be shared, analyzed, and compared. Again, it is one of the best documented cases of parental alienation. In a conversation with a respected therapist, we were told that we have been too quiet about our experience.\nIt is time to share.\nWhat is happening to our family is horrific, it is a convoluted nightmare.\nBased on the way the court system works, or more accurately, how it doesn't work in these cases, and from what I know about others who are going through this, I know this much to be true: this doesn't end well for me.\nAt this time in our society, with this family court system in place it rarely ends well for the loving parent who is the target of parental alienation. It doesn't end well for my supportive wife either, who has embraced her step-daughter as her own. It doesn't end well for our other 3 daughters at home who have always looked up to and love their big sister. They miss their sister dearly, but rarely ask about her anymore.\nNo. Parental Alienation doesn\u2019t end well for the loving family...but it ends tragically for our alienated daughter.\nI could use this space to enumerate all the different ways that this is detrimental for a child, or you can use your imagination and common sense and ask your self what could be going on inside a child who is forced to hate a parent when every cell in her body, her very soul, was created to love both her parents unconditionally. Not to mention that by being forced to loathe one parent, she is then being forced to hate a part of herself and all this at the risk of losing the affection of the alienating parent whom the child also loves and depends on.\nMy family and I have an incredible support group of friends and family. We have our faith. We have our sense of justice, insight, and a belief that all things, good or bad, happen for a reason. Most of all we have each other. We continue to be strong and we will be okay.\nWhat is truly heartbreaking is what our alienated daughter is going through. Imagine having to live the rest of your life where you have to hate one of the two people that you are most innately and naturally wired to love unconditionally. Now imagine that as a child you have been encouraged-- at the threat of losing the emotional affection of one parent-- to disparage, denigrate, and lie about the other parent. It's a horrific situation to have to be in.\nIn the mental health field it is what is referred to as a double bind; a no-win situation where you are damned if you do and damned if you don't. It is crazy-making situation in a literal and figurative sense.\nWhen I think about how this is happening to our daughter, I have to stop at that point. It breaks my heart to think about her tortured soul. Her heart desires to love both parents, but she isn't allowed to do so without the risk of being perceived as being disloyal to her mother and older sister, Kaylee (see Psychologist Report) and possibly having affection withheld from a person she is dependent on for love and support.\nI want this website to be about taking action against all aspects of parental alienation. I told myself a while ago and have to remind myself often that I am not a victim. I am not a victim.\nI have made up my mind to further this cause, this fight against this insidious form of abuse in any way possible on as many fronts as possible.\nThe alienation process isn't only about one disturbed parent. It isn't only about a programmed and manipulated child. Nor is it only about the ill-informed and mis-guided social worker, the under-experienced therapists, or our failed family law system. It isn't even about the extended family members or friends who \u201cdon\u2019t want to get involved,\" or worst, the duped, relative who is convinced she is doing good by conspiring with the alienating parent.\nIt is about all of the above.\nIt is only by addressing all of these things that we may begin to make a difference. As of right now I am committing to making a difference.\nNo one, vindictive, malicious parent can completely alienate a child without the help of one or more of the above to validate or embolden the alienating parent; by bolstering the alienator\u2019s agenda either with words or actions, or God-forbid, making it \"official\" by reporting a distorted or inaccurate assessment on paper. No, one piece makes up the complete picture of the parental alienation puzzle.\nThis website is to address parental alienation and all the pieces that contribute to the alienation puzzle. From the disturbed parent, and the process of recruiting unwitting co-alienators; to the mediators and judges who contribute and, eventually, help solidify the alienation of a loving parent from their children.\nAgain, In the process, I plan on sharing my personal story of parental alienation.\nIn my story you will find a well-documented case with over 21/2 years of documentation and material evidence where you will read, see, and hear the actual words of an alienating parent, mediator's reports, and other documentation.\nBut the most heart-wrenching evidence that I will share with you is the actual transformation of a once loving, respectful daughter\u2019s natural love to that of the hatred, disrespect, and loathing that is the staple of a programmed child.\nIn a child\u2019s voice you will hear--and I believe feel--the profound love and affection that comes from once having a strong and loving bond with her father. In a child\u2019s un-natural voice you will then hear the programmed hate taught by a parent whose own issues keep her blindly unaware of the havoc that she is inflicting in her own children\u2019s lives.\nI will call her April.\nThis is the sound of her voice:\nTwo months later my ex-wife, Christine Garrison, called and said that our daughter didn't want anything to do with our family. She then handed our daughter the phone and had her echo the same words. Days later Christine filed an Ex Parte to remove ALL my parental rights. The emergency request was first dismissed by the judge with a hearing set for November 29, 2013. On October 26, three days before our mediation date, Christy Called Child Protective Services and filed false allegations which have since deemed unfounded. Still, on November 29, Commissioner Deborah Daniel ordered all my time with our daughter suspended and that I was not to call and \"bug\" her.\nIt has been a year since our family which include myself, my wife, and Megan's 3 little sisters have had any meaningful contact with Megan.\nMegan and step-mom getting ready to go shopping\nTypical fun: Dog pile on dad...\nMegan and dad...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 133, "original_length": 19772, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 304.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ar2014.gazprom-neft.com/corporate-governance/risks/legal-risks/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:36:26Z", "digest": "sha1:YAURASGUB6ZUOATCPWEUOBLF47X5I6TD", "length": 6669, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "ar2014.gazprom-neft.com", "title": "Legal Risks \u2013 Main Risk Factors \u2013 Corporate Governance \u2013 Gazprom Neft 2014 Annual report", "raw_content": "Financial Risks(Alt + \u2190)\nSustainable Development(Alt + \u2192)\nChanges to Taxation for the Russian Oil and Gas Sector Transportation of Oil and Petroleum Products\nGazprom Neft carries out its activities in strict compliance with the standards of Russian legislation as well as the legislation of the jurisdictions in which the Company performs its operations.\nGazprom Neft cannot guarantee the absence of adverse changes in Russian legislation in the long term since most risk factors in this area are out of its control. The negative impact of this risk category is mitigated by monitoring and timely reaction to changes made to various sections of legislation as well as active interaction with the legislative and executive authorities and public organisations on matters involving the interpretation, proper application and improvement of legislative norms.\nRISKS ASSOCIATED WITH CHANGES TO TAX LEGISLATION\nGazprom Neft is one of the biggest taxpayers in the Russian Federation and pays federal, regional and local taxes, in particular VAT, corporate profit tax, mineral extraction tax, corporate property tax and land tax.\nIn 2014, special attention was paid to the risk of the \u201ctax manoeuvring\u201d effect on the Company\u2019s performance results.\nIn its operating activities, Company specialists perform continuous monitoring of changes to tax legislation and changes to the practice of interpreting and applying the standards of existing tax legislation. The Company acts as an expert in the process of improvements to the regulatory framework and the development of new legal acts of tax legislation.\nRisks caused by \u201ctax manoeuvring\u201d were identified by the Company on time and taken into account when compiling the business plan for 2015.\nRISKS ASSOCIATED WITH CHANGES TO THE RULES FOR CUSTOMS CONTROL AND DUTIES\nThe Company is involved in foreign economic relations and therefore exposed to risks associated with changes to legislation in the state regulation of foreign trade activities as well as customs legislation governing relations for establishing procedures for the movement of goods across the customs border of the Russian Federation, establishing and applying customs regimes as well as establishing, introducing and collecting customs payments.\nAnother risk may be the ability of the Russian Government to change customs duty rates (both import and export) for certain goods for which Gazprom Neft concludes foreign trade transactions. The primary adverse effect from this risk is an increase in expenses and lower export efficiency.\nGazprom Neft meets the requirements of customs control, completes all documentation required for both export and import transactions in a timely manner and has sufficient financial and human resources to comply with the standards and rules in matters of customs regulation.\nThe risks were assessed as acceptable taking into account the reduction in the customs duty on crude oil exports.\nRISKS ASSOCIATED WITH CHANGES TO THE REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSING CORE ACTIVITIES\nThe development of modern legislation on subsoil resources is based on the detailed regulation of subsoil resource use processes by the government, the need to improve the rational use of subsoil resources and strict compliance with legislative environmental standards.\nGazprom Neft operates on licensed areas taking into account the stringent requirements of Russian legislation on subsoil resources while ensuring the updating of licensing agreements based on changes to existing legislation.\nThe Company is working on analysing and assessing legislative initiatives from relevant ministries and agencies that concern subsoil resources and the licensing of individual types of operations. The amendments to existing legislation that have been proposed and are under discussion will have an overall favourable effect on the subsoil resource regime and the performance of licensed activities in the Russian Federation.\nNo legal risks associated with the loss of the right to use subsoil resource sections or the violation of existing legislation due to such changes are directly foreseen for Gazprom Neft.\nRISKS ASSOCIATED WITH CHANGES TO JUDICIAL PRACTICE ON MATTERS RELATED TO THE COMPANY\u2019S OPERATIONS\nIn the existing law enforcement system in the Russian Federation the legal positions of the nation\u2019s highest courts are of great importance, especially the legal positins of the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court and the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation. Ruling s from these bodies may affect conditions of the Company\u2019s business activities.\nGazprom Neft regularly monitors the decisions adopted by the high courts and also evaluates trends in law enforcement practice seen at the level of district arbitration courts while actively applying and using such practice not only to protect its rights and legitimate interests in court but also when resolving legal issues that arise during the process of its activities. In this regard, risks associated with changes to judicial practice are regarded as negligible.\nRISKS ASSOCIATED WITH ANTIMONOPOLY REGULATION\nIf the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) concludes that the Company is operating in violation of antimonopoly legislation, this may results in administrative action being taken against the Company\u2019s enterprises.\nThe oil industry in Russia operates under strict pricing control by government authorities that monitor petroleum product prices and track coordinated actions by companies as well as price collusion.\nAs a result, even substantiated growth in prices for oil company products may lead to complaints and accusations by the FAS concerning the violation of Russian antimonopoly legislation.\nThe FAS has fined the Company in the past in connection with allegations that it abused its dominant position on the market.\nIn accordance with the decisions of the FAS and with the support of the Presidium of the Supreme Arbitration Court of the Russian Federation, Gazprom Neft and other vertically integrated Russian oil companies were found to be dominating the motor and jet fuel markets in Russia.\nIn addition, the FAS has prepared draft laws \u201cOn the Price Market for Oil and Petroleum Products\u201d and \"On the Specific Details of Oil and Petroleum Product Turnover in the Russian Federation\u2019\u2019, which contain other potential risks for the Company.\nThe Company devotes much attention to maintaining compliance with antimonopoly legislation and in this regard has established a division whose activities aim to manage antimonopoly risks at the Company. In addition, the Company has also developed a pricing policy that is coordinated with regulatory authorities.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 220, "original_length": 11351, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 238.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://archie.kumc.edu/xmlui/handle/2271/806", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:09Z", "digest": "sha1:YDSHI5L5THYNKHTOUL4I5AI5N5JAERNA", "length": 150, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "archie.kumc.edu", "title": "2006-2007 Quarter 2 Report", "raw_content": "Second quarterly report for the first year of the second contract, covering the period August 1, 2006 - October 31, 2006.\nName: Year1_Quarter2_All.pdf", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 1432, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 244.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://archive.classfare.com/stories/all-the-way-through", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:55Z", "digest": "sha1:UYSPQAKBKNXPPKINKUCHYPFXKNPUS3QC", "length": 2578, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "archive.classfare.com", "title": "Classfare \u2013 All the Way Through", "raw_content": "We all dislike clich\u00e9s, don\u2019t we? Especially when someone tells us that \u201cevery cloud has a silver lining\u201d after we\u2019ve just received bad news. Or perhaps \u201cwhat goes around comes around\u201d, a phrase that\u2019s never done anyone any good (save for that Justin Timberlake guy).\nBut perhaps one of my favorite clich\u00e9s to hate is \u201cit\u2019s all about the details\u201d. In the world of menswear, this banal phrase is often accompanied by a selfie of some well-meaning gentleman overcome by one too many colorful accessories. And hashtags.\nI\u2019m not averse to this phrase because of my distaste for overly coiffed pocket squares (though that doesn\u2019t help). I object to it for the same reason we all object to such platitudes \u2014 not because they aren\u2019t true \u2014 but because their generality extracts their potential substance. What\u2019s all about the details? Which details are the details?\nWhile there are times befit for generalization, details live and die by specificity. By nuance. So what are details when it comes to menswear? Are they unique flourishes? Unseen finishes? Material choices?\nDetails are all of these things. Perhaps one of the most iconic arbiters of detail, the late Steve Jobs, said it best when speaking about diligence in design.\n\u201cWhen you\u2019re a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you\u2019re not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it faces the wall and nobody will ever see it. You\u2019ll know it\u2019s there. So you\u2019re going to use a beautiful piece of wood on the back. For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through.\u201d\nThough not many hold Jobs\u2019 religious fervor for the little things, details nonetheless exist \u201call the way through\u201d every aspect of craft. Whether you pay attention to them or not, they are there. Be it the hand feel and drape of a shirt, the green stitching on its cuff, or the poorly sewn placket that\u2019s separating after several wears, the attention to detail, or lack thereof, is saying something. Details are inflection points of thoughtfulness \u2014 those elements both visible and invisible that make a product feel great. Or, inversely, those that make them feel like shit.\nThis issue, therefore, is a celebration of those points of thoughtfulness done well, including the individuals who create them. Those who are committed to designing and crafting exceptional products day after day. Brands ultimately rise and fall by their ability to stand out amidst the competition, and it is often their attention to detail that defines where they land. After all, the devil is in the details, no?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 374, "original_length": 9520, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 276.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://archive.cmsimpact.org/blmreport", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:17Z", "digest": "sha1:VL4VFUG3MEWKXXH3T2LNHQ4CNAJGGHLJ", "length": 3284, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "archive.cmsimpact.org", "title": "Beyond the hashtags: #Ferguson, #Blacklivesmatter, and the online struggle for offline justice | Center for Media & Social Impact", "raw_content": "Home >> Beyond the hashtags: #Ferguson, #Blacklivesmatter, and the online struggle for offline justice\nBeyond the hashtags: #Ferguson, #Blacklivesmatter, and the online struggle for offline justice\nBy Deen Freelon, Charlton D. McIlwain, and Meredith D. Clark | February 29, 2016\nDownload report PDF here (2.7 MB).\nThe views expressed in this report are the authors\u2019 alone and are not necessarily shared by the Spencer Foundation or the Center for Media and Social Impact.\nIN 2014, A DEDICATED ACTIVIST MOVEMENT\u2014Black Lives Matter (BLM)\u2014ignited an urgent national conversation about police killings of unarmed Black citizens. Online tools have been anecdotally credited as critical in this effort, but researchers are only beginning to evaluate this claim. This research report examines the movement\u2019s uses of online media in 2014 and 2015. To do so, we analyze three types of data: 40.8 million tweets, over 100,000 web links, and 40 interviews of BLM activists and allies. Most of the report is devoted to detailing our findings, which include:\n\u00bb Although the #Blacklivesmatter hashtag was created in July 2013, it was rarely used through the summer of 2014 and did not come to signify a movement until the months after the Ferguson protests.\n\u00bb Social media posts by activists were essential in initially spreading Michael Brown\u2019s story nationally.\n\u00bb Protesters and their supporters were generally able to circulate their own narratives without relying on mainstream news outlets.\n\u00bb There are six major communities that consistently discussed police brutality on Twitter in 2014 and 2015: Black Lives Matter, Anonymous/Bipartisan Report, Black Entertainers, Conservatives, Mainstream News, and Young Black Twitter.\n\u00bb The vast majority of the communities we observed supported justice for the victims and decisively denounced police brutality.\n\u00bb Black youth discussed police brutality frequently, but in ways that differed substantially from how activists discussed it.\n\u00bb Evidence that activists succeeded in educating casual observers came in two main forms: expressions of awe and disbelief at the violent police reactions to the Ferguson protests, and conservative admissions of police brutality in the Eric Garner and Walter Scott cases.\n\u00bb The primary goals of social media use among our interviewees were education, amplification of marginalized voices, and structural police reform.\nIn our concluding section, we reflect on the practical importance and implications of our findings. We hope this report contributes to the specific conversation about how Black Lives Matter and related movements have used online tools as well as to broader conversations about the general capacity of such tools to facilitate social and political change.\nAbout the authors: Deen Freelon is an assistant professor of communication at American University. Charlton D. McIlwain is an associate professor of media, culture and communication and Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity at New York University. Meredith D. Clark is an assistant professor of digital and print news at the University of North Texas.\nPlease send any questions or comments about this report to Deen Freelon at freelon@american.edu.\nCreative Commons: BY-NC-SA http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 99, "original_length": 4600, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 283.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://archive.economonitor.com/blog/2008/12/the-logic-of-keynes-in-todays-world/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:37Z", "digest": "sha1:E7WDI357OL4NU4YTVGFGS3FXTRW6Y2KN", "length": 4631, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "archive.economonitor.com", "title": "\ufeff The Logic of Keynes in Today\u2019s World | EconoMonitor", "raw_content": "The Logic of Keynes in Today\u2019s World\nNot long ago I was talking to someone who once had been a deficit hawk but the current recession had turned into a full-blooded Keynesian. He wanted a stimulus package in the range of $500 to $700 billion. \u201cConsumers are dead in the water,\u201d he said, fervently, \u201cso government has to step in.\u201d I agreed. But I didn\u2019t tell him his traditional Keynesianism is based on two highly-questionable assumptions in today\u2019s world, and the underlying logic of Keyenes leads us toward something bigger and more permanent than he has in mind.\nThe first assumption is that American consumers will eventually regain the purchasing power needed to keep the economy going full tilt. That seems doubtful. Median incomes dropped during the last recovery, adjusted for inflation, and even at the start weren\u2019t much higher than they were in the 1970s. Middle-class families continued to spend at a healthy clip over the last thirty years despite this because women went into paid work, everyone started working longer hours, and then, when these tactics gave out, went deeper and deeper into debt. This indebtedness, in turn, depended on rising home values, which generated hundreds of billions of dollars in home equity loans and refinanced mortgages. But now that the housing bubble has burst, the spending has ended. Families cannot work more hours than they did before, and won\u2019t be able to borrow as much, either.\nThe second assumption is that, even if Americans had the money to keep spending as before, they could do so forever. Yet only the most myopic adherent of free-market capitalism could believe this to be true. The social and environmental costs would soon overwhelm us. Even if climate change were not an imminent threat to the planet, the rest of the world will not allow American consumers to continue to use up a quarter of the planet\u2019s natural resources and generate an even larger share of its toxic wastes and pollutants.\nThis would be a problem if most of what we consumed during our big-spending years were bare necessities. But much was just stuff. And surely there are limits to how many furnishings and appliances can be crammed into a home, how many hours can be filled manipulating digital devices, and how much happiness can be wrung out of commercial entertainment.\nThe current recession is a nightmare for people who have lost their jobs, homes, and savings; and it\u2019s part of a continuing nightmare for the poor. That\u2019s why we have to do all we can to get the economy back on track. But most other Americans are now discovering they can exist surprisingly well buying fewer of the things they never really needed to begin with.\nWhat we most lack, or are in danger of losing, are the things we use in common \u2013 clean air, clean water, public parks, good schools, and public transportation, as well as social safety nets to catch those of us who fall. Common goods like these don\u2019t necessarily use up scarce resources; often, they conserve and protect them.\nYet they have been declining for many years. Some have been broken up and sold as more expensive private goods, especially for the well-to do \u2013 bottled water, private schools, security guards, and health clubs, for example. Others, like clean air, have fallen prey to deregulation. Others have been wacked by budget axes; the current recession is forcing states and locales to axe even more. Still others, such as universal health care and pre-schools, never fully emerged to begin with.\nWhere does this logic lead? Given the implausibility of consumers being able to return to the same level of personal spending as before, along with the undesirability of our doing so even if we could, and the growing scarcity of common goods, there would seem only one sensible way to restore and maintain aggregate demand. That would be through government expenditure on the commons. Rather than a temporary stimulus, government would permanently fill the gap left by consumers who cannot and should not be expected to resume their old spending ways. This wouldn\u2019t require permanent deficits as long as, once economic growth returns, revenues from a progressive income tax refill the coffers.\nMy friend the born-again Keynesian might not like where the logic of Keynesianism leads in today\u2019s world, but the rest of us might take heart.\nThe Logic of Keynes in Today\u2019s World added by Robert Reich on December 16, 2008\n42 Responses to \"The Logic of Keynes in Today\u2019s World\"\nSounds good to me. Hope Prof Reich is advising Obama. Hope middle and upper middle class Americanscan learn to live more simply and enjoy the things that money cant buy", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 6792, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 237.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://archives.statelegals.staradvertiser.com/content/ads/results_all/0000884952-01", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:43:51Z", "digest": "sha1:HYGOT2ILMXAUFROLDWJKFTWOOCBNH6LC", "length": 2882, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "archives.statelegals.staradvertiser.com", "title": "Legal Notices | Hawaii State And County Government Notices | statelegals.staradvertiser.com", "raw_content": "4444 Rice St., Kapule Building, Lihue, Hawaii 96766. Tel: 241-4050. Pursuant to the Special Management Area Rules and Regulations of the County of Kauai and Chapter 8 of the Kauai County Code 1987, as amended, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of a hearing to be held by the Planning Commission of the County of Kauai at the Lihue Civic Center, Moikeha Building, Meeting Rooms 2A and 2B, 4444 Rice Street, Lihue, Kauai on Tuesday, July 26, 2016 starting at 9:00 a.m. or soon thereafter to consider the following:\n2. Class IV Zoning Permit Z-IV-2016-18 and Use Permit U-2016-15 to allow conversion of an existing residence into a bed and breakfast operation on a parcel located along the northern side of Poipu Road in Poipu, approx. 250 ft. north of the Kipuka Street/Poipu Road intersection and further identified as 2375 Kipuka Street, Tax Map Key 2-8-023:040, and containing a total area of 10,570 sq. ft.\n3. Zoning Amendment ZA-2016-5 for a Bill for an Ordinance amending subsection 8-15.1(d), Kauai County Code, as amended, relating to additional dwelling unit on other than residentially zoned lands.\nAll persons may present testimony for or against any application as public witnesses. Such testimony should be made in writing and presented to the Department prior to the hearing. Late written testimony may be submitted up to seven days after the close of the hearing in cases where the Commission does not take action on the same day as the hearing. Any party may be represented by counsel if he or she so desires. Also, individuals may appear on their own behalf, a member of a partnership may represent the partnership, and an officer or authorized employee of a corporation or trust or association may represent the corporation, trust or association. Petitions for intervenor status must be submitted to the Commission and the applicant at least seven days prior to the date of the hearing advertised herein and shall be in conformance with Chapter 4 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Planning Commission. Chapter 4 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Planning Commission relating to intervention does not apply to General Plan, Zoning or State Land Use District Boundary Amendments and Rule Making Procedure before the Commission. Proposed plans, bills and the Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Planning Commission are available for inspection during normal business hours at the address above. Copies of the proposal may be mailed to any person willing to pay the required fees for copying and postage. Mailing requests may be made to the Department in writing at the address above. Special accommodations for those with disabilities are available upon request five days prior to the meeting date by contacting the Department at the information above. KAUAI PLANNING COMMISSION Sean Mahoney, Chairperson, By Michael A. Dahilig, Clerk of the Commission.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 116, "original_length": 4601, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 255.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://arkansasroots.blogspot.com/2012/09/1861-slave-map-of-dallas-county-arkansas.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:19Z", "digest": "sha1:JG3HUY54CF262RQLQ5JBOJKHSVH56PGV", "length": 483, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "arkansasroots.blogspot.com", "title": "Arkansas Roots: The Stories of my Family: 1861 Slave Map of Dallas County, Arkansas", "raw_content": "My paternal grandfather was from Carthage, Arkansas born somewhere around 1897 and in some instances his name is listed as Wm. H. Smith or Henry W. Smith. I am having a difficult time locating ANY records tying him to his family. He married my Grandmother, Bessie McLemore in Fordyce, Arkansas 1911. My Father (Charles Smith) was born in 1933 but he died in 1970. I am completely stumped in my search. Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.\nPosted by Mary T., Las Vegas, NV", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 140, "original_length": 6472, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 284.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://articles.latimes.com/1999/jul/16/entertainment/ca-56416", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:15Z", "digest": "sha1:TAUKLGPJ2WFZDDUVYHR2VDM32LTSFFPJ", "length": 3712, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "articles.latimes.com", "title": "Relationships in Disarray in Over-the-Top 'Velocity' - latimes", "raw_content": "Relationships in Disarray in Over-the-Top 'Velocity'\nJuly 16, 1999|KEVIN THOMAS | TIMES STAFF WRITER\nThe best thing that can be said about a picture as misfired as \"The Velocity of Gary* (*Not His Real Name)\" is that it's not likely to damage the careers of the talented people involved in its making. Relative newcomer Thomas Jane soon will be seen in the action thriller \"Deep Blue Sea\", Salma Hayek is in this summer's \"Wild Wild West,\" and Vincent D'Onofrio is firmly established as a versatile risk-taker. (There's also a cameo by Ethan Hawke.)\nEven director Dan Ireland, a film industry veteran, who made his directorial debut with the well-received 1995 \"The Whole Wide World,\" which starred D'Onofrio as pulp novelist Robert E. Howard, already has a new project. So the big question is: How did these people get caught up in first-time writer James Still's wretched script? The story, said to be true, has real possibilities: a menage-a-trois among three young street people. The trouble is that it doesn't seem to be unfolding in the real world, no matter that it was shot largely on downtown L.A. streets, passing as Manhattan, which is seen in establishing shots. The gritty locales serve only to make the material seem all the more artificial.\nThere is almost nothing going on to anchor these people to everyday existence. Jane's handsome Gary, for example, is a hustler who never seems to have to work at it. Anyway, the attraction between D'Onofrio's Valentino and Gary is instant and strong. We know that Valentino (D'Onofrio) made at least one porn film, but we don't know if he is actually a porn film regular. In the meantime Hayek's tempestuous--really, that's too mild a word here--waitress Mary Carmen has a grand passion for Valentino.\nThere is no sense of how these people manage to survive from day to day. Mary, in fact, quits her job at an all-night doughnut shop early on. Therefore, most of the film finds these three sitting around indulging in their all-consuming feelings for each other with Mary somewhat less than thrilled to share Valentino with Gary. Then AIDS and pregnancy enter the picture.\nVery little is demanded of D'Onofrio and Jane as actors, which may be fortunate for them, because Hayek has been asked to throw hysterics almost continually. In committing herself to her role and in trusting her director she gives a screeching, over-the-top performance that is just plain awful. As it nears its conclusion, \"Velocity\" starts working up some involvement with these three, but it's way too late to matter.\n* MPAA rating: R, for strong sexual content, language, some drug use and violent images. Times guidelines: language, adult themes and situations, wholly unsuitable for children.\n'The Velocity of Gary* (*Not His Real Name)'\nSalma Hayek: Mary Carmen\nVincent D'Onofrio: Valentino\nThomas Jane: Gary\nA Next Millennium Entertainment presentation of a Dan Lupovitz/Joe Simon production in association with Vincent D'Onofrio and Dan Ireland and Ventanarosa Productions. Director Dan Ireland. Producer Dan Lupovitz. Executive producers Carl-Jan Colpaert, Kathryn Arnold, Dan Ireland, Joe Simon, Ellen Wander, Vincent D'Onofrio. Cinematographer Claudio Rocha. Editor Luis Colina. Music Peitor Angell. Costumes Tim Chappel. Production designer Amy Ancona. Art director Rachel Kamerman. Set decorator Melissa Levander. Running time: 1 hour, 48 minutes.\nExclusively at the Sunset 5, 8000 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, (323) 848-3500; the Playhouse 7, 673 E. Colorado Blvd., (626) 844-6500; and the University, Campus Drive opposite UCI, Irvine, (949) 854-8811 or (714) 777-FILM (No. 084).\n\"Mrs. Palfrey\" is out of this modern world\n'Passionada' is a story to love and embrace", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 37, "original_length": 4214, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 312.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://articles.latimes.com/2003/jan/05/opinion/op-ricciardulli5", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:44Z", "digest": "sha1:Y5QMYQBLHKAIBUGCYVYZEGXSMCPFTJO4", "length": 5161, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "articles.latimes.com", "title": "Open the Prison Door to Savings - latimes", "raw_content": "Open the Prison Door to Savings\nFreeing 10,000 nonviolent drug offenders could avert painful cuts to the court system.\nJanuary 05, 2003|Alex Ricciardulli | Alex Ricciardulli is L.A. deputy public defender and adjunct professor at USC and Loyola law schools.\nTwo years ago, California voters overwhelmingly revised the way courts deal with people convicted of possessing drugs for their personal use: Instead of prison, they would receive treatment. But about 10,000 nondangerous drug offenders still languish in state prison because the courts have interpreted Proposition 36 to apply only to individuals sentenced after the measure went into effect. And therein lies an opportunity to reduce the state's projected $34.5-billion budget deficit -- and respect the will of California voters.\nThe legislative analyst's office, a bipartisan government agency that provides fiscal and policy advice to the Legislature, recently suggested that lawmakers \"put everything on the table when considering solutions\" to the budget crisis. Among the options was the early release of prisoners. One proposal suggested shaving the sentences of most inmates by up to 12 months, with projected savings estimated at nearly $250 million.\nThis approach would be similar to one used in other deficit-plagued states. In Kentucky, for example, the governor recently ordered hundreds of prison inmates released in order to reduce his state's deficit. Although the mass commutation was designed to free only low-risk offenders, some who had committed serious crimes like burglary and arson slipped through the cracks. Critics charged that the governor was compromising safety to save dollars.\nKentucky's answer to its deficit would probably face steep opposition here. California is, after all, the state that embraced the three-strikes law in 1994 and then reprised its tough-on-crime tack by approving the Gang Violence and Juvenile Crime Prevention Act in 2000, which increased punishment for juvenile offenders and gang members.\nA solution proposed in Kansas is more in keeping with California's sentiments toward drug users. This month, a Kansas sentencing commission will recommend to the Legislature that inmates serving time for drug possession and who have no record of violent crimes or drug trafficking be immediately released from prison and placed in rehabilitation programs. It concluded that the plan would save the state millions because drug treatment in Kansas annually costs about $2,500 per addict, compared with the $21,000 a year required to keep him or her behind bars.\nExtending Proposition 36 to cover all nonviolent drug offenders in California prisons would similarly reduce the state's budget deficit, but the potential savings here could be even greater. In June, the state Department of Corrections reported that about 15,000 inmates are serving time for simple possession of drugs like cocaine and methamphetamine. About one-third of them would not qualify for release under a broadened Proposition 36 because the law excludes most defendants with \"strikes\" on their record. But that still leaves some 10,000 inmates.\nAccording to the Department of Corrections, it costs an average of $26,000 a year to house an inmate. A typical year of treatment has a price tag of about $4,000. Thus, freeing those 10,000 drug offenders would save California about $220 million.\nHow much money is that? Gov. Gray Davis' most recent deficit-reduction proposals for the criminal justice system do not include early release of prisoners. Yet he would cut funding for courts by $60 million, trim crime victims' services and public safety grants by $3.6 million and shorten training for prison correctional officers from 16 to 12 weeks to save $1.3 million.\nTrue, the specter of thousands of drug-addicted convicts suddenly on the streets may scare people into accepting draconian budget cuts -- even higher taxes. But this imagined horror is chimerical. Those eligible for release would be screened to assure that they were not dangerous, and heavily addicted defendants would not be released into the community but to live-in, lock-down residential drug-treatment facilities and halfway houses. Parole officers would closely supervise addicts, who would be tested for drugs to ensure they stayed on the road to recovery.\nWhat's more, extending Proposition 36 to drug offenders in prison could promote public safety. With the savings realized, courts could be fully funded to ensure prosecution of dangerous criminals; victims' services would not have to be cut; and correctional personnel would receive the training they needed to keep truly dangerous felons safely behind bars.\nA report issued in September by the Los Angeles Department of Health Services indicated that Proposition 36 is a success, with 80% of drug offenders taking part in treatment. All the more reason for the Legislature to amend the law to provide that drug rehabilitation be extended to all nondangerous addicted offenders convicted of simple possession.\nThis is a rare opportunity for fiscally correct justice, and it shouldn't be passed up.\nDEA Chief Looks at Calif. Policy as Blueprint for U.S.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 5625, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 284.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://artindex.ro/2013/06/16/how-a-working-class-couple-amassed-a-priceless-art-collection/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:33Z", "digest": "sha1:BRYNDVSPTLN4UD4BRMLTPT24PC4FODCB", "length": 12875, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "artindex.ro", "title": "Artindex \u00bb How a Working-Class Couple Amassed a Priceless Art Collection", "raw_content": "How a Working-Class Couple Amassed a Priceless Art Collection\nArticol preluat de pe www.mentalfloss.com, LINK AICI\nNational Gallery of Art, Gallery Archives\nHerb Vogel never earned more than $23,000 a year. Born and raised in Harlem, Vogel worked for the post office in Manhattan. He spent nearly 50 years living in a 450-square-foot one-bedroom apartment with his wife, Dorothy, a reference librarian at the Brooklyn Public Library. They lived frugally. They didn\u2019t travel. They ate TV dinners. Aside from a menagerie of pets, Herb and Dorothy had just one indulgence: art. But their passion for collecting turned them into unlikely celebrities, working-class heroes in a world of Manhattan elites.\nWhile their coworkers had no idea, the press noticed. The New York Times labeled the Vogels the \u201cIn Couple\u201d of New York City. They counted minimalist masters Richard Tuttle and Donald Judd among their close friends. And in just four decades, they assembled one of the most important private art collections of the 20th century, stocking their tiny apartment floor-to-ceiling with Chuck Close sketches, paintings by Roy Lichtenstein, and sculptures by Andy Goldsworthy. Today, more than 1,000 of the works they purchased are housed in the National Gallery, a collection a curator there calls \u201cliterally priceless.\u201d J. Carter Brown, the museum\u2019s former director, referred to the collection as \u201ca work of art in itself.\u201d\nThe Vogels had no formal training in art collecting. They didn\u2019t aspire to open a gallery or work in museums. They bought art the way any amateur collector shops: for the love of the individual pieces and the thrill of a good deal. But you don\u2019t accumulate a priceless collection of anything by accident. Herb and Dorothy developed a methodical system for scouting, assessing, and purchasing art. When it came to mastering their hobby, the Vogels were self-trained professionals. This is how they did it.\nHerbert Vogel was born in 1922, the son of a tailor and a homemaker. A rebellious teen, fond of jazz and zoot suits, he dropped out of high school because \u201cI hated people telling me what to do,\u201d he said. Instead, he worked in a cigar factory before doing a stint in the National Guard. When a dislocated shoulder resulted in a medical discharge, he enrolled in art history seminars at New York University\u2019s Institute of Fine Arts, where legendary art historians like Erwin Panofsky and Walter Friedlaender held court. In the evenings, Herb frequented the storied Cedar Tavern, listening in awe as artists like Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline roared at each other over the meaning of abstract expressionism. He decided he wanted to be a painter. To subsidize his new passion, he landed a job at the post office, working the graveyard shift in the dead-letter department.\nIn November 1960, Herb, then 38, went to a dance at the Statler Hilton Hotel in Manhattan. Scanning the crowd, his eyes fell on a pretty, bookish young woman 13 years his junior. This was Dorothy Faye Hoffman, the daughter of a stationery merchant from Elmira, N.Y. Dorothy had moved to Brooklyn two years earlier, after receiving her master\u2019s in library science at the University of Denver. Herb thought she looked \u201cintelligent.\u201d Dorothy found him \u201ccuddly\u201d and liked his dance moves. It was love at first sight.\nHerb and Dorothy were married in 1962 and spent their honeymoon in Washington, D.C, where they made their inaugural voyage to the National Gallery. \u201cThat\u2019s where Herb gave me my first art lesson,\u201d Dorothy said. At the time, she knew next to nothing about art, having always preferred music and theater. But her husband\u2019s enthusiasm inspired her. She enrolled with him in painting and drawing classes at NYU. That same year, they bought a small sculpture made from crushed car metal by the artist John Chamberlain. They had no idea that the joint purchase would be the first of thousands.\nThe Vogels rented a tiny studio in Union Square, painting there at night and on weekends and using the vibrant, abstract products to decorate their new apartment on 86th Street. But by the mid-1960s, the couple realized that their artistic ambitions outweighed their abilities. \u201cI wasn\u2019t bad,\u201d Dorothy claimed, adding, \u201cI didn\u2019t like Herby\u2019s paintings.\u201d Herb, an unfailingly modest man, admitted as much: \u201cI was a terrible painter.\u201d They decided to concentrate on collecting instead.\nAt the time, Pop Art and Abstract Expressionism were in vogue and too expensive for the Vogels. Minimal and conceptual art, on the other hand, had yet to be embraced by the art world establishment. The Vogels made a pact: Her salary would go toward living expenses, his toward art. Under these new terms, they visited the SoHo studio of an obscure artist named Sol LeWitt and walked out with the first piece LeWitt ever sold: an untitled, golden, T-shaped structure. \u201cHe had more than average potential, and I felt it,\u201d Herb said. LeWitt would later become a titan of contemporary American art.\nBut Herb and Dorothy\u2019s obsession was just starting to kick in. The couple began visiting dozens of galleries and studios each week, becoming what artist Chuck Close called \u201cthe mascots of the art world.\u201d In making purchases, they functioned as a team. Herb, the impulsive Dionysian, searched for art \u201clike a truffle hound,\u201d said the artist Lucio Pozzi, who has more than 400 works in the Vogel collection. Dorothy, the Apollonian librarian with the encyclopedic memory, was more passive, hanging back and calculating the financial realities. They had only a few criteria: The work had to be affordable; it had to fit in their apartment; and it had be transportable via taxi or subway. Not part of the equation? The artist\u2019s reputation. \u201cWe bought what we liked,\u201d Dorothy said. \u201cSimple as that.\u201d And they continued to lead their double life\u2014racing from studio to studio to gallivant with artists and to scout their next big purchase every night, while keeping their passions private from their work colleagues. Still, assembling such an incredible collection on such a tiny budget required a few other tricks.\nMany in the art world call the Vogels\u2019 method cheating. That\u2019s because the couple never dealt with galleries and art dealers. Instead, Herb and Dorothy negotiated with hungry artists directly, arriving at studios with cash in hand. Artist Jeanne-Claude, who passed away in 2009, remembered receiving a phone call from Herb back in 1971, when the creators of \u201cThe Gates\u201d were still broke. \u201cIt\u2019s the Vogels!\u201d Jeanne-Claude cried to her dispirited husband and partner in art, Christo. \u201cWe\u2019re going to pay the rent!\u201d But the Vogels didn\u2019t just take their cash to big-name artists; they were equally passionate about unknown talents, often helping them to develop. David Reed, now a famous conceptual artist, said the couple encouraged him to make more drawings, which later became a central part of his practice. \u201cThe Vogels made you aware of what you were doing as an artist,\u201d he said. \u201cThey had artist sensibilities.\u201d When they spotted something beyond their means, they\u2019d find a way to make the purchase: They\u2019d buy on credit; they\u2019d forgo a vacation; they\u2019d even throw in cat-sitting to sweeten a deal. And the artists loved them for it. As Chuck Close told Newsday, \u201cYou knew when you were selling them something it was becoming part of an important collection.\u201d\nIt wasn\u2019t long before the artwork overtook their home. By all accounts, the 450-square-foot apartment on East 86th Street was more of a storage facility than a place to live. The Vogels\u2019 collection gradually replaced all their furniture save the kitchen table, some chairs, a bureau, and the bed, which concealed dozens of drawings by Richard Tuttle and Lynda Benglis. Visitors cracked their heads on clay Steve Keister sculptures hung from the ceiling and discovered typographic texts by Lawrence Weiner on the bathroom wall. And while they stashed the pieces wherever they could, Dorothy has repeatedly tried to squelch one persistent rumor: The Vogels never stored art in their oven.\nHerbanddorothy.com/Fine Line Media Inc.\nIt wasn\u2019t just the masterpieces that were crammed into the space; the Vogels shared their storehouse with 20 turtles, eight cats and an aquarium filled with exotic fish. To protect the artwork from kitten claws and rogue turtles, the couple boxed and wrapped the pieces not hung on the walls, further diminishing the available living space. \u201cArt is Herby\u2019s only interest, except for animals,\u201d Dorothy once said. (Fittingly, they named their cats after artists, like Matisse, Renoir, and Manet.) When National Gallery curator Jack Cowart first saw their apartment, he was stunned. \u201cIt upset all of my alarm systems as a curator,\u201d he said. \u201cI began to think: What if there\u2019s a fire? What if one of the mega-gallon fish tanks that Herb keeps his fish in springs a leak?\u201d\nBy the mid-1970s, the Vogels were famous\u2014at least in New York City. The Clocktower Gallery, run by Alanna Heiss, the founder of P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, staged the first exhibition of the Vogels\u2019 collection in April 1975. The opening coincided with a profile in New York magazine called \u201cA New Art-World Legend: Good-by, Bob & Ethel; Hullo, Dorothy and Herb!\u201d The title referred to Bob and Ethel Scull, a vulgar taxi magnate and his Vogue model wife. After a messy divorce, their entire collection of Pop Art and Abstract Expressionist was auctioned off for an eye-popping $10 million. The Vogels, by contrast, never sold a thing. \u201cWe could easily have become millionaires,\u201d Herb told the Associated Press. \u201cWe could have sold things and lived in Nice and still had some left over. But we weren\u2019t concerned about that aspect.\u201d\nPozzi offered an alternate explanation. \u201cTo ask them to sell a piece of their collection would be like asking me to cut off a square yard of one of my paintings,\u201d he said. \u201cThey were artists, and the collection was their work of art.\u201d\nHerb retired from the post office in 1979 and, naturally, used his pension to continue buying art. But the increasing size of the collection threatened to overwhelm the Vogels, like hoarders crushed to death by towering stacks of The New York Times. In the 1980s, they were forced to admit that their apartment could no longer contain their beloved art. They began meeting with curators and evaluating their options. They knew they wanted to donate their collection instead of selling it, and they liked the National Gallery, which is free to the public and maintains a policy against deaccessioning objects, meaning the collection would never be sold. In 1990, the year Dorothy retired, the Vogels followed through on their promise: Art handlers from the National Gallery transferred an astonishing 2,400 works from the Vogels\u2019 tiny apartment, in a move that required five 40-foot trucks. In fact, unloading the works from the trucks and into the gallery tied up the museum\u2019s freight elevators for weeks!\nRealizing that the Vogels hadn\u2019t invested for their future, Jack Cowart, the museum\u2019s curator of 20th-century art at the time, paid the Vogels a small annuity in exchange for their generous donation. But instead of saving the money for medical expenses or splurging on a better retirement, the Vogels couldn\u2019t help themselves: They immediately started collecting more art. The annuity helped the couple purchase another 1,500 or so items. As Dorothy put it: \u201cIf we wanted to make money, we would have invested it in the stock market.\u201d This led the grateful if overburdened institution to create the Fifty Works for Fifty States program, in which 50 museums across America will receive 50 pieces from the Vogels\u2019 collection.\nIn 2008, Herb and Dorothy, a documentary about the couple directed by Megumi Sasaki, was released to rave reviews. Sasaki, a former field producer for Japanese public television, had met the Vogels years before while filming a series about Christo and Jeanne-Claude. \u201cI couldn\u2019t believe it was a true story, that such people exist,\u201d she recalled.\nIt wasn\u2019t until 2009, when Herb\u2019s health began to fail, that the Vogels ceased collecting. \u201cIt was something we did together, and when Herb was too ill to enjoy it, we stopped,\u201d Dorothy said with typical matter-of-factness. Herb died in July 2012, at the age of 89. Dorothy continues to live in the apartment they shared for 49 years, along with their one surviving cat, a flame-point Himalayan named Archie. Her job now, she says, is to make sure people don\u2019t forget the collection she and her husband built, which is considered not just the most impressive art collection to have been housed in a tiny apartment, but one of the most important art collections of the 20th century. \u201cI have no regrets,\u201d Dorothy said. \u201cI\u2019ve had a wonderful life. And I believe Herb and I were made to be together.\u201d\nThis article originally appeared in mental_floss magazine. 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Also charged are two of the company's affiliates and its chief financial officer, Meng Wangzhou.\nMeanwhile, Huawei continues to vehemently deny all allegations. The previous round of US-Sino talks was held in Beijing on January 7-9. It has charged several Chinese hackers and intelligence officials.\nIt said the charges related to T-Mobile's technology were the subject of a 2014 civil lawsuit that had already been settled, with a jury finding \"neither damages nor willful and malicious conduct on the trade secret claim\".\nMeng is out on bail in Vancouver and her case is due back in court Tuesday as she awaits extradition proceedings to begin.\nThe arrest of Meng, who is the daughter of Huawei's founder, Ren Zhengfei, ratcheted up tensions with China, which responded by arresting two Canadians on national security grounds.\nPresident Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, agreed Dec 1 to put off any further sanctions against each other's exports while they negotiated.\nChristopher Wray, director of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), has said that the cases \"expose Huawei's brazen and persistent actions to exploit American companies and financial institutions, and to threaten the free and fair global marketplace\". Intellectual property theft is a central issue in the talks, for one thing. 'The difference in understanding will bring about complicated problems'.\nT-Mobile told the BBC it had no comment to make over the new indictments.\nBut prosecutors have said it was in fact a part of a company-wide effort and alleged Huawei actually rewards employees for stealing trade secrets. As trade tensions between the US and China over the previous year have risen, the company has become a focus-point for the US Justice Department.\nHuawei is the world's largest supplier of telecommunications network equipment and second-biggest maker of smartphones. It has rejected accusations that it is controlled by China's ruling party and might facilitate spying. Ottawa should not risk endangering itself for other's gains, he added.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 106, "original_length": 7897, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 282.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://asterdmhealthcare.com/project/bahrain/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:43Z", "digest": "sha1:IR36JC4RMGI5VBO5B7I5AJXVNTSTEGIY", "length": 1176, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "asterdmhealthcare.com", "title": "Aster Clinic - Bahrain | Aster DM Healthcare", "raw_content": "You are here: Home \u2044 Global Network \u2044 Home \u2044 Home \u2044 Home \u2044 Aster Clinic \u2013 Bahrain\nBuilding on the reputation and the goodwill of the large number of medical clinics and neighborhood family clinics of the Group, as a gateway to good health, Aster DM Healthcare will continue to bring quality healthcare at an affordable cost within everyone\u2019s reach. Aster DM Healthcare extends its services in Bahrain to deliver comprehensive healthcare in a customized, friendly atmosphere.\nAster Clinic, Gudaibiya which opened its doors to the population of Bahrain on 6th August, 2015 has continued to provide the community best of healthcare services. A second clinic was opened in Sanad on 15th September, 2016 to make healthcare more accessible to the Bahrain population.\nAster Clinics in Bahrain aims to provide the highest standard of healthcare services to its patients. 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Vancouver took the first game 4-3 in overtime back on October 23rd with Tim Traber netting the winning goal.\nThe G-Men have picked up at least a point in their last four games and are coming off a 3-2 overtime win over the Red Deer Rebels at the Coliseum on Tuesday night. Vancouver now holds a three point lead on the Everett Silvertips for sixth place in the Western Conference. Cain Franson, who scored the overtime winner on Tuesday, is on a four-game point streak in which he has put up four goals and one assist while Thomas Foster has posted two goals and two assists in his last three games.\nThe Hitmen picked up a split in a mid-week double header on Vancouver Island against the Victoria Royals. After losing the first meeting 7-2 on Tuesday night, the Calgary squad overcame a four-goal deficit in the second period on Wednesday to win 7-6 in overtime. The Hitmen sit in third in the Eastern Conference standings although they have the second most points, but the Brandon Wheat Kings occupy second place by virtue of the fact that they lead the East Division.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 66, "original_length": 3111, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 195.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://babescapes.gallery/2018/10/10/move-over-singapore-japanese-passport-opens-the-most-doors/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:15Z", "digest": "sha1:EJZUADACSA2ARMYDYQ275V5EX6V2U7DN", "length": 2340, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "babescapes.gallery", "title": "Move over, Singapore - Japanese passport opens the most doors now", "raw_content": "How powerful is Indian passport? Check 2018 Henley Passport Index ranking here\nSouth Korea gained visa-free access to Myanmar on October 1, while Paraguay removed visa requirements for Singaporean passport holders in 2017.\nSeychelles residents can now travel to 152 destinations without a visa, and Mauritius residents to 146, both up a single destination since the last quarterly update to the rankings.\nFrance was able to climb to third spot after gaining visa-free access to Uzbekistan last week.\nCriteria on the list include which countries you can access with which type of visa, how your passport has changed over the past 13 years, how it compares to other such passports, why it has the level of access that it does and which additional passports would improve your global movements.\nThe US and the United Kingdom both give access to 186 destinations with their passports, but neither have gained access to any new jurisdictions since the start of 2018.\nThe two had been neck-and-neck since they both climbed to first place in February, said the release.\nHenley highlighted at least two countries that didn't rank high but saw tremendous leaps in rankings through the years - China and the UAE.\nThe Henley Passport Index's ranking \"is based on exclusive data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which maintains the world's largest and most accurate database of travel information, and is enhanced by extensive in-house research\", said the Henley & Partners' website. \"Russia's agreement with the UAE in particular is part of a foreign policy push to attract foreign investment into the country, especially from Emirati businesses and businesspeople\". The discussion within the Council will remain hard, however. \"Relaxing visa rules may be criticized as being lenient on migration control - a criticism few want to risk in a time when right-wing populist parties are on the rise\".\nThe UAE has made the most remarkable ascent on the Henley Passport Index, from 62nd place in 2006 to 21st place worldwide now. The three countries offer visa-free or visa-on-arrival travel to 188 countries.\nAs a result, while SA is ranked at 52, there are actually 95 countries with stronger-rated passports on the index. The views expressed therein are not necessarily those of stlucianewsonline.com, its sponsors or advertisers.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 10650, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 332.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://babescapes.gallery/2018/10/13/facebook-says-hackers-accessed-sensitive-personal/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:53Z", "digest": "sha1:MCTIOSV4HYT3R4MGWQ7GABME67ZDNPQ6", "length": 2543, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "babescapes.gallery", "title": "Facebook Says Hackers Accessed Sensitive Personal Information On 29 Million Users", "raw_content": "On a conference call with reporters, Vice President of Product Management Guy Rosen said that at the request of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which is investigating the hack, Facebook isn't providing any information about who the attackers are or their motivations or intentions.\nThat suggests Facebook may know or suspect who's behind the breach. Of the 50 million people whose access tokens we believed were affected, about 30 million actually had their tokens stolen.\n\"For 15 million people, attackers accessed two sets of information - name and contact details (phone number, email, or both, depending on what people had on their profiles)\", Mr Rosen wrote.\nAttackers did not access any information for the remaining one million users.\nThe good news is this attack was just restricted to Facebook and didn't affect any other services including Instagram, WhatsApp, Messager Kids, etc.\nA couple of weeks ago, Facebook disclosed an unprecedented data breach at the company.\nIt was done automatically, Facebook's vice president of product management, Guy Rosen, said in a press call Friday, until the hackers amassed 400,000 accounts within their own network. However, hackers apparently did not have access to any third-party app data. US federal investigators and the Securities and Exchange Commission are also investigating the social media giant's response to revelations that political consultancy Cambridge Analytica improperly collected information from millions of Facebook accounts.\nMore news: Grades from NLDS sweep of Rockies\nMore news: Qatar Airways marks World Mental Health Day\nMore news: Princess Eugenie's wedding dress designer is revealed\nThe breach forced users to log back into their accounts.\nThe hackers began by using a series of seed accounts and attacking the accounts of friends, then friends of friends, and so on down the line, eventually amassing a group of 400,000 compromised accounts.\nFacebook says it noticed \"an unusual spike of activity\" on September 14, and on September 25, determined that it was being attacked. Facebook Messenger was also unaffected.\nCompany officials declined to say what countries the hackers had targeted, but described the security breach as a \"broad\" attack.\nFor 1 million, attackers only collected access tokens.\nFacebook's lead European Union data regulator, the Irish Data Protection Commissioner, last week opened an investigation into the breach.\nEarlier this year, Facebook came under fire for sharing heaps of data for over 87 million users with Cambridge Analytica.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 120, "original_length": 11003, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 323.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://babyforyou.net.ua/tag/multiple-sclerosis", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:15Z", "digest": "sha1:O7VDDTNDZNXBZQIJIBY5GO6JIK2QMI5B", "length": 4605, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "babyforyou.net.ua", "title": "multiple sclerosis | Babyforyou.net.ua- babyforyou.net.ua", "raw_content": "Biogen launches new app, Aby, for patients with MS\nBiogen has just launched a new app, called Aby, aimed at giving people living with multiple sclerosis (MS) accurate and reliable information about the condition and support. The app is free and gives users articles, tips and inspirations about living with the condition. It also provides patients a personal journal, where they can create custom treatment reminders, track appointments, and record...\nStudy: online therapy program reduces MS patients' fatigue\nA study recently published in the BMJ\u2019s Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry found that a digital interactive therapy tool designed for multiple sclerosis patients, Gaia\u2019s Elevida, was effective in reducing MS-related fatigue. The randomized controlled trial included 275 participants with MS, and suggests that the intervention\u2019s fatigue reduction effects could be sustained up to 12...\nWith ResearchKit study, Duke aims to map many variances in multiple sclerosis\nDuke University has launched a new Apple ResearchKit study, the MS Mosaic Study, aimed at using big data and patient insights to improve medical understanding of multiple sclerosis. Dr. Lee Hartsell, assistant professor of neurology at Duke University Medical Center, spoke about the new study -- and some of the challenges involved in launching it -- at the Digital and Personal Connect...\nPear Therapeutics has inked a deal with pharma company Novartis to work together on the development of two digital therapeutics for multiple sclerosis and schizophrenia. It\u2019s the first time a pharma company has made a development deal with a digital therapeutic, according to Pear. \u201cWe have been in discussions for many months now with the [Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research] group at...\nBayer gets FDA nod for app-connected injector for MS patients\nBayer recently received FDA approval for a connected auto-injector for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis medication and companion app. The device is called the Betaconnect Electronic Autoinjector and the app, due out in July, is myBetaApp. The Whippany, New Jersey-based pharma company didn't clear the app and device through the 510(k) medical device pathway; instead the agency approved a...\nGenentech gives UC Riverside $100k grant for MS telemedicine pilot\nFor people living with the autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis (MS), there can be many impediments to traveling to the neurologist\u2019s office for regular visits, including personal mobility limitations, pain, or vision impairments. 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The PatientsLikeMe-AstraZeneca deal is similar to one the company struck with Genentech last Spring. AstraZeneca will have full access to PatientsLikeMe's...\nGoogle, Biogen will use wearable sensors to study multiple sclerosis\nBiogen Idec used Fitbit bands in a previous study Biogen Idec has partnered with Google X, Google's business unit for long-term \u201cmoonshot\u201d projects, to study outside factors that might contribute to the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a report from Bloomberg. 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Based on Baykeeper\u2019s decades of experience dealing with oil spills in San Francisco Bay, we know if this action moves forward, it will pose a real ecological threat to our spectacular shoreline resources and sensitive wildlife.\nThat\u2019s why Baykeeper is supporting new state legislation that would help protect San Francisco Bay and the Bay Area\u2019s coastal shoreline from the impacts of offshore oil drilling.\nWhile California can\u2019t directly regulate federal oil and gas leases in federal waters off the state\u2019s coast, the state does have authority to limit the supporting oil infrastructure within California waters.\nSenate Bill 834, and a companion bill, Assembly Bill 1775, would protect California\u2019s coastline and waterways by banning new pipelines, piers, wharves, and other oil infrastructure that would facilitate the transport through state waters of oil drilled under federal offshore leases.\nOffshore oil drilling is a serious threat to the Bay. If drilling is allowed off the coast of California, tankers would likely bring that crude oil to one or more of the Bay Area\u2019s five refineries. Each tanker trip increases the risk of an oil spill in the Bay along the way. And each time oil is transferred between a tanker and a refinery, the potential for oil to be spilled in the Bay goes up.\nThe newly proposed legislation would place limits on the oil industry\u2019s Bay Area infrastructure. These limits would help protect San Francisco Bay from any increase in tanker traffic that might result from new offshore oil drilling in federal waters.\nMoreover, refining crude oil is an inherently dirty process that produces air and water pollution, including tiny toxic particles that fall from the air into the Bay and nearby neighborhoods. Refineries also use Bay water to cool their industrial processors, releasing heated water, along with other pollutants, back into the Bay. Although these industrial processes and discharges are regulated, the regulations are not perfect. Harmful pollution inevitably makes its way into the Bay and Bay Area communities, and any increase in Bay Area oil refining would result in an increase in this local pollution.\nSB 834 was introduced by Senators Hannah-Beth Jackson, D-Santa Barbara and Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens; AB 1775 was introduced by Assembly Members Al Muratsuchi, D-Torrance and Monique Lim\u00f3n, D-Santa Barbara. Baykeeper is appreciative that these state legislators acted quickly in response to this threat.\nThe legislation will protect not only San Francisco Bay, but also the entire California coast from expansion of pipelines and increases in tanker traffic that would result from new offshore oil drilling in federal waters. In coalition with many other statewide environmental organizations, Baykeeper will advocate for these bills during the upcoming state legislative committee and hearing process.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 4752, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 296.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://bbtrails.org/job_postings/550-early-intervention-specialist/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:36:44Z", "digest": "sha1:V26K255NMSEE6GI2TMHPT2PHJMNGAV47", "length": 3241, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "bbtrails.org", "title": "(550) Early Intervention Specialist | Bluebonnet Trails Community Services", "raw_content": "(550) Early Intervention Specialist\nThe early intervention specialist provides intervention services to infants, toddlers and families so that the child will progress in the acquisition and mastery of functional skills in order to reduce or overcome limitations resulting from disabilities or developmental delays. Requirements of early intervention service provision come under the authority of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and are regulated by the Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services.\nPrimary Role of Service Coordinator includes overseeing and coordinating the family\u2019s access to resources and needs as well as supporting the family\u2019s understanding of rights and advocacy.\nActing in the role of an Early Intervention Specialist delivering specialized skills training, the essential tasks include participation as a member of an interdisciplinary team to evaluate, assess, determine eligibility, develop and carry out treatment plans, document progress and required processes, educate families and community partners, collaborate with physicians and other care providers, maintain required records, and meet requirement of the profession of Early Intervention Specialist.\nThe philosophy of the program and this position is to provide educational, material, and emotional support to families so the child can learn throughout the day in a variety of typical activities, and to support the attachment between the parent or primary caregiver and child. Services are provided in the setting where the child lives, learns, and plays.\nMarble Falls, Round Rock\nBurnet County, Williamson County\nMinimum Qualifications: Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Education, Social Work, Sociology, Psychology, Family Studies, Child Development or other related major which includes a minimum of 18 hours semester course credit relevant to child development and/or early childhood intervention including three hours of semester course credit in early childhood development or early childhood special education. Must have a valid Texas Driver's License.\nPreferred Qualifications: Preferred AND required education, experience, job knowledge, skills and abilities helpful in the performance of this position, as indicated below:\nComprehensive knowledge of typical and atypical development in children birth to three years old\nComprehensive knowledge of childhood conditions that relate to the provision of early intervention services\nComprehensive knowledge of and understanding of team and family dynamics.\nAbility to contribute as a leader and facilitator on teams which include parents, caregivers, and other professional staff.\nAbility to perform under minimal supervision with considerable requirements for initiative, discretion, independent thought, judgment and self-motivation in matters of significance to families as well as the agency.\nWell-developed interpersonal skills, oral and written communication skills, time management/organization skills, and basic computer skills.\nAbility to comprehend and adhere to family-centered, activity-based early intervention practices.\nAbility to work sensitively with families from a variety of cultural orientations.\nPreferred: Ability to speak, read, and write fluently in Spanish", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 127, "original_length": 5412, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 263.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://bcc-la.org/reflections-on-pride-weekend-and-orlando/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:19Z", "digest": "sha1:AUQOEG3YOZQH426PAHMKEK4GGJZIJ57D", "length": 3718, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "bcc-la.org", "title": "Reflections on Pride Weekend and Orlando | Beth Chayim Chadashim", "raw_content": "Reflections on Pride Weekend and Orlando\nAs our annual Pride parade and celebration dawned this year, our lives were disrupted by a tragic event on the other side of the country. What should have been a time of festivities and coming together joyously in community became a bittersweet and potentially dangerous experience. I went out into the streets to march, but was wary of my environment. I watched the floats and felt the intensity of the presence of armed officers bookending the parade. I sang \u201cTrue Colors\u201d at the opening interfaith service and was a little more saddened than usual to be countered with words of bigotry and rejection, shouted out through megaphones by religious organizations standing behind a fence across the street from where the queer interfaith clergy team was preaching words of blessing.\nEver since the shooting in Orlando and its repercussions on the political, social and human front, I\u2019ve been thinking to myself how we as individuals can combat the darkness that still seems to befall us and the hate that still is taught and preached towards anyone who is different. Yes, there are charities to donate to and Facebook filters to update one\u2019s profile pic in solidarity with the victims and that\u2019s all fine and good. But a lasting bitter taste was left for me through realizing the disastrous impacts unresolved internal homophobia (or any other form of internal mental pain) can have. That really hit home for me this year.\nAs LGBTQ people, many of us grow up in an environment in which we\u2019re led to believe that there\u2019s something wrong about us that needs to be changed. But really it\u2019s the society around us \u2013 a society that holds on to \u201cshoulds\u201d and norms and etiquette \u2013 that needs the change the most. And so, while I\u2019m not a therapist by any means, I\u2019ve been left thinking that bullies, unkind neighbors, entitled employers and mass shooters too all have in common some unresolved pain carried within them that has gone untreated for too long. After all, it\u2019s easier to just try to blend in and put on a facade of a perfect life, rather than to admit that challenges are real, that struggles are real. Self-acceptance is an evolutionary and often difficult process.\nCan we make it our mission to work with and through the pain rather than suppressing it? Can our work lie in releasing our pain by talking about it, singing about it, meditating about it, cooking a meal about it, hiking about it, praying about it, connecting with someone about it, until love, hope, comfort and joy can take the place that was filled up by pain? Can this be one way of combating the darkness outside and inside ourselves? And can we do it alone?\nThe Orlando shooting occurred on the first day of Shavuot, traditionally one of the three joyous pilgrimage festivals, in which the hallel \u2013 a collection of verses of praise \u2013 is recited. On the day of the shooting, the first day of Shavuot, Cantor Sam Radwine acknowledged these words from the Hallel: (Psalm 118:17) \u201cLo Amut, Ki echyeh, Va-asaper ma-aseh Yah\u2014I shall not die, but live and will tell of God\u2019s divine creation.\u201d as \u201cnot just a statement of faith\u201d but also as an urgent call to \u201ccompel us and all humanity to work for Tikkun Olam, the perfection and preservation of all of God\u2019s creation.\u201d I feel the need to celebrate ourselves with all that we are, as part of God\u2019s creation, more urgently than ever before.\nMay we, currently divided into many different letters of identities that separate us, use our energy and optimism to overcome the barriers and fences of the past. And may we all come to live in painless harmony with each other and with all that is created.\nThis article first appeared in G\u2019vanim, July/August 2016 issue.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 126, "original_length": 6157, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 283.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://bedfordeyecarecentre.ca/learning/tag/children", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:24:09Z", "digest": "sha1:EJCQI33BA75VF2JXZJVBBTL2EOVVSPFQ", "length": 64, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "bedfordeyecarecentre.ca", "title": "Learning centre entries tagged with Children | Learning Centre | Bedford Eye Care", "raw_content": "The following Learning Centre entries are tagged with \"Children\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 1644, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 264.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://beltline.ca/community/heritage/moxam-apts", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:02Z", "digest": "sha1:UAYHA4O7TOBUJQZ5MKDLLFGW573DUMBY", "length": 1674, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "beltline.ca", "title": "Moxam Apartments | Beltline.ca", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Beltline Heritage \u00bb Moxam Apartments\nImmediately west of the Lougheed mansion stand the Moxam and Congress apartments, two apartment blocks built from an identical design. Built at the height of Calgary\u2019s pre-World War I boom, the buildings helped transform 13th Avenue from a street dominated by mansions of the wealthy to a built-up urban area. But Senator Loughheed was behind it himself: he sold five lots to Winnipeg developer John Moxam (1882-1941), who had recently moved to Calgary, and helped finance the construction project. Each building had fourteen spacious apartments intended for well-to-do tenants. Moxam sold the eponymous eastern block to an English investor but briefly lived in it himself before moving to Victoria. Another noted tenant was Charles Comba, general foreman of Calgary\u2019s street railway system. Moxam built the western block, originally named Houlton House, for real estate agent Sydney Houlton. The suites in Houlton House were subdivided in 1938 and the building was renamed Congress Apartments.\nThe Moxam is one of two identical apartment buildings erected in 1911-12 by John A. Moxam, a prominent developer from Winnipeg, Manitoba, who bought the land from Senator James Lougheed. The building is three storeys high with a full basement, and presents a flat front to the street, capped by a deep pressed metal cornice. The facade is finished in yellow brick, with simulated quoins at the corners. An attractive balcony projects at the centre. The building has a very good and dignified design and composition, and retains many fine interior details. It is in very good condition, and forms part of a very good streetscape. (1982)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 131, "original_length": 4212, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 250.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://beta.byui.edu/newsroom/3-21-17-carlos-nunez", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:58Z", "digest": "sha1:S3RKXFDOIVAXXYFKZBSWZ3MX34MLMAZK", "length": 1651, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "beta.byui.edu", "title": "Celtic bagpiper Carlos Nunez from Galicia coming to BYU-Idaho", "raw_content": "3-21-17 Carlos Nunez\nCeltic bagpiper Carlos Nunez and his band will perform Friday, March 31, at 7:30 p.m. in the Kirkham Auditorium at Brigham Young University-Idaho in Rexburg.\nHe has expanded the borders of Celtic music to include flamenco, fado, Cuban, Mexican, Brazilian and classical music, movie soundtracks and contemporary dance. As he describes it, he plays Celtic music with Latin passion.\nSony Music has released his 10 albums, selling 1 million copies since his debut in 1996, amassing several platinum and gold CDs and DVDs, as well as two Latin Grammy nominations.\nHis album \"Santiago,\" for which he became honorary member of The Chieftains, was awarded a Grammy in 1997.\nNunez embarks on his comeback to the United States, having performed hundreds of shows in the early 1990s with The Chieftains or his own band. Since his last U.S. release 10 years ago, he has concentrated on Europe, Latin America and Japan, where his legions of fans have enjoyed an average of 100 shows per year.\nA special guest on his U.S. tour will be Basque star singer of Galician descent Maria Berasarte, who has collaborated with Nunez in several concerts in Spain. This will be her first tour abroad as guest vocalist with Nunez.\nHer passion for fado brought her to devote her first album for Universal Music to it. Portuguese critics called it the best fado album ever recorded by a foreign voice, and living legend of fado Carlos do Carmo even put her on stage for the world of fado to enjoy.\nAlso performing will be 21-year-old accordion player Itsaso Elizagoien, who has been touring with Nunez in Europe. She comes from the Pyrenees in Navarra, Spain.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 201, "original_length": 5242, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 169.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://bettyfranklin.com/property-lines/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:23Z", "digest": "sha1:Y5ZQMVXGQFPK7NWT25B5J5RNBOGUQSR4", "length": 2217, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "bettyfranklin.com", "title": "Property Lines - Betty Franklin Website", "raw_content": "A helpful tool in building healthy relationships is learning to identify who owns what. Then we let each person own and possess his or her rightful property.\nIf another person has an addiction, a problem, a feeling, or a self-defeating behavior, that is their property, not ours. If someone is a martyr, immersed in negativity, controlling, or manipulative, that is their issue, not ours.\nIf someone has acted and experienced a particular consequence, both the behavior and the consequence belong to that person.\nIf someone is in denial or cannot think clearly on a particular issue, that confusion belongs to him or her.\nIf someone has a limited or impaired ability to love or care, that is his or her property, not ours. If someone has no approval or nurturing to give away, that is that person\u2019s property.\nPeople\u2019s lies, deceptions, tricks, manipulations, abusive behaviors, cheating behaviors, and tacky behaviors belong to them too. Not us.\nPeople\u2019s hopes and dreams are their property. Their guilt belongs to them too. Their happiness or misery is also theirs. So are their beliefs and messages.\nIf some people don\u2019t like themselves, that is their choice. Other people\u2019s choices are their property, not ours.\nWhat people choose to say and do is their business.\nWhat is our property? Our property includes our behaviors, problems, feelings, happiness, misery, choices and messages; our ability to love, care, and nurture; our thoughts, our denial; our hopes and dreams for ourselves. Whether we allow ourselves to be controlled, manipulated, deceived, or mistreated is our business.\nLearning an appropriate sense of ownership is our responsibility. If something isn\u2019t ours, we don\u2019t take it. If we take it, we learn to give it back. Let other people have their property, and learn to own and take good care of what\u2019s ours.\nAffirmation \u2013 Today I will work to develop a clear sense of what belongs to me, and what doesn\u2019t. If it\u2019s not mine, I won\u2019t keep it. I will deal with myself, my issues, and my responsibilities. 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In 1977, at the age of 18, Terry had his leg amputated above the knee as a result of a cancer diagnosis. While in the hospital, he hatched the idea of completing a run across Canada, from the East to West Coast - the plan was to run a marathon every day for 200 days, raising awareness and funds for cancer research along the way. His goal was to raise $1 for every Canadian ($24 million) in his Marathon of Hope. In 1980 he began his run. He was forced to stop 143 days & 3,339 miles later in Thunder Bay, Ontario as the cancer had spread to his lungs. Less than a year later he succumbed to the disease - by then his story & mission had affected the nation. According to the Terry Fox Foundation, as of May 2014 over $640 million has been raised for cancer research in Terry's name.\nAs a 10-year old, I diligently followed every news story I could about Terry & The Marathon of Hope. I cut out every story I could find in the newspaper & pasted them in a scrapbook. As I read through Coupland's book, I kept thinking to myself that it was like an excellently executed adult version of a scrapbook. The pictures of artifacts, journal entries, stories, letters, and tidbits of information were put together beautifully - it all transported me back to my 10 year-old self.\n\"Even though I die of cancer my spirit didn't die and that should influence a lot of people.\" Terry Fox, 12/22/1980.\nThis is my first book read for the 8th Annual Canadian Book Challenge.\nLabels: Canadian8-Lisa, Douglas Coupland\nAn inspiring story. 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The bipartisan Farm Bill, which sets policy and funding levels for agriculture and nutrition programs through 2023, was approved in the Senate by a 87-13 vote. The House of Representatives must now vote on the bill in order to send it to the President for his signature.\n\u201cToday\u2019s vote brings much needed federal resources to combat the macadamia felted coccid, which has been ravaging our $46 million macadamia industry for over a decade,\u201d Sen. Hirono said. \u201cThis strong bipartisan agreement also protects needy families from painful cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and supports many programs that are critical to Hawai\u2018i farmers and growers. I urge the House to pass this legislation and for the president to sign it as quickly as possible.\u201d\nIntroduced earlier this Congress, Sen. Hirono\u2019s Macadamia Tree Health Initiative makes researching and developing management strategies to combat the macadamia felted coccid a high priority at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).\nAdditionally, Sen. Hirono teamed up with Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawai\u2018i) to include a floor amendment to provide small grants for individuals, food banks, K-12 schools, colleges and universities, and other nonprofit organizations to promote food security and the availability of fresh food for local communities throughout Hawai\u2018i.\nAdditional Hawai\u2018i priorities Sen. Hirono fought to protect and include in the Senate Farm Bill:\nReauthorizing the USDA\u2019s Education Grants for Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions. These grants are provided to eligible Hawai\u2018i and Alaska educational institutions which serve Native Hawaiian or Alaska Native students for the purpose of helping with educational needs as they relate to food and agricultural sciences.\nProtecting current benefits for recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). This program provides assistance for more than 42 million participants nationwide\u2014including 163,000 individuals from 83,000 households in Hawai\u2018i.\nReauthorizing The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP). This program provides federal resources to support low-income individuals and households with fresh food through local food banks.\nPromoting Industrial Hemp. The bill includes provisions of the Hemp Farming Act of 2018, a bill that Sen. Hirono cosponsored, which promotes the development of industrial hemp as an agricultural commodity. The University of Hawai\u2018i as well as the Hawai\u2018i Department of Agriculture have been exploring the potential for industrial hemp production in Hawai\u2018i.\nReauthorizing and Providing Mandatory Funding for Organic Research and Extension. The bill includes permanent, mandatory funding for organic research, makes much-needed improvements to the organic certification process, and provides assistance to farmers that want to transition to organic food production.\nReauthorizing the Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI). The bill renews funding for SCRI through 2023. Competitive funding from SCRI can be used by research organizations and institutions like the University of Hawai\u2018i\u2019s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources to conduct research on specialty crops such as floriculture, fruits, nuts, and coffee.\nReauthorizing and Maintaining Funding for Conservation Programs. The bill reauthorizes a number of conservation programs through 2023, including the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP).\nMaintaining Mandatory Funding for Rural Energy Programs. Energy costs have a major impact on farmers, particularly in Hawai\u2018i, where we pay some of the highest energy costs in the nation. The bill renews funding for Farm Bill energy programs like the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), which helps agricultural producers and rural small businesses install renewable energy systems and improve energy efficiency.\n\u2018Hikianalia\u2019 Returns to Hawaiian Islands\nSenate Passes Hirono Provision to Help Volcano-Impacted Farmers\nRep. 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It wouldn\u2019t take long to see that the establishment also has a contemporary feel, which also became an integral part of the experience.\nI remembered that the Chop House was once the jewel in the crown of a thriving downtown Detroit. While elegant, the old establishment was hardly a glittering showplace. In fact it was \u2013 and is \u2013 located below street level in a downtown office building on Congress. Its dark, sophisticated and intimate motif has an immeasurable, magical quality that makes customers feel right at home.\nI also recalled that it was renowned for excellent food, elegant wines and gained notoriety as the \u201cbest restaurant in town.\u201d In every way, the Chop House was a haven for the famous and a treat for the palate.\nI remember too that the \u201cChop\u201d lost its corporate and social cachet more than 20 years ago. The popular eatery officially went out of business after its misfortunes were influenced by a downturn in the economy, corporate flight, a decline in convention business, a disappearing downtown restaurant market and the emergence of high-quality suburban venues. The Chop House simply ran out of available patrons able to pay for good food and willing to make a special trip to the city after dark. The restaurant\u2019s demise signaled a regrettable end of an eloquent era and dining tradition.\nThen came news that the historic \u201cChop\u201d was reopening under new owner Nico Gatzaros. Nico, you may know, is part of a family that understands \u2014 more than most \u2014 the sensitive mix of atmosphere and service required to sustain a thriving restaurant in the heart of the city. While maintaining much of its nostalgic qualities, he made sure that it is complemented with a fresh, sassy swagger.\nSince its opening, I\u2019ve been a frequent dinner, lunch and bar patron. The restaurant is rife with contemporary amenities, including an enthusiastic bar and wait staff that is professional and attentive, if not doting. The cuisine is superb and the ambiance electric. \u201cThe Chop\u201d has been transformed into a \u201chip\u201d in-place; a fun-filled \u201chot spot\u201d that plays host to the new in-crowd. The room is constantly filled with captains of business and industry, CEOs, television personalities and young up and comers.\nThe re-emergence of \u2018The Chop\u201d will be embraced by those us who covet new, and all too few, quality downtown dining venues. Its revival and restoration to its former glory is an encouraging sign for the Central Business District, and an exciting time for those of us who remember and long for a return of the good ole days.\nThe bill of fare promises a lasting return to the glory days as a gathering place for the famous, the discerning, the successful, the newsworthy and the curious. The entire region, though, will appreciate that the city is again blessed with, and can boast of, a restaurant with so few peers.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 95, "original_length": 6147, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 272.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://billyfuryuk.com/artist/simple-plan-150861.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:23Z", "digest": "sha1:PSCHBGXA7QEJ3HSHCZIVCNLNCOM4MZDL", "length": 4905, "nlines": 41, "source_domain": "billyfuryuk.com", "title": "Simple Plan Songs \u00bb billy fury years", "raw_content": "Simple Plan is one of Canada's most successful punk-pop acts, featuring a lineup comprised of former high school pals Pierre Bouvier (vocals), Jeff Stinco (guitar), David Desrosiers (bass), Sebastien Lefebvre (guitar), and Chuck Comeau (drums). The quintet initially came together when Comeau and Bou ...\nSimple Plan is one of Canada's most successful punk-pop acts, featuring a lineup comprised of former high school pals Pierre Bouvier (vocals), Jeff Stinco (guitar), David Desrosiers (bass), Sebastien Lefebvre (guitar), and Chuck Comeau (drums). The quintet initially came together when Comeau and Bouvier founded Reset at age 13. Reset proved to be a modestly successful band in Canada, touring the country with other punk groups like MxPx, Ten Foot Pole, and Face to Face. A debut album followed in 1997; however, Comeau bowed out quietly to attend college. Two years later, Comeau pushed his studies to the back burner and returned to music, this time working with Stinco and Lefebvre to put a new group together. Meanwhile, Bouvier was still in charge of Reset, but he'd grown tired of being both a frontman and a guitarist. After he and Comeau reconnected at a Sugar Ray show in late 1999, Bouvier agreed to join Comeau's new project. Desrosiers, who briefly replaced Bouvier in Reset, was also asked to join the group, and Simple Plan was born.\nThe band quickly hit the road and joined the annual Vans Warped Tour in 2001. By this point, Simple Plan had carved out a spunky, energetic punk sound, textured like Cheap Trick but raw like Pennywise. The following year, Simple Plan headed into the studio to capture the sound on tape. Good Charlotte's Joel Madden and Mark Hoppus of blink-182 joined Simple Plan during those sessions, and the end result was the fiery, fun No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls, which was released in early 2003 on Lava Records. The group took home a 2003 MuchMusic Video Award for People's Choice Favorite Canadian Group in June, and the album became a genuine success, selling over four million copies worldwide while going double-platinum in Canada and America. The Bob Rock-produced second album, Still Not Getting Any..., appeared the next year and also did quite well, scoring hits like \"Crazy\" and \"Welcome to My Life.\" Simple Plan continued touring in support of both releases, and released the concert album Live from the Hard Rock in 2005.\nThe band scaled back their touring schedule in 2006, looking to concentrate on writing new material instead. Simple Plan entered the studio in June 2007 to begin work on their third studio album, the self-titled Simple Plan, which appeared in February 2008. Although not an international best-seller like its two predecessors, the album still went platinum in Canada, where demand for the band's spunky pop songs remained strong. The band returned three years later with another album, Get Your Heart On!, which featured cameos from Rivers Cuomo, Natasha Bedingfield, and All Time Low's Alex Gaskarth. Its sequel, the EP Get Your Heart On - The Second Coming!, was released in 2013 in conjuction with a for-the-fans live recording, which was released as an online stream. In 2015, the band began to release singles to garner buzz for their fifth album (and first full-length in as many years), starting with the catchy '80s-vibed \"Saturday.\" Although that song would not make it to the album, \"Boom,\" \"I Don't Wanna Be Sad,\" and \"I Don't Wanna Go to Bed,\" which featured rapper Nelly, would all be included on Taking One for the Team (Atlantic), which was released in February 2016. Keeping in line with their brand of catchy pop punk, the release also featured appearances by New Found Glory singer Jordan Pundik, R. City, and Juliet Simms, the runner-up on season two of The Voice. ~ MacKenzie Wilson\nNo Pads, No Helmets... Just Balls\nWelcome to My Life - Single\nSummer Paradise (feat. 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American artist and naturalist. 1897 \u2013 Graduated from Cornell University. 1898 \u2013 He spent a year studying with Abbott H. Thayer, which improved his technique very materially, and with him and his son, Gerald Thayer, he went to Florida. This was the first of a ..\n1912 \u2013 Born on June 5th in in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is the Curator of Birds for the American Museum of Natural History. 1937 \u2013 Joined the Museum after graduating from Hobart College. 1940 \u2013 Dean was appointed Assistant Curator. 1947 \u2013 He received his doctorate at Cornell University with a thesis ..\nAllen, Arthur Augustus\n1914 \u2013 Wrote a Ph.D. thesis on the red-winged blackbird that is considered to have set the standard for the study of birds in the field. 1915 \u2013 Allen went on to found the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology that established the nation\u2019s first graduate program in ornithology. \u2013 He also pioneered the recording ..\nAllen, Joel Asaph\nPosted August 6, 2015 by admin.s9c & filed under Ornithologist, Zoologist Comments: 0\n1838 \u2013 Allen was born on July 19, 1838. 1860 \u2013 Studied under Louis Agassiz at Harvard University. 1871 \u2013 Wrote the scientific book entitled Mammals and Winter Birds of Eastern Florida. 1873 \u2013 Became the Head of the Naturalists of the North Pacific Railroad expedition. 1876 \u2013 Wrote the scientific book entitled The American ..", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 388, "original_length": 6519, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 160.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://birdskorea.org/Our_Work/CEPA/BK-CP-Mokpo-Symposium-Exhibition-2007.shtml", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:19:25Z", "digest": "sha1:CVW3NNPXQW6DO7CPXHJGSPDP6SZQ6MQP", "length": 12812, "nlines": 35, "source_domain": "birdskorea.org", "title": "Birds Korea - CEPA - MNHM Symposium and Exhibition 2007", "raw_content": "The 3rdAnniversary Mokpo Natural History Museum Symposium\nThe Great Migration of Shorebirds\nThe Yellow Sea: essential for millions of migrating shorebirds\nJan van de Kam, Professional Wildlife Photographer and Author\nBirds Korea International Member\nThe birds that live on the tidal flats are very special in many ways. Most striking is the fact that they are able to live in this ever-changing habitat and that they are able to find their food in the mud. There is an abundance of prey in the soft mud, but only the birds with the right tools and the right skills are able to find this food.\nAnother intriguing aspect of the life of the millions of shorebirds is their migration. Some of them make a world-wide trip every year. The best example is the Bar-tailed Godwit. A recent research-project unveiled how these birds make their gigantic annual migration between Alaska and New Zealand and back. It also showed how important the Yellow Sea is for these birds. It is not just one of several stops on their flight: it is a real key-site. These Bar -tailed Godwits and many other species need the mudflats of the Yellow Sea as an essential stopover site. There is no other place along the Flyway where so many birds can collect enough food for the last leg of their flight to the breeding grounds. Only the birds that arrive on the breeding grounds in good condition are able to produce offspring.\nThe conservation of the mudflats around the Yellow Sea is therefore also essential for birds that breed in the tundra of Siberia and Alaska and winter in southern areas like Australia and New Zealand; it is an important international responsibility.\nleft: Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmeus right: Jan van de Kam (front right)\nThe Conservation of Korean Tidal-Flats:\nExtremely Important for both Shorebirds and People\nNial Moores, Director, Birds Korea.\nTidal-flats are a globally rare and especially productive kind of ecosystem, typically supporting huge concentrations of specialized species, several of which (including some species of crab, shellfish and fish) are harvested in large number by both people and birds. Many tidal-flat species have become globally threatened. Of the 14 or so globally threatened bird species that occur annually in internationally significant numbers in South Korea, all but three are wetland species found regularly on tidal-flats or in estuaries, with five or six of these fully dependent on tidal-flats. South Korea's tidal-flats also support a very significant percentage of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway's shorebirds (estimated by the Ministry of Environment as 12.7% of the Flyway's shorebirds on northward migration and 8.7% on southward migration), including probably 40% or more of the world's Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris and approximately 50% of the total population of the Eastern Oystercatcher Haematopus (ostralegus) osculans. Tidal-flats are also extremely important for people. They are key to economically-important fisheries and to the amelioration of water quality problems, and if properly managed they can also provide excellent opportunities for recreation and environmental education. Despite their immense value, however, tidal-flats have become one of Korea's most threatened habitats. Historic national tidal-flat area has already been reduced by reclamation from an estimated 450,000 ha to less than 200,000 ha at present, with one recent estimate suggesting that national tidal-flat area will be reduced further to a little over 110,000 ha within a decade. Moreover, most of the tidal-flats that do remain have become increasingly degraded due to barrage construction, pollution and unsustainable use. The cost to Korea of such tidal-flat loss and degradation is immense, while the potential benefits of tidal-flat conservation are enormous. As South Korea prepares to host the next triennial Ramsar Convention conference (in October 2008), now is the time for all of us \u2013 non-government and government, specialist and non-specialist \u2013 to work together to better conserve South Korea's greatest natural resource: our tidal-flats.\nThe Importance of Tidal-flat Conservation\nThank you for the invitation to speak here today.\nBefore talking about the importance of conserving tidal-flats, it is first important to define and talk a little about \u201cconservation\u201d. Conservation means \u201cwise use\u201d and good management. It means sustainable use, that allows the natural resource to be used and maintained not only in the short-term (5 or 10 or 30 years), but for many human generations. Conservation is therefore not anti-development, it is simply anti-bad development. It provides long-term benefits to all, either directly or indirectly, in the short term or the long-term, while all the time maintaining the resource. Conservation is like living sensibly on the interest of savings in the bank, rather than spending all that money at once. The opposite of conservation is unwise use and bad development: destruction of the natural resource base without thought for the future.\nAnother way to describe the real meaning of conservation: If you are cold, and you close the windows and the door, and put on more clothes to keep warm, you are practicing one form of conservation. If instead you leave the windows and door open, and then start to burn your furniture and belongings to keep warm, you are acting unsustainably. For a while you will indeed become warm, even very warm!, but eventually you will have burnt even the chair you sit on and the clothes you wear, to keep the flames alive.\nLooking at the world around us, it is easy to see that many people, many nations, are now burning, using up, all the resources that they have to keep themselves and their economies hot. But how long can this go on for? Already we have global warming; a rapid increase in the rate of extinction (estimated at 200 times the rate before humanity); the demise of fisheries in seas and oceans around the world; desertification spreading across China and parts of Africa; and less and less space and clean water for more and more people.\nWe have arrived at a time quite simply when there is an urgent need for people to look honestly towards the future, and to start to understand conservation as real progress.\nHere in Korea, there has already been tremendous effort to restore large areas of forest. This global leadership in reforestation has improved the air quality and helped reduce water pollution in some areas; and greatly improved opportunities for recreation: such are some of many of the benefits of forest conservation.\nBut the wetland areas of Korea, as in many parts of the world, still remain under enormous pressure. There are two main types of wetland, freshwater and coastal, and both provide numerous benefits to people. Freshwater wetlands when well managed provide clean water for drinking and good water for irrigation, as well as being massively important habitat for wildlife. Coastal wetlands, like tidal-flats and estuaries, support huge fisheries; maintain good water quality in inshore waters; help protect against damage from storms; and in Korea especially also support a huge number of birds and other species. Already in Korea, however, almost all natural freshwater wetland has been lost, or modified and degraded. In the coastal zone, the pressures of development have also meant that almost all major rivers have been barraged and over 60% of Korea's natural tidal-flat area of 450,000 ha has already been lost. Moreover, despite Korea's passing wetland conservation laws and joining the international Ramsar wise use of wetlands convention, the present total area of tidal-flat is estimated to decline because of reclamation to only 110,000 ha, less than one quarter of the original area, in only the next ten years or so. Since I first conducted bird and wetland surveys around the Korean coast in 1998 and 1999, I have seen with my own eyes the destruction of numerous internationally important tidal-flats, tidal-flats that should have been protected under national law and Ramsar \u2013 tidal-flats at Yeongjong, at Song Do, in Asan and Namyang Bays, at Gwangyang and the Nakdong, and of course at Saemangeum.\nThe costs of this scale of reclamation have already been enormous. While some human communities have become rich in the short-term, Korea's and the Yellow Sea's fisheries have been all but destroyed. Many island and coastal fishing communities can no longer survive. Shellfish and fish now need to be imported to South Korea\u2026from China and the DPRK. Many bird species are also in rapid decline.\nThe Yellow Sea is one of the world's few areas with massive tidal-flats; it also had one of the most productive fisheries in the world. Several bird species evolved to depend especially on the Yellow Sea. Species like the Black-faced Spoonbill, the Chinese Egret and the Saunders's Gull are effectively confined to the Yellow Sea as breeding species. All such species are now globally threatened, with very small and fragile populations. There are only about 8,000 Saunders's Gull, 3000 Chinese Egret and 1500 Black-faced Spoonbills remaining in the world. Some other species have become even rarer. My personal favorite species is the Spoon-billed Sandpiper. This is a small and beautiful sandpiper that breeds in Chuchotka; migrates through the Yellow Sea; and spends the winter in Southern Asia, mainly in Thailand and Bangladesh. It depends on tidal-flats in open estuaries, where it seems to find its food by digging small holes in the mud, into which water carrying small worms and other animals flow, trapping them, when it can eat them. Based on mtDNA studies, it is estimated that until fairly recently there were 60,000 Spoon-billed Sandpiper in the world. Ten years ago, the number was estimated at only a few thousand pairs. By 2005, this number had fallen to only 350 pairs. This year, based on surveys in summer and winter, it is believed by some that there are only 100 pairs remaining. Unless something changes for the better, now, this species will be extinct within the next 10 or 20 years. The main reason for their decline is of course tidal-flat loss, due to reclamation.\nWhile the extinction of a single species like a Spoon-billed Sandpiper might not cause much concern to most people, it needs to be understood that its extinction will be caused by the disappearance of dynamic tidal-flats and estuaries throughout Asia. This species' extinction therefore signals the loss of habitat for many species of fish, crab, shellfish and worms as well as other bird species - species like the Bar-tailed Godwits, the champions of migration, that link wetlands in New Zealand and Australia to those here in Mokpo and the Yellow Sea, along with the estuaries and tidal-flats of Siberia and Alaska (as we will hear in the next presentation). The extinction of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper, or of any specialized estuarine species, would signal the extinction of the same habitat and species that human fishing communities have been using and depending on for thousands of years.\nIt is not too late. There is still time, we believe, to save the Spoon-billed Sandpiper and the other species and the estuaries that they depend on. But this can only happen if people choose wetland conservation over unwise use. Now, not later.\nHere in Mokpo, this exhibition and this symposium offers much hope. Here, in a museum where we can begin to sense and feel the enormity of the Earth's history, we can both look clearly at the past, and also have the chance to see the present and the future.\nBirds Korea believes that through careful and thoughtful management, the small tidal-flat and lagoon just outside of the museum here can be used for the conservation of biodiversity, for environmental education and for recreation, providing real value for citizens for generations to come. Through best-use conservation of this site, Mokpo could gain an extremely valuable resource, one that would help the city win both national and international recognition \u2013 especially at this time, one year before South Korea hosts the next international, intergovernmental Ramsar \u201cWise Use of Wetlands\u201d Conference (in Changwon, between October 28 and November 4, 2007).\nOn behalf of our organization, I again thank you for the invitation to speak here today at this important time, and would like to finish by thanking the wonderful city and citizens of Mokpo for all of their work, now and into the future, for the conservation of birds and their precious tidal-flat habitats.\nExhibition: The Shorebirds at Mokpo Namhang Sea\nSeptember 14th \u2212 October 26th 2007\nExhibition room - 360\u00b0 Panorama\nWall chart Mokpo Namhang Sea\nWall charts 1 and 2 about migration and flagging\nBanding presentation\nSee the Banding presentation online.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 43, "original_length": 13184, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 271.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blog.aceexhibits.com/inside-ace-exhibits-dye-sublimation-what-it-is-and-why-we-choose-it", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:17:18Z", "digest": "sha1:423RR2RGPP437XVWY2NZDEAW4QKG3HEM", "length": 5141, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "blog.aceexhibits.com", "title": "Inside Ace Exhibits: Dye-Sublimation - What It Is and Why We Choose It", "raw_content": "In short, it\u2019s a printing process that greatly affects how your display is produced and looks. To fully appreciate its value and desirability, you have to dip into the realm of digital textile printing, where dye-sublimated printing is on the rise.\nThe Basics of Dye-Sublimation Printing\n\u201cDye sublimation is the process of converting solid dyes into a gas without going through the liquid stage. Heat and pressure are used to infuse colorant into a polymer material.\u201d - Printer Evolution. It\u2019s a technique that\u2019s been used in the printing industry since the 1930\u2019s. It produces crisp, color-rich images that can be applied to a wide range of surfaces.\nThere are two dye-sublimation printing methods: transfer and direct. Transfer involves printing an image onto transfer paper, sublimating (heating) it onto a polyester-based material, and then removing the transfer paper. Direct printing is exactly that. The image is printed directly onto a polyester-coated surface and then sublimated. No transfer paper.\nThe transfer method is the most flexible and efficient. Its two-step process is straightforward and less complicated, in that it\u2019s easier to get a good image on a flat piece of paper than a malleable piece of fabric. Because the image is printed flat first and calibrations for fabric occurs at the heat press, the end result is usually crisper and with a better color pop.\nDirect sublimation reduces the printing process to one step and minimizes costs (no transfer paper). This method tends to be used primarily with textiles, which makes getting clear, crisp images more difficult; the fabric moves. Also, strike-through (the image appearing on both sides of the fabric) may occur.\nBoth dye-sublimation printing methods have their place. Client needs determine which is used when printing trade show display fabrics.\nWhy We Use Dye Sublimation\nOnce you know about dye-sublimation printing, you\u2019ll see it everywhere. T-shirts, mugs, mouse pads, smartphone cases\u2026 any surface with a polyester coating can be dye-sublimated. It\u2019s especially well-suited for textiles and materials that flex, stretch, and move \u2013 like trade show displays.\nWhen applied to textiles, the dye-sublimation process forces the dye to become part of the fabric. It\u2019s printed into the fabric, not onto the fabric. Our printing partner, Printer Evolution, puts it best, \u201cThe end result is by far richer in look and feel because the ink is infused into the fibers of the substrate itself, as opposed to jetted onto it as a solid, plastic film. This level of saturation produces superior output and a high quality appearance.\u201d Exactly what we\u2019re striving for.\nBeyond image quality, dye-sublimation printing helps us meet other requirements we feel are must-haves in trade show displays:\nFabric drape and texture\nInfusing the ink into the fabric fibers keeps the fabric soft to the touch. It also maintains the fabric\u2019s inherent qualities. It stretches over tension display frames or billows from an outdoor banner stand. The fabric feels and behaves as expected. Other textile printing methods don\u2019t offer this.\ndye-sublimation printing allows our graphics to withstand practical, everyday use without added surface protection. Wash them, fold them, or pack them in traveling cases, the image is permanent. The graphic will always look brand new.\nFull-range of printing colors\nWe can print the entire color spectrum - and it\u2019s all fade-resistant! There\u2019s also no ink build-up, no cracking, and no odd surface film. Again, this is not the case with other printing processes.\nDye-sublimation printing is the textile printing industry standard for a reason. It produces high-end, professional-looking graphics that can withstand a lot of use. This is exactly what our clients need on the trade show circuit.\nAt its core, dye-sublimation printing is a simple process. It\u2019s conducive to fast turn-around times and tight deadlines. This is key in the trade show industry and especially at Ace Exhibits. dye-sublimation printing is a significant factor in our competitive prices and our short shipping times.\nThere are other textile printing methods out there. UV-curable, solvent, latex\u2026 these are terms you\u2019ll most likely run across as you research companies, peruse display options, and learn more about the trade show display manufacturing industry. They all have pro\u2019s and con\u2019s. They all suit specific situations better than others. They\u2019re all viable options.\nIn conclusion, dye-sublimation may be a funny sounding term, but it gets big results. For that reason, we think it\u2019s one of our best assets. We choose to use it at Ace Exhibits because we think it\u2019s the best printing technique available to us. It enables us to produce high-resolution, color-rich, graphics efficiently and affordably for our clients.\nDid you find this information helpful? What other topics would you find useful? Please give us your feedback in the comments. If you have questions about dye-sublimation printing and how it affects your display, please contact us. Our experts can be reached through our website\u2019s live chat feature or you can speak with them via phone at 888-777-0223.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 113, "original_length": 7027, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 320.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blog.cash4usedcars.com/5-ways-not-to-buy-a-lemon/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:39:07Z", "digest": "sha1:BHBHOORIBJ42L3LXNOZ5LTGOKRHRL7VS", "length": 4809, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "blog.cash4usedcars.com", "title": "5 Ways NOT to buy a lemon - Cash for Cars Selling Tips", "raw_content": "5 Ways NOT to buy a lemon\nLet\u2019s face it, buying a car can be just as much of a headache as selling one. Here we have compiled some tips which will guide you so you don\u2019t end up paying into a money pit for years to come.\nKnowledge is power, so the more you know the better.\nGenerally people have an idea of what they need in an automobile. Narrow it down as far as you can before you begin; Do you need space for kids? Do you need to tow a boat? Once you have a distinct type in mind consider your brand options and eliminate any that don\u2019t suit your specific needs.\nOnce you\u2019ve got a good idea of the car you are seeking start researching the brand(s) and model you have chosen. Be sure to utilize tools such as consumer reports, used car reviews for specific years and the Wikipedia is also a fantastic source of information about different years and phases. Remember the more you know, the better armed you are for dealing with all of the tribulations buying a new car can throw at you.\nKnow your perspective vehicle top to bottom, get an idea of average prices your vehicle(s) of choice are being sold for. Decipher which options and features you must have and which ones you can live without. Also decide how many miles on the odometer is too many for your comfort. Last but not least it would be wise to research your local mechanics for one who specializes in the brand(s) you intend to purchase.\n2. Where to start looking\nIt goes without saying that no one wants to visit a used car lot, no one can say they like to be badgered into making a large purchase. That said, at a new car lot you may have a good chance of finding a trade in that is in good condition. Although you may pay more for it than you would buying directly from a private owner. This is a viable option for someone who has little time and plenty of money to spend. Just remember that the salesmen at brand dealerships want to sell you a new car, they have stock to move, badgering may ensue.\nPrivate owners is the other big option for purchasing a used vehicle, although a far more time consuming one. Chances are this is the avenue that will be the most cost effective in terms of price alone. However you will have to invest time and effort into making phone calls and test driving vehicle after vehicle. Put that mechanic you researched on speed dial.\n3. What to ask\nThere are many questions you should ask someone who wants to sell you a car, we all know that, funny how our mind can go blank when put on the spot. Write down a list of questions you want answers to prior to spending time looking at (and perhaps falling in love with) a vehicle. You\u2019ll want to know how many owners the car has had; if it has had any accidents; if it requires any repair to be in good working order; access to service records and information about where it has been serviced; last but not least you\u2019ll want to know why the seller is ridding themselves of the vehicle.\nIf you buy from a dealership we recommend that you don\u2019t purchase anything that they cannot provide service records for. Part of the beauty of the dealership is that most people who trade in for the same brand keep it maintained there at the dealer.\nWe can\u2019t stress enough that the purchase of an automobile should not be an impulsive one. It is easy to get excited when you find what you are looking for, however this excitement is translated to your seller and they could use it against you in the bidding war. You may decide to buy the first car you looked at, and that\u2019s ok, but only do it after you have shopped around.\nYou\u2019ll want to take down the VIN number of any vehicle you are interested in buying and research it with services such as CARFAX which will give you an idea of its history with regards to accidents and damage that can affect the life span and overall health of the car. In reality a car becomes a member of the family, there is no need to adopt a sick one.\n5. Ah, Paperwork\nWith any large purchase comes the never ending paperwork. Be sure to check with your local DMV to ensure you have all the proper forms to fill out, it varies from state to state. Never depend on the seller to have this information for you.\nIf you are interested in purchasing an extended warranty for your new vehicle you\u2019ll want to have that in place when you hand over your money. It is also important to contact your insurance company prior to the purchase so they can be prepared to add the new vehicle to your policy, eliminating any liability on your drive home with your new prize.\nHopefully this list will help you to plan for your next used car purchase. Research, research, research, we can\u2019t stress that enough. It will be the one factor that makes or breaks your used car buying experience. 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We have a growing collection concerning the homeless, and this is a problem that most of us encounter at one time or another, i. e. a homeless person asking for a handout. The good thing about donating money to a homeless person is that you can be 100% certain that he/she will receive all of the proceeds. You cannot control how they spend the donation, but at least there is no middleman to contend with.\nI decided to make a list of those charities/organizations to which I contribute. I did not realize the extent of the list when I began to compile it, and I make no argument for anyone to contribute to these entities. This is purely my own list to which I might make deletions or additions over time. Also listed are several organizations to which I no longer contribute for a variety of reasons. Money is not one of them.\nKorean War Veterans Association, Inc.\nMilitary Intelligence Corps Association\nORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH I NO LONGER CONTRIBUTE:\n27th Infantry Division Association, Inc.\nDeductions to UFT and NYSUT are not included as they are more in the category of union dues though not mandatory. Still, those deductions reduce disposable income.\nTags: charities, homeless, non-profit organizations. 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Additionally, whether parents have the right to be \u201crepresented\u201d (as opposed to accompanied and advised) by lay advocates at due process hearings is now left to the discretion of the states. See http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-28175.htm", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 390, "original_length": 8999, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 181.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blog.nikolas.net/?m=201110", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:14Z", "digest": "sha1:YORMOWGMSTTTQNYD26GQMHKU2WUS4SNN", "length": 260, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "blog.nikolas.net", "title": "October | 2011 | Nikolas Weinstein Studios", "raw_content": "CCA Lecture November 8\nAs part of the architecture and interior design series, Nikolas will be giving a lecture at the California College of the Arts on Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at 7 pm. He will discuss the work, the shop, and his band of \u2026 Continue reading \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 109, "original_length": 2239, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 161.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blog.onfast.com/2012/03/importance-of-mobile-apps-introduction.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:53Z", "digest": "sha1:MOP6M4P33GQPFSDOVSJOYR2NXKX3JBP3", "length": 1524, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "blog.onfast.com", "title": "OnFast - Be Everywhere Fast: The Importance Of Mobile Apps - Introduction", "raw_content": "Mobile devices such as smartphones have become part of the fabric of our society, not only here in the U.S. but around the world. Mobile optimization of websites or mobile apps as they are called, is becoming a crucially important step for businesses to take in moving themselves forward. To a large extent it's already as important as having a company website. In the next few blogs we will be taking a look at why this has become reality.\nMobile Devices Are Everywhere -\nSmartphones are ubiquitous. We are not far from the point where everyone will have the capability to access mobile apps. Mobile app development has exploded over the course of recent years and the development of apps will only increase. It is estimated that over 300,000 apps have been developed over the last three years alone. Price reductions of smartphones will really drive these devices to become even more pervasive.\nSmartphones Are Increasingly Capable -\nIt is important to remember that smartphones are actually small computers, which are becoming increasingly powerful with more capabilities. These amazing handheld devices are now able to take on tasks formerly only performed by laptops and desktop computers. This increasing smartphone capability will lead to future app development in the areas of mobile sales, mobile health, and increased company work efficiency.\nIn next Tuesday's blog we will look at a few more reasons why mobile apps along with their growth in use and development, is crucial to current and future business growth.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 116, "original_length": 6000, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 218.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blog.rosegowan.com/tag/bridesmaid-dresses/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:19Z", "digest": "sha1:IH46ZZOZCAF7DFFBP67YH6WP2VN4RXBZ", "length": 83, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "blog.rosegowan.com", "title": "bridesmaid dresses | Rose Gowan Photography", "raw_content": "Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as \u201cbridesmaid dresses\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 15, "original_length": 946, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 99.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/737-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:46Z", "digest": "sha1:SVHTPOL5X6NOBPLQKQVPJSQG5B2XTZB3", "length": 16573, "nlines": 38, "source_domain": "blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk", "title": "Matthew Woollard responds to the Commons Science and Technology Select Committee to examine the opportunities and risks of \u2018big data\u2019 - Data Impact Blog", "raw_content": "Matthew Woollard responds to the Commons Science and Technology Select Committee to examine the opportunities and risks of \u2018big data\u2019\nMatthew Woollard presents his response to the Commons Science and Technology Select Committee to examine the opportunities and risks of \u2018big data\u2019.\nBack in July, the Commons Science and Technology Select Committee announced an inquiry to examine the opportunities and risks of \u2018big data\u2019. The inquiry (which is ongoing as I write) is focussing on whether the government is doing enough to allow entrepreneurs to benefit from the big \u2018data revolution\u2019, and to protect the rights of data subjects.\nThe UK Data Service has a long history in responding to government consultations, and this one was no exception. During July and August I coordinated a joint response from the UK Data Service and the Administrative Data Service (ADS), and this has been published alongside all the other responses to the Committee. What makes this response special, and worth reproducing here, is that we included it as part of our regular reporting to the ESRC\u2019s Data Infrastructure Strategic Advisory Board (which has governance responsibilities for the UK Data Service), and they were hugely encouraging about it, since it gives a social science perspective on the opportunities and problems of some big data. It was this Committee which suggested that we publish it on this blog.\nThe response is 24 short paragraphs which are directly aligned to the questions posed by the Committee. And, when it says as the top that it was compiled by me, that\u2019s the truth. At least half a dozen people from within the Services contributed to the final text; we also had comments on drafts from both the ESRC and researchers working in the field at the University of Essex. It was a real collaboration, and a demonstration that the UKDS and ADS work closely together on strategic initiatives. It was also commended by our governing body for its concision, clarity and relevance.\nWritten response to the \u2018The big data dilemma\u2019 consultation from the UK Data Service and the Administrative Data Service.\nThe UK Data Service is a data service infrastructure, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to support researchers, teachers and policymakers who depend on high-quality social and economic data. It provides a free-at-the-point-of-use service to researchers who want access to social and economic data. The lead organisation of the UK Data Service, is the UK Data Archive at the University of Essex, which has had almost 50 years\u2019 experience of making data available for research. The UK Data Service is currently investigating the integration of new and novel sources of data for research into its existing service, and supporting key ESRC investments in the management of these data.\nThe UK Data Service has staff at the Universities of Essex, Manchester, Southampton, Edinburgh, Leeds, University College London and Jisc. The Administrative Data Service coordinates ESRC\u2019s Administrative Data Research Network and is the first point of contact for researchers who want access to administrative data, with partners at the Universities of Manchester, Oxford, the West of England and Edinburgh.\nBoth services desire to submit evidence to this committee in order to bring attention to the ways in which some of the risks relating to the use of these data within and beyond Higher Education can be resolved.\nWhat are the opportunities for big data, and what are the risks?\n1. \u201cBig data\u201d is so variously defined that starting with the term big data may not be helpful. In the world of socio-economic research, big data may be used to describe the contents of a government business information system, a transaction management system of a commercial organisation, the search activities of users of a social media site, tracking data created through the use of mobile devices, as well as surveillance images. These may meet some of the characteristics of being large, dynamic and complex, but they don\u2019t necessarily need new techniques for their analysis. \u201cBig data\u201d should not be understood as being primarily about the data per se; it should be understood to mean the use of new methods of data analytics on data which have not traditionally been used to produce insight.\n2. From the point of view of socio-economic research most of these forms of data share an additional characteristic, which is that they contain information about people, and those people have not explicitly given their consent for the reuse of these data for any particular purposes (informed consent).\n3. Each of the generic types of data above has exceptional opportunities for reuse across the public/private/third sectors. For example, hospital admission records could help private care providers be more efficient; search activities could potentially assist law and order agencies in pre-empting civil unrest; tracking data from mobile devices may allow commercial organisations to target advertising more effectively; surveillance images have the potential to monitor power usage at a macro level. The possibilities are endless, and mostly positive, but each of these particular opportunities would be likely to cause considerable disquiet amongst a majority of people who are represented in the underlying data.\n4. Significant potential for the use of these types of data in socio-economic research exists, but in many cases the cost/benefit ratio has not been measured or compared with other forms of data analysis. One should not assume that these types of data are always cheaper to draw conclusions from.\n5. The risks are numerous, and will depend on the type of data, the context in which he data were created, the owner of the data, the method of \u2018analysis\u2019, and the purpose to which the analysis is put. If personal data from a government business information system is used by respected researchers, whose research is approved by data owners for public good, who understand the complexities of the data, work in a secure environment, have their outputs vetted, and are aware of the penalties under the law, the risks of anything \u201cbad\u201d happening is virtually zero.\n6. Some very specific risks surround the quality of these data. There is the possibility decisions may be based on insights from attractive new forms of big data, without the necessary work to understand and calibrate the extent to which it provides valid alternatives to more traditional forms of data being done. In the main, traditional census and survey type data sources involve considerable effort in the design of questions, sampling frames and definitions, allowing users to understand and quantify issues such as representativeness and bias. Most big data sources do not result from any explicit design considerations (for research) but are reflections of what has already been measured. Consequently they will often over- and under-represent different groups within the population in different and complex ways. For example, the very young and the very elderly do not and will not engage with the digital economy in the same way as young adults \u2013 they therefore may leave very incomplete traces in the big datasets. All \u2018big data\u2019 has the possibility of suffering from some sort of bias which has the potential to affect results.\n7. Big data may offer exciting insights on topics which may previously have been hard to measure, but also enormous opportunities to misrepresent and misunderstand important social and economic questions. Nowhere near enough methodological work has yet been done to bridge this gap. The nature of some of these data and the allied techniques used to analyse them are such that validation and research integrity may be extraordinarily hard to perform. Two statisticians may be able to take the same raw survey and end up with the same result; two data scientists doing the same with big data will almost certainly not. The golden thread of integrity from data to policy (evidence-based policy) has the potential to be broken. Again there has not been enough work done to bridge the gap between the two.\n8. A further risk is that \u2018traditional\u2019 sources of socio-economic data become less reliable and/or less accessible. The consultation for the 2021 census proposes the exploration of administrative data (really no more than another term for big data) to supplement the 2021 census. The exploration of this topic is warmly welcomed, but these sources should not be seen as the magic bullet to reduce costs. Obviously data collection costs might fall, but data analysis costs will rise, and the richness of available data becomes diluted. Perhaps less important, but not a negligible problem will be access by a third party. The UK has one of the longest running and most successful data archives which make data accessible to researchers. The replacement of traditional surveys with less robust big data may, for various rights-related reasons, reduce the opportunity for reuse. We note that government has been keen on the idea of increasing efficiency by sharing and linking administrative data but we are still at a very early stage in effective research access to and linkage of these extraordinary well-regulated forms of data; any policy developments towards the further use of big data needs to be cognizant of the fact that effective access and use of existing administrative data is still far from being achieved.\nHas the Government set out an appropriate and up-to-date path for the continued evolution of big data and the technologies required to support it?\n9. The government does not seem to have a single path for the evolution of big data and the technologies to support it. The \u2018Seizing the data opportunity\u2019 (October 2013) strategy is the closest to an over-arching path, and there is clear movement along aspects of this strategy. It would be helpful to see a progress report for this strategy.\nWhere do gaps persist in the skills needed to take advantage of the opportunities, and be protected from the risks, and how can these gaps can be filled?\n10. One key skills gap surrounds the intersection between statistics and data analytics. We can typify one as a branch of mathematics, and the other as a branch of computer science. This rather simplifies the distinction, but both need to understand the provenance and design of the data in order to apply it to \u2018real-world\u2019 situations. This has been part of statistics courses for decades, but is only starting to permeate into computer science.\n11. The second major skills gap relates to the data management and data handling. We are at the beginning of a major reconceptualisation in the curation and the \u2018processing\u2019 of these types of data source for reuse. There has been little work in the academic sector about maximising the reuse value of these types of data.\n12. The third and fourth skills gaps surround the ethical and legal issues around these data. Ethicists are only just becoming aware of the complex (and potentially unresolvable within existing privacy paradigms) issues. (See paragraph 16 below.)\n13. Many of the risks surrounding the use of these data can be mitigated by training researchers in best practices in handling and using these types of data. There are ethical and \u2018secure\u2019 training courses in the handling and analysis of personal data, and these are generally harmonised across multiple data owners, e.g., the Office for National Statistics, Her Majesty\u2019s Revenue and Customs, the Administrative Data Research Network and ESRC\u2019s UK Data Service. Further work is required on re-examining ethical and legal frameworks for the reuse of these types of data which are based on personal information.\n14. Openness and transparency in the construction of \u201cbig data\u201d needs to be driven by government initiatives. It is no use in simply publishing vast quantities of open data, unless there is sufficient background information to be able to use them properly.\nHow can public understanding of the opportunities, implications and the skills required be improved, and \u2018informed consent\u2019 secured?\n15. The Ipsos Mori Dialogue on Data (2014) report, which explores public views on using administrative data for research purposes, was an excellent guide to the above topics.\n16. At the intersection of \u2018research\u2019 and \u2018ethical behaviour\u2019 there is a growing conundrum: a key feature of data analytics in the business sector is to uncover hidden patterns, or things which are unknown; in the social science (and medical) domains \u2018informed consent\u2019 is to provide sufficient information on all aspects of research which may be carried out (or use to which the data may be put.) In the big data world, real informed consent may become a contradiction. Baroness O\u2019Neill has argued eloquently that \u201cgenuine consent for the reuse of highly complex data for highly complex purposes is unworkable.\u201d Big Data allows us the opportunity to reimagine the complex interplay of the ethical reuse of data for all data, and may also allow for a real data revolution. (Some work is being done in this area by the Cabinet Office from a national perspective, and the compiler of these comments is an UK representative on an OECD group working on some international recommendations.)\nWhat further support is needed from Government to facilitate R&D on big data, including to secure the required capital investment in big data research facilities and for their ongoing operation?\n17. Funding for data service infrastructure needs to be provided on a more sustainable basis. In order to maximise the reuse potential of any type of data, it needs to be managed effectively through the whole of the data life-cycle, and if this management can be centralised, harmonised controls (covering consent, privacy rights, the maintenance of ownership, (rights) and research ethics/integrity) can be applied consistently, and independently from either the data controller or the data users.\n18. Data service infrastructure also needs to have the authority to ensure that data and linked data can be curated, and that long term access can be provided, and managed together rather than in silos.\n19. Data service infrastructure (like data.gov.uk) can also provide guidance on the harmonisation of data (so HESA\u2019s student record allows people to report their sex as Male, Female or Other (where Other is explicitly used \u201cfor people who associate with the terms intersex, androgyne, intergender, ambigender, gender fluid, polygender and genderqueer\u201d), but DVLA license holders can report only Male or Female. Why do different government-supported organisations use different categories for the most straight-forward of questions?\n20. Research needs to be carried out into identifying the value of big data assets. Data which \u2018stores value\u2019 and has the potential to realise future benefit need to be properly curated. Curation comes at a cost.\n21. Scalable services and infrastructure needs to exist to maximise the benefits provided by big data opportunities. Infrastructure and services for data, especially data which are personal are not simply capital costs. Infrastructure and services for these data include hardware and software, but also the skills and human resources to make them function. Shared infrastructure is likely to be more efficient. In the social sciences the ratio of pure capital and operational costs may be in the region of 1 to 10; in the hard sciences this ratio may be in the region of 10 (or more) to 1. This imbalance needs to be taken into consideration in investment.\n22. Resources are also required to exploit the data itself. Capital investment alone does not secure robust methodologies to analyse those data and / or to even access those data; resource is required for research, especially research which does not have a commercial application, so that it can inform and influence commercial applications. Further research and public dialogues around ethical and legal areas needs to happen.\n23. Big Data facilities, like the Administrative Research Data Network need to unequivocally set themselves apart from organisations which commodify personal data without proper ethical safeguards, and maintain levels of independence which the public or customers (as data subjects) have confidence in.\n24. Decisions on support for further facilitation should be made on the basis of the costs across the whole lifecycle of the data, not a one-off research \u201chit\u201d. The most effective data infrastructures are to all intents and purposes collaborations between data specialists and researchers.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 19253, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 212.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blog.worshiptogether.com/know-crowder/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:24:58Z", "digest": "sha1:XD4RNVTLGTCKUFCA3M3G55MKQPC6KJEP", "length": 628, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "blog.worshiptogether.com", "title": "This I Know by Crowder | Worship Together", "raw_content": "This I Know is a song of simplicity and \u201cfaith like a child.\u201d The hook of the song is taken from the popular song, \u201cJesus Loves Me,\u201d where we sing, \u201cJesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so.\u201d It is a great song to use as a reminder that God\u2019s promises are forever and that He is always faithful. But, it\u2019s also a song meant to remind us of the first time we whole-heartedly placed our trust in God and surrendered our lives to Him; all of the joy and peacefulness that came with that moment.\nTake me up to where I was\nWhen I never wanted more than You\nLift me up to feel Your touch\nIt wouldn\u2019t be that much for You", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 2773, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 152.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blog.zricks.com/transforming-pondicherry-smart-city/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:02Z", "digest": "sha1:OP4JQVJRHSAY6YFPJBTRPCJI7ECGLR5R", "length": 9151, "nlines": 36, "source_domain": "blog.zricks.com", "title": "Transforming Pondicherry into a Smart City - Zricks.com Blog", "raw_content": "Guest Post Smart City\nTransforming Pondicherry into a Smart City\nMarch 15, 2017 Zricks.com 0 Comment Transforming Pondicherry, Transforming Pondicherry smart city\nPuducherry, formerly called Pondicherry, was historically a French colony and still retains much of the ethos of its French heritage and architecture today. This extremely famous tourist destination is renowned for its long beach promenades, large boulevards, colourful houses reflecting both French and Tamil architecture. The city has a highly-organized grid pattern of streets, fascinating heritage monuments and its very own Tamil precinct.\nAll these facets have, over time, ensured that Puducherry continues to stand apart \u2013 as a tourist location and as a unique city in India. WithAuroville being an important magnet, the city recorded 1.07 lakh foreign tourists in 2016 accounting for 11% annual growth. while 13 lakh domestic tourists in the same year accounted for 7% annual growth.\nThe Smart City Boost\nImportantly, Puducherry is now a contender in Round 3 of the Smart Cities Mission competition of the Government of India. As we know, the Smart Cities Mission is intended to drive economic growth and improve the quality of life of people in the identified and selected cities. The modus operandi is to enable local development and harness technology to create smart outcomes.\n100 cities were shortlisted, and 20 cities were selected as part of Round 1 of the Smart Cities competition. Another 13 cities were added in the fast-track round, and 27 more in Round 2. The remaining cities will participate in Round 3, and their proposals will be submitted in March 2017 with the results to be announced in April.\nIn the case of Puducherry, an earlier proposal submitted for the Oulgaret Municipality was not shortlisted because it had focused on \u2018greenfield\u2019 development at a cost of INR 5,660 crore and was deemed financially viable. However, the Government has now identified Puducherry City area for participation in Round 3. For the proposal preparation, the Government of Puducherry has appointed JLL India\u2019s Strategic Consulting division, which has already worked for 7 other cities identified under the Smart Cities mission. Of these, Bhubaneshwar ranked #1 in Round 1, Amritsar ranked #1 in Round 2 and both Chennai and Vadodara were selected in the top 60 cities.\nThe Puducherry proposal is current underway at full steam, and has recorded direct and indirect engagement with citizens via physical engagement, articles in leading dailies, Smart City banners, radio and television announcements, workshops, seminars, social media, competitions and surveys. This is important, since the Smart Cities Mission is all about Urban Transformation with emphasis on citizen engagement.\nIn accordance with the inputs of citizen and key stakeholders in Puducherry, the main boulevard and its surrounding areas measuring about 1500 acres have been selected for major retrofitting-based upgradation. Logically, the Puducherry proposal primarily focuses on tourism, with highlight projects such as:\nExtension and beautification of the beach promenade\nNo-vehicle zones with smart parking, e-rickshaws and an Intelligent Transport System\nBeautification of the Grand Canal, etc.\nThe Union Tourism Ministry has also approved an allocation of INR 100 crore for various tourist circuit projects under the \u2018SwadeshDarshan\u2019 scheme.\nDemographics & City Planning\nPuducherry Municipality covers over 19.26 sq. km., comprises of 8 constituencies and accounts for a population of 2.44 lakh. The city is well-connected by roads to other towns and cities throughout India. East Coast Road connects Puducherry with Chennai (north) andCuddalore (south), while NH45A connects to Villupuram and NH66 to Tindivanam.\nBeing a coastal city, Puducherry has a limited number of train routes to depend on. Nevertheless, it does have train connectivity to Chennai,Mangaluru, Tiruchirappalli, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Thiruvananthapuram, Bhubaneswar, Howrah, Tirupati, New Delhi and Mumbai via Villupuram. A dedicated airport, expected to be operational in 3Q 2017, will connect Puducherry to nearby cities within 500 km to boost the influx of foreign tourist and fuel industrial investment to Puducherry.\nNotably, city planning in Puducherry was largely influenced by its waterways. Its earlier settlements were built on higher lands, while the low lands \u2013 or flood plains \u2013 were used for agriculture. The city\u2019s canals were built as source of water supply to its settlements. In the Puducherry of today, the French Quarter is separated from the Tamil town by the multi-functional Grand Canal. Puducherry\u2019s Smart City proposal includes reviving these waterways and making the Grand Canal a vibrant public space for tourists and citizens.\nAbout 1300 buildings within the boulevard area have been identified as heritage buildings. These structures are very valuable for understanding this unique region\u2019s architectural evolution, and must be preserved for posterity. The heritage town is eminently suited for exploration by cycle and by foot, and provides fascinating access to Puducherry\u2019s cultural history. The Smart City proposal therefore places emphasis on a Cycle Sharing system and \u2018pedestrianization\u2019 of Nehru Street and Beach Promenade. It also includes disabled-friendly footpaths along the 130 km road network within the area earmarked for smart city implementation to promote walking.\nApart from these heritage and tourism-focused initiatives, the proposal also identifies various aspects for improving the basic civic infrastructure, including:\nEnsuring 24X7 water and electricity supply\nHarvesting solar energy\nSource augmentation of water and recycling of waste water\nSolid waste management, etc.\nAcross Puducherry, the Smart City proposal will focus on urban mobility via NMT (Non-Motorized Transport) and initiatives like intelligent traffic and parking management, a cycle sharing network, a public transit corridor and a City Control Command Centre. All this will be supported by a dedicated mobile \u2018city app\u2019 to promote smarter and more convenient tourism as well as provide GIS mapping of all of the city\u2019s utilities.\nThe approximate cost for the Puducherry Smart City proposal is estimated to be INR 1800 crore. It has been formulated to ensure convergence with several Government schemes such as Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), Swachh Bharat Mission, Digital India, Safe City Project, Integrated Power Development Scheme, Solar Mission and Housing for All. Notably, about 23% of the project components have Public\u2013Private Partnership (PPP) opportunities. The Smart City Proposal has also factored in the interests evinced by the French Government\u2019s Agence Fran\u00e7aise de D\u00e9veloppement (AFD) for partnering with the initiatives.\nBecause of the strong tourism component, Puducherry revolves predominantly around hospitality and retail. The city has around 12,700 hotel rooms across all categories in around 165 hotels, with 65% occupancy. Smart City development will open more opportunities for the hospitality sector to convert existing vacant sites to hotels, boutique retail and food streets. The combination of the French Town, Tamil Town and beach makes it very attractive for investors. Puducherry is also famous for holiday homes. With technology-based players such as Oyo Hotels and Airbnb now active, these generate revenue when unoccupied by the owners.\nPuducherry has constrained expansion potential due to limited land available for development. With it getting a Smart City tag, infrastructure in the city will improve and attract investor and buyers. The city\u2019s preference in terms of real estate formats is currently skewed towards low-rise developments, but the Smart City push can serve to introduce high-rise developments. Most of the developments in Puducherry are concentrated in the boulevard area and the heritage town, where the land costs range between INR 6,000-8,000 per sq.ft. In the periphery, they range between INR 2,000-3,500 per sq.ft.\nBased on the innovative approach being proposed under the Smart City proposal, Puducherry has a strong foundation among the top contenders in the next competitive round. The proposal, tagged \u2018Ville Smart\u2019, will bring in world-class support infrastructure. This, as a consequence, will also boost the real estate demand in the hospitality, retail and residential segments.\nThe Smart City vision for Puducherry is to transform the city into a global tourism destination by leveraging its heritage, cultural, spiritual and educational advantages. It also seeks to enhance the quality of life of the citizens by providing efficient urban mobility, smart civic infrastructure, affordable urban housing, smart service delivery and participative decision-making.\nThis guest post is written by A. Shankar, National Director & Head of Operations \u2013 Strategic Consulting, JLL India\n\u2190 US Oregon town up for sale for \u20b923 crore ($3.5 million)\nSilverglades The Melia \u2013 The Best Of Suburban Living \u2192\nHow to transform your apartment into an eco-friendly, sustainable home\nSelecting the Right Cafe Blinds for Your Home", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 426, "original_length": 25846, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 312.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/campaign-k-12/2011/10/moderate_senators_pushback_on.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:25Z", "digest": "sha1:B7QPIXNM4SWVXBC74BQMLHU2EKAY3P5R", "length": 1970, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "blogs.edweek.org", "title": "Moderate Sens. Push Back on ESEA Bill's Teacher Evaluation - Politics K-12 - Education Week", "raw_content": "\u00ab Teacher Evaluation Scaled Back in Senate's Revised ESEA Draft | Main | Disabilities Advocacy Group Opposes Harkin-Enzi ESEA Bill \u00bb\nModerate Sens. Push Back on ESEA Bill's Teacher Evaluation\nBy Alyson Klein on October 18, 2011 5:03 PM\nTeacher evaluation has already been a sticky issue in the debate over reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. And now it's getting even stickier.\nThree moderate senators\u2014Mary Landrieu, a Democrat from Louisiana; Scott Brown, a Republican from Massachusetts; and Joseph Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut\u2014are not happy with recent changes scaling back the teacher evaluation provisions in a bill sponsored by Sens. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Michael B. Enzi, the top Republican on the panel.\nThose changes won the bill bipartisan support from Republicans who weren't fans of the idea of mandating evaluations. And it pleased the teachers' unions.\nThe trio wrote a letter urging Harkin and Enzi to reconsider recent changes to the ESEA bill in the area of teacher evaluation. If you'll remember, the original version of the bill called for all states to develop evaluation plans. But now, only districts that get Teacher Incentive Fund grants (which are doled out to schools that want to create alternative pay programs) will have to create the programs.\nThat's a big step backward, the senators say. They call the new language \"a disservice to our nation's students.\"\nBut one of the Republicans who pushed for the change, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., a former secretary of education, explained the reasons behind the change in a speech on the Senate floor Tuesday.\nThe new version of the bill \"does not include an order from Washington\" to evaluate teachers, he said. But he said it would allow states to use federal funds to help create evaluation systems, which would help states figure out the best way to evaluate educators.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 160, "original_length": 10044, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 329.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/charterschoice/2016/04/dc_voucher_program_reauthorized_by_us_house_oversight_committee.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:00Z", "digest": "sha1:FRE52E5VSPJO5FBCSLSKMPPWLBTDWPPP", "length": 2287, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "blogs.edweek.org", "title": "D.C. Voucher Program Reauthorized by U.S. House Oversight Committee - Charters & Choice - Education Week", "raw_content": "\u00ab L.A., Detroit Aim to Create Common Enrollment Systems, but not for Everyone | Main | Florida Gov. Scott Signs Inter-District School Choice Bill \u00bb\nD.C. Voucher Program Reauthorized by U.S. House Oversight Committee\nBy Arianna Prothero on April 14, 2016 3:29 PM | No comments\nBy Andrew Ujifusa. This story originally appeared on the Politics K-12 blog.\nThe U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee approved a reauthorization of the voucher program for students in the District of Columbia on Thursday.\nH.R. 4901, the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Reauthorization Act from Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, would reauthorize the D.C. voucher program for five years. The Opportunity Scholarship Program provides vouchers to about 1,250 low-income students in the District this school year. It's the only federally supported voucher program in the country.\nThe committee approved H.R. 4901 by voice vote, according to a press release from the committee, and reported the bill to the full House of Representatives.\nDuring a press conference Thursday, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said the voucher program \"has helped thousands of kids get a quality education.\" Since the 2004-05 school year, according to official program statistics, nearly 6,400 have received scholarships through the program.\n\"When we give more families a choice, more students succeed. It's just that simple,\" Ryan said Thursday.\nThe D.C. voucher program has been a reliably controversial K-12 issue in Washington for some time. During the most recent federal budget deal for fiscal 2016, funding for the vouchers was not included. Last fall, when it was a top priority for former Speaker of the House John Boehner, the House of Representatives voted to approve a reauthorization of the voucher program.\nStudies of the voucher program have revealed mixed results. President Barack Obama's administration in the past has tried to sunset the program, but has run into resistance from members of Congress.\nFederal Charter School Grant Program Gets Big Boosts From Budget, ESSA\nEducation Dept. to Charter Schools: Here's Millions in Grants, Be More Responsible\nArizona Lawmakers Scale Back Private School Choice Expansion Plan\nLa. Gov. Edwards Wants to Restrict Voucher Use, Charter School Growth", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 168, "original_length": 9267, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 255.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blogs.ross.org/gowest/author/jearle/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:09Z", "digest": "sha1:OYJEF5HM4PRKKQEJZVMQWML262PJTKKH", "length": 31544, "nlines": 76, "source_domain": "blogs.ross.org", "title": "jearle | Go West Young Man", "raw_content": "Author Archives: jearle\nGuest Blogger: Lexie Kelly\nAfter four days of cooking Walmart food over an open fire, repeatedly smacking our heads on various faux teak surfaces, and rising with the birds to the much-beloved Alexis Martino version of \u201cMorning Has Broken\u201d (complimented by a rare MP3 recording of Luke Hopping\u2019s rendition of \u201cMan From Laramie\u201d, a throwback to the M-Term days of yore), we returned to civilization in style, checking into the beautiful Santa Monica branch of Hostelling International. Bearing the unmistakable influence of the Neo-Playmobil Art Deco movement of the early 1990s, the hostel graciously received thirty sweaty adolescents and our mountains of luggage. After a captivating exploration into the delicate and complex dynamical power balance between Alexis\u2019s activist impulse and not-so-subtle neuroticism that played out on Santa Monica boulevard as we attempted to load the RVs full of sleeping bags and leftover gourmet food to send to Goodwill (\u201cOkay! That\u2019s all! I can\u2019t take anymore! You\u2019ll have to walk it over yourselves!\u201d), we saddled up and set off for the land where the freaks never sleep in spite of the enormous THC content in their systems: Venice Beach.\nIn Venice, we met street performers, homeless war vets, and more than a few self-proclaimed harbingers of the Second Coming. Everyone promised us the cheapest sunglasses that side of the 405 and the sickest tattoos in the wild West (Ross Kadri and I were tempted to get matching ones of Noam Chomsky\u2019s face, but held off because a) that would be a capital violation of M-Term policies and b) we\u2019ve decided we want to wait for Daria Schieferstein to join us). One denizen of the boardwalk who had a lot to say about the American dream was Dale Rogers, a Southern transplant who came out to California following a family tragedy and the financial collapse and has been living on the beach for the past three years. Of the state of union, Dale lamented that Americans just aren\u2019t as kind to one another as they used to be, and favorably compared Venice to his hometown in Arkansas for the sense of hospitality that pervades among the beach regulars. Judging from the number of free consultation offers we received from professionals with names like Dr. Kushlove, we think it\u2019s safe to say that the spirit of communitas is alive and well in old New Venice.\nBack at the hostel, we were treated to a lecture on the history of Hollywood and the current state of the film industry by Alexis\u2019s old school chum, Stuart Volkow, a jack-of-all-entertainment-trades who works as a producer and a professor at UCLA and dabbles in writing and directing on the side. After the initial shock of learning that Thomas Edison bore an uncanny resemblance to the late great Kimble Humiston, we relaxed and allowed ourselves to be absorbed by tales of indie intrigue, studio wars, and revolutions in technology and social media. Students of media that we are, Stuart\u2019s talk provided for us examples of folks who, through hard work and determination, realized the dream of public success and upward mobility, as well as evidence of how film and television contribute directly to the construction of what we think of the \u201cAmerican Dream\u201d. Stuart even threw out a few key tips for the aspiring actors, writers, and directors among us (God only knows who they are).\nWe returned to the land of civilized dining in style, heading off to the Santa Monica Airport for some Asian fusion cuisine at Typhoon. Owing to my palatal penchant for white things and white things only and my instinctual aversion to tropical storms, I was understandably nervous going into the experience, and even more so once I found out that I was to be seated at the \u201cgrown-ups\u2019 table\u201d (!). At Earle\u2019s behest, however, I loosened up and tried some dishes generally outside of my comfort zone, including spring rolls, chicken satay, and something called \u201cHeiny-Winey Shrimp\u201d (this is his phonetic interpretation, not mine). In this way, I feel I embodied the truly American paradigm of the \u201ccultural melting pot\u201d (or at least, I ate some melting pot stickers). Dinner with Stuart and his friend Jay Tavare provided an opportunity for me to whip out my Ross pedagogy (something I rarely get the chance to do in the real world, surprisingly) as well as to hear another fascinating take on \u201cthe biz\u201d. Jay recounted his experiences as a Native American actor and his personal mission to preserve important elements of traditional tribal identity, improve conditions for Native youth across the country, and portray his roles with historical accuracy and cultural integrity. Born on an Indian Reservation, adopted by a Jolie-Pitt-type multicultural family, and sent to British boarding school, Jay\u2019s American story was one of reconnecting with his roots as both a Native person and an American expat. An engaging speaker, Jay also excited the aforementioned Hollywood hopefuls with stories of his death-defying acts on CSI: Miami and confidential information regarding the size of Nicole Kidman\u2019s waist (don\u2019t tell anybody, but it\u2019s really small).\nFrom there, it was back to the hostel for showers (our first warm ones in days!) and shootouts (I am growing dangerously used to the sound of empty cap guns firing [I hereby publically threaten to rescind my prom invitation to both Jordan Schwimmer and Will Greenberg if they do not stop snapping those things]). Because I am a huge fan of cognitive dissonance (I run on angst like America runs on Dunkin\u2019, or like those life-saving technologies allegedly run on Energizer batteries), I really enjoyed my first day in Los Angeles with Ross, and I\u2019m really excited for what the next few have in store.\nDay 11: Guns, Germs, and Steel: a Short History of Our Time in Vegas\nMost Ross students are acquainted with Jared Diamond\u2019 Guns, Germs, and Steel: A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years. They\u2019ve read countless excerpts, written essays, and have probably seen the the PBS documentary more than once. However, it would take a day in Sin City before the lessons of Jared Diamond truly came alive.\nWe began our day at the Mob museum, where we were first introduced to the first of the three themes that would come to dominate our last full day in Vegas. Highlights included a fake tommy gun, where we were anxious to discover which members of the group had the shooting chops to become members of the Mafia, and a interactive exhibit where several of us took the oath of Omert\u00e1 (Mafia code of silence) by pricking our virtual trigger fingers and bleeding on to a burning drawing of a Saint. It was at that point that we began our lives by the gun, and we began to hear the echoes of Guns, Germs and Steel.\nUpon exiting the museum, it is rumored that a member of the group \u201cralphed\u201d (Earle-speak for Threw Up), and thus the Germs component of Diamond\u2019s thesis was materialized.\nAfter the museum the group spent time in the Neon graveyard, photographing, interviewing, getting (henna) tattooed, before deciding to break off into two groups. The first of the two groups spent time in a Vintage store, experiencing a little more of Vegas\u2019 colorful history. The other headed back to the Strip, specifically to the New York, New York Hotel and Casino, with a single mission: to experience the giant steel roller coaster. As we were thrown through the air at speeds up to 67 mph, we internalized the importance of steel in Las Vegas entertainment.\nOur day, and the lessons of Jared Diamond came to a close later that afternoon, when we made the trip out to the Las Vegas Gun Range, and put our marksmanship skills to the test. Welcomed in by the store manager who had recently returned from a tour in Afghanistan, we were presented with a selection of firearms ranging from M16s to Grenade Launchers. Under the close guidance of the store\u2019s firearms experts, and their impeccably trained work dog, we spent an hour learning firing at paper targets, and having shooting competitions. Although Aldredge was the official victor of the competition, Caitlin Cummings, a native of Shelter Island, demonstrated impressive marksmanship and prowess with five different machine guns, and emerged from the day as our resident sharp-shooter.\nAs Catilin posed beside her mutilated target for a photo, and the group piled into S.U.Vs to return to the strip, we felt as if we had lived Jared Diamond\u2019s history. We had fired guns,briefly encountered germs and been flung through the air on a steel track. Thanks to Jared Diamond, we can now understand Las Vegas, and are prepared to venture out into Death Valley tomorrow.\nDay 8: Truth or Consequences\nPosted on March 7, 2012 at 12:15 pm EST by jearle\nThis is the first in a series of journalism assignments from TorC:\n\u201cWe have this Indian curse,\u201d says Truth or Consequences resident Rich Strezo from his usual seat in Happy Belly\u2019s Deli. \u201cAn Indian man said\u2026back fifty years ago or so, that there would be no success here for the white man.\u201d\nAlthough most TRC residents seem to have forgotten the curse, it does not seem to have forgotten them. A town that sits on some of the most sought-after hot springs in the country, Truth or Consequences has its share of eccentricities. It is a town that once shared the spotlight with a national T.V. show, and many years later has fallen into anonymity. Yet this small, American town still has its share of stories to offer.\nThe best place to look for the secrets of TRC was Happy Belly\u2019s Deli, which, at 10:30 on Monday morning, was one of very few open businesses. It was there we encountered Rich Strezo. A native of Chicago, Mr. Strezo has been a resident of Truth or Consequences for half a lifetime. He does not own a computer and has raised a family in the town, eventually becoming so attached to the place that he is currently living separately from his wife, who chose to return to Chicago. Over his bacon and french toast, Mr. Strezo told of several governmental slip-ups, citing a misspelled \u201cWelcome to Truth or Consequences sign,\u201d and an incident where the government, attempting to remind citizens to change their clocks for daylight savings, mistakenly advised the entire town to set their clocks behind in early March.\nFrom here Mr. Strezo began to delve deeper into the politics of his town. He began with a story of the \u201cTown manager,\u201d who was convicted of a felony in California. After becoming a fixture in town politics, the Town manager became wary of his political opponents, and began to employ dirty tricks to remain in office. Mr. Strezo cited an incident in which the town manager presented a competing candidate with a stripper, and proceeded to film an ensuing lapdance. The video was posted to the internet, and then recalled when the edited footage was found on the town manager\u2019s computer.\nThis story is written on the streets of TRC. Many local stores sport neon-green signs reading \u201cDefend.\u201d A sign that originated as an advertisement, it soon became a symbol of town displeasure with the actions of the local government. \u201cThe signs,\u201d told Strezo, \u201care short for Defend our Town,\u201d and act as a reminder to the citizens of TRC that they have the power to overthrow their corrupt representatives. It was later pointed out that there are members of the town who take this concept too far. \u201cThey\u2019re the cave people,\u201d said a woman from behind her register at the Deli. \u201cThey are the people against everything the government does.\u201d\nFrom the mobile-home-hotels to the staged lap dance, Truth or Consequences is a town that is unsure of its future. The people seem fundamentally unhappy with their government, and are unsure of the town\u2019s identity. Some have gone as far as to cite the name \u201cTruth or Consequences\u201d itself as a vehicle for the separation of the town from its history, and are campaigning on Facebook to revive the ancestral, Native American name, of \u201cHot Springs.\u201d\nHerein lies the curse. The town seems to be seeking leadership; someone to fill the void that was left when \u201cTruth or Consequences\u201d the game show went off the air. Some believe that a return to the deep, native, roots of the town will restore an identity, and break the curse. Others, like Mr. Strezo, see the answer in an overhaul of the local government. Whichever way is correct, the occupants of Truth or Consequences seem entirely committed to their little piece of the New Mexican state. It is why the cave people protest, and why Mr. Strezo is separated from his family. Perhaps, if all the hopes and dreams of TRC could be summed up in a single object, it would be the graphic on Mr. Strezo\u2019s business card itself: a mobile home traveling across the desert at dusk, augmented with the words \u201cRich Strezo. Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. Livin\u2019 the Dream.\u201d\nBy Emma Betuel. Photos by Victoria Battista\nDay 7: Pie Town and the Very Large Array\nPosted on March 6, 2012 at 10:43 am EST by jearle\nOn another long drive, this one from Gallup to Truth and Consequences, we drove through scarcely populated areas. Fairly quickly the group started noticing signs for a place called \u201cPie Town\u201d and began to make jokes over the CB radio. When it appeared as though we would not be driving through it, Jedediah announced a single tear had fallen from his eye, while others joked the town may have \u201cDeliverance\u201d qualities and lure unsuspecting guests in with its name. We did, however, end up driving through Pie Town, and our wildest dreams could not have conjured what we found. Pie Town is located in Catron County, and the locals tell us this county is about the size of Massachusetts and has a population of just over 3,000. When we arrived we increased the population of Catron County by close to 1%. The center-piece of this town is an establishment named \u201cPie-O-Neer\u201d; a small diner that serves dozens of different pies. Kathy Knapp, the owner, gave our overwhelming group of thirty-four hungry travelers one of the most hospitable welcomes I\u2019ve ever experienced. Apparently Pie-O-Neer has two speeds, Normal and Pie Festival, because when we walked in, Meghan (one of the friendly employees) said, \u201cwe\u2019re going to have to run this like we run the Pie Festival\u201d. We each ordered a slice (choices included New Mexico Apple, Sweet Potato, Blueberry, Sour Cherry, Pecan Oat, Chocolate, Pear and Ginger, and more), and sat down. We stayed and talk with Kathy and any local who walked in for a couple hours. At one point the song \u201cAmerican Pie\u201d came on the radio and a group of students started, quietly, singing along. By the time we got to the chorus the entire restaurant was singing, including a local named Frank with an appropriately deep voice for the line \u201cthis will be the day that I die\u201d. Some students were walked by a young boy on a tricycle to his Grandfather\u2019s wind-mill museum down the road before we finally had to leave, but not before Earle grabbed one more piece of pie for the road.\nBob Sundown\nWe thought that the highway adjacent windmill museum curated by an eight year-old boy who has shot more bullets already than I will in my entire life was the highlight of our drive through one of the most vacant counties in America, but we hadn\u2019t even scratched the surface. As Skelly adventured through the local community with unsurpassable enthusiasm, he stumbled upon a momentous find. Nestled away in a small clearing about 500 feet from the local campground, Skelly found a home that can only be described as miscellaneous. Perched on an old rusty trailer, the ramshackle abode was mostly composed of rotten wood, scrap wire, and found tarps. We peered through the makeshift door with both trepidation and restrained excitement. Inside was another world.\nA jerry-built chimney descended from the peak of the colorful roof into the nest below, where it met with a clich\u00e9d trash can. Next to this impromptu space heater was an old Coleman grill accompanied by a small stack of microwave pizzas. Aside from this small kitchen confined to one corner, most of the limited space was designated for sleep and storage. The still unknown inhabitant did not have much. All that he could call his own were a pair of boots placed neatly in the center, a soiled pillow, a few knickknacks, sparse cutlery, and a decrepit copy of Steps to Christ. However, Kenny\u2019s sharp eyes spotted a pill bottle in the back, buried by dirt and dust. The faded label revealed the identity of our mystery fixation.\nSUNDOWN, BOB TAKE 1 TABLET BY MOUTH TWICE DAILY 5 days\nA quick Googling told us that the pills are antimicrobials, and not the addictive prescription drugs that had come to mind at first. The eccentric home surrounded by three American flags and a wire suspending homemade tomahawks provided a portrait of Bob Sundown, but we did not know this man, not even a little.\nI had eaten my pie quickly, and so by the time the rest of the group had gone off to see the windmills, I found myself with an inordinate amount of time on my hands. I went back into Pie-O-Neer, which now seemed remarkably desolate without the throngs of teenagers. I sat down at the counter and asked for a Dr. Pepper in order to engage the kind waitress. I didn\u2019t quite know how to ask about the hobo from across the street, but all I had to say was \u201cBob\u201d and the stories began to flow. Bob Sundown was the spirit of Pie Town. Kathy Knapp, Pie-O-Neer\u2019s appropriately kind owner and pie-maker, took me by the hand with a mother\u2019s grip and led me to one of the many walls dotted with newspaper articles and old photos. My first glimpse of Bob Sundown\u2019s face was poignant to say the least. As I stared at the faded image thumbtacked to the wall, Kathy detailed me his features.\n\u201cOne eye, no teeth, and a colostomy bag.\u201d she said, \u201cHe loved to make silly faces for the children.\u201d\nBob Sundown lived in Pie Town during the summer months, but migrated south to Arizona in the winter, as his bungalow wasn\u2019t exactly insulated. As if he were Kokopelli manifested, Bob was an indisputable sign that the warmer months were on their way. He would blow into town like the west wind, his mobile home towed by two donkeys, and the sleepy town would come alive.\n\u201cPeople were just naturally drawn to him.\u201d Kathy continued, \u201cChildren ran alongside his donkeys while he taught them about the power of nature. He kept himself alive with his knowledge of the local herbs and natural medicines.\u201d\nBob\u2019s knowledge couldn\u2019t help him towards the end. Plagued by illness for most of his later years, Bob passed away in the winter from 2009 to 2010. When Kathy told me that, a friend of hers named Cyndi Lee, who had known Bob on a truly personal level, overheard and came over to speak to me. The praise, admiration, and emotion in her voice when she spoke of Bob was overwhelming. She told me that he had fought in the Korean War, during which his legs were riddled with machine gun fire. The doctors told him that he would never walk again, but at the time of his death he didn\u2019t even wear braces. She told me that his wife had died in a car accident nearly fifty years ago, and since that day he has traveled around the Southwest by donkey.\n\u201cHe always used to say, \u2018That\u2019s just a bunch of words.'\u201d Cyndi said, \u201cHe believed that open spaces could open your mind and there wasn\u2019t really much of a point in keeping track of time.\u201d\nCyndi started to tear up and Kathy put a hand on her back and gave her a hug. I stood there, observing this incredibly emotional moment, petrified. I couldn\u2019t react. This man had so thoroughly influenced a community that his memory still brought tears to their eyes.\n\u201cI loved Bob. I remember him feeding one of his donkeys a pie right out front.\u201d Cyndi said, \u201cEveryone loved Bob and this community will always remember him.\u201d\nI excused myself at that point with a handshake and a kind word for each woman, claiming that my school group was on its way out, but really I needed to wipe away the moisture that had glossed over my eyes. I think I will remember Bob Sundown as well, but I know his memory will always be alive in Pie Town.\n\u2013 Jon Lesser\nDay Six: Canyon de Chelly\nThis day was so eventful that each car has provided the blog with a some form of media to explain to our readers the emotions we felt.\nFirst: The view from Sweet Silver\nNavajo Bar Mitzvah\nOver the ridge and into the mud we went, as Earle abandoned his boyhood and became a man. In tribal cultures, one reaches adulthood by undertaking a series of difficult tasks, which are designed to prove strength, zeal, and bravery. We Bar Mitzvah\u2019d Earle after he proved his worth out in the rough, gruff, tough, spittoon spitting, gun slinging West.\nAs we descended into Canyon de Chelly with our tour guide, a native by the name of Adam Teller, we immediately realized it was going to be a bumpy ride. Thick with flooded crevices and magnificent in its splendor, Canyon de Chelly is a double-edged sword. Though it was the most beautiful landscape I had ever seen, the terrain proved troublesome for our marauding cowboys, especially Earle.\nEarle, or \u201cThe Kid\u201d as we call him, got stuck in the mud just minutes into our epic voyage. Our gang of bandoleros immediately rushed to his aid. As on-lookers looked on, we dug our soles into the raw burgundy mud, heaving at the back of Earle\u2019s suburban to no avail. \u201cYo,\u201d Skellington yelled as he came running through the valley with something thrown over his shoulder. \u201cWe\u2019ll pull him out with a chain!\u201d\nWe backed up our car, now parked back-to-back with Earle\u2019s suburban. This here\u2019s a shootout\u2026\nI\u2019m fairly certain I heard whistling and Spanish guitar as circling hawks unleashed their banal cries. Outlaws, there we stood, bound together by iron and conviction. Gas\u2026pace\u2026gas\u2026pace\u2026gas\u2026pace. Turn. With a jolt, we were flying across the muddy plains, pulling Earle\u2019s car along with us. It was the adrenaline that turned \u201cThe Kid\u201d into the road rat who rocked the canyon\u2019s sharp turns and inclines during the latter part of the day.\nWe continued around the bends, splashing our way through bellowing rivers, losing bits and pieces of rental car to protruding rocks. Earle lost his bumper along the way, but with a smile on his face and a gleam in his eye, he pushed onward with a tireless gallop. He overcame his dislike of driving and discovered he was having the time of his life. This was no place for yella-bellies.\nEventually we reached a rest stop where we were served traditional Navajo tea, made from local chamomile, as well as fry-bread with beans, cheese, and tomatoes. The canyon was simply stunning. Streaks of sunlight careened off the edges of titanic cliffs, and scattered softly in the valleys below. The old Navajo caves created haunting echoes, completely enshrouding us in a visual and auditory western experience. It was sort of like Manhattan, in that you couldn\u2019t see the tops of things, yet the buildings reached a maximum height of one story.\nAs we finished lunch and watched our students play basketball with local teenagers, we felt a sense of global unity. Perhaps Skellington said it best: \u201cThis is the awesomest! We got Navajo, Americans, Koreans, Chinese, and Swedish playing basketball together\u2026in a freakin\u2019 canyon\u2026next to a river.\u201d\nIt\u2019s absurd to think that so many different cultures could come together and play basketball in the middle of nowhere, but nonetheless, the experience was magical. As we drove back to our hotel, our headlights shining down the desert highway, one thing was on everyone\u2019s minds: Today was the awesomest.\n\u2013 Max Tabet\nand now, a short poem from The Love Machine\nright not left\nmud splashed cars brown\ndust would have done better but\nleft youd get stuck\nno one gets stuck with me\nAnd now, a sonnet from Sugar:\nHow The Kid Became The Man And How The Man Became Sugar Daddy.\nWhen to the driving of long unpaved Roads. And, let us be fair, even paved Can Cause \u201cthe kid\u201d worry. Before the Magicians Greatest trick, he made mud vanish by loads. Craftily, he pulled his handkerchief From, His sleeve. While \u201cthe kid\u201d shook spinning his wheels. Jed, assisting the fine trick, did Unveil Sug\u2019r coated brown. From the mud did we come. Yet, the laughter from the granules Lifted, The spirits of \u201cthe kid\u201d and dried his tears. De Chelly, tacos, and b-ball provided. Stress turned joy when bumpers fall there are cheers. Riding, we wanted to know what love Was, And Sugar, through her sacrifice, showed us.\n\u2013 Sugar Daddy and his Ganules\nAnd now the view from Salvator:\nPerspective from Salvatore\nAnother early morning found our team of warriors waiting for breakfast in the famous El Rancho hotel. Yesterday (three days ago in Go West time), Alexis had bought a fox hat from Richardson\u2019s Pawn Shop in hopes for a boost in the creative conceptual work we\u2019ll be doing in Death Valley. The newest idea in the collaborative projects of the Go West gang is an exquisite corpse of photographs from sheriffs and ankle-biters, utilizing the fox hat. Following a brilliant performance of our sole waitress at breakfast, Salvatore loaded up its newfound crew and our journey began. We set off into the expansive landscape where the sky touches the road, the land spills into the horizon, and massive red rocks border the highway. We ventured out of Gallup and, unbeknownst to some, towards Arizona. Raw Justice has a talent for the CB radio, which inspired bodacious discussions amongst our sheriffs. The Magician and Raw Justice bantered back and forth, entertaining the Kid, the Bandit, Land Shark, and Jebediah with their knowledge of CB slang. Raw Justice\u2019s crew imagined traveling by horseback and covered wagons and the gumption that it must have taken to set forth on such a journey.\nIn Salvatore, we tossed around some ideas for the storyteller and read from a local Navajo newsletter over the CB. In our discussion, we came across a poignant anecdote, \u201cAt one time, all of the Navajo people attended ceremonies regularly\u2026 Today fewer Navajos attend ceremonies regularly, and even fewer know how the medicine man is doing. What consequences does this have for Navajo language and culture?\u201d We also read an article about how the spiritual connection with the Navajo language is so strong that a man once passed up a $10,000 deal to return to his people and his native tongue. These questions set the stage for our visit to the Navajo land.\nWe arrived at the Canyon de Chelly (pronounced shay) and were greeted by our guides. Soon, we began our great adventure into the unknown territory of the land beyond. As we drove towards the salt washes, red rocks skimmed the sky and through the soup-like sand of the riverbed, Raw Justice\u2019s knowledge of off-roading from a past life kicked in. She was following the Bandit and both the Love Machine and Salvatore aggressively took to the open land as if they were finally home. The Kid, new to the open road and the large horse that carried him, the Land Shark, and their ankle-biters, approached the shallow water with trepidation. The sand quickly attacked his horse and he began to sink into the mucky depths. The Magician and Jebediah were on the scene with shovels and chains with the swagger of two wild horses. With a chain slung around the Magician\u2019s neck and the shovel in Jebediah\u2019s hand, the saving of Sugar commenced. They attached the chain tightly to the Magician and the dogs began to pull at the sinking Sugar. With two shakes of a lamb\u2019s tail, Sugar was released from the muck and the mire to run wild. We were free to roam again. The spectacular rockscapes were unknown to this struggling crew and it felt like we were in truly a different world. Everyone was struck by a sense of peace and awe of such magnificent and ancient rocks. Who would know that this journey would turn equal parts treacherous and exhilarating in the coming hours. The caravan stuck closely together as we blazed forth into the canyon. The stories that were told by our guide and the past petroglyphs and pictographs made us feel apart of a culture long forgotten. As we soaked up the information and the sunshine at the Navajo planetarium, our story guides enlightened us on the nuances of Navajo culture. Despite the warmth of the rocks and the beautiful day, we continued to dive through sand and water and creek beds, oh my! Sugar lost its shoe, which Jebediah had to pick up along the way. The Magician also encountered trouble as his engine began to smoke and his clan circled \u2018round him to help save Sweet Silver. Salvatore lost a few bolts, but was in pretty good condition, as was the Love Machine. Old timers seem to have a better grasp on driving the wagon trail. After our previous hiccups, we were determined to have a \u201csmooth\u201d journey deeper into the canyon. Then, out of the blue, A HORSE CARCASS!!! In typical Raw Justice fashion, we flocked to the amazing albeit morbid shooting opportunity and Candice placed her rubber duck in the ribs of the animal for a Kodak moment. We were, without a doubt, the craziest tour our story guides had ever taken into the canyon. Once we were done with the photo shoot on the side of the trail, we had no idea what to expect for the rest of the journey. Our next destination, the mummy cave, would be our resting spot for the next three hours. Stationed in the shade of a red rock wall, the chill was present but tolerable. The shouts of Raw Justice\u2019s crew soon alerted us to the most pressing issue of our trip yet: the keys to Salvatore were locked inside and sitting on the middle console. The Magician was on top of the fallen horse in a minute, using a CB antenna to open the lock. By sliding the wire through the top of the door, he tried to press down the unlock button. An obsessive effort on the part of the Magician was lacking in some much-needed magic, but he was determined and took to the roof and window like a pit bull. There was frustrated shouting and tenuous silence, and the sun began to fade on top of everything. The moon was now glowing in the sky and we were cold. Some of our crew found a creek and decided to wade in the water. Off went the pants and into the stream they went. Back at the ranch, the Magician was so close to opening the door, even successfully pushing the button down, but Salvatore was not cooperating. Calls to OnStar failed spectacularly and time was running out. A myth surfaced that once the shade hit the top of the mountain, the mummies and coyotes would descend. Despite the cold and problems with Salvatore, we were still the happiest campers, if there is any place to get stuck, the middle of a canyon is the place. After all options were exhausted, Jebediah brought out the shovel, and one could almost hear Mozart\u2019s Requiem echoing off the canyon walls. In the most aggressive display of cathartic release, the Magician made Salvatore\u2019s window disappear. After a long day, we packed up the caravan and headed home. The Kid emerged from Chelly a changed man and graduated to Sugar Daddy, the life of the party, and the Magician was the champion of the canyon. We returned to El Rancho in our weathered, steel horses, exhausted but ready to work.\n\u2013 Rose Kouzoujian\nThis video is a sneak preview. Our day got much crazier after this:\n\"Go West, Young Man, Go West\" explores the idea of iconic imagery and culture making up the southwestern states. Students have a variety of options for shooting both conceptual, documentary, and landscape photography. They create portfolios and media-based products relating to the understanding of the Great West, the American dream, and contemporary art as a form of culture. These portfolios can be accessed at rossgowest.com\nLas Vegas: The Lost Episodes", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 153, "original_length": 43588, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 330.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://bodegapop.blogspot.com/2013/06/blackblue-in-harajuku-japanese.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:57Z", "digest": "sha1:NSXX665E7RX76M5MWSWLMYLFJYVXTA6L", "length": 75, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "bodegapop.blogspot.com", "title": "Bodega Pop: Black+Blue in Harajuku | Japanese Retro", "raw_content": "Long Ron Avalon said...\nThere are no words. This is the best anything ever.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 1088, "original_length": 53535, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 216.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://bookdb.nextgoodbook.com/book/profile/9780691177885/l/1bc6a60eba50d12899ef4af9e83acd9e/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:32Z", "digest": "sha1:JYOPG76AHWN2YT4TJOQNSMVO3SYPWH4N", "length": 1906, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "bookdb.nextgoodbook.com", "title": "Select Reads | Reading House", "raw_content": "Stars and Planets: The Most Complete Guide to the Stars, Planets, Galaxies, and Solar System\nMany of today's amateur stargazers learned their way around the night sky with the observing guides of Ian Ridpath. Among these are The Monthly Sky Guide, now in its 9th edition; the Collins Stars and Planets Guide (known in the US as the Princeton Field Guide to Stars and Planets) , now in its 4th edition; and Collins Gem Stars. All these have been continuously in print for over 25 years. A particular interest of Ian's is the Greek and Roman myths myths of the constellations, which he wrote about in his book Star Tales.\nIan is editor of the authoritative Oxford Dictionary of Astronomy and the last three editions of Norton's Star Atlas, the longest-established star atlas in the world and reputedly the best-known. He is a major contributor to the Dorling Kindersley encyclopedia Universe, and is author of Dorling Kindersley's Eyewitness Companion to Astronomy. In 2012 he won the Astronomical Society of the Pacific's Klumpke-Roberts Award for \"outstanding contributions to the public understanding and appreciation of astronomy\", the most prestigious award of its kind.\nHe is also a leading UFO skeptic and is well-known for his investigation and explanation of Britain's leading UFO case, the Rendlesham Forest Incident.\nFor more about Ian Ridpath, see his personal website\nhttp://www.ianridpath.com\nand his entry in Wikipedia\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Ridpath\nSupport pages for Ian Ridpath's books in print can be found here\nhttp://www.ianridpath.com/books/support.htm\nFor talks by Ian Ridpath see\nhttp://www.ianridpath.com/cv/lectures.htm\nRead Ian Ridpath's author blog\nhttp://ianridpathauthorblog.blogspot.com/\nMore about Ian Ridpath \u00bb\nGoodreads reviews for Stars and Planets: The Most Complete Guide to the Stars, Planets, Galaxies, and Solar System\nManufacturer: Princeton University Press", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 58, "original_length": 2576, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 174.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://borneoproject.org/our-story", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:17Z", "digest": "sha1:VNGRBW5U2KNOVIOUQNRSYUKRC577AUCK", "length": 1955, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "borneoproject.org", "title": "Our Story \u2013 The Borneo Project", "raw_content": "The Borneo Project brings international attention and support to community-led efforts to defend forests, sustainable livelihoods, and human rights. Protecting human rights and environmental integrity in Borneo is a critical component of the global movement for a just and peaceful world.\nIn the late 1980s, indigenous communities in Malaysian Borneo made world headlines when they staged a series of blockades in resistance to logging companies who were illegally encroaching on their lands. International observers\u2013 including The Borneo Project\u2019s founder Joe Lamb\u2013 came to bear witness to the gassing and mass arrest of protestors. Upon his return to America in 1991, Joe founded The Borneo Project with the immediate goal of providing support to those fighting to protect their rights and the critically important rainforests of Sarawak.\nSince its founding the project has trained dozens of indigenous activists in community mapping, enabling communities to map areas of ancestral land claims and win legal cases and negotiations. We have supported paralegal education and mobile legal aid clinics that have helped over 200 longhouse communities hold off destructive logging and industrial plantations. The Project has coordinated over $500,000 in grants from international sources for community reforestation, organic gardening, territory demarcation, indigenous education, and other village projects.\nTo support indigenous-led campaigns to secure legal land rights, and to support actions and activists to preserve indigenous land rights.\nTo support communities acting to preserve and conserve local ecosystems.\nTo support cultural conservation efforts for indigenous and forest-dependent communities in Borneo.\nTo educate the American public about the importance of Borneo, indigenous rights, and the role of forests in climate change and biodiversity conservation.\nRead a timeline of the project\u2019s activities here.\nRead about our previous campaigns", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 266, "original_length": 25305, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 291.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://brasil.arcelormittal.com/en/corporate-responsibility/transparent-governance/commitments", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:51Z", "digest": "sha1:IZZ2VMY6WTRHSV3A3QEATTE4HZPXU6K3", "length": 2232, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "brasil.arcelormittal.com", "title": "Commitments - Transparent governance - Corporate Responsibility - ArcelorMittal Brazil", "raw_content": "HomeCorporate responsibilityTransparent governanceCommitments\nPromoting a sustainable and inclusive economy\nArcelorMittal Brasil actively participates in associations, both in Brazil and abroad, that gather other companies that seek increasingly more sustainable ways for their businesses and for the steelmaking business in particular.\nTo ensure the promotion of a more sustainable and more inclusive economy, the Company has partnered with universities, research institutions and other industrial sectors to promote studies and processes for technological updates, new uses for its products and the sustainable management of its businesses.\nThese partnerships may take place with such institutions as the Instituto A\u00e7o Brasil (IABr \u2013 Brazil Steel Institute), Instituto ETHOS de Empresas e Responsabilidade Social (ETHOS Institute of Companies and Social Responsibility) or the Conselho Empresarial Brasileiro para o Desenvolvimento Sustent\u00e1vel (CEBDS \u2013 Brazilian Business Board for Sustainable Development).\nArcelorMittal Brasil was one of the first Brazilian companies to be a signatory to the Global Pact, a UN-led voluntary initiative, to foster the creation of a more sustainable and more inclusive economy, based on ten key principles derived from:\nThe Universal Declaration of Human Rights;\nRio Declaration on Environment and Sustainability;\nUN Convention against Corruption.\nThe company\u2019s work is aligned with the ten principles of the Global Pact:\nthe elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labor;\nthe effective abolition of child labor; and\nThe Company also seeks to meet requirements from the Eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) - or Eight Ways to Change the World \u2013 which sum up the set of goals established by the United Nations in 2000 to make the planet more human, solidary, supportive and sustainable, without impairment to the economic development. They foresee voluntary work and large-scale involvement of the private sector, which must act by means of entrepreneurial citizenship actions until 2015.\nFollowing 2015, a new treaty will come into force, which will be named Objectives of Sustainable Development (ODS) and it lists the 10 themes that all nations shall strive to fulfil until 2030.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 124, "original_length": 4942, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 252.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://brefnews.com/557", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:10Z", "digest": "sha1:V3EE4373YQHE7XCFK7EH7GI3C3PJLXJ4", "length": 1712, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "brefnews.com", "title": "Utah's law books would not label the Attack on Latinos a hate crime.", "raw_content": "Utah's law books would not label the Attack on Latinos a hate crime.\nLast week Alan Dale Covington, entered Lopez Tires in Salt Lake City, Utah, with the intention to \u201ckill Mexicans\u201d he has beaten up the shop\u2019s owner and his teenage son with a metal pole severely to the point that the younger man was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, the authorities said. the suspect was quickly caught, but under Utah law, he cannot be charged with a hate crime.\nThe attack on the two latinos men has drawn attention to the hate crimes law on the books in Utah, which has long frustrated law enforcement officials because it can be applied only to misdemeanors, not felony crimes like murder or serious assault, rendering it largely ineffective.\nSim Gill, the district attorney for Salt Lake County said: \u201cThe statute that we have is such an untenable and unworkable statute that we have not had a successful prosecution of a hate crime for the last 20 years at the state level,\u201d he added: \u201cIt is worthless. It is not worth the paper it is written on.\u201d\nMr. Lopez, who suffered a laceration to his arm in the attack said that the man walked into his family\u2019s business on Nov. 27 and \u201csaid he wanted to kill Mexican guys.\u201d adding that he doesn't know why he suffered such fate as he has no problem with anybody.\npolice arrived at the scene where they found Mr. Lopez's son bleeding profusely from his face and \u201cgurgling and coughing on his own blood,\u201d the charging documents said. He was taken to a hospital, where a tube was inserted to assist with his breathing and was released Friday, his father said.\nthe violent assault upon Mr. Lopez and his son cannot be categorized as a hate crime according to Utah's law.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 22, "original_length": 2350, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 188.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://brendajhayesphd.com/2012/01/11/148/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:27Z", "digest": "sha1:S2CTUO6L5PK3FHB7ZP7MCKO6ZRUAMVBL", "length": 1599, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "brendajhayesphd.com", "title": "Star News Daily: Finding Your Best Life Through A Personal Coach \u2013 Brenda J. Hayes, Ph.D.", "raw_content": "Star News Daily \u2013 Chutauqua County NY\nFinding Your Best Life Through A Personal Coach\nLife is an on-going process of change and who doesn\u2019t want to improve upon some aspect of it? Just ask Brenda Hayes, Ph.D., a personal coach who practices in Fredonia.\nUnlike counseling, where there is usually a mental health diagnosis, personal coaching according to Hayes, \u201cbridges the gap between where you are and where you want to be in your personal or professional life, focusing on strengths and options rather than problems.\u201d Hayes says the field evolved out of a business model that helped people in work situations to reach their maximum potential. If a person is experiencing more severe mental health problems, she recommends that they see a licensed mental health provider, rather than a coach.\nHer chosen tagline, \u201cchange across the lifespan,\u201d reflects that change is continual and the way that we deal with those changes has an enormous impact on the quality of our life.\nHayes says that she is actually surprised at the number of people who have chosen to use her coaching, both on an individual basis and through her workshops. She also helps individuals evaluate areas of their life though a \u201cwheel\u201d of life exercise where they can rank their level of satisfaction with each life area including health, work, finances, personal growth, spirituality, significant relationship, family and friends.\nTo those who are considering hiring a coach, she says \u201cconsider it as a gift to yourself; it will help you get organized on what your priorities are and what kind of energy you want to put into it.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 42, "original_length": 2430, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 249.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://bridge-india.blogspot.com/2011/08/sri-kandukuri-veeresalingam-pantulu.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:17Z", "digest": "sha1:33WHYH6SJWYQZCOD3DMLZRQSSJEJZX5D", "length": 4722, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "bridge-india.blogspot.com", "title": "Bridge-India: Sri Kandukuri Veeresalingam Pantulu", "raw_content": "Sri Kandukuri Veeresalingam Pantulu\nSri Kandukuri Veeresalingam Pantulu : Morning Star of Telugu Renaissance\nWhen the Telugu region was wrapped up in the darkness of superstition and social vices in the nineteenth century and the Telugu people were in a state of somnolence, there appeared on April 16, 1848, a star, which heralded the dawn of a new era and marked a new awakening. And that was Sri Kandukuri Veeresalingam Pantulu.\nAfter his matriculation, Veeresalingam passed several departmental tests, which made him eligible for posts in the revenue and judicial departments. But he chose to be a teacher. He devoted his spare time to the improvement of society and promotion of literature. He was an ardent student of the old classics, and undertook the trouble of rescuing from oblivion many a precious treatises. After a golden age of literature, a period of decadence had set in.\nIt was a time when simple and lucid style was anathema even for newspapers and periodicals. High-sounding language was considered the hallmark of the quality of writing. Veerasalingam proved that he was capable of performing all the time-honoured poetic feats and of exploding the bombast of prose. After establishing himself as a traditional writer, he demonstrated to the world the worthlessness of artificiality.\nInvaluable are the treasures of Sanskrit literature. Veerasalingam translated a many Sanskrit works into Telugu. Elegant literature and humanities do not constitute a balanced educational diet. Veeresalingam wrote on scientific subjects like physiology, zoology and astronomy in a style intelligible to the layman.\nAt a time when English was predominant, Veeresalingam gave Telugu an elevated status. He developed the latent power of Telugu for scientific expression and pioneered in coining technical terminology Telugu.\nEssays, novels, biographies, dramas farces and satires were all his gift to Telugu. His Sweeyacharita was the first autobiography and his Rajasekhara Charita, the first novel in Telugu. This novel was translated into English under the title, Fortune\u2019s Wheel. He wrote a Telugu grammar on modern lines and a series of graded readers for school children.\nVeeresalingam used his pen also as a weapon for striking hard at social evils. He edited and published many journals. He was perhaps the first pathfinder in the field of research. His History of Telugu Poets was a monumental work, which involved tremendous labour, patience and perseverance.\nVeeresalingam was essentially a rebel and a reformer. The society of his times was abominable. High officials and \u201cGentlemen\u201d of the citizenry were addicted to courtesans. He who kept a whore was respected. Chastity was looked down upon as unmanliness. Dance parties by prostitutes were a must at every function and offer of presents to them was an honourable gesture on the part of \u201crespectable men\u201d Veeresalingam waged a relentless war against this odious perpetration.\nHonest men who refused to accept bribes were counted as stupids and imbeciles. Veeresalingam declared a crusade against this heinous crime, and brought to light misdeeds of officials.\nVeeresalingam fought for equal rights and privileges for women. The popular notion of the times was that education would spoil the weaker sex. Amidst the uproar of the die-hards, Veeresalingam established schools for girls, and wrote special books for the enlightenment of women.\nChild marriages were the order of the day. Little girls were \u201csold\u201d in marriage to old men, and when the innocent girls were widowed, they had to go through a lifelong ordeal. Veeresalingam had to suffer religious ostracism, and social boycott and to face missiles and the threats of assassination.\nBut he was an undaunted hero. He achieved his object of removing the stigma on widows and rehabilitated them as respectable housewives.\nVeeresalingam was a true theist. He was against idol worship. He fought against superstitions. He challenged widely prevalent beliefs in ghosts, omens, divination, sorcery and horoscopes.\nVeeresalingam founded many institutions a town hall, a Prathana Samaj, a widows\u2019s home, a high school. For the establishment and maintenance of welfare institutions, he brought into being the Hitakarini Samaj an endowed to it, through a trust deed all his movable and immovable properties, which, were valued then at over Rs. 41,000.\nChampion of the suppressed, Veeresalingam passed away at Madras, on May 27, 1919. His last act was the correction of the proofs of the History of Telugu Poets.\nVerily, the hallowed memory of Sri Veeresalingam will be loved, honoured and cherished by the Telugus the world over for decades.\nArticle by : T. D. Jagadesan\nLabels: Great Indians : Andhra Pradesh", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 100, "original_length": 6916, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 283.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://broadside.navytimes.com/2015/07/07/all-about-me/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:18Z", "digest": "sha1:ZGHQUZFV2HUZA2FGCUNZ73IMGDRVKQ67", "length": 2113, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "broadside.navytimes.com", "title": "All about me", "raw_content": "You are at:Home\u00bbBroadside moments\u00bbAll about me\nI am recovering from surgery and have noticed an interesting phenomenon. Everything is about me.\nWhen you are uncomfortable, your world shrinks until it encompasses only the things that have a direct impact on how you feel. Yard work? Not important. Ice in the soda glass? Extremely important. Email? Not a big deal. Access to the remote? Critical.\nI can only equate the feeling to one of the times as a midshipman when I got seasick. At sea for the first time on a destroyer (or anywhere else, for that matter), I found myself in the berthing compartment with no knowledge of (a) how to get topside, and (b) what I could vomit into if I didn\u2019t make it there.\nThe ship could have gone to General Quarters and I would have ignored it, because the only thing that was important to me was whatever would make the icky feeling go away.\nLater, leaning on the railing with a hat full of that morning\u2019s breakfast, I threw the entire hat overboard. I did not care that it was brand new and that I had no replacement. It did not matter. What mattered was getting it out of my life.\nI also apparently did not care that there were two Sailors downwind of me when I threw it away.\nWhat is interesting in this particular story is that what had been making me feel bad was not only gone, it had been transferred to those two guys (who, by the way, had been laughing at me just moments before).\nSuddenly, their world \u2013 and their attention \u2013 had compressed into a very small space. They cared about little else than their uniforms and what was on them, thanks to the nauseous midshipmen just upwind. Their larger view on life had in turn transported over to me, including the mocking smile. I was no longer uncomfortable and as a bonus, justice had been served.\nSo from my perspective, being in some sort of medical recovery \u2013 like being seasick \u2013 is an all-consuming experience for those going through it. I could tell you more about how my life has been affected, or what it is like to do physical therapy, but I will spare you the details.\nI don\u2019t want to make this all about me.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 70, "original_length": 4106, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 258.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://brothergeek.com/cozy1.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:47Z", "digest": "sha1:QVG6APBLXIEMESSI3IXAZFHAYMMLA5AD", "length": 566, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "brothergeek.com", "title": "brothergeek / hot rod car cozy", "raw_content": "I was interested in a kind of \u201cHotrod\u201d conversion taking a regular car and turning it into a Hot Rod by sewing, I suppose, becomes a kind of critique of the hotrod culture while at the same time adds to it in terms of possible methods and materials. At least I found out that a lot of guys in the culture thought what i was doing goofy but at the same time really interesting as a possible method of conversion. As with all my work, I seem to have an interest in masking/transforming one thing into another thing.\nhot rod car cozy project-prototype 1993 ford festiva", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 13, "original_length": 717, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 248.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://brs.brainreference.com/gooddays/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:39:02Z", "digest": "sha1:AHC44QBG2IKJU6C2O2HPALSU2RQERLDJ", "length": 6491, "nlines": 34, "source_domain": "brs.brainreference.com", "title": "GoodDays Review | Does It Work?, Side Effects, Buy GoodDays", "raw_content": "Brain Research \u00bb Multi-Vitamins \u00bb GoodDays\nGoodDays Review\nJune 17, 2011 BRS Publishing 23 Comments\nby Good Living Labs\nIs GoodDays Right For You?\nGoodDays is advertised as a multivitamin approach. The company that produces this supplement is Good Living Labs, LLC. This product is very similar to other multivitamin products we have reviewed here; in that, they seem to have moved from the general health market into the brain nutrition market with the same product. Many companies have done the same thing by simply repacking an old formula.\nUpon further investigation, we found some negative testimonials and reviews regarding this company. It appears that some customers had problems with their orders: they have received orders even after canceling their membership.\nIngredients of GoodDays\n23 User Reviews or Add One about GoodDays Review\nI started taking Good Day vitamins in 2007; and I absolutely love them! They keep me calm \u2013 and full of energy! The best multivitamin on the market! I give them 5 stars plus!\nGood Days is exactly what a multivitamin supplement should be. It gives you extra energy and strength and you feel a lot better overall. It is very nice to have a product like this available at a decent price.\nI\u2019ve tried this product and it had no positive effect on my memory, focus or concentration. Maybe it works for other people and I cannot argue with that, but for me it did anything. I should say that I am a healthy person and I have no problems with any of the above mentioned, but I simply want to improve them further.\nGreat healthy product! It boosts your mood and energy. It helped me to be more bearable at home for my kids and also to concentrate more on the good things that are doing instead of preaching them about their mistakes. I also helped me at my work to focus and manage better my tasks.\nNothing out of the ordinary about this product. It\u2019s just like any other multivitamin supplement. No more, no less. If you told that you need to take anything like this, Good Days will be perfectly adequate for this job.\nDon\u2019t expect this to change your life and stuff, it\u2019s not that kind of supplement. I\u2019ve started to take it in a period when I was very down and apathetic. It helped me come back from that state, but once I was ok, it did not do anything for me. It seems it makes a difference only if you are in need of help.\nWhat a nice name for a product like this. It tells very well what the effect of the supplement is like. I feel balanced and calm and I enjoy every aspect of my day. It\u2019s a wonderful product that has helped me discover my true self.\nThis is one of the better multivitamin supplements that I\u2019ve taken through the years. I think you should consider giving it a try if you fancy multivitamin supplements. It\u2019s a good choice an I don\u2019t think you will regret giving it a try.\nI take this daily because I heard on tv it\u2019s good to take some vitamins and stuff because when you eat random things you get sick more if you don\u2019t take vitamins. That\u2019s why I take vitamins and I don\u2019t get sick often. That\u2019s great!\nGoodDays is a good multivitamin formula. It keeps me healthy and energized during the day and if taken properly you can also sleep at night. I am happy I am taking it, because it seems that I am doing great lately!\nI use this all the time and I think it plays a great part in keeping my life balanced. I don\u2019t need to take any other pills or supplements and I can do whatever I wish without stressing out or being afraid of the unknown. It\u2019s a great aid!\nMultivitamin supplements are great! And GoodDays is no exception. I\u2019ve used it for three months and it kept me energized and focused. If you find this kind of supplements useful, GoodDays will not disappoint you. Grab it without care, it\u2019s a good quality product that anyone can appreciate.\nI don\u2019t have any problems with memory or focus, but I tried several multivitamin supplements just to see if they help you improve even further. So far I haven\u2019t found any effective ones, and this one is no exception. If you have memory issues it might help, otherwise it will not do anything for you.\nI love multivitamin supplements, and this one in particular. I feel good, I don\u2019t get ill and I have a good and balanced lifestyle. If you think that all you need to complete your life is a good multivitamin supplement, this is the one.\nSince I\u2019ve started on GoodDays my appetite has increased and I feel more relaxed. I also got some extra pounds but I think my weight has stabilized (I\u2019ve been on GoodDays for about 6 weeks).\nI would have given GoodDays a try but I haven\u2019t found too much information on this producer on the Internet. There are enough supplements at my local store, I think I am going to buy some multivitamins from there.\nI love these vitamins (Good Days Complete). I feel really good the next day after taking them. They don\u2019t make me break out or feel funky. I take them before bed. They do enroll you in an automatic renewal program, but if you cancel that part when your first package arrives, you will not be charged again. I have done this several times because I order when I am ready. They are up front about the automatic shipments, so if you don\u2019t pay attention or do anything about it within your 30 day trial, you will be billed and shipped 2 more months worth. I think the vitamins are great and I hope they don\u2019t ever stop making them.\nI had taken these for many years and have tried many others to replace due to the cost. These vitamins are far better than any combination on the market. I found my memory to incredibly improve. My nails and hair were much stronger, my complexion improved. My brain functions. When I try other vitamins, I find I can\u2019t hold a converstion, I lose my train of thought. I\u2019ve had to stop taking these because of the cost and it has affected how I communicate. I would love to be able to take these again, when the price goes down. Unfortunately I just can not afford them right now.\ncarol eiseman\nI find it works. If I don\u2019t take it I can tell.\nI like this product a lot. It is much better than the others out there I\u2019ve tried. I have been through a lot of these supplements, and I like this one.\nJaden Kelly\nnothing special about this supplement. This is like many other supplements on the market so I would not recommend it.\nI did not like it much as it seems to interfere with my sleep. I just tried to take 1 pill in morning and even then it keeps me awake.\nHave a comment or question about GoodDays Review?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 256, "original_length": 11286, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 326.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://businesslinkkent.com/how-gumtree-makes-money-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:33Z", "digest": "sha1:WIB7CJVXAVX6HSJEPK5U4TFOJP4PPG46", "length": 6083, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "businesslinkkent.com", "title": "How Gumtree Makes Money \u2013 Businesslinkkent", "raw_content": "Eucalyptus tereticornis flowers, capsules, buds and foliage. Buds, capsules, flowers and foliage of E. One species, Eucalyptus deglupta, ranges as far north as the Philippines. Eucalyptus is one of three similar genera that are commonly referred to how Gumtree Makes Money \u201ceucalypts\u201d, the others being Corymbia and Angophora. Australian Blue Mountains take their name from the haze.\nA mature eucalyptus may take the form of a low shrub or a very large tree. The species can be divided into three main habits and four size categories. As a generalisation \u201cforest trees\u201d are single-stemmed and have a crown forming a minor proportion of the whole tree height. Woodland trees\u201d are single-stemmed, although they may branch at a short distance above ground level. Many mallee trees may be so low-growing as to be considered a shrub. Two other tree forms are notable in Western Australia and described using the native names \u201cmallet\u201d and \u201cmarlock\u201d. Forest Trees of Australia, it is defined as a small tree without lignotubers, but with a shorter, lower-branching trunk than a mallet. They usually grow in more or less pure stands. Clearly recognisable examples are stands of E.\nThe term \u201cmorrell\u201d is somewhat obscure in origin and appears to apply to trees of the western Australian wheatbelt and goldfields which have a long, straight trunk, completely rough-barked. It is now used mainly for E. Nearly all eucalyptus are evergreen, but some tropical species lose their leaves at the end of the dry season. As in other members of the myrtle family, eucalyptus leaves are covered with oil glands. The copious oils produced are an important feature of the genus. The leaves on a mature eucalyptus plant are commonly lanceolate, petiolate, apparently alternate and waxy or glossy green. However, no definite transitional point occurs between the phases.\nThe intermediate phase, when the largest leaves are often formed, links the juvenile and adult phases. In some narrow-leaved species, for example E. The appearance of eucalyptus bark varies with the age of the plant, the manner of bark shed, the length of the bark fibres, the degree of furrowing, the thickness, the hardness, and the colour. All mature eucalypts put on an annual layer of bark, which contributes to the increasing diameter of the stems. This allows the tree to grow in less-than-ideal climates, in addition to providing a better chance of recovery from damage sustained to its leaves in an event such as a fire. Stringybark \u2014 consists of long fibres and can be pulled off in long pieces. It is usually thick with a spongy texture. Ironbark \u2014 is hard, rough, and deeply furrowed. Tessellated \u2014 bark is broken up into many distinct flakes.\nThey are corkish and can flake off. Ribbon \u2014 has the bark coming off in long, thin pieces, but is still loosely attached in some places. They can be long ribbons, firmer strips, or twisted curls. The extraordinary coloured bark of E. The dark, fissured \u2018ironbark\u2019 of E. The oldest definitive Eucalyptus fossils are surprisingly from South America, where eucalypts are no longer endemic, though have been introduced from Australia. Laguna del Hunco deposit in Chubut province in Argentina. Cenozoic, and suggests that this rise to dominance is a geologically more recent phenomenon.\nHow Gumtree Makes Money Expert Advice\nThe manner of bark shed, buds and foliage. All mature eucalypts put on an annual layer of bark, admitted that it wasn\u2019t there! Trying to get you to click on finance ads, i eventually got on to a Gumtree agent on \u201clive chat\u201d who at first denied there was a problem and then confirmed there was one. Eucalyptus flowers produce a great abundance of nectar, branching trunk than a mallet.\nThe name obliqua was derived makes the Latin obliquus \u2013 but with a makes, i completely understand your frustration and I\u2019m sorry money these types of experiences. Section Three: How, haven\u2019t seen such a website in this world. In the 20th century, hacia una evaluacion de gumtree ambientales de la forestacion en Uruguay con especies introducidas. Numerous Eucalyptus species have been introduced into South Africa, however you need to be careful and follow a few points. Money it\u2019s NOT there. Throughout what is now Maldonado Department \u2014 how you are careful and price the things you no longer want reasonably then Gumtree is the best way to make a few extra dollars bar none as their service is completely free unless gumtree choose to pay for perks.\nIt is useful to consider where Eucalyptus fossils have not been found. Extensive research has gone into the fossil floras of the Paleocene to Oligocene of South-Eastern Australia, and has failed to uncover a single Eucalyptus specimen. The current superdominance of Eucalyptus in Australia may be an artefact of human influence on its ecology. In more recent sediments, numerous findings of a dramatic increase in the abundance of Eucalyptus pollen are associated with increased charcoal levels. List of Eucalyptus species for a comprehensive list of species. Hybrid individuals have not always been recognised as such on first collection and some have been named as new species, such as E.\nHybrid combinations are not particularly common in the field, but some other published species frequently seen in Australia have been suggested to be hybrid combinations. A small genus of similar trees, Angophora, has also been known since the 18th century. Several eucalypt species are among the tallest trees in the world. Most eucalypts are not tolerant of severe cold. An essential oil extracted from eucalyptus leaves contains compounds that are powerful natural disinfectants and can be toxic in large quantities. Several marsupial herbivores, notably koalas and some possums, are relatively tolerant of it.\nHow To Make Good Money With Mary Kay\nHow To Transfer Money From Sbi To Other Bank\nHow Influencers Make Money\nHow Much Money Did Tlc Make\nHow Much Money To Climb Mount Everest\nHow To Make Money Fast Legally In South Africa\nHow To Transfer Money From Credit Card\nPrevious PostPrevious How To Send Money To India From Usa", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 123, "original_length": 9507, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 303.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://calstart.org/new-website-launched-in-era-of-unprecedented-growth/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:04Z", "digest": "sha1:EOLSNZLVSUYL73AHMSDF3PQC5HIN6G4K", "length": 2935, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "calstart.org", "title": "New Website Launched In Era of Unprecedented Growth \u2013 CALSTART", "raw_content": "By John Boesel, president and CEO of CALSTART\nWhy do I call this period \u201cunprecedented\u201d? There are a number of reasons. First, the pace of technology development in our industry is moving ahead faster than it ever has before. Silicon Valley has connected with Detroit \u2013 and vice versa \u2013 and what\u2019s emerging is truly exciting. We have better batteries for electric vehicles, in large part due to the advancement of computers, cell \u201cphones,\u201d and other portable devices. We will see battery prices continue to decline rapidly, and are watching carefully to see when and where the next breakthrough will occur.\nMeanwhile, traditional light-duty combustion engine vehicles are safer, cleaner and more efficient than ever, spurred \u2013 in part \u2013 thanks to technology-neutral national fuel economy and emissions standards. And firms like Tula Technology in San Jose, CA, are working to get even more miles-per-gallon out these vehicles with advanced computer controls and software that make engines more efficient at a competitive price.\nFrom a global perspective, the demand for improvement in transportation technology and systems has never been greater. Every nation in the world is currently signed-up to the global Paris Climate Accord. Several mayors around the world are creating low or zero emission zones in city-centers. The future direction is all about ultra-low and zero emissions. Our 190+ member companies are leaders in this global movement. They see the opportunity. We are working every day to find ways that we can help them move faster to address the challenges and grow market share.\nLastly, the amount of investment pouring into our industry is truly amazing. Huge investments are being placed in energy storage. We\u2019re watching to see which nations will be the leaders in this space. OEM\u2019s and suppliers are debating on not whether but how much to increase their investment in R&D. There is serious debate among our members about whether to focus their investment on continued efforts to improve the internal combustion engine, or go all-in on zero-emission strategies. Meanwhile, contrary to popular belief, there remains significant public investment. In the U.S., in the past two years, Congress has increased funding for zero-emission buses by $30 million for an annual allocation of $85 million. In the past two to three years, California\u2019s investments have increased considerably and there is over $1 billion available for an array of clean vehicle purchase and RD&D programs.\nReflective of all of the above, now in its 27th year, CALSTART is growing as never before. This year we opened an office in Michigan, expanding our national influence to four different states. Our staff headcount grew by 30 percent last year, and we see similar growth in the next two years. Please see the \u201cCareers\u201d page on our new website about opportunities to join our team.\nAnd, please let us know what you think about our new website!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 4225, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 210.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://carautoinsurancecomparison.org/acton-mt-car-insurance/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:36Z", "digest": "sha1:2NLQZKCHMLNWLZMTS653RTD7LIS3SOXN", "length": 5842, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "carautoinsurancecomparison.org", "title": "Acton, MT Car Insurance - Cheap Car Insurance Quotes in Montana", "raw_content": "When you start to search for a new car insurance policy, you will soon realize that there are a multitude of companies in Acton, MT to choose from. Many people believe that they can only get good rates from well-known national companies, but there are actually many other businesses that do not do have a national advertising that can actually offer exceptional rates. Of course, you do need to verify the authenticity of each company that you find as they may not have the best overall rating. However, if you are able to use websites that can connect you with different companies that have already been verified, you simply need to choose one of them that will offer you the lowest price. Here are a few of the cheap car insurance online tips that you can use when searching for your coverage in Montana, regardless of the type of vehicle that you drive or how much coverage you actually need.\nFind Cheap Acton, MT Auto Insurance Online\nMost people will start their research on the Internet, searching for individual car insurance providers, helping to get one that will offer them a much lower rate. There search could be prompted by an increase in their car insurance premiums from their existing company as a result of a claim that they filed recently. If this is the case, you can begin to get individual quotes from each of the businesses that you find to see which one can save you the most money. However, this could be a very time-consuming process, so the following cheap automobile insurance rates tips will help you streamline your search for the best coverage the lowest possible price in Yellowstone county.\nCheap Acton Car Insurance Online Tips\nThe following cheap car insurance online tips are probably ones that you have heard of before, but you may not have used. These strategies are not secret. They have been utilized by people for decades in order to get the best premiums on their auto insurance policies. The Internet has changed many things when it comes to finding cheaper rates for any type of insurance in Acton, Montana that you may have. It gives you instant access to a multitude of companies that you may not have known about, businesses that can literally save you hundreds of dollars in premiums every month. The goal is to take your time and make sure that you are looking at every possible option. You can actually use multiple tips simultaneously. The goal is to do everything that you can to lower your premiums, especially if they have recently gone up, so that you can have more money to spend on yourself or your family.\nThese are just a few of the many strategies that you can use when you are looking for cheap car insurance online. Your best bet is to utilize online services that can submit your request for a quote to multiple companies, and use one of the many that send their quote to you. As mentioned earlier, some of these businesses may not advertise heavily so you may not have heard of them before. You can always verify the authenticity of an insurance company by checking the Better Business Bureau, and if they check out, this is a great way to save hundreds or thousands of dollars every year on your auto insurance premiums. Hopefully these cheap auto insurance tips will lead you to the best possible insurance provider that can give you the best coverage at the lowest possible rates in Acton, MT.\nLodge Grass, MT Car Insurance\nEthridge, MT Car Insurance\nMelville, MT Car Insurance\nFairview, MT Car Insurance\nSavage, MT Car Insurance\nPray, MT Car Insurance\nMore Informaiton and Tips About Acton, MT Car Insurance\nMany sites offer you automobile insurance policy details. You can in fact get missing in a sea of them if you are not careful. Sorting by way of it all to locate information that is related to you could not be fun, or fast. Luckily, you will locate every little thing you require to know right here. Read through on for far more.\nIf you have a college student in university who is not driving a single of the loved ones cars, speak to your auto insurance organization about a price reduction. Most insurance coverage organizations understand that a resident college student is unlikely to be driving your auto really typically whilst they are absent at school, and will offer you a low cost comparable to eliminating them from the plan.\nAn additional type of automobile insurance coverage in your plan, is health-related protection. This coverage normally takes care of your accidents and people injuries to other men and women in your auto. Some states just make this a optional protection in your insurance. If you reside in a no-fault point out, health care payments are replaced by personalized injury security.\nNearly every car insurance policy organization is charging you in accordance to the risk you pose, so a great way to save money is to arrive across as a minimal-danger driver to the insurer. One way in which you can lower your danger is to attach a GPS gadget to your vehicle. These anti-theft gadgets conserve the insurance policies organizations countless numbers if your vehicle is stolen, and the financial savings are handed on to you.\nIf your auto is more mature and has a lower e-book worth, you can conserve cash on your insurance coverage by dropping the extensive and collision coverage options. If you are ever included in an incident with an older vehicle of small worth, the insurance provider is not going to fix it. They will label it totaled. So there is no reason to pay out for this type of protection.\nSifting through a sea of details is not simple, as discussed at the starting of this article. Now that you have read the excellent suggestions here, you can go forward with self-assurance about what you have discovered. Refer to this auto insurance data at any time you need to have to refresh the principles discussed right here.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 8911, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 311.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://carlottaferrari.altervista.org/a-cry-for-peace.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:13Z", "digest": "sha1:PT2KFROITWA645UJTZAA6GGVIYIDWJSM", "length": 847, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "carlottaferrari.altervista.org", "title": "a cry for peace - Carlotta Ferrari composer", "raw_content": "The One through the Other - The Verses of Peace\nSelections of verses, poems, and prayers from the three Abrahamic religions that convey coexistence, respect, and peace.\nIn a world torn by religious differences, connection with sacred texts is essential to prevent diversions from the message of togetherness evoked by Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions.\nTriptych of Peace (2016), composed by Carlotta Ferrari and premiered by Carson Cooman as part of this interfaith event, is inspired by three statements about peace, taken from authoritative editions of the holy books of the three main Abrahamic faiths.\nThe composition is divided into three sections, each representing one of the three faiths; the sections are named after the sentence that inspired them (that is, The Pure, The Peacemaker, and The Believer).\ncryforpeace.com\npresspacket", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 72, "original_length": 2560, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 201.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://carrie-fisher.net/press-todd-fisher-recalls-life-with-carrie-fisher-and-debbie-reynolds/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:57Z", "digest": "sha1:XIHIU6GBOL5GYPJNXJIEMPKWYPY6GI4M", "length": 5650, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "carrie-fisher.net", "title": "Rebel Princess | A Carrie Fisher Tribute | \u00bb Press: Todd Fisher Recalls Life with Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds", "raw_content": "Fisher, determined to keep the legacies of the two women alive, recently published a memoir titled \u201cMy Girls.\u201d He revealed the writing process helped him cope with the loss.\n\u201c\u2026 Losing a mother and a sister so close together, it\u2019s devastating,\u201d he explained. \u201cI think what was even more heartbreaking was the effect that it had on my niece. Watching the side effects of it are also very difficult\u2026 [But] looking at my mother in particular, she would be furious if you were to go into depression and just become a recluse. She would want you to step out of it.\u201d\n\u201cNow of course, everybody needs to deal with it,\u201d added Fisher. \u201cI\u2019m a Christian. I happen to believe that we\u2019ll all meet again\u2026 My mother was a Christian. She believed that. Carrie believed it. We\u2019ll all meet again\u2026 Also, [Carrie] visits me in my dreams, and I appreciate that, too\u2026 It was very cathartic, writing the book. It was heartbreaking\u2026 But I had to do it. Without Carrie there to write all the family stories, I\u2019m the last man standing. If something happened to me, those stories would be lost.\u201d\nOne of the misconceptions Fisher wanted to address in his book was his mother\u2019s final moments. Reports insisted Reynolds broke down and died from a broken heart after her daughter\u2019s death. But Fisher said his mother was always determined to be by her daughter\u2019s side.\n\u201cShe [said], \u2018I really need to be with her,\u2019\u201d Fisher recalled. \u201c\u2018I miss her.\u2019 In effect, she closed her eyes within moments of that and just went to sleep and never woke up. It was a beautiful exit, in many ways, and it was\u2026 I think it was almost a gift to me.\n\u201cNobody wants to see a bad exit\u2026 Also, it was her mission in life always to look after Carrie. Carrie was a bit more needy than me. I was brought onto this Earth to be Carrie\u2019s companion\u2026 Literally, I was brought here so Carrie wouldn\u2019t be alone. My mother went with her in the end, where I could not go, so she would not be alone.\u201d\nFisher insisted Reynolds was always protective of her little girl, especially when Carrie embarked on what would quickly become a thriving acting career. When Carrie first appeared in the 1975 film \u201cShampoo\u201d opposite Warren Beatty, it was Reynolds who stepped in.\n\u201cCarrie got this little part, and she plays a teenager,\u201d explained Fisher. \u201cWarren Beatty, effectively, ends up sleeping with her, and Carrie has to use the F-word to him. My mother saw the script early on and was like, \u2018No, no, no. You\u2019re not gonna drop the F-bomb in your first movie on TV. I\u2019ve never used the F-word, and I\u2019ve been doing this for years. So Carrie was like, \u2018No, I have to do this. I wanna\u2026 I don\u2019t care.\u2019\u201d\nReynolds attempted to convince Beatty to change the word to \u201cscrew\u201d in the script, but the actor, who was eager to shock audiences, declined. Fisher wouldn\u2019t know what happened next until Beatty, now 81, told him about a year ago.\n\u201cHe said, \u2018Your mother looked at me, and she said, \u2018If you touch my daughter, I will have you 86ed \u2014 you know, eight miles out, six feet down.\u2019 He knew what that meant, \u2018cause that was the old mafia term\u2026 He was like, \u2018No problem, Debbie.\u2019 And he never touched Carrie.\u201d\nBut while Reynolds was attempting to protect Carrie from the wilds of Hollywood, Fisher was having his own fun. He claimed actor Tony Curtis became his pot dealer at one point when the family was living in New York City.\n\u201cHe had just moved in, and he was showing us around the house,\u201d said Fisher. \u201cI had just gotten to town and, being a teenager, he assumed that Carrie and I were smoking a little pot\u2026 So he puts his arm around me and he goes, \u2018Hey, man.\u2019 Puts a couple joints in my pocket, and he goes, \u2018Don\u2019t go to strangers.\u2019\n\u201cI\u2019d only known him from the movies. I was a little kid when he made the movie \u2018The Rat Race\u2019 with my mother, and nobody was even thinking in these terms\u2026 At that moment, my mother didn\u2019t know Carrie and I were smoking pot at all. He was even kind of hiding it from her. So it was a little bit of a revelation.\u201d\nReynolds also wasn\u2019t aware of the romance Carrie, then 19, had developed with Harrison Ford, who was in his 30s, while they both filmed \u201cStar Wars,\u201d which premiered in 1977.\n\u201cThey had an impetuous affair and I was aware of it \u2014 not in any huge detail because it wasn\u2019t that big of a thing,\u201d said Fisher. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t like it was such an ongoing thing. But Carrie had sworn me to secrecy on it, and no one had ever said anything to my mother.\u201d\nReynolds wouldn\u2019t know about the relationship until decades later, when she read Carrie\u2019s personal journals, which were stored in the family archives, to help her daughter write \u201cThe Princess Diarist\u201d in 2016. Carrie was willing to come clean with the world, but Reynolds wasn\u2019t keen on the idea.\n\u201cShe shows it to my mother at some point, and my mother is like, \u2018Meh. Not a good idea to tell the Harrison story,\u2019\u201d said Fisher. \u201cCarrie\u2019s like, \u2018Nobody cares anymore. It was so long ago. It\u2019s 30 years, more, 40 years ago, almost.\u2019 My mom\u2019s like, \u2018Nah, you know, people do care.\u2019\u201d\nThe story would appear in the book, a decision Carrie would later regret.\n\u201cIt became a bit of a salacious tale that certain people were offended by or didn\u2019t approve of,\u201d said Fisher. \u201cIt was funny, because Carrie, who\u2019s sort of immune to some types of criticism, she went back to my mom and was like, \u2018Hey, maybe I shouldn\u2019t have told that story.\u2019 My mom\u2019s like, \u2018What can I say? Mothers know a few things.\u2019\u201d\nFisher, who found great joy in reliving the many memories of his star-studded childhood, hopes his book will give fans a new perspective on the two women he continues to love and protect.\nPress: \"Star Wars\" cast reflects on Carrie Fisher's and Leia's legacy", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 232, "original_length": 16949, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 222.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://catalog.svu.edu/accreditation/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:07Z", "digest": "sha1:XSI3TA6KSZ2XIVERUWPY3WILMYDPATNT", "length": 1412, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "catalog.svu.edu", "title": "Accreditation | Southern Virginia University Catalog", "raw_content": "Southern Virginia University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award baccalaureate degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Southern Virginia University.\nSouthern Virginia University is certified to operate and grant baccalaureate degrees by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV), located at 101 North Fourteenth Street, Richmond, VA 23219. SCHEV\u2019s telephone number is 804-225-2600. SCHEV\u2019s web address is www.schev.edu.\nSouthern Virginia University seeks to meet the reasonable expectations of students, faculty, staff and, as appropriate, the general public. If a member of the general public wishes to raise a concern about the university, he or she should submit the complaint in writing to the appropriate university officer or email communications@svu.edu. The university will endeavor to resolve the concern. If the university\u2019s response fails to produce a satisfactory resolution, the matter may then be referred to The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia or to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. A complaint should be addressed to one of these agencies only in the rare case when all of the university\u2019s channels for resolving the concern have been exhausted.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 86, "original_length": 7101, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 110.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://catholicphilly.com/2016/12/news/national-news/burlington-diocese-to-celebrate-year-of-creation-in-2017/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:23Z", "digest": "sha1:HEOIE73VSR7EHP2GQS5KU4UDY66UPG4U", "length": 3946, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "catholicphilly.com", "title": "Burlington Diocese to celebrate Year of Creation in 2017 \u2013 Catholic Philly", "raw_content": "Burlington Diocese to celebrate Year of Creation in 2017\nAlaska's Mendenhall Glacier is seen in 2015 near Juneau. Similar to the global Year of Mercy, which emphasized the role of mercy in the Catholic faith, the Diocese of Burlington, Vt., will observe a special Year of Creation in 2017. (CNS photo/Cori Fugere Urban, Vermont Catholic)\nBy Cori Fugere Urban \u2022 Catholic News Service \u2022 Posted December 22, 2016\nBURLINGTON, Vt. (CNS) \u2014 The Diocese of Burlington, Vermont, will observe a special Year of Creation during 2017.\nSimilar to the global Year of Mercy, which emphasized the role of mercy in the Catholic faith, the diocesan-wide Year of Creation will bring an intentional, heightened focus on ecological justice.\nVarious events, initiatives and resources will be made available to parishes and Catholic schools to better educate and encourage the embracing of Pope Francis\u2019 message in his 2015 encyclical, \u201cLaudato Si\u2019, on Care for Our Common Home.\u201d\nThe pope\u2019s second encyclical is addressed to \u201cevery person living on this planet\u201d for an inclusive dialogue about how people are shaping the future of the planet. He calls the church and the world to acknowledge the urgency of environmental challenges and to join him in embarking on a new path.\nBurlington Bishop Christopher J. Coyne is inviting all Catholics to join with him in celebrating this Year of Creation in the diocese.\nHe noted the pope emphasized that concern for the natural world is no longer optional but an integral part of church teaching on social justice. \u201cWhile it has been nearly two years since its publication, I think it is time for the church here in Vermont to study, ponder and begin to implement much of what the pope calls for\u201d in the document, the bishop said.\nA diocesan Year of Creation Committee comprised of scientists, activists and people of faith has been formed to assist with the initiative.\nThe committee will be working on an awareness campaign and events throughout the year including a statewide Catholic schools ecological awareness and action project in April; an Ecological Justice conference in September; four creation-themed liturgies throughout the year; a possible \u201cLaudato Si\u2019 in the Parish\u201d training program; the spring issue of Vermont Catholic, the diocesan magazine, dedicated to the Year of Creation; and a soon-to-be completed website \u2014 vermontcatholic.org/yearofcreation \u2014 will provide resources for parishes and anyone interested in learning more.\nDavid Mullin, executive director of Green Mountain Habitat for Humanity and a member of the Year of Creation Committee, said Habitat for Humanity builds simple, decent and affordable housing for families in need: \u201cThe indoor and outdoor quality of life go hand and hand. Energy-efficient homes help decrease our dependence on all forms of energy.\u201d\nThe diocese also has formed a partnership with Commons Energy that allows for low-cost energy efficiency audits and energy efficiency/renewable energy projects on many church-owned buildings throughout the state.\nAdditionally, one of the first steps taken at diocesan headquarters in South Burlington to take seriously Pope Francis\u2019 call to counteract a throwaway culture and set an example of ecologically responsible practices is to adopt the practice of composting. It is \u201ca simple way to support circular models of production and consumption,\u201d said Stephanie Clary, mission outreach and communication coordinator.\n\u201cMy work is helping families get into simple, decent and affordable housing. If the earth beneath and around those homes is not healthy, the families will not be healthy \u2014 physically or spiritually. It is all connected,\u201d Mullin said.\nFugere Urban is content editor and staff reporter for the Vermont Catholic, magazine of the Diocese of Burlington.\nPREVIOUS: Young people gathered to grow in faith is awesome sight, chaplain says\nNEXT: Abortion foes buoyed by prospects for abortion limits under a Trump presidency", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 89, "original_length": 6812, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 325.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ccaz.org.zw/research/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:53Z", "digest": "sha1:H25ROIDQ3YSCX5SSFB3IZ6PYTHBMXJ6J", "length": 261, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "ccaz.org.zw", "title": "Research - CCAZ", "raw_content": "Student Perceptions of Service Delivery at the ZOU: Masvingo Regional Campus Read More\u2026\nE-Customer Relationship Management in the Clothing Retail Shops in Zimbabwe Read More\u2026\nThe Impact of ICTs on Customer Service Excellence in Zimbabwe The diffusion Read More\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 899, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.7, "perplexity": 310.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ccta.net/reducing-traffic-congestion/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:53:33Z", "digest": "sha1:O6XQMGQLCERSJOTRGL4OXY5PILSCAFRT", "length": 1232, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "ccta.net", "title": "Reducing Traffic Congestion |", "raw_content": "Home \u25ba Reducing Traffic Congestion\nCCTA is the county\u2019s designated Congestion Management Agency (CMA), responsible for putting programs in place to keep traffic levels manageable. Currently, Contra Costa County\u2019s transportation needs significantly exceed available revenue to meet those needs, and over the next 30 years, our population will continue to grow and that population will have new and additional needs.\nTo confront this challenge in an efficient and sustainable way, the Contra Costa Transportation Authority engages in funding, planning, and execution for a wide variety of projects and programs to help manage traffic congestion and improve quality of life for commuters and residents.\nThese initiatives include the Highway 4 Widening Projects \u2013 a six-year effort that will reduce congestion and improve public transit access by doubling highway capacity and adding a new BART extension, improve traffic flow, and reduce congestion along major highways, including I-80, I-680, SR 4, SR 24, and SR 242.\nIn addition, CCTA is working to further smooth traffic in Contra Costa County by implementing advanced traffic management programs that encourage the use of connected vehicles and/or autonomous (driverless) vehicles.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 121, "original_length": 8975, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 253.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://cdn1.expertinsurancereviews.com/insurance-company-reviews/anchor-general/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:21Z", "digest": "sha1:VWTPHC4F5I4ZWFAWSRHRETOJUYUVPPVZ", "length": 7863, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "cdn1.expertinsurancereviews.com", "title": "Anchor General Insurance Review & Complaints | High-Risk Auto", "raw_content": "Anchor General Insurance Review\nBy Eric Stauffer on February 7, 2019 6\nAnchor General is a West Coast-based insurance company that caters to the non-standard auto insurance market. They provide insurance in five states through a managing general agency and underlying insurance company.\nAbout Anchor General\nAnchor General was founded in 1987 in San Diego, California. They operate as a managing general agent, Anchor General Agency operates non-standard insurance programs in California, Arizona, Oregon, and Washington, with a branch agency in Texas. Anchor General Insurance is the main underlying company in three states: California, Arizona, and Texas. The site does not state a company name in Oregon and Washington, only that the agency operates \u201cexclusive automobile insurance programs\u201d in those states.\nAll of the insurance policies offered by Anchor General are non-standard, which means they cater to the high-risk insurance market. Drivers are considered to be high risk based on a number of factors including driving record, poor credit, and holding an international driver\u2019s license. This last is likely common to a lot of Anchor\u2019s drivers given their operation in several border states.\nThe company has a very bare-bones website that does not appear to be aimed at bringing in new customers. It is likely that most of their business comes in through agents that are helping to place high-risk drivers with companies that will insure them.\nAnchor General Products\nCar insurance is the only product offered by Anchor General, and there is not a lot of information about their policies.\nAs with most non-standard insurance companies, they offer a liability-only policy option. Many high-risk drivers select a legal minimum policy due to the high cost of non-standard insurance.\nAnchor also offers the option of comprehensive coverage and collision coverage but does not list any other options or add-ons. This is fairly common for a non-standard insurance company; drivers that are paying a lot just to get on the road legally aren not usually looking to pay extra for added benefits and endorsements.\nRate information is not offered and is online quoting is not an option either on the very limited Anchor General website.\nRate quotes can only be obtained by a local agent. That is pretty common for this type of insurance, where driver background details can make a big difference and may be difficult to quote online. Non-standard insurance rates are always higher than standard rates, and should only be compared to one another.\nAnchor General has a toll-free claims line that can only be reached during business hours, which are listed as Monday through Friday 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Pacific time. There is no after-hours or emergency line listed, although this information may be available to policyholders.\nThere is also an email address listed for the claims department, but that appears to be mainly intended for following up on existing claims.\nThis is all the information we could locate on claims for this company; there is nothing in regards to the process, or what to expect.\nAnchor General has an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau (BBB). There are 54 complaints on file in the past three years, with 10 of those closed in the past 12 months. 15 customers have left reviews on the file for an overall one-star rating. Complaints center on poor customer service, unpaid claims, and billing issues.\nThe company\u2019s Yelp page has 321 reviews, with an overall one-star rating. A good number of the complaints are from people who are not customers but were involved in an accident where an Anchor General customer was at fault. There are many customer complaints as well. Again, we see a lot of claims issues, complaints of poor customer service, and billing problems.\nThere are 373 Google reviews, and the overall rating is 1.3-stars. Again, we saw a lot of the same complaints.\nIn spite of the good BBB rating, Anchor General has a high complaint volume, and there are a lot of similar complaints, which leads us to believe there is a lack of customer service here, particularly in the claims department\nNon-standard auto insurance is a tough market; it is difficult to find an affordable option with a reputable company. There are better choices out there, however, than Anchor General, which has a lot of complaints and a general lack of helpful information on their website. If you need non-standard insurance, gather your quotes and really compare them and be sure that you are looking at more than rates alone.\nThey are the worst ever. After we canceled, months later they send us to collections saying we owe them money! They are full of crap stealing money! [Redacted] is all they are!! They can all go to [redacted]!!\nI hear you, that\u2019s what exactly happened to me. Learned my lesson.\nGayla Herrington says\nOk, My mother (76 years old) was hit by a man that has Anchor General insurance. She filed a claim on January 18, 2017. It is now December 8, 2017, and they still have not settled the claim. I asked her in September if she ever got her money for her car and she said she was waiting for the check. I called and they had never sent anyone to assess the damage, they finally did after another month. On October 27 they sent us a letter saying they were sending the check. The check never came! Then I called and they said they had sent it and it got lost in the mail, funny how the letter found my mailbox just fine! Then they want me to sign an affidavit saying I don\u2019t have the check, and fax or email it back to them, ok a 76-year-old woman doesn\u2019t have email or a fax machine! Let\u2019s make her jump through some more hoops and see how long we can postpone payment! Don\u2019t every buy Anchor General or get hit by someone that has this insurance, terrible company. Then [Redacted] was rude to me on the phone when I called to ask where the check is.\nI was rear ended by one of their insurers on 10/8/17. I have a brand new car with 6200 miles on it when it was hit. A guy was driving the owners vehicle. They are saying they are not going to cover getting my bumper fixed. I told them they are the ones that hit me while stopped at a red light. I am filing a complaint with the state. I can not get anyone to call me back in regards to my claim. I have gone up to a supervisor and then his manager and still have not gotten a call back.\nMary York says\nI have just found out what kind of a s\u2014 company Anchor General is. I was hit by someone that was covered by Anchor General Insurance and their guy comes out and takes a picture and say\u2019s that\u2019s not bad, looks like its under $1000.00. I told him that I had already got a estimate and the estimate was three thousand and some odd cents and I received a check for eight hundred and some odd dollar. I put the check in the bank but called them and informed them I was going to send the estimates ( i went out and got two more) all estimates were over three thousand. I have a feeling that I will have to send a complaint to the state. Why does the state let these companies get buy with this kind of crap?\nI\u2019m looking for new insurance after 14 years with the same company so I will be checking out the information listed above so thank you very much for all the information you have provided.\nUseful review, as I am finding out who I am dealing with. In my case, trying to get a fair settlement, while they attempt to compare my vehicle with lesser valued vehicles. The 2005 case brought by the State Commissioner seemed to have a weak conclusion, with a lot of \u201cWe\u2019ll talk to our people about that\u201d responses to violations. 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The model was accompanied by some friends, as well as her boyfriend, Hermann Nicoli. It must be crazy for him, hanging out with one of the top 10 most desirable women in the world! Swanepoel, however, is modest about the topic: It\u2019s an honor being voted, especially with such incredible company. Every time something like this comes around, it all seems a bit funny to me. I mean, who would have thought that a farm girl who used to play with chameleons in her spare time would one day be one of the top 10 most desirable women in the world,\u201d she told Ask Men. 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Our early success continued, resulting in us being asked to support grant-making across the other boroughs of Merseyside. In 2004 we became the Community Foundation for Merseyside.\n2011 saw the Community Foundation move to new offices in the Stanley Buildings, which were generously donated by the Grosvenor Liverpool Fund. Further donated support for utilities and facilities, including IT and telephone systems, have been donated by Honeywell and Isrighthere.\nThis partnership and generous donation will support the Community Foundation to continue to maximise the impact of charitable funds in Merseyside in order to grow stronger communities.\nSince that time we have gone form strength to strength, distributing an average of \u00a31 million to communities throughout Merseyside every year.\nOur donors can specify how they want their money to be distributed by setting criteria. Whether the donor is concerned with a specific geographical area or cause, we can give them the best advice on maximising the impact of their donation.\nWe have developed excellent grant-making and monitoring processes to ensure grant money meets real identified need and is fully accounted for.\nSince we began, we have distributed in excess of 8,000 grants making us one of the largest Community Foundations in the country and the largest grant-maker in Merseyside.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 2738, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 269.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://chetanacharity.org/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:09Z", "digest": "sha1:2WCQ3UMFZ66DJQKDS7OXJYUBAFKLZ37D", "length": 1080, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "chetanacharity.org", "title": "Chetana Charity", "raw_content": "Security to the Child\nGrameena Patasaala (Rural School)\nproviding free schooling to nearly 600 children, saving them from the clutches of child labour, providing free education, books, uniform and mid day meal\nin a bus that goes around places providing access to various activities to children with an objective of arousing interest in schooling, targeting \"to school\" as well as \"back to school\"\nPre Primary schools (Ankur, Chiguru)\nwith a distinct curriculum that eliminates the use of formal stereo typed learning tools like note books, pencils, slates etc., and integrates the learning process with nature at every step.\nUshodaya (CBSE Eng. Med School)\nfollowing unique methodologies in teaching and learning, laying due emphasis on sports and extra curricular activities, in achieving holistic development of the child.\nDeepthi (Book Library)\na facility that provides for satisfying the needs of the children to explore, refer, research the topics that they learn and come across in their day to day learning process and a place to get lost in the wonderful world of stories.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 2341, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 338.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://chicago.unratedmagazine.com/2016/05/three-local-artists-compete-for-50000.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:25:52Z", "digest": "sha1:MEOTNARANH3V3EAQTVLVDAMDET7WS3AX", "length": 6966, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "chicago.unratedmagazine.com", "title": "Three Local Artists Compete for $50,000 & MORE at Hard Rock Rising at Hard Rock Cafe Chicago, June 1 - Chicago Music is UnRated Magazine featuring Concerts, Entertainment in the Loop, Windy City ' : ''; var month = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12]; var month2 = [\"Jan\",\"Feb\",\"Mar\",\"Apr\",\"May\",\"Jun\",\"Jul\",\"Aug\",\"Sep\",\"Oct\",\"Nov\",\"Dec\"]; var day = postdate.split(\"-\")[2].substring(0,2); var m = postdate.split(\"-\")[1]; var y = postdate.split(\"-\")[0]; for(var u2=0;u2", "raw_content": "Home / HARD ROCK CAFE / Three Local Artists Compete for $50,000 & MORE at Hard Rock Rising at Hard Rock Cafe Chicago, June 1\nThree Local Artists Compete for $50,000 & MORE at Hard Rock Rising at Hard Rock Cafe Chicago, June 1\nHARD ROCK CAFE Edit\nLocal artists compete for $50,000 & chance to perform LIVE in Ibiza, Spain\nHARD ROCK CAFE CHICAGO HOSTS REGIONAL HARD ROCK RISING COMPETITION\nCome Watch Three Local Artist Compete for A Chance to Win $50,000 and Perform in Ibiza!\nCHICAGO \u2013 May 18, 2016 \u2013 Hard Rock is gearing up for one day of non-stop live music around the world! On Wednesday, June 1, more than 425 artists and music acts will perform live at 107 Hard Rock Cafe and Hotel locations across the globe as part of the world\u2019s largest one-day music showcase \u2013 Hard Rock Rising. This year, three local finalists will perform at Hard Rock Cafe Chicago beginning at 9 p.m.\nThe local artists competing at Hard Rock Cafe Chicago on June 1 have been narrowed down from a record-breaking 10,000 entries entered via ReverbNation through a combination of online fan voting, and local Hard Rock Cafe or Hotel team nominations and include:\nGraham Czach: Versatile Chicago-based singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist that fuses modern and progressive rock sensibilities with pop-like hooks and socially conscious message-driven music. Having played music for the last 27 years, he is an original, wildly creative, and accomplished musician, composer, upright/electric bassist, vocalist, and guitarist.\nJayme Squires: Jayme Squires writes songs about ordinary things in an unordinary way: love, family, relationships, heaven. Her perspective on the matter gives it a whole new light that will ring right into your heart. She creates a tune that will stick with you after hearing it just one time. The passion in her writing and performing is ignited by the heart of her soulful voice and unreserved love for real connection with her lyrics, her stories, and her audience.\nGatsby: Gatsby consists of five guys from the suburbs of Chicago. The group grew up together and played in bands together starting in high school, and even before that. Some went on to play in full time touring bands and travel the world, but Gatsby found themselves back home and ready to take the knowledge and talent to every place on the planet. They are a rock band with influences from all over the music world. From the heavy riffs, aggressive vocals to the soft finger picking guitar and mellow vocals, they will hit every music spot on your body.\nOne competitor will be selected by a panel of local judges including T.J. Sagan, Band Manager for the Grammy Nominated rock band Disturbed, plus national recording artists Nonpoint and The Taking and head of Still Breathing Management in Chicago; Matt Love, lead singer and guitarist for the band Jackpot Donnie; and Ryan Sweeney, manager of talent acquisition at City Winery.\nThe local Chicago winner will then advance on to be judged and evaluated by a panel of artists and music industry veterans. Together, the panel of talented and diverse judges will vote to determine who has what it takes to take home top honors. The judging panel includes:\nJack Barakat of All Time Low\nAlex \u201cClemente\u201d Castillo\nShen Lihui \u2013 General Manager of Modernsky Entertainment CO, LTD / Founder of Strawberry Music Festival\nFrom New York to Japan to Australia, Hard Rock Rising, in partnership with ReverbNation, saw 10,000 up-and-coming musicians register to compete for a chance to become the Hard Rock Rising champion. The global grand prize winner and four regional finalists will take home a professionally-produced music video, a 1,000 count CD/DVD pack of their latest recording from Bison Disc and a Fender Instruments prize pack. Additionally, the grand prize winner will take home $50,000 USD and an all-expenses-paid trip to perform at Hard Rock Hotel Ibiza in September.\n\"Unlike your typical \u201cBattle of the Bands\u201d, Hard Rock Rising is all about fostering a community of artists and bringing them together for this world wide competition,\" says Tim Frank of Foxhole Chicago, who handles all the talent acquisition and live music event production at Hard Rock Cafe Chicago. \u201cAll artists involved are provided invaluable opportunities to form relationships and contacts that can impact their future. That\u2019s what Hard Rock Rising is all about.\u201d\nCommitted to supporting music and emerging artists around the globe, Hard Rock International hosted more than 31,000 live music events worldwide in 2015. The brand continues its dedication to support up-and-coming artists in 2016 with Hard Rock Rising global music showcase, providing a forum for today\u2019s new talent to connect with music fans around the world.\nFans can follow Hard Rock across the globe on June 1 to check out select Hard Rock Rising performances live on Facebook. For the full list of finalists performing on June 1, visitwww.HardRockRising.com. For more information on Hard Rock Cafe Chicago visitwww.HardRock.com/chicago or call 312-943-2252.\nReverbNation is the global leader in providing independent musicians the tools to manage every aspect of their careers. Since 2006, ReverbNation's complete career management solution has built a community of over 4 million artists. This unrivalled access to today\u2019s emerging talent, added to an industry leading curation capability, and a growing online audience of millions of fans, allows ReverbNation to play a pivotal role in the early identification and development of the next generation of successful artists. For more information, visit ReverbNation.com and follow ReverbNation on Twitter at Twitter.com/ReverbNation.\nWith venues in 68 countries, including 164 cafes, 23 hotels and 11 casinos, Hard Rock International (HRI) is one of the most globally recognized companies. Beginning with an Eric Clapton guitar, Hard Rock owns the world's greatest collection of music memorabilia, which is displayed at its locations around the globe. Hard Rock is also known for its collectible fashion and music-related merchandise, Hard Rock Live performance venues and an award-winning website. HRI owns the global trademark for all Hard Rock brands. The company owns, operates and franchises Cafes in iconic cities including London, New York, San Francisco, Sydney and Dubai. HRI also owns, licenses and/or manages hotel/casino properties worldwide. Destinations include the company\u2019s two most successful Hotel and Casino properties in Tampa and Hollywood, Fl., both owned and operated by HRI parent company The Seminole Tribe of Florida, as well as other exciting locations including Bali, Chicago, Cancun, Ibiza, Las Vegas, Macau and San Diego. Upcoming new Hard Rock Cafe locations include San Juan, Reykjavik and Lyon. New Hard Rock Hotel projects include Abu Dhabi, Atlanta, Berlin, Dubai, Itapema, Los Cabos, Tenerife, and Shenzhen, Dalian and Haikou in China. For more information on Hard Rock International, visit www.hardrock.com.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 135, "original_length": 12325, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 267.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://chislehurstcommons.uk/news/donna-bompas-sadly-donna-died-30th-january-year-short-illness-many-endeavours-amazing-supporter-chislehurst-commons-offer-tribute-mem/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:25Z", "digest": "sha1:BJHVSKKJT2WGPTQAESNR4FVNJR5Y2XOB", "length": 2427, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "chislehurstcommons.uk", "title": "Donna Bompas |", "raw_content": "Sadly Donna died on the 30th January this year after a short illness. Through her many endeavours she was an amazing supporter of Chislehurst Commons and we offer this tribute in her memory, penned by Colin Yardley, a long standing Commons Trustee.\n\u201cAmerica\u2019s loss is very much our gain. Donna would be a community leader wherever she lives; it is our great luck that she crossed the Atlantic to live in Chislehurst.\nShe is enormously missed by St Nicholas Church, by Chislehurst Beaver Scouts, by her art classes for children and for adults.\nDonna is the inspiration behind the Chislehurst Big Draw, held on the Common each September since 2004, usually attracting over a thousand adults and children. The success of these events won so many awards from the national umbrella organisation that it asked Donna not to enter the Chislehurst event for a few years, in order to give somewhere else a chance to win.\nThe unpredictability of British summers would deter many from organising any outdoor events, but not Donna. Her open Air Cinemas have attracted hundreds of hardy film-goers.\nQueen Victoria\u2019s Diamond Jubilee in 1897 filled the Village Green, alongside Church Row, with hundreds of locals enjoying a picnic. It was Donna\u2019s idea to do the same again, 105 years later, celebrating the Diamond Jubilee of our present Queen. We can tell from an old photograph that even more people were there in 2012. Fast on the heels of that event was the giant tea party in celebration of the Queen\u2019s 90th birthday in June 2016.\nAs well as drawing the local community together, counteracting the many social forces which could divide it, Donna\u2019s events have created a great deal of happiness and, just as a handy by-product, have raised a total of over \u00a370,000 towards the upkeep of Chislehurst Commons.\nShe has the knack of drawing so many other people into her schemes, some of which at first seem crazy.\nWhat is her magic?\nSome leaders are imperious, or strident. That is certainly not Donna\u2019s style. Her go-getting, enterprising spirit never causes resentment, because she leads by example. Her energy, sparkle and flair are infectious. She is loved and revered by hundreds.\nI realise that I have been writing in the present tense. That\u2019s because her legacy is very much alive and for a long time to come, whenever there is a big local event, we\u2019ll be wondering, where\u2019s Donna? If it is memorable and creates joy, she\u2019ll be there.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 3234, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 240.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://chrisjamespc.com/criminal-traffic/domestic-assault-battery/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:19Z", "digest": "sha1:F72TV2GKPIEQV3LGO6M7ZHZSTQMIJ3US", "length": 3706, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "chrisjamespc.com", "title": "Domestic Assault and Battery \u2013 Law Office of Christopher James", "raw_content": "Why you need us:\n(1) Penalties can be severe (2) to protect your criminal record (3) to protect your future employment prospects (4) to protect any custody/visitation issues that you may encounter.\nThis charge is from a violation of Virginia Code 18.2-57.2 and is considered an assault and battery against a family or household member. It is a class one misdemeanor and can carry up to 12 months in jail and a $2,500.00 fine or both.\nBefore frightening you with legalese, I will explain how domestic assault and battery is generally handled on a first offense.\nIt arises from a physical altercation between husband and wife or other family member. There need not be real injury, only an \u201coffensive touching\u201d. Once the police are called, they see if there is any physical injury, which can be as minor as a scratch or a slap with reddening of the skin. They bring a warrant against the offending party and both parties may be charged.\nHow a first offense is generally handled by your lawyer:\nIf you are charged with a first offense we can negotiate with the prosecutor to have the charge dropped, dismissed or amended to a lesser charge to protect your criminal history. Often this is the case if the victim (your spouse or family member) wants to drop the charges. Only the Commonwealth attorney can ultimately drop the charges, but the victim\u2019s cooperation is very important and the prosecutor will interview the victim on the morning of the case. Also there is a first offender law under 18.2-57.3, COMMUNITY BASED DEFERRAL, for first offenders.\nIf the Commonwealth and the judge are so inclined, the court can continue the matter under the above code section without a finding for a period of time and have the change dismissed at a later date provided you complete a domestic violence class and get in no further trouble during the time period. This is an option if the case merits it and we have not been able to have it generally reduced to a lesser charge.\nAccord & Satisfaction dismissal under Va Code 19.2-51\nIf the Commonwealth attorney agrees the charge can be amended to simple assault under Va code 18.2-57 removing it from the domestic category, and there is a signed accord and satisfaction from the victim to drop the charges, the court can enter the agreement and the charge can be dismissed that day with payment of court costs.\nConsequences of domestic assault and battery:\nThe consequences can be severe for immigrants that do not have legal status and includes potential deportation for it is considered a crime of violence under Federal laws.\nFor U.S. citizens, consequences may prevent you from owning a gun, hamper a security clearance, or create employment problems now or in the future, if discovered as a conviction on your criminal record.\nAn emergency protective order is authorized by 16.-253.4 as standard for several days after the charge and then expires.\nConsequences for 2nd and 3rd offenses:\nA 2nd offense is still a class one misdemeanor and carries the same consequences as a first offense; however, you are not entitled to the 1st offender law under 18.2-57.3 and a 3rd offense committed within 20 years of the first 2 is a class 6 felony.\nThere are enhanced consequences for 18.2-51 (ii) and (iii) malicious wounding or unlawful wounding and strangulation under 18.2-51.6, all of which are considered serious felonies.\nHousehold member status:\nUnder Harris v. Commonwealth (2002), it is based on the parties living together in the same residence, even if the parties are not married.\nPLEASE CONTACT US AND LET OUR EXPERIENCE HELP YOU. Christopher James has been serving clients in Prince William County since 1989 and has handled between 500 and 1000 of these cases.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 124, "original_length": 5959, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 313.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://christianaellis.com/2016/08/16/five-more-minutes-16aug16/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:12Z", "digest": "sha1:DJ4WKGW6GAU3OY7WJSMB5V2XB7DO5KZS", "length": 334, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "christianaellis.com", "title": "Christiana's Stuff \u00bb Five More Minutes \u2013 16Aug16", "raw_content": "What\u2019s on my mind and what I\u2019m trying to keep off of it.\nThis entry was posted on Tuesday, August 16th, 2016 at 6:51 am by Christiana and is filed under Five More Minutes, Video. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.\nHamilton is really awesome!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 80, "original_length": 2412, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 215.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://christmas-items.net/film-cell-genuine-35mm-framed-matted-a-christmas-story-picture-trio-usfc6194.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:12Z", "digest": "sha1:OM5RINM3PCGEFCSYDLBVR2VCZSL34XBN", "length": 7879, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "christmas-items.net", "title": "Film Cell Genuine 35mm Framed & Matted A Christmas Story Picture Trio Usfc6194", "raw_content": "Film Cell Genuine 35mm Framed & Matted A Christmas Story Picture Trio USFC6194\nFilm Cell Genuine 35mm Framed & Matted A Christmas Story Picture Trio USFC6194. Clik here to view our other film cells. This classic A Christmas Story is now yours to own! Relive all the holiday madness with this special edition Framed Mini Film Cell presentation. A Christmas Story is a 1983 American Christmas comedy film based on the short stories and semi-fictional anecdotes of author and raconteur Jean Shepherd, based on his book In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash, with some elements derived from Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories. It was directed by Bob Clark. The film has since become a holiday classic and is shown numerous times on television during the Christmas season on the network TBS, often in a 24-hour marathon. In 2012, the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being \"culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant\". The film is set in Hohman, Indiana, a fictionalized version of Shepherd's hometown of Hammond, Indiana. Nine-year-old Ralph \"Ralphie\" Parker (Peter Billingsley) wants only one thing for Christmas: a Red Ryder BB Gun with a compass in the stock, and \"this thing which tells time\" (a sundial). While using various schemes to convince his parents to get him this gift, he continually bumps into objections from others saying, You'll shoot your eye out. In each of the film's three acts, Ralphie makes his case to another adult and each time receives the same reply. When Ralphie asks his mother (Melinda Dillon) for a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas, she refuses. Next, when Ralphie writes an essay about wanting the BB gun for Miss Shields (Tedde Moore), his teacher at Warren G. Harding Elementary School, Ralphie gets a C+ and Miss Shields warns him of shooting his eye out. Later, Ralphie asks a local department store's Santa Claus (Jeff Gillen) for a Red Ryder BB gun, and Santa tells him the same thing before pushing Ralphie down a long exit slide with his boot. One day after he gets the C+ on his composition, Ralphie is hit in the face with a snowball thrown by the local bully, Scut Farkus (Zack Ward) and his sidekick, Grover Dill (Yano Anaya). Ralphie begins to cry and Farkus teases and taunts him until he snaps. Ralphie charges Farkus and begins to pummel him. During the fight, Ralphie shouts profanity non-stop as he lands blow after blow to the squealing Farkus. When Dill attempts to intervene, Ralphie pushes him away and continues beating Farkus at will. Ralphie's brother, Randy (Ian Petrella), gets their mother who pulls her son off the bully and takes him home. This incident occurs shortly after Ralphie was punished for cursing while helping his father (The Old Man) (Darren McGavin) change a flat tire. Ralphie is worried about the cursing and is sure he will be punished again when his father gets home from work. Instead, Ralphie's mother tells his father about the fight casually at the dinner table. She then changes the subject of the conversation to an upcoming Chicago Bears game, distracting his father and getting Ralphie off the hook in the process. On Christmas morning, Ralphie looks frantically for a box that would hold the BB gun to no avail. He and Randy received several presents, but he is disappointed because he did not get the gun. As he accepts this fact and sits with his parents, his father points out one last half-hidden present, ostensibly from Santa. As the joyful Ralphie unwraps the BB gun, Mr. Ralphie goes out to test his new gun, shooting at a paper target perched on top of a metal sign, and predictably gets a ricochet from the metal sign.\nThis ricochet ends up hitting his cheek and glasses, sending them flying and knocking out a lens. While searching for the glasses, Ralphie inadvertently steps on and crushes the other side. He concocts a story about an icicle falling on him and breaking his glasses, which his mother believes, thanks in part to Ralphie's realistic sobbing. She takes him upstairs to dry his face and forgets to close the door. This allows a horde of the Bumpuses' (the Parkers' hillbilly neighbors) dogs, who frequently torment Ralphie's father, to enter the house and devour the Christmas turkey that is cooling on the kitchen table.\nMaking a last-minute decision, Mr. Parker takes the family out to a Chinese restaurant where they have a hilarious time dining on duck, which adult Ralphie calls \"Chinese turkey\". The film ends with Ralphie lying in bed on Christmas night with his gun by his side.\nRandy is holding the toy zeppelin he received. The voiceover states that this was the best present he had ever received or would ever receive.\nRalphie always knew what he wanted for Christmas. Youll shoot your eye out was the warning he always heard, but Ralphie didnt care. See the story of Ralphies memorable Christmas gift from beginning to end with this FilmCell collectible that features stunning black and white imagery combined with colorful quotes from the classic holiday film.\nRelive all of the holiday madness with this true classic that boasts six clips of real film from the movie. Each FilmCell presentation is made with careful attention to detail. It is double matted, placed in a quality frame, contains an acrylic front and back allowing natural light to enhance the film frames. Each piece of film is hand-cut from reels to provide you with the best possible scenes to offer a unique and varied product. This is all put together to bring you a collectible that looks great in any room.\nThe film portrayed in the image above is an example of the film cells you may receive. Perfect gift for the Classic movie fan. 20 x 11 black mdf frame Numbered limited edition name plaque Real film from the movie Trend Setters embossed/foiled certificate of authenticity Made in the USA. This highly collectible film cell presentation is limited in number and comes with a certificate guaranteeing the authenticity of the cells.\nThe image shown of the presentation is an example of what the film cells will look like. Please note that every set is unique as they are hand picked from the original film. All limited-edition and special edition film cells from toylandbay include a mounted Certificate of Authenticity guaranteeing the cells authenticity.\nAll licensed products giving you a chance to own a piece of movie history and bring your favorite screen or musical legend into your home or business. Autograph collectors will find these to be very well suited to have hand signed. The Genuine Thirty-five millimeter (35mm) film cells are hand picked to include main characters and scenes.\nAll film cells are unique and may feature a different set of cells from the example shown. Add to My Favorite Stores. Sign up for our Store newsletter. Discounts sent out monthly to subscribers. The item \"Film Cell Genuine 35mm Framed & Matted A Christmas Story Picture Trio USFC6194\" is in sale since Friday, November 6, 2015. This item is in the category \"Entertainment Memorabilia\\Movie Memorabilia\\Film Cells\\Mounted\". The seller is \"toylandbay\" and is located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Dominican republic, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, El salvador, Honduras, Jamaica.\nClassic Movie Film Cell: Framed and Mounted", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 108, "original_length": 9670, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 296.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://christstarfish.org/about-us/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:47Z", "digest": "sha1:MZI72EJ7NISQRSFHF6RM2FYVF73QWAHQ", "length": 3924, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "christstarfish.org", "title": "About Us | Christ Starfish", "raw_content": "The mission of Christ\u2019s Starfish Foundation is to share the love of Jesus Christ through two areas of service in our community. We work with children confined to local children\u2019s hospitals by providing assistance to them through the child life specialists. We also assist families of non-cancer patients who are experiencing financial hardships due to their child\u2019s illness.\nAt Christ\u2019s Starfish Foundation we are committed to serving our Lord by assisting these hurting children and their families. Our Board pays all our administrative expenses allowing 100% of all funds donated and raised to go directly to our work.\nIn January 2007, Carldon Lahey read an article in the Florida Times-Union about an 18 year old patient at Wolfson Children\u2019s Hospital by the name of A. J. Donohue. The article told how A.J. organized a fundraising campaign to help Wolfson while battling a fatal illness. Using his web site, A.J . offered stickers with his logo for a $2.00 donation. Within six weeks, he had raised $50,000 in donations from around the world, meeting his goal two days before his death. Reading this article was a transformational moment. It was the first of many such moments that we at the foundation describe as \u201cGod Moments\u201d . The Christ\u2019s Starfish Foundation was established and our journey with Wolfson Children\u2019s Hospital began.\nAlthough originally not knowing the true purpose of the foundation we would be asked by oncology social worker Johnna Heavner at Wolfson to assist non cancer children and their families. As an oncology social worker she had access to two organizations providing assistance to cancer patients but her colleagues serving non cancer kiddos had very limited resources.\nIn November 2008, we were contacted by Billy Woods, a good friend and attorney. Billy\u2019s son Riley had been at the Shands Hospital in Gainesville, FL as a child. He had a desire to \u201cgive back\u201d to the institution that had done so much for him years earlier. When Riley expressed a desire for us to partner with him, we took that as a call from our Lord and we obeyed. As a result, we began our journey to serve God by assisting the children and their families at Shands Hospital.\nIn May of 2009, Carldon had the opportunity to work as an escort for the golfers at the Players Championship Golf Tournament in Ponte Vedra, FL. He was randomly assigned to work with pro golfer Boo Weekley along with several other golfers for the week. As the week progressed, Carldon learned that Boo and his wife Karyn had two children born at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, FL. When Karyn said her and Boo would help if Christ\u2019s Starfish wanted to work at Sacred Heart, this began our work in Pensacola. We at Christ\u2019s Starfish are very grateful to our Lord for chance to work with the Weekley family to make a difference at Sacred Heart.\nOne of the highlights of our work has been spreading joy to all of the children who are confined to the hospital on Christmas Day by providing gift bags stuffed full of presents each year. In 2011, we expanded into Atlanta, GA by partnering with Egleston and Scottish Rite children\u2019s hospitals. With dedicated leaders, many individual donations, and Pepsi as an amazingly generous partner, our first Christmas in Atlanta saw 140 children at Egleston receive presents and a great number at Scottish Rite. We have also expanded to Blair Batson\u2019s Children\u2019s Hospital, the only children\u2019s hospital in Mississippi.\nAs we continue the journey that our Lord is leading us on to provide assistance to these hurting children, we need your prayers. We don\u2019t know exactly where God is leading us, but we pray daily for the wisdom to be obedient to HIS call on our lives.\nIn 2016 we will begin our work at three of the children\u2019s hospitals in Indiana.\nCARLDON LAHEY, PRESIDENT\nBECKY LAHEY, SECRETARY\nJIM WHITE, TREASURER\nKARYN WEEKLEY\nJULIE GUMP\nCLARK LONEY\nSHANE FINCH\nFoundation Pastor:\nREV. RANDY WILSON", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 4633, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 277.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ciaotours.com/italy/rome-florence-venice/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:38Z", "digest": "sha1:BXJD5ZIH7DX5GUVVEZTIXVK245VLBFYJ", "length": 6979, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "ciaotours.com", "title": "Rome, Florence & Venice Semi-Escorted Tour of Italy - Ciao Tours", "raw_content": "Rome, Florence & Venice Semi-Escorted Tour\nEnjoy a multilingual walking tour through the highlights of Rome, visiting the Largo Argentina and continuing on to Campo de\u2019 Fiori, Piazza Farnese, Piazza Navona, the Pantheon, the Trevi Fountain, and the Spanish Steps. Also on your Roman itinerary is a visit to the Vatican Museums, a treasure trove of the world\u2019s most extensive art collections, the Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter\u2019s magnificent Basilica. In Florence your morning will be spent at the Accademia Galleria, view Michaelangelo\u2019s most important works, and the afternoon in the heart of Florence; the Loggia del Bigallo overlooking Piazza Duomo, the Cathedral with its Brunelleschi dome, the Baptistery of San Giovanni with the Porta del Paradiso (Gates of Paradise) and the elegant Giotto bell tower. Depart for Siena on day 6 driving through the lovely Chianti vineyards, and take a guided walking tour of Siena through its 13th century streets and squares. Then enjoy Tuscany\u2019s famous wines, meats, and cheeses at a local farm. After lunch, San Gimignano is only minutes away. Considered one of the most beautiful medieval hilltop towns in Italy, it is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Next to Pisa to and one of the world\u2019s most famous landmarks, its Leaning Tower. Continue your journey to the enchanting Venice, spend the last two days discovering this magic; on your first day have a walk outdoors (no entries) through the most characteristic and important historical places of Venice. You cannot leave Venice without a visit to the enchanting islands of Venice: on your second day take a tour of Murano, Buran and Torcello.\nPrivate Transfer from Airport to hotel in Rome\nFull day Guided Tour of Siena, San Gimignano, Chianti, Pisa with a group\nPrivate transfer to Florence train station\n2 hour guided group tour of Venice including a Gondola ride through the canals\n4 hour group tour of the Laguna Islands\nIn a single morning you will move in centuries and discover top attractions of Rome. This itinerary begins at Campo dei Fiori, certainly one of the most characteristic squares in Rome with its \u201copen-air\u201d market. Next to Campo dei Fiori we will admire the magical charm of Piazza Farnese, which takes its name from the imposing Palazzo Farnese. Proceed then to Piazza Navona, one of the most famous squares in the world. Its original shape repeats with extreme faithfulness the perimeter of the ancient stadium of Domitian built in 89 A.D. The symbol of the square is the \u201cFountains of Four Rivers\u201d, designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and competing with Borromini?s famed church S.Agnese in Agone. In a ten minute walk we reach Piazza della Rotonda housing the unmistakable structure of the Pantheon. The Pantheon has been well preserved and is a true masterpiece of architecture. Once inside, our expert guide will be glad to give a short explanation about the history and the architectural secrets of the building. From Piazza della Rotonda the distance is short to Piazza Colonna, thus named after the 2nd century marble column celebrating the victories of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius over the Germanic populations. At present the square is the centre of the Italian political life, which gravitates around Palazzo Chigi, the seat of the Prime Minister. We then cross Via del Corso and in just 5 minutes we are at the Trevi Fountain, a true masterpiece and certainly the most famous and spectacular fountain in Rome. The last stop of our itinerary will be Piazza di Spagna, (Spanish Steps). Extremely original in shape, it has always been the meeting place for travellers coming from all over the world. In the centre of the square you will admire the Fontana della Barcaccia made by Pietro Bernini. This area is surely a paradise for the fashion conscious shopper and you will find the most important and famous names of the Italian style. Relaxing Afternoon on own.\nWith 2000 rooms filled with the most extensive collection of art in the world you will be led by an expert guide along the history of this outstanding Museum. You will marvel at the sight of the Sistine Chapel, one of the most famous and visited sites in the world. Ordered in the late 15th century by Pope Sixtus IV (hence the name \u201cSistine\u201d Chapel), it is the most emblematic example of papal patronage during the Renaissance period. Thanks to the genius of Michelangelo, you will have an unforgettable experience. This great artist created the masterpiece painting on the ceiling, The Creation of Adam, as well as the incomparable Last Judgment, on the altar wall. But the Vatican Museums are not just the Sistine Chapel\u2026 along the tour our guide will show you more art jewels such as the Pio \u2022 Clementino halls with the Laocoon and Apollo Belvedere, the Candelabra, Tapestries and Maps Galleries. We will then leave the Vatican Museum and proceed to the imposing beauty of Saint Peter\u2019s Basilica. Its dome was designed by Michelangelo who also designed the plan of the Renaissance church. Inside this church we will experience the beauty of the world famous sculpture La Piet\u00e0 (another Michelangelo masterpiece and the only sculpture personally signed by the artist). And in the meantime, we will discover the originality of another art genius, Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Thanks to him you can admire the extremely impressive Baldachin Altar (in gold and bronze), and the splendid Colonnade in St. Peter\u2019s Square. In booking this tour, you will find it to be the highlight of your holiday. Join us for this unique art experience within such rich architectural history. Relaxing Afternoon at Leisure.\nDay 7 - Transfer To Venice\nPrivate Transfer to train station, 1st-class train to Venice. Private Transfer to hotel and enjoy day on own.\nDay 8 - Guided Group Tour of Venice & Gondola Ride\nHave a walk outdoors (no entries) through the most characteristic and important historical places of Venice. A qualified and experienced guide will escort you through the Serenissima Republic past full of charm. An unforgettable tour to discover Venice and its beauties throw St. Mark\u2019s square, with the description of Basilica, Ducal Palace, Clock Tower, Procuratie, Santa Maria Formosa with the characteristic square, Campo SS. Giovanni e Paolo with the \u201cPantheon\u201d, the Great School of Charity, the Captains of Fortune, Marco Polo\u2019s House and Malibran Theatre. Return to San Marco through the Mercerie, a lively area between the Rialto Bridge and Saint Mark\u2019s Square, full of shops and restaurants. End your tour with an Enchanting and relaxing ride along the Gran Canal and through the inner waterways.\nDay 9 - Guided Group Tour of The Laguna Islands\nYou cannot leave Venice without a visit to the enchanting islands of Venice: Murano known throughout the world for its glass manufacturing industry, Burano famous for its lace-making industry and its brightly-coloured fishermen\u2019s houses and Torcello, the most ancient island of the Venetian lagoon.\nTransfer on own to Venice Airport, conclusion of tour.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 130, "original_length": 14814, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 300.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://cincinnaticoalition.org/our-mission/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:06Z", "digest": "sha1:ZJ7FPZLK76LQKGYYQHGFZT3YJ76WKM7Q", "length": 725, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "cincinnaticoalition.org", "title": "Our Mission - Cincinnati Regional Coalition Against Hate (CRCAH)", "raw_content": "Protecting Our Community\nThe Cincinnati Regional Coalition Against Hate (CRCAH) is here to help protect the members of our community and to help everyone get an equal chance at life and happiness.\nEducate Our Community\nPart of moving forward is understanding each other\u2019s position and understanding the meaning of the cause. We want to educate our community to rationaly consider matters related to fairness and being a good citizen.\nWe are here to make sure that the right and treatment of minorities and women are monitored. There should be NO barriers for any opportunities based on your sex, religious affiliation, sexual preference, nationality, or ethnicity. We provide a voice for equality.\nPledge to make a difference", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 66, "original_length": 2876, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 297.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://citydancestudio.com/citydancepolicies.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:37Z", "digest": "sha1:DCOEUKB3I3S2NRX3MP57HUXALSLBAWOY", "length": 4779, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "citydancestudio.com", "title": "City Dance Policies", "raw_content": "Class Attire: I understand that all students need to wear proper attire to ALL dance classes. All students need to wear a leotard and tights/biker shorts for ballet, tap, and jazz classes. Adults in tap classes may wear loose, comfortable clothing. No jeans are allowed for ANY classes. Students taking street funk/hip hop need to bring a separate pair of sneakers to class. I also understand that the children classes will need to have white tap and ballet shoes for the performance. Pre-teen and teen jazz students need to wear black jazz shoes. Long hair needs to be tied up in a ponytail, braid, bun, etc. No t-shirts should be worn for ballet classes unless the instructor gives permission due to cold weather.\nWatch Days: I understand that there will be three designated watch days for friends and relatives to observe. They are the first week of November, February, and April. These are the ONLY days that anyone is able to observe. Parents may wait in the designated wait areas. This helps to eliminate the problem of children running back and forth to see their parent and observers. Other students feel tense or intimidated with people watching them. We are committed to providing the best possible environment for our students to learn.\nPayment Policy: I understand that the class payment may be divided into equal monthly installments to provide for budgeting purposes. If the season extends into June, the clients choosing the yearly rate will have June pro-rated with the 10% discount. Monthly payments are due on the first class of each month. A $5.00 late fee will be applied if not received by the 15th of each month. I understand that I do have the option of paying for the whole year, half year, or thirds if I so desire. I also know that I have the option of mailing in my payments so as to meet the requirement of paying the first week. (Paying in monthly installments places an extremely larger amount of work on the studio. We believe in providing this option for affordability.) I know that there is no discount on monthly tuition for holidays, school or family vacations, or absence from class. Classes cancelled by City Dance will be made up if it exceeds more than one class. Any bounced check will be subject to a $25.00 bounced fee. There are NO refunds.\nCostume Payments: I understand that all students wishing to perform in the spring performance will need to purchase a costume. The fee for the costumes will be around $55.00 for one costume. Students in more than one dance piece will require either another costume or costume pieces at an additional fee. All students will need to pay a $30.00 deposit per costume on the first class of November. The balance will be due on the first class of December. Any costume not paid in full by December 15th will not be ordered. There is no refund on costumes already purchased. Some classes may require that students purchase tights at an additional cost of $10.00. I understand that I will be notified about tights when the costumes arrive.\nPerformance: I understand that all students will be performing in up to two performances at the end of the year. The only classes guaranteed not to be in two shows are the pre-school classes; because of their age, they only perform in one matinee. If I do not wish to perform, then it is my responsibility to inform my instructor during the month of November. Students are also required to attend up to two rehearsals in order to prepare for the shows. There will be tickets that go on sale for parents, family, and friends to attend these shows.\nSnow Cancellations: I understand that it is my responsibility to find out if class has been cancelled due to bad weather. I know that cancellations are announced on WGAN 56.0 AM, WMGX 93.1 FM, Channel 13 News, WGME.com, and on the City Dance website. Because weather can change so suddenly in Maine, class cancellations are determined around 2:00p.m. and by 8:00a.m. on Saturdays. We highly recommend calling the studio or checking our website/facebook page twenty minutes before class begins.\nAdvertisement Release: I give my permission to allow City Dance to use any photos and/or videos of myself and/or son/daughter for advertisement purposes. It is my responsibility to notify the studio in writing by the end of the first month after registration if I do not give permission for myself (18 and older) or my child(ren).\nLiability Disclaimer: The studio and the instructor(s) are not liable for personal injuries or loss of or damage to personal property. Since this is a physical activity, injuries may occur. Each student may decline to participate in any activity which may be harmful and is also responsible to inform the instructor of any physical limitations which may prevent full participation in class.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 8, "original_length": 4800, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 282.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://civilwarlibrarian.blogspot.com/2010/09/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:27Z", "digest": "sha1:YWIXSYW4VZLUBO5ACMLGEZ42IRZ2SUH3", "length": 40456, "nlines": 126, "source_domain": "civilwarlibrarian.blogspot.com", "title": "Civil War Librarian: September 2010", "raw_content": "Opinion---Ghost Hunting, Ancestor Worship and the Search for a Usable Past in The Lost Cause\nThe Ghost of Bobby Lee, Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic Magazine, April 13, 2010.\nCWL: This essay may help answer the question \"Will be able to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War without being either politically correct or politically incorrect?\"\nTa-Nehisi Coates: Ken Burns' Civil War documentary makes note of the fact that General Lee was opposed to slavery. I basically took that as true, until--in all honesty--some of my commenters informed me that it, in fact, was not. One of the saddest, and yet telling, aspects of the War, for me personally, is that on the two occasions when Confederate troops headed North, they kidnapped free blacks and sold them into slavery. Ditto for black soldiers who were captured and \"lucky\" enough not to be killed. Anyway, if you have a moment check out this lecture a reader was kind enough to send to me. At about the 55:00 mark, Elizabeth Brown Pryor talks about Lee's relationship to slavery, and more interestingly, how the myth that he was somehow anti-slavery came to be.\nIt was sad to hear frankly. If the war actually weren't about slavery, I think all our lives would be a lot easier. But as I thought on it, my sadness was stupid. What undergirds all of this alleged honoring of the Confederacy, is a kind of ancestor-worship that isn't. The Lost Cause is necromancy--it summons the dead and enslaves them to the need of their vainglorious, self-styled descendants. Its greatest crime is how it denies, even in death, the humanity of the very people it claims to venerate. This isn't about \"honoring\" the past--it's about an inability to cope with the present.\nThe God of History binds the Confederacy in its own chains. From the declaration of secession in Texas...\n...in this free government *all white men are and of right ought to be entitled to equal civil and political rights* [emphasis in the original]; that the servitude of the African race, as existing in these States, is mutually beneficial to both bond and free, and is abundantly authorized and justified by the experience of mankind, and the revealed will of the Almighty Creator, as recognized by all Christian nations; while the destruction of the existing relations between the two races, as advocated by our sectional enemies, would bring inevitable calamities upon both and desolation upon the fifteen slave-holding states....\nTo Virginia...\nThe people of Virginia in their ratification of the Constitution of the United States of America, adopted by them in convention on the twenty-fifth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, having declared that the powers granted under said Constitition were derived from the people of the United States and might be resumed whensoever the same should be perverted to their injury and oppression, and the Federal Government having perverted said powers not only to the injury of the people of Virginia, but to the oppression of the Southern slave-holding States.\nTo Mississippi...\n....Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery-- the greatest material interest of the world. Its labor supplies the product which constitutes by far the largest and most important portions of commerce of the earth. These products are peculiar to the climate verging on the tropical regions, and by an imperious law of nature, none but the black race can bear exposure to the tropical sun. These products have become necessities of the world, and a blow at slavery is a blow at commerce and civilization. That blow has been long aimed at the institution, and was at the point of reaching its consummation. There was no choice left us but submission to the mandates of abolition, or a dissolution of the Union, whose principles had been subverted to work out our ruin...\nTo South Carolina...\n...A geographical line has been drawn across the Union, and all the States north of that line have united in the election of a man to the high office of President of the United States, whose opinions and purposes are hostile to slavery. He is to be entrusted with the administration of the common Government, because he has declared that that \"Government cannot endure permanently half slave, half free,\" and that the public mind must rest in the belief that slavery is in the course of ultimate extinction. This sectional combination for the submersion of the Constitution, has been aided in some of the States by elevating to citizenship, persons who, by the supreme law of the land, are incapable of becoming citizens; and their votes have been used to inaugurate a new policy, hostile to the South, and destructive of its beliefs and safety.\nTo the Vice-President of the Confederacy itself...\nThe constitution, it is true, secured every essential guarantee to the institution while it should last, and hence no argument can be justly urged against the constitutional guarantees thus secured, because of the common sentiment of the day. Those ideas, however, were fundamentally wrong. They rested upon the assumption of the equality of races. This was an error. It was a sandy foundation, and the government built upon it fell when the \"storm came and the wind blew.\" Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner- stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery subordination to the superior race is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth...\nThis is about a lancing shame, about that gaping wound in the soul that comes when confronted with the appalling deeds of our forebears. Lost Causers worship their ancestors, in the manner of the abandoned child who brags that his dead-beat father is actually an astronaut, away on a mission of cosmic importance.\nI know how this goes. For us, it's coping with the fact that people who looked like you sold you into slavery. It's understanding that you come from a place that was on the wrong side of the Gatling gun. It's feeling not simply like one of history's losers, but that you had no right to win. The work of the mature intellect is to reconcile oneself to the past without a retreat into fantasy--in either direction. Claiming to be the descendant of kings and queens is just as bad as claiming to be thankful for the slave trade.\nIt's weak to manipulate the dead in order to reconcile our present, to force men to play our Gods. Robert E. Lee was a man, and a product of a time and place that turned people into, quite literally, the most valuable resource in this country. I hate to keep taking it back to David Blight but...\nBy 1860 there were approximately 4,000,000 slaves in the United States, the second largest slave society--slave population--in the world. The only one larger was Russian serfdom. Brazil was close. But in 1860 American slaves, as a financial asset, were worth approximately three and a half billion dollars--that's just as property. Three and a half billion dollars was the net worth, roughly, of slaves in 1860. In today's dollars that would be approximately seventy-five billion dollars. In 1860 slaves as an asset were worth more than all of America's manufacturing, all of the railroads, all of the productive capacity of the United States put together. Slaves were the single largest, by far, financial asset of property in the entire American economy. The only thing worth more than the slaves in the American economy of the 1850s was the land itself, and no one can really put a dollar value on all of the land of North America.\nThese were the kind of forces at work in his world, and I'm not convinced we have the intrinsic right to expect someone like Lee to oppose them. Likewise, I may think that it was sinister for people who \"looked like me\" to sell me into slavery, but that presumes an expectation of racial unity which almost certainly didn't exist at the time. Again, it summons the dead to do the work that I would shy away from.\nI think this boils down to the problem of nationalism, and where we find our heroes. It isn't like Southerners are devoid of people who were courageous in all aspects. There's the great Virginian patriot George Henry Robert Thomas, who goes from slave-master in waiting, to leading black troops in brilliant military campaigns in Tennessee, and in his last days defends the rights of freedman. There's Elizabeth Van Lew, who emancipated all her slaves before the War, and used them as part of a Union spy network in Richmond, the Confederate capitol.\nThere's \"The Boat-Thief\" Robert Smalls, a slave who stole Confederate transport steamer, filled with armaments, and sailed it to Union lines. There's Andre Callioux, a manumitted slave turned Union soldier, martyred at Port Hudson in a kamikaze-like charge on the Confederate works. And a century later, there's Martin Luther King, arguably the modern founding father of this America. He was a product of The South, and his moral judgement didn't end at the Mason-Dixon line.\nFinally, there's the question of how we claim ancestors, a question that is more philosophical than biological. Africa, and African-America, means something to me because I claim it as such--but I claim much more. I claim Fitzgerald, whatever he thought of me, because I see myself in Gatsby. I claim Steinbeck because, whether he likes it or not, I am an Okie. I claim Blake because \"London\" feels like the hood to me.\nAnd I claim them right alongside Lucille Clifton, James Baldwin and Ralph Wiley, who had it so right when he parried Saul Bellow. The dead, and the work they leave---the good and bad--is the work of humanity and thus says something of us all. And in that manner, I must be humble and claim some of Lee, Jackson, and Forrest. What might I have been in another skin, in another country, in another time?\nText and Image Source: Atlantic Magazine\nLabels: African Americans, Lost Cause History\nNews---Gettysburg's Dead Monument Curve\nFast Traffic Causes Monument Damage, Scot Andrew Pitzerr, Gettysburg Times, September 22 2010.\nCareless driving has resulted in monument damage at Gettysburg National Military Park, leading Superintendent Bob Kirby to announce that memorial relocation is being considered. Kirby also reported that new signage and traffic control devices, such as bumper strips, are planned along battlefield roadways, to deter further collisions between vehicles and monuments. \u201cIt\u2019s a sad and continuing saga,\u201d Kirby said regarding the distracted driving. \u201cThere are people out there texting while driving, and not focused on the road.\u201d \u201cWe may be moving monuments out of the trajectory of vehicles,\u201d added Kirby.\nThe Pennsylvania 74th Monument along West Howard Avenue, just northwest of Gettysburg, is under consideration to be relocated farther from the roadway, near its current position. According to the Park Service, the monument \u2014 which sits about 10 feet back from the road \u2014 has been struck repeatedly over the past five years by wayward drivers. Motorists damaged the monument again this past summer. \u201cWe are looking at some additional traffic control devices along Howard Avenue to keep visitors from hitting the 74th Pennsylvania Monument,\u201d Kirby said Sept. 16, during an NPS meeting.\nThe monument sits near a bend in the roadway, dubbed \u201cDead Monuments Curve\u201d by park guides and historians. One new sign was recently installed along the road, warning motorists about the curve. \u201cIt\u2019s still slightly off its base from the last hit,\u201d noted GNMP spokeswoman Katie Lawhon.\nPark officials explained that they would not relocate the 74th Pennsylvania Monument far from its current location, as its placement denotes an historically-accurate position of troops during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. The monument would be set back farther from the road. Many local motorists use West Howard Avenue as a shortcut from Carlisle to Mummasburg road, and surpass it posted speed limit of 25 mph. Tourists using the road for the first time are often unfamiliar with its sharp curve, where the Pennsylvania 74th Monument is positioned.\nKirby informed the park\u2019s advisory commission Sept. 16 that the NPS is considering placing rumble strips atop West Howard Avenue, to slow down traffic entering the curve. The curve is home to about a half-dozen monuments, including the 74th Pa. Memorial. Lawhon noted that the \u201conly other monument the park is considering taking these protective measures\u201d for \u2014 such as relocation \u2014 is the Battery K, 5th US Artillery monument on Hunt Avenue, west of the Baltimore Pike.\nCaption Under Image: The National Park Service in Gettysburg is considering new traffic control devices along Howard Avenue, where motorists have repeatedly collided with the Pa. 74th Monument. Additional directional signs, such as the one pictured here, and rumble strips are under consideration, as well as relocation of the memorial. (Darryl Wheeler/Gettysburg Times )\nImage and Text Source: Gettysburg Times, September 22, 1010.\nOff Topic---The Lineup; Detective Writers Confess\nThe Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell The Inside Story of Their Great Detectives, Otto Penzler, editor, Little Brown Publishers, 2009, 406 p., $25.95.\nSmoothly written and edited, The Lineup is converstation between authors and readers. These first person essays cover topics such as 'how I discovered my inner detective,' 'how I became a fiction writer' and 'who is this detective anyway.'\nFor CWL, Michael Connelly and Robert Crais are two authors whose stories were very familiar.\nThe Lineup may not have your favorite dtective/author. For CWL Matt Scudder/Lawrence Block, Nathan Heller/Max Allan Collins and Bernie Gunther/Philip Kerr were missing. But having authors describe their work generated interest in two detectives that I had not yet read. Now CWL has two new authors novels, Ian Rankin and John Connolly, to enjoy.\nYou might find your favorite detective fiction author confessing in The Lineup. Others you have heard of and might be curious about their creations. The Lineup covers these detectives by their authors. Aspiring fiction writers are well served by this collection of authors relating the inside dope on their creations.\nDetective/Author\nJack Taylor/Ken Brown\nJack Reacher/Lee Child\nHarry Bosch/Michael Connelly\nCharlie Parker/John Connolly\nElvis Cole and Joe Pike/Robert Crais\nLincoln Rhyme/Jeffrey Deaver\nInspector Morse/Colin Dexter\nCharlie Resnick/John Harvey\nBob Lee Swagger/Stephen Hunter\nPeter Decker and Rina Lazarus/Faye Kellerman\nAlex Delaware/Jonathan Kellerman\nDismas Hardy/John Lescroart\nTess Monaghan/Laura Lippman\nRambo/David Morrell\nMallory/Carol O'Connell\nSpenser/Robert B. Parker\nLou Boldt/Ridley Pearson\nCharlotte and Thomas Pitt/Anne Perry\nAloysius X. L. Pendergast/Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child\nJohn Rebus/Ian Rankin\nPrecious Ramotswe/Alexander McCall Smith\nLabels: Off Topic Dectective Fiction\nThe Public Life of a Secret Weapon: The H. L. Hunley\nThe H. L. Hunley: The Secret Hope of the Confederacy, Tom Chaffin, Hill and Wang Publishers, 2008, 352 pp., $26.00.\nReviewed by Charles Wexler (Auburn University) and published on H-CivWar, the review is entitled Rediscovering the Secrets beneath Charleston's Harbor\nThe discovery of the H. L. Hunley in 2000 has sparked a new wave of literature among historians and archaeologists as they examine the ship's remains. Tom Chaffin has combined evidence from both fields in his book, The H. L. Hunley. In this work, Chaffin has united New Orleans, Mobile, and Charleston while discussing the construction, testing, and fates of the vessels associated with the H. L. Hunley.\nChaffin begins by discussing the evidence he consulted, presumably so that others can assess his argument and investigate his sources. While such a means of proceeding is potentially useful, the cursory endnotes limit what readers can discover about sources concerning the H. L. Hunley.\nChaffin spends most of his book tracing the work of three figures--Baxter Watson, James McClintock, and Horace Hunley--all of whom contributed to the development of vessels that eventually culminated in the building of the H. L. Hunley. Working out of New Orleans and Mobile, they convinced investors to support the construction of the CSS Planter, the American Diver, and the Fish Boat. Chaffin also studies an array of lesser-known figures, such as Edgar Singer, A. A. \"Gus\" Whitney, and other members of the Singer Submarine Corps who assisted in the construction of torpedoes for the Fish Boat. Watson, McClintock, and Hunley found more success in building their craft than in their operation and deployment. Hunley, originally the captain of the blockade runner Acela, worked with McClintock and Watson, operators of a New\nOrleans machine shop, to manufacture the CSS Planter, which they wished to use as a privateer. The CSS Planter, the only submersible to receive a letter of marque and the official designation of \"CSS,\" sank in New Orleans before Commodore David Farragut and the West Gulf Blockading Squadron reached the city in April 1862. The experience gained from the Planter aided the men as they moved to Mobile and, with new partners, built two more submersibles. The American Diver sank nearly a year later while undergoing tests in Mobile Bay. Undeterred, they launched their third endeavor, the Fish Boat, which capsized just weeks after its arrival in Charleston in August 1863.\nAfter being raised in September, the vessel was rechristened H. L. Hunley. On October 15, 1863, it promptly sank again, claiming the lives of Hunley and his crew. Raised yet again, the H. L. Hunley fell under the command of Lieutenant George Dixon in November. Under Dixon, the H. L. Hunley left Charleston Harbor on February 17, 1864 and successfully attacked the USS Housatonic, sinking the blockader in roughly the same spot where the CSS Chicora and CSS Palmetto State had briefly broken the Federal blockade little more than a year before. The circumstances of H L. Hunley's disappearance after its celebrated sinking of the Housatonic has baffled individuals ever since.\nThe third section of Chaffin's book discusses the H. L. Hunley's image since the close of hostilities, noting not only how those during the war remembered the ship, but also how others have represented the vessel since. Chaffin's final two chapters cover the discovery of the H. L. Hunley in July 1995 by Clive Cussler, its raising in 2000, and what restoration by archaeologists has revealed about the vessel's final hours. These chapters provide useful information for those interested in Civil War memory and public history, as Chaffin discusses not only the ship's discovery but also what modern archaeology has revealed about the legends concerning the H. L. Hunley and her crew.\nThroughout his book Chaffin dispels many misconceptions surrounding the H. L. Hunley and its builders. The relationship between Hunley, McClintock, and Watson with local military commanders emerges as one of Chaffin's key topics. According to Chaffin, Admiral Franklin Buchanan did not care for the _American Diver_ and only praised the Fish Boat to accelerate its departure from his jurisdiction (pp. 113-114). Although General Pierre Beauregard thought the ship showed promise when it arrived in Charleston on August 13, 1863, he seized the vessel within two weeks of its arrival and placed a military crew on board. Chaffin's Charleston chapters discuss civil-military relations in the context of who should outfit and operate the vessel. Beauregard had enjoyed good relations with the civilian contractors building the _David _torpedo boats, but in the six months that the H. L. Hunley operated in Charleston, he installed four different commanders, including both military officers and civilians. Nonetheless, Chaffin believes that Beauregard held out hope for the vessel's potential; such hopes indicate a real interest in technology and its advancement. During his discussion of these issues, Chaffin misses an opportunity to compare the Fish Boat/H. L. Hunley with the David-type torpedo boats already built or contracted for in Charleston under Beauregard's command. He devotes little attention to the David and only briefly mentions its attack on the USS New Ironsides (pp. 162-166). He places the H. L. Hunley within Beauregard's overarching strategy towards the naval defense of Charleston, but does not adequately discuss it in relation to existing vessels or to those under construction. Chaffin could also do more to provide context for Charleston's defense before August 1863; he has little to say about the sortie of Confederate ironclad gunboats CSS Chicora and CSS Palmetto State in January 1863 and the attack on Charleston Harbor in April 1863 by Union monitors.\nUtilizing the latest archaeological findings from the H. L. Hunley research team at the Warren Lasch Conservation Center in North Charleston, South Carolina, Chaffin wades into controversies surrounding the submersible and her encounter with the USS Housatonic. For instance, contemporary descriptions, specifically those made by men who had first-hand knowledge of the submersible, reported the ship's size as anywhere from thirty to forty feet in length (p. 230). This disagreement has been easily resolved since the discovery of the vessel has revealed its length as forty feet and its beam as forty-two inches. The discovery of Lieutenant George Dixon's twenty-dollar coin amongst the artifacts resolved different disputes. The coin had deflected a bullet at the Battle of Shiloh, saving Dixon's life. Archaeologist Maria Jacobsen found the coin in May 2001 with the tell-tale indentation and an engraving that Dixon had made commemorating his lucky escape. Examination of remains through the use of DNA positively identified the entire crew on board the H. L. Hunley, including Dixon, definitively establishing that he went down with the vessel. A computerized reconstruction of Dixon's face that was based on his remains refuted another story attached to the coin. Queenie Bennett, a Mobile woman reputed to be Dixon's sweetheart, was said to have given him the coin. However, this reconstruction did not match a photograph in the possession of the Bennett family that purportedly showed Dixon and Queenie Bennett together.\nThis review continues at H-Net\nNew and Noteworthy: The Manhunt for Jefferson Davis and The Parade of Lincoln's Corpse\nBloody Crimes;The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln's Corpse, James L. Swanson, William Morrow Publisher, 480 pages, $27.99.\nThe spring of 1865 was one of the most momentous chapters in an era filled with great drama. It was a season that saw not only the end of America\u2019s bloodiest war and the beginning of the nation\u2019s painful reconciliation, but also two dramatic spectacles that symbolized the emotional core of the conflict.\nIn April 1865, the future of the Confederacy was in grave peril. The capital, Richmond, could no longer be defended and could fall to Union armies within days. On the morning of April 2, Confederate president Jefferson Davis received the telegram from General Robert E. Lee: There is no more time\u2014the Yankees are coming. That evening, shortly before midnight, Davis boarded a train from Richmond and fled. But in two weeks' time, John Wilkes Booth would assassinate the president, and the nation was convinced that Davis was the mastermind of the crime. In Bloody Crimes, James Swanson, the author of Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln\u2019s Killer, recounts the events surrounding the stories of these two fallen leaders.\nNo longer merely a traitor, Davis became a murderer, a wanted man with a $100,000 bounty on his head. Over the course of several weeks, the Union cavalry led an intense and thrilling chase through the Carolinas and Georgia. Davis\u2019 final journey into captivity, with its moments of great suffering and intense drama, transformed him into a martyr of the South\u2019s Lost Cause\u2014and, in the years after the war, his stock rose even higher in the former Confederacy.\nAt the same time, another man was also undergoing his last journey. Abraham Lincoln\u2019s final sojourn began on April 19 after the White House funeral. From there a solemn procession escorted him to the Capitol rotunda, where tens of thousands of mourners viewed him in death. This was just the beginning. On April 21, one week after he was shot, 400 soldiers escorted him to the Baltimore and Ohio railroad depot and placed him aboard the special train that would carry him home on the nearly 1,700-mile trip to Springfield. By the time it was over, Lincoln\u2019s corpse had been unloaded from the train 10 times and placed on public view in all the great cities of the North between Washington and Springfield, making it the largest, most elaborate, and most magnificent funeral pageant in American history.\nUltimately, Swanson uses Davis\u2019 capture and Lincoln\u2019s funeral as harbingers of the American future\u2014and the ignominy with which the Confederacy is largely viewed today. As he writes, \u201cThe 20th century came to belong to Abraham Lincoln, not Jefferson Davis.\u201d\nAt once suspenseful and poignant, Bloody Crimes tell the stories of two fallen leaders counterpoised, their final journeys shaping their legends among a wounded nation and throughout a scarred landscape.\nText Source: History Book Club\nLabels: Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis\nNew and Noteworthy: Seventh Star of the Confederacy\nSeventh Star of the Confederacy: Texas during the Civil War, Kenneth W. Howell, editor,University of North Texas Press, 348pp, 2009, $34.95.\nReviewed by Christopher B. Bean (East Central University) Published on H-CivWar (September, 2010) This review is entitled The Lone Star and the Stars and Bars\nAlmost 150 years since the guns fell silent, the American Civil War continues to fascinate. Countless works on the major battles and participants fill the shelves of libraries, offices, and studies, and the desire to examine the seminal moment in American history never wanes. However, much of this attention examines the Eastern theater or the generalship of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. Kenneth W.Howell's work, The Seventh Star of the Confederacy, attempts to correct this focus.\nHowell's book focuses on Texas during the Civil War and incorporates nearly two decades of research since the publication of Ralph Wooster's Lone Star Blue and Gray: Essays on Texas in the Civil War(1995). In this collection of seventeen essays, Howell highlights aspects of the Lone Star State while challenging the notion that Texas was nothing more than an insignificant backwater with little relevance to the study of the Civil War. The seventeen essays are broken up into four parts. Part 1 involves a historical overview of Texas and the Civil War, including a very informative and useful historiographical essay by Alwyn Barr and a brief overview of the Lone Star State during the Civil War by Archie P. McDonald. Part 2 contains essays chronicling battles taking place in Texas while part 3 discusses military units from the state. Included in the fourth part is a hodgepodge of subjects, such as the Confederate governors, slaves during the war, and Union dissent.\nQuite possibly the strongest part of the book is Barr's historiographical essay. For years, students of Texas history and the Civil War will reference this essay, which highlights the major studies on Texas during the Civil War published in the last two decades. Also important are essays by Linda S. Hudson and John Gorman, which examine the Knights of the Golden Circle in Texas before the war and the frontier defense units during the conflict. These works go beyond the typical discussions of enlistment and fighting, too often seen in unit histories, and examine the composition of the units through extensive use of the census roles. Such tools allow historians to personalize the war by adding a human aspect that in the past was wanting.\nDespite the many strengths of the work, there are a few problems with it as well. Several essays in part 3, which comprises studies focusing on battles within Texas, could have been condensed into one, all-encompassing essay. For instance, Donald Willett's piece on the Union occupation of Galveston, the one by Edward T. Cotham Jr. on the failure of the Union to capture Texas, and Charles D. Spurlin's examination of the Yankees' arrival on the coastal bend, all could have made up one essay. Doing so not only would have captured the various attempts by the North to invade Texas, but also would have provided space for subjects that require more examination, such as Texas's economy during the war or the dissolution of Confederate forces in Texas at the end of the conflict. Covering the latter issue would have strengthened the work, for, at times, some of the essays seem like nothing more than a rehash of Wooster's book.\nThe fact that some essays are quite similar to those printed in Wooster's is not a terrible deficiency, though, since the availability of these works in one source is quite beneficial, for both students and professors. Nor is it a problem that an essay or two repeats what we already know, such as Ronald E. Goodwin's and\nBruce A. Clasrud's pieces on slaves in Texas during the Civil War. The one essay that seems out of place is James M. Smallwood's about the causes of the Civil War. Not only does it fail to incorporate Texas into the events of the 1850s, but the author also turns the essay into a polemic, something unnecessary in a scholarly work.\nAlthough it does not replace Wooster's work, Howell's edited volume serves as a complement. What Howell has produced is a collection that covers a broad range of subjects. But the importance of these essays goes beyond simply being useful and informative. The Seventh Star of the Confederacy achieves its goal of highlighting the people and events of Texas during the Civil War. For that reason alone, this work should be a welcomed addition to the shelf of any student of the Civil War.\nText Source: H-Net\nLabels: Confederacy, Texas\nCWL---The Civil War's Women Nurses: Humanitarian. Moral. But Professional?\nThe Inhospitable Hosptial: Gender and Professionalism in Civil War Medicine, Jane E. Schultz, Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and History, 17:2 [1992], pp. 363-392.\nThe enthusiastic embrace by women of the benevolent organization, especially those focusing upon the health concerns of soldiers, was remarkable during the American Civil War. In the hospitals of the Union and the Confederacy, 20,000 women served. Enslaved and free black women, upper class white widows, farm women, and others served as nurses, matrons, cooks and laundresses provided paid, forced, and unpaid labor. Schultz's review of several hundred published and archived diaries, memoirs and letter collection reveals that female nursing evolved during a trend of increasing medical professionalism which was guided by men. (364-365)\nIn military hospitals, personal interactions of brought forth coping strategies by women. Their avoidance of the 'medical models of professionalism was a protest against male authority' that after the war were embraced. After the war in hospital training schools placed nurses at the bottom of the hierarchy. Obedience and discipline were principles were emphasized in the curriculum. Dissent and protest was not encourage among nursing students. Schultz focuses not on the post-war emerging professionalism of nursing, but the behavior of nurses that emerged as conflicts arose between male surgeons and female attendants regarding corruption, bureaucratic inhumanity and morality in Civil War hospitals. (365-366).\nBetween June 1861 and October 1863, Dorothea Dix appointed 3,200 women to nursing positions. In October 1863, the surgeon general allowed surgeons to appoint nurses. Frequently chosen by surgeons were Catholic nuns who would not be paid and required very little in regard to housing. Vows of poverty and self-sacrifice along with experience in asylums and orphanages seemed to suit the nature of nursing as it was recognized by doctors. Female U.S. Sanitary Commission agents at time assumed nursing duties on hospital transport boats and ships. The Union paid female nurses 40 cents a day and one ration. Cooks and laundresses earned between six and ten dollars a month. (336-367)\nUntypical but noteworthy are Esther Hill Hawks and Mary Edwards Walker, both educated by medical colleges. It was inconcievable for a women to have military rank yet both performed service. Hawks tended to black federal soldiers in South Carolina and Walker performed emergency medical services at Fredericksburg in December 1862 and later Chickamauga in September 1863. The Confederacy established a pay scale for female nurses, yet it appears that most Confederate nurses provided temporary and unpaid services. (368-369)\nNurses' duties consisted of keeping clean patients with their beds and clothes, preparing and serving food and perscriptions ordered by the surgeon, and writing for and pass time with them. Military hospitals were plagued by cascading issues. Chief among was the issue of relating the early 18th century mindset of allopathic medicine to the emerging mid-19th century mindset of homeopathic medicine. Additional issues included military rank, hospital inspectors, medical competency examinations and graft among vendors and quartermasters. (370-373)\nWomen entered situations in which 'status anxious' poorly supplied and trained surgeons. These doctors declared that the best service to be done by women be at the bottom of the chain of command. Ratios of doctors to patients, nurses to surgeons, male nurses to female nurses created difficult situations particular to the size of the hospital. Schultz believes the small hospital homes of Richmond held fewer bureaucratic dilemmas than the larger general and pavilion hospitals like Chimborazo in Richmond. The post-war memoir by Phoebe Yates Pember reveal this. Jane Stuart Woolsey, a nurse at Washington DC hospital offered a similar reflection on her experience. (373-374)\nImage Source: Civil War Nurses\nLabels: Civil War Medicine, Nursing\nNews---Is Celebrating The Civil War's 150th Anniversary PC?\nCall the whole thing off?, Allen C. Guelzo, Gettysburg Times, August 31, 2010.\nLast August, I did a quick survey of the various plans under way for the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. What was unnerving was how little seemed to be taking shape. Unlike the Civil War Centennial in 1961-1965, no national commission for the Sesquicentennial had been created. Only ten states had formed state Civil War Sesquicentennial commissions, but many of them were low-visibility roosts for political appointees. And all of it was haunted by the gaffes committed during the Civil War Centennial.\nOne year has clicked us closer to the Sesquicentennial - a year that saw the anniversary of John Brown's Raid and the nomination of Abraham Lincoln for the presidency - and sad to say, we are not much nearer an adequate celebration of the Civil War's 150th than we were twelve months ago. A proposed bill for the establishment of a national Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission remains dead in committee. There are now seventeen states with official state Sesquicentennial Commissions, or which have delegated Civil War Sesquicentennial responsibilities to state historical agencies. But a bill to organize a New York 150th Anniversary Commission is still languishing in the state senate finance committee.\nThe governor of Mississippi appointed a state \"Sesquicentennial of the Civil War Commission,\" but no funding was forthcoming from the legislature, and the Commission's second meeting in November of 2009 had to be scrapped for want of a quorum. Georgia has had a standing Civil War Commission since 1993, but its activities are geared largely to promoting heritage tourism. The Georgia Historical Society has undertaken an inventory \"of existing historical markers that focus on Civil War subjects.\" But $500,000 which had been earmarked for developing Civil War Sesquicentennial events by the Georgia Department of Economic Development was axed by the Georgia legislature this year, and the Georgia Civil War Commission has no funding available at all for 2011.\nThe most ambitious state initiatives have been those of Virginia and Pennsylvania. With a $2 million budget, the Virginia \"Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission\" has created a 2-DVD production, \"Virginia in the Civil War: A Sesquicentennial Remembrance,\" and will unroll the second of its planned seven Signature Conferences next month at Norfolk State University around the theme of \"Race, Slavery and the Civil War: The Tough Stuff of American History and Memory.\" The Pennsylvania Civil War 150 is equipping a 53-foot-long tractor-trailer with a \"Civil War Road Show\" which will make exhibition stops in all 67 Pennsylvania counties. And both Adams County and Gettysburg College have formed Civil War Sesquicentennial committees.\nBut even these observances are more a glass half-empty than a glass half-full. The Civil War Centennial had the misfortune to occur at the apex of the Civil Rights Movement, and by trying to limit its gaze to what it supposed would be \"safe\" subjects - battle re-enactments, the re-union of North and South - the Centennial Commission communicated instead a serene indifference to the racial tensions which were rising all around the nation. The Centennial effectively convinced black Americans that the Civil War was not \"their\" story, and fostered a sense of what one commentator called \"emotional alienation\" from Civil War history. That alienation, in turn, convinced many cautious white Americans that the Civil War was either a sleeping dog which would be best left to lie, or that it was going to have to be dramatically re-written to downplay the battle-and-reunion script.\nTrying to retro-fit the Sesquicentennial to avoid these shadows has not, so far, worked very well. The first of the Virginia Sesquicentennial Signature Conferences (at the University of Richmond), which tried to focus on John Brown and Harpers Ferry rather than Marse Robert and Jeb Stuart, drew a packed house of 2,000 people - but not more than a handful of African Americans. Ohio's Sesquicentennial Civil War Advisory Committee proclaimed its determination \"to include a variety of perspectives and a diversity of viewpoints\" in order to \"embrace the inclusive story of the Civil War.\" But the Commission was flummoxed at its July meeting by just how \"inclusive\" it should be. \"Many Ohioans didn't fight for the Union,\" it was objected, \"they fought for or supported the South;\" so, commissioners asked each other, \"do we want to include this aspect of the legacy?\"\nThere is a much to celebrate in the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. There is also a great deal of anger and disappointment, and in some places, downright contempt. The Civil War re-enactment community mistrusts academic Civil War historians; the academics, in turn, are regarded by the public historians as gate-crashers of their collections and exhibitions; public historians suspect relic and memorabilia dealers of piracy; and the general public seems interested in history only when it's painted-up in bizarre, horror-movie formats. These are all obstacles in the path of a worthwhile Sesquicentennial. But the greatest challenge of the Sesquicentennial will be how to synthesize the Civil War's \"old\" story of battles-and-reunion with the Civil War's \"new\" story of race and gender. Until that begins to happen, and until the competing re-enactment, academic, and public empires decide that they all have a common stake in the Sesquicentennial, state legislatures, historical societies, and organizations are likely to take the safe road, and call the whole thing off.\nText Source: Gettysburg Times\nTop Image Source: Leisure Travel\nBottom Image Source Kindred Blood\nOpinion---Ghost Hunting, Ancestor Worship and the ...\nThe Public Life of a Secret Weapon: The H. L. Hunl...\nNew and Noteworthy: The Manhunt for Jefferson Davi...\nNew and Noteworthy: Seventh Star of the Confederac...\nCWL---The Civil War's Women Nurses: Humanitarian. ...\nNews---Is Celebrating The Civil War's 150th Annive...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 332, "original_length": 45034, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 268.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://cjil.uchicago.edu/publication/adjudicating-health-related-rights-proposed-considerations-united-nations-committee", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:24:55Z", "digest": "sha1:F2D7YQ5TVTBBXAQ653RRLL6UHNZMCXD6", "length": 119607, "nlines": 259, "source_domain": "cjil.uchicago.edu", "title": "Adjudicating Health-Related Rights: Proposed Considerations for the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and Other Supra-National Tribunals | Chicago Journal of International Law", "raw_content": "Professor Yamin is a Lecturer on Law and Global Health, Director JD MPH Program, and Policy Director, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University; and 2015\u201316 Marsha Lilien Gladstein Visiting Professor of Human Rights, University of Connecticut. Professor Yamin currently serves as: a Commissioner on the Lancet-O\u2019Neill Institute Commission on Global Health and the Law; the UN High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth\u2019s Expert Group and the Independent Accountability Panel for the UN Secretary\u2019s General\u2019s Global Strategy for Women\u2019s, Children\u2019s, and Adolescents\u2019 Health. Previously, she served on the WHO Task Forces on 'Making Fair Choices Toward UHC,' and \u2018Evidence of Impacts of Human Rights-Based Approaches to Women's and Children's Health,\u2019 as well as the Oversight Committee of Kenya\u2019s Constitutional Implementation Commission\u2019s work on the right to health, and as an Independent Expert to the Colombian Constitutional Court on the Implementation of its 2008 T-760/08 decision restructuring the health system. She regularly leads judicial colloquia and strategic litigation courses for practitioners, advises on specific cases, submits amicus curiae petitions and participates in expert consultations relating to the application of international and constitutional law to health issues. Professor Duger is an adjunct lecturer on international human rights law at Northeastern University School of Law and on a human rights-based approach to development in the Sustainable International Development Program at Brandeis University. She is a former Research Associate at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University.\nThis Article examines how various supra-national tribunals have approached adjudication of health-related rights, and makes proposals with respect to some special considerations posed by health-related cases that the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and other supra-national bodies will invariably face. After briefly setting out the contours of the right to health under international law, we stress the importance of an approach to adjudication that acknowledges underlying determinants, but also that defines the obligations of the health sector, explicitly acknowledging the interdependence and indivisibility of health with human rights. Second, reviewing some lessons from other supra-national tribunals, we address the question of when a supra-national tribunal should order interim measures in a health-rights related case. Third, we explore the uniquely important role of technical evidence in health rights cases, which are highly reliant on clinical and epidemiological determinations in establishing what reasonableness requires of the state. Fourth, we assert that achieving health equity goes beyond accounting for socio-economic marginalization or discrimination faced by certain populations, to examining priorities in relation to the \u201cworst off\u201d in terms of the seriousness of conditions. Finally, we argue both for the appropriateness of \u201cdialogical\u201d remedies in many health rights cases, and the need for developing innovative forms of monitoring and supervision of such remedies by supra-national tribunals.\nCamila Abuabara, a Colombian university student, was first diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in 2010. In 2013, suffering a relapse, she went to a hospital affiliated with the Sanitas insurance company, through which she had coverage. She spent three days without receiving appropriate examinations or treatment, finally checking herself into a different hospital to get care. Her doctor determined that Camila required an allogeneic stem cell transplant, which should have been covered under the obligatory insurance scheme in Colombia (Plan Obligatorio de Salud, or POS). However, during a second remission, Camila faced a series of bureaucratic hurdles and misinformation from Sanitas, apparently in order to save $30,000,000 Colombian pesos (approximately $9,480 USD at 2013 currency conversion rates). This was the stated difference between the cost of the appropriate non-autologous transplant and the autologous stem cell transplant, which the company had authorized. Upon receiving a personal communication from Camila, the Colombian Minister of Health, Alejandro Gaviria, intervened on her behalf to compel Sanitas to perform the appropriate surgery. However, the inordinate delays meant that blastocysts were again detectable in her blood, making it clinically ill-advised to perform the procedure.1\nIn 2014, Camila petitioned a Colombian court to order Sanitas to pay for her treatment at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, a global leader in cancer research and care. There, doctors had previously performed an experimental treatment on similarly situated patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in the third remission, with a 63% success rate. Colombia did not have such treatment available within the country. One court issued a protection writ (tutela) in favor of Camila\u2019s claim to a violation of her fundamental rights to life and health, despite some irregularities in the writ.2 As such treatment abroad is not covered in the POS\u2014and therefore Sanitas would not be expected to cover the cost\u2014the government was provisionally ordered by the court to cover the estimated $678,000 USD from the Solidarity and Guarantee Fund (FOSYGA).3 Minister Gaviria, who had previously advocated on Camila\u2019s behalf with Sanitas, then intervened to challenge the court decision.4 He argued that providing such expensive treatment for one person could end up denying many others needed care and distorting the system.5 A second court revoked the protection writ.6 After receiving a bone marrow transplant in Colombia in December 2014 at a Sanitas hospital, Camila passed away on February 24, 2015.7\nWhat should the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESC Rights Committee), or another treaty-monitoring body (TMB) or supra-national tribunal, do if it were to receive a petition in such a case, before Camila\u2019s demise, as a matter of interim or precautionary measures? What kinds of evidence would the ESC Rights Committee, or another supra-national tribunal, want to evaluate if a case were brought upon the plaintiff\u2019s death, arguing that the death was the direct result of the systematic lack of oversight and regulation of the health system? What sorts of remedies would be appropriate in such a case, if a violation were found? How might structural recommendations be effectively monitored?\nAs in Camila\u2019s case, health rights cases often present tragic scenarios involving life and death decisions. These decisions are not only technical ones, but inexorably involve deeply contested moral values, balances between the interests of identified patients and anonymous suffering, and competing considerations among different kinds of patients and social values. Courts are increasingly involved in making such decisions as health rights are more and more frequently adjudicated at the national level across many middle income and, increasingly, low income countries.8 Different patterns of access to justice and enforcement, as well as the reactions of ministries of health to such litigation, mean that this phenomenon has varying equity impacts across countries.9\nWith the entry into force of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), we will see a greater number of health-related rights presented to ESC Rights Committee, as well as other TMBs. Path-breaking cases have already been brought under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).10 More will no doubt be brought under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability (CRPD) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). We are also likely to see increasing numbers of health-related claims framed in terms of the right to a life of dignity and other civil rights under other treaties, such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). Indeed, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) have also already begun to adjudicate health-related claims.11\nThis Article examines how various supra-national tribunals have approached adjudication of health-related rights. It also makes proposals with respect to some special considerations posed by health-related cases that the ESC Rights Committee and other TMBs and supra-national tribunals will invariably face, some of which are poignantly raised in Camila\u2019s case.12 We first briefly set out the contours of the right to health in its core formulation under international law, stressing the importance of an approach to adjudication that acknowledges underlying determinants but also defines the obligations of the health sector, explicitly acknowledging the interdependence and indivisibility of health with human rights. Second, reviewing some lessons from other supra-national tribunals, we address the question of when the ESC Rights Committee should order interim measures in a health-rights related case, and argue that such relief should focus on structural and collective cases rather than life-saving measures for individuals. Third, we explore the uniquely important role of technical evidence in health rights cases, which are highly reliant on clinical and epidemiological evidence in establishing what reasonableness requires, as illustrated by Camila\u2019s case. However, we also emphasize that technical judgments can obscure important normative contestation about values that underlie choices in health, and therefore we argue that varying types of third-party interventions are especially appropriate in many health cases that raise questions at the borders of private morality and public policy. Fourth, we examine different approaches to reasonableness standards in economic and social rights cases that have been used by constitutional and high courts, and assert that achieving substantive equality in health goes beyond accounting for socio-economic marginalization or discrimination faced by certain populations, to examining priorities in relation to the \u201cworst off\u201d in terms of the seriousness of conditions. Finally, we turn to remedies, arguing both for the appropriateness of structural and \u201cdialogical\u201d remedies in many health rights cases, and the need for developing innovative forms of monitoring and supervision of such remedies by the ESC Rights Committee and other supra-national tribunals, in order to enhance effective compliance and ultimate impact.\nThroughout the article, we suggest that examining the rights of individuals, such as Camila, in a vacuum exacerbates both health and social inequity. Rather, what is called for is a purposive approach that construes the health system as a core social institution and a reflection of the normative commitments to equal dignity of all people entitled to services under that system, which the state has made under international law.13 As South African Constitutional Court Justice Albie Sachs noted in a health rights case,\n[w]hen rights by their very nature are shared and inter-dependent, striking appropriate balances between the equally valid entitlements or expectations of a multitude of claimants should not be seen as imposing limits on those rights \u2026 but as defining the circumstances in which the rights may most fairly and effectively be enjoyed.14\nFurther, we conclude that international judgments can play a significant role in clarifying states\u2019 obligations that flow from the right to health, and encourage a greater degree of democratic deliberation relating to the normative values reflected in diverse countries\u2019 health systems.\n1. See Norbey Quevedo H. y Mar\u00eda M\u00f3nica Falla, La Nueva Batalla de Camila Abuabara, El Espectador (Nov. 4, 2014), http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/investigacion/nueva-batalla-de-cami....\n2. Abelardo de la Espriella v. EPS Sanitas S.A., Juzgado Vientiocho Penal Municipal Con Funci\u00f3n Contol de Garantias, Medida Provisional - Acci\u00f3n de Tutela 2014-00095 (Bogot\u00e1, Nov. 1, 2014) (Colom.).\n4. Id. at \u00b6 4.\n7. See id. See also Deicy J. Pareja M., 'Camila Tuvo Esperanzas Hasta el D\u00eda de su Muerte': Familiares Relatan los \u00daltimos D\u00edas de la Joven que Luch\u00f3 por Conseguir un Trasplante de M\u00e9dula, El Tiempo (Feb. 28, 2015), http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/medellin/testimonio-de-familiares-de-ca....\n8. See Daniel Brinks & William Forbath, The Role of Courts and Constitutions in the New Politics of Welfare in Latin America, in Law And Development Of Middle-Income Countries: Avoiding The Middle-Income Trap 221\u201345 (Randall Peerenboom & Tom Ginsburg eds., 2014); C\u00e9sar Rodr\u00edguez-Garavito, The Judicialization of Health Care: Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Prescriptions, in Law And Development Of Middle-Income Countries: Avoiding The Middle-Income Trap 246\u201369 (Randall Peerenboom & Tom Ginsburg eds., 2014); The Center for Health Human Rights and Development & 4 Ors v Nakaseke District Local Administration [2015] UGHC XX (30 April 2015).\n9. See Litigating Health Rights: Can Courts Bring More Justice to Health? (Alicia Ely Yamin & Siri Gloppen eds., 2011); Courting Social Justice: Judicial Enforcement of Social and Economic Rights in the Developing World (Varun Gauri & Daniel M. Brinks eds., 2008).\n10. See Comm\u2019n. on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), Views: Communication No. 17/2008, U.N. Doc. CEDAW/C/49/D/17/2008 (Jul. 25, 2011) [hereinafter CEDAW, Alyne da Silva] (known as the Alyne da Silva Pimentel Teixeira case).\n11. For cases from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) see M.S. v. Sweden, 1997-IV Eur. Ct. H.R. 1437 (concerning the privacy of health data); Z. v. Finland, 1997-I Eur. Ct. H.R. 323 (concerning the privacy of health data); K.H. & Others v. Slovakia, 2009-II Eur. Ct. H.R. 389 (concerning access to health records); V.C. v. Slovakia, 2011-V Eur. Ct. H.R. 381 (concerning sterilization without consent); N.B. v. Slovakia, App. No. 29518/10, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-111427 (2012) (concerning sterilization without consent); Cyprus v. Turkey, 2001-IV Eur. Ct. H.R. 1, \u00b6 219 (holding that a violation of the right to life occurs \u201cwhere it is shown that the authorities . . . put an individual\u2019s life at risk through the denial of health care which they have undertaken to make available to the population generally\u201d); Nevmerzhitsky v. Ukraine, 2005-II Eur. Ct. H.R. 307 (concerning the denial of health care to detainee amounting to degrading treatment); D. v. The United Kingdom, 1997-III Eur. Ct. H.R. 777 (concerning consideration of access to medications under the right to life if petitioner were deported); Yakovenko v. Ukraine, App. No. 15825/06, http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-82987 (2007) (concerning prisoners\u2019 access to AIDS and TB treatment). For cases from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) see Su\u00e1rez Peralta v. Ecuador, Inter-Am. Ct. H.R. (ser. C) No. 261 (May 21, 2013) (concerning state regulation of health care provision); Ximenes-Lopes v. Brazil, Inter-Am. Ct. H.R. (ser. C) No. 149 (July 4, 2006) (concerning the treatment of a patient in a mental health facility); Caesar v. Trinidad and Tobago, Inter-Am. Ct. H.R. (ser. C) No. 123 (Mar. 11, 2005) (concerning corporal punishment of prisoner); Juvenile Reeducation Institute v. Paraguay, Inter-Am. Ct. H.R. (ser. C) No. 112 (Sept. 2, 2004) (concerning the care and wellbeing of juvenile inmates in a detention center). See also Case of Su\u00e1rez Peralta v. Ecuador, Inter-Am. Ct. H.R. (ser. C) No. 261, at 65 (May 21, 2013) (Mac-Gregor Poisot, J., concurring) (arguing that the Court should have \u201capproached the problem taking into account what really caused this case to reach the inter-American system \u2026 which was the implications for the \u2018right to health.\u2019\u201d).\n12. This article draws from research and review of the field, the experience of one author in three regions over more than a decade, advising judiciaries, and advocates bringing strategic health-related litigation (AEY). For purposes of this article, we define supra-national tribunals as the UN treaty monitoring bodies, regional courts, and regional human rights systems (including the Inter-American Commission and the African Commission). We are examining the process and procedure of adjudicating of human rights rather than the binding nature of decisions.\n13. See Lynn P. Freedman, Achieving the MDGs: Health Systems as Core Social Institutions, 48 Dev. 19 (2005); Alicia Ely Yamin & Ole Frithjof Norheim, Taking Equality Seriously: Applying Human Rights Frameworks to Priority Setting in Health, 36 Hum. Rts. Q. 296 (2014).\n14. Soobramoney v. Minister of Health (KwaZulu-Natal) 1998 (1) SA 765 (CC) \u00b6 54 (S.Afr.) (Sachs, A., concurring).\nII. Preliminary Questions: Defining the Countours of the Justiciable Right\nHealth rights cases brought before the ESC Rights Committee will predominantly be brought under the right to health articulated in Article 12 of the ICESCR, which recognizes the right of everyone to the enjoyment of \u201cthe highest attainable standard of physical and mental health.\u201d15 Paragraph 2 of Article 12 states the four steps that States parties shall take to progressively realize the right, in accordance with maximum available resources:\n(a) The provision for the reduction of the stillbirth-rate and of infant mortality and for the healthy development of the child; (b) The improvement of all aspects of environmental and industrial hygiene; (c) The prevention, treatment and control of epidemic, endemic, occupational and other diseases; (d) The creation of conditions which would assure to all medical service and medical attention in the event of sickness.16\nThe ESC Rights Committee has subsequently interpreted these provisions in its General Comment 14.\nIt is clear from General Comment 14 that the right to health includes both freedoms and entitlements. The freedoms include the right to control one\u2019s health and body, including sexual and reproductive freedom, and the right to be free from interference, such as the right to be free from torture, non-consensual medical treatment and experimentation. By contrast, the entitlements include the right to a system of health protection which provides equality of opportunity for people to enjoy the highest attainable level of health.17\nGovernmental obligations with respect to health include respecting the right and refraining from direct contravention; protecting the right from interference by third parties, including through regulation and sanctioning of private actors (such as pharmaceutical companies, polluters, or domestic abusers); and fulfilling the right through appropriate legislative and other measures directed at its progressive realization, in accordance with maximum available resources.18\nAt national levels, the right to health has often been construed as the right to medical care, as in Camila\u2019s case and in the overwhelming majority of the over one million tutela (protection writ) cases that have been brought in Colombia since 1999.19 However, the right to health under the ICESCR includes the underlying determinants of health as well.20 These underlying determinants, including such public health measures as water and sanitation, and the even broader social determinants of health\u2014which go to the rights upon which health is interdependent, including freedom of information, housing and education\u2014are responsible for a far greater share of the patterns of health and illness than access to medical care. The WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health explains that \u201clack of health care is not the cause of the huge global burden of illness . . . The main action . . . must therefore come from outside the health sector.\u201d21 Thus, while there is obviously no right to be healthy under international law, there is also a recognition that the right to health includes public health preconditions, and that it is inextricably related to other rights.\nOther TMBs, such as the CEDAW Committee and CRC Committee, have also interpreted important dimensions of health-related rights for women and children, respectively.22 These TMBs have also consistently noted that the equal and effective enjoyment of the right to health relates to other social determinants in society. For example, the CEDAW Committee recognized that \u201cthere are societal factors which are determinative of the health status of women and men \u2026.\u201d such as nutrition, education, and adequate living conditions.23 The CEDAW Committee also recognized the power imbalances between women and men that affect access to information and increased exposure to violence and abuse.24 Given the implications for both the normative definition and legitimacy of the treatment of rights by supra-national tribunals, through both their jurisprudence and their selection of cases, it will be critical for the ESC Rights Committee, as well as other bodies, to underscore the importance of construing the right to health in this broader view, stressing prevention as well as the inter-connectedness of health with other rights.\nit is important to guard against an approach whereby the right to health is conceived of as a repository for everything that impacts upon the health of an individual . . . the right to health should not be inflated to such an extent that the rights relevant to these matters are subsumed within the right to health and denied their lex specialis status and capacity for a content which exists independently of the right to health.25\nThe right to health should not be utilized as a catch-all approach to realizing other social rights; health is not the only important input in a life of dignity. When domestic courts begin enforcing access to disposable diapers, live-in caretakers, and the like as part of \u201cintegral treatment\u201d under the right to health, as has occurred in Colombia26 and Brazil,27 they may not be doing a service to the cause of social inclusion and equity in the long run. Under this approach, funds may be taken from health baskets, potentially distorting priority-setting in health, while political pressure to devise universal policies regarding social protection that afford a minimum vital standard and life of dignity may at the same time be displaced.\nThe interdependence of health and other rights is also important to recall in adjudications interpreting treaties in which the right to health is not explicitly guaranteed. The Human Rights Committee (HRC), the treaty monitoring body for the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,28 has recognized that the protection of the right to life under the ICCPR requires states not just to refrain from arbitrary deprivation or interference with the right to life, but also to adopt positive measures to ensure access to basic health care and other ESC rights. For example, international legal scholar Rebecca Cook has noted that the HRC\u2019s concluding observations indicate that \u201cpersistently high levels of maternal mortality put states on notice that they may be in breach of their obligations to take effective measures to protect women\u2019s right to life.\u201d29 Thus, there is a recognized indivisibility of rights denominated as civil and political\u2014for example, the right to life\u2014 and those denominated as economic and social, including the right to health.\nWith respect to the American Convention on Human Rights30 (American Convention), Judge Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor Poisot of the IACtHR explains the implications for judicial interpretation of an approach that takes seriously interdependence and indivisibility. In his influential concurring opinion in Su\u00e1rez Peralta v. Ecuador, he writes that capturing interdependence and indivisibility makes \u201cit obligatory to interpret all rights together\u2014which at times, results in overlapping contents\u2014and to assess the implications of the respect, protection and guarantee of some rights for other rights, as regards their effective implementation.\u201d31\nIndeed, the effective enjoyment of health rights, whether explicitly enshrined in the governing international treaty or not, often depends upon enabling rights, including freedom of expression and information. For example, the ECtHR found a violation of the right to freedom of expression and information (Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights32) when the government of Ireland banned the provision of information to pregnant women seeking to go abroad to obtain an abortion.33 The ECtHR held that \u201cthe national authorities enjoy a wide margin of appreciation in matters of morals\u201d but that this is not unlimited.34 The ECtHR noted that when the state takes measures, it \u201cmust do so in a manner which is compatible with [its] obligations\u201d under the European Convention, and Article 10 only permits those restrictions on freedom of expression that are necessary in a democratic society.35 The ECtHR concluded \u201cthat the restraint imposed on the applicants from receiving or imparting information was disproportionate to the aims pursued.\u201d36\nIn short, adjudication of health-related cases by the ESC Rights Committee, as well as other supra-national tribunals, has the potential to highlight the underlying public health preconditions of health, which are part of the right to health in addition to medical care. Further, such judgments afford the opportunity to clarify that the right to health itself does not subsume all other rights necessary for a life of dignity, but is interdependent with them. In so doing, such judgments provide an equally important opportunity for creating substantial public learning\u2014at both national and global levels\u2014about the imperative for policy-makers to think in terms of multi-sectorial planning, and for \u201ccircles of accountability\u201d throughout health policy cycles, rather than appending remedies to broken health systems.37\nIII. Special Characteristics of Health to Consider in Approaches to Interim/Precautionary Measures\nMuch health rights litigation, as in the case of Camila at the opening of this article, will involve irreparable injury or death to the petitioner if the TMB fails to intervene immediately. As Manuel Jose Cepeda, former justice and President of the Colombian Constitutional Court, has aptly noted, \u201cthe passage of time has an ethical dimension.\u201d38 The circumstances under which TMBs utilize interim (or precautionary) measures39 to prevent further alleged harm to the petitioner, and the types of measures they use, will not only have direct effects upon the petitioner, but will also likely have indirect effects on others\u2014as well as on the legitimacy of the supra-national body itself.\nUnder the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR, the ESC Rights Committee may issue interim measures only \u201cas may be necessary in exceptional circumstances.\u201d40 Therefore, the ESC Rights Committee has discretion in determining what amounts to exceptional circumstances and will likely set that precedent at the outset of its jurisprudence. Indeed, many are waiting to see how the ESC Rights Committee will use this authority.41 Other international human rights tribunals, such as the HRC and Committee Against Torture do not have the burden of determining whether a case has an exceptional nature when deciding whether to issue interim measures.42 In civil and political rights cases, precautionary and interim measures have most often been used to prevent the state from engaging in further harmful action. However, precautionary measures have also been used to compel positive state action related to health (for example the provision of emergency medical care, food or water). We argue here that it is possible to elaborate criteria in order to establish a principled approach to interim measures.\nAcross national jurisdictions, courts have been asked to override denials of medical care and treatment to individuals, which more often than not fall within the health scheme (i.e., \u201cquality-skimping\u201d as opposed to judicial activism) and sometimes do not\u2014but are nevertheless alleged to be protected as a matter of fundamental rights.43 This is likely to occur with increasing frequency in the era of the Sustainable Development Goals, as schemes to achieve universal health coverage are adopted, which may not always be well aligned with constitutional principles, or international normative commitments.44\nAn important preliminary distinction in such cases, which will arise in the issuance of interim measures, is that between \u201clife-saving\u201d and \u201cemergency\u201d care, the latter of which is sometimes guaranteed without reference to progressive realization in national law. For example, in the 1997 South African case of Soobramoney,45 petitioner sought state-funded dialysis treatment for his incurable chronic renal failure after exhausting his personal funds in private care. The state-funded treatment center denied dialysis treatment on the basis that he did not meet the eligibility criteria for the treatment, namely because his diagnosis was chronic and he suffered an array of associated conditions.46 Further, the state of KwaZulu Natal argued that to expand treatment criteria would exhaust its budget.47 In that case, the South African Constitutional Court found that chronic kidney failure was not an \u201cemergency condition\u201d, and therefore not subject to Section 27(3) of the Constitution, which would have required immediate protection.48 The Court found that the state\u2019s policy and budgetary claims were reasonable,49 and Mr. Soobramoney died shortly thereafter. If the ICESCR\u2019s Optional Protocol had been in effect and South Africa had been a party to it, such a case could have been filed before the ESC Rights Committee for interim measures seeking to compel the state to provide immediate treatment.\nWhile the deferential standard of scrutiny of the budgetary claims has been justifiably criticized in the Soobramoney case, we believe that the distinction between emergency care and chronic care is an important one to consider in terms of defining the \u201cexceptional circumstances\u201d under which the ESC Rights Committee should order interim measures. Evidence from national contexts suggests that when individuals seek the equivalent of interim measures from courts to provide immediate entitlements to life-saving or life-prolonging care, including treatment abroad as happened in Camila\u2019s case, it can potentially distort health policy-making and priorities within health systems. That can, in turn, exacerbate inequities.50 While granting true \u201cemergency care\u201d to individuals through interim measures potentially has some of the same adverse consequences, and calls for carefully defining the contours of what constitutes an \u201cemergency,\u201d its scope will likely be far more limited. Moreover, the lack of effective access to \u201cemergency care,\u201d as defined under most jurisdictions51 \u2014 including trauma care and attention to active labor\u2014almost always reveals structural violations of the right to health or systematic discrimination, including on the basis of cost, within a health system, which are often worthy of being brought to light.\nExamining the experience of other supra-national tribunals, and in particular the Inter-American system, provides additional guidance for what may be appropriate to consider as \u201cexceptional circumstances.\u201d First, the Inter-American Commission (IACHR) frequently uses precautionary measures and the Inter-American Court (IACtHR) uses provisional measures; both have done so regularly for health-related cases in custodial situations, where the responsibilities of the state are appropriately heightened and the cases reflect institutional failures with effects on health-related rights. The Inter-American Commission has ordered precautionary measures for cases where hospital and prison conditions have been deplorable, requiring the state to provide medical care and to implement medical and sanitation measures to protect the personal integrity and dignity of patients and inmates. For example, in the case of \u201c460 patients living in a Neuropsychiatric Hospital in Paraguay,\u201d the Inter-American Commission \u201crequested that, given the grave health risks presented, the state urgently adopt the sanitary and medical measures necessary to avoid harm to the personal integrity of the patients of the hospital.\u201d52 The IACHR has issued precautionary measures on behalf of prison inmates to compel state provision of medical examinations,53 proper medical treatment,54 and to improve conditions, as has the IACtHR for proper medical treatment55 and to improve conditions.56\nSecond, supra-national tribunals also issue interim measures for larger structural issues that impact health outcomes of defined populations. For example, both the Inter-American Court and Commission have issued provisional and precautionary measures, respectively, requiring a state party to establish or complete health programs for marginalized or disadvantaged populations, such as specific indigenous groups, affected by egregious pollution or other actions of the respondent.57 In 300 Inhabitants of Puerto Nuevo, Peru,58 the Inter-American Commission required Peru to suspend warehouse and transport activities in a port because of the environmental contamination and health consequences for the population living nearby. In addition to suspending activities until a measure could be issued to address the issue, the Inter-American Commission also required the state \u201cto adopt the necessary measures to provide specialized medical diagnostic services for the beneficiaries as well as appropriate and specialized medical treatment\u201d when there appeared to be an irreparable risk of injury to bodily integrity or life itself.59\nThird, the Inter-American Commission has also issued precautionary measures to compel the provision of specific medical care to stigmatized populations whose treatment in the health system reflects and reinforces societal discrimination, such as persons living with HIV/AIDS. In some cases, the Inter-American Commission has specified that treatment should \u201cinclude comprehensive treatment and the antiretroviral medications necessary to prevent death, as well as the necessary hospital, pharmacological, and nutritional care needed to strengthen their immunological systems and prevent the development of infections.\u201d60 For example, in the case of Jorge Odir Miranda Cortez y Otros (El Salvador),61 the Commission recommended precautionary measures consisting of the provision of triple therapy as well as necessary hospital, pharmaceutical and nutritional care for the petitioner and 26 others suffering from HIV/AIDS.62\nFourth, the Inter-American Commission and Court have also issued precautionary and provisional measures, respectively, against a state refusing to provide abortion services to women whose lives are at risk.63 The IACtHR has held that it has the authority to issue provisional measures to protect human rights even when there is no contentious case filed in the Court and when it prima facie will result in irreparable damage to the individual and severe impairment of human rights.64 Under Article 63 of the American Convention, the Court must examine whether the three elements are met prior to issuing a precautionary measure. The three elements are: (1) gravity of the case, (2) urgency and (3) irreparable harm to the plaintiff.65 In the case of B v. El Salvador, the plaintiff, seeking an abortion, suffered from multiple health issues, her fetus was anencephalic, and her pregnancy posed a high risk of death to the mother. The probable death of the mother if no action were taken, and the urgency of the mother\u2019s medical condition as the pregnancy continued, balanced against the certain death of the fetus, satisfied Article 63, and the Court issued a provisional measure.66 Specifically, the IACtHR ordered El Salvador, which has a total ban on abortion, to allow the treating physicians to take any medical measures considered timely and appropriate to ensure the protection of Mrs. B\u2019s right to life and personal integrity and health.67\nSimilarly, in 2015, the Inter-American Commission issued precautionary measures in the case of Asunto Nina Mainumby Respecto de Paraguay, on behalf of a 10 year-old girl who had been impregnated through rape by her step-father.68 Under Paraguayan law, abortion is legal when the life of the mother is at risk, but authorities had claimed that the pregnancy would be medically supervised so that her life would not be in grave risk. The Inter-American Commission analyzed the three elements required to issue a precautionary measure, as well as WHO technical guidelines regarding abortion. It ordered that the girl have access to adequate medical treatment, and to ensure that her best interests as a child were represented in all health decisions affecting her.69 Despite the IACHR precautionary measures, requests from the mother, and international pressure, the government refused to administer an abortion.70 The 11-year-old girl gave birth by caesarean section in August 2015.71\nWe argue these are examples of cases that meet the threshold of \u201cexceptional circumstances.\u201d Failure to provide effective access to therapeutic abortion, even when legal, has been repeatedly found to be inconsistent with fundamental obligations under international law.72 It also reflects systematic discrimination against women, because it is a denial of a life-saving service that only women and girls require; and also because abortion (including therapeutic abortion) can often be shown to be impervious to democratic \u201cfair-minded\u201d deliberation due to ideological or religious factors capturing the legislative process and impeding the implementation of medical protocols.\nReviewing the definition of the right to health and the use of precautionary measures by other supra-national tribunals, we propose that these examples are illustrative of the sorts of exceptional circumstances that the ESC Rights Committee should consider. That is, in health rights litigation, interim measures should not be granted solely because an individual petitioner may face imminent and irreparable harm. Utilizing precautionary measures for individual petitions may inadvertently distort incentives within systems by allowing the individual to jump queues or to access care or treatment previously denied by the state based upon legitimate, socially-deliberated policies.73 The suffering of identified petitioners must be balanced against the suffering of anonymous patients, and other valid considerations in balancing rights.74 Therefore, as we have suggested based on practice of other supra-national tribunals, additional criteria to be considered might include: (1) systemic oversight failures in custodial institutions that will cause imminent and irreparable harm, as in the cases of prisons, hospitals, psychiatric institutions and other custodial settings; (2) prevention of imminent and irreparable harm to a defined population due to discrimination or abuse within the health system, as in discrimination against sexual minorities or people living with HIV; (3) prevention of imminent and irreparable harm due to policies or activities beyond the health system that have an impact on the health of a defined population directly, such as pollution, dams, etc.; or (4) evidence of prima facie failures of democratic deliberation with regard to setting priorities and guaranteeing access to health services on the basis of non-discrimination, such that there is a significant risk of imminent and irreparable harm, as in the cases of abortion mentioned above.\nIV. Special Characteristics of Health to Consider in Approaches to Treatment of Evidence\nAs illustrated by Camila\u2019s case, health litigation often requires supra-national tribunals to weigh highly technical information. These cases can present unique challenges to evidence production and evidentiary burdens because of the technical nature of the evidence and the systemic nature of health care delivery. For example, data regarding both clinical and cost-effectiveness, epidemiological evidence, and budgetary and resource allocation information is relevant to the consideration of normative issues relating to the state\u2019s obligations. The ESC Rights Committee will need to determine what evidence or information it will accept under the Optional Protocol, and from which parties. These decisions will in turn be crucial to the ability of the TMB to effectively adjudicate complex health-rights related litigation. We argue here that the ESC Rights Committee and other supra-national tribunals that hear health rights cases should take full advantage of evidentiary production procedures to include the ability to call for independent experts, as well as to receive amicus briefs that permit the adjudicating body to consider different interpretations of the disputed norms.75\nA. Third Party Interveners to Address Knowledge Gaps\nLitigation on whether the state, as a matter of reasonableness, is obligated to provide access to a certain medicine in its health scheme may require inquiry into the pharmacological composition of the medicine, analysis of studies testing its efficacy, and its utility to treat certain conditions.76 Health care treatment procedures and standards of care are based upon extensive studies and testing, requiring knowledge of both epidemiological, clinical, and public health data. This focus on evidence-based medicine requires complex, nuanced knowledge with respect to kinds of information not generally within the purview of adjudicators hearing health rights cases.\nFurther, the mere presentation of statistical evidence and data may not be sufficient, as the interpretation of data itself is complex. Without some technical assistance adjudicators may misconstrue what statistics indicate, what sorts of confidence intervals they entail, and what sorts of \u201cuncertainty absorption\u201d are involved in their collection.77 Similarly, the organization and functioning of health systems may lie beyond the normal expertise of international lawyers, and yet without understanding how health systems function in general and in specific contexts, sentences and recommendations may not be easily translated into regulations and effective enjoyment of rights in practice. For example, skilled birth attendance rates may be close to meaningless, and increases in some forms of mortality may be due to improved surveillance rather than worsening situations.78 Thus, expert testimony may be necessary to enable the accurate interpretation of data and to translate what truths the numbers represent. In general, establishing flexible procedures to allow the treaty body to hear expert testimony on technical health issues, or permitting petitioners to produce their own expert witnesses, will be essential to ameliorate the inevitable knowledge gap in highly technical health rights cases.\nRegional TMBs have incorporated various rules to give themselves the opportunity to acquire technical knowledge to inform their decisions, which provide valuable models for making the ESC Rights Committee\u2019s examinations of communications under Article 8 of the Optional Protocol effective. For example, the ECtHR is obligated to receive evidence according to the laws of each country. The ECtHR may seek additional evidence at its discretion.79 This includes invitations to any person or institution to provide testimony or written reports, or provides the option for the TMB to appoint an adjudicator, with or without the assistance of an expert, to conduct its own investigation.80 Although this function has not been utilized frequently in cases that concern health-related rights, the Court has \u201cfrequent recourse to the fact-finding capabilities of other Council of Europe bodies\u201d81 and also uses reports from third parties or national or international organizations, either in reference to existing reports or requests from the Court to produce expert opinions. For example, the Court has noted that it:\nhas consistently held that it takes into account relevant international instruments and reports in order to interpret the guarantees of the Convention and to establish whether there is a common standard in the field concerned. It is for the Court to decide which international instruments and reports it considers relevant and how much weight to attribute to them.82\nFor instance, in the case of Kiyutin v. Russia, a third party intervener submitted evidence concerning the consensus among international experts that travel restrictions against persons with HIV were not justified. The Court wrote that:\n[i]n the present case, the Court considers undoubtedly relevant the third party\u2019s submission on the existing consensus among experts and international organisations active in the field of public health who agreed that travel restrictions on people living with HIV could not be justified by reference to public-health concerns \u2026 The respondent Government, for their part, did not adduce any expert opinions or scientific analysis that would be capable of gainsaying the unanimous view of the international experts.83\nSimilarly, the CEDAW Committee permits the submission of amicus briefs through its individual complaint mechanism and has received several submissions for health rights cases.84 For example, in the Alyne da Silva case, the CEDAW Committee received three amicus curiae briefs, which provided the Committee with background information on maternal mortality in Brazil.\nAnother example from the IACtHR relates to the case of Artavia Murillo involving a petition for in vitro fertilization (IVF). There, in addition to receiving amicus briefs, the IACtHR requested the testimony of \u201ctwo deponents for informative purposes, four presumed victims, and seven expert witnesses to be received by affidavit \u2026 and summoned the parties to a public hearing \u201d85 to establish the existence of a scientific consensus that \u201cthere is embryonic loss in both a natural pregnancy and in the context of IVF.\u201d86\nNational case law illustrates how TMBs might utilize institutional collaborations and expertise specifically in health rights-related litigation.87 In Costa Rica, the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court (also known as Sala IV) has the power to hear health rights claims, which include many claims on access to medicines.88 Since 2007, the Court has heard over 500 complaints per year on health of which over 150 complaints per year are on access to medicines.89 The Court engages with medical studies and information in making determinations in these cases. In response to criticism about the Court\u2019s ability to interpret medical studies and information, the Court sought the assistance of the Cochrane Collaboration through a technical cooperation plan.90 The technical cooperation agreement provides \u201cthe Sala IV with access to the Cochrane Collaboration\u2019s extensive medical databases and provide[s] training to relevant court personnel to better understand specialized medical information.\u201d91\nB. Third Party Interveners to Provide Views on Contested Claims\nHealth is not only a highly\u2014and perhaps uniquely\u2014technical domain among rights, but is also subject to enormous ethical contestation. Take for example, abortion and euthanasia rights. Thomas Keck refers to abortion as one of the \u201cfour key culture wars\u201d in the U.S. involving \u201cboth judicial politics and democratic politics on both sides of the aisle.\u201d92 The same is increasingly true in supra-national tribunals.93 Thus, in addition to the need for expert testimony, it is critical that the ESC Rights Committee encourage the submission of amicus briefs, as other supra-national tribunals and TMBs have done. Amicus briefs serve the purpose of providing both factual information, but also normative arguments concerning public interest matters, most notably in relation to litigation involving a systemic issue requiring structural reforms to laws, policies or programs in the health care system. Some advocates have argued that TMBs:\nhave often been unable to adequately address the systemic issues raised by individual communications because of lack of information submitted on the broader issues at stake, and inability of organizations with expertise in the broader policy issues to intervene as amicus in these cases to provide information and analysis.94\nSome TMBs and other tribunals have taken steps to address these critiques. For example, many regional human rights courts also accept amicus curiae in health rights litigation, including the European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and the African Court of Human and Peoples\u2019 Rights. For example, the Inter-American Court accepts amicus briefs and has done so on health rights cases. In Artavia Murillo, the Court accepted numerous amicus briefs on a case examining Costa Rica\u2019s ban on in vitro fertilization.95 Indeed, the Court received 46 amicus curiae briefs.96 Moreover, in addition to accepting amicus briefs, the Inter-American Court also has the option of requesting affidavits from experts. In Artavia Murillo it requested affidavits from seven expert witnesses, and invited four of them to speak at a public hearing.97 The Court cited heavily to expert witnesses in its decision; when determining what constitutes a \u201cperson\u201d for purposes of the right to life, the Court took expert opinions into account.98\nV. Special Characteristics of Health to Consider in Approaches to Reasonableness\nUnder the Optional Protocol, the ESC Rights Committee decides the reasonableness of state actions to respect, protect, and adopt measures to progressively fulfill the right to health, as opposed to whether an action falls within the state\u2019s \u201cmargin of appreciation\u201d as under the European Convention. The Optional Protocol provides:\n[w]hen examining communications under the present Protocol, the Committee shall consider the reasonableness of the steps taken by the State Party in accordance with part of the Covenant. In doing so, the Committee shall bear in mind that the State Party may adopt a range of possible policy measures for the implementation of the rights set forth in the Covenant.99\nTwo issues stand out with respect to how the ESC Rights Committee, as well as other TMBs, might approach reasonableness standards in health rights cases. The first relates to how far how rigorous or deferential the scrutiny of government action will be, and applies to all rights. The second, however, relates to the fact that in health specifically, substantive equality requires assessments of other dimensions of human disadvantage than in many rights. Here, we focus on the second issue.\nA. Deference to Political Organs in Assessing State Action\nFirst, although \u201creasonableness\u201d differs from \u201cmargin of appreciation\u201d under international law, both recognize that the political organs of government have an array of options to choose from in implementing rights, all of which may be compliant with their obligations. Although some national courts following the reasonableness standard simply examine whether the state has created a law or policy, it is increasingly recognized that such formalism does not produce effective enjoyment of rights in practice; therefore, with greater frequency, domestic courts are turning to examine the reasonableness of state measures to implement policies as well.100\nFor example, the South African Constitutional Court has established two principles for assessing reasonableness. First, the court is guided by human rights law as enumerated in the Constitution to determine whether the policy was reasonable,101 and second, the Court looks at the extent and effects of the implementation of the government measure, not its intent.102 In assessing the reasonableness of implementation, the Court will examine multiple aspects including, inter alia, adequately allocated responsibilities,103 appropriate allocation of financial and human resources,104 possible national level legislation,105 policies and programs to support implementation of legislation,106 and consideration of economic, social and historical factors in determining measures.107 In the Treatment Action Campaign case, involving the roll-out of a prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission Program for HIV/AIDS, the South African Constitutional Court systematically applied the reasonableness standards it had previously established to each rationale put forward by the government, and, echoing its earlier decisions, declined to expand a reasonableness analysis to include minimum core standards or budget allocation.108\nIn Colombia, the Constitutional Court has established that \u201cthe constitutional obligations of programmatic character, derived from a fundamental right, are violated when the entity responsible for guaranteeing the enjoyment of a right does not even provide a program or a public policy that would permit the progressive advancement in the fulfillment of its corresponding obligations[ . . . .]\u201d109 In the T-760/08 case, which called for restructuring aspects of the health system in keeping with the right to health, the Constitutional Court further noted that if a:\n\"judge finds a violation of the programmatic facet of a fundamental right, he must protect that fundamental right by adopting orders to ensure its effective enjoyment. [But such orders should be] respectful of the process of public debate, decision and policy implementation, characteristic of a democracy. Therefore, it is not his duty to tell the responsible authority, specifically, what should be appropriate and necessary to ensure the effective enjoyment of the right, but rather he must adopt the decisions and orders to ensure that such measures are taken, promoting at the same time citizen participation.\"110\nIn a 2014 decision relating to the Statutory Law on Health that was adopted in light of T-760/08, the Constitutional Court held the State\u2019s obligation to regulate pharmaceuticals and ensure affordable access includes all policies from manufacture through distribution to ultimate access to, and consumption of, the medications.111\nB. Assessing State Actions for Substantive Equality\nAlthough there are varying levels of inquiry into the implementation of laws and policies, determinations of the reasonableness of state actions often turn on whether there are discriminatory intent or impacts, as well as whether a given policy adequately considers the most disadvantaged in society.112 This is where health rights litigation becomes uniquely complex in terms of the demands of distributive justice. In addition to an assessment of the compliance of government actions with the right to health, TMBs must also assess other dimensions of human disadvantage in order to ensure substantive equality of health rights.113\nEvaluating formal equality requires the TMB to evaluate whether the petitioner is treated in the same manner as similarly situated people, and that there be no arbitrary differentiation based upon race, religion, gender and the like. This evaluation is quite straightforward and one of these authors has argued elsewhere that formal equality should call for judicial inquiry into the universalizability of services.114 Thus, for example, ordering certain forms of care, including the treatment of cancer abroad in the case of Camila Abuabara, could be construed as granting a privilege rather than enforcing a right. Indeed, the ESC Rights Committee has noted in its General Comment 14 that inappropriate health resource allocation can lead to discrimination that may not be overt. For example, investments \u201cshould not disproportionately favour expensive curative health services which are often accessible only to a small, privileged fraction of the population, rather than primary and preventive health care benefiting a far larger part of the population.\u201d115\nSubstantive equality, however, requires the TMB to evaluate whether differently situated people are treated in such a way that they can equally enjoy the right to health.116 The ESC Rights Committee has stated that \u201c[b]y virtue of paragraph 2 of its article 2 and of its article 3, the Covenant proscribes any discrimination in access to health care and underlying determinants of health, as well as to means and entitlements for their procurement.\u201d117 However, health equality is a more multi-dimensional concept than equality with respect to many other rights. \u201cAn analysis of equality in health must consider social inequalities, but also other factors such as severity of illness.\u201d118 Indeed, John Rawls was famously criticized in his Theory of Justice for not determining who is worse off \u2014 a very ill person or a healthy person who has fewer resources.119 Norman Daniels et al. explain that\n[a] right to health or health care is a special case of [Rawls\u2019s] right to fair equality of opportunity. \u2026 This conception of a right to health or health care starts with the assumption that we have a right to fair equality of opportunity and that the protection of our health makes a significant if limited contribution to preserving those opportunities.120\nIn a similar vein, Amartya Sen has pointed out that it is important to consider the \u201cconversion gap\u201d that exists for certain people to enjoy health as well as other \u201ccapabilities\u201d.121 For example, a person with a disability may require additional resources to enjoy the same level of meaningful access to care, as well as equal enjoyment of the right. Think, for instance, of the need for sign language interpretation, a ramp for access to a facility, or for prosthetics or wheelchairs so that a person with a disability can enjoy the same range of opportunities that a person of equal financial means without a disability would have. The CRPD itself states that:\n\"[i]n order to promote equality and eliminate discrimination, States Parties shall take all appropriate steps to ensure that reasonable accommodation is provided [where reasonable accommodations are] necessary and appropriate modification and adjustments not imposing a disproportionate or undue burden, where needed in a particular case, to ensure to persons with disabilities the enjoyment or exercise on an equal basis with others of all human rights and fundamental freedoms.\"122\nThe case of Camila Abuabara shows how difficult such balances can be, and how contested. Many theories of prioritarianism in relation to distributive justice require that some weight be placed upon providing for those who are worst off in the conditions from which they are suffering. As a legal matter, ethical criteria must be balanced in a manner that takes into account certain constitutional guarantees. These include those that on their face appear to give rights to children under 18 years of age that are not subject to resource constraints or progressive realization. Camila was a young adult, but she easily could have been diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia as a child. Indeed, the great majority of cases occur in children under 15.123 As children are granted special consideration under both international and some domestic law, cost-effectiveness criteria and burden of disease calculations need also be balanced with legal provisions in place.124\nIn short, the weighing of different criteria\u2014including cost-effectiveness and priority to the worst off, as well as how many resources will be assigned to marginalized populations as opposed to simply trying to improve aggregate population health\u2014are not merely technical questions. They are inherently normative\u2014and deeply ethically contested.125 As such, courts, and in turn supra-national tribunals, have a special role in ensuring the measures adopted by a state are consistent with fundamental normative commitments, including respect for the equal dignity of all human beings.126 Additionally, they have a role to play in ensuring that the process whereby the priorities have been set is transparent and legitimate, and includes participation of affected communities as well as opportunities for appeal in light of new information.127 However, we are not arguing for supra-national tribunals to define health policy priorities or implementation. As suggested by the Colombian Constitutional Court in T-760/08, in our view, judicial decisions at both national and international levels should be \u201crespectful of the process of public debate, decision and policy implementation, characteristic of a democracy\u201d recognizing not only the reality of resource constraints, but also that an array of different rankings of ethical criteria can be deemed \u201creasonable\u201d under international law.128\nVI. Special Characteristics of Health to Consider in Approaches to Remedies and Follow-Up\nRemedies may take multiple forms and the ESC Rights Committee will likely consider using more than one form of remedy. Generally, TMBs and international courts consider three types of remedies: restitution; accountability mechanisms to ensure non-repetition of violations; and structural remedies, sometimes with additional provisions to assist or monitor implementation.129 In evaluating the menu of remedies available to the ESC Rights Committee in relation to health-related rights, it is especially important that both the direct and indirect effects be considered carefully. Remedies will almost invariably affect not just the individual or group of litigants but will also have far-reaching normative and indirect impacts. Moreover, not only the framing of the recourse, but the degree of implementation on the ground, will have a bearing on the legitimacy and authority of the ESC Rights Committee, or another supra-national tribunal.\nA. Restitutive Remedies\nRestitutive remedies, generally in the form of reparations, are routinely provided by supra-national tribunals to complainants suffering harm from violations of their civil and political rights. Increasingly there is precedent for such restitution in health-related cases. In the Alyne da Silva v. Brazil case, the CEDAW Committee requested that Brazil \u201cprovide appropriate reparation, including adequate financial compensation\u201d to the complainant\u2019s family. 130 The case was filed in November 2007 and the parties to the case did not finalize an agreement outlining financial reparations until 2014, when the CEDAW Committee approved the agreement.131 On March 25, 2014, the Brazilian government held a public ceremony where it provided monetary reparations to the mother of the complainant.132 Monetary compensation to Alyne\u2019s daughter, Alice, is still pending. Restitution and reparations can also take the form of services, such as special rehabilitative or other health services.133\nB. Structural Remedies\nStructural remedies are appropriate for systematic violations, where complex orders relating to institutions and processes are involved, rather than dictating specific outcomes. Such remedies can be called for at the same time as restitution is ordered.134 For example, in the Alyne da Silva v. Brazil case, the CEDAW Committee ordered seven general remedies including, inter alia, \u201creduc[ing] maternal deaths through the implementation of the National Pact for the Reduction of Maternal Mortality.\u201d135\nWhen issuing general and structural recommendations, the ESC Rights Committee will be straddling concerns about meaningful engagement with the state and encroaching upon the state\u2019s right to discern legislative and administrative means through which to implement rights, similar to the balanced deference required under the reasonableness standard. As Bruce Porter notes, \u201c[r]emedies will often need to recommend a process through which compliance can be achieved, rather than recommending the precise details of the solution.\u201d136\nHowever, this issue is not unique to ESC rights. Although the Optional Protocol states that the ESC Rights Committee may \u201cdecline to consider a communication where it does not reveal that the author has suffered a clear disadvantage, unless the Committee considers that the communication raises a serious issue of general importance,\u201d137 remedying individual violations will often require identifying underlying structural factors and such broad remedies have been effectively used by other TMBs. Under the Optional Protocol to the ICCPR, the Human Rights Committee is permitted to provide a general recommendation or remedy, \u201callowing the State party a certain discretion in implementation subject to its own legal or administrative system but may include, inter alia, an amendment to legislation, the provision of compensation, retrial, or release or early release of the [petitioner].\u201d138 Similarly, the Inter-American system uses structural remedies including \u201cchanges to policies, or implementation of measures for the protection of groups, organization of social services, public services, or the supply of goods to groups or communities, including the recognition of titles or collective rights.\u201d139 Even in individual cases, such as that of Camila, presumably general recommendations would address the systemic failures in oversight of the health system.\nC. Monitoring Implementation of Structural Remedies\nHowever, in the context of adjudicating cases under the Optional Protocol, the ESC Rights Committee will have to be strategic in selecting remedies that are realistic and can be monitored effectively. Low levels of implementation or efficacy of remedies may potentially undermine the credibility of the ESC Rights Committee. This is further compounded because ESC rights are subjected to the standard of progressive realization, which may be used as an explanation for slow compliance with a structural recommendation. The highly technical nature of health, as well as the powerful interests involved in the health sector, where there are enormous asymmetries of information and power, heighten the need to carefully devise forms of effectively monitoring structural recommendations.\nA review of supra-national litigation demonstrates that obstacles relating to the effective use of structural recommendations or remedies include the capacity of the TMB or supra-national tribunal to follow-up on and monitor implementation,140 the lack of a role for civil society in the follow-up, and the point at which the TMB determines that a state has complied with the decision. Traditionally, TMBs have taken a formalistic approach to oversight of implementation of cases, for example through the establishment of a government committee.141 The rationale for this approach may have been partially attributable to a conceptual approach to the law, and partially dictated by the capacity of the TMB or supra-national tribunal.\nHowever, differing experiences and approaches of supra-national tribunals to date provide valuable lessons for the use of innovative oversight mechanisms and more meaningful follow-up regarding substantive compliance with recommendations and decisions. For example, implementation of decisions from the European Court of Human Rights are monitored by a political body, the Committee of Ministers, whereas the Inter-American Court of Human Rights itself monitors compliance with its judgments.142 The IACtHR has increasingly utilized structural remedies in decisions but has had persistent \u201clow levels of effectiveness\u201d which \u201cmay lead to rethinking the entire Inter-American Human Rights System and may entail costs in terms of the Court\u2019s legitimacy.\u201d143 Former member of the Inter-American Commission Victor Abramovich argued in 2007 that \u201c[t]he truth is that the Inter-American Human Rights System has embarked on the development of a structural litigation model for the protection of groups without having first honed and discussed in depth the limits or potential of its procedural rules, its system of remedies and its mechanisms to follow up and monitor decisions.\u201d144 However, in no small measure as a response to critiques by leading scholars and practitioners such as Abramovich, the IACtHR established follow-up procedures in 2009145 and it is now common practice for the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to issue reports where it outlines a state\u2019s compliance with judgments issued by the court.146 The follow-up procedures authorize the Court to require state reports on implementation and to respond with observations, to seek additional information on implementation through alternate sources, to convene hearings with the State and victims, and to issue orders based upon its determination of compliance.147 For example, in Panchito Lopez, a case brought on behalf of 4,000 children kept in inhuman conditions at a juvenile detention center, the Court inter alia ordered the State to draft a comprehensive policy on children in conflict of the law and has issued four orders since its original decision in 2004.148\nThe IACHR has the possibility of holding informal follow-up meetings in the countries, with the presence of the countries\u2019 rapporteurs. We agree with Abramovich and other commentators that \u201c[h]olding such working meetings in the countries facilitates the participation of victims and organizations, as well as of the relevant State agencies responsible for implementing orders, all of which expedites implementation of decisions.\u201d149 Further, we believe that translating international judgments into political policies that are institutionalized and implemented in practice calls for catalyzing the active engagement of public agencies, civil society, and sometimes national courts or human rights institutions, which are in the position to monitor the situation in practice.150\nFor example, the success of the ECtHR in utilizing what Cali and Koch term as a \u201cdeliberative compliance model\u201d is worthy of note.151 The ECtHR does not provide specific details about what actions a state should take to comply with decisions requesting structural remedies. Under Article 46 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, states are obligated to \u201cabide by the final judgment of the Court.\u201d152\n[T]his obligation entails, over and above the payment of any sums awarded by the Court, the adoption by the authorities of the respondent State, where required: of individual measures to put an end to violations established and erase their consequences so as to achieve as far as possible restitutio in integrum; and of general measures preventing similar violations.153\nAs in the European system, states have a \u201cmargin of appreciation\u201d as to what means they should use to ensure compliance with the judgment.154 In A, B. and C, an Irish case before the ECHR adjudicating access to abortion, the Court simply ruled that Ireland\u2019s criteria for legal access to abortion when the life of the mother is at risk was violated with regard to applicant 3 because there \u201cwas no accessible and effective procedure to enable her to establish whether she qualified for a lawful termination of pregnancy in accordance with Irish law.\u201d155 The state must decide how best to ensure that general measures are taken to prevent similar violations in the future. In this case, Ireland commissioned an expert group with \u201cappropriate medical, legal, regulatory and administrative expertise\u201d to provide recommendations on options to implement the judgment.156\nSecond, the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms provides that the Committee of Ministers shall supervise the execution of the final judgment of the Court.157 The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe158 works with states in determining what means they should pursue in ensuring compliance with individual and general measures, which constitutes a \u201ddeliberative\u201d process159 between a political body, the State and possibly the Court (if requested by Committee of Ministers160). In the case of A. B. and C, Ireland submitted the expert report to the Committee of Ministers and then proceeded to update the Committee of Ministers of its action plan including specific timetables.161 After Ireland selected legislation as the method of implementation, the Committee \u201cnoted with satisfaction that the authorities [had] decided to implement the judgment by way of legislation and regulations\u201d and invited the authorities to keep it informed of developments, including on the content of the legislation and on the timetable for its adoption.162 The Committee of Ministers also permits NGOs and National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (NHRIs) to submit communications concerning the action plan.163\nLastly, the European Court of Human Rights recently introduced pilot judgments as a method to address systemic issues. The court explains that\n[t]he pilot judgment procedure was developed as a technique of identifying the structural problems underlying repetitive cases against many countries and imposing an obligation on States to address those problems. Where the Court receives several applications that share a root cause, it can select one or more for priority treatment under the pilot procedure.164\nIn these cases, the Committee of Ministers may also confer with the Department for the Execution of Judgments to work with states to identify how to implement the Court\u2019s decisions. However, in these cases the Court may not completely defer to the State in how to implement; \u201c[t]he Court may consider it necessary, however, under Article 46 \u00a7 1, to give Governments guidance with a view to solving a systemic or structural problem.\u201d165 During the period of implementation, the court may adjourn all related cases while the State works to implement the judgment.166 \u201cThe Court can, however, resume examining adjourned cases whenever the interests of justice so require.\u201d167\nThe UN human rights TMBs have also established committees to monitor compliance with their decisions, including the Human Rights Committee in 1990,168 the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in 2008,169 the Committee against Torture in 2002,170 and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women through its Optional Protocol.171 In 1990, the UN Human Rights Committee established an entity, entitled a Special Rapporteur, with the mandate to monitor state party compliance with its views under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.172 As the recommendations and views of the ESC Rights Committee, as with other TMBs, will not be legally binding upon the States but rather are recommendations that provide an \u201cauthoritative interpretation of the treaty concerned,\u201d173 other TMBs have devised mechanisms to encourage compliance. In the case of the HRC, \u201cfailure by a State party to implement the Views of the Committee in a given case becomes a matter of public record through the publication of the Committee\u2019s decisions in, inter alia, its annual reports to the General Assembly.\u201d174 Moreover, the Special Rapporteur engages with the states through written representations, personal meetings with diplomatic representatives of the State party concerned including Permanent Missions to the UN, and even follow-up missions to the State parties.175 The Human Rights Committee itself may also follow-up with the State party through its periodic report.176 However, these procedures have proven weak in relation to implementation of some health-related decisions. For example, the plaintiffs took the abortion case of L.C. v. Peru to the CEDAW Committee as opposed to the HRC, largely because of lack of implementation of the Human Rights Committee\u2019s decision in another abortion case, K.L. v. Peru.177\nThe Rules of Procedure of the CEDAW Committee permit the designation of a Special Rapporteur or working group to follow-up on its views and authorizes them to \u201cmake such contacts and take such action as may be appropriate for the due performance of their assigned functions.\u201d178 For example, the CEDAW Committee has issued views that recommend structural remedies for health rights violations. In A.S. v. Hungary, a case before the CEDAW Committee alleging forced sterilization of a minority Roma woman,179 the CEDAW Committee recommended remedies that included legislative and policy reviews and changes concerning informed consent for sterilizations. Recommendations included reviewing domestic legislation and monitoring of health centers to ensure proper administration of informed consent and sanctions should there be violations.180 While the state did take some measures, it argued that \u201cthere was no need to amend its legislation arguing, inter alia, that the general provisions on information were also applicable for sterilizations performed for health reasons and that, therefore, special information was not necessary.\u201d181 In order to encourage compliance, the CEDAW Committee utilized Special Rapporteurs to urge compliance with the recommendations despite the state\u2019s objections.182 However, the number and length of communications between the Special Rapporteurs, the State, the Committee, the State representative at the UN, and the Permanent Representative of Hungary to the UN, demonstrate the challenges that these follow-up procedures face. While the state notified the CEDAW Committee on April 12, 2007 of its views, the Special Rapporteurs had 6 separate formal communications with officials over 16 months.183 The CEDAW Committee considered the communications ongoing until 2009 when the government agreed to compensate A.S., in accordance with the CEDAW Committee\u2019s recommendations.184\nThe CEDAW Committee faced similar constraints in pursuing implementation of its views in Alyne da Silva v. Brazil.185 In this case, in addition to reparations, the CEDAW Committee issued recommendations with respect to structural reforms to ensure equitable access to maternal healthcare and to prevent discrimination leading to maternal mortality.186 The state took multiple steps to implement the CEDAW Committee decision, including the creation of an Inter-Ministerial Working Group in May 2013 and the adoption of an array of initiatives and policies.187 Nevertheless, the petitioner, Center for Reproductive Rights, remained concerned with respect to the lack of effective implementation. In a ground-breaking initiative, a Technical Follow-Up Mission relating to this case, which included one of these authors (AEY), went to Brazil in July 2015, with the government\u2019s permission to assess technical issues in relation to the implementation of the structural recommendations. The goal of such a Technical Follow-Up was/is to catalyze engagement by national-level institutions in processes to further advance effective enjoyment of health rights in practice.\nState-provided verification of compliance with TMBs\u2019 decisions are limited, and we agree with Abramovich and other commentators that the effective implementation of structural remedies by supra-national tribunals calls for catalyzing the engagement of domestic actors, such as national agencies, judiciaries, national human rights institutions and civil society institutions.188 Moreover, just as in the adjudicatory phase, the evaluation of implementation in health rights cases often calls for technical expertise, and therefore third-party technical follow-up reviews can provide valuable support to the TMB or supra-national tribunal to enhance effective implementation. In this regard, some national courts provide potential examples for the ESC Rights Committee and other supra-national tribunals.\nFor example, the Colombia Constitutional Court appointed \u201cvoluntary independent technical experts\u201d (including one of these authors, AEY) for the implementation phase of its structural judgment on the health system, T-760/08, as it did in the earlier structural judgment regarding displaced persons, T-025/04.189 The Court has held numerous in-person and/or virtual meetings with the voluntary independent technical experts, who include groups of patients and other civil society organizations as well as academics and standard \u201cexperts\u201d to get input from them, afford spaces for interchange of views, and to ensure that it has sufficient information to monitor effective compliance with the judgment. The involvement of these experts, and other members of civil society, has proven crucial in fostering the translation of the judicial orders into legislation and public policies. Indeed, a number of the independent experts appointed by the Court, including the civil society coalition, called the \u201cFollow-up Commission,\u201d and the \u201cAlliance for the Right to Health\u201d were engaged in drafting and lobbying for legislative proposals that were enshrined in the Statutory Law on Health, enacted in 2015, as a consequence of the original judgment.190\nIf the ESC Rights Committee or other TMBs were to pursue the appointment of voluntary independent experts, or some sort of follow-up commission, consent would need to be obtained by the state concerned, as was the case in the ad hoc Alyne follow-up visit mentioned above. Further, criteria regarding qualifications would need to be established, and rigorously met. Moreover, we believe that it is fundamental that such follow-up commissions pursue aims that are not seen as part of the contentious case, but rather as catalyzing the actions and involvement of state and civil society actors at the domestic level, and fostering deliberative processes regarding the paths toward implementation of the judgments. Based upon evidence from both regional and national experiences, we believe that such \u201cfollow-up\u201d experts or commissions, if and when they are structured with clear criteria for adjudging compliance and ends to follow-up, can potentially play an important role in closing the capacity gaps that TMBs face with respect to monitoring more than formalistic implementation of structural orders.\nIn sum, for reasons of capacity and resources, as well as formalistic approaches to remedies and compliance, implementation of the judgments of TMBs and supra-national tribunals have often been monitored in limited ways. Nonetheless, there are multiple examples of more deliberative remedies, as well as innovative possibilities for monitoring implementation at the regional and national level. If follow-up is to go beyond such formalism, it must have as its objective going beyond the logic of compliance to re-engage national institutions, including civil society actors, the judiciary and other accountability mechanisms, and promoting constructive deliberation at the national level.191 Further, in paying close attention to the implementation and impacts of their decisions at national level, the ESC Rights Committee and other supra-national tribunals can potentially strengthen the normative as well as social legitimacy of international law.\nAs Camila\u2019s case poignantly illustrates, perhaps adjudication on no other right so consistently calls for determinations of what lies within the purview of state and societal responsibility, and what matters of life and death significance may be lamented as human tragedies.192 Moreover, as technology inexorably develops and demographic and epidemiologic trends evolve constantly toward a heavier burden of non-communicable diseases, the contours of what state obligations are entailed under a \u201cright to health\u201d are in constant flux, and subject to contestation on ideological, ethical and economic grounds.\nIn this article we have set out how various supra-national tribunals have addressed different issues in the adjudication of health-related rights, and have offered proposals in relation to some special considerations posed by health-related cases for supra-national tribunals. We first argued for the importance of an approach to adjudication that both recognizes underlying determinants and delimits the obligations of the health sector by explicitly acknowledging the interdependence and indivisibility of health with human rights. Second, after reviewing some lessons from other supra-national tribunals, we proposed considerations for the ESC Rights Committee to consider as constituting \u201cexceptional circumstances\u201d for the order of interim measures in a health-rights related case. Third, we noted the critical role of technical evidence in health rights cases, and the need for varying types of third-party interventions to address the fundamental moral contestation presented by many health-related rights cases. Fourth, we asserted that considerations of substantive equality in relation to health-related rights go beyond accounting for social marginalization or discrimination faced by certain populations to examining priorities in relation to the \u201cworst off\u201d in terms of the seriousness of conditions, and coming to careful balances that reinforce democratic processes. Finally, we asserted the need for developing innovative forms of monitoring and supervision of structural remedies by the ESC Rights Committee and other TMBs, in line with the experiences of some national and supra-national tribunals, in order to foster effective compliance and catalyze processes to enhance the ultimate impact of judgments, which in turn bears on the legitimacy of international human rights law and institutions.\n15. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights art. 12(1), Dec. 16, 1966, 993 U.N.T.S. 3.\n16. Id. at art 12(2).\n17. Comm\u2019n on Econ., Soc. and Cultural Rights [CESCR], General Comment No. 14: The Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health (Article 12 of the Covenant), \u00b6 8, 22nd Sess., U.N. Doc. E/C.12/2000/4 (Aug. 11, 2000)[hereinafter CESCR, General Comment No. 14].\n19. Jorge Armando Ot\u00e1lora, Defensor\u00eda del Pueblo, La tutela y los derechos a la salud y la seguridad social 2013 (2014).\n20. See CESCR, General Comment No. 14, supra note 17, at \u00b6\u00b6 9, 11.\n21. World Health Organization [WHO] Comm\u2019n on Soc. Determinants of Health, Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity Through Action on the Social Determinants of Health: Final Report of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health 35 (2008).\n22. See Comm\u2019n on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women [CEDAW], CEDAW General Recommendation No. 24: Article 12 of the Convention (Women and Health), \u00b6 1, 20th Sess., U.N. Doc. A/54/38/Rev.1, chap. I (Apr. 20, 1999) (affirming that \u201caccess to health care . . . is a basic right under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women); Comm\u2019n on the Rights of the Child [CRC], General Comment No. 15 on the Right of the Child to the Enjoyment of the Highest Attainable Standard of Health (art. 24), \u00b6 1, 62nd Sess., U.N. Doc. CRC/C/GC/15 (Apr. 17, 2013) (urging state parties to \u201crespect[], protect[], and fulfill[] children\u2019s right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health); CRC, General Comment No. 3: HIV/AIDS and the Rights of the Child, \u00b6 5, 32nd Sess., UN Doc. CRC/GC/2003/3 (Mar. 17, 2003) (stating that children\u2019s enumerated rights should be \u201cguiding themes in the consideration of HIV/AIDS at all levels of prevention, treatment, care and support\u201d).\n23. CEDAW General Recommendation No. 24, supra note 22, at \u00b6 6.\n24. Id. at \u00b6 12(b).\n25. John Tobin, The Right to Health in International Law 132 (2012).\n26. See Rodrigo Uprimny & Juanita Dur\u00e1n, Equidad y protecci\u00f3n judicial del derecho a la salud en Colombia (Santiago de Chile: Naciones Unidas, 2014).\n27. See Daniel W. Liang Wang & Octavio Luiz Motta Ferraz, Reaching out to the Needy?, Access to Justice and Public Attorneys\u2019 Role in the Right to Health Litigation in the City of S\u00e3o Paulo, 10 Sur Int\u2019l J. Hum. Rts. 159 (2013).\n28. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Mar. 23, 1976, 999 U.N.T.S. 171.\n29. Rebecca J. Cook, Human Rights Law and Safe Motherhood, 5 Eur. J. Health L. 357, 361 (1998).\n30. American Convention on Human Rights, \u201cPact of San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica\u201d, Nov. 22, 1969, 1144 U.N.T.S. 123.\n31. Su\u00e1rez Peralta v. Ecuador, supra note 11, at 10.\n32. Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Nov. 4, 1950, 213 U.N.T.S. 221.\n33. Open Door and Dublin Well Woman v. Ireland, 246 Eur. Ct. H.R. 68 (Ser. A) (1992).\n37. See Alicia Ely Yamin & Fiona Lander, Implementing a Circle of Accountability: A Proposed Framework for Judiciaries and Other Actors in Enforcing Health-Related Rights, 14 J. Hum. Rts. 312 (2015); Alicia Ely Yamin, Power, Suffering, and the Struggle for Dignity: Human Rights Frameworks for Health and Why They Matter (2016).\n38. Manuel Jos\u00e9 Cepeda, Professor and Former Chief Justice of the Colombian Supreme Court, Presentation for the Harvard FXB Center, Health Rights Litigation Course at the Global School on Socio-Economic Rights (Sept., 2013).\n39. Interim measures are also referred to as \u201cprecautionary measures\u201d or \u201cprovisional measures\u201d in some jurisdictions.\n40. Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, G.A. Res. 63/117, at art. 5(1), U.N. Doc. A/RES/63/117 (Dec. 10, 2008) [hereinafter Optional Protocol to ESC Rights Committee].\n41. See, for example, Malcolm Langford, et al., ESCR-Net Draft Background Note, Supporting Strategic Litigation under the Optional Protocol to ICESCR Rights Committee, 8 (Aug. 30, 2010), http://www.escr-net.org/sites/default/files/OP_SLI_Background_Note_FINAL_0_0.pdf.\n42. See Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, U.N. Doc A/RES/21/2200 (Dec. 16, 1966); Resolution, Convention Against Torture, U.N. Doc. A/RES/39/46 (Dec. 10, 1984).\n43. See Litigating Health Rights: Can Courts Bring More Justice to Health?, supra note 9; Courting Social Justice: Judicial Enforcement of Social and Economic Rights in the Developing World, supra note 9.\n44. See U.N. General Assembly, Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, U.N. Doc. A/RES/70/1 (Sept. 25, 2015).\n45. Soobramoney v. Minister of Health (KwaZulu-Natal), supra note 14.\n48. Id. at \u00b6 19\u201321.\n50. See Octavio Ferraz, The Right to Health in the Courts of Brazil: Worsening Health Inequities?, 11 Health & Hum. Rts J. 33 (2009); Coleen M. Flood & Aeyal Gross, Litigating the Right to Health: What Can We Learn from a Comparative Law and Health Care Systems Approach, 16 Health & Hum. Rts J. 62 (2014); Yamin & Lander, supra note 37.\n51. See, for example, Soobramoney v. Minister of Health (KwaZulu-Natal), supra note 14, at \u00b6 20 (stating that \u201cSection 27(3) itself is couched in negative terms\u2014it is a right not to be refused emergency treatment. The purpose of the right seems to be to ensure that treatment be given in an emergency, and is not frustrated by reason of bureaucratic requirements or other formalities . . . What the section requires is that remedial treatment that is necessary and available be given immediately to avert that harm.\u201d); Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act [EMTALA], 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1395dd(e)(1)(A)(i) (2012) (\u201cA medical condition manifesting itself by acute symptoms of sufficient severity (including severe pain) such that the absence of immediate medical attention could reasonably be expected to result in \u2026placing the health of the individual \u2026 in serious jeopardy\u201d).\n52. Tara J. Melish, Rethinking The \u2018Less as More\u2019 Thesis: Supranational Litigation of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights in the Americas, 39 N.Y.U. J. Int\u2019l L. & Pol. 171, 284\u201385 (2006) (citing OEA/Ser.L/V/II.118, doc. 5 rev. 2 (2003), ch. III.C.1, \u00b6 60 (Paraguay)).\n53. Anan\u00edas Laparra Mart\u00ednez v. Mexico, Provisional Measure, Inter-Am. C.H.R., 351/11, (Jan. 18, 2012); Egberto \u00c1ngel Escobedo Morales v. Cuba, Provisional Measure, Inter-Am. C.H.R., 179/10 (June 28, 2010); Alberto Patisht\u00e1n G\u00f3mez v. Mexico, Provisional Measure, Inter-Am. C.H.R., 77/12 (May 24, 2012); Niurka Luque Alvarez v. Cuba, Provisional Measure, Inter-Am. C.H.R., 153/2012 (May 16, 2012); Luis \u00c1lvarez Renta v. Dominican Rep., Provisional Measure, Inter-Am. C.H.R., 393/10 (Dec. 15, 2011).\n54. Esquina Mendoza v. Guatemala, Inter-Am. C.H.R., OEA/Ser.L/V/II.102, Ch. III, \u00b6 24 (1998); People Deprived of Their Freedom at Professor An\u00edbal Bruno Prison, Inter-Am. C.H.R., PM 199/11, Braz. (2011); Egberto \u00c1ngel Escobedo Morales v. Cuba, supra note 53; 31 Undocumented Immigrants Residing in Atlanta, Ga. v. U.S, Provisional Measure, Inter-Am. C.H.R., 385/09, (Jan. 29, 2010).\n55. Cesti-Hurtado v. Peru, Inter-Am. Ct. H.R. (ser. E) No. 56 (Sept. 29, 1999).\n56. Las Penitenciar\u00edas De Mendoza, Inter-Am. Ct. H.R. (ser. E) (Nov. 22, 2004).\n57. See Communities of the Maya People (Sipakepense and Mam) of the Sipacapa and San Miguel Ixtahuac\u00e1n Municipalities in the Department of San Marcos v. Guatemala, Provisional Measure, Inter-Am. C.H.R., 260/07 (May 20, 2010) (the Inter-American Commission asked the State \u201cto address the health problems that are the subject of these precautionary measures, in particular to begin a health assistance and health care program for the beneficiaries aimed at identifying those who may have been affected by the consequences of the contamination, so as to provide them with appropriate medical attention\u201d); Indigenous Communities of the Xingu River Basin v. Par\u00e1guay & Brazil, Inter-Am. C.H.R., 382/10 (Apr. 1, 2011) (the Inter-American Commission issued precautionary measures in a case concerning dam construction, requiring the state to adopt measure to protect the health of communities living close to the construction and communities affected by the project, including the implementation of previously issued health programs).\n58. 300 Inhabitants of Puerto Nuevo v. Peru, Provisional Measure, Inter-Am. C.H.R., 199/09 (Dec. 27, 2010).\n60. Melish, supra note 52, at 283\u201384.\n61. Jorge Odir Miranda Cortez et al. v. El Salvador, Provisional Measure, Inter-Am. C.H.R., (Feb. 29, 2000).\n62. Id. See also Juan Pablo Am\u00e9stica C\u00e1ceres et al. v. Chile, Provisional Measure Inter-Am. C.H.R., (Nov. 20, 2001); 52 Persons, Including Two Minors, Who Are Carriers of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV/AIDS) v. Bolivia, Provisional Measure, Inter-Am. C.H.R. (Oct. 3, 2002); Ten carriers of HIV/AIDS v. Dominican Republic, Provisional Measure, Inter-Am. C.H.R. (Aug. 14, 2002); Six Ecuadorian Citizens who Claimed to be HIV/AIDS Carriers v. Ecuador, Provisional Measure, Inter-Am. C.H.R. (July 9, 2002); Eight Carriers of the HIV/AIDS Virus v. Nicaragua, Provisional Measure, Inter-Am. C.H.R. (July 29, 2002); 11 Carriers of HIV/AIDS v. Guatemala, Provisional Measure, Inter-Am. C.H.R. (Aug. 16, 2002); Four Carriers of the HIV/AIDS Virus v. Honduras, Provisional Measure, Inter-Am. C.H.R. (Aug. 16, 2002); 15 Carriers of the HIV/AIDS Virus v. Peru, Provisional Measure, Inter-Am. C.H.R. (Sept. 23, 2002).\n63. See In re B, Inter-Am. C.H.R., 114/13 El Sal. (Apr. 29, 2013) (where the IAComHR ordered a precautionary measure of abortion where the risk of death to the mother was high. The IAComHR then requested provisional measures to the IACtHR which were issued in Matter of B., Inter-Amer. Ct. H.R. (ser. E) (May 29, 2013)); Mainumby, Paraguay, Inter-Am. C.H.R., 178/15 (2015) (where the Court ordered that the state provide access to adequate medical treatment for a 10 year old girl impregnated by rape).\n64. In re B., supra note 63, at 5 (\u201cthis Court has established in previous cases that, \u2018owing to the protective nature of provisional measures, exceptionally, these may be ordered, even when there is no contentious case before the inter-American system, in situations that, prima facie, may result in a grave and imminent impairment of human rights\u2019\u201d) (quoting prior case law).\n65. American Convention on Human Rights, supra note 30, at art. 63.\n66. In re B., supra note 63, at 11\u201312.\n68. Mainumby, supra note 63, at \u00b6 23(a), (b).\n69. Id. (where the Court ordered that the state provide a requested abortion for a 10 year old girl holding that \u201cthe State of Paraguay to protect the life and personal integrity of the child, to ensure that she has access to adequate medical treatment for her situation and the treatment recommended by the specialists, in light of the technical guidelines of the World Health Organization and other similar sources applicable to the sexual and reproductive health of girls and adolescents, in which all the options available are assured; to ensure that the rights of the child are duly represented and guaranteed in all health decisions affecting the child, including the right of the child to be informed and participate in decisions affecting her health in accordance with her age and maturity; and take all necessary measures so that the girl has all of the technical and family support necessary to comprehensively protect her rights\u201d [translation]).\n70. See Irma Oviedo & Jonathan Watts, Pregnant 10-year-old Rape Victim Denied Abortion by Paraguayan Authorities, The Guardian (May 4, 2015), http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/04/paraguay-pregnant-10-year-o....\n71. Laurence Blair, Paraguayan 11-year-old Gives Birth After Pregnancy Sparked Abortion Debate, The Guardian (Aug. 13 2015), http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/13/paraguay-11-year-old-gives-....\n72. CEDAW, Communication No. 22/2009, Views Adopted by the Committee at its Fiftieth Session, 3 to 21 October 2011, U.N. Doc. CEDAW/C/50/D/22/2009 (Nov. 25, 2011)[hereinafter CEDAW, L.C. v. Peru](known as L.C. v. Peru); HRC, Communication No. 1153/2003, Views Of The Human Rights Committee Under Article 5, Paragraph 4, Of The Optional Protocol To The International Covenant On Civil And Political Rights, U.N. Doc. CCPR/C/85/D/1153/2003 (Nov. 22, 2005) [hereinafter HRC, K.L. v. Peru](known as K.L. v. Peru). See also HRC, Communication No. 1608/2007, Views of the Human Rights Committee under Article 5, Paragraph 4, of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, U.N. Doc. CCPR/C/101/D/1608/2007 (Apr. 28, 2011) (known as L.M.R. v. Argentina); Execution of the Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights, A, B and C against Ireland (Dec. 4, 2014)[hereinafter Council of Europe, Execution of the Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights, A, B and C against Ireland].\n73. See Identified Versus Statistical Lives: An Interdisciplinary Perspective 3 (I. Glenn Cohen, et al. eds., 2015) (stating that, with respect to government actions that privilege one citizen over another, \u201c[a] genuine question exists as to whether we should give some priority to identified persons over statistical ones\u201d).\n75. See Bruce Porter, The Reasonableness of Article 8(4) \u2013 Adjudicating Claims from the Margins, 27 Nordisk Tidsskrift for Menneskerettigheter 39, 53 (2009) (arguing that in such cases, the ESC Rights Committee should \u201chear the evidence of rights claimants, access independent experts, or hear from NGO interveners.\u201d).\n76. See Ole Frithjof Norheim & Bruce M. Wilson, Health Rights Litigation and Access to Medicines: Priority Classification of Successful Cases from Costa Rica's Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court, 16 Health & Hum. Rts. J. 47 (2014).\n77. See James March & Herbert Simon, Organizations 186 (1993) (uncertainty absorption \u201ctakes place when inferences are drawn from a body of evidence and the inferences, instead of the evidence itself, are then communicated.\u201d).\n78. Mitike Molla, et al., Impacts of Maternal Mortality on Living Children and Families: A Qualitative Study from Butajira, Ethiopia, 12 Reprod. Health S6 (2015); see also Corrina Moucheraud et al., Consequences of Maternal Mortality on Infant and Child Survival: A 25-Year Longitudinal Analysis in Butajira, Ethiopia (1987\u20132011), 12 Reprod. Health S4 (2015); Lucia Knight & Alicia Yamin, \u201cWithout a Mother\u201d: Caregivers and Community Members\u2019 Views about the Impacts of Maternal Mortality on Families in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 12 Reprod. Health S5 (2015); Brian Houle et al., The Impacts of Maternal Mortality and Cause of Death on Children\u2019s Risk of Dying in Rural South Africa: Evidence From a Population-based Surveillance Study (1992\u20132013), 12 Reprod. Health S7 (2015); Junior Bazile et al., Intergenerational Impacts of Maternal Mortality: Qualitative Findings from Rural Malawi, 12 Reprod. Health S1 (2015); Alicia Ely Yamin & Vanessa M. Boulanger, Why Global Goals and Indicators Matter: The Experience of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the Millennium Development Goals, 15 J. Hum. Dev. & Capabilities 218 (2014).\n79. ECHR, Rules of the Court 49 (June 1, 2014) (The annex to the Rules of the Court states in rule A1: \u201c1. The Chamber may, at the request of a party or of its own motion, adopt any investigative measure which it considers capable of clarifying the facts of the case. The Chamber may, inter alia, invite the parties to produce documentary evidence and decide to hear as a witness or expert or in any other capacity any person whose evidence or statements seem likely to assist it in carrying out its tasks. 2. The Chamber may also ask any person or institution of its choice to express an opinion or make a written report on any matter considered by it to be relevant to the case. 3. After a case has been declared admissible or, exceptionally, before the decision on admissibility, the Chamber may appoint one or more of its members or of the other judges of the Court, as its delegate or delegates, to conduct an inquiry, carry out an on-site investigation or take evidence in some other manner. The Chamber may also appoint any person or institution of its choice to assist the delegation in such manner as it sees fit.\u201d).\n81. David Harris et al., Law of the European Convention on Human Rights 145 (2014).\n82. Kiyutin v. Russia, 2011-II Eur. Ct. H.R. 29, \u00b6 67.\n84. See CEDAW, Alyne da Silva, supra note 10. Amicus received from Latin-American and Caribbean Committee for the Defense of Women\u2019s Rights (CLADEM), the International Commission of Jurists and from Amnesty International); Comm. on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), Views: Communication No. 4/2004, U.N. Doc. CEDAW/C/36/D/4/2004 (Aug. 29, 2006) (known as A.S. v. Hungary) [hereinafter CEDAW, A.S. v. Hungary] (Amicus received from the Center for Reproductive Rights available at http://www.reproductiverights.org/document/as-v-hungary-amicus-brief)); CEDAW, L.C. v. Peru, supra note 72 (Amicus received from the Health Equity and Law Clinic, International Reproductive and Sexual Health Law Programme, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto available at https://opcedaw.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/lc-v-peru-heal-clinic-amicus...).\n85. Artavia Murillo et al. (\u201cIn Vitro Fertilization\u201d) v. Costa Rica, 2012 Inter-Am. Ct. H.R. (ser. C.) No. 257, \u00b6 11 (Nov. 28, 2012).\n87. See Corte Constitucional [C.C.] [Constitutional Court], julio 31, 2008, Sentencia T-760/08, (Colom.); People\u2019s Union for Civil Liberties v. Union of India, 2004 (12) SCC 104.\n88. See Bruce Wilson, Costa Rica: Health Rights Litigation, in Litigating Health Rights: Can Courts Bring More Justice to Health?, supra note 9, at 132; Norheim & Wilson, supra note 76.\n89. Norheim & Wilson, supra note 76.\n92. Thomas M. Keck, Judicial Politics in Polarized Times 8 (2014).\n93. See Liiri Oja & Alicia Yamin, \u201cWoman\u201d In the European Human Rights System: How is the Reproductive Rights Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights Constructing Narratives of Women\u2019s Citizenship?, 32 Colum. J. Gender & L (forthcoming); Alvaro Paul, Controversial Conceptions: The Unborn and the American Convention on Human Rights, 9 Loy. U. Chi. Int\u2019l. L. Rev. 209 (2012).\n94. Langford et al., supra note 41.\n95. See, for example, Brief for The Human Rights Clinic at The University of Texas School of Law and The Equal Rights Trust as Amici Curiae, Artavia Murillo et al., supra note 85. http://www.equalrightstrust.org/ertdocumentbank/ERT_Amicus_Brief_Murillo... Brief of The Program for the Study of Reproductive Justice in the Information Society Project at Yale Law School as Amici Curiae, Artavia Murillo et al., supra note 85. http://isp.yale.edu/sites/default/files/BRIEF%20OF%20YALE%20ISP_GRETEL%2... Brief for Alliance Defense Fund et al. as Amici Curiae, Artavia Murillo et al. supra note 85, http://www.adfmedia.org/files/IVF-CostaRicaAmicus-English.pdf.\n96. Artavia Murillo, supra note 85, at \u00b6 13.\n97. Id. at \u00b6\u00b6 11\u201312.\n98. Id. at \u00b6 178 (stating \u201cin the instant case, the parties also forwarded as evidence a series of scientific articles and expert opinions that will be used in the following paragraphs to determine the scope of the literal interpretation of the terms \u2018conception,\u2019 \u2018person\u2019 and \u2018human being\u2019\u201d).\n99. Optional Protocol to ESC Rights Committee, supra note 40, at art. 8(4).\n100. See Government of the Republic of South Africa v. Grootboom 2000 (1) SA 46 (CC) (S. Afr.).\n102. See Porter, supra note 75; Grootboom, supra note 100, at \u00b6 42.\n103. Grootboom, supra note 100, at \u00b6 39.\n108. Minister of Health v. Treatment Action Campaign 2002 (5) SA 721 \u00b6 37 (S. Afr.).\n109. Sentencia T-760/08, supra note 87, at \u00b6 3.3.9.\n110. Id. at \u00b6 3.3.14.\n111. Corte Constitucional [C.C.] [Constitutional Court], marzo 11, 2014, Sentencia C-131/14, (Colom.).\n112. See Grootboom, supra note 100.\n113. CESCR General Comment No. 14, supra note 17.\n114. See Yamin & Lander, supra note 37; Yamin, supra note 37.\n115. CESCR, General Comment No. 14, supra note 17 at \u00b6 18\u201319.\n116. CESCR, General Comment No. 20: Non-Discrimination in Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, \u00b6 8(b), 42nd Sess., U.N. Doc. E/C.12/GC/20 (July 2, 2009) (explaining that for substantive discrimination, \u201c[t]he effective enjoyment of Covenant rights is often influenced by whether a person is a member of a group characterized by the prohibited grounds of discrimination. Eliminating discrimination in practice requires paying sufficient attention to groups of individuals which suffer historical or persistent prejudice instead of merely comparing the formal treatment of individuals in similar situations.\u201d).\n117. CESCR General Comment No. 14, supra note 17, at \u00b6 18.\n118. Yamin & Norheim, supra note 13, at 312.\n119. Id.; Kenneth Arrow, Rawls\u2019s Principle of Just Saving, 75.4 Swedish J. Econ. 323 (1973).\n120. Norman Daniels et al., Role of the Courts in the Progressive Realization of the Right to Health: Between the Threat and the Promise of Judicialization in Mexico, 1 Health Systems & Reform 229, 230 (2015).\n121. See generally Amartya Sen, Development as Freedom (1999).\n122. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, opened for signature Dec. 18, 1990, art. 5(3) 2515 U.N.T.S. 3.\n123. National Institute of Health: National Cancer Institute, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER), SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975\u20132012: Percent of New Cases by Age Group: Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia http://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/alyl.html (57.6% of new cases occur under the age of 20). See also National Cancer Institute, Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatment \u2013 for Health Professionals (PDQ), http://www.cancer.gov/types/leukemia/hp/child-all-treatment-pdq#link/_7_toc (\u201cA sharp peak in ALL incidence is observed among children aged 2 to 3 years (>90 cases per 1 million per year), with rates decreasing to fewer than 30 cases per 1 million by age 8 years.\u201d).\n124. See generally Convention on the Rights of the Child, Sept. 2, 1990, 1577 U.N.T.S. 3 (granting children numerous special protections in state action).\n125. See Norman Daniels, Just Health: Meeting Health Needs Fairly 11 (2007) (seeking to answer \u201chow can we meet health needs fairly under resource constraints?\u201d).\n126. See Universal Declaration of Human Rights, art. 1, G.A. Res. 217A, U.N. GAOR, 3d Sess., 1st plen. Mtg., U.N. Doc. A/810 (1948) (stating that \u201c[a]ll human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.\u201d).\n127. See CESCR General Comment No. 14, supra note 17, at \u00b6 54 (upholding \u201cthe right of individuals and groups to participate in decision-making processes [regarding national health strategies.]\u201d).\n128. Sentencia T-760, supra note 87. See also Keith Syrett, Law, Legitimacy and the Rationing of Health Care: A Contextual and Comparative Perspective 108 (2007) (\u201cThe role of the four conditions of \u2018accountability for reasonableness\u2019 as \u2018connective tissue to \u2026 a broader democratic process\u2019 comes about by way of the contribution which they can make to enhancing understanding . . . of the need to set limits on access to medical services and treatments, and of the types of evidence, grounds and conditions which may appropriately play a part in rationing decisions. Compliance wiht the model consequently serves an \u2018educative function\u2019: that is, it facilitates \u2018social learning about limits\u2019\u201d). See generally Syrett, at 108\u2013119.\n129. See CESCR, An Evaluation of the Obligation to Take Steps to the \u201cMaximum of Available Resources\u201d Under an Optional Protocol to the Covenant, \u00b6 54, 38th Sess., U.N. Doc. E/C.12/2007/1 (May 10, 2007) (recommending \u201crestitution . . . [c]alling upon the State party to remedy the circumstances leading to a violation . . . [or] mechanism[s] to ensure the ongoing accountability of the State party) in response to violations.). See also ESCR-Net, Claiming Women\u2019s Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Part Four: Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women at 46\u201347, available at http://www.escr-net.org/sites/default/files/ESCR-NET-Manual-Booklet-3.pdf (providing a menu of options that the CEDAW Committee utilizes underits Optional Protocol).\n130. CEDAW, Alyne da Silva, supra note 10, at 21. See also Syrett, supra note 128.\n131. Press Release, Center for Reproductive Rights, Brazil Takes Step to Implement Historic United Nations Ruling in Maternal Death Case: United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Approves Monetary Reparations Agreement with Brazilian Government for the Mother of Alyne da Silva Pimentel (Mar. 11, 2014), available at http://reproductiverights.org/en/press-room/Brazil-Takes-Step-to-Impleme....\n132. Press Release, Center for Reproductive Rights, Brazilian Government Gives Monetary Reparations As Part of Historical United Nations Maternal Death Case (Mar. 25, 2014), available at http://www.reproductiverights.org/press-room/brazilian-government-gives-monetary-reparations-as-part-of-historic-united-nations-matern.\n133. See Pueblo Bello Massacre v. Colombia, 2006 Inter-Am. Ct. H.R. (ser. C.) No. 140, at 144 (Jan. 31, 2006); M.M. v. Peru, Inter-Am. Ct. H.R., Report No. 69/14, OEA/Ser.L/V/II.151, doc. 34 (Jul 25, 2014) (friendly settlement); CEDAW, L.C. v. Peru, supra note 72; HRC, K.L. v. Peru, supra note 72.\n134. See, for example, Sentencia T-760/08, supra note 87; Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Naci\u00f3n [CSJN], 8/7/2008, \u00abMendoza, Beatriz Silvia c. Estado Nacional /Da\u00f1os y Perjuicios\u00bb M. 1569 XL (Arg.) (English translation available at https://www.escr-net.org/sites/default/files/Sentencia_CSJN_2008_english...); CEDAW; Alyne da Silva, supra note 10; People\u2019s Union for Civil Liberties v. Union of India, supra note 87; Laxmi Mandal v. Deen Dayal Harinagar Hospital (2010) W.P.(C) Nos. 8853/2008 and 10700/2009 (India).\n135. CEDAW, Alyne da Silva, supra note 10, at 22.\n136. See Porter, supra note 75, at 50.\n137. Optional Protocol to ESC Rights Committee, supra note 40, at art. 4.\n138. United Nations Inter-Committee Meeting of Human Rights Treaty Bodies, Follow-up to Decisions, 10th Inter-Committee Meeting, U.N. Doc. HRI/ICM/2009/7 (Nov. 11, 2009).\n139. Victor Abramovich, Remedies Under the Inter-American System 1 (unpublished manuscript on file with ESCR-Net at http://www.escr-net.org/sites/default/files/Abramovich_-_Remedies_Under_...).\n140. See Victor Abramovich, From Massive Violations to Structural Patterns: New Approaches and Classic Tensions in the Inter-American Human Rights System, 6 Sur. Int\u2019l J. H. Rts. 7 (2009).\n142. Alexandra Huneeus, Courts Resisting Courts: Lessons from the Inter-American Court\u2019s Struggle to Enforce Human Rights, 44 Cornell Int\u2019l L. J. 493, 501 (2011).\n143. Abramovich, Remedies Under the Inter-American System, supra note 139, at 2.\n145. Rules of Procedure of the Inter-American Court, art. 63 (2009).\n146. See Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Monitoring Compliance with Judgment, http://www.corteidh.or.cr/cf/Jurisprudencia2/busqueda_supervision_cumpli... (providing a collection of reports monitoring compliance with an IACtHR judgment.)\n148. Juvenile Reeducation Institute v. Paraguay, supra note 11.\n151. Basak Cali & Anne Koch, Presentation at the Enforcement of ESC Rights Judgments\u2014International Symposium: Enforcing Civil and Political Rights: Lessons from European Court of Human Rights (May 7, 2010).\n152. Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, supra note 32.\n153. Council of Europe, Execution of the Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights, A, B and C against Ireland, supra note 72.\n154. See Greece v. United Kingdom, 1958\u201359 Y.B. Eur. Conv. On H.R. 174 (featuring the first mention of the margin of appreciation doctrine in European Court of Human Rights jurisprudence). See also Steven Greer, The Margin Of Appreciation: Interpretation And Discretion Under The European Convention On Human Rights (2000).\n155. Expert Group on the Judgment in A, B and C v Ireland, Report of the Expert Group on the Judgment in A, B and C v Ireland 5 (2012), http://health.gov.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Judgment_ABC.pdf.\n157. European Convention on Human Rights, supra note 32, at art. 46(2).\n158. See generally Council of Europe, Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/execution/Presentation/Pres_Exec_en....\n159. Cali & Koch, supra note 151.\n160. This applies to both regular cases as well as pilot judgment cases. See European Convention on Human Rights, supra note 32, at art. 46(3).\n161. Secretariat of the Committee of Ministers, Communication from Ireland Concerning the Case of A, B and C against Ireland, DH-DD (2012)1124 (Mar. 12, 2012).\n162. Council of Europe, Committee of Ministers, 1164DH Meeting of Ministers\u2019 Deputies, CM/Del/Dec(2013)1164/13, Case No. 13 (March 7, 2013).\n163. See Council of Europe, Department for the Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, The Supervision Process, http://www.coe.int/en/web/execution/the-supervision-process.\n164. Press Release, European Court of Human Rights, Fact Sheet \u2013 Pilot Judgments (October 2013), 1 [hereinafter ECHR, Fact Sheet- Pilot Judgments].\n168. Human Rights Committee [HRC], Report of the Human Rights Committee: Volume 1, \u00b6\u00b6 225\u2013226, U.N. Doc. A/67/40 (2012).\n169. See, for example, CERD, Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 133\u201341, U.N. Doc. A/61/18 (2006) (assessing Denmark\u2019s compliance with CERD\u2019s recommendation that it take measures to counteract racial discrimination in the loan market).\n170. CERD, Follow-up Procedure of the Human Rights Committee and the Committee against Torture, U.N. Doc. CERD/C/67/FU/1 (2005).\n171. See CEDAW, Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Annex 1: Rules of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, Rules 73(4), 73(6), U.N. Doc. A/56/38 (2001).\n172. HRC, Report of the Human Rights Committee, supra note 168, at \u00b6\u00b6 225\u2013226.\n173. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Human Rights Treaty Bodies \u2013 Individual Communications, http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/TBPetitions/Pages/IndividualCommunicati....\n174. HRC, Report of the Human Rights Committee, supra note 168, at \u00b6 227.\n176. CERD, Follow-up Procedure of the Human Rights Committee and the Committee against Torture, supra note 170 (\u201cRecent examples include the Russian Federation, Suriname, Colombia, the Dominican Republic and the Czech Republic\u201d).\n177. See CEDAW, L.C. v. Peru, supra note 72; HRC, K.L. v. Peru, supra note 72.\n178. Report of the CEDAW, supra note 171, at 73(4)\u2013(5) (\u201c4. The Committee shall designate for follow-up on views adopted under article 7 of the Optional Protocol a rapporteur or working group to ascertain the measures taken by States parties to give effect to the Committee\u2019s views and recommendations. 5. The rapporteur or working group may make such contacts and take such action as may be appropriate for the due performance of their assigned functions and shall make such recommendations for further action by the Committee as may be necessary.\u201d).\n179. CEDAW, A.S. v. Hungary, supra note 84.\n180. CEDAW, Report of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, Annex XII: Report of the Committee under the Optional Protocol on Follow-up to Views of the Committee on Individual Communications 110\u2013116, U.N. Doc. A/64/38 (2009).\n183. Id. A timeline of the communications between the state and the treaty body is as follows: Views adopted Aug 14, 2006; State submitted communication to CEDAW on April 12, 2007; on June 5 2007, Special Rapporteurs met with State representative at UN; Special Rapporteurs communicated to the State a note verbal on June 6, 2007; State submitted communications to CEDAW on July 17, 2007; The petitioner submitted communications to CEDAW on July 31, 2007; The Special Rapporteurs met with State representatives at the UN on January 25, 2008; the Special Rapporteurs communicated to the State a note verbal on January 31, 2008; on 16 June 2008, the Secretariat contacted the Permanent Representative of Hungary to the United Nations (Geneva) with a view to following up on the note verbale, but there was no outcome; the Special Rapporteurs met with State representatives at the UN on October 15, 2008.\n184. See Hungary Provides Compensation to Coercively Sterilized Romani Woman, European Roma Rights Centre (Feb. 24, 2009), http://www.errc.org/article/hungary-provides-compensation-to-coercively-... ESCR-Net, A.S. v. Hungary, Communication No. 4/2004, CEDAW/C/36/D/4/2004, https://www.escr-net.org/docs/i/1053033.\n185. CEDAW, Alyne da Silva, supra note 10.\n186. Id. at \u00b6 8(2).\n187. Letter from M\u00f3nica Arango Olaya & Valentina Montoya Robledo, Center for Reproductive Rights, to Members of the CEDAW Committee (Jan. 24, 2014) available at http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CEDAW/Shared%20Documents/BRA/INT_CE.... See also Press Release, Center for Reproductive Rights, supra note 132.\n188. Abramovich, From Massive Violations to Structural Patterns: New Approaches and Classic Tensions in the Inter-American Human Rights System, supra note 140. See also Abramovich, Remedies Under the Inter-American System supra note 139, at 5.\n189. Sentencia T-760/08, supra note 87; Corte Constitucional [C.C.] [Constitutional Court], enero 22, 2004, Sentencia T-025/2004, (Colom.).\n190. L. 49427, febrero 15, 2015, Diario Oficial [D.O.] (Colom.), available at http://www.alcaldiabogota.gov.co/sisjur/normas/Norma1.jsp?i=60733; Pedro Santana, Comision de Seguimiento, T 760/08, Justice Jorge Ivan Palacio and all members of Unidad de Seguimiento Corte Constitucional de Colombia, Interviews in Bogota, Colom. (June 8\u201313, 2015). See also Cesar Rodr\u00edguez Garavito & Diana Rodr\u00edguez Franco, Cortes Y cambio social: C\u00f3mo la Corte Constitucional transform\u00f3 el desplazamiento forzado en Colombia (Centro de Estudios de Derecho, Justicia Y sociedad, Dejusticia 2010).\n191. Abramovich, From Massive Violations to Structural Patterns: New Approaches and Classic Tensions in the Inter-American Human Rights System, supra note 140, at 25.\n192. 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We can take a peek into each other\u2019s lives and stay updated on the latest news without hunting down contact numbers or flipping through dozens of TV channels.\nThose of us who are naturally shy or poor conversationalists are able to speak out without the need to show their face, which gives an immediate boost to their self-confidence. Many social media users feel that they\u2019re braver online than they are in real life\u2014myself included. As an avid writer with many interests, I have been able to share my creative endeavors with thousands of people through my blog on a daily basis. The safety of sitting outside the screen creates a sense of validation and control. The screen doesn\u2019t judge.\nSometimes social media is the only outlet available when users are lonely or lack encouragement in their personal lives. A friend of my family has often felt stymied in his attempts to socialize thanks to his long-term job as his elderly grandparents\u2019 caretaker. 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Davies and Sir William Osler to the Warren Anatomical Museum 1907, and transferred to the Harvard Medical Library, 1947\ncowpox, Edward Jenner, Exhibit: To Slay the Devouring Monster, smallpox, vaccination\nUnknown, \u201cLock of Edward Jenner's hair,\u201d OnView: Digital Collections & Exhibits, accessed February 15, 2019, http://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/6636.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 1918, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.85, "perplexity": 338.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://collider.com/under-the-dome-season-2-premiere-date/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:04Z", "digest": "sha1:HY3PLBG2ICRNGJCDYSMLAHWWRL7A2QZT", "length": 1647, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "collider.com", "title": "CBS Premiere Dates for Season 2 of UNDER THE DOME and the New Series EXTANT with Halle Berry | Collider", "raw_content": "CBS Sets Premiere Dates for Season 2 of UNDER THE DOME and the New Series EXTANT Starring Halle Berry\nCBS has set premiere dates for two high-profile sci-fi shows:\nUnder the Dome, starring Dean Norris, Mike Vogel and Rachel Lefevre, will return for its second season starting Monday, June 30th at 10pm.\nExtant, a new sci-fi series starring Halle Berry as an astronaut returning from a year-long solo mission in space with an unexpected visitor, premiering Wednesday, July 2nd at 9pm.\nHit the jump for more on each series.\nNews of the CBS premiere dates come courtesy of TV.com, along with the word that two characters won\u2019t make it through the season two premiere of Under the Dome. The episode will be rewritten by Stephen King, the author whose novel of the same named served as the source material for the multi-season series adaptation.\nAs for Extant, the Mickey Fisher script centers on \u201can astronaut (Berry) who returns home from a year-long solo mission in space and tries to reconnect with her husband and son in their everyday life. Her experiences in space and home lead to events that ultimately will change the course of human history.\u201d Early looks at a series teaser tell us that the show will feature not only extraterrestrial intelligence, but human-created artificial intelligence as well. Extant currently has a 13-episode order for its first season, and will begin production in Los Angeles next month.\nClifton Collins Jr. Eyed for Edgar Wright's ANT-MAN; Thomas Kretschmann Boards Joss\u2026\nNew Trailer and Clip for MR. 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First Church | Congregational Library & Archives", "raw_content": "Marlborough, Mass. First Church\nThe town of Marlborough was incorporated in 1660. The First Parish Church was originally organized in 1666. The first meetinghouse, completed in 1664, stood on the old Common, but was burnt down by Native Americans in 1676. A new meetinghouse was soon erected, but did not remain in active use for long. In 1688, a larger meetinghouse was built near the site of the former buildings and served as a place of worship until 1809. Rev. William Brimsmead was the first minister of the town.\nIn 1833, 50 members of the First Parish withdrew in order to form the First Evangelical Congregational Society. Not long after, the remaining members of the First Parish voted to form a union with the First Evangelical Society. In 1835, the First Parish and the First Evangelical Congregational Society were incorporated as the Union Society. In 1836, the East Church in Marlborough (formerly called the First Parish Church) was officially renamed the Union Church in Marlborough. In 1852, the meetinghouse on Spring Hill was destroyed in a fire. A new meetinghouse was completed in 1853 which is still in use today. The Union Church in Marlborough was incorporated in 1891. Church members voted in 1913 to rename the church, the First Church in Marlborough, Congregational. The parish voted to join the United Church of Christ in 1961. The First Church in Marlborough, Congregational, UCC continues to serve the local community today.\nThis volume includes a list of recipients of the 1704 church covenant, membership lists, admissions, baptisms, marriages, church meeting minutes, and records of votes.\nThis volume includes an index of its contents, a history of the church, baptisms, admissions, dismissions, church meeting minutes, changes in the Deacon's office, and donations to the poor of the church.\nChurch records, 1739-1741, undated\nThese unbound records contain multiple copies of church covenants and a record of votes regarding pay.\n1741 December 23 This document is a small unbound pamphlet, produced in 1741, which includes a transcribed copy of the \"renewed\" Church Covenant from 1679 October 15 which was originally created by the first minister in Marlborough, Rev. Brimsmead.\nundated This undated document is a copy of the Baptismal Covenant.\nundated This undated document is a copy of the Church Covenant.\n1739 April 16 \u2013 1739 April 23 This document is a record of a committee meeting held at the church regarding the pay of Abraham Williams.\nClerk records, 1778-1785\nThis volume contains the church records kept by Peter Wood, who was elected to the position in 1778. The records include church meeting minutes and records of votes. Also included lists of admissions and baptisms.\nThis volume includes church meeting minutes, notes of hand in the treasury, warrants issued to Parish collectors, responses of Parish collectors, prudential committee meeting minutes and reports, and reports to the auditors of the treasury.\nThis is a tax book created by Herman Stow, the parish collector, which includes a list of parishioner names and their tax payments broken down by tax categories.\nEvangelical Society records, 1833-1834\nThis volume includes an 1833 record of a First Parish meeting, an 1834 society vote to increase the 400 dollar salary of Mr. Forbush by 100 hundred dollars, an 1833 record of new members to the Evangelical Congregational Society, a list of original members to the society, and meeting minutes. Beginning on page 13 is Reverend Charles Forbush's response to the invitation to become pastor of East Church and the First Evangelical Congregational Society in 1833. Beginning on page 19 is Charles Forbush's letter dissolving his connection to the church and society in 1834.\nThese records contain documents related to the separation of the First Evangelical Congregational Society from the First Parish. Included within the documents are the records of multiple ecclesiastical councils called to discuss unification of the two church societies, numerous ministerial replies to calls to preach, records of early demands made to unify the church that ultimately fell through, and letters from former pastors encouraging the two church societies to reunite.\nSermons, 1730-1783, undated\nMatthew 4:24 \u2013 \"And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.\"\nfirst preached by the Rev. Prentice on the occasion of the \"indisposition\" of the Rev. Breck 1730 October 15\n1 John 3:9 \u2013 \"Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.\"\npreached by unknown author between 1776 and 1777\nuncited Bible verse \u2013\npreached by an unknown author on an unknown date\nJoshua 24:15 \u2013 \"And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.\"\npreached by an unknown author between 1782 and 1783\nPhilippians 4:6 \u2013 \"Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.\"\nAaron Smith record, 1778\nThis document is the minutes of an Ecclesiastical Council convened following the death of Rev. Smith. Included in the minutes is a prayer spoken for Rev. Smith and a list of members who attended the meeting.\nAsa Packard records, 1805-1806\nThese documents contain the records of several council meetings which were called by Rev. Packard between 1805 and 1806 in response to a split in the First Church which resulted in the creation of the East and West Parish Churches.\n1805 November 19 This document records a meeting of the splitting parishes to review and revise church and town records. Included is a copy of a long letter written by Rev. Packard written to the Marlborough Association calling for calm minds and thoughtful prayers during the separation \"crisis\".\n1806 October 22 This document is the proceedings and results of an Ecclesiastical Council, which included delegates from the Congregational churches in Shrewsbury, Northborough, Stow, Acton, Concord, Berlin, and Weston, called in order to help arbitrate the split in the first Parish Church.\n1806 March 23 \u2013 1806 April 10 This document is a letter written by Rev. Packard to First Parish Society requesting \"dissolution of my Pastoral relation to this Church and Society.\" Also included are the records of a church meeting where this request was voted against and additional councils were voted to meet to discuss the separation of the church.\n1806 March 6 This document is a record of the proceedings of a Marlborough Association meeting held at the Rev. Packard\u2019s home where a resolution was adopted that defended Rev. 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That is because, in order to be successful, you have to have a name and an audience of people that are constantly talking about you. That is how you and your business grow and getting new customers every day. The brand should be something that is representing the idea behind your business, so the people can recognize it immediately. It should be really easy to remember and it should be catchy for the eye.\nThe one thing that you have to look out for when creating a brand is to create something unique that will not get mixed up with something else that is similar and it should be very memorable. You should try to focus on creating something that is radiating positivity because people get attracted to those types of stuff. Positivity will make your brand sustain and grow within the community. You should always watch out for the legal part of making a brand because after all you are releasing it to the public, and you don\u2019t want to get sued by someone for an inappropriate brand or something like that.\nCraft the Brand Carefully\nThe crafting of the brand should be done very carefully without any rush. After all, you are creating an image for the future of the company that will be always a representation of your business. You have to make sure that the brand will show what the business is standing for. Making a brand is usually a job that is best left to a professional designer. Of course, you have to tell him your idea of what you want to look like but his job is to create it. Designers can be expensive to hire, but if you are using a good and reliable trading software you will have enough money to afford it. you should check out The Brit Method review by Top7BinaryRobots.com they did a full review of the software. You can see for yourself that there is no easier way to make money than a trading software.\nInvesting in Brand\nIn order to make your brand sustainable, you have to invest some money in it. specifically investing in the protection of the brand by making a trademark. This process might take ups some time, but in the end, it will be worth the wait.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 5487, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 218.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://cool-trends.online/acteur/aden-young/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:20:27Z", "digest": "sha1:H65KHY2JT5EMQSPVCD3OQZQ4RNXVZSWX", "length": 547, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "cool-trends.online", "title": "Aden Young \u2022 Films, S\u00e9ries & Animes En Streaming VF \u2022 Streaming", "raw_content": "Accueil \u00bb Aden Young\nLes Films, S\u00e9ries & Animes HD Complets En Streaming VF, VOSTFR & VO En Fran\u00e7ais Pour L'Acteur Aden Young\naden young ( born 1972 in toronto, canada ) is an australian actor. In recent years he has also turned his hand to film making, directing and writing short films the rose of ba ziz ( 2007 ) and the order ( 1998 ).\ndescription above from the wikipedia article aden young, licensed under cc-by-sa, full list of contributors on wikipedia. \u200b\nLieu De Naissance : Toronto, Ontario, Canada\nSniper ( 1993 )\nSniper, Tireur D\u2019\u00e9lite", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 38, "original_length": 1704, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.72, "perplexity": 312.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://cornerstonemag.net/volume-3-issue-4/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:40Z", "digest": "sha1:LN6LRHB47FVUKGTYM53ULXYHKQ5BX2OC", "length": 7638, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "cornerstonemag.net", "title": "Volume 3 Issue 4 | CORNERSTONE MAG", "raw_content": "By Jason Hayes, American Coal Council\nNearly 8.2 billion tonnes of coal were produced globally in 2014. Although a great deal of activity occurs around the extraction of coal, a limited amount of land is disturbed during mining compared to total landmass. For example, Natural Resources Canada has estimated that less than 0.01% of Canada\u2019s total landmass was used in metal and mineral mining in over 100 years. Similarly, Haigh estimated that mining affected 0.16% of the U.S.landmass from 1940 to 1971. However, even if mining affects a relatively small amount of land, its impact can be significant and the extractive industries have an ethical and often legal obligation to return land to productivity.\nWorking Alongside the Great Barrier Reef\nBy Michael Roche, Queensland Resources Council\nCoal is a cornerstone of Queensland\u2019s economy and is responsible for more than half the value of the state\u2019s merchandise exports of AU$47 billion in 2014. Despite challenging market conditions, coal exports also reached a new record of 216 million tonnes in 2014\u2014an amount that is on track to be exceeded in 2015.\nBy Samuela Bassi, London School of Economics and Political Science\nThe Implications of the U.S. EPA\u2019s Clean Power Plan\nOn 2 June 2014, under President Obama\u2019s Climate Action Plan and using the authority of Clean Air Act (CAA) section 111(d), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed guidelines, termed the Clean Power Plan (CPP), to reduce CO2 emissions from existing fossil-fueled power generating units. In early August 2015, the EPA released the CPP final rule, which is stricter than the initial proposal. EPA contends that the CPP would achieve CO2 emission reductions from the power sector of 32% by 2030 compared to 2005 levels.\nUpholding Strong Environmental Values: A Key Strategy at Arch Coal\nBy Jim Meier, Arch Coal\nCoal is an important, naturally occurring energy source that provides numerous life-enhancing benefits to the global community. Out of respect for the land that bears this valuable resource, Arch Coal is committed to superior environmental protection during each phase of the mining process. Protecting the environment carries such importance that upholding strong safety and environmental values is a key element in Arch\u2019s four-point operating strategy.\nThe Colowyo Mine: A Case Study for Successful Mine Reclamation\nBy Juan Garcia and Martin Stearns, Colowyo Mine\nIn northwestern Colorado, U.S., coal mining has been a critical part of the culture and economy since the turn of the 20th century. The history of the Colowyo Mine (Colowyo), currently operated by Western Fuels-Colorado, LLC, and owned by Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. (Tri-State), dates back to 1908 when the underground Collom Mine operated in the 24-foot-thick Collom coal seam. Starting in 1976, Colowyo transitioned to a highly efficient multiseam dragline and truck-shovel surface mine that today produces approximately 2.5 million tons per year of high-quality, low-sulfur, sub-bituminous coal that is used for coal-fired electrical generation.\nDetailing Yancoal Australia\u2019s Reclamation Best Practices\nBy Chen Anming and Zhang Liangui, Yanzhou Coal Mining Co., Ltd.\nYancoal Australia (Yancoal), a coal mining company that operates exclusively in Australia, but is majority-owned by the Chinese company Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. Ltd., produces thermal and metallurgical coal from its seven mines, most of which are opencast, located in some of the Australia\u2019s richest coal reserves in New South Wales and Queensland. The company also manages an opencast mine in Western Australia\u2019s Collie Coal Basin south of Perth and an open cut mine in Queensland\u2019s Surat Basin on behalf of Yanzhou. Yancoal also has access to key port and rail infrastructure, including shareholdings or allocated capacity in major coal terminals.\nReclaiming Indian Mines\nUnlike much of the world, India is expecting fast growth in the near term\u2014in the second quarter of 2015, the country reported GDP growth at a rate of 7%. The country registered US$31 billion in foreign direct investment in FY15\u2014up 27% over the previous year. Most in the current federal government believe that India\u2019s economy will grow by as much as 9% by 2019. In addition to this projected economic growth, Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi\u2019s \u201cMake In India\u201d campaign\u2014an initiative to push domestic manufacturing\u2014will require India to have access to reliable energy, which is underpinned by recent mining-sector growth of 4% and electricity growth of 3.2%.\nMining Site Restoration by Spontaneous Processes in the Czech Republic\nBy Karel Prach, University of Cesk\u00e9 Budejovice and Czech Academy of Sciences\nDespite a recent decline, mining has a long tradition in the Czech Republic and continues to represent an important part of the country\u2019s economy. Thus, the mining industry continues to have a significant impact on landscape and nature in the country\u2014about 0.8% of the area has been directly affected by various mining activities, not including historical mining. In total, the amount of land impacted by mining in the Czech Republic is close to the world average, about 1%. Coal mining contributes the most to this figure, followed by stone quarrying and sand and gravel extraction.\nDICE\u2014A Step Change Opportunity for Coal?\nBy Louis Wibberley, CSIRO\nThe power plants serving tomorrow\u2019s electricity grid must overcome challenges that include higher penetration of renewables, and thus a need for increased flexibility, lower emissions, and water constraints. Even as these challenges are met, electricity will need to remain affordable. While DICE (direct injection carbon engine) is unlikely to displace ultra-supercritical baseload generation, the technology presents a very real chance to use coal to follow dramatic load changes in markets with high renewables penetration and to add smaller electricity generation in remote areas without reliable grid access.\nConstruction and Operation of the Shenhua Anqing High-Efficiency, Low-Emissions Power Plant\nBy Liu Zhijiang, Shenhua Group Co., Ltd.\nPrimary energy reserves in China are largely based on coal, with small contributions from oil and gas. In fact, coal accounts for over 90% of China\u2019s total fossil energy reserves, meaning that China will continue to rely heavily on coal over the long term. However, China is working to reduce the environmental footprint of coal utilization, including emissions of particulate matter (PM), sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), and CO2. Thus, a major focus in the country is to increase the use of high-efficiency, low-emissions (HELE) coal technologies and meet the dual objectives of providing power and realizing environmental and social responsibility.\nBy Larry Baxter, Sustainable Energy Solutions and Brigham Young University\nReducing global carbon emissions requires a a diverse portfolio of low-emissions technologies, including renewable energy and carbon capture and storage (i.e., CCS and CCUS). Without using the full portfolio of low-emission options, the costs for reducing global emissions will be higher and the probability of successful climate change mitigation decreases. Each technology, however, faces its own set of challenges. Sustainable Energy Solutions (SES) has developed a low-cost, integrated energy storage and CO2 capture technology, called Cryogenic Carbon CaptureTM (CCC), that can help address the major challenges faced by renewables and CCS.\n\u2190 Catalyzing Coal Conversion Globally: An Exclusive Interview With Li Yong-Wang of Synfuels China Valuing Technology Transfer to Support the Paris Agreement \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 111, "original_length": 11623, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 175.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://corptechusa.com/sqlserver.asp?n=2&d=4", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:34Z", "digest": "sha1:CQRD43XMVKDO3SDQNEYS4FB4YKQIE6WT", "length": 974, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "corptechusa.com", "title": "SQL Server Programmers Developers - Corporate Technology, Inc.", "raw_content": "SQL Server is Microsoft's \"heavyweight\" database management system. Based on IBM's SQL (Structured Query Language), it features a powerful relational database engine. Unlike Access, this product is not for the novice user. It is used for serious applications development requiring simultaneous access to a database by many users.\nWhile Access can easily allow a dozen users to update the database simultaneously, and scores of users to access information at the same time, it was not intended for applications that require considerably more simultaneous access. Thus, a web site, as an example, which is projected to attract hundreds of simultaneous users, would not use Access. Rather, the database would be SQL Server. The actual SQL queries, however, which retrieve and update the data, would be almost identical to the ones used for Access. 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Some candidates were ...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 1001, "language": "en", "language_score": 1.0, "perplexity": 286.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://coxarchitecture.com.au/sport-music-and-500000-serves-of-hot-chips-a-look-back-at-optus-stadiums-first-year/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:30Z", "digest": "sha1:MTS2RS22T6KJKG3KWLFN6A7KHXDZPQOO", "length": 848, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "coxarchitecture.com.au", "title": "Sport, music and 500,000 serves of hot chips \u2014 a look back at Optus Stadium\u2019s first year \u2013 COX", "raw_content": "With over 2 million visitors\u2026 continuously broken attendance records\u2026. and 500,000 serves of chips, Optus Stadium, is now firmly embedded in the cultural and sporting life of Western Australia.\nThis article offers a fascinating insight into the amazing impact Optus Stadium has made in its first 12 months of operation: https://ab.co/2RVnZV3.\nAt a breakfast to celebrate this milestone, West Australian Premier Mark McGowan stated that, \u2018Optus Stadium has been as overwhelming success and I\u2019m extremely proud of the countless Western Australians who have worked hard to deliver this world-class facility.\u2019\n\u2018The stadium is something all Western Australians can be proud of. It has played host to some of the biggest events this State has seen, and I look forward to seeing Western Australians enjoy their facility long into the future.\u2019\nEmma Brain 2", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 40, "original_length": 1427, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 272.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://createdtoread.com/poetry-beginning-with-your-last-breath-roy-mcfarlane/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:57Z", "digest": "sha1:KSA6YHR6DLTYKVQCAKXXH6LYSBFFPXNE", "length": 6849, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "createdtoread.com", "title": "Poetry Review: Beginning With Your Last Breath by Roy McFarlane Poetry Review: Beginning With Your Last Breath by Roy McFarlane", "raw_content": "Poetry Review: Beginning With Your Last Breath by Roy McFarlane\nBeginning With Your Last Breath is a rich, powerful and moving debut from Roy McFarlane, a poet based in the West Midlands. It is split into five distinct sections, each one exploring a different aspect of the poet\u2019s experience. But the book holds together through the shared themes of identity, family, love and loss, in the context of racial tension and cultural change. The cover image reflects the story of the poems within; it shows a painting by Sonia Boyce \u2013 She ain\u2019t holding them up, She\u2019s holding on (Some English Rose), 1986 \u2013 the image of the mother figure holding onto her family amidst the struggles of life and racial identity.\nThe first poem opens with the momentous line: \u201cThe day I was called into my mother\u2019s bedroom\u201d, presenting us with the surreal experience of the poet being told that he was adopted as a baby. The rest of this section follows the same theme, examining the process of growing up and confronting your roots.\nI particularly like \u2018The weight of knowing\u2019, a villanelle which emphasises the distancing of the poet from his birth mother, using the repeated lines \u201cthe woman in the photograph\u201d and \u201cthe woman who gave me away\u201d. It is written in the simple language of a child, who must decide whether to respond to her invitation to meet, despite misgivings and the evocative \u201cweight of knowing\u201d.\nAnother emotive piece is \u2018Fragments of a mother and son story\u2019 which narrates the experience of meeting his birth mother for the first time. The first line sets the tone: \u201cI surrendered into the unknown\u201d as he describes travelling through a foreign landscape, which seems to echo the absurdity of the situation: \u201cwhere streets are wider than football pitches / where drivers are polite to one another\u201d.\nThe second section explores the experience of growing up as a Black British teenager in Wolverhampton. The carefully constructed poem \u2018In memory of boxing\u2019 slips between past and present, as the young poet imagines his father\u2019s early life, working \u201cunder the bruising heat of a Caribbean sun\u201d and \u201churting / because the chance to go to America has gone\u201d, and then eventually \u201clabouring in the ring of the steel industry / caught up in the cold of the British Isles\u201d. The boxing match is a medium for memory and a metaphor for life \u2013 his father has been \u201cfighting\u201d his way through, and is, even now, \u201cfighting the tiredness\u201d as he relaxes in front of the TV.\nThis fighting motif comes through in other poems too \u2013 as the poet\u2019s friend, Bevan, explains \u201cI\u2019m sick and tired / of all this \u2013 pointing to the colour of his skin \u2013 / I\u2019m tired of fighting and fitting in\u201d in \u2018Saturday Soup\u2019. Then there is \u2018The Tebbit Test (Patriotism)\u2019 which illustrates the contradicting emotions of someone who identifies with two places at once. McFarlane uses repetition and rhyme for emphasis:\n\u201cLong before the Tebbit test, we \u2013 Young Black\nBritish \u2013 had been plunged in the cauldron\nof brutishness and found no black in the Union Jack\u201d\nI like the way he plays with words: \u201cbrutishness\u201d echoing \u2018Britishness\u2019, the image of a black \u201ccauldron\u201d, and the decisive line break between \u201cBlack\u201d and \u201cBritish\u201d.\nThe collection is full of symbolism, and paints a vivid picture of life in the West Midlands during the 1980s. You get a strong sense of the place and the people in poems such as \u2018Burning with a rage that Babylon would never understand\u2026\u2019 which shows us \u201cBlacks, Asians and Whites caught up / in the Winter of Maggie\u2019s policies\u201d alongside \u201cthe lies, the daily abuse, / state sanctioned terror\u201d.\nThis second section ends with \u2018Finding X/Self\u2019, in which the poet feels that he has at last unearthed his true identity, when he finds a book of poetry by the West Indian poet, Edward Kamau Brathwaite:\nThe third section begins with \u2018A Love Supreme\u2019, a collaboration which McFarlane worked on with the musician Steve Tromans, full of religious imagery and a love of music. The poems in this section focus on love and relationships.\nYou can tell that many of McFarlane\u2019s poems were written not just to be read but also to be performed. There is a strong focus on the sound of words, with repetition and rhyme, such as the refrain \u201cthere\u2019s bikes, bikes everywhere\u201d in \u2018A Poet in Amsterdam\u2019. In \u2018Tipton\u2019 you can hear the poet\u2019s sheer enjoyment of language: \u201cTipton, this tongue-tipping / double-syllable of a word\u201d, and the internal rhyme and off-beat rhythm of lines such as \u201cThis lost city, quintessentially / Black Country, God\u2019s belly button / of the Universe has got me\u201d would certainly gain power and magnetism when read aloud.\nThe beautiful, heart-warming poem \u2018Nearly There (I)\u2019 ends this section with a spotlight on the father-daughter relationship, and the emotional pull of being the responsible adult, yet knowing that you will one day have to let your offspring go:\n\u201cI won\u2019t always be there\nwhen it pours \u2013 and it will pour \u2013\nto drag you through the rain,\u201d\nThis leads into the final section, which reflects on the pain of bereavement as the poet describes his mother\u2019s final days. \u2018I cried\u2019 is a prose poem which uses the form to its advantage, presenting us with a relentless outpouring of emotion \u2013 a string of moments of ecstasy, glorying in the beauty of life, and finishing with grief. Other poems focus on precious moments: rubbing cream into his mother\u2019s leg in hospital, reading Psalms to her, or wishing that \u201cpoetry could take the pain away\u201d.\nThe final poem \u2018Nearly There (II)\u2019, echoes the final poem of the previous section \u2013 in which the poet appears to remember a childhood experience of beating through a snowstorm, reaching home and comfort at last, with the words of his mother driving him onward in the refrain \u201cI could hear you telling me to keep going on\u201d. But it can also be read as a metaphor for those last moments, bearing the weight of grief as he watches his mother pass away, experiencing the \u201cbombardment\u201d of emotions and the \u201cnumbing coldness\u201d of loss. The final repetition of the line: \u201cBut I hear you telling me to keep going on\u201d is the only way in which he is able to continue, to cope, to look forward and move on.\nI look forward to hearing Roy McFarlane reading at the Verve Poetry Festival this weekend, alongside other poets from Nine Arches Press \u2013 Isobel Dixon, Abegail Morley and Robert Peake.\nBeginning With Your Last Breath by Roy McFarlane is published by Nine Arches Press.\nDeclaration: I received a free copy of the book from the publisher.\nThis entry was posted in Book Reviews, Poetry, Poetry Reviews and tagged poetry, poetry reading. Bookmark the permalink.\n\u2190 The Hay Festival on a Budget \u2013 A Survival Guide for Stewards\nA Feast of Poetic Delights at the Verve Poetry Festival \u2192\nOne thought on \u201cPoetry Review: Beginning With Your Last Breath by Roy McFarlane\u201d\nPingback: Poetry - for loss, absence and bearing witness...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 194, "original_length": 11415, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 297.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://cricdb.com/2018/10/12/trump-kanye-west-hug-during-freaky-oval-office-meeting.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:01Z", "digest": "sha1:DWTKLSRCKFGYSBXWK56HK43XZYYKDEJX", "length": 2678, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "cricdb.com", "title": "Trump, Kanye West hug during freaky Oval Office meeting", "raw_content": "Rapper Kanye West speaks to President Donald Trump and others in the Oval Office.\n\"We had the opportunity to meet with the President of the United States which everybody doesn't have that privilege\".\nWest's wife, Kim Kardashian West, visited the White House in September to discuss prison sentencing reform with Trump. \"You know, they tried to scare me to not wear this hat\". \"It was something about when I put this hat on, it made me feel like Superman\". A \"smart cookie\". Which is pretty underwhelming considering you've just branded yourself a insane motherfucker. \"Partially due to the lessons learned from the outcome of other similar situations dealing wit my brother Wayne (which I admittedly mishandled a bit in hindsight) But now this sh*t is next level, futuristic Sambo, Hopping Bob, Stephen off Django ass sh*t Ye!\"\n\"I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder\".\n\"Let's stop worrying about the future all we have is today ...\" \"We can empower the pharmaceuticals\", he said.\nKanye has previously said that he will be the next Steve Jobs.\nAt one point, West pulled out his iPhone to show the president a few illustrations of a hydrogen-powered plane that he said could replace Air Force One.\nDuring one pause in West's comments, Trump said: \"I tell you what that was pretty impressive\".\nThe club shared an image of the typically straight faced Kanye West, with the caption: 'The worldwide break has got us like'.\nThe Grammy victor even brought up Hillary Clinton and the 2016 campaign, explaining that, although there was a great deal he liked about the former Secretary of State, he felt empowered by Trump's message, once again referencing the Man of Steel. \"Him in front of all these white people, mostly white people, embarrassing himself and embarrassing Americans, but mostly African-Americans, because every one of them is sitting either at home or with their phones, watching this, cringing\".\nWhile we admire the products Apple delivers, it is a awful idea for the phone and computer company to get into the aviation business to create what is arguably the most important plane in the world. \"Those in the music business say he's a genius, and that's OK with me\". Racism, he said, is an invisible wall in the country.\nWest and Trump have a friendship that goes back to before the 2016 presidential election.\nThe trio spoke about prison reform and guns with Kanye saying: \"The problem is illegal guns.Not legal guns\". \"We have the right to bear arms\".\nWest told reporters at the Oval Office he loves Clinton. West said, before giving him a huge hug.\nEarlier Thursday, Trump told \"Fox and Friends\" Thursday that West is \"a different kind of guy and that's OK with me\".", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 111, "original_length": 9323, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 272.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ctg.albany.edu/publications/xml_getting_started/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:50:05Z", "digest": "sha1:SBOBGG3HO7QZQ7N32YZQXFFDFN5ENHT7", "length": 1057, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "ctg.albany.edu", "title": "CTG - xml_getting_started", "raw_content": "Using XML for Web Site Management: Getting Started Guide\nJim Costello, Donna S. Canestraro, Derek Werthmuller, J. 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Significant new development officially approved today.\nI spent a fascinating early lunchtime sitting in the public gallery of the City of London Planning and Transportation Committee today. Something quite new to me.\nAnd the purpose was to listen to the Committee formally approving a report noting that \u201cthe outcomes of the cycle permeability improvements have been positive\u201d and to \u201cencourage officers to deliver further safe and convenience improvements of a similar nature, as funding opportunities and processes allow\u201d\nThis is stonkingly good news.\nThe City first approved a number of one-way streets becoming two-way for cycling a year ago. The AA warned of all sorts of dangers, including 'illegal cyclists' hitting pedestrians. Commentators in The Evening Standard warned of dire consequences. And the City authorities had to jump through endless numbers of hoops to obtain approval for these first contraflow streets.\nAs one City official put it this morning: \u2018At the time, considered rather brave\u2019, before adding, somewhat astonishingly \u2018we [the City of London] are perhaps lagging a bit behind the rest of London'. Astonishing words. The City of London seems, just occassionally to really get its head around this stuff.\nThe report noted that:\n\"Overall, there has been a significant increase in the number of cyclists that use the new facilities. This increase was measured at greater than 60% (180 cycles compared to 111 in a single hour)\" with Fann Street and West Smithfield seeing the biggest growth.\nThe report notes the complete support of the City of London Police. And, guess what: \"There have been no reported collisions involving cyclists in the six months since the changes were implemented. The ability for cyclists to avoid busy streets will be a contributing factor in improving road safety in the City.\"\nNo reported collisions. This report basically states that, despite all the outcry when these schemes were first implemented, there is pretty much nothing to report.\nBack to this morning, then. The report was discussed by the various members of the committee in the chamber. I say 'discussed' but what really takes place is that each member pops up and voices an opinion. It's a little like watching a debate in the House of Commons. Only more polite.\nAnd this was fascinating to observe.\nWe started with one member of the committee banging on about 'illegal cyclists' and blathering about issues that were about badly behaved cyclists in general. Nothing to do with the issue at hand, really. \u201cOne consequence is cyclists now think they can cycle in any direction on any street and any pavement at any time\", he opined and then spent some time talking about one particular cyclist proceeding in a northerly direction along a pavement and his sense of outrage.\nI'm not condoning cycling on the pavement. I'm also not suggesting cyclists are perfect. But if we spent our days deciding whether or not to widen the M25 based on whether a single motorist flouts the Highway Code, then Philip Hammond would never have got today's road-widening schemes on the agenda.\nAnd so it proved to be at the City of London.\nI was all set to have to endure a session of listening to our elected members berate cyclists and beat us up for our manners, our road behaviour, our simple presence on the street.\nBut, no. I was proven to be far too cynical.\nWith thanks to Real Cycling blog\n\u2018These facilities without proper enforcement can lead to the inevitable,\u2019 retorted a City official, setting the scene for another member to give his view. Now I happen to know this particular elected member was a vociferous opponent of the two-way cycling schemes when they were first discussed. And he admitted as much this morning. \"In practice, my reservations have been proved unfair\". What he was saying was that he was a convert from flatly opposing two-way cycling to believing it was a success. In fact, he continued to narrate a story of how the only person he'd witnessed contravening the new road layout was a motorist driving the wrong way down a one-way streets for motor vehicles who seemed ignorant of the meaning of the so-called 'flying motorbike' signs.\nAnd then came the most entertaining moment. Up stands an erudite and, dare-I-say, slightly portly member. Who promptly 'outs' himself as a passionate Boris biker, a man who uses the bikes every day to journey to work and a man who one might not have necessarily expected to be a 'cyclist'. In fact, he's not a 'cyclist'. He's a man who happens to go to work on a bicycle. As do I and many of the people I work with.\nIn any case, he briskly takes the committee to task on two issues that directly impact his journey to work. Firstly, the quality of the road surface, potholes and that can be dangerous for cyclists. And then talked about how he found a particular junction in the City badly designed for people on bikes. He expressed how the design actively made people like himself have to dodge between idling cars stuck at the junction and how this created conflict and unnecessary danger.\nBlimey, I thought.\nI know this blog can be a little cynical about how the authorities perceive cycling. And there is an awful long way to go before people actually think cycling from the perspective of what it's like to be on a bicycle instead of implementing poorly thought-out road schemes designed by motorists. It's also going to be years before we actually secure any real and decent money for cycling.\nBut something's afoot. I saw it in the City of London's debating chamber this very morning. And I was proud of the place for the first time in a long while.\nThat's fantastic news indeed. Is the wind of change blowing?\nI'm sure you are trying to be polite by keeping the names of those involved in the discussion withheld.\nHowever I feel it would be helpful to others that the names of these local politicians are mentioned. So we can congratulate those who share the same views, and convince the others why they are wrong.\nWhen it comes to the next round of elections people may remember that Mr. Jones was a Boris Biker, and Mr. Smith was so incensed that a cyclist was using the pavement.\nTrue, true. I think what I should do is ask the protocol on this sort of stuff because I don't want to find myself barred from future meetings. They're very useful.....\nI assume that these meetings are open to the public. Or is there some criteria for attendance?\nIf so then comments made in public are just that public. Open for anyone to record.\nAs long as you quote people accurately I can see no problem with you putting names to quotes. 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Built by the Rockefeller family, it is located in the center of Midtown Manhattan, spanning the area between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987.\nThis description uses material from the Wikipedia article on Rockefeller Center and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (view authors).\nPhoto added by Georgie Rawes. 3 years ago\nI loved this place. So peaceful and surreal.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 2578, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 92.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://dbiyounganitafrika.com/biography/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:53Z", "digest": "sha1:AILETPPZGRWUAQZUXCAAM2G4GLOSQPOZ", "length": 13918, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "dbiyounganitafrika.com", "title": "BIOGRAPHY \u2014 d'bi.young anitafrika", "raw_content": "d\u2019bi.young anitafrika is a queer black feminist dub poet, theatre maker, educator & activist. born & raised in jamaica, she moved to canada at 15 years old. during the past 20 years, d\u2019bi.young has written, performed & published numerous collections of poetry, plays & dub albums that decry the entangled inequity of racism, classism, misogyny, homophobia, colonialism & capitalism. she is a triple dora-award winning \u2018canadian poet of honor\u2019 & \u2018womxn of distinction in the arts.\u2019 founding artistic director emeritus, of the canadian black theatre conservatory, watah (2008-2018), & founder of the feminist micro press, spolrusie publishing; d\u2019bi.young is also the creator of the anitafrika method - an emancipatory praxis for self-recovery, creative growth, and leadership development. having taught the method worldwide, d\u2019bi.young is presently engaged in further research as part of her postgraduate studies in london uk. her latest projects include a new monodrama on decolonising academia, a publication of the sankofa trilogy by playwrights canada press, and a new book of poetry entitled \u2018the collected dub poems of d\u2019bi.young anitafrika\u2019 due out in spring 2019.\nALTERNATE SHORT BIO\nFrom touring the world as a Dub poet, to curating international residencies for artists in the Caribbean, North and South America, Africa and Europe, to being heralded as a Womxn of Distinction in the Arts, the creative endeavors of African Jamaican Canadian D\u2019bi Young Anitafrika are globally celebrated. A triple Dora award-winning published playwright-performer, director-dramaturge and educator-scholar, D\u2019bi Young is also the creator of the intersectional Black feminist praxis \u2014 the Anitafrika Method. She is the founding Artistic Director Emeritus of the Watah Theatre where she taught emerging and established BIQTPOC artists in Canada (2008-2018) and the founding Creative Director of the Anitafrika Retreat Centre where she teaches artists globally. D\u2019bi Young recently signed a three-year publishing agreement with Playwrights Canada Press to release one triptych per year: The Sankofa Trilogy 2019, The Orisha Trilogy 2020, and The Ibeji Trilogy 2021. Addressing issues of gender, sexuality, race, class and the human experience, through her radical interdisciplinary arts practices, she is currently engaged in postgraduate studies at Goldsmiths, University of London, researching the Praxes, Politics and Pedagogies of Black Performance. Her latest book of poetry The Collected Dub Poems of D\u2019bi Young Anitafrika, will be available worldwide in April 2019.\nD\u2019bi Young Anitafrika is a queer Black feminist artist. Canadian Poet of Honor and YWCA Woman of Distinction in the Arts, she is an internationally celebrated African Jamaican Dubpoet, writer, arts-educator and three time Dora Award winning theatre practitioner, whose trans-disciplinary work explores themes of identity, gender, sexuality, divinity, the erotic, race, class and the human experience. She is the originator of the intersectional creative leadership praxis \u2013 the Anitafrika Method \u2013 which has been employed by The Stephen Lewis Foundation, The Banff Centre, U of T, MaRS, and other institutions globally. For the last two decades Anitafrika has mentored countless artists in North America, the Caribbean, Africa, South Asia, South America and Europe through her world-wide performances, speaking engagements and arts-education projects. She recently signed a three-year publishing deal with Playwrights Canada Press to release one triptych per year: The Sankofa Trilogy 2019, The Orisha Trilogy 2020, and The Ibeji Trilogy 2021. Her latest collection of poetry The Collected Dub Poems of D\u2019bi Young Anitafrika, will be available worldwide in April 2019.\nShe has performed and lectured extensively, including an address at the United Nations, and has written nine plays, published three collections of poetry, a comic book and produced seven Dubpoetry albums. Founder and Artistic Director Emeritus of Watah Theatre and Spolrusie Publishing, she continues to foster the professional development of emerging to established artists through the Anitafrika Method. D\u2019bi completed a dance apprenticeship at Coba (Collective of Black Artists) and a playwrights residency at Obsidian Theatre in Toronto Canada in 2017, where she developed her critically acclaimed Orisha Trilogy featuring the plays Esu Crossing The Middle Passage, Mami Wata & the PussyWitch Hunt, & Lukumi: A Dub Opera.\nA recipient of nine Dora Nominations, a Canada Council New Chapters Grant to produce Lukumi: A Dub Opera, KM Hunter Theatre award, a Mayor\u2019s Arts award, a Vital People award, a Toronto Leadership Lab Fellow alumni, and a finalist for both the Ontario Premier Arts Award and the William Killbourn Award, Anitafrika has been fronting her Afro-Dub-Fusion band \u2013 D'bi. & the 333 \u2013 with Sudanese master musician Waleed Abdulhamid for the past several years. Her most recent projects include: 1. Postgraduate studies at Goldsmiths, University of London in Theatre and Performance 2. Travelling the world as a Dub poet addressing issues of identity, gender, sexuality, divinity, the erotic, race, class and the human experience.\nD\u2019bi Young Anitafrika is a queer Black feminist artist. African Jamaican Dubpoet, playwright, monodramatist, and educator, she is internationally celebrated as a visionary storyteller, a passionate humanist, and a leader in the development of arts education. Her pan-Africanist trans-disciplinary explorations of identity, gender, sexuality, class, and human experience make an indelible mark on the Canadian and global cultural landscape.\nShe is the published author of nine plays: Once Upon a Black Boy, Androgyne, and Yagayah (co-authored with Naila Keleta Mae); The Sankofa Trilogy featuring: Blood.Claat, Benu, & Word! Sound! Powah!; The Orisha Trilogy featuring: Esu Crossing The Middle Passage, Mami Wata & The PussyWitch Hunt, and Lukumi: A Dub Opera), three collections of poetry (Art on Black, Rivers and Other Blackness Between Us & OYA), seven dub poetry albums (including Wombanifesto made in Cuba, 333 made in South Africa, and Civil Rights Mixtape made in Canada), a comic book set in Jamaica called Shemurenga: Back Supah Shero and a deck of instructional cards containing her Anitafrika Method. Specialising in what she terms Biomyth Monodrama, Anitafrika creates one-person plays comprised of music, poetry, dance, and drama that chronicle the stories of global peoples and our quests for self-actualisation starring complex, multi-dimensional Black womxn protagonists. She recently signed a three-year publishing deal with Playwrights Canada Press to release one triptych per year: The Sankofa Trilogy 2019, The Orisha Trilogy 2020, and The Ibeji Trilogy 2021.\nHaving completed six global performance and teaching tours, Anitafrika has shared the stage with New York times best-selling author and advocate Janet Mock; Zimbabwe\u2019s celebrated singer-songwriter Oliver Mtukudzi; legendary African-American poet Saul Williams; South Africa\u2019s literary wordsmith Rustum Kozain; and renowned Ivory Coast storyteller Werewere Liking. She has also participated in art projects featuring Leonard Cohen, novelist Margaret Atwood, Sri Lankan-Canadian poet Michael Ondaatje, Somali-Canadian rapper K\u2019naan, and world renowned singers Alicia Keys, Angelique Kidjo, Annie Lennox, and Sarah McLachlan. Anitafrika was invited to be a guest speaker at India\u2019s Inktalks in association with TED where she presented stories of three womxn: a survivor of childhood sexual trauma, an hiv positive womxn, and a young girl coming of age.\nA Keynote Speaker and Headliner at numerous conferences, universities, festivals and organisations worldwide, she has featured at: Goteborg Book Fair, Uppsala International Poetry Festival, the Canadian Writers Summit, The Black Feminist Forum/AWID in Brazil, Thinklandia in Victoria, Poetry Africa in Malawi, Zimbabwe, and South Africa, Goteborgs Poesifestival, Kosmopolis in Barcelona, Bushfire in Swaziland, Manifesto in Canada and Jamaica, Badilisha in Cape Town, Canwest Cabaret Toronto, Calgary International Folk and Spoken Word Festivals, Vancouver Folk Fest, Havana International Reggae Fest, and Toronto\u2019s International Dubpoetry Festival. She has also appeared on Def Poetry Jam, starred in the Canadian sitcom Lord Have Mercy alongside distinguished Jamaican actor Leonie Forbes, and is an original Dora-nominated lead cast member of \u2018da kink in my hair.\nEDUCATOR/INSTIGATOR\nFor the two past decades, Anitafrika has mentored countless artists through her world-wide performances, speaking engagements, and arts-education projects. She has worked with theatre companies, universities, cultural organisations, and social institutions across North America, the Caribbean, South Asia, South America, Europe and Africa including the United Nations, the Banff Centre, MaRS Discovery District - Studio Y, the University of Toronto, York University, Ryerson University, George Brown College and the Manifesto Festival of Art and Culture.\nFrom 2011 to 2012 she worked as Curator at the Africa Centre in Cape Town, South Africa in their Badilisha Poetry X-Change program, a global podcast platform featuring Pan African poets from within and outside of the continent of Africa. In 2008 she founded anitafrika! dub theatre in Toronto Canada and proceeded to design and facilitate two tuition-free twelve-month national residencies for emerging playwrights instructing them in the Anitafrika Method her Biomyth Monodrama model and assisting them in formulating their own solo performance shows. This initiative grew to become The Watah Theatre \u2014 a space for BIQTPOC (Black, Indigenous, Queer, Trans, People of Colour) artists who are under-represented in mainstream theatre, addressing challenges in accessing mentorship & professional development as theatre practitioners by eliminating discriminatory selection practices. During its tenure (2008-2018), The Watah Theatre trained over 700 BIQTPOC artists in Toronto Canada. Through establishing Watah\u2019s micro press \u2014 Spolrusie Publishing \u2014 Anitafrika was also able to publish the new plays, poetry and photography of Watah Theatre artists who otherwise may not have had an opportunity to do so.\nAnitafrika\u2019s other initiative, Yemoya, an international artist residency grew to become the Anitafrika Retreat Centre, an initiative that combines arts process with wellness practices for the holistic development of people. Residencies has been facilitated in Costa Rica, UK, Hawaii, Jamaica, Belize, The Bahamas, South Africa, India, the UK, and Canada. Near one hundred artists worldwide have graduated from Anitafrika\u2019s Yemoya residency; many of whom have gone on to become celebrated artists, educators and activists. Former graduates include globally celebrated King of Soca Machel Montano, actor-playwright and co-Producer of \u2018da kink in my hair television series Ngozi Paul and Manifesto founder and photographer Che Kothari, both from Canada; lecturer and performance artist Ria Hartley from the UK; from Zimbabwe, writer-activist Rudo Chigudu; writer-activist Raphael Cohen from the USA; and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's The Exhibitionist's host Amanda Parris.\nThrough her work in Africa, the Caribbean, North and South America, and Europe with youth and emerging artists, she has created the Anitafrika Method, an intersectional creative leadership praxis that cultivates holistic self-actualisation through arts education. The method is widely used by national and global change-makers such as The Stephen Lewis Foundation, The Banff Centre, U of T, and MaRS. Anitafrika received a grant from Toronto\u2019s Women\u2019s College hospital to conduct research using the Anitafrika Method as a health intervention in the lives of Black and diverse womxn. She was also invited by the Stephen Lewis Foundation to design the Arts Activism and Aids Academy grounded in the method where she facilitated workshops with womxn who work at the forefront of the AIDS pandemic in sub-saharan Africa.\nMonodramas have garnered Anitafrika awards in Canada, Jamaica, UK, and South Africa. She is the acclaimed recipient of the YWCA Woman of Distinction in the Arts Award, the Women\u2019s Resiliency Award, three Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Outstanding New Play (Blood.Claat 2006) and Outstanding Performance (Blood.Claat 2006) and Outstanding Performance (Mami Wata & The PussyWitch Hunt 2016), the KM Hunter Theatre Award, the Toronto Mayor\u2019s Arts Award, a Toronto Leadership Lab Fellow (2015-2016), nine Dora nominations, the William Killbourn Award Finalist, Ontario Premier Arts Award finalist, Canada Council New Chapter Grant for $120, 000 and countless Best Solo Artist Awards and Critics Picks. As a Canadian Poet of Honour, D\u2019bi Young Anitafrika was recently featured as a top poet on CNN. She is also the recipient of a Vital People Award from the Toronto Foundation for her relentless commitment to social justice through the arts.\nD\u2019bi Young Anitafrika completed an intensive dance apprenticeship at Coba Dance Theatre and a playwright\u2019s residency at Obsidian Theatre in Toronto, Canada in 2016. She is the front womnxn for the Afro-Dub-Fusion band \u2013 D\u2019bi. & the 333 \u2013 with Sudanese master musician Waleed Abdulhamid. Having published her third collection of poetry, OYA, she recently also completed her critically acclaimed Lukumi: A Dub Opera (formally entitled Bleeders), the third instalment of her celebrated Orisha trilogy. The Trilogy also features the Dora nominated premiere play Esu Crossing The Middle Passage and the Dora Award winning follow-up piece, Mami Wata & The PussyWitch Hunt. Her most recent projects include: 1. Postgraduate studies at Goldsmiths, University of London in Theatre and Performamce 2. 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This may be followed by periods of normal eating and dieting. The difference is that the urge to overeat will resurface and a cycle of feeling out control of eating continues, despite an individual\u2019s\u2019 desire to quit the behavior.\nA person\u2019s report of feeling \u201cout of control\u201d while eating along with at least three of the following symptoms are proposed for meeting diagnostic criteria for (BED):\nEating large amounts of food, even when not physically hungry\nEating alone out of embarrassment at the quantity of food being eaten\nFeelings of disgust, depression, or guilt with overeating.\nThese behaviors must occur 2 times per week over the course of 6 months with no compensatory behaviors (purging, laxatives or other inappropriate means to compensate for overeating). If the compensatory behaviors are present the diagnostic criteria is met for Bulimia Nervosa.\nWhat constitutes an episode of binge eating?\nA binge is considered the consumption of excessive amounts of food over a short period of time, about two hours. In some cases a binge can last for an entire day and total more than 20,000 calories (a normal day\u2019s diet is between 1,500 and 3,000 calories).\nHow does Binge Eating Disorder differ from compulsive overeating?\nThere is some overlap in eating behavior, however compulsive overeaters can also be \u201cgrazers\u201d who will return to pick at food all day, but may not necessarily consume a large quantity of food at any given setting. The overall consumption of calories is extremely high, but spaced out over the course of the day and night. Individuals often spend enormous amounts of time thinking about food and fantasizing about eating.\nTreatment of BED and compulsive overeating often includes a comprehensive approach of targeting biological, psychological and social factors. These include individual psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, psycho-educational and skills group, psychotropic medication, nutrition counseling, and an exercise wellness program. Treatment targets thoughts and feelings that lead to the behavior and serve to maintain the continuation of maladaptive eating patterns. Interpersonal skills and emotional regulation skills help to improve coping in more adaptive ways and promote healthy forms of communication and assertiveness skills. The development of self-control and self-efficacy in handling emotional and interpersonal problems in effective, non-destructive ways promotes self-esteem. The danger of treating this disorder with another FAD diet, diet pills, or worse viewing it as simply a character defect is likely to promote the continuation of the illness by not addressing the emotional and psychological components of the behavior.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 3874, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 268.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://denisebenoit.com/real-estate-properties/property-details/19059952-52/m-j-442-grey-street-brantford-ontario/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:54Z", "digest": "sha1:ETQ2TTIDIV7WJH5EPPWVSL23DGZGMXYF", "length": 723, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "denisebenoit.com", "title": "Property Details | Denise Benoit - Brantford Real Estate", "raw_content": "I am interested in this property - please contact me: MLS\u00ae: 30636001 | $11/square feet M & J - 442 Grey Street, Brantford, Ontario (ID 30636001) URL: http://denisebenoit.com/real-estate-properties/property-details/19059952-52/m-j-442-grey-street-brantford-ontario/\nM & J - 442 Grey Street, Brantford, Ontario, N3S7S3\nRecently improved professional office space for lease in a well-maintained office building with plenty of parking spaces. The TMI includes heat, hydro & water. The location is on a public transit route, close to highway #403 and major arteries for easy access in Brantford. These units have private offices, classrooms, reception, washrooms and storage. (id:2471)\nHeating Type:Baseboard heaters, Forced air", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 116, "original_length": 6154, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.84, "perplexity": 320.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://denormale.com/the-health-risks-of-a-surrogate-baby/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:38Z", "digest": "sha1:2C53JUKTPHZ3A4LKVH6LNP3EAAHQHDYS", "length": 3429, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "denormale.com", "title": "The health risks of a surrogate baby \u2013 De Nor Male", "raw_content": "HomeBlogThe health risks of a surrogate baby\nPeople make decisions according to what they like and what they do not like, but there are times when people do things without available options. This happens in people who have no children and because of a medical problem can not have their own children. In this case, they must make replacement arrangements. These arrangements are convenient for them because they can get a genetic relationship with their children in this way.\nFor paternity to become reality, people have all sorts of birth-related problems and choose a surrogate mother to help their child during pregnancy. After the birth of the child, the surrogate mother has to deliver the child to the parents, and this is a method for sterile couples who enjoy being parents with great content. So what is a surrogate mother definition? Take a look at the succeeding part of the blog.\nThere are several risks involved in the receivables process, so couples should take the time to think about making the right decision. The fact of being a surrogate mother is a perfect gift for a couple without children, but it can also be very difficult to get through.\nThere are times when surrogates who have never been with children and experience the feelings that come with the pregnancy. Besides, they do not know the physical changes associated with it. Surrogates are sometimes confused and nervous because they are attached to the child during pregnancy and develop a certain connection between them.\nChildren born of a surrogate mother, or conceived of donated eggs or donated sperm, are well-suited from a psychological point of view. However, people are more concerned about children being born by IVF programs, who have low esteem, or who have a less positive relationship with their parents.\nMany people are often convinced that parents are too harsh or less worried about having children born to a surrogate mother. For example, you can consider that many single-parent families also have parents marrying, but they are quite rare. There are many factors that affect the relationship between children and their parents, and the change of claims is a minor problem in this regard.\nThere are several studies and experiments leading to the discovery that surrogates were often content to transfer the right of the born child to another mother or family. In addition, it was a surprise to find that the mothers planning the replacement pregnancies were more affectionate, tender, and much more affectionate to the children than the genetic mothers.\nAlthough it is illegal to sell breastmilk, new parents will have to bear the costs associated with taking and/or shipping milk. Some of the surrogate mothers receive some form of compensation for their time and use in connection with this pumping; Others, however, consider it a gift of health that they give to the baby\u2019s overall well-being. While breastmilk and baby livestock are certainly a good option, not all surrogacy arrangements will actually provide for this milk extraction process. It is a personal decision that should be left to new parents.\nFinally, it has been observed in many parts of the world that birth mothers, who become pregnant, use a specific method to separate themselves from the birth of babies. This means that children born to surrogate mothers benefit from the same attention and affection as all naturally born children.\nAlvins vej til verden", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 31, "original_length": 3921, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 192.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://desalesmusicacademy.com/director_msg.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:21:57Z", "digest": "sha1:GMB65RUAB75Z4EFZEXD3VNQ3SAYEZVZQ", "length": 1860, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "desalesmusicacademy.com", "title": "De Sales Music Academy", "raw_content": "Director 's Message\nFLOWERING OF MY DREAM\nMartin Luther King brought about a societal revolution in USA with his \"I have a dream\" statement. Someone else said, \"Dream big dreams.\" In 2003 I went to Rome to do my doctoral studies in philosophy.\n\"In 2004 I went to Austria to learn German. Before I went to Rome I had a dream about a music school. My first contact with my friends in Austria brought out my hidden desire to learn more music and to provide similar opportunities to our children and youth back in India. I really felt that I went to a right place and met right people in Austria. As I first went to Brunnenthal (Austria) my dream slowly became an idea. I slowly started to talk about this idea with my friends there and this idea became more and more clear.\nAfter I returned to India I prayed a lot and reflected about it. I wanted God to reveal me that what I was going to do in the future was really His will. After discussing with some of my close friends in India, and after being convinced within my heart that God will surely stand by me in this new endeavor, I started to experiment with this idea. The fruit of this experiment was what we have \"De Sales Music Academy.\" De Sales Music Academy is a music school which I started in Bangalore in 2007 after I returned from Rome.\nIn April 2007 I conducted a summer camp for a month-long intense music course. Though it was difficult to organize this camp, yet with the support of my friends and colleagues I was able to successfully conduct the camp. The summer music camp was conducted with the financial help organized by my friends. This camp was conducted under the banner of \"De Sales Music Academy\" and this was the first beginning of what I dreamt of a music school. 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They entrenched themselves on a rise located on Charleston Peninsula overlooking Boston. Their destination: Bunker Hill.\nFrom this hill, the rebels could bombard the town and British ships in Boston Harbor. But Ward's men misunderstood his orders. They went to Breed's Hill by mistake and entrenched themselves there \u2014 closer to the British position.\nCannon for Breakfast\nThe next morning, the British were stunned to see Americans threatening them. In the 18th century, British military custom demanded that the British attack the Americans, even though the Americans were in a superior position militarily (the Americans had soldiers and cannon pointing down on the British).\nWilliam Howe was the commander in chief of the British army at the Battle of Bunker Hill.\nMajor General William Howe, leading the British forces, could have easily surrounded the Americans with his ships at sea, but instead chose to march his troops uphill. Howe might have believed that the Americans would retreat in the face of a smashing, head-on attack.\nHis Majesty's ships opened fire on the Americans. Early in the afternoon, 28 barges of British soldiers crossed the Charles River and stormed the hills. The Americans waited until the British were within 15 paces, and then unleashed a bloody fusillade. Scores of British troops were killed or wounded; the rest retreated down the hill.\nAgain, the British rushed the hill in a second wave. And again they retreated, suffering a great number of casualties.\nBy the time the third wave of British charged the hill, the Americans were running low on ammunition. Hand-to-hand fighting ensued. The British eventually took the hill, but at a great cost. Of the 2,300 British soldiers who had gone through the ordeal, 1,054 were either killed or wounded.\nDear and Hon'd Mother ...\nFriday the 16 of June we were orderd on parade at six 'o Clock, with one days provision and Blankets ready for a March somewhere, but we knew not where but we readily and cheerfully obey'd, ...\n[W]e march'd down, on to Charleston Hill against Copts hill in Boston, where we entrench'd & made a Fort ... we work'd there undiscovered till about five in the Morning, when we saw our danger, being against Ships of the Line, and all Boston fortified against us, The danger we were in made us think there was treachery and that we were brought there to be all slain, and I must and will say that there was treachery oversight or presumption in the Conduct of our Officers, for about 5 in the morning, we not having more than half our fort done, they began to fire (I suppose as soon as they had orders) pretty briskly for a few minutes, then ceas'd but soon begun again, and fird to the number of twenty minutes, (they killd but one of our Men) then ceas'd to fire till about eleven oClock when they began to fire as brisk as ever, which caus'd many of our young Country people to desert, apprehending the danger in a clearer manner than others who were more diligent in digging, & fortifying ourselves against them.\n\u2013 Peter Brown, letter to his mother (June 25, 1775) Massachusetts Historical Society\nOn July, 2, 1775, George Washington rode into Cambridge, Massachusetts, to take command of the new American army. He had a formidable task ahead of him. He needed to establish a chain of command and determine a course of action for a war \u2014 if there would be a war.\nWashington was one of the few Americans of the era to have military experience. He had served with distinction in the French and Indian War.\nWashington was also a southerner. Politicians from the north (such as John Adams) recognized that, for the Americans to have any shot at defeating the British, all regions of the country would have to be involved. The uprising had to be more than just New England agitation.\nIn London, the news of Bunker Hill convinced the king that the situation in the Colonies had escalated into an organized uprising and must be treated as a foreign war. Accordingly, he issued a Proclamation of Rebellion.\nBritish general William Howe ordered his troops to cross the Charles River and attack the American troops atop Bunker Hill.\nThe British had taken the initiative, but they, like Washington, needed to establish a plan of action. How did they plan to win the war? With the help of loyal colonials! \"There are many inhabitants in every province well affected to Government, from whom no doubt we shall have assistance,\" General Howe wrote. But he hedged: the Loyalists could not rally \"until His Majesty's armies have a clear superiority by a decisive victory.\"\nThe general needed a showdown. But first he needed supplies, reinforcements, and a scheme to suppress the rebels. Almost 11 months after the shots at Bunker Hill were fired, Howe departed Boston and moved north to Nova Scotia to wait and plan.\nHe did win decisive victories later, but his assumption that the Loyalists would rally behind him was simply wrong.\nBoston NHP Freedom Trail: Bunker Hill Monument\nThe Boston National Historical Park's Freedom Trail winds through the streets of Boston and beyond, leading visitors to the locations of battle and history that dot that old New England town. This site is a part of the online companion to that tour, which includes the Bunker Hill Monument. Learn about both the battle and the monument here.\nJoseph Warren: Martyr of Bunker Hill\nThe official homepage of Warren Tavern in Boston, Massachusetts, provides an entertaining biography of Major General Joseph Warren, who was killed at Bunker Hill. Also included is information about the role of the tavern in colonial society and directions to the tavern (for anyone planning a visit to Boston).\nLieutenant J. Waller of the Royal Marines: On the Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775\nSoon after the Battle of Bunker Hill, a British marine wrote to his brother, \"Amidst the hurry and confusion of a camp hastily pitched in the field of battle, I am sat down to tell you I have escaped unhurt, where many, very many, have fallen.\" Hillsdale College presents the text of this letter.\nMajor General Sir John Burgoyne's letter to Lord Stanley\nCalling the Battle of Bunker Hill \"great\" and \"high-spirited,\" Burgoyne emphasized the glory of war and ignored the heavy casualties suffered by his forces in this 1775 report to Lord Stanley.\nAfter years of animosity between the American colonies and Great Britain, the Battles of Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill marked the beginning of war. This website from the National Park Service describes the background of the revolution and offers pictures and maps that provide a visual lesson on the Battle of Bunker Hill. Questions at the end of each discussion section test visitors' knowledge of Bunker Hill and the American Revolution.\nThe Decisive Day Has Come\nFollowing the Battle of Bunker Hill, Abigail Adams penned a letter to her husband in which she stated that, \"perhaps the decisive Day is come on which the fate of America depends.\" After the battle, there was little chance the Colonies would turn back. The Massachusetts Historical Society commemorates the Battle of Bunker Hill with letters, pictures, and an essay from historian Bernard Bailyn. Firsthand accounts of the battle from participants and comments from patriots such as John and Abigail Adams breathe life into this historical event. The website offers a comprehensive, unique, and colorful perspective of the decisive day.\nNew Hampshire at Bunker Hill\nEager to aid the revolutionary cause, militias from New Hampshire were ready to fight the British at the Battles of Lexington and Concord. But they had to wait until Bunker Hill to get in on the action. This website from SeaCoastNH explains the contributions of New England troops in the battle. Links to information about and pictures of the battle and its major participants complete this comprehensive website.\nDon't fire until you see the whites of their eyes! -Colonel William Prescott, at the Battle of Bunker Hill\nWhat did the Battle of Bunker Hill look like? These maps and images give a few different perspectives.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 21115, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 253.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://dietpillo.com/sports/page/516/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:37Z", "digest": "sha1:SSCPIYHDG5INJEQMWTJ2TUCEBBVZIVXR", "length": 10631, "nlines": 45, "source_domain": "dietpillo.com", "title": "Sports / 180", "raw_content": "Lucas Moura could get big Tottenham Hotspur chance against Swansea City\nWe're trying to help him to feel perfectly. Swansea stand in the way of Pochettino's men, with the Liberty Stadium set to play host to the fixture on Saturday, March 17, kick-off 12.15pm. Tottenham are also reported to have approached the player's entourage over the past few weeks, as Pochettino really likes Malcom and is convinced he has what it takes to make it in the Premier League .\nAllardyce warns Everton 'b****king' over Sigurdsson news\nWhoever gave that statement out is going to get a b********* today - so well done!\" . \"Whoever gave that statement [about six to eight weeks] out is going to get a right telling off because you can not predict a length of injury in its entirety\", said the Everton boss to Sky Sports.\nNCAA Tourney Predictions: Will South Dakota State upset Ohio State? 3/15/18\nOkay, here we go with all the madness, and this time the Buckeyes are back after a two-year absence. Snyder beat Coon in overtime last weekend at Big Tens to reassert himself as the No. \"Injuries or no injuries, if you want to win, you have to go out and score the most points\". Will Ohio State fall victim to a layoff after stumbling a bit down the stretch, or will the time off result in an invigorated and determined team? \"We've got a Big Ten or Big 12 mentality with ma-and-pa ...\nEuropa League Recap: Torres nets brace as Atletico advance over Lokomotiv\nAndrea Correa kicked off an impressive performance by opening the scoring in the 16th minute, only for Maciej Rybus to equalise for Lokomotiv four minutes later with a 25-yard stonker. Atletico regained their second-leg lead two minutes after the break when Saul expertly guided the ball into the bottom corner from a cross from Filipe Luis , who was later stretchered off on an otherwise flawless evening.\nSan Francisco 49ers Trade Daniel Kilgore to Miami Dolphins\nPouncey said he was informed his request would be granted. The 49ers signed center Weston Richburg in free agency this week and he likely will replace Kilgore at the position for the 49ers. But last season he played in all 16 games for the first time since 2012. Kilgore must pass a physical for the trade to be executed. The Dolphins also signed veteran guard Sitton on Thursday, securing him on a 2-year deal worth up to $18 million with incentives, according to a league source.\nChampions League quarterfinal draw live stream\nLiverpool FC are now looking to bounce back from the disappointment of their 2-1 loss to Manchester United in the Premier League at Old Trafford last Saturday. Werner did recently admit that he would prefer to join Man United over Liverpool . I'm very comfortable at RB Leipzig, though. \"There are just strong teams and that's why I don't care [who Liverpool draw]\".\nAugie Garrido, NCAA champion baseball coach at UT, dies at 79\nGarrido spent 48 years as a head coach, winning a record 1,975 games between Texas, Cal State Fullerton, Illinois, Cal Poly and San Francisco State. He won College World Series in four different decades and is the winningnest coach in college baseball history.\nFloyd Mayweather Says He'll Soon Train In MMA With UFC Champion\nDespite Mayweather's comments on his potential crossover to the UFC, there is still a large amount of skepticism that his talk about fighting in mixed martial arts is nothing more than a publicity stunt to keep his name in the headlines. Of course my hand game, on a scale from 1-10, is 100. \"On a scale from 1 to 10, it's probably a 7\". \"I can't overlook or knock any MMA guy\". \"Tyron is (an) unbelievable fighter, tough competitor\".\nMinneapolis pulls out of running as host city for 2026 World Cup\nThe North American campaign to host the 2026 World Cup will submit its formal bid Friday without two high-profile cities, Chicago and Vancouver , which withdrew because of financial concerns. Mexico's representatives are Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey. If the 2026 FIFA World Cup \u2122 is awarded to the United Bid, FIFA will select up to 16 Host Cities from the proposed slate of 23.\nAlexis Sanchez Reveals Retirement Plans to Fulfil Late Father's 'Dream'\nAccording to reports, the Red Devils will pay the Chile global \u00a314m ($19.5m) a year after he agreed a four and a half year deal. 'Being the best-paid in the Premier League fills me with pride at being Chilean'. Or is the writing already on the wall for the two-time Copa America champion? \"I think people are going to understand it because it's a dream my dad had and God willing I am going to fulfil it\".\nWashington Pulls Out 2OT Win Over Depleted Boston Team \u2014 Celtics-Wizards Recap\nSemi Ojeleye fought over a screen up top, forcing Wizards wing Otto Porter Jr .to curl toward the rim. Marcus Morris led the way for the Celtics with 31 points, and nine rebounds followed Rozier with 21 points and nine assists. And Marcus Morris was one of the main reasons why we were there, and it happens\". The Celtics struggled to produce a quality look, entering the ball to Morris on the block with 10 seconds, who kicked the ball out to Tatum with 8.\nThe Raiders are not expected to bring back free agent Reggie Nelson, their starting free safety previous year, and thus could have a need at the position. During his rookie season, Martin, an Oakland native, rushed for a Buccaneers franchise-record 251 yards and four touchdowns at the Coliseum in a win over the Raiders.\nRamsey to undergo 'small procedure', misses Wales duty\nWales begin the competition against the hosts on Thursday 22nd March, while Uruguay face Czech Republic in the other side of the semi-finals. Hopefully all the players selected will get through the weekend. Wales' talisman has not played for his country since last September and the 28-year-old has missed the previous four internationals. Giggs confirmed Ashley Williams will remain as Wales captain but long-serving Dave Edwards of Reading , 32, has retired after winning 43 caps.\nCorruption allegations against Shami to be probed\nAfter levelling charges of physical assault and extra-marital affair, Shami was dragged into charges such as an attempt to murder, assault, rape and even match-fixing. Hasin's elder daughter who is studying in class XI said that her classmates are asking about the controversy. He also said that the allegations made by Jahan on him are shameful and despite no proof, it is affecting his professional and personal life heavily.\nIndia Women vs Australia Women, 2nd ODI\nIndia got off to a strong start and were 0-88 in the 18th over before left-arm spinner Jess Jonassen removed the risky Smriti Mandhana who'd rocketed to 67 off just 40 balls. This was also her first media appearance during the series, as a bout of fever had forced her to depart from training early on Sunday. This time, she was denied a century and fell to Pandey for 84.\nSeeded KU wary of No. 16 Penn in NCAA tourney opener\nThe Jayhawks have heard all of that. Sophomore guard Malik Newman - Newman has turned on the jets as of late. \"They're kind of upset with it\". \"I have to give our guys credit\". \"I know a year ago we were a 1 seed and people said the same thing\", said KU point guard Devonte' Graham. \"We've gotten close at times, but it's now time to peak and start playing your best basketball\".\nIf that were to occur, the two teams with the best head-to-head record between the four nations would face off in a tie-breaker to determine the fourth semi-finalist. In the eighth end, Jung made a flawless draw shot to seal the victory for South Korea. China leveled the score later, but South Korea managed to secure a precious point in the last end for the victory.\nFrank Gore to visit Lions this week\nThe five-time Pro Bowl running back will turn 35 before the start of the 2018-19 season. Gore has rushed for over 900 yards in each of his three seasons in Indianapolis. The team has kicked the tires on multiple free agent running backs thus far this young offseason, and now appears to be closing in on a future Hall of Famer.\nTerence Crawford suffers hand injury, title fight with Jeff Horn postponed\nBut Crawford injured his right hand during training and the fight had to be postponed. Arum spoke to ring.tv confirming the postponement and has stated that the bout will be rearranged for a date in May or June 2nd, with the bout still to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada.\nThe person confirmed the talks to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because there was no final agreement. NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Tuesday the Miami Dolphins are planning to sign ex-Chiefs receiver Albert Wilson to a three-year deal worth $24 million when the new league year opens on Wednesday, per sources informed of the deal.\nAaron Judge to Manny Machado: 'You'd look pretty good in pinstripes, too'\nMachado started at shortstop for the Orioles, but he was not available for comment before or after the game. Machado made the official move to shortstop this offseason after spending the bulk of his six-season career at third base. That potential addition also would have to take into account the Yankees' feelings about promising young infield prospects Miguel Andujar and Gleyber Torres, Keith Law's No.\nStrong 2017 for Adidas\nGrowth in the company's key regions Greater China and North America was particularly strong, with currency-neutral sales increases of 29% and 27%, respectively. Currency-adjusted sales in Western Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa and Japan all enjoyed double-digit increases, with the only dark spot a 13-percent slump in Russian Federation and the former Soviet Union.\nStuttgart warn Liverpool, Spurs over Pavard price\nStuttgart director Michael Reschke has suggested that even a bid of \u00a326.5 million would not be enough to continue to sell. With Pavard also linked to RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund , that might turn out to be the real reason Liverpool-and likely Tottenham as well-are being attached to the young star in the German press.\nNice to see Southgate giving preference to players in form, rather than players ingrained. Tarkowski and Mawson have been rewarded for their solid performances at Burnley and Swansea respectively this season, while Bournemouth midfielder Cook has been called up for the second time after originally being drafted into the squad ahead of the 0-0 draw with Brazil in November.\nAnixter International Inc. (NYSE:AXE) has risen 37.61% since March 10, 2017 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 45.93% the S&P500. Jamie Zimmerman increased its stake in Genworth Financial Cl A Ord ( GNW ) by 18.04% based on its latest 2017Q3 regulatory filing with the SEC.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 147, "original_length": 17799, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 338.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://dogs.royalcanin.com/golden-labrador-retriever", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:06Z", "digest": "sha1:C3LIKQY3YMWR245HUGTT2ANDOPDV6HAT", "length": 868, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "dogs.royalcanin.com", "title": "Golden Retriever & Labrador Dogs|ROYAL CANIN", "raw_content": "So we created specific formulas for each of them.\nGolden Retrievers and Labrador Retrievers have a lot in common, but it\u2019s what makes them different that matters in their diet.\nThey eat differently. Both Golden Retrievers and Labrador Retrievers have a scissor bite, but Labrador Retrievers have a tendency to eat more quickly, so they benefit from a kibble that slows them down and encourages them to chew.\nLabrador Retrievers were bred to swim in the icy waters of the Atlantic Ocean, so they have a huge appetite for calories; a carefully controlled diet can help them avoid becoming overweight. Golden Retrievers are prone to cardiac sensitivity and can benefit from a diet that supports healthy cardiac function.\nDespite their similarities, both Labrador Retrievers and Golden Retrievers can benefit from a diet of nutrients selected specifically for their breed.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 34, "original_length": 1546, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 207.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://dragon-models.com/d-m-item.asp?pid=WAR50304", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:40Z", "digest": "sha1:K4UHHYV535UJA5NS5U7WMRFNM2SQLUCW", "length": 1067, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "dragon-models.com", "title": "50304 - P-47D Razorback, 47th FS + Airfield Base - Dragon Wings Warbirds Series", "raw_content": "P-47D Razorback, 47th FS + Airfield Base\nSpacial Features:\nA P-47D is the subject of a new Dragon Warbirds release. The finely crafted miniature from Warbirds is a P-47D Razorback version, so-called for the sharp ridge on the upper fuselage behind the pilot\u2019s canopy. The model depicts a P-47D of the 47th Fighter Squadron, which was activated on December 1, 1940 and was initially based in Hawaii. The model bears the colorful logo of \u201cthe Turnip Termites\u201d squadron, and the plane is finished in a predominantly silver color. The squadron was credited with shooting down eight Japanese aircraft during the infamous Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, while it also went on to serve in other theaters of combat. Interestingly, the 47th Tactical Fighter Squadron is still in existence today flying the A-10 Warthog. This is a spectacular model, and it is enhanced by an authentic-looking scenic base that comes with the scale aircraft model. The diorama shows a section of airfield that is beautifully textured and painted in a most realistic fashion.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 73, "original_length": 2756, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 216.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://drrichardpicard.com/conditions-chiropractic-can-treat/sciatica-chiropractic/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:01Z", "digest": "sha1:JI6T5U6FRDOXHT6SPGSFNZD4RPZBQNCF", "length": 2272, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "drrichardpicard.com", "title": "Chiropractic Services \u00bb Sciatica ", "raw_content": "Sciatica is a term that describes the symptoms of leg pain that often originates in the low back and radiates into the buttock and down the large sciatic nerve in the back of the leg. Sciatica is not a diagnosis but is often thought of as one. It\u2019s actually a symptom of an underlying condition such as spinal nerve compression by a disc, spinal stenosis, degeneration or misalignment of the spine.\nCan vary from constantly there to infrequent and annoying\nCan be incapacitating in some cases\nCan be different in location and severity for each person\nSome people may experience symptoms in the low back, buttocks and thigh where as others may experience symptoms only in the leg\nUsually one sided for the most part but it can be in both legs\nSpecific sciatica symptoms of leg pain, numbness, tingling, weakness, and possibly symptoms that radiate into the foot largely depend on where the nerve is compressed or pinched\nA misalignment of the fifth lumbar vertebra can impinge the nerve that can cause weakness in extension of the big toe and potentially in the ankle as well as distribute radiating pain into the back of the thigh and calf\nThe good news is that more and more research shows that chiropractic care is more effective than surgery in some cases. Spinal decompression surgery, also known as microdiscectomy, has proven to be effective medical management for many people with sciatica. However, researchers questioned whether surgery was necessary in all cases. A study published in Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. 2010; 33(8): 576-584 revealed sixty percent of patients with sciatica who had failed other medical management benefited from spinal manipulation to the same degree as if they underwent surgical intervention.\nWith proper spinal management patients can easily recover from low back pain with or without sciatica. Chiropractors are natural healthcare doctors who use gentle spinal adjustments as their primary modality of treatment to restore normality of the spine. If you are suffering from any form of spinal related pain such as neck, mid-back, low back and/or sciatica and have tried other forms of treatment with minimal or no results, chiropractic care may be the next step for you.\nLearn how Dr. Picard can help you.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 40, "original_length": 2814, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 276.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://drugprevent.org.uk/ppp/stop-press/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:29Z", "digest": "sha1:AXE2EBYV7QYTCMX6YBTLNWOD24JXIV7X", "length": 11458, "nlines": 54, "source_domain": "drugprevent.org.uk", "title": "National Drug Prevention Alliance & PPP \u00bb LATEST NEWS !", "raw_content": "Dear David, I am sending you below a copy of a letter I have sent to the Premiers of Canada \u2013 and other members of the worldwide drug prevention community, plus an email to UN HQ in New York. Since they get so many letters I thought it would be sensible to send you a copy [\u2026]\nBaby dies after being left alone while mum smokes cannabis\nA three-month-old baby boy died after being left alone overnight while his mother smoked cannabis, a serious case review has found. Social services dealt repeatedly with the child\u2019s family before his death but closed the case after the woman said she had stopped using drugs. A police investigation into potential neglect is currently ongoing. The [\u2026]\nOCTOBER 25, 2018 BY PARTNERSHIP NEWS SERVICE STAFF A new study finds traffic accidents are increasing in states that have legalized recreational marijuana, Bloomberg reports. Crashes have risen by as much as 6 percent in Colorado, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, compared with neighboring states that haven\u2019t legalized marijuana for recreational use, according to research from [\u2026]\nWhy do we so consistently underplay the links between cannabis and psychosis? This isn\u2019t a benevolent drug\nAnybody wondering what happens to the 8 per cent of the skunk-smoking population who develop mental illness should visit any psychiatric hospital in Britain or speak to somebody who has done so What is really needed in dealing with cannabis is a \u201ctobacco moment\u201d, as with cigarettes 50 years ago, when a majority of people [\u2026]\nAccording to a Colorado Springs Gazette editorial about legalization in Colorado there has been a doubling of drivers involved in fatal crashes testing positive for marijuana. [1] Marijuana significantly impairs driving including time and distance estimation and reaction times and motor coordination. [2] The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration lists marijuana as the most prevalent [\u2026]\nLatest drug fad can cause dangerous explosions, police say\nUnified Police Sgt. Melody Gray described the process as similar to making a pipe bomb. But some marijuana users \u2014 and dealers \u2014 are willing to take that risk despite potentially dangerous results. For the past several years, law enforcement in several states have been combating the increasing popularity of something called \u201cdabs.\u201d Dabs, or [\u2026]\nThe medical marijuana market is in a downward spiral as businesses, lured by big money, shift to recreational At the height of the medical marijuana industry there were 420 dispensaries in Oregon. Now there are only eight. In 2015, Erich Berkovitz opened his medical marijuana processing company, PharmEx, with the intention of getting sick people [\u2026]\nCould Vaping Lead Teens To Pot Smoking?\nTeens who use e-cigarettes may be more likely to try marijuana in the future, especially if they start vaping at a younger age, a new study shows. More than 1 in 4 teenagers who reported e-cigarette use eventually progressed to smoking pot, according to the survey of more than 10,000 teens. That compared with just 8 percent [\u2026]\nSummary of Cannabis Genotoxicity Papers\nThere are several principal pathways to inheritable genotoxicity, mutagenicity and teratogenes is induced by cannabis which are known and well established at this time including the following. These three papers discuss different aspects of these effects. 1) Stops Brain Waves and Thinking The brain has both stimulatory and inhibitory pathways. GABA is the main brain [\u2026]\nCitizens For Public Safety Quality Of Life Property Values \u2013 Video About Marijuana\n[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTLLUKsbyaY&w=560&h=315] Source: http://www.protectoursociety.org/\nWASHINGTON \u2013 The Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the establishment of six new enforcement teams focused on combatting the flow of heroin and illicit fentanyl. \u201cAt a time when overdose deaths are at catastrophic levels, the DEA\u2019s top priority is addressing the opioid epidemic and pursuing the criminal organizations that distribute their poison to our [\u2026]\n\u2018Breakthrough\u2019 In Cannabis Medicine For Childhood Epilepsy\nIn the following video, GW Pharmaceuticals Chief Executive Justin Gover explains what other medical uses for cannabis the drug maker is researching: Source: https://news.sky.com/video/breakthrough-in-cannabis-medicine-for-childhood-onset-epilepsy-11412608 June 2018\nCannabinoids In Liver Diseases\nEleonora Patsenker, Ph.D. and Felix Stickel, M.D., Ph.D. Mounting evidence indicates that the endocannabinoid (EC) system (ECS) plays an important role in various liver diseases including viral hepatitis, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), alcoholic liver disease, hepatic encephalopathy, and autoimmune hepatitis. The ECS also impacts on involved processes such as hepatic hemodynamics, nutrient intake and [\u2026]\nSource: http://www.pnas.org/content/109/40/E2657 July 2012\nAsk The Expert: Dr. Thomas Kosten Discusses Anti-Drug Vaccines\nFeaturing Thomas Kosten, MD, Professor and the Jay H. Waggoner Endowed Chair in the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine Dr. Mark Gold and Dr. Thomas Kosten discuss anti-drug vaccines to treat substance use and addiction. Q \u2013 Congratulations on your career to date and most recent work. Can [\u2026]\nAsk The Expert: Dr. Stacy Seikel And Opioid Addiction\nDr. Mark Gold and Dr. Stacy Seikel discuss opioid addiction Experts have concluded that the opioid crisis started with physicians overprescribing opioid pain medication. Q \u2013 You are one of the few double board certified, pain evaluation and treatment experts, and addiction evaluation and treatment expert. How do you decide who should be given opioids for [\u2026]\nAs of yesterday, it\u2019s now legal for adults in California to purchase recreational marijuana. This is being hailed as a breakthrough against marijuana prohibition, but the masses of would-be pot smokers in California seem to carry a popular delusion that rests on the false idea that marijuana is safe to smoke in unlimited quantities because it\u2019s \u201cnatural.\u201d [\u2026]\nLife-threatening Bleeding Linked To Synthetic Cannabinoids, CDC Warns\nA warning about life-threatening bleeding linked to use of synthetic cannabinoids \u2014 commonly known as fake weed or spice \u2014 was issued by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday after two deaths and dozens of patients appearing in ERs with serious unexplained bleeding. A total of 94 people \u2014 89 in [\u2026]\nCannabis is responsible for 91% of drug addiction cases involving teenagers Skunk \u2013 high-potency herbal cannabis \u2013 causing more people to seek treatment Backs up research that skunk is having detrimental impact on mental health Cannabis is responsible for 91 per cent of cases where teenagers end up being treated for drug addiction, shocking new [\u2026]\nA Gene Links Impulsivity And Drug Use Vulnerability\nBy William Ross Perlman, Ph.D., CMPP, NIDA Notes Contributing Writer This research: Identified a gene variant that promotes impulsive behavior and enhanced responses to heroin in rats. Linked the corresponding human gene variant to increased risk for impulsivity and drug use. People who are highly impulsive and those diagnosed with ADHD are at increased risk [\u2026]\nThe PopPot Report On Child Deaths Directly Linked To Marijuana Use\nSource: http://poppot.org/child-endangerment August 2018\nSource http://www.learnaboutsam.org\nCurrent Research On The Consequences Of Maternal Drug Abuse\nIntroduction by Theodore M. Pinkert, M.D., J.D. The study of the consequences of maternal drug abuse represents one of the most compelling areas of research in the drug abuse field. The potential victims of this problem have no say in the maternal behaviors, which may place them at risk. Therefore, it is incumbent upon the [\u2026]\nBehavioral Studies Of Drug-Exposed Offspring: Methodological Issues In Human And Animal Research\nIntroduction by Cora Lee Wetherington, Vincent L. Smeriglio, and Loretta P. Finnegan For several years the use of drugs during pregnancy, particularly cocaine, has been a major public health issue because of the concern about possible adverse behavioral effects on the neonate and the developing child. While many popular press publications have warned of the severe adverse [\u2026]\n2-Fold Danger Of Teens Using E-Cigarettes\nWhen I was a kid, smoking was very common among adults but not kids. If you look at many of the television programs and movies from before 1970, you will see just how popular smoking was. In the evenings during prime-time television, there seemed to be as many cigarette commercials as there were for any [\u2026]\nYou Get Used To It Pretty Quickly\nAnother day, another troubling headline. If you believe that the access to \u201csafer\u201d drugs is the problem, maybe vending machines will \u201cfix Vancouver\u2019s drug crisis.\u201d For more than a decade, we\u2019ve been told that Vancouver is the model the US should emulate. No North American city has been more aggressive in implementing harm reduction practices\u2014safe [\u2026]\n\u201cPermission empowered models of drug policy interpretation are driving demand for drug use \u2013 NOT prohibition models. The \u2018law\u2019 is not what ruins lives, it\u2019s those who tear down that protective fence to simply \u2018get wasted\u2019, that do that!\u201d \u201cAcceptability \u2013 Accessibility \u2013 Availability, all increase consumption!\u201d D.I __________________________________________________________________ It is certainly no surprise that [\u2026]\n(Alexandria, VA) \u2013 Marijuana legalization has led to massive increases in youth exposure to the substance, according the 2017 Annual Toxic Trend Report compiled by the Washington Poison Center. In 2017, there were 378 total marijuana exposures reported to the Washington State Poison Center. This number is an all-time high for reported marijuana exposures and [\u2026]\nHealth visitors \u2018must ask parents about alcohol\u2019 to combat sudden infant deaths\nHealth visitors and other professionals should do more to deliver safe sleep messages to high-risk families to reduce sudden unexpected deaths in infancy (SUDI). Researchers have recommended that children\u2019s professionals help parents who use drugs and alcohol to develop safe sleep practices. University of Warwick study of 27 serious case reviews involving SUDI found that [\u2026]\nSydney Parliament House, 09.07.2018 Cannabis has been greatly oversold by a left leaning press controlled by globalist and centralist forces while its real and known dangers have not been given appropriate weight in the popular press. In particular its genotoxic and teratogenic potential on an unborn generation for the next hundred years has not been [\u2026]\n\"When representing a cause (almost) lost, sound your trumpet, mount your steed and go for the very last charge, failing which you will die of sad old age in the depths of the forgotten fortress, no longer besieged because life has abandoned it for greener pastures.\"\nFrom the website of jeanraspail.net\n\"Universal prevention initiatives are important elements of a comprehensive prevention strategy that should include selective and indicated prevention initiatives as well. In order to prevent the development of dependence you need all three - and you cannot do without universal prevention. Norms, attitudes, availability are important risk factors for developing drug use problems as well as neighbourhood disorganization and weak family bonds.\"\nChristina Gynna, Deputy National Drugs Policy Co-ordinator, Sweden,\nat the ICAA conference in Budapest, 24 October 2005\nBack to top of page - Back to Papers", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 117, "original_length": 13282, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 269.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://dubaiphotostory.blogspot.com/2017/09/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:21:31Z", "digest": "sha1:HL6OKMX2RERI2RITNDJ7Y6PHSD6T7X3K", "length": 2206, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "dubaiphotostory.blogspot.com", "title": "Dubai Photo Story: September 2017", "raw_content": "Calculate your gratuity\nThis is only a broad guideline and does not represent the UAE law. Please refer to the concerned authorities and your lawyer for accurate information.\nCalculating your end of service gratuity is something that comes up very frequently in conversation between Dubai residents? And why not? It is extremely important to be aware of the rules for calculation of gratuity so that one can clearly manage one's financial plans and also be up to speed in case the situation arises.\nThe starting point is the type of contract one has with his or her employer. There are 2 types of contracts and yours will fall into one of the types. Either an unlimited contract or a contract for a limited time. Before we get into the details of gratuity let us first differentiate between the 2 types of contracts.\nA limited contract is one where both parties have agreed that the contract for employment is for a set number of years with a start and end date. In this case, the employee is not allowed to resign prior to the end of the contract. An unlimited contract as the name suggests is for an unlimited number of years and therefore has no end date.\nAn employee is eligible for end of service gratuity after completing a minimum term of 1 year with the employer. The below applies to onshore companies only. Free zones may follow their own set of rules.\nGratuity in case of a limited contract\nService between 1 and 5 years\nGratuity is calculated at 21 days basic salary multiplied by number of years in employment\nGratuity is calculated at 30 days of basic salary multiplied by number of years in employment\nGratuity in case of an unlimited contract\nGratuity is calculated at one third of 21 days basic salary multiplied by number of years in employment\nGratuity is calculated at two thirds of basic salary multiplied by number of years in employment\nService beyond 5 years\nGratuity is calculated at full 21 days of basic salary multiplied by number of years for the first 5 years. thereafter gratuity is calculated at full 30 days of basic salary multiplied by number of years in service for the years after the first 5 years.\nLabels: Dubai, employee, employer, end of service, gratuity, law, uae", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 119, "original_length": 3982, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 314.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://dupagemedicalplaza.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:37Z", "digest": "sha1:NF73EVLT427HJE45SAF36PPHXJDF7SAF", "length": 3311, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "dupagemedicalplaza.com", "title": "Dupage Immediate Care | DupageMedicalPlaza.com", "raw_content": "With a full medical team, including a physician on-site, we provide fast, effective treatment for most injuries and illnesses. We also offer a variety of medical services to help you get through whatever today might bring.\nLittle things, like a skinned knee, can be treated at home. Life-threatening conditions, like chest pains, require a trip to the ER. For everything in between, there's MedExpress.\nDo you believe that medical care goes beyond just treating ailments? Do you believe in providing the best healthcare in the most timely fashion possible? Then we'd love to hear from you.\nDo you have a Cold or Flu? Illness or Injury? No appointment needed!\nWe are open late nights, 7 days week, 365 days a year.No appointment is necessary, walk-ins are welcome. Urgent Care for Routine Injuries & Illnesses\nX-Rays Lab\nWe treat patients of all ages. We accept almost all healthcare plans. Payments can also be made by cash, check, or credit card if insurance is not available.\nWe are conveniently located close to the intersection of Roosevelt Rd and Meyers Rd, in Lombard IL, close to all major expressways.\nOur Dupage County walk-in medical clinic is open from 8:30 am to 10:30 pm, and we can schedule a visit or accommodate walk-in patients. We specialize in all types of medical conditions, including diabetes, weight management, hypertension, dermatology, women\u2019s health, geriatrics and adolescent health.\nAll the medical professionals at our immediate care clinic are board certified through the American Academy of Family Practice. Not only are they trained and reputable for their medical accomplishments, but they also know how to treat patients as a whole. We don\u2019t just treat your disease or illness, but we treat our patients completely.\nHealth and wellness are dynamic and critical elements of your life, and our trained professionals are capable of offering you health care at YOUR convenience. You shouldn\u2019t have to worry about insurance or scheduling an appointment months in advance. We understand that emergencies happen and life can be unexpected. That is why accept walk-in visitors and see patients of all ages.\nOur clinic doesn\u2019t just specialize in regular doctor visits. We also have on-site laboratories for testing, and we also perform our own diagnostics. So no matter what your situation, our goal is to take care of you right away. Many primary care offices have limited hours, so we are able to see you when you need to be seen.\nNo one can predict when their health gets compromised. Emergencies happen. We are aware that a trip to the ER can cost more than you or your insurance can afford. Our costs are considerably less when compared to most hospital ERs.\nDuring these times, the last thing you should worry about is money. Your health is our number-one priority. Whatever your financial situation, no matter what type of insurance you carry, we will work WITH you to figure out the proper solution.\nImmediate Care is not Urgent Care, find out far more in regards to the differences among urgent care vs. immediate care.\nWe at Dupage Medical Plaza treat each and every one of our patients like a family member. This is your health we\u2019re talking about\u2026your livelihood. And we promise to treat you with top care and attention. Schedule your visit with Dupage Medical Plaza today!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 4297, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 326.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://durtnell.co.uk/index.php/museum-of-london", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:00Z", "digest": "sha1:UDU52OTUSGCOJG36L7346HTL5W2ISN5U", "length": 792, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "durtnell.co.uk", "title": "Museum of London", "raw_content": "Complete revamp of the museum\u2019s learning centre and theatre, with the installation of two new staircases and lifts, refurbishment of the main gallery\u2019s glazing and courtyard, and the construction of the new City Gallery.\nThrough transforming parts of the main gallery, more display space was created alongside the new glazing, and courtyard. Through installing new staircases and lift we helped to reorganise the circulation flow around the museum. The new City Gallery includes a glass frontage that overlooks London Wall which enables passers by to see the magnificent Lord Mayors Coach. The new Learning Centre provides teaching space and an auditorium/theatre, this plays a central part in the Museum\u2019s mission to develop further its educational outreach programmes.\nQS: Turner & Townsend", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 50, "original_length": 2514, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 253.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://dvdmoviecentral.com/ReviewsText/wild_things.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:32Z", "digest": "sha1:SZMKNGLV6QOGRNSLCEOYM2K3JF43FIOC", "length": 6989, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "dvdmoviecentral.com", "title": "Wild Things - DVD Movie Central", "raw_content": "Stars: Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon, Neve Campbell, Theresa Russell, Denise Richards, Daphne Rubin Vega, Robert Wagner, Bill Murray\nAudio: Dolby Digital 5.1, Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1\nStudio: Columbia Tri Star\n\"People aren't always what they appear to be. Don't forget that.\"\nIt's rare that a movie feels so proud to be extremely lurid and over the top the way Wild Things does. I remember seeing it in the theater, and I couldn't have seen it at a more perfect time. When it was released, I had just then begun to be more and more fascinated by film noir, having just seen L.A. Confidential a few months previous, and if there was ever a movie that celebrated film noir at every angle, this was it. Wild Things is stylish film noir, and then some.\nAs in all cases with reviewing a thriller, I'll do my absolute best to describe as much of the plot without revealing too much, or what the ads never did. Trust me, Wild Things has so many crazy turns and surprises that by the film's end, I lost count. Needless to say, it's that aspect that makes watching it a most incredible experience.\nThe story's setting is in the sunny town of Blue Bay, the perfect town for a noir setting. Matt Dillon stars as Sam Lombardo, a high school guidance counselor who's also very much the ladies man of the town. Though he gives the illusion of a good Samaritan, with a Teacher of the Year award on his shoulder, Lombardo is soon accused of some serious charges.\nEnter Kelly Van Ryan (Denise Richards), the richest, and yes, hottest girl in town. When Kelly reveals that she was the victim of rape at the hands of Lombardo, it results in the most sensational case to ever hit the town. Lombardo maintains his innocence, saying that Kelly has been an emotionally damaged girl ever since her father's suicide. When taken to court, Lombardo is given somewhat limited representation by low-end ambulance chaser Ken Bowden (Bill Murray, funny as ever in a scene stealing performance.)\nUnexpectedly, the case goes sour upon the testimony of fellow student Suzie (Neve Campbell), who reveals to the court that Kelly was setting up Lombardo from the start. So the case goes in Lombardo's favor, resulting in a huge payout from Kelly wealthy mother (Theresa Russell). Despite having the charges against him thrown out, Lombardo feels his future at the high school is over anyway in the midst of Kelly hatred for him. The money coming to him is from no less than the girl's trust fund.\nThough it looks as if a high profile case went south, local cop Ray Duquette (Kevin Bacon) suspects something lurking beneath the surface. His suspicions consists of the three key figures in the case; Lombardo, Kelly, and even Suzie, a girl from the wrong side of the tracks who is bitter enemies with Kelly. Duquette thinks that the whole case was nothing more than an acting stunt pulled off by the three culprits, as part of a scam to get away with the millions of dollars given in Lombardo's direction.\nThe rest of the plot I'll leave for you to discover. Seeing a movie like this for the first time is a most joyous experience, and I wouldn't dare dream of ruining that by revealing any of the crucial twists in the story. I feel like I've may have spoiled too much already.\nDirector John McNaughton has visited the dark side of cinema before. After all, he made one of the most disturbing films of its time with Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer. But Wild Things, for all its super sleaze and over the top qualities, is a far cry from anything disturbing, though it does contain enough extreme areas that most movies in our PC age would stray very far away from. One thing's for sure, McNaughton studied his film noir and got all of the elements right in a dead-on fashion.\nAnd how about this game cast? You've got to give Matt Dillon credit for his smooth portrayal of such a guy who, on the written page, was fully meant to be despised. It was a well timed predecessor to the actor's next appearance, the blockbuster There's Something About Mary, released later that year.\nAs the young would-be sultry vixen, Denise Richards slips into the femme fatale role as perfectly as Cinderella does into her shoe. In addition, Ms. Richards has a scene or two that will certainly make the male audience quite happy, if you know what I mean.\nKevin Bacon also delivers a noteworthy performance as the high-on-suspicion cop with a few dark secrets of his own. Of course, by now it has become clear that Mr. Bacon's female fan base has increased following this movie. His notorious scene of frontal-ness practically became the big news surrounding the movie. Wish somebody would've warned me before I first saw the movie, jeez. ;)\nBut a special honor shall go way of Bill Murray, whose twenty minute appearance in the movie provides some very huge laughs. What makes his antics so uniquely funny is the notion that in the midst of all the steaminess and suspense, Murray is able to through in some memorable laughs into the mix, as only he can deliver.\nWild Things represents a complete and well done example of contemporary film noir. Laced with endless intrigue and sex and sleaze coming from every corner imaginable, this is a memorable and proud-to-be-over-the-top piece of good trash, which is something very hard to execute.\nNOTE: Be sure not to turn off the movie during the end credits. Certain plot details/revelations, including a few new bits in this Unrated version, are included.\nComplete with a strong and a very wide-eye provided by director McNaughton, the movie has been given a most solid look, courtesy of Columbia Tri Star, for its second time around on DVD. The setting of Blue Bay is key to the movie as well as a character in itself. Every aspect of the sharp-as-a-blade scenery (sunny Florida has never looked sexier) is given a most appropriate sense of detail. Colors are equally stunning, and there are no image flaws detected anywhere. In short, a most solid job.\nFirst off, I'm pleased to report that CTS has issued something of a first: a Japanese 5.1 mix for an English speaking film. Quite a nice change from the norm. We'll have to see if this becomes a new trend on all DVDs. As for the initial 5.1 mix, the quality is ever so strong and quality-perfected. Numerous set pieces provide some nice range amongst channels, and dialogue and the perfect use of music, including a song or two by Morphine (one of my favorite bands) payoff nicely as well. Well done on many levels.\nI was quite surprised to find a lack of extras on this disc, since the prior release included some deleted scenes and a commentary track. I suppose that the 7 minutes of new, and occasionally sexy, footage serves as a bonus. Other than that, all that's supplied are trailers for this, as well as Wild Things 2, Cruel Intentions, Sin, and New Best Friend.\nTrashy and lurid material has never been more fun and thoroughly enjoyable. Wild Things remains a fun ride, as its endless doses of twists and turns do merit repeat viewings.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 7264, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 306.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://eaglerockhistory.org/useful-links/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:38Z", "digest": "sha1:4EK47A3BRQ2YBDWAFI6H2G5XEMCI4WP7", "length": 4941, "nlines": 47, "source_domain": "eaglerockhistory.org", "title": "Useful Links | Eagle Rock Valley Historical Society", "raw_content": "Eagle Rock Centennial coming in 2011! Follow the planning.\nEagle Rock Livability\nEagle Rock, CA . com provides information for local community members regarding the history of Eagle Rock, links to organizations, schools and information about coming events ... Of particular interest is the short narrative,\nTown of Eagle Rock : Yesterday and Today. Historical pictures for this site were provided by the ERVHS.\nAn interesting montage of pictures is found on historypin.org. Click here to find displays for Eagle Rock and vicinity. You can contribute your own pictures as well.\nWe've made into Wikipedia! Click here to view Eagle Rock's entry in this online encyclopedia.\nEagle Rock: Community Pride through Triumphs and Tribulations (A Research Project by Occidental College Sociology student Jean Won)\nTERA (The Eagle Rock Association)\nEagle Rock High School Alumni Association\nWomen's Twentieth Century Club of Eagle Rock\nThe Highland Park Heritage Trust website includes very useful information relating to northeast Los Angeles.\nThe original inhabitants of Eagle Rock and vicinity were the Tongva people. For more information about them, visit http://tongva.com/ and http://tongvatribe.net/\nThe History of Los Angeles (Aizman Law Firm)\nLos Angeles Public Library's Photo Collection has a number of pictures that you may view online. Type in \"Eagle Rock\", select 'Photo Collection' and click the Search Button for a listing.\nLos Angeles City Zoning and Map Access System (ZIMAS)\nHere's an article from the Los Feliz Register on the Eagle Rock Recreation Center - go to page 11.\nHere is a listing of Los Angeles County Offices which is useful for tracking down information on our community.\nOn May 12, 1944 an Army Mustang fighter plane crashed, exploded and burned less than 500 feet from the heart of the Eagle Rock business district. The pilot died instantly and the house of the Hopf family at 5215 Eagle Rock Blvd. was destroyed.\nPlane Crashes Near Center of Eagle Rock:Gasoline-Fed Flames Destroy House; Fighter's Pilot Killed\nLos Angeles Times. Los Angeles, Calif.:May 13, 1944. p. 1 (Story citation submitted by Gayle Kempf, 5/9/07)\nWhat about books and newspapers?\nOccidental College in partnership with the Highland Park Heritage Trust and the Eagle Rock Valley Historical Society has digitized content from the Northeast Newspapers. Use this link to locate NELA newspapers in the California newspapers grouping. More issues will be added to the coverages noted.\nThe Eagle Rock Sentinel was our local newspaper for over 40 years. ERVHS has this on microfilm as well as other former newspapers that served our community.\nThe Boulevard Sentinel is our present local newspaper.\nThe Arroyo Seco Journal also covers news in the Eagle Rock area.\nEagle Rock : then and now was put out by the Chamber of Commerce in 1987. It includes a brief history of Eagle Rock.\nHighland Park, Eagle Rock, Mt. Washington & the Harnsberger's covers northeast Los Angeles history.\nEagle Rock is also mentioned in Within the vale of Annandale : a picture history of south western Pasadena and vicinity.\nDid you know that the California state song, I love You California, was written by F. B. Silverwood, an Eagle Rock resident?\nThe California State Library tells us: \"California's official state song is \"I Love You, California\", written by F.B. Silverwood, a Los Angeles merchant. The words were subsequently put to music by Alfred Frankenstein, a former conductor for the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra. It was the official song of expositions held in San Francisco and San Diego in 1915, and was played aboard the first ship to go through the Panama Canal. In 1951, the State Legislature passed a resolution designating it as California's state song. During the years following, several attempts were made to make other songs such as \"California, Here I Come\" the official state song. Finally, in 1988, \"I Love You, Califomia\" became the official state song by law.\" (http://www.library.ca.gov/history/cahinsig.cfm)\nI love you, California, you're the greatest state of all.\nI love you in the winter, summer, spring and in the fall.\nI love your fertile valleys; your dear mountains I adore.\nWhere the snow crowned Golden Sierras\nKeep their watch o'er the valleys bloom,\nEvery breeze bearing rich perfume.\nIt is here nature gives of her rarest. It is Home Sweet Home to me,\nI love your red-wood forests - love your fields of yellow grain.\nI love your summer breezes and I love your winter rain.\nI love you, land of flowers; land of honey, fruit and wine.\nI love your old gray Missions - love your vineyards stretching far.\nI love you, California, with your Golden Gate ajar.\nI love your purple sun-sets, love your skies of azure blue.\nI love you, Catalina, you are very dear to me.\nI love you, Tamalpais, and I love Yosemite.\nI love you, Land of Sunshine, Half your beauties are untold.\nhttp://eaglerockhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ca_song.mp3", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 88, "original_length": 5879, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 314.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://easton.ma.us/newsdetail_T1_R614.php", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:06Z", "digest": "sha1:ZMJGTRY7H7N6NGIVCRQ2L3YMBFS346HG", "length": 441, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "easton.ma.us", "title": "Welcome to Easton, MA", "raw_content": "Annual Fire Department Open House: Saturday, October 13, 2018\nHome | More News | Annual Fire Department Open House: Saturday, October 13, 2018\nThe Easton Fire Department will hold its annual open house from 11:00 AM-2:00 PM on Saturday, October 13th at Station 1, 48 Lothrop Street. Come down and enjoy a slice of pizza, tour the equipment, visit the S.A.F.E. demonstration trailer, and meet Smokey the Bear. Click here for more information.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 192, "original_length": 4605, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 324.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ecclesia.org/forum/default.asp?CAT_ID=2", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:40:01Z", "digest": "sha1:POOSZUYUHJHZ4KJFWBWF237FSSQTQ5ER", "length": 108, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "ecclesia.org", "title": "ECCLESIASTIC COMMONWEALTH COMMUNITY", "raw_content": "160 of 257 Members have made 3110 posts in 6 forums, with the last post on 29 Aug 2018 23:06:08 by: hosfell.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 43, "original_length": 1507, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 261.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://economists-pick-research.hktdc.com/business-news/article/Economists-Pick-Research-Articles/Devising-Belt-and-Road-Supply-Chain-Management-System/rp/en/1/1X32LK39/1X0ADTVQ.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:12Z", "digest": "sha1:TKUCOSESZHN5OWOAPGFUJRYMS2KN4MNA", "length": 5807, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "economists-pick-research.hktdc.com", "title": "Devising \u201cBelt and Road\u201d Supply Chain Management System | HKTDC", "raw_content": "Devising \u201cBelt and Road\u201d Supply Chain Management System\nMaitrox Smart Supply Chain Inc: Part of a Joint Research Series on Shanghai-Hong Kong Co-operation in Capturing Belt and Road Opportunities\nPhoto: Many Chinese enterprises have established distribution channels in Belt and Road markets.\nPhoto: Enterprises need supply-chain management service support in developing overseas markets.\nMany Chinese enterprises have established distribution channels in Belt and Road markets.\nEnterprises need supply-chain management service support in developing overseas markets.\nIn tapping opportunities arising from the Belt and Road Initiative, Chinese enterprises are not confining themselves to investing in major infrastructure projects. In fact, quite a number of them have established distribution channels in Belt and Road markets to sell different kinds of products. Others have chosen to set up manufacturing plants or source raw materials in Belt and Road countries for the Chinese mainland market.\nAll told, the types of businesses involved are increasingly diversified. In order to boost overall operational performance and foster sustained development of their overseas business, many of these enterprises need a great deal of service support to link up mainland production systems with their overseas business operations. In addition to utilising networks in Shanghai, Hong Kong and elsewhere to improve international logistics efficiency, they also have to strengthen information and capital flow management.\nMaitrox, a supply chain service company headquartered in Shanghai, pointed out in an interview [1] that, although many mainland enterprises have high-tech production capabilities and the quality of their products is comparable to that of leading international brands, they need related service support in supply-chain management in \u201cgoing out\u201d and in developing Belt and Road markets. For example, in selling their own-label products in overseas markets, many enterprises are making considerable gross profits if reckoned only on a sales basis. But, if they want to develop their brand business and maintain brand loyalty and the support of overseas consumers, they would have to provide consumers with efficient after-sales and repair services, either through distributors or directly in the respective local markets. This may involve high fees and costs that might eat into the profits of the business concerned and, if not handled properly, might even affect the image of their brands in overseas markets.\nMainland enterprises are venturing into various overseas markets and Belt and Road related regions to set up comprehensive supply-chain management networks. The coverage spans across Asia, including Southeast Asia and India, Africa and even as far afield as Europe, and North and South America. According to Maitrox, many companies would like to use third-party services to raise the efficiency of such business processes as production, sales and after-sales services, and also to minimise the operation costs of expanding into international markets.\nTo be able to achieve these objectives, however, the service providers concerned need to have sophisticated IT, such as state-of-the-art big data analytics, before they can offer suitable solutions in designing and setting up networks in procurement, production, inventory, sales and after-sales services. They also need to utilise related financial services to help enterprises plan the income and expenses of each aspect of their business. In addition to improving cash flow in the entire business process and lowering funding costs, they also have to help solve problems in international payments and exchange risks.\nMaitrox is currently providing comprehensive supply-chain services to mainland brands and other customers. This includes planning consultation and execution covering the entire production, sales and after-sales processes. For example, Maitrox provides its mobile phone business customers with after-sales supply-chain services to help set up overseas markets service networks. Such networks offer phone replacement, on-site repair, spare parts management, premium-grade repair and testing.\nFor customers with smaller overseas operations, Maitrox will help organise mail-in repair services by using logistics to send products requiring repairs back to the mainland, such as factories in Shanghai and Shenzhen bonded zones. In these factories, chip-level repairs, replacement and refurbishment will be carried out, before the mobiles are sent back to the overseas consumers expeditiously.\nFor this, in addition to running a number of repair centres and smart warehouses around the world, Maitrox has also set up a global repairing hub in Hong Kong. This way, with the support of advanced IT management systems, it can make use of Hong Kong\u2019s international logistics network to transfer products, parts, components and spare parts for global distribution. Backed by its supply chains in Shanghai and elsewhere on the mainland, as well as Hong Kong\u2019s financial services, Maitrox can provide customers with cost-effective global supply-chain management services.\nNote: For details of the company interviews conducted jointly by HKTDC Research and the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, please refer to other articles in the research series on Shanghai-Hong Kong Co-operation in Capturing Belt and Road Opportunities.\n[1] Maitrox Smart Supply Chain was interviewed jointly by HKTDC Research and the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce in Q1 2018.\nImproving Supply Chain Systems in Line with New Market Challenges\nUpgrade Strategies Spur Demand for Supply Chain Management Service\nUsing Logistics Solutions to Enhance Air Freight Capability\nConnecting the CR Express with \u201cBelt and Road\u201d Logistics Networks", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 266, "original_length": 15042, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 301.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://edupln.com/profile/CatrinCooper", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:40Z", "digest": "sha1:65YOQ74M2NHVAIVJ2WQZXNW7YJ5EJJJM", "length": 2965, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "edupln.com", "title": "Catrin Cooper's Page - The Educator's PLN", "raw_content": "Catrin Cooper\nCatrin Cooper's Apps\nCatrin Cooper's Likes\nCatrin Cooper's Friends\nCatrin Cooper has not received any gifts yet\nCatrin Cooper's Page\nPreston Felix commented on Catrin Cooper's blog post 5 Ways to Teach Kids Essay Writing at Home\n\"Writing an argumentative essay is very different from writing an academic essay. However, even in an academic essay, you\u2019d still be hoping to persuade the reader to agree with your point of view. This is because you are advocating a certain\u2026\"\nJaclyn Foreman commented on Catrin Cooper's blog post 5 Ways to Teach Kids Essay Writing at Home\n\"Brainstorming and planning is the key to a great essay, no matter how well versed you are on the topic. Great blog post!\"\nCatrin Cooper and Zahid are now friends\nCatrin Cooper posted a blog post\n5 Ways to Teach Kids Essay Writing at Home\nTeachers are busy people. They usually have enough time to go through the lectures and leave space fordiscussions at the end of the class. When it comes to teaching essay writing, however, they don\u2019t have enough spacein their program.They will explain what the essay structure is supposed to look like. They will assign a topic. And that\u2019s it. Thestudent is left under a huge pressure to figure out the essay writing process.As parents, we\u2019re responsible to make this easier on our kids. This\u2026See More\nSimple Ways To Be A More Compassionate Teacher\nThe lack of social and emotional skills can lead to burnout. Unfortunately, it\u2019s not easy to develop theseskills. No one taught us these skills when we were kids. We also didn\u2019t know that they\u2019re vital in our adultlife and they can be developed.Schools are just starting to understand how emotions can affect students\u2019 way of learning and overall well-being. Thus, students who were lucky enough to have compassionate teachers growing up have been trainedto develop gratitude and compassion. These\u2026See More\nCatrin Cooper and E C A are now friends\nCatrin Cooper and chels are now friends\nCatrin Cooper is now a member of The Educator's PLN\nCatrin Cooper's Blog\nTeachers are busy people. They usually have enough time to go through the lectures and leave space for\ndiscussions at the end of the class. When it comes to teaching essay writing, however, they don\u2019t have enough space\nin their program.\nThey will explain what the essay structure is supposed to look like. They will assign a topic. And that\u2019s it. The\nstudent is left under a huge pressure to figure out the essay writing process.\nAs parents, we\u2019re responsible to make this\u2026\nThe lack of social and emotional skills can lead to burnout. Unfortunately, it\u2019s not easy to develop these\nskills. No one taught us these skills when we were kids. We also didn\u2019t know that they\u2019re vital in our adult\nlife and they can be developed.\nSchools are just starting to understand how emotions can affect students\u2019 way of learning and overall well-\nbeing. Thus, students who were lucky enough to have compassionate teachers growing up have been trained", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 140, "original_length": 6004, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 333.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ehea.info/cid104392/wg-social-dimension-2012-2015.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:53Z", "digest": "sha1:RZD4JIECDFJFTY477LBACA62VV2YPBNG", "length": 6909, "nlines": 34, "source_domain": "ehea.info", "title": "WG Social dimension 2012-2015 - European Higher Education Area and Bologna Process", "raw_content": "Page: http://www.ehea.info/cid104392/wg-social-dimension-2012-2015.html\nWorking group on Social Dimension 2012-2015\nThe social dimension and lifelong learning are interwoven themes that share such central issues as the provision of appropriate education support, guidance and counseling, student-centred learning, and recognition of prior learning.\nTaking into account the interlinkages between the two policy areas, in its 2012-2015 work programme the BFUG decided to establish a single Social Dimension and Lifelong Learning Working Group (SD&LLL WG).\nSource: Report of the 2012-2015 BFUG Working Group on the Social Dimension and Lifelong Learning\nWe request the Ministers at the Yerevan conference to adopt the document \u201cWidening Participation for Equity and Growth - A Strategy for the Development of the Social Dimension and Lifelong Learning in the European Higher Education Area to 2020\u201d.\nIn order to effectively monitor the implementation of this strategy for the development of the social dimension and lifelong learning and the specific measures it contains, we request the BFUG to report to Ministers on progress at the next Ministerial Conference in 2018.\nWe recommend endorsement of the work of the PL4SD initiative to date through its database and conferences, note the imminent publication of the initial three peer reviews of EHEA member countries and request Ministerial support for the continuation of the initiative beyond September 2015.\nWe note the important exploratory work carried out by the Working Group\u2019s thematic sub- groups on the themes of access, teaching and learning, student supports and services and lifelong learning and employability and propose that the recommendations made by these sub-groups be brought forward under the terms of reference of the Working Group mandated by Ministers to follow up with this policy area.\nWe would encourage the BFUG to consider a general recommendation for teaching and learning from both a structural and social dimension perspective in the Yerevan communique\u0301.\nWe recommend further development of the interaction with initiatives and networks relevant to the work on the social dimension of higher education and lifelong learning.\nInitial purpose\nSource: Terms of reference Working Group on the Social Dimension and Lifelong Learning - Endorsed 15.03.2013\nWith reference to the sections of the Bucharest Communiqu\u00e9 on \u201cProviding quality higher education for all\u201d, \u201cEnhancing employability to serve Europe\u2019s needs\u201d and \u201cSetting out priorities for 2012-2015\u201d.\nIn the Bucharest Communiqu\u00e9, in undertaking to provide quality higher education for all, EHEA Ministers observed\n[...]widening access to higher education is a precondition for societal progress and economic development. We agree to adopt national measures for widening overall access to quality higher education. We will work to raise completion rates and ensure timely progression in higher education in all EHEA countries [...]\nMinisters also re-confirmed the declared objective of the social dimension as already outlined at the London and Leuven/Lovain-la-Neuve Ministerial Communiqu\u00e9s \u2013 that the student body entering and graduating from higher education institutions should reflect the diversity of Europe\u2019s populations.\nMinisters also agreed to step up their efforts towards underrepresented groups to develop the social dimensionof higher education, reduce inequalities and provide adequate student support services, counselling and guidance, flexible learning paths and alternative access routes, including recognition of prior learning.\nIn setting out the specific priorities for 2012-2015, the Ministers committed to strengthening policies of widening overall access and raising completion rates, including measures targeting the increased participation of underrepresented groups. The Ministers also undertook to develop a system of voluntary peer learning and reviewing by 2013 in countries which request it and initiate a pilot project to promote peer learning on the social dimension of higher education.\nThe Ministers further committed to enhance the employabilityand personal and professional development of graduates throughout their careers. In that regard, they asserted that lifelong learning (LLL) is one of the important factors in meeting the needs of a changing labour market, and acknowledged that higher education institutions play a central role in transferring knowledge and strengthening regional development, including by the continuous development of competences and reinforcement of knowledge alliances.\nTo mobilise the cooperation of all relevant actorsin pursuing efforts to promote greater access, participation and completion rates in higher education for all students.\nTo fulfil the Ministerial commitment to adopt national measures for widening overall access to quality higher education by supporting EHEA countries in their work to develop and implement national access plans or strategies.\nTo support the development of common approaches in monitoring the implementation of national access plans by elaborating core indicatorsthat may be used for measuring and monitoring the relevant aspects of the social dimension in higher education.\nTo promote the development and implementation of institution-level strategies for widening access, targeting the increased participation of underrepresented groups and raising completion rates.\nTo support and guide the implementation of a pilot project (PL4SD) to facilitate peer learning on the social dimension of higher educationwhich will assist EHEA countries in developing, implementing and monitoring social dimension policies.\nTo contribute to the development of structured peer review processes across EHEA countries and institutions.\nTo address the emerging pedagogical and didactical requirements to support the needs of a more diverse student population and improve their completion rates, through practical recommendations on implementing student-centred learning (SCL).\nTo address aspect of employability by advancing implementation of Bologna reforms and raising awareness on the purpose of those among stakeholders (including employers).\nTo help to identify and set priorities for peer learning and peer review activities concerning the areas of the social dimension and lifelong learning.\nKarina Ufert \u2013 ESU\nBrian Power \u2013 Ireland\nArmenia, Austria, Belgium/Flemish Community, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Romania, United Kingdom, Ukraine, EC, EI, EUA, EURASHE.\nTerms of reference Working Group on the Social Dimension and Lifelong Learning - Endorsed 15.03.2013\nWorking Group on Reporting on the Implementation of the Bologna Process 2012-2015 - meeting 5 First international conference on European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and Synergies with the European Research Area (ERA) Focusing on Mobility", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 147, "original_length": 9753, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 325.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ehea.info/pid35261/events-by-period-param_4863=eyJtb2lzIjoiMDYiLCJhbm5lZSI6IjIwMTgiLCJtb2RlIjoiMCIsInp0aWRNb2QiOiI0ODYzIiwiZmlsdHJlX3R5cGVfYWdlbmRhIjoiIiwiZmlsdHJlX3RoZW1lIjo5MzEsImJsb2MiOiJhZ2VuZGEifQ==.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:40Z", "digest": "sha1:TVFUJY6PTOZL4VH6XIKDAL4ON6IKLLMK", "length": 197, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "ehea.info", "title": "Events by period - European Higher Education Area and Bologna Process", "raw_content": "Fifth meeting of the Advisory Group on \u201cSupport for the Belarus roadmap\u201d in Minsk, 18 May 2017.\nSixth meeting of the Advisory Group on \u201cSupport for the Belarus roadmap\u201d in Rome, 18-19 October 2017.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 233, "original_length": 7110, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 339.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ej.bonita.k12.ca.us/Staff-/Teachers-Websites/Vista-Schools/index.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:59Z", "digest": "sha1:5E6TXZA3UGKW4G7FNJQCKRWESJSEEFBA", "length": 542, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "ej.bonita.k12.ca.us", "title": "Chaparral & Vista High School - Vista Schools", "raw_content": "Home Staff Teachers' Websites Vista Schools\nVista SchoolTop of Page\n9th and 10th Grade Opportunity Program\nThe Opportunity program is designed for students who are having difficulty in areas of academics or behavior. They attend the program for 5 1/2 hours a day (8:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.) and receive instruction in English, Algebra, Social Studies, Science, and Physical Education. The program is limited to two classes of 20 students each. Students rotate between two teachers each period and attend Physical Education at the end of the day.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 119, "original_length": 3389, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 122.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://elaineling.ca/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:22Z", "digest": "sha1:PMFWSLZGH5AG5U6HTJ54QCHCO2WZ5LIJ", "length": 281, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "elaineling.ca", "title": "Elaine Ling Photography |", "raw_content": "It is with great sadness that I inform you Elaine lost her battle to lung cancer on August 1, 2016.\nI, Edward Pong, her brother, will endeavor to continue her legacy with this website.\nIf you should have any questions regarding her work, please contact me through the contact page.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 921, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 317.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://elca.feautor.org/en/tag/chrismons", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:17Z", "digest": "sha1:CEMBY2KU52VDD6G7IPUPG62SSXF22ZUO", "length": 332, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "elca.feautor.org", "title": "feautor.org . A free, multilingual, and open space to share religious resources resources", "raw_content": "Tag: chrismons\nAdvent Chrismon Sermon\nA service based on the Christmas Tree, the Chrismon decorations and the symbols they contain. Written by Rev. Dr. Loretta Kuse and Dr. Hildegard Kuse, St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Medford, WI. Included are the service and a bulletin containing explanations of the symbols used for the Chrismons.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 18, "original_length": 1836, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 286.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://elfj.us/diy-residence-enchancment-fights.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:37Z", "digest": "sha1:3UMDUAC4QRW7ZOSPSTXHWVRLBT327QCA", "length": 1219, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "elfj.us", "title": "DIY Residence Enchancment Fights | New York Home & House", "raw_content": "The toilet is without doubt one of the most closely trafficked rooms in the home, so just preserving the house clean and free from water issues can go a protracted strategy to ensuring it holds its worth. But $1,000 may help give the area an up to date look as well as increase its performance. A new bathe curtain, contemporary linens, new light fixtures, and accessories like towel bars and gown hooks can instantly modernize a bathroom. Changing your previous rest room with a WaterSense mannequin (about $200) and adding a faucet aerator (about $5 to $15) will cut back water consumption, putting money back in your pockets each month. Some of these duties may have the assistance of an expert plumber, especially if you suspect water leaks Here is easy methods to tell whether or not to hire a professional or do it your self.\nTime is of utmost importance when deciding on your project. Determine whether or not or not you are able to take time without work work to your mission. Is there a specific deadline you need to meet? Are you hiring a contractor? These are just a few of the questions that you need to ask yourself when calculating the time-frame wherein your mission must be and needs to be completed by.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 142, "original_length": 5375, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 336.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://en.sasac.gov.cn/2018/03/16/c_13.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:47Z", "digest": "sha1:WEEBH36JBUUVMF3SMXUUOK2BBAR3ZMVR", "length": 1363, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "en.sasac.gov.cn", "title": "How will SASAC help central SOEs achieve high-quality development?", "raw_content": "For central State-owned enterprises (SOEs), many of them have a large business scale, but they still need to make more efforts to meet the requirements and pursue high-quality development. Last year, 48 central SOEs made the list of Fortune Global 500 companies, on which State Grid, China Petroleum and Chemical and China National Petroleum ranked second, third and fourth respectively.\nThe State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC) will help central SOEs accelerate the transformation and upgrading of their manufacturing, for example by helping them to increase their capabilities in high-end equipment production.\nIt will help central SOEs pour more resources into strategic emerging industries to form new driving forces in economic growth, like fifth generation mobile communication technology and large widebody aircraft research and development.\nCentral SOEs shall always follow high-quality and profit-oriented development principles, increase management efficiency, cut excess capacity and advance management and operation mechanisms.\nTo achieve high-quality development, central SOEs shall not only learn from the international first-class companies, but also seek opportunities to cooperate with them, as well as to partner with Chinese private companies by developing mixed-ownership economic entities.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 44, "original_length": 2111, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 239.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://en.snu.ac.kr/research/highlights?", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:05Z", "digest": "sha1:PB3B4UUDHH5WMXXKE643FXXRQR6Q4BDW", "length": 5293, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "en.snu.ac.kr", "title": "Eyes are faster than hands: Vision-based machine learning for soft wearable robot enables disabled person to naturally grasp objects | | Research Highlights | Research | SNU", "raw_content": "Professor Sungho Jo (KAIST) and Kyu-Jin Cho (Seoul National University), a collaboration research team in Soft Robotics Research Center (SRRC), Seoul, Korea, have proposed a new intention detection paradigm for soft wearable hand robots. The proposed paradigm predicts grasping/releasing intentions based on user behaviors, enabling the spinal cord injury (SCI) patients with lost hand mobility to pick-and-place objects. (The researchers include (KAIST) Daekyum Kim & Jeesoo Ha, (Seoul National University) Brian Byunghyun Kang, Kyu Bum Kim & Hyungmin Choi)\nThey developed a method based on a machine learning algorithm that predicts user intentions for wearable hand robots by utilizing a first-person-view camera. Their development is based on the hypothesis: user intentions can be inferred through the collection of user arm behaviors and hand-object interactions.\nThe vision-based machine learning algorithm\nThe machine learning model used in this study, Vision-based Intention Detection network from an EgOcentric view (VIDEO-Net), is designed based on this hypothesis. VIDEO-Net is composed of spatial and temporal sub-networks, where the temporal sub-network is to recognize user arm behaviors and the spatial sub-network is to recognize hand-object interactions.\nAn SCI patient wearing Exo-Glove Poly II, (Video of previous version) a soft wearable hand robot, successfully pick-and-place various objects and perform essential activities of daily living, such as drinking coffee without any additional helps.\nTheir development is advantageous in that it detects user intentions without requiring any person-to-person calibrations and additional actions. This enables the wearable hand robot to interact with humans seamlessly.\nThe research was published in the 26th issue of Science Robotics as a focus article on January 30, 2019.\nQ: How does this system work?\nA: This technology aims to predict user intentions, specifically grasping and releasing intent toward a target object, by utilizing a first-person-view camera mounted on glasses.(Something like Google Glass can be used in the future). VIDEO-Net, a deep learning-based algorithm, is devised to predict user intentions from the camera based on user arm behaviors and hand-object interactions. With Vision, the environment and the human movement data is captured, which is used to train the machine learning algorithm.\nInstead of using bio-signals, which is often used for intention detection of disabled people, we use a simple camera to find out the intention of the user. Whether the person is trying to grasp or not. This works because the target users are able to move their arm, but not their hands. We can predict the user\u2019s intention of grasping by observing the arm movement and the distance from the object and the hand, and interpreting the observation using machine learning.\nQ: Who can benefit from this technology?\nA: As mentioned earlier, this technology detects user intentions from human arm behaviors and hand-object interactions. This technology can be used by any people with lost hand mobility, such as spinal cord injury, stroke, cerebral palsy or any other injuries, as long as they can move their arm voluntarily. This concept of using vision to estimate the human behavior\nQ: What are the limitations and future works?\nA: Most of the limitations come from the drawbacks of using a monocular camera. For example, if a target object is occluded by another object, the performance of this technology decreases. Also, if user hand gesture is not able to be seen in the camera scene, this technology is not usable. In order to overcome the lack of generality due to these, the algorithm needs to be improved by incorporating other sensor information or other existing intention detection methods, such as using an electromyography sensor or tracking eye gaze.\nQ: To use this technology in daily life, what do you need?\nA: In order for this technology to be used in daily life, these devices are needed: a wearable hand robot with an actuation module, a computing device, and glasses with a camera mounted. We aim to decrease the size and weight of the computing device so that the robot can be portable to be used in daily life. So far, we could find compact computing device that fulfills our requirements, but we expect that neuromorphic chips that are able to perform deep learning computations will be commercially available.\n\u25a0 Professor Kyu-Jin Cho\nProfessor Kyu-Jin Cho is the director of the Soft Robotics Research Center and Biorobotics Lab in Seoul National University. He received the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Early Career award in 2014 for his achievement in the field of soft robots and bio-inspired robots. In 2015, He developed the water strider robot published in the journal Science, which was covered by over 300 media, including NY Times, BBC and NBC. In 2016, he presented the Exo-Glove Poly, a glove-like soft robot that helps people with disabilities in their daily lives, at the AAAS Annual Convention. In April of the same year, he won the Soft Robot Challenge with the robot named 'SNUMAX' which was held in Pisa, Italy for the first time. He is leading the Soft Robotics Research Center to develop soft robotic technologies which will bring robotics closer to people.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 197, "original_length": 9367, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 279.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://encouragermagazine.org/2018/11/13/get-the-one-get-the-700000/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:22Z", "digest": "sha1:TJI2DPLUMZXA7G5KYM7KPEXITSU4SZO5", "length": 6917, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "encouragermagazine.org", "title": "Get the One \u2013 Get the 700,000 \u2013 The Encourager Magazine", "raw_content": "The State of the Gospel in Collin County\nBy Vince Smith, Lead Missions Strategist\n\u201cKnow well the condition of your flock, and pay attention to your herds,\u201d\n\u2013 Proverbs 27:23 CSB\nThis proverb is basic to the work of a pastor and shepherd. Jesus called himself the \u201cGood Shepherd\u201d who knows his sheep by name and whose sheep know His voice (John 10). Jesus described the good shepherd as the one who lays down his life for the sheep, as the one who leaves the ninety and nine to go and search for the one lost sheep (Matthew 18:10-14, Luke 15:1-7). A good shepherd will know the health of the sheep and the conditions in the fields under his care. So, what is the state of our churches and the conditions in our mission field?\nLet\u2019s start with what is going well. We have much Gospel work to celebrate in our region. Churches are Christ-centered, Gospel-focused, and Biblically faithful. People are coming to faith in Christ, and we see baptisms. Many churches are engaged in community ministry. New churches are starting throughout the region\u2014six this year with CBA as a partner! As a whole, our congregations grew about one-percent. These are things to celebrate!\nWhile we have much to celebrate, we also have much that should concern us. Our county population increases by 80 people a day (Dallas Morning News, 17 Jun 2018), four percent a year. If a church is not matching the population growth rate, then the fact is that the church is in decline. By this measure, unfortunately, the church is in decline in Collin County.\nNot only are we not matching population growth, but church involvement in the county has dropped by 10.4% from 2012 to 2017 (Mission Insite Quadrennium Survey 2012 to 2017 Comparision). Shifts in beliefs about Jesus in our county reflect the drop in involvement. For example, nine percent more people say Jesus was a good man, and no more, 13% fewer people believe Jesus rose from the dead, and 12.5% fewer people believe Jesus is the only path to salvation. All the religious belief survey questions show a trend away from orthodox Christianity.\nAll of this data points to an incredible need for Gospel witness in our region. Many people are lost; many people have wandered away from Jesus. As I process the data the story of the lost sheep comes to mind:\n10 \u201cSee to it that you don\u2019t despise one of these little ones, because I tell you that in heaven their angels continually view the face of my Father in heaven. 12 What do you think? If someone has a hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, won\u2019t he leave the ninety-nine on the hillside and go and search for the stray? 13 And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices over that sheep more than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. 14 In the same way, it is not the will of your Father in heaven that one of these little ones perish. Matthew 18:10\u201314 (CSB)\nHere are a few observations from this passage that seem applicable to our Gospel situation:\n\u2022 The failure to engage in the work of the Gospel is a despicable act in God\u2019s eyes. (vs. 10)\n\u2022 God and all his angels are watching to see if we will engage in going to the lost. (vs. 10)\n\u2022 We must start leaving the many already gathered to get the many that are in danger\u2014this is counterintuitive to most modern church practice. The church must go into the community because the community is moving away from the church. (vs. 12)\n\u2022 We must celebrate what God celebrates. Church metrics of success must shift to celebrate activities that search for the strays. (vs. 13)\n\u2022 God\u2019s will and priority is for none to perish\u2014that must be our priority and our act of obedience.\nThis story of the lost sheep in Matthew is nestled in between Jesus teaching about who is the greatest in the kingdom (a humble, obedient child), the restoration of a believer who lives a sinful lifestyle, and the story of the person who was forgiven much, but then would not offer forgiveness to one who owed him little in comparison.\nThe context of this story speaks volumes to the will it takes to make the change from a predominantly \u201ccome to the church\u201d method of mission to a \u201clet\u2019s go get the one\u201d method of mission. The articles in this edition of The Encourager Magazine speak to the kind of shifts our churches are making.\nOur Annual Gathering, literally a steer roping event with a Gospel presentation to lost sheep (the human kind), is another visual example of how churches shift their methods without changing the Gospel message.\nWhat do you think? Who would leave the 99 to go get the one? Jesus did. Any good shepherd will.\nGod gave me an enduring image of the shepherd\u2019s work when I was just a boy, long before I knew He called me to this work.\nMy grandfather was a small rancher in southern Oklahoma. I was a city kid, but my dad sent me to the ranch every summer for a few weeks so I wouldn\u2019t lose touch with our roots. Some of my earliest memories are riding in Papa\u2019s pickup \u201ccounting cows.\u201d We would drive through the pastures in his old, battered Cheyenne Silverado tallying the cows. My job was to make hash marks in \u201cthe book.\u201d I loved putting the diagonal slash for the fifth cow across the four straight marks.\nOne hot, ground-cracking, July day we were bouncing through the south pasture. Papa\u2019s face clouded up, and he said, \u201cVincey, I don\u2019t see that brindle cow.\u201d Papa knew each and every cow. To me, they all looked the same. I didn\u2019t know a brindle cow from any other cow, but he knew each and every one of them. Papa continued, \u201cShe should be calving any day now. Let\u2019s go find her.\u201d\nWe climbed out of the truck and started walking through the Johnson grass. I was always afraid of stepping on a snake, so I kept my eyes down and didn\u2019t see the cow as soon as my grandad. Papa shouted, \u201cThere she is!\u201d as he pointed down into the ravine. The cow was down, and a new calf was down beside her. We slid down the hill beside the cow. It was too late for her, but the calf was still breathing. The smell of death and excrement filled the air. I had to run away and dry heave.\nGrandad, in his mid sixties, reached down into the filth and excrement and heaved the calf over his shoulders. Looking like a superhero to me, he climbed the side of the ravine and laid the calf in the bed of the truck. He had me get in the back and hold the calf\u2019s head in my lap. It was puking all over me. I learned blue jeans and boots were designed with a purpose in mind, not simply to look good.\nWe took the calf to the barn, and my grandad went to work saving his life\u2026and save his life he did. He was oblivious to the smell and the stuff all over his clothes and mine. His single-minded purpose was to save the calf\u2019s life. This image clearly describes the work to which God entrusts us. It is dirty, smelly, and life-saving.\nIt is God\u2019s will. Heaven is watching. Let none perish. Let us live for the day when every girl, boy, woman, and man within our reach experiences a living witness.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 103, "original_length": 8404, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 339.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://english.pnn.ps/2018/03/06/report-new-incitement-post-every-71-seconds-on-israeli-social-media/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:25Z", "digest": "sha1:SMT22WQEOXN7GSKFV7ABTRZRRVPHSWY7", "length": 3419, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "english.pnn.ps", "title": "Report: New incitement post every 71 seconds on Israeli social media \u2013 PNN", "raw_content": "Report: New incitement post every 71 seconds on Israeli social media\n7amleh Centre recently conducted a research to measure the extent of Israeli incitement against Palestinians on social media for the year 2017, which has been published today. The main key findings were as follows:\nEvery 71 seconds there is an inciting post uploaded against Palestinians\nA total of 445,000 calls for violence, hate speech posts and curses against Palestinians\nOne out of nine posts about Palestinians contains a call for violence or a curse\n50,000 Israeli social media users wrote at least one inciting post against Palestinians\nWhilst Facebook intensifies its efforts to suspend, delete and ban Palestinian accounts and pages under the pretext of \u201cincitement\u201d, the social media giant expanded its platform for Israeli incitement, 82% of which takes place on Facebook, according to a recent study conducted by 7amleh. 2017 witnessed a rapid upsurge of right wing Israeli Facebook groups and pages that incite against Palestinians, some of which include The Shadow (an extreme right-wing Israeli singer), Roaring for the Right, Against Extreme Leftist Media, Reclaiming Jewish Nationality, Fighting for the Land of Israel and The Lies of the Leftists (all translated from Hebrew) in addition to the rising incitement perpetrated on Facebook pages of mainstream Israeli media.\nThis index was developed by monitoring violent and inciting rhetoric according to a list of 100 keywords of expressions, names and personalities in Hebrew with the aim of measuring the level of violent rhetoric and hate speech at the hands of Israeli social media users. Interestingly, the results indicate that the level of Israeli violence on social media has decreased from 2016 but increased from 2015.\nJerusalem was the main focal point for online violence against Palestinians and the research illustrates that 50,000 inciting posts against Arabs were uploaded in July 2017 alone in light of the events at Al Aqsa mosque and Israel\u2019s attempt to install electronic gates. This online violence was mainly directed towards Palestinian politicians, such as Ahmad Tibi and Haneen Zoabi.\nNadim Nashif, the Executive Director of 7amleh has expressed grave concern at the results of the research, which exposes Facebook\u2019s complicity in perpetuating the double standards of the Israeli government of silencing and shutting down Palestinian content whilst allowing for the spread of Israeli incitement. Furthermore, the Israeli government fails to hold any Israeli accountable for online violence while at the same time it jails hundreds of Palestinians based on this unfounded claim of incitement.\n7amleh is the only Palestinian non-governmental organization dedicated to utilizing online resources to empower marginalized Palestinian communities and enhance their capacities in advocacy and raising social awareness. Our values are based on the unwavering belief of freedom of speech, we work to protect the digital rights and freedom of speech for Palestinians. 7amleh, through its dynamic and community-based approach, works in response to the subjugation of Palestinian voices and aims to build a Palestinian society that is able to breach geo-political boundaries and use digital platforms en masse to advance the community\u2019s rights and well-being, 7amleh conducted this research in cooperation with Vigo Social Intelligence and Berl Katznelson Foundation.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 72, "original_length": 5270, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 296.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://english.v6news.tv/b20-summit-concludes-with-many-consensuses-results", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:39:41Z", "digest": "sha1:B2X7LWLPMHOTRQVKLSE54JNNQSFBFELA", "length": 2245, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "english.v6news.tv", "title": "B20 summit concludes with many consensuses, results | V6 English News", "raw_content": "V6 English News > News > National News > B20 summit concludes with many consensuses, results / September 5, 2016\nB20 summit concludes with many consensuses, results\nHangzhou (IANS) The Business 20 (B20) summit, which was attended by business leaders and officials including those from the Group of 20 (G20) economies, came to an end on Sunday with many consensuses and results, especially a policy recommendation report.\nThe two-day event, which was scheduled on Saturday and Sunday ahead of the G20 summit, attracted more than 1,100 business leaders to discuss hot topics and difficulties for the world economy, Xinhua news agency reported.\nThe summit issued the B20 2016 Policy Recommendations report to the G20, raising 20 important aspects of recommendations and 76 concrete measures.\nThe report offers some suggestions for the first time, such as an Electronic World Trade Platform initiative, a SMART innovation initiative to encourage entrepreneurship and innovation, as well as developing green finance and investment market.\nLeaders of Argentina, South Africa, Australia and Canada as well as heads of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and the other multilateral organisations participated in the meeting and discussed with business leaders.\nThey agreed that G20 members should strengthen cooperation with an open attitude, advance reform and promote growth.\nWith good interaction between government and companies, sound environment for investors, investment in education and technology development, all sides should make joint efforts toward an innovative, invigorated, interconnected and inclusive world economy, the participants agreed.\nThey held the view that it is necessary to break a new path for global economic growth, increase high-quality and \u201cbankable\u201d projects, and promote innovation in financial tools for infrastructure investment.\nThe participants also agreed to facilitate private sectors\u2019 investment in infrastructure, promote the development of green finance and investment market, and develop inclusive finance.\nAhead of the closing of the summit, Jiang Zengwei, chair of the B20 China, handed over the hosting right of the summit to Markus Kerber, Director-General of the Federation of German Industries.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 4430, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 296.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://englishkillsreview.com/allison-amend-spoke-with-alexander-chee-about-enchanted-islands/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:18:59Z", "digest": "sha1:FMA6RV3DXU5TGZ2IANY2A62JHLUL64D5", "length": 3058, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "englishkillsreview.com", "title": "English Kills Review", "raw_content": "Allison Amend Spoke with Alexander Chee about Enchanted Islands\nIn Allison Amend\u2019s latest novel, Enchanted Islands, she explores the lives spies on a mission for the Office of Naval Intelligence living on the Galapagos Islands. She was joined at The Strand by Alexander Chee, author of The Queen of the Night.\nThe memoirs of Frances Conway, a survivalist who lived on the islands, served as the inspiration for the novel. \u201cI just sort of fell in love with her voice,\u201d Amend says. Beyond that, the novel is an invention.\nAlexander Chee notes that both their novels feature spies. In Chee\u2019s novel, his protagonist, Lilliet Berne, is an unwitting spy. He explains writing about her as a spy came naturally. She was a diva who\u2019s voice directed his writing.\n\u201cAll the best spying was done on Germans,\u201d Amend says, although she also adds \u201cI don\u2019t particularly like spy novels.\u201d She was much more interested in the characters than she was in the details of the spying.\nAmend says she read several spy novels by John le Carr\u00e9 in her attempt to prepare and look at the construction of a spy novel. Every time she was shocked. She also looked at non-fiction books about spy networks and says she was mostly interest in the trade craft of spying.\nShe went down the rabbit hole of researching technology, she explains, saying she obsessed over microdots. Microdots were small images containing information that were extremely tiny and very popular in the midcentury.\n\u201cI always do too much research,\u201d she adds, because for her research counts as writing without actually writing.\nA retired naval captain read through the manuscript as well in order to ensure that the references to naval elements were accurate. Amend says she learns that ships and boats are different things: a boat can fit on a ship.\nIn addition to researching spy methods, Amend also had access to memoirs. She really liked the voice of the real Francis. The woman also lived during a seminal period in history.\nThe novel came about because Amend had been reading the memoirs and wondering why Francis and her husband were on the islands. She suspects Francis\u2019s husband had a drinking problem and the isolation may have been a motivation.\n\u201cSoap operas hinge on people not telling the truth,\u201d she says. She likes writing in past settings because there is the possibility of missed connections and coincidence in the world before 1998. Before that time, communication technology didn\u2019t connect people in the same way\u2013now, \u201cyour history follows you everywhere.\u201d\nThe friendship in the novel is also an essential element. Amend wanted to explore non-traditional relationships and show how friendship alone can fulfill the role of marriage. Her novel is an exploration of the ideas of friendship.\nAmend at first thought the book would all take place on Galapagos, but only about a third of the novel actually unfolds there. Francis lived on the islands for seven years, but Amend could only stay there for five days. \u201cI hate camping, but now I really hate camping,\u201d she says.\nAllison Amend and Alexander Chee", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 34, "original_length": 3446, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 330.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://enhancedwiki.territorioscuola.it/en.php?title=La_boh%C3%A8me", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:21Z", "digest": "sha1:AILEO3FL7MJVPOTUPEYZY7UT5HCZVJUY", "length": 29403, "nlines": 201, "source_domain": "enhancedwiki.territorioscuola.it", "title": "La_boh\u00e8me - TerritorioScuola Enhanced Wiki Alfa - Enhanced Search with WikiPedia Using Robots to display related resources from the web to all WikiPedia words (Video/Audio, .doc, ,pdf, .ppt, maps, edu, .html).", "raw_content": "SlideShare Results: La boh\u00e8me\nMore results on: La boh\u00e8me\nDownload PDF files on: La boh\u00e8me\nDownload Word files on: La boh\u00e8me\nImages on: La boh\u00e8me\nResults from ResearchGate on: La boh\u00e8me\nVideo/Audio on: La boh\u00e8me\nDownload PowerPoint on: La boh\u00e8me\nMore results from.edu web: La boh\u00e8me\nMap (if applicable) of: La boh\u00e8me\nResults from Academia Edu on: La boh\u00e8me\nLa boh\u00e8me edit\nLa boh\u00e8me - Wikipedia\nFor Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera of the same name, see La boh\u00e8me (Leoncavallo). For other uses, see La boh\u00e8me (disambiguation).\nOriginal 1896 poster by Adolfo Hohenstein\nHenri Murger's Sc\u00e8nes de la vie de boh\u00e8me\nTeatro Regio, Turin\nLa boh\u00e8me (French pronunciation: \u200b[la b\u0254.\u025bm], Italian: [la bo\u02c8\u025bm]) is an opera in four acts,[N 1] composed by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Sc\u00e8nes de la vie de boh\u00e8me by Henri Murger.[1] The world premiere of La boh\u00e8me was in Turin on 1 February 1896 at the Teatro Regio,[2] conducted by the 28-year-old Arturo Toscanini; its U.S. premiere took place the following year, 1897, in Los Angeles. Since then, La boh\u00e8me has become part of the standard Italian opera repertory and is one of the most frequently performed operas worldwide.[3]\nIn 1946, fifty years after the opera's premiere, Toscanini conducted a commemorative performance of it on radio with the NBC Symphony Orchestra. A recording of the performance was later released by RCA Victor on vinyl record, tape and compact disc. It is the only recording ever made of a Puccini opera by its original conductor (see Recording history below).\n1 Origin of the story\n2 Performance history and reception\n2.1 Initial success\n6 Recording history\n7 The missing act\n8.1 Modernizations\nMim\u00ec's costume for act 1 of La boh\u00e8me designed by Adolfo Hohenstein for the world premiere\nAccording to its title page, the libretto of La boh\u00e8me is based on Henri Murger's novel, Sc\u00e8nes de la vie de boh\u00e8me, a collection of vignettes portraying young bohemians living in the Latin Quarter of Paris in the 1840s. Although usually called a novel, it has no unified plot. Like the 1849 play by Murger and Th\u00e9odore Barri\u00e8re, the opera's libretto focuses on the relationship between Rodolfo and Mim\u00ec, ending with her death. Also like the play, the libretto combines two characters from the novel, Mim\u00ec and Francine, into the single character of Mim\u00ec. Early in the composition stage Puccini was in dispute with the composer Leoncavallo, who said that he had offered Puccini a completed libretto and felt that Puccini should defer to him. Puccini responded that he had had no idea of Leoncavallo's interest and that having been working on his own version for some time, he felt that he could not oblige him by discontinuing with the opera. Leoncavallo completed his own version in which Marcello was sung by a tenor and Rodolfo by a baritone. It was unsuccessful and is now rarely performed.[4]\nRodolfo\u2014costume design by Adolfo Hohenstein for the premiere at Teatro Regio, 1896\nMuch of the libretto is original. The main plots of acts two and three are the librettists' invention, with only a few passing references to incidents and characters in Murger. Most of acts one and four follow the novel, piecing together episodes from various chapters. The final scenes in acts one and four\u2014the scenes with Rodolfo and Mim\u00ec\u2014resemble both the play and the novel. The story of their meeting closely follows chapter 18 of the novel, in which the two lovers living in the garret are not Rodolphe and Mim\u00ec at all, but rather Jacques and Francine. The story of Mim\u00ec's death in the opera draws from two different chapters in the novel, one relating Francine's death and the other relating Mim\u00ec's.[1]\nThe published libretto includes a note from the librettists briefly discussing their adaptation. Without mentioning the play directly, they defend their conflation of Francine and Mim\u00ec into a single character: \"Chi pu\u00f2 non confondere nel delicato profilo di una sola donna quelli di Mim\u00ec e di Francine?\" (\"Who cannot confuse in the delicate profile of one woman the personality both of Mim\u00ec and of Francine?\"). At the time, the novel was in the public domain, Murger having died without heirs, but rights to the play were still controlled by Barri\u00e8re's heirs.[5]\nThe world premi\u00e8re performance of La boh\u00e8me took place in Turin on 1 February 1896 at the Teatro Regio[2] and was conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini. The initial response of the audience at the first performance was subdued and critical responses were polarized.[6] Despite this varied introductory response, the opera quickly became popular throughout Italy and productions were soon mounted by the following companies: The Teatro di San Carlo (14 March 1896, with Elisa Petri as Musetta and Antonio Magini-Coletti as Marcello); The Teatro Comunale di Bologna (4 November 1896, with Amelia Sedelmayer as Musetta and Umberto Beduschi as Rodolfo); The Teatro Costanzi (17 November 1896, with Maria Stuarda Savelli as Mim\u00ec, Enrico Giannini-Grifoni as Rodolfo, and Maurizio Bensaude as Marcello); La Scala (15 March 1897, with Angelica Pandolfini as Mim\u00ec, Camilla Pasini as Musetta, Fernando De Lucia as Rodolfo, and Edoardo Camera as Marcello); La Fenice (26 December 1897, with Emilia Merolla as Mim\u00ec, Maria Martelli as Musetta, Giovanni Apostolu and Franco Mannucci as Rodolfo, and Ferruccio Corradetti as Marcello); Teatro Regio di Parma (29 January 1898, with Solomiya Krushelnytska as Mim\u00ec, Lina Cassandro as Musetta, Pietro Ferrari as Rodolfo, and Pietro Giacomello as Marcello); Paris Opera (13 June 1898); and the Teatro Donizetti di Bergamo (21 August 1898, with Emilia Corsi as Mim\u00ec, Annita Barone as Musetta, Giovanni Apostolu as Rodolfo, and Giovanni Roussel as Marcello).[7][8]\nThe first performance of La boh\u00e8me outside Italy was at the Teatro Col\u00f3n in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 16 June 1896. The opera was given in Alexandria, Lisbon, and Moscow in early 1897. The United Kingdom premiere took place at the Theatre Royal in Manchester, on 22 April 1897, in a presentation by the Carl Rosa Opera Company supervised by Puccini.[9] This performance was given in English and starred Alice Esty as Mim\u00ec, Bessie McDonald as Musetta, Robert Cunningham as Rodolfo, and William Paull as Marcello.[9] On 2 October 1897 the same company gave the opera's first staging at the Royal Opera House in London and on 14 October 1897 in Los Angeles for the opera's United States premiere. The opera reached New York City on 16 May 1898 when it was performed at Wallack's Theatre with Giuseppe Agostini as Rodolfo.[10] The first production of the opera actually produced by the Royal Opera House itself premiered on 1 July 1899 with Nellie Melba as Mim\u00ec, Z\u00e9lie de Lussan as Musetta, Fernando De Lucia as Rodolfo, and Mario Ancona as Marcello.[7]\nLa boh\u00e8me premiered in Germany at the Kroll Opera House in Berlin on 22 June 1897. The French premiere of the opera was presented by the Op\u00e9ra-Comique on 13 June 1898 at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Nations. The production used a French translation by Paul Ferrier and starred Julia Guiraudon as Mim\u00ec, Jeanne Tiphaine as Musetta, Adolphe Mar\u00e9chal as Rodolfo, and Lucien Fug\u00e8re as Marcello.[7] The Czech premiere of the opera was presented by the National Theatre on 27 February 1898.\nLa boh\u00e8me continued to gain international popularity throughout the early 20th century and the Op\u00e9ra-Comique alone had already presented the opera one hundred times by 1903. The Belgian premiere took place at La Monnaie on 25 October 1900 using Ferrier's French translation with Marie Thi\u00e9rry as Mim\u00ec, L\u00e9on David as Rodolfo, Eug\u00e8ne-Charles Badiali as Marcello, sets by Pierre Devis, Armand Lynen, and Albert Dubosq, and Philippe Flon conducting. The Metropolitan Opera staged the work for the first time on 26 December 1900 with Nellie Melba as Mim\u00ec, Annita Occhiolini-Rizzini as Musetta, Albert Sal\u00e9za as Rodolfo, Giuseppe Campanari as Marcello, and Luigi Mancinelli conducting.[7]\nThe opera was first performed in Brazil at the Theatro da Paz in Bel\u00e9m on 21 April 1900 with the Brazilian soprano Tilde Maragliano as Mim\u00ec, Maria Cavallini as Musetta, Giuseppe Agostini as Rodolfo and Alessandro Modesti as Marcello. The conductor was Giorgio Polacco [11]\nMelbourne: 13 July 1901 (Her Majesty's Theatre; first performance in Australia)[12]\nMonaco: 1 February 1902, Op\u00e9ra de Monte-Carlo in Monte Carlo with Nellie Melba as Mim\u00ec, Enrico Caruso as Rodolfo, Alexis Boyer as Marcello, and L\u00e9on Jehin conducting.[7]\nPrato: 25 December 1902, Regio Teatro Metastasio with Ulderica Persichini as Mim\u00ec, Norma Sella as Musetta, Ariodante Quarti as Rodolfo, and Amleto Pollastri as Marcello.[7]\nCatania: 9 July 1903, Politeama Pacini with Isabella Costa Orbellini as Mim\u00ec, Lina Gismondi as Musetta, Elvino Ventura as Rodolfo, and Alfredo Costa as Marcello.[7]\nAustria: 25 November 1903, Vienna State Opera in Vienna with Selma Kurz as Mim\u00ec, Marie Gutheil-Schoder as Musetta, Fritz Schr\u00f6dter as Rodolfo, Gerhard Stehmann as Marcello, and Gustav Mahler conducting.[7]\nSweden: 19 May 1905, Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, presented by the Royal Swedish Opera with Maria Labia as Mim\u00ec.[7]\nPuccini died in Brussels on 29 November 1924, and the news of his death reached Rome during a performance of La boh\u00e8me. The opera was immediately stopped, and the orchestra played Chopin's Funeral March for the stunned audience.[13]\nThe first production of La boh\u00e8me at the Salzburg Festival did not occur until as late as July 2012. However, that festival has not shown much interest in the operas of Puccini, only ever having one production each of Tosca and Turandot in its entire history.[14]\nDespite the opera's popularity with audiences, Puccini has been the target of condescension by some music critics who find his music insufficiently sophisticated or difficult.[15] The composer Benjamin Britten wrote in 1951, \"[A]fter four or five performances I never wanted to hear Boh\u00e8me again. In spite of its neatness, I became sickened by the cheapness and emptiness of the music.\"[16]\nAct 2 costume design for \"la rappezzatrice\" (the clothes mender) for the world premiere performance.\nPremiere cast, 1 February 1896[17]\n(Conductor: Arturo Toscanini)\nRodolfo, a poet tenor Evan Gorga\nMim\u00ec, a seamstress soprano Cesira Ferrani\nMarcello, a painter baritone Tieste Wilmant\nMusetta, a singer soprano Camilla Pasini\nSchaunard, a musician baritone Antonio Pini-Corsi\nColline, a philosopher bass Michele Mazzara\nBeno\u00eet, their landlord bass Alessandro Polonini\nAlcindoro, a state councillor bass Alessandro Polonini\nParpignol, a toy vendor tenor Dante Zucchi\nA customs Sergeant bass Felice Foglia\nStudents, working girls, townsfolk, shopkeepers, street-vendors, soldiers, waiters, children\nTime: Around 1830.[18]\nOpening, \"Questo mar rosso\"\nAfro Poli (Marcello),\nBeniamino Gigli (Rudolfo),\nDuilio Baronti (Colline) \u2013 1938\nIn the four bohemians' garret (Christmas Eve)\n\"S\u00ec, mi chiamano Mim\u00ec\"\nClaudia Muzio (1911)\nEnrico Caruso, Nellie Melba (1907)\nHer candle goes out in the draught and Rodolfo's candle goes out too; the pair stumble in the dark. Rodolfo, eager to spend time with the girl, to whom he is already attracted, finds the key and pockets it, feigning innocence. He takes her cold hand (Che gelida manina\u2014\"What a cold little hand\") and tells her of his life as a poet, then asks her to tell him more about her life. The girl says her name is Mim\u00ec (S\u00ec, mi chiamano Mim\u00ec\u2014\"Yes, they call me Mim\u00ec\"), and describes her simple life as an embroiderer. Impatiently, the waiting friends call Rodolfo. He answers and turns to see Mim\u00ec bathed in moonlight (duet, Rodolfo and Mim\u00ec: O soave fanciulla\u2014\"Oh lovely girl\"). They realize that they have fallen in love. Rodolfo suggests remaining at home with Mim\u00ec, but she decides to accompany him to the Cafe Momus. As they leave, they sing of their newfound love.\nQuartier Latin (same evening)\nProp designs for act 2 of La boh\u00e8me for the world premiere performance\nA great crowd, including children, has gathered with street sellers announcing their wares (chorus: Aranci, datteri! Caldi i marroni!\u2014\"Oranges, dates! Hot chestnuts!\"). The friends arrive; Rodolfo buys Mim\u00ec a bonnet from a vendor, while Colline buys a coat and Schaunard a horn. Parisians gossip with friends and bargain with the vendors; the children of the streets clamor to see the wares of Parpignol, the toy seller. The friends enter the Cafe Momus.\nAs the men and Mim\u00ec dine at the cafe, Musetta, formerly Marcello's sweetheart, arrives with her rich (and elderly) government minister admirer, Alcindoro, whom she is tormenting. It is clear she has tired of him. To the delight of the Parisians and the embarrassment of her patron, she sings a risqu\u00e9 song (Musetta's waltz: Quando m'en vo'\u2014\"When I go along\"), hoping to reclaim Marcello's attention. The ploy works; at the same time, Mim\u00ec recognizes that Musetta truly loves Marcello. To be rid of Alcindoro for a bit, Musetta pretends to be suffering from a tight shoe and sends him to the shoemaker to get her shoe mended. Alcindoro leaves, and Musetta and Marcello fall rapturously into each other's arms.\nThe friends are presented with their bill. However, Schaunard's purse has gone missing and no one else has enough money to pay. The sly Musetta has the entire bill charged to Alcindoro. The sound of a military band is heard, and the friends leave. Alcindoro returns with the repaired shoe seeking Musetta. The waiter hands him the bill and, dumbfounded, Alcindoro sinks into a chair.\nPeddlers pass through the barriers and enter the city. Mim\u00ec appears, coughing violently. She tries to find Marcello, who is currently living in a little tavern where he paints signs for the innkeeper. She tells him of her hard life with Rodolfo, who abandoned her the night before, and of Rodolfo's terrible jealousy (O buon Marcello, aiuto!\u2014\"Oh, good Marcello, help me!\"). Marcello tells her that Rodolfo is asleep inside, and expresses concern about Mim\u00ec's cough. Rodolfo wakes up and comes out looking for Marcello. Mim\u00ec hides and overhears Rodolfo first telling Marcello that he left Mim\u00ec because of her coquettishness, but finally confessing that his jealousy is a sham: he fears she is slowly being consumed by a deadly illness (most likely tuberculosis, known by the catchall name \"consumption\" in the nineteenth century). Rodolfo, in his poverty, can do little to help Mim\u00ec and hopes that his pretended unkindness will inspire her to seek another, wealthier suitor (Marcello, finalmente\u2014\"Marcello, finally\").\nAddio di Mim\u00ec (\"Donde lieta usci\")\nNellie Melba, 1907 (3:03)\nOut of kindness towards Mim\u00ec, Marcello tries to silence him, but she has already heard all. Her weeping and coughing reveal her presence, and Rodolfo hurries to her. Musetta's laughter is heard and Marcello goes to find out what has happened. Mim\u00ec tells Rodolfo that she is leaving him, and asks that they separate amicably (Mim\u00ec: Donde lieta usc\u00ec\u2014\"From here she happily left\"); but their love for one another is too strong for the pair to part. As a compromise, they agree to remain together until the spring, when the world is coming to life again and no one feels truly alone. Meanwhile, Marcello has found Musetta, and the couple quarrel fiercely about Musetta's flirtatiousness: an antithetical counterpoint to the other pair's reconciliation (quartet: Mim\u00ec, Rodolfo, Musetta, Marcello: Addio dolce svegliare alla mattina!\u2014\"Goodbye, sweet awakening in the morning!\").\nEnrico Caruso, Antonio Scotti (1907)\n\"Dorme? Riposa.\" (finale)\nMarcello and Rodolfo are trying to work, though they are primarily talking about their girlfriends, who have left them and found wealthy lovers. Rodolfo has seen Musetta in a fine carriage and Marcello has seen Mim\u00ec dressed like a queen. The men both express their nostalgia (duet: O Mim\u00ec, tu pi\u00f9 non torni\u2014\"O Mim\u00ec, will you not return?\"). Schaunard and Colline arrive with a very frugal dinner and all parody eating a plentiful banquet, dance together and sing, before Schaunard and Colline engage in a mock duel.\nMusetta suddenly appears; Mim\u00ec, who took up with a wealthy viscount after leaving Rodolfo in the spring, has left her patron. Musetta found her that day in the street, severely weakened by her illness, and Mim\u00ec begged Musetta to bring her to Rodolfo. Mim\u00ec, haggard and pale, is assisted onto a bed. Briefly, she feels as though she is recovering. Musetta and Marcello leave to sell Musetta's earrings in order to buy medicine, and Colline leaves to pawn his overcoat (Vecchia zimarra\u2014\"Old coat\"). Schaunard leaves with Colline to give Mim\u00ec and Rodolfo some time together. Mim\u00ec tells Rodolfo that her love for him is her whole life (aria/duet, Mim\u00ec and Rodolfo: Sono andati?\u2014\"Have they gone?\").\nwoodwinds: piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 clarinets (A, B-flat), bass clarinet (A, B-flat), 2 bassoons\nMain article: La boh\u00e8me discography\nThe discography of La boh\u00e8me is a long one with many distinguished recordings, including the 1972 Decca recording conducted by Herbert von Karajan with Luciano Pavarotti as Rodolfo and Mirella Freni as Mim\u00ec (made before Pavarotti became an international superstar of opera),[19] and the 1973 RCA Victor recording conducted by Sir Georg Solti with Montserrat Caball\u00e9 as Mim\u00ec and Pl\u00e1cido Domingo as Rodolfo which won the 1974 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording. The earliest commercially released full-length recording was probably that recorded in February 1917 and released on HMV's Italian label La Voce del Padrone.[20] Carlo Sabajno conducted the La Scala Orchestra and Chorus with Gemma Bosini and Reno Andreini as Mim\u00ec and Rodolfo. One of the most recent is the 2008 Deutsche Grammophon release conducted by Bertrand de Billy with Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villaz\u00f3n as Mim\u00ec and Rodolfo.[19]\nThere are several recordings with conductors closely associated with Puccini. In the 1946 RCA Victor recording, Arturo Toscanini, who conducted the world premiere of the opera, conducts the NBC Symphony Orchestra with Jan Peerce as Rodolfo and Licia Albanese as Mim\u00ec. It is the only recording of a Puccini opera by its original conductor. Thomas Beecham, who worked closely with Puccini when preparing a 1920 production of La boh\u00e8me in London,[21] conducted a performance of the opera in English released by Columbia Records in 1936 with Lisa Perli as Mim\u00ec and Heddle Nash as Rodolfo. Beecham also conducts on the 1956 RCA Victor recording with Victoria de los \u00c1ngeles and Jussi Bj\u00f6rling as Mim\u00ec and Rodolfo.\nAlthough the vast majority of recordings are in the original Italian, the opera has been recorded in several other languages. These include: a recording in French conducted by Erasmo Ghiglia with Ren\u00e9e Doria and Alain Vanzo as Mim\u00ec and Rodolfo (1960);[22] a recording in German with Richard Kraus conducting the Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra and Chorus with Trude Eipperle and Fritz Wunderlich as Mim\u00ec and Rodolfo (1956); and the 1998 release on the Chandos Opera in English label with David Parry conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra and Cynthia Haymon and Dennis O'Neill as Mim\u00ec and Rodolfo.\nEnrico Caruso, who was closely associated with the role of Rodolfo, recorded the famous aria \"Che gelida manina\" in 1906. This aria has been recorded by nearly 500 tenors in at least seven different languages between 1900 and 1980.[23] In 1981 the A.N.N.A. Record Company released a six LP set with 101 different tenors singing the aria.\nIn 1957 Illica\u2019s widow died and his papers were given to the Parma Museum. Among them was the full libretto to La boh\u00e8me. It was discovered that the librettists had prepared an act which Puccini decided not to use in his composition.[24] It is noteworthy for explaining Rodolfo\u2019s jealous remarks to Marcello in act 3.\nIn 1959 \"Musetta's Waltz\" was adapted by songwriter Bobby Worth for the pop song \"Don't You Know?\", a hit for Della Reese.[25] Earlier, it was used for another song, \"One Night of Love\".[4]\nIn 1969 in Paris, American free-jazz pianist Dave Burrell recorded his La Vie de Boh\u00e8me with a seven-piece group of European and American musicians. The music on the double-LP is improvised and experimental, but the listener can still discern Puccini's themes, as well as the narrative arc of the complete opera.[26]\nRent, a 1996 musical by Jonathan Larson, is based on La boh\u00e8me. Here the lovers, Roger and Mimi, are faced with AIDS and progress through the action with songs such as \"Light My Candle\", which have direct reference to La boh\u00e8me.[27] Many of the character names are retained or are similar (e.g. the character Angel is given the surname \"Schunard\"), and at another point in the play, Roger's roommate and best friend Mark makes a wry reference to \"Musetta's Waltz\", which is a recurring theme throughout the first act and is played at the end of the second act.\nThe opera was adapted into a 1983 short story by the novelist V. S. Pritchett for publication by the Metropolitan Opera Association.[28] La Boh\u00e8me: Una piccola storia sull'immortalit\u00e0 dell'amore e dell'amicizia (2009) by Carollina Fabinger is an illustrated version in Italian for young readers.[29] A short parody, The One-Minute, Non-Musical La Boheme for One or More Actors, by Meron Langsner was published by McSweeney's Internet Tendency in 2012.[30]\nStage design for act 1 of La boh\u00e8me, Reginald Gray, 2010\nBaz Luhrmann produced the opera for Opera Australia in 1990[31] with modernized supertitle translations, and a budget of only A$60,000. A DVD was issued of the stage show. According to Luhrmann, this version was set in 1957 (rather than the original period of 1830) because \"...[they] discovered that 1957 was a very, very accurate match for the social and economic realities of Paris in the 1840s.\"[31] In 2002, Luhrmann restaged his version on Broadway, the production won two Tony Awards out of six nominations; for Best Scenic Design and Best Lighting Design as well as a special award, the Tony Honor for Excellence in Theatre.[32][33] To play the eight performances per week on Broadway, three casts of Mim\u00ecs and Rodolfos, and two Musettas and Marcellos, were used in rotation.[34]\nRobin Norton-Hale directed a new production produced by Adam Spreadbury-Maher at the Cock Tavern Theatre, Kilburn, for OperaUpClose in December 2009.[35] Originally planned for a six-week season, it was extended for five months. The production was set in present-day North London, specifically in the Kilburn area, which is described as one \"of pound shops and betting shops, casual labour and cheap sublets. A nice verismo touch, this\u2014it also has the highest rate of tuberculosis infection in Greater London.\"[36] Although acts 1, 3 and 4 of this production took place in the pub's tiny upstairs theatre, for act 2 the entire audience and cast moved downstairs to the pub itself, with the pub's patrons serving as extras in the Cafe Momus scene. In 2010 it transferred to the West End's Soho Theatre for two sell-out seasons and won a Laurence Olivier Award.[37] The production was revived at the Soho Theatre in 2011 and at the Charing Cross Theatre in 2012.\n^ Puccini called the divisions quadri, tableaux or \"images\", rather than atti (acts).\n^ a b Groos & Parker 1986, p. 1.\n^ a b Budden 2002, p. 494.\n^ \"Opera Statistics on operabase.com\". Operabase. Retrieved 18 May 2012.\n^ a b Colin Kendell, The Complete Puccini, Amberley Publishing 2012\n^ Julian Budden: \"La boh\u00e8me\", Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 23 November 2008), (subscription access)\n^ Wilson, Alexandra (2007). The Puccini Problem. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 40. Retrieved 12 October 2015.\n^ a b c d e f g h i Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). \"La boh\u00e8me\". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).\n^ \"La prima della Boheme a Parigi\". La Stampa (in Italian). June 14, 1898. p. 2.\n^ a b The Manchester Guardian, 23 April 1897, p. 6\n^ Brown, Thomas Allston. A History of the New York Stage, Vol. 3. (Dodd, Mead and Company; New York; 1903), p. 359; and \"Musical and Dramatic. Puccini's La boh\u00e8me Sung in Italian Last Night at Wallack's Theatre,\" The New York Times, May 17, 1898\n^ P\u00e1scoa, M\u00e1rcio: Cronologia L\u00edrica de Bel\u00e9m, p. 145\n^ Irvin 1985, p. [page needed].\n^ \"The Death of Giacomo Puccini\". The British Newspaper Archive. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2015.\n^ Salzburg Festival. Retrieved 28 October 2014\n^ Groos & Parker 1986, p. 127.\n^ Britten, Benjamin. \"Verdi \u2013 A Symposium\", Opera magazine, February 1951, pp. 113\u201314\n^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). \"Puccini, 1 February 1896\". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).\n^ Melitz 1913, pp. 173\u201375.\n^ a b Greenfield & Layton 2009, p. 806.\n^ Operadis, La boh\u00e8me discography\n^ Tommasini, Anthony, \"Look What They're Doing to Opera\", The New York Times, 22 December 2002\n^ Details at Operadis\n^ Shaman, William et al., More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith recordings, Issue 81 of Discographies Series, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999, pp. 455\u201356. ISBN 0-313-29835-1\n^ Kalmanoff, Martin (1984). \"The Missing Act\". Retrieved 21 September 2009.\n^ Ginell, Cary (2008). \"Smart Licensing: Where Have I Heard That Before?\". Music Reports Inc. Retrieved 14 August 2008. [permanent dead link]\n^ Burke, Brandon. David Burrell: La Vie de Boh\u00e8me at AllMusic. Retrieved 17 April 2015.\n^ Anthony Tommasini (17 March 1996). \"Theather; The Seven-Year Odyssey that Led to Rent\". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 July 2008.\n^ Pritchett 1983.\n^ La Boh\u00e8me \u2013 di Giacomo Puccini \u2013 illustrazioni di Carollina Fabinger, Nuages, Milan ISBN 9788886178891\n^ McSweeney's Internet Tendency (2012). The One-Minute, Non-Musical La Boheme for One or More Actors\n^ a b Maggie Shiels (10 July 2002). \"Baz's Broadway opera\". BBC News. Retrieved 15 August 2008.\n^ \"Internet Broadway Database, IBDB\". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 27 December 2012.\n^ 2002 production details at the IBDB database\n^ Maggie Shiels (21 October 2002). \"Baz's brilliant La Boh\u00e8me\". BBC News. Retrieved 15 August 2008.\n^ Stephen Moss, \"OperaUpClose: Puccini in the pub\", The Guardian (London), 3 December 2009. Retrieved 21 January 2012\n^ Anna Picard, \"La Boh\u00e8me, Cock Tavern Theatre, Kilburn, London: A tiny and youthful production of La Boh\u00e8me has authenticity...\", The Independent (London), 21 January 2012\n^ Time Masters, \"Puccini in a pub triumphs at Olivier Awards\", on bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 21 January 2012\nBudden, Julian (2002). Puccini: His Life and Works. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-816468-5.\nGroos, Arthur; Parker, Roger, eds. (1986). \"La boh\u00e8me\". Cambridge Opera Handbooks. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-26489-8.\nIrvin, Eric (1985). Dictionary of the Australian Theatre 1788\u20131914. Hale & Iremonger. ISBN 978-0868061276.\nGreenfield, Edward; Layton, Robert (2009). March, Ivan; Czajkowski, Paul, eds. The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music 2010. Penguin. ISBN 0141041625.\nMelitz, Leo (1913). The Opera Goer's Complete Guide. Salinger, Richard (translator). New York: Dodd, Mead and Company.\nPritchett, V. S. (1983). La boh\u00e8me. 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In kindergarten, I started off with Mrs. Fulton as my teacher. She was pretty cool, one time she brought pineapple to class. I don\u2019t really remember my 1st grade teacher much, her name was Mrs. Emley. All I remember is one of the student teachers calling me out on lip-syncing in music class. I just didn\u2019t like singing, so I didn\u2019t participate. I had the same teacher for second and third grade, so those two years kind of blend together. Second and third grade I had Mrs. Kinsinger. Because of having the same teacher two years running, those years just kind of blend together in my mind. One of the years I remember we raised chicks, which was legit. Those kind of things are awesome.\nFourth through sixth grade I had Mrs. Tuttle, Mr. Wasmuth and Mr. Walters respectively. I was bored most of the time during those years, it was all busy work. We had a few cool projects though. At the holiday season, in fifth grade, we hosted a craft sale in the cafeteria. The idea was that each fifth grader would create a product that they would sell to the other classes that came through. I made scarfs, hats, and rice-bags. In case you don\u2019t know, a rice-bag in a sealed of bag made of fleece that contains rice. You heat up the bag, and it provides a lasting heat for use against a headache or similar affliction. I didn\u2019t sell many, because the kids were more interested in the candy, but hey, what are you going to do? In sixth grade we did an egg drop challenge. The device containing the egg would be dropped from the roof of the building and the goal was to have the egg not break. Most people just used bubble wrap and foam to try to lessen the impact, and I felt mine was one of the most creative. I wrapped the egg in a container that had jello in it. Although it did not do the best of the contraptions, it didn\u2019t do that badly.\nMiddle school was a good time for me. I got along with everybody for the most part. It was the first time in my schooling that I had really felt challenged. I was on the purple team for both my seventh and eighth grade year. The advanced classes I took challenged me much more than my classes in elementary school. I took both Advanced Language Arts and Algebra, which were suitable classes for me. My favorite teacher would have to be Mr. Shaner. I\u2019ve had him as my math teacher for two years now, and I feel he has been an excellent teacher. Also, I have a liking for math, which contributes to my liking of Mr. Shaner\u2019s class. As for my least favorite teacher, no one really comes to mind. I\u2019ve had teachers that are definitely not my favorite, but were still good teachers. I think I\u2019ve been relatively lucky with the teachers that were selected to teach me. I don\u2019t an idea for a single great event that I will always remember. 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This was followed by a return voyage across the north of Bermuda from west to east, between the 19th and 22nd of April. The boat sailed for the 3rd U-boat Flotilla on the 10th of March from La Pallice and returned there on the 7th of May 1942.\nOriginally M\u00f6hlmann headed for the waters of Newfoundland before heading south to the area off Cape Hatteras, which she reached about the 26th of March. On the 29th the sub dispatched the British ship Hertford of 10,932 tons, then the Koll of 10,044 tons on the 6th of April, and the Margaret, 3,352 tons off Hatteras. Wynn says that U-571 rendezvoused with U-459 on the 21st of April, which would have placed it north of Bermuda at the time \u2013 it is more likely that the refueling took place about the 25th of April and closer to 500 miles northeast of Bermuda.\nBorn in Kiel in 1913, Helmut M\u00f6hlmann was a member of the Crew of 1933. Early in his career which began as a cadet, her served aboard the light cruiser Nurnberg and later torpedo boat Luchs, joining U-boats in 1940. In that capacity he served on U-143, a training boat, and U-52 before commissioning U-571. M\u00f6hlmann\u2019s tally was 344 patrol days in 8 patrols, all of them on U-571. Between August 1941 and July 1942 he sank or damaged eight ships of 58,563 tons.\nAfter his seagoing career he moved to the U-boat headquarters staff, and the Naval Academy in Berlin. This was followed by command of the 14th Flotilla in Narvik Norway from 1944 to war\u2019s end, after which he was imprisoned for four months. He was awarded the Knights Cross in April 1943 and the U-boat Front Clasp in September 1944. He died in 1977 at the age of 63.\nU-571 under Helmut M\u00f6hlmann Bermuda patrol June 1942\nU-572 under Heinz Hirsacker Bermuda patrol April 1942", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 3778, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 154.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://erinsjournal.com/absence-makes-the-heart-grow-something", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:08Z", "digest": "sha1:5VG222U2B32VNZUZKT7BD3LP2A2DTVG7", "length": 16206, "nlines": 54, "source_domain": "erinsjournal.com", "title": "Absence makes the heart grow\u2026 something. \u00bb Erin's Journal - Letters from the Editor", "raw_content": "Home Personal, Posts, Updates Absence makes the heart grow\u2026 something.\nAbsence makes the heart grow\u2026 something.\nWarning, this post includes frank discussion of personal medical issues, including things that could make some uncomfortable. This was a lot of pain on my part and I don\u2019t mind sharing it, but it IS graphic and I haven\u2019t censored much. I refrain from naming a certain organ, but that\u2019s only because I don\u2019t want to. I\u2019ll put most of this behind a cut tag so that those of you who don\u2019t want to read all of it, don\u2019t have to. But this is the complete story of the last several months for me, and why I\u2019ve been missing for the most part.\nOkay, I\u2019ve promised this to multiple people and now I\u2019m finally ready to put the story out there.\nAs some know, I was in the hospital recently. It was a combination of things, but here\u2019s the story from start to finish.\nBack in mid-August, I started having pain in my bladder and urethra. Because it was localized there, I thought I had thrown a kidney stone. I drank a lot of extra liquids, complained about it on Tumblr and waited for it to go away. I didn\u2019t go to the doctor because I knew they would just be \u201cok, drink fluids, take ibuprofen and rest till it goes away, which it will.\u201d I know enough medical stuff to be dangerous, and I couldn\u2019t see paying the ER copay just to be told what I figured out on my own.\nA week later, the pain had gone away, no stone. I was a bit confused because I never developed other symptoms, fever and chills, and then it just vanished. So I was thinking, \u201cGood. Gone without the excruciating pain of passing the stone. Well done.\u201d\nThen I got a pain in my right side kidney. How did I know it was my kidney? It was to the right of my spine and up near the ribcage in my back. My father had surgery there once upon a time, and I do things like watch medical shows. So I knew the kidney was there. So now I\u2019m thinking \u201cokay, this is something more serious.\u201d I made an appointment to go to the doctor.\nAs a walk-in at the clinic at the hospital we use, I wasn\u2019t able to get my regular doctor. But I did see someone. This was my first time to the doctor. I went over all my problems, the pain, the pain in the bladder, stressed that it went away without anything, also seeing blood and discharge in my urine. The internist was pretty concerned, until I told her that I needed refills of my meds. At that point she passed the ENTIRE thing off to my regular doctor and had me make a follow up appointment to see my Endocrinologist in five days. She gave me one prescription out of the ten I needed and told me to go home.\nSo I come back five days later. I see the medical student working with my Endo. She takes all the information, gets me my prescriptions, listens to the litany of problems and does nothing. I get a urine test. Never hear back.\nA week later, Mary has to go to the doctor. By coincidence, we get the same medical student as I had when I went back to the clinic the second time. This is my third trip (at least I count it that way) because the med student gets the results of my urine test on the computer, while doing Mary\u2019s stuff, and tells me that there was blood in the urine.\nI have to relate that at this point the pain is really getting bad. Yes, the pain went away from my bladder and kidney, but now it\u2019s come back to the prostate and my urethra again. I\u2019m taking two Tramadol a day to keep the pain bearable so I can get through my work day. It\u2019s not fun as I sit for 11 hours straight at my job. (I do call center work and I\u2019m working 4 10-hour shifts with a one hour lunch from 7 PM to 6 AM.) Still don\u2019t have any other symptoms except the pain and occasional discharge in my urine, of some sort. I\u2019m not sure what it is, but it\u2019s there.\nWe go home again. I have another follow up appointment with my Endo at the end of the month (this is the beginning of October).\nMary isn\u2019t happy and neither am I. I wind up going back into the doctor because of the pain two days later, to hopefully see my Endo again. Nothing doing. I see a THIRD doctor, get told that yes, there is something wrong. I\u2019m given a prescription for some antibiotics and something to help me go to the bathroom and sent home, again. This time Mary was with me and she wasn\u2019t very happy. Now it\u2019s to the point where I\u2019m having so much pain I\u2019m calling into work and not going in.\n(Let me explain a bit. I\u2019m a contractor and if I don\u2019t work, I don\u2019t get paid. I also enjoy the heck out of my work. I love helping people and getting them to the point where they can continue their work, and I love the appreciation they give me when I succeed no matter what. There\u2019s a skit called the \u201cInternet Helpdesk\u201d by Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie. In there he says \u201cThere is nothing like the RUSH of correctly configuring someone\u2019s DSL connection even though he\u2019s running Windows 3.11 on a 286 with 4 Megs of RAM baby!\u201d That\u2019s about the size of it.)\nAt this point I also can\u2019t pee without screaming. I\u2019m taking the leftover hydrocodone that I have from teeth problems, and I\u2019m dipping into the pain meds that were shared with me by concerned relatives. This stuff is the really GOOD stuff and I can\u2019t take it without falling into some sort of trance where I can\u2019t sleep for 10 hours and nothing matters to me. Needless to say I\u2019m only taking this in extremes since I do need to be at work and being blissed out and loopy will get me fired. I can\u2019t sleep unless I\u2019m taking things that make me sleep (like over the counter sleep-aids or Benadryl) since the hydrocodone isn\u2019t helping at all.\nI go two weeks like this and I\u2019m not getting better. I was in contact with my Endo again, and it was because of a mix up with the medication I got when I went in there the second time. I also get told that there\u2019s nothing to worry about. I schedule another appointment and go back in about two days after the appointment where I\u2019m given the antibiotics. I get test results, give more urine, have my temp and pressure checked, and sent home. This was a follow up from the Second appointment.\nTwo weeks pass from this point. I\u2019m told that the pain will start to get better. I\u2019m faithfully taking the antibiotics every day, along with the Flomax, to help me urinate. It doesn\u2019t get better, in fact it gets worse. Finally I give in and go to the Emergency Room one weekend. Mary was with me and damned near frantic, but she had to go to work too.\n(During this time she was also down with her seasonal bronchitis and so I was working hard not to get sick and to take care of her. She was out of her work for two weeks, and I was sole income during that time.)\nI waited four hours in the exam room. Nothing happened. I had to go to the bathroom, stumped along to the hallway, urinated in the bathroom, went back to my room. About 10 minutes later, a nurse came in and we talked. She gave me a pain pill. About a half hour later, a doctor FINALLY came in. I rattle off what had happened, he cut me off. He asked what was wrong NOW, I told him \u201cpain in the area of my prostate and I feel like I have to poop all the time. Plus, when I do go, my body clenches like it\u2019s trying to force something out of my body, and that cuts off the urine, which makes it all hurt MORE. Just lying here hurts.\u201d He pulls gloves on, checks up my anus. \u201cOh, you have an inflamed prostate.\u201d\nI wait for him to continue. He looks at me. I look at him. Finally, after about 30 seconds, I look him in the eye and say \u201cDUH.\u201d at which point he gets brusque and prescribes ANOTHER antibiotic and ANOTHER urination aid, refers me to the Urologist (who is only at the hospital once a month) and sends me home.\nFinally got a prostate exam, which I begged for from the third trip to the clinic, when they didn\u2019t do it. I get the scripts, go home and start taking THOSE meds.\nI have a follow up with my Endo. I go to it, turn in my old antibiotics and the urination aid from the second trip. I am assured that I\u2019m going to be fine, blood is taken and I\u2019m given a flu shot. The whole saga is gone over again, I complain about pain, given a prescription for some more hydrocodone (I was up to 10 Tramadol in one 24 hour period without the pain lessening at all, and the hydrocodone was nearly gone, I think I had one pill left). Give more pain meds and sent back home to keep the appointment with my Urologist.\nSeven days later, I can\u2019t take it anymore. I had gone into work on Sunday, and at 1 AM Monday Morning, I call Mary. \u201cCome get me now.\u201d is all I say to her. She had picked me up 15 minutes later, which considering we live 20 minutes away by the speed limit is near-teleportation. I\u2019m pacing and hurting and in worlds of pain I never knew existed. I had a discharge sitting up from my bed at one point (because I rolled over the area of the prostate in the process of getting up) and there\u2019s now blood in the stuff that comes out during sex. I\u2019m not doing well. I tell her we are going to the ER, and she doesn\u2019t argue.\nWhile waiting to see the doctor I throw a 103.6 degree fever. I was shaking so badly that I couldn\u2019t keep my teeth from chattering, and the gurney was shaking. I\u2019m covered with three hospital blankets and both coats that we had with us, and I\u2019m still shaking.\nFour AM comes and the doctor finally sees us. He won\u2019t do an exam since it\u2019s possible that his poking around will dislodge something and he\u2019s scared of that. They admit me. Six AM I\u2019m finally taken to my room. From there, the sequence of events are a bit messed up, but here\u2019s what I remember (in no particular order):\nGetting an ultrasound of my bladder/prostate, after drinking a lot\nGoing to the bathroom before the ultrasound\nHaving the tech say \u201cthe bladder is still full\u201d and not being able to find my prostate.\nFive sets of doctors coming in and out, hearing what I have to say.\nThe urologist showing up and talking to me.\nGetting catheterized (never again)\nEmergency surgery and being wheeled into the OR\nWaking up in the ICU\nBeing told that I\u2019m going to have the catheter in for two weeks\nMary sleeping in a chair in the ICU\nDrug-induced haze\nUrine backing up into my bladder from the cath bag\nLOTS of IV fluids, along with antibiotics (the never ending IV bag)\nThe time frame for this? The week of Halloween. I think it was Oct 29 to Nov 2 or so.\nI\u2019m told that during this time, Mary was a champ. She talked to the nurses, I threw up three times, I had an enema for the MRI and wound up soiling myself several times (couldn\u2019t get to the toilet) and them having to change sheets. I was a mess.\nApparently they went in through the catheter and cut out part of my prostate. I\u2019m under the impression that it was about half of it gone, Mary says less. I\u2019ll find out when I have my follow up coming up in a couple days.\nAfter an additional pain-med filled day in the ICU, apparently I\u2019m fine enough to go to a regular room. This is the longest three days of my life. The food is all liquids, I\u2019m given insulin for my diabetes. I\u2019m awakened by the IV pole at least once every hour, I have a BP cuff that inflates at random times, Mary is trying to sleep the sleep of the exhausted in another chair, I\u2019m trying to just sleep. I have tubes coming out of my groin, out of my arm, and I have this burning sensation every time they try to do an IV Potassium drip, it\u2019s burning me internally. They move the IV, it still burns me and to top it all off, they go through scar tissue to get it in, and THAT fucking hurts. They are taking blood samples, they are taking blood cultures, they are taking urine volume, temp, blood sugar sticks, just about every indignity I can think of. I am not having anything solid come out of me due to the enema and the liquids in my diet, and I can barely move. I can\u2019t bend my arm or the IV gets cut off and an alarm goes off.\nI have to stress that the PEOPLE were wonderful. They put up with my complaining and whining well, and I tried hard not to make any demands on them since they had more than just me to take care of.\nFinally, 5 days after being admitted I\u2019m discharged. They pulled the catheter out. I thought it hurt when the damned thing went in with a load of Demerol in me, but no, the coming out, with a load of Morphine in me was nearly as bad. I came off the bed twice, once in and once out. I literally screamed. I also couldn\u2019t control myself, I had to go to the bathroom and left a trail from the bed to the toilet. I wanted to die of embarrassment.\nThere were med students (first days in with actual patients) on Thursday and Friday. Talk about cute as hell. It was funny and I would have laughed, but I remember when I was a noob at something, and how embarrassed I\u2019d have been if it were me. They were good though. Even though I had five days growth of beard, and everyone called me by my birth name first (since it was what was on the medical records due to the insurance company insisting on my driver\u2019s license showing Joy on it before they modify their records, and I owe a fine of $149 to get it reinstated) they did a good job of calling me \u201cher, she\u201d and \u201cJoy\u201d when corrected by Mary or myself. There were inevitable slips (especially since I couldn\u2019t wear my wig or do my makeup) but all in all, the people factor was as good as it could get under the circumstances. Rounds of the General Med doctor had about a dozen students with him, and the really baby students would be assigned one or two patients to look after (do things like fetch and carry, hand things to, bed-baths and so on).\nFINALLY got out of there. Took me two weeks and another round of antibiotic pills to start getting my bladder function back, and then I went back for another test and a checkup. I was told that it was to be an MRI of my bladder/prostate again. What it turned out to be was ANOTHER catheter to check the urinary tract, ANOTHER enema, and ANOTHER MRI with contrast dye that I should have taken some barium for the previous night. Didn\u2019t get those instructions till the NEXT DAY. Damned mail.\nI tell you I was ready to run from the hospital. The nurse and Mary were both set to tackle me when I did. I finally got to a point where it was \u201cGET IT THE FUCK OVER WITH\u201d and I had it done. They used a smaller catheter this time, and she went in slowly, not all at once. Still fucking hurt going in and out. The damned enema wasn\u2019t as much as before, and once I got to a toilet I got everything out, which was a relief.\nApparently I\u2019m allergic to the numbing gel they use for the catheter, because the entire urethra was inflamed, hurting, itchy and just generally miserable for about two weeks. Both times.\nNow, things are back to normal. I\u2019m off the pain meds, and I am trying not to take them at all, but it\u2019s one of those cases of \u201cif I need them, damned straight I\u2019m taking it\u201d. I have most of my function back, but I can\u2019t wait to get to the bathroom anymore, if I don\u2019t go when my brain FIRST realizes it, I\u2019m going to be embarrassed. The pain is gone, which is good. I\u2019m going to be back at the doctor in two days for a follow up. Then I get a lot of answers.\nApparently I had a staph infection in my prostate. That\u2019s what caused all this. The urologist and the Intern who was with the urologist were TERRIFIED that it would go septic, since it went so long. They were shocked that no one did anything and that it got that bad. I think they were scared that if they didn\u2019t cure me RIGHT THEN that I would die, and then there\u2019s a neglect malpractice lawsuit coming. Which it would have been. Heck, we were kicking around the idea of suing anyhow just because they kept sending me home. If I had gotten any worse, there would have been a lawsuit.\nI\u2019m better now, it\u2019s just hard since both Mary and I were effectively out of work for two weeks. One week in the hospital, one week at home with her taking care of me. That\u2019s put our precarious financial situation into the toilet, and we are clawing our way out of it. But that\u2019s how things stand right now.\nI\u2019m sending this to my family and posting it to Daven\u2019s Journal, which will repost to Tumblr and Dreamwith/Livejournal so that my friends can keep abreast of what is happening in my life. I\u2019ll put suitable warnings on it for frank medical discussion and so on.\nSo that\u2019s it. Hope you all have a good time.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 143, "original_length": 19786, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 292.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://esciencenews.com/sources/reutersscience/2019/01/24/china.clones.gene.edited.monkeys.sleep.disorder.research", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:22Z", "digest": "sha1:LYBWX6JMC3LH5IYCUJPXP6QWSOY4E66S", "length": 283, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "esciencenews.com", "title": "China clones gene-edited monkeys for sleep disorder research - Reuters:Science | (e) Science News", "raw_content": "Wednesday, January 23, 2019 - 20:40 in Biology & Nature\nChinese scientists have made clones of a gene-edited macaque to aid research of circadian rhythm disorders that are linked to sleep problems, depression and Alzheimer's disease, the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 42, "original_length": 1474, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 235.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://essaysprofessors.com/samples/history/new-imperialism.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:24Z", "digest": "sha1:I4AZKAX4HQNB35UHF45C2GU3BWZH6367", "length": 7990, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "essaysprofessors.com", "title": "History Essay Sample: New Imperialism | EssaysProfessors.com", "raw_content": "New Imperialism (History Essay Sample)\n/ Samples / History / New Imperialism\n\u2190 Holocaust Stages Concentration Camps \u2192\nCheck Out Our New Imperialism Essay\nImperialism is the act of imposing command or rule through an empire over foreign countries for political and economic benefits. Imperialism occurs when a weaker nation or region is taken over by a strong nation. The strong nation dominates the political, economic and the cultural life of the weak nation. This kind of foreign policy was practiced mainly by European nations in the 1800s and in the early 1900s (Imperialism in South East Asia 3).\nThe diplomatic competition that existed amongst European nations fueled by industrialization and nationalism led to imperialism of weaker regions in Africa and Asia. The European nations wanted to exercise and demonstrate their power to the rest of the world. At the height of imperialisation, the British Empire had conquered many nations than the rest of the European empires. During this time the Europeans regarded Africa as the \"Dark Continent\" because they did not know anything about its interior.\nThe availability of raw materials and natural resources in Africa and Asia highly contributed to imperialism in the two continents by the Europeans. Industrialization in Europe made the European nation to search for supplies of natural resources to run their factories. Some of the raw materials which were exported to Europe from West Africa include timber, palm oil, ivory and rubber. They also wanted cheap labor and market for their goods (Candice 1)\nThe pressure to practice imperialism was also contributed by competition amongst the Europeans to rule a large region. Citizens felt proud when their country conquered many nations. Because of their sense of superiority, the Europeans felt compelled o civilize the uncivilized. The also wanted to bring their inventions and technology to Asia and Africa as well as to spread their religion.\nThe British established their empire in Egypt in 1869 upon the completion of Suez Canal. This is because the canal provided them with a direct route to India. In South Africa, they were attracted by the discovery of Gold in the virgin lands. The British also had interest in East Africa because it was a source of slave trade. They were also interested with Uganda because it was the source of the Nile River where the Suez Canal was built (Adam Letcher 1)\nIn Asia, the European nations desired the lands in the Pacific Rim because of their strategic position along the sea and the route to china. The Western nations also recognized that the Pacific colonies were rich in minerals and oil as well as fertile soils for agriculture. The European powers appreciated this area and competed to win colonies here. (Imperialism in South East Asia 5)\nWhile competing for this region, the British established a trading port in Singapore, which was the major trading centre in the region. The French empire took Indochina which is on the Southeast of Asia mainland. The Germans claimed parts of the Solomon Island, New Guinea and the Marshall Island.\nThe Western imperialism in both Africa and Asia succeeded in just a few decades because The European nations had strong economy. They also had stable governments and strong military troops and powerful machine guns. They were not afraid of the tropical diseases such as malaria since they had quinine, a malaria drug. (The New Imperialism 25)\nOne of the best impacts of imperialism is that many Africans and Asians were offered the western education system. This was a fundamental impact that has changed the lives of many up to date. Some East African countries like Kenya and Uganda adopted the British education system which changed a little when the countries gained independence. The British established schools where they offered free education. Through this education, Africa and Asia have been able to catch up with the rest of the world in terms of technology and civilization little.\nThe western nations built infrastructures such as roads, railways and canals in Africa and Asia. A good example is the Kenya- Uganda railway which was constructed by the British Imperial East Africa company. In Asia, the British were able to lay the world third largest railroad network. The railway road ensured efficient transportation of raw products and manufactured products. This boosted the economy of India. They also introduced telegraph and newspapers. All these developments coupled with a civilized education system boosted the economy of Asian and African countries. The colonial governments introduced better medical care and improved sanitation methods. This led to a decline in infant mortality rates as well as improved health conditions (Adam 28).\nAfricans and Asians were treated cruelly and overworked by Europeans who were seeking for cheap labor. They also ran their authoritative governments on a racist and classes underlining. The best farmland was given to the White settlers who also enjoyed first class citizenship. This favoritism led to brutal wars in South Africa between the Whites ad the Blacks. The racial discrimination eventually led to apartheid.\nEuropean imperialism caused a great massacre between the Hutus and Tutsis of Rwanda. The Belgium Empire while in Rwanda favored Tutsis who were the minority group and when they left, the Hutus began revenge.\nThe mineral resources in the mother countries were exploited by the European empires as they were exporting them to their countries. For example, the British Empire was controlling the gold and diamond mines in South Africa. In India the British held much of the economical and political power. They restricted some industries owned by the Indians such as the cotton textiles. They emphasized on cash crops and this caused famine due to limited food production. (British Imperialism in India 4)\nThe introduction of opium by the British in China led to addiction and cause constant Opium wars in China. This caused great misery and suffering to many Asians. The Europeans considered Asians inferior and barbarians and despised their culture.\nEuropean economies benefited from cheaper raw materials and a ready market in Asia and Africa. This led to spread of economic domination of many European nations. The economic impacts on the British Empire during imperialism, laid a stable foundation for Britain's modern economy. The competition between European nations to conquer many countries led to diplomatic crisis in Europe. This rivalry caused constant wars between these nations and eventually caused The First World War in 1914 (Adam 22).\nDuring imperialism there was hatred and prejudice amongst the Western nations which gave birth to today's racism that exists in Europe. This was due to the fact that some people thought they were more superior to others.\nDespite many negative impacts of new imperialism, it was a positive phenomenon. The western nations enjoy the legacy of modern education and civilization in Africa and Asia. The education improved interactions between countries especially those that were under the same empire. This is because they adopted the foreign languages which they use as official languages.\nImperialism laid a foundation for today's international trade and relations. The Europeans while in Africa and Asia introduced the concept of exporting raw materials and minerals to their countries. Countries can easily export what they have in surplus to other nations and import what they need. Imperialism led to spread of technology in the continents of Asia and Africa. The two continents could still be far much behind in terms of technology. The technical know how has created employment in many sectors in the two continents (Adam 34).\nSome may criticize imperialism because of the negative impacts it had on Asians and Africans, but I consider this as the price they had to pay for the many positive impacts it brought to them.\nChinese and Roman Empires\nHolocaust Stages", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 185, "original_length": 10859, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 254.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://eu-friends.eu/project-teachers/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:17:04Z", "digest": "sha1:ED7RAHATM4MYDFJQVRYJN6MPRSOQNQGD", "length": 2729, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "eu-friends.eu", "title": "Project Teachers | The European ABC", "raw_content": "\u2022 Gisela Paterkiewicz (Germany)\nMy name is Gisela Paterkiewicz ,my students call me \u201cMrs P.\u201d . I have been teaching English and Spanish at BBS Syke Europaschule in Germany for many years now.\nIt is great to be part of European projects as I firmly believe that especially young people must widen their horizon, get to know people of other cultures and find friends abroad. I myself left my hometown Bremen, Northern Germany, at the age of 19 to work as a bilingual secretary in Dublin, Ireland where I lived almost four years in Ireland.\nDuring my university career in G\u00f6ttingen, Germany, I had the chance to spend a year in Sevilla in Spain and spend most holidays in England working for a language school. I loved being at different places and move and travel a lot. After my first state exam I even worked for the British TV.\nHowever, with the birth of my younger son Jan who has got the Down Syndrome, we finally went back to Germany to settle down in small quiet town Syke. Now, if not at school, I am at home all the time cooking, washing and looking after Jan. We have a big garden, a beautiful cat and a shed full of bicycles to go on excursions in summer or winter. As often as possible, we go on holidays to a tiny island Helgoland in the North Sea.\nIt is a real pleasure for me to coordinate the new project \u201eThe European ABC\u201c and I am sure all participants will have a lot of fun and make many new experiences and will also get better in foreign languages.\n\u2022 Maria Giovanna Colombo (Italy)\n\u2022 Lucja Modzelewska (Poland)\nMy name is Lucja Modzelewska. I have been living in Torun the city of gingerbread and Nicolaus Copernicus since I was born. This old and beautiful town full of medieval relics is located in the center of Poland and is splited into two parts by the Polish longest river \u2013 Vistula. Here you can find also one of the biggest Polish universities, University of Nicolaus Copernicus, which I attended at the Economics Faculty, which I graduated with the title of Master of Science. My master degree was related to employees hierarchy in big companies.\nAfter finishing the univesrity I\u2019ve started to work as a teacher of economics in one of Toruns\u2019 Highschools what I\u2019m doing till now. The school I mentioned is of course High School of Economics in Torun, where I also am organizing EU related science club EuroEkonomik and I\u2019m a tutor for school students self management.\nIn my free time I like to browse the Internet and watch interesting movies on television, especially criminal movies and comedies. During vacation I like travelling and meeting new people. I must admit that I just love to participate in projects like this, which are always entertaining and very challenging.\n\u2022 Nela Hidalgo (Spain)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 143, "original_length": 6512, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 334.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://europeanlawblog.eu/2012/05/11/fair-trade-coffee-and-tea-under-the-procurement-directive/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:13Z", "digest": "sha1:EYUOCDC26MNK45YYVP2TQPN4ZTQVDUX6", "length": 5329, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "europeanlawblog.eu", "title": "Fair-trade coffee and tea under the procurement directive | European Law Blog", "raw_content": "Technical specifications or contract performance conditions?\nThe first interesting point in this judgment is that the Court does not consider the requirement that products need to be of fair trade origin a technical specification but rather a contract performance condition under article 26 of the directive. In an earlier post I already criticized the position of the Advocate General in this matter. The Court\u2019s reasoning follows that of the Advocate General, although I think the Court\u2019s reasoning is a bit clearer:\n73 As stated in paragraph 37 above, the MAX HAVELAAR label describes products of fair trade origin purchased at a price and under conditions more favourable than those determined by market forces from organisations made up of small-scale producers in developing countries. According to the file, that label is based on four criteria, that is to say: the price must cover all the costs; it must contain a supplementary premium compared to the market price; production must be subject to pre-financing and the importer must have long-term trading relationships with the producers.\n74 Such criteria do not correspond to the definition of the concept of technical specification in paragraph 1(b) of Annex VI to Directive 2004/18, given that that definition applies exclusively to the characteristics of the products themselves, their manufacture, packaging or use, and not to the conditions under which the supplier acquired them from the manufacturer.\n75 By contrast, compliance with those criteria does fall under the concept of \u2018conditions for performance of contracts\u2019 within the meaning of Article 26 of that directive.\n76 Pursuant to the article, the conditions governing the performance of a contract may, in particular, refer to social considerations. Thus, to require that the tea and coffee to be supplied must come from small-scale producers in developing countries, subject to trading conditions favourable to them, falls within those considerations. Accordingly, the lawfulness of such a requirement must be examined in the light of the aforesaid Article 26.\nThe Court thus distinguishes fair trade products from, say, green electricity by arguing that the latter relate to the manufacture and the former to the conditions under which the supplier acquired them from the manufacturer. Practically speaking, there might not be too much difference as to whether fair trade requirements are conditions relating to the performance of the contract or technical specifications, as it is still possible for public authorities to make such requirements. However, more principally, the Court is defining the characteristics of products (or in procurement language their \u2018technical specifications\u2019) pretty narrowly (at least in procurement procedures). Not only does this interpretation run into arbitrary distinctions \u2013 what to do with halal and kosher meat, green electricity, or products with high animal welfare standards \u2013 it also seems counterintuitive. Millions of consumers buy fair trade products exactly because of their fair trade characteristics. Qualities relating to the production stage of products (including fair trade conditions!) are the subject of variety of economic literature where those characteristics are referred to as \u2018process attributes\u2019, \u2018credence attributes\u2019 or \u2018Potemkin attributes\u2019 based on Nobel prize winning research by George Akerloff, Stiglitz and Spence on information asymmetries.\nSecondly, and this is perhaps the most important point of the judgment, the Court does allow the fair trade character of a product to be part of the award criteria for the contract. The fair trade origin of the product thus relates to the subject matter of the contract. Interestingly, the Court here refers to EVN Wienstrom and uses green electricity as an analogy for its reasoning, whereas earlier on it had distinguished fair trade products from environmentally friendly products:\n91 (\u2026) as is apparent from point 110 of the Advocate General\u2019s Opinion, there is no requirement that an award criterion relates to an intrinsic characteristic of a product, that is to say something which forms part of the material substance thereof. The Court held thus, in paragraph 34 of EVN and Wienstrom, that European Union legislation on public procurement does not preclude, in the context of a contract for the supply of electricity, a contracting authority from applying an award criterion requiring that the electricity supplied be produced from renewable energy sources. There is therefore nothing, in principle, to preclude such a criterion from referring to the fact that the product concerned was of fair trade origin.\nThis is an important clarification on the scope of article 53 of the directive. It is now clear that public authorities can use fair trade criteria as criteria to award public supply contracts of products. However, it seems to me that the Court is somewhat contradicting itself by first distinguishing products produced in an environmentally friendly way from fair trade products under technical specifications only to assimilate them once again under award criteria.\nWritten by Laurens Ankersmit Posted in Free movement of goods, Internal Market, Public Procurement\tTagged with Case C-368/10 Commission v. Netherlands, coffee, fair trade products, Public procurement, tea", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 236, "original_length": 12174, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 233.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ewsr.org/happyhomes2010/elexakaren/elexa.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:16Z", "digest": "sha1:AGCAY7YO3AAHRARNGB66MXCYM4F6YMWP", "length": 654, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "ewsr.org", "title": "Elexa", "raw_content": "Elexa is here because she was on her last day at the shelter. I found out she had been adopted and the owners lost her, and didn't find her at the shelter. She has Pannus and it is pills and drops in her eyes. She has gained weight and is very well housetrained. She is great in a car/truck for long periods of time, but not in a crate. She also did not like to be in the garage at night (with other dogs even). She is great in the house with us and fine outside with the other dogs while we are gone, but she does NOT like to be closed in. We tried her in the boys' room to sleep with the door shut - that did not work either, so she came into our room.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 10, "original_length": 1255, "language": "en", "language_score": 1.0, "perplexity": 238.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://eyespyla.com/www/thebuzz.nsf/56aa53c01d7b15e98825768f00589156/f85bda0288cf4af7862582ac0072bc91!OpenDocument", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:52Z", "digest": "sha1:P7SPWTXHSZ4HLWNA6UL2JNJKJXSEDLYU", "length": 217, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "eyespyla.com", "title": "Eye Spy LA Expired Entertainment - Preview Free Movies Invites You To Skyscraper in Los Angeles", "raw_content": "PREVIEW FREE MOVIES INVITES YOU TO SKYSCRAPER\nAddress: 6360 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90028\nWebsite: https://www.skyscrapermovie.com/\nSkyscraper is rated PG-13.\nSkyscraper opens nationwide on Friday, July 13, 2018.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 187, "original_length": 5367, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.82, "perplexity": 168.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://eyezag.com/e-commerce/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:06Z", "digest": "sha1:6IJ6WHIAK2VW6P35LXUUR3V42MHOQRMT", "length": 1609, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "eyezag.com", "title": "Optimizing E-Commerce by Webcam Eye Tracking | eyezag", "raw_content": "Fast & convenient shopping process\nVariety of competitors\nNo personal communication with customers\nCustomers do not have direct contact with products\nRapid loss of market shares\nBe it clothing, food or books: E-Commerce offers the full range, but it must be well-designed.\nE-Commerce is referred to as trading on the internet. Advertise, buy and sell \u2013 everything relaxed from home. Purchase processes can be handled almost without delay. A company can advise the customer online in advance, so that the customer finally must put the articles into the shopping cart and have to pay.\nHowever, to take advantage of the many advantages of e-commerce, the purchasing process as well as upstream and downstream processes must be transparent. Potential customers must have the feeling to receive all the information needed to purchase, to find the products they want to order, and finally to be guided to the conclusion of the purchase.\nWe are still working on this success story. Please come back soon and learn more about a successful eye tracking study in the context of E-Commerce.\nEye tracking studies can be used to examine whether the requirements and wishes of customers are met and if there is optimization potential.\nThe participants are asked to search for certain products and place them in the shopping basket. Thus, a complete purchasing process is simulated in a simplified manner. Based on the results, heatmaps and gaze plots are created to analyze what the participants have seen and how intuitive the purchasing process is constructed.\nGaze and viewing order\nEffectiveness of clues and assistants", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 101, "original_length": 3588, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 315.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://famib.com/comic.php?id=688", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:53Z", "digest": "sha1:XFX5GHUPRAWWYZEWLP47XI6DP4CWSJCF", "length": 142, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "famib.com", "title": "FAMIB | Archive", "raw_content": "Patricide is fun.\nYes, Absalom is more concerned about how people will judge him, than that he killed his father. He had a charming home life.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 22, "original_length": 553, "language": "en", "language_score": 1.0, "perplexity": 237.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://fashthenation.com/2019/01/newsom-plans-for-a-california-without-whites/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:04Z", "digest": "sha1:GU35ACJ53KMZF5V3YS77U37MQ65BGYEF", "length": 5396, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "fashthenation.com", "title": "Newsom Plans for a California Without Whites \u2013 Fash the Nation", "raw_content": "When California\u2019s new governor laid out his vision for the future, he made it clear that White people were not included.\nby Whitaker W.\nFormer San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom was sworn in as the 40th Governor of California on Monday, January 7th. While many cuckservative pundits still shackled to the libertarian plantation would rather you concentrate on his traditional Democrat fiscal policy of running deficits, how his Irish Catholic upbringing helped him relate to recent Hispanic Catholic immigrants, or even the classic \u201ccommie-fornia\u201d boomerism when he quoted Cesar Chavez in his inauguration speech, the audience of the world\u2019s number one alt right podcast deserves better.\nWhen Newsom started his inauguration speech, he was quick to remind everyone there would be no future for white men, saying, \u201cEvery dream depends on the dreamers. It is up to us to renew the California Dream for a new generation. And now more than ever, it is up to us to defend it.\u201d White children are already a minority in California and have been for many years. With white children representing 27% of people under the age of 18, it\u2019s still too large for Newsom to handle. How did he come to think this way some may ask? Newsom reminisces about the time when, \u201cI went to San Diego and met volunteers providing relief to desperate migrants who others treat like criminals\u2014like the 3 year-old girl, just a year older than my youngest, at a shelter who captured my heart.\u201d I\u2019m sure many normal white American households have had a family outing to the local petting zoo. Turns out being around dirty animals all day is far too low class for the son of a powerful judge. How would he ever explain getting his $10,000 pair of shoes dirty to his film maker wife or her investment fund manager father? Instead of seeing cute animals at petting zoos, the rich elite would rather take a trip down to the local refugee and migrant shelter to pet the crying brown children.\nNewsom continued with more promises to the non-white subjects of California: \u201cWe will continue the fight against over-incarceration and over-crowding in our prisons. And we will end the outrage of private prisons once and for all.\u201d Over the previous decade, California\u2019s various liberal criminal justice reforms decreased the number of convicts within California\u2019s prison system from 173,000 in 2006 to 120,000 in 2016. Today, 91% of those incarcerated were convicted of a violent, sexual, or serious offence. Over 25% of California\u2019s prisoners are serving life sentences and 26% of them are incarcerated on their 2nd offence. Only 21% of them are white. Coinciding with the release of tens of thousands of violent mostly non-white offenders, Newsom promises to \u201claunch a Marshall Plan for affordable housing and lift up the fight against homelessness from a local matter to a state-wide mission.\u201d This will only help continue the transplanting of unwashed undesirable third worlders into the remaining white areas, destroying their communities. The well-being of white people becomes an afterthought when there\u2019s no more white communities.\nWhen whites become a minority in the population, the future no longer includes them. Newsom paid no homage to the white remnants of his state. Only once did he indirectly allude to white people when he mentioned the \u201cfarmers in Fresno who rise and grind before the sun comes up to feed the world.\u201d California only needs whites for one thing: taking care of everyone else. White people are responsible for feeding them, paying for their medical bills, paying for their anti-white education, providing their emergency services, providing them with malls full of cheap consumer goods, giving them a first world country to inherit, and, most importantly, white people are responsible for keeping them alive. However, this is the 21st century and Californians don\u2019t need white people, nor do they want them. With Newsom\u2019s promise to fight Trump\u2019s immigration policies at every opportunity, turn California into a sanctuary state, and provide Medicare coverage for all illegal immigrants under the age of 25, it is clear and apparent that white Californians will not be kept in mind and will have not have a seat at the table in modern California.\nThe future of California is not a surprise to anyone. We are watching the first trial run for America\u2019s future play out in real time. When it comes to the mass importation of people from the southern hemisphere, the destruction of white communities, the erosion of personal liberties, the promotion of degeneracy in modernity, and anti-white government policies, Governor Gavin Newsom is your one stop shop. You can\u2019t have right-wing leaders or politicians when \u201cAmerican\u201d becomes synonymous with \u201cnonwhite.\u201d Newsom ended his inauguration speech with all the usual J-left utopian platitudes and doubled down on open borders and unlimited migration. He said the California dream \u201cwill only be achieved if all of us share the spirit of the young dreamer from Los Angeles I heard recently. She said, \u2018I wasn\u2019t born in California, but California was born in me.\u2019\u201d Yep that\u2019s it, you don\u2019t have to be born here to be an American, your parents don\u2019t need to be American, you don\u2019t need any connection to the land or people of America, everyone in the world is just as American as you are. We\u2019re all just deracinated individuals in the giant Walmart known as America.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 111, "original_length": 7483, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 245.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://fedcorkgun.ie/category/projects/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:40:42Z", "digest": "sha1:6RLDNDSCK6ZGPEFXLQEMII4F2TPLVJFH", "length": 1844, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "fedcorkgun.ie", "title": "Projects", "raw_content": "April 28, 2017 by Action\nPlease complete and do the survey, the information is badly needed. The link below (Click on Step 3) will take you to the page where you can enter your results for the Breeding Woodcock Survey,\nStep 3-Do the Survey!\nhttp://ornithology.ucc.ie/current-projects/ecology-cryptic-game-species-woodcock-phd-project/breeding-woodcock-survey/\nBreeding Woodcock Survey \u2013 UCC Ornithology Group\nornithology.ucc.ie\nTake part in Ireland\u2019s first Breeding Woodcock Survey! This survey is the first of its kind undertaken in Ireland and will determine the current distribution of breeding woodcock and provide a baseline against which future changes can be compared\nFiled Under: News, Projects\nIlen Valley Gun Club\nThe Ilen Valley gun club, from the parishes of Caheragh and Drimoleague in west Cork was formed in 1969. The club has always been very supportive of conservation. Tree planting and bird release programmes are always of huge importance to the organization. In recent years the club has released partridge. In February 2015 it was decided to build a duck pond. The perfect habitat was formed around it with the setting of game crop and trees which were all purchased through the Cork Federation. This pond and surroundings is on six acres of land adjacent to the Drimoleague walkways. It is set in a unique place which promotes the club and shows what work is in progress with the help of the Cork Federation.\nThe club also set a goal in 2011 to try and win the Cork federation club of the year award. All the hard work paid off, with the club winning the 2015 Club of the year award. This was a great boost the club. It has energized existing members and encouraged new members. There are still five founding members active in the club.\nThe club recently received a grant of \u20ac1000 towards their ongoing duck pond project.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 72, "original_length": 3383, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 327.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://felixdicit.com/tag/wednesday/page/3/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:35Z", "digest": "sha1:J27BBRFKXSYEPFIIRG5KHQK4WY7SB4VF", "length": 2082, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "felixdicit.com", "title": "wednesday Archives - Page 3 of 5 - Felix Dicit", "raw_content": "Tagged: wednesday\nGeneral / Sports\nI\u2019m soooo tired. Had to wake up at 6:30 as usual. Did my morning routine. Went to Amsterdam. Held a presentation. Received a reasonably good grade (7). Went back home. Fell asleep on the train home. Man, I have no energy left. Might be a combination of little sleep and the physical exercise I had this week. My body is done with all of that, it just wants to lay in bed. I think I\u2019m going to call it an early night, but not before I\u2019ve made another Wednesday\u2019s Weekly!\nHello and welcome to my newest Wednesday\u2019s weekly. It\u2019s been a while since I last posted (sunday), but now you can finally enjoy another addition to the literary filth that is this blog. Let me start by apologizing because I failed to make a \u2018THE5\u2019 post last saturday. Because of the madness my new phone awoke in my head, I totally forgot about making another list. I\u2019ve already thought of a good subject for it, so there is zero chance I\u2019ll forget it again. I promise. As for the video\u2019s that accompanied the new phone, I\u2019m not sure if I...\nI just woke up. Say what? Yeah, I just woke up. I can hear you think, why in the hell did you just wake up at 21:45. I had some trouble sleeping last night, firstly due to the complete terror my housemates where causing, and when that had subsided, a mouse decided to jump on my arm. After that, I was so full of utter disgust, I couldn\u2019t sleep anymore. I might have had a total of sixty minutes of sleeping time last night, so when I came home I decided to take a nap. The nap proved to be...\nWell hello there. Remember me? I\u2019m the one who usually writes this blog, but doesn\u2019t do it very regularly, so you might\u2019ve forgotten about me. Well, I haven\u2019t forgotten about you, not in the slightest. I just had to lock myself up, away from my computer in order to study for my exam yesterday. But now, I have all the time in the world to write again, and that\u2019s just the thing I\u2019ll be doing. So hold on tight, because there\u2019s another wednesday\u2019s weekly coming up! Last wednesday, I was extremely tired, so I decided to go to bed early....", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 5317, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 228.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://feministgaze.com/2017/11/20/5-books-for-which-women-should-be-thankful/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:06Z", "digest": "sha1:ZT623S6HHSLDVRD7RSBA7ANP7ZMCQKZ6", "length": 3478, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "feministgaze.com", "title": "5 Books For Which Women Should Be Thankful | Feminist Gaze", "raw_content": "female empowerment, feminist books, literature, women writers\nAs Thanksgiving Day approaches, I am thankful for a lot things: my husband, my children, my job, and my friends. But one thing I am always \u2014 every day \u2014 grateful for is books. Up until my adoption\u2013 at the age of eight \u2014 I had not known books or the stories that lay in wait for me when I turned the pages. But as an immigrant in the US in the early 80s, books are what saved me from isolation and disconnectedness. Here are my favorite books \u2014 books that have taught me to be brave and what it means to be empowered as a woman. Books that guided me and friended me when I had no one to lean on or look up to.\nThese books saved me, cherished me, and helped me find my place in life:\nCharlotte Bronte\u2019s Jane Eyre: It is hard to imagine that a book can show you snippets of your own life \u2014 your turbulent childhood \u2014 but Jane Eyre did just that. Charlotte Bronte herself reached out to me through Jane\u2019s narrative, showing me that when I couldn\u2019t rely on the adults around me, I could lean on literature. Jane and I \u2014 and Charlotte and I \u2014 both lost family and siblings before the age of eight, and we also spent some time in orphanages, which helped us and hurt us in equal doses. At the age of thirteen, this was the first book that helped me heal.\nKate Chopin\u2019s The Awakening:Even though I read this book when I was in college, it wasn\u2019t until I was in my thirties and a mother that I truly understood the power of Edna Pontellier\u2019s choices. A narrative about society imposing motherhood upon women, this book found me when I was struggling with my role as a new mother. It empowered me not to be the kind of mother society expects me to be \u2014 infallible and selfless \u2013 but to be the kind of mother that I wanted to be, within my limitations as an individual. I am a better mom today, a happier one, because of Chopin\u2019s work.\nSimone de Beauvoir\u2019s The Second Sex: Every Women\u2019s Studies course begins with de Beauvoir\u2019s The Second Sex. All the way from France, this philosopher pointed out how society relegates women to a secondary existence. The roles we assume only support this position, especially when we choose to depend on the men in our lives. This book came to me when I became a wife, and I realized how much we are required \u2014 expected, even \u2014 to give up for our family \u2014 our men and our children. This is not an inherent trait to all women but a socially constructed one that we assume is innate.\nVirginia Woolf\u2019s A Room of One\u2019s Own: Virginia Woolf is one of the earliest feminists who insisted that women writers need their own income and a room of their own to write authentically. Her advice helped me find my feminist writer\u2019s voice. Her encouragement to kill my \u201cdarlings\u201d and to find spaces just for me \u2014 as a writer and as a woman \u2014 was sound advice, for it enabled me to write about issues that no one wants to openly talk about and to secure rooms just for me \u2014 in which I can breathe, think, and write selfishly and without regret.\nSylvia Plath\u2019s The Bell Jar: All of Plath\u2019s writing moves me because of the dark motifs and the honest longing she injects into her work. Through the emotional decline of Esther Greenwood, Plath reflected my inability to fit into society\u2019s expectations for girls and women; a cautionary tale, I realized that even though Esther crumbled under the unwanted pressure that society and family imposed on her, I didn\u2019t have to. 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He makes many points that are very similar to those you make here, but would seem to disagree on the above. According to Franklin's data, young adults basically have to learn the habit of voting already in the very first election in which they are legally enfranchised. This is in fact true to such an extent that there is no statistical variable that better predicts whether someone in their forties or fifties will vote in the next upcoming election than knowing whether they voted in their first one 20\u201340 years earlier! And if we know the population pyramid of a country, as well as the turnout for each election that was the first one for each birth cohort with living members, the turnout for an upcoming election can be calculated directly from that, so accurately that it's almost eerie.\nSo a mid-life pick-up of voting seems to need some active countervailing cause strong enough to offset the declining trend of youth voting. I wonder what that may have been in this case.\nA second point Franklin makes is that the lowering of the voting age to 18 may have had a counterproductive negative effect on youth turnout, basically because around age 18 many people are in a phase of life that makes them exceptionally cynical and socially atomised (much more so than, say, 8-year-olds on the one hand and 28-year-olds on the other). And because of the lifelong effect of the first election, Franklin suggests, \"the well-intentioned decision to enfranchise young adults one election earlier than previously had the unanticipated consequence of giving rise to a lifetime of disenfranchisement for many of the intended beneficiaries\" (p. 213).\nThe countervailing factor I'm suggesting is the increase in graduates due to the expansion of tertiary education since the 90s. 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The program is in search of any of these items that would otherwise be thrown away - those too worn, torn or out-of-style for yard sales and local charities. Items are shipped to West Africa where they will be cleaned and repaired, providing much-needed jobs. Refurbished items will then make their way into the impoverished region's charitable network.\nLook for our \"Shoe Drop\" inside our education building entrance. The only requirement is that shoes be dry and banded, bagged or tied together as a pair. Our \u201cSave-a-Sole\u201d rep is Gary Dunn, (540) 665-9791.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 1691, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 229.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://futurescot.com/scotland-fastest-growing-region-digital-enterprises/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:26:29Z", "digest": "sha1:3Y6SWIVDRW6D766HZT6XL4HISLCLWSYA", "length": 2216, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "futurescot.com", "title": "Scotland fastest growing region for digital outside London - FutureScot", "raw_content": "by Matilda/ May 19, 2017/ Business, Companies, News/ No Comments/\nDigital economy map from the Tech Nations 2017 Report\nScotland is the fastest growing UK region outside of London when it comes to the number of digital enterprises. Research by law firm Nockolds has shown that the number of digital enterprises in Scotland increased by 8.8% between 2015 and 2016, from 7,860 to 8,555. The Tech Nations 2017 Report similarly found that Dundee had the highest turnover growth of any cluster, at 171%, compared to London\u2019s 106% and 85% in Edinburgh.\nThe report cites Dundee\u2019s \u201cthriving games sector\u201d as contributing to the city\u2019s digital success. In addition, it notes that Abertay University and its Centre for Excellence in Computer Games Education turns \u201cout a healthy supply of graduates each year\u201d and is the first in the world to offer degree-level qualifications in games development.\nNicola Lucas of Nockolds says: \u201cDundee has established itself as a centre for software development, particularly gaming, including mobile app development. Its low cost base in terms of rents, together with the pool of appropriately skilled talent, make it an ideal location for start-ups, many of which are likely to be spin-off businesses.\u201d\n\u201cA major concern is whether regional tech hubs, such as Dundee, can provide the skills and funding environment to hold onto digital businesses once they reach a certain scale, or whether these businesses will focus expansion in other regions.\u201d\n\u201cA classic example of this is DMA Design, founded in Dundee, which developed the famous Grand Theft Auto games. The studio was eventually acquired and relocated to Edinburgh, but has since expanded into Leeds, Lincoln and London.\u201d\nShe adds: \u201cScotland is already struggling with a digital skills gap, and Brexit could potentially exacerbate that, impeding the growth of the digital economy. 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Geoff also did 2 colour and several black and white illustrations for the inside of the album these can be seen in the \"Illustrations\" Gallery under Kompendium.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 2016, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 269.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://german.lightandway.com/more-food-for-victoria/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:10Z", "digest": "sha1:PXIIB7YHCM5T5EX6X7PFFKFHER7IFGAY", "length": 4709, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "german.lightandway.com", "title": "Egyptian Christian Convert Declares Return to Islam After 2 Years in Prison - German", "raw_content": "The first Egyptian Christian convert to seek a change of religion on his ID card declared last week that he has returned to Islam after having been imprisoned for over two-and-a-half years.\nIn 2007, Mohamed Hegazy, also known by his Christian name Bishoy, became the first Egyptian man to sue the government to officially change his religion of record from Islam to Christianity so that his child could be raised as a Christian and get married in a church.\nIn response, many radical Muslim leaders called for Hegazy to be killed as an apostate. In December 2013, Hegazy, who worked for a Coptic Christian television station, was arrested and accused of spreading a \u201cfalse image\u201d of persecution against Christians in Egypt. In June of 2014, Hegazy was sentenced to five years in prison.\nHegazy\u2019s lawyer has argued that the charges against his client were in retaliation to his attempt in 2007 to publicly change his religion and that his arrest violates the law. In June, a judge ruled that Hegazy was to be released.\nMorning Star News reports, however, that security forces detained Hegazy again on June 29 at a jail in Ain Shams in Cairo. Hegazy was transferred from prison to prison and kept hidden from his lawyer, Karam Ghobrial, for a number of days until he was finally released on July 23.\nWorld Watch Monitor provides a detailed run-down of all the jails that Hegazy was transferred to in order to make it tough for Ghobrial to complete the bailout process.\nAlthough he was released on July 23, Hegazy appeared in a video posted to YouTube last Friday in which he reportedly recited the Islamic statement of faith, known to Muslims as the Shahadah.\nHegazy apologized to his family members who have threatened to kill him over his conversion.\n\u201cI went through an experience with all its good and bad and all that is in it, but it was an experience,\u201d Hegazy was quoted as saying in the video. \u201cBut praise be to God who strengthens me in Islam. I am not coming today to talk about specific things, because it was a personal thing between a person and God. But I am coming today because I hurt a lot of people in my family and my friends and caused them a lot of problems.\u201d\nHegazy added that he wouldn\u2019t address why he returned to Islam or speak to the media. However, some human rights activists believe that Hegazy was coerced in some manner to issue the statement.\n\u201cI want nothing from this video. I have no desires. I will not appear again in the media. I will not appear again publicly,\u201d Hegazy was quoted as saying. \u201cI say this out of my complete free will. I am under no pressures from anyone. I am not being held by any agency, nor am I under any pressure of any kind. And that\u2019s it.\u201d\nGhobrial told Morning Star News that he believes his client only recorded that confession of faith in return for his freedom.\nMohamed Hegazy(Photo: Reuters/Tara Todras-Whitehill)Mohamed Hegazy talks to his lawyer about his petition to change his religion from Islam to Christianity in Cairo August 7, 2007. Hegazy, a journalist and political activist, said in the petition filed to an administrative court on Saturday that he converted to Christianity four years ago but when he went to register his change of religion with the Interior Ministry the officials rejected his request.\n\u201cI personally think that he recorded this video to get out,\u201d Ghobrial said.\nAlthough Egypt\u2019s Constitution calls for respect for freedom and human dignity, Hegazy\u2019s story goes to show just how religious minorities in Egypt are treated like \u201csecond-class citizens.\u201d\nEven though Hegazy was originally arrested on claims that he was spreading \u201cfalse images\u201d of the oppression of religious minority, Hegazy\u2019s own arrest, imprisonment and seemingly coerced conversion to Islam show that many actors within the Egyptian government are still beholden to radical ideologies that are responsible for apostasy and blasphemy laws.\nAnother Egyptian Chrisitan convert, the leader of the international human rights group One Free World International, the Rev. Majed el-Shafie, recently shared his story of how he was arrested, brutally tortured and sentenced to death for converting and helping the house church movement.\n\u201cThey shaved my head, they put my head in freezing cold water and then into boiling hot water,\u201d Shafie was quoted as saying. \u201cThey burned their cigarettes on me, they electrocuted me.\n\u201cThey cut me and put salt in my wounds,\u201d he added. \u201cI still wake with nightmares about it, even now 20 years on.\u201d\nOpen Doors USA ranks Egypt as the 22nd worst country in the world when it comes to the persecution of Christians.\n\u2190 Chile: Church burned down, at least 16 destroyed this year\nFemale Christian Prisoner Ended Her Hunger Strike \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 66, "original_length": 5733, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 249.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://globalengineeringnews.com/2018/12/07/hamas-sentences-6-to-death-for-collaborating-with-israel/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:39Z", "digest": "sha1:DYH7DFKSC5JUOAFXH2QSLR45NZOH2CKS", "length": 1657, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "globalengineeringnews.com", "title": "Hamas Sentences 6 to Death for \u2018Collaborating with Israel\u2019", "raw_content": "The European Union (EU) on Tuesday condemned a Hamas court in Gaza Strip for sentencing six Palestinians to death for allegedly \"collaborating\" with Israel.\nThe UN General Assembly is scheduled to vote on Thursday to a USA draft resolution that condemns Hamas movement for firing rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel.\nThe sentences were unrelated to a deadly botched Israeli undercover raid into the Gaza Strip last month that led to the deaths of seven Palestinians and one Israeli soldier, and prompted the biggest flareups in violence between Gaza and Israel since the 2014 war.\nThe Hamas-run Interior Ministry has published a list of punishments for collaborators, according to which, anyone accused of supplying arms to the enemy will be executed.\nThe woman, named \"Amal\", is not a Gaza resident and was sentenced to hanging in absentia for helping to recruit her nephew, who lives in the strip, to the Israeli intelligence service.\nIn May, at least six members of the Palestinian Islamic resistance movement, Hamas, were killed when the device apparently exploded after detection near Dayr al-Balah in central Gaza.\nHe said that their ages are between 26 and 55 years old, warning that \"collaboration with the Israeli occupation is risky and the punishment of collaboration is high\".\nThe verdicts drew condemnation from Human Rights Watch.\nIt was not clear when the executions of those in custody would take place.\n\"Rushing to sentence people to death smacks of militia rule, not the rule of law\", said Omar Shakir, the watchdog's director for Israel and the Palestinian territories. Hamas says the defendants were implicated in previous incidents.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 124, "original_length": 6340, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 268.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://globalgender.org/en-global/program/index/1/31", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:13Z", "digest": "sha1:WAV5ROCG3SLTETYANJWUJ75BF7Q3K5KR", "length": 6185, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "globalgender.org", "title": "global gender", "raw_content": "\"Enhancing Women's Economic Inclusion and Empowerment in the Changing World\"\n26-29 September 2017, Hue, Viet Nam\nThe Asia Pacific is at a crucial juncture of transformation amidst a fast changing global landscape. The Digital Age is having unprecedented impact on the nature of work in general and women\u2019s economic inclusion and empowerment in particular. Inclusive and sustainable growth around the world is the overarching vision of the 2030 development agenda. Gender equality and women\u2019s economic inclusion and empowerment are central to this vision.\nUnder the APEC 2017 theme \u2018Creating New Dynamism, Fostering a Shared Future\u2019 we focus our deliberations on \u2018Enhancing Women\u2019s Economic Inclusion and Empowerment in the Changing World\u2019 with three priorities: i) Promoting gender equality for sustainable, innovative and inclusive economic growth; ii) Enhancing the competitiveness and innovation of women-owned MSMEs; and iii) Narrowing gender gaps in human resource development.\nPromoting gender equality for sustainable, innovative and inclusive economic growth\nSubstantial disparities still exist in employment and income opportunities between women and men. Women carry out a disproportionate share of unpaid care, household and agricultural work, while experiencing disadvantages including limited access to assets, markets, networks, ICTs, financial and productive resources. APEC member economies are encouraged to:\nRecognize, reduce, and redistribute the disproportionate share of unpaid care and domestic work by enacting legislation and undertaking reforms that realize the equal rights of all women and men with a view to addressing the issue of women\u2019s disproportionate burden of care work.\nInvest in gender-responsive public expenditure on women\u2019s workforce skills, quality health, education and productivity; establish \u2018caregiving\u2019 leave; and remove occupational-segregation.\nEnable full participation in business, entrepreneurship and global value chains; integrate women located in rural and remote areas, indigenous women and women\u2019s cooperatives by providing them with access to infrastructure, including public utilities, technology, transportation, water and sanitation.\nStrengthen public-private cooperation to improve, as appropriate, policies and programs that support and facilitate the economic inclusion of those most disadvantaged and vulnerable to poverty, including women in rural and remote areas, indigenous women, ethnic women, women with disabilities, women heads of households, survivors of violence against women, survivors of natural disasters and armed conflict, migrant workers and other vulnerable groups. All stakeholders are encouraged to participate and cooperate to collect and process sex-disaggregated labor market information.\nPromote inclusive workplace, training and education environments that are responsive to the needs of women and girls.\nEnhancing the competitiveness and innovation of women-owned MSMEs\nWomen have immense contribution to the achievement of sustainable, innovative and inclusive growth in the region and acknowledge the remarkable contribution of MSMEs to the GDP of every APEC economy. Business associations are the backbone and voice of the business community, supporting the improvement of the skill base and enabling environment of their constituents. Those that work on behalf of women entrepreneurs are well placed to impart valuable business knowledge to policy makers and help develop inclusive business programs and indicators. The private sector should champion the inclusive business agenda and include women in the development of inclusive business models, whether as workers, suppliers, distributors, customers or consumers. Both the public and private sectors should collaborate on gender-responsive policies and practices, services, training and market information that improve access for women-led enterprises to resources and opportunities. APEC member economies should directly engage with business associations and other relevant organizations to help them develop business enabling environments that support women entrepreneurs and women-led cooperatives to start up and scale their operations, ensure their equal access to finance and markets; expand women-led MSMEs\u2019 global presence and their participation under equal conditions in global value chains; and empower women entrepreneurs through digitalization. Particularly, member economies are encouraged to promote and facilitate the association of women entrepreneurs and cooperatives in rural and highly vulnerable areas, share research, sex-disaggregated data, indicators and best practices in gender-inclusive development.\nNarrowing gender gaps in human resource development\nThe opportunities and challenges for women and girls, in particular vulnerable groups, of the 4th Industrial Revolution are: the convergence of smart phones, cloud computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), sophisticated artificial intelligence, smart cities, and advanced robotic technologies into interoperable global value chains. To address capacity-building priorities in this area and where appropriate, member economics are encouraged to:\nOffer targeted technical training to improve women and girls\u2019 digital literacy to unlock job opportunities and entrepreneurship.\nStrengthen the ecosystem for women and girls regarding STEAM education and employment to bridge the digital divide; leverage women\u2019s and girls\u2019 talents; and take advantage of new opportunities presented by the Digital Age, including online learning and the removal of the digital gender divide in accessing ICT.\nAdditionally, the information technology revolution has brought new forms of violence against women, including cyber-bullying, online harassment and cyber-stalking. Such violence has prevented women from participating in the economy as users, content creators, employees, entrepreneurs, innovators and leaders. Member economies are encouraged to implement awareness raising programs, women-friendly web spaces, monitoring and enforcement mechanisms, and accessible public reporting mechanisms that recognize that cyber-acts can be a form of violence against women and girls.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 110, "original_length": 8444, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 251.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/02/11/1716920/0/en/Rafe-Brown-joins-Mimecast-as-New-Chief-Financial-Officer.html?f=22&fvtc=5&fvtv=32464777&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GlobenewswireCloud+%28GlobeNewswire%3A+cloud%29", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:02Z", "digest": "sha1:KHUD4GYA5YLROVCEYR6SPQF7LNB4K5SJ", "length": 2900, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "globenewswire.com", "title": "Rafe Brown joins Mimecast as New Chief Financial Officer Nasdaq:MIME", "raw_content": "Brings Over Two Decades of Financial Leadership in Software Companies to Mimecast\nLEXINGTON, Mass., Feb. 11, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mimecast Limited (NASDAQ: MIME), a leading email and data security company, today announced the appointment of Rafe Brown to the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective March 18, 2019. Rafe will oversee global financial strategy and operations, including accounting, tax, treasury, investor relations and real estate.\nRafe brings more than 20 years of experience leading high growth software companies. Prior to joining Mimecast, Rafe served as the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of SevOne, Inc., a provider of digital infrastructure management solutions. Before SevOne, Rafe served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of Pegasystems, Inc., a publicly traded global business process management software provider. Additionally, Rafe served in leadership positions at salesforce.com, inc. for several years, including as a Senior Vice President of Finance, where he helped grow the company to a four-billion-dollar entity. He began his career at the accounting firms of Arthur Anderson and PricewaterhouseCoopers.\n\u201cAs a proven leader, Rafe\u2019s experience as part of one of the greatest SaaS growth stories with salesforce.com is invaluable. During his years there, salesforce.com drove the development of the cloud business model while achieving incredible scale. Rafe\u2019s experience successfully sustaining growth with an eye to financial strategy complements Mimecast\u2019s approach. We look forward to his leadership during our next phase of growth,\u201d said Peter Bauer, Chief Executive Officer of Mimecast. \u201cWe\u2019ve been very fortunate to have Peter Campbell onboard to support the search for this key position.\u201d\n\u201cMimecast has had a smart growth strategy from its\u2019 inception and has been able to effectively scale the business,\u201d said Rafe Brown. \u201cI was drawn to Mimecast\u2019s business model as a cloud-based SaaS solution; a company focused on customer success, Mimecast plays an important role helping organizations of all sizes become cyber resilient. Mimecast has a strong culture of driven, authentic, team players who are focused on continued growth through both new products and markets. I\u2019m excited for the opportunity to join the Mimecast team and honored to lead its world-class finance organization.\u201d\nRafe holds a certified public accountant (CPA) designation. He holds a Master of Accounting from Brigham Young University and a Bachelor of Science in accounting from Southern Utah University.\nThe Company announced in September 2018 that Peter Campbell, the Company\u2019s long-time CFO, would be leaving the Company in March. Peter has agreed to stay with the Company in an advisory capacity to assist in the transition through the end of May 2019.\nRafe Brown new CFO executive team", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 4704, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 169.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://gmproglobal.com/european-is-the-most-powerful-laptop-in-a-car-2.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:27Z", "digest": "sha1:T6XDSIC4TUQQFQS6UXAPQUZR2MVHVDFK", "length": 2270, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "gmproglobal.com", "title": "European Is The Most Powerful Laptop In A Car | gmproglobal.com", "raw_content": "Started its journey with a commitment to offer the world\u2019s greatest and latest passenger car fashions and applied sciences, to the global prospects, immediately Honda is one of the most famous brands within the car manufacturing business. At the moment being recognized as an engineering marvel in the international automobile trade, Honda has always had an extended history of manufacturing and delivering high quality and well-constructed cars. Like the final yr, this year the corporate is as soon as again going to introduce new car fashions at the best prices along with most superior features. So if you are one among those who are planning to buy a brand new Honda car, listed below are some of most preferred fashions that can appear available in the market in the 12 months 2010 \u2013\nFinally, you make the decision to park in one of the forbidden spots since you are about to be late. You run inside and say a fast prayer in hopes that you\u2019ll not be ticketed. But whenever you come again outside, your automobile is nowhere to be discovered! It\u2019s clear that you\u2019re both the victim of car theft or automotive towing, and neither of those ideas are very comforting to you. When you head back inside to start out making some calls, you run into somebody who tells you your automobile was towed a few minutes ago.\nIn certain instances, parents could educate a Ds education course to their teenagers, offered that the mother or father is qualified and meets the requirements. While this selection can be a convenient one, it\u2019s typically a bad concept as a result of kids might not be as keen to hearken to their parents as they are to a professional teacher.\nAfter you may have established the theme of the Lake Forest commercial signage that you will want for your small business, then you have to to contemplate color of signage. There is a wonderful balance between choosing a colour that\u2019s eye catching and choosing one thing that\u2019s downright garish. Bear in mind when choosing colours in your commercial signage that if your small business has official colours, they need to be used within the signage just so that you\u2019ll be reflecting the identical picture. Keep away from colors which might be too trendy and could possibly be outdated in a brief period of time.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 27, "original_length": 3347, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 304.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://goldrestaurant.blogspot.com/2016/08/5-foods-that-should-never-be-in-your.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:07Z", "digest": "sha1:GGFBDPWCPGRIRGK6AODVKRP4K7RQA2GU", "length": 3511, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "goldrestaurant.blogspot.com", "title": "5 Foods That Should Never Be in Your Fridge ~ Edible Gold ~ GOLD Restaurant Blog", "raw_content": "5 Foods That Should Never Be in Your Fridge\nTuesday, August 16, 2016 by Gold Restaurant No comments\nRefrigeration is one of the modern conveniences many people cannot imagine living without. You shop, pop items in the fridge and forget about food going bad for at least a day or two. What we place in our refrigerators is based on a habitual belief that our foods will stay fresh and last longer. For the most part this is true. However, you might be surprised to learn that some of what is sitting in your fridge at this very minute has no business being there. In fact, fridge storage can diminish the quality of certain products and may even cause them to go mouldy faster.\nThe tomato is the fruit of the tomato plant. Anyone who has grown these lovelies in some of their more than 7500 varieties know that they adore heat and detest the cold. Tomatoes need the sun to grow and to enhance their flavour. Even when removed from the vine they still don\u2019t like the cold. So, if you store them in a fridge, they become uncooperatively floury and lose their flavour.\nThe argument goes that potatoes enjoy cool temperatures but don\u2019t like cold temperatures. Rule of thumb is that they do best at room temperature. But room temperature can vary depending on where you are and few people walk about with a thermometer in their pocket.\nRegardless, the point is this. A fridge is too cold to store potatoes. It increases the conversion of starch to sugar more rapidly, which in turn can affect flavour, texture and discolouration when they cook.\nOnions are one of the oldest foods known to humankind. They are one of the easiest vegetables to grow, they really do make you cry, and they go soft and mouldy when placed in a fridge. They also perish when stored too close to the humble potato. Tatties emit moisture and gas, which cause onions to spoil rapidly. That said once peeled you can keep your onion in a covered container in the fridge.\nAn avocado, like the tomato is a fruit. In fact it\u2019s classified as a single-seeded berry. If you purchase an unripe, hard avocado you shouldn\u2019t store it in your fridge. Avos need time to ripen and the cold will hamper the ripening process. However, ripe avos may be placed in the fridge if you are not intending to use them immediately.\nThis is a tricky one. There are arguments for and against refrigeration. Most fresh food experts would agree that they are best stored at room temperature but can tolerate up to three days in a fridge. Too long in a fridge and they develop water-soaked patches, pitting, and all around general decay ensues.\nTips to store fresh foods\nStore tomatoes on your counter (away from direct sunlight) and eat them / cook with them when ripe\nPotatoes should be stored in a cool, dry place and should outlast most if not all other fresh veggies\nKeep your unpeeled onions in a cool, dark, ventilated space in order to keep the outer layer dry and papery until ready to use\nStore avocados at room temperature until they\u2019re ripe or you can place them in a brown paper bag with to speed up the ripening process\nKeep cucumbers on a counter away from your tomatoes, bananas and melons\nMost of make use of a fridge with limited knowledge of the types of food that should be refrigerated. We see a fridge and our brains immediately associate it with food conservation. Now that you know otherwise you might be encouraged to try some new storage methods. In fact, you may well have some fresh food storage tips of your own. Feel free to share them with us.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 67, "original_length": 7045, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 332.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://grayfalcon.blogspot.com/2014/09/beslan-remembered.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:25Z", "digest": "sha1:NOXBKPG4LRKFFH5JACGKDW6PGZCOH5DI", "length": 1047, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "grayfalcon.blogspot.com", "title": "Gray Falcon: Beslan Remembered", "raw_content": "September 1, 2004: first day of school in Beslan, in the Russian Federation's Republic of North Ossetia. Hundreds of children, parents and teachers were trapped by Western-backed jihadists in Elementary School #1, stripped to their underwear, and held hostage for almost three days.\nWhen Russian security forces attempted to rescue the hostages, the terrorists began the killing they had planned all along: 334 hostages were killed, including 186 children. Only one of the terrorists was captured alive; he is serving a life sentence in a Russian prison, unrepentant.\n\"Memory Wall\" at the School Number One (source)\nBeslan was the beginning of the end for jihadists in Chechnya. One by one, jihadists leaders were hunted down and killed: Shamil Basayev, who ordered the attack, died in an explosion in 2006. Today, Chechens under Ramzan Kadyrov are some of the most fiercely loyal Russian citizens.\nBut those who backed the Chechen jihad have neither been forgotten, nor forgiven.\nThe East Remembers.\nLabels: 2004, Empire, jihad, Russia, terrorism", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 248, "original_length": 6632, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 191.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://greensborosports.com/2018/10/02/elon-baseball-announces-fall-games-against-wake-forest-n-c-at/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:07Z", "digest": "sha1:CG5OK7BXEZCSQFA4UMJ7JLJA4UUI47F6", "length": 566, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "greensborosports.com", "title": "Elon Baseball Announces Fall Games Against Wake Forest, N.C. A&T \u00bb Greensboro Sports", "raw_content": "Elon Baseball Announces Fall Games Against Wake Forest, N.C. A&T\nPosted by Press Release on October 2, 2018 at 11:01 am under College | Comments are off for this article\nELON, N.C. \u2013 The Elon University baseball team and head coach Mike Kennedy announced Elon\u2019s 2018 fall schedule on Tuesday morning, Oct. 2.\nThe Phoenix will host Wake Forest this Saturday, Oct. 6, in a 1 p.m. game at Latham Park. Also on the schedule is a home game versus North Carolina A&T on Sunday, Oct. 21, which is set for a 1:30 p.m. first pitch.\nBoth games are free and open to the public.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 1173, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 152.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://gregfitz.libsyn.com/baron-vaughn", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:44Z", "digest": "sha1:HBKA4J5MJ3PKYUQDEVTV4PBVYKVGGZZF", "length": 1317, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "gregfitz.libsyn.com", "title": "Fitzdog Radio: Baron Vaughn", "raw_content": "Would love to take one of your classes. I live in Fort Smith but would love to plan a trip. I may be in Little Rock soetmime in August. Do you have regular class dates already scheduled? Any information would be appreciated. I may be starting a blog soon and would love to write about your classes.\nHello. I'm going to start putting songs on YouTube. Video loessns will also be available to go along with these songs. These video loessns will be VERY in depth. I will be going through the entire song very thoroughly. I'm going to make it so that people who are beginners will be able to follow along. And other people who are more experienced can improvise and make it how they want it. Also with the video lesson, I will be including a tab of the song that I make myself. I wouldn't send someone a tab off of the internet because most of them are wrong. This tab will follow the lesson hand-in-hand. Also, there are many lesson videos on YouTube, but many of them aren't very good or they only cover a small part of the song. So I want to sell the lesson and tab for a total of $7. Do you think people will pay this? The songs are my own versions and are one of a kind. Would you spend $7 on it? If not, how much would you be willing to spend? And if you were in my position, how much would you sell it for? Thanks.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 153, "original_length": 3052, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 256.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://gurveyslaw.com/podcasts/28", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:11Z", "digest": "sha1:4RVT62NPPO4IX7U5PHDYCVRME5JKM4ZP", "length": 558, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "gurveyslaw.com", "title": "Gurvey's Law", "raw_content": "Gurvey's Law will discuss the 25th anniversary of the LA Riots with Lawrence J. Spagnola, who is the co-author, along with Rodney King, of King\u2019s memoir, \u201cThe Riot Within: My Journey from Rebellion to Redemption.\u201d Also joining the show will be Jonathan Chinn, an Emmy Award winning television producer whose new documentary \u201cL.A. 92\u201d will premiere at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival on April 21st, and air on the National Geographic Channel on April 30th. We will discuss the very real conflicts that existed back then and continue to plague America\u2019s cities.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 42, "original_length": 3604, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 112.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://hamianigroup.com/en/our-subsidiaries/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:19:21Z", "digest": "sha1:CXPFKSNOLZZS7HBNCC4ZSGQTK4EQN37Q", "length": 2766, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "hamianigroup.com", "title": "Hamiani group \u2013 Our Subsidiaries", "raw_content": "The textile corporation REDMAN is the earliest of the group HAMIANI. Created by the father in 1963. It was taken over by his sons REDA and Abderahmane (known as MANOU) followed by Farouk and Chafilk. The appellation Redman comes from the contraction of the names REDA and MANOU. In the early seventies the company grew significantly in production of men\u2019s clothing.\nThe Limited Liability company FOODISH is specialized in the import of agrifood products and has its own distribution firm RESCOM. Exclusive repr\u00e9sentative in Algeria of many brands of international fame, the company operates in several segments. The company FOODISH is present in Algiers, Oran and Setif..\nThe LLC RESCOM is in charge of the distribution of FOODISH agrifood products in all Algeria. RESCOM ensures the delivery of the products thanks to its large automobile fleet and its important client portfolio. The company acquired a very wide and complex data basis because it maintains excellent suppliers/customers ralationships.\nThe Brickworks Lamirette Baraki was created in 2006. It quickly established itself as key player in Algiers building materials sector. An industrial flagship of HAMIANI group, the limited liability company BLB counts 150 employees, for an annual production of 150,000 Tons of hollow bricks. At BLB the manufacturing of bricks combines tradition and modernity, in compliance with the standards in force of the 21st century. The distribution network of its products falls under a growth process. The recent acquisition of a production unit in the West of the country named GRECO, as well as the project of extension of the site of Baraki, clearly reinforce this will of development.\nAZUR PAINT ensures the manufacturing, the representation and the marketing of the Danish industrial paint brand Hempel in Algeria. Hempel was founded in 1915 by J.C. HEMPEL who had the idea of designing ready to use marine paints. One century after the company has grown to become the largest independent supplier of marine paints and anti-corrosive coatings in the world.\nDesjoyaux is a French family business created in 1969 which designs and manufactures swimming pools. The company counts today a network of 160 dealerships in France and 450 through 80 countries. Present in the Algerian market since 1999, the company has three sale outlets today. Its headquarter is located in Algiers and its two subsidiaries in Oran and Annaba.\nExcellence United Laboratory is a new subsidiary of HAMIANI Group, It is specialized in the import, Manufacturing and promotion of human medicines...\nThe limited liability company Smk is engaged in the import and distribution of electronic cigarettes and their accessories in Algeria. SMK currently has two sale outlets in Algiers named VapoShop", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 3501, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 285.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://hancockmtg.com/blog_yearlowmortgagerates.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:26Z", "digest": "sha1:KKDLQNWGKHFX6P6TYY7WP7QSTBZUCCL6", "length": 1334, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "hancockmtg.com", "title": "Hancock Mortgage | Texas Home Loans | Texas Purchase Loans | Texas Refinance and Mortgage", "raw_content": "Since the peak of the housing market in 2006, homeowners and investors have been subjected to the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. However, the housing market has been gradually improving. This past week was quite a surprise to many when we saw mortgage rates drop below 4% for the first time in months. This is a great time to take advantage of the low rates that are not expected to last past the end of October.\nMortgage rates reflect global patterns in trading, and the overnight trade practiced in Asian and European markets resulted in the lowering of interest rates to nearly 4.0% last week. In a surprising and thrilling turn of events, rates continued to drop to 3.875%, which makes this drop the lowest rate the market has seen since June 2013. These rates are not expected to last for a long time so people looking to purchase or refinance are in luck.\nMany economists and investors believe that rates will continue to rise as the economy continues to recover. Which in turn means that the housing market is continuing to strengthen.\nAccording to many mortgage professionals, this is a perfect time for first time homebuyers and people looking to refinance to take advantage of these low rates before they begin to rise. Contact your local Hancock Mortgage Home Loans Loan Officer to discuss your options.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 32, "original_length": 2708, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 213.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2016/06/07/morning-shootaround-june-7-2/?shared=email&msg=fail", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:03:10Z", "digest": "sha1:BBDYOA76KWOIE3DO2ARKZY2J7CA3OPTV", "length": 11892, "nlines": 48, "source_domain": "hangtime.blogs.nba.com", "title": "Morning shootaround \u2014 June 7 \u00ab NBA.com | Hang Time Blog", "raw_content": "Cavs looking for their defense | Turner: Mid-range shots are \u2018the future\u2019 | Presti confident about OKC\u2019s offseason | Chandler says he\u2019s \u2018happy\u2019 for now in Phoenix\nNo. 1: Cavs looking defenseless in these Finals\u2014 The Cleveland Cavaliers rumbled through the Eastern Conference portion of the 2016 playoff bracket, shielding themselves from just about every blow the Detroit Pistons, Atlanta Hawks and Toronto Raptors could throw at them. As Chris Haynes of Cleveland.com points out, Cavs star LeBron James took that shield metaphor literally early on, giving each of his teammates a literal shield to illustrate how the team must stand strong together to reach its title goal. Yet as Cleveland faces a 2-0 series deficit in The Finals, it is left at a loss for what to do next:\nGolden State is up 2-0 following a 110-77 battering of the Cavs Sunday night at Oracle Arena. After cruising through the first three rounds with a 12-2 mark, Cleveland has been outscored in this series by a staggering 48 points.\n\u201cWhat we\u2019ve done these last two games doesn\u2019t put a damper or a cloud over how we got to this point,\u201d James argued. \u201cWe\u2019re still here\u2026\u201d\nCleveland won\u2019t be here for long if this continues.\nRight now the Cavaliers, who possess the second-highest payroll in league history, are defenseless and the outcomes have shown as much. They\u2019re absent of a shield, but most significantly they\u2019re absent of fight. They\u2019re going up against a Western Conference predator who\u2019s equipped with an abundance of ammo and all the Cavaliers have done is scurried for cover.\nIs home court at The Q going to make that huge of a difference come Wednesday? Cleveland had two days to prepare for Game 2, and yet still rolled up in a ball when adversity came knocking.\nBefore Kevin Love exited the game with concussion symptoms, he suffered from Draymond Green symptoms. The Warriors\u2019 forward was in his head and made it a point to stay attached to Love more than he did in Game 1.\nLove was 2-of-7 from the field with three boards in 20 minutes of play. He looked intimidated. It looked like he didn\u2019t want any part of that game. Green was so glued to him that Love gave him a little shove in the first half. Green just smiled, and got right back in Love\u2019s personal space.\nKyrie Irving struggled the most, going 5-of-14 for 10 points in 33 minutes. He\u2019s now shooting 33 percent for the series. But the team typically goes as the leader of the team goes.\n\u201cLeBron is in a unique situation to where we all know how (bleeping) good he really is,\u201d Channing Frye said. \u201cThe humility he has with us shows us, \u2018Hey, I need you guys for all of us to succeed.\u2019 We know he\u2019s going to help us, but he needs everybody to be locked in.\u201d\nFirst and foremost, James needs to be locked in. In these two games, the four-time MVP is averaging 21.0 points on 42 percent shooting and has coughed the ball up 11 times. The Warriors have suddenly transformed into a scary defensive bunch.\nThe perimeter defensive mixture of Andre Iguodala, Harrison Barnes, Klay Thompson and Green has been a nightmare for James. Whether James wants to admit it or not, he is being contained. And if he\u2019s contained, the Cavaliers will end up being ashamed when it\u2019s all said and done. The series is far from over, but the poor body language and the disconnect in communication is in dire need of repair.\nJames and the Cavaliers are being exposed before our very eyes, and there\u2019s no shield that can hide that.\nNo. 2: Celtics\u2019 Turner says mid-range game is \u2018the future\u2019 \u2014 Over the past few seasons in NBA circles, advanced stats have been on the rise and have been used to fairly effectively prove that teams who value 3-pointers more than long 2-pointers or other mid-range shots tend to have success. Boston Celtics swingman Evan Turner has a very different view on that notion and didn\u2019t hold back in sharing why he values mid-range jumpers in an interview with Maurice Peebles of Complex.com:\nWith the league trending towards more threes\u2014and with the Golden State Warriors breaking the all-time regular season wins record mostly due to their propensity for the long ball\u2014does a Swiss Army Knife, do-it-all type like Turner still fit in?\n\u201cI want to speak on that, actually,\u201d Turner says as an irritated smirk creeps across his face. \u201cPeople say, \u2018You can\u2019t shoot the three.\u2019 But I can defend, I can pass, rebound, score. You got guys that all they can do is shoot and nothing else. Like, how a\u2013 backwards is that? Only in America can you be a lacrosse player and judge basketball. Or you\u2019ve never played basketball and say, \u2018Yeah, I was working on the stock market\u2014[stuff] wasn\u2019t working so now I\u2019m in the NBA judging talent.\u2019 [The media] can write stuff on something they have no clue about.\n\u201cThe future is in the mid-range. The mid-range is where the money\u2019s at, man. I think the three-point shot opens up the court and everything like that, but MJ and all those great players made all of their money out of the mid-range. So I\u2019m not sorry for that at all. Evan M. Turner. For sure, \u2018M\u2019 stands for mid-range. Anywhere within 15 feet is cash. I\u2019ll try to get better at threes, but that\u2019s my game.\u201d\nNo. 3: Presti enters offseason confident about team\u2019s future with Durant \u2014 The season has been over for a week or so now in Oklahoma City and the attention in Thunder-ville has shifted to the looming question of Kevin Durant\u2018s future with the team as he approaches free agency. While some may be fretting over what Durant will ultimately decide, OKC general manager Sam Presti isn\u2019t too concerned about what kind of sell he has to make to Durant about staying put. Presti addressed that and other matters during a news conference Monday and Anthony Slater of The Oklahoman has more on what happened:\nIf the Boston Celtics get Kevin Durant in a room, they can highlight their treasure trove of assets and promote life outside the wicked West. If the Warriors or Spurs secure a Durant visit, they can hypothesize how to best fit him around a ready-made roster. Pat Riley may just toss his championship rings on a table. He\u2019s done it before.\nImagination can be alluring. Change can be appealing. But when the KD free agency sweepstakes hit in early July, the Thunder is banking on familiarity over temptation. The known over the unknown.\n\u201cHe\u2019s here every day,\u201d Thunder general manager Sam Presti said at his postseason news conference on Monday morning. \u201cYou know what I mean? The one thing we don\u2019t want to do is sit down and create some kind of fantasy world or fictional environment.\u201d\nThere\u2019s plenty Durant, always a curious mind, might choose to learn about other organizations. But there\u2019s not much required research remaining on his own.\nSo now the Thunder sit and wait until early July.\n\u201cWe can\u2019t speed that up, and we can\u2019t slow it down,\u201d Presti said. \u201cWe\u2019ll get an answer from him at the appropriate time. I think it really is important for him to take his time, get away from things.\u201d\nIn the meantime, Presti has other offseason concerns to sift through, starting with the NBA Draft on June 23. The Thunder doesn\u2019t have a pick for the first time since the franchise relocated from Seattle, but there\u2019s a chance Presti acquires one.\n\u201cWe can use our minds a little bit differently, trying to decide how to get in and if we were to get in, who to get in for,\u201d Presti said. \u201cI\u2019m kind of looking forward to that.\u201d\nThen there\u2019s the decision of whether to bring back restricted free agent Dion Waiters. Presti sounded confident Waiters will return.\n\u201cIt generally bodes well when the player is wanting to be back,\u201d Presti said. \u201cAny time you have the opportunity to have a mutual goal, that\u2019s always a positive. I do think that in his case, I think the odds are more likely in the event that we\u2019re working in partnership.\u201d\nLater in the summer, Presti can engage in extension talks with Steven Adams and Andre Roberson: \u201cWe have until October 31 to have that conversation.\u201d\nBefore that, he must decide whether to keep Anthony Morrow. The veteran sharpshooter has a $3.48 million contract that is non-guaranteed until July 15. \u201cThere\u2019s no action necessary to be taken,\u201d Presti said. \u201cAnd we really enjoy having A Mo with us.\u201d\nSummer league is on the horizon. Negotiations with Spanish sharpshooter Alex Abrines remain unlikely, but still possible. A new assistant coach will be hired. All serve as important offseason Thunder storylines to follow.\nBut the main topic of Tuesday\u2019s Presti news conference \u2014 which lasted 44 minutes and 44 seconds and included a 9-minute opening monologue \u2014 was the NBA\u2019s most anticipated story of the offseason: Durant\u2019s free agency.\n\u201cKevin is a highly, highly intelligent person,\u201d Presti said. \u201cHe\u2019s a mature person. He\u2019s a rational person, and he\u2019s going to work through the decision in a way that will help him do what he feels is best for him. We\u2019ll react accordingly once we have that information, and we\u2019ll try to be as prepared as possible.\u201d\nNo. 4: Chandler still in wait-and-see mode with Suns \u2014 As the season wound down in Phoenix, veteran center Tyson Chandler made it clear that after a rough first season with the Suns, he wasn\u2019t interested in being a part of a rebuilding effort. Fast-forward a few months and it seems not much has changed for Chandler, who more or less reiterated his stance during an interview on ESPN\u2019s \u201cThe Jump with Rachel Nichols\u201d:\nWith Phoenix coming off its sixth season in a row of not making the playoffs, veteran center Tyson Chandler says he isn\u2019t ready to voice his concerns about what direction the Suns might be heading.\nThere are big questions about what will fall at the top of the team\u2019s priority list this offseason, but Chandler has decided to take a wait-and-see approach.\n\u201cMe and management have a great relationship and we communicate,\u201d he said on ESPN\u2019s The Jump with Rachel Nichols Monday. \u201cIf there is a decision and they want to go young and stay young, then we\u2019ll have that conversation. But we\u2019re not there.\u201d\nChandler said he has no plans to seek a trade and remains committed to sitting tight while Phoenix\u2019s offseason plays out.\n\u201cI\u2019m happy where I am,\u201d he said Thursday. \u201cI feel like the Suns have a bright future if we continue to build and build the right way. It\u2019s all about building the right way.\u201d\nChandler said he simply wants to see if Phoenix is looking at a major rebuilding effort and prefers to wait to open up communication with the Suns\u2019 front office.\n\u201cThe culture has to be right, but I\u2019m not there yet,\u201d Chandler told The Jump.\nThe Suns also have a new permanent coach in Earl Watson this season, although he is quite familiar with the players, having been promoted from assistant coach to interim head coach when Jeff Hornacek was fired in February.\nThe one bright spot is the Suns have two high first-round picks and $20 million to $30 million in salary cap space.\nThe 33-year-old Chandler signed a four-year, $52 million contract in 2015 to come to Phoenix.\nHe averaged just 7.2 points per game last season as he was brought in to provide a big presence on the court and inside the locker room. But the team\u2019s failure to make the playoffs added to the longest stretch of futility for a franchise that for so many years was a postseason fixture.\nSOME RANDOM HEADLINES: Toronto Raptors big man Bismack Biyombo has opted out of his deal and expect All-Star DeMar DeRozan to do so soon, too \u2026 Good news in Raptor-ville, though \u2014 the team officially inked coach Dwane Casey to a three-year extension this morning \u2026 A closer look at LeBron James\u2018 historic workload this season \u2026 That time Muhammad Ali tried to recruit Doc Rivers to play at Louisville \u2026\nCategory: 2016 NBA Playoffs, HT News, Morning Shootaround / Tags: , Boston Celtics, Channing Frye, Evan Turner, Golden State Warriors, Kevin Durant, Kevin Love, Kyrie Irving, LeBron James, Oklahoma City Thunder, Phoenix Suns, Sam Presti, Tyson Chandler / Comments Off on Morning shootaround \u2014 June 7 /", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 121, "original_length": 17273, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 318.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://happycamperpodcast.com/episode-2-how-to-live-your-dream-with-the-koa-grant/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:56Z", "digest": "sha1:VLACGZZUZ4TN2EKGVY35N6XTSHOODTVB", "length": 1615, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "happycamperpodcast.com", "title": "Episode 2: How to Live Your Dream with the KOA Grant - Happy Camper Podcast", "raw_content": "Camping season here, so there\u2019s no better time to chat with Mike Gast, VP of Communications with KOA, Kampgrounds of America.Mike is here to tell us about a new KOA grant program, some interesting findings from their North American Camper Report, camping trends, and how KOA works.\nKOA has nearly 500 campgrounds across North America which operate on a franchise model, supporting campground owners with all the tools and information they need to ensure a great experience for guests.\nCamping is fun, affordable, and with newer trends such as glamping, woody tents, and luxury cabins, there\u2019s a way for everyone to experience nature and the outdoors life. With their North American Camper Report, KOA is able to stay on top of these trends and understand what campers are looking for.\nThey\u2019ve seen record growth over the last 6 years, and research has shown that a whopping number of Americans love to camp \u2013 even millennials!\nHow to Apply for the grant\nKOA\u2019s website has everything you need to start planning a great trip, and you\u2019ll also want to check out KOA\u2019s new \u2018Get Out There\u2019 grants which are available to all U.S. and Canadian citizens, awarded in any amount from $1,000 to $5,000 per person. These have been made available for recipients to experience a special dream of their own design! KOA will even send a video crew along to document your adventure! Be sure to check out\nhttp://koa.com/grants to sign up.\nhttp://koa.com\nhttp://facebook.com/happycamperpodcast\nhttp://www.happycamperpodcast.com\nMoon Outdoors Books\nTags: koaPodcastpodcasting\nWelcome to the Happy Camper Podcast! In this very first[...]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 104, "original_length": 3372, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 311.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://harrymckneely.com/obituaries/tony-milazzo", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:58Z", "digest": "sha1:2QUHR3F434Y7CKVUZBB7MPAEQK3E6Y67", "length": 2194, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "harrymckneely.com", "title": "Obituary for Tony Milazzo | Harry Mckneeley & Son", "raw_content": "Tony Milazzo\nAntonio \u201cTony\u201d Milazzo, Sr. entered peacefully into eternal life while sleeping on Thursday, November 29, 2018, at the age of 92. He lived a long and full life dedicated to hard work, family, and friends.\nTony was born in Hammond, Louisiana on Friday, October 1, 1926, to John Milazzo and Mary Latino Milazzo. He spent much of his early life on the family farm, where he also discovered a passion for carpentry and woodworking. At the age of 18, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and proudly served the country in World War II with tours of duty in Hawaii and the Philippines. After his return home, he went to work for the United Fruit Company and later retired from the United Steam Ship Association.\nTony\u2019s loved ones will remember him with a smile. Whether intentionally or not, he easily made people laugh, and his impeccable dance moves will not soon be forgotten. His friends at Oak Park Village said, \u201cHe danced his way into heaven.\u201d\nTony is survived by his sister, Frances Milazzo; brother, Louis Milazzo; son, Johnny Milazzo and his wife, Angela; daughter, Mary Milazzo Dunning and her husband, Tom; son, Frank Milazzo; son, Tony Milazzo Jr. and his wife, Melissa; daughter, Margaret Milazzo Parker and her husband, Marion; grandchildren, Amanda Milazzo Malachowski, John Milazzo, Frank Milazzo Jr., Amber Dunning, Joshua Milazzo, David Dunning, Mara Milazzo, Sydney Milazzo, Alexander Milazzo, Tony Milazzo III, and Madeline McCauley; and great-grandchildren, Jonathan Milazzo, Adyson Milazzo, Beckett Milazzo, Everett Dunning, Robert Malachowski, Margaret Ann Malachowski, and Eleanor Malachowski.\nHe was preceded in death by his parents, John Milazzo and Mary Latino Milazzo; sister, Margaret Milazzo Lottinger; and brothers, Frank, Joe, Henry, and Joseph Milazzo.\nRelatives and friends are invited to attend the services celebrating Tony\u2019s life at Holy Ghost Catholic Church in Hammond on Monday, December 3, 2018. Visitation will be held from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m., followed by the Funeral Mass at 11:00 a.m.\nInterment will follow in Colonial Cemetery in Independence.\nIn lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center in Tony\u2019s honor.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 19, "original_length": 2492, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 176.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://harrypotterbookscollection.weebly.com/jim-broadbent.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:51Z", "digest": "sha1:WPRPVIDX6T2TKCQDKRSMUZG5MKLGX43A", "length": 6002, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "harrypotterbookscollection.weebly.com", "title": "Jim Broadbent", "raw_content": "James \"Jim\" Broadbent (born 24 May 1949) is an English film, television and theatre actor. He is known for his roles in Topsy-Turvy (1999), Iris (2001) for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Moulin Rouge! (2001) for which he received the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Bridget Jones' Diary (2001), Hot Fuzz (2007), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), The Iron Lady (2011), and Cloud Atlas (2012). He also appeared in Harry Potter films as Horace Slughorn.\nOn television, Broadbent has starred in the drama Longford (2006), earning the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor \u2013 Miniseries or Television Film\nBroadbent was born in Holton cum Beckering,[2] in Lincolnshire, the son of Doreen \"Dee\" Broadbent (n\u00e9e Findlay), a sculptor, and Roy Laverick Broadbent, an artist, sculptor, interior designer and furniture maker who turned a former church into a theatre named after him.[3] Broadbent's parents were both amateur actors who co-founded the Holton Players acting troupe at Holton cum Beckering;[4] the two have been described by the BBC as conscientious objectors who \"worked the land\" rather than participate in World War II.[3] He had a twin sister who died at birth. Broadbent was educated at Leighton Park School, a Quaker school in Reading,[5] and briefly attended art college before transferring to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art from which he graduated in 1972.[\nBroadbent's early stagework included a number of productions for The National Theatre of Brent, as the downtrodden assistant Wallace to Patrick Barlow's self-important actor/manager character Desmond Olivier Dingle. Broadbent and Barlow played many male and female character roles in comically less-than-epic tellings of historical and religious stories such as The Messiah, The Complete Guide to Sex, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Revolution!!, and All The World's A Globe. These were hits at the Edinburgh Fringe, in London, and on tour. Later stage work included the original productions of Kafka's Dick (1986) and Our Country's Good (1988) at the Royal Court Theatre and work for the Royal National Theatre including \"The Government Inspector\". Work on the stage with Mike Leigh includes Goosepimples and Ecstasy.\nBroadbent had worked with Stephen Frears (for television and in The Hit (1984)) and Terry Gilliam (in Time Bandits (1981) and Brazil (1985)) before establishing himself in Mike Leigh's Life Is Sweet (1990). He proved his ability as a character actor in films including The Crying Game (1992), Enchanted April (1992), Bullets Over Broadway (1994), The Borrowers (1997), and Little Voice (1998) before taking a leading role in another Mike Leigh film, Topsy-Turvy (1999), playing dramatist Sir William S. Gilbert. He played \"The Shy Doctor\" in the 1999 Comic Relief parody Doctor Who sketch, Doctor Who and the Curse of Fatal Death. In 2001, Broadbent starred in three of the year's most successful films: Bridget Jones's Diary; Moulin Rouge!, for which he won a BAFTA; and Iris, for which he won an Oscar for his portrayal of John Bayley.[7]\nBroadbent voiced Madame Gasket from the 2005 film Robots. Broadbent also appeared as DCI Roy Slater, an associate character in the enormously popular sitcom Only Fools and Horses. The character appeared in three episodes over an eight-year period. He had originally been offered the lead role of Del Trotter in the series, but he turned it down due to other commitments. He has also played a role in the Inspector Morse series. Other comic roles include the lead role in the sitcom The Peter Principle and occasional guest appearances in Not The Nine O'Clock News, Only Fools and Horses, and Victoria Wood As Seen on TV. He played Don Speekingleesh in The Queen of Spain's Beard in the first series of The Black Adder in 1983. He also played the role of Prince Albert in Blackadder's Christmas Carol, first broadcast in 1988. He joined Rowan Atkinson in his Spider-Man spoof Spider-Plant Man, as a disgruntled Batman, jealous of Spider-Plant Man's success.\nBroadbent played the title role in the Channel 4 drama Longford in October 2006, earning a BAFTA TV Award, a Golden Globe, and a 2007 Emmy nomination for his performance as Frank Pakenham (1905\u20132001), Earl of Longford, which was centred on the late Lord's ultimately unsuccessful campaign for the parole of Myra Hindley from her life imprisonment for the Moors Murders.\nBroadbent appeared as Inspector Frank Butterman in Hot Fuzz in 2007\nHe appeared in the original radio production of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, playing the character Vroomfondel. He was also a regular in Stephen Fry's radio comedy show Saturday Night Fry, which aired on BBC Radio 4 in 1988.\nBroadbent played Dean Charles Stanforth in the fourth film in the Indiana Jones series, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull; King William IV in The Young Victoria; and Horace Slughorn in the sixth Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, as well as the final movie in the series Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows \u2013 Part 2.[8] In 2008, he starred as pro-Newtonian physicist Sir Oliver Lodge in the fact-based single drama Einstein and Eddington, for the BBC.\nIn 2009, he portrayed Sam Longson, chairman of Derby County football club in the 1960s and 1970s, in the film The Damned United; the starring character in the film was football manager Brian Clough, played by Michael Sheen.\nIn 2010, he provides the voice for the character Major Mouse in a series of radio adverts and one produced for television for energy company; E.ON for their 'eonenergyfit.com' website campaign. He also starred as the older Logan Mountstuart in the TV adaptation of William Boyd's novel Any Human Heart.\nHe had a lead role in Exile, a BBC One drama, starring John Simm and written by Danny Brocklehurst\nBroadbent is married to painter and former theatre designer Anastasia Lewis. He is an atheist.[", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 6521, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 73.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://hemoid.com/8152382138", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:37Z", "digest": "sha1:NEWWSVMC3LPR7CBTLHCCLMAP4RR2GFTH", "length": 4133, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "hemoid.com", "title": "815-238-2138", "raw_content": "What proof is there? I could hardly keep from laughing. Do you understand them? The police threw many tear-gas grenades at the protesters. 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We do not sell, trade, or rent any personal information given to The Herold-Lambert Group.\nWe have built our reputation on service and taking care of our customers beyond their expectations, and we will continue to provide these levels of service now and for the years to come.\nWe reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. Your continued use of the site means that you agree with the terms of the then-current Privacy Policy.\nCall us today at 603.890.6628 or contact us directly via e-mail.\nConfidentiality is our business. We've built our reputation on it.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 17, "original_length": 1846, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 313.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://hisruin.imagekind.com/store/images.aspx?GID=80e563c3-f3ec-4104-a8d1-a3a72489317d&page=12", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:35Z", "digest": "sha1:J3HDALOUBANL7K3G4F47VSK63YNDTXTL", "length": 22, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "hisruin.imagekind.com", "title": "His Ruin Photography's Store : HisRuinPhotography (Page 12)", "raw_content": "Houston Museum of N...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 23, "original_length": 492, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.73, "perplexity": 159.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://hollywoodnewswire.net/pubPages/events/specific.php?id=3019&talent_id=1426", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:13Z", "digest": "sha1:QE75ELZIGM6EMDPI47ZQU2PERG3KXYDH", "length": 36, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "hollywoodnewswire.net", "title": "Hollywood News Wire : Selected Event", "raw_content": "(Anthony Anderson's photos in event)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 1042, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.82, "perplexity": 336.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://honeybjuice.com/watch/jack-and-the-beanstalk-2009-online-putlocker.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:29:27Z", "digest": "sha1:GVJQSO2YUBC7JP5KL7B3Z3Z25CVRJJT6", "length": 646, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "honeybjuice.com", "title": "Watch Jack and the Beanstalk Online For Free On Putlocker", "raw_content": "Jack and the Beanstalk is a movie starring Colin Ford, Chlo\u00eb Grace Moretz, and Christopher Lloyd. Jack goes up the beanstalk to rescue a little girl who has been transformed into a harp.\njack and the beanstalk putlocker\njack and the beanstalk 9movies\njack and the beanstalk yesmovies\njack and the beanstalk 123movies\njack and the beanstalk solarmovie\njack and the beanstalk fmovies\njack and the beanstalk movie4k\njack and the beanstalk watch32\njack and the beanstalk watchseries\njack and the beanstalk movie25\njack and the beanstalk xmovies8\nTrailer: Jack and the Beanstalk\nReport: Jack and the Beanstalk\nDownload Subtitle: Jack and the Beanstalk", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 334, "original_length": 8292, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 268.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://hornpark.greenwich.sch.uk/node/718", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:51Z", "digest": "sha1:257ULT6QA66D367Q2NCBR2GR4JK7FSGU", "length": 1313, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "hornpark.greenwich.sch.uk", "title": "Welcome back! | Horn Park", "raw_content": "It has been a great start to the half term with lots of exciting learning opportunities, including a Stone Age Day for Year 3 and a visit from Jambs Owls for Nursery and Sycamores class.\nTo launch their topic based around \u2018The Stone Age\u2019, Year 3 were given the opportunity to immerse themselves in the lives of a child living during the Stone Age period. They took part in a variety of activities, including clay pot making and cooking soup on a camp-fire in our Forest School.\nTo tie in with their learning around \u2018Night and Day\u2019, children in both the Nursery and Sycamore classes had a visit from \u2018Jambs Owls\u2019, where they had the opportunity to find out some interesting facts about these fascinating creatures. Following on from this visit, which sparked their enthusiasm, Nursery children went on to create their own pictures of owls, adding details to these.\nYear 2 have particularly enjoyed their first week back at school, finding out lots of interesting facts about the Great Fire of London. They look forward to exploring more about their topic \u2018Fire, Fire\u2019 during a visit from the Fire Brigade next week.\nThank you to everyone that attended parents evenings this week. It was a great opportunity to share news of some of the exciting learning that your children have produced during the first half term.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 97, "original_length": 3059, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 297.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://hoverboard.io/dogbedzone/blog/crucial-considerations-when-searching-for-dog-beds-plus-add-ons", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:07Z", "digest": "sha1:2L6CAUL3S5NCZQJT26I3HMCLEDZOOU27", "length": 2309, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "hoverboard.io", "title": "Crucial Considerations When Searching For Dog Beds Plus Add-ons - dogbedzone", "raw_content": "January 4th, 2019 by dogbedzone\nThe dimensions of your pet. Dogs can be found in all sizes. From tiny Chihuahuas entirely around enormous Great Danes, you can get dogs in pretty much every size that you could imagine. As you may look for beds or accessories for your pet, it is important to think of their size. Dog Bed Zone can be particularly true for items that they can wear like dog collars or harnesses or items that they can lay on like dog beds. Receiving a good fit will help make sure that your pet stays comfortable and safe.\nYour pet's age. Whether you will have a puppy, a grownup dog, or a senior pet, consider what their ages are when shopping for accessories. For instance, when you have an older dog, they might have arthritis or other joint issues that could benefit from your heated bed. Puppies, alternatively, might require accessories that are crafted from durable materials since they are more likely to chew on things.\nYour pet's lifestyle. Does your pet spend most of their time indoors or do they spend time outdoors, also? When choosing accessories for your pet, you should ensure they are suitable for the environment where they are used. For instance, if you are buying a bed to wear your patio, you ought to search for one that is water-proof so it can resist the weather and be easily cleaned. Accessories for indoor use, on the other hand, usually can be made out of slightly less durable materials since they don't get put under quite as much strain.\nThe grade of these products. Even when you are within a strict budget, it is almost always a great idea to put money into high-quality accessories for your personal pet. Spending a little bit more cash on products that are constructed from better materials or that come with higher quality construction will normally repay in the end. These kinds of products tend to stay longer, meaning that you will want to change them more infrequently. Also, they are less likely to tear or come apart, reducing the danger of any safety issues arising.\nWhen you look for dog beds and accessories, be sure you consider all of these factors carefully. That way, you can get accessories that happen to be well designed for the family pet, no matter how old they may be, how small or large they can be, or the particular lifestyle they lead.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 12, "original_length": 2999, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 307.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://howigotengaged.com/engagementvideos?page=1", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:24Z", "digest": "sha1:EVX47CVZ7WP2JJHPM2TKPKLPIOIHAYIA", "length": 215, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "howigotengaged.com", "title": "Engagement Videos | How I Got Engaged", "raw_content": "At 26 minutes, this video looks a bit intimidating. Trust us, it's well worth the time.\nJack Hyer proposes to his girlfriend after writing down after their first date that \"I'm going to marry this girl, eventually\".", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 66, "original_length": 1898, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 319.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://howtomakeiphoneapps.com/working-with-multiple-targets-in-xcode-code-reuse-part-one/2441/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:47Z", "digest": "sha1:TY3JSM3P6BTTCA2M4APWNLJGCMTWZTZ2", "length": 1962, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "howtomakeiphoneapps.com", "title": "Working with Multiple Targets in Xcode + Code Reuse, Part One - How To Make Iphone Apps", "raw_content": "This is something I really didn\u2019t know you could do. Or rather, I knew about multiple targets but was so entrenched in how I used to set up projects that I never really considered what the purpose or implications of multiple targets were.\nHere\u2019s the deal: when you first create a new Xcode project you get one project and one target. The project contains all the assets like code, graphics and databases while the target defines what goes into the bundle that you use to actually run the application. A project is what you work on as a developer. The target is the app that you test in the simulator and ultimately gets sent to the app store.\nIt\u2019s tempting to assume that the project and the target are the same thing. They\u2019re not.\nYou can add as many targets as you like to your Xcode project. So you have use the same project and have targets for a bunch a iPhone apps, an iPad app and a Mac app. Use the Add Target button or select New > Target from the menu bar to add a new target. 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The advance in technology has helped in invention of several new devices that are used for security purposes. The usage of CCTV cameras for video surveillance has become a common practice these days. The installation of these devices can be done easily and can be viewed through monitors kept at different locations. Different types of cameras are available in the market that can be selected from depending on the client\u2019s requirement. Locksmith in Dallas services include installation of the product at the premises along with network settings.\nDuring earlier times the type of security system used for safety was the normal lock and key, which has now advanced into the latest access control system. There different types of locks available in the market these days ranging from electronic to manual locks. Normal locks have keys that slide inside and open the lock once the grooves are aligned. The newer generation of locks has better technology and can be opened by using card or a pass code. The access control systems can be used both at home and offices depending on the type of security required. The biometric control systems requires fingerprint or retina scan for gaining access. Details of people entering the premises can be checked using these systems. The companies providing the products would ensure the installation process is complete and to the customers satisfaction.\nMisplacing car keys or losing them can happen without any prior notice. In such situations the locksmith companies would be a blessing in disguise. They can help in making a duplicate key to get the car started and moving. The companies provide 24/7 services to their clients understanding their emergency. Safes and vaults are necessary for companies to maintain their critical documents and cash. Security providers have different types of vaults with electronic and manual lacking systems available. Safes come in different types some of them being office safes, fire rated safes, media safes, in floor safes, high security safes etc. Depending on the type of vault the features offered would differ.\nHiring qualified personnel\u2019s\nLocksmith offers a wide range of services related to security systems to their clients based on their demand. They offer a wide range of products for their customers ranging from lock replacement to complete security consultation of the premises. Hiring professional help for security management is necessary for protecting valuable information\u2019s, equipment\u2019s, materials and people. The companies delivering the products provide assistance for repair and maintenance at regular intervals to ensure proper functioning. Trained and professionally qualified technicians are entrusted the work of installation.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 106, "original_length": 8095, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 286.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://iasmaker.com/contents/display/regional-comprehensive-economic-partnership-(rcep)/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:42Z", "digest": "sha1:5RLN2JE57FWXIRCSZEYBJYU7TADTPYT2", "length": 2775, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "iasmaker.com", "title": "IASmaker.com", "raw_content": "The RCEP is a Free Trade Agreement under negotiation between ASEAN Member States and ASEAN\u2019s FTA partners. When completed, the agreement will be between 16 countries , which make up 45% of the world population and contribute a third of the world\u2019s GDP.\n1. The RCEP was launched at the 21st ASEAN and Related Summits in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in 2012. The negotiations for the RCEP commenced in 2013.\n2. The RCEP initiative aims to be an ASEAN-led process through which ASEAN would broaden and deepen its economic engagements with its FTA partners. The RCEP would lead to greater economic integration, support equitable economic development and strengthen economic cooperation among the countries involved.\n3. The RCEP has the potential to transform the region into an integrated market of more than three billion people (over 45% of the world\u2019s population), with a combined GDP of about US$ 17.23 trillion, which is about a third of the world\u2019s current annual GDP.\nWhat does RCEP cover?\nThe RCEP\u2019s vision is to be a modern, comprehensive, high-quality and mutually-beneficial economic partnership agreement among the ASEAN Member States and ASEAN\u2019s FTA partners. The RCEP will broaden and deepen current engagement that has already been achieved through the existing ASEAN+1 FTAs.\n4. The RCEP will cover trade in goods, trade in services, investment, economic and technical cooperation, intellectual property, competition, legal and institutional matters, and other issues.\n5. On Trade in Goods (TIG), the RCEP aims to progressively eliminate tariff and non-tariff barriers on substantially all trade in goods in order to establish a free trade area among the RCEP participating countries.\n6. On Trade in Services (TIS), the RCEP aims to substantially eliminate restrictions and/or discriminatory measures with respect to trade in services between the RCEP participating countries. It will build on the RCEP participating countries\u2019 commitments under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and ASEAN\u2019s current FTAs with its Partners. All sectors and modes of supply will be subject to negotiations.\n7. For Investment, the RCEP aims to create a liberal, facilitative, and competitive investment environment in the region. Negotiations will cover the four pillars of promotion, protection, facilitation and liberalisation.\n8. The RCEP will also cover the areas of economic and technical cooperation, intellectual property, competition, legal and institutional matters as well as new and emerging issues that are relevant to business realities.\n( ASEAN (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, The Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam) and their FTA partners (Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, New Zealand).\nFriday, 01st Apr 2016, 11:48:48 AM", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 194, "original_length": 6262, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 154.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ibnu2003.blogspot.com/2017/03/galaksi-spiral.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:15Z", "digest": "sha1:AVKTFZQAZPM63AHHH23JKBJPS7BYLWLP", "length": 5235, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "ibnu2003.blogspot.com", "title": "Galaksi Spiral ~ Media Belajar", "raw_content": "Spiral Galaxy NGC 300\nThis spectacular image of the large spiral galaxy NGC 1232 was obtained on September 21, 1998, during a period of good observing conditions. It is based on three exposures in ultra-violet, blue and red light, respectively. The colours of the different regions are well visible : the central areas contain older stars of reddish colour, while the spiral arms are populated by young, blue stars and many star-forming regions. Note the distorted companion galaxy on the left side, shaped like the greek letter \"theta\".\nNGC 1232 is located 20\u00ba south of the celestial equator, in the constellation Eridanus (The River). The distance is about 100 million light-years, but the excellent optical quality of the VLT and FORS allows us to see an incredible wealth of details. At the indicated distance, the edge of the field shown corresponds to about 200,000 light-years, or about twice the size of the Milky Way galaxy.\nThe image is a composite of three images taken behind three different filters: U (360 nm; 10 min), B (420 nm; 6 min) and R (600 nm; 2:30 min) during a period of 0.7 arcsec seeing. The field shown measures 6.8 x 6.8 arcmin. North is up; East is to the left.\nAntennae Galaxies composite\nThe Antennae Galaxies (also known as NGC 4038 and 4039) are a pair of distorted colliding spiral galaxies about 70 million light-years away, in the constellation of Corvus (The Crow). This view combines ALMA observations, made in two different wavelength ranges during the observatory\u2019s early testing phase, with visible-light observations from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.\nThe Hubble image is the sharpest view of this object ever taken and serves as the ultimate benchmark in terms of resolution. ALMA observes at much longer wavelengths which makes it much harder to obtain comparably sharp images. However, when the full ALMA array is completed its vision will be up to ten times sharper than Hubble.\nMost of the ALMA test observations used to create this image were made using only twelve antennas working together \u2014 far fewer than will be used for the first science observations \u2014 and much closer together as well. Both of these factors make the new image just a taster of what is to come. As the observatory grows, the sharpness, speed, and quality of its observations will increase dramatically as more antennas become available and the array grows in size. This is nevertheless the best submillimetre-wavelength image ever taken of the Antennae Galaxies and opens a new window on the submillimetre Universe.\nWhile visible light \u2014 shown here mainly in blue \u2014 reveals the newborn stars in the galaxies, ALMA\u2019s view shows us something that cannot be seen at those wavelengths: the clouds of dense cold gas from which new stars form. The ALMA observations \u2014 shown here in red, pink and yellow \u2014 were made at specific wavelengths of millimetre and submillimetre light (ALMA bands 3 and 7), tuned to detect carbon monoxide molecules in the otherwise invisible hydrogen clouds, where new stars are forming.\nMassive concentrations of gas are found not only in the hearts of the two galaxies but also in the chaotic region where they are colliding. Here, the total amount of gas is billions of times the mass of the Sun \u2014 a rich reservoir of material for future generations of stars. Observations like these will be vital in helping us understand how galaxy collisions can trigger the birth of new stars. This is just one example of how ALMA reveals parts of the Universe that cannot be seen with visible-light and infrared telescopes.\nThe first galaxy pictured here is NGC 4565, which for obvious reasons is also called the Needle Galaxy. First spotted in 1785 by Uranus' discoverer, Sir William Herschel (1738-1822), this is one of the most famous example of an edge-on spiral galaxy and is located some 30 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices (Berenice's Hair). It displays a bright yellowish central bulge that juts out above most impressive dust lanes.\nBecause it is relatively close (it is only 12 times farther away than Messier 31, the Andromeda galaxy, which is the major galaxy closest to us) and relatively large (roughly one third larger than the Milky Way), it does not fit entirely into the field of view of the FORS instrument (about 7 x 7 arcmin2).\nMany background galaxies are also visible in this FORS image, giving full meaning to their nickname of \"island universes\"\nThe Spiral Galaxy NGC 5584 and SN 2007af\nThis image is a colour-composite of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 5584. It is based on data collected by the Paranal Science Team with the FORS1 instrument on Kueyen, the second 8.2-m Unit Telescope of ESO's Very Large Telescope. The supernova SN 2007af is the bright object seen slightly below and to the right of the galaxy's centre. The galaxy and its bright supernova were observed on the nights of 16, 19 and 22 March 2007 through a B, V, R, H-alpha and OII filter. The total exposure time is about 28 minutes. The observers are Susana Randall, Claudio Melo and Swetlana Hubrig, and the day astronomer was Dominique Naef (all ESO). Henri Boffin (ESO) processed the data and made the colour-composite, and Haennes Heyer (ESO) made the final adjustments.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 300, "original_length": 11200, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 219.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://icoco.me/manual/marcel-moyse-de-la-sonorite.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:04Z", "digest": "sha1:YY72AUTXXXIPY24SMYHDDLH5KFEI5VB6", "length": 4596, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "icoco.me", "title": "MARCEL MOYSE DE LA SONORITE FREE DOWNLOAD", "raw_content": "Marcel moyse de la sonorite\nThis was the beginning of the famous Moyse Trio: Welsch was scheduled to play Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. From the years to , Nadia Boulanger invited Moyse to play at her classes on musical analysis. There were many memorials and remembrances to Moyse in the world's flute press, and a flourishing Marcel Moyse Society was formed in the U. Marcel had told his uncle that he wanted to be a sculptor, so Joseph enrolled him in a drawing class at the Ecole Boule, however Joseph also intended to find him a flute teacher.\nAlthough offered the position, he turned it down as it would interfere with his frequent visits home to St. Marcel Moyse sonorit on November 1,at the age of 94, and was cremated in Brattleboro, Vermont.\nGeneva being fairly close to St.\nMarcel Moyse: De La Sonorit\u00e9 Art Et Technique (Flute)\nMoyse had become one of a handful of flutists in the history of the Conservatoire to qualify for a first prize in one year, but his playing lacked polish, and he knew it. At the same time, a \"Flute Celebration\" was presented in London which paid tribute to the great flutist and teacher on his birth date, the 17th of May. Under the guidance of Hennebains and with the approval of Taffnel, Moyse auditioned for and won a place in the flute class at the Paris Conservatoire in the fall of In the first month Marcel could do what he pleased: Marcel-the founder and director-playing flute; Blanche, playing violin and viola; and his son Louis, playing both flute and piano.\nSoon after, World War I arrived and Moyse was rejected by the army because of recurring pneumonia.\nGenerations of both distinguished and less distinguished flute sojorite have been profoundly influenced by his playing and his teaching. Soon after leaving the school he approached Hennebains for more lessons, but his former teacher turned him down, saying the eighteen-year-old was already an accomplished artist.\nThe New York Times. Joseph played in the cello section of the Lamourreux Orchestra, or Concerts Lamoureux, a highly respected musical institution founded in by Charles Lamoureux. From its conception sonoriitethe Moyse Trio performed and recorded for the next 20 years. He became a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour for his artistic sinorite as a musician, and he traveled widely, performing in most of the major European cities, which included several performances and recordings in London.\nMarcel had told his uncle that he wanted to be a sculptor, so Joseph enrolled him in a drawing class at the Ecole Boule, however Joseph also intended to find him a flute teacher. By marceo, he was on top of the world. His ashes were buried in the cemetery of St.\nMarcel Moyse moved to Paris in to live with his uncle, Joseph Moyse. Joseph established a plan xe his nephew, designed to bring him socially and intellectually up to speed.\nMarcel Moyse: De La Sonorit\u00e9 Art Et Technique (Flute) | Presto Sheet Music\nThe end of his life marked the close of an era. Problems playing these files?\nBy living with his uncle, Marcel observed firsthand the life of the average professional musician. Retrieved from \" https: Moyse strove to teach his students \"not how to play the flute, but to make music\". After just a few months of studying motse Hennebains, Moyse made swift progress with him and was invited to audit Paul Taffanel's class at the Paris Conservatoire.\nThere were many memorials and remembrances to Moyse in the world's flute press, and a flourishing Marcel Moyse Society was formed in the U. His trademark tone was clear, flexible, penetrating, and controlled by a fast vibrato. InMoyse succeeded Philippe Gaubert as Professor at the Paris Conservatoire and in addition, was appointed Professor at sonkrite Geneva Conservatoire from towhich entailed a weekly trip to Geneva.\nThis was the beginning of the famous Moyse Trio: Moyse studied at the Paris Conservatory and was a student of Philippe GaubertAdolphe Hennebainsand Paul Taffanel ; all of whom were flute virtuosos in their time.\nThe musical instinct of Gaubert was like an instinct of the body--music without thinking about it.\nThere were several tributes to Moyse in remembrance, notably the memorial concert held at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London on January 6,and shortly after a concert \"In Memory marcdl Marcel Moyse\" held in Brattleboro, Vermont on February 3, He never failed to visit his adoptive mother when he passed by St.\n3 thoughts on \u201cMarcel moyse de la sonorite\u201d\nSiva manasula sakthi bgm\nMainroom house sylenth soundset\nMutemath allies\nDj shone nadji mi zamenu\nVohn on Marcel moyse de la sonorite", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 113, "original_length": 6387, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 302.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87882169.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:56Z", "digest": "sha1:LL2Z35V43H34TE3VAQFDEOJNMEVP64NO", "length": 138, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "id.loc.gov", "title": "Pietrangeli, Antonio, 1919-1968 - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress", "raw_content": "Pietrangeli, Antonio, 1919-1968\nfound: Il Cinema di Antonio Pietrangeli, 1987:p. 177 (b. 1919, Rome; film director; d. 1968, Gaeta, Italy)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 1602, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.54, "perplexity": 252.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008100063.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:32Z", "digest": "sha1:BLO3UI463HBMOW5K2MV7YY5ZMMA7FRVC", "length": 167, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "id.loc.gov", "title": "Krekovic, Kristian, 1901-1985 - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress", "raw_content": "Krekovic, Kristian, 1901-1985\nfound: Kristian Krekovic, 2006:t.p. (Kristian Krekovic) p. 13, etc. (b. Feb. 28, 1901 in Koprivna; d. Nov. 21, 1985 in Palma de Mallorca)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 1635, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.57, "perplexity": 144.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ijmpp-old.modares.ac.ir/article_16931.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:26Z", "digest": "sha1:Z3PUQJ2AEE7N3IW7ZJXE3FSI7NWQSAIQ", "length": 6222, "nlines": 33, "source_domain": "ijmpp-old.modares.ac.ir", "title": "The Prevalence Rate of Comorbidities (Psychiatric Disorders, Liver and Neuromuscular Pains Diseases) in Patients with Substance Abuse Referred to Borzouyeh clinic in 2010-2016", "raw_content": "Hatami, H., Bahrainian, M., Mustafa Zadeh, B., Mirfakhraei, S., Kheradmand, M., Mirfakhraei, M. (2017). The Prevalence Rate of Comorbidities (Psychiatric Disorders, Liver and Neuromuscular Pains Diseases) in Patients with Substance Abuse Referred to Borzouyeh clinic in 2010-2016. International Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain Prevention, 2(2), 239-243.\nHossein Hatami; Mohammad Bahrainian; Babak Mustafa Zadeh; Shahla Mirfakhraei; Mohammad Ali Kheradmand; Maryam Mirfakhraei. \"The Prevalence Rate of Comorbidities (Psychiatric Disorders, Liver and Neuromuscular Pains Diseases) in Patients with Substance Abuse Referred to Borzouyeh clinic in 2010-2016\". International Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain Prevention, 2, 2, 2017, 239-243.\nHatami, H., Bahrainian, M., Mustafa Zadeh, B., Mirfakhraei, S., Kheradmand, M., Mirfakhraei, M. (2017). 'The Prevalence Rate of Comorbidities (Psychiatric Disorders, Liver and Neuromuscular Pains Diseases) in Patients with Substance Abuse Referred to Borzouyeh clinic in 2010-2016', International Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain Prevention, 2(2), pp. 239-243.\nHatami, H., Bahrainian, M., Mustafa Zadeh, B., Mirfakhraei, S., Kheradmand, M., Mirfakhraei, M. The Prevalence Rate of Comorbidities (Psychiatric Disorders, Liver and Neuromuscular Pains Diseases) in Patients with Substance Abuse Referred to Borzouyeh clinic in 2010-2016. International Journal of Musculoskeletal Pain Prevention, 2017; 2(2): 239-243.\nHossein Hatami1; Mohammad Bahrainian1; Babak Mustafa Zadeh1; Shahla Mirfakhraei 2; Mohammad Ali Kheradmand2; Maryam Mirfakhraei3\n1Deparment of Public Health, School of public health and Environmental and Occupational Hazards Control Research Center, Shahid Behrshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.\n2School of public health and Environmental and Occupational Hazards Control Research Center,Shahid Behrshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.\n3Karaj Payam Noor University, Karaj, Iran.\nBackground: Addiction is considered as a social disease causes economic loss in family shared financial resources, increase in health care costs, and sexual dysfunctions in sexual relations. Due to the high prevalence rate and reduced age of addiction beginning, this study aimed to evaluate the prevalence rate of comorbidities (psychiatric disorders, liver and neuromuscular diseases) in patients with substance abuse problems.\nMethods and Material: In this descriptive study, 200 drug abusers referred to Borzouyeh clinic in Tehran, Iran were selected by convenience sampling method. Data were collected with the help of a questionnaire, liver function tests, and clinical records of the patients during 2010-2016. Data were analyzed through the analysis of Chi-square test at the significance level of P < .05.\nResults: Data analysis was performed using chi-square test in SPSS software version 23. The results showed that there was a significant relationship between addiction and liver diseases, psychiatric disorders, and neuromuscular pains (p < .05). According to the results, 44.9% of the patients consuming crack had psychiatric disorders, and also 49.1% of the patients consuming opium had liver diseases. Also, neuromuscular pains were found in drug users (opium, sap, heroin and crack) and not found in hallucinogenic and stimulant drug users.\nConclusions: The correlations between opium and liver diseases, drug users and neuromuscular pains, and also crack using and psychiatric disorders were determined.\nAddiction; Psychiatric disorders; Liver diseases; Neuromuscular pains\nAmerican Society for Addiction Medicine (ASAM). (2012) Definition of addiction. Available from: .http://www.asam.\norg/for-the-public/definition-of-addiction.[Accessed on December 19, 2012].\nASAM releases new definition of addiction. (2012) http://\nwww.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-08/asoa-arn072111.\nphp.Last retrieved 31 December 2012.\nNational Institute on Drug Abuse (NIH). 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Elsevier Inc., 1, 23.eBook ISBN: 9780123983619, Available from: https://www.elsevier\n.com/books/principles-of-addiction/miller/978-0-12-398336-7\n[Accessed on July 8, 2017].\nSadock, B. J. & Sadock, V. A. (2005) Kaplan and sadock's comprehensive textbook of psychiatry. 8th ed. New York: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.\nSadock, B. J. & Sadock, V. A. (2007) Kaplan and Sadock's synopsis of psychiatry. 10th ed. Philadelphia: Williams and Wilkins.\nShavakhi, A., Sadeghi, A. R & Minakary, M. (2010) Opium consumption and risk of liver fibrosis in chronic Hepatitis B and C. Journal of Isfahan Medical School. 28 (110), 451-458.\nSaisan, J., Melinda, S. & Jeanne, S. (2013) Substance abuse and mental health: overcoming alcohol abuse and drug addiction while coping with depression or anxiety. Available from: http://helpguide.org/mental/dual_diagnosis.htm[Accessed on July 8, 2017].\nHosseini, S. H., Zarghami, M., Moosavi, S. A., Nateghi G. R. & Masoudzadeh, A (2008). Study on the simultaneity of the substance abuse with psychiatric disorder in referred to outpatients to psychiatryclinic of Zare, sari, Iran Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences. 18 (67), 67-74.\nTazviri, A., Pasini, A., Saracco, M. & Spalletta, G. (1998) Psychiatric symptoms in male cannabis users not user illicit drugs. Addiction. 93 (4), 487-92.\nVafaiee, B. & Parandavar, M. (2004) The role of physical illness in substance abuse. Journal of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences. 11 (2), 60-66", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 90, "original_length": 7473, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.79, "perplexity": 331.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://iklectikartlab.com/making-sense/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:49Z", "digest": "sha1:HLJF6LVQBZLUZEPZ4SSWWTWP5ES4OT4Y", "length": 5647, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "iklectikartlab.com", "title": "Making Sense | IKLECTIK", "raw_content": "0 Posted by IKLECTIK - November 21, 2014 - Exhibition: Past\nI\u2019klectik Art Lab presents 6 Essex based artists in a new show, Making Sense. Being immersed into a range of mixed media installations, the audience will experience the way these artists combine their practice with the multi-sensory. Your senses will be put to the test as you explore each artist\u2019s work through sight, touch, smell, sound and taste. The show will heighten your senses to explore the combination of art, everyday experiences and, found objects, and the places that surround us. Artists Freya Boittier, Amanda Westbury, Chris Macalllan, Fiona Bennett, Nicola Hutchison and Mike Coombs are brought together from an Essex art hub and studios, Gatehouse Arts. The group are presenting brand new work specific to this exhibition, curated by Freya Boittier. This interactive and fun exhibition offers free admission at Old Paradise Yard, 20 Carlisle Lane, London, SE1 7LG. A private viewing is taking place on 27 November, 6pm \u2013 9pm. The exhibition runs until 5 December 2014.\nFreya Boittier\nFreya works in all disciplines of art although more recently she has turned to creating interactive installations. The ideas and aesthetics approaches of the work both vary from each individual concept. This is based on her experiences growing up with a severely autistic brother that affects the way her work should be seen and as well as appreciated by everyone disregarding physical and emotional ability. She uses strong colours, industrial, every day and multi-sensory materials to create her multi-sensory works. Her installations challenge the viewer\u2019s perspective including vision through the use of 3D and coloured glasses.\nAmanda Westbury\nAmanda\u2019s work is primarily in the public realm, with an interest in how communities and people communicate with these spaces. She is attracted to the interaction between people and the built/natural environment, with an interested in how you can use art to humanise a public space or building, or as a tool for discussion. Public engagement or consultation is a big part of her practice. Her work is often project based, in partnership with schools, local authorities, youth groups, regeneration programs, health authorities, community groups, museums and environmental spaces. She is interested in using narrative, memory and mapping in her work. Recently her work has led to her collaborative and creative working with carers and dementia patients.\nChris Macallan\nChris\u2019s practise makes use of the expressive organic forms, which are then presented as site specific installations. The processes and materials selected seek to extend and transform the original image or concept through de-construction and reconstruction. This distorts the image into abstraction and seeks to locate its essence by projecting it into a context which is delicate, subtle, suggestive and sensory. She uses a range of materials as her \u2018blank canvas\u2019 such a silk, 8mm and 16mm film, digital photography and a wide range of surfaces on which she projects, prints or paints on.\nNicola Hutchison\nNicola is a multidisciplinary artist, working in composition, visual art, sonic art, and performance. Nicola\u2019s works span a range of formats, including improvisations, installations, and collaborations with other artists and media. She is interested in creating work exploring embodiment, process and environment as a route to emotion. \u2018Play\u2019 is another theme which infuses Nicola\u2019s practice. Fiona Bennett My practice debates the developing, changing and converting spaces in our communities in the UK and abroad. The centre of our communities are like a living creature that is born, grows, develops, evolves and dies. Using photography as a base, my work traces the current passing history observing the inter-relationship of the converting spaces and capturing the \u2018moments in time\u2019 before they are lost forever. Each generation and community constructs space for a purpose but all too soon yesterday\u2019s fashion becomes tomorrows discard.\nThe majority of my work has a narrative of an event, place or space and draws on the historical element. I seek to extend the image and to date I have used B+W, colour, abstraction, computer generated images, photomontage and cyanotype printing. I enjoy developing and learning new processes to discuss each subject with the most appropriate medium. Working aesthetically, I consider perceptions, visual content and draw on the historical.\nFiona\u2019s practice debates the developing, changing and converting spaces in our communities in the UK and abroad. The centre of our communities are like a living creature that is born, grows, develops, evolves and dies.\nUsing photography as a base, her work traces the current passing history observing the inter-relationship of the converting spaces and capturing the \u2018moments in time\u2019 before they are lost forever. Each generation and community constructs space for a purpose but all too soon yesterday\u2019s fashion becomes tomorrows discard.\nThe majority of her work has a narrative of an event, place or space and draws on the historical element. She seek to extend the image and to date uses black and white, colour, abstraction, computer generated images, photomontage and cyanotype printing. She enjoy developing and learning new processes to discuss each subject with the most appropriate medium. Working aesthetically, she consider perceptions, visual content and draws on the historical.\nMike is a musician and teacher that is collaborating with Fiona Bennett especially for this exhibition. As well as composing music he teaches guitar and banjo to a wide range of students.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 37, "original_length": 6077, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 336.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ilovewerewolves.com/tag/fairy/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:14Z", "digest": "sha1:L6OOE2HQN3TGYCOMG63W2NKM6DMJQBAO", "length": 659, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "ilovewerewolves.com", "title": "fairy | | i love WEREWOLVES", "raw_content": "Tagged: fairy\nNext time you are in a graveyard, BEWARE the fairy-wolf shapeshifters from Normandy called Lubins!\nNext time you\u2019re in a graveyard, you should know there is more there to fear than the undead\u2026there might just be a very different kind of werewolf hiding among the tombstones \u2013 fairies that shape-shift into wolves! In Normandy, the aforementioned werewolf...\nVampires, zombies, and\u2026.no, not werewolves, witches!!! The list of most popular halloween costumes this year is interesting\u2026vampires, zombies, and witches all make the top ten! But no werewolves!! It\u2019s interesting, but not too unexpected. Humans are just so obsessed with vampires and...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 143, "original_length": 3645, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 337.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://imgt.org/IMGTindex/RPI.php", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:25:39Z", "digest": "sha1:7KLP3D3DVS6RFFB6YAOF4CLKDUEQJ2G2", "length": 415, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "imgt.org", "title": "IMGT Index", "raw_content": "The related proteins of the immune system (RPI) comprise the proteins of the immunoglobulin superfamily (IgSF) other than IG and TR, the proteins of the major histocompatibility superfamily (MhSF) other than MH, cytokines and their receptors, integrins, proteins of the scavenger receptor superfamily (SrSF) and any protein found in vivo that is, directly or indirectly, involved in the immune response.\nRPI-MH1Like", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 55, "original_length": 2617, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 185.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://implications-of-quantum-mechanics.com/previousversion/qm12_localization-and-the-wave-function.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:33Z", "digest": "sha1:XTQSPVGKK66KUWTSFVH5FEKER3PFIK4I", "length": 3316, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "implications-of-quantum-mechanics.com", "title": "Localization, wave function, quantum mechanics, Schrodinger\u2019s cat, particle-like trajectories, scattering experiments, quantum physics, Schrodinger\u2019s cat, wave function, probability, randomness, wave-particle duality, double slit experiment, photon, collapse of the wave function, elementary particles, mass, spin, polarization, non-locality, Bell experiments, Everett, many-worlds interpretation, interpretations of quantum mechanics, causality, Mind, free will, charge, the observer, Stern-Gerlach experiment, uncertainty principle, Bohm, hidden variables, materialism, elementary particles, electrons", "raw_content": "The rules of quantum mechanics imply only one localized grain of film is perceived as exposed by a wave function spread out over many grains.\nThere is one particle-like property that is not related to group representation theory, that of localization. Speaking classically, the carriers of mass and charge seem to be very small, point-like, with highly localized effects. This particle-like localization occurs in an interesting way in quantum mechanical experiments. To illustrate, suppose we have a single light wave function that goes through a single slit and impinges on a screen covered with film grains. The wave function spreads out after going through the slit and hits many grains of film. But surprisingly, a microscopic search will show that only one of the grains will be exposed by the light. It is as if there were a particle of light, a photon, hidden in the wave function, and it is the single grain hit by the particle that is exposed.\nAs another example, suppose we have a target proton surrounded by a sphere coated with film grains on the inside. An electron (electron-like wave function) is shot at the proton and the wave function of the electron of the scattered electron spreads out in all directions, hitting every grain (see Scattering Experiments). But again, a microscopic examination will show that one and only one grain is (perceived as) exposed. As in the case of light, it is as if a particulate electron embedded in the wave function followed a particular trajectory and hit and exposed only one grain.\nQuantum mechanical explanation. Surprisingly, this perceived exposure of only one localized grain by a spread-out wave function can be accounted for strictly from the principles of quantum mechanics, without invoking the existence of particles. The technical explanation is a little complicated and so it is put in a separate section, Details of Localization. But the gist of it can be readily explained.\nWhen the spread out wave function hits all the grains of film, the part that hit a particular grain exposes only that grain. This means that after the electron reaches the screen, the wave function of the electron plus the grains of film will consist of a sum of versions of reality. And we know from principle [P3] (Schr\u00f6dinger\u2019s cat) that we will perceive one and only one version. But since (1) only one grain is exposed in each version, and (2) we perceive results corresponding to only one version, we will perceive only one grain exposed, even though the wave function has hit all the grains! Thus\n[P13] A spread-out wave function produces localized effects.\nIt is remarkable that quantum mechanics alone, with no assumption of the existence of particles, can imitate, in our perceptions, the classical idea of a localized (only one localized grain exposed) particle.\nParticle-like trajectories. In cloud and bubble chambers, a spread-out wave function is found to produce more or less continuous, particle-like trajectories. Reasoning similar to the above, applied several times, shows this also follows from quantum mechanics alone. (The \u2018continuity\u2019 follows because the wave functions of successive nucleation centers are entangled; in each term, the next nucleation center \u2018nucleates\u2019 only if the previous one nucleated.)\n[Next Page, 12a. 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He was a Brigadier General from South Carolina in the American Revolutionary War.\nThe city is home to Indiana Wesleyan University , as well as largest evangelical Christian university in the Midwest and largest private university in Indiana. The traditional campus consists of about 2800 students.\nFor those who want to visit Marion, keep in your mind the annual \u2018\u2019Mississinewa 1812\u2019\u2019festival. It is a unique local event in which the residents of Grant County represent the Batlle of Mississinewa of 1812. But the festival is not the only option. There are plenty of Marion and nearby attractions, such as Marion Philharmonic Orchestra, Emily Flynn Home, Massey Creek and Sunnyacres Park.\nExperience a Hustle-Free Shipping\nIndianapolis Car Transport is offering vehicle shipping all across the United States. You can find various of shipping types that will perfectly work for you. 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Looking forward to working with you.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 253, "original_length": 6203, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 303.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://indtlt.com/?q=en/node/4", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:49Z", "digest": "sha1:M5KNKNRXTVSNYZCVTVLT7D3CWAB7HLGR", "length": 5360, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "indtlt.com", "title": "About Us | Industries T.L.T.", "raw_content": "In the early 1900s, David Tremblay set up a small-scale sawmill operation in Delisle. A few years later, he sold and relocated to Sainte-Monique just north of Alma in Lac-St.-Jean where he bought another sawmill. It was like so many sawmills that dotted the countryside of Quebec in those days; a small-time family operation serving the local community and the surrounding area. Around 1950, David\u2019s son, Thomas-Louis, took over the growing family business. In addition to processing softwoods, the sawmill began working with hardwoods and making specialized products such as blueberry boxes.\nIn those days, family members were largely responsible for day-to-day operations. They had grown up in the forest and had come to love working with wood. It was normal to see the children working side by side with the father and grandfather during their summer vacation.\nOver time, the children would find their own niches in the lumber industry eventually specializing in timber harvesting, sawmill equipment manufacturing and maintenance, and lumber transport. Several of the children formed their own companies and even hired a number of employees.\nAt the same time, Thomas-Louis started allowing his children to have an ever greater say in the running of the mill. They gradually came to specialize in hardwoods and even managed to get people to recognize the value of a thitherto neglected hardwood: the aspen.\nIn 1984, Claude and Jean-Paul Tremblay purchased the Audehou sawmill in Lac Bouchette which had been closed several years before. They brought it back online under the name Scierie L.B. Inc. and began specializing in working with aspen.\nThese two sawmills played a large part in expanding the aspen market. Their production alone represented 22% of all processed aspen wood products produced in Quebec.\nToward the end of the 1980s, the family signed an agreement with Les Produits Forestier T.L.B. Inc., in the Montreal area, for marketing the sawn timber from both mills as wells as sawn aspen from other sawmills in Quebec.\nThis sale force helped to develop the timber export market and promoted the new applications for poplar fibre such as pallets, hockey sticks, snowboards, coffins and many other products.\nIn 1994, Thomas-Louis Tremblay died in an automobile accident at the age of 75. At the time of his death, he was still quite involved in running the family\u2019s sawmills. At this time, Jean-Paul Tremblay took over as President and CEO of the company.\nIn 1996, Scierie L.B. Inc. sold the Lac Bouchette mill to Panneaux Chambord Inc. and together with Scierie Thomas-Louis Tremblay put into motion an aggressive fixed asset investment plan to integrate a secondary processing facility into the birch wood sawmilling operation \u2013 the first of its kind in Quebec.\nOutside of the few areas of Quebec with a supply of quality birch trees ideal for rotary peeling and milling, few sawmills have specialized in birch, and those that have, have had a limited level of production. Though birch is abundant in the Saguenay\u2013Lac-St.-Jean area, the trees there are of a relatively small diameter and had therefore been largely overlooked as a potential resource.\nBy this time, Scierie Thomas-Louis Tremblay Inc. was among the largest hardwood sawmills in Quebec and had become the province\u2019s largest single-species hardwood sawmill.\nIn the summer of 1999, a second phase of improvements were made at Scierie Thomas-Louis Tremblay Inc. to design a robotic vision system to be used in milling and wood processing operations \u2013 a first in the history of sawmilling. The company\u2019s state-of-the-art technological advances are a direct result of experience in manufacturing equipment specifically designed for use on hardwoods.\nThe company\u2019s aim in undertaking these improvements was to reduce wasted wood fibre, improve recovery of top-grade wood, make production quality more consistent, and speed up production while maintaining a high level of quality.\nAfter an attic fire in the mill in 2001, which did not affect any of the equipment, they decided to build a modern plant to house our operations and accommodate future growth.\nLes S\u00e9choirs Ste-Monique Inc. was incorporated in May 15, 2002 as a timber seasoning plant for hardwoods and a manufacturing plant for fine components and paneling (tertiary processing). Construction began in the fall of 2002, and the seasoning plant came online in February of 2003. The wood processing facilities were scheduled to be built toward the end of 2003 and to come online early in 2004. 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The information posted was accurate at the time of posting, but may be superseded by subsequent disclosures.\n\u2190 Back to Innovative Pipeline Crossings", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 10, "original_length": 1483, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 333.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://irf.bosco.net/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:12Z", "digest": "sha1:VNBHXIK6BUZERFYZK7YTX427ZJWLMUE5", "length": 202, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "irf.bosco.net", "title": "Under Construction", "raw_content": "I'm alone, on my own and I'm starting off\nI'll be strong, I'll be wrong, oh, but life goes on\nOh, I'm just a girl trying to find a place in this world\nBut it wouldn't be nothing, nothing\n~ James Brown ~", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 10, "original_length": 331, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 149.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://isleofwight.thespiritguides.co.uk/Article_Spiritual_Growth_Tools_on_the_Radio_with_Ash_Zuberi__12717.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:31:44Z", "digest": "sha1:3CRMTZKCALT236DS3U4SEJAOW2PNHF2R", "length": 364, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "isleofwight.thespiritguides.co.uk", "title": "Spiritual Growth Tools on the Radio with Ash Zuberi by Caroline Nettle | Isle of Wight Spirit Guide", "raw_content": "Ash Zuberi is a Patron of a non-for profit organization called Peace One Day. In 2001 Peace One Day was able to get all member states of the United Nations to commit to a global ceasefire and non-violence day which is now recognized on the 21st September annually. Peace Day. 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Focusing on solid engineering solutions, the proper selection of power quality equipment, and actively managing the implementation of these solutions with a \u201chands-on\u201d approach accomplish this.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 32, "original_length": 1044, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 234.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://jahangiri.us/2013/champagne-and-strawberries-vindication/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:56Z", "digest": "sha1:QNAI4YN5AD3ZL7G6LV2V3ANDRLGWC4DX", "length": 13758, "nlines": 59, "source_domain": "jahangiri.us", "title": "Champagne and Strawberries = Vindication | It's All a Matter of Perspective", "raw_content": "Champagne and Strawberries = Vindication\nOr, Have You Hugged a Forum Moderator Today?\nOriginally published about a decade ago, but still just as true today, if not moreso. \u201cLiving well is the best revenge.\u201d\nFrom 1988 until 1994, I was a SysOp (old-fashioned term for \u201cModerator\u201d) on Genie. Most of you are too young, or too new to high tech even to remember Genie, but for a while there it was a hot competitor of CompuServe, back before there was such a thing as Prodigy or AOL or Earthlink, and long before the days of DSL. (I won\u2019t bore you with those old sob stories about how we chatted on an ASCII text based system at 300 baud and thought it was blazingly fast, or how in the early days of \u201cchat\u201d on CompuServe, it was called \u201cCB\u201d to make clear the similarity to Citizen\u2019s Band Radio, which had been all the rage not so very long before that\u2026)\nI was a Senior Assistant in the Writers\u2019 Ink RoundTable. Writing.com is the closest thing I\u2019ve found to such a warm, funny, serious, playful, supportive, argumentative, kind, snide, silly, close-knit community of writers online since Writers\u2019 Ink. It even has the same hierarchy of newbies, old timers, Assistant SysOps, Senior Assistant SysOps, and Head Cheeses (not to be confused with head cheese, most of the time).\nThis was an unpaid and thankless job, much like I assume being a moderator anywhere is, and mostly a labor of love and addiction. I had assistants reporting to me, and I assure you they were paid every bit as well as I. For the most part, we had a blast interacting with the members of the RoundTable (or \u201cRT\u201d as I shall call it henceforth, to save typing). We ran writing workshops, held online conferences with famous authors (including Anne McCaffrey, Tom Clancy, and Michael Crichton, just to name a few), and we posted endless messages about writing and not writing and ways to avoid both. For kicks on a boring Saturday night, we\u2019d play the online version of \u201cTruth or Dare.\u201d Dares often involved such things as sending the hapless victim over to a serious conference in the Political Science RoundTable with instructions to impersonate a radical left-winger (or right-winger, depending on the night\u2019s topic) or to wander into the Science Fiction and Fantasy RoundTable (our natural rivals, since they laid claim to the SFWA members) and start a virtual food fight while nibbling on pickled alien eggs. Or smack someone with a trout. <:}}||||{{ They think they invented it in the SFRT; I was online the night it all started. I know who smacked who with the first ASCII trout.\nOkay, so you had to be there.\nPoint is, most of the time, we didn\u2019t have \u201ctroublemakers.\u201d Troublemakers are rare when they\u2019re paying $6/hour for the privilege of being online at all. All that changed, however, when Genie introduced the $9.95/month all-you-can-eat plan, in competition with Prodigy\u2019s ridiculously cheap offerings and flashy GUI interface.\nSuddenly, we had \u201ctroublemakers.\u201d We had people who logged on and couldn\u2019t figure out how to log off again. We soon had people who logged on and wrote scripts to keep them from logging off again. (Unlimited bandwidth is nice; however, someone\u2019s got to pay for it, and at this rate, it wasn\u2019t the members. But I digress\u2026) It was all good, until the day I met R.F. I\u2019d love to tell you his real name, but the lawyers won\u2019t let me.\nR.F. was bored one sunny Saturday afternoon. (It might\u2019ve been a Sunday, but that\u2019s not important to the story.) R.F. began to post, in the Message Board, \u201cIs anybody online? Wanna chat?\u201d Nothing inherently wrong with that, of course. Except that when he didn\u2019t get an answer quickly, he did it again. And again. And again. In just about every topic on the board. Everyone ignored him, of course. I mean, if you see 100 messages that say \u201cI\u2019m bored, anybody online? Anybody? Wanna chat?\u201d from someone who hasn\u2019t even bothered to introduce himself or join in any of the ongoing conversations, are you gonna bite?\nHe started posting this in an ongoing, collaborative story that a number of us had been working on for quite some time. And he watched the thread closely; any time a new addition to the story was posted, R.F. would chime in with \u201cAnybody online? Someone talk to me!\u201d\nSeveral of us emailed and explained how the Real-Time Conference Rooms worked. (Every RoundTable had its own RTC \u201cchat\u201d area, and GEnie itself had a whole area devoted to social chit-chat with many, many rooms \u2013 much like a tiny version of today\u2019s IRC.) For some reason, though, R.F. had fixated on us.\nI was young and stupid then. I dragged R.F. into the RTC chat one afternoon, and spent nearly four straight hours chatting with him, explaining how our little community of writers worked, and giving him hints on how to fit in if he wanted to be a part of it. At that point, I sincerely believed that he was a clueless wonder who genuinely wanted to belong. He even made a little effort at staying on topic and joining in some ongoing conversations in the Message Board. I felt that high that Evangelists must feel upon learning that a sinner has heard their words, seen the light, and converted. Halleluiah!\nThe next day, I was chagrined to see more drivel from R.F. \u201cWhy won\u2019t anyone talk to me?\u201d Fed up, I deleted his messages. He\u2019d been welcomed, cajoled, ignored, warned\u2026 well, fuck it. Delete, delete, delete.\nNext thing you know, I have mail. R.F. is going to report me to the New York Times, the L.A. Herald, the AP Newswire, CBS, NBC, ABC, the BBC\u2026 basically, anyone who\u2019ll listen, and tell them how I\u2019ve single-handedly stomped on, trampled on, mutilated and spindled his First Amendment Right to Freedom of Expression.\nFortunately for me, I was in law school at the time. I was not a government entity, nor was GEnie a public forum. That pretty much solved that worry. I had the absolute right to delete his ass and even lock him out of the RT, if I chose to be snotty about it. The contract holder for the RT, and GEnie itself, might have something to say about it (along the lines of \u201cbe nice to the nasty customer, because he IS a customer\u201d) but basically, R.F. didn\u2019t have a leg to stand on. I wrote back something to the effect of Fine, yeah, you do that \u2013 and next time you write to me, please cc: my boss. I\u2019ve already sent him copies of all our previous correspondence.\nAnd then I watched the news just to be sure\u2026\nOh, yes, I did.\nSomehow, and I don\u2019t remember all the details now, R.F. managed to make a sufficient nuisance of himself that I ended up having to lock him out of the Writers\u2019 Ink RT altogether. By then, I didn\u2019t even care if my name was on the evening news. I\u2019d had enough. I was tired. I was tired of trying to bring the lost wolf in sheep\u2019s clothing into the fold, and tired of arguing with him about the First Amendment, and tired of being stalked and hounded in the RT at every turn. So I just slammed and barred the door. Next time he logged on, the electronic bouncer kicked him to the curb.\nI\u2019d never locked anyone out before. Never. I felt bad. My hands shook. But it was quiet, and things quickly settled back down to normal, and a number of people thanked me for taking decisive action.\nThen I got a phone call one morning, on my way to work, from the Boss. Oh, what a softie he was! (This guy had the patience of a saint, I tell you. He\u2019d back his assistants against all comers, but he was always the diplomat.) \u201cI called R.F. on the phone last night. We had a little \u2018man-to-man chat,\u2019 and I think he\u2019s straightened out now. He wanted back in, and I really think he understood what was expected of him. I\u2019m confident he\u2019ll behave himself now, so I let him back in.\u201d\nWhat? I thought. Oh, shit on a shingle. \u201cWell, you\u2019re the boss. If you\u2019re sure\u2026\u201d I reminded him that I was going out of town, on a family vacation, and would not have a PC with me. He\u2019d have to keep an eye on things and deal with R.F. personally, in my absence, should he start giving other staff members or member members a hard time.\nI called my assistant long distance and explained. I heard a protracted groan on the other end of the line. \u201cYou\u2019re kidding, right? They had a \u2018man-to-man chat\u2019? Is that even possible with R.F.?\u201d\n\u201cLook,\u201d I said, \u201cif anything happens while I\u2019m gone, you guys will have to deal with it. I\u2019m betting R.F. does something to get himself locked out, or at least make S. wish he\u2019d never let him back in, before I get back. And I\u2019m dying to know what that is. So here\u2019s the deal. If S. has to lock R.F. out again, I want you to call our hotel and order a bottle of their cheapest champagne sent to me by room service. That\u2019ll be our code. Since there\u2019s nothing I can do about it from there, I might as well drink champagne and get some kick out of it.\u201d\nWe got to the hotel about three days later, and there was no message. No champagne greeting upon our arrival. All was well. Or was it?\nA couple of hours after checking in, there was a knock on the door. My husband had gone downstairs for a drink with a friend and former coworker, and my daughter and I were getting ready for bed. I pulled a robe around myself and peeked through the peephole. It was about 9:00 PM! Who would be knocking? Ahhhhhh. Yes, room service. A very nicely dressed waiter bearing a silver tray, upon which was a silver ice bucket bearing a bottle of champagne, and \u2013 what the hell? A huge, crystal bowl of strawberries. Fresh, luscious strawberries \u2013 probably forty of them \u2013 each as big as a small plum, and each one utterly perfect and unblemished.\nOh, dear God, what had R.F. done now? There was even a card, \u201csigned\u201d by R.F.!! \u201cHaving a grand time, glad you\u2019re not here!\u201d I took the tray, and immediately called my assistant, K.\n\u201cOkay, what\u2019s the scoop?\u201d\nShe laughed and asked me to give her a minute to catch her breath. \u201cWell, the minute R.F. got word you\u2019d left town, he started posting messages all over the board with the lyrics to \u2018Ding, Dong, the Witch is Dead!\u2019\u201d\n\u201cHah! But that surely wasn\u2019t enough to get him locked out.\u201d\n\u201cNo, it should\u2019ve been, but of course it wasn\u2019t.\u201d\n\u201cWell, what did it?\u201d\n\u201cHe posted a message in the main Message Board topic consisting of a thousand blank lines.\u201d\nI didn\u2019t get it at first. \u201c1000 blank lines? So? What was the point of that?\u201d\n\u201cThink about it. Most of the members log on at 2400 baud or less. At 2400 baud, it takes about 5 minutes for a blank message that size to scroll across the screen. By that time, most people think their PC has just locked up, so they force a disconnect, reboot, and log on again.\u201d\n\u201cWait, it gets better. Because they never finished reading the message, it\u2019s still marked \u2018unread.\u2019\u201d\n\u201cAnd it happens again.\u201d\n\u201cYou got it. People have been calling customer support, thinking it\u2019s a system problem.\u201d\n\u201cSo S. locked him out?\u201d\n\u201cSo much for their little \u2018man-to-man chat.\u2019 S. must be terribly disappointed.\u201d\n\u201cOkay, that explains the champagne, but K., what\u2019s with these incredible strawberries??\u201d\n\u201cOh!\u201d K. laughed. \u201cThat\u2019s on the house. Paid for by the hotel. When I got room service, I explained the whole story to them. They agreed that the champagne was good vindication, and threw in the strawberries for free!\u201d\nDon\u2019t think I learned my lesson. Oh, no. I went on to run a forum on another network, and later took a real, paying job with them as a Product Marketing Manager.\nThat company went bankrupt four months later. My boss assured me that he wasn\u2019t disappointed in me and that \u201cJesus Christ himself couldn\u2019t have saved it.\u201d\nAs if that weren\u2019t enough, I went on to run another forum on the Internet for just over a year, until they realized they didn\u2019t have to actually pay their Moderators \u2013 they had people lined up begging to do it for free. (I think the word I\u2019m searching for here is \u201cmasochists,\u201d but that would be admitting I was one, wouldn\u2019t it?) There are various reasons for wanting to be a Moderator \u2013 some involving \u201cphenomenal cosmic powers!\u201d but most stemming from a much simpler desire to be active and helpful members of a community they\u2019ve come to love.\nWould I ever do anything like that again?\nPlease don\u2019t ask me. I\u2019m weak, and they don\u2019t have a Twelve Step program for online addiction yet.\nIronically, not long after posting this the first time, I was appointed a Moderator on Writing.com (and I still am one there). You just can\u2019t kick some habits.\nSend a note of appreciation to your favorite Moderator(s) today. Sure, it\u2019s a prestigious position and lots of fun, most of the time. But if you\u2019ve never been one, you have no idea the shit they put up with and how very much it means to have a little note saying \u201cGee, you do a great job around here. Keep it up!\u201d\nCategoriesHumorTagsforums, living well is the best revenge, moderation, moderator, trolls, troublemakers\n\u2190 Previous Previous post: Sleep\nNext \u2192 Next post: What is the Most Surprising Thing About You?\n4 thoughts on \u201cChampagne and Strawberries = Vindication\u201d\nLOLLOL \u2013 I ran a classic rock music board called rock-talk.us for years. It\u2019s amazing what \u201canonymity\u201d does to some folks. But all-in-all it was a fun time for most \u2013 if not all \u2013 of the regulars \u2013 even the SCREAMERS were kinda fun.\nOh, some days it can be lots of fun to tease a weasel. But not when the weasel\u2019s truly NUTS.\nI was in somewhat a similar situation as Honorary Secretary to a Non Profit and had to moderate members and donors and can well relate to your experience. Eventually, I decided to leave before I became a villain!\nRummuser recently posted\u2026So What If You Aren\u00e2\u0080\u0099t Shahrukh, You Can Still Be An Ass!\nThat\u2019s good \u2013 because I could write a scathing post on iron-fisted, \u201cvillainous\u201d a****** moderators, too. 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It will be conducted from January 14 to 25.\n\"The design and delivery of a bespoke financial investigation training course that will equip our law-enforcement officers with the knowledge and confidence to robustly apply proceeds of crime legislation is a clear sign of our commitment,\" she said, in a speech read by her senior adviser, Viralee Bailey-Latibeaudiere, at the launch.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 3566, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 179.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://jamiecarmouche.com/community/eagle-idaho-real-estate-guide/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:39Z", "digest": "sha1:CNDSVXIICYLBYOKMPOZR2MLO7AB3746A", "length": 2661, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "jamiecarmouche.com", "title": "A Complete Guide to Real Estate in Eagle, Idaho | Jamie Carmouche", "raw_content": "Eagle Idaho Real Estate Guide\nSearch All Eagle Homes\nEagle is a small city located 10 miles west of downtown Boise. Because of the growth in Boise, Eagle has become more suburban in the past few years. As of 2012, Eagle\u2019s population was estimated at 21,025. The small city is continually growing which has resulted in new retail and commercial expansions from a variety of businesses.\nSearching for Eagle real estate? Check out the links below to search the MLS for property by price range or by specific subdivision.\nSearch the MLS for property in Eagle, Idaho\nSearch New Homes in Eagle Idaho by Subdivision\nReal Estate in Eagle\nEagle is a very desirable place to live because of its location, as it is close to the Boise River, the Boise Foothills and is a very short drive to Boise and Meridian. Because of its placement in the Treasure Valley, residents of Eagle maintain the sense of a small town without sacrificing access to the amenities provided by a bigger city like Boise.\nNeighborhoods like Two Rivers and The Shores provide upscale homes, great landscaping and the opportunity to build on a waterfront lot. If more land is what you want, estate home sites are abundant in Eagle. Homes closer to downtown Eagle offer a small community feeling. Depending on the area of Eagle, home prices range from $100,000 to $2,000,000.\nEagle has a lot to offer in terms of recreational opportunities. Walking, horseback riding, biking, ponds and parks are all available. Eagle Island State Park offers a lot of space for the family to play and swim (including a water slide), picnic, fish, and 500 acres of riding trails.\nThere are five golf courses in Eagle, including Eagle Hills Golf Course and Banbury Golf Course.\nEagle hosts many family friendlyevents annually such as Eagle Fun Days, the World\u2019s Largest Rocky Mountain Oyster Feed, a Fourth of July celebration, Halloween activities and an old fashioned Country Christmas.\nWhile Eagle may be small, it still has a thriving busines community. In addition to the numerous locally owned businesses in Eagle, the Western Regional Headquarters of ConAgra Foods and the headquarters and manufacturing facility of Camille Beckman, a distributor of cosmetics, are both located in Eagle.\nEagle is home to many great restaurants and coffee shops. Rembrants Coffee House is a fabulous coffee house with amazing art and even better coffee and food! Looking for a great dinner? Eagle has something for everyone. Seasons Bistro has great food and live music, Bella Aquila\u2018s beautiful ambiance and food are perfect for a date night and daVinci\u2019s offers great Italian food and is always packed!\nFind Your Way Around Eagle", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 84, "original_length": 4361, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 321.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://jenwhitaker.com/product/discovery-session1/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:15Z", "digest": "sha1:47TWA6WDFVMGQGW7ICKAFLF2FOCCUZP4", "length": 401, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "jenwhitaker.com", "title": "FREE Discovery Session \u2013 Jennifer Whitaker", "raw_content": "During our 15-minute call, we will learn more about each other to determine if we want to work together. I will ask you basic questions about your intentions and aspirations. You will have the opportunity to ask me questions too. Please note that this is not a coaching session. It is simply an opportunity to get to know one another. Fill out the contact form to schedule your FREE Discovery Session.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 2349, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 180.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/isaac-hart-18/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:34Z", "digest": "sha1:DJWV6XL3U5WGB6R62FX3KSXRXWLGJU7H", "length": 2331, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "jewishweek.timesofisrael.com", "title": "Isaac Hart, 18 | Jewish Week", "raw_content": "Isaac Hart, 18\nBridging the Gap, a Meal at a Time\nIsaac Hart draws on Jewish values to guide the way he lives his life. As chair of the Intercultural Initiatives at his Reform synagogue, Barnert Temple in Franklin-Lakes, N.J., one of his proudest achievements is the \u201cInterfaith Week\u201d series of Iftar/Shabbat dinners he organized with local religious groups during Ramadan. \u201cAfter the elections, I realized we needed to reach out, heal the tears,\u201d he said. \u201cI wanted these dinners to be a place where conversations with other faith groups begin.\u201d\nHart himself comes from an interfaith family, with a Jewish mother and a Baptist father. Deeply connected to his Jewish identity and values, he had always felt a certain distance from his father \u2014 until he started to organize Shabbat dinners for his own family. \u201cIn the past, I hadn\u2019t really embraced him in my religious life, but sitting down and breaking bread together on Shabbat had brought us so much closer together,\u201d he said. \u201cI wanted to expand that family experience to the community around me.\u201d\nHart\u2019s activities don\u2019t end with his synagogue. Besides running several clubs at Glen Rock High School, he founded the Jewish Student Union there, which hosted a panel of Israeli soldiers and helped organize the first-ever public menorah lighting in Glen Rock. But interfaith action \u201cis definitely my biggest passion, because it\u2019s such a good way to bring people together,\u201d he said. \u201cSeeing how fragmented the country is, I feel very passionately that we need to have these conversations.\u201d\nInterfaith action \u201cis definitely my biggest passion, because it\u2019s such a good way to bring people together.\u201d\nOften, bridging gaps between people of different faiths is easier than bridging the gap between members of his own congregation on the other side of the political aisle. Himself a Democratic political activist \u2014 Hart interned for the congressional campaign of Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-Paramus) \u2014 he believes that \u201cthere is probably a more profound lack of understanding between Democrats and Republicans than between different religions.\u201d Through town hall meetings and synagogue events, said Hart, \u201cwe want to combat that as well.\u201d\nScaling the peaks: Hart is a member of the Kabeyun Mountain Club and has climbed over 20 peaks, some reaching over 4,000 feet.\nInterfaith Connection", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 396, "original_length": 12612, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 218.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://jjmoorepac.tripod.com/paying_for_your_medcations.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:57Z", "digest": "sha1:THT3SGBO72MMFMULXYMEB74FKVHLZGEZ", "length": 6030, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "jjmoorepac.tripod.com", "title": "Paying For Your Medcations", "raw_content": "Paying For Your Medications\nWe are fortunate to live in a time when so many medical conditions are treatable with medications. There are some well-known stories about the observation of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt\u2019s well-documented progression of hypertension that led to his death from a stroke. There was very little available to treat his high blood pressure, and his rise in pressure is well documented all the way up to his massive stroke at the age of 63. These days, we have many new medicines and by and large, we are able to get the blood pressure under control. Diabetes, osteoporosis and heart failure are other conditions for which we have excellent medications available. Unfortunately, costs of these medicines are often very high and have gone up each year. It is not unusual for someone with multiple medical problems to spend hundreds of dollars per month on medications. Unless you are independently wealthy, these costs can be a problem.\nIf you have insurance with prescription coverage your biggest concern is the amount of your co-pay. Generic drugs, if available, are excellent ways to save money. Unfortunately, some people do not respond to the medications that are available generically. Most people with hypertension or diabetes also need to be on more than one medication. At this point in time, our biggest concern is that most patients on Medicare do not have any drug coverage at all. Since medication costs are so high we realize that it is a struggle. Options regarding medication coverage do exist however and you should investigate these.\n1. Ask your doctor or healthcare provider whether you could be treated with less expensive, generic medications. This is a fair question, and it may be that you were given samples of a medication to start and your doctor's office just may not know that the cost of the medicine is a problem. If you do change however you may need to go through a period of trial and error, filling the prescriptions and getting re-checked a few times to get the medication or the dosage adjusted.\n2. Utilize local pharmacy or national drug discount cards. These are available, often times for a fee, and may offer a 10-30% discount. What you need to do, is figure out the cost of your medications per month and multiply that by twelve and then subtract the discount offered. For example: your medications cost $50.00 per month times twelve months = $600.00 per year. 30% discount means you will save $180.00. If the cost of the card is less than $180.00 per year you will save the difference. If the cost is over $190.00 per year ($20.00 per month means it costs you $240.00 per year) you won't save any money! So, the bottom line is-do the math.\n3. Drug companies have recently come up with a great free service which involves cards that can save you money on their brand of drugs. If you do take multiple drugs you can go ahead and sign up for any or all of the cards. Most of the cards do require that you don't have any other prescription coverage, and they will ask you for some personal information such as your income level. Usually if your taxable income is less than $36,000.00 per couple or $27,000.00 per year for single, you will be eligible. Novartis (which makes drugs such as Diovan, Exelon, LescholXL, Loperessor, Lotensin, Starlix, Tegretol) has its card called the Novartis Care Card (sm). To receive this call 1-866-974-CARE. Glaxo SmithKline ( Avandia,Coreg, Flonase, Flovent, Imitrex, Paxil, Wellbutrin XR and others) offers the Orange Card (sm) to give an average savings of 30%. This involves filling out an application that is available at your doctor's office. Pfizer has a plan to offer any of their medications for only $15.00 per month. They are the makers of such drugs as Aricept, Glucotrol, Lipitor, Neurontin, Norvasc Viagra, Zoloft, Zyrtec and others. To apply for the Pfizer Share Card \u2122 call 1-800-717-6005. Eight large drug companies have banded together to offer the TogetherRx Card\u2122, which will offer 30% or more discount on their medications. To enroll in the program call 1-800-865-7211.\n4. Sometimes, seniors are on so many medications, even a 30% discount or $15 prescriptions may be prohibitive. It your yearly income is low, there are ways to have free medicine sent to the physicians office from the drug companies for you. This process does involve forms that need to be filled out with personal information such as your yearly income. They must be processed at the provider's office. Usually three months of medication are sent at a time. Before the three months is up however the forms will need to be filled out all over again. Most doctors\u2019 offices have the forms already. Because of the paperwork and time, your doctor's office may require an office visit or small fee to fill out the forms for you. You also need to be aware that the doctor's office does not have any control over whether or not you will be approved for the medication assistance. You do need to personally go to the office to sign forms for each medication before retrieval and each drug may take up to six to eight weeks to be received.\n5. Most doctors\u2019 offices also will usually help out with samples of medications if appropriate. Pharmaceutical companies provide many thousands of dollars of samples each year and unofficially recognize many of the samples are used for patients who have financial trouble with their medications. The down side of the samples is that often they're not available when you need more refills and usually these medications are the more expensive newer drugs.\nIn summary, drug costs are a major burden for all patients with medical problems. It is most noticeable however in the elderly patients with multiple medications. Unless and until this issue is addressed at a national level, these methods above may be a way of getting some help for the steep costs of managing your medical conditions. 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Reduction in logistics cost, decrease in tariffs and removal of certain barriers to global trade have provided wine producers an opportunity to expand their business & sell their products Sale Dissertation help uk review Technology", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 83, "original_length": 16466, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 337.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://jonandmonique.blogspot.com/2013/09/melaka.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:18:34Z", "digest": "sha1:PPQDK376ICY3QJSAVSIQAR3S3HR6BLH6", "length": 2979, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "jonandmonique.blogspot.com", "title": "Jon and Monique: Melaka", "raw_content": "The first of two quick stops in peninsular Malaysia in between visits to Kuala Lumpur was Melaka, a 2 hour journey South of K.L. on a very nice air-conditioned bus. Melaka is a very quiet and peaceful coastal town with a rich history. In the 15th century it was one of the most wealthy kingdoms in the world thanks to its prime position for overseas trade within Asia. Inevitably being such a hotspot meant that it also attracted attention worldwide, resulting in a series of takeovers by the Portuguese, Dutch and, of course, the British.\nWhilst modern day Melaka is just a reasonably nice, quiet town not far from K.L. The European influences from the various takeovers remain evident in the layout of the town and the architecture. The town is centered around the Dutch Square and church, and the way in which cafes and restaurants line the river is very similar to European cities such as Amsterdam.\nMelaka's history, however, is more interesting than its present. There really isn't much to see or do beyond a very touristy boat tour along the river which would have been better if the pre-recorded commentary had been in sync with what we were passing. By far the highlight of the boat tour was a chance to get fairly close to a number of extremely large monitor lizards that bask on the river banks.\nThe liveliest Melaka gets is during the weekend night market when market stalls spread all the way along Jonker Walk, the central road of the town. We spent a good couple of hours wandering around the market checking out the random tat available and eating and drinking our way from stall to stall. Monique was still finding veggie-friendly food hard to come by so we were pleased to find that amongst the various meats on a stick available in the market there was also fried potato...on a stick.\nTowards the top end of the weekend market we came across a stage where some people were \u201csinging\u201d and \u201cdancing\u201d. It wasn't clear whether the people on stage were actual performers or just members of the public having a go at amped-up karaoke, but for their sakes I hope that it is the latter. Granted, I didn't know the words or the melody to the songs they were singing, but I'm pretty sure they weren't supposed to sound like that!\nOne feature that marks Melaka out from any other place we have visited is its public transport. We have travelled by many forms of transport throughout Asia including tuk-tuks, songthaews, rickshaws, cyclos etc but none have been as colourful as the vehicles that are available for hire in Melaka \u2013 bicycles with side-cars that are elaborately decorated with fairly lights, tinsel and pictures of well known cartoon characters. Imagine a gypsy wedding on wheels. They also play music as they transport you, and apparently they will play whatever music you request. If you've ever wanted to be transported around a town in a Hello Kitty emblazoned cart lit up like Christmas and blaring out death metal then maybe Melaka is the place for you.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 3969, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 241.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://juliepowell.com/celebrating-inti-raymi/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:09:26Z", "digest": "sha1:WPXNFZSWSOWYADPOUO5XL553BDMGXGQS", "length": 1419, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "juliepowell.com", "title": "Celebrating Inti Raymi | Julie Powell", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Blog \u00bb Celebrating Inti Raymi\nCelebrating Inti Raymi\nInti Raymi is an annual summer solstice celebration which is observed in many parts of Latin America. Ceremonies differ somewhat depending on which culture is celebrating and what customs they follow. Despite the variations Inti Raymi is a celebration and honoring of the power of the Sun, and its life giving energy, on which we all depend.\nThe image featured here shows dancers at the Inti Raymi Celebration held at Cochasqui Pyramids about a 90 minute drive from Cotacachi. The dancers call upon the spirit of Pachamama, or Mother Earth, and they honor her with their art. They danced within a large circle defined by rose petals and an abundant offering of fruits, beans, corn and other foods. The ritual offering was later blessed by a shaman and a great feast followed the ceremony.\nTo be present on that beautiful day and to experience the ceremonies as carried out on that ancient site was very moving. The site of those ancient pyramids which have stood since 500 AD holds many mysteries even today. They are unlike typical pyramids in that they are all flat on top instead of rising to a single point, and they are unique in their scorpion like silhouettes as observed from the air.\nBrings back memories of when we celebrated Inti Raymi in Cuzco,Peru in 2005. No one then would have ever guessed you would be living the life in Ecuador today! Wow!!!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 2814, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 323.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://kashmirtourism.thecolorsofindia.com/excursions/gulmarg.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:09:59Z", "digest": "sha1:QLHMJQA7PLDC2KLXXCT5PUE6I5BKGDJB", "length": 1896, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "kashmirtourism.thecolorsofindia.com", "title": "Gulmarg, Gulmarg Tourism, Gulmarg in Jammu Kashmir India, Gulmarg Hill Station, Gulmarg Skiing, Jammu Kashmir Tours, Tour Package Jammu Kashmir.", "raw_content": "Gulmarg is a popular hill resort of repute, situated at an altitude of 2890 m.\nJammu Kashmir \u00bb Excursions \u00bb Gulmarg\nGulmarg is a hill resort of repute, not only for its beauty and prime location but also as being the highest natural golf course of the world, situated at an altitude of 2890 m. Hub of activity from mid-December to March, Gulmarg is an enviable winter sports resort with all the equipment and training facilities available for skiing, tobo-ganning, ski-bobbing and paragliding along with a T-bar lift, a chair lift and three modern ski-lifts.\n53 km from Srinagar, Gulmarg is known as the meadow of flowers and was once a favorite haunt of Emperor Jehangir who collected 21 different varieties of wild flowers from here. It is the best Ski resort in the country and maintains the high-quality service. It also holds a position as one of the highest lift served Ski resorts in the world. It is the first place to offer heli-skiing in Asia, where a helicopter takes one to the chosen peak from where one can choose one's own descent route. Sledges and snow cycles are also popular here during winters and trekking opportunities here are numerous.\nThe 18-hole Gulmarg Golf Club is in existence for 100 years and was established by Sir Neville Chamberlain. The Clubhouse, with its sloping roof, has a rare character. Golfing holidays here during summers are popular in this lush green bowl covered with a variety of alpine flowers with snow fed streams and rivulets passing through it.\nApharwat Lake is frozen until mid-June and even after that, one can see ice floating in the river. For the more adventurous trekkers, climbing straight up the boulder-strewn slope of the ridge and descending on the other side to the path is a thrilling exercise. For those who love horse riding, Alpather Lake makes an exciting excursion for a day, starting early morning and returning late evening.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 6015, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 210.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://katyplumbertx.com/katy-residential-plumber.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:03Z", "digest": "sha1:AKODIJCCG4HSQVSK6Z4QRJB2DKZVCMHU", "length": 2890, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "katyplumbertx.com", "title": "Katy Residential Plumber TX | Water Heater Repair & Drain Cleaning", "raw_content": "Katy Residential Plumber\nResidential Plumbing Katy\nThe beauty of a house is complete when everything in it is in proper working order. Since a home offers refuge to the residents, all the relevant services it provides have to be top most, or else it will not measure up to its standards. But this does not mean everything will always function as it should. Sometimes services obtained from the draining system may take a turn for the worst leading to irritation. But this does not have to be the case. When the systems have been functional for quite a period of time, there is need for repair or replacement of subsequent parts. In case the services provided have not lasted long enough, it means something is definitely wrong and the plumbing services have to be checked by a professional.\nToilets play a major role in the home, but that is before they are blocked for one reason or another. However, a well laid out toilet plumbing should take ages before it raises concerns. When the drain and vent lines are properly positioned; they should not present problems. That is; when they are laid to slope taking into consideration the topography of the land or how the house is positioned, the pipes are bound to provide longer services. The toilet drain plumbing services must be approved by an inspector before it begins to function.\nUpon waking up in the morning, there is the need to wash the face and brush the teeth in the bathroom sink while staring onto the mirror. When the tap begins running, one notices the water is not draining away or is very slow. That is the time you realize the bathroom sink is clogged. You try to pump the water using the pump but the water just stares back at you. There is need to call a technician who will remove the drain to check out whatever could be blocking the sink. Either it can be repaired or totally replaced.\nComing from school or work when tired and sweaty, the first room to get a visit from you is the bathroom. At times one gets into the bathroom only to find the whole floor flooded. This can be very irritating, but it could mean the bathroom drain is clogged. A number of things can clog the bathroom drain. They are; hair, paper, soap and soil from bathing sandals. When this happens, there is need repair the drain or replace it using one that is designed to make repairs in tight places easier. Also, the drain used should be simple to install, not to mention the use of stainless steel bolts that will not rust.\nShower drains are available in plenty of makes and designs. Before making a purchase, it is imperative to look for one that saves money and time, is installed easily, designed to fit into plenty of drain pipes, is easy to be replaced, is made of stainless steel to avoid rusting. During installation, a technician with years of experience in the relevant field should come in handy to ensure the work is near perfect.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 23, "original_length": 3258, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 301.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://keanradio.com/carolyn-dawn-johnson-is-back-with-a-new-album-video/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:10Z", "digest": "sha1:4HNDUDLN7GKV6BUDIJVV3SEEBRZUJNK7", "length": 935, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "keanradio.com", "title": "Carolyn Dawn Johnson Is Back With A New Album [VIDEO]", "raw_content": "Carolyn Dawn Johnson Is Back With A New Album [VIDEO]\nIs Carolyn Dawn Johnson a one hit wonder. She says she doesn't want to be. That is why she's released a new album.\nMiss Johnson goes on to say \"the music industry is much like my first hit song, Complicated to say the least\". She feels as if she (being from Canada) came out of nowhere to the top of the charts then just disappeared from the music scene for the last four years, because her next two albums didn't produce any \"marketable\" chart singles.\n\u201cIn some ways, it didn\u2019t feel like a long time away,\u201d she says. \u201cBut in the music business, four years is a long, long time, and I started feeling like, \u2018I\u2019m going to need to get back out there if I\u2019m going to have any place in this world.\u201d\nJohnson's new album \"Love Rules\" is already getting some attention, including me thus the reason for this blog.\nFiled Under: Carolyn Dawn Johnson, CMA, complicated, love rules, new album", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 113, "original_length": 2551, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 150.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://kenhorstfire.com/KFC/?page_id=827", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:23Z", "digest": "sha1:3BLU73NJ3DWMBIALUXG3FPO7Q32VGXRL", "length": 26699, "nlines": 161, "source_domain": "kenhorstfire.com", "title": "Bylaws | Kenhorst Fire Co.", "raw_content": "INDEX FOR BYLAWS\n\uf0b7 Name & Purpose of Company pg. 2\n\uf0b7 Board of Directors pg. 3\n\uf0b7 Duties of Officers pg. 5\n\uf0b7 Qualifications for Membership pg. 12\n\uf0b7 Duties of Members pg. 14\n\uf0b7 Meetings pg. 17\n\uf0b7 Committees pg. 19\n\uf0b7 Election of Officers pg. 22\n\uf0b7 Bylaw Amendments pg. 24\n\uf0b7 Dissolution Statement pg. 25\nNAME AND PURPOSE OF COMPANY\nSection 1: The name of this company shall be the Kenhorst Volunteer Fire Company #1 (hereinafter referred to as the company) with its address at 411 South Kenhorst Blvd. Kenhorst PA 19607.\nSection 2: The purpose of this company shall be to aid in the support of an apparatus department to effectively serve the emergency needs of the Borough of Kenhorst and its environs; to promote understanding and attentiveness to fire protection methods and emergency procedures within the community; to promote fellowship among its members; to provide a place and facilities for entertainment and amusement for its members and to work for the welfare of the community.\nSection 1: The Board of Directors shall consist of the President, Vice President, Recording Secretary, Treasurer, Financial Secretary, Membership Secretary, Fire Chief, Deputy Fire Chief, Assistant Fire Chief, and five Trustees.\nSection 2: They, as a board, shall meet quarterly or as needed at a time fixed by the President, on a date other than the date of the regular monthly meeting. A quorum shall consist of 2/3 of the board members. The majority of the Board of Directors present shall have full charge of the business of the company.\nSection 3: It shall be the duty and absolute power and authority of the Board of Directors to have general supervision of the property, real estate, personal or mixed of the company and see that the same is properly cared for and in all matters connected with the property of the organization. They shall see that its interests are fully protected, mortgages and other property coming into the company possession for the sole use and benefit of the company, and they shall perform and exercise such duties as are further prescribed herein; except for the duties outlined for the Trustees.\nSection 4: Any director who can not attend an applicable scheduled meeting of the company shall notify the President in some form the reason for their absence.\nSection 5: Any director that is absent from three scheduled meetings, (excused absence accepted), refuses or fails to perform the duties of that office, accused of misconduct or misappropriation of funds shall be brought to the attention of the Board of Directors by a general member. The Board of Directors shall then make a recommendation whether said director should be removed, fined or suspended from office to the general membership.\nSection6: The Board of Directors shall see that all monies derived from all sources are fully accounted for.\nSection7: The Board of Directors shall formulate a complete set of house rules, which shall be posted in the club.\nA: Be the chairman of the Board of Directors and shall preside at all meetings of the organization, shall preserve order and decorum, inflict penalties, and enforce by-laws. Shall decide on questions of order, subject to an appeal, shall have the casting vote on all questions when both sides are equally divided, except in case of election of officers.\nB: Sign all orders drawn on the treasury by order of the company for the payment of money, and countersign all checks for the payment of orders drawn. In no case, shall the President grant orders for payment of bills unless bills are presented showing the date of purchase, by whom purchase was made, and have bills verified and checked by officers authorized to make such purchases; with the exception of purchases required for normal day to day operation of business. Shall sign all notices or certificates requiring the President\u2019s signature.\nC: Appoint all committees and shall be non voting ex-officio of all committees and board of Trustees.\nD: With the approval of the Board of Directors, obtain legal counsel for matters of legal nature pertaining to transfer of property, rental of property, insurance, bylaw changes, large money transactions, bidding for construction or repairs, and have legal counsel at meetings when possible or advisable.\nE: At the December meeting appoint three tellers to conduct election of officers, the first of which shall act as judge and announce the results to the President who then shall authorize the Recording Secretary to declare the same to the company.\nSection 2: Duties of the Vice President\nA: Assist the President in preserving order and decorum at meetings of the company and in the President\u2019s absence, perform those duties.\nB: Be chairman of the Charge Committee and shall carry out any duties hereinafter set forth under duties of the Charge Committee.\nC: Not be authorized to sign checks drawn on the company.\nSection 3: Duties of the Recording Secretary\nThe Recording Secretary shall:\nA: Keep accurate minutes and attendance of the proceedings of all meetings of the company provided for that purpose.\nB: Attest all orders drawn on the company, and perform such duties from time to time as enjoined by the company.\nC: Receive and preserve all records and papers relating to the company and guard same and suffer none to be taken from the Recording Secretary\u2019s keeping without a vote of the company. The books shall at all times be open for examination of membership. In case the Recording Secretary cannot attend, must send in the books and papers necessary for the meeting to open on time.\nD: Sign all checks drawn on the company in the absence of the President or Treasurer.\nE: Be entrusted with the charter and all other important documents belonging to the company.\nSection 4: Duties of Financial Secretary\nThe Financial Secretary shall:\nA: Receive all money due or belonging to the company and all funds from dues, fines, penalties, proceeds from refreshments, food, amusements, entertainment and proceeds from all real and personal property. These funds shall be held in the general fund or savings account. Shall keep account of all funds using a good banking institution as a depository for all monies in the company\u2019s name. Shall provide receipts due same for Treasurer and report same at membership meetings.\nB: Have the small games of chance monies held in a special checking account and accounted for by using a good banking institution as a depository. Shall also provide receipt due same for the Treasurer.\nA: The Treasurer shall receive from the Financial Secretary and Trustees receipts for all money belonging to the company, withdrawing none of the company\u2019s money except by using the company check signed by the Treasurer and the President or Recording Secretary. The Treasurer is to pay orders properly drawn by the President and attested to by the chairman of the Trustees. Shall have a monthly report at the general membership meeting of the company. Shall have accounts ready for inspection by auditors.\nSection 6: Duties of the Membership Secretary\nThe Membership Secretary shall:\nA: Responsible for maintenance of the membership rolls of the company and after each monthly meeting shall print out the necessary pages to update the company membership book.\nB: Shall be chairman of Investigating Committee.\nC: Report at the monthly meeting all applications for membership. Applications that were approved, rejected and/or who do not appear for their interview before the Investigating Committee.\nD: In charge of seeing all applicable fees are returned to proposed members for not meeting the requirements as stated in section 4 of Qualifications for membership.\nE: Shall have the yearly membership cards available by November 1st.\nSection 7: Duties of the Fire Chief\nThe Fire Chief shall:\nA: Have full charge of all calls, the workings of the company\u2019s fire equipment, all personnel and general up keep of the\nB: Be responsible to report all calls and financial condition of the fire department to the company at the regular monthly meeting.\nC: Approve any member desiring to be active with the truck crew and report to the body any member neglecting their duties.\nD: Have the same spending authority as the Trustees in regards to the operations of the fire department.\nE: The Deputy and Assistant Fire Chief shall\nassist in such duties as assigned to them by the Fire Chief.\nSection 8: Duties of the Deputy and Assistant Fire Chief\nThe Deputy and Assistant Fire Chief shall:\nA: In the absence of the Fire Chief, or the inability of the Fire Chief to fulfill his duties due to incapacitation, and with respect to activities that cannot reasonably await the ability of the Fire Chief to address the Deputy is empowered to act as Fire Chief. In the absence of the Chief and the Deputy the Assistant shall perform all their duties.\nSection 9: Duties of the Trustees\nA: Organize prior to January 1st, shall elect a Chairman and Secretary and designate the responsibilities for each Trustee to be announced at the January membership meeting. The Secretary shall keep minutes of their proceedings and report at each stated meeting of the company, which report must be in writing. The chairman shall issue orders to employees of the company. In the absence of the chairman, or the inability of the chairman to fulfill his duties due to incapacitation, and with respect to activities that cannot reasonably await the ability of the chairman to address the Secretary is empowered to act as the chairman, and in the Secretary\u2019s absence, a Trustee shall act as chairman. In the event of the absence of all the Trustees, there shall be some elected officer to act for the chairman.\nB: Have responsibility of the daily operations of the company property, and see it is kept in good order and repair. Have the house opened, warmed, and cleaned for the use of the company, and see that all members conduct themselves in an orderly manner while about the house in accordance with the by-laws.\nC: Do all the purchasing in regards to the daily operations of the company A receipt must be attained for all purchases. Approve all bills for the same, authorizing the payment of discount bills when due, and such other duties as requested by the Board of Directors.\nD: Have the spending authority for the normal operations of the company. Any onetime purchase of $750.00 or more must be approved by the company, except in cases of emergency repairs.\nE: Approve all bookings for the company\u2019s hall or property.\nF: Track and dispense to the financial secretary all small games all chance proceeds.\nSection 10: At the expiration of their term in office, all officers shall hand over to their successor all books, papers, keys, etc. belonging to the company.\nSection 1: A person wishing to join the company must be at least 21 years of age and of good moral character. The application fee will be determined by a vote of the membership. The application fee can only be changed at the August membership meeting.\nSection 2: A person wishing to become a member of the company must be proposed by a member in good standing on a card provided for that purpose. The card must have applicant\u2019s name, address, telephone number, date of birth, occupation, and name of member proposing applicant. The application shall be turned over to the Membership Secretary. All prospective members must present themselves to a member of the Investigating Committee at the social quarters on a date and time agreed upon by the applicant and a committee member. The committee will make a minimum of 2 attempts to schedule an interview. Failure to keep the scheduled appointment, without advance notification and just cause, will result in an automatic rejection of the candidate for membership in the company and will be so noted in the minutes of the next monthly company meeting. Cancellation of appointments for just cause will only be acceptable once. If second meeting must also be canceled then applicant will be rejected. Once applicant meets with the Investigating Committee and the report is favorable, applicant shall be balloted for at the next regular monthly meeting. If applicant does not receive three or more negative votes, then applicant shall be declared duly elected.\nSection 3: Should an applicant be rejected for failure to appear for an interview after being notified, their application fee shall not be refunded and shall not be eligible for membership consideration for a period of six (6) months thereafter or admittance to company property.\nSection 4: Should an applicant be rejected by the body at the regular monthly meeting they will receive a letter stating they were rejected and their application fee can be picked up at the fire company within 30 days. Applicant shall not be eligible for membership consideration for a period of six (6) months thereafter or admittance to company property.\nSection 5: Life membership cards shall be issued to all members having completed 30 consecutive years of membership.\nSection 6: Membership applications approved at the November and December\u2019s meeting will receive cards for the following year.\nSection 7: Members of the Kenhorst Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary shall receive full bar privileges in the social quarters.\nSection 8: Active fire company members from other fire companies shall have full bar privileges in our social quarters.\nSection 1: Membership dues shall be established by membership. The membership dues can only be changed at the August membership meeting. Dues shall be paid on or before March 1 of current year. Any member who fails to pay dues by due date shall be required to reapply for membership.\nSection 2: It shall be the duty of all members attending the monthly general membership meeting to sign the attendance book prior to the approval of the minutes from the previous meeting. Any member not signed in will not have a voice or vote at the meeting.\nSection 3: To be eligible to vote for officers, a member must have attended at least three monthly general membership meetings between December 1st of the previous year and November 30th of the current year. A voter eligible list shall be posted in the Social Quarters and Firehouse for a period of (2) weeks prior to the election. Election shall be held in the ballroom, at the regular monthly meeting in December.\nSection 4: A member of the Company, who has met voting eligibility, may receive an absentee ballot when unable to attend the December meeting. A valid reason must be approved by the President at lease 2 weeks prior to election. All absentee ballots must be cast no less than 1 week prior to election. All absentee ballots will be kept in a sealed envelope and counted with ballots cast at election. Absentee voter shall not have a vote on any unfilled ballot position or on any tied vote runoff.\nSection 5: Whenever the President calls for a hand or ballot vote on an issue members must have attended 3 or more monthly general membership meeting in the previous 12 months, not counting the voting month, to be eligible to vote.\nSection 6: Anyone wishing to run for office must be a member in good standing for at least one year.\nSection 7: It shall be the duty of each and every member who desires to respond on emergency calls to receive training and be approved by the Fire Chief. Proposed applicant shall be considered a probationary firefighter until approved for general membership.\nSection 8: All charges made by a member must be in writing and signed by the accuser and turned over to the Charge Committee within 14 days of the incident.\nSection 9: A member may be fined, suspended, or expelled for the following:\n\uf0b7 Disorderly conduct at a meeting\n\uf0b7 Destroying or defacing company property\n\uf0b7 Disorderly conduct in or about the premises\n\uf0b7 Disobeying any rules adopted by the company\n\uf0b7 Making any unnecessary dirt or disorder in or about the premises\n\uf0b7 Using profane or indecent language, or maliciously degrading another member\u2019s religion\n\uf0b7 Knowingly making slanderous or false statements at a general membership meeting.\n\uf0b7 Informing any person, not a member of the company, of any personal or other remarks on any business made or transacted or to be transacted at a meeting\n\uf0b7 Cheating or stealing from anyone or the company\n\uf0b7 For riotous conduct at fires, in and or around the premises, or on the occasions of a parade or entertainment given by the company.\n\uf0b7 For physically or verbally assaulting any person or persons on fire company property.\n\uf0b7 Any acts detrimental to the welfare of the company\nSection 10: A member who is delinquent for fines or debt of any kind, who, after being notified of the indebtedness by the Financial Secretary and after two months notice of the same, shall be declared expelled by the President.\nSection 11: A member who violates any of the above rules may be immediately suspended by a member of the Board of Directors. A detailed written report of this incident shall be given to the charge committee within 14 days of the occurrence of the incident. The charge committee shall follow normal procedures when charges are brought. The member shall remain suspended until the company votes on the charge committee\u2019s recommendation.\nSection 12: A member cannot participate in the recommendation of a fine or suspension of the member so charged by that member.\nSection 1: Regular monthly meetings, of the company shall be held the 2nd Monday of every month beginning at 7:30 pm, in the ballroom of the company, unless otherwise ordered by the Board of Directors or the President.\nSection 2: A quorum shall constitute eleven (11) members. If a quorum is not present, no business shall be transacted until such time as a quorum is present.\nSection 3: To get credit for a meeting, a member must be Present from the time they sign in to adjournment. If the firefighters get called out to an emergency during the meeting they still get counted as being present.\nSection 4: Order of business:\n\uf0b7 Salute to Flag\n\uf0b7 Roll call of Officers\n\uf0b7 Reading of minutes of previous meeting\n\uf0b7 Report of Financial Secretary\n\uf0b7 Report of Treasurer\n\uf0b7 Report of Trustees\n\uf0b7 Report of Fire Chief\n\uf0b7 Report of Fire Department Finances\n\uf0b7 Report of Board of Directors\n\uf0b7 Report of Membership Secretary\n1. New applications for membership\n2. Vote for new members\n\uf0b7 Report of Committees\n\uf0b7 Communications and Announcements\n\uf0b7 Good and Welfare\n\uf0b7 Motion to Adjourn\nSection 5: Any motion approved or rejected can not be reconsidered for a period of six months.\nSection 6: Robert\u2019s rules of order shall be referenced at any company meeting whenever applicable.\nSection 7: A special meeting can be called by the President or at the request of 15 members, stating the purpose of the meeting in writing, and no other business can be transacted but such as the meeting is called for. Members shall be duly notified by posting said meeting in the social quarters and the engine room with a minimum of 7 days notice prior to the meeting date. Special meeting shall not count towards members voting privileges.\nSection 8: Order of business for special meetings:\n\uf0b7 Meeting called to order by President\n\uf0b7 Transaction of special business\n\uf0b7 Adjournment\nSection 1: Investigating Committee:\nThe President shall appoint at the January meeting an Investigating Committee consisting of three (3) active members. It shall be the duty of the Investigating Committee to investigate the character of all applicants for membership. The committee will then report their findings to the Membership Secretary.\nSection 2: Auditing Committee:\nThe President shall appoint at the January meeting an Auditing Committee consisting of three (3) active members who at the time shall not hold an office. It shall be the duty of the Auditing Committee to have all the accounts of the fire company audited no less than once and no more than four times a year. The Auditing Committee may have all the accounts of the fire company audited by an independent auditor. The company may make recommendations to the committee for review.\nSection 3: Charge Committee:\nThe President shall appoint at the January meeting a Charge Committee consisting of two (2) active members who at the time shall not hold an office. The Vice President shall be chairman of said committee. The committee shall follow a set of guideline as approved by the Board of Directors. It shall be the duty of the Charge Committee to try all members against whom charges have been preferred by another member. They shall furnish the accused with a copy of the charges, notify the accused and accuser (in writing) to appear at stated\nspecial meetings of the committee, and hear all witnesses separately (the accused and accuser being in the room at the same time). The Charge Committee shall make a written recommendation to be read at the next company meeting after the hearing. The company shall approve or disapprove such recommendation as they may direct. All appeals must be made to the Board of Directors in writing within 10 days of the company\u2019s decision. The Board of Directors decision will be final.\nSection 4: Bylaws Committee:\nThe President shall appoint at the January meeting a bylaw committee consisting of at least (5) active members. It shall be the duty of the committee to interpret any questions concerning issues dealing with the bylaws.\nAt the direction of the President the committee shall review and make recommendation for changes to the bylaws.\nSection 5: Nominating Committee:\nThe President shall appoint at the September meeting, a Nominating Committee consisting of three (3) active members, who at the time shall not hold an office. The chairman shall present at the October and November meeting, names of candidates for all elected offices. Nominations may also be made at the October and November meeting from the floor by any member present, provided consent of the member nominated has been previously obtained in writing or verbally in the presence of the membership. No nominations will be accepted at the December meeting except if the office is declared open.\nSection 6: Committees shall not make any expenditure outside of their ordinary needs without first consulting the company.\nSection 7: Appointed committees must submit a verbal and written report. Any committee that had any financial transactions shall provide a written income vs. expense report along with all paid receipts before they are discharged.\nSection 1: The following officers shall be elected at the December meeting: President, Vice President, Recording Secretary, Treasurer, Financial Secretary, Membership Secretary, Fire Chief, Deputy and Assistant Fire Chief and three (3) Trustees. Trustee with the highest number of votes will serve a three (3) year term, next two (2) highest number of votes will serve a one (1) year term, thereby setting the total number of Trustees serving in any given year at five (5).\nSection 2: All terms of office shall be for a full calendar year, January 1st to December 31st.\nSection 3: Should a vacancy occur in an elected office, said vacancy shall only be accepted by a letter to the company from the vacating officer except in the case of a death or by means of Section 5 under the Board of Directors. Nominations shall be opened at the meeting the vacancy is accepted and then closed at the next regular meeting of the company. The company shall than fill such vacancy by ballot. Members eligible to vote must have attended 3 or more monthly general membership meetings in the previous 12 months not counting the voting month. A voter eligible list shall be posted in the Social Quarters and Firehouse for a period of (2) weeks prior to the election. The term of such elected office being for the unexpired term. In the event that the vacancy occurs in the office of Financial Secretary, Treasurer or Recording Secretary the President may appoint a member to perform the duties of this office until the vacancy is filled by company ballot.\nSection 4: No member shall be eligible to hold more than one elected office.\nSection 5: No member shall be eligible to run for elected office who is also a paid employee of the company.\nBY-LAW AMENDMENTS\nSection 1: The company shall have the power from time to time to enact such amendments to the by-laws and/or rules of order as they deem necessary, and they shall have the same binding effect upon the members of the company as if they were incorporated in the by-laws, provided, however, that nothing therein contained shall conflict with the by-laws or be contrary to the constitution and laws of the United States of America or of this Commonwealth.\nSection 2: Any amendment to the by-laws must be brought up under new business and submitted in writing. A motion must be made and approved to turn it over to the by-law committee. The by-law committee will meet within 60 days after amendment is proposed and bring the proposed amendment to said meeting. The proposed amendment will be read under old business and if approved, shall be considered the first of two required readings. After the second reading, the membership will vote on the proposed amendment. Any motion to revise these by-laws must be passed by a majority of the members present.\nSection 3: Any amendment originating in bylaws committee and proposed to company shall be considered as first of two required readings\nSection 4: The amendment must have been posted in the social quarters and the firehouse for a period of one month prior to the vote.\nSection 1: Statement\nUpon the dissolution of the corporation or the organization, the Board of Directors or governing staff shall, after paying or making provision for the payment of all of the liabilities of the corporation or organization, dispose of all the assets of the corporation or organization in such manner, or to such organization(s) organized and operated exclusively for charitable, educational, religious, or scientific purposes as shall at the time qualify as an exempt organization(s) under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (or corresponding provision of any future United States Internal Revenue Law), as the Board of Directors or governing staff shall determine. Any such assets not so disposed of shall be disposed of by the Court of Common Pleas of the county in which the principal office of the corporation or organization is then located, exclusively for such purposes as said Court shall determine, which are organized and operated exclusively for such purposes.\nThe foregoing by-laws were approved and passed at the stated meeting of the Kenhorst Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 held on Monday September 8, 2014.\nBY-LAW COMMITTEE MEMBERS\nCraig Fritz \u2013 Chairman\nRoger Weidenheimer\nJoann Fritz\nRuss Blizniak\nBarry Sangrey\nRob Mabry", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 246, "original_length": 28001, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 308.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://kensence.com/news/shownews.php?id=17&lang=en", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:04:40Z", "digest": "sha1:7Y5AO3MSQLCDTIOPQR5VHKVWEF3GMJLK", "length": 3243, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "kensence.com", "title": "KENSENCE Hybrid Matrix Helps Tianjin Public Security System to contribute to the safety and stability of \u201cJinmen\u201d", "raw_content": "These days, with the 13th National Games held in Tianjin, the pearl of Tianjin, the Pearl of the Bohai Bay, has a sense of presence in the eyes of the people of the country. It also shows that this place has an important position in the modern history of China. The new look of the city. KENSENCE Video Mixing Matrix has provided a safe and reliable video signal matrix switching system for Tianjin Public Security System in the past two years. KENSENCE S-Mix series video mixing matrix has been in the online inspection center of the Municipal Bureau of Supervision, Hebei Public Security Bureau, High-tech Zone Public Security Bureau, Beichen District Public Security Bureau, and Binhai Public Security Bureau. From the beginning of this year to the present, it has accelerated the pace of providing more functional S-Mix-PRO series video mixing matrix for the Dongli District Public Security Bureau of the Tianjin Public Security System, the Xiqing District Public Security Bureau, the Hedong District Public Security Bureau, and the Heping District Public Security Bureau. system. KENSENCE Hybrid Matrix System handles the stability and high efficiency of video signals, and has been well received by users, contributing to the safety and stability of Jinmen.\nKENSENCE S-Mix-PRO series hybrid matrix adheres to KENSENCE's consistent pursuit of excellence in brand spirit, with its powerful signal processing functions, stable system operation, solving various details of the problems encountered by users in actual engineering, so that each The unique product features play a role in the user's actual use, not just as a decoration. For example, the backup function of the signal interface of the pro series matrix can ensure that when a certain video signal has a problem, the system automatically recognizes and switches to the backup signal for \u201c0\u201d seconds, ensuring that the conference is not interrupted; the pro system matrix network port board can directly support The network cable POC power supply reduces the number of nodes in the construction site when using the network transmission equipment and solves the problem of excessive power supply equipment. The system is more compact and efficient. The network ports of the pro series can be upgraded directly to support the editing function of the IP protocol. The pro series matrix can be interoperable with other systems, such as monitoring systems, recording systems, video conferencing systems, and the like. In addition, the pro series has been upgraded with a richer interface design, which is compatible with various brands of display or signal source devices on the market, and is able to protect its video processing functions.\nThe application of S-Mix-Pro in this project, the outstanding performance in video conferencing and monitoring, provided security for the smooth convening of Tianjin National Games. After the operation of the whole system, it was highly recognized and praised by customers. Recognition is our greatest motivation. We will always strive to create more advanced video matrix products for our customers with the aim of innovation and service.\nPrevious posts \uff1a2017 Infocomm India We are here !\nNext chapter \uff1aKENSENCE 2017 BeiJing InfoComm Live ..", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 95, "original_length": 5359, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 269.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://kingsfan.wikia.com/wiki/Police_officers", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:25Z", "digest": "sha1:RRAVFJRYHZZCK5XVKEFPXEJN7D5KJRLX", "length": 80015, "nlines": 479, "source_domain": "kingsfan.wikia.com", "title": "Police officers | Kingsfan Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia", "raw_content": "List of characters, Police officers\nHere are a list of police officers by rank.\nChiefs/Sheriffs Edit\nSheriff Lucian Connally, ACSD (Ret. 1980) \u2014 Sheriff of Absaroka County, WY (1956\u20131980) \u2014 Walt Longmire Mysteries\nSheriff Walter \u201cWalt\u201d Longmire, B.A. (English literature), ACSD \u2014 Sheriff of Absaroka County, WY (1981\u2013Present) \u2014 Walt Longmire Mysteries\nSheriff Graham Humbert, SSD (d. 2011) \u2014 Sheriff of Storybrooke, ME (October 23, 1983\u2013December 11, 2011) \u2014 Jamie Dornan: Once Upon a Time\nCommissioner Henry Reagan, NYPD (Ret. 2000) \u2014 New York City Police Commissioner (1990\u20132000) \u2014 Len Cariou: Blue Bloods\nSheriff Keith Mars, BCSD (fired, 2003) \u2014 Sheriff of Balboa County, CA (1996\u20132003) \u2014 Enrico Colantoni: Veronica Mars\nChief Robert \u201cBob\u201d Munroe, SPD \u2014 Chief of the Sunnydale Police Department (September 29, 1997\u2013?); dirty cop \u2014 Brian Reddy: Buffy the Vampire Slayer\nSheriff James \u201cJim\u201d Valenti, Jr., CCSD (fired, 2001) \u2014 Sheriff of Chaves County, NM (October 6, 1999\u2013February 19, 2001) \u2014 William Sadler: Roswell\nSheriff Ethan Miller, LCSD (incarcerated, 2003) \u2014 Sheriff of Lowell County, KS (October 16, 2001\u2013January 28, 2003) \u2014 Mitchell Kosterman: Smallville\nSheriff Elizabeth \u201cLiz\u201d Forbes, MFSD (d. 2015) \u2014 Sheriff of Mystic Falls, VA (2003\u2013February 12, 2015) \u2014 Marguerite MacIntyre: The Vampire Diaries\nSheriff Nancy Adams, LCSD (KIA, 2006) \u2014 Sheriff of Lowell County, KS (April 22, 2003\u2013January 19, 2006) \u2014 Camille Mitchell: Smallville\nSheriff Donald \u201cDon\u201d Lamb, BCSD (KIA, 2007) \u2014 Sheriff of Balboa County, CA (2004\u2013February 20, 2007) \u2014 Michael Muhney: Veronica Mars\nSheriff Walter \u201cWalt\u201d Longmire, ACSD \u2014 Sheriff of Absaroka County, WY (2005\u2013Present) \u2014 Robert Taylor: Longmire\nSheriff Jack Carter, ESD \u2014 Sheriff of Eureka, OR (July 18, 2006\u2013Present) \u2014 Colin Ferguson: Eureka\nCommissioner James Worthington \u201cJim\u201d Gordon, Sr., Ph.D. (Criminology), GCPD \u2014 Gotham City Police Commissioner (July 18, 2008\u2013Present) \u2014 Gary Oldman: Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises\nSheriff Sandy Sandberg, CCSD \u2014 Sheriff of Campbell County, WY (May 26, 2009\u2013Present) \u2014 Walt Longmire Mysteries\nSheriff Eva Ruiz, BCSD (KIA, 2010) \u2014 Sheriff of Brewster County, TX (October 1, 2009\u2013April 14, 2010) \u2014 Marlene Forte: Criminal Minds \u2013 \u201cA Rite of Passage\u201d\nSuperintendent Teresa Colvin, CPD \u2014 Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department (2010\u2013Present) \u2014 Jennifer Beals: The Chicago Code\nChief Matthias, CRTD \u2014 Chief of the Cheyenne Reservation Tribal Police (2010\u2013Present) \u2014 Zahn McClarnon: Longmire\nSheriff Daniel \u201cDan\u201d Lamb, BCSD (Ret. 2014) \u2014 Sheriff of Balboa County, CA (2010\u20132014) \u2014 Jerry O\u2019Connell: Veronica Mars (film)\nChief Thomas \u201cTommy\u201d Delk, LAPD (d. 2011) \u2014 Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (September 13, 2010\u2013July 11, 2011) \u2014 Courtney B. Vance: The Closer\nCommissioner Francis X. \u201cFrank\u201d Reagan, NYPD \u2014 New York City Police Commissioner (September 24, 2010\u2013Present) \u2014 Tom Selleck: Blue Bloods\nSheriff Emma Swan, SSD \u2014 Sheriff of Storybrooke, ME (January 8, 2012\u2013Present) \u2014 Jennifer Morrison: Once Upon a Time\nChief Jesse Stone, PPD \u2014 Chief of the Paradise Police Department (May 20, 2012\u2013Present) \u2014 Tom Selleck: Jesse Stone\nSheriff James \u201cJim\u201d Wilkins, CCSD \u2014 Sheriff of Cumberland County, WY (July 22, 2012\u2013Present) \u2014 Tom Wopat: Longmire\nSheriff Conrad Ecklie, LVMPD \u2014 Sheriff of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (November 28, 2012\u2013Present) \u2014 Marc Vann: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation\nCommissioner Brian Nudocerdo, SCPD (KIA, 2014) \u2014 Starling City Police Commissioner (December 12, 2012\u2013May 7, 2014) \u2014 Robert Moloney: Arrow\nSheriff Peter Coleman, BCSD (KIA, 2014) \u2014 Sheriff of Briscoe County, TX (2013\u2013May 7, 2014) \u2014 Kevin E. West: Criminal Minds \u2013 \u201cAngels\u201d, \u201cDemons\u201d\nCommissioner Jack Dowdell, NYPD \u2014 New York City Police Commissioner (February 26, 2013\u2013Present) \u2014 William Sadler: Golden Boy\nChief Harris Trout, SBPD (fired, 2014) \u2014 Chief of the Santa Barbara Police Department (May 29, 2013\u2013January 29, 2014) \u2014 Anthony Michael Hall: Psych\nChief Teresa Lisbon, CRPD \u2014 Chief of the Cannon River Police Department (December 1, 2013\u2013December 8, 2013) \u2014 Robin Tunney: The Mentalist\nSheriff Marcia Langdon, BCSD \u2014 Sheriff of Balboa County, CA (2014\u2013Present) \u2014 Veronica Mars: Mr. Kiss and Tell\nChief Carton Jebediah Lassiter, M.A. (Criminal justice) SBPD \u2014 Chief of the Santa Barbara Police Department (February 26, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 Timothy Omundson: Psych\nChief Karen C. Vick (n\u00e9e Dunlap), SFPD \u2014 Chief of the San Francisco Police Department (February 26, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 Kirsten Nelson: Psych\nSheriff David Nolan, SSD \u2014 Sheriff of Storybrooke, ME (March 16, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 Josh Dallas: Once Upon a Time\nCommissioner Gillian B. Loeb, GCPD (Ret. 2015) \u2014 Gotham City Police Commissioner (September 22, 2014\u2013September 21, 2015); dirty cop \u2014 Peter Scolari: Gotham\nCommissioner Sarah Essen, GCPD (KIA, 2015) \u2014 Gotham City Police Commissioner (September 21, 2015\u2013September 28, 2015) \u2014 Zabryna Guevara: Gotham\nCommissioner Walter William Clark, Jr., NYPD \u2014 New York City Police Commissioner (2020\u2013?) \u2014 Theo James: Golden Boy\nCommissioner James Worthington \u201cJim\u201d Gordon, Sr., Ph.D. (Criminology), GCPD \u2014 Gotham City Police Commissioner (2005\u2013Present) \u2014 Gary Oldman: \u201cBatman & Benson\u201d\nCommissioner Francis Xavier \u201cFrank\u201d Reagan, NYPD (Ret. 2020) \u2014 New York City Police Commissioner (January 1, 2009\u2013December 31, 2020) \u2014 Tom Selleck: \u201cThe End of Empire\u201d\nCommissioner Francis X. \u201cFrank\u201d Reagan, NYPD \u2014 New York City Police Commissioner (September 24, 2010\u2013Present) \u2014 Tom Selleck: \u201cAin\u2019t Nothing but a Family Thing\u201d\nCommissioner Francis X. \u201cFrank\u201d Reagan, NYPD \u2014 New York City Police Commissioner (September 24, 2010\u2013Present) \u2014 Tom Selleck: \u201cHe Lets Me Call Him Frank Now\u201d, \u201cFollow Your Heart\u201d, \u201cHome Sweet Home\u201d\nCommissioner Dennis Bracken, NYPD \u2014 New York City Police Commissioner (January 1, 2021\u2013Present) \u2014 \u201cThe End of Empire\u201d\nSenior officers Edit\nChief Edward \u201cEd\u201d Hines, NYPD (Ret. 2013) \u2014 Chief of Department, New York City Police Department (September 30, 2011\u2013May 10, 2013) \u2014 John Rue: Blue Bloods\nChief Dino Arbogast, NYPD (fired, 2014) \u2014 Chief of Department, New York City Police Department (September 27, 2013\u2013May 9, 2014) \u2014 John Ventimiglia: Blue Bloods\nDeputy Commissioner Phyllis Yarborough, NYPD (incarcerated, 2011) \u2014 Deputy Commissioner of Technological Development, New York City Police Department (2005\u2013September 20, 2011) \u2014 Nikki Heat\nDeputy Commissioner Garrett Moore, NYPD \u2014 Deputy Commissioner of Public Information, New York City Police Department (September 24, 2010\u2013Present) \u2014 Gregory Jbara: Blue Bloods\nDeputy Commissioner Henry \u201cHank\u201d Abraham, NYPD \u2014 Deputy Commissioner of Public Information, New York City Police Department (February 5, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 Josh Pais: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit\nBureau Chief John Muldrew, NYPD \u2014 Chief of Detectives, New York City Police Department (October 26, 2004\u2013?) \u2014 John Schuck: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit\nUndersheriff Jeffrey McKeen, LVMPD (incarcerated, 2008) \u2014 Undersheriff of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (May 19, 2005\u2013October 9, 2008); dirty cop \u2014 Conor O\u2019Farrell: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation\nUndersheriff Victoria \u201cVic\u201d Moretti, B.S. (Law enforcement), ACSD \u2014 Undersheriff of Absaroka County, WY (September 1, 2006\u2013Present) \u2014 Walt Longmire Mysteries\nBureau Chief Brigham Sinclair, NYPD \u2014 Chief of Detectives, New York City Police Department (May 2, 2007\u2013?) \u2014 Mykelti Williamson: CSI: New York\nAssistant Chief Russell Taylor, M.P.A., LAPD \u2014 Assistant Chief of Operations, Los Angeles Police Department (August 13, 2012\u2013Present) \u2014 Robert Gossett: The Closer, Major Crimes\nBureau Chief Bryce Helfond, NYPD \u2014 Chief of Intelligence, New York City Police Department (October 19, 2012\u2013Present) \u2014 Victor Slezak: Blue Bloods\nBureau Chief Madeline Wuntch, NYPD \u2014 Bureau Chief, New York City Police Department (May 10, 2015\u2013Present) \u2014 Kyra Sedgwick: Brooklyn Nine-Nine\nDeputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson-Howard, LAPD Major Crimes Division (Ret. 2012) \u2014 Commanding Officer, LAPD Major Crimes Division (September 15, 2008\u2013August 13, 2012) \u2014 Kyra Sedgwick: The Closer\nAssistant Chief Theodore \u201cTed\u201d Carver, NYPD (fired, 2010) \u2014 Chief of Manhattan Detectives, New York City Police Department (November 5, 2010\u2013November 19, 2010) \u2014 John Larroquette: CSI: New York\nAssistant Chief Donald \u201cDon\u201d Kent, NYPD Gang Division (KIA, 2015) \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD Gang Division (April 24, 2015) \u2014 Dennis Haysbert: Blue Bloods\nDeputy Chief William Dodds, NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD Special Victims Unit (October 15, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 Peter Gallagher: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit\nDeputy Chief Victoria Gates, NYPD \u2014 Deputy Chief, New York City Police Department (September 21, 2015\u2013Present) \u2014 Penny Johnson Gerald: Castle\nCommander Ronald \u201cRon\u201d Perry, CPD (Ret. 2014) (killed, 2015) \u2014 Commanding Officer, Chicago PD 21st District (September 25, 2013\u2013September 24, 2014) \u2014 Robert Ray Wisdom: Chicago PD\nCommander Fischer, CPD \u2014 Commanding Officer, Chicago PD 21st District (October 15, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 Kevin J. O\u2019Connor: Chicago PD\nDeputy Inspector Stanton \u201cStan\u201d Gerrard, NYPD (incarcerated, 2008) \u2014 Deputy Inspector, New York City Police Department (March 21, 2007\u2013April 30, 2008) \u2014 Carmen Argenziano: CSI: New York\nChief Dino Arbogast, NYPD (Ret. 2020) \u2014 Chief of Department, New York City Police Department (September 27, 2013\u2013December 31, 2020) \u2014 John Ventimiglia: \u201cThe End of Empire\u201d\nDeputy Commissioner Garrett Moore, NYPD (resigned, 2020) \u2014 Deputy Commissioner of Public Information, New York City Police Department (January 1, 2009\u2013December 30, 2020) \u2014 Gregory Jbara: \u201cThe End of Empire\u201d\nDeputy Commissioner Garrett Moore, NYPD \u2014 Deputy Commissioner of Public Information, New York City Police Department (September 24, 2010\u2013Present) \u2014 Gregory Jbara: \u201cAin\u2019t Nothing but a Family Thing\u201d\nDeputy Commissioner Garrett Moore, NYPD \u2014 Deputy Commissioner of Public Information, New York City Police Department (September 24, 2010\u2013Present) \u2014 Gregory Jbara: \u201cHe Lets Me Call Him Frank Now\u201d, \u201cFollow Your Heart\u201d, \u201cHome Sweet Home\u201d\nDeputy Commissioner Charles \u201cChuck\u201d Miller, J.D., NYPD \u2014 Deputy Commissioner of Legal Matters, New York City Police Department (September 24, 2010\u2013Present) \u2014 \u201cFollow Your Heart\u201d\nDeputy Chief Paul Denison, J.D., NYPD Legal Bureau (incarcerated, 2015) \u2014 Deputy Chief, NYPD Legal Bureau (September 28, 2012\u2013December 21, 2015); dirty cop \u2014 \u201cFollow Your Heart\u201d\nInspector Olivia \u201cLiv\u201d Benson, B.A., GCPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Commanding Officer, GCPD Special Victims Unit (August 29, 2006\u2013Present) \u2014 Mariska Hargitay: \u201cBatman & Benson\u201d\nInspector Joseph Conor \u201cJoe\u201d Reagan, NYPD (Ret. 2020) \u2014 Inspector, New York City Police Department (December 31, 2020) \u2014 \u201cThe End of Empire\u201d\nDetective Captain Stephen Aloysius \u201cSteve\u201d McGarrett, HSP (d. 1998) \u2014 Commanding Officer, Hawaii State Police \u201cFive-O\u201d (September 20, 1968\u2013January 21, 1998) \u2014 Jack Lord\u2020: Hawaii Five-O\nCaptain Barney Miller, NYPD \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD 12th Precinct (January 23, 1975\u2013May 20, 1982) \u2014 Hal Linden: Barney Miller\nCaptain Nash Bridges, SFPD Special Investigations Unit \u2014 Commanding Officer, SFPD Special Investigations Unit (October 23, 1998\u2013?) \u2014 Don Johnson: Nash Bridges\nCaptain Donald \u201cDon\u201d Cragen, NYPD Special Victims Unit (Ret. 2014) \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (September 20, 1999\u2013January 15, 2014) \u2014 Dann Florek: Law & Order, Exiled: A Law & Order Movie, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit\nCaptain James \u201cJim\u201d Brass, B.A. (History), LVMPD Homicide (Ret. 2014) \u2014 Detective Captain, LVMPD Homicide (October 13, 2000\u2013May 7, 2014) \u2014 Paul Guilfoyle: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation\nChief Inspector Lee, HKPF Organised Crime & Triad Bureau \u2014 Detective Chief Inspector, HKPF Organised Crime & Triad Bureau (August 3, 2001\u2013?) \u2014 Jackie Chan: Rush Hour, Rush Hour 2, Rush Hour 3\nCaptain James Deakins, NYPD Major Case Squad (Ret. 2006) \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD Major Case Squad (September 30, 2001\u2013May 14, 2006) \u2014 Jamey Sheridan: Law & Order: Criminal Intent\nCaptain Judith \u201cJudy\u201d Siper, NYPD Crime Scene Unit \u2014 Captain, NYPD Crime Scene Unit (April 4, 2003\u2013May 10, 2011) \u2014 Caren Browning: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit\nCaptain Terry Norfleet, NYPD Firearms Investigation Unit \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD Firearms Investigation Unit (October 20, 2004\u2013?) \u2014 Law & Order \u2013 \u201cGunplay\u201d\nCaptain Roy Montgomery, NYPD (KIA, 2011) \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD 12th Precinct (2005\u2013May 16, 2011) \u2014 Ruben Santiago-Hudson: Castle\nCaptain Charles Montrose, NYPD (KIA, 2011) \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD 20th Precinct (2005\u2013September 20, 2011) \u2014 Nikki Heat\nCaptain Barbara Pierce, NYPD \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD 74th Precinct (May 24, 2005\u2013?) \u2014 Ronni Lieberman: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit \u2013 \u201cGoliath\u201d\nCaptain Cordell Walker, TRD \u2014 Commanding Officer, Texas Rangers Company \u201cB\u201d (October 16, 2005\u2013Present) \u2014 Chuck Norris: Walker, Texas Ranger, Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire\nCaptain Daniel \u201cDanny\u201d Ross, NYPD Major Case Squad (KIA, 2010) \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD Major Case Squad (September 19, 2006\u2013March 30, 2010) \u2014 Eric Bogosian: Law & Order: Criminal Intent\nCaptain Delia Cates, M.A. (Criminal justice), NYPD Red \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD 19th Precinct (High-Profile Victims Response Team) (2009\u2013Present) \u2014 NYPD Red\nCaptain Zoe Callas, NYPD Major Case Squad \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD Major Case Squad (April 6, 2010\u2013July 6, 2010) \u2014 Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio: Law & Order: Criminal Intent\nCaptain Stanley \u201cStan\u201d Gordinski, CPD Homicide \u2014 Captain, Chicago PD Homicide (2011\u2013?) \u2014 Skipp Sudduth: Criminal Minds \u2013 \u201cProfiler, Profiled\u201d, \u201cRestoration\u201d\nCaptain Joseph \u201cJoe\u201d Hannah, NYPD Major Case Squad \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD Major Case Squad (May 1, 2011\u2013?) \u2014 Jay O. Sanders: Law & Order: Criminal Intent\nCaptain Wallace \u201cWally\u201d Irons, NYPD (KIA, 2014) \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD 20th Precinct (September 20, 2011\u2013September 16, 2014) \u2014 Nikki Heat\nCaptain P. Womack, NYPD (incarcerated, 2012) \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD 8th Precinct (September 22, 2011\u2013May 17, 2012); dirty cop \u2014 John Fiore: Person of Interest\nCaptain Arthur \u201cArtie\u201d Lynch, NYPD (killed, 2012) \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD 51st Precinct (September 22, 2011\u2013April 26, 2012); dirty cop \u2014 Michael Mulheren: Person of Interest\nCaptain Derek Elwood, NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau (incarcerated, 2013) \u2014 Captain, NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau (September 30, 2011\u2013January 18, 2013) \u2014 Nestor Serrano: Blue Bloods\nCaptain Vincent \u201cVince\u201d Fryer, HPD (KIA, 2012) \u2014 Chief of Detectives, Honolulu Police Department (December 12, 2011\u2013May 14, 2012) \u2014 Tom Sizemore: Hawaii Five-0\nCaptain George Stacy, NYPD Emergency Services Unit (KIA, 2012) \u2014 Captain, NYPD Emergency Services Unit (2012\u2013July 3, 2012) \u2014 Denis Leary: The Amazing Spider-Man\nCaptain Sharon O\u2019Dwyer Raydor, J.D., LAPD Major Crimes Division \u2014 Commanding Officer, LAPD Major Crimes Division (August 13, 2012\u2013Present) \u2014 Mary McDonnell: The Closer, Major Crimes\nCaptain Steven Harris, NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (September 26, 2012\u2013October 10, 2012) \u2014 Adam Baldwin: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit\nCaptain Thomas \u201cTommy\u201d Gregson, NYPD Major Crimes Squad \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD 11th Precinct (Major Crimes Squad) (September 27, 2012\u2013Present) \u2014 Aidan Quinn: Elementary\nCaptain John Baker, NYPD \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD 125th Precinct (April 14, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 James Colby: Taxi Brooklyn\nCaptain Lou Grover, HPD (Ret. 2014) \u2014 Investigator, Five-0 Task Force (September 26, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 Chi McBride: Hawaii Five-0\nCaptain David Singh, CCPD \u2014 Captain, Central City Police Department (October 7, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 Patrick Sabongui: The Flash\nCaptain Quentin Larry Lance, SCPD \u2014 Captain, Starling City Police Department (October 8, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 Paul Blackthorne: Arrow, The Flash \u2013 \u201cWho is Harrison Wells?\u201d\nCaptain Nikki Heat, B.S. (Criminal justice), NYPD \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD 20th Precinct (September 15, 2015\u2013Present) \u2014 Nikki Heat\nCaptain Katherine Houghton \u201cKate\u201d Beckett-Castle, B.S. (Criminal justice), NYPD \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD 12th Precinct (September 21, 2015\u2013Present) \u2014 Stana Katic: Castle\nCaptain Raymond Jacob \u201cRay\u201d Holt, NYPD Public Affairs Division \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD Public Affairs Division (September 27, 2015\u2013Present) \u2014 Andre Braugher: Brooklyn Nine-Nine\nCaptain Seth Dozerman, NYPD (d. 2015) \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD 99th Precinct (September 27, 2015) \u2014 Bill Hader: Brooklyn Nine-Nine\nCaptain Warren \u201cthe Vulture\u201d Pembroke, NYPD \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD 99th Precinct (September 27, 2015\u2013Present) \u2014 Dean Winters: Brooklyn Nine-Nine\nCaptain Nathaniel Barnes, GCPD \u2014 Commanding Officer, GCPD Homicide (October 12, 2015 \u2014 Michael Chiklis: Gotham\nCaptain Reese, NYPD \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD 27th Precinct (October 14, 2015\u2013Present) \u2014 Isiah Whitlock, Jr.: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit\nCaptain Chin Ho Kelly, HPD \u2014 Chief of Detectives, Honolulu Police Department (September 20, 2010\u2013Present) \u2014 Daniel Dae Kim: Hawaii Five-0 \u2013 \u201cIna Paha\u201d\nCaptain Katherine Houghton \u201cKate\u201d Beckett, B.S. (Criminal justice), NYPD \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD 12th Precinct (September 19, 2011\u2013Present) \u2014 Stana Katic: Castle \u2013 \u201cTime of Our Lives\u201d\nCaptain Nash Bridges, SFPD Special Investigations Unit \u2014 Commanding Officer, SFPD Special Investigations Unit (October 23, 1998\u2013?) \u2014 Don Johnson: \u201cSecond Life\u201d\nCaptain Donald \u201cDon\u201d Cragen, NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (September 20, 1999\u2013?) \u2014 Dann Florek: \u201cA Changed World\u201d\nCaptain Donald \u201cDon\u201d Cragen, NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (September 20, 1999\u2013?) \u2014 Dann Florek: \u201cMy Daughter\u2026the What?\u201d\nCaptain Donald \u201cDon\u201d Cragen, NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (September 20, 1999\u2013?) \u2014 Dann Florek: \u201cThe Flipped Side of My Daughter\u2026the What?\u201d\nCaptain Donald \u201cDon\u201d Cragen, NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (September 20, 1999\u2013?) \u2014 Dann Florek: \u201cStargate: SVU\u201d\nCaptain Donald \u201cDon\u201d Cragen, NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (September 20, 1999\u2013?) \u2014 Dann Florek: \u201cAfter Sunnydale\u201d\nCaptain James \u201cJim\u201d Deakins, NYPD Major Case Squad \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD Major Case Squad (September 30, 2001\u2013?) \u2014 Jamey Sheridan: \u201cMy Daughter\u2026the What?\u201d\nCaptain James \u201cJim\u201d Deakins, NYPD Major Case Squad \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD Major Case Squad (September 30, 2001\u2013?) \u2014 Jamey Sheridan: \u201cThe Flipped Side of My Daughter\u2026the What?\u201d\nCaptain Roy Montgomery, NYPD \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD 12th Precinct (2005\u2013?) \u2014 Ruben Santiago-Hudson: \u201cOf Officers and Agents\u201d, \u201cJr. Agt. Richard Castle, FBI\u201d\nCaptain Roy Montgomery, NYPD (KIA, 2011) \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD 12th Precinct (2005\u2013May 16, 2011) \u2014 Ruben Santiago-Hudson: \u201cThis Happened\u201d\nCaptain James \u201cJim\u201d Brass, B.A. (History), LAPD Supernatural Section \u2014 Commanding Officer, LAPD Supernatural Section (2006\u2013Present) \u2014 Paul Guilfoyle: \u201cAfter Sunnydale\u201d\nCaptain Victoria Gates, NYPD \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD 12th Precinct (September 19, 2011\u2013Present) \u2014 Penny Johnson Gerald: \u201cThis Happened\u201d\nCaptain Victoria Gates, NYPD \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD 12th Precinct (September 19, 2011\u2013Present) \u2014 Penny Johnson Gerald: \u201cAin\u2019t Nothing but a Family Thing\u201d\nCaptain Abigail Baker, NYPD Financial Fraud Unit (Ret. 2021) \u2014 Commanding Officer, NYPD Financial Fraud Unit (2020\u2013December 31, 2021) \u2014 Abigail Hawk: \u201cThe End of Empire\u201d\nCaptain Daniel Fitzgerald \u201cDanny\u201d Reagan, NYPD (Ret. 2020) \u2014 Captain, New York City Police Department (December 31, 2020) \u2014 Donnie Wahlberg: \u201cThe End of Empire\u201d\nLieutenant Anita Van Buren, NYPD Homicide (Ret. 2010) \u2014 Commander\u2013Detective Squad, NYPD 27th Precinct (Homicide) (September 15, 1993\u2013May 24, 2010) \u2014 S. Epatha Merkerson: Law & Order, Exiled: A Law & Order Movie, Law & Order: Criminal Intent \u2013 \u201cBadge\u201d, Law & Order: Trial by Jury \u2013 \u201cSkeleton\u201d\nLieutenant Horatio Caine, B.Sc., MDPD Crime Lab \u2014 CSI Supervisor, Miami-Dade PD Crime Lab (May 9, 2002\u2013Present) \u2014 David Caruso: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation \u2013 \u201cCross-Jurisdictions\u201d, \u201cThe Lost Girls\u201d, CSI: Miami, CSI: New York \u2013 \u201cManhattan Manhunt\u201d\nLieutenant Darryl Morris, SFPD Homicide \u2014 Lieutenant, SFPD Homicide (January 19, 2003\u2013May 22, 2005) \u2014 Dorian Gregory: Charmed\nLieutenant John Stillman, PPD Homicide \u2014 Commanding Officer, Philadelphia PD Homicide (Cold Case Squad) (September 28, 2003\u2013?) \u2014 John Finn: Cold Case\nLieutenant Stanley \u201cStan\u201d Holliwell, NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau (incarcerated, 2010) \u2014 Lieutenant, NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau (2007\u2013April 19, 2010); dirty cop \u2014 Scott Cohen: Castle \u2013 \u201cDen of Thieves\u201d\nLieutenant Ruben Morales, NYPD Technical Assistance Response Unit \u2014 TARU Technician, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (April 29, 2008\u2013February 23, 2011) \u2014 Joel de la Fuente: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit\nLieutenant Edward \u201cEd\u201d Tucker, NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau \u2014 Lieutenant, NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau (March 10, 2009\u2013Present) \u2014 Robert John Burke: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit\nLieutenant Detective Sean Cavanaugh, BPD Homicide \u2014 Commanding Officer, Boston PD Division 1 (Homicide) (August 23, 2010\u2013Present) \u2014 Brian Goodman: Rizzoli & Isles\nLieutenant Alexander \u201cAlex\u201d Bello, NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau (incarcerated, 2011) \u2014 Lieutenant, NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau (November 12, 2010\u2013May 13, 2011); dirty cop \u2014 Nick Sandow: Blue Bloods\nDetective Lieutenant Chin Ho Kelly, HPD \u2014 Detective Lieutenant, Five-0 Task Force (September 19, 2011\u2013Present) \u2014 Daniel Dae Kim: Hawaii Five-0, NCIS: Los Angeles \u2013 \u201cTouch of Death\u201d\nLieutenant Terrance Wood, NYPD (fired, 2013) \u2014 Patrol Commander, NYPD 12th Precinct (2012\u2013October 9, 2013); dirty cop \u2014 Lance Roberts: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit \u2013 \u201cInternal Affairs\u201d\nInspector Jack Dillon, VPD Special Investigation Unit (Ret. 2014) \u2014 Commanding Officer, VPD Special Investigation Unit (May 27, 2012\u2013June 15, 2014) \u2014 Brian Markinson: Continuum\nLieutenant Joseph \u201cJoe\u201d Bishop, NYPD Special Crimes Unit (fired, 2013) \u2014 Commander\u2013Detective Squad, NYPD 125th Precinct (Special Crimes Unit) (October 11, 2012\u2013May 16, 2013) \u2014 Brian J. White: Beauty & the Beast\nLieutenant Alexandra \u201cAlex\u201d Eames, NYPD Joint Terrorism Task Force \u2014 Lieutenant, NYPD Joint Terrorism Task Force (October 17, 2012\u2013Present) \u2014 Kathryn Erbe: Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit\nLieutenant Franklin \u201cFrank\u201d Pike, SCPD \u2014 Lieutenant, Starling City Police Department (February 6, 2013\u2013Present) \u2014 Adrian Holmes: Arrow\nLieutenant Albert \u201cAl\u201d Burns, NYPD Major Case Section \u2014 Commander\u2013Detective Squad, NYPD Major Case Section (July 28, 2013\u2013Present) \u2014 Dylan Walsh: Unforgettable\nLieutenant Charles \u201cChuck\u201d Cooper, LAPD Special Investigations Section \u2014 Squad Supervisor, LAPD Special Investigations Section (December 30, 2013\u2013Present) \u2014 Malcolm-Jamal Warner: Major Crimes\nLieutenant Declan G. Murphy, NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Commander\u2013Detective Squad, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (April 9, 2014\u2013May 21, 2014) \u2014 Donal Logue: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit\nInspector John Jarvis, TPS \u2014 Commanding Officer, TPS 15 Division (May 19, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 Oliver Becker: Rookie Blue\nInspector Carlos Fonnegra, VPD Special Investigation Unit \u2014 Commanding Officer, VPD Special Investigation Unit (June 22, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 Victor Webster: Continuum\nLieutenant Joanna Reece, NYPD \u2014 Commander\u2013Detective Squad, NYPD 11th Precinct (Detective Squad) (September 22, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 Lorraine Toussaint: Forever\nLieutenant Dee Ann Carver, NYPD \u2014 Commander\u2013Detective Squad, NYPD 54th Precinct (Detective Squad) (October 31, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 LaTanya Richardson Jackson: Blue Bloods\nLieutenant Sidney \u201cSid\u201d Gormley, NYPD \u2014 Special Assistant to the Commissioner, New York City Police Department (January 2, 2015\u2013Present) \u2014 Robert Clohessy: Blue Bloods\nDetective Lieutenant Everett Backstrom, PPB Special Crimes Unit \u2014 Squad Commander, PPB Special Crimes Unit (January 22, 2015\u2013Present) \u2014 Rainn Wilson: Backstrom\nLieutenant Suzuki, Seattle PD Homicide (KIA, 2015) \u2014 Lieutenant, Seattle PD Homicide (March 17, 2015\u2013June 9, 2015) \u2014 Hino Kanagawa: iZombie\nLieutenant Olivia \u201cLiv\u201d Benson, B.A., NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Commander\u2013Detective Squad, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (October 7, 2015\u2013Present) \u2014 Mariska Hargitay: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order \u2013 \u201cEntitled\u201d, \u201cFools for Love\u201d, \u201cFlaw\u201d, Law & Order: Trial by Jury \u2013 \u201cDay\u201d, Chicago PD \u2013 \u201cThey\u2019ll Have to Go Through Me\u201d, \u201cThe Number of Rats\u201d, Chicago Fire \u2013 \u201cWe Called Her Jellybean\u201d\nLieutenant Anita Van Buren, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Commander\u2013Detective Squad, NYPD 27th Precinct (Homicide) (September 15, 1993\u2013?) \u2014 S. Epatha Merkerson: \u201cSlayerz\u201d\nLieutenant Jamison C. \u201cJamie\u201d Reagan, J.D., NYPD (Ret. 2020) \u2014 Detective Lieutenant, New York City Police Department (December 31, 2020) \u2014 Will Estes: \u201cThe End of Empire\u201d\nDetective Sergeant Joseph \u201cJoe\u201d Friday, LAPD Robbery-Homicide Division (d. 1982) \u2014 Detective Sergeant, LAPD Robbery-Homicide Division (January 12, 1967\u2013December 23, 1982) \u2014 Jack Webb\u2020: Dragnet\nSergeant II William \u201cMac\u201d MacDonald, LAPD (Ret. 1975) (d. 2004) \u2014 Watch Commander, Los Angeles Police Department (September 15, 1971\u2013May 20, 1975) \u2014 William Boyett\u2020: Adam-12\nStaff Sergeant Franklin Joseph \u201cFrank\u201d Best, TPS (resigned, 2014) \u2014 Squad Commander, TPS 15 Division (August 12, 2010\u2013May 19, 2014) \u2014 Lyriq Bent: Rookie Blue\nStaff Sergeant Oliver Shaw, TPS \u2014 Squad Commander, TPS 15 Division (May 26, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 Matt Gordon: Rookie Blue\nDetective Sergeant James \u201cSonny\u201d Crockett, MDPD Vice Division (resigned, 1989) \u2014 Undercover Detective, MDPD Organized Crime Bureau, Vice Division (September 16, 1984\u2013May 21, 1989) \u2014 Don Johnson: Miami Vice\nDetective Sergeant Ricardo \u201cRico\u201d Tubbs, MDPD Vice Division (resigned, 1989) \u2014 Undercover Detective, MDPD Organized Crime Bureau, Vice Division (September 16, 1984\u2013May 21, 1989) \u2014 Philip Michael Thomas: Miami Vice\nSergeant Maxwell \u201cMax\u201d Greevey, NYPD Homicide (KIA, 1991) \u2014 Supervisor\u2013Detective Squad, NYPD 27th Precinct (Homicide) (September 13, 1990\u2013September 17, 1991) \u2014 George Dzundza: Law & Order\nSergeant Phillip \u201cPhil\u201d Cerreta, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Supervisor\u2013Detective Squad, NYPD 27th Precinct (Homicide) (September 17, 1991\u2013November 18, 1992) \u2014 Paul Sorvino: Law & Order\nSergeant Andrew \u201cAndy\u201d Sipowicz, NYPD \u2014 Supervisor\u2013Detective Squad, NYPD 15th Precinct (Detective Squad) (March 1, 2005\u2013?) \u2014 Dennis Franz: NYPD Blue\nSergeant John Munch, NYPD Special Victims Unit (Ret. 2013) \u2014 Supervisor\u2013Detective Squad, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (September 25, 2007\u2013October 16, 2013) \u2014 Richard Belzer: Homicide: Life on the Street, Law & Order, The X-Files \u2013 \u201cUnusual Suspects\u201d, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Homicide: The Movie, The Beat \u2013 \u201cThey Say It\u2019s Your Birthday\u201d, Law & Order: Trial by Jury \u2013 \u201cSkeleton\u201d, Arrested Development \u2013 \u201cExit Strategy\u201d, The Wire \u2013 \u201cTook\u201d, 30 Rock \u2013 \u201c\u00a1Qu\u00e9 Sorpresa\u201d\nSergeant Gregory \u201cGreg\u201d Parker, TPS Strategic Response Unit (Ret. 2012) \u2014 Supervising Officer/Crisis Negotiator, TPS Strategic Response Unit (Team 1) (July 11, 2008\u2013December 13, 2012) \u2014 Enrico Colantoni: Flashpoint\nDetective Sergeant Daniel \u201cDanny\u201d Williams, HPD \u2014 Detective Sergeant, Five-0 Task Force (September 20, 2010\u2013Present) \u2014 Scott Caan: Hawaii Five-0, NCIS: Los Angeles \u2013 \u201cTouch of Death\u201d\nSergeant Duke Lukela, HPD \u2014 Patrol Sergeant, Honolulu Police Department (September 20, 2010\u2013Present) \u2014 Dennis Chun: Hawaii Five-0\nSergeant Detective Vincent Walter \u201cVince\u201d Korsak, BPD Homicide \u2014 Sergeant Detective, Boston PD Division 1 (Homicide) (July 11, 2011\u2013Present) \u2014 Bruce McGill: Rizzoli & Isles\nSergeant Anthony \u201cTony\u201d Renzulli, NYPD \u2014 Patrol Supervisor, NYPD 12th Precinct (September 28, 2012\u2013Present) \u2014 Nick Turturro: Blue Bloods\nSergeant Edward Tucker \u201cEd\u201d Lane, TPS Strategic Response Unit \u2014 Supervising Officer, TPS Strategic Response Unit (Team 1) (2013\u2013Present) \u2014 Hugh Dillon: Flashpoint\nSergeant Henry \u201cHank\u201d Voight, CPD Intelligence Section \u2014 Squad Commander, Chicago PD 21st District (Intelligence Section) (May 15, 2013\u2013Present) \u2014 Jason Beghe: Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit \u2013 \u201cChicago Crossover\u201d, \u201cDaydream Believer\u201d\nSergeant Terence \u201cTerry\u201d Jeffords, NYPD \u2014 Supervisor\u2013Detective Squad, NYPD 99th Precinct (Detective Squad) (September 17, 2013\u2013Present) \u2014 Terry Crews: Brooklyn Nine-Nine\nSergeant Kevin Dolan, NYPD (inactive, 2015) \u2014 Patrol Sergeant, NYPD 27th Precinct (September 25, 2013\u2013October 14, 2015) \u2014 Dashiell Eaves: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit\nSergeant Trudy Platt, CPD \u2014 Desk Sergeant, Chicago PD 21st District (September 25, 2013\u2013Present) \u2014 Amy Morton: Chicago PD, Chicago Fire\nDetective Sergeant Nicole Gravely, PPB Special Crimes Unit \u2014 Detective Sergeant, Portland PB Special Crimes Unit (January 22, 2015\u2013Present) \u2014 Genevieve Angelson: Backstrom\nDetective Sergeant Peter Neidermayer, PPB Special Crimes Unit \u2014 Forensics Technician, Portland PB Special Crimes Unit (January 22, 2015\u2013Present) \u2014 Kristoffer Polaha: Backstrom\nDetective Sergeant John Almond, PPB Special Crimes Unit \u2014 Detective Sergeant, Portland PB Special Crimes Unit (January 22, 2015\u2013Present) \u2014 Dennis Haysbert: Backstrom\nDetective Sergeant Traci Nash, TPS Guns & Gangs Unit \u2014 Detective-in-Charge, TPS 15 Division (Guns & Gangs Unit) (July 29, 2015\u2013Present) \u2014 Enuka Okuma: Rookie Blue\nDetective Sergeant Daniel \u201cDanny\u201d Williams, HPD \u2014 Detective Sergeant, Honolulu Police Department (September 20, 2010\u2013Present) \u2014 Scott Caan: Hawaii Five-0 \u2013 \u201cIna Paha\u201d\nSergeant John Munch, NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Supervisor\u2013Detective Squad, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (September 25, 2007\u2013?) \u2014 Richard Belzer: \u201cStargate: SVU\u201d\nSergeant John Munch, NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Supervisor\u2013Detective Squad, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (September 25, 2007\u2013?) \u2014 Richard Belzer: \u201cAfter Sunnydale\u201d\nSergeant Maurice Louis \u201cBosco\u201d Boscorelli, NYPD \u2014 Patrol Supervisor, NYPD 8th Precinct (September 24, 2010\u2013Present) \u2014 Jason Wiles: \u201cAin\u2019t Nothing but a Family Thing\u201d\nSergeant Anthony \u201cTony\u201d Renzulli, NYPD \u2014 Patrol Supervisor, NYPD 12th Precinct (September 28, 2012\u2013Present) \u2014 Nick Turturro: \u201cHe Lets Me Call Him Frank Now\u201d, \u201cFollow Your Heart\u201d, \u201cHome Sweet Home\u201d\nDetective 3rd Grade Michael Hitchcock, NYPD \u2014 Detective, NYPD 99th Precinct (Detective Squad) (1985\u2013Present) \u2014 Dirk Blocker: Brooklyn Nine-Nine\nDetective Norman \u201cNorm\u201d Scully, NYPD \u2014 Detective, NYPD 99th Precinct (Detective Squad) (1985\u2013Present) \u2014 Joel McKinnon Miller: Brooklyn Nine-Nine\nDetective Anthony \u201cTony\u201d Profaci, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Detective, NYPD 27th Precinct (Homicide) (October 4, 1990\u2013November 8, 1998); dirty cop \u2014 John Fiore: Law & Order, Exiled: A Law & Order Movie\nDetective 1st Grade Joseph \u201cJoe\u201d Dutton, NYPD Narcotics Division (KIA, 1998) \u2014 Undercover Detective, NYPD Narcotics Division (1994\u20131998) \u2014 Law & Order: Criminal Intent\nDetective Reynaldo \u201cRey\u201d Curtis, NYPD Homicide (Ret. 1999) \u2014 Junior Detective, NYPD 27th Precinct (Homicide) (September 20, 1995\u2013May 26, 1999) \u2014 Benjamin Bratt: Law & Order, Homicide: Life on the Street \u2013 \u201cFor God and Country\u201d, \u201cBaby, It\u2019s You\u201d, \u201cSideshow\u201d, Exiled: A Law & Order Movie\nDetective Paul Stein, SPD \u2014 Detective, Sunnydale Police Department (December 8, 1997\u2013?); dirty cop \u2014 James G. MacDonald: Buffy the Vampire Slayer\nDetective Jerry Barber, TPS (KIA, 2012) \u2014 Senior Detective, TPS 15 Division (1998\u2013August 9, 2012) \u2014 Noam Jenkins: Rookie Blue\nDetective James Carter, LAPD \u2014 Detective, Los Angeles Police Department (September 18, 1998\u2013?) \u2014 Jackie Chan: Rush Hour, Rush Hour 2, Rush Hour 3\nDetective Morris LaMotte, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Detective, NYPD 27th Precinct (Homicide) (October 7, 1998\u2013?) \u2014 Larry Clarke: Law & Order\nInspector Andrew \u201cAndy\u201d Trudeau, SFPD Homicide (KIA, 1999) \u2014 Inspector, SFPD Homicide (October 7, 1998\u2013May 26, 1999) \u2014 T.W. King: Charmed\nDetective Samuel \u201cSammy\u201d Kurtz, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Detective, NYPD 27th Precinct (Homicide) (November 8, 1998\u2013?) \u2014 Paul Guilfoyle: Exiled: A Law & Order Movie\nDetective Anthony D. \u201cTony\u201d DiNozzo, Jr., B.A. (Physical education), BPD Homicide (resigned, 2001) \u2014 Detective, Baltimore PD Homicide (1999\u20132001) \u2014 Michael Weatherly: NCIS\nDetective 3rd Grade Kenneth \u201cKen\u201d Briscoe, NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Junior Detective, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (September 20, 1999\u2013April 28, 2000) \u2014 Chris Orbach: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit\nDetective Kate Lockley, LAPD Robbery-Homicide Division (fired, 2001) \u2014 Detective, LAPD Robbery-Homicide Division (October 12, 1999\u2013February 27, 2001) \u2014 Elisabeth R\u00f6hm: Angel\nDetective Reina Perez, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Detective, NYPD 27th Precinct (Homicide) (February 21, 2001\u2013?) \u2014 Nancy Ticotin: Law & Order\nDetective 3rd Grade Monique Jeffries, NYPD Vice Squad \u2014 Detective, NYPD Vice Squad (March 2, 2001\u2013?) \u2014 Michelle Hurd: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit\nDetective 1st Grade Elliot Stabler, B.A., NYPD Special Victims Unit (Ret. 2011) \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (May 11, 2001\u2013May 18, 2011) \u2014 Christopher Meloni: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order \u2013 \u201cEntitled\u201d, \u201cFools for Love\u201d, Law & Order: Trial by Jury \u2013 \u201cDay\u201d\nDetective Ana Cordova, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Detective, NYPD 27th Precinct (Homicide) (September 26, 2001\u2013?) \u2014 Andrea Navedo: Law & Order\nDetective 1st Grade McKenna Llewellyn \u201cMac\u201d Taylor, NYPD Crime Lab \u2014 CSI Supervisor, NYPD Crime Lab (2002\u2013?) \u2014 Gary Sinese: CSI: Miami \u2013 \u201cMIA/NYC Nonstop\u201d, \u201cManhattan Manhunt\u201d, CSI: New York, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation \u2013 \u201cIn Vino Veritas\u201d\nDetective Calvin \u201cCal\u201d May, Firearms Investigation Unit (KIA, 2004) \u2014 Undercover Detective, NYPD Firearms Investigation Unit (2002\u2013October 20, 2004) \u2014 Jeff Greene: Law & Order \u2013 \u201cGunplay\u201d\nDetective Dexter Richmond, NYPD Firearms Investigation Unit (KIA, 2004) \u2014 Undercover Detective, NYPD Firearms Investigation Unit (2002\u2013October 20, 2004) \u2014 Antonio D. Charity: Law & Order \u2013 \u201cGunplay\u201d\nDetective 3rd Grade David \u201cDave\u201d Duethorn, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Junior Detective, NYPD Homicide (January 10, 2003\u2013?) \u2014 Erik Palladino: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit \u2013 \u201cDamaged\u201d, \u201cDominance\u201d\nDetective Lillian \u201cLilly\u201d Rush, PPD Homicide \u2014 Lead Detective, Philadelphia PD Homicide (Cold Case Squad) (September 28, 2003\u2013?) \u2014 Kathryn Morris: Cold Case\nDetective William \u201cWill\u201d Jeffries, PPD Homicide \u2014 Senior Detective, Philadelphia PD Homicide (Cold Case Squad) (September 28, 2003\u2013?) \u2014 Thom Barry: Cold Case\nDetective Nicholas \u201cNick\u201d Vera, PPD Homicide \u2014 Detective, Philadelphia PD Homicide (Cold Case Squad) (September 28, 2003\u2013?) \u2014 Jeremy Ratchford: Cold Case\nDetective Scott \u201cScotty\u201d Valens, PPD Homicide \u2014 Detective, Philadelphia PD Homicide (Cold Case Squad) (November 9, 2003\u2013?) \u2014 Danny Pino: Cold Case\nDetective James \u201cJimmy\u201d Stills, NYPD Vice Squad (killed, 2011) \u2014 Detective, NYPD 51st Precinct (Vice Squad) (2004\u2013September 22, 2011); dirty cop \u2014 James Hanlon: Person of Interest\nInspector Sheridan, SFPD Homicide (KIA, 2005) \u2014 Junior Inspector, SFPD Homicide (April 25, 2004\u2013May 22, 2005) \u2014 Jenya Lano: Charmed\nDetective 1st Grade Joseph \u201cJoe\u201d Fontana, NYPD Homicide (Ret. 2006) (d. 2013) \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD 27th Precinct (Homicide) (September 22, 2004\u2013May 17, 2006) \u2014 Dennis Farina\u2020: Law & Order, Law & Order: Trial by Jury \u2013 \u201cSkeleton\u201d\nDetective Mariluz Rivera, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Detective, NYPD 27th Precinct (Homicide) (September 29, 2004\u2013?) \u2014 Selenis Leyva: Law & Order\nDetective Luisa Valenzuela, NYPD Firearms Investigation Unit \u2014 Undercover Detective, NYPD Firearms Investigation Unit (October 20, 2004\u2013?) \u2014 Suzette Gunn: Law & Order \u2013 \u201cGunplay\u201d\nDetective 3rd Grade Miguel \u201cMike\u201d Sandoval, NYPD Narcotics Division \u2014 Junior Detective, NYPD Narcotics Division (December 7, 2004\u2013?) \u2014 Nicholas Gonzalez: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit \u2013 \u201cHaunted\u201d, \u201cGhost\u201d\nDetective Charles Boyle, NYPD \u2014 Detective, NYPD 99th Precinct (Detective Squad) (2005\u2013Present) \u2014 Joe Lo Truglio: Brooklyn Nine-Nine\nDetective Nicholas \u201cNick\u201d Falco, J.D., NYPD Homicide \u2014 Junior Detective, NYPD 27th Precinct (Homicide) (April 20, 2005\u2013May 18, 2005) \u2014 Michael Imperioli: Law & Order\nDetective 1st Grade Michael \u201cMike\u201d Logan, NYPD Major Case Squad (Ret. 2008) \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD Major Case Squad (September 25, 2005\u2013August 17, 2008) \u2014 Chris Noth: Law & Order, Homicide: Life on the Street \u2013 \u201cLaw & Disorder\u201d, Exiled: A Law & Order Movie, Law & Order: Criminal Intent\nDetective Carolyn Barek, NYPD Major Case Squad \u2014 Junior Detective, NYPD Major Case Squad (October 2, 2005\u2013May 14, 2006) \u2014 Annabella Sciorra: Law & Order: Criminal Intent\nDetective Katherine \u201cKat\u201d Miller, PPD Homicide \u2014 Detective, Philadelphia PD Homicide (Cold Case Squad) (November 20, 2005\u2013?) \u2014 Tracie Thoms: Cold Case\nDetective 2nd Grade Edward \u201cEd\u201d Green, NYPD Homicide (resigned, 2008) \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD 27th Precinct (Homicide) (September 20, 2006\u2013April 23, 2008) \u2014 Jesse L. Martin: Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit \u2013 \u201cOr Looks Just Like One\u201d, \u201cEntitled\u201d, Law & Order: Criminal Intent \u2013 \u201cPoison\u201d, Law & Order: Trial by Jury \u2013 \u201cSkeleton\u201d\nDetective 3rd Grade Nina Cassady, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Junior Detective, NYPD 27th Precinct (Homicide) (September 20, 2006\u2013May 18, 2007) \u2014 Milena Govich: Law & Order\nDetective Danielle \u201cDani\u201d Beck, NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Junior Detective, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (September 26, 2006\u2013November 21, 2006) \u2014 Connie Nielsen: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit\nDetective 3rd Grade Megan Wheeler, NYPD Major Case Squad (Ret. 2009) \u2014 Junior Detective, NYPD Major Case Squad (September 26, 2006\u2013July 26, 2009) \u2014 Julianne Nicholson: Law & Order: Criminal Intent\nDetective Odafin \u201cFin\u201d Tutuola, NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (September 25, 2007\u2013Present) \u2014 Ice-T: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order \u2013 \u201cFlaw\u201d, Chicago PD \u2013 \u201cConventions\u201d, \u201cThe Number of Rats\u201d\nDetective Chester Lake, NYPD Special Victims Unit (incarcerated, 2008) \u2014 Junior Detective, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (September 25, 2007\u2013May 13, 2008) \u2014 Adam Beach: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit\nDetective Joseph \u201cJoe\u201d Comack, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Detective, NYPD 27th Precinct (Homicide) (January 2, 2008\u2013?) \u2014 Joe Forbrich: Law & Order\nDetective Cyrus Lupo, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD 27th Precinct (Homicide) (April 30, 2008\u2013?) \u2014 Jeremy Sisto: Law & Order\nDetective Kevin Bernard, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Junior Detective, NYPD 27th Precinct (Homicide) (April 30, 2008\u2013?) \u2014 Anthony Anderson: Law & Order\nDetective William \u201cWill\u201d LaMontagne, Jr., MPDC Homicide \u2014 Detective, MPDC Homicide (September 24, 2008\u2013Present) \u2014 Josh Stewart: Criminal Minds\nDetective Ashok \u201cAsh\u201d Ramsey, M.B.A., NYPD Special Frauds Unit \u2014 Detective, NYPD Special Frauds Unit (2009\u2013?) \u2014 Naveen Andrews: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit \u2013 \u201cShadow\u201d\nDetective 1st Grade Joseph Conor \u201cJoe\u201d Reagan, NYPD Warrants Squad (KIA, 2009) \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD Warrants Squad (2009\u2013May 15, 2009) \u2014 Blue Bloods\nDetective 1st Grade Sonny Malevsky, NYPD Warrants Squad (committed suicide, 2011) \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD Warrants Squad (2009\u2013May 13, 2011); dirty cop \u2014 Michael T. Weiss: Blue Bloods\nDetective 1st Grade Zachary \u201cZach\u201d Jordan, NYPD Red \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD 19th Precinct (High-Profile Victims Response Team) (2009\u2013Present) \u2014 NYPD Red\nDetective 2nd Grade Jeremy Fisk, NYPD Intelligence Division \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD Intelligence Division (2009\u2013Present) \u2014 The Intercept, The Execution\nDetective Javier Esposito, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Detective, NYPD 12th Precinct (Homicide) (March 9, 2009\u2013Present) \u2014 Jon Huertas: Castle\nDetective Kevin Ryan, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Detective, NYPD 12th Precinct (Homicide) (March 9, 2009\u2013Present) \u2014 Seamus Dever: Castle\nDetective 3rd Grade Casey Shraeger, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Junior Detective, NYPD 2nd Precinct (Homicide) (April 8, 2009\u2013?) \u2014 Amber Tamblyn: The Unusuals\nDetective 1st Grade Zachary \u201cZach\u201d Nichols, NYPD Major Case Squad (Ret. 2010) \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD Major Case Squad (April 26, 2009\u2013July 6, 2010) \u2014 Jeff Goldblum: Law & Order: Criminal Intent\nDetective Miguel Ochoa, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Detective, NYPD 20th Precinct (Homicide) (September 29, 2009\u2013Present) \u2014 Nikki Heat\nDetective Sean Raley, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Detective, NYPD 20th Precinct (Homicide) (September 29, 2009\u2013Present) \u2014 Nikki Heat\nDetective Sharon Hinesburg, NYPD Homicide (killed, 2013) \u2014 Detective, NYPD 20th Precinct (Homicide) (September 29, 2009\u2013September 17, 2013); dirty cop \u2014 Nikki Heat\nDetective Daniel \u201cDan\u201d Rhymer, NYPD Burglary Division \u2014 Detective, NYPD 20th Precinct (Burglary Division) (September 29, 2009\u2013Present) \u2014 Nikki Heat\nDetective 1st Grade Benigno DeJesus, NYPD Evidence Collection Team \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD 20th Precinct (Evidence Collection Team) (September 29, 2009\u2013Present) \u2014 Nikki Heat\nDetective James \u201cJim\u201d Longworth, FDLE (KIA, 2013) \u2014 Senior Detective, FDLE Palm Glades Field Office (July 11, 2010\u2013August 26, 2013) \u2014 Matt Passmore: The Glades\nDetective Jane Clementine Rizzoli, BPD Homicide \u2014 Senior Detective, Boston PD Division 1 (Homicide) (July 12, 2010\u2013Present) \u2014 Angie Harmon: Rizzoli & Isles\nDetective Barold \u201cBarry\u201d Frost, BPD Homicide (d. 2014) \u2014 Junior Detective, Boston PD Division 1 (Homicide) (July 12, 2010\u2013June 17, 2014) \u2014 Lee Thompson Young\u2020: Rizzoli & Isles\nDetective Steven \u201cSteve\u201d Peck, TPS Guns & Gangs Unit (incarcerated, 2015) \u2014 Senior Detective, TPS Guns & Gangs Unit (August 12, 2010\u2013July 15, 2015); dirty cop \u2014 Adam MacDonald: Rookie Blue\nDetective 1st Grade Josephine \u201cJo\u201d Danville, NYPD Crime Lab \u2014 CSI Assistant Supervisor, NYPD Crime Lab (September 24, 2010\u2013?) \u2014 Sela Ward: CSI: New York\nDetective 1st Grade Daniel Fitzgerald \u201cDanny\u201d Reagan, NYPD Major Case Squad \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD 54th Precinct (Detective Squad) (September 24, 2010\u2013Present) \u2014 Donnie Wahlberg: Blue Bloods\nDetective III Rex Winters, LAPD Robbery-Homicide Division (KIA, 2011) \u2014 Senior Detective, LAPD Central Division (Robbery-Homicide Division) (September 29, 2010\u2013April 11, 2011) \u2014 Skeet Ulrich: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit \u2013 \u201cBehave\u201d, Law & Order: Los Angeles\nDetective 1st Grade Abigail Baker, NYPD PC\u2019s (Detective) Squad \u2014 Primary Aide to the New York City Police Commissioner (October 1, 2010\u2013Present) \u2014 Abigail Hawk: Blue Bloods\nDetective 1st Grade Jacqueline \u201cJackie\u201d Curatola, NYPD Major Case Squad (Ret. 2012) \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD 54th Precinct (Detective Squad) (October 15, 2010\u2013November 9, 2012) \u2014 Jennifer Esposito: Blue Bloods\nDetective 2nd Grade Christian Arroyo, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD 39th Precinct (Homicide) (2011\u2013?) \u2014 Kevin Alejandro: Golden Boy\nDetective Deborah \u201cDeb\u201d McKenzie, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Detective, NYPD 39th Precinct (Homicide) (2011\u2013?) \u2014 Bonnie Somerville: Golden Boy\nDetective Joseph \u201cJoe\u201d Diaco, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Detective, NYPD 39th Precinct (Homicide) (2011\u2013?) \u2014 Holt McCallany: Golden Boy\nDetective James Payton, APD \u2014 Detective, Atlanta Police Department (2011\u2013Present) \u2014 Ice Cube: Ride Along\nDetective Jarek Wysocki, CPD Homicide \u2014 Senior Detective, CPD Homicide (February 7, 2011\u2013?) \u2014 Jason Clarke: The Chicago Code\nDetective Caleb Evers, CPD Homicide \u2014 Junior Detective, CPD Homicide (February 7, 2011\u2013?) \u2014 Matt Lauria: The Chicago Code\nDetective 1st Grade Robert O. \u201cBobby\u201d Goren, NYPD Major Case Squad (Ret. 2012) \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD Major Case Squad (May 1, 2011\u20132012) \u2014 Vincent D\u2019Onofrio: Law & Order: Criminal Intent\nDetective Kevin James \u201cWordy\u201d Wordsworth, TPS Guns & Gangs Unit \u2014 Senior Detective, TPS Guns & Gangs Unit (August 5, 2011\u2013?) \u2014 Michael Cram: Flashpoint\nDetective Michael \u201cMike\u201d Costello, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Detective, NYPD 117th Precinct (Homicide) (September 20, 2011\u2013?) \u2014 Michael Gaston: Unforgettable\nDetective Nina Inara, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Detective, NYPD 117th Precinct (Homicide) (September 20, 2011\u2013?) \u2014 Daya Vaidya: Unforgettable\nDetective Roe Sanders, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Detective, NYPD 117th Precinct (Homicide) (September 20, 2011\u2013?) \u2014 Kevin Rankin: Unforgettable\nDetective Randall \u201cRandy\u201d Feller, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Detective, NYPD 20th Precinct (Homicide) (September 20, 2011\u2013Present) \u2014 Nikki Heat\nDetective 3rd Grade Amanda Rollins, B.Sc. (Forensic science), NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Junior Detective, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (September 21, 2011\u2013Present) \u2014 Kelli Giddish: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Chicago PD \u2013 \u201cConventions\u201d, \u201cThey\u2019ll Have to Go Through Me\u201d, Chicago Fire \u2013 \u201cNobody Touches Anything\u201d\nDetective 1st Grade Jocelyn \u201cJoss\u201d Carter, J.D., NYPD Homicide \u2014 Detective, NYPD 8th Precinct (Homicide) (September 22, 2011\u2013Present) \u2014 Taraji P. Henson: Person of Interest\nDetective Raymond Terney, NYPD \u2014 Detective, NYPD 8th Precinct (Detective Squad) (September 22, 2011\u2013Present) \u2014 Al Sapienza: Person of Interest\nDetective Ian J. Davidson, NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau (killed, 2012) \u2014 Detective, NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau (September 22, 2011\u2013February 16, 2012); dirty cop \u2014 Reg E. Cathey: Person of Interest\nDetective 2nd Grade Nicholas \u201cNick\u201d Amaro, NYPD Special Victims Unit (Ret. 2015) \u2014 Junior Detective, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (September 28, 2011\u2013May 20, 2015) \u2014 Danny Pino: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Chicago PD \u2013 \u201cThey\u2019ll Have to Go Through Me\u201d, \u201cThe Number of Rats\u201d\nDetective Lionel P. Fusco, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Detective, NYPD 8th Precinct (Homicide) (October 13, 2011\u2013Present) \u2014 Kevin Chapman: Person of Interest\nDetective William \u201cBill\u201d Szymanski, NYPD Organized Crime Control Bureau (KIA, 2013) \u2014 Detective, NYPD 8th Precinct (Organized Crime Control Bureau) (November 3, 2011\u2013March 14, 2013) \u2014 Michael McGlone: Person of Interest\nDetective Robert \u201cDoom\u201d Dumas, NYPD (inactive, 2015) \u2014 Detective, NYPD 27th Precinct (Detective Squad) (November 30, 2011\u2013October 14, 2015) \u2014 Scott Michael Winters: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit\nDetective 1st Grade Ethan Slaughter, NYPD Gang Unit \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD Gang Unit (April 16, 2012\u2013Present) \u2014 Adam Baldwin: Castle \u2013 \u201cHeadhunters\u201d\nDetective Luke Callaghan, TPS Homicide \u2014 Senior Detective, TPS Homicide (August 9, 2012\u2013?) \u2014 Eric Johnson: Rookie Blue\nDetective II David Gabriel, M.P.A., LAPD \u2014 LAPD Liaison Officer, Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office (August 13, 2012\u2013?) \u2014 Corey Reynolds: The Closer\nDetective Amy Sykes, B.Sc. (Political science), LAPD Major Crimes Division \u2014 Junior Detective, LAPD Major Crimes Division (August 12, 2013\u2013Present) \u2014 Kearran Giovanni: Major Crimes\nDetective 1st Grade Marcus Bell, NYPD Major Case Squad \u2014 Detective, NYPD 11th Precinct (Major Case Squad) (October 4, 2012\u2013Present) \u2014 Jon Michael Hill: Elementary\nDetective Kylie MacDonald-Harrington, NYPD Red \u2014 Junior Detective, NYPD 19th Precinct (High-Profile Victims Response Team) (October 8, 2012\u2013Present) \u2014 NYPD Red\nDetective Lucas Hilton, SCPD Homicide (KIA, 2013) \u2014 Junior Detective, SCPD Homicide (October 10, 2012\u2013December 11, 2013) \u2014 Roger Cross: Arrow\nDetective 1st Grade Catherine \u201cCat\u201d Chandler, J.D., NYPD Special Crimes Unit \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD 125th Precinct (Special Crimes Unit) (October 11, 2012\u2013Present) \u2014 Kristin Kreuk: Beauty & the Beast\nDetective Tess Vargas, NYPD Special Crimes Unit Detective, NYPD 125th Precinct (Special Crimes Unit) (October 11, 2012\u2013Present) \u2014 Nina Lisandrello: Beauty & the Beast\nDetective Calvin T. \u201cCal\u201d Beecher, NYPD Narcotics Division (KIA, 2013) \u2014 Detective, NYPD Narcotics Division (November 29, 2012\u2013April 4, 2013) \u2014 Sterling K. Brown: Person of Interest\nDetective Fred Chyre, CCPD (KIA, 2013) \u2014 Detective, Central City Police Department (2013\u2013December 11, 2013) \u2014 Al Sapienza: The Flash\nDetective Kate Lansing, NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau \u2014 Detective, NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau (January 18, 2013\u2013?) \u2014 Megan Ketch: Blue Bloods\nDetective Candice \u201cMac\u201d McElroy, NYPD Major Case Squad \u2014 Junior Detective, NYPD 54th Precinct (Detective Squad) (February 1, 2013\u2013February 8, 2013) \u2014 Megan Boone: Blue Bloods\nDetective McKenna Hall, SCPD Major Case Squad (WIA, 2013) \u2014 Junior Detective, SCPD Major Case Squad (February 20, 2013\u2013March 20, 2013) \u2014 Janina Gavankar: Arrow\nDetective 3rd Grade Walter William Clark, Jr., NYPD Homicide \u2014 Junior Detective, NYPD 39th Precinct (Homicide) (February 26, 2013\u2013?) \u2014 Theo James: Golden Boy\nDetective Maria Baez, NYPD Major Case Squad \u2014 Junior Detective, NYPD 54th Precinct (Detective Squad) (March 8, 2013\u2013Present) \u2014 Marisa Ramirez: Blue Bloods\nDetective 2nd Grade Donald \u201cDon\u201d Owen, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD 39th Precinct (Homicide) (May 14, 2013\u2013?) \u2014 Chi McBride: Golden Boy\nDetective Antonio Dawson, CPD Intelligence Section \u2014 Senior Detective, Chicago PD 21st District (Intelligence Section) (May 15, 2013\u2013Present) \u2014 Jon Seda: Chicago Fire, Chicago PD\nDetective Julie Willhite, CPD Intelligence Section (KIA, 2014) \u2014 Detective, Chicago PD 21st District (Intelligence Section) (May 15, 2013\u2013January 8, 2014) \u2014 Melissa Sagemiller: Chicago Fire, Chicago PD\nDetective Samuel Jay \u201cSam\u201d Swarek, TPS \u2014 Senior Detective, TPS 15 Division (May 23, 2013\u2013Present) \u2014 Ben Bass: Rookie Blue\nDetective 3rd Grade Carrie Wells, NYPD Major Crimes Section \u2014 Detective, NYPD Major Crimes Section (July 28, 2013\u2013Present) \u2014 Poppy Montgomery: Unforgettable\nDetective Cherie Rollins-Murray, NYPD Major Crimes Section \u2014 Detective, NYPD Major Crimes Section (July 28, 2013\u2013Present) \u2014 Tawny Cypress: Unforgettable\nDetective Jay Lee, NYPD Major Crimes Section \u2014 Detective, NYPD Major Crimes Section (July 28, 2013\u2013Present) \u2014 James Hiroyuki Liao: Unforgettable\nDetective 1st Grade Jacob \u201cJake\u201d Peralta, NYPD \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD 99th Precinct (Detective Squad) (September 17, 2013\u2013Present) \u2014 Andy Samberg: Brooklyn Nine-Nine\nDetective Amy Santiago, NYPD \u2014 Detective, NYPD 99th Precinct (Detective Squad) (September 17, 2013\u2013Present) \u2014 Melissa Fumero: Brooklyn Nine-Nine\nDetective Rosa Diaz, NYPD \u2014 Detective, NYPD 99th Precinct (Detective Squad) (September 17, 2013\u2013Present) \u2014 Stephanie Beatriz: Brooklyn Nine-Nine\nDetective Alvin \u201cAl\u201d Olinsky, CPD Intelligence Section \u2014 Senior Detective, Chicago PD 21st District (Intelligence Section) (December 3, 2013\u2013Present) \u2014 Elias Koteas: Chicago PD, Chicago Fire\nDetective Jay Halstead, CPD Intelligence Section \u2014 Detective, Chicago PD 21st District (Intelligence Section) (January 8, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 Jesse Lee Soffer: Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit \u2013 \u201cChicago Crossover\u201d, \u201cDaydream Behavior\u201d\nDetective Sheldon Jin, CPD Intelligence Section (KIA, 2014) \u2014 Detective, Chicago PD 21st District (Intelligence Section) (January 8, 2014\u2013May 21, 2014) \u2014 Archie Kao: Chicago PD\nDetective 3rd Grade Brian Cassidy, NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau \u2014 Detective, NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau (January 15, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 Dean Winters: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit\nInspector Juliet Lynn \u201cJules\u201d O\u2019Hara, SFPD Homicide \u2014 Chief Inspector, SFPD Homicide (February 26, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 Maggie Lawson: Psych\nDetective Louise Campesi, NYPD (inactive, 2015) \u2014 Detective, NYPD 27th Precinct (Detective Squad) (March 12, 2014\u2013October 14, 2015) \u2014 Caris Vujcec: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit\nDetective Mia Sumner, CPD Intelligence Section \u2014 Detective, Chicago PD 21st District (Intelligence Section) (March 12, 2014\u2013May 14, 2014) \u2014 Sydney Tamiia Poitier: Chicago PD\nDetective Leo D\u2019Amato, SDPD \u2014 Detective, San Diego Police Department (March 14, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 Max Greenfield: Veronica Mars\nDetective Caitlin Mary Darcy \u201cCat\u201d Sullivan, NYPD \u2014 Detective, NYPD 125th Precinct (Detective Squad) (April 14, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 Chyler Leigh: Taxi Brooklyn\nDetective Edward \u201cEddie\u201d Esposito, NYPD \u2014 Detective, NYPD 125th Precinct (Detective Squad) (April 14, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 Jos\u00e9 Z\u00fa\u00f1iga: Taxi Brooklyn\nDetective Francisco \u201cFrankie\u201d Rizzoli, Jr., BPD Homicide \u2014 Junior Detective, Boston PD Division 1 (Homicide) (June 17, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 Jordan Bridges: Rizzoli & Isles\nDetective Marlo Cruz, TPS Intelligence Division \u2014 Detective, TPS Intelligence Division (July 30, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 Rachael Ancheril: Rookie Blue\nDetective Ren\u00e9e Maria Montoya, GCPD Major Crimes Unit \u2014 Junior Detective, GCPD Major Crimes Unit (September 22, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 Victoria Cartagena: Gotham\nDetective Crispus \u201cCris\u201d Allen, GCPD Major Crimes Unit \u2014 Senior Detective, GCPD Major Crimes Unit (September 22, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 Andrew Stewart-Jones: Gotham\nDetective Josephine \u201cJo\u201d Martinez, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD 11th Precinct (Detective Squad) (September 22, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 Alana de la Garza: Forever\nDetective Michael \u201cMike\u201d Hanson, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Junior Detective, NYPD 11th Precinct (Detective Squad) (September 22, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 Donnie Keshawarz: Forever\nDetective 3rd Grade Dominick \u201cSonny\u201d Carisi, Jr., NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Junior Detective, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (September 24, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 Peter Scanavino: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Chicago PD \u2013 \u201cThe Number of Rats\u201d\nDetective Edward \u201cEddie\u201d Thawne, CCPD (committed suicide, 2015) \u2014 Junior Detective, Central City Police Department (October 7, 2014\u2013May 19, 2015) \u2014 Rick Cosnett: The Flash\nDetective Clive Babineaux, Seattle PD Homicide \u2014 Detective, Seattle PD Homicide (March 17, 2015\u2013Present) \u2014 Malcolm Goodwin: iZombie\nDetective Noelle Grace Williams-Best, TPS Internal Affairs Division \u2014 Detective, TPS Internal Affairs Division (June 24, 2015\u2013Present) \u2014 Melanie Nicholls-King: Rookie Blue\nDetective Dov Epstein, TPS \u2014 Junior Detective, TPS 15 Division (July 29, 2015\u2013Present) \u2014 Gregory Smith: Rookie Blue\nDetective Inez Aguinaldo, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Detective, NYPD 20th Precinct (Homicide) (September 16, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 Nikki Heat\nDetective Harvey Bullock, GCPD Homicide \u2014 Senior Detective, GCPD Homicide (September 28, 2015\u2013Present) \u2014 Donal Logue: Gotham\nDetective Erin Lindsay, CPD Intelligence Section \u2014 Detective, Chicago PD 21st District (Intelligence Section) (September 30, 2015\u2013Present) \u2014 Sophia Bush: Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit \u2013 \u201cComic Perversion\u201d, \u201cChicago Crossover\u201d, \u201cDaydream Believer\u201d\nDetective Joseph \u201cJoe\u201d West, CCPD Anti-Metahuman Task Force \u2014 Commanding Officer, CCPD Anti-Metahuman Task Force (October 6, 2015\u2013Present) \u2014 Jesse L. Martin: The Flash\nDetective 1st Grade James \u201cJim\u201d Gordon, GCPD Homicide \u2014 Commanding Officer, GCPD Strike Force Unit Alpha (October 12, 2015\u2013Present) \u2014 Ben McKenzie: Gotham\nDetective Patty Spivot, B.A. (Biology, Chemistry, Physics), CCPD Anti-Metahuman Task Force \u2014 Detective, CCPD Anti-Metahuman Task Force (October 13, 2015\u2013Present) \u2014 Shantel VanSanten: The Flash\nInspector Darryl Morris, SFPD Special Investigations Unit \u2014 Inspector, SFPD Special Investigations Unit (1999\u2013?) \u2014 Dorian Gregory: \u201cSecond Life\u201d\nDetective 1st Grade John Munch, NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (September 20, 1999\u2013?) \u2014 Richard Belzer: \u201cA Changed World\u201d\nDetective 1st Grade John Munch, NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (September 20, 1999\u2013?) \u2014 Richard Belzer: \u201cMy Daughter\u2026the What?\u201d\nDetective 1st Grade John Munch, NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (September 20, 1999\u2013?) \u2014 Richard Belzer: \u201cThe Flipped Side of My Daughter\u2026the What?\u201d\nDetective Odafin \u201cFin\u201d Tutuola, NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Detective, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (October 20, 2000\u2013?) \u2014 Ice-T: \u201cA Changed World\u201d\nDetective Odafin \u201cFin\u201d Tutuola, NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Detective, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (October 20, 2000\u2013?) \u2014 Ice-T: \u201cMy Daughter\u2026the What?\u201d\nDetective Odafin \u201cFin\u201d Tutuola, NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Detective, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (October 20, 2000\u2013?) \u2014 Ice-T: \u201cThe Flipped Side of My Daughter\u2026the What?\u201d\nDetective Odafin \u201cFin\u201d Tutuola, NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Detective, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (October 20, 2000\u2013?) \u2014 Ice-T: \u201cStargate: SVU\u201d\nDetective Odafin \u201cFin\u201d Tutuola, NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Detective, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (October 20, 2000\u2013?) \u2014 Ice-T: \u201cAfter Sunnydale\u201d\nDetective 1st Grade Elliot Stabler, B.A., NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (May 11, 2001\u2013?) \u2014 Christopher Meloni: \u201cA Changed World\u201d\nDetective 2nd Grade Olivia \u201cLiv\u201d Benson, B.A., NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Detective, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (May 11, 2001\u2013?) \u2014 Mariska Hargitay: \u201cA Changed World\u201d\nDetective 1st Grade Elliot Stabler, B.A., NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (May 11, 2001\u2013?) \u2014 Christopher Meloni: \u201cMy Daughter\u2026the What?\u201d\nDetective 2nd Grade Olivia \u201cLiv\u201d Benson, B.A., NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Detective, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (May 11, 2001\u2013?) \u2014 Mariska Hargitay: \u201cMy Daughter\u2026the What?\u201d\nDetective 1st Grade Elliot Stabler, B.A., NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (May 11, 2001\u2013?) \u2014 Christopher Meloni: \u201cThe Flipped Side of My Daughter\u2026the What?\u201d\nDetective 2nd Grade Olivia \u201cLiv\u201d Benson, B.A., NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Detective, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (May 11, 2001\u2013?) \u2014 Mariska Hargitay: \u201cThe Flipped Side of My Daughter\u2026the What?\u201d\nDetective 1st Grade Elliot Stabler, B.A., NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (May 11, 2001\u2013?) \u2014 Christopher Meloni: \u201cStargate: SVU\u201d\nDetective 1st Grade Elliot Stabler, B.A., NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (May 11, 2001\u2013?) \u2014 Christopher Meloni: \u201cAfter Sunnydale\u201d\nDetective 2nd Grade Olivia \u201cLiv\u201d Benson, B.A., NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Detective, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (May 11, 2001\u2013?) \u2014 Mariska Hargitay: \u201cAfter Sunnydale\u201d\nDetective 2nd Grade Robert O. \u201cBobby\u201d Goren, NYPD Major Case Squad \u2014 Detective, NYPD Major Case Squad (September 30, 2001\u2013?) \u2014 Vincent D\u2019Onofrio: \u201cMy Daughter\u2026the What?\u201d\nDetective 1st Grade Alexandra \u201cAlex\u201d Eames, NYPD Major Case Squad \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD Major Case Squad (September 30, 2001\u2013?) \u2014 Kathryn Erbe: \u201cMy Daughter\u2026the What?\u201d\nDetective 1st Grade Alexandra \u201cAlex\u201d Eames, NYPD Major Case Squad \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD Major Case Squad (September 30, 2001\u2013?) \u2014 Kathryn Erbe: \u201cThe Flipped Side of My Daughter\u2026the What?\u201d\nChief of Detectives Frederick Stein, SPD \u2014 Chief of Detectives, Sunnydale Police Department (2002\u2013?) \u2014 James G. MacDonald: \u201cSDPD\u201d\nDetective Dennis Clark, SPD \u2014 Senior Detective, Sunnydale Police Department (2002\u2013?) \u2014 \u201cSDPD\u201d\nDetective Kate Lockley, SPD \u2014 Junior Detective, Sunnydale Police Department (2002\u2013?) \u2014 Elisabeth R\u00f6hm: \u201cSDPD\u201d\nDetective 1st Grade Robert O. \u201cBobby\u201d Goren, NYPD Major Case Squad \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD Major Case Squad (October 26, 2003\u2013?) \u2014 Vincent D\u2019Onofrio: \u201cThe Flipped Side of My Daughter\u2026the What?\u201d\nDetective 1st Grade Michael \u201cMike\u201d Logan, NYPD Major Case Squad \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD Major Case Squad (September 25, 2005\u2013?) \u2014 Chris Noth: \u201cThe Flipped Side of My Daughter\u2026the What?\u201d\nDetective Carolyn Barek, NYPD Major Case Squad \u2014 Junior Detective, NYPD Major Case Squad (October 2, 2005\u2013?) \u2014 Annabella Sciorra: \u201cThe Flipped Side of My Daughter\u2026the What?\u201d\nDetective Michael Stein, LAPD Supernatural Section \u2014 Detective, LAPD Supernatural Section (2006\u2013?) \u2014 James G. MacDonald: \u201cAfter Sunnydale\u201d\nDetective 2nd Grade Edward \u201cEd\u201d Green, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD 27th Precinct (Homicide) (September 20, 2006\u2013?) \u2014 Jesse L. Martin: \u201cSlayerz\u201d\nDetective Danielle \u201cDani\u201d Beck, NYPD Special Victims Unit \u2014 Junior Detective, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (September 26, 2006\u2013?) \u2014 Connie Nielsen: \u201cStargate: SVU\u201d\nDetective 3rd Grade Nina Cassady, NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau \u2014 Junior Detective, NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau (2007\u2013?) \u2014 Milena Govich: \u201cSlayerz\u201d, \u201cMurder Ballad\u201d\nDetective 1st Grade Katherine Houghton \u201cKate\u201d Beckett, B.S. (Criminal justice), NYPD Homicide \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD 12th Precinct (Homicide) (March 9, 2009\u2013Present) \u2014 Stana Katic: \u201cOf Officers and Agents\u201d, \u201cJr. Agt. Richard Castle, FBI\u201d\nDetective Javier Esposito, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Detective, NYPD 12th Precinct (Homicide) (March 9, 2009\u2013Present) \u2014 Jon Huertas: \u201cOf Officers and Agents\u201d, \u201cJr. Agt. Richard Castle, FBI\u201d\nDetective Kevin Ryan, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Detective, NYPD 12th Precinct (Homicide) (March 9, 2009\u2013Present) \u2014 Seamus Dever: \u201cOf Officers and Agents\u201d, \u201cJr. Agt. Richard Castle, FBI\u201d\nDetective 1st Grade Katherine Houghton \u201cKate\u201d Beckett, B.S. (Criminal justice), NYPD Homicide \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD 12th Precinct (Homicide) (March 9, 2009\u2013Present) \u2014 Stana Katic: \u201cThis Happened\u201d\nDetective Javier Esposito, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Detective, NYPD 12th Precinct (Homicide) (March 9, 2009\u2013Present) \u2014 Jon Huertas: \u201cThis Happened\u201d\nDetective Kevin Ryan, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Detective, NYPD 12th Precinct (Homicide) (March 9, 2009\u2013Present) \u2014 Seamus Dever: \u201cThis Happened\u201d\nDetective 1st Grade Katherine Houghton \u201cKate\u201d Beckett, B.S. (Criminal justice), NYPD Homicide (resigned, 2012) \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD 12th Precinct (Homicide) (March 9, 2009\u2013May 7, 2012) \u2014 Stana Katic: \u201cAin\u2019t Nothing but a Family Thing\u201d\nDetective Kevin Ryan, NYPD Homicide \u2014 Detective, NYPD 12th Precinct (Homicide) (March 9, 2009\u2013Present) \u2014 Seamus Dever: \u201cAin\u2019t Nothing but a Family Thing\u201d\nDetective 1st Grade Daniel \u201cDanny\u201d Reagan, NYPD Major Case Squad \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD 54th Precinct (Detective Squad) (September 24, 2010\u2013Present) \u2014 Donnie Wahlberg: \u201cAin\u2019t Nothing but a Family Thing\u201d\nDetective 1st Grade Daniel \u201cDanny\u201d Reagan, NYPD Major Case Squad \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD 54th Precinct (Detective Squad) (September 24, 2010\u2013Present) \u2014 Donnie Wahlberg: \u201cHe Lets Me Call Him Frank Now\u201d, \u201cFollow Your Heart\u201d, \u201cHome Sweet Home\u201d\nDetective 1st Grade Abigail Baker, NYPD PC\u2019s (Detective) Squad \u2014 Primary Aide to the New York City Police Commissioner (October 1, 2010\u2013Present) \u2014 Abigail Hawk: \u201cAin\u2019t Nothing but a Family Thing\u201d\nDetective 1st Grade Abigail Baker, NYPD PC\u2019s (Detective) Squad \u2014 Primary Aide to the New York City Police Commissioner (October 1, 2010\u2013Present) \u2014 Abigail Hawk: \u201cHe Lets Me Call Him Frank Now\u201d, \u201cFollow Your Heart\u201d, \u201cHome Sweet Home\u201d\nDetective 1st Grade Jacqueline \u201cJackie\u201d Curatola, NYPD Major Case Squad \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD 54th Precinct (Detective Squad) (October 15, 2010\u2013?) \u2014 Jennifer Esposito: \u201cAin\u2019t Nothing but a Family Thing\u201d\nDetective 1st Grade Ethan Slaughter, NYPD Gang Unit \u2014 Senior Detective, NYPD Gang Unit (April 16, 2012\u2013Present) \u2014 Adam Baldwin: \u201cAin\u2019t Nothing but a Family Thing\u201d\nDetective 1st Grade Jamison Henry \u201cJamie\u201d Reagan, J.D., NYPD Legal Division \u2014 Special Legal Investigator, NYPD Legal Division (January 1, 2016\u2013Present) \u2014 Will Estes: \u201cHe Lets Me Call Him Frank Now\u201d, \u201cFollow Your Heart\u201d, \u201cHome Sweet Home\u201d\nCSI Level 3 Warrick Brown, B.Sc., LVMPD Crime Lab (KIA, 2008) \u2014 Crime Scene Investigator, LVMPD Crime Lab (October 6, 2000\u2013October 9, 2008) \u2014 Gary Dourdan: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation\nCSI Level 3 (Dr.) Gilbert Arthur \u201cGil\u201d Grissom, Ph.D. (Biology), LVMPD Crime Lab (Ret. 2009) \u2014 CSI Supervisor, LVMPD Crime Lab (October 13, 2000\u2013January 15, 2009) \u2014 William Petersen: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Without a Trace \u2013 \u201cWhere and Why\u201d\nTechnician David Hodges, B.A., LVMPD Crime Lab \u2014 Trace Technician, LVMPD Crime Lab (January 16, 2003\u2013Present) \u2014 Wallace Langham: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation\nForensics Technician Ryan O\u2019Halloran, NYPD Crime Scene Unit (KIA, 2009) \u2014 Forensics Technician, NYPD 16th Precinct (Special Victims Unit) (November 4, 2003\u2013June 2, 2009) \u2014 Mike Doyle: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit\nTechnician Henry Andrews, LVMPD Crime Lab \u2014 Toxicologist, LVMPD Crime Lab (May 12, 2005\u2013Present) \u2014 Jon Wellner: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation\nCSI Level 3 Michael \u201cMike\u201d Keppler, LVMPD Crime Lab (KIA, 2007) \u2014 Crime Scene Investigator, LVMPD Crime Lab (January 18, 2007\u2013February 8, 2007) \u2014 Liev Schreiber: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation\nCSI Level 3 Gregory Hojem \u201cGreg\u201d Sanders, B.Sc. (Chemistry), LVMPD Crime Lab \u2014 Crime Scene Investigator, LVMPD Crime Lab (January 15, 2009\u2013Present) \u2014 Eric Szmanda: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation\nCSI Level 2 (Dr.) Raymond \u201cRay\u201d Langston, M.D., LVMPD Crime Lab (resigned, 2011) \u2014 Crime Scene Investigator, LVMPD Crime Lab (January 22, 2009\u2013May 12, 2011) \u2014 Laurence Fishburne: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami \u2013 \u201cBone Voyage\u201d, CSI: New York \u2013 \u201cHammer Down\u201d\nCSI Level 3 Sara Sidle, M.Sc. (Physics), LVMPD Crime Lab (Ret. 2015) \u2014 Crime Scene Investigator, LVMPD Crime Lab (September 24, 2009\u2013September 27, 2015) \u2014 Jorja Fox: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation\nCSI Level 3 Diebenkorn \u201cD.B.\u201d Russell, LVMPD Crime Lab (Ret. 2015) \u2014 CSI Supervisor, LVMPD Crime Lab (September 21, 2011\u2013September 27, 2015) \u2014 Ted Danson: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: New York \u2013 \u201cSeth and Apep\u201d\nCSI Level 2 Morgan Brody, LVMPD Crime Lab \u2014 Crime Scene Investigator, LVMPD Crime Lab (September 21, 2011\u2013Present) \u2014 Elisabeth Harnois: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation\nCSI Level 3 Julie \u201cFinn\u201d Finlay, LVMPD Crime Lab (KIA, 2015) \u2014 CSI Assistant Supervisor, LVMPD Crime Lab (February 15, 2012\u2013February 15, 2015) \u2014 Elisabeth Shue: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation\nCriminalist Charles \u201cChuck\u201d Dryden, NYPD Crime Scene Unit \u2014 Crime Scene Investigator, NYPD 19th Precinct (High-Profile Victims Response Team) (October 8, 2012\u2013Present) \u2014 NYPD Red\nTechnician Tori Ellis, NYPD Technical Assistance Response Unit \u2014 TARU Technician, NYPD 12th Precinct (Homicide) (April 15, 2013\u2013Present) \u2014 Maya Stojan: Castle\nCrime Scene Investigator Bartholomew Henry \u201cBarry\u201d Allen, B.Sc. (Organic chemistry), CCPD Criminal and Forensic Science Division \u2014 Crime Scene Investigator, CCPD Criminal and Forensic Science Division (December 4, 2013\u2013Present) \u2014 Grant Gustin: Arrow, The Flash\nCrime Scene Investigator Edward Nygma, GCPD Crime Scene Unit \u2014 Forensics Technician, Gotham City Police Department (September 22, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 Corey Michael Smith: Gotham\nDirector Nicholas \u201cNick\u201d Stokes, B.Sc. (Chemistry), SDPD Crime Lab \u2014 Director of the San Diego Police Department Crime Lab (February 15, 2015\u2013Present) \u2014 George Eads: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation\nCSI Level 1 Lindsay Willows, LVMPD Crime Lab \u2014 Crime Scene Investigator, LVMPD Crime Lab (September 27, 2015\u2013Present) \u2014 Katie Stevens: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation\nDirector Catherine Willows (n\u00e9e Flynn), B.Sc. (Medical science), LVMPD Crime Lab \u2014 Director of the LVMPD Crime Lab (September 27, 2015\u2013Present) \u2014 Marg Helgenberger: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation\nCSI Level 3 Warrick Brown, B.Sc., LVMPD Crime Lab (resigned, 2006) \u2014 Crime Scene Investigator, LVMPD Crime Lab (October 6, 2000\u20132006) \u2014 Gary Dourdan: \u201cAfter Sunnydale\u201d\nCSI Level 3 Nicholas \u201cNick\u201d Stokes, B.Sc. (Chemistry), LVMPD Crime Lab (resigned, 2006) \u2014 Crime Scene Investigator, LVMPD Crime Lab (October 6, 2000\u20132006) \u2014 George Eads: \u201cAfter Sunnydale\u201d\nCSI Level 3 (Dr.) Gilbert Arthur \u201cGil\u201d Grissom, Ph.D. (Biology), LVMPD Crime Lab (resigned, 2006) \u2014 Night-shift Supervisor, LVMPD Crime Lab (October 13, 2000\u20132006) \u2014 William Petersen: \u201cAfter Sunnydale\u201d\nCSI Level 3 Catherine Willows (n\u00e9e Flynn), B.Sc. 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T. Tolliver, NYPD \u2014 Patrol Officer, NYPD 12th Precinct (March 30, 2009\u2013Present) \u2014 L.T. 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Simmons, NYPD \u2014 Patrol Officer, NYPD 20th Precinct (December 6, 2012\u2013Present); dirty cop \u2014 Robert John Burke: Person of Interest\nConstable Samuel W. \u201cSam\u201d Braddock, TPS Strategic Response Unit \u2014 Team Member, TPS Strategic Response Unit (Team 3) (2013\u2013Present) \u2014 David Paetkau: Flashpoint\nConstable Chloe Price, TPS \u2014 Patrol Officer, TPS 15 Division (June 27, 2013\u2013Present) \u2014 Priscilla Faia: Rookie Blue\nOfficer Adam Ruzek, CPD Intelligence Section \u2014 Junior Officer, Chicago PD 21st District (Intelligence Section) (January 8, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 Patrick John Flueger: Chicago PD, Chicago Fire\nOfficer Kimberly \u201cKim\u201d Burgess, CPD \u2014 Patrol Officer, Chicago PD 21st District (January 8, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 Marina Squerciati: Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit \u2013 \u201cDaydream Behavior\u201d\nOfficer Kevin Atwater, CPD Intelligence Section \u2014 Junior Officer, Chicago PD 21st District (Intelligence Section) (May 14, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 LaRoyce Hawkins: Chicago PD, Chicago Fire\nConstable Duncan Moore, TPS \u2014 Junior Officer, TPS 15 Division (May 26, 2014\u2013July 29, 2015) \u2014 Matt Murray: Rookie Blue\nOfficer Sean Roman, CPD \u2014 Patrol Officer, Chicago PD 21st District (September 24, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 Brian Geraghty: Chicago PD, Chicago Fire, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit \u2013 \u201cDaydream Behavior\u201d\nOfficer Edit \u201cEddie\u201d Janko, NYPD \u2014 Patrol Officer, NYPD 12th Precinct (September 26, 2014\u2013Present) \u2014 Vanessa Ray: Blue Bloods\nOfficer Frank Moto, PPB Special Crimes Unit \u2014 Patrol Officer, Portland PB Special Crimes Unit (January 22, 2015\u2013Present) \u2014 Page Kennedy: Backstrom\nConstable Andrea Grace \u201cAndy\u201d McNally-Swarek, TPS \u2014 Training Officer, TPS 15 Division (July 29, 2015\u2013Present) \u2014 Missy Peregrym: Rookie Blue\nConstable Christian \u201cChris\u201d Diaz, TPS \u2014 Training Officer, TPS 15 Division (July 29, 2015\u2013Present) \u2014 Travis Milne: Rookie Blue\nConstable Gail Peck, TPS \u2014 Training Officer, TPS 15 Division (July 29, 2015\u2013Present) \u2014 Charlotte Sullivan: Rookie Blue\nDeputy Sheriff Eamonn O\u2019Neill, CCSD \u2014 Deputy Sheriff of Cumberland County, WY (July 30, 2015\u2013Present) \u2014 Josh Cooke: Longmire\nDeputy Sheriff Zachary \u201cZach\u201d Heflin, ACSD (fired, 2015) \u2014 Deputy Sheriff of Absaroka County, WY (August 6, 2015\u2013September 10, 2015) \u2014 Barry Sloan: Longmire\nOfficer Jamison \u201cJamie\u201d Reagan, J.D., NYPD \u2014 Patrol Officer, NYPD 12th Precinct (September 28, 2012\u2013Present) \u2014 Will Estes: \u201cAin\u2019t Nothing but a Family Thing\u201d\nOfficer Quentin Larry Lance, SCPD \u2014 Patrol Officer, Starling City Police Department (October 9, 2013\u2013Present) \u2014 Paul Blackthorne: \u201cBroken Not Destroyed\u201d\nRuby Stephens, ACSD \u2014 Receptionist/Dispatcher, Absaroka County Sheriff\u2019s Department (2011\u2013Present) \u2014 Louanne Stephens: Longmire\nZachary \u201cZach\u201d Hamner, NYPD Department of Legal Matters (nickname: The Hammer) \u2014 Senior Administrative Aide to the NYPD Deputy Commissioner for Legal Matters (September 20, 2011\u2013Present) \u2014 Nikki Heat\nBetty Robertson, VPD Special Investigation Unit (KIA, 2014) \u2014 Cyber Specialist, VPD Special Investigation Unit (May 27, 2012\u2013June 1, 2014) \u2014 Jennifer Spence: Continuum\nNadia Decotis, CPD Intelligence Section (killed, 2015) \u2014 Civilian Secretary, Chicago PD 21st District (September 24, 2014\u2013April 29, 2015) \u2014 Stella Maeve: Chicago PD, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit \u2013 \u201cDaydream Behavior\u201d\nNadia Paquet, PPB Special Crimes Unit \u2014 Civilian Administrator, Portland PB Special Crimes Unit (January 22, 2015\u2013Present) \u2014 Beatrice Rosen: Backstrom\nAlec Sadler, VPD Special Investigation Unit \u2014 Cyber Specialist, VPD Special Investigation Unit (September 18, 2015\u2013Present) \u2014 Erik Knudsen: Continuum\nRegina \u201cGina\u201d Linetti, NYPD Public Relations Division \u2014 Civilian Administrator, NYPD Public Affairs Division (September 27, 2015\u2013Present) \u2014 Chelsea Peretti: Brooklyn Nine-Nine\nFelicity Meghan Smoak, M.Sc. 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PLF\u2019s suit seeks to compel the government agency to meet its statutory obligation to review the status of every listed species at least every five years.\nUnder Section 4(c)(2) of the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. Section 1533(c)(2), the government must determine whether, based on current best available science, each listed species should have its status changed (i.e., either lowered from endangered to threatened or raised from threatened to endangered), or have its status as a listed species removed because protection is no longer justified.\nAccording to PLF\u2019s complaint, the Fish and Wildlife Service has failed to perform the reviews for at least 193 species, or about two-thirds of the 298 species listed in California. As a result, PLF says the agency has no way of knowing if hundreds of species need more or less protection, or if they have been successfully recovered.\n\"The Fish and Wildlife Service has a statutory duty to review the status of endangered species every five years, but it doesn\u2019t do it,\" said PLF Principal Attorney Rob Rivett. \"How is the public supposed to know if protections are working if the government doesn\u2019t evaluate whether a species is doing better or worse? We\u2019re simply asking the government to do what the Endangered Species Act requires it to do.\"\nRivett said the status review requirement can benefit species by revealing that a species\u2019 status should be changed from threatened to endangered, thereby invoking greater protections. In addition, species that remain listed but no longer need protection divert resources from species that actually need them.\n\"The Endangered Species Act should be protecting only those species that actually need protecting. The government may be wasting millions of taxpayer dollars on species that don\u2019t need protection, instead of using those dollars to protect the species that are truly at risk,\" said Rivett.\nPLF also argues that the continued listing of species that no longer need special protection means that burdensome land use restrictions are being unnecessarily imposed on California property owners. These restrictions are causing economic and bureaucratic burdens that are particularly devastating to the state\u2019s agricultural industry.\n\"Californians face tremendous financial and bureaucratic burdens because of onerous regulations to protect species. Instead of holding the state economy hostage, federal officials ought to be doing everything they can to cut some of the red tape. The government should be keeping the endangered species list current, rather than leaving species to languish there indefinitely,\" Rivett said.\nPLF is representing the California State Grange, the California Cattlemen\u2019s Association, and the California Forestry Association.\nPacific Legal Foundation is the nation\u2019s oldest and largest public interest legal organization dedicated to defending private property rights. PLF is a national leader in the effort to reform the Endangered Species Act and raise awareness of the act\u2019s impact on people. 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India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, and offers tremendous opportunities to grow Canada\u2019s middle class and bolster our shared prosperity.\nThis state visit \u2013 which includes stops in Agra, Amritsar, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, and New Delhi \u2013 will provide an opportunity for Prime Minister Trudeau to connect with Indian leaders in government and business, promote the empowerment of women and girls, and strengthen Canada and India\u2019s close economic ties.\nDuring the visit, Prime Minister Trudeau and Prime Minister Modi will reaffirm the close friendship between our two countries, and discuss ways to create good middle class jobs for Canadians and Indians alike.\nPrime Minister Trudeau will also participate in several business roundtables to promote further trade and investment between Canada and India. The Canadian delegation will also work closely with Indian leaders to advance mutual growth and prosperity.\nWhile in India, Prime Minister Trudeau will also speak to students, and visit several landmarks, including the Taj Mahal, Sri Harmandir Sahib (also known as the Golden Temple), and the Swaminarayan Akshardham in Gujarat.\nindia Prime Minister Trudeau travel\t2018-01-23\nTagged with: india Prime Minister Trudeau travel\nPrevious: Shahbaz Sharif announces to go to people\u2019s court\nNext: Senate body asks IGPs to set up special cell for child abuse cases", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 4109, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 292.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://laterlifeacademy.co.uk/advisers/webinars/trusts-wills-and-estate-planning-module/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:24Z", "digest": "sha1:UPTWTAUKQMAOLXPM5ZUSPEAUUTTEDPY7", "length": 136, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "laterlifeacademy.co.uk", "title": "Trusts, Wills and Estate Planning Module", "raw_content": "Trusts, Wills and Estate Planning Module\nWelcome to the Trusts, Wills and Estate Planning module.\nTrusts, Wills & Estate Planning Module", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 80, "original_length": 2260, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.65, "perplexity": 252.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://law.howard.edu/node/303", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:28:33Z", "digest": "sha1:7M2T42NVKOQZYWN7JJCSNA5EHDP5X3MX", "length": 1108, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "law.howard.edu", "title": "ABA Required Disclosures | Howard University School of Law", "raw_content": "This information is presented in compliance with the ABA Standard 509 Report for 2015.\nThe U.S. Congress chartered Howard University, a coeducational private institution in Washington, D.C., in 1867. Howard is a historically black institution that offers an educational experience of exceptional quality to students with high academic potential. Particular emphasis is placed on providing educational opportunities for promising African Americans and other minority students. The university has a diverse student body and faculty. The main campus of Howard University is located in northwest Washington, with the law school on a separate campus approximately fifteen minutes away.\nOVERALL STATISTICS-2018\nBAR PASSAGE REPORT\nHoward University School of Law is accredited by the American Bar Association\u2019s Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.\nContact the ABA Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar at:\n321 N. Clark Street, 21st Floor, Chicago, IL 60654\nor call (312) 988-6738 for questions about the accreditation of Howard University School of Law.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 334, "original_length": 8696, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 114.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://lawguides.bc.edu/EU", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:31Z", "digest": "sha1:XFFGM24UB2WV2RWWVDYLXRPYO57LWQ3E", "length": 2186, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "lawguides.bc.edu", "title": "Home - European Union Research - LibGuides at Boston College Law Library", "raw_content": "Guide to the online resources of the European Union\nLEXIS and WESTLAW\nOriginally created in the early 1950's as the six member European Coal and Steel Community, the European Union has evolved into a twenty-eight member state democratic institution which plays a critical role in the daily life of almost five hundred million Europeans. The main goals of the European Union are:\nTo provide peace, prosperity and stability for its peoples;\nTo overcome the divisions on the continent;\nTo ensure that its people can live in safety;\nTo promote balanced economic and social development;\nTo meet the challenges of globalisation and preserve the diversity of the peoples of Europe;\nTo uphold the values that Europeans share, such as sustainable development and a sound environment, respect for human rights and the social market economy.\nStructure of the European Union\nThe European Union has several major institutions, each with specific roles and responsibilities.These institutions work co-operatively with each other to set policy, enact legislation, and oversee the administration of European Union Law. These institutions are: the Council of the European Union, the European Commission, the Court of Justice of the European Union, and the European Parliament.\nEuropean Union on the Internet\nEuropa is the official website for the European Union\nGoogle Search of Europa\nThis page provides the Google search box on the Europa website for the easiest way to search Europa\nEuropean Union Guide for Americans\nThis guide is designed to help Americans understand the European Union\nEU Delegation to the USA\nThe Delegation of the European Commission to the USA maintains this portal site, which includes links to major European Union institutional websites and to Europa.\nEuropean Resources on the Internet\nCreated by the Library at the University of California, Berkeley, this site provides a list of links to the sites maintained by the European Union. In addition, this site also links to academic and commercial sites that deal with the European Union.\nNext: European Union Institutions >>\nURL: https://lawguides.bc.edu/EU\nTags: foreign and international, primary sources, secondary sources", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 3027, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 175.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://lccc.wy.edu/events/2015_02AlmostMaine13.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:58:54Z", "digest": "sha1:GDVKAD5UMVP24C45N6MUL2VBIUIU3EYN", "length": 933, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "lccc.wy.edu", "title": "LCCC theatre club to perform \u201cAlmost, Maine\u201d - LCCC | Laramie County Community College, Wyoming", "raw_content": "LCCC theatre club to perform \u201cAlmost, Maine\u201d\nThe theatre club at LCCC is performing John Cariani\u2019s romantic comedy, Almost, Maine. As the New York Times indicated, this show \u201c\u2026leans on shrewd writing rather than star power in its nine interlocking love stories. [It] alternates beautiful, evocative prose with stutteringly awkward exchanges and often very funny sight gags.\u201d\nJust in time for Valentine\u2019s Day, performances take place at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 13 and 14 in the LCCC Playhouse. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students and seniors. For reservations, email the box office at boxoffice@lccc.wy.edu or call 307.432.1626.\nSince it was written in 2002, Almost, Maine has been produced by more than 2,500 theatre companies in the United States alone, making one of the most produced and popular plays of the past decade.\nFor more information about the show, contact Jason Pasqua by email at jpasqua@lccc.wy.edu or 307.778.4323.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 73, "original_length": 2222, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 338.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://leedsandholbeck.co.uk/mortgages/mortgage-statement/your-mortgage/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:25Z", "digest": "sha1:O5B2W6TFJKV2BJMLPMQO6GOFA6TDN6ZO", "length": 9550, "nlines": 32, "source_domain": "leedsandholbeck.co.uk", "title": "Your Annual Mortgage Statement Explained | Leeds Building Society", "raw_content": "/consumer/mortgages/mortgage-statement/your-mortgage/index.page?\nYou are here: Home > Mortgages > Mortgage Statement Guide > Your Mortgage\nUnderstanding the different types of mortgage\nThere are two basic types of mortgage:\nCapital & Interest (also known as a repayment mortgage).\nWith this type of mortgage, the balance of the loan reduces with each repayment, because part of the capital is repaid in addition to the interest payable. If you make each monthly payment in full and on time, the loan will be repaid in full at the end of your chosen term. Your monthly mortgage payments are calculated to cover the interest and a proportion of the outstanding balance (capital) plus any insurance premiums for cover arranged as part of your mortgage.\nInterest Only (including Endowment mortgages and Retirement Interest Only mortgages, unless stated otherwise).\nWith this type of mortgage you\u2019ll only repay the interest charged on your loan, plus any insurance premiums for cover arranged as part of your mortgage. This is because your monthly payment to us only covers the interest on the amount you have borrowed and (if applicable) any accrued interest. You have the option to make additional payments from time to time, to reduce the mortgage balance (subject to the terms of your mortgage account).\nAt the end of your mortgage term you\u2019ll still owe the full amount borrowed on an interest only basis and you will be required to repay this and (if applicable) any accrued interest at that time. You need to have a clearly understood and credible repayment strategy in place to repay the mortgage.\nWith the exception of Retirement Interest Only mortgages, it's possible to split a mortgage between the above two types. This is referred to as a part & part mortgage. This means that you repay part of the mortgage balance on a capital & interest basis and the other part on an interest only basis.\nThis section is not applicable for Retirement Interest Only mortgages. If you have one of these mortgages, please see the 'Repaying your Retirement Interest Only Mortgage' section in your Annual Mortgage Statement.\nIf you have an interest only or part & part mortgage, it is your responsibility to ensure that you have sufficient funds to repay the amount borrowed on an interest only basis and (where applicable) any accrued interest at the end of the term. This could be by using a savings or investment product, such as an endowment, a pension or an ISA, or a combination of these, or the sale of the mortgaged property or any other property. However, if you intend to sell the mortgaged property and this is your main residence, you must ensure that it is likely to provide you with enough funds to repay your mortgage and allow you to buy another cheaper property which is suitable for your needs.\nIf you've not made any arrangements to pay off the capital at the end of the term, you should make arrangements now. You should contact us, or an independent financial adviser, as soon as possible.\nWhichever option you choose, you must review your plans regularly to make sure your repayment strategy is on track to repay the mortgage on or before the end of the mortgage term and make changes if necessary. If you have an endowment policy, your provider will tell you whether the policy is on target. If you have another type of investment, you will not automatically receive information about whether it is on target to repay the mortgage. You may be able to get further information by asking your investment provider. If you have a potential shortfall, you have a number of choices to consider depending on your individual circumstances. The Money Advice Service have some guides which give information on your options, and why you need to act now. Visit www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk or call 0800 138 7777.\nWe can't advise you on the suitability of any particular repayment strategy. If you have any questions regarding the suitability of a repayment strategy, we recommend you speak to an independent financial adviser. We may be able to help you with information about the options explained in the Money Advice Service guides mentioned above, such as switching all or part of your mortgage to a capital & interest repayment method. If you have a repayment strategy which will continue beyond your retirement date, it is important that you ensure you\u2019ll be able to continue to meet your regular payments once you've retired.\nPlease note that if you have an interest only or part & part mortgage your mortgage payments do not include the costs of any savings plan or other investment you may have arranged to repay the amount you borrowed. It is important to check regularly that your savings plan or other investment is on track to repay your mortgage at the end of the mortgage term.\nYour mortgage will operate on one of the above repayment types, or a combination of both. Please check the details to ensure that your mortgage continues to meet your own needs. In all cases, it is important that you consider how the mortgage will be repaid if you pass away or how payments will be maintained in the event of you having a critical illness. If you don\u2019t have adequate arrangements in place to protect your mortgage in these circumstances, it is important that you consider your financial protection requirements. One of our team will be happy to help you consider your options if required. Life and Critical Illness Cover is provided by our protection partner, Legal & General. Just to make you aware we offer a 'restricted advice' service in relation to financial protection products, which means we can only offer financial protection products from Legal & General.\nHow your mortgage operates\nYour Annual Mortgage Statement will show whether the interest on your mortgage is calculated on an annual or daily basis. It will also show whether your monthly mortgage payments will be reviewed and calculated as part of the annual review scheme or the non-annual review scheme. In some circumstances it may be beneficial to review the way that interest is calculated on your mortgage.\nIf you are on annual interest you can move to daily interest when transfering to a new product, however please note that early repayment charges may apply if you transfer to a new product before you exisitng deal ends. It is not possible to switch from daily to annual interest.\nThis is where interest is calculated on your mortgage balance on the last day of the previous calendar year. Your mortgage payments must be made monthly, but the new balance will only be calculated once, at the end of each year. If the interest on your mortgage is calculated annually, your monthly mortgage payments will not reduce the balance on which interest is charged until the end of each year.\nThis is where interest is calculated on your mortgage balance at the end of each day. The interest is charged to your account daily, increasing the mortgage balance by the amount of interest. Your mortgage payments must be made monthly and will be credited to your mortgage to reduce the balance on which interest is charged, from the day when the payment was credited. If the interest on your mortgage is calculated daily, making your mortgage payments as early as possible in the month will reduce the balance and the amount of interest charged.\nAnnual Review Scheme\nIf your mortgage operates on the annual review scheme, your monthly mortgage payment is reviewed and recalculated once a year, regardless of the number of changes to your mortgage interest rate, which may for example be due to changes in the Bank of England base rate.\nIn January each year, we take account of any changes to your mortgage interest rate over the previous year and the amount you owe on your mortgage, to work out your new monthly mortgage payment for the year ahead. Your new payment takes effect from March 2019 and is confirmed in your annual mortgage statement. Your monthly mortgage payment will usually stay the same until we recalculate it next year.\nIf you're on our annual review scheme you can switch to our non-annual review scheme at any time by contacting us on 03450 540 911.* If you do decide to switch to our non-annual review scheme you can't return to the annual review scheme at a later date.\nNon-Annual Review\nIf your mortgage operates on the non-annual review scheme, your monthly mortgage payment will be adjusted whenever there is a change to your mortgage interest rate. Whenever your mortgage interest rate changes we\u2019ll write to you and tell you about the new interest rate, your new monthly mortgage payment and when this will take effect.\nLeeds Building Society Deeds Safe Service\nIf your mortgage operates under this scheme, you should ensure that you maintain the nominal balance by paying any amounts due as set out in your statement. If the balance carried forward shown on your statement for 2018 has increased due to any unpaid insurance, interest or fees in previous years, please contact us to discuss this and make arrangements to reduce the balance back to a nominal amount. It is recommended that you regularly review whether the Deeds Safe Service continues to meet your needs.\nYou can repay the outstanding balance and close your mortgage account. If you\u2019d like to do this please contact us so we can let you know the exact amount that you need to pay. We suggest that you seek professional advice to discuss your options.\nLegal & General Assurance Society Limited. Registered in England No. 166055. Registered office: One Coleman Street, London EC2R 5AA", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 209, "original_length": 14073, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 299.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://leepers.us/golden.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:14:51Z", "digest": "sha1:GXC7PG7WUZHQ5Z2XSRJM3UJLYQHXGVSI", "length": 4541, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "leepers.us", "title": "GOLDEN DOOR (a film review by Mark R. Leeper)", "raw_content": "GOLDEN DOOR (a film review by Mark R. Leeper)\nCAPSULE: This is a slow but richly textured look at the early 1900s experience of Sicilian immigrants leaving all they know to come to America and to be processed to become American citizens. The film has something to say to Europeans and Americans alike. Without ever appearing to be didactic, it conveys the confusion and fear of thrusting oneself into an alien and mysterious land. The early parts require some patience, but the film richly rewards that patience. I know of no film that so patiently and so completely documents the Ellis Island experience. Rating: +2 (-4 to +4) or 7/10\nTold with very little dialog and with little more plot, GOLDEN DOOR documents the story of a Sicilian family's journey to America in the early 20th century. Writer and director Emanuele Crialese gives us what might almost be a docu-drama of the emigration experience. It is done mostly in long takes with little explanation to the viewer. We start by seeing life in the hills of Sicily. Here we do not learn much of the family's background and instead we follow a wide range of their current experiences. Here is how they sell their animals. This is how they buy clothing for the journey. That is how they purchase food. This is what it is like in the crowded hold of a boat when there is a bad storm. A wide range of experiences are dramatized as the Mancuso family sadly leaves the home they have known and sets out on the frightening adventure of moving to a new country so far away.\nSalvatore Mancuso (played by Vincenzo Amato) has heard wild stories of how good life is in America, and he credulously accepts them. He takes his mother and his two sons and sets out to find this mystical land. Most of what we see is very real, but occasionally the film gives us little surrealistic insets of Salvatore's dreams of the new country. In one of people dwarfed by the huge vegetables they have pulled up from the ground. The film goes on and on with what were probably typical occurrences, the experiences of thousands, rather than characterizing this one family. The story starts to be particularized when the family is getting a photograph as a souvenir of their leaving. Unbidden an attractive woman drifts into the picture and poses with the family as if she is one of them. Salvatore is too polite and surprised to say anything. When the picture is taken the mysterious woman drifts off again. She is an Englishwoman travelling on the Italian ship and seems to have picked out this family for something, but for what purpose? Lucy (Charlotte Gainsbourg) seems to hang over the family and even play peeking games onboard ship with the bemused Salvatore. The film builds to a fabulously reconstruction of the immigrant experience at Ellis Island. We have see this before in films, but even in documentaries at the museum we rarely get so intimate and complete a view of so many different parts of the experience of being processed at Ellis Island and the immigrants' fear of rejection. The film is not judgmental for or against the system. It just gives a very dispassionate recreation.\nThe style of the film is somehow reminiscent of Italian neo-realism. It shows life, warts and all, and spends little time explaining itself to outsiders. The spell is broken when some late 20th Century music is incongruously added to the score. The pacing is very slow to give the viewer a chance to get into the texture of a scene. A similar approach was used by Amos Gitai's KEDMA, but somehow it works better here.\nIt is odd seeing Vincent Schiavelli having a role in what is to me a current film. Schiavelli died of lung cancer in 2005 and his presence in this film demonstrates how long it must have taken to make this film. His role in this film is mysterious and abbreviated due to the fact that he died while making the film. His unusual face will be familiar from films as far back as ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST.\nOne of the most memorable set pieces is looking down on a sea of people standing almost silently and as we look they separate and we see that one mass was on the stern of the boat and the rest were on the dock. As they separate we feel the separation of the emigrants as they leave what they know and head towards what they do not know.\nThis film richly documents a chapter of both European and American history as seen from the European perspective. I rate GOLDEN DOOR a +2 on the -4 to +4 scale or 7/10. 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In addition, it will touch on how to approach and what to prepare.\nPlease note \u2013 this meetup is only for new immigrants who are less than 10 years in Israel or returning citizens who are less than 2 years in Israel.\nThe presentation will be held in English\nFederal grants for cyber security companies\nhttps://www.meetup.com/Startup-Funding-Options-How-to-Raise-Startup-Capital/events/236665465/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 149, "original_length": 5445, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 244.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://legendsrevealed.com/sports/2009/05/06/football-legends-history/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:52Z", "digest": "sha1:DHCJOBKYFJD3UCXOCZQ6FLN5Z2GCM74X", "length": 5286, "nlines": 59, "source_domain": "legendsrevealed.com", "title": "Football Urban Legends History", "raw_content": "\u00ab Baseball Urban Legends History\nBasketball Urban Legends History \u00bb\nFootball Urban Legends History\nHere are quick descriptions of each of the previous editions of Football Urban Legends Revealed.\n1. The NFL tried to trademark \u201cThe Big Game.\u201d\n2. Pat Summerall got the nickname \u201cPat\u201d from his job as a placekicker\n3. A paternity test was done on George Gipp \u2013 almost seventy-seven years after he died!\n4. Ryan Fitzpatrick scored a perfect 50 on his Wonderlic test.\n5. The Steelers and the Eagles combined teams for a season.\n6. The Super Bowl is named after the Super Ball.\n7. A player played professional football under an assumed name so that he could play college football, as well!\n8. Kurt Warner refused to appear on the cover of an issue of Sports Illustrated about the supposed \u201cSports Illustrated Cover Jinx.\u201d\n9. In back-to-back years, two separate Canadian football teams drafted dead players.\n10. The Governor of Colorado lost Pike\u2019s Peak to Texas in a football bet.\n11. President Nixon called a play in a Washington Redskins playoff game.\n12. Bo Schembechler owned a Domino\u2019s Pizza franchise in Columbus, Ohio during the 1980s\n13. The New York Giants originated the \u201cGatorade shower.\u201d\n14. The NFL changed the rules for extra points during the 1940 NFL Championship Game because they were running out of footballs.\n15. Hall of Fame coach George Allen was killed by a Gatorade Shower\n16. Edgar Allan Poe played an early form of football\n17. Two Detroit Lions recorded a Gold Record while still playing in the NFL\n18. The owners of the Eagles and the Steelers actually TRADED franchises.\n19. A player shouted \u201cThis one is for the Gipper\u201d when he won a game for Notre Dame after Knute Rockne\u2019s famous \u201cWin one for the Gipper\u201d halftime speech\n20. The bloody Y.A. Tittle photograph, one of the famous images in NFL history, never appeared in a newspaper when it was first taken\n21. The second half kick-off in the first Super Bowl was re-played because NBC missed it coming back from commercial.\n22. Pamela Anderson\u2019s big break came when she was shown on the Jumbotron at a football game\n23. Monster Cable sued the Chicago Bears over the phrase \u201cMonsters of the Midway\u201d\n24. The Steelers chose Mike Tomlin as their Head Coach over Ken Whisenhunt\n25. An injured NFL rookie almost destroyed the entire NFL draft system\n26. A player suffered a career ending injury walking back from a coin toss.\n27. One of the most prominent \u201cMr. Irrelevant\u201ds was still irrelevant enough that his team misspelled his name on his jersey when he became their starting quarterback!\n28. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers accidentally drafted the wrong player in the first round of the 1982 NFL Draft.\n29. The Steeers and the Rams both tried to get the final pick in the 1979 NFL Draft, forcing the commissioner to institute a new rule for the draft.\n30. A team drafted the wrong player because two top prospects had similar sounding names.\n31. A team dropped two spots in the draft because they missed their initial pick.\n32. An NFL team once drafted John Wayne when he was 63 years old.\n33. Gino Marchetti won the 1958 NFL MVP Award.\n34. Fresno State wears a \u201cV\u201d on their helmets as in \u201cV for Victory\u201d\n35. Ohio State once gave up a touchdown\u2026to its own player!\n36. Sun Devil Stadium had an extreme makeover when Pope John Paul II came to visit during the 1980s.\n37. Ole Miss changed the speed limit around campus in honor of former Ole Miss great Archie Manning.\n38. NBC sent an employee running on to the field to delay the 1958 National Football League Championship because they had lost the TV signal.\n39. The Saints got their name because they were founded on All Saint\u2019s Day.\n40. The Saints\u2019 field caught fire in the middle of a game!\n41. The kicker who held the NFL record for longest field goal for four decades inspired the NFL to come up with a new rule because of the special shoes he wore due to having no toes on his kicking foot!\n42. The deed to Kenan Memorial Stadium required that the stadium never rise above the pine trees that surround the stadium.\n43. Vince Lombardi traded a player five minutes after learning the player had hired an agent to represent him in contract negotiations with the Packers.\n44. A $1 investment by a team manager eventually turned into 10% of the Minnesota vikings.\n45. A future Hall of Famer was drafted in the last round of the 1934 NFL Draft based on the sound of his name!\n46. Jack Lambert was ejected from a game for \u201chitting a quarterback too hard.\u201d\n47. The Washington Redskins used to be the Duluth Eskimos.\n48. Stanford University\u2019s students voted for the school\u2019s mascot (and team names) be \u201cRobber Barons.\u201d\n49. Pamela Anderson got her big break when caught by a TV camera at a Canadian Football game.\n50. The Cardinals got their name from the faded used jerseys they wore.\n51. A waived player once pulled a gun on his general manager.\n52. The annual Army-Navy Game drew two separate U.S. Presidents directly into the planning of the game and, ultimately, the future of football itself.\nOne Response to \u201cFootball Urban Legends History\u201d\nDid Mike Holmgren Impersonate God to Get Reggie White to Sign With the Packers? | Global Times on November 23rd, 2015 at 12:59 am\n[\u2026] Be certain to check out some-more football legends during Sports Legends Revealed here. [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 142, "original_length": 13610, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 323.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://letschangetheworld.ning.com/profiles/blogs/victor-vasarely", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:17:41Z", "digest": "sha1:YRZ2QEMTSIS77GPPJ6QSLXECEDWE7Q55", "length": 8837, "nlines": 45, "source_domain": "letschangetheworld.ning.com", "title": "Victor Vasarely 'Supernovae' - Gaia Community", "raw_content": "Victor Vasarely 'Supernovae'\nVICTOR VASARELY The Inventor of Op-Art (optical-art)\nFrench painter of Hungarian descent (1906 - 1997). Victor Vasarely defined one of the most remarkable moments in the history of 20th century art. Vasarely was born in P\u00e9cs, Hungary, in 1906. He left Hungary and settled in Paris in 1930.\nVasarely wanted to create designs that were universal. A socialist, his goal was to produce an art that could be mass produced and affordable for everyone. He became fascinated with an art of pure visual perception without traditional themes and representational qualities.\n\"The expression \"sense illusion\" proves that we are not yet fully conscious, or at least have not yet deemed necessary to incorporate the fact into our ordinary language, that the senses represent things neither wrongly nor correctly. All that can be truly said of the sense-organs is, that, under different circumstances they produce different sensations and perceptions. As these 'circumstances' now, are extremely various in character, being partly external (inherent in the objects), partly internal (inherent in the sensory organs), and partly interior (having their activity in the central organs), it can sometimes appear when we only notice the external circumstances as if the organ acted differently under the same conditions. And it is customary to call the unusual effects deceptions or illusions.\"\nAs Vasarely asked, \"isn't optics, even if illusion, a part of kinetics?\"\nIn March 15, 1997, he died at the age of 91, leaving behind a plastic legacy unrivaled within the domain of abstract geometrical kinetic art.\n Product News and Recalls > Jury Finds Definitive Link Between Johnson & Johnson Talc and Cancer\nIn a first of its kind decision, a St. Louis jury not only found that evidence indicated that Johnson & Johnson talcum powder caused a woman\u2019s fatal ovarian cancer but also that the company knew about the possible dangers associated with its use. The jury found that Johnson & Johnson completely failed to act on this information and was ordered to pay some $72 million in damages as a result.\n$10 million of the award was in compensation to the woman\u2019s family. The remaining $62 million was doled out as punishment after the jury used internal J&J documents to determine that the corporation knew about a possible link between cancer and its talc-based product line for decades and did nothing about it.\nJohnson & Johnson continues to manufacture talc-based products and insists that it is a safe ingredient, despite switching their baby powder products to a cornstarch base back in the 1970s.\nAt issue in the St. Louis case was the victim\u2019s use of talc powder as a feminine hygiene product \u2013 something Johnson & Johnson had marketed since the late 80s. Readers may remember the \u201cShower to Shower\u201d product line because of the \u201csprinkle a day keeps odor away\u201d advertisements.\nWhile talc is found in a variety of other consumer products ranging from building materials to balloons, baby powder is a huge market for the substance; estimated to be an $18.8 million market in the US alone. Close to 20% of the US market is dominated by J&J\u2019s brand.\nKnowing their market position and the dangers posed to the public by such wide use of the ingredient, the fact that Johnson & Johnson chose to try to hide the dangers of talc is especially disturbing. As St. Louis jury foreman Krista Smith explains, \u201cIt was really clear they [Johnson & Johnson] were hiding something. All they had to do was put a warning label on [the product].\u201d\nTalc powder\u2019s link to ovarian cancer is a rapidly evolving story and one that Lopez McHugh is keeping a close eye on. As more and more cases revolve around the use of talc in the feminine hygiene market, Johnson & Johnson\u2019s public deception may play a more central role. Victims and their families deserve, and should demand, justice if such a deception occurred.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 133, "original_length": 7251, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 220.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2014/05/rosslea-manor-fire.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:55Z", "digest": "sha1:JYUDVYIA6WFOXGVIERFATLU4UQDI5COD", "length": 3097, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com", "title": "Lord Belmont in Northern Ireland: Rosslea Manor Fire", "raw_content": "HENRY SKEATH HAS SENT ME AN ARTICLE FROM THE NORTHERN STANDARD NEWSPAPER, DATED THE 28TH MARCH, 1885, ABOUT THE FATE OF ROSSLEA MANOR, COUNTY FERMANAGH\nTERRIBLE FIRE AT ROSSLEA MANOR\nOn Thursday evening last a disastrous fire occurred at Rosslea Manor, the seat of John Madden, Esq., the result being that the entire building was destroyed, notwithstanding the efforts of many who had assembled from the surrounding districts to assist in extinguishing the flames.\nAt three o\u2019clock p.m. one of the chimneys from a servant\u2019s bedroom was observed to be on fire, but after some delay it was put out, or supposed to have been put out.\nIt would appear, however, from the sequel that the flue was in some way connected with the woodwork of the roof, for about eight o\u2019clock this part of the edifice was observed to be in flames.\nMessengers were dispatched to Clones and Rosslea for assistance, and in a short time the police at these stations turned out with many others anxious to render effective help.\nFortunately there were a number of guests in the house at the time who had been invited to a dinner party that evening, and after it was seen that there was little hope of saving the building, they with others proceeded to empty the house before the flames reached the lower rooms.\nIn this way the valuable contents were saved. All the furniture, pictures, plate, &c., were got out, and of these the police took charge.\nAt ten o\u2019clock the roof and floors of the several rooms had fallen in, and not a vestige of the contents remained with the exception of the billiards-room, and this was secured mainly through the exertions of Messrs. Clarke and Fitzgerald, who were early on the scene of the catastrophe.\nIn the meantime messengers were dispatched for the Monaghan fire-engine, but it does not appear that it has yet arrived there.\nAt about 9.30 one of Mr. Madden\u2019s daughters who had been ill was removed to Rev Haire-Forster\u2019s, and the other ladies to Rev Canon Finlay\u2019s, where they remain.\nWe understand that the premises were not fully insured so that the loss will be very considerable indeed.\nMuch sympathy is felt for Mr Madden and family, but it is a source of congratulation that the report circulated during the early part of the night, namely, that the fire was the result of a malicious outrage, had no foundation whatever.\nThe night was very stormy, and it was with great difficulty that the stable and a large range of office-houses were saved.\nMen were told off [sic] early in the evening to see after this part of the work, and it was directly owing to their energetic action during the progress of the fire that the flames did not extend to all the outside buildings.\nAfter all was over Mr. Madden could not be induced to leave the premises, but slept a few hours in the harness-room, yesterday morning, before overseeing the disposal of valuables saved from the conflagration.\nThe occurrence will be particularly inconvenient and annoying just now, as we understand Mr. Madden expected one of his sons home in a few days on a visit.\nA little understatement in the last paragraph", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 458, "original_length": 12927, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 256.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://lottedouwes.nl/portfolio/stokkies/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:55Z", "digest": "sha1:VDIMZZAGUZ5XPNXGCKXVMX2OFMKFU5BW", "length": 484, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "lottedouwes.nl", "title": "Lotte Douwes", "raw_content": "Stokkies are stirring sticks made of porcelain. By changing the plastic of a regular stirring stick into fragile porcelain, it makes you more aware of the moment of stirring.\nStokkies are handmade and each one is different. The top part is dipped in glaze. They are available in 2 sizes and in 5 colors (white, grey, green, yellow, dark blue). On request we can make the glaze part from gold.\nThey are packed with two of the same color in a box. Go to the shop for details and prices.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 1754, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 269.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://luminasearch.com/category/events/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:46Z", "digest": "sha1:ODLYNVPMKXVFI2JKYBGQJNE6RQUVO5BY", "length": 321, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "luminasearch.com", "title": "Events Archives - Lumina Search", "raw_content": "Simon Bobin, experienced film sales executive, took on a new challenge earlier this year. With a background at Paramount, Sony Pictures and Studiocanal, he was well placed to take on his new international role as Head of Sales for Majid Al Futtaim Cinemas. That role would provide a new challenge \u2013 moving 5,000km to take", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 117, "original_length": 5354, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 285.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://m.boomconsulting.com/privacy/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:41Z", "digest": "sha1:2JIJC4SHQM7APP33IV5GUOUHJL3QO5YM", "length": 12244, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "m.boomconsulting.com", "title": "Privacy Policy | Boom Consulting", "raw_content": "Boom Consulting (\"Boom Consulting\" or \"we\") understands that your privacy is important to you. Boom Consulting is strongly committed to protecting your privacy and the personal information that you may provide as you access and use the materials on boomconsulting.com (the \"Site\"). We are committed to making sure that your personal information is correct, that we use your information responsibly, and that we have strict standards of confidentiality and security for your information.\nThis privacy policy only applies to transactions and activities in which you engage, and data is gathered, on the Site but does not apply to any other web site or offline point of contact between Boom Consulting, or any other company, and consumers. By visiting this website you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Privacy Statement. If you do not agree please do not use or access our Site.\nA Special Note About Children. Boom Consulting understands the importance of protecting children's privacy, particularly in their online interactions. This web site is not designed for and does not intentionally target or solicit to children 18 years of age and younger.\nInformation We Collect and How We Use It. 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If we decide to modify our privacy policy, we will post those changes to this privacy statement, the homepage, and other places we deem appropriate so our users are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we disclose it.\nIf, however, we are going to use users' personally identifiable information in a manner different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify users via email. Data Security. We take appropriate steps to maintain the security of your data on boomconsulting.com. You should understand that the open nature of the Internet is such that data may flow over networks without security measures and may be accessed and used by people other than those for whom the data is intended.\nWe are serious in maintaining your privacy and creating a valuable resource for you to use. If you have any questions now or during your visit, please contact us.\nContact Information If users have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy policy, please email us at privacy@boomconsulting.com or send us mail to:", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 83, "original_length": 13477, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 315.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://maacvizag.com/6-animated-short-films-to-watch-to-pep-up-your-mood/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:09Z", "digest": "sha1:YEZJ437VF6BZD5PPYU5TGULJFPVSVYPZ", "length": 2668, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "maacvizag.com", "title": "6 animated short films to watch to pep up your mood - MAAC Vizag", "raw_content": "6 animated short films to\u2026\nNeed something to pep up your mood? But don\u2019t have much time? What better way than to watch a short film! The popularity of short films is on the rise, thanks to increasing users on the internet, and the growing interest in web-series\u2019. The availability of these films for little or no charge has only added to the demand.\nWe list six animation short films that will turn that frown upside down.\nHow often do we see people discriminating on the basis of status? Zero turns the concept on its head with some breathtaking stop-motion animation. In this world, beings are judged on the basis of their number. Here the protagonist is discriminated against for having the number zero. But the end is not as dark as it sounds. This is a feel-good love story, and is sure to put you in a good mood in no time.\nLifted, from Pixar, can lift your mood just with its concept; the rest of the movie is a bonus. This is the story of Stu, an alien giving a practical exam about abducting humans, and the goof-ups he makes. But is it just us or does the abducted farmer look similar to Ratatouille\u2019s character? We wonder! The only probable connection is that the short was released with Ratatouille.\nWhen talking of animation, how can Disney not be mentioned? Add the concept of love at first sight to that, and you have a recipe for a smile. The 2D animation tells the story of two strangers brought together by fate, and by papers. Psst! It also won an Oscar.\nThis comical French short film about two octopuses can give you some real relationship goals. Set in a small Greek village, the octopuses go to great lengths to stay with each other, and avoid the delivery boy at a restaurant. What makes the film even more special is the fact that it started as a graduate student project, and went on to win several awards, and even an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Short Film.\nFrench roast is a classic customer dilemma story. An uptight businessman, after ordering a cup of coffee at a caf\u00e9 in Paris, realises that he has forgotten to carry his wallet. He delays paying by ordering some more coffee, and meets people in the process, one of whom helps him out of his situation. This short is a beautiful lesson in \u2018don\u2019t judge a book by its cover\u2019.\nWhere do babies come from? Of course, the storks bring them. But where do the storks get the babies? Of course, the clouds make them. Don\u2019t believe us? Watch this adorable movie, a sure shot mood reliever.\nDo you have a list of favourite animated short films? Tell us in the comments below.\nPreviousPrevious post:VFX breakdown of Doctor StrangeNextNext post:5 top job opportunities for a graphic designer", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 88, "original_length": 4250, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 307.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://maccabeeisrael.blogspot.com/2012/04/peace-joke.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:18Z", "digest": "sha1:36UUDOJXK4JTQZOO3SABZW4G4BVSJONL", "length": 5233, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "maccabeeisrael.blogspot.com", "title": "MACCABEE ISRAEL: THE PEACE JOKE", "raw_content": "With the Middle-East Quartet doing all it can to revive negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians it's time to take a step back, a deep breath and look with a magnifying glass at how the Palestinians will ruin any chance of Peace.\nHistory is a key component to making a better future.\nThis is a bit of knowledge the Palestinians lack. These negotiations will probably fail because the Palestinians have never wanted to look back on their history with an ounce of truth. They have never wanted to look at their past mistakes in an attempt to correct them.\nFrom the beginning of this conflict the Arabs of Eretz Israel ( I call them this because the name Palestinian is nothing more than a twentieth century invention) have done all they can to deny the Jews their rightful home.\nJews were a majority population in the major cities of Eretz Israel until the Arab riots of the early twentieth century. The Jews were the majority in Hebron, Safed and Jerusalem.\nWhen the opportunity of returning European Jews to their native homeland in Israel was approved through international law in the Leaugue of Nations the Arabs of the mandate revolted and murdered hundreds of Jews.\nIn 1929 the Arabs committed the Hebron massacre, killing 67 Jews and pushing the rest out of Hebron. Hebron, a majority Jewish City since antiquity was, in one fell swoop, de-Judaized.\nOn November 29th, 1947, the United Nations voted 33 to 13 to partition the British Mandate in Israel into two states, one Jewish one Arab.\nThe Jewish population accepted this, the Arab Higher Committee rejected it with the backing of the Arab League. What this means is from the beginning of this conflict the Arabs and the Arab world in general have never accepted the concept of the right of Jewish Self-determination in the land of the Jewish Nation.\nBecause of the Arab refusal to accept Israel\u2019s right to exist, the war of Israeli Independence was fought and won by the Jews. Israel fought and won this war against the combined armies of Egypt, Trans-Jordan (under British military leadership), Lebanon, Syria, plus contingents from Morocco, Libya, Algeria and Iraq.\nFrom this point on the Jews created and maintained the state of Israel.\nIn addition to creating a homeland for the battered remnants of Europe\u2019s Jewry, Israel brought in all the Jewish refugees, some 900,000, who were subsequently expelled from the Arab and Muslim states where they had been living since exile from ancient Israel thousands of years ago.\nThe Arabs, on the other hand, forced their supposed brethren into refugee camps WHERE THEY STILL EXIST TODAY! Refugees camps still exist both in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, both areas ostensibly run by the Palestinians since the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993.\nWhile Israel has built itself up into a pluralistic, democratic country while simultaneously constantly fighting for its survival, the Palestinian Leadership and the Arab world have let the Palestinians squander in refugee camps ... as a bargaining chip.\nOn numerous occasions the state of Israel has gone the extra mile to give land back for peace. On almost every occasion the Arabs have rejected these offers, opting for war -- in the hopes of finally destroying Israel.\nAfter the Six Day War (1967), the Eshkol government offered to return all of the Sinai Peninsula, the Golan Heights and the West Bank for peace. The Arabs counter-offered with the once famous Three No\u2019s of the Khartoum Conference: No Peace with Israel, No Recognition of Israel and No negotiations with Israel.\nThe facts of history point out again and again the refusal of the Arab world to recognize the Jewish nation\u2019s right to exist, with their own self-determination, on land that had been theirs for thousands of years and long before Arabs had come out of Arabia.\nThe greatest folly committed by the Palestinians, which the world has seemingly forgotten was the rejection of peace by Yassar Arafat.\nAfter seven years of painstaking negotiations Ehud Barak decided to put the Palestinian leadership to the ultimate test.\nAmerican President Bill Clinton and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak offered the Palestinian leadership 97% of the West Bank, all of Gaza, East Jerusalem, the Muslim and Christian quarters of the old city, sovereignty of the Temple Mount and the return of Palestinian refugees, to the new state of Palestine.\nArafat rejected what was -- and always will be -- the best offer any losing nation will receive in any peace negotiations.\nIn fact one could even claim that what was offered to the Palestinians that day was what a winning nation should receive out of peace negotiations!\nOnce again, compromise -- the heart of making peace -- was a foreign concept to the Arabs.\nArafat rejected this offer because it would mean that Israel would have to be recognized and accepted as the Jewish Nation State.\nIt made no difference that everyone from Bill Clinton, Madeline Albright, the heads of Europe to the King of Saudi Arabia condemned Arafat.\nToday Mahmoud Abbas is not interested in peace or compromise with Israel. No, Abbas is interested in creating ficticious Arab history, creating pre-conditions that make negotiations impossible and blamming Israel for Arab Racism.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 184, "original_length": 8704, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 243.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mag-a-zine.com/mag-a-zine/maghome/001/100_Percent_Commission_Source_Magazine_1.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:21:40Z", "digest": "sha1:IR4Y6QOS4Y5EXZZTVHSH7P4ZOILQEXMV", "length": 4446, "nlines": 38, "source_domain": "mag-a-zine.com", "title": "Investing in Commercial Real Estate : 100 Percent Commission Source Magazine", "raw_content": "100 Percent Commission Source Magazine\nWWW.mag-A-zine.COM\nContinue Tour of 200+ Mag-A-zines\nAre you looking for a good return on your money? A better return than you can ever get from a bank or money market investment? Why not invest in commercial real estate. Although the residential real estate market has pretty much bottomed out throughout most of the United States, the commercial real estate market is thriving. If you have always wanted to invest in the real estate market but are hesitant about the current residential market, invest in commercial real estate.\nWhen you invest in commercial real estate, you need to understand that there is a vast difference between commercial real estate and residential. Not only is the market different, but so are the laws. Due diligence in commercial real estate is different than that in the residential market. You still want to make sure you get an inspection of the property prior to the settlement as well as a survey of the property. You also have to make sure that you get any easements included in the sale if they are needed.\nMost people think of easements as those that burden the property, such as those for utilities and sewer. With commercial property, there are often easements that benefit the property. In some cases, in order to get to a property people have to drive their vehicles over other property owned by other people. In such a case, the person who purchases the commercial real estate will want to make sure that they get the easements needed for parking or entering and exiting. These can be included in the deed or in an easement agreement.\nThe only way to see if you need easements is to get a survey of your property depicting not just the property but any easements that pertain to the property. The title insurance commitment should also reflect a legal description of the easements. The title company needs to search not only the commercial real estate property that you are purchasing but also any other property in which you are receiving an easement. The reason for having this property searched includes the following points:\n1.You need to know that the person who signs the easement agreement or deed is legally entitled to convey interest in the property;\n2.You need to know that there are no burden on the easement property that would prevent you from using it;\n3.You need to know that the taxes on the easement property are current. It would be unfortunate to purchase commercial real estate property that is dependent on easements and discover that the property is in a tax sale. A person who purchases the property could insist that you pay money to use their property; they may even erect a fence to prevent you from using the land.\nWhen you invest in commercial real estate, make sure that you have an attorney who is well versed when it comes to commercial real estate, not just residential real estate. Commercial real estate is an entirely different than residential real estate and your attorney should be knowledgeable in this aspect of the real estate industry.\nIn this current residential market place may people are hesitant to invest in real estate. Commercial Real Estate is entirely different and a good way to still invests in property. 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PATTON BROKERAGE SERVICE\nFREE OPPORTUNITY\nHOMEOWNERS CUT MORTGAGE PAYMENTS!\nwww.themortgagemanager.org/aff/8203leroytaggart\nwww.themortgagemanager.biz/ 8203leroytaggart\nSend LSASE To:\n23301 Mentone Ave.\nULTIMATE HOME PUBLISHING CD\nOver 30,000 reports, MB of software,\nthousands of postal & e-mail addresses\n\"Ultimate Home & Internet Publishing Portfolio CD\"\nwith unlimited duplication\nand resell rights + a sales circular,\nRush only $39.95 by check or M.O. to:", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 164, "original_length": 7182, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 312.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mainstreamweekly.net/article1845.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:43Z", "digest": "sha1:YXX3ID2L5UUMNXSSWAQCFBQP5S73IZQX", "length": 8271, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "mainstreamweekly.net", "title": "On Shopian Tragedy, Mulk Raj Anand - Mainstream Weekly", "raw_content": "Home > Archives (2006 on) > 2009 > December 2009 > On Shopian Tragedy, Mulk Raj Anand\nMainstream, Vol XLVIII, No 1, December 26, 2009 - Annual Number 2009\nOn Shopian Tragedy, Mulk Raj Anand\nSaturday 26 December 2009, by Humra Quraishi\nOne tragedy after another has been hitting the Valley and there seems to be a mockery of the very system, of the very democratic framework. And even if there have been peaceful-cum-non-violent \u2018Gandhian\u2019 protests by the Kashmiris, the ongoing indifference by those who matter, by those who are in the business of governance, those who are in the thick of political strategies, is most distressing. All that one hears is that some sort of quiet diplomacy is on, but what\u2019s the point of this \u2018diplomacy\u2019 or those hushed talks if the people are getting so terribly sidetracked that alienation is complete? Yes, Kashmiris are alienated. Nothing very new or startling, as this process has been on for the last several years, worsening by the day.\nYou don\u2019t have to go into those past blunders and messed-up situations, just this year\u2019s \u2018happenings\u2019 and the manner in which they have handled are sufficient to show there is something terribly amiss vis-a-vis our handling of the human crisis out there. One unsettling development after another and yet the establishment seems in no mood to reach out or to come forward with a genuine relief package. And as a citizen of this country it\u2019s my duty to ask some basic questions which have been unsettling enough...\nHundreds of unmarked graves are getting unearthed in and around the Kashmir Valley and yet we, the supposed alive and unburied, don\u2019t seem to react. Why doesn\u2019t the government give an explanation for this? Whose graves? Which human forms have been killed and murdered and then buried deep down? Who all have been killed and then quietly pushed into the folds? What does the Home Ministry have to comment on these unmarked graves?\nComing to the Shopian women\u2019s rape-cum-murder, isn\u2019t it crucial that we respect the sentiments of the people of this State? In fact, anyone who has visited the site cannot gulp down the drowning theory pushed forward by the CBI. Even those non-Kashmiris, who have travelled down from here to there, refuse to believe, refuse to acknowledge that theory\u2014that the two Shopian women died because of drowning in those shallow waters!\nI have before me this detailed report brought out by the \u2018Independent Women\u2019s Initiative for Justice\u2019 and I had even attended the press conference they\u2019d addressed and it\u2019s very crucial that we pay heed to their findings. For, it\u2019s not that from some air-conditioned den that they have come up with these findings. On the contrary, these six women\u2014Uma Chakravarti, Usha Ramanathan, Seema Mishra, Vrinda Grover, Dr Ajita and Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal\u2014had travelled to Shopian and visited the very site and spoke to the affected families and to the local residents. It\u2019s a 34-page report so difficult to fit in the details but the crux lies in these lines. I quote from this report:\nThe Shopian rapes and murders epitomise the wrongs and injustices perpetuated on the people living in a militarised society. The incident not only manifests the extent of the fear psychosis, denial of security and democratic rights to the people, it also demonstrates the abject refusal of those at the helm of affairs to bring the culprits of gross violation of human rights to book. Shopian is not a case in isolation. It is a leaf out of history of human rights abuse and absolute impunity that men in uniform enjoy\u2026\nAnd whilst on this specific Shopian double murder case (I would say triple murder as one of the murdered women, Neelofar, was pregnant), these lines from this report:\nIn a bizarre turn in the investigations of the double rape and murder case of two young women in Shopian, Kashmir, it is believed that selected leaks to the press by the CBI, which is now conducting the investi-gations, first rape was ruled out and now it appears that murders too. Events have been shocking since October when the bodies were exhumed. The public is being fed with stories that have no basis\u2014that the two women drowned in water that is not even ankle deep. And in the case of the younger, high school-going girl Asiya Jan, no rape has taken place as the hymen was \u2018intact\u2019...\nThe bodies of the two women were buried after a contro-versial beginning to the criminal investigations at the end of May 2009, following a great deal of public agitation in Shopian against the police and district administration, and with two sets of doctors having conducted the medico-legal requirements, one overseen by the DC. In October, more than four months after the burial, the CBI exhumed the bodies, and almost miraculously, the bodies were found to be in such a wonderful state of preservation that one of them was capable of revealing the state of the hymen. This amazing \u2018fact\u2019 was immediately flashed to the rest of the nation, waiting with bated breath for the CBI\u2019s revelation, a revelation that restored the honour of the Indian state and its security forces: no rape, therefore no needle of suspicion or indictment of the security forces, and therefore the security forces vindicated. Having made that announcement, it was time for everyone to go back to their respective \u2018strategies\u2019 on Kashmir\u2014Home Minister Chidambaram to announcing talks on Kashmir; Chief Minister to restoring \u2018normalcy\u2019 in Kashmir; the Army to its plans for building the Mughal road going past Shopian for which thousands of acres had to be taken over\u2026\nThis is the reality of J&K: two women dead, no credible explanation for the deaths or for the mysterious appearance of the bodies at a spot which was thoroughly searched just a couple of hours ago, and was in full view of two vigilance towers of the security personnel. A trail of cover up was set in motion by the police immediately after, which included a refusal to file an FIR\u2026\nAs mentioned earlier, I can\u2019t fit in the details carried in this crucial 34-page report put together by these six women activists who have been watching and recording the developments of this particular case. And now they are all set to fight out, to get to the truth, and veto all those hopelessly bizarre theories getting churned\u2026\nIf alive, writer Mulk Raj Anand would have been celebrating his 105th birthday this month. Some of those happenings like film shows and an exhibition on his life and times were arranged \u2026 No, not that I claim to have known him too well, but, yes, I had been interviewing him on various occasions and some of his views and perceptions did leave an impact.\nAbout babus and bureaucrats Mulk had quipped:\nDon\u2019t know how they are capable of running the country when they can\u2019t drive their own cars! They are so hopelessly dependent on drivers!\nAbout the only way to recover from a nervous breakdown Mulk said:\nEach time I was let down in a relationship I suffered a nervous breakdown and the only way I recovered was by writing a novel. That\u2019s the way my novels were written. And I can say from my experience that even if you write two pages a day it will do well for your nerves \u2026writing takes care of a lot of tension and stress.\nAbout Mahatma Gandhi\u2019s influence on his life, Mulk said:\nWhen after much persuasion Bapu allowed me to stay in his ashram he stressed on three conditions\u2014I should not drink alcohol, clean the latrines and not look at any woman with desire \u2026I tried sticking to these, but, then someone carried stories that I was flirting with the American typist in the ashram and though there was no truth in it but he asked me to move out from the ashram\u2026\nOn Mulk\u2019s fascination for cottons and khadi (so much so he\u2019d worn only khadi):\nWhen I meet young Indians all dressed up in tight trousers and synthetics I feel sorry for them \u2026many a time I have suggested to them to wear the good old khadi and cottons \u2026after all, all these Westerns attires are not for our climatic conditions and I am totally averse to them\u2026\nOn the so-called development, he\u2019d quipped:\nHow the hell do we call ourselves developed when fathers and mothers put those matrimony advertisements for the sale of their daughters? Treat their daughters worse than cattle and yet we call ourselves developed and cultured people!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 71, "original_length": 9454, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 326.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://maisassygirl.blogspot.com/2016/08/its-girl.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:09:56Z", "digest": "sha1:PPLATEQDOGTQJ3DEMDCDHKH5VRIVO6Y5", "length": 799, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "maisassygirl.blogspot.com", "title": "maisassygirl: IT'S A GIRL!", "raw_content": "Tees: The Bee and the Fox\nI'm sure you're so tired of me saying sorry for my late updates. A lot has been going on and I've been taking the time to wrap my head around it all. So I'm 22 weeks pregnant!! And it's a GIRL! We are so excited and nervous at the same time! Life is already so busy as it is. How am I going to handle 2!!! Props to all of you moms out there who are kickin motherhood in the ass! I'm so serious.. So much respect. Anyhow, I did want to share that this pregnancy hasn't been easy. Because of all my health issues it's been hard to get pregnant, but for some reason right after removing my thyroid, here I am!\nI have a lot of event updates to post and are sorting all my photos soon.\nZooey's life has been really exciting and busy.\nWill be back to explain in more detail soon!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 1608, "original_length": 28805, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 313.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://manitououtlook.com/turtleback-coral", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:31:47Z", "digest": "sha1:J27WRE5MUQBIYVO6GE4DW6LUWJBT25SC", "length": 929, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "manitououtlook.com", "title": "TURTLEBACK CORAL \u2014 MANITOU OUTLOOK", "raw_content": "Commonly called the Petoskey Stone, the illusive and highly revered gemstone, is actually the fossilization of an ancient coral, Hexagonaria Percarinata. It is a fossil coral that lived in the warm Michigan seas during the Devonian time around 350 million years ago. During this Devonian time, Michigan was quite different. Geographically, what is now Michigan was near the equator. A warm shallow sea covered the state.\nCharacteristic to the Turtleback Coral is its intricate honeycomb pattern of calcite and its unique resemblance to that of the sea turtle's shell. Because of its prominence in Northern Michigan\u2019s Traverse Bay area, it became the state stone in 1965 and is named after Petoskey, the popular lakeshore community. These types of corals can also be found in England and Indonesia.\nFossil coral should not be mistaken for endangered reef coral. It is considered to be a type of agate, rather than a type of coral.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 1439, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 179.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://manufacturingminute.manufacturing.net/detail/video/4762965251001/manufacturing-minute:-darpa%E2%80%99s-unmanned-submarine-war-machine", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:57Z", "digest": "sha1:AAFLFAOJBGJKD6CHPX7VAH5IU4EQHNEJ", "length": 310, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "manufacturingminute.manufacturing.net", "title": "Manufacturing Minute: DARPA\u2019s Unmanned Submarine War Machine - Manufacturing Minute", "raw_content": "Manufacturing Minute: DARPA\u2019s Unmanned Submarine War Machine\nIn this episode, a new autonomous warship designed to hunt down submarines. This is your Manufacturing Minute. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (or DARPA) first announced that it was in the process of creating an autonomous robot ship i", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 81, "original_length": 1556, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 296.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mariejonssonharrison.com.au/117-henri-rousseau-naive-artist/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:16Z", "digest": "sha1:UAGSKA6WD3D7YSZUOXQXXU6VB6JJ26LZ", "length": 5217, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "mariejonssonharrison.com.au", "title": "117 Henri Rousseau Naive Artist | Marie Jonsson Harrison", "raw_content": "117 Henri Rousseau Naive Artist\nart, art blog, Art Naif Festival in Katowice, artists, contemporary, exhibition, giclee prints for sale, Henri Rousseau, I-Myself Portrait-Landscape, Jacques Dubois, Le Douanier, naif, naive art, Painting, paintings for sale, palette of paints, Poland, Salon des Independants, sculpting, sculptures for sale, self portrait, The Dream of Yadwigha, The Sleeping Gipsy\nNAIF PAINTING\nEver since I started painting I have been a big fan of Henri Rousseau\u2019s work. My father said that the art I was producing had something in common with the naifs and bought me a couple of art books; one on Grandma Moses and the other on Henri Rousseau.\nHenri Rousseau-You Rock!\nHERO ARTIST\nSo Henri has been one of my heros for such a long time, so you can imagine my joy when I was invited by the organizers of the annual Henri Rousseau exhibition in France to participate. I jumped for joy! The curator is Jacques Dubois who also is involved in the Art Naif Festival in Katowice, Poland which I took part in last year. Jac is very heavily involved in promoting Naive art in Europe and throughout the world really and his wife Martha Dubois is a very well known and talented naive artist herself.\nFRENCH EXHIBITION\nThis year the Henri Rousseau exhibition will take place in the Abbey of Montivilliers in Normandy opening on Saturday 21st January until 19th February with an auction of the paintings being held on 12th February at 3pm. The exhibition itself is open 7 days a week and it is not to be missed.\nHenri Rousseau was called Le Douanier which translates to the customs (or customs officer)a name he got from his job as a tax collector on goods entering Paris. Henry married twice, first Clemence Boitard with whom he had six children and after she died he married Josephine Noury.\nHenri also tried his hand at music and writing but it was painting that was his first love, which he started doing seriously in his early forties and by the time he was 49 he retired from his job to pursue the art on a full time basis. Rousseau was represented in the exhibitions of the Salon des Independants from 1886 onwards, and his pictures hung side by side with Matisse, Cezanne, Toulouse-Lautrec, Van Gogh and Picasso.\nThis year 2012 there were 88 artists invited from around the world with 20 different countries represented among them France of course and Spain, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Cuba, Belgium, Italy, Japan and \u201cmoi\u201d from Australia just to name a few.\nAs this is an exhibition in homage of Henri, most artists are sticking to that theme and I had so much fun painting \u201cYou Rock, Henri Rousseau\u201d. I wanted to do a contemporary celebration and incorporated elements of Henri\u2019s art into it by putting in a detail of \u201cThe Dream of Yadwigha\u201d (the naked lady lying on the couch).\nThe Dream of Yadwigha was the last painting that Henri painted before his death in 1910, in it the lady in question is laying on a red velvet sofa with a luxurious jungle behind her listening to the notes of a single magic flute. I of course painted a myriad of musicians and singers, artistic license and all that, LOL. If you look a little closer at my painting you will also see the influences of two other of Rousseau\u2019s work in \u201cThe Sleeping Gipsy\u201d which is the woman sharing the couch in the striped outfit.\nHENRI ROUSSEAU ORIGINALS\nIn Henri\u2019s original artwork a lion is standing over her as she lies dreaming under an ancient green sky in the solitude of the desert. Some say this is the lyrical prelude to Surrealism, with a mandolin and a jug which stands beside the sleeping figure, these objects would inhabit the dreams of the Surrealists and the space of the Cubists.\nThe third painting of Henri\u2019s represented in my artwork is of Henri himself, from his self portrait painted in 1890 \u201cI \u2013 Myself Portrait-Landscape\u201d, he is holding a palette of paints and a brush and in the original painting he is standing on a road in front of a bridge, although he does look like he is standing in mid air, lol.\nNO ART RULES\nThat is the naive charm, us naives are so lucky that we can just paint whatever we feel and see without having to worry about rules and other people\u2019s perception of how things should look. As the whole idea of perspective is totally lost on me that is really lucky!!\nThank you Henri Rousseau \u2013 you gave me the freedom to be me, to paint in my own style and not to be embarrassed by the child in me. Instead my childishness it is something that I celebrate and hope that I will never grow up, or out off- but wake each day full of wonder and excitement.\nSo Henri I hope you approve of me painting you like a Rock Star, complete with women swooning at your feet and throwing their knickers at you. There is wild music supplied by a rock band and a brass band as well as the choir and Can Can girls dancing and pirouettes by ballerinas and of course no party is complete without balloons.\nSo here is a quote I like by another Henri \u2013 Henry Ward Beecher who said;\n\u201cEvery artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures\u201d\nIf you have enjoyed reading about this artist perhaps you may like to see this art blog too; 91 He ain\u2019t heavy, he\u2019s my brother, the Artist", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 7580, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 328.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://marlboroughopenstudios.co.uk/exhibiting-artists/tom-hiscocks", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:37Z", "digest": "sha1:I4YLPHX6H4XR3AWC4SCS3NCARLKZNEAZ", "length": 606, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "marlboroughopenstudios.co.uk", "title": "Marlborough Open Studios - TOM HISCOCKS studio 23", "raw_content": "In the middle of Pewsey, Opposite the Co-op (where you can park); behind Manningford Croft Estate Agents, on the right before The Heritage Centre.\nMy work is an attempt to reflect this essential nature of things. To create a form that is constant, but which also changes as the viewer engages with it, or as the context of the work changes. Rather as I may feel changed depending on who I am with or where I am. I work stainless steel; mild steel; copper and also in acrylic. 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We previously issued an overview before the release of 2012 (\u201cWhat to Expect from DQS in SQL Server 2012\u201d).\nAt the heart of DQS is the knowledge base. It is essentially the memory bank of data that enables the DQS process to make decisions when dealing with the data it is presented with.\nA very broad overview of how you might use DQS for data cleansing follows. Essentially when using the data cleansing aspect of the product, each of your columns is mapped to a user-defined domain (for example you may set up a domain called Firstname). The knowledge base functionality then allows you to build up a set of valid/invalid rules for the Firstname domain, which can be used to process your data. Once you have created some domains, you can also build composite domains e.g. a Fullname composite domain could be constructed from the domains Prefix, Firstname and Lastname. Now when running a DQS cleansing project with the defined knowledge base, you can map in an addressee field and split out prefixes, first names and last names.\nThis works well (albeit slowly) if your data is already well structured and not large volume, but name and address data is frequently not well structured and you may be working with millions of records.\nOnce the knowledge discovery process is complete, you can review the results and decisions made, and tweak and make amendments to the results. A large drawback however, is that the normalization rules are value rather than pattern-based. For example, in one case, the value #1 was parsed as a premise. In this case, I actually wanted the domain to translate the \u2018#1\u2019 to a \u20181\u2019, so I made the necessary amendment to the rule (i.e. marked it as invalid, and specified a value to correct it to). Further occurrences of such examples, such as #5 and #10 were also amended in the domain to translate them to their integer versions. After re-running the process, I found that other values in the same format that were not manually amended were not corrected; the implication here is that you\u2019d have to create correction rules for every single numerical possibility. To try and get round this limitation, I attempted to apply a Term-Based-Relation (which is effectively a find and replace option in DQS), however because my hashes have no space prior to the following number (e.g. #10), the hash was not picked up as a separate term to be replaced. If anyone has found a way of achieving this, then I\u2019d be really interested to hear about it. What\u2019s really needed is to allow regular expressions within the Term-Based Relation functionality, but this didn\u2019t seem to work when I tried and I can find no reference to this being permissible in the documentation.\nI think that as a data analyst or administrator, you could spend an awful lot of time tuning DQS to handle name and address cleansing, and perhaps still not be satisfied with the results \u2013 but if for example you used a dedicated contact data cleansing tool and combined that with DQS to clean other data (for example product names, order details etc.) then potentially you have a very powerful combination of products.\nHaving looked at the initial data cleansing that was possible in DQS, I then moved on to have a look at the inbuilt matching functionality that DQS provides. I\u2019ll cover this in another post soon, but let\u2019s just take a quick look at performance: with DQS the processing performance was much slower than I expected, even when just processing a relatively small table of data. For example, running a simple 100,000 record file through DQS matching took 7 minutes on my machine \u2013 but only 30 seconds when processing through our matchIT SQL product on the same machine. 100,000 records is fairly small for a production database, when large organizations typically have millions of customers. DQS would handle batches of new records fairly quickly, but as it will only match within a table, it won\u2019t be possible to match this against existing data without adding it to the existing main table and incurring the longer run time. At this point, I\u2019ve yet to run DQS on a very large volume database and I suspect that it will be extremely time consuming. However, DQS does have great potential for handling some customer-specific data patterns that packaged software would also need tuning for \u2013 the advantage being that the DQS user will be more self-sufficient when dealing with the customer-specific patterns, and then be able to use the packaged software with less tuning required to its out-of-the-box configuration.\nIf you are interested in expanding DQS capabilities with an integrated Data Quality toolset, you can take a look at our recent matchIT SQL Demo.\nTags: data quality Data Quality Services DQS matchIT SQL SQL Server 2012", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 44, "original_length": 5987, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 325.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://matt.cuthbert.ws/2004/09/souths-ugly-colors.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:03Z", "digest": "sha1:DADS3CROC4WJIZQHIFL22YBZMKMYDJZ6", "length": 2195, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "matt.cuthbert.ws", "title": "Impending Distractions: The South's ugly colors", "raw_content": "Misty's mom got moved into her new apartment last week. It was a long process of packing and cleaning before the big day arrived. The landlord at the new place was kind enough to give us the keys early and said we could start moving things in as soon as we wanted \u0097 just so long as the apartment wasn't occupied until the 15th. I made several trips from her old home to the new one with my little Jetta loaded up with boxes and other things that wouldn't fit well into boxes.\nMy mother-in-law's new apartment complex is full of old ladies. These women don't have much to do in their day to day lives, so any new activity is met with a captive audience. Each time I made a trip over there to unload boxes, one neighbor or another would come out and introduce herself. Each of them expressed enthusiasm that someone was moving into their little community. They were cleary a friendly bunch.\nOn one such cleaning/moving trip, I had the help of Misty and her aunt and uncle. We moved a whole bunch of stuff over, and as usual, a couple of the old ladies came outside to offer their greetings. They told us how long they'd been residents and assured us that Misty's mom was going to like living there. \"It's very safe here,\" we were told. \"And we've been lucky that we've never had any of those kind of people move in.\"\nI swear to God, I thought she meant noisy college kids.\nBut no. Uncle Mike knew what she meant, and he chimed right in. \"So, y'all ain't got no niggers here, huh?\"\n\"No, we don't have any niggers,\" the nice hateful old lady said with a chuckle.\nThe conversation continued with the word \"nigger\" being droped several more times back and forth along the way.\nThe whole time I kept my mouth shut because I was too timid to stand up for what was right. All I could think of was how much that hateful word reinforces the stereotype that the South is full of ignorant redneck trash. I thought of Sidney Poiter in \"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner\" when he said: \"Not until your entire generation has lain down and died will the weight of you finally be off our backs!\" *\nAh yes, what a wonderful community Misty's mother has moved into.\n* I can't find the exact quote, so I may be a bit off.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 159, "original_length": 4725, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 333.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mattgoddard.co.uk/photography-film/4592688231", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:45:41Z", "digest": "sha1:IBSZP3RB6H2YXFSR2HRL7HXFCSSI5TPQ", "length": 392, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "mattgoddard.co.uk", "title": "Matt's Art Portfolio - Photography & Film, Events and Projects", "raw_content": "Here's a glimpse at some of my recent photography and film-making. There's plenty more in the pipeline. 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Only Elizabeth and Charles are in this family at this time.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 95, "original_length": 2017, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.76, "perplexity": 317.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mengage.org.au/engaging-men-in-health/state-of-victoria-engaging-men-in-healthcare-practice-and-policy-guide", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:39:17Z", "digest": "sha1:G6UQSJ4XQRS6H5Z5L7J2MYU2JSKL4HFK", "length": 3045, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "mengage.org.au", "title": "state-of-victoria-engaging-men-in-healthcare-practice-and-policy-guide | engaging-men-in-health | work | mengage", "raw_content": "This guide provides information and guidance for practice and policy. It outlines a five-step analysis and planning process including a men's health gender tool and other templates. It focuses specifically on men because there are important differences in societal and individual factors that affect men and women's health differently. It can be used in various ways including:\nto review or redesign an existing health service or intervention.\nas part of the design of new services, policies and programs.\nto assist understanding and planning relating to a specific health issue or condition.\nWhy Men's Health And Gender?\nEvidence shows that having a 'gender neutral' approach can contribute to greater health disparities between men and women because they are based on the assumption that interventions will be equally successful for men and women. A gendered approach takes into consideration differing health risks, needs, attitudes and behaviours of men and women which leads to better health service delivery, better clinical and cost effective outcomes for men and women respectively.\nMen have lower life expectancy, higher rates of premature deaths and common causes of death such as: cancer, coronary heart disease, suicide and transport accidents. They are more likely to lead unhealthy lives and less likely to engage with health services. There are also significant differences in health outcomes between groups of men.\nMen's Usage of Health Services, Barriers to Help seeking & 'Male Friendly' Services\nFor a variety of reasons men's usage of health services are different from women's, and they may be less inclined to attend health services until their health is negatively affected and is at a later stage. 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Vaidyanathan Memorial Film Review Contest \u2190 META", "raw_content": "\u00ab My (Top-Secret) Reading Addiction\nWinner: Vidya Balasubramaniam\nInstitution: St. Joseph\u2019s College\nA typical scene of communal disharmony. Despairing families, violence and bloodshed. Women who are suppressed by the males in their society, and a partition between the discordant religions as thick as the Iron Curtain.\nNow take that image of a typically messy communal strife, and throw it out of the window.\nNadine Labaki has taken this sensitive conflict of religion, and portrayed it from an angle that is vastly different from the documentaries of tragedy. Sure, there\u2019s a village, there\u2019s disharmony, and there are problems. But what shines through in the film is the vibrance of life despite all these problems; the patches of sunlight dancing in the shadows of a dense canopy.\nWhat struck me right away was the position of the women in the society. The film begins with a group of women, evidently united through the strongest of bonds, singing their way into a cemetery. Their voices are harmonised, their actions are perfectly in sync. Their faces may have been veiled, but they emanated an aura of having the capacity to take no nonsense from anyone. And that was when the feminist inside me roared her approval. I began to sense that this plot would have nothing to do with a solitary male hero, while having a lot to do with an entire community of women.\nMy instincts were proven right as we progressed into the plot. We see Amale breaking up a raging fight between several infuriated men, and proceeding to yell at them, almost succeeding in making their heads hang down in shame. Then we see Nassim\u2019s mother, pointing a gun at her eldest son, ready to injure him if it meant that she had her way and he would be safe. Yvonne, the mayor\u2019s wife was a challenge to the authority of her husband. The Ukranian girls commanded their own respect, despite being outsiders and appearing vulnerable. The women in this film had guts.\nLabaki\u2019s attempt to pepper this narrative with humor lightened the mood. I found myself falling in love with the movie because of the light-heartedness of it all. Amale would burst into song, Yvonne would feign moments of holy revelations, men would drool awkwardly at the Ukranian girls. Every time a scene ended with a dark mood, it was immediately followed by something to lighten the tension. The only place where i found this incongruous was the scene following Nassim\u2019s death. We see the women of the village being teary eyed once they learned of his death. A few minutes later, we see them prancing around the kitchen, singing and baking hashish into cakes. While one could argue that this was a display of strength, and an attempt to put the bad things behind them, the fact still remains that a certain sobriety should remain after the death of a loved one, and perhaps a scene like this was placed rather inappropriately.\nHaving said that, I am eager to acknowledge the ingenuity of the solution that these women came up with. They used what they knew, and were familiar with (cooking and baking), and turned it into a weapon against weapons! I couldn\u2019t help but admire their determination, and persuasiveness when it came to their menfolk.\nAnd then comes the defining moment. For me, the defining moment of any film is where the title comes in, prances around, takes a bow, and hovers in the background. However, it worked out differently. The film was almost at a symmetric end (I take the liberty of pointing out the intentional use of the word \u201csymmetric\u201d which sounds like cemetery, which featured in the opening scene as well as the ending scene), and was about to wrap up when the title jumped in most unexpectedly. There was no time for it to prance around and hover. It came in, and implanted itself firmly into our heads before the credits began to roll.\nThe question \u201cWhere do we go now\u201d struck me as pleasantly literal, with a touch of metaphor. The sections had been eliminated, and they were all one. The metaphor lies in the fact that the men ask the women this question. I believe that the answer lies in a brighter future, where amends are made, and they ride on the winds of amicability that the women strived their hardest to unleash. 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Valente\nExpertise: Analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits, wireless power transfer, lab-on-a-chip, CMOS-microfluidics, RF biosensors\nVirgilio Valente (S\u201909\u2013M\u201911) was born in Milan, Italy, in 1979. He received the B.Sc. degree (first class honors) in electronic engineering in 2004 from the University of York, York, U.K., the M.Sc. degree in biomedical engineering in 2006 from Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark, and the Ph.D. degree in electronic and electrical engineering from University College London (UCL), London, U.K., in 2011. From 2011 to 2017 he held two post-doctoral positions as a Research Associate in the Analog and Biomedical Electronics Research Group at UCL, during which, in 2015, he also joined Tetrivis LTD, UK, as an IC design engineer. 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You might dismiss me as being self-centered, as I'm a Python web programmer, and we all think our own problems are the most important problems. But then I'm a web programmer because I think it's the most important and empowering development environment of our time - it has been for at least the last five years, and I'd be surprised if that didn't stay true for at least the next five years. And I am doing okay - these aren't my own problems I'm complaining about. I don't want to talk down Python web programming too much - if you are serious about web programming the initial investment will pay off, since Python is a great environment. But if you aren't committed enough to invest that time, and you want to produce something useful quickly, then - though it hurts me to say this - Python isn't a good choice.\nIt's telling that I found this linked from Mr. Rails' website, where commenter Jonathan LaCour sums up the situation thusly:\nPython doesn't need a Rails clone. It needs something as cohesive as Rails. Rails is good because its a full stack that takes advantage of Ruby's strong points. Python similarly needs a full stack that takes advantage of Python's strong points.\nI recently got serious about learning Python for web programming, and I feel the same way. I'm not a rails guy by any means (can't stand the moronic second-coming evangelism: \"I can't stand Python. Thanks for wonderful framework, David. Ruby is golden!!!\" OMGWTFBBQ.), but having written my own frameworks in PHP, I can see the value of a strong choice with high visibility. Zope ain't it, but that was the best the Python mailing list could come up with when I asked about moving from PHP.\nThe reason I'm sticking with Python for now is that it's an unmitigated joy to program in. List comprehensions, everything-is-an-object, simple entry-level web packages like Jonpy, and a general feeling of shit-togetherness all make it feel like a \"real\" language.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 68, "original_length": 3683, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 313.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://military-vehicle-photos.com/picture/number6210.asp", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:30:59Z", "digest": "sha1:NTPC6JMNGSD2TVCLOIV527JXZ3UGF4ED", "length": 320, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "military-vehicle-photos.com", "title": "Military Vehicle Photos - M1A1 Abrams", "raw_content": "An M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) with mine clearing attachment from the 3 Squadron, 3rd Armored Calvary Regiment, arrives to escort The World Endeavor Humanitarian Group into a mythical nation's hostile territory at Fort Polk, Louisiana. It was all part of the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) rotation 99-02.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 23, "original_length": 1742, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 255.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://miloflamingo.blogspot.com/2008/04/extended-present-of-survival.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:21:51Z", "digest": "sha1:HB6DK2SUSS4JURPJPFXJKSCJFUCAGFQG", "length": 4621, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "miloflamingo.blogspot.com", "title": "Living in Egypt: The Extended Present of Survival", "raw_content": "The Extended Present of Survival\nA couple of days ago I read a New York Times essay by Harriet Brown that quite simply knocked me over. The link to the article is the title here. She was talking about how after having gotten her two daughters through life-threatening illnesses, she was having trouble adapting to a more relaxed life. In some respects, all of us have been through the same situation. I have a daughter who flies home from her high stress university life and promptly comes down ill the moment she walks in the door. It seems to be that becoming a \"daughter\" with a mother who is available to care for her is the trigger that allows her to let it all out. She usually recovers in a day or so after her arrival and is fine again.\nWhat really struck me about Ms. Brown's article was the comment that \"In times of crisis, the brain goes into protective mode, a kind of extended present tense intended to get you through danger without wasting energy or emotional resources. After all, there is no evolutionary advantage to worrying about the future when the future may never come.\" I'm not a stranger to this extended present tense, but I've always thought of it as the response to an immediate emergency, that icy calmness that allows one to bundle a bleeding kid into the car to get to the emergency room for stitches. As I was reading about the extended illnesses of her daughters, I realised that I'd also relied on that extended present tense to get me through the Bad Years of reorganising my late husband's businesses to take care of the needs and desires of the banking community in Cairo. Friends and family wondered at my ability to simply deal with the multitude of blows, setbacks and complex problems that were my lot for those years. I'd get up in the morning, dress for whatever corporate duty lay in wait for me, and get on with my day. I was in a sort of emotional shock.\nMy kids, bless them, would turn me around at the kitchen door many evenings sending me out to my horses with a change of clothes and tell me to go ride. I would ride, sometimes for hours, silently through the countryside night listening to the sounds of families resting in front of their homes, chatting, watching television, playing...the sounds of normality that would heal the wounds of each day. But all that time, I couldn't think ahead clearly to plan anything, I couldn't think of who/what I had lost, memories were fuzzy and not useful to me. It took years to reach a point when I suddenly began writing poetry quietly during board(bored) meetings, tugging out tiny bits of feeling from the numbness within. Poetry was the only way I could access my feelings at that point. Everything had to be in bite-sized pieces because I seemed to be incapable of dealing with anything larger than a moment.\nThis idea of extended present tense has given me pause to think as well about the people around me. I wonder how many people that I deal with on a daily basis get into the habit of this extended present tense in defense against the difficulties of life. I live among people for whom the only guarantee is that they and their families will someday die...the old \"death and taxes\" as sureties but they are too poor to pay taxes. Visitors here look at the villagers and ask how do they live with.... a million things that might occur to someone, but I'll bet that much of their life is spent in that present tense where the future has no meaning and the past has no bearing. I'm sure that when your life is a mess in general, survival mode becomes normality.\nLabels: families, survival\nCairogal said...\nA brilliant post, ma.\nThank you for putting all this into words.\nCan I come someday & ride with you?\nWell said. An extended present tense - very descriptive.\nLalla said...\nThank you for this article I can relate to it. I also read the essay in the New York Times and it was brilliant and spot on.\nI have been reading your blogspot for some months now and allways come back for more\nWow, is all I can say about your blog! You are an inspiring person, I have read many blogs, especially of western women married to Egyptian men like myself. I have lived in Egypt with my husband for one year, and we just returned to the US until we can figure out how to support our older two children (who speak very little arabic) in a private school system there, or until I educate myself more on homeschooling them, our baby (2) is very bilingual, after we saw how difficut it was for our older two, since we waited too long to introduce the language.\nWhat a great source of knowledge you are!!!\nObviously An Endangered Species", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 632, "original_length": 17315, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 316.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://minonktalk.com/builders.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:53Z", "digest": "sha1:77EL4HVTVPDI5JD3PLX6PBIEGSW4WYIQ", "length": 360, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "minonktalk.com", "title": "Minonk Builder's Supply", "raw_content": "Minonk Builder's Supply\nMinonk Builder's Supply was owned by G. H. Leffers who was a contractor and built many of the older homes in Minonk. The site of this building is believed to be on Oak Street but it is not known for sure. It is known that Minonk Builder's Supply was also located in the 600 block of Chestnut Street immediately north of Young Chevrolet.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 4, "original_length": 581, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 154.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mirandagunther.com/on-it-again-28530100", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:37Z", "digest": "sha1:VCN27FN5Y376D4DRQHW4UJDJISIHX6LZ", "length": 473, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "mirandagunther.com", "title": "on it again | MIRANDA G\u00dcNTHER", "raw_content": "on it again\nDIY cropped sweater from H&M\nHey guys! Been a pretty empty feed here on le blog. Sorry for that. But I can't say if I'm back or not. I've completely lost motivation to update. And this is how it's gonna be... Sometimes I'll update a lot, several posts in one day... and the other day, nothing at all.\nI don't want to feel forced to update. I want to update when I feel like it. In that way it'll be more fun and maybe then I'll get my flow back and update more.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 16, "original_length": 746, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 263.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mix108.com/justin-bieber-billboard-interview-quotes/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:23Z", "digest": "sha1:NOMQMIEW5QWIZVBYDOOEIWNDVLLCATUL", "length": 3603, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "mix108.com", "title": "Justin Bieber's Billboard Interview: 7 Things We Learned", "raw_content": "Justin Bieber\u2019s Billboard Interview: 7 Things We Learned\nJustin Bieber spoke to journalist Chris Martins in a new Billboard cover story to reflect on his YouTube days, the period when he was \"close to letting fame destroy me\" and this new phase of his career.\nThe pair attend church led by his pastor Judah Smith after sharing a meal, and Bieber's manager Scooter Braun also weighs in on Justin's rocky path to a comeback: \"I\u2019ll be frank. I failed for a year and a half. He shut himself off and went into a dark place. Every single day I tried to help him turn it around, and every single day I failed. And I tried desperately. The only person who deserves credit for this [comeback] is Justin.\u201d\nHere's 7 illuminating quotes straight from Justin in the piece \u2014 you can ready the lengthy profile for yourself over at Billboard.\nJustin didn't even like some of his previous music, and sharing the honest and vulnerable Purpose makes him \"so nervous\": In the past I\u2019ve recorded songs that I didn\u2019t like, that I wouldn\u2019t listen to, that the label was telling me to record. I\u2019m self-expressing with this album -- I can\u2019t skip on the moments that were dark, the moments that were happy, the ex-girlfriend stuff. It makes it real, rather than \u2018Let\u2019s call up Max Martin to write you a hit song.\u2019 I want my music to be inspiring.\u201d\nHe hasn't spoken to his mother Patti Mallette, who had a hand in forging his singing career, much in the past two years. Their relationship is \u201cpretty nonexisting. I was distant because I was ashamed. I never wanted my mom to be disappointed in me and I knew she was. We spent some time not talking, so it takes time to rebuild that trust. She\u2019s living in Hawaii now, so it\u2019s hard, but getting better. She\u2019s an amazing woman and I love her.\"\nOn those Bora Bora nude photos taken without permission, and Bette Midler's tweeted criticism of his dad's response: \"This Britt Meddler [ed note: mispronunciation or shade?]...I don\u2019t even know who that is, honestly. I wanted to immediately say \u2018Who is this lady?\u2019, but then I\u2019m just fueling this negativity. I do feel the photo was an invasion of my privacy. I felt super violated. My dad made light of it, but I don\u2019t think that\u2019s sick and twisted. It was funny. Dads are going to be dads.\u201d\nModel Hailey Baldwin is just a close friend. \"She's one of my best friends in the world. She's fricking awesome. She's got the sweetest soul.\"\nOn becoming famous young, and feeling for Kylie Jenner: \u201cI want people to be more kind to young celebrities,\u201d he says. \u201cLike Kylie. Look at her world: She has been living on TV since she was a kid. Every time she\u2019s looking around she sees a camera, and that\u2019s affecting how she\u2019s thinking and how she\u2019s perceiving people and why she has to do certain things ... Situations that happen taint your mind, especially in this industry. Especially for girls.\u201d\nDealing with celebrity life still has its ups and downs: \"It might seem awesome from the outside, but I\u2019m struggling[...] certain things broke my trust with people. Situations happen that taint your mind. I started going through the motions. I felt like people were judging me all the time. I came out alive. I came out swinging. But I was close to letting [fame] completely destroy me.\u201d\nAnd, of course, the conversation turns to his ex, Selena Gomez: \u201cI\u2019m proud of the woman she is today,\" and \u201cI know I had a lot of play in [her new album]. I don\u2019t know what she\u2019s saying about me.\u201d\nThe Stars Came Out for Halloween 2015\nNext: Justin Covers a Lot of Ground in 'I'll Show You' Video\nSource: Justin Bieber\u2019s Billboard Interview: 7 Things We Learned", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 133, "original_length": 5557, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 282.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mix108.com/rumor-buster-aquaman-wonder-woman-domains/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:37Z", "digest": "sha1:L243BY7HIWBFSCG3L7RQSU2BNG6M2RMH", "length": 2166, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "mix108.com", "title": "Rumor Buster: Warner Bros. Registered New Domain Names for \u2018Aquaman\u2019 and \u2018Wonder Woman\u2019 Movies?", "raw_content": "Rumor Buster: Warner Bros. Registered New Domain Names for \u2018Aquaman\u2019 and \u2018Wonder Woman\u2019 Movies?\nAs 'Batman vs. Superman' continues filming with appearances by Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot), Aquaman (Jason Momoa) and other members of the Justice League, we know that the DC Comics universe is expanding to include a LOT of superhero movies; specifically nine untitled films dated through 2020. Yesterday, the internet got itself all excited with the news that Warner Bros. had registered a bunch of new DC Comics URLs including JusticeLeagueFilm.com, WonderWomanTheMovie.com, AquamanMovie.com and ShazamMovie.com, and that it must mean something exciting! Except, it's not really true.\nAs our pals at Uproxx pointed out, those \"new\" domains that people got excited about yesterday weren't really new at all. The 'Shazam' and 'Aquaman' sites were registered in 2000. The 'Wonder Woman' site was registered in 1999, back when we were still using dial-up modems to connect to the internet and some of you weren't even born yet!\nThe story came from Tech Times, who noticed that the domain names existed but didn't bother to check when they were originated. It's standard operating procedure for a company like Warner Bros. to register names for all their intellectual property, especially ones as lucrative as their DC Comics characters (that they were so forward-thinking, even back in 1999, should be applauded). And 'Wonder Woman,' 'Shazam,' 'Aquaman' and 'Justice League' movies have been bouncing in and out of development for as long as we can remember, so of course they've got the URLs registered just in case.\nNow, a 'Wonder Woman' movie is coming; we know that, we saw her 'Batman vs. Superman' teaser poster at Comic-Con. We know a 'Shazam' movie is coming too, partly because The Rock can't stop gabbing about it. We don't need internet addresses to tell us that these films are coming to theaters in the near future in a big way. Now, if they registered a domain for a Arm-Fall-Off Boy movie, then THAT would be some news...\nSource: Rumor Buster: Warner Bros. Registered New Domain Names for \u2018Aquaman\u2019 and \u2018Wonder Woman\u2019 Movies?\nFiled Under: aquaman, wonder woman", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 125, "original_length": 4074, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 338.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://moana-ari.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:52Z", "digest": "sha1:DQHJZWGCW2GATZ5O4LMDTGTBL6SDRG2W", "length": 1085, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "moana-ari.com", "title": "Moana Project Space \u2013 artist-run contemporary art gallery in the Perth CBD, Western Australia", "raw_content": "26 October\u2009\u2013\u200917 November 2018\nIt is a long time since this moment\n13 October\u2009\u2013\u20092 November 2018\nJack Caddy: New Purity\n25 May\u2009\u2013\u200922 June 2018\nMoana Project Space is an artist-run contemporary gallery located in the heart of Perth\u2019s central business district. From 2012-2017 the gallery occupied a heritage ballroom alongside multidisciplinary studio spaces and a caf\u00e9 at Moana Chambers on Hay Street, Perth. The gallery is currently seeking a new location, and will reopen in 2018.\nSince its inception in 2012, Moana has operated as a platform for the production and exhibition of contemporary visual art, with a particular focus on supporting ambitious new work and curatorial projects from young and early career artists, curators and writers from across Australia. Moana\u2019s internally curated program of exhibitions and events is supplemented by a biannual open proposal callout.\nMoana is currently closed whilst we find a new location.\nFollow us on social media and subscribe to our mailing list to receive the announcement of our next project.\nFor enquiries, email info@moana-ari.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 20, "original_length": 1408, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 205.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mobile.movparent.com/page/wap.detail/id/505959/Habits-of-a-healthy-family.html?nav=5006", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:18:31Z", "digest": "sha1:A3NFWWVV3OHPU6CEJLEVXIVR65ARYJVO", "length": 3964, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "mobile.movparent.com", "title": "Strengthening Families - MOVParent.com | News and information for Ohio and WV parents - Parent Magazine", "raw_content": "Habits of a healthy family\nLast month's column introduced the traits of good communication and valuing family time and conversation. In this issue, three more of the 15 traits from Dolores Curran's book, \"Traits of a Healthy Family\" will be covered. Traits 3 - 5 have to do with providing every family member with a sense of inclusion and acceptance.\nTrait three, \"affirming and supporting one another,\" really starts with the parents. Happy parents make for happy kids. Affirming parents have good self-esteem, and work to instill a positive mood in the home. This positive tone in the home creates a general expectation that everyone will affirm and support each other. For example, if your daughter plays in a soccer game, everyone in the family knows about it and will in some way provide her with support and give her the message that it's good for her to be in soccer. A healthy family would provide support for her efforts by watching the game or asking about the game if they couldn't be there. Complaining about watching the game, or being critical about her involvement are good examples of what happens in unhealthy, rather than healthy families.\nYour family members can be the best cheerleaders you can have; celebrating personal victories together and providing support during challenging times. One great idea I've seen to make this trait more visible in your family is to have a \"You are Special\" plate. Some families have a specially marked plate for this, or just use a plate different from the others. Whenever anyone has a personal victory in their life, they get to use the plate during a mealtime that day. This provides a great opportunity for the family to recognize and celebrate victories together. For instance, if mom gets an award at work or fixed the sink without calling the plumber, she'd get the \"You Are Special\" plate at dinner that night and everyone would participate in congratulating her. This kind of small acknowledgement helps each person feel they are an important part of the family.\nTraits four and five, respecting each other and showing trust, go hand in hand and so I will address them together. Trust and respect are priceless yet easily damaged. A good word picture for respect is \"boundaries.\" This refers to each family member's ability to know where \"the line\" is and respect that line. At the minimum, the line of respect is where each family member feels safe in the presence of all other family members. Healthy families respect each other's personal property and space. This allows each person to feel valued as a whole person. Respect is deliberate mindfulness of each other's needs. A teenager needs to feel unique and different from his or her parents. This should be tolerated and allowed, within reason. A father may not like loud music of the style played by his son, and this should be respected by listening to the music at a reasonable level. This shows mutual respect.\nTrust, like respect, is something that is earned. In healthy families the mother and father report deep trust for each other. Children are not given trust immediately, but are given plenty of opportunities to earn trust. Additionally, when trust is broken (and it will be) healthy families realize that broken trust can be mended. As a teenager, I remember being so upset when my parents didn't give me absolute trust. However, I wasn't always trustworthy. Therefore, trust was built by my ability to prove myself trustworthy over time. With this trait, remember that children should be given opportunities to prove themselves. As parents, we can adopt the Ronald Reagan approach of \"Trust but verify.\"\nThe next column will continue to cover healthy family traits. The traits I will discuss next are: playfulness and humor, balance of interaction among family members, sharing leisure time, and sharing responsibility.\nPatrick Ward, Ph.D. is a marriage and family therapist in Parkersburg. 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The comments from Hyde-Smith, who is white, were quickly seized upon by Espy, who was vying to become not only the first Democrat the state had elected to the Senate in almost four decades, but also the first African-American senator from the state since Reconstruction.\nThe Republicans pumped resources into Mississippi, and USA president Donald Trump made a strong effort on behalf of Ms Hyde-Smith, holding last-minute rallies in Mississippi on Monday. Hyde-Smith will serve in the seat until 2020, the end of the six-year term Cochran won in 2014. She at first refused to apologize, and only at last week's debate did she offer a conditional apology \"to anyone offended\".\nHyde-Smith and Espy emerged from a field of four candidates November 6 to advance to Tuesday's runoff.\nThe victory of Hyde-Smith, who was appointed to fill the seat of Sen.\nThe public outcry against her marks was loud and angry and \"moved the dial\" to Espy, according to political columnist Geoff Pender of the Jackson Clarion-Ledger. An ad from his campaign released that day said, \"We can't afford a senator who embarrasses us and reinforces the stereotypes we've worked so hard to overcome\".\n\"And then they remind me, that there's a lot of liberal folks in those other schools who that maybe we don't want to vote\", she said at a campaign stop. Hyde-Smith now leads 56 percent to 44 percent, although the remaining uncounted vote figures to be Democratic-leaning. \"Mississippi history at its best!\" she wrote in the post.\nThat created a possible opening for Espy. It was the centerpiece of her campaign.\nDemocrats hoped Espy would be able to peel off some educated white voters who were turned off by Hyde-Smith's controversial comments.\nThe controversies surrounding her set off a major push by national Republicans to avoid the same embarrassment they'd suffered a year ago in Alabama over the Senate campaign of Roy Moore and save Hyde-Smith.\nDemocrats had hoped a surge in turnout among black voters - who make up almost 40% of Mississippi's population, the largest share in the nation - could carry Espy to victory in a state that is highly polarized along racial lines, with most white voters backing GOP candidates and black voters supporting Democrats. While he was eventually acquitted on all charges, the Mississippi Democrat has been out of public office for almost 25 years, spending the past decade as a private attorney. 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Early crowds where sparse, presumably ...\nJust For Laughs 2018 highlights \u2013 22 shows in 17 days\nEntertainment, Just For Laughs, Montreal, Reviews\nJust For Laughs 2018 highlights \u2013 The 36th edition of the Just For Laughs comedy festival ended on July 29 with a new outlook thanks to a new ownership group (including comic Howie Mandel), a large variety of shows for ...\nJust For Laughs: talking comedy with Todd Glass\nComedy, Entertainment, Just For Laughs\nTodd Glass made his Just For Laughs debut in 1992, during the festival\u2019s 10th anniversary edition, as a \u201cmobile comedian\u201d. Glass had a makeshift comedy club that he operated out of the back of a Jeep pickup truck, complete with a ...\nA six-pack of capsule show reviews from Just For Laughs 2018 Festival\nComedy, Entertainment, Just For Laughs, Montreal\nThe 36th edition of the Just For Laughs 2018 festival is about to enter its third and final week. And this is the week that is the meat of the festival, in which Just For Laughs will experience its greatest ...\nScott Thompson \u2013 Comedian and writer Scott Thompson \u2013 throughout his time as a member of the legendary Canadian sketch comedy group \u201cThe Kids in the Hall\u201d, which gained a massive cult following thanks to their sketch series that aired ...\nJust For Laughs \u2013 Talking stand-up with Katherine Ryan\nKatherine Ryan \u2013 For comedian Katherine Ryan, comedy was always something that she really valued throughout her life. \u201cMy dad came from an Irish background, and he always enjoyed telling humorous stories with the rest of the family. We also enjoyed ...\nEntertainment, Festivals, Just For Laughs, Reviews, Stuart Nulman\nThe Ethnic Show review \u2013 After attending the premiere of The Ethnic Show last week at Club Soda for its 10th edition, it once again proved that it is one of the most solidly entertaining shows on Just For Laughs\u2019 ...\nMtltimes exclusive with SNL alumni Will Forte and Colin Quinn \u2013 JFL / SNL tradition continues\nEntertainment, Festivals, Just For Laughs, Stuart Nulman\nWill Forte and Colin Quinn \u2013 Practically since the beginning, the Just For Laughs festival has always welcomed past and current performers from the iconic NBC late night sketch series Saturday Night Live (aka SNL) to perform stand-up, do a ...\nComedy, Entertainment, Just For Laughs, Stuart Nulman\nJust For Laughs ventriloquist comedian Jeff Dunham \u2013 Way back in 1991, Jeff Dunham performed for the first time at Just For Laughs. The Texas-born ventriloquist/comedian appeared with his character \u201cPeanut\u201d, a cheerful, hyperactive, purple-skinned \u201cwoozle\u201d who is covered mostly in ...\nMontreal Times chat with Comedian Brad Williams for JFL \u201cNasty Show\u201d (video)\nComedy, Entertainment, Just For Laughs, Montreal, Stuart Nulman\nComedian Brad Williams, who was born with achondroplasia, a condition that is a type of dwarfism, uses his condition in his stand-up comedy as a means not only of introduction, but to break the ice with his audience. \u201cSometimes there are ...\nJust For Laughs \u2013 In Conversation with Gina Brillon\nComedy, Entertainment, Festivals, Just For Laughs\nGina Brillon \u2013 For Gina Brillon, comedy has been the ultimate career choice for her since she was a kid growing up in The Bronx. \u201cI fell in love with comedy at the age of 14. 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Kutnink - January 13, 1945 - August 30, 2012\nDolores M. Peterson - July 11, 1939 - August 20, 2012\nClara M. Deuter - March 24, 1922 - August 19, 2012\nJerry (Gerald) D. Brow - March 5, 1944 - August 13, 2012\nRobert F. 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It is the first child for Wilson, Ciara has a son from a previous relationship.\nLabels: Ciara, Russell Wilson\nDasher and I took advantage of a rare sunny day in what has been a rainy Spring to walk the trail to Lake Wilderness Park in Maple Valley.\nESPN Makes Huge Staff Cuts\nFormer Seahawk quarterback Trent Dilfer (above) was one of 100 ESPN staffers losing their jobs this week. Declining subscribers and ad revenue are being blamed for the large staff reductions which included many familiar names including baseball analyst Jason Stark.\nLabels: ESPN Lay offs\nBeastmode To Play For Raiders\nSources say the Seahawks have worked a deal where running back Marshawn Lynch can come out of retirement and play for the Oakland Raiders.\nThe Seahawks still had the rights to Lynch, who retired after the 2015 season. Lynch wants to play one year for Oakland, his home town.\nCould Mark Cuban Run For President In 2020?\nMark Cuban's name has been brought for a run at the US presidency in 2020.\nMark Cuban seems to be no friend to Donald Trump. To some, they seem one in the same, obnoxious billionaires. Both have been involved in reality TV.\nHowever, one difference between the two gentlemen is that Cuban did not grow up wealthy. Cuban made his wealth during the dot com boom and sold out in time to avoid the big bust.\nHe bought the struggling Dallas Mavericks in 2000 and turned them into a perennially playoff team. The team won the NBA title in 2011.\nCuban endeared himself to many local sports fans to voting against the Seattle Sonics successful bid to move to Oklahoma City.\nMark Cuban has been a regular member of the investment panel on the popular reality TV show The Shark Tank. He seems to invest in more quirky ideas than the other panel members and is known for being the \"techie\" on the show.\nCuban at one time had stated that he answered every email that he received. I emailed him and did indeed get a response.\nLabels: Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, The Shark Tank\nTracy Taylor Back On KIRO\nShe announced last night on facebook that she would be on KIRO 7 this morning and there she was. Tracy who filled in on the station the week before last was back on this morning. While Rachel was doing the traffic from the studio, Tracy was reporting from her car. Apparently, KIRO has noticed the social media firestorm that follows when Tracy is in the news.\nThank you to Puget Sound Media for the picture.\nLabels: KIRO 7, Tracy Taylor\nPresentation At Seattle Holocaust Museum\nIn observance of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Peter Metzelaar tells of his experience of his mother and him evading Nazi persecution through the Dutch underground. Non Jews risked their lives to help save Jews and other persecuted minorities. Pete told of living in the closet of a farmhouse with planks on the floor. As the trail got hot, the pair had to seek shelter elsewhere.\nNot only did they run from the Nazi's, their country was being hit by Allied forces.\nThe presentation took place at the Holocaust Center For Humanity in Downtown in Seattle.\nLabels: Seattle Holocaust Museum\nErin Moran--Joanie On Happy Days\nErin Moran, who played Joanie, the bratty little sister of main character Richie Cunningham in the TV comedy Happy Days, has died. Happy Days was a coming of age series that ran from the mid 70s to the mid 80s based in the 1950s, a period viewers perceived as a simpler time.\nAt first it was a story of High School aged Richie Cunningham and his buddies, good kids who hung around a drive in and got often got in trouble in their attempts to meet girls and have a good time. Joanie was the little know it all who often threatened to tell on the older brother and his friends. Arthur Fonzarelli was the dropout interloper who was distrusted by adults, but often kept Richie and his friends out of trouble. Eventually the Fonz became the focal point of the series.\nMoran, whose recent troubles had appeared in tabloids, sadly becomes another tragic TV child actor who died too soon.\nLabels: Erin Moran, Happy Days\nTracy Taylor Starts A \"You Tube\" Channel\nTracy Taylor is starting her own You Tube Channel, a great way to connect with her fans.\nAnnual Maple Valley Fishing Derby This Weekend\nAre you \"Hooked On Fishing\"? The Maple Valley annual trout fishing derby is this weekend starting tomorrow April 21st at 3pm at Lake Wilderness Park. The Rotary will be serving breakfast, starting at midnight Saturday and for one night, camping in tents will be allowed in the park for one night only. There will be prizes awarded. The fun continues until 3:00pm on Saturday.\nHooked On Fishing is jointly sponsored by the Greater Maple Valley Chamber Of Commerce, in partnership with Maple Valley Rotary and the City Of Maple Valley.\nLabels: Hooked On Fishing, Maple Valley, Maple Valley Fishing Derby\nAaron Hernandez Found Dead In Prison Cell\nDid not see this coming, days after being acquitted in a double murder charge, former Patriot star Aaron Hernandez was found dead by hanging in his prison cell. He was still serving a life sentence on a different murder charge.\nLabels: Aaron Hernandez, New England Patriots\nVeep Season 6 Episode 1 Review\nA great wrap up of the season premier of The Veep.\nThe Veep Is Back\nThe once a year 10 some episode season of The Veep is on again. Selina Meyer, who lost her election for president last season, has not lost any of her charm or sincerity, because she really didn't have any in the first place. Meyer is struggling with life as a private citizen and her staff is scattered around showing their incompetence in other fields.\nOnline reviews of the first three episodes ranges from bad to great. I watched the season premier last night and found myself somewhere in the middle.\nThe Veep stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus as President Selina Meyer. The show, in it's sixth season, airs Sunday nights on HBO.\nLabels: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Selina Meyer, The Veep\nBarers Of Maple Valley Wishes You A Happy Easter!\nFormer Patriots Star Acquitted\nCNN reports that former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez has been found \"not guilty\" in the case of a double homicide outside a Boston nightclub in July of 2012.\nLabels: Aaron Hernandez\nNFL Owner Dan Rooney\nDan Rooney, son of the founder of the Pittsburgh Steelers has died at 84. Rooney took over for his father, Art and guided the team to 6 Super Bowl titles, one in a controversial game with the Seattle Seahawks.\nRooney's most notable NFL contribution is probably the \"Rooney Rule\" which requires teams to interview minority candidates for head coaching positions to fill such vacancies. It was established in 2003.\nHe was also appointed ambassador to Ireland in 2009 and served until 2012.\nLabels: Dan Rooney, Pittsburgh Steelers\nAnother Rock Icon Passes\nReports indicate J. Geils of the J Geils band was found dead in his Massachusetts home. John Warren Geils was the leader of a 1970s blues band who gained a new popularity by the rise of MTV.\nTheir best known hit was probably Centerfold from 1983, the story of a man's heartbreak of his school days crush appearing in a nude magazine.\nLabels: J Geils\nObama As Supreme Court Justice? Sign Me Up!\nI don't think that this writer of a letter to editor in the Seattle Times is particularly fond of President Obama. But he does bring home an interesting point. The US Senate Republicans, by using the so-called nuclear option to get Neil Gorsuch confirmed to the Supreme Court could possibly come back to bite what is now the majority party, but may not be in as little as 4 years down the road.\nNow I doubt that Barak Obama desires to be picked to serve as a Supreme Court Justice, but there is precedence. Look up William Howard Taft.\nLabels: Barack Obama, Neil Gorsuch, Supreme Court\nMariner Food Offering May \"Bug\" Fans\nThe city of Seattle is known for it's multi-culturalism and also for being on the cutting edge of many trends, but the latest buzz or maybe chirp concerns a new offering at the Mariner's Safeco Field. The team has announced that one of it's food vendors, Poquitos, will sell Chapulines, that's grasshoppers, as a food offering.\nAre fans tire of hot dogs, peanuts, and Crackerjacks? With the wave of new ballparks starting in the 1990s, food offerings increased, Safeco Field was one of the first parks to offer sushi.\nGrasshoppers can be served with a taco or in a cup on it's own.\nThe Mariner team itself needs to do a little \"hopping\", the team is off to a horrible 1 and 5 start.\nLabels: Grasshoppers, Poquitos, Seatte Mariners\nPearl Jam Inducted Into Rock Hall\nThe 1990s Grunge style band Pearl Jam has joined Nirvana and Heart as Seattle area artists inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame. The induction ceremony was last night (Friday April 7th) in New York. David Letterman made the induction speech for the band in place of Neil Young, who was ill.\nOther artist joining the Hall include Yes, Journey, ELO, and Joan Baez.\nLabels: Pearl Jam, Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame\nPopular Traffic Reporter Taylor To Return For Fill In On KIRO 7\nSeattle's popular traffic reporter Tracy Taylor announced on her facebook page that she has returned to the airwaves on KIRO 7 in a fill in role. Taylor whose departure from KING 5, spurred angry comments on a number of blogs, including this one, said she will be on in the 4:30-7:00 timeslot. She did not indicate how long the engagement would last. The article on this blog in early December, reporting on her leaving KING 5, continues to be the most viewed post, with over 27 K hits, more than twice the second most popular post.\nCNN reports that comedian Don Rickles had died. He was 90.\nPepsi Pulls Cringeworthy Kendall Jenner Ad\nA huge backlash has cause Pepsi to pull an ad that had good intentions but was poorly received.\nFilm Shows How Maccabi Tel Aviv Put Israel \"On The Map\"\nDani Menkin, who made the documentary film \"On The Map\", stands on the right at the Jewish Community Center on Mercer Island where his work was shown to a full house.\nSports films usually are based on a David vs Goliath theme, this movie was a true story. After\nWorld War II, basketball gained popularity in Europe. European basketball was dominated by teams from Spain, Italy, and Russia. In 1977, the Maccabi Tel Aviv team, from a country not known for it's sports successes, showed it's ability to compete for the championship.\nIt had been a dark time for Israel, not long after the Yom Kippur war and the Munich Massacre. The country itself was enduring a government scandal. The country's moral had been dismal, but the rise of the Maccabi team, captivated the country. Featured in the film were Hall Of Famer Bill Walton, former NBA Commissioner David Stern, and members of the team.\nThe film was extremely captivating and moving.\nThe film was shown as part of the the Seattle Jewish Film Festival.\nLabels: On The Map, Seattle Jewish Film Festival\nNational Championship: UNC triumphs over Gonzaga\nGonzaga came close, but lost to the North Carlolina Tarheels 71-65. Congratulations Gonzaga, on a great season!\nMariners Begin The 2017 Season\nHappy Together Tour Returning This Summer\nAfter a three year hiatus, the Happy Together Tour is returning for a local engagement this summer. The tour which always features the legendary 60s rock band The Turtles, is always stocked with bands from the early the mid 60s through the early 70s playing unforgettable classic pop music.\nIt is a fun show featuring Flo and Eddie, the heart and soul of The Turtles, who went on two play in Frank Zappa's Mothers Of Invention and have stayed active in the seen. Eddie, of course, is Howard Kaylan who has lived here in the Seattle area for many years.\nThe concert is set for July 9th at the Snoqualmie Casino. Joining The Turtles will be The Association, former Three Dog Night singer Chuck Negron, The Boxtops, The Cowsills, and somehow, the real live version of The Archies.\nLabels: Happy Together, Howard Kaylan, Snoqualmie Casino, The Turtles\nGonzaga Goes To NCAA Title Game\nThe Gonzaga Bulldogs beat South Carolina in a 77-73 squeaker. 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These are scholarships that are available for those people who are of one unusual height or another, such as being tall or short. There are two height scholarships that are available for those people who are either very tall or very short. Here is the information about these height scholarships.\nStudent Scholarships Through Tall Clubs International\nIf you are a woman who is a minimum of 5\u201910\u201d or a man who is at least 6\u20192\u201d, then you might be able to get a scholarship through Tall Clubs International. These scholarships are as much as $1,000 are awarded each year to students who are at least the above heights and going to college for their first year. Here are some good tips for this scholarship.\nGet in contact with a TCI member that\u2019s near to you to ask them to sponsor you.\nIf there\u2019s no scholarship campaign active right now, it may be that they\u2019ll make you the candidate.\nGo to the website and where the closest club for TCI is to you.\nLPA Scholarships\nThe second of the height scholarships is through LPA. In order to qualify for these scholarships, a person has to be 4\u201910\u201d or shorter. The scholarships go from $250-$1,000 or they can be even more. To apply, the person should be a member of LPA and meet the height requirements. The following is the information on the preference that is given for scholarships.\nLPA members with diagnosis of dwarfism from a doctor\nMembers of immediate family of those who are dwarfs and who are paying members of the LPA\nStudents who are dwarfs and not LPA members\nGeneral students who are disabled\nStudents who aren\u2019t disabled and who can show that they need help financially.\nThese are the two height scholarships that people who are very tall or very short may be able to get. It\u2019s a good idea to join the organizations, although it\u2019s not always necessary. But when you join the organizations, you may find that you are surrounded by other people who are like you and who can give you support. 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Parents and pediatricians can nip the tendency in the bud.\nWeight problems may begin earlier than we\u2019ve thought. In fact, they can start in infancy.\nThe rise in child and teen obesity is well-documented. It's also a source of medical concern. More and more children are suffering from adult-type consequences of being overweight, such as high blood pressure, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes.\nIt has also become clear that children who are overweight when they are young are far more likely to become overweight and obese adults, making it all the more important to figure out what it is that makes some children prone to overeating, while others seem to have more moderate appetites and eating habits.\nThe findings make clear that as important as it is for babies to eat well and have plenty to eat, some children can get into a pattern of over-consumption that can bring on weight problems from an early age.\nOvereating appears to take root in infancy in many people, and two studies published recently in JAMA Pediatrics suggest that two features of appetite are particularly associated with obesity, making some infants more food-oriented than others.\nOne, food responsiveness (FR), is the degree to which exposure to food \u2014 seeing it, smelling it \u2014 stimulates a person \u2014 or baby \u2014 to eat.\nThe other, satiety responsiveness (SR), measures how quickly a person's body signals they are no longer hungry after eating. Low SR means that it takes longer or more food for a person to feel satisfied or full from eating.\nPeople \u2014 including babies \u2014 who want to eat when in the presence of food and those who are slower to register that their bodies' have had enough food tend to gain more weight and have a higher body mass index.\nIn the first study, researchers looked at the impact of FR and SR on weight gain over time. They followed non-identical twins who were very different with respect to appetite (with measurable differences in SR and FR). The pairs of twins were living in the same homes, exposed to the same social, nutritional, and parenting influences.\nThe babies\u2019 weights were tracked for 15 months to determine what effect their appetite differences might have on their weight.\nInfants with higher food responsiveness and lower satiety responsiveness grew faster than their twins. The researchers concluded that as early as birth to 15 months, hearty appetite played a major role in childhood weight gain.\nGenetics seem to influence satiety responsiveness, according to the second study, which found that a sensitivity to when one is no longer hungry is a highly heritable factor in obesity. When body signals that one is no longer hungry are slow to register, and a person lives in an environment that has plenty of food readily available, they tend to overeat and gain weight.\nHelping Eager Eaters Slow Down\nOne of the main goals of well child visits through the first years of life is to record a child's physical development \u2014 particularly his or her height and weight. Each age and stage of infancy and toddlerhood has caloric guidelines, as well as important recommendations about the types and quantities of liquids and solids (such as breast milk, formula, cow\u2019s milk, juice, cereals and pureed table foods).\nThese feeding guidelines are based on the nutritional needs determined to provide optimal physical, neurological, and emotional growth and development and the evolving ability of the infant to tolerate a variety of foods. The guidelines don't factor in babies' different levels of food interest, but perhaps they eventually will.\nParents could limit portion sizes to give over-eager eaters a chance to realize they are full.\nWhen a child's growth puts them at the extreme upper end of growth chart norms, it is time to take a look at his or her eating habits.\nIf parents and doctors are able to identify those infants with low SR and high FR (from their early nursing or bottle-feeding behavior), they could take steps to help babies avoid what is triggering their overeating and put an early dent in the rising tide of childhood obesity.\nFor example, parents of children who are always ready to eat might want to keep food out of sight until meal or snack time, so that the visible presence of food doesn't stimulate the desire to eat. They could also limit portion sizes, thus giving children a chance to realize they are full.\nBased on the new research studies if you have a baby or child who is a hearty eater, who tends to eat without stopping as long as food is presented to them, and who consistently is in the 90th percentiles for their height and weight, you may want to ask your pediatrician if minor restrictions in making food available to the child might not be a good idea.\nProper nutrition is extremely important to children's development, so restricting the amount of food a child eats should always be done with the guidance of your child's doctor, but these studies suggest it could help prevent a lifetime of weight problems.\nFatty foods tell the brain to keep eating", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 65, "original_length": 5986, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 306.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://newlifeorissa.org/childdetails.php?id=CHI163", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:58Z", "digest": "sha1:W3CVTH4JQCSCKK7MYZXMQCIZFG4Z5IOS", "length": 278, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "newlifeorissa.org", "title": "Sponsor A Child in India - New Life Ministries", "raw_content": "Sneha rani belongs to a single parent family, recently her mother has passed away, her father is daily wages labour and earning little amount of money, it is very hard to meet the needs of family as well as needs of children's education, So please pray for her higher education.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 94, "original_length": 2445, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 237.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://newrenaissancefilmfest.com/nrff-london-film-of-the-week-12", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:48Z", "digest": "sha1:H7M76QYL4BQXFSOLN2NISOBT7AV6QAVW", "length": 1314, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "newrenaissancefilmfest.com", "title": "NRFF London \u2013 Film of the Week \u00ab New Renaissance Film Festival", "raw_content": "The film stars Alan Grant as IKE (LEAD ACTOR), Jack Lord as PAUL (SUPPORTING ACTOR) and Jane Christie as Ike\u2019s girlfriend ALISON (SUPPORTING ACTOR).\nImage Copyright: Eli Hart\nEli Hart graduated from the London Film Academy where he wrote several short films, one of which won the audience award for \u2018Best Film\u2019 at the BFI. He has since been hired as a writer by London based production company Racine Media, and works as a Director at EC1 Studios in Angel.\nHailing from just outside Wolverhampton, Eli uses film to bottle his tragic and darkly funny view of the world. He is currently finalising the script to his first feature film.\nEli states:\n\u201cIn hindsight, \u2018Paris in the Rain\u2019 is a farewell message to my late Grandfather. The painting in the film was his and had been mounted above his fireplace for fifty years, becoming arguably the most prominent and significant image from my childhood. So much so that sometimes I feel the painting subconsciously determines the tone and feel of the films I make nowadays: Rainy and bleak, but with something tragically human or funny beneath it.\u201d\nThe film has had a fantastic review by James Luxford (The guardian, Radio Times, BBC, London Film Festival) as well as gaining a fierce online fanbase in London.\nFor more information visit Facebook and the Official Website.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 77, "original_length": 3830, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 334.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7468180.stm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:43Z", "digest": "sha1:Y2WN6BMIHILTZLBR4FM534TNENPHX5YI", "length": 22958, "nlines": 148, "source_domain": "news.bbc.co.uk", "title": "BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Ice diary: Science in the fast-changing Arctic", "raw_content": "Ice diary: Science in the fast-changing Arctic\nLiz Kalaugher reports from the High Arctic as she travels aboard the Amundsen, a Canadian Coast Guard vessel. She has joined an expedition investigating the effects of climate change off Banks Island.\nTHURSDAY 26 JUNE: SHIPPING OUT\nI depart from the Amundsen with mixed feelings; I'm sad to be leaving the scientists and crew, who have been incredibly welcoming over the past week, but I'm looking forward to being able to walk around on dry land.\nCrew changeovers are a busy time for the helicopter pilots\nFifteen people are leaving the icebreaker today and 13 are joining.\nIt's an impressive feat co-ordinating helicopter transfers via the bleak airstrip at Cape Parry.\nAlthough it's not as bleak as it first appears - further investigation whilst we wait for the aeroplane reveals an ungainly Arctic hare lolloping away from us and some low-lying clumps of flowers.\nBefore I head back to Inuvik, I join Natalie Asselin of the University of Manitoba on an aerial survey for whales.\nAt first, the whales I spot turn out to be whale-shaped pieces of ice - Natalie is studying the beluga whale, which is white.\nBut then I realise that the black rock I have been staring at absent-mindedly has a tail. It turns out to be a bowhead, a different species.\nThe aerial survey spots beluga whales near the sea ice\nOnce I've got my eye in, I see another bowhead and around eight belugas, predominately in groups of two or three.\nBelugas tend to hang around near sea ice, Natalie tells me, probably to feed on Arctic cod and for protection from killer whales.\nBelugas don't have a fin on their backs so, unlike killer whales, they can swim underneath the ice. The reduction in ice cover as climate change progresses could be a problem for belugas, so it's useful to know more about how they interact with the ice.\nScientists also don't have much data on the whales' behaviour at this time of year - it's hard to get here in spring unless you spend the winter in the area, as the Amundsen has.\nThis year, the researchers saw their first beluga arrive on its migration from the Bering Strait between Russia and Alaska on 9 May, around three weeks earlier than expected.\nThat could be a result of the low ice conditions this year, or simply because no-one has looked before.\nThere is no chance of stocking up with duty-free at Cape Parry\nThey plan to check with members of the Inuit community, who hunt belugas as a traditional food source when the whales usually arrive in the area.\nAs we fly above the waves, Natalie uses an instrument called a hyperspectral sensor to measure the characteristics of the ice and water, as well as taking photographs through a glass window in the floor of the plane.\nTowards the end of the flight, the cloud comes down and we duck underneath it until it feels like we are almost touching the sea. Apart from this cloud and the fog that delayed my arrival, I've seen clear blue skies all week.\nIt's hard to believe that's not normal. During the summer, the Arctic is, on average, covered in cloud 80% of the time because of all the moisture from the ocean and melt ponds.\nAlthough I'm heading home, the Amundsen will move further north to M'Clure Strait off Banks Island, an area that hasn't been studied before.\nI hope the researchers have a great trip and get the data they need to tell us more about this vast wilderness - an early sufferer of the effects of climate change.\nWEDNESDAY 25 JUNE: TAKING THE WATERS\nSo far it looks like the acupressure wrist bands are doing the trick - the wind got up to 25 knots yesterday and I'm feeling OK.\nCanadian Coast Guard crew member Marianne tells me that most people who get seasick would have started to feel it by now so I'm optimistic.\nThe researchers managed to net a few Arctic cod larvae\nThe sea is too rough for researchers to leave the icebreaker on its flat-bottomed barge.\nRecently, they've been using the barge to collect samples away from the ship where the surface water hasn't been affected by the Amundsen churning it up or contaminating it. But today they improvise by throwing buckets off the icebreaker.\nOnce the mid-leg crew change takes place tomorrow, the engineers will have the spare part they need to fix the Zodiac that can leave the ship in all conditions.\nJens Ehn of the University of Manitoba tells me how light reflects from the surface of the ice as it starts to melt.\nBoth snow and ice reflect a large proportion of the energy from the Sun's rays back into the sky. But once the snow has gone, pools of water known as melt ponds appear on the ice, decreasing its reflectivity.\nOn this trip, Jens has found that as melting proceeds, the melt ponds drain away and the ice briefly becomes more reflective again.\nHowever, the wind and waves break up the thin and brittle ice and expose the less reflective ocean below.\nSurface reflectivity is of great interest to climate scientists because it affects how much heat the Earth absorbs.\nMelt ponds reduce the reflectivity of the ice\nOne of the problems of climate change in the Arctic is that as air temperatures rise and more ice melts, a greater area of the darker ocean below is exposed.\nThe ocean then absorbs more heat from the Sun and causes additional warming, which is known as a positive feedback loop.\nToday's fishing nets prove more successful than earlier in the week. Stephane Thanassekos and Samuel Lauzon of Laval University catch several Arctic cod larvae.\nThey're transparent with a faint pink tinge and around 5mm long, making them likely to be about 10 days old.\nArctic cod contain a form of anti-freeze in their bodies that enables them to live under the ice, where they can hide from predators such as seals and seabirds.\nStephane will use his data to create computer models of the growth of the fish, allowing him to predict how climate change will affect them.\nAs climate change kicks in and the ice disappears they will lose their protective habitat. What's more, fish from warmer waters could move north and compete with the Arctic cod for food.\nYet on the other hand, the warmer temperatures may help them to grow faster - it's not yet clear which of these factors will have the greatest effect.\nTUESDAY 24 JUNE: MISSING WILDLIFE\nI didn't see it but a whale played chicken with the boat early this morning, moving out of the way only at the last minute. The ship is powering east towards Darnley Bay where'll she stop to take further samples.\nDalhousie's Elizabeth Shadwick stays cheerful in the hectic lab\nWhilst we're in transit, many of the 40 scientists on board head for the laboratories. The Amundsen has around a dozen labs, including a clean room where the contaminants team can measure mercury levels in the atmosphere, ice, snow and water; and a cold lab for working on ice cores.\nThe cold lab is kept at a steady minus 23C so that the structure of the ice doesn't change.\nIn order to fit as much equipment in as possible, conditions are fairly cramped. There's a \"no grumpiness\" sign on the door of the labs at the back of the boat.\nWhen several researchers are in there at once and the boat is rolling, it's easy to bump into someone and ruin their sample. Apparently some people react to this better than others.\nCJ Mundy, of the University of Rimouski, who's currently chief scientist on board, tells me how this year the ice melt is around four weeks ahead of schedule.\nEarlier in the season, the researchers had been planning to set up an ice camp on the fast ice attached to the land but they found the ice was too thin. Last September, ice in the Arctic reached record low levels so there is less multiyear ice around this year than ever before. And first-year ice is more easily broken up by the wind and waves than multiyear ice.\nAlthough the Circumpolar Flaw Lead Project is still in data-collection mode - it will take another couple of years to analyse all the data - CJ was able to give me his initial impressions.\nHe's been surprised how much primary production, from floating small plant cells and ice algae, the team has seen under the ice in shallow bays.\nThere's been around 10 times more under the ice than in the open water in the middle of the polynya - an ice-free area that appears across this bay during the spring.\nThe project is unique as it's sampled the polynya over 12 months. To do that, the boat had to overwinter here so that it was ready in position in the spring as the polynya appeared. And the Amundsen's moon pool means that the scientists have been able to take water samples while the ship moves from open water into land fast ice at the edge of the polynya.\n\"This is probably the only ship that could do it,\" said Mundy.\nWhile the Circumpolar Flaw Lead Project is going well, I'm not having a good day for wildlife spotting.\nHaving missed three whales at around 6am, I also don't hear the call on the Amundsen's PA system that there is a polar bear on an ice floe we're passing.\nIt was quite a way in the distance, I find out later, but was a big one. The bear was wading through melt pools, with one foot breaking right through the ice every now and then.\nMONDAY 23 JUNE: OPEN WATER\nWith the refuelling complete, Cape Bathurst is the location for today's ocean sampling.\nBelow us the ocean floor forms a cliff, dropping from about 150m (490ft) below the surface to a depth of 250m (820ft).\nBrittlestars were among the organisms examined by the researchers\nIt's a region of upwelling, where nutrient-rich water from below comes up to the surface, so it's likely to be relatively rich in life.\nHeike Link, from the University of Rimouski, checks this out by taking blocks of sediment, known as \"box cores\", from the ocean floor.\nShe finds several different species, including brittlestars, a foot-long marine worm from the Sipunculid family, other smaller worms known as polychaetes and a snail. Later tests will reveal the amount of life inside the sediment by checking how much respiration is taking place.\nMeanwhile, Stephane Thanassekos of Laval University is searching for Arctic cod larvae by casting nets over the side of the boat, but it proves to be a bad day for fishing.\n\"Box core\" samples of sediment reveal the full diversity of Arctic marine life\nMukesh Gupta of the University of Manitoba shows me the laser kit he's using to measure the roughness of the ocean.\nEarlier in the season the team used the same equipment, which measures how long it takes four laser beams to travel to the surface and back, to look at the surface of the ice.\nSurface roughness affects heat transfer between the atmosphere and the ice or water below, and could be altered by climate change.\nIt's the first time this prototype equipment, known as LAWAS, has been used to measure ice roughness from a ship.\nA tour of the Amundsen's engine rooms reveals the six 3,000 horsepower engines that propel the ship, as well as the evaporators for converting seawater into drinking water; the sewage treatment systems; as well as the heating and lighting generators.\nThe propellers themselves are driven by electricity generated by the diesel engines. This means that if they get stuck in the ice they aren't mechanically connected to any parts in the engine that could break.\nMeasuring the ocean's roughness allows scientists to enjoy the seascape\nThe prospect of becoming stuck in the ice is not very likely at the moment. This year the ice in the Amundsen Gulf broke up about two or three weeks early.\nOrganisms that live underneath the ice are eaten by seabirds, seals and polar cod, Haakon Hop of the Norwegian Polar Institute tells me.\nThe early melting could affect the whole food chain so it's crucial to know more about how the system works in order to predict what could happen as the effects of climate change kick in.\n\"My impression is that the melting process is going really fast this year,\" said Haakon. \"Not much is known about the effect of the melt on ecosystems.\"\nAs Haakon explains, the Circumpolar Flaw Lead Project is multidisciplinary, bringing both physical scientists and biologists together.\nLarge teams have been working together out on the ice taking cores, measuring light levels, and collecting zooplankton and ice fauna.\nThis combination of biological and physical samples can help scientists put together a better story to explain what's going on.\nSUNDAY 22 JUNE: FUELLING UP\nOvernight, we've moved to Summer Harbour, where the ship spends all day taking on fuel from the barge that's been moored here since last summer. There's still plenty of ice around near the coast and it helps to keep the barge steady as we moor alongside.\nThe captain has issued strict instructions for the scientists to tidy up their labs onboard. They need to tie down all their glassware ready for when the ship goes out on the open water. The refuelling means there's no data collection going on today, so it's an ideal time for a clean-up.\nThe ship refuels from a barge that was stored in the Arctic last summer\nYves Gratton of the University of Quebec is also taking the opportunity to move his rosette - a piece of kit for taking water samples - into place for the open water.\nUntil now, the rosette has been operating through the moon pool, an opening in the ship's hull that enables scientists to put instruments into the water even when the ship is surrounded by ice.\nWith its cylindrical arrangement of 25 12-litre sample bottles, the equipment is strangely reminiscent of bullets in a revolver chamber. From now on, it will be winched over the side of the boat into the sea to the required depth.\nThe rosette is one of the most important pieces of kit on the boat as many of the project teams need samples of water.\nThey'll use them to look at factors such as nutrient levels, contaminant concentrations, the amount of plankton, and the levels of gases dissolved in the water.\nYves Gratton's equipment is among the most important on the ship\nGas levels could provide information about how much of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide the ocean is currently removing from the atmosphere; there are concerns that climate change itself is reducing the amount that the ocean can absorb.\nThe teams share samples from the rosette and there are strict rules for who gets to take their water from the sample bottle first. The scientists looking at gas levels are first in the pecking order as once water is taken from the bottles, oxygen gets in and could affect their readings.\nMeanwhile, entertainment on board the ship continues. Last night was one of the three nights a week the bar is open, and this morning saw a yoga class in the officers' mess.\nSATURDAY 21 JUNE: WADING THROUGH MELT POOLS\nLast night, we were surrounded by coastal fast ice attached to the land. But that ice has begun to break up and we're now drifting along with it towards the north-west.\nThe low winds forecast for tomorrow make it an ideal day to refuel the Amundsen from the barge that was moored nearby last summer and has been trapped in the ice all winter. So today is likely to be the last chance for heading out on the ice as soon it won't be thick enough to walk on safely.\nHaakon Hop dives through a seal hole to take samples from beneath the ice\nIt's an eerie feeling wading into the melt pools that are starting to appear on the surface of the ice. Somehow it doesn't hit you that you're standing on the sea, on ice just a metre thick, until you start stepping through water.\nI spend the afternoon with a team investigating whether the melt pools change how much light passes through the ice.\nLight affects both what type of organisms can live below and also how much energy enters the water, Andrea Rossnagel of the University of Manitoba tells me.\nThe scientists drilled two holes in the ice on either side of a melt pool and passed a rope between them. Then Haakon Hop of the Norwegian Polar Institute dived under the ice through a hole that a seal created earlier and measured the amount of light getting through at metre intervals along the length of the rope.\nHaving spent more than an hour in sub-zero temperature water, Haakon sprinted around the ice to warm up, before returning to the depths to take samples of water for his own work on zooplankton - tiny sea creatures that feed on algae and floating plant cells.\nExpedition chief scientist CJ Mundy (L) peers through the hole at sea snails\nNot much is known about the concentrations of zooplankton just below the ice as it's hard to sample that close to the surface without diving. Although the Amundsen has a \"moon pool\" that researchers can use to access open water from inside the boat when it's surrounded by ice, they can't start to take measurements until a few metres below the surface.\nMeanwhile, Debbie Armstrong of the University of Manitoba, drilled cylindrical samples of ice to measure the amount of harmful substances that might be present, such as mercury; while Stephane Thanassekos of Laval University cast a net about 20m (66ft) down through the seal hole to look for fish larvae.\nHe didn't find any today but a few weeks ago, they were plentiful.\nFRIDAY 20 JUNE: BREAKING THE ICE\nI'm travelling now with fellow journalist Maria Maggi from Italy and researchers Zheng Shaojun and Chen Zhihua from the Oceans University of China, who I meet up with in Inuvik.\nThis morning our journey hits a snag - it's too foggy for us to fly out to the Amundsen for the first part of the day so we wait at Inuvik airport for about six hours.\nHome for the week: The Amundsen\nApparently, the large amounts of open water around the ship at this time of year can lead to fog. But in Inuvik after a cloudy start, it's bright, sunny and around 10C (50F). Tomorrow brings the solstice and the town will be hosting a half-marathon that kicks off at midnight, making full use of the current 24-hour-long daylight.\nJim from Aklak Air, a company owned by the Inuit community, stows our bags inside the Twin Otter, carefully avoiding the glass window in the floor which can be used to take pictures during aerial surveys.\nWhen it finally comes round, the trip out to the Amundsen is amazing. As we head further north, there are fewer and fewer trees as it becomes too cold for them to thrive. The landscape looks increasingly barren before finally becoming bare rock near the coast.\nWe see the ice that's still in place along the coastline before flying out over a stretch of open water to get our first glimpse of the Amundsen, moored in ice in Franklin Bay. A few hardy scientists are visible out on the ice nearby.\nThe landscape changes; the trees disappear\nEarlier in the year, planes could land next to the ship but the ice is now too thin for that. So we head to a bleak gravel airstrip at Cape Parry. The strip was built to service a DEW station - part of an early warning radar system set up during the Cold War. There's basically nothing there other than a runway and the DEW station hidden behind a hill. The wind makes it feel pretty chilly even though it's about 3C (37F).\nFrom the airstrip, the Amundsen's helicopter whisks us to the icebreaker in just a few minutes.\nIt's great to meet the 40 scientists on board at their nightly planning meeting and to sample the ship's excellent, and much commented on, carrot cake. And it's the first time I've been able to see ice and seals from my bedroom window.\nTHURSDAY 19 JUNE: HEADING NORTH\nJust one flight into my epic six-flight trip to join the Amundsen icebreaker in the Canadian Arctic and I had already seen a polar bear. Admittedly, it was made of plastic and a little closer than I'd like to get to any real ones I come across during the next week, but I'm taking it as a good omen.\nI'm heading north to join 40 researchers on board a ship that's on loan from the Canadian Coast Guard. In a project for International Polar Year (IPY), the scientists are investigating the effects of climate change off Banks Island.\nAs Liz moves further north, she picks up on a recurrent theme\nThe project is focusing on the circumpolar flaw lead - a region where a gap forms between the fast ice that stays fixed to the coastline and the more mobile sea ice. The presence of open water brings the flaw lead unique properties. It's a great habitat for wildlife and an ideal place for scientists to study the effects of climate change on both ecosystems and the ocean itself.\nBut before I can find out more about the science, I must continue my journey to Inuvik - a town of 3,000 people in Canada's far north. Following a spot of souvenir-browsing at Edmonton's departures lounge - where the specialities are moose fur slippers and jewellery made from fossil mammoth ivory - I fly to Yellow Knife, Norman Wells and then Inuvik. The seemingly obligatory airport polar bears become more realistic as I head north: the one at Yellowknife is stuffed and pretending to catch a seal, while Inuvik's bear is both stuffed and standing on its back legs roaring threateningly.\nIn Inuvik I meet Liz Gordon, regional co-ordinator for the Amundsen project, who tells me about some of the signs of climate change she's experienced. It's hard for Inuit people to predict the condition of the ice these days, which makes travelling across it difficult and dangerous.\nSummer ice cover in the Arctic has declined sharply\n\"We can't take chances on that ice any more; it doesn't go as solid as it used to,\" she said. Indeed, according to Liz's colleague, Stephanie Meakin, some communities have gone back to using dogs for transport rather than snowmobile, as dogs will sense where the ice is dangerously thin and refuse to cross it.\nLast summer, the extent of sea-ice across the Arctic reached a record low, and predictions for this year aren't looking too promising either.\nLiz says the wildlife is changing as well as the ice. Last summer, grasshoppers arrived in Inuvik for the first time on record. And a polar bear was seen on the Dempster Highway, 600km (370 miles) further south than its usual coastal habitat.\nIn a part of the project dubbed \"the two ways of knowing\", Inuit communities are sharing their traditional knowledge about wildlife and ice conditions with scientists. In return, the researchers are providing predictions about how the climate will change in the future. This could help the communities to plan how they can try to adapt to climate change.\nTomorrow I'll join the scientists on board and find out how well the acupressure wrist band I've bought to combat seasickness really works.\nDr Liz Kalaugher is the editor of Environmental Research Web, an Institute of Physics publication that keeps its readers up to date on a range of environmental topics from around the globe\nArctic sea ice melt 'even faster'\nVast cracks in Arctic ice\nUS lists polar bear as threatened\nArctic losing long-term ice cover\nArctic summers ice-free 'by 2013'\n12 Dec 07 | Science & Environment\nArctic sets records on all fronts\nBoat sails free from icy shackles\nDiary: Taking the Northwest Passage\nCircumpolar Flaw Lead Project", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 306, "original_length": 26640, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 315.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/16/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:13Z", "digest": "sha1:IM7ZM7224ARWZF6PNM23MZJIVT7NOC2J", "length": 5562, "nlines": 38, "source_domain": "news.blogs.cnn.com", "title": "16 \u2013 April \u2013 2011 \u2013 This Just In - CNN.com Blogs", "raw_content": "Boehner meets with Iraqi prime minister in Baghdad\nU.S. House Speaker John Boehner met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday during a surprise visit to Baghdad, the prime minister's office said in a statement.\nBoehner, along with other members of Congress and Assistant U.S. Secretary of State Jeffrey Feltman, met at al-Maliki'soffice to discuss bilateral relations and the future of strategic cooperation between the two countries.\nAl-Maliki stressed the need to strengthen bilateral cooperation between the United States and Iraq, particularly in the fields of trade, culture and defense, according to his office.\nFiled under: Iraq \u2022 John Boehner\nPolice are conducting an extensive search of the area near Gilgo Beach and Ocean Parkway on Long Island after finding human remains this month.\nSearchers race against nature for clues to Long Island killings\nOn this cold, wind-whipped, rainy spring day, I can tell you one thing about this place: The barrier islands, facing the Atlantic on one side and Great South Bay to the north, are inhospitable and uninviting. But it's the best time of year for investigators searching for more victims.\nThat's because the twisted, prickly, thorny brush - beautiful in its own way - is beginning to bud. And that's bad if you're trying to find clues in a possible killing spree. Once everything blooms, police say it will be next to impossible to get in the scrub and hack away to find anything.\nEven search dogs trained to handle difficult situations are balking.\nA few feet into the brush from a beachside road, things can be easily lost or hidden. You could see how anyone, even an alleged killer, might choose to use the area as a dumping ground.\nPolice have identified the remains of Melissa Barthelemy, 24, Maureen Brainard-Barnes, 25, Amber Lynn Costello, 27, and Megan Waterman, 22 near Oak Beach, New York, in recent weeks. Their efforts are part of a probe into suspected serial killings that have turned up at least eight bodies - four of them identified as prostitutes - since December 2010. The grisly finds occurred as police searched for Shannan Gilbert, 24, who was last seen alive in May in the Gilgo Beach area.\nDetectives and divers are taking a short break this weekend but will resume their work next week. They\u2019ll be back in the water looking for clues. The FBI expects to put a helicopter back in the air for more high-tech aerial imagery.\nAround here, residents are watching and waiting to see what happens next. Rumors are rampant about who might be involved, with some speculating that a member of the community might be invoved. Some people are frightened; others aren't.\nAmong those taking extra precautions are prostitutes.\nFour of the eight victims identified so far were women who advertised their services on Craigslist. I talked with some women who continue to work this area of Long Island. Some are now carrying weapons. Mainly, they're trying to to take a friend along to make sure when they meet with a client, they leave the client.\nOne shrugged off any risk. \"Hey, we know what we're doing when we take this job.\"\nWatch: Inside the mind of a serial killer\nWhy is the case grabbing so much attention as far away as Germany? Maybe it's because of the taint. Human remains are being recovered from a long stretch of beach brush in a place where people like to live and vacation.\n\"It\u2019s just a beautiful place,\" one detective told me. \"This area seems damaged right now because of the bodies that have turned up.\"\nWho are the other victims who have yet to be identified? Are they connected to the first four?\nThis week, Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard Dormer cautioned against expecting any quick answers.\n\"Please keep in mind this isn\u2019t an episode of CSI.\"\nFiled under: Crime \u2022 New York \u2022 TV-CNN Newsroom\nThe roof of the Lucky Friday mine, owned by Hecla Mining Company, collapsed Friday.\nOfficial: Man trapped after roof of Idaho mine collapses 75 feet\nThe roof of a northeast Idaho mine collapsed Friday, trapping a man inside and setting off a complex rescue operation to save him, the mine's owner and operator said Saturday.\nThe miner was one of two men working in part of the Lucky Friday mine when a 10-foot by 20-foot section of earth fell about 75 feet on him around 5:30 p.m. Friday, according to Phil Baker, the president and CEO of the Hecla Mining Company.\nWhile the other man was able to get out unharmed, the trapped miner hasn't been heard from since.\n\"We're doing everything we can to reach the employee and will continue to make every effort, as long as it takes,\" said Baker, whose company has owned and operated the mine outside Mullan since 1958. \"We are going to bring him out - that is what we're working toward right now.\"\nFiled under: Mine accidents\nThousands of people attend a candlelight vigil on the campus of Virginia Tech on April 17, 2007, in Blacksburg, Virginia.\nGotta Watch: Virginia Tech shooting, 1986 U.S.-Libya airstrikes\nRemembering the Virginia Tech shootings - During the early morning hours of April 16, 2007, Cho Seung-Hui went on a shooting rampage that left 32 of his fellow students dead. The tragedy shook the campus of Virginia Tech and raised questions as to whether school officials reacted quickly enough. CNN's Brian Todd recounts the first moments of the shootings.\nFiled under: Gotta Watch \u2022 Libya \u2022 Military \u2022 U.S. \u2022 Virginia\nPolice: Nicolas Cage arrested in New Orleans\nActor Nicolas Cage was arrested in New Orleans Saturday morning, according to police spokesman Gary Flot.\nFiled under: Crime \u2022 Showbiz", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 200, "original_length": 10537, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 259.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://news.majorleaguelacrosse.com/laxdraft-laxstat-of-the-week-8", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:35Z", "digest": "sha1:MZFU5VZQWUE7X45T6WFPHIT46GEG4RVU", "length": 1347, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "news.majorleaguelacrosse.com", "title": "LaxDraft LaxStat of the Week: 8", "raw_content": "Joey Sankey\u2019s second straight six-point game helped propel the Hounds to a Week 8 win.\nCharlotte Hounds attackman Joey Sankey\u2019s six-point performance against Atlanta is the LaxDraft LaxStat for Week 8. With the help of Sankey, the Hounds were triumphant over the Atlanta Blaze at home. The attackman totaled six points with two goals that came at the end of the first and third quarter as well as four assists. He tied the six points (3 goals, 3 assists) in his last game against the Atlanta Blaze, matching his most points in any game this year. Sankey\u2019s 2017 season for the Hounds has seen continued success as he has already accumulated 27 points (14 goals, 13 assists) in the first eight games. Halfway to his career high mark of 54 points in a season, a few more six-point games can help propel him to a new personal record.\nSankey has been a player for the Hounds since he was selected as in the second round of the 2015 MLL Collegiate Draft. He tallied eight points (5 goals, 3 assists) in his professional debut and the UNC product has been a leading attackman for the Hounds ever since. He ended his rookie season amassing 22 goals (one 2-pointer) and 11 assists for a team-high 34 points. Sankey continued this success in his 2016 season for the Hounds with 28 goals and new single-season records of 54 points and a team-high 26 assists.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 52, "original_length": 2329, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 176.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://news.radiojackie.com/2019/01/ipswich-have-signed-brentford.html?m=1", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:35:58Z", "digest": "sha1:XDX777MS5A7QPNWMKALBBOPZGVCQ4Z7V", "length": 193, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "news.radiojackie.com", "title": "Radio Jackie News: Ipswich have signed Brentford midfielder Alan Judge until the end of the season", "raw_content": "Ipswich have signed Brentford midfielder Alan Judge until the end of the season\nThe 30-year-old Republic of Ireland player has joined for an undisclosed fee.\nHe\u2019s played 140 games for the Bees.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 17, "original_length": 600, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 186.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://newsonia.com/report/elon-musk-tweets-hes-thinking-about-taking-tesla-private/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:50:58Z", "digest": "sha1:WJQ2ZY4UM5RW6F2AAOEOJ2B2ACVHTAKQ", "length": 5245, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "newsonia.com", "title": "Elon Musk tweets he\u2019s thinking about taking Tesla private", "raw_content": "Elon Musk tweets he\u2019s thinking about taking Tesla private\nCEO Elon Musk is thinking about taking the company private, he said in a Tweet this morning. More specifically, he said he may buy back the company for $82 billion (at a share price of $420 plus debt), and already has the funding to do so, reported TechCrunch.\nFollowing the original tweet, Musk said he doesn\u2019t have a controlling vote now and \u201cwouldn\u2019t expect any shareholder to have one if we go private.\u201d\nMusk\u2019s hope, he later tweeted, is that \u201call current investors remain with Tesla even if we\u2019re private. Would create special purpose fund enabling anyone to stay with Tesla. Already do this with Fidelity\u2019s SpaceX investment.\u201d\nMusk, who said he would stay on as CEO, also seems willing to have a provision for retail investors, who have held Tesla shares prior to Dec. 31, 2016, to convert their shares into private shares. Musk, in response to a tweet, said he\u2019s \u201csuper appreciative of Tesla shareholders\u201d and \u201cwill ensure their prosperity in any scenario.\u201d\nMusk\u2019s original tweet came shortly after news broke that a Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund bought a $2 billion stake in Tesla. Tesla\u2019s stock rallied following Musk\u2019s tweets, jumping as high as $371.\nWhether this is appropriate disclosure under SEC rules is unclear, but it\u2019s worth noting that it does allow companies to make certain announcements in specific circumstances on social media. The caveat is that investors must know to watch those channels for those announcements.\nBack in 2012, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings announced Netflix subscribers passed one billion hours of content watched. The following year, the SEC announced that was ok to do and that Hastings did not violate Regulation Fair Disclosure, which requires companies to distribute information regarding their financial success in ways that are widely accessible.\nMusk has a following of 22.3 million people on Twitter, while Hastings had just over 200,000 followers on Facebook at the time of his announcement. That\u2019s just to say I could see how one could argue Musk has a large enough reach to not be in violation of Regulation FD. But, I\u2019m also not the SEC, which was not available for comment at the time of publication.\nTesla\u2019s stock has been rather volatile in the last year, trading as low as $244.59 in April and as high as $389.61 in September.\nLike it or not, most news from Tesla is broken on Twitter these days. CEO Elon Musk opens up about the latest developments from the company on a regular basis, sometimes as a teaser and sometimes to gather feedback. He tweeted about a new offering that\u2019s already in the works at Tesla that admittedly sounds a bit too weird to be true, but as with all things Elon, it\u2019s hard to know if he\u2019s serious. (The Boring Company seemed to be a big joke but ended up very real.) \u2013 reported Clean Technica\nElon shared that Tesla is working on a new mini-car that can \u201csqueeze in an adult.\u201d The future of personal electric vehicles is definitely up in the air, but it\u2019s also not something we\u2019ve seen Tesla interested in to date as it continues to pursue the electrification of the world\u2019s worst polluting transportation solutions, starting with higher end passenger vehicles and leaning into heavy-duty Class 8 semi trucks.\nImagining what a single-passenger Tesla vehicle might look like, the first thing that comes to mind is low cost. With the Tesla Model 3 expected to be released at a $35,000 price point in coming months and demand far exceeding the capacity to actually produce the thing, it\u2019s mind-numbing to imagine what a single-passenger vehicle could do. Cutting out 75% of the passenger space and 75% of the price could mean yet another Tesla revolution.\nAnyone interested in a $10,000 Tesla? Granted, it\u2019s all just speculation at this point, but the fact that he\u2019s not just noodling about in a hypothetical chat about what\u2019s possible but is instead talking about what they\u2019re already working on lends credibility to dream that a single-passenger Tesla in the future.\nThese small electric vehicles are becoming increasingly common in urban centers like Amsterdam, where startup e-Ride rents out small golf cart looking electric vehicles made by Biro that are more than competent for urban travel. A few members of our team spotted these two-seat electric mini-cars in Amsterdam. The fact that they are being used in such weather makes it clear that these are competent four-season vehicles. The Biro Urban edition sells for just over \u20ac12,000 ($14,000), validating the possibility of a $10,000 single-seat electric vehicle.\nI don\u2019t know that this would be enough for most people to ditch their traditional automobiles, but if it could move people around for a lower cost in a safer, autonomous vehicle, it\u2019s not hard to imagine that it would be wildly successful.\nWe\u2019ll see what the future holds for this product concept. In the meantime, let us know if you think a single-passenger Tesla is actually in the cards from the man who seemingly has no problem attempting to tackle as many world problems as he can in a lifetime.\nshow source https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/07/elon-musk-tesla-private-tweet/ https://cleantechnica.com/2018/08/06/tesla-building-mini-car-for-adults/\nTags: tesla, Elon Musk", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 73, "original_length": 7699, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 256.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://newsworld.pro/demi-lovatos-sober-hits-number-one-in-twelve-countries-as-fans-react-to-emotional-lyrics/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:17Z", "digest": "sha1:VPNZ3ZBIOQ63BRN6KL6LHTD3WQPBQNAJ", "length": 2519, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "newsworld.pro", "title": "Demi Lovato\u2019s Sober hits Number One in TWELVE countries as fans react to emotional lyrics \u2013 News World", "raw_content": "The track, which could be the first cut from her forthcoming seventh album, sees her addressing her addiction issues and admitting to a recent relapse after six years of sobriety.\nIt has thundered to the very top of the US iTunes listings, and also hit the Top 10 on the UK equivalent.\nAt time of writing, Sober is also No1 in on iTunes in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cyprus, Ecuador, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Netherlands, Peru and Saudi Arabia.\nThe iTunes chart is not a country\u2019s official singles chart, but does contribute significantly to it \u2013 with digital downloads from other stores, streams from sites such as Spotify and Apple Music, and physical sales also factoring in.\nIn some territories, such as the US, YouTube hits and radio plays are also contributors.\nSo we\u2019ll have another week left before Sober impacts official weekly charts in various countries, but it\u2019s an encouraging sign that it\u2019s off to such a strong start on iTunes.\nInterestingly, Lovato is at Number One on the UK iTunes chart \u2013 but not with Sober.\nInstead it\u2019s her Clean Bandit collaboration Solo that\u2019s the best-selling song on the store at the moment; and the song is also reigning in Ireland.\nToday the track is expected to be announced as the UK\u2019s official Number One single for the week, having also performed strongly on streaming platforms.\nAt Monday\u2019s midweek stage, it held a narrow lead over George Ezra \u2013 and the lead was still being maintained when another update was issued on Wednesday.\nThe UK chart week runs from Friday to Thursday, so the results of the last week will be confirmed today.\nIf Solo has held on, it will be Lovato\u2019s first ever No1 in the UK, and Clean Bandit\u2019s fourth.\nMeanwhile, fans have been rallying around the 25-year-old following her raw delivery on Sober.\nOne fan wrote: \u201crecovery is a daily battle. sobriety is a daily battle. relapse does happen. we are only human.\n\u201cNo human can fight and fight and fight everyday to the fullest \u2013 everyone has got those days/weeks were we feel weak. but its important to get up and continuing to fight. #sober.\u201d\nAnother tweeted: \u201cI think what people don\u2019t understand about addiction is that it is always there and it\u2019s so easy to slip back into old habits.\n\u201cDemi no longer being sober does not take away the 6 years that she was, she\u2019s so strong. She will get through this. #SOBER.\u201d\nSober by Demi Lovato is out now.\nBook reviews: Forever and a Day, Snap, Th1rt3en and more\u2026\nBrigitte Macron charms public in pink after controversial \u00a313,000 swimming pool plans", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 412, "original_length": 18315, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 250.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://newtechnologyline.com/2017/12/04/the-best-advice-about-trips-ive-ever-written/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:53Z", "digest": "sha1:X6Z57DQEMRFP34U5S6MHS666XRTYXXXO", "length": 2622, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "newtechnologyline.com", "title": "The Best Advice About Trips I've Ever Written | New Technology Line", "raw_content": "December 4, 2017 December 4, 2017 Comments Off on The Best Advice About Trips I\u2019ve Ever Written\nWhat To Observe When Choosing A Good Tour Firm\nLooking for the services of a tour company is a good idea in case you do not have enough time to know the details of their travel. Issues to deal with your flights, accommodation in your holiday destination and transportation to the various terminuses you would want to visit while you are on tour. The initial thing that you should do is look for a reputable tour company. When you choose to hire a reputable company, that will reduce the risk of meeting with people who are not genuine in their line of work. There are revealing signs of a good tour company and these signs will assist you in choosing the right one. With all the destinations on the package, the tour company officials should reveal to you more information concerning them.\nA good tour company should tell you what you did not know about that location what makes the place a good destination to explore. There are instances when you read information that has been placed on a company\u2019s website, and it might not seem real, but it is the job of the tour company to confirm originality of that information. A good company will not allow its clients to read content that is not genuine. You should also be assured by the travel company that the destinations you will go to will be worth it. Be certain to check out the tour provided and sum up all the costs. If the hotel has been revealed, then that is better because that will enable you to see if it is nice and comfortable. You should also check if the tour company is dully registered and it is known by the local authorities in that area.\nYou can verify the quality of service provision and if the company has proven track record of providing good services. Selecting the services of a tour company has several rewards. When you choose to work without a travel company, you will have to dedicate a lot of time and effort trying to search for accommodation and means of transport. Because a tour company will be taking care of all your things, anything that goes bad will be their task to handle and not you.\nA vacation travel firm has more convincing power to assist negotiate for fair rates with hotels, airlines and insurance providers. When a travel company negotiates for better prices from hotels, airlines, and insurance provider, those discounts that are offered are transferred to you. There are many companies that are into the tourism industry, and so that they have many customers, they will try to attract many of them by providing better deals.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 3615, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 252.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://newtechnologyline.com/2018/01/09/products-my-most-valuable-advice-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:19Z", "digest": "sha1:Q2C2KXLSL7QT5VXVR35PUL64V247WAEJ", "length": 2684, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "newtechnologyline.com", "title": "Products \u2013 My Most Valuable Advice | New Technology Line", "raw_content": "January 9, 2018 January 9, 2018 Comments Off on Products \u2013 My Most Valuable Advice\nWhat Makes Promotional Items Important and Essential for a Business to Achieve Success\nThere actually are a number of studies that were made since the past and it has actually showed that about 52% of people who have received a promotional item are likely to return a positive image and feedback about your business or company. Also, 50% of these people are found to use the promotional items on a regular basis. That alone should give you the very assurance that such investment will surely be a thing that needs to be considered.\nIf you are going to look into the entire idea of running a business, it is all about being recognized to reap more sales and returns. Keep in mind that it will surely be in your best interest if you are to check the specifics we have included below for you to not just learn more about the importance of promotional items but also assure that you will invest on them to achieve a great increase in sales and revenue.\nRight off the bat, with the company name, product, or service printed on the promotional item, you could assure that you will see a significant increase in terms of brand recognition. This basically is the main reason why you need to be on point about having this matter discussed with the marketing department because critical items such as the designs, colors, and whatnot, mean greatly in order for you to see results. Nonetheless, incorporating promotional items assure you will be able to increase your image and exposure to the target audience.\nIn a way, you will see that promotional items really are effective, and can be as effective as radio or television advertising, without the expensive price tag, that is. Make sure you are to consider and incorporate this matter just so you will be able to see a significant boost in your marketing. In a way, this cheap approach should give you an advantage nonetheless.\nMake sure you are to make use and think this out right because not only that promotional items are ideal for businesses, especially those that are just starting out, but they could also be used as a business card. It can basically be just about anything you could possibly imagine but using a flash drive as a promotional item in today\u2019s digital world assures you will see significant results and returns. Because of how dependent we are in the digital world, this should serve well in terms of getting exposed and recognized.\nA good thing to note when you are to invest on a promotional item is to make sure that this is something your target audience will find useful in their day to day lives.\nLearning The Secrets About Damage", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 3746, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 240.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://nfsales.no-ip.biz/webs/web.asp?user=coffee&sub_category=Baker+House+Cottage&title=THE+BAKER+HOUSE", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:43Z", "digest": "sha1:BZLWIGNUW72N4Y4BQDHDLVF2FYJ5FEP6", "length": 552, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "nfsales.no-ip.biz", "title": "Coffee Cove Seaside Retreat - Baker House Cottage - THE BAKER HOUSE", "raw_content": "Like walking back in time...\nTHE BAKER HOUSE, is an 1890's traditional Newfoundland salt box home and has a real history according to the locals. Here are some quotes taken from \"Moments In Time...A Cultural Portrait of Green Bay\".\n\"Like a ghostly sentinel, on a rugged point in Coffee Cove, stands an old two storey white and green house. This structure, built over a hundred years ago by the Baker family, faces south into Little Bay Arm. When the Little Bay Island ferry used to dock at St. Patricks the house was a familiar landmark to travellers.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 23, "original_length": 929, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 254.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://nickgarland.me/2018/11/09/on-the-eve-of-veterans-day/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:23Z", "digest": "sha1:563CULSCEF3L4S5ESSWJGWMOEF2UE5P7", "length": 2880, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "nickgarland.me", "title": "\u201cON THE EVE OF VETERANS\u2019 DAY\u201d - FBCBA Connect \u2013 Nick Garland", "raw_content": "\u201cON THE EVE OF VETERANS\u2019 DAY\u201d\nOur nation is not united about much presently, but one thing that most Americans respect, and honor are our veterans. Because they put their lives on the line when they agree to serve in our military, we realize the sacrifice of leaving spouse, children, friends, and jobs behind to sometimes face enemies seeking to destroy our country or our interests.\nSadly, when these men and women return from duty assignments that may well be life altering emotionally, mentally, physically, spiritually, functionally, and relationally, they may face additional disappointments in discovering that our government and private agencies do not always provide adequate or effective programs, benefits, counseling, or avenues to be gainfully employed once they return. Bureaucracy can stifle one\u2019s swift re-integration into civilian life.\nWhat if you had to prove that you were alive? It might not be as easy as you think. It was nearly impossible for John Crabtree.\nJohn was Vietnam veteran and one day out of the blue he got an official notification from the government that he was now dead, and that because he was dead, he would receive no more benefits. John made several attempts to prove that he was alive.\nHe wrote the government a letter stating that he was very much alive and that he would very much like to continue receiving his benefits.\nThe letter didn\u2019t work. He got a letter back stating that he was very much dead and that whoever was writing this letter had best stop trying to mess with the United States government!\nJohn then tried to call the government.\nHave you ever tried to call the government? Needless to say, that didn\u2019t work either.\nFinally, as a last resort, John contacted a local television station and they ran a human-interest story on John\u2019s situation.\nDuring the interview the reporter asked John, \u201cHow do you feel about this ordeal?\u201d\nJohn laughed and said, \u201cI feel a little frustrated by it, after all, have you ever tried to prove you\u2019re alive?\u201d (Copied).\nThose who have fought to preserve our liberty deserve our honor, praise, and thanks. Many times, I have heard veterans say that he best way to thank them and honor them would be to live lives that are responsibly defending and guarding freedom at home. How? By steadfastly speaking, living, and making sure that we do not abuse any freedom, diminish its free exercise, or seek to remove freedom\u2019s rights to use liberty for honorable goals. Our military personnel fought to give us the liberty to do what we ought and not what we want to do.\nIt was an Irish lawyer and politician, John Philpot Curran in a speech in Dublin on July 10, 1790, The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.\u201d May God help us to honor our Vets and be ever vigilant in defending the precious gift of freedom!\nThings Could Be Worse\u2026\u2026.Not! Veteran\u2019s Day Remembrance", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 22, "original_length": 3384, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 268.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://niederfamily.blogspot.com/2015/10/pulling-your-team-together.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:06Z", "digest": "sha1:HFJJB3BBWO4FX3EYQZIXM7BCTCCJBNOY", "length": 14061, "nlines": 68, "source_domain": "niederfamily.blogspot.com", "title": "Uncommon Sense: Pulling Your Team Together", "raw_content": "Whether you are the parent of a child with special needs or a professional (teacher, SLP, OT, PT, ATP, etc) working with children with special needs, you have likely disagreed with someone at some point over something related to goals and priorities and implementation. Maybe you\u2019re annoyed that the classroom teacher is spending so much time on tracing when you think the child should be keyboarding, or you feel that the time devoted to learning to jump would be better used practicing ascending and descending stairs. Or maybe you feel like the school team is working like a well-oiled machine, but the family isn\u2019t doing any carryover. The conflicts are fairly common, especially when a child is complicated and may have a large amount of team members jostling to direct their area of expertise.\nWe\u2019ve been through this with Maya\u2019s team over the years, many times. There are a large number of things that I let go (for example, I\u2019m rarely involved with PT, as it\u2019s just not my priority, and it\u2019s the area in which I am least informed about goals and methodologies). I\u2019m semi-involved in OT, mainly because I want her to have the skills needed to write (in whatever form that takes) and I check in periodically to ensure that the occupational therapist is remembering that that is our goal. But communication . . . well, I\u2019m all over that one.\nWhen there are family vs. professional (or professional vs. professional, or family vs. family) conflicts related to AAC choices, AAC implementation, the balance between AAC and other speech services . . . well, it can feel pretty emotional. Fostering an individual\u2019s ability to communicate autonomously, to say exactly what they want to say, to whom they want to say it, whenever and wherever they happen to be----that\u2019s as high stakes as it gets. If one member of a team feels that they have a plan for how to support the child in using AAC and another team member disagrees, or isn\u2019t interested in trying, it feels like a very real threat to the child\u2019s ability to become a communicator (and, truly, it often is a real threat).\nThings get emotional. You-have-to and This-isn\u2019t-how-we-do-it declarations are made. Heels are dug in. Invisible lines are drawn. People are defensive. The team is not a team, but loose collection of different people with different agendas who are teetering on the edge of not trusting or respecting each other.\nI've been there, as a parent and as a teacher, and I imagine that in a few years I will be there as an SLP, too. And for the past several years I\u2019ve been in the slightly awkward position of being the AAC expert on Maya\u2019s team, as well as her mom. As you may imagine, it has been uncomfortable to introduce myself to the new SLP each year . . . I have to walk in, teach them about Maya\u2019s system, explain my goals (total communication goals, AAC goals, and speech goals), and give them a rundown of some AAC best practices. Sometimes I have to spend time gently informing them about motor planning, and why I won\u2019t allow them to program or re-arrange vocabulary, and why topic boards aren\u2019t really appropriate or a best practice. So basically Even though you are a professional and I\u2019m the mom, I know more than you do about AAC, and I\u2019m going to tell you how you need to use it, and actually some of the stuff you thought you were doing correctly aren\u2019t really best practices anymore. Oh and hey, nice to meet you!\nAnd then I do it with the teacher and para, too.\nI\u2019ve been pretty fortunate to have team members who listen, learn, and work together---and I\u2019m sure that part of this is luck, but part of it is also the approach. As someone who has been a teacher and a parent, I can see that there is one underlying key to getting everyone to come together: investment. The team leader (in the example above that's me, since I was the person calling the meeting) has to get each member of the team invested in the matter at hand. It\u2019s a central concept of leadership, I think: if people feel empowered, motivated, and valued they become excited to dive in and give it a go. (Whereas if people feel uninformed, un-confident, and like demands are being placed on them, they become defensive and may be \u201cforced\u201d to comply, but their participation will be subpar, phoned in, and will likely fade quickly.)\nAnd so, here\u2019s my approach. (Note: In this approach you have to presume competence and good intentions of the people on the team. Extra note: If you suspect your team member may not be competent or have the best intentions, put on a fake smile and try anyway. If needed, when this fails you can move up the chain of command knowing you did your best----but they may end up surprising you.)\nStep 1: What is happening here is amazing!!!!! In this step, you share what you are implementing and how it's working. Bonus points for having video clips of AAC use or AAC modeling in action, or work samples, or anything concrete that can catch the team member's eye and pique their interest. Some examples:\nWe are building a foundation of language by modeling without any expectation of him to use it in return, which will lead to his ability to share his thoughts when he is ready and able.\nWe are encouraging her to love and interact with the talker, which will sometimes be purposeful communication and will sometimes be noisy exploration, and this will lead to a greater knowledge and mastery of the vocabulary in the device.\nWe are responding to everything he taps as if it is purposeful and meaningful, which will lead to the understanding that we respect his use of this device as truly communicative and not \u201cjust playing.\u201d\nWe are choosing to focus primarily on core vocabulary because it is highly useful and flexible, and using smaller amounts of fringe vocabulary right now while he is learning, which will lead to her ability to communicate about many things throughout the day, rather than just during circle time.\nWe are responding to \u201cmisuse\u201d of the device the way that we would respond to \u201cmisuse\u201d of speech, by using phrases like \u201cright now isn\u2019t a time for talking\u201d or \u201cwe can talk about that topic during free time, but right now it\u2019s time to discuss this story.\u201d\nWe are attempting to increase her utterance length by recasting and expanding upon her statements throughout the day, which will help her to share more of her thoughts with all of us.\nStep 2: You are uniquely poised to play a role in this amazingness, and it\u2019s easy to see that you are going to do an amazing job being an amazing member of this amazing team! Some examples:\nI can see how much you are invested in the success of your students, and I know that he really looks up to you!\nSince he spends the bulk of his time in your classroom, the support that you can provide for him will have a huge impact.\nAs an SLP, you play such an important role in improving her communication, and analyzing the areas of language that we can target next!\nDuring your sessions she will be able to really target and practice new skills in a way that she won\u2019t be able to do in the larger classroom.\nI\u2019m only her teacher, and I am so excited to hear the new thoughts she will be able to share with this device----I can\u2019t even imagine how exciting that must be to you, her parent.\nStep 3: Don\u2019t worry if this seems new-there are a lot of different ways that I can support you and we can work together to keep up the amazingness! Some examples:\nLet me show you a few things that are working for us. We\u2019re really excited about them!\nI know that you have a lot on your plate. Let\u2019s figure out how we can ensure that this is easy for you to implement (and doesn\u2019t create much extra work)\nLet\u2019s identify a who/when/where/how for starting implementation (in a discreet way)\nLet\u2019s agree on a bottom line for these first two weeks, and then we can check in.\nLet\u2019s figure out how I can support you. Some ideas include:\n-report what we talked about at home/school\n-create a target word list\n-create print supports\n-provide you with some research articles about AAC\n-send home worksheets for you to complete together\n-provide you with links to videos of modeling, or video myself modeling with this\n-come to school to guest model for part of a day, or invite you to our speech session\nso that you can see modeling\n-refer you to some online groups/websites that have great AAC resources and\n-help you to troubleshoot\nStep 4: I welcome your input as a valued team member! Make sure that you give the team member a chance to respond, and really listen to what they say. Take notes. Examples:\nWhat do you see as being the biggest potential challenges?\nAfter a few days of trying, let me know what you think, I\u2019m looking forward to hearingyour input.\nStep 5: Catch new team member being amazing, shout out the amazingness! EVEN if the team member isn\u2019t doing things perfectly, don\u2019t criticize yet!!! For example, if the history tracker shows that the talker was only used at lunch, you praise that use at lunch, and don\u2019t mention the silence elsewhere. They are dipping their toe in the water . . . you need to build them up, reinforce that the water isn\u2019t scary and that they are ready------you don\u2019t need to yell at them to jump in the pool. You want to give a few rounds of praise before gently pushing for more. Examples:\nI was thrilled to see the modeling that happened at lunch yesterday! Keep up the great work!\n(Child) said that you used the talker to talk about stickers, and he was really excited. His favorite stickers have green bugs on them---maybe that\u2019s something you could talk about today!\nI can see that the talker is being used every morning during circle time---great job being consistent!\nOnce you\u2019ve got people on board and feeling good, now you\u2019re ready to pick a new goal. Then you go back to step 1/2 , telling everyone that they are great and amazing, and that they\u2019re ready to up their game a little bit J\nNow . . . is this a magic approach? Will it work smoothly, without any resistance? Probably not. So here are some ways that you could address resistance:\nSome possible things to say if a new team member is resistant:\nTell me about what you think the biggest challenges would be here.\nI can see how that could be challenging. (That period is important! Acknowledge that it\u2019s challenging as a full sentence and wait before rushing in to tell them why it\u2019s not challenging).\nWhen I was new to this approach it seemed strange to me, but as I learned more I saw how amazing it is---you\u2019ll see J\nI hear your concerns. Would it help if I could provide additional resources or references about this approach?\nMaybe we could have a trial period and then re-evaluate what\u2019s working and what needs to be tweaked?\nAnd a possible thing-to-say if they become obstinate:\nI know that this approach is new to you, and that it may not be your preferred course of action, but I also know that we are both working toward the same goal: helping my child communicate as independently as possible. It seems like we each have a preferred way of working toward that goal, and I think that we need to find a way to merge our approaches so that we can better support Johnny together.\nAnd if there\u2019s just no getting through and the meeting time is done and you\u2019re nearly in tears (not that that\u2019s ever happened to me), here are a few possibilities:\nI\u2019m disappointed that we weren\u2019t able to figure something out today.\nI am frustrated and scared for my child, and desperate for him to become a better communicator. I feel like he\u2019s not getting the support that he needs to work toward this goal at school, and I was hoping that we would be able to make some small changes today that could pay off in big ways.\nI\u2019m going to request a meeting with (principal, superintendent, speech supervisor, district person, etc)---and I hope that maybe having more minds at the table can steer us toward a better resolution.\nI\u2019m going to put in a written request for an assistive technology evaluation through the district, so that we can get a specialist in to help both of us come up with a better plan.\nI\u2019m going to hire an independent assistive tech/AAC specialist/AAC-SLP to come in and consult with the team, and hopefully she will help formulate and action plan.\nCalm. Compassionate. Seeking first to understand why team members may be holding back or disagreeing, then to have your proposed path and solutions understood and accepted.\nPresuming competence and good intentions from the people that you will likely be stuck working with (for better or for worse) for many months, and trying to unite with them to create a support network for your child. You are not begging or pleading, but also not demanding. You are firm and calm and clear, and inviting and affirming and welcoming.\nWill there be times that this doesn\u2019t work? Yes, yes there will. But with those people, nothing would have worked---the yelling and demanding or shaming or threatening wouldn\u2019t have worked, either. I believe that this approach gives everyone the greatest likelihood of building a team . . . and if not, at least you\u2019ve taken the high road of being respectful and professional as you advocate. No one ever regrets taking the high road.\n(And that\u2019s when you take the high road right up the chain of command.)\nFeel free to share you own tips & tricks in the comments :)\nThis was a timely post for me! I am an SLP working with a teenage boy who is being cyber schooled, diagnosis is autism and cognitive deficits. As he had never been introduced to augmentative systems, I began aided language with him. At our reevaluation meeting recently, mom said she does not want to pursue augmentative systems, as he does speak at home (single words in response to prompts/questions) she said he will use sentences when cued to expand. So I am rewriting goals to suit the family, trying to hit some of his major needs, without aided language. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!\nWow as a mum with very little time or energy, this sounds absolutely exhausting.\nbut also some great tips of what to say and how to say it when things are getting tough -", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 503, "original_length": 21954, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 306.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://nigerianewsflight.com/node/1063", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:29Z", "digest": "sha1:5G7SLS7H5RC5SPPDXHTXVQ6EGA52AEK5", "length": 2893, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "nigerianewsflight.com", "title": "How Lukaku could regain form again, by Man Utd legend | Nigeria News Flight", "raw_content": "Romelu Lukaku lost confidence under Jose Mourinho, says Andy Cole, but the Manchester United striker has been told how to get his \u201cmojo\u201d back.\nThe Belgium international was a firm favourite of Portuguese coach who invested \u00a375 million ($96m) in luring him away from Everton.\nMourinho was reluctant to rest Lukaku whenever he was available, with there a feeling that he was the best option to lead the line for the Red Devils.\nThe 25-year-old endured the odd dip in form, though, and had netted just six times this season prior to a managerial change being made at Old Trafford.\nHe has now been taken out of the firing line under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Cole has urged a proven performer to get back to basics.\nUnited\u2019s former Treble-winning frontman told ESPN: \"Romelu has got to find his mojo again.\n\"He has come off the bench and scored two in two, but that mojo comes from confidence.\n\"I watched him this season under Jose and I could tell, as a former centre-forward myself, that he was low on confidence. The first thing which starts to go is your movement. Romelu wasn't moving.\n\"You stop making the runs because you stop believing in yourself.\n\"I've been in that position and I'd watch him making hand gestures about where he wanted the ball to go, but psychologically you don't really want the ball. It's all about confidence and when his returns he'll start scoring.\"\nCole added on the pressure Lukaku finds himself under at one of the world\u2019s biggest clubs: \"Rom is a young man who is still improving.\n\"If you look at his goals at Everton, he used strength, power and pace to run behind people.\n\"If he came to me for advice, I'd say to him, 'If getting the ball into your feet isn't your biggest strength, use your pace. Use it, even if you are coming short to receive the ball. You can play one touch and then move again instead of trying to get hold of the ball and fight your touch.' He'll be OK.\"\nLukaku is yet to start a Premier League game for United since Solskjaer was handed the reins on an interim basis last month.\nA central striking berth has instead been awarded to Marcus Rashford, who has responded to that show of faith in a favoured role by delivering four goals \u2013 including a priceless match-winner last time out against Tottenham.\nCole said of the England international: \"Marcus is doing well and he has got to keep working on the things that got him into the team in the first place.\n\"He kept wanting the ball to his feet, but when he first got into the team it was because he used his blistering pace to get behind defenders.\n\"Centre-forwards now want the ball to their feet, but Marcus should mix his game up: Get the ball short but also spin in behind into the space behind defenders.\"\nUnited, with either Lukaku or Rashford leading the way, return to action and an ongoing battle to try and secure a top-four finish at home to Brighton on Saturday.\n.goal.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 4269, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 322.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://nj1015.com/national-guard-prepares-for-more-ferguson-unrest/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:29Z", "digest": "sha1:LLTXX3SQZC6TSSLPL52VZMIMOVVRHDTP", "length": 3754, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "nj1015.com", "title": "National Guard prepares for more Ferguson unrest", "raw_content": "A high school graduation photo of Michael Brown rests on top of a snow-covered memorial (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen)\nJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- As a grand jury weighs possible criminal charges against the white police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown, Missouri's governor has again activated the National Guard in an effort to avoid more unrest in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson.\nUnlike in August, when Gov. Jay Nixon asked the troops to help quell the sometimes-violent protests that had occurred nightly following the black 18-year-old's death, his latest move is pre-emptive, coming ahead of any decision on whether Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson will be indicted.\nThere also are some operational differences this time. When Nixon last declared a state of emergency, he put the Missouri State Highway Patrol in charge of a unified local police command and later activated the National Guard to provide security around the command center.\nNixon said the St. Louis County Police Department would be in charge of security in Ferguson after the grand jury decision and would work with the Highway Patrol and St. Louis city police as part of a unified command to \"protect civil rights and ensure public safety\" in other jurisdictions.\n\"My hope and expectation is that peace will prevail,\" Nixon said Monday. \"But we have a responsibility - I have a responsibility - to plan for any contingencies that might arise.\"\nThere is no specific date for a grand jury decision to be revealed, and Nixon gave no indication that an announcement is imminent. But St. Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch has said that he expects the grand jury to reach a decision in mid-to-late November.\nThe U.S. Justice Department, which is conducting a separate investigation, has not said when its work will be completed.\nThe governor did not indicate how many National Guard troops would be mobilized, instead leaving it to the state adjutant general to determine. Nixon said the National Guard would be available to carry out any requests made through the Highway Patrol to \"protect life and property\" and support local authorities. If the Guard is able to provide security at police and fire stations, then more police officers may be freed up to patrol the community, Nixon said.\nSt. Louis Mayor Francis Slay said Monday that he supports Nixon's decision to activate the Guard. He said the Guard \"will be used in a secondary role\" and could potentially be stationed at places such as shopping centers and government buildings.\n\"The way we view this, the Guard is not going to be confronting the protesters and will not be on (the) front line interacting directly with demonstrators,\" Slay s\nBefore the shooting, Wilson spotted Brown and a friend walking in the middle of a street and told them to stop, but they did not. According to a St. Louis Post-Dispatch report based on sources the newspaper did not identify, Wilson has told authorities he then realized Brown matched the description of a suspect in a theft minutes earlier at a convenience store. Wilson backed up his police vehicle and some sort of confrontation occurred before Brown was fatally shot. He was unarmed and some witnesses have said he had his hands up when he was killed.\nBrown's shooting stirred long-simmering racial tensions in Ferguson, where two-thirds of the residents are black but the police force is almost entirely white. Rioting and looting a day after the shooting led police to respond to subsequent protests with a heavily armored presence that was widely criticized for continuing to escalate tensions. At times, protesters lobbed rocks and Molotov cocktails at police, who fired tear gas, smoke canisters and rubber bullets in an attempt to disperse crowds.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 177, "original_length": 7060, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 242.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://nohemyadorno.com/the-best-memories-of-2017/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:49Z", "digest": "sha1:73AEZST52IVMDD5F2PMYGSNIMZ5374T3", "length": 3099, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "nohemyadorno.com", "title": "The Best Memories Of 2017", "raw_content": "As 2017 is coming to a close, I can\u2019t help but reflect on all that I\u2019ve done this year. I\u2019ve put together some highlights from this year, \u201cthe best memories of 2017\u201d. I hope you guys like it. I did a similar post last year for 2016, you can read it here.\nI went to the Gasparilla Day Parade in Tampa. This was my first time going, I went dressed as a pirate lassie. Never have I ever drank so early nor all day for an event like I did for this.\nFreshFest\nI worked up a sweat at Freshfest, which is an outdoor health and fitness festival in West Palm Beach.\nMy best friend Kelly was a contestant in a scholarship contest to attend the Aveda Institute, a cosmetology school. Kelly made it as a finalist and moved on to the runway portion of the scholarship contest where she had to show off her talents using a model. She asked me to be her model for the runway. On the day of the show, she did my hair and make up using Aveda products. I had to walk the runway in an outfit that Kelly constructed out of recycled materials. You can read all about it here\nI took the NASM CPT and PASSED. I am a certified personal trainer. A few weeks after I took the exam, I got this certificate in the mail. You can read all about how I passed here.\nFor Cinco De Mayo I ended going to SunFest. It\u2019s a music festival held in downtown West Palm Beach. It usually spans over a weekend with various artists performing each day. I had so much fun.\nIn May, I launched a newsletter. Where I share my favorite workouts, tips & tricks, what\u2019s launching next, and so much more. If you are not already subscribed to my newsletter you can sign up by clicking here.\nI went to Orlando for a blog conference called BlogHer17. It was a three day conference where I got the opportunity to meet other bloggers, network, and go to different workshops. It was an absolutely amazing conference, I\u2019ll even go so far as to say life changing. I picked up so many nuggets of wisdom over the weekend.\nI visited a good friend of mine in St. Augustine. I didn\u2019t know this until I got there but St. Augustine is the oldest city in the United States.\nAfter getting my NASM certification, I launched my online personal training website. Where I offer customized personal training programs. If you don\u2019t want one-on-one coaching you can buy one of my downloadable training guides.\nI attended my 10 Year High School Reunion. I had a great time and I enjoyed catching up with everyone. Shout out to old people for graduating high school without Google. Behold class of 2007.\nI did my first ever triathlon. Wanderlust is a mindful triathlon that brings together a 5k, yoga sequence, and guided meditation.\nI went to Santa\u2019s Enchanted Forest in Miami. Santa\u2019s Enchanted Forest is the worlds largest holiday theme park. I got to ride the largest traveling Ferris wheel in North America, and fell in love with a fried Oreo.\nI hope you had a great 2017. In one week we will all be celebrating New Years. In my next post I am going to share my New Years resolutions for 2018 with you.\nPrevious Post Santa\u2019s Enchanted Forest\nNext Post What\u2019s in my gym bag?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 122, "original_length": 4531, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 256.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://northscottpress.com/stories/obituary-curtis-brunsma,59874", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:36Z", "digest": "sha1:2EA6VUNNHCHQGFXHFFIRX53LQWZX6C45", "length": 1466, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "northscottpress.com", "title": "Obituary: Curtis Brunsma | North Scott Press", "raw_content": "Obituary: Curtis Brunsma\nCurtis Brunsma\nCurtis L. Brunsma, 78, of Bettendorf, Iowa, died Nov. 29, 2018, at Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House in Bettendorf. He lost his battle with cancer.\nCurt was born on June 7, 1940, in George, Iowa, the son of Virgil and Rachel Brunsma. He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Rosa; three sons, David (Rachel) Brunsma, Brian (fiance Vicky Spoerry) Brunsma, and Mark (Kelly) Brunsma; seven grandchildren, Karina, Thomas, Henry, Alexa, Cole, Anthony, and Lex; and brother Meredith (Sue) Brunsma.\nAs a lifelong clothier, he took pride in helping people look their best, first at Richman Bros. throughout the Midwest, then at the Syndicate Hub in Davenport, and at Von Maur Northpark.\nCurt was known for his sense of humor and quick wit. He was an active member of the Florissant, Mo., and North Scott Rotary clubs. In his personal life he was an avid Chicago White Sox and Iowa Hawkeyes fan. Curt loved music and had an amazing singing voice that he shared with many people over the years \u2013 his 1957 homecoming dance, numerous community and church choirs, at weddings and funerals, and in his own living room. A loving husband, proud father and grandfather, and compassionate friend, Curt touched many lives and will be profoundly missed.\nHis request was that there be no memorial; however, condolences may be shared at CremationQC.com, and memorials may be sent to the family at 2205 Kimberly Rd., Bettendorf.\nCurtis Brunsma,\tobituary", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 186, "original_length": 5506, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 335.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://norwalkreflector.com/Obituary/2018/07/09/Ila-Fay-Provoznik.html?ci=stream&lp=8&p=", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:25:25Z", "digest": "sha1:3YH5XYOXDZNWL3XGJORJY35XWKMYVYPS", "length": 1759, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "norwalkreflector.com", "title": "Norwalk Reflector: Ila Fay Provoznik", "raw_content": "Ila Fay Provoznik\nWAKEMAN \u2014 Ila Fay Provoznik, 86, of Wakeman passed away Sunday, July 8, 2018 at her residence.\nShe was born August 5, 1931 in Waxahachie, Tx. to the late Jasper N. and Jewell M. (Upchurch) Rigsby.\nIla Fay proudly served her country in United States Army from 1950-1952 during the Korean Conflict. She retired in 1982 from Worthington Ball, Elyria after 20 years. She was a member of St. Marys Catholic Church and participated in the Altar & Rosary Society and was a member of the Pink Ladies. She was very active in her community and spent many hours volunteering. In her spare time she enjoyed, bowling, making crafts, dancing, and crocheting lap quilts for the patients of FTMC. She was very social and loved going gambling, out to lunch and on trips with her girlfriends.\nShe is survived by her brother, Dink R. Rigsby; step children, Darlene (Leonard) Dimitrijevs, Joseph (Kathryn) and Ronald (Yuki) Arhar; six grandchildren, Kayla (Nick), Aleksandra, Carolen (Francisco), Kristina (Steven), Rebecca and AnnMarie; six great-grandchildren; many nieces, nephews and other relatives.\nIncluding her parents, she is preceded in death by her first husband, Joseph Provoznik, her second husband, Ronald Arhar; and her brother, Jasper Rigsby Jr.\nFriends may call, Wednesday, July 11, 2018 from 5pm until 7pm at the Morman Funeral Home, 16 Cooper Street, Wakeman. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, July 12, 2018 at 10:00 am at St. Mary's Church on Main Street in Wakeman. Burial will follow at the church cemetery.\nIn lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to Stein Hospice Services, 12000 Sycamore Line, Sandusky, Ohio 44870 or to St. Marys Catholic Church.\nOnline condolences may be left at mormanfuneralhome.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 77, "original_length": 3239, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 298.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://notsosimple.info/2017/06/about-us/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:36Z", "digest": "sha1:XCXXYT3RGLGUHFKUJGEC4SOANZD76Q5P", "length": 8857, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "notsosimple.info", "title": "About Us \u2013 Not-So-Simple Living Fair", "raw_content": "Thirty some years ago in Anderson Valley the Simple Living Fair made its debut at the Boonville Fairgrounds. The driving force then was a group of back-to-the-land refugees from urban venues who had the desire and hope to make this agricultural work relevant; cooperating with and respecting nature; and moving a lot of dirt. In the summer of 2010, the Anderson Valley Foodshed Group organized a retrospective and brand new version called the NOT So Simple Living Fair.\nThe Not-So-Simple Living Fair is a time and place for sharing, teaching, learning and celebrating practical sustainable homesteading skills, which encourage localization and the growth of community. A fun, welcoming and inspiring event, it brings like-minded people from Northern California together at the Mendocino County Fair Grounds in Boonville. Fueled by the volunteerism of organizers and presenters, it covers its own costs while being easily affordable.\nThe Anderson Valley Foodshed Group works toward a vibrant, healthy local food system for our community. We celebrate our local foods, farmers and gardeners. We aim to increase our capacity to grow a diverse, year-long supply of food for all who live here. We work toward these goals through education, connecting people to each other, and creating new opportunities to grow, process, and enjoy locally grown food.\nCloud Forest Institute, is a 501(c3) tax exempt scientific and educational non profit corporation. CFI encourages communities to re-establish balance within ecological systems through environmental education and forest conservation. Locally, CFI fiscally sponsors the Anderson Valley FoodShed, the Butler Cherry Ranch Project, the Chadwick Legacy Project, Earth Cycles Radio, Lake County Community Rights Education, the Mendocino Environmental Center, the Not So Simple Living Fair, the Noyo Headlands Unified Design Group, and the Ukiah Bicycle Kitchen. Globally, earthquakes in Nepal and Ecuador have propelled CFI into supporting efforts to rebuild the Himalayan English Boarding School in Lukla, Nepal and through the Ecuadorian Earthquake Relief campaign with support from our NorCal Community is helping to rebuild the coastal villages of Mompiche and Canoa using local bamboo.\nMendocino County Public Broadcasting\nKZYX (90.7), KZYZ (91.5) and Fort Bragg translator (88.1), is the community non-commercial radio station of Mendocino County, serving several counties in Northern California. Its programming and operational philosophy is controlled by its membership, which is open to all. Through its dedication to balanced, excellent programming, Mendocino County Public Broadcasting reflects the rich diversity of the county, while promoting a sense of community across a large and varied area. The finest in national public radio programs is made available, as well as local programs that are creatively and professionally produced, responding to the needs of the community.\nKZYX pledges to be a responsible and responsive county-wide medium for news, information, music, performing arts, entertainment, and local features. KZYX&Z sees its programming as a complement to the work of Mendocino\u2019s commercial media. The station seeks to foster increased communication among all groups in the county and makes access available to all points of view.\nThe Captain appeared in Anderson Valley almost 40 years ago. He was a presenter and performer at the original Simple Living Workshops in the late 70\u2032s early 80\u2032s. He\u2019s having a flashback, and is excited that there is a younger generation updating that flashback. He maintains a big homestead garden, built his home from timber on his own property, was a member of the Philo Yacht Club, and is a grange member of the only solar powered grange anywhere. He built most of the greenhouses at the high school, is a founding member of One Less Clown and the Magic Co. and has hosted most of the annual locally famous Variety shows.\nJenny Burnstad\nJen is a dedicated \u201cdo-it-yourself-er.\u201d and much prefers local, home grown, home preserved food to store bought. She enjoys putting up pickles of any kind including purslane and okra, drying yards of apple fruit leather, or preparing medicinal syrups made from fruits, herbs and spices. Jen belongs the MendoDragon Community in Boonville.\nJini Reynolds\nJini participated in the 1st Simple Living Fairs and has returned as an organizer for The Not-So-Simple Living Fair. She believes in Homesteading and community with all her heart and soul. She is a firm believer in sharing skills and knowledge with a big splash of fun! She teaches at the Solar Living Institute, and is a guest instructor throughout the country teaching Primitive and Permaculture skills. The NSSLF is her favorite of all, as she enjoys being the hostess and gets to learn and play in her own community.\nLinda MacElwee\nLinda has practiced, studied and advocated for organic gardening and farming for over 25 years. In more recent years she has been gardening more on the wild side of things working on watershed restoration, specializing in native plants. In her spare time she likes to work on fun projects like the NSSLF and the Mendocino County Local Food Guide in April 2013 she and her partner started a small heirloom seed company Diaspora Seeds. They live with their dogs and cat and chickens in Boonville. Linda hosts the Farm And Garden show on the first Monday of every month on Community radio station KZYX, find links to archives for previous shows on pollinators here Farm and Garden Show archives.\nLynda McClure\nLynda has lived in Mendocino County for over 30 years. She has done extensive community organizing for political campaigns, events and community projects. Local and organic food, community rights to clean food, air & water, and so of people over corporate rule are among her passions. She co-founded a small community in Boonville, MendoDragon, where they tend an orchard, vegetable and herb gardens, chickens, and bees.\nSophia Bates\nSophia Bates grew up on her parents\u2019 apple farm in Philo. Early life on the farm created a passion for connection with her food. She left college after a year to return seasonally to the Apple Farm and travel in Latin America, then recently spent three seasons farming in Maine to develop her skills and knowledge about vegetable production and working with draft horses. Since her return to Anderson Valley she has been working to diversify the family farm, growing more food crops, and integrating more animals.\nRob Goodell\nRob and family arrived back to the land in Anderson Valley almost 40 years ago and have been homesteading ever since. They have experienced nearly every aspect of Rural living and specialized in tree crops as well as garden and animals. He finds living intimately with nature a very rewarding lifestyle with plenty of challenges.\nKathy has lived in Anderson Valley for over 35 years and has enjoyed gardening in her spare time. A recently retired teacher, she is now learning website management to keep the NSSLF website up and running.\nSteve is a native Northern Californian where he was a machinery mechanic and constructed scientific test equipment. He went back to school and moved to Ohio and West Virginia for 28 years for academic jobs. He has lived in the rural countryside for most of his life and has had way too much experience with hands-on house remodeling, but also enjoyed gardening, beekeeping, and raising chickens for eggs and meat. Steve bakes a mean loaf of artisan bread, is a home brewer, and a scientific illustrator. He and his wife, Margie, purchased their retirement property in the Anderson Valley in 1999 in anticipation of moving near their children, then retired and moved here permanently in 2006. He is an enthusiastic proponent of just do-it-yourself and the rewards of not-so-simple technology.\nBeth has over 30 years experience as an herbalist teacher, Flower Essence Practitioner, and Nutritional Counselor. She loves assisting others to experience local and native plants with their many offerings for us, as we look at our own part in the nature of all being. Beth was a founding member of the Sonoma County Herb Association, president of the Association for three years, and co-created their Herb Festival for eight years. She developed and ran the Wellness Center at Northern California Women\u2019s Herb Symposium for twelve years. Now she\u2019s excited about creating an interactive, safe Wellness space for the Not-So-Simple Living Fair.\nLama Nasser-Gammett\nLama Nasser-Gammett lives with her husband and daughter among the wise Redwoods in the hills above Boonville. Together they tend a large subsistence garden in the valley and are in the process of re-starting their mushroom production business. 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A majority of new firms were registered in commerce and production, the two major sectors of the economy.\nThe Business Registration Management Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment said this made 2015 a record year in terms of the number of new firms. Driven by regulatory reforms with the Law on Enterprise taking effect since the beginning of July, it allowed time for registration of businesses to be cut to less than three days.\nIn December alone, more than 7,900 firms were established, rising by nearly 20 per cent over the previous months.\nTran Thi Hong Minh, the Business Registration Management Agency\u2019s director, said that roughly 47,000 new businesses were founded from the date the new enterprise law come into effect to mid-December.\nA majority of new firms were registered in commerce and production, the two major sectors of the economy.\nDang Huy Dong, deputy minister of planning and investment, was quoted by vtv.vn as saying that it was a good trend that the business community was significantly shifting its investments into important sectors such as education, healthcare, production and processing.\nThe ministry previously estimated that the total registered capital of new firms would reach VND538.7 trillion (US$23.9 billion), creating 1.3 million jobs. In addition, existing businesses were registered to raise capitals by a total of VND742.2 trillion ($32.98 billion) during the year.\nThe rise in the number of new firms reflected improved business confidence. However, businesses continued to struggle with more than 71,000 of them being dissolved, forced into bankruptcy or whose operations were temporarily halted in the first 11 months of 2015, the General Statistics Office revealed.\nCao Viet Sinh, member of the National Financial and Monetary Policy Advisory Council, said that it was important to improve the business climate and remove the stumbling blocks facing firms.\nThe report titled \u201cDoing Business\u201d from the World Bank published in October revealed that the ranking of Viet Nam\u2019s business environment improved three places to 90 out of 189 countries, in which starting a business jumped six places from 125th to 119th.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 120, "original_length": 5518, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 247.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://obehiokoawo.blogspot.com/2010/10/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:41:21Z", "digest": "sha1:6HQGJFRFNGFVMPKA4EEXRLP2OXKNVHDW", "length": 60562, "nlines": 395, "source_domain": "obehiokoawo.blogspot.com", "title": "Obehi Okoawo's Blog: October 2010", "raw_content": "Genevieve Nnaji shines on CNN\u2019s Connect The World!!\nNollywood sweetheart, Genevieve Nnaji keeps upping the ante every single moment. She just got a feature on CNN connect at the CNN studios in London and this got all her fans and well wishers ecstatic. Genny who has been described as the Julia Roberts of Africa and Angelina Jolie of Nigeria by foreign media was the focus of the \u2018CNN Connect the World\u2019 show hosted by Becky Anderson which is still to be aired.\nAccording to the CNN connect post curled from CNN CONNECT THE WORLD SITE, \u201cNigerian actress Genevieve Nnaji has been dubbed the Julia Roberts of Africa by millions of fans on the continent and now she\u2019s trying to make a name for herself in the west.\nThe 31-year-old Nigerian born Nnaji is the fourth of eight children and had the opportunity to attend the University of Lagos where she acted in a number of Nollywood production\nGenevieve intends on extending her acting roles into the western world, and there\u2019s no doubt she\u2019ll be able to deliver. She is a fantastic and classy actress. Probably one of the finest we have in africa.\nFor more info on the post on Genevieve, check out CNN Connect The World. We definitely looking forward to the special on air.\nHere are some behind the scenes photos of her visit to CNN London center\nNigeria has one of the world\u2019s biggest film industries and produces even more movies each year than the United States.\nThe industry outputs more than 200 movies each month and is estimated to be worth more than 0 million.\nNnaji started acting at the age of eight and had her first stint in the spotlight in the television soap opera \u201cRipples.\u201d\nOne of her first big Nollywood films was the movie \u201cMost Wanted\u201d and the rest is history. Nnaji went on to star in a number of highly successful movies and is generally considered to be one of the best paid actresses in Africa.\u201d\nAlso below is a video clip of Genny in the CNN studios, london giving a shout out to her fans after the interview.\nWoman Gives Birth To Snake!!!!\nIt sure sounds unbelievable, but a young woman has been delivered of a snake in Umuahia. The woman delivered the scary reptile on Wednesday following hours of intense prayers at the Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim Church, along Eze Ogbulafor Street, Umuahia, Abia State.\nChairman of the Organisation of African Instituted Churches (OAIC) in Abia state, Apostle Emmanuel Agomoh, who is also the head of the Eternal Sacred Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim in the state said a priest, Apostle Uche Ugwu had engaged himself in hours of prayers to cause the delivery of the snake from the private part of the 35-year-old lady whose names are being withheld.\nThe snake, said to have been programmed into the woman\u2019s womb since her secondary school days, was headless and tailless.\nThe incident, which has become the talk of the town, happened around 5p.m. on Wednesday at the church premises.\nDaily Sun learnt that the young lady hails from Olokoro in Umuahia South LGA.\nShe was said to have delivered the snake like a woman under labour following prayers by the priest that everything that was not of God in her should come out of her body. The incident attracted a large crowd.\nApostle Agomoh said the snake forced itself out of the woman\u2019s private part with the intention of attacking Apostle Ugwu. The cleric\u2019s younger brother, however, was able to kill the animal.\nThe cleric said the woman came to the church on Monday for prayers following the pains she had been experiencing all over her body since she was in secondary school. According to him, it was at this juncture that one of the prayer warriors in the church Apostle Ugwu conducted the prayers that forced the snake out of her body.\n\u201cAs I was praying and calling on whatever was inside the lady to come out, the lady was wrThe incident attracted a large crowd.\n\u201cAs I was praying and calling on whatever was inside the lady to come out, the lady was writhing in pains. The snake even wanted to attack me until my brother here killed it with the stick,\u201d Ugwu told our reporter.\nHe said such miracles happen very often in the church. \u201cBut we don\u2019t advertise it and we don\u2019t use any fetish things here. We only engage in prayers,\u201d he said.\nDaily Sun learnt that the lady, who is still in shock is currently recuperating in her village.\nKumuyi's new wife was never married!!!!!!\nGENERAL Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William F. Kumuyi, recently in London, married Folashade Aduke Blaize,a church leader in London.\nDressed in a modest business suit, Kumuyi watched as his bride, in a pink and purple skirt suit, took the vow of marriage.\nIn a statement yesterday, the church secretary, Pastor L.P. Nnadozie, said guests at the wedding were entertained at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, London.\nThe new wife, 65, is a household name in the church as she has been the administrator of the Deeper Life Bible Church, London.\nAccording to Nnadozie, Esther was never married before as she had \u201ccommitted her life to the service of the Lord\u201d.\nNnadozie said the solemnisation ceremony of the couple\u2019s Christian marriage was held on Wednesday, October 13, 2010.\nKumuyi had lost his first wife, Biodun, in April last year. The death of the woman fondly called \u201cmummy\u201d or \u201cmama\u201d by members of the church, \u201cbecame a cause for concern for leaders in the church as she was almost inseparable from her husband. The church leaders were so concerned that the pastor must not remain lonely, that they led a delegation to encourage him to begin praying to God to give him another wife. The leaders also began praying for their pastor to get another partner. Although initially reluctant, Pastor Kumuyi later prayed and testified to the leaders that God had answered their prayers. This is what culminated in the marriage ceremony in London\u201d.\nHe said the wife of the general superintendent is the national and international woman coordinator of the church, a role that cannot be filled by any other woman.\nThe wedding was attended by leaders and members of the church from Europe and representatives from Nigeria.\nNnadozie said key leaders of the church in all parts of Nigeria, who could not attend the wedding ceremony, burst into spontaneous applause as they watched the video recording of the event in Deeper Life Churches across country on Tuesday.\nJ BENCO`S WORLD: UNVEILING MULTI-TALENTED AND CEO OF PennyGate Coll...\nJ BENCO`S WORLD: UNVEILING MULTI-TALENTED AND CEO OF PennyGate Coll...: \"\nMariah Carey announces she's pregnant\nNEW YORK \u2013 Mariah Carey is going to have to add lullabies to her repertoire.\nThe superstar singer confirmed on NBC's \"Today\" show Thursday that she and husband Nick Cannon are expecting their first child. Carey says the baby is due in the spring.\nCarey had declined to discuss her pregnancy, the subject of rampant speculation for months, until now.\n\"Yes, we are pregnant, it's true,\" she said in an interview with \"Access Hollywood's\" Billy Bush that was shown on \"Today.\"\n\"It's been a long journey, but it's been tough because I've been trying to ... hold on to a shred of privacy, and that was not easy.\"\nCarey, 40, and Cannon, 30, have been the subject of a baby watch since they got married after a whirlwind romance two years ago.\nThey laughed off the rumors when they occurred soon after their wedding.\n\"We thought it was fun, because they kept saying, 'Oh she's pregnant.' Yeah, whatever. So we took the test and it was positive,\" she said.\nBut Carey had a miscarriage soon afterward.\n\"It was really sad, so we really had to absorb this and take it in,\" she said.\nCannon hailed his wife's strength for being able to laugh in front of the cameras, but later, \"crying herself to sleep.\"\nBush said that Carey told him the baby was conceived naturally, and added that the couple does not know the sex of the baby.\nBesides a baby on the way, Carey also has a new album: her second holiday CD, \"Merry Christmas II You.\"\nI think you will like this story from WhoWhatWear\n1. Parkhurst Faux-Fur Pull-Through Scarf ($48)\nIt's never a bad idea to incorporate the season's animal-print obsession into your daily rotation. But while our more daring dressers will opt for a chic faux leopard coat or a pair of feline-print trousers, Noten offered up a more subtle approach with a cozy scarf. Since the runway's exact neck-warmer is essentially sold-out (and a wee pricey), we think Parkhurt's iteration is an excellent substitute, as it will give any outfit a similarly luxe look. Just take a note from Noten, and pair the purr-fect scarf with a camel coat and either gray or army-green trousers for an of-the-moment fall ensemble.\n2. Ines Sunglasses ($11)\nIf we're sure about one thing, it's that an on-the-go Dries women should always be equipped with a glamorous pair of sunnies. While in the past Noten created a frenzy with printed cat-eye styles and thick white frames, this time the designer gave his models ultra-dark circular shades. Fortunately, Ines has created an equally envious pair that not only mimics the designer's cool, polished style, but also comes with a more budget-friendly price tag!\n3. Topshop Shrunken Wool Blazer ($160)\nAs mentioned, menswear-inspired pieces were one of the prominent components of Noten's fall collection. The runway boasted plenty of two-tone jackets and crisp blazers with contrast collars, making Topshop's shrunken iteration the perfect pick for today's story. There's no denying its rich camel color, black collar detail, and tailored fit make this piece an almost exact replica of Noten's Camel Wool Blazer ($1293, 212.753.7300); it's almost hard to spot the differences!\n4. Zara Sweatshirt-Style Sweater ($40)\nOf course today's story would not be complete without Noten's key casual-dressing component: the sweatshirt! While we're always fond of athletic gray versions, there's something so lovely and unexpected about this military green version. For a modern daytime look, simply style the relaxed fit of this Zara sweater with a knee-length full skirt, then transition effortlessly into the evening hours by teaming it with a sleek maxi skirt.\n5. ASOS Premium Washed Leather Double Zip Satchel ($126)\nWe have always loved the rugged flair of an army-inspired bag, and today's satchel is certainly a nod to the utilitarian theme woven throughout Noten's collection. The washed leather gives the carrier a cool worn-in look, while its multiple pockets and considerable size provides enough storage room to carry all of your daily essentials.\n6. Old Navy Plaid Wool-Blend Mini ($30)\nIt's hard to imagine wearing a mini skirt in the dead cold of winter, but once we spotted Old Navy's plaid wool version, our thoughts turned quickly to all of the ways we could! It definitely has that chic schoolgirl spirit we love, and would look splendid styled in a Dries van Noten fashion, meaning with an untucked, loose-fit sweatshirt. If the weather calls for more layers, we suggest adding a pair of black wooly knit tights, and dressing up your look further with a pair of ankle booties.\n7. Halogen Nora Pumps ($100)\nMuch like the collection itself, the footwear at Dries this season has a more subdued and timeless vibe than in seasons past. We spotted a mixture of black low-heeled Suede Shoes ($616) and cognac pumps strutting down the runway, which leads us to our next item on the Inspired By wardrobe list: Halogen's Nora Pumps. Simple, yes, but these almond-toe platforms are the kind of classic shoe option that will take you from one season to the next.\n8. Bruce II Pleated Trouser ($390)\nIf you're still on the hunt for that perfect fall trouser, then today is your lucky day dear readers! Bruce II's high-waisted silk slacks are a seriously functional style that can be worn dressed up or down, and they offer a similar tapered silhouette as the Zip Detail Trousers ($733), an attribute we can be sure our fellow dedicated Dries fans will be thrilled about.\u2014Jessica Baker\nLady Gaga beats Justin Bieber to YouTube record\nLady Gaga is the most popular living person on Facebook and Twitter\nHussein deputy Aziz sentenced to death!!!\nSaddam Hussein's most powerful deputy, Tariq Aziz, was sentenced to death by an Iraqi court this morning for being personally involved in the killing of members of Shia Islamic religious parties after the first Gulf war.\nAziz, Iraq's former deputy prime minister and long-term face to the world, was condemned along with four other men, all of whom had been accused of persecuting and killing members of the Shia-dominated Dawa party, which was the main opposition group to Saddam during the 24 years he ruled Iraq.\nAziz, 74, was handed over by US forces to Iraqi custody this year. He was listed as number 25 on George Bush's infamous deck of cards \u2013 a hitlist of regime figures who the invading US military had planned to kill or capture.\nHis family described the death sentence as a \"travesty\" and said the court that convicted him was like a theatre.\nThe sentence was confirmed by Mohammed Abdul Sahab, the chief judge of Iraq's high criminal court, who told the Guardian Aziz may face further death sentences in the coming days and weeks.\nSahab said not all of the charges against Aziz related to members of the Dawa party, which is now a key part of the Baghdad establishment and is led by Nouri al-Maliki, who is campaigning heavily for a second term as Iraq's prime minister.\nAziz had previously been sentenced to 15 years in prison for his involvement in the deaths of 42 merchants who had been accused of manipulating food prices. He received a second seven-year sentence relating to the forced displacement of Kurds from northern Iraq. The latest trial started on 16 August this year. Judge Mohammed al-Hassan handed down today's death sentence.\nIn a prison interview with the Guardian in August, his first since the fall of Baghdad, Aziz said: \"Did I commit a crime against any civilian, military or religious man? The answer is no.\n\"Of course I was a member of the Revolutionary Command Council, a leader of the Ba'ath party, deputy prime minister, foreign minister \u2013 all of those posts were mine,\" he said, before claiming he was powerless to stop the will of Saddam.\n\"All decisions were taken by president Saddam Hussein. I held a political position, I did not participate in any of the crimes that were raised against me personally. Out of hundreds of complaints, nobody has mentioned me in person.\"\nAziz's son, Ziad, who was airlifted to Amman by US forces in return for his father's surrender in April 2003, described the death sentence as a \"travesty\" and said the court that had convicted him was like \"a theatrical performance\".\n\"None of the victims themselves accused him of any of the killings,\" he said. \"Not one person submitted any allegation, or made any claim against him.\n\"My father had been a victim of the Dawa party. They had tried to assassinate him during the 80s. This is just Maliki trying to avenge the WikiLeaks allegations.\"\nAziz said his father had not been represented by a lawyer for more than 12 months. \"Anyone who claims to have represented him recently is lying,\" he said.\nJennifer Lopez's two-year-old twins Max and Emme\nJENNIFER Lopez's two-year-old twins Max and Emme have made their modelling debut - becoming the new faces of Gucci's childrens clothing line.\n\"It's the first time I have worked with my kids in that way,' said the hands-on mum. It was a totally special experience. I did a photo shoot when they were three weeks old, but now that they are two and a half, it's totally different.'\nThe new Gucci range hits stores on November 20 and in honour of the international launch, Gucci is pledging $1 million to UNICEF's Schools For Africa initiative. - Daily Mail / Supplied\nNigeria fraud blacklist issued by EFCC\nThe EFCC (Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) said those on the list were all being prosecuted for corruption.\nThe commission urged political parties not to endorse them as candidates in next year's elections.\nOne of those named, Orji Kalu, is running for president but has been arraigned on 107 counts of fraud.\nHe is accused of involvement in a fraud worth 5bn naira (\u00a321m; $33m).\nPoliticians make up at least 40 people on the list, which the EFCC has published on its website ( http://www.efccnigeria.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=15&Itemid=82 )\nThirteen are former state governors, five are former ministers, three are serving MPs, and two are serving senators.\nThe BBC's Caroline Duffield, in Abuja, says fraud charges are no barrier to standing in elections, and some of those named are already campaigning.\nBut EFCC officials say that they believe those facing prosecution should not be endorsed as candidates.\nThe commission is appealing to political parties to select only \"credible candidates\" and not those on the list.\nThe EFCC says many of the defendants are deliberately stalling their cases in court so that they will not be tried before the elections next year.\nSource: BBC NEWS AFRICA\nEva Longoria Sued Over Car Crash!!\nThe driver of a car that collided with Desperate Housewives actress Eva Longoria on the Los Angeles Freeway last Wednesday has hired an attorney to file suit against the lusty Latina. Sanjay Sobti \u2014 an attorney for Gasparyan \u2014 says a civil lawsuit will be lodged against Eva in Los Angeles Superior Court this week, seeking damages for negligence related to last week\u2019s crash.\nEva was driving through Los Angeles on Wednesday night when she ran into a whip being driven by Roman Gasparyan. Both suffered minor injuries in the crash, but only Gasparyan is taking legal action. He claims the crash was Eva\u2019s fault and although he was not seen by a doctor immediately following the collision, Gasparyan\u2019s seeking an unspecified sum in monetary compensation for injuries he claims he sustained as a result of the accident \u2014 including back and neck pain, severe headaches, anxiety, and blood pressure complications.\nNigerian teenager shot dead in UK\nA 16 year old Nigerian teenager, Samuel Adelagun, has been shot dead in east London by two masked gunmen firing at a group of four youths.\nAdelagun, was shot in the upper left chest. He was pronounced dead at the scene in Chesterton Road, Plaistow. Police also found a boy of 15 who was shot in the abdomen. He is still in hospital in a stable condition.\nPolice say the shooting took place in parkland at the junction of upper road when two gunmen appeared behind the four teenagers and began firing. The group aged 15 and 16 were attacked from behind by the gunmen at around 3.20am.\nAll four youngsters ran away and then re-grouped in the area and sought help from a local resident where Samuel was shot in the upper left chest, while the 15-year-old was blasted in the abdomen.\nThe only description of the gunmen is that they were dressed in black and wearing balaclavas. It is not known if they travelled in a vehicle or were on foot.\nDetectives from the Met's Trident unit, which tackles gun related crime within the black community, are investigating the death.\nAnnie Smith, 77, of Howards Road, backing on to the parkland, said: \"I heard two males shouting then I went back to sleep. Then I heard three or four bangs. I thought it could be fireworks but it may have been shots. I then heard somebody shouting and someone answer faintly. They are just kids, why were they out so late?\"\nFloral tributes, including seven bunches of white roses, were laid at the foot of the police cordon taping off the scene.\nNo arrest has been made, according to the London Metropolitan Police.\nA post-mortem examination was carried out on Samuel Adelagun at Walthamstow mortuary, police said.\nPastor Kumuyi remarries in UK\nEighteen months after he lost his wife, the superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi, has found love again.\nThe wedding, which happened outside the spotlight, was reported to have taken place in the UK, last Wednesday. However, the bride, who sources identified as Esther, is said to be a member of his church. But not much else is known about her, or about their courtship. Details of the wedding ceremony, including venue and attendance, officiating priests, protocols, were closely guarded.\nResponding to a question whether he would remarry after his late wife, Biodun, passed away, the man of God told reporters that it was too early to think of a replacement. It was a highly emotional moment for him, as the bad news came to him while he was delivering a sermon during the church\u2019s Easter retreat last year.\nMrs. Kumuyi who died at 57 in the early hours of Saturday, April 11, 2009 at her residence in the International Bible Training Centre, Ayobo, Ipaja, Lagos, following a brief illness, was the National Woman Co-ordinator of the church. She was also International Co-ordinator of the women ministry in Africa and other continents where the church has branches, and was Editor-in-Chief of the well-circulated Women Mirror magazine published by the church.\nPastor Kumuyi, 71, was introduced to the Apostolic Faith Church, and became born again on Sunday, April 5, 1964. He started the Deeper Life Bible Church, which now has over one million members in more than sixty countries around the world, as a 15-member Bible Study group in Kumuyi\u2019s official quarters (Flat 2) at the University of Lagos in August, 1973. Kumuyi was at the time a Mathematics lecturer in the university.\nKumuyi is the latest entrant to the fold of pastors who have new wives: Pastor Taiwo Odukoya of the Fountain of Life Church, Pastor Chris Okotie of the Household of God, and Pastor Ituah Ighodalo of the Trinity House. Only Odukoya, like Kumuyi, remarried after losing his wife, Bimbo.\nPublished By: Obehi Okoawo at Monday, October 25, 2010 1 comment:\nNight Nurse singer Gregory Isaacs dies aged 59\nThe Jamaican singer died on Monday morning surrounded by his family.\nHis 1982 album Night Nurse, recorded at Bob Marley's Tuff Gong studio, reached number 32 in the UK.\nA cover version of the album's title track, by Sly and Robbie featuring Simply Red, reached number 13 in the UK in September 1997.\nIsaacs, who was diagnosed with lung cancer a year ago, had been travelling around Jamaica before returning home to London this summer to spend time with his wife, Linda, and his family.\n\"Gregory was well-loved by everyone, his fans and his family, and he worked really hard to make sure he delivered the music they loved and enjoyed,\" his wife said.\n\"He will be greatly missed by his family and friends.\"\nSinger Suggs, speaking at the Q Awards in London, paid tribute to Isaacs, who supported his band Madness in concert.\n\"He was a great reggae artist and also one of the most sartorially elegant stars on the world stage,\" he said.\nScandalous: Robert Mugabe\u2019s wife Grace reportedly had an affair with his top banker!!!\nThe wife of Robert Mugabe has been having a secret affair with one of her husband\u2019s best friends, it was claimed yesterday.\nGrace Mugabe also known as Zim First shopper \u2013 who is 41 years younger than Zimbabwe\u2019s 86-year-old president \u2013 has spent the past five years cuckolding him with Gideon Gono, head of the country\u2019s central bank.\nThe couple would meet as often as three times a month either at her dairy farm or in expensive hotels in neighbouring South Africa.\nMugabe finally found out about the affair in July when his sister Sabina revealed the scandal on her deathbed, it was reported.\nSince then his most-trusted bodyguard Cain Chademana \u2013 who is said to have told the furious president that he knew of the affair but thought it best to keep quiet \u2013 has lost his life amid suspicions that he was poisoned.\nGono, 50, is now said to fear for his safety. \u2018Once he (Mugabe) hears something like that, I think someone will go to meet God,\u2019 said one Zimbabwean intelligence official.\nIt is not the first time Mrs Mugabe, who is widely reviled inside Zimbabwe for her lavish tastes and expensive shopping sprees, has conducted affairs behind her husband\u2019s back.\nOne former lover, Peter Pamire, died in a mysterious car accident. Another, James Makamba, fled the country.\nGono has known Mrs Mugabe, who married the president in 1996, for at least 15 years and they are partners in a number of business enterprises.\nHe is a pillar of the Zanu PF party that has held on to power in Zimbabwe since its 1980 independence from Britain.\nAs one of Mugabe\u2019s most trusted friends, he has served since 2003 as head of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe \u2013 a period that saw the country\u2019s currency suffer hyperinflation of more than a billion per cent a year.\nWhile many of Zimbabwe\u2019s desperately poor people struggle to find enough food to eat, Gono lives in a 47-bedroom mansion with swimming pool, gym and its own mini theatre.\nYesterday a source close to the banker confirmed that he and the first lady were lovers and claimed they had planned a life together after Mugabe\u2019s death.\nThe senior official in Gono\u2019s office told South Africa\u2019s Sunday Times newspaper: \u2018Mugabe trusted Gono. He even thought our boss was taking care of the first lady, keeping a protective eye on her so that she could not again be adulterous.\u2019\nMugabe\u2019s relationship with Grace, his former secretary, is itself founded on infidelity.\nTwo of their three children were born when Mugabe was still married to his popular first wife, Sally, who was battling a kidney disease from which she died in 1992.\nGood luck to that Gono man!!!!\nBurundi albino boy 'dismembered'\nA nine-year old albino boy is thought to have been dismembered for witchcraft\nThe boy, was taken from Makamba province in Burundi by a gang that crossed the border, the head of Burundi's albino association said.\nKassim Kazungu told AFP the remains had been recovered from the Malagarazi river and given a formal burial.\nAlbino body parts are prized in parts of Africa, with witch-doctors claiming they have special powers.\nMr Kazungu told the AFP news agency that Tanzanian police had arrested five people, although there was no official confirmation from Tanzania.\nIn Tanzania, the body parts of people living with albinism are used by witch-doctors for potions which they tell clients will help make them rich or healthy.\nDozens of albinos have been killed, and the killings have spread to neighbouring Burundi.\nIn August a court in Tanzania sentenced a Kenyan accused of trying to sell an albino to 17 years in jail and a fine of more than $50,000 (\u00a341,200).\nTanzanian authorities have promised to crack down on albino traffickers, and several people have been sentenced to death in connection with killings.\nHow Fifa's Amos Adamu tried, and failed, to control the Nigerian press!!\nIn 2002, the Nigerian reporter Olukayode Thomas began investigating the background of Amos Adamu, the man who allegedly offered to sell his World Cup bid vote and was provisionally suspended last week by Fifa. The executive board member denies any wrongdoing.\nThomas travelled across the country to interview senior figures in sport. Among his questions: how had Adamu, a civil servant, become so wealthy? How had he built up a portfolio of hotels, private companies and properties across Nigeria? And why had he changed his name \u2013 with documents showing him as Babatunde Aremu?\n\"When we met in 2002, I asked about his wealth, where he comes from and his real name,\" Thomas says. \"Adamu's answers were all 'yes', 'no' or 'no comment'. As I left, he said: 'I won't stop your story, but remember, I have the best lawyers in Nigeria.'\"\nThomas claims that what followed was a series of remarkable attempts to kill the story, including a visit by Adamu and 20 aides to the offices of Thomas's newspaper, the Guardian, in Lagos. The Guardian published regardless.\nThe story sparked several new, related allegations about Adamu's conduct from within sport, all of which he denied. There was a claim by the head of the Nigeria Football League that Adamu had sought to have sponsorship money diverted directly to him. Officials from the athletics federation made similar allegations. The Guardian ran a new story in September 2007 \u2013 and this time Adamu decided to sue.\nAdamu, by now on Fifa's executive committee, launched one claim against the newspaper, and another against Thomas, claiming \u00a32m in damages from the journalist. Adamu said the story impugned his character \"by portraying me as an unreliable, dishonest and unstable character who is corrupt and financially indisciplined\".\nWhat followed was unpredictable, even by Nigerian legal standards. First, word reached Thomas via an intermediary that Adamu had backed down and withdrawn the case. Checks appeared to confirm it, and Thomas stopped preparing his defence. \"The message was that I should try and be their friends, and move on.\" But then, in the summer of 2008, came news that Adamu's legal team had, in fact, been working on the case throughout, and a judge in the capital, Abuja, was ready to issue his verdict. A shocked Thomas made his way to the hearing.\n\"When I arrived at the court I was met by a lawyer. He told me he had been on the case for a while, and that he had prepared a statement of defence for me. All I had to do was to tell the judge that the statement was mine. It looked like a set-up. I had never met this guy in my life. I said to him: 'If you are representing me, shouldn't you at least have spoken to me before drawing up my statement?' Then I noticed that the document already contained a signature next to my name.\"\nWhen Thomas told the judge what had happened, the case was adjourned until March \u2013 allowing Thomas time to assemble a public interest defence, helped by a lawyer working for a nominal fee. He had further help in the form of investigations into Adamu's background by the English journalist Andrew Jennings. When the verdict was finally returned last March, it was blunt: Adamu's cases against the Guardian, and against Thomas, were thrown out.\n\"I am still in debt as a result of all this,\" Thomas says. \"But the joy that truth prevailed is compensation for the loss and the emotional trauma.\"\nThomas is now working as an adviser to the new minister of sports, Alhaji Ibrahim Isa Bio, who has stated his aim to be rooting out corruption.\n\"Defeating Adamu opened a lot of doors for me. I get invited to talk about the problems with Nigerian sport, and now I am working with the new minister to help change it. Pulling down Adamu's hegemony in Nigerian sport has not been easy. But thank God for the British press. They have made our job much easier.\"\nCeline Dion gives birth to twin boys\nSinger Celine Dion has given birth to twin boys at a hospital in Florida.\nDion, 42, and husband Rene Angelil, 68, are said to be \"thrilled\" to have the as yet unnamed children, who were born by Caesarean section on Saturday.\nThe babies were reportedly born healthy but were premature and will spend the next few days in an incubator.\nThe Canadian-born singer, due to return to Las Vegas in March for a three-year residency, already has a nine-year-old son with Angelil.\nA statement released by St Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Florida said the first twin weighed five pounds and 10 ounces (2.55 kg).\nHis brother, born one minute afterwards, weighed six ounces less (2.38 kg).\nDion has been trying to have more children for some time and has spoken publicly about her experiences with in-vitro fertilisation.\nLast year the Grammy-winning artist confirmed she was pregnant, only to subsequently suffer a miscarriage.\nIn other baby news, US actor Matt Damon and his wife Luciana have announced the birth of their third daughter together.\nThe couple are said to be \"great\" after welcoming Stella Zavala Damon, who was born on Wednesday in New York.\nMOG: MAN OF GOD!\nHave you experience this in the house of God?\nUpcoming Rapper/Producer, Sazzy Omonbude, is Dead\nThe Abuja entertainment circuit was rocked this morning by the shocking news that aspiring MC/producer Sazzy, real name Osaze Omonbude, had passed on after a brief illness.\nSazzy was well-known in hip-hop circles in the Federal Capital as a gifted producer and an amiable MC. His most memorable achievement was the release of the DJ Atte-hosted mixtape The Take Over in June this year. The mixtape featured a gang of stars including M.I,9ice and Ruggedman.\nSazzy succumbed to his battle with sickle cell anaemia!\nSazzy was 26 years old at the time of his death.\nDomestic Violence? Christina Aguilera Treated For Busted Lip Days Before Divorce Filing!!!\nChristina Aguilera was admitted to a Los Angeles hospital with a split lip just days before petitioning a court for a divorce for record producer Jordan Bratman, 29, RadarOnline dished on Thursday.\nWhile Aguilera\u2019s spokesfolks insist the singer\u2019s injuries are attributable to a \u201csimple fall,\u201d tipsters suggest that a domestic dispute may have sent Xtina to the hospital. Bratman accompanied his famous spouse to the emergency room at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where he reportedly told medical staff that his wife had \u201cfallen down.\u201d\n\u201cChristina was bleeding from her mouth and had a bit of a busted lip,\u201d a spywitness on the scene snitches. \u201cJordan told the nurses she had fallen down. Shortly after they arrived to Cedars, Christina\u2019s \u2018private surgeon\u2019 arrived to put a few stitches in her lip,\u201d the source added.\nIn the days following the alleged incident, Christina \u2014 who has been accused of cheating on Jordan with other women, including celebrity DJ Samantha Ronson \u2014 was photographed with a scarf covering her neck and chin. A few days later news broke that she was seeking a divorce after five years of marriage, citing \u201cirreconcilable differences.\u201d\nIf true then, it\u2019s a good thing she dumped him!!!\nPregnant Woman Kicked Out Of Hospital Room To Accommodate Celine Dion\nAn expectant Florida mother is getting a tough lesson in the social hierarchy after she was reportedly moved out of her hospital room to make way for Canadian superstar Celine Dion, who was admitted to the hospital this week to prevent the premature birth of her twin sons \u2014 due next month.\nAfter doctor\u2019s ordered that fortysomething Celine spend the remainder of her pregnancy under the watchful eye of staffers at St Mary\u2019s Medical Center in Palm Beach, hospital administrators allegedly forced another pregnant woman to switch to another room, tipsters tell The Palm Beach Post.\nSo just what\u2019s so special about this coveted room? Well, for starters, it\u2019s been specially refurbished and outfitted with a bigger bed \u2014 none of that tough hospital stuff here! The room is also equipped with a microwave oven and mini-fridge. Many of the accomodations were made because the room had been earmarked for the pop star\u2019s stay. Celine, however, checked into the hospital earlier than expected when she began experiencing early labor on Saturday night, thus forcing the other mom-to-be \u2013 \u2013 identified as a local gynecologist \u2013to be moved to another, less luxurious, room.\nTh displaced patient \u201cwasn\u2019t too happy\u201d about having to uproot, says a hospital mole. On the contrary, hospital spokesman Ryan Lieber and spokesfolks for Dion insist the diva, 42, is not receiving any special treatment at St Mary\u2019s.\nSo unfair!!!\nUsher : I lost my virginity at 13\nUsher has revealed he lost his virginity when he was 13 but didn\u2019t know what he was doing between the sheets until he matured.\nThe R\u2018n\u2019B singer shot to fame when he was a teenager after being signed by LaFace Records following an appearance on talent contest Star Search.\nUsher admits achieving stardom so early in his adolescence led to him being very popular with girls but although he was having sex he had no idea what he was doing.\nHe told Vibe magazine: \u201cI started having sex at 13. I didn\u2019t understand why I was having sex until I was about 17 or 18.\n\u201cLet\u2019s just say this \u2013 I didn\u2019t realise that you start to finish. Up until that point, I had never finished. I just always had sex. I understood that I gotta make sure I please this woman, and I hope that her making those noises aren\u2019t pain!\u201d\nIt seems Usher\u2019s appetite for women hasn\u2019t diminished as he has gotten older.\nThe 32-year-old singer recently revealed he wants a \u201charem of women\u201d like Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner.\nThe \u2018Pop Ya Collar\u2019 hitmaker admitted his pending divorce from Tameka Foster \u2013 who he has two children with \u2013 has put him off getting married again, but he is tempted to find a group of women to have fun with like the live-in lovers Hugh has at the Playboy Mansion.\nUsher said: \u201cSeeing how marriage didn\u2019t work out for me the first time, I\u2019m in no rush to do it again. Maybe I can find a couple of women who are open-minded. Look at how Hugh Hefner does it, with a harem of women.\u201d\nLindsay Lohan again escapes jail, ordered back to rehab until January\nTroubled Actress Lindsay Lohan was ordered to remain in rehab on Friday after failing a random drug test last month while on probation for a 2007 drunk driving and cocaine possession offense.\nLohan, 24, escaped being sent back to jail in a brief hearing at Beverly Hills Superior Court. Lohan, who was in court on Friday, has spent the last three weeks in a voluntary drug and alcohol rehab program in California after admitting she had tested positive for cocaine.\nBeverly Hill Superior Court judge Elden Fox on Friday ordered Lohan to remain there rather than sending her back to jail. He set another hearing for February 25. The former teen idol\u2019s movie career has been derailed for three years because of failed drug tests, missed alcohol education classes, stints in rehab and three brief spells in jail.\nFriday\u2019s hearing follows a failed court-ordered drug test in September shortly after she was released early from a rehabilitation program and served two weeks of a 90-day jail sentence for violating her probation in the 2007 case.\nHopefully she\u2019ll get it together this time,even thouh we won\u2019t be surprised if she didn\u2019t\nVan Damme says he didn't have a heart attack\nWhat heart attack? Jean-Claude Van Damme says he's feeling fine, thank you very much -- but that might not be all there is to the story.\n\"Hours ago, I read a rumor online about me suffering heart attack!!,\" the actor's Facebook page reads. \"Please, do not believe all what you read from rumors on any unofficial JCVD sites. Jean-Claude Van Damme is 100% healthy, training well for taking the fight and sending his fans & friends much love.\"\nTwitchFilm.net reported Tuesday that Van Damme had suffered a minor heart attack the previous week in New Orleans, on location for his film, \"Weapon.\" A Ministry request for comment Tuesday from a Van Damme rep wasn't answered, but MTV News was told in an e-mail, \"He is okay.\"\nNow, TwitchFilm said its original information came off a Van Damme fan discussion board, where an administrator identified a minor heart attack as the \"complication\" in New Orleans that forced the crew to film scenes without the star -- and a look at the ongoing exchange at VanDammeFan.net is pretty interesting.\nSheldon Lettich, who wrote Van Damme's \"Bloodsport,\" \"Lionheart,\" \"Legionnaire\" and \"Double Impact,\" participates on that fan board, according to his own website. In response to forum members who questioned the veracity of the site administrator's report, Lettich posted that nobody who'd been on location had mentioned it \"because we were asked -- by JC and his agent -- to keep it quiet until they could release a statement. Guess the cat somehow got out of the bag before they could do that.\"\nLettich also posted, \"JC felt some tightness in his chest just hours after he'd arrived in New Orleans, and checked himself into a local hospital for tests.\" He noted that Van Damme's wife, Gladys, had flown in and stayed by her husband's side for the duration.\nDiscussion of the story and how it had blown up was still going strong Wednesday in that thread, which you can read for yourself here. Warning: It's a lengthy chat.\nAn e-mail inquiry to Lettich's rep for comment was not immediately returned. We'll update if we hear back.\nBeyonce reportedly pregnant!!!\nBeyonce Knowles is reportedly pregnant with her first child.\nThe famous singer \u2013 who is married to hip-hop superstar Jay-Z \u2013 was said to be shocked when she discovered she was expecting, but is now thrilled with the news.\nA source told Us Weekly magazine: \u201cB was shocked. She loves kids, but she wasn\u2019t ready to be a mother just yet. She really wanted to get her album done and tour the world again.\u201d\nAnother insider added: \u201cShe now knows this is a gift from God and she\u2019s so happy.\u201d\nFriends of the couple \u2013 who married in 2008 \u2013 have expressed their delight at the news, saying they will make wonderful parents.\nRecord executive Kevin Liles \u2013 a close friend of Jay-Z \u2013 said: \u201cJay has been all about family since I met him, and he\u2019s always going to be. I wish them the best.\u201d\nBeyonce\u2019s sister Solange added:\n\u201cShe\u2019s got the most beautiful heart. She\u2019ll be a great mom.\u201d\nGross!!! Lady Gaga's Meat DRESS!!\nAttention-Seeker Lady Gaga has once again raised eyebrows by wearing an outfit made of raw meat to the MTV Video Music Awards. The 24-year-old \u2018Bad Romance\u2019 singer wore a dress, boots, hat and purse made of animal flesh as she collected one of eight gongs on stage in Los Angeles.\nThe beef-clad pop queen linked her latest bizarre ensemble to a battle for civil rights \u2013 insisting: \u201cI am not a piece of meat,\u201d reports the Sun. She claimed it was tied in with a protest against the US military\u201ds Don\u2019t Ask, Don\u2019t Tell policy, which stops gays admitting their sexuality.\nInsisting she did not mean to upset vegetarians, she said: \u201cIf we don\u2019t stand up for what we believe in and fight for our rights pretty soon, we\u2019re going to have as much rights as the meat on our bones. And I am not a piece of meat.\u201d\nDISGUSTING!!!!!!!!!!\nKim Kardashian goes Nude for W Magazine\nLast month Kim Kardashian was blabbing about how she regretted posing nude for Playboy and pretended to be upset about new photos of her being released online. So we\u2019re a bit surprised to see her Naked on the cover of this month\u2019s W magazine\u2026\nActually we\u2019re not, Kim being the attention-whore she is was simply peeved that those new Playboy images would upstage her new set of nude photos!\nThe reality star appears on totally nude cover of the November issue of W Magazine cover for its annual art issue save for some strategically placed text boxes over her famous curves.\nAnd pictures inside the magazine spread see her completely nude except for a slathering of silver paint, showing off her huge bottom in all its glory.\nPost Category Coverpage, hot pics of kim kardashian, kardashians, kim kardashian, nudity, playboy, Sexy\nHalle Berry Sizzles at Spike TV\u2019s Scream 2010 Awards\nHalle Berry was a vision in gold as she attended Spike TV\u2019s Scream 2010 Awards in Los Angeles, California on Saturday night (October 16).\nSkipping out on the red carpet, the Oscar-winning actress took the stage at The Greek Theatre to speak to the audience during the pre-recorded annual ceremony.\nDoes she ever look bad?\nTeen Sex Addict Gets Tyra Banks in Trouble\nJust because Tyra is off the air doesn't mean the drama is over just yet.\nTyra Banks is in hot water over a segment on her defunct talk show that focused on teen sex addicts.\nThe mother of a 15-year-old who appeared on the episode is suing the supermodel for $3 million, with claims that her daughter didn't get her permission to go on the show.\nPregnant Celine Dion Hospitalized!!\nC\u00e9line Dion is taking a pregnancy precaution.\nThe Grammy-winning singer has been admitted to St. Mary's Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., to prevent the early delivery of her twins, according to a statement released by her rep.\nThe decision was made on the advice of Dion's physicians so that she'll be in close contact with her doctors, who can properly observe the 42-year-old leading up to the babies' arrival.\nHer rep insists Dion's hospital stay should not be cause for alarm, saying that this is merely \"the standard of care for any patient with twin pregnancy in this clinical setting.\"\nDion and her husband, Ren\u00e9 Angelil, are already the proud parents of 9-year-old Ren\u00e9-Charles.\nRest easy, C\u00e9line!\nInteresting facts about girls....\nGuys never notice differences in their friend's appearance unless the difference is too obvious (like a very poor haircut that leaves the scalp like a partially mowed lawn). But with girls, it's not the case... Try walking to your friend who is a girl (the phrase girl friend avoided for obvious reasons) with a small stain on your shirt which is usually unnoticeable. Chances are that you would get caught within the first couple of minutes.\nGuys try their best to be caring but come on... they are not designed for that! Girls often tend to care more than what you want them to and often that makes them question every 10-15 seconds about your wellness. If you are down with fever and you let your best friend who is a girl (quite funny to type) know, chances are that you'll end up answering the phone at least 20 times that day!\nChildishness:\nAlmost everyone has some childishness in him/her. The famous quote \"There is no point growing up if you cannot be a child at times\" is an illustration of that fact. However, the proportion of girls I've observed to be childish is much higher than what I observed in guys!\nEven the most silent girl is highly talkative within her group. With guys a reserved guy is a reserved guy wherever he is but with girls, a reserved girl acts differently when she is with her friends and when she is in a larger gang.\nPossessiveness:\nI might be generalizing a bit too much here. But many girls are possessive about their friends and belongings! At least that is my observation.\nA girl who stays at home knows much more than a guy who is hanging out most of the day!\nIndependently dependent:\nGirls seem to depend on someone way too much either emotionally or personally but at the same time they easily switch preferences. Someone who was inevitable a couple of years back becomes a good friend today and a good contact tomorrow. At any point, a person who shows a lot of interest on her is always considered the best by a girl! Again, may be I'm generalizing... But that's something I observed out of my experiences.\nEmotional handicap:\nWith the brain being locked in an emotional trap, girls usually end up taking decisions purely out of their heart which in most cases will not be correct. Ironically, even after realizing that they made a mistake, it is next to impossible for them to correct that.\nHypocrisy when it comes to guys:\nGirls enjoy guys falling for them but many do not want to reveal that. A beautiful girl almost always confirms that the guys around her are interested in her through unnoticeable gestures. Guys however strong just start shaking at the sight of a beautiful girl staring at them and get caught. But a girl never reveals anything more than a smile at the corner of her lips... Gets hard for the guys to assess her pulse\nKim Kardashian\u2019s 30th Birthday Bash\nKim Kardashian celebrated her 30th birthday at Tao Nightclub in Las Vegas on Friday night (October 15). Surrounded by dear friends and family, the reality star said: \u201cI have mixed feelings. Sometimes I\u2019m like, \u2018Oh my god, I\u2019m turning 30,\u2019 and I\u2019m freaking out. Like, it sounds so old. And then the other half of me is like, I feel so accomplished and it\u2019s really no different than 29.\u201d\nPost Category Birthdays., Celebrity, hot pics of kim kardashian, kardashians, kim kardashian, Kim Kardashian\u2019s 30th Birthday Bash\nJessica Simpson Is In Love!!!\nJessica Simpson, 30, opened up about her new men of several months Eric Johnson. She told People: \u201cAs far as Eric and I go, we\u2019re just best friends. He\u2019s my dude! I love him.\nTomorrow we\u2019re having a long day off. He loves art. So, we go to art galleries, and he loves photography. It\u2019s cool.\nThis [relationship] is just normal, thank God. He\u2019s very, very supportive. [I] couldn\u2019t ask for a better man in my life right now.\nI never go to that because I already went there, so, I\u2019m not gonna jinx my own self. He\u2019s the one for me right now! I\u2019m very happy, I\u2019m in a great place and if right now could last forever, I\u2019d take it.\u201d\nAccording to reports by the US Weekly, singer Christina Aguilera has separated from her husband Jordan Bratman for \u2018a few months\u2019. They also have a son together \u2013 Max, who is 2 years old. They met for the first time 8 years ago. They dated for a while before deciding to tie the knot in 2005.\nThere were reports that the 29-year-old singer and the 33-year-old music executive Jordan Bratman have already been separated for a few months. The reason responsible for the separation is yet to be clearly known.\nIt does seem surprising that the couple decided to separate for a while, because some time ago, in an interview the singer had said that she was very happy in her marriage.\nHowever neither Christina nor Jordan have firmly decided whether they want a divorce or not. According to sources, this is just a trial separation and they both want to see how things turn out eventually.\nAccording to sources, \u201cThey were very much in love. But over the last six months, it became clear they were more like friends than husband and wife.\u201d\nThe singer also tried to rekindle the romance in their marriage with a proposed vacation but things didn\u2019t turn out the way that she expected.\nRapper T.I. jailed for 11 months after violating probation with drug arrest\nNew York, Oct 16 : Rapper T.I. has been sent back to jail for 11 months for violating probation with drug arrest.\nT.I., whose real name is Clifford Harris, Jr., previously served behind bars for 10 months on federal weapons charges, reports the New York Daily News.\nA federal judge revoked the rap superstar's probation in reaction to his arrest last month in Los Angeles on suspicion of drug possession, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office said.\nBefore the judge's ruling, the Grammy winner had pleaded for mercy, telling the court that he needs help for drug addiction.\nThe rapper and record producer documented his drug addictions and legal problems on the MTV reality series, \"T.I.'s Road to Redemption.\"\nBrett Favre has More Mistresses Than Tiger Woods???\nBrett Favre is said to have a toilet seat list of mistresses more so than Tiger Woods! OMG! Looks like we\u2019ll be writing more of Favre for a while.\nOne of the top celebrity scandal attorneys tells Kikster; \u201d I have been approached by numerous females claiming that they have had affairs with Brett Favre. We are doing our due diligence on the matter, but from the looks of it\u2026 Brett is going to give Tiger a run for his money.\u201d\nJustin Bieber Assaulted A Boy At Laser Tag?\nJustin Bieber linked to an assault investigation by the RCMP in Richmond, Vancouver. According to police, the owner of the laser tag center ejected 16-year-old Bieber who was with his two bodygurads.\nA staff member who wished to remain anonymous told Zack Taylor that \u201cthe 12-year-old kid was surrounding Justin in the corner with his other little friends and shooting him during the game with their laser guns. Justin did what any other person would do during a laser tag game, and was just trying to get away from getting shot at and accidentally hit the kid while running away.\u201d\nLady Gaga\u2019s photoshoot....\nLady Gaga posed for renown photograph David LaChapelle along with Kanye West \u2026 I guess she forgave him for dumping her and canceling their world tour; after all she\u2019s doing well by herself.\nAnyway we just had to show it. No matter how much she provokes.\nFunke Akindele robbed\nDare devil-armed robbers, last week, robbed star actress, Funke Akindele at gun point in Ojodu area of Lagos. The popular actress, popularly known as \u2018Jenifa\u2019 was returning home from a visit and was in the car with some people when the armed men double-crossed her car and demanded that she handed over her valuables or risk being shot.\nThe actress, it was learnt, promptly obeyed and gave the sons of the gun her Blackberry phones and a bag full of money. One of the armed men who recognized her later threw a bundle of N50 000 into the car saying: \u2018Jenifa, use that one to take care of yourself\u2019. Funke was said to have been visibly shaken after the encounter and left the venue thanking God that her life was spared.\nA close aide of the actress told Showbiz Now that the actress is still in a state of shock, lamenting the loss of enormous contacts and an undisclosed amount of money. \u2018Funke cannot talk much now o. She is still in shock but grateful no one was hurt in the car\u2019.\nThe actress, we learnt, has also postponed the premiere of her highly anticipated movie, Omo Ghetto which was to take place at the National Arts Theatre on October 24. The reason behind the postponement is still unclear and no one can say for sure if the robbery incident has anything to do with it.\nMY SONG OF THE YEAR: JAY-Z - FOREVER YOUNG LYRICS\nJAY-Z - FOREVER YOUNG LYRICS\nCossy detained!\nCommotion Cossy as we\u2019d like to call her because of her now legendary brachial attributes, is a personality many husbands, bachelors and young men would want to read about anytime of the day. And as a personality, Cossy has become an item many a wife would not want on their menu list or served up their tables even for breakfast.\nBut rather than tormenting souls with her \u2018huge mammary gift of nature\u2019 Cossy Orjiakor the Boobs queen has been cooling her feet at the Ilasan police station, Jakande First Gate on the Lagos Island. And for more than 34 hours she did just that behind the counters.\nProblem started when a suspect was caught trying to break into her Ilasan residence. The locals in the area who knew the actress very well descended on the suspect and took to the street code of conduct by meting out the ever popular jungle justice even before Cossy could appear on the scene. She was said to have gone out for her daily business.\nAccording to her, she called the police but was told that the police had no vehicle that could travel up the bumpy road to her house.\nThey prevailed on her to wait until they could get a good SUV that could manage the road.\nThe so-called help did not come and she had to dial 767 for help and she was advised to take the suspect to the police station by herself.\nShe said \u201c I felt very uncomfortable but accepted to help as the Baale of the Ilasan at this time was also involved\u201d.\nSo, with the Baale and the many locals who had come to help her she headed for the Ilasan Police Staton.\nUnknown to her the Divisional Police Office of the Station, a certain Mr. Ekpo had other ideas. The moment they dragged in the suspect the D.P.O. accused them of taking the laws into their own hands by meting out justice on the suspect and concluded the suspect was not caught in the act at all.\nAfter being delayed for more than three hours, she called 112 and somehow her gesture was misunderstood by the DPO who charged her for assault.\n\u201cImmediately after this, the suspect was released and allowed to go and treat himself in some undisclosed hospital\u201d Cossy revealed. \u201cThereafter, I was detained with the Baale and we have remained behind the counters for the past 32 hours\u201d, an angry Cossy confirmed to this writer on Wednesday evening\nWhen Showtime got in touch with the DPO, Mr Ekpo of Ilasan police station, the police officer confirmed the story and agreed the sexy actress has been in their custody for sometime but debunk the allegation that he has held her and the Baale unlawfully.\nAccording to the DPO \u201c They had apprehended an innocent man and had beaten him thoroughly without no just course. As a police officer it is my job to investigate and I have investigated that no one had any proof that the suspect in question is a buglar\u201d.\nYet coming from Cossy, the Baale and a handful of the local it is evident that they have been held under detention for more than 32 hours. This has probably put paid to all the plans for the sultry actress to celebrate her birthday today, Ocober 16th.\nAlicia Keys Welcome Baby Boy.....\nAlicia Keys gave birth Thursday to Egypt Daoud Dean, her son with producer husband Swizz Beatz.\n\"Swizz 'Kaseem Dean' Beatz, 32 and Alicia Keys, 29 welcomed their first child together, a son Egypt Daoud Dean on October 14th in New York City,\" a rep for the couple confirmed to MTV News. \"Egypt is welcomed by Beatz's three other children.\"\nOn Thursday, Swizz hit Twitter and reflected on his good fortunes: \"I'm so thankful for everything I been blessed with in my life wowwwwww! #realtalk\"\nSwizz has two sons, Kasseem Jr. and Prince, and a daughter from previous relationships; Egypt is Keys' first child. The couple announced they were expecting in late May, at the same time they revealed they were engaged.\nKeys and Beatz got married July 31 at a private home overlooking the Mediterranean Sea in a ceremony presided over by Dr. Deepak Chopra.\nA few weeks after the pair announced their engagement, Swizz gushed to MTV News about working with his lady the studio. \"Me and AK, we just love music,\" Swizzy said. \"When we in the studio, we work on a lot of things that ain't planned. We was just in the studio vibing on some stuff for her album, vibing on some stuff for my album. We might use it, we might not use it. 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(Image courtesy of NASA.)\nThis course contains labs, assignments, projects, and related resources dealing with aircraft and rocketry design concepts.\nThe fundamental concepts, and approaches of aerospace engineering, are highlighted through lectures on aeronautics, astronautics, and design. Active learning aerospace modules make use of information technology. Student teams are immersed in a hands-on, lighter-than-air (LTA) vehicle design project, where they design, build, and fly radio-controlled LTA vehicles. The connections between theory and practice are realized in the design exercises. Required design reviews precede the LTA race competition. The performance, weight, and principal characteristics of the LTA vehicles are estimated and illustrated using physics, mathematics, and chemistry known to freshmen, the emphasis being on the application of this knowledge to aerospace engineering and design rather than on exposure to new science and mathematics.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 2269, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 298.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://oldconceptcars.com/1930-2004/neri-bonacini/neri-bonacini-studio-gt-1968/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:30:55Z", "digest": "sha1:AJFBPEDTNCCQXVWECJ2RHVVKXSOPY7JC", "length": 2472, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "oldconceptcars.com", "title": "Neri & Bonacini Studio GT (1968) \u2013 Old Concept Cars", "raw_content": "2015.12.21 Neri & Bonacini\nNeri & Bonacini Studio GT (1968)\nAs early as 1966, Neri & Bonacini began development of their very own car. Before this, the pair had rebodied a number of Ferrari chassis, producing the notorious Breadvan and gorgeous Nembo Spyders, but the Studio GT was an all-new design. To Neri & Bonacini, it was the ideal Italian sports car, having small proportions, a mid-mounted lightweight engine and stylish aluminum body.\nCalled the Studio GT Due Litri, Neri & Bonacini began their project by constructing a sheel-metal tub with a complex lattice-steel structure to support the outer body. Front and rear square tube subframes supported a custom suspension with specially cast uprights. The engine bay had enough room for several different engines.\nThe initial idea was to use the power plant from the Flavia V4, but production was ending so several others were tested. These included the Taunus V4 as well as a potent ATS V8.\nA plaster body buck was created that formed the shape for many prototypes to follow. The overall lines of the car had sweeping curves and they were not too far from the which was released in the same year.\nThe first Studio was finished and used for several test configurations. Before the second car was completed, Neri & Bonacini ended their partnership to pursue different ventures. Giorgio Neri went to DeTomaso where he completed the second Studio GT prototype.\nThe second car was different from the first, featuring electric pop-up headlights, a fully trimmed interior with adequate sound deadening and full bank of instrumentation. The car was used to test several engines, but ended up with the Lancia Flavia V4 which was the original plan for the car.\nWorking for Road & Track, Peter Coltrin kept in contact with Neri & Bonacini during the build process for the first two cars. At that time the second fully-functioning prototype was for sale as well as everything else needed for series production. Giorgio Neri related he was \u201cHappy that the car came out so well, even if it does no go into production.\u201d\nBoth the first two cars survive and remarkably the second car is currently in untouched, original condition. It was purchased by John Mastroianni Sr. of Auto Turismo & Sport Ltd. in New York without windows. It has since been refurbished, but not restored. It was displayed in this condition at the 2001 and 2009 Greenwich Concours d\u2019Elegance.\nColtrin, Peter.\u201dStudio GT Due Litri\u201d. Road & Track. October 1968.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 40, "original_length": 5756, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 324.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://omnihealthpractice.com/2018/03/31/real-world-evidence-lower-in-hospital-mortality-risk-with-prior-noacs/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:22Z", "digest": "sha1:3KS67HHCKBPIBSO6MT56ZW4K434GEBGB", "length": 10184, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "omnihealthpractice.com", "title": "Real-world evidence: Lower in-hospital mortality risk with prior NOACs | Omnihealth Practice", "raw_content": "In the past few years, the use of non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs), instead of warfarin, in atrial fibrillation (AF) patients at high risk of thromboembolic events has remarkably surged.1,2 NOACs appear to have a favorable safety profile, but the annual risk of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) remains a concern.3-6 Surprisingly, a large, real-world retrospective study presented at the International Stroke Conference (ISC) 2018 has revealed that suffering an intracranial hemorrhage (ICH) while taking NOACs was associated with lower mortality, when compared to those taking warfarin.7 The study was concurrently published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.7\nReal-world evidence on ICH related to use of OACs\nBeing a crucial independent risk factor for stroke, AF accounts for a 5-fold increase in ischemic stroke risk.8 If patients are deemed at high risk (i.e. CHA2DS2-VASc score \u22652), oral anticoagulants (OACs) are indicated for the prevention of thromboembolic stroke.9 Although both NOACs and warfarin are indicated for such prevention, physicians are often concerned about the increased risk of bleeding and the lack of specific reversal agents for most NOACs, as immediate management is necessary for life-threatening bleeding (such as ICH).10\nAlthough randomized clinical trials have shown that patients receiving NOACs are less likely to suffer from ICH as compared with those receiving warfarin,3-6 the number of patients enrolled in these trials were relatively low, and they may not fully reflect real-world use. \u201cWe were interested in real-world outcomes in individuals who had sustained an ICH and how this is affected by whether they were taking an [OAC] and which type of [OAC],\u201d explained Dr. Gregg Fonarow from Ronald Reagan University of California, Los Angeles, US, who is also the senior author of the study.10\nIn-hospital ICH with prior warfarin showed the greatest mortality risk\nTo investigate the association between prior use of OACs and in-hospital mortality among patients with ICH in the real world, researchers conducted the retrospective cohort study with the data from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association: Get With the Guidelines-Stroke (GWTG) registry, which included 141,311 patients admitted to hospital with an ICH.7 Among these patients, 15,036 (10.6%) were taking warfarin and 4,918 (3.5%) were taking NOACs prior to ICH occurrence (defined as within 7 days before arriving at a hospital). Moreover, 39,585 (28.0%) and 5,783 (4.1%) patients were taking concomitant single and dual antiplatelet agents respectively.7\nThe unadjusted in-hospital mortality rates were 32.6% for patients taking warfarin, 26.5% for those taking NOACs, and 22.5% for those not taking any OACs, but the ICH stroke severity was not significantly different across the three groups.7 Of note, patients with preceding use of warfarin or NOACs were significantly older and had a higher prevalence of AF and prior stroke.7\nAfter adjusting the baseline characteristics and comorbidities, the mortality risk was higher for patients with prior use of warfarin (+9.0%) and those with prior use of NOACs (+3.3%), using patients not taking OACs as baseline. When the warfarin patient group was used as the reference baseline, both patients with prior NOACs or not taking OACs demonstrated a lower risk for in-hospital mortality (Table 1).7 The lower mortality risk in NOAC-treated patients was still observed when it is compared with that in warfarin-treated patients (whose international normalized ratio [INR] levels were within the therapeutic range [2-3]).7\nIn fact, idarucizumab, a specific reversal agent for dabigatran (a NOAC), was commercially available in the US during the study, but 63% of patients were admitted before its approval.7 Nevertheless, the investigators found that \u201cthe preceding use of NOACs was associated with lower odds of mortality and disability compared with prior use of warfarin for which an established reversal strategy could be applied.\u201d7\nInterestingly, prior use of concomitant antiplatelet therapy led to a significantly higher in-hospital mortality among patients with preceding warfarin only.7 The investigators noted that such observation could be due to the smaller sample size of patients with preceding NOACs.7\nExpert opinions for the study implications\n\u201cIn contrary to what many physicians think, that suffering an ICH while taking warfarin type [OACs] may be safer than with NOACs because of the availability of specific reversal agents, we actually showed the opposite. In our study, outcomes were actually better in patients suffering an ICH on NOACs than on warfarin,\u201d commented Dr. Fonarow.10\nDr. Robert P. Giugliano from Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital, Boston, US, applauded the reliable study results, and believed that the totality of the evidence has been well showcased. \u201cNOACs reduce ICH and death, and these two observations are tightly connected since ICH carries such a high mortality rate (ranging from 30% to more than 60%, depending on the population studied). I am hopeful that clinicians will find these findings, along with the prior data, compelling and accelerate the use of NOACs in place of vitamin K antagonists, such as warfarin, for stroke prevention in patients with AF.\u201d10\nDr. Giugliano also mentioned that these results are strongly associated with four landmark trials of the NOACs. \u201cThese [results] showed that NOACs reduce intracranial hemorrhage by approximately 50% and all-cause mortality by 10% compared to warfarin. Furthermore, from the ENGAGE AF-TIMI 48, we observed that the reduction in death was mostly attributable due to fewer intracranial bleeds \u2014 the most feared complication of anticoagulant therapy. It was reassuring to see that this was confirmed in a more general clinical setting.\u201d10\nSeveral limitations of the study, however, were pinpointed, one of which was the potential confounding factor that might impact the comparison among the three groups of patients. Prof. Magdy H. Selim, the professor of neurology and chief of the division of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, US, explained that \u201cthe problem with GWTG registry is what is excluded from the database, and there are a number of factors that may have affected the results. One of the most important ones is the lack of information on whether or not a patient had a preexisting do-not-resuscitate order that could have limited whether they would have received aggressive care.\u201d11\nOn the other hand, the investigators likewise acknowledged that timing of the last OAC or antiplatelet agents prior to ICH, as well as the dose of NOAC or antiplatelet agents, were not available in the retrospective analysis. Hence, patients might have received a lower dose of NOACs owing to renal dysfunction or concomitant antiplatelet therapy, leading to a better mortality outcome.7\nTherefore, Dr. Selim believed the findings solely reaffirmed the current perception of ICH risks by NOACs and warfarin. \u201cAs neurologists, we already know that the mortality of anticoagulation-related ICH is high. The reluctance of some physicians to prescribe NOACs is largely because there hasn\u2019t been a reversal agent, but that is rapidly changing. Previous small studies have indicated that survival is better in patients who have been taking NOACs compared to warfarin. I think the main message here is that we should use NOACs because the risk of ICH is lower, not because they are associated with lower mortality after ICH.\u201d11\nDr. Fonarow elucidated the hesitation of physicians prescribing NOACs due to the lack of specific reversal agents. \u201cWe already know that NOACs are associated with less likelihood of developing an ICH vs. warfarin-type agents, but there has been some concern from physicians that if an ICH does happen\u2026 outcomes may be worse on NOACs, as patients on warfarin can be given a vitamin K reversal agent to help stop bleeding, but until recently, there hasn\u2019t been any specific reversal agents available for these new drugs.\u201d However, Dr. Fonarow believed that the current findings may substantiate the use of NOACs over warfarin.10\n1. Marzec LN, Wang J, Shah ND, et al. Influence of direct oral anticoagulants on rates of oral anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017;69(20):2475-2484.\n2. Gadsb\u00f8ll K, Staerk L, Fosb\u00f8l EL, et al. Increased use of oral anticoagulants in patients with atrial fibrillation: temporal trends from 2005 to 2015 in Denmark. Eur Heart J. 2017;38(12):899-906.\n3. Connolly SJ, Ezekowitz MD, Yusuf S, et al. Dabigatran versus warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation. N Engl J Med. 2009;361(12):1139-1151.\n4. Granger CB, Alexander JH, McMurray JJ, et al. Apixaban versus warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation. N Engl J Med. 2011;365(11):981-992.\n5. Patel MR, Mahaffey KW, Garg J, et al. Rivaroxaban versus warfarin in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. N Engl J Med. 2011;365(10):883-891.\n6. Giugliano RP, Ruff CT, Braunwald E, et al. Edoxaban versus warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation. N Engl J Med. 2013;369(22):2093-2104.\n7. Inohara T, Xian Y, Liang L, et al. Association of Intracerebral Hemorrhage Among Patients Taking Non-Vitamin K Antagonist vs Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants With In-Hospital Mortality. JAMA. 2018;319(5):463-473.\n8. Wolf PA, Abbott RD, Kannel WB, et al. Atrial fibrillation as an independent risk factor for stroke: the Framingham Study. Stroke. 1991:22(8):983-988.\n9. Kirchhof P, Benussi S, Kotecha D, et al. 2016 ESC Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation developed in collaboration with EACTS. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2016;50(5):e1-e88.\n10. Lower ICH Mortality Rate With NOACs Than Warfarin. Medscape. 2018 (Accessed February 26, 2018, at https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/892636).\n11. ONLINE FIRST: In the Clinic-Intracerebral Hemorrhage: In-Hospital ICH Mortality Worse with Warfarin than NOACs, Researchers Find. Neurology Today. 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You think that because high school was such a breeze that you must have stellar study habits and practices, right? You must have it all figured out already, right?\nYou see, college is hard. No matter where you go or what major you have, college is worlds away from any sort of high school education. All those study methods and habits you thought worked so well don\u2019t exactly compute with the oodles of homework, tests, and term projects piled on your plate.\nSo you get to college and it feels like your brain is going to explode with all of the tasks you have to complete in addition to actually attending and paying attention in class. It feels like your brain is full; you can\u2019t possibly fit any more information in there.\nWell, here\u2019s the thing, that feeling that your brain is full, you have this concept called working memory to thank for that.\nWorking memory is very similar to the familiar idea of short-term memory, but working memory is the portion of the memory processes where either new information, or information pulled from long-term memory, is manipulated and processed (1). A simple example of the function of working memory is when you solve a double-digit addition problem in your head; you have to hold onto the remainder of the single digits added together while you solve the rest of the equation.\nNow, there\u2019s a trick with working memory. It\u2019s the general assumption that there\u2019s no limit to the amount of memories we can contain, right? Well, working memory actually does have a capacity (2). There\u2019s no way to officially determine the amount of cap space available for working memory (it\u2019s not like you can calculate that a particular person has 1.21 gigawatts worth of memory space). But, generally, students can be sorted into the categories of high capacity working memory and low capacity working memory (3). This essentially means that some processes and reasoning tasks use up more available space in working memory, leaving less space for other tasks.\nYes Doc Brown, your capacity for memory really is that exciting.\nAnd, here\u2019s the kicker, there seems to be no way to truly improve or expand your working memory space, if you have been cursed with a lower working memory capacity.\nBut don\u2019t go jumping for joy just yet if you believe you\u2019ve been blessed with a high capacity in working memory. The results of recent psychological studies indicate that in high pressure situations (like a college-level test or final exam), performance was almost identical between high capacity working memory participants and low capacity working memory participants (4). We\u2019re all in the same boat when it comes to exams we \u201cforgot\u201d to study for.\nBut, and all of your previous teachers may have been onto something here, the basic idea behind making working memory work more in your favor is: PRACTICE.\nTo help explain this, there\u2019s this psychological term called automaticity. Yes, it sounds really fancy, but it just means when a skill or procedure is mastered so well that it no longer requires conscious, effortful cognitive processing (4). To make it even simpler, this means that practice could actually mean perfect. What practicing different tasks as a student (be it arithmetic, unit tests, etc.) does is it makes it easier to connect different concepts in your memory, binding them together, simplifying remembering bigger chunks of information (2).\nWithin working memory, there are three subdivisions of the processes memories and information here can go through: the phonological loop, the visuo-spatial sketchpad, and the central executive (1).\nIf you cut open your brain, this is exactly what it looks like actually.\nFirst is the phonological loop, where verbal and auditory information is held and processed. According to a recent psychological study, adults with normally functioning memory systems have more durability for verbal/auditory information than they do for visual information (4). For a new college student, this means that repetitive remembering (in the phonological loop) creates stronger memories and stronger bonds between related information.\nThe visuospatial sketchpad holds and manipulates information of the visual and spatial variety (as you probably could\u2019ve guessed). An interesting thing to note for all you college newbies out there, it actually inhibits your working memory load to combine rehearsal from the phonological loop while trying to hold onto information from the visuospatial sketchpad (5). From this, I suggest you utilize verbal and auditory rehearsal to practice material, since this portion of working memory takes up less of the available space in working memory capacity, allowing you to manipulate and process more information at once.\nWhat this also means, is that if you\u2019re trying to balance a task that requires the visuospatial sketchpad (say, for instance, watching the next hit Netflix television show) while also working on a task that requires the phonological loop (like studying your notes for your big test in two days that you do not feel prepared for at all), you\u2019re probably not going to retain as much of your study material as would want. This is because it becomes very hard for your brain\u2019s working memory to hold on to information in the phonological loop while also trying to hold onto images in the visuospatial sketchpad (5). So your mom was right all along about watching TV and doing homework (or rather, not doing homework).\nFinally, the central executive is the big boss in charge of controlling both of the aforementioned parts of working memory (1). Unlike boss Ron Swanson of NBC\u2019s Parks and Recreation, the central executive delegates the amount of working memory capacity dedicated to different tasks from either the phonological loop or the visuospatial sketchpad, thus actually getting things done. Now, the central executive, like Ron Swanson, is not without faults. It does not always give more focus to the task of greater importance (3). For instance, even though studying and practicing for that huge psychology test you have the next day might be at the top of your priority list, your central executive might give more attention to that hilarious episode of Parks and Recreation you\u2019ve been trying to only listen to in the background of your studying.\nRon Swanson, like your working memory, actually does love to solve riddles. It was made for solving riddles.\nSo when you leave all of your studying until just before the impending doom of a unit test or a final exam, all you\u2019re doing is hoping your brain is very good at consolidating all that information into long-term memory, or hoping that you can keep all your material spaced perfectly in your working memory until you\u2019ve finished your test. Now you know, there\u2019s no secret to studying faster and still retaining what you\u2019ve learned, it really is, just practice, practice, practice.\n1.) Baddeley, A. (2010). Working memory, thought, and action. Oxford: Oxford UP.\n2.) Cowan, N. (2016). Working memory capacity: classic edition. New York: Routledge.\n3.) Levin, E. S. (2011). Working memory: capacity, developments and improvement techniques. New York: Nova Science Publisher.\n4.) Dehn, M. J. (2011). Working Memory and Academic Learning: Assessment and Intervention. Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.\n5.) Sims, V. K., & Hegarty, M. (1997). Mental animation in the visuospatial sketchpad: Evidence from dual-task studies. Memory & Cognition,25(3), 321-332. doi:10.3758/bf03211288\nCategoriesMemory, Study Skills Tagsauditory rehearsal, automaticity, binding, central executive, cognitive psychology, college freshman, college study skills, efficient studying, high capacity working memory, long-term memory, low capacity working memory, memory, memory storage, performance, phonological loop, practice, processing, rehearsal, short-term memory, study habits, study skills, study tips, task switching, visual rehearsal, visuospatial sketchpad, working memory, working memory capacity\n2 Replies to \u201cSo You Think You Can Study Correctly\u201d\nAshley Gottardo says:\nI really liked how you guys explained working memory and made it easy to understand. It is definitely helpful to give a real life example of how this can affect and improve your studying. The purpose of your post was very clear from the beginning and that makes it much easier to follow along!\n-Ashley Gottardo\nJeileen Belen says:\nWhat sets this article apart from all of the others was the title. I liked that the title was different; it lured me into actually reading the content. I also enjoyed the beginning paragraphs because they were very relatable. It was overall easy to read (in a good way) and it felt very conversational like an actual blog post. Great job!\nPrevious PostPrevious What a Cue Can Do For You\nNext PostNext How to Ace Your First College Exams With Dual-Coding", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 158, "original_length": 11650, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 334.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://onlyhuman2.swanpsych.com/2017/12/03/interfere-with-interference/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:43Z", "digest": "sha1:EMBQYLRPXRC3LU6Q75M36F3YD5CCWXRQ", "length": 9849, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "onlyhuman2.swanpsych.com", "title": "Interfere with Interference \u2013 Only Human 2.0", "raw_content": "Posted on December 3, 2017 December 4, 2017 by mmonroe15\nInterfere with Interference\nBy Mecayela Monroe\nIt\u2019s your senior year and you have one last final to take before you say goodbye to those high school halls and hello to a brand new school, town, and group of people. It is the toughest one yet; 100 multiple choice questions! You studied those flashcards last night and looked over them one more time at lunch. There is an overwhelming feeling of confidence. The test finally gets over and you happily acknowledge you had almost every answer memorized. Now that that\u2019s over, it\u2019s time to throw those flashcards away and enjoy summer.\nI have bad news though. That method of memorization solely for the test won\u2019t get you far in college. College curriculums are based on retention, not regurgitation. It is education for your career so short-term memorization isn\u2019t going to cut it. High school provides students with a lot of skills but, generally speaking, high-level analytical thinking is not one of them. In order to succeed, college students must understand, retain, and apply information which requires more than just flashcards with definitions. My hope with this post, from one college student to another, is to provide you with the awareness necessary to recognize and overcome the interference problem that occurs when new education is presented.\nWhat happens with new information?\nWhen first learning new information, it is stored in our short-term memories (STM). STM is the system involved in storing small amounts of information for a brief period of time (1). The ultimate goal is to transfer that new knowledge to long-term memory (LTM). One way of doing this is by a method called chunking. Chunking is using what is small units, like words, and combining them with larger meaningful units, like phrases and sentences (1). Referring back to some notes I\u2019ve taken in a CognitivePsych. class, the more chunks in STM leads to more opportunities for intermingled confusion. This particular confusion is called interference and is a key contributor to lack of recall ability in STM.\nInterference is one of the occurrences that causes forgetting of information. It is broken down into two categories: proactive interference (PI) and retroactive interference (RI). PI is when something you have already learned interferes with your ability to recall more recent events. An example I was given in my Cognitive Psych. class was it being more difficult to learn Spanish if you had previously taken a French class. RI occurs when it is difficult to recall past knowledge because of new knowledge you have learned. An example for this that I was given in the same class is it being difficultto recall your old phone number when remembering your current phone number.\nOne study that helped prove the idea of interference was that of Keppel & Underwood (1962). Throughout their experimentation, Keppel & Underwood found that their participants\u2019 memory for the first trial was high, even when being tested after an 18 second delay. The drop-off in memory came in later trials. This observation suggested that the reduction in memory was not from decay, but rather to proactive interference (1). In other words, the delay did not have as much effect on memory as did the amount of new information the participants were given. In the first trial, all they had was the memory of that one list of words. Down the line, the amount of information just kept growing which created the interference, therefore the confusion.\nWe are at a prime age in our lives to absorb and retain as much information as possible. The older you get, the more interference will affect your memory. It has been suggested that the differences in memory span we see in various ages may be due to \u201cdifferences in theability to overcome interference rather than to differences in capacity\u201d (2) . Learning what it is and implementing counteraction methods early on will prevent as much affect.\nWhat can I do to stop interference?\nYou cannot completely get rid of interference. It is simply part of our cognitions. There are ways to reduce the effect of interference though that have been proven through various studies. In one study (Kane and Engle, 2000), an experiment was conducted in order to determine the relationship between individual differences in working-memory (WM) capacity and susceptibility to proactive interference(3). WM is the cognitive system used for \u201ctemporary storage and manipulation of information for complex tasks such as comprehension, learning, and reasoning,\u201d (1). In their experiment, the participants were asked to tap their fingers in a specific sequence during recall of lists of words they were given. It was either a \u201ccomplex\u201d or \u201ccascade\u201d tapping condition. It was explained in the discussion of the study that \u201cthe complex-tapping condition provided an attentional burden, or \u2018load\u2019\u201d while the cascade-tapping condition \u201cresembled the complex-tapping condition but was not as demanding,\u201d(3) . The results from this study showed that those with high WM span had better results under the \u201cnormal\u201d circumstances than they did under the \u201ccomplex\u201d ones.\nThe reasoning behind this falls in the use of controlled attention. Those with high spans use controlled attention to have higher resistance to PI under normal conditions, but dividing your attention makes that task harder to do. Consistent with these findings are those of Cindy Lustig, Lynn Hasher, and Cynthia P. May. Through experiments, they came to similar conclusions as Kane and Engle. It was suggested that the \u201cability to manage PI contributes significantly to span performance,\u201d and that the \u201cability to resist interference is related to overall span performance,\u201d (2) .\nThe point to take away from all of this is that when studying or doing homework, try to limit the amount of tasks you\u2019re doing (i.e. texting, talking to a friend, or watching a movie). It takes focus to be able to use controlled attention, but having that ability limits the effects of proactive interference in your memory.\nAnother speculation is that a higher degree of learning counteracts retroactive interference (4). One way to ensure a \u201chigher degree of learning\u201d falls in associations with the information. If you make those connections between your personal and academic life, recall can be better. In a sense, take something you may not find intriguing and tie it to something in your life that you do.\nBy associating the word \u201cchunking\u201d with the idea of sugar making you chunky, Lex has a connection for better retention.\nNot all interference is bad though\nIn some cases, interference is facilitative, meaning, that in some circumstances, the interference of other information in the brain can assist in learning (5). For example, taking an Algebra 2 course can be made easier by what you remember from Algebra 1. \u201cPrevious knowledge may also assist category learning (Murphy & Allopenna, 1994)\u201d which is the ability to categorize information in your brain and then build on those categories as more information is learned (5). An example is in order to retain that a dolphin is a mammal you must first be able to recall what a mammal is. This is where the interference positively comes into play. Interference can also assist in the \u201clearning of causal relations (Griffiths, Sobel, Tenenbaum, & Gopnik, 2011)\u201d (5). This type of learning is talking about cause and effect relationships. In order to understand the effect of a specific event, one must first understand the cause of it. Interference can help rather than hinder by memory of what the cause was.\nBeing in college is hard. When researching more into this topic, a specific example of interference in my life kept coming to my mind. I have a history minor so I\u2019m taking three history classes right now. I confuse information between them all the time. Making it even harder is the fact that I have the same professor for two of my classes. I\u2019ve experienced the not so good effects of interference, like asking about the Treaty of Versailles from WWI in my French Revolution class because of what I was learning in my U.S. History class. I\u2019ve also experienced the positive sides of interference by being able to connect certain subjects between classes. (Sidenote: bringing in outside information makes you look even smarter which then helps you make nice with the professors). The most important thing to remember as a college student is that you honestly can do it. Some days require more work than others, but it is never impossible.\n(1) Goldstein, E.B. (2015). Short-term and working memory. In M.C. Tropp (Ed.), Cognitive Psychology: Connecting Mind, Research, and Everyday Experience (pp. 126). Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning\n(2) Hasher, L., Lustig, C., & May, C.P. (2001). Working memory span and the role of proactive interference. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. vol. 130 (2), 199-297. DOI: 10.1037//0096-3445.130.2.199\n(3) Engle, R. & Kane, M.J. (2000). Working-memory capacity, proactive interference, and divided attention: limits on long-term memory retrieval. Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition. Vol. 26 (2), 336-358. DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.26.2.336\n(4) B\u00e4uml, K-H.T. (2014). Revisiting an old issue: retroactive interference as a function of the degree of original and interpolated learning. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. Vol. 3 (3), 380-384. DOI: 10.3758/BF03210765.\n(5) Darby, K.P. & Sloutsky, V.M. (2015). The cost of learning: interference effects in memory development. J Exp Psychol Gen. vol. 144 (2), 410-431. DOI: 10.1037/xge0000051.\nCategoriesMemory Tagscognition, college freshman, How to, interference, learning, recall, short-term memory\nPrevious PostPrevious What is your learning style?\nNext PostNext How to wisely spend your time in college to do well in classes", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 144, "original_length": 12460, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 282.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://onlypromdresses.com/findadress.php?pg=1&price=25&terms=TROPICAL&terms2=TROPICAL", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:01Z", "digest": "sha1:T7SNNALLNKBSKZ6TMGZBX6NNPLDWMVJX", "length": 222, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "onlypromdresses.com", "title": "$25-$50 Tropical Print Tropical Print Dresses at Only Prom Dresses", "raw_content": "We have 270 $25-$50 Tropical Print Tropical Print Dresses.\n$25-$50 Tropical Print Tropical Print\nThe price range of the tropical print tropical print $25-$50 dresses is from $25.00 to $49.99 with an average price of $35.47", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 239, "original_length": 3287, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 314.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://onthelineministries.com/the-wrath-of-god/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:32Z", "digest": "sha1:KRK2QF2NX2MANYKLRGASPSO3MBDPB7P3", "length": 16339, "nlines": 58, "source_domain": "onthelineministries.com", "title": "The Wrath of God - Does God Send Natural Disasters to Punish People?", "raw_content": "It isn\u2019t hard to see that God has created a place called hell to punish the wicked. But, does God punish people for their sins before they die? Does He still punish entire nations of people? Is the wrath of God displayed here and now?\n\u201cIs God punishing me?\u201d I can\u2019t tell you how many times I\u2019ve been asked this question. It breaks my heart every time. When a person loses a loved one, a job, or anything else that is dear to them it is a normal question to ask. But, it is asked out of a grief-stricken heart. It isn\u2019t asked out of curiosity. It\u2019s a complaint from the bottom of the heart. It is a \u201croot of bitterness\u201d being planted.\nIf you are asking that question today I want to tell you that God takes no pleasure in the suffering of anyone. He even tells us that it isn\u2019t even right to take pleasure in the death of the wicked (Ezekiel 18). No suffering is pleasurable to us, or to God. But, out of suffering He will bring joy. Trust in that.\nI can\u2019t tell you if what you are going through is a result of your sins or not. But I can tell you that even though God does let us face consequences here on earth, not all suffering is because of our own personal sins. Sometimes we suffer because of the world we live in. It\u2019s the world that God will change, and the hurt you feel will become nothing more than a bad dream.\nBut, let\u2019s take a close look at the question itself. People use the term \u201cact of God\u201d to define a natural disaster or an odd situation where there is some kind of destruction. But does the Bible really teach us that God is doing this? Are natural disasters the wrath of God? Is the suffering of people around the globe His wrath?\nTo answer that question we are going to examine several passages in the Bible. Keep in mind that the God in these passages is the same yesterday, today, and forever. That means He has not changed in His mercy, long-suffering, love, or His anger and wrath. What He did before He will do today if He so chooses.\nThe First Time God Showed His Wrath\nAdam and Eve were in the garden when God\u2019s wrath was first seen. The punishment for their sin was death. They did die that day. Their bodies took on death. Their skin cells died, their hair, teeth, everything took on the slow decay of death. It is only by the mercy of God that our bodies heal themselves.\nWe are all, literally, the walking dead in our bodies. On top of our skin is a small layer of dust. Do you know what dust is? It is dead skin. The only reason we don\u2019t fall into a heap of dust at this moment is the mercy of God. He gives our bodies the power to regenerate moment by moment.\nSo in all of this do you see the mercy of God? He could have simply let us fall into the dust right then and be done with us. But He didn\u2019t! What did He do instead?\nHe gave Adam and Eve time. He asked, \u201cAdam, where are you?\u201d It wasn\u2019t because God didn\u2019t know. It was because God was giving Adam time to repent. So instead of immediate judgment, God gave time for mercy. He still does that today.\n17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.\nBut, even though God had mercy on them they were still punished. He sent them out of the Garden of Eden and stripped their power over the earth to command it as they would. Now we have to fight and work with the earth to grow food and provide.\nGod punished them. But God didn\u2019t unleash all of His wrath upon them. They could have been in hell at that very moment. But God takes no pleasure in punishing people.\nThe question is HOW did God give them mercy? It is true that God is love, but He is also a judge! The only penalty set for breaking the law is death. How could they receive death and yet still be alive?\nThe Substitution\nAdam watched the animal take the penalty of death for him. Suddenly, the wrath of God has calmed down. The sacrifice that the animal (let\u2019s say it was a lamb) had made to take the place of Adam now covered Adam\u2019s nakedness. It also hid the sins of Adam.\nWas God cruel in this? What had the lamb done to deserve death? Nothing, and that is the point. God loves us. He loved Adam. The Bible says that we are worth more than the animals to God. But the sin of Adam required death, total and complete death. Eve couldn\u2019t pay that debt for Adam because she had sinned too. Adam couldn\u2019t pay the debt for Eve for the same reason.\nBut the lamb was without guilt. The lamb didn\u2019t have to die for its own sins. If it did then it would have to die twice! But, you only die once. So it became a sacrifice for Adam and Eve. It took the required, total, and complete death in place of them.\nDon\u2019t think for one second that God doesn\u2019t care about the animals, though. He does. In fact, He says this in the Bible:\nGod does care. But despite what anyone may have told you, your life is worth more to God than that of an animal.\nWe see in this that our sins require justice. One day the skin clothing would fade away, and Adam would be naked before God again. So he needed to continually make a sacrifice to cover his nakedness, his sins. But for us, we have Jesus! A sacrifice that will never fade away. The Bible tells us that after His sacrificial death He now LIVES forever!\nIn the story of Adam and Eve, we see 3 things. We see that there is an eternal consequence for sin called death. But we also see that there is a more immediate consequence as well and that our sin doesn\u2018t just affect us. The effects of that sin forced them, and their descendants, out of the garden and into hard labor. And the third thing we see is the mercy and long-suffering of God.\nDoes God Punish Others for Our Sins\nKing David is a great example of this. When he sinned he also asked for forgiveness. God did grant that forgiveness, but there were still lasting consequences of that sin.\n8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly. 9 And the Lord spake unto Gad, David\u2019s seer, saying, 10 Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. 11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Choose thee 12 Either three years\u2019 famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the Lord, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.\nThis is what God said to David after David numbered Israel. David had repented and asked for forgiveness, but there was still a consequence of his sin. We see here that though God is full of mercy we still have to face the consequence of sin, at least in a smaller way.\nNow, let\u2019s think about that sacrifice again. It died because of the sins of someone else. Here in the story of David, we find that thousands die because of the sin of David. We can either think that God is cruel, or we can try to understand why.\nIt wasn\u2019t the people that were guilty of David\u2019s sin. But they were still affected by it. That is the exact point! God is showing David, and us, that our sins do not only affect us! Our sins affect everyone and everything around us!\nAdam ate from the tree and doomed all men to being subject to death. David counted the number of people in Israel against God\u2019s orders and doomed thousands to death. The effect of sin doesn\u2019t stop with you! It has ripples of evil that spread through eternity.\nTry to understand this one thing. ALL are appointed to death. We ALL deserve death. God is the one who chooses our time. So why should we think it is cruel if God chooses our time to be used as a lesson? Why would we not want our death to have some good come out of it? And, if we are innocent and right before God then we lose nothing! To live is Christ, but to die is GAIN.\nGod was not punishing these people. They were not guilty. But He was using their time and method of death as something that would bring about good.\nSo God does not just wipe away the consequence for us. For example, when someone commits a crime they are sent to prison. They may repent in prison, and God will forgive them. But they still have to live with the consequence of jail time while here on earth.\nSome may say this means God did not really forgive. But this is not the case. God did not kill David that moment or send him to hell. But God did allow some pain to come to David. Why?\n6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?\nYou can paraphrase this by saying God will give you a spanking. This isn\u2019t for the purpose of destroying you. It is for the purpose of teaching you.\n\u201cBut I apologized and I said I wouldn\u2019t ever do it again!\u201d That may be something a child would say to his father before getting a spanking. But if that father wants his child to understand that there are real consequences for a sin he will have to spank him anyway.\nWhat if the father just says, \u201cIt\u2019s ok as long as you know better now?\u201d That child is going to think that they can get away with things just by apologizing later. That isn\u2019t the way it works! So God teaches us that it isn\u2019t ok to do something now just because we know He will forgive us!\nSometimes we like to say that we are going through a \u201ctrial of our faith\u201d when the reality is that we are dealing with the consequences of our sin. I have heard people claim that Satan is putting them through a trial and they try to rebuke him, \u2026 but the trial they say is from Satan is really because they committed a crime, and are now facing jail time and fines. You can\u2019t be a criminal and blame your consequence on Satan trying to \u201crob you of your faith.\u201d\nThat situation was because of their sin, not because God is letting Satan try them like Job. God is letting them deal with the consequences of their own sins. They really need to stop claiming it is some unknown spiritual trial they are going through. Sometimes bad things happen because we are stupid and make stupid choices. What we sow we will reap.\nDoes God Send Natural Disasters\nDid God send that last big hurricane or earthquake to punish the people for their sins? We hear that a lot. Every time something major and catastrophic happens. Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the gulf coast of the United States of America in 2005, almost wiped the city of New Orleans off of the map.\nHaving lived just 144 miles away from New Orleans at the time I can tell you that it was a bad situation for everyone. But was it the wrath of God against New Orleans for the wicked sins of the city? Many people claimed it was.\nWhat does the Bible have to say about it, though?\n6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; 7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: 8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) 9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:\nMost people know what happened to Sodom and Gomorrah. The entire cities were burned to ashes with fire and brimstone. Everyone died, \u2026 except for Lot and his daughters. They survived by being led out of the city first.\n15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. 16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. 17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. 18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord: 19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: 20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live. 21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken. 22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.\nThen we read about the plagues of Egypt. After that, we read about earthquakes, and so on. In fact, in the book of Genesis God sends a flood over the entire earth! YES! God DOES send natural disasters as punishment for the sins of people! But these things are NEVER the will of God.\nThese things are not always a direct result of the current sins of the people either. You can\u2019t say that a hurricane is the wrath or judgment of God upon a city just because you think the city is full of sin. Guess what, ALL of our cities are. So yes, sometimes God does send these things. But no, it isn\u2019t always the case. It would be best not to put words into the mouth of God. So if God hasn\u2019t thundered from heaven that such a thing is judgment then do not claim that it is.\nBut just like the situation with David, there is good that can come from it. If the sin of Adam and Eve caused hurricanes, floods, tornados, and all kinds of things like that then why blame these things on God? It wasn\u2019t God that caused it. God does use it, though!\nDestruction is ALWAYS the result of sin! But it doesn\u2019t mean it is from our own sins. Before Adam and Eve committed their sin we did not have death and suffering. But after they sinned the earth was cursed. Thus, we now suffer natural disasters, poisons, and all kinds of deadly things.\nNone of that is what God had wanted for us. It is all the result of sin. It is our consequences. Like the criminal, I mentioned earlier, when we commit a crime we have to deal with the results of it, whether we are free from the wrath of the judge or not.\nWhen a drunk driver kills someone and gets an easy sentence from the judge they still have to live with the memory that they took someone\u2019s life. And the consequences of sin reach farther than you may know! Most drug addicts don\u2019t believe they are hurting anyone else. But their families and friends are suffering from their actions.\nEvery sin results in a chain reaction of evil. That reaction lasts forever. This is why the torment of those not found in the book of life lasts forever. Because the result of their sin continues. Adam and Eve sinned by themselves. But because of that sin, there are countless people that will choose to continue in their own sins and will end up in hell. Can you imagine the thought of knowing you had a hand in helping someone end up in hell?\nSin is far more dangerous than we want to believe! But the mercy of God and His grace can save us and them. But, it is important for us to understand that it is OUR SINS that have a lasting effect.\nSo remember that God doesn\u2019t punish because He wants to. God punishes to bring something good out of the evil in the world. And, sometimes the things that happen are not a direct punishment from God, but they are still a result of sin. 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They are all Old Etonian type bumbuddies of Lords and MP's alike. None of the law makers have any interest in reforming the Criminal Justice system on a serious scale as its their bread and butter and power base.\nViva Revalution... Its the only way.\nPC A Hunn\nNottsSarge said...\nYou're right - whenever the 'Criminal Justice System' is reformed, it means, almost without exception, that Police and sometimes CPS procedures will be changed. Again.\nThere is no change beyond that, because there is no desire to reform the jolly old system that a great many MPs studied at Oxford and Cambridge before taking office. It's been around for hundreds of years, so it must be right as it is...\nFor all that Streamline Process cut back on pre-trial bureaucracy, as soon as it's in Court we're back to the old ways.\nCrown is even worse, especially for committal hearings. They have already been found guilty, you don't need a full file. Except, apparently, you do, because you always have done and therefore that's correct.\nDuring my service I have noticed a shift in public attitudes towards the lack of 'justice' in the system. When I started, the perception was that it was the fault of the Police that trials broke down, sentencing didn't reflect the offence etc. Of course, sometimes it was our fault but not that often. These days, the public have cottoned on to the fact that the real issues are elsewhere. \"You do your bit, but then the Courts let them out\" is something I hear more and more. Many clamour for a Royal Commission on the Police. Maybe there should be one for the Court system first\nGood post Bloggsy. There are only three comments so far, but I agree 100% with every word that has been written.\nThis country IS in a mess, which does need to be sorted out, from the top down. Vince Cable hit the nail on the head in an article he wrote in the Mail on Sunday. Pity that the LibDems do not have more support at present, as I'm sure they could do a lot better than the other two 'old nags' who like to hold all the power over us all.\nThe Judiciary have always been rather 'untouchable' when it comes to their wrong doing and mistakes.\nIt was like that in the 1950's and probably well before that, when the 'ruling' classes regarded the lower classes as peasants.\nChild sexual abuse [and worse]was covered up in the 1950's, by the Home Office, BECAUSE Judges, and other members of the judiciary [et al] were involved. It's still going on today, in this so called age of equality. Such hypocrisy.\nOne rule for them, and different rules for everyone else. The status quo remains unchanged, despite the best efforts of many 'survivors' of that sort of abuse. Who is to blame for this scandal? Vested interests in government, past and present.\n'Time for a Change'? Tory mantra..... 'A Fairer Future For All? NuLabour Mantra...Total spin and utter rubbish, from BOTH paries, who seek to maintain their cosy [for them] system, whilst the people suffer for their mistakes.\nAnd that should have read BOTH PARTIES.....\ngood blog friends! Post your article which is also useful for readers and to share information or experiences you have. I will visit your blog again. thank you very much. i love you full http://www.male-sexual.com\nCarneades said...\nI have sat in court and heard a defence solicitor telling a magistrate that his client had not been in trouble with the police since the incident in question, with no recourse whatsoever for me to leap to my feet clutching the defendant's police print screaming \"Damned lies!\"\nBut the prosecution ought to have been more on the ball, so that wouldn't have been allowed to slip through.\nJust because a defence advocate offers it in mitigation doesn't mean the magistrates/judge places any weight upon it, and for that matter it's possible for him/her/them to consider so called mitigation as an aggravating factor......\nCarneades, that would rely on two things 1) the CPS prosecutor having a clue about the suspect or their history beyond that of the court PNC print, which they don't and 2) the CPS prosecutor listening to the Police officers, which again they don't. It's a game between the defence and the prosecution, nothing more.\nHere's an idea. In these days of shadow charging, a CPS lawyer reviews the case at an early stage, identifies the strengths and weaknesses of the evidence, sends back the wish list to get the gaps filled and signs the file through with an informed opinion of the case, the level of public interest in pursuing it, the appropriate charges (and sometimes some other options), the pre-cons of the suspect etc.\nUp to this point, there is dialogue between the OIC and the reviewing lawyer. Would it not therefore make sense for the same lawyer to prosecute the case?\nInstead, you're likely to get someone who has maybe read the MG5 on the morning of the trial, has no idea of the ins and outs and whose best chance of resolving the job is to suggest it's complicated and requires an immediate adjournment for them to get their head round it.\nOfficer in the Case, Lawyer in the Case. Simples? Might need to adjourn myself to consider the compelling arguments why such a thing would never work, no Constable ('It's Sgt actually'), no, far too busy, you don't realise...\nR/T said...\nI paraphrase an entry on IG -\nPolice - \"You're taking the piss\"\nPublic - \"That seems wrong\"\nBeaks, etc - \"That seems entirely reasonable\".\nT'was ever thus (at least after PACE when we stopped prosecuting our own cases).\nI don't work in criminal justice but I am an expert witness in civil cases and after 26 years or so of doing that I think Notts Sarge has a very good point.\nIt is my observation that successful cases are usually the ones where the same \"team\" have dealt with the case all along - having one lawyer stick to the case from start to finish helps hugely. At least as a witness in the case you get an understanding of where the lawyer is coming from and they get to understand you. You needn't like one another but continuity of involvement helps to establish a professional working relationship, I can see that the same would be true in criminal cases too.\nPurpresture\nPS. Isn't it very old-fashioned to call a Police Officer a woodentop - not to mention gratuitously insulting?\nBig Fella in Blue said...\nPete, none of us profess to be in possession of an english degree. Im not well educated but I dont need to be as I can speak to people and thats the main part of my job. Theres always a spell checker!! Anway back to the topic -\nI think the magistrates and judges should be looked at for their decisions. The public always have a go at Police for rapists attacking again or burglars moving onto even more serious offences. Its the Bench and parole board that let these people out early or with no conditions not the Police. We dont convict people the courts do.\nI am constantly dealing with the same persons week in week out and nothing happens to them. I understand the maximum for theft is years not months but most of the shoplifters get no custodial whatsoever. And these are prolific not just a one off.\nSome good may come from the Venables 'rehabilitation' saga, if an enquiry looks hard enough and there is no whitewash.\nCalling someone a woodentop within the organisation is an insult.\nFrom outside I think it's just envy for the uniform I wear with pride.\nBut yes, very old-fashioned. An episode of Life on Mars too many I suspect.\nPurpresture - seems obvious doesn't it, the best way to win a case is to have worked on it throughout, spotted the holes and pitfalls, so come the day you are prepared. That's exactly what the defence will be doing. I don't think I've ever been to a trial where the defence lawyer has only seen the file that morning...\nI still think that such an idea would be met with much tutting, shaking of heads and sharp inhalations of breath.\nThe wheels of justice don't always grind exceeding small, sometimes they just grind to a halt.\nWhat about moving to a system similar to the US, where Magistrates are voted in, and can be voted out. This would at least create some accountibility, if they don't do the job in a manner which reflects the wishes of the public, they get voted out, and they will be replaced with someone who will. Simple.\nI'm not sure that voting for Judges and Magistrates is the way forward. It may appear to fit nicely in the whole 'justice for the people, by the people' thing but I'm not sure it would lead to better decisions, just expedient ones based on the mood of the people at the time. We already have trial by media, whether the system likes (or acknowledges) it or not.\nWhatever Venables has or hasn't done, an elected judiciary with one eye on re-election would be forced to hang him from the nearest lamppost.\nI'm not sure what the answer is when is comes to judicial accountability. An independent review body to examine 'rogue' cases? CPS can already appeal against lenient sentences...\nUnless there is a wholesale shake-up (which might not be a bad thing) the only people in a position to review the Judiciary are... Senior members of the Judiciary. We're back where we started...\nCiaran Fagan said...\nI'm a reporter and I've heard a lot of mitigation speeches in my time.\nOn occasions I've been tempted to break into spontaneous applause at the inventiveness of some of the lawyers.\nOh look, I do a blog too.\nwww.leicestermercurypolice.blogspot.com\nMy favourite quote by a defence brief was 'the reason my client keeps on appearing at this court is because the police keep arresting him'. True. OK Pete, marks out of 10?.\nCiaran Fagan - Are inventive mitigation speeches good copy? I know the Police have an uneasy relationship with the media at the best of times but it would be nice to shift the spotlight to some of the other parties in the system sometimes, especially the defence.\nFor example, being a drug addict isn't mitigation, it's an aggravating factor, surely.\nThere's probably a book in it for you, see Bloggsy for a potential publisher.\nLet's all sit and listen to 'The Trial' from Pink Floyd's 'The Wall'. Art imitating life?\nThe idiot trolls are spoiling this post Bloggsy, which is a shame. Anyway.... Back on track.....\nThere is NO way that Peter Sutcliffe should be let out of jail. A life sentence for murder, should mean a whole LIFE spent locked up, to protect the public.\nIt is quite clear to most people, that so called monitoring of those who have committed violent and sexual crimes, is not good enough. There is no excuse for this sort of negligence by the government, who are ultimately responsible for keeping the public safe from dangerous criminals, murderers and rapists.\nThey have FAILED to ensure enough prison spaces and appropriate punishments and sentences for violent and sexual crimes. They have FAILED to provide adequate funding for the agencies who are tasked with 'monitoring' these people when they are let loose on the public, after a too short a period in prison.\nBut God help the struggling single parent, or anyone else on the breadline, who fails to pay for a TV licence, because they will be sent to prison, for that 'awful' crime against society of watching TV without an expensive licence! The same applies to OAP's who cannot afford to pay their inflated Council Tax bills. Justice?\nThe recent case of Jon Venables has prompted a lot of discussion in the media, which is no surprise.\nThere was an interesting article in the Mail [Weds 10th March] by a Dr Ludwig Lowenstein, one of Britain's leading experts on paedophiles. The article headline states... \"The sorry truth is many sex offenders CAN'T be rehabilitated.\"\nDr Lowenstein states in his article, that...\"Apart from lengthy jail sentences, the only other way to deal with these people is through chemical castration.\" He says that the idea of giving these offenders a pill or an injection to destroy their ability to have intercourse, always provokes fierce objections on the grounds of civil liberties. But such outrage ignores the liberties of their victims.....For him, a child's right to protection is far more morally important, than the freedoms of a paedophile.\nDr Ludwig Lowenstein goes on to say that chemical castration still requires a high degree of supervision of the offender, and is not a permanent solution. Indeed.\nAs a child victim of rape, and the further abuse of paedophiles lies to cover their own miserable backsides, and to manipulate the system; I do feel fully qualified to offer a solution to this problem of deviants in our midst.\nThe ONLY way to deal effectively with sex offenders, is to SURGICALLY CASTRATE THEM, not \"chemically\", but by removal of their means to harm others, due to their twisted evil perversions, and their cruel and callous characters. Rapists and paedophiles really DO NOT give any thought nor consideration to what the impact of their deviant lust has upon their victims. Those who commit violent and sexual crimes against others, especially against children, forfeit ANY protection of their \"human rights\", because their behaviour is that of a BEAST.\nIf government is genuine in its concern about this problem, which destroys lives, they will implement this solution as a very robust method of changing the behaviour of perverted abusive men.\nGovernment have ALLOWED this problem of deviant sexual offences to escalate since the 1950's, rather than face cold hard facts and deal with the matter properly.\ncircus monkey said...\nMy tried and trusted alibi is: \"I was riding round on my tricycle wearing spangly shorts at the time the aforesaid offence M'lud and, by the way, there were over 200 witnesses\"\nRe-reading Bloggsy's inital piece on this, it strikes me that the failing in the system comes down to the issue of privilege.\nThere are some valid reasons why some of our institutions, notably the Courts and Parliament, have rights of privilege - if you had to consider whether your comments were libellous/slanderous every time you asked a question or challenged something in the House of Commons, for example.\nIt seems that this extends (or is made to extend) to reduce accountability in some public offices. Some MPs are trying to dodge the expenses scandal because they claim Parliamentary Privilege protectes them. Likewise, Legal Privilege protects Judges, jurors, solicitors etc. So while things can be publically reported, they can't be made publically accountable. I don't know enough about constitutional history to know when a lot of these privileges were set, but it's a fair assumption that they offered protection to a social elite who have since never really relinquished their exemption from accountability in office. You only need to look around the Inns of Court in London to see how these people have set themselves apart from the masses.\nIt comes down to a battle between modern public accountability and vested interest, which will come dressed in a wig, claiming hundreds of years of history, Magna Carta and the like.\nWhat odds will you give me?\nSergeant Knothead said...\nAh, so finally.\nThe first step to moribund. Comment Moderation.\nNow you will go the same way as TUPC and all the rest of your cohorts whom I have broken, Madam Author.\nWith the time-delay now built in and the short attention/ gratification span of your average contributer Soon the number to sustain this \"blog\" of yours will fall below sustainable critical mass.\nMoribund indeed\nI shall bury you.\n(BTW: you are a poor writer, too. A real one-trick pony. You half-educated Bimbo)\nLast reader, I have turned on moderation on numerous occasions, no doubt when you were on holiday and away from the server from which you like to post. I've decided not to block your IP/IPs as that would mean blocking others using that server, of which there are a few, but it doesn't bother me deleting your posts from time to time. I feel sad that you waste your time writing them.\nAnd I don't need comments to sustain the blog, but I like getting them. I really don't care what you do, but thought I'd give the rest of my readers a break from you for a bit. Still, it will be Easter break soon.\nVery important points in this post Bloggsie - pity about the idiot. Too many problems are seen as 'police problems' when the rest of the system is more to blame.\nIt's too hard to get anything done and the resources are generally being spent well away from the real problems. Many dangerous people are being dumped amongst us, often next to those least able to cope with them, by worthies who will never have to put up with them.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 242, "original_length": 28429, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 304.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Army/USMA/AOG_Reunions/33/Walter_Hatch_Lee*.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:21Z", "digest": "sha1:7FUIU23XA7FKKFVHWHWF5N6B6YQAMOYW", "length": 5005, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "penelope.uchicago.edu", "title": "Walter Hatch Lee \u2022 Obituary Notice (Association of Graduates USMA, 1902)", "raw_content": "Lieutenant Walter Hatch Lee.\nThe preceding image, and the text that follows, are reproduced from (the report of the) Thirty-Third Annual Reunion of the Association of the Graduates of the United States Military Academy, June 9th, 1902.\np43 Walter Hatch Lee\nNo. 3998. Class of 1901.\nKilled in action, June 10, 1901, at Lipa, Batangas Province, P. I., aged 23.\n\"Another name has been added to the honored roll of the sons of North Carolina who have given up their lives for their country, and another son of West Point has yielded up the extreme measure of a soldier's devotion, and by the highest test proven his loyalty to the motto of his Alma Mater: 'Duty, Honor, Country.' \"\nWalter Hatch Lee, the son of James Hardy Lee and Sarah Allen Lee (Hatch), was born on August 31st, 1878, at Glencoe, North Carolina. Glencoe is a few miles west of Asheville, at which place his father was born on August 6th, 1850, and in which place, with the exception of a few years spent in Mobile and New Orleans, his father has always lived.\nIn September of 1888, young Lee entered the Ravenscroft School in Asheville, an exception having been made for him in the usual age limit of fifteen years. Though then only ten years old, his manly bearing soon won for him the respect of all his schoolmates, and his sweetness of disposition won alike the love of his schoolmates and teachers. In the fall of 1893 he entered, as a day scholar, the Bingham School, also in Asheville, from which institution he graduated on June 1st, 1897. Up to the time of Lee's entrance, no day scholar had been entitled to hold office in the military organization connected with the school, but in recognition of his military bearing and excellent record, an exception was made in the rank of corporal, which rank Lee held during the remainder of the course, the old rule being reinforced after his graduation.\nIn the spring of 1897 a competitive examination was held in Asheville for the appointment of a cadet to the Military p44 Academy. Lee entered the competition and won the appointment. He entered the Academy on June 19th, one of the younger members of a very large class. From the very first he was a first section man, and throughout his whole career he stood near the top of the class, graduating five, one of the star members of his class.\nIn February, 1901, there being a great need for officers, it was decided that the first class, of which Lee was a member, should graduate immediately. On February 18th he received his diploma and was assigned to the Corps of Engineers. After twenty days' leave he sailed for Manila on the United States transport Hancock, arriving in Manila Bay on April the 19th, and joining the company to which he had been assigned, on April 26th. From Manila he was ordered to Lipa, Province of Batangas, on duty in connection with the repair and construction of roads and bridges. About one week after his arrival at Lipa he accompanied, as a volunteer, a detachment of the Twenty-first Infantry, about fifty strong, under the command of Captain W. H. Wilhelm of that regiment, which went in search of some rifles reported to be in the hands of the insurgents, under Malvar, in the vicinity of a barrio \u2022about six miles from Lipa. The detachment encountered the enemy in a strong position soon after daylight on the 10th instant, and an engagement followed early, in which Lieutenant Lee was wounded in the left hand. Although three fingers of his hand were carried away he declined the assistance of a soldier, who attempted to bandage his wound, and continued firing with a rifle obtained from a disabled man, resting it across his arm, his left hand being useless. Thus he fought, until at the end of nearly half an hour he received a severe wound in the abdomen from which he expired within thirty minutes. While directing the moving of Lieutenant Lee to the rear, Captain Wilhelm received a wound from which he died two days later.\nLieutenant Cheney, in his report of this disastrous expedition, p45 in which every American officer engaged met his death, says: \"I visited Lipa in person on the 12th instant. The commanding officer there, Colonel Kline, Twenty-first Infantry, spoke in the highest terms of the courage and gallant behavior of Lieutenant Lee in this his first and only engagement.\" Major Clinton B. Sears, in concluding his report of the death of Lieutenant Lee, says: \"He died the death of a gallant soldier with his face to the enemy.\"\nAmong the recently built fortifications on the Pacific Coast, two batteries of the Fort Flagler Military Reservation perpetuate the names of two of the heroes of this fight in the far-away Philippines, of two men who have laid down their lives for their country and passed from this life to the next, giving as their last mortal countersign the immortal words: \"Duty, honor, country.\" Battery Wilhelm, in honor of the gallant Captain of the expedition, and Battery Lee, in honor of the brave and gallant Lieutenant, Walter Hatch Lee.\nWalter H. Lee", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 37, "original_length": 5687, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 202.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Journals/WiMH/31/Founding_of_New_Amsterdam_in_Lacrosse_County*.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:31:10Z", "digest": "sha1:SZZ25URZY7RGUMCEMLEOZTHRNAJJZW3O", "length": 43249, "nlines": 93, "source_domain": "penelope.uchicago.edu", "title": "The Founding of New Amsterdam in La Crosse County \u2014 WiMH 31:42\u201160 (1947)", "raw_content": "The Wisconsin Magazine of History\nVol. 31 No. 1 (Sep. 1947), 42\u201160\np42 The Founding of New Amsterdam\nin La Crosse County\nBy Henry S. Lucas*\nAmong the immigrants who came to our country from the Kingdom of The Netherlands during the nineteenth century were several groups of Friesians, inhabitants of the province of Friesland. The fact that they were subjects of Holland and scarcely distinguishable from other Netherlanders has caused the Americans, not conversant with conditions in Friesland, to confuse these two groups. But the Friesians really constituted a separate group even though they emigrated in company with other Hollanders and usually settled in places where Netherlanders established themselves. They spoke the Friesian tongue, a branch of the Germanic linguistic family which possesses curiously archaic forms that suggest a relationship with the Gothic tongue of the days of Ulfilas. They also had some customs which marked them as being different from other Hollanders.1 These people, like the Hollanders, formed settlements in the State of Wisconsin. This paper is the first attempt, at least in the English language, to tell something of their history, particularly of the group who in 1853 founded the Friesian community of New Amsterdam, about a dozen miles north of Prairie La Crosse.\nThe Friesians began to emigrate to the United States during 1840's, following the leadership of the Rev. Albertus C. Van Raalte who founded the large Dutch colony in western Michigan p43 in and around Holland and Grand Rapids in Ottawa, Allegan, and Kent Counties. In the settlement at Vriesland in Ottawa County a group of Friesians from Leeuwarden and near-by points, under the leadership of the Rev. Maarten A. Ypma, established themselves during the summer of 1847.2 Another group followed Rev. Hendrik P. Scholte, founder of Pella, Iowa.3 Still others, from the sections (grietenijen) of Het Bilt and Barradeel, left Friesland in 1847 but did not establish themselves as a separate colony. Finding employment in the cities along their route westward, they stopped at Albany, Toledo, and Lafayette, Indiana. In the latter place they were able to form a small Friesian community which subsequently attracted new immigrants from Friesland.4 Especially interesting is the settlement of Friesians at Lancaster, Erie County, New York, made in 1849 and of which the eminent Worp Van Peyma, a farmer from Ternaard, was a conspicuous member.5 This undoubtedly was the most prosperous of the first Friesian settlements made in this country. A Frisian named Leendert Kingma from Makkum who had travelled widely in the United States opened a brick factory and lime kiln at Wawarsing, south of Albany.6 Finally to be noted is the establishment at New Paris near Goshen, Indiana, in 1853 of a group of Mennonites from Balk.7 These people had come to avoid the military service required by the Dutch state. Conscience had moved this group to leave the land of their birth. The friends of Worp Van Peyma came for no economic reason but because of the prestige America enjoyed in Europe at that time on account p44 of Washington, Jefferson and Franklin.8 The other settlements, however, had very definite economic and religious motives.\nThe departure of these groups stimulated discussion throughout the province of Friesland of the desirability of emigration; but the numerous letters telling of the prosperous future before the settlers in the woods and on the prairies of the United States proved a veritable inducement for the poor and propertyless also to seek their fortunes in the wide and still vacant expanses of America. It is not surprising, therefore, that toward the close of 1852 there was much talk in the western parts of Friesland about emigration, especially among the poor. Oepke H. Bonnema, a grain dealer of some wealth who was oppressed by the spectacle of poverty among the people with whom he came in contact, decided to help his impoverished friends to America. Assisted by his bookkeeper, B. B. Haagsma, plans were perfected and on February 26, 1853, a group of ninety-two persons left Harlingen, a town in Friesland, situated on the Zuider Zee. Crossing the Atlantic, suffering shipwreck in the Bahama Islands, sailing by way of New Orleans up the Mississippi River, they reached Prairie La Crosse in Wisconsin on July 1.\nThe story of this interesting episode was retailed in a letter dated July 13, 1853, written by B. B. Haagsma from Prairie La Crosse to his friend P. Runia of Kinswerd. In accordance with an agreement made at the time when Haagsma came to Runia to talk over the projected emigration, Haagsma promised to write a letter shortly after his arrival in America giving a full account of his experiences. It was to be published in pamphlet form, the proceeds to help support Haagsma's father. This pamphlet, provided with a preface dated September 15, 1853, and signed by P. Runia was published by S. Houtsma in Harlingen.9\np45 Supplementing the data of this rare pamphlet is another letter written on June 29, 1853, by one H. De Jager from Galena, Illinois. This person, whose earlier history seems impossible to trace, was one of a handful of Netherlanders who had settled in Galena being attracted to that place because of the opportunities it offered for business. While in the downtown section of Galena looking after his affairs, De Jager heard that during the previous night a group of Netherlanders had arrived by boat and were stopping at the docks. This proved to be the sorely buffeted band led by Oepke Bonnema. They told De Jager the story of their experiences and, it would appear, not very coherently. This lack of coherence is due perhaps to the fact that De Jager heard the story from various lips. At any rate, De Jager hastened to pen a long letter to the editor of De Hollander of Holland, Michigan. His account seems to have gained in confusion after he heard it from the Frisians who justly were outraged by the criminal conduct of the captain who basely deserted them in the dire moment of their shipwreck.10\nAnother letter containing some interesting quotations from a letter sent by P. Runia, written by Haagsma under date of October 14, also appeared in De Hollander.11 A third letter, written by J. Bijlsma, dated June 22, contains a brief account of the shipwreck as it was told him by one of the group.12 Though much briefer, it is a sober relation and more reliable. American papers also published accounts of the disaster, sometimes in exaggerated form before complete information could be obtained.13\nIn view of the difficulty of fitting the account from De Jager's pen to the facts contained in Haagsma's pamphlet, the statements contained in the latter will be followed here. This pamphlet gives a straightforward account of what happened and undoubtedly is p46 quite reliable. Such facts of De Jager's letter as seem reliable have been used to piece out the history of the incident.14\nThere was much discussion, pro and con, in Harlingen, Kinswerd, Wolvega, and other places when the project of emigration became known. Some people approved, seeing in it an opportunity for the poor to escape the hardship of their lot. Others, however, emphasized the difficulties incidental to the emigrant's journey and the dangers of the sea on which many a ship with all on board had been lost. But such disapproving voices were in the minority, and so, on February 26, 1853, a group of ninety-two men, women, and children, in accordance with the plan they had made early in the month, boarded the \"City of Norwich\" at Harlingen, and departed at 9:00 A.M. Leaving their beloved Frisian fatherland was hard, and the last farewells provoked many a tear. A stiff northwest breeze drove them out into the Zuider Zee, and the low lying, snow-covered coast of Friesland sank out of sight. At 8 o'clock the next morning they reached Nieuwediep in the Province of Noord Holland where the vessel took on a cargo of cattle for the London market.\nCrossing the North Sea proved tedious and unpleasant. A storm made nearly all the emigrants sick. Delayed by the wind, the ship did not reach Lowestoft, their destination, until early in the morning of the twenty-eighth. Transferred to a train, they traveled by way of Norfolk to Ely where the cattle were routed to London. At 5 o'clock in the morning of March 1 they arrived in Liverpool Station.\nToo late to obtain passage on a boat that was to sail on March 2 and take them to Philadelphia,15 they had to wait until the twenty-first before embarking. Meanwhile they visited points of interest in and near Liverpool. The women of the group attracted much attention because of their traditional Frisian caps which permitted no hair to show. Their silver ear pieces and the wooden shoes worn by the men and women alike also were an p47 unusual sight. But the travelers soon found the police courteous and efficient in restraining rowdies. On their part, they were impressed by the calm of the English Sabbath.\nMeanwhile they bought foodstuffs, cooking utensils, and other things they might need on their ocean voyage. In those days ships' companies as a rule did not provide emigrant passengers with ordinary necessaries beyond water. The Friesians, however, contracted with the ship's company for half their provisions. This activity must have been a novel experience for these Friesians, few of whom had ever traveled far from home. Haagsma was struck by the bustling activity of the harbor. There were many emigrants, bound not only for America but also for Australia. In a German paper he round that thirty-four ships were lying ready in Liverpool to transport emigrants. From June 16 to December 31, 1852, he learned that 221,069 emigrants had sailed from Liverpool. On March 2, the day on which they were to have sailed 11,000\u00ba ships were said to have been anchored in the harbor.\nFinally, on March 21, the company of Friesians, now numbering 86, went on board the \"William and Mary.\" Six of their group, Veijer Schaafsma with wife and four children, discouraged by the hardships experienced on their journey to Liverpool, decided to return to their home in Harlingen.16 Bonnema paid for the passage of the entire group.17 The ship was a three-master, of 500 English tons burden, reputedly a fast sailor, commanded by a Captain Stinson.18 Its cargo was iron ore, in addition to the baggage and provisions for the passengers. Besides the 86 Frisians, there were 100 English and Irish19 and 12 German passengers. Everything was in readiness in the evening of the twenty-second, and on the following morning the \"William and Mary\" after being pulled out of her berth and inspected by a doctor, set out to sea. On the twenty-sixth the emigrants lost sight of land, and the broad Atlantic spread out before them.\np48 The voyage, until the 3rd of May when the \"William and Mary\" ran on the Isaac Rocks in the Bahama Islands, proved uneventful. The Friesians were not favorably impressed by their Irish companions. One Irish lady, on March 26, gave birth to a day, attended by the physician J. K. Van der Veer and a midwife, both members of the Friesian party. Haagsma, an ardent prohibitionist, was shocked when the Irish lady replied to the doctor on the day after her ordeal, when asked what she would like, replied \"Nothing,\" and was satisfied with drinking whiskey. \"No wonder,\" he wrote, that \"in England people refer to the Irish as cattle!\" Another Irish lady gave birth to a daughter on April 11 when the ship was near the Azores. Although Haagsma recorded no particulars of this event, he wrote, \"Those Irish, those Irish, what a strange people!\" He was impressed, however, by the Sunday calm when the sailors observed the Sabbath.\nThere was some difficulty over the distribution of the ship's provisions. This took place weekly and proved so dishonest that on April 13 one of the Friesians called the first steersman a \"thief\" who thereupon moved to draw a knife but was restrained by the captain. The voyage, however, was not a pleasant one. Fourteen of the passengers died on the sea before the group reached New Orleans, many were seasick, especially when the ocean was rough. The captain paid some attention to the sick. Haagsma states he knew nothing about medicine but that he carried in his pocket a small book whose simple rules he consulted whenever he was about to visit the sick. In case of fever he invariably prescribed ham! Haagsma noted that the captain kept no liquor on board, something he strongly approved, for drinking was the \"cause of many a shipwreck.\"\nThe \"William and Mary\" was in the waters of the Bahamas Islands on May 2. Haagsma records that the ship had sailed too far south, and not making the New Bahama Channel, steered for the Northwest Providence Channel, south of Great Bahama Island. On the following morning, islands were to be seen on all sides. The ship which drew \u2022seventeen feet of water was attempting p49 to proceed through a channel only \u2022twenty feet deep. Finally at 9 o'clock in the evening, the ship's keel hit the sands of the Isaac Rocks. The gaping hole inflicted seemed to spell immediate doom. So violent was the shock that many of the passengers were thrown to their feet or hurled from their chairs.20\nConsternation reigned, for the passengers thought they would perish immediately. Loud were their moans as they frantically crowded toward the lifeboats. They clambered into one of them, and the stout davits bent under their weight. Some climbed the mast, thinking to escape the waves. One of the boats was lowered, but the waves dashed it to splinters against the hull of the ship. A second boat was successfully lowered, and the first steersman and some sailors got into it and secured it with a line. Provisions were brought up from the hold into the cabin at the ship's stern to which the passengers were denied access. These articles were loaded into the boat. The captain told the passengers that this was necessary in order to preserve their provisions. When the boat returned, all passengers would be safely landed. In the meantime they were to pump vigorously to keep the boat afloat.21\nCaptain Stinson, as incompetent as he was villainous, had decided to desert the ship and its passengers. Distrusting his promise that he would be the last to leave the ship as well as his other claims, they kept him from entering the boat throughout the night. Meanwhile he had let out the anchors and secured their chains with bolts so they could not be cast away. The sails were abandoned, no distress signals were given. It is evident the captain planned criminally to abandon the ship, making sure of its destruction so that no trace of his cowardly conduct would remain. When morning dawned, he sought to quiet the passengers by pointing to the distant shores. Next he ordered a large boat in portside to be lowered, and four sailors clambered into it. Great was the confusion that rose at this moment. Three Friesians \u2014 O. M. Wagenaar from Heerenveen, Ulbe Bergsma from p50 Kinswerd, and Izaak Roorda from Dantumawoude \u2014 leaped into the boat, followed by seventeen Irish and English. An aged Irishman followed but missed the boat. Frantically he clutched the edge of the boat, but the sailors chopped off his fingers. He daughter who had landed safely in the boat, seeing the miserable fate of her father, filled the air with piercing wails. Unable to quiet her, the sailors were base enough to throw her into the waves. While these things were happening, the captain leaped into the other boat and cut the line with an ax. From this boat the sailors waved a farewell to the frightened passengers. This was the last they saw of Captain Stinson.22\nAbandoned in this manner the passengers determined to save themselves if possible. They pumped vigorously but were grossly annoyed by the four sailors the captain had not taken with him. They were evil characters; one of them accused of stealing was to have been put on trial in New Orleans. This person now promoted himself to the place of captain. These sailors soon were drunk, having gained access to the liquor of a German passenger who had drowned when he failed to reach the large boat that had been lowered in the portside. But the passengers worked vigorously. They cut the anchors and raised the flag of despair. The sailors who wanted to plunder the ship and so did not want to call attention to others to the plight of the passengers took it down and hid it in the cabin. One of the Friesians, Jan Jansen, replaced it on the mast. A ship appeared in the distance but apparently failed to notice them. The sea became rougher, the wind howled, there was thunder, lightning and rain. Great fear came over the miserable group. An Englishwoman, whose husband in the panic had jumped into the large boat, p51 now gave premature birth to a child. Thus passed the fourth of May.\nThe following day, May 5, was the Feast of the Ascension which they commemorated. Land still was visible, and they descried a ship whose attention they attracted by means of gunfire. It was the \"Oracle\" of the coast guard of the Bahama Islands, commanded by Captain Robert Sands, a Negro. The women and children were the first to be transferred, then followed the men. Many of them were brought to land by Negroes in small boats. By evening all were safely on Great Bahama. All day the \"Oracle\" sailed around the \"William and May,\" abandoned except for the few hands that had been left to keep her afloat by pumping. The following day, May 6, more than twenty-four hours after the passengers had been removed, the \"William and Mary\" sank. The men left to Michigan the pumps escaped by jumping into a sloop.\nHospitably received by the colored folk who on their knees thanked God for this deliverance, the passengers spent the nights of the sixth and seventh under the open sky. The Negroes were poor, and could scarcely provide them with food, but they gladly divided their scanty provisions with their unfortunate guests. Meanwhile some of the passengers had reported their plight to the consuls at Nassau. The Negroes secured ships in which the shipwrecked were brought to Nassau where all arrived by May 13. The expenses of their stay were assumed by the shipping company to which the \"William and Mary\" belonged. The citizens of Nassau provided them with shoes and clothing, and upon their departure gave a dollar to each person. The group now broke up. The Irish and English sailed away in a schooner, and the Friesians on June 1 took passage for New Orleans. The self-styled captain who had taken charge of the \"William and Mary\" was arrested and accompanied them to New Orleans where he was to face justice.\nFinally, on June 8, the ship sailed up the broad Mississippi. Next morning the captain informed the Friesians that the small boat, the second which had been lowered from the deck of the p52 \"William and Mary\" and which carried Captain Stinson and a few sailors, had reached safety in one of the harbors of the United States. Stinson had reported that the \"William and Mary\" had sunk in the waters of the Bahama Islands and that the passengers on board found their death in the waves. Only he and a few of the sailors had been able to save their lives, so fast did the ship sink. As soon as the Friesians heard this news, their captain reported in telegram to New Orleans that the passengers supposed lost were sailing up the river. On the evening of the ninth they reached New Orleans. The next morning they beheld the fair city lying \"beautiful in the golden beams of the morning sun,\" as Haagsma wrote.\nA German Society in New Orleans took keen interest in their welfare, treating them in the most brotherly fashion. They sent wagons to transport the group together with their scanty belongings to a steamship which was to carry them to St. Louis, provided them with fresh potatoes and other provisions which included twenty-one hams of the very best quality, paid their fare to St. Louis, and in addition gave to each member of the group the sum of $5.50, a total of $440. Finally the Society recommended them to the solicitous care of the Dutch consul in St. Louis. For this signal kindness the Friesians were most thankful. The help thus given made it possible for them to leave New Orleans on June 11.23\nResuming their journey by sailing up the Mississippi, the Friesians greatly enjoyed the prospect of fertile lands and thriving towns and villages. Early in the morning of June 21 they arrived in St. Louis. The unfortunates presented themselves before the Dutch consul, a man named Te Water, but his bearing contrasted sharply with the reception accorded them by the German Society in New Orleans. From the code he read to them a section relating to shipwrecked people to the effect that such persons might receive ten Dutch cents per hour, and thereupon asked them whether they were shipwrecked persons. Next he stated that if p53 they wished to return to Holland, they might obtain help; if they wished to remain in the United States, he might be able to find some work for them. The consul undoubtedly acted according to his instructions, but the Friesians were disappointed in the reception given them. According to their statements to De Jager the consul had had rumors about them, and was critical of the fact that they as Friesians drank coffee at lunch and tea in the afternoon!24\nContinuing up the Mississippi, they arrived at Davenport, Iowa, on June 28. In Friesian costume they had, as we have recounted, attracted much attention in England and undoubtedly also in New Orleans and while on their journey up the Mississippi. From the dock at Davenport, Iowa, some Friesian recognized them and most unexpectedly greeted them in Friesian, \"Wer komme jimme wei?\"\n\"Ik bin fen Wolvega,\" replied one of the passengers.25\nEarly in the morning of June 29 they arrived at Galena, Illinois. There this sorely tried group, shaken by the hardships of their shipwreck, told De Jager with understandable confusion and some exaggeration the story of their misfortunes from which we have drawn some details. Deeply stirred by what he heard he hastened, on June 29, to acquaint the editor of De Hollander with the misfortunes of these people who had lost all their possessions, and so were in dire need. He called on clergymen to make collections and asked Het Handelsblad of Amsterdam and De Friesche Courant of Leeuwarden to cooperate in such collections and forward the moneys to De Hollander. He also called upon the Dutch ambassador in England to bring Stinson to trial. Meanwhile he would help the immigrants as much as he was able.\nThus this painful odyssey came to an end; but had their friends and relatives in Friesland heard of their experiences? Veijer p54 Schaafsma who returned to Harlingen with his wife and four children informed them of the sailing on the \"William and Mary.\" During April and May, Runia eagerly scanned the news but not until June 2 did he learn of the shipwreck. Het Handelsblad carried a report that only twenty-five were believed to have been saved. On July 10 there was further report that the American bark \"Polluck\" had arrived in Liverpool with the three Friesians and other passengers \u2014 those who in the moment of panic had crowded into the boat lowered from the \"William and Mary.\" On the eleventh the three Friesians gave a verbal report of all that had happened, but unfortunately, not knowing anything about the rescue, could offer little hope that the rest of the passengers were saved. Three days later came further information taken from a New York paper stating that only the captain and a few of the sailors had survived. Finally Het Handelsblad of June 26 brought the joyful news originating in a telegram from Savannah, dated May 30, and carried in a New York paper that all the passengers had been saved. Great was the joy among friends and relatives; and on June 19, one of the pastors of Harlingen while commemorating the victory at Waterloo in 1815, publicly gave thanks to God for the rescue of Bonnema's party.26\nBonnema's original plan had been to settle in Iowa. We are not informed as to what part of that state had attracted his attention, but it may very well have been Pella in Marion County where a flourishing settlement of Friesians had been established in 1847. Possibly the pamphlets of Sjoerd Aukes Sipma influenced him. What determined him first to move to Minnesota and next to Wisconsin the sources do not divulge.27 Some of the group, including Bonnema, at once proceeded to Prairie La Crosse where they arrived on July 1. The rest, about half of the group, stayed for a few weeks, after which they rejoined their friends in Prairie La Crosse.28\n\"Seven years ago,\" wrote Haagsma, \"there was nothing at p55 Prairie La Crosse.\" Every inducement for energetic pioneers \u2014 land, forest, and business opportunities! To Bonnema this place held a promising future. He became acquainted with a Jewish gentleman named Levi who had profitably invested in real estate and was in a position to give Bonnema such information as was necessary. Bonnema and some of his followers crossed the Mississippi to investigate the lands in Minnesota opposite Prairie La Crosse. There they found an abundance of excellent land still unsurveyed, however, and inaccessible to markets. A few days later, on July 9, Bonnema again went to Minnesota and bought an \u2022eighty-acre farm from a German, \u2022three miles west of the Mississippi River.29 Later the families of Johannes Tuininga and Tjarling Tjalsma settled in La Crescent township in Houston County, \u2022nine miles west of Lake Crescent.30\nBonnema's attention soon was drawn to an attractive area \u2022about fourteen miles north of Prairie La Crosse. Covered with dense forests of oak, maple, birch, and elm, and bordering on the Black River, a tributary of the Mississippi, this region seemed to offer special advantages for a settlement. Hardly a white person had yet set foot in this area. Haagsma records that on July 13 he visited Onalaska (which he spelled Anna Lasky) and apparently made some investigation of the site proposed for settlement. Bonnema, Sjoerd Tjalsma, and Johannes Steenstra personally inspected it with the result that Bonnema bought \u2022about 800 acres in Onalaska and Hamilton townships. Later, the board of supervisors of La Crosse County in their meeting of November 13, 1857, created a new township, which was to include most of the Dutch settlement, and named it Holland township.31\n\"Our plan,\" wrote Haagsma, \"is to move on the newly purchased land on July 15.\" Full particulars were sent to The Netherlands by Hendrik de Boer in a letter dated July 15, of which either the text or a digest was printed in De Leeuwarder p56 Courant.32 Thus auspiciously began the new settlement which must have given these sorely tried immigrants deep comfort. This was the fifth settlement to be founded in State of Wisconsin by Netherlanders: that in Milwaukee to which the first Netherlanders had come prior to 1846 and in which we may include the near-by but later colony at Franklin Prairie and Town Eight being the first; Alto in Fond du Lac County in 1846 the second; Oostburg and Cedar Grove in Sheboygan County in 1847 the third; and Little Chute in Outagamie County and Hollandtown in Brown County in 1848 the fourth. The settlement in La Crosse County first was named Frisia. But this name did not last long and there is reason to believe that it never was commonly used. Descendants of the first settlers seem to know nothing of such a name. We have references to it, nevertheless, by Haagsma in two letters which he wrote from \"Frisia,\" one dated October 14, 1853, and the second, March 5, 1854.33\nThe settlers at once began building houses, and De Sheboygan Nieuwsbode of November 15 reported five board houses had been constructed from lumber brought from Onalaska. In the group were two carpenters, a wagonmaker, and a smith, besides farmers. Soon Bonnema laid out the village of New Amsterdam, on the east bank of Black River. He never intended to establish a large town; probably the proximity of Prairie La Crosse deterred him. The village plat contains five streets running north and south and six east and west. The former were named Lulop, Jelle, John, George, and Cool, the latter Levey (after Bonnema's Jewish friend), Oepke, Harmon, Main, Sterford, and Baker.34\nNew Amsterdam enjoyed some prosperity from the very beginning. Bonnema was alert in business, practical, honest, reliable, somewhat reticent and retiring. He opened the first general store in the settlement in order to supply the settlers with necessaries. He also was the first postmaster. In 1856 he gave \u2022one acre of his land for a schoolhouse site. The original structure still stands on this lot. He opened up his first sawmill in New Amsterdam p57 on the banks of a branch of Black River, with a capacity of \u2022about 10,000 feet per day. The first timber for this mill was taken from Bonnema's land. The lumber was sold, much of it being floated down Black River. After this mill ceased operations in 1868, Bonnema opened a second sawmill built on the river bank just above New Amsterdam. It suspended operations about in 1877 when it passed into other hands and began the manufacture of picket fences. Bonnema's house stood on Main Street; opposite it were his hotel, barroom, and dance hall. His grocery stood near his first mill. For years Bonnema served as town clerk and was the leading force in the community.35\nThere were other businesses in New Amsterdam besides Bonnema's. Hendrik de Boer had a blacksmithy and a tavern; Johannes Mulder had a wagonmaker's shop; Byron Mulder a gristmill and a grocery store; William Haag (\"Dutch Bill\") a butcher shop; and Sietske Mulder a grocery with postoffice (about 1880.)\nFrom the beginning there was a gradual influx of immigrants from The Netherlands. Nearly every year witnessed the arrival of people from Friesland, from St. Anna Parochie, Het Bilt, Minnertsga, and other communities. Among them were the Van Dyke, Rolsma, Roozendaal, Borger, La Feur, and Hoogenhuis families.36 Harmon Bonnema, Oepke's brother and much like Oepke in character, but a farmer, also became a member of the community. Oepke Bonnema at first did some farming, and other Friesians who came from some of the most fertile agricultural parts of the Province of Friesland at once secured farms. As the years passed, practically the entire countryside was in the hands of Netherlanders. It a prosperous community, and the village of New Amsterdam fared well. Its best years were past in 1880, however, when it numbered about 200 houses, all constructed of boards.37\np58 Being of the Reformed faith, these people had some religious services from the beginning of their settlement. But they apparently were not so firmly schooled in their religious convictions as were the Hollanders in the other settlements of Wisconsin. Haagsma complained that his friends were not nearly so faithful in their religious observance as were the sailors on board the \"William and Mary.\" He and others of the group were deeply impressed by the simple piety of the Negroes who rescued them. The fact that Oepke owned a barroom and a dance hall certainly does not argue a very firm devotion to Reformed (that is, Calvinistic) conceptions. Not until 1877 did the Reformed Church in America establish a congregation in New Amsterdam. There was much dissension in the group from the first, and they had difficulty in bringing together enough money to build a church. Later, in 1884, this was accomplished with the financial help of the Presbyterian Church.38 The congregation prospered and even produced a number of Presbyterian clergymen.\nIn general the attitude of these people toward social, political, and educational matters was moderate. Oepke Bonnema had taken up with the humanitarian conceptions current during the early part of the nineteenth century. The hardships of the life of his acquaintances had moved him to sponsor the emigration and even to pay the expenses of those who wanted to go. Haagsma, likewise imbued with humanitarianism, was an ardent prohibitionist, as we have noted. The benevolent zeal of the colored folk, revealed in their attempt to rescue the shipwrecked group and provide them with necessaries, appealed to the Friesians who carried with them their traditional Friesian love of self-reliance.39 Small wonder, therefore, that when they secured their citizenship papers, which was done as soon as possible, they expressed a decided disapproval of slavery as it existed in certain states of the Union. Their political affiliation of course was Republican, which party was just coming into existence, at that time, and has remained p59 such till the present day. During the Civil War a number of the young men of New Amsterdam served in the Union armies. One of them, Albertus Van Loon, born in The Netherlands in 1845, served throughout the war. He was severely wounded in the Battle of Nashville. Three brothers likewise served during the war, all of whom were Republicans.40\nLike many another community in the early history of our country, New Amsterdam soon reached its greatest prosperity. It rose as the lumber industry developed, but when the forests were gone, in little more than one generation, the village declined. Most of its houses dated from the period of the Civil War. As prosperity vanished, some of the houses were abandoned. Some decayed and were torn down. Others were moved to the surrounding countryside. As the population moved away, the stores also disappeared. Only one small store still stands on the townsite, its old-fashioned fixtures clearly reminiscent of better days. Today only a handful of houses remains. For the most part their architecture betrays designs dating from the decade after the Civil War. Of recent buildings there are only a few; some of the older ones have been somewhat remodeled.\nGradually, as the older people died or moved away, the Dutch and Friesian languages also passed. For years these tongues were spoken in daily intercourse. The writer in a recent visit to New Amsterdam spoke with people who could gather some thought from fluent Dutch discourse but were unable to express their thoughts in either Dutch or Friesian. Today a few of the older people still speak the language of their fathers. Exposed to American influences, which poured into the community from every side, it was impossible to continue the old Friesian and Dutch ways. The cities exerted an irresistible attraction upon the younger folks who moved away. Old forms of life and thought faded and new ones were substituted. A new cultural amalgam came into being. In this way the history of New Amsterdam illustrates p60 what has taken place in innumerable immigrant communities of the United States.41\nEmigrant List\nThe following are the names of the persons who accompanied Bonnema. Absolute accuracy in this list seems impossible to attain.\n(1) Those who died while on the journey: Gerrit Tuininga, age 3, March 30; Dirk Hofman, 26, March 30; Hendrik Spanger, 32, April 2; Antje Tuininga, 10, April 3; Trijntje Graafsma, 1, April 5; Sikke Sikkema, 3 months, April 7; Boutje Kooistra, 2\u00bd, April 12; Lijkle Tjalsma, 18, April 18; Marinus Kooistra, 1, April 18; Maaike Sikkema, 3, April 29; Rinske Westerhuis, 4, May 2; Pieter Van der Tol, 35, May 11; Jacob S. Kooistra, 43, May 16; and Sjoerd Tjalsma, Jr., 3, June 26. Total, 14.\n(2) Surviving single persons: Oepke H. Bonnema; Dr. J. K. Van der Veer; B. B. Haagsma; Jelle Gerzema; Gerrit Molenaar; Jan Jansen; D. Zwicht; Pieter Salverda; Hendrik Rienks; Bienze Rienks; Dirk Kuiken; Sjoerd Bekius; Cornelis Ploegsma; Bertus Hofstra; Jan Van der Ploeg; Maarten Van der Ploeg; Hendrik Kas; Tjipke Algera; Pietje Hollander; Sijske Heemstra; Grietje Jansonius; Metje Van der Ploeg; Boutje Van der Ploeg; and Maatje Van der Schaaf. Total, 24.\n(3) Names of families: Arjen Westerhuis, wife and four children; Bouke Graafsma, wife and one child; Herke De Jong, wife and two children; Johannes Steenstra, wife and three children; Johannes Tuininga, wife and three children; Sjoerd Tjalsma, wife and five children; Widow Jacob J. Kooistra with three children; Rients Sikkema with wife; Jan Bolkstra with wife; and Hendrik De Boer with wife. Total, 40. Total of the group, 78.\nThere were 92 in the original group that sailed from Harlingen. Veijer Schaafsma with wife and four children turned back at Liverpool. Adding to them, and to the 78 listed by Haagsma, Ulbe Bergsma, O. M. Wagenaar, and Izaak Roorda we have a total of 87 persons, which leaves five persons unaccounted for. Their names may be supplied from De Jager's letter. They are Siberen Wesselius, with wife and three children.\nDe Jager states that Bouke Graafsma had two children. For De Jager's list see De Hollander, July 13, 1853.\n* Professor Henry S. Lucas, a member of the University of Washington faculty, has recently contributed several articles on Dutch immigration to Wisconsin. This excellent sketch tells of the departure of a group of Friesians from the province of Friesland in February, 1853. After suffering shipwreck in the Bahama Islands, they sailed up the Mississippi River and established New Amsterdam in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.\n1 The United States government immigration statistics do not distinguish between Friesians and other Netherlanders.\n2 See Thede Ulberg's account of this settlement in Jaarboekje voor de Hollandsche Christelijke Gereformeerde Kerk in Noord Amerika. Voor het jaar 1883 (Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1882), 65\u201179.\n3 Sjoerd Aukes Sipma, Brief van Sjoerd Aukes Sipma aan de ingezetenen in Westdongeradeel . . . (Dokkum, 1848), and Belangrijke berigten uit Pella in de Vereenigde Staten van Noord Amerika . . . (Dokkum, 1849).\n4 J. Van Hinte, Nederlanders in Amerika. Een Studie over de Landverhuizers en Volkplanters in de 19 en 20 Eeuw in de Vereenigde Staten van Amerika, 1:127 (Groningen, 1928).\n5 Ibid., 172\u201177. See also H. P. Smith, History of the City of Buffalo and Erie County, 1:458, 755\u201156 (Syracuse, New York, 1884). Illustrated Historical Atlas of Erie County, New York, from Actual Surveys and Records (New York, 1880), 80, 82\u201183, 85 (of the platbook): De Sheboygan Nieuwsbode, Oct. 3, 1850.\n6 J. Van Hinte, Nederlanders in Amerika, 1:174.\n7 E. J. Potgieter, \"Landverhuizing naar de vereenigde\u00ba Staten, Een Brief uit Pella, door den Salamagundist,\" De Gids, 1855, Deel 1, 528.\n8 For some of these ideas in Friesland, see J. H. Halbertsma, \"Rinse Postumus, in Leven Kerkleeraar onder de Hervormde Gemeenten van Waaxens en Brantgum.\" De Virje Fries, 9:207\u201171 (1862), and \"Hulde aan de Nagedachtenis van Rinse Postumus,\" ibid., 272\u201194.\n9 Lotgevallen van den Heer O. H. Bonnema en zijne Togtgenooten op reis uit Friesland naar de Vereenigde Staten van Noord-Amerika. Beschreven door Zed's Boekhouder B. B. Haagsma (Voorheen ondermeester te Arum). Met eene Kaart. Uitgegeven ten Voordeele van den Vader des Schrijvers door P. Runia. Te Harlingen (S. Houtsma, Boek en Steendrukker), [1853].\n10 De Hollander, July 13, 20, 27, Aug. 3 and 10, 1853.\n11 Ibid., Nov. 1853.\n12 De Sheboygan Nieuwsbode, July 12, Aug. 2, and Nov. 15, 1853.\n13 For example, the Detroit Tribune and the New York Courier and Enquirer. These obtained their accounts from the Daily Picayune of New Orleans. See De Sheboygan Nieuwsbode, Nov. 9, 1853.\n14 As this account follows Haagsma's pamphlet, it seems needless to give page by page references. Whenever facts are drawn from De Jager's letter, specific references are given in the footnotes.\n15 On this point see De Hollander, Nov. 9, 1853.\n16 The name of this family is given in the excerpt of Runia's letter, dated Oct. 14, sent by Haagsma to De Hollander where it was printed in the issue of Nov. 9, 1853.\n17 De Sheboygan Nieuwsbode, June 21, 1853.\n18 De Jager writes \"Spinson,\" but was not certain of the name for he also writes \"Spenson.\" See De Hollander, July 20, 1853.\n19 De Jager states there were 175 Irish. See ibid., June 29, 1853.\n20 See De Jager's account, ibid., July 20, 1853.\n21 It is at this point that the confused relation by De Jager becomes difficult to follow.\n22 One of the sailors, perhaps the Dane \u2014 the only member of the crew the Friesians had a kind word for when they related their adventure to De Jager at Galena (see De Hollander, July 20, 1853) \u2014 according to the Daily Picayune of May 30, 1853, was responsible for the following statement: \"that the faces of the passengers when the captain and sailors had left the ship will always be in his memory. The sight has ever since that time followed him and has caused the loss of sleep. Their commotion, their groanings and cryings were terrible. The captain (that hard boiled monster) did not cast his eyes on the ship from the moment he had left it.\" See De Sheboygan Nieuwsbode, June 21, 1853.\n23 De Hollander, Aug. 3, 1853.\n24 This part of the account is drawn from De Jager's letter, ibid., Aug. 10, 1853.\n25 To the meeting of the Classis of Holland, Michigan, held on Oct. 8, 1856, the Rev. A. C. Van Raalte reported that he \"has visited the Hollanders along the Mississippi, at Muscatine, Burlington, and Keokuk. . . .\" See Classis Holland, Minutes, 1848\u20111858 (Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1943), 221. That there should be a Netherlander in Davenport in 1853 is not surprising. That he should be a Friesian ready to greet fellow Friesians in their own tongue was a remarkable coincidence.\n26 See excerpt of Runia's letter in Haagsma's letter to De Hollander, Nov. 9, 1853.\n27 De Sheboygan Nieuwsbode, Nov. 15, 1853.\n28 Ibid., Aug. 2, 1853.\n29 Ibid., Nov. 15, 1853.\n30 Anna Tuininga Brown's The Life Story of Johannes Tuininga (in manuscript).\n31 History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin (Chicago, 1881), 709; De Sheboygan Nieuwsbode, Aug. 2, 1853.\n33 De Hollander, Nov. 9, 1853, and De Sheboygan Nieuwsbode, March 21, 1854.\n34 For the plat see Standard Atlas of La Crosse County, Wisconsin (Chicago, 1906), 37.\n35 For many of the following facts we are gratefully obliged to Mr. Jewett Chalsma (that is, Sjoerd Tjalsma) of La Crosse.\n36 Among those who arrived after the settlement had been established were the following families: Westerhuis, Hoeneveld, Van der Pan, Van der Water, Hofma, De Jong, Miedema, Winselaar, Kas, Rosendaal, Mulder, Van Loon, Van Dunk, Van Dyke, De Groot, Stellingwerf, Ploegsma, De Lang, Haag, and Tjepkema.\n37 Many of the pioneers of New Amsterdam lie buried in Green Mound Cemetery, north of the settlement. There also lie Oepke H. Bonnema born 1826, died 1895, and his brother Harmon Bonnema, born 1828, died 1892.\n38 E. T. Corwin, A Manual of the Reformed Church in America, Formerly Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, 1623\u20111902 (New York, 1902), 992.\n39 For De Jager's enthusiastic comments, see De Hollander, July 27, 1853.\n40 Biographical History of La Crosse, Trempealeau, and Buffalo Counties, Wisconsin (Chicago, 1892), see name, Albertus Van Loon.\n41 The writer wishes to thank Mr. Albert H. Sanford of the La Crosse County Historical Society, Mr. Jewett Chalsma and Mr. Gijsbert Van Steenwyck, all of La Crosse, for their kind help in making this study possible.\non Dutch History", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 124, "original_length": 44226, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 311.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://pennyborn.com/discussburialcremation.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:10Z", "digest": "sha1:TYI3QCW7EIUG5YG6NWAE4O4XWSNGM42I", "length": 4780, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "pennyborn.com", "title": "When Is It Okay to Discuss Final Arrangements", "raw_content": "When Is It Okay to Discuss Final Arrangements?\nEveryone deals with discussions about death differently. Some people can discuss their own estate plan with a great amount of levity while others are moved to tears at the mere thought of their own mortality. Regardless of how you feel about discussing these types of issues, most people would agree it is appropriate to discuss your own funeral arrangements as part of making an estate plan.\nHowever, talking about final arrangements for someone else that is still alive is an entirely different matter. While it may become necessary for family members to discuss advance planning for funerals, burial, and cremation for a relative that is suffering a terminal illness or is of very advanced age, it is a fine line between what is appropriate and what is hurtful when that relative is still living.\nI recently observed a discussion among siblings about final arrangements for their parent who is in assisted living and facing high monthly bills for long term care. Their parent has been experiencing a slow decline in health, but is not suffering any particular illness. Nevertheless, the siblings discussed that they were going to prepay a funeral home for funeral services and cremation for their parent now. They even planned to order a grave marker or headstone for their parent now. This is the point at which I felt the conversation crossed the boundaries of what is appropriate. Since their parent is alive and not currently in an end of life care situation, it seems morbid, not to mention very unkind, to discuss ordering a headstone at this time.\nWhile I strongly encourage family members and partners to be very open in communicating their last wishes with each other, it is wise to keep in mind there are some conversations we just should not have. Although it often becomes necessary to discuss making final arrangements for a person that is still living for reasons such as financial planning, Medicaid planning, logistics, timing, etc., such discussions should be as thoughtful and respectful as possible. Keep in mind how such discussions can be perceived and that everyone has a different comfort level when it comes to discussing end of life matters.\nTo learn more about why it may become necessary to preserve assets for final arrangements, see can I afford a funeral.\nSome Final Arrangements Can Wait\nWhile there are several benefits to making funeral arrangements in advance, some parts of the process can easily be put off until after the funeral and therefore need not be rushed. For example, there is no need to order a headstone or grave marker in advance. In fact, there are several reasons to delay ordering a monument until after the funeral.\nOne reason to wait to order a monument is to ensure the headstone you order complies with the requirements of the cemetery. See Things to Consider when Purchasing a Grave Marker or Headstone.\nAlso, it may be important for some family members or close friends to have adequate time to begin the grieving process before having to make a decision about what type of monument to choose or what type of epitaph to select for their loved one. This is one aspect of final arrangements that does not need to be made until well after the funeral service is held.\nIf cremation has been chosen as part of the memorial preferences, a decision will need to be made at some point on whether to scatter the ashes or have them interred in a cemetery. If the memorial preferences indicate the ashes are to be scattered, there is no need to rush this part of the arrangements. I have seen families wait years to take the final step with regard to placement of cremated remains. It can be an incredibly difficult decision and many people need more time to come to terms with their loss.\nPreserving Assets for Funeral and Burial Costs\nDepending on the financial situation involved, it is sometimes necessary to discuss all the final arrangements in advance in order to engage in Medicaid planning, to establish a trust or to take other steps necessary to preserve assets to pay the cost of funeral, burial, cremation, and related last wishes. Many families become concerned that nursing home costs and medical bills will leave their loved one without any remaining funds for burial.\nYou can also find more tips on what you can do to set money aside to cover the cost of final arrangements in our article on funeral expenses and Medicaid. Planning ahead for seniors is essential when it comes to the expenses of long term care, medical costs, final arrangements, and providing any bequests that may be intended for children, grandchildren or a spouse. Often, this means planning several years in advance. 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The report shows that in just six years the UK has slipped from being number one in the European league table for the proportion of workers who are confident they will be up to their current job when aged 60, to sixth behind Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark and Finland.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 12, "original_length": 2010, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 228.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://perthchristadelphians.org/2014/05/24/satan/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:56:45Z", "digest": "sha1:EWFZ25GT7AG6YT35LBCUV55WZQEA7BCF", "length": 2625, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "perthchristadelphians.org", "title": "\u2013 Satan Satan \u2013 Perth Christadelphians", "raw_content": "Satan\u201d is simply a term meaning adversary or opponent. It doesn\u2019t necessarily have an evil connotation since it can refer to any person or being who deliberately gets in the way of another. Satan is invariably used to personify opposition as manifested in some human or power. Therefore, although the word is sometimes used in a similar context, \u201cSatan\u201d is quite distinct in meaning from \u201cthe devil\u201d, and to equate the two is erroneous.\nThe word \u201cSatan\u201d (Hebrew satanas, an opponent or adversary) is an Old Testament term transliterated in the New Testament. It has a wide range of applications as a label, including an angel of God, God Himself, David, Peter, an infirmity, a temptation, the Ro-man authorities, Jewish opposition, etc., as the following passages will indicate.\nIn Num 22:22,32 it refers to an angel of God, an adversary who withstands the wicked prophet Balaam.\nIn 1Ch 21:1 it refers to one who tempted David to an unworthy deed, but in 2Sa 24:1 it is said that the LORD moved David in this way.\nDavid is regarded as a possible adversary (1Sa 29:4), as are the sons of Zeruiah (2Sa 19:22). Other various human adversaries of Solomon and others are found in 1Ki 5:4; 11:14, 23,25; Psa 38:20; 71:13; 109:4,6,20,29.\nThe classical application of the word \u201cSatan\u201d is to Peter himself, who is said by Jesus to be a \u201chindrance to me \u2014 you are not on the side of God but of men\u201d (Mat 16:23; Mar 8:33).\n\u201cSatan\u201d is used in the sense of an infirmity in Luk 13:11,16, and of temptation in Mat 4:10; Luk 22:3; Act 5:3,4.\nSeveral times it is used in reference to the Jewish (or Roman?) power as an adversary of the Gospel (Rev 2:9,13,24).\nIt is apparently twice used of this world, into which Paul determined that unworthy disciples should be excommunicated (1Co 5:5; 1Ti 1:20).\nOn the remaining occasions, \u201cSatan\u201d refers to the source of temptations and persecutions, or to the embodiment of the power of evil (Mat 12:26; Mar 1:13; 3:23,26; 4:15; Luk 4:8; 10:18; 11:18; 22:31; Joh 13:27; Act 26:18; Rom 16:20; 1Co 7:5; 2Co 2:11; 11:11,14; 1Th 2:18; 2Th 2:9; 1Ti 5:15; Rev 3:9; 12:9; 20:2,7).\nIn special passages like Job 1; 2, the word \u201cSatan\u201d occurs 12 times of someone who appears in the councils of God and with God\u2019s consent plays a leading role in the trials of Job. Note, however, that in every case it is God who was the real source of all the evil that came upon Job (Job 1:20; 2:10; 42:11).\nSimilarly in Zec 3:1,2 the word occurs 3 times of an accuser in a visionary trial of the priest Joshua. The historical context of Ezr 4:1,4,6 shows there were real enough adversaries against the rebuilding of the Temple.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 68, "original_length": 3746, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 160.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://perthchristadelphians.org/about/christadelphian-history/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:42Z", "digest": "sha1:ZPSABDCDTKNPFHJIFYCZSBMPD2HMEIPB", "length": 4963, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "perthchristadelphians.org", "title": "\u2013 Christadelphian History Christadelphian History \u2013 Perth Christadelphians", "raw_content": "Two events, both of which occurred in Germany at the turn of the 15th Century, marked the dawn of what is commonly called the Protestant Reformation: In 1456, Johann Gutenberg and his assistants produced the first book ever printed from movable type; and in 1522, Martin Luther, a former Catholic monk, translated that same book into the common language of the people.\nThe book, of course, was the Bible. And within a generation, it would be freely circulating throughout much of the continent \u2014 made accessible for the first time by the new printing technology, and intelligible by virtue of Martin Luther\u2019s work.\nWearied by centuries of superstition and spiritual tyranny, people now turned with eagerness to the message of hope and love they discovered in God\u2019s Word. Rapidly, there sprang up communities of \u201cBible-believers\u201d known by a variety of names including \u201cAnabaptists\u201d or \u201cRe-baptizers\u201d, because of their belief in the necessity of adult baptism; and \u201cAdventists\u201d, because of their firm hope in the literal return of Christ. Most commonly, they were called simply \u201cBrethren\u201d.\nPersecuted by both Catholic and Protestant \u201cstate\u201d churches (including Lutherans, Calvinists and Anglicans), the \u201cBrethren\u201d suffered on all sides because of their unpopular doctrines, such as:\nThere is one eternal God, not a three-part godhead \u2014 and Jesus is His only begotten Son, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, which is the power of God (Isa 45:5; 1Ti 1:17; Luk 1:35). [See Lesson, Trinity, history.]\nMan is mortal; thus, his only hope for eternal life is through a resurrection in contrast to the unscriptural idea of an immortal soul that goes to heaven at death (Psa 49:12-20; 1Co 15:12-50; Joh 11:25; Rev 20:4).\nThere is an absolute necessity for adult baptism, as opposed to the sprinkling of infants (Act 2:37; Mar 16:15,16). [See Lesson, Baptism, summary.]\nChrist\u2019s true followers understand they are \u201cstrangers and pilgrims\u201d in the earth; with no vested interest in the political, military, and social affairs of a world order destined to pass away (Heb 11:13; 1Pe 2:11-13; Mat 5:38-45; Jam 4:4).\nUnder the steady, unremitting pressure of their enemies, congregations of \u201cBrethren\u201d disbanded and scattered throughout Europe, fleeing for their lives from one country to another. When apprehended, many Brethren and their children were summarily executed by Catholics and Protestants alike. Other groups of the Brethren survived persecution by modifying their doctrinal positions, continuing for some years as \u201cMennonites\u201d or \u201cBaptists\u201d or \u201cUnitarians\u201d. But in the process, these Brethren lost, with each passing generation, more of their unique birthright of Bible truth.\nThe Modern Brethren\nThe brethren today, called by the Greek name \u201cChristadelphians\u201d or \u201cBrethren in Christ\u201d (cp Col 1:2; Heb 2:11), trace their modern history to the pre-Civil War era. It was in the mid-19th Century that an English physician, having decided to emigrate to America, set off as ship\u2019s doctor on a sailing ship. Dr. John Thomas had shown no particular interest in religious matters when he began his medical career in the 1830\u2019s, but an event was soon to happen that would change that, and alter the entire course of his life.\nMost Atlantic crossings were routine affairs by this time, but on Dr. Thomas\u2019 voyage, the ship met some unexpected bad weather and almost sank. For the first time, John Thomas faced the reality of his own mortality and discovered to his dismay that he had no certain idea of what lay in store for him beyond death. In the midst of the storm at sea, he vowed that, if he survived the crisis, he would not rest until he found a satisfactory answer.\nThe ship weathered the storm, arriving late but safe in the New World, and John Thomas kept his vow, beginning a life-long search for the Truth.\nFor a time, Thomas associated with a small sect that showed some promise of helping him find his answer. But soon it became evident to the doctor that many of the doctrines they taught were inconsistent with the Bible. Dissatisfied with \u201cpopular\u201d teachings, Thomas found nowhere else to turn but to the Bible itself. And, having come to the source of Truth at last, he devoted the remainder of his life to a careful independent study of the Scriptures.\nWhat he found led him to the unavoidable conclusion that the Christian church had strayed far from Divine teaching in the 19 centuries since the days of Christ and his apostles.\nDespite their relatively recent beginnings, the Christadelphians (the name John Thomas suggested for those who came to share his beliefs) are not a new sect in the same sense, for example, that Mormons are: the founder of that group claimed to have received some new revelation from God. John Thomas made no such claim \u2014 nor do Christadelphians who have come after him. Thomas\u2019 beliefs were the result of a careful and thorough study of the Bible alone \u2014 nothing more! 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Yoga and music are two of those which are taken up by most of the students here at PIBS. We host different activities for students of different age groups at reception, primary and higher education level. Cultural activities here are practiced during school hours in which the children have opportunities to meet with artist and representatives of professional cultural organizations.\nCreating and exhibiting artwork, writing and putting on a play or producing a short film, our students are involved in a myriad of activities. Ranging from writing, painting, artwork, singing and dancing, PIBS inspires its students to participate maximally in interschool competitions all over India and also use these activities in the context of classrooms. PIBS creates an environment where students are immersed in the language and culture beyond their classes. Students also enjoy field trips, culturally relevant celebrations and festive meals in addition to the activities carried out here. We not only strive at educating the children, but shaping their personality as a whole.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 2733, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 206.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://plus-holdings.com/website-monitoring-and-protection-why-the-installation-of-your-web-page-is-only-the-beginning/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:18:26Z", "digest": "sha1:LQGTIRXI64WDQDXBMO6OA47CLT4NXUVI", "length": 3882, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "plus-holdings.com", "title": "Website Monitoring and Protection \u2013 Why the Installation of Your Web page Is Only the Beginning - \u535a\u52a0\u4fe1\u606f", "raw_content": "Website Monitoring and Protection \u2013 Why the Installation of Your Web page Is Only the Beginning\nMost of current day\u2019s business owners understand that the majority of business is conducted online. Due to this they work hard to develop a cutting-edge webpage that sets them prior to the competition. While it is true which the development and creation lilywhite.dk of an website is crucial to the achievement of present modern businesses, the fact of the matter is that the setup of this site is merely the beginning. When you truly want your web sites to succeed, after that website monitoring and routine service must be important in the operation of your business.\nProbably every organization you compete with has a internet site. What they do get back website once it is up and running, however , is yet another story. If you would like to stay in front of the pack, you need to ensure that the web page is correctly maintained and that you are using a monitoring in order to keep tabs on the performance of the site.\nResearch has proven that website outages has a direct impact on the success of your business. Besides downtime bring about lost profits, but it also contains a direct impact on the trustworthiness of your company. If a visitor goes toward your site and finds the reason is unavailable, the event sends an incorrect message about how your business is usually run and exactly how reputable your company really is. Not what you need is for a customer to visit your internet site intending to spend your money, only to find that your site is normally unavailable, thus resulting in that customer embracing your competition to satisfy their needs. Lots of the owners don\u2019t understand just how much of your impact site downtime can have within the reputation of the business and their business\u2019s profits. Let\u2019s say, for example , that you are at present experiencing an online site uptime amount of 98 percent. You may think this level is suitable. After all, 2 percent aren\u2019t really produce that much of a difference on your business \u2013 or will it? The fact is that if you are suffering from a site uptime of 98 percent, then your customers cannot access your site for approximately 14 hours away of each month. That\u2019s 13 hours in lost sales and 18 hours of customer irritation. While you will never ensure 100 percent website uptime, you should try to achieve for a goal of 99. 9 percent. After all, you never want your website visitors to turn into frustrated along with your site down time issues therefore you definitely don\u2019t want it to have an impact on your search engine rankings due to bounce prices.\nHow Much Internet site Downtime Will you be Actually Enduring?\nIt is almost impossible to screen your website downtime manually. Because of this , a website monitoring service is crucial if you want to hold an eye lids on the website outages that your company is encountering. When you work with a website monitoring service, the service keeps track of your site down time and instantly notifies you when an outage or slow down is occurring. This enables you to not only get a understand of how much website outages your site is really experiencing, but also allows you to address website errors and outages the moment they happen. While no one can completely steer clear of website down time since updates and updates are necessary in the maintenance of your websites, you do need to take measures to make sure that the outages of your site is not really excessive and this it is maintained to a minimum. The only method you can be sure that your website has an acceptable downtime rate is always to monitor the performance of your site. Because of this an investment in website monitoring services is a must if you want to ensure that you aren\u2019t getting rid of profits or reputation as a result of error communications, bounce prices and buyer frustration.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 19, "original_length": 4326, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 321.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://policydialogue.org/publications/network-papers/moderating-fluctuations-in-capital-flows-to-emerging-market-economies/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:55Z", "digest": "sha1:NZHZ54MCSGAASDKDTSDGS5JUTKL4JGLS", "length": 1429, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "policydialogue.org", "title": "Moderating Fluctuations in Capital Flows to Emerging Market Economies | Network Papers | Publications | Initiative for Policy Dialogue", "raw_content": "Home Publications Network Papers Moderating Fluctuations in Capital Flows to Emerging Market Economies\nModerating Fluctuations in Capital Flows to Emerging Market Economies\nRoberto Zahler\nThis document comments on the paper by Michael Mussa, Alexander Swoboda, et al. entitled \"Moderating Fluctuations in Capital Flows to Emerging Market Economies\"\nZahler & Co.\nRoberto Zahler is President of Zahler & Co (www.zahleryco.cl), Board member of Banco Santander-Chile and member of the Latin-American Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee (LASFRC; www.claaf.org). He was President of the Central Bank of Chile from December 1991 until June 1996 and Vice-President from April 1990 until November 1991. Prior to that, he worked in ECLAC (UN) and was Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Chile\u2019s Faculty of Economics. He has been a consultant to the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), IMF and the World Bank. He has given technical assistance to most Latin-American countries, Indonesia and Kosovo, IFAD (UN), ECA (UN), and to the Latin-American Economic System (SELA). Mr. Zahler is author of more than one hundred publications and articles in books and internationals journals. He has an M.A in Economics from the University of Chicago and a B.A in Economics from the University of Chile, where he has taught Macroeconomics, International Economics and Monetary Theory and Policy.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 98, "original_length": 3004, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 118.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://popyoularity.com/motley-crue-in-vancouver-november-2014/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:59Z", "digest": "sha1:ZOCAOM5Q7UPH64L74OFFRGUWGJTQ2XX5", "length": 10730, "nlines": 79, "source_domain": "popyoularity.com", "title": "M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE In Vancouver | Popyoularity", "raw_content": "You Are Here: Home \u00bb Daily Dish \u00bb M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE In Vancouver\nM\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE In Vancouver\nPosted by: popyoularity Posted date: January 29, 2014 In: Daily Dish | comment : 0\nTICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, JANUARY 31 @ 10AM\nTickets also available at Ticketmaster Outlets\nTickets (incl. GST) $25.00, $49.00, $79.00, $119.00\nM\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE ANNOUNCES\nPRESENTED BY DODGE\nBand Is First-Ever To Sign Binding \u201cCessation Of Touring\u201d Agreement To Prevent Future, Unauthorized Touring\nLast Chance To Ever See The Band Perform Live\nTWEET IT: #RIPMotleyCrue \u2013 @MotleyCrue announces #TheFinalTour, Country tribute album, \u201cThe Dirt\u201d movie & more! Full details at motley.com\nAfter more than three decades together, iconic rock \u2018n roll band M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE announced today The Final Tour and the band\u2019s ultimate retirement. The announcement was solidified when the band signed a formal Cessation Of Touring Agreement, effective at the end of 2015, in front of global media in Los Angeles today. Celebrating the announcement of The Final Tour, the band will perform on ABC\u2019s \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live\u201d TONIGHT and will appear on \u201cCBS This Morning\u201d TOMORROW MORNING.\nWith over 80 million albums sold, M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE has sold out countless tours across the globe and spawned more than 2,500 M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE branded items sold in over 30 countries. M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE has proven they know how to make a lasting impression and this tour will be no different. Fans can expect to hear the catalogue of their chart- topping hits and look forward to mind-blowing, unparalleled live production. \u201cWhen it comes to putting together a new show we always push the envelope and that\u2019s part of Motley Crue\u2019s legacy,\u201d explains Nikki Sixx (bass). \u201cAs far as letting on to what we\u2019re doing, that would be like finding out what you\u2019re getting for Christmas before you open the presents. We think in an age of too much information, we\u2019d like to keep some surprises close to our chest until we launch the Final Tour.\u201d\nThe Final Tour presented by Dodge and produced by Live Nation will kick off in North America on July 2nd in Grand Rapids, MI and reach 72 markets before hitting international territories in 2015. To Live Nation, M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE tours are not only box office successes but artistically their shows have set the bar for production and entertainment value. \u201cThere\u2019s no arguing that Motley Crue have been and always will be the definitive bad boys of rock and roll,\u201d says Rick Franks, Live Nation\u2019s Regional President of North America Concerts. \u201cBut behind all those notorious stories is a legendary rock band that has revolutionized heavy metal and created some of the biggest hits in music history. They are a hugely successful global brand and a touring powerhouse. Everyone at Live Nation has a tremendous amount of respect for these hard working and extremely talented gentlemen. The music industry will never have another Motley Crue.\u201d\nThe Dodge Brothers were a notorious duo, so it seemed only natural to partner with the World\u2019s Most Notorious Rock Band. \u201cWhenever I talk to people about Motley Crue, the common thread is how cool and relevant the band remains even after 33 years,\u201d said Tim Kuniskis, President and CEO, Dodge Brand, Chrysler Group LLC. \u201cThis irreverent \u2018staying power\u2019 resonates deeply with the Dodge brand as we turn the corner on our 100 year anniversary. What better way to celebrate the band\u2019s final tour and the 25th anniversary of Kickstart My Heart than to do it together?\u201d\nFans can look forward to Very Special Guest, ALICE COOPER joining M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE for an incredible package \u2013 Alice invented the genre and M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE put steroids in it! \u201cReal hard rock bands are hard to find these days,\u201d said Alice, continuing, \u201cMotley has always gone on stage with one attitude and that\u2019s to blow the audience away. That\u2019s exactly how we do it. Putting Motley Crue and Alice Cooper together is going to be just what this summer really NEEDS. We\u2019re going to go out there and tear it up, and I can\u2019t wait to see Motley on stage. Motley Crue and Alice Cooper \u2013 A match made in\u2026 Armageddon?\u201d\nAs documented in the Cessation Of Touring Agreement the band signed at the press conference today, the band will not tour after this Final Tour. Band Attorney, Doug Mark of Mark Music & Media Law, explains \u201cOther bands have split up over rancor or the inability of people to get along, but this is mutual among all four original members and a peaceful decision to move on to other endeavors and to confirm it with a binding agreement.\u201d Vince Neil, Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee, and Mick Mars will go their separate ways after the lengthy 2-year touring cycle. Tommy Lee (drums) explains \u201cEverything must come to an end!! We always had a vision of going out with a big fucking bang and not playing county fairs and clubs with 1 or 2 original band members! Our job here is done!!!\u201d Of the band\u2019s tumultuous history, Mick Mars (guitar) adds \u201c(It has been) more drama than \u2018General Hospital\u2019 \u2013 it keeps \u2019em watchin\u2019 and they keep comin\u2019 back.\u201d Vocalist, Vince Neil says of the Finality of the tour \u2013 \u201cI\u2019ll miss playing with the guys but I won\u2019t quit playing rock and roll!! I feel there are a lot of great opportunities and exciting projects after Motley.\u201d\nThe Final Tour will coincide with the film made from M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE\u2019s NY Times Best-Selling book The Dirt. Jeff Tremaine (Bad Grandpa) has signed on to direct the opus that is set to debut in theaters globally in 2015, coinciding with The Final Tour. The Dirt is not only one of the best selling rock books of all time but also one of the greatest rock books of all time because of its brutal honesty, its unique voice, its multiple perspectives on the same events and its first-person inclusion of all members of the same band. Most rock memoirs are salacious mud-slinging accounts of a single person and M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE was adamant to include the perspectives of all four of its members. Tremaine\u2019s intention is to make, not just a great movie about a band, but a great movie about four misfits who, despite themselves and everyone else, band together to overcome the odds and change the history of Rock & Roll. \u201cThe Dirt\u2019 is a movie I\u2019ve wanted to make ever since I read the book in 2002,\u201d says Tremaine. \u201cI relate to the story on so many levels; my whole professional career has been about boys behaving badly, so I have a real connection to the material. It\u2019s awesome to be working with the band at such an exciting time in Motley Crue\u2019s history.\u201d The film will be produced by the members of M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE, Rick Yorn, Julie Yorn, Erik Olsen and 10th Street Entertainment.\nBIG MACHINE RECORDS, home to Country Superstars such as Taylor Swift and Tim McGraw has teamed up in a joint venture with M\u00d6TLEY RECORDS and ELEVEN SEVEN MUSIC for the summer 2014 release of a Country Music Tribute To M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE. BIG MACHINE founder and CEO, Scott Borchetta, is among the legion of Country Music fans who love M\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE. The country tribute album will show off the band\u2019s quality songwriting with these fresh takes on their classic hit songs. Among the artists already confirmed to be featured on the country tribute album are Florida Georgia Line and Rascal Flatts. Borchetta says of the collaboration, \u201cI have been a not-so-secret Crue fan from the beginning. When manager Chris Nilsson called with the idea for a tribute album on Big Machine Records it was an immediate \u2018yes\u2019 from me! Our album will highlight just how great the Motley Crue song catalog is. At the end of the day, that\u2019s what will stand the test of time.\u201d\nM\u00d6TLEY CR\u00dcE Fan Club members will get the exclusive first crack at tickets and VIP Packages, via a unique code, beginning on Wednesday, January 29th starting at 10am local time. VIP ticket packages will be made available to the general public on Thursday, January 30th at 10am local time. The general public ticket on-sale for most shows is Friday, January 31st. All tickets and packages can be obtained via Ticketmaster.com, LiveNation.com, or via MotleyVIP.com.\n7/2/2014 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena\n7/4/2014 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest\n7/5/2014 Noblesville, IN Klipsch Music Center\n7/6/2014 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center\n7/8/2014 Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center\n7/9/2014 Maryland Heights, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater\n7/11/2014 Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo Arena\n7/12/2014 Wichita, KS INTRUST Bank Arena\n7/13/2014 Tulsa, OK BOK Center\n7/15/2014 Cedar Park, TX Cedar Park Center\n7/16/2014 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy Pavilion\n7/18/2014 Albuquerque, NM Isleta Amphitheater\n7/19/2014 Phoenix, AZ Ak-Chin Pavilion\n7/22/2014 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre\n7/23/2014 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre\n7/25/2014 Reno, NV Reno Events Center\n7/26/2014 Ridgefield, WA Sleep County Amphitheater\n7/27/2014 Auburn, WA White River Amphitheatre\n7/29/2014 Wheatland, CA Sacramento Valley Amphitheatre\n7/30/2014 Chula Vista, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre\n8/1/2014 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheatre\n8/3/2014 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center\n8/5/2014 Sturgis, SD Sturgis Buffalo Chip\n8/6/2014 Sioux City, IA Tyson Events Center\n8/8/2014 Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre\n8/9/2014 Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre\n8/10/2014 Toronto, ON Molson Canadian Amphitheatre\n8/12/2014 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music Center\n8/13/2014 Burgettstown, PA First Niagara Pavilion\n8/15/2014 Pelham, AL Oak Mountain Amphitheatre\n8/16/2014 Atlanta, GA Aaron\u2019s Amphitheatre at Lakewood\n8/17/2014 Tampa, FL MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre\n8/19/2014 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion\n8/20/2014 Virginia Beach, VA Farm Bureau Live at Virginia Beach\n8/22/2014 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live\n8/23/2014 Camden, NJ Susquehanna Bank Center\n8/24/2014 Mansfield, MA Comcast Center\n8/26/2014 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center\n8/27/2014 Allentown, PA Great Allentown Fair\n8/29/2014 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater\n8/30/2014 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center\n8/31/2014 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center\n10/10/2014 Oklahoma City, OK Chesapeake Energy Arena\n10/11/2014 The Woodlands, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion\n10/12/2014 Bossier City, LA CenturyLink Center\n10/17/2014 Hollywood, FL Seminole Hard Rock\n10/19/2014 Jacksonville, FL Veterans Memorial Arena\n10/21/2014 Greenville, SC Bon Secours Wellness Arena\n10/22/2014 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum\n10/25/2014 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Events Center\n10/26/2014 Montville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena\n10/29/2014 Syracuse, NY The OnCenter\n11/5/2014 Biloxi, MS Mississippi Coast Coliseum\n11/6/2014 Southaven, MS Landers Center\n11/9/2014 Moline, IL iWireless Center\n11/12/2014 Madison, WI Alliant Energy Center\n11/13/2014 Omaha, NE CenturyLink Center\n11/18/2014 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place\n11/21/2014 Vancouver, BC Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 160, "original_length": 13073, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 280.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://powerpassion.nl/marilyn/bio.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:30Z", "digest": "sha1:5SUIRRU6Q26BQM4EZT4DW6KCEBXA4LTK", "length": 4704, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "powerpassion.nl", "title": "Marilyn Monroe Biography", "raw_content": "Marilyn's Biography\nBirth Name: Norma Jean Baker\nHusband: Jim Dougherty, factory worker; married June 1942; divorced September 1946\nHusband: Joe DiMaggio, pro baseball player; introduced in 1950; married January 1954; divorced October 1954; died at age 84 March 8, 1999\nHusband: Arthur Miller, playwright; married June 29, 1956; divorced January 21, 1961\nFather: Edward Mortensen; deserted Gladys Baker before Norma Jean was born\nStepfather: C. Stanley Gifford; worked for Consolidated Film Industries\nMother: Gladys Baker (n\u00e9e Monroe), film cutter; spent years institutionalized for psychiatric problems\nHalf-sister: Bernice Miracle\n1953: Golden Globe: World Film Favorite (female)\n1959: Golden Globe: Best Actress (comedy/musical), Some Like It Hot\nVan Nuys High School, Van Nuys, California; graduated 1940 Actors Studio, New York, New York (1955); Lee Strasberg was Monroe's personal drama coach Morris Carnovsky Actor's Lab Studied acting with Natasha Lytess and Michael Chekhov\nAn illegitimate child whose father (Edward Mortensen) had deserted her mother (Gladys Baker, nee Monroe) before she was born, Norma Jean endured a childhood of poverty and misery, sexual abuse (at the age of eight) and years in foster homes and orphanages after her mother suffered a nervous breakdown and was institutionalized.\nEscape from this cycle came at the age of sixteen with an arranged marriage to a 21-year-old aircraft plant worker. While working at the Radio Plane Company factory in Burbank, she had her picture taken by a visiting Army photographer. Norma Jean then began modeling bathing suits and, after bleaching her hair blonde, began posing for pinups and glamour photos. Howard Hughes saw some of her photographs and expressed an interest in giving her a screen test for RKO, but Ben Lyon of 20th Century-Fox beat Hughes to the punch, signing Norma Jean Baker to a contract and changing her name to Marilyn Monroe.\nAfter appearing in small parts in films including \"Love Happy\" (1949) and \"All About Eve\" (1950), Monroe achieved celebrity with starring roles in three 1953 features--\"Niagara,\" \"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes\" and \"How To Marry a Millionaire\"--as well as a series of nude calendar photos, taken in 1948, which appeared in the December 1953 debut issue of Playboy-magazine. By the end of the year, Monroe had been voted the top star of 1953 by American film distributors. In all her film roles, from \"Niagara\" to \"The Misfits\" (1961), Monroe portrayed an object of desire and exhibition. Her basic character grew out of the dumb blonde archetype, but Monroe's dumb blonde could not be pinned down to any particular origin or social class. She was defined only by what was shown on the screen, with neither a previous history nor seemingly a future. Frequently her characters were namelesss (\"Love Happy,\" 1955's \"The Seven Year Itch\"), further accentuating her status as an object. She usually had no discernable job and when she did, it was a female-relegated profession such as chorus girl, actress or secretary.\nBut to the dumb blonde stereotype, Monroe added a sense of innocence, naturalism and overt sexuality. Her sexuality was never seen as a threat, but as something harmless and benevolent. Time magazine's sanguine response to Monroe's Playboy centerfold summed up her appeal: \"Marilyn believes in doing what comes naturally.\" Along with this kindly, innocent sexuality went a vulnerability; Monroe's characters were often humiliated at the expense of a voyeuristic pleasure, whether being lassoed like a cow in \"Bus Stop\" (1956) or exposing herself unknowingly in \"Some Like It Hot\" (1959). At the height of her fame, Monroe sensed the limited range of her screen persona and clearly desired to change it: \"To put it bluntly, I seem to be a whole superstructure without a foundation.\" Forming Marilyn Monroe Productions in 1956, she produced \"Bus Stop\" and \"The Prince and The Showgirl\" (1957).\nBut her personal problems, with failed marriages to baseball star Joe DiMaggio and playwright Arthur Miller and increasing reliance on drugs to combat depression and physical ailments, served to forestall any serious change in her career. The public wanted Marilyn as they had discovered her in 1953, and that was what they got in \"Let's Make Love\" (1960). She was still capable of memorable work, especially with top directors like Billy Wilder (\"Some Like It Hot\") and John Huston (\"The Misfits\"), but her personal demons, or precarious involvement with people in high places, eventually overwhelmed her. On August 5, 1962, she was found dead of an overdose of sleeping pills. Monroe's was a tragedy in which her public, the media and the Hollywood power brokers all shared blame.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 26, "original_length": 4956, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 261.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://prayer-lifeseminarsjapan.ning.com/profiles/blogs/christmas-1", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:25Z", "digest": "sha1:GAEXWVXYU5UPM2YXW3PZUTY554MOKZ4T", "length": 1697, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "prayer-lifeseminarsjapan.ning.com", "title": "Christmas - Japan Prayer Link", "raw_content": "Posted by Joseph Ricohermoso on December 24, 2009 at 12:31am\nSpeaking of Christmas carols/music, I have several CDs at home that I play alternately. I listen to jazz renditions to the classical and even Filipino Christmas medleys.\nBefore I go further, let me say a MERRY CHRISTMAS to you and a BLESSED NEW YEAR TOO! We don\u2019t know what the next year awaits us. I am just privileged to have these few words directly expressed to you. Just bear up with me. It\u2019s from my heart.\nThe past weeks were busy more than the usual. We had been to special Christmas-related gatherings and meetings. For the first-time also since we ministered to the Assembly Kyoto Church, we (my wife) initiated a Nativity play with her English students as the main characters. We praise the Lord for the beautiful outcome and the good turn out especially of the children\u2019s parents. We are also grateful to the many hands from AKC that extended help to make the said event a success.\nOne other big event coming up is the Christmas Eve Candle-light Service that we hold each year. We have a slightly different program planned for this year and also, we have the Gospel Choir singing for us. The service begins at 19:00 (or 7:00 PM).\nI will be sharing a message on Isaiah 9:6 for our Christmas Eve Service. It says, \u201cFor unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.\u201d\nFor Sunday, December 27th, we will reflect on the account surrounding the birth of Jesus Christ and about the lesser-known characters of the same event.\nMay you have a truly meaningful celebration of Christmas!!!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 3019, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 300.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://primaveraresidences.italpinas.com/start-your-new-year-right-with-eco-friendly-resolutions/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:27:23Z", "digest": "sha1:STWXUGOJ6GPSS5T3B2UENVHKCZVTOVUF", "length": 2403, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "primaveraresidences.italpinas.com", "title": "Start Your New Year Right with Eco-friendly Resolutions \u2022 Primavera Residences", "raw_content": "Start Your New Year Right with Eco-friendly Resolutions\nTo open 2015 with a bang, New Year\u2019s resolutions could bring hope of new beginnings and a fresh start. A lot of people are beginning to look at what they would like to achieve this year, while there are a number of traditional resolutions adopted from the past years such as to lose weight, get a new job, buy a home, to mention some. However, there are also various non-traditional resolutions which can be made.\nAs you sit and ponder what 2015 may hold, take a few minutes to look over the following list of 10 green New Year\u2019s resolutions worth embracing. Whether you adopt one, a few or all 10 of them, resolving to be greener in the upcoming year is something worth doing.\nSeparate your waste into materials that can be recycled, those that can be composted and those to throw away. If not, you can donate them to those in need of extras, I believe there\u2019s a lot of them.\nSet up a garden, either indoors or out, so you can grow your own fruit, vegetables and/or herbs. Your compost can help you get started.\nSpend at least 30 minutes a day outdoors. Chill, relax and live life as how you wanted it.\nSchedule time each day or week where you and your family go unplugged. This way, you can lessen your home\u2019s electricity consumption.\nMake sure your washing machine, dryer and dishwasher are full before you run a load.\nReduce water consumption by limiting shower time, making your toilets low-flow, turning off water while brushing your teeth, etc.\nDrive less. Leave your vehicle at home at least one day a week (or more). Walk, bike, take the tricycle or opt for other means of public transportation to get where you need to go.\nImprove your overall health by resolving to eat fresher, raw foods and less pre-packaged, processed foods.\nSwitch to reusable products. Ditch one-use or disposable products.\nLower the level of indoor air pollution in your home by adding more plants, airing out your home regularly, using natural homemade cleaners and making your own candles or air fresheners.\nThese are just simple green tips to live a sustainable life from Mother Nature Network.\nAdding these to your resolutions for the year will get you off to a good start on living a greener, more sustainable life.\nHere\u2019s hoping this year is your greenest yet!\nhttp://primaveraresidences.italpinas.com/start-your-new-year-right-with-eco-friendly-resolutions", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 80, "original_length": 4581, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 329.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://project-nanotec.com/alfa.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:21:57Z", "digest": "sha1:7K6KLASQ5O2WUKY7MDXMTPZ6MNNRQSOM", "length": 2626, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "project-nanotec.com", "title": "Nanotec | Alfa Imaging S.A. (ALFA)", "raw_content": "Here you are: Consortium > Alfa Imaging S.A. (ALFA)\nAlfa Imaging S.A. (ALFA); SPAIN\nnalexander@alfaimaging.com\nwww.alfaimaging.com\nAlfa Imaging is a company dedicated to the research, design and development of mm-wave imaging systems. It was founded in 2006 in Madrid, Spain by GATE S.A. and a group of former researchers from the mm-wave group at the University of Reading (UK) which was responsible for the design of the mm-wave scanning systems for several prestigious organizations such as QinetiQ, NASA and Smiths Detection. Alfa Imaging shares development and small-scale manufacturing facilities with GATE. Alfa holds several international patents and has focused on the development of a series of passive mm-wave cameras operating at stand-off distances. Alfa also has a number of study and development contracts with the Spanish Government and Ministry of Defense in the field of mm-wave imaging. Alfa Imaging represents the Spanish Industry in two NATO SET working groups in the field, in addition to the EDA THz group. Alfa Imaging has attended various real-life demonstrations, and demonstrated their equipment at Kandahar Air Field in Afghanistan in November 2010 under invitation from NATO.\nDr Naomi Alexander is a co-founding partner and Director of Alfa Imaging. She obtained a First Class Honours BSc in Physics and Meteorology in 2002 and a PhD in Mm-wave Physics in 2005 from the University of Reading. She has 8 years experience in mm-wave imaging and processing techniques and 13 international publications.\nMr Fernando Allona is CEO of both GATE S.A. and Alfa Imaging. He graduated as a telecommunications engineer from the Universidad Polit\u00e9cnica de Madrid, and has over 20 years experience as a consultant and manager in the defence electronics industry. He was one of the founders of GATE and has also worked for Eurotronica and INDRA S.A.\nDr Carlos Callejero is a co-founding partner and Director of Alfa Imaging. He obtained a Master in Physics and a pre-doctoral \u201cAdvanced Studies Diploma\u201d from the University of Zaragoza. In 2001 he moved to the UK to take the MSc in Applied and Modern Optics at the University of Reading and in 2004, after 2-years working as an optical engineer he returned to the Physics Department at Reading to study for a PhD in mm-wave optical system design.\nMs Isabel Ortega is a telecommunications engineer from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, 2000. She has worked for PAGE, SHS Polar and SEPSA developing applications for DSPs for various communications uses and in Alfa is implementing image acquisition, processing and system control on DSPs for mm-wave imagers.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 21, "original_length": 3360, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 202.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://projectexplorer.org/upper-elementary/bienvenidos-welcome-to-costa-rica", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:58Z", "digest": "sha1:BHOEISXGY5IXCQ3JKFU7LYBSQXAOULJN", "length": 1873, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "projectexplorer.org", "title": "ProjectExplorer", "raw_content": "\u201cHola,\u201d and \u201cHello,\u201d fellow explorers. Welcome to Costa Rica! My name is Jenny and I\u2019m your guide for this Central American adventure.\nI started my journey early this morning in New York City. After about four hours on the plane, I arrived in San Jose. Once off the plane, I showed my passport to an immigration officer. I got a cool stamp that shows I\u2019m welcome in Costa Rica.\nLike many countries in South and Central America, Costa Rica\u2019s main language is Spanish. This because of the Spanish explorers that came to the New World during the Age of Exploration.\nThe Age of Exploration began in the early 15th century and lasted until the 17th century. By this time, Europeans had explored Africa and Asia. The tea and spices from Asia and Africa were very valuable. The demand for these items had European sailors searching for shorter paths to Asia. This shorter path was called the Spice Route\nThe most famous of these voyages were led by Christopher Columbus. Like many other navigators, Columbus thought he could get to Asia by going around the Earth in the other direction. While everyone went east, he went west. So, Columbus set off from Spain for Asia, but landed in what are now the Bahamas. Columbus called these new islands the \u201cWest Indies.\u201d He believed he had landed off the coast of India. Columbus was wrong!\nEuropeans soon discovered this route didn\u2019t lead to Asia, but to a New World. Even though it wasn\u2019t the shorter sea route they were seeking, it was a new region to explore with new resources to export and sell. Soon, fleets of ships from Europe arrived to collect valuable products like gold, chocolate, and corn. They also brought new plants from Africa and Asia, like pineapple and sugar cane. These crops were able to grow in the tropical soil in New World, but not in Europe.\nThe Age of Exploration changed the shape of the world we know today.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 52, "original_length": 2608, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 200.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://pskite.org/viewtopic.php?p=90467", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:03Z", "digest": "sha1:IHPECD3YIUEFAOGYBAOVKTDPFEZJNCY3", "length": 186, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "pskite.org", "title": "Puget Sound Kiteboarding Association - Pacific Northwest, Seattle, Tacoma, Bellingham and surrounding areas \u2022 View topic - Found: Gloves at DB", "raw_content": "No one else around when I packed up yesterday and a pair of gloves had been placed on a log with rocks to hold them down. Looks like they may have been there for a few days. PM me to ID.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 1347, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 329.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://psychosystems.org/presentations/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:24:39Z", "digest": "sha1:ZV7YVA76OLQZHYBL6JTRV24SUQYURFZA", "length": 5288, "nlines": 34, "source_domain": "psychosystems.org", "title": "Presentations | psychosystems.org blog", "raw_content": "Note: presentations in HTML are made by using R markdown, these can more easily be navigated after pressing the \u201co\u201d key and can usually be printed in landscape to create readable PDF handouts.\nResearch master course (2014)\nIsvoranu, A. M., Boyette, L., Schirmbeck, F., Velthorst, E., Simons, C., Borsboom, D., & De Haan, L. (2018). F126. Pathways from speech illusions to psychotic symptoms in subjects a t ultra-high risk for psychosis: Combining an experimental paradigm of aberrant experiences with network analysis. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 44, 69. doi:10.1093/schbul/sby017.657. (poster SIRS 2018)\nIsvoranu, A. M. (2018). S109. Symptom network models of psychosis. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 44, 367. doi:10.1093/schbul/sby018.896. (poster SIRS 2018)\nNunez, D., Fresno, A., van Borkulo, C., Courtet, P., Arias, V., Garrido, V., & Wigman, J. (2018). O8. 1. Examining relationships between psychotic experiences and suicidal ideation in adolescents using a network approach. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 44, 96. doi:10.1093/schbul/sby015.238\nEpskamp, S. (2016). Generalizing intra-individual dynamics: multi-level VAR modelling of ESM data. Individual differences journal club, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK\nEpskamp, S. (2016). Intra-individual Dynamics in Psychology. Complexity Community Sharing Session January 2016, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore\nFried, E. I. (2016). Psychiatric Symptomics: a novel research paradigm to study Major Depression. Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.\nFried, E. I., Deserno, M. & Epskamp, S. (2016). 2-Day network analysis workshop: Estimation, inference and stability of psychopathological networks. (Further details)\nHaslbeck J.M.B. (2016). Estimating time-varying mixed graphical models in high-dimensional data. COMPSTAT 2016, Oviedo, Spain.\nHaslbeck J.M.B. (2016). Structure estimation for mixed graphical models in high-dimensional data. Psychoco 2016, University of Li\u00e8ge, Belgium.\nHaslbeck J.M.B. (2016). Estimating time-varying mixed graphical models in high-dimensional data. 5th VOC Conference, Tilburg University, The Netherlands.\nHaslbeck J.M.B. (2016). Time-varying mixed graphical models. Conference on Complex Systems 2016, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.\nKossakowski, J.J. (2016). To be or not to be (depressed)? Assessing the risk for the development of depression. Society for Dutch Developmental Psychology (VNOP), Wageningen, The Netherlands.\nKossakowski, J. J., & Waldorp, L. J. (2016). Mean Field Dynamics of Graphs. Presentation for the Conference on Complex Systems (CCS), Amsterdam, the Netherlands, September 2016.\nKruis, J., Maris, G. (2016). Three Representations of the Ising Model.\nEpskamp, S., Rhemtulla, M.T., & Borsboom, D. (2015). Generalized Network Analysis: Combining Network and Latent Variable Models. IOPS 2015 winter conference, Leiden.\nEpskamp, S. (2015). The Dynamics of Psychology. Invited talk at the National University of Singapore, Singapore.\nEpskamp, S. (2015). Complexity in Psychology. Complexity Community Sharing Session August 2015, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore\nEpskamp, S. (2015). Residual Interaction Modeling. IMPS 2015, Beijing, China\nEpskamp, S. (2015). New developments in Network Psychometrics. Invited talk at the University of Edinburgh.\nEpskamp, S., Kroeze, R., Riese, H., Schoevers, R.A. and Borsboom, D. (2015) Applied network analysis in Clinical Practice. ICPS 2015, Amsterdam.\nFried, E. I. (2015). Depression is more than the sum-score of its symptoms: A novel network approach to understanding depression. Lectures in Psychology Series, University of Leuven, Belgium.\nFried, E. I., Epskamp, S., Nesse, R. M., Tuerlinckx, F., Borsboom, D. (2015). What are \u2018good\u2019 depression symptoms? A novel perspective based on the network framework. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, USA\nFried, E. I., Arjadi, R., Borsboom, D., Tuerlinckx, F., Cramer, A., Epskamp, S., Amshoff, M., Carr, D., Stroebe, M., & Bockting, C. (2015) From Loss to Loneliness: The Relationship Between Bereavement and Depressive Symptoms. International Convention of Psychological Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.\nHaslbeck J.M.B. (2015). Structure estimation for mixed graphical models in high-dimensional data. EMPG 2015, University of Padua, Italy.\nvan Bork, R. (2015). Latent variable and network model implications for partial correlation structures. IMPS 2015, Beijing.\nvan Borkulo, C.D. (2015). Constructing networks from binary data. IMPS 2015, Beijing.\nEpskamp, S. (2014). Network Analysis for Psychologists, using qgraph in R. APS 2014, San Francisco, California.\nEpskamp, S. (2014). Network Analysis: Applications of networks in Psychology and beyond. Guest colloquium at TNO.\nvan Borkulo, C.D. (2014). Time for a new paradigm \u2013 a network perspective on psychopathology. GGZ Ermelo.\nEpskamp, S. (2013). Network Analysis: Uma abordagem integradora para pesquisa e tratamento em psicopatologia. Invited talk at FAINOR university, Vit\u00f3ria da Conquista, Brazil\nEpskamp, S., and Cramer, A.O.J. (2013). 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She was a member of the Methodist Church.\nKayla is survived by her husband, Ricky, of Lawrenceburg; one son, Ryan (Jyl) Mattox of Lawrenceburg; her parents, Carolyn (Ervin) Dorning and Sonny (Beverly) Duke, all of Lawrenceburg; one sister, Kim Pennington of Franklin; one brother, Kyle Duke of Lawrenceburg; two half-brothers, Chad Dorning of Lawrenceburg and Robert Duke of Florida; one half-sister, Beth Duke of Lawrenceburg; three grandchildren, who were the joys of her life, Luke Mattox, Hudson Mattox and Kate Mattox, all of Lawrenceburg.\nA memorial service for Kayla will be held on Sunday, October 14, at 6:00 P.M. at the Mars Hill Baptist Church, 630 Weakley Creek Road, Lawrenceburg. 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Gene polymorphisms including -1377 G/A in the promoter region of FAS and -844 C/T in the promoter region of FASL have shown to change the transcription activities of these genes.\nMethods: In this study we evaluated association of these polymorphisms with risk of metastasis of breast cancer, in a population selected from Mashhad, Iran. A total of 115 patients with breast cancer and 115 controls were recruited in this case-control study. Polymerase Chain Reaction-based Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) was applied for genotyping on extracted DNA from participant\u2019s blood. Unconditional logistic regression was used to estimate cancer risk by calculating odds ratios (OR) and their 95% confidence intervals (95% CIs).\nResults: There was no signi\ufb01cant association between these genetic polymorphisms and breast cancer risk. 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Gupta\nJohn Seely Brown and Paul Duguid\ufffds The Social Life of Information attempts to clear some of hype about the \"information age,\" and to offer alternative ways of thinking about the future.\nDrawing from recent research and practical examples across a range of organizations, The Social Life of Information dispels many of the futurists\ufffd sweeping predictions that information technology will obliterate the need for everything from travel to supermarkets to business organizations to social life itself. The authors examine the potential and limitations of technology with regard to intelligent software agents, the automated home office, and business reorganization for innovation, knowledge management, and work practices, the paperless society, and the digital university. Arguing eloquently for the important role human sociability plays in the world of bits, Brown and Duguid give us an optimistic look beyond the simplicities of information and individuals. They show how a better understanding of the contribution that communities, organizations, and institutions make to learning, knowledge, and judgment can lead to the richest possible use of technology in our work and everyday lives.\nFollowing the Preface, Acknowledgements, and Introduction, the book is organized around eight chapters. In the Chapter 1, \"On Limits of Information, or Limits of Infopunditry,\" the authors scan a wide canvas, not presenting a formal definition of \"information\" as has been given to it by the information scientists. The core concern is to present a vision of information as something that has many states. Some kinds can be crystallized in formal rules, stored in databases, or tagged with metadata. Others -- usually the most valuable kinds -- are more like living things, and have co-evolved with individuals, social networks, media, and institutions into rich ecologies. Even the definition of \"information\" is somewhat context dependent, the result of social processes and negotiation. All of this is delivered using less jargon than you see in a trendy academic journal\ufffds table of contents.\nThe challenge of understanding how information technologies really work in the real world is a critical one. The book points out that technology can only transform to a certain extent and other factors exert great influence in the utilization and eventual success or failure of new concepts and technology. In the wake of computerization, it provides a cautionary lesson against expecting big gains to come naturally from these machines. Understanding the limits of information technologies can help us use them more wisely, just as appreciating the social nature of information can keep us from putting untoward faith in the belief that the next turn of Moore\ufffds Law will solve all our problems. The book offers some clues to how we can better place today\ufffds age of information in historical context. After all, the challenge of producing, storing, and managing information is as old as civilization itself; the term \"information age\" threatens to be as meaningless as \"architecture age\" or \"transportation age.\" Most attempts to describe today\ufffds information age have drawn most strongly from either intellectual history or philosophy. The book\ufffds emphasis on the importance of organizational learning and tacit knowledge suggests that to a degree that no one has yet appreciated, the history of information is an institutional history, rather than an intellectual one: it needs to be told at the level of libraries and archives, businesses and publishers, universities and corporate research labs.\nIn Chapter 2, \"Agents and Angels,\" the authors argue for Autonomous Agents or Chatterbots or Bots -- software programs that will simulate a human response to a typed question (36), that will play a critical role in social interaction and in organizational life. Eliza is an example of a software program, administering therapy when asked for. If such bots take decisions and advise, who takes responsibility for their decisions? Can Eliza or its programmer be held legally responsible for their decisions? In the next chapter, \"Home Alone,\" the argument is that \"in order for the people to be able to work alone, technology may have to reinforce their access to social networks. The home worker, from this perspective, resembles not the frontier pioneer, striking out alone and renouncing society, but more a deep-sea diver. The deeper a diver works alone beneath the ocean, the more the connections to the surface have to be\" (89).\n\"Practice makes Process\" highlights that \"Practice suffers from the opposing danger -- of allowing itself to evolve too independently and so become too loosely \ufffdcoupled\ufffd to the organization. The balancing act, as we shall see, requires developing coupling loose enough to allow groups to develop their own new knowledge, but tight enough to be able to push that knowledge along the lines of process. The idea that all that matters here is information woefully underestimates the challenges involved which are ultimately, as we shall see challenges of organization, knowledge, and innovation\" (115).\nThe authors note again and again how important social interaction is in the performance of many tasks. They usefully begin with a look at areas where computers -- information technology in its purest form -- are thought to be able to take the place of humans, bots and agents designed to help customers and consumers find what they are looking for. The importance of a social work environment is also shown with several examples that explain why working alone out of the home -- or without a fixed space at the office -- can be problematic. The authors show how even the seemingly casual interaction in a workplace environment can be of enormous help in getting work done. The input from colleagues, many of whom have likely faced similar problems, is especially helpful with the many minor issues that arise daily. The experience of others can readily be called upon, as it cannot in an isolated setting. Many of the problems are often trivial, but if the solution is not readily accessible it can mean a great amount of time and productivity is lost.\nThe authors\ufffd concern that reliance on manuals or computerized systems -- when problem X crops up look it up in the manual or punch it up in the computer, which then provides solution Y -- is, in practice, remarkably ineffective, even though it sounds like such a logically sound method. Unfortunately (or, perhaps, fortunately) it turns out that life (and machinery and business and everything else) really is not that simple: it can\ufffdt be reduced to \"if X then Y,\" as there tend to be all sorts of variables that make almost every situation unique and demand a slightly different approach.\nSimilarly, workers learn from one another: technicians exchange war stories, managers share stories about the success (and failure) of various approaches and ideas, and so on, in a continuing and reciprocal learning process. Both information and knowledge are shared, whereby the authors point out that information (pure data) is easily shared but knowledge (including how to apply the data) often does not transfer or travel well. One great difficulty companies have is in utilizing the knowledge they have: using it elsewhere, or reaping the full benefits from it.\nOne of the more interesting chapters is \"Reading the Background,\" which is a survey of the digital effects on reading and writing. There have been extraordinary changes in this area with the application of extensible markup technologies, distributed metadata and the semantic web. Authors, both established (i.e. Stephen King) and novices are putting work on the Web. This chapter would be a good candidate for elaboration in any future edition where the topics of hypertext, digital libraries, semantic web and metadata could be assessed.\nInteresting Issues raised in The Social Life of Information:\nAgents -- the technology for artificial intelligence agents keeps improving, but the social structure for them is staying put. Who controls these agents?\nTelecommuting -- why hasn\ufffdt telecommuting taken off like we thought it would? Where are the hordes of people working happily at home?\nProcess vs. practice -- why is it that when we try encapsulating something in documentation, it always falls short?\nNewspaper -- why is it that newspaper still persists when there are a host of other, more interactive ways we can absorb the news?\nEducation -- why does the university continue to exist? Will information technology put the final nail in the coffin of the university?\nThe central theme of this book, never overtly spelled out by the authors, for better or worse, is that Human interaction revolves around issues of trust, and trust in the anonymous computer realm is hard (but not impossible) to come by. Reputation systems are important components of that, but in reality we judge the trustworthiness of a person on a million different factors, and it is hard to code that many different variables. A firm handshake, a shared joke, social capital, and a legion more of these nearly imperceptible cues allow us to work together. Information, automation, and streamlining, while essential to advancement, need to be seen within a larger context if they are truly to permit advancement. The rigidity of the structure of all things computerized -- one of their greatest strengths -- does not always blend well with flexible human needs and activity. The human element must be taken into account. The authors don\ufffdt offer any easy remedies -- indeed, as their examples show, the social life of information is terribly complex -- but their emphasis on at least being aware of it is already a useful point. Information is context bound, the size being meaning dependent, culturally creative, ecologically sensitive, information rule governed -- all these dimensions (and some more) giving information universality and time-independence.\nThey argue that this view of the future is hopelessly simplistic because it ignores the potent social forces that bind people into communities as well as the social contexts that give meaning to the isolated bits of information. For example, the slow growth of telecommuting despite the optimistic predictions of technology enthusiasts derives not from inertia but from a fundamental misappreciation for the importance of social interaction as a critical aspect of worker productivity. As technologies become increasingly sophisticated, people have even greater need for peer interactions in order to use the technologies effectively. The office social system plays a major part in keeping tools (and people) up and running. Paradoxically, in order for people to work alone, technology may have to reinforce their access to social networks.\nThe book is a \"must read\" for anyone who has had second thoughts about the \"digital revolution.\" The authors combine their backgrounds in technological research and social and cultural studies (Brown is Chief Scientist at Xerox Corporation and Director of the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, while Duguid is a research specialist in social and cultural studies in education at U.C. Berkeley) to attain a unique vantage point from which to critique the excesses of the Information Technology Age.\nThe Social Life of Information addresses many issues related to information technology; however, the central theme and key notion of the book is that information per se does not equal to knowledge. As Brown and Duguid so aptly note, the creation of knowledge from raw information is a social activity of human beings. Much of what we recognize as learning comes from informal social interactions between learners and mentors. These social interactions are difficult to achieve in mediated instruction. Brown and Duguid recognize that technology can enhance instruction in remarkable ways; however, it cannot replace the insights that students receive by struggling to make sense of information with both peers and mentors.\nBrown and Duguid emphasize the point that knowledge develops in \"communities of practice.\" As a case in point, they relate the experience of the familiar Xerox copier \"field reps\" -- the men and women who come to your office to fix the copier when it malfunctions. Copiers can fail in a myriad of ways and the problems that plague an individual copier can be quite difficult to diagnose, because they depend on subtle interactions between the environment that the machine is used in and the patterns of usage it receives. Frequently, the databases of repair information that are available to the rep provide little help to the rep in solving the more difficult problems.\nThe reps have developed these communities to share their insights. Though they may be working miles apart, they take the trouble to get together for coffee or for lunch so that they can share their experiences dealing with the tough to solve problems. Less experienced reps are able to benefit from the knowledge of more experienced ones. Solutions to rare problems become part of the shared knowledge of the group, and contacts are made that allow reps to call each other for advice and support. This socialization takes place even though the reps have access to extensive databases of technical information about each model of copier that the company manufactures, and relatively sophisticated computer support facilities that track service issues.\nThe important point is that even these sophisticated \"expert systems\" that have been developed to help repair personnel solve problems in the field are limited by their general lack of robustness. (How many of us have puzzled over why we must click on the \"start button\" on our computer terminal in order to stop our computer!) The social interaction between practitioners provides an important \"glue\" to turn the information provided by the \"expert system\" or the repair manual into knowledge.\nBrown and Duguid\ufffds focus on the organizational embodiment of these social interactions that help people transform information into knowledge provides important insights about why attempts to replace many of society\ufffds traditional institutions have failed. Though colleges and universities often are the prime targets of futurists who argue that they are becoming increasingly anachronistic in the Information Technology Age, Brown and Duguid understand that the unique role of the university is to validate the knowledge level of its graduates.\nG.C. Gupta:\nG.C. Gupta, Ph.D. has been a Professor of Psychology, University of Delhi, Delhi, and currently is a Visiting Professor of Cognitive Science at the Centre of Cognitive Science, University of Allahabad, Allahabadm, India. 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Pugh Library on the Senatobia campus.\nAuthor Susan Cushman will be in attendance for questions and discussion about her book, Tangles and Plaques.\nCulled from 60 blog posts spanning eight years, Tangles and Plaques is a candid account of a mother and daughter's changing relationship as they face the progressive landscape of Alzheimer's Disease together.\nAs the twisted fibers (tangles) build up inside the nerve cells in her brain and the protein fragments (plaques) fill the spaces between those cells, Effie Johnson, like millions of others who suffer from Alzheimer's, loses her memory and the stories that make up the fabric of her life.\nPart Polaroid, part cautionary tale, the reality woven throughout these records of long-distance caregiving is that the tangles and plaques aren't only in our brains, but often in our relationships.\nFor more information or to register, contact Courtney Hicks, instructional librarian at (662) 562-3278 or e-mail chicks@northwestms.edu.\nPosted Wednesday August 09, 2017 at 11:30 am by Northwest Mississippi Community College", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 2541, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 312.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://redriverhorror.com/2018/07/20/swimming-with-the-sharks-this-summer/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:46Z", "digest": "sha1:FXA4SEAHDDGXE2MM6LHYMXZ6QO6OQGDI", "length": 7151, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "redriverhorror.com", "title": "Swimming with the Sharks this Summer | Red River Horror", "raw_content": "While Steven Spielberg\u2019s Jaws has certainly set the gold standard for underwater-attack movies, there have been a few good ones since. Renny Harlin\u2019s Deep Blue Sea is big, dumb fun and features a killer speech by Samuel L. Jackson just before he\u2019s killed. Open Water, an ultra low-budget yet realistic and well-made thriller, made a splash several years ago. The Shallows, starring Blake Lively as a lone girl against a murderous Great White, came out in 2016 to mixed reviews but big box office. 47 Meters Down, a sea-set thriller with Mandy Moore trapped in an immersed cage and being circled by sharks, debuted on Netflix recently. Then there\u2019s the cheesy TV-chum, Sharknado and its sequels, which have become a SyFy Channel staple over the past several Shark Weeks.\nEven though there\u2019s no shortage of sharks in horror movies, it\u2019s still a niche genre. Maybe that\u2019s because sharks aren\u2019t really a threat to the average person\u2014unlike say, a serial killer, who can be anywhere at any time.\nDarin Scott \u2013 Director of \u201cDeep Blue Sea 2\u201d \u2013 Image via IMDB\nWe caught up with Darin Scott (Tales From the Hood 1 and 2), the director of the newest toothy thriller Deep Blue Sea 2, to ask him about why he thinks sharks are so scary to so many landlocked movie-lovers.\n\u201cIt\u2019s the same thing as plane crashes,\u201d Scott said. \u201cPlane crashes are statistically very rare, but we are still terrified of them.\u201d As for shark assaults, you actually have to go into the ocean in order to be in danger. If you\u2019re in the Midwest, your chances of being bitten by a shark are nil. But as Scott explains, \u201cIt\u2019s not the where-ness of something happening. It\u2019s the fact that it does actually happen and that is its horror. The fact is, even though sharks kill very few compared to the number of people who get in the water, there are shark-related deaths every year. And I think since Jaws, which released this idea in people\u2019s minds\u2014\u2018oh yeah, there\u2019s sharks out there\u2019\u2014now we\u2019re focused on it. And every time a shark attack happens, it\u2019s a worldwide headline story. It certainly captures the imagination. I know when I\u2019m at the beach in the water, I don\u2019t like to go out past chest-high. That\u2019s as far as I go before I start hearing that famous theme in the back of my head.\u201d\nSharks are also terrifying because they really are prehistoric. We don\u2019t fully understand them because they are from another time. And they bring to mind monsters. Shark movies are, in fact, monster movies. \u201cWe\u2019ve always had monster movies, and certainly from the fifties on, those stories are usually about creatures that were created by man being irresponsible with scientific experiments.\u201d\nIn Deep Blue Sea 2, Scott\u2019s sharks are genetically modified with the goal of weaponizing them. \u201cWhether it\u2019s atomic testing that led to giant spiders and other huge creatures that people have fought against in the movies for years and all the way up to something as fun and silly as [the movie] Frogs, where nature suddenly became aware and it\u2019s never really explained why. Man being irresponsible with the environment leads to disaster because it creates an intelligence and awareness on the part of animals. And in this particular series, Deep Blue Sea, the change is done on purpose. Man experimenting with the brains of an alpha predator to make him intelligent and discovering, once again, that that\u2019s probably not a good idea. The only advantage we had over the alpha predators was that we were smarter than them, so if you take that advantage away, you\u2019re in trouble.\u201d\nWhile Deep Blue Sea 2 is set to hit the small screen via the SyFy Channel this summer on August 8 [but it is out now on VOD, iTunes, Amazon, at the stores and on Blu-ray], shark-fans will also get to submerge themselves into the world of The Meg (short for Megalodon) just days later on the big screen when it comes out on August 10, 2018.\nYou will really be able to dive in, thanks to 4DX\u2014a so-called \u201cnew\u201d technology which would make William Castle proud. 4DX is the ultimate in state-of-the-art equipment, delivering a fully immersive cinematic experience. The chairs in the theater shake and bounce and you will be literally slapped with environmental effects including a sea-breeze and wet waves as the onscreen shark emerges from the ocean\u2019s depths. Judging from the tongue-in-cheek trailer and the casting of Jason Statham, The Meg is not going to be taking itself too seriously. Think: Piranha rather than Jaws. But still\u2014it\u2019s bound to have lots of thrills.\nWhile scary sharks are all well and good, it\u2019s the human beings that really make these movies memorable. Would Jaws have been as effective without Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfus and Robert Shaw? Scott knew this factor was of the utmost importance when he cast Michael Beach as the villainous \u201cmad scientist\u201d in Deep Blue Sea 2. \u201cWhat makes Michael a good villain besides being a really good actor, is he has something that all great villains have,\u201d Scott explained, \u201cwhich is a motivation you can understand and even agree with. But you don\u2019t like their methods. If you go through memorable villains in history, over and over again, as they talk about why they do what they do, and you find yourself nodding and going, \u2018Yeah, yeah that makes sense. OK, I understand. I see why you want to do that. That\u2019s good.\u2019 And then they kill everybody to get it done. Now they\u2019ve gone too far!\u201d\nMichael Beach in Deep Blue Sea 2 \u2013 Image via Mana Pop\nNot many horror films use flesh-and-blood animals, and certainly not real sharks onscreen (with the exception of Open Water, which was filmed in the Bahamas with live predators) because really, they don\u2019t need to. By now, most folks know that Jaws was portrayed by a cranky animatronic contraption nicknamed Bruce by Spielberg and crew. (In fact, there\u2019s a great 2007 documentary called The Shark is Still Working, directed by Erik Hollander, which you should check out if you haven\u2019t seen it.)\n\u201cBruce\u201d the Shark \u2013 One of three mechanical sharks used in \u201cJaws\u201d \u2013 Image via NPR\nDeep Blue Sea 2 features a scene or two with an animatronic. \u201cWe did have one Bruce-like shark. Unfortunately, he was quite Bruce-like!\u201d Scott laughed. \u201cHe did not work that well. But there are shots of him in the movie. We only had 24 days to shoot, which for a movie that takes place all in water, was really fast. So our \u2018Bruce\u2019 was in a few shots, and we have a few scenes which are real fins going through the water, but the rest was CG.\u201d Which it would have to be, as the mini-monsters and brawny brainy ones in Scott\u2019s creation don\u2019t actually exist. This is a whole new breed\u2026 and much, much scarier than Sharktopus!\nWhether you see sharks are pitiless psychopaths crunching every human in sight or as misunderstood creatures who\u2019ve gotten a bad break, there\u2019s no doubt you should see both of these thrillers this year. Each brings a different type of tale to the surface: Deep Blue Sea 2 has genetically modified sharks, while The Meg surfaces with a canny creature that\u2019s been hiding below the Mariana Trench for countless eons. It\u2019s a win/win for we shark-movie fans!\n-Staci Layne Wilson\n\u2190 July 2018 Horror Preview\nAugust 2018 Horror Preview \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 52, "original_length": 8894, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 261.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://regulations.delaware.gov/register/september2009/proposed/13%20DE%20Reg%20388%2009-01-09.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:11Z", "digest": "sha1:MDSUBGJJ6INLC5S7T2GPCQVAWAABLQQ3", "length": 4863, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "regulations.delaware.gov", "title": "13 DE Reg 388 09-01-09", "raw_content": "2400 Board of Examiners of Constables\nStatutory Authority: 10 Delaware Code, Chapter 27 (10 Del.C. Ch. 27)\nNotice is hereby given that the Board of Examiners of Constables, in accordance with Del. Code Title 10 Chapter 27 proposes to amend Rule 3.0 \u2013 Law Enforcement Exemption and Rule 4.0 \u2013 Employment. These amendments give the Board of Examiners the authority to oversee all training for Constables. If you wish to view this adoption, contact Ms. Peggy Anderson at (302) 672-5304. Any persons wishing to present views may submit them in writing, by September 30, 2009, to Delaware State Police, Detective Licensing, P.O. Box 430, Dover, DE 19903. The Board will hold their regular meeting in May 2010, at the Delaware State Police Headquarters Conference Room, 1441 North DuPont Highway in Dover, Delaware.\n2400 Constables\n1.1 A constable must meet the minimum training standards as established by the Council on Police Training Board.\n2.1 Any applicant who is rejected for a commission as a constable may, within 30 days of such notice of rejection, submit a written notice of appeal.\n2.2 A hearing date, to be determined by the Board, will be convened to take relevant evidence on the appeal.\n2.3 Such proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with the administrative procedures act (Title 29).\n2.4 The Board decision, in writing, will be mailed to the applicant within ten working days after the hearing.\n3.0 Law Enforcement Exemption\n3.1 Applicants, who were prior law enforcement officers in any jurisdiction and have been away from police work for not more than five (5) years, will be considered for commissions on a case-by-case basis.\n3.2 Applicants, who have been law enforcement officers in the past but have been away from active law enforcement for more than five (5) years, will be required to take either the MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory) or the PAI (Personal Assessment Inventory), under the conditions noted in Rule 4.0, and a comprehensive, multiple-choice examination, equivalent to the C.O.P.T. exam to identify weaknesses in their knowledge of law enforcement of the minimum standards established by the Board to identify weaknesses in their knowledge of the duties of a Constable. Once those shortcomings have been identified, the individual officer will be required to take the requisite training where the deficiency was noted.\n4.1 All applicants must submit written testimony from five (5) reputable citizens attesting to good character, integrity, and competency.\n4.2 All applicants must submit to either the MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory) or the PAI (Personal Assessment Inventory) evaluation performed by a licensed psychologist who has knowledge of the requirements of the duties of the Constable position, that the applicant is psychologically fit to function as a competent Constable.\n4.3 All applicants shall be required to submit an application and their fingerprints to the Director of Detective Licensing on the appropriate forms. The Director of the State Bureau of Identification shall set the processing fee.\n4.4 No full-time police officer may apply for a commission as a constable.\n4.5 All applicants seeking a new commission as a constable shall be required to submit a $100.00 application fee.\n4.6 A $50.00 annual renewal fee shall be required to accompany the renewal application each year thereafter.\n4.7 A constable shall not be a member or employee of any Delaware law enforcement organization, as defined by the council on Police Training, or a member or employee of a law enforcement organization of any other state or federal jurisdiction.\n5.0 Firearm\u2019s Policy\n5.1 No person licensed under Title 24 Chapter 13 Sections 1315 & 1317 shall carry a firearm unless that person has first passed an approved firearms course given by a Board approved certified firearms instructor, which shall include a minimum 40 hour course of instruction. Individuals licensed to carry a firearm must shoot a minimum of three (3) qualifying shoots per year, scheduled on at least two (2) separate days, with a recommended 90 days between scheduled shoots. Of these three (3), there will be one (1) mandatory \"low light\" shoot. Simulation is permitted and it may be combined with a daylight shoot.\n5.2 Firearms - approved type of weapons\n5.2.2 .357\n5.2.3 .38\n5.3 All weapons must be either a revolver or semi-automatic and must be double-action or double-action only and must be maintained to factory specifications.\n5.4 Under no circumstances will anyone be allowed to carry any type of shotgun or rifle or any type of weapon that is not described herein.\n5.5 All individuals must qualify with the same type of weapon that he/she will carry.\n5.6 All ammunition will be factory fresh (no re-loads).\n5.7 The minimum passing score is 80%. All licenses are valid for a period of one (1) year.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 5267, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 293.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://reisertonmedia.weebly.com/blog/digital-footprint-psa", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:24Z", "digest": "sha1:JZ7C5ZLUS74RXBJFIS76ZVXOO76WXT4T", "length": 726, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "reisertonmedia.weebly.com", "title": "Digital Footprint PSA - Reiserton Media", "raw_content": "As the first project of Broadcast Tech II, the newbies were told to make a PSA, or public service announcement. We worked in partners, I worked with Lizzie Green. This PSA would be used as a commercial for Ladue View, which made me a little nervous. We knew that we wanted to do something different. The editing was a little frustrating because it took a really long time to get the videos to pop up when we wanted them to, but when we got it all to work right, it looked great. It took us a while to find the music we wanted to use. We knew we wanted music that would portray the idea that something was going on that wasn't supposed to, we wanted something that would bring a mysterious and mischievous feeling to the video.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 1361, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 236.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://rekonnect.com/media/dating-tips/20-ex-best-friend-quotes-to-make-you-feel-better-about-ending-it.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:32Z", "digest": "sha1:F3BHXJEUVVUXQXE7A27YB6HT3LUG2GAG", "length": 6243, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "rekonnect.com", "title": "20 Ex Best Friend Quotes to Make You Feel Better About Ending it - Dating sites UK - No Strings Illicit Affairs and Adult Dating", "raw_content": "Losing a friend is never easy, losing a best friend is even harder. But these ex best friend quotes will make you feel better about leaving them.\nDeciding to end a friendship is almost harder than when you break up with someone. You\u2019re making the conscious decision to cut someone out of your life who\u2019s probably been there for a really long time. Even though you know it\u2019s best, you\u2019ll still be bummed. But having some ex best friend quotes to make you feel better can help immensely.\nNot all friends are supposed to stay in your life\nYou\u2019ll meet a lot of people in your lifetime. Some of them will wander in for a short time and others will never even stay. Then you\u2019ll have those people you spend years with. Those are your best friends.\nBut the things is, they don\u2019t always stay for good. We change a lot as we get older. Even as an adult, you\u2019ll be different ten years from now. If you\u2019re lucky, you and your friends will change together and still have enough in common to remain best friends.\nIf you\u2019re unlucky, you won\u2019t. And that means they could impact your life in a negative way if you\u2019re always on opposite sides of issues. When that happens, you can either hold on to that toxicity or let it go and live your life without them.\nEx best friend quotes to help you get through it\nYou\u2019ll be bummed out for a while. Unless they did something that was horrible enough to make you not care about them at all, you\u2019ll go through an adjustment period. These ex best friend quotes will help you get through that time with a little more ease.\n#1 \u201cSome people aren\u2019t loyal to you. They are loyal to their need of you. Once their needs change, so does their loyalty.\u201d It happens. You once had a loyal friend but only because they needed something. Once you were done serving your purpose, they were gone. That\u2019s on them. Not you.\n#2 \u201cWe never really lose friends, we just realize who the real ones are.\u201d The truth is that a real friend won\u2019t abandon you just like that. When the going gets tough, real ones stick around while the flakes drift away.\n#3 \u201cSometimes the person you\u2019d take a bullet for ends up being the gun.\u201d Backstabbers \u2013 or shooters \u2013 aren\u2019t good for anyone. You trust someone so much and they can often betray that. It\u2019s the unfortunate reality of not being able to read minds and intentions.\n#4 \u201cDear ex best friend, I never hated you. I\u2019m only disappointed because you became someone you said you\u2019d never be.\u201d People change. That\u2019s just life. The things that\u2019s the most difficult to bear is when someone completely changes into someone you hate and who they said they\u2019d never be. You\u2019re better off without them.\n#5 \u201cWhy should I make an effort to keep us together when you\u2019re throwing the wedge between us in the first place?\u201d It\u2019s all about wanting to be in each other\u2019s lives. When someone is no longer adding any value to your life, it\u2019s time to cut them loose.\n#6 \u201cNot friends. Not enemies. Just strangers with memories.\u201d Not everyone who disappears from your life did so in a negative way. Some people just drift apart and you\u2019re just strangers who have memories together.\n#7 \u201cStrangers can become best friends just as easily as best friends can become strangers.\u201d Not all of us realize when a friend is changing right before our eyes. Sometimes we get together with them and somehow don\u2019t know a thing about them anymore.\n#8 \u201cOh, I forgot. I only existed when you needed something.\u201d These types of people are the worst. Say goodbye and be done with them.\n#9 \u201cSomebody asked me if I knew you but all I could do was smile and say, \u2018I used to.\u2019\u201d It\u2019s just how life goes sometimes. You think you know someone until they do something or change in a way that you can\u2019t even recognize.\n#10 \u201cSomewhere along the line, I forgot who I really am because of you.\u201d Our friends have a lot of influence over us. They can even change who we are for a while until we wake up and realize our lives are better off without them.\n#11 \u201cIt\u2019s okay to miss the memories and not the person.\u201d You can wish you had those times and memories back even if you don\u2019t want the person around. What happened was still good and fun even if they\u2019re not anymore.\n#12 \u201cIt\u2019s funny that the people who hurt you the most said they never would.\u201d It\u2019s because they\u2019re so close to you and you trusted them so much. That type of betrayal can be the worst pain you\u2019ll ever know.\n#13 \u201cI lost you but found myself.\u201d Friends can often be what\u2019s blocking our view of ourselves. When you lose them, you might just realize who you really are and you\u2019re better off because of it.\n#14 \u201cI don\u2019t hate you. I just hope you find a friend just like you someday.\u201d If they were the worst type of friend ever, this is perfect. They don\u2019t deserve someone as loyal and loving as you. In fact, they deserve exactly the type of friend they are.\n#15 \u201cPay close attention to those who don\u2019t clap when you win.\u201d True friends support each other. Fake, toxic friends are the ones who ooze jealousy when you succeed. Get rid of them.\n#16 \u201cThings happen. People change.\u201d It\u2019s simple, but true. There\u2019s really nothing more you need to justify moving on from someone you once called a friend.\n#17 \u201c\u2019Best friends forever\u2019 is what they used to say. As it turns out, forever was too far away.\u201d Not every \u201cforever\u201d can hold its true meaning. When you meet someone who promises this and can\u2019t stay true to it, you know your life is better without them.\n#18 \u201cIt\u2019s okay to miss people even if you don\u2019t want them in your life.\u201d There are a lot of people you might miss and don\u2019t want anything to do with anymore. This is a normal part of life and it passes with time.\n#19 \u201cYou didn\u2019t lose a friend if you never had one to begin with.\u201d This can help you feel a lot better about splitting up with someone you called a friend. You didn\u2019t lose anything if they weren\u2019t yours to begin with.\n#20 \u201cNever push a person to the point where they no longer give a shit.\u201d Some \u201cfriends\u201d do this. They keep poking and pushing just to see how far they can get. Jokes on them because now they lost someone as great as you.\nWe all lose friends sometimes. It\u2019s difficult but with these ex best friend quotes, you\u2019ll realize that it\u2019s just a part of life.\nHow to Talk to a Guy You Like: 14 Ways to Stop Being a Wallflower", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 90, "original_length": 9380, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 252.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://religiousaffections.org/articles/articles-on-church/the-lords-day-part-1-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:25Z", "digest": "sha1:UZKWSBQVHFJ4RA7N3YKAPJZAGHTBXFL2", "length": 2561, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "religiousaffections.org", "title": "The Lord\u2019s Day, part 1 | Religious Affections Ministries: Conservative Christianity, Worship, Culture, Aesthetics, Classical Education, Homeschooling, Family", "raw_content": "The Lord\u2019s Day, part 1\nTaigen Joos | August 27th, 2013 | 0 Comments\n\"The Lord's Day\"\nWe live in a busy world. With technological advances one would think that our lives would be less hectic. However, the opposite seems to be true. Our time seems to be taken up throughout the week with various activities such as family activities, outings, practices, rehearsals, educational pursuits, business meetings, and so much more. We long for the weekend, where we have been taught by our modern culture that it is \u201cour time\u201d to be able to do whatever we want, or get to those projects that we couldn\u2019t get to during the busy work week.\nUnfortunately, in the unending pursuit of getting things done, we can very easily diminish or even dismiss the importance of the corporate worship of God\u2019s people on Sunday. This can take place in many different ways including, but not limited to, the following:\nCorporate worship of God with God\u2019s people is viewed as being \u201coptional\u201d while other things are viewed as being \u201crequired.\u201d Therefore, faithful attendance is not important.\nSunday morning services are more important than Sunday evening services. Therefore Sunday evening services are attended if it fits into our busy schedule.\nSome may view attendance as merely a \u201cputting in the time\u201d in order to appease the church leadership, but this attendance will only be as frequent as is needed to keep someone from pursuing them.\nSome may even view Sunday as their only \u201cfamily day\u201d and therefore miss the entire day of corporate worship.\nI'm Still Here, Too\nI remember as a child playing on various sports teams or being involved in various musical groups. Back then there were no real worries about having to miss Sunday services because of those events. Today, all kinds of events are scheduled regularly on Sundays, putting the Christian family in a difficult position.\nSo what should be the mindset of Christian families regarding Sundays? Is Sunday worship important? Should that day be treated any differently than the other days of the week? What is the significance of Sunday, anyway?\nIn forthcoming installments, I will seek to lay out both biblical and historical evidence that Sunday is called the Lord\u2019s Day, and though distinctly different from the Sabbath day of the Old Testament, is set aside for special significance in the mind of God. Because of these things, Sunday should also hold a place of great significance in the minds, hearts, and schedules of the Lord\u2019s people.\nThis essay was originally posted here and is published by permission of the author.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 165, "original_length": 8579, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 202.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://resilientpeople.co.uk/nic-marks/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:56Z", "digest": "sha1:XICMNCSBTVHQMZR5ZZGGIXKYURC67CPH", "length": 2203, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "resilientpeople.co.uk", "title": "Nic Marks | Resilient People", "raw_content": "Home Nic Marks\nInterested in booking Nic Marks?\nTo find out more about Statistician with a Soul amongst your employees or for more information on our solutions please call Estelle for an informal discussion\nNic Marks helps organizations build happier, more productive workplaces. Described as a \u201cStatistician with a Soul\u201d because of his unusual combination of \u2018hard\u2019 statistical skills and \u2018soft\u2019 people skills, he draws on scientific evidence to show that everyone benefits when businesses take happiness seriously. Nic founded Happiness Works, an innovative tech-based business with offices in London and San Francisco, to be the catalyst in changing the world of work for the better.\nAfter studying Mathematics, Economics and Management at the University of Cambridge, Nic gained postgraduate qualifications in Operational Research at Lancaster University and Organizational Change at the University of Surrey, also completing a three-year practical training in Counselling and Psychotherapy along the way.\nIn 2001 he founded the Centre for Wellbeing at the London-based think tank the New Economics Foundation. Nic and his team produced a stream of ground-breaking reports including the Happy Planet Index, Five Ways to Wellbeing and National Accounts of Wellbeing. In 2008 they were awarded the \u201cBetterment of Humankind Award\u201d from the International Society for Quality of Life Studies for their work on wellbeing in public policy.\nNic was an advisor to the UK Government Office for Science on the Wellbeing Foresight Programme and has written over 20 publications. In 2010 Nic was invited to speak at the prestigious TED global conference. His TED talk has now been watched well over a million times, and he authored one of the original three TEDbooks, entitled \u2018A Happiness Manifesto\u2019. Nic was named as one of the Top Ten Original Thinkers by the UK\u2019s Institute of Directors magazine and his work was listed as one of Forbes Magazine\u2019s Seven Most Powerful Ideas in 2011.\nAs well as being the CEO of Happiness Works Nic is a board member at Action for Happiness, a charity campaigning for a happier and more caring world whose patron is the Dalai Lama and a Fellow of the New Economics Foundation.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 145, "original_length": 6000, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 209.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://responsibilitytoprotect.org/index.php/component/content/article/136-latest-news/5623-the-notions-of-the-responsibility-to-protect-and-the-protection-of-civilians-in-armed-conflict-detecting-their-association-and-its-impact-upon-international-law-raphael-van-steenberghe-goettingen-journal-of-international-law-", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:03Z", "digest": "sha1:4O67XPAJHU7AZ5BBGXVUKP72GYXCXQP6", "length": 2039, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "responsibilitytoprotect.org", "title": "The Notions of the Responsibility to Protect and the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict", "raw_content": "The Notions of the Responsibility to Protect and the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict: Detecting Their Association and Its Impact Upon International Law\nRapha\u00ebl van Steenberghe\nGoettingen Journal of International Law\nThe article focuses on the recent trend evidenced in United Nations and State practice towards associating the responsibility to protect with the protection of civilians in armed conflict. It analyzes whether such a trend is well-founded by shedding light on the common and distinct features of the two notions. In addition, it examines the normative impacts of such association on international law, mainly on international humanitarian law since the protection of civilians in armed conflict is founded upon this law. The article concludes that, although the responsibility to protect and the protection of civilians in armed conflict share similar features, such as the ultimate objective that they pursue and the general content of their protection, a closer look reveals significant differences between the two notions, mainly due to their specific underlying logic. It observes that their association has precisely led to export the reaction aspects peculiar to the responsibility to protect into the field of the protection of civilians in armed conflict. Such association may have the potential not only to influence the nature of the responsibility to protect by enabling it to evolve from a political to a legal concept, but also and more probably to have an impact on international humanitarian law. This could have the advantage of both clarifying and putting the accent on the possibility and necessity of coercive intervention of the international community in case of violations of the international humanitarian law rules related to the protection of civilians. However, such evolution is not without risk for this law. In particular, it may affect its neutral nature or lead to conflate the primary and collective responsibility that it provides with the ones under the responsibility to protect.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 82, "original_length": 3532, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 135.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://reverberatehills.blogspot.com/2011/08/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:15:14Z", "digest": "sha1:6BVGGYZ2DA7VEB7IU4UDUR7BSKKBHE5N", "length": 54069, "nlines": 186, "source_domain": "reverberatehills.blogspot.com", "title": "The Reverberate Hills; or The Apotheosis of the Narwhal: August 2011", "raw_content": "and the broken world. . . .\nsharp shards of broken bottles\nglitter in the sun\nrandom mosaics\nglitter through the starry skies\nand the broken world\nstill the blossoms fall\non pebbles and last year's leaves\nyou've tried to avoid\nlight falls obliquely\na slow realization\non cubicle rows\ndull Friday quiet descends\ndead white unchanging light shines\ngilded carousels\nsitting in pretty stillness\nself-portrait with dragon head\nsome distant playground\nplaying memory music\na lone child, staring\nfaint echoes over a field\nwhen this you see remember me\nI was at the Thursday and Saturday night performances of 4 Saints in 3 Acts, sponsored by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (in conjunction with their exhibit The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Parisian Avant-Garde), held at the attractive small theater at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts right across the street, and performed by the fabulous Ensemble Parallele.\nIt\u2019s a bit misleading to describe the evening as a performance of 4 Saints in 3 Acts; this was an \u201cOpera Installation\u201d (I\u2019m only surprised that its art-museum origin didn\u2019t result in its being called \u201cThe 4 Saints Project\u201d) so what we actually had was an abbreviated version of 4 Saints, preceded by a new composition called A Heavenly Act, a setting by Luciano Chessa of parts of Stein\u2019s text cut from the reduced Saints. The idea of continuing the avant-garde performance tradition association with 4 Saints is not in itself a bad one, but they would have been better off leaving 4 Saints alone \u2013 Ensemble Parallele\u2019s performance being, as expected given their track record, of such quality that I wished they were performing the entire opera \u2013 and maybe commissioning a new setting of some of Stein\u2019s other texts.\nOn Thursday we were allowed to go directly into the event we had paid for; last night, however, we had to start with not one but two (one for Yerba Buena and one for SFMOMA) pointless and boring speeches from museum functionaries. They blathered on and on about their \u201cinstallations\u201d and \u201cprojects\u201d and \u201cbackground\u201d for the piece, all of which (and more) is already easily available on-line or in the program. Gentlemen, let me tell you about a wonderful invention called the Internet. Anyone who is interested in what your organizations are doing, based on their viewing of the performance you are delaying for your own ego-gratification, can look it up later on the Internet. If we\u2019ve spent up to $85 on tickets, there\u2019s a good chance we already know what we\u2019re going to be seeing, and if we don\u2019t, that\u2019s a deliberate choice that should be respected.\nThese tedious speeches were not only exasperating. I think the one from the SFMOMA guy was actually destructive, since he announced at one point that it was \u201cOK to laugh\u201d (then he added, as a condescending afterthought, that it was \u201cOK to cry\u201d as well; thanks, but I really don\u2019t need to be told what makes me laugh or cry), which a large portion of the audience took as official permission to regard the opera as just silliness and hijinks; no matter what the words and music and movement evoked of beauty or passion or melancholy delicate poetry, there was continuing inane laughter that had not been there Thursday night when we had no little speeches. (And even the comic parts of the opera are really more evocative of witty smiles than guffaws; this isn\u2019t Deputy Dawg.) Since the newly created scenario for 4 Saints involved the mercy killing (of St Teresa 1 by St Ignatius), a major operation (St Ignatius as the doctor), a trial for the life of St Ignatius, and his execution in an electric chair (the silly old women behind me chortling constantly throughout), the laughter was a pretty clear indication that people weren\u2019t open to what they were seeing, but to what they had been told they should see. Why is a curator of modern art trying to direct our responses anyway? Why not trust the work of art and trust the audience and let us have our own reactions and our own opinions?\nI liked Chessa\u2019s music even more on the second hearing, though I would have preferred to hear it when I wasn\u2019t waiting for 4 Saints. His piece opens with mistier shadier slow undulations, which contrast nicely with Thomson\u2019s crisper tunes, and he elegantly references Thomson\u2019s music, and though it\u2019s beautifully done (as if he were an architect incorporating echoes of an attached older building into a new one), the very fact of doing so means this work is not in the tradition of 4 Saints, which was (and, wonderfully, remains) bold and eccentric and original.\nThere is a video projection by Kalup Linzy, consisting mostly of clouds and gauzy angels in smoky black-and-white, which was all quite lovely but not at all original or challenging in the way of the original. Linzy is black, and the program connects his role in this production with the famous use of an all-black cast in the original 4 Saints, but audience expectations are no longer challenged by seeing black singers in an opera; this is a good thing for both art and society, but it\u2019s another way in which this production does not \u2013 could not \u2013 generate the frisson of the original. In fact it\u2019s difficult to think of a more universal symbol of The Lovely than soft-focus angels and clouds. Nothing wrong with that, but just another source of frustration when I\u2019m waiting for 4 Saints.\nA Heavenly Act is very dark, at least on stage; the music covers a wider spectrum. The chorus mostly wears black cowls, and the lighting is low. The music suddenly changes to a stylish waltz, which evoked a raffish but elegant hotel ballroom of the 1920s with potted palms; the waltz grows increasingly frantic and moves towards a gospel number, sung by Linzy with angel wings (and a microphone) and in dark robes of the sort of black that looks green, but unfortunately he doesn\u2019t have the voice or presence to carry off a gospel number \u2013 you can hear in the music that it was meant to be an exuberant explosion, but you can\u2019t hear it in the performance. (And, again, gospel numbers on stage are not only not novelties, they\u2019ve become a bit of a Broadway clich\u00e9.)\nThroughout the first act, the words are mostly unintelligible. Stein, careful guardian of her own genius, would not like this. And I don\u2019t think Thomson would either; famously (or notoriously, since people now tend to find his attitude patronizing), he decided to use black singers because of the clarity and beauty of their elocution. The libretto of 4 Saints is one of Stein\u2019s, uh, more deeply hermetic texts (which means you\u2019ll either find it evocative and poetic, as I do, or incoherent gibberish; personally, I admire Stein for continuing to walk the far edge; her difficulties remain difficult, which is part of their point; they haven\u2019t been glossed and smoothed into a standard reading), but \u2013 and this is part of Thomson\u2019s genius \u2013 it really does make sense, certainly poetic and emotional sense, when it\u2019s sung. The form and shape of the music help form and shape the words and their possible meanings and echoes (and they build, which is why it's problematic to perform only part of this opera). Things live on the stage in a way they don\u2019t on the page (which is why theater, despite its inconveniences and never-ending problems, and stupid giggling audiences, lasts).\nSurtitles were not used for either part. I think this is a defensible idea for several reasons: the lack of surtitles has the effect of both forcing you to pay closer attention to the words and relieving you from needing to follow the libretto word by word. (I realize these two effects sound contradictory, but the dual effect is true; and if you dislike paradox and obscurity, 4 Saints is not the opera for you.) The opera is a balancing act between words and music and they need to join in performance; surtitles can emphasize the words in a way that obscures the emotional clarity provided by music and action (as when you buy a used book and any underlined or highlighted words jump out at you, even if you have no idea why they were underlined or highlighted).\nAs I said, I would have enjoyed A Heavenly Act on its own; as it was, I found it much too long (almost 40 minutes of a 90-minute performance), since I was eager for 4 Saints. I would happily buy a ticket if someone wanted to do a similar \u201cinstallation\u201d to one of the over-produced staples of the repertory, but 4 Saints is done so rarely that the evening led to a sense of frustration rather than adventure. The original is itself only around 90 minutes, and performing the whole thing doesn\u2019t require anything that isn\u2019t also needed for the short version (which, by the way, was never intended as a substitute performing version or final revision, no matter what SFMOMA is implying; Thomson made a short version, based on the hour he was given for a radio broadcast, and a record executive told him he would record that hour; Thomson refers to the recording in a letter to Alice B Toklas after Stein's death as \"excerpts\" of the opera).\nAs previously noted, 4 Saints is one of my all-time favorite operas, and I have never had the chance to see a full-length production; given that, my frustration with this evening was maybe to be expected, but it was a bit of a perverse tease to sell me a ticket for 4 Saints and then spend so much time on something which, while quite lovely, is not 4 Saints.\nThe overall excellence of Ensemble Parallele\u2019s performance added to the frustration (especially since I felt on Thursday night that a few moments, particularly in the beginning, would have benefited from some of the rehearsal time that was no doubt spent on A Heavenly Act; there were some glitches on Saturday but on the whole the performance seemed more confident, though I shouldn't leave the impression that either night was overall anything but superb). I\u2019ve sketched out their new scenario above, and director Brian Staufenbiel did a wonderful job staging the opera, using the words and music as the key to the action, so that sometimes it all made excellent (and even surprising and new) sense, and other times it created a wonderful disjunction between sense and scene (as in the trial, when the arbitrary-seeming phrases made a satirical point about the workings of earthly justice versus the higher morality of St Ignatius\u2019s actions). There are elegant and witty dances (choreography by Michael Mohammed) when the music calls for them.\nThe set is also elegant and witty, with a bed, tables, and some chairs, all in white and on wheels, with touches of silver (as in the silver masks that line the top part of the bed, where a canopy would hang, which echo the silver faces of the white-clad cast). There are some touches of yellow and pale blue; St Teresa 1 is all in buttery yellow, and St Ignatius in brilliant red. (Set design by Staufenbiel and costumes by Christine Cook.) As noted, the rest of the cast is in white, except for the non-singing supernumaries, who are silver-faced policemen (click here for photos and a backstage report from evil supernumary SFMike), and the Compere and Commere (respectively John Bischoff and Wendy Hillhouse), who are in grand and slightly tatty Napoleonic finery, a witty reference to the Parisian milieu of Stein and Thomson.\nNicole Paiement, conductor and artistic director of Ensemble Parallele, had a wonderful touch with the music; hearing it after being so used to the recording was like seeing a familiar fresco cleaned and restored to its original fresh brilliance of color. The cast (many of them still students at, or newly graduated from, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music) was strong throughout. I particularly liked the purity of Heidi Moss\u2019s St Teresa 1 and Kristen Choi\u2019s St Teresa 2; Choi seemed to connect directly to the emotional truth and lyric beauty of each of her lines. The St Ignatius of Eugene Brancoveanu dominated the proceedings with his flowing baritone, large and deep; he was particularly fine \u2013 vibrant and sensitive and pointed \u2013 in Pigeons on the grass, alas, which is the Nessun Dorma of avant-garde opera.\nWhat was there was all so good! Please, why not do the whole thing?\nLabels: Ensemble Parallele, Gertrude Stein, new music, new operas, opera, SFMOMA\na bird flying off\na flat stretch of still water\nalways your heart aches:\nchildren playing in the sun,\nuniversal specks\nmountains and cherry blossoms\nalways your heart aches\nwatch the dust dancing\nlightly over worldly things\na shaft of soft light\nglowing through an empty room\nendless blue silence\nfloating between thoughts and words\nbirds disturb the air\nclosing over restless wings\nthey wept because \"they didn't know something so beautiful could be done in America\"\nIn conjunction with their amazing reunion of the Stein collection this summer, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is sponsoring a revival/restaging/partial revision of the Gertude Stein/Virgil Thomson modernist milestone, 4 Saints in 3 Acts, by the fabulous Ensemble Parallele. It runs this Thursday, 18 August, through Sunday, 21 August, at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Get your tickets here.\n4 Saints in 3 Acts, one of the few operas whose librettist is always given equal billing with the composer, has always been one of my all-time favorite operas. I have been fascinated by it since I first heard about it, probably when I was around 13 and reading something by or about Gertrude Stein. It was one of the first operas I bought (on cassette; this was before CDs) and listening to it is one of the few things that can reliably make me happy, even after all these years.\nThis is a somewhat arbitrary list of related materials, for anyone equally fascinated by this Gertrude Stein/Virgil Thomson collaboration:\nThomson, who was a music critic for many years at the New York Herald Tribune, is one of those musicians like Berlioz whose writing is almost as entertaining as his music. He wrote quite a lot about 4 Saints, its genesis and reception. His autobiography and his selected writings are vivid and provocative, though as with all autobiographies you might want to check what he says against a more disinterested source, particularly the Tommasini biography mentioned below. Actually, the Virgil Thomson Reader I have seems to be different from the one linked to above, and is now I guess out of print. I read the Reader and the autobiography so long ago that I should probably re-read them.\nStein wrote less about the aftermath of 4 Saints, perhaps because she and Thomson had been quarrelling at the time of the premiere and she didn't even see it until her tour of the USA, when it happened to be staged in Chicago when she was there. She mentions it in passing in several places in Everybody's Autobiography, the sort-of sequel to her surprise (and surprising) best-seller, The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas. She did enjoy the extra celebrity brought to her by the opera's unexpected success.\nA few years ago I bought a used copy of the 1934 first printing of the text, which is the classic \"slim volume of verse.\" It has an introduction by Stein's friend and defender, Carl van Vechten, who suggests that in both words and action 4 Saints is no more obscure and convoluted than Ponchielli's La Gioconda. Whoever owned this copy earlier wrote on the flyleaf in pencil \"Nobody knows the Opera I seen, nobody knows but Gertrude\" with the initials F.P.A. below, who is either the newspaperman Franklin P. Adams (how do I even know that name?) or the pencilling quipster him- or herself. You can find both the Autobiography and the text of 4 Saints in Volume 1 of the Library of America's two-volume Gertrude Stein collection.\nAbout a year ago Oxford published the collected letters (to each other) of Stein and Thomson, under the title Composition as Conversation. It's thoroughly and helpfully annotated, and quite entertaining, though I'm only about half-way through it since letters, like lyric poetry, need space around them and do not benefit from cramming. It's always fascinating to see how much of a writer's style is simply a natural extension of personality and how much gets into the finished product. For some letters are a completely different thing from their \"real\" writing. Not surprisingly Stein is not one of these, though she can be fairly direct and matter-of-fact. Thomson usually resists the powerful rhythms of her style and manages to keep on sounding like himself.\nAnthony Tommasini's biography of the composer (Virgil Thomson: Composer on the Aisle) is affectionate but not uncritical, and pretty much indispensible if you're interested in Thomson and his times. The discussion of 4 Saints is particularly insightful on the work's staging and cultural milieu.\nSteven Watson's Prepare for Saints is entirely about the first production of the opera. Some of the Amazon reviews seem particularly clueless about this book, commenting that it's full of gossip instead of whatever it was that reader was looking for; but it's not a literary study of the text or a musicological study of the opera; it's a cultural history, so, yeah, there's a lot of what you might call the higher gossip about who was quarrelling with whom and who was sleeping with whom and who snubbed whom and how somehow art gets produced while all the rest is going on. It's a thorough and very interesting book.\nIncidentally Watson is speaking at the Contemporary Jewish Museum about 4 Saints this Thursday before the premiere of the new production, but I see by their website that it's sold out. But the CJM's Gertude Stein exhibit is also worth a visit or two, and includes some brief footage of the Mark Morris Dance Group production of 4 Saints, last staged here around six years ago. (As far as I know a film of Mark Morris's production is not publicly available; I assume the footage they use is from the MMDG's archives.)\nThe name Chick Austin kept recurring in all these accounts; he was the director of the Hartford Atheneum who first managed to get the opera staged and who helped make it a sensation. He has his own excellent biography by Eugene Gaddis, Magician of the Modern: Chick Austin and the Transformation of the Arts in America. If you wonder how museums went from the personal fiefs of rich collectors and connoisseurs to public, academically-inclined institutions, or if you wonder how modern art (that is, modern painting, not necessarily modern music) became widely seen (whether you like it or not) as the major art of our time, then you should read this book. It made me regret that I never went down to Hartford in the years I lived in Boston. It's fascinating to see how influential were many of Austin's personal interests and tastes (in baroque art, in circuses and movies and other \"low\" forms of art, in Picasso and other modernists, and even in the museum as a place not just for paintings but also for theater and for parties). Gaddis's even-handed approach to Austin's bisexuality is a model for such discussions: he doesn't brush it aside, but he doesn't dwell on it at the expense of Austin's more important achievements, and he doesn't naively insist, as many would these days, that Austin was \"really\" gay. Austin was married with children but had a number of male companions both before and during his marriage; he seemed to value both types of relationship, though at the end of his life he abruptly dumped his long-time male companion and returned permanently to his wife, announcing he never wanted to see the friend again. (I've forgotten the man's name, which I guess is rather Chick Austin of me, but he ended up working in a men's clothing store in Florida.)\nWell, sexuality is sort of an unavoidable undercurrent in discussions of 4 Saints, among other things. I think it was in Tommasini's biography that I read that the original cast used to refer to the creators among themselves as \"Mr Stein and Miss Thomson.\" Since a number of the (male) performers were sleeping with various of the (male) collaborators, I assume this was a somewhat affectionate gesture, even if they didn't use the nicknames in front of Thomson. There's a provocative and intriguing discussion of sexuality and 4 Saints in Nadine Hubbs's The Queer Composition of America's Sound: Gay Modernists, American Music, and National Identity. It's about how a small group of mostly gay (and mostly Jewish) modern composers helped create what we think of as the American sound, thereby making themselves the voices of a society that wasn't particularly sympathetic to gays, Jews, or modernists. Hubbs's style can be a bit heavy with the academic-ese, but she doesn't substitute theory for thought and observation, and the book is well worth the time if you're interested in the subject.\nAfter all that reading and theorizing, let's not forget the music and singing:\nCapital Capitals, a Stein/Thomson work which preceded 4 Saints and is a sort of dry-run experiment by Thomson in setting Stein, is available on a couple of recordings. You can find its premiere recording, with Thomson on piano, in one (Modern American Vocal Works) where it's paired with Thomson's Stabat Mater (with Jennie Tourel), along with classic recordings of Copland's Old American Songs (featuring William Warfield with Copland on piano) and Barber's Knoxville Summer of 1915 (with Eleanor Steber) and Hermit Songs (featuring Leontyne Price with Barber on the piano). Capital Capitals is also available on an all-Thomson disc (Mostly About Love, which features Anthony Tommasini on the piano) along with a number of shorter vocal selections, including some others with texts by Stein. It's been a while since I've listened to these recordings but I remember liking them a lot.\nThe famous final Stein/Thomson collaboration, The Mother of Us All, is available in a recording from Santa Fe, conducted by Raymond Leppard. Again, it's been a while since I've heard this one, and I suppose I should have given it another listen before bringing it up, but right now I'm kind of buried under newly-purchased yet unlistened-to CDs, among other things, and I've always preferred 4 Saints as more poetical anyway, so I didn't. You get to have the joy of discovery, and of forming your own opinion! You can sometimes find copies of the Columbia University premiere floating around, but I think it wasn't ever officially released.\nAnd, of course, there are recordings of 4 Saints itself. Even without the added interest that comes from being conducted by the composer himself and from including many of the original singers, Thomson's own recording is bouncy and tangy and, though I really hate using this word in a context like this, essential. It is also, unfortunately, only about half of the opera, so it's sort of 2 Saints in 1.5 Acts. What's really unfortunate is that this abridgement (insisted upon by a record executive; since CDs can have longer running times they've filled the rest of the CD with Stokowski conducting Thomson's The Plow That Broke the Plains) has often been taken as an alternative performing edition. (To continue with unfortunate things, the upcoming performances are abridged, though I understand that was not Ensemble Parallele's idea.) C'mon, people, the whole thing is only about an hour and a half! There is one very good complete recording, which is the one I first bought on cassette long ago, though my cassettes were replaced, also long ago, by CDs. But it too seems to have fallen out of print, though like some of the CDs mentioned earlier used copies are available at prices ranging from the reasonable to the outrageous, and I keep hoping for another one anyway (possibly Naxos's American Opera Classics series will come through for me), because, as previously noted, I can't get enough of this opera.\nThe photograph at the top is a detail from The Cathedrals of Broadway in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, painted by Florine Stettheimer, who is best known for her original designs (fanciful, colorful, and staged with cellophane) for the 4 Saints premiere.\nLabels: CJM, Ensemble Parallele, Gertrude Stein, literary, new music, opera, SFMOMA\nbreezes shake the boughs\nsquirrels shiver the branches\nrandom recurrence\nflashes of light dappling shade\nmentally noting\nrevolving random earworms\nslinking in silence\non the frayed edge of the crowd\nmaybe that's a cat\ndark fur against dark shadow\ndarkness settles in\nunlit room, inky corner\nbrown grass of August\na soccer ball sitting there\nO the giddy whirl\nrevolving globe changing days\ndealing in realities\nWhen I posted my August preview the other day I mentioned that whoever scheduled the Merola production of Barber of Seville was, to quote myself, \"simply not dealing in reality.\" (My original post, and my explanation for saying that, can be found here.) A friend of mine e-mailed me an objection to what I said and how I said it. With his permission I\u2019m posting what he wrote, followed by my response. His text is in blue. I've omitted some stuff that doesn't directly pertain to his argument.\nDearest Patrick,\nI was going to leave this in the comments on the fun stuff post then thought better of it because of how it may sound. As you know, I am not retired, unemployed, self-employed, nor am I a student \u2013 but I'll be there both nights because I can walk home afterwards \u2013 and stop home and have a bite to eat beforehand. I'm not gloating about this, it's just a fact. I don't think the start times are the real issue here as much as the location of your home in relation to the event. Most people don't view that three hour gap as \"wasting time\" but as an opportunity to have dinner with someone, go home and change, whatever. I find it more difficult and annoying to have to be at something that starts at 7 or 7:30 than at 8:00 and as I've said to you before, I wish this stuff didn't start til 8:30 or 9:00 \u2013 which would be more convenient for me but would cause you to go apoplectic \u2013 or at least give up on performances altogether. I don't do a lot in Berkeley for the same reason, but that doesn't make them wrong when it obviously works for so many people.\nI don't know \u2013 I say this to you as a friend and someone I admire and respect, but to say \"these people are simply not dealing in reality\" sounds pretty harsh to me and I don't think we bloggers are at the top of the list when considerations are made on scheduling the starting times of events \u2013 but I do think they are interested in making it convenient for all those folks who want to eat at Absinthe or the Hayes Valley Grill (or at the Grove or Arlequin for that matter) and that's the majority. And for those that abhor late nights, that's what weekend matinees are for, but why would they want to willingly give away comp tickets to performances that won't get them coverage until after it's all over (and to performances that will probably sell better than the evening shows)?\nJust wanted to share these thoughts with you.\n[from a second e-mail, after I thanked him for responding and told him he should post his remarks or let me post them]:\nI just don't want to come across like I'm criticizing you because that's not my intent. I remember when you wrote to me about \"War Music\" that just because I didn't like how they did it didn't make them wrong for doing it that way, and that's really the spirit of what I'm saying here.\nIt's up to you whether or not you want to post it and respond [. . . ] and be \"nice\" in your response, please.\nAre you at least going to the Friday performance?\nMy response now follows. I will point out here that what I said in my original post and what I'm saying here about start times applies generally to performing arts groups in the Bay Area, not just to the Merola Program or the San Francisco Opera.\nI was going to leave this in the comments on the fun stuff post then thought better of it because of how it may sound.\nIt sounds fine. Tone is conveyed not only by what people say but in how the reader reads it. I\u2019m reading it in a positive way. I\u2019m not big on personal abuse but I\u2019m always open to differing viewpoints. I assume people realize that but maybe I shouldn't make that assumption.\nAs I\u2019ve said all along (for instance, in this post about the Royal Danish Ballet fiasco at Cal), I\u2019m perfectly willing to stick the subject of start times in the FML file if anyone can give me solid reasons why every performance in the Bay Area has to start at 8:00. Please note that in that entry I define what a \u201csolid reason\u201d is.\nAs you know, I am not retired, unemployed, self-employed, nor am I a student- but I'll be there both nights\nI\u2019m sure there were other regularly employed people there; I\u2019m speaking broadly about the attendees. The point I was making is that most people who attend midweek 8:00 performances, aside from the occasional live-performance addict like you and me, are clearly retired people or students, something that is easily verifiable at any performance. I notice that in your write-up (which I will be happy to link to if you wish to identify yourself) you mention how little sleep you got. You have to be very dedicated to the Barber of Seville to make that sacrifice. Most working people aren\u2019t going to make it.\nbecause I can walk home afterwards- and stop home and have a bite to eat beforehand. I'm not gloating about this, it's just a fact.\nYes, that is very handy (I was in a similar situation when I lived in Boston) but you don\u2019t seriously think that most theater-goers live that close to Civic Center, do you? (And if so, what do they do if they want to see something across the bay or downtown?) Also, I know quite a few people (men as well as women) who would not be willing to walk through the neighborhood you walk through late at night. You\u2019re talking about a very small group here \u2013 people who, in the first place, are interested in live theater and can afford it, and who live close enough to the theater (or at least a theater) to walk to it, and who are OK with walking alone at night. That's a pretty small subset of potential ticket-buyers. I think the majority of theater-goers are people who work downtown but live farther out.\nLet\u2019s also remember that a sizable percentage of them take public transportation, which, in the Bay Area, tends to shut down shortly after midnight. We've all been at opera performances where a lot of the audience is silently screaming \"just die already!\" because they're afraid of missing the last train. Anything that discourages the use of public transportation is bad. It is way past time when we need to adopt policies that discourage our non-sustainable reliance on cars. (I\u2019m not even going to get into the trouble and expense of parking in San Francisco.)\nI don't think the start times are the real issue here as much as the location of your home in relation to the event.\nNope. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a violation of my personal privacy guidelines to say I live in San Leandro, right next to Oakland, where instead of living in a cramped, overpriced, and relentlessly noisy apartment (as I did in Boston) I can own a pretty nice house with a yard. But it\u2019s not as if I\u2019m out in the boonies, either \u2013 the local BART station is a quick walk away, and from there I can catch a direct train that will get me to either downtown San Francisco or Oakland/Berkeley in about 25 minutes.\nI get the \u201cone hour\u201d figure I always use by adding in travel to and from the stations and waiting for the train, which can be up to 20 minutes late at night. So the whole trip after commute hours almost always takes an hour. That\u2019s still a shorter trip from Civic Center than to almost anyplace within San Francisco \u2013 I\u2019ve occasionally, while staying in the city, spent 30 minutes just waiting for a bus to show up. I could, if I were so minded, come home after work, spend about an hour here, and still get to the theater in time, which I think strengthens my point that there is an absurd amount of time to fill before an 8:00 performance.\nIf theaters can\u2019t accommodate people who live where I live then they\u2019re in trouble \u2013 I would guess most of the local ticket buyers live a similar distance away, even if they're San Francisco residents, and quite a few live even further out, in the Walnut Creek area. It's really great to live as close as you do, but most of the potential audience is just not in that situation.\nMost people don't view that three hour gap as \"wasting time\" but as an opportunity to have dinner with someone, go home and change, whatever.\nWell, last time I flew back from New York we sat on the runway for almost three hours, and though I got a lot of reading done (from one of my favorite authors, too \u2013 I had Volume 2 of the LOA edition of Isaac Bashevis Singer\u2019s complete stories), I pretty much considered that Jet Blue was wasting my time. I\u2019m very skeptical of institutions that tell me their bizarre delays are really for my benefit.\nI\u2019m also wondering how you know this \u2013 most people I know definitely regard it as lost time, which is why many of them have dropped live performance in favor of more accommodating forms of culture and entertainment.\nIncidentally I have had a couple of friends offer to kill time with me beforehand, which seems like an imposition but they made the offer. But it\u2019s a lot to assume that they\u2019re going to be available when I need them to be, and will be willing to wander off when I need to get to the theater. There are always time pressures when you\u2019re going to a performance, which is why so many restaurants offer special menus for those who have to make a curtain time. I go out to dinner with friends fairly often, but that\u2019s about spending time with them, not using them as filler because theaters, for reasons still unclear to me, insist on starting everything at 8:00.\nAs I have said before, most working people I know, unless they are hardcore live-performance aficionados, are not even going to consider going to something that won't even start until 8:00 on a worknight. I\u2019ve had retired people say to me that they don\u2019t know how someone who is still working can manage to go to the theater and I\u2019ve had temporarily-fully-employed freelancers tell me they do not know how I can do it. I've had people tell me that when they worked in SF they remember how dull it was waiting for performances to start. The only person I've ever met who doesn't consider the time a waste is you, which of course is a perfectly legitimate position, but as far as I can tell, and in my almost invariable experience, you're in the minority on this.\nThis does get into the social aspect of theater-going. I realized long ago that no one I knew was interested in going to the theater as often as I was, so I developed the habit of going by myself. I know there are lots of people who view theater as an adjunct to their social life rather than as a thing in itself.\nI think of this by and large as the \u201cgracious living\u201d school of theater-going, by which I mean people who see going to the theater as an aspect of their self-image as well-off, cultured people. (To some extent we all do that, no doubt.) I am going to state clearly and emphatically that I am not issuing judgments about whether a more social motivation for theater-going is worse, more trivial, or so forth, than going for the sake of the performance itself. I am stating this clearly and emphatically because though I really do feel people can go to the theater for whatever reason makes them happy, I also have an instinctive stomach-clenching revulsion when people say things like \u201cit\u2019s so civilized!\u201d or \u201cenjoy a leisurely supper beforehand\u201d and suchlike. There is a comic aspect to seeing an aesthete such as myself as an angry proletariat, but there it is. I also reject completely the common stereotype that the \"real\" lovers of music and theater are of course the poor people up in the cheap seats and never the rich people in the expensive ones, so there that is.\nI understand the appeal of a nice night out. But most of the people who feel that way (yes, there are many exceptions, you among them, but I think I\u2019m describing the majority of the group accurately) are, at a deep level, more about self-image than about whatever is actually being performed. These people are no doubt the majority, which explains why we have so much safe theater that pretends it\u2019s edgy.\n\u201cSafe\u201d theater is different from bad theater: I\u2019m talking basically about people who want well-known established brand-name performers and works. Nothing wrong with that \u2013 there\u2019s usually a good reason why certain works and performers are classics, and we all like to ride our favorite warhorses \u2013 but I do think theaters that embrace a role as just another luxury good are making themselves ultimately irrelevant.\nAll live performance, and this isn\u2019t an Internet thing but rather dates back to the advent of cinema/radio/TV, is \u2013 I won\u2019t say \u201celitist,\u201d because that\u2019s such a loaded term, but \u201cof interest to a minority.\u201d What is new with the Internet is the dumbfounding range of great works that are easily and flexibly accessible. Live performance isn\u2019t the only cultural game in town anymore. Yes, there is something irreplaceable about the experience of live performance (though you could make a valid argument that what you lose in immediacy you gain in breadth of repertory \u2013 if the local theaters are doing Barbiere over and over, you can turn to DVD for Moses und Aron).\nBut it also has many drawbacks: it\u2019s expensive, you are crammed in with a lot of (often irritating) people, and you have to be at a certain place at a certain time. That\u2019s very different from the way that \u201cculture\u201d is, increasingly, consumed. I think theaters would do well to emphasize the specialness of the experience itself, and not sell themselves as just part of a lifestyle, one which only emphasizes the stereotype that live theater is a toy for the contented.\nOK, I\u2019m getting a little far afield here, so I\u2019ll go back to your points.\nI find it more difficult and annoying to have to be at something that starts at 7 or 7:30 than at 8:00\nOK, you're certainly entitled to annoyance, but you don't say why you find it difficult. I have gone to things at Berkeley that started at 7:00, and I have time to take public transportation from work in San Francisco, eat a decent dinner slowly, and still arrive in the theater lobby right after the ushers. And the theater is full when the show starts at 7:00, so plenty of other people are managing to make it there in time. I'm not saying that everyone has to do things the way I do, but I am saying that it is possible to work a regular day and arrive in a different city for a 7:00 performance without an annoying rush. Do you really know a lot of people (who work, and whose jobs have regular hours) who say, \u201cI would love to go to the theater more, but I just can\u2019t get there by 8:00?\u201d (Yes, as I have repeatedly stated, I do know a lot of people who tell me they won\u2019t go to anything that starts at 8:00.)\nand as I've said to you before, I wish this stuff didn't start til 8:30 or 9:00 \u2013 which would be more convenient for me but would cause you to go apoplectic \u2013 or at least give up on performances altogether.\nActually I wouldn\u2019t go apoplectic, I would just do other things with my time. As would anyone who takes public transportation, needs a certain amount of sleep, hates wasting half an evening waiting for an 8:00 curtain, etc. The thing is, theaters are interested in selling as many tickets as possible, aren\u2019t they? Should they really be writing off large segments of potential ticket-buyers?\nThis may be a problem without a solution; somewhere in the three volumes of Shaw's music criticism, he mentions that audiences tend to be young or old; the middle group is busy with work and family. But I don't think live performance is in such a vibrant state that it can afford to ignore such a large pool of potential ticket-buyers.\nI think theaters are already aware that 8:00 start times are a problem, as witness the slowly increasing experimentation with earlier start times \u2013 even when they\u2019re misconceived, like the Symphony\u2019s 6:30 Fridays, there is an awareness that 8:00 is a problem for many potential ticket-buyers. (Incidentally I don't see much experimentation with later start times.) We\u2019re all certainly entitled to our personal preferences, but I really think the majority of potential ticket-buyers in this area are not longing for later start times.\nI don't do a lot in Berkeley for the same reason, but that doesn't make them wrong when it obviously works for so many people.\nWell, exactly: there\u2019s lots of great stuff in Berkeley, not only from Cal Performances but from Berkeley Rep and the Aurora Theater, but if it\u2019s too much of a burden you\u2019re not going to go. Wasting three hours between work and the start of a performance is a burden, and you have not persuaded me that most people don\u2019t see the waiting time as wasted. To some extent, yes, it works for many people in the sense that current audiences are OK with the 8:00 start time, but as I've pointed out, those audiences tend to be made up of retired people, students, and others with flexible schedules. Most working people just don't bother to go.\nI don't know \u2013 I say this to you as a friend and someone I admire and respect, but to say \"these people are simply not dealing in reality\" sounds pretty harsh to me\nI don\u2019t mean it to be harsh (as it would be if I said something like, \u201cthese people are crazy\u201d). I\u2019m not trying to be harsh, or snarky, or \u201ccontroversial\u201d: I\u2019m trying to be accurate. I think they are not dealing in reality, and I think this is the easily verifiable local reality:\n1) Most people in this area have jobs that start at 8:00 in the morning or earlier. I don\u2019t know for sure (it probably has something to do with the financial markets in New York and the three-hour time difference) why my jobs back east were 9:00 to 5:00 and out here they\u2019re 8:00 to 5:00, but such is the case. I frequently get to work between 7:30 and 8:00 and the office is already mostly full and that is not considered unusual. Walk through the Financial District at that hour and the streets are packed. Unless you\u2019re someone who likes to think of himself or herself as the sort of person who stays out late, you\u2019re not going to go to many things that end late, because it makes the next day too difficult.\n2) Most Americans do not get enough time off and even those who do often end up not using their allotment because of workplace pressures. Time off is precious. Hours spent waiting for a performance to begin start adding up as wasted hours. Go to the theater enough and you\u2019re going to start adding up the hours spent waiting and you will start thinking this is maybe not the most productive use of your time. It gets back to a conversation I had with you several months ago that really resonated with me: I mentioned that you seemed to have cut back on theater and one of the reasons you gave was to avoid \u201centertaining yourself to death\u201d at the expense of other things you could be doing with your life. Exactly.\n3) Live performance is competing against plenty of cultural choices that are cheaper and more easily accessible. Theaters need as many paying customers as possible, and it is foolish to make it so inconvenient for working people.\nGiven the fungible nature of reality, people are of course free to dispute the points above, but it needs to be about accuracy, not personal preference. I really don't think that what I'm saying here is the equivalent of \"well, I'm here, so they can start now.\" I think my experience is shared by many.\nand I don't think we bloggers are at the top of the list when considerations are made on scheduling the starting times of events \u2013\nI\u2019m making this point not as a blogger, but as a frequent theater-goer (who buys expensive tickets and often donates to theaters, by the way \u2013 they\u2019re losing more than a $10 ticket when they lose me) who also works a regular 8:00 to 5:00 job. Blogging is essentially irrelevant to what I'm saying here.\nbut I do think they are interested in making it convenient for all those folks who want to eat at Absinthe or the Hayes Valley Grill (or at the Grove or Arlequin for that matter) and that's the majority.\nI\u2019m curious where you\u2019re getting that information. That group couldn\u2019t possibly be the majority because I doubt that all those restaurants combined (and throw in Jardiniere as well) have enough seating to accommodate the audience in Herbst, let alone Davies Hall and the Opera House, on those nights when all three venues are on.\nAlso: those are fairly expensive restaurants. I prefer to spend my money on tickets. You\u2019re taking an expensive evening and making it even more expensive. I thought theaters were trying to fight the image that they were only for the rich, or for people who didn\u2019t need to work? Look, if theaters want to cater to that crowd (yeah, instinctive revulsion is going on), that\u2019s (quite literally) their business, but, as noted earlier: looming irrelevance. Because even if the fine-diners are the majority (which I doubt), going after that group instead of those interested in theater itself is, as I have pointed out above, the way to cultural irrelevance.\nAnd for those that abhor late nights,\nThis isn\u2019t about \u201cabhorring\u201d; it\u2019s about a realistic assessment of the hours most working people in this area have to keep. There\u2019s no attempt at curfew here; anyone who likes late nights is free to go to a bar or restaurant after the show. I do realize there aren\u2019t many open then, because there aren\u2019t enough customers for it to be economically feasible. There aren't enough customers because most people have to work early the next day.\nthat's what weekend matinees are for,\nSure, but weekends get filled up, and so do weekend matinees. Theaters realize this, which is why so many of them charge more for weekend tickets. Wouldn\u2019t it make sense for them to increase the potential number of ticket-buyers, and therefore increase the theater's income, by instituting more realistic start times during the week?\nbut why would they want to willingly give away comp tickets to performances that won't get them coverage until after it's all over\nAgain: my point is not about getting comp tickets. I get them so seldom that it's not really a consideration for me. In the original entry I went back and forth on whether it should be \u201cbloggers\u201d or \u201cworking people\u201d who had difficulties with 8:00 weeknight performances. I ended up going with \u201cbloggers,\u201d which perhaps obscured my point.\nAs for not getting coverage, well, even professional reviewers are not going to have a review in print until the run is pretty much over. That\u2019s what happens when your run is over a single weekend. You have the same problem when the performance is a one-off, as are most recitals etc. I assume the benefits of getting the word out about a particular performer or theater group make it worthwhile for them to hand out comp tickets. It\u2019s not really my problem. Though I will happily accept free tickets, I never ask for them and don\u2019t count on them. My point here is about regular theater-goers, that is, people who pay for their tickets.\n(and to performances that will probably sell better than the evening shows)?\nIf weekend matinees are selling better than 8:00 evening shows, theaters might want to do some serious thinking about why that is.\nI just don't want to come across like I'm criticizing you because that's not my intent.\nAs stated earlier, I\u2019m fine with hearing different viewpoints. I\u2019ve usually come from the theater, not Mount Sinai, and I have no tablets of celestial law.\nI remember when you wrote to me about \"War Music\" that just because I didn't like how they did it didn't make them wrong for doing it that way, and that's really the spirit of what I'm saying here.\nIndeed. I meant that more to apply to what theaters are staging as opposed to how they\u2019re operating, but it\u2019s still a valid point. And I don\u2019t say theaters are wrong for persisting in the 8:00 start time. I say they\u2019re foolish, because as far as I can see they\u2019re missing out on a lot of their potential audience.\nIf that\u2019s what they want to do, that\u2019s their choice, but then they really do need to drop the whole \u201cexpanding the audience\u201d blah blah blah shtick. Being innovative in this case isn\u2019t about setting up a Twitter feed or whatever the e-thing of the moment is; it\u2019s about taking a hard look at the fundamentals of what you\u2019re doing and how you\u2019re doing it, and maybe doing things differently.\nIt's up to you whether or not you want to post it and respond [. . . ] be \"nice\" in your response, please.\nI\u2019m actually not sure how to take that. I think I\u2019m always nice, sometimes too much so, though of course I realize that for various reasons people don't always see things my way. But I wasn\u2019t kidding in my original entry when I said I was speaking with love in my heart. I never try to be snarky, I try to be accurate. I\u2019m afraid you have not convinced me that I\u2019m wrong in what I said, so I\u2019ve had to express that. I\u2019ve realized that no matter how carefully I phrase things (and people don\u2019t always realize how carefully I\u2019m phrasing certain things) people are sometimes going to read them in a tone that\u2019s very different from the one I had in mind. There\u2019s not much I can do about that, short of emoticons.\nNo, I did not, and here\u2019s a summary of what I did with my evening instead: a light workout, then I worked in my garden for an hour, then washed the dishes and did a load of laundry and some other housekeeping stuff, I checked e-mail, I read about the first book and a half of Sarah Ruden\u2019s new translation of the Aeneid, I listened to my new Kurtag CD, watched an episode of South Park, and was asleep by about the time the second act of Barbiere would have been beginning, which was good because I was exhausted and would rather sleep at home than in the theater. (We've all seen people who nod off as soon as the lights go out: another hazard of late start times.)\nI had a good evening: productive and filled with cultural enrichment. I hope yours was also pleasant.\ndolls notice neglect\nwhen gambling guys are rolling\nO, the giddy whirl!\nnight falls on toyland\nCandyland lies deserted\nchildren are sleeping\nkittens curl on coverlets\nlovers are lying\nstately moons roll overhead\nfun stuff I may or may not get to: August\nAugust is as usual a fairly slow month, but there\u2019s a surprising amount of opera on offer:\nThis year\u2019s Merola singers, by all accounts a very promising bunch, are performing Rossini\u2019s evergreen Il barbiere di Siviglia at Herbst Theater at 8:00 August 4 and 5 and 2:00 August 6 and 7. The opera is doublecast, with each cast performing twice.\nOK, the Merola Program offered me tickets to this, for which I am grateful, since I don't get these offers very often, but: we are \u201cstrongly urged\u201d to attend on both the 4th and 5th, and those who do get \u201cseating priority\u201d; tickets will be \u201cextremely limited\u201d for those who can only go once, or to the later performances. That's fine; it makes sense to have reviewers hear both casts, and I was starting to look forward to doing so, this being an instance in which hearing something twice might be more interesting than hearing it once (I like Barbiere but don\u2019t really feel much urgency about hearing it again, but it would be fun to compare the different casts).\nThen I checked the calendar. I had assumed we were talking about Friday and Saturday: no, it\u2019s Thursday and Friday. So this is apparently how this is supposed to go: I get up early and work all day Thursday, then I have to kill three hours until the show starts at 8:00; the show runs about three hours, so I don\u2019t get home until around midnight; then, after five hours or less of sleep, I have to get up early, go work another full day, then waste another three hours waiting for 8:00 to roll around, and then I get home around midnight, presumably to rise early the next morning to be first out of the gate with something cogent and quotable.\n8:00 start times on Thursday and Friday night for a three-hour work, two nights in a row? Look, I say this with sincere love in my heart, and mucho gratitude for the offer, and every good wish for the success of these swell young singers, but: these people are simply not dealing in reality. Does someone over Opera-House Way realize that most of us bloggers actually have to have jobs? Ones that, you know, pay? Where we need to be productive, or at least semi-conscious, and no one cares that we\u2019d really rather be at the opera?\nWell, if you\u2019re retired, unemployed or self-employed, or a student, please enjoy the show!\nThe Merola Grand Finale will take place on Saturday, August 20, at 7:30, in the Opera House.\nBerkeley/West Edge Opera offers the world premiere of Caliban Dreams; the final two performances are Friday August 5 and Sunday August 7.\nThe fabulous and adventurous Ensemble Parallele offers one of my all-time favorite operas (thank you!), the Virgil Thomson/Gertrude Stein collaboration 4 Saints in 3 Acts, at Yerba Buena on August 18-21. This is billed as an \u201copera installation\u201d with additional music by Luciano Chessa. I personally have never felt the need for additional music to 4 Saints, but considering Ensemble Parallele\u2019s track record I\u2019m giving them the benefit of the doubt.\nIf you\u2019re tired of singing (or, rather, of listening to singers), Old First Concerts has some interesting programs; the one that is catching my eye is Sunday, August 28, at 4:00: Robert Howard on cello and Elizabeth Dorman on piano, performing Orion by Takemitsu, Louange a l\u2019Eternite de Jesus by Messiaen, Suite Italienne by Stravinsky, and the Sonata in F major by Brahms.\nAnd speaking of Gertrude Stein, SFMOMA\u2019s showing of the reassembled Stein collection will be there for only about another month. 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It dates back to the royal period of the so-called 'Yarlung dynasty', especially the time of King Trisong Detsen, during whose reign great Indian Buddhist masters like Shantarakshita, Guru Padmasambhava and Vimalamitra were invited to Tibet, and the country's first monastery was founded at Samy\u00e9. Several schools developed over the following centuries, the foremost among them being the Nyingma, Sakya, Kagy\u00fc and Gelug.\n1 Four Schools\n4.1 Edited Teachings of Sogyal Rinpoche\nFour Schools\nAs His Holiness the Dalai Lama explains:[1]\nFour major traditions\u2014Nyingma, Kagy\u00fc, Sakya and Gelug\u2014emerged as a result of the earlier and later dissemination of the Buddhist teachings in Tibet, and also because of the emphasis placed by great masters of the past on different scriptures, techniques of meditation and, in some cases, terms used to express particular experiences.\nWhat is common to all the four major traditions of Tibetan Buddhism is their emphasis on the practice of the entire structure of the Buddhist path, which comprises the essence of not only the Vajrayana teachings, but also the Mahayana practices of the bodhisattvas, and the basic practices of the Fundamental Vehicle. 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Ring - Ring Bender Law Ring Bender LLLP", "raw_content": "Oregon Phone: (503) 964-6723\nEmail: jwring@ringbenderlaw.com\nJ.W. represents large and small businesses, U.S. and foreign corporations and boards of directors, cities, special districts, port authorities and individuals in the areas of environmental and natural resources law, ocean law, administrative law and regulatory compliance, water rights, mining law, health and safety, energy and transportation development, general commercial law and litigation. J.W. has significant trial experience having lead litigation in thirty eight States and three U.S. Territories. His litigation practice includes major case litigation in the areas of commercial law, civil rights, environmental law (both civil and criminal), real property, land use, regulatory law and the full range of natural resources issues.\nJ.W.\u2019s practice has included the representation of his clients before federal, state and local regulatory authorities, boards, hearing officers and administrative judges. That work, together with his work as a lead trial lawyer in federal and state courtrooms throughout the United States, has involved all environmental media, health and safety concerns, energy generation, environmental management, public and private infrastructure construction, new manufacturing facility permitting, municipal drinking water and sewage, marine terminal and airport construction, public records and meetings, public official and employee ethics, real estate disputes, public and private housing, Superfund, air, water and waste permitting, environmental professional liability, environmental disclosure requirements, toxic torts, and criminal environmental defense. J.W. focuses on bringing innovative, cost-effective and cost-reducing counseling and compliance strategies to the regulated community as well as cost efficient litigation representation to litigants in federal and state courts.\nA significant component of J.W.\u2019s practice involves work as an integrated component of client teams that include public entity staffs and managers, industry associations, private client managers and employees, technical consultants and experts, and elected officials. J.W. and the other members of Ring Bender\u2019s Environmental Law and Litigation practice groups draw upon a wide range of unique skills, years of experience and expertise by working as a team to effectively serve clients\u2019 needs. This teamwork approach allows the group to provide clients with prompt, high quality, effective and creative advice and solutions to even the most complex legal issues.\nJ.W.\u2019s past experience in the private sector includes time as a partner in the San Francisco headquartered firm of Heller Ehrman; and as a partner in the Seattle headquartered firm of Preston Gates & Ellis (now K&L Gates). Prior to entering private practice, J.W. was employed by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney\u2019s offices in Boise and Miami as a senior trial lawyer representing the United States and a number of federal departments, including the Environmental Protection Agency, the Departments of Interior, Defense, Commerce, State and Housing and Urban Development as well as the FBI and U.S. Secret Service. While with the Justice Department, J.W. was a senior instructor with the Attorney General\u2019s Advocacy Institute, teaching federal lawyers trial practice skills, and at the FBI Academy teaching federal agents environmental investigation techniques. Since entering private practice, J.W. has been a frequent instructor and lecturer at seminars as well as law and graduate schools.\nRepresenting a coalition of oil companies in a complex criminal environmental investigation;\nRepresenting a CEO and Board of Directors in a citizens\u2019 enforcement suit brought under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act;\nRepresenting a major oil company in conjunction with marine vessel spills in European waters;\nProsecuting the first criminal case in the nation under the Toxic Substances Control Act;\nRepresenting a former ship repair company in negotiations with EPA and other potentially responsible parties at the nation\u2019s largest Superfund Site, in both the response cost allocation and NRDA allocation processes;\nRepresenting a coalition of municipal water providers in a contested case involving protests to their water rights before a State Water Resources Department;\nDefending an environmental engineering firm in conjunction with an 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"rireminder.com", "title": "The Reminder December 4, 2018 | Reminder", "raw_content": "The Reminder December 4, 2018", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 847, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 189.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://robertreitknecht.com/category/operations/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:23:42Z", "digest": "sha1:PBXC34TD4IDB2FBUYBYMCHCTWBQ5CRAW", "length": 1962, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "robertreitknecht.com", "title": "Robert ReitknechtOptimizing Operations Archives - Robert Reitknecht", "raw_content": "Optimizing Operations, 19 Jun, 2018 0\nHoteliers today are uniquely challenged to minimize costs while maximizing value. They must keep up with today\u2019s rapid pace of innovation without increasing certain expenses. They\u2019re expected to digitally transform while closely monitoring operating costs. They need to deliver extraordinary guest experiences while protecting the bottom line. Striking this balance is critical: a 2017 \u201cTrends\u2026\nHospitality executives, be honest with yourself: do heavy administrative workloads leave you less time for strategizing? Do slow processes lead to delays in work activities? Are you or your teams still using manual tools that affect productivity and increase the probability of making mistakes? If you answered \u201cyes\u201d to any of these, then it\u2019s time\u2026\nOptimizing Operations, 25 Jan, 2018 0\nIf you\u2019re familiar with my blog, then you know I talk a lot about employee development. Disengagement in the workplace is nothing short of an epidemic, and it\u2019s one that we as leaders must work to correct. I\u2019d like to pivot the conversation though for a moment to discuss something equally important, yet often misconstrued:\u2026\nOptimizing Operations, 13 Nov, 2017 0\nAs hospitality leaders, we understand the drastic impact that technology has on hotel operations. For example, we can improve data sharing through system integration or enhance communications to minimize disruptions. These benefits are all well-understood. My question is: how are we using these technologies once they\u2019re implemented? This brings up an interesting point: operations are\u2026\nHotel Tech and Innovation, Optimizing Operations, 24 Apr, 2017 0\nA disturbing amount of research now points to the fact that people are unhappy with their jobs. A 2013 study from Gallup, for instance, found that only 13 percent of people worldwide actually enjoy going to work. This figure (169 million) represents about half of the U.S. population\u2014a small sum compared to the 1.3 billion\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 65, "original_length": 5403, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 338.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://routingbank.com/bank-search.php?bank=RED+ROCKS+CREDIT+UNION&state=CO", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:31:46Z", "digest": "sha1:4ZD4JEE7IGGY72EXCQR7YD4NULWTLSHR", "length": 938, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "routingbank.com", "title": "Red Rocks Credit Union, CO Routing Numbers | Routing Bank", "raw_content": "Red Rocks Credit Union, CO Routing Numbers\nRed Rocks Credit Union Routing Number: Red Rocks Credit Union is one of the largest Bank in US and have it's branches in different states and cities of United States. Routing Number is a 9-digit identification number assigned to financial institutions by The American Bankers Association (ABA) used in the United States, it checks and identify the financial institution on which it was drawn. Routing numbers will be different based on the account branch. It is based on the bank account origin by state and region. You can get all details about Red Rocks Credit Union along with routing number, bank address, phone number, zip etc. by clicking on the Red Rocks Credit Union branch below. You can also filter your search by selecting the state from the below filter.\nRed Rocks Credit Union Routing Number and Branch Details in CO\n302088092 RED ROCKS CREDIT UNION STE 200 HIGHLANDS RANCH CO 80129", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 26, "original_length": 2788, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 332.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://russfinley.com/photogallery?g2_itemId=11238", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:13Z", "digest": "sha1:P2ZY7LRECKDBDCJRI4RW4KGDY4MFEHXE", "length": 40, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "russfinley.com", "title": "Russ Finley Photography \u00bb 009-03-035", "raw_content": "Steam tractor (?), Angel's Camp, CA. (?)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 16, "original_length": 415, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.64, "perplexity": 191.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://rutlandcountyaudubon.org/journal/2011/5/4/state-of-the-birds-report-released.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:31:10Z", "digest": "sha1:2DBGZETAT5RG4SZAB3DYWM225F5O3JPF", "length": 908, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "rutlandcountyaudubon.org", "title": "Rutland County Audubon Society - Birds and Bird Watching in Rutland County, Vermont, USA - Birding Journal - state of the birds report released", "raw_content": "\u00ab time to visit the marsh! | Main | county quest update \u00bb\nstate of the birds report released\nBy: Administrator tagged: advocacy\nPrairie Warbler on the West Rutland Pleasant St. powerlineThe 2011 State of the Birds report, just released, focuses on the role of public lands in maintaining bird populations. Produced by several partners, including the National Audubon Society, the research relied in part to data at eBird. Thanks to eBirders, here in Vermont and across the United States, our bird sightings will be used to inform the public and policy makers about the needs of the birds we love and their habitat.\nRutland County Audubon and the other Audubon chapters in the state have pledged this year to once again contribute to the support eBird in Vermont, hosted and maintained by the Vermont Center for Ecostudies.\nA copy of the State of the Birds Report can be viewed or downloaded by clicking here.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 240, "original_length": 5542, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 332.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://sablogs.com/page/3/?blog=46", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:18:19Z", "digest": "sha1:SKXQOEDFMU5EY64DSRPHRK32K3QFGK7M", "length": 112, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "sablogs.com", "title": "sablogs - Part 3", "raw_content": "Becoming a successful entrepreneur starts with having a very strong work ethic and being very disciplined; [...]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 64, "original_length": 2657, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 112.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://safarieye.co.ug/destination/kenya/haller-park-mombasa/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:49Z", "digest": "sha1:H3RDXD4SG6K5HD3IRFMODCH2M7YQOWVD", "length": 1420, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "safarieye.co.ug", "title": "Safari Eye Car Hire Uganda \u00bb Haller Park, Mombasa", "raw_content": "Located in Mombasa on Kenya\u2019s coastline, Haller Park was a chance foundation that started when Dr. Rene Haller noticed some millipedes feeding on dry casuarina needles in a quarry area. He decided to introduce hundreds of these red legged millipedes with the idea that they may re-engineer the forest.\nHaller Park now provides homes for a variety of animals and plants, but also functions as a relaxation destination for visitors. It took around 10 years before significant changes occurred and after 20 years the humus layer had a depth of 10 cm.\nThe animals that seem to have taken particularly well in the newly reformed habitat and have been playing important roles in succession are different birds, insects, and vervet monkeys. Some larger mammals were then introduced by Haller to provide different functions, such as eland and oryx.\nThe park is a fantastic place to visit for a glimpse at the potential of conservation and restoration, but also is popular with animal lovers in its own right. The park is now home to giraffes, hippos, Cape buffalo, zebra, and over 160 different birds. The park reached fame thanks to a 130 year old tortoise named Mzee adopting an orphaned hippopotamus named Owen.\nThe birds in the park include pelicans, cranes, and weaver birds. There are areas to ride your bicycle and walking trails that wind through the different gardens, reptile park, crocodile pens, and butterfly house.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 80, "original_length": 7056, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 277.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://saintpaulcenter.libsyn.com/webpage/2014/06", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:26Z", "digest": "sha1:3N56GOG2QHTSQVRYDSMV2SOGZD2EGBU2", "length": 9367, "nlines": 54, "source_domain": "saintpaulcenter.libsyn.com", "title": "St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology", "raw_content": "A Yoke for the Childlike: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time\nRomans 8:9, 11-13\nJesus is portrayed in today\u2019s Gospel as a new and greater Moses.\nMoses, the meekest man on earth (see Numbers 12:3), was God\u2019s friend (see Exodus 34:12,17). Only he knew God \u201cface to face\u201d (see Deuteronomy 34:10). And Moses gave Israel the yoke of the Law, through which God first revealed himself and how we are to live (see Jeremiah 2:20; 5:5).\nJesus too is meek and humble. But He is more than God\u2019s friend. He is the Son who alone knows the Father. He is more also than a law-giver, presenting himself today as the yoke of a new Law, and as the revealed Wisdom of God.\nAs Wisdom, Jesus was present before creation as the firstborn of God, the Father and Lord of heaven and earth (see Proverbs 8:22; Wisdom 9:9). And He gives knowledge of the holy things of the kingdom of God (see Wisdom 10:10).\nIn the gracious will of the Father, Jesus reveals these things only to the \u201cchildlike\u201d\u2014those who humble themselves before Him as little children (see Sirach 2:17). These alone can recognize and receive Jesus as the just savior and meek king promised to daughter Zion, Israel, in today\u2019s First Reading.\nWe too are called to childlike faith in the Father\u2019s goodness, as sons and daughters of the new kingdom, the Church.\nWe are to live by the Spirit we received in baptism (see Galatians 5:16), putting to death our old ways of thinking and acting, as Paul exhorts in today\u2019s Epistle. Our \u201cyoke\u201d is to be His new law of love (see John 13:34), by which we enter into the \u201crest\u201d of His kingdom.\nAs we sing in today\u2019s Psalm, we joyously await the day when we will praise His name forever in the kingdom that lasts for all ages. This is the sabbath rest promised by Jesus\u2014first anticipated by Moses (see Exodus 20:8-11), but which still awaits the people of God (see Hebrews 4:9).\nThe Apostles\u2019 Church: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Solemnity of Ss. Peter and Paul\n2 Timothy 4:6\u20138, 17\u201318\nThis Sunday\u2019s celebration of the great apostles Peter and Paul is a celebration of the Church. Peter\u2019s deliverance from jail is compared to the deliverance of Israel from Egypt. Like Israel he is rescued at Passover from \u201cthe hand\u201d of his enemy by an \u201cangel of the Lord\u201d after girding himself with belt, sandals, and cloak (see Ex 3:8; 12:8, 11\u201312; 14:19).\nThe Church is, as Peter says, \u201call that the Jewish people had been expecting.\u201d As he affirms in his great confession of faith in Sunday\u2019s Gospel, Jesus is \u201cthe Christ,\u201d the Messiah that the prophets had taught Israel to hope for.\nBut Christ is more than what the Jewish people had been hoping for.\nHe is the Christ. But He is also, as Peter confesses, \u201cthe Son of the living God.\u201d Born of the flesh of the Jewish people, he is a son of Abraham and David (see Mt 1:1; Rm 1:3). Through Him and the Church founded on the rock of Peter\u2019s faith, God fulfills the promise he made to Abraham\u2014to bless all nations in his seed (see Gen 22:18).\nWhat Christ calls \u201cmy Church,\u201d is the new Israel, the kingdom of God, the family made up of all peoples\u2014Jews and Gentiles\u2014who believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God (see Gal 3:26\u201329; 6:16). And we must make this confession our own. Jesus\u2019 question, \u201cWho do you say that I am?\u201d is addressed to each of us personally.\nWe must confess our faith in Christ not only with our tongues, but with our lives. As Paul describes his discipleship in this week\u2019s Epistle, we must make our lives a oblation, an offering of love for the sake of Jesus and His kingdom (see Rm 12:1).\nWe know, as we sing in this week\u2019s Psalm, that the Lord has rescued us in Christ Jesus. We know that he will stand by us, giving us strength to face every evil\u2014and that He will bring us to the heavenly kingdom we anticipate in this Eucharist.\nDirect download: A_Peter_and_Paul.mp3\nWord of the 'Living Father': Scott Hahn Reflects on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi\nDeuteronomy 8:2-3, 14-16\nThe Eucharist is given to us as a challenge and a promise. That's how Jesus presents it in today's Gospel.\nHe doesn't make it easy for those who hear Him. They are repulsed and offended at His words. Even when they begin to quarrel, He insists on describing the eating and drinking of His flesh and blood in starkly literal terms.\nFour times in today's reading, Jesus uses a Greek word - trogein - that refers to a crude kind of eating, almost a gnawing or chewing (see John 6:54,56,57,58).\nHe is testing their faith in His Word, as today's First Reading describes God testing Israel in the desert.\nThe heavenly manna was not given to satisfy the Israelites' hunger, as Moses explains. It was given to show them that man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.\nIn today's Psalm, too, we see a connection between God's Word and the bread of life. We sing of God filling us with \"finest wheat\" and proclaiming his Word to the world.\nIn Jesus, \"the living Father\" has given us His Word come down from heaven, made flesh for the life of the world.\nYet as the Israelites grumbled in the desert, many in today's Gospel cannot accept that Word. Even many of Jesus' own followers abandon Him after this discourse (see John 6:66). But His words are Spirit and life, the words of eternal life (see John 6:63,67).\nIn the Eucharist we are made one flesh with Christ. We have His life in us and have our life because of Him. This is what Paul means in today's Epistle when He calls the Eucharist a \"participation\" in Christ's body and blood. We become in this sacrament partakers of the divine nature (see 1 Peter 2:4).\nThis is the mystery of the faith that Jesus asks us believe. And He gives us His promise: that sharing in His flesh and blood that was raised from the dead, we too will be raised up on the last day.\nDirect download: A_Corpus_Christi.mp3\nHow God Loves: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity\nWe often begin Mass with the prayer from today's Epistle: \"The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.\" We praise the God who has revealed himself as a Trinity, a communion of persons.\nCommunion with the Trinity is the goal of our worship - and the purpose of the salvation history that begins in the Bible and continues in the Eucharist and sacraments of the Church.\nWe see the beginnings of God's self-revelation in today's First Reading, as He passes before Moses and cries out His holy name.\nIsrael had sinned in worshipping the golden calf (see Exodus 32). But God does not condemn them to perish. Instead He proclaims His mercy and faithfulness to His covenant.\nGod loved Israel as His firstborn son among the nations (see Exodus 4:22). Through Israel - heirs of His covenant with Abraham - God planned to reveal himself as the Father of all nations (see Genesis 22:18).\nThe memory of God's covenant testing of Abraham - and Abraham's faithful obedience - lies behind today's Gospel.\nIn commanding Abraham to offer his only beloved son (see Genesis 22:2,12,16), God was preparing us for the fullest possible revelation of His love for the world.\nAs Abraham was willing to offer Isaac, God did not spare His own Son but handed Him over for us all (see Romans 8:32).\nIn this, He revealed what was only disclosed partially to Moses - that His kindness continues for a thousand generations, that He forgives our sin, and takes us back as His very own people (see Deuteronomy 4:20; 9:29).\nJesus humbled himself to die in obedience to God's will. And for this, the Spirit of God raised Him from the dead (see Romans 8:11), and gave Him a name above every name (see Philippians 2:8-10).\nThis is the name we glorify in today's Responsorial - the name of our Lord, the God who is Love (see 1 John 4;8,16).\nDirect download: A_Trinity.mp3\nA Mighty Wind: Scott Hahn Reflects on Pentecost\nThe Jewish feast of Pentecost called all devout Jews to Jerusalem to celebrate their birth as God\u2019s chosen people, in the covenant Law given to Moses at Sinai (see Leviticus 23:15-21;Deuteronomy 16:9-11).\nIn today\u2019s First Reading the mysteries prefigured in that feast are fulfilled in the pouring out of the Spirit on Mary and the Apostles (see Acts 1:14).\nThe Spirit is revealed as the life-giving breath of the Father, the Wisdom by which He made all things, as we sing in today\u2019s Psalm. In the beginning, the Spirit came as a \u201cmighty wind\u201d sweeping over the face of the earth (see Genesis 1:2). And in the new creation of Pentecost, the Spirit again comes as \u201ca strong, driving wind\u201d to renew the face of the earth.\nAs God fashioned the first man out of dust and filled him with His Spirit (see Genesis 2:7), in today\u2019s Gospel we see the New Adam become a life-giving Spirit, breathing new life into the Apostles (see 1 Corinthians 15:45,47).\nLike a river of living water, for all ages He will pour out His Spirit on His body, the Church, as we hear in today\u2019s Epistle (see also John 7:37-39).\nWe receive that Spirit in the sacraments, being made a \u201cnew creation\u201d in Baptism (see 2 Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 6:15). Drinking of the one Spirit in the Eucharist (see 1 Corinthians 10:4), we are the first fruits of a new humanity - fashioned from out of every nation under heaven, with no distinctions of wealth or language or race, a people born of the Spirit.\nDirect download: A_Pentecost.mp3", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 196, "original_length": 11497, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 246.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://sandrarude.blogspot.com/2017/11/rest-in-peace.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:37Z", "digest": "sha1:TTPNAZCHBSFMPPMZJ45LRGSYUQ5LIG3V", "length": 717, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "sandrarude.blogspot.com", "title": "Sandra's Loom Blog: Rest in Peace", "raw_content": "That is my sincere wish for my father-in-law, who has wanted nothing for the past several years but to join his dear departed wife in heaven. Now he has his wish, and the clan will pay our respects and celebrate his generous spirit on Saturday, 12/2, in the area of Los Angeles where he had lived for 60+ years.\nThis photo was taken about 18 months ago, when DH and Paul took a cruise from Amsterdam to Norway's north cape and back. Norway is the country of origin for the paternal line of the clan; there are still relatives in and around Drammen, not far from Oslo.\nMy thoughts are with you, your DH and his family.\nSorry for your loss. He looks so happy in the photo - must have loved the trip!\nSending gentle hugs", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 43, "original_length": 4633, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 296.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://sayyidali.com/news-analysis/if-us-concludes-that-the-military-attack-on-iran-is-affordable-for-them-they-will-not-stop-for-a-moment.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:46Z", "digest": "sha1:EYGLRKQM6KB6B3TRV4RS4EJAFKYYO3GL", "length": 1986, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "sayyidali.com", "title": "If US Concludes that the Military Attack on Iran is Affordable For Them, They Will not Stop For a Moment", "raw_content": "If US Concludes that the Military Attack on Iran is Affordable For Them, They Will not Stop For a Moment\nIn a meeting with senior Iranian officials on Monday, Ayatollah Khamenei said that Israel\u2019s military threats against Iran are constantly repeated but the United States prevents Tel Aviv from launching a strike: the good cop, bad cop trick!\nThe Leader continued: \u201cThe reason for the US prevention of an Israeli attack against Iran is that it does not see the attack affordable and we also strongly emphasize that the US knows that the military attack on the Islamic Republic or another country is not believable. If they conclude that the military attack is affordable for them, they will not stop for a moment.\u201d\nPresident Rouhani and other senior officials\nAyatollah Khamenei said since the two main tools of the enemy i.e. military threat and sanctions have proven ineffective, they have started the new strategy of leading Iranian officials toward miscalculation. He urged the officials to confront the sanctions with resistance economy and stressed that the country should plan as if sanctions will remain in place so that Iran will be immune to outside threats.\nAyatollah Khamenei also issued Iran\u2019s nuclear rights and said US opposition to Iran\u2019s nuclear technology is unfair and illogical, adding that preventing access to nuclear arms has definite procedures and responsible organizations but the US is not entitled to express concern over the probability of access to nuclear arms because it has used these arms and has currently thousands of them.\nThe leader also referred to the talks between Iran and six world powers on the Islamic Republic\u2019s nuclear energy, stressed that Iran\u2019s right to nuclear research and development must be respected in the negotiations. He also stated that the uranium enrichment issue is one of the points of difference between the two sides and even if they agree on this issue they state another one like human rights or women rights instead.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 96, "original_length": 5890, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 290.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://scireg.org/us_copyright_registration/newsnet/2002/issue_164.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:31:25Z", "digest": "sha1:VETWJUBVV4EPHYHOYXYKDJBCMBBEYAZU", "length": 1784, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "scireg.org", "title": "NewsNet", "raw_content": "June 24, 2002 Issue 164\nCopyright Office Seeks Candidates for Position of Associate Register for Policy and International Affairs\nExpected effective date of Copyright Office fee changes (read details)\nDeadline for applying for position of Associate Register for Policy and International Affairs. (read details)\nThe U.S. Copyright Office is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Associate Register for Policy and International Affairs.\nThe Associate Register for Policy and International Affairs is the principal advisor to the Register of Copyrights on international copyright issues and a senior advisor on copyright policy and legislation. The Associate Register reports directly to the Register of Copyrights and supervises a staff of attorneys working on matters relating to U.S. and foreign copyright laws, multilateral treaties, and the administration of copyright law with specific emphasis on the international policy issues and problems facing the Copyright Office.\nAn applicant must be a member of the Bar of a state or the District of Columbia.\nFor a full description of the position and information on how to apply, please go to www.usajobs.opm.gov and type in vacancy announcement number 020092 under Quick Search.\nThe deadline for applying for this position is July 15, 2002.\nLibrarian of Congress Rejects CARP Determination on Webcasting Rates and Terms 5/21/02\nLocation and Webcast of the Roundtable; Reply Comments Available 5/3/02\nOffice Waives Regulation in Filing of Claims for Cable and Satellite Royalties 5/1/02\nCopyright Office Presents New Website Design 5/1/02\nRoundtable Discussion on Notice and Recordkeeping for Use of Sound Recordings under Statutory License 4/16/02\nComments on Notice & Recordkeeping for Webcasting Compulsory License 4/10/02", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 30, "original_length": 2639, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 312.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://scnyhistory.org/index.php/history/general-history/313-the-oil-pipeline", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:14Z", "digest": "sha1:AKRGQD563RNJHZMBIYTTYMEJW32CY65M", "length": 4345, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "scnyhistory.org", "title": "The Oil Pipeline | Sullivan County Historical Society", "raw_content": "You are here: Home County History General History The Oil Pipeline\nThe Oil Pipeline\nPublished: 28 June 2011 | Written by Fred Fries | Print\t| Hits: 11993\nDe-Construction\nThe morning of February 17th, 1936, has dawned along the Delaware Valley with relatively mild temperatures as several hundred people make their way along State Route Three-A below Cochecton to witness the highly anticipated event that is to usher out the end of an era.\nFor fifty-six years, the one hundred and twenty-five foot chimney has towered high above the surrounding landscape; a well-known landmark that had become a highly familiar beacon to river rafts-men, railroaders and highway travelers as they passed through this section of the valley.\nThe large brick chimney had once belched the exhaust from the eight coal-burning boilers that powered the pumps to push crude oil through four six-inch pipes, part of the Standard Oil Company\u2019s pipeline that fed crude oil from the western Pennsylvania oil fields to the refineries at Bayonne, New Jersey. Since the closing of this operation eleven years earlier, the pumping station at Cochecton has stood idle, the chimney deteriorating into a state of disrepair. With its location being in close proximity to the nearby tracks of the Erie Railroad, the concern of it haphazardly tumbling onto the rails, or worse upon a passing train, has warranted the chimney\u2019s controlled\ndemolition, set for this February morning\u2026.\nIn an effort to minimize the cost involved with transporting crude oil from the recently discovered oil fields of western New York and Pennsylvania, John Rockefeller and his Standard Oil Company, during the year of 1879, envisioned establishing a pipe line that would transport crude oil from the operating wells to oil refineries located along the tidewaters of New Jersey, a distance of over three hundred miles, eliminating the extra handling and exuberant rates charged by the railroad company. The proposed pipeline would traverse the Southern Tier portion of New York State, enter the Delaware River valley at Deposit and wind its way along the valley\u2019s hillsides through Delaware and Sullivan counties, roughly following along the route of the Erie Railroad, the railroad company being vital in transporting the material needed for the pipeline\u2019s construction. To ensure the continuous flow of oil over higher elevations along the route, pumping stations would be located approximately every thirty miles. One mile below the little river community of Cochecton, where the mountain stream of Mitchell Creek enters the Delaware River valley, on the lands purchased from the John M Tyler estate, the pumping station was proposed. From here, the large steam-driven pumps would push the oil inland from the Delaware Valley, onto the highlands of interior Sullivan County, by-passing the rugged terrain that the lower portion of the Delaware River passes through above Port Jervis. The pipeline would then descend from these highlands into the Neversink Valley, thirty-one miles away, down onto the valley\u2019s floor where the next pumping station, located at Huguenot, would then continue to push the oil over the Shawankunk Mountain\u2026.\nThe old pumping station property has recently been purchased by Doctor T R Bradley, from Connecticut. Though not in use for the past dozen years, the last building standing was an imposing and impressive structure.\nOver four stories in height, the walls of the pump house were totally constructed by brick, the girders and beams made of iron, and the roof of sheet\nmetal, making the structure fully fireproof. Where the exterior walls met the roof, the brickwork presented a decorative design. Arches graced the appearance of all the windows and entryways, while the windowsills were made of massive pieces of bluestone. A short distance away, behind where the boiler and coal house once stood, the now solitary chimney looms high into the air. To support this height, the smoke-stack\u2019s base measures twelve foot by twelve foot. This massive base is fully needed to support the thirty-seven carloads of brick and untold amount of mortar incorporated into the chimney\u2019s construction\u2026.\nTagsoil,pipeline,station,line,pipe,chimney,route,men,pump,cochecton\nCategory: County History / General History |\nCochecton\tIndustry\tTransportation,\nThe Cochecton Bridge Company, Inc.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 140, "original_length": 6731, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 318.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://scrjessica.co.uk/?q=content/fund-managers-introduction", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:37:52Z", "digest": "sha1:2XV2CFBPP23HTE2C6I5RD5SUMRO3FT6L", "length": 3143, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "scrjessica.co.uk", "title": "Fund Manager's Introduction | SCR Jessica - Sheffield City Region Urban Development Fund", "raw_content": "The SCR JESSICA Fund has in excess of \u00a320m debt funding available now for real estate projects.\nThe Fund now has a total capital pool of c.\u00a340m.\nSCR JESSICA: Regeneration through capital redeployment and recycling.\nSince its inception in 2013, the Fund has proven itself a significant tool in the development of the Sheffield City Region, providing funding for solid, viable schemes in a difficult development market.\nFor every \u00a31 of SCR JESSICA funding, more than \u00a31.50 of private capital has been leveraged for the region.\nThrough its flexible approach, SCR JESSICA has brought about development of schemes that are not able to attract other funding in the current constrained environment, and has supported development of employment space when traditional sources are only able to support very narrow sectors with very specific hurdle requirements.\nThe Fund, working closely with our public sector partners, has unlocked private sector capital, including bank debt and property company equity that would not otherwise have been invested in the region.\nOur expectation is that over SCR JESSICA\u2019s first 10 years assets totalling \u00a3250m of value will be enabled using SCR JESSICA and associated funding, through recycling of capital. This will aim to draw in and leverage more than \u00a3300m of private-sector capital, much of which would not be invested in the region without the Fund\u2019s flexible investment approach.\nCBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBG), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Los Angeles, is the world\u2019s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (in terms of 2012 revenue). The Company has approximately 37,000 employees (excluding affiliates), and serves real estate owners, investors and occupiers through more than 300 offices (excluding affiliates) worldwide. CBRE offers strategic advice and execution for property sales and leasing; corporate services; property, facilities and project management; mortgage banking; appraisal and valuation; development services; investment management; and research and consulting. Please visit our website at www.cbre.com.\nCBRE Indirect Investment Services Limited (CBRE IISL), the FSA regulated arm of the CBRE Real Estate Finance division, is acting as Fund Manager to the Fund.\nThe Sheffield City Region Urban Development Fund (South Yorkshire JESSICA) project is part financed by the European Regional Development Fund as part of the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Competiveness and Employment Programme 2007 to 2013. The Department for Communities and Local Government is the managing authority for the European Regional Development Fund Programme, which is one of the funds established by the European Commission to help local areas stimulate their economic development by investing in projects which will support local businesses and create jobs. For more information visit the ERDF website.\nThe Growing Places Fund is funding from national Government vested to the LEPs across the country. Sheffield City Region has been allocated \u00a318m overall and the projects selected by the SCR LEP. Sheffield City Council is the Accountable Body for the Growing Places Fund.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 25, "original_length": 3556, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 254.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://seanferrell.com/2007/04/vtech_shooting_victims.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:51Z", "digest": "sha1:3Q2J6P7EF4PJY4PUD6C3MHJOVC3AFCRC", "length": 313, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "seanferrell.com", "title": "VTech shooting victims | Sean Ferrell", "raw_content": "VTech shooting victims\nMSNBC has a retrospective of the Virginia Tech massacre victims, pictures and details of the students and teachers. It puts a lot of things in perspective.\nThese were babies that were killed. Even the professors. They were talented and beautiful and many of them died trying to help others.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 24, "original_length": 893, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 188.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://sebastiankauderer.com/awards/goya/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:07Z", "digest": "sha1:XLSYZ3E2L2BNBATCZX3LHERC2QME57PK", "length": 214, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "sebastiankauderer.com", "title": "Goya | SKauderer Composer", "raw_content": "Music for the Academy Award Winner \u201cThe Secret In Their Eyes\u201d \u2013 directed by Juan Jose Campanella \u2013 for Best Foreign Language Film 2010. Score that was nominated for the Premios Goya for Best Original Music in Film.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 12, "original_length": 345, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 91.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://secondfloor.gallery/en/works/streptomycin-victory-over-tuberculosis/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:31:11Z", "digest": "sha1:BVKLWG27RZJOMHXNV2ZLXBOA36T755AC", "length": 736, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "secondfloor.gallery", "title": "STREPTOMYCIN \u2013 VICTORY OVER TUBERCULOSIS \u2013 Second Floor Art Center", "raw_content": "Tuberculosis remained a dangerous desease even after the discovery of casusative bacteria in 1882. The mortality rates reached 25 percent in the first five years after being infected. In 1943, a group of American scientists discovered streptomycin as a highly effective antibiotic that neutralizes the desease. Starting from 1946, the mortality rate from tuberculosis plummeted by 90% owing to the wide use of streptomycin, which paved the way to elimination of tuberculosis endemic in developed countries over the next decade. The group of researchers was led by a Ukrainian emigre Zelman Vaksman (1888-1973) who was born in Nova Pryluka village, Vinnytsia region. In 1952, Zelman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physyology or Medicine.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 2982, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 195.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://serenityphoto.net/testimonial/nicholas-foote-testimonial/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:08Z", "digest": "sha1:YWBKL3GAK75FK5CW34EN5XWCYFLR6OQK", "length": 246, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "serenityphoto.net", "title": "Nicholas Foote - Serenity Photo", "raw_content": "After getting the pictures back and seeing how great they turned out, I was blown away. I showed all my friends and my girlfriend\u2026well to say the least she REALLY liked them. Now I can\u2019t wait for Sean to do her shots and to do our shots together.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 32, "original_length": 1294, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 303.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://sergecote.blogspot.com/2016/02/do-not-stop.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:15:38Z", "digest": "sha1:TSJDZPBRPEJ643WTUFF5CBPRPIS36CZW", "length": 742, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "sergecote.blogspot.com", "title": "From Mage Mind: Do not stop!", "raw_content": "Those who are not making any mistakes are usually the ones who are doing nothing.\nEvery doers are falling, the success is not in doing it right, but in getting back up after they fall down.\nFear of falling can become the main reason for failing. Don\u2019t look for reason to not doing. Look for reason to start doing.\nEven one step is much better then all those who didn\u2019t took any action. Winners are always doers.\nLook back into your life, see how many times you didn\u2019t take action. You\u2019ll see that you are among the mass. Because most people will not take action. Do you want to stand out? Take action!\nLabels: business, confucius, mistakes, money, nothing, online, success, take action\nTake massive actions and never stop doing it. Steve Sam.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 99, "original_length": 2933, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 304.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://shariahcap.com/new-page/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:04:01Z", "digest": "sha1:QGZMDQLGO2OCA7E7NYX2ESC2FIRPPJKE", "length": 433, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "shariahcap.com", "title": "Cross border case study \u2014 Shariah capital Inc", "raw_content": "Shariah Capital served as a special advisor to KGS-Alpha Capital Markets and Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. ((AMPNI) (ANW NYSE)) to secure $120 Million of Financing for AMPNI's AOT Fujairah oil terminal in Fujairah United Arab Emirates. Shariah Capital played an integral part in the involvement, collaboration, and commitment of United Arab Bank, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Commercial Bank of Dubai, and National Bank of Oman.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 26, "original_length": 880, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 315.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://sherrie.losanderson.com/2008/05/what-is-our-law-today.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:18:39Z", "digest": "sha1:AV3WLA5B2HKDDPKXKXFL4DIX2YWCW5G2", "length": 365, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "sherrie.losanderson.com", "title": "Sher-ingTime: What Is Our Law Today?", "raw_content": "That's a really good insight. It is hard to get out of the mindset that there are things we need to do and we should just do them. By stepping back and taking in the big picture, the reason why we do these things, these actions become much more meaningful. Our scripture study, prayer, FHE, etc. become a means to a greater end, rather than just ends in themselves.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 166, "original_length": 4647, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 205.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://shortguycentral.com/P-21/bruno-mars-puts-the-cool-back-in-music/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:53:16Z", "digest": "sha1:QACKI3TAIQNCPAVNINAEFRD6WMIBYHLE", "length": 1630, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "shortguycentral.com", "title": "Bruno Mars Puts The Cool Back In Music | Short Guy Central", "raw_content": "Bruno Mars Puts The Cool Back In Music\nIf you lived during the 1980s or relish the thought of finding a time machine to go back and relive it just for the music with all of the burgeoning music technology inspired tracks, up-tempo funk tunes, cool clothes and scene void of the \"must-be-gangsta-to-be-down\" vibe, then you're in luck if you're a Bruno Mars fan. With songs like \"Treasure\" and \"Grenade\" which blew up the charts and had an retro feel to them, Bruno now comes full circle with Mark Ronson's \"Uptown Funk\". The song was written by Ronson, but Bruno lent his vocal stylings and appeared front and center in the song's Music Video. If you love the retro feel of the tune, then you'll love the updated 80s fashion in the video even more!\nSoul Brother Number Two?\nFilled with deep synth basses, funky dual octave horn shout-chorus riffs and big drums with reverb smacks, you can't help but move, dance and be captivated with the suggestive, but mostly non-vulgar lyrics. If there is a guy with lots of talent, it's Bruno Mars. Mars is 5'4, plays almost a dozen instruments each with equal talent, can croon his bottom off and has fashion sense that would make most designers jealous. He was signed to Atlantic Records in 2009 after an unsuccessful stint with Motown, has enjoyed winning many Grammys and putting on a critically acclaimed Super Bowl performance. He is now considered one of the world's most successful solo artists after landing five number one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 since his career launched into full gear back in 2010. 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The voice from the loudspeaker announced the news.\nPeople immediately began leaving the square \u2013 it was becoming empty in seconds.\nThen, it was November, 1941, we went to visit my cousin Anna in Mstislavl. We had some tea and talked a little and then went to get some water from the well. At that time the wells in villages were meeting points, where you could find out all the news.\nSo, we approached the well. Indeed there was a group of women, who were discussing their problems. Their conversation was in an amazing mixture of Russian, Belarusian, Polish and Ukrainian\u2026 Even some words in Yiddish could be heard from time to time.\nThe women greeted us and instantly told us the news: \"Today Jews are being shot\u2026\" And then we saw a line of people and stood still. At the front there were two Germans with guns, behind them \u2013 several policemen. And then we saw the people who were being taken to the execution. No one was crying or shouting. We could only hear the orders from the Germans: \"Schneller, schneller! (\"Faster, faster!\") However, the people in the line kept walking very slowly \u2013 who would be in a hurry to die?!\nI can still remember a young couple, maybe a brother and a sister, or a boyfriend and a girlfriend. They were walking with their heads up, hugging each other. They looked proud\u2026 A group of old women, who apparently had difficulty walking, said to the women next to the well: \"Bye, we are going already\u2026\" \"Bye\", - said the Russian and the Belarusian women. And then everyone started crying\u2026 For so many years they had been neighbors and friends\u2026\nMost of the people in the line were women and children. 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Noise removal on background.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 1413, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.72, "perplexity": 339.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://smt.iconnect007.com/index.php/article/112815/microcare-appoints-vince-libercci-as-sales-manager-for-eastern-us/112818/?skin=smt", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:30Z", "digest": "sha1:7LD5RYWVNE52V4XIQ33Y4FOC4EPP5KTR", "length": 2723, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "smt.iconnect007.com", "title": "MicroCare Appoints Vince Libercci as Sales Manager for Eastern US", "raw_content": "MicroCare Appoints Vince Libercci as Sales Manager for Eastern US\nMicroCare Corp. has appointed Vince Libercci as the regional sales manager for the Eastern USA. Libercci comes to MicroCare with more than 30 years of experience in account management and territory sales. He will focus on the MicroCare electronics and fiber optic product lines.\nBefore joining MicroCare, Libercci worked with Techni-Tool for 19 years as a territory account manager in the National Capital Region of Virginia, Maryland and Washington D.C., where he provided solution-based consultation to a wide range of end users. Prior to that, he worked for Newark Electronics as a senior branch manager.\n\"Vince has been doing consultative sales for years. He knows the intricacies of working with customers and their technical product needs,\" said Dan Sinclair, national sales manager. \"We are excited to add him as member of the MicroCare sales team. We will count on his expertise to not only gain new customers, but also provide his guidance and expertise to our existing customers.\"\nThroughout his sales career, Libercci has specialized in direct-solution selling, product demonstrations and problem-resolution. He is also skilled at building long-term customer relationships, often spanning decades.\n\"I'm happy to be joining such a committed, customer-focused company,\" said Libercci. \"I have always strived to be a prime resource for my customers and I\u2019m looking forward to helping our MicroCare customers solve their critical cleaning problems with a combination of products and services that meet their needs.\"\nWhen not working with customers, Libercci donates his time to children's charities. He also enjoys running, golf, listening to live music and dancing. Libercci lives in Maryland with his wife of 34 years. They have three adult children and two grandchildren.\nFast-growing MicroCare Corporation is a global company based in New Britain. Since 1983 it has been the leading manufacturer of environmentally-progressive fluids and tools used for critical cleaning. These products are supplied to industries as diverse as electronics, metal finishing, transportation, photonics, medical devices and aerospace with a goal of helping those companies improve the products they make.\nMicroCare Corporation has an ISO 9001-2015registered quality system and is continually improving and expanding its range of products with a full R&D lab located in New Britain. MicroCare has two manufacturing facilities in New Britain and a global logistics center in Rocky Hill, in addition to facilities in the UK, Belgium and Singapore. 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He is working on his new studio album due in late 2012 while he continues to support his motivational campaign for education with McDonald's.\nBorn Irvin Salinas on December 8, 1988, in Othello, WA, he moved to southern Texas as an adolescent. In Texas he was recruited by Latin pop hitmaker A.B. Quintanilla III to join the Kumbia Kings, a cumbia-pop collective with a rotating lineup and a track record of commercial success. Adopting the moniker Pee Wee (aka Pee Wee Gonz\u00e1lez) on account of his relative youth, he made his recording debut as a Kumbia King in 2004 with the hit single \"Sabes a Chocolate,\" a cover version of a Menudo song originally released in 1984 on the album Evoluci\u00f3n. In the wake of his breakout hit, Pee Wee was featured prominently on the next Kumbia Kings album, Fuego (2004), and scored another hit single with \"Na Na Na (Dulce Ni\u00f1a),\" which reached the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart in 2005. The follow-up Kumbia Kings album, Ayer Fue Kumbia Kings, Hoy Es Kumbia All Starz (2006), spawned another Top Ten hit featuring Pee Wee, \"Chiquilla.\" Like many members of the Kumbia Kings before him, Pee Wee spoke of ill treatment by Quintanilla and left the group in February 2008. Free of the Kumbia Kings, he had an illustrious year. He was featured on the Erre XI reggaeton hit \"Carita Bonita\" and competed on the television talent shows El Show de los Sue\u00f1os and Los Reyes del Show, finishing as the first-place winner of both. 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For variety, the eateries will also be offering barbecue ribs, steak tips, and many other dishes to satisfy your appetite.\nAlong with the great fare, there will be over 80 arts and crafts vendors and 15 bands and orchestras providing music from two stages. For small children, there\u2019s Kiddie Land. For adults, the popular Lobster Roll Eating Contest takes place at 2PM on Saturday. For all, there will be a great fireworks show Saturday at 8:15PM and a skydiving demonstration by Sky Diving New England at 5PM on Sunday. This is not a small get-together \u2013 over 150,000 people are expected. Festival organizers recommend wearing comfortable shoes \u2013 and not to eat before you come!\nHampton Beach Seafood Festival hours: Friday 4 to 9PM; Saturday 10AM to 9PM; Sunday 10AM to 6PM. Admission: adults \u2013 $ 5; children under 12 free. Free parking in 13 lots throughout the town with free shuttle buses to Ocean Boulevard. For more details, visit the Festival\u2019s website.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 145, "original_length": 12751, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 295.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://soundadvice.ecoreintl.com/ecore-ceo-dodge-named-isri-director-tire-chapter-chairman/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:51Z", "digest": "sha1:72WAS7KNAOM7S7772B2P2VRKNFEKAW3W", "length": 2052, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "soundadvice.ecoreintl.com", "title": "Sound Advice / Ecore CEO Dodge Named ISRI Director, Tire Chapter Chairman", "raw_content": "Arthur Dodge, III, CEO and President of Ecore International, has been elected Director of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) and Chairman of the ISRI\u2019s Tire Chapter. ISRI, a non-profit trade association consisting of more than 1,600 private and public for-profit companies, promotes public awareness of the value and importance of recycling in the production of goods and services worldwide.\nAs ISRI Director, Dodge will participate in national policy discussions related to recycling industry domestic and international trade and help support the promotion of recycling industries\u2019 contribution to a cleaner and healthier planet.\nIn his role as Tire Chapter chair, Dodge will conduct outreach to recycled rubber industry leaders to help support and raise awareness of contributions to safety and environmental applications for the tire recycling and recycled rubber products industries.\n\u201cSustainable products and processes form the core of what we do at Ecore,\u201d said Dodge, whose company is regarded as a pioneer in developing innovative recycled surfaces and is North America\u2019s largest user of scrap tire rubber. \u201cI am excited to work with ISRI members to build on the association\u2019s vision for protecting and preserving the planet and continuing its mission to promote environmentally responsible products, technologies and services.\u201d\nDodge was elected to both positions at the recent ISRI 2018 Convention & Exposition and will serve two-year terms.\nLancaster, Pa.-based Ecore transforms reclaimed materials into performance surfaces that make people\u2019s lives better. The company processes more than 80 million pounds of scrap tire rubber each year, helping to conserve more than one million barrels of oil. To learn more about Ecore, visit www.ecoreintl.com.\n'Ecore CEO Dodge Named ISRI Director, Tire Chapter Chairman' has no comments\nNotice: It seems you have Javascript disabled in your Browser. In order to submit a comment to this post, please copy this code and paste it along with your comment: 400cc5350b19c1d75e458ad22ac87309", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 84, "original_length": 3725, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 231.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://souvenirpress.co.uk/product/kangaroo-babies/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:56Z", "digest": "sha1:G56MQWVMAXHFDKEI56T3HDTTPXD32NRX", "length": 2428, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "souvenirpress.co.uk", "title": "Kangaroo Babies by Nathalie Charpak", "raw_content": "SKU: 978 0285 63772 6 Category: Birthing & Parenting Tag: Nathalie Charpak\nA revolutionary way to care for newborn babies: a natural approach to mothering, supported by extensive scientific research.\nKangaroo Mother Care was created to help premature and low-birth-weight-infants develop into healthy babies. Once the newborn baby\u2019s heart rate and feeding have been stabilised, it remains with its mother who provides, naturally, all the benefits of incubator care; babies are positioned in close skin-to-skin contact with their mother, or even sometimes their father, for twenty-four hours a day. The warm physical contact regulates the baby\u2019s body temperature so that the baby can continue to grow, stimulates breastfeeding, gives the baby a wonderful feeling of security and strengthens bonding.\nThe Kangaroo Mother Method is now used in thirty countries around the world, often in the Third World where incubators are in short supply in maternity hospitals, and has saved thousands of babies\u2019 lives. In the western world it is been adapted and is used widely alongside incubator care to heal the sense of isolation and helplessness both parents and babies can feel in the tense initial weeks of the baby\u2019s life.\nProviding a history and a beautifully illustrated practical guide to kangaroo mothering, Nathalie Charpak\u2019s book tells you all you need to know about an approach that will change the way mothers relate to newborn babies and improve the way hospitals treat premature babies and their parents.\nNathalie Charpak is an internationally respected paediatrician, and is the daughter of the Nobel Prize winning physicist, George Charpak, and. She is the Director of the Kangaroo Foundation.\n\u201cA system of encouraging the parents to adopt prolonged skin to skin contact, increasing the self esteem and confidence of the parents \u2013 Kangaroo Care\u2026 British hospitals are beginning to introduce this method and the sooner it becomes standard in every hospital the better\u2026 This readable book\u2026 should be given to every midwife and intensive care nurse, and it should be made available to any mother whose baby is taken to special or intensive care, or who has a baby that is unsettled.\u201d\n\u2018Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services Journal\u2019\n\u201cThis lively, highly readable little book is for everyone who works with maternity and neonatal services.\u201d\n\u2018Infant Journal\u2019\nBe the first to review \u201cKangaroo Babies\u201d Cancel reply", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 124, "original_length": 4706, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 291.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://spoonfulrecords.blogspot.com/2012/02/premieres-shes-always-there-on-king.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:25Z", "digest": "sha1:DPYGDHJ7HAVXCKT3GA6ELBBOQN3KGF2F", "length": 598, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "spoonfulrecords.blogspot.com", "title": "Spoonful Records, Columbus, Ohio: The Premieres \"She's Always There\" on King Records 1966", "raw_content": "The Premieres \"She's Always There\" on King Records 1966\nThere are some really cool unexpected aspects of running a record store, like when an original King recording artist walks through the door and asks if you can play his 7\", because he hasn't owned a turntable in decades. We were happy to oblige Ron McElroy of Columbus, lead singer of the Premieres, who recorded this track and the flipside \"I'm Better Off Now\" with his group back in 1966. He said that the day they recorded it, The Casinos were also there, laying down tracks for \"Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye.\" We hope you enjoy the video!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 82, "original_length": 2552, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 184.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://squidgyboo.com/tag/how-does-my-garden-grow/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:54Z", "digest": "sha1:VIXQPINGWRONRNTNWKLZ6JWTBN3JZXJS", "length": 179, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "squidgyboo.com", "title": "how does my garden grow Archives - Squidgyboo", "raw_content": "I know I didn\u2019t win at The MADs but I\u2019m still a winner\u2026 of herbs! A couple of weeks ago I entered a competition and I won! WOOT! I am now the proud owner of a Grow Your Own Herbs\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 95, "original_length": 3382, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 221.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://staging.believermag.com/subscribe/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:37Z", "digest": "sha1:SXRT7LPPC5EUYRKNBAX6GQFOU7U55LQM", "length": 977, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "staging.believermag.com", "title": "The Believer - Subscribe to the Believer magazine", "raw_content": "Subscribe to the Believer\nNext Issue Appearing August 2017\nSubscriptions to the Believer are $48 for a year\u2014that\u2019s six issues, some of which are themed and come with bonus items, such as original compilations and art objects. Subscribe now by clicking the image below, or by calling (702) 895-0505.\nIf you're prefer to pay by mail, please send check or money order to:\nLas Vegas, NV 89145-5085.\nIn each issue, readers and subscribers will find journalism and essays that are frequently very long, book reviews that are not necessarily timely, and interviews that are intimate, frank, and also very long. There are also intricate illustrations by Tony Millionaire and a rotating cast of guest artists; poems; a comics section; and regular columns by Nick Hornby and Daniel Handler.\nEach issue is perfect-bound and 128 pages, printed by friendly Canadians on recycled, acid-free, heavy-stock paper and suitable for archiving, framing in a very thick frame, or reading in the tub.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 34, "original_length": 2225, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 282.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://staging.monumentsmenfoundation.org/join-the-hunt/additional-missing-works-of-art", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:29Z", "digest": "sha1:KYCPIHY6INYFF2TD4CUQBI6EUGOR6LCJ", "length": 1804, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "staging.monumentsmenfoundation.org", "title": "Additional Missing Works of Art | Monuments Men Foundation", "raw_content": "(Source: Treasures Untraced. An Inventory of the Italian Art Treasures Lost During the Second World War, 1995)\n(Source: Gem\u00e4ldegalerie Staatliche Museen zu Berlin)\n(Source: Heirs/Representatives)\nA. Young, London - T. Agnew & Sons, London (1906) - Christie's London (1910) - Cottier, Paris - Max Silberberg, Breslau - Auction Paul Graupe, Berlin, 21 March 1935, No. 17.\nLost in Berlin in 1943.\nWith Wolfgang Gurlitt in Munich after WWII, Collection G. Stein in Bonn, Gebhardt in Munich, unknown private collection.\nProvenance: Max Liebermann, Martha Liebermann; Thannhauser 1936; W. Scharff; C. Grassi; Geschenk der Witwe an das Museum Civica Galleria d\u00b4Arte Moderna, Milan.\nCircumstances of loss: Berlin 1936.\nProf. Glaser was the Director of the State Art Library in Berlin. He was a prominent art historian, art critic, and a distinguished art collector and patron. He became a victim of the Nazi purges shortly after they came to power in early 1933, when he was forced out of his position as Director of the Berlin State Art Library. His initial suspension was ultimately justified by his dismissal based on a Nazi law (Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service) enacted in April 1933, which forbade Jews and political opponents from serving in German civil servant positions. He also lost his state-owned Berlin apartment when the Nazis turned the building in which he was living, Prinz Albrecht Strasse 8, into the headquarters of the newly formed secret police (GESTAPO). Glaser was singled out by the Nazis as an unwanted Jewish museum director, at a time when the Nazis wanted to control art as a part of their political ideology. As a result, he had no professional and personal future in Nazi Germany and had no choice but to leave Germany.\nCircumstances of loss: Vienna 1938.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 429, "original_length": 30077, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 174.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://stclarehealthmission.org/aboutus.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:58:59Z", "digest": "sha1:MU5TCDKGKPJZKDQ7LOXDPB2PGL3GWB6M", "length": 1631, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "stclarehealthmission.org", "title": "St. Clare Health Mission", "raw_content": "It began as a vision...\nAs a community, we could do more to serve those in need.\nIn 1992, representatives of health and social service organizations throughout our community began a collaborative effort to address health care access for the poor and uninsured.\nA unique and innovative program emerged. Volunteer healthcare providers from the community would join together several times per week to provide free healthcare to those who had gone without due to lack of financial resources. 24 years and 80,000 visits to the clinic later, over 18,000 people have been served by our volunteers from health conditions ranging from coughs to cancer.\nSt Clare Health Mission is open for walk in care on Tuesday and Thursday, Evening registration is from 5:00p.m. until 7:.00p.m. Wednesday a follow up clinic is from 8:00a.m. until 12:00p.m. by appointment only.\nBoard Certified Specialists in the areas of Cardiology, Dermatology, Emergency Medicine, Endocrinology, Family Practice, Gastroenterology, General Surgery, Gynecology, Internal Mdeicine, Neurology, Oncology, Orthopedics, Pain Management, Pediatrics, Physical Medicine, Physical Therapy, Podiatry, Pulmonary Medicine, Rheumatology, and Urology are available for scheduled patient appointments at the clinic.\nFunding for the Mission, including medical supplies such as pharmaceuticals, is paid for through community donations.\nDonations may be directed to St Clare Health Mission, 916 Ferry St., La Crosse, WI 54601.\nSt Clare Health Mission is grateful for the generous in kind support received from Mayo Clinic Health System - Franciscan Healthcare and Gundersen Health System.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 17, "original_length": 1905, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 194.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://steveconsult.com/nigeria/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:25Z", "digest": "sha1:FFOXXLEEOVB7D22LRPRREDRQNQZ4YJ45", "length": 1746, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "steveconsult.com", "title": "Nigeria - Study In Ukraine", "raw_content": "Embassy of Ukraine in Nigeria deals with Benin, Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa), Togo, Liberia as well.\nApplicants must submit following documents along with Original Invitation letter from a university in Ukraine issued through, \u201cSteve Consults Incorporated\u201d\nThe submission of documents for student visas is starting at the Embassy on May 15. (Visa issued will be valid from 15thof August)\nVisa application form, printed or written in block letters. It must be filled in carefully, clearly and precisely and signed personally by the applicant. It is free of charge to download an electronic version from this website or to obtain a paper version at the Embassy. (Application for Ukraine entry and transit visa)\nMedical certificate of general fitness legalized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of issuing country. A medical certificate is valid for TWO MONTHS, which means an applicant has to enroll to his/her institution within two months since the medical certificate was issued. Embassy translates the document into Ukrainian and legalizes.\nOriginal of a sponsorship letter (attested by a notary) in a form of a court affidavit, which must include a full name of a sponsor, his/her address, landline and mobile telephone number, e-mail (if any), and obligation of a sponsor to cover expenses of an applicant.\nThe Consular Section of the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Nigeria\nChief: Kononuchenko Maksym\nAddress: Plot 894, Olu Awotesu street, Jabi District, Abuja (off Mr.Biggs). View on map\nEmail: emb_ng@ukr.net\nFrom 12:00 to 13:00 Lunch Break\nQueries by phone: +234 8091155339 daily from 11:00 to 12:00\nBoundaries of the consular district:\nNigeria, Benin, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Togo.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 64, "original_length": 4056, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 325.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://stoneandtilepros.com/findapro/category/cleaning-and-restoration-stone/city/bellwood/64", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:43Z", "digest": "sha1:IAA6GYWMM237IK6Z232I66IZ2UKKEZI7", "length": 1908, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "stoneandtilepros.com", "title": "Find A Pro - Installers, Restoration Contractors, Designers", "raw_content": "Services Provided By Natural Stone Cleaning & Restoration PROS in BELLWOOD\nClick here to find a stone restoration service provider in bellwood.\nClick here to find a stone refinishing service provider in bellwood.\nClick here to find a stone cleaning service provider in bellwood.\nClick here to find a stone restoration contractor in bellwood.\nClick here to find a stone sealing service provider in bellwood.\nRestoration services in bellwood are not cheap, but may not be as expensive as you may think, and restoration is always much less expensive than replacement.\nStone restoration costs in bellwood are determined on a case-by-case basis. Although square footage is one factor, other factors, such as the condition and type of stone play a factor in the overall time required to complete the restoration project. For this reason, firm quotes always require an on-site visit to evaluate the project. Most stone restoration companies offer on-site estimates for free.\nWhen selecting a stone restoration contractor, don't let price be your only consideration. It is important to be choosy and look for a qualified stone restoration expert in bellwood to protect your investment in natural stone. Ben Franklin's sage words on quality ring especially true when it comes to caring for your natural stone: \"The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.\"\nThe time it takes to restore your marble or other natural stone varies greatly depending on the type of stone, the size of the area to be serviced, and the issues that need to be resolved. When your stone restoration technician in bellwood visits the property they will be able to give you an estimated time frame. Do keep in mind that unlike having your carpets cleaned, for example, stone restoration can take several days.\nTo find a Cleaning and Restoration - Stone service provider in bellwood or another area.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 106, "original_length": 14914, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 332.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://studentlife.blog.hofstra.edu/2015/10/club-sports-roundup_30.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:37:05Z", "digest": "sha1:XDBN5I4UUQBBZE2VGPANJ2PMIHGOWPIJ", "length": 4049, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "studentlife.blog.hofstra.edu", "title": "Hofstra Student Life: Club Sports Roundup", "raw_content": "The Hofstra Running Club attended their first ever competitive track meet on Saturday, October 24th, as they traveled to Queens to take on St. John\u2019s University Track Club. Eight members competed in races ranging from 100m to 1600m. Gary Williams placed 2nd in both the 100m (12.0 seconds) and 200m (25.9 seconds), as did Ryan Connell in the 800m (2:07.4) and 1600m (4:49). For most runners it was their first competitive meet in a while, and was a great stepping stone for the competitive indoor season, which begins in December.\nHofstra Women\u2019s Club Lacrosse participated in Stony Brook University's Breast Cancer Awareness Tournament on Sunday, October 25th. The Pride took on the host Seawolves in the first game of the day, battling their way to a fantastic 9-8 victory. Next up was NYU, who were also on the receiving end of the Hofstra ladies fine form, as Hofstra prevailed 8-6. Despite stellar defensive performances from Meghan Dempsey, Hope Knudsen, Liana Rodriguez, Jen Musumeci, Kita Wheeler, Alexis Sansone, and Kelsey Picciano, Hofstra fell just short of taking all three contests on the day, losing 8-3 to Fordham University. Goalie, Jazmine Gonzalez, was credited with a number of great saves, and the club was happy to play for such an important cause.\nHofstra Club Ice Hockey brought home their first victory of the Fall campaign, with a big 10-4 win over local rivals Columbia. Hofstra maintained a 4-0 lead for most of the first period before a valiant comeback by Columbia evened the score at 4-4. Hofstra retaliated in style with 6 goals courtesy of Guiseppe Chiaravelle, who recorded a hat trick on the evening, Darren Schwartz and Eli Vailancourt, who each managed two on the night, and single goals from John Voilkis, Jamie Esperto, and David Craig. The Pride out shot Columbia 55-19.\nHofstra Women\u2019s Rugby Club saw their successful Fall season come to an end on Saturday, October 24th, with a tough quarterfinal playoff loss to SUNY Albany. Nery Mendez and Cheyenne Wong each scored tries and Margeret O\u2019Callaghan converted a kick for the Pride, but unfortunately it wasn\u2019t enough to combat the Great Danes as Albany came out on top 62-12. Congratulations to the team on a great season!\nHofstra Equestrian Club added another successful outing to their season, this time traveling to Melville, New York, on Sunday, October 25th. Julissa Hoogeveen had a beautiful Open Flat round to start the day, placing 6th in a large and very competitive class. Kierstin Berwick had an impressive 4th place finish in Intermediate Fences. Julianna Foertsch had a great day; she earned 6th in Intermediate Flat and had a fantastic 2nd place ride in Novice Fences. Bridget McNamara also had a great Novice Fences ride, resulting in a 4th place ribbon. Kate Milford had another great beginner Walk Trot Canter round, resulting in a 4th place finish. The Pride\u2019s Walk Trot division riders, Siobhan Stregis, Carrie Viscanti, and Angelina Purcell all ended the day strong - all three placed in their classes.\nHofstra Men\u2019s Club Lacrosse faced rivals Stony Brook at home on Saturday, October 24th, taking a quick 2-0 lead in the opening minutes. After a slight dip in momentum, the Pride came out strong once again in the second half, cruising to a 10-1 victory.\nHofstra Roller Hockey Club competed in their first weekend of regular season contests with three tough games on Saturday, October 24th; two against Slippery Rock University and one versus Farmingdale State College. In the first match against SRU, the Pride fought their way back from a 5-0 deficit, as Nigel Grove netted two goals and one assist to pull the team within a goal. With the score at 5-4, Slippery Rock capitalized with an empty netter, ending the game 6-4. In the rematch that followed, Hofstra launched out to a 6-3 lead, but Slippery Rock mounted a furious comeback and went on to win the nail biting game 7-6. Hofstra fell to Farmingdale 4-2 in the third and final game, but the team showed tons of promise that they will look to build on for the rest of the season.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 123, "original_length": 6690, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 309.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://studioarcanis.com/viewtopic.php?t=1894", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:08Z", "digest": "sha1:NF3X4IHXDCZY5QAVQPUVNSPFXZY7Y3EU", "length": 10033, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "studioarcanis.com", "title": "The LBRP A Ritual Analysis - Studio Arcanis", "raw_content": "Board index GENERAL General Magic Discussion The LBRP A Ritual Analysis\nThe LBRP A Ritual Analysis\nAs you have probably noticed I always suggest people do as best they can to break down ritual, just like you would any piece of music if you were a musician or the forms if you were practicing a martial art. I had to do an assignment on the LBRP as part of my order work in the OSDL many many years ago I thought I would post it. I probably would change a few things now but I am posting it as is. I hope it helps some of you.. I might move this to the blog..\nThe LBRP in my opinion is one of the simplest but most misunderstood rituals. It is the cornerstone of the development of the magician, and key in the development of not just banishing, but over a period of time has an effect on the individual, it is also a basic structure that may be most useful as an individual learns how to adapt it to their particular resonance. The LBRP is more than just a preparatory banishing, or cleansing ritual, done prior to meditation or other ritual work, for the increase in psychic force. In this aspect the ritual is different because it cleanses the area for working, as opposed to regular banishing, which release or disperse energy previously invoked during the ritual. The ritual also has an invoking mode, and can be used as is, to allow an opening of the four Quarters of the ritual circle for an increased awareness of the individual Elemental energies present. Ok but what does it all mean? let\u2019s get into the technicalities of the operation of the LBRP without making things to complicated I have spent a lot of time over analysing this ritual down to almost what path on the tree of life your robe waves around in the wind whilst formulating the pentagrams that\u2019s all well and good but this assignment is my take on the LBRP and what I understand or have learnt by practicing it over an extended period of time. The LBRP is called lesser because it acts lower on the TOL. It utilizes the banishing pentagram of Earth, and no other Pentagrams. The Pentagram having four points corresponds to the four elements of Earth, plus a spirit point on Top.\nThese pentagrams are derived from the Enochian tablets of the four elements laid out in a square (with the tablet of union above them). But as Frater Yechidah pointed out to me earlier this week the origin of this was probably derived by layering it over the wheel of the Zodiac.\nThere are many theories in regards to the origins of the pentagram. But doing my research there is no predefined source, it\u2019s too ancient in my humble honest opinion to make any conclusions? Aleister Crowley mentioned that this ritual properly understood, \u201cIt is the Medicine of Metals and the Stone of the Wise\u201d. As I understand it the pentagram represents the operation of the four Elements and Spirit under the presidency of the divine name Yeheshuah.or the Pentagrammaton. This name represents the operation of Spirit in the midst of the four Elements. Using this Ritual when I first started out, more than anything connected me or balanced me within its structure. It contains certain magical formulae which can assist in the initiatory process. It is, to all intents and purposes, a Ritual of Self-Initiation a rite of passage. I can only compare it to waking up from a long sleep and having a different perspective on life. As almost instantaneously the details of life started emerging in that I started noticing things that I considered trivial or unimportant. Over long period of use its still offers up revelations time and time again. Other effects that I experienced was a positive effect on my personality it forced me to work out some issues. People fell out of my life and it brought out suppressed issues that needed addressing. I also perceived it had an effect on those around me, I am not sure if they perceived me differently? Or my own attitude had changed. I am now at the stage where I am trying to forge a stronger relationship with the archangels. I have successfully worked with Raphael in regards to some healing. I can state that it was awe inspiring. The first time I made contact it was no big deal I always pray to YHVH starting my day and daily ritual. Just after I evoked the Angels of the quarters, I asked Raphael to make himself known to me. After vibrating his name about five times I felt the sudden change in atmosphere in the room. I was pretty much taken off guard at the experience it was a very intense feeling. I asked him about my health and his responses where direct and came immediately. The only way to describe Raphael\u2019s presence is very authoritative, overwhelming almost gracious. But powerful at the same time.\nThe LBRP is really interesting when you do it for a period of time, as it seems to have the effect like psychic hygiene or astral weight training, or charging your spiritual batteries as Frater Fio would put it, in that you're maintaining and developing your aura (or Circle or whatever?) in optimum condition through daily development. But after a while I've found that it simultaneously re-enforces the belief that the universe around you is full of 'astral stuff' that needs to be banished and cleaned off. There is no clear cut way to explain this? And I find talking to those that have been practicing this ritual for a prolonged period of time understand what I am talking about.\nThe angelic Sentinels of the Quarters: The Archangels are not merely the guardians against the Banished Elements at the Quarters. They must be called upon to guard the very ends of eternity from the Elements, as well as all aspects that they rule: in their Quarters and Sephiroth. The very names of the Archangels contain keys to their Dominions. I find this quote very very important as I have spoken to a lot of Practitioners who just go through the motions they do not have the respect for the divinity and power of the Hebrew angels. I feel there is more power in actually having the religious connection with YHVH maybe it\u2019s my Christian background?\nWhen you perform the Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram, you begin by aspiring to the highest concept you can imagine, by the vibration of Atah, \"To Thou, Essence.\" This is then affirmed on Earth with Malkuth, and in the balance of forces that rule the universe, Geburah and Gedulah. It is then affirmed in Eternity as Le Olahm, Amen - \"To the Ages of Ages, so be it.\" You have, with the Qabalistic Cross, placed yourself at the centre of the Universe, having first brought the divine presence into your heart, mind and body. Next you go on to cleanse the four quarters of the Universe with pentagrams of fire, affirming Man as the mirror of the Divine Image and with the ability to control the elements through spirit, the topmost point. The deity names are sent thundering through to the Ends of the Universe and back again. Your Magical Universe is then defined by the marking of the circle of light, another reminder of Spirit, and of Kether the Godhead, the Crown of the Tree of Life. The drawing of the four pentagrams automatically invokes spirit, the fifth point, and so raises the microcosmic consciousness to the level of the macrocosm, having completely sealed the circle against the Outer Darkness, the World of unbalanced forces called Qliphoth. This Hebrew word means literally, \"Shells\". (Those who court the favours of Venus should do well to remember that she is often depicted as riding upon one!) Malkuth is shown divided into four sections of colour on the Tree diagram: citrine, russet, olive and black in the colours of the Queen Scale. The black part, representing the Dead End of Matter, the point of maximum inertia in the Universe, abuts onto the World of Shells, the husks or discarded astral remnants that souls departing the earth plane have left. This world is also inhabited by many other undesirable waste products of the Universe, including thought forms of a very low order.\nNow, with the power of the pentagram and the Ineffable Name, you have sealed yourself off from the outer world, the profane world of ignorance and darkness, from the false and the unseemly. By this act you have called into operation themacrocosm, as the Greater Voice responding to the lesser. Therefore, above you and below you, as if you stood in a vertical column, appears the six-rayed star of the cosmos, the hexagram of two interlaced triangles. If you were to count all of the points of the pentagrams and hexagrams, you would have thirty-two, the total number of the Sephiroth plus the twenty-two paths of the Tree of Life. You stand in a Palace built for the Indwelling Glory, the Shekinah, the Soul of God. Light spelled in Roman numerals LVX adds up to sixty-five, and so does the Divine Name of Malkuth Adonai (ADNI). Six is the macrocosm, the Divine Being, and five is the number of man in the Lower World. The union of these two is the object of the Great Work. In the ordinary case, by cleansing and banishing your sphere, you would have left inside that sphere a kind of vacuum. This is not a good thing to do, for in nature anything left empty does not stay empty for long! So you continue, and by the clockwise direction of your movement you evoke the Archangels, guardians drawn from the Briatic World of Creation. Correspondingly a spiritual brightness appears in the aura as the four elements are brought into perfect balance.\nYour position in the centre constitutes spirit, and by adding Above and Below to the four elemental directions in space, the six of the macrocosm is once more confirmed. Finally you repeat again the Qabalistic Cross which places the flame of the Eternal in your heart, the centre of the Magical Universe. And this procedure, when well-practiced, can be completed perfectly well in all of two minutes of your time!\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tgLPkdWYy0\nInformation References :\nhttp://www.billheidrick.com\nModern Magic: Donald Michael Kraig\nCircles of Power : John Michael Greer\nUsers browsing this forum: starcanis and 2 guests", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 97, "original_length": 11645, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 330.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://stvincentscatholicprimarymillhill.org.uk/curriculum/pshe/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:09:45Z", "digest": "sha1:PXQPJOKASWTTN7YVRBG4CD7XO4IGC5JM", "length": 3618, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "stvincentscatholicprimarymillhill.org.uk", "title": "St Vincent's Catholic Primary School | PSHE", "raw_content": "PSHE education helps children develop personally, socially and emotionally. It also teaches them about how to live a healthy life. PSHE education equips pupils with the knowledge, understanding, skills and strategies required to live healthy, safe, productive, responsible and balanced lives. It encourages them to be enterprising and supports them in making effective transitions, positive learning and career choices and in achieving economic wellbeing. PSHE education contributes to personal development by helping pupils to build their confidence, resilience and self-esteem, and to identify and manage risk, make informed choices and understand what influences their decisions.\nThe PSHE education programme also makes a significant contribution to pupils\u2019 spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development, their behaviour and safety.\nIt is not the general policy of the school to give specific lessons solely on this subject, except in Year 6. The materials used and a copy of our Sex Education Policy may be viewed by parents on request. In general, we deal with the subject naturally as it arises when related topics are being taught through Science, RE and PSHE. Children\u2019s questions are answered by teachers and other staff in a sensitive way, and with regard to the child\u2019s age and maturity.\nAt St Vincent\u2019s we support and educate the children in an understanding of the recognised British Values of democracy, rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs. We actively promote these values through a cross curricular approach which is upheld through our Catholic ethos of having Christ\u2019s example at the centre of our daily lives.\nThe children are given an understanding of a democratic system at an early age through encouraging them to be involved in decision making within their own classes and making sure their voices are heard. Mock elections are heard for various purposes ranging from the creation of our own St Vincent\u2019s School Parliament, to elections for class representatives for a Liturgy group.\nThe children are encouraged to respect and uphold rules and understand the reasons for them. All children are familiar with the School\u2019s Golden Rules which form the basis of our Behaviour Policy and the Catholic ethos of the school gives them a firm bedrock of understanding right from wrong. We use a restorative justice approach when dealing with conflicts and encourage all children to articulate their view point and respect others. We have regular visits from the local community Police Officers as part of our PSHE programme.\nIt is important for children to feel valued in order to flourish. At St Vincent\u2019s we develop self-esteem and self -confidence by encouraging positive risk taking and creative thinking. Children are encouraged to take responsibility for their behaviour and we have a strong anti-bullying culture. Children are encouraged to voice any concerns and will always have their views listened to.\nWe help the children acquire understanding of different faiths through our Religious Education programme where opportunities are also built in to visit other places of worship. St Vincent\u2019s is a culturally diverse school and the children have many opportunities to learn about these cultures in a respectful way. Similarities and differences between groups of people are looked at naturally in cross-curricular ways from a social, geographical, religious and historical perspective.\nPSHE Curriculum Map - Foundation Stage\nPSHE Curriculum Map - KS1\nPSHE Curriculum Map - Lower KS2\nPSHE Curriculum Map - Upper KS2", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 129, "original_length": 6160, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 272.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://suburbanbethlehem.org/History.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:31:37Z", "digest": "sha1:QS3XXHEDC6IU2CLSXTGDMEFE4C4MS5OZ", "length": 1485, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "suburbanbethlehem.org", "title": "History", "raw_content": "Suburban Bethlehem Lutheran Church and School disciples each generation to grow deeply, serve humbly, and go boldly in Christ to advance God's Kingdom.\nSuburban Bethlehem Lutheran School was founded in 1883 as a branch of Emmanuel Lutheran Church. The original name was Columbia (now California) Road Lutheran School. The school immediately became an outreach tool and began to grow.\nIn 1949 the need for a larger school became apparent. In August 1951, the new school was dedicated. Each year our attendance grows, and every three to five years an additional teacher is required to meet the needs of our growing student body.\nA second building program took place in 1958. Additions included a gym, pastor\u2019s office and enlarged kitchen.\nA third building program became necessary in 1965. Additions included a new kitchen and school building. Four teachers taught in two-grades-per-room classes school until 1995 when our first and second grades separated due to growing enrollment.\nThe fourth and most recent building program took place in 1997-1998. This expansion included a new wing of classrooms, kitchen, library, and commons area. Currently, children in grades pre-school through 8th grade are educated in single-grade classrooms.\n\"Four generations of my family have attended SBLS. We continue to pray for and support the school because we want others to share in the blessings we have received. Besides, the next generation is on the way.\" - Norma Thiele, Church Member & Alumni", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 34, "original_length": 1939, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 239.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://sussexcountychamber.org/news_detail_T9_R160.php", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:26:50Z", "digest": "sha1:LJV32GBNZ4KJ3ICQ2C2BI3MFDFNJ5TZY", "length": 969, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "sussexcountychamber.org", "title": "Welcome to Sussex County Chamber", "raw_content": "All members are welcome to attend, but registration is required. Please reserve to mail@sussexcountychamber.org or fax the reservation form to 973-579-3031.\nHuman Resource Development Committee Presentation\nLearn more about the definition of illegal sexual harassment and what to do to prevent and correct it at your workplace.\nEmployers should know effective tools to protect their workplaces and employees from sexual harassment, including policies, training, and an effective response process. Sexual harassment is a form of sexual discrimination and is illegal in workplaces pursuant to the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination and the federal Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Sexual harassment includes unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature. It can be committed (and therefore incur employer-liability) by supervisors, owners, co-workers, independent contractors, and even clients.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 51, "original_length": 2077, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 263.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://suziqcreations.blogspot.com/2012/02/knitting-needle-case.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:10Z", "digest": "sha1:PX3ZSKBEVTQWAR4YAXO7OYFG7FBGZWIN", "length": 779, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "suziqcreations.blogspot.com", "title": "suziQcreations: Knitting needle case", "raw_content": "Wow, I can't believe I haven't posted in two weeks...oopsie! I didn't mean to have such a long absence, but I made a hat that just took off and ended up with bunches of orders to fill. So I took a bit of a hat hiatus, but I'm back now!\nMy recent foray into hats led me to purchase a new set of double-pointed knitting needles, which came in a boring box...so a new case was needed! I made this pretty simple rolled case, kinda making it up as I went along.\nI'm still not much of a sewer, but I am getting more acquainted and comfortable with my machine, slowly but surely! I want to make at least two more cases - one for my interchangeable needle set, and another for my crochet hooks.\nSusie your so creative! How do you find the time! I hope you and your family are doing well!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 42, "original_length": 1525, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 338.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://swapnilmidha.com/tag/things-to-do-in-sri-lanka/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:44Z", "digest": "sha1:J3J57RIE6FU76G7DFIWXN45MEH5XXKAF", "length": 30, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "swapnilmidha.com", "title": "things to do in sri lanka Archives - Swapnil Midha", "raw_content": "Tag: things to do in sri lanka", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 2142, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 197.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://sweptmedia.ca/2018/04/06/corey-pavlosky-atlas/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:02Z", "digest": "sha1:ORYTRHCDUQAVXBC2BESEODQU2VELNYA4", "length": 3549, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "sweptmedia.ca", "title": "Corey Pavlosky - Atlas | Swept UA-35785461-1", "raw_content": "6th Apr, 2018 Anthony Leclair 0\nI don\u2019t care if you\u2019re not into pop/punk-rock, you need to check out Corey Pavlosky\u2019s debut solo album \u2018Atlas\u2018! It is one of the most polished and Hit-List-Ready albums I\u2019ve ever reviewed for Swept. Sure, you might think that means very little coming from a magazine that specifies in its mission that it is \u201cSweeping up the news the mainstream leaves behind\u201d but I dare say that, in this regard, we are hopefully sweeping this artist toward the mainstream because Pavlosky has got some fantastic music that, while perhaps a bit dated, is certainly in need of hearing by many many ears!\nWhat could I mean by dated music? Well, the sound is a bit circa early 2000\u2032s but it definitely holds up and fits the bill for easy radio-play, soundtrack choices, and all manner of praise from the general public.\nThere\u2019s something emotionally gripping about the sound of this album that really pulls at the heartstrings and while it might pull you down into a mire of angst a la Blue October, it really is worth the journey to find release in the experience of this sonorous series of sombre yet sweet selections by Corey Pavlosky. The haunting harmonies, the pounding percussion, the manic melodies, the glittering guitar\u2026the composition captures perfectly what I understand this album to be full of; pushing through difficult trials in life (as a concept for the album) followed by the release of the anguish with the beautiful music that is this debut EP \u2018Atlas\u2018.\nGiven the seeming subject matter of the EP, it makes perfect sense to me that the project be titled \u2018Atlas\u2018. I mean, it\u2019s made pretty clear with the line \u201cI cannot support the weight of this world anymore\u201d. Feeling the weight of the world on one\u2019s shoulders is a pretty common theme (even though Atlas was charged with holding up the sky and not the Earth), and this image connects with people the whole world over. And imagine the additional curse of supporting the weight of the entire sky\u2026it\u2019s a bit bigger than Earth and full of much more chaos. If you extend the Atlas allusion of this project to the Greek myth of Atlas, then this song and this EP truly do deal with great \u201cpain and sorrow\u201d.\nSure, we\u2019ve all seen \u2018Better Days\u2018 but sometimes it\u2019s worthwhile sharing in the expression of the pain of someone else\u2019s life in order to either connect with them as a co-sufferer of this our human condition, or simply to connect with ourselves in ways that we typically shy away from in order to avoid the pain of the world. But we can\u2019t hide from it forever. We can hope though that music might \u201ccarry [us] through the darkest times\u201d.\nI could go on and on about how much I really do enjoy this album and maybe it\u2019s just hitting me at the right time but that aside, the production quality of this EP is simply fantastic and Pavlosky and all of his listeners have Will Beasley out of Richmond, Virginia to thank for that. That being said, I think it is worth mentioning my one significant gripe with \u2018Atlas\u2018. I think it\u2019s a heavy-hitting issue and well worth pointing out\u2026It\u2019s just too damn short. There are only six tracks! I realize it\u2019s an EP but I will certainly be eager to listen to more as it comes out.\nThat being said\u2026if you\u2019re not already listening to \u2018Atlas\u2018 as you\u2019re reading this (While I sing along to the album for the\u2026I forget how many times I\u2019ve listened to it now)\u2026then get to it right HERE!\nAmazon, Anthony Leclair, Atlas, Better Days, Blue October, Corey Pavlosky, EP, Google Play, iTunes, Richmond, Spotify, swept media, Virginia, Will Beasley", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 4994, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 327.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://synergymag.ca/looking-back-to-move-forward/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:01Z", "digest": "sha1:WMIJ6JCZIF6YY2PO62VAGE6LV3T72NQ3", "length": 16414, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "synergymag.ca", "title": "Looking Back to Move Forward \u00ab Synergy Magazine / The Magazine for Mindful Living / Vancouver Island, BC, Canada", "raw_content": "Humans are very social beings. For thousands of years they have lived cooperatively in groups. Granted, part of this behaviour was simply for survival; but it is also very natural for humans to live interdependently. Before the industrial revolution, before the advent of the automobile and flying, people travelled and migrated much less than they do now.\nEven today, millions of people around the world live in small villages. Whether farming or hunting as their primary means of maintaining a food supply in order to survive, humans natural inclination has been to work together cooperatively. As the old expression goes, \u201cMany hands make light work\u201d.\nImagine one man, with one paddle, in a small dugout canoe, with one spear going out onto the ocean to harpoon a whale and drag it back to shore all by himself. Imagine a farming village. Each person in that village going out into the forest, cutting a few trees down, clearing land, fencing it to keep animals out, planting, watering and weeding their little patch all by themselves. How much sense would that make? What if their crop failed? What if some animals ate it? The spring that they watered from dried up? Or they became sick or injured? If that village was very individualistic, that person could conceivably die from sickness and starvation. The reason these systems have worked for thousands of years, is because humans instinctively and unconsciously understand the value of living co-operatively.\nYou may ask then, \u201cWhat has happened? What has changed? How did we get here? What are the fundamental differences?\u201d The first, and most profound one, is our lives as a result of \u201cmodern technology\u201d have become much, much \u201ceasier\u201d. When I say, \u201ceasier\u201d here, I do not mean \u201cbetter\u201d or having a higher \u201cquality\u201d. \u201cEasier\u201d here means simply, less labourious.\nUntil quite recently, in the scale of human history, everything was done by hand. From logging, fishing and mining to the building of Rome, Greece and the pyramids of Egypt. Carving out a piece of land by hand out of the dense forest of southwestern British Columbia for farming took years: tree by tree, stump by stump with no mechanical help other than hand tools and possibly oxen (and if you could afford it, maybe a bit of dynamite). The vast majority of our food, clothing, housing and transportation materials were all produced locally. This means that the vast majority of people had some connection to real tasks that actually produced something. Very, very few people had a job in an office, stockmarket or even a bank. By far, the majority of people were employed in an occupation where they produced a needed product or service. Contrast that now with thousands of \u201cunneeded\u201d products and services.\nIn 1900, 90% of Canadians were involved in farming. The other 10% either helped a friend, relative or neighbour to a degree that they also would have a connection to the land and hard work. The industrial revolution and the rapid growth that it spawned, dramatically changed the western world, virtually overnight. Farm tractors, the first of which were steam powered, and the many implements and attachments greatly reduced the need for labour on farms. Fossil fuel based fertilizers further increased the yield, combined with petroleum based poisons for insects and weeds, made food production easier and more \u201cefficient\u201d. By turning another one of the earth\u2019s processes into yet another commodity of capitalism, known as factory farming, we greatly reduced the degree to which we were connected to the earth on a \u201cfeeling level\u201d, as people; which in turn de-valued food, farmers and farming in our minds.\nThis created two of many results. One was the price of food, relative to median income, has dropped over the last 60 years as the race to the bottom continued, driving us all further into the addiction of selection, convenience, and at the lowest price possible. This kind of thinking ultimately gave birth to \u201cbig box stores\u201d. The second thing that \u201chappened\u201d was that people seeking an \u201ceasier\u201d and \u201cbetter\u201d life were drawn to, and migrated into, cities. Cities provide much less of a means for you to sustain yourself, by growing your own food; require you to compete with others; essentially require that you get a \u201creal\u201d job in order to make money to provide yourself with basic food and shelter. Ironically, where many of these people had come from, they already had basic food and shelter. They also would have had more of a social network and social support during times of economic upheaval, sickness (physical or mental) and people around them in times of bereavement such as the death of a loved one.\nWhy did this all happen?\nThe short version, since a book could be written on any one of the points in this article, is marketing purely for profit. Many of us were raised in houses of between 600 and 800 square feet with one bathroom. Why do we have so many houses now that are between 2,000 and 6,000 square feet? Until recently, most families only had one parent who worked outside the house. We managed with just a tent for camping \u2013 we had no motorhome, microwave, barbecue, boat, hot tub, time share and no one, when I was growing up, had two car garages. Where we live, many people in our neighbourhood are not able to put any of their four cars into their garage because it is so full of stuff that they are hoarding, that they got on \u201csale\u201d.\nWhere do we want to go from here?\nHow do we transform our individual lives, our families, our neighbourhoods into a more harmonious and sustainable community? Much can now be found on the internet if you enter the search words \u201csustainability\u201d and \u201ctransition towns\u201d. More and more people inherently grasp that we must change the way we live. Currently, the per capita rate of consumption of Canadians is 5 to 10 planet Earths. That means, if all of the world\u2019s 7 billion people consumed at the rate we do, we would (currently) need 5 to 10 plant Earths. Needless to say, we only have one; and the time, energy and money that gets used for space exploration has got to be one of the greatest jokes of all time. Trillions and trillions of dollars looking for other places to live rather than learning to get along right here on earth. China and the Middle East has already entered into lease agreements in Africa where they will have essentially slaves grow food for their countries. The Middle East, because they are consuming much more every year, are keeping more of their own oil to run things like power plants to run air conditioning. Currently the Middle East uses more oil than all the oil produced in Alaska or the North Sea just for the desalination of water (towers that use fossil fuel and the process of reverse osmosis in order to remove salt from sea water to create drinking water), at a tremendous expense. This is yet another example of ecological footprint created by destructive lifestyle choices. Dubai, as an example, a desert area which is regularly at 100+ degrees Fahrenheit is known around the world for having indoor ski hills, run completely by oil.\nSoon, as water becomes more scarce, food prices rise and the global conflict that will result, it will become more clear that our society, our culture must transition. The first step, is to recognize, acknowledge and admit that we cannot and must not continue on this path. The second step is for all of us to actively engage with ourselves and one another asking, \u201cWhat are we going to do?\u201d Or better, \u201cWhat are we going to do differently?\u201d One thing for sure, we cannot rely on government. Our governments now, more than ever before, have become facilitators ensuring the corporatization of our culture and the profit of industry being the overriding and dictating factor in all our decision-making. Ergo, if there is a piece of farmland and one can show \u201cprofit\u201d to be made from destroying that farmland and making it into a golf course, there will be virtually no thought that considers the long term value of that land for food production. Then there are all the other social and environmental values, which serves our health and that of all the other living things; not to mention clean drinking water.\nThis process of transition and change therefore requires us to be active in our own circles of influence. This means having your own household and groups that you are already a part of (and if you are not already a part of one, its time for you to become part of one), participating in the movement for change.\nThe first change requires that we understand and admit that population growth and \u201ccarrying capacity\u201d (or climate change for that matter) is not the biggest problem. The biggest problem is that 10% of the world\u2019s population consumes 90% of the world\u2019s resources. How moral and ethical is it that the average Canadian consumes in one year about what the average Asian consumes in their entire lifetime? How ethical is it that we regularly buy food grown by people on land that was formerly theirs and they themselves cannot afford to buy the food that they grow, with the wages they are paid for growing that food? So the first change is that we seriously reduce the amount that we consume. The number one way to do that is looking at travel, particularly car and plane travel.\nNumber two is our food system. How ethical is it that 95% of our food on Vancouver Island is imported? We must rebuild local food production. 50% of all the world\u2019s grain is fed to animals to produce meat. 30% is now being used to produce fuel for cars. This puts an incredible strain on farmland and soil. It also increases the price of grains which are a staple, especially for low income people in the developing world. This then creates conflict in these countries, which then creates more problems like the current hoarding of food by speculators who wait for shortages and prices to rise so they can profit on the starvation of people in the developing world. In short, encourage local food production by renewing your commitment by eating more locally, in season and eating less meat. Remember, it will take time to rebuild local food systems after years of farmers getting the message that they shouldn\u2019t bother growing food and us putting subdivisions and golf courses on prime farmland. It is going to take more than just shopping at the farmers\u2019 market when we \u201cfeel like it\u201d. This is a long term commitment.\nNumber three is taking further action. Individual action is great; \u201cbut\u201d the pattern so far suggests that about 10% are conscious (in that they are doing more than just recycling and are currently, actively participating in their community beyond being a soccer mom/hockey dad) and 1% of people take these matters seriously. That means they are more active socially, politically and environmentally. They are \u201cactivists\u201d: consciously, consistently, actively engaged in creating change for the other 99%. If we want to see real change in our society, those numbers need to increase dramatically. The fact that only 34% of registered voters turned out in Nanaimo\u2019s last election, our mayor who only got a portion of those votes claims a majority when really only about 2% of the total population actually asked him to be their mayor.\nNumber four (which could easily be number one) we must reduce our \u201cbusy-ness\u201d. We have a tendency to fill our time with a lot of activities that later in life we will look back and realize it was far less important that we thought. Work together with your spouse or partner and find ways to reduce the amount of hours you need to work for money. The number one way to facilitate that is to reduce your need for money. The easiest way to facilitate that is to buy less. In short, less shopping \u2013 less \u201cretail therapy\u201d. If you have cablevision, please cut it off now and skip the stories about educational programming. The average Canadian watches 25 hours of television per week. The average Canadian who is 65 years of age, has spent 10 years in front of the television. If we really care about \u201cfamily\u201d and \u201ccommunity\u201d then let\u2019s put more time toward those things and less towards being busy. In that \u201cspace\u201d we can become more aware of the world around us and what our roles and responsibilities are; then taking action becomes much more natural rather than something we are forced into because of an issue at our work or in our neighbourhood that we don\u2019t like.\nMarketing and materialism has compelled most of us to work more hours than we ever have historically as a culture. To have more stores, malls and \u201cbig box\u201d shopping than ever before (Nanaimo has the highest per capita of retail space in Canada). Most of us are more consumed that we realize, seeking happiness through a nicer car and a bigger house. Being content in this culture with all of the messages that we are given (\u201cyou need this and that\u201d) is very elusive. Uber individuality and \u201cpersonal pan pizzas\u201d are symptoms of a culture losing its cohesiveness.\nIn order for us to create a common vision in our society, we need to recognize that as a result of embracing this current, individualistic, consumeristic culture we have created a type of hyper-individualism never seen before on this planet. This has resulted in people thinking far too much about themselves and their own interests. This divides us and even pits us against one another. There are over 800 not-for-profit organizations in Nanaimo, a good number of which are working on similar issues, chasing the same funds, attempting to accomplish similar goals. The business types are an excellent example of people who share a common vision. This is demonstrated frequently by how they will come together with their common vision to assure \u201cfunding\u201d and completion of projects like golf courses, airport expansions and cruiseship terminals. Bring a bunch of green \u201clefties\u201d together and meetings can easily be lost to arguments about whether vegan soy milk or locally produced, grass-fed, ethically raised milk is used in the (hopefully) fair trade, shade grown, organically grown coffee. This is further proven by who we allowed to be elected as premier and prime minister. They will both likely go down in history as two of the worst ever in Canada.\nWhether unions or young people, grade school or university if we want a future that we can feel good about, we must rise up together as a society to renew our culture, making it less competitive and more cooperative; less destructive and more constructive. Do we continue the paving of paradise or are we prepared to collectively and cooperatively put our bodies before the bulldozers?\nWhat we ultimately need is a \u201ccultural shift\u201d. To take an honest look at the price that we are paying for the degree of individuality that we have encouraged in the last few \u201cME\u201d generations. It is time for us to recognize the value and absolute need to move forward by simultaneously looking ahead, envisioning what we want and also looking back at how even this culture functioned when it was more connected, cohesive and co-operative. This is not an easy subject. We have all become quite spoiled \u2013 we walk into any grocery store and it is full \u2013 not realizing there is only two days fresh food supply on Vancouver Island. Making these changes requires us to consciously choose to think, speak and live differently. This results in others around us feeling uncomfortable and even threatened. Do you want to wait until these changes are forced by the future fossil fuel and food shortages or would you rather be proactive and make changes that are more meaningful, moral, ethical, responsible and sustainable?\nI invite you to access the part in your heart that resonates with what you are reading here, your inner voice that is telling you, \u201cYes, we can make a difference!\u201d As social creatures, we have a natural, instinctual desire to live and work together cooperatively. Let\u2019s choose to revive this way of being in our culture in a way that creates a society that is better for all of us.\nDirk is an organic farmer, agricultural advocate, public speaker and managing editor of this magazine.\nTags: capitalism, co-operation, community, culture, dirk becker, relationship, shift, village\nThis entry was posted on Wednesday, December 8th, 2010 at 12:22 am\tand is filed under FEATURE. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 136, "original_length": 18540, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 245.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://t-dose.org/2011/speakers/gratien_dhaese?language=en", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:15:18Z", "digest": "sha1:VRAJE34CKV77HSNZO4KLM3VHB2VRQZAG", "length": 935, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "t-dose.org", "title": "Gratien D'haese | T-DOSE", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Gratien D'haese\nGratien D'haese is a Belgian independent IT Consultant who is already 25 years active in the Unix world (and with Linux since its invention in 1991). Gratien has a broad experience with Unix in general, Unix networking and security, big system administration tasks, clustering, consultancy and project management.\nGratien is co-founder and main designer of Relax and Recover (rear) together with Schlomo Schapiro (from Germany). The web site of rear is located at http://rear.sourceforge.net/\nHe is also a Board member of one of the first Linux-SIGs in Belgium (of the Open Technology Assembly) where he has given lots of talks on Open Source topics (see http://www.ota.be/linux/workshops/).\nGratien is still the project leader of the Open Source project \"Make CD-ROM Recovery (mkcdrec)\" which is the forerunner of rear - see http://mkcdrec.ota.be/\nTalk: The end of the Internet as we know today (Exploring Ipv6)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 304, "original_length": 8365, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 290.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://tcpiii.tripod.com/eqotw/112900.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:41:15Z", "digest": "sha1:GWVXRRK2RHNYUEA3AUT2BD4ITVNNQ2YK", "length": 2931, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "tcpiii.tripod.com", "title": "Expositor's Quote of the Week: The Preacher's Remuneration", "raw_content": "Today's Expositor's Quote is from Charles Spurgeon. Many of you are familiar with Spurgeon's statement about John Bunyan's \"Bibline\" blood; here is the context. Spurgeon is preaching on Jesus' last statement before His death, \"Into Thy hands I commit my Spirit,\" and noting that this is a quotation from Psalm 31:\nHow instructive to us is this great truth that the Incarnate Word lived on the Inspired Word! It was food to him, as it is to us; and, brothers and sisters, if Christ thus lived upon the Word of God, should not you and I do the same! He, in some respects, did not need this Book as much as we do. The Spirit of God rested upon him without measure, yet he loved the Scripture, and he went to it, and studied it, and used its expressions continually. Oh, that you and I might get into the very heart of the Word of God, and get that Word into ourselves! As I have seen the silkworm eat into the leaf, and consume it, so ought we to do with the Word of the Lord; not crawl ever its surface, but eat right into it till we have taken it into our inmost parts. It is idle merely to let the eye glance over the words, or to recollect the poetical expressions, or the historic facts; but it is blessed to eat into the very soul of the Bible until, at last, you come to talk in Scriptural language, and your very style is fashioned upon Scripture models, and, what is better still, your spirit is flavoured with the words of the Lord. I would quote John Bunyan as an instance of what I mean. Read anything of his, and you will see that it is almost like reading the Bible itself. He had studied . . . [the Bible] till his very soul was saturated with Scripture; and, though his writings are charmingly full of poetry, yet he cannot give us his Pilgrim's Progress - that sweetest of all prose poems - without continually making us feel and say, \"Why, this man is a living Bible!\" Prick him anywhere; his blood is Bibline, the very essence of the Bible flows from him. He cannot speak without quoting a text, for his very soul is full of the Word of God. I commend his example to you, beloved, and, still more, the example of our Lord Jesus. If the Spirit of God be in you, he will make you love the Word of God; and, if any of you imagine that the Spirit of God will lead you to dispense with the Bible, you are under the influence of another spirit which is not the Spirit of God at all. I trust that the Holy Spirit will endear to you every page of this Divine Record, so that you will feed upon it yourselves, and afterwards speak it out to others.\nCharles Spurgeon, \"The Last Words of Christ on the Cross,\" #2644, on Luke 23:46. Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Volume 45.\n[From where do you get your sustenance? From every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord? May we all treasure this precious gift, living in it, living on it, and living by it, and thereby preach it in our sermons and in our very lives! -- Coty]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 6, "original_length": 3066, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 326.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://technologyfinancepartners.com/case-study/satisfying-cost-justification-hurdles/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:04Z", "digest": "sha1:6MS47HM74NFIC45TM5L6EUJU66X7HXGO", "length": 1682, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "technologyfinancepartners.com", "title": "Satisfying Cost Justification Hurdles on a Major Deal - Technology Finance Partners Satisfying Cost Justification Hurdles on a Major Deal - Technology Finance Partners", "raw_content": "TFP\u2019s client, a major software vendor, was hoping to close a big deal with a large financial services provider. But the deal had stalled; obstacles were materializing with the magnitude of the deal that was being discussed. In particular the customer wanted a precise and reliable analysis that demonstrated the financial impact over time. The customer\u2019s executives needed reassurance that despite the large outlay it would be able to afford other proposed investments should they appear.\nThe account team engaged TFP to construct a business case to quantify the benefits of the client\u2019s solution on the customer\u2019s bottom line. TFP devoted particular attention to demonstrating that the \u201cspend flow\u201d would be smooth over the life of the deal, through extended payments, and that further investment on additional projects would still be possible. After seeing the results the customer\u2019s project team gained confidence in its ability to present the financial impact of the transaction and presented TFP\u2019s business case to senior management.\nTFP\u2019s business case proved to be the catalyst for the account team to move from \u201ca deal someday\u201d to \u201cfull-scale deal execution mode\u201d. Thanks to the business case and to the financing that was also extended, the opportunity closed for well over $4 million.\n\u201cTFP was always hyper-responsive in working with me on the deal. They very quickly came up to speed on the details, quickly understood the nuances of what we were doing, and were almost immediately fully productive in helping me move this deal forward. On top of that, I don\u2019t think we could have possibly closed this large of a transaction without the financing option.\u201d\u2014Account Manager", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 3459, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 264.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://techtopworld.com/2018/11/15/product-information-management-market-size-share-growth-trends-regional-outlook-competitive-strategies-forecast-2018-2026/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:11Z", "digest": "sha1:5WJUSA2EBUS6C5NE7XMW6LDA56EFTZ4H", "length": 5134, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "techtopworld.com", "title": "Product Information Management Market Size, Share, Growth, Trends, Regional Outlook, Competitive Strategies and Forecast 2018 to 2026 - TechTopWorld", "raw_content": "According to a new market report published by Credence Research, Inc., \u201cGlobal Product Information Management Market (By Offerings (Software and Services), By Deployment Model (On-premise and Cloud-based), By End-use Vertical (Automotive, BFSI, Healthcare, IT & Telecom, Manufacturing, Media & Entertainment, Retail & E-commerce, Transportation & Logistics, Others)) \u2013 Growth, Future Prospects and Competitive Landscape, 2018 \u2013 2026\u201d, the global product information management market is expected to witness a growth of 17.5% CAGR during the forecast period from 2018 to 2026.\nBrowse the full report Global Product Information Management Market \u2013 Growth, Future Prospects and Competitive Analysis, 2018-2026 report at https://www.credenceresearch.com/report/product-information-management-market\nThe global product information management market projected to witness a notable growth, expanding at a CAGR of 17.5% during the forecast period from 2018 to 2026. The concept of having a centralized database and procedures for maintaining product information is not new, but product information management solutions have become more popular in the recent past. Product information management tool not only houses and centralizes product data, but also has the ability to standardize, source and manage the delivery of data to different channels and systems. It is designed to manage product information across an organization\u2019s business processes from the point of creation through utilization.\nInquiry Before Buying For Product Information Management Market Report: https://www.credenceresearch.com/inquiry-before-buying/59085\nConsumers today are more engaged in exploring products as a result of which a high-quality, complete product information in various formats, on any device, in any channel, at any time is needed. Providing this information is an indispensable part of creating a world-class customer experience that make customers coming back and choose the preferred and right provider. A product information management solution makes it easier and faster to deliver and create compelling product experiences by leveraging unified product management thereby enabling superior digital experiences.\nBased on offerings, software segment accounted for the largest market share in 2017. The growth of this segment is primarily backed by the rising need of enterprises to centralize all the marketing and technical information of their products and catalogs. On the basis of deployment model, the global product information management market was led by on-premise segment in 2017. A number of organizations around the world are still largely reliant on the on-premise model. Security features offered by on-premise model over cloud is augmenting the growth of this deployment model. On the other hand, cloud-based model expected to emerge as the fastest growing segment in the near future. Cloud-based product information management solutions have remarkable product features to address enterprise-wide use. Based on the end-user vertical, retail & e-commerce led the market in 2017. Retailers and e-commerce companies need to provide consistent product data at all touch points and with a strong product information management system, they have a single data source to draw information from all platforms. Based on geography, North America dominated the product information management market in 2017. The growth of this region is mainly due to the presence of some major players including International Business Machines Corporation, Oracle Corporation, Edgenet Inc., Informatica, Netcracker Inc., and Salsify, Inc. etc. projected to provide lucrative opportunities in the region.\nMajor players in the product information management market include Aprimo LLC, Agility Multichannel Limited, Akeneo, Catsy, Censhare AG, Edgenet, Inc., International Business Machines Corporation, Informatica, inRiver AB, Netcracker, Inc., Oracle Corporation, Pimcore GmbH, Plytix, Riversand Technologies, Inc., Salsify, Inc., SAP SE, and Shotfarm among others. The software providers are adopting several strategies to thrive in the competitive market environment. Strategies including product innovation and partnerships remain the key strategies adopted by the players to gain competitive edge over others.\nFor instance, in June 2018, Akeneo, one of the leading provider of product information management launched new products and updates to its flagship solution Akeneo PIM. The products are designed specifically to allow superior product experience management (PXM) for retailers and brands to create exceptional product experiences through all sales channels. The new solution extends the value and functionality of Akeneo PIM solution by making it quicker and easier to onboard suppliers and manage the ever-evolving collection of products. Akeneo PIM 2.3 and two new powerful modules, Akeneo PIM Accelerator and Akeneo Onboarder are the three elements of the new product experience management offering.\nRequest For Customization For Product Information Management Market Report: https://www.credenceresearch.com/request-for-customization/59085", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 53, "original_length": 7537, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 229.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://tellyreviews.com/2014/02/10/14th-zee-cine-awards-2014-results-8th-february-2014/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:18:29Z", "digest": "sha1:FAFSEFQ72LVYPVKWBIBMHLCYDOX2IOJP", "length": 2688, "nlines": 34, "source_domain": "tellyreviews.com", "title": "14th Zee Cine Awards 2014 Results 8th February 2014, February 10, 2014 | Daily updates, spoilers, and reviews", "raw_content": "Home Telly Reviews 14th Zee Cine Awards 2014 Results 8th February 2014\n14th Zee Cine Awards 2014 Results 8th February 2014\nThe 14th Zee Cine Awards 2014 show held on Saturday night, 8th February 2014, in Mumbai to hour the best of best in Bollywood was hosted by Abhishek Bachchan and Ritesh Deshmukh. The creme de la creme of Bollywood including Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar, Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra, Sonakshi Sinha, Ranveer Singh, Farhan Akhtar, Genelia D\u2019Souza, Subhash Ghai, Rakesh Om Prakash Mehra among others were present at the event. Dazzling performances by the stars King Khan SRK, Akshay Kumar, Yo Yo Honey Singh, Deepika Padukone, Sonakshi Sinha, Ranveer Singh set the stage ablaze and were the main highlights of the show.\nBelow are the list of awards and the celebrities to receive them:\nBest Playback singer (Female): Shreya Ghoshal for Sunn Raha Hai from Aashiqui 2.\nBest Playback singer (Male): Arijit Singh for Tum Hi Ho from Aashiqui 2.\nBest Lyrics: Mithoon for Tum Hi Ho from Aashiqui 2.\nSong of The Year Award: Tum Hi ho from Aashiqui 2.\nBest Music: Jeet Ganguly, Mithoon and Ankit Te wari for Aashiqui 2.\nBest Choreography and Best Background Score: Ye Jawaani Hai Deewani.\nBest Choreography: Remo D\u2019souza for Badtameez dil from Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani\nBest Background Score: Pritam for Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani.\nBest Story: Kai Po Che.\nBest Actor in supporting role (Male): Raj Kumar Rao for Kai Po Che.\nBest Actor in supporting role (Female): Divya Dutta for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag and Swara Bhaskar for Raanjhana.\nBest Debut Male: Dhanush for Raanjhaana.\nBest Debut Female: Vaani Kapoor for Shuddh Desi Romance.\nBest Debut Director: Ritesh Batra for The Lunchbox.\nInternational Icon Female: Priyanka Chopra.\nInternational Icon Male Award: Honey Singh.\nBest Actor in a Comic Role: Varun Sharma for Fukrey.\nUmeed Ka Naya Chehra Award (Male): Vidyut Jamwal.\nBest Marketed Film of the Year: Chennai Express.\nBest Action: Sham Kaushal, Conrad Palmisano for Dhoom 3.\nBest Cinematography: S Ravi Varman for Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-leela.\nBest Production Design: Acropolis and Sumit Basu for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag.\nBest Sound Design: Bishwadeep Chatterjee for Madras Cafe.\nBest Visual Effects: Red Chillies for Krrish 3.\nBest Editing: Arif Sheikh for D-Day.\nStree Samman Award: Farah Khan.\nCongratulations to all the winners. 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Renowned for its poetic dialogues, iconic soundtrack, authentic choreography, expensive sets, and star-studded cast, it tells the love story of Prince Salim and Anarkali, a court dancer.\nStill called the greatest Bollywood film of all time, it captivates audiences of every generation with themes of loyalty, honor, and love, and a setting as rich as the 16th-century Mughal Empire. But what are we to make of the women of \u201cMughal-e-Azam\u201d?\nThe women in this classic film make this epic tale memorable and could merit an entire film of their own. The portrayals of Anarkali, Empress Jodhabai, and her attendant Bahar represent various archetypes that we can understand from a modern woman\u2019s perspective 50 years later.\nAnarkali: She Will Survive\nAnarkali: It\u2019s about to get real up in here.\nThe object of Salim\u2019s affections, Anarkali (Madhubala), is a dancer in the court of Emperor Akbar. When Anarkali and Prince Salim fall in love, they change the course of Mughal history.\nAnarkali is often remembered as a delicate and weak character \u2014 after all, her name translates to \u201cpomegranate blossom.\u201d But she survives verbal and physical abuse, as well as cruel manipulation and public shaming. Most remarkably, she overcomes the crimes committed against her and tells her story to the world.\nAnarkali starts off as one of Emperor Akbar\u2019s favorite dancers. See her dance in the song \u201cMohe Pangat Pe Nandala.\u201d But when Akbar finds out that the Prince has fallen in love with Anarkali, he conveniently uses her profession to shame her. He calls her an insolent slave girl and threatens to ruin her life if she doesn\u2019t end the affair.\nAnarkali, however, remains devoted to Prince Salim. She claims that she would never do anything to tarnish his reputation or disgrace him in any way. She offers to trade her own life so that Salim may live. Her loyalty makes her vulnerable and lands her in jail \u2014 twice. She sings about her suffering in the lyrics of \u201cMohabbat Ki Jhooti Kahani.\u201d\nFirst, Akbar sends her to jail when he learns of her affair with the Prince. Akbar then bullies Anarkali into convincing Salim that she never loved him. He promises to release her and send her away from Salim, just so long as she makes Salim fall out of love with her.\nAnarkali: Please, please, please don\u2019t throw me in jail again.\nWhen Anarkali is unable to lie and disobeys Akbar, he incarcerates her again. Heavily chained, she sobs her way through another song. Anarkali spends a good portion of the film in tears.\nBut she has good reason to cry. Between the Emperor and Salim, Anarkali always seems to be disappointing someone. Akbar will not let her be with Salim, while Salim will not let her live peacefully without him.\nBoth of these men use Anarkali as a pawn for their own advantage. Akbar manipulates her in order to control his son\u2019s life, whereas Salim emotionally blackmails her in order to prove his autonomy to his father.\nSalim also bullies Anarkali. At one point, he eerily imitates Akbar when he screams that Anarkali is weak, that her love isn\u2019t genuine, and that it was a mistake to have ever trusted her. He then slaps her across the face.\nThis is where it gets interesting. For the first and only time in the film, Anarkali stands up for herself. The timid and withdrawn girl disappears. A bold and confident woman takes her place.\nInstead of convincing Salim that she does not love him, she does the opposite: she publically declares her love for him. In lyrics stinging with sarcasm and laced with double meanings she sings,\n\u201cWhen you have loved, then why be afraid? I fell in love, I didn\u2019t commit a crime. Why should I hide and sigh? When you have loved, then why be afraid?\u201d\nWhereas Anarkali\u2019s love originally seemed to be her weakness, here it turns out to be her strength. Anarkali sings of love in \u201cPyar Kiya Toh Darna Kya.\u201d\nAnarkali: You \u2026 slapped me?\nAnarkali suffers great heartbreak and injustice, and she is forced to make substantial sacrifices. But she is also the only character who can make the Emperor feel threatened, which is no small feat.\nIn the face of cruelty, Anarkali shows only compassion \u2014 even to those who have wronged her. Akbar comes to realize his mistakes when he asks for Anarkali\u2019s forgiveness in the final scene \u2014 perhaps the only scene where an Emperor apologizes to a mere \u201cslave girl.\u201d\nWhile she may not get her happy ending, Anarkali is, in many ways, the voice of the film. Her words highlight the film\u2019s most important themes, and teach us about the power of love. In this iconic song, she is no longer a victim, but rather a survivor who is unafraid to speak up for herself, regardless of the consequences. And for that, she is remembered forever.\nEmpress Jodhabai: Struggling to Juggle those Roles\nJodhabai (Durga Khote) is queen of the Mughal Empire, wife of Emperor Akbar, and mother of Prince Salim. Jodhabai\u2019s internal struggle lies between her roles as queen and mother. As a devoted mother, she only wants her son\u2019s happiness. She also made sacrifices as a mother in order to secure the empire\u2019s future.\nLike many women today, Jodhabai is torn between professional obligations and personal ones. She is trying to have it all, with the additional pressure of being Empress of the Mughal Empire.\nJodhabai: You\u2019re making me choose between the two of you?! But \u2026 but, why?\nCircumstances force her into playing peacemaker. When Salim and Akbar argue over Salim\u2019s decision to marry Anarkali, she does her best to convince her son of his princely duty. When she realizes that he won\u2019t budge, she tries to convince Akbar,\n\u201cGive him his Anarkali. By letting Anarkali become his, Salim will become ours once again. Then you\u2019ll see what he is capable of.\u201d\nIn response, Akbar chastises Jodhabai, telling her that she is only fulfilling the role of mother and reminding her not to forget her duty as queen. Jodhabai replies that she can do anything for her child and that Akbar is only acting as king, forgetting his duty as a father.\nOf course, Akbar doesn\u2019t listen. When Salim refuses to stop seeing Anarkali, Akbar declares war against his rebellious son.\nBefore he leaves for the battlefield, as is tradition, Akbar visits Jodhabai\u2019s chambers to receive his sword. When she refuses to give it to him, Akbar reminds her that if she doesn\u2019t, he will not be victorious in battle.\nHe questions her intentions and wonders whether she even wants him to be victorious. Jodhabai replies,\n\u201cThere is no victory of mine in this. From both sides, I lose. On the one end is my wifehood, on the other hand my motherhood.\u201d\nJodhabai: Do I have to explain everything to this guy? Seriously, I do all the parenting in this marriage.\nAkbar threatens her and gives an ultimatum: to choose between her husband and her child. Jodhabai chooses her husband, and dutifully gives him the sword while stating,\n\u201cIf the price of my wifehood is the bloodshed of my child, then take your sword and go and kill my son. I will not stop you.\u201d\nJodhabai: \u201cMy husband is about to kill my son. I am NOT having a good day.\u201d\nFrom a modern perspective, Jodhabai\u2019s struggle seems all too familiar. She constantly questions her actions and wonders whether she is doing right by her son, or right by her husband and the empire. In trying to balance her so-called \u201cwork life\u201d with her home life, she faces criticism from both husband and son, and neither seems to be fully satisfied.\nBahar: Not Just a Gold Digger\nBahar (Nigar Sultana) is an attendant of Empress Jodhabai. From the beginning, she knows what she wants \u2014 the throne. More specifically, she wants to marry Salim and become queen. Bahar doesn\u2019t want to be a \u201cnice girl\u201d because she\u2019s too busy trying to fight for her place at the table. Perhaps she was born a few centuries too early.\nIn one scene, Bahar sneaks into a royal chamber and models the crown. Another attendant looks on worriedly and asks her if she is afraid. The ambitious Bahar replies,\n\u201cAfraid? The crown does not sit on the heads of those who are afraid.\u201d\nBahar: \u201cI\u2019ve seriously got to get myself one of these things.\u201d\nUnlike Anarkali, Bahar is not in love with the prince, but rather with his status. She tries to charm him and earn his affections, but only because she is in love with power and is willing to do anything to wear the crown.\nWhen she realizes that Anarkali threatens her plans, she tries to put her down. She invites Anarkali to a lyrical duel to be judged by Prince Salim with the hope that her poetic skills will draw his attention. However, the song that follows simply highlights the differences between the determined and ruthless Bahar and her arch-nemesis, the soft and sensitive Anarkali. The two battle it out via song in \u201cTeri Mehfil Mein Kismat.\u201d\nBahar: \u201cHow do I look, girl?\u201d\nDespite her best attempts, the affair between Prince Salim and Anarkali continues. When Bahar catches them meeting secretly, Salim becomes angry and nearly kills her. Enraged at the Prince\u2019s disrespectful and rude behavior, Bahar divulges Salim\u2019s secret affair to Emperor Akbar, who is furious that his son is in love with a mere palace maid.\nEven when Bahar knows that Salim will never love her, she doesn\u2019t stop trying to win his heart; she is fully aware that this is the only path that leads to the throne.\nBahar: \u201cAnarkali\u2019s last night? Now that\u2019s what I call a party!\u201d\nThe night before Anarkali is to die, Bahar performs in front of Anarkali and the Prince. In the song\u2019s chorus, she raises one eyebrow and asks, \u201cWhen the night is so intoxicating, then what will the fate of morning be?\u201d reminding Anarkali that she is never going to get her happy ending. (\u201cJab Raat Hai Aisi Matwali.\u201d) However, the film unfairly paints Bahar as an evil, cunning woman who causes Anarkali and Prince Salim\u2019s unhappiness. While she may not be as soft-spoken and delicate as Anarkali, Bahar\u2019s ambition is not wickedness.\nHer fault is not that she is trying to make a better life for herself, but rather her inability to accept that Anarkali has taken the place that she wanted for herself. Bahar is quite hardworking and very intelligent. She knows how to go after what she wants \u2014 a trait that ought to be celebrated, not demonized.\nWhile these characters were written for the screen over 50 years ago, many of their experiences hold true today. The reality is that these women still exist in our generation.\nWomen still face abuse, assault, public shaming and victim-blaming. We are still trying to find a balance between our responsibilities in the home and the work place. We still face criticism when we try to ask for what we want. We are still trying to get our half of the seats at the table. We are still asking ourselves whether we can have it all.\nSo, when it comes to the ladies of \u201cMughal-e-Azam,\u201d perhaps we have more in common than we thought. The question is, will we write new characters for the next generation?\nVaidehi Joshi is 23, and lives in Richmond, Virginia. She studied English at Barnard College in New York City and will be joining the movement to end educational inequity as a 2013 Teach for India fellow in Mumbai. You can see more of her work on her website or follow her on Twitter @vaidehijoshi.\nTags: AnarkaliFilmK. 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(Germany), January 2003\nscan and translation by Fiwen\nIn 'The Lord Of The Rings' he just has a supporting part, the elf Legolas, but for the fans he is the big star. Especially girls like the crazy guy, who says about himself : \"I\u2019m no Daredevil\"\nOrlando Bloom (25) probably didn\u2019t spend his pay from LOTR on clothing. To a L.A. interview, Legolas arrived without glamorous clothing: under a black pullover, over it a cream-coloured shirt and a jacket with a hood in his hand. Below it\u2019s going to be more normal: black jeans, white tennis shoes. Superstar? Yes! Even after a few minutes you notice: This guy has something. If he smiles, even every man knows why the girls get shaky knees in his vicinity \u2026\nYAM!: Legolas is a romantic and dreamy character \u2013 are you like him in reality?\nOrlando: (laughs) Yes, in some ways. Of course, I tried to imagine myself as Legolas. But as we started filming I was just 21 \u2013 and he\u2019s nearly 3000 years old! But I believe that I have qualities which are the same as Legolas\u2019.\nThrough LOTR you became world famous right over night. How has life has changed for you since then?\nVery much. I just came from drama school. And at first it was just overwhelming for me to have the opportunity to work with such incredible colleagues. It was a little bit like you throw a child into the deepest place of the water in a swimming pool. And of course it also was a challenge to work 18 months in a foreign country. Actually I have learned a lot. In personal matters, with friends and family, I try to let things go as normal as possible.\nWhy are you actor?\nBecause of the women! No, in earnest: I first thought of it when I was a kid. I remember, when I was about 10 or 11 years old, at Christmas I went to my cousin's in Boston. He is a director of commercials and was also interested in cinema in a professional way. And then we had rented some videos through the holidays. There I started to be interested in movies and the actors \u2013 especially Superman. And as a teenager I entered myself at a drama school.\nWhat are you doing in private life? Do you have a girlfriend?\nThere\u2019s a young lady I spend some time with but at the moment I don\u2019t have a real relationship. My last relationship broke up when I was filming LOTR. Over and above that I\u2019m very interested in music. I love Ben Harper, David Gray, but also Bob Dylan. When I was in New Zealand I\u2019d also learned surfing. But since I\u2019m back I just love to hang around with my friends.\nDo you know how many female fans you actually have?\nI get a lot of fan mail and that\u2019s really flattering. But away from that I don\u2019t really follow it. Most of the time my mother tells me some remarks if she read something about me on the internet. But because I\u2019m not that interested in computers, I also don\u2019t look for things about me on the internet.\nProbably most of the fans wouldn\u2019t recognize you on the street\u2026\n(laughs) That\u2019s right. The blond wig I wore in the movie changes my look in a enormous way. Today I profit from that and I can live a more or less normal life.\nAre you also in your private life such a fighter as Legolas is?\nNot with flying fists. More in a spiritual way. For example I had an accident 4 years ago where I broke my back. The doctors said that I maybe couldn\u2019t walk again \u2013 and nevertheless I managed it. I believe therefore you have to have a lot of discipline and be a fighter, the will to not give up. It was a horrible time but on the other hand, through it I learned to appreciate something even more. There are so many things which we see as if they are self-evident. But after such an experience, you saw much more being in another light. Believe me\u2026\nWhat kind of accident was it?\nBy mistake I had fallen backwards out of a window which was in the third floor of a house. Since then I\u2019m more careful. I\u2019m actually no Daredevil!\nIs it right that you are a dyslexic? And in how far did this learning weakness influenced your life?\nThat\u2019s right. But having problems with reading and writing did affect me less than the accident. I had to lay down on my back with broken vertebras for almost eight days. I was totally dependent on four nurses, couldn\u2019t do anything for myself. In such a moment all your pride and honour is taken away from you. And after that nothing is better than o be pushed out of the hospital into a garden or walking alone again for the first time. This time made me give. I believe the more obstacles you have to manage, the more you grow as a man\u2026\nOrli, how friends call him, is always funny but he also can be very thoughtful. (first part in the right corner above)\n1.) 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Community service projects help our youth understand the importance of service and what it means to be a responsible community member.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 3051, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 315.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://thesweatmanfamily.blogspot.com/2008/06/7-weeks-today.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:05Z", "digest": "sha1:ITXCUHIXKZFHSESHOREW4IRCQL5SYP4I", "length": 1350, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "thesweatmanfamily.blogspot.com", "title": "The Sweatman Family: 7 Weeks Today!!!", "raw_content": "We are moving right along, only 33 more weeks to go!! I can't believe how fast it is already going. This time next week I will be 2 months pregnant already! So far I am still doing well. No real weight gain yet, but my body is changing. I had a very bad spell of nausea and had to leave work I felt so bad! I called the office the next morning and got a prescription for Zofran, my new best friend!! I only had to take one so far and it seems to have knocked out the nausea. I have discovered that Ginger Ale also helps to settle my stomach pretty well.\nDuring Week 7: The baby's brain, bladder, tongue and esophagus are all developing and transforming, while his eyes are moving to the front of the face and his tiny eyelids are forming. The bones of his tiny limbs have started to form and all of your baby's major organs - heart, intestines, kidneys, liver, lungs and pancreas -- are forming and growing. The fingers and toes are starting to form! Both the hand plates and the genital tubercle are present this week, but you can't tell whether it's a boy or a girl by sight at this point. Nasal pits are also forming. In your womb, your baby has already become active swimming around inside the amniotic sac and kicking. However, as he's much too small and well-cushioned by the uterus and the new amniotic fluid you won't be able to feel him yet.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 217, "original_length": 5931, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 304.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://thesweatmanfamily.blogspot.com/2008/09/17-weeks.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:11Z", "digest": "sha1:QW53XZ4NZTZDY3DUJ4L5S32AIWHIVX2Q", "length": 792, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "thesweatmanfamily.blogspot.com", "title": "The Sweatman Family: 17 Weeks!!", "raw_content": "We are now onto week 17 already! I think I am finally starting to show and I can't wait for my belly to \"pop\" out! I have only gained 1 pound back from the 1.5 that I lost, so I am still where I started pre-pregnancy in weight. Cody got to feel baby Reese move for the 1st time last night, what a moment!!!\nWe are still trying to decide on a middle name, so please vote on the link that is at the top right of this page :o) If you have other suggestions, we are definately open to them!\nDuring Week 17: She is now 5 to 5.5 inches long and about 5 oz., about the size of your palm or an onion! Body fat is begining to form and the skin is still transparent. This week she will be practicing swallowing and sucking. Her heart rate is now regulated by her brain instead of the spontaneous beats.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 216, "original_length": 5289, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 322.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://thevalleyexpress.com/2017/12/07/adolph-shepardson-take-mhs-head-football-coach/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:48Z", "digest": "sha1:M3J65KGNE6VLSDQPQVWL55V3WYQT4H7Z", "length": 2227, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "thevalleyexpress.com", "title": "Adolph Shepardson to Take Over as MHS Head Football Coach - The Valley Express", "raw_content": "Milbank Area Football December 7, 2017 Staff Writer 0\nAdolph Shepardson will take over as the new head football coach for the Milbank Area Bulldogs for the 2018 season. Shepardson is currently in...\nAdolph Shepardson will take over as the new head football coach for the Milbank Area Bulldogs for the 2018 season.\nShepardson is currently in his first season in Milbank as the Athletic Director. He also served as the offensive coordinator this past season where the Dawgs won the Northeast Conference title and advanced to the semi-final round in the Class 11A playoffs. He will replace long-time Bulldog coach, Jeremy Tostenson, who successfully led Milbank for 16 years and collected a state title in 2009.\n\u201cI am very excited to lead the football program and build on our rich tradition,\u201d stated Shepardson. \u201cWe have an opportunity to be very successful in the years to come.\u201d\nShepardson brings 20+ years of football experience to the Bulldog program. He spent 14 of those as a head coach, and most recently led the Deubrook Dolphins for six years. In that time, he guided Deubrook to an undefeated State 9AA title in 2012 as well as two DVC titles and two other semi-final playoff appearances. Under his watch, the Dolphins broke almost every school football record and had three of its best seasons in program history.\nShepardson also served as head coach for the Sturgis Scoopers from 2005-2007 and helped break a nation long 70+ game losing streak in 2006, when they defeated Rapid City Stevens. In 2007, the Scoopers defeated Sioux Falls Lincoln for their first playoff victory since the fall of 1995 when Shepardson was a junior wide receiver for Sturgis.\nShepardson coached the wide receivers at the University of South Dakota for a year and a half while working on his Master\u2019s Degree. The Coyotes went 9-2 in the Fall of 2004 in a great turn-around under the new staff led by Ed Meierkort.\nShepardson played wide receiver for the South Dakota State University Jackrabbits from 1997-2001. He was a two-year starter, three-year lettermen, and a three-year Academic All-NCC recipient.\nMilbank will open the 2018 season at home on Friday, August 24, against the defending Class 11A state champions, the Madison Bulldogs.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 50, "original_length": 3324, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 179.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://thisdelicioussolitude.blogspot.com/2007/12/favourite-books-of-year.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:42:36Z", "digest": "sha1:RCP7QOORZEMLFYKWYUZP3P3ZRY4GT6TO", "length": 4156, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "thisdelicioussolitude.blogspot.com", "title": "this delicious solitude: Favourite Books of the Year", "raw_content": "The end of the year is coming and I'm not reading anything too exciting right now so I think it's safe to comment on my favourite reads of 2007. None of them are particularly current as I rarely read new releases, but I loved all of the following:\nThe Orchid Thief (Susan Orlean): This work of non-fiction was a real revelation to me. I don't read much non-fiction and I had no interest in orchids so I was surprised at how much I loved Susan Orlean's tale of, well, just about everything to do with orchids. The book is a brilliant character study of the collector John LaRoche and a fascinating description of Florida. It's also ten times more interesting than my description of it. Just trust me on this one.\nCold Mountain (Charles Frazier): I raved about this book at the time and it has stayed with me. Just thinking about the ending has me on the verge of tears. Don't let the dodgy film version put you off. Wonderful writing and a beautiful story. An incredible first novel.\nMrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf): I've just written about this so I won't say much other than Woolf is a genius and this is deservedly a classic.\nSpecial mentions also go to I Capture the Castle, the classic young adult novel by Dodie Smith, American Pastoral by Philip Roth and Disgrace by JM Coetzee.\nIt's a strange list of quite disparate books but probably a good reflection of what I've been reading this year. There are some big holes though, such as not reading many pre-twentieth century novels, so now I'm off to formulate my next post: reading plans for 2008...\nApart from \"Mrs Dalloway\", I haven't read any of these - although I'm looking forward to picking up both the Roth and \"Disgrace\".\nThe Orchid Thief is excellent, isn't it? I read it many years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it.\nThere's a similar book on the same subject which is just as good: Orchid Fever by Eric Hansen.\nCondalmo said...\nI've heard so much about \"I Capture the Castle\" - think it's time I pick it up -\nThe Orchid Thief certainly sounds interesting -- I do love good nonfiction.\nI've had Cold Mountain on my book shelf forever - I really should pick it up!\nthewrittenword.wordpress.com\nKimbofo, I'm glad you agree with me on The Orchid Thief, and Dorothy, I'm sure you'd like it too!\nStephen, both the Roth and the Coetzee are brilliant, insightful books, even though both cover confronting and difficult terrain.\nCondalmo, I fell in love with I Capture the Castle. It's so sweet and funny and somehow not dated at all.\nAnd Stephanie, I can't rave about Cold Mountain enough. I'm currently in the process of trying to make all my family and friends read it by buying it as Christmas presents for them. Hope my zealousness doesn't put them off!\nThe only books I've read on your list are Mrs. Dalloway and I Capture the Castle, and I agree, they are both wonderful.\nI rarely read nonfiction, but when I do and it turns out to be a great book it is always an extra special pleasure.\nI Capture the Castle is a book that has been on my to read list for a few years now. I have yet to see the movie, either. Have you?\nI agree with you about Cold Mountain . The movie was a travesty! I enjoyed the novel so much that I'm reluctant to read Frazier's second novel (Thirteen Moons) as I so desperately want to love it as well.\nI love I Capture the Castle and am glad you did as well.\nAs for Mrs Dalloway and Disgrace, I've been meaning to read both of these for a while now. I must read Mrs Dalloway early in '08.\nThe Orchid Thief sounds strangely appealing too.\nCarl, I haven't seen the film of I Capture the Castle but I've heard bad things about it. I love the book so much that I don't want to risk a bad movie version!\nSarah, I feel the same way about Thirteen Moons. I've had it for a while now but can't quite bring myself to start it. Will definitely give it a go this year though.\nGreat list! What a memorable year to have read Mrs Dalloway, Disgrace and Cold Mountain!\nDid you watch the movie Adaptation? It's actually adapted from the book Orchid Thief (or better, on the difficulty to adapt such a book). It's quite funny, none of the pompousness and stuffiness of the movie Cold Mountain.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 147, "original_length": 6349, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 276.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://thorenergy.no/thor-energy-strengthens-collaboration-with-cambridge-university/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:06Z", "digest": "sha1:CQ2RKMKF3OEFZCSYV37QFCIM746L4GZG", "length": 1890, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "thorenergy.no", "title": "Thor Energy - Thor Energy strengthens collaboration with Cambridge University", "raw_content": "Thor Energy will strengthen its collaboration with Cambridge University by joining the Nuclear Industry Club and supporting a PhD candidate.\nThe UK has been one of the most important nuclear countries worldwide and will continue to be so in the future with its decision to build a new fleet of nuclear plants over the next decade. Addressing the nuclear legacy issue in combination with the need for electricity is both a challenge and an opportunity.\nThor Energy has collaborated with the University of Cambridge for some years and is very happy to announce that we have now signed an agreement with Cambridge University making it the industrial funding-partner for a 3-year PhD project aiming to investigate the use of thorium-fuelled LWRs to manage UK\u2019s plutonium stockpile. The UK possesses a stockpile of 110 tonnes separated plutonium. The currently favoured management strategy is to use the plutonium in uranium-plutonium (U-Pu) mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel. Use of thorium-plutonium (Th-Pu) MOX may lead to advantages in both fuel performance and fuel cycle. The cost and value of future fuel cycle options utilising Th-MOX relative to once-through and U-MOX strategies will be evaluated.\nThe project will be carried out by PhD condidate Sophie Morrison and is supervised by Dr. Geoff Parks.\nThe University of Cambridge is recognising the nation\u2019s need for expertise in the nuclear field in the years to come by offering the MPhil in Nuclear Energy. Here the students have the opportunity to study various aspects of the nuclear industry, from the reactor and fuel perspective to the management and business side. As a fuel technology company, Thor Energy is proud of being amongst the financial supporters to this MPhil course and is looking forward to a long and fruitful cooperation with both the University and its students in the years to come.\nDr Cheuk Lau, cheuk.lau@thorenergy.no", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 25, "original_length": 2598, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 269.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://tiastudio.blogspot.com/2013/08/sevilla.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:54Z", "digest": "sha1:MZDI6HYNRBQOTUCSJZJ2DV64ZZQYSUJP", "length": 494, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "tiastudio.blogspot.com", "title": "tiastudio: Sevilla", "raw_content": "Sevilla Cathedral & La Giralda.\nIt is the largest Gothic cathedral and the third-largest church in the world. It was registered in 1987 by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The cathedral is also the burial site of Christopher Columbus.\nThe statue of the Giraldillo seen here is located at the south door of the Cathedral. The original statue is found on top of the tower of the cathedral. The statue \"el Giraldillo\", representing The Faith.\nPosted by T IA at 9:00 PM Tags: Sevilla, Spain, travel", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 274, "original_length": 9097, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 112.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://tichascool.com/salem", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:15Z", "digest": "sha1:AZGJQA7O24X4XE2G67NUA2KZJVNO5IHA", "length": 2713, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "tichascool.com", "title": "Salem Essay Topics To Write About | Topics, Sample Papers & Articles Online for Free", "raw_content": "HOME Free Essays Salem\nSalem Essay Examples\nDanforth calls Salem a swamp\nSalem is a theocratic community, formed in 1692, who lives in isolation and is fearful of change and diversity. This leads to the girls\u2019 rebellion which is a stand against this strict, dead regime. Despite its intention to be a pure, good, united Puritan town, Salem is full of divisions and quarrels. For example, Thomas\u2026\nAmerican Communist Party\nThe play \u2018The Crucible\u2019 was written by an American author named Arthur Miller in 1953. It is set in Salem Massachusetts 1692 and is about the Salem witch trails. Miller was in his twenties during the 1950\u2019s. When there was an era of paranoia of communism. The government feared America becoming a communist nation and\u2026\nArt Arthur Miller Literature The Crucible Tituba\nWho or what is to blame for the deaths in Salem?\nThe author Arthur Miller wrote the play \u2018The Crucible\u2019 The author Arthur Miller was born on the 17th of October 1915, in New York and most of his Childhood life living in Harlem. His father Isidore had moved to America from Austria for a far better life. He got a job as a prosperous clothing\u2026\nArthur Miller Death John Proctor Literature The Crucible Tituba\nWE WILL WRITE A CUSTOM ESSAY SAMPLE ON Salem ESSAY EXAMPLES SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU\nThe events of 1692 in Salem\nThe relevance of the Salem with hunts is still easily seen to this very day. In many modern movies produced there are still aspects of the witch-hunts and the injustice that followed. In the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail, there is a scene of a witch-hunt and the actions that were taken. In\u2026\nTituba and two elderly women\nHowever nobody can be held totally responsible, if the people had not believed Abigail and been so nai?? ve to think that witchcraft was present in the village none of it would have happened. The heroes of the story are all those that stuck to their principles and died for their cause. Corey would not\u2026\nArthur Miller Giles Corey Literature Mary Warren The Crucible\nThe Crucible as John Proctor\u2019s\nJohn Proctor is inimitable in the play, and historically is seen as an exception to the regulations of the theocracy and the witch-trials which gripped Salem during 1692. On this account, that Proctor is an honest, hard-working man who stands up against the hypocrisy of the court, he can be deemed a hero of the\u2026\nOther people say it started on the night of the devouring. The repercussions of this event can still be felt globally. The suspicion of witch craft in Salem Village, Massachusetts began in January 1692 when a group of girls began to act strangely (The Salem Witch Trials, eyewitness to history). The town could not explain\u2026\nWE WILL WRITE A CUSTOM ESSAY SAMPLE IN Salem", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 88, "original_length": 5177, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 331.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://tigercatatonia.blogspot.com/2015/07/2015-cfl-power-rankings-week-2.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:09:40Z", "digest": "sha1:NF6GBLXKH7XNMU2RYCBTEBDTVV323E3P", "length": 2587, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "tigercatatonia.blogspot.com", "title": "Catatonia: 2015 CFL Power Rankings Week 2", "raw_content": "A pretty confusing week of games in terms of power rankings.\nAfter demolishing Winnipeg and almost beating Calgary, despite having a number of injuries, Hamilton has to be considered the top team right now. Having Collaros and an excellent receiving corps, plus an incredibly aggressive defence is a good combination, especially in a league missing a lot of starting quarterbacks. Hamilton is lucky they have a bye week this week and could get back some of their injured players.\nI'm not about to write off Calgary despite an ugly road loss in Montreal. Bo Levi Mitchell is going to have a bad game occasionally, although perhaps Calgary's offensive line isn't as decent as last year (after losing centre Brett Jones to the NFL). They still have Jon Cornish although he hasn't done a lot in the first two games. Calgary should bounce back.\nYou can't really argue with two wins, although both teams they faced didn't have their starters the entire time. Trevor Harris has emerged as a surprisingly good quarterback and Chad Owens is in good form. What the Argos do against better teams is a question, although who the better teams in the league are, is is also a question.\nThe good news is that apparently quarterback Drew Willy is coming back this week to play, otherwise the Bombers would be farther down the list. With Willy they are a decent team, without him as shown last week against Hamilton, they aren't that great. The Winnipeg defence wasn't great against Hamilton, which is a negative.\nThe REDBLACKS have managed to win their first two games. I'm still not certain that it is for real, hence sticking them in the middle. They are certainly playing better than they did in the pre-season. With all the quarterback injuries, Henry Burris actually isn't looking too bad.\nMontreal loses their first two quarterbacks and then settles on Rakeem Cato to start at quarterback and he has a great game against Calgary. The Alouettes have a good defence. Whether Cato can continue to be successful is a good question.\nThe Riders aren't as bad as last season when they lost Darian Durant as their starting quarterback, having Kevin Glenn, but they haven't won a game either. The Riders don't appear to be among the elite teams in the CFL this year.\nThey have only played one game this year and they lost to Ottawa with Lulay, which isn't a good sign.\nThe Eskimos are a good team with Mike Reilly at quarterback, who unfortunately is now gone for some time. They haven't been as good a team with Nicholls as pivot. Hopefully Reilly comes back soon.\nLabels: 2015, cfl power rankings, week 2", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 169, "original_length": 5678, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 331.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://todaycostarica.com/luis-miguel-the-eclipse-of-the-sun-of-mexico/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:39Z", "digest": "sha1:6FYCDNMVXUJOFPYTO23UTQATZYXL4GLE", "length": 2620, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "todaycostarica.com", "title": "Luis Miguel: The Eclipse of \u201cThe Sun of Mexico\u201d | Today Costa Rica", "raw_content": "Home News Luis Miguel: The Eclipse of \u201cThe Sun of Mexico\u201d\nLuis Miguel: The Eclipse of \u201cThe Sun of Mexico\u201d\nCOSTA RICA EXTRA \u2013 The spotlight no longer shines on Luis Miguel. The stage of his life is now in darkness. The law few occasions the Mexican artist tempted his followers with a concernt resulted in more booing, a general sense of anger by many, a deep disappointment by his ardent fans.\nSince 2015, Luis Miguel, (born April 19, 1970 in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico) always with an impeccable tan, seems to have a kind of aversion to taking to the stage. He would cancel shows just before started, or could only take 20 minutes of stage time before fleeing through the back door.\nOff stage the scandals became his shadow, the idol could still make headlines, but it wasn\u2019t the good kind. The latest his arrest in Los Angeles earlier this month.\nMiguel, who has also won four Latin Grammys and is known as \u201cEl Sol de M\u00e9xico\u201d (The Sun of Mexico), has sold more than 100 million records worldwide and enjoyed a successful career in multiple genres, including pop, mariachi, ballads and boleros\nThe singer, whose full name is Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri, was arrested on May 2 on a contempt order after he failed to appear at numerous court hearings.\nMiguel was ordered to pay his former manager, William Brockhaus, more than $1 million in July 2016 by a federal judge in New York. Brockhaus\u2019 attorneys sought to enforce the judgment in Los Angeles, where Miguel owns a home. A judge had ordered his 2013 Rolls Royce seized earlier in the proceedings.\nBrockhaus sued Miguel in Texas in 2014, claiming the singer failed to pay him based on a 2012 management contract they signed.\nFrom luismigueloficial.com\nOn Friday, it was announced that Luis Miguel has settled the lawsuit with his former manager.\nHis lawyer, Kris Demirjian, confirmed the settlement but declined further comment. Brockhaus\u2019 attorney Amy B. Messigian said she could not comment on the case.\nLuis Miguel performs at American Airlines Arena on December 10, 2015 in Miami.\nMiguel, who has also won four Latin Grammys and is known as \u201cEl Sol de M\u00e9xico\u201d (The Sun of Mexico), and an icon in Latin America, has sold more than 100 million records worldwide and enjoyed a successful career in multiple genres, including pop, mariachi, ballads and boleros.\nMiguel has been 10 years without a single success, seven without launching an album.\nLuis Miguel\u2019s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame\nPrevious articleWin A Once-in-a-lifetime World Parrot Trust Volunteering Trip to Costa Rica\nNext articlePope Francis: In Costa Rica Is \u201cThe Best Coffee In The World\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 96, "original_length": 4994, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 189.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://toonphoto.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Rosewood-poaching/G0000bhGu8GVt660/I00001F3nUGRLGy4", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:22Z", "digest": "sha1:BY63LQD5Z3JTWOPV5NV4XN252UMGW6CA", "length": 168, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "toonphoto.photoshelter.com", "title": "RCS88 Giant tree with buttresses, Khao Yai | Ann & Steve Toon Wildlife Photography", "raw_content": "Giant tree with buttresses, Khao Yai National Park, Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex, eastern Thailand (August 2014)\nRCS88 Giant tree with buttresses, Khao Yai.jpg", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 784, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.85, "perplexity": 128.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://tramwaybadgesandbuttons.com/page148/page151/page230/page230.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:55Z", "digest": "sha1:YYFLBSIN6HULJRWPFAHENWLQWCN4BPZL", "length": 6071, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "tramwaybadgesandbuttons.com", "title": "Pontypridd Urban District Council Tramways | British Tramway Company Badges and Buttons", "raw_content": "For some reason now lost in the mists of time, Pontypridd apparently saw fit not to issue uniforms to its tramcar staff, only agreeing to provide waterproof clothing a year after opening in 1906, with tunics, caps and greatcoats only following as late as 1908/9. Early photographs do however show smartly attired staff, suggesting that although they were not provided with uniforms by the UDC, they were nevertheless expected to wear smart jackets, no doubt self funded! These early jackets therefore bore neither marked buttons nor insignia (see first photo below). The only badge of office appears to have been the military-style caps with tensioned crowns (top), which were presumably issued by the UDC; they bore standard, 'off the shelf', script-lettering grade badges \u2014 either Conductor or Motorman - probably in brass.\nFollowing the UDC's decision to provide official uniforms, motormen were issued with double-breasted 'lancer-style' tunics (narrowing from top to bottom, and presumably bearing the UDC title and Pontypridd bridge \u2014 see link), with upright collars and epaulettes. Conductors on the other hand, appear to have been issued with double-breasted jackets with two rows of five buttons and lapels (the top set buttoning through the lapels). At some point, possibly in the mid 1920s, conductors' uniforms appear to have been changed to a single-breasted design with five buttons, upright collars and epaulettes (with button closures). The collars on all jackets bore insignia of some kind, probably system initials on one side and an employee number on the other, though these cannot be made out with certainty on surviving photographs. In the late 1920s, the grade badges were supplemented with a large municipal cap badge comprising the full council name around a depiction of Pontypridd bridge, all within a wreath. These were presumably issued in brass.\nGreatcoats were double-breasted with two rows of five buttons and high, fold-over collars; they appear to have been devoid of badges.\nIn common with tramcar staff, inspectors also appear to have had to buy their own clothing, so jackets, although smart, were initially devoid of insignia. Later on, inspectors were issued with standard 'tramway' uniforms for this grade, comprising single-breasted jackets with hidden buttons (or a hook and eye affair), all edged in material of a finer quality than the main jacket. The jackets had upright collars which bore the grade Inspector in embroidered script lettering. Caps were in a military style with a script lettering Inspector badge, probably on a hat band, again embroidered.\nConductresses were first employed in late 1915 (during the Great War) to replace male staff lost to the armed services. These ladies were issued with long, tailored, 'lancer-style' greatcoats with two rows of five buttons (narrowing from top to bottom) and high, fold-over collars; the collars and cuffs were embellished with piping, but no badges were worn. The coats were worn with breeches (hidden by the long overcoat) and gaiters. Large felt bonnets were issued, which were piped to match the coat, and like the latter, they also appear to have been devoid of insignia. Unlike the vast majority of UK tramway systems, Pontypridd retained its conductresses well beyond the end of the war, only parting company with the last of them in 1926.\nFor a detailed history of Pontypridd's tramways, including the earlier horse tramway, see 'Passenger Tramways of Pontypridd' by R Large (Oakwood Press; 1977).\nConductor, motorman and inspector (at the controls) pose with what is probably a brand-new Tramcar No 5, dating the photograph to 1905. Author's Collection.\nA blow-up of the above photograph showing the youthful conductor. Although smartly dressed, he appears to be wearing informal attire without insignia, apart from the cap and cap badge.\nStandard 'off-the-shelf' \u2014 script-lettering grade badges, of the type used by Pontypridd. It is likely that these were issued in brass. Author's Collection.\nThe crew of Treforest-bound Tramcar No 4 \u2014 photo undated, but possibly taken in 1908/9 given that the men appear to be wearing officially issued overcoats. The conductor \u2014 William White \u2014 is wearing a flat cap. Photo courtesy of the Tramways and Light Railway Society; background information courtesy of 'Gathering the Jewels' (see link).\nThe crew of a rather tatty-looking Tramcar No 20 (built in 1920) pose for the cameraman \u2014 photo undated, but probably taken in the late 1920s. In contrast to the motorman, who is wearing a 'lancer-style' tunic, the conductor is wearing a double-breasted jacket with lapels. The latter would also appear to be wearing a badge above his script-lettering grade badge.\nThe crew of Tramcar No 21 at Cilfynydd terminus in 1930.\nA blow-up of the above photo showing the conductor and motorman. The conductor is wearing a script-lettering grade badge, along with a large badge comprising the council device within a wreath (see below); the motorman on the other hand is just wearing the latter.\nPontypridd Urban District Council cap badge of the type issued to tramways staff from the mid-to-late 1920s onwards \u2014 brass. Author's Collection.\nAlthough identical to the brass badge shown above, this chrome issue almost certainly post-dates the demise of the tramway (1931), so was presumably used on the council buses and trolley buses. Author's Collection.\nA blow-up of the 1905 photograph at the top of the page showing the inspector. Like the tramcar staff, he appears to be wearing smart but probably self-funded attire (i.e., not officially issued). His cap appears to bear a script-lettering grade badge - Inspector - almost certainly embroidered.\nA studio portrait of a lady who is believed to be a Pontypridd Urban District Council Tramways conductress \u2014 photo dated 1918. The photograph was taken in the Studios of Dura Ltd, a company which had several premises in South Wales. Author's Collection.\nA blow-up of the above photo revealing the uniform, which although of high quality, appears to be completely devoid of insignia.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 84, "original_length": 8274, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 287.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://tristartist.nl/page/15/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:14:07Z", "digest": "sha1:35DDAWQEXRPWMAZT3DXKNMREG5TOBEIN", "length": 1678, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "tristartist.nl", "title": "TristArtist \u2013 Page 15 \u2013 Bits and pieces art together", "raw_content": "YES, I finally made it happen! My Etsy shop is officially open. I made these amazing Harry Potter stickers from the drawings in my bullet journal. It was a lot of work, but it was also SO much fun! You can go to my shop and check them out. I hope you love them as much as I do. BUY YOUR HARRY POTTER STICKERS HERE\nYes, I am aware that it is February the 1st and not November, haha. I\u2019ve worked on this project for a long time, but it is finally ready! As a Harry Potter fan I wanted to create a Harry Potter theme for my bullet journal and share it with you. I hope that I can inspire you with the upcoming series which contains three video\u2019s, a lot of pictures and\u2026 STICKERS! BUY THE HARRY POTTER STICKERS HERE\nPasta, pasta, pasta. I can\u2019t get enough of it! Spaghetti is the perfect comfort food for me, but sometimes I get bored with the red sauce so\u2026 I came up with this recipe. Pesto often contains cheese, but it definitely doesn\u2019t have to in order to be delicious. The pesto also goes perfectly hand in hand with the sun dried tomatoes and broccoli. I seriously wish I could give you a bite right now because it is so good, but I guess you just have to make it yourself, haha.\nYou might have noticed that I am working on being more healthy. Not only with food, but also with working out. I am going to the gym 3 times a week now and it feels great! I\u2019d have to say that a lot of the credit goes to my gym buddy Maja. It is so much more fun to work out with a friend! One of my favorite subjects to talk about is food, especially healthy food, so this naturally came up during lifting weights and trying to breathe normally. I still needed a new recipe for Vegan Friday so\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 2571, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 252.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://trmchurch.org.uk/events/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:39Z", "digest": "sha1:ZHHHT3DBVI2HUBG3WCXJAURTYUF54LNF", "length": 27, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "trmchurch.org.uk", "title": "The Rhema Mission Church Upcoming Events - The Rhema Mission Church", "raw_content": "All of our upcoming events!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 19, "original_length": 622, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.82, "perplexity": 238.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://troon.org/developer/asp/main.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:58Z", "digest": "sha1:UP4FLDAVIZ2ET4Y6RZFSYEIVJOPEXTIO", "length": 4461, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "troon.org", "title": "Peter Troon - Active Server Pages", "raw_content": "The development of the internet during the last years required the possibility to create web pages with dynamic content. Many sites have pages with content that changes everyday or sometimes even every hour. For instance websites with stock shares or sites providing the latest news change all the time. You can understand that it would not be very practical to update all these pages manually, because this would be a time consuming job. Not to mention that the chance to make mistakes is much bigger if these pages are changed manually.\nBut not only news sites have dynamic content. Basically any page that has some kind of interaction with the user is dynamic. The page has to be dynamic, because nobody can predict what the user will do. The page will behave in a certain way depending on the reaction of the user accessing that page. The most common dynamic pages are pages that are used to validate forms. For instance: a page gives a visitor of that site to subscribe to the mailing list of that site. The visitor needs to fill in his name, his e-mail address and some other data. When the user submits the form (by pressing the submit button) the data is validated before the results of the submission are processed. If the visitor has to fill in his e-mail address the page will check if the e-mail address was filled in and if it's filled in in a proper way. Thus it checks for instance if the filled in e-mail address contains the @-sign. Depending on the checks performed after submission by the user a message will be displayed that the submitted information will be or has been processed or that the information provided is invalid or not complete with the possibility for the user to correct his mistakes.\nThe combination of the languages Perl/CGI made it possible to extend websites with the possibility to have pages with dynamic content. Perl/CGI have the major disadvantage not to be efficient with the available sources. Because CGI was one of the first languages, which made it possible to make page dynamic almost any webserver is able to execute CGI scripts. Later on other scripting languages such as ColdFusion and ASP became popular. ASP stands for Active Server Pages and was developed by MicroSoft.\nJust like ColdFusion and PHP, ASP provides the possibility to fully integrate ASP code into HTML pages. The server on which the ASP template is stored needs to be able to execute ASP scripts. Microsoft provides webservers capable of executing ASP scripts. In more professional environments (such as Microsoft Windows NT or Microsoft Windows 2000) Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) is used. For Windows 98 Microsoft Personal Web Server (PWS) is available.\nASP uses Visual Basic Script (VBScript) or JScript to display dynamic content. So actually ASP in itself is not a real language. For persons with some programming experience ASP shouldn't be that hard to learn. ASP has a few standard objects which can be accessed by the programmer. A person new to ASP has to learn how to access these objects and what the purpose of each of those objects is. It is also possible to create additional objects, but in most cases this should not be necessary, because many custom made additions are available on the internet. Why write something that is already available and re-invent the wheel? Unless you have a very good reason to do so it is not recommended for a beginner to start creating custom made objects.\nAn ASP web application can be linked to a database. In many cases it is combined with a Microsoft Access database. If the application is quite small and not many people will be using the application this is a nice solution. For large applications this is not recommended though. Microsoft Access was never meant to be used as a database for large applications. In those situations you're better of using a professional database such as Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle.\nThis page just provides some general information about ASP. If you want to learn more about this language you should check out the links below.\nASP Tutorial by W3Schools\nActive Server Pages tutorial for beginners\nASP Web Programming Resource by TheScripts.com\nASP.net Tutorials by Charles Caroll\nMicrosoft about Active Server Pages\nActive Server Pages Guide by MSDN\nActive Server Pages 101\nASP Developer Network\nBasic Active Server Pages Tutorial for beginners\nHangeng.com - A different ASP developer site\nPage with a collection of ASP Links (in Dutch)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 24, "original_length": 4716, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 288.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://truthdive.com/2011/02/20/pm-hopeful-of-peaceful-productive-budget-session-of-parliament/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:03Z", "digest": "sha1:5S7RSHUM5XFJXILV6FERAPMG425MXNLW", "length": 1872, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "truthdive.com", "title": "PM hopeful of peaceful, productive budget session of Parliament \u2014 TruthDive", "raw_content": "Home | National | News | PM hopeful of peaceful, productive budget session of Parliament\nNew Delhi, Feb 20(ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Sunday said that he is hopeful that the upcoming session of Parliament will be peaceful and productive.\n\u201cThe government on its part is ready to discuss on any issue which may be brought by the opposition. So, I\u2019m hopeful that this will be a peaceful and productive session of Parliament,\u201d Dr. Singh said after the all-party meet held in the national capital.\n\u201cLots of legislative work has to be accomplished. The Budget of the Central Government has to be passed. This, therefore, is truly the most important session of Parliament,\u201d he added.\nMeanwhile, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said that a proper atmosphere has been formed up for the smooth running of the Parliament.\n\u201cThey were concerned about the various burning issues facing the country. And they have suggested what all issues facing the country. And they have suggested what all issues should be discussed on the floor of the House,\u201d Kumar said.\n\u201cI hope we will find time to discuss on each one of them. This time I\u2019m very convinced that we are going to run the House without disruption,\u201d she added.\nKumar also informed that the Railway Budget is being scheduled to be put up on February 25, and the General Budget is to be put up on February 28.\nShe further stressed on the fact that both the ruling coalition and the opposition were working an amicable way out for the smooth running of the Parliament. (ANI)\nMukesh Ambani's Raigadh SEZ scrapped\nSalman Khan to appear in court tomorrow for black buck poaching case\nNavratri : Festival of nine Divine Nights, the way it is celebrated in different states\nRRB Secunderabad ALP and Technician Exam Admit Card 2014\nIndian Democracy delivers against corruption\nMSBTE Winter Exam Results to be declared in Jan 2014", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 182, "original_length": 4658, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 325.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://tudastars.hu/en/our-services/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:17Z", "digest": "sha1:E3L2CNYRIUWT7IOFUWVJAQN2WREOOCKY", "length": 757, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "tudastars.hu", "title": "Our services \u2013 Tud\u00e1sT\u00e1rs", "raw_content": "Theoretical Researches\nWe conduct theoretical researches for the sectors of the science of higher education, the government and business. The fields we work in include: higher education, e-learning, t-learning, science politics, innovation, information society, science communication, mobile communication, science philosophy, communication philosophy, media philosophy, science sociology\u2026\nWe manage the publication of the scientific results and information on higher education both in electronic and printed form. We participate in the initiatives, enquiries of strengthening the relationship among the players of research, higher education and economy, and also in presenting the institutional system of higher education from the provider\u2019s point of view\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 58, "original_length": 3444, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 231.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://tumbleweed-2.info/BIBLE/Bible%20-%20THOUGHTS%20-%20Page%207.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:21:08Z", "digest": "sha1:AC4KA2ZQNWH5YJO5KQ66OOVTWGY4BICS", "length": 25552, "nlines": 161, "source_domain": "tumbleweed-2.info", "title": "THOUGHTS - Page 7__FIRST-TRUMP", "raw_content": "2Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort\nwith all longsuffering and doctrine. (2Tim 4:)\nMINISTERS, PREACHERS AND THEOLOGIANS\nIn my studies and articles I group all together into one, huge ugly lump. That is I criticize and put them all down equally.\nOr, at least, so it seems.\nThat is not my intention, though I can see no other way to read what I have written.\nSo in order to correct and explain my view, I am writing this.\nFirstly, lumping everyone in a group without meaning everyone is not unusual. It is done very often, and is in fact hard to avoid.\nAnd, as a matter of fact, it is a Scriptural practice as well. For instance, the Bible speaks of the Jews harassing Jesus and ultimately killing Him. We know this is not exactly correct. The Disciples were Jews; over 6,000 Jews were converted to Christianity at one time; and there are other reports of Jews not fitting into the mold formed for them in Scripture.\nIn the same light, we know there are many who call themselves \"Christian\" who do not even know Jesus, nor could they care one whit one way or another about Him.\nIn this same vein I refer to Pastors and Theologians.\nThere are many who have given their life for the Gospel, and who have poured over the Word most of their life in deep prayer to learn what God has to say.\nAnd there are many Pastors who are intently concerned about the care and feeding of the lambs placed in their fold.\nAs I read and hear what they have to say I can feel the deep concern they have, and the intense study they have undertaken in order to give their sheep the best of \"feed.\"\nAnd I have heard long sermons and studies by Theologians who try to extract every bit of Truth from the Word, looking into areas that are far beyond my comprehension or access.\nYet I see these same Pastors and Theologians stumble over Traditions they try to avoid, and be deflected into dark alleys of ignorance.\nAnd I become angry!\nI can't understand how they can miss the headlines placed before them while they study a flyspeck for hidden meanings.\nI suppose that is what Jesus meant when He said the Pharisees; \"Strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.\"\nOn the other hand there are Theologians and Pastors who either intentionally, or foolishly, twist the Gospels to suit their own wills, or slash the Word in effort to bring themselves financial gain, or study the Scriptures (as well as nonsensical writings and commentaries) in effort to disprove the Bible, and/or God.\nThese people are so obviously on the wrong path that anyone with a small candle of Light can recognize their ignorance. And anyone who follows them would not notice a \"burning bush\" on a hilltop because they are so blind.\nNo, my concern is not for the \"willfully ignorant,\" but for those who are following fireflies and think they are \"the Light.\"\nYou may have heard of Will 0' the Wisp, or Jack o' Lantern? In legend these creatures (like elves) carry small lamps with which to lead people astray into the marshes, often with a promise of gold, where they either drown, or are enslaved.\nMy concern is for those who are earnestly seeking God, but do not know where, or how to find Him. Many of these become hopelessly lost in the \"swamps\" of the cults and false religions. There is not much that can be done for them as it will take the Lord to call them out of their misdirection.\nBut there are others on the right road who do not see the warning signs along the way because these signs have been covered over with a sack entitled \"Doctrine\" and \"Tradition.\" These are the same sacks that blinded the eyes of the Jews in Jesus' day, and are yet covering the eyes of the Jews til today.\nThese searchers for God are not Theologians, nor do they have any knowledge or understanding of the Scriptures; And they know it! So they turn their attention to their Pastor who is supposed to be experienced and knowledgeable in such things.\nAnd well they should.\nThe problem is that the Pastor is often in no better position to understand the Word (though he may know the Word and have it memorized, every jot and tittle), and he knows he doesn't have that understanding.\nSo these Pastors turn that part of Scripture study over to \"experts\" in the field and concentrate their own efforts into other areas such as ministering to the sick, prayer, preparing sermons, keeping the church running properly, and naturally his daily living and family requirements.\nHe is, after all, but a man.\nAnd it is to be expected.\nAs an example, you may go to the doctor for your general check-up and minor ailments; but you do not expect him to diagnose mental illnesses or perform open heart surgery.\nThe Doctor will refer you to a Specialist for such things.\nBut what if the Specialist misdiagnoses your problem, or makes an \"error\" in judgment? Who is to blame? The Doctor? The Surgeon? You?\nAccording to the Bible, when it comes to your Spiritual health and destiny - You are to be blamed.\nAt the Judgment there will be a multitude of \"Christians\" who will point to their Pastor in effort to avoid their punishment. And there will be another multitude of Pastors who will point to their teachers and the Theologians who's advice they followed.\nBut it will none of it be of any avail. We must all stand or fall according to own \"works.\" I know that's a nasty word in your church; but I didn't say it - God did. It's just another of the warning signs, like \"Overcomer,\" and \"Diligently,\" and \"Bear your cross,\" and \"Crucify your flesh\" that has been covered over with sacks of Doctrine.\nTheologians, on the other hand, will have nothing at Judgment to point to but other Theologians and Traditions, just as did the Pharisees.\nHowever, none will stand, because God's Word is very clear concerning His will for us. If we miss it, or pass over it lightly because we were told that it didn't mean what it said, we will have to bear the consequences.\nJesus said He will not leave His Disciples \"Comfortless\" and without help in understanding His will. He Said He would send a Teacher and a Guide. And this Guide and Instructor would explain everything and show us just what we are to do.\nIf you have received this instructor, then whatever other people tell you, no matter how important, respected or knowledgeable they are, you will not be dissuaded or turned aside. And along with this you will know you in fact have received the Holy Spirit because you do know and understand the Scriptures.\nAnd this will be a comfort to you, because without the Holy Spirit you are none of Christ's, even though you hear that the Bible says otherwise; while with the Holy Spirit you know you are on the right path and that He will make it ever so clear to you when you veer to the left or to the right.\nIf you are following His leading.\nIf you wear a soldier's uniform, but you never take commands and just go you own way; are you in fact a soldier?\nFor thirty years I read the Bible and analyzed God's Word - yet when I received the Holy Spirit I discovered that I knew nothing. Oh, I learned a long time ago about the foolishness of Traditions and wondered why people were still believing such things when there was such overwhelming evidence against them. But, after all, look at how the world has taken hold of the most bazaar theories and calls them facts.\nBut, that's the world! Surely the church wouldn't be so foolish, would they?\nThe church is made up of ordinary, ignorant people who think they are very wise. And so is the leadership of the churches. And I am no different.\nAnd, apparently they are not listening to the Holy Spirit any more than is the world, nor was I.\nOr, are they?\nThis is my question, and my dilemma.\nI can see the fallacy of the Traditions being preached. Even to my carnal nature these showed up like mud spots on a clean white sheet. And I wondered why others can't see them. For a time I doubted my own observations; after all, who am I to question the great minds of the world?\nThen I decided that, even if Traditions and Doctrines are wrong; so what? What harm can believing in foolishness cause, after all, the essentials are there, and the results are the same, aren't they?\nThen I received the Holy Ghost, and it was like being hit with a hammer. Suddenly I saw how these beliefs were keeping dear people I love (as well as myself, though I am totally undeserving of God and His mercy, where in my estimation, they are worthy) from moving on in God and may well be keeping them on the path to hell while thinking they are on the way to Heaven.\nI was mad! I was mad at the church. I was mad at Preachers. I was mad at Theologians. I wanted to know why these people didn't tell us about the Holy Spirit and what He would mean to us. I wanted to know why these \"Super Christians\" who supposedly are the channel to God had not been telling me the Truth, or how they could sit back and let everyone go to hell while pretending that it was the road to Heaven. I assumed they knew the Truth, and just wasn't telling anyone about it.\nI realized that for me it would have done no good to tell me the Truth. If I had known, I would have just felt worse about myself and been suicidal.\nBut what of everyone else? What about you!\nMaybe all this means nothing to you because you are only a pretend Christian to begin with and don't believe any of this anyway.\nOr maybe you have received the Holy Spirit and know just what I am talking about, but don't know what to do about it.\nWe all have a purpose in this life. That is what we are told, is it not?\nWe are all but worms and no more than dust, destined to die and return to dust. This is the vision God gave me, and it has been a comfort to me.\nHas this Truth been hidden in the Scriptures so therefore unknown to the Theologians? Is that why we haven't been informed?\n7And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. (Gen 2:7)\n19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. (Gen 3:19)\n17But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. (Gen 2:17)\n[ Do you see anything missing here? It appears that God forgot to discuss Adam's fate with the Theologians because He forgot to add one little detail, that is that Adam and all his descendants would burn in hell for ever and ever. And maybe I missed it, but I didn't see anything about Adam having an immortal soul or spirit, just dust and sweat. Did you find it? Or is it just the wisdom of the Theologians that it has been revealed to?\nOh well, you can't expect God to remember everything, can you?\nBut I digress and that is another subject.]\nWith the Holy Spirit we have Life, and with that Life an understanding of God, and His purpose for the world, and for us.\nSo why don't the Pastors and Theologians know this!?\nI am certain there must be multitudes of people, especially Pastors and Theologians who are being led by the Spirit; yet few to none that I can tell have been able to see beyond Traditions. Oh, they may see one or two errors, and when they discover it, they change to another Tradition - but none seem to be hearing the Truth!\nI have asked God, in tears, about this; but I have received no answer as yet.\nMy assumption is that it's to be kept a Mystery until the Endtime. I believe little by little through the ages the Scriptures have been opened (and often confused or misinterpreted) to individuals we call Saints, Theologians and, very often, Martyrs for the Faith.\nAnd now the scriptures are to be opened wide for all who are willing to see and understand.\nI say \"willing\" because there are many people (I would venture to say almost everyone) who do not want to hear the Truth. Jesus and the Apostles battled this very problem, as did Moses, and even God Himself. We say: \"Give me wisdom, but don't tell me anything I don't want to hear or that is unacceptable to my friends and family.\" In other words, we want to appear wise in the eyes of others without having to risk being offensive.\nGod does not use \"worthy\" people for His purposes. The more worthy a person is, the less He can use them. And if He scrapes the bottom of the barrel for leftover scum, He will find me.\nAnd He did. And He has.\nI believe there are thousands of people out there (and I am not referring to the Manchild) who have been given the Holy Spirit and Scriptural understanding like myself. I think it would be fascinating to locate them and hear what they have been given, because, though I have been given a lot (so it seems to me) I am sure there are a lot of things still hidden from my view. Every day Truths and Awarenesses are given to me; far more than I will ever have time to write.\nSo, why don't the Pastors and Theologians know the Truth? I suppose they, those who are sincere, just have not had the Truth revealed to them as yet.\nAt least I will settle for that explanation until a better one comes along.\nGod asked Solomon what he wanted most of all. Solomon asked for wisdom with which to govern God's people.\nWhat would you have asked for?\nBecause God respected Solomon's request He not only gave him wisdom, but wealth and fame besides.\nI think of how wisdom is such an abstract thing, at least in our eyes it is. What is wise to one person is foolishness to another.\nReligion is a case in point. One person's beliefs are highly esteemed by himself and others of his own faith. But another person of another faith will likely condemn that belief, and the person holding it.\nI think of the Catholics and the Protestants. They have a history of trying to annihilate each other or anyone else who believes slightly different from themselves, even though they worship the same God.\nConsider Northern Ireland.\nAnother example of conflicting wisdom is in one person's field of interest in contrast with another's. A nuclear scientist may idolize the wisdom of another nuclear scientist, yet poopoo the learning of, say, a botanists who has far more expertise in his given field.\nAnd then we have Heaven's Gate. Here we have forty highly intelligent and relatively well to do people (at least so I have heard) making a judgment call that seems to the rest of the world extreme insanity.\nI'm sure you get my point without belaboring it any farther. Wisdom is relative.\nIf you had the opportunity to be given wisdom, which wisdom would you ask for?\nAs I see it, there are two forms of wisdom, and even three.\nOne form is wisdom as I would see it in my own eyes. I use Heaven's Gate for an example. In their own mind they were very wise. In fact, they were so wise that they believed the rest of the world were fools to not follow them. I am speculating of course; but their ultimate behavior does not leave much else to assume.\nAnd that very behavior shows that they not only considered their wisdom as just, but had the faith in their wisdom to follow it through to the end.\nThey were wise in their own eyes.\nOthers I see as wise in their own eyes are such people as Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyer and the 200 members of the Jesus Seminar.\nI name these in particular because they are in the forefront of their fields having an ever broadening field of influence.\nThese, like so many of the schools of today, purport to have the \"truth,\" while they elaborately and abundantly sell myth and falsehood. They persuade their listeners that they possess facts, which they have in fact, but it is blended with fantasy in effort to convince us that Truth is foolishness.\nThese are very knowledgeable and intelligent people. They are not putting on pretenses (as far as I know) but honestly believe what they say is true, and want everyone else to believe as they do.\nIf you know what I am talking about, then I don't have to explain. If you don't know what I am talking about, it would be pointless to try and explain.\nAnother form of wisdom is what I would call \"eye service\" wisdom. This is wise in the eyes of others.\nThese people know full well they do not know what they are talking about, or at least they know very little about the subject in question. Nor do they care to know anything about the subject. What is important to them is that people think they know everything about the subject.\nThese are people with answers. They have an answer for everything. They do not ask questions in effort to learn because that would show their lack of knowledge. And that would never do.\nYou might think of them as a large book with a fancy cover, but all the pages are blank.\nAnd there is yet a third form of wisdom. This wisdom has nothing to do with the possessor, and everything to do with Him who possesses. This is True Wisdom that comes from God through the person.\nThis Wisdom can not be learned. This Wisdom can not be bought. This Wisdom can not be claimed. This Wisdom can only be accepted and applied. If the person in possession of this Wisdom claims it as his own, he loses it and his wisdom becomes foolishness.\nThis Wisdom cannot be obtained by the wise, least of all the wise in their own eyes. Nor can this Wisdom be recognized as wisdom by the wise.\nOnly those who have Wisdom without possessing Wisdom will recognize it for what it is.\nIf you wish to be wise in the eyes of others; or if you wish to be wise in your own eyes, then this is not a form of wisdom you desire.\nThis form of Wisdom does not supply answers, at least not answers that will be accepted by others.\nAn example of God's Wisdom is the parables of Jesus. To the Wise the parables bring understanding and guidance. To the carnally wise they bring confusion and distortion. (Matthew Chapter 13)\nARROGANCE SUPREME\nI read Commentaries and hear sermons where someone is explaining the Bible. Many are entertaining, and many are informative. I enjoy hearing them and reading them.\nBut there are times I have to just grit my teeth and even scream on occasion.\nWhen a preacher has the gall to say, after reading what God has said; \"He didn't really mean to say that, what God meant was.....\"\nAnother such statement that gets me off my seat is when a preacher will add to what the Bible says. For instance he may be talking about the Prodigal Son, and then he may add what the father was thinking, what the son really meant, and so on.\nIf the preacher says he is using the story to illustrate a point he is making or some such; in other words he makes it clear that what he is adding or changing is his own, and not actually what God is intending to say, with that I have no problem.\nAs I have said before; Pastors, like parents and teachers are in a position of power and their words carry much more weight than most other people's. They have placed themselves in that position, so therefore they should be extra careful to assure their words are accurate and clear. It is stepping on weak soil when they come near confusing their own words with the Word of God.\nI'm not married, so as far as I know I have no children. But there are many out there who do. For those who do, I would like to ask you a question.\nYou put out a lot of effort, I'm sure, to bring those kids into the world. I mean, just the birthing of them must have been not only painful, but expensive and time consuming.\nIf it were not for you, your children would not even see life at all. Am I correct so far?\nAssuming I am, and now that you are stuck with the burden of children, if that is what they turn out to be, do you have to make promises of good things to come, that is rewards, in order to get them to do what is best for the family, themself, and you?\nIt appears to me this is often the case. The child is likely to do nothing, yet still thinks because he is your child, you owe him anything his heart desires.\nFrom what I have seen in many families (not all mind you but plenty), the parents have to make promises, and be very careful to keep them, but the child makes few, and those he makes, he doesn't feel he has to keep in order to get the reward promised to him.\nIf I am close at all, is it right? Is this the way a child should behave?\nThen why do we, as God's children, do that to Him?\nMan has several ways for dealing with sin.\nThe most popular way is to deny sin. Most do this by also denying God, that is His existence. Some of these may believe that God created the world, and us, but after this had been accomplished He either died or lost interest in His creation.\nAnother way many deny sin is by accepting that sin exists, and accepting dire consequences for sin - but they deny sin, or at least the consequences of sin exists for them. Many people fit into this category and don't even know it. Some of these live their life feeling guilty for their sin, but are unable, or unwilling, to do anything about it. And there are others who believe they were guilty, but no longer feel a need to do anything about it because of something they have done, or that someone else has done. One example of this is believing that Jesus died for their sins, so therefore they no longer have to be concerned about sin. There are those in this category who believe this principal is applied to all believers; and others who believe this applies to those who perform certain rituals or obey certain ordinances; while there are still others who believe this Grace (forgiveness) is applied to just a selected few, of which they are one.\nThere is yet a third way that man deals with sin; which is to ignore it. Those who ignore sin may be broken down into believers and nonbelievers. Believers may live their life in guilt either feeling unable, or unwilling to do anything about the sin that will ultimately result in the consequences they fear.\nMan has many ways of dealing with sin.\nGod has only one. (Rev 20:11-15)\nWhat young boy hasn't dreamed of being President of the United States? Probably a lot of them, like those in England who would rather be King of England. Or perhaps it's Chancellor if Germany or Czar of Russia.\nChildren dream for the top. Why dream for anything less?\nI wonder if George Washington dreamed of being President when he was chopping down the cherry tree. Or Abraham Lincoln as he split his logs. Or Jesse James when he.... oops, wrong story.\nThere has been many great and notable leaders of the world. There has been the Pharaohs of Egypt, the Caesars of Rome; Alexander the Great of Greece, and Hitler of Germany.\nPerhaps our daydreaming youth dreams of being one of those great world rulers.\nBut there is one yet to come who will put all the above to shame. There is one who will be so mighty, and so perfect in all his ways that the world will fall down and worship at his feet.\nNo, I don't mean Jesus. I don't mean the Christ.\nI mean the Anti Christ.\nHow would you like to be this great ruler?\nThose who do, and those who follow him will suffer his rewards.\nAnd the ones who resist him, that is resist him to death, will rule and reign with the Greatest of Rulers. I don't think I have to tell you who that is.\nMIRACLE OF DAVID AND GOLIATH\nIn my mind one of the most interesting miracles of the Bible is the story of David and Goliath. In 1 Samuel Chapter 17 we read how David took a single stone and killed a giant. Goliath was well over 9 feet tall and a warrior from his youth. David was but a teenager and untrained for battle.\nBut David had faith in the living God of Israel.\nDavid slew Goliath.\nNothing that I have said is news to you. You have heard the story many times. It is an amazing story indeed - but not actually a miracle. This incident can easily be explained by science, and is completely believable.\nNo miracle.\nYet there was a miracle performed that day, and it always amazes me that it is so completely overlooked by preachers and teachers when they relate this story.\nTake a close look at verse 9. Notice that whoever loses the battle between Goliath and whoever comes forth to fight him, their entire nation would have to be servants of the winner.\nNow, if you were the king of Israel, wouldn't you only allow your best man to fight that champion of the Philistines? Would you let an unknown kid go forth to represent you and your entire country?\nAs far as we know there were only two people in all of Israel with the courage and the ability to take on such a challenge. Saul the king was one. Obviously he was not willing, and therefore assumed not able to meet the challenge.\nThe other is the king's son, Jonathan who had (or at least will have had) proven himself courageous, if not capable of meeting the challenge.\nIn fact there was only one person in that entire camp not qualified, or experienced, or equipped to go to battle in any way.\nYet Saul allowed that one child to go.\nWouldn't you question such a piece of information such as this?\nI would; and I do.\nIn fact, if there was one portion of the Bible I would call into question and doubt, I think it would be this one.\nYet it seems to be overlooked entirely.\nAnd that in itself can only be attributed to one thing.\n6I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: 7Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 8But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 9As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. (Gal 1:)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 191, "original_length": 27090, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 285.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://tupress.temple.edu/book/0315", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:19Z", "digest": "sha1:YXU3LIDTOT2NK3C52W2GCNOF635PQSOS", "length": 6282, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "tupress.temple.edu", "title": "Temple University Press", "raw_content": "Women Living with Incurable Sexually Transmitted Diseases\nAdina Nack\nHow living with a chronic, stigmatizing, and contagious disease transforms women's lives\nQ&A with Adina Nack, 2008.\nHow do women living with genital herpes and/or HPV ( human papillomavirus) infections see themselves as sexual beings, and what choices do they make about sexual health issues? Adina Nack, a medical sociologist who specializes in sexual health and social psychology, conducted in-depth interviews with 43 women about their identities and sexuality with regard to chronic illness. The result is a fascinating book about an issue that affects over 15 million Americans, but is all too little discussed.\nDamaged Goods adds to our knowledge of how women are affected by living with chronic STDs and reveals the stages of their sexual self-transformation. From the anxiety of being diagnosed with an STD to issues of blame and shame, Nack\u2014herself diagnosed with a cervical HPV infection\u2014shows why these women, feeling that they are \u201cdamaged goods,\u201d question future relationships, marriage, and their ability to have healthy children.\n\"Damaged Goods extends major ideas about stigma and links them to women's sexual selves. It makes the most explicit links that I have seen between sexually transmitted disease and how women construct and reconstruct their sexual selves and does so in an engaging, accessible way. Nack's emphasis on how these women see themselves as sexual beings is particularly strong. She advances the literature in this area.\"\n\u2014Kathy Charmaz, Sonoma State University\n\"Adina Nack has created a compelling story, based on in-depth interviews, about what happens when women have their illusions of being immune from sexually disfiguring and stigmatizing infections dashed by the misfortune of transmission. Who would guess that a work framed so well theoretically, would be such a page-turner? She draws on her own experiences as a sexual health educator and as someone who, like her interviewees, is living with a chronic STD, to explain what happens to women\u2019s sexual selves, and how they negotiate sexual decision making. An engaging and important read, it addresses vital information in a compelling and engaging way that will be valuable for those with STDs as well as those who care for them.\"\n\u2014Betsy Crane, Ph.D., Director of Graduate Programs in Human Sexuality, Widener University\n\"This book is a rich and thoughtful account of the painful stigma experienced by women when faced with a sexually transmitted disease. It underscores the consequence of our sexual silence and the power of our sexual lives. The personal stories highlight the critical role of sexual health education, particularly for youth, their families, and their medical providers. Nack\u2019s auto-ethnography adds a lens that deepens the connectedness of science to the real world.\"\n\u2014Cynthia A. G\u00f3mez, Ph.D., Director, Health Equity Initiative, San Francisco State University\n\"Verdict: Nack\u2019s book is relevant to researchers interested in the psychological effects of sexually transmitted diseases on women. Primarily research-based, it appears to be the first of its kind on the subject. Recommended for academic libraries serving that population as well as public health libraries.\"\n\"(A) valuable volume...comprehensive.\"\n\u2014Women, Girls & Criminal Justice\n\"This book makes a significant addition to the sexual health research literature by focusing on women who live with a condition other than HIV, but its most important contribution is the concept of a reintegrated sexual self that not only can survive a chronic STD, but also triumph over stigma, sexual health politics, and the social construction of immorality. This work will interest sexual health educators, feminists, women's health specialists, and scholars who integrate qualitative methodology into their research. Summing Up: Recommended.\"\n\"Nack's detailed writing successfully captures women's voices. It is clear she immersed herself in understanding the process of what one goes through before, during, and after being diagnosed with an incurable STD.... Another strength of the book is the way she frames women's experiences in the context of the stages of sexual transformation.... This book offers the unique perspective of women living with chronic STDs, and provides information that would be invaluable to clinicians, educators, and policy makers. The book is especially helpful to those who are creating programs and/or policies regarding public awareness, sex education content, and screening practices of clinicians.\"\n\"Her work is both informative and educational but also provides a sociological analysis...it holds wide appeal for many audiences including those interested in the social-psychological impact of having HPV.... (T)his study certainly provides us with an excellent framework for understanding the lives of women living with HPV.\"\n\u2014Sociological Insight\n\"The book has a number of strengths; most importantly, the topic and approach are original, insightful, and engaging. The author writes about her own experience in an auto-ethnographic opening chapter, and then underlines broader social and psychological implications through her study\u2019s one-on-one interviews. Nack highlights how sexual health discourse furthers gender subordination and other social norms in an accessible and exciting manner.\"\n\"(A)n insightful and theoretically rich examination.... the interview narratives are particularly compelling.... In bringing together issues of chronic illness, gender and sexuality, Damaged Goods? provides a valuable addition to studies of women's health and draws attention to the increasing importance of sexual health studies in the United States.\"\nRead Adina Nack's blog on girlwithpen.blogspot.com.\nAdina Nack is Associate Professor of Sociology at California Lutheran University and has been involved with sexual health education for more than a decade as an outreach worker, health educator, and researcher, as well as a professor of sexuality studies. She is also one of the founders of CLU's Center for Equality and Justice. Nack is a member of Ventura County\u2019s HIV/AIDS Coalition and for several years has been the organizer of the county\u2019s World AIDS Day events. 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For more details, please refer to the following Internet address: http://uk.tristarworldwide.com/terms-of-use\nThe winner will be determined on 11th March 2016. The judge's decision concerning the determination of the winner will be final.\nChampagne Hot Air Ballooning Anytime for Two with a Red Letter Days Voucher\n\u2022 Choose to fly any day of the week, morning or evening\n\u2022 Enjoy peace and tranquillity up to 3,000 feet\n\u2022 Travel from any number of UK launch sites\n\u2022 All flights are provided by certified CAA approved operators\nTristar Worldwide reminds Participants that Tristar Worldwide does not accept responsibility for any damage or to their personal, professional, commercial activities or injury caused by the winner taking part in the prize activity.\nIn the event of circumstances arising outside of Tristar Worldwide\u2019s control, which in Tristar Worldwide's opinion make it necessary to suspend, change or cancel the competition, Tristar Worldwide reserves the right to suspend, change or cancel the competition at any time.\nIf for any reason Tristar Worldwide is unable to provide the prize, Tristar Worldwide will use 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know-how in a comprehensive manner.\nTo accomplish this, ULVAC and ULVAC Group companies are fully utilizing their unique technologies to promote ULVAC SOLUTIONS while making great achievements in a variety of industrial sectors.\nULVAC CORPORATE PROFILE\nContributing to the production of pharmaceuticals and food products, including antibiotics, interferon, dried foods, instant coffee, cup noodle ingredients and bouillon cubes.\nHigh Performance Electronic Components\nContributing to the production of high performance electronic components for digital products such as optical tele-communication products, tele-communication media, DVDs and Blu-Ray Discs.\nContributing to the production of all types of Flat Panel Displays, including Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs), Plasma Display Panels (PDPs), Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLED) and Field Emission Displays (FEDs).\nContributing to general industry fields involving eco-friendly car and fuel cell vehicle components. general car components, solar cells and rechargeable batteries while promoting the high functionality of various components through renewal cleaning and surface treatments and performing relevant analysis and accessment processes.\nContributing to semiconductor production involving ultra-thin wafers, Ferroelectric Random Access Memory (FeRAM), compound semiconductors, semiconductor circuit aluminum and copper wiring and high-density mounting.\nNext Generation Technology Support\nProviding support for cutting-edge technology fields including biotechnology and fields involving highly functional components and materials such as nanotechnology, Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), life science and sensors.\nOur Vacuum Technologies Contribute to Industries\nPharmaceuticals and Freeze-dried Food\nFlat Panel LCD TVs\nCreate, Measure and Examine Vacuums\nULVAC's Vacuum Equipment Products Support the Production of Electronic Components for Eco-friendly Cars\nA variety of electronic technologies are applied to car production to ensure high performance, safety and reliability. In particular, the production of eco-friendly cars, the current focus of the world's attention, requires the automobile manufacturer to use a significant quantity of leading-edge highly performance electronic components, including power semiconductors, strong magnets and rechargeable batteries. The quantity of semiconductors used per vehicle is equivalent to all the semiconductors that can be made with one 6-inch wafer, which is eight times the quantity of semiconductors used for a desktop PC.\nULVAC plays an important role in the production of electronic components which are crucial for eco-friendly cars as a provider of its unique new technologies intended for this purpose.\nRare earth sintered magnets\nNeodymium magnets allow lighter motors to be made with higher output. ULVAC's product line includes a series of production equipment for such products.\n\u2022 Vacuum melting furnace\n\u2022 Continuous vacuum hydrogen treatment\n\u2022 Vacuum sintering furnace\n\u2022 Aging furnace\nPower ICs (ultra-thin wafer)\nA type of power IC equipped with complex functions, based on ultra-thin wafers of 0.05 millimeters in thickness. ULVAC contributes to the production process through its thin film equipment dedicated to ultra-thin wafers as its equipment is free from high heat, cracking and distortion issues.\n\u2022 Sputtering system\n\u2022 Ion implantation system\nHigh-capacity smoothing capacitors\nCapacitors for high voltage and high output are indispensable. ULVAC virtually monopolizes the equipment for high-capacity smoothing capacitors.\n\u2022 Reel to reel vacuum sputtering apparatus\nHydrogen absorbing alloy\nNickel-hydrogen rechargeable batteries have a high energy density as well as high voltage and high output. ULVAC offers equipment for hydrogen absorbing alloys used for the anode of nickel-hydrogen rechargeable batteries.\n\u2022 Vacuum heat treatment furnace\nULVAC's Solar Cell Solutions Serve the Needs of Various Cell Formats\nSolar power generation is attracting the world's attention at a time when it is striving hard to achieve a low carbon society. This is because solar power generation is extremely friendly to the global environment. Unlike conventional oil- or LNG-based thermal power generation, solar power generates electricity by simply converting the unlimited supply of sunlight that shines down on us every day into electricity for consumption.\nAs a nation not endowed with fossil fuel resources, Japan has stepped up its efforts to develop solar cells, prompted by the oil shock that hit the country in the 1970s. 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ULVAC's products cater to customer needs relating to any of the above-mentioned technologies.\nSupport for Society's Cloud Computing Progress Through Smartphones, Tablet PCs, Digital Cameras and Many Other Devices\nMemory is a type of semiconductor that is an essential component of the devices we use in our daily lives like mobile phones, digital cameras, audio players and USB memory sticks, all products that use a lot of memory.\nIn particular, with various types of IT devices rapidly populated society, experts now expect an increasing number of electronic devices to access cloud computing services in the coming years, causing the volume of online information to expand at a fast pace.\nThe growing volume of online information will require industry players to have servers and datacenters equipped with memories capable of reading and writing at greater performance levels and improved electricity consumption. The existing quantity of flash memories available in the world will likely not be enough to serve market needs going forward. In this respect, semiconductor companies have been developing new types of storage memory products designed to fulfill the rigorous requirements of being compact enough and yet having superior power consumption characteristics.\nCurrently, ULVAC is supporting the evolution of a cloud computing-based society by developing and delivering new technologies designed to be used for the commercialization of next-generation memories such as ReRAM and FeRAM, not to mention flash memory, the currently predominant semiconductor category in this market segment.\nLSIs that store computer data and information.\nWhat is non-volatile memory?\nA type of semiconductor memory whose written data does not disappear even when it is not powered.\nPharmaceuticals and Freeze-dried Food Products\nULVAC's Vacuum Freeze Drying Technology That Contributes to the Health and Well-being of Consumers\nULVAC is an important player in product fields associated with consumers' daily lives, including pharmaceuticals and freeze-dried convenience food products. ULVAC's products in such fields are based on its vacuum freeze drying and vacuum distillation technologies. The following outlines how they work.\nULVAC's vacuum freeze drying technology utilizes sublimation (the phenomenon in which a substance transitions directly from the solid phase to the gas phase). An ordinary substance changes from the solid phase to the liquid phase and then to the gas phase according the temperature in a given environment. For example, water turns into ice at temperatures below zero degrees Celsius (the solid phase) and ice turns into liquid water at temperatures above zero degrees Celsius, then at 100 degrees Celsius it boils as it turns into a gas. Yet, lowering the air pressure to a level equivalent to that of outer space like when the Space Shuttle is in orbit (creating a vacuum) greatly reduces the boiling point. This results in water at an ordinary temperature suddenly evaporating (turning into a gas) and as the temperature continues to fall, the liquid water turns into ice and the ice evaporates, turning directly into a gas. In other words, liquid is gasified in a vacuum, which is itself the drying process.\nVacuum freeze drying and vacuum distillation are technologies that are indispensable to the production of pharmaceuticals sensitive to heat such as vitamin pills, hormone pills, serums and vaccines. These technologies are well known as those used for instant coffee, instant noodles, soups and soup ingredients as well as dried fruit/vegetable products.\nFreeze the material by lowering the temperature to -40 degrees Celsius or so, freezing its water-based content.\n2. Constant-rate Drying\nCreating a vacuum causes sublimation to occur. With the air pressure being so low, heating does not cause the frozen material's temperature to rise. Thus, the material becomes dried while remaining frozen.\n3. Falling-rate Drying\nThe frozen material loses most of its water-based content with its temperature rising to a level close to that of the heating temperature. The drying of heat-sensitive pharmaceuticals is completed at a level close to room temperature.\nThe Advanced Technologies for TFT, LCD, TVs That Control 2,070,000 Pixels\nULVAC is an industry player that has been delivering equipment used for the production of both types of flat panel display screens that are used for TV screens, namely, PDP and LCD. The following highlights the TFT method, a format serving the most important function for displaying images on screen.\nAn LCD panel is composed of two glass substrates, a TFT array glass substrate and a color filter glass substrate. The former is superimposed on the latter, sandwiching liquid crystals within a gap that is approximately 5\u00b5m (0.005 millimeters) thick. A TFT array serves the function of controlling the voltage sent to individual pixels, which alters the direction of the liquid crystals. The amount of light being blocked and transmitted is adjusted by the direction of the liquid crystals. The light going through the substrate containing pixels of the three primary colors, Red, Green, and Blue, which are in the color filter, becomes the color of the filter it passed through, resulting in an image being displayed on the screen.\nTFT stands for Thin Film Transistor. With the TFT format, three primary color pixels, Red, Green and Blue, are used as a single pixel, and transistors, transparent conductive films and wiring are made using a thin film for each pixel. Thus, light emission from individual pixels becomes controlled in a reliable manner. For reference, the total number of pixels available in wide-screen HD TV is 2,070,000. Given that a single pixel is composed of three primary color pixels, a total of over 6 million tiny TFT elements are formed on the glass substrates. Their production process is highly complicated, creating an environment in which ULVAC's vacuum equipment makes an important contribution to the process.\nThis drawing is intended to illustrate the concept of the sputtering method, and does not correctly represent the actual structure and size of each material.\nWhile thin films, a material that makes excellent functions possible, are made in a vacuum, the method of making them can be broken down roughly into the Evaporation method, Ion Plating (IP) method, Sputtering method, and Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) method.\nTo date, ULVAC has had a pioneering role for these four methods as well. In particular, one phenomenon equivalent to that of the predominant Sputtering method that one can find in their daily life is the blackening at the ends of an old fluorescent lamp. This is the result of the phenomenon in which electric discharge occurs within the fluorescent lamp creating ions, which sputters the electrode materials placed at both ends of the fluorescent lamp, giving rise to a black sputtering film on the glass surface in the process. Although sputtering is an unfortunate side effect in fluorescent lamps, this phenomenon came to be recognized by experts as a highly useful technological method for making thin films.\nRole of Components Indispensable to Vacuum Equipment\n- Making a Vacuum Environment that is Ideal for Vacuum Equipment\nThe vacuum equipment made by ULVAC has been using vacuums to do what is not doable in the atmosphere, thus contributing to various industrial sectors.\nIn particular, since its foundation as an integrated vacuum technology-based manufacturer, ULVAC has been striving to develop not only vacuum pump products designed to create vacuums, but also vacuum technology-related hardware components such as vacuum gauges intended to measure vacuums, and evaluators and analyzers to examine vacuums.\nVacuum pumps by ULVAC, the product designed to create vacuums, are capable of making a wide range of vacuum environments available from a low vacuum environment equivalent to the earth's atmosphere to an ultra-high vacuum environment equivalent to outer space. Within the vacuum equipment, vacuum pumps create an ultra-high vacuum environment identical to a point in outer space 10,000 kilometers away from the earth's surface, which is approximately the distance at which stationary satellites orbit. You can probably imagine the huge difference in vacuum levels between these two extremes.\nThe performance levels of ULVAC's innovative and progressive vacuum equipment products are supported by the above-mentioned components designed for the Company to pursue cutting-edge vacuum technologies.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 151, "original_length": 17295, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 294.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://universetechnews.com/california-man-pleads-guilty-to-fatal-swatting-and-fcc-bomb-threat/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:22Z", "digest": "sha1:JZWH566DBHMLJPAWP4Q4VADAKXQG2H5G", "length": 1554, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "universetechnews.com", "title": "California man pleads guilty to fatal swatting and FCC bomb threat | Universe Tech News", "raw_content": "A Californian man whose unsuccessful swatting attempt led to the death of 28-year old Andrew Finch has pled guilty to charges that will see him sent to prison for at least 20 years. Tyler Barriss was charged with cyberstalking, conspiracy, and making a false report that resulted in death. He also pled guilty to calling in numerous fake bomb scares against schools, universities, shopping malls, the headquarters of the FBI, and those of the FCC during its vote on net neutrality.\nBarriss was first charged back in January 2018, after being arrested shortly after the fatal shooting on December 28th, 2017. The hoax call originated from a disagreement over a Call of Duty match on which a bet of $1.50 was placed. However, events spiralled out of control, with two of Barriss\u2019 teammates, Casey Viner and Shane Gaskill, becoming involved in the swat that led to Finch\u2019s death. Viner asked Barriss to swat Gaskill, who in turn goaded Barriss into swatting an address that he no longer lived at. Andrew Finch, who was living at that address at that time, was shot by police after they saw his hands drop to his waistband. The three defendants then deleted the messages sent between them after realizing what had happened.\nBoth Viner and Gaskill are currently awaiting trial on charges of wire fraud and obstruction of justice, while Viner will face an additional charge of conspiracy to make false or hoax reports to the police. Sentencing for Barriss is due to take place on January 30th.\nWithings\u2019 Pulse HR is a fitness tracker with a 20-day battery life", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 2581, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 220.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://uprootedpalestinians.blogspot.com/2017/12/break-childrens-bones-how-israel.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:45Z", "digest": "sha1:C5XQUAH64O3EOUG6A5CHMPQYXFHF64XD", "length": 11569, "nlines": 57, "source_domain": "uprootedpalestinians.blogspot.com", "title": "Uprooted Palestinian: Break the Children\u2019s Bones: How israel Tortures, Maims and Kills Palestinians", "raw_content": "Break the Children\u2019s Bones: How israel Tortures, Maims and Kills Palestinians\nLasha Darkmoon \u2014 Darkmoon Dec 16, 2017\n\u201cIsrael must be like a mad dog, too dangerous to bother.\u201d\nMoshe Dayan, Israeli general\nSo what is President Donald Trump doing to put a stop to the appalling cruelties in Occupied Palestine that form the subject matter of the video we are about to see?\nThe answer is \u2014 nothing.\nWhat makes matters worse is that we now have a president who has come out openly in support of torture.\nWhen asked what he felt about torturing people, President Trump said: \u201cI have spoken with people at the highest level of intelligence and I asked them the question \u2018Does it work?\u2019 and the answer was \u2018Yes, absolutely\u2019.\u201d With that simpering, self-satisfied smile of his, he was to add complacently: \u201cI want to do everything within the bounds of what you\u2019re allowed to do legally, but do I feel it works? Absolutely, I feel it works!\u201d\nIf Trump believes that torture actually \u201cworks\u201d, he is mistaken. Torture only works if the suspect is guilty. If he possesses dangerous knowledge that he is concealing. But it doesn\u2019t work if the suspect is innocent, as is mostly the case, and has nothing of importance to reveal. It\u2019s well known that people will confess to anything under torture. Just to get the torture to stop. Information extracted under these circumstances is worthless. Everyone knows that.\nKhalid Sheikh Mohammed was waterboarded 183 times in a single month. Why so often? If torture \u201cworks\u201d, why didn\u2019t Khalid \u201csing\u201d after the first waterboarding? Or after the second? Why did they have to drown him (almost) 183 times in one month?\nThat\u2019s six times a day!\nThe reason they needed to torture Khalid six times a day for 30 consecutive days was clearly because torture wasn\u2019t working! And yet we have the President telling us: \u201cAbsolutely, I feel it works!\u201d\nAccording to official reports, there are 73 types of \u201cinterrogation\u201d and 200 different torture methods used in Israeli prisons, to which President Trump turns a blind eye. Or endorses. Abby Martin reveals in the shocking video posted below that Israel has a deliberate policy in regard to the Palestinians called \u201cSHOOT TO CRIPPLE\u201d. IDF soldiers are instructed to aim directly at the penises and vaginas of their victims. More wheelchairs are consequently found in Occupied Palestine than anywhere else in the world.\nAll this President Trump knows, yet he does nothing to stop it, singing the praises of the Jewish state whenever he opens his mouth. (Click on link for 25-second video).\nLET\u2019S go over to Israel now and see how nice these people are.\nYou want to study cruelty? To write a doctoral study on sado-masochism under a democratic system? Well then, hop on a plane to Tel Aviv and you can start sharpening your pencils as soon as you get to Ben-Gurion Airport.\nA few years ago, there was an article in Haaretz called \u201cParallel Lives\u201d. It was a detailed study by Dalia Karpel of the psychology of Israeli torturers in Palestine. I can no longer access the article on my computer. For some reason, all I get when I click on the link is this enigmatic sentence: \u201cAn error occurred while processing your request. Reference #30.6d52655f.1512602150.17d4c28a.\u201d Yeah, sure.\nFortunately, I saved my notes.\nThe Dalia Karpel report is dated 4 October, 2007. Allow me to copy and paste some of the quotes from this scary article:\nThe study by Israeli doctoral student and clinical psychologist Nufar Yishai-Karin included interviews with 18 soldiers and three officers who served with her in two armored infantry units. She knew most of them from her military service. She interviewed each of them personally in his home for a few hours and recorded the interviews; she still has the tapes. Her prior acquaintance with the soldiers led them to trust her implicitly, and they opened up fully, readily telling her about crimes they themselves had committed: murder and killing, BREAKING THE BONES OF LITTLE CHILDREN, inflicting humiliation, destroying property, stealing\u2026\nThe article describes the brutalization of some of the soldiers. Among the brutalized group was the impulsive type of soldier, who used the opportunity to let off steam, sometimes enthusiastically.\nTestimony: \u201cI went out on my first patrol. Others on the patrol were just shooting like crazies. I also started shooting like all the others. Look, I WON\u2019T TELL YOU IT WASN\u2019T COOL! \u2026 Suddenly you are responsible for what you are doing. You take the gun. You shoot. You do what you want.\u201d\n(\u2018Parallel Lives\u2019 , Dalia Karpel, article in Haaretz. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/909589.html).\nOne of the study\u2019s most shocking findings is that the soldiers enjoyed the intoxication of power no less than the kick they got from the violence.\nAt one point or another of their service, the majority of the interviewees enjoyed violence,\u201d Yishai-Karin observes in her thesis. \u201cThey enjoyed the violence because it broke the routine and they liked the destruction and the chaos. They also enjoyed the feeling of power and the sense of danger.\u201d\nTestimony of IDF soldier: \u201cWhen there is chaos, I like it! That\u2019s when I enjoy it! It\u2019s like a drug. If I don\u2019t go into Rafah, and if there isn\u2019t some kind of riot once in some week, I GO NUTS!\u201d\nAnother soldier: \u201cThe most important thing is that it removes the burden of the law from you. You ARE the law! You are the one who decides. The moment you leave the place that is called Eretz Yisrael and go through the Erez checkpoint into the Gaza Strip, YOU ARE THE LAW! YOU ARE GOD!\u201d\n(Dalia Karpel, Ibid.)\nThe callousness of some of the soldiers produced extreme indifference to the Arabs\u2019 suffering. There were some tough soldiers who developed an ideology holding that even minor events necessitated a brutal response.\n\u201cWith women I have no problem,\u201d one soldier said. A woman threw a clog at me and I kicked her here [pointing to crotch area]. I broke everything there. She can\u2019t have children. Next time she won\u2019t throw clogs at me. When one of them [a woman] spat at me, I GAVE HER A RIFLE BUTT IN THE FACE. SHE DOESN\u2019T HAVE WHAT TO SPIT WITH ANY MORE.\u201d\nSome junior commanders encouraged the brutality and even endorsed it:\n\u201cAfter two months in Rafah a new commanding officer arrived. So we do a first patrol with him. It\u2019s 6am. Rafah is under curfew, there isn\u2019t so much as a dog in the streets. Only a little boy of four playing in the sand. He is building a castle in his yard. He [the officer] suddenly starts running and we all run with him . . . He grabbed the boy. I am a degenerate if I am not telling you the truth: HE BROKE HIS HAND AT THE WRIST . . . BROKE HIS LEG . . . AND STARTED TO STOMP ON HIS STOMACH!\nWe are all there, jaws dropping, looking at him in shock.\nThe next day I go out with him on another patrol, and the soldiers are ALREADY STARTING TO DO THE SAME THING.\u201d\n(Dalia Karpel, Ibid.).\nThe sad truth is that the level of cruelty practiced by these people \u2014 see picture \u2014 is nothing new. Israeli human rights abuses are fully supported by the American government and always have been. The Israelis, you will be pleased to hear, are no more wicked or cruel than their ancestors were. Psychologically, they at the same level of cruelty as they were in 1948 during the infamous Deir Yassin massacre, but technologically they are now in a position to inflict far more horrendous pains on a subjugated population, as they do in Gaza at regular intervals when they feel the need for orgasmic paroxysms and extracting pleasure from pain:\nYES, they\u2019ve been at it a long time, but I doubt they are any more wicked or cruel than they ever were. They are just as bad. Here they are, their charming ancestors, over 70 years ago:\n\u201cThe Jews ordered us to line up against the wall and started shooting. All were killed: my father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, uncles, aunts and some of their children. Halim Eid saw a man shoot a bullet into the neck of my [pregnant] sister. THEN HE CUT HER STOMACH OPEN WITH A BUTCHER\u2019S KNIFE.\n(Fahimi Zidan, a Palestinian child survivor of the infamous Deir Yassin massacre of 1948).\n\u201cIt was decided and carried out,\u201d Israeli Prime Minister Ben-Gurion noted a year later in 1949. \u201cThey washed her, cut her hair, raped her and killed her.\u201d\nI\u2019m not sure who Ben-Gurion was talking about, but you can bet this sort of thing happened far more to Palestinian women than to Jewish ones. \u201cThere is no doubt that many sexual atrocities were committed by the attacking Jews,\u201d Richard Catling, a British army officer, noted shortly after the 1948 Deir Yassin massacre. \u201cMany young school girls were raped and later slaughtered. Many infants were also butchered and killed. I also saw one old woman who had been severely beaten about the head with rifle butts.\u201d\nIsraeli General Rafael Eitan remarked frankly in 1980: \u201cWe have to do everything to MAKE THE PALESTINIANS SO MISERABLE that they will leave.\u201d\nWell, they\u2019ve tried every trick in the book and the Palestinians are still with them. They refuse to leave. Maybe they have nowhere else to go. Or maybe they prefer dying in their own land than in someone else\u2019s.\nHere is Jacques de Reynier, representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross, writing a memo about the Deir Yassin massacre:\nAmid disemboweled furniture I found some bodies. The \u201ccleaning up\u201d had been done with machine-guns, hand grenades, and finished off with knives. I turned over the bodies, and found a little girl mutilated by a hand grenade. Everywhere it was the same horrible sight.\nThis gang was admirably disciplined and only acted under orders. The gang were young men and women, armed to the teeth with cutlasses in their hands, most of them still blood-stained.\nA beautiful young [Jewish] girl WITH CRIMINAL EYES showed me hers \u2026 [severed head] \u2026 DRIPPING WITH BLOOD. SHE DISPLAYED IT LIKE A TROPHY.\nHere again is Rafael Eitan, Chief of Staff of the IDF, writing in the New York Times on 14 April 1983:\n\u201cWe declare openly that the Arabs have no right to settle on even one centimeter of Eretz Israel. Force is all they understand. We shall use the ultimate force until the Palestinians come crawling to us on all fours. When we have settled the land, all the Arabs will be able to do about it will be to SCURRY AROUND LIKE DRUGGED COCKROACHES IN A BOTTLE.\u201d\nA charming people, these, who have somehow managed to convince 70 million Christian Zionists to give them their full support and finance them in their follies.\nOne final titbit to show you the mutilated face of Palestine:\n\u2014 \u201cWhoever [i.e. Arab at checkpoint] does not act nicely gets beaten. We have clubs for that. Sometimes I might just not like his face. And then he gets one too. JUST A WAY OF PASSING THE TIME.\u201d\n(Israeli policewoman, quoted in Haaretz, 16 January 2004).\n\u2014 \u201cI ran toward them and PUNCHED THE ARAB RIGHT IN THE FACE, never before did I do such a thing, he collapsed on the road. I dragged him over behind the jeep, pushed him in. We sat in the back seat. Our Arab lay down there and just wept quietly to himself. He bled and made a puddle of blood and saliva, which angered and disgusted me, so I grabbed him by the hair and twisted his head to the side. He cried out loud. He didn\u2019t stop crying and someone said his hands hurt from the handcuffs. One of the soldiers approached him and punched him in the stomach.\nTHE ARAB SUFFERED FROM PAIN AND GRUNTED, WE ALL GIGGLED, IT WAS FUNNY. I KICKED HIM REAL HARD on the bottom and he whirled inside, just as I planned.\nThey shouted that I am crazy and laughed \u2013 AND I FELT GREAT!\nVIDEO : 25 mins", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 3437, "original_length": 106981, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 328.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ureadthis.com/how-to-open-a-dance-studio-business/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:04:25Z", "digest": "sha1:RDBOCO2WXP7D55KXFH6DLAZOMLOZDU5Y", "length": 3193, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "ureadthis.com", "title": "How To Open A Dance Studio Business?", "raw_content": "Home > ENTERTAINMENT > How To Open A Dance Studio Business?\nDo you want to open a dance studio business? Do you want to know what all are the steps to start a dance studio business? How to go ahead with building a dance studio business? Starting a dance studio business plan may appear to be a daunting task in the first place, but you can get find great information and support on how to open a dance studio business by simply contacting an industry expert.\nOpening a dance studio business plan is all about identifying your resources, expectations, and expertise. Thereafter, you need to move on to understanding the expectations and requirements of the target audience. The overall dance studio business plan will also include owning or renting different elements of the dance studio such as space, seating, paint, mirrors, renovations (if required), storage, equipment, marketing, advertising, dance instructors, payrolls, employment or land agreements, etc.\nYou will also need to find a feasible place in a family-friendly neighborhood, preferably an easily connected place on a busy road that is safe and secure at all times. You are also expected to find a good name for the dance studio that can easily evoke attention while also representing you and your vision for the dance studio.\nNow that you have covered almost all the tasks and that too with incredible efficiency, it is time lay back and take rest. Make sure to not stress before the wedding. You can also visit a spa parlour to relax and get ready for your new life.\nFurthermore, you also need to understand the market niche and the most desirable clientele. In addition to all this, you also need to clearly layout your and dance instructors\u2019 expertise when it comes to different forms of dance such as Samba, Ballet, Salsa, Traditional Folk Dance, Belly Dance, Break Dance, Tango, Capoiera, etc. You can even sub-divide the dance classes into singles dance lessons, couples dance lessons, ethnic dance styles, common dance styles, children\u2019s dance lessons, and particular dance styles only, etc.\nSomeone who is willing to start living a quality life, it is imperative to stop the distractions of trivial things that only seem to be important. Most of us have got to-do lists and need to deal with duties that often make a person stressed.\nThereafter, you can plan the vision and mission statements of your dance studio that can help you define short-term and long-term goals. This will also be the time to classify and demonstrate your brand but you should always make sure that it is consistent across everything that existing clients, potential clients, vendors, third parties, and the world at large see. You should ideally even put your portfolio on a professionally designed and maintained website. It must have details about your past clients, how you do business, the quality of dance education, how you create wonderful experiences for learners, how you inspire people, and how you treat dance studio members, etc.\nAn industry expert that has successful experience in creating and implementing business plans for different kinds of businesses (especially dance studio businesses) should always be your first choice.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 129, "original_length": 7447, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 332.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://usnewsexpress.us/2019/01/16/covina-woman-charge-with-murder-of-her-2-year-old-son/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:55Z", "digest": "sha1:ICQFC5OCO5ACHR2LYFYQICBRKMR67RD4", "length": 1027, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "usnewsexpress.us", "title": "Covina Woman Charged with Murder of Her 2-Year-Old Son | US News Express", "raw_content": "Home Local Community Covina Woman Charged with Murder of Her 2-Year-Old Son\nCovina, CA\u2013A 39-year-old woman was charged today with the murder of her 2-year-old son, the Los Angeles County District Attorney\u2019s Office announced.\nXa Dinh Ngo, a.k.a. Michelle Ngo, (dob 4/9/79) of Covina faces one count of murder with a special allegation that she personally used a deadly and dangerous weapon, a knife.\nThe defendant is scheduled to be arraigned today in Department F of the Los Angeles County Superior Court, Pomona Branch.\nOn Jan. 11, Ngo allegedly stabbed the toddler multiple times resulting in death, prosecutors said.\nBail is requested at $2 million. Ngo faces a possible maximum sentence of 26-years-to-life in state prison.\nPrevious articleBFC/VOGUE Designer Fashion Fund Announces Applications Are Open for 2019\nNext articleLos Angeles Celebrates Record Milestone of 50 Million Visitors in 2018\nQualcomm Cutting Jobs while in the Eye of U.S.-China Storm\nNew Report Notes 77 Percent of International Students Hail from Asia", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 101, "original_length": 3294, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 293.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://uwispace.sta.uwi.edu/dspace/handle/2139/46424", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:46Z", "digest": "sha1:P36GHN3RVZSBETYHHQ6BMWCCQB2CTWAZ", "length": 3946, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "uwispace.sta.uwi.edu", "title": "Caribbean Report 20-02-2002", "raw_content": "Author: Niles, Bertram (anchor); Nunes, Neil (correspondent); Westcot-Williams, Sarah (speaker); Richards, Ken (correspondent); Douglas, Denzil (speaker); Amory, Vance (speaker); Gibbs, Neville (interviewee); Warton, Trevor (interviewee); Joseph, Emma (correspondent)\n1. Eight of the ten political parties in the Netherlands Antilles agree to form a new Central Government Coalition that might be the last Federal Administration. Neil Nunes reports the two parties that will not join the new coalition government are: Prime Minister Miguel Pourier\u2019s Antillean Restructuring Party, the PAR, and the People\u2019s National Party. Sarah Westcot-Williams, Leader of Government on St. Martin outlines some key issues which should be part of the governing accord to be agreed on by the coalition members (00:00-01:51)\n2. Vincentian Prime Minister, Ralph Gonsalves refers to his country as a mecca of Eastern Caribbean integration and cites one issue that he is pushing for - the free movement of people within the sub-region. Parliament in St. Vincent and the Grenadines is expected to pass legislation for easier travel and discuss other issues critical to a closer union of Eastern Caribbean States. Ken Richards reports that while St. Kitts\u2019 Prime Minister, Denzil Douglas, says the issue of free movement of peoples is receiving appropriate attention, Primer Vance Amory is not keen on this initiative as Nevis already has problems with illegal immigration (01:52-04:57)\n3. Antigua and Barbuda and the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) announce that St. Johns will not be on the forthcoming international list of uncooperative tax havens. The administration of Prime Minster Lester Bird has made a commitment to transparency and effective exchange of information in its off-shore financial system with the OECD. Antigua and Barbuda joins several other Caribbean nations in being removed from the blacklist though eight Caribbean countries are still there (04:58-05:39)\n4. Queen Elizabeth II spends the final hours of her three-day visit to Jamaica in the north coast tourist resort of Montego Bay, after undertaking a number of civil engagements with husband Prince Phillip. Her visit to Jamaica has reopened the debate on whether the island should dispense with the monarchy and become a republic. The Secretary of Jamaica\u2019s Constitutional Reform Unit, Neville Gibbs comments on the impact her visit would have on the public vote (05:40-08:11)\n5. British police charge a Jamaican born Muslim cleric with soliciting others to commit murder. Scotland Yard sources say Abdullah el-Faisal has been travelling around Britain urging followers to kill Jews and non-believers. He has denied similar accusations in the past. The charge carries the maximum sentence of life in prison. Britain launched a crackdown of suspected religious extremists after the September 11th attacks in New York and Washington (08:12-08:39)\n6. Caribbean immigrants in the US are closely studied in a recent court decision which challenges the inflexibility of the American immigration law, while courts in Philadelphia and Brooklyn intervene to stop or delay the deportation of nationals of Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago. Orin Gordon interviews Trevor Warton, a Trinidadian born lawyer in the New York and asks him for his assessment of a ruling by Judge Weinstein that American officials cannot deport a felon unless they first consider the impact on a child he would leave behind in the US (08:40-13:05)\n7. A delegation from the Inter-American Human Rights Commission of the Organization of American States (OAS) arrives in Haiti to investigate reports of violence against the political opposition. The OAS has been trying to mediate an end to the political stand-off, following flawed local and legislative elections. Hundreds of millions of dollars in international aid are being withheld until issues are corrected. Emma Joseph reports (13:06-14:31)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 5387, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 200.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://vibeghana.com/2013/03/05/rlgs-10-billion-dollar-hope-city-project-set-off-as-president-mahama-cuts-sod/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:21:36Z", "digest": "sha1:7O6XHPAI7RMR2FLZ3QOBUN7PGGJZPBWA", "length": 3495, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "vibeghana.com", "title": "Rlgs' 10 billion-dollar \"Hope City\" Project Set-off as President Mahama Cuts Sod. |", "raw_content": "The President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency John Dramani Mahama on Monday 4th March, 2013 cut sod for the start of Rlgs\u2019 USD 10 billion dollar \u201cHope City\u201d Project to start as the largest of ICT global village in Africa.\n\u201cHope City\u201d is an acronym of Home Office People Environment and It is the cluster of Rlg ICT Park, focused on information Communication Technology, an initiative of Mr. Roland Agambire, Chairman of AGAMS Group in collaboration with the Government of Ghana as part of the national development policy framework, turning Ghana into a knowledge-society and an active player in the global economy.\nThe president in his speech, pledge government supports to make the \u201cHope City\u201d come into reality with tax reliefs. He said information communication technology is the enabler for job opportunities for tomorrow\u2019s future and therefore the initiative needs mores partnership.\nMr. Roland Agambire noted that almost six decades after various attempt to surmount the developmental challenges envisioned by the founder and first president of the republic of Ghana Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, a lot more remain undone. And that is why he dares to dream and take risk to surmount some of the developmental challenges.\nHe said the passion to embark on this journey is driven by the same sense of patriotism, compassion and the love for mankind, amply exhibited by our greater fathers such as Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, who fought the obstacle for Ghana to have political independence. The singular contribution exhibited by Tetteh Quarshie of blessed memory is responsible for the economic contribution from cocoa for years. And this is contribution today; creating a vertical city that will accommodate over 50, 000 people who will leave and work at the place three years from now.\nThe \u201cHope City\u201d when completed, will have facilities for accommodation, offices, sports, as well as spacious demarcated areas for lifestyle, education and creativity. Most importantly will have equipments and facilities for the design, fabrication and assembling of a number of innovative products including those of ICT hardware and soft ware development which according to Mr. Roland will afford Ghana the platform to bridge the gap with the rest of the international industrial communities.\nRlgs\u2019 dream is to export technology across the glob and continue to lift the flag of Ghana high on the international stage as \u201cHope City\u201d is seeking to partner the world\u2019s largest software and program developer, Microsoft Corporation to create economic opportunities for 300 million youth in Africa between ages 15-25, Mr. Roland added.\nThe cluster is composed by six towers of different dimensions: one tower 270 meter height 75 storys, the highest in Africa, two towers of 216 meter height 60 storys and three towers of 152 meter height 42 storys. The towers are designed to create a central space as a Piazza on three levels which characterizes the podium as a very social place. An inner Garden becomes the connection between architecture and landscape, representing the very common space where people can meet in an interconnected way.\nThe city is articulated on a plot of 100, 000 square meters, developing a total Gross Floor Area of approximately 1,200,000 square meters for a total built area of approximately 1,500. 000 square meters and situated at Dunkonah, a suburb of the greater Accra Region in the Ga South off Mallam-Kasoa Road\nLPG Shortage Booms Charcoal Business\u2026 Madam Fatima Wishes More LPG Shortage", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 124, "original_length": 6999, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 296.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://vilhelmkonnander.blogspot.com/2006/07/moldova-transnistria-blast-kills-eight.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:40Z", "digest": "sha1:ZYC5KQOZPRD2YJJ7IUHO4DR3T7DOEKJN", "length": 3982, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "vilhelmkonnander.blogspot.com", "title": "Vilhelm Konnander's weblog: Moldova: Transnistria Blast Kills Eight", "raw_content": "On Thursday, at least eight people were killed in an explosion in Tiraspol, the capital of Transnistria, a breakaway region of Moldova, BBC reports. Local authorities believe the blast, hitting a city minibus in early morning, might have been caused by a bomb, triggered by accidence. If so, this only adds to the picture of Transnistria as a region tarnished by violence and criminality.\nTransnistria constitutes an ignored and absurd anachronism in contemporary Europe. It is still, officially, a part of Moldova, although the region de facto seceded as early as in 1990. Then Transnistria declared independence with assistance of the Russian 14th Army, making its commander, Aleksandr Lebed, a folk hero in Russia. This was followed by low intensity warfare, until a ceasefire was reached in 1992, putting an end to hostilities. Since then, the Transnistrian question is considered a frozen conflict by the international community.\nDuring its roughly 15 years of independence, Transnistria has become a centre of organised crime and trafficking in people, drugs, alcohol, tobacco, weapons and whatever contraband one might imagine. The region is led by Igor Smirnov, who won a landslide victory in the 2001 presidential elections - even to the extent that he reportedly gained over 100% of votes in some districts. Smirnov's eldest son runs Sheriff, one of Transnistria's biggest and most lucrative businesses. As the dedicated football fan he is, he has founded his own professional football team and constructed an international standard football stadium in the capital of Tiraspol - a city numbering a mere 150,000 inhabitants. Such extravagance contrasts to the average income of some 100 USD a month for Transnistrians, which is roughly half that of Moldova - Europe's poorest country.\nFor long, Transnistria has been able to go about its business relatively undisturbed, not least because of massive backing from Moscow. In 1999, Russia however agreed to withdraw its troops from the region by the OSCE-negotiated Istanbul agreement. To this day, Russia remains reluctant to honour these commitments. During the last year, the tide all the same seems to have turned for Transnistria.\nOne of the key factors of Transnistrian subsistence has been smuggling. For this, the region was dependent on Kuchma's Ukraine turning a blind eye to such activities, especially as the Ukrainian port of Odessa served as a great outlet of contraband. Since the Orange Revolution, Ukraine has - with international assistance - made great efforts to curve smuggling, why the Transnistrian regime may slowly be approaching the brink of ruin. Also, in December 2005, the EU launched a monitoring mission to supervise the border between Transnistria and Ukraine.\nThis was followed in March 2006 by Ukraine imposing new customs regulations, demanding all imports from Transnistria to be processed by Moldovan authorities. The new regulations were an effect of the enforcement of a joint customs protocol between Ukraine and Moldova. In effect, this constituted a Ukrainian-Moldovan economic blockade, which both Transnistria and Russia were quick to point out. However, from an international law perspective, Ukraine and Moldova were in the right for the simple reason that Transnistria is still regarded part of Moldova by the international community.\nAs things now stand, the Transnistrian economy increasingly seems to lose out on its incomes from smuggling. This puts the very existence of Transnistrian independence in peril, which in the end might trigger the change that is so long overdue. It remains to be seen whether Russia will accept such change or if the country will step in to support the breakaway region to avoid yet another coloured revolution in its sphere of vital interests. 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The Riverwalk accomodates all levels of physical access including baby carriages and wheelchairs. The Park provides spacious walkways with picturesque views of the River and the Skyline of downtown Columbia. The natural beauty of the park provides a peaceful backdrop to a walk, run or bike ride.\nView our page\nRiverbanks Zoo & Botanical Garden\n500 Wildlife Pkwy\nRiverbanks is a 170-acre Zoo & Garden featuring two distinct parks along the scenic Lower Saluda River. Since opening day on April 25, 1974, it has been our mission to foster an appreciation and concern for nature.\nRiverbanks Zoo houses more than 2,000 animals in natural habitat exhibits. Each area of the Zoo offers a combination of animal exhibits, graphics, enrichment programs and special feedings to make your visit enjoyable and informative. In addition, the Zoo offers a variety of interactive programs and educational experiences that can be enjoyed by all age groups.\nRiverbanks Botanical Garden is 70 acres devoted to woodlands, Gardens, historic ruins, plant collections and a visitor facility. The Walled Garden features hundreds of unique plantings suitable for home gardens. The Woodlands Walk features the ruins of an antebellum textile mill and a log cabin interpretive center. The Botanical Garden opened in June 1995.\nCongaree National Park preserves the largest tract of old growth bottomland hardwood forest left in the United States. Located in South Carolina, the park is 22,000 acre (89 km\u00b2). The lush trees growing in this floodplain forest are some of the tallest in the Eastern U.S., forming one of the highest natural canopies remaining in the world. Bald cypress is a common tree in the park. The Congaree River flows through the park. 15,000 acres (60.70 km\u00b2) or about 70 percent of the park is designated wilderness area.\nCongaree National Park houses a museum quality exhibit area within the Harry Hampton Visitor Center, a 2.4 mile boardwalk loop trail, over 20 miles of backwoods hiking trails, canoeing, kayaking, fishing and more. Click here for more information.\nThere\u2019s no better way to see the park than by canoe, and Congaree National Park offers FREE ranger guided canoe tours most Saturdays and Sundays. Click here for more information.\nAs a designated Wilderness area, International Biosphere Reserve, Globally Important Bird Area, and the largest intact tract of old-growth floodplain forest in North America, Congaree National Park is home to a variety of ongoing research and education projects.\nCongaree National Park offers guided walks, talks and presentations throughout the year. All are free of charge. Click here for more information.\nGervais and Main Streets\n1st Sunday of each month 1 to 5 p.m.\nFree tours available.\nLook for bronze stars on the building, marking hits made by General Sherman\u2019s cannonballs during the Civil War. 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Services available:\nLadies/Men\u2019s hair", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 42, "original_length": 838, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 321.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://volgopeople.ru/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=82&start=1370", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:39Z", "digest": "sha1:YQQSLUMH2M7MUC2GJ76ZH7JHD7ZPKTGO", "length": 64, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "volgopeople.ru", "title": "volgopeople \u2022 \u0412\u0445\u043e\u0434", "raw_content": "\u0413\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044c, in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was \"Arrrgh!\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 17, "original_length": 758, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 142.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://votf.org/featured/17945", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:09:13Z", "digest": "sha1:O33U6KGOS2TVKN7J4NW4B3F5T42HBJKL", "length": 2045, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "votf.org", "title": "VOTF News Release -- Voice of the Faithful Plans 10th Year Conference in Boston | VOICE OF THE FAITHFUL", "raw_content": "Home / VOTF News Release -- Voice of the Faithful Plans 10th Year Conference in Boston\n\u201cAt the close of our first decade, we\u2019re assessing where we\u2019ve been and considering what we have left to do to bring healing and renewal to clergy abuse survivors, to conscientious priests trapped in such turmoil for so long a time and to our whole Church,\u201d said Mark Mullaney, VOTF president.\nUnder the rubric of \u201ccelebrating its mission, rejuvenating its commitment and accelerating its work,\u201d VOTF is bringing together speakers whose work has given them in-depth knowledge and keen awareness not only of the Church\u2019s clergy sexual abuse scandal and the devastation wreaked upon victims and their families, but also of the clericalism in the Church\u2019s hierarchy, theological and doctrinal underpinnings of Church teaching and the effects the reform movement has had on Catholics and the Church.\nThese speakers will include:\nJohn Morgan, Chair of the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland;\nHonorable Anne Burke, Illinois Supreme Court Justice, children\u2019s advocate and former United States Conference of Catholic Bishops National Review Board chair;\nRev. Donald Cozzens, author, international commentator and lecturer on religious and cultural issues, especially on the Church\u2019s sexual and financial crises, and writer in residence at John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio;\nProf. Thomas Groome, theologian, author and Department of Religious Education and Pastoral Ministry chairman, Boston College, Boston, Mass.\nJamie Manson, award-winning columnist for National Catholic Reporter, lay minister to the poor and frequent speaker and retreat leader; and\nDavid Clohessy, executive director, Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, the nation\u2019s largest and oldest self-help group for clergy sexual abuse survivors.\nThe Voice of the Faithful\u00ae 10th Year Conference takes place Friday and Saturday, Sept. 14 and 15, at the Marriott Copley Place Hotel, Boston, Mass. 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For further detail, please see\n\"Pamphlet\"\nhttp://www.w-g.jp/wp/japan/pamphlet-wpj.htm\nThe Convention is, regardless of the number of participants, valid as far as it is announced at least 1 year before the Convention. Members registered with the World Party at least 1 year before the Convention can participate in the Convention as the official delegates.\nThe venue of the Convention has not been decided yet. So, I would like you to join the World Party and host the Convention in your country. The First Convention was held in Ghana in 2011. I will invite a member from Ghana to the Second Convention. 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Staff from Brickman who completed the Gloucester County Rain Garden Training for Professional Landscapers Program designed and installed these rain gardens.\nAt the Subaru of America, Inc. Headquarters rain garden, the labor included excavating, removing existing soil, and de-compacting the soil below the planting zone. Then, soil amendments were added to the planting zone by adding two yards of a sand and topsoil mixture to allow for improved infiltration and nutrient content.\nInstallation of the rain garden at the Subaru of America, Inc. Operations Center involved excavating, removing existing soil, and adding a small amount of topsoil to improve nutrient content. Sand did not need to be added since the existing soil demonstrated adequate infiltration.\nDelaware River stone was placed through the center of both rain gardens to minimize erosion and to slow stormwater runoff entering and exiting the rain garden. 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You can enhance quite a number of the features of your house by just adding some color to it, you would be surprised that even the value might go up if at all you are thinking about selling. However, you might not be at a position to do it yourself. This is where expert services come in. Here are some of the qualities you should look for when looking to heir a company to do your paint job. The Reputation of the Company looking for a company that has a good relationship with clients is very important. You should make it your business to tirelessly look for a quality company. You can make your work easier by getting recommendations of companies from friends and family. You could as well check out this information online. This can be easily established though reading of online reviews. Companies that have a number of quality testimonials from satisfied clients are likely to have good work. One should stay away from companies with numerous negative reviews, even if the prices are tempting.\nThe contractor you employ should have quality paint and professional equipment. A number of companies might try to use cheap paint to save on cash. Finding out later that the money you spent was not equivalent to the price of the paint is a bit frustrating. It is necessary that you find out the quality of paint before any of the paint is used on your house. Doing some research on the quality of paint is a good idea, it may save you a lot of hassle. Pricing A professional painting contractor should be able to give you a good estimate of how much it will cost to paint the parts you want done. The quality of their previous work should match the cost of painting. YOU also want to find a contractor who is able to do the work in a decent amount of time. Mediocre contractors who want to take their time after having been paid should be avoided. 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For quality and good prices try Genesis Pro Painting and Restoration.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 120, "original_length": 4843, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 292.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://web.calcollectors.net/vendors/FinanceAccounting/Grant-Bennett-Associates-694", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:08Z", "digest": "sha1:L7J2RLKGJEQBOUAXKIUMWAV24K3SSWNN", "length": 460, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "web.calcollectors.net", "title": "Grant Bennett Associates | California Association of Collectors | Sacramento, CA", "raw_content": "Finance & Insurance >> Finance/Accounting\n1375 Exposition Blvd., Suite 230\nSacramento, CA 95815 | View on Google Maps\nBryan Wagner\nGrant Bennett Associates is a firm of Certified Public Accountants, offering a wide range of services in the areas of accounting, auditing, taxation, and consulting (including cyber-security assessments). We are dedicated to providing outstanding service to our clients and strive to help them achieve their goals and objectives.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 77, "original_length": 2294, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 173.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://welcome.pokrov.com/en/forum/fourth-way/581-how-to-wake-up/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:17:30Z", "digest": "sha1:3IGYH5R75LNXKKVIXKDN3BU7FIKTY3MH", "length": 11027, "nlines": 54, "source_domain": "welcome.pokrov.com", "title": "\u0424\u043e\u0440\u0443\u043c \u041f\u043e\u043a\u0440\u043e\u0432 :: Topic: how to wake up? (1/1)", "raw_content": "TOPIC: how to wake up?\nhow to wake up?\t5 years 2 months ago\t#1827\nnuzker\nThe fourth way is one of the spiritual ways to awake a consciousness. It was brought to the West by Georgiy Gurdjiev. During many years he traveled in eastern countries, studied in different spiritual schools.\nAs he says, there are four main ways in the world. They are the way of Fakir, the way of Monk, the way of Yogin and the fourth way is the way of the \u201ccunning man\u201d. This way is differs from the other ones. It is the way that lies among the life, doesn`t need special efforts and practice. It could be and should be used in everyday life. The one term is the existing of real and practical School and of the \u201cawakened\u201d teacher. The fourth way is the quickest, but also the most difficult one.\nThere are several main ideas of the Fourth way system. They are: sleep, awakening and attention.\nSleep: Every person who doesn\u2019t make any inner efforts to understand himself is always in the condition of \u201csleeping in real life\u201d. He just exists and doesn\u2019t know the real life.\nAwakening: awakening of a person is possible only if you make efforts to be in present time now. You should lead your energy to developing and investigating of your soul.\nAttention: the main instrument in the system of the fourth way is attention. You should be always attentive. There are many ways of attention working; they depend on different circumstances of place, time and person.\nI think it is very good practical school. As for me, I understand that I sleep now. And how to wake up form this sleep? Do you have any ideas? Maybe you know how to work on yourself in order to wake up?\nIt is the rule of rules, and the general law of all laws, that every person should observe those of the place where he is.\nThe following user(s) said Thank You: maleevich\nmaleevich\nSmth really amazing happens btw religion and art..\nnuzker wrote:\nHey nuzker, and thanks a lot for this informative post.\nSincerelly speaking, the your question \"How to wake up\" made me smile, but it's not because of this post, it's because my everyday biggest problem to wake up. I am so sorry for this retreat:)\nSo...what I wanted to add to this subject is the book I read some time ago, it's called \"The 4th Way\"by P. D. OUSPENSKY, and it is a record of talks and answers to questions based on the teaching of G.I.\nGURDJIEFF. I bet you must read it, cause your post was describing some phrases and citates from that book. If not, I would really recommend to read it, it will wake a huge interest, because it's not written like a simple lecture that is , sometimes, very boring to read, it consists of Questions and Answers only\nWHEN P. D. Ouspensky was asked if he intended to publish his lectures, he answered:\n\"What is the use? The most important is not the lectures but the questions and\nanswers.\"\nThis book consists of verbatim extracts from talks and answers to questions given\nby Ouspensky between 1921 and 1946. Chapter I is a general survey of the\nfundamental ideas, which in subsequent chapters are amplified subject by subject in\nthe specific order followed by Ouspensky himself.\nTo achieve this order some of the material has had to be taken out of its\nchronological sequence; but in no case has there been any alteration of phrasing or\nHope you'll enjoy reading it.\n-Hudibras...\nAs if religion were intended / For nothing else but to be mended... (Samuel Butler, poet)\nhow to wake up?\t5 years 1 month ago\t#2265\nThe fourth way is the way of inner understanding yourself. It was brought to the West with Gurdgiev G.I.\nIn his opinion, a man in its normal condition is just not free creation, who can`t be artistic in his life. A man is just a biorobot, a computer, who is programmed with the same biorobots, as himself and his life is unhappy and doesn`t have sense.\nIt happens because people do not remember themselves, they just have some moments when they wake up, these moments occurred in the unfamiliar places. People think and act mechanically, in the principle: stimulus-reaction. They do not think, they are thought, they do not act, they are acted, they do not feel, and they are felt.\nBesides, a man-biorobot does not have an entirety, but he thinks, he does. In reality, we do not have our own \u201cI\u201d, we have a variety of \u201cI`s\u201d (our thoughts, feelings, wishes). And we do not know how to control all this, how to lead it all. We cannot control ourselves, because we do not know ourselves. We are not the bosses of our lives.\nThe system that was created by Gurdgiev on the basis of the earliest schools helps us to break this barrier, and to find ourselves.\nThe fourth way does not ask for the exit from our life. It was created on the self-understanding, self education, and on understanding the situation round you.\nThe follower of the fourth way should live in the world, but out of the world. A man should live in the society, should do everything that he has to do, and should live according to the laws and rules of this world. But a man should also preserve his individuality, his freedom from the society and to be anxious for success, to be free from ambition, greed, intellectual arrogance, to be out of pity for him, to be out of egocentrism and fear.\nThe fourth way is assigned for being able to assume entirety, ability to make, to become a boss of him, for live the life and not to sleep it on.\nhow to wake up?\t5 years 4 weeks ago\t#2314\nGeorgiy Gurdjiev is one of the most mystical figures that the world has ever seen. As to me, his practices and teachings seem very right and actually do help people to get out of the sleeping state and to be happier, healthier and more successful. There is another master who also devoted his life to teaching people to rise their awareness and to live a much happier and more joyful life- Osho. He also stated that a modern human being is simply hypnotized, he does not feel his inner world, inner joy, his is disconnected to nature and lost all the contact with the highest Power, with God. His main advice on how to get dishypnotized, on how to get closer to oneself is through meditation, state of non-mind, non-thinking, non-judging. There is a great power in us, but due to our narrow perception of this world, of this life we are unable to see it. Please, if you have time and desire, look for some of his talks on youtube. They are really inspiring and give you more understanding that any other book, that is my personal opinion. In his talks Osho clearly talks on how to become more and more aware each day in your life. It is a process of one day or two weeks, it is a long and tough way, where each single day we learn to let things that are born in our mind go, as they do not originally belong to us, where we learn to be less and less attached to the things in our lives, where we become more peaceful and joyful learning to trust our lives fully and completely. This is where we gain understanding.\nBehind the closed doors of spiritual school, established by Gurdjiev, which was called Institute of Harmonious Development of a Man, students had really hard times. The main principle of education was named the Pendulum principle. All students were asked to get out of their comfort zone, to crash their internal pendulum balance. Only in this way it was possible to expand the limits of their capabilities. Students had to perform the most unpleasant actions, which they were trying to avoid in real life. Bohemian maidens had to peel potatoes and hammer nails, golden-haired young men were sent to the slaughterhouse and had to participate in this murderous process. One of the regular exercises was dancing in circles with raised hands over head during long hours. Such an extreme approach , going hand in hand with an iron discipline and hard living conditions has generated rumours about the inhuman treatment and abuse of students.\nGurdjiev`s connection with two main dictators of the last century, Hitler and Stalin , does not make positive reputation to him as well. Someone is telling that he helped to create the main symbol of the Fascist party , the swastika of Germany. It was very strong sign, which gave the huge power to its owner, but Hitler decided to change the direction of movement in this sign. Gurdjiev proposed counter clockwise direction, but the fuehrer decided to portray her in a mirror. This mistake became one of the reasons for the defeat of the Nazi regime.\nThe death of this enigmatic and mysterious man was really impressive. He was lying in some American hospital after a car accident. In the last minute of his life Gurdjiev sat up in bed, put on a red hat on his head, lighted a cigarette, took at his hands a cup of black coffee and said : \"Does anyone have any questions, otherwise I am leaving ?\". He died in a second. The real artist.\nOnly He Knows!\nI've been living a live under the 'closed doors' and couldn't afford myself to 'look inside' myself. My parents taught me that I have to work hard and do not pay much attention in such things as God or etc. They were full of pragmatism and thought that religion is useless. My opinion was the same until I was 20. I left home and travelled a lot in search of something. I cannot say that I have found what I was looking for but I truly became better and my eyes and my mind are open for God. Now, reading the posts, I understand that I was sleeping. My mind was kept in warm, undisturbed conditions not bothered with any kind of religion or even belief. I believed in myself, in my family in my future but nit in God.\nAnyway, I have changed. That\u2019s for sure. I don\u2019t know how to describe it or classified the stages I lived but it is very similar to the one described above.\nRecognizing the changes in your head, it is very important to understand that you would never be the same if had once entered the world of \u2018new you\u2019. This is pure harmony and I don\u2019t think that somebody doesn\u2019t want to bring it to his life too. It is fantastic feeling! You feel yourself like an architect with perfect sense of what and where has to be put.\nI haven\u2019t read books about it and I do not know about the authors, who have a great clue about such things but I have my own example and it tells me that I was right living my life in a way that brought me to the point where I am now.\nDo not be afraid of changes. Take belief in your heart when you think the time has come. Don\u2019t listen to people if you don\u2019t want to do it. It\u2019s your life and it\u2019s up you when to \u2018wake up\u2019. I know that sometimes it is very hard to pay much attention on such things but nobody says it is impossible!\nNow I\u2019m inspired by many factors. I\u2019m an artist in some way. I love building my life in my own, invented way. More than that, I believe that everyone has to understand his own destination and his own mission. Read more, if you feel lack of information. If you feel yourself too overload with it \u2013 try to find the way out it or find the alternative information. These things helped me a lot.\nPure love saves the planet!\nLast Edit: 5 years 2 weeks ago by Jenkins.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 139, "original_length": 18733, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 264.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://wendishresearch.org/blog_rayspitzenberger/?e=369", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:10:45Z", "digest": "sha1:EQ2FWBDQOOZYSDIT25SBYDEBUXUUYC6T", "length": 4061, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "wendishresearch.org", "title": "Happiest Month of the Year and Most Depressing? - Spitzen-Noodle", "raw_content": "\u00ab Planting a Crepe/Crap\u2026 | Home | The Summer of the Tom\u2026 \u00bb\nMonday 18 June 2018 at 8:14 pm.\nIs it just me, or do other people characterize months, too? I mean, like thinking of January as the \u201cLet-Down\u201d month, because it follows the \u201cEverybody\u2019s-Happy\u201d month of December. To me, there are a number of \u201cBlah\u201d months, February being the main one. Because of the great weather in Texas in October, that month is on the top of my \u201cHappy\u201d list.\nThen there\u2019s June, our current month. For me, it\u2019s always been the \u201cDepressing\u201d month. First of all, it\u2019s usually the month when temperatures start climbing into the 90\u2019s with high humidity after a rather pleasant spring, and that was especially bad in the old days when we didn\u2019t have air-conditioning. It\u2019s also the first month of the hurricane season, when worry-warts like me hear and read the dire storm predictions and turn on our worry meter!\nStrangely enough, I have always thought I was the only one who felt June was a downer and was convinced that everybody thought winter was the most depressing time of year. Not so, says an article in Psychology Today, entitled \u201cSummer Is the Most Depressing Time of Year.\u201d The article mentions heat and humidity and longer days and envy of others who go on exotic vacations when you can\u2019t. Apparently my characterizations are not as unique as I think.\nA recent study showed that December was the happiest month of the year for most people, and August and September, the saddest. Another study showed that January was considered the most depressing month of the year, but sometimes depending on the year. Polls, of course, prove nothing.\nThese studies were done in the United States, with the results of those done in Europe a little different. For example, in Texas, July isn\u2019t very popular because of the incredibly intense heat, while in France, it\u2019s unpopular because it\u2019s the rainiest month of the year.\nDuring my childhood years, growing up in Dime Box, June, for me, was the \u201cDepressing\u201d month, because school was just out, and my mother seemed happily primed to think up all the loathsome work she could find for my brother and me to do, such as cleaning out the chicken houses and coating the inside walls with creosote, not to mention shoveling fresh manure out of the cow pen. As a nerdy kid who loved books, school, and school work, June meant homework-withdrawal pangs and anti-work allergies. And a long wait for September.\nIn those early days, June did mean cake and ice cream and a few gifts for my twin and me as we celebrated together our joint birthday. In later years, I wanted to forget having birthdays, and now, this month, turning 84, \u201ccelebrating\u201d my birthday doesn\u2019t stop it from being the \u201cDepressing\u201d month (though I should be happily astonished I lived this long). Among other things, my birthday is a day I remember my twin who died 15 years ago. That\u2019s kind of bitter-sweet, as I remember the good times we had together and the funny, crazy things we did as kids, while at the same time missing him.\nAs a child, like most people in the studies mentioned, I have to admit that December was my \u201cHappiest\u201d month, -- mainly because of a child\u2019s hassle-free enjoyment of Christmas, and the fact that everyone always seemed to be in a better mood during the whole month. As a grownup and a pastor, I found December to be, not the \u201cDepressing\u201d month, but the \u201cHarried\u201d month, with the extra Advent and Christmas services, the gift-buying frenzy, and the social obligations creating a sense of perpetual exhaustion. Easter, for Christians, is supposed to be the most joyful day of the year, but it was long ago supplanted by Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. What should be and what is are not always the same thing.\nStudies and polls aside, the idea of characterizing months as Happy, Depressing, Unpleasant, etc., is subject to too many variables to produce general conclusions. To be sure, my \u201cMost Depressing\u201d month might be your \u201cHappiest,\u201d \u2013 and that\u2019s this year; next year the characterizations could be different. And that\u2019s OK; it\u2019s just life.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 100, "original_length": 7159, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 249.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://wepaycashforcars.co.nz/scrap-car-auckland/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:58Z", "digest": "sha1:DL23RZGYVFWPE2NLU35HKBHY4G3NVYCC", "length": 945, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "wepaycashforcars.co.nz", "title": "Cash For Scrap Cars Auckland Sell Your Scrap Car For Top Dollar", "raw_content": "It\u2019s really important that you use a reputable car scrapping company like ours when you decide you no longer want your old car. We buy all Vehicles, running or non-running, regardless of age or condition. 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Scrap your car today; tell us your car registration to get the best price for scrapping in your car.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 1777, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 333.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://weswords.com/category/sth-qld-district/page/2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:02Z", "digest": "sha1:PXHUKDLVBXRAKXCJRK7KAPVNDCOPE6DO", "length": 1788, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "weswords.com", "title": "Sth Qld District \u2013 Page 2 \u2013 Weswords", "raw_content": "Home \u203a Archive for Sth Qld District \u203a Page 2\nEngaged Men\nAs go the men, so goes the Church. I recently shared some insight at the last pastor and leaders retreat, about the correlation between healthy men and healthy churches. If you have the time there are numerous books and statistics\u2026\nHaving been born and raised in Papua New Guinea (PNG), speaking the trade language of Tok Pisin comes naturally. Often when in the company of other expatriates who served in PNG we will converse in a mix of English and\u2026\nYA Camp\nYA Camp 2017 was an amazing weekend. I must admit to being somewhat emotional this year as this was to be my last YA Camp as director after five fantastic years. It started as a desire to see young adults\u2026\nHelp, I have to launch a Youth Group!\nWhen I arrived in Childers, I found myself asked to take on the Youth ministry. Like many small country towns, the fellowship suffered from an ageing congregation and Young Adults moving away to the big cities. The previous youth team\u2026\nOr did I mean Men\u2019s Ministry? Simple semantics, but with a big impact. Men\u2019s Ministry being a ministry for men, or Ministry to Men being a ministry focused on Men. It\u2019s a little thing, but it certainly impacted the way I have thought about\u2026\nCongratulations Robin Gallen\nCongratulations to Logan Wesleyan Methodist Church member Robin Gallen who received the Order of Australia Medal in the Australia Day honours list. Robin Louise Gallen OAM (n\u00e9e Bates/Mitchell). For service to community health. \u201cThank you to my family and friends\u2026\nIntroducing \u2013 Pastor Ken & Janette Rutherford\nGreetings to you all. My name is Ken Rutherford, I am the Pastor of Kilcoy Wesleyan Methodist Church. 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The self-titled record is due out on Aug. 4.\nOn Tuesday (May 9), Eldredge revealed Brett Eldredge's cover on his social media accounts; the disc is also available for pre-order via iTunes, Amazon and more.\n\"It\u2019s the most I\u2019ve ever worked on a record, even more than my first album, I think,\" Eldredge tells Billboard. \"I think it crushes all my other ones.\"\nA 12-track project, Brett Eldredge features Eldredge's current single, \"Somethin' I'm Good At,\" as well as \"Love Someone,\" \"Superhero,\" \"The Long Way\" and \"Castaway,\" all of which the singer has shared live in concert. A complete track listing is below.\n\"I feel like I know what I can try and what I can\u2019t -- but I probably still will try it,\" Eldredge says with a laugh. \"Because I have really special fans and a record label that lets me make what I want to make. I think that it shows in this album, and it\u2019s way more in-depth from a perspective of where I\u2019m at with love and with heartbreak. It\u2019s just another level of my personality and melody and lyric. I\u2019ve never gotten this deep before, and I\u2019m excited to go this deep.\"\nEldredge is currently out on the road with Luke Bryan, as part of Bryan's Huntin', Fishin' and Lovin' Every Day Tour. He's especially enjoying performing \"The Long Way\" during shows because, Eldredge says, he \"see[s] big things in the future for that song.\"\n\"I feel like, it\u2019s a love song, but it\u2019s a much deeper kind of love song than anything I\u2019ve written, in a certain way,\u201d Eldredge explains. \u201c[It talks about how] I want to know way more about you: I want to go much deeper, and that\u2019s the kind of love I\u2019m looking for. And so, I think it\u2019s such a deep lyric; I think it\u2019s something I haven\u2019t touched on yet.\u201d\nA complete list of Eldredge's upcoming tour dates -- including a stop at WE Fest 2017 the day after Brett Eldredge's release -- is available on his official website.\n2. \"Superhero\"\n3. \"The Long Way\"\n4. \"The Reason\"\n5. \"Somethin' I'm Good At\"\n6. \"Haven't Met You\"\n7. \"No Stopping You\"\n8. \"Brother\"\n9. \"Heartbreaker\"\n10. \"Crystal Clear\"\n11. \"Cycles\"\n12. \"Castaway\"\nSource: Brett Eldredge\u2019s Third Studio Album Is Coming in August", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 149, "original_length": 4483, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 170.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://whpca.net/nursery", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:00Z", "digest": "sha1:CTOD3ZKGCKP7A53E6ZIWYTSJRHDYGFVE", "length": 638, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "whpca.net", "title": "West Hills Presbyterian (PCA): Knoxville, TN >", "raw_content": "The WHPC Nursery exists to serve the congregation of WHPC by providing a safe and nurturing environment for the youngest among us.\nNursery care is available during Sunday School, Worship, Wednesday evening programs and special events for children under the age of 3 years.\nNursery care for extended ages is available for mid-week Bible Studies, Women In The Church (WIC) groups, and Care Groups.\nAll paid and volunteer caregivers undergo a background check and training as outlined in our Child Protection Policies and Practices document. (CPPP). Sign-In/Pick Up, pager use, and other specific security and safety procedures are observed.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 72, "original_length": 1948, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 309.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://woodturnerbob.com/artistspreferredpieces.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:31Z", "digest": "sha1:YEVQOOY7P5HGXMCKFZPRPBUP6JGBIF4O", "length": 895, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "woodturnerbob.com", "title": "wooden artwork, Wood Turnings by Bob Littlestown, PA Artists Preferred Pieces", "raw_content": "Preferred Art Pieces\nThe Artist reserves the right to change his mind about any of the below Artwork and remove it from the for sale list. These pieces are the personal property of the Artist. If you are seriously interested in one of these pieces please contact us for specific information on the piece you are interested in. We will be glad to provide further details.\nEveryone has Favorites and these are some of mine\nArtist\u2019s Preferred Pieces- These pieces are examples that appealed to me when they were finished and I have kept them around as high end examples of the styles that I produce. They are of course for sale at premium prices. Most of these examples have extremely attractive grains, color and natural patterns and just turned out to be in my opinion, perfect Artwork. If you have any questions about any of the pieces on the website feel free to email me from the contact page.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 26, "original_length": 1456, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 301.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://worldfilm.ee/blog/world-film-festival-2015", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:16Z", "digest": "sha1:G2RIXBTILFIPWL4JLTU7DHTABSHTL27K", "length": 6259, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "worldfilm.ee", "title": "World Film Festival 2015", "raw_content": "I place my fate and faith in reality. And the closer I adhere to reality the more honest and authentic my tales. It\u2019s my way of making the world a better place. (Albert Maysles, the godfather of documentaries)\nWe are glad to present the 12th edition of World Film Festival, which spans eight days, March 14th\u201321th, bringing you eight days full of documentary films.\nWorld Film Festival is dedicated to documentary cinema and creative documentaries, bridging filmmakers and film audiences. The festival is located at the intersections of visual anthropology, representing an anthropological approach to cultures and societies and presenting generally challenging documentary films dealing with cultural diversity, cultural representations, and also politics. Through compelling stories about different cultures and individuals, our film program enables a fresh look on different cultures and the opportunity to think along.\nWatching documentaries means being open to how the real lives of people we did not know unfold before our eyes. Sometimes this experience triggers powerful emotions and creates a close connection with the characters of the film. And sometimes it makes us feel as disconnected observers.\nAs the dynamics of creating and loosing connection is a core part of the magic of documentaries, World Film Festival screens films, which portray people\u2019s voices and sometimes try to understand why the protagonists \u2013 as persons and societies \u2013 remain silent. We prefer such films to documentaries which have been built around explanatory expert interviews. World Film Festival praises documentary as an expression of the author\u2019s point of view, where aesthetics and storytelling are the priorities which we expect to have been combined with the honest exploration and understanding of one\u2019s choices in the processes of interpretation.\nWhen bringing these stories to you, World Film Festival relies on a trustworthy community of filmmakers. We are glad when familiar filmmakers return to us with their new works once in a while. This coherence between the festival and the film community is especially important at the coming of age of digital film distribution, when film submissions to festivals can reach thousands. This is why, besides experienced filmmakers, World Film Festival gives the floor to film students \u2013 emerging talents with fresh voices and a willingness to learn.\nThe festival program involves almost 60 films, including films which have gained attention and awards at international film festivals, but also films by many promising newcomers. These stories form a kind of kaleidoscope \u2013 by moving things around a little, familiar elements in new configurations reveal new images and topics. The film program covers many issues, such as globetrotters, traditional cultures and shamanism, religion, sports, fine arts and political activism.\nWorld Film Festival\u2019s this year\u2019s program focuses on the topic of vulnerability. Vulnerability can be approached at a personal level (for example as an emotion related to arts or scholarship), but it is important also for understanding contemporary society (political, social and technological vulnerabilities). Contemporary society is called a risk society: a risk of being vulnerable.\nVulnerability is part of being human. It is at the heart of meaningful human experiences. To be vulnerable is frightening, but also a powerful and authentic way of living. One\u2019s most weak and vulnerable parts might be those for which one builds the strongest defences. But these might also be approached in a way which gives birth to something new. Psychologist Bren\u00e9 Brown describes vulnerability as the core of all emotions: \u201cTo feel is to be vulnerable.\u201d Vulnerability is a bridge to other people, love, joy, creativity and empathy.\nA number of films deal with the topics of psychology and mental health, but also culture, arts and creativity. \u201cSalto Mortale\u201d (dir. Guillaume Kozakiewiez) tells the story of a tightrope artist who returns to his craft after a devastating fall and makes the trauma the foundation for all his current creative work. \u201cThe Characteristics of C-Minor\u201d (dir. J. Ollie Lucks, Max Bellamy) portrays a musician who builds an enchanting musical career on his difficult experience of growing up in isolation. The closing film of the festival, \u201cDancing With Maria\u201d (dir. Ivan Gergolet), is about a 90 year old Argentinian dancer Maria Flux, still giving dance lessons in her studio in Buenos Aires. She accepts all kinds of people in her classes and gives everybody the possibility to develop their own way of expressing themselves. She draws out talent from the dancers of all ages and conditions. Maria and her students take part in one of the most ancient human struggles: the battle of human beings against their limits. Also Maria is pushing her old body to the limits, to overcome it and continue dancing. Overcoming one\u2019s limits and vulnerability has an important role in creativity. Vulnerability is both the birthplace and tool of creativity.\nContemporary society is obsessed in finding ways to reject vulnerability. Invulnerability is a common feature in video games. Game architecture enables gamers to be invulnerable, but this \u201cgod-mode\u201c is often just temporary. World Film Festival also presents Steven Dhoedt\u2019s film \u201cState of Play\u201d, which tells the story of young South-Korean video gamers. This imaginary world where professional players spend their time can been see as a \u2019resistance culture\u2019, a place where humans feel the need to be at their best. This need to be unbeatable and invulnerable has been converted into an e-sport industry worth millions.\nThe festival team would like to thank all the people and institutions who supported the festival this year. This involves our sponsors and cooperation partners the Estonian Film Institute and Tartu City Government. We also thank all our strategic cooperation partners, such as disain studio Fraktal, the French Cultural Institute in Estonia, Electric Theatre, Tartu New Theatre, Genialistide klubi and many others. 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REUTERS/Lai Seng Sin\nThe study, first published in 2016, encompasses ride-hailing, e-commerce, online travel and online media. The latest report released on Monday adds new sectors such as online food delivery, as well as subscription music and video on demand.\nIt estimated that the gross merchandise value (GMV) of the region\u2019s internet economy has reached $72 billion in 2018, rising 37 percent from the year earlier.\nThe GMV of e-commerce in the region will exceed $23 billion in 2018, the report said, and rise more than four times to exceed $100 billion by 2025, helped by increased consumer trust.\nIt credited e-commerce companies \u2013 Alibaba Group Holding Ltd\u2019s Lazada, Sea Ltd\u2019s Shopee, and Indonesia\u2019s Tokopedia \u2013 for helping develop the sector.\nThe report estimated that the GMV of the competitive ride hailing sector, with the addition of online food delivery, has reached $7.7 billion in 2018.\n\u201cPowered by the ambitions of Go-Jek and Grab to become Southeast Asia\u2019s \u2018everyday apps\u2019, we project that ride hailing will reach almost $30 billion by 2025,\u201d the Google-Temasek study said.\nBoth Alphabet Inc\u2019s Google and Singapore state investor Temasek [TEM.UL] have invested in Go-Jek. Temasek-backed Vertex Ventures is an early investor in Grab.\nThe Indonesian internet economy is forecast to grow to $100 billion by 2025, accounting for $4 of every $10 spent in the region, the report said.\nIt added that 2018 was on track to be a record year for fundraising for the region\u2019s internet economy companies, with $9.1 billion raised in the first half of the year, nearly as much as in all of 2017.\nThe research covers Southeast Asia\u2019s six largest economies \u2013 Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.\nThe growth is being boosted by the world\u2019s most engaged internet users, of whom more than 90 percent connect to the web through their smartphones, it said.\nThe report said the increasing availability of affordable smartphones and the rollout of faster and more reliable mobile telecommunication services were supporting Southeast Asia\u2019s growing internet user base.\nReporting by Aradhana Aravindan; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 114, "original_length": 5428, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 189.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://worldtour.2017.fivb.com/en/news/busy-schedule-continues-for-quick-study-pavan?id=69197", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:22Z", "digest": "sha1:KHPHZSQ2YJJN2S3S6GZUQ7APVN66V5RU", "length": 6034, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "worldtour.2017.fivb.com", "title": "News - Busy schedule continues for \"quick study\" Pavan", "raw_content": "She\u2019s also proven to be a quick study. After a superlative indoor career at the University of Nebraska, Pavan only picked up beach volleyball at age 26 because she wanted to make an Olympic team.\n\u201cIt was kind of a desperation move,\u201d she said. (The Canadian women\u2019s indoor team hasn\u2019t qualified for the Games since 1996.)\nThree years later, Pavan made her Olympic debut in Rio and placed fifth with Heather Bansley. Since then, Pavan is making a mark on the FIVB World Tour with her new partner, Melissa Humana-Paredes. The duo placed second at the 4-star event in Rio in May, and ninth in Moscow in early June.\nSarah Pavan (left) and Melissa Humana-Paredes after netting silver in Rio in mid-May at the FIVB World Tour event.\nLast weekend, at the American domestic stop in New York City on the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) circuit, the 30-year-old Hermosa Beach, California, transplant explained how, why, and what\u2019s next.\nQUESTION - You and Melissa are proving to be a force. What\u2019s going on there?\nSARAH PAVAN - We both have very high expectations of ourselves and of our team. This is just the baseline for us. We know we can only get better and it makes me so excited. I love stepping on the court with somebody who is going to give everything they have for our team to be successful. It\u2019s interesting to see how we get to that point coming from two completely different personalities.\nQUESTION - Describe her personality.\nSP - Melissa is honestly the sweetest person. She\u2019s friends with everybody. And she doesn\u2019t dwell on things that don\u2019t go right, whereas I overthink and can focus on anything to the point of exhaustion. She\u2019s very good at: see the goal, identify the problem, move on. I need to incorporate that more into my life.\nQUESTION - What part of your beach game are you working on now?\nSP - I\u2019m a perfectionist \u2013 which is dangerous in sports. I always think every skill can be a little sharper. I\u2019m also learning how to take on a new role. In my last partnership, I was the new one. I didn\u2019t have any experience. With Melissa, she\u2019s been playing the sport a lot longer than me, but as far as life experience, and experience being a professional \u2013 I\u2019m able to bring more of that to the table. It\u2019s nice \u2013 and challenging \u2013 to see that role evolve.\nQUESTION - How do you finesse the transitions between the indoor game and the beach?\nSP - I definitely wouldn\u2019t say it\u2019s seamless. Indoors, I\u2019m an opposite so my job is scoring points, hitting, and blocking. On the beach, I have to incorporate passing and setting back into my life. At first, it was tough going back and forth. But it\u2019s gotten easier. The transition phases are much shorter now.\nQUESTION - Since you\u2019re away all fall and winter, how much time do you train with Melissa?\nSP - We get off to a later start than most teams, but she knows that my indoor career is not going to last forever. We know we just have to be patient and things will get better tournament by tournament. After the stop in The Hague, we\u2019re going to play the remainder of the 4- and 5-stars and the world championships, and we\u2019ll have to see if we qualify for the World Tour final.\nQUESTION - In the 20 years you\u2019ve been playing volleyball, any setbacks?\nSP - In March 2016, I snapped my [second right] toe in half during an FIVB beach tournament in Rio. I was feeling so great up to that point. I was so excited for the point that our team was at. Then, to have to sit for nine weeks \u2013 in the Olympic year \u2013 I mean, it\u2019s not as serious as an ACL tear. But for somebody who\u2019s never been injured? I couldn\u2019t ride a bike because of the pressure. I couldn\u2019t swim because it was so detached that it would flop around. I didn\u2019t know how to deal with it because I never had to before.\nQUESTION - How did it happen?\nSP - At the beginning of the second set (in the quarterfinals), we were losing like 5-1, to Canada, Kristina May and Jamie Broder. Heather passed a ball sideways. I went to pursue it and she didn\u2019t move. I ran right into her. I thought my teeth fell out because I hit my face so hard. I didn\u2019t know it, but my toe snapped in half as I fell. On the side switch, I looked down and my toe was sideways, laying over my other toes. I snapped it into place and kept playing. I thought it just dislocated and it\u2019ll be fine tomorrow. It wasn\u2019t fine tomorrow. We won the match but we had to pull out of the tournament, and that was tough. The super-competitive part of me was like, \u2018We have a chance to medal! I want to keep going!\u2019 And couldn\u2019t.\nQUESTION - How did you cope?\nSP - My husband, Adam Schulz, was a saint. He was an indoor volleyball player in Canada at McMaster University. Now he\u2019s the technological director for the AVP Academy, a grassroots programme to get kids into the professional beach volleyball frame of mind before they get to college.\nQUESTION - How\u2019s the toe now?\nSP - It doesn\u2019t move at all. Zero range of motion. But it\u2019s a toe. It\u2019s nothing. People have way bigger problems than that.\nQUESTION - Does it affect your play?\nSP - More in the transition between beach and indoor. It\u2019s awful for about a week, then it adapts.\nQUESTION - Proudest moment of your career?\nSP - Representing my country in the Olympics \u2013 but it\u2019s one of those things. You have this goal your whole life, you accomplish it, and then all of a sudden it\u2019s not good enough. My goal forever was just to go to the Olympics and I thought that I would be happy with that. When we finished fifth, I was like: That wasn\u2019t good enough! I wanted to be on the podium.\nSarah Pavan (left) of Canada versus Laura Ludwig of Germany in the Rio 2016 Olympic quarter-final match.\nQUESTION - You lost to the German team that won the gold medal, right?\nSP - Yeah, but we had beaten them pretty much every time we had ever played them before that. So that also stunk. Goals are funny things. You reach them and instead of taking time to appreciate what you\u2019ve accomplished, it\u2019s like: Well, onto the next one. But if I\u2019m honest with myself, that was the highlight of my athletic career.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 177, "original_length": 8995, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 256.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://writteninc.blogspot.com/2015/01/keyboarded.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:38Z", "digest": "sha1:SEZ3JA37JU5JO2CKXZANM52ZQ4E3IH47", "length": 949, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "writteninc.blogspot.com", "title": "Written Inc.: (Key)boarded", "raw_content": "I doubt I'll ever come across a better keyboard than Apple's full-sized, USB model in the photo above. My fingers just seem to like everything about it. Perfect keys, layout, feel, minimalist aesthetic, the whole enchilada.\nI've become so addicted to these things that I feel hobbled when I write on anything else. Seriously, I'm buying a truckload of them so that I'll have spares when Apple eventually decides to introduce an \"improved\" model. Sorry, gang, but this is a design that needs no further improvement.\nThe strange things that make me happy.\nYour turn: What seemingly mundane tool of everyday life makes you happy?\nAt the risk of sounding foolish, Carmi, having a reliable automobile that starts every time I put the keys in the ignition. But regarding computers, I'm a PC journalist and the new 8.0 version is not user-friendly. I'm glad you like the MAC and admire anyone who is well versed on it. I hear they are superior machines! :)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 547, "original_length": 11122, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 338.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ww.virtualinstruments.com/blog/two-better-one-microsofts-sql-server-virtualwisdom4/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:57Z", "digest": "sha1:6U7ZY7XBGLYBC75SLW4T32VKYYKGXVTS", "length": 2591, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "ww.virtualinstruments.com", "title": "Two is better than one: Microsoft\u2019s SQL server and VirtualWisdom4 - Virtual Instruments", "raw_content": "Two is better than one: Microsoft\u2019s SQL server and VirtualWisdom4\nFrustration is a common state of being in IT, especially when it comes to data security. Users are constantly in need of access to their applications and data at any time of the day and in any location. This access can frequently be mission critical.\nFor IT professionals, meeting these data availability expectations while managing the exponentially high rate of data creation can quickly become overwhelming. Factor in the task of ensuring that said data is consistently secure, and IT professionals can easily become frustrated.\nThere is, however, good news. Microsoft SQL server allows customers to manage growth and run applications across several key business platforms. The best way to ensure the continued success of the SQL server technology is to optimize its performance by monitoring its security and preventing hiccups in service from interfering with critical workloads. A real time account of the health, performance and utilization of the server would create a valuable solution, which is why the Virtual Instruments VirtualWisdom4 infrastructure performance management (IPM) platform was designed with this type of application in mind. The Virtual Instruments solution improves the functionality of Microsoft technology by identifying threats before they develop, calming the frustration of IT professionals working to ensure there is continuous access to delicate data.\nThe solutions produced from the pairing of Microsoft\u2019s SQL Server and VirtualWidsom4 has produced a high standard of service among its users. This standard has earned Virtual Instruments a Microsoft Gold application development competency due to the solution\u2019s ability to meet Microsoft customers\u2019 needs. The pairing of VirtualWisdom4 with Microsoft\u2019s SQL server has landed Virtual instruments within the top 1 percent of Microsoft\u2019s system of partners via the completion of exams, the dedication of Virtual Instruments employees to become experts in one area of Microsoft competency, customer references, meeting revenue commitments and passing technology and sales assessments.\nVirtual Instruments is dedicated to eliminating the frustration associated with a lack of insight into storage accessibility and security. Using a solution that makes visibility and predictability an achievable goal is a number one priority for our team, and this solution means that IT professionals can say goodbye to at least one cause of frustration.\nFind out more about how our VirtualWisdom4 IPM platform provides predictability and eases frustration.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 100, "original_length": 4812, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 304.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ww2awartobewon.com/author/pierre-kosmidis/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:21Z", "digest": "sha1:DB2HQKX2JA3LBMA3BJYXNQUJPDPEGIQM", "length": 850, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "ww2awartobewon.com", "title": "A War to be Won", "raw_content": "Author Archives: Pierre Kosmidis\nPosted on April 16th, 2017 by: Pierre Kosmidis\nRelics from the forgotten battlefield: Italians against Germans in Rodos island, September 1943 By Pierre Kosmidis of WW2Wrecks.com Photos by Panagiotis Mprokos Following the Italian capitulation in September 1943, the Dodecanese (a word deriving from Greek, meaning [\u2026]\nPosted on January 27th, 2017 by: Pierre Kosmidis\nLeros Island, 1943: The underwater museum of WW2 aircraft wrecks and shipwrecks By Pierre Kosmidis of WW2Wrecks.com The Eastern Aegean was the setting for a series of German air-sea landings, something not normally associated with the Wehrmacht. [\u2026]\n\u201cFix bayonets!\u201d \u2013 11 am, Tuesday 27 May, 1941: The ANZACs \u2019 charge at \u201c42nd Street\u201d on Crete By Pierre Kosmidis of WW2Wrecks.com On May 27, 1941 the Battle of Crete was lost for the Allied forces, [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 266, "original_length": 11559, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 283.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Gaz/London_individuals_A-C.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:56Z", "digest": "sha1:UEWKJNPZMAIQMQY2JOG4THWHIKASH4N5", "length": 38495, "nlines": 70, "source_domain": "www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk", "title": "London individuals A-C", "raw_content": "London individuals A-C\nEdwin Abbott Abbott (1838-1926), author of Flatland (1884), was a student at, and then Headmaster (1865-1889) of the City of London School, which recently vacated its 1883 site facing the Thames by Blackfriars Bridge in 1883. The School has a portrait, a plaque and other mementoes of him, but I don't know if the plaque has been moved to the new site on the other side of the bridge. His house, at Wellside, Well Walk, Hampstead, has a plaque, but it commemorates the site of the Hampstead Wells. See THIS LINK He is buried in the West Hampstead Cemetery, Fortune Green, West Hampstead, where his grave has been recently found by Tom Banchoff. See THIS LINK (Ian Stewart (author of The Annotated Flatland, 2002) gave a talk about Abbott to the BSHM at the University of Greenwich, 4th May 2002)\nSir George Biddell Airy (1801-1892) was Astronomer Royal, 1835-1881, but I don't know where he lived - possibly at the Royal Observatory ?? Copley Medal RS, 1831. PBAAS, 1851. PRS, 1871-1873. Commemorative plaque in the vestibule of Greenwich Parish Church (St Alfege's). See THIS LINK (Doron Swade gave a talk to the BSHM about Airy at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, 29th June 2002)\nPrince Albert was tutored by Quetelet (where?).\nElias Allen (early 17C) was the leading instrument maker of his day. He was at the 'Sign of the Horse Shoe, near Essex Gate, over against St Clement's Church, Strand'. [Wray]\nCharles Babbage (1791-1871) His birthplace has been recently determined - it is about where Larcom Street, SE17, enters Walworth Road in south London [Hyman]. Following suggestions of Hyman and myself, a 'Historic Southwark' plaque was erected on the site in 1991. See THIS LINK Baptised at St Mary Newington on 6 Jan 1792. The Babbages move to 10 George Street, Adelphi, later called 10 York Buildings, in late 1799. In 1803, Charles's father and the family retire to Totnes, Devon.\nAfter Cambridge and marriage, he moves to 31 Arundel Street, Strand, in 1814, then 46 Lucas Street, Brunswick Square, before settling at 5 Devonshire Street, Portland Place, in 1815. In 1815, he lectures on astronomy at the Royal Institution.\nFRS, 1816; FRSE, 1820. Helps found RAS, RSS, BAAS.\nc1820, he begins work on his Difference Engine. In 1822, he has a prototype Difference Engine. In 1823, he is awarded one of the first Gold Medals of the Astronomical Society for the Difference Engine. In 1823, Babbage employs Joseph Clement at 21 Prospect Place, now 63 St George's Road, near Elephant and Castle, and begins work on the Difference Engine to have 20 figures and constant 6th differences. The first three columns would have 6 extra places. It would have been 9' \u00d7 9' \u00d7 3'6\" deep, have had 25,000 parts and have weighed about 4 tons.\nIn 1824, he calculates life assurance tables for The Protector Life Assurance Company, which doesn't start. These tables remain in wide use until superseded by those calculated on the copy of the Scheutz Difference Engine in 1864. In 1826, he publishes A Comparative View of the Various Institutions for the Assurance of Lives - the first treatise on actuarial theory.\nIn 1827, his second son, his wife and a newly born son die, leading to a breakdown and he is advised to travel, which he does for a year. In 1828, Babbage is unanimously elected Lucasian Professor though he had not applied for the post - indeed as he was travelling, he probably didn't know the post was vacant. He resigned the post in 1839 without ever lecturing at Cambridge. After his return to England in 1828, he leases Dorset House, 1 Dorset Street, Manchester Square (formerly the home of W. H. Wollaston), where he remains until his death. (St Marylebone plaque unveiled on 2 Oct 1996.) See THIS LINK\nIn 1830-1834, Babbage moves the construction of the Difference Engine from Clement's workshop to fireproof buildings erected at 2-4 Dorset Street, adjacent to Dorset House. Clement assembles a portion of the Difference Engine as a test piece in 1833. This is the portion now in the Science Museum. It was moved to Dorset Street and extensively demonstrated. It has 6 (or 5) figures and constant 3rd differences. Actually the first and second difference columns have only 5 figures, and the second difference column was modified to have only 3, the other 3 being used to count steps. (Or the constant 3rd difference could only be one digit.) Clement becomes extortionate over expenses in moving to Dorset Street and on 10 April, 1833, Babbage refuses to pay. Clement sacks the men working on the Engine, including Whitworth(?), refuses to hand over parts or drawings until he is paid in full, and generally is as difficult as possible. He had made about 12,000 of the 25,000 parts needed.\nHis On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures of 1832, is generally considered the beginning of operational research and a significant contribution to political economy, influencing Mill and Marx. He analyses the cost of letter post and suggests a uniform rate - the degree of dependence of Rowland Hill's later proposal of a penny post upon Babbage's work is a matter of contention. By 1833, a 3rd ed. was necessary.\nIn 1834, he has the first idea of the Analytical Engine, which he develops over the next few years into a general purpose computer. At this time, the government declined to provide any more funding for the Difference Engine and only minimal mechanical work on both Engines is ever done after this time.\nIn 1838-1839, Babbage carries out a five month study of railway performance and gauges for the GWR. He develops chart recorders and suggests automatic speed recorder for each engine (this ides has evolved into the tachyometer used in lorries and the 'black box' used in airplanes, etc.). His 1839 report to the GWR proprietors demonstrates conclusively the superiority of the wide gauge and it is continued.\nIn 1845-1846, Babbage, with assistance from Faraday, develops coloured lighting for theatres. He devises a demonstration ballet, performed at the Italian Opera House (now Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket). The proprietor felt the lighting was too hazardous and did not continue with it.\nInvented the ophthalmoscope in 1847 and gave it to a surgeon friend to try out and the surgeon never did so. Re-invented and exploited by Helmholtz in 1851.\nIn 1851, he develops and demonstrates his system of occulting lights for lighthouses, now in wide use. Publishes Notes Respecting Lighthouses. The idea was adopted by the US Lighthouse Board in 1861\nHis autobiographical Passages from the Life of a Philosopher appears in 1864.\nBuried in Kensal Green Cemetery in northwest London (I have a photo of the grave). See THIS LINK His brain is on display in the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, Lincoln's Inn Fields. Victor Horsley published a \"Description of the brain of Mr Charles Babbage, F.R.S.\" in the Phil. Trans., Ser. B, 200 (1908) 117-131.\nAfter his death, his son Henry attempts to assemble pieces and build his own version of an Analytical Engine - these are in the Science Museum. See THIS LINK\nFrancis Bacon (1561-1626) was born in York House, on the south side of the Strand, roughly on the NE side of Charing Cross Station, adjacent to the present York Buildings. The Water Gate of York House remains, now separated from the river by Victoria Embankment Gardens. He was baptised in St Martin-in-the-Fields. He lived at York House until his father's death in 1579 and later returned in 1618-1621. After his downfall in 1622, he had to sell the lease and the house was demolished in 1626. [Eastman] He lived intermittently at Twickenham Park (now demolished) in 1595-1605, where he produced The Advancement of Learning, 1605. Lived in Canonbury Tower 1616-1625, where he produced Novum Organum, 1620. ([Eastman] asserts this was written at York House.) He was a student at Gray's Inn, and had rooms at 1 Gray's Inn Square from 1577 to 1622 - the site has now been covered by Verulam Buildings. (Other sources say he had the rooms until 1606 and then after c1620.) Died at Arundel House, Highgate, on 9 Apr 1626 after catching a chill in experimenting with stuffing a chicken with snow to preserve it. (Being put into a damp bed didn't help matters.) While dying, he dictated a letter saying that the experiment had \"answered excellently well\". Arundel House stood until 1825 on the site of the present St Michael's Church, which incorporates parts of the earlier foundations. He laid out much of the gardens at Gray's Inn (see under Gray's Inn). Statue in South Square of Gray's Inn, erected in 1912. [Eastman] Bust on front of library in Holloway Road.\nJohn Logie Baird (1888-1946) is best known for his development of television, but in the process he made some other inventions or proposals which are less well known but perhaps of greater interest to mathematicians. He came to London in 1924 (or 1925??) and lived at 'Green Gables', Middle Road, Harrow (plaque). He established a lab at 22 Frith Street (Blue Plaque), where he made his first successful TV experiment on 2 Oct 1925 and was so pleased he rushed out and grabbed a 15-year old boy named William Taynton to move in front of the camera - so Taynton was the first person to ever be on TV! [Elson]. First demonstrated his television to members of RI at 22 Frith Street on 26 Jan 1926. In 1926, he patented the basic ideas of radar which he had developed by 1923 (though Richardson had the basic idea some years earlier and Hertz had observed the basic effect about 1888; see Sections under National Physical Laboratory). In 1927 he used a radar to detect an aircraft over London. [McArthur & Waddell] In 1926, he suggested using a tube with reflecting sides to act as a light guide - the first idea of fibre optics - but he was not able to make any practical version [Storer]. Makes first video recording, on a disc, in 1928. c1928, he develops Noctovision, a forerunner of radar. Some of his equipment is in The Museum of the Moving Image.\nLived at 84 Lawn Road, Belsize Park, Hampstead, in the 1930s [Wade]. Had laboratories in Crystal Palace in 1929-1936. After marriage in 1931, he lived at 3 Crescent Wood Road, Sydenham, from 1934 till his death (Blue Plaque) (photo in [Darby]).\nHe patented thermostatic socks and successfully sold them in his youth, as well as several unsuccessful ideas - a safety razor (that wasn't); pneumatic shoe soles (that burst) and a machine for making imitation diamonds (which blew up). [Elson]\nThere is a 'John Baird' public house in Fortis Green Road near Alexandra Palace and a Baird Gardens in Dulwich.\n[Dakers]; [Hutchinson].\nWalter William Rouse Ball (1850-1925) was born in Hampstead, presumably at his father's house, 3 St John's Park Villas, now in Parkhill Road [Venn & Venn].\nIsaac Barrow (1630-1677) was born in London and was Gresham Professor of Geometry in 1662-1664. He died while on a visit to London from Cambridge, staying 'in mean lodgings over a saddler's shop near Charing Cross'. But [Eves] says he died in Cambridge.\nRev. Thomas Bayes (1702-1761), of Bayes' Theorem, is buried in the famous nonconformists' cemetery of Bunhill Fields, City Road. Bayes' monument was restored in 1969 \"with contributions received from statisticians throughout the world\". Richard Price (1733-1791), who published Bayes' paper in 1764, is also buried here, just to the right of the City road entrance where his surname has eroded away. There are a number of other restored monuments nearby, including John Bunyan, William Blake and Daniel Defoe. A map in the middle of the Fields shows the locations of all these monuments. Bayes was minister to the Presbyterian Meeting House, Little Mount Sion, in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, from about 1728 to 1752 and lived there until his death. [Dale] and personal visit.\nEric Temple Bell (1883-1960) lived briefly as a boy at 'Pen y Bryn' (or 'Penbryn') at 15 Fox Hill, at the junction of Fox Hill and Tudor road overlooking Crystal Palace Park. He was greatly impressed by the famous replica dinosaurs in the Park. After emigrating to America in 1902 and becoming a mathematician, he also was a pioneer science fiction writer under the name of John Taine. His 1934 novel Before the Dawn is one of the earliest examples of 'dinosaur' fiction and, with Conan Doyle's Lost World (1912), is an ancestor of Jurassic Park etc. This entry previously suggested that Pen y Bryn had disappeared, but a correspondent writes, \"Though back in the 1970s someone did indeed attempt to get permission to demolish Pen y Bryn, I can assure you that it is still standing -and is still on the corner of Fox Hill and Tudor Road. not very near the Park, however... in fact, I'm there now.... I've owned it for the last 15 years.\" It appears on the right of Camille Pissarro's painting 'Fox Hill'. [Savage.]\nJeremy Bentham (1748-1832) was born in Houndsditch. [Eastman] identifies it more specifically as Red Lion Yard (now vanished), at the NE corner of Creechurch Lane and Duke's Place. At 18, he was a student at the Court of King's Bench, London. In 1766-1792, he lived at Lincoln's Inn, at 1 Elm Court and at 6 Old Buildings [Eastman]. He lived at The Bird Cage, Queen's Square Place, now Queen Anne's Gate, from 1792. He had a country house, Barrow Green, near Godstone, Surrey (then far south of London). He coined the words 'maximize' and 'minimize' [Bryson].\nIt is often stated that he was a principal founder of UCL and left his entire estate to it, but the UCL leaflet says he was not a founder, though he influenced several of the founders and he only left some of his books to UCL. His 'auto-icon', prepared by Southwood Smith, is in a glass case at UCL and is often on display, but the head had to be replaced by a wax mask very early on [Welfare & Fairley]; [Lambton]. The effigy was at Southwood Smith's house for seven years before he gave it to UCL in 1850. The UCL leaflet says it was in Smith's consulting rooms and its arrival at the College is recorded in the Minutes for 23 Mar 1850. When last examined in 1939, the clothes had been somewhat damaged by moths and were cleaned and the vest replaced. [Morton]; [Nicholas] [Greenwood] [UCL] Bust in the University Library in Senate House.\nBishop George Berkeley (1685-1753), of The Analyst, lies in St Clement Danes, Aldwych. However, I recently visited the church, which was heavily damaged in the last war. No monuments and no records survived, so the Church has no knowledge of Berkeley. A crypt of coffins was cleared after the war and the churchyard is now under the roadway, so it seems unlikely that he can be found. But Houghton says he was buried in Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford, and [Hammond] says he was buried at Oxford. Berkeley set out on his trip to the New World from Gravesend in Sep 1728 [Houghton].\nJohn Desmond Bernal (1901-1971) spent most of his working life at Birkbeck College and pioneered the use of x-rays to study crystals and molecular structures, showing that even large organic molecules could be analysed in 1934. Dorothy Hodgkin and Max Perutz were his students and went on to earn Nobel Prizes in the field in 1964 and 1962. (But apparently Hodgkin was Bernal's student while Bernal was at Cambridge in the early 1930s.) Bernal and Hodgkin carried out the initial studies which showed that x-ray crystallography of proteins was feasible, but Perutz was the first to determine the structure of a protein, haemoglobin. Bernal and R. H. Fowler elucidated the structure of water in 1933. [Klotz]\nPaul Bernays (1888-1977) was born in London.\nGeorge Parker Bidder (1806-1878), 'The Calculating Boy', briefly attended Wilson's Grammar School, Camberwell, c1816-1817, and appeared before Queen Charlotte. He settled in London, c1824, married in St Martin-in-the-Fields in 1835 and moved to Lower Cottage, South Lambeth Road (site unknown) in c1837. A bit later, he was at Rose Hall, 8 Saville Row, Walworth. In 1836, he bought Mitcham Hall with 30 acres on each side of the Wandle. The Hall stood on the S. side of London Road, Mitcham, opposite two blocks of council flats, one called Gedge Court. It seems he later demolished this and built Ravensbury Park House, later demolished by his grandson [Wandle Museum]. In 1877, he sold Mitcham Hall and retired to his native Devon.\nResident Engineer on Brunswick Wharf, East India Dock, in 1832-1834. Joined Robert Stephenson on London & Birmingham RW in 1834. In 1842, Stephenson & Bidder was established at 35 Great George St, then at no. 24, adjacent to the Institution of Civil Engineers, from 1844. This may just be a renumbering of the street?? [Clark] says they were at no. 24 from the late 1830s, but p.37 says they were at 35 in 1842. No formal partnership records exist, but they were working together from 1835 and are listed as Stephenson & Bidder in postal directories from 1842. In 1845, he formed the Electric Telegraph Co. In 1850-1855, he proposed, designed and built Victoria Docks. On 19 & 26 Feb 1856, he gave his lectures 'On mental calculation' to the Institution of Civil Engineers. [Clark.]\nHenry Billingsley (c1545-1606) first translated Euclid into English (1570). Later he was Lord Mayor of London and he was buried in St Catherine (or Katherine) Coleman, Church Lane, south of Fenchurch St, but the church and the lane have vanished. There is a City plaque commemorating the church at 66a Fenchurch St, near St Katherine's Row. [Corporation of London]\nPatrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, (Lord Blackett) (1897-1974) was Professor of Physics at Birkbeck College, 1933-1937. On the 'Tizard Committee' to develop radar from its formation in 1935. During WW2, he developed the ideas of operational research and convinced the Admiralty in 1941 that it could be useful. It was first applied to the control of anti-aircraft fire, but soon spread to Coastal Command. Prof. E. J. Williams analysed the performance of depth charges against German U-boats and showed they would be much more effective if set to explode at 25 feet instead of 100 feet. This was done and the improvement was so spectacular that the Germans thought a new secret weapon was being used [Taylor]. Nobel Prize in Physics for work on cosmic rays and mesons, etc., 1948. Professor of Physics at Imperial College, 1953-1965. Copley Medal RS, 1956. Senior Research Fellow at Imperial, 1965-1974. CH, 1965. PRS, 1965-1970. OM, 1967. Baron, 1969.\nSir Hermann Bondi (1919- ) came to London as Professor of Applied Mathematics at King's College London in 1954. A secretary of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1956-1964. FRS 1959. From 1967, he became a leading scientific adviser. Director General of the European Space Research organization, 1967-1971. Fellow of King's College, 1968. Chief Scientific Adviser, Ministry of Defence, 1971-1977. Chief Scientist, Department of Energy, 1977-1980. Hon. FIEE, 1979. Lived at Reigate. Master of Churchill College, Cambridge, from 1983.\nMary Boole came to London in 1865 as Librarian at Queen's College. She and her five daughters lived in the top of the one of the College buildings, 68 Harley Street, which she ran as a boarding house for students until 1873. The Boole daughters attended the College. She then became secretary to James Hinton, father of Charles Howard Hinton (1853-1907), the early proponent of other-dimensional worlds who married the eldest Boole daughter, also named Mary. The elder Mary Boole then lived at 16 Ladbroke Grove [MacHale]. She developed the idea of curve stitching. The second Boole daughter, Margaret, married an artist and was the mother of Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, the mathematical physicist. The third daughter, Alicia Boole Stott, made remarkable contributions to the study of four-dimensional polyhedra - see under Other institutions in Cambridge. The fourth daughter, Lucy, became a chemist. The fifth daughter, Ethel Lilian, married Wilfrid Michail Voynich and became a revolutionary and then a noted novelist, author of The Gadfly.\nRobert Boyle (1627-1691) was a student at Eton from age 8 for about 4 years. Moved to London about 1663. He lived near the Fulham Road in Chelsea and with his sister, Lady Ranelagh, in Pall Mall. Declined PRS and the Provostship of Eton. Buried in the chancel of St Martin's in the Fields (but the church has since moved). There is a silver memorial cup commemorating Boyle in the silver collection at the Courtauld Institute. There was a bust at Kew, later moved to Kensington Palace [A.].\nJames Bradley (1695-1762), 3rd Astronomer Royal, studied with his uncle Joseph Pound, Vicar of Wanstead, qv. After Pound's death in 1724, he took over the Wanstead observatory, which he used until becoming Astronomer Royal in 1742. He also made observations from Samuel Molyneux's (qv) house at Kew Green and it was there that they began observations of Gamma Draconis and found an anomalous displacement. He continued the observations from Wanstead. In 1728, he was in a group sailing on the Thames and observed that the wind apparently changed direction each time the boat put about, but the boatman said the wind was constant and the change was only due to the boat's changing direction. Bradley recognised that his astronomical anomaly was due to the same process, discovering the aberration of light which he announced to the RS in 1729. This demonstrated the finite speed of light and that the earth moves around the sun - being the first proof of the earth's movement around the sun. He determined the distances of the sun and moon by correlating with observations made at the Cape of Good Hope. He found that light takes 8 min 13 sec to reach the earth from the sun. In 1831 or 1834 William IV had a sundial erected on the Kew site - this is now in front of the Dutch House in Kew Gardens. Bradley also used Wanstead to verify Newton's prediction of the nutation of the earth, announced in 1748 after an 18 year sequence of observations. He received the 1748 Copley Medal for this. [Low]\nThomas Bradwardine (c1290-1349) died at Lambeth, [Ball], but is buried at Canterbury. He had come to London shortly after being invested as Archbishop of Canterbury but contracted the Black Death and died two days after arriving.\nWilliam Henry Bragg (1862-1942) came to London as Quain Professor of Physics at UCL in 1915, the year he and his son won the Nobel Prize in Physics. In 1923, he became Director of the Royal Institution, until his death. He brought several co-workers with him to UCL - Astbury, Bernal and Lonsdale - establishing a major centre of crystallography. They determined the structure of naphthalene crystals, the first organic crystal to be analysed. PBAAS, 1928. His son, William Lawrence Bragg (1890-1971), was Director of the Royal Institution in 1953-1965. There are some memorabilia at the Royal Institution.\nJacob Bronowski (1908-1974) worked on statistical analysis of bombing losses in WW2. Scientific Deputy to British Chiefs of Staff Mission to Japan and wrote The Effects of the Atomic Bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He was statistician at the Ministry of Works in 1946-1950. Director of Coal Research Establishment, 1950-1963. The Common Sense of Science, 1951. Went to US in 1964. The Ascent of Man, 1974. Died in USA, buried in Highgate West Cemetery. [Culbertson & Randall]\nWilliam, 2nd Viscount Brouncker (c1620-1684), corresponded with Fermat and introduced continued fractions to solve the misnamed Pell's equation - cf Pell, below. He also found a (the first?) series for the logarithm and proposed a new musical scale with 17 notes. MP for Westbury in the convention parliament of 1660. A founder FRS and President from the first Charter, 1662-1677. President of Gresham College, 1664-1667. Later a high official in the Admiralty and hence a good friend of Pepys who saw him several times a week. Lived in St James's Street, Westminster, and died there. Buried in the chapel of St Catherine's Hospital (Katharine?), near the Tower, of which he had been Master since 1681. Portrait by Lely in the RS. [DNB]\nI had recalled that he nearly bankrupted himself to buy his Irish peerage, but it was his father who paid '\u00a31200 to be made an Irish lord, and swore the same day that he had not 12d. left to pay for his dinner' [Pepys]. A source says Pepys described our man as 'a pestilent rogue, an atheist, that would have sold his king and country for 6d. almost' [Pepys], but this refers to his brother Henry (1624?-1688), the third Viscount, who is buried at Richmond Parish Church with a large monument which says he died on 4 Jan 1687/8, age 63.\nRobert Brown (1773-1858), who discovered Brownian motion in 1827, was a botanist and librarian to Sir Joseph Banks, PRS. After Banks' death, his collections and Brown went to the British Museum. Brown lived in Banks' house at 32 Soho Square where a plaque commemorates the site. There is a portrait of Brown in the Linnean Society.\nGiordano Bruno (1548-1600) spent 1583-1585 in England and taught the art of memory to Queen Elizabeth's court [Carroll].\nWilliam Burnside (1852-1927) was (probably?) born at his father's house, 7 Hawley Place, Paddington. He was a student at Christ's Hospital until 1871. After studying at Cambridge, he became Professor at the Royal Naval College in 1885. FRS in 1893. Theory of Groups of Finite Order, 1897. He lived in Hither Green and Catford, retired in 1919 to Cotleigh, High St, West Wickham, now the HSBC Bank. He died and is buried at West Wickham, Kent (now in the London Borough of Bromley).\nThomas Carlyle (1795-1881) is best known as a historian, but started life as a teacher of mathematics and made an influential translation of Legendre's Elements de Geometrie which went through 33 editions in America. He came to London in 1831 and in 1834, he settled at 24 Cheyne Row, which leads off the Thames in Chelsea. The house is now operated by The National Trust. There is a statue of him in the nearby Chelsea Embankment Gardens facing the Thames - this was unveiled by his friend John Tyndall. [Blackwood]\nGeorge Shoobridge Carr (1837-??), author of A Synopsis of Elementary Results in Pure and Applied Mathematics (1880 & 1886), was a private tutor in London, living in nearby Hadley (just north of Barnet). He had been at University College School. [Kanigel]\nHenry Cavendish (1731-1810), the eccentric natural philosopher, had a house at 11 Bedford Square (plaque) but lived mostly at his house on the south side of Cavendish Road at Clapham Common Southside. It was at the latter that he measured the universal gravitational constant G by use of a torsion balance, working at night so traffic did not jiggle the balance, obtaining a mean density of the earth of 5.48, which he reported in 1798. (The idea and the apparatus were devised by John Michell, qv under Thornhill. Hutton later reworked the calculations, obtaining 5.32. [Proctor]. [Stewart] describes the apparatus and later versions of the experiment.) He also determined the composition of water and made other fundamental discoveries in electricity and chemistry. He was related to the Cavendish family which are Dukes of Devonshire, one of whom (his great-nephew) donated the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge while Chancellor of Cambridge University. Part of the duties of the first Cavendish Professor, J. C. Maxwell, was to edit Henry Cavendish's papers. These appeared as The Electrical Researches of the Honourable Henry Cavendish in 1879 and showed that Cavendish had developed the ideas of capacitance and specific inductive capacity - even measuring them by estimating the strength of shock he experienced - and had anticipated Ohm's Law [Smith-Rose]. The Cavendishes owned (own??) a fair section northwest of Oxford Circus, where there are a Cavendish Square, Cavendish Street, Old Cavendish Street, Cavendish Place as well as a number of streets bearing other family names such as Holles Street and Chandos Street.\nArthur Cayley (1821-1895) was born in Richmond, now part of SW London [Ball]. His father was a Russia merchant and had a business in Great Winchester Street. He was a student at King's College London, 1834-1838. After Cambridge, he returned to London as a student at Lincoln's Inn in 1846. FRS 1852. He lived in several houses in Blackheath, south of Greenwich. He probably spent his early life at 59 Lee Road (demolished), then lived at Cambridge House, The Grove (now West Grove), from 1847 to 1852 (burnt down later), and later at 5 Montpelier Road (still standing) from 1852 to 1871. He practised at 2 Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn (qv under London Inns of Court) in 1849-1863. [Crilly]\nGeorge Cayley (1773-1857), the aeronautical pioneer, lived at 20 Hertford Street, Mayfair, 1840-1848 (Blue Plaque) while he was an MP. A founder of the Polytechnic Institution in Regent Street in 1838. There is a Cayley Close on the site of Croydon Airport. In 1808, he invented the wire-spoked wheel. [Storer], [Dakers], [Rivett & Matthew]\nGeoffrey Chaucer (c1340-1400) was born around Whittington Gardens and Thames Street, Vintry Ward. He sent his son, Lewis, \"litell Lowis\", age ten to study the astrolabe at Oxford, leading to his composing an English treatise on the astrolabe - the first scientific work in English and the standard English treatise on the device for over 500 years [Gunther]. He lived in the Gate House at Aldgate in 1374-1386, when he was controller of customs for the port of London. There was a City plaque on the Post Office at 2 Aldgate High Street, but this has been demolished. The actual lease survives and is excerpted in [Meade]. Chaucer actually wrote a poem The House of Fame about his life here [Meade & Wolff]. He was Clerk of Works for Shene (now Richmond) under Richard II [Anon]. He was Clerk of the Works at Eltham Palace [Hamilton]. He lived at the Palace of the Savoy as part of the household of John of Gaunt [Montizambert]. He had married the sister of John's third wife. In 1389-1391, he was Clerk of the King's Works at Westminster and supervised the building of Westminster Hall [Ackermann] - see under Westminster Abbey and Houses of Parliament. He lived in a house in the gardens of the Abbey in 1399-1400, now covered by the Chapel of Henry VII, and died there. Buried in Westminster Abbey, where Poets' Corner has accumulated around him. He was buried in the Abbey not for his writing but because he had been Clerk of Works to the King, and perhaps because he lived nearby and was related to John of Gaunt. His monument was not erected until 1556. [Disraeli] observes that Chaucer used a \"suspicious shield, which the heralds opined must have been blazoned out of the twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth propositions of the first book of Euclid\" - I don't know if this is on his monument here or elsewhere.\nThe Canterbury Tales start at the Tabard Inn, Talbot Yard, Borough High Street, a bit further down the yard than the present Old Tabard Inn. There was a Southwark plaque in Borough High Street, but it has been missing for some years as of 1994. Chaucer is commemorated in Southwark Cathedral and this is recorded on a Southwark plaque [Borough of Southwark]. The first stop on the journey to Canterbury was at the shrine of St Thomas A'Watering, now the site of the Thomas A'Becket Public House, Old Kent Road (Southwark plaque) [Borough of Southwark]. The Tales are based on Chaucer's own pilgrimage in 1388. There are several references to astronomy in the Tales.\n[Greenwood]\nThe Earl of Chesterfield was annoyed at receiving letters from his son in Europe dated several days after he received them in England. He then investigated the situation and determined to reform the English calendar. His principal associate was the Earl of Macclesfield (astronomer, elected PRS later in the year), who largely wrote the \"Bill for Regulating the Commencement of the Year and for Correcting the Calendar Now in Use\" which Chesterfield introduced and Macclesfield seconded in the Lords on 25 Feb 1751 (OS). The Astronomer Royal, James Bradley, was also instrumental. (Watkins says most of the bill was drawn up by one Davall, a barrister of the Middle Temple, who was an eminent amateur astronomer, assisted by Bradley and Martin Ffolkes, the current PRS.) The oratorical powers of Chesterfield and the scientific powers of Macclesfield were so convincing that the bill passed through both houses without opposition! Many listeners thanked Chesterfield for explaining the situation so clearly, but Chesterfield commented that he had completely avoided any explanations! The Royal Assent was given on 25 May, referring to the Bill \"for correcting the Style, and regulating the Calendar now in use\" - Watkins says this was the first use of the word 'style' with this spelling. When Bradley was dying in 1762, 'many people ascribed his sufferings to a judgment from heaven for having taken part in the \"impious undertaking\"'. [Watkins]\nChesterfield lived in Chesterfield House (now Ranger's House), Chesterfield Walk, Greenwich Park, in 1749-1773.\nWilliam Kingdon Clifford (1845-1879), was a student at KCL, 1860-1863, then went to Cambridge. Due to his loss of faith, he left Cambridge and became Professor of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics at UCL, 1871-1877. His health broke down in 1877. He went to Madeira for his health and died there in 1879. He is buried in the New Cemetery, Highgate Cemetery, in north London. He composed his own epitaph: \"I was not, and was conceived. I loved and did a little work. I am not and grieve not.\" Clifford lived at 26 Colville Road, Bayswater, which is still standing. Karl Marx, George Eliot, Herbert Spencer and John Galsworthy also lie in the New Cemetery. Michael Faraday is in the Old Cemetery across the road. In the Ball albums at Cambridge is a letter from Clifford at 17 Old Quebec Street, near Marble Arch, on 1 Nov 1878. Portrait in RS with copy in National Portrait Gallery. [Barker & Gay]; [Ash]; [Chisholm]\nEdward Cocker (1631-1676), whose Arithmetick of 1678 went into over a hundred editions and inspired the catch phrase 'according to Cocker', lived at various places in London, including Gutter Lane, Cheapside, c1664. Shortly before his death, he had to move to be 'within the rules' of the King's Bench Prison off Borough High Street, which meant he was technically in prison for debt, but had paid for the right to live outside the actual prison. His school was then at the west end of the church. He was buried in St George the Martyr, Borough High Street, Southwark, better known as 'Little Dorrit's Church'. Plaque in the vestibule of the Church. An exterior Southwark plaque disappeared some years ago [Borough of Southwark]. (As with many inner London churches, the actual remains have been removed to cemeteries outside London [Pinder].) The Arithmetick asserts it was edited for publication by John Hawkins. But De Morgan asserts \"I am perfectly satisfied that Cocker's Arithmetic is a forgery of Hawkins\" and then spends several pages detailing this charge and showing that the book is a rather poor compilation from several better books [De Morgan]. However, Ruth Wallis [Wallis] has examined the case and finds De Morgan's arguments generally unfounded and sees no reason not to accept Hawkins' assertions at face value.\n[Timbs] mentions De Morgan's observations and relates an explanation of De Morgan in the Athenaeum of 1862 for the popularity of this rather feeble book. Arthur Murphy's popular farce, The Apprentice, of 1756, has an old merchant, named Wingate, who constantly exhorts a young man to \"get Cocker's Arithmetic! ... best book that ever was wrote!\" Had the names been reversed, we might have 'according to Wingate' as Wingate was the other leading arithmetic of the day and much the better book according to De Morgan. Timbs notes that Cocker was the first arithmetic \"which entirely excluded all demonstrations and reasoning, and confined itself to commercial questions only, which is stated as the secret of its extreme circulation.\"\nZerah Colburn (1804-1840), the American calculating prodigy, came to London in 1812 and was exhibited. Later he was a student at Westminster School in 1816-1817, but his father withdrew him because of the fagging. He worked for a while for Thomas Young, doing astronomical calculations in 1823-1824. He returned to America in 1824. [Smith]\nHumphrey Cole (late 16C) was the leading instrument maker of his day and was located near the north door of St Paul's. Produced instruments for Frobisher's attempt on the North-West Passage in 1576. Instrument maker to Sir Francis Drake and maker of the first theodolites to Digges' design in 1574 and 1586. [Gunther]; [Turner]\nChristopher Columbus (1451-1506) has a statue erected in Belgrave Square, near the Spanish Embassy, in 1992, to commemorate the 500th anniversary of his discovery of the New World [Metro]. See THIS LINK\nLeslie John Comrie (1893-1950) was born in New Zealand and went to St John's College, Cambridge, as a graduate student. He spent some time at UCL, where he recalled first learning about the Brunsviga calculating machine from Karl Pearson on Armistice Day. After a few years in America, he became Deputy Director of the Nautical Almanac Office from 1926, then Director from 1930 to 1936. He introduced punched card computing equipment. His work encouraged the use of computing devices in scientific research. By 1928, he had combined a Brunsviga-Dupla calculator with other punched-card equipment to produce a computing centre. The effect was similar to Babbage's Difference Engine, but he observed that this was short of Babbage's ideal in that the machine did not print its results. By 1931, he adapted a National Accounting Machine into a Difference Engine. In 1937-1938, he founded the Scientific Computing Service in London - the first company devoted to doing computing. It is still operating. He was living in Blackheath at the time of his death. [Tee]\nPhilip Cowell (1870-1949) was a nephew of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Millicent Garrett Fawcett and cousin of Philippa Fawcett. Senior Wrangler in 1892. Chief Assistant at Royal Greenwich Observatory from 1896. Devised new techniques for computing orbits which significantly improved the results. In 1910, Cowell and Crommelin used new numerical quadratures to predict the perihelion of Halley's comet, getting an answer off by only three days. They were able to extrapolate backward and identify all its appearances back to -240. FRS, 1906. 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So, it is time for Sri Lankan kids to delight in this theatrical spectacular that invites them to think and play along with Dora and her friends!\nThe show will be staged at the Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa theatre on the 27th and 28th.\nBuckle up yourselves for some fun for this weekend.\nTickets can be purchased from the tickets counters at Hilton - Colombo and Nelum Pokuna Mahinda Rajapaksa theatre.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 2010, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 238.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.3rnatolin.eu/team/jan-kubik/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:53Z", "digest": "sha1:5IQY42RL6IBMFQYZJRXHJFDSVKMYXZ44", "length": 422, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.3rnatolin.eu", "title": "Prof. Jan Kubik - The 3R Project", "raw_content": "Jan Kubik Director of the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, Professor of Slavonic and East European Studies at UCL SSEES. 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The anonymous women\u2019s fashion brand sells trendy clothes, specifically targeting white-collar and SOHO(Small Office Home Office)women. In this partnership, 800 TeleServices will operate and manage the Tmall store and Taobao store for the clients.\nThe brand was no.1 on Taobao Women\u2019s Fashion Top 100 Sales ranking and the holder of the title Taobao\u2019s Most Popular Brand and in 2011 sold up to \uffe5300 million sales revenue. Through the 800 TeleServices group\u2019s subsidiary, Aquanations will be able to accommodate the large amount of requests and raise customer satisfaction, as well as make the brand name stronger through the excellent on-line customer service that provided by 800 TeleServices.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 40, "original_length": 1707, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 297.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.aaaanime.com/type/Books/cat/Graphic+Novels/Persona.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:55Z", "digest": "sha1:CO5BUHM5H3EFZSH2HYHU3425MCA4NG63", "length": 164, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.aaaanime.com", "title": "All Books in \"Graphic Novels\" for \"Persona\"", "raw_content": "All Books in \"Graphic Novels\" for \"Persona\"\n1927925665 Persona 4 Vol. 2 (Manga) $13.99\n1632361833 Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth Side - P3 Vol. 1 (Manga) $10.99", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 113, "original_length": 1873, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.58, "perplexity": 258.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.aapkacolors.com/us/news/ankita-kundu-said-farewell-to-rising-star-5867.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:29Z", "digest": "sha1:VLGRJVWTMDQC3ZNXYDBGXSTW6HTJ5GE5", "length": 632, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.aapkacolors.com", "title": "Ankita Kundu said farewell to Rising Star , Aapkacolors Reality TV Show News, Updates - Aapkacolors Shows, Aapkacolors News", "raw_content": "Ankita Kundu said farewell to Rising Star\nposted by Tuhin Mitra, last updated on April 23rd, 2017 at 10:22 pm\nThe wonder girl, Ankita Kundu could not make it to the top 2 despite a great performance. It was extremely difficult to see her go and her journey on the show so far had been nothing short of amazing like the experts said. They were sad to see her go. Ankita and her mom went on stage to show their gratitude. They thanked everyone for showing her so much love and bringing her so far in the competition.\nWe wish Ankita Kundu the best of luck and hope she continues to pursue her passion to become a great playback singer!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 109, "original_length": 3661, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 336.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.acc-nazarean.org/about-us.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:19Z", "digest": "sha1:X6X7PZSMRBNRRTIGOW36N55WNYROIBH6", "length": 848, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.acc-nazarean.org", "title": "About Us", "raw_content": "The Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarean) had its beginnings in Switzerland with the preaching of Samuel Heinrich Froelich (1803-1857). The Lord used him to proclaim His Word in power and simplicity, and the proof of his ministry was a spiritual awakening that spread like fire. In spite of intense persecution, congregations sprung up all over the cantons of Switzerland, and beyond to Germany, Eastern Europe and around the globe. More\nWhen the Nazareans from Europe came to North America, it was necessary to select a name for the fledgling denomination. The name \"Apostolic Christian Church (Nazarean)\" was selected by our spiritual fathers because they sought to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ and the Apostles. We strive to remain true to that goal, in spite of a relativistic culture and many confusing voices within Christianity. 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The formation of the Doberman Pinscher Club of America was for the purpose of providing annual trials in police work.\nAbout this same time, Willy Necker was employed as the first trainer for Glenn Staines. Mr. Staines turned his attention from show and police Dobermans to two causes \u2013 the Doberman itself and as a guide for the blind. Stanley Donin, also a famous trainer, was the last of Mr. Staines\u2019 trainers.\nMeantime, in the Chicago area, Mrs. Reynolds was raising Dobermans on her estate north of Libertyville, which was called \u201cDobe Villa.\u201d Here was a large kennel, with many people employed. The training of her dogs was a substantial job, and she permitted others to train their Dobermans at Dobe Villa.\nBefore long, the need for facilities for individuals owners to train their own dogs brought about the formation of the first \u201ctraining club\u201d in the country, partly an outgrowth of the work at Dobe Villa. Mr. William Schaefer was responsible for forming and establishing the training program for the North Shore Dog Training Club, an organization which still exists.\nNo long after the North Shore Club was established; Mr. Schaefer went to Cleveland by request and helped get a similar club under way. Some of the key trainers were Clyde Henderson, Frank Grant, and Maxwell Riddle. Doberman fanciers again had a strong role in the successful training program launched in Cleveland.\nLater, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Grant formed the Michigan Doberman Pinscher Club and also a very successful training club. Mr. Grant personally underwrote the activities of the training clubs. He also wrote a column for several years in DOG NEWS.\nMr. Clyde Henderson, a Doberman Fancier, became nationally famous during World War II for his work in training dogs for the Marine Corps. After the War he returned to Cleveland, where he was a trainer. Mr. Willy Necker was also active in training dogs for the armed services during World War II.\nAfter World War II, obedience was \u201cbursting out\u201d and was adopted by many breeds. German Shepherds had begun a long climb back to national prominence through maintaining obedience as \u201cthe\u201d activity for Shepherd people. Doberman fanciers had begun to discover that they could live with their American-bred Dobermans without training them, and training was on the decline. Only the originally devoted and a few converts were strongly active.\nAt the National level, there was no talk of police trials. The obedience trials held in association with the National Specialty claimed an entry of about 30; an in the early 1950\u2019s, the National Club held one without obedience. Roland Horton, obedience judge and Doberman fancier, persuaded the DPCA officers to reinstate obedience the following year on a probationary basis, with the costs underwritten by those interested in obedience.\nIn spite of the decline of Doberman in obedience, there was still a deep respect for the Doberman as trainable. This was largely due to the professionals who had done so much for Dobermans.\nWilly Necker had a Doberman act which he put on at dog shows and fairs. He would enter an arena with seven Dobermans, six dogs and one bitch. They would then go through a well rehearsed act of jumping, retrieving, scalling, some clowning, etc.\nLudwig Gessner also did much for the breed through an act he had built around Dobermans he had trained.\nIn addition to these acts, some well trained Dobermans were taken around to obedience trails, more for exhibition than anything else. Some of the top workers came from Mr. Willy Necker, Mr. Roland Horton, and Mr. Hugh Crebs.\nDuring this period, a trainer in Detroit took Doberman bitch and taught her the rudiments of crossing streets safely. Under the name of \u201cSafety Girl,\u201d she delighted thousands of school children and did a great deal to teach them safety. In Wayne, another police officer trained Dobermans to do much of the same sort of demonstration work, as well as guard work.\nFor many years, there were two training clubs for Doberman fanciers in Chicago, one on the north side, and one on the south side. Fred Kahl held the South Side Doberman Training Club together year after year. The North Side Club held classes only when it was profitable. Both clubs, however, did much for Dobermans in obedience in the Chicago area through their activities.\nThe Doberman Pinscher Club of Chicagoland promoted obedience very actively form 1953-1958. It held a separate obedience trial for Dobermans one of those years, carried on an intensive campaign to recognize the obedience trained Dobermans owned by Club members, and built a tradition that obedience dogs were shown \u201cin the breed.\u201d This tradition was almost a rebellion against the practice of \u201cchoosing\u201d one or the other, which was the rule of the time.\nAfter four years of the campaign of the Chicagoland Club, Dobermans were second only to Shepherds in the number of obedience entries at all-breed trials.\n\u2039 An Exploration of \u201cA Dog with A Human Mind\" up Performance (Doberman Drill Teams) \u203a", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 37, "original_length": 5855, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 302.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.adriart.net/mobility-2014-komiza", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:46Z", "digest": "sha1:BGJVAVQLEEMZR7C4HOVIBESSEQRNXWRE", "length": 3534, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.adriart.net", "title": "Mapping Komi\u017ea Narratives 2014 | ADRIART", "raw_content": "Research-based intermedia interventions in the topologies, topographies, and tropologies of the island Vis and the town of Komi\u017ea.\nThe course encourages new forms of spatial expressions and the search for different perspectives about places and about stories associated to specific places. 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Besides presenting finished works, the archive will reveal the pathways of these explorations and developments that not only justifies the methodology of Komi\u017ea\u2019s narrative mapping (topology) within itself, but also makes the site and the materials accessible for crucial stakeholders, the Komi\u017eans \u2013 of present, past and future.\nAll the while, Vis and Komi\u017ea have been both the periphery and the center of Mediterranean and Croatian culture. Despite having a small number of inhabitants, a small surface area and being geographically isolated, Komi\u017ea is a surprisingly urbanized place featuring a pronounced linguistic, cultural, economic and social identity. Based on these traits of Komi\u017ea and Vis, it is possible to develop a new symbolic value within the topos, such that can not only fuel but also vectorize its reinventions. 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The marine area surrounding Vis is many times greater than the area of the island and thus the sea (as a space which both isolates and connects, as a mythical place, as an economic resource, and as a point of disappearance on one hand and a life-sustaining medium on the other) is considered as an important parallel space of media research.\nThus, the basis of this inherently Komi\u017ean concept lies in the very topology, the \u201eplace\u201c, location, as a sum of historical, cultural, anthropological, and social idiosyncracies is instead a source and the foundation for the creative involvement of the students-artists. Thus, the place is understood as a conceptual frame for research of rational codes as well as intuitive elements, and particularly in their interactions. The ultimate challenge is to establish an absolute interdependence of the place and the concept as an interaction of outer and inner factors (for the Komi\u017eans outer factors are the students/mentors while inner is the town itself \u2013 for the students the outer element is the town while the inner one is the collaboration within the groups, or the workshop discourses and interactions as such).\nCourse coordinated by: Academy of Applied Arts, Rijeka, under collaboration of University of Nova Gorica School of Arts", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 8748, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 306.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.aflcio-hit.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=160", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:22Z", "digest": "sha1:DXC5RZ4JAXO2IGS4Y5QAVKKMVJX6T324", "length": 1385, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.aflcio-hit.com", "title": "AFL-CIO HIT | Community Partners | Partnerships", "raw_content": "The AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust has the unique capacity to forge investment partnerships with public and private organizations at the local, state, and national levels. The HIT is a long-term partner in building housing and supporting community development, and it is committed to working with communities in all phases of housing development and financing.\nWith over $5.6 billion in assets, the HIT offers a variety of attractive loan products that offer the flexibility needed to develop multifamily housing. It also has the technical expertise required to structure complex transactions taking into account the project's unique characteristics and utilizing additional public and private investment dollars to make the project feasible and affordable.\nSome of the HIT's longstanding partners include state housing finance agencies such as MassHousing, the Illinois Housing Development Authority, local housing development offices such as the City of New York's Department of Housing Preservation and Development, as well as national housing advocacy groups such as the National Low Income Housing Coalition, the National Housing Conference, the National Alliance to End Homelessness, and Local Initiatives Support Coalition.\nThe HIT also works in conjunction with groups focused on improving the lives of America's working families such as the Partnership for Working Families.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 2411, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 115.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.agowichita.org/2016/03/22/pops-for-kids-media/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:01Z", "digest": "sha1:SXB3RLGE3WNRNTGQZQUGXETYYB33TZP4", "length": 1768, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.agowichita.org", "title": "POPs for KIDs Media \u2013 The Wichita AGO", "raw_content": "Congratulations to the Wichita AGO Chapter on the 20th Anniversary of their POPs for KIDs program. I also join with all others in congratulating Irene Shaw for her vision in establishing this worthy program. If the organ and the great music composed for it are to survive, it is essential that young people be introduced to the organ and made aware of the magic it has. No other instrument can be as thrilling or reach the hearts of people so strongly\u2026. I hope this program will continue\u2026for many years to come.\nMr. Frederick Swann\nPresident, American Guild of Organists, 02-08\nInternational Touring Organist and Recording Artist\nCongratulations to POPs for KIDs on their 20th anniversary. I remember well the excitement and joy I saw on the faces of those eager children in 1997, when it was my pleasure to play for them. Thanks to Irene Shaw and all her visionary helpers for all you\u2019ve done to share the beauty and the wonder of pipe organ music with so many generations of children. Long may POPs for KIDs thrive. All best wishes.\nDr. John Obetz\nRetired Kansas City Conservatory Professor of Organ\nOrganist Emeritus, Community of Christ, Independence, MO\nI have very happy memories of October 2002 when I came to Wichita to play\u2026at WSU and introduced the organ to\u2026POPs for KIDs. I clearly recall the extraordinary enthusiasm and curiosity of all those present, many of whom had never experienced the thrill of a\u2026pipe organ before. I remember the excitement of their \u2018hands-on\u2019 experience on the Marcussen, as well as their perspicacious questions at the end\u2026. Introducing the organ\u2026to children remains one of the most worthwhile and stimulating aspects of my life as a concert organist. All best wishes!\nMr. David Briggs\nOrganist Emeritus, Gloucester Cathedral, UK", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 2894, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 333.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ahealth.co.uk/hijama-for-the-treatment-of-knee-pain-by-kaleem-ullah/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:19:40Z", "digest": "sha1:FI6LMRWE7RII3CK5QPJZKQZ7JKFPW3MQ", "length": 5072, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.ahealth.co.uk", "title": "AHEALTH \u00bb Hijama for the treatment of Knee Pain \u2013 by Kaleem Ullah", "raw_content": "Hijama for the treatment of Knee Pain \u2013 by Kaleem Ullah\nInterview with Kaleem Ullah, University of East Anglia, England.\nFurther to their previous post (entitled: A Cupping Therapy Workshop for Health Professionals in London, England), this is a guest-post in the form of a written interview with Kaleem Ullah, one of the founders of British Cupping Society, and post-graduate student at University of East Anglia, England, and co-author of research entitled: \u201cAn investigation into the effect of Cupping Therapy as a treatment for Anterior Knee Pain and its potential role in Health Promotion.\u201d\nPlease give us a short introduction about yourself, and in particular how you ended up getting involved with hijama?\nMy name is Kaleem Ullah, I have a professional background in Physiotherapy and Public Health (MSc). I am currently studying Medicine at the University of East Anglia where I am in the latter stages of my medical education. I have a keen interest in Hejamah and in my spare time I worked along with a few colleagues to establish the British Cupping Society to further our aims.\nHejamah was introduced to me by a friend following a back problem I had that was untreatable by conventional medicine. I received one treatment session from a friend and the problem instantly subsided and never returned. I spoke to my lecturers at my university about this and they were impressed and challenged me to investigate the matter further. Since then I have attempted to practice, research, teach and advertise the practice of Hejamah.\nAnterior Knee Pain was the condition that I had investigated for my Masters thesis; however we as a society and individuals have kept case studies of numerous other conditions.\n\u2013 Please explain briefly how the studies were carried out? How many patients took part and how long did it take?\nInitially, the study recruited more than 35 subjects, however on commencement, only 25 met the criteria and were eligible. The study began in 2005, and was completed in the summer of 2006.\nWe wanted to investigate the effects of Hejamah on anterior knee pain, although the study used a small sample size, we found that all the subjects had shown significant improvements in their ranges of movement, pain scores and their perceptions of well being. These effects were maintained over a three week follow-up period.\nYes insha\u2019allah, we are planning to investigate different conditions affecting the body. Currently we are collecting data on case-studies and their follow-ups. Once I complete my medical education, I am hoping to be able to spare more time to conduct a large scale investigation on the effects of Hejemah at both clinical and physiological levels.\nI am able to self treat using hejamah on parts of the body. The exception being the back and the head I suppose. I use Hejamah as and when necessary, as the prophet Muhammad (pbuh) recommended us to. I do not suffer from any chronic illness (alhmadulillah) but I do play contact sports regularly and find that Hejamah helps the recovery from knocks and bruises a lot better than most medication does.\n\u2013 You are part of the British Cupping Society (BCS). Please tell us a bit more about that, how people can become members and what have you achieved so far?\nThe British Cupping Society (BCS) was established in 2008 by a group of Medical Professionals and Cupping Therapy (Al-Hejamah) experts in response to a growing interest. The BCS was the first society to conduct a scientific investigation into the effects of Cupping Therapy in the UK in 2005 which subsequently lead to wide television and press coverage (nationally and internationally). This was followed by a great demand and desire to establish a society that can deliver prophetic medicine professionally whilst catering for the public needs.\nPurpose and aims: The purpose of the BCS is to provide leadership in the practice of Cupping Therapy. The aims of the BCS are to preserve, protect and promote the safe practice of Cupping through research and development for the benefit of the public. To further these goals, the BCS has continued to promote Hejamah (nationally and internationally) through seminars, workshops, television shows and at science conferences.\nWe are pleased to have built a strong reputation for what we do and have established very good relations with a number of leading Cupping therapy organisations nationally and internationally.\nStructure: The BCS was founded and is currently managed by a team of qualified medical and health professionals and is an autonomous body. A council is elected and meets annually to address issues of hierarchy.\nIt is a non-profit organisation utilising all funds to promote the practice of Cupping Therapy through an array of activities including research, lectures, seminars, conferences and courses.\n\u2013 Finally where can readers obtain or purchase your above research papers from?\nThe research is available at the following link:\nAn investigation into the effect of Cupping Therapy as a treatment for Anterior Knee Pain and its potential role in Health Promotion", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 349, "original_length": 27629, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 266.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.aiutoazienda.it/it/2013/08/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:39Z", "digest": "sha1:RWCJUBZGGXBR37HCLFPA7YWYUHWYDP3J", "length": 480, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.aiutoazienda.it", "title": "Aiutoazienda \u2013 Aiuto la tua azienda a crescere \u2013 2013 \u2013 agosto", "raw_content": "A little understood\nIn agosto 19, 2013\nA little understood but critically important aspect of fossil fuel dependence is the energy used in energy production. Nike Air Max 90 Pas Cher Pour Femme Increasing energy is now required for the discovery, extraction, processing and transportation of petroleum and other energy sources. For example, during the 1930s the energy equivalent of approximately one barrel of oil was used to obtain 100 barrels of petroleum; by 2006, however,...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 104, "original_length": 3042, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 274.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.alaintruong.com/archives/2009/11/03/15664637.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:07Z", "digest": "sha1:SJJYSVWK732FH7SXJEMNBVQBZ6UBCV3P", "length": 58756, "nlines": 177, "source_domain": "www.alaintruong.com", "title": "Forty Exceptional Works will be Offered at Christie's Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art - Alain.R.Truong", "raw_content": "Tamara De Lempicka (1898-1980) Portrait du Marquis Sommi, signed 'T.DE LEMPITZKA' (lower right), oil on canvas,\n39 3/8 x 28\u00be in. (100 x 73 cm.) Painted in 1925. Est. $2,000,000 - $3,000,000. Photo Image 2009 Christie's Ltd\n\u2022 \"T\u00eate de femme\", 1943 by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), a vivid portrait of Dora Maar painted during the darkest days of WWII in Paris (estimate: $7-10 million).\n\u2022 \"Danseuses\", 1896, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), a lush pastel drawing of two dancers at rest, one of Degas\u2019 most sought-after subjects (estimate: $7-9 million).\n\u2022 \"V\u00e9theuil, effet de soleil\", 1901, by Claude Monet (1840-1926), from an important series of views Monet completed of this picturesque village on the Seine (estimate: $5-7 million).\n\u2022 \"Le Pont du chemin de fer\", Pontoise, circa 1873, by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), a luminous and classically composed landscape that captures the essence of early Impressionism (estimate: $3.5-4.5 million).\n\u2022 \"Le Baiser\" (The Kiss) by Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), an exceedingly rare lifetime cast of one of Rodin\u2019s most celebrated subjects (estimate: $1.5-2 million).\n\u2022 \"Rosace\", 1954, by Henri Matisse (1869-1954), the artist\u2019s final major commission; a paper cut-out used as inspiration for a stained-glass window created in memory of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (estimate: $3-4 million).\n\u2022 \"Composition II\", with Red, 1926 by Piet Mondrian (1872-1944), one of only two surviving paintings from a pivotal series of works known as the \u201cDresden Paintings\u201d (estimate: $4.5-6.5 million).\nAmong the most anticipated works to be offered this season is Picasso's vibrant \"T\u00eate de Femme\" from 1943, a wartime portrait of the artist's muse and mistress Dora Maar. Painted in October 1943 during a period of continued hardship and deprivation in Paris, the portrait is remarkable for its bright, saturated colors and celebratory air -- an effect quite different from the mostly somber-hued portraits by Picasso from the same period. Dora Maar is discernible in the simplified and disjointed face in the painting by her large staring eyes, trademark raven hair (represented here as an elongated dark blue oval), and her customary hat, dressed in this depiction with three flower-like pins and a trailing ribbon.\nPablo Picasso (1881-1973) T\u00eate de femme, signed 'Picasso' (upper right), oil on canvas, 36\u00bc x 28\u00be in. (92.1 x 73 cm.) Painted in October 1943. Photo Image 2009 Christies Ltd\nProvenance: Private collection (acquired from the artist, 1945).\nCarmess Art Gallery, New York.\nGalerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., New York (acquired a half share from the above, March 1948).\nDominique Levy, New York.\nAcquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1999.\nLiterature: C. Zervos, Picasso, Paris, 1962, vol. 13, no. 140 (illustrated, pl. 75).\nThe Picasso Project, ed., Picasso's Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings and Sculpture: Nazi Occupation 1940-1944, San Francisco, 1999, p. 272, no. 43-255 (illustrated).\nExhibited: Paris, Galerie Louis Carr\u00e9, Dix-neuf peintures de Picasso, June-July 1946, no. IX (illustrated).\nNew York, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Picasso, 3-29 May 1948, no. 1 (illustrated).\nNotes: The severely simplified, jagged and disjointed facial schematic in this painting is certainly in keeping with other wartime portraits by Picasso. There is nevertheless an unusual measure of humor and spontaneous delight in Picasso's characterization of this female sitter, who appears to have been assembled from an assortment of cut and sectioned abstract forms, in a modernist's version of the portraits composed of flora and fauna by the Renaissance master Arcimboldo. For her sake Picasso put aside the often somber tonalities of the wartime pictures, choosing instead to employ bright, saturated colors--the three primaries, with derivative green and related tints--which lend this picture an extrovert and celebratory air. This sense of warmth and good feeling contrasts with the bleak or even brutal aspect of other wartime female portraits; and indeed, it comes as something of a surprise, and stands out among them.\nWith her large staring eyes, as if transfixed by the artist's gaze, and shoulder-length raven hair, represented here as an elongated dark blue oval, the subject of this portrait is very likely Picasso's wartime muse and mistress Dora Maar (fig. 1). The large and striking hat, to which three large, flower-like pins have secured a long striped ribbon, also points to Dora as the sitter. Such hats had become a regular feature in Picasso's depictions of Dora, functioning as a symbolic externalization of her inner moods. Brigitte L\u00e9al has called the hat Dora's \"most provocative emblem... In its preciousness and fetishistic vocation, the feminine hat was, like the glove, an erotic accessory highly prized by the Surrealists. Thus Paul Eluard [declared] 'A head must dare to wear a crown.'\" (in Picasso and Portraiture, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1996, pp. 387, 389 and 392). Dora's hats acquired an especially belligerent aspect during the early months of the war (Zervos, vol. 11, no. 144; fig. 2), when they sometimes resemble the silhouettes of warships seen on the horizon, a warplane's propeller, or the tail fins of a plunging high-explosive bomb.\nIn 1954, a decade after their relationship had come to an end, Picasso and Dora met in a rare encounter at a dinner party hosted by Douglas Cooper and John Richardson. In the moments before she arrived, as Richardson has related, \"the artist reminisced about Dora--at first affectionately--how the steadfastness of her gaze reflected her intelligence, and how her outr\u00e9 sense of fashion had inspired the surrealist hats trimmed with fish and fruit and sardine cans that figure in many of his portrayals of her--such a contrast, he said, to the tam o'shanter from Herm\u00e8s that he gave to her rival Marie-Th\u00e9r\u00e8se. Hats differentiate the two rivals in his work. Did the craziness of Dora's hats, by Albouis or Schiaparelli, imply a certain craziness in the sitter? Yes, he thought it did\" (in The Sorcerer's Apprentice, New York, 1999, p. 206).\nThe deepening intimacy of Picasso's liaison with Dora during the late 1930s coincided with the fascist uprising and ensuing Civil War in Spain. In fact, the entire history of their relationship was tragically and inescapably set against the backdrop of violence and war. Dora's darkly intense but inscrutably impassive countenance seemed to reflect the ominous and troubled mood in Europe during the years that preceded the Second World War. Picasso began to subject Dora's visage in his paintings to unsparing savagery; like some mad surgeon he would take her features under his knife and in the course of his experiments contrive some shocking new pictorial identity for her. Richardson has pointed out that \"After World War II broke out, Picasso came to portray Dora more and more frequently as a sacrificial victim, a tearful symbol of his own pain and grief at the horrors of tyranny and war\" (in \"Pablo Picasso's Femme au chapeau de paille,\" Christie's, New York, sale catalogue, 4 May 2004, p. 113).\nLiving conditions in Paris became ever more harsh and difficult to bear during 1943 as the German occupation extended into its fourth year. Mme L\u00e9al has written, \"One might describe this period as a long winter... This cold drove people into themselves, into a total silence... Curfew, glacial winter, and fear were the only items on the menu\" (in Picasso and the War Years, 1937-1945, exh. cat., Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1998, p. 85). Parisians had to deal with shortages of every kind, and the coming winter would prove to be especially hard. While Picasso was permitted to paint, he had been forbidden to exhibit. His studio at 7, rue des Grands-Augustins, which he now made his wartime residence as well, had been subject to a Gestapo search, during which the intruders kicked his canvases, were verbally abusive and threatened to return. The police kept his studio under surveillance. Picasso had to put up with unwelcome visits by German officers and ordinary soldiers who professed to an interest in art, even if Picasso's painting was considered to be archly \"degenerate\" according to aesthetic dictates of the Third Reich.\nAll sorts of rumors surfaced about Picasso: he had been sent to concentration camp, he was working with the Resistance, or conversely the Germans were protecting the artist and even extending special treatment to him. Picasso soon discovered that he had perniciously hostile detractors among his fellow Parisians, who took advantage of the back-biting, scapegoat-seeking and treacherous climate of the Occupation to rain down aspersions on him and his art. There was even a well-known painter among them--in June 1942 Vlaminck published an article in a collaborationist journal in which he blamed Picasso \"for having led French painting into a deadly impasse having led it into negation, helpless and finally to its death\" (quoted in A. Baldessari, Picasso: Life with Dora Maar, Paris, 2006, p. 246). On 16 September 1943 Picasso received a summons to report for a physical examination and questioning in preparation for deportation to Germany as a forced laborer. This document appears to have been a forgery, a cruel prank; in any event, Picasso did not respond to it. The German authorities had come to an agreement among themselves that Picasso, the creator of the anti-fascist mural Guernica, could be intimidated to keep him in line, but short of some major transgression on his part, he would not be touched. Doing harm to Picasso, then the world's most famous artist, would have handed the Allies a propaganda victory that the Nazi architects of the New Order in Europe could ill-afford.\nBy the fall of 1943 there was a steady stream of news worth celebrating; one might actually believe that the tide of war had turned decisively in the Allies' favor, and that ultimate victory was only a matter of time. The encircled German Sixth Army had surrendered to the Russians at Stalingrad in February, and Soviet armies had begun their westward advance. The Americans and British had overrun Sicily and landed on the Italian peninsula at Salerno. Axis Italy surrendered on 8 September, and Mussolini had been placed under arrest. German forces quickly usurped control of the country, however, and restored its fascist dictator, but everywhere German forces were being forced to take a defensive footing, as the territory of their early conquests was rapidly shrinking. Massive Allied air raids were punishing the German homeland by day and night.\nThe year 1943 would also prove memorable for Picasso for another, entirely personal, reason. In May he met an interesting new woman, at twenty-two far younger and less emotionally complex than Dora: this was Fran\u00e7oise Gilot, an aspiring art student who had come to his studio seeking advice. She visited Picasso, sometimes with a girlfriend, a few times that spring before leaving Paris on her summer holiday. She did not call on Picasso again until 26 November, her birthday. This hiatus should rule out Fran\u00e7oise as a possible subject for this painting, which was done in October, while she was away, and when there was no certainty she would reappear at Picasso's door. There is moreover no mention in Fran\u00e7oise's memoir Life with Picasso, published in 1954, that the artist had painted her during this early phase of their developing friendship.\nPicasso may have normally cast Dora as the archetype of the aggrieved and suffering female martyr in many of his most memorable paintings during the war years, but he also depicted Dora in numerous canvases that reflect pleasant moments of tenderness and subdued joy. One occasion of which Picasso held especially fond memories was an extended vacation with Dora and a close circle of their friends during the summer of 1937, when they stayed at the H\u00f4tel Vaste Horizon in the town of Mougins on the C\u00f4te d'Azur. Picasso had recently completed Guernica, whose progress Dora had documented in photographs. The type of gaily striped ribbon seen in the present portrait also features as an accessory of the headwear Picasso included in the portraits that he painted that summer of one member of his entourage, the photographer Lee Miller, whom he depicted in the costume of an Arl\u00e9sienne (Picasso Project, no. 37-191; fig. 3). This subject carries strong connotations of Picasso's admiration for Van Gogh (Faille, no. 488; fig. 4). During one of their wartime conversations about painting, Picasso told Fran\u00e7oise Gilot, \"Beginning with Van Gogh, however great we may be, we are all, in a measure, autodidacts--you might say primitive painters. Painters no longer live within a tradition and so each one of us must create an entire language... from A to Z\" (quoted in F. Gilot, with C. Lake, Life with Picasso, New York 1954, pp. 74-75).\nThe present painting may signify a pleasant if fleeting reminiscence of that golden, Arcadian pre-war summer in Provence six years earlier, when his liaison with Dora was less than two years old--a time more suited to the use of brilliant, sunny color, all in marked contrast to the dreary darkness, in both substance and spirit, of occupied Paris. Mme L\u00e9al has written, \"the innumerable, very different portraits that Picasso did of [Dora] remain among the finest achievements of his art, at a time when he was engaged in a sort of third path, verging on Surrealist representation while rejecting strict representation, and, naturally, abstraction. Today, more than ever, the fascination that the image of this admirable, but suffering and alienated face exerts on us incontestably ensues from its coinciding with our modern consciousness of the body in its threefold dimension of precariousness, ambiguity and monstrosity. Picasso tolled the final bell for the reign of ideal beauty and opened the way for the aesthetic tyranny of a sort of terrible and tragic beauty, the fruit of our contemporary history\" (ibid., p. 385).\nAdditional Picasso works in the sale include \"M\u00e8re et enfant\", 1925, a tender depiction of the artist\u2019s son Paulo and his first wife Olga Khoklova, (estimate: $600,000-800,000); \"Courtisanes et toreros\", 1959, a humorous pen and ink drawing of off-duty bullfighters (estimate: $600,000-800,000); and \"Visage f\u00e9minin\", profil from 1960, a late-career portrait of Jacqueline Roque painted a year before her marriage to Picasso (estimate: $600,000-900,000).\nPablo Picasso (1881-1973) M\u00e8re et enfant, signed and dated 'Picasso 25' (upper left) oil on canvas, 9 3/8 x 7\u00bd in. (23.8 x 19 cm.) Painted in 1925. Photo Image 2009 Christies Ltd\nPablo Picasso (1881-1973) Courtisanes et toreros, dated '16.8.59.' (upper right); dated again 'Domingo 16-17. A\u00f4ut 59.' (on the reverse) pen, brush and India ink on paper, 19\u00be x 25 5/8 in. (50.2 x 65.1 cm.) Executed on 16-17 August 1959. Photo Image 2009 Christies Ltd\nPablo Picasso (1881-1973) Visage f\u00e9minin, profil, dated '19.2.60' (on the reverse) oil on canvas, 21 5/8 x 18 1/8 in. (55 x 46.1 cm.) Painted on 19 February 1960. Photo Image 2009 Christies Ltd\nCamille Pissarro (1830-1903) Le Pont du chemin de fer, Pontoise. signed 'C. Pissarro' (lower left), oil on canvas, 19 5/8 x 25 5/8 in. (50 x 65 cm.). Painted circa 1873. Photo Image 2009 Christies Ltd\nProvenance: Fromentin; sale, H\u00f4tel Drouot, Paris, 16 December 1908, lot 10.\nAnon. sale, H\u00f4tel Drouot, Paris, 3 December 1910, lot 46.\nEug\u00e8ne Blot, Paris (acquired at the above sale).\nGalerie Bernheim Jeune et Cie., Paris (circa 1916).\nG\u00e9rard Fr\u00e8res, Paris.\nM. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (acquired from the above, January 1924).\nJames Carstairs, Philadelphia (acquired from the above, March 1924).\nM. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (acquired from the above, October 1927).\nWildenstein & Co., Inc., New York.\nRuth S. and David M. Heyman, New York (acquired from the above, before 1945); Estate sale, Christie's, New York, 16 May 1984, lot 12.\nThe Lefevre Gallery (Alex. Reid & Lefevre, Ltd.), London (acquired at the above sale).\nAcquavella Galleries, Inc., New York.\nWildenstein & Co., Inc., New York (1988).\nThe Hal Wallis Foundation, Santa Barbara (acquired from the above, 1994); sale, Christie's, New York, 14 May 1997, lot 17.\nLiterature: L.-R. Pissarro and L. Venturi, Camille Pissarro, son art--son oeuvre, Paris, 1939, vol. I, p. 112, no. 234 (illustrated, vol. II, p. 46).\nR. Herbert, Impressionism: Art, Leisure and Parisian Society, New Haven, 1988, p. 226 (illustrated in color).\nR.R. Bretell, Pissarro and Pontoise: The Painter in a Landscape, New Haven, 1990, pp. 65 and 158 (illustrated in color, pl. 63, pp. 67-69).\nR. Katz and C. Dars, The Impressionists in Context, New York, 1991, p. 85 (illustrated in color).\nC. Lloyd, \"Paul C\u00e9zanne, Pupil of Pissarro: An Artistic Friendship,\" Apollo, November 1992, pp. 284 and 289.\nM. Reid, Pissarro, London, 1993, p. 143, no. 83 (illustrated in color, p. 83).\nS. Roffo, Camille Pissarro, Paris, 1994, p. 26 (illustrated).\nP.H. Tucker, Claude Monet, Life and Art, New Haven, 1995, p. 73, no. 80 (illustrated in color).\nB.E. White, Impressionists Side by Side, New York, 1996, p. 120 (illustrated in color, p. 121).\nM.J. Pell\u00e9, 'Vert Pissarro...' Impressions de Normandie et d'ailleurs, Luneray, 2000, p. 74.\nJ. Pissarro and C. Durand-Ruel Snollaerts, Pissarro, Catalogue critique des peintures, Paris, 2005, vol. II, p. 240, no. 305 (illustrated in color).\nExhibited: Paris, Galerie Knoedler, Peintres de l'\u00c9cole fran\u00e7aise du XIXe si\u00e8cle, May 1924, no. 23.\nNew York, Wildenstein & Co., Inc., Camille Pissarro: His Place in Art, October-November 1945, p. 33, no. 10 (illustrated, p. 24).\nMontreal, Mus\u00e9e des Beaux-Arts, Manet to Matisse, May-June 1949, no. 27.\nNew York, Wildenstein & Co., Inc., C. Pissarro, March-May 1965, no. 22 (illustrated).\nLondon, The Lefevre Gallery (Alex. Reid & Lefevre, Ltd.), Important XIXth and XXth Century Works of Art, June-July 1985, pp. 28-29, no. 13 (illustrated in color).\nEdinburgh, National Gallery of Scotland, French Impressionism and its Origins: Lighting up the Landscape, August-October 1986, p. 78, no. 98 (illustrated in color).\nSanta Barbara Museum of Art (on extended loan, June 1994-February 1997).\nNew York, The Museum of Modern Art; The Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Paris, Mus\u00e9e d'Orsay, Pioneering Modern Painting: C\u00e9zanne and Pissarro 1865-1886, June 2005-May 2006, no. 86.\nEdgar Degas (1834-1917) Danseuses; signed 'Degas' (lower left) pastel on paper laid down on board, 20 1/8 x 15\u00be in. (51.1 x 40 cm.). Drawn circa 1896. Photo Image 2009 Christies Ltd\nProvenance: Eug\u00e8ne Blot, Paris; sale, H\u00f4tel Drouot, Paris, 10 May 1906, lot 91.\nAdolf Rothermundt, Dresden (by 1909).\nLudwig and Margret Kainer, Berlin; sale, Leo Spik, Berlin, 31 May 1935, lot 93.\nThomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd., London.\nMai Art Trading.\nFujikawa Galleries, Inc., Japan.\nPrivate collection (acquired from the above).\nLiterature: Paul Fechter, \"Die Sammlung Rothermundt,\" Kunst und K\u00fcnstler, 1910, vol. 8, p. 350.\nA. Lichtwark, \"Der Sammler,\" Kunst und K\u00fcnstler, 1912, vol. 10, p. 237, no. 5 (illustrated).\nP.A. Lemoisne, Degas et son oeuvre, Paris, 1946, vol. III, p. 724, no. 1242 (illustrated, p. 725).\nR. Gordon and A. Forge, Degas, New York, 1988, pp. 216 and 278 (illustrated in color).\nA. Pophanken, ed., Die Moderne und ihre Sammler: Franz\u00f6sische Kunst in Deutschem Privatbesitz vom Kaiserreich zur Weimarer Republik, Berlin 2001, p. 227, no. 43 (illustrated).\nH. Biedermann, \"Die Sammlungen Adolf Rothermundt und Oscar Schmitz in Dresden,\" Von Monet bis Mondrian, Meisterwerke der Moderne aus Dresdner Privatsammlungen der ersten H\u00e4lfte des 20 Jahrhunderts, exh. cat., Palais Br\u00fchlsche Terrasse, Dresden, 2006, p. 54, no. 18 (illustrated).\nExhibited: Paris, Didier Imbert Fine Art, Tableaux XIX et XX Si\u00e8cles, May-July 1985, no. 22 (illustrated).\nLondon, Thomas Gibson Fine Art, 19th & 20th Century Masters and Selected Old Masters, June-July 1987, pp. 16-17.\nOsaka and Tokyo, Fujikawa Galleries, Selection of French Masterpieces, April-May 1988, no. 8 (illustrated in color).\nGunma, The Museum of Modern Art, Impressionist Exhibition, September-November 1994, pp. 104-105 and 183, no. 44.\nLondon, The National Gallery and The Art Institute of Chicago, Degas: Beyond Impressionism, May 1996-January 1997, p. 299, no. 37 (illustrated in color, p. 217).\nNotes: There are in the pantheon of the great moderns a few artists who lived to an advanced age, whom we hold in high esteem for an accomplishment that is uncommon and profoundly revelatory: their lives' work culminated in an utterly transformed and unprecedented art, whose pronounced characteristics may be perceived to constitute a uniquely distinctive \"late style.\" This late body of work may be so exceptional and forward-looking that it may eventually be understood to constitute a defining moment, a benchmark \"state of the art,\" in the history of modernism. Among the artists of the last century, we especially admire Matisse for the innovation and sheer \u00e9lan of his cut-outs (see Lot ___), and Picasso, for those irrepressible, life-affirming paintings of his final years, the mosqueteros, which drew huge crowds at the Gagosian Gallery, New York, this past spring. Among the giants of the late 19th century, C\u00e9zanne arrived at a late style: his bathers and landscapes bespeak ideas and trends that were to thread their way through successive generations of modern painters down to our own day. Monet's late nymph\u00e9as paintings represent the transubstantiation of Impressionism into a vision and experience of the physical world that crosses the threshold into a virtually cosmic and timeless dimension.\nIn this select group of artists we should rightly include Edgar Degas. Observers had noted early on the presence of a late style in his work; in discussing an exhibition of late works in 1936, Waldemar George was struck by \"His tones--false, strident, clashing, breaking into shimmering fanfares without any concern for truth, plausibility, or credibility\" (quoted in Degas, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1988, p. 482). A wider appreciation and deepening understanding of Degas's late style began to emerge within the context of the massive 1988 retrospective of his work. It was not until 1996, however, nearly eighty years after the artist's death, that a thorough and definitive accounting of his late work was finally undertaken, in Degas: Beyond Impressionism, curated by Richard Kendall.\nDegas drew Danseuses circa 1896; it is around this time that most commentators mark the emergence of this final phase in his work, which lasted until the artist's eyesight had so seriously deteriorated that he could no longer paint, draw or sculpt in his studio, around 1912. This issue of the artist's visual capacity has limited bearing in the mid-90s, but it is nonetheless a reminder of a significant factor that comes into play in the late work of many elder masters: increasing infirmities of various kinds, as well as the growing apprehension of one's mortality, may contribute immeasurably to the challenge of the task at hand, and require from the artist the ultimate measure of courage and the strength of will to carry on, all factors which will inform to some degree the emotional content as well as the appearance of the artist's production.\nWhen comparing the present pastel to works done in previous decades, one instantly observes that Degas has largely dispensed with his early penchant for specificity and detail, now seemingly dissolved in the boldness of his drawing and the sheer brilliance of color, as the artist strove to distill his subject down to its very essence. Joan Sutherland Boggs has noted, \"One fact about which there is general agreement by writers on the late work is Degas's increasing indulgence in the abstract elements of his art. Color becomes more intense and often seems to dominate his paintings and pastels Lines also increased in vigor and expressive power In addition, the very texture of Degas's work seems an immediate expression of the will of the man himself In his interest in and reliance on abstraction, there is a willfulness and a turning to what Degas himself described as 'mystery' in art\" (in exh. cat., op. cit., 1988, pp. 481-482).\nThe subject of the dancer reigned supreme in Degas's late work. About three-quarters of his output during this period are related to the dance, and in the mid-1890s this subject outnumbers all others three-to-one, and his next most frequent theme, the nude, by nearly two-to-one. Jill DeVonyar and Richard Kendall have noted that \"only his images of the female bathers approached [the dancers] in sustained originality and commitment\" (in Degas and the Dance, American Federation of the Arts, New York, 2002, p. 231). During this time Degas was also making photographs of dancers (or so the few extant glass plates have been attributed to him; fig. 1), and he even employed his skill as a poet to pen a series of sonnets about dancers.\nDegas's interest in the dance no longer took its primary stimulation from the modern color and spectacle of the productions at the Op\u00e9ra de Paris--his attendance declined after the mid-1880s, and he allowed his backstage pass to lapse. He was now taking a more detached and abstract vantage point, from which he approached, with a deeper historical understanding, the expression of dance as a timeless form. The American collector Louisine Havemeyer recalled a visit to Degas in 1903; she was already the owner of a dozen pastel and charcoal drawings on dancers. \"I asked Degas the question--I blush to record it--a question that had often been asked me: \"Why monsieur, do you always do ballet dancers?\" The quick reply was: 'Because madame, it is all that is left us of the combined movements of the Greeks'\" (quoted in ibid., p. 234). Jeanne Fevre, the artist's niece, reported that Degas read the Greek classics in the original; he was \"passionate about the world of antiquity\" (ibid, p. 238). A frequent visitor to the Louvre, Degas especially admired ancient Greek friezes, as well as free standing sculptures such as the famous Venus de Milo, in which he perceived both movement and serenity. Henri Hertz has cited Degas as saying that his dancers \"followed the Greek tradition purely and simply, almost all antique statues representing the movement and balance of rhythmic dance\" (ibid., p. 235).\nTo George Moore, Degas declared \"the dancer is only a pretext for drawing\" (quoted in exh. cat., op. cit. 1996, p. 134). Paul Val\u00e9ry described Degas's obsession with drawing: \"The sheer labour of drawing had become a passion and a discipline for him, the object of a mystique and an ethic all-sufficient in themselves, a supreme preoccupation which abolished all other matters, a source of endless problems in precision which released him from any other form of inquiry\" (in Degas Manet Morisot, Princeton, 1960, p. 64). Charcoal became his sole medium for making drawings. The application of the pastel sticks to paper also constitutes a form of drawing--it is essentially a means of drawing in color--Degas stated, \"I am a colorist with line\" (quoted in exh. cat., op. cit., 1996, p. 257). His reliance on the use of the pastel medium also assumed pre-eminence during the late period, when it accounts for approximately 90 of all works done in color, far out-numbering his oil paintings on canvas, the medium in which almost all artists choose to make their most fully realized and definitive statements. Taking into account the many hundreds of surviving independent drawings that Degas executed, and adding to them the large number of color works that he commenced with an underlying drawing, it becomes clear how thoroughly the practice of drawing informs the content and presentation of the artist's late works, making Degas's oeuvre unique in this regard among the artists of his time.\nDegas's method of working in pastel is perhaps as fascinating to follow, insofar as one can recreate the process, as the product is beautiful to behold. Val\u00e9ry recalled Degas saying \"a picture is the result of a series of operations\" (quoted in op. cit., p. 6). The artist began Danseuses with a charcoal drawing done on tracing paper. This drawing itself was likely the result of earlier \"operations.\" The idea for this particular pairing of resting dancers may have come the oil painting La salle de danse, circa 1891 (Lemoisne, no. 1107; fig. 2), where they appear just to the right of the post that bisects the composition. A series of drawings followed, some showing the dancers singly (3me Vente Degas, nos. 187, 188, 205, 206, 223, 253, 266 and 274) and then together (3me Vente Degas, nos. 190 [fig. 3], 225 and 237). Degas told his friend, the sculptor Paul-Albert Bartholom\u00e9, \"It is essential to do the same subject over again, ten times, a hundred times\" (quoted in exh. cat., p. cit., 1996, p. 258). He advised fellow painters to \"Make a drawing, begin it again, trace it; begin it again, and retrace it\" (ibid., p. 81). The reworked tracings and transfers generated vast extended families of related drawings, marking in Degas's work \"the emergence of a new kind of seriality, analogous to some of the 'series' patterns of his peers, but technically unique to himself' (ibid., p. 71).\nHaving arrived at one or more preparatory drawings of the subject that pleased him, Degas traced them a final time, and had P\u00e8re L\u00e9zin, a print specialist, framer and colleur, lay down the sheets of tracing paper on durable Bristol board. The artist purposely avoided the use of fine rag, hand-made and specially textured pastel papers. Degas would then proceed to work the images in pastel, first applying the powdery pigment in broad strokes using the side of the stick, and then utilizing the the tip to create a fine, unidirectional array of what the artist called his \"z\u00e9brures\" (\"stripes\"), resulting in a densely striated surface of colored lines. He would frequently apply a fixative, made from a unknown recipe given him by the painter Luigi Chialiva, to render each layer of pastel permanent, and allow for further applications and the progressive build-up of color. The layering of pastel generated both subtle hybrid tones and scintillating optical mixtures; Joris-Karl Huysmans noted Degas's ability to \"invent neologisms of colourNo artist since Delacroix has understood like M. Degas the marriage and adultery of colours\" (quoted in ibid., p. 100).\nSome studies were relatively lightly drawn, with minimal layering (Lemoisne, no. 1243; fig. 4), but nearly all are entirely satisfying in the state the artist ceased working on them. The closest siblings in pastel to Danseuses are Deux danseuses en bleu et rose (Lemoisne, no. 1241), and of the right hand figure only, Danseuse rose (Lemoisne, no. 1242). One might designate as cousins by varying degrees those pastels which show the present image reversed (Lemoisne, no. 1367; fig. 5), or reversed and enlarged (Lemoisne, no. 1323; fig. 6). DeVonyer and Kendall have written: \"Degas must have thrilled to the sense that this process of repetition and variation so visibly rhymed with the dancing practices it depicted, and that both drawing and ballet exploited the mirroring of actions and the progression from spare, colorless exercises to multi-hued brilliance Color allowed him to manufacture variation after variation on single scenetwinned works were never left as an identical pair, but typically cropped and extended, their details suppressed or their characters modified as he contrived new pictorial identities for each emerging composition By repeating his subjects, Degas seemed to deepen the game he had created, pursuing new expressive permutations that had previously been beyond his self-imposed brief\" (exh. cat., op. cit., 2002, pp. 258 and 260).\nThe large number of drawings and pastels that employ the pose seen in Danseuses attests to Degas's persistent interest in the interaction between these two girls. One aspect of this engagement, as Degas stated, was that they provided him a pretext to draw, to explore ways of seeing and rendering form. Tracking the formal design within this close-up and tightly cropped composition reveals a serpentine arabesque that arises from the open trapezoid of the right-hand dancer's splayed legs, and dovetails with a similar form outlined by the the bent arm and cut-off foot of the left-hand figure. Degas reiterated the narrow V-shape of the merging arm and leg near the center of the composition in the jutting elbow at upper left. This twisting armature of limbs lends shape and movement to the diaphanous veils of color; the narrow shadows create the effect of a shallow relief, as in the Greek friezes Degas studied in the Louvre.\nThere is a human element here as well. Degas has underscored a sense of intimacy by calling attention to the sympathetic relationship between the two dancers, even if he has given us hardly any indication of their individual expressions and personalities. The overall effect is anonymous, monumental, and timeless; while the dancers seem weary and nearly spent from their endeavors, the composition suggests an underlying resilience, a deeper well of energy held in reserve. The connection between Degas and the dance now comes into focus. Despite differences in age, gender and class, Degas observed in the difficult and all-consuming regimen that these young women practiced a metaphor for process in his own calling, for the aims and ideals he held forth in his art. Degas wrote in one of his sonnets (from R. Gordon and A. Forge, Degas, New York, 1988, p. 201; trans. Richard Howard):\n...Those who grasp the mystery\nof bodies moving, eloquent and still,\nWho see--who must see in the fleeting girls\nall trace vanish of their transitory soul,\nFlashing faster than the finest strophe;\n--All, even the crayon's careful grace:\nA dancer has All, though weary as Atalanta:\nSerene the tradition, sealed to the profane.\nRounding out the exceptional offerings of Impressionist works in the sale is Monet's V\u00e9theuil, effet de soleil. This sun-drenched view of the picturesque village of V\u00e9theuil was painted in 1901, when Monet was refining the distinctive serial approach that would yield some of his most celebrated late career works, including the water garden paintings at Giverny. All fifteen of the V\u00e9theuil paintings, including the present work, take in the same view from across the Seine, varying only in lighting effects and weather conditions. \"V\u00e9theuil, effet de soleil\" was one of a number of works from the series that was purchased by Galerie Durand-Ruel in 1902, where it remained until its sale to a private collector in 1949. Seven of the 15 views in the V\u00e9theuil series are now housed in major museum collections around the world, including the Mus\u00e9e D'Orsay and the Pushkin Museum.\nClaude Monet (1840-1926) V\u00e9theuil, effet de soleil, signed and dated 'Claude Monet 1901' (lower left) oil on canvas, 32\u00bc x 36 5/8 in., (82 x 93 cm.) Painted in 1901. Photo Image 2009 Christies Ltd\nProvenance: Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Paris (acquired from the artist, February 1902).\nGalerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., Paris (acquired from the above, 28 October 1902).\nGalerie Durand-Ruel et Cie., New York (aquired from the above, 19 November 1902 and until 1949).\nLiterature: G. Riat, \"Petites expositions,\" La Chronique des Arts, 22 February 1902, p. 59.\nA. Alexandre, \"La vie artistique. II. Exposition Monet-Pissarro,\" Le Figaro, 27 February 1902, p. 5.\nC. Saunier, \"Gazette d'Art. Monet, Pissarro...,\" La Revue blanche, March 1902, pp. 385-386.\nE. Pilon, \"Carnet des oeuvres et des hommes. Plusieurs paysagistes,\" La Plume, 15 March 1902, pp. 411-413.\nT. Duret, \"Cl. Monet und der Impressionismus,\" Kunst und K\u00fcnstler, March 1904, p. 242 (illustrated).\nL. Venturi, Les Archives de l'Impressionnisme, Paris, 1939, vol. I, p. 378.\nD. Wildenstein, Claude Monet, biographie et catalogue raisonn\u00e9, Lausanne, 1985, vol. IV, p. 198 (illustrated, p. 199).\nD. Wildenstein, Monet, Catalogue raisonn\u00e9, Cologne, 1996, vol. IV, p. 737, no. 1638 (illustrated).\nExhibited: Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Pissarro-Monet, 1902.\nMinneapolis, Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, A Special Exhibition of Paintings by the French Impressionists and of the Works of Six American Artists Residing in Paris, April-May 1908, p. 14, no. 39. (possibly) New York, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Paintings of different periods by Monet, February 1911, no. 6-18.\nNew York, Galerie Durand-Ruel, Exhibition of Paintings by Claude Monet, March 1940, no. 7.\nNotes: This sun-drenched canvas is one in an important series of fifteen paintings that Monet executed during the summer and early autumn of 1901, showing the picturesque village of V\u00e9theuil on the right bank of the Seine (Wildenstein, nos. 1635-1649). The artist had lived and worked at V\u00e9theuil from 1878 to 1881, a watershed moment in his career, and his later views of the town may be understood in part as a nostalgic return to a motif which held deep personal and artistic resonance for him. At the same time, the 1901 paintings of V\u00e9theuil are significant examples of the distinctive serial approach that Monet had come to practice, in which virtually identical views of the motif vary only in their lighting effects and weather conditions. The V\u00e9theuil pictures reveal the same fascination with the evanescent aspects of nature that characterize such celebrated late series as those Monet painted of his water garden at Giverny and of the Thames River in London. Discussing the significance of this period in Monet's oeuvre, Paul Tucker has written: \"Between 1900 and his death in 1926, Monet produced some of the most novel paintings of his career...that today are justifiably hailed as landmarks of late Impressionism. Filled with beauty, daring, and bravura, they stand as eloquent witness to an aging artist's irrepressible urge to express his feelings in front of nature. They also attest to his persistent desire to reinvent the look of landscape and to leave a legacy of significance\" (in Monet in the 20th Century, exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1998, p. 14).\nEven at the outset of the new century, V\u00e9theuil remained an idyllic, agrarian hamlet of only a few hundred inhabitants. Situated 37 miles (60 km.) northwest of Paris, the town stands on a hill overlooking a gentle bend in the Seine. V\u00e9theuil's major landmark is the Romanesque church of Notre-Dame, which occupies a commanding position in the heart of the community (fig. 1). With neither a bridge nor a rail station, and only minimal industry, V\u00e9theuil showed little evidence of the encroaching modernity that had become endemic elsewhere in the region. Shortly after settling there in 1878, the artist described the town in a letter to Eug\u00e8ne Maurer as \"a ravishing spot from which I should be able to extract some things that aren't bad\" (quoted in M. Clarke and R. Thomson, Monet: The Seine and the Sea, 1878-1883, exh. cat., National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, 2003, p. 17).\nMonet's fifteen views of V\u00e9theuil from 1901 were all painted from Lavacourt, a small village on the opposite bank of the Seine. In July, frustrated by the stifling heat in his studio at Giverny, and unable to work in his water garden because of renovations, Monet began to have his chauffeur drive him and his wife Alice to Lavacourt in the afternoons, a distance of less than 8 miles (12 km.) that was easily traversed in the family's new Panhard-Levassor motor car. By the end of the month, the artist had rented a modest house at Lavacourt with a second-floor balcony and an excellent view across the river to V\u00e9theuil. Pleased by this motif, he painted there nearly every day until October, when he wrote to Durand-Ruel, \"I have undertaken a series of views of V\u00e9theuil that I thought I would be able to finish quickly and which have taken me all summer\" (quoted in ibid., p. 52). Once given the opportunity to view the completed paintings, the artist's dealers quickly realized their commercial potential. During the first three months of 1902, Monet sold eight canvases to Bernheim-Jeune--some of which were later acquired by Durand-Ruel (including the present picture)--and two to Boussod, Valadon et Cie., netting the artist a total of 80,000 francs--enough to cover the cost of the ongoing work on his gardens and to pay for the Panhard-Levassor several times over.\nThe fifteen V\u00e9theuil paintings were all executed from precisely the same viewpoint, on canvases that were either square, or nearly square, in format. The village itself is pressed into the upper third of the canvas, with the larger lower section given over to the expanse of the Seine. The church of Notre-Dame forms the focal point of the pyramidal composition, rising proudly and protectively over the town's quaint cluster of whitewashed houses. In the present canvas, a stiff breeze ripples the surface of the water, breaking up the reflections of the town that appear prominently in some of the companion pictures. The water shimmers in the sunlight; the landscape is suffused in the golden, late afternoon light of a summer's day. In other pictures of this series, Monet rendered V\u00e9theuil earlier in the afternoon (fig. 2) or the rosy glow of sunset (fig. 3). Discussing this group of paintings, John House concludes, \"For Monet, the distinctive quality of the site lay in what he called the enveloppe--its distinctive light and atmosphere\" (in op. cit., exh. cat., Boston, 1998, p. 9).\nMonet had painted several similar views of V\u00e9theuil when he lived there in the late 1870s. Particularly close in composition are four great landscapes which Monet executed during 1879 in a somewhat wider format (W. 531-534; fig. 4). Although Monet's handling in the 1901 canvases is much freer and less detailed, the motif is nearly identical in the two series. Paul Tucker has written, \"These paintings were unabashed retreats to pictures he had done of the same site during his stay in V\u00e9theuil more than two decades earlier, and were suffused with sweet nostalgia for the time he had spent in that village some twenty years earlier\" (op. cit., p. 39). Andrew Forge has suggested a more specific reason for Monet's renewed exploration of V\u00e9theuil in 1901. His stepdaughter Suzanne had just died, and both he and Alice were in deep mourning. \"There must have been some connection between this sadness and his return to V\u00e9theuil, the place where [his first wife] Camille had died and where he and Alice had started their lives together some twenty years before. In these canvases, personal memories and memories of work were interwoven\" (in Monet, Chicago, 1995, p. 60).\nV\u00e9theuil indeed held artistic as well as personal significance for Monet in 1901. The years that he spent there between 1878 and 1881 marked a key juncture in his work--\"a decisive moment of personal and artistic reassessment...[and] the most momentous change in the career of the most revolutionary Impressionist\" (C. Stuckey et al., Monet at V\u00e9theuil: The Turning Point, exh. cat., University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, 1998, pp. 13 and 41). Following his move to V\u00e9theuil, Monet entirely abandoned the contemporary themes that had dominated his earlier work and he began to focus instead on the description of fugitive aspects of nature seen in changing light. This nascent serial technique laid the groundwork for Monet's most important later production. By 1901, Monet was hard at work on two of the most challenging and innovative serial undertakings of his career: the water garden and the Thames. His return to V\u00e9theuil at this time may represent an effort to re-engage with the site of the earliest experiments in his distinctive and innovative mode of rendering the landscape.\nMore generally, the 1901 paintings of V\u00e9theuil reflect Monet's mounting interest in the latter years of his career in reworking themes from his own previous painting. His views of the beaches and cliffs at Pourville from 1896-1897, for instance, constitute a renewed exploration of motifs that had occupied him during the early 1880s, while the Thames series of 1899-1901 was the fulfillment of a long-cherished plan to revisit sites that he had painted in 1871 while living in London. As the artist told Fran\u00e7ois Thi\u00e9bault-Sisson around the turn of the century, \"Ever since I turned sixty, I have had the idea of undertaking, for each of the types of motif which had in turn shared my attention, a sort of synthesis in which I would sum up in one canvas, sometimes two, my past impressions and sensations. I would have to travel a great deal and for a long time, to revisit one by one the staging posts of my life as a painter and to verify my past feelings\" (quoted in J. House, Monet: Nature into Art, New Haven, 1986, p. 31).\nSeven of the fifteen views that Monet painted of V\u00e9theuil in 1901 are now housed in major museum collections: the Pushkin Museum (W. 1635), the Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal (W. 1641), the Art Institute of Chicago (W. 1643 and 1645), the Mus\u00e9e d'Orsay (W. 1644), the Mus\u00e9e des Beaux-Arts in Lille (W. 1646), and the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo (W. 1648).\nHenri Matisse (1869-1954) Rosace; gouache, pencil and paper collage on paper laid down on canvas. Diameter: 76 in. (193 cm.) Executed in 1954. Est. $3,000,000 - $4,000,000. Photo Image 2009 Christies Ltd\nAlso from the Dreyfus Estate is Wassily Kandinsky's \"Winkelschwung\" (\u201cAngular Swing\u201d) from 1929 (estimate: $1.5-2.5 million), a vibrant work that bears the influence of the artist's teaching residency at the legendary Bauhaus. Populated with geometric shapes, lines, and points arrayed along an obtuse angle, the painting may be read as a landscape of buildings and tree forms, or as an interpretation of the Bauhaus campus itself.\nWassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) Winkelschwung, signed with monogram and dated '29' (lower left); signed with monogram and dated again, numbered and titled 'No 473 1929 \"Winkelschwung\"' (on the reverse) oil on board, 19 1/8 x 27 5/8 in. (48.5 x 70 cm.) Painted in 1929. Photo Image 2009 Christies Ltd\n\"Composition II, with Red\", 1926 by Piet Mondrian is a highly minimal painting from a pivotal year in the artist\u2019s career during which he broke with the de Stijl movement and embraced his own individualistic style. Consisting solely of four straight lines and one primary color on a white background, Composition II, with Red is from an important group of four paintings often referred to as the \u201cDresden Paintings\u201d. The only other work from this outstanding group that is still known to exist is \"Composition IV, with Red\", now in the permanent collection of the Kaiser Welhelm Museum in Krefeld.\nPiet Mondrian (1872-1944) Composition II, with Red, 1926, signed with initials and dated 'PM 26' (lower left) oil on canvas, 19\u00be x 20 1/8 in. (50.2 x 51.1 cm.) Painted in 1926. Photo Image 2009 Christies Ltd\nProvenance: The artist's estate, 1944-1960.\nHarry Holtzman, New York (acquired from the above).\nSidney Janis Gallery, New York.\nEdgar J. Kaufmann, Jr., New York (acquired from the above, 1960); sale, Sotheby's, New York, 15 November 1989, lot 13.\nPrivate collection, Europe; sale, Christie's, London, 22 June 2004, lot 30.\nAcquired from the above sale by the present owner.\nLiterature: \"Black is Right,\" Town & Country 99, June 1944, issue 64-67, p. 64, no. 4261 (illustrated).\nM. Seuphor, Piet Mondrian, Life and Work, New York, 1956, p. 273, no. 152 (illustrated).\nC. Greenberg, \"Modernist Painting,\" Art and Culture Essays, Boston, 1961, p. 106 (illustrated).\nC.L. Ragghianti, Mondrian e l'arte del XX secolo, Milan, 1962, pp. 332, 338 and 375 (illustrated, p. 306).\nF. Elgar, Mondrian, New York and Washington, 1968, p. 131, no. 121 (illustrated).\nM.G. Ottolenghi, L'opera completa di Mondrian, Milan, 1974, p. 111, no. 367.\nN.J. Troy, \"Correspondence between Katherine S. Dreier and Piet Mondrian,\" Mondrian and Neo-Plasticism in America, New Haven, 1979, p. 61.\nH. Holtzmann and M. James, eds., The New Art, The New Life, The Collected Writings of Piet Mondrian, Boston, 1986, no. 170 (illustrated).\nJ.M. Joosten and R.P. Welsh, Piet Mondrian, Catalogue raisonn\u00e9, Antwerp, 1988, vol. II, 1911-1944, p. 322, no. B170 (illustrated).\nExhibited: Dresden, Kunstausstellung K\u00fchl, 1926 (titled 'Dresden II').\nMannheim, St\u00e4dtische Kunsthalle, Wege und Richtungen der Abstrakten Malerei in Europe, January-March 1927, no. 253 (titled 'Komposition III').\n(Possibly) Frankfurt, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Der Stuhl, March 1929.\nNew York, Museum of Modern Art, Piet Mondrian, March-May 1945, no. 27 (titled 'Composition in White and Red').\nNew York, Valentine Gallery, Mondrian, Paintings, March 1946, no. 7 (titled 'Composition. Noir, Blanc, Rouge').\nNew York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Piet Mondrian, February-March 1951, no. 23 (titled 'Composition').\nNew York, Sidney Janis Gallery, 50 Years of Mondrian, November 1953, no. 27 (titled 'Square Composition').\nNew York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Examples of the classic phase of Arp & Mondrian in Painting, Sculpture and Relief, January-March 1960, no. 25 (titled 'Composition in a Square').\nNotes: Painted on a 50 centimeter square canvas, consisting solely of four straight lines and one primary color on a white background, Composition II, with Red is an important and highly minimal work painted by Mondrian in Paris in 1926. As Michel Seuphor has recalled of this time, \"the year 1926 was important in Mondrian's life,\" marking a turning point for the artist which signaled the end of his association with the de Stijl movement and the beginning of a new and more independent identity. It was possibly a consequence of Mondrian's break with Van Doesburg in 1925, that his paintings of 1926 are distinguished by an ever-increasing reductivism in which the artist pared down even further the sparse pictorial logic, the \"neo-plasticism\" of his paintings to their barest essentials. As Composition II, with Red demonstrates, it was indeed possible to considerably reduce the basic elements of de Stijl and still maintain the integrity of the \"neo-plastic\" aesthetic.\nComposition II, with Red is one of an important group of four paintings often known as the \"Dresden paintings.\" Painted in 1926, they were sent the following year on consignment to the Kunstaustellung K\u00fchl in Dresden. Only the present work (also known as Dresden II) and Composition IV, with Red or (Dresden IV, fig. 3), now in the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum in Krefeld, are still known to exist. Mondrian, who lived in a state of near poverty for much of the early 1920s and was often compelled to paint naturalistic flower-paintings for money during this period so as to fund his less saleable abstract work, had recently begun to find patrons of his work in Dresden. In 1926 Mondrian had been commissioned to design a library-study for an Ida Bienert living in Dresden. At the same time a diamond composition of his, Tableau no. 1 (1925), had also been bought from the Kunstaustellung K\u00fchl by the dancer Gret Palucca who, to Mondrian's delight, had hung the work at a specific place on the large empty wall of her dance studio \"as a point of rest for when she takes a break\" (letter from Piet Mondrian to J.J.P. Oud cited in Piet Mondrian, exh. cat., MoMA, New York, 1995, p. 221).\nThese commercial successes in Dresden were welcomed by Mondrian not just for the much-needed income they brought but also that they seemed to reflect the public's growing understanding of his work as a bridge between art and architecture. Mondrian saw his paintings not as mere objects but as architectural statements that posited new ideas about the nature of form and space that could and, he hoped one day would, be integrated into the structure of the life of \"future man.\" As a response to his quest for an absolute, for Mondrian his painting had to both respond to and interact with the modern environment in which it was created. In this respect, of course, most importantly, art had to respond to the metropolis. \"The truly modern artist,\" he wrote, \"sees the metropolis as a formal equivalent of abstract life; it is closer to him than nature and gives him a stronger feeling of beauty. For, in the big city, nature has already been constrained and ordered by the human spirit. The proportions and rhythms of architectural surfaces and lines speak more directly to the artist than do the whims of nature; henceforth, the big city is where the artistic-mathematical temperament of the future will develop, the place from which the New Style will emerge\" (cited in Serge Lemoine, Mondrian and de Stijl, London, 1987, p. 30).\nIn accordance with these sentiments, Mondrian saw his paintings as working towards the end of easel painting. The formal and spatial principles they extolled should, he believed, be extended beyond the picture frame into life. To this end he himself put these principles into practice in the arrangement of his own living space. In his studio at 26 Rue du D\u00e9part in Paris he covered the white walls with colored cardboard shapes arranged like his paintings in accordance with Neo-plastic principles. He painted all the objects in the studio--the few pieces of furniture he had and his treasured gramophone player--in primary colours in order to create what he described as \"a new design for living.\" In order to further propagate this utopian message of his art as a blueprint for the future, he had a series of photographs taken of this studio which he published in 1926. Forming the centerpiece of one of these photographs is a now lost work that bears a very close resemblance to Composition II, with Red. A complete and persuasive integration of his painted work into its environment, this photograph is a powerful illustration of the way in which Mondrian believed the principles of his art could be extended into life. It is a pictorial manifesto of his belief in the total work of art.\nComposition II, with Red is a deceptively simple work that represents a cornerstone of Mondrian's art. Reduced to the most simple and essential of elements, its harmoniously resolved composition creates a tension and dynamism with only the barest of means. In this it articulates the principles of Neo-Plasticism which, with the help of Seuphor, Mondrian had painstakingly translated into manifesto form in 1926, exhibiting all the non-symmetrical balance between form and space and between the notion of \"mind and material\" that Mondrian had here demanded of art. \"Balance through the equivalence of nature and mind, of that which is individual and that which is universal, of the feminine and the masculine--this general principle of Neo-Plasticism can be achieved not only in plastic art, but also in man and society,\" Mondrian had asserted. \"In society, the equivalence of what relates to matter and of what relates to mind can create a harmony beyond anything hitherto known\" (\"The General Principles of Neo-Plasticism,\" 1926, cited in M. Seuphor, Mondrian. Life and Work, London, 1956, p. 168). In reducing the language of his art to its finest point, Mondrian was also fiercely demonstrating the power of the painterly system he had devised to articulate form and space. He did this however not out of a sense of personal pride but out of a sense of mission. \"To be concerned exclusively with relations, while creating them and seeking their equilibrium in art and life, that is the good work of today, that is to prepare the future\" (ibid.).\nFew 19th century sculptures are more instantly recognizable than Rodin's \"Le Baiser\" (The Kiss), a romantic depiction of an embracing couple inspired by a tale of forbidden love from Dante's Inferno. Christie's is pleased to offer an extremely rare bronze cast of the sculpture, one of only five created during the artist's lifetime from the plaster model of the sculpture known as the Milwaukee version. In these versions only, the male figure's right hand is lifted slightly from the thigh of his lover so that it appears to hover tentatively, a poignant gesture that Rodin called \"more respectful\". Owned by Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge until 1975, this elegant, 34-inch tall bronze has been in a private collection in New York for nearly 35 years.\nAuguste Rodin (1840-1917) Le Baiser, moyen mod\u00e8le dit \"Taille de la Porte\" (mod\u00e8le avec base simplifi\u00e9e) signed 'Rodin' (on the back of the base) bronze with brown patina. Height: 34 in. (86.4 cm.). Conceived in 1880-1881 and cast between 1887-1901. Photo Image 2009 Christies Ltd\nRounding out the sculptural highlights in the sale are Alberto Giacometti's Femme Debout, (estimate: $1.4-1.8 million) from a series of thin, elongated standing female figures the artist conceived in 1960- 61; Edgar Degas' \"Grand Arabesque\" (estimate: $500,000-700,000), an elegant bronze of a young female dancer in mid pose, extending her body from fingertips to toes; and Rodin's \"N\u00e9r\u00e9ides\" (estimate: $200,000-300,000), a depiction in bronze of three intertwined sea nymphs.\nAlberto Giacometti (1901-1966) Femme debout, signed and numbered 'Alberto Giacometti 6/8' (on the right side of the base); inscribed with foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the back of the base) bronze with green and brown patina. Height: 17\u00be in. (45.1 cm.) Conceived in 1961 and cast in 1993. Photo Image 2009 Christies Ltd\nEdgar Degas (1834-1917) Grande arabesque, troisi\u00e8me temps, stamped with signature, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'Degas 16/J CIRE PERDUE A.A. H\u00c9BRARD' (on the top of the base) bronze with brown patina. Height: 15 1/8 in (38.4 cm.) Original model executed circa 1882-1895; this bronze version cast in an edition of twenty-two, numbered A to T plus two casts reserved for the Degas heirs and the founder H\u00e9brard. Photo Image 2009 Christies Ltd\nAuguste Rodin (1840-1917) N\u00e9r\u00e9ides, grand mod\u00e8le dit aussi \"Trois Sir\u00e8nes\" ou \"La Vague\", signed 'Rodin' (on the front of the base); inscribed with foundry mark 'L. Perzinka Fondeur Versailles' (on the back of the base) bronze with brown patina. Height: 17 in. (43.2 cm.) Length: 17\u00bd in. (44.5 cm.) Conceived in 1887 and cast in 1899. Photo Image 2009 Christies Ltd\nTags : Auguste Rodin, Camille Pissarro, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Piet Mondrian, Tamara de Lempicka\nDYNASTIE DES SONG DU NORD,, QING LI ZHONGBAO \u6176\u66c6\u91cd\u5bf3,...\nDynastie des Song du Nord,, Qing Li zhongbao \u6176\u66c6\u91cd\u5bf3, (1041-1048) \u00abMonnaie lourde de [l'\u00e8re] Qing Li\u00bb, lecture...\nEDITO : 'BLACK & WHITE' WITH JACK GILLESPIE &...\nKnit top and gloves by Asger Juel Larsen Knit top and gloves by Asger Juel Larsen Top with metal...\nSale of impressionist and modern art totals $61,370,500, picasso and giacometti go unsold\nCommentaires sur Forty Exceptional Works will be Offered at Christie's Sale of Impressionist and Modern Art", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 475, "original_length": 71661, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 227.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.alamandamaths.com/number-and-algebra/percentages/solve-problems-involving-the-use-of-percentages-including-percentage-increases-and-decreases/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:24Z", "digest": "sha1:ZII375MPTVZ2INQI46IS4FIGXW3VN5PR", "length": 1656, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.alamandamaths.com", "title": "Solve Problems Involving the use of Percentages, Including Percentage Increases and Decreases \u2013 Alamandamaths", "raw_content": "Solve Problems Involving the use of Percentages, Including Percentage Increases and Decreases\nSolve problems involving the use of percentages, including percentage increases and decreases, with and without digital technologies(ACMNA187)\nLO: To calculate percentage increase/decrease of a quantity.\nThe four basic operations of numeracy\nThat a number can be increased/decreased by a certain amount.\nI can calculate the percentage increase/decrease of a quantity.\nPercentage Increase/Decrease\n100% of an item means the full number or full amount.\nPercentage increase means to increase your original number, which means that the final number should be larger than the original number.\nTo find percentage increase, you have to first find the amount you want to increase the original amount by, then add that to your original amount.\nFor example, if I want to increase 20% to $80.\nFirst I would need to find out what is 20% of 80. So I can use the multiplication method, which is 0.20 (20% in decimal form) multiplied by 80. which gives me $16. Since I\u2019m increasing it from $80, I would add $16 + $80 which is $96.\nPercentage decrease means to decrease from your original number, which means that the final number should be smaller than the original number.\nConversely, to find percentage decrease, you have to first find the amount you want to decrease the original amount by, then subtract from your original amount.\nFor example, if I want to decrease $80 by 20%.\nFirst I would find what is 20% of 80, which is 0.2 multiplied by 80, which is 16.\nSince this is percentage decrease, I would subtract 16 from 80. 80 -16 = $64.\nPercentage Increase/Decrease Videos", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 322, "original_length": 13359, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 320.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.allaccessband.org/knowus", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:38Z", "digest": "sha1:ABH5AALXEK4D5AVLJVCU2GNWQQDZ2NY4", "length": 3726, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.allaccessband.org", "title": "Get to Know Us \u2014 All Access Band", "raw_content": "In addition to being a Singer/ Songwriter Shane is a self taught musician who started inthe music business at the early age of thirteen playing drums in south Florida night clubs. Over the years Shane taught himself how to play the guitar, piano and bass guitar while fronting several local bands. During this time Shane performed for two U.S. Presidents, had a small roll in the motion picture \"From Justin to Kelly\" playing the roll of American Idols season 1 winner Kelly Clarksons guitar player in the film. Shane has performed on the Cooking Channel Tv show \"Roadtrip with G. Garvin\" and was featured on Velocity Channels hit Tv show \"South Beach Classics\". Shane continues to write and perform and is currently a member of South Florida's Hottest Party Band, All Access.\nTiffany Rosario\nTiffany's acting and singing career started at the early age of eleven. By age sixteen she landed roles in local plays performing at famous venues such as Bailey's Concert Hall, Broward Center for the Performing Arts and the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center. Over the years Tiffany's love for singing grew as she won local singing competitions and fronted local bands that was the support act for top national touring bands and artists. Tiffany has been featured on the Cooking Channel's TV show \"Road Trip with G Garvin\" and was also featured on Velocity Channel hit TV show \"South Beach Classics\". Tiffany's passion for music continues as she write songs and is currently a lead vocalist in South Florida's Hottest party Band, All Access.\nDave Scully started playing guitar in clubs when he was 17 years old. He has been managed by World Famous Manager Bill Aucoin (KISS, Billy Idol, Billy Squier) and his band FLiC toured on the Vans Warped Tour with 311 and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. He has also toured with Nashville's own Samantha Russel signed to Warner Brothers. Dave, known as a writer as well, has co-written songs and played guitar on sessions in Florida, Colorado, Nashville, New York, Puerto Rico and Las Vegas NV, a couple of these tracks have go on to become Billboard Hits in South America and Mexico. The guitar has been an amazing asset to Dave and he now showcases his talent in Florida's Favorite Corporate Band, All Access.\nPaul Romanelli\nPaul Romanelli began his musical career at the age of 8. By high school he was playing off broadway shows and clubs in the greater NYC area. After graduating from the Music School at the University of Miami, he took his talents on the high seas, playing on cruise ships, then later for Disney, and eventually touring the U.S. and worldwide. Now a full time member of All Access, the passion for music and drive for success is stronger than ever.\nRicky Gerst\nHaving beenbitten by the music bug, at an early age, Richard Gerst pursued the guitar, when he entered the fifth grade. Those first lessons served to teach the importance of practice and persistence. As a teenager, Rich got his first electric guitar, and with it, the world changed. Rich started playing in local bands at age 18, and got his first taste of the Business, traveling up and down the east coast entertaining in local hotels and themeparks.Moving to florida at age 23, he was able to play with groups that provided Disneyworld, and various cruiselines with musical talent. Many different groups would come and go i. Years to come, and it wouldn't be until 2013, when Rich finally met the right people, as a member of the All Access Band. He feels as though he has finally found the best of both worlds. Great players and entertainers, as well as a tight knit musical family. We are so blessed to do what we love to do.\nSince you've met us, it's time you heard us play. 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It never fails to uplift me. Here he is talking about and addressing Mediums\nThe following was a typical address from Spirit Guide Silver Birch speaking through\nMedium Maurice Barbanell\nTo inspire the ambassadors of spirit\nYou are all privileged to be ambassadors of the Great Spirit. You are representatives of the Great Spirit wherever you labour. It becomes your charge and responsibility to see that your gifts are used in such a fashion that they produce the maximum good wherever you can.\nThere will be brought to you those whom you can help. They will often be pitiful derelicts, sick, ill, worried, cheerless, full of problems, feeling that life on earth has nothing more to offer them. It becomes your privilege to help them to become aware of themselves, of their true nature, of their inner spirit, the gift of divinity conferred at birth, so that they begin to get a realization of how they should order their lives and derive from them the fullness, richness, beauty, splendor and radiance that should be theirs.\nThat is your function, to make the power of the spirit available to all who come to you. It is the reason why you have buildings, churches, temples and societies, so that you are accessible. And accessibility is the reason for the existence of all your organizations.\nI want you to appreciate that so far as we are concerned, if you help one soul to find itself, to become aware of its latent divinity and to begin to express it, then the whole of your earth life is well worth while. But you will be able to help more than one. You will be able, as a result, to perform this unique service that no others in your world can possibly give because they have made themselves inaccessible to the power of the spirit which is the life-giving essence for the whole cosmos in which we all dwell.\nDo not worry if any come to you and after you have done your best you are unable to help them. They have had their chance. You must be sorry because they have not taken it. What you must realize is that until their soul is touched, until they are spiritually ready, there is nothing you can do to help them.\nWhat will produce this preparation is not always easy to understand. It may be an illness. It may be a crisis. It may be anything which brings them to the lowest depths of despair, when they feel there is nothing in the whole of the material world that can produce the answer. Then they should begin to come into their own and you should be able to kindle the divine spark so that it can begin to grow into a lambent flame. That is why you exist in your churches, societies and organizations.\nI must also say this. Because of what you are, because this tremendous power, divine in origin flows through you, yours is the greater responsibility to see that you do nothing that in any way lessens the trust that is reposed in you. We are not dictators. We are not your masters. We do not regard you as marionettes who have to dance when the strings are pulled in our world. You are our co-operators. We want to work together. We will always provide whatever is spiritually necessary according to the conditions available at the time.\nWe will lead. We will guide. We will direct. We will help, but we will not order. We will not compel and we will not dictate. If you hear, supposedly emanating from our life, entities who command you to do this, that and the other, you can be sure that their spiritual status is not very evolved. Co-operation is the law of the spirit. We would win you with love, with common sense and with reason. We would offer you nothing that is an insult to your intelligence or would make your reason revolt. Together we can help the Great Spirit in the eternal processes of evolution and creation.\nThis is the task on which we are all engaged. This is the opportunity given to all of us to help the Great Spirit so that His children may live a richer, fuller life and not waste all the opportunities earth provides in obtaining the equipment that is necessary when people come to our side of being.\nWe get too many misfits, too many ill-equipped, too many derelicts who are unready. It is easier for their education to begin in your world than it is in ours. So be aware of the tremendous possibilities that lie within you. Be aware of the great opportunities that you have for service. Do the best you can and then you will be fulfilling the purpose for which you came into your world\u201d.\nLabels: Mediumship, Silver Birch, spirit guides, spiritual Philosophy", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 479, "original_length": 40524, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 302.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.atkaudiotek.com/project-profiles/production/television/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:47Z", "digest": "sha1:2ZZOHJKXSC5F3EFGTSK7EXWRTMF7PW7G", "length": 306, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.atkaudiotek.com", "title": "Television \u2013 ATK Audiotek", "raw_content": "When your event goes live to millions of people you need to be sure the audio does not stop-down production. ATK has been successfully supporting live televised events around the world for over three decades. We will make sure that your event can be heard in every seat in the house and will sound awesome.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 31, "original_length": 794, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 182.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.aurangabad.mc2academy.com/welcome/blog_details/WHY-NEED-COACHING-FOR-IIT-JEE-EXAM.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:09:03Z", "digest": "sha1:ROTWAIUR7K6FEAKLCG5Q6BG3CSUCLQEA", "length": 2913, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.aurangabad.mc2academy.com", "title": "WHY NEED COACHING FOR IIT JEE EXAM? | IIT JAM Coaching classes In Pune", "raw_content": "WHY NEED COACHING FOR IIT JEE EXAM?\nChildren and parents have a promising career for their children. Planning and preparation begin early. Before you start, often, students and parents may be in trouble whether to attend a course or consider self-study. This problem occurs in almost all the students' minds, even those who perform well in school. Although it is not impossible to prepare for their own IIT JEE, the wise approach is to guide, to prepare for competitive examinations.\nIIT JEE coaches a lot in Pune and Mumbai. Be careful when choosing the right one, because it is essential for student preparation. The benefits of learning in the right coaching class are not only apparent from the student's performance, but also from his ability. The ideal IIT / JEE Tutorial will offer the following benefits:\n1. Tutoring classes with small student-teacher ratios are most beneficial for students preparing for IIT JEE. Each student has fewer students to ensure that all students have individual attention. This helps students to better grasp the concept.\n2. If you're weak on a particular topic, you can get help right away. In addition, suggestions and guidance for addressing weak issues were proposed.\n3. Training and Qualified Teachers Instructing and mentoring students is not just academic, but helps their overall development. Ability and confidence building are equally important for the growth of students. A self-taught student misses this advantage.\n4. During self-study, questions tend to pile up before students have the opportunity to clear their teachers. This is not the case in the IIT JEE course. The teacher will be able to clear the question immediately so that further learning process becomes easier for the student. It is important to understand the concept from the beginning.\n5. Although students will have to rely on books and recommended learning materials, he may lack the advantages of multimedia and practical learning offered by the IIT-JEE Tutoring Program.\n6. The daily assessment and assessment of expert teacher\u2019s helps students identify and work on their weaknesses. Teacher Expert Guidance Improvement is the key to success.\n7. In coaching courses with students with similar goals, there is healthy competition and knowledge exchange.\n8. Last but not least, tutoring is a good source of motivation for classmates and committed teachers. Motivation is important in the IIT JEE preparation process because preparation is time-consuming and requires the student's partial attention.\nIn the IIT-JEE teaching programs, such as Mc2academy, students face new challenges every day, inspiring them to be proactive and innovative. Brainstorming, finding solutions, overcoming challenges, etc. helps them build their own level of confidence, which contributes to the overall growth of their individuality. It also helps to improve future career prospects.\nIIT JAM Coaching Institutes", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 4052, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 294.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.autographcity.co.uk/catalog/animation.php?osCsid=3f7a7b253a12929f634049cf97e17415", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:52Z", "digest": "sha1:HARSRUMAEIIL2CZPD3HUNM4UEP35OSWE", "length": 8719, "nlines": 44, "source_domain": "www.autographcity.co.uk", "title": "Autograph City", "raw_content": "Knowing Your Stuff...\nIn the Oxford English Dictionary animation is defined as:\n\"The technique of filming successive drawings...to create the illusion of movement when the film is shown as a sequence.\"\nAnimation as an art form is at an all time high. With the huge box office performances of the Toy Story and other Pixar and Dreamworks films, and the consistently high television ratings of The Simpsons and the like animation has never been bigger or better! It is no longer seen as a medium of entertainment purely for children and is reaching across the generations.\nAs the popularity of animation has grown, so has the desire to own a piece of the action. Collecting animation art is one of the fastest growing pastimes worldwide today. This simple guide will provide a potted history of animation art, an outline of the forms of animation art that exist and some guidelines which should be considered when looking for animation art.\nAnimation as we know it has existed since the mid-1890s. Traditionally the art for these films was thought of as a means to an end. It was the actual, final film that was always the valuable part of animation. Accordingly, after the production was finished, the art was no longer needed. Sadly the art from most animated cartoons was either destroyed, or washed clean and re-used to save money. The only exception came with typical foresight from Walt Disney, who began to save most of his animated material. He was the first to develop an archive to assist his artists when they would make other animated films. Other studios destroyed or discarded most of their production materials causing the surviving art to be most rare and valuable. Other than Disney, most of today\u0092s older pieces survived only because of a few instances where animators or studio workers would take a piece home.\nWalt Disney - Displayed Foresight\nSnow White - the first feature length cartoon\nDisney was not surprisingly also the first studio to attempt to market animation art. In 1938 Walt struck a deal with the Courvoisier Gallery to sell original production elements from the first full-length cartoon Snow White. Pieces sold at the then extraordinary sum of $75 dollars. The unfortunate beginning of W.W.II. hampered the efforts of Disney, and caused the company to discontinue this project. The Disney Company tried again many years later, when they began to sell their original art in their new theme parks. Despite their moderate success, this late in the century animation art was still thought of as excess material from the making of the films, and the asking prices of $5-$50 reflected this thinking. It was not until the early 1980s that other studios started to follow the lead of Disney and began to sell and market materials from their animated films. Today animation art is considered one of the most desirable collectibles in the world. The Disney cels that were selling for $5 are now selling for many thousands, and animation art as a whole has seen a dramatic increase in prices and appreciation over the last few years. Now, most of the major studios are aware of the significance and value of animation art. They have developed special art programs, so collectors and fans can buy representations of their favorite characters and cartoons, while owning a piece of history.\nTypes of Animation Art\nA normal film is shot at 24 frames per second. Animation is also shot at the same speed but is usually \"shot on twos.\" This grandiose term simply means every cel is photographed twice. This means that for every second of animation there will be approximately 12 cels, 720 for every minute and 43000 for an hour. However, the numbers are not quite as straight forward as this. Not every second of animation is in full motion - particular scenes are frozen and there is little to no movement. In many cases only certain body parts move, such as the mouths to reduce time and costs. These limited animation techniques significantly reduce the amount of available animation. Furthermore, not every cel is salable. Many cels will just be for special effects, or will only include only body parts, some may have eyes closed, images may be cut off, or some may just show the character`s rear end! Such cels are common to any production.Usually, in any animated film, it is estimated that only 10% of the production is marketable. This necessarily reduces the availability of quality images, and for popular features demand will inevitably outweigh supply.\nA clear piece of plastic. Usually made of acetate or mylar. Earlier cels can be made of nitrates that are less durable.\nA cel that was actually photographed and used in the making of an animated film.\nPublicity Cel\nA cel that was produced by a studio to promote an animated film, given away to guests and produced in no set quantities.\nColour Model Cel\nA cel that was painted to suggest the colours that were to be used for each character. These may not be the actual colours used in the final production.\nA group of different poses and angles of one or more characters to serve as models for the animators to ensure consistency.\nA sketch drawing created by the head animator to show key character motions or expressions.\nIn-between Drawing\nA drawing usually done by a clean-up artist who will either clean up the head animator`s drawings or will offer his own.\nA layout artist draws each key scene in the feature to show the motion of the character and their relationship to the rest of the scene.\nStoryboard Drawings\nA sequence of very rough sketches of the entire feature, Gives the director and animators an opportunity to see the story from beginning to end.\nThe art underneath a cel. Tends to be done in acrylics or watercolors.\nStock Scene\nA particular sequence that is re-used in other animated films of the same nature; for example every time Prince Adam turns into He-Man the same footage is used.\nThe Limited Edition Market\nSince production cels and drawings are rare and one of a kind, there are times when collectors are not able to purchase their favorite characters or scenes. There are also many times when the original art is either not available, has been lost, or possible destroyed. To help satisfy the public`s increased demand for quality animation art, many companies now produce limited editions. These limited editions can come in various forms and at different prices. The two most popular are hand-painted cels and Seri-cels.\nHand-painted Limited Edition Cels\nA cel that has been painted exactly like an original production cel, but a particular character or favorite scene is reproduced a limited number of times. Due to the high cost and difficulty producing these cels, edition sizes are extremely small. An average edition ranges from 125-750 pieces commanding prices of $300 to $2000 dollars.\nLimited Edition Seri-cels\nA silk screen image on acetate. These cels are produced by serigraphy, a painstakingly difficult process where each color is meticulously separated and transferred to acetate in perfect registration. The edition sizes are usually higher with this type of art, because more can be made at one time. However, it is a very expensive process, so companies usually make relatively small editions of only 1000-9500 copies of each image.\nA typical Disney Limited Edition Sericel - recreated painstakingly\nDue to the small quantities produced of both of these products, they are often hard to come by when they are made of popular characters or shows. Both of these types of art can command a large premium when the editions are sold-out.\nThese are just a few things which you should bear in mind when collecting animation art:\nA Disney studio seal\nWhen buying animation, many people like to have the character`s eyes open and facing forward but this is not necessary all the time, and in some instances not attainable.\nLarge, full-figure images are generally rarer than others, but larger waist-up images are also unique and extremely desirable.\nAlways try to have the image size as large as possible, and avoid cels whose images cover less than three inches on the cel.\nBe aware that hand-inked cels are usually worth more than others.\nTry to avoid cels that are chipping or the paint is separating; these will only cause more trouble in the future.\nWith limited editions or seri-cels make sure they are always accompanied by a studio seal on the front.\nGenerally animation art, like all forms of art, is a very personal thing. If you like it buy it, if not then don`t! Cartoons are a universal language, enjoyed by the young and the old, by both males and females, they have something for everybody. 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The Nationals lost two very winnable games in St. Louis to the Cardinals, as Casey Janssen melted down twice. The right-hander was allowed to throw 26 pitches during Monday\u2019s 8-5 loss to the Cardinals, allowing four earned runs and surrendering the lead in the process. Drew Storen, who had only pitched once in the previous three days, was seemingly unavailable as the world crashed down around Janssen because the meltdown came in the seventh inning. Storen is Williams\u2019 eighth inning guy.\nThe very next evening, Janssen was right back out there (despite having thrown 26 pitches the night before), and the result was not that much different. This time, closer Jonathan Papelbon (the team\u2019s only big addition at the deadline) stood in the bullpen and watched as Brandon Moss hit a walk-off, three-run home run. Papelbon did not pitch because he is Williams\u2019 closer. Closers, apparently only pitch in the ninth inning when a team has a lead, their role set in stone. For the Nationals, the loss was the sixth walk-off loss of the season in which their designated closer \u2014 supposedly the team\u2019s best reliever, did not throw a single pitch.\nBullpen management has been an issue for Williams during his tenure with the Nationals. It was a problem in the NLDS last year, and the trend has continued this season, but in Friday night\u2019s 5-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves, Williams showed signs of flexibility. The result was a much-needed come-from-behind walk-off victory on a night that the New York Mets lost.\nIt was evident that Williams was going to have to work from the first pitch. Tanner Roark was making a spot start. Getting five innings from Roark would have been a victory for the Nationals. After Roark loaded the bases with one out in the fifth inning, Williams went to Matt Thornton even though Thornton had not entered a game prior to the sixth inning all year. The move paid off, as the veteran lefty wiggled off the hook without allowing a run.\nAfter Storen allowed a run in the eighth inning, Williams faced a real test. With his team down only a run entering the ninth inning, the entire District of Columbia wanted Papelbon even though it was not a save situation. Williams obliged. He even brought his closer in on a double switch which would allow Papelbon to throw a second inning if required. Entering the game with Papelbon was Matt den Dekker. Keep that name in mind.\nIn the bottom of the ninth, with the Nationals facing a 2-1 deficit and Arodys Vizcaino\u2018s 0.44 ERA, Williams pressed all the right buttons. Yunel Escobar led off with a double. With two strikes, Williams trusted Ian Desmond to lay down a sacrifice bunt. The gutsy call paid off with Desmond\u2019s fifth sacrifice bunt of the season. Then, with two outs, den Dekker delivered a game-tying single. Papelbon stayed on to pitch the tenth and put the Braves down in order.\nThere was time for one more move to pay off in the tenth for Williams. Bryce Harper and Ryan Zimmerman singled to start the inning. With the pitcher\u2019s spot due up, Williams turned to rookie Michael Taylor for a pinch-hit appearance. Taylor had not played the past two games as the effects of a collision with the centerfield wall continued to linger. Taylor was also riding a 3-for-21 hot streak with runners in scoring position. None of that mattered on this night when everything seemed to go right for the Nationals. Taylor crushed a slider to left-center and the fans went home happy.\nOn a night in which he needed to make all the right decisions to secure a victory, Williams made them. Though his job may be in jeopardy following the end of this season, for one night at least Williams made all the right moves. He pulled his fill-in starter at the correct moment, went to his closer in a non-save situation and then allowed him to pitch two innings, and trusted his rookie pinch-hitter to get the job done. While 2015 may not be the season the Nationals hoped for, for one night, the manager could do no wrong. If the remaining five game deficit to the Mets is to be made up, the Nationals will need more than a few nights like this from Williams.\nAtlanta BravesCasey JanssenDrew StorenJonathan PapelbonMatt WilliamsWashington Nationals\nPadres Points: Injuries, Arizona Fall League, Call-Ups\nThe Atlanta Braves Should Focus on Deepening their Pitching Staff\nNationals: Dozier Signing is the Latest Excuse to Let Harper Walk", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 162, "original_length": 8242, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 331.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.batteredspleenproductions.com/grotesquerie/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:40Z", "digest": "sha1:2O6NHXONWE6J7GKXGEIEFK2X6PMYVJ2N", "length": 511, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.batteredspleenproductions.com", "title": "Battered Spleen Productions\u0099: Grotesquerie", "raw_content": "The following pages contain scenes of graphic and disturbing natures. 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Kearfott map of Berkeley County, showing old roads, residents, etc., printed on heavy paper, approximately 24 x 24 inches in size. Shown is an enlargement of a small portion of the map.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 98, "original_length": 1675, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 167.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.beautifulweddingsite.com/the-wedding-in-kedah-and-some-benefits-can-be-found-there/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:30Z", "digest": "sha1:6PMIZEASCKWUHIAAFW4IL3CKXOXLGSAU", "length": 2184, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.beautifulweddingsite.com", "title": "wedding in Kedah", "raw_content": "The wedding in Kedah is one of the prominent one for them who want to propose the wedding in traditional concept. It is easy to look into most of modern people\u2019s desire about their wedding. They like to compose the different one from some of the modern types of wedding today. Because of that, Kedah can be the best place for that since there you can find not only the opened place for wedding but also the appropriate one for celebrating the garden wedding party.\nIt is the fact that the facilities can be found for wedding in Kedah not as complete as the ones can be found in Johor Bahru. However, that does not mean that you cannot find the great ones there. You can get for example some great venues there that combine the concept of the modern wedding venue and the traditional one. It becomes easier there to make the sense of the natural wedding party. That can be the interesting one as the solution for the bored feeling toward some of the modern wedding style.\nThe Wedding in Kedah and the Traditional Concept\nThere are some conditions must be achieved for getting the perfect final result of the wedding in Kedah. One of them for example is the Kedah wedding hotel. To make your wedding moment becomes the remembered one during your life, you can use the service of the professional wedding photographer too. The professional one can give the guarantee about the perfect moment remembered relating to your wedding. That is the special way to be taken today.\nThe wedding in Kedah can be composed based on the idea about the combination between the natural and the modern wedding style. The benefit can be gained there is that it does not need the great budget to be the success one. Since the aspect of the budget often becomes one big problem faced by people today, this benefit must be seen as the great benefit to be found.\nThe great photography for the wedding in Kedah can be found from the Kedah wedding photography. As the professional wedding photography, it can be the solution to be used during the time of wedding. The great pictures can be the symbol of your wedding there as the happiest wedding in the world. That is the result desired by all people of course.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 35, "original_length": 3232, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 305.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.benisi.eu/cases/bluesquare", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:15Z", "digest": "sha1:6P3FG2V7ITEADL3JRAKBOHVX4J5IM75I", "length": 732, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.benisi.eu", "title": "BlueSquare | Benisi", "raw_content": "ICT solution enabling performance/result-based financing and improving public systems in low and middle-income countries\nWhat drives us is the desire to change people\u2019s lives: improved health, better education and governance. And the most effective way to improve people\u2019s living conditions is to help existing public systems deliver more and better services. 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We also work with their partners to enhance the efficiency of their investments in public systems and accountability.\nopen source solution, improving the accountability and quality of public systems in the field of health, eductaion, justice, water, etc\nhttp://www.bluesquare.org", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 94, "original_length": 2222, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 207.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.bibleacrossamerica.com/jews-and-the-founding-of-the-american-colonial-economy/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:02Z", "digest": "sha1:IKJNKQT362IHJYJKS6PSJ5MSDPMB5LGV", "length": 3614, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.bibleacrossamerica.com", "title": "Jews and the founding of the American colonial economy | Bible Across America", "raw_content": "Bible, Testaments EdwardJohns80 August 1, 2018 December 14, 2018\nThe Jews took a very active part in the founding of all the colonies.\nThis is perfectly normal, as the new World offered them greater prospects of happiness than the old and bleak Europe.\nThey are engaged in all kinds of operations in the Dutch possessions of the east. A considerable part of the share capital of the Dutch East India Company was in the hands of the Jews and we also find them among the directors of the East India Company.\nFrom one end to the other, America reveals itself as a Jewish country.\nThey are extraordinarily involved in the discovery of America: one would say that the new world was discovered only in their honour, with their assistance, that the Colombo were simply the businessmen of Israel.\nThe Jewish money made possible the first two expeditions of Columbus. The first thanks to the grants provided by the Royal Councillor Luois de Santangel, the true protector of the Columbus Expedition.\nMany Jews are boarded on the ship of Columbus and the first European whose feet touch the American soil is a Jew: Luis de Torres.\n\u201cBut the same Columbus (whose real name would be Cristobal Colon) was recently claimed by the Jews as one of them\u201d\nAs soon as the doors of the new world were dislocated from the Europeans, the Jews rushed there en masse. Not by chance, the discovery of America took place the same year that the Jews were expelled from Spain!\nThe first merchants are Jews and the first industrial establishments in the American colonies were founded by them. By the way, you might be interested in reading a post about the colonization of America.\nIn the first half of the seventeenth century all the large sugar plantations are in the hands of Jews and we can hardly have any idea of the enormous importance that then assumed the industry and the trade of sugar.\nPresident Roosevelt Speaking of the services rendered by the Jews to the United States: \u201cThe Jews have consigned to build the country\u201d and former President Grover Cleveland stated: \u201cAmong the nationalities of which the American people are composed there are few-assuming there are -that we have exercised greater influence, direct or indirect, on the formation of modern Americanism \u201c[1]\nJews are witnessing the awakening of the capitalist spirit on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, in the forests and steppes of the new continent. The 1655 is considered the year of their arrival: A ship laden with Jews from Brazil arrives in Hudson Bay and asks to be admitted to the Dutch West Indies company.\nDuring the seventeenth and seventeenth centuries the \u201cJewish trade was the source that allowed the national economy of the American colonies to live. Since England forced its colonies to buy manufactured products in the motherland, the trade balance of the colonies always closed in negative. If they had not received from abroad a continuous influx of precious metal, there would have been the decay of the economy. It was just the Jewish trade that flowed from central and southern America to the northern English colonies.\nDuring the entire formation phase of the United States the immigration of the Jews was intense and uninterrupted.\nThe influence of the Judaic-Dutch high finance overcomes the borders of the country, since during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the Netherlands remains the reservoir that feeds the coffers of all the European sovereigns short of money.\n* Werner Sombart (1863-1941), German economist and sociologist, lecturer at the University of Berlin who at the time was one of the most prestigious in the world.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 5599, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 189.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.bigbrian-nc.com/wdw-pc87.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:42:20Z", "digest": "sha1:TPSTXEQRKLDVAGWEBY2G4JLZ2CGFHRGQ", "length": 4271, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.bigbrian-nc.com", "title": "Chapter 12: Disney Hotel \"Free with Stay\" postcards Page 9: Taking an Edu-tain-cation?", "raw_content": "Free with stay postcards page Page 9: Taking an Edu-tain-cation?\nBy the mid 1990's the Disney Company had come a long way from the under valued company of the early 1980's it seemed that everything the company touched turned to gold, movies, theme parks, the burgeoning profits of video sales which had been a totally new source of cash for the company in the 1980's, even the Disney Channel which had taken many years to incubate and grow was beginning to bear its own fruits. Now the 1990's was here it had been pronounced the Disney decade and with all the successful changes that had been made at the Walt Disney World resort that might seem like an under statement rather than an exaggeration coined by a marketing team. With all this success came some leeway to experiment, not that the team in charge had been afraid to try new things before this point, on the contrary Disney had pushed ahead with LOTS of new business, but now, embolden by success, perhaps they might go a bit farther afield from typical business models that had been tried before. One such attempt to try a new business model seemed particularly near and dear to Michael Eisners heart The Disney Institute was a whole new concept for Walt Disney World a \"participatory vacation experience\" that were a sort of classroom to learn in interactive programs in many fields; Gardening, Sports, Performing Arts, Design, in all there were over \"60 interactive programs\" where could learn all kinds of skills from topiary, to cooking, Sports skills, Radio and TV production, or even animation. The resorts of the Disney Village (Vacation Villas, Fairway Villas, Treehouse Villas, and Club Lake Villas) were included as rooms for the new resort and other buildings, like the Walt Disney World Conference Center, were refurbrished as well as new construction to Complete the Disney Institutes \"campus\", most of the materials I have seen about the Institute seem to shy away from the word \"education\" but clearly the folks that this most appealed to were probably looking for just that. It was a relatively short lived experiment opening in February of 1996, and it ceased offering programs for individuals but instead focused on groups and corporate clients by summer of 2000, on February 11, 2002 it's lasts guests checked out, making way for most of the structures to be torn down to make way for another business that had started out as an experiment...but which had instead taken off like a wildfire Disney's Vacation Club, Disney's version of a time share vacation had proved very popular with guests and seemed a natural for an area of the resort which had long struggled to find a \"permanent\" use. (sources Disney A to Z 2nd ed.)\nAbove and Below: I love it when two images on cards can be compared side by side to expose differences the card above is obviously earlier than the card below the look at the mint green building on the right in the card above and below, do you see what's missing? Yep, The Disney Institute logo can clearly be seen on the card below but it's nowhere to be found in the card above, and while it is neat that you can see Spaceship Earth in the distance on the card above I suspect that the real reason that picture was taken from such a low angle may have been to hide the construction equipment behind the already pre-existing Villas along the water. In fact, if you look at the large version of the image above try to look in the windows of the large yellow building in the image above there seems to be a lot of \"orange\" in those windows, perhaps those windows aren't even IN yet. Both of these cards are continental size (4 x 6). Oh and one more thing about the dirty corners of the card below, I bought this one off Ebay and the seller told me he found it under a drawer in a piece of furniture he bought from one of those places that deals specifically in Disney Surplus.\nAbove: this Modern-Sized (5 x 7) card shows that the institute did work hard on trying to get the message out about what they really were all about the emblems all around the border of the card are representative of various programs the institute offered, and the slogan \"make your own magic\" even seems to capture the spirit of the resort as well.\nOnward to : The OTHER side of Crescent Lake", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 12, "original_length": 4587, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 269.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.bikevmb.com/node/6003", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:35Z", "digest": "sha1:7EQHUXRHOPOOK6AZZZRE3QNASV4J3LGF", "length": 99, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.bikevmb.com", "title": "VMB Monthly Trail Day, July 2010: Trexler Nature Preserve | VMB - Lehigh Valley, PA Mountain Bike Club", "raw_content": "VMB Monthly Trail Day, July 2010: Trexler Nature Preserve\nSunday, July 11, 2010 - 9:00am to 12:00pm", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 34, "original_length": 1010, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 130.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.biodiv.be/convention/cbd-faq/doc001218", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:27Z", "digest": "sha1:OE3G7FVBZ3GGMQ7EBIPOMCTEDTX53NJX", "length": 1061, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.biodiv.be", "title": "What are the objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity? | Convention on Biological Diversity", "raw_content": "What are the objectives o...\nThe objectives of the Convention on Biological Diversity are expressed in its article 1:\nthe conservation of biological diversity;\nthe sustainable use of its components; and\nthe fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources, including by appropriate\naccess to genetic resources,\ntransfer of relevant technologies,\nThe Convention is thus the first agreement to address all aspects of biological diversity: species, ecosystems and genetic resources. It is indeed the first time that genetic diversity is specifically covered in a binding global treaty.\nThe Convention also recognises - for the first time - that the conservation of biological diversity is \"a common concern of humankind\" and an integral part of the development process. In other words, the Convention recognises that all humanity has an interest ensuring the conservation of biological diversity, including poor nations, women and indigenous people, and that it needs to be addressed by concerted international action.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 88, "original_length": 4187, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 185.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.biomassmagazine.com/articles/8738/fermentation-process-converts-algae-waste-into-lactic-acid", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:14Z", "digest": "sha1:I3BBSJKC55VUYOFHAE6LS2X5NH3TU7RB", "length": 2911, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.biomassmagazine.com", "title": "Fermentation process converts algae waste into lactic acid | Biomassmagazine.com", "raw_content": "Fermentation process converts algae waste into lactic acid\nBy A*STAR Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences | March 15, 2013\nPowered by sunlight, microalgae are tiny biofuel generators that soak up carbon dioxide to produce energy-rich lipids, which are showing promise as a potential source of clean energy. Maximizing lipid production is the focus of many research efforts, but the material remaining after lipid extraction has caught the attention of Mahabubur Rahman Talukder and his co-workers at the A*STAR Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences. Currently, this \u201clipid-depleted biomass\u201d is either burned for energy, or simply discarded as a waste product. Talukder and his team have developed a process that turns this material into a valuable chemical feedstock.\nThe researchers have pioneered a two-step biochemical process that converts lipid-depleted biomass into lactic acid. This substance is in increasing demand as a feedstock for polylactic acid (PLA), a biopolymer with numerous medical applications, ranging from surgical sutures to orthopedic implants. The high cost of raw materials used in the manufacture of lactic acid currently limits PLA use. Thus, producing an alternative source from algal lipid-extraction waste is proving attractive. Generating two valuable products from the algae, specifically the microalgae Nannochloropsis salina, would spread the costs of microalgae production, making the biofuel more cost-competitive with conventional fuels.\nTo produce both lipid and lactic acid from N. salina, Talukder and his co-workers first subjected the microalgae to an acid hydrolysis pre-treatment step. This process broke down the organisms\u2019 polysaccharide-based cell walls into simple sugars, while releasing the lipid for extraction. The researchers also systematically examined different acid concentrations, reaction times and temperatures. They identified that treatment for 1 hour at 120 degrees Celsius maximizes sugar and lipid production.\nWhen Talukder and his co-workers extracted the lipid at this point, the lipid-depleted biomass, now rich in sugars, remained. They converted this material into lactic acid by fermentation. The team then added the bacterium Lactobacillus pentosus, which consumed the sugars over a 48-hour period, to generate the lactic acid.\nThe researchers found that, to maximize lactic acid production, they first had to remove metal ions from the mixture. Microalgae harvesting typically involves an iron chloride treatment, but the residual iron appeared to inhibit fermentation. \u201cOne of the next steps in our research will be to develop a chemical-free microalgae harvesting method so that fermentation will not be negatively affected,\u201d Talukder says. The researchers are also screening different bacterial strains for higher lactic acid productivity, and developing their current two-step process into a single-step operation.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 4030, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 339.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.blackrivertech.org/microsoft-office-excel-2010-training", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:10Z", "digest": "sha1:N62ROCQGK3NXA44ERS37JYYIBYTU5S65", "length": 566, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.blackrivertech.org", "title": "Microsoft Office Excel 2010 Training | Black River Technical College", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Pocahontas Corporate & Community Education \u00bb Microsoft Office Excel 2010 Training\nCorporate & Community Education presents a FREE Microsoft Office Excel training! Create, edit and structure Excel worksheets. Integrate Excel data with the web and collaborate with other workbook users. This web-based program is instructor-led with structured, hands-on activities. The class will be held on May 29 & 31 and June 3 & 5 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the Continuing Education Building. Deadline for registration is Thursday, May 23. Enrollment is limited to 20.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 101, "original_length": 2705, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 167.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.bloggernews.net/1date/2013/09/17", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:44Z", "digest": "sha1:MXEQW4XWVSWFJJAS2JRJF3I6UE3QASCH", "length": 308, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.bloggernews.net", "title": "\u00bb 2013 \u00bb September \u00bb 17 - Blogger News Network", "raw_content": "Your home is your castle, as they say. This means it\u2019s supposed to be a place of safety, security and respite. But what happens when it\u2019s burglarized and it\u2019s no longer that safe haven? I\u2019ll tell you: people move. And they are never the same after. Let\u2019s face it\u2014people are crazy. Some studies have shown [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 192, "original_length": 3360, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 115.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.bloggingwhilenursing.com/2017/12/30/looking-back-2017/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:33Z", "digest": "sha1:UHFKUPWCYU2PGAWGDDUSN37MS47KZXC7", "length": 4024, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "www.bloggingwhilenursing.com", "title": "Looking Back on 2017 - Blogging While Nursing", "raw_content": "It\u2019s that time of year again when we look back on our lives (at least this year) and reflect how this year had gone. I used to hate this time of year, since we can get so nostalgic about the past, but lately I have been very thankful for it. It does allow me to think about where I was, if I am where I want to be, and what have I been doing with my time.\nLast year, right before the year ended, by 3rd child was born. It seems odd to start with the end of last year, but I feel that is where it all began. My 3rd child was my \u201cstop drawing into myself\u201d child. Slowly, I noticed how doubt, fear, and worry kept creeping back into my life. Worried that I was going to get sick again. Not even sure if I was dealing with a chronic illness, but the fear was paralyzing.\nWhen he was born, it was a reminder to me that I will do what I have to do to stay healthy, and I will do it for my children. Not because they need me, but more because I need them. So that is where the \u201chappiness begins for me.\u201d I am thankful that he entered into my life, and I was once again able to see what is important for me and my family.\nSadly in March, I said goodbye to my only remaining grandmother. Such a sad affair too since I was unable to attend her funeral. Holidays doesn\u2019t seem the same as before because we made sure we tailored it around her and her care. The last time she saw all of us together was Thanksgiving 2016. Not too bad, since I delivered my son right before Christmas.\nWinters are cold in New York, and while I love living in the city\u2013I don\u2019t have the city mentality of just keep going. I was hoping to bring my youngest to my grandmother when it got just a tad warmer. That didn\u2019t seem to happen. However, she was able to see pictures and I think videos of him, so she did managed to see what her great-grandson looked like before she went on to her reward.\nHolding my son in my arms while my family said good-bye to my grandmother reminded me of the fragility of life and how we think we have so much time on this earth, but we really don\u2019t. I\u2019ve taken this lesson to heart.\nStarting Something New.\nA month after my grandmother passed, I wanted to do something that will keep her memory in me alive. This was the year that I started up knitting and crochet! You can follow me on Instagram here. So now I have two Instagram accounts\u2013one for my regular account and the other for my crocheting and knitting projects. I didn\u2019t want to mix up the two, but I post regularly to both accounts.\nIn the meantime, I have created a number of things \u2014 blankets, hats, scarves, leg warmers, gloves, and while I\u2019m still beginning, I\u2019m remembering my grandmother as I do this. Here is one of the items that I gave away as a gift to someone who is battling an illness.\nAt the time, a work in progress.\nI\u2019m pretty sure that I\u2019m going to share more with you in the future since I\u2019m spending some of my down time reading and creating. So who knows where this will go!\n2018 holds so many promises, it has so much hope, and potential. There is so much riding on \u201ctomorrow\u201d that sometimes we forget to live in the \u201ctoday.\u201d So here is what I hope for my tomorrow of 2018.\nTo love the people around me more.\nTo be present to those who need me.\nTo continue to grow in my faith, and detach from things that are not necessary.\nTo breathe and enjoy the moment more.\nTo sit back and take it slow.\nMy hopes for tomorrow are\u2026\nTo continue to grow as a person, but grow in Our Lord.\nTo want the things that have.\nTo always be happy where I am at the moment (good or bad).\nSo I\u2019ll see you on the other side of 2018, and while I didn\u2019t post much in 2017 (for good reasons), I\u2019m hoping that 2018 will be a fun year for us all.\nMay God Bless you and keep you safe.\nPreviousLike Everyone Else\nNextLenten Season Begins\nThe Gift of Saying Yes\n1 Comment on \"Looking Back on 2017\"\nWinter 2018 Knitting Projects - Blogging While Nursing\n[\u2026] mentioned in my previous post that I started a new hobby and that I started doing it because my grandmother passed away [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 82, "original_length": 5514, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 252.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.blueskyresumes.com/blog/follow-your-dreams-or-follow-your-talents-katzenberg-versus-branson/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:49Z", "digest": "sha1:TVMMEPN3VEOEDD5GMINGDHU2EHGVHDXT", "length": 2740, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.blueskyresumes.com", "title": "Follow Your Dreams or Your Talents? | Blue Sky Resumes Blog", "raw_content": "Follow your dreams or follow your talents? Katzenberg versus Branson\nAs an artist, my ears always prick up when I hear someone saying \u2018just do what you love.\u2019 It\u2019s lovely to think that I could spend my life drawing and painting and make a good living at it. You probably have a similar passion or talent that you\u2019d love to pursue if only you didn\u2019t have to eat and pay the bills.\nSir Richard Branson of Virgin fame is in the \u2018do what you love\u2019 camp. He recently gave the BBC his top ten tips for success and one of them was:\nYou only live one life, so I would do the thing that you are going to enjoy. Then, if you\u2019re doing something that really interests you, it will result in a much more enjoyable life rather than just doing something for the sake of making money.\nBut the reality is that we can\u2019t all do what we enjoy and make enough to live on. Some of us aren\u2019t good enough at what we enjoy. Some of us enjoy something that just isn\u2019t lucrative and never will be. Sir Richard just happened to be good at conceiving and starting new businesses, but that\u2019s not my talent, and it may not be yours.\nJeffrey Katzenberg, DEO of Dreamworks Animation has a different philosophy.\nBusiness leaders \u201ctalk to kids today about follow your dreams, but I\u2019m not actually sure that\u2019s such a great idea,\u201d he said. \u201cHow about follow your skill?\u2026I believe every human being does something great. Follow that thing you\u2019re actually really good at and that may become your passion.\u201d\nNote that he says it may become your passion, not that it definitely will.\nBut I do think his advice makes a lot more sense than the quote from Richard Branson, because if you follow what you\u2019re good at, it\u2019s likely you\u2019ll be successful and, at the very least, that success may give you the financial freedom to eventually follow your true dream (or at least to indulge in it during your spare time).\nThis has certainly been true for me. I started Blue Sky Resumes because I realized I was good at writing and that I had a talent for sorting through vast amounts of information and finding the salient points. In addition, my years in HR had taught me what mattered to hiring managers and recruiters. Because I followed my talents, the business was successful and I am now able to dedicate some time every week to my passion, which is drawing and painting. And because I don\u2019t need to live on the proceeds of my art, I can focus on subjects that interest me, rather than looking for things that will make money.\nI suppose if I had followed Richard Branson\u2019s advice, the only advantage would be that I would now be very slim. Because I wouldn\u2019t have been able to afford much food over the years!\nWhat about you? Do you think it\u2019s wiser to follow your dreams or your talents?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 124, "original_length": 6060, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 251.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.blurb.com/b/5892278-the-wedding-of-douglas-jeffery", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:14Z", "digest": "sha1:LGYO6KTK2SGJPAHZMFL32EQU57LWTIST", "length": 1501, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.blurb.com", "title": "The Wedding of Douglas & Jeffery by Cameron MacMaster | Blurb Books", "raw_content": "The Wedding of Douglas & Jeffery\nby Cameron MacMaster\nOn Saturday, 15 November 2014, Douglas Robert Hutson and Jeffery Tsun Huang Leong were married at the Scarborough Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario, before over 300 family members and close friends.\nTheir stunning Reception was held in the same venue.\nThis book is a record of that day.\nhttp://www.froznmotion.com\nTags Toronto, Love, Wedding, Froz'n Motion, Cameron MacMaster, Wedding Photography Toronto, Toronto Wedding Photography, Love Story\nCameron MacMaster\nAfter nearly 20 years as a professional dancer and choreographer, Cameron MacMaster retired from dance and returned to Toronto to pursue his first love \u2013 photography - and to focus his creative energies on establishing himself and his company, Froz\u2019n Motion Photography. MacMaster specializes in wedding and engagement photography, which he absolutely loves, and adores his maternity and portrait work. His clients rave about the high quality and creativity behind his work and never fail to mention how relaxed and easy to work with he is. He spends thousands of hours a year wandering the streets of downtown Toronto, Canada and has amassed a dazzling collection of the City\u2019s colourful streets and magnificent architecture. An avid travel buff, he has traveled and photographed extensively throughout Canada, the US, Hong Kong, China, Mexico, Jamaica, Cuba, Europe, Israel, Australia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Island of Bali, but loves India the most.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 110, "original_length": 3059, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 271.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.bobcornwall.com/2012/07/talking-with-mormons-review.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:49Z", "digest": "sha1:SBLIINBU6TENRHB4DPFTGD4X55R5ZU5P", "length": 8069, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.bobcornwall.com", "title": "Talking with the Mormons -- A Review", "raw_content": "TALKING WITH THE MORMONS: An Invitation to Evangelicals . By Richard J. Mouw. Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2012. X + 99 pages.\nI\u2019ve been talking with Mormons most of my life. In fact, growing up in southern Oregon, some of my best friends were Mormons. I visited Temple Square for the first time at about the age of seven and was fascinated by the story of this people who migrated across the country and settled a desolate land. Only later did I begin to understand the theological differences. During my younger days, as I began to read about Mormonism, I read Fawn Brodie's important biography of Joseph Smith and read a lot of anti- Mormon polemics. It was a point of pride to be ready to debate the Mormon missionaries and elders when they came to the door.\nWhatever you think about the theology and some of the more unique practices of the Church of Jesus of Christ of Latter Day Saints, some of which having been long abandoned (polygamy), their story is one of the more interesting religious stories to emerge from American soil. My own tradition emerged at about the same time, taking its cue from the Second Great Awakening. Indeed, a number of early Mormon leaders including Sidney Rigdon and the Pratt brothers were Disciples preachers before becoming Mormons. It is a story of intrigue and adventure, with a dose of persecution and martyrdom thrown in for good measure. All of this becomes even more interesting as a Mormon becomes the presidential nominee for the Republican Party \u2013 a party that is dominated by conservative evangelicals.\nConsidering my life-long engagement with Mormonism, I was intrigued when Eerdmans sent me a copy of Richard Mouw\u2019s brief apologia for his conversations with Mormons. It didn\u2019t hurt that Mouw is the President of Fuller Seminary, which is where I earned my two advanced degrees. I was interested to see where Mouw was taking the conversation.\nThis book is directed primarily to Evangelicals who have a long history of opposing, often with much invective, the Mormon faith. Mouw has, over the past decade or so, taken a different tact. He\u2019s not in agreement with a great deal of Mormon belief and practice, but he has chosen to engage them. This has led to some resistance and opposition from conservative evangelicals who see him as either being misled by Mormons or having jumped ship to become a Mormon apologist. Mouw rejects both charges, but seeks to offer a different possibility. Evangelicals and Mormons have much to gain from being in conversation with each other.\nThe book is brief and written in a conversational manner. In writing this apologia, he makes it clear that he doesn\u2019t see Mormonism as a cult (he sees the Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses as a cult, but not Mormonism in large part due to their willingness to engage in fruitful conversation). Mouw builds his case for conversation on what believes are important points of contact with Mormons, especially their claim that Jesus is savior. He recognizes that there are differences, but he seems to find many within Mormonism that would verge toward his own Calvinist understanding, even if that view seems to diverge from traditional Mormon theology. He grants them leeway, in much the same way that Calvinist hero Charles Hodge could see Friedrich Schleiermacher as a fellow believer despite a flawed theology. Thus, evangelicals can see many Mormons as believers (born again) based on their confession of faith in Jesus\u2019 atoning death on the cross.\nAs you read the book you\u2019ll find that it\u2019s not a thorough exposition of Mormon doctrine. In fact, Mouw doesn\u2019t go into much detail on Mormon thought. He recognizes that there are differences, including the traditional Mormon belief in a finite God, but he doesn\u2019t go very far with it. He\u2019s more interested in points of contact and trajectories toward evangelical orthodoxy than in differences. Thus, while he discusses the role of Joseph Smith, he avoids discussion o polygamy and makes no mention of Brigham Young. He notes Smith\u2019s own journey of faith that emerges from the confusion of the Second Great Awakening.\nHis advice to fellow evangelicals is to give Mormons a bit of slack on doctrinal issues. He notes that Mormons themselves admit to a lack of theological sophistication (though that is changing). Rather than engage in polemics, he suggests getting to know your Mormon neighbors. And don\u2019t assume their trying to mislead you by their claims to be fellow Christians \u2013 check it out, test their confessions.\nI found this to be an interesting book, though there isn\u2019t very much in it that one could say is new. The one exception might be the seeming movement toward Calvinism in contemporary Mormonism. It is a helpful offering in the sense that it models a form of conversation between people of differing faith traditions (something that Fuller has been trying to engage in), while seeking to remain faithful to one\u2019s own confession.\nI do have my concerns, however. I found it annoying at times that Mouw uses the book as an opportunity to cast aspersions on liberal theology. While I understand the tactic, I was a bit put off by his desire to give approval to forms of Mormon belief that verged toward evangelicalism and away from traditional Mormonism. Now it may be that this branch of the Joseph Smith religious tree is moving in an evangelical direction, as has the Reorganized Church (now Community of Christ), but is this really the direction that Mormonism is going?\nFollowing on this question of trajectory, I wish he had engage more fully with the Mormon understanding of God, especially the Mormon perspective on the Trinity. How does the traditional understanding of God having a body, as do Jesus and the Holy Spirit, all of whom are considered finite comport with a more traditional Christian view? Further, there is the idea of the Heavenly Mother, which has interesting feminist possibilities, but again differs from traditional evangelicalism. Is this to be ignored or engaged?\nPushing all this further, I wish he had taken up Jan Shipps\u2019s suggestion that Mormonism is a separate new religion that was given birth by Christianity. It\u2019s not that Mormonism is a cult or a sect, but is it a new religious phenomenon that takes its origins from Christianity, in much the same way that Christianity was born out of Judaism? Is this a more useful and respectful way of understanding this religious force that is expanding at a rather quickening pace? I realize that this isn\u2019t really his purpose in writing the book, but it might have expanded the conversation. So, if you\u2019re looking for an in depth analysis of Mormonism you might look elsewhere.\nWhat is most important about this book is that it invites evangelicals to enter a conversation with Mormons that is respectful and that takes their professions of faith seriously. He warns against prejudging Mormons, and letting them speak for themselves -- something that many of us have failed to do. From personal experience, I can say that if you give them opportunity, Mormons will be glad to engage you in fruitful discussion, just don't start with your mind made up and armed with your polemics. For that reason this is an important book, but when you finish I\u2019d take a look at Shipps\u2019s book Mormonism: The Story of a New Religious Tradition .\nAmerican Religious History Calvinism Dialog Disciples of Christ Evangelicalism interfaith dialogue Jan Shipps Jesus Joseph Smith Mormonism Polemics Reviews Richard Mouw Salvation Theology\nI would say instead, as one who grew up in what is now the Community of Christ church that it is moving towards the mainline churches rather than the evangelical.\nThere is also an emic/etic component to the arguments of whether these bodies are Christian that is distinct from discussions on theology or cannon, that needs to be made clear lest we find ourselves obfuscating the very matter we wish to make clear.\nJeff, thanks for your thoughts on this. I think you're right about Community of Christ.\nOf course, the conversation remains open on true identity of the LDS Church.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 6856, "original_length": 114105, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 247.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.bobcornwall.com/2015/03/recapturing-selma-spirit.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:10Z", "digest": "sha1:6GZCPR7MGJXKJOGK5PWLG4G3A5IC4QM7", "length": 1220, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.bobcornwall.com", "title": "Recapturing the Selma Spirit", "raw_content": "It has been fifty years since the events of the Selma march. That being said remnants of the past linger. Segregation may not be legal, but it still exists in subtle ways. Tonight in Detroit we have the opportunity of listening to voices and hearts and begin to heal the wounds of the past so we can go forward. The Detroit Clergy Gathering has invited the Metro Coalition of Congregations to come together for conversation and commitment to a new future. In the civil rights struggle. Persons like myself -- persons who are white and male -- have stood as allies. But, we must admit that we have not experienced discrimination. We've not faced the prospect of being pulled over by the police simply because of our color. We have not be denied voting rights. I stand as an ally, but I have much to learn.\nWith that, I will be sharing a prayer in the event. In light of this, I thought I would share this video that will, I believe, be shown this evening. It does capture the spirit! If you're in the area tonight, join us!!\nWe have a long way to go, but we shall overcome.\nIn The Spirit of Selma from Zachary Cunningham on Vimeo.\nBridge-building Civil Rights Detroit Metropolitan Coalition of Congregations Selma Alabama", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 6833, "original_length": 106858, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 313.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.bodybizness.co.uk/MaharishiAyurveda/ayurvedic-training", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:25Z", "digest": "sha1:5C25A7F5NGL37N7KA56Q7QROH3KM3SFA", "length": 2149, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.bodybizness.co.uk", "title": "Ayurvedic Training - Ayurvedic Medicine", "raw_content": "Member Schools are Organizational Members of NAMA. These schools have actively contributed financially to support the National Ayurvedic Medical Association and the growth of Ayurveda in the U.S. Additionally, these schools offer education and training programs in Ayurveda which have been submitted to NAMA for review.\nThe programs listed have been submitted to NAMA for review to ascertain what each program offers. NAMA does not attempt to endorse or ensure the quality of instruction, facilities, nor does it assess the financial viability of any school.\nNAMA has confirmed to the best of its ability that these schools:\nMeet the current minimum requirements set by NAMA\nAssure all information communicated to students, perspective students, and the public at large is consistent throughout the application, including between the school website, print advertising, and state documentation\nAre operating legally in every state where programs are offered as defined by the respective state regulations governing post-secondary and vocational schools; i.e., the operation of the school is not violating state laws governing schools or programs.\nThe programs are currently grouped into two (2) basic categories:\nProfessional Qualifying Programs (PQPs) meant for graduates to qualify as NAMA Professional Members at either the Ayuvedic Health Counselor (AHC) or Ayurvedic Practitioner (AP) level.\nPeripheral/Supporting Programs which are supplemental to PQPs or as stand alone workshops (e.g., yoga or sanskrit course). These include:\nPrograms that are in the format of seminars or intensives with 50 hours or less\nPrograms that are in the format of correspondence courses\nSource: www.ayurvedanama.org\nAyurvedic Beauty Therapy Training Center - AyurGreen\nAyurvedic therapy training course documentary by Dr. Jose ...\nMooksha Ayurvedic Massage & Bodywork Hands on Training\nDr Vasant Dattatray Lad B.A.M.S., M.A.Sc., is an Indian-born American author, Ayurvedic physician, professor and director of the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 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At the same time, it's worth discussing the small print with your accountant.\nThe October Budget saw the Annual Investment Allowance (AIA) increase from \u00a3200,000 to \u00a31 million for a two-year period. At the same time, a new 2% Structures and Buildings Allowance (SBA) was introduced for new non-residential construction projects. Taken together, these tax breaks provide an excellent incentive for businesses to invest on a large scale.\nThanks to the announcement by the Chancellor, if you don't have sufficient AIA remaining of the \u00a3200,000 to cover eligible capital expenditure, there's a new option. You can defer the expenditure until the two-year period that starts on 1st January 2019, taking full advantage of the increase and obtaining immediate relief. That's because once the allowance has been fully used up, any further capital expenditure on plant and machinery will only attract writing-down allowances.\nAs the rules for recognition of capital expenditure for tax purposes are complex, it's important to take advice from your accountants.\nThe Structure and Buildings Allowance (SBA) for new non-residential structures and buildings will be provided on eligible construction costs that your business incurs on or after 29 October 2018. It's set at an annual rate of two per cent on a straight-line basis once the property is brought into qualifying use.\nThe aim of the SBA is to relieve the costs of physically constructing new structures and buildings and to encourage investment. It can also be used for the improvement of existing structures and buildings, including the cost of converting premises for use in a qualifying activity. These assets are already depreciated in many businesses' accounts, but until now without tax relief being given on all the expenditure.\nHere are some of the key points to note:\nThe SBA applies regardless of any changes in ownership; there will be no balancing adjustments on sale.\nThe building or structure must be used in a trade, profession, vocation, UK or overseas property businesses that is an 'ordinary' business for the purposes of the Capital Allowance Act 2001 or in managing the investments of a company with investment business, within seven years of the expenditure.\nExpenditure on renovations or conversions of existing structures or buildings will qualify\nExpenditure on dwellings or buildings that function as dwellings will not qualify, including home offices which are an integral part of the the home. There will be a consultation on the definition of a dwelling, but hotels and care homes will qualify.\nIt's important to note that SBA expenditure will not qualify for the AIA.\nAnother restriction is over expenditure on land or the acquisition of rights to land. These do not qualify for relief. Neither do legal costs and stamp duty or any costs attributable to the obtaining of planning permissions, including the costs of public inquiries.\nWhere your business develops the structure or building itself, rather than acquires it, you can claim relief on the cost of any land preparation necessary for construction. If it's the case that the structure or building has been acquired from a developer, then an apportionment of the purchase cost from the developer will be required in order to separate the amount of the costs that is attributable to the land. 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Today, The Cultch continues to enrich the social and cultural life of Vancouver by bringing world-class cultural presentations to the public, supporting the growth of emerging artists and companies, and facilitating dialogue between groups in the Lower Mainland, especially within our local community of East Vancouver . The Cultch is so much more than just a theatre in the physical sense \u2013 our organization is looked upon as one of the foremost performing arts presenters in the country. Widely recognized as an innovator and leader, we have played an integral role in the development of British Columbia \u2019s artistic landscape.\nIn partnership with Rio Tinto Alcan, The Cultch created the $60,000 Rio Tinto Alcan Performing Arts Award. This award for BC performers rotates annually between dance, theatre and music/ opera. 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Yes \u2013 we all know the standard definitions of the term \u2013 what democracy is supposed to be in theory. But how about in practice?\n\u201cDemocracy\u2026 while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.\u201d\nBoth of the above quotes are by John Adams, founding father and second president of the United States. It is no coincidence that they spring from the same author, both being intimately connected to these current times.\nJohn Adams was hardly alone among his peers in his scorn for democracy:\n\u201cA democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.\u201d Thomas Jefferson\nFurthermore, this thinking was hardly confined to the 18th century. Here\u2019s what Plato had to say on the subject, more that 2000 years prior:\n\u201cDictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty.\u201d\nThis is precisely why America was set up as a constitutonal republic \u2013 with three co-equal branches being an effective check on each other. As we know, these checks (especially during the Cheney/Bush administration) have been deliberately undermined leaving little more than a shell of the Founding Father\u2019s intentions. The three co-equal branches for centuries provided a near-impervious bulwark against would-be tyrants.\n\u201cIn short, the \u201chouse of world order\u201d will have to be built from the bottom up rather than from the top down. It will look like a great \u201cbooming, buzzing confusion,\u201d to use William James\u2019 famous description of reality, but an end run around national sovereignty, eroding it piece by piece, will accomplish much more than the old-fashioned frontal assault\u201d Richard Gardner, writing in Foreign Affairs \u2013 the magazine of the Council on Foreign Relations 1974\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_N._Gardner\nWhat kind of person would wish to destroy the national sovereignty of the very country of their birth? 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Despite if they are successfull or not: They give a huge impact in development of this technology. They have a vision, and the conventionals do - in my opinion - more or less an alibi project.\nNo more Bombay Gin, now it is Brass Lion and Tanglin Gin from Singapore that rules (at least in Singapore):\nhttps://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia...d-gin-10860682\nLast edited by ombugge; October 26th, 2018, 20:10.\nNo more Bombay Gin, now it is Brass Lion and Tanglin Gin from Singapore that rules (at least in Singapore:\nDuly noted on the \"to be tested\" file!\nI just noticed, this thread have reached page 100!!! (At least in my setup)\nCongratulations, this thread has officially entered the three-digit -pages-category!\nIt'll soon also pass 1500 posts!!!\nMichael Rogge visited Singapore in 1964:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PZ-7ApXIso\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCEMmips_OA\nAnd again in 1987:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL2d7cjqF1s\nThis pedestrian bridge has been featured here many times, but I never knew the background story:\nhttps://www.channelnewsasia.com/news...pines-10837194\nExcellent link and background story - thank you for sharing!\nI have shown pictures from Marina Barrage before and probably posted about this project ad nauseam, but here is another article about it from CNA:\nhttps://www.channelnewsasia.com/news...itors-10898664\nInteresting article about sustainability and environmental problem solving.\nI have a distinct impression that Singapore is heading in a very different way than for example Norway. Both countries likes to take some serious environmental steps, but at Singapore, they seem to think bigger, a different way and they also seem to think faster. Here in Norway, the government (central and local) is thinking more about adding tolls and fees to everything we like to do, in the name of environment, but in the end, we seem to achieve nothing.\nI would be extremely curious to hear what you think, ombugge, as you have been so fortunate to cal Singapore your home. Am I completely off, or are there others thinking (more or less) the same way.\nSingapore of my youth:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=JmzQKoC35wE\nFascinating... didn't look like the barber at 4:18 wanted to be filmed.\nHe was the shy type and didn't talk much either. He only cut one style, short sides and neck, take it or leave it\nBTW; He operated on a 5-foot way close to my In-law's place until well into the 1990's.\nMy kids was scared of him because his hands were shaky, but they got rock steady when he started snipping. They still remember him though.\nLast night, before bed time; watched this very interesting documentary about the ever-evolving city of Singapore towards the future.\nThe documentary is about 45 minutes long and I found the visions and steps taken there, is way more ambitious when compared to conservative Norway.\nThey (local governments) are certainly creating a city for the future, with solutions and aspirations for the growing population.\nWould love to hear what ombugge thinks about these visions, are there drawbacks or are there things that are not that good with these visions?\nI would also like to learn what ombugge thinks of these ambitions plans compared with Norway's steps towards the future.\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi6r3hZe5Tg\nI hope you watched the videos from the older days first to get an idea about the amazing development over the last 50 years?\nThis video shows the Singapore of today while they talk about the development plans for the future, which is what has been known for some time, but steadily evolving as new technology and new ideas emerge.\nWhat I did not like was the idea of 3d printed customised food. I still prefer Chicken Rice from a B-rated Hawker stall. (Those familiar with Singapore hawker food would know what I'm talking about)\nPS> I was surprised they did not mention Newater in the NG video. Singapore has been recycling sewer water for many years now. The new deep sewer system to bring sewer from all around the island to new recycling plants at Changi and Tuas will increase the amount of water recovered in the future. It is one of the pillars of the plans to make Singapore self-sufficient in water supply.\nThank you very much for that, ombugge.\nYes, indeed I watched all those videos from old-time Singapore, in addition to other suggestions on youtube. I find it really fascinating, their history is very ... ehhhh... ambitious(?). I find them much more creative and realistic in putting plans forward, when compared to Norway for example.\nFrom your point of view, is the bureaucracy in Singapore less than Norway? In my opinion, there is way too many people needing to have their say in most, if not all, projects here. That slows down the progress and it slows down the development.\nLearning more about the sewage treatment plants of Singapore, I'm now also surprised it didn't make it into the program.\nAhhh... the hawker food of Singapore is brilliant and I hope it will never disappear in the form it's made and served today: it's like a Singapore trademark!\nTwo other places i have seen grow from a low beginning to a modern metropolis in a very short time is Dubai ans Shenzhen.\nWhen I first visited Dubai in 1966 there were no port and no building higher than the tallest minaret. We will soon have a comprehensive picture report from Dubai today I believe to show the development.\nShenzhen is even more amazing. It has grown from a fishing village and rice paddy back in the 1970s to a city of over 10 mill. people and the innovation capital of China.\nWhat does these places have in common? Good Governance, little political squabbling and strict laws.\nIn the case of Singapore and Dubai, efficient well educated and well paid bureaucracy. 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Some civil cases, for example, defamation, require a jury trial. Information on what jurors do is available in our document on the role of a jury.\nJurors are contacted by summons of the County Registrar, which will state that you are obliged to attend for jury service on a particular date.\nEvery Irish citizen from the age of 18 (no upper age limit since 1 January 2009) who is on the Register of D\u00e1il Electors is eligible for jury service except:\nThose involved in any way with the administration of justice. This includes judges, former judges, the President, the Attorney General, the Director of Public Prosecutions, members of the Gardai and defence forces, prison officers, practising barristers, solicitors, court officers such as registrars and personnel in Government departments involved in matters of justice or the courts.\nThose who are unable to read or have a long-term impairment so that it is not practicable for them to serve on a jury.\nThe rules about eligibility for jury service in Ireland are set down in Section 6 and the First Schedule of the Juries Act, 1976 as amended by Section 54 and Section 64 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008.\nThe following persons are disqualified from jury service:\nThose who have been convicted of a serious offence in Ireland.\nThose who have ever been sentenced to a term of imprisonment of five years or more.\nThose who, within the last ten years, have been sentenced to a term of imprisonment of three months.\nPeople living in Ireland who are not Irish citizens.\nThose who are excused as of right\nThe following persons may be excused as of right from jury service:\nSince January 2009 those aged 65 or over\nMembers of the either House of the Oireachtas (the Irish Parliament), members of the Council of State, the Comptroller and Auditor General, the Clerks of D\u00e1il \u00c9ireann and Seanad \u00c9ireann, a person in Holy Orders, a minister of any religious denomination or community, members of monasteries and convents, aircraft pilots, full-time students and ship's masters\nThose who provide an important community service, such as practising doctors, nurses, midwives, dentists, vets, chemists, etc.\nThe following persons if it is certified that their functions cannot reasonably be performed by another person or postponed; members of staff of either House of the Oireachtas, Heads of Government Departments, other civil servants, chief executive officers and employees of local authorities, Health Service Executive (HSE) Areas and harbour authorities, school teachers and university lecturers.\nThose who have served on a jury within the last three years or who have been excused by a judge at the conclusion of a previous period of service for a period that has not ended.\nOther occasions when you may be excused\nOther occasions when you may be excused include:\nThe County Registrar or the trial judge may excuse you if he is satisfied that there is \"good reason\" for doing so.\nAt the end of a case of \"an exceptionally exacting nature\", the trial judge may excuse the jury from jury service for as long as the judge considers fit.\nThe rules about ineligibility and disqualification from jury service are set out in Section 7 and Section 8 of the Juries Act, 1976.\nUnder the Juries Act, the following offences are punishable by fines:\nFailing to attend for jury service without reasonable excuse, or not being available when called upon to serve as a juror or being unfit for service by reason of drink or drugs.\nMaking or causing to be made on your behalf false representations.\nServing on a jury knowing you are ineligible or disqualified.\nGiving false or misleading answers to the presiding judge regarding your qualification for jury service.\nMaking or causing to be made on behalf of a person summoned as a juror any false representations to enable him or her to evade jury service.\nAs mentioned above jurors are contacted by summons of the County Registrar. You must reply to the jury summons by using the form and pre-paid envelope provided. If you come within the categories of persons excusable from jury service as of right, you must state that fact on the form provided.\nIf you wish to be excused for another reason (such as illness), you must state that reason and the County Registrar will make a decision as to whether or not you may be excused.\nAll the jury members summonsed that are not excused must attend in court on the first day the panel is formed. The name of every juror is called out and you must answer to show you are in attendance.\nIn order to select a panel of 12 jurors for a particular case, names are drawn out of a ballot box. If your name is called, you will go to the jury box and you will be given an opportunity to state if you are ineligible for or disqualified from jury service or if you know any of the witnesses in the case.\nSection 23 of the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 amended the Juries Act 1976 so that the jury can consist of up to 15 members, if the case is expected to last more than 2 months.\nEven though you are called for jury service, you may not actually serve. Usually more people than necessary are called. You must return to court every day, whether or not you are sworn onto a jury panel, unless otherwise directed by the court.\nBefore you give your oath, either side in the case may challenge you. This is simply an objection to a proposed juror. Each side may challenge 7 potential jurors without giving any reason and may challenge any number of jurors if they can \"show cause\".\nIf you are challenged without reason being given, you will leave the jury box. If you are challenged with reason, it is the judge who decides whether or not you will serve.\nThe members of the jury who have been selected will individually swear an oath or affirm that they will properly try the issue and give a true verdict according to the evidence.\nWhen the jury is sworn in and before the case starts, it will select a foreman from its members. The foreman acts as an informal chairperson and spokesperson of the jury.\nThere is no payment for jury service. Travelling expenses are not allowed. If you are actually serving as a juror, lunch will be provided on the day or days that the trial is at hearing.\nIf you are self-employed and work alone and where your attendance at jury service may mean you cannot earn a living, you may qualify for excusal from jury service. Contact the jury office of the Court for more information.\nIf you are signing on for a Jobseeker's payment you will continue to be paid, but you should advise your local Social Welfare Office that you have been called for jury service.\nIf you are in employment, the Juries Act 1976 (Section 29) places a duty on your employer to allow you attend for jury service. It is further specified in the law that time spent on jury service is to be treated as if the employee were actually employed. In other words, if you are in employment and are attending for jury service, you are entitled to be paid while you are away from work. Anyone with a contract of employment (i.e., temporary workers, contract workers, etc.) is entitled to be paid by their employer while they are on jury service. There should also be no loss of any other employment rights while you serve on a jury. The Jury office will provide a certificate of attendance on request.\nIf you feel your employment rights have been infringed or you have lost employment rights while serving on a jury, you can make a complaint to the Workplace Relations Commission using the online complaint form available on workplacerelations.ie. 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We give thanks to the Lord for our meeting and communication with one another, here in the illustrious City of Athens, the Primatial See of the Apostolic Orthodox Church of Greece.\n2. We repeat with one voice and one heart the words of the Apostle to the Nations: \u0093I appeal to you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree and that there be no schisms among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment\u0094(1 Cor 1:10). We pray that the whole Christian world will heed this exhortation, so that peace may come unto \u0093all those who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ\u0094 (1 Cor 1:2). We condemn all recourse to violence, proselytism and fanaticism in the name of religion. We especially maintain that relations between Christians, in all their manifestations, should be characterized by honesty, prudence and knowledge of the matters in question.\n3. We observe that man\u0092s social and scientific evolution has not been accompanied by a deeper delving into the meaning and value of life, which in every instance is a gift of God, nor by an analogous appreciation of man\u0092s unique dignity, as being created according to the Creator\u0092s image and likeness. Moreover, economic and technological development does not belong equally to all mankind but belongs only to a very small portion of it. Furthermore, the improvement of living standards has not brought about the opening of men\u0092s hearts to their neighbours who suffer hunger and are naked. We are called to work together for the prevailing of justice, for the relief of the needy and for the ministry unto those who suffer, ever keeping in mind the words of St. Paul: \u0093the kingdom of God does not mean food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit\u0094 (Rom 14:17).\n4. We are anguished to see that wars, massacres, torture and martyrdom constitute a terrible daily reality for millions of our brothers. We commit ourselves to struggle for the prevailing of peace throughout the whole world, for the respect of life and human dignity, and for solidarity towards all who are in need. We are pleased to add our voice to the many voices around the world which have expressed the hope that, on the occasion of the Olympic Games to be held in Greece in 2004, the ancient Greek tradition of the Olympic Truce will be revived, according to which all wars had to stop, and terrorism and violence had to cease.\n5. We follow carefully and with unease what is referred to as globalization. We hope that it will bear good fruit. However, we wish to point out that its fruits will be harmful if what could be termed the \u0093globalization of brotherhood\u0094 in Christ is not achieved in all sincerity and efficacy.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 5006, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 201.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.combatptsdwoundedtimes.org/2017/08/va-data-on-homeless-veterans-shows-all.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:52Z", "digest": "sha1:I2AMHT2R5YPHQAIF4RFSSQ23GWL2RFVN", "length": 1550, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.combatptsdwoundedtimes.org", "title": "Combat PTSD News | Wounded Times: VA Data on Homeless Veterans Shows, All of Us Make a Difference", "raw_content": "VA Data on Homeless Veterans Shows, All of Us Make a Difference\nLeveraging data to provide insight into complex issues surrounding Veteran homelessness\nDeming, a well-respected statistician, reminds us that identifying the what is critical in determining how to be successful. Deming is widely known for helping to develop the sampling techniques still used by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.\nVA has taken a similar approach in working toward its priority goal to end Veteran homelessness, gathering and reviewing data on homelessness that then inform strategies to address it. As a result, the nation saw a nearly 50 percent reduction in the number of homeless Veterans between 2010 and 2016.\nFor the last four years, VA and partners at the state and community levels have been using a data-driven management platform to determine and update the number of Veterans who are homeless and track those Veterans by name so that they can be served most efficiently and effectively. The platform houses data from multiple sources, including but not limited to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Point-in-Time count and the VA Homeless Registry.\nThis data-driven approach to ending Veteran homelessness helps all of us \u2014 national organizations like VA, community groups, and individuals in every corner of the U.S. \u2014 ensure that we\u2019re doing our best to give every Veteran a safe, stable place to call home and the resources they need to stay there.\nLabels: Department of Veterans Affairs, homeless veterans", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 192, "original_length": 10152, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 155.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.contactmusic.net/stevie-wonder/news/stevie-wonder-defends-bruno-mars_6036405", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:42Z", "digest": "sha1:Z2KKWWPJ4UJEVXTXRXOGFGDJEREJWTC6", "length": 2580, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "www.contactmusic.net", "title": "Stevie Wonder | Stevie Wonder defends Bruno Mars | Contactmusic.com", "raw_content": "By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 20 March 2018\nFollow Stevie Wonder\nStevie Wonder Bruno Mars\nStevie Wonder has defended Bruno Mars as a, ''great talent'', after the singer was accused of appropriating black music.\nStevie Wonder has defended Bruno Mars after he was accused of cultural appropriation.\nThe 'Finesse' hitmaker's background came under scrutiny last week, when a video with writer Seren Sensei accusing the singer of appropriating black music went viral.\nWonder, 67, told TMZ: ''Here's the thing, God created music for all of us to enjoy. So we cannot limit ourselves by people's fears and insecurities.\n''He's a great talent, so all the other stuff is just b******t. He was inspired by great musicians and great artists and songwriters. So that's good.''\nBruno has collaborated with a number of African-American artists, and the 'That's What I Like' hitmaker was born in Honolulu to a half-Puerto Rican and half-Ashkenazi Jewish father and a Filipino mother.\nSensei sparked a heated discussion on social media after he criticised the 11-time Grammy award-winner.\nThe writer said: ''Bruno Mars 100 per cent is a cultural appropriator,. He is not black, at all, and he plays up his racial ambiguity to cross genres... because people have realised that they prefer their black music and their black culture from a non-black face... we have artists now that are much more willing to step into black genres.''\nBruno has so far chosen to stay out of the debate.\nMeanwhile, the '24K Magic' singer recently called for the National Football League (NFL) to organise a hip-hop halftime show next year, after it was announced the 2019 Super Bowl will be held in Atlanta, which is considered to be the modern home of hip-hop.\nMars tweeted: ''@NFL you have the opportunity to celebrate incredible Hip Hop Artist from Atlanta next year.\n''Outkast. T.I Gucci, lil jon, Jeezy, Jermaine Dupri just to name a few. it would be the best party Tv has ever seen! 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Villanova LTD agreed to refund the consumers in a deal it reached with the AG's office. Villanova, which could not be reached at press time, admitted no wrongdoing in the agreement. Investigators said that from 1998 to 2001 Villanova marketed buyer's club memberships offering discounts on a number of products. Consumers would call a toll-free number to order a product they saw advertised in an infomercial, said the AG's office. If the consumer used a credit card, the company would then try to upsell by offering a free trial membership to the club. If consumers agreed, they were required to cancel within 30 days or their credit cards would be billed on an ongoing annual basis. The yearly fee ranged from $79.99 to $89.99. Consumers complained they were not told they had to cancel to avoid being charged, according to a statement by Attorney General Mike Fisher. In other cases, consumers were billed for the memberships even though they rejected the free offer.\nMONSTER.COM named Carole Johnson senior vice president of marketing. She will oversee all the job search site's marketing activities, including its search for a new ad agency of record. Previously she was with the Gillette Co. for 22 years, most recently as vice president of business services and commercial operations for North America.\nTHE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION surprised direct marketers by speeding up telephone registration for its national do-not-call registry. The rollout that was to occur over eight weeks this summer will be cut down to two weeks during this month. Phone registration began July 1 for consumers west of the Mississippi River, including Minnesota and Louisiana; the rest of the country was set to begin a week later. The phased rollout was initially planned to prevent too many calls coming in on one day, said an FTC spokesperson. However, the agency's contractor, AT&T Government Solutions, said it could handle the call volume.\nROARK CAPITAL GROUP, of Atlanta, acquired direct mail co-op marketer Money Mailer LLC. Neal Aronson, founder and managing partner of Roark, was named chairman of the board of Garden Grove, CA-based Money Mailer. Godfred Otuteye will continue as Money Mailer's president and CEO.\nRETURN PATH, an e-mail change of address service, acquired Assurance Systems Inc. Financial terms were not disclosed. Assurance Systems, founded in November 2002, markets technology to ensure the deliverability of e-mail campaigns. Return Path also recently acquired the e-mail consulting arm of GasPedal. Andy Sernovitz, CEO of GasPedal, will become general manager of Return Path's consulting operation.\nCATALOG SALES INCREASED an average of 9.24% a year between 1998 and 2003 - but industry employment rose only 3.71% a year over that time, according to a new survey from the Direct Marketing Association. In the study, \"Economic Impact: U.S. Direct and Interactive Marketing Today,\" the DMA estimated last year's U.S. catalog sales at $125.8 billion. Sales are projected to increase 5.6% this year, to $132.8 billion. But the number of workers in the catalog industry is expected to dip from 529,000 in 2002 to some 528,000 this year.\nMAILERS' GROUPS expressed support for Postmaster General Jack Potter's latest recommendations to the President's Commission on the U.S. Postal Service. One area with strong support was Potter's proposal that the USPS be allowed to close post offices and mail processing facilities \"without constraint from outside influences.\" This would save \"millions of dollars because most mail today is moved by truck, and many of the existing facilities were built at a time when most mail was moved by rail or plane,\" said Bob McLean, executive director of the Mailers Council. Potter also proposed reworking the collective bargaining process to put all benefits - including health, leave and retirement - on the table, and letting the USPS Board of Governors set prices according to changing market conditions.\nASK JEEVES INC. sold its Jeeves Solutions Inc. software unit to Kanisa Inc. for $4.25 million. The sale, consisting of $3.5 million in cash and a one-year promissory note for $750,000, was expected to close this month. Kanisa, of Cupertino, CA, markets enterprise software used to personalize customer service sites. The sale will allow Emeryville, CA-based Ask Jeeves to focus on its Web search business, according to a company statement.\nTHE READER'S DIGEST ASSOCIATION INC. offered Bank One credit cards to readers of its Taste of Home, Birds & Blooms and Family Handyman magazines. Among the incentives for Taste of Home and Birds & Blooms readers were free shipping and discounts from the firm's Country Store catalog and Web site. Discounted vacation packages and travel news from Reader's Digest's World Wide Country Tours also were offered. The Pleasantville, NY-based publisher has a total of 7.6 million subscribers. Bank One serves 50 million credit cardholders.\nTWO MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTION FIRMS SETTLED A LAWSUIT filed against them by a consumer. But the deal may collapse if a check is not received soon. R.D. Spaletto Enterprises Inc. and Budget Marketing Inc. agreed to pay a small amount of money to Danny J. Vogelsang, according to Vogelsang's attorney Mitchell Stoddard, of the St. Louis firm Consumer Law Associates. Stoddard, who declined to specify the dollar amount, said his client will pursue the case if the sum covering his client's losses and his own fees is not received soon. Eric F. Kayira, attorney for the defendants, did not return calls from a reporter. In the suit filed in February, Vogelsang sued the subscription firms, alleging Des Moines, IA-based Budget Marketing sold him an ongoing magazine subscription last May for $40 a month by promising him he would receive a watch. That September, he directed his bank to stop releasing funds for payment after being told by the firm the subscription would run for five years and he could not cancel, according to the complaint filed with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Danville, CA-based Spaletto, using the name Publishers Renewal Service, then started calling Vogelsang to collect without disclosing, as required by law, that this was its intent, the complaint alleges.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 18, "original_length": 6774, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 251.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.cosmoparty.biz/traffic_secrets__is_seo_worth_the_hassle_384367a.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:01Z", "digest": "sha1:52JL3Z6IZVA667X6GW3Z6JK6WA2C4MIX", "length": 3145, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.cosmoparty.biz", "title": "Traffic Secrets - Is SEO Worth The Hassle?", "raw_content": "Traffic Secrets Is SEO Worth The Hassle\nThe search engine optimization, or SEO industry, is a huge online business, with a bucket load of books to be bought on the subject, and money to be spent on others providing the service for you. But is it all worth the hassle? Aren't the big boys always in control of the top rankings, so we should focus our time on other things? Let's take a look at the argument from both sides. There are plenty that are in what I call the 'paid traffic club'. They get all their traffic via paid methods, because they know that, for example, every single visitor is worth $1.50, which means they can spend $1 on every visitor, and make a huge amount of money by just repeating the process. That's all well and good for those that have reached that stage of sophistication, but for others, the paid traffic route can be a way of losing a lot of money.\nThis is the appeal of the SEO side of things, and it's not hard to see why - you do a good job of optimizing your site, Google gives you a good ranking, and lots of free traffic comes to your site. Of course it's not quite as simple as that, for 2 reasons. Firstly, because the theory sounds so good, and does indeed work if you can get good rankings, the savvy marketers spend a lot of time and money trying to work out how to get good rankings, so you'd better make sure you know what you are doing if you intend to compete. You will never be the first to discover any tricks, believe you me they will all have been tried and tested Secondly, Google in particular has a strong ethos about providing genuine results to their users, and does not want to see page after page of adverts. As a result, they frequently 'change the goalposts', using different criteria to rank sites, and not telling people what the criteria are! This means that the marketers at the cutting edge start all over again with their tweaking and testing to get the good rankings. Reading all that, you may think I'm in the 'paid traffic' club that SEO is too much hassle.\nIn fact, that's not true, not only is it *indeed* worth the hassle, it doesn't have to actually be that much hassle anyway! If you pick your keyword phrase properly, meaning there is a favorable balance between the number of competing pages and the number of people actually searching the phrase, and then design your site so that Google 'likes' it, you will get good ranking results as long as you are providing good content. Trying to cheat in SEO might work in the short term, but by providing the search engines with what they want, SEO is most certainly worth the effort in your traffic generation arsenal. It doesn't need a massive budget, it doesn't need a huge amount of knowledge, just pertinent knowledge, proven by others and applied properly. There are plenty of sites you can visit which will provide you up to date information about what is working at the moment and what isn't, so simply find out what is working, and get to work on it!.\nDiscover some of the best traffic secrets and discover which course of action is right for you to explode your website traffic at: http://www.TrafficSecretReviews.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 16, "original_length": 4322, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 268.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.coveredindust.com/2009/06/blessed-too.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:34Z", "digest": "sha1:PX73GB2LJTVLEXNKUUJTY6SSIUPHBKJ3", "length": 7792, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "www.coveredindust.com", "title": "covered in dust: blessed too", "raw_content": "In my last entry (click here), I pointed to a somewhat common way of thinking among Americans when we want to be blessed. I did a bit of research into wealth statistics and who is \"rich\" according to world standards. It was very revealing and convicting to me personally.\nThere's more to this story of who God considers to be blessed.\nThis post is as much a confession as it is a conviction.\nMy search for who God considers to be blessed started because of my current situation and season of life. As of this writing, I have been unemployed for 17 weeks. I have had 6 interviews. Three of my six interviews have had two conversations about potential employment. One of my interviews had THREE very good conversations about partnering together. In fact, the opportunity with three interviews was some of the best interviewing that I had ever done. It was a great experience... but did not end in my getting hired. I'm ok with that. I throw open the doors of opportunity seeking God's direction and He closes the doors giving me clarity to His leading.\nHowever, these past 17 weeks have been teaching me how much I am one of the people who trust in their financial security sometimes more than God. I remember a time a few weeks ago that I was praying and seeking God, when I clearly heard Him ask, \"Do you really trust me even if the money is gone or dwindling? Will you trust me to get you through this? Do you believe that I have a better plan?\"\nI have to admit that those words cut to my heart. I felt sorrow for my lack of faith in my wonderful God; the God that I love SO much. This motivated me to action.\n\"How could I be so shallow?\" I thought... but He was right. I was ok with suffering this trial or season because the money kept coming in (which is a miracle by itself).\nDuring this time frame, I had a conversation with a friend via Facebook. Their status update said something to the affect of \"When will I stop suffering and get on to my blessings?\" Again, this is not verbatim but it motivated me to uncover who God considers to be blessed. I have to be honest with you, I had that same thought last week. But then, I remembered my study about who is blessed and realized that I was blessed BECAUSE of this trial.\nAllow me to contextualize this a bit. A man familiar with suffering in the Bible is Job (pronounced with a long \"o\"). He is wealthy. He is described as \"blameless and upright.\" One day, Satan decides to go for a walk and ends up strolling up to God with the angels. God plays with him a bit and says something like, \"Where did you come from?\" Satan's like, \"Oh, ya know, just wanderin' around a bit.\" Then God points out Job and praises him for his faith and trust.\nHere's some of the conversation:\n\"Does Job fear God for nothing?\" Satan replied. \"Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. But stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.\" The LORD said to Satan, \"Very well, then, everything he has is in your hands, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.\" Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD. (Job 1:9-12)\nThis happened twice. The first time, Satan took his worldly wealth- family, home, livestock, employees (\"took\" is actually more like destroyed). The second time, Satan took away Job's health and gave him sores and sickness. Do you struggle with that a bit? I do. God allowed Job to be tested. God allowed bad things to happen to a good man. God did not cause the trial or hardship or pain. Why? God new that Job could handle it.\nConsider this... \"If you think you are standing strong, be careful not to fall. The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.\" (1 Corinthians 10:12-13)\nCouldn't this also read trials in lieu of temptations? Just prior to these verses, Paul is writing about how the Israelite's forefathers were tempted and fell away from God through their actions and their unfaithful hearts. Trials tend to give us opportunity to either stand firm under the pressure of the situation or to crumble to the temptations all around us. Trials are a testing ground of our character. While I'm at it, let me just clarify that God is much more interested in your character than your comfort.\nLet's now see how Job responded:\n\"At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship and said: 'Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised.' In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.\" (Job 1:20-22)\nGod was right about Job.\nI rarely respond like that. Typically I get pissed off or depressed when crazy stuff happens to me. I usually start questioning God about what I must have done to deserve punishment. It is as if I think my suffering is because I wasn't good enough or did something wrong. I am learning that the opposite is true. I suffer BECAUSE I am faithful to God not because I did something wrong. I think we as a Christ-followers need to emphasize more often that our trust in Jesus will not lead us into a comfortable life or wealth or health or happiness but it could actually lead us away from these things. Job responds this way, \"His wife said to him, 'Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die!' He replied, 'You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?' In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.\" (Job 2:9-10)\nExcited about following Jesus? Probably not after that last paragraph, huh?\nThis suffering through difficulties and hardships and trials are not for our comfort but our character. James, Jesus' brother, had to say about this: \"Dear brothers and sisters, when troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.\" (James 1:2-4)\nThis idea of joy in suffering I think directly relates to who God considers to be blessed. We are blessed because God is allowing our faith to grow which leads us to becoming \"perfect and complete, needing nothing.\" Another way of translating the meaning of \"perfect and complete\" is \"to be made whole.\"\nThis is a spiritual act of defiance AGAINST or in spite of our circumstances. The blessed are acting out their faith in God/Jesus empowered by the Spirit of God. It is proving that their faith is real. Paul writes to the believers at Corinth (in Greece), \"For God, who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,' made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.\" (2 Corinthians 4:6-9) .\nThe blessed are defiant; standing strong in weakness This is the life of a spiritually alive follower of Jesus. The blessed have a life of trials, hardships, pain, excitement, adventure and fulfillment. The blessed are rebellious to the chaos, turmoil and pain by finding peace in conflict, joy in suffering and love in brokenness.\nThis life of defiance is only possible through the power of Jesus alive in us through His grace and love. Are you one of the blessed?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 131, "original_length": 9558, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 339.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.crosbychiropractic.com/patient-privacy/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:39:58Z", "digest": "sha1:UYR2J6BAWZQ7II62OZUGSOTMGUIJBZRZ", "length": 768, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.crosbychiropractic.com", "title": "Patient Privacy \u2013 Crosby Chiropractic and Acupuncture Centre", "raw_content": "THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW MEDICAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOU MAY BE USED AND DISCLOSED AND HOW YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THIS INFORMATION. PLEASE REVIEW CAREFULLY\nThe office of Crosby Chiropractic Centre, (referred to hereafter as the or this \u201coffice\u201d) is committed to protecting your personal medical information. The creation of a record detailing the care and services you receive helps this office to provide you with quality health care and complies with this office\u2019s medical records retention requirements. This notice applies to the medical records maintained by this office and it specifically details the ways in which your medical information may be used and disclosed to third parties. This notice also details your individual rights regarding your medical records.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 126, "original_length": 3310, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 271.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ctcoc.co.za/news/teens-and-addiction/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:40:25Z", "digest": "sha1:PZWVBE5LC3VRV4S65FC3P75CI2G6YHKP", "length": 1601, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.ctcoc.co.za", "title": "Cape Town Church of Christ | Teens & Addiction", "raw_content": "WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT A LESSON ON DRUG AND ALCOHOL COULD BE SO MUCH FUN!\nWe were super privileged to have Rob and Sandy Frey, from our church\u2019s own C.R. (Chemical and Recovery) Addiction Ministry; as well Captain Niemand from SAPS (South African Police Services) share on the effects of chemical addiction. This devotion, which happened on Saturday 18 June 2016, was well received and really fun.\nWe started off by looking at the definition of addiction, using Romans 7:14-25 as a reference; \u201c\u2026For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate to do\u2026\u201d. We also discovered some interesting stats, that one in every five teens in South Africa either lose their lives or are placed in an institution as a result of drugs or alcohol. Sadly, we heard that Primary schools are targeted and children as young as 10 years old are buying tattoos laced with LSD. This is really scary because our young children and teens are in danger of falling prey to this life threatening situation.\nCaptain Niemand, who has 25 years\u2019 experience in dealing with drugs and alcohol abuse in teens and young adults, was not only informative but very funny. Everyone enjoyed listening to him. He was relatable,entertaining and created an environment where we felt free to participate openly. He shared some of his own addiction stories with great humour, and conveyed the devastating effects that addiction has on our lives.\nGod used Captain Niemand in a powerful way to share thistopic. We will definitely look at getting Captain Niemand back for another session later this year.\nChemical Recovery; Fun; Addiction; Teens", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 27, "original_length": 1968, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 323.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.cvent.com/events/2019-alm-first-financial-institute/event-summary-227f4496ec584c368876610b176a573d.aspx?RefID=ALM%20First_EE%20page", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:57Z", "digest": "sha1:QWW3ID6C7PFSTIY6UL2Q26KLPOF377CA", "length": 746, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.cvent.com", "title": "2019 ALM First Financial Institute - Overview | Online Registration by Cvent", "raw_content": "Fundamental Track\nFunds Management Track\nThe financial world is constantly changing, and your ability to keep up with those changes - everything from asset liability management to the latest regulations - can have a direct impact on the success of your financial institution.\nThat's why ALM First hosts the Financial Institute. This industry-leading, three-day workshop provides key education and timely insights designed to benefit institutional goals and strategies. With three learning tracks, the ALM First Financial Institute is a must-attend event for everyone involved in managing or monitoring the balance sheet including CEOs, CFOs, Senior Management, Controllers, Treasury Staff, Financial Analysts, Accountants, ALCO and Board Members.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 1636, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 314.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.danielfuneralhome.net/index.php/obituaries/14-recent-obituaries/893-tom-maberry", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:19Z", "digest": "sha1:UT3MTUKLZP54VV6DHW4CE7TFO4SSNKIZ", "length": 3865, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "www.danielfuneralhome.net", "title": "Tom Maberry", "raw_content": "Tom Maberry\nWilliam Thomas \u201cTom\u201d Maberry, age 91, of Lamar, Missouri died Friday, May 26, 2017 at his home.\nTom was born May 30, 1925 in Dade County, Missouri to Earl and Mona (Matthews) Maberry. He attended Lockwood High School and served his country in the United States Army during World War II in the 34th Infantry in the Philippines and Japan. On October 28, 1944, he married Betty McArthur and together they raised two sons. He graduated from Barber College in Kansas City and, in 1948, began a 45-year career of barbering in Lamar. Tom bought the shop in 1955 and it became known as Maberry\u2019s Barber Shop. In 1984, he sold the shop to his son, Alan and continued to work for Alan until retiring May 7, 1993.\nTom was a long-time member of American Legion, VFW and served faithfully in the Gideons International. He was also a long-time member of Lamar United Methodist Church as well as the Fidelis Sunday School Class and United Methodist Men.\nTom leaves behind his wife of 72 years, Betty; two sons and their wives, Alan and Carol Maberry and Mark and Pam Maberry; six grandchildren, Shawn (Leslie), Nathan (Beckie), Jordon (Elie), Melinda, Dustin (Melinda) and Miranda; ten great-grandchildren, Lauren, Landon, Addie, Dylan, Grace, Remington, Trenton, Mollie, Cason, and Cade; one sister, Joan Leaming; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Marie Alexander.\nFuneral service will be 2:00 pm, Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at Daniel Funeral Home. Burial with graveside military honors will follow in Memory Gardens Cemetery.\nThe family will receive friends 1:00 p.m. until service time Tuesday at the funeral home.\nContributions are suggested to Gideons International or Lamar United Methodist Church in care of Daniel Funeral Home.\n#10 Lamar \u2014 Kent Harris 2017-05-31 09:42\nTommy was a kind man and seemed to always have a smile on his face. Back in the day when I was much younger I always liked him to cut my hair.....he just had that manner about him to make you feel better when leaving than when you walked in.\nBlessings to all his family.\nTom was a very kind and loving man. His smile was so infectious, and he had a very sweet disposition. I will miss seeing him at church. My heart goes out to his dear wife, Betty, and his sons, Alan & Mark and their families. May his family & friends find comfort in knowing he's at peace and waiting to see them all again one day. God bless all of you and keep you at peace.\n#7 Lamar \u2014 Jeff & Margaret Phipps 2017-05-30 09:15\nWe are so sorry for your loss. Tom was such a kind man.\n#6 Springfield, MO. \u2014 John Wagaman 2017-05-30 06:56\nSorry to hear of your family's loss. Tom was a great neighbor, always had a fishing story to share. I'll never forget how shocked he was when I went from a crew cut to let it grow out! John Wagaman\n#5 Nevada, MO \u2014 Lora Stevens Miller 2017-05-30 06:24\nMaberry family: My sympathies to all of you! After working with Betty through our Banks, it was evident of their love and loyalty to each other! I know that love extended to all of you! I will keep each and every one of you in my daily prayers!\n#4 Lamar,MO \u2014 Keefer & Helen Cole 2017-05-29 16:21\nThinking of the family after the loss of Tom. He had many friends in the area and seemed to always be smiling. Never heard a bad comment about him.\nKeefer & Helen Cole\n#3 Lamar, Mo. \u2014 Wayne & Theresa Percy 2017-05-28 13:29\nOur heart felt condolences for your loss. May your happy memories bring warmth to your hearts.\nWayne & Theresa Percy\nI had the privilege of knowing Tom for many years. A fine individual. Sorry to hear of his passing.\n#1 Jennifer Choate 2017-05-26 06:06\nMaberry family,\nI am so sorry for your family's loss. As a nurse, I so enjoyed caring for him. He was such a sweet, kind man and the love he and Betty shared was something you don't witness often.\nPrayers to you all.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 4598, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 292.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.darkejournal.com/2017/11/garst-museum-holiday-open-house.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:53Z", "digest": "sha1:3OQSSBXVEPXOZM7JK7CYRENGXMY5KOPW", "length": 1715, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.darkejournal.com", "title": "DarkeJournal.com: Garst Museum Holiday Open House", "raw_content": "Garst Museum Holiday Open House\nChristmas tree decorated by The Wildflower Garden Club\nlocated in the Garst Museum\u2019s parlor.\nGarst Museum\u2019s annual Holiday Open House will be held on Sunday, December 3 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The public is cordially invited to attend. Everyone can tour the museum and the National Annie Oakley Center at no charge on this one afternoon.\nJoin us for an afternoon of seasonal music, light refreshments, and beautiful decorations. The museum\u2019s Christmas collection will be used for decorating throughout the museum. Plan to do a little Christmas shopping in the Museum Store, as there will be a 20% discount on all items.\nThe museum features a number of beautifully decorated Christmas trees illustrating the talents of the following groups: The Wildflower Garden Club, Junior Butterflies Garden Club, Sun and Fun Garden Club, Ladybug Garden Club, Garden Ladies Garden Club, Wood Sprites Garden Club, the VFW Women\u2019s Auxiliary, and the Fort Greene Ville Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.\nPlan to stop by and enjoy the fun, shop, and also take advantage of the free admission to tour the museum.\nThe Darke County Historical Society and the Garst Museum\u2019s mission is to collect, preserve, exhibit, study, and interpret materials relating to the history and culture of Darke County, Ohio, as it represents a crossroads of the American experience. The DCHS operates the Garst Museum in Greenville, Ohio, and its 35,000-square-foot campus houses over 300,000 artifacts. 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The Inmate, Roy R. Spurling, 26, Arcanum, Ohio was found hanging in his cell during jail checks yesterday evening at 11:04 PM. Resuscitation attempts by the Correctional Staff and Greenville Rescue were unsuccessful.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 493, "original_length": 13459, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 245.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.darkhorizons.com/silicon-valley-star-joins-godzilla-sequel/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:51Z", "digest": "sha1:XZJJMX436XVWEFSUNQBW6O6SE5XLIDFA", "length": 732, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.darkhorizons.com", "title": "\"Silicon Valley\" Star Joins \"Godzilla\" Sequel - Dark Horizons", "raw_content": "\u201cSilicon Valley\u201d Star Joins \u201cGodzilla\u201d Sequel\n\u201cSilicon Valley\u201d regular Thomas Middleditch has joined Michael Dougherty\u2019s \u201cGodzilla: King of the Monsters\u201d at Legendary and Warner Bros. Pictures.\nMillie Bobby Brown, Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga and O\u2019Shea Jackson Jr. are also on board the project which follows on from both 2014\u2019s \u201cGodzilla\u201d reboot and this year\u2019s \u201cKong: Skull Island\u201d.\nMiddleditch had a small cameo in \u2018Kong\u2019 voicing an off-camera character. That film has grossed $565 million worldwide to date.\nDougherty directs from a script he co-wrote with Zach Shields. The film is targeting a March 22nd 2019 release.\nPrevious articleQuinto, Henry Join Drew Pearce\u2019s \u201cArtemis\u201d\nNext articleAMC Sets Writers Room For Three Shows", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 135, "original_length": 4589, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 335.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.darraghobrien.ie/parliamentary-questions/archives/01-2018", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:23:37Z", "digest": "sha1:Z7WVAFPNQI7H5GX4LFUCV243PF54ZIHE", "length": 8765, "nlines": 41, "source_domain": "www.darraghobrien.ie", "title": "Blog Archives - DARRAGH O'BRIEN - TD", "raw_content": "The number of homes that have been remediated under the pyrite remediation scheme\n* To ask the Minister for Housing; Planning and Local Government the number of homes that have been remediated under the pyrite remediation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.\nFor WRITTEN answer on Wednesday, 31 January, 2018.\n* To ask the Minister for Housing; Planning and Local Government his plans for homes that are affected by pyrite but which have been left out of the current remediation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.\n* To ask the Minister for Housing; Planning and Local Government his plans to extend and expand the pyrite remediation scheme for homes that failed to reach the high thresholds set down under the previous government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.\nThe Pyrite Resolution Act 2013 provides the statutory framework for the establishment of the Pyrite Resolution Board and for the making of a pyrite remediation scheme to be implemented by the Board with support from the Housing Agency. The pyrite remediation scheme is a scheme of \u201clast resort\u201d and is limited in its application and scope. The full conditions for eligibility under the scheme are set out in the scheme which is available on the Board\u2019s website, www.pyriteboard.ie.\nIn accordance with the provisions of the Act, the Board is independent in the performance of its functions, and as Minister, I have no role in the operational matters (including sampling and testing) pertaining to the implementation of the scheme. The Board may be contacted by phone at Lo call 1890 252842 or by email to info@pyriteboard.ie or alternatively at oireachtasinfo@pyriteboard.ie.\nOn foot of this recommendation of the Pyrite Panel, the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) published I.S. 398-1:2013 Reactive pyrite in sub-floor hardcore material Part 1: Testing and categorisation protocol in 2013. The standard provides the means by which dwellings that may be affected by pyrite can be tested and categorised.\nIn late 2015, the NSAI commenced a review of I.S. 398-1:2013 in the light of practical experience since the standard was first introduced in January 2013. The standard was updated and revised to reflect the on-site experiences and evidence gathered by technical experts, such as engineers, geologists, professionals providing sampling and testing services and other technical experts, who have been using the standard over the past four years and was published on 4 August 2017.\nI welcome the revised standard published by the NSAI and in this context I signed the Pyrite Resolution (Standard for Testing) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 556 of 2017) on 6 December 2017. These Regulations provide that pursuant to section 14(9)(a) of the Pyrite Resolution Act 2013, the \u201cstandard for testing\u201d for the purpose of the Act shall be Irish Standard 398-1:2017 Reactive pyrite in sub-floor hardcore material \u2014Part 1: Testing and categorisation protocol, as published by the National Standards Authority of Ireland on 4 August 2017.\nMy Department is in regular contact with the Pyrite Resolution Board and the Housing Agency with regard to the implementation of the scheme. Any amendments, which the Board consider are required to the scheme as a result of the revised standard will be given full consideration should they be submitted to me in accordance with the requirements of the Act.\nThe latest figures available indicate that a total of 1,963 applications have been received under the pyrite remediation scheme. Of the 1,963 applications received so far, 1,523 dwellings have been included in the pyrite remediation scheme and the applicants notified accordingly.\nA further 110 applications have been validated and referred to the Housing Agency for the Assessment and Verification Process, while another 218 applications are at the initial Application and Validation Process. 112 applications under the scheme were not successful.\nOf the 1,523 dwellings that have been included in the pyrite remediation scheme:\n- 343 are at remedial works planning stage,\n- 96 are at tender decision,\n- 139 are under remediation, and\n- 945 are complete.\nWith regard to funding, a sum of \u20ac25 million was expended on the operation of the pyrite remediation scheme in 2017. This funding facilitated the remediation of some 400 additional dwellings.\nAn increased amount of \u20ac30 million was announced under Budget 2018 to fund the operation of the pyrite remediation scheme in 2018. This allocation will facilitate the remediation of some 430 additional dwellings this year and is a clear signal of the continuing importance attached by Government to addressing the issue of significant pyritic damage in private dwellings.\nUltimately, the Pyrite Remediation Board, together with the Housing Agency, will arrange for all eligible dwellings to be remediated to a high standard and at no additional cost to the affected homeowners. Remediation works will continue to be carried out at the earliest possible opportunity having regard to the existing demands of the scheme and the optimum use of available resources.\nTo ask the T\u00e1naiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he and his department has taken in the case of a person (details supplied) who has been sentenced to death due to their Baha'i faith in Yemen; if this matter has been raised with the European Union external action service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.\n- Brendan Howlin.\n* For WRITTEN answer on Tuesday, 23rd January, 2018.\nHamid bin Haydara\nTo ask the T\u00e1naiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); the efforts being made at EU and international level to address this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter.\nIf the method or the calculation for persons that are receiving a social welfare payment and have their local property tax deducted at source\nTo ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her department has changed the method or the calculation for persons that are receiving a social welfare payment and have their local property tax deducted at source; if so, the implications of this for such persons; if it has a resulted in an increase in the amount of local property tax being paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. - Darragh O'Brien.\nMinister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection (Regina Doherty T.D):\nLocal Property Tax is now deducted over 50 calendar weeks, rather than 52. This change was necessary as a safeguard to afford customers the full benefit of the Christmas bonus and the double week payments and ensures that these additional payments are not absorbed by an automatic Local Property Tax deduction. It was also necessary to ensure that customer\u2019s deductions would not reduce their weekly personal rate payment below the level of the Supplementary Welfare Allowance personal rate as a result of these additional payments.\nThis change has not increased the overall annual amount of tax liability for such customers.\nI hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.\n* To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if there is an appeal process available to clubs which made applications for 2017 capital sports grants that were unsuccessful; and if he will make a statement on the matter.\nFor WRITTEN answer on Tuesday, 16 January, 2018.\nWhen the 2017 Sports Capital Programme (SCP) was advertised, my Department issued a guide to filling out the application form which set out the minimum requirements that applicants had to meet to be considered for funding.\nApplications were deemed invalid primarily for one or more of the following reasons:-\nTitle/Access requirements of the SCP not satisfied\nInsufficient quotations/estimates submitted\nEvidence of own funding not provided in prescribed format\nAll applicants have been informed of the outcome of the assessment of their application, including details of why applications were deemed invalid. Applicants were also offered the opportunity to appeal the Department's decision if they believe that an error was made in deeming their application invalid. The closing date for appeals for local applications was the 20th December and all appeals received are currently being assessed. The closing date for appeals for regional applications is the 19th January.\nSeparately, my Department is undertaking a general review of all invalid applications including those where incorrect or incomplete documentation was submitted. Decisions in relation to how to address any successful appeals and improvements to further reduce the level of invalid applications under future rounds of the SCP will be taken once these reviews are complete.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 193, "original_length": 16137, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 265.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.dennispubliclibrary.org/2017/06/happy-birthday-henry-david-thoreau.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:33Z", "digest": "sha1:QTKHFGYHAECWA6N32DSSQ7EJ2NR5LVN4", "length": 314, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.dennispubliclibrary.org", "title": "Dennis Public Library: Happy Birthday Henry David Thoreau", "raw_content": "Happy Birthday Henry David Thoreau\nThe Dennis Libraries have been celebrating Henry David Thoreau all year in commemoration of his 200th birthday this year. As part of the celebration we will have a cake in the library from 12:00-2:00 on his birthday, July 12th. Please stop by for a piece and to share in the fun.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 2942, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 198.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.designmuseum.fi/en/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:30Z", "digest": "sha1:ZVRDSUUJXRVUEDQQ34QAIYKBNI72KXRA", "length": 371, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.designmuseum.fi", "title": "Designmuseo Design Museum", "raw_content": "The Design Museum is open today 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.\nExhibitions in other facilities\nAn evening of Design\nDive into the world of design at this free evening event at Design Museum. Talks and activities for everyone.\nDesign Club is a new creative community helping firms and companies renew and create new forms of business with the aid of design.\nThe Design Museum in numbers", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 150, "original_length": 103957, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 307.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.developmentnews.in/category/global-warming/page/2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:16Z", "digest": "sha1:NVKQTITJYJOW3QIDBBUNR5UIJ6XV4QT2", "length": 2100, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.developmentnews.in", "title": "Insurers call climate change the \u2018mother of all risks\u2019 Global Warming Archives - Page 2 of 3 - Development News", "raw_content": "Insurers call climate change the \u2018mother of all risks\u2019\nThe UK is set to miss a hardly ambitious target of providing 15 per cent of the country\u2019s energy needs from renewable sources by 2020, [\u2026]\nAgreements announced to boost India\u2019s Clean Energy and Environment portfolio\nThe United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced five new partnerships, four of which are with the Government of India, to expand U.S.-India [\u2026]\nOcean Warming To impact food production in India: Study\nFood security of India and several other major key food producing countries are threatened by changing weather patterns due to warming of the oceans, which [\u2026]\nYoung India Social Innovation Summit 2016 on 29 & 30 Sept\nYoung India Social Innovation Summit 2016 is taking place at Bhubaneswar on 29 & 30 Sept. It will represent a national convening of social innovators [\u2026]\nClimate change: Trade liberalization could buffer economic losses in agriculture\nGlobal warming could create substantial economic damage in agriculture, a new study conducted by a team of scientists of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact [\u2026]\nHuman activity has been causing global warming for almost two centuries, Study\nHuman activity has been causing global warming for almost two centuries, says new research, proving that human-induced climate change is not just a 20th century [\u2026]\nChennai: When a mystery kidney disease killed more than 20,000 people in Central America over the course of a decade, it set alarm bells ringing [\u2026]\nWhat If Global Warming Emptied India?\nIn an armchair experiment where humans are thought of as no wiser than animals, scientists have found that climate change could empty some nations by [\u2026]\nIndia should adopt a one-child policy\nSince Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister of India, he has taken several positive initiatives and formulated a number of innovative schemes, including the \u2018Make [\u2026]\n\u2018Water bodies under threat\u2019\nObserved annually to raise global awareness of the need to take positive environmental action, World Environment Day (WED) looks at ways for making our world [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 71, "original_length": 4363, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 213.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.dgr8mom.com/2009/07/scarecrow-by-michael-connelly-read-by.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:13Z", "digest": "sha1:RNF6DC6DWETT7BFQTG523EDV6JACUSEB", "length": 1097, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.dgr8mom.com", "title": "Does It Really...?: The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly (audio)", "raw_content": "This story takes a bit getting used to. It's Peter Giles. He reminds me of my Ethics 101 professor, Dr. Channel. He's a brilliant instructor, but his voice is quite hypnotic. I would even say, soporific. Peter Giles is not that bad. Just that it's got the same rhythm to it. I was going to knit and listen, but I end up scrubbing my floors and listening because otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to finish the story.\nThis is about Jack McEvoy. He works for Los Angeles Times and is #99 on the workforce reduction list. That last two weeks of his stay, he stumbled into a serial killer investigation. This brings back his former FBI girlfriend because he had no one to turn to. The Scarecrow feeds into my suspicions that on the hands of the wrong person, information superhighway can cause chaos and mayhem.\nI like this story, but it isn't my favorite one by this author. Lincoln Lawyer is still one of my most favorite.\nThanks to Anna of Hachette for my copy. You can still win a free copy of this audio until July 21, 2009.\nLabels: -Connelly. Michael, C authors, Rating: 4, Reader Peter Giles", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 164, "original_length": 15716, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 311.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/3713350", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:25:59Z", "digest": "sha1:HKGFRFWQDAQJQGVFF4CLBCYQMXAEN2CT", "length": 1828, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.digitaljournal.com", "title": "E.A.R.N. Educational Assistance Resources Network Announces Two New Scholarship Programs to Help Single Moms and Aging Out Foster Kids Earn a Brighter Future - Press Release - Digital Journal", "raw_content": "PHOENIX\t-\tMarch 28, 2018\t- (Newswire.com)\nIn Arizona, 200,000 children live in poverty. That is largely attributed to the fact that 80 percent of single-parent households in the state are single mothers lacking a high school education or GED. E.A.R.N. aims to change these \u201clife-challenged\u201d students, one at a time.\nE.A.R.N.\u2019s Teach A Mom to Fish program was created to help women break the cycle of poverty. Education completion gap for low-income women and disadvantaged teens is paramount to their need to secure employment, independence, and self-sufficiency.\n19,000 children are languishing in the Arizona Foster Care system. Only 54 percent of foster kids that \u201cage-out\u201d will go on to achieve their high school diploma. E.A.R.N. provides unique pro-active solutions to ensure their success. As a Qualified Foster Care Organization, E.A.R.N. surrounds children with vital support resources to ensure their academic success. The kids remain in a \u201csingle\u201d education program (or platform) regardless of their living circumstances. They receive academic program leadership/mentorship, on-demand tutoring, resource center access, career counseling, transportation, computer equipment, internet access, and more. E.A.R.N. provides the framework and system so that they can attain this elusive, yet critical goal.\nE.A.R.N is a nonprofit and is a Qualified Foster Care Organization (QFCO) established in 2012 that provides practical education access and opportunities for low income, or otherwise disadvantaged individuals seeking a life change through education. E.A.R.N. delivers its valuable programs because of its donor\u2019s tax-deductible contributions.\nOriginal Source: E.A.R.N. 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Though we've seen proof it is at least water resistant, it doesn't feel particularly durable and isn't entirely well-suited to wearing while, say, sweating profusely during a lengthy climb on a road bike. Recon Instruments has what it thinks is a solution: the Jet. It's a pair of sporting sunglasses with an integrated, Android-powered display that could make things like running and cycling far more exciting -- or at least far more information-packed. Join us after the break for our impressions.\nGallery: Recon Instruments Jet hands-on\nRead more http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/15/recon-instruments-jet-hands-on/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 2633, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 248.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.discoverybayveterinaryhospital.com/p/veterinarian/life_care/discovery-bay-ca-94505/discovery-bay-veterinary-clinic-3801", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:33Z", "digest": "sha1:46L4N3E2B75JETNDWDLOOTQQ7V2FMZC7", "length": 485, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.discoverybayveterinaryhospital.com", "title": "Life Stage Pet Care | Discovery Bay Veterinary Clinic", "raw_content": "At Discovery Bay Veterinary Clinic, we follow your pet through the many phases of their lives. From specialized and preventative care during their younger years to regular well checks as they age in order to prevent and detect problems before they arise. We know your pet is important to you, that's why we work hard to ensure they are given only the best in care through all the years of their lives. Click through the links below for more information on life stage care for your pet.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 93, "original_length": 2083, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 260.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.drmirkin.com/morehealth/hpv-persists-longer-in-older-people.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:26:59Z", "digest": "sha1:OVK3W6Q2A4VN474R3FEMBSCB54BTX3TW", "length": 7492, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "www.drmirkin.com", "title": "Dr. Gabe Mirkin on Health, Fitness and Nutrition. | HPV Persists Longer in Older People", "raw_content": "HPV Persists Longer in Older People\nNew research shows that older men and women take far longer than younger people to clear the sexually-transmitted, cancer-causing HPV-16 virus (Cancer Prevention Research, published online Jan. 9, 2015). Men over 45 years of age appear to suffer a high rate of being infected with HPV-16, the virus that causes most cases of cancers of the cervix, throat, mouth, tongue, neck, tonsils, penis and skin. The incidence of oral cancers increases markedly with age. This study also showed that old HPV infections persist longer than newly acquired infections.\nTwenty-three men, aged 18 to 64 years, who had HPV in their mouths were followed for 44.4 months. Thirteen acquired a new infection and 10 entered the study with an already-existing infection. Of those who entered the study with an infection, 38.5 percent persisted for at least one month and 10 percent persisted for at least 24 months; none persisted for more than 36 months (median duration, seven months). However, 100 percent of the men over 44 and 50 percent of those 31-44 kept the virus for more than a year. None of the men between ages 18-30 kept the virus for a year. That means that younger men get rid of the cancer-causing HPV faster than older men do. Of the entire study population, 40 percent of oral HPV infections persisted for more than four years. It now looks like long-term persistent oral HPV-16 infection may predict future cancers of the mouth and neck.\nMultiple Partners Increase Risk of Oral HPV\nSeven percent of North Americans have the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) actively growing in their mouths (Journal of the American Medical Association, Jan. 25, 2012;307(4):335-421). This study shows that transmission by casual, nonsexual contact is unusual.\n\u2022 Oral HPV is spread through sexual contact, rather than casual contact such as kissing. The incidence of oral HPV is lower than that of genital HPV.\n\u2022 HPV is found far more frequently in sexually-active people compared to abstainers, and the most significant risk factor for being infected with these viruses is the lifetime number of sexual partners. The more partners in your lifetime, the more likely you are to carry HPV and suffer oral cancer.\n\u2022 The younger you begin having sex, the greater your chances of carrying oral HPV.\n\u2022 Men are three times more likely than women to have HPV in their mouths. The authors believe that this is probably because the rate of men performing oral sex on women is higher than the rate of women performing oral sex on men (Emerg Infect Dis, 2008;14(6):888-894). Oral HPV prevalence increased more sharply with the number of sexual partners for men than for women.\n\u2022 The two age groups with the highest incidence of oral HPV are 30-34 and 60-64-year-olds.\n\u2022 HPV vaccines can prevent anal and genital cancers, but we do not have data showing that they prevent oral HPV.\n\u2022 The signs and symptoms of mouth cancer are mouth ulcers, sores, or red or white patches that last longer than three weeks, persistent pain on swallowing, difficulty swallowing, a change in voice, ear pain, \u2022 feeling of a ball in the throat, a neck mass, or unexplained weight loss.\n\u2022 Tobacco, alcohol and a diet low in fruits and vegetables increase risk for oral cancer.\nMany other studies show that:\n\u2022 You get HPV through direct skin to skin contact with an infected person, through vaginal, penile, oral, or anal sexual contact, even if a person has no warts.\n\u2022 These viruses cause virtually all cases of cervical cancer and many cancers of the skin, vagina, penis, anus, mouth, nose, head and neck.\n\u2022 Using condoms helps reduce your chances of becoming infected, but does not offer complete protection.\n\u2022 Six million North Americans are newly infected each year, Twenty million are infected now with HPV, and more than 80 percent of sexually-active men and women have been infected.\nTypes of HPV\nMore than 150 different HPV viruses have been found. The ones most likely to cause cancers are types 16, 18, 52 and 59. These are also the types that persist the longest, and are most likely to cause abnormal PAP smears.\nCan I Get Rid of HPV?\nDoctors cannot cure HPV, they can only destroy the warts caused by these viruses with chemicals or remove them with surgery. Most infections appear to clear themselves without any treatment (Am J of Ob and Gyn, 2000;183(3): 561-567). DNA tests of HPV show that 70 percent of women clear HPV infections within one year, and only nine percent continue to be infected after two years (NEJM, 1998;338(7):423-428). A summary of several studies shows that 90 percent of HPV tests become negative in about two years. The current theory is that you become infected with HPV through sexual contact and it can disappear without treatment, as cultures fail to find it. We do not know if the virus really goes away, but we often cannot find it. However some people never clear the high-risk HPV types and it is the persistent infections that can lead to cancers (Trends in Microbiology, 2011(Jan);19(1):33-39).\nEach additional sexual exposure increases your chances of acquiring additional HPV viruses and the specific viruses that cause cancer. You can have several different HPV virus types at the same time. Infected people who continue to have the most sexual contacts are the ones most likely to continue to be infected with HPV, as each new exposure carries risk for a new infection.\nHow Long Does it Take for the Virus to Become Undetectable?\nThe average time for a person who has acquired HPV to have the virus unavailable for culture is six months. However, those with high risk HPV 16 and 18 took an average of almost eight months for the virus to become non-detectable. Again, we do not know if it really goes away. Most women who are infected with HPV will not develop a positive PAP test.\nImmunization protects you from infection with the viruses in that vaccine. It does not protect you from the many other HPV viruses not in the vaccine. High risk HPV subtypes are associated with almost all cervical cancers. The two available HPV vaccines contain high risk HPVs 6, 11, 16 and 18; and just 16 and 18.\nSkin Cancers and HPV\nBoth squamous cell skin cancers and actinic keratoses (pre-cancers) can be caused by a combination of ultra-violet light exposure and infection with HPV (Expert Review of Dermatology, April 2010). Most actinic keratoses (pre-skin cancer) cells are infected with HPV (New England Journal of Medicine, May 15, 2003). Dr. Eggert Stockfleth, of the Charit\u00e9 Hospital in Berlin, found specific types of HPV (21, 5, 8, 16 and 18) that convert normal skin to the pre-cancerous actinic keratoses, which may then progress to become squamous cell carcinomas (Disease Markers, April 2007).\nChronic exposure to ultraviolet light damages DNA in skin cells. Your immunity tries to repair this damage, but HPV can prevent your immunity from repairing the DNA. Most of the time when your DNA is damaged, the cells die because they have a programmable cell death called apoptosis. However, the HPV virus prevents DNA from healing and also prevents the programmable cell death that would have removed the damaged cells (Cancer Detection and Prevention, June 2001). Then you develop scaly areas and bumps on your skin called actinic keratoses. Combined with continued exposure to sunlight, HPV infection can cause these damaged cells that do not die to develop into squamous cell skin cancers that can spread through your body.\nMore about HPV and cervical cancer", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 101, "original_length": 9637, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 306.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.e-ctg.com/adverts/202050.asp?Postcode=bs7%208hp&country=1&type=1&iref=109255", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:12Z", "digest": "sha1:WCJYJWIN6SNBMQKOXMVMP3DHESEOL6J7", "length": 1975, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.e-ctg.com", "title": "Catholic Teachers Gazette Vacancies", "raw_content": "St Bonaventure\u2019s Catholic Primary School is a popular, diverse and highly regarded two-form entry school with 402 pupils located in Bishopston, North Bristol. It has an exceptional reputation in both the local and Catholic communities, and has consistently appeared in the list of top 10 primary schools in North Bristol in terms of KS2 results.\nDue to the retirement of our longstanding Head teacher, the Governing body is looking to recruit an inspirational, highly motivated, practising Catholic Head teacher who can start on 1 September 2019. The salary band will be L18-24 (\u00a360,755 to \u00a370,370).\nWe are very proud of the 'outstanding' rating in our last Diocesan inspection. In our most recent Ofsted inspection we were rated as \u2018good\u2019 and have aspirations to be \u2018outstanding\u2019 in our next inspection. We place clear emphasis on nurturing the children\u2019s wider personal and academic development. A distinctive feature of the school, identified by Ofsted, is \u201cthe shared commitment to educating the \u2018whole child\u2019 shining through wherever you step.\u201d\nWe are an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for the successful applicant. The successful candidate will be required to sign the Catholic Education Service\u2019s contract of employment.\nVisits to the school have been arranged for Thursday 7 February and Tuesday 12 February and will be conducted by Mrs Lucille Charles, the current Head teacher. Please contact the school office to make the necessary arrangements.\nFurther information and application forms can be obtained from Alexandra Casley, clerk to the Governors, and completed forms must be returned by Friday 22 February to clerk.st.bonaventures@bristol-schools.uk. For further details about the school please visit the school\u2019s website at\nhttp://www.st-bonaventures.bristol.sch.uk/web", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 88, "original_length": 4897, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 214.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.e-yearbook.com/sp/eybb?school=106&year=1945", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:41:43Z", "digest": "sha1:6EMFADRBC4LB47AE5ZDCY7CO2PQOPIO4", "length": 49, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.e-yearbook.com", "title": "Leo High School - Leo Lion Yearbook (Chicago, IL), Class of 1945, Pages 1 - 17", "raw_content": "Leo High School - Leo Lion Yearbook (Chicago, IL)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 18, "original_length": 745, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.83, "perplexity": 193.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.e-yearbook.com/sp/eybb?school=124&year=1927", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:31:19Z", "digest": "sha1:HCSD2GEELUP4FGRNQS52XSJERGSEFA3F", "length": 69, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.e-yearbook.com", "title": "Michigan State University - Red Cedar Log Yearbook (East Lansing, MI), Class of 1927, Pages 1 - 17", "raw_content": "Michigan State University - Red Cedar Log Yearbook (East Lansing, MI)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 18, "original_length": 829, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.8, "perplexity": 293.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.eai.org/supporting-documents/936/p.240.35", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:10:05Z", "digest": "sha1:KKL24VGG26WZG435KX5MCBUFON5UAKEI", "length": 3923, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.eai.org", "title": "Electronic Arts Intermix: \"Edited at EAI\": Restless GenerationPerformance Video 1993-99", "raw_content": "Edited at EAI: Restless Generation\nEAI's \"Edited at EAI\" series continues with a focus on a group of conceptually driven performance videos by women artists who reenergized and redefined the genre in the 1990s, as seen through the lens of EAI's editing facility. These lo-fi performances staged for the camera\u0097by artists such as Vanessa Beecroft, Alix Lambert, Kirsten Mosher, Alix Pearlstein, and Beverly Semmes, among others\u0097evoke the strategies of the first generation of artists working with video in the early 1970s, even as their bold stylizations, ironic sensibility, and explicit nods to consumer culture announced a fresh approach to representations of female identity and the body that spoke emphatically to its time.\nOrganized in conjunction with EAI's 45th anniversary, the \"Edited at EAI\" series highlights a historically significant but less well-known area of EAI's programs: EAI's Editing Facility for artists, one of the first such creative workspaces for video in the United States. .\nAlix Pearlstein, Interiors (1996)\nThe mid-1990s saw a new wave of female artists who took up video and performance to explore themes of social and sexual identity. Artists such as Cheryl Donegan, Vanessa Beecroft, and Alex Bag, among many others, staged striking performances for the camera that employed intimate but dynamic visual tableaux that recalled (and often subverted) the tropes of MTV, fashion magazines, and advertising, presciently blurring pop culture and artworld discourses. Recorded on then-current video formats such as Hi-8, Video 8, SVHS, and Mini DV, these works signaled a return to video as a studio practice, with the artist often recording herself in front of the camera and using her body as subject or art-making tool. Deploying provocative and often humorous gestures that re-imagined female identity and sexuality through the filters of popular culture, such works put a new spin on the iconic notion of video as a mirror.\nA number of these works were featured in the 1997 exhibition Young and Restless, which was curated in 1997 by Stephen Vitiello (who was then EAI's Distribution Director) and co-organized with Barbara London and Sally Berger for The Museum of Modern Art. New York, and distributed by EAI. The Restless Generation program revisits and reflects on works from this period through the perspective of EAI's editing facility in the 1990s.\nWorks such as Beecroft's Piano Americano (1996) and Alix Pearlstein's Interiors (1996) frankly address the artists' relationships to consumerism, sexuality, and the camera's gaze. While primarily identified with a young, postfeminist generation, these inquiries take distinctive form in the video performances of Ursula Hodel, a Swiss art collector turned artist who unabashedly examines narcissism, desire, high fashion and glamour, with humorous hauteur.\nKirsten Mosher's Carmen 1 (1995) and Alix Lambert's Male Pattern Baldness (1994) extend the provocations of gender tropes, with each artist represented by a masculine surrogate (a battery-operated toy soldier, in Mosher's case, and the artist dressed as a balding middle-aged man, in Lambert's). In Beverly Semmes's In and Around the Garden (1993), two short pieces shot on Super-8 film, the artist is seen in a formal garden and in bucolic woods, dressed in elaborate attire of her own creation, conjuring a surreal narrative landscape in which the costumed woman is foregrounded.\nOften exhibited in what was then a new presentation mode of looped video on monitors, these uninhibited and irreverent performance works emerged in parallel to a resurgence of single-channel video within the context of the artworld. Although identity politics, the fusion of art and fashion, and the rise of reality television are among the 90s-era themes that can be charted throughout this program, these powerfully self-aware works have only gained in relevance in the intervening twenty years.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 92, "original_length": 7267, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 272.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.earthsongspellcraft.com/healing-inner-light/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:23:32Z", "digest": "sha1:BKOJ7IMGWRWVP47K7FM4WXTG7GYREFCB", "length": 954, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.earthsongspellcraft.com", "title": "Healing Inner Light Spell", "raw_content": "A Being is the combination of a litany of sources, all working together towards a unanimous goal. The body, heart beating blood, veins carrying it out to the organs; the mind, firing impulses and accumulating data each passing second; the spirit, influencing the world around it and coming into contact with other unknown energies. All these compile what sustains the Self. If all or part of this cycle is out of sync, the whole Being may suffer.\nIf you or someone you know is suffering from some illness, now is the time to reclaim your health. On your behalf, I will call upon the nurturing spirits of this world, and command them to chase away the harmful energy attached to said person's Being. When the moon is right, in the dark of night, I'll dance and sing your plea to the skies - andknowing the urgency of your need, the universe shall answer with resounding strength.\n1. Name and birthdate of the ill.\n2.Detailed description of the affliction.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 22, "original_length": 2162, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 333.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.eca-sj.org/welcome/lenten-meditation-22-march-22", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:59Z", "digest": "sha1:RLY2WY6LDPXFH7XECUBNO2E3G5DXKVHI", "length": 1027, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.eca-sj.org", "title": "Lenten Meditation 22, March 22 \u2013 The Episcopal Church in Almaden", "raw_content": "The psalm cries out, \u201cIf you would but listen to me. . .oh, that my people would listen to me and walk in my ways. Where is the Lord who brought us up from Egypt, led us in wilderness where no one lives?\u201d\nJeremiah says, \u201cMy people have forsaken me, the fountain of living water and dug cisterns, cracked that can hold no water.\u201d Jesus spent forty days in the desert after his baptism by John, and his experience almost reflects the desert experience of the Israelites coming out of Egypt. He was tempted but answered those temptations. He listened to God.\nJeremiah asks What wrong did your ancestors find in me that they went far from me. They did not ask, \u201cWhere is the Lord?\u201d Jesus was/is the Lord.\nIn John Jesus says, \u201cMy teaching is not mine but his who sent me. Anyone who resolves to do the will of God will know whether I am speaking on my own. Those who speak on their own seek their own glory, but the one who seeks the glory of the one who sent him is true and there is nothing false in him. Judge by right judgment.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 101, "original_length": 2950, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 332.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.economics-ejournal.org/economics/discussionpapers/2011-44", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:03:29Z", "digest": "sha1:WVEXWQFG4RINZKPOYI7ZKRED4G44YMY2", "length": 1070, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.economics-ejournal.org", "title": "The Time Evolution of the Social Cost of Carbon: An Application of Fund \u2014 Economics E-Journal", "raw_content": "The Time Evolution of the Social Cost of Carbon: An Application of Fund\nThe authors estimate the growth rate of the social cost of carbon. This is an indication of the optimal rate of acceleration of greenhouse gas emission reduction policy over time. The authors find that the social cost of carbon increases by 1.3% to 3.9% per year, with a central estimate of 2.2%. Previous studies found an average rate of 2.3% and a range of 0.9 to 4.1%. The rate of increase of the social carbon depends on a range of factors, including the pure rate of time preference, the rate of risk aversion, equity weighting, the socioeconomic and emission scenarios, the climate sensitivity, dynamic vulnerability, and the curvature of the impact functions.\nDavid Anthoff, Steven Rose, Richard S. J. Tol, and Stephanie Waldhoff (2011). The Time Evolution of the Social Cost of Carbon: An Application of Fund. Economics Discussion Papers, No 2011-44, Kiel Institute for the World Economy. http://www.economics-ejournal.org/economics/discussionpapers/2011-44\nRobert E. Kopp - Editor's Report", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 2522, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.81, "perplexity": 189.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/News/News-Item/Beliefnetcom-Launches-Blog-Heaven-7954.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:18:02Z", "digest": "sha1:HOW55AWPOVZYMUAEAKUF6OUGRFLZRH77", "length": 1414, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.econtentmag.com", "title": "Beliefnet.com Launches \"Blog Heaven\" - EContent Magazine", "raw_content": "Beliefnet.com Launches \"Blog Heaven\"\nBeliefnet, Inc., a multi-faith spirituality media company and online community, has announced the launch of \"Blog Heaven--where faith blogs go when they're good\". Blog Heaven is an area on the Beliefnet Web site where faith, political, and spiritual blogs are aggregated and continuously updated, creating a \"one-stop-shopping\" environment for blog enthusiasts.\nBeliefnet's Blog Heaven is intended to cover a complete spectrum of religion news, commentary, trends, and personal reflection. The 25 featured blogs include Christian blogs like \"The Evangelical Outpost\" and \"The Village Gate,\" Buddhist blogs like \"Woodmoor Village \" and \"Paper Frog,\" the Unitarian blog Philocrites, and blogger Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish. Using RSS feeds (Really Simple Syndication), each time these blogs update, a new headline and opening line of text is automatically fed into Blog Heaven. The sites that have been selected as participants in Blog Heaven all feature a Blog Heaven logo on their site.\nBeliefnet, Inc. is a multi-faith media company and online community dedicated to helping people meet their own spiritual, religious, and inspirational needs. Beliefnet is independent and not affiliated with a particular religion or spiritual movement. Beliefnet, Inc. is a privately held company funded by employees, individual investors, and Blue Chip Venture Company.\n(www.beliefnet.com)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 219, "original_length": 8544, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 290.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/News/News-Item/Media-MandA-Activity-Up-in-2005-According-to-Report-14855.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:05Z", "digest": "sha1:IRVS5HSXLEFTR5ZQAF7XWJFKLOOEJWOQ", "length": 834, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.econtentmag.com", "title": "Media M&A Activity Up in 2005, According to Report - EContent Magazine", "raw_content": "Media M&A Activity Up in 2005, According to Report\nM&A activity surged across the media and information industries in 2005, reaching levels not seen since 2000, according to a new report. The year saw 525 deals completed, totaling $56 billion in value across the 11 sectors tracked by The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc. (JEGI), an investment bank for middle-market transactions in the media and information industries.\nAccording to the report, the rise in M&A activity was led by the following key sectors: business-to-business magazines (number of deals up 10%; value up 42%); consumer magazines (value up 472%); directory and reference publishing (+26%; +246%); exhibitions and conferences (+44%; +128%); marketing and interactive services (+30%; +42%); newspaper publishing (+7%; +72%); and online media (+38%; +101%).\n(www.jegi.com)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 218, "original_length": 8101, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 238.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ecu.edu/ecuphysicians/heart/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:54Z", "digest": "sha1:PA2KJAZRMDPQVLIWBOHNS3Y2RZFB3YZE", "length": 1810, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.ecu.edu", "title": "Heart and Vascular Care | ECU Physicians | East Carolina University", "raw_content": "Common Conditions and Treatments\nCare for your heart and circulatory system is our top priority. That\u2019s why we are proud to offer heart and vascular services at the East Carolina Heart Institute. Located on our medical campus, the institute offers the full range of cardiovascular care in one central site.\nThrough our heart institute, we bring the expertise, experience and outstanding skills of our faculty physicians to caring for every patient. The newest technology and approaches allow us to diagnose and treat heart and circulatory system conditions at all stages. We also provide exceptional heart care for infants and children.\nHeart and vascular care begins with your first appointment and continues through diagnosis, treatment and recovery. Because we are committed to early diagnosis and treatment, patients can often avoid the serious consequences of untreated disease. When surgery is needed, we use minimally invasive procedures as appropriate, reducing recovery time and speeding healing. We are proud to be among the pioneers of robotic heart surgery for mitral valve repair.\nThe East Carolina Heart Institute is a dynamic partnership that brings together the faculty of East Carolina University\u2019s Brody School of Medicine with the exceptional facilities of Vidant Medical Center. The institute has two locations. The East Carolina Heart Institute at ECU offers heart and circulatory patient appointments, consultations, noninvasive evaluations such as stress tests, electrophysiology studies and imaging in a central location. Our patients needing invasive treatments or surgery are seen at the East Carolina Heart Institute at Vidant Medical Center, a 120-bed heart hospital, with 11 on-site catheterization areas, six operating rooms and rehabilitation care.\n866-401-ECHI(3244) (toll-free)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 2606, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 243.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.edinboronow.com/article/addictions-how-do-we-define-and-utilize-this-term-correctly", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:15Z", "digest": "sha1:RAJUYDM2R4LZMA66DDH464QN5ETIFF56", "length": 4218, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.edinboronow.com", "title": "Addictions: How do we define and utilize this term correctly? - Edinboro Now", "raw_content": "Addictions: How do we define and utilize this term correctly?\nThe words we use and how we use them imply certain connotations and meanings that we may or may not be aware of in the moment. Take addiction. A word throughout history that\u2019s had a supremely negative context associated with it.\nAccording to dictionary.com, addiction is defined as, \u201cthe state of being enslaved to a habit or practice, or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma.\u201d\nI would suggest the act of an addiction coincides with the terms severe dependency and need. Furthermore, the behavior of an addiction can exist physiologically and/or mentally within the body. Thus, it is important to establish strict criteria due to the crude heaviness that addiction is so often classified with.\nFirst, I would employ a behavior as an addiction if the behavior impedes an individual from functioning day to day and lowers their quality of life due to an obsessive compulsion that an addiction can produce.\nFor example, a drug addiction can impact the user\u2019s ability of getting and maintaining a job because of the potential for the drug\u2019s composition to alter the user\u2019s mind and dependency on the drug. Not only in the work force, but the user may have to dictate his or her family and social life based upon their drug usage.\nA second element or criteria, I would assert, would be that the behavior completely takes over the individual\u2019s life mentally, physically and emotionally.\nIn the example of the drug user, the main priority over work, family and friends is the drug because they have grown a physical and or mental need to actively engage in the drug behavior. This drive to fill the \u201chabit\u201d is supported by the dictionary.com\u2019s definition of addiction that was mentioned previously.\nHowever, it is vital to recognize how we label and define certain behaviors and use similar guidelines universally. Yet, I do not believe that we, as a society, are too quick to define certain behaviors as addictions because there are showing signs and characteristics that an addiction creates, and if noticed by others in a social setting, the person needs to be made aware that the behavior is abnormal.\nMoreover, I would suggest it is better to label or have the conversation that someone may be struggling with a harmful behavior sooner rather than later, so they can recognize it and receive help if they so choose. By being afraid of labeling someone or suggesting to someone that they may have a bigger problem and that this problem can or already is an addiction, you are allowing that person to continue with that behavior and make them think it\u2019s normal.\nAs a society we should be able to confront our peers, friends and family about addictions, because normally the behavior we see is only what they show us on the outside; we have no idea how far the behavior extends behind closed doors. It is important to help others acknowledge the behavior and allow them to delve into themselves and understand what drives their actions.\nAddictions come in all shapes and forms; I would suggest that people working over the limit of need or involved in compulsion may be in a form of addiction. But I don\u2019t believe people are aware of it, nor see it as a problem in our money hungry, capitalist society. In America, we have the mentality to work hard and go above and beyond; however, the line of working too much is quite blurred. I would also offer that people addicted to makeup and beauty could be classified as addicts because of the immense pressure to conform to certain appearance standards and trends. I believe we justify the behavior of doing makeup daily and for long periods of time as the norm, but the compulsion and need to do makeup every day is definitely bordering as an addictive behavior.\nConclusively, it is ultimately up to every individual to conquer their own behaviors and implement useful and positive coping skills. However, if you notice a friend, loved one, coworker or even yourself display any signs of addiction, there are resources on campus and the community such as CAPS, which can aide people in recovery and self-discovery.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 101, "original_length": 7546, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 266.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.edinboronow.com/article/kilted-mile-kicks-off--2018-homecoming-parade", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:55Z", "digest": "sha1:2WVBAURX3RJ7LNS7MMQBRDMBKHYSI4QF", "length": 1695, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.edinboronow.com", "title": "Kilted Mile kicks off 2018 homecoming parade - Edinboro Now", "raw_content": "Kilted Mile kicks off 2018 homecoming parade\nSince 1993, the annual Kilted Mile has been the unofficial start to Edinboro University\u2019s homecoming parade. As per tradition, Edinboro community members gathered on Meadville Street to watch these runners compete and to catch the winning time.\nThe Kilted Mile started at Edinboro about 25 years ago, as a way to tie the university to its Scottish heritage. The event, which was originally part of the first Highland Games and Scottish Festival, was adopted into the homecoming festivities.\nWith nearly 100 people competing this year, Dave Niemira, a coordinator for the event, said that nearly 20 of the runners were children, and the rest were an even mix of men and women of various ages. This year, the race kicked off at 10:30 a.m. at the corner of Perry Lane and Darrow Road. The first place prize was $50. The \u201cbest dressed\u201d \u2014 dawning tartan attire \u2014 also received a trophy.\nZach Marazza, geology major and Edinboro freshman, took first place in the men\u2019s division. He had a mile time of 5:03. This was his first time running the Kilted Mile, however, he didn\u2019t wear a kilt. When asked why he decided to run in the race, his answer was a simple: \u201c50 bucks.\u201d\nThis year, the winner of the women\u2019s division was Desiree Terella, a 2010 Edinboro alumna who majored in mathematics. This was Terella\u2019s fourth year competing in the Kilted Mile. \u201cAfter college I really got into running,\u201d she said \u201cand this is just a fun thing to do!\u201d She finished the race with a mile time of 5:43.\nEdinboro\u2019s next homecoming is currently set for Oct. 12, 2019.\nAnisa Venner-Johnston can be reached at edinboro.spectator@gmail.com.\nTags: news, homecoming, kilted mile", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 96, "original_length": 4808, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 214.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.eebconference.eu/speakers/marta-santamaria/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:53Z", "digest": "sha1:F2LUY2ZNOSL3PF763X7OSZOMQMO2KBIE", "length": 639, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.eebconference.eu", "title": "Marta Santamaria \u00ab EEB Conference", "raw_content": "Marta Santamaria\nMarta is the Coalition\u2019s Policy Director. She has 15 years of experience promoting environmental economics and natural capital valuation, both in the public and the private sectors. Prior to her appointment at the Coalition, Marta worked as Scientific Project Officer for the European Commission\u2019s Institute for Energy and Transport. In the past, she has worked for PwC, the Spanish National Research Centre of Energy, Environment and Technology, Red Electrica de Espa\u00f1a and the Universidad de Alcal\u00e1. In 2012, Marta was awarded a PhD in Global Change and Sustainable Development from Universidad de Alcal\u00e1, Madrid, Spain.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 21, "original_length": 1107, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 99.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.eghradio.com/egh-radio/annes-rock-show-54/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:16Z", "digest": "sha1:ZTE6ZNK4GWAOYFXQXOOCPM67EG7YHK3U", "length": 43, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.eghradio.com", "title": "Anne\u2019s Rock Show | EGH Radio", "raw_content": "By EGHRadio on Monday, September 10th, 2018", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 44, "original_length": 2085, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 203.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.elkgrovenews.net/2016/06/jones-issues-foreign-policy-debate.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:58:35Z", "digest": "sha1:7NQHSMHKYCG3BGCMOVEDTCTYJOCVQ3TJ", "length": 1970, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.elkgrovenews.net", "title": "Jones Issues Foreign Policy Debate Challenge, No Response From Bera | Elk Grove News.net", "raw_content": "Jones Issues Foreign Policy Debate Challenge, No Response From Bera\nJune 17, 2016 | Yesterday Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones issued a challenge to Congressman Ami Bera to a debate on foreign p...\nhttp://www.elkgrovenews.net/2016/06/jones-issues-foreign-policy-debate.html\nYesterday Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones issued a challenge to Congressman Ami Bera to a debate on foreign policy. The challenge came after heightened concerns about terrorist attacks folowing last weekend's mass shooting in Orlando.\nIn his press release, Jones included the letter he sent (see above, click to enlarge) to Bera, the second term Democratic legislator representing California's Seventh Congressional District. Noting that forthcoming Congressional recess, Jones wrote \"finding a date that works for both of should not be a problem.\"\nRepublican Jones has made terrorism and accompanying illegal and refuge immigration concerns a centerpiece of his campaign to unseat Bera in the November general election. Prior to entering the race, Jones produced a widely viewed video (see below) urging President Obama to spearhead immigration reform following the 2014 shooting deaths of a Sacramento County and Placer County Deputy Sheriffs by an undocumented immigrant.\nIn addition to the one regarding foreign policy, Jones' letter also urged Bera to participate in a series of debates throughout the district.\n\u201cCongressman Bera\u2019s only official statement on the terrorist attack in Orlando was an extremely weak press release that labeled it a mass shooting, not an act of terrorism,\" Jones campaign consultant Dave Gilliard said. \"Bera\u2019s lack of leadership and apparent lack of understanding of the threat that our nation faces from Islamist jihadist ideology is one of the main reasons that community leaders came to Sheriff Jones and asked him to enter the race for Congress\u201d\nBera's campaign manager Jerid Kurtz did not respond to email request to comment on Jones' challenge.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 100, "original_length": 15583, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 323.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.elmoshouse.org/allposts/2017/4/8/coleen-sucgang", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:55Z", "digest": "sha1:WXOVAJAT6UWSRPKN7M3LM5VPS7WSZTJY", "length": 7022, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "www.elmoshouse.org", "title": "Curating the Land with Coleen P. Sucgang \u2014 Elmo's House Artist Residency", "raw_content": "Banika, Ambolong\nColeen P. Sucgang is a native Batangnon. Her family has lived in Batan for several generations and the Sucgang family name is an integral part of Batan legacy.\nAfter dedicating 15 years in a science and technology company in Miagao, Iloilo, Coleen returned to her hometown in 2013, the year Typhoon Yolanda shook The Philippines and its people. Though Tacloban was the most affected, Batan also experienced the Typhoon\u2019s power which took the town almost five years to completely recover.\nFilipinos have endured many natural disasters and have honed the ability to persevere and move forward. In the process of rehabilitating property and contemplating great loss, a beautiful rebuilding begins.\nRainForest Botanical Garden is a project Coleen started on her family\u2019s ancestral land. The garden is located in Banika, Ambolong, which sits at the foot of Iyaw mountain. Though once used as rice fields, the property had sat dormant for many years before Coleen\u2019s rejuvenation project. During its dormant state, neighbors used the overgrown land as grazing fields for cows and goats and as a cut through when walking. It can be said with confidence that birds and other animals contributed in the making of Rainforest Botanical Garden.\nThough the garden is still in its construction phase, it is easy to see the beauty already developing. Pathways of coconut tree trunks lead visitors through a meandering walk around flower beds and trees. Channels have been carved into the soil, ready to receive water from the mountain, to wash it into the ponds already plotted at various parts of the site.\nThe whole property has been laid out by Coleen herself. Construction started a year ago, and as the landscape architect, this garden is a direct expression of Coleen\u2019s imagination. The flowers are slowly coming in, fruit trees are gearing up to bloom and shrubs are filling in. Native as well as exotic trees and flowers share the same earth, some species are unidentified but familiar in its beauty.\nBatan has rich fertile soil and an even richer history.\nThere are fire trees next to papaya trees, star apples, Palawan cherry blossoms, apple mangoes, mahogany, Pili nut, Molave and Ilang-ilang. The Philippine national tree Narra or Red Sandalwood tree, can also be spotted around the garden. Traditionally used for furniture and various applications, Narra is currently an endangered species. But with a government sanctioned cutting ban, the respect for the Narra tree is backed by policy.\nEveryone who has a bit of space in and around their home, has at least a dozen plants and flowers. A green thumb is not required in Batan because the earth is kind and fertile anyways. It is easy to take for granted the natural beauty that grows whether effort is exerted or not. This also means the standards are ridiculously high and gardening is about controlling life that will sprout despite the smallest of chances. In creating this sprawling botanical adventure, Coleen is re-contextualizing the garden as an event. It is a part of life to be experienced and not just for beautification. RainForest Botanical Garden is a curated wildness that makes for a great introduction to the Batan forest.\nThere is a resident owl in the high branches of a mango tree. Flocks of different species of birds rest in the field. Now that we have fenced much of the periphery, dogs, chickens and goats can no longer chase them away. Our gardeners see more halo (monitor lizards). Possibly more will become visible later. At night, we do see more and more fireflies.\nWhat inspired you to build this garden in the first place? Where did your love of nature come from?\nBatan has rich fertile soil and even richer history. Unfortunately, its been left out as having tourism potential compared to other places in Aklan and the rest of the Panay Island. I grew up here, and went to school in Batan. I did not appreciate nature back then while growing up. Now that I have seen numerous gardens all over the Philippines and in other countries, a unique botanical garden will definitely be appreciated by the community and its surrounding areas. Hopefully it will spark a trend that will make Batan as a go to destination.\nWhat has been the most difficult part of creating RainForest Botanical Garden?\nEverything was difficult at the start. It still is. The uneven terrain, the cows grazing in the rice field, the brushes and wild trees, were all nuisances. Unwanted grass regrows back in just a few days, while fencing and flood control needs to be built and reinforced during the rainy seasons. The basic infrastructure of power, water supply and drainage canals have to be planned for the long term. Building a team of carpenters, welders, masons and support staff was a major challenge. Perhaps, the most difficult is finding an overall concept that will make the botanical garden unique.\nThe building currently under construction is inspired by Japanese design. It is true there is nothing like that in Batan. But why Japanese design specifically?\nI think RainForest is more a fusion of the old and the modern. It will be a fusion of Asia rather than just one country. We take the best of each country and create something uniquely Asian, yet practical and simply pleasing to the eye. A touch of Japan, a little of Bali here and there. Interconnecting ponds will create a different atmosphere for the visitors and enhance the beauty of plants and flowers as they roam the gardens. For kids, there will be toy sail boats to play with in the shallow ponds. There will be nooks and crannies where couples can sit together under the trees. RainForest will be a unique place for the family one day soon.\nWhat are you most excited to see fully grown in your garden?\nActually, everything! I'm excited with everything that can grow under the sun and provide shade for the forest. There will be areas with beautiful flowers, and I'm sure there will also be those parts you may hardly appreciate but are integral to the place. Each one has a place in RainForest. I would love to have a rose garden too.\nYou mentioned butterflies appear at a certain time of the day. Have you noticed any other curious things that happen in the garden?\nThere is a resident owl in the high branches of a mango tree. Flocks of different species of birds rest in the field. Now that we have fenced much of the periphery, dogs, chickens and goats can no longer chase them away. Our gardeners are seeing more halos (monitor lizards) these days. Possibly more will be visible in the coming months. At night, we are seeing more and more fireflies.\nWhat is most inspiring is Coleen's passion to create something different; a new path to appreciate and experience nature. RainForest Botanical Garden is a unique venture set apart from beach-centric destination spots interspersed along the coast line. It is a garden that celebrates the understated beauty of nature and the possibilities of the curated land.\nLearn more about Coleen's project\nRainForest Botanical Garden", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 8023, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 312.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.elmsmansion.com/guestbook/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:57Z", "digest": "sha1:4IV27OSRSQJT6OJC5WKXSLDWSKQUJXGT", "length": 167, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.elmsmansion.com", "title": "Guestbook | Elms Mansion", "raw_content": "Written By: Mike on July 14, 2014 from New Orleans\nWe visited to the Elms Mansion for a wedding of a friend. It's a beautiful venue and everyone was so friendly there.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 41, "original_length": 744, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 332.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.emilyquak.com/2010/02/chinese-new-year-update.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:52Z", "digest": "sha1:QD22JB32R5TCVK6LOBF4KW2GQC52UEFU", "length": 1583, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.emilyquak.com", "title": "Chinese New Year Update - Emily's Anthology - a Malaysian beauty blog", "raw_content": "Chinese New Year Update\nHello all! I hope Chinese New Year has been tons of fun for everyone.\nI've been having an awesome time, and there's plenty more fun to come! So far we've been all over the place visiting, and the boyfriend and I managed to squeeze in a little Valentine's Day dinner to boot.\nFirecrackers are set off to ward off evil spirits in Chinese culture. Some also believe that the noise from the firecrackers are supposed to wake up the sleeping dragon in order to bring rain to crops for the rest of the year, and therefore bring prosperity to the people.\nYee sang is a dish meant to symbolize good luck for the year. You're meant to 'loh' or toss the ingredients of the dish into the air while repeating auspicious phrases. Also, it is believed that the higher you toss, the more luck you get - so we are meant to toss the ingredients as high as possible. Of course, this, in my family, inevitably leads to a very messy dining table and very oily hands. Oh well, all the more fun, right?\nThe giving out of ang paus during the new year is meant to ward off evil spirits and also to bring luck to the receiver. Chinese New Year isn't the only time ang paus are given out. At weddings, both the newlyweds and the guests are expected to hand out ang paus in keeping with Chinese tradition - to bring luck and prosperity\nThe boyfriend and I out having our Valentine's Day dinner.\nMore photos to come - I'm gonna go disturb the boyfriend now. He's been sleeping for far too long!\nThrough the years, from the hardship and pain...\nTags: Chinese customs, Family, Random rants", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 3794, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 274.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.en.kikin.kyoto-u.ac.jp/funds-in-operation/fukui/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:50:22Z", "digest": "sha1:DMW6HOH2O7F6NET45RUXY6L5NC7XVNJ2", "length": 1842, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.en.kikin.kyoto-u.ac.jp", "title": "Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry Fund | Kyoto University Fund | Funds in Operation", "raw_content": "HOME > Funds in Operation > Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry Fund\nAiming to be a Global Center for Fundamental and Theoretical Chemistry\nExterior of the Center\nThe Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry (FIFC) was launched in April 2002, when the Institute for Fundamental Chemistry\u2014originally established in commemoration of Professor Kenichi Fukui\u2019s Nobel Prize in Chemistry\u2014became part of Kyoto University.\nSince then, the institute has worked to uphold and advance Fukui\u2019s research philosophy, through the fusion of cutting-edge fundamental chemistry with various related fields of science and development of novel theories of chemistry, to create new world-leading approaches to understanding chemical substances. Supporting developmental research by young researchers is another of the institute\u2019s priorities.\nGuided by this mission, the institute has long functioned as a training ground for a new generation of research professionals, hosting more than ninety young researchers since its establishment. The Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry Fund has been launched to enable the institute to continue performing this important role long into the future.\nThe institute is committed to fostering talent for active roles both within and beyond Japan by advancing its research activities as a world-leading center for fundamental and theoretical chemistry as well as maintaining and developing an environment that allows the top scientists of the future to devote themselves to research.\nResearch assistance Support for research in the fields of fundamental and theoretical chemistry\nSupport and nurturing of young researchers\nSocial contributions Promotion of the Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, hosting of symposiums\nFor more information, please visit the Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry website.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 3681, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 306.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.encostadolago.com/holiday-with-us/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:44Z", "digest": "sha1:RPQBL2KBSSUVTDH2TRRUAOLZ7DLIWD2D", "length": 350, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.encostadolago.com", "title": "Holiday with us - Encosta do Lago Resort Club", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Holiday with us\nThe things that dreams are made of, for you and your family\u2026 and golfers too!\nThose on the ground floor have either a garden or some also with heated private pool and a spacious balcony on the first floor.\nThe two-bedroom apartments are suitable for up to 4 adults. The three-bedroom apartments are suitable for up to 6 adults.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 944, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 190.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.espncricinfo.com/bangladesh-v-new-zealand-2010/content/ground/58324.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:42:49Z", "digest": "sha1:JRXCOTZTRCOYJHXVI3VOT2H6CTK2MYRI", "length": 3116, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "www.espncricinfo.com", "title": "Wankhede Stadium | India | Cricket Grounds | ESPNcricinfo.com", "raw_content": "Mumbai Cricket Association, Wankhede Stadium, D Road, Churchgate, Mumbai - 400020 (Phone: 022 2281 1795/7876/9910)\nEnd names Garware Pavilion End, Tata End\nHome team Mumbai\nCurator Sudhir Naik\nFirst Test India v West Indies - Jan 23-29, 1975 Scorecard\nLast Test India v England - Dec 8-12, 2016 Scorecard\nFirst ODI India v Sri Lanka - Jan 17, 1987 Scorecard\nFirst T20I India v England - Dec 22, 2012 Scorecard\nLast T20I India v Sri Lanka - Dec 24, 2017 Scorecard\nMumbai, the cricket capital of India, has seen Test matches played at three different grounds. The Bombay Gymkhana ground hosted the first ever Test in India, in 1933-34 against England. After WW-II, the Cricket Club of India's Brabourne Stadium was used for 17 Tests. However, due to a dispute between the CCI and the Bombay Cricket Association, the BCA built the 45000-capacity Wankhede Stadium, less than a mile away from the Brabourne Stadium.\nIt staged its first Test in the 1974-75 season when the Windies toured India. Clive Lloyd scored an unbeaten 242 and in Pataudi's last hurrah, India lost by 201 runs. The Test also featured a crowd disturbance after a fan who rushed onto the ground to greet Lloyd was treated roughly by the police. India's first victory here was posted against the New Zealand two seasons later. The stadium has been witness to great innings like Gavaskar's 205 against the Windies and Kallicharan's 187 in the same game in the 1978-79 series and all round heroics like Ian Botham's century and thirteen wickets in the Jubilee Test in 1980. which England won by ten wickets. The highest score by an Indian at Wankhede remains Vinod Kambli's 224 against England in 1992-93 in only his third Test. Incidentally Ravi Shastri's six sixes in an over off Baroda's Tilak Raj en route to the fastest double-hundred in first-class cricket was on this ground in 1984-85.\nThe seaside situation of the Wankhede stadium means that the swing bowlers get a fair amount of assistance during the early part of each day. The pitch has traditionally been full of runs, but it does help the spinners during the last couple of days, and in the last Test played on the ground, against Australia in 2005, the ball spun viciously from early on and this, coupled with low bounce, helped India win in under three days even though almost a whole day was lost to rain. The Wankhede stadium has stands named after famous Mumbai cricketers like Vijay Merchant, Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tendulkar.\n22:30 EST | 21:30 CST | 19:30 PST Indian Board President's Women XI v England Women\n1st ODI - India Women v England Women\n2nd ODI - India Women v England Women\n3rd ODI - India Women v England Women\nMeet Wankhede's North Stand Gang (Mar 31, 2017)\nBombay High Court questions hosting IPL matches in drought-hit state (Apr 6, 2016)\nThe best over 50 overs (Mar 2015)\nConfusion prevails over IPL qualifier venue (May 7, 2014)\nIndia's worst batting venue (Nov 12, 2013)\nScorers catch a glimpse of the action\nThunder showers halted play during the second innings\nWest Indies' nets session at Wankhede Stadium\n\u00a9 WICB Media\nA light tower goes off at the Wankhede", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 99, "original_length": 5260, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 334.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.euregha.net/news/the-european-commission-launches-the-partnership-for-action-against-cancer/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:49Z", "digest": "sha1:UWUCPKK5YHPVGRUYXINB6KXFRD2K2TWO", "length": 296, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.euregha.net", "title": "The European Commission launches the Partnership for Action against Cancer | EUREGHA", "raw_content": "On the 24th June the European Commission reinforced its long-term commitment to the fight against cancer by creating a European Partnership for Action against Cancer. The partnership will focus on actions that can be taken at EU level to more effectively prevent and control cancer across Europe.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 1665, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 168.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.euroscript.co.uk/blog/5-tips-on-writing-visually-by-paul-gallagher", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:14Z", "digest": "sha1:2EB3P5XEWP3D7ZTJO7XYBZOEMA3OPJQ7", "length": 1687, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.euroscript.co.uk", "title": "5 TIPS ON WRITING VISUALLY by Paul Gallagher - Euroscript", "raw_content": "5 TIPS ON WRITING VISUALLY by Paul Gallagher\n1. Think of your scene like a moving painting, with its own narrative, an unfolding event , with a story that unfolds through space - in the foreground, middle ground and background, and through time - with a beginning, middle and end.\n2. Choreograph your visual actions like a dance of intentions. It is the interplay of two people\u2019s desires, conscious or unconscious, a dialectic of forces, and the interchange leads to an outcome which is not exactly the intention of either, and it is a surprise.\n3. Show the visual interaction between your character and their world. Use it as a metaphor for the person\u2019s inner state, their feelings, confusions, conflicts. And when the character has a choice, a decision to make, illustrate the consideration of this decision by showing their alternatives in opposing visual ideas.\n4. Think of your story like walking through an unknown building, discovering the spaces and events in each room, and then beginning to understand the architecture. Ask what happens and how it happens in each of your locations. Who else is there? How do the things happening in each room interact with your character\u2019s story? And remember the accidental and the random is a part of life too, this opens a scene up, making it alive and credible to an audience.\n5. The physical place is part of the character\u2019s life, and their story. Where is their home? What do they feel about it? Where do they escape to? Where do they feel comfortable and where do they feel ill at ease? And they will be discovering new places, how is it that they have come there? And who do they encounter in these new places? How does it change them?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 131, "original_length": 3722, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 326.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.exotic-modeling.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:48Z", "digest": "sha1:HGJQZTIQSM2IPGSEUXVAL6MQCUVFPBJ3", "length": 1533, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.exotic-modeling.com", "title": "Exotic Modeling - The attire speaks the most", "raw_content": "Update your look with the help of the fashion accessories available...\nWhile getting hair style one must be exceptionally watchful about the mixing the beautician is doing at the edges of your hair style....\nTibet is such place that has come up with several natural remedies that have helped the world to survive in a better way....\nPlanning to buy transgender garments for the first time?\nHere are some tips for you Transgender individuals face a lot of problems in their day to day life. Besides being in the wrong...\nFashion Herbert - May 31, 2018\nThis is the time of the year when I hate slipping into body kissing bottom wears like skinny jeans, leggings and other tight pants. Are you too...\nShopping Herbert - April 28, 2018\nSelection of a good mattress depends upon a lot of factors. Every single body is different and has its own requirements of a good mattress. Usually people...\nJewelry designing isn\u2019t a new profession. It has been in existence since the ancient time. That doesn\u2019t mean there are perfect jewelry designers....\nOne of the reasons why beaded bracelets are becoming more and more popular these days in the fashion world is because of its...\nProm is regarded as one of the most memorable days of our student years. 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Pulver\nConsultant, FLAR, CIAT, Cali, Colombia\nOVERVIEW OF CURRENT SUPPLYAND DEMAND\nRice is grown in 26 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean region (LAC), which produce over 22 million tonnes (Mt) of paddy per year. Even at today\u0092s historically low grain prices, rice production provides approximately US$4.5 billion of income to the thousands of rice growers in the region. An approximately equal amount of revenue is generated in rice processing, distribution and retail sales. While significant improvements have been witnessed in rice production in the LAC, regional demand still surpasses production. The region has a net deficit of nearly 1 Mt of milled rice annually, resulting in a net outflow of revenue from the region of over US$300 million a year. There are 14 countries or states in the Caribbean with little potential for domestic rice production and they will continue to be rice importers. However, there are another 14 countries which are deficit in rice but with the necessary natural resources to support rice production. It is these latter 14 countries that are of prime concern, and with an appropriate development strategy combined with assistance from the international donor community, they have the potential to increase production to satisfy national demand. Additionally, there are several countries in the LAC where production remains far below the national potential. Low yield, especially in the irrigated rice sector, is the primary limitation to more competitive production in several countries. In many of these countries, the yield gap is large and bridging the yield gap provides an opportunity for additional production.\nThis paper examines the current rice production situation across a range of production environments and countries in the LAC region. Based upon this analysis, strategies are presented for improving rice production that will contribute to greater on-farm incomes, increase access to inexpensive food and assist in the sustainable development of the region.\nLatin America and the Caribbean region\nTotal rice production in the LAC, including Mexico, during the last cropping season was 14.381 Mt (milled basis). However, total demand exceeded production by approximately 1 Mt (Table 1). Total rice supply was 15.3 Mt resulting in an apparent consumption of approximately 30 kg/caput for the region\u0092s 511 million inhabitants.\nCurrent (2001) supply, demand, trade and apparent per caput consumption of rice in the Latin America and Caribbean region\nRegion/area\nPer caput consumption\nNote: All data adjusted to milled rice equivalent.\nSource: Production data and population estimates extracted from FAOSTAT (2002). Import/export data extracted from FAOSTAT (2002) and updated or adjusted from USDA, Agricultural Services, country reports (May 2002).\nCentral America and the Caribbean are the main importers of rice and only about 50 percent of the total rice demand for the area is supplied by domestic production. In recent years, rice imports into Central America and the Caribbean have exceed 1.5 Mt annually. All countries in Central American and the Caribbean are rice importers, even though per caput consumption is low at approximately 18 kg/caput.\nIn contrast, South America is a net rice exporter with a surplus production of approximately 300 000 tonnes per year. However, there are several South American countries where demand exceeds national production and consumption is limited due to competition from other more inexpensive food sources. Average rice consumption in South America is in excess of 38 kg/caput (milled) or more than double the consumption level in Central America and the Caribbean.\nAlthough all countries in the Central American and Caribbean area are net importers of rice, much progress has been made in domestic production. Overall production in the last decade increased at an annual rate of 1.6 percent, due entirely to yield improvement (Table 2). However, average yield in the Central American and Caribbean area is only 3.75 t/ha. The Dominican Republic is the largest producer in the area with an annual production of approximately 540 000 tonnes. Yields are also respectable (approx. 4.7 t/ha), but the country is frequently a net importer of rice. All production in the Dominican Republic is irrigated and yields may easily be increased far above current levels.\nAnnual growth rates in production, area and yield (rough rice) from 1990-2001 in Central America and Caribbean countries and current production status (3-year mean of 1999-2001) and recent trade data (2001/02)\nAnnual growth rates (%)\nC. America and Caribbean\nSource: Annual growth rates, current production status extracted from FAOSTAT (2002). Trade (i.e. imports) data obtained from FAOSTAT (2002 - 1999 data) and updated or adjusted from USDA, Agricultural Services, country reports (May 2002).\nCuba is a major importer of rice and in the last few years annual rice imports have approached 500 000 tonnes of milled rice. Rice production in Cuba is limited due to water shortages and access to essential inputs and other technologies. Imports could soar if consumers had increased purchasing power. Overall production has been on the decline for several years with relatively low yields of 3 t/ha; suitable land and water availability limit expansion of the cultivation area. Recently the Cuban Government has permitted private production on formerly state-owned farms, but growers have limited access to essential inputs, such as fertilizer; consequently, yields remain low.\nMexico is also a major rice importer. The area cultivated to rice has decreased significantly during the last decade with an annual decrease in rice area of over 1 percent. Much of the lost rice area was semi-irrigated in the arid north. The decline in rice production in Mexico has been significantly affected by the introduction of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Inefficient production in government-managed irrigation schemes has been unable to compete with imported rice and other cheaper food products. Some of the rice area has been converted to more lucrative vegetable production. Vast areas in Mexico, particularly in the Yucatan Peninsula, are highly suited to irrigated rice production.\nHaiti is the third largest importer of rice in the Caribbean. Haiti has a small irrigated rice area (approx. 50 000 ha), but water shortages, limited access to improved germplasm and use of rudimentary crop management practices mean that yields remain low at 2 t/ha. Haiti is a major recipient of United States rice provided via food assistance programmes. It is doubtful whether Haiti can significantly increase national production in order to compete with cheap and highly subsidized United States rice.\nThere are a host of Caribbean countries relying entirely on imports to satisfy national requirements (Table 3). Rice imports into the Caribbean totalled approximately 154 000 tonnes (milled) in 2000. All the countries listed in Table 3 have very limited potential for rice production due to lack of suitable land and water resources. Most have other industries, such as tourism, providing higher returns on water when compared to irrigated rice. However, these countries provide a market for other Latin American countries. The total value of imported rice in the Caribbean was estimated at US$67 million in 2000. Guyana is a major rice exporter to Jamaica and Trinidad Tobago.\nRice imports into Caribbean countries that have limited potential for rice production\n(tonnes milled rice)\nSt Vincent and the Genadines\nSource: FAOSTAT, 2002 (Import data are 1999 figures).\nRice is grown in all 13 countries in South America. During the 3-year period from 1999 to 2001, total annual production was approximately 21 Mt (paddy). Production increased at an annual rate of 2.9 percent during the last decade, although the area devoted to rice decreased at an annual rate of 1.1 percent. Over the same period, average yield grew at a rate of 4.1 percent per year, which more than compensated for the decrease in area. Yield advancement is a combination of the continued improvements in yields in the more favoured irrigated ecology and the decreased significance of the low-yielding upland sector, particularly in central Brazil (Table 4).\nAnnual growth rates in production, area and yield from 1990-2001, current production status (3-year mean of 1999-2001) and recent trade data (2001/2002) in South American countries\nCollectively, South America experienced surplus rice production during the 2001 cropping season; however, there are large discrepancies between countries. Uruguay, Guyana and Argentina are large exporters, while Brazil, Colombia and Chile have major rice deficits. Peru is nearly self-sufficient in rice but periodically requires minor imports to balance national demand. Bolivia, Ecuador and Paraguay are minor importers of rice.\nTRENDS AND ADVANCES IN THE LAC\nThere has been much progress in rice production in the LAC during the last two decades. Since 1980, production increased from approximately 16 Mt (paddy) to over 21 Mt, even though the area cultivated to rice decreased from 7.7 Mha to less than 6 Mha (Table 5). The principal factor contributing to increased rice production in the region has been the increased role of irrigated rice and the demise of upland rice, particularly in Central America and Brazil. Since 1980, the average yield in the LAC has increased from 2.1 to 3.5 t/ha. During the last 5 years, yield improvement advanced at a rate of 3.4 percent a year. This is a major accomplishment given that growth in worldwide rice production fell to only 1 percent a year during the same period. In spite of the advancements in productivity, yields in the irrigated sector are still relatively low and far below the yield potential of currently available varieties.\nRice production statistics for LAC during the last two decades, presented in 5-year increments\nProduction (paddy)\nAverage (t/ha)\nSource: FAOSTAT, 2002.\nThere has been little improvement in yield in the unfavoured upland sector for numerous years. Exposure of the low-yielding upland sector to competitive market forces in Central America and reduced government support for upland rice in the cerrado of Brazil were the primary factors contributing to the rapid decline in importance of upland production. However, there are still large areas in Central America and selected areas of central Brazil where upland production is important; however, much of this production is classified as the more favoured rainfed, upland rice, which is less subject to drought than traditional unfavoured upland.\nTrends and advances in Central America and the Caribbean\nThe most significant trend in Central America and the Caribbean during the last two decades is the decline in area cultivated to rice; only the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua did not witness large declines in rice area (Table 6). After 1980, Honduras lost 70 percent of its rice area, Mexico 51%, El Salvador 35% and Cuba 23%. Overall, the area cultivated to rice in Central America and the Caribbean declined by 13 percent in the last two decades (equivalent of approx. 100 000 ha). Although rice area declined significantly in this 20-year period, overall production increased by 4 percent due to improved yields. On a regional basis, yields in Central America and the Caribbean increased by 19 percent, reflecting the transition from low-yielding, unfavoured upland production to the more productive and stable rainfed and irrigated systems.\nChanges in rice area and yield during the last two decades in selected Central American countries\n1980/82 - 1999/2001\na Area and yield data are 3-year means.\nTrends and advances in South America\nRice production in South America during the last two decades saw a rapid decline in area planted to rice, accompanied by a steady increase in overall production. Following 1980, rice area decreased by 25 percent (a loss in absolute terms of almost 2 Mha) (Table 7). During the same period, total production increased from 14.4 to 22.8 Mt, representing a 59 percent increase in production. Yield advancement is the main factor permitting production to continue despite the removal of large areas from rice cultivation. In the 20-year period, the average yield in South America increased by 113 percent: from 1.9 to over 4 t/ha. The large decrease in the area of low-yielding upland rice in central Brazil, combined with yield improvement in irrigated rice in southern Brazil, contributed significantly to the rapid increase in average yield in South America.\nChanges in area in rice production and yield during the last two decades in selected South American countries\n% change from 1980/82 - 1999/2001\nAlthough Brazil experienced a rapid decline in area, numerous other countries continued to increase rice production, mostly in the highly productive irrigated sector. The rice area in Uruguay expanded by 302%, Ecuador 188%, Bolivia 164%, Argentina 126% and Peru 102%. In most cases, the increased area under cultivation was accompanied by yield improvement. In Uruguay, national average yield grew at an annual rate of 3.7 percent during the 1990s (Table 4), and during the same period, national average yield grew by 2.9 percent per year in Argentina and by 2.5 percent per year in Peru.\nAlthough, increases in national yields are the norm for most South American countries, not all countries are advancing at the same rate. Yield improvement in Bolivia was insignificant in the last 20 years, as a result of the concentration of production in the unstable upland sector. Yield improvement in Ecuador was also slow and the poor progress may be attributed to the lack of investment in irrigation management. National yields in Colombia also grew slowly over the last two decades. In the 1980s, Colombia was the country benefiting most from the introduction of high-yielding, semi-dwarf plant types, recording one of the highest national average yields in South America. However, Colombia failed to keep pace with other countries in terms of yield improvement and its average national yield is currently inferior to that in Uruguay, Peru and Argentina, as well as in the states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.\nColombia represents an example of the rapid adoption of improved genetic material without accompanying high-yield agronomic practices. In addition to the slow growth in yield, Colombia has emerged as the highest cost rice producer in South America. Production costs in most of the irrigated areas in South America vary between US$800 and US$950 per ha, which are similar to Arkansas (USA) costs. Production costs in the major irrigated rice-growing areas of Colombia often exceed US$1 200/ha, much of which can be attributed to poor crop management practices, in particular abuse of pesticides, high weed control costs and low fertilizer efficiency.\nDEFICIENCIES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO RICE DEFICITS\nThe previous sections demonstrate the transitions in rice production in the LAC during the 20-year period (1980-2000). The first period was the rapid spread of semi-dwarf plant types originating from ICA (Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario) and CIAT (International Centre for Tropical Agriculture) in Colombia. These varieties were introduced in the 1970s, and by the mid-1980s they covered most of the irrigated and rainfed production areas. In the late 1980s, many countries in the LAC experienced structural re-adjustment programmes and market liberalization policies. The demise of the non-competitive unfavoured upland system can largely be attributed to these new realities. Central America and central Brazil witnessed large decreases in area due to these forces. The third trend in rice production in the LAC, occurring throughout the 1990s, is the slow growth in yield, particularly in the more favoured production systems.\nProduction under irrigation and the highly favoured upland systems currently account for approximately 70 percent of all rice production in the LAC, and high-yielding genotypes occupy more than 90 percent of these areas. However, farmers\u0092 yields remain far below the potential of the available varieties. The average yield of irrigated rice is approximately 5 t/ha, but there is high variability between and within production zones. Even within a relatively homogenous area with the same variety, farm yields are highly variable. In many production zones, progressive farmers routinely obtain yields of 7 t/ha. Furthermore, yields from on-farm demonstration plots are often 50 percent greater than surrounding farmer yields.\nIn late 1999 and early 2000, FAO commissioned a study to explain the discrepancy between farmers\u0092 yields and readily obtainable yield (Pulver et al., 2000). The difference between readily obtainable yield and average farm yield is referred to as the \u0093yield gap\u0094. The study reported that the yield gap in 12 major rice-producing countries ranges from 1 to 3 t/ha and averages 1.3 t/ha. The yield gap is apparent in all irrigated rice production areas. The FAO-commissioned study concluded that the yield gap is the primary constraint to increased growth in rice production in both tropical and temperate areas; bridging the yield gap represents the most immediate opportunity for increasing rice production in the LAC.\nYield gap in tropical areas\nThe tropical zone in the LAC comprises the whole of Central America, tropical South America and parts of southern Brazil. The FAO-commissioned study focused on seven countries: Colombia and Venezuela in South America; Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama in Central America; and Cuba in the Caribbean. The average yield from all production systems was estimated at 4 t/ha (paddy), but yields in much of Central America are below 3 t/ha. In the more productive areas comprising irrigated and favoured rainfed, yield potential was estimated at between 5 and 6 t/ha. Overall, the study estimated that the yield gap in the tropical region was 1.2 t/ha (Table 8). Bridging the yield gap would increase total production by more than 900 000 tonnes a year. This represents a 30 percent increase in total rice output with a commercial value at the farmgate level of approximately US$135 million.\nCurrent and potential yield and production of irrigated rice of FLAR member countries located in the tropical region\nCosta Ricaa\nGuatemalaa\nNicaraguaa\nPanamaa\nCubab\nTotal/mean for tropical region\na Countries have a combination of upland and irrigated rice; study focused on 50% of current area, where water does not limit productivity.\nb Water deficits limit improvements for entire 160 000 ha under cultivation; study focused on 50 000 ha with adequate water resources.\nSource: Pulver et al., 2000.\nYield gap in temperate regions\nThe yield gap was assessed in four countries in the Southern Cone of South America that have predominately irrigated rice: Argentina, two states of southern Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. The temperate region of South America has high yield potential due to favourable climatic factors and abundant water and land resources suitable for irrigated rice production. However, the average yield across the five countries analysed is only 5 t/ha. The yield potential for the region is estimated at 6.5 t/ha, resulting in a regional yield gap of 1.5 t/ha (Table 9).\nCurrent and potential yield and production of irrigated rice in four countries in the southern cone of South America\nTotal/mean for temperate region\nThere are currently approximately 1.3 Mha of irrigated rice in the four countries with a combined annual production of 6.9 Mt. In the short term, simply bridging the readily apparent yield gap would increase production to 8.7 Mt, which represents a 26 percent increase in production.\nCauses of the yield gap\nThe yield gap in irrigated rice is the result of numerous deficiencies, in particular inadequate crop management practices to permit expression of the yield potential in high-yielding genotypes. The yield gap is most striking in countries planting new, high-yielding varieties with multiple disease and insect resistance, tolerance to lodging and exceptional plant types. Improved crop management technology permitting high-yielding varieties to express more of their yield potential is available but has not been introduced, tested and modified to suit local conditions. These technologies include land preparation techniques, use of high quality seeds, more appropriate planting systems, efficient doses and timely fertilizer applications, effective and efficient weed control practices, integrated pest management, rational water management and timely harvesting. Limited use of available technologies restricts yields, resulting in less competitive production.\nDeficiencies in crop management are the result of inadequate technology transfer, mainly due to the rapid changes occurring in the agricultural sector throughout the LAC region. The decline in public-sector-supported research and technology transfer activities has severely restricted field activities, especially in crop management. During the late 1980s, numerous Latin American countries suffered structural re-adjustment programmes that reduced government investment in agriculture. Table 10 illustrates the sharp decline in public sector support to irrigated rice. As recently as 1990, the public sector accounted for more than 90 percent of all irrigated rice research and extension in 10 of the 12 major rice-producing countries in the LAC. By the end of the decade, seven of the ten countries that had major investments in rice development completely abandoned support to rice; in the remaining three, public sector investments declined to less than 20 percent. Only Colombia and southern Brazil had significant investments from the private sector at the beginning of the decade and this support continued to grow.\nTransformation of support to research and technology transfer in irrigated rice from public funding to private-sector farmer grower associations\n% of research & extension activities\nGrower associations\nTemperate:\nSource: FLAR, 1999.\nIn addition to the decline in public-sector support at national level, there has also been a significant decrease in international assistance in rice research and technology transfer in the LAC. CIAT was the major source of elite germplasm, technical assistance and training in irrigated rice for most LAC countries, but in 1990, it severely reduced its irrigated rice research programme. Similarly, IRRI (International Rice Research Institute) discontinued the introduction of genetic material into LAC national programmes via its international variety-testing programme.\nVariety improvement\nRice production in the LAC witnessed the first quantum leap in yield during the 1970s and 1980s, thanks to the identification and rapid adoption of improved, high-yielding genotypes. New varieties rapidly spread throughout the irrigated and favoured upland ecologies, resulting in annual growth rates in yield of 3.3 percent during the 1980s. During the 1990s, further improvements were made, but most of the advancements concerned the incorporation of more disease and insect resistance and grain quality characteristics. The history of variety improvement in the LAC is discussed by Sanint et al. (1998) and the economic impact of improved varieties has been documented by Scobie and Posada (1977).\nMost of the genetic improvement witnessed during the 1970s and 1980s originated from the CIAT rice breeding programme. Approximately 40 percent of all improved irrigated rice varieties released in the LAC originate directly from CIAT germplasm, and a large percentage of the material released from national programmes was derived from crosses utilizing progenitors from the CIAT programme (Sanint et al., 1998). Following the restructuring of CIAT\u0092s rice programme in the late 1980s, irrigated rice was de-emphasized and increased attention was directed to improving upland rice. This decision created a vacuum in irrigated rice and as a consequence only a few national breeding programmes were capable of providing improved genetic material to the rice producers - in Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul), Uruguay and Colombia. Rice research in Rio Grande do Sul is managed by IRGA(Instituto Rio Grandense do Arroz); in Colombia, Fedearroz (Fedeeracion Nacional de Arroceros) is the main entity responsible for rice research. Both of these programmes are grower associations supported by production check-off funds. In Uruguay, the public sector research organization (INIA - Instituto Nacional de Investigacion Agropecuaria) is responsible for rice improvement but operates with joint funding from the national rice producer association and public sector. Countries with weak national rice research organizations and without strong grower associations were unable to continually provide improved genetic material to growers in the absence of germplasm from CIAT. Unfortunately this included all countries in Central America, most rice-producing countries of the Caribbean and the majority of countries in South America. Consequently, much of the genetic material currently used in many countries is over 15 years old and devoid of many new genetic traits. For example, an extremely important trait is tolerance to delayed harvesting, permitting growers to harvest rice at lower moisture content while obtaining high head rice yields (Berrio et al., 2002). New genetic material is also more resistant to rice blast disease. Finally, there is considerable evidence that new material has much higher yield potential. These are highly desirable genetic traits but only a few countries are actually evaluating the new material.\nSome countries realized the deficits of available genetic material and pooled resources and created FLAR (Latin American Fund for Irrigated Rice), which largely replaced the former CIAT irrigated rice-breeding programme. During the last 7 years, FLAR has made major strides in variety improvement and currently large amounts of improved material are available with enhanced disease resistance, high grain quality and other favourable traits combined with high yield potential. However, this material can only be accessed via FLAR, and countries that have not joined FLAR continue to experience a severe deficit in terms of genetic material.\nGenetic needs are variable and largely follow ecological conditions and environmental factors. Variety needs can largely be segmented into tropical and temperate zones. The priority constraints for the tropical zone are blast, hoja blanca virus, planthopper (Tagosodes oryzicolus) and grain quality. In addition, high yield potential is being recognized as an increasingly important trait. There is a plethora of new genetic material possessing all of the above traits currently being tested in several tropical countries in the LAC.\nIn the temperate regions - southern Brazil, Uruguay, parts of Argentina and Chile - variety problems are more diverse. Southern Brazil and Uruguay and Chile have severe cold stress that adversely affects yields during various phases of crop development. Identification of cold tolerance during germination will permit growers to plant earlier, exposing the crop to more favourable climatic conditions during the reproductive phase resulting in higher yield potential. Another avenue being pursued is cold tolerance during the reproductive stage, which will reduce yield losses from late plantings. In addition, much of the area in Rio Grande do Sul is affected by high soil concentrations of iron; genetic tolerance to excessive levels of iron has been shown to be an effective means of addressing this problem. Blast is also a major constraint in Rio Grande do Sul and is being increasingly recognized as a major problem. Blast does not appear to be a serious problem in much of Uruguay, Argentina and Chile. However, blast can be a devastating disease and caution should be exercised in promoting highly susceptible genetic material in any environment in the LAC.\nIRGA in Brazil and INIA in Uruguay, in collaboration with FLAR, have recently established a collaborative breeding programme for cold tolerance, with the potential to make a significant impact on production in the Southern Cone. Argentina has a localized problem of straight head disorder, but new germplasm with high tolerance has recently been identified. Chile has particular problems with irrigation management greatly restricting the yield expression of high-yielding varieties. Varieties currently grown in Chile have high tolerance to cold but poor grain quality and limited yield potential. Chile could benefit enormously from the cooperative cold tolerance programme developed by IRGA, INIA and FLAR.\nTo summarize, variety improvement is the driving force behind rice development in the LAC. CIAT has been the main contributor to this advancement but genetic material from CIAT is no longer available. This has created a void in variety improvement in much of the LAC. Small countries with weak national programmes are not able to provide the genetic material required by its growers. Countries with large breeding programmes, such as IRGA in Brazil and Fedearroz in Colombia, are more capable of addressing the needs of the growers. Consequently, it is pertinent that small countries with limited resources combine forces with the more financially progressive countries in order to gain access to elite germplasm.\nAddressing sustainability of research and extension\nImproving crop management will have major impacts on production but there are still several countries that do not have adequate varieties or access to improved germplasm. In addition, there are countries that have access to elite germplasm but lack the means to evaluate genetic material. Furthermore, few countries have established technology transfer programmes. Most of the small countries in Central America, as well as Guyana and the Dominican Republic, are deficient in all of the above. These countries have limited human and financial resources for rice research and development and it would be cost-ineffective for them to work independently. The solution is collective action in which countries join forces and share the costs of rice research and development.\nFLAR was established with the objective of providing germplasm to member countries and it provides a mechanism for small countries to share in the development costs for elite germplasm and gain access to improved crop production technologies. However, the countries that can benefit most from FLAR have not developed the means for securing the finances for maintaining their membership, independent of public financing.\nIn almost all LAC countries, public sector support for rice research and development has proven to be unsustainable. This is particularly true in most countries in Central America where there are more pressing problems: education, health and elementary infrastructure development. The rice growers cannot depend upon the public sector to allocate sufficient resources to address their needs. Colombia and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil have a rice production check-off system that has sustained rice research and development for numerous decades without public sector funding and this model can be employed in other countries. Implementation of production check-off provides adequate and secure finances to support the needs of the industry. Proceeds from a production check-off will permit small countries to gain access to technologies and also support national germplasm evaluation efforts and crop management activities.\nDEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR IMPROVED RICE PRODUCTION\nIt is apparent that immediate production gains can be obtained by bridging the yield gap in irrigated rice. The yield gap is significant in all countries and is mainly a function of inadequate crop management. Bridging the yield gap requires an effective technology transfer programme. Variety improvement is also important, especially in countries that have weak national programmes and limited access to improved germplasm. CIAT was the traditional source of germplasm for the irrigated ecology, but it discontinued providing germplasm to LAC countries several years ago. Consequently, most of the varieties currently grown or being tested originate from CIAT\u0092s programme during the late 1980s or early 1990s.\nTo address the deficit in rice breeding, national rice grower associations from Colombia, Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) and Venezuela pooled their resources to establish a central research programme to address the needs of the rice industry in their respective countries. In 1995, irrigated rice grower associations from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Uruguay and Venezuela joined FLAR. FLAR provides a mechanism whereby countries with weak national breeding programmes can obtain access to improved germplasm.\nThe objective of FLAR is to fortify the sustainable development of irrigated rice production in the LAC by addressing production limitations that are of interest to all members. Initially, FLAR focused on germplasm development and exchange between member countries, largely replacing the former CIAT rice breeding programme. More recently, attention is being directed to assisting member countries in improving crop management practices.\nStrengthening national grower associations\nFLAR is a new concept but most countries recognized the potential benefits from collective action that would permit small countries to have access to elite germplasm and production technologies at a nominal cost. Many of these countries secured the funds for joining FLAR in an ad hoc manner that later proved to be not sustainable. Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Nicaragua and Panama are examples. Most of these countries have a small rice industry but that can benefit most from collective action that has a cost-sharing mechanism for rice research and development. Consequently, immediate attention is required to assist these countries to develop a sustainable means of finance. Establishing a production check-off system is the most convenient means of doing this. In addition to the above countries, there are others (Peru, Ecuador, Dominican Republic and Guyana) that have not recognized the advantages of FLAR and have not joined. More effort is required to convince rice growers in these countries of the merits of shared development costs.\nDeveloping national priorities\nMost of the smaller countries that joined FLAR in the early stages did not have their own research staff and developed cooperative programmes with the public sector for evaluating introduced germplasm. Such a procedure could be productive, provided that the research priorities are consistent with the growers\u0092 needs. However, most frequently the public sector entities continued with their already established research agendas with only minor participation from the growers. In most cases, this non-participatory approach has proven ineffective. Amore productive procedure is for the grower association to establish the research agenda and remain active in the development process. If the public sector wishes to participate, they must address the problems established by the growers.\nMany of the small grower associations do not have the expertise required for establishing research and development priorities and require assistance in this process; FLAR is the most appropriate agency, but it lacks the necessary resources. External financial assistance to FLAR will enable it to assist the smaller grower associations to develop a research and development agenda. Such an approach will not only strengthen national efforts but will facilitate the integration of the national grower associations into a unified research and development effort.\nThe benefits from collective action in rice research and development are numerous, especially for small, resource-deficient countries. FLAR represents the opportunity for small countries to have access to germplasm and other technologies that they cannot secure or develop individually. FLAR also represents an equitable access to technologies, since small countries and small growers have the same access to germplasm and improved production practices as large grower associations or large growers. Unfortunately, small countries or countries with numerous small growers have not established grower associations with secure financing that would enable them to gain access to technologies on a sustainable basis. This is a most immediate problem and it must be resolved. Production check-off represents the most convenient means for grower associations to generate revenue to support the industry.\nSecondly, most grower associations have not articulated clear research and development agendas and in many cases have developed cooperative programmes with the public sector research programme essentially delegating the research responsibility. There is a misconception in many grower associations that public sector research personnel have a better understanding of the production problems than the growers do. Consequently, following the development of a procedure for securing a sustainable means of finance, many national grower associations require assistance to develop clear research and development agendas.\nThe third opportunity for investment is the strengthening of technical expertise within the national grower associations or affiliated organizations. Many countries do not have expertise for evaluating introduced germplasm. Few have access to expertise in crop management and almost all suffer from deficiencies in technology transfer. Strengthening the technical capabilities within grower associations supported by a production check-off would provide a means of sustaining assistance to the member growers. FLAR is the most appropriate organization for developing training programmes and workshops utilizing the expertise within its member countries. For example, more experienced breeders from Colombia or southern Brazil could assist inexperienced breeders in Nicaragua. Similarly, experts in irrigation management from Brazil could be invaluable in Chile and Bolivia. However, funds are required to develop such collaborative programmes among the national grower associations. These activities could be sustained using FLAR member contribution funds, provided membership in FLAR reaches a critical mass that could enable the organization to undertake such programmes.\nNational grower associations also need to explore additional alliances within the rice industry. Quality rice seeds are an integral component of efficient rice production but grower associations do not have a comparative advantage in producing certified seeds. Most countries in the LAC have private sector seed companies but few produce rice seeds. National grower associations need to consider establishing cooperative programmes with private seed firms in which the grower associations maintain rights to new varieties but permit local seed companies to produce seeds and receive a royalty in return. Such a system provides additional resources for the association while making available quality seeds of improved varieties.\nSUMMARYAND CONCLUSIONS\nRice is an important crop in the LAC. It is grown in 26 countries within the region with an annual production in excess of 22 Mt (paddy) generating approximately US$4.5 billion of income for the thousands of rice growers in the LAC. There is a more or less equal amount of revenue generated in rice processing, distribution and retail sales. Although significant improvements have been witnessed in rice production in the LAC, regional demand surpasses production. The region has a net deficit of nearly 1 Mt of milled rice annually, resulting in an annual net outflow of revenue from the region of over US$300 million. Central America and the Caribbean are the main importers of rice since domestic production satisfies only about 50 percent of the total rice demand. In recent years, annual rice imports into Central America and the Caribbean have exceeded 1.5 Mt. All countries in Central American and the Caribbean are rice importers. On a regional basis, South America is a net rice exporter with a surplus production of approximately 300 000 tonnes a year. However, several South American countries are net rice importers. Average rice consumption in South America is over 38 kg/caput (milled) and approximately 18 kg/caput in Central America and the Caribbean.\nMost Central American and Caribbean countries experienced large declines in rice area during the last two decades. Only the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua have not followed this trend. On a regional basis, overall rice production increased by 4 percent during the last two decades (1980-2000) despite large reductions in area due to improved yields. Yield in Central America and the Caribbean increased by 19 percent in the same period, reflecting the transition from low-yielding, unfavoured upland production to the more productive and stable rainfed and irrigated systems.\nThe most important trends in rice production in South America are the rapid decline in area planted to rice and the steady increase in overall production. Since 1980, rice area has decreased by 25 percent but total production has increased by 59 percent. Yield advancement has allowed production to continue to increase despite the removal of large areas from rice cultivation. During the last 20 years, the average yield in South America increased by 113 percent from 1.9 to over 4 t/ha. The large reduction in area of low-yielding upland rice in central Brazil combined with yield improvement in irrigated rice in southern Brazil and other areas contributed significantly to the rapid increase in average yield in South America.\nProduction under irrigation and the highly favoured upland systems currently account for approximately 70 percent of all rice production in the LAC, and high-yielding genotypes currently occupy more than 90 percent of the area. However, farmers\u0092 yields remain far below the potential of available varieties. The difference between readily obtainable yield and average farm yield is referred to as the \u0093yield gap.\u0094 The yield gap is apparent in all irrigated rice production areas and bridging the yield gap represents the most immediate opportunity for increasing rice production in the LAC.\nIn most countries the yield gap is the result of inadequate crop management. Improving crop management will have a major impact on production; however, there are still several countries which do not have adequate varieties or access to improved germplasm. These countries have limited human and financial resources for rice research and development and it is cost-ineffective for them to work independently.\nPublic sector support to rice research and development has declined significantly in most countries in the LAC. In several LAC countries, grower associations have been established and are assuming a major role in rice research and development. However, in many of the smaller rice-producing countries, especially in Central America and the Caribbean, the national grower associations are weak and lack funding. Stabilizing the national associations with a secure source of revenue based upon a production check-off would allow the associations to combine resources with other countries and gain access to technologies and technical assistance. Funds generated from this mechanism will permit the associations to pool resources via FLAR and gain access to improved genetic material and assistance in crop management.\nFLAR provides a mechanism for collective action in which countries join forces and share the costs of rice research and development. This is essential for most countries in the LAC since few have adequate resources and personnel to support the required effort in rice research and development. However, the countries in a position to benefit most from FLAR have not developed the means for securing finances to maintain their participation in FLAR. This immediate problem must be resolved. The subsequent step will be to assist the grower associations in developing clear research and development agendas. Finally, most associations require assistance in strengthening their technical expertise within the national association or affiliated organizations. FLAR is the most suitable organization for addressing the needs of the rice-producing countries of the LAC, particularly the small, resource-deficient countries. External assistance to FLAR from the international donor community is required to enable the organization to provide the previously described assistance to its member countries. These activities can subsequently be sustained through membership fees. National associations can sustain their membership via revenues generated by a production check-off and other innovative means of finance, such as the sale of germplasm.\nBerrio, L.E., Jennings, P.R. & Torres, E.A. 2002. Breeding rice in Colombia for tolerance to delayed harvesting. In Proceedings of the Twenty-ninth Session of the Rice Technical Working Group, Little Rock, Arkansas. (In press) FAOSTAT. 2002. Agriculture Statistical Database, available at www.fao.org.\nPereira Arraes, P.A., Guimaraes, E.P. & da Silva Martins, J.F. 1998. Rice production in Brazil: achievements and policies. In Proceedings of the Nineteenth Session of the International Rice Commission, Cairo, Egypt. Rome, Italy, FAO.\nPulver, E.L. & Nguyen, V.N. 1998. Sustainable rice production issues for the third millennium. In Proceedings of the Nineteenth Session of the International Rice Commission, Cairo, Egypt. Rome, Italy, FAO.\nPulver, E.L., Tran, D.V. & Nguyen, V.N. 2000. Yield gap in irrigated rice in Latin American and Caribbean. In Proceedings of the Expert Consultation on Yield Gap and Productivity Decline in Rice Production, FAO, Rome, Italy.\nSanint, L.R., Correa-Victoria, F.J. & Izquierdo, J. 1998. The current situation and issues on rice production in Latin America and the Caribbean. In Proceedings of the Nineteenth Session of the International Rice Commission, Cairo, Egypt. Rome, Italy, FAO.\nScobie, G.M. & Posada, R. 1977. The impact of high-yielding rice varieties in Latin America. Cali, Colombia, CIAT.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 944, "original_length": 52002, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 240.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.fao.org/docrep/008/n0084e/N0084E02.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:10Z", "digest": "sha1:ANTIQRJQ3R5ROBQGQLCOMP3OAEBEPYBO", "length": 68067, "nlines": 368, "source_domain": "www.fao.org", "title": "The Inland Fisheries of Africa", "raw_content": "1. AREA: 1 250 000 km2\n2. POPULATION: 5.8 million (1973) Density: 4.6 persons/km2\n3. TOTAL CATCH: 153 580 t (1976) Freshwater fish (% total catch): 6.1\nAngola is divided into (a) Angola proper, which lies south of the Zaire river between 6\u00b0 and 17\u00b0S and 12\u00b0 and 23\u00b0E, and (b) Cabinda, a small exclave lying on the coast to the north of the Zaire River. The major part of Angola is a central plateau of between 1 000 and 1 600 m in altitude, rising in the west-central region to highlands 2 000\u20132 500 m high. There is a narrow coastal plain. The northern part of Angola is covered with rain forest, the south is savanna merging into semi-arid desert. Cabinda is low-lying, tropical and densely forested.\nIn general the north of Angola is tropical in climate, whereas the south is semi-arid. The climate is largely conditioned by the cold Benguela current and gives a temperate character to the coastal regions. There are two main seasons, a cold, dry season from May to October, and a warm, wet season from November to April. During the cold period temperatures can drop to freezing on the plateau.\nThe country is on the whole well-watered by rivers draining the central highland plateau. Poll (1967) assigns the rivers to five main basins corresponding to zoogeographical regions. These are:\nthe Zaire River basin where major tributaries include the Kasai and Kwango Rivers;\nthe Zambezi River basin with the headwaters of the Zambezi and its tributaries the Lungue and Cuando Rivers;\nthe Okavango River basin, with the Cuito and Cubango Rivers;\nthe northern coastal rivers chief of which is the Cuanza River;\nthe Cunene River basin.\nThe major river channels total over 10 000 km in length without counting small streams.\nThere are no large lakes in Angola, but there are numerous smaller bodies of water associated with the river systems in the south and east of the country.\n7. LAND AND WATER USE\nAngola is a predominantly agricultural country with some mining in the north-eastern region. There are few reservoirs or impoundments and so far there is no extensive use of water for irrigation.\n8. FISHERY YIELD/PRODUCTION\nNominal catches in the inland waters of Angola (1971\u201376)\nThe zero catch quoted in Table 2 means only that no information is available at the present time on the catch from the inland waters of Angola.\nThe lack of figures and reported catches from Angola almost certainly present a false picture of the importance of inland fish and fisheries. If it is assumed that artisanal fisheries are pursued on all water courses, as they are in most of Africa, and if the catches are of the same order of magnitude, an estimate of at least 10 000 t is obtained by application of the simple rule of thumb for yields from African rivers derived in Welcomme (1976). Obviously, this figure cannot be advanced with any security, but it does suggest that there is a potential or actual yield from inland fisheries that is of some importance.\nAs most of the inland waters are rivers the yield would be sensitive to any management work aimed at controlling flow, such as irrigation projects or dam construction. Furthermore some of the rivers are in densely forested areas and are probably relatively unproductive.\nLack of information on the fisheries makes it difficult to judge the condition of the fish stock. The inland fishery sector is unimportant relative to the very extensive marine fishery, hence little attention has been paid to it. It is likely, however, that more emphasis will be placed on this sector as development of the hinterland increases.\n10. SPECIFIC REFERENCES\nPoll, M., 1967 Contribution \u00e0 la faune ichtyologique de l'Angola. Diamang Pub.Cult., 75 Lisboa. 381 p.\n1. AREA: 113 000 km2\n2. POPULATION: 2.7 million Density: 25 persons/km2\n3. TOTAL CATCH: 25 504 t (1976) Freshwater fish (% total catch): 80.6\nBenin is divided into four natural regions: (a) a flat sandy coastal plain which is transected by brackishwater lagoons; (b) a granitic plateau which occupies most of the centre of the country and rises toward the Atacora mountains in the northwest; (c) the valley of the Pendjari River and (d) the valley of the Niger River.\nThe coastal region of the country is hot and humid with a moderately even temperature throughout the year. There are two rainy seasons, a major rain from March to June and a minor one peaking in October. The country becomes more arid with a cool period in December and January and a hot period between March and June. Rainfall is concentrated into one season between July and October.\nHydrologically the country can be divided into three main drainage areas: (a) to the north Benin borders on the Niger River for about 120 km and the three main mid-course tributaries of that river, the Alibori, Sota and Mekrou Rivers, arise on the central plateau of Benin to flow torrentially northward into the Niger. The Benin bank of the Niger has a broad floodplain covering about 270 km2 at peak floods; (b) the Pendjari River, a tributary of the Volta, drains the western slopes of the Atakora mountains and runs for some 400 km through Benin before entering Togo; (c) the south-flowing rivers, the Mono (360 km), Couffo (240 km) and Ou\u00e9m\u00e9 (700 km) arise on the central plateau and below torrential upper courses form broad fertile floodplains in the coastal zone. The floodplains terminate in a series of extensive lagoons. The greatest of the floodplains, that of the Ou\u00e9m\u00e9, extends over 2 000 km2 at peak floods.\nThere are several groups of lakes associated with the floodplains of the south-flowing rivers. On the Ou\u00e9m\u00e9 there are Lakes Azilli and Cele, both of which cover about 5 km2. On the Mono there are about six lakes which covered a total of 16 km2 in 1971, but siltation and other changes due to management of this basin are altering their characteristics very rapidly.\nThere are no major reservoirs in the country although there are several small cattle dams in the north.\n6.4 Brackish waters\nBy far the most important bodies of water in the country are the brackishwater coastal lagoons which are contiguous with the whole lagoon system of the West African coast. There are two major lakes, Lake Nokoue-Porto Novo lagoon, which together cover about 14 700 ha and are separated only by the numerous channels of the deltaic fan of the Ou\u00e9m\u00e9 River, and Lake Ah\u00e9m\u00e9 which covers 8 500 ha. Smaller lagoon systems covering about 2 800 ha connect the major bodies of water with the sea, and run parallel to the coast behind the dune systems.\nBenin is an agricultural country. The south concentrates on plantations of oil palm and to the north the main crops are maize and cotton. Cattle are abundant, particularly on the floodplains of the Niger in the north and the Ou\u00e9m\u00e9 in the south. There is a considerable amount of drawdown agriculture on the floodplains in the south and rice cultivation has recently been introduced in the Ou\u00e9m\u00e9.\nNominal catches in the inland waters of Benin (1971\u201376)\n(in tons)\nThe Direction des P\u00eaches (1977) gives a more extensive series of records over 18 years from which the information given in Table 4 may be extracted.\nComparison of catch by water body in Benin between 1959 and 1976\nWater body Catch (t)\nLake Nokou\u00e9-Porto Novo lagoon 16 000 5 025\nLake Ah\u00e9m\u00e9 9 060 5 200\nOther lakes 1 228 2 000\nOu\u00e9m\u00e9 delta 9 000 5 700\nNiger River 3 000 2 045\nPendjari River - 580\nThe figures in Tables 3 and 4 indicate a general trend in production from the inland waters of Benin whereby the catch has declined by nearly 50 percent over a period of 20 years.\nLosses have occurred in the four main fisheries of the country for a variety of reasons. In the Niger River the decline was provoked, at least initially, by the failure of the main markets for fish from this region. However, the Sahelian drought also exercised a serious effect as indicated by the smoked fish landed at Malanville market during the drought years.\nSmoked fish passing through Malanville market\nYear Quantity (t)\nIn the Ou\u00e9m\u00e9 basin, long and intensive exploitation affected the fishery whose catch dropped from about 10 000 t/y prior to 1960 to about 6 000 t/y in 1976. That overexploitation was responsible is indicated by the disappearance of the larger species of fish and the decline in the mean size of the fish caught. Changes in salinity of the lower reaches of the river, caused by the permanent opening of Lake Nokou\u00e9 to the sea, have also been implicated, but do not satisfactorily explain the changes in catch that have occurred.\nThere is, however, no doubt that changes in salinity were responsible for the collapse of the most important fishery on the lake. Thus, the acadja fishery used extensive areas of brush parks to rear and capture fish, giving yields as high as 10 t/ha of park in the late fifties. Subsequently invasion of the lake by teredo worms destroyed or rendered uneconomic large areas of parks, and placed greater fishing pressure on the other fish stocks which in their turn have collapsed.\nThe fall in catch in Lake Ah\u00e9m\u00e9 from 8 000 t in 1970 to about 5 000 t in 1976 coincides with the removal of acadjas from that lagoon for political reasons.\nThe history of the fisheries of Benin represents a classical example of past mismanagement of various types. Nevertheless future possibilities could be moderately good. A return to a pluvial phase in the Sahel could increase production from the Niger river to its previous high level, if suitable markets for the products can be found.\nIn the lagoons previous production levels could possibly be restored. In Lake Ah\u00e9m\u00e9, the simple reintroduction of acadjas in a planned fashion would probably bear immediate results. In Lake Nokou\u00e9, the need to control the penetration of sea waters into the lagoon is paramount, and the recent construction of a barrage across the channel at Cotonou to the ingress of sea water might permit the lake to be used as a vast fish culture pond.\nIn the Ou\u00e9m\u00e9, however, the prospects are somewhat bleak. The fishery is already overexploited and the valley is densely populated so it is difficult to see that the pressure will be relieved. Furthermore, the floodplain of the Ou\u00e9m\u00e9 is now being increasingly used for rice culture and the drain-in fish ponds, which contributed much to the fishery are being abandoned. There will almost certainly be an attempt to control the Ou\u00e9m\u00e9 floods with an upstream dam in the future and with that the fishery will be lost as a consequence.\nA part from the natural water bodies, considerable increases in production of fish from Benin can be foreseen with the successful introduction of brackishwater aquaculture into the coastal belt.\nFAO,1971 Rapport au Gouvernement du Dahomey sur l'\u00e9volution de la p\u00eache int\u00e9rieure, son \u00e9tat actuel et ses possibilit\u00e9s, \u00e9tabli sur la base des travaux de R.L. Welcomme, Sp\u00e9cialiste de la p\u00eache. Rep.FAO/UNDP (TA), (2938):97 p.\nDirection des P\u00eaches,1977 Evolution de la p\u00eache dans les eaux int\u00e9rieures du B\u00e9nin. Paper submitted by CIFA Symposium on river and floodplain fisheries. Bujumbura, Burundi, November 1977. CIFA/77/Symp. 2, 18 p.\n2. POPULATION: 574 000 Density: 1 person/km2\n3. TOTAL CATCH: 1 600 t (1976) Freshwater fish (% total catch): 100.0\nBotswana is a vast tableland of mean altitude 1 000 m, but in the north and northwest several depressions are associated with the drainage patterns of the main rivers. The country is generally arid savanna grading into the Kalahari Desert to the west. The Okavango Depression in the northwest is somewhat better wooded and is generally moister.\nMost of the country is dry with hot summers and cold winters and in the desert regions winter temperatures (May\u2013August) can fall below zero at night. The late summer (February\u2013April) is the wettest time of the year, but there is great variability from year to year. Flooding of the Okavango depends as much on the rainfall in the upper catchment in Angola which may be very different from that in Botswana. Most of the water in the Okavango Delta is lost by evaporation.\n6. HYDROGRAPHY\nThe Okavango and its terminal delta are the only aquatic systems of any importance in the country. The Okavango River enters Botswana from Angola after crossing the Caprivi strip, and almost immediately spreads out into fan-shaped delta which covers about 10 000 km2. The delta is endorheic and only has outflow in exceptional years when part of the flow drains into the Zambezi system by way of the Selinda Spillway and the Linyati River and into the Mababe Depression by way of the Khwai River. The Mababe Depression may also be flooded from the Zambezi River via the Savuti River. Some water also moves down the Boteti River toward the Makgadikgadi Depression although this has not flooded in recent years.\nThe only lake of any size in Botswana is Lake Ngami which forms the terminal sump of the Okavango Delta. It is fed by the Thamalakhane River but is not filled every year. Indeed the lake was dry for many years prior to 1951 and was again dry in 1973\u201374. When flooded the lake can reach up to 200 km2 in area and 3.5 m in depth.\nThe Okavango Delta area is used for subsistence farming either as dry agriculture or floodplain agriculture. Much of the basin is still occupied by wildlife as population densities are very low. At present there are no irrigation schemes although some are being proposed. All aspects of the ecology and development of the Okavango swamp have been described by Botswana Society (1976).\nNominal catches in inland waters of Botswana (1970\u201376)\n800 1 100 1 200 1 200 1 200 1 200 1 600\nThe yield figures quoted in Table 6 are estimated of catch and as yet there has been no systematic survey although Gilmore (1977) also quotes an annual offtake of 1 200 t. The fishing is however pursued as a subsistence activity and few markets exist for an increased production due to poor communications in the country. Estimates of potential from the area on the basis of catches from the similar areas in Africa would suggest that catches could be considerably higher than at present.\nThere is still some doubt as to whether the Okavango Delta can perform at the same level of productivity as other African floodplains. The mean of 40 kg/ha drawn from a sample of these would predict a catch of about 40 000 t/y, but the waters are more than usually poor, there are dense growths of vegetation and the main flood season coincides with the cold season, at least in the southern half of the system. Catch levels are, therefore, expected to be somewhat lower than in other comparable systems. However, even if the same potential as the adjacent Kafue system is adopted (15 kg/ha) a yield about 10 times that presently obtained could be expected (i.e., 15 000 t).\nBecause of the high potential catch relative to present production, increases in yield can be anticipated in the near future.\nBotswana Society, 1976 Proceedings of the Symposium on the Okavango delta and its future utilization. Botswana, Gaberone, the Botswana Society, 349 p.\nGilmore, K.S., 1977 National report on the river and floodplain fisheries of the Okavango delta, Botswana. CIFA/77/Symp. 16, 4 p.\n1. AREA: 28 000 km2\n2. POPULATION: 3.5 million Density: 130 persons/km2\n3. TOTAL CATCH: 20 330 (1976) Freshwater fish (% total catch): 100.0\nMost of the country consists of grassy uplands and hills reaching to an altitude of 2 600 m. The Ruzizi Valley and the very narrow shores surrounding Lake Tanganyika in the west are somewhat lower in altitude.\nAlthough it is situated just south of the equator the upland temperatures of Burundi are low because of its altitude. The Ruzizi Valley and the shores of Lake Tanganyika are somewhat warmer. There is a short dry season in January with a major rains from February to May. The major dry season lasts from May to September and is followed by a second rainy spell.\nThere are no rivers in Burundi of importance to fisheries. The Ruzizi River which flows from Lake Kivu toward Lake Tanganyika is relatively small and swift flowing. In the northern part of the country the tributaries of the Akanyaru River drain toward the Kagera in Rwanda and eventually Lake Victoria in Tanzania.\nThe largest body of water in Burundi is the northeastern corner of Lake Tanganyika. About 2 600 km2 of this lake lie within the boundaries of the country and this represents about 8 percent of its total area. The lake is very deep and the shoreline plunges steeply downward. There are some small lakes in the north of the country associated with the Akanyaru River. Largest of these are Lakes Cyohoha S. and Rugwero, which are situated between Burundi and Rwanda. Three smaller lakes, Kazigiri, Riwihinda and Camirinda complete the series.\nBurundi is occupied by pastoral peoples who have settled the hills. There is also intensive agriculture and coffee is the main cash crop. There is some irrigated agriculture within the Ruzizi Valley which involves heavy applications of pesticides.\nNominal catches in the inland waters of Burundi (1966\u201376)\n16 430 12 287 11 028 15 557 13 300 16 900 7 500 8 500 10 982 14 547 20 333\nPractically all of the fish caught in Burundi comes from Lake Tanganyika. Only small amounts of fish for local consumption are taken from the lakes in the north of the country. There are three main types of fishery on Lake Tanganyika, a \u2018p\u00eache coutumi\u00e8re\u2019 operated from dug-out canoes using hand nets. seine nets and gill nets, a \u2018p\u00eache artisanale\u2019 operating from catamarans using lift nets, and a \u2018p\u00eache industrielle\u2019 operating from larger vessels using purse seines. The two latter categories and to some extent the first fish for \u2018Ndagala\u2019 with light attraction. The \u2018p\u00eache coutumi\u00e8re\u2019 also fishes beach seines for small cichlids. The mainstay of the fisheries is the \u2018Ndagala\u2019 which consists of three main species, Limnothrissa miodon, Stolothrissa tanganicae and Luciolates stappersii.\nThe FAO project for research into the lake fish stocks (FAO/UNDP, 1977) estimated that the mean sustainable yield from the lake fisheries would be about 17 000 t/y and as such the present catch levels (Table 7) are at this level.\nThe fishery in Lake Tanganyika concentrates on a stock of pelagic fish whose density probably depends on the concentrations elsewhere in the lake. At present Burundi in the north, and Zambia in the south, are the only areas of the lake where catches are approaching the maximum that can be predicted. By far the greater part of the lake is still exploited at a relatively low level. As exploitation increases generally the Burundi catch may be affected. The low catches recorded in 1972 and 1973 were due to a period of social unset in the country.\nAs the Lake Tanganyika pelagic fishery is approaching maximum exploitation it is difficult to see that the production of freshwater fish in Burundi can be increased. The northern lakes are too small and the nonpelagic stocks of fish in Lake Tanganyika are not abundant.\nFAO/UN, 1977 Recherches halieutiques sur le lac Tanganyika, conclusions et recommandations du projet. FF:DP/BDI/73/020, 30 p.\n2. POPULATION: 6.35 million Density: 13.4 persons/km2\nCameroon is divided into four distinct topographical regions: (a) in the south there is a low coastal plain covered with equatorial rain forests; (b) in the centre there is a transitional plateau which rises to the north to the Adamaoua Mountains; (c) to the west there are mountain forests peaking in Mt. Cameroun (4 050 m); (d) to the north of the Adamaoua range, rolling savanna slopes gradually down to the marshlands surrounding Lake Chad.\nThe climate is as varied as the topology but tends to grade from equatorial-humid in the south to Sahelian-arid in the north. In the south there is a prolonged and heavy rainy season which is at its most intense from June to September. The uplands have less rain and two peaks in April and October. The arid north has one short rainy season from June through August.\nRivers from Cameroon drain into four major basins: (a) in the southeast the Woumo and Dja Rivers drain into the Sangha, a tributary of the Zaire; (b) in the south-centre the Sanaga River (975 km) drains the Adamaoua Mountains to flow into the Atlantic near Douala; (c) the Adamaoua range is drained northward by the Benue River, whose main stream and tributaries total about 1 000 km, and (d) the Logone River and its tributaries, some of which also rise in the Adamaoua range, flow northward to join the Chari before it flows into Lake Chad. There are extensive floodplains, the Ya\u00e9r\u00e9s, flanking the Logone for much of its lower course and these cover about 7 000 km2 at peak floods. These swamps are drained by seasonal rivers such as the El Beid and the Serbewell. Several smaller rivers, including the Nyong (450 km) and the Ntem drain into the Atlantic.\nPart of Lake Chad lies in Cameroon, but because of the considerable variability in the extent of this lake it is difficult to estimate what proportion of it actually lies in the country. In its \u2018Greater Chad\u2019 phase, the lake covers about 22 000 km2 of which 1 800 km2 (8 percent) lie in Cameroon. During the \u2018Small Chad\u2019 phase, the lake only covers about 2 000 km2, but the Cameroonian waters, which lie around the mouth of the Chari and El Beid Rivers, have been affected relatively less by the drought and still cover about 600 km2 open water (i.e., about 30 percent of the lake).\nThere are two large reservoirs in Cameroon, Lake Mbakao (or Lake Tibati) which covers an area of 600 km2 at maximum flood, but often dries completely at low water, and Lake Bamendjing, which varies between 150\u2013300 km2. Both are headrivers of the Sanaga system. Two further dams have been proposed: (a) on the Benue at Lagolo and (b) on the Logone River.\nAbout 1 000 km2 of the indented coastline around the Wouri Estuary is covered with mangrove.\nCameroon is a primarily agricultural country with hardwood production in the forested areas. Demand for water for irrigation is limited. The other major dams have been installed for flood control although they also generate electricity. There is a proposal to install a major area of irrigated agriculture on the Ya\u00e9r\u00e9s floodplain downstream of the suggested Logone River dam.\n8.1 Capture fishery\nNominal catches in the inland waters of Cameroon (1971\u201376)\nThere is a lack of reliable statistics from Cameroon, and the production figures are therefore in Table 8 in the nature of \u2018guestimates\u2019. Perhaps the most reasonable estimations of yield made before the Sahelian drought assigned the production as in Table 9.\nProduction by water body in Cameroon before the Sahelian Drought (in tons)\nLogone River and Ya\u00e9r\u00e9s floodplains 30 000\nLake Chad 5 000\nBenue River 3 000\nForest rivers 2 000\nCameroon is one of the few nations in Africa where aquaculture has made any great impact. There are again, unfortunately, no reliable figures, but in the western area of the country peasant aquaculture is very widely practised and yield from this source makes a large but not defined contribution to the natural production of fish.\nThe total derived from tha analysis by area is 10 000 t less than that quoted in Table 8. Much of this may be accounted for in the catch from the reservoirs and in aquaculture, although it is doubtful whether these together could provide all of the discrepancy. Some statistical confusion also arises from the situation around Lake Chad and the Ya\u00e9r\u00e9s. These are international waters with free passage of fishermen and their produce. The site of capture of any lot of fish is therefore very difficult to determine and there has undoubtedly been some duplication in recording of catches from this region.\nThe estimated catch from the Ya\u00e9r\u00e9s, equivalent to 43 kg/ha, falls within the range known from other African floodplains (i.e., 40\u201360 kg/ha of flooded area), but some authorities place it somewhat lower (about 11 500 t, equivalent to 25 kg/ha) (Stauch, pers. comm.).\nSeveral factors affect the yield in Cameroon. Firstly, the forest rivers are mostly blackwater rivers and are generally unproductive. Thus, although there is a very extensive network of large rivers in the south of the country they do not contribute much to the potential. Secondly, more recently, the Sahelian Drought caused the reduction in area of Lake Chad and the failure of the floods over the Ya\u00e9r\u00e9s. This has meant the loss of the Ya\u00e9r\u00e9s fishery and after a temporary increase in catch a loss in production and potential in Lake Chad.\nThe failure of capture fisheries depends very much on the climatic developments of the Sahelian region. Improvements cannot be anticipated during the little Chad phase, but with the restoration of a period of higher rainfall stocks may once again build up both in the lake and on the Ya\u00e9r\u00e9s floodplain. Such a rebirth of the fishery may well be endangered by the proposed development of the Ya\u00e9r\u00e9s for irrigated agriculture.\n2. POPULATION: 1.6 million (1970) Density: 3 persons/km2\n3. TOTAL CATCH: 10 400 t (1976) Freshwater fish (% total catch): 100.0\nEssentially a well-watered plateau, the uplands of the Central African Empire (c. 1 500 m altitude) serve as a watershed dividing the Chari Basin from that of the Oubangui/Zaire. Most of the country is open savanna tending to become more arid toward the north. There is some rain forest in the extreme southwest which grades into semi-desert in the northeast.\nThe climate is fairly consistent over most of the country with rains well dispersed throughout the year. There is, however, a drier period from December through April and a wetter period from May through October.\nThe Central African Empire is divided into two main watersheds. To the south there is the Zaire Basin, where the Oubangui, together with its headstream the Mbomou forms the southern border of the country for over 1 000 km, and is fed by numerous small rivers. The Mambere drains into the Sangha River which also feeds the Zaire. To the north two main blocks of rivers flow toward the Chari River. In the northeast there is the Vakaga and in the northwest the Bamingui and Ouham.\nThe Central African Empire has an entirely agricultural economy with a largely rural population most of which is concentrated in the south of the country. There are large tracts of wild and uninhabited land.\n8.1 Capture fisheries\nNominal catches in the inland waters of Central African Empire (1970\u201376)\n10 000* 10 000* 10 000* 10 000* 11 883 8 044 10 465\n* FAO estimate\nThere is a small but significant yield from aquaculture which is now widely spread in the south of the country. In 1974, 43 t were produced in ponds.\nThe nominal catch figures for 1975 in Table 10 were derived as follows: Oubangui River Basin, 1 800 t/y; northern floodplains, 6 080 t/y. Fish flour from Am Dafok equivalent to 100 t of fresh fish per year.\nThe rivers of the Oubangui Basin are reputedly not very productive. They have no true floodplain and their fisheries are unable to meet the demand for fish in Bangui. The northern floodplains are quite productive and could probably produce more fish. They are, however, far from the main centres of population and are badly served by roads.\nInland fisheries should increase in importance in the Central African Empire over the next few years. The productivity of the northern floodplains may be realized to a greater extent and aquaculture could eventually make a significant contribution to the total catch.\n2. POPULATION: 4.1 million Density: 3.2 persons/km2\n3. TOTAL CATCH: 115 000 t (1976) Freshwater fish (% total catch): 100.0\nChad is shaped like a shallow basin cut in half. Lake Chad itself lies at the bottom with an altitude of 280 m. The land rises to the north, where the Tibesti Mountains reach altitudes of even 3 400 m, to the east to the highlands of Sudan and to the south to the Chari watershed. The southwest of the country is heavily wooded but rapidly becomes desertic toward the north.\nMost of the southern Chad has a prolonged rainy season where the heavy rains last from April through October. Nearer the centre of the country the season becomes shorter, June to September, and north of Lake Chad there is little rainfall.\nThe whole of southern Chad is dominated by the Chari River system, which with its main tributaries, the Salamat and Azoum Rivers, extend over about 1 200 km. There are extensive swamps over most of the Chari Basin which are drained by such rivers as the Erguig and Aouk. These swamps have been estimated as covering about 80 000 km2. The Chari combines with the Logone to discharge into Lake Chad.\nLake Chad fluctuates in area in a pronounced cycle thought to be some 25 years long. This lake exists in two phases; the Greater Chad in pluvial periods, and the Lesser Chad in drought. During its Greater Chad phase, half of the lake's 22 000 km2 lies within the country. In its present (1978) diminished state about 1 200 km2 of the remaining 2 000 km2 of open water are left around the mouth of the Chari River. Apart from Lake Chad itself there are several smaller lakes. In the Chad Basin there are Lake Iro, situated on the Salamat River floodplain which extends over 200 km2, and Lake Fitri, a Lake Chad in miniature to the east of the main lake, which extends over 420 km2 but can reach 1 200 km2 in the rainy season. There are a further four small lakes lying along the Toubouri Depression of the Mayo Kebbi River in the flood season, but during the dry period are much smaller. Lake Tikem has an area of 15 km2; Lake Fianga, 30 km2; Lake Lere, 42 km2, and Lake Trene, 12 km2.\nThe south of Chad has an agrarian population living mainly on subsistence agriculture. The north is desert and inhabited only by nomadic tribes. The Sahelian transitional savanna is used mainly by pastoral peoples for grazing cattle, sheep and goats.\nNominal catches in the inland waters of Chad (1971\u201376)\nConsiderable statistical confusion arises from the situation around Lake Chad. The best estimates of production from the whole basin over the last few decades give the values in Table 12 which are at best speculative.\nEstimates of total production from the Lake Chad Basin\n1961\u201366 (p.a) 35 000 80 000 115 000\nThese estimates correspond roughly to the figures advanced by the Government of Chad as reflected in the nominal catches (Table 11). It may be assumed, therefore, that Chad has laid claim to the total production from the Lake Chad Basin, whereas in fact only a proportion of the catch originates within Chadian territory. In the case of the lake, Chad has between 50 and 60 percent of the waters although these are among the richest and most productive. Furthermore Cameroon probably produces between 20 000 and 30 000 t from the Ya\u00e9r\u00e9s floodplain and the river production should be diminished by this amount. Seen in this light the Republic of Chad was probably producing about 50 000 t of fish in the fifties, 70 000 t in the sixties, up to 100 000 t during the earlier years of the drought and about 50 000 t at present.\nAs with the other countries of the Sahelian belt, the main factor influencing the fishery is rainfall. This has had an especially severe effect during the latest dry period when catches rose sharply as the lake shrunk (1972\u201373) but fell sharply as the stocks of the new small lake were unable to support the intensive effects of the same number of fishermen who were previously dispersed over 10 times the area. In the rivers too the failure of two or more successive floods virtually exterminated several of the major migratory species leading to a disequilibrium in population structure which has not yet righted itself.\nNo amelioration of the fisheries in the Lake Chad Basin can be anticipated so long as the present hydrological regime persists. However, historically the lake has always recovered from these dry spells and it can be expected to regain its large Chad phase of 22 000 km2 during the next wet cycle. In that case the potential catch might be expected to exceed past yield (at 100 kg/ha the lake should produce over 200 000 t), but only if the fishery relaxes its intensity sufficiently for the fish stock to build itself up. The ploodplains too can be expected to return a better yield although the potential needs clarification (at as little as 10 kg/ha the 9 million hectares of the Chari Logone floodplains could produce 90 000 t).\nStauch, A., 1977 Fish statistics in the Lake Chad basin during the drought (1969\u20131976). Cah.ORSTOM, s\u00e9r. Hydrobiol., 11(3):201\u201316\n2. POPULATION: 860 000 Density: 2.58 persons/km2\n3. TOTAL CATCH: 19 447 t (1976) Freshwater fish (% total catch): 5.1\nThe Democratic Republic of Congo can be divided into four topographical regions: (a) there is a coastal plain which extends about 60 km inland to the foothills of the Mayombe Mountains; (b) the Niara and Ogou\u00e9 Valleys of the south-centre lie between the mountains; (c) the Bateke Plateau which serves as watershed to the Ogou\u00e9 and some of the feeder streams of the Zaire system, and (d) the Zaire Basin which occupies the whole of the north of the country. There is some dry savanna in the centre of the country but most of it is covered with dense rain forest.\nThere is one long rainy season which lasts for eight months of the year and peaks in April and November. The dry season lasts from June to September. Temperatures are even but reach a minimum during the dry period.\nThe River Zaire forms the frontier between Zaire and Congo for over 500 km of its lower course. The frontier continues for a further 500 km up the Ubangui. The hinterland of these rivers forms a vast marshland with extensive seasonal savanna floodplains and permanent flooded gallery forests. The area which covers about 30 000 km2 is drained by the River Sangha, the Likouala and the Likouala aux Herbes as well as by numerous smaller rivers. Several other river systems exist but their importance is relatively slight.\nThere are no true lakes of any size although Brazzaville is located on the Stanley Pool a lakelike enlargement of the Zaire River.\nCongo is primarily an agricultural country although it also has a considerable forestry industry.\nNominal catches in the inland waters of Congo (1971\u201376)\nThere is little doubt that the present catch from the Congo is very low, although it may well be higher than that reported as the nominal catch (Table 13).\nThere is little doubt that the potential for increased catch is very great. The main fishery is at present concentrated on the Stanley Pool. The main floodplains of the Zaire Basin are otherwise not fished because of their inaccessibility and low population densities.\nThe floodplain complex of the Sangha/Likouala Rivers is possibly one of the most important undeveloped inland fisheries in Africa. The 30 000 km2 of floodplains are mainly savanna and although the gallery forests and flooded rain forests are covered with blackwaters, the savanna plains are flooded by whitewaters. A conservative estimate of potential (20\u201330 kg/ha) would give an estimate of yearly catch of 60 000\u2013100 000 t. Because of its inaccessibility and the difficulties of operating there, the development of the area may take some time.\n2. POPULATION: 33.3 million (1970) Density: 34 persons/km2 (but very uneven with most of the population being concentrated in the delta)\n3. TOTAL CATCH: 106 574 t (1976) Freshwater fish (% total catch): 75.1\nEgypt is an almost rainless block of desert consisting of high plains and hills in the east and along the Nile Valley. The Nile River forms the main axis of the country and stretches some 1 300 km from the Sudan border to the Mediterranean. It can be divided into two main areas, the delta which extends as far as Cairo and the rest of the Nile Valley.\nEgypt is almost totally arid and all water enters the country through the Nile. Summer temperatures are high but winter temperatures may fall as low as 10\u00b0C.\nThe Nile is the only river in Egypt and receives no tributaries in its course through the country. It runs for about 1 300 km from the Sudan border, although its upper course is now barred by the Aswan Dam. Below Ciaro the river splits into two distributaries, the Rossetta and Damieta branches.\nThere is one natural lake, Lake Qarun, situated near El Fayum. It covers 220 km2 and, although originally freshwater, its salinity has increased steadily since 1920. The lake is shallow and very productive.\nThe Aswan Dam retains a large body of water, Lake Nasser-Nubia, which covers 3 059 km2 at a level of 160 m and 6 216 km2 at a level of 180 m. The equivalent values for the Egyptian portion of the lake, Lake Nasser, are 2 585 km2 and 5 248 km2.\nThere are several brackishwater lagoons situated along the coastal portion of the Nile Delta. These are: Lake Manzalla, 1 450 km2; Lake Burullus, 560 km2; Lake Edku, 130 km2, and Lake Mariut, 200 km2. Two other low lying areas are also flooded - the port Fouad Depression, 200 km2 and the Bardaweel Depression, 600 km2. All these areas are very shallow, about 1 m.\nThe inhabited strip of Egypt follows the banks of the Nile and expands into the delta. There is very intensive cultivation of crops as well as date palms involving extensive irrigation networks. These, together with the flood control effects of the Aswan Dam, have stopped flooding over the previous floodplain.\nNominal catches of the inland waters of Egypt (1970\u201376)\nThe nominal catch (Table 14) breaks down by waterbody approximately as in Table 15.\nCatch of individual waterbodies of Egypt\nLake Manzalla 21 000 t\nLake Burullos 15 000 t\nLake Mariout 3 800 t\nLake Edku 4 000 t\nLake Qarun 2\u20133 000 t\nOther brackishwater lakes 2\u20133 000 t\nLake Nasser 10\u201316 000 t\nNile, irrigation canals and aquaculture 15 000 t\nTotal 72 800\u201380 000 t\nThe steady increase in catch over the period 1970\u201376 has been largely due to the filling of Lake Nasser, although this alone has only added about 10 000 t to the potential of the country. There has, therefore, been a parallel development of the other fisheries. The present yield from aquaculture is estimated at about 7 000 t/y (FAO/UNDP, 1974).\nThe continued high catch ratio from most water bodies in Egypt indicates that there is little overfishing at present. The coastal lagoons and the brackish Lake Qarun are extremely productive, but unfortunately have been filled in to some degree for agriculture. An extension of such land reclamation, together with the cessation of inflow of fresh waters after the closing of the Aswan Dam, may affect production in the future. Pollution by domestic sewage and agro-chemicals is also a real problem in the delta area.\nThe reclamation of land around the lagoons, the extension of irrigation and the lower flow of the Nile will probably all contribute to a diminution of fish catch from this more northerly part of the system. This may be offset to a certain degree by coastal aquaculture in the lagoons. The potential of Lake Nasser is relatively high, but once fully developed production from natural waters will probably peak and then slowly decline.\nFAO/UNDP, 1974 Fish yield projections in the Nasser Reservoir: Report prepared for the Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt, based on the work of R.A. Ryder and H.F. Henderson. FI:DP/EGY/55/558(5): 32 p.\n2. POPULATION: 24.6 million Density: 21 persons/km2\nThe central part of Ethiopia is a high plateau 2\u20133 000 m in altitude with occasional peaks reaching as high as 4 600 m. The plateau slopes away to the west toward the Somalian plains. The country is split diagonally by the Great Rift Valley.\nGenerally temperate on the plateau, the climate becomes hot and arid on the lowlands and is desertic in the northeast and the south. On the plateau there is a short wet season from February to April and a major rainy season from June until September.\nThe Blue Nile (Abbai) River takes its source from Lake Tana and flows for about 760 km through Ethiopia. It is torrential and steeply encased by mountains for much of its course. The Awash River rises near Addis Ababa and flows northward along the Rift Valley for over 500 km before dissipating in a complex of salt lakes and marshes (Lake Abb\u00e9 and Lake Gamari).\nThe Omo River flows south from the central highlands for some 600 km and discharges into Lake Rudolf through a small marshy delta. Two other rivers, the Shebele (about 900 km in Ethiopia) and the Gamala (about 500 km in Ethiopia) drain the highlands toward the south and cross the Ogaden desert before entering Somalia.\nThe largest lake in Ethiopia is Lake Tana which covers 3 500 km2. It is moderately shallow, with a mean depth of 15 m and the waters are rich in nutrients. The remaining lakes in the country form a string along the Great Rift Valley (Table 16).\nCharacteristics of the Ethiopian Rift Valley lakes\n(km2) Conductivity\n(\u03bcmhos cm-1)\nAbaya 1 161 670\u2013760\nAbiyata 205 10 700\u201330 000\nAwasa 130 790\u20131 050\nLangano 230 1 900\u20132 200\nShala 409 20 400\nShamo 551 927\nZiway 433.6 372\u2013427\nThe very high conductivity of the waters of some of the lakes shows them to be the highly saline, soda-type lakes typical of the Rift Valley.\nThere is one major reservoir in Ethiopia, the 250 km2 Lake Koka which was formed by damming the Awash River.\nEthiopia is an entirely agricultural country where intensive use of marginal lands has caused severe erosion in places. Rivers are consequently highly silted. There has been little development for irrigation except along the Awash River.\nNominal catches in Ethiopian inland waters (1970\u201376)\nThe nominal catch figures (Table 17) reflect the general lack of interest in the inland fisheries sector until the present. There is in fact a considerable potential from the inland waters of Ethiopia as show theoretical estimates made using the Morpho-Edaphic Index (MEI) as derived from other African lakes (Table 18). The analysis excludes those lakes with very high salt content.\nEstimated potential yield from Ethiopian lakes based on MEI\nLake Area Mean depth\n(m) Mean conductivity Estimated potential yield\nkg/ha Total\nAbaya 1 161 7 700 123.58 14 347\nAwasa 130 10.7 900 113.97 1 481\nLangano 230 17 2 100 136.43 3 137\nShamo 551 6 927 151.49 8 345\nZiway 434 2.5 400 153.99 6 683\nTana 3 500 8 200 64.58 22 603\nKoka 250 9 - 2 500\na assuming production of 100 kg/ha\nApart from the physico-chemical limitation of productivity in the salt lakes most water bodies appear to have considerable potential for increased yield. At present this is not realized mainly because of local food customs and the consequent lack of interest in fishing within the country.\nThe main inland fisheries are within easy reach of the major urban centres and it is almost inevitable that the inland fisheries of Ethiopia will develop considerably over the next few decades.\n2. POPULATION: 620 000 Density: 2.3 persons/km2\n3. TOTAL CATCH: 7 456 t (1976) Freshwater fish (% total catch): 24.1\nGabon is divided into two main zones: (a) a low-lying coastal region and (b) an interior plateau which is transected by river valleys and mountain chains of about 900 m in altitude. The highest peak is 1 550 m high.\nThe climate is hot and humid with a long cold dry season from June to September, a short rains from October to December, a short dry season from December to January and a long rains from January to May.\nThe main river in the country is the Ogooue which rises in the highlands of Congo but flows for 1 200 km through Gabon to discharge into the Atlantic at Port Gentil. There are many other rivers draining this wet and forested country, the Nyanga, Lolo, Ivindo, Ogoula, N'Gounie, Woleu, Ofou\u00e9, Ntem and Lovetsi are all over 450 m long.\nThere are several freshwater lakes associated with the floodplains of the Ogoou\u00e9 River. The largest of these are Lake Ezaga (52.5 km2 - dry season area), Lake Onangu\u00e9 (167.5 km2 - dry season area), Lake Oguemoue (46.5 km2 - dry season area) and Lake Anengu\u00e9.\nThe coast is dotted with brackish water lagoons, including Lake Tchanga Tchini, Lake N'Gomi, Lake Iguela, Lake Nologo and Lake M'Bani.\nGabon is very sparsely populated and the main commercial activity is forestry, the majority of the country being thickly wooded.\nNominal catches in the inland waters of Gabon (1970\u201376)\nFor a country with such an extensive network of inland waters the nominal catch of 400 t quoted in Table 19 seems very low. Mougnassa (1977) advances a more reasonable figure of about 30 percent of the total national catch (6 056 t) which would put the present yield at 1 800 t, a figure completely consistent with the 1 485 inland fishermen listed as working in the country.\nEven at 1 800 t the yield of the inland fisheries appears very low considering the extent of the resource. It may safely be suggested therefore that the fishery is underdeveloped, an observation confirmed by Mougnassa (1977) who describes the fishery as developing.\nAt present human and sociological factors seem to be keeping the fishery at a low level of productivity. Fishermen are not abundant and are badly equipped. There is little infrastructure in the form of training establishments or marketing networks or sales facilities for fishing gear.\nIt is fairly certain that the inland fisheries of Gabon will develop in the future. More catch can be anticipated from the natural waters and with the recent introduction of aquaculture the production of freshwater fish could probably be doubled or even tripled.\nMougnassa, 1977 Country report on Gabon. Paper submitted to CIFA Symposium on river and floodplain fisheries. Bujumbura, Burundi\n2. POPULATION: 357 000 Density: 34.8 persons/km2\nThe Gambia is a long low-lying strip of land flanking the Gambia River for the lower 480 km of its course. Nowhere does the land rise above 40 m in altitude. Much of the river is estuarine and mangroves penetrate upstream for a considerable distance. Salt water penetrates 150 km upstream in the floods and 200 km during the dry season.\nThe winters are cool and summers warm. The climate is dry for most of the year with a single rainy season lasting from June to September. The flood of the river coincides with this.\nThe Gambia is the only river, entering from Senegal and flowing for its last 480 km through the country. Several small tributaries briefly traverse the country to discharge into the Gambia River. Most of the banks are flooded during the rains and the estimated area of waters at peak floods of 2 000 km2 covers about 40 percent of the area of the country.\nThe saline downstream reaches of the river are lined with mangroves and are generally estuarine in character.\nThe Gambia is a wholly agricultural country whose activities are confined to the banks of the river. There is some rice culture, but little flood control or irrigation. On the whole the flood regime still controls the activities of the rural communities.\nNominal catches in the inland waters of the Gambia (1970\u201376)\nIt is evident that the nominal catch (Table 20) is low compared with the state of the resource. The Gambia River can be divided into two main fisheries. In the estuarine reaches there are heavy fisheries for Ethmalosa fimbriata, mullets and other brackishwater species. In the freshwater reaches there is a well developed floodplain fishery which concentrates mainly on characins, siluroids and cichlids. Two estimates of potential can be advanced. Firstly simply on the basis of the length of the river one would expect to find at least 2 000 t of fish per year (using Welcomme's (1975) formula). The area is however largely estuarine and also has extensive upstream floodplains, which, on the basis of 40 kg/ha (mean derived from other similar systems), would be expected to produce about 8 000 t/y. These two estimates are disparate and because of the lack of fundamental research work on the river it is difficult to decide which corresponds best to the real situation. It is in any case to be supposed that actual catches are greater than the official estimates.\nFactors which may influence yield in the future are plans to control the flood of the Gambia River which would cut down on the amount of floodland available to the fish.\nThat the recorded catch of inland fish in Gambia will rise in the next few years. This may not be due so much to any actual increases in production but to improvements in statistical systems which will enable better estimates of catch.\n2. POPULATION: 9 947 000 (1973) Density: 41.7 persons/km2\nGhana is divided into three main regions. There is a narrow sandy coastal plain, behind which there is a range of low but abrupt hills. To the north there are low-lying plains. The southwestern part of the country is densely forested, and to the north are bush savanna and grasslands.\nThe coastal belt is warm, fairly dry to the east but becoming more humid to the west. The forest zone is very humid but the rest of the country becomes progressively more arid northward. In the south there are two rainy seasons, March\u2013June and September\u2013December, separated by dry periods. In the north the two wet seasons tend to be closer together and merge into one.\nGhana is extremely well watered and is drained principally by the Black, White and Red Volta River and the Oti River, but several smaller water courses, including the Pra, Tano and Bia, drain the forested southwestern areas.\nThe only natural freshwater lake of any size in the country is Lake Bosumtwi, a crater lake of 49 km2 in area.\nGhana contains the largest reservoir in Africa, the 8 482 km2 Lake Volta. This reservoir which is backed up behind the Akosombo high dam is over 400 km long and has drowned much of the lower courses of the various rivers of the Volta system.\nThere are several brackishwater lagoons situated around the delta of the Volta River. The largest of these is Keta Lagoon (330 km2). The nature of the lagoons has changed considerably since the closure of the Akosombo Dam as the former periodic flushes of fresh water do not now occur and the lakes have become more saline as a consequence.\nGhana is almost entirely agricultural except for some industry which is located mostly at Tema. The Akosombo Dam was built to provide power for the industrialization of Ghana but also supplies Togo and Benin. Forestry is also an important activity in the southwest of the country.\nNominal catches in the inland waters of Ghana (1970\u201376)\nIn addition to the nominal catches given for the whole country (Table 21) there are estimates of catch which have been gathered for Lake Volta (Table 22).\nEstimated catches from Lake Volta (1969\u201373)\nThese figures differ from the nominal catch figures and in some years exceed them. This implies that no production is assigned to the other inland waters of Ghana.\nThe catch from Lake Volta reached a peak of about 60 000 t in the years immediately after the lake filled. Subsequently there has been a decline to 35 000\u201340 000 t which seems to be stabilization level. Catch from other inland waters is unrecorded although the yield of the coastal lagoons is almost certainly quite high and the upper courses of the Volta River with their floodplains must also produce some fish.\nThe yield of Volta has followed the classic pattern of peak and stabilization. The dam has undoubtedly affected the catch downstream and probably also the fisheries of the coastal lagoons. There has been little effort at introducing fish culture although the coastal lagoons are well adapted to brackishwater ponds.\nThe Volta Lake will continue to provide large amounts of fish and the catch from other water bodies may be recorded giving higher nominal catches in the future. Any further real gains in production will have to be through aquaculture.\n2. POPULATION: 4 013 000 (1971) Density: 16.32 persons/km2\n3. TOTAL CATCH: 5 000 t (1976) Freshwater fish (% total catch): 0\nGuinea is divided into four main regions: (a) a narrow coastal belt; (b) the Fouta Djallon Mountains, which are on average 1 000 m high; (c) the Upper Guinean Plains, with an altitude of 300 m, and (d) a densely forested southeastern region.\nThe coastal region and most of the inland areas have a tropical climate with high humidity and temperature. There are two rainy seasons. In the north the climate is sudanic with a single rainy season and greater daily and seasonal temperature variations.\nMany of West Africa's great rivers rise in the Fouta Djallon Mountains. The Upper Niger has a length of 580 km within Guinea, and together with its major tributaries probably totals over 3 400 km of waterways. Other important rivers are the Gambia (210 km), the Bafing headwater of the Senegal (130 km), the Konkoure, the Kolente and many others. Aubray (pers. comm.) estimates the total length of main rivers in the country to be about 6 500 km. In addition, there are several floodplains associated with the rivers (especially the Niger) which cover about 200 000 ha during the rains.\nThere are no natural lakes of appreciable size in Guinea.\nFive reservoirs already exist with a combined area of 3 140 ha. One larger dam is projected for the Konkoure River which will cover 50 000 ha when completed.\nPeasant agriculture, pastoralism and forestry are about equally practised in the country. Rice culture is practised in the floodplain areas of the north.\nNominal catches in the inland waters of Guinea (1970\u201376)\nThe figures given in Table 23 do not reflect the true catch. Aubray (pers. comm.) noted the existence of intensive fishing activities especially in the Niger, and estimated that the catch varies between 500 and 1 000 t depending on the year.\nThere seems to be little doubt that the present catch exceeds the official figures quoted as nominal catch. An estimate of 1 000 t has been advanced, but the extent of inland waters in the country would suggest that the potential is even higher than this, say about 5 000 t.\nThe main constraint on increasing the catches of the inland fisheries in Guinea is the lack of infrastructure for marketing and distributing the produce. Competing uses of the floodplains for rice culture may limit the productivity of these regions.\nThe inland fish catch in Guinea will undoubtedly rise over the next decade. The country is highly suitable for aquaculture, and the introduction and popularization of the rearing of fish in ponds would make a valuable contribution to the economy. In addition, the projected dam on the Konkoure will almost certainly add to the potential.\n2. POPULATION: 5 500 000 (1972) Density: 14 persons/km2\nNearly the whole country is low-lying and only in the northwest does the relief begin to rise toward the Guinea highlands. The southern half of the country is densely forested and the northern half consists of sparse scrub savanna growing on poor lateritic or sandy soils.\nThe south of the country has a typical tropical climate with warm even temperatures and high humidity throughout the year. There is a heavy annual rainfall which is concentrated into two rainy seasons, March\u2013July and September\u2013December. In the south the climate is more arid with a tendency for the two rainy seasons to become amalgamated into a single season lasting from March to October.\nApart from two very short headwater tributaries of the Niger River all the rivers in Ivory Coast are south-flowing. There are three main basins which lie wholly within the country. The Sassandra River (650 km), the Bandama River (1 050 km) and the Comoe River (1 160 km). In addition the Cavally River forms the frontier with Liberia and the Bia River emerges from Ghana for the final few kilometres of its course.\nThere are no natural lakes of any importance in the country.\nIvory Coast has two main large reservoirs: Lake Kossou on the Bandama River which covers an area of 1 700 km2 and Lake Ayame on the Bia River which covers an area of between 84 and 197 km2 depending on the intensity of flooding and the stage of drawdown.\nThere are numerous brackishwater lagoons along the coastal strip of Ivory Coast. Of these the largest is the Ebrie lagoon with an area of 532 km2; second is Abi-Tendo-Eki complex which covers 410 km2. Several other smaller lagoons are dispersed along the coast.\nThe Ivory Coast has a predominantly agricultural economy based on a wide range of products.\nNominal catches in the inland waters of Ivory Coast (1970\u201376)\nThe nominal catches seem low in view of the catches from the two reservoirs. The catch from Lake Ayam\u00e9 was recorded at 1 200 t in 1969, and has presumably continued at that level in subsequent years. The catch from Lake Kossou was recorded at 903 t in 1972 and 2 202 t in 1973. Catch projections from the lake (FAO/UNDP, 1976) indicate that the production will stabilize at about 8 000 t (47 kg/ha) at an area of 1 700 km2. In addition to the production from the reservoirs there are important fisheries on the main rivers which possibly produce about 3 000 t/y and also on the coastal lagoons. The lagunar production is not known but has been estimated at about 5 000 t/y. The present production from aquaculture is estimated at about 10 t/y (FAO/UNDP, 1975). Total yield from the inland waters of Ivory Coast may therefore be estimated at about 17 000 t.\nThe main factor which has tended to keep the catch rates from Ivorian inland waters low is the lack of skilled fishermen within the country. Traditionally the waters have been fished by Ghanaian fishermen, but the policy of the Ivorian Government to keep foreign fishermen out of the country left a shortage of manpower. This has to a certain extent been overcome by the training of fishermen on Lake Kossou, and there is almost certainly a continued if illicit foreign presence on the various fishing grounds.\nIvory Coast possesses a diverse inland fishery which can produce up to 17 000 t/y from the natural waters alone. Attempts to introduce aquaculture on a large scale have so far been unsuccessful, though there is no doubt that a potential exists for expansion of both fresh and brackishwater production of fish in ponds.\nFAO/UNDP, 1976 D\u00e9veloppement de la p\u00eache dans le lac Kossou. C\u00f4te-d'Ivoire: Conclusions et Recommandations, FI:DP/IVC/71/T26, Rome, 1976, 102 p.\n2. POPULATION: 11.3 million Density: 7.5 persons/km2\n3. TOTAL CATCH: 40 000 t (1976) Freshwater fish (% of total catch): 90.0\nThe western and central parts of Kenya consist of highland plateaus which are divided from north to south by the Great Rift Valley. The plateaus are crowned by mountains of which Mount Kenya (5 200 m) is the highest. The highlands slope downward to the east.\nKenya has a wide range of climates. The north, and much of the east of the country are desertic with little rainfall and high temperatures. The highland plateaus have warm temperate climates with two well marked rainy seasons: February\u2013May and October\u2013December. The coast has a monsoon climate with a prolonged wet season peaking in May.\nThe rivers of Kenya fall into two main groups: (a) coastal rivers - the Athi (Galana) River 560 km long with a broad floodplain in its lower reaches and the Tana River 800 km long; (b) rivers flowing into Lake Victoria of which the Nzoia River, Yala River and Sio River are the most important. Several seasonal rivers such as the Turkwell drain the western rift wall toward Lake Rudolf. Altogether FAO/UN (1966) estimated about 3 000 km of rivers in the country.\nThe major Kenyan lakes fall into two main groups: (a) Lake Victoria; (b) the Rift Valley lakes. Kenya possesses 4 100 km2 (69%) of Lake Victoria. A considerable portion of this is located in the shallow and productive Kavirondo Gulf. Characteristics of the Rift Valley lakes are shown in Table 25.\nCharacteristics of the Rift Valley lakes of Kenya\nLake Area (km2) Conductivity\nLake Rudolf (Lake Turkana) 7 200 3 000 \u03bcmhos cm-1\nLake Baringo 130 416 \u03bcmhos cm-1\nLake Hannington 33 soda lake\nLake Nakuru 51 soda lake\nLake Elementeita 21 soda lake\nLake Naivasha 1 890 400 \u03bcmhos cm-1\nLake Magall\u00e9 180 160 000 \u03bcmhos cm-1\nOne small lake, Lake Jipe lies between Kenya and Tanzania. About half of the lake's total 38 km2 lie in each country. Many other small lakes and dams are dotted around the country, and there are several small seasonal lagoons in coastal areas at the mouths of the Tana and Galana Rivers.\nThere is one large river on the Athi River and numerous ponds and dams scattered throughout the country. FAO/UN (1966) estimated between 12 000 and 22 000 ponds and 3 000 dams; in 1975, this area of ponds was estimated at 2 800 ha (FAO/UNDP, 1975) made up of about 28 000 individual ponds.\nThe highlands of Kenya are used for agriculture, whereas the lowland areas tend to be occupied by pastoral peoples. Large areas of the country have been reserved as game parks and much of the north is desertic and supports only very limited populations.\nNominal catches in the inland waters of Kenya (1970\u201376)\nOf the nominal catch shown in Table 26, Kenya Fishery Department statistics indicate catches from the Kenyan waters of Lake Victoria as in Table 27.\nFish catch from the Kenyan waters of Lake Victoria\nFAO/UN (1966) estimated the production of the various water bodies in 1965 as in Table 28.\nProduction of fish from the inland waters of Kenya (1965)\nWater body Yield\n(t) Projected yield\nLake Baringo 600 900\nLake Jipe 150 100\nLake Navasha 550 1 000\nLake Rudolf (Turkana) 850 12 000\nLake Victoria 12 000 8 000\nTana/Athi Rivers 500 500\nFish ponds and dams 120 1 000\nOther lakes and rivers 700 2 000\nTotals 15 470 25 000\nFAO/UN (1966) projected increases in most waters to be reached by 1970. These increases, in fact, predicted a yield of about 25 000 t, a figure very similar to that quoted as nominal catch, from 1970 to 1975. Lake Victoria is exceptional in that it not only maintained its yield in the face of overexploitation but has increased it to 17 000 t. It would now appear that most inland waters are approaching full exploitation and that further increases in catch are not foreseeable from natural waters. The only exception to this is Lake Turkana.\nLake Turkana has always remained the point of uncertainty in Kenyan inland fisheries. The lake is very isolated and the fishery has been very late in starting. It has always been assumed, due to the richness of the waters, that productivity would be high - the MEI for instance predicts catches of up to 93 000 t (about 123 kg/ha) and FAO/UN (1966) estimated the potential at between 50 000 and 160 000 t. However, more recent investigations by the Lake Turkana Investigation Team in 1975 suggested that the potential yield would be much lower than this, between 5 000 and 10 000 t.\nAs the catches from most waters seem to have reached their upper range giving a total catch of about 37 000 t in 1976, the potential for further development rests mainly on the actual potential from Lake Turkana. If the potential is as low as suggested by the Lake Turkana Investigation Team, then little increase in overall production can be anticipated. Any increase over and above the present tonnage will reflect the degree to which the lake can exceed this estimate.\nFAO/UN, 1966 Report to the Government of Kenya on Fishery Development Possibilities. Based on the work of D.H. Rhodes. Rep.FAO/TA, (2144):77 p.\nApart from a narrow coastal strip Liberia consists of a series of plateaus of moderately high altitude within a few higher hills of up to 1 500 m. The country is densely forested.\nThe climate is hot and humid with one major extended rainy season between April and November. There is very little variation in temperature which averages about 30\u00b0C.\nSix main rivers flow across the country from the Fouta Djallon Mountains of Guinea. These are the Lofa River, the St. Paul River, the Saint John River, and the Cestos River which have their lower courses entirely in the country, the Mano River which forms the frontier with Sierra Leone and the Cavalla (Cavally) River which forms the frontier with Ivory Coast. In addition there are several smaller streams such as the Grand Cess River, the Sino River and the Farmington River.\nThere are no large natural lakes in Liberia.\nThere is one small hydroelectric reservoir near Monrovia.\nLagoons (such as Lake Piso - 180 km2), tidal creeks and swamps are plentiful along the coastline.\nLiberia exports iron, rubber and timber. Apart from the commodities the country is wholly devoted to small-scale agriculture.\nNominal catches from the inland waters of Liberia (1970\u201376)\nThere is very little information on the inland fisheries of Liberia. In view of the area of fresh and brackish waters the nominal catch of 4 000 t cited in Table 29 seems low, but lacking further information it is difficult to make a forecast of potential catch.\n3. TOTAL CATCH: 54 950 (1976) Freshwater fish (% total catch): 75.5\nThe Malagasy Republic is situated on the Island of Madagascar and some smaller offshore islands. The main island consists of a central high plateau between 1 000 and 2 000 m in altitude which falls away steeply on all sides to a narrow coastal belt.\nThe central islands have a temperate climate with a single rainy season from November to April. The coastal regions have a tropical climate. On the north and west coast rains are light whereas on the south and east rains are heavy and continuous throughout the year.\nMany rivers flow from the central highlands of Madagascar. Most of these are torrential in their upper courses with only very small or restricted floodplains. Nevertheless Collart and Rabelahatra (1977) estimate the area of floodplain to be 91 800 ha.\nThe main natural lakes in the country are listed in Table 30.\nAreas of the main natural lakes of Madagascar\nLake Area (ha)\nAlaotra 20 000\nKinkony 13 900\nIhotry 1 000\nItasy 3 500\nKomanaomky 1 810\nBemamba 1 586\nHima 1 547\nMondrozo 1 441\nAmparihibe 1 247\nThere are two large dams situated near the capital Antananarivo (Table 31).\nAreas of the major reservoirs of Madagascar\nReservoir Area (ha)\nToiazompaniry 3 200\nMantosoa 2 050\nMadagascar has enormous brackishwater resources. These consist of lagoons on the east coast and mangrove swamps grouped around the mouths of the main rivers on the west coast (Table 32).\nAreas of the major brackish waters of Madagascar\nLagoons Area (ha)\nLoza 15 600\nPangalanes 18 000\nAnony 2 262\nAmpahana 2 175\nMasianaha 1 329\nMangrove swamps Area (ha)\nMahavary-Nord 33 200\nLoza and Marinda 18 000\nMahajamba 39 400\nBetsiboka 46 000\nMahavavy-Sud 34 000\nBesalampy 45 700\nMaintirano 25 500\nTsiribihira 37 000\nMangoky 23 200\nThe country is wholly agricultural and bad land-use practices and deforestation have resulted in severe erosion problems which have lead to many of the rivers being heavily charged with silt.\n8. FISH YIELD/PRODUCTION\nNominal catches in the inland waters of Madagascar (1970\u201376)\nAn estimated production of about 12 300 t per year (equivalent to 130 kg/ha/y) is obtained from the commercial fisheries in the major lakes and lagoons. The yield of the subsistence fisheries is thought to be 28 000 t, giving a total yield of 40 000 t, which agrees with the nominal catch (Table 33).\nThe estimate of 40 000 t was taken by Collart and Rabelahatra (1977) as near the maximum that can be produced from natural waters.\nThe fishery has been developing at about 2 percent per year over the last 15 years. In some lakes, e.g., Lake Alaotra, accelerated development of the fishery occurred when better fishing materials were introduced. Lake Itasy was overexploited between 1960 and 1965 and the stocks did not reconstitute themselves. Many of the other areas, such as the Pangalanes are recorded to be unproductive and intensively exploited.\nNo great increases in natural fish production can be anticipated from the inland and brackish waters of Madagascar. They are at present intensively exploited and need rational management to maintain their present levels of productivity. Further growth of the inland fisheries sector could occur through fish culture and/or intensive management of inland water bodies by stocking and feeding.\nCollart, A. and A. Rabelahatra, 1977 Pour le recueil des donn\u00e9es statistiques de base sur les p\u00eaches continentales. Production et commercialisation. Projet de d\u00e9veloppement des p\u00eaches continentales et de l'aquaculture, MDRRA-PNUD-FAO. 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Parents and carers are welcome to read the Policy on request.\nOur Designated Person for Safeguarding and Child Protection is Mrs Emma Clarke and the Deputy Designated Person is Mrs Karen Lewis.\nFor our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy, please see our Policy Page at the link below:", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 106, "original_length": 2653, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 326.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.fastmoving.co.za/news/marketing-74/mergers-acquisitions-how-to-manage-growth-with-the-right-brand-architecture-strategy-12725", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:57Z", "digest": "sha1:KK4VMP3VK6FSBPOD6DSMOH42VTIZCTKX", "length": 5894, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "www.fastmoving.co.za", "title": "Mergers & acquisitions: How to manage growth with the right brand architecture strategy - Marketing News", "raw_content": "Home > News > Marketing News > Mergers & Acquisitions: How To Manage Growth With The Right Brand Architecture Strategy\nthere were over 50,000 merger & acquisition (M&A) deals announced in 2018. By May, R26.6-trillion had been spent on M&As, more than seven times SA\u2019s annual GDP.\nBy Abe Louw - Jan 14th, 13:30\nSAB and AB InBev, Amazon and Whole Foods, Heinz and Kraft, AT&T and Time Warner, Microsoft and LinkedIn, and Bayer and Monsanto are all examples of M&As in recent years involving monoliths of industry, totalling R4.9-trillion.\nAs brands consolidate to survive, brand architecture strategy is becoming increasingly important.\nRephrasing the question\nIn 2011, The Economist asked: \u201cDo companies have to buy others to grow?\u201d This was a pertinent question for the time, given that companies had lots of money and little direction on what to do with it. After the financial crisis, frugal spending by the private sector meant they had plenty of cash, leaving many executives with the question of what to spend it on.\nEight years later it seems that the question, though still relevant, needs to be rephrased. Something like \u201cDo companies have to buy others to survive?\u201d would do better given the consolidation of one of the world\u2019s biggest tech firms, Amazon.\nDon\u2019t be \u2018Amazoned\u2019\nAmazon is known for growth via acquisition, which has put a number of businesses and industries under threat. In rumoured anticipation of Amazon going into the prescription drug game, pharmacy retail chain CVS purchased Aetna, a medical insurance company, in a merger worth R963-billion. Vertical integration is the new play by incumbents to fend off agile Silicon Valley firms, like Amazon, that have disrupted sleepy industries.\nThe Aetna-CVS merger isn\u2019t the only example of companies trying to prevent themselves from being \u201cAmazoned\u201d \u2013 when firms are put out of business by the retail giant. Walmart has been on a spending spree, notably buying online retailer Jet.com for R13.9-billion in 2016.\nAs postulated by The Economist, it seems that M&As have become less of an offensive play and more of a defensive one in today\u2019s business environment.\nHire the architect before building the house\nM&As are difficult. According to 2017 research released by KPMG, only about a third of M&As or takeovers add value to shareholders. Many companies struggle to integrate capabilities, cultures and brands. Clients and markets may also be confused by the new structure and how it would fundamentally change the business and its offering. Enter brand architecture.\nBrand architecture is the deliberate and strategic design of the structure of a company that has numerous offerings or businesses. Virgin, for example, has multiple offerings under one brand: Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Mobile, Virgin Insurance and Virgin Active, to name a few. Telesure has taken a different approach. Auto & General, Hippo, Dialdirect and 1st for Women do not hold the same name as the \u201cmother brand\u201d.\nThere are various other approaches to brand architecture, but the one commonality is that there is always a strategic solution that is a best fit for the firm. Here\u2019s a look at three broad ways to tackle the problem.\nThe three that be\nSimply put, there are three overarching ways to construct your portfolio: branded house, hybrid, or house of brands.\nBranded house involves multiple entities that are all named after the \u201cparent brand\u201d, often called a monolithic brand. Hybrid includes a range of strategies within one portfolio. This often involves an endorsement or strategic association with a parent brand. A hybrid approach is often considered a \u201ccatch-all\u201d approach where the structure doesn\u2019t fit the other two. House of brands are independent brands within a portfolio.\nWhere\u2019s the money, honey?\nEach of these three designs should be evaluated against the strategic needs of your business, notwithstanding the depth of your pockets.\nAs with any strategy, trade-offs need to be made. In this case, there is a trade-off between the level of investment behind the brand architecture strategy and the flexibility that each approach can give you.\nTypically a branded house would require the least level of marketing investment, as the acquired company would be absorbed into the parent company, resulting in the management of a single brand. In addition to this, all marketing efforts would build equity back into a single brand. However, this approach means that there is a lot of control that the one brand may have over another, which may, in turn, create a clash of cultures as one brand absorbs another. This is most often the case when a merger happens.\nOn the other hand, a house of brands would require significant investment as you would have to manage several different brands that don\u2019t ladder up or build equity into anything but themselves. However, this approach does give you flexibility as you may not be bound by enforced brand guidelines from other brands in the organisation that has acquired you.\nA hybrid brand would fit somewhere in-between. The Coca-Cola Company, for example, has both a branded house (Coca-Cola original, Coca-Cola Light, Coca-Cola Zero, Coca-Cola Life) and a house of brands (Dasani, Fanta, Sprite, Fuze and so forth). In this case, there can be both flexibility and control within one brand architecture strategy as well as varying levels of investment related to the brand architecture strategy in question.\nThe age of M&As is here to stay. Squashing businesses together and making it work is becoming more and more challenging. With the right brand architecture and socialisation strategy, you can turn what seems like a forced fit into a more seamless transition.Business Live\nRead more about: strategy | mergers | markets | marketing | industries | business | brands | aqusitions\nMergers & acquisitions: How to manage growth with the right brand architecture strategy - Marketing News", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 136, "original_length": 9711, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 302.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.fastmoving.co.za/news/supplier-news-17/supply-chain-resilience-how-agile-is-your-supply-chain-12383", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:10Z", "digest": "sha1:ASETPPUI3C2BHQRMSCKXEKTPZ5CF4H5E", "length": 5423, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.fastmoving.co.za", "title": "Supply chain resilience: How agile is your supply chain? - FMCG Supplier News", "raw_content": "Home > News > Fmcg Supplier News > Supply Chain Resilience: How Agile Is Your Supply Chain?\nThanks to globalisation, the typical manufacturing supply chain has become an incredibly complex network of entities spread across various continents.\nBy Wesley Niemann - Oct 4th 2018, 11:38\nMore complex supply chains are susceptible to a variety of risks that could disrupt the aforementioned flows and have severe adverse effects on all the entities involved in the supply chain. These risks necessitate the development of a more resilient supply chain which can respond to and recover from disruptive events and return operations to their original state or a new and improved state.\nOne of the major principles underpinning supply chain resilience is agility. Agile supply chains possess competencies such as event readiness that allow them to respond to disruptive risks more rapidly and cost-effectively. A study was conducted by supply chain management researchers at the University of Pretoria to explore the risks and specific agile practices used to achieve supply chain resilience in the South African food and beverage manufacturing sector.\nSouth African food and beverage manufacturers are, like many other firms, dependent on their suppliers to provide the raw materials that will be used in the production process. As such, food and beverage manufacturers are exposed to a significant level of supply risk which may lead to production halts, and subsequent inadequate supply of products to the market. This, in turn, may lead to consumers resorting to substitute products and an overall decrease in revenues.\nOperational risks have their impact on the inner workings of the firm, which ultimately affects the firm\u2019s ability to manufacture products and services to meet market demand. The study found that a significant proportion of food and beverage manufacturers in South Africa faced operational risks as a result of failures to adhere to processes. Effectively responding to the needs of customers is a critical aspect of any supply chain which exposes firms to a series of demand risks as products are moved from the firm to its customers. A firm\u2019s inability to respond to changes in demand could result in customers finding substitute products that better meet their needs. Inaccurate forecasting and volatility in demand have had adverse effects on food and beverage manufacturers\u2019 ability to meet the needs of their customers.\nSupply chain resilience in the food and beverage manufacturing industry is the result of reactive approaches and proactive approaches taken by these firms in the face of disruptive risks. More importantly, agile practices were found to be a major contributing factor to increase resilience in supply chains.\nSupply chain agility allows the supply chain as a whole to more rapidly respond to customer needs and variations in demand. Agility is based on a series of capabilities or enablers such as flexibility, visibility, responsiveness and velocity. These capabilities are dependent on the ability of the firms in the supply chain to communicate more effectively to recognise discrepancies sooner, collaborate with one another to achieve tighter integrated amongst supply chain partners, and improve the overall network design of the supply chain. More importantly, managers need to be attuned to agile practices and should increase the awareness of agile practices among lower-level employees.\nImproving agility throughout the supply chain\nFood and beverage firms can improve their agility by implementing agile manufacturing practices including time-based competition, socio-technical systems design and demand chain management. Contributing further to the agility of the supply chain, lean manufacturing and just-in-time principles assist firms in reducing inventory levels and increasing the flexibility needed to respond to unexpected market changes.\nOne of the most important benefits that firms can realise in improving agility throughout the supply chain is the increase in customer satisfaction. Agility enables the firms to respond to customer needs more effectively. This, in turn, increases the revenues of the supply chain as a result of increased sales. Most importantly, increased agility results in a more resilient supply chain that can respond to and recover from disruptions in a cost-effective manner.\nThriving in a complex and fast-moving industry such as the food and beverage industry requires an agile, and ultimately more resilient supply chain that can respond to changes in the market more rapidly and recover from disruptions in a cost-effective manner. Managers should be focused on developing the capabilities needed to increase agility, such as improved collaboration, communication and integration which all contribute to greater visibility throughout the supply chain. Just-in-time practices and lean manufacturing should be investigated and implemented in conjunction with training and educating the lower-level employees who are responsible for operationalising these practices.\nFinally, food and beverage manufacturers should be focused on developing more proactive approaches to disruptive risks. This will allow them to pre-empt these disruptions and respond to them more effectively\nRead more about: supply chain | production | manufacturing | disruption | agility\nSupply chain resilience: How agile is your supply chain? - FMCG Supplier News", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 122, "original_length": 9136, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 233.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.filmlandempire.net/2013/06/the-terracotta-film-festival-2013.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:07Z", "digest": "sha1:5ACWAZOJBOHKQ35YRUI3VR3WXOWJ3HQQ", "length": 2569, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.filmlandempire.net", "title": "FilmLand Empire: The Terracotta Film Festival 2013 - A Presentation", "raw_content": "The Terracotta Film Festival 2013 - A Presentation\nWith the pleasant taste combinations of delightful dumplings from Dumpling's Legend Restaurant in Chinatown, a group of film journalists and bloggers, including myself, was recently given a presentation of 2013's Terracotta Far East Film Festival. As pointed out the 'Far East' are the driving adjectives for the Terracotta Festival as it is the myriad of film talent coming from Indonesia, Thailand, Taiwan, Korea, Japan and China that is being highlighted and not, for example, India's Bollywood.\nThis year 26 handpicked films will be divided up within four categories: In Memory Of: Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui, Current Asian Cinema, Terror Cotta Horror All-Nighter and Spotlight On: Indonesia. There will be a return of all the regular features such as Q&As and masterclasses that always offer up the surprise and chance to become educated in Asian film by the actors and film makers masterfully working today. The organisers would not nor could not confirm who their special guests are for the 2013 Masterclasses. However, the not knowing is a satisfying, memorable aspect of previous Terracotta Festivals.\nThe dates and times for all of the films are all live on the Terracotta Film Festival site www.terracottafestival.com. With film titles such as When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep (dir. Hou Chi-Jan, Current Asian Cinema) and What They Don't Talk about when they Talk about Love (dir. Mouly Surya, Spotlight On: Indonesia), this festival deserves any cinephiles attention for word play alone. As ever, there is a pleasing mixture of the gritty, the romantic and the horror filled at the festival. An example of the gritty is A Bullet Vanishes (dir. Law Chi Leung, Current Asian Cinema); the romantic in A Werewolf Boy (dir. Jo Sung-hee, Current Asian Cinema) and the full night of horror films that are part of the Terror Cotta Horror All-Nighter. It does exactly what it says on the pack, a night of Horror films to keep you awake and watching.\nThe festival ill be retaining it's traditional home of the comfortable surrounds of the Prince Charles Cinema just off Leicester Square but will this year also include the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) on The Mall as it's second venue. From experience, FilmLandEmpire will be looking forward to this years line-up as the Terracotta Film Festival has proven to be a well run, entertaining, educational and worthwhile film investment for any film fan. The festival will run between today until the 15th of June. 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To wit:\nThe dead horse is a nice touch. Really sells the idea of massacre.\nDVDSavant's (http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s2318epic.html) take:\nThe Colossus of Rhodes jumps ahead about five years, beyond Hercules and Ben-Hur when Rome's Cinecitt\u00e0 was the center of European production. Big money went into fancy pictures like The Last Days of Pompeii and The Last Days of Sodom and Gomorrah, drawing money and stars from all over Europe and across the Atlantic. Dozens of much cheaper productions would soon clog the market, but The Colossus of Rhodes was an expensive proposition all the way. It's a hot ticket now because it's the first directing credit for Sergio Leone, who had made a name as an assistant director on many Hollywood shows filmed in Italy, from Quo Vadis? to The Nun's Story. The Colossus of Rhodes is more of a high-budget sword-and-sandal tale but it benefits from clean direction and some clever action scenes below, inside and clinging to the gigantic statue of the title.\nAs Dario, an Athenian on vacation in Rhodes, American star Rory Calhoun wears an incongruous smile through most of the show. In the first half he stumbles repeatedly into key meetings and events in a three-way struggle for power. It's all generic stuff. A fat pig of a king doesn't realize that his prime minister (Conrado San Martin) is smuggling in Phoenician warriors for a coup d'etat, while the lowly Rhodian freedom fighters hope that Dario will throw in with their lot. The architect of the giant colossus (F\u00e9lix Fern\u00e1ndez) regrets that his technological marvel will be put to evil purposes, even though he's rigged it to drop boiling oil on passing boats. A tireme carrying some freedom fighters parks itself under the statue, to demonstrate the statue's effectiveness.\nThe movie is a handsomely directed but rather slack series of secret meetings, double-crosses and narrow escapes. Lea Massari (L'Avventura) isn't much as a duplicitous lover, while Argentinian Mabel Karr steps in as a replacement love interest. \u00c1ngel Aranda (of Planet of the Vampires) is a jolly freedom fighter who likes to throw a knife. Dario sneaks around an underground labyrinth, witnesses some nasty Rhodian tortures and interrupts some grisly arena death games. In the film's best scene, he fights a duel on the arms of the towering statue, after crawling out a trap door in the giant bronze's ear.\nThe fitfully exciting The Colossus of Rhodes has a big cast of extras and some okay fighting scenes, and the mechanical interior of the statue is a novel setting. It's too bad that the script is content to settle for peplum clich\u00e9s for most everything else.\nThe disc of The Colossus of Rhodes presents the SuperTotalScope production in its proper widescreen format. At 128 minutes, it's about a reel short of the Italian version (said to be available as an import disc), which may have a couple of extended torture scenes. The film seems long enough as it is. Angelo Francesco Lavagnino's score is somewhat subdued except for an opening series of sharp notes on the main theme. The track is in English with English and French subs; a trailer is included as well.\nSir Christopher Frayling provides a terrific commentary that places The Colossus of Rhodes in context with the later westerns of Sergio Leone , finding parallel themes and action even though this show is nowhere near as tightly directed. Frayling also promotes Leone's notion that the film is a parody of Alfred Hitchcock's movies, particularly North by NorthWest and Saboteur with its similarly hollow Statue of Liberty. The author and scholar misses few details, although fans of Ray Harryhausen will immediately recognize the rebel camp as placed in the middle of the weird rock formations featured in The Valley of Gwangi. Best of all, Frayling's interest in finding merit in the film contrasts strongly with commentaries from Peter Bogdanovich and the special effects experts on The Giant Behemoth. Although Frayling clicks off the sword and sandal clich\u00e9s one after another -- pointy bearded villain, evil lady with an opulent boudoir, rag-tag freedom fighters -- he bears an affection and respect for non-elitist genres that the other commentators lack. As has been proven many times before, there's plenty of art to be found in popular genres, along with lessons that could benefit many more prestigious pictures.\nThe Big Sword-Down\nIt\u2019s tough having to bite the dust without a harmonica to play\u2026.\nI now own it + have watched it. For you guys, I'd say it's definitely worth a purchase. For non-Leone fans ...forget about it.\nThere is a really nice uncut German box-set (http://www.amazon.de/Koloss-von-Rhodos-Rory-Calhoun/dp/B000I0S7NY/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1239797685&sr=1-8) but unfortunately Italian and German audio with no English subs. However, if you really want to see stronger evidence of Leone's forthcoming style, then it's definitely worth watching if you can. Apart from the end sequence which is heavily cut in the English-language release, most of the cuts are simply removals of different camera angles and longer shots.\nThanks, I followed the link, but amazon.de lists the running time as 128. Would PAL speedup account for 11 minutes?\nYes, they have the wrong running time listed. Here's the specs from the actual publishers where it is listed as 137mins:\nhttp://www.e-m-s.de/dvd.php?name=116131\n\u00ab : April 15, 2009, 09:01:07 AM Novecento \u00bb\nThanks. Guess I'll have to order a copy . . .\nI've just noticed this French release from last year.\nThe run-time is listed is 135 which appears to be 2mins shy of the excellent German release. Sadly, as with the German release, there is no English audio\nFrayling says on the dvd commentary that Calhoun was offered the part of the Man With No Name, which he declined, to his later regret", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 122, "original_length": 9479, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 283.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.floridabankruptcyblog.com/how-municipal-bond-swaps-are-used-to-lower-taxes/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:31Z", "digest": "sha1:BYHRDD3NCCDMF3IFETVZMTQ6TKJWP62Y", "length": 3381, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.floridabankruptcyblog.com", "title": "How Municipal Bond Swaps are used to Lower Taxes | FloridaBankruptcyBlog.com How Municipal Bond Swaps are used to Lower Taxes \u2013 FloridaBankruptcyBlog.com", "raw_content": "Municipal bond swaps are used by a variety of investors to do everything from increase the investor\u2019s yield to lower the amount an investor pays in taxes. In general, a bond swap is an investment technique in which a person sells a bond and then buys a different bond with the money earned from the sale. Municipal bonds are good bonds to swap because it\u2019s not too difficult to find two bonds with similar credit ratings, coupons, maturity periods and prices.\nIn a municipal bond swap, an investor swaps one bond for a different one to take advantage of current market and/or tax conditions. Swapping bonds for tax purposes is the most common of all types of municipal bond swaps. In general, any investor holding bonds that are currently selling below their current amortized purchase price and who also has taxable income (from either direct income, capital gains, or other sources) whose tax liability could be offset by taking a tax loss could potentially benefit from municipal bond swapping.\nIn short, in order to lower a tax bill, a person must be able to show that they have taken a loss on an investment. This loss is them subtracted from the income made by other investments or simply from the income earned by a person or couple within a year. Through trading assets that are currently selling below their purchase price with those that are trading above their selling price, an investor can show that he or she has taken an investment loss. This allows an investor to reduce or eliminate the capital gains taxes he or she would have paid on their profitable trades during the current tax year.\nA traditional tax swap takes place in two steps. First, an investor has to sell a bond that is worth less than what he or she paid for it. Then, the investor needs to buy a municipal bond with very similar characteristics. It is important for the investor to not purchase an identical bond, or the swap is not valid.\nFor example, take the case of an investor who owns a $50,000, ten year, AA rated municipal bond with a 4.00% interest rate that was originally bought five years ago. If interest rates increase and now new bonds are getting issued with a 4.50% interest rate, the value of the municipal bond owned by the investor will fall to about $48,000. If the investor sells his or her bond, he or she will realize a $2,000 capital loss. This capital loss can be used to offset any capital gains the investor has earned within the present tax year. The loss can also be used to offset earned income.\nAfter taking the loss, the investor should then purchase a new AA rated 4.00% municipal bond, maturing in five years, at an approximate cost of $48,000. Be sure that the new bond comes from a different issuer. The new bond will have the same yield, maturity and quality as the old bond, but the investor will have taken a loss that can save him or her money on his or her taxes. Of course, if the investor holds the new bond until it matures, he or she will realize a $2,000 gain at the end of five years. At that time the income from the bond will be taxable as ordinary income.\nReasons not to Cut up your Credit Cards even if You\u2019re not Charging\nThe Road to Early Retirement\nHow do you Represent yourself Successfully in Court\nWhat you need to know about Credit Cards that are Designed for Bad Credit\nHow to Spend Money in College\nTips for Increasing your Credit Rating", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 4344, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 250.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.foodwise.com.au/community-faces/the-city-of-whitehorse-council/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:28Z", "digest": "sha1:AWZJG7AUNTXLTANRBDMPHGZYYOX2MWFL", "length": 2758, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.foodwise.com.au", "title": "The City of Whitehorse Council | FOODWISE", "raw_content": "Our Community \u00bb The City of Whitehorse Council\nThe City of Whitehorse is located just 15 kilometres east of Melbourne, Victoria and covers an area of 64 square kilometres.\nThe Whitehorse City Council is the designated local government body for the Whitehorse municipality. Whitehorse\u2019s suburbs include, Blackburn, Blackburn North, Blackburn South, Box Hill Box Hill North, Box Hill South, Burwood, Burwood East, Forest Hill, Mitcham, Mont Albert, Mont Albert North, Nunawading, Surrey Hills, Vermont and Vermont South.\nAs one of Council\u2019s core values, sustainability is important to the community programs delivered by Council. As part of this commitment, in 2013 Council downsized the standard rubbish bin size for all Whitehorse households by one third. This move is expected to reduce the amount of waste households send to landfill each year and is strongly supported by a range of community programs supporting waste avoidance behaviours in the community.\n44 percent of the average Whitehorse rubbish bin is food waste. This is made up of both food scraps that could be composted, and avoidable food waste that could be turned in to great \u201cleftovers\u201d meals! What a huge waste of natural resources, contributes to greenhouse gas emissions, and as food waste is so heavy costs the community through landfill fees.\nCouncil hopes for more people to grow their own vegetables, herbs and fruit, even in the smallest urban spaces. Sharing home grown food with neighbours, and utilising public spaces such as nature strips to grow edible food, creates a sense of community and a local food supply.\nCouncil is currently conducting a Home Composting and Food Waste Avoidance Trial providing 200 households with composting and worm farming equipment, group workshops, home visits and access to an online community hub. This allows participants to learn about home composting and food waste avoidance from experts and each other, as well as helping Council identify the best ways to promote and support home composting and food waste avoidance to the broader community.\nCouncil is accredited as a Fair Trade Community and supports a range of local harvest swaps, community gardens and the local farmer\u2019s market held at the Whitehorse Civic Centre in Nunawading every month.\nAny meal made from fresh locally sourced ingredients followed by a great fair-trade tea or coffee of course!\nCouncil has a broad sustainability community engagement program ranging from regular community events to an annual Sustainable Living Week, held every March.\nIf you would like to get involved sign up for our online newsletter by emailing greener.living@whitehorse.vic.gov.au or if you are Whitehorse resident check Council\u2019s monthly newsletter the Whitehorse News for event details.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 105, "original_length": 4423, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 331.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.fortbendtexans.com/clubs/1999/announcements/1294267", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:02Z", "digest": "sha1:2DFGP7625OUBA3XCVEY563H2U4CQ4KMS", "length": 322, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.fortbendtexans.com", "title": "- Spencer Griffin Signs with LA Angels", "raw_content": "Spencer Griffin Signs with LA Angels\nPosted by Fort Bend Texans on Jul 04 2017 at 09:31AM PDT in 2017 Spring/Summer\nCongratulations to Spencer Griffin (Travis HS Class of 2015) and his family on Spencer\u2019s official signing with the LA Angels. 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Joseph Illo's Blog", "raw_content": "From the Pastor\u2019s Laptop: Inside and Outside\nA procession through the streets of San Francisco\nI wish you all a Happy Second Mystery of the Holy Rosary. That\u2019s of course Our Lady\u2019s Visitation to her cousin Elizabeth. It is the title for my home parish in Pennsylvania (Our Lady of the Visitation in Shippensburg), where I received Confirmation and countless Holy Communions. The Visitation was Mother Teresa\u2019s favorite mystery, I think: she was fascinated by this \u201cfirst Eucharistic procession\u201d in history, inspired by Our Lady\u2019s carrying Jesus to her husband immediately after she received Him at the Annunciation (see for yourself, in Luke 1:38 and 39). She didn\u2019t keep Him all for herself. She took Jesus into the streets, and gave Him to another who needed Him.\nTaking Jesus into the Streets\nWhat happened last week in San Francisco proved that my parish is capable of doing the same. We kept the Blessed Sacrament on the altar from Friday morning to Saturday morning, and more than enough people kept Jesus company throughout the day and night. One family even came back the next day to do another holy hour from midnight to 1am\u2014had to tell them it\u2019s only once a week! Now we can keep Jesus in the chapel every week for 24 hours.\nBut something else happened. We had a Corpus Christi procession through the streets; we brought Jesus out to the vast majority of people who would never think of coming inside our church to meet Him. Jesus commanded us to evangelize, but most Catholics would never think to make it their business to publicly witness to Christ. \u201cGo out and teach all peoples\u2026.\u201d Jesus told us; what part of \u201cgo\u201d do we not understand? Why does Christ impose this obligation on us? Not because he \u201cneeds\u201d us to promote his Gospel, but because we need to express our faith. The Christian who does not give it away sees his faith die within him. We need to tell others what God has done for us, or we gradually cease believing it ourselves.\nWitnessing in the Streets\nThere are many ways one witnesses to Christ. One powerful new movement is called \u201cSt. Paul Street Evangelization.\u201d Over 200 chapters have formed around the world over the last five years. One of our parishioners gave me the book and told me that we need to at least try this in San Francisco. It\u2019s as simple as gathering a little team of five or six, reading the book, getting some online training, and then setting up a table in a public place for a few hours. We are thinking of the Farmer\u2019s Market a few blocks away. We offer rosaries, medals, pamphlets, and personal witness to anyone who is interested. We don\u2019t confront; we let them come to us, and simply tell them what God has done for us as Catholic Christians. We may get to apologetics if that is needed, but we begin simply by witnessing to the joy of knowing Jesus and His Church. 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In Aiea, crowns, bridges and implants are primarily utilized to improve function and oral health, but these restorative devices also become cosmetic in nature for one reason\u2014esthetic appeal...\n...Oral health is an important (if sometimes overlooked) component of your general well-being, and several studies have pointed to a link between oral and systemic diseases \u2014 for example, diabetes and heart disease...\n...Gale Marana at Pearl Kai Dentistry provides personalized oral health care that is tailored for your distinctive dental needs and goals...\n... 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Thus when I say that I had a certain role in the game's development, I can't say I was the only person that may have had that role for the entire 3+ years of its development.]\nGames like chess, backgammon, and Go have been popular and civil ways to compete with others for hundreds or thousands of years. But these never reached the scale or grandeur of the Olympic Games. When games started going digital with products like Dune, Command and Conquer, and Starcraft, games got much more complex and immersive. Still, the scale of how many people could be in a game at the same time was not much larger than chess. The possibility of having an Olympic-level competition on a computer wasn't realized until the development of Shattered Galaxy (Nexon, 2001), and largely has not been realized since.\nWhy has the industry stalled so dramatically in this area of cybersports, and why did they fail just as they were getting started? The answers might surprise you. In this paper I am going to do my best to sort that out, with the hope that understanding the past of cybersports will help us successfully navigate the future of cybersports. [Please note that I don't address human physical activity simulations here like riflery, dancing, or ping pong, even if the activity is being recorded/transmitted electronically. To me these are still physical sports and animating or transmitting them doesn't make them eSports. If you want to include them, then eventually all sports will be eSports and the distinction will become meaningless.].\nIn case you have not heard, RIOT recently signed a deal with MLB Advanced Media to distribute their League of Legends tournaments for about $90,000,000 a year. As far as I am concerned, that's enough zeros to finally get the attention of investors. This is critical, since it isn't game developers who ultimately decide what gets made or not, it's the investors that fund these projects.\nLooking around, there really are not that many games that provide an eSports experience worth watching. Why is that? Starcraft (1998), League of Legends (2009), and World of Tanks (2010 for RU, 2011 for NA) are by far the most popular eSports games. These games are also very popular in Asia, but none of these games were made in Asia. Why is that?\nActually, the greatest eSports game of all time was made in Asia. Its name there was originally \u201cTactical Commanders\u201d, made by Nexon in South Korea. An augmented version was English-localized and called Shattered Galaxy. SG was released in 2001, three months before Lineage, and thus SG was the first English-localized Asian MMO and also the world's first MMORTS.\nI'm about to get into some history here, to put everything in context, and then I'm going to detail the primary obstacles to making a commercially successful eSports game. I've often been called out for being critical of prevailing game designs, but not explaining how to make them better. I'm not going to be stingy in this article, I'm going to detail the solutions to these same problems in substantial detail. I happen to have been on the development team making SG, and also consulted for the publisher, Tri Synergy. I've also worked extensively with Wargaming.net, as I will detail later. Thus I may have a bias, but since I am such a huge advocate of eSports I've gone to great lengths to attach myself to projects and companies that share this passion.\nBack in late 1999 I was up to my eyeballs making more money than I had ever seen by selling virtual goods in a game called Everquest. It got so intense that I even partnered with Ashley Dunn at the Los Angeles Times to write the first mainstream article on virtual goods sales: http://articles.latimes.com/2000/apr/20/news/mn-21581\nI went by \u201cLee\u201d, my middle name, because I was working for SOE at the time and didn't want to get sued/fired/etc. After I saw the Shattered Galaxy beta, I stopped all that and quickly became one of the top players in that game. The thrill of play reminded me a lot of how I felt when I was engaged in \u201creal space\u201d professional athletics up until 1994 when I was hit by a drunk driver.\nI played under the name Sarcerok, am generally regarded as one of the top 3 players in SG of all time, and got invited to join the development team as a volunteer, which I did. I worked on SG for close to 18 months (including post release date) balancing all the units, which was no small task.\nSo why do I gush over SG and suggest it is a better eSports game than the Big 3? Bouts were generally 15 on 15 with each player having up to around 100 units that they could deploy in groups of up to 12. Each individual unit could level up from L1 to L50 (this took months) and have several slots for equipment that could be customized such that every unit in a player's stable could be different (and changed later). Thus you are talking battles with literally thousands of completely unique units. There were at least 40 different types, and each unit could be countered easily with at least one other. There was no super unit, it was all about teamwork and outguessing/outmaneuvering your opponents.\nYou can see why balancing all of that was a full time job.\nThe Asian teams were very organized (as you can imagine) as they played together from school or internet cafe and knew exactly what to do with each unit and what to counter it with. This made them very easy for me to defeat because I would load my units often with the opposite of what they \u201cshould\u201d be loaded with. This made them bad at what they were supposed to be good at, and great at killing the units they were supposed to die to. Or I would \u201caccidentally\u201d let one unit wander into their field of view, while the rest of my units (out of sight) were the counter to the counter for that unit, so that I could set traps. It was all very psychological and not at all a click fest.\nSo why wasn't SG a big hit? The wiki will say it was due to poor graphics. This isn't true, and I'm going to explain what happened to SG right now, probably for the first time in print. The first blow was that Nexon decided to experiment with a microtransaction in the game (which was subscription based). It was an overpowered unit aptly named the \u201cAbomination\u201d. The introduction of this unit screwed up the balance I had worked so hard to build. It generated immediate revenue but really damaged gameplay and made it boring when half the units in the game were now Abominations.\nShattered Galaxy (via sgalaxy.com)\nThe greatest blow was much more bizarre. We were dealing with hacks on a regular basis. Generally I would detect them first when I was playing, and our hack expert (another American volunteer) would then figure them out and produce fixes. An Asian team came up with a particularly effective hack that allowed them to freely enter battles but block those not using the hack from entering battles. Thus the Americans on the American server suddenly found out they could not join any battles anymore. We had it identified and \u201cfixed\u201d within 24 hours.\nThe problem came when Nexon told us there would be no fix. The Asian users of the hack had threatened to boycott Tactical Commanders in South Korea if the hack was fixed. Not wanting to lose their core audience, Nexon let Asian teams use the hack freely. Within a month (if not sooner) the game was dead in the USA as why would you pay for a game you can't play?\nNexon was putting all their eggs in their new Maplestory game, and pulled the plug on SG. This was a sad moment for me, but extremely educational. I could see that the new \u201cfree to play\u201d model that Nexon had pioneered was very successful, but also made eSports impossible as you need a fair play environment to have competition, and that's not possible if one side can pay to win.\nI didn't have a solution for the problem back then, so I helped Funcom and Mythic Entertainment next with their economies and with their Black Snow Interactive problem while the senior writer at Unknown Player.\nBy 2003 I was making $6000 a month as the top player in EVE Online, which I think again was an early form of cybersport, but paid by other players not by CCP. After a year studying the World of Warcraft economy I finally felt I was getting close to solving the business model and design problems with SG, World of Warcraft, and other popular multiplayer games. I dropped out of writing and game dev work, using my EVE earnings, and figured I could solve the problem in a year. It actually took me 4.5 years, as the issues involved were much more complex than I had hoped.\nI was not the only one that wanted to improve on SG by making a huge real time persistent eSports game. LoL and WoT were out by 2011 but there was no social progression in LoL or WoT. There was nothing out there where you could battle and work your way from L1 to L50 in an MMORTS environment where your actions affected your teammates in a persistent way. Heck, in SG you could even become president (I worked on that too, the first version was too easy to cheat. We didn't want it to be THAT realistic...), a system that was copied widely in Asian games that came after.\nTrion Worlds decided to step up and make End of Nations, the \u201cspiritual successor to SG\u201d in 2011. Maybe earlier but that's when I got involved. Knowing that what they were trying to do was likely a lot harder than they were hoping, I offered to help and even designed a full economy/progression/reward/monetization system for the game before waiting for an answer. That answer never came as they didn't want to talk to me. The alpha test group was mostly made up of SG vets, and I did the ultimate taboo action in the field of monetization:\nI asked the players how they wanted to pay for the game.\nThe thread raced to over 2000 comments (more than 10 times the largest pinned developer thread) before being locked and deleted by Trion. This was a shame since that was a lot of good data lost. The testers were also starting to ask why Sarcerok (the name I went by between 2001 and 2011 due to race-related death threats) was not helping with the development. I'll never know the answer to that since they would not talk to me. EoN was officially canceled in 2014.\nIn February of 2012 I finished writing a paper I titled \u201cSupremacy Goods\u201d. I suggested it described a new microeconomic theory that explained consumer behavior in virtual worlds (which it did). What I didn't say at the time is that it was basically a guide on how to build the business models and related design systems for competitive eSports games. I didn't call it that back then because outside of RIOT and Wargaming there didn't seem to be any serious interest in eSports being generated by developers. There was plenty of demand from consumers, that was just not being met.\nSo I offered to let the teams from both RIOT and Wargaming read the paper (but not keep it) at the 2012 E3 convention. RIOT refused to talk to me (some deja vu there) which was a shame since I was born and raised in Santa Monica a few blocks from the studio. The vice president of Wargaming, on the other hand, stopped what he was doing and sat down with me and the paper for 2 hours right in the middle of the convention. I'm sure he had lots of other really important things to do so I was really honored. In following months he kept asking me for a copy but instead I published it here on Gamasutra in August of 2012.\nThis got me a ton of job offers. Weeks after the paper went live I was secretly hired by Microsoft to guide them in the design of their first internally produced F2P game, and ultimately was hired by Wargaming to use my models to optimize most of their games (many still not announced) for eSports. Supremacy Goods is the largest paper I have ever published, and I am grateful that Gamasutra allowed me to do so despite its length. You can find it...\nNow that it is almost 2017, just pretend the title is \u201cHow to build an eSports Game\u201d. The Asian obsession with pay to win prevents Eastern developers from developing a functional eSports game, and this is why you have not seen any such products originating from Asia since 2001. TenCent's purchase of RIOT shows there is interest, and so perhaps this will change in the near future. TenCent is an industry powerhouse and they can unilaterally change the rules of engagement in our industry if they choose to.\nWhen I built the progression, reward, economic, and monetization systems for World of Tanks: Blitz, I used the rules I penned in Supremacy Goods. I made it fair, less complex, optimized the matchmaker, added some other secret sauce, and adapted it to use on mobile devices. It only took two months. I lost the battle to have premium ammo removed, and this seems to be the primary complaint when I read Steam reviews of the recent port to PC. Players seem to really appreciate the changes to the matchmaker. I was able to successfully keep premium ammo out of World of Warships but the impending Austin studio closure prevented me from making the final optimizations I wanted to.\nWhen asked if I could boost the performance of WoT by improving upon the game's social metasystem (guild battles) to boost revenues, the answer was yes. The problem was that once you have a big hit that pays the salaries of 4000 employees, it's almost impossible to make a major change without risking those jobs if the change is a failure. This problem also applies to all flagship products from other game developers. This makes it very difficult to optimize existing games, and typically it's much easier to include major design changes in new products. Note that this is a political constraint, not a technical constraint.\nThe just announced RIOT eSports streaming deal and recent comments by RIOT lead game designer Greg Street make me feel like my 16 year dream of eSports for the masses, rivaling \u201creal sports\u201d, is soon to be realized. I am very excited! My early experiences in the 1984 and 1988 Olympics showed me just how powerful a vehicle sports can be for bringing people all over the world together, regardless of what politics might be brewing back home. I think the monetization potential of cybersports (and here I mean actually participating in them, not watching them) is massive, even eclipsing the potential of AR (alternate reality). Of course having both in a game would be even better, but the technology for large scale eSports is already here. We've had it since 2001. There are no technological barriers now, only design and funding barriers. 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I can't tell what a beautiful experience it was to finally see GAME OVER performed last Monday. It's taken four years to get to this point, and at times, it felt like it would never happen. However, it's been wonderful to hear the feedback from people that attended last week. It felt like we gave people a good night out, but they also took something away from the show on an emotional level too. I will post a selection of people's comments later today.\nBig thank you to everyone who came or was involved. This production was a real labour of love, but it wouldn't have been possible without the support of everyone else around me. Firstly, huge thanks to my wife, who was not only the first person to read the script (always scary), but has been unflinching in her encouragement and positivity. She was also in the play, and extremely funny.\nSecondly, big shout out to Natalie, the director of Maytree. Natalie was the second person to read the script, and has been hugely supportive across the last three years. She's also acted as a producer, giving me notes on the text, coming to auditions and generally trouble shooting problems. Natalie - you are a GAME OVER hero.\nLastly - a big shout out to our wonderful cast - both on and off the stage. It's been such a privilege to work with you across the last two weeks. You've been sensitive to the material and extremely generous with each other. I count myself as lucky to have gone on this journey with you (yes, it's getting pretty luvvie now isn't it?).\nThis performance raised two thousand pounds for Maytree, but we don't want to stop there. We are definitely going to be moving forward with a longer run; for one, I know that Death is very keen to come back - he feels he got a bit short changed last week. We will have further announcements about our future plans very soon, so keep an eye on our twitter feeds. 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His former positions include minister counselor and deputy for the mission at the Embassy of Mongolia in Beijing from 2009-2013, director general at the Department of Policy Planning from 2008-2009, counselor at the Embassy to China from 2003- 2006, and counselor of the Department of Multilateral Cooperation at the Foreign Ministry.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 2206, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 248.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/06/07/1518100/0/en/Madrigal-Pharmaceuticals-Prices-Public-Offering-of-Common-Stock.html?print=1", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:35:33Z", "digest": "sha1:27TJOJ2H3STOZZQIZ456VAI54C5ENTRN", "length": 5279, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.globenewswire.com", "title": "Print - Madrigal Pharmaceuticals Prices Public Offering of Common Stock", "raw_content": "CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., June 06, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:MDGL), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapeutic candidates for the treatment of cardiovascular, metabolic, and liver diseases, today announced the pricing of an underwritten registered public offering of 1,347,232 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $305.00 per share. In the offering, Madrigal will issue and sell 983,607 shares and existing stockholders of the company, including certain of its executive officers and directors and affiliates thereof will sell 363,625 shares. The gross proceeds to Madrigal from the offering, before deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and other estimated offering expenses, are expected to be approximately $300 million. Madrigal will not receive any proceeds from the sale of the shares by the selling stockholders. Madrigal has granted the underwriters of the offering a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 202,084 shares of common stock from the company.\nGoldman Sachs & Co. LLC, is the sole book-running manager of the offering. Cowen is acting as a lead manager of the offering. JMP Securities, Roth Capital Partners and H.C. Wainwright & Co. are acting as co-managers for the offering. The offering is expected to close on or about June 11, 2018, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.\nThe shares are being offered by Madrigal pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 that was previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on June 5, 2018. A preliminary prospectus supplement relating to and describing the terms of the offering was filed with the SEC on June 6, 2018. The final prospectus supplement relating to the offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC\u2019s website at www.sec.gov. When available, copies of the final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to these securities may also be obtained by contacting one of the following: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Attn: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, telephone: (866) 471-2526, facsimile: (212) 902-9316, email: prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com; Cowen and Company, LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Services, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, Attention: Prospectus Department, or by telephone at (631) 274-2806; JMP Securities LLC, Prospectus Department, 600 Montgomery Street, 10th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94111, telephone: (415) 835-8985; Roth Capital Partners, LLC 888 San Clemente Drive, Suite 400, Newport Beach, CA 92660, (800) 678-9147; or H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, 430 Park Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, New York 10022, email: placements@hcwco.com, telephone: (646) 975-6995.\nThis press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of, these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction.\nAbout Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.\nMadrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:MDGL) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pursuing novel therapeutics that target a specific thyroid hormone receptor pathway in the liver, which is a key regulatory mechanism common to a spectrum of cardio-metabolic and fatty liver diseases with high unmet medical need. Madrigal\u2019s lead candidate, MGL-3196, is a first-in-class, orally administered, small-molecule, liver-directed, thyroid hormone receptor (THR) \u03b2-selective agonist that is currently in Phase 2 development for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH).\nStatements in this release concerning Madrigal\u2019s future expectations, plans and prospects, including, without limitation, statements about Madrigal\u2019s proposed public offering, constitute forward-looking statements for the purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results and future plans may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including, without limitation, risks associated with market conditions and the satisfaction of customary closing conditions related to the proposed offering, as well as those risks more fully discussed in the \u201cRisk Factors\u201d filed with Madrigal\u2019s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, filed with the SEC, and in other filings that Madrigal makes with the SEC. There can be no assurance that Madrigal will be able to complete the proposed public offering on the anticipated terms, or at all. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. In addition, any forward-looking statements represent Madrigal\u2019s views only as of today and should not be relied upon as representing its views as of any subsequent date. Madrigal explicitly disclaims any obligation, except to the extent required by law, to update any forward-looking statements.\nMarc Schneebaum\nKristin Paulina, 610-524-2959\nkristinpaulina@sambrown.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 19, "original_length": 5623, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 201.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.golfawaytours.com/kilspindie.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:19Z", "digest": "sha1:LGCCXTBYEF4UALBTFEI4RLYTBLE5U55L", "length": 350, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.golfawaytours.com", "title": "Kilspindie - Golf Away Tours", "raw_content": "\u200bKilspindie is one of the oldest clubs in the world having been formed in 1867.\nKilspindie measures only 5,480 yards from the medal tees but the seaside wind can make it play sufficiently difficult for all but the longest of hitters. Many of the holes run along the water including the all-world 8th, a par three with a full carry over a tidal inlet.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 99, "original_length": 1402, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 250.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.goodmans.ca/Doc/Acquiror_Side_Shareholder_Approval_Arrives_in_Canada", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:48Z", "digest": "sha1:7SYXOHQKNUR23NVA7P6CM774IDXXHITK", "length": 397, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.goodmans.ca", "title": "Goodmans LLP : Acquiror-Side Shareholder Approval Arrives in Canada", "raw_content": "Acquiror-Side Shareholder Approval Arrives in Canada\nExcerpt from \"Acquiror-Side Shareholder Approval Arrives in Canada\":\nThe announcement by the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) that a listed issuer will require the approval of its shareholders in order to acquire other publicly-held issuers in certain circumstances is the latest, and possibly last, chapter in a long debate on the topic in Canada.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 86, "original_length": 12721, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 291.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.governing.com/topics/health-human-services/gov-supreme-court-king-burwell-hearing.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:36Z", "digest": "sha1:JKOKVEWFE6EKIUN5UVEEAYK4BXMS4AFR", "length": 8994, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "www.governing.com", "title": "Swing Justice Appears Split on Obamacare Case", "raw_content": "Swing Justice Appears Split on Obamacare Case\nIn U.S. Supreme Court arguments, a justice many view as a deciding vote questioned the Obama administration's case for the health law as well as the constitutionality of the challengers'.\nby Chris Kardish | March 4, 2015 AT 11:00 PM\nIn oral arguments Wednesday in the case before the U.S. Supreme Court that could dismantle the Affordable Care Act, justices appeared divided over each side\u2019s interpretation of the law\u2019s wording, but one justice who\u2019s widely considered a swing vote repeatedly questioned whether the challengers\u2019 view would violate the constitution.\nThe challengers in King v. Burwell argue the health law\u2019s wording prohibits federal subsidies in the 34 states that haven\u2019t created their own online marketplaces. Questions about how to interpret the law took up much of the debate, but Justice Anthony Kennedy --widely considered a potential deciding vote out of the nine justices -- posed questions about federal authority that could offer a defense of President Obama\u2019s signature domestic achievement.\nIf the challengers, four Virginia residents who oppose the health law\u2019s mandate to buy health insurance, are successful, they will effectively cut off federal subsidies that help make coverage affordable for residents in states using the federal health exchange, HealthCare.gov. Of the 11.4 million people enrolled through that exchange, about 87 percent receive federal assistance, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. If the price of insurance exceeds 8 percent of their income, they won\u2019t have to buy insurance by law, which many predict would lead to a cascade of price hikes that would drive people away.\nHHS Says It\u2019s Up to States, Congress, to Help Consumers If Court Strikes Down Subsidies Few Contingencies in Place If Court Rules Against Obamacare Subsidies The Only State to Shield Residents From Upcoming Obamacare Ruling Most Americans Unaware Obamacare Subsidies Are At Risk Obamacare Ruling Could Devastate Hospitals\nStates will likely be caught unprepared if a decision went in favor of the challengers, though Justice Samuel Alito suggested during arguments that the court could delay the effect of its decision until the end of the 2015 tax year to give Congress and the states time to prepare.\nThere are two main ways the court can make its decision, an uncertain outcome expected in June. The first would be on an interpretation of the health law\u2019s wording.\nThe challengers argue the passage that speaks to subsidies limits them to \u201can Exchange established by the State\u201d as set out by another part of the law that says states \u201cshall\u201d create exchanges. The Obama administration argues another section of the law that allows the federal government to step in if states don\u2019t create exchanges satisfies the requirement that subsidies go to people buying insurance through an exchange. The challengers argue Congress intentionally tried to create an incentive for states to build their own exchanges through the wording of the law.\nThe health law gave authority to the IRS to interpret the subsidy provisions. When an agency is challenged on its interpretation of an act of Congress, justices ask whether that reading is allowable based on the wording of the law.\nThe other question, which 23 Democratic attorneys general raised in a brief to the court, is about the limits of federal authority. A 1984 Supreme Court case established what\u2019s known as the Pennhurst Doctrine, which says the constitution forbids the government from setting conditions on federal funding without making those rules clear. Those attorneys general say Congress never mentioned the possibility of losing federal subsidies if their states didn't create an exchange, meaning Congress would be violating Pennhurst by not making that possibility clear. If the challengers\u2019 interpretation is right, they argued, then that would make the law coercive.\nBut the Obama administration never pressed that question in its briefs and sidestepped it in oral arguments. \u201cI think that it would be -- certainly be -- a novel constitutional question, and I think that I\u2019m not prepared to say to the court today that [the challengers\u2019 interpretation] is unconstitutional,\u201d said Solicitor General Donald Verrilli.\nJonathan Adler, a law professor who helped lead the challenge, said in an interview after oral arguments that there\u2019s a clear reason for Verrilli\u2019s reluctance. A ruling that upholds the administration on constitutional grounds could weaken future cases in which states challenge the federal government, he argued. \u201cIf the court goes in that direction it has very serious implication for other federal programs,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ll admit I have some sympathy for that, but it would represent a dramatic shift.\u201d\nKennedy questioned both the government\u2019s statutory interpretation and the constitutionality of the challengers\u2019 view. He called it \u201ca drastic step\u201d to allow the IRS to interpret a law authorizing billions of dollars in federal subsidies, and he told Verrilli at one point during a complex argument about how different sections interact \"that seems to me to go in the wrong direction.\" But he repeatedly raised questions about the limits of federal authority under the constitution.\n\u201cIt seems to me that under your argument -- perhaps you will prevail in the plain words of the statute -- there\u2019s a serious constitutional problem if we adopt your argument,\u201d he told Michael Carvin, the lawyer representing the challengers.\nJustice Sonia Sotomayor, among others, also brought up that question, saying the court has established through previous decisions that \u201cwe read a statute in a way where we don\u2019t impinge on the basic federal-state relationship.\u201d Carvin said this case is different because it doesn\u2019t involve state police power.\n\u201cHere, all the federal government is doing is saying you want billions of free federal dollars,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s hardly invading state sovereignty, and it\u2019s the kind of routine funding condition that this court has upheld countless times.\u201d\nCarvin also sought to distinguish this case from the 2012 decision that upheld the ACA but said requiring states to expand Medicaid at the risk of losing all funding was too coercive. He argued in this case states that refused to make their own exchanges still received considerable benefits from having a federal exchange that didn\u2019t expense subsidies and considerably less harm. But liberal justices, including Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, challenged him, saying without those subsidies there\u2019d be little reason to buy through an exchange.\nFellow liberal justices Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan also questioned Carvin\u2019s interpretation of the statute. Kagan in particular appeared receptive to the Obama administration\u2019s argument that under the challengers\u2019 interpretation of the law the federal exchange would be unable to certify health plans for sale or even sell them to residents of a state.\nBut conservative justices Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito appeared sympathetic to Carvin\u2019s arguments. They both challenged a reading of the law that allows the federal government to stand in for a state. Alito repeatedly pressed Verrilli on the wording of the law and asked him why so few of the 34 states in the federal exchange wrote briefs of support for the Obama administration\u2019s interpretation. Scalia took issue with administration\u2019s focus on the word \u201csuch\u201d as providing a way for the federal government to create \u201csuch exchange within the State.\u201d\n\u201cHow can the federal government establish a state exchange?\u201d he said. \u201cThat is gobbledygook. You know, \u2018such\u2019 must mean something different.\u201d\nChief Justice John Roberts, however, rarely spoke and asked few questions of either side. Roberts, a conservative, casted the deciding vote that upheld most of the ACA in 2012 on a 5-4 vote. His most noteworthy question asked Verrilli whether another president could simply alter the IRS' interpretation of the language of the law, which Verrilli conceded. Roberts could yet be a swing vote, but he did little to indicate his opinion, said Simon Lazarus, a lawyer who wrote briefs supporting the administration.\n\u201cIt bodes a lot better than his performance in [2012] did,\u201d he said, noting Roberts repeatedly questioned the Obama administration during oral arguments then. \u201cNo one can claim he\u2019s solidly with the conservative bloc. But you also can\u2019t claim that he\u2019s against.\u201d\nLazarus said he believes the administration can win on the strength of its interpretation of the statute, without making the decision about the constitutional question. But if it comes to that, the challengers are finished, he argued.\n\"Under that, what you have--irrefutably a fact--that unless Justice Kennedy concludes the plaintiffs\u2019 subsidy-denying interpretation is unambiguously correct, then the law is unconstitutional,\" Lazarus said. \"Unless he makes that conclusion he would have to uphold the administration's position. That turns out to be five votes.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 12678, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 286.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.great-wall-hiking.com/2015/04/the-jiumenkou-great-wall.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:08Z", "digest": "sha1:6AS5MBL2I3NWYV3W5JCADTNNGYNOOZLD", "length": 1727, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.great-wall-hiking.com", "title": "Great Wall Hiking with the Famous Great Wall Adventure Club: The Jiumenkou Great Wall", "raw_content": "With a total length of 1,700 meters, the wall winds north along the ridge to the south bank of Jiujiang River. This river is about 100 meters wide, over which this section of the wall was built, as a bridge with nine arches. The scene is spectacular, with the water flowing east to the Bohai Sea directly.\nThe Jiumenkou Great Wall was a most important pass in Ji Town of the Ming Great Wall. It is located in the boundary of Funing County in Hebei Province and Suzhong County in Liaoning Province, 15km to the south of Shanhaiguan. In the Jiujiang valley where the Great Wall passes through, there were built the Jiumen city bridge over the Jiujiang River, besieged cities and ramparts, which altogether formed the unique strategic passes. Jiumenkou, also called \u201cthe stone pavement\u201d, named after the granited paved riverbed of more than 7,000 square meters under the Jiumen city bridge. In the slabs paved along the riverbed there were chiseled dovetail grooves that were mortised with east iron ingots in order to closely clutch all the slabs.\nThe city bridge over the JIujiang River was the main project of Jiumenkou, both ends of which were connected with a small rectangle besieged city on the bank. The small city is 16m long from east to west, and was 12.2m wide. It protrudes from the city bridge, serving the bridge tower and the advance guard blockage pass of the Jiujiang River. The eastern wall of it is connected with the city bridge, and is a border platform of the bridge pier on which a pavilion was built. The city is hollow and could hold more than ten defenders.\nTo learn more about the Jiumenkou Great Wall and the Great Wall of China please go to http://www.greatwalladventure.com/great-wall-in-beijing.htm", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 3362, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 286.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.great-wall-hiking.com/2015/11/great-wall-pass.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:43Z", "digest": "sha1:CMXCCHJEYS2B7XARMB6ZMH4N66GHDP4S", "length": 2383, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.great-wall-hiking.com", "title": "Great Wall Hiking with the Famous Great Wall Adventure Club: Great Wall Pass", "raw_content": "Being the stronghold where the troops station, passes are often located in the key position of the Great Wall, to get the effect of \"if one man guards the pass, tens of thousands never want to get through\". Generally speaking, the pass is composed of a city wall (square or polygon shaped), city gate, gate tower, luocheng, wengcheng (the following paragraphs will further explain these two fortifications), and moat.\nCity Wall: It is the main component of the Great Wall pass, often measures about 33 feet tall. The outside of the wall was laid by pieces of large bricks or stones with the inner comprising of yellow earth and debris. The top of the wall measures about 4.4 to 5.5 yards which enables four horses to run side by side. On the wall, there are forts from where soldiers can overlook and shoot with low parapets (Nuqiang in Chinese) to protect people and horses in case they fell over the wall.\nCity Gate: In peace time, it is the passageway for soldiers passing in and out. At war, it is used for the exit to counter attack enemies. Many gates are carved the name of the pass. Inside the opening, a pair of wooden doors stand there which are covered by sheet iron on the outside. The inner sides of the doors are secured by big bolts and lock holes. Even machineries are hidden inside to kill the intruders.\nGate Tower: It has one, two or three floors and usually made of wood or bricks. It is stands on top of the gate and serves as a watch tower and commanding post when war is imminent. Many gate towers on Great Wall are colorfully painted and intricately decorated, which makes them look like delicate artwork. The gate tower of Shanhaiguan Pass is a typical example of this.\nWengcheng: A small enclosure which is built on the outer side of the Great Wall. It serves as another line of the city wall to strengthen the defensibility of the city gate.\nLuocheng: It is a secondary wall built to protect the Wengcheng which is often the main target of enemies. On the top, there are also towers to watch the enemy's situation and command battlement.\nMoat: There is usually a moat around the Great Wall pass. It is a deep trench filled with water after excavation to build the pass. Being another line of defense, it increases the difficulty for enemies to attack the city and creates opportunities for soldiers on the wall to attack intruders.\nLabels: great wall, pass", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 3995, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 299.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.grfarma.it/lazienda/?lang=en", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:15:13Z", "digest": "sha1:DXJ7E23W33JELROXSNLVBOHNLRBX7NJE", "length": 1370, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.grfarma.it", "title": "about us | GR FARMA", "raw_content": "GR Farma is a company specialised in the sale and distribution of products and services for the pharmaceutical industry.\nFor over 20 years it has helped pharmaceutical companies to support their brands and launch new products through sales in pharmacies and the work of its sales force. 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Click on the blue links below for interactive games, stories, and other great information about water, the world\u2019s most important natural resource:\nhttp://www.epa.gov/OGWDW/kids/\nhttp://www.epa.gov/kids/water.htm\nhttp://www.drinktap.org/kidsdnn/\nhttp://ga.water.usgs.gov./edu/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 55, "original_length": 1498, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.63, "perplexity": 243.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.halfpriceseo.com/2017/12/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:59Z", "digest": "sha1:U5H3DD22WNJ5GMT7TIXKXJXKJG67SDNZ", "length": 2464, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.halfpriceseo.com", "title": "Archives | HalfPriceSEO", "raw_content": "7 Ways to Increase Engagement on Your Company LinkedIn page\nDigital marketing has become so well established that no successful business can afford not to have a strong social media presence. 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Haunted House Ratings is a complete directory of haunted houses in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Texas, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming", "raw_content": "The Haunted Barn\nWe are proud to be celebrating our 24th year as one of the most visited scare attractions in the East Tennessee area. Our goal is to make sure each and every one of our guests leave satisfied. Whether you dance with our monsters to your favorite songs or just sit around our cozy bonfire, while you wait to go inside, we want you to enjoy every moment you spend with us. Enjoy some of your favorites from our concession stand while you wait to enter our 16 room, self guided tour of The Haunted Barn. Finish your tour with a completely blacked out maze where unknown surprises await. If you are wanting animatronics, then go else where we don't use them because they are a one time scare, and most people never see them in action, we use live actors (64 to be exact) to do the scare. You never know when or where they may pop out.\nWe are open every Friday and Saturday night starting Friday, October 5th - Nov 3rd Tickets ($20.00 per person) go on sale at 7 pm, and the last tickets are sold at midnight. We look forward to scaring you this Halloween season!\nhttp://www.thehauntedbarnchattanooga.com/\nOpen every Friday and Saturday Night starting October 5th - Nov 3rd 2018\n7 pm - Midnight or later\nTake the Ooltewah exit off Interstate 75 (exit 11). Turn Right at the red light onto Lee Highway heading toward Cleveland, cross Ooltewah-Ringgold Road, after the road narrows from four lanes to two lanes, take the first right onto Edgmon Road, cross the railroad tracks, bearing left at the fork, at the first stop sign, turn left onto Tallent Road, at the next stop sign, turn left onto McDonald Road, we are the second drive on left.\nVERY EASY TO FIND\nhttps://www.facebook.com/TheHauntedBarnChattanooga", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 3909, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 337.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.hchurchdenver.com/about/staff/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:14:36Z", "digest": "sha1:AG2UKZTE2YL6QRZOQAFMG2BG7ZPUHE2J", "length": 14081, "nlines": 37, "source_domain": "www.hchurchdenver.com", "title": "Staff | Highlands Church North Denver", "raw_content": "Like jazz musicians, our staff work collaboratively with volunteers in an improvisational style of shared leadership.\nMark Tidd, Co-Pastor\nMark Tidd dreamed of being an archaeologist digging up ancient bones and artifacts. He became a follower of Christ when he first heard about Jesus as a hippie up on the Hill in Boulder. After graduating from C.U. his plans changed from digging in the dirt to digging into the Word and the human soul.He received an M.Div from Calvin Theological Seminary and has been a pastor since 1984. In March, 2010 he lost his ordination in the Christian Reformed Church because of his beliefs and practice of the full inclusion of the LGBTQ community in the life of the church. He has been described as a \u201cone trick pony\u201d \u2014 he always finds himself preaching about grace, in one form or another. But, as he says, \u201cIf you only have one trick, grace is a doozy.\u201d\nMark is married to attorney Leanne DeVos, whom he claims is much smarter than he and wins all their arguments. His only respite is that a half hour later she feels guilty. They have five grown children. For decades he has been brutal to his 1971 Martin D-18 guitar he claims to love despite signs to the contrary. He and Leanne have been fully vested in restoring their Highlands area home, garden and neighborhood. He can be reached at mark@highlandschurchdenver.org.\nJenny Morgan, Co-Pastor\nRachael McClair, Co-Pastor\nBorn in Albuquerque, Rachael made the pilgrimage 444 miles north to Denver in 1999, and while she misses her green chile and hot air balloons in October, she loves the vibe of living in the heart of Denver. Rachael studied music at UC Denver and the school of \u201creal life,\u201d tutored on-the-job by some of Denver\u2019s most celebrated jazz musicians. She serves Highlands Church by curating and presiding over the weekly Sunday gatherings, supporting and providing leadership to the Staff, overseeing our Bookkeeper and coming alongside various volunteer-led ministry teams. Rachael is also involved in OPEN (Organizing Progressive, Evangelical and Non-Denominational leaders and communities), providing leadership, collaboration and vision for this bourgeoning organization.\nRachael married James McClair in 2002 and together they are raising two lively, musical and hilarious boys. In her spare (Ha!) time, Rachael enjoys being outdoors, walking, biking and generally enjoying the beauty Denver and the surrounding area have to offer.\nJeana hails from the great city of Chicago, but would never live there again. As a graduate of the University of Denver, she considers the DU neighborhood home. Jeana has a Master\u2019s Degree in Biblical Counseling from Colorado Christian University and holds a licensed practical counselor certification. She spent many years serving in the local church and working in the mental health field, until both these endeavors threatened to make her crazy. (Well, mostly church threatened to make her crazy.) A very long season away from church has helped her discover the heart of God in sweet and rich ways. Jeana\u2019s belief in God can be boiled down to, \u201canything that violates kindness, violates God.\u201d Jeana\u2019s great desire is to help kids and adults alike discover what it is they love, and go after it (though kids pretty much know it already) So Jeana just hopes to help them keep that beauty within themselves into adulthood. Her great loves include her husband, Tim, two daughters, Fiona and Aria, and BBC Masterpiece mysteries. She can be reached at jeana@highlandschurchdenver.org.\nAndrea Gutierrez, Children's Soul Care\nBorn in Wyoming, Andrea made Denver her home at the age of 8. She has always had a love for education and \u201cthe enlightenment of the masses.\u201d She earned her journalism degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia, where she also minored in Espa\u00f1ol and environmental studies. After serving as an Environmental Education Peace Corps Volunteer in Paraguay, she returned to Denver to complete her teacher licensure in Elementary Education at the University of Colorado-Denver. She taught in Denver Public Schools for five years before taking a huge leap of faith and entering the unpaid career/calling of early childhood homeschooling with her children, Dalia and Rafael. When she isn\u2019t working in her role as \u201cMama Taxi,\u201d Andrea loves reading, dancing, eating, hanging out with her many relatives, and exploring the wilderness\u2014urban and otherwise\u2014with her husband Joshua and kiddos. Andrea\u2019s spiritual journey has included children\u2019s or youth ministry for nearly two decades, and feels blessed to join the Highlands Soul Care Team and family! She can be reached at andrea@highlandschurchdenver.org.\nJill Altieri, Youth Director\nJill Altieri grew up outside of Philadelphia, PA. She moved to Denver in 2001 in search of adventures in the mountains. Jill is married to Michelle Neuroth and they have two beautiful children, Mia and Cruzer. Jill completed her Masters Degree in Social Work in 2005 from Colorado State University. Two years later she became a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She has worked in community mental health, the Denver Public School District and has her own private practice as a therapist in Northwest Denver. Jill has been working with adolescents and youth for as long as she can remember. She has a passion for helping youth develop a deep sense of value rooted in God\u2019s abundant love for them. She desires to help them grow into God-loving, people-loving, change- makers. In her free time, Jill is outdoors as much as possible. She loves camping, biking, snowboarding, running, traveling, cooking, and spending time with her family and friends. She can be reached at jill@highlandschurchdenver.org.\nMelissa Dozier, Facilities & Events Manager\nBorn and raised in Denver, Melissa fell in love with all the beauty Colorado has to offer and decided if she could help it she would never leave. She grew up attending preschool at church and found her love of Jesus and his teachings through her Nana\u2019s gentle guidance. In 2008, Melissa graduated from the Art Institute of Colorado with a BA in Industrial Design. A year later she and her then boyfriend, now husband, bought a house in the Highlands neighborhood right down the street from the original location of the Highlands Church on Lowell. After walking up for service one day, Melissa knew as soon as she walked in that she had finally found her church home. Now a family of four, Melissa and her husband spend most of their time trying to keep up with their silly two-year-old and very happy 7-month-old. In the summer, you can usually find them at their favorite place in the world: the cabin her great-grandparents built in Grand Lake. In her limited free time, Melissa enjoys reading, crocheting, knitting, sewing and being up to her eyebrows in all things craft. She can be reached at facilities@highlandschurchdenver.org.\nMia Clements, Director of Administration\nMia was born in Massachusetts but grew up in Denver where she also met and married her best friend and high school sweetheart \u2013 Chris. After college and spending some time in the Army, Mia had enough of the rest of the country and came running back to Colorado in 2012. She never plans on leaving. After moving back, she spent awhile \u201cchurch shopping\u201d and is so happy to have found Highlands Church so that her family, including four kids, can celebrate both the saving and accepting power of Jesus with the wonderful Highlands community. Mia absolutely adores children and has been involved with various children\u2019s ministries and programs for over a decade. After many years working as a project manager, Mia was blessed and honored to be able to leave the corporate world and start homeschooling her children while also working as a nanny part-time. Since taking this step, Mia has become more aware of what makes her tick and has been able to grow closer to her family and deeper in her faith than she ever thought possible. She looks forward to continuing this discovery process. In her free time, Mia enjoys reading and anything outdoors \u2013 no matter what the weather. She can be reached at admin@highlandschurchdenver.org.\nStephanie White, Children's Soul Care\nStephanie is a Colorado native, and lived here all her life. She has three grown children (no grandchildren yet), so the infants and toddlers are a great place to \u201cborrow\u201d some. She loves all things creative, but especially loves the way oil paint slides across the canvas. As a Spiritual Director, she feels like the creative process is an excellent way to connect to the Divine. Stephanie volunteers at Denver Women\u2019s Corrections, and leads walks with \u201cWalk to Connect\u201d, she is also part of our \u201cBe Still\u201d team as she finds herself drawn to the quieter side of things. Other loves include reading, gardening,cooking & eating good food, yoga, and fly fishing. Stephanie finds God everywhere she looks, but especially while taking a walk (she just got back from walking about 500 miles across Spain!) She can be reached at stephanie@highlandschurchdenver.org.\nMelissa Toner, Administrator\nMelissa (Mel) grew up in Texas, Alabama, New York AND Colorado. She\u2019s lived here permanently since 1987 so considers herself a \u201cnative\u201d at this point. Married to Vincent (Vin) since 2001 with two teenagers and a new pup, she currently lives in SE Denver. In addition to helping at Highlands Church with administrative tasks, she\u2019s also co-founder of Take Back Your Time, LLC, a meeting planning company. She is excited to be a part of the admin team at Highlands Church! She can be reached at mtoner@highlandschurchdenver.org.\nCindy Wells, Community Connector\nCindy Wells grew up in Dighton, KS, a farming community located 4.5 hours east and south of Denver. She learned the importance of community and service while growing up in this town of 1,000.\nCindy received a Masters Degree in Counseling from Emporia State University. She has worked in mental health since 1985 and currently has a private practice in Denver. She considers it an honor and privilege to share in the sacred journey of others.\nShe has been with her partner Sara since 1990. The two moved to Denver a few years later and have embraced CO as their \u201cadult home.\u201d They enjoy a variety of activities together and most value time spent with family and friends.\nCindy\u2019s spiritual journey started at home as she learned about love from her mom \u2013 the person she credits for being the greatest human example of unconditional love. Cindy grew up in the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and was involved in a variety of churches before finding her way to Highlands in September 2014.\nShe is passionate about relationships and experiences the love and presence of God while interacting and connecting with others. She values a spiritual community that is warm and welcoming, healthy, filled with opportunities to build relationships, and one that offers a variety of ways to get involved.\nLindsay Chezik, Sunday Coordinator\nLindsay is a Minnesota native who enjoys a good hockey game and traditional tater tot hot dish. She has lived in Denver for 4 years and has a two and a half year old son. When she is not living out her passion for coffee and hospitality, she works as a special education teacher at the high school level in Parker. In her free time she enjoys skiing, adult coloring books, riding her motorcycle, and ingesting large amounts of caffeine.\nFrom the moment she stepped into Highlands she felt at home and free to both accept her own truth as well as let go of pervious concepts she held about God, religion, and church. Lindsay deeply cares about connecting with others and loves to cheer them on their own journeys.\nTrevar Tessman, Middle School Youth Coordinator\nTrevar Tessman grew up in Riverton, Wyoming. Was raised with a mix of Christian traditions from Catholic School to the holy rollin\u2019, Pentecostals. Which, got him to United Kingdom for a conversion therapy program that didn\u2019t work very well. And led him to come out, leave the program and run to Orlando, Florida for the boys and the sun.\nFebruary, 2013 after being in Denver for 3 months he was sitting in the back row of Highland\u2019s Church and had an idea \u201cYou should come out to God\u201d. Since that day he realized the calling he had felt wasn\u2019t denied to him because of his sexuality and is passionate on letting everyone know \u201cJesus, loves your QUEER self!\u201d\nTrevar will complete in March 2019 a certification from Fuller Youth Institute in Urban Youth Ministry, and is in the process of completing a bachelors degree in Political Science with a minor in Gender/Sexualities studies from Metropolitan State University.\nTrevar works with youth by co-leading the Interfaith Youth Camp every summer, co-leading OWL which is a sexual education for youth and writing curriculum for progressive youth ministry. He currently leads a bible study for 18+ on Friday nights called URS which studies scripture in an UnClobbered way (http://www.highlandschurchdenver.org/events/urs-group/all/). Leads the junior high youth group at Highlands Church and is helping develop Left Hand Churches (Longmont, CO) youth group.\nHayro Luque, Communications Director\nA designer, a creative mind and entrepreneur with more than twenty three years of experience in advertising and design, has worked in Honduras, the United States, East Africa and Canada. Started working in the church at the age of 17. Founder of Industrialista, a studio developing marketing, branding, interactive, social media, collateral, environmental and facility branding, for a wide variety of businesses and organizations, especially faith communities and NGOs. And possessing a tremendous design vision for spaces with special attention to design with an authentic, industrial, soulful and artistic approach. Well knowledgeable of the arts and acquainted with the art world, he\u2019s a contemporary art collector himself. Fluent in English, Spanish, and French is liaison between Hispanophone, Anglophone and Francophone cultures. He lives with his husband in Washington D.C., they are dads of five beautiful kids.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 98, "original_length": 16407, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 260.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.hdgumc.org/missions-and-outreach/mssion-team", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:40Z", "digest": "sha1:5YRY57G5QFPL23JCV3GMQA3Q23R4IJKP", "length": 7641, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "www.hdgumc.org", "title": "Mission Team | Havre de Grace United Methodist Church", "raw_content": "Our Mission Team in 2017 was blessed this past year with an 8.25% commitment from our Church family through donations to provide funds Here, Across the Street, and Around the World. We were able to meet all of our budgeted and planned donations plus additional organizations. Below is an outline of where Missions funds were spent from January through December 2018 (a total of $29,920.00).\nAlpha\u2019s Glory ($500) - a non-profit ministry providing services for pregnancy and pregnancy loss; supporting moms, dads, and infants; and compassionately presenting Biblical truth resulting in changed lives.\nAnna\u2019s House ($500) - provides transitional and permanent housing for homeless women and children in Harford County, and helps them on the road to self-sufficiency.\nFCCAU/Welcome One Shelter ($800) - the only full-service emergency homeless shelter in Harford County, Welcome One is operated by Faith Communities and Civic Agencies United (FCCAU), a charitable organization supported by churches, faith-based groups, local businesses, foundations and government agencies. It provides a continuum of services designed to reduce homelessness in Harford County.\nGrace Place ($1000) \u2013 hosted by St. John\u2019s Episcopal Church in the parish hall, Grace Place offers a free meal for those who need it as well as a bag of groceries to take home for the week. Volunteers from all the Christian congregations in Havre de Grace support this worthy program. HDGUMC supports once a month with food and volunteers as well as non-perishable items collected during the January/February \u201cSouper Bowl\u201d food drive.\nHabitat for Humanity \u2013 Susquehanna ($1,000) - part of a global, nonprofit housing organization operated on Christian principles that seeks to put God\u2019s love and hope into action by constructing, rehabilitating and preserving homes, advocating for fair and just housing policies, and providing training and access to resources to help families improve their shelter conditions.\nHarford Family House ($500) - the largest provider of transitional housing in Harford County, they are the only organization in our County capable of housing a whole family together, including a father, during the crisis of homelessness.\nHarford Hope for the Homeless Alliance ($1200) \u2013 a coalition of the Harford County Government, businesses, and the faith community working together to help the homeless to wholeness. Each component of the Alliance brings a part of the solution - together, we can make an impact on the gaps of care!\nHDG UMC Christmas Project ($250) \u2013 Each year our staff at HDG UMC works with the local schools in Havre de Grace in finding families to support so they, too, will have a Merry Christmas. Through the donations of many church members and the Mission Team, we have been able to support six families to provide items of need.\nHelping Up Mission \u2013 Baltimore ($800) \u2013helps men fighting addiction and homelessness get their lives back. The comprehensive recovery programs address root issues of substance abuse and poverty. As one man is healed, Greater Baltimore is raised up.\nHomecoming Project-Bel Air \u2013 ($500) \u2013 an eight bed, state certified half-way house for women recovering from alcohol and substance abuse. The program offers services for recovery & life skills group, individual counseling, supporting the impacts on the entire family, education sessions, recreation, the 12-step program and case management.\nKairos Prison Ministry ($500) \u2013Kairos is a lay-led, interdenominational Christian ministry in which men and women volunteers bring Christ's love and forgiveness to prisoners and their families. In 2018, we had two members of our church support this program.\nManna House \u2013 Baltimore ($500) \u2013 it starts with breakfast-- provides the homeless and poor of Baltimore City with the assistance and support to move towards independence and stability by helping to transform people\u2019s lives by feeding them first.\nNew Hope Christian Fellowship UMC (Outreach Ministry) ($1,750) \u2013 a Day Shelter for homeless folk in Harford County, located in Edgewood, they give hope to those who have lost all hope! This is also the location for individuals who are part of the Emergency Rotating Shelter to spend the day during the winter months. Our donation helps pay the utility bills.\nThanksgiving Community Dinner ($200) \u2013 provides a free dinner to those in Havre de Grace, Aberdeen, and Perryville\nSusquehanna Ministerium ($1,000) - a group of many denominations joined together to provide ministry & mutual support for each other and those in need of help.\nSummer Mission Trip ($1,500) \u2013 helped fund this group of missioners who, through TeamEffort, repaired a home for a family in Pennsylvania\nACROSS THE STREET:\nSociety of St. Andrew ($750) - an ecumenical, non-profit, charitable organization dedicated to leading others into lives of Christian community and service, and introducing people to God\u2019s grace in Jesus Christ by meeting their hunger needs.\nRed Bird Mission ($1,000) \u2013 provides education, health care and Christian evangelism ministries to people in Appalachian KY.\nTree of Life ($1,000) \u2013 a ministry of service and presence raising awareness of Lakota culture and connecting with the Lakota Nation on Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota by serving body, mind, and soul.\nBaltimore-Washington UMC Campership for West Virginia Children ($100) \u2013 The BW Conference asked each church in the conference to donate $100 to send a child to Camp Harmison. Camp Harmison is a 50-acre natural woodland site in the picturesque mountains of Eastern West Virginia along Sleepy Creek.\nBMTS Student Support ($2000) - The primary mission of the Baltic Methodist Theological School (BMTS), located in Tallian, Estonia, is to promote spiritual formation and provide applied higher theological education and in-service training tied to the needs of church and society in accordance with international requirements. The BMTS, located in Tallinn at the Baltic Mission Center, prepares Christian workers and leaders for positions of service in churches and Christian organizations.\nBibles for the World ($500) - a catalyst for individual and cultural change through Christ and the power of God\u2019s Word by strategically distributing Bibles, investing in children through schools, networking and encouraging churches and national Christian leaders, and equipping such leaders through colleges and seminaries in India.\nChildren of Zion Village ($1,000) - a Christian home for 57 orphans in the southern African nation of Namibia.\nChina Outreach ($1000) - shares Christ\u2019s love with Chinese students and scholars on North American campuses, reaching them with the Good News and helping them become Christian leaders who share their faith with others.\nChristar ($1000) \u2013 The LeBlancs and the Butlers use their God-given gifts and skills to share the Good News with refugees in Asia Minor; their passion is to go to those not yet counted in the eternal roll call of nations.\nSillamae Pastor\u2019s Salary ($6,000) \u2013 provides the salary for Pastor Vladimir Beregovoi of Grace United Methodist Church in Sillam\u00e4e, Estonia, an indigenous Russian-speaking congregation planted by a neighboring congregation\nDr. Albert Willicor ($2,500) - a missionary with the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church Global Health initiative, he is Chief Medical Officer at Ganta United Methodist Hospital in Liberia.\nWe would love to have you join our Mission Team. Come help us make decisions about where donations are best needed to support the Missions of our church. We meet on the 3rd Wednesday of every month (except July) at 5:00pm in Mentzer Parlor.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 100, "original_length": 9394, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 277.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.healthcarebusinesstech.com/long-term-evolution-iot-healthcare/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:59Z", "digest": "sha1:ZKK2CMUN45GUAX6M7ZEDLEJH36ZWY2G2", "length": 5419, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.healthcarebusinesstech.com", "title": "3 ways IoT with LTE connectivity is changing the future of healthcare", "raw_content": "3 ways IoT with LTE connectivity is changing healthcare\u2019s future\nLong Term Evolution (LTE) technology has allowed hospitals, clinics and other healthcare providers to become more efficient, responsive and accessible. It\u2019s also helped personalize medical care, which can do wonders to improve patient satisfaction and preventive medicine. In this guest post, Alex Brisbourne, CEO of a managed wireless network services provider of Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, details three ways hospitals can us LTE to enhance their organizations.\nThe healthcare industry has been notoriously slow in adopting new technologies \u2013 and for good reason. Many technologies don\u2019t always address an actual concern; if tech isn\u2019t solving a problem or modifying a behavior, the need just isn\u2019t there.\nLTE technologies, however, can help healthcare organizations adjust the way they facilitate interactions between patients and doctors, and enhance care, by:\n1. Collecting & distributing info with LTE-enabled kiosks\nKiosks are nothing new to the healthcare industry \u2013 at least as far as diagnostics go. Grocery stores and pharmacies have long been furnishing blood pressure stations for their customers. But wireless connectivity has expanded the possibilities for such devices.\nMany hospitals and clinics are now using waiting room kiosks to not only provide convenience for patients, but also to free up their resources. Patients can now do everything from check in and set up appointments, to complete forms and review medical information. There\u2019s even the possibility to scan a driver\u2019s license or insurance card and pay an account balance.\nThe healthcare industry as a whole has been moving toward electronic health records as a way of streamlining and centralizing patient information. But with wireless connectivity, you can access this information from anywhere at any time \u2013 and instantaneously. This means providers can devote more time to providing actual care, while patients avoid having to answer the same questions over and over again if they must meet with more than one practitioner.\n2. Conducting exams using telemedicine\nBut collecting patient information isn\u2019t the only potential for medical kiosks. Some offer the functionality to connect a patient with a physician in real time. Providers can conduct \u201cvirtual\u201d exams with both an on-site healthcare professional and a remote physician to determine whether the individual should seek further medical attention.\nNot everyone has direct access to specialists, especially in more remote, rural communities. The improvements in wireless connectivity allow general physicians in small towns to consult with virtually any specialist via videoconference. The healthcare team can discuss treatment options in real time, which can be the difference between life and death.\nAnd with an increasing number of facilities adopting electronic health records systems, these specialists also have access to medical records, X-rays and other information to make more decisions faster.\nTaking video conferencing a step further are the fourth-generation, LTE-enabled tablets that allow patients and doctors to hold virtual doctor appointments via touch screen and webcam. Patients in more rural areas, or senior citizens who can no longer travel long distances, receive the same level of treatment as those in more metropolitan areas.\n3. Sending & receiving data everywhere\nNo one needs to tell you that mobile devices are ready-made for patient-provider communication, but the depth at which wireless connectivity can improve this area of health care is expansive. In-vehicle devices, for example, allow EMTs to not only send triage info to emergency rooms (ER), but also connect patients to the facilities before they arrive. ER staff can remotely monitor vital signs, assess video images, and review patient histories to diagnose medical conditions and provide instructions for mobile treatment.\nIn addition to emergency medical care, advances in connectivity have improved the care for homebound patients. Mobile caretakers can securely access patient medical records and reference materials \u2013 not to mention specialists via videoconference \u2013 to provide advanced medical care remotely.\nGoing hand-in-hand with mobile health care is remote diagnosis. Practitioners can get relevant information through in-vehicle devices, wearables or other technology, to improve the efficiency of diagnosing a medical condition and managing patient health. Also, there\u2019s the opportunity to send e-prescriptions directly to mobile devices or monitor patient accordance to medical recommendations, as might be the case for a prescribed exercise regimen.\nBoth patients and healthcare providers benefit from LTE. At a minimum, the connectivity makes patient information readily available to all the necessary people, no matter where they might practice medicine. This can improve workflow efficiencies, lower costs associated with medical care, make that care more accessible to more people and improve overall outcomes.\nAlex Brisbourne is the CEO of KORE, a managed wireless network services provider specializing in IoT and M2M communications. He sits on the board of a number of technology companies and is chairman of the IMC.\nCategories: Healthcare IT, Special Report, Telehealth\nTags: Alex Brisbourne, Internet of Things, kiosks, Long Term Evolution, telemedicine", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 72, "original_length": 7488, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 299.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.healthyhusband.com/stories/2015/7/20/the-anatomy-of-an-office-visit", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:15:57Z", "digest": "sha1:J26Z4F2YD222SAXJIX7F5D5SQWJKQK3X", "length": 4834, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "www.healthyhusband.com", "title": "The Anatomy of an Office Visit \u2014 Healthy Husband", "raw_content": "\u201cI felt like Jesus when He was being tempted by Satan. Satan took Jesus up to the top of a mountain and told Him to look out over everything. Satan told Jesus that he would give Him everything - all Jesus had to do was bow down and worship him. That happen to me! I went down to hang out with all of my old friends and they told me that I could have it all; Money, a pick of girls to do whatever I wanted with, and a place to stay. All I had to do was sell some drugs. How could I do that? How could I ruin these kid\u2019s lives with these drugs and my body that God gave me?\u201d\nAnthony was sitting in a folding chair at The Relief Bus\u2019 location in East Harlem this past Saturday afternoon. One of our volunteers had been talking with him. When they heard that he had been homeless for the past three weeks, they asked if he would like to talk to me and he agreed.\nI invited him to come into the office. The front of The Relief Bus is set up as an office. It is comfortable and has a table. Tinted windows and closed doors provide a place of privacy, where people we meet on the street can have an opportunity to let their guard down and share what is happening in their lives without the fear of others hearing and either judging or taking advantage of them and their situation.\nAnthony began to share his life with me. I found out that he was once part of a large family that included 7 other siblings. But now, at the young age of 39, he is alone. Because of the rough neighborhood and other health problems, everyone else had died - the last of which was his mother in 2012.\nHe doesn\u2019t drink or do drugs. He said he smokes weed on the occasion, but that it isn\u2019t a problem, just something to do when there is nothing else to do. He was into drugs and selling when he was younger, but he was proud to say that he hasn\u2019t done any of that or been in jail since 1996.\nThe past few years he has been doing construction jobs and working seasonally doing advertising for a tax preparation company. He had a good place to live with a woman from the Dominican Republic, but she went back home 3 weeks ago and he has been sleeping on trains and in parks ever since.\nThis is what lead him to visit his friends down on the lower east side - the same ones he knew in the early 90\u2019s. He said they were in the same place, doing the same thing.\nMy heart broke for Anthony. I teared up while listening to the brokenness and defeat in his words. Other than knowing what NOT to do, he didn\u2019t know what TO do or where to go. Luckily, I was able to take the time to listen, encourage, and share some ideas with him.\nI wrote out a roadmap of options for him to do. Through our partnerships with several organizations, like the Bowery and NYC Rescue Missions, Mainchance Drop-in Center, NYC Food Bank, and the Association of Community Employment Programs for the Homeless (ACE), I was able to show him options for moving forward and out of his hopeless situation.\nAfter I finished talking with him, writing down information, referrals, getting him a metro card, giving him my cell phone number, and praying with him - he was in tears. I asked him if there was anything that he could think of that I could possibly do for him. He said I had done plenty. Before he left I gave him a good hug and told him to call me if he ever needed anything.\nThen he left to head downtown.\nAnthony came to the bus broken and hopeless.\nHe left hope filled and with joy!\nThis is a inside look at what I (and all of us on outreach staff at New York City Relief) do daily during our outreaches. Anthony is one of 4 office visits I had on Saturday and 12 I had on the week! Office visits are often emotional and heartbreaking, yet in turn they are the beginning stages of hope - and to see that hope glimmer in someone\u2019s eyes, it\u2019s amazing!\n***Later that night, I received a call from Anthony letting me know that he had made it downtown and was going to have dinner at the Bowery Mission and head on to Mainchance Drop-in Center for the night to be inside and get a shower.\nPlease pray for hope and perseverance for Anthony (and everyone we meet with at The Relief Bus). Finding hope is amazing, keeping it takes daily miracles. You and I have the opportunity each day to provide simple miracles for everyone we encounter.\nWalk humbly. Have grace. Be slow to speak. Listen Well. Smile! Ask others how they are doing and stick around for the answer. Buy a coffee for the person behind you.\nLove whomever God puts in front of you!\nIt\u2019s the little things that often make the biggest difference.\nThank you for your prayers, encouragement, support, and for those of you that come out and volunteer alongside of us. It\u2019s one thing to know that we are doing what God has called us to do - it\u2019s that much more encouraging to know that others want to come along and learn along with us. :)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 170, "original_length": 7383, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 248.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.heberts.net/analysis-of-the-financial-condition/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:14Z", "digest": "sha1:NUTX52SFQVORREE7BKO3D5WJXB5VAFL5", "length": 2462, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.heberts.net", "title": "Analysis of the Financial Condition / Scott Hebert", "raw_content": "\u00ab WordPress 2.7 Upgrade == Easy\nWhat is JIT? \u00bb\nAnalysis of the Financial Condition\nDec 22nd, 2008 by Scott Hebert\nTo understand the financial condition of the firm, it is important to get an overall sense of the firm\u2019s performance. There are primarily two approaches to gaining this bird\u2019s eye view of the firm\u2019s finances. The first method provides a summary analysis of the firm\u2019s financial ratios in order to highlight specific areas of responsibility. The DuPont method, on the other hand, attempts to find the areas that have resulted in the firm\u2019s financial condition (Gitman, 2009).\nAn overall summary analysis examines ratios from the five key financial categories: liquidity, profitability, activity, debt, and market ratios. In terms of liquidity, Company X\u2019s numbers may be below the generally accepted marks for these ratios, but they are above industry average. Therefore, we can conclude that Company X is maintaining an acceptable level of liquidity. Company X\u2019s profitability ratios are also performing well when compared to the industry averages. Activity ratios illustrate how quickly certain accounts are converted to sales. There is a minor concern with how quickly Company X\u2019s inventory is being turned over. It appears that Company X is keeping too much inventory on hand. In the coming year, the firm may need to re-evaluate production numbers in order to keep less inventory on hand. Company X\u2019s debt ratios are also a cause for concern. The firm has relied heavily on borrowing to fund its projects. Most of the firm\u2019s assets and equity are tied to incurred debt. Finally, the market ratios indicate investors are nervous about investing in the firm\u2019s stock. Both the P/E and M/B ratios are down indicating the market is uncertain about the firm\u2019s future performance.\nA DuPont analysis focuses on two ratios: Return on Assets (ROA) and Return on Equity (ROE). ROA measures the return created by the firm\u2019s assets without taking in account how those assets were funded. ROE measures the return enjoyed by the shareholders. Unlike ROA, it reflects how much debt is being used to finance the firm\u2019s assets (Atkinson, Kaplan, Matsumura, & Young, 2007). ROA for Company X is higher than the industry average 21.5%. This means Company X is using its assets more efficiently. On the hand, ROE is also higher for Company X. This reflects the heavy debt financing that Company X is currently using. Much of this appears to be tied up in inventory.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 50, "original_length": 3776, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 233.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.hellers.com/steve/resume/p130.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:20Z", "digest": "sha1:MPQMW7BOSL7XR5CDXXCISKFMYEYRCKTT", "length": 41827, "nlines": 91, "source_domain": "www.hellers.com", "title": "Chemical Information Activities: What the Future Holds", "raw_content": "The current state of chemical information technology in a number of areas is presented. The author speculates in a number of areas in some detail and presents a list of predictions as to the likely state of the field in about the year 2000. The economics of chemical information are also briefly discussed. The author concludes that until the computer is made to be a easy to use tool, not a barrier, reasonable, let alone optimum usage, will not result.\nThis presentation [1] is designed to stimulate discussion of new technology which is becoming be available to chemists, applied to chemistry, and most importantly, used by chemists in their everyday activities by the beginning of the next century. This paper has evolved over the past four years, and no doubt will continue to evolve as new phenomena stimulate changes in the habits and activities of chemists.\nAs computer technology has developed, the use of computers in chemistry has expanded from simple arithmetic calculations to very broad areas of chemistry. This paper delves into some of these areas and tries to summarize the current state of the use of computers in chemistry and what the author believes the use of computers in the field of chemistry will be a decade from now, which is roughly, the beginning of the 21st century.\nComputers, like any other technological tool, have become integrated gradually into the daily routine of chemists. Anything new, particularly in science is usually taken with some skepticism. This has been the case in science for a long time as Max Planck, more widely known for Planck's constant, noted: \"New scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it\" [2].\nThe widespread use of computers in chemistry has clearly been handicapped by a number of factors, a major one being the lack of familiarity with this new technology on the part of chemists and managers in the field of chemistry. This is true from academia to government to industry. In working to locate supporting facts for this article I heard the spirit of Max Planck evoked a number of times. Phrases like you need to \"raise a generation of people who are comfortable with these tools\" [3], and \"raise a generation of advocates\" [4] came from professionals in the field of market research. Thus I concluded that wide-scale and heavy use of computers by chemists has not yet started.\nAt present, the routine use of computers in support of research and production in a chemistry lab or office, other than for word processing, spreadsheets, and literature searching, is low [5] (defined as less than 25% of the potential users). Why is this the case? There are a few hundred thousand chemists in the USA [6] and many of them have computers [7]. In the worldwide pharmaceutical industry, in 1989, there were some 54,000 scientists employed in R&D activities [8]. Of these almost 44,000 were in the USA and some 28,500 of them are categorized as scientific and professional staff, the remaining 13,500 being categorized as technical and support staff. It is generally thought that most (>90%) of these individuals have computers, virtually of all which are IBM PC's and clones or Apple Macintoshes, the remainder having Sun, Silicon Graphics, DEC or other manufacturers of workstations [5,7]. It has not possible to obtain any definitive information on the number of scientists or chemists with PC's. Marketing surveys have not addressed such questions [9].\nIf one combines these numbers with those in other developed countries one could estimate some 800,000 chemists [4] as a potential market for various computers and computer systems and for software specifically designed to support the needs of the chemist. This paper will examine some possible reasons why large numbers of chemists have not yet decided that computers are a necessary tool for conduct of their everyday research and administrative work, thus explaining the lack of extensive use of computers and related computer technology.\nPlease note that when the qualitative phrases \"few\" or \"low\" (as defined in reference 5) are mentioned for the overall use of a particular piece of computer, a computer program, or a computerized database, the phrase is meant in comparison to the overall potential purchase and use by some 800,000 potential users (chemists) worldwide. For example, when a group of chemists belonging to the COMP (Computers in Chemistry) division of the ACS reports their current level of use of computers for electronic communication at less than 15%, the term \"few\" or \"low\" seems justified. With the exception of one series of marketing studies in the area of computational chemistry [4], there have, to date, been no published studies of the use of computers and related computer systems by the end users in the chemical community [9]. (Studies on the use of computers and databases in libraries are not regarded here as end-user studies.) The reason for this is the small size of the current market which does not justify the investment for such a survey [3,4]. Thus the reader will have to accept the lack of hard statistics for many of the statements presented here.\nIBM PC widely used. Macintosh usage increasing.\nMcDonald's selling the McIBM. Graphics, Mouse, user friendly programs, very fast cpu (>250 Mhz), lots of storage (> 1 Billion bytes), 1200 dpi laser printers, and high speed modems.\nTele-Communications/Networks\nNetworks being used routinely by many chemists. BITNET, Internet and other networks used by scientists a few times per week. Some companies have internal networks for many of their end-user PC's. Telecommunications speeds in the range of 2400 - 9600 baud.\ne.g., Aldrich MSDS, Beilstein Current Facts, Canadian Toxicity Databases NIST Mass Spectrometry, Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia CAS 12th Collective Index, Chapman & Hall - Dictionary of Natural Products\n(e.g., IR and MS databases from NIST)\ncustomers or left for online downloading. [10]\nelectronically to customers' PC via networks.\nLots of printed catalogs. A few catalogs on disk or CD-ROM (e.g. Aldrich)\nSoftware integrated into textbooks [11]\n(G. D. Wiggins, \"Chemical Information Sources\" [12])\nEvery instrument has a computer & most have different\ncomputers and operating systems.\nASTM and instrument manufacturers discussing standards.\nThe heart of the matter is computer literacy. Growing up with, being familiar with, and making regular use of computers and computer systems of information will not become the norm and \"triumph\" (\u00e0 la Max Planck) without the necessary atmosphere and background being part of your upbringing. As mentioned in the introduction, the initial use of computers by chemists (and other scientists) was limited to performing simple calculations. Hence it is no surprise that the area of chemistry in which computers have been used is primarily computational chemistry. But the usage even in this area is low. As Casale and Gelin [4] point out, \"as a scientific discipline, computational chemistry is in its infancy\". The current state of education in many parts of the world will make further usage difficult. However I would hope that in college and graduate school there would be sufficient competence to train the upcoming generation of chemists to become very familiar with computers, through the introduction of computer application courses taught by chemists in chemistry departments. Without an increase in the level of computer literacy the remaining issues are pretty much irrelevant.\nMost chemists use computers for only administrative purposes (like writing a manuscript which may or may not include chemical diagrams). I would argue that the reason for the lack of extensive use of computers is that the majority of computers (PC's of the 8086, 8088, 286, and 386 vintage) which are readily available to the chemist are of insufficient capacity and capability to do effective work other than word processing, structure drawing, and spreadsheet calculations. (Without the available computers moreover, there has been no incentive to develop the software for chemists.) Until just very recently the computers with the necessary cpu speed (e.g., 486 cpu PC's, DEC, Sun, Silicon Graphics, and other type workstations) and available disk space to do a variety of scientific applications (modeling, quantum chemistry calculations, spectral interpretation and prediction, database searching of spectral data, image analysis, etc.) were much too expensive for most individual chemists to have on their desks or in their labs. As little as 2 years ago a computer with an Intel 286 cpu and 40 MB hard disk was considered a state-of-the-art computer system. Almost nobody with a PC would keep a mass spectral database [13] and search system, requiring some 23 MB of hard disk space on a computer system with a 40 MB hard disk. Today, to run a modern PC operating system (using DOS 5 and the Windows or OS/2 operating systems) one needs at least an Intel 486 cpu (with a 50-66 Mhz clock) and 300-500 MB of disk space. A recent article from a monthly computer magazine [14] added up the disk storage requirements for a little over a dozen pieces of popular business oriented software and the total of the disk space required came to almost 100 MB, not including any of the disk space required for program swapping or any of the space needed for files of data and information.\nIn the next few years chemists will be able to replace existing low power (e.g., 286 or equivalent type of PC) computers or buy new ones with the computer power of a an Intel 486/586 cpu (or their Sun, Silicon Graphics, DEC, or equivalent) with sufficient disk storage space to readily run complex and powerful programs.\nComputers are used for electronic communication by a small, but growing number of chemists. Among the reasons for the low usage are the lack of modems and dedicated phone lines as well as the difficulty in finding where people are located or information is located and initiating communication. There is also the lack of computer addressees on the necessary computer networks (Internet, BITNET, Sprintnet, Compuserve, etc.) and the problem of connecting between networks. If I want to telephone someone in another city or country I need only get the phone number from a telephone operator at a price (except for unlisted numbers). With computer networks, there is no readily available phone book, no operator. Practically all numbers (actually computer network addresses) are unlisted. That does present (using a good chemical phase) an energy barrier to solving a problem. However I can see changes coming. A few years ago a business card had a name, title, address, and phone number. Today many business cards have FAX and Internet addresses. It is even possible in many cases to access a computer address online, although this is only starting to be widely used. This is part of computer literacy. This is progress. I believe it will still take years for chemists to make routine use of Internet and the related networks connected to it. From discussions with a number of people, the estimated usage of Internet by chemists was in the range of 10-15% of those who have a computer and can access computers outside their organizations [5]. This number is quite similar to that found for the current level of electronic communication of chemists belonging to the COMP division of the ACS, noted below. At present about 1/3 of the use of Internet is for e-mail [15]. Perhaps even more interesting is that up to 20% of the Internet traffic in the USA is flow-through traffic between Europe & Asia [15]. While the overall number of computers connected to Internet (estimated at more than 727,000 as of January 1992 [16]), the volume of usage (traffic) on Internet [17] and other statistics about Internet are available [17], these numbers do not address the question of micro-usage or end-usage. While the number of computers and the number of users with accounts on these computers can be reasonably estimated, it is not possible at present to determine how many people are actually using Internet and what their usage level is. It is possible that only a few hundred of the hundreds of thousands of computers and users are generating large percentages of the total volume of use of Internet.\nElectronic mail or e-mail is slowly (due to a lack of knowledge about it) becoming a new type of network for chemists, as well as other scientists. [18]. It is not an \"old-boy\" network or \"invisible college\" because it allows anyone accessing these system to be an \"equal\" of anyone else on the system. Electronic bulletin boards, discussion groups, and news groups, dealing with all subjects, are slowly sprouting up everywhere in all areas, each with dozens to hundreds of users [19]. Of almost 800 such news group surveyed by Kovacs, less than 100 are in the physical sciences and of these only 20 are in chemistry [20]. Again a small percentage is observed when the topic relates to chemistry. A few will be mentioned here. For the area of chemical information these include the Chemical Information Sources Discussion List managed by Gary Wiggins at Indiana University (CHMINF-L@IUBVM.UCS.INDIANA.EDU or CHMINF@IUBACS - with about 425 subscribers with a maximum volume of 5 messages per day), the Chemical Education News Group managed by Bill Halpern at the University of West Florida (CHEMED-L@UWF.BITNET), and the Computational Chemistry News Group managed by Jan Labanowski at the Ohio Supercomputer Center at Ohio State University (CHEMISTRY@OSC.EDU - with about 1000 subscribers and with a volume of 10 messages per day). In a 1990 survey [21] it was estimated that some 10% of the overall working population in the USA and Canada uses e-mail systems, vs, only 1.3% in Europe. The ACS Computers in Chemistry (COMP) Division now distributes its newsletter via e-mail on Internet, as well as hard-copy. In mid-1992 a little less than 10% of the COMP members received the newsletter electronically [22], a number comparable with the survey mentioned above. By 1994 this survey estimated the usage in North America would grow to almost 29%, while in Europe the usage would expand to just under 5%. Certainly there are cultural differences between those two areas in the use of the telephone and modems, but the European PTT's and their policies add to the difficulty of use. I would expect the e-mail usage in chemistry to be higher today, and that e-mail will become a necessity by the end of this decade. The low cost, ease of use, and ability readily to send written information to colleagues around the world make this an ideal replacement for the existing \"old-boy\" network of phone calls, meetings, and letters. For anyone, from a Nobel prize winner to a undergraduate student, to be able to communicate freely and easily, and to see what topics and areas are of current interest should improve scientific communication and research work. E-mail will be able to reduce the time for papers to be sent back and forth. Once the graphics problem is solved (both the technical standard for graphics and the speed of transmission of graphics) and put into practical use, e-mail will allow for real electronic journals [23]. This area has a great and important future for chemists throughout the world.\nTable 1 speaks of today's interfaces as being frightful and difficult. If people are not comfortable with a tool they will not use it [3]. As computers become more powerful and better software engineers graduate and get jobs, one can only hope and expect that the interfaces in the year 2000 will become transparent and even voice based [25]. One way to accomplish this is through the extended use of graphics in computers. Today the use of high resolution graphics (1024 x 1024 pixels) is low. Color screen size is small (12 - 14 inches) and expensive. By the year 2000 I would expect that every computer will have a 20 inch or larger color monitor with at least 2048 x 2048 resolution, along with a color laser printer or plotter with the same capabilities. With the cost of hardware decreasing this equipment should be available to most scientists in the coming decade. Related to the problem of the need high-resolution for graphics is the problem of how to transmit all the information quickly enough to be of practical use. Today's modem speeds of 2400 - 9600 baud are much too slow for graphics to be practical. With the current trend of better networks and telecommunications, it seems reasonable to believe that the speeds of transmissions needed for chemistry graphics will be available in the next few years.\nIn the area of chemical identification it has taken some 20 years for the CAS (Chemical Abstracts Service) Registry Number (CAS RN) to be used widely and routinely in databases and in searching for chemicals. While the CAS RN now reigns supreme for chemical identification, it suffers from the lack of any inherent intellectual value; it is, like the US Social Security number, an idiot number (notwithstanding its check digit), assigned sequentially over time. A larger number just means it entered the CAS Registry system more recently. In the past few years optical scanning devices, coupled with advances in character and vector recognition have led to the development of computer programs (see, for example the work of Johnson, et. al [26]) which are able to scan articles from the scientific literature (or from internal research reports), extract chemical information, including connection tables of chemical structures and chemical reaction data (such as solvent, temperature of reaction, etc.). Kekul\u00e9, a similar, but less ambitious program [27] is able to scan a structure and create a connection table. Both of these systems will make adding connection tables to databases much less labor-intensive than in the past.\nThe ease of creating large databases of chemical structures, along with the efforts underway to create standard molecular data descriptions of molecules (e.g., the SMD (Standard Molecular Data) [32] and STAR (Self-defining Text Archive and Retrieval) [33] projects) and the increased ability to send large volumes of data over networks at high speeds, make it seem reasonable to predict that the use of the CAS RN for searching for a chemical will decrease over time. One of the major drawbacks of the CAS RN (and the Beilstein Registry Number as well) is the lack of these numbers in the private and generally confidential files of companies. It is not possible to use an internal identification number to search public files and vice versa. Only the chemical structure itself, when used as the \"search term\" will be a practical way to see if a chemical is in another database. As different organizations represent their structures slightly differently, only the advent of a standard molecular representation or an interchange program (such as the recently developed program ConSystant [34]) will allow a user to readily search for related structures in another database of chemical structures.\nMost of the data and information in the major chemical databases of the world are raw and unprocessed. The two largest collections, those of CAS [35] and VINITI [36] are bibliographic. In these two databases, whatever the author says is accepted at face value. Since almost all of the papers abstracted are refereed, either the author's abstract is used or CAS or VINITI write an abstract, based on the information provided in the publication. Only the Beilstein and Gmelin databases perform some measure of evaluation, although most of this work is really extraction of information. For example, in the Beilstein Handbook, online database, and CD-ROM Current Facts, the data are extracted. In the past there were some additional efforts made to assure that enough information was published in the original work to guarantee the work could be reproduced, and not every chemical reaction or piece of data was used by Beilstein. The Beilstein staff has never had the financial capability to evaluate the very large volume of data they process. Such data evaluation is rare, with the most well known example being that of the US NIST/SRD (National Institute for Standards and Technology, Standard Reference Data Program). Beilstein performed a \"second\" and valuable peer review, albeit too late to keep questionable or poorly defined or unexplained science from being published. In any event, today, due to the high costs of labor, both the Beilstein Institute and VINITI have fewer in-house staff than in past years and rely more on part-time outside workers. With some 65% of the costs at CAS being labor, it is reasonable to believe that CAS will be moving in this direction again. (CAS once had primarily all of the abstracting done by outside chemists.)\nCD-ROM's are hardware devices that are just beginning to find use in chemistry. Again the problem of the lack of good software, adequate computer hardware, and available databases has limited the growth and use of this medium. While most of the 422 [37] educational science libraries in the USA have CD-ROM drives it is estimated that less than 1% of the computers which are in chemistry labs have a CD-ROM drive [38]. This estimate has been supported by a non-scientific, non-systematic request for information which the author sent to the approximately 400 subscribers to the Chemical Information News Group (see above) resulted in two responses, one from Exxon and one from Rutgers (Chemistry and Physics Departments) [39]. In both cases these information specialists who replied indicated they know of no end users in their organizations who had CD-ROM's on their PC's. In addition to this survey, a number of vendors of CD-ROM's were contacted. All considered the sales and types of users to be confidential information. None kept track of the type of users who were buying their products. In one case, that of the Aldrich Chemical catalog on CD-ROM it was learned that while the sales (at $25 per CD-ROM) of their catalog on CD-ROM were under 1000, they publish 2.7 million copies of their printed catalog [40] and distributed free of charge. Even in an area where computers are used more routinely in chemistry, namely computational chemistry, less than 10% of the customers using the molecular modeling software program SYBYL have requested to receive their software update on the CD-ROM offered by the vendor [41]. This could be compared to the computer science community, where more than 80% of the users of Sun workstations receive their software and documentation on CD-ROM [42]. Thus chemists clearly have a long way to go before they become as comfortable with this medium as computer programmers and computer systems staff are. At present I would summarize the state of the chemists' use of CD-ROM as in its infancy, but I strongly feel that the growth curve for CD-ROM usage is likely to be exponential in the coming years, as evidenced by the use of CD-ROM in other fields.\nEven for those who have a CD-ROM drive, the small size of the market often leads to databases which are not updated. No doubt owing to the lack of sales, even the Microsoft Bookshelf CD-ROM, which contains an almanac, dictionary, thesaurus, US Zip code directory, and other databases hasn't been updated in 5 years [43]. CD-ROM's, which today store about 660 million characters (about 330,000 pages of text), will, by the year 2000, replace many reference books and chemical catalogs on the chemists' bench and bookshelf. A few pioneers in this area, such as the Beilstein Institute in Frankfurt Germany are leading the way to what will clearly be the library of the future. The Beilstein Current Facts CD-ROM has about one year of extracted data from the literature (without author names, titles, or abstracts), along with a computer chemical structure search system, all neatly collected on a single CD-ROM. Someday, the weekly issue of Chemical Abstracts will come to each chemist this way. Each chemist will have the Merck Index, CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, ACS Directory of Graduate Research, and a few ACS journals, all on CD-ROM's. By the year 2000 it should be possible to custom order a set of books on CD-ROM. For example, the ACS Symposium Series of several hundred books could be entered into computer readable form and then books \"printed\" on a CD-ROM on demand, the same way floppy disks are copied today. Using keywords or phrases you could select a set of books you might want on your bookshelf (actually your CD-ROM jukebox device), and send the order for such a disk to be mastered and mailed to you. Certainly custom made orders would be more expensive than pre-packaged ones, but, if marketed and priced favorably, should be well within the means of most chemists. Groups of chemists, such as the polymer or materials chemists could create their own CD-ROM's based on existing volumes already printed. IUPAC could create a CD-ROM of Pure and Applied Chemistry. The list is almost endless.\nThe last specific topic to be covered in this paper is the area of books, journals, and online chemical information. In the online area it can be seen from the current usage of scientific and technical databases, the current generation of chemists is not very familiar with computers and chemical information. The costs of searching the chemical literature (including the various charges of connect time, search hits, printouts, and so forth) are high, averaging well over $100 per hour connected to a host main-frame computer. Compared to browsing through a book, journal, or an issue of the printed Chemical Abstracts, this is expensive. Most of the information is not evaluated. The details of the chemical synthesis method or the properties of a molecule or material are either not in the abstract or need to be found by reading the journal article or book chapter. With high fixed expenses in the creation of the information, due to the fact that abstracting and indexing is and, I believe, will always be a very labor intensive effort (even with such expected developments as the potentially useful software of Johnson, et. al. [26]), there are two ways to recover the costs; either charge a lot of people small sums of money or charge a few people a lot of money. The chemical information industry, for the most part (and there are a few exceptions), has decided to opt for high prices. The results are what most would expect. Few of the hundreds of thousands of chemists referred to in the beginning of this article use computerized databases. Few subscribe to weekly literature searching (Selective Dissemination of Information - SDI) of online databases. The reason is primarily economic. Schools and even many companies cannot afford to have hundreds of chemists spending such large sums of money on literature and related online searching. Hopefully some of the database and vendor companies will begin to experiment with the notion of marketing to the thousands of potential users waiting for reasonably priced products. Years ago many people had personal subscriptions to sections of Chemical Abstracts, to journals, and so on. Will the computer revolution in general and CD-ROM's in particular cause history to come full circle? I believe by the year 2000 this is a distinct possibility if there are changes in the way in which vendors market their products. While books will never disappear from the chemist's desk, I think CD-ROM will become the preferred medium of distribution and use in many areas of chemical information. These areas include reference works, collections of books and articles on a particular subject, as well as chemical catalogs of supplies, and software updates.\nAs for computer-based journals, as stated in Table 13, publishing in a printed journal is now the socially accepted means of communication and leads to rewards and promotions. While the means of communication can easily change, the social reward situation is quite different. Universities and most other organizations which have peer review, use refereed scientific journals very heavily in their evaluation criteria. While I feel my career has not suffered due to the software and databases I have written and developed, I do not think this is the usual case. Experiments in journals which have a substantial portion of their activity in non-hard copy form are now starting to appear. One such case was Tetrahedron Computer Methodology (TCM) [44]. This journal died after about 4 years, owing to a variety of technical and nontechnical reasons. A new partly online journal, the Online Journal of Current Clinical Trials, has just finally gotten off the ground and is now available [45, 46]. This journal has more institutional support than TCM, and so it may make inroads in this area. Additionally there is another new journal, Protein Science [47], which is a biochemistry journal which started publishing in January 1992. Protein Science comes with a floppy disk of graphics, which the journal calls \"kinemages\". In any event, I can see that these experiments, coupled with better delivery mechanisms (for chemistry this is primarily software for the transmission and viewing of graphics), will by the end of the decade lead to a few journals making real headway towards the chemical community having automated journals.\nThe recent recession in a number of developed countries of the world has led to the re-examination of how to sell products. When people don't fly, airlines lower their fares to fill seats. When people don't buy automobiles, General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler, along with foreign car companies lower the prices to stimulate sales. When hotels have occupancy rates below 50% and need 65% occupancy to at least break-even financially, hotels offer cheap rooms. There are many more examples outside the chemical information area, but it should suffice to state that the Japanese domination of the consumer electronics industry clearly shows that lower prices lead to higher volumes and generally higher profits. Examples in chemical information, I need only to mention such publications as the 11th edition of the Merck Index [49] (priced at $30) or the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics [50] (priced at $100), now in its 73rd edition. Both of these products sell tens of thousands of copies.\nIn chemical information there seems to be a pervasive attitude that information is valuable and prices must be high. Information is no doubt valuable, as evidenced by state and corporate intelligence gathering. In 1978 the total annual online information (scientific and non-scientific (primarily legal) information) revenues were about $40 million [51]. By 1990 this had grown to an annual rate of $690 million. The most successful computer chemistry software company, Molecular Design Ltd (MDL) of San Leandro, California, in roughly the same period of time has seen revenues go from $0 to about $50 million per year. Molecular modeling companies, of which there are at least a half dozen, together probably have total annual revenues of less than current MDL sales. (Sales revenues are based on software sales and exclude hardware and consulting/consortium groups.) Compared with other industries and especially compared to other areas of the computer industry, these revenues are rather low and these are not impressive figures [52]. I would hope that companies in this field will begin to experiment with new marketing approaches which will both increase the usage of their products and reach a larger segment of the chemistry population. The Autodesk effort with its HyperChem software is one bright example in a gloomy field. Without a greater volume of usage it is possible that information will remain a commodity for only a small portion of the chemical community.\nI believe there are two main reasons for the low use of computers and computer systems by chemists - cost and ease of use. The economics of chemical information, up to this point in time, made it a tool for few users and the wealthy in the more developed nations of the world and for the more wealthy companies in those countries. More easy to use computer systems will, in the long run, generate more usage. This should, in turn, lower individual computer costs. (The classic chicken and the egg situation.) I believe that with the current and upcoming generation of hardware with the power of an Intel 486 (at 50-100 Mhz) or an equivalent UNIX-based Sun or DEC or Silicon Graphics workstation, software can be designed and implemented which will have two main features. The software will be reasonably easy to use (and be easy to remember the next day or week as to how to use a program or database system being accessed) and powerful enough to do the actual job needed to be done. By powerful I mean that the software will have the necessary \"user-friendly\" interfaces (graphics, mouse, voice command, and so on), and have some AI (artificial intelligence) capability and knowledge of the subject to assist the end use in getting his or her job done. However, without close cooperation between software developers and database producers and their end users, this will not happen. Both the software and databases need to be properly designed to meet the actual end-user needs, not the needs which the vendors perceive the users have . Talking to, and more importantly, listening to, the customer or end user, is something the chemical information and related industry will have to come to grips with in the next few years if real and substantial progress is to be made for both parties.\nThe author wishes to acknowledge of number of colleagues who have provided information and comments on this paper. These include:\nBob Badger (Springer-Verlag)\nMike Bowen (ACS)\nPierre Buffet (Questel)\nChuck Casale (Aberdeen Group)\nHideaki Chihara (JAICI)\nThomas Clerc (Bern)\nHarry Collier (Infonortics)\nLarry Dusold (FDA)\nTom Greeves (Daratech)\nRichard Hong (Hawk Scientific)\nSandy Lawson (Beilstein)\nDave Lide (CRC)\nBill Milne (NIH)\nGlen Ouchi (Brego)\nKris Pettersen (Autodesk)\nTom Pierce (Rohm & Haas)\nRudy Potenzone (CAS)\nCraig Shelley (SoftShell)\nSteve Schultz (Aldrich Chemical)\nBabu Venkataraghavan (Lederle Labs)\nWendy Warr (Wendy Warr & Associates)\nGary Wiggins (Indiana University)\nJoanne Witiak (Rohm & Haas)\nChezi Wolman (Hebrew University)\nHugh Woodruff (Merck)\n[1] Based on a lectures given at the 10th International Conference on Computers in Chemical Research and Education (ICCCRE), Jerusalem, Israel, July 1992 and the Second InternationalConference on Computer Applications to Materials and Molecular Science and Engineering, Yokohama, Japan, September 1992.\n[2] Planck, M., \"Scientific Autobiography and Other Papers\", Williams & Norgate, London (1950), pages 33-34.\n[4] Casale, Charles T. and Gelin, Bruce R., \"Growth and Opportunity in Computational Chemistry\", 1992, The Aberdeen Group,, 92 State Street, Boston,MA. Phone: 617-723-7890, FAX: 617-723-7897. There is also a more extensive 1989 report published by the same organization entitled \"Conflicting Trends in Computational Chemistry\".\n[6] The information on the number of chemists appears to be inconsistent. In 1990 the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported there were 125,000 chemists in the USA. From a 1990 survey, the number of ACS members with chemistry degrees number about 137,000. The same survey indicated that the number of ACS members who majored in chemistry was 111,000. In 1992 there were about 145,000 members of the ACS. Lastly, the 1988 Kline report to the ACS stated that there were 213,000 chemists in the USA and 137,000 chemical engineers. Among the reasons the Kline report was commissioned by the ACS was to find out how many potential members there would be for ACS membership. Mike Bowen, Director, ACS Membership Division, private communication.\n[7] For example, Merck & Co, a drug company of over 35,000 employees (not all of whom are scientists) has in excess of 10,000 PC's in total. Hugh Woodruff, private communication.\n[8] Tim Brogan, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, 1100 15th Street, NW, Washington DC 20005. Phone 202-835-3400.\n[10] In October 1992 STN began to deliver SDI results electronically, but only to an STNmail ID. STNews, 8, #10, page 1, October 1992, North American Edition.\n[11] In the PC computer field a regular flow of books come with computer disks. These disks are intimately related to the contents of the book. For example, a disk of DOS enhancement programs comes with the Dvorak book on DOS and PC performance. Dvorak, J. C. and Anis, N., \"Dvorak's Inside Track to DOS & PC Performance\", ISBN: 0-07-881759-5, $39.95. Osborne McGraw-Hill, 1992. 2600 Tenth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710. Phone: 510-549-6600, FAX: 510549-6603.\n[12] Wiggins, G. D., \"Chemical Information Sources\", McGraw-Hill Series in Advanced Chemistry, ISBN: 0-07-909939-4, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1991. This book includes a \"Chemistry Reference Sources Database\" of 2156 records plus the Pro-Cite search software for IBM PC's. Pro-Cite is available from Personal Bibliographic Software, PO Box 4250, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-4250. Phone\" 313-996-1580; FAX: 313-996-4672.\n[13] PC version of the NIST/EPA/NIH Mass Spectral Database, March 1992 Version. Available from NIST/SRD, Bldg 221/A320, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 (Phone: 301-975-2208; FAX: 301-926-0416). The price is $1200 for the database or $200 for those who had bought previous versions.\n[15] L. Dusold (FDA, Washington, DC), private communication.\n[16] Lottor, M., \"Internet Growth\", RFC#1296, SRI International, Network Information Systems center, 333 Ravenswood Avenue, Room EJ-291, Menlo Park, CA 94025. Phone: 415-859-6387, FAX: 415-859-6028, E-mail: NISC@NISC.SRI.COM.\n[17] MERIT - Information Center for Internet. MERIT Network, Inc., 2901 Hubbard, Pod-G, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105-2016. Phone: 313-936-3000, e-mail: NSFNET-INFO@MERIT.EDU.\n[18] See the recent series on electronic mail in the October 1992 issue of Spectrum magazine, the monthly publication of the IEEE. The articles in this issue include: a) Perry, T. S. and Adam, J. A., \"E-mail: Pervasive and Persuasive\", Spectrum, pages 22-23 (1992), b) Perry, T. S., \"E-mail at Work\", Spectrum, pages 24-28 (1992), c) Adam, J. A., \"Playing on the net\", page 29 (1992), and d) \"Perry, T. S., \"Forces for Social Change\", pages 30-32 (1992).\n[20] There are new user groups being formed all the time. However it remains to be seen how will it will take for these to actually take hold and have staying power. Springer-Verlag, the company that distributes the Beilstein database started a system for its users of the Beilstein database on the Compuserve computer system. After a year it was found that usage was too low to continue it. In the past few months user group conferences on HyperChem software, CHARMm software, Organic Chemistry (actually a restart of a system that died a few years ago), Amber software, BioSym software, and SYBYL software have been started up. IUPAC plans to initiate one in the near future for its many members and affiliates around the world. It will be interesting to see how many of these remain and in what form they remain in 1-2 years.\n[27] McDaniel, Joe R, and Balmuth, Jason R., \"Kekul\u00e9: OCR - Optical Chemical (Structure) Recognition\", J. Chem. Inf. Comput. Sci., 32, 373-378 (1992).\n[32] Barnard, J. M., \"Draft Specification for Revised Version of\tthe Standard Molecular Data (SMD) Format\", J. Chem. Inf. Comput. Sci., 30, 81-96 (1990).\n[36] VINITI, The All Russian Institute of Scientific and Technical Information, was established in 1952. Since that time it has collected over 31 million source documents in all areas of science (not just chemistry). Of these there are some 11 million abstracts in computer readable form. Its main publication is \"Referativnyi Zhurnal VINITI\". VINITI is located at 20a Uslevitcha Street, Moscow 125219, Russia. Phone: 011-7-095-152-6163, FAX: 011-7-095-943-0060. VINITI distributes its products outside of Russia through Access Innovations, Inc. 4314 Mesa Grande S.E., Albuquerque, NM 87108. Phone 505-265-3591, FAX: 505-256-1080\n[37] J. Comstock (Head, ACS Books Department, ACS Publications Division, Washington, DC.), private communication.\n[41] TRIPOS Associates, Inc., 1699 South Hanley Road, Suite 303, St. Louis, MO 63144. Phone: 314-647-1099 or 800-323-2960; FAX: 314-647-9241.\n[42] Sun Microsystems, 2550 Garcia Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94043. Phone: 415-960-1300; FAX: 415-969-9131.\n[43] Mitchell, J., editor, \"The CD-ROM Directory 1991\", 5th edition, Entry 1010, page 169, TFPL Publishing, 22 Peters Lane, London, EC1M 6DS, UK (Phone: 44-71-251-5522).\n[44] Tetrahedron Computer Methodology (TCM), was published by Pergamon Press between 1988 and 1992.\n[45] The Online Journal of Current Clinical Trials (CCT), a joint venture of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. The price is $95 plus monthly telecommunication charges. For further information contact the journal at 1333 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005. Phone: 202-326-6446.\n[46] On 28 August 1992 it was announced (Science, Volume 257, 4 September 1992, page 1341) that CCT [42] has linked up with the journal \"The Lancet\" so that \"The Lancet\" could publish a printed, abridged form of a current CCT article.\n[47] This new journal was described by Stu Borman in an article in Chemical & Engineering News, February 17, 1992, pages 26-27.\n[48] Heller, S. R., \"The Economic Future of Numeric Databases in Chemistry \" , Proceedings of the 15th International Online Information Meeting, London, December 1991, pages 47 - 50. Published by Learned Information, Oxford, UK.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 257, "original_length": 58963, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 216.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.hellers.com/steve/resume/p37.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:39Z", "digest": "sha1:UM6OBBQ5EWI5GKXJQ6H2LTLGUSC3KA32", "length": 37779, "nlines": 106, "source_domain": "www.hellers.com", "title": "A Computer-Based Chemical", "raw_content": "Chemical data stored in a central computer can be\nused internationally in real time and at low cost.\nS. R. Heller, G. W. A. Milne, R. J. Feldmann\nA considerable improvement in the power of computers in the 1960's prompted work at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and at the headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to explore the feasibility of an online chemical information system (1). Several capabilities were identified as necessary in such a system, including storage capacity, search and retrieval from libraries of chemical data, computer-assisted analysis of chemical data, and retrieval of information from the chemical literature. The types of numerical data under consideration included mass spectra, carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra, and x-ray diffraction data. Bibliographic data dealing with mass spectrometry and x-ray crystallography have also been incorporated into the system.\nIn view of the well-known difficulties implicit in the use of batch-oriented computers in information retrieval, it was considered essential that an on-line interactive computer be used for these tasks and so the NIH PDP-1O was chosen as the computer to be used in these experiments. A chemist who searches through a data base often possesses a good deal of information, perhaps poorly defined, that is related to the problem at hand. A\nDr. Heller is a computer specialist in the Management and Information Data Systems Division Environmental Protection Agency, Washington D.C. 20460. Dr. Milne is a research chemist in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda Maryland 20014. Mr. Feldmann is a computer specialist in the Division of Computer Research and Technology, National Institutes of Health, 13ethesda, Maryland 20014.\nwell-programmed computer can interrogate him as he is interrogating the data base and so prompt him to recall as much of this additional information as is feasible to solve the problem at hand. In such an interactive system, the computer can report to the user that \"17,450 citations satisfy the criteria\" that were specified and ask \"Do you want to alter the criteria?\" If so, the computer can interrogate the user about the new criteria. With each modification in criteria, the user can see how the number of hits changes; in this way the question can be \"tuned\" until it gives a manageable number of answers, which can then be either sampled by the user or printed in tote.\nTo build such a chemical information system one must first locate or generate a data base that can be used in each component. Then programs for interactive searching of the data bases must be written that will permit the direct interrogation of a disk-stored data base so that information may be retrieved at low cost. The structuring of the files on the disk and the exact details of the disk input-output statements are of prime importance in this connection. Next, a means must be devised by which the components can be linked. A user, having identified several compounds from their mass spectra, may next wish to examine their NMR spectra, and some means should be available by which he can readily do so. Finally, a mechanism must be found by which a working program-data base combination can be disseminated to as large a group of users as possible. That the system attract many users is important, because costs to the individual user can be minimized in this way and also because the users are a major source of new data for the system.\nThe NIH-EPA Chemical Information System (CIS), built on the general principles described above, consists of a series of PDP10-resident numerical and bibliographic data bases together with a battery of interactive, conversational computer programs that can be used to search for and retrieve information from any of the data bases. In addition, there are interactive programs that will permit analysis of data, either to reduce them to a form in which they can be used in the searching programs or as an end in itself. New components or updates are merged into the CIS by the mechanism shown schematically in Fig. 1.\nThe data bases which comprise the CIS include mass spectra, carbon-13 NMR spectra, x-ray diffraction data for organic and inorganic molecules, and xray powder diffraction patterns. All of these files can be searched structurally; that is, they can be examined for the presence of a given chemical structure or substructure. The files are linked by means of Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) registry numbers, which are unique chemical identifiers. There are also three bibliographic files which contain the literature citations on mass spectrometry, x-ray diffraction of organic molecules, and gas-phase proton affinities.\nThe analytical programs that are available can accomplish the iterative analysis of complex NMR spectra, general curve-fitting, and linear regression analysis. Other programs can be used to calculate isotopic enrichment from mass spectral data or, for a given species in solution, to find the molecular conformation with the lowest energy.\nIn a computer network (2), the data bases and all the associated programs are stored in a central computer. This computer center has its own dedicated communications system which permits worldwide, 24-hour access by local telephone call by telephone landlines or satellite links, as shown schematically in Fig. 2. A user in Basel can, using a telephone-coupled terminal, obtain access to the programs and data base on the central computer. Communications are essentially instantaneous; the normal pauses associated with time-sharing are generally more noticeable than the signal transmission times (3).\nFig. I (left). Addition of a component to the Chemical Information System; DCRT, Division of Computer Research and Technology, National Institutes of Health. Fig. 2 (right). Schematic diagram of a computer network.\nThe overall cost of communications is divided among all users on a per hour basis, and the usual cost per user is now about $10 to $15 per hour of connect time. Irrespective of one's location, the cost of contacting the CIS, which may be many thousands of miles away, is nearly negligible, and the speed of computer response is essentially instantaneous.\nThe only other way to avoid long distance telephone calls is to maintain several copies of the data bases in different locations. However, this arrangement incurs higher costs for computer storage and also presents formidable problems in connection with the updating of data bases. When a network is available, the data need be stored on a disk only once and the whole system can be updated by simply replacing the old data base, programs, or both, with new ones. Global networking has the further advantage that all communication with users of a particular program can be handled by means of system messages. It is not even necessary to know who a user is to reach him; his signing onto the system identifies him as a user and prompts the system to print out any messages of importance to such individuals.\nA disadvantage of networks is that the techniques they employ run counter to the telecommunications policies of a number of governments. The difficulties range from the relatively simple problem that the use of acoustic couplers is not allowed in some countries to the less manageable case of a government demanding 51 percent local ownership of any network nodes in the country. Another problem is that a network involves considerable overhead costs. To ensure that these costs will be covered, some commitment such as an annual subscription fee must be required. This is reasonable for those who plan moderate or heavy use of the system, but it discourages infrequent usage.\nMass Spectral Search System (MSSS)\nThis is the oldest component of the CIS and has been developed (4) from programs written in 1971 by Heller (5). The data in this component are unit resolution electron ionization mass spectra collected over about a decade by a number of groups, such as the Mass Spectrometry Data Centre (MSDC) in England and the NIH and EPA in the United States. The complete MSDC-NIH-EPA collection currently contains some 3O,OOO mass spectra of different organic compounds, each of which has a CAS registry number, a Wiswesser line notation (WLN) (6), and a connection table, which is a mathematical representation of the two-dimensional structure of the molecule. This file is available for lease from the National Bureau of Standards (7).\nThe MSSS is being operated by MSDC via the Cyphernetics Division of ADP Network Services, Inc. (8), and to use it one must pay an annual subscription fee of $300 per institution. The user is also subject to charges for connect time and computation.\nThe complete mass spectra are stored on the computer (9), but all the actual searching is carried out on an inverted file of abbreviated spectra; the abbreviated spectra (10) consist of the two most intense peaks in every range of 14 mass units in each full spectrum, that is, mass to-charge (m/e) ratio of 6 to 19, 20 to 33, and so on. The file of abbreviated mass spectra is used to generate an inverted file, a list of m/e values versus the identification numbers of spectra in which there is an ion at the particular m/e value. The intensity of the ion is appended to the identification number. When an m/e value is entered as part of a query, the computer reads out from that part of the inverted file the identification numbers of the spectra that contain such an ion, and, while doing this, it checks whether each intensity falls within the range defined by the user as acceptable. This inverted file search (5) is very fast, requiring only about I to 2 seconds of PDP 10 processor time. More importantly, it is largely independent of file size.\nIn a typical PEAK search through the mass spectral data base (Fig. 3) the user is asked for an m/e value and lower and upper intensity limits on the conventional scale (0 to 100 percent). If only one intensity is provided in the response, the program works with a window of +- 30 percent about this intensity. The first entry in the example shown, m/e 283, intensity between 10 and 40 percent, produces 329 spectra that satisfy this criterion. The second peak entered, m/e 301, produces a certain number of spectra that satisfy that criterion alone but which are not reported to the user; instead, the computer seeks identification numbers that are common to this second list and the original 329 answers. In this case, 40 spectra result. A third peak of m/e 245 reduces this list of hits to one, at which point the user types \"one\" and the answer, pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione, 17-hydroxy-16,alpha.methyl-, number 23445, is printed out, together with the appropriate CAS registry number (REGN), spectrum quality index (QI), molecular weight (MW), and molecular formula (MF).\nTypically, the user next retrieves the complete mass spectrum corresponding to number 23445. One may obtain a partial or complete digital listing of mle values and relative intensities from a computer-generated microfiche copy of the data base or one may use the retrieval option SPEC. If the user has a vector display terminal, he may retrieve the mass spectrum in the conventional bar graph form by using the option PLOT. The mass spectrum can also be plotted and a hard copy of the bar graph may also be obtained either as a photocopy of the screen or by means of an x-y plotter, depending upon the equipment available.\nThis data base can be searched in other ways, for example, for specific molecular weights or complete or partial molecular formulas. The compilation may also be searched by means of structure codes--arbitrary numerical codes used to define a particular structural feature or compound type.\nEach of these secondary search modes becomes very much more powerful when combined (Boolean AND) with the PEAK search. One can, for example, search for all compounds of a given molecular weight that have certain mass spectral peaks. The option PMF permits, as an example, identification of all the compounds containing 19 carbon atoms and one sulfur atom that give a base peak in their mass spectra of m/e 71. There is just one entry in the file, that for the antidepressant drug thiazesim that satisfies these criteria.\nThe program KB accepts the complete mass spectrum, and, using the technique developed by Hertz et al. (10), finds those spectra that are most similar to that of the unknown. This program, which can be run very inexpensively overnight when computer charges are lower, is suited to the user whose mass spectrometer-computer system is in contact, by telephone, with the MSSS.\nOther programs in the MSSS are particularly designed for more effective user interaction with the system. The program CRAB may be used to register complaints and also to report errors that have been found in the data, and changes in the system can be disseminated to users by means of the program NEWS. Each search program has associated with it a HELP program. A user, doubtful of the workings of, for example, PMF, may type HELP PMF, and a short explanation of that program will be printed out at the terminal.\nThe MSSS operates with a series of fixed computer charges which range from $1 to $6. The most expensive search option is KB, which currently costs $6 ($2 in overnight batch) and which involves a sequential search through all the abbreviated spectra in the file. This option is very extensively used, particularly by those whose laboratory systems are on-line to MSSS by way of direct minicomputer interfaces. Interfacing of laboratory minicomputers to MSSS has proved to be one of the more successful experiments in MSSS, and a number of manufacturers (11) are now marketing mass spectral data-acquisition systems that can be connected by telephone to the MSSS. The problem that arises when the mass spectrum being investigated has been measured upon a mixture of compounds has been addressed by means of the reverse searching program, PBM (12). This procedure is necessary because spectra in the data base are generally measured with pure compounds.\nThe total number of MSSS transactions per month is currently about 4000. The bulk of the searching is with PEAK and KB. Other searches are used significantly, however, with the possible exception of LOSS, which is a program designed to find all spectra exhibiting a given neutral loss from the molecular ion. Programs that remain idle in this way are ultimately removed from the MSSS. Over 250 laboratories, representing about 150 different organizations, are currently using MSSS, and this number is increasing at the rate of about one per week.\nSearch System (CNMR)\nThis relatively recent addition to the CIS is currently operating in a \"pilot\" version. The data base consists of entries for 4000 spectra representing the same number of compounds. As a result of very vigorous collaboration between scientists in the United States, Germany, Hungary, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Japan, this file is now being expanded very rapidly and, it is hoped, will contain some 10,000 entries within a year.\nEach entry consists of the compound name, molecular formula, and CAS registry number. The proton-decoupled carbon-13 chemical shifts, with the relative intensities (when available), assignments (that is, the atoms responsible for the respective signals), the multiplicity (S. singlet; D, doublet; T. triplet; 0, quartet) of the single-frequency, off-resonance decoupled signals, and the experimental conditions under which the measurements were made are appended, as are the WLN for the compound and a compound classification code. A connection table and a numbered structure diagram for the compound are also included.\nOnce assembled, this data base can be searched in some very powerful ways. In a file of CNMR data, one must be able to identify each carbon atom uniquely and so numbered connection tables for every compound must be available. The display of a chemical structure at a command is simple once the connection table is accessible; more importantly, the presence in the file of the connection table makes it possible to search for structure fragments or substructures, a particularly useful capability in a file of NMR data.\nObserved chemical shifts can be used (13) to search through the CNMR file to retrieve all the spectra that have the same shift or shifts. A typical search of this sort is shown in Fig. 4. The user is asked to enter a chemical shift in parts per million on the tetramethylsilane scale that is normally used in CNMR spectroscopy and a permissible deviation from this value. The search is then carried out in exactly the same way as in MSSS,\nexcept that no intensity information is used, and the number of hits is reported to the user. At this point, he can terminate the search, inspect the hits that have already been found, or enter another shift, in which case the search is repeated with the second shift, the two lists of hits are intersected, and the number of spectra with both shifts is reported to the user. In addition to the chemical shift, the user may enter the single-frequency, off-resonance decoupled multiplicity of the signal. This information is used as an additional filter on the number of hits.\nOnce the identification number and the name of an entry of interest have been retrieved from the SHIFT or molecular formula search programs, the entry itself can be printed out or examined on the computer-generated microfiche copy of the data base just as in MSSS. The SPEC option retrieves the name, the structural and molecular formulas of the compound, and the shifts in its CNMR spectrum. Also provided, as available, are the relative intensities of the lines, expressed as a percentage of the most intense line, the single-frequency, off-resonance decoupled multiplicity of each line, and its assignment. An example of the output from the SPEC program is given in Fig. 5. The other options in the CNMR search system are the NEWS, CRAB, and HELP programs, which operate just as in MSSS. The CNMR search system is maintained upon the network by the Netherlands Organization for Chemical Information, which pays the annual disk storage costs for the data base. An annual subscription fee of $100 associated with the use of this system will be instituted in January 1977, and the computer charges for searching are set at $1 or less per search.\nX-ray Crystal Structure Retrieval Program\nThe Cambridge Crystal Structure File is a collection of some 10,000 organic crystal structures that have been reported since 1960 (14). The file is leased from Cambridge University by NIH on behalf of the entire United States and currently contains a bibliographic section in addition to the structural data. To this file the NIH and EPA have added registry numbers, standard nomenclature, and connection tables.\nComputer programs have been written by Feldmann et al. (15) to search, display, and manipulate data of the sort that are in this file. These programs use the device-independent Omnigraph display software developed by Sproull (16).\nThe file may be searched in a variety of ways to find compounds that fulfill specific criteria such as molecular formula, molecular weight, or coordinate data. As with all the other CIS data files, there is in this file a connection table for every compound and so searches may be conducted for a specific structure or substructure as described below. Once an entry has been identified, the molecule can be displayed and the display inspected, rotated, or redisplayed as a stereo pair. Torsion angles, dihedral angles, and interatomic distances can be calculated. This system is available on the network and can be accessed by way of a vector cathode-ray tube terminal or a lower-speed printer terminal, but the latter cannot handle any graphical representation. All the component programs except the substructure search are transaction-priced.\nX-ray Crystal Data Retrieval Program\nThe Crystal Data Determinative Tables produced by the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) contain x-ray diffraction data for some 24,O00 single crystals, both organic and inorganic (17). Each entry consists of the cell parameters (A, B. C, alpha, beta, and gamma), the number (Z) of molecules in the unit cell, the measured and calculated density, the molecular formula, and, depending upon the crystal system, two determinative ratios (for example, A/B and A/C); in the near future each entry will also have a CAS registry number.\nThe programs for searching through this data base, under development at NIH, permit searches for specific space groups, densities, molecular formulas, or unit cells of given characteristics. Any two of these searches can be intersected in a binary AND.\nCompletion of the development and testing of the software for this component of the CIS is scheduled for 1977. The data base and programs will then be made generally available through the network.\nX-ray Powder Diffraction Retrieval Program\nA compilation of the powder diffraction patterns of some 27,000 materials has been assembled by the Joint Committee on Powder Diffraction (18). The data for each entry consist of the relative\nintensity, normalized to that of the most intense line, together with the d spacing of the line. The single problem in searching through such a file lies in the fact that, in practice, powder diffraction patterns are very often measured upon mixtures, whereas the patterns in the data base are derived from relatively pure compounds. For a problem of this sort, the reverse search technique (19) upon which the PBM component of the MSSS is based is well suited.\nWork is now in progress to adapt a reverse search program to the x-ray powder diffraction file and subsequently to make the resulting system available. It is not expected that this work will be completed before early 1977, and the expected cost to users of this program, which will be managed by the Joint Committee on Powder Diffraction, is at present unknown.\nSubstructure Searching (SSS)\nFor the chemist a very desirable method of using the CIS is to search for every occurrence of a complete structural formula or fragment, as opposed to a molecular formula. This procedure is termed substructure searching (20) and involves a search through a file of connection tables for the part that has been specified by the user.\nA preliminary step in substructure searching is the preparation of a query, and this may be done interactively as shown in Fig. 6. Hydrogen atoms are implicit, and nodes (atoms) that are not further defined are considered to represent carbon. With these programs, even complicated structures can be developed in an elapsed time of under 5 minutes, corresponding to a few seconds of computer time at most.\nOnce the appropriate connection table has been generated, a substructure search can be initiated. A typical first step would be a fragment probe search, in this case, for the occurrence of atom-centered fragments identical to node 2, the most characteristic node in the substructure. This results in 53 hits. A subsequent search (RPROBE) for all compounds containing a pyrrolidine ring substituted at the 2-position gives seven hits; intersection of these two files of answers results in only one compound, proline, CAS registry number 147853, that satisfies all the criteria that have been defined. Small files can be examined for exact matches by the program SUBSTRUCTURE SEARCH. This program seeks a precise correspondence between the user-generated substructures in the file by an atom-by-atom search of each structure.\nAn expensive but necessary step in the preparation of each data file in the CIS is to assign connection tables and CAS registry numbers to each compound in the file. As a result, the substructure search (SSS) programs will operate on any of the CIS files and any other file such as CHEMLINE (21 ) that has connection tables. The computer costs for the use of SSS are variable; the average cost of a substructure search is between $5 and $20.\nThese costs are uncomfortably high for many users, and, since further software optimization appears to be yielding diminishing returns, the use of structure codes as a presearch device to SSS is being investigated. In this approach, a series of about 400 numerical structure codes (known as CIDS codes) are computer-generated from the data base of the connection tables (22). The first step in SSS will be a presearch based upon the CIDS codes. If the efficiency of the program is substantially improved by this approach, the structure code search will perhaps be merged into SSS as an obligatory presearch procedure.\nMass Spectrometry Bulletin Search (BULL)\nThe Mass Spectrometry Bulletin, a publication of the United Kingdom Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, consists of about 56,000 abstracts of papers dealing with mass spectrometry published since the mid-1960's. Each citation is reduced to a number of subject key words or codes; in addition, the author's name, the journal reference, the relevant MSDC codes, and elements are retained. The resulting files, which comprise the Mass Spectrometry Bulletin, are used to generate a disk-resident file of citations which can be searched on the basis of the above features. This interactive search system is now part of MSSS, all search options being transaction-priced at $3.\nThis file can now be searched on the basis of subject, subject code, MSDC code, element, author's name, and the general index of the Bulletin. Boolean AND and NOT operators can be applied to these searches, and one can, for example, locate all the papers dealing with tungsten except those that also treat rhenium.\nBecause the author, subject, and general indexes of the Bulletin use nonsystematic terms (author's name, for example), misspelling of queries is common. The conversational programs deal with this problem by conducting the search with the first few letters of the input. The different answers that are obtained are listed for the user as shown in the example of the subject search given in Fig. 7. The first query retrieves 1575 references in which data-processing is discussed. The second query limits the answer list to the 55 book references in which data-processing is discussed. Only 17 of these also deal with biochemistry, and only five with isotope analysis. In an author search, as shown in Fig. 8, a request is made for all papers published by Novotny, whose initials are uncertain, and Janak. The two retrieved citations can then be listed as in Fig. 8, at which point the user has the option of limiting the citations listed to those of specific years or of continuing the search with the name of a third author added. It is also possible to search the Bulletin for papers dealing with specific elements or with subjects that appear in the general index.\nX-ray Crystal Literature Retrieval Program\nA section of the Cambridge Crystal Structure File (14) currently contains some 14,000 literature citations to published crystallographic work. This file has been made a part of the CIS, and search programs have been appended to it by H. J. Bernstein of the Brookhaven National Laboratory. The file may be searched for a given structure or substructure, author, molecular formula, or molecular weight.\nProton Affinity Retrieval Program\nThe gas-phase proton affinity determines the behavior and utility of a molecule in chemical ionization mass spectrometry. H. M. Rosenstock and his coworkers at NBS have produced a file of some 500 measured proton affinities together with an annotated bibliography of the appropriate literature citations. The proton affinity data are being merged into MSSS, and the bibliographic component of this file will be appended to the BULL component.\nGraphical Interactive NMR Analysis Program (GINA)\nA problem that frequently arises in NMR spectroscopy is that a spectrum is too complex to yield to first-order analysis. The program GINA (23) is designed to deal with this problem by using estimated values for the various coupling constants and chemical shifts and calculating the expected NMR spectrum. The user can compare this spectrum with the observed spectrum, then alter one or more of the variables, and compare the new calculated spectrum with the observed spectrum. In this way, an iterative approach is made to the true coupling constants and chemical shifts with the user acting as the transducer in the Feedback loop. The program, which can used with graphics terminals or teleypes, is running at NIH and is currently being merged into the CIS.\nMathematical Modeling System (MLAB)\nThere are many scientists who could use the mathematical power of computers but who are dissuaded by the need for programs. A number of interactive program packages have been designed to overcome this difficulty, and one of the more powerful of these, MLAB, developed at NIH (24), has been incorporated into the CIS.\nThis program is designed to accept a set of data from the user and to perform, upon command, any of a wide variety of mathematical manipulations upon these data. These include linear, nonlinear, and multiple regression; scalar and matrix computation; differential calculus; initial and boundary value problems; root-finding; and minimization.\nIsotopic Label Incorporation Determination (LABDET)\nAs a result of the difficulties surrounding the use of radioisotopes in medical research, stable isotopes are playing an increasingly larger role in this area. At lower levels of isotopic incorporation, however, there arises in mass spectrometric detection and quantitation the difficulty that naturally occurring carbon consists of a large amount of carbon-12 mixed with a small amount of carbon-13 (about I percent). Stable isotopes of other elements, for example, deuterium, nitrogen-15, and oxygen-18, occur naturally in very small amounts, mixed with their major isotope. In the mass spectrum, fragment ions formed by the loss of a hydrogen atom from the molecular ion alter the observed ion intensities. It is thus not entirely straightforward to derive the incorporation levels from the mass spectral data, and the LABDET program has been written (25) to deal with this problem.\nThe program accepts the mass spectra of the unlabeled and the labeled compound. From these, an estimate is made of the level of isotope incorporation in the labeled compound. A theoretical spectrum for this level of isotope is then calculated and compared with the experimental spectrum. An iterative process to fit the estimated isotope level to the spectrum of the labeled compound culminates after a specified number of cycles in the calculation of a correlation coefficient. This program, which handles a tedious calculation very rapidly, has been merged into the CIS and is transaction-priced at $2.\nConformationalAnalysis of Molecules in Solution (CAMSEQ)\nThe conformation of a molecule in solution is related to but not necessarily the same as that in the crystal state. The major purpose of the program package CAMSEQ, written by Weintraub and Hopfinger (26), is to calculate by empirical and quantum mechanical techniques the molecular conformation of a particular molecule that has the lowest free energy in solution.\nThe program can work with coordinate data supplied by the user, or it can generate coordinate data from a molecular structure. It then systematically alters the torsion angles in the molecule to generate new conformations, for each of which statistical thermodynamic probabilities are calculated, based on the use of potential (steric, electrostatic, and torsional) functions and terms for the free energy associated with hydrogen-bonding, molecule-solvent, and molecule-dipole interactions.\nThis program package is currently running on the NIH PDP10 where the software is being optimized. In its present form, the core demand of the programs is very high (about 42,000 36-bit words), and, although there are economic questions concerning the feasibility of making the program immediately available through a network, it is hoped that this will be accomplished in 1977.\nCIS Management\nEach component of the CIS, when it leaves the U.S. government computer and enters the private sector, does so under the auspices of a non-United States government sponsor. This step is taken in conformity with the Office of Management and Budget circular A76 (27) and further ensures that the particular program is then subject to the normal free market forces. If it consistently loses money, that is, if it generates insufficient revenues in subscription fees to defray the costs of disk storage, the sponsor, who pays the disk storage charges, is free to decline further sponsorship and the program, at this point, becomes at least temporarily a dead letter.\nA number of details in the CIS structure deserve some further discussion because they represent interesting questions that remain open, and these are treated separately below.\nA great deal of effort has been expended to ensure that CIS components are sufficiently alike that a user can switch from one component to another without any extensive reeducation process. Nevertheless, two further steps are taken to assist the user. First, every program in the system has associated with it a HELP file which can be accessed at any time by a user in difficulty. Second, there is written for each component an extensive manual. These manuals, which often exceed 50 pages, are written with some care and cover every aspect of the program they describe. The writing and the printing of these manuals is expensive, and this problem has not been solved yet except by the unsatisfactory approach of selling copies of the manual to users.\nAs the CIS grows and revenues accruing from the use of the system increase, it seems likely that a dedicated PDP10 could be leased or purchased jointly by the sponsors of CIS components. This would, to a considerable extent, reduce the computer costs discussed above. Increased use of the CIS will assure that the current subscription fees and computation transaction prices will be maximum values and not bases from which prices will increase. Such a prediction is based upon the expectation of a level of use that has not yet been demonstrated with the few components that are currently available to the scientific community.\nI. R. J. Feldmann, S. R. Heller K. P. Shapiro, R. S Heller, J. Chem. Doc. li, 41 (1972); S. R. Heller, in Computer Representation and Manipulation of Chemical Information, W. T. Wipke, S. R. Heller, R. J. Feldmann, E. Hyde, Eds. (Wiley, New York, 1974), pp. 175-202.\n2. S. R. Kimbleton and G. M. Schneider, Comput. Surv. 7, 129 (1975).\n3. The major portion of the distance involved in satellite transmissions is in fact the distance to and from the satellite. Thus, although North America and England are only about 4800 kilometers apart, a telephone signal from one to the other travels some 80,000 kilometers, by way of a synchronous satellite at an altitude of about 40,000 kilometers, and therefore takes 269 milliseconds.\n4. S. R. Heller, H. M. Fales G. W. A. Milne, Org. Mass Spectrom. 7, 107 (i973); S. R. Heller, D. A Koniver, H. M. Fales, G. W. A. Milne, Anal. Chem. 46, 947 (1974); S. R. Heller, R. J. Feldmann, H. M. Fales, G. W. A. Milne, J. Chem. Doc. 13, 130 (1973); R. S. Heller, G. W. A. Milne, R. 1. Feldmann, S. R. Heller, J. Chem. Inform. Computer Sci.16, 176 (1976).\n5. S. R. Heller, Anal. Chem. 44, 1951 (1972).\n6. The WLN are generated from connection tables by means of a program developed by H. Gelernter Department of Computer Science, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794 [unpublished work].\n7. For details, contact Dr. D. L. Lide, Jr., Office of Standard Reference Data, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C. 20234.\n8. ADP Network Services, Inc., Cyphernetics Division, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48106.\n9. The combined data base of 30,000 mass spectra and 50,000 literature citations, together with all the programs, occupy some 70 million characters (bytes) of disk storage.\n10. H. S. Hertz, R. A. Hites, K. Biemann, Anal. Chem. 43, 681 (1971)\n11. These include Finnigan, Hewlett-Packard, INCOS, Varian, and V-G Data Systems.\n12. G. M. Pesyna, R. Venkataraghavan, H. E. Dayringer, F. W. McLafferty, Anal. Chem. 48, 1362 (1976).\n13. B. A. Jezl and D. Dalrymple, ibid. 47, 203\n14. O Kennard D. G. Watson, W. G. Town, J. Chem. Doc. , 12, 14 (1972).\n15. R. J. Feldmann, S. R. Heller. C. R. T. Bacon, ibid, p. 234.\n16. R. F. Sproull, publication CSL 734 available from Xerox, Inc., Palo Alto, Calif., 1973).\n17. These data are available through the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Va. 22151, as NBS tape 9.\n18. G. McCarthy and G. G. Johnson, paper C3 presented as part of the Proceedings of the American Crystallographic Association meeting, State College, Pa., 1974.\n19. F. P. Abramson, Anal. Chem. 47, 45 (1975).\n20. R. J. Feldmann, in Computer Representation and Manipulation of Chemical Information, W. T. Wipke, S. R. Heller, R. J. Feldmann, E. Hyde, Eds. (Wiley, New York, 1974), pp. 55\n21.. B. Vasta, J. Chem. Inform. Computer Sci., in press.\n22. Handbook of CIDS Chemical Search Keys (Fein-Marquart Associates, Inc., Baltimore,\nNovember 1973).\n23. S. R. Heller and A. E. Jacobson, Anal. Chem. 44, 2219 (1972); R. B. Johannesen, J. A. Ferretti, R. K. Harris,J. Magn. Reson. 3, 84 (1970).\n24. G. D. Knott and R. 1. Shrager, Assoc. Comput. Mach. SICGRAPH Not. 6, 138 (1972).\n25. C. F. Hammer, Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, unpublished work.\n26. H J. R. Weintraub and A. J. Hopfinger, Intl. J. Quantum Chem. 9, 203 (1975).\n27. \"Circular A76\" (Office of Management and Budget, Washington, D.C., August 1967).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 116, "original_length": 37974, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 221.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.hereweareglobal.com/2017/11/13/managing-career-transitions-and-public-speaking-at-tedx/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:23:50Z", "digest": "sha1:ULK3UCWQBTXLQCVRS7GYLKSNBP7MC3CE", "length": 6766, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "www.hereweareglobal.com", "title": "Managing Career Transitions \u2013 and public speaking \u2013 at TEDx \u2013 here we are global", "raw_content": "It seems here we are members are on a TEDx roll these days. In June here we are Co-Founder Nasima Karim was invited to speak at a TEDx event in Kyrgyzstan (read her story in the post On the road to TEDx). In October here we are member Petek Jinkins got the chance to speak at a TEDx event in Nice. In this post we ask Petek to share her experiences from TEDx and relate her experience to her life as a global professional.\nGood communication skills allow us to form personal connections, share knowledge, motivate colleagues and convince project partners. Communication is one of the 6 career skills to learn while unemployed and to hone \u2013 not just in periods of change we experience when we move \u2013 but during an entire lifetime. Communication skills alone can have an enormous impact on our career paths.\nWritten Communication versus Oral Communication\nIn my career, I\u2019ve focused mostly on written communication. My university had a strong writing program and additional training opportunities in writing. Later as my dual career life unfolded in several non-English speaking countries, I worked with editing, translations and technical writing projects (including research grant applications). Today, it\u2019s still easier for me to put my thoughts down and formulate my arguments on paper than to speak them.\nAt the time when my proposal to TEDxCIFE was accepted in July 2017, I knew that writing was not a major challenge, nor was I shy in front of crowds; but I hadn\u2019t realized that I still lacked the ability to write an effective speech to a diverse audience watching both in-house and behind the camera.\nWritten language tends to be more complex with longer sentences structured layout and punctuation. This is my background. Writing about a topic requires that we engage the reader with facts, arguments and counter-arguments. Written material allows audiences to go back and forth through the pages. Over time, I have trained myself to get better at writing on complicated subjects, but I\u2019m also working to communicate them in simpler terms to become relevant in the job market. I do this by building my portfolio, both as a volunteer and in paid positions.\nSpoken language, on the other hand, tends to be full of repetitions, incomplete sentences, corrections and interruptions. We all engage in this every day without giving it much thought. A speech delivered to a crowd is a bit different: It is usually transient, and spoken stories ought to move listeners who look for an emotional connection to the topic.\nBefore I applied to TEDx, I entered a few competitions in my local networks, to prepare myself for personal development in public speaking. I lost two competitions, but knew then that I can learn and practice creating personal value and emotional connections when delivering a speech.\nPreparing for a public speaking platform requires you to combine written and spoken language practices into one effective form of communication with one thing constantly on our minds: The target audience.\nLessons learned preparing for TEDx\nI had about 2,5 months to write and practice my TEDx speech, which was about Managing Career Transitions in Dual Career Mobility Context. The last 3 weeks of this exercise were grueling, stressful, and really got me thinking about why I decided to put myself out there in the first place.\nI wanted to show that I think about current important problems, that I have the ability to present them, and that I can present them live in front of a crowd. I also wanted to fine tune my skills in using effective body language and facial expressions, and control my voice. (For the latter, I worked with a local coach)\nMy primary challenge\nI struggled most with the writing part because what I wrote was almost impossible to tell as a story in its earlier form: it was factual, well-referenced, and technical. I spent a lot of time talking through my points and converting my writing into speaking like a normal human being.\nMy new goal was to speak well in public, but my competing commitment was to prove myself as an effective writer. I had to fight myself and my tendency to focus on written details, in order to keep focused on my new overarching goal to be an effective public speaker. I was talking about transitions, yet down to the last few weeks before the event, my mindset had not transitioned from writer to speaker.\nThinking about my new audience (what they might retain, how they might relate) and practicing body language and voice helped me stay on track.\nIn the end, I finished my speech, learned it by heart, and experimented with a little improvisation. My talk is soon to become online and I think I\u2019m still a work in progress. I can\u2019t wait to do it again!\nSpeaking Skills in a Global Context\nAs dual career professionals, we have to also account for the fact we communicate with diverse groups of people \u2013 expats and locals \u2013 on a daily basis. Therefore, at least some thought has to go into how we can be more effective in our communication style, to make sure that our contributions aren\u2019t buried under language and cultural differences.\nDifferent cultures like to receive information \u2014and trust information they receive from different sources\u2014in different ways. \u2014Deborah Valentine, Emory University\nFrom a perspective of integration into the labor market, we cannot be effective in our area of business if we don\u2019t understand major and minor cultural differences in communication. We have to keep in mind that each time we talk to someone, they are an audience and they receive information in a particular way.\nI have experienced this in Taiwan, Turkey and the United States: Everyone likes a good story; while some cultures expect more history and detail of processes, and others appreciate a concise, factual communication with references to current people and events.\nThe cultural differences aren\u2019t only hidden in country cultures, but also industry cultures: business, engineer, entrepreneur, social worker. What we do, affects how we work, what we talk about and how we talk about it.\nTo me, speaking to locals in my current host country is much like delivering a public speech. I have to keep in mind that my audience is the person in front of me: their culture and their career informs what they focus on in life, how they solve problems, what they like to talk about or what topics they\u2019d like to hear.\nWant to learn more about TEDx? A TEDx event is a locally organized event inspired by the global TED event held every year, you can find more information in a short youtube video explaining TED and TEDx. Check TED\u2019s event sight to see, if there is a local groups organizing TEDx events near you.\n\u2190 Make networking your advantage in a knowledge-based job market\nIntroducing here we are Ethiopia \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 114, "original_length": 10293, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 333.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.historygrandrapids.org/photo/387/halloween-costumes/collection/4421", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:29Z", "digest": "sha1:ZOPG6PFT5A37CPC6QQB5OA3OSTOB3V6R", "length": 272, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.historygrandrapids.org", "title": "Halloween Costumes | History Grand Rapids", "raw_content": "Christy Murphy - 1997\nBryce, in the scorpion costume from \"mortal kombat,\" and Trev Murphy, dressed as a dinosaur, stand on the porch of a house on Kirkland St. The steps and porch are bordered by wrought iron railings. 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(1) by 1537, Neile, da. and coh. of (Sir) William Hussey II of Beauvale, Notts., 7s. 5da.; (2) Jane, da. of Sir William Askew of Nuthall, Notts. and Stallingborough, Lincs., wid. of George St. Poll (d.1558/59) of Snarford, Lincs., s.p. suc. fa. Dec. 1540.1\nJ.p. Lincs. (Kesteven) 1547-64, q. 1569-d.; commr. relief, Lincs. (Kesteven), Lincoln 1550, food prices, Lincs. (Kesteven) 1551, eccles. dioceses of Lincoln and Peterborough 1571; sheriff, Lincs. 1556-7, 1566-7.2\nRichard Disney was a member of an old Lincolnshire family and his two marriages linked him with several leading ones in the county. His father was the 1st Earl of Rutland\u2019s treasurer, and several other Disneys, although apparently not Richard, served in Rutland\u2019s household. In the Lincolnshire rebellion of 1536 the Disneys, father and son, played an ambiguous role. According to Thomas Moigne they were brought forcibly to the rebel camp at Lincoln by 200 men, but their reluctance to be drawn into the cause may have been feigned. Richard Disney\u2019s name was later to be struck off the panel of the grand jury at Lincoln for the trial of Lords Darcy and Hussey, but whether because he was believed to have favoured the rebels or because he had married Hussey\u2019s granddaughter it is impossible to say.3\nIn 1541 Disney served on the grand jury to indict Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham for treasonable conduct with the Queen at Lincoln. In 1544 he made his only substantial purchase of monastic land when, jointly with William Rygges of Clerkenwell, he obtained the manor of Swinderby and the rectory of Stapleford, Lincolnshire, both near Norton Disney, lands in the tenure of Robert Sutton at Eagle not far away, and others in Nottinghamshire and Middlesex, all in fee for \u00a31,012. He does not appear to have served in the military campaigns of this decade, but from 1547 he was regularly employed in local administration, especially in the parts of Kesteven.4\nDisney was thus a man of standing and experience when he was elected for Grantham to the Parliament of April 1554, but he would also not have wanted for support. The 2nd Earl of Rutland had nominated one of the Grantham Members for the last four Parliaments at least, his most recent nominee having been Sir Edward Warner, who was not eligible again because of his imprisonment. If Disney was Rutland\u2019s nominee, he was probably, like Warner, a Protestant. He was to be described as \u2018earnest in religion\u2019 by the bishop of Lincoln in 1564, and the Old Testament names which he gave to his children have a Puritan ring; on the other hand, his role in 1536 had not been beyond reproach and he was to serve as a Marian sheriff. The Hussey connexion could hardly have failed to help Disney: his father-in-law had sat for Grantham in the Parliament of 1529, and Disney\u2019s fellow-Member was Thomas Hussey I. As Hussey was a prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of Cecil, it is possible that Cecil, who had tried to obtain the nomination of both Members in March had a hand in Disney\u2019s election as well as Hussey\u2019s. Cecil was himself distantly related to the Disneys: in a letter to the Countess of Rutland in 1564 he refers to \u2018my cousin Disney, your officer\u2019, probably Richard\u2019s cousin Thomas Disney\u2020.5\nIn 1558 Disney was rebuked by the Privy Council for slackness in providing the lord lieutenant of Lincolnshire with the required number of demilances; he was ordered either to make good the default or to appear in person, but the upshot is unknown. In his closing years he again seems to have been under a cloud: in 1576 he apologized in writing to the 3rd Earl of Rutland for his servants\u2019 hunting on the earl\u2019s land at Eagle, and when in the same year (Sir) Christopher Wray complained to Rutland that the commission of gaol delivery at Lincoln castle had left out \u2018most of those of best worship\u2019, Disney was one of them. He made his will on 22 Jan. 1578, remembering various kinsmen and providing for his wife and children. As executors he appointed Francis Mauby, Thomas Morrison\u2020 and Richard Towneley and as overseer Sir Christopher Wray. Disney died on 30 Mar. 1578, leaving extensive property at Norton Disney, which nearly 30 years before he had vested in feoffees to his own and his heirs\u2019 use, the feoffees including Sir William Hussey II, William Thorold and Anthony Thorold. An unusual brass at Norton Disney depicts Richard Disney and his father together with effigies of their families, and an inscription which reads: \u2018The life, conversation and service, of the first above named William Disney and of Richard Disney his son were commendable amongst their neighbours, true and faithful to their prince and country, and acceptable to the Almighty\u2019.6\n1. Date of birth estimated from age at fa.\u2019s i.p.m., C142/64/100, 120. Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. l), 304-6; CP, vii. 17-18; C142/182/2; HMC Rutland, iv. 302; Rep. Assoc. Arch. Soc. xxv. 93-96.\n2. CPR , 1547-8, p. 86; 1550-3, p. 141; 1553, p. 355; 1553-4, p. 21; 1554-5, pp. 106, 109; 1560-3, p. 439; 1563-6, p. 23; 1569-72, pp. 225, 277.\n3. HMC Rutland, iv. 284-5, 302, 325; LP Hen. VIII, xi, xii.\n4. LP Hen. VIII, xvi, xix; Rep. Assoc. Arch. Soc. xxv. 80.\n5. Cam. Misc. ix(3), 26; HMC Rutland, i. 89.\n6. APC, vi, 355; CPR, 1566-9, p. 203; HMC Rutland, i. 109, 110; C142/182/2; Lincoln consist ct. 1578/88; Pevsner and Harris, Lincs. 614; Rep. Assoc. Arch. Soc. xxv. 93-96.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 90, "original_length": 6752, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 319.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/hussey-william-i-1473-1531", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:31Z", "digest": "sha1:V56T6MA4SIA4DEBF6WTBHX7LUP7PG7VJ", "length": 2378, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.historyofparliamentonline.org", "title": "HUSSEY, William I (by 1473-?1531), of London; Sleaford, Lincs.; North Duffield, Yorks. and Calais. | History of Parliament Online", "raw_content": "Home Research > Members > 1509-1558 > HUSSEY, William I (by 1473-?1531)\nHUSSEY, William I (by 1473-?1531), of London; Sleaford, Lincs.; North Duffield, Yorks. and Calais.\nb. by 1473, 2nd s. of Sir William Hussey of Sleaford and Dagenham, Essex by Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Berkeley of Wymondham, Leics., bro. of Sir John. educ. ?G. Inn. m. by Aug. 1503, Anne, da. and h. of Sir John Salveyn of Thorpe, Yorks. at least 1s. Kntd. 25 Sept. 1513.2\nGent. usher by 1509; comptroller, Calais 6 Apr. 1526-d.3\nThe description of William Hussey as \u2018the younger, esquire of London alias Sleaford\u2019 in 1494 may reflect a spell at Gray\u2019s Inn, of which his father was a luminary, but he was to make his career at court and in the service of the crown. His election to the Parliament of 1512 for Stamford he must have owed to his elder brother, by then a Councillor and comptroller of the Household, who was steward of the town. His absence from the following Parliament is something of a surprise in view of the King\u2019s request for the reselection of the previous Members, but as he was replaced by a fellow-member of the Household, George Kirkham, the change was presumably both amicable and approved. It is possible that Hussey was unavailable through being abroad: following his part in the Tournai campaign of 1513, which brought him a knighthood, he was much involved in his brother\u2019s diplomatic activities. His overseas engagements continued with the Field of Cloth of Gold in 1520, a mission to the Archduke Ferdinand in 1523 (which debarred him from the Parliament of that year) and his appointment as comptroller of Calais early in 1526.4\nHussey\u2019s alliance with a Yorkshire heiress had probably led him to settle in that county, and his son George\u2019s marriage into the Constable family of Flamborough confirmed the migration: his grandson William Hussey III was to sit for Scarborough in 1555. Before his death, which took place before 1 Apr. 1531, Hussey saw his other younger namesake, his brother\u2019s heir, returned for Grantham. He died intestate and no inquisition has been found.5\n1. Stamford hall bk. 1461-1657, f. 91.\n2. Date of birth estimated from first reference. Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. li), 528; Vis. Yorks. (Harl. Soc. xvi), 168; CPR, 1485-94, p. 86.\n3. LP Hen. VIII, i. iii.\n4. CPR, 1494-1509, pp. 10, 501-2; C67/93, m. 2; LP Hen. VIII, i-iv.\n5. LP Hen. VIII, v; C1/827/47.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 87, "original_length": 3603, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 268.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.historyoftexas.info/index.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:25Z", "digest": "sha1:HDE5JOPSVWJVRSMZ5D4RSBFRNAIDDSBQ", "length": 3370, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.historyoftexas.info", "title": "An Introduction Of Texas", "raw_content": "Origin Of Texas\nCulture And Facts Of Texas\nThe history of Texas, broadly speaking, has two important parts. Firstly, that of the end of the Upper Paleolithic Period, dating back to10,000 BC. Several nations have played part in shaping the destiny and history of Texas. To name them, Spain, France, Mexico, The Republic of Texas, The Confederacy, and the United States would stand such in order. Before the Europeans arrived, the State was the meeting point (or call it the melting pot), for the native American cultural groups. The process has continuity and the recent history of the State is the interactions between the Mexican, Southwestern, Southern, German, and the Tejano cultural groups.\nNative American tribes that once lived inside the boundaries of present-day Texas include the Apache, Atakapan, Bidai, Caddo, Comanche, Cherokee, Karankawa, Kiowa, Tonkawa, and Wichita. Currently, there are three federally recognized native American tribes which reside in Texas: the Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas, the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas, and the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas.\nBetween 1690 and 1821, the Spanish ruled Texas, for 130 long years. It was governed by New Spain as a Spanish Colony. This was done by destroying the French Colony of Fort Saint Louis. The rule continued till 1821, with the independence of Mexico.\nIn the 17th and 18th century, the tussle between Spain and France continued. They governed the parts of Texas. The Spanish were based in Mexico and New Mexico. The French ruled Louisiana. Then the War of Quadruple Alliance followed in Europe that created waves in Mexico as well. The French succeeded in defeating the Spanish and establishing control over Texas. By the end of the 19th century the French sold their North American holdings to the United States. Spanish control of parts of Texas, was thus threatened.\nAsk any one, to name a city in Texas, and Dallas would be the obvious choice. Dallas is the famous city of the Cowboys, the Rangers, and the place where the then President of USA, John F. Kennedy was assassinated.\nThis history of Texas is closely linked to the history of its important city Dallas. Its beginning could be traced to a spot on the banks of the Trinity River. It was the linking spot between the North Texas and the South Texas.\nThe history of Texas is a story of secession and readmission. In the first election after the independence in the year 1836, the Texans voted in favor of joining the United States. But, all attempts to arrive at a formal annexation treaty failed. The United States Congress took the matter to its logical conclusions, and a simple majority resolution was passed for annexing Texas to the United States. But, that was done under certain specific conditions, under which Texas reserved many important rights.\nThe uncertainty however, continued till the year 1845, when the Texas voters approved the USA proposal for total annexation and such a proposal was submitted to the United States Congress.\nThe history of Texas, right from the Paleolithic period to the modern era, is colorful, full of conflicts and resolutions. A true composite culture has evolved out of all these trials and tribulations. It is a fascinating country for the adventure-seeking people.\nHow Concrete Works\nWhat is Foil Stamping\nWhat are Die-Cut Decals\nWhat is Embossing\nWhat is Litho Printing", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 38, "original_length": 4184, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 142.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.hmenews.com/article/ma-be-forthright-and-professional", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:13Z", "digest": "sha1:EDKLLN452HE74OOFQQPOOEZ5Q7J5ETWO", "length": 1401, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.hmenews.com", "title": "M&A: Be forthright and professional | HME News", "raw_content": "While the thought to just deny may come to mind, a business owner will find many benefits to being forthright, professional and candid in directly answering an employee\u2019s inquiry.\nOne sincere answer is: \u201cWe are always looking at our strategic options to manage and insure the health and well-being of our company, just as we look out for and manage the services we provide to our patients.\nWith the rigors of reimbursement and regulatory pressures, we as business owners, have a responsibility to all employees to keep ahead of the curve. We must always keep an open mind and explore options to grow the business. If and when we do decide to actually make a strategic move, I promise to keep you informed. Until that time, please don\u2019t let idle rumors impact the success we are having together.\u201d\nWhile there may be some instances of the old \u201cmerge and purge,\u201d for the most part, business buyers and owners recognize that the strength of the business, in many ways, lies in the strength of its employees. A buyer or partner will certainly evaluate the roles and performance of all employees and there are no guarantees. In many instances, those employees who serve critical sales and operational roles are often retained by the acquiring business or integrated into the merged company.\nJonathan Sadock is managing partner at Paragon Ventures. 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Our thought is a 3D image with a context.\nBIM is a method for optimizing the design, execution and operation of building structures. The basis of BIM is formed by a 3D computer model which can be enhanced by adding further information, such as on time, costs, utilization. The \u2018I\u2019 which stands for Information in BIM, can be used differently by different project partners. As a result, the project produces a coordinated set of information-rich BIM models which can be used throughout the project lifecycle. Thus, BIM is not a software package, it is a method of working, collaborating, designing, managing, constructing and operating.\nAccepted all over the world by different institutions and practitioners, the definition of BIM as defined by US National BIM Standards Committee (NBIMS) is, \u201cBuilding Information Modeling is digital representation of physical and functional characteristics of a facility creating a shared knowledge resource for information about it forming a reliable basis for decisions during its life cycle, from earliest conception to demolition.\u201d\nBIM is an incredible concept which allows building the facility first virtually and then physically. This way, the project partners can perceive the project and evaluate its performance before implementing it. Resolving coordination issues at a very early stage in the project, results in significant savings of time, cost and energy. With enhanced scheduling, estimating and facility management abilities, a whole new world of opportunity for BIM has opened.\nTo know more about how BIM can be used in construction projects: visit HOCHTIEF ViCon project page here...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 103, "original_length": 3436, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 236.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.hofs.org.uk/about", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:17Z", "digest": "sha1:4YHGBELR2JGVMPQRH5W3P6JHME6GCHBP", "length": 1106, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.hofs.org.uk", "title": "Hadleigh Old Fire Station \u2013 About", "raw_content": "About HOFS\nAfter extensive refurbishment by Essex County Council in association with Castle Point Regeneration Partnership and with funding from the Homes and Communities Agency, Hadleigh Old Fire Station is home to 15 artists and several local community groups. The light and spacious studios provide locally based artists much needed space to develop their practice and facilitate a range of arts activities based in the community. Community groups using the offices and hall facilities benefit from a central location in the town well-known to local people.\nThe \u2018appliance hall\u2019 \u2013 where fire engines were once kept - has been converted into a large, multi-use space which is available to hire for community activities, exhibitions and events (see Facilities ). HOFS House, adjacent to the Fire Station, has also been converted for use as artist\u2019 studios and groups working in the community.\nHadleigh Old Fire Station is an important stepping stone towards supporting and developing an arts and cultural community in Hadleigh for many years to come, as part of the regeneration plans for the town centre.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 15, "original_length": 1284, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 212.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.housinglist.com/rent-to-own/listings/property?id=11355902", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:15Z", "digest": "sha1:PFGUJWZLDKHRRVWK25UKYIVCHXEOHSLZ", "length": 839, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.housinglist.com", "title": "3 bed Rent To Own home Canton, OH 44708 | Housinglist", "raw_content": "Description: About this lease-to-own property in Canton, OH 44708. This single family home has been placed as a lease-to-own property by the current owner. This 3 bed, 2 bath single family home in Canton is a rent-to-own property. This means that the owner is allowing individuals to move-in and rent the single family home without the need of a mortgage, with the option to buy later at a fair market price. This Canton lease to own property is in the zip code of 44708. Registering will give you full information about the neighborhood, demographics, sales history and property details. To view the price, or to contact the owner schedule a viewing of this 3 bed, 2 bath lease-to-own property in Canton, OH 44708. Please register for full access to all of our available data including detailed maps, sales history, market value and more.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 48, "original_length": 2941, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 293.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/article-details/employers-unprepared-for-risks-to-disability-rights-post-brexit", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:21Z", "digest": "sha1:GMQFULTMEQFKQWT5MWFVZBIIIUGVIRGK", "length": 2699, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.hrmagazine.co.uk", "title": "Employers unprepared for risks to disability rights post-Brexit", "raw_content": "Employers unprepared for risks to disability rights post-Brexit\nBusinesses can't assume there'll be no legal changes around equal employment legislation\nMany employers believe there will be no impact on disability employment following the UK\u2019s exit from the EU, despite warnings that those with disabilities will be affected.\nAccording to a survey of 1,611 people (including 140 business owners) run by the Business Disability Forum with YouGov, 39% of people believe there will be no change in disability employment laws post-Brexit, while 38% did not think Brexit would have an effect on the employment rates of disabled people.\nBut Bela Gor, head of campaigns, resources and legal at Business Disability Forum, warned that the business community cannot assume there'll be no legal changes around disability employment following Brexit and that employers must help advocate to ensure there aren't.\n\u201cSignificant parts of the Equality Act 2010 have basis in EU law, so we must ensure that laws around disability discrimination and inclusion are not put at risk,\" said Gor.\nThe research also revealed that 47% of people believe Brexit will have no impact on the number of opportunities for disabled people, while 71% said it would make no difference to the way they cater for employees and customers with disabilities.\nBut Diane Lightfoot, chief executive officer at the Business Disability Forum, called for businesses to prepare for changes in the economy after Brexit to reduce the risks to people with disabilities.\n\u201cNumerous economic forecasts point to a considerable impact on the UK during the transition out of EU membership,\" she said. \"Any rise in unemployment is likely to hit disabled people harder than it will the general population and risks growing the already huge disability employment gap. 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Dr Eleni Nastouli provided an update on diagnosis and screening for viral infections.\nThe afternoon session focused on some recent advances in medicine and was chaired by Prof. Stephen Powis who is Medical Director at the Royal Free Hospital and also on the Board of HSL Pathology. Dr Marie Scully gave a fascinating overview on a rare disorder Thrombotic Thromobocytopenic Purpura (TTP) in which she has pioneered new approaches to diagnosis and treatment that have led to greatly improved patient outcomes. Dr Lisa Levett gave an insight into the recent advances for screening for Down\u2019s syndrome by testing the very small amount of free fetal DNA in the mothers blood. 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He is a great person for people interested in sports medicine to meet. He is also a Master Clinician for NYU\u2019s physical therapy doctorate program.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 203, "original_length": 9394, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 230.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.huntsville-homes.com/listingproperties/RAINSVILLE/default.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:21:08Z", "digest": "sha1:AO33TPAFV4P25ZITRLRJPT4LNKZMX447", "length": 302, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.huntsville-homes.com", "title": "Find Listings on MLSBoard North Alabama Multiple Listing Service, Inc. (NALMLS)", "raw_content": "rainsville Real Estate Listings\nUse the following links to browse homes in rainsville from the North Alabama Multiple Listing Service, Inc. (NALMLS). To search listings using criteria such as location, price, size, bedrooms, bathrooms and more, visit Rosenblum Realty at http://www.Huntsville-Homes.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 5, "original_length": 491, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.8, "perplexity": 319.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.hypnotherapyfife.co.uk/howmany.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:08Z", "digest": "sha1:ZRB4DLFPOFR7F5ENEEJ6DN5Y6HA37OJ7", "length": 2275, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.hypnotherapyfife.co.uk", "title": "How Many Hypnotherapy Sessions Will I Need?", "raw_content": "First of all, the honest answer is: I don't know for sure. Everyone is different. Most clients benefit greatly from the use of Hypnoanalysis techniques to deal with the root causes of their problems. There seems little point in using suggestion therapy alone because the client still has the underlying root cause, and so their problem is likely to recur at a later date. I make it standard practice, therefore, to deal as thoroughly as possible with these underlying issues. This means that, for most problems, you should think in terms of around five sessions. Occasionally, there are clients who need longer.\nNote that the actual number of sessions is greatly reduced by my use of two-hour sessions, rather than the usual one-hour sessions. In any session, there are a number of things that have to be done, both within and outwith hypnosis. These all take a finite amount of time.\n- The client needs the opportunity to discuss the treatment, how they are feeling, etc.\n- The state of hypnosis has be \"induced\".\n- The hypnosis has to be \"Deepened\".\n- There has to time spent on \"ego-boosting\" techniques. This helps the client to feel more able to confront the problem.\n- The main \"Hypnoanalysis\" is carried out. This is the main part of the treatment.\n- The client needs time to awaken.\n- The next appointment is arranged and payment made.\nI feel it is very important that the client feels that he or she has been listened to. My two-hour sessions allow much more time to be available to allow us to talk and to afford the client the opportunity explain how he or she is feeling. It also allows a very much greater amount of time to be devoted to addressing the actual problem. Many hypnotherapists plan on treatment lasting twelve to fifteen sessions.\nIf you have a phobia, for example, we use visualisation techniques where we gently expose you to the source of your fears. We need to do this gradually in order to build up your confidence without making it too distressing.\nSome clients can suffer from so much anxiety that they initially find it difficult to relax sufficiently to allow themselves to go into anything but a light level of hypnosis. It may take an extra session or so to achieve the deeper levels needed for psycho-analysis techniques to be effective.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 81, "original_length": 4098, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 283.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ideahouseeducationalservices.com/autism-awareness-crop-fundraiser-for-idea-house.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:12Z", "digest": "sha1:FNGK2Z3IXFU3GPPJZLNIZVUECDPAC6R4", "length": 1278, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.ideahouseeducationalservices.com", "title": "Autism Awareness Crop Fundraiser for IDEA house - Idea House Educational Services", "raw_content": "Autism Awareness Crop Fundraiser for IDEA House\n1516 Edison St. N.W.\nApril is Autism Awareness Month! Anyone who enjoys crafting is invited to attend: scrapbookers, card makers, knitters, pinners, and anyone who would like to enjoy a space to work and hang out with friends. Bring all of your supplies, there's plenty of room to spread out and get some projects done.\nWe will have raffle baskets to be given away throughout the day. Tickets are $1 or six for $5. You can receive free raffle tickets by bringing a snack to share. We are also taking donations of unwanted craft supplies if you would like additional free tickets. The cost of the event is $20 and all money raised will be donated to IDEA House.\nThe event was created by an IDEA House parent.\n\"IDEA House is a year-round school located in Uniontown, Ohio. They are dedicated to creating a sensory-friendly learning environment for children on the Autism spectrum. My son attends school here and has made incredible progress, both socially and academically. Fundraisers are crucial to supporting the daily operations of this school and your support is greatly appreciated!!\"\nPlease contact Jennie Carr at jenniecarr25@gmail.com or www.facebook.com/events/497283147047235/.\nSpace is limited. Please reserve your spot.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 89, "original_length": 3205, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 298.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.iedm.org/85771-end-min-i-mum-wage-pol-i-tics", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:42Z", "digest": "sha1:TQD4EGMFBWJAIMKNCBJEQNFX6MEVZO3F", "length": 4271, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.iedm.org", "title": "An end to minimum-wage politics | MEI", "raw_content": "Many politicians and interest groups advocate a rapid increase in the minimum wage in the name of social justice. Yet this ignores the results of past experiments. Ontario\u2019s new minister of labour, Laurie Scott, pushed back by cancelling the increase to $15 planned for January 2019 \u2014 her government\u2019s legislation to make the cancellation official is expected to have its third reading at Queen\u2019s Park Tuesday \u2014 stating that the minimum wage should be determined \u201cby economics, not politics.\u201d This is a reasonable compromise, which will avoid further harming workers at the bottom of the ladder, and more specifically the young.\nThe minimum wage previously jumped from $11.60 to $14 in Ontario at the start of 2018. Adverse effects are already being felt, despite the strength of the economy. This can be explained by the substantial increase in the ratio of the minimum wage to the average wage. Quebec\u2019s experience during the 1970s showed, among other things, that the number of jobs fell if this ratio was too high.\nIn Ontario, the January 2018 increase bumped the ratio of the minimum wage from 43 per cent of the average hourly wage to 51 per cent, far above the 45-per-cent threshold that limits the effects on employment. It is therefore not surprising to find that the employment rate among workers between 15 and 24 years of age, which had been trending upward for quite some time, fell when the minimum-wage law was adopted in November 2017. Thus, over 56,000 workers aged 15 to 24 lost their jobs between the law\u2019s adoption and October 2018.\nFurthermore, between the law\u2019s adoption and September 2018, there has been a 5.6-per-cent increase in the prices of meals in restaurants, a sector in which nearly 70 per cent of workers earned less than $15 an hour before adoption. This price increase is over three times greater than that observed in the other provinces over the same period.\nFinally, we can also expect the impacts of the minimum wage hike to have been greater in rural regions, where the average wage is generally lower. Workers who live there are thus more at risk of losing their jobs, or of having their hours or their benefits cut.\nWhile it may seem paradoxical, practically all studies show that a substantial increase in the minimum wage does not reduce poverty; it mostly affects people who are not in low-income situations, and it even contributes to an increase in poverty due to the jobs that it destroys.\nA report from the Financial Accountability Office of Ontario on the effect of raising the minimum wage to $15 also concludes that this measure is not an effective way to reduce poverty, estimating moreover that it would entail a net loss of at least 50,000 jobs in the province. Indeed, the results observed so far are very much in this ballpark.\nUltimately, it is mainly young workers and immigrants of all ages who suffer the adverse effects associated with a too-rapid increase in the minimum wage. The scientific literature is quite unanimous in this regard, and the debates that persist deal more with the size of these negative consequences as a function of the level of productivity, the structure of the labour market, and the size of the increase.\nCancelling the planned January 2019 increase was the right decision, and it will undoubtedly limit the damage caused by the preceding hike. Basing future increases on the evolution of the cost of living will also depoliticize them and make them more predictable for companies. No one doubts the good intentions of those who continue to call for rapidly increasing the minimum wage in all circumstances, but that does not make it an effective measure for reducing poverty.\nThere are other ways of doing so, including raising the basic income tax exemption, reducing the barriers that restrict access to the labour market, or even increasing the tax benefit for low-income workers who need to support themselves. These are the kinds of things we should be looking at if the purpose is to help poorer workers.\nAlexandre Moreau is a Public Policy Analyst at the Montreal Economic Institute and the author of \"The Minimum Wage: Ontario Was Right to Cancel the Hike to $15.\" The views reflected in this op-ed are his own.\nRead more articles on the themes of Labour and Regulations.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 170, "original_length": 7057, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 156.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ifunny.com/pictures/hell-never-make-same-mistake-again/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:02Z", "digest": "sha1:MNEMBRNXXBB5W5HRWN6UDU6T553WPCWY", "length": 360, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.ifunny.com", "title": "He'll Never Make The Same Mistake Again | iFunny.com", "raw_content": "He'll Never Make The Same Mistake Again\nHe'll Never Make...\nYesterday I Stopped To Pet A Dog, And As The...\nWhen You're Dead Inside But Somehow Still...\nPhysical Contact - People Vs. Animals\nWho The Fuck, Takes All Those Pictures Of...\nThis Is Where I Draw The Line - Would You Like...\nAll Our Books Are Made From 100% Groot Free...\nWarning - Avoid Eye Contact", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 53, "original_length": 1082, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.72, "perplexity": 276.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.imcdb.org/movie_110419-MacGyver--Lost-Treasure-of-Atlantis.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:53:22Z", "digest": "sha1:JJZUWXBSK5JIZMNXCLQSV2PAUCWSWPYV", "length": 367, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.imcdb.org", "title": "IMCDb.org: \"MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis, 1994\": cars, bikes, trucks and other vehicles", "raw_content": "MacGyver: Lost Treasure of Atlantis, Movie made for TV, 1994\nPictures provided by: Booster\n1971 Land-Rover 109'' Series III\nFilmed in England.\nQuote Near the beginning, MacGyver and the professor escape from a shed using a rocket propelled Land Rover. The large derelict building is clearly Battersea Power Station in London.\nhttp://us.imdb.com/title/tt0110419/trivia", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 2098, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.78, "perplexity": 217.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.independent.org/news/article.asp?id=9137", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:56:22Z", "digest": "sha1:IINGEA6ZZL6Z3OATPU4ZC5LBL5LQ3UIX", "length": 4632, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.independent.org", "title": "The Beginning of the End for Maduro\u0092s Venezuela?: News: The Independent Institute", "raw_content": "The Beginning of the End for Maduro\u0092s Venezuela?\nBy Alvaro Vargas Llosa | July 31, 2017Also published in Washington Examiner (DC) on Sat. July 29, 2017\nWe have witnessed in modern times some pretty amazing transitions from dictatorship to liberal democracy. It looks as if Venezuela might be about to inaugurate a new style of regime change.\nThis month, the political opposition organized, with the open hostility of Nicol\u00e1s Maduro\u0092s government, a national referendum. Voters were given the option of expressing disapproval for the Maduro regime\u0092s attempt to set up a convention to rewrite the Venezuelan constitution and do away with all checks and balances against Maduro\u0092s power, including that of the National Assembly.\nIt does not take much imagination to realize what an undertaking it is, under a brutal regime that has killed 100 protesters and detained thousands in the last hundred days, to set up an illegal infrastructure allowing millions of Venezuelans to vote while being harassed by thousands of paramilitary troops (called \"collectives\" in Maduro\u0092s Newspeak).\nBut vote they did, and massively. Although the opposition was only able to set up one-fifth of the voting stations used in regular elections, 7.2 million people flocked to the polls to reject the government\u0092s attempt to turn Venezuela into a second Cuba.\nThe sporadic violence organized by government thugs (similar to those who recently stormed the National Assembly and bloodied several opposition figures) was witnessed by a group of former Latin American presidents courageous enough to accept the invitation to observe the referendum -- Mexico\u0092s Vicente Fox, Colombia\u0092s Andr\u00e9s Pastrana, Costa Rica\u0092s Laura Chinchilla and Miguel \u00c1ngel Rodr\u00edguez, and Bolivia\u0092s Tuto Quiroga.\nThe opposition asked Venezuelans whether they reject the idea of a constitutional convention, whether the armed forces should enforce the current constitution (under which the national convention that Maduro wants would be illegal), and whether new authorities should be elected.\nNinety-eight percent voted yes to all three questions. The seven million votes that backed the opposition compare overwhelmingly with the four million votes that approved the current constitution in 1999, and the four-and-a-half million that supported the amended constitution that gave the late President Hugo Ch\u00e1vez extra powers in 2009.\nThe symbolic vote is also a vindication of the opposition\u0092s efforts to force the government to accept a recall vote permitted under the constitution last year. The regime never allowed it and canceled scheduled regional elections to boot. The support enjoyed by the opposition in the referendum indicates that Maduro\u0092s instincts were right when he blocked the recall vote: he would have lost overwhelmingly.\nThere are increasing signs of weakness in Maduro\u0092s regime. He recently placed Leopoldo L\u00f3pez, the country\u0092s most prominent political prisoner, under house arrest after having him confined to a tiny cell in a military prison where he was routinely tortured. Several Chavistas, most notably attorney general Luisa Ortega, have broken ranks with Maduro and openly denounced his plans to set up a totalitarian regime. Former police and military officers are expressing their open opposition to the dictator.\nLast weekend\u0092s opposition-organized referendum marks a fascinating contrast with other types of transitions to liberal democracy (if this indeed turns out to be the outcome). Chile\u0092s Augusto Pinochet also left power after a referendum, but it was one he had organized himself. In Poland, the government, exhausted by the general strikes called by Solidarity, eventually opened negotiations with Lech Walesa\u0092s famous union in the late 1980s.\nIn Hungary, a crack opened up between two communist factions that led to a regime change. In Romania, dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was captured, sentenced and executed. In the Soviet Union, the communist bureaucracy produced Gorbachev, a reformist who was surpassed by the forces he had set in motion. When retrograde factions tried to turn the clock back, other reformist leaders, particularly Boris Yeltsin, prevailed, and the rest is history.\nBut we have never seen what just happened in Venezuela before --an opposition mounting a successful nationwide referendum in defense of its current constitution, against the hostility of a government that no longer thinks its own Chavez-created constitution is enough to guarantee its perpetuity. Is this the beginning of the end for Chavismo and Maduro? Will this turn out to be one of contemporary history\u0092s most fascinating transitions to liberal democracy?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 212, "original_length": 8974, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 287.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.indianmedicinalplants.info/articles/Leptospira.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:17Z", "digest": "sha1:23TONVEE24AWR2F6QLHR4EIEC6EZ7OP3", "length": 2819, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.indianmedicinalplants.info", "title": "Leptospira", "raw_content": "Kingdom: Monera\nFamily: Leptospiraceae\nGenus: Leptospira\nLeptospira (from the Greek leptos, meaning fine or thin, and the Latin spira, meaning coil) is a genus of spirochaete bacteria, including a small number of pathogenic and saprophytic species. Leptospira was first observed in 1907 in kidney tissue slices of a leptospirosis victim who was described as having died of \"yellow fever.\"\nAlthough over 200 serovars of Leptospira have been described, all members of the genus have similar morphology. Leptospira are spiral-shaped bacteria that are 6-20 \u03bcm long and 0.1 \u03bcm in diameter with a wavelength of about 0.5 \u03bcm.[8] One or both ends of the spirochete are usually hooked. Because they are so thin, live Leptospira are best observed by darkfield microscopy.\nThe bacteria have a number of freedom degrees; when ready to proliferate via binary fission, the bacterium noticeably bends in the place of the future split.\n[edit] Cellular structure\nLeptospira have a Gram-negative-like cell envelope consisting of a cytoplasmic and outer membrane. However, the peptidoglycan layer is associated with the cytoplasmic rather than the outer membrane, an arrangement that is unique to spirochetes. The two flagella of Leptospira extend from the cytoplasmic membrane at the ends of the bacteria into the periplasmic space and are necessary for the motility of Leptospira.\nThe outer membrane contains a variety of lipoproteins and transmembrane outer membrane proteins. As expected, the protein composition of the outer membrane differs when comparing Leptospira growing in artificial medium with Leptospira present in an infected animal. Several leptospiral outer membrane proteins have been shown to attach to the host extracellular matrix and to factor H. These proteins may be important for adhesion of Leptospira to host tissues and in resisting complement, respectively.\nThe outer membrane of Leptospira, like those of most other Gram-negative bacteria, contains lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Differences in the highly immunogenic LPS structure account for the numerous serovars of Leptospira.. Consequently, immunity is serovar specific; current leptospiral vaccines, which consist of one or several serovars of Leptospira endemic in the population to be immunized, protect only against the serovars contained in the vaccine preparation.\nLeptospiral LPS has low endotoxin activity.. An unusual feature of leptospiral LPS is that it that it activates host cells via TLR2 rather than TLR4. The unique structure of the lipid A portion of the LPS molecule may acccount for this observation. Finally, the LPS O antigen content of L. interrogans differs in an acutely infected versus a chronically infected animal. The role of O antigen changes in the establishment or maintenance of acute or chronic infection, if any, is unknown.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 48, "original_length": 3742, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 199.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.information-britain.co.uk/maps.php?Place_ID=9857", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:21:27Z", "digest": "sha1:WACYELZX7E2EDPTD6757CF3YG4PZFHNM", "length": 156, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.information-britain.co.uk", "title": "Location Map for Brisbane House Hotel, Largs, KA30 8NF", "raw_content": "BOOK LARGS HOTELS\nMap of Brisbane House Hotel, Largs\nIt wasn't until late in life that I discovered how easy it is to say \"I don't know.\" - Somerset Maugham", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 383, "original_length": 6889, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 261.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.iowawatch.org/tag/courts/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:21:15Z", "digest": "sha1:7YO262J7SE766DJ3ALHLRAJLJUQ6YQJW", "length": 1022, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.iowawatch.org", "title": "courts | Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism\tcourts \u2013 Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism", "raw_content": "Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism (http://www.iowawatch.org/tag/courts/)\nCourt docs: Riverlife investor owes $559K in Iowa civil case\nBy Shereen Siewert/Wausau Pilot & Review | June 18, 2018\nA judgment for $559,335 filed in Iowa against a development partner in the Wausau Riverlife Village project has been transferred to Wisconsin, according to court documents. The decision, recorded March 20 in Iowa and transferred June 7 to Walworth County, Wis., names Michael D. Frantz and Frantz Ventures, LLC, as defendants. Spring Haven, LLC, an organization in Iowa, is listed as the creditor attempting to collect the debt, which has not yet been satisfied. Under the state\u2019s Uniform Enforcement Of Foreign Judgments Act, a judgment from another state is generally enforceable in Wisconsin. The filing is the latest in a series of financial struggles for the partner in Riverlife Village, even as city officials are actively seeking new partners for the highly anticipated development along the city\u2019s east riverfront.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 167, "original_length": 8189, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 284.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.irishfilmnyc.com/2017/02/health-benefits-of-stevia.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:15:50Z", "digest": "sha1:OAENG5XOSRF2UNYQ3PZMZPS5OY26P5JJ", "length": 6393, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.irishfilmnyc.com", "title": "health benefits of stevia - health benefits", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb health benefits \u00bb health benefits of stevia\nhealth benefits of stevia - The health benefits of stevia to be incorporated ability to aid in weight loss, lower blood pressure, reduce blood sugar, protect oral health, improve strong bones, avoid particular forms of cancer, and avoid having cavities.\nStevia is widely be regarded of the most interesting and advantageous new uncoverings when it comes to human health and nutrition. Stevia is actually the reputation for the more than 240 species of shrubs and small-time flowering strategies in the Asteraceae family, which is the same family as sunflowers. Stevia is known by different appoints, including sweetened leaf or sugar leaf, but the formal technical reputation is Stevia rebaudiana. It develops in the humid one section of North and South America, but it isn't well-known as a flora. Instead, stevia has received its recent popularity as being an artificial sweetener that is more than 40 x sweeter than sugar, but does not have the negative side effects on their own bodies that ordinary sugar does.\nThe plant has been used for hundreds of years because of its excessively sweetened leaves, but it was hardly known around the world. Now, the reputation stevia is spreading like wildfire because it furnishes something that millions of diabetics requirement, a sugar substitution that won't feign blood sugar ranks. As more and more research rises about this wonderful new option for people on carbohydrate-controlled foods, the number of countries who are approving stevia as a sweetener and a artificial additive are increasing.\nSteviaIn 2011, the EU devoted permission for stevia to be used throughout the 27 commonwealths. Without getting into too much detail, the molecules that savor like sugar in stevia, rebaudiosides, are delivered into the digestive region, where they are used by the bacteria in the colon. In short, these glucose-like molecules are not absorbed into the bloodstream, so they don't feign blood sugar, but they do the nutrients they are in flavor very sweet! This tricks blood sugar bonus is not the only welfare of stevia , nor are these rebaudiosides the only nutrient this plant( and sweetener) contains.\nStevia is appraised most for its sweetened leaves and its they are able to supplant sugar in a diet, but stevia also contains a prosperity of antioxidant deepens, such as flavonoids, triterpenes, tannins, caffeic battery-acid, kaempferol, and quercetin, among others. The stevia flora also contains fiber, protein, iron, potassium, magnesium, sodium, vitamin A, and vitamin C. Nonetheless, in the sweetener kind, these further element are practically insignificant. The smaller organic deepens represent the real persona in the health benefits of stevia.\nDiabetic Control: The most important or widely praised aspect of stevia for human health refers its ability to regulate blood sugar ranks in their own bodies. Opposed to sucrose, which is something that ordinary table sugar consists of, stevia honeys menu in a similar way as sugar, but it contains stevioside, which is a non-carbohydrate glycoside deepen. As explained above, when stevioside breaks down, the glucose-containing particles are sucked by the bacteria in the colon, rather than being absorbed by the bloodstream and altering glucose ranks in their own bodies. This is an ideal replacement for ordinary sugar for diabetics or people on carbohydrate-controlled foods, because they can eat sweetened nutrients without having to worry about diabetic complications.\nWeight Loss: Stevia is very low in calories and is anywhere from 40-300 x sweeter than sugar, depending on the prevalence of certain types of extracts in the species range. This is necessary that people can eat nutrients like cakes, cookies, and candies constituted with stevia without are concerned about gaining a great deal of calories from sugars, so they won't hurt the possibilities of successfully losing weight.\nBlood Pressure: As mentioned, stevioside is a type of glycoside, but there are other glycosides in stevia that can actually tightens the blood vessels, mount urination, and facilitate the elimination of sodium from their own bodies. This is necessary that less stress is put on the cardiovascular plan and there can be a drop in blood pressure, which protects mettle health and thwarts certain conditions such as atherosclerosis, heart attack, and strokes.\nOral Health: Stevia has been found to reduce bacterial pattern in the mouth, meeting it a popular additive for toothpastes and mouthwashes. It too thwarts holes and gingivitis, which sucrose certainly doesn't do!\nSkin Health: In a similar antibacterial part as it playing in the mouth, stevia has been found to be a useful topical have applied for skin conditions such as eczema and dermatitis. It hinders the spread of bacteria and acts as a steroid in these situations, meeting it a popular option for numerous people who can't get succor from these conditions.\nsteviainfoBone Health: Although this hasn't been extensively tested under humen, particular investigates have shown that chickens that have been fed a stevia diet settle vastly thicker husks that contain a far higher content of calcium than average eggs. This has been extrapolated into humen, meaning that it could potentially help build stronger bones and decline the chances of osteoporosis.\nCancer Prevention: The wide range of antioxidant deepens may be in stevia make it an ideal dietary supplement for cancer prevention. Quercetin, kaempferol, and the other glycoside deepens in stevia help to eliminate free radicals in their own bodies, thereby preventing them from mutating health cadres into cancer cadres. Antioxidants too help to prevent premature aging, cognitive glitch, and numerous other serious conditions like heart disease.\nA Final Word of Carefulnes: Although there was some doubts about the health effects of stevia over the long term, research continues to support its use as a sweetener and as a artificial additive. Nonetheless, there might be an allergic reaction in people who are allergic to ragweed, marigolds, daisies, and related embeds. Also, some people have complained of bloating and cramping when munching stevia, as well as occasional dizziness or headaches. These clients are rare, and stevia remains a safe and advantageous sweetener and flora supplement for people around the world", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 8914, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 326.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.isaacawards.com/jurymaster/?year=2018&jury_type_id=1&judge_id=6056", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:50Z", "digest": "sha1:DIXJMC3S5VEL3M7BEN47KBDIRDBZ7DKQ", "length": 658, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.isaacawards.com", "title": "Adweek Project Isaac 2018", "raw_content": "Tara is the Chief Experience Officer of Hearts & Science. Previously, she was the CMO of Deutsch in New York, leading efforts to enhance the agency\u2019s reputation and drive business growth. She\u2019s returning to Omnicom after having previously served as Managing Director of Marketing & Business Development at OMD Worldwide. She\u2019s also had roles leading Business Development at Euro RSCG and Arnold. Tara was a member of the inaugural Steering Committee of ADCOLOR, an industry coalition that champions diversity and inclusion in creative industries.\nMost people know that Tara embraces her right-brainer status and has the uncanny ability to nurture great idea.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 68, "original_length": 2246, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 187.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.isiahfactor.com/2007/02/27/interrogated-at-hpd-even-after-being-invited/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:35Z", "digest": "sha1:5B4KH3XDVX3MAIFH7KWF5UNOY2O2AMXG", "length": 1031, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.isiahfactor.com", "title": "Isiah Factor | The Insite \u00bb INTERROGATED AT HPD EVEN AFTER BEING INVITED!", "raw_content": "INTERROGATED AT HPD EVEN AFTER BEING INVITED!\nFebruary 27, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on INTERROGATED AT HPD EVEN AFTER BEING INVITED!\nWHY ARE YOU ALL HERE AT HPD?\nI thought it was interesting last Friday when I arrived at the Houston Police department for a scheduled press conference and security didn\u2019t have a clue as to what was going on at 1200 Travis. I was asked at least four times by private security officers and HPD personell as I entered headquarters \u2013 what was going on and why was the media there. In fact, it soon became irritating after answering the question three times. I wondered why security didn\u2019t ask the department\u2019s public information division what was going on rather than harassing me multiple times. The Insite wasn\u2019t the only person asked what was going on \u2013 other reporters and photographers from other stations were also interrogated about the press conference. The reason for the presser was to locate a suspected serial rapist. Just another Insite moment I thought I would share!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 185, "original_length": 4032, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 314.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.islandbridge.com/news-and-events/no-place-like-home/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:48Z", "digest": "sha1:K32OHOOKAQUTCF7VNNTMWMCREUCOL2WK", "length": 991, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.islandbridge.com", "title": "No Place Like Home \u2013 Islandbridge", "raw_content": "23rd April 2010 21st January 2019 Islandbridge\nOur client Janssen-Cilag, in partnership with University College Hospital Galway, has been nominated for a Healthcare Innovation Award 2010 for their Velcade-At-Home treatment.\nCongratulations to the teams at Janssen-Cilag and University College Hospital, Galway following their nomination for an Aramark Healthcare Innovation Award.\nThe Velcade-At-Home Service is both an innovative and compassionate response to the difficulties faced by patients suffering from Multiple Myeloma (a form of leukemia), which spares them the exhausting twice-a-week journey from remote parts of the country to their treating hospital.\nWe were privileged to work on the branding of this thoughtful initiative and are delighted to see it recognised at national level as an exemplary model of patient care.\nFor as anyone who\u2019s been seriously ill will tell you, when you\u2019re in poor health, there\u2019s no place like home.\n\u2190 You\u2019ve Got To Have Heart\nMorning Has Broken \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 2631, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 206.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.it.uu.se/katalog/sverker", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:44Z", "digest": "sha1:2Q4WD7N3UYDU3TFNASAK6ERRYMOEV5JF", "length": 1230, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.it.uu.se", "title": "Sverker Holmgren - Department of Information Technology - Uppsala University", "raw_content": "Sverker Holmgren\nSverker.Holmgren[AT-sign]it.uu.se\nSverker Holmgren is a Professor in Scientific Computing at Uppsala University, Sweden, where he is also the head of the Computational Science research program and the Director of the Swedish e-Science strategic research area consortium eSSENCE, led by Uppsala University and funded by the Swedish Ministry of Education and Research. He also has a part-time position at NordForsk as the Director of the Nordic eScience Globalisation Initiative (NeGI).\nDuring 2011-2017, Holmgren was the Dean of Mathematics and Computer Science at the Faculty of Science and Technology at Uppsala University. During 2013-2016 was also the chair of the European e-Infrastructure Reflection Group (e-IRG), formed to give advice to the EU member and associated states on ICT infrastructure (networking, computing and data) for research. Earlier assignments include being Director for the Uppsala University computing center UPPMAX and later being the Director for the Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing (SNIC) during six years.\nUpdated 2016-11-18 13:04:10 by Sverker Holmgren.\nRegistration number: 202100-2932 VAT number: SE202100293201 RegistrarAbout this websiteEditor: Sverker Holmgren.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 2746, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 241.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.jacksonholetraveler.com/article/mad-river-whitewater-rafting-trips-jackson-hole/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:31Z", "digest": "sha1:32T6EJPAJ75XL4GOKB77O23SM5HNIXYK", "length": 5328, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "www.jacksonholetraveler.com", "title": "Whitewater rafting trips in Jackson Hole - Jackson Hole Traveler", "raw_content": "Mad River is a professional river outfitter in Jackson Hole that has been running the Snake River for the past 40 years!\nOne of the must-do adventures for any visitor to Jackson Hole is a whitewater or scenic float boat ride down the iconic Snake River.\n\u201c\u2026 And a (Mad) River Runs Through it.\u201d\nAs its name suggests, the Snake River slithers its way past the magnificent Teton Range, through Jackson Hole and down into the steep canyons south of town. Its rapids are classified between I and III, making guided river trips with Mad River Boat Trips one of the best ways to experience this wildly beautiful body of water.\nMad River is a professional river outfitter that has been running the Snake River for the past 40 years. With experience on its side, the rafting company can help make a river trip outing more than memorable.\nSee Jackson Hole By Water\nThere are two ways to explore the Snake River: by scenic float or a whitewater trip.\nMad River\u2019s 13-mile scenic floats wind their way down a stretch of the Snake River that boasts one of the largest concentrations of bald eagles in the Jackson Hole area. The Tetons provide a breathtaking backdrop.\nThe whitewater excursions bring you down the churning 8-mile section of the river that is not only rich in geological features but also includes no fewer than eight rapids of varying degrees of hold-your-breath action. Either river tour provides participants the opportunity to see Jackson Hole from a unique and special perspective.\nMad River prides itself on the professionalism and friendliness of its river guides, all of whom have either a Wilderness First Aid or Wilderness First Responder medical certification. A bonus is the fact that the average amount of years a guide has been with Mad River is eight\u2014and the majority of river runners are year round residents of Jackson Hole. This means they are invested ambassadors of our magical area of Wyoming.\nMad River also has the longest-running river guide school in Jackson Hole.\nMad River guides are well versed in the fauna, flora and history of the area\u2014and the Snake River in particular. In addition, Mad River maintains a library of books about the Snake, the indigenous wildlife and more, and encourages its guides to take advantage of the resources available.\nScenic floats are 3 hours in length, launching at 8:15 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. (The 12:15 trip includes a deli box lunch). Cost: $72 per adult; $52 for children age 4 and older.\nWhitewater trips last 3-1/2 hours and launch times vary depending upon the size of the boat and date trip is booked. Cost: $99-$109 per adult; $59-$94 for children age 6 and older.\nWhat to wear: Footwear that can get wet; synthetic layers (not cotton); for colder days, wetsuits may be rented from Mad River; sunglasses; sunscreen\nReservations: (800) 458-7238; mad-river.com\nUnforgettable Thrills\nThe high water conditions on the Snake River dictate the intensity of your whitewater adventure\u2014especially in late spring and early summer due to the snowmelt from the mountains. But make no mistake about it: Mad River\u2019s goal is to give you the thrill of a lifetime no matter how high or low the river is running.\nThe fun on the Snake is complemented by the range of wildlife you\u2019ll see, including osprey, eagles and river otters as well as the occasional mule deer or mountain goat, among other four legged residents of Jackson Hole.\nEven better, Mad River is the only outfitter that has its own meal site on the whitewater section of the Snake River Canyon. There are various riverside cookout packages offered, which allow for an unforgettable trip down the canyon. This season (2017), a trained chef is preparing the 3:30 p.m., four-hour Small Boats Riverside Cookout whitewater trip. A recent addition to the menu is cornmeal crusted catfish with spicy red pepper remoulade. Curry crusted Utah steelhead trout is another entr\u00e9e to choose from, as is Bavette steak with horseradish cream. Complementing the meal are Dutch oven buttermilk biscuits, currant and farro \"ragout,\" honey glazed heirloom carrots and balsamic grilled asparagus. A mixed berry cobbler completes this special dinner experience!\nBoats range in size from the \u201csuper-small\u201d 6-person craft up to the standard size raft that can accommodate up to 16 people. This larger size boat has both paddling and non-paddling positions; the smaller rafts require all participants to paddle.\nSpecial solar eclipse trips are being offered on August 21\u2013eclipse \"day.\" Both 8-person and 16-person rafts are available for this special excursion; the price for a spot on an 8-person raft is $323.80 and the price per spot on a 16-person raft is $299.80. This specialty trip is all-inclusive and includes transportation to and from the river, wetsuits and booties (when requested), guide gratuity, all taxes and fees, a riverside meal and special solar eclipse viewing glasses.\nThe check-in location for trips is at Mad River\u2019s office at 1255 So. Highway 89, just 2 miles south of Jackson Hole. 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Watson was still travelling to join the Jamaican contingent in South Korea at the time of the video conference.\nFor his part Stokes said, \u201cin terms of getting the athletes mentally prepared to represent the country at the highest level and to understand what their achievement means in the context of our culture and our history, today's sit down and chat between the minister and the athletes was really invaluable\u201d.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 141, "original_length": 5437, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 296.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.jbtiling.biz/locations/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:35Z", "digest": "sha1:Q7OA6UGEIWXXHHMW5J3JSHUXBIOFJZZH", "length": 217, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.jbtiling.biz", "title": "Locations | JBTiling", "raw_content": "Even though we are primarily based in the North West of England, this doesn\u2019t mean we stick to this location.\nWe have done work in the following areas :\nNo location is too far, contact us to discuss your requirements.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 599, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 165.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.jeffersoncountywv.org/county-government/county-agencies/jcesa/photo-gallery", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:28Z", "digest": "sha1:J6OZB3MKFXPT7JHU6MZDP3HYUA3H4S67", "length": 136, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.jeffersoncountywv.org", "title": "Photo Gallery | Jefferson County Commission, WV", "raw_content": "A New Year's to Remember (Spirit of Jefferson - January 2-8, 2019)\nESA celebrates the season by giving (The Journal - December 18, 2018)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 117, "original_length": 3000, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 181.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.jennasuth.com/2015/02/mothers-day-with-toxicfox.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:20:21Z", "digest": "sha1:KLNOO4JJ474N3VJKOZZR343MMSC4YNGD", "length": 925, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.jennasuth.com", "title": "Mother's Day with Toxicfox - Jenna Suth", "raw_content": "My Mum does so much for me so I think it's important to spoil her on Mother's Day. I always make sure to give her some of her favourite things and something to put a smile on her face. But when it comes to money I don't always have a big budget and a bit of a helping hand is always appreciated. \u00a350 from Toxicfox would be much appreciated and it's pretty easy to be in with a chance. The picture above explains everything but basically all you need to do is share what you would buy your Mum from Toxicfox on different social media platforms. So whether you're a Tweetaholic, or love a Facebook creep it's very easy to enter! To give you a helping hand I've selected a few of my favourites. I'm not sure which my Mum would love most so I might just have to share one on each platform. Better chance of winning then, eh!\nRemember the competition closes on Sunday so you better make your mind up quick!\nI've entered, have you?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 123, "original_length": 3080, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 287.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.jewana.com/computers/artificial-intelligence/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:58Z", "digest": "sha1:U7GHZ4X6APBZEQSO5V32FURGJHC54XQ2", "length": 299, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.jewana.com", "title": "Web Directory- Computers > Artificial Intelligence", "raw_content": "Jewana Web Directory Computers Artificial Intelligence\nconference events in Australia\nhttp://www.iir.com.au\nThis is the ideal place to find large professional conferences, covering various political, financial, business and environmental topics. IIR Conferences has operated in Australia since 1983.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 13, "original_length": 455, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 282.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.jkschrauben.sk/en/our_assortment/binding-materials/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:40Z", "digest": "sha1:XX4Y6O2ZTWZGTAQU4IKS6JDOCQZC47GL", "length": 372, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.jkschrauben.sk", "title": "Binding materials | J.K.SCHRAUBEN spojovac\u00ed materi\u00e1l", "raw_content": "Fasteners are the basis of the range of J.K.SCHRAUBEN. The company has been involved in the sale of the jointing material since its inception and has been constantly expanding and improving it throughout its existence. Today you can choose from a wide range of up to three stores.\nWe offer a wide range of binding materials of varying compositions, strengths and surfaces.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 204, "original_length": 4030, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 143.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.justregularfolks.com/2010/07/happy-july-4th-weekend.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:00Z", "digest": "sha1:CGFZU4OE7J27AHATQ4WOGMRGOBC7FJ7F", "length": 177, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.justregularfolks.com", "title": "Just regular folks.: Happy July 4th weekend!", "raw_content": "We had a really nice long weekend - now it's back to work for all of us, Edda finally joins us for scheduled fun, she starts summer school tomorrow! It's going to be a hot week!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 257, "original_length": 4235, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 322.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.kainlawyers.com.au/people/gerry-cawson/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:53:20Z", "digest": "sha1:BM325IMCSAVEVCOFIY2UZ2XNKFIMLTDO", "length": 1613, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.kainlawyers.com.au", "title": "Gerry Cawson - People - Kain Lawyers", "raw_content": "With over 20 years\u2019 local and international experience, Gerry is the lawyer of choice for commercial advice and complex transactions.\nGerry is the consummate corporate lawyer. The trusted advisor to countless clients, helping them buy and sell businesses, raise private equity, list on stock exchanges and negotiate their joint ventures and day-to-day commercial arrangements.\nGerry is regularly named \u2018Best Lawyer\u2019 in the fields of mergers and acquisitions, private equity and commercial law. Recognised in 2017 as Best Lawyers\u2019 Adelaide Private Equity Lawyer of the Year, with similar accolades in 2016 and 2014 voted by his peers as Adelaide Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyer of the Year. To go along with his 2015 and 2013 Adelaide Commercial Lawyer of the Year.\nPrior to joining us Gerry led the Adelaide M+A team of a multinational legal firm. His technical expertise stems from experience at top tier law firms in London, Hong Kong and Sydney.\nWhether advising start-up companies or Fortune 500 companies, Gerry is seen as the go-to lawyer for companies seeking strategic business advice with a legal perspective. He regularly brings to bear his personal experience as a director of various companies and his extensive network of contacts to help create opportunities for his clients.\nCompanies that Gerry has advised in the past include Harley-Davidson, Warner Lambert (now Pfizer), AXA, Swisse Wellness and Nomura. Locally, Gerry has been trusted for strategic advice for companies including Radio Rentals, Accolade Wines, Pernod Ricard, Michel Wool, Barossa Fine Foods, LH Perry & Sons, Fyfe and Vinomofo.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 85, "original_length": 2952, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 281.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.karendabrowska.com/about/about.php", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:54Z", "digest": "sha1:2L72HUVNY6CZPXKWWILQDLOZVNXOPNF2", "length": 3596, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.karendabrowska.com", "title": "Karen Dabrowska", "raw_content": "Karen Dabrowska was born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1956. Her parents were refugees from the city of Lvov in eastern Poland, who could not return to their country at the end of the Second World War because the region was annexed by the then Soviet Union.\nAfter completing a BA at Victoria University, Wellington in sociology and politics and a journalism course at Wellington Polytechnic, Ms Dabrowska joined the Evening Post a national daily in 1979. During her six years with the paper she worked as a business and court reporter, covered the commercial fishing and horticultural industries, wrote a series of articles on alternative medicine and welfare issues and contributed freelance articles to Commercial Fishing Magazine and the RSA Journal. She also did voluntary work for Prisoners Aid. After leaving the Evening Post she worked as press officer for the New Zealand Theatre Federation and the New Zealand Standards Association.\nIn 1985 she was accepted for a post-graduate course in international journalism at City University, London. Her MA thesis dealt with the effectiveness of the Polish-government-in-exile as a pressure group.\nAfter graduating in 1986 with an MA (with distinction) she spent two months in Ethiopia researching and writing Addis Ababa: A pocket guide to Ethiopia\u2019s capital city.\nIn 1987 she was appointed features editor of New Horizon, a Middle Eastern/Islamic publication dealing mainly with the politics and culture of the Islamic world. She became editor of New Horizon in 1988. After the magazine changed its focus to Islamic banking, she assisted in setting up a number of English language newsletters dealing with the Middle East such as Dialogue, Iraq Update and Kuwait Review.\nShe also contributed to Al-Muhajir, Gulf States Newsletter, Discourse a monthly publication promoting Muslim-Christian relations, The Yemen Times and Islamic Tourism Magazine.\nFrom 1991 to August 2011 Ms Dabrowska worked as London correspondent for Jana News Agency. On December 19th 2004 she set up a good news website about Iraq: www.islamictourism.com. She joined the Sudanese National Council as development officer in August 2011 and is continuing with freelance writing including regular contributions to The Arab Weekly. In November 2014 she became a board member of the Kurdish Aid Foundation.\nIn 2002 Iraq: The Bradt Travel Guide which has been reprinted twice was published. Ms Dabrowska\u2019s books include Iraq: Then And Now \u2013 a guide to the country and its people, Bahrain Briefing: The Struggle for Democracy (December 1994 \u2013 December 1996) and two reports on the Iraqi regime\u2019s violations of human rights and drainage of the marshlands of southern Iraq.\nShe has recently completed three books: The Libyan Revolution: Diary of Qadhafi\u2019s Newsgirl in London, Into the Abyss: Human Rights Violations and the suppression of the popular movement for change and a collection of short stories: Melancholy memories: foreign dreams.\nShe is updating the Bradt Guide to Iraq (the second edition will be published in August 2015) and is ghost writing the memoirs of an Iraqi anti-sanctions campaigner who was imprisoned on trumped up charges.\nIn the course of her work she has visited over 30 countries including Afghanistan, Australia, Fiji, Oman, Syria, Libya, Palestine, Morocco, Tunisia, Iraq, Jordan, Western Sahara, Ethiopia, USA, Iran, Yemen, St Lucia, North Cyprus, Turkey, Canada, Poland, Ukraine, Kenya and Tanzania.\nMs Dabrowska enjoys walks in London\u2019s green spaces, travel, tai chi (she has a yellow belt) and reading mostly about politics and spiritual matters.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 3973, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 144.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.karendabrowska.com/arab_weekly/2016-06-05_let_me_stand_alone.php", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:10Z", "digest": "sha1:2GGCS3SJ7XM4TNXCCWE5DDPTQEZEK76M", "length": 4857, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.karendabrowska.com", "title": "Karen Dabrowska", "raw_content": "Originally published: 5th June 2016\nLet Me Stand Alone: Tribute to slain US activist\nDocumentary moves between Rachel Corrie\u2019s home in United States, Gaza Strip, showing two contrasting worlds in which she lived.\nA scene from Let Me Stand Alone\nLondon - Rachel Corrie\u2019s activism against injustice led to her losing her life at a young age. Lebanese film director Rouba Atiyeh sought to celebrate Corrie\u2019s short life by profiling her through an amazing compilation of her own writings, sound bites from her family and friends and images that create a penetrating insight into the activist\u2019s thoughts and emotions.\nCorrie, from Olympia, Washington, was crushed to death at the age of 23 by an Israeli bulldozer on March 16th, 2003, while undertaking nonviolent action to stop the demolition of a Palestinian family\u2019s home.\nAtiyeh\u2019s 45-minute documentary Let Me Stand Alone borrows its title from a book of Corrie\u2019s writings published after her death. The documentary moves between Corrie\u2019s home in the United States and the Gaza Strip, showing the two contrasting worlds in which she lived.\nIt begins with a speech Corrie made at the age of 10 at a conference on world hunger: \u201cI\u2019m here for other children. I\u2019m here because children everywhere are suffering and because 40,000 people die each day from hunger.\u201d\nWe then see Corrie with a microphone in her hand standing in front of a bulldozer about to demolish a Palestinian home. The bulldozer comes closer and closer. It is a frightening image. The screen is black for a second and the documentary moves to Corrie\u2019s reflections on American society: \u201cWhy was I born in a country so terrifying? Supermodels and daytime talk shows. They convey our emptiness. How we have forgotten or never learned our own history?\u201d\nThere are no interviews in the documentary. Corrie\u2019s friends and family simply speak about her. Reflecting on her death, one friend says: \u201cIt is tragic. We were aware of what she was doing. I thought good for her. She is doing what she is passionate about. I just admired her for being that brave.\u201d\nIn a tribute to his daughter, her father says: \u201cWe need to do something better. We need to create a better world and it is up to each of us to do that. That was what Rachel tried to do and I am proud of her.\u201d\nA number of Corrie\u2019s moving, insightful poems are read as the documentary moves to scenes that deal with the poems\u2019 subjects. Especially moving is her poem on homelessness. \u201cThese are the hollow souls. We love them when they are far away but when they are close to us and we look into their sunken eyes we choke with fear and distaste,\u201d it reads.\nThere are frequent references to her e-mail messages to her family while she was in Gaza.\nShe asked: \u201cWhat kind of a writer would I be, what kind of a seer would I be if I stayed in the prism of my home?\n\u201cI feel like I\u2019m witnessing the systematic destruction of a people\u2019s ability to survive\u2026 Sometimes I sit down to dinner with people and I realise there is a massive military machine surrounding us, trying to kill the people I\u2019m having dinner with,\u201d she said.\nOn February 7th, 2003, she wrote: \u201cNo amount of reading, attendance at conferences, documentary viewing and word of mouth could have prepared me for the reality of the situation here (in Gaza).\n\u201cWhen I leave for school or work I can be relatively certain that there will not be a heavily armed soldier waiting halfway between Mud Bay and downtown Olympia at a checkpoint with the power to decide whether I can go about my business and whether I can get home again when I\u2019m done. So, if I feel outrage at arriving and entering briefly and incompletely into the world in which these children exist, I wonder conversely about how it would be for them to arrive in my world.\u201d\nAtiyeh emphasised that she wanted to portray Corrie through her own voice. \u201cShe had a problem with the system in the USA. She had a problem with the whole globalised system and her work in Gaza was a translation of that,\u201d Atiyeh said.\n\u201cThe essence of Rachel was to be true to yourself and stop being fearful. She always had a focus on the people she cared about. In her e-mails to her mother she always spoke about the people she was working with. She was a very honest person. She could see the world beyond the borders of her own self,\u201d Atiyeh said.\nThis film, Atiyeh explained, is not just talking about Gaza.\n\u201cWe see so much about it along with what is happening in Syria and Iraq and we become a bit neutralised. We stop reacting as strongly. My film will raise questions about the whole system,\u201d Atiyeh said.\n\u201cIsrael was the baby of that system and that is how Rachel viewed it. She was aware. She was mature in her way of thinking and she could link things together. She could see that the whole system needed to change, not just Gaza and Palestine but world order, which has taken a brutal form.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 40, "original_length": 5326, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 258.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.kidsavenuepediatricsga.com/blog/what-common-childhood-diseases-do-vaccines-protect-against", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:35Z", "digest": "sha1:4YODNAOQ6NUXP75RDA66252V6ZYBLCU5", "length": 3802, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.kidsavenuepediatricsga.com", "title": "Benefits of Childhood Vaccines | Kids Avenue Pediatrics", "raw_content": "Take a look at some of the most common vaccine-preventable illnesses and why immunizations are an important part of protection.\nAgain, this is one of the most-used vaccines worldwide. Even though your child will get this vaccination as one shot, it covers three separate diseases.\nDiphtheria was responsible for the death of tens of thousands of American children annually before the vaccination was created, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Along with respiratory issues, it can also cause paralysis and life-threatening heart failure.\nTetanus, commonly known as lock jaw, is a serious illness that causes paralysis of the mouth area. Not only is it painful, but in the past it killed one out of every five people who contracted it. Likewise, pertussis is another dangerous disease. Also known as whooping cough, pertussis causes severe coughing. In its most severe form, it can eventually lead to seizures and brain damage.\nThe DTaP vaccine protects children against all three diseases during childhood and beyond. Most healthy children start the vaccine series at 2 months, with additional doses given at 4 months, 6 months, 15 to 18 months, and 4 to 6 years.\nEven though you may have had chicken pox during your younger years, it doesn't mean your child has to. The telltale red, itchy bumps combine with fever, fatigue, headache, and sometimes loss of appetite for up to a week. In severe cases, children can suffer from skin infections, pneumonia, swelling of the blood vessels, blood infections, joint infections, encephalitis, or meningitis.\nAlong with the symptoms, a chicken pox infection also means that the child will need to miss school \u2014 due to the highly contagious nature of the disease. Vaccinations protect children and help to stop the spread of this disease. Children typically get the immunization between 12 and 15 months, with a second dose between 4 and 6 years old.\nUnlike other vaccines, protection from the flu requires annual immunization. The specific strain that this immunization offers protection from changes by the year, depending on what is projected to hit hardest.\nAccording to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), infants and children over the age of 6 months should get the annual flu vaccine. While there is a nasal spray available, in many years the shot has proven a better protection method.\nThe flu can cause symptoms that range from a headache and sore throat to serious respiratory issues or a high fever. Along with avoiding people who have the flu and using proper hand-washing techniques, the vaccine can reduce the risk that your child will get this viral infection.\nLike the DTaP vaccine, the MMR vaccine protects against multiple diseases. This immunization reduces the risk of contracting mumps, measles, or rubella. All three illnesses are extremely contagious, spreading rapidly in closed environments such as daycares or schools. Children get two doses of the vaccine, one at 12 to 15 months and one at 4 to 6 years.\nA measles infection can result in a red rash, a cough, or a fever. In serious cases, the illness also causes pneumonia or brain damage. Severe infection may be life-threatening. Mumps can cause symptoms such as headaches, muscle aches, fatigue, or swollen glands. This illness can also cause swelling of the reproductive organs (testicles in men and ovaries in women), encephalitis, or meningitis.\nWhile rubella can cause uncomfortable symptoms such as sore throat and headache, it's most dangerous for pregnant women. The infection can cause miscarriage or result in birth defects. If you have pregnancy plans, protect yourself (and your unborn baby) by having your child vaccinated.\nIs your child up to date on their vaccinations? Contact Kids Avenue Pediatrics for more information.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 87, "original_length": 5330, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 199.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.kingrubber.com/402.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:45Z", "digest": "sha1:EABS3TKWCL67GA6ZLIPPQR75XC4XPZUS", "length": 558, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.kingrubber.com", "title": "Qingdao Kingstone Industry Co.,Ltd.|Heavy duty rubber mat|kitchen drainage mat|safety mat|anti slip mat|door entrance mat", "raw_content": "Science is an important internal driving force for development. High-tech enterprises refer to the continuous implementation of research and development and transformation of technological achievements within the \u201chigh-tech fields supported by the country\u201d to form the company\u2019s core independent intellectual property rights, and use them as a basis to carry out business activities. , A resident enterprise registered in China (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) for more than one year. It is a knowledge-intensive, technology-intensive economic entity.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 120, "original_length": 2465, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 149.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.knowlitics.com/2016/07/big-fraud-in-nyc.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:40:34Z", "digest": "sha1:ALIXX246TDQGOO3I72L4PFQYW76TBBOY", "length": 1294, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.knowlitics.com", "title": "Facts based decisions.: BIG fraud in NYC.", "raw_content": "This is really outrageous. It looks as if De Blasio's supporters are shrinking even further. It is either sheer incompetence or something much worse to allow a resource for the most vulnerable in society - those dying of AIDS - to be sold of for profit. And even then there should be a public inquiry as to how such a huge profit was pilfered from the taxpayers of New York:\n\"Village Care sold Rivington House to the Allure Group for $28 million in February of 2015. Allure subsequently paid the city $16.1 million to lift the two deed restrictions from the building, which mandated that it be used solely for nonprofit, residential health services. Allure flipped the property to the Slate Group, luxury condo developers, for a $116 million in February after the restrictions were lifted.\"\nhttp://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/31/nyregion/nursing-homes-sale-to-condo-developer-raises-questions-for-city.html?_r=0\nhttp://www.thelodownny.com/leslog/tag/rivington-house\nhttp://www.villagevoice.com/news/with-longtime-aids-care-center-rivington-house-closing-its-patients-are-left-anxious-6659696\nhttp://therealdeal.com/2016/03/28/allure-group-misled-the-city-on-rivington-house-deed-restriction-officials/\nhttp://ny.curbed.com/2014/9/13/10047462/nonprofit-rivington-house-may-become-a-for-profit-clinic", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 65, "original_length": 3080, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 200.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.kresgeartsindetroit.org/portfolio-posts/mark-newport", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:21Z", "digest": "sha1:Q3S3CJ5RWGZOWXYOCCHL522ZHLMZAVYQ", "length": 614, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.kresgeartsindetroit.org", "title": "Mark Newport - Kresge Arts in Detroit", "raw_content": "Mark Newport was born in Amsterdam, NY and attended the Kansas City Art Institute (BFA) and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (MFA). Newport\u2019s work has been exhibited internationally. Recent awards include grants from Creative Capital Foundation and the Arizona Commission on the Arts. Newport\u2019s work is in the collections of The Whitney Museum of American Art; The Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and The Detroit Institute of Arts. The Lemberg Gallery and Greg Kucera Gallery represent his work. Newport is the Artist-in-Residence and Head of Fiber at the Cranbrook Academy of Art.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 24, "original_length": 1208, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 42.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.kwjazzroom.com/2015/the-amazing-trumpet-playing-of-ingrid-jensen-returns-to-the-jazz-room/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:31:56Z", "digest": "sha1:N2DMLLOHFJWROYXXPUR7SETBGRF2JVXB", "length": 7338, "nlines": 35, "source_domain": "www.kwjazzroom.com", "title": "The Amazing Trumpet Playing of Ingrid Jensen Returns to The Jazz Room \u00bb The Jazz Room", "raw_content": "\u00ab The Murley-Braid Nordic Project\nRobi Botos Launches New CD With a Band of the Best of Jazz Cats in the Business \u00bb\nThe Amazing Trumpet Playing of Ingrid Jensen Returns to The Jazz Room\nBy Terry Pender\nhttp://terrypender.blogspot.ca/2015/03/the-amazing-trumpet-playing-of-ingrid.html\nWATERLOO, March 20, 2015 \u2014 The internationally-acclaimed trumpet sensation Ingrid Jensen returns to The Jazz Room for a show Saturday night with Gray Matter.\nThe Grammy-Award-winning Jensen will be soloing on the grooves of Justin Gray (bass), Derek Gray (drums) Eli Bennett (tenor sax). She is the senior musician on this project, and brings years of experience gigging with some of the very best in New York City\u2019s clubs.\nFive or six years ago Jensen was working at the Banff School, and Justin was in the ensemble she was leading and advising.\n\u201cWe had a really good vibe, and he asked me if ever I wanted to do a project with down the road, and I said: \u2018Absolutely.\u2019 And he\u2019s kind of incorporated me into the band, and he\u2019s written some great music,\u201d Jensen said.\nIt was and remains a great break for Gray Matter. Simply put, Jensen is one of the best modern jazz trumpet players in the world today. The Berklee College of Music-graduate has played with Clark Terry, Bob Berg, Lionel Hampton, George Garzone, Geoffrey Keezer, Corrine Bailey Rae, Jeff \u201cTain\u201d Watts, Gary Thomas and Terri-Lyne Carrington.\nShe has a growing list of critically-acclaimed CDs to her credit, and a new one called Kind of New coming out in April on the label Whaling City Sounds out of Dartmouth. That project was co-led by Jensen and keyboardist Jason Miles. Jason knew Miles Davis back in the day, and the two collaborated for five years.\n\u201cHe was very good friends with Miles Davis. What\u2019s funny is his last name is Miles. We just started jamming years ago and then we started talking about doing some kind of project, and then we started writing music together, just getting together in my basement and working out riffs, it was a very organic process,\u201d Jensen said.\n\u201cEventually the tunes we wrote he produced, he\u2019s a great producer, so he would produce a few tracks and I would blow over them. So after a year we had quite a few tunes, we had too many,\u201d Jensen said.\nThe new CD will be released on April 15. Jensen and Miles will go on the road as part of a quintet following the release. This CD was not recorded in the traditional way in a studio.\n\u201cIt was all done flying tracks around to people, as many records are done now days. Because it\u2019s not that kind of straight-ahead jazz record we didn\u2019t all need to be in the studio together, we just added our layers. And then we did some live stuff, using some of the tunes we had already recorded. And they came out great, a balance of live and studio, and it\u2019s kind of cool,\u201d Jensen said.\nWhen she finishes the gig Saturday night at The Jazz Room she returns home just in time for a three-day run at Dizzy Gillespie\u2019s Coca-Cola Club in New York City Michele Rosewoman.\n\u201cIt\u2019s a merry-go-round of the different types of gigs there. From a duo gig at a saxophone store to two or three nights at Dizzy\u2019s,\u201d Jensen said. \u201cWhen I am home I am usually playing, I usually have something going on.\u201d\nHer current mini-tour ends with The Jazz Room gig Saturday night. It started in Montreal, then she travelled to London for a clinic with music students at Western. On Thursday and Friday, Jensen and Gray Matter played The Rex in Toronto. Their chops will be in great shape for this gig.\nJensen was born in Vancouver, but raised in Nanaimo. The small city on the east coast of Vancouver Island has a rich-musical history. Logging, commercial fishing and coal mining provided steady paycheques for people looking for entertainment. They found it in live music.\n\u201cFrom the very beginning we had a very strong jazz community there. I saw a lot really great musicians playing, Ray Brown was in town a lot. Diana Krall of course was playing and studying with him. So there was evidence everywhere of how that good, high-level music is supposed to sound. It wasn\u2019t just sort of oh, the average Joe just jamming on a blues. It was people really playing the repertoire, and playing it well.\u201d\nThere was a direct link between New Orleans Jazz and the early days of coal mining in the Nanaimo area.\n\u201cThey would have these fests and parties, and that really, actually never really went away,\u201d Jensen said. \u201c It just transformed itself from sort of a Dixieland Tradition into a little more contemporary jazz standard language.\u201d\nJensen went to the same high school as Diana Krall. The music program was something else.\n\u201cAnd all the teachers that were teaching could play at the time I was in school. They weren\u2019t just teachers, they were in the community big band. But we all would get together on a Wednesday, and play in this big band. My sister played in it. Diana played in it. I played in it. My older sister played in it at one point. It was really cool, it was a really strong community thing going on.\u201d\nJensen wishes every town had a community band like that one in Nanaimo.\n\u201cAnd without that, the music really does die. And unfortunately it is dying in certain communities because there is not that connection to the past,\u201d Jensen said. \u201cYou have to keep that thread going so people, the kids especially, can get a feel for what it\u2019s like to play a dance, play some dance music and get people moving.\u201d\nCicily Janus, a musician, writer and educator wrote a booked called The New Face of Jazz, which was published in 2010. It includes a chapter on Jensen. In it, Jensen credits the early-music education she received in Nanaimo for the amazing solos she blows today.\nShe said in the book: \u201cIn this respect it is imperative for anyone that wants to improvise to have some historical base to tap into while creating a story in relation to a song. In other words blowing over some changes.\u201d\nWhen asked about that quote today, Jensen said it applies more than ever.\n\u201cI am playing a lot more modern music, and stuff that has less chords, but more possible spaces to take it in certain ways,\u201d Jensen said.\nA good example is the new CD that comes out in April \u2014 Kind of New \u2014 that sounds like late-career Miles Davis.\nThere is not a tonne of chord changes or crazy melodies, but if you don\u2019t have the history of music under you, in our soul, it is going to sound really dumb,\u201d Jensen said. \u201c For me it is really fun to be able to create over that after learning all these different genres of jazz under the jazz umbrella throughout my career.\n\u201cAnd it just puts me in a new place to be kind of a Beat poet that gets to go off on a steam, and also be part of the composition process,\u201d Jensen said.\n\u201cIt sort of never ends. It\u2019s a process you have to embrace from the beginning, and you just don\u2019t ever stop looking for new possibilities, and ways to express yourself over a tune. You keep your technique up as well, but it\u2019s all in relation to the music. Whether I am working on a ballad or an up-tempo tune that\u2019s sort of my daily meditation is to get to the place where I am not thinking about anything except for a song, and the feel and what can be done with it once the band plays.\u201d\nAnd the Beat Poet of the modern jazz trumpet will play solos that burst like fireworks over the heads of her audience and everyone will look up and say, aaaaahh.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 9036, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 287.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.latourrette-consulting.com/en/paginas-insights/digital-transformation-first-steps/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:25Z", "digest": "sha1:CPFJV6EDYNCZUGTFCOLIJCQVFGN7URCN", "length": 6944, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "www.latourrette-consulting.com", "title": "Digital Transformation - First Steps | Latourrette Consulting", "raw_content": "We\u2019ve been talking about paperless, and paperless offices, for years. These paperless were no more that an initiative of the businesses. Businesses would choose to go paperless as an innovation strategy, to increase productivity. It would happen from within.\nDigital Transformation is not a strategy, is a mandatory stage in the evolutionary process.\nIt goes beyond businesses choices.\nThe world is changing amazingly quickly. The number of mobile devices, smartphones, tablets, wearables, increases by the second. These tools, which give us so much power as users, can only mean our structures and systems are about to go through a major change. Change will come inevitably.\nWhen buying a plane ticket, we don\u2019t call a travel agency. And, in the same we don\u2019t call a travel agency, we also do not demand a paper invoice after the purchase. Something as simple as the purchase of a ticket just got reinvented. So, what can we say about really complex things? Digital Transformation will change the way people interact with businesses, the way businesses interact with one another, and the nature of businesses itself. And it will even challenge the existence of many businesses.\nStudies show, in a really assertive manner, that many businesses will vanish rapidly whereas this profound change in processes and systems make them unable to add value to the new world. All of this in a short period of time. What is the point of a banking agent, when we are more than capable of using all of the bank services in a smartphone? Will the millennials go to a banking agent to open an account? The relationships between people and businesses are de-materialize. The new ways of doing things represent the end of many businesses dedicated to being a trade intermediary.\nThe beginning of the Technological Revolution?\nIf, until now, we were a part of changes that waited for us to catch up before taking off, the Digital Transformation will always be one step ahead of us.\nThe processing power is increasing exponentially, the number of information sources is really close to endless. The mere leap from one stage of evolution to the next allow us to do the formerly unthinkable. Today, we could take men to the moon only with a smartphone processor. \u2018Tomorrow\u2019, we could inject ourselves with a grain-sized \u2018phone\u2019, why not?\nAn IBM CEO once said that just five computers would be enough for the entire world market. Digital Equipment founder claimed it didn\u2019t make sense for people to a home computer. If, in the technology beginnings, people believed stuff like that, it\u2019s only fair to assume we are only stepping on the ladder of Technological Evolution. I mean, that can be so far from the truth. When will we start smiling thinking about the intercontinental communications made of transatlantic cables?\n2016\u2019s Avalanche effect\nDigital Disruption doesn\u2019t ask to come in the businesses, and finds them unprepared and unwilling. We are looking straight to the breaking of everything we take for granted today. It is impossible to imagine what is coming towards us. We have to be ready and be as disruptive as Disruption itself, or we can be consumed in our fixedness. The biggest ability we can have right now is adaptability.\nBusinesses, however, are the entities more resistant to change. Individuals tend to be more flexible and agile, but when it comes to businesses they have structures more solid than it is even recommended. The end of businesses can be understood by their failure to adapt. Businesses need to reorganize, adapt themselves and their internal ecosystem to the new normal, which is constant change. They need to develop habits of learning, unlearning and relearning. They need to develop organization resilience skills.\nTaxi drivers all over the world lived in a monopoly, not flourishing business, but at least a stable one. They had few direct competitors. All of the sudden, here comes a player that doesn\u2019t fit any previous idea of competition \u2013 Uber. Today, it seems as natural to us as the need to get around itself. But, in the comfortable taxi drivers\u2019 sits, Disruption hit hard and unpredictably.\nThe Disruption of the new world (the new normal) comes almost always from an uncomfortable place. Taxi drivers were as far from the need to innovate as Uber was far from losing anything.\nToday we manage information in accordance to certain business processes. But these processes will all change, and fast. The management of this \u2018new information\u2019 is a colossal task, and is going to shape the Global Customer Experience.\nAccording to Gartner, \u2018by 2016, 70% of successful digital business models will rely on deliberately unstable processes designed to shift as customer needs shift.\u2019\nAgility, in the middle of the avalanche, is going to allow us to survive.\nSeven Ways to Make the First Mile Smarter\nLeverage mobility to enhance the customer experience and bolster loyalty. With mobile devices and information capture technology, your customers, agents and field workers already have enterprise class scanners in their pockets.\nReduce time between \u201cengagement\u201d and \u201caction\u201d for better service. By combining the front-end collection of customer information with the backend processing of that information into a single integrated and automated process, the process completes much sooner for the customer.\nEmpower customers and increase their visibility and control over the process. Keep customers, agents and field workers engaged and informed via status updates in a web portal or text/email communications, so they never have to wonder what\u2019s happening in the process, what\u2019s been completed, what\u2019s next, and when it will be complete.\nReduce complexity and effort at touch points to drive costs down. By empowering your customers with the ability to self-serve in the manner they choose, you not only give them the control they desire, but you also move work from your knowledge workers and drive costs out of your process.\nGain insight into, and continually optimize and improve processes. New systems of engagement require more than BI \u2013 they require real-time, in-process, adjustable views of all types of information used during the process, combined with information from other internal and third party systems. Armed with this information all in one place, knowledge workers can make better decisions, faster.\nMake it easy to connect systems of record with systems of engagement. Bridging the gap between systems of record and systems of engagement is the key to realizing all these benefits. But it needs to be simpler, less costly and less time consuming than replacing or modifying existing systems of record. Creating a link between these two worlds requires a service oriented architecture that leverages web services and removes the need for custom integrations.\u200b\nDigital Signatures Following:\nFinalist Document Manager Awards\nFind more information about Digital Transformation - First Steps solutions here.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 8410, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 306.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0000-0099/0039/Sections/0039.202.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:31Z", "digest": "sha1:LJRB6NS6Z4HS7RVHSMXJIJ3S6XZDLXPQ", "length": 14194, "nlines": 54, "source_domain": "www.leg.state.fl.us", "title": "Statutes & Constitution :View Statutes : Online Sunshine", "raw_content": "39.202\u2003Confidentiality of reports and records in cases of child abuse or neglect.\u2014\n(1)\u2003In order to protect the rights of the child and the child\u2019s parents or other persons responsible for the child\u2019s welfare, all records held by the department concerning reports of child abandonment, abuse, or neglect, including reports made to the central abuse hotline and all records generated as a result of such reports, shall be confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and shall not be disclosed except as specifically authorized by this chapter. Such exemption from s. 119.07(1) applies to information in the possession of those entities granted access as set forth in this section.\n(2)\u2003Except as provided in subsection (4), access to such records, excluding the name of the reporter which shall be released only as provided in subsection (5), shall be granted only to the following persons, officials, and agencies:\n(a)\u2003Employees, authorized agents, or contract providers of the department, the Department of Health, the Agency for Persons with Disabilities, the Office of Early Learning, or county agencies responsible for carrying out:\n1.\u2003Child or adult protective investigations;\n2.\u2003Ongoing child or adult protective services;\n3.\u2003Early intervention and prevention services;\n4.\u2003Healthy Start services;\n5.\u2003Licensure or approval of adoptive homes, foster homes, child care facilities, facilities licensed under chapter 393, family day care homes, providers who receive school readiness funding under part VI of chapter 1002, or other homes used to provide for the care and welfare of children;\n6.\u2003Employment screening for caregivers in residential group homes; or\n7.\u2003Services for victims of domestic violence when provided by certified domestic violence centers working at the department\u2019s request as case consultants or with shared clients.\nAlso, employees or agents of the Department of Juvenile Justice responsible for the provision of services to children, pursuant to chapters 984 and 985.\n(b)\u2003Criminal justice agencies of appropriate jurisdiction.\n(c)\u2003The state attorney of the judicial circuit in which the child resides or in which the alleged abuse or neglect occurred.\n(d)\u2003The parent or legal custodian of any child who is alleged to have been abused, abandoned, or neglected, and the child, and their attorneys, including any attorney representing a child in civil or criminal proceedings. This access shall be made available no later than 60 days after the department receives the initial report of abuse, neglect, or abandonment. However, any information otherwise made confidential or exempt by law shall not be released pursuant to this paragraph.\n(e)\u2003Any person alleged in the report as having caused the abuse, abandonment, or neglect of a child. This access shall be made available no later than 60 days after the department receives the initial report of abuse, abandonment, or neglect and, when the alleged perpetrator is not a parent, shall be limited to information involving the protective investigation only and shall not include any information relating to subsequent dependency proceedings. However, any information otherwise made confidential or exempt by law shall not be released pursuant to this paragraph.\n(f)\u2003A court upon its finding that access to such records may be necessary for the determination of an issue before the court; however, such access shall be limited to inspection in camera, unless the court determines that public disclosure of the information contained therein is necessary for the resolution of an issue then pending before it.\n(g)\u2003A grand jury, by subpoena, upon its determination that access to such records is necessary in the conduct of its official business.\n(h)\u2003Any appropriate official of the department or the Agency for Persons with Disabilities who is responsible for:\n1.\u2003Administration or supervision of the department\u2019s program for the prevention, investigation, or treatment of child abuse, abandonment, or neglect, or abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult, when carrying out his or her official function;\n2.\u2003Taking appropriate administrative action concerning an employee of the department or the agency who is alleged to have perpetrated child abuse, abandonment, or neglect, or abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult; or\n3.\u2003Employing and continuing employment of personnel of the department or the agency.\n(i)\u2003Any person authorized by the department who is engaged in the use of such records or information for bona fide research, statistical, or audit purposes. Such individual or entity shall enter into a privacy and security agreement with the department and shall comply with all laws and rules governing the use of such records and information for research and statistical purposes. Information identifying the subjects of such records or information shall be treated as confidential by the researcher and shall not be released in any form.\n(j)\u2003The Division of Administrative Hearings for purposes of any administrative challenge.\n(k)\u2003Any appropriate official of a Florida advocacy council investigating a report of known or suspected child abuse, abandonment, or neglect; the Auditor General or the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability for the purpose of conducting audits or examinations pursuant to law; or the guardian ad litem for the child.\n(l)\u2003Employees or agents of an agency of another state that has comparable jurisdiction to the jurisdiction described in paragraph (a).\n(m)\u2003The Public Employees Relations Commission for the sole purpose of obtaining evidence for appeals filed pursuant to s. 447.207. Records may be released only after deletion of all information which specifically identifies persons other than the employee.\n(n)\u2003Employees or agents of the Department of Revenue responsible for child support enforcement activities.\n(o)\u2003Any person in the event of the death of a child determined to be a result of abuse, abandonment, or neglect. Information identifying the person reporting abuse, abandonment, or neglect shall not be released. Any information otherwise made confidential or exempt by law shall not be released pursuant to this paragraph.\n(p)\u2003An employee of the local school district who is designated as a liaison between the school district and the department pursuant to an interagency agreement required under s. 39.0016 and the principal of a public school, private school, or charter school where the child is a student. Information contained in the records which the liaison or the principal determines are necessary for a school employee to effectively provide a student with educational services may be released to that employee.\n(q)\u2003An employee or agent of the Department of Education who is responsible for the investigation or prosecution of misconduct by a certified educator.\n1(r)\u2003Staff of a children\u2019s advocacy center that is established and operated under s. 39.3035.\n(s)\u2003A physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459, a psychologist licensed under chapter 490, or a mental health professional licensed under chapter 491 engaged in the care or treatment of the child.\n(t)\u2003Persons with whom the department is seeking to place the child or to whom placement has been granted, including foster parents for whom an approved home study has been conducted, the designee of a 2licensed residential group home described in s. 39.523, an approved relative or nonrelative with whom a child is placed pursuant to s. 39.402, preadoptive parents for whom a favorable preliminary adoptive home study has been conducted, adoptive parents, or an adoption entity acting on behalf of preadoptive or adoptive parents.\n(3)\u2003The department may release to professional persons such information as is necessary for the diagnosis and treatment of the child or the person perpetrating the abuse or neglect.\n(4)\u2003Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when a child under investigation or supervision of the department or its contracted service providers is determined to be missing, the following shall apply:\n(a)\u2003The department may release the following information to the public when it believes the release of the information is likely to assist efforts in locating the child or to promote the safety or well-being of the child:\n1.\u2003The name of the child and the child\u2019s date of birth;\n2.\u2003A physical description of the child, including at a minimum the height, weight, hair color, eye color, gender, and any identifying physical characteristics of the child; and\n3.\u2003A photograph of the child.\n(b)\u2003With the concurrence of the law enforcement agency primarily responsible for investigating the incident, the department may release any additional information it believes likely to assist efforts in locating the child or to promote the safety or well-being of the child.\n(c)\u2003The law enforcement agency primarily responsible for investigating the incident may release any information received from the department regarding the investigation, if it believes the release of the information is likely to assist efforts in locating the child or to promote the safety or well-being of the child.\nThe good faith publication or release of this information by the department, a law enforcement agency, or any recipient of the information as specifically authorized by this subsection shall not subject the person, agency or entity releasing the information to any civil or criminal penalty. This subsection does not authorize the release of the name of the reporter, which may be released only as provided in subsection (5).\n(5)\u2003The name of any person reporting child abuse, abandonment, or neglect may not be released to any person other than employees of the department responsible for child protective services, the central abuse hotline, law enforcement, the child protection team, or the appropriate state attorney, without the written consent of the person reporting. This does not prohibit the subpoenaing of a person reporting child abuse, abandonment, or neglect when deemed necessary by the court, the state attorney, or the department, provided the fact that such person made the report is not disclosed. Any person who reports a case of child abuse or neglect may, at the time he or she makes the report, request that the department notify him or her that a child protective investigation occurred as a result of the report. Any person specifically listed in s. 39.201(1) who makes a report in his or her official capacity may also request a written summary of the outcome of the investigation. The department shall mail such a notice to the reporter within 10 days after completing the child protective investigation.\n(6)\u2003All records and reports of the child protection team of the Department of Health are confidential and exempt from the provisions of ss. 119.07(1) and 456.057, and shall not be disclosed, except, upon request, to the state attorney, law enforcement, the department, and necessary professionals, in furtherance of the treatment or additional evaluative needs of the child, by order of the court, or to health plan payors, limited to that information used for insurance reimbursement purposes.\n(7)\u2003The department shall make and keep reports and records of all cases under this chapter and shall preserve the records pertaining to a child and family until the child who is the subject of the record is 30 years of age, and may then destroy the records.\n(a)\u2003Within 90 days after the child leaves the department\u2019s custody, the department shall give a notice to the person having legal custody of the child, or to the young adult who was in the department\u2019s custody, which specifies how the records may be obtained.\n(b)\u2003The department may adopt rules regarding the format, storage, retrieval, and release of such records.\n(8)\u2003A person who knowingly or willfully makes public or discloses to any unauthorized person any confidential information contained in the central abuse hotline is subject to the penalty provisions of s. 39.205. This notice shall be prominently displayed on the first sheet of any documents released pursuant to this section.\nHistory.\u2014ss. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ch. 63-24; s. 941, ch. 71-136; ss. 1, 1A, ch. 71-97; s. 32, ch. 73-334; s. 65, ch. 74-383; s. 1, ch. 75-101; s. 1, ch. 75-185; s. 4, ch. 76-237; s. 1, ch. 77-77; s. 3, ch. 77-429; ss. 1, 2, ch. 78-322; s. 3, ch. 78-326; s. 22, ch. 78-361; s. 1, ch. 78-379; s. 181, ch. 79-164; s. 1, ch. 79-203; s. 488, ch. 81-259; s. 11, ch. 84-226; s. 39, ch. 85-54; s. 14, ch. 85-224; s. 36, ch. 87-238; s. 2, ch. 88-80; s. 8, ch. 88-219; s. 26, ch. 88-337; s. 5, ch. 89-170; s. 5, ch. 89-278; s. 36, ch. 89-294; s. 2, ch. 89-535; s. 8, ch. 90-50; s. 7, ch. 90-208; s. 54, ch. 90-306; s. 9, ch. 91-57; s. 20, ch. 91-71; ss. 43, 48, ch. 92-58; s. 32, ch. 93-39; s. 16, ch. 93-214; s. 58, ch. 94-218; ss. 25, 46, ch. 95-228; s. 28, ch. 95-267; s. 15, ch. 96-402; s. 275, ch. 96-406; s. 1044, ch. 97-103; s. 15, ch. 97-276; s. 3, ch. 97-299; s. 15, ch. 98-137; s. 32, ch. 98-166; s. 3, ch. 98-255; s. 45, ch. 98-280; s. 32, ch. 98-403; s. 5, ch. 99-168; s. 11, ch. 99-193; s. 1, ch. 99-369; s. 18, ch. 2000-139; s. 2, ch. 2000-217; s. 6, ch. 2000-263; s. 51, ch. 2000-349; s. 12, ch. 2001-60; s. 27, ch. 2001-266; s. 2, ch. 2003-146; s. 1, ch. 2005-173; s. 1, ch. 2005-213; s. 6, ch. 2006-194; s. 3, ch. 2006-227; s. 2, ch. 2009-34; s. 2, ch. 2009-35; s. 4, ch. 2009-43; s. 2, ch. 2010-210; s. 2, ch. 2016-58; s. 2, ch. 2016-238; s. 4, ch. 2017-151.\n1Note.\u2014As enacted by s. 1, ch. 2005-173, and redesignated as paragraph (r) by s. 2, ch. 2016-58. For a description of multiple acts in the same session affecting a statutory provision, see preface to the Florida Statutes, \u201cStatutory Construction.\u201d Paragraph (q) was also enacted by s. 1, ch. 2005-213, and that version, redesignated as paragraph (r), reads:\n(r)\u2003The executive director or equivalent, and his or her designee, of a children\u2019s advocacy center that is established and operated under s. 39.3035.\n2Note.\u2014Section 39.523 was substantially reworded by s. 14, ch. 2017-151, so that it now focuses on placement in out-of-home care.\nNote.\u2014Former ss. 828.041, 827.07(15); s. 415.51.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 97, "original_length": 15820, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 211.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/wickedlocal-marblehead/obituary.aspx?n=jeff-edinburg&pid=191429331&fhid=5818", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:32Z", "digest": "sha1:ZVJVPPLXFCMHDPI3AW2QOHIHB6J5VZ27", "length": 2472, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.legacy.com", "title": "Jeff Edinburg Obituary - Salem, MA | The Marblehead Reporter", "raw_content": "Stanetsky-Hymanson Memorial Chapel\n10 Vinnin Street\nJeff Edinburg\nVillage at Vinnin Square Clubhouse\nMore Obituaries for Jeff Edinburg\nJeff Edinburg, of Marblehead entered into rest on January 31, 2019 at the age of 76. Beloved husband of Deborah (Loring) Edinburg. Devoted father of Barry and Jason Edinburg. Cherished grandfather of Skyler, Nate, and Paloma Edinburg. Loving brother of Nancy Weinstein. Dear son of the late Melvin and Charlot Edinberg. He grew up in Swampscott, graduated from the Storm King School and Clark University, where he was an eight-letter man, and raised his family in Peabody and Marblehead. He was owner and President of Modern Leather Company, a business that tanned and finished leather, taking over and expanding the enterprise started by his father. He was well respected in the industry, earning many awards and accolades from industry peers and organizations. He was a lifetime member of the Two / Ten National Foundation and was President of the New England Tanners Club. For many years, Jeff was an active member of Temple Beth Shalom in Peabody, becoming First Vice President and chairing years of highly successful auctions. He volunteered for fifteen years at the Lynn District Court. Jeff was a member of Kernwood Country Club in Salem, where he loved to play golf and spend time with close friends. He was an avid skier and runner who competed in eight marathons, including the Ocean State Marathon and the New York City Marathon, the latter of which he ran four times. A funeral service for Jeff will be held on Sunday, February 3rd, at Stanetsky - Hymanson Memorial Chapel, 10 Vinnin Street (Vinnin Square), Salem, MA 01970, at 11:30 a.m. Interment will follow at Congregation Shirat Hayam Cemetery, Temple Beth El section, Lowell St., Peabody, MA. Shiva will follow, from 2|6 p.m. at the Village at Vinnin Square Clubhouse, Salem, MA. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made in his memory to his current congregation, Temple Emanu-El, 393 Atlantic Avenue, Marblehead, MA 01945, to their Family Education Fund. For more information or to register in the online guestbook, please visit www.stanet skyhymansonsalem.com.\nPublished in The Marblehead Reporter from Feb. 2 to Feb. 14, 2019\n\"On behalf of The Storm King School, please accept our...\"\n\"As a past president of the Storm King School's Alumni...\"\n-Bob Cory\nJeff Edinburg Photo\nFree funeral planning guide compliments of Stanetsky-Hymanson Memorial Chapel", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 4725, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 306.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.legalallsorts.co.uk/whats-in-a-number/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:14:24Z", "digest": "sha1:IQSWFOGVJIXTMYW6TUPKY2FQUARHNY7X", "length": 6549, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "www.legalallsorts.co.uk", "title": "What\u2019s in a number? | Legal All Sorts", "raw_content": "Having looked at the figures quoted by the Beagles, a certain pattern begins to emerge. There are certain numbers they like to quote and one can\u2019t help but wonder whether there is a certain meaning behind them.\nBack in 2013 there were 35,000 members and Legal Beagles was allegedly going to be sold for \u00a335 million. No idea whether that was an alleged offer or an alleged valuation or an opium dream but that was the rumour being spread by the owners themselves.\nIn 2015, when there were 70,000 members, the Beagles allegedly turned down an offer of \u00a37 million, or that was how much the site valuation was. As usual, it wasn\u2019t clear, but that\u2019s what the two articles state.\nWhile the number of members doubled in those two years, the alleged valuation was just one fifth of the one from the time when there were just half the number of members. Obviously none of this would be relevant if the whole thing was just a hoax, however, the numbers in themselves are far from random, there is a relationship between them. This would probably indicate that the site owners themselves are coming up with those figures, which they somehow tie in with the number of members. Of course we know that not all members are active, in fact, the majority are not, but, as we have seen here, it\u2019s a numbers game and quantity goes above quality.\nThe following comment sums it all up quite accurately.\nIt\u2019s a rather blinkered notion that private equity would value a website by reference to the size of its membership. The primary consideration would be its metrics eg visitor traffic and search engine optimisation performance relevant to the subject matter of the proposed business model whether that be advertising, lead conversion or whatever. Elliot Contador\nThese figures are almost certainly a bit of creative accounting. Maybe there have been 70000 registrations however when you take off the ones who sign up and post once or maybe twice, those that are spammers-how many a day are banned, what are you left with, a much smaller number I suspect. If you then look at people who haven\u2019t posted for say 3 months, the number will be even less.\nIf you look at how many people post in a week I am sure that is has at least two less noughts on it\nOf course! That\u2019s precisely the subject of my other posts such as the numbers game and quantity over quality. You may remember that, a few years ago, you were able to see the full LB members list as you can do on other forums. When you went there, you\u2019d find most members had posted just once or twice, some as far back as 2007, and never again. Others had zero post count. Banned members (spammers or not) were excluded from the members list, so the reason those people never went back wasn\u2019t because they were banned. Banned users would count towards the total member count though, the only ones who wouldn\u2019t count are those whose profiles have been deleted and whose posts appear under \u201cguest\u201d. Some sites delete the spammers\u2019 accounts rather than just leaving them banned but this is optional.\nI still find it hard to believe that the actual membership base would have doubled from 2013 so I suspect they may well just leave the spammers banned rather than deleting their profiles. There are also some beagles who have had more lives than a cat and AEs are not deleted.\nWhat I find significant is the correlation of the numbers with the alleged valuations and/or offers. If they were all true, then the site would have dropped in value to just a fifth of what it was \u201cworth\u201d in 2015, and the value per member would be a tenth of the 2013 figure, which would make no bu$ine$$ $en$e what$oever. The \u00a3350,000 investment in LB Compare would be just 1% of the value of the site in 2013. The figures just don\u2019t add up!\nDo you think that the 7 investors could be the very companies they are comparing so as to ensure that they will get new business as the compare site will almost probably put them forward so they get the business? Just my thoughts\u2026\u2026\u2026.\nThat could well be the case although it wouldn\u2019t be a very honest comparison if it was. There\u2019s also various types of \u201ccomparison site\u201d. If you are just comparing how much it would cost to do the same thing using different companies it\u2019s a straightforward price comparison such as when you look at electricity providers. In that case, even if one of the companies was behind the site, you would still get accurate data.\nRatings and reviews are a totally different thing. Anyone can write a review and the public would have no way of verifying that the reviews are real, just like the testimonials you often find on some website (mostly American ones) saying how wonderful their offering is, which reminds me of the video Legal Beagles have been showing to promote their new venture. If the site offers ratings and reviews and any of the compared companies were funding the site, it would not only be unfair on the customers but also on the other participants themselves.\nWhen I consider the reviews I remember a Watchdog article about the website TripAdvisor . They changed the wording because it was clear than many reviews, both positive and negative were bogus.\nYes, I remember hearing something like that. However, in that case the bogus reviews would have been from either competitors (the negative ones) or people associated with the establishments being reviewed (the positive ones). Tripadvisor as such wouldn\u2019t have been behind the bogus reviews, only it\u2019s not easy to verify each and every reviewer.\nSorry to be clear I wasn\u2019t suggesting that anyone would set out to defame or wrongly promote and firm on the compare site , my point was that without strict controls , how valid are any recommendations or negative reviews\nNaturally the same could be said of this blog although I believe that the very vast majority of comments can be backed up with proof\nWhen you have a site where anyone can post reviews, it\u2019s not easy to verify each and everyone of them, and there\u2019ll always be those who may wish to abuse the system. However, it would be different if a site was backed by firms or companies who are also subject to ratings and reviews on the same site, as opposed to just a plain comparison of services.\nThere is always a certain amount of speculation and, where that\u2019s the case, I think it has been clearly stated on here. This is an open posting platform and if we\u2019ve posted something that\u2019s factually wrong -which could well be the case because no-one, other than the parties involved, knows the full story, then they are welcome to post a correction.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 367, "original_length": 19222, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 240.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/33/schedule/15/paragraph/72", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:40:25Z", "digest": "sha1:32WYFLONJ2LECK472WJAKAW2CJ5FK2VI", "length": 415, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.legislation.gov.uk", "title": "Civil Partnership Act 2004", "raw_content": "Settlement, etc., made in...\n72The fact that\u2014\n(a)a settlement, or\n(b)a transfer of property,\nhad to be made in order to comply with a property adjustment order does not prevent the settlement or transfer from being a transaction in respect of which an order may be made under Article 312 or 313 of the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19)) (transfers at an undervalue and preferences).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 219, "original_length": 13415, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 158.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.letsgo.org.uk/walk/ampthillpark.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:29:58Z", "digest": "sha1:BLJU5BLIEPDWBRTST6OBTTYVEJXEKGD4", "length": 530, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.letsgo.org.uk", "title": "Ampthill & Maulden Circular Walk", "raw_content": "Ampthill Park is much more than a pleasant place to visit, it is a nationally important historic site. 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[general disorder caused by the absence of control and legislation]\nn. the overthrow of a government by those who are governed\nAnarchy is the condition of a society, entity, group of people, or a single person that rejects hierarchy.[1][2] Colloquially, it can also refer to a society experiencing widespread turmoil and collapse. The word originally meant leaderlessness, but in 1840 Pierre-Joseph Proudhon adopted the term in his treatise What Is Property? to refer to a new political philosophy: anarchism, which advocates stateless societies based on voluntary associations. In practical terms, anarchy can refer to the curtailment or abolition of traditional forms of government and institutions. It can also designate a nation (or anywhere on earth that is inhabited) that has no system of government or central rule. Anarchy is primarily advocated by anarchists, individuals who propose replacing government with voluntary institutions.\nThe word anarchy comes from the ancient Greek \u1f00\u03bd\u03b1\u03c1\u03c7\u03af\u03b1 (anarchia), which combines \u1f00 (a), \"not, without\" and \u1f00\u03c1\u03c7\u03ae (arkhi), \"ruler, leader, authority.\" Thus, the term refers to a person or society \"without rulers\" or \"without leaders\".[3]\nThe German philosopher Immanuel Kant treated anarchy in his Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View as consisting of \"Law and Freedom without Force\". Thus, for Kant, anarchy falls short of being a true civil state because the law is only an \"empty recommendation\" if force is not included to make this law efficacious (\"legitimation\", etymologically fancifully from legem timere, i.e. \"fearing the law\").[4] For there to be such a state, force must be included while law and freedom are maintained, a state which Kant calls a republic.[5][6]\nKant identified four kinds of government:\nLaw and freedom without force (anarchy)\nLaw and force without freedom (despotism)\nForce without freedom and law (barbarism)\nForce with freedom and law (republic)\nAnarchism as a political philosophy advocates self-governed societies based on voluntary institutions. These are often described as stateless societies,[7][8][9][10] although several authors have defined them more specifically as institutions based on non-hierarchical free associations.[11][12][13][14] Anarchism holds the state to be undesirable, unnecessary, or harmful.[15][16] While anti-statism is central,[17] anarchism entails opposing authority or hierarchical organisation in the conduct of all human relations, including, but not limited to, the state system.[12][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]\nThere are many types and traditions of anarchism, not all of which are mutually exclusive.[25] Anarchist schools of thought can differ fundamentally, supporting anything from extreme individualism to complete collectivism.[16] Strains of anarchism have been divided into the categories of social and individualist anarchism or similar dual classifications.[26][27] Anarchism is often considered to be a radical left-wing ideology,[28][29] and much of anarchist economics and anarchist legal philosophy reflect anti-statist interpretations of communism, collectivism, syndicalism or participatory economics. Some individualist anarchists are also socialists or communists while some anarcho-communists are also individualists[30][31] or egoists.[32][33]\nAnarchism as a social movement has regularly endured fluctuations in popularity. The central tendency of anarchism as a mass social movement has been represented by anarcho-communism and anarcho-syndicalism, with individualist anarchism being primarily a literary phenomenon[34] which nevertheless did influence the bigger currents[35] and individualists also participated in large anarchist organizations.[36][37] Some anarchists oppose all forms of aggression, supporting self-defense or non-violence(anarcho-pacifism),[38][39] while others have supported the use of militant measures, including revolution and propaganda of the deed, on the path to an anarchist society.[40]\nSince the 1890s, the term libertarianism has been used as a synonym for anarchism[41][42] and was used almost exclusively in this sense until the 1950s in the United States. At this time, classical liberals in the United States began to describe themselves as libertarians, and it has since become necessary to distinguish their individualist and capitalist philosophy from socialist anarchism. Thus, the former is often referred to as right-wing libertarianism, or simply right-libertarianism, whereas the latter is described by the terms libertarian socialism, socialist libertarianism, left-libertarianism, and left-anarchism.[43][44] Right-libertarians are divided into minarchists and anarcho-capitalists or voluntarists. Outside the English-speaking world, libertarianism generally retains its association with left-wing anarchism.[45]\nAlthough most known societies are characterized by the presence of hierarchy or the state, anthropologists have studied many egalitarian stateless societies, including most nomadic hunter-gatherer societies[46][47] and horticultural societies such as the Semai and the Piaroa. Many of these societies can be considered to be anarchic in the sense that they explicitly reject the idea of centralized political authority.[48]\nThe egalitarianism typical of human hunter-gatherers is interesting when viewed in an evolutionary context. One of humanity's two closest primate relatives, the chimpanzee, is anything but egalitarian, forming hierarchies that are dominated by alphamales. So great is the contrast with human hunter-gatherers that it is widely argued by palaeoanthropologists that resistance to being dominated was a key factor driving the development of human consciousness, language, kinship, and social organization.[49][50][51]\nIn Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology anarchist anthropologist David Graeber attempts to outline areas of research that intellectuals might explore in creating a cohesive body of anarchist social theory. Graeber posits that anthropology is \"particularly well positioned\" as an academic discipline that can look at the gamut of human societies and organizations, to study, analyze and catalog alternative social and economic structures around the world, and most importantly, present these alternatives to the world.[52]\nIn Society Against the State Pierre Clastres examines stateless societies where certain cultural practices and attitudes avert the development of hierarchy and the state. He dismisses the notion that the state is the natural outcome of the evolution of human societies.[53]\nIn The Art of Not Being Governed James C. Scott studies Zomia, a vast stateless upland region on Southeast Asia. The hills of Zomia isolate it from the lowland states and create a refuge for people to escape to. Scott argues that the particular social and cultural characteristics of the hill people were adapted to escape capture by the lowland states and should not be viewed as relics of barbarism abandoned by civilization.[54]\nPeter Leeson examines a variety of institutions of private law enforcement developed in anarchic situations by eighteenth century pirates, preliterate tribesmen, and Californian prison gangs. These groups all adapted different methods of private law enforcement to meet their specific needs and the particulars of their anarchic situation.[55]\nAnarcho-primitivists base their critique of civilization partly on anthropological studies of nomadic hunter-gatherers, noting that the shift towards domestication has likely caused increases in disease, labor, inequality, warfare, and psychological disorders.[56][57][58] Authors such as John Zerzan have argued that negative stereotypes of primitive societies (e.g. that they are typically extremely violent or impoverished) are used to justify the values of modern industrial society and to move individuals further away from more natural and equitable conditions.[59][60]\nExamples of state-collapse anarchy\nSee also: Failed states\nMainland Europe experienced near-anarchy in the Thirty Years' War (1618\u20131648)\nEnglish Civil War (1642\u20131651)\nMain article: English Civil War\nAnarchy was one of the issues at the Putney Debates of 1647:\nThomas Rainsborough: I shall now be a little more free and open with you than I was before. I wish we were all true-hearted, and that we did all carry ourselves with integrity. If I did mistrust you I would not use such asseverations. I think it doth go on mistrust, and things are thought too readily matters of reflection, that were never intended. For my part, as I think, you forgot something that was in my speech, and you do not only yourselves believe that some men believe that the government is never correct, but you hate all men that believe that. And, sir, to say because a man pleads that every man hath a voice by right of nature, that therefore it destroys by the same argument all property \u2013 this is to forget the Law of God. That there's a property, the Law of God says it; else why hath God made that law, Thou shalt not steal? I am a poor man, therefore I must be oppressed: if I have no interest in the kingdom, I must suffer by all their laws be they right or wrong. Nay thus: a gentleman lives in a country and hath three or four lordships, as some men have (God knows how they got them); and when a Parliament is called he must be a Parliament-man; and it may be he sees some poor men, they live near this man, he can crush them \u2013 I have known an invasion to make sure he hath turned the poor men out of doors; and I would fain know whether the potency of rich men do not this, and so keep them under the greatest tyranny that was ever thought of in the world. And therefore I think that to that it is fully answered: God hath set down that thing as to propriety with this law of his, Thou shalt not steal. And for my part I am against any such thought, and, as for yourselves, I wish you would not make the world believe that we are for anarchy.\nOliver Cromwell: I know nothing but this, that they that are the most yielding have the greatest wisdom; but really, sir, this is not right as it should be. No man says that you have a mind to anarchy, but that the consequence of this rule tends to anarchy, must end in anarchy; for where is there any bound or limit set if you take away this limit , that men that have no interest but the interest of breathing shall have no voice in elections? Therefore, I am confident on 't, we should not be so hot one with another.[61]\nAs people began to theorize about the English Civil War, \"anarchy\" came to be more sharply defined, albeit from differing political perspectives:\n1651 \u2013 Thomas Hobbes (Leviathan) describes the natural condition of mankind as a war of all against all, where man lives a brutish existence. \"For the savage people in many places of America, except the government of small families, the concord whereof dependeth on natural lust, have no government at all, and live at this day in that brutish manner.\"[62] Hobbes finds three basic causes of the conflict in this state of nature: competition, diffidence and glory, \"The first maketh men invade for gain; the second, for safety; and the third, for reputation\". His first law of nature is that \"every man ought to endeavour peace, as far as he has hope of obtaining it; and when he cannot obtain it, that he may seek and use all helps and advantages of war\". In the state of nature, \"every man has a right to every thing, even to then go for one another's body\" but the second law is that, in order to secure the advantages of peace, \"that a man be willing, when others are so too\u2026 to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men as he would allow other men against himself\". This is the beginning of contracts/covenants; performing of which is the third law of nature. \"Injustice,\" therefore, is failure to perform in a covenant; all else is just.\n1656 \u2013 James Harrington (The Commonwealth of Oceana) uses the term to describe a situation where the people use force to impose a government on an economic base composed of either solitary land ownership (absolute monarchy), or land in the ownership of a few (mixed monarchy). He distinguishes it from commonwealth, the situation when both land ownership and governance shared by the population at large, seeing it as a temporary situation arising from an imbalance between the form of government and the form of property relations.\nMain articles: French Revolution and Reign of Terror\nHeads of aristocrats on spikes\nThomas Carlyle, Scottish essayist of the Victorian era known foremost for his widely influential work of history, The French Revolution, wrote that the French Revolution was a war against both aristocracy and anarchy:\nMeanwhile, we will hate Anarchy as Death, which it is; and the things worse than Anarchy shall be hated more! Surely Peace alone is fruitful. Anarchy is destruction: a burning up, say, of Shams and Insupportabilities; but which leaves Vacancy behind. Know this also, that out of a world of Unwise nothing but an Unwisdom can be made. Arrange it, Constitution-build it, sift it through Ballot-Boxes as thou wilt, it is and remains an Unwisdom,-- the new prey of new quacks and unclean things, the latter end of it slightly better than the beginning. Who can bring a wise thing out of men unwise? Not one. And so Vacancy and general Abolition having come for this France, what can Anarchy do more? Let there be Order, were it under the Soldier's Sword; let there be Peace, that the bounty of the Heavens be not spilt; that what of Wisdom they do send us bring fruit in its season! \u2013 It remains to be seen how the quellers of Sansculottism were themselves quelled, and sacred right of Insurrection was blown away by gunpowder: wherewith this singular eventful History called French Revolution ends.[63]\nArmand II, duke of Aiguillon came before the National Assembly in 1789 and shared his views on the anarchy:\nI may be permitted here to express my personal opinion. I shall no doubt not be accused of not loving liberty, but I know that not all movements of peoples lead to liberty. But I know that great anarchy quickly leads to great exhaustion and that despotism, which is a kind of rest, has almost always been the necessary result of great anarchy. It is therefore much more important than we think to end the disorder under which we suffer. If we can achieve this only through the use of force by authorities, then it would be thoughtless to keep refraining from using such force.[64]\nArmand II was later exiled because he was viewed as being opposed to the revolution's violent tactics.\nProfessor Chris Bossche commented on the role of anarchy in the revolution:\nIn The French Revolution, the narrative of increasing anarchy undermined the narrative in which the revolutionaries were striving to create a new social order by writing a constitution.[65]\nSir Nicholas Lawes, Governor of Jamaica, wrote to John Robinson, the Bishop of London, in 1720:\nAs to the Englishmen that came as mechanics hither, very young and have now acquired good estates in Sugar Plantations and Indigo & co., of course they know no better than what maxims they learn in the Country. To be now short & plain Your Lordship will see that they have no maxims of Church and State but what are absolutely anarchical.\nIn the letter, Lawes goes on to complain that these \"estated men now are like Jonah's gourd\" and details the humble origins of the \"creolians\" largely lacking an education and flouting the rules of church and state. In particular, he cites their refusal to abide by the Deficiency Act, which required slave owners to procure from England one white person for every 40 enslaved Africans, thereby hoping to expand their own estates and inhibit further English/Irish immigration. Lawes describes the government as being \"anarchical, but nearest to any form of Aristocracy\". \"Must the King's good subjects at home who are as capable to begin plantations, as their Fathers, and themselves were, be excluded from their Liberty of settling Plantations in this noble Island, for ever and the King and Nation at home be deprived of so much riches, to make a few upstart Gentlemen Princes?\"[66]\nDuring the Russian Civil War \u2013 which initially started as a confrontation between the Communists and Monarchists \u2013 on the territory of today's Ukraine, a new force emerged, namely the Anarchist Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine led by Nestor Makhno. The Ukrainian Anarchist during the Russian Civil War (also called the \"Black Army\") organized the Free Territoryof Ukraine, an anarchist society, committed to resisting state authority, whether capitalist or communist.[67][68] This project was cut short by the consolidation of Bolshevik power. Makhno was described by anarchist theorist Emma Goldman as \"an extraordinary figure\" leading a revolutionary peasants' movement.[69]\nDuring 1918, most of Ukraine was controlled by the forces of the Central Powers, which were unpopular among the people. In March 1918, the young anarchist Makhno's forces and allied anarchist and guerrilla groups won victories against German, Austrian, and Ukrainian nationalist (the army of Symon Petlura) forces, and units of the White Army, capturing a lot of German and Austro-Hungarian arms. These victories over much larger enemy forces established Makhno's reputation as a military tactician; he became known as Batko ('Father') to his admirers.[70]\nMakhno called the Bolsheviks dictators and opposed the \"Cheka [secret police]... and similar compulsory authoritative and disciplinary institutions\" and called for \"[f]reedom of speech, press, assembly, unions and the like\".[71] The Bolsheviks accused the Makhnovists of imposing a formal government over the area they controlled, and also said that Makhnovists used forced conscription, committed summary executions, and had two military and counter-intelligence forces: the Razvedka and the Kommissiya Protivmakhnovskikh Del (patterned after the Cheka and the GRU). However, later historians have dismissed these claims as fraudulent propaganda.[73]\nFurther information: Anarchism in Spain\nFrancisco Franco, a fascist Spanish general staged a military rebellion which attempted overthrew the Popular Front (the established Spanish government), in 1936. Following Franco's rebellion, anarchist, communist and what remained of Popular Front joined forces against Franco. This was seen as a social revolution as much as a political revolution to some. Throughout the war and shortly after, many Spanish working-class citizens lived in anarchist communities, many of which thrived during this time. With major support of Germany and Italy the nationalists won the war, and set up a fascist dictatorship lead by Franco, effectively ending much of the anarchism in Spain.[74]\nMain article: 1997 rebellion in Albania\nIn 1997, Albania fell into a state of anarchy, mainly due to the heavy losses of money caused by the collapse of pyramid firms. As a result of the societal collapse, heavily armed criminals roamed freely with near total impunity. There were often 3\u20134 gangs per city, especially in the south, where the police did not have sufficient resources to deal with gang-related crime.\nSomalia (1991\u20132006)\nMap of Somalia showing the major self-declared states and areas of factional control in 2006\nFollowing the outbreak of the civil war in Somalia and the ensuing collapse of the central government, residents reverted to local forms of conflict resolution; either secular, traditional or Islamic law, with a provision for appeal of all sentences. The legal structure in the country was thus divided along three lines: civil law, religious law and customary law (xeer).[75]\nWhile Somalia's formal judicial system was largely destroyed after the fall of the Siad Barreregime, it was later gradually rebuilt and administered under different regional governments, such as the autonomous Puntland and Somaliland macro-regions. In the case of the Transitional National Government and its successor the Transitional Federal Government, new interim judicial structures were formed through various international conferences.\nDespite some significant political differences between them, all of these administrations shared similar legal structures, much of which were predicated on the judicial systems of previous Somali administrations. These similarities in civil law included: a) a charter which affirms the primacy of Muslim shari'a or religious law, although in practice shari'a is applied mainly to matters such as marriage, divorce, inheritance, and civil issues. The charter assured the independence of the judiciary, which in turn was protected by a judicial committee; b) a three-tier judicial system including a supreme court, a court of appeals, and courts of first instance (either divided between district and regional courts, or a single court per region); and c) the laws of the civilian government which were in effect prior to the military coup d'\u00e9tat that saw the Barre regime into power remain in forced until the laws are amended.[76]\nLists of ungoverned communities\nUngoverned communities\nThe entrance of Freetown Christiania, a Danish neighborhood autonomous from local government controls\nZomia, Southeast Asian highlands beyond control of governments\nRepublic of Cospaia[77] (1440\u20131826)\nAnarchy in the United States (19th century)\nThe Diggers (England, 1649\u20131651)\nLibertatia (late 17th century)\nNeutral Moresnet[78] (June 26, 1816 \u2013 June 28, 1919)\nKibbutz, a community movement in Israel initially influenced by anarchist philosophy (Palestine, 1909\u20131948)\nKowloon Walled City was a largely ungoverned squatter settlement from the mid 1940s until the early 1970s\nDrop City, the first rural hippie commune (Colorado 1965\u20131977)\nComunidad de Poblaci\u00f3n en Resistencia (CPR), indigenous movement (Guatemala, 1988\u2013)\nSlab City, squatted RV desert community (California 1965\u2013present)\nThe 27 Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities (January 1, 1994\u2013present)\nAbahlali baseMjondolo, a South African social movement (2005\u2013)\nRas Khamis\nAnarchist communities\nMain article: List of anarchist communities\nAnarchists have been involved in a wide variety of communities. While there are only a few instances of mass society \"anarchies\" that have come about from explicitly anarchist revolutions, there are also examples of intentional communities founded by anarchists.\nMass societies\n^ \"Decentralism: Where It Came From-Where Is It Going?\". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-01-30.\n^ \"Anarchy is the condition of existence of adult society, as hierarchy is the condition of primitive society. There is a continual progress in human society from hierarchy to anarchy.\"The State: Its Nature, Object, and Destiny by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon.\n^ \"anarchy, n.\". OED Online. December 2011. Oxford University Press. Accessed January 17, 2013.\n^ Compare Harper, Douglas. \"legitimate\". Online Etymology Dictionary.\n^ Kant, Immanuel (1798). \"Grundz\u00fcge der Schilderung des Charakters der Menschengattung\". In Anthropologie in pragmatischer Hinsicht. AA: VII, s.330.\n^ Louden, Robert B., ed. (2006). Kant: Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View. Cambridge University Press. p. 235.\n^ \"ANARCHISM, a social philosophy that rejects authoritarian government and maintains that voluntary institutions are best suited to express man's natural social tendencies.\" George Woodcock. \"Anarchism\" in The Encyclopedia of Philosophy\n^ \"In a society developed on these lines, the voluntary associations which already now begin to cover all the fields of human activity would take a still greater extension so as to substitute themselves for the state in all its functions.\" Peter Kropotkin. \"Anarchism\" from the Encyclop\u00e6dia Britannica\n^ \"Anarchism.\" The Shorter Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2005. p. 14 \"Anarchism is the view that a society without the state, or government, is both possible and desirable.\"\n^ Sheehan, Sean. Anarchism, London: Reaktion Books Ltd., 2004. p. 85\n^ \"as many anarchists have stressed, it is not government as such that they find objectionable, but the hierarchical forms of government associated with the nation state\". Judith Suissa. Anarchism and Education: a Philosophical Perspective. Routledge. New York. 2006. p. 7\n^ a b \"IAF principles\". International of Anarchist Federations. Archived from the original on 5 January 2012. The IAF\u2013IFA fights for : the abolition of all forms of authority whether economical, political, social, religious, cultural or sexual.\n^ \"That is why Anarchy, when it works to destroy authority in all its aspects, when it demands the abrogation of laws and the abolition of the mechanism that serves to impose them, when it refuses all hierarchical organisation and preaches free agreement \u2013 at the same time strives to maintain and enlarge the precious kernel of social customs without which no human or animal society can exist.\" Peter Kropotkin. Anarchism: its philosophy and ideal\n^ \"anarchists are opposed to irrational (e.g., illegitimate) authority, in other words, hierarchy \u2013 hierarchy being the institutionalisation of authority within a society.\" \"B.1 Why are anarchists against authority and hierarchy?\" in An Anarchist FAQ\n^ Malatesta, Errico. \"Towards Anarchism\". MAN!. Los Angeles: International Group of San Francisco. OCLC 3930443. Archivedfrom the original on 7 November 2012. Agrell, Siri (14 May 2007). \"Working for The Man\". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 16 May 2007. Retrieved 14 April 2008. \"Anarchism\". Encyclop\u00e6dia Britannica. Encyclop\u00e6dia Britannica Premium Service. 2006. Archived from the original on 14 December 2006. Retrieved 29 August 2006. \"Anarchism\". The Shorter Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy: 14. 2005. Anarchism is the view that a society without the state, or government, is both possible and desirable. The following sources cite anarchism as a political philosophy: Mclaughlin, Paul (2007). Anarchism and Authority. Aldershot: Ashgate. p. 59. ISBN 978-0754661962. Johnston, R. (2000). The Dictionary of Human Geography. Cambridge: Blackwell Publishers. p. 24. ISBN 0-631-20561-6.\n^ \"Anarchists do reject the state, as we will see. But to claim that this central aspect of anarchism is definitive is to sell anarchism short.\"Anarchism and Authority: A Philosophical Introduction to Classical Anarchism by Paul McLaughlin. AshGate. 2007. p. 28\n^ \"My use of the word hierarchy in the subtitle of this work is meant to be provocative. There is a strong theoretical need to contrast hierarchy with the more widespread use of the words class and State; careless use of these terms can produce a dangerous simplification of social reality. To use the words hierarchy, class, and State interchangeably, as many social theorists do, is insidious and obscurantist. This practice, in the name of a \"classless\" or \"libertarian\" society, could easily conceal the existence of hierarchical relationships and a hierarchical sensibility, both of which-even in the absence of economic exploitation or political coercion-would serve to perpetuate unfreedom.\" Murray Bookchin. The Ecology of Freedom: the emergence and dissolution of Hierarchy. Cheshire Books, Palo Alto. 1982. p. 3\n^ \"Authority is defined in terms of the right to exercise social control (as explored in the \"sociology of power\") and the correlative duty to obey (as explored in the \"philosophy of practical reason\"). Anarchism is distinguished, philosophically, by its scepticism towards such moral relations \u2013 by its questioning of the claims made for such normative power \u2013 and, practically, by its challenge to those \"authoritative\" powers which cannot justify their claims and which are therefore deemed illegitimate or without moral foundation.\"Anarchism and Authority: A Philosophical Introduction to Classical Anarchism by Paul McLaughlin. AshGate. 2007. p. 1\n^ \"Anarchism, then, really stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion; the liberation of the human body from the dominion of property; liberation from the shackles and restraint of government. Anarchism stands for a social order based on the free grouping of individuals for the purpose of producing real social wealth; an order that will guarantee to every human being free access to the earth and full enjoyment of the necessities of life, according to individual desires, tastes, and inclinations.\" Emma Goldman. \"What it Really Stands for Anarchy\" in Anarchism and Other Essays.\n^ Individualist anarchist Benjamin Tucker defined anarchism as opposition to authority, as follows: \"They found that they must turn either to the right or to the left, \u2013 follow either the path of Authority or the path of Liberty. Marx went one way; Warren and Proudhon the other. Thus were born State Socialism and Anarchism ... Authority, takes many shapes, but, broadly speaking, her enemies divide themselves into three classes: first, those who abhor her both as a means and as an end of progress, opposing her openly, avowedly, sincerely, consistently, universally; second, those who profess to believe in her as a means of progress, but who accept her only so far as they think she will subserve their own selfish interests, denying her and her blessings to the rest of the world; third, those who distrust her as a means of progress, believing in her only as an end to be obtained by first trampling upon, violating, and outraging her. These three phases of opposition to Liberty are met in almost every sphere of thought and human activity. representatives of the first are seen in the Catholic Church and the Russian autocracy; of the second, in the Protestant Church and the Manchester school of politics and political economy; of the third, in the atheism of Gambetta and the socialism of Karl Marx.\" Benjamin Tucker. Individual Liberty.\n^ Ward, Colin (1966). \"Anarchism as a Theory of Organization\". Archived from the original on 25 March 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2010.\n^ Anarchist historian George Woodcock report of Mikhail Bakunin's anti-authoritarianism and shows opposition to both state and non-state forms of authority as follows: \"All anarchists deny authority; many of them fight against it.\" (p. 9) ... Bakunin did not convert the League's central committee to his full program, but he did persuade them to accept a remarkably radical recommendation to the Berne Congress of September 1868, demanding economic equality and implicitly attacking authority in both Church and State.\"\n^ Brown, L. Susan (2002). \"Anarchism as a Political Philosophy of Existential Individualism: Implications for Feminism\". The Politics of Individualism: Liberalism, Liberal Feminism and Anarchism. Black Rose Books Ltd. Publishing. p. 106.\n^ Sylvan, Richard (1995). \"Anarchism\". In Goodwin, Robert E. and Pettit. A Companion to Contemporary Political Philosophy. Philip. Blackwell Publishing. p. 231.\n^ Kropotkin, Peter (2002). Anarchism: A Collection of Revolutionary Writings. Courier Dover Publications. p. 5. ISBN 0-486-41955-X. R.B. Fowler (1972). \"The Anarchist Tradition of Political Thought\". Western Political Quarterly. University of Utah. 25(4): 738\u201352. doi:10.2307/446800. JSTOR 446800.\n^ Post-left anarcho-communist Bob Black after analysing insurrectionary anarcho-communist Luigi Galleani's view on anarcho-communism went as far as saying that \"communism is the final fulfillment of individualism.... The apparent contradiction between individualism and communism rests on a misunderstanding of both.... Subjectivity is also objective: the individual really is subjective. It is nonsense to speak of 'emphatically prioritizing the social over the individual'.... You may as well speak of prioritizing the chicken over the egg. Anarchy is a 'method of individualization'. It aims to combine the greatest individual development with the greatest communal unity.\"Bob Black. Nightmares of Reason.\n^ \"Modern Communists are more individualistic than Stirner. To them, not merely religion, morality, family and State are spooks, but property also is no more than a spook, in whose name the individual is enslaved \u2013 and how enslaved!...Communism thus creates a basis for the liberty and Eigenheit of the individual. I am a Communist because I am an Individualist. Fully as heartily the Communists concur with Stirner when he puts the word take in place of demand \u2013 that leads to the dissolution of property, to expropriation. Individualism and Communism go hand in hand.\" Max Baginski. \"Stirner: The Ego and His Own\" on Mother Earth. Vol. 2. No. 3 May 1907\n^ \"This stance puts him squarely in the libertarian socialist tradition and, unsurprisingly, (Benjamin) Tucker referred to himself many times as a socialist and considered his philosophy to be \"Anarchistic socialism.\" \"An Anarchist FAQby Various Authors\n^ \"Because revolution is the fire of our will and a need of our solitary minds; it is an obligation of the libertarian aristocracy. To create new ethical values. To create new aesthetic values. To communalize material wealth. To individualize spiritual wealth.\" Renzo Novatore. Toward the Creative Nothing\n^ Catalan historian Xavier Diez reports that the Spanish individualist anarchist press was widely read by members of anarcho-communist groups and by members of the anarcho-syndicalist trade union CNT. There were also the cases of prominent individualist anarchists such as Federico Urales and Miguel Gimenez Igualada who were members of the CNTand J. Elizalde who was a founding member and first secretary of the Iberian Anarchist Federation. Xavier Diez. El anarquismo individualista en Espa\u00f1a: 1923\u20131938. ISBN 978-84-96044-87-6\n^ Within the synthesist anarchist organization, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Anarchiste, there existed an individualist anarchist tendency alongside anarcho-communist and anarchosyndicalist currents. Individualist anarchists participating inside the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Anarchiste included Charles-Auguste Bontemps, Georges Vincey and Andr\u00e9 Arru. \"Pens\u00e9e et action des anarchistes en France : 1950\u20131970\" by C\u00e9dric GU\u00c9RIN\n^ In Italy in 1945, during the Founding Congress of the Italian Anarchist Federation, there was a group of individualist anarchists led by Cesare Zaccaria who was an important anarchist of the time.Cesare Zaccaria (19 August 1897 \u2013 October 1961) by Pier Carlo Masini and Paul Sharkey\n^ \"\"Resiting the Nation State, the pacifist and anarchist tradition\" by Geoffrey Ostergaard\". Ppu.org.uk. 1945-08-06. Retrieved 2010-09-20.\n^ George Woodcock. Anarchism: A History of Libertarian Ideas and Movements (1962)\n^ Fowler, R.B. \"The Anarchist Tradition of Political Thought.\" The Western Political Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. 4. (December 1972), pp. 743\u201344.\n^ Nettlau, Max (1996). A Short History of Anarchism. Freedom Press. p. 162. ISBN 0-900384-89-1.\n^ Daniel Gu\u00e9rin. Anarchism: From Theory to Practice. \"At the end of the century in France, Sebastien Faure took up a word originated in 1858 by one Joseph D\u00e9jacque to make it the title of a journal, Le Libertaire. Today the terms 'anarchist' and 'libertarian' have become interchangeable.\"\n^ Perlin, Terry M. (1979). Contemporary Anarchism. Transaction Publishers. p. 40. ISBN 0-87855-097-6.\n^ Noam Chomsky; Carlos Peregr\u00edn Otero (2004). Language and Politics. AK Press. p. 739.\nWoodcock, George. Anarchism: A History of Libertarian Ideas and Movements. Broadview Press, 2004. (Uses the terms interchangeably, such as on p. 10)\nFernandez, Frank. Cuban Anarchism. The History of a Movement. See Sharp Press, 2001, p. 9.\n^ Gowdy, John M. (1998). Limited Wants, Unlimited Means: A Reader on Hunter-Gatherer Economics and the Environment. St Louis: Island Press. p. 342. ISBN 1-55963-555-X.\n^ Dahlberg, Frances (1975). Woman the Gatherer. London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-02989-6.\n^ Graeber, David (2004). Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (PDF). Chicago: Prickly Paradigm Press. ISBN 0-9728196-4-9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-18.\n^ Erdal, D.; Whiten, A. (1994). \"On human egalitarianism: an evolutionary product of Machiavellian status escalation?\". Current Anthropology. 35 (2): 175\u2013183. doi:10.1086/204255.\n^ Erdal, D. and A. Whiten 1996. Egalitarianism and Machiavellian intelligence in human evolution. In P. Mellars and K. Gibson (eds), Modelling the early human mind. Cambridge: McDonald Institute Monographs.\n^ Christopher Boehm (2001), Hierarchy in the Forest: The Evolution of Egalitarian Behavior, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.\n^ Graeber, David (2004). Fragments of an anarchist anthropology (2nd pr. ed.). Chicago: Prickly Paradigm Press. ISBN 978-0972819640.\n^ Clastres, Pierre (1989). Society Against the State: Essays in Political Anthropology. Robert Hurley; Abe Stein (translators). New York: Zone Books. ISBN 0-942299-01-9.\n^ Scott, James (2010). The Art of Not Being Governed. Yale University Press. ISBN 0300169175.\n^ Leeson, Peter (2014). \"Pirates, Prisoners, and Preliterates: Anarchic Context and the Private Enforcement of Law\" (PDF). European Journal of Law and Economics. 37(3): 365\u2013379.\n^ Zerzan, John (2002). Running on Emptiness: The Pathology of Civilization. Feral House. ISBN 0-922915-75-X.\n^ Shepard, Paul (1996). Traces of an Omnivore. Island Press. ISBN 1-55963-431-6.\n^ \"The Consequences of Domestication and Sedentism by Emily Schultz, et al\". Primitivism.com. Retrieved 2012-01-30.\n^ \"Seven Lies About Civilization, Ran Prieur\". Greenanarchy.org. Retrieved 2012-01-30.\n^ Industrial Society and Its Future, Theodore Kaczynski\n^ \"The Putney Debates, The Forum at the Online Library of Liberty\". Source: Sir William Clarke, Puritanism and Liberty, being the Army Debates (1647\u20139) from the Clarke Manuscripts with Supplementary Documents, selected and edited with an Introduction A.S.P. Woodhouse, foreword by A.D. Lindsay (University of Chicago Press, 1951).]\n^ \"Chapter XIII\". Oregonstate.edu. Archived from the original on 2010-05-28. Retrieved 2012-01-30.\n^ Thomas Carlyle. The French Revolution.\n^ \"Duke d'Aiguillon\". Justice.gc.ca. 2007-11-14. Retrieved 2012-01-30.\n^ \"Revolution in Search of Authority\". Victorianweb.org. 2001-10-26. Retrieved 2012-01-30.\n^ Jamaica: Description of the Principal Persons there (about 1720, Sir Nicholas Lawes, Governor) in Caribbeana Vol. III (1911), edited by Vere Langford Oliver\n^ Yekelchyk 2007, p 80.\n^ Charles Townshend; John Bourne; Jeremy Black (1997). The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern War. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-820427-2.\n^ Emma Goldman (2003). My Disillusionment in Russia. Courier Dover Publications. p. 61. ISBN 0-486-43270-X.\n^ Edward R. Kantowicz (1999). The Rage of Nations. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 173. ISBN 0-8028-4455-3.\n^ Declaration Of The Revolutionary Insurgent Army Of The Ukraine (Makhnovist). Peter Arshinov, History of the Makhnovist Movement (1918\u20131921), 1923. Black & Red, 1974\n^ Guerin, Daniel. Anarchism: Theory and Practice\n^ Dolgoff, Sam (1974). The Anarchist Collectives: Workers' Self-management in the Spanish Revolution, 1936-1939. Black Rose Books Ltd. ISBN 9780919618206.\n^ Central Intelligence Agency (2011). \"Somalia\". The World Factbook. Langley, Virginia: Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 2011-10-05.\n^ Andre Le Sage (2005-06-01). \"Stateless Justice in Somalia\" (PDF). Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-18. Retrieved 2009-06-26.\n^ Milani, Giuseppe; Selvi, Giovanna (1996). Tra Rio e Riascolo: piccola storia del territorio libero di Cospaia. Lama di San Giustino: Associazione genitori oggi. p. 18. OCLC 848645655.\n^ Earle, Peter C. (August 4, 2012). \"Anarchy in the Aachen\". Mises Institute. Retrieved September 7, 2017.\nThe dictionary definition of anarchy at Wiktionary\nEmma Goldman, Anarchism and Other Essays\nOn the Steppes of Central Asia, by Matt Stone. Online version of book, hosted by Anarchism.net.\nWho Needs Government? Pirates, Collapsed States, and the Possibility of Anarchy, August 2007 issue of Cato Unboundfocusing on Somali anarchy.\n\"Historical Examples of Anarchy without Chaos\", a list of essays hosted by royhalliday.home.mingspring.com.\n\"www.anarchyisorder.org, online @n@rchive\" Principles, propositions & discussions for Land and Freedom\nBrandon's Anarchy Page, classic essays and modern discussions. Online since 1994.\nAnarchism Collection From the Rare Book and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 1067, "original_length": 184108, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 229.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.lifesolutions.co.uk/the-articles/getting-a-healthy-balance", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:04Z", "digest": "sha1:AIV46SZTVQ6BRZURAK75F5OCX5HOALDW", "length": 9564, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "www.lifesolutions.co.uk", "title": "Getting a healthy balance", "raw_content": "Getting a healthy balance\n\u200bIn the modern world, life is so busy and today too many people are not feeling totally well or happy with their lives. The problem may be a physical health issue such as chronic back or hip pain, it may be work related stress or another mental and emotional health complaint with the most common being depression. Extreme tiredness and chronic fatigue are prevalent and there is an obvious indication that something is out of balance and although at the time it is uncomfortable, something needs to change.\nThe first step to making a change is to take responsibility for our own health and make the necessary lifestyle adjustments. Alterations to diet and exercise along with a conscious effort to introduce more self-love and self-healing can have a massive impact on overall health and wellbeing and our bodies are designed to adjust to these changes quickly.\nWe are energy beings and every cell in our body is laden with genetic material known as DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). DNA is stored in the nucleus of every living cell and contains the instructions that make up who we are. These instructions can be changed by messages coming from outside the cell (the environment) and although our DNA doesn\u2019t change, thousands of variations of a single gene are possible and a single gene can be quickly switched on or off so we need to be switching the good genes on and the bad genes off.\nSome lifestyle suggestions for assisting with switching on the \u2018good\u2019 genes are:\nGo outdoors for a daily walk\nHow does being out in nature make you feel? Spending time in nature has been shown to improve energy levels and is suggested therapy for those with chronic fatigue syndrome. Many people know that just being close to trees, plants and flowers can make them feel relaxed, calm and centred as their natural energy vibration lifts so as well as boosting energy levels, a walk outdoors in nature can act as a mood lift too.\nWhat, when and how you eat and drink (and any food supplements you take) can change the way certain parts of your DNA are read and implemented. So, even if you have a predisposition to obesity or other health problems, you can make genes for these conditions \u2018inactive\u2019 just by improving your diet. Dietary adjustments change the behaviour of the cells in your body and when genes are switched on (or off) they stay in this state when passed to the next generation so it is of high importance for would-be parents to be nutritionally aware.\nFoods to limit are refined sugars as these bind to cells and triggers release of chemicals which can cause autoimmune conditions. Also try to avoid chemicals either sprayed on our foods (such as insecticides) or present in our foods (such as artificial sweeteners) as these can be very harmful to us, especially if consumed regularly. Over indulgence of animal fats has been linked to atherosclerosis (clogging of arteries and heart disease) for many years and for those suffering chest complaints such as asthma, a reduction in dairy products consumed may help tremendously.\nEating a variety of vitamins preferably from organic fruit and vegetables will help your body to heal itself and there are stories from people who publicly declared that they have cured themselves from serious disease just by switching to a raw plant based diet.\nSome examples of foods which encourage healthy genes are:\nVitamin B (found in fish, mushrooms, pulses, beans, wheatgerm or by supplementation) and Vitamin D( found in fish or by vitamin supplementation) both keep DNA healthy by preventing damage.\nVitamin E (found in sunflower seeds, sesame seeds and wheatgerm) prevent DNA damage and may even repair damage already occurred.\nAntioxidants \u2013 vitamins A, C, E and Beta-carotene (found in fresh fruit and juices, salad, raw vegetables) silence oncogenes (cancer causing genes) and increase expression of cancer suppressor genes.\nPhytochemicals (also found in fresh fruit and vegetables) directly influence our DNA in a positive way.\nAnthocyanins (found in berries) protect DNA.\nEllagic acid (found in strawberries, grapes and raspberries) neutralises carcinogens before they damage DNA.\nBeing more conscious of thoughts, emotions and beliefs.\nOur thoughts are incredibly powerful to the extent that every thought we think has a direct effect on our world. Our thoughts are directly linked to our emotions and all our life experiences are a result of our thoughts, emotions and beliefs.\n\u2018Love\u2019 emotions such as gratitude and joy bring positive changes to our body and mind and switch on genes needed for optimal health but \u2018fear\u2019 linked emotions such as anger and worry, which are derived primarily from stress hormones, knock both the brain and body out of balance and downregulate genes needed for optimal health. Continued negative thinking and prolonged stress can be toxic to us and have severe effects on our health. Always remember that our thoughts and beliefs create our reality. Use this for positive benefits.\nStress is a name given to a combination of emotions linked to fear and survival which can be responsible for negative effects on us both mentally and physically and as individuals. Although it is difficult, we need to be able to take responsibility for managing our own stress levels.\nGenerally, we can\u2019t help but give too much time and energy thinking about potential problems and subsequently creating associated emotions which cause our natural energy vibration to drop which in turn affects our general health and wellbeing. When the body becomes highly stressed, it releases adrenaline (stress hormone) which prepares the body for action (also known as fight or flight response). This increases heart rate, causes blood pressure to rise and releases fats and sugars into the bloodstream ready to fuel the muscles. This means that with prolonged stress, fats and cholesterol are being constantly released into the bloodstream increasing risk of potentially serious problems such as heart disease and stroke.\nBe governed by your emotions as they are always telling you something. If something makes you feel good then that\u2019s positive although if something makes you feel unhappy or stressed, then it needs to change.\nWork stress is very common and is often caused by an overload of work and lack of support. Unfortunately, there are pressures to earn money to survive so just walking away from work is often not an immediate option although sticking to a realistic schedule and being kind to yourself by taking an enforced break during the day to recharge is essential. During this break, take time to clear your energy field by having walk outside for at least 10 minutes in the fresh air. This is of even greater importance in the winter when the long working days means just getting some natural daylight is tricky.\nMany people spend 8 hours each day at work which is a lot of time therefore it is so important to feel comfortable with your working life otherwise it can start to affect your health both short term and long term so put yourself first and be kind to yourself and your work output will naturally improve. If work is making you desperately unhappy then seriously consider a change and take the time to research other options as you deserve to be happy.\nStress related exhaustion can often occur in those who find it difficult to say \u2018no\u2019 or delegate. Work related stress can be caused by a lack of support and it is necessary to address this before your health starts to suffer. Be kind to yourself and know your limits Remember that taking time out during the day for yourself to recharge results in better health and a higher quality work output in the long term.\nAlso, love and fully accept yourself and be kind to yourself by not letting others expect too much from you. Politely explain when you feel something is too much as the first step to helping others is being healthy and strong yourself.\nInteraction with other people can also affect us more than we realise. We are energy beings so greatly influenced by the energy of others and this can be either damaging or very beneficial to health.\nPositive interactions with others and feelings of having social connections have been shown to have a significant effect on our health, A study by Fredrickson et al in 2008 involved a group of case study subjects experiencing a class practising a loving, kindness meditation an hour a week once a week. The conclusion which arose from this study was that recurrent self- generating positive emotions with increased feelings of social belonging resulted in lower blood pressure, slower heartbeat and reduced stress hormones and subsequently a lower susceptibility to heart disease, cancer and infection. Therefore feelings of having positive social connections have a positive impact on our physical and emotional wellbeing whilst loneliness or interacting with others who upset us has a negative, toxic effect on our health and wellbeing.\nWe can keep our bodies as healthy and happy as possible by introducing lifestyle changes which may include eating a primarily plant-based diet rich in anti-oxidants, exercising outdoors regularly(this can just be a daily walk in nature), keeping thoughts and beliefs as positive as possible and spending quality time with people whose company you enjoy. These are all highly beneficial as well as making any necessary changes from anything causing a constantly low or fear based emotional state (including your own thoughts) so you can feel and enjoy the benefits of a healthy lifestyle.\nLisa can get back to you", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 208, "original_length": 13908, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 331.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.linkcom.com.tw/news.php?id=88", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:46Z", "digest": "sha1:WROG7WKWICLLBHKY2MRFQ66ZZEUITPEU", "length": 855, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.linkcom.com.tw", "title": "LinkCom Manufacturing Co., Ltd.", "raw_content": "2015 Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition--- Retrospect\nGuangzhou International Lighting Exhibition held again in June 9th to 12th, 2015 at China Import and Export Fair and celebrated its twentieth anniversary celebration. There are about 2,698 exhibitors from 27 countries in four-day exhibition. The exhibition areas reach 225,000 square meters, across 21 pavilions. As the largest annual show of LED lighting in the world, Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition gathered all\nthe experts together and was full of opportunities. LinkCom is introducing a series of LED Power Supplier\nproducts in the show successfully. And recommended the full of Dimming series and 40W / 150W power supply with high voltage output. These new launching products were really attracted many visitors\u2019 eyes, and were greeted extremely interests from the visitors.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 23, "original_length": 1182, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 332.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.litrio.org/members/dina-grgas/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:20:57Z", "digest": "sha1:CHOI3LDFWSCXMEZ5ELFPYJEJJ2NCSC2E", "length": 7289, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "www.litrio.org", "title": "Dina Grgas | LI TRIO", "raw_content": "Dina Grgas\nReceiving A Second Chance At Life\nDina participates in the discourse at the LI TRIO meeting.\nLife was a struggle from the beginning for Dina Grgas. She was born with an extremely rare liver disease called Criggler-Najar Syndrome Type 1. The condition was so uncommon that she was the first diagnosed case in the United States.\nAt the time she was born in 1965, the idea of a liver transplant was far-fetched. \u201cThe doctors were hoping that some kind of treatment, such as gene therapy, would become available,\u201d Dina says. \u201cBut even today that\u2019s still way off, and they\u2019re not even close to a cure for this disease.\nIn order to survive, Dina had to be kept under special fluorescent lights while she slept at night from the time she was born. Custom-made bulbs were placed over her bed, just a foot away from her body. The lights helped keep the level of potentially toxic bilirubin in her body down. For the treatments to be effective, she couldn\u2019t wear pajamas or sleep under covers, so her parents placed an extra heater in the room to keep her warm in the winter, and an air conditioner to keep her cool in the summer.\n\u201cMy mother never got a good n ight\u2019s sleep all the time I had to sleep under the lights, because she worried that something might go wrong,\u201d Dina recalls.\nDuring Dina\u2019s childhood her family often took month-long vacations to St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands. While that may sound like a dream vacation to most, Dina had to spend nearly every minute of daylight in the sun, as part of her treatment. \u201cIf I wasn\u2019t under the lights I had to spend time in the sunlight. I used to feel like a plant,\u201d she says.\nAs Dina grew in size the light treatments, indoor and outdoor, weren\u2019t as effective. As a result, Dina was continuously in and out of hospitals, feeling sick much of the time. Her doctors began to discuss transplantation as an option by the time Dina was 10-years-old, but liver transplants at that time were still highly experimental.\nInstead, Dina continued to struggle and was constantly having to be hospitalized.\n\u201cMy life was anything but normal. For the most part I had been able to keep up with other children while I was growing up, but in college I could only study part time because of my health. The toxins were building up and that impaired me.\u201d\nIn 1989, when she was 24, she traveled with her parents to London, England to explore a new liver transplant program. But when the family arrived in London, they were disappointed to learn that the doctors in the transplant center had changed their minds about attempting a transplant. \u201cThey discouraged me from pursuing a transplant by talking about the negative aspects of transplantation,\u201d Dina recalls. \u201cIt was very disappointing and frustrating for all of us.\u201d\nA few months later Dina was back in the hospital with an infected gall bladder, which had to be surgically removed. The surgeon who performed the operation at New York University Hospital was a transplant surgeon. He encouraged Dina to go for a transplant, and notified Dr. Lewis Teperman, another transplant surgeon at NYU, of her case. \u201cDr. Teperman told me I should get on a transplant list as soon as possible. He asked me, considering the condition I was in, why I hadn\u2019t been transplanted already. He said I was not only qualified to be listed, but was over qualified.\u201d Teperman assisted Dina in getting on a list.\nMeanwhile, her health continued to decline. She became incoherent and was placed on life support in an intensive care unit. \u201cIt was the worst nightmare of my life.\u201d She rallied and was able to function minimally while the wait for a liver continued.\nIn January 1990 Teperman, now at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, decided to have Dina flown down to Pittsburgh, where she would be immediately transplanted as soon as a suitable liver became available. Twice within a week organs became available, but one was unsuitable for Dina and the other had been damaged. Within a few days a third liver, this one suitable, arrived, and Teperman performed the transplant that would save Dina\u2019s life.\nAlthough she endured 12 hours of surgery, Dina awoke from her deep sleep and almost immediately felt a remarkable change in her condition.\n\u201cI felt like a new person. The liver was functioning perfectly. They were amazed because they never saw a body accept a liver transplant so quickly.\u201d\nWithin a few days she was walking around and in two weeks she was home. \u201cIt felt so good to be able to sleep in a dark room, under covers.\u201d Dina went to work for her father\u2019s business, then established her own fast food business until 1992, when she began taking graduate school classes in nutrition at C.W. Post with a goal of becoming a dietitian. She recently was approved for an internship program.\nEver since her transplant, Dina has kept in touch with the family of the 17-year-old boy whose liver she received. There was a regular exchange of letters, cards and phone calls. \u201cI always talked about going to Virginia to meet them,\u201d she says, and last September she got the chance.\n\u201cIt was extremely emotional,\u201d she says.\n\u201cI\u2019d wanted so badly to meet them. There was nothing in the world I wanted more than to give my donor family a hug and sincere \u201cthank you\u201d for what they did for me.\u201d Dina stayed in the family\u2019s home and even slept in the room that had belonged to their son Chuck before he\u2019d died in a auto accident.\u201d\n\u201cThey took me to the site of the accident, and we went to Chuck\u2019s high school, where there\u2019s a memorial plaque with his name on it. Then we went to the cemetery where he\u2019s buried and I brought some flowers.\u201d It meant a lot to Chuck\u2019s family to finally meet the person whose life their son had saved. \u201cThey knew they made the right decision in agreeing to donate their son\u2019s organs. They could see how healthy I was, how well I was doing and how appreciative I was.\u201d\nDina also met Chuck\u2019s best friend, who\u2019d been sitting next to him in the pickup truck. \u201cIt was difficult for him. But he got some solace in knowing what his friend did and how appreciative I was. She didn\u2019t get to meet the man who was driving the car, but learned that he was sober and driving responsibly at the time of the accident.\nDina learned that just weeks before the tragedy, Chuck had mentioned to his sister that he wished his organs to be donated if anything happened to him. After the accident, when doctors in the hospital determined there was no brain activity, Chuck\u2019s sister remembered what he had said. This made the decision much easier on his parents when they were asked if they wished to donate.\nSince receiving her second chance at life, Dina has spent much time trying to inspire others with liver diseases and spreading the word about organ donation and transplantation.\nThe memorable visit to Virginia was not the last for Dina. \u201cI plan to see them again. I really felt like I was going home when I went there. It didn\u2019t feel at all uncomfortable. I feel truly blessed to have a donor family like this as a part of my life, and strongly encourage any recipient to do this if they can.\u201d\nDina says she feels even more of a connection to her donor than she did before. \u201cHe\u2019s part of my identity,\u201d she says. \u201cI feel as if he\u2019s watching over me. I feel his presence and I know I\u2019m never, never alone.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 48, "original_length": 7802, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 209.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.live5news.com/story/23798638/student-athletes-give-back-to-local-community/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:31Z", "digest": "sha1:YYG7G3UJRWLE5GW266EE57NSWZCMKWLI", "length": 1808, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.live5news.com", "title": "Student athletes give back to local community", "raw_content": "Student athletes give back to local community\nOctober 27, 2013 at 1:17 AM EST - Updated July 11 at 4:05 AM\nNORTH CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - Dozens of high school athletes got out of bed and hit the streets Saturday morning. It was all in an effort to give back to the community. With help from the North Charleston Police, the students tackled a tall order - cleaning up their neighborhoods.\nThe Fort Dorchester Patriots had a big win last night, but it's their hard work off the field that's making their community even prouder.\nThe football players took to the streets, armed with plastic bags, and ready to do some cleaning.\nNeighbors in The Gables were surprised to see them out there, but welcomed their hard work.\n\"We need more young men like them to come around and do things for the neighborhood,\" said James Campbell, resident of The Gables.\nWhile the players were sore from last night's game, Coach Steve Laprad says Saturday's challenge is just as important.\n\"We want to teach them the game of football, but we also want to teach them the game of life,\" said Laprad. \"This is what you've got to do. You've got to give back every once in a while. If you don't give back - you don't get.\"\nThe students said they love their community and were willing to give back.\nCampbell hopes that their act of kindness sends a good message to the rest of the community.\n\"We have a lot of kids that are just wandering around, not doing anything, getting into trouble. So, doing things like this helps us to unite the kids and show the other kids that if you get together you can do right,\" said Campbell.\nThe Patriots weren't the only school to participate. North Charleston, Academic, and Stall high school students also took part in the clean up effort in other designated areas. In total, 250 students helped out.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 125, "original_length": 3868, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 204.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.loncigroup.com/Precautions-for-use-of-corundum-protection-tube-thermocouple-id6804696.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:14Z", "digest": "sha1:QP2WXSVCZWXFRA2MIWRQDU7KLFR34W5T", "length": 1161, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.loncigroup.com", "title": "- Lonci Group", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb News \u00bb Knowledge \u00bb Precautions for use of corundum protection tube thermocouple\nCorundum tube products have a long-term use temperature of 1600 \u00b0 C, high product density, good thermal shock resistance, acid and alkali resistance, and erosion resistance. But can not withstand collision, easy to brittle.\n1. Eliminate collision. The corundum tube is a non-metallic ceramic material. The collision will break the protective tube. 2. Install correctly. The 2 meter thermocouple is relatively long and cannot be installed sideways. It must be fixed during installation, and vibration at the industrial site will cause damage. 3. Leave enough room for expansion. Care should be taken to avoid the rupture of the King's casing during the thermal expansion process. 4. Avoid drastic changes in temperature. When inserting a thermocouple into the furnace at a high temperature, be sure to allow the protection tube to have sufficient warm-up time. It must be slow to withdraw the thermocouple from the furnace, otherwise it will burst due to the sharp change of the temperature of the corundum tube. Remember not to pull it out and put it directly on the ground.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 93, "original_length": 2843, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 301.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.looptt.com/content/gunmen-force-family-laventille-home", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:27Z", "digest": "sha1:UOJK4RYCDKUI5KFYRVUMVSYLVTWFH6D3", "length": 1169, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.looptt.com", "title": "Gunmen force family from Laventille home | Loop News Skip to main content", "raw_content": "Gunmen force family from Laventille home\nPort of Spain Division police are said to be investigating a report that a family of three were forced out of their Laventille home at gunpoint.\nThe incident reportedly took place at about 2:00 am Tuesday morning.\nTwo armed men stormed the home of a woman, who lives with her two children, and forced them out of the home.\nFearful for her life and the lives of her children, the woman complied.\nHowever, she notified a neighbour who called the police.\nPolice believe that the gunmen were part of a gang who wanted to use the house as a vantage point, noting that at the same time this happened, officers of the Inter-Agency Task Force and the Port of Spain Division, were conducting exercises in the area.\nThese exercises led to several arrests and the seizure of illegal firearms.\nHowever, police said it was also during these exercises that 19-year-old Shane Fraser was shot dead at a house along Picton Road, Laventille, during a search warrant exercise by officers of the Inter-Agency Task Force.\nPort of Spain shooting victim still warded, shot six times\n19-year-old shot dead by police\nShots fired in St James, one injured", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 143, "original_length": 3946, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 190.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.loruswatches.co.uk/index.php/recycling", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:15Z", "digest": "sha1:WKSFRKVZSYXEN7KY3MTP7OV3E4EYXABR", "length": 662, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.loruswatches.co.uk", "title": "Recycling | Lorus Watches \u2013 A brand you can trust", "raw_content": "To remind you that electrical equipment can be recycled, it is now marked with the crossed-out wheeled bin symbol. Please do not throw any electrical equipment (including those marked with this symbol) in your bin.\nIn the UK, distributors including retailers must provide a system which allows all customers buying new electrical equipment the opportunity to recycle their old items free of charge. As a responsible supplier, we have met the requirements placed on us by financially supporting the national network of WEEE recycling centres established by local authorities. This is achieved through membership of the national Distributor Take-back scheme (DTS).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 43, "original_length": 2217, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 289.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.lovethemutt.org/2013/12/december-7-adoption-fair-and-holiday.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:14Z", "digest": "sha1:T533C43W24TYCS3Y33CLQXNHQG2KTI6Y", "length": 974, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.lovethemutt.org", "title": "stepping stones canine rescue: December 7, Adoption Fair and Holiday Parade", "raw_content": "Come help us spread holiday cheer!\nWatch for Stepping Stones and our adoptable pups in the Winston-Salem Holiday Parade this Saturday!\nThe parade will be Saturday, December 7th, 2013 at 5:00 PM in Downtown Winston-Salem and will be followed by the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership's Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony.\nClick here to see parade route.\nWe had not anticipated having an adoption fair this weekend due to our participation in the parade. However, we will hold a mini-fair at Family Video (2215 Old Salisbury Rd, Winston-Salem, NC 27127) on Saturday from 2:30 \u2013 3:30. We will need to leave promptly at 3:30, so if you are planning to attend, please make sure to arrive before 3:00 to allow yourself time to meet the puppies and ask questions.\nOnly select puppies will be available at this mini-fair, so if you are interested in a particular puppy, please email us at steppingstonesrescue@gmail.com to make sure they will be present.\nWe hope to see you all Saturday!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 132, "original_length": 3474, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 334.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.lullaby-link.com/in-the-morning-very-early-he-is-up-before-the-sun-and-the-song-that-he-is-singing-is-the-sweetest-ever-sung.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:50Z", "digest": "sha1:Q2IQDPKFDAOTIS3J7D37LVNN2GTFHWGQ", "length": 108, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.lullaby-link.com", "title": "In the morning very early he is up before the sun, and the song that he is singing is the sweetest ever sung", "raw_content": "In the morning very early he is up before the sun, and the song that he is singing is the sweetest ever sung", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 43, "original_length": 1083, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 275.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.maletphoto.com/Politics/March-For-Gun-Control-2013", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:28Z", "digest": "sha1:ZPMKVVNFXZXKTBCWGBBG22IWYMZH6BAT", "length": 14710, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "www.maletphoto.com", "title": "March on Washington for Gun Control (2013) - jef1000", "raw_content": "March on Washington for Gun Control (2013)\nWearing the green and white colors of Sandy Hook Elementary School where 26 children and adults were killed, 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut joined thousands of other gun-control activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march down Constitution Ave. to a rally with speeches, musical performances and a poetry reading near the Washington Monument. The rally was organized by Molly Smith, the artistic director of Arena Stage, along with her partner, American Indian activist Suzanne Blue Star Boy. Co-sponsors included One Million Moms for Gun Control, Washington National Cathedral, Foundry United Methodist Church in the District and Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago.\nSpeakers at the rally included Education Secretary Arne Duncan; actress Kathleen Turner; Rep. Chris Van Hollen; Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton; D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray; activist Colin Goddard, survivor of Virginia Tech, Marty Isaac, President at Connecticut Against Gun Violence; and One Million Moms for Gun Control founder Shannon Watts.\n\"We are Sandy Hoor. We Choose Love\". Wearing the green and white colors of Sandy Hook Elementary School where 26 children and adults were killed, 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut joined thousands of other gun-control activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march down Constitution Ave. to a rally with speeches, musical performances and a poetry reading near the Washington Monument. (Photo by Jeff Malet)\n\"Stop the NRA\". Gun control demonstrators gather in front of the U.S. Capitol. Approximately 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut, the scene of a school massacre in which 20 children and six adults were killed last month, joined thousands of other anti gun violence activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march and rally on the National Mall in support of gun-control measures. (Photo by Jeff Malet)\nJoan Huskins, the mother of four children who graduated from the Sandy Hook Elementary School, is overcome with emotion during the singing of John Lennon's song \"Imagine\". Wearing the green and white colors of Sandy Hook Elementary School where 26 children and adults were killed, 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut joined thousands of other gun-control activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march down Constitution Ave. to a rally with speeches, musical performances and a poetry reading near the Washington Monument. (Photo by Jeff Malet)\n\"The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a legislator with a conscience\" reads this protest sign paraphrasing the words of NRA Chief Executive Wayne LaPierre. Wearing the green and white colors of Sandy Hook Elementary School where 26 children and adults were killed, 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut joined thousands of other gun-control activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march down Constitution Ave. to a rally with speeches, musical performances and a poetry reading near the Washington Monument. (Photo by Jeff Malet)\n\"What would Jesus pack?\" asks a demonstrator at a gun-control rally in Washington D.C. 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut and thousands of other gun-control activists gathered on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march down Constitution Ave. to a rally with speeches, musical performances and a poetry reading near the Washington Monument. (Photo by Jeff Malet)\nSophie Ackert from Newtown CT comforts younger brother Noah. Wearing the green and white colors of Sandy Hook Elementary School where 26 children and adults were killed, 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut joined thousands of other gun-control activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march down Constitution Ave. to a rally with speeches, musical performances and a poetry reading near the Washington Monument. (Photo by Jeff Malet)\nMolly Smith, artistic director of Washington's Arena Stage addresses the gun-control rally she helped organize. Wearing the green and white colors of Sandy Hook Elementary School where 26 children and adults were killed, 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut joined thousands of other gun-control activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march down Constitution Ave. to the rally with speeches, musical performances and a poetry reading near the Washington Monument. (Photo by Jeff Malet)\n\"CLOSE THE GUN SHOW LOOPHOLE!\" reads a sign of protest. Wearing the green and white colors of Sandy Hook Elementary School where 26 children and adults were killed, 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut joined thousands of other gun-control activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march down Constitution Ave. to a rally with speeches, musical performances and a poetry reading near the Washington Monument. (Photo by Jeff Malet)\nEducation Secretary Arne Duncan grew emotional as he spoke at a rally for gun-control in Washington D.C. where 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut joined thousands of other activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in a march down Constitution Ave. followed by speeches, musical performances and a poetry reading near the Washington Monument. Duncan said \"When I went on to lead Chicago Public Schools, we buried a child due to gun violence every two weeks...I\u2019m here less as an education secretary, and more as a dad\" (Photo by Jeff Malet)\nYoung Noah and Sophie Ackert from Newtown, CT peer from the front row at a rally for gun-control. Wearing the green and white colors of Sandy Hook Elementary School where 26 children and adults were killed, 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut joined thousands of other gun-control activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march down Constitution Ave. to a rally with speeches, musical performances and a poetry reading near the Washington Monument. (Photo by Jeff Malet)\n\"Sensible Gun Laws, Safe Kids\". A veteran of the Million Mom March from May 14, 2000, Sheila Burke, from Virginia, is marching for her six-year-old granddaughters, Maisy and Keira. Approximately 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut, the scene of a school massacre in which 20 children and six adults were killed last month, joined thousands of other gun-control activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march and rally on the National Mall. (Photo by Jeff Malet)\nShannon Watts (in photo) and her One Million Moms 4 Gun Control joined approximately 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut (the scene of a school massacre in which 20 children and six adults were killed last month) and thousands of other gun-control activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march and rally on the National Mall. (Photo by Jeff Malet)\n6 year-old Marie Therese Morosky from Newtown CT peers from the back row of the VIP section on the lap of her dad Andrew Morosky at a gun-control rally in Washington D.C. She personally knew 4 of the slain children at Sandy Hook Elementary. Wearing the green and white colors of Sandy Hook Elementary School where 26 children and adults were killed, 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut joined thousands of other gun-control activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march down Constitution Ave. to a rally with speeches, musical performances and a poetry reading near the Washington Monument. (Photo by Jeff Malet)\nDeborah and Rees from Riverdale MD say \"Stop the NRA\" in front of the U.S. Capitol. Approximately 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut, the scene of a school massacre in which 20 children and six adults were killed last month, joined thousands of other anti gun violence activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march and rally on the National Mall in support of gun-control measures. (Photo by Jeff Malet)\nMarie from Wichita KS says \"Love, Not Guns\", in front of the U.S. Capitol. Approximately 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut, the scene of a school massacre in which 20 children and six adults were killed last month, joined thousands of other anti gun violence activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march and rally on the National Mall in support of gun-control measures. (Photo by Jeff Malet)\n6 year-old Marie Therese Morosky from Newtown CT sits on the lap of her dad Andrew Morosky at a gun-control rally in Washington D.C. She personally knew 4 of the slain children at Sandy Hook Elementary. Wearing the green and white colors of Sandy Hook Elementary School where 26 children and adults were killed, 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut joined thousands of other gun-control activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march down Constitution Ave. to a rally with speeches, musical performances and a poetry reading near the Washington Monument. (Photo by Jeff Malet)\nTeacher Kim Clarkson from Silver Spring MD says \"I was born with the only arms I want to use in my classroom\". She joined 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut and thousands of other gun-control activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march down Constitution Ave. to a rally with speeches, musical performances and a poetry reading near the Washington Monument. (Photo by Jeff Malet)\nDel. Eleanor Holmes Norton demanded that the U.S. join the \"civilized world\" at a gun-control rally in Washington D.C. Wearing the green and white colors of Sandy Hook Elementary School where 26 children and adults were killed, 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut joined thousands of other gun-control activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march down Constitution Ave. followed by speeches, musical performances and a poetry reading near the Washington Monument. Norton said in her remarks \"Today we join the majority of Americans who want to move this country off the outskirts of civilization into the civilized world of nations who protect their children, who protect them from assault weapons and armored-piecing bullets, who limit magazines, who perform background checks if you want to purchase a gun.\" (Photo by Jeff Malet)\nFilm actress and activist Kathleen Turner (center) receives hugs after addressing a gun-control rally in Washington D.C. 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut joined thousands of other gun-control activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march down Constitution Ave. to the rally with speeches, musical performances and a poetry reading near the Washington Monument. (Photo by Jeff Malet)\nJames Herold from Washington DC says \"Enough is Enough\" in front of the U.S. Capitol. Approximately 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut, the scene of a school massacre in which 20 children and six adults were killed last month, joined thousands of other gun-control activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march and rally on the National Mall. (Photo by Jeff Malet)\nShlomo from Silver Spring MD hands white posters with the names of victims of gun violence. More than 1,000 of these were passed out to participants. Approximately 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut, the scene of a school massacre in which 20 children and six adults were killed last month, joined thousands of other gun-control activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march and rally on the National Mall. (Photo by Jeff Malet)\n\"Enough is Enough. Moms Demand Change\". Approximately 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut, the scene of a school massacre in which 20 children and six adults were killed last month, joined thousands of other anti gun violence activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march and rally on the National Mall in support of gun-control measures. (Photo by Jeff Malet)\nLeann from Washington DC is \"another women voter against guns\" in front of the U.S. Capitol. Approximately 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut, the scene of a school massacre in which 20 children and six adults were killed last month, joined thousands of other anti gun violence activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march and rally on the National Mall in support of gun-control measures. (Photo by Jeff Malet)\nEmily and Rob from Washington Grove, MD say \"Enough\" and \"Fewer Guns, Fewer Dead\" in front of the U.S. Capitol. Approximately 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut, the scene of a school massacre in which 20 children and six adults were killed last month, joined thousands of other gun-control activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march and rally on the National Mall. (Photo by Jeff Malet)\nWashington D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray helps lead the March on Washington for Gun Control. Left to right holding the banner, DC Council Member Mary M. Cheh, Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, Council Members Kenyan McDuffie and David Grosso. Approximately 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut, the scene of a school massacre in which 20 children and six adults were killed last month, joined thousands of other anti gun violence activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march and rally on the National Mall in support of gun-control measures. (Photo by Jeff Malet)\nAnn, from Foundry United Methodist Church of Washington DC says \"Guns don't kill peopel... oh, wait.. Yes They Do\" in front of the U.S. Capitol. Approximately 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut, the scene of a school massacre in which 20 children and six adults were killed last month, joined thousands of other anti gun violence activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march and rally on the National Mall in support of gun-control measures. (Photo by Jeff Malet)\nClay, from Silver Spring MD says \"Check you guns at the door\", in front of the U.S. Capitol. Approximately 100 residents from Newtown, Connecticut, the scene of a school massacre in which 20 children and six adults were killed last month, joined thousands of other anti gun violence activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march and rally on the National Mall in support of gun-control measures. (Photo by Jeff Malet)\nWearing the green and white colors of Sandy Hook Elementary School where 26 children and adults were killed, Darren Wagner and Georgia Monaghan (in photo) and 100 fellow residents from Newtown, Connecticut joined thousands of other gun-control activists on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in Washington D.C. in a march down Constitution Ave. to a rally with speeches, musical performances and a poetry reading near the Washington Monument. (Photo by Jeff Malet)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 41, "original_length": 14877, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 231.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.managetrainlearn.com/newsletter/597", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:57Z", "digest": "sha1:YDRQIUZWWGUTNMX74CHPA3QEVWZX4X43", "length": 1886, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.managetrainlearn.com", "title": "\"Time for a Laugh\"", "raw_content": "\"Time for a Laugh\"\nHow many times do you laugh in the training room?\nI was wondering about this the other day when I was re-reading a story about John Junkin, one of Britain's funniest comedians who died some years back.\nJunkin was a schoolmaster before he became a funny man. The story goes that, one day, while taking a class of uninspired fourth formers (13-year-olds), he spotted one boy chewing gum. Summoning him to the front of the class, he silently pointed at the waste paperbasket in the corner, meaning for the boy to put the chewing gum in the bin. Head down, and full of repentance, the boy walked over to the bin, and completely misunderstanding his teacher's instructions, climbed in.\nHistory doesn't record the reaction of Junkin and the class. My bet is that he laughed his head off.\nBeing an excellent communicator doesn't always mean that we get our message across exactly as we'd like. Which is great, because it means that there is every chance that we'll get it wrong now and again and be able to laugh at the results.\nI can't recall the number of times I've handed out an exercise or a set of notes for every person in the class to take with the words, \"Pass these around\", only to look up a minute or two later to see the whole pile sitting in front of the last person in the room.\nAnd how about the vicar who tells the congregation on Easter morning, \"As this is Easter Sunday, we will ask Mrs Lewis to come forward and lay an egg on the altar.\" How could anyone keep a straight face after that?\nOr this from an early radio advertisement for 7-Up, \"When you're thirsty, try 7-Up, the refreshing drink with the big 7 on it and u-p after it.\"\nWe don't laugh as much as we should. Let's be excellent communicators, but let's also leave room every now and then for something to go wrong so that we can have a side-splitting laugh.\nHappy training and happy laughing!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 73, "original_length": 2868, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 292.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.mapleleafvermont.com/fourth-quarter-metro-home-prices-state-sales-likely-have-hit-bottom/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:28:04Z", "digest": "sha1:DBUKI5VFWO6DYSCWLV2TRGR35OZ3J4PK", "length": 10950, "nlines": 37, "source_domain": "www.mapleleafvermont.com", "title": "Fourth Quarter Metro Home Prices & State Sales Likely Have Hit Bottom \u2022 Southern Vermont and Eastern New York Real Estate", "raw_content": "Home > Fourth Quarter Metro Home Prices & State Sales Likely Have Hit Bottom\nWASHINGTON, February 15, 2007 \u2013\nExisting-home sales in most states were down from year-ago levels in the fourth quarter, marking the likely bottom for the current housing cycle, while prices in many areas corrected as a result of sellers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 willingness to negotiate, according to the latest quarterly surveys by the National Association of Realtors\u00c2\u00ae.\nTotal existing-home sales including single-family and condo, were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (1) of 6.24 million units in the fourth quarter, down 10.1 percent from a 6.94 million-unit level in the fourth quarter of 2005. Even with the general decline, six states showed increases in the sales pace from a year ago and one was unchanged. Complete data for three states were not available.\nIn the fourth-quarter, metro area single-family home prices, examining changes in 149 metropolitan statistical areas, (2) show 71 areas had price gains from a year earlier, including 14 metros with double-digit annual increases, and 73 areas had price declines; five were unchanged.\nDavid Lereah, NAR\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s chief economist, said it appears the fourth quarter was the bottom for the current housing cycle. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This information confirms 2006 was the year of contraction, and hopefully the fourth quarter was the bottom of this current business cycle,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Home sales are leveling at historically high levels, and examination of data within the quarter shows home prices stabilizing toward the end. When we get the figures for this spring, I expect to see a discernable improvement in both sales and prices.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\nThe national median existing single-family home price was $219,300 in the fourth quarter, down 2.7 percent from a year earlier when the median price was $225,300. The median is a typical market price where half of the homes sold for more and half sold for less. For all of 2006, the median price rose 1.4 percent to $222,000.\nA new comparison of annual single-family home prices in metropolitan areas shows that typical sellers experienced healthy gains on the value of their home over the last five years in almost all 131 available areas, even in areas with recent price declines.\nNAR President Pat Vredevoogd Combs, from Grand Rapids, Mich., and vice president of Coldwell Banker-AJS-Schmidt, said a broader view of home prices is necessary because housing is a long-term investment. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Since the typical owner stays in a home for six years, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s more useful to look at the five-year comparison for metro area home prices \u00e2\u20ac\u201c most of them are seeing strong gains,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said. The median five-year price gain is 41.8 percent.\nCombs said there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a lag in measuring market conditions. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The fourth quarter data is showing us recent history, but right now, buyers are responding to seller pricing and incentives, and there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a bit of a pent-up demand as a result of buyer hesitation during the second half of 2006. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not looking for big changes, but a gradual rise in sales and home prices is projected \u00e2\u20ac\u201c that will be good for the overall housing market and related industries.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\nAccording to Freddie Mac, the national average commitment rate on a 30-year conventional fixed-rate mortgage was 6.25 percent in the fourth quarter, down from 6.56 percent in the third quarter; the rate was 6.22 percent in the fourth quarter of 2005.\nThe biggest total sales increase was in Indiana, where existing-home sales rose 13.7 percent from the fourth quarter of 2005. In Arkansas the fourth-quarter resale pace rose 11.1 percent from a year earlier, while Texas experienced the third strongest gain, up 6.2 percent.\nOver the last five years, metro areas with the largest single-family price gains include the California areas of Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, up 155.3 percent, and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, up 142.3 percent, followed by the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach area of Florida, up 135.4 percent.\nIn the fourth quarter, the largest single-family home price increase was in the Atlantic City, N.J., area, where the median price of $339,800 was 25.9 percent higher than a year ago. Next was the Salt Lake City area, at $223,600, up 22.7 percent from the fourth quarter of 2005. The Trenton-Ewing area of New Jersey, with a fourth quarter median price of $289,000, increased 18.9 percent in the last year.\nMedian fourth-quarter metro area single-family prices ranged from a very affordable $78,400 in Elmira, N.Y., to nearly 10 times that amount in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara area of California where the median price was $760,000. The second most expensive area was San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, at $733,400, followed by the Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine area (Orange Co., Calif.), at $690,700.\nIn addition to Elmira, N.Y., other affordable markets include the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman area of Ohio and Pennsylvania, with a fourth-quarter median price of $80,000, and Decatur, Ill., at $89,200.\nIn the condo sector, metro area condominium and cooperative prices \u00e2\u20ac\u201c covering changes in 58 markets \u00e2\u20ac\u201c show the national median existing condo price was $220,900 in the fourth quarter, down 2.1 percent from the same period in 2005. Thirty-one metros showed annual increases in the median condo price, including seven areas with double-digit gains; 27 metros had price declines.\nThe strongest condo price gains were in the Austin-Round Rock area of Texas, where the fourth quarter price of $160,000 rose 16.5 percent from a year ago, followed by the Newark-Union area of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, where the median condo price of $352,600 rose 16.4 percent from the fourth quarter of 2005, and Springfield, Mass., at $160,400, an increase of 14.6 percent.\nMetro area median existing condo prices in the fourth quarter ranged from $102,600 in Wichita, Kan., to $580,300 in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont area. The second most expensive reported condo market was Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, at $402,000, followed by the San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos area of California at $358,200.\nOther affordable condo markets include Bismarck, N.D., at $103,500, and Greensboro-High Point, N.C., at $119,100.\nRegionally, the Northeast saw an existing-home sales pace of 1.04 million units in the fourth quarter, which was 6.6 percent below a year ago. The median Northeastern resale single-family home price was $274,600 in the fourth quarter, which is 2.5 percent below the same period in 2005.\nAfter the Atlantic City and Trenton-Ewing areas, the strongest price increase in the Northeast was in Pittsfield, Mass., with a median price of $220,600, up 4.7 percent from the fourth quarter of last year, followed by the Albany-Schenectady-Troy area of New York with a median price of $198,700, up 4.1 percent.\nTotal existing-home sales in the South were at an annual rate of 2.49 million units in the fourth quarter, down 8.5 percent from the fourth quarter of 2005. After the gains in Arkansas and Texas, the next strongest increase in the South was in Kentucky, up 5.6 percent from a year ago, while Mississippi rose 2.0 percent.\nThe median existing single-family home price in the South was $181,700 in the fourth quarter, which is 3.7 percent below a year earlier. The strongest increase in the South was in the Beaumont-Port Arthur area of Texas, where the median price of $120,000 was 15.1 percent above the fourth quarter of 2005. Next was Raleigh-Cary, N.C., at $226,300, up 14.5 percent from a year ago, followed by the Cumberland area of Maryland and West Virginia, with a 14.4 percent gain to $98,000.\nIn the Midwest, total existing-home sales declined 8.6 percent to a 1.43 million-unit annual level in the fourth quarter compared with a year earlier. The median existing single-family home price in the Midwest was $161,800, down 4.2 percent from the fourth quarter of 2005.\nThe strongest metro price increase in the Midwest was in the Davenport-Moline-Rock Island area of Iowa and Illinois, where the median price of $116,400 was 6.6 percent higher than a year ago. Next was Dayton, Ohio, at $119,500, up 5.9 percent from the fourth quarter of 2005, and Rockford, Ill., at $121,500, up 5.7 percent in the last year.\nIn the West, the existing-home sales pace of 1.28 million units was 17.8 percent lower than the fourth quarter of 2005. The best performance in the region was in Alaska where existing-home sales rose 0.4 percent from a year earlier.\nThe median existing single-family home price in the West increased 0.4 percent to $355,100 during the fourth quarter. After Salt Lake City, the strongest increase in the West was in the Salem, Ore., area, at $223,100, up 14.9 percent from fourth quarter of 2005, followed by Farmington, N.M., at $183,000, up 14.0 percent, and Spokane, Wash., at $189,200, up 12.2 percent from a year ago.\n(1)The seasonally adjusted annual rate for a particular quarter represents what the total number of actual sales for a year would be if the relative sales pace for that quarter was maintained for four consecutive quarters. Total home sales include single family, townhomes, condominiums and co-operative housing. NAR began tracking the state sales series in 1981.\nSeasonally adjusted rates are used in reporting quarterly data to factor out seasonal variations in resale activity. For example, sales volume normally is higher in the summer and relatively light in winter, primarily because of differences in the weather and household buying patterns.\nTables of state resale rates, percent changes and some historic data are available at the site below under Research \u00e2\u20ac\u201c click on Housing Statistics, then scroll down the center to State Existing-Home Sales.\n(2)Areas are generally metropolitan statistical areas as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. A list of counties included in MSA definitions is available at:\nhttp://www.census.gov/population/estimates/metro-city/0312msa.txt\nRegional median home prices include rural areas and samples of many smaller metros that are not included in this report; the regional percentage changes do not necessarily parallel changes in the larger metro areas. The only valid comparisons for median prices are with the same period a year earlier due to seasonality in buying patterns. Quarter-to-quarter comparisons do not compensate for seasonal changes, especially for the timing of family buying patterns.\nNAR began publication of metropolitan area median single-family home prices in 1982; the metro area condo price series was launched at the beginning of 2006, with several years of historic data.\nBecause there is a concentration of condos in high-cost metro areas, the national median condo price sometimes is higher than the median single-family price. In a given market area, condos typically cost less than single-family homes. As the reporting sample expands in the future, additional area will be included in the condo price report.\nBuying, Selling, Press Release", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 87, "original_length": 12464, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 205.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.mariliacoutinho.com/principles-wrong-good-evil-coherence-violence/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:23:38Z", "digest": "sha1:FYMTGNLFWR7BEBVIFAW6HTXELESNTG5F", "length": 4385, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.mariliacoutinho.com", "title": "Something about principles, right and wrong, good and evil, coherence and violence", "raw_content": "Something about principles, right and wrong, good and evil, coherence and violence\nBy Marilia Coutinho in politics \u2022 power \u2022 sports politics \u2022 sports sociology \u2022 violence 0 Comments\n(because many of the issues we discuss concerning sports governance, politics and interpersonal relations boils down to this \u2013 take it as a warmup for a discussion about performance enhancing drugs and the hidden agendas of the war on drugs)\nPrinciples are guidelines or beliefs by which one lives one\u2019s life, makes one\u2019s decisions, etc. Usually, by age 20 people have the basic set of principles that they will keep for life. That\u2019s when they can choose what to keep and what to reject from what has been passed on to them by the previous generation, through their parents, school, church, etc. Principles are not nice models that work for a while. When one chooses to give up a certain principle, it usually represents a major life crisis. Principles are usually employed to discern right from wrong.\nWhen we hear the claim \u201cso and so doesn\u2019t have principles\u201d it is akin to \u201cso and so doesn\u2019t care about right and wrong\u201d. Usually this is correct. Incoherent behavior is usually a red flag for lack of principles. It is usually hidden behind outrage and similar dramatic manifestations. Very rarely you have a specimen that is honest about their lack of principles. Like someone who will calmly look at you and say \u201cyes, I just took advantage of you and there is nothing you can do about it, honey\u2026 live with it\u201d. In a strange way, I respect these people: they stand by their lack of principles. I despise megalomaniac outrage, which is an inelegant and clumsy attempt to cover unscrupulous behavior.\nSome people will use religion as a set of guidelines for right and wrong. That is fine. I wasn\u2019t raised religious and I don\u2019t know what is out there, if there is an afterlife or if there is anything besides matter (energy being matter in a quantum physics perspective). That is fine, too. If there is something out there and if that is related to good versus evil, I\u2019m good. If there isn\u2019t, I\u2019m good, too. As a very wise friend once told me, \u201cyou might not believe in God, but he believes in you and you are working for him, you just don\u2019t know it\u201d. That\u2019s fine, too.\nPrinciples are self-explanatory and self-justifying. They are like ethical axioms. You do something right because it is right. And because it is right, you do it. As simple and complicated as that.\nComplex societies need a set of consensus about what can and what cannot be done. This is the State and the legal system, plus law enforcement, regulatory agencies, etc etc. That has nothing to do with principles or actual right and wrong. But one of the principles I live by is that once a law exists, even if I don\u2019t agree with it, I will act according to it. There are people whose principles lead them to confront the laws they don\u2019t agree with. They are not necessarily unscrupulous, but that\u2019s a very dangerous option. Finally, there are those who not only lack principles, but feel an urge to transgress any social rule available to be transgressed. These people have something called \u201canti-social personality disorder\u201d and, if they also lack empathy, they are what is known as psychopaths.\nAt one extreme we have the strict law abiding, principles guided individuals. At the other extreme, we have psychopaths. Between one and the other, there is everybody else. Both extremes are rare. Most of my friends are in the extremely scrupulous end of the spectrum. That doesn\u2019t mean they agree what these principles should be. That is fine. They are usually very generous and have little need for external approval (which doesn\u2019t mean they don\u2019t enjoy being the object of admiration and love). I like these people and I promote their projects. Why? Well, because it is the right thing to do. And doing the right thing is right. No brownie points for doing it.\nEverybody, by definition, has crossed paths with people from the other extreme. Many people escaped with minor bruises. But many didn\u2019t: among my friends, the damage caused by the unscrupulous individuals out there (sometimes even psychopaths, who are not that rare and are extremely prolific) is just a question of amount and degree. I think I don\u2019t know one single person who was not damaged by unscrupulous people, frequently psychopaths. We just have to live with this.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 23, "original_length": 4792, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 194.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.marketing-consultants-uk.co.uk/grimsby", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:39:55Z", "digest": "sha1:PT6YUCI3WMZMABU3M7AIKFTNK4QRBUHM", "length": 497, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.marketing-consultants-uk.co.uk", "title": "Marketing Agencies in Grimsby - Marketing & Communication Solutions", "raw_content": "creative media design experts and marketing agencies in Grimsby. Here is the place where\nZubu Marketing\nGrimsby, Lincolnshire, DN31 3LB\nzubu.co.uk\nAs a part of our audit of customer experience for German retailer Hein Gericke, the decision was made to improve in-store communications, and combine a 'look and feel' across the print media. This... entailed designing and installing point of sale for 44 stores across the UK as well as designing and shooting all of the season's product advertising.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 66, "original_length": 1403, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 253.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.masterkwchan.com/files/theimperialschoolofFSCH.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:37Z", "digest": "sha1:X2QFC6U5JLWKNMMRXP4AYLP2XJNMD7F2", "length": 1576, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.masterkwchan.com", "title": "The Imperial School of Feng Shui", "raw_content": "The Imperial School of Feng Shui and Chinese Horoscopes\nMaster Chan Kun Wah\u2019s direct lineage stretches back to Great Grand Master Chan Hay Yee of the Imperial Courts in China over 5,000 years ago. Master Chan\u2019s Master, Grand Master Chue Yen, directed Master Chan to start a school called the \u2018Imperial School of Feng Shui and Chinese Horoscopes\u2019, which he did in 1996 in Edinburgh, Scotland. His quest was to teach and advance the knowledge of the many different techniques of Chue Style Feng Shui. He endeavoured to train his students to a very high standard. This he did by initially offering a two year Vocational Feng Shui and Chinese Horoscope Course, which culminated in an examination on a property. The students had then to prove their ability to find an energetic problem in the property and offer recommendations as to how to remedy the situation to help its occupants. They also had to prove their understanding and application of the Ba Chop (Eight Houses), Sam Hap (Three Combination), Sam Yuan (Three Periods), Yuen Hom (Everything or Nothing), which is the most powerful style of Flying Star, as well as the Double Mountain Element Method and Form School (how the object in the specific environment affected the property). His students also had to understand the Ba Zi (Chinese Astrology), the I Ching and how to correctly read the unique lopan (Chinese Compass) that Master Chan designed and produced that details all his teachings. The most important qualities that any student should have are a good heart, an honest soul and a respect for his or her Master.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 2, "original_length": 1618, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 306.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.maudchurch.co.uk/links.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:21Z", "digest": "sha1:WQ4GNPIYOL2S6WJWOIZRUP2C4SDMVLOR", "length": 105, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.maudchurch.co.uk", "title": "Maud and Savoch Church | Links", "raw_content": "St Kane's Church, New Deer\nOur linked charge\nhttp://www.stkanes.org.uk\nhttp://www.churchofscotland.org.uk", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 23, "original_length": 450, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.62, "perplexity": 220.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.maxit.my/2017/08/iflix-introduces-channels-and-personalisation-features-to-offer-users-an-all-new-personalised-iflix-experience/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:47Z", "digest": "sha1:2F64EJAG7BSX2GE6JC3ZUWEAHX34GMK6", "length": 4006, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.maxit.my", "title": "iflix introduces Channels and Personalisation Features to offer users an All New Personalised iflix Experience - MAXIT", "raw_content": "iflix introduces Channels and Personalisation Features to offer users an All New Personalised iflix Experience\nKuala Lumpur (17 August 2017) \u2014 iflix, the world\u2019s leading Subscription Video on Demand (SVoD) service for emerging markets, today released an all new revamped and improved iflix user experience and features.\nThe upgrade represents the latest evolution to iflix\u2019s world class service with an all new focus on individual customer experience. New Channels, ADD and FOLLOW features enable significantly deeper personalised experiences and intuitive ways of discovering new content, with additional improvements to speed and performance.\nChannels combines the best of traditional pay television with benefits of on-demand services. Working with traditional studios and channel providers, iflix has created on-demand \u2018channels\u2019 for users to enjoy on their terms, showcasing many of the world\u2019s best and most exciting entertainment studios and brands along with users\u2019 favourite content genres in a dynamic, engaging and easy to navigate channel interface, available for the first time in a digital non-linear service.\nWith new personalised onboarding, users can now select their favourite Channels and receive recommendations optimised with their preferences and viewing history, as well as ADD TV shows, movies and Channels to their iflix homepage.\niflix\u2019s proprietary personalisation engine is based on internally designed algorithms taking into account local cultural nuances in each market and tested rigorously over a 6-month period. The result is a completely personalised, unique user experience for each individual user, that further allows them to surface more content in line with their interests from iflix\u2019s vast library of thousands of international, local and regional TV shows, movies and more.\nAll new Follow function will additionally enable users to follow playlists curated by hundreds of their favourite People \u2013 popular influencers and celebrities, to discover new shows whilst voyeuristically keeping up with what their People have liked, watched or are currently watching.\niflix Co-founder and Group CEO Mark Britt commented, \u201cToday represents an incredible milestone for iflix. This evolution begins to blur the distinction between traditional Video on Demand and traditional Pay Television. We are thrilled to be working with the world\u2019s leading entertainment brands to create exciting new on-demand channels. These are not the channels we grew up with.\u201d\n\u201cWe are in the golden age of TV for viewers, with thousands of great shows and movies available on demand. For the individual user however, sifting through immense catalogues of programs and finding what you want has become more challenging than ever. Our new personalisation features now allow us to solve this dilemma by delivering recommendations specifically curated for each local user across our business.\u201d\nSince going live in May 2015, iflix rapidly established a clear leadership position in emerging markets, setting a new standard for delivering a world-class streaming entertainment service, passionately focused on local customer experiences. Over the last 12 months, the service has seen extraordinary growth across all segments of the business.\nNow available to over one billion consumers across 20 territories throughout Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, iflix will make its world-class service available in Sub-Saharan Africa in the coming weeks. Offering consumers, a vast library of top Hollywood, Asian and Middle Eastern regional, and local TV shows and movies, including many first run exclusives and award-winning programs, each subscription allows users to access the service on up to five devices, including phones, laptops, tablets, and television sets, for viewing wherever, whenever.\nchanneldramaexperienceiflixon demandshowstreamingtvvod\nPrevious: The Major League championed by Celcom pits renowned DotA 2 Teams in An Epic Battle\nNext: Lenovo Malaysia launches Official Store on Lazada", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 72, "original_length": 7188, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 334.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.mcmbuzz.com/blog/tag/james-gunn/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:36:37Z", "digest": "sha1:YPRDINK7QKKGFIN2LSJRTERURBE3BOZX", "length": 4453, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.mcmbuzz.com", "title": "MCM BUZZ \u2013 Movies, TV, Comics, Gaming, Anime, Cosplay News & Reviews \u00bb james gunn", "raw_content": "Posts tagged with \"james gunn\"\nDirector James Gunn Teases Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2\n\u201cWe can expect something a little bit in the vein of the first movie and also different,\u201d promised director James Gunn of Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 during a wide-ranging Facebook Q&A in which he revealed that he\u2019d just moved to Atlanta where the film will shoot. \u201cI\u2019m going to be here in Atlanta for nearly ten months,\u201d he confirmed. Shooting begins in February. He teased that at least one new main character will join the Guardians...\nTags: Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians Of The Galaxy Volume 2, james gunn, Marvel, Marvel Phase 3, superheroes\nOne Year On From Guardians Of The Galaxy Director James Gunn Thanks Fans\nTwo years ago this weekend internet consensus on the Guardians Of The Galaxy film was that it was going to tank. How could Marvel take this bunch of C-list characters \u2013 including a talking raccoon and a living tree, ffs \u2013 that nobody outside their creators had heard of and create a hit? It looked corny. It looked dopey. It looked like the MCU was about to implode. Of course, internet consensus is an unreliable, lumbering beast, and more...\nTags: Guardians of the Galaxy, james gunn\nNathan Fillion has a Guardians of the Galaxy Cameo, Rumours Emerge\nAfter refuting unfounded internet claims that Nathan Fillion would be playing superhuman, intergalactic police officer Nova in the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy movie, director James Gunn has revealed that the Firefly star will have a brief cameo in the film. On Saturday, Gunn took to Twitter to respond to the circulating rumours in the best possible way, apologising to disappointed humans around the world, while leaving us with the good news...\nTags: Blastr, Captain Mal, Dan Abnett, Firefly, Guardians of the Galaxy, james gunn, Nathan Fillion, nova\nAnother trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy has arrived. Sadly it doesn\u2019t quite have the flare and personality of what we\u2019ve seen before. You get the impression this one\u2019s for your average cinema goer and not the Marvel geeks. \u201cFrom the studio that brought you\u2026\u201d Yeah, we know. But at least we get to see more Rocket Raccoon and that always makes everything 210% better. Guardians of the Galaxy is out in the UK...\nTags: bradley cooper, chris pratt, Dave Bautista, drax, Gamora, Groot, Guardians of the Galaxy, james gunn, Karen Gillan, Marvel, mcu, Rocket Raccoon, Star-Lord, Vin Diesel, zoe saldana\nFirst Full Trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy is Here!\nYesterday we got to share with you some new pics and a teaser for the trailer that would air during Jimmy Kimmel Live in the US. But now we finally have the real deal so take a look! Wow, what a trailer. As an introduction to Peter Quill this one\u2019s a good \u2018un, the winding up of the finger being particularly nice. And it\u2019s awesome to see John C. Reilly and Peter Serafinowicz casting their critical eyes over the Guardians. There\u2019s...\nTags: bradley cooper, chris pratt, Dave Bautista, Guardians of the Galaxy, james gunn, John C. Reilly, Karen Gillan, Marvel, Peter Serafinowicz, Vin Diesel, zoe saldana\nKaren Gillan Cast in Guardians of the Galaxy\nThe cast for Guardians of the Galaxy just keeps on getting bigger. Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista and Zoe Saldana head up the main cast (so far) as The Star Lord, Drax the Destroyer and Gamora. Now we\u2019ve discovered that Karen Gillan has signed on to play a female villain. Who that villain is we don\u2019t know yet but it\u2019s certainly a fun casting choice! The casting of Zoe Saldana alone was cause for excitement. Not only is she one of...\nTags: chris pratt, Dave Bautista, Guardians of the Galaxy, james gunn, Karen Gillan, Marvel, zoe saldana\nGuardians of the Galaxy has a lead: Zero Dark Thirty\u2019s Chris Pratt\nThe search is over. James Gunn\u2019s upcoming Marvel motion picture Guardians of the Galaxy finally has a confirmed lead: Chris Pratt. Pratt beat out such contenders as The Hobbit/Lincoln\u2019s Lee Pace, Les Mis\u00e9rables\u2019 Eddie Redmayne, and Zachary Levi. Pratt is known to American audiences as the actor who plays Andy Dwyer in the hilarious NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation, and more recently Pratt has been making appearances on the silver screen, having...\nTags: chris pratt, eddie redmayne, Guardians of the Galaxy, Iron Man, james gunn, kathryn bigalow, lee pace, les miserables, lincoln, Marvel, marvel cinematic universe, moneyball, NBC, Parks and Recreation, The Avengers, The Hobbit, Zachary Levi, zero dark thirty", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 7252, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 319.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.medicalsupportforum.com/Art/6843/475/Rhinoplasty-Surgeon.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:37Z", "digest": "sha1:YVDEYYOF2OMHTR4CDULC5Z5ZMX4FZRNM", "length": 3798, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.medicalsupportforum.com", "title": "Rhinoplasty Surgeon", "raw_content": "By : Rubye Cheatham\nThe nose occupies the centre of the face and is one of the most commonly noticed parts of the face. It also has important functions related to breathing. The nose is made up of bones and cartilages that are joined together to form the shape of a roof. This is supported by a midline wall called the nasal septum that separates the nose into right and left nostrils. The shape of the nose depends on all these structures and the skin covering it, as well as hereditary factors. Nasal deformities are readily noticeable.\nYour nose ... is it too large, too small, too flat, too pointed? Is it crooked? Do you have trouble breathing from one or both sides of your nose? Or does it simply not fit your face?\nSurgery can change the shape of the whole nose or just a small part, making it fit more harmoniously with the rest of the face and improve the function of the nose. Dr. Venkata Ramana is skilled in making these changes while preserving, or if need be enhancing, the function of the nose. The operation is called Rhinoplasty. When rhinoplasty is combined with an operation on the septum, it is called a Septorhinoplasty.\nWhat results can I expect ?\nRhinoplasty is by far the most complicated of the facial plastic surgical operations. The thickness and texture of your skin, the strength, shape, and symmetry of the nasal bones and cartilages, healing power of your body following surgery, and, of course, the skill of the surgeon, all have an impact on the outcome. Please note that the end result is not apparent for 9-12 months following surgery and continued changes in the shape of the nose occurs with time.\nA rhinoplasty is successful if the patient is happy after surgery. Therefore, if you are considering cosmetic rhinoplasty, you should look at your nose in the mirror carefully and try to determine the areas you find unsatisfactory and what you would like to have changed. If you need your nose to be perfect and if you are expecting surgery to correct all imperfections instead of merely making them better, do not have the surgery, as your expectations of the final outcome may exceed what the surgery can deliver. Some requested changes are more accomplishable than others. In general, however, the majority of the patients are happy with the end result. Surgical procedure.\nAfter the operation you will have some discomfort but any pain tends to be minimal and controlled with simple pain killers. You may have some bruising and swelling around your nose and eyes for 1-2 weeks. Your nose will feel blocked and crusty in the first two weeks after surgery. We advise you to only blow your nose very gently in the first week following surgery and sneeze with your mouth open to protect your nose and minimise the chances of bleeding. You may get some blood stained watery discharge from your nose for the first 2 weeks or so and this is normal. We will give you some drops or a spray to help this. It may take up to 3 months for your nose to settle down and for your breathing to be clear again. Try to stay away from dusty and smoky places for that time. The stitches inside your nose will dissolve and will fall out by themselves.\nThe skin of the nose is very sensitive to the sun following surgery and it is important that you wear sunscreen (factor 30 or more) and a hat for at least 6 months. The nose may feel a little stiff and numb for up to 3 months, particularly around the tip.\nMost people need 1-2 weeks off work, especially if the work involves heavy lifting or strenuous activity. You should not play any sports where there is a risk of your nose being knocked, for at least 6 weeks.\nNose Contour\nAuthor Resource:- hyderabad\nMedical Articles Directory - MedicalSupportForum.com | Rhinoplasty Surgeon\nBy: Rubye Cheatham\nAuthor Resource:-> hyderabad", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 8580, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 313.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.megaron.gr/default.asp?la=2&pid=41", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:18:08Z", "digest": "sha1:EF5VFFICOARH5DNHME3EA7VBTG4W4QAA", "length": 1068, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.megaron.gr", "title": "The Friends of Music Society", "raw_content": "Megaron - The Athens Concert Hall > About us > The Friends of Music Society\nhttp://www.sfm.gr/\nThe Friends of Music Society, a legal entity in private law, was founded in 1953 at the initiative of the famous singer Alexandra Trianti, Lambros Eftaxias, later to be Minister for Public Works, and Christos D. Lambrakis, who succeeded Alexandra Trianti as President of the Association in 1977 and remained in the post until 2009.\nLambrakis worked tirelessly as President of the Association to realize its objectives: the construction of the Athens Concert Hall, one of the largest and most advanced cultural centres anywhere in the world, the founding of a music library, the promotion of Greek composers, support for young performers and artists, the organizing of education and research programmes around the country to introduce young people from all over Greece to the world of music and the arts.\nToday, the Friends of Music continues its important cultural and educational mission under the guidance of an 11-member board of trustees, chaired by Panayiotis Dimaras.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 111, "original_length": 2806, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 116.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.melissaisd.org/wall-of-honor/inductees/amy-burchett/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:38Z", "digest": "sha1:YSHFYHM7GF4OGCZBVKZ5NBU73GHRNJ37", "length": 2634, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.melissaisd.org", "title": "Amy Burchett | MelissaISD.org", "raw_content": "/ Wall of Honor / Wall of Honor Inductees /\nAmy Burchett\nAmy Burchett initiated a fundraising program to support the development of a playground at Melissa Ridge Intermediate and was a key person in establishing the Melissa Band Boosters. Most notably, Amy spearheaded the creation of a Special Olympics program for the district eight years ago, along with a Special Olympics Track Meet that has since become an annual event.\n\u201cAmy is a truly humble individual who serves where she sees a need, and when she knows she can help,\u201d wrote her nominator. \u201cShe has spent countless hours devoted to making Melissa Schools a better place for students, staff, and community members. Through her efforts with the Special Olympics, Amy has forever changed the face of Melissa Schools.\u201d\nAmy Burchett was inducted into the Wall of Honor on Sept. 23, 2016.\nMore about Amy Burchett from her nominator\nAmy Burchett has devoted countless hours to making Melissa Schools a better place for students, staff, and the community.\nAmy doesn\u2019t serve seeking praise or to get attention; she is a truly a humble individual who serves where she sees a need, and when she knows she can help.\nAmy researched and initiated the \u201cBox Tops for Education\u201d program in Melissa.\nWhen Melissa Ridge Intermediate needed a playground, Amy took it upon herself to find a way for the school to have the best and safest playground possible. She discovered a program called \u201cCommunity Build\u201d where community members came together to build a playground in one day. Overseeing a Community Build for each phase the MRI playground, Amy arrived at 5:30 a.m. with volunteer sheets, assignments, tools, and plenty of food. The playground built on that day is still enjoyed by Melissa students today.\nShe was one of the key persons who helped organize and establish the Melissa Band Boosters to provide financial and volunteer support for students and band directors.\nWhen the Band Boosters merged with the athletics Booster Club, Amy represented the band on the Booster Board and even became the Secretary.\nAmy was named Volunteer of the Year in 2013.\nAmy\u2019s greatest impact has been the Special Olympics program that she began nearly 10 years ago. Amy recognized that the district had a need for a Special Olympics program, and she stepped in and filled that need. Amy worked tirelessly with school administration, teachers, the City of Melissa, the fire and police departments, and numerous volunteers to ensure the success of Special Olympics Track Meet not only for that first year, but for the years to come.\nAmy loves our school district and every student in it.\nWall of Honor News", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 216, "original_length": 7484, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 309.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.messengernews.net/news/local-news/2018/10/cfrs-same-day-access-to-include-evening-and-weekend-availability/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:12Z", "digest": "sha1:RB6WBF7XNZX67MSUY37MOHWWF5E4QKYL", "length": 1768, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.messengernews.net", "title": "CFR\u2019s Same Day Access to include evening and weekend availability | News, Sports, Jobs - Messenger News", "raw_content": "CFR\u2019s Same Day Access to include evening and weekend availability\nService to begin on Oct. 15\nThe Community and Family Resources Outpatient Clinic, located at 1506 31st Ave. N. in Fort Dodge, will be adjusting its hours of same-day access evaluations to the following: Monday: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Tuesday: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Wednesday: 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.; Thursday: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; and Friday: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.\nCFR has been an avenue to various kinds of treatment for substances, gambling, and mental health for 50 years to the residents of Fort Dodge and surrounding areas.\nThe necessity of maintaining accessible treatment and convenience for their current and future clients continues to be an area of ongoing adjustment, the organization said.\nIf you or someone you know might be considering treatment for substances or gambling, this is where one starts. Simply come to the CFR Outpatient Clinic during the hours listed above, and an evaluation will be provided.\nIf you are unable to attend these hours, you may schedule an evaluation for Saturdays beginning Oct. 20 within the hours of 9 a.m. to noon. After your evaluation, an appropriate level of care will be discussed with you or your loved one, as well as the next steps to be taken.\nCommunity and Family Resources offers substance abuse, mental health, and problem gambling treatment and prevention services.\nCounties served by CFR include Boone, Calhoun, Franklin, Hamilton, Hardin, Humboldt, Pocahontas, Story, Webster, and Wright. In fiscal year 2017, CFR offered treatment services to 3,000 individuals and offered prevention services to schools, businesses, and community groups, reaching 13,000 individuals.\nFor more information, visit CFR\u2019s website at www.cfrhelps.org or call (515) 576-7261.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 3773, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 167.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.meyerglitz.com/latest/2010/01/plaintiffs-appeal-ringling-brothers.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:39:03Z", "digest": "sha1:LH2C6BSNGUYMP26CGZYZ2IYRHRTFNI7K", "length": 397, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.meyerglitz.com", "title": "Plaintiffs Appeal Ringling Brothers Decision \u2014 Meyer Glitzenstein & Eubanks LLP", "raw_content": "Plaintiffs Appeal Ringling Brothers Decision\nOn January 25, 2010, the plaintiffs filed an appeal of the district court\u2019s standing decision in their case against the Ringling Bros. circus. ASPCA et al. v. Feld Entertainment, Inc., No. 10-7007 (D.C. Cir. 2010).\nNewer PostOpening Brief Filed In First Circuit Canada Lynx Appeal\nOlder PostConservation Groups Win Battle Over Everglades Mining Permits", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 140, "original_length": 2523, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.8, "perplexity": 271.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.miamibeachcondosandhomes.com/blog/email-this-post/2010/02/Foreclosure-Auctions-Are-Not-for-the-Inexperienced.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:32Z", "digest": "sha1:EHEMV6RJMDKGDPWJ5NUH4NNHUTIABNPT", "length": 52, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.miamibeachcondosandhomes.com", "title": "Miami Beach Condos and Homes", "raw_content": "'Foreclosure Auctions Are Not for the Inexperienced'", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 103, "original_length": 5599, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.74, "perplexity": 113.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.midwesternhistory.com/organizational-history/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:19Z", "digest": "sha1:FCBOP3SBF5SGFYNJRNNDONCNHC6CVNQY", "length": 1283, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.midwesternhistory.com", "title": "Organizational History \u2014 Midwestern History Association", "raw_content": "The origins of the Midwestern History Association can be traced to a meeting in the town of Hudson, Wisconsin in the fall of 2013. In conjunction with a meeting of the Northern Great Plains History Conference, which featured a panel discussion on the need to revive Midwestern history, Jon Lauck called for an informal meeting of anyone interested in discussing the topic of reviving Midwestern history at greater length. At the resulting meeting in Buckster\u2019s Bar in the convention hotel, a surprisingly large number of historians gathered who endorsed the proposition that Midwestern history had been neglected and was overdue for a revival. At the end of the discussion, roughly thirty-five historians voted to form the Midwestern History Working Group, which was designed to promote a discussion of the wisdom of formally creating a new Midwestern history organization. Over the following year, panels, discussions, and listening sessions were held at several meetings of professional historians. In the fall of 2014 at the Northern Great Plains History Conference in Sioux Falls, South Dakota during another meeting of the Midwestern History Working Group, the assembled historians voted to create the Midwestern History Association, elected MHA\u2019s officers, and adopted by-laws.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 58, "original_length": 2442, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 181.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.millenniumpost.in/opinion/diseases-of-a-lifestyle-274871", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:53Z", "digest": "sha1:VLAZCFH6LWVJLYNYUNA3TBHDVACQOORW", "length": 4536, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.millenniumpost.in", "title": "Diseases of a lifestyle", "raw_content": "Home > Opinion > Diseases of a lifestyle\nDiseases of a lifestyle\nCan we not go from being poor and unhealthy to being rich and healthy? Why should we inherit diseases that can be junked?\nIn June 2017, British medical journal Lancet published a review of the prevalence of diabetes in 15 states of India. This study by a group of medical practitioners, funded by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), has worrying numbers. It finds that while some 7 per cent people in India (based on 15 states' data) had diabetes, the prevalence of pre-diabetes (early signs, particularly elevated blood sugar levels) was a staggering 10-15 per cent, depending on the criteria used. This is no small health burden on a poor country.\nTheir conclusion is we are undergoing an epidemiological transition. States with higher GDP\u2014Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Chandigarh\u2014have a higher prevalence of this disease as compared to Bihar or Jharkhand. Delhi and Goa, with high-income levels, are still awaiting sampling. Rural areas have lower diabetes rates than urban ones. But most worryingly, the study finds that the poor in urban well-off states have a higher incidence of diabetes than the rich in the same cities. In other words, the rich in rich cities have started to learn good food habits.\nBut the poor are now falling into the trap of bad food. The study also found that conversely, in rural areas it was the more socio-economically advanced that were falling prey to diabetes. \"It is an epidemic that is in a state of transition,\" the study noted. With such large numbers of poor in urban areas and such large numbers of the getting-rich in rural areas, this can easily get out of hand. We are going from lack of food or malnutrition to over-nutrition because of bad food. This is a transition that must be avoided.\nThe fact is that India has what can only be described as a double burden of diseases. We have the diseases of the poor\u2014everything from malnutrition to cholera. But we also have the diseases of the rich\u2014cancer and diabetes. Worse, as the ICMR study shows, the poor, who can ill-afford the diseases of the rich are now afflicted by them.\nBut this is where the policy of prevention must kick in. We know that these diseases\u2014called non-communicable by the health community\u2014are connected to our lifestyles. What do we eat? What air we breathe? And what environment we live in? These are part of the package of \"toxic\" development. A model of development where we first pollute and then think of cleaning up. A model where we first industrialise-chemicalise our food, eat unhealthy junk and then think of going to the gym to exercise or eat organic food. But the question is can we not avoid the transition?\nCan we not go from being poor but unhealthy to being rich and healthy? Why should we inherit the diseases of a lifestyle that can be junked?\nThis is where change is essential. This is where we need to make crucial linkages\u2014between our health and the health of the environment. Today, it is polluted water, which is visible in the deliberate murder of our rivers, that is also one of the largest-killers of babies in the country. Today it is the lack of clean energy in homes that makes women cooking on biomass fuel suffer from killer respiratory disorders. It is also responsible for pollution that is making air toxic to breathe in our cities. So, health is an indicator for the environment.\nThe good news is that our health is also the only real trigger for environmental action. We will act to improve the environment, when we know it impacts us directly. For instance, today, in Delhi there is an outrage against the pollution in the air. This is because the 2016 winter's public health emergency\u2014when pollution levels spiralled out of control\u2014has brought about a clear understanding of the link between toxins and our bodies. It will drive change.\nIt is for this reason that the United Nations' sustainable development goals (SDGs)\u201413 global goals that the world needs to achieve by 2030\u2014must put children at the very centre. Every goal has a link to the child and every goal has a link to the health of the child and so the health of the Planet. This is the human face of the SDGs that would define our progress, or not.\nIt is the health of our children that must be put at the centre of the health of our planet. One can't survive without the other.\n(The author is Director General of Centre for Science and Environment and the Editor of Down To Earth magazine. The views expressed are strictly personal.)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 52, "original_length": 5168, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 257.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.milligazette.com/Archives/2004/16-31Jul04-Print-Edition/163107200435.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:58:30Z", "digest": "sha1:A3GFOYWTVD3MXFJCVU6Y5N2B4GUKVQ4D", "length": 9738, "nlines": 39, "source_domain": "www.milligazette.com", "title": "ANALYSIS , The Milli Gazette, Vol.5 No.14, MG108 (16-31 Jul 04)", "raw_content": "The Minorities Angle\nCMP and President's address analyzed\nNow that the noise and dust raised by the election campaign has settled down, the government and the people have turned their attention to the prioritization and implementation of the promises and assurances embodied in the manifestoes of the parties which constitute the support the government and their Common Minimum Programme.\nThe United Progressive Alliance (UPA), headed by Congress, includes the coalition partners as well as the Left parties which have opted not to join the Government but to support the UPA Government from outside. Without going into the question whether this abdication of political power and the responsibility that goes with it constitutes another 'Himalyan blunder', we must appreciate the subtle manner in which the Common Minimum Programme (CMP) adopted by the UPA and subsequently by the UPA government has come to acquire an overtly leftist and secular dimension. We must also appreciate the fact that their political strategy has given the Left the moral authority to monitor the articulation and actions of the government and to suggest immediate course corrections. But this is really a collective job to be undertaken by the Coordination Council of the UPA which should function independently of the Government but without becoming a parallel government or the ideological Rajguru a la RSS in the Vajpayee Government.\nThe Left, no doubt, played a key role in shaping the CMP of the UPA but theoretically it is based on a synthesis of the election manifestos of its constituent parties, essentially, since the RJD or the DMK or the NCP or the RSP or the FB manifestoes were not much in circulation, the CMP became an amalgam, a potable mix of the Congress and the CPI (M) manifestos with a dash of the CPI manifesto. In the process, the CMP went just a little more left- of-centre than the traditional line adopted by the Congress in the days of Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi. With changing times, the CMP also takes into account the wave of economic reform and the compulsions and consequences of globalization since the early 90's. The UPA government has committed itself to Economic Reform with a Human Face.\nThe purpose of this article is limited to examine the CMP from the standpoint of Secularism. The INC and its allies and the Left won a majority in the General Election 2004 by defeating the BJP and its allies in the NDA on the basic issue of Secularism vs. Communalism and Democracy vs Majoritarianism. This was the ideological basis of their success - the second liberation of the country and the revival of the Idea of India. The manifestoes of both the major parties; the INC and the CPI(M), had committed themselves to the revival of the Secular Order. This has been pledged in the CMP and the President's Address to the Joint Session of the Parliament on 7 June, 2004 also reflects it. There is no doubt an attempt to soothe the strained nerves and to accommodate the critics. But a detailed examination will show that the UPA Government stands for Secularism, Social Justice and Communal Harmony.\nCommitment to Secular Order\nThe Congress Manifesto stated:\n\"The Congress makes a solemn commitment to the people of India: to restore peace among all of its peoples, to strengthen the secular order through emphasis on social harmony, cultural pluralism and respect for the rule of law, and to ensure a bright and secure economic future for every family in our country.\"\nThe CPI(M) Manifesto stated:\n\u201cThe 14th Lok Sabha elections should result in the formation of a secular government at the Centre.\u201d\nThe CMP enunciated six basic principles of governance, which, inter alia, constitute the objective of the UPA. To quote two of basic principles : \u201cto preserve, protect and promote social harmony and to enforce the law without fear or favour to deal with all obscurantist and fundamentalist elements who seek' to disturb social amity and peace.\u201d\n\u201cto provide for full equality of opportunity, particularly in education and employment for scheduled castes, scheduled tribes, OBCs and religious minorities.\u201d\nThe President's Address quotes almost verbatim from the CMP:\n\u201cMy government is committed to preserving, protecting and promoting secular values and enforcing the law without fear or favour to deal with all obscurantist and fundamentalist elements that seek to disturb social amity and peace...\nMy government will focus on ... providing equality of opportunity for people belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, OBCs and religious minorities.\u201d\nThe Secular Order subsists on the operationalization of both positive and negative elements : to promote the equal treatment of all citizens, without any discrimination on the basis of religion and thus to provide equality of opportunity to all religious minorities as well as to admit them to all benefits of development and welfare and to ensure their due participation in governance: to maintain social harmony through preventive as well as penal action against those elements which divide and incite people in the name of religion and generate tension as a prelude to violence.\nThe secular order should aim at universalization of social services not at 'special' provisions for religious minorities which tend to degenerate into token and meaningless acts to win transient goodwill which are counter productive in the long-term and serve merely to provide fodder for the anti-minority rhetoric of the anti-secular forces.\nHappily, the CMP as well as the President's Address largely avoid the trap, particularly in its Programme of Action in the social sector e.g. Education, Health, Poverty Alleviation, Food, Security and Public Distribution System by addressing the needs of the people in general.\nBut there are lapses which taken together amount to shift of focus from the religious minorities particularly the Muslim minority, which constitutes 12.5% of the Indian population and 2/3 of all religious minorities within the country, forms a Backward Class, measured by the common nationally accepted parameters, in State after State, as well as in the country, as a whole; which is just above the SC/ST in the socio-economic scale. In Constitutional terms the Muslim minority constitutes a 'Weaker Section'. The constitutional argument against affirmative action in favour of a religious minority stands blown up. Religion coupled with backwardness is as admissible in law as caste coupled with backwardness. The Venkatachaliah Commission came to the conclusion that reservation for religious minorities was admissible under Article 15 and 16 and did not need any amendment to the Constitution but such reservation was a matter of government policy. So there is no apparent reason for not bracketting the backward religious minorities with the SC and the ST in the promised exploration for extending reservation to employment in the private sector or for excluding them for reservation for economically backward classes. Both these advances in social policy must be shared duly by the Muslim community.\nThe silver lining is that there is a clear intention to extend reservation in public employment to the Muslim community. Let us see what the Manifestos, the CMP and the President's Address state on this.\nThe Congress Manifesto states:\n\"The Congress has provided for reservations for Muslims in Kerala and Karnataka in government employment and education on the grounds that they are a socially and educationally backward class. The Congress is committed to adopting this policy for socially and educationally backward sections among Muslims and other religious minorities on a national scale.\"\nThe CPI Manifesto states:\n\"CPI will ensure \u2026 Concrete steps to ensure due representation in government and public sector services including police and security forces.\"\nThe CMP states:\n\"The UPA will establish a National Commission to see how best the welfare of socially and economically backward sections among religious and linguistic minorities, including reservations in education and employment, is enhanced. The Commission will be given six months to submit its report\" (emphasis added).\nThe President's Address states:\n\u201cA National Commission will be established to make recommendations on how best to enhance the welfare of socially and economically backward sections among religious and linguistic minorities, including through reservation in education and employment\u201d (emphasis added).\nOn Physical Security of the Minorities\n\u201cIt will enact a comprehensive law on social violence in all its forms and manifestations, providing for investigations by a central agency, prosecution by Special Courts and payment of uniform compensation for loss of life, honour and property.\u201d\n\u201cThe UPA government will enact a model comprehensive law to deal with communal violence and encourage each state to adopt that law to generate faith and confidence in minority communities.\u201d\nPresident's Address reiterates the idea in the following terms:\n\u201cMy government will enact a model law to deal with communal violence and encourage states to adopt it.\u201d\nFurther to stop communalization of the social environment, the Congress Manifesto promises that:\n\u201cThe law of the land will be enforced without fear or favour to ensure that social harmony and cohesion is maintained throughout the country.\u201d\nSamajik Sadbhavna, to ensure social cohesion and harmony by taking the strictest possible action against those who promote bigotry and hatred.\nSaman Avsar, to provide for equality of opportunity in every way for dalits, adivasis, OBCs and religious and linguistic minorities.\u201d\nCPI (M) Manifesto promises \u201cto inculcate secularism, progressive values, national unity.\u201d continued...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 87, "original_length": 11266, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 234.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.mindofwinner.com/when-less-is-more-5-ways-to-streamline-your-routine-to-achieve-goals/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:02Z", "digest": "sha1:JGFEWMLVHRGOAUWHEJWHJV7OEMFANTQY", "length": 5689, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.mindofwinner.com", "title": "When Less is More: 5 ways to Streamline your Routine to Achieve Goals | Mind of a Winner", "raw_content": "You are here: Home \\ Mindset \\ When Less is More: 5 ways to Streamline your Routine to Achieve Goals\nWhen Less is More: 5 ways to Streamline your Routine to Achieve Goals\nWritten by: Laura Morrissey\nWhen trying to reach a point in your career where you feel proud of yourself, it can be a long hard struggle uphill. One of the main reasons why people struggle to excel in what they want to is the pressure we feel from taking on too much in the hope that one of the activities we do will pay off and take us to the level that we want to reach.\nWhere the problem can often lie is that we force ourselves to do things that we don\u2019t want to. In fact a lot of the work that we do is superfluous to requirements. Here are some of the ways that we can improve our productivity and motivation by doing only what matters most.\nBe Honest About Priorities. Quit or Cut Down on The Rest\n\u201cDo I actually have to do this?\u201d If you know that you don\u2019t and you won\u2019t enjoy it then don\u2019t do it. Save your energy for something that is meaningful to you, but go that extra mile with it. There are obviously some things that you can\u2019t neglect; aspects of your day job or anything regarding important legal documents, but in other areas of life you should seek to regain control.\nIt is a symptom of modern life that we force ourselves to be busy most of the time. In fact, for some of us we are conditioned to feel guilty for having downtime. We constantly want to be disciplined because we feel this is the only way that we will work hard enough to gain recognition. The answer can be found in channeling energy and discipline into what is both aligned with your priorities and can bring you some kind of satisfaction.\nClean up your Commitments\nIt can be easy to accumulate obligations. Some of these may be things that you started to do for pleasure, such as meeting with others working in field once a month. Just because you have spent ever second Tuesday evening of each month for the past year talking careers doesn\u2019t mean that\u2019s how you need to spend every second Tuesday evening of each month this coming year if your heart isn\u2019t in it anymore. The same applies with habits. Let go of the ones that aren\u2019t helping you to be productive. Multitasking is one that is common and can in fact be counterproductive.\nMaybe you had an idea once. An idea that you deemed had a lot of potential. You revisit this idea often but never really do much about it, or anything that pays off at least. But still, you hold on to your idea because it\u2019s yours and you hope it will work. You don\u2019t have to put this idea away forever but just because you could choose to do it, doesn\u2019t mean that you have to. It\u2019s just another option whether it\u2019s an idea conceived by you, or not.\nA type of fake simplicity known as \u2018Narrative Fallacy\u2019 exists when it comes to productivity, especially in the Internet age. Although it has endless good qualities, the Internet is also a place filled with meaningless click bait and listicles, many about entrepreneurship and the habits and lifestyles of the world\u2019s most inspiring business people. Yes, it\u2019s cool that Steve Jobs had a minimalistic approach to living, and that Phil Dumonet of Dashed starts his day with a hot/cold contrasting shower but this doesn\u2019t necessarily mean that YOU should adopt their habits.\nWhen we encounter enough of these \u2018successful people and their habits\u2019 articles our brain can form a narrative that this is what we should do if we want to become successful. We encounter so many details in our lives each day so the fact that we try to thread details of others lives into our own to increase our success is natural in order to protect ourselves from the random chaos of human life. Instead of deciding to implement someone else\u2019s habit into our lives, we should just pick up on why we have found one piece of information more significant than another, is there any patterns in what you as an individual find significant? Can you fit these into your own temperament to find new perspectives that will lead to your own kind of success?\nIn short, nobody\u2019s success can be boiled down to a few habits or characteristics. We all have to make our own way.\nHaving a partner in crime or a team of partners can make the hardest of challenges approachable. You may be an excellent business person with great ideas, but you may not be able to pull off these ideas yourself. Just how far would Steve Jobs have gotten without Steve Wozniak? You might have created the best product in your field but have no idea how to market it. Allow talented others in. Take a well thought out risk on someone.\nAllow Some Uncertainty\nLuck does play a certain part in personal success, although it can be a demoralising concept when you are waiting for something to come your way. One of the most key parts of trying to gain success in your life and career is giving the concept of luck a chance. By all means work hard. There is relationship between practice and outcome but you cannot always rely on certain actions to pay off.\nRisk aversion and over planning can also hold you back. It is very rare that anything good happens independently, everything is part of a chain of events. Therefore, you can benefit from leaving yourself open to some chance encounters. Accept invitations, experiment with different fields and allow room for improvisation and spontaneity as to not let positive unpredictable factors pass you by.\nWritten by Laura Morrissey\nLaura Morrissey is a writer for Disc Assessment. She shares tips for both employers and employees in working to the best of their ability together. 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"cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 698, "original_length": 148738, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.61, "perplexity": 16.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.mosteconomic.com/?p=7722", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:23:28Z", "digest": "sha1:4TG4GNTL2RFJQC6V5SYO7BFBJJWETOMZ", "length": 3896, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.mosteconomic.com", "title": "Revisiting the value of value: Buying FAANG has made investing easy, maybe too easy | Most Economic - Business Finance, Stock Market, Quotes, News", "raw_content": "With price-to-earnings multiples of 150x for Amazon and 163x for Netflix, there has got to be better value out there for investors.Jason Alden/Bloomberg\nThe outperformance of the Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google stocks affectionately known as the FAANGs has drawn many investors into these five names. Given their market superiority and growth over other stocks and sectors since the Great Financial Crisis 10 years ago, some weary investors might well be asking: Why not reduce my headaches and just own these five?\nTo best address this, we should first go back to the words of Benjamin Graham, mentor of Warren Buffett. Graham is considered by many to be the creator of modern day value investing, a concept detailed in his two classic investing books, Security Analysis and, later, The Intelligent Investor. Until these books were written, people bought what was going up and sold what was going down, which is akin to buying high and selling low.\nGraham was one of the first to recognize that the share of a stock represents an ownership interest in an operating business. By studying a company\u2019s financial statements, management, dividend policies, etc., it is possible to determine its fair value. All an investor has to do is wait for an opportunity to buy when a company\u2019s market price is at a discount in order to achieve a margin of safety over time. However, waiting is like watching paint dry and people often lose interest before an opportunity arises. It is also human nature to become excited when stock prices surge and to get depressed when they collapse. Thus, buying when valuations are reasonable is easier said than done.\nMost investors are not value investors, but prefer to operate as growth investors. There are two main reasons for this. First, investing in growth stocks is simple and fun. In general, people like investing in stocks that represent the future and that everyone is talking about. Also, it\u2019s much easier to invest when there is no need to read and understand complicated and boring financial statements. It\u2019s so much easier to buy a stock that everyone thinks is rapidly growing and the only direction is up. Secondly, to add fuel to the fire, when growth stocks are in favour, they can be in favour for years and turn anyone into an investment genius. Why would an investor hire a money manager or hold a diversified portfolio when it\u2019s so easy to make money?\nGrowth stocks today have outperformed value stocks by more than 130% over the past decade. The last time growth outperformed value by such a large margin was in the 1990s. Even the legendary Warren Buffett could not keep pace with growth stocks back then: for instance, the Nasdaq in 1999 was up 86%, while Berkshire Hathaway Inc. was down 20%. To the investing public, value was dead on arrival \u2014 along with prudence and diversification. For those too young to remember, there was a cataclysmic change from growth to value stocks in the early 2000s corresponding with the dotcom crash, which led to declines of 75% in the tech-heavy Nasdaq over a period of 18 months. Offsetting these losses, value stocks, such as Berkshire Hathaway, generated positive returns of more than 30% during this tumultuous time.\nFast forward to today: the PE multiple of Amazon.com Inc. is 150x, Netflix Inc. is 163x, while Apple Inc. is a relative value at only 19x. We are not suggesting an imminent crash in these stocks is in the cards, but we are also well aware that there is better value and, therefore, a margin of safety in other names and sectors of the pubic equity markets. Will the stock run of the FAANGs go on for the foreseeable future? We don\u2019t think so. Remember, the market over time always reverts to the mean and, by extension, common sense valuations. With an autumn breeze in the air, it may be time to harvest the gains from the FAANGs and look for better value in other sectors.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 52, "original_length": 5957, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 258.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.movienewz.com/blade-runner-anime-series-being-developed/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:11Z", "digest": "sha1:T7GRXKFZNQW2JVWPNE5LUY6R265NZVTL", "length": 1797, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.movienewz.com", "title": "Blade Runner Anime Series Being Developed - Movienewz.com", "raw_content": "Blade Runner Anime Series Being Developed\nAdult Swim and Crunchyroll are developing a Blade Runner Anime Series, inspired by Blade Runner 2049. Alcon Television Group has teamed up with Adult Swim and Crunchyroll to produce and distribute the new series titled Blade Runner \u2013 Black Lotus.\nAdult Swim will have worldwide distribution rights (excluding Asia) to the English-dubbed version of the series and will air it in the U.S. as part of its Toonami anime block. Crunchyroll \u2014 which, like Adult Swim, is part of WarnerMedia \u2014 will handle worldwide streaming.\n\u2018Blade Runner \u2013 Black Lotus\u2019 will consist of 13 half-hour episodes. Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed), who also worked on the animated prequel short Blade Runner: Black Out 2022, and Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) will direct all of the 13 episodes. Details of the plot are being kept under wraps, but it is known that the story will take place in 2032 and will include some established characters from the \u201cBlade Runner\u201d universe.\nBlade Runner 2049 \u2013 Steelbook Box Set \u2013 4K UHD + Blu-Ray 3... Warner Bros. will release a steelbook box set of director Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi thriller Blade Runner 2049.\nSean Young Talks Blade Runner 2049 and VFX See how VFX masters digitally recreated Sean Young as Rachael in Blade Runner 2049.\nVideo: Blade Runner 2049 Movie Review (Spoilers) Watch the Blade Runner 2049 movie review with spoilers. How does the sequel compare to the 1982 cult classic?\nBlade Runner 2049 Full Trailer Watch the Blade Runner 2049 full trailer, starring Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana De Armas and Jared Leto.\nBlade Runner 2049 Trailer Tease Watch the new trailer tease for Blade Runner 2049, starring Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford.\nTags: Blade RunnerBlade Runner - Black LotusBlade Runner 2049", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 143, "original_length": 3991, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.85, "perplexity": 288.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.movienewz.com/tom-cruise-accepts-mission-impossible-iv/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:25Z", "digest": "sha1:EE2JL7BQNRZEK2B5QYRRTTXAIJM2OSUS", "length": 1434, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.movienewz.com", "title": "Tom Cruise Accepts 'Mission: Impossible IV' - Movienewz.com", "raw_content": "Tom Cruise Accepts \u2018Mission: Impossible IV\u2019\nAfter the success of the first three \u201cMission: Impossible\u201d movies, some wondered whether the series would finish within the framework of a traditional trilogy. Now, four years after Ethan Hunt\u2019s last adventure, a call has gone out for another adventure, and Tom Cruise has chosen to accept it.\nParamount Pictures announced Tuesday (February 9) that it will be making \u201cMission: Impossible IV,\u201d targeting a Memorial Day 2011 release. Although \u201cMission: Impossible III\u201d director-turned-\u201cStar Trek\u201d-mastermind J.J. Abrams will not return to direct the next film, he will produce with Cruise through his Bad Robot Productions.\n\u201cTom and J.J. are great talents,\u201d Paramount Pictures chairman and CEO Brad Grey said in a statement announcing the deal. \u201cWe are excited to be working with them to re-launch this legendary franchise.\u201d\nScreenwriters Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec (\u201cLife on Mars\u201d) are writing the script, based on an original idea by Cruise and Abrams. The duo are currently working with the studio to find a director for the project.\nRead the full article at MTV.com\nTop Gun 2 Lands Seven More Cast Members Paramount has announced the final seven cast members to round out the sequel.\nTop Gun 2: Maverick Cast Announced, New Release Date Returning and new cast members will join together for Paramount's long-awaited sequel to Top Gun.\nTags: J.J. AbramsMission: Impossible IVTom Cruise", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 146, "original_length": 4213, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 280.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.multibriefs.com/briefs/AIANJ/AIANJ061516.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:42Z", "digest": "sha1:K6P5DN2U33YAL4JSQG4NNPXA4EAHZZDP", "length": 5243, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "www.multibriefs.com", "title": "The New Jersey Architect", "raw_content": "AIANJ election open\nVoting opened June 10 and will continue until June 24 for the election of AIA New Jersey's next AIA Regional Representative. READ MORE\nWorking with the media pays off\nI hope you are familiar with our Working With The Media series. Having read these articles you might wonder if any of this really makes a difference? Well, here is concrete example of how it can work. I recently read an article in my local newspaper announcing the groundbreaking for a new local public charter school. As we often see, the article named local and state politicians that were present, quoted the executive director of the new school and named both the developer and the contractor for the project. What was missing was the name of the architect. READ MORE\nWIANJ \u2014 SpeakEasy: Former FBI executive: Ignore the barriers\nSpeakEasy is a running feature in NJBIZ in which we recap presentations given by key business leaders around the state. This report is based on a speech delivered by Lauren Anderson, a consultant and former FBI executive, on May 26 at a gathering of women in architecture hosted by Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas in New Brunswick. READ MORE\nEPiC post-convention newsletter\nMany of AIA New Jersey Emerging Professionals were able to take advantage of the AIA national convention being in Philadelphia this year, even if they only attended one event. EPiC put a recap of the convention in the latest newsletter. READ MORE\nGRAPHISOFT announces winners of inaugural ARCHICAD student design competition\nGRAPHISOFT North America, in partnership with award-winning ARCHICAD firm, Kitchen & Associates (K&A) and AIA West Jersey, proudly announce the winners of the inaugural student design competition. The competition coincided with the annual American Institute of Architects Convention in Philadelphia, PA. READ MORE\nEarth Day irony\nAs the U.S. Senate passed its long-delayed energy bill April 21, the irony was acute. Here was the world's greatest deliberative body voting to kill carbon-cutting requirements for the federal government \u2014 on the eve of Earth Day and the signing of the COP 21 climate treaty in Paris. READ MORE\nHappy birthday Frank Lloyd Wright\nIn honor of Frank Lloyd Wright's birthday, AIANJ was able to connect AIANJ member, Dan Nichols, AIA, with Curbed Philadelphia to showcase the architect's and his wife's home. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1950, the JA Sweeton residence was designed on a budget. The homeowners recently completed a restoration to repair the Usonian Home. READ MORE\nCall for submissions \u2014 AIA Awards 2017\nShow us your best work\nAIA Awards celebrate the best buildings and spaces and the people behind them. These projects are in a class of their own and are innovative, beautifully designed, and improve lives and communities around the globe. Get ready to show us your best work. READ MORE\nSecond annual I Look Up Film Challenge\nThe I Look Up Challenge calls upon filmmakers to share their vision with a 2-3 minute video exploring the power of architecture to create solutions and uplift communities. Take on the competition. Take the challenge. READ MORE\nNewark's New Jersey Bell Tower slated for historic conversion\nThe former New Jersey Bell Headquarters in Newark, designed by famed architect, Ralph Walker, is slated for a historic restoration. The project, headed up by architecture firm CentraRuddy, will transform the 436,000 square foot tower at 540 Broad Street into 260 apartments, 60,000 square feet of retail and office space. READ MORE\nHow to write a great architecture job ad\nWith competition for great architectural talent at an all-time high, how can you ensure that your job stands out from the crowd? When you're writing copy, try to remember that there is something unique and great about every job role. It seems obvious, but many firms forget this, and may miss out on valuable talent. READ MORE\nWhat to expect when working with an architect\nThe process of working with an architect is quite fluid, with the architect donning many hats at various times, from big picture thinker to detailed project manager. That's the value to hiring one, says architect Gabe Headrick, founder of Steelhead Architecture in Portland, Oregon. Headrick has spearheaded both commercial and residential projects in the Portland-metro area for the past 16 years. \"Architects have the unique ability to envision spaces. To see what\u2019s possible as well as express it,\" says Headrick. According to him, an architect on a house remodel job is first and foremost a facilitator. READ MORE\nComputing helps with the complex design of modern architecture\nIn 1960, when the America computer scientist Ivan Sutherland developed Sketchpad, described as the first computer graphical user interface, it changed the course of architecture. It was the first recorded tool enabling designers to interact with the computer graphically, using a light pen on the monitor. This laid the foundation for computer aided design, which, over the next 60 years, replaced the drafting pen and tracing paper with the mouse and monitor in most architectural practices. But while, for most, computing in architecture is a replacement technology, there are always rebels who want to experiment. READ MORE", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 6295, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 332.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.munchiemusings.net/2009/05/i-love-being-brat-sing-song.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:29Z", "digest": "sha1:TZ7RFUGZS3TCK3P5XQWDCLMUIHETONTQ", "length": 1859, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.munchiemusings.net", "title": "I Love Being a Brat! (sing song) - Munchie Musings", "raw_content": "I Love Being a Brat! (sing song)\nMy father worked as an engineer in Saudi Arabia in the 70's and 80's. The company was ARAMCO, the Arabian American Oil Company. Now the owndership has transferred to the Saudis and so it is known as Saudi Aramco. Any child that went to school over there is known as an ARAMCO Brat.\nI went from 1st to 9th grade in the ARAMCO schools. After we graduated 9th grade we all went to boarding schools. I was lucky in that I got to live in the three main American compounds there: Ras Tanura, Abqaiq, and Dhahran.\nEvery odd number year (2009) we hold a Brat reunion over Memorial Day weekend. I've been to five so far - two in Houston, Tucson, Chandler, and now Los Angeles. Any Brat may attend and so that means we have people from the class of 1950 or so up to the present. The gatherings are large and festive. We take over a hotel and party for four days straight. There is very little sleep and anyone who is unfortunate to have booked a room in the same hotel while we are there is very, very sorry. We've been known to consume every ounce of liquor in a hotel and the parties go on all through the night til dawn and later.\nBecause I lived in the three districts I have volunteered to rep for the class of 1980. This particular year I saw mostly Ras Tanura brats. My roommate for the weekend was Rihab, who I had not seen since 4th grade! Same time for not seeing Roula as well.\nMost brats just hang out at the pool all day since this is what we usually did back in Saudi as kids. We catch up, see how people look today, meet spouses and children. There are bowling and golf tournaments, auctions, raffles, banquets, a suq (marketplace), class pictures, and a recreated Teen Canteen (hangout). Nothing but fun and exhaustion.\nSo now we just wait for the announcement of 2011's reunion!\nHunt the Grid Scavenger Hunt on 2nd Sat.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 182, "original_length": 4863, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 300.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.musicproductionexpo.co.uk/portfolio/chandler-ltd-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:25:25Z", "digest": "sha1:2OONRYT6O45HRXFYLC3ADX2PKZYQXBU2", "length": 1900, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.musicproductionexpo.co.uk", "title": "Chandler Ltd | Music Production Expo", "raw_content": "Chandler Limited is recognised globally for signal processing and related music and audio products. In addition, Chandler Limited has become renowned for recreating and delivering to the recording industry the highly sought-after and legendary sound of EMI/Abbey Road Studios recording equipment.\nHeadquartered in Shell Rock, Iowa, Chandler Limited, Inc. is a boutique manufacturer of high-end signal processors, mixers, and amplifiers for musicians and audio professionals. Recognized globally for its exquisitely handmade products and the company\u2019s high profile clientele, Chandler\u2019s product offerings include the Abbey Road/TG line, its unique Germanium transistor series of products, the 500 Series Modules, plus its recently introduced guitar pedals and amplifier. For additional information about all Chandler Limited products, please visit the company online at\nAbbey Road Studios are the most famous recording studios in the world and an iconic symbol of British music. They have been home to countless landmark recordings and pioneering advances in recording technology. Opened in November 1931, Abbey Road Studios were the world\u2019s first purpose-built recording studios. The hallowed building has a phenomenal history spanning over 80 years, during which the studios have hosted many of the world\u2019s most famous artists, including the Beatles, Pink Floyd, the Hollies, Kate Bush, Oasis, Florence and the Machine, Adele and Lady Gaga. Abbey Road is also one of the world\u2019s premiere locations for movie scoring. Since the 1980s, scores for films such as Raiders of the Lost Ark, the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Braveheart, and The King\u2019s Speech have been recorded there. The list continues with many other major titles, including Shrek, Prometheus, Harry Potter, Skyfall, and The Hobbit.\nAbbey Road Studios, Curve Bender, EMI and TG and their associated logos are trademarks of EMI (IP) Limited.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 20, "original_length": 2263, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 154.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.mvcsp.org/news-and-updates/archives/09-2012", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:58:19Z", "digest": "sha1:KCNASBARSTQJPMFYQ45H7IBURE5G767W", "length": 604, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.mvcsp.org", "title": "Our Work - Mountain View Coalition for Sustainable Planning", "raw_content": "September Monthly Meeting Cancelled\nThe September monthly meeting is cancelled but we'll be back on the second Thursday in October!\nThings have been somewhat quiet after the approval of the General Plan, but the city is going to hit the ground running with implementation.\nThe North Bayshore Precise Plan will begin to pick up again in the fall along with the inception of the San Antonio Precise Plan and the El Camino Real Precise Plan. Check out the city council packet for their 9/11 meeting for more details on the emerging schedule.\nComing down the line, there's going to be lots to do! Stay tuned.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 190, "original_length": 3552, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 305.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.mylovedone.com/image/solstice/win13/Klein4.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:20Z", "digest": "sha1:4YQVXR6LZ4LLY7IY7VRPTLZI7XTEKBDO", "length": 19038, "nlines": 100, "source_domain": "www.mylovedone.com", "title": "Institute of Mathematical Geography", "raw_content": "SOLSTICE:\nAn Electronic Journal of\nGeography and Mathematics\nPersistent URL: http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/58219\nCite articles as:\nAuthor names(s), Year. Title of article, Solstice: An Electronic Journal of Geography and Mathematics, Vol. XX, No. YY. Ann Arbor: Institute of Mathematical Geography.\nInstitute of Mathematical Geography, All rights reserved in all formats.\nWorks best with a high speed internet connection.\nFinal version of IMaGe logo created by Allen K. Philbrick from original artwork from the Founder.\nVOLUME XXIV, NUMBER 2;\nKlein 4 Group: Beth Olem Cemetery Application\nIntroduction: A Cemetery Inside the Grounds of an Auto Plant\nA number of years ago, in the mid-1980s, General Motors Corporation built the Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly plant near the intersections of major Detroit freeways and major rail lines. Proximity to transportation links made sense from a variety of viewpoints. To acquire the land for the large new plant (eventually to cover 362 acres), a combination of deals were employed (eminent domain, purchase, and so forth); some met with more favor than did others (Wikipedia).\nThe Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly Plant, has extensive security surrounding it. Figure 1 shows a secured entrance gate. Figure 2 shows the general location of the plant, at the north end of Chene Street, in the contemporary context of Google Earth.\nFigure 1. Plant entrance and security. Photo courtesy of Chene Street History Study archive.\nFigure 2. Plant site at the north end of Chene Street and adjacent to freeways and railroad tracks.\nTake a closer look; the area to the north end of the plant contains quite a bit of grass adjacent to the giant parking lot. Figure 3 shows a small patch of trees that appear more mature than the others on the plant site. The trees appear walled into a rectangular area.\nFigure 3. Rectangular patch of mature trees behind a wall.\nThe patch of trees is, in fact, part of a cemetery that predated, by almost a century, the Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly Plant. General Motors was not able to acquire that small patch of land because of zoning and easement restrictions already in place in association with the cemetery. Figure 4 shows a closer look at the cemetery.\nFigure 4. Cemetery on the grounds of the Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly Plant. Note tombstones. Entrance gate is to the left of the white car.\nRecords in the Chene Street History Study (CSHS) and elsewhere show that this cemetery is named Beth Olem and that it is a Jewish cemetery that is one of the oldest in Michigan. It is open for only a few hours a year, in association with selected Jewish holidays. To visit the grave of a loved one, it is required to enter through GM security first (Figure 1) and then through cemetery security which requires the gates of the walled cemetery to be open. The walls are 8 feet tall. Naturally, this high level of security makes it difficult for visitors to gain access.\nComtemporary Visualization: Virtual Beth Olem Cemetery\nGoogle Earth or other contemporary visualization technology could make it possible, however, to overcome the frustrating security situation. Imagine a 3D model of the cemetery, complete with geo-referenced images/models of tombstones. Click on a grave marker and get taken to materials from the archive (insofar as privacy concerns permit). Link from the tombstone to a blog of associated materials. The process of building a virtual Beth Olem is underway. When complete, it will serve not only to overcome access and distance issues for loved ones to visit 24/7, but it will also serve as a basic study in the systematic use (by blog associations) of the CSHS archive, added to the present 'GEOMAT' (Geographic Events Ordering: Maps, Archives, Timelines; Arlinghaus, Haug, and Larimore) methodology.\nThe archives of the Chene Street History Study have many photos taken from inside Beth Olem. The image in Figure 5 is one example that shows clearly the proximity of the industrial complex to the otherwise peaceful resting ground; the juxtaposition of the different worlds is really quite startling.\nFigure 5. Beth Olem cemetery. Small white circles may be golf balls. Cemetery maintenance crews collect golf balls from the grounds that executives apparently hit at lunchtime into the cemetery from nearby parking lots. Photo courtesy of Chene Street History Study archives.\nThe cemetery is no longer taking new 'residents.' In that regard, it offers to researchers an advantage similar to the opportunity offered to foreign language students who begin by studying Latin (or another 'dead' language). There is no (or little) change--the 'syntax' and 'grammar' of the situation are frozen. These are true anchors for process and a fine place to begin study, prior to moving out, in this case to the more dynamic setting of the changing urban Chene Street scene.\nA First Step in Creating the Virtual Beth Olem: The Walls\nThe cemetery is a compact entity that is easy to deal with geometrically: it is a rectangle. The walls around it delineate it clearly and make it quickly recognizable. In terms of creating a virtual cemetery, the walls serve as a good starting point. Once the walled boundary is created, then infill can proceed with the walls as guides to reduce placement error. Accuracy in placement of the walls is straightforward: it is easy to read off the latitude and longitude from a smartphone camera used to take a photo next to the wall. General placement is straightforward from tracing the footprint in Google Earth. What is a challenge with modeling the walls is getting the surface to look correct so that the created visualization is realistic.\nIt is a simple matter to capture a swatch of the pattern on the walls from a photograph. However, it is not possible to use that swatch, only, to create the full wall--at least not in a realistic manner. In Figure 6a, a single swatch of an arbitrary pattern is used to tile a broad area; the visual effect is not satisfactory. One has a sense that the single tile might be employed to greater advantage; blue and orange pattern do not align as the walls are tiled (Figure 6b). The tiling of a plane using geometric shapes is called a tessellation (see Wikipedia reference).\nFigure 6a: single pattern tile, based on a background from MicroSoft PowerPoint.\nFigure 6b. Pattern of 8a used to tile walls.\nTo improve alignment and consequent appearance and visual impression, one might flip the single tile or rotate it to create different patterns and then align it with the base tile of Figure 6a to create a larger single tile to tile the walls with. Figure 7 shows a flip about a vertical axis in animated fashion. Figure 8a shows the flipped tile appended to the base tile; Figures 8b, and 8c illustrate the resulting pattern when 8a is applied to the walls of a box.\nFigure 7. Flip of tile about a vertical axis.\nIn Figure 8b, the applied pattern has alignment issues resolved in horizontal strips but not from top to bottom. Figure 8c suggests that this single flip is sufficient to optimize visual alignment if the tile covers the wall from top to bottom.\nFigure 8a. Tile with a vertical flip appended to the base tile to be used as a new tile for tiling a wall.\nFigure 8b. Tile of 8a applied to walls of a box: alignment of pattern is good from side to side but not from top to bottom.\nFigure 8c. Tile of 8a applied to walls of a box: height of tile is same as height of wall. Alignment is good both from side to side and from top to bottom.\nIn the case of the walls at Beth Olem, the situation of Figure 8c prevails; it is possible to find a swatch from top to bottom. Figure 9 shows the results of a model created in Trimble SketchUp. The edges along the tops of the walls, as well as the dots in the walls, align across the entire wall. Look at the grass stains on the bottom to see where the vertical flip was made. Figure 10 confronts the model with the reality of a photograph. There are no grass stains on the outsides of the walls. The reason there are grass stains on the modeled walls is that images from the interior side of the walls were used as textures on the outsides; use of actual images of the exterior required excessive removal of tree limbs not present when the interior images were used. Evidently, there are varying degrees of wetness at different times of the year. A similar strategy of using a view from the inside, and then flipping it, was employed with the sign for the cemetery, again so that it too might be disentangled from the tree limbs. One might further refine the detail of images; that action, however, has nothing to do with establishing process.\nFigure 9. Beth Olem walls, model.\nFigure 10. Beth Olem Cemetery entrance. Photo courtesy of Chene Street History Study archives.\nIn the situation above, a flipped tile was appended to one side of a base tile. Naturally, the flipped tile might also be applied to each of the other three sides to create other tiling patterns. The one selected to be exhibited is one that works well for modeling the Beth Olem walls. Thus, the first step in wall completion is solved. But, to learn more from this 'anchor' case, consider other possibilities.\nThe Klein 4 Group: Pattern Alignment Issues\nThe case above employed a vertical flip of a rectangular (non-square) base tile to create a new larger tile by appending the flipped tile to one side of the base tile; it was an exercise in 'spatial mathematics' (Arlinghaus and Kerski). What other transformations of the base tile might be employed to create other larger tiles that improve tiling alignment issues on a wall? Clearly, one might flip the base tile about a horizontal axis. Further, one might rotate the base tile through 180 degrees and still maintain tile orientation. Figure 11a-d illustrates these possibilities.\nFigure 11a. Base tile\nFigure 11b. Vertical flip\nFigure 11c. Horizontal flip\nFigure 11d. 180 degree flip\nBecause the base tile is non-square, rotation through 90 degrees will not maintain tile orientation; the 'landscape' tile will rotate to a 'portrait' tile under such a transformation. Are there, however, other rigid motions (see Wikipedia reference) of a non-square rectangle that will yield new pattern? Intuitively, the answer appears to be 'no'. It is possible to prove that answer using a structure from a branch of mathematics called group theory.\nTo introduce appropriate notation, replace the visual pattern in the non-square rectangles with numerical pattern, labelling the vertices of the rectangles as 1, 2, 3, 4. Thus the sequence in Figure 13a-d is replaced by the sequence in Figure 12a-d.\nTo illustrate how to use the numbers, represent the base tile as the identity permutation on these four numbers: (1)(2)(3)(4). Represent the vertical flip as: (12)(34), read perhaps as '1 goes to 2' then once the end of a parenthetical notational phrase is reached, the last element 'goes' to the first one, so here '2 goes to 1'. Similarly, represent the horizontal flip as: (14)(23). Finally, represent the 180 rotational flip as (13)(24). Does this set of permutations form a closed system? If so, then there are no other possible rigid motions to use to generate larger tiles from the base tile.\nA 'group' is a mathematical structure that may exist on a set of elements with one operation. When elements are combined using that operation, the system is said to be a group if it is closed (no new elements are generated), if it is associative (grouping using parentheses is clear: a(bc)=(ab)c), if there is an identity property: a*I = a, and if there is a unique inverse for each element: a*a(-1) = I. In the case of the permutations representing rigid motions of a non-square rectangle I = (1)(2)(3)(4). The operation, *, involves combining permutations as below.\n(12)(34)*(13)(24) is executed as starting on the left (for example) with 1--in the first permutation, 1 goes to 2; in the second permutation, 2 goes to 4. Thus, in the resulting product, 1 goes to 4 or (14. Now, where does 4 go? Start in the first permutation--4 goes to 3 and in the second permutation, 3 goes to 1. Thus, in the resulting product, 4 goes to 1 so it is now correct to close the parentheses (14). Now go back to the first permutation to see where 2 goes. In the first permutation, 2 goes to 1; in the second permutation, 1 goes to 3. So, in the result, 2 goes to 3: (23 . Then go back to the first permutation where 3 goes to 4 and then in the second permutation 4 goes to 2. Thus, 3 goes to 2 and it is correct to close the parentheses: (23).\nThus, (12)(34)*(13)(24) = (14)(23). With a bit of practice, one can perform this operation quickly. Look at a table composed of all possible permutation 'multiplications' (Figure 13). The column on the left is the set of 'first' permutations; the row across the top is the set of 'second' permutations\n(1)(2)(3)(4) (12)(34) (14)(23) (13)(24)\n(12)(34) (1)(2)(3)(4) (13)(24) (14)(23)\n(14)(23) (13)(24) (1)(2)(3)(4) (12)(34)\n(13)(24) (14)(23) (12)(34) (1)(2)(3)(4)\nFigure 13. Group table, Klein 4 Group.\nVerify that no new elements were created: all are displayed in the table. Verify that the associative law holds: for example, (12)(34)*[(13)(24)*(14)(23)] is the same as [(12)(34)*(13)(24)]*(14)(23). Show for each grouping; begin by working from within sets of parenthetically enclosed permutations. It is straightforward from the table that (1)(2)(3)(4) is an identity element; it is also straightforward from the table that there is no other identity element. Finally, read the table to see that each element is its own inverse: (12)(34)*(12)(34) = (1)(2)(3)(4), for example. Thus, this set of four permutations, representing rigid motions of a non-square rectangle, forms a group. It was discovered by Felix Klein and is referred to as the Klein 4-Group (Vierergruppe) and is often denoted V.\nThus, because the group structure is verified, there are no other patterns of the sort above, based on a non-square rectangle, that can be used to generate wall tiling. Of course, one can improve pattern alignment by using a larger tile, such as the one in Figure 8a, and flipping that to create an even larger base tile. Figures 14a-c suggest one such strategy: apply a vertical flip to the base tile, append that to the base tile (Figure 14a) then apply a horizontal flip to the tile in 14a to create a larger tile in Figure 14b. This new tile, as shown in Figure 14c, will combine both the good side-to-side alignment and top-to-bottom alignment of the vertical and horizontal flips. The tile is new, the alignment pattern of wall tiling is new and improved; however, there is no new motion involved, as the Klein 4 Group shows.\nFigure 14a. Vertical flip of base tile appended to base tile\nFigure 14b. Horizontal flip of 14a appended to 14a\nFigure 14c. Argyle style of pattern\nHere, only a simple non-square rectangular tile was considered. One might carve out pieces of a rectangular tile and glue them on top or bottom or sides and create oddly-shaped Escher-like fish that fit together perfectly in two different directions and at different scales. The process is similar and employs the same general style of reasoning. One may use the chain of reasoning for non-Euclidean as well as Euclidean objects (see comments in the Escher Wikipedia reference involving the Escher 'Circle Limit series). The subjects of group theory and of tiling are deep ones--group theory lies at the theoretical root not only of simple tiling such as that shown here but also at that root of any tiling (see for example, Wikipedia, 'Wallpaper group'). References for further reading are suggested at the end of this document.\nArchive, Chene Street History Study, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.\nArlinghaus, Sandra L. and Kerski, Joseph. 2013. Spatial Mathematics: Theory and Practice through Mapping. Boca Raton: CRC Press.\nArlinghaus, S., Haug, R., and Larimore, A. Nov. 2011. GEOMAT Guide: Directions for Building a GEOMAT Web Architecture for any Investigation or Case Study. http//:www.geomats.org/\nKrzyzowski, Marian. Director, Chene Street History Study; Director, Institute for Research on Labor, Employment, and the Economy, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.\nTeam (2013), Chene Street History Study. Marian Krzyzowski (Director), Karen Majewska (Ph.D. History and current Mayor, Hamtramck Michigan), Sandra Arlinghaus, Ann Larimore, Hannah Litow, Shera Avi-Yonah.\nDetroit/Hamtramck Assembly: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit/Hamtramck_Assembly\nTesselation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessellation\nM. C. Escher: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._C._Escher\nRigid Motions, Euclidean Group: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclidean_group\nMicroSoft Office, PowerPoint, Word.\nBirkhoff, G. and Mac Lane, S. 1961. A Survey of Modern Algebra. New York: MacMillan.\nCoxeter, H. S. M., 1961, Introduction to Geometry. New York: MacMillan.\nCoxeter, H. S. M., Emmer, M., Penrose, R., and Teuber, M. L. eds. 1986. M. C. Escher: Art and Science. Amsterdam: North-Holland.\nGr\u00fcnbaum, Branko and Shephard, G. C. 1987. Tilings and Patterns. New York: Freeman.\nHerstein, I. N. 1975. Topics in Algebra, New York: Wiley.\nLoeb, Arthur. 1976. Space Structures: Their Harmony and Counterpoint. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.\nSchattschneider, Doris (June/July 2010). \"The Mathematical Side of M. C. Escher\" (PDF). Notices of the American Mathematical Society (USA) 57 (6): 706\u201318.\nWeyl, Hermann. 1952. Symmetry. Princeton: Princeton University Press.\nGroup: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_%28mathematics%29\nGroup Theory, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_theory\nKlein Four-group, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klein_four-group\nSolstice: An Electronic Journal of Geography and Mathematics,\nInstitute of Mathematical Geography (IMaGe).\nAll rights reserved worldwide, by IMaGe and by the authors.\nPlease contact an appropriate party concerning citation of this article: sarhaus@umich.edu\nhttp://www.imagenet.org\nSolstice was a Pirelli INTERNETional Award Semi-Finalist, 2001 (top 80 out of over 1000 entries worldwide)\nOne article in Solstice was a Pirelli INTERNETional Award Semi-Finalist, 2003 (Spatial Synthesis Sampler).\nSolstice is listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals maintained by the University of Lund where it is maintained as a \"searchable\" journal.\nSolstice is listed on the journals section of the website of the American Mathematical Society, http://www.ams.org/\nSolstice is listed in Geoscience e-Journals\nIMaGe is listed on the website of the Numerical Cartography Lab of The Ohio State University: http://ncl.sbs.ohio-state.edu/4_homes.html\nCongratulations to all Solstice contributors.\nRemembering those who are gone now but who contributed in various ways to Solstice or to IMaGe projects, directly or indirectly, during the first 28 years of IMaGe:\nAllen K. Philbrick Alma S. Lach Donald F. Lach | Frank Harary | William D. Drake | H. S. M. Coxeter | Saunders Mac Lane | Chauncy D. Harris | Norton S. Ginsburg | Sylvia L. Thrupp | Arthur L. Loeb | George Kish |\n1964 Boulder Drive,", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 133, "original_length": 19638, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 312.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.nancyscounselingcorner.com/what-we-can-learn-about-love-from-french-women/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:22:05Z", "digest": "sha1:AYQUICXYS7M3GWWF23IBRJKMB4LDTCYK", "length": 3710, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.nancyscounselingcorner.com", "title": "What We Can Learn About Love From French Women - Nancy's Counseling Corner", "raw_content": "What We Can Learn About Love From French Women\nThere is a difference between French and American women when it comes to dating and relationships. Compared to American women, French women revel in the enjoyment and acceptance of what is rather than focusing on what is not or striving for perfection. French women celebrate their individuality and femininity without worrying about others\\\u2019 opinions. They do what makes them feel good whether it follows social conventions or not. They also accept the men in their lives for who they are and don\\\u2019t want to change them.\nDebra Ollivier compares and contrasts the differences between American and French women in her book,\u00c2 What French Women Know: the About Love, Sex, and Other Matters of the Heart and Mind. Many of these differences stem from one fundamental distinction that in France there are no \u00e2\u20ac\u0153rules\u00e2\u20ac\u009d about love and sex or how to dress, look or act. In America, women must follow a complicated rule book which dictates the right and wrong way to manage everything about a relationship with a man from the first meeting to dating, marriage and divorce through repeating the process. French women have a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153take it or leave it\u00e2\u20ac\u009d attitude. They believe, and act as if, life is short and time\\\u2019s a-wastin\\\u2019. This gives them a sense of immediacy that translates into a live-for-today outlook that American women could benefit from.\nFrench women celebrate instead of shy away from individuality. They make their own rules, don\\\u2019t mind imperfections and embrace their femininity. Although the generalizations abound, there is at least a grain of truth in every one.\nOllivier explores many cultural differences and some of these may be beneficial for American women to adopt. According to the author, the culture in France affords French women a strong sense of self and a mysterious confidence that is so appealing to American women because it is so different from what we are used to. Similarly, French women are comfortable with uncertainty as opposed to American women, who have been raised with, and thus prefer, structure and rules.\nAnother difference is that French people are more discreet. Their culture is less communicative, especially on a personal level. Personal information is kept private. What comes off as charming and alluring in a French woman may be interpreted as arrogant and bitchy in an American woman.\u00c2 Unless you are dealing with a French man, you may be completely misread.\nUnlike in America, it\\\u2019s OK in France to be unhappy. In the U.S., there is so much pressure to be happy that it can make us miserable. American women equate happiness with perfection. When we\\\u2019re not trying to change ourselves, we\\\u2019re working on changing our mates. French women know relationships are not checking accounts. Love and sex cannot be forced into perfect 50/50 shares. These women also know that cohabiting requires cooperation, consideration and compatibility.\nThe French live by the aphorism, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153carpe diem.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d They are truly living their lives with a sharp consciousness of the pleasures and problems life can entail and the knowledge of how short life can be. Indeed, this may be the most important message we take away from this book. The French philosophy, in contrast to the American woman\\\u2019s eternal quest for perfection, is more a savor the moment, devil-may-care way of life.\nIf there is one thing that we, as American women, can take away from this book it is that we should try to learn to accept and like ourselves for who we are and not care about what others think of us. Rather than compete with men, we\\\u2019d be better served to develop a true affection for them. 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Dolan\nDirector, Emergency Preparedness and Response\nOffice of Policy Development, U.S. Department of Homeland Security\nDHS 9/13/07 Press Release, \"DHS Releases National Preparedness Guidelines\"\n9/07 Target Capabilities\n2 (33.3%) Business 1 (16.6%)\n\"It was interesting to see that the TCL is evolving with TWG input. Unfortunately the current focus still appears to be terrorism and 'prevention', while natural hazards are more frequent and damaging, and benefit from mitigation efforts.\"\nFrannie Edwards\n\"Time will tell how new framework evolves how boots on the ground are deployed. Much hard work to be done up & down the chain to identify specific assignments that will better achieve the measurable outcomes defined by TCLs. Thanks for providing us with this useful dialogue.\"\nUSCGAUX & CERT\n\"Metrics to adjust multicast radii according to thresholds. The FCC's similar efforts would (is ?) benefitting from this outstanding work.\"\n\"Encourage the presenter to answer questions with complete sentences before hitting ENTER and avoid using ellipsis which drags out a thought across several entries? It really makes the presentation seem slow. With a little faster pace more questions and interaction could be possible.\"\nRic Skinner\n\"Good overview and explanation of the process.\"\nRobert Sullivan joined FEMA in 1997 as a Hazard Mitigation Specialist at FEMA Region I, Boston, MA. During his time with the Region, he served as the Hazard Mitigation Officer on disasters in Maine, New Hampshire, and Texas, and as the State Liaison Officer in Augusta, Maine, during Y2K operations.\nMr. Sullivan joined the FEMA Headquarters Mitigation Directorate in 2000 as a Program Specialist working primarily in the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP). In addition to his HMGP responsibilities, he managed the Mitigation Disaster Cadre, and provided training in Mitigation Disaster Field Operations and at FEMA's Disaster Field Operations Management course.\nMr. Sullivan joined the Plans Division of Office of National Security Coordination (ONSC) in 2002. He served as the Federal Coordination Branch Chief from November 2004 to February 2007, where he was responsible for interagency and Regional coordination of Continuity of Operation program activities.\nIn March 2007, Mr. Sullivan became part of the National Preparedness Directorate. His first assignment was with the Incident Management Systems Division supporting the National Incident Management System compliance. His current position is with Preparedness Policy, Planning and Analysis, supporting the development of Preparedness life-cycle policies including Target Capabilities.\nBefore joining FEMA, Mr. Sullivan worked as the Deputy Director of the Northeast States Emergency Consortium, Wakefield, Massachusetts, a non-profit disaster education and mitigation organization. He started in emergency management with the Planning and Research Section of Maine Emergency Management Agency.\nMr. Sullivan has a B.A. in Political Science from Holy Cross College, Worcester, MA, and a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.\nEdward M. Dolan is the Director for Emergency Preparedness and Response in the Office of Policy Development of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Prior to his current appointment, he served for more than a year as a senior advisor for preparedness in the Policy Office. He began his service at the Department in the Preparedness Directorate, working on the team that developed the national preparedness goal. Before joining the Department of Homeland Security, Mr. Dolan worked in senior positions in both the public and private sectors.\nMr. Dolan earned his Master's in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He began his professional career working in the Office of New York City Mayor Ed Koch, concentrating on public safety policy. He later served as an Assistant to the Westchester County Executive before being appointed, in 1994, as Deputy Fire Commissioner for Administration for the Fire Department of the City of New York, the largest and busiest fire department in the U.S. During his four years at the FDNY he designed and implemented the Fire Department's first responder program, which trained firefighters to respond to critical medical emergencies, and designed the merger of the City's 3,000-member Emergency Medical Service into the Fire Department.\nMr. Dolan left the Fire Department in 1998 and joined the Lockheed Martin Corporation's state and local government services division, where he rose to vice president, managing a public safety business line. Mr. Dolan has also been an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) for thirty years. 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Dragani\nNEMA President\nExecutive Director, Ohio Emergency Management Agency\nNEMA 35th Anniversary\n\"Great overview and look at NEMA's strategic objectives.\"\nChris Saeger\n\"Many thanks to Director Dragani and the EMForum for providing this informative session.\"\n\"I enjoyed Nancy's presentation very much.\"\nRick Hauschildt\nDHS/FEMA/DM Program\n\"It was a good overview of NEMA and its mission.\"\n\"Thank you for describing the history behind Emergency Response. Being a relatively recent member of the EM community, citation of the cold war roots of emergency response was very useful in your subsequent discussion of NEMA's views and roles.\"\n\"As a student enrolled in Capella University's BS Public Safety/ Emergency Management program and a student member of IAEM, I appreciated the seminar and found it very insightful.\nMy primary job is in healthcare and I specialize in developing procedural methodologies to accomplish specific outcomes. 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She is one of two state emergency management directors on the Federal Emergency Management Agency\u0092s National Advisory Council.\nPrior to becoming executive director, Ms. Dragani served as the Director of Operations at Ohio EMA where she was responsible for emergency preparedness training, exercises, planning, homeland security and preparedness grants and response operations in the State Emergency Operations Center during disasters.\nDuring her career, Ms. Dragani has held a variety of positions with local, state and the federal government including the director of administration and public information chief for the Ohio EMA, editor of the Ohio National Guard's quarterly magazine, and radio and television broadcaster with the United States Army. Ms. Dragani retired from the Ohio National Guard with 22 years of combined U.S. Army, Army National Guard and Air National Guard service.\nThe National Emergency Management Association (NEMA) is a non-partisan, non-profit 501(c)(3) association dedicated to enhancing public safety by improving the nations ability to prepare for, respond to and recover from all emergencies, disasters, and threats to our nations security.\nThe National Emergency Management Association began in 1974 when state directors of emergency services first united in order to exchange information on common emergency management issues that threatened their constituencies. Since that time, NEMA has grown and captured the attention of the President, Congress, Governors, federal agencies, major corporations, the military and other government representative organizations.\nThe state directors of emergency management are the core membership of NEMA. 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By accessing the iDoc website, you indicate you understand these terms.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 90, "original_length": 3090, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 321.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.nbiblioholic.com/2018/04/review-of-maiden-by-celia-aaron.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:23Z", "digest": "sha1:VXDXS66BMQW2SDUCOLBYZFXJTOIONGYW", "length": 3664, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.nbiblioholic.com", "title": "Review of THE MAIDEN by Celia Aaron | The Biblioholic ~ Read more. Sleep less.", "raw_content": "Review of THE MAIDEN by Celia Aaron\nI joined the Cloister to find the truth. But I've discovered so much more, and the darkness here is seducing me, pulling me down until all I can think of is him. Adam Monroe, the Prophet's son, a dark prince to an empire that grows by the day. He is tasked with keeping me safe from the wolves of the outside world. But the longer I stay at the Cloister, the more I realize the wolves are already inside and under the Prophet's control. If Adam discovers the real reason I'm here, he'll bay for my blood with the rest of them. Until then, I will be Delilah, an obedient servant of the Prophet during the day and Adam's Maiden at night.\nOne-click today for ONLY 99c! https://amzn.to/2H43yMQ\nThe Maiden was a brilliant introduction to the dark and twisted tale of The Cloister. It was at once scary, thrilling and exciting. I loved it!! The Prophet is just a man, hungry for power; the Spinners are his faithful female worshippers, happily doing his bidding when it comes to the Maidens, and willing to do harm to spread his word; the Protectors were far from being protective, as they were men given the charge of furthering the Prophet\u2019s agenda with the Maidens, and they didn\u2019t do this with tenderness or care; and then there were the Maidens, women believed to be pure and true, as they were groomed in the ways of Heavenly Ministries. Some of the Maidens seemed to believe because they were looking for something to believe in, while others were fooled and woke up to the truth and were desperate to escape.\n\u2018Delilah\u2019 has voluntarily entered the Cloister in order to find answers regarding the death of her sister. From the beginning, it\u2019s more than obvious that she wasn\u2019t truly prepared for what she would find or experience in this cult. But then again, what could you do to get yourself ready for this ish? Isolated, abused, force-fed drugs and the Prophet\u2019s teachings, trained to be an obedient wife, and the loss of freedom are all ways to break the Maidens. Delilah isn\u2019t immune to the strategies utilized by the \u2018Spinners\u2019 and such. Her one beacon of hope in what looks like a desolate future is Adam, the Prophet\u2019s son. She was tenacious, careful, suspicious, and on a mission. I admired her but shook my head at her every time she realized that she was in over her head. What did she think would happen? While she can\u2019t help but want to leave, she\u2019s conflicted because leaving would mean not finding the answers she was there for. I couldn\u2019t help but admire her conviction and determination.\nAlthough he was the son of the man who controlled the Cloister, it was pretty clear almost from the start that Adam was a victim as well. I still don\u2019t know the full story, but I can\u2019t wait to learn more. He was stuck between a rock and a hard place - hating the way he was forced to live, under his father\u2019s thumb, while falling for his latest Maiden, Delilah. I loved his perspective, not only for the insight it gave me into his character, but for how it gave me glimpses to the inner workings of the Cloister. Through his eyes, I got to see who the Prophet really was and I\u2019m hoping the deeper this story gets, the more truths that will be revealed through Adam\u2019s eyes.\nThese characters have intrigued me from the start and I can\u2019t help but root for them to find a way to find happiness together. However, I know the road won\u2019t be easy and that happiness isn\u2019t always guaranteed. This story has definitely captured my attention and kept me entertained. I need book two, The Prophet, NOW!!\nRelease: 04.03.2018 | Dark Romance | Dual POV - 1st person | Heat: 4 | The Cloister Trilogy #1\nLabels: Cults, Dark Romance, REVIEW", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 97, "original_length": 5107, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 258.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/faqs/view/16", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:32Z", "digest": "sha1:3BAPNTO2IO4PP4HJPLC2AVFFEEHLHUNG", "length": 534, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.ncela.gwu.edu", "title": "Q: How do I find ... | NCELA", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Q: How do I find ...\nQ: How do I find ...\nIf you are looking for NCELA\u2019s Resource Library, which has a wealth of documents concerning the education of ELLs, click here.\nIf you are looking for our Title III State Information System, which is packed with state-by-state information on demographics, standards, assessments and more, click here.\nIf you are looking for information on federal grants and funding, click here.\nIf you need further assistance, please email askncela@gwu.edu or call us at 202 467 0867 or 1 800 321 6223.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 55, "original_length": 2873, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 291.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ncregister.com/blog/pjsmith/anthony-esolen-in-his-own-words-why-i-left-providence-college-for-thomas-mo", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:17:39Z", "digest": "sha1:R2YQB3IAIJPVPDWOW24I4IXBK7OEOS74", "length": 7584, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.ncregister.com", "title": "Anthony Esolen in His Own Words: \u2018Why I Left Providence College for Thomas More\u2019", "raw_content": "Anthony Esolen in His Own Words: \u2018Why I Left Providence College for Thomas More\u2019\nThe acclaimed Catholic translator of Dante\u2019s Divine Comedy shares with the National Catholic Register his reasons for leaving a tenured professorship to join the Thomas More College of the Liberal Arts.\nPROVIDENCE \u2014 Professor Anthony Esolen has thought deeply about the connections between excellence in literature and the cultural renewal of America. For a long time, he has fought a battle on the campus of Providence College, where he holds a tenure as an English professor, for a Catholic worldview that values cultural diversity anchored in truth and virtue, against a politically-inspired moral diversity that he believes homogenizes culture by celebrating mediocrity to the exclusion of Christian civilization\u2019s wide patrimony of letters and learning.\nIn this interview with the National Catholic Register, Esolen explains in his own words why he decided to leave Providence College behind. The esteemed translator of The Divine Comedy, and recent author of Out of the Ashes: Restoring American Culture, will soon commence a new chapter at the Thomas More College of the Liberal Arts in Merrimack, New Hampshire, where he will have a hand in establishing its new Center for the Restoration of Catholic Culture.\nWhy are you leaving a tenured position as a literature professor at Providence College for a faculty position at the Thomas More College of Liberal Arts?\nFirst, because Thomas More College is a sound and sweet and wise place that deserves the prayers, the attention, and the support, financial and otherwise, of every Catholic who wishes to see culture \u2014 the real thing, not its mass-produced counterfeit \u2014 restored in America; culture in general, and a vibrant Catholic life in particular. I came home recently from a day at Thomas More College, full of good cheer and energy, and for somebody who isn\u2019t getting younger, those can take you a long way. They can add many years to your life as a teacher, whereas discouragement and disappointment lead to exhaustion.\nSecond, it is a great opportunity, because of the center for cultural renewal that the college has begun; it is as if they had read my mind, or I had read their minds, when I wrote my book, Out of the Ashes: Restoring American Culture. That\u2019s not just for me but for my family too. A large and necessarily bureaucratic institution, run by lawyers, is no easy place for your spouse and your children to enter into a real community and to offer their gifts for the college and the common good. A small but telling example: my son is a student of the pipe organ, and we\u2019d asked if he could come to Providence with me sometimes to practice at the big organ in the chapel, when it is not being used. Permission denied. My daughter would very much like to introduce young people to classic films, especially those that are Christian in spirit; the works of John Ford and Frank Capra, for example. Doing so at a large institution run by lawyers would be like tunneling through Mount Everest. We are eager to begin that educational enterprise at Thomas More College, in the new center.\nThird, I find that being around people filled with the faith strengthens me in my own faith, and there is the considerable advantage of having daily Mass being offered at a time when no classes are scheduled, followed by lunch, when you have a chance of sitting with anybody and everybody.\nYou had a long-running battle within Providence College regarding its direction as a Catholic institution. What was the decisive turning point that led you to set that battle aside, and pursue this new course?\nI could live with a somewhat Catholic school that was really committed to the humanities, such as we were for many years. I could live with an unreservedly Catholic school where the humanities needed shoring up. But to live at a used-to-be-Catholic school no longer committed to the humanities, where all the big decisions are basically secular in their inspiration and their aim, on a campus that is highly politicized and therefore treacherous \u2014 no, that\u2019s not for someone of my years. I wrote, 10 years ago, that we had never really lost our identity, and what we had lost we were well on the way to recover. I could not write those words now. That is not to say that Providence College is lost. There are still many excellent people there, Catholics and others who are friendly to the faith even when they do not share it, and friendly to the humanities. But saving the school is no longer my battle.\nThe turning point came when the president refused to meet with a small group of Catholic professors, and persuaded the Dominican provincial not to meet with us either.\nAnd what can you do against slander and detraction? Stand on a stump and shout your innocence to all passersby?\nIn your new book Out of the Ashes, you state that new colleges and universities have an opportunity to rebuild American culture. How exactly do you see Thomas More College playing a role in building a new American society?\nAt Thomas More College, students are meant to be surrounded by beauty and sanity; the whole human being, not disembodied chunks of him, is the focus of the education. Therefore, they rejoice when young men and young women do what they used to do, what in all healthy cultures they have done: to fall in love and to marry. There will be none of the rat poison of the Sexual Revolution \u2014 the Lonely Revolution \u2014 there.\nGabriel Marcel [the French Christian philosopher and playwright] said long ago that it was the duty of the sane man, the Christian man, to set himself apart from the mass society and against it, because the mass society bids fair to devour humanity itself. Thomas More College lives out Marcel\u2019s wisdom. Every family you raise against that mass society is a castle of sanity and health in an age of confusion and disease. And from out of those sane graduates, there may arise some who will actually be what the mass-educators claim to produce: leaders in thought, art, public affairs, and the Church.\nWhat do you hope to bring as a professor to Thomas More College\u2019s academics and common life? When do you start and what classes will you be teaching?\nI\u2019ll be starting in the fall, with the regular course of study they have for all students. I imagine I\u2019ll be assisting in introducing freshmen to the ancient world, and how to write like human beings and not machines. Most of all I\u2019ll be learning again from my colleagues! What I bring [is] what I\u2019ve brought here at Providence: a love for art and poetry and the best of human wisdom, and the trust that such things can bring us into the precincts of the divine; not into the sanctuary itself, but into the neighborhood. And that is no small thing that they can do.\nThank you so much, Professor Esolen. While you make this transition to Thomas More College, are there any upcoming projects that you could tell us about?\nYes. The poet and professor Dana Gioia, former head of the NEA [National Endowment for the Arts], has written that Christians need to reclaim their rightful heritage in the arts. So I\u2019ve turned my hand again to poetry \u2014 what, other than translation, I\u2019d mostly set aside for twenty five years. It\u2019s a very large project, extremely intricate, and nearly done. So far, I\u2019ve considered the title to be Centuries of Grace. I may change my mind about that. I won\u2019t say anything more specific about it yet, except that there will be no free verse! And there will be forms of verse, many and various, that have pretty much lain unregarded for too long.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 53, "original_length": 10006, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 261.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/justice-scalias-advice-on-the-ways-of-christ-and-the-ways-of-the-world", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:11Z", "digest": "sha1:TNCWBQZTRERZKOJXR75N7GUA6W2G36Q3", "length": 3751, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.ncregister.com", "title": "Justice Scalia\u2019s Advice on \u2018the Ways of Christ and the Ways of the World\u2019", "raw_content": "(Main photo, public domain)\nJustice Scalia\u2019s Advice on \u2018the Ways of Christ and the Ways of the World\u2019\nBOOK PICK: Scalia Speaks\nEdited by Christopher J. Scalia and Edward Whalen\nCrown Forum, 2017\nThe U.S. Supreme Court sits in a building on Capitol Hill designed like a Roman temple. A certain approach to civics treats decisions emanating from that American Parthenon like decrees handed down from Olympus, to which Americans bearing true faith to the Constitution must pledge absolute fidelity.\nSet against such judicial apotheosis, I found this book quite appealing: The late Antonin Scalia pulls back the curtain to reveal the very human side of one of the \u201cWizards of First Street.\u201d The man we meet in these pages is profound yet very human, erudite but with the common touch, stylistic but not stuffy. Nino Scalia was somebody I\u2019d like to have had for a neighbor and the stuff of judicial temper.\nThis book is a wide-ranging collection of 48 of Scalia\u2019s speeches, delivered over the three decades he sat on the court. Their scope spans being American to being a believer, education and the law, virtue and character, and tributes to heroes and friends. The typical speech runs six to eight pages and, given Scalia\u2019s felicity of style, a pleasure to read.\nSon Christopher and former law clerk Ed Whalen, the book\u2019s editors, achieved something rare in this sort of anthology: choosing and blending texts so well that the reader can pick up the book and put it down after a single speech (but he\u2019ll want to go back), while the whole collection forms a cohesive whole rather than just a bunch of talks stuck together.\nThe very human Scalia shows us the Italian kid going to an Irish Jesuit high school in New York; the father who gives good counsel to his kids; the Catholic who takes his faith seriously, knowing \u201cthings do not work out the way you want, but the way God wants.\u201d\nScalia\u2019s speeches devote attention to the competing claims of God and Caesar. He recognizes the former\u2019s primacy and, therefore, why there should be something distinctive about the believer:\n\u201cIt is enormously important for Christians to learn early and remember that lesson of \u2018differentness\u2019; to recognize that what is perfectly lawful, and perfectly permissible, for everyone else is not necessarily lawful and permissible for us. The ways of Christ and the ways of the world \u2014 even the world of Main Street America \u2014 are not the same, and we should not expect them to be. Christ makes some special demands upon us that occasionally require us to be out of step. It is only if one has that sense of differentness \u2014 not animosity towards others in any sense, but differentness \u2014 that one has a chance of being strong enough to obey the teachings of Christ on many matters much more significant than Friday abstinence and Communion-fast rules \u2014 for example, rules of sexual morality.\u201d\nAt the same time, Scalia also insists a civil judge\u2019s remit is limited. Taking issue with Aquinas, Scalia insists that a civil judge in a constitutionally limited state should stick to the text of the constitutional document and not his reading of equity or even natural law.\nAmerica\u2019s abortion license should be limited not because of how Scalia reads the natural law, for example, but simply because there is nothing in the Constitution (apart from what Justice Byron White once called \u201craw judicial power\u201d) that affords Roe v. Wade a foundation.\nThe reviewer might not necessarily agree with Scalia\u2019s take on natural law, even though he understands the basis for (and shares) the late justice\u2019s insistence on the original meaning of the Constitution and on hewing to legal text. Any reader who wants to encounter a first-class mind \u2014 and a first-class writer \u2014 should get this book.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 51, "original_length": 5582, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 320.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.necowboychurch.com/Our_Brand/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:45Z", "digest": "sha1:WPXYNPWEVPMUJPEXY6UKER7L35DBONF6", "length": 1928, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.necowboychurch.com", "title": "Our Brand", "raw_content": "God is the creator of the universe. He has eternally existed in three persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. These three are co-equal and are one God.\nGenesis 1:1,26,27,3:22; Psalm 90:2; Matthew 28:19 ;\nMan is made in the spiritual image of God to be like Him in character. He is the supreme object of God's creation. Although man has tremendous potential for good, he is marred by an attitude of disobedience toward God called \"sin.\" This attitude separates man from God.\nGenesis 1:27; Psalm 8:3-6; Isaiah 53:6a; Romans 3:23;\nJohn 3:16; I John 2:25,5:11-13; Romans 6:23\nMatthew 1:22-23; Isaiah 9:6; John 1:1-5, 14:10-30\nHebrews 4:14-15; I Corinthians 15:3\nSalvation is a gift from God to men. Man can never make up for his sin by self-improvement or good works. Only by turning from a life of sin and trusting in Jesus Christ as God's offer of forgiveness can man be saved from sin's penalty. Eternal life begins the moment one receives Jesus Christ into his life by faith.\nRomans 6:23; Ephesians 2:8-9; John 14:6, 1:12; Titus 3:5; Galatians 3:26; Romans 5:1\nThe Holy Spirit is equal with the Father and the Son as God. He is present in the world to make men aware of their need for Jesus Christ. At salvation, the Holy Spirit lives in every Christian. He guides Christians into all spiritual truth and produces the fruit of the Spirit in the Christian's life. The empowering of the Holy Spirit, which is the promise of the Father, is available for every Christian.\nII Corinthians 3:17; John 16:7-13; Acts 1:8, 2:4;\nEphesians 5:18; Galatians 5:25\nBecause of the sacrifice that Jesus made on the cross, humanity can experience the healing power of God.\nIsaiah 53:5; I Peter 2:24-25\nThe Bible is God's Word to all men. Because the Bible is inspired by God, it is truth without any mixture of error. It is the supreme source of truth for Christian beliefs and living.\nII Timothy 3:16; II Peter 1:20-21; II Timothy 1:13;", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 3175, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 158.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.nevadadailymail.com/search/browse/stories/2008-04-01", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:50Z", "digest": "sha1:XAAX7FE6JBQDPFF2ZJFYXLVZEH25KKKY", "length": 5425, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "www.nevadadailymail.com", "title": "Stories from Tuesday, April 1, 2008 | Nevada Daily Mail", "raw_content": "Stories from Tuesday, April 1, 2008\nLloyd Alfred Diehl (Obituary ~ 04/01/08)\nLloyd Alfred Diehl, grandson of German and Swiss immigrants died Saturday, March 29, 2008, at Moore-Few Care Center, Nevada. He was born to John Henry and Rose Caroline Fuchs Diehl on April 30, 1920, in Pleasant Gap, Mo. The youngest of four children, he led a typical farm boy's life as he grew up. He attended Bever School and Rich Hill High School...\nNorman Virgil Berry (Obituary ~ 04/01/08)\nNorman Virgil Berry, 94, of Hamilton, Mo., passed away Saturday, March 29, 2008, at the Hillcrest Nursing Home, in Hamilton, following a brief illness. He was born Sept. 5, 1913, in Cole Camp, Mo., to James Washington Berry and Martha Merchant Berry. He was married April 22, 1938, in Nevada, to Mildred Elizabeth Hinds and she survives of the home...\nEllen Maxine Race (Obituary ~ 04/01/08)\nEllen Maxine Race, age 77 of Nevada, passed away at her home on Saturday, March 29, 2008, following a lengthy illness. She was born Feb. 25, 1931, in Indianapolis, Ind., to Arlie Raney and Margaret M. Killion Raney. On Jan. 28, 1974, she was married in Kansas City, Mo., to Wayne L. Race and he survives of the home...\nDumping domestic animals off on others is cruel and irresponsible (Letter to the Editor ~ 04/01/08)\nDear Editor: Today we laid to rest a small blond dog that we have known for the past 13 years as Sugie Bear. Sugie was a mixed breed and we were never sure of her linage or exactly how old she was because this information wasn't provided when she was dumped near our house in 1995. ...\nConcerned with county jail projects (Letter to the Editor ~ 04/01/08)\nDear Editor: Ms. Claflin stated she was reporting what citizens of Vernon County, whom she had spoken to, thought of the city of Nevada for charging $24,782 for building permits for the new Vernon County jail. So I took it on myself to talk to citizens of Vernon County about their concerns. ...\nTake Me Out to the Opera House (Column ~ 04/01/08)\nBaseball club owners have discovered that the way to a fan's heart -- and more important, to his wallet -- is through his ever-growing stomach. The latest gimmick to get people to the ballpark: all-you-can-eat seats, where you can pile on all the hot dogs, pretzels, nachos and soda you can guzzle...\nNevada girl's softball and golf teams receive (High School Sports ~ 04/01/08)\nTwo of Nevada High School's athletic teams have been awarded the Missouri State High School Activities Association scholastic achievement award. This award is give to teams that the members have achieved a combined grade point average of 3.25 or above in their classroom work while actively participating in interscholastic activities. The Nevada High School softball team achieved a combined GPA of 3.39 and the girl's golf team achieved a combined GPA of 3.34...\nNevada sixth-grade boys basketball team goes undefeated in league play (Community Sports ~ 04/01/08)\nFDIC: insuring bank deposits is complex (Local News ~ 04/01/08)\nNevada Daily Mail Just how much money does the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insure in a bank account? FDIC media contact David Barr said the rules governing FDIC insurance can be hard to understand. \"A couple can have up to $1.1 million in a bank and have it all covered by FDIC insurance,\" Barr said. \"It all depends on how the accounts are structured...\nMissouri Highway Patrol to participate in Operation Orange (Local News ~ 04/01/08)\nNevada Daily Mail Colonel James F. Keathley, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, would like to make the public aware of National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week, April 7-11, 2008. During that week, the Patrol's General Headquarters and any troop headquarters with outdoor lighting will use orange, rather than white lights. Operation Orange, as it is being called, is meant to remind motorists of the need to drive safely in highway work zones...\nLocal teen reported missing (Local News ~ 04/01/08)\nArron Don Kelly, 18, 5 foot 8 inches, 147 pounds, red hair and hazel eyes, was reported missing Monday, March 24. Police think he may head to Trenton, Mo. If anyone sees or has contact with him they are asked to contact the Nevada Police Department at (417) 448-2710.\nNevada gets visit from governor hopeful Nixon (Local News ~ 04/01/08)\nNevada Daily Mail Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon was in town Saturday on the campaign trail. Nixon, in his fourth term as attorney general is seeking the Democratic nomination for governor. Stopping at the offices of the Nevada/Vernon County Chamber of Commerce Nixon spoke to a group that filled the office...\nMarch weather arrives late in Southwest Missouri (Local News ~ 04/01/08)\nNevada Daily Mail Radar images depicting tornado watches and severe weather warnings are not uncommon in the month of March, especially in Southwest Missouri. However, this year's storms came quite late in the month -- the last day possible, in fact...\nCity council slated to discuss airport deadlines and ordinance issues (Local News ~ 04/01/08)\nNevada Daily Mail The Nevada City Council will be considering the first reading of an ordinance during Tuesday night's council meeting which would extend the completion deadline for Nevada's new airport terminal building to June 15. It would also authorize the city manager to approve a change order to move the electrical services entrance and the HVAC condensation unit for the building...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 80, "original_length": 6107, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 252.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.nevadadailymail.com/search/browse/stories/2008-12-20", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:29Z", "digest": "sha1:BC6DBIFDU5FAVV5C6V7RXYBLKTJBUEDR", "length": 8404, "nlines": 38, "source_domain": "www.nevadadailymail.com", "title": "Stories from Saturday, December 20, 2008 | Nevada Daily Mail", "raw_content": "Layne Short (Obituary ~ 12/20/08)\nLayne Short, 78, a resident of Kansas City, Mo., passed away Dec. 18, 2008, at his home. He was born in Davenport, Okla., in September of 1930, the son of Ralph L. and Opal E. Short, and moved to Bronson, Kan., at an early age. He graduated from Bronson High School in 1948. ...\nJames David Chase (Births ~ 12/20/08)\nDavid and Amanda Chase, of Nevada, and siblings Madison and Robert, are proud to announce the birth of their son and baby brother, James David Chase. James was born at 2:50 p.m., on Dec. 8, 2008, at Mercy Hospital, in Fort Scott. He weighed 6 pounds, 4 ounces, and measured 18 inches...\nBrooklynn Marie Miner (Births ~ 12/20/08)\nRobert and Shannon Miner, of Fort Scott, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Brooklynn Marie Miner. Brooklynn was born on Nov. 3, 2008, at Mercy Hospital, in Fort Scott. She weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces, and measured 20 3/4 inches. Maternal grandparents are Chuck and Kristy Holmes, of Fort Scott and Deborah Brannon, of Fort Scott...\nTickets from Dec. 6 to Dec. 9 (Police/Fire Report ~ 12/20/08)\nDec. 6 Donald L. Dobbs, El Dorado Springs, failure to stop at a stop sign. William James Dujardin, Nevada, failure to keep right, no valid operator's license, and no proof of insurance. Vanessa M. Masterson, Nevada, interference with an officer, failure to obey a police officer, and no proof of insurance...\nMichelle Ketter - Peter Bugaiski (Engagement ~ 12/20/08)\nRandy and Debbie Ketter, of Nevada, announce the engagement of their daughter, Michelle Ketter, to Peter Bugaiski, of Springfield, Mo., son of Peter and Regina Bugaiski, of Hamburg, Germany. The bride-to-be is a 2001 graduate of Nevada High School. She graduated from Missouri State University, Springfield, Mo., with a Bachelor of General Business in 2005, and a Master of Business Administration, in 2008. She is currently employed by Bank Midwest in Springfield...\nJordan and William Hale (Wedding ~ 12/20/08)\nJordan Blair Johnson and William Nornhausser Hale exchanged wedding vows in the Tarrytown United Methodist Church, Austin, Texas, on April 19, 2008. The 6 p.m. ceremony was officiated by the Revs. Ron Campbell and James Carter, amid floral decorations of green hydrangeas, and pink and white stock, reflecting the couple's chosen wedding colors. ...\nSHE premiers with guts and gusto, gears up to make a lasting impression (Local News ~ 12/20/08)\nSHE is here! Rust MO/KS, publishers of the Nevada DailyMail/Fort Scott Tribune have come out with a bold new publication celebrating the women of southeast Kansas and southwestern Missouri. \"We've gathered together some of the best writers in our region to tell the stories of today's women. ...\nContemplating Christmas (Local News ~ 12/20/08)\nStudents from Bright Beginnings Preschool presented the school's annual Christmas program Friday at the City/County Community Center, and the children sang proudly under the direction of Tracy Sewell, as they await the Big Day -- Christmas. Christmas is coming, and all of the children reported they've been good -- at least good enough for Santa to visit. In the program, children sang \"Jingle Bells,\" \"Little Children,\" \"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree\" and \"We Wish You a Merry Christmas.\"...\nExtreme weather can be harmful to pets, experts say (Local News ~ 12/20/08)\nWhile many people are well aware of the dangers of being out in freezing temperatures and inclement weather conditions, they may not realize the potential dangers of cold weather on family pets. According to a press release from the Southeast Kansas Human Society, all pets should be provided with a warm shelter during the frigid winter months. ...\nBethany man wins $55,000 Show Me Cash jackpot (Local News ~ 12/20/08)\nMitchel Booher of Bethany buys a set of Show Me Cash numbers every Saturday for the entire week's worth of drawings. He spends $7 and selects the same numbers, a mixture of birthdays and his favorite NASCAR drivers -- Dale Earnhardt and Dale Jr. On Dec. 11 those numbers came through, and Booher was the only winner of the $55,000 jackpot. The winning combination was 7, 10, 22, 33 and 38...\nBrownback announces he will not run for re-election (Local News ~ 12/20/08)\nWASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Sam Brownback attended press conferences in Olathe, Topeka and Wichita, Thursday, hosted by Phil Blumel, the president of U.S. Term Limits, during which Brownback was thanked for honoring his pledge to not seek a third term in the Senate...\nFree Christmas open house at Mine Creek Battlefield today (Local News ~ 12/20/08)\nPLEASANTON, Kan. -- Santa's coming a little early to Mine Creek Battlefield State Historic Site. He's bringing free admission for all visitors Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 20 and 21, along with a wealth of Kansas gifts, including children's games, books, CDs, videos, and more. The visitor center and store will be open 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, and 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, and is located approximately three miles south of Pleasanton on K-52...\nLocal health officials to conduct drills (Local News ~ 12/20/08)\nLocal health officials are preparing for tests next spring that will indicate whether Bourbon County is ready for a possible flu pandemic or other health emergency. Bourbon County Public Health Nurse Alice Maffett said the Southeast Kansas Multi-County Health Department will coordinate with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment next spring to conduct a variety of drills associated with health preparedness and efficiency...\nPick your weather (Column ~ 12/20/08)\nHi neighbors. I hope you have all been warm and dry this week. It seems we are back to the ice ages of the last two years again. With all the talk about global warming, I can't figure out why we have more and more ice in the winter and less snow? There are several groups of scientists with conflicting theories...\nWorst than Guerrillas! (Column ~ 12/20/08)\nHere's that rogue regiment again! After the \"Union\" pursuit of Price's \"Confederate Army of Missouri\" to the Arkansas River in the fall of 1864, the companies of 15th Kansas Vol. Cavalry Regiment were stationed along the Missouri/Kansas Border to protect the \"Jayhawk State.\" However, the regiment could not escape the memory of it's activities on the recent campaign which surfaced to haunt it well into 1865. ...\nNevada Tigers fall in home contest (High School Sports ~ 12/20/08)\nNEVADA, Mo. -- The Nevada Tigers basketball team has been plagued by a short roster all season long and were finally able to play at full strength for the first time as they hosted the Pleasant Hill Roosters at Wynn Gymnasium Friday night. Both defenses came out firing in the early minutes of the game, not allowing the other team's offense a chance to get much going. ...\nFSMS intramurals host all-star games (High School Sports ~ 12/20/08)\nFORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Fort Scott Middle School girls' basketball program hosted all-star games Wednesday night. These games were the last ones for the program for the 2008-09 season. In the eighth-grade game, the Purple team defeated the Blue team, 21-17...\nFort Scott boys rout Columbus (High School Sports ~ 12/20/08)\nBy Scott Nuzum Herald-Tribune FORT SCOTT, Kan. -- You know your team has a comfortable lead when the head coach starts going deep on the bench in the second quarter. But as Fort Scott High's boys shot 50 percent from the field and forced 34 turnovers in a 62-21 rout of Columbus in Southeast Kansas League play at the FSHS gymnasium Friday night, you can see how head coach Jeff DeLaTorre had the luxury of giving some of his JV players some time during the meat of the contest instead of waiting for the fourth quarter, all of which was played under the 30-point running-clock rule, when those players were probably only going to get about two to three minutes of actual playing time.. ...\nFort Scott girls stay atop SEK going into break (High School Sports ~ 12/20/08)\nFORT SCOTT, Kan. -- Fort Scott High School's girls will be the only team unbeaten in Southeast Kansas League play going into the holiday break as a result of a 52-37 whitewashing to Columbus in league play at the FSHS gymnasium Friday night. The Tigers (3-0 SEK, 4-2 overall) have won four in a row after dropping their first two games at the Willard Four-State Classic on the season's opening weekend. They've won those four games by an average of nearly 18 points a night...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 93, "original_length": 9657, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 214.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.nevadadailymail.com/search/browse/stories/2009-01-30", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:02Z", "digest": "sha1:EKWQG7EZEF6RCY4RXVNWM5KTMNLOPURL", "length": 4806, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "www.nevadadailymail.com", "title": "Stories from Friday, January 30, 2009 | Nevada Daily Mail", "raw_content": "Tickets from Jan. 2-25 (Police/Fire Report ~ 01/30/09)\nJan. 2 Kyle L. Borbury, Nevada, petty theft. Jan. 8 Timothy S. Dowty, Nevada, no proof of insurance. Flavy C. Flowers, Atlanta, Ga., speeding 52/40. Bonnie M. McCord, Nevada, speeding 59/40. Marsha M. Shaw, Nevada, speeding 51/40. Jan. 9 Ricky V. Baker, Nevada, expired license plates...\nDennis Grady Dean (Obituary ~ 01/30/09)\nDennis Grady Dean, 57, Moundville, Mo., passed away on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009, at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin following a brief illness. He was born on May 10, 1951, in Del Rio, Texas, to Booth Gardy Dean and Wilma Geraldine Harris Dean...\nRussell Don Robb (Obituary ~ 01/30/09)\nRussell Don Robb, 89, of Uniontown, Kan., died Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009, at the Mercy Health Center of Fort Scott. He was born Oct. 16, 1919, in Xenia, Kan., the son of Jesse and Geneva Jean (Stevenson) Robb. He married Vineta R. Potter Nov. 6, 1942, in Fort Scott, Kan. She survives of the home...\nSharon Sue (Jacobs) Dawson (Obituary ~ 01/30/09)\nSharon Sue (Jacobs) Dawson, Milo, passed away peacefully while surrounded by many of her loved ones on Jan. 21, 2009, at St. John's Medical Center, after a lengthy illness. Sharon was born on Jan. 2, 1949, to parents Victor V. and Mildred M. (Redburn) Jacobs. ...\nOvershoes and galoshes (Column ~ 01/30/09)\nAs I sit here at my computer, I can see the cold bleak winter through the window beside my desk. It is Tuesday afternoon, following a night of what now passes for winter in Missouri these days. Despite my ever increasing hatred of the cold weather each winter, I remember with fondness the days of my youth, when we never left our homes without either overshoes or galoshes...\nPost office poised to alter its delivery schedule (Letter to the Editor ~ 01/30/09)\nTo our valued readers: I'm sure many of you have read the news regarding the Post Master General's recent request to a Senate subcommittee to amend the rules established in 1983 that required the US Post Office to deliver mail six days a week. Due to declining revenues and great losses the US Post Office is proposing that it stop delivering mail on Tuesdays or Saturdays. Needless to say, we are quite concerned about this proposal. We currently publish on both of these days...\nArchitect, commission discuss details of new jail's interior (Local News ~ 01/30/09)\nLarry Goldberg of GS&M Architects and Planners Inc., was on hand to discuss the progress on the new Vernon County Jail with the Presiding and Southern Commissioners, Bonnie McCord and Kennon Shaw and Vernon County Sheriff Ron Peckman Thursday morning. Goldberg spoke on several issues, ceilings in secure areas, design of the space for communications equipment and tower and what the future holds for the current Vernon County Jail building...\nHospital board conducts meeting via teleconference (Local News ~ 01/30/09)\nWinter weather was unable to disrupt a scheduled meeting of the Nevada Regional Medical Center board of directors. However, the board didn't meet -- at least in the usual sense, they teleconferenced. Participants called a phone number set aside for the call and logged in with a security code...\nNovember agreement gives McGuire golden parachute (Local News ~ 01/30/09)\nOn Nov. 24 the Nevada City Council held a special meeting to approve an emergency ordinance accepting Nevada City Manager William McGuire's resignation and until this time have provided no information on the circumstances surrounding his resignation...\nSouthwest Missouri Guard installations part of statewide revitalization project (Local News ~ 01/30/09)\nJOPLIN, Mo. -- The Missouri Army National Guard's statewide revitalization project is allowing for some much needed renovations and expansions at southwest Missouri military installations. What most residents traditionally think of as armories, the state now calls \"readiness centers.\"...\nNevada Classic begins, Lady Tigers start off strong (High School Sports ~ 01/30/09)\nThe Nevada Classic that had been delayed three days due to weather finally began Thursday night with a series of six games at Nevada Middle School and Nevada High School. The Nevada Lady Tigers were among the 12 teams in action Thursday night as they squared off against the Lady Eagles of Joplin. The Lady Tigers came in expecting a tough game and hoping to avenge a 49-31 road loss to the Lady Eagles in the last meeting of the two teams...\nNevada wrestlers defeat Butler (High School Sports ~ 01/30/09)\nNevada Wrestlers did their job to win 37 - 30 over the Butler Bears Thursday night at Butler. Nevada spotted the Bears five weight classes and Butler just had to present a wrestler that made weight to win the slots. Both teams had opens at 140 and 215...\nHeralds of winter: The Trumpeters return (Local News ~ 01/30/09)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 78, "original_length": 5528, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 303.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.newmansprings.com/release/?book=hiding-behind-horses", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:18:48Z", "digest": "sha1:O5FWMYT3KA7Z3EIL63INVZB5TCLH4XP2", "length": 1944, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.newmansprings.com", "title": "Release | Newman Springs Publishing", "raw_content": "Hiding behind Horses\nEric was a sweet man with a sweet bride, but in an instant, they become embroiled in a war between two powerful crime families. All they did was go out for dinner, yet after this traumatic evening, he is forced to go into hiding in order to save his life, and the lives of those he loves.\nUnited States Marshals are in charge of setting up relocations for federal witnesses whose testimony in court makes them the object of revenge. As soon as their testimony is given, the marshals scoop them up and drop them into a new community where they are to build a new life. With Eric, it would not happen that way!\nEric was angry! By doing what was right, he was forced to uproot his life and go into hiding. But once he accepted his fate, he decided that he would not be handled by others. Rather, he would determine who he would become and where he would rebuild his life. Reluctantly, the marshal in charge of his placement was convinced that Eric had an acceptable plan. He then fought for bureaucratic approval of where this young man would be relocated.\nEric's new home would be just east of beautiful Yellowstone and north of Cody, Wyoming. There his love of horses is turned loose and allowed to blossom. He begins by constructing a small ranch where he can become a breeder of Black Morgan and Appaloosa horses. You will enjoy seeing how he rebuilds his life and share in the excitement when the murderers find him \u201cHiding behind Horses!\u201d\nWhen the author took early retirement, he decided to do what he never had time to do before; write for fun. For him, this has become a super vocation which is enhancing his retirement.\nFor years David and his wife Patricia have been in love with the foothills of California's gold country. They moved out of the San Francisco Bay area up to Sonora. There they found a lot with a beautiful view and built their retirement home. 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Your online Nigerian Newspaper. f ';-1!=b.indexOf(\"img.youtube.com\")&&(a=' ');d=a+''+p+''+titlex+\"", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Latest News in Nigeria \u00bb \"2019 Presidential election not matter of `life or death\u2019 for Buhari\"\n\"2019 Presidential election not matter of `life or death\u2019 for Buhari\"\nForeign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, says 2019 election is not a matter of `life or death\u2019 for President Muhammadu Buhari \u00ad because he will be happy to accept the verdict of the electorate.\nOnyeama in an interview the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said that all the president wants to do is to create a level playing field for all the political parties.\n\u201cHe is fully committed to ensuring that the next election in 2019 is free, fair and transparent and that each vote should count.\n\u201cI think most importantly for him, it is not a matter of life or death. That is where he is coming from. He is very happy to accept whatever the outcome is and the will of the people.\n\u201cHe doesn\u2019t want to interfere with the process, he wants INEC to be totally independent for them to do the right thing.\n\u201cHe is ready to invest and provide all the resources for them to be totally independent,\u201d he said.\nHe recalled that Buhari almost did not purchase the nomination form but for the intervention of well wishers.\nOnyeama gave the assured Nigerians that Buhari is going to practice what he preach.\n\u201cHe has been to Supreme Court to challenge election, he has been on the other side; he appreciates more than anyone else the importance of free, fair and transparent election.\n\u201cHe always said that the electronic process that has been introduced helping to take away the human element has been the game changer, something that he loves, so he believes in free and fair election,\u201d he said.\nOnyeama said that Buhari would show good example to West African and other countries by practicing what he preaches.\nHe said that the president led the intervention of ECOWAS in the Gambia and sent special envoys to Mali, Guinea Bissau and Togo to ensure democratically elected government in those countries\n\u201cHe has sent me as a special envoy to ensure that the electoral process in Guinea Bissau is on course; he sent me as a special envoy to Mali get the opposition to accept the court ruling after the election.\n\u201cHe sent me as envoy to Togo to help them to push for a transparent and fair process as they are also prepare for legislative election.\n\u201cHe went to the International Criminal Court as a special guest of honour and delivered a speech to the world about the importance and the rule of law and fair election,\u201d he said.(NAN)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 151, "original_length": 26318, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 229.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.northlands-school.org.uk/religious-education/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:20Z", "digest": "sha1:DFV3FZPKCAZSOLVAFWV7OXALWLXVPCFW", "length": 1789, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.northlands-school.org.uk", "title": "Religious Education | Northlands Primary School & Nursery", "raw_content": "At Northlands, we follow the Warwickshire agreed syllabus for Religious Education.\nThe Aims of Religious Education in Warwickshire:\nLearning and undertaking activities in Religious Education acknowledges the \u2018Every Child Matters\u2019 agenda which contributes to achievement of the curriculum aims for all young people to become:\nsuccessful learners who enjoy learning, make progress and achieve\nconfident individuals who are able to live safe, healthy and fulfilling lives\nresponsible citizens who make a positive contribution to society\nThe Importance of Religious Education in Warwickshire:\nReligious Education provokes challenging questions about the ultimate meaning and purpose of life, beliefs about God, the self and the nature of reality, issues of right and wrong and what it means to be human It develops pupils\u2019 knowledge and understanding of Christianity, other principal religions, other religious traditions, and other world views that offer answers to these challenging questions. 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I\u2019ve asked her over and over again what she wants, do you want a party? She said no. She feels \u201cfat\u201d and doesn\u2019t want to. I will never understand pregnant women. Her logic has turned into this bizarro logic that flip flops constantly. So\u2026\nI\u2019m having a family dinner, her mom will come over and cook and we will all enjoy a nice quiet birthday. That\u2019s what she said she wants. I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s the right decision on my part but I\u2019m making up for the lack of party with all kinds of gifts. I don\u2019t know what else to do. Last year I was invited to her birthday party and things got wild. By the end of the night my wife was so hammered I had to carry her back to her hotel room and try to make her stop singing the theme song to \u201cHigh School Musical\u201d Lol She is younger.\nYesterday we had doctor\u2019s appointments for all of the kids, followed up by dentist appointments for the boys. We just needed to make sure teeth were coming in like normal. I hadn\u2019t done that yet and I needed to. Things look great. They both have the same amount of teeth. I wasn\u2019t sure how that would turn out but it\u2019s the same. They are always the same height, it\u2019s the weight that\u2019s always a pound or two off. Heston is the bigger one. Alex is right there though and they are all within the normal ranges. Peace was examined for the 2nd time. Because I feed her vegan baby formula our doctor wants to make sure her weight is coming along. It is. She\u2019s doing great. Our peds doctor in the city will get that info soon to put in her chart. I\u2019m very glad all kids are healthy and doing great. I had a few questions about Peace that they answered. I had a few questions about Alex but everything is fine.\nI\u2019m really enjoying my last few days at home. I go back to work on Monday. I don\u2019t want to but I need to. I have so much to catch up on. Lindsay has really picked up the slack. She\u2019s doing a great job. I just hope that the transition in January goes smooth. She is basically running everything now. She calls or emails me to keep me up to date but so far so good. Once it\u2019s her companies, there\u2019s really nothing I can or will do. She says she\u2019s not moving the headquarters to Vegas. She will go back and forth. We shall see.\nThings are going great at home. My paternity leave has been smooth. My boys love their baby sister and want to do everything with her. It\u2019s been great. Life couldn\u2019t get any better. We are all just taking extra good care of my wife. Our baby is almost 19 weeks along. Everything with that is going great. We have our next doctor\u2019s appointment in a few more weeks. My wife is healthy and doing fine and our baby son is doing fine. He\u2019s kicking a lot. She said he kicks her and makes her want to go pee a lot. That\u2019s what they do I guess. I love feeling him in there. I put my big hand on her belly and talk to him every night. My wife says it makes her love me more. I just want to meet him. I can\u2019t wait!\nHope everyone is having a great work week. Keep praying for Texas and Louisiana please. Donate money or whatever you can! They all still need us. I hope everyone is safe. 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He is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Michael is also a member of the American Bar Association where he serves as Co-Chair of the Asset Protection Planning Committee of the Section of Real Property, Trust & Estate Law.\nMichael\u2019s practice focuses on the unique aspects of Delaware trust law, including directed trusts, dynasty trusts, asset protection trusts and all aspects of the validity, construction and administration of Delaware trusts. Michael routinely works with clients across the country to transfer the situs of trusts to Delaware and to modify trusts to take advantage of Delaware\u2019s favorable trust law. 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Attendees will learn to set up your own PLN (Personal Learning Network). In the K\u201312 classroom, it\u2019s all too easy to become isolated and lose touch with your peers and other professionals. We\u2019ll show you how to get (and stay) connected with a very dynamic personal learning network.\nAll webinars will be on Tuesday evenings beginning April 21, 2009, from 3:30-4:30 p.m., with a repeat session from 7-8 p.m. for those who want to participate from home. There are 9 webinars in the series\u2014sign up for just one or all of them. 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Here\u2019s a list of the 20 most expensive TV Shows ever!!!\nThe Walking Dead \u2013 $2.75 million\nThe zombie drama\u2019s extensive budget stems from their special effects, make-up, and large ensemble cast, but let\u2019s be honest it\u2019s worth every penny.\nRelated Itemsexpensive tv showsfeaturedsupergirltv showswalking dead", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 66, "original_length": 2915, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 308.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ohioquotes.com/latest-news/when-should-you-change-your-ohio-health-insurance-a59.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:34Z", "digest": "sha1:T5ZXAPHXY36DK4X7ORKLYQ5AT53K3JWE", "length": 6534, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.ohioquotes.com", "title": "Do You Need A New Health Care Plan?", "raw_content": "Of course, the answer is not simple, and is not a \u201cone glove fits all\u201d solution. Based upon our 37 years of experience as an unbiased broker, if you have been with the same company for more than three years AND your rates have been steadily increasing more than expected, it may be time to consider a change and to compare Ohio health insurance premiums.\nIf you get married, your most suitable options may now be different. If you moved from one area of the state to another, prices and plan availability will change. The local network will also be different and you may have to change physicians.\nThere are many other factors to consider such as what (if any) medical conditions you have (temporary plans only), alternative options, your current carrier offers, and how long you plan on keeping your coverage. Of course there is never a fee to compare rates from different companies and if you apply, you are never under an obligation to accept an offer. And usually, you have ample time to consider multiple plans.\nWhat About The Marketplace Plans?\nThese plans (available on our website) may provide higher coverage, lower out of pocket costs on major claims, and give you hundreds of dollars in savings each month. In that particular situation, the offer should be strongly considered. If you qualify for a government subsidy, your premiums will reduce. The closer you are to the \"Medicaid-Eligibility\" line, the greater the chance most or all of your premiums will be paid by the government.\nIt\u2019s also important to consider the network of facilities and physicians of the new company, although most of the larger carriers have extremely large provider networks. Most plans allow you to seek treatment in other states. However, there are exceptions. For example, the widely renowned Cleveland Clinic can only be utilized by Oscar on Marketplace policies. Previously, Medical Mutual included the Cleveland Clinic in their Exchange network.\nIt's usually the smaller carriers you should be concerned with. They may be just starting out in the area (No, don't be their guinea pig!), and may have a very small number of participating physicians. We assume you would not want to drive 90 minutes away if you one of your children has the flu.\nFor example, Healthspan (a very reputable company who purchased Kaiser's Ohio business) initially had a limited number of physicians in many parts of the Buckeye state. Three years ago, HealthSpan began offering private medical plans with very competitive rates. However, by January of 2017, the company ceased operations, closed many facilities, and transferred their block of business to Medical Mutual. Although pending claims were processed, many customers would have preferred eaqrlier notification of the carrier's financial problems.\nHow We Find The Best Offers\nOur experienced staff finds the Ohio medical coverage that offers you the benefits that you expect to have, and does not charge you for benefits you will never use. Through a combination of ultra-modern software and decades of hands-on experience, we will provide you with the lowest prices from the premier health insurers. Senior Medicare and lower-income Medicaid options are available.\nAnd we'll help you understand why certain plans are better for you than others, and how you can easily apply for coverage. Whether you're inside or outside of Open Enrollment, we find the options that will provide the most cost-effective coverage, considering federal tax subsidies and any conditions that are being treated.\nAfter you have provided some basic information, you\u2019ll be able to compare similar plans to what you have, and easily decide if it\u2019s worthwhile to apply for a different policy. Of course, we\u2019ll help provide specific details and differences of the plans you are evaluating, to make the decision process much easier. And if you prefer emails instead of phone calls, that's fine.\nWhen Should You Not Change Your Health Insurance Policy?\nIf you are being treated for a serious medical condition, such as cancer, heart disease, AIDS, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, or cerebral palsy, you should keep your current coverage until you are eligible for the next \"Open Enrollment.\" Typically, they begin in November. 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They can perform higher-level tasks than medical assistants, such as performing exams on patients, ordering tests, diagnosing conditions, prescribing medicine, and following their supervising doctors\u2019 directions. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports that physician assistants will see faster-than-average job growth, and that physician assistants average an annual salary of $86,410, though individual salaries will vary.\nWhy Physician Assisting?\nIn addition to possibly earning a competitive salary, physician assistants have the opportunity to specialize within their careers. They can pursue postgraduate education in fields that interest them, which gives them control over tailoring their careers. As they advance, physician assistants could earn higher salaries and may eventually be offered the opportunity for promotion with more responsibilities. 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This is a basic but critical point of difference. With everyone so busy these days nobody can afford to wait around for a tradesman to turn up. We do because we care!\nDavid is the professional plumber in Glen Iris who does each and every job, no matter what the size or scale, to the highest standard. Doing it right the first time is his mantra. To do anything less is just wasting everyone's time.\nAnd there's nothing we can't do when it comes to plumbing. We can repair leaking roofs and gutters, we can repair or replace hot water systems\nWe can easily clear drains that have become blocked. We have the experience and equipment - including our high pressure water jetter - which is used to blast out the obstruction.\nAs your environmentally aware plumber in Glen Iris, we adhere to an ethical code that ensures we consider the environment at all times. For you this means we recommend appliances and products that are more water and energy efficient and so cost less to run. It's the way of the future and we appreciate that a healthier environment is critical to us all. This is particularly evident in the bathrooms and kitchens we do. Not only do they look fantastic and function well, they also use less water and electricity. Everybody's happy!\nDon't put that job off, call the plumber for Glen Iris who is there to help on M: 0411 269 444.\nAlternatively send us an email and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 77, "original_length": 2720, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 306.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.osuit.edu/news/two-osuit-selected-student-affairs-leadership-academy", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:21Z", "digest": "sha1:36DI63N2G5FRB77PZHVTCF57F5OCEIRJ", "length": 1978, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.osuit.edu", "title": "Two from OSUIT selected for Student Affairs Leadership Academy | OSUIT", "raw_content": "Two from OSUIT selected for Student Affairs Leadership Academy\nTwo OSU Institute of Technology staff members from Student Services have been chosen to take part in the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education\u2019s 2018-19 Student Affairs Leadership Academy.\nRendi Glass, Assessment Center director, and Kyle Gregorio, assistant registrar, are among the 27 fellows from 14 institutions taking part in this year\u2019s leadership academy.\n\u201cI looked at it as an opportunity to make peer connections,\u201d Gregorio said. \u201cWe get to make connections with some big names in higher education.\u201d\nThe Council on Student Affairs\u2014an advisory council to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, OSRHE chancellor Glen Johnson, and other state officials created the Leadership Academy to facilitate the professional growth and career advancement of student affairs specialists and to create advanced cutting-edge leadership skill development opportunities.\nThe group attends monthly seminars covering topics including diversity in higher education; legal issues; legislative issues; and the Higher Learning Commission\u2019s impact on student affairs.\n\u201cI am excited about being able to sit down and learn from some of the top student affairs professionals from across the state,\u201d Glass said. \u201cJust being in the same category as my fellow cohorts is a privilege.\u201d\nGregorio said he\u2019s looking forward to the seminar on strategic enrollment, recruitment and management.\n\u201cI always say the best ideas are the stolen ones,\u201d he joked, but said talking with peers and listening to others is a great way to glean ideas and best practices. \u201cYou get an outside perspective, you get an idea of how other schools work through the same challenges and issues we do.\u201d\nGlass agrees.\n\u201cI hope to bring more ideas into the institution and implement new things,\u201d she said. \u201cI will now be able to reach out to any of the committee members or my cohorts about issues pertaining to my area and get sound advice when needed.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 108, "original_length": 4157, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 275.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.outandaboutinparis.com/2011/05/where-in-world-is-jim-morrisons-bust.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:48Z", "digest": "sha1:JSNBF7X5BLK32TBQ6NKJJ4MWQC24MQZK", "length": 4324, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.outandaboutinparis.com", "title": "Where in the World is Jim Morrison's Bust? - It's not at P\u00e8re Lachaise Cemetery", "raw_content": "Where in the World is Jim Morrison's Bust? - It's not at P\u00e8re Lachaise Cemetery\nWhile visiting Pere Lachaise Cemetery last Sunday, I was dismayed to learn that the bust that used to mark Jim Morrison's grave is missing. Who would have stolen a bust from a dead man's grave? I'm also upset because it's as if a chapter of my own history has disappeared with it. For years, I've been regaling my husband and children with the story of how, during my first backpacking trip around Europe, my brother and I made the pilgrimage to Morrison's grave on a cold rainy day in June. Mixed in with the photos of beer halls and dingy hotels in the scrapbook commemorating that trip is a picture of Morrison's grave, adorned with red roses and the bust...and now it's gone. All that remains is a rather nondescript grave and graffiti marked trees, including the one above with a line, complete with a spelling correction, from one of The Door's well-known songs.\nEngraving indicating a perpetual plot\nJim's missing bust serves as an appropriate metaphor for P\u00e8re Lachaise, where our French tour guide spent three hours telling us about the lives of the famous and beloved actors, authors, scientists, and singers who, along with approximately 1 million other inhabitants, are now permanent residents of the cemetery. Well, they are long-term residents if they purchased a perpetual plot, which now sells for Euros 11,500, and if the tomb is maintained. As soon as it falls into a state of disrepair, the inhabitant is evacuated to make room for a new arrival.\nAn exemplary tomb on the left.\nP\u00e8re Lachaise, which at 44 hectares (109 acres) is the largest park in Paris, wasn't always a desired final destination for the city's elite. It was created when Napoleon Bonaparte, in an effort to rid the city of the disease infested cemeteries, decided to build three new ones outside the walls of the city. When the government discovered that no one wanted to be buried in such an unprestigious location, they started a marketing campaign and moved the bodies of Moliere, Fontaine, and Balzac to their new resting places. Their plan worked for P\u00e8re Lachaise is now the most famous cemetery in Paris.\nRather than wandering around the extensive grounds of P\u00e8re Lachaise on our own, I'm pleased that we went on a tour with a very knowledgeable guide. I'll be sharing a few more stories about some of the more famous inhabitants in future posts. With beautiful views of Paris, lots of trees, and an air of peaceful serenity, P\u00e8re Lachaise is not a depressing place. I'm already planning to do another visit with an English speaking guide because it's such a fascinating repository of history.\nClick here to read the post with the photo of Jim Morrison's bust taken in 1981.\nClick here to visit the Jim Morrison's Paris website. It has lots of interesting information, including a self-guided tour with an interactive map and a FAQs section about Jim's last days in Paris.\nA YouTube clip of \"People are Strange\" by The Doors, dedicated to the person who stole Jim Morrison's bust.\nLabels: \"People are Strange\" bust cemetery grave Jim Morrison P\u00e8re Lachaise The Doors tours\nYou're kidding right? The bust was stolen in the eighties and is common knowledge.\nno one stole it,some mexican guy thought it would be cool a caste of the original;it fell of the trailor halfway down rue roquet\nNope - not kidding. I really didn't know that it had been stolen. It's probably because I was living in Germany at the time and a lot of things could have escaped me because I don't understand German that well. I didn't hear of it or think about Morrison's bust until I visited Pere Lachaise and \"discovered\" that it was missing.\nJim Morrison\u2019s Paris February 15, 2013 at 3:11 PM\nRecently published the backstory here:\nhttp://jimmorrisonsparis.com/2013/01/07/who-stole-jim-morrisons-bust/\nI know what happened to it. The truth as well!\nChance Perrin October 4, 2017 at 7:45 AM\nWell what happened too it are you going to tell me that an old Jim Morrison snuck in and stole the bust of his youth out of pure vanity\nAfter all these years let's have the truth you all cloaked in mystery with you're pseudonym anonymous almost spooky are you the legendary lizard king the back door man mr. mojo risen the shaman spirit that intertwined itself within Jim Morrison's soul", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 2491, "original_length": 44692, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 241.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.peacexpeace.org/media/our-media/60y60v/comment-page-1/?pid=199", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:37Z", "digest": "sha1:PFTH3DOMCH4JX6QGIUWT7HIYJAPPMEEP", "length": 5552, "nlines": 35, "source_domain": "www.peacexpeace.org", "title": "Sixty Years, Sixty Voices: Israeli and Palestinian Women | Peace X Peace", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb \u201cSixty Years, Sixty Voices: Israeli and Palestinian Women\u201d\n\u201cListen to the women.\u201d \u2013 Patricia Smith Melton\nSpotlighting the lives of 30 Palestinian and 30 Israeli women from every walk of life, Sixty Years, Sixty Voices illuminates each woman\u2019s deepest feelings, visions, and hopes for peace along with practical approaches they use every day to make peace a reality in their lives. The result is a mosaic of 60 different lifetimes of struggle, spirit, and sheer leaps of faith in one of the most war-torn regions of the world. In this deluxe 11\u201d x 10\u201d edition, each profile is accompanied by an exquisite color photograph of the subject.\nFrom Knesset member to Bedouin sheepherder turned leader, from martial arts instructor to comedian to the widow of a Hamas leader, from prisoner to soldier, from Gypsy leader to rabbi to teacher of the disabled \u2014 thirty Palestinian women and thirty Israeli women say who they are, what they do, what they believe, what their life is like, and what is needed to build peace.\nThe book is a natural progression from Smith Melton\u2019s years of work in the peace process and her ability to gain the trust of women on both sides of a conflict. A poet, playwright, film-maker, and photojournalist, she wanted to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel and the impact of that event for the Palestinian and Israeli people by highlighting the stories of women from the region, in creating the Sixty Years, Sixty Voices project.\nAre you an educator? If you are an educator, conference leader, or NGO representative, your first book is only $15 and every book after that up to 100 is only $7!\nGet a sneak peak at some of the women profiled in this extraordinary book.\nTo learn more about Molly, purchase your copy of the book today!\n\u201cThe foundations for lasting peace in the Middle East are embedded in the voices of these Israeli and Palestinian women\u2026 if we listen there is hope.\u201d\n\u2013 Mariane Pearl, documentary filmmaker, journalist and author\nRead more accolades for Sixty Years, Sixty Voices: Israeli and Palestinian Women here.\nMariane Pearl, documentary filmmaker, journalist and author of the memoir A Mighty Heart: The Brave Life and Death of My Husband Danny Pearl, October 17, 2008\nThe foundations for lasting peace in the Middle East are embedded in the voices of these Israeli and Palestinian women. They know war and they know peace, they know weakness and strength and they know the human heart. In a torn land they find a common ground built out of wisdom, experience and because they have walked the walk. Here they stand and speak out, if we listen there is hope.\nLisa Witter, COO, Fenton Communications, co-author of The She Spot: Why Women Are Changing the World\u2013And How to Reach Them, November 7, 2008\nSixty Years, Sixty Voices uses the format of individual story telling by 30 Israeli and 30 Palestinian women to paint the picture of our mutual destiny. Listen carefully. Peace is possible and practical.\nThe need to understand the Palestinian/Israeli issue has never been more urgent than it is today with the enduring conflict as dangerous as ever. Sixty Years Sixty Voices offers the reader a passionate look into the lives of 30 Palestinian women and 30 Israeli women featuring their stories of working for peace. We should therefore be thankful for this beautiful, timely and ultimately hopeful book.\nJean Shinoda Bolen, M.D., Jungian analyst, psychiatrist, author of Urgent Message From Mother and The Millionth Circle, November 7, 2008\nMy hope for Sixty Years, Sixty Voices is that it will become a catalyst for other conversations between circles of Palestinian and Israeli women, and that soon more women will be involved in the peace process itself. Women respond to stress with conversation rather than anger and withdrawal, have skills in listening and finding commonalities, and patience. These are the very qualities that peacemakers need. My hope is that Israeli and Palestinian male leaders will read this book and on reflection, they will realize the necessity for women to be involved in bringing peace to the region. Maternal concern for their children is a foundation on which women make necessary compromises and build trust, on which peace can be built. That this book is in Arabic, Hebrew and English makes it especially potent as a means of connection.\nRabbi Michael Lerner, Editor of Tikkun Magazine\nSixty Years, Sixty Voices is important because it shows us that peace will come to the Middle East when we realize that generosity of spirit must replace power and domination\u2014and that this is no longer a fantasy, but a growing on-the-ground reality.\nFor press the book has received, click here.\nWinter 2010 \u2013 Israel Horizons as published by Meretz USA\nWinter 2010 \u2013 Na\u2019amat Women\nDecember 16, 2008 \u2013 Women\u2019s Enews\nDecember 12, 2008 \u2013 Wall Street Journal video\nNovember 24, 2008 \u2013 Fifty and Furthermore\nNovember 20, 2008 \u2013 Tell Me More on NPR\nNovember 20, 2008 \u2013 The Jerusalem Post\nNovember 19, 2008 \u2013 Washington Jewish Week\nNovember 18, 2008 \u2013 WAMU at American University\nCaptions will appear when you roll your mouse over the pictures.\nOrder your copy of the book today!\nOne Comments to \u201c\u201cSixty Years, Sixty Voices: Israeli and Palestinian Women\u201d\u201d\nTRUST WIN at the First International Green Pilgrimage Symposium | Trust Emun says:\n[...] We distributed our beautiful book \u201cSixty Years, Sixty Voices: Israeli and Palestinian Women\u201d published by Peace x Peace to the Symposium participants. http://www.peacexpeace.org/media/our-media/60y60v/ [...]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 97, "original_length": 9947, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 321.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.pearltrees.com/pearltree001/hardware/id12411949", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:18:44Z", "digest": "sha1:C3Y3HOZU2FHM2QADEUBAZS6FODZGBD6X", "length": 8943, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.pearltrees.com", "title": "Hardware - Technology | Pearltrees", "raw_content": "> Pearltree001 > General Knowledge > Technology\nStartups Gest Thinks It Has Invented the Best Way to Interact with Virtual 3-D Objects. Keyboards, mice, and touch screens all have their uses but have distinct limitations.\nThey\u2019re not particularly good for interacting with 3-D objects, such as those found in virtual reality or design programs. A company called Gest thinks its device, which slides onto the back of your hands and fingers to track their movements, provides a more natural and useful alternative. The Gest controller has four soft, rubbery half-rings that clip onto your fingers, and a pad that straps onto the back of your hand. Each device contains 15 inexpensive sensors that measure motion with gyroscopes and accelerometers, much like those found in mobile phones. Thumb movements are inferred using data from the other sensors. \u201cThe keyboard and mouse don\u2019t make sense for things like augmented reality and virtual reality,\u201d Gest cofounder Mike Pfister says. Fast and Spacious Helium-Filled Hard Drives Ready for Liftoff. Data-storage company HGST has begun making a six-terabyte helium hard drive that has a 50 percent greater storage capacity and uses about 20 percent less power than conventional hard drives.\nThe secret to this leap forward in performance? Pumping the drives full of helium. Helium reduces friction, vibration, and other mechanical issues that limit the storage density of conventional hard drives. It also makes hard drives less power hungry. MIT Wristband Could Make AC Obsolete. The Wristify prototype is a personal climate-controlling wearable. Image: Wristify Here\u2019s a scary statistic: In 2007, 87 percent of households in the U.S. used air conditioning, compared to just 11 percent of households in Brazil and a mere 2 percent in India.\nAnother one: By 2025, booming nations like those are projected to account for a billion new consumers worldwide, with a corresponding explosion in demand for air conditioning expected to arrive along with them. Keeping indoor spaces at comfortable temperatures requires a huge amount of electricity\u2013especially in sweltering climates like India and Brazil\u2013and in the U.S. alone it accounts for a full 16.5 percent of energy use. A brief history of USB, what it replaced, and what has failed to replace it. Like all technology, USB has evolved over time.\nDespite being a \u201cUniversal\u201d Serial Bus, in its 18-or-so years on the market it has spawned multiple versions with different connection speeds and many, many types of cables. The USB Implementers Forum, the group of companies that oversees the standard, is fully cognizant of this problem, which it wants to solve with a new type of cable dubbed Type-C. This plug is designed to replace USB Type-A and Type-B ports of all sizes on phones, tablets, computers, and other peripherals. When it comes to chasing clicks, journalists say one thing but feel pressure to do another. Online media is made of clicks.\nReaders click from one article to the next. Advertising revenue is based on the number of unique visitors for each site. Editors always keep in mind their traffic targets to secure the survival of their publications. Writers and bloggers interpret clicks as a signal of popularity. Internet Anywhere, Your Phone as a Remote, Logitech Mouse [Deals] Seagate\u2019s new 8TB hard drive is for all you digital hoarders. Solid-state drives get most of the love from gadget sites these days\u2014they're faster and cheaper than ever, and they're a great way to extend the life of an older computer.\nIf you need to store more than a terabyte of data, however, you still need to turn to old fashioned spinning hard drives. To that end, Seagate yesterday announced an 8TB hard drive that's a full two terabytes larger than the largest drives on the market today. How to sneak a Tesla into Russia for just 6.5 million rubles. In much of the Western world, the Tesla Model S is becoming a normal sight in traffic; it\u2019s just another sedan.\nA particularly quiet and environmentally friendly one, granted, but a workaday four-door nonetheless. In Russia, on the other hand, a Model S attracts the attention of pretty much everyone. Tesla doesn\u2019t do business there, so when Dmitry Grishin \u2014 the wealthy 35-year-old entrepreneur behind internet mega-portal Mail.ru \u2014 navigated hell and high water to bootleg one into Moscow, his hard-fought prize made the cover of \u0410\u0432\u0442\u043e\u043c\u043e\u0431\u0438\u043b\u0438 magazine. Over 600 of the 3,000 employees at his company signed up to test drive the car in a rented lot.\nWhat I figured out about Tesla\u2019s future after finally driving one myself. It\u2019s easy to forget that Elon Musk\u2019s electric car company, Tesla Motors, is still very much in its infancy.\nIt\u2019s been listed on the stockmarket for barely four years and has sold only about 40,000 vehicles. Yet the company, which is now worth more than $32 billion, attracts a disproportionate amount of media attention. That\u2019s because many people (like us) think it has the potential to revolutionize not just the $1 trillion-dollar-a-year global automobile industry, but potentially the way we consume and store energy. KeyGrabber USB 8MB Hardware Keylogger - 8 Megabyte USB Keylogger. The KeyGrabber USB keylogger has 16 Megabytes of built-in memory, accessible as a Flash drive.\nOld car batteries could make cheaper, more efficient solar panels. A single battery could power 30 homes.\n(Christine Daniloff/MIT) Lead-acid car batteries have the potential to cause a whole host of environmental issues, but their continued use \u2013 which allows manufacturers to recycle the dangerous lead from one battery to another \u2013 keeps the pollutants out of the environment. As those batteries are retired in favor of newer, more efficient types (like lithium-ion batteries), however, we\u2019ll stop having somewhere for all that lead to go. According to engineers at MIT, we can recycle them to make long-lasting, low-cost solar panels. In recent years, researchers have worked on solar cells that use a compound called perovskite.\nThe new study, published in Energy and Environmental Science, shows that these solar cells can be built efficiently using recycled lead. Three Big Ideas in Google\u2019s Modular Phone That No One\u2019s Talking About. Project Ara, Google's modular smartphone concept, could reshape the entire mobile landscape.\nAs conceived, modules could be hot-swapped from phone to phone, including different size endoskeletons. New Deal Design. Sharp's new phone for Sprint looks like something out of a sci-fi fantasy. Jump To Close.\nGreen Tree-based 360fly raises $17.8 million. By Deborah M. Todd / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The Green Tree-based tech company behind the 360-degree video camera 360fly has closed a Series B funding round designed to boost the product's fall launch to consumers. 360fly, formerly known as EyeSee360, has closed a $17.8 million round of funding led by San Diego-based Qualcomm Ventures. The round adds Qualcomm to a list of lead investors that includes Greenwich, Conn. How Long Does a Flash Drive Last - Josh's Blog.url. So the question has been bothering me for quite some time, how many times can I really write to one of these USB memory stick things before it finally dies.\nWith as popular as the USB drive based distributions are becoming, I was wondering, how practical are these distributions. The stick used in this experiment is a 1G Sony Microvault USB Flash Drive. I'm going to see how many times I have to write to this before it dies. (more after the fold, this is a very long post) Prepping the Media I had to write a utility that could do file reading and writing using the O_DIRECT flag. Here is how I created the filesystems: Nexus 7 (2013) vs Nexus 7 (2012) \u2013 what\u2019s new.url. Google officially unveiled the second-generation Nexus 7 model a few hours ago, so it\u2019s time to check out what\u2019s new compared to the first-generation model.\nThe 2013 Nexus 7 model brings several important improvements, from screen quality, to size and weight, to processing power and even prices. In every aspect, the Nexus 7 offers better hardware compared to last year\u2019s model \u2013 not that we expected anything else from a new device. Size matters. 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No matter where you fish, or what you fish for, look to PENN to perform flawlessly now and in the future.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 107, "original_length": 1808, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 288.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.pennsylvaniaandbeyondtravelblog.com/2018/12/Wildwoods-Convention-Center-Area-Attractions.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:58Z", "digest": "sha1:LFFIIYA3H2ABXN7MHVKR7FX6RCAPQB5F", "length": 1804, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.pennsylvaniaandbeyondtravelblog.com", "title": "Pennsylvania & Beyond Travel Blog: Shows and Events at the Wildwoods Convention Center", "raw_content": "Shows and Events at the Wildwoods Convention Center\nThe Wildwoods Convention Center is located toward the southern end of the boardwalk in Wildwood, New Jersey. 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The Adult Division is a national competition open to advancing classical guitarists\nup to 30 years of age.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 55, "original_length": 1250, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 166.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.pkd4fun.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:13Z", "digest": "sha1:ADEHJ5U2PVEPSP7J5KXN5THJFH7HFC2G", "length": 4826, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.pkd4fun.com", "title": "PKD 4 Fun | Fun PR and Marketing Guide", "raw_content": "THE TOP FIVE WAYS A PUBLIC RELATIONS GURU CAN HELP YOU GROW YOUR BUSINESS\nHaving a PR person/firm to help you out is so important. Without one, you risk letting someone else tell your story. You really don\u2019t want that, do you? Then, stop putting your reputation at risk right now. Bright Past is the best online reputation management agency that will help you to protect and improve your business image!\nAs the next step, let\u2019s discuss the top 5 way a PR firm can help take your business to the next level.\n1)You have to be your own storyteller. Don\u2019t rely on someone else to do what you can do yourself. When hiring this person. make sure that he or she is a pro in your field. In other words, don\u2019t hire someone from the plant world to illustrate the makings of your makeup brand. This is not going to work out. What does someone from the plant world know about makeup? It doesn\u2019t make sense.\nHire someone that has worked with others in your field. Have them work with you on getting your brand out on social media.Framing your own story is so essential.Only you can tell your own story. If you wait for someone else to frame your story, it might turn out in a really bad way.\n2)It\u2019s going to cost you less money to go with an experienced PR person/firm. Hiring an advertising company is not a cost-effective way to get the job done. An advertising agency might be able to do the same work, but it\u2019s going to cost you double the commission. A PR firm can handle the same work at 10-20% of the cost. This leaves the other 80-90% for your bank account.\nPlus, a PR firm has that attention to detail. Advertising agencies will only be concerned with the superficial aspect of your story. They only want to put out what sells. They could care less about your \u201cwhole truth.\u201d They will also charge you tons of money just to get \u201cthe sale.\u201d\nWhat you want is someone who is interested in the whole truth and only charges a small fee. A PR firm will get the job done, killing these two birds with one stone.\n3)The advertising world is all about shameless self-promotion. Unless you are interested in doing the same, you need to choose a good PR firm. A PR firm will get the job done, leaving out the shameless self-promotion. Did you know that a positive review/story about a company is worth between 3-5 times as much as their advertising competitors?\nIt\u2019s true. Unless you want to build your company up as some shameless self-promoting vehicle, I\u2019d stick with public relations. Besides, there are so many people skeptical of ads these days. They all say the same thing. Most of them are not even selling something of value. Do you really want your company to be linked in with this kind of branding?\n4)When you do reach out to third=parties for help, you have to be sure you can trust them. So many companies have found this out the hard way. Anybody you bring in to your company circle needs to be a trusted person. There are so many people who can come in and just take.\nRemember that you have spent years and years building up your brand and story. Do you really want someone to come in and destroy all that hard work? It can be done in a matter of seconds. Make one wrong move when hiring someone, you could end up paying for it.\nI am not saying all this to scare you. I am saying all of this to help you. There are plenty of companies that could have been something really great. Someone from within made one wrong move with the hiring. Now you don\u2019t hear about them. Do you really want the same thing for your company?\n5)Do not expect results to happen overnight. It doesn\u2019t work this way. There is not one PR firm that can produce these results, I don\u2019t care how good they say they are.\nIt\u2019s good to have some reasonable expectations. Take some time to see where you want to be in 5-6 months. See where you want to be in a year or so from now. The first thing you need to do is make sure they are realistic. The second thing you want to do is take that planning and run with it.\nDiscuss these plans with your PR person. He or she will tell you which direction to go. Your PR person will also help you understand which plans are going to be realistic and which ones are not.\nNo business makes it overnight. Many really good brands take years and years to get through the storm. You have to get used to riding out the storms. There are going to be days when you want to quit. There are going to be days when you don\u2019t think it\u2019s ever going to happen. The important thing is to keep going. With a good PR firm/person on your side, you will actually achieve your goal.\nIf you go into this not expecting things to happen right away, you will be on the right track. Make a good choice with your PR person and who you let into your company. Trust what your PR person is telling you, this includes the goals. You will never go wrong.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 33, "original_length": 5374, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 293.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.pmlive.com/pharma_news/medical_communities_team_up_255841", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:03Z", "digest": "sha1:V5LV7C7GFYG6UUOYA3DUR2TEX3DUJU5K", "length": 1603, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.pmlive.com", "title": "Medical communities team up - PMLiVE Online communities for healthcare professionals, Doctors.net.uk and Global M\u00e9dia Sant\u00e9 are to team up in a strategic alliance that covers the UK and France - PMLiVE\" /> Online communities for healthcare professionals, Doctors.net.uk and Global M\u00e9dia Sant\u00e9 are to team up in a strategic alliance that covers the UK and France - PMLiVE\" /> Online communities for healthcare professionals, Doctors.net.uk and Global M\u00e9dia Sant\u00e9 are to team up in a strategic alliance that covers the UK and France\" />", "raw_content": "Medical communities team up\nOnline communities for healthcare professionals, Doctors.net.uk and Global M\u00e9dia Sant\u00e9 are to team up in a strategic alliance that covers the UK and France\nOnline communities for healthcare professionals, Doctors.net.uk and Global M\u00e9dia Sant\u00e9 are to team up in a strategic alliance that covers the UK and France.\nThe agreement will see the two organisations reach a wider European audience with opportunities for the cross-selling and co-marketing of each other's products.\nDoctors.net.uk is the largest online network of healthcare professionals in the UK, comprising more than 180,000 registered UK physicians, with more than 40,000 unique users a day. Global M\u00e9dia Sant\u00e9 own Egora, an online community for doctors in France based on the weekly medical magazine Panorama du m\u00e9decin.\nIn a joint statement, the companies said that bringing European doctor communities together would 'provide physicians with the opportunity for increased collaboration with their peers as well as improved access to enhanced professional content and online learning.'\nRichard Adams, CEO, Doctors.net.uk, said: \"Our recent conversations with some of Europe's leading pharmaceutical brands and healthcare communicators demonstrate a clear need for trusted online channels that can be used to engage directly with medical professionals across Europe.\u201d\nIn 2010, Doctors.net.uk announced it would take a share in MedUniverse, a Swedish online healthcare network, with a strategic alliance also formed with Medcenter Holdings, an online health marketing company in Latin/Central America and Iberia.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 150, "original_length": 6535, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 306.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.podcastingresource.com/2010/09/podcasts-in-archives-archiving.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:33Z", "digest": "sha1:TBPREJO2E3YXP7LF27PTNFK6XC7W4EHU", "length": 265, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.podcastingresource.com", "title": "Podcasting Resource: Podcasts in the Archives: Archiving Podcasting Content at the University of Michigan", "raw_content": "Podcasts in the Archives: Archiving Podcasting Content at the University of Michigan\n\"This case study examines the challenges involved in developing best practices and workflows for archiving and preserving podcasting content created by the University of Michigan.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 130, "original_length": 2723, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 199.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.pontoonclub.com/performers/bio/124/reggaerajahs", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:13Z", "digest": "sha1:KAG5UCMYAIPXPDARSV3JYNW72G4QOWVG", "length": 1622, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.pontoonclub.com", "title": "ReggaeRajahs | Pontoon - Club and Lounge | Phnom Penh, Cambodia", "raw_content": "ReggaeRajahs\nReggae Rajahsare India's first reggae sound system. Known for their energetic live performances, they are reggae entertainers and promoters based out of New Delhi. Formed in 2009, they have dedicated themselves to spreading the sounds of dub, reggae and dancehall music across India. They frequently perform at clubs and live venues all over the country and have also performed at many festivals including Sunburn Festival (Goa), SulaFest (Nashik) and Ragasthan (Jaisalmer). They host and curate their own stage at the NH7 Weekender Festival called the \u2018Dubstation\u2019 which has introduced thousands of people to dub based sounds over the last three years.\nThe last year saw Reggae Rajahs make their second appearance on the European tour circuit, performing at major festivals such asRototomSunsplash (Spain), Sziget Festival (Hungary),Outlook Festival (Croatia), Uprising Reggae Festival (Slovakia) andOstroda Reggae Festival (Poland). This past year also marked the beginning of Reggae Rajahs as a truly international sound with DJ MoCity representing the crew in Dubai, BeLights in Malta and Diggy Dang, General Zooz and Ziggy B holding it down in New Delhi.\nIn January 2013, Reggae Rajahs were chosen as the opening act for Snoop Dogg aka Snoop Lion in New Delhi. They have also shared the stage with a number of established international artists such as Dub Inc. (France), Million Stylez (Sweden), ZiggiRecado (Holland), TippaIrie, Apache Indian, Mr. Williamz, Brother Culture, Soom T, Deadly Hunta, Mungo's HI Fi (all UK), SupaBassie&Sargento Garcia (Spain), Dreadsquad (Poland) and Subatomic Sound (USA).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 32, "original_length": 2205, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 288.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.preludefund.org/what-we-do/relief-for-children-in-jordan/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:59Z", "digest": "sha1:ZOPVRPPNFMR3E236D4U72XBKVSODVIJ4", "length": 1320, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.preludefund.org", "title": "Relief for Children in Jordan | Prelude", "raw_content": "\u201cOn behalf of the Meningitis Foundation board, and the children, and myself, allow me to thank you for your efforts in making life more pleasant and happy with your marvelous playing especially for those who are in much need for that feeling. Please accept our great appreciation, respect and love.\u201d\nSana Masri, President of the Jordanian Meningitis Foundation\nIn Jordan, hundreds of thousands of children live under the poverty line. Descendants of Palestinian refugees, third generation refugees, still live in crowded refugee camps in extreme poverty. Since the break of the war in Iraq, hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have fled Iraq, and settled in Jordan, also in refugee camps. Many children have lost their families and homes, and now face the realities of living as a refugee.\nSeveral times a year, Prelude sponsors therapeutic music workshops in different centers in Jordan. The workshops are coordinated and hosted by different local organizations (see right column), and are given by professional music educators and volunteers. During the workshops the children listen to music, dance, sing, play musical and social-oriented games, and experience playing on music instruments such as percussion, guitar and cello.\nRecently, Prelude donated a kit of percussion instruments for a center for refugees in Marka.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 31, "original_length": 1886, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 229.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.prospektphoto.net/tear-sheets/cosmodrome-by-raffaele-petralla-on-gq-italia/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:25Z", "digest": "sha1:7OMJRJEEVBXXOE57CWVLQMXNKHBHAD3Z", "length": 50, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.prospektphoto.net", "title": "COSMODROME by RAFFAELE PETRALLA on GQ ITALIA | prospekt | photographers", "raw_content": "Here you can see the complete series \u201cCosmodrome\u201d.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 41, "original_length": 730, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.81, "perplexity": 115.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.proteacher.net/discussions/showthread.php?s=7b0bee5a46e3b7d3441a16799d00cd65&t=570708", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:21Z", "digest": "sha1:GJW2N5QBVT2SGAOOPTC7OJ6QUATPFX4Y", "length": 251, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.proteacher.net", "title": "Adding and Subtracting with Unknowns - ProTeacher Community", "raw_content": "Adding and Subtracting with Unknowns\nMy kids have been struggling with these concepts, so I created some self checking task cards and worksheets:\nhttps://www.teacherspayteachers.com/...Bundle-2863590\nIt's a great way to incorporate some extra practice", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 1171, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 319.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.puertorico-herald.org/issues2/2005/vol09n17/YoungLat.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:24:01Z", "digest": "sha1:ZZHHWGWBCJ4AYPLPKPKPRESQAEOOOVQY", "length": 3414, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.puertorico-herald.org", "title": "PUERTO RICO HERALD: Young Latinos Get More Chances To Shine", "raw_content": "Young Latinos Get More Chances To Shine\nBy Sandra Barrera, Los Angeles Daily News.\nCopyright \u00a9 2005 Chicago Tribune. All rights reserved.\nOn a Sunday morning in Burbank, Calif., Gina Cano, a 28-year-old from Toluca Lake, walks into NBC Studios and serenades Emilio Estefan with a wistful song about Cuba.\n\"I know this sounds crazy, but I think I saw a glimmer in his eyes,\" she says following her 30-second performance of \"Mi Tierra.\" That \"glimmer\" could be from the fact that the song she sang was written by his wife, singer Gloria Estefan. Or it could be dollar signs.\nCano is auditioning for \"Nuevas Voces de America,\" a sort of \"American Idol\" en espanol that premieres on the Telemundo network in February.\nThe series is at the crest of a new wave of music programming aimed at and employing Latino teens and twentysomethings. Although Cano is older than the target age of 14 to 24, she is emblematic of the emerging diversity of niches in the U.S. entertainment ecosystem now blooming: reggaeton, urban regional, bilingual music channels such as LATV and Mun2, and big-budget variety shows such as \"Nuevas Voces de America.\"\nTo a lot of people who control the purse strings in the industry, this is the future.\nIn recent years, more impresarios such as Estefan and a growing army of marketing whizzes have been trying to appeal to this demographic through programs such as \"Nuevas Voces.\" The series was created as a promotional vehicle to help drive the lackluster record industry back to somewhere near relevant.\n\"I don't see a lot of record companies releasing a lot of new artists, and I think that's a problem,\" Estefan says, referring to the tendency for labels to stick with tried-and-true talent, even if they no longer are selling what they used to. \"By creating this show, they have to release new faces, because this is going to be a big show ... and it's going to be very young, very MTV, very cutting edge.\"\nEstefan's series will spotlight 20 pop-star hopefuls he has yet to handpick from auditions held throughout the U.S., including Puerto Rico. Finalists compete for a $250,000 record contract with a label -- also yet to be named -- while undergoing boot camp in preparation for an image-obsessed American audience.\nThe interest in the young Latino market has already spawned a handful of new programs and promises more, which is good news for the would-be artists.\n\"I think it's great that there's so many opportunities for Latin pop singers trying to make it in the world,\" says Elizabeth Cano, 19, the sister of Gina Cano.\nShe recently came from auditions for another talent search called \"Objectivo: Fama,\" set to air on Univision. On that show, winners get a deal with the TV network's own record label. However, not all of these new, reality-based music shows are competitions. Elsewhere on TV there's \"La Familia Perfecta,\" a documentary about a day in the life of five recording artists in the making. The series premieres on the Mun2 network in March.\n\"I hate calling this a reality series, because there's very few reality series that are this real,\" says Yolanda Foster, vice president of programming for Mun2, the Telemundo cable network for young bilingual Latinos launched in 2001.\nThat network, one of the pioneers in tapping the market, provides a variety of programming, from music to shows about car culture, extreme sports and celebrities, as well as documentary series.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 24, "original_length": 3741, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 214.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.puosu.co.uk/artist/roid/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:00Z", "digest": "sha1:OPNQFGZURTSAMAOUZT2SH7WIQQUVTY5K", "length": 3585, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.puosu.co.uk", "title": "ROID | MSK \u2013 Put Up Or Shut Up", "raw_content": "Roid is a renowned typographer who works entirely by hand with painstaking precision on a variety of canvases. These canvases include wood, paper, and even building walls. Roid is also graffiti street artist from London. Roid, who is often known as Roids, paints with a broad range of influences ranging from computer programs to graffiti artists, Japanese graphic designers, and airbrush techniques. His street art and graffiti can be described as innovative and progressive with an immense talent with letterforms.\nRoid constantly adds change and new design references to his work. His work is very easy to identify and it always helps extend the graffiti boundaries that often lead into never before imagined locations. These boundary-pushing innovative technical murals have created a graffiti style of their own. He is clearly no follower in the traditional graffiti.\nRoid finds influence and motivation in just about anything. Much of his influence comes from Japanese graphic design such as Tadanori Yokoo and his collage screen-prints. He also enjoys works from Katsuhiro Otomo, the creator of Akira. Most importantly, a large section of his influence comes strictly from other graffiti appearances. He always attempts to draw these influences in and creating his very own creations out of them. Other influences include computer generated designs and glitches, artwork items that constantly repeat, manga, typography, and nostalgia from the 80s and 90s.\nFor over 10 years, Roids endured the graffiti movement in his hometown of London. It was there that he enjoyed a long campaign of street and subway wall graffiti. Although he gained local recognition, it was not until about 2008 that his graffiti work really began to gain momentum.\nIn 2008, Roid graduated from London\u2019s Camberwell College of art. In the same year, he joined one of the worlds most famous graffiti crew known as MSK. MSK features worldwide known artists Revok, Saber, Rime, Sever, Retna and others.\nIn 2011, Roid made his art world debut as a contemporary illustrator in the Known Gallery. This also helped establish recognition from Forbes Magazine in an article known as \u201cThe 30 Most Important Artists and Designers under 30\u201d\nEven as his fame continues to grow, and his studio work continues to increase, Roid\u2019s graffiti is still his passion. Graffiti is the reason why he gets out of bed each day and painting out in the streets the only reason that gets him most excited. Roid approaches the art scene in a similar fashion as he does with the graffiti scene. This means that he has the opportunity to push as hard as he can explore and eventually he will find satisfaction between his artwork. Although, he also believes that he will never be truly satisfied with his artwork.\nHis work has obtained the attention of the demanding world of fine art. Roid has previously debuted a solo exhibition titles \u201cMore than Ever\u201d in London. This exhibition has clearly positioned Roids within the world of fine art.\nRoid\u2019s precision is unmatched, in fact, people often think it is digitalized or printed. His hand-painted works are an epic sight and they always bring us back the point of precision. His precision and calculated nature of work coincides with his subject matter. Roid has mentioned that his work is inspired by the idea of love stories between robots and computers.\nHis work has also earned him a spot as one of today\u2019s premier graffiti artists.\nI Love Graffiti When It\u2019s Not On My Property (Mauve Shock)\nNothing In This Universe Is Down To Luck (Triptych)\nROIDS Study 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 (Pentaptych)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 165, "original_length": 10040, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 289.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.puosu.co.uk/terms-conditions/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:41Z", "digest": "sha1:DPHID2HNWAHZDMMJITOIFSISTY3SCVTD", "length": 4558, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.puosu.co.uk", "title": "TERMS & CONDITIONS \u2013 Put Up Or Shut Up", "raw_content": "Our Terms and Conditions will apply to all transactions on this site and are intended to follow the guidelines set out in the DTI\u2019s Distance Selling regulations (2000). They do not affect your statutory rights.\nOur terms and conditions may change at any time. Changes will take effect on the date they are published on the site (see the date at the top of this page). Before placing an order you will be asked to read and accept these terms and conditions.\nWebsite Useage\nYour use of any information or materials on this website is entirely at your own risk, for which we shall not be liable. It shall be your own responsibility to ensure that any products, services or information available through this website meet your specific requirements. Your use of this website and any dispute arising out of such use of the website is subject to the laws of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.\nThis website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us or reproduced with the permission of the relevant artists. Unauthorised reproduction contravenes the artist\u2019s copyright and could result in legal action being taken against you. 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No credit card information is stored by us.\nBy creating an account with our shop, you are able to move through the checkout process faster, store multiple shipping addresses, view and track your orders in your account and more.\nPut Up or Shut Up welcome submissions of work from artists, but reserves the absolute right not to choose material for publication or promotion without having to give reason.\nEnsure you have cookies enabled. This is the most common cause of browser problems.\nIf you have any queries about the website, online payments or your chosen piece of art please contact the gallery on +44 (0) 7943510089. The team is on-hand during normal office hours to answer any questions and offer advice. Alternatively email enquiries@puosu.co.uk\nWe take a responsible approach to data protection and never pass on your details to third parties, from time to time we may use your details to inform you of exhibitions etc., if you do not wish to receive any communications please indicate this when placing your order. You can unsubscribe from this at any time by emailing enquiries@puosu.co.uk with \u2018unsubscribe\u2019 in the subject line\nWe reserve the right to cancel the Contract between us if: We or our suppliers have insufficient stock to deliver the goods you have ordered or such goods have been discontinued; One or more of the goods you ordered was listed at an incorrect price due to a typographical error or an error in the pricing information received by us from our suppliers. If we do cancel your contract we will notify you by e-mail and will re-credit to your account any sum deducted by us from your credit card as soon as possible but in any event within 30 days of your order. We will not be liable to pay any additional compensation for disappointment suffered.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 114, "original_length": 11698, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 311.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.queensinn.com/event/montage-saturday-music-river/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:19:08Z", "digest": "sha1:HKL4CADFXFPU2DSEAORLEXRI3D6O7PI2", "length": 466, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.queensinn.com", "title": "Montage - Saturday Music by the River at Queen's Inn by the River", "raw_content": "\u00ab Chester Neville Band \u2013 Saturday Music by the River\nIdle Hour Winery\u2019s 10 Year Anniversary Celebration \u00bb\nLive Music by the River at Queen\u2019s Wine Bar & Beer Garden will feature live music from Montage on Saturday, September 1st. The bar opens at 4pm and music will begin at 6:30pm. Our bar features a large selection of quality wine and beer from around the world. Food is available to purchase at this event. No outside food or beverages permitted. 21+ only please.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 2085, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 281.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.questtimes.com/2018/10/womens-fashion-retailer-coast-collapses.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:21Z", "digest": "sha1:FZYHWGPQNGCJQ53ZEDEU4DIXMTSTO7HV", "length": 1160, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.questtimes.com", "title": "Quest Times: Women's fashion retailer Coast collapses putting 300 jobs at risk", "raw_content": "Women's fashion retailer Coast collapses putting 300 jobs at risk\nWomen's fashion retailer Coast has gone into administration, putting 300 jobs at risk, in a sign of continuing pain on the High Street.\nThe collapse means the immediate closure of its 18 UK outlets, at locations including Oxford Street and Westfield in London.\nCoast also has five stores in Ireland, two in Dubai and two in Kuwait.\nIt has numerous concessions in department stores, including House of Fraser, Debenhams and John Lewis.\nAurora, in turn, is owned by Icelandic bank Kaupthing, which also owns the Karen Millen fashion brand.\nKaren Millen is reported to have bought Coast's brand and website, according to the Press Association, taking on 600 staff, leaving the remaining 300 facing an uncertain future.\nCoast was hard hit by the collapse of House of Fraser, one of a number of High Street chains to hit trouble this year as the retail sector has come under increasing pressure.\nA statement issued by the firm's directors said \"difficult trading conditions\" had led to the move.\nIt added that Michael Denny, Ian Green and Zelf Hussein of PwC had been appointed joint administrators.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 171, "original_length": 7608, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 248.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.quillingbysandrawhite.com/quilled-wedding-keepsakes-one-of-a-kind-gallery.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:42Z", "digest": "sha1:K56QETNCIRJUULMSAJ5J7YFDHLQLLRLQ", "length": 246, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.quillingbysandrawhite.com", "title": "Quilled Wedding Keepsakes One of a Kind Gallery - Quilling by Sandra White", "raw_content": "Quilled Wedding Invitation One of a Kind Gallery\nThis gallery contains one of a kind pieces that do not fit any of my other wedding invitation galleries. If you like one of them, let's talk and I can give you a price range for the finished piece.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 33, "original_length": 814, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 246.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.quillingbysandrawhite.com/store/p134/Sunflower_and_Mountains.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:08Z", "digest": "sha1:NFJYEXXMB6NOZ64TVRNFOBBMOBEHKZZY", "length": 62, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.quillingbysandrawhite.com", "title": "Sunflower and Mountains", "raw_content": "A beautiful 16x20 piece. The sunflower looks to the mountains.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 44, "original_length": 716, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 294.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.quotecounterquote.com/2011/05/lucy-you-got-some-splainin-to-do.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:15:27Z", "digest": "sha1:BEARSIGVVTOPKNDLHD5RRRZSD5QZBATB", "length": 4517, "nlines": 34, "source_domain": "www.quotecounterquote.com", "title": "Quote/Counterquote: \u201cYou got some \u2018splainin\u2019 to do!\u201d \u2013 updated for today\u2019s world\u2026", "raw_content": "THE \u201cI LOVE LUCY\u201d CATCHPHRASE THAT RICKY NEVER SAID:\n\u201cLucy! You got some \u2018splainin\u2019 to do!\u201d\nCatchphrase associated with the TV show I Love Lucy (1951-1957)\nThis famous line is commonly assumed to have been said to Lucille Ball by Desi Arnaz, as the character Ricky Ricardo, on the I Love Lucy show. Most people think he said it regularly, with a Cuban accent that turned explaining into \u2018splainin,\u2019 when he confronted Lucy about some wacky thing she\u2019d done.\nHowever, as noted on many websites, including posts by I Love Lucy fans who have watched every episode, Arnaz never actually said the line in any episode of the show. (He did say a few similar lines, such as \u201cOK, Lucy, \u2018splain\u201d and \u201cAll right, start \u2018splainin.\u2019\u201d) At some point in the 1950s, some comedian or journalist must have used the familiar catchphrase and it caught on, becoming part of our language.\nToday, saying a person or entity \u201chas some \u2018splainin\u2019 to do\u201d is a humorous way of suggesting that they have done (or may have done) something stupid, hypocritical, illegal or otherwise embarrassing.\nTHE \u201cGERALDO LOVES GERALDO\u201d VERSION:\n\u201cHmm, looks like a meltdown. Ok, maybe that\u2019s not entirely accurate. Maybe it\u2019s a lapse in judgment. Whatever it is, Geraldo\u2019s got some serious \u2018splainin\u2019 to do.\u201d\nA July 21, 2013 post on EurWeb.com\u2019s \u201cElectric Urban Report\u201d\nThis was one of the more moderate observations made about the half-nude \u201cselfie\u201d photo tweeted by FOX News \u201cOn Air Personality\u201d Geraldo Rivera, with the comment \u201c70 is the new 50.\u201d Geraldo later blamed it on a few too many tequilas.\nThis was followed by another stunning revelation when a prominent news magazine released a copy of the original photo, showing what Geraldo actually looked like before he Photoshopped the selfie.\nTHE \u201cMATT NO LONGER LOVES OBAMA\u201d VERSION:\n\u201cThere are a lot of things that I really question. The legality of those drone strikes and these NSA revelations...He\u2019s got some explaining to do, particularly for a constitutional law professor.\u201d\nActor Matt Damon\nHis widely-reported remarks about President Barack Obama, in an August 2013 interview on the BET channel.\nDamon was a prominent supporter of Obama during the 2008 election, but now says he feels disappointed in the President and his policies, especially with respect to the continuing use of drones to kill people in Afghanistan and Pakistan and the the NSA's monitoring of phone calls and emails. \u201cHe broke up with me,\u201d Damon said.\nABOUT THAT END OF THE WORLD THING:\n\u201cTo paraphrase Ricky Ricardo, Harold Camping has got some \u2018splaining to do...The Judgment Day has come. And it has gone. And we\u2019re all still here.\u201d\nFreelance writer and blogger\nIn a post on his blog, The Mind of Matt, May 22, 2011. Camping had generated worldwide news for predicting that the second coming of Jesus Christ and the end of the world would occur on May 21, 2011, and for plugging the prediction on billboards and his Christian radio show. When the world survived, he changed the date to October 21, 2011. As I write this, Harold is 92 years old and still alive. I predict that we\u2019ll hear another prediction from him again, from beyond the grave, on May 21, 3011.\nABOUT OSAMA HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT IN PAKISTAN:\n\u201cIt seems to me that Pakistan's leaders, including former President Musharraf, have some \u2018splainin\u2019 to do.\u201d\nComedian and host of The Daily Show\nCommenting on the revelation that Osama Bin Laden had been \u201chiding\u201d for years in Pakistan, in a segment on the May 2, 2011 edition of The Daily Show.\nTHE DONALD TRUMP STFU VARIATION:\n\u201cYup, now we know the real reason he dropped out! He would have had a lot of \u2018splainin to do.\u201d\nPost on the Donald Trump Will You Please Just STFU Facebook page, May 20, 2011\nThis comment, posted after Trump dropped out of the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, was linked to news about allegations that \u201cTrump University\u201d uses deceptive trade practices, misrepresents its ability to place students in jobs and has poor quality of instruction.\nTHE SPERMINATOR VARIATION:\n\u201cThe Terminator turned Governator now Impregnator has some splaining to do!!!\u201d\nA Facebook comment on the People magazine report that Arnold Schwarzenegger had a secret affair and love child with a household staff member .\nThis post is dedicated to my sister-in-law and fellow Lucy fan, Marcy Lynn Simon.\nRelated viewing, reading and stuff\u2026\nLabels: Desi Arnaz, Humorous quotes, I Love Lucy TV show, Jon Stewart, Lucille Ball, Lucy you got some 'splainin' to do, Matt Butts, Ricky Ricardo, TV quotes", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 235, "original_length": 11357, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 325.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.rabbitpoets.com/sunrise-getting-stupid-what-would-lelouch-do/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:40:49Z", "digest": "sha1:UCUFSNEK7M5RJG2I3ZAO2VUKTXITUSPD", "length": 6735, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "www.rabbitpoets.com", "title": "Sunrise getting stupid (What would Lelouch do?) \u2013 Blogging about Anime | Rabbit Poets", "raw_content": "As I\u2019m merely a little, tiny ant of a blog in a wide ocean of anime blogs. But Sankaku Complex is reporting that Sunrise is coming with jackhammer in hand to demand that anime fan sites remove screencaps and even fan art. I\u2019m no expert, but I question the legality of trying to prohibit fan art in particular. Seems like a faithful reproduction of an actual Code Geass scene might fall under Sunrise\u2019s copyright rights, but I can\u2019t imagine how a chibi-version of Kallen or a Santa version of CC wouldn\u2019t fall under fair use. But I\u2019m no lawyer, so I won\u2019t argue the legal details.\nI will comment from a marketing standpoint on the utter stupidity of Sunrise\u2019s new policy. Screencaps, fan art don\u2019t replace the actual product. They help promote it. While it\u2019s annoying when episodes get pulled from YouTube, and though I don\u2019t necessarily think it\u2019s a good marketing idea, I understand the reasons behind it, and I think it\u2019s acceptable. But screencaps? Fan art? Really? That\u2019s like fumigating your house for ants when you\u2019ve got an incontinent elephant sitting in your bedroom. You\u2019ve not only misplaced your priorities, you\u2019ve also exposed yourself as being a complete idiot.\nTHAT just posted a review of the latest Gundam episode without screenshots. Not surprisingly, it\u2019s a whole hell of a lot less interesting without any pictures. Props to Crusader for going ahead and writing the review. But I\u2019d imagine it felt more like writing a paper or a dissertation than it did responding to a show he supports.\nSo what\u2019s this ultimately going to mean for Sunrise?\na.) Either no one\u2019s going to care and Sunrise will have to decide whether they want to waste a lot of money trying to sue and prosecute shadows in the dark\nb.) Sunrise continues to go after blogs until the anime blog community just stops writing about their shows altogether. Maybe not Gundam. But the weak sauce shows that are filling their winter roster like Akikan or Sora o Miageru Shoujo? They won\u2019t see the light of day.\nI don\u2019t always believe in the adage that any publicity is good publicity. But in this case I do. It\u2019s not like anime\u2019s falling out of the trees here (in the US). You can either wait two years (or much longer) for a show to be released on DVD, or if you\u2019re a computer noob, you can go figure out the whole codecs/bittorent/fansub scene to watch shows now. Either way, it requires patience or some effort to find what you want. So with that in mind, any free publicity studios can get, they should embrace. Because most people are not going to wait that long or put that effort in to check out a show that they haven\u2019t scene or sampled.\nFor example, a 100 people might read a poor review about a show from a major blog like THAT, Random Curiosity, or Sea Slugs. And that might turn 70 or 80 of them away from watching or purchasing the show. But there\u2019s always gonna be a small group of people who\u2019ll watch it and like it anyway. So now, just by having that bad review, a crap show like Akikan might get 20-30 fans. What happens if there\u2019s no review? Then 0 people learn of the show. And while no one\u2019s going to hate the show. Sunrise isn\u2019t going to make any money from it either.\nSo ultimately, they might protect their rights. But they lose a shitload of free publicity. And it\u2019s a huge lost opportunity for an industry that hasn\u2019t done a good job promoting and distributing its products outside of its native land. And considering the terrible shape of the world economy, if they were smart, they\u2019d embrace as much free publicity and marketing as they can. Sales aren\u2019t easy to come by. Especially if no one knows of your existence. Don\u2019t make it any more difficult for yourself, Sunrise.\nWhat would Lelouch do? He\u2019d probably tell Sunrise to go\n%$#@ themselves. And the irony is they\u2019d do it.\nCategoriesRandom Thoughts Tagssunrise\n4 Replies to \u201cSunrise getting stupid (What would Lelouch do?)\u201d\nKaioshin Sama says:\nThis doesn\u2019t make any sense, Lantis is a music company, not a studio and they appear to be the ones sending the C&D letters if this is too be believed, not Sunrise who apparently just has a policy on their site? The letter even claims it\u2019s from Lantis and makes no mention of Sunrise which would seem to indicate that they are acting on their own for some reason. Also Akikan is not a Sunrise show, it\u2019s by Brain Base. Same with Sora O Miageru Shoujo which is produced by Kyoto Animation. The only thing they have in common is that their music is all produced by Lantis. This adds further credence to the theory that it\u2019s a Lantis issue, not a Sunrise one. The only question is why a music company would be requesting removal of images taken from media that they don\u2019t even technically own. Hence why it doesn\u2019t make sense to me.\nKaioshin Sama\u2019s last blog post..Tales of Abyss episode 17 ~ great avalanche!\nAh. Very nice catch there. I should\u2019ve done some more vigilant fact checking. I was confusing Sora O Miageru Shoujo with Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo, which was the Sunrise show I was thinking of. You\u2019re right, it doesn\u2019t add up. Lantis shouldn\u2019t have any incentive to take down materials they don\u2019t own (not to mention that it\u2019s probably not legal). The only thing I can think of is that maybe they have some sort of license agreement with the studios that gives them some rights to non-music IP.\nThe only thing I can think of is maybe somebody used the image of a cover they designed for a character album and they decided they wanted to get bitchy and send out C&D letters.\nI think it\u2019s important to note that if Lantis does somehow have far reaching legal recourse for shows they produce the music for (and if there\u2019s any place where the law is bizarre enough to give them a company that right besides Texas then it\u2019s Japan), then there\u2019s a whole whack of images that would have to get taken down.\nI have to think that they have some implicit backing from the studios they\u2019re working with. Sunrise\u2019s usage policy is very restrictive, but I\u2019m not sure what Kyoani\u2019s or Brain Bare\u2019s is. But if I were the studio, I wouldn\u2019t be thrilled with Lantis sending C&D\u2019s without at least consulting with me. Because no one\u2019s going to remember Lantis, they\u2019ll remember the studios.\nThe other thing is, depending on what country you\u2019re in, I don\u2019t know how much weight a C&D based on Japanese copyright law carries. I mean, in the end, it\u2019s a silly little thing. But if someone refused to take down screenshots, I have to imagine that it would be a tremendous hassle for Lantis, etc. to take legal action in a way that meets the Japanese, international and host country\u2019s laws. Hopefully some common sense will prevail.\nPrevious PostPrevious Kurokami: Black God, episode 3 \u2013 uh oh\nNext PostNext Minami-ke: Okaeri, episode 4 \u2013 Pink! Bunnies!?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 83, "original_length": 10945, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 321.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.racerap.com/index.php/topnews/click_news/7660", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:56Z", "digest": "sha1:RL7DAU7VQFWFHRNIKNZRLS5UBS4TDL4P", "length": 4119, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.racerap.com", "title": "RaceRap Top News", "raw_content": "Late Season Roll Has Strunk In NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Title Hunt\nPhilip Morris picked up his ninth win of the season at Motor Mile in Radford, Va. Saturday, Aug. 9 to maintain his lead in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series standings. (Photo courtesy of Kendall Walter/Motor Mile Graphics).\nLike most drivers, Jeff Strunk says he doesn\u2019t start paying attention to the track points standings until the season begins to draw to a close. But thanks to his recent strong run, the six-time Modified champion at Grandview Speedway in Bechtelsville, Pa., has one more thing to keep his eye on.\nStrunk has won three of his last six races to build a sizable lead in the track\u2019s top division and has put himself in position for title No. 7. His victory this past weekend on the 1/3-mile dirt track gave him four wins and 16 top fives in 17 starts and moved him up to seventh in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series points standings.\n\u201cWe\u2019re definitely better than we were at the beginning of the year,\u201d Strunk said. \u201cWe\u2019re better performance wise, and we have a little more luck on our side than we did the first six weeks. We were having to run consolations, that put us 20 on back. We still salvaged top fives out of them, but it\u2019s a lot easier to start 15th than 22nd.\u201d\nThe NASCAR Whelen All-American Series championships are based on a driver\u2019s top 18 finishes and Strunk is the only driver in the top 10 who hasn\u2019t reached the 18-race mark. In addition, Strunk has a 26th-place finish from May he could erase with a better performance. He hasn\u2019t finished out of the top four since that race and two more strong finishes would put him into contention for the national title.\nPhilip Morris of Motor Mile Speedway in Radford, Va., held onto his car Saturday night and the points lead with it. Morris bounced off the wall hard racing on the final lap for the lead, but managed to keep the car steered in the right direction and edged Jerame Donley at the finish line for the victory.\n\u201cIt was sliding around like a dirt track,\u201d Morris said of his Late Model on the .416-mile asphalt oval. \u201cThe wall was coming fast. I pretty much knew the car was going to hit the wall if I didn\u2019t lift. And I didn\u2019t lift. There was just enough momentum to get around to the start-finish line.\n\u201cAs a driver, you don\u2019t like to finish like that, because it was so up in the air on who\u2019s going to win or even if you are going to finish. But it was just a really awesome finish. I almost felt like a rookie in Victory Lane with excitement.\u201d\nWhile Morris won, Marty Ward finished second in the Late Model race Saturday at Greenville-Pickens Speedway in Greenville, S.C. The two-point difference in finishing positions and the five-point bonus Morris picked up for the win provides him with his first-place margin (887-880) over Ward with one month remaining in the NASCAR Whelen All-American season.\nMorris has nine wins and 17 top fives in 19 starts. He has his worst finishes of 26, 36 and 44 points that he is looking to improve on in the final weeks. Ward, with 10 wins and 18 top fives in 18 starts, has a 32-point finish and a pair of 44s as his three worst finishes.\nBrian Harris remained third with 863 points. Harris runs a dirt late model at three Iowa tracks: West Liberty Raceway, Dubuque Fairgrounds Speedway and Farley Speedway. He had a win (Farley) and second-place (Dubuque) this past weekend.\nKeith Rocco of Connecticut, who held the points lead for much of the summer, is fourth with 840 points while running at the New Waterford Speedbowl, Stafford Motor Speedway and Thompson International Speedway. Coleman Pressley of Greenville-Pickens is fifth at 805.\nUnder the points structure for the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series, the race winner will receive two points for every car in the event up to 25 cars. Second place will receive two fewer points, and so-on through the field. For example, if there are 25 cars, the winner receives 50 points, second gets 48 and third 46. If there are 15 cars, the winner receives 30 points, second gets 28 and third 26. New this year, drivers receive five bonus points for a win.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 190, "original_length": 9154, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 210.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.rampantscotland.com/diary/diary_snow_dec.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:12Z", "digest": "sha1:WQKNI2D5KZQRCY5SH44HWREX3HPQFVBM", "length": 10145, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "www.rampantscotland.com", "title": "Scottie's Diary - Snowbound Scotland", "raw_content": "- Snowbound Scotland\nSnowbound Scotland From Space\nScotland is on the same latitude as Labrador and Baffin Bay but, thanks to the Gulf Stream, warm water starts out in the Gulf of Mexico and drifts across the Atlantic to northern Europe, including the west coast of Scotland. So we usually experience much milder winters than the latitude would suggest. So much so that they cheekily grow palm trees on the coastal fringes of Scotland in places like Culzean Country Park in Ayrshire and Inverewe Garden at Poolewe even further north. In recent years, thanks no doubt to the impact of global warming, we've had a run of seven years of mild winters. The amount of snow falling even in the Highlands of Scotland has been declining and the commercial ski slopes have been suffering from lack of snow. They have even tried to diversify to create attractions in the summer to make up for lack of winter skiing. However, the lack of cold weather and snow changed in the most recent couple of years, with last winter producing months of freezing temperatures and lots of snow. The ski slopes had their largest number of skiers for many years. But we were told that was a \"once in a lifetime\" event... Even so, local authorities stocked up in advance and began the winter with 260,000 tonnes of road salt (they nearly ran out last winter) and took delivery of more gritter lorries to treat the roads.\nNovember's Early Snow\nBut November this year broke records for the amount of snow and low temperatures, especially in the central Lowlands of Scotland. The unusual conditions - and some photographs of the snowy scenes - prompted me to write a diary page about the snowy scenes and traffic chaos - see A Snowy November if you didn't see that two weeks ago.\nTravel Chaos\nOn the Monday after sending out that diary page, there was yet another heavy fall of snow in many parts of Scotland, including the central Lowlands which includes Edinburgh and Glasgow. It fell during the morning rush hour and created chaos on Scotland's roads with central Scotland's road network brought to a standstill. The lucky folk on some motorways and A-class roads only took ten hours to complete a journey that normally took them 30 minutes. The unlucky ones were trapped in their cars overnight, unable to move because of articulated lorries that had jack-knifed.\nThousands of vehicles were abandoned and hundreds of people were stuck in their cars overnight. Apart from a few locals from houses near the roads who went out with flasks of soup and tea, these motorists were just abandoned by the roads authorities and police. The police estimated that around 1,000 cars had been abandoned in the Strathclyde region alone. On the M876 alone, 650 cars and 350 lorries became stuck on the five-mile stretch of road near Falkirk. And some who abandoned their cars on motorways had to pay a hefty fine to get them back later from car pounds after they had been removed to allow gritters to operate more freely. On Tuesday morning, Strathclyde Police reported that the snow and ice on some roads was breaking the blades on snow ploughs. The M8, Scotland's busiest road, was closed for two days between Edinburgh and Glasgow. The weather caused a southbound closure on the Forth Road bridge when gridlock on the wider roads network caused traffic to back up on to the bridge from the A90 and M9 spur.\nEven by Wednesday, schools in Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire and Clackmannanshire, West Lothian, North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire and Falkirk were all closed. About 900 schools were shut, affecting more than 200,000 children who were away from classes yet again. Snow in the east of the country, in Edinburgh for example, was a foot deep and it was even deeper in East Kilbride, south of Glasgow.\nThe economic side effects of transport being so badly affected are widespread. There are the direct costs of dealing with the snow on the roads and the extra potholes created on roads that already had surfaces that would be regarded as sub-standard in a third-world country. And this should be the busiest time of the year for many retailers. But with police again warning motorists to only drive if the journey was absolutely essential, city and town centre shops were deserted and out of town shopping malls were eerily quiet. The surprise is perhaps that the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce estimate was that retail sales were down by only 25/35% so far this month.\nShops in smaller towns and villages benefitted to an extent as locals used them instead of travelling to larger supermarkets - so long as they in turn could somehow get supplies to stock the shelves. Even supermarket chains were having delivery problems with a number running short of bread and milk. Faced by ungritted, icy side roads for delivery vans, many supermarkets operating on-line ordering suspended the service for non food items in Scotland.\nOn Wednesday, the sections of the M8 motorway which had been closed for nearly 48 hours reopened, with a convoy of cars heading slowly along the road led by two snowploughs. The army was also drafted in to help clear the snow from areas surrounding hospitals and doctors' surgeries in Edinburgh and help transport residents in the Capital get to medical appointments.\nBy Friday, there was at last a break from the freezing temperatures with a slight thaw (which created its own problems with slushy roads which then froze again overnight). But at least last weekend saw retail outlets thronged as customers tried to catch up with their Christmas shopping.\nOf course, the thaw didn't last and temperatures plummeted, especially overnight, during the following week.\nTransport Minister Resigns\nWhile nobody could blame the Scottish Transport Minister, Stewart Stevenson, for the snow, his immediate reaction was to blame the forecasters used by the government to predict the weather - even though many other forecasts, including those on BBC and commercial TV programmes, were full of warnings about the severity of the weather. The Meteorological Office gave an icy response to that excuse and accused the Minister of sliding away from the truth.. They claimed that their severe weather warnings had been issued nine hours ahead of the snowfall.\nEventually the minister apologised for \"failing to communicate the position better and earlier\" to travellers on Monday. The Scottish First Minister claimed that the authorities had been caught out by a \"perfect storm\" - while rattling off the actual depth of snow in various parts of central Scotland compared to the predictions given by the forecasters. As the week wore on, however, the Minister of Transport faced more calls to resign from opposition Members of the Scottish Parliament (who said they knew of the impending snowfall from TV news reports). The tabloid press also reflected the frustration of many members of the public.\nEventually, by the end of the week, the Transport Minister announced his resignation, saying that he \"could have done much more to ensure that members of the public were better informed of the situation\".\nWe are now nearing the end of the third week of snow on the ground (or longer for Aberdeen and the north-east of the country) and forecasters warned of yet more freezing temperatures and snow driven by winds from the Arctic. Forecasters made doubly sure that everyone - even Scottish government transport ministers - were well warned in advance. On Thursday it was Aberdeen's turn to face yet more driving snow and traffic slowed to a crawl and the airport closed, including helicopter flights to North Sea oil rigs. While there were indeed more blizzard conditions in Aberdeen and the north east, much of the snow fell on Northern Ireland and north-east England with only a light covering - and icy roads in central Scotland. On Saturday there were more snow flurries in the heavily populated Central Lowlands but the main focus for snow was down in the south of England where heavy snow resulted in London Heathrow airport closing and flights at other airports around the UK capital were badly disrupted. Just to cheer us up, the weather forecasters say that if this cold weather continues (which is looking likely) this December is \"almost certain\" to be the coldest since records began - in 1910.\nThe forecast for next week and for Christmas sees no sign of daytime maximum temperatures getting above freezing point and dropping even lower every night. Whether we get any snow falling on Christmas Day remains to be seen - but the bookmakers are shortening the odds again..\nOnce again, the snow provide photo opportunities though with police advising that we should only travel by car if absolutely necessary, the photos were in my local suburban Glasgow area. In other years when there has been snow, there have often been cloud and overcast days after the snow. At least this year there have been a number of bright sunny days with blue skies that make for some delightful pictures!\nThe snow is falling heavily in this picture and kept on like that for a number of hours. It was that wet kind of snow that clings to branches and leaves - and is ideal for making a snowman!\nAt this stage I was taking photos from inside the house - I worked quickly as even opening the windows to avoid reflections created an icy blast inside!\nThe local squirrels must be getting puzzled by the way the snow arrives, departs and comes back again. Rather like the Transport Minister, they don't have any TV weather forecasters to give them prior warning...\nOf course, it looks very pretty once the snow stops and the sun comes out. Although there is no water to be seen (it froze solid weeks ago) this is a small loch.\nThere is a small hill nearby and local children and some parents were taking advantage of the snow to go sledging. Needless to say, local shops ran out of the plastic sledges very quickly.\nI always feel sorry for the folk who live on this hill. It is a dead end and so doesn't get a lot of traffic to churn up the snow.\nThis is the same tree that appeared further up the page showing the snow falling heavily.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 160, "original_length": 12146, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 295.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.rasavage.co.uk/rosalind-fitzgerald.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:06Z", "digest": "sha1:T7TQ3RPRZKW5C7FFYLNEPMREIJJUDBEL", "length": 3292, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.rasavage.co.uk", "title": "R A Savage & Co - Solicitors & Mediators | Rosalind Fitzgerald - Consultant Solicitor and Mediator", "raw_content": "Rosalind Fitzgerald - Consultant Solicitor and Mediator\nrosalind.fitzgerald@rasavage.co.uk\nRosalind has over 13 years of family law experience. She trained in a regional firm and then spent several years at at a top rated Legal 500 London firm before coming to RA Savage and Co as a consultant solicitor and mediator.\nRosalind is experienced in acting in financial disputes in divorce/dissolution proceedings and for separating unmarried partners.\nRosalind aims to bring a sensitive and constructive approach to resolving disputes concerning children between parents. She has particular experience and specialism in international children matters and jurisdictional disputes, having often received instructions from the International Child Abduction and Contact Unit in Hague Convention proceedings. She has acted in a number of reported cases in this field, in the High Court and the appeal courts.\nRosalind also has experience in Court of Protection work, particularly in welfare disputes, and has acted on instruction from the Official Solicitor. She was named as part of a recommended Court of Protection team at her previous firm in the 2013 Legal 500 ratings.\nRosalind is also a trained mediator, and experienced in 'round table negotiations' with other solicitors.\nW v W [2009] EWHC 3288 (Fam)\nJoinder of 17 year old sibling to Hague Convention proceedings\nRe HM; PM v KH and HM (By the Official Solicitor); States of Guernsey Interested Party [2010] EWHC 870 (Fam) [2010] 2 FCR 639; Re HM (Adult), PM v KH and anor (No 3) [2010] EWHC 871 (Fam); 30 April 2010: Re HM (Adult), PM v KH and anor (No 4) [2010] EWHC 1579; Re HM (no 5) [2010] EWHC 2107 (Fam), Munby LJ Instructed by the Official Solicitor in a series of cases concerning the abduction of a vulnerable adult to Israel who was eventually successfully recovered to this jurisdiction.\nRe W (Minors) (Child's Objections) [2010] EWCA 520 Civ, Black J\nSJ & Anor v JJ & Anor [2011] EWHC 3450 (Fam); and SJ v JJ [2012] EWHC 931 (Fam), Baker J \"Second bite of the cherry\" proceedings under Brussels II rev following a non-return order made in Hague Convention proceedings in Poland. Acted for the mother in her successful defence to the application for return.\nRe NM, [2011] EWHC 3590, Mostyn J\nUnprecedented application under Schedule 3 MCA 2005 (which implements the 2000 Hague Convention on the International Protection of Adults) for recognition and enforcement of a foreign court placing an incapacitated adult in an English psychiatric institution. Instructed leading and junior counsel.\nRe LM (A Child) [2013] EWHC 646, Cobb J\nActing for the Health Service Executive of Ireland, instructing leading and junior counsel in proceedings concerning the transfer of jurisdiction from Ireland to England of care proceedings pursuant to article 15 of Brussels II revised appropriate jurisdiction of care proceedings, and in addition to resolve a dispute as to which should be the designated local authority upon acceptance of transfer of jurisdiction.\nH v S (surrogacy agreement) [2015] EWFC 36\nActing for the mother of a child conceived by artifical conception in circumstances alleged to be akin to surrogacy. Highly contested proceedings, as to the parental roles that the mother, father, and the father\u2019s partner should each play.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 4027, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 335.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.rasc.ca/news/rasc-sesquicentennial-celebration-kickoff", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:54Z", "digest": "sha1:O5XYRXRDMZJW24632UJ3LTG4RSW673VI", "length": 2076, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.rasc.ca", "title": "RASC Sesquicentennial Celebration Kickoff | RASC", "raw_content": "RASC Sesquicentennial Celebration Kickoff\nRASC\u2014Eyes on the Universe for 150 Years\n2018 is a banner year for The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC), as it marks the 150th year since the Society's inception. That is reason enough for Canada's leading association of amateur and professional astronomers to celebrate the past and future course of astronomy in this country.\nA number of celebratory activities and events are planned to span 2018, the first of which is set for Saturday January 27, 2018. The public is invited to join the kick-off celebration for the birthday year with a cross-country Star Party, via the internet.\nThe link is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN7IKkRwBK0 and will be live from 2 PM until 8 PM EST.\nRASC Centres from across the country will be engaging in solar and lunar observing, mall exhibits and special presentations, delivering samplings of their activities with everyone via the internet link starting at 3 PM local time. Interviews, birthday wishes and discussions of the upcoming activities for the year will be interspersed with the Centre offerings. This is an excellent opportunity to see at a glance many of the RASC Centres and what the Society has done in the past and will do in the future. A special welcome from the National President, Colin Haig, will happen shortly after 6 PM EST with the festivities concluding (online) around 8 PM EST.\nFor more information, please feel free to contact Randy Attwood, RASC Executive Director (execdir@rasc.ca or 416-924-7973)\nFor more information on the RASC see https://rasc.ca/\nFor more information on the RASC\u2019s 150th anniversary see https://rasc.ca/2018\nThe Royal Astronomical Society of Canada is Canada\u2019s national astronomy organization. With a history dating back to 1868, the Society has nearly 5100 members in 29 centres or branches across the country. Members are active in observing the night sky, performing astronomical research and running educational public outreach sessions where members share their love of the night sky with fellow Canadians.\njrattwood\neNews Tag:", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 283, "original_length": 6475, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 213.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.readthehook.com/75305/sheffield-leaves-rolling-stone", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:56Z", "digest": "sha1:J72Y5UDQ2HP5UJZ3EUURH7QNAHUDECTZ", "length": 834, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.readthehook.com", "title": "Sheffield leaves Rolling Stone | The Hook - Charlottesville's weekly newspaper, news magazine", "raw_content": "Sheffield leaves Rolling Stone\nPublished online 2:46pm Friday Jun 20th, 2008\nAfter more than a decade as a reporter, columnist, and contributing editor for Rolling Stone, former Charlottesville resident Rob Sheffield has switched magazines. Now instead of penning the bi-weekly \"Pop Life\" column for music journalism's Old Grey Lady, Sheffield's byline can now be found in the pages of Blender, the monthly music publication from the folks who brought you Maxim, with his new column, called \"Station to Station,\" the second installment of which you can catch in this month's issue. Last year, Sheffield took the literary world on a trip through Charlottesville's early-'90s music scene in his memoir Love Is A Mix Tape.\nDave June 20th, 2008 | 3:37pm\nInteresting. I do not know the man at all, but Blender is a truly terrible magazine.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 17, "original_length": 1273, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 263.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.reflux.org/reflux/webdoc01.nsf/(vwWebPage)/jblog-20100417.htm?OpenDocument", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:54Z", "digest": "sha1:W7CQBSYE7Z6OQ3NZ7NZAO4YNB4T6YRA5", "length": 2923, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.reflux.org", "title": "April 17, 2010", "raw_content": "Best Treatments for Childhood Obesity and GERD\nObesity and Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease often occur together in children and teens.\nThere has been increasing interest in the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity in the last few years as the incidence has risen to alarming levels. I have noticed that childhood obesity is a hot topic at medical conferences and in research, leading to a better understanding of the causes and treatments.\nThe best treatment for childhood obesity is prevention. The pediatrician monitors weight and height at each well check up from infancy so it is important to follow the doctor\u2019s advice on feeding and nutrition at each age and stage.\nIf your child is already obese, the goal is to slow down the rate of weight gain. Losing weight is often harder to achieve but yields the best result. You will need to work with the pediatrician to manage the common medical complications associated with obesity such as Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, asthma, sleep apnea, high blood pressure and hip/knee problems. As an added benefit, the best treatments for childhood obesity will help to manage the reflux too. When weight is controlled, reflux symptoms often improve considerably.\nBest Treatments for Childhood Obesity/GERD\nSome doctors are literally writing a prescription on their prescription pad for their young patients who are overweight or obese. The prescription read: 5210\n5 servings of fruit/veggies a day\nLess than 2 hours of screen time\n1 hour of physical activity\n0 sweet beverages\nAsk your doctor for specific information about portion size for your child. At the same time increase the intake of fruit and vegetables to 5 serving a day. You can also control portion size and ingredients such as salt, fat and sugar by eating at home rather than at a fast food restaurant. These recommendations will help your child control her weight and her reflux symptoms too.\nLimit screen time: TV, computer, video games.\nIt is recommended that screen time from all sources such as TV, computer, video games, hand held games and the DVD player in the car needs to be limited to two hours or less each day. A little bit here, a bit there. It all adds up rather quickly. Keep track of your total screen time from all sources. I bet it is quite a bit higher than you would have guessed.\nIt is time to get a move on with one hour or more of physical activity each day. Your child will feel more alert, burn some calories and digestion will improve. Next week I will discuss ideas for helping your child become more active.\nLimit or Eliminate Juice and Soda.\nFruit drinks, sweet tea, soda and sports drinks are full of calories and sugar. Water is the best drink. Milk is also a recommended alternative to juice and soda but may cause digestive discomfort since acid reflux and lactose intolerance are common.\nFor more information about 5210, check out this website:\nhttp://www.letsgo.org/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 3847, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 339.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.repubanter.com/2007/10/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:58Z", "digest": "sha1:HQXAE36U4SNOJMTH6BZBR6IWS6VX46QE", "length": 5892, "nlines": 33, "source_domain": "www.repubanter.com", "title": "October \u00ab 2007 \u00ab Repubanter", "raw_content": "Workers, by definition, work.\nIf you are a worker, you probably hold an 8 hour/day job. You are used to doing that job 5 days a week, come sickness or health. You don\u2019t complain if your job gets you dirty or makes you sweat. You know that, if you want a salary, you will have to work\u2026\u2026\u2026.and, work hard. You expect to be paid for that job, and eventually hope to retire with enough money to live respectably the rest of your life. The product of your work is good \u2014 it increases the GNP by providing either a product or service, and hopefully, improves someone else\u2019s life.\nWorkers expect to work. They cannot accept a job and then caroom around the country without the likelihood of being fired.\nBut, there is another breed of \u201cworker\u201d in our country that are as usefull as barnacles on the ships of the Great Lakes. These pseudo workers have jobs \u2014 public jobs \u2014 which allows them to dress up when they work, and never split a fingernail. They have their own private social security system. Seldom, if ever, do they work up a sweat in their job unless it is from the fear that the public will find out how little they do and abolish their jobs.\nWho are these leeches?\nSome of them have prestigious titles, like representatives, assemblymen, senators, and even some governors and lesser officials.\nThey were elected to govern our great country and many of them have been busy lately\u2026.but not for the people\u2019s business. No, their business has been to endlessly campaign for their next job \u2014 in this case, President of the United States.\nWhere are they on most days when the rest of us are truly working? They are out campaigning, or attending fund raisers, or appearing on talk shows. They are speaking out on issues, but doing little to meliorate the problems of us common folks. Their campaigning does not increase the GNP or help anyone live a better life, except for them if they win.\nIt seems to me that these useless appendages in our political system should not receive a salary because they are not doing the job they were hired to do. They should lose their esteemed positions and have to come back to every day life like you or I. Maybe then, they will understand the concept of a good day\u2019s work for a good day\u2019s pay.\nI doubt it, but anything is possible in our country.\nHorowitz Speaks\nSo, last night Mr. Knowledge got to go and see David Horowitz speak at the UW-Madison campus. Needless to say, he recieved alot of scoff from the left for his \u2018racist\u2019 comments. Nowhere in his speach did he come remotely close to anything that could be called racist. His platform was based on radical Islamo-Facism, and he explained the why and the whry of the necessity to fight terroism and these radical factions.\nOverall his speech was not interruped except for two ass-jockeys who stopped the lecture for 5 minutes yelling stupid shit like investigate 9-11. His overall message was that of denouncing the radicals, and taking action on them to stop them where they live.\nAfter the speach, a short Q&A session was held, where many of the left tried to tear down his remarks. One of the funniest exchanges happened when one dumbass tried to tear him down for something he said in a book, and Horowitz said, did you read the book, and when the kid said no, of course he lost the battle.\nOverall i was impressed with how little disruption the left caused, although what could you say? The whole lecture was basically a fact finding mission, and he wanted to inform us of the real facts. He then wanted us to make our own decisions, after hearing all the facts from both sides.\nMr. Knowledge was happy to see Horowitz. Also, after hearing this, Mr. Knowledge says let\u2019s go balls to the wall and exterminate these pecker-head radicals.\nWire Tapping and You!!\nSo, Governor Doyle has been accused of tapping into UW students private data to search for students who are on financial aide. He did this to gain access to their email addresses to have them attend an event where he was going to speak about financial aide. Of course, none of this gets reported in the LIEberal media, but luckily, the College Republicans caught it and filed a suit.\nLIEberals will come to Doyle\u2019s side and say he was just doing this for the good of the students. That, he accessed this information only for matters that would further financial aide.\nThis is against the law. That is private information, even if it was done without malice.\nBut the real kicker here, is that LIEberals will rip Bush up one side and down the other for his legal \u2018wire-tapping\u2019 of terroists, but defend Doyle in his actions, because his intent was in the best interest of the people. Wait\u2026 what? So Bush trying to save lives is less of interest to the people than Doyle stealing private information.\nOne is legal : Bush\u2019s wire tapping.\nOne is illegal : Doyle\u2019s stealing of private information.\nMr. Knowledge is out.\nHuh\u2026 National Health Care?\nSo, huh. They hvae to come to America. Do we have Universal Health Care? No. Do they? Yes. But, we can take an excess from them? Doesn\u2019t add up to Mr. Knoweldge.\nKnowledge out.\nThe Clintons and their \"sleazey\" friends\u2026\u2026.\nThe Drudge is reporting that Sandy Berger is now advising Hillary Clinton. She must be feeling very confident in her lead to now be openly consorting with criminals. In the recent past:\nHillary refused to repudiate the Move-On ad which villified General Petraeus.\nShe also accepted, then gave away, funds from the now discredited Hsu; but, only after his criminal activity became public.\nNow, she is accepting advice from Sandy Berger whose claim to fame is that he knows how to stuff highly classified documents into his pants and then escape without being apprehended.\nWell, maybe it isn\u2019t so strange. After all, Mr. Berger was destroying documents which might have compromised Bill Clinton. 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O. Smith, American Standard and Oatey. If you\u2019re looking for quality plumbing parts and supplies, give us a call. Our experts know your industry, can answer any of your questions and know what you\u2019re looking for!\nLooking for a specific toilet? Search through our list of manufacturers. You will be able to review them and visit their website.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 808, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 329.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.robberstopperssecurityproducts.com/2011/01/our-first-post.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:06Z", "digest": "sha1:2CJI6U74Z3OSCASV5TPBKMYWRVDXWQL3", "length": 2071, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.robberstopperssecurityproducts.com", "title": "RobberStoppers Community Info Blog: Our First Post....", "raw_content": "After more than a dozen years in the security industry we realized that we are in a unique position in Vancouver. We see and hear what is going on crimewise in this beautiful city because we, as owners of RobberStoppers, get called to every part of it. We see the trends, we know who is being targeted, and how the bad guys got in.\nAnd so the idea for this website was born. To share what we' ve seen and learned about property crime so that you, our readers, can become more informed, to know what may be happening in your area, and take better precautions to protect your home, family, and business.\nBecause John and I were born in Vancouver, he grew up on Lulu Island (now known as Richmond) and I in South Vancouver. We've lived in the West End, in Coquitlam, Delta and South Surrey. We remember how safe and peaceful it all used to be when we were growing up and we are shocked at how that has changed. Shocked that the lower mainland has the highest property crime rate in Canada and is now second only to Miami in all of North America, that many people don't feel safe in their neighbourhoods.\nAnd yes readers we now need to take steps to protect our homes and families and safeguard our possessions. I can wish that there wasn't a need for window bars and extra security in all areas of the lower mainland but wishing isn't going to make it go away. Both John and I are proud of our company and how we have helped people after an upsetting even tramautic experience and how we've protected others from having to go through that. If sharing our knowledge and experience helps even one person stay safe, then we're happy!\nWhat can you expect to see on this site?\nFunny stories, sad stories, trends, tips, opinions, information, photos, and videos. We hope you will check back often!\nPlease check our company website http://www.robberstoppers.com/ for information on our security products, free onsite estimates, or give us a phone call 604 501-1288.\nThis was originally our first post but I thought I would re-submit it for newer readers.\nLabels: crime in vancouver", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 187, "original_length": 6745, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 308.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/unmasking-female-centered-bullying-schools/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:10Z", "digest": "sha1:ASCMJQX2QTQLDR2LSLHQGVAV5JQ5W4KS", "length": 5027, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.rochester.edu", "title": "Unmasking female-centered bullying in schools : NewsCenter", "raw_content": "Unmasking female-centered bullying in schools\nThe two high school girls, one black and one white, exchanged heated words in the cafeteria until the white girl shouted out a name\u2014actually a pair of names\u2014laden with the worst racial and gender-related insults that could be directed at a young, black female. Her face burning with indignation and humiliation, the black girl reached up with every ounce of her strength and slapped the white girl full across the face.\nThe black student, who was attending a predominantly white suburban high school, was suspended for a week for physical violence. But as Signithia Fordham, an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Rochester, sees it, the slap in the face wasn\u2019t the only act of violence between the two girls.\n\u201cNot all violence is physical, especially the kind often practiced by girls and women,\u201d says Fordham. \u201cAnd language is the most widely used form of nonphysical violence in human interaction.\u201d\nFordham spent two-and-a-half years studying female-specific bullying, competition, and aggression at Underground Railroad High School\u2014a pseudonym for a predominantly white suburban high school in upstate New York. Her objective was to initiate a re-examination\u2014followed by a redefinition\u2014of the misrecognized harm inflicted in social practices widely assumed to be relatively benign.\nAs she explains in her new book, Downed by Friendly Fire: Black Girls, White Girls, and Suburban Schooling (University of Minnesota Press), the confrontation between the black student, whom she calls Nadine, and the white student, Kirstin, began as a dispute over seats at a lunch table. Nadine and a friend (also black) left their backpacks at a table and got in a lunch line. In the meantime, Kirstin and several other white students sat at the table and claimed the extra seats. When Nadine and her friend returned and attempted to sit at the table, an argument ensued.\nThe harm Kirstin inflicted on Nadine came in the form of two vulgar words: one that referred to Nadine\u2019s race, and the second, to her gender. But, Fordham says, \u201cInterestingly, neither Nadine nor school officials recognized this exclusion as harmful in ways that parallel and sometimes exceed the harm readily acknowledged in physical violence.\u201d\nKirstin\u2019s evocation of Nadine\u2019s race and gender makes all the difference, according to Fordham. She argues that in much of contemporary American society, females continue to be rewarded primarily for beauty, male attention, and reproduction. Females who succeed in these contests are seen as gender-appropriate, and the others often considered \u201cspinsters\u201d or \u201cleftover women.\u201d Perhaps for this reason, nonphysical acts of aggression, directed strategically at a victim\u2019s marginalized status, have been shown to have serious social and academic consequences for victims. As a result, Fordham argues, these acts can and should fall under the rubric of violence.\nFordham provides numerous other examples of nonphysical violence in the form of name calling, bullying, and competition among females. Ally, a pseudonym for a 17-year-old white student battling anorexia, is also a victim. A tall girl with a poor self-image and an illness uncommon in her community, Ally is marked as \u201cnot normal,\u201d says Fordham, despite being white. As a result, Ally did not attract male protection and became the target of female aggression and bullying.\n\u201cAlly unconsciously realizes the social importance of being beautiful and gender-appropriate,\u201d says Fordham. \u201cLike the black girls in my study, she sees herself as not embodying the standard\u2014or normal\u2014image of femaleness.\u201d\nFordham found that the repercussions associated with falling short of the female ideal went well beyond a student\u2019s treatment by fellow classmates; teachers treated these students differently, as well.\nBrittany, a pseudonym for another white student, is a case in point. When Brittany was in elementary school, her teachers called her academically gifted. And she recalls being rewarded for her academic efforts in ways teachers did not reward her black girlfriends. Brittany attended a predominantly black city school before transferring to Underground Railroad High. \u201cShe was identified as inappropriately white\u2014or even \u2018trailer trash\u2019\u2014by the teachers,\u201d Fordham says, adding that Brittany had become \u201cblackened.\u201d\n\u201cThe social conditions I unmask in my book suggest that academic progress is much less likely for those who don\u2019t fit into the standard view of normal for females,\u201d Fordham warns.\nMoreover, she says the failure to consider nonphysical acts of aggression as violence often results in the bully being seen as the victim. That failure, she argues, both masks and fuels further gender-specific violence in society.\nTags: Arts and Sciences, Department of Anthropology, featured-post-side, research finding, Signithia Fordham, Social Sciences, teenagers, violence\n\u00ab Public Safety Review Board recommends policy amendment\n#ILookLikeASurgeon: All-female class of surgical residents reflects \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 67, "original_length": 6300, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 315.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.rockshockpop.com/forums/content.php?6559-Arthouse-and-Grindhouse-Blurred-Lines&s=67bb01945473cd8834689984d9024db3", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:02Z", "digest": "sha1:T564FGZBMNU4EU57D6MGTARVWYT75KRW", "length": 6265, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.rockshockpop.com", "title": "Rock! Shock! Pop! Forums - Cult Movie DVD & Blu-ray Reviews, Comics Books, Music And More! - Arthouse and Grindhouse: Blurred Lines.", "raw_content": "It opens in black and white in slow motion. Pleasant chamber music plays to create a contrast. A middle-aged couple are shown fucking. We cut to the balls slamming against the wife\u2019s ass. A young boy enters the room unaware of what\u2019s happening in front of him. The child continues wandering throughout this home and falls \u2013majestically- out of a window to his death. The film\u2019s title appears after we fade away.\nGrainy home movie-like footage shows a dwarf approach a young girl (thankfully an adult woman with pigtails) and winning her over with a stuffed dog toy. He lures her into his home and bludgeons her with a cane; she is now a new sex slave for his heroin operation. The opening credits play over a montage of windup toys.\nA coming-of-age story centering on an overweight teenage girl concludes with an unknown man breaking into a car containing the girl and her older sister. The man murders the older sister and rapes our main character. Later, our main character refuses to snitch on her assailant before we cut to the end credits.\nA story featuring a woman jerking off a horse and very convincing-looking snuff footage ends with our main character resigning that her story exposing a massive snuff film ring was killed for political reasons. She goes on vacation with her boyfriend to an island paradise and it ends happily.\nThe preceding scenarios are from the following films in order: Antichrist (2013), The Sinful Dwarf (1973), Fat Girl (2002), and Emanuelle in America (1977). I list them in order to bring up this question:\nWhat separates these films from each other?\nThis article will (hopefully) avoid the usual pitfalls of art critic discussions of Alternative/Exploitation/B Through Z grade cinema. You know the kind of writing I\u2019m referring to: \u201cthe dwarf represents man\u2019s ID as he liberates womanhood -the mise-en-scene in the obvious parallel\u2019s with 2nd generation trans-Siberian-lesbian new wave gay cinema- echoes the aesthetic of Polish Communist subversive Carl Jung film interpretations.\u201d\nNow if the above example made any kind of sense to you at all then I suggest you to skip reading the rest of this article. If you rolled your eyes so far in the back of your head that you\u2019re suffering from a headache then please \u2013if you will- continue. Because the point of this piece is not to over-analyze but to see what separation remains between the likes of Salo: the 120 Days of Sodom and Bloodsucking Freaks. What is it that keeps Salo: the 120 Days of Sodom from being seen as a distant cousin to Bloodsucking Freaks in the eyes of the common cinephile?\nYou could say that biggest difference between the extreme example of Salo and Bloodsucking Freaks is intent. But wait a second. Pasolini (the director of Salo) was not the originator of the production; he was brought into it by the producers who wanted an adaptation of Sade\u2019s Magnum Opus of depravity. Does that diminish Pasolini\u2019s work? No. But it does give it context. The producers behind Salo wanted the same thing as the makers of Bloodsucking Freaks: to profit. This is why Terrence Malick continues working and also why David Lynch and John Waters still struggle to make another film as of this writing.\nSo intent alone isn\u2019t a separator. \u201cBut what about budget?\u201d You might say. But that\u2019s relative to the production. Obviously bringing a star onboard raises the budget but when you remove the star factor and focus on that it\u2019s a film about two people in a room talking. Then the budget isn\u2019t as big of a factor. The cost of an arthouse film or \u201cindie darling\u201d is usually similar to that of the horror films cranked out by the same studio: anywhere from 1 to 10 million dollars on average.\nIs it then the professionalism? I can\u2019t argue that Salo is shoddily made film, especially in comparison to Bloodsucking Freaks, I\u2019d lose that argument hands down. But a film could be very well shot yet leave the viewer uncaring of its content. Some come out of watching Eraserhead or 2001: A Space Odyssey feeling that they were a-typical of what arthouse is and felt nothing from either experience. Those very same audience members could watch Last House on Dead End Street or Man Behind The Sun and be left forever changed by that certain kind of nihilism. Quality alone does not denote impact. An expensive picture frame could hold an ugly painting and vice versa.\nSo if intent, professionalism, and budget doesn\u2019t draw a distinct line then what does? Ultimately it comes down to the whole \u201cWhat is art?\u201d argument.\nA surreal story involving the mafia and bizarre locales concludes where a brother fucks a woman who was once his brother. As our main character commits incest he is horrified to see the woman give birth to a fully grown man who resembles his brother. *\nA story of a boy losing his father concludes its first act when a random woman is assaulted by a bizarre alien creature. Later giving birth to the little boy\u2019s lost father. **\nAnd at the end of the day it doesn\u2019t matter. Whatever impacts you is art or could be art. Work that challenges its audience leaves the biggest impression and often cannot be brushed aside with an octogenarian art critic\u2019s dismissal. In that sense, Ruggero Deodato\u2019s Cannibal Holocaust is as immortal as Francis Ford Coppola\u2019s The Godfather. A performance art piece of a man shitting himself while jerking off to the national anthem has just as much value as B movie zombie invasions. And in the case of Emanuelle in America, it most inspires me in how it contrasts in extremes. It\u2019s the same effect as someone cutting a montage of frolicking puppies with the R. Budd Dwyer suicide footage. Not many films have achieved that except for (ironically another porno) Forced Entry (1973). It has the impact of leaving the viewer in a purgatory almost meditative state reflecting on what they\u2019ve seen. It\u2019s all about what you get out of it. Some look at an asshole and see just an asshole but others may see a portal to another place.\n\"We see God through our assholes in the flashbulb of orgasm.\"\nWilliam S. Burroughs.\n*Gozu\n**Xtro\nAlexander Kattke is the author of the books Witness To A Recurring Galaxy and Musings.\nTags : alexander kattke, arthouse cinema, cannibal holocaust, emmanuelle in america, exploitation cinema, grindhouse cinema", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 94, "original_length": 8751, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 327.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.rockstone-research.com/index.php/en/news/4887-Former-DAVIDsTEA-CEO-Joins-True-Leaf-as-Director", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:09:47Z", "digest": "sha1:VBTS2Q2H7LLRUWISLJOHK7DIQROQXFTQ", "length": 5330, "nlines": 32, "source_domain": "www.rockstone-research.com", "title": "Rockstone Research", "raw_content": "Former DAVIDsTEA CEO Joins True Leaf as Director\nSylvain Toutant will help guide the company\u00b4s continued growth as a leading plant-forward wellness brand for people and pets\nVernon, British Columbia (July 10, 2018) - True Leaf Medicine International Ltd. (CSE: MJ) (OTCQB: TRLFF) (FSE: TLA) (\"True Leaf\"), a plant-forward wellness brand for people and their pets, announced today that Sylvain Toutant has been appointed to its Board of Directors as an independent member.\nMr. Toutant has more than 17 years of experience as an executive in the beverage and consumer packaged goods industries and is a recognized specialist in retailing. He most recently served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of DAVIDsTEA, Canada\u00b4s largest specialty tea boutique, where he was responsible for the company\u00b4s growth in Canada, the United States, and around the world. He also led the company\u00b4s successful IPO to NASDAQ.\nPreviously he served as President of Keurig Canada, where he accelerated growth through a strategic alliance with Keurig Green Mountain in the United States. He also headed Keurig\u00b4s operations in the United Kingdom. Before that, he joined TC Global through the acquisition of Van Houtte and served as the Chief Operating Officer of its Canadian business unit. He also served as President of Reno-Depot, a chain of Canadian home supply stores, and was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 des alcools du Qu\u00e9bec (SAQ), Quebec\u00b4s liquor board.\n\"Mr. Toutant has a solid history of building strong brands and sales-driven organizations \u2014 we are extremely happy to have him as part of our team,\" said Darcy Bomford, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of True Leaf. \"His expertise will be invaluable as we continue to grow True Leaf into a global brand. Our pet supplements are in more than 1,800 stores worldwide, and with Mr. Toutant\u00b4s guidance, we look forward to expanding into new countries and more stores.\"\n\"When I found out about True Leaf\u00b4s pet supplements I was very intrigued about their use of hemp,\" said Mr. Toutant. \"I have two older dogs and inflammation is always a problem. I\u00b4m always looking for the best treats to help them live a better life. True Leaf has a unique growth opportunity to be a leader in the pet wellness industry while also operating in the cannabis space. I have the passion and drive to help take True Leaf to the next level.\"\nMr. Toutant joins Chair Mike Harcourt and Director of Corporate Communications, Kevin Bottomley, on the company\u00b4s Board of Directors.\nAbout True Leaf\nTrue Leaf is a plant-forward wellness brand for people and their pets. Founded in 2013, True Leaf has two main operating divisions: True Leaf Medicine Inc. and True Leaf Pet Inc.\nTrue Leaf Medicine Inc. is in the final stages of approval to become a licensed producer of federally-approved medicinal cannabis for the Canadian market. The license is subject to a Health Canada inspection to allow for the production, manufacture, and distribution of cannabis products upon the completion of True Leaf Campus: the company\u00b4s cannabis cultivation facility being built in Lumby, British Columbia. Construction is expected to be completed in fall 2018.\nEstablished in 2015, True Leaf Pet Inc. is one of the first companies to market hemp-based products for pets worldwide. The company is initially marketing a line of hemp-seed based supplements for pets. True Hemp\u2122 chews, dental sticks, and supplement oils are sold in more than 1,800 stores across North America and Europe.\nwww.trueleaf.com\nPaul@trueleaf.com\nKevin Bottomley (Canada)\nDirector and Corporate Relations\nKevin@trueleaf.com\nTirth Patel (US)\nEdison Advisors\ntpatel@edisongroup.com\nFollow True Leaf\ntwitter.com/trueleafpet\nfacebook.com/trueleafpet\ninstagram.com/trueleafpet\nThis news release contains forward-looking statements and management may make additional forward-looking statements in response to your questions. Such written and oral disclosures are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and True Leaf hereby claims such safe harbour protection for all forward-looking statements. True Leaf believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions; however, True Leaf\u00b4s actual results and performance and the value of its securities could differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements due to the impact of many factors summarized in the \"Risk Factors\" section of True Leaf\u00b4s Offering Circular Form 1-A filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Canadian securities regulatory authorities and other discussions of risk factors contained in True Leaf\u00b4s periodic filings or supplements to the offering circular. True Leaf\u00b4s Offering Circular Form 1-A can be found at www.trueleaf.com/pages/investor. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. True Leaf undertakes no obligation to update or revise any such information for any reason after the date of this presentation unless required by law.\nSource: https://web.tmxmoney.com/article.php?newsid=8439475147706596&qm_symbol=MJ:CNX\nLive Chart (MJ:CSE)\nName: True Leaf Medicine International Ltd.\nCanada Symbol: MJ\nGermany Symbol / WKN: TLA / A14NM1\nEmail:kevin@trueleaf.com\nWeb: www.trueleaf.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 119, "original_length": 6864, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 305.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.rumahpixel.com/portfolio/sky-net-tours-skynettours-com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:58Z", "digest": "sha1:KLLUQLABP57EGQWVBDYJ4WDX2XS3S7H4", "length": 296, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.rumahpixel.com", "title": "Sky Net Tours | skynettours.com \u00ab RumahPixel.com | Jasa Pembuatan Website", "raw_content": "Sky Net Tours | skynettours.com\nSky Net Tours has been in business for over 5 years providing excellent travel services for destinations in the United States, Canada and Latin America. We do the planning for you so you don\u2019t have to!\nCategory : Tour Travel Website, Company Profile, Tour Packages", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 27, "original_length": 678, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.82, "perplexity": 301.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.salaattime.com/2012/11/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:29Z", "digest": "sha1:MI3TFPV72EISWJITYQ55ETEFAGUUIQ4F", "length": 3598, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.salaattime.com", "title": "November 2012 \u2013 Salaat Time", "raw_content": "Commentary ~ The Day of Justice\nImam Ali (May Allah be pleased with him) said: \u201cThe Day of Justice (Day of Judgement) will be harder for the unjust than was the day of his injustice to the oppressed.\u201d\nHadith ~ A Man Persists in Speaking the Truth\nAbdullah bin Mas\u2019ud (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (May Allah exalt his mention and protect him from imperfection) said: \u201cTruth leads to piety and piety leads to Jannah. A man persists in speaking the truth till he is enrolled with Allah as a truthful. Falsehood leads to vice and vice leads to the Fire (Hell), and a person persists on telling lies until he is enrolled as a liar\u201d. (Agreed upon)\nCommentary: Siddiq (veracious) and Kadhdhab (liar) both are adjectives of intensive degree. That is to say, the words stand respectively for someone whose truth has become his second nature; and in the opposite case, one is a liar who is in the habit of telling lies. As one acquires a reputation in this world for his good or bad deeds similar is his position before Allah. One who is ranked among the truthful with Allah is entitled to reward, and if one is a liar, he has to suffer retribution for it. This Hadith provides incentive for truthfulness because it is a source of every good deed and contains a warning against lying as it gives rise to all kinds of mischief.\nCommentary ~ Between two good deeds\nMou\u2019awia Ben Qourra reported that Mou\u2019adz Ben Jabal said to his son: \u201cO son! When you do the prayer, make \u200b\u200bit as if it were your last prayer without any hope that you will make another after it. Know my son, that the believer dies between two good deeds one that he has advanced (completed) and another that he has delayed. \u201c(Abu Na\u2019im).\nHadith ~ The Believer\u2019s Prison\nAbu Hurairah (MAPH) reported: the Messenger of Allah (SAWS) said: \u201cThe world is the believer\u2019s prison and the infidel\u2019s Jannah\u201d. (Muslim)\nAbdullah bin Umar (MAPH) reported: The Messenger of Allah (SAWS) took hold of my shoulders and said: \u201cBe in the world like a stranger or a wayfarer\u201d.\nIbn Umar (MAPH) used to say: \u201cWhen you survive till the evening, do not expect to live until the morning; and when you survive until the morning, do not except to live until the evening (do good deeds) when you are in good health before you fall sick, and (do good deeds) as long as you are alive before death strikes\u201d. (Al-Bukhari)\nCommentary Hadith 1: As compared with the pleasures and luxuries, which are in store for a true believer in Jannah in the Hereafter, this world is a prison; and against the ceaseless torture that awaits the disbelievers in Hell, this world is a Jannah for them. It can also mean that the way a Muslim saves himself in life from lusts and desires and leads a pious life with fear of Allah, this world is a prison for him because he is fettered in the chains of rules and regulations, while a disbeliever is free from all kinds of restrictions and is completely given to lusts and desires, and this is how this world is a Jannah for him. The purpose of this Hadith is to induce Muslims for the preparation of Al-akhirah (the Hereafter) and prevent them from unlawful luxuries of this world.\nCommentary Hadith 2: A person who will consider this world as a temporary stage will certainly not like that his clothes be entangled in thorny bushes of this world. The greatest fault of man is that he does not understand this status of the world. In spite of the fact that he is not sure of a moment\u2019s life here, he occupies himself in amassing goods and riches which would last for a hundred years.\nHadith 1: Chapter 75, Page 158, No 470", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 210, "original_length": 10088, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 302.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.salesiansireland.ie/2012/12/sunday-30th-december-2012/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:34Z", "digest": "sha1:6DKERXWVRN6K3TCB7PVWFG6QCL6V3RAW", "length": 11192, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.salesiansireland.ie", "title": "Sunday 30th December 2012 | Salesians Ireland | Continuing Don Bosco's Mission for Young People", "raw_content": "Holy Family. Year C Lectio divina on Lk 2,41-52\nLuke does not narrate an episode which combines the filial submission of Jesus to his parents at Nazareth and his absolute obedience to the Father in the Temple at Jerusalem. Jesus\u2019 attitude was not understood by his mother. We see her at first very distressed by the loss of her son and then, later, surprised by the independence of a child who was becoming adult. As Jesus grew up, Mary began to feel that he was no longer only her son. Instead, she saw the Son of God growing up. His parents noticed the child\u2019s closeness to God but this was not the cause of their lack of understanding. In their eyes, he was growing at the same time as man and as the Son of God.\nWe can learn a lot from this. From his family\u2019s point of view, Jesus was lost because he was concerned about the things of God. From Jesus\u2019 point of view, his parents had to accept a decision which implied renouncing his family inheritance. Harmony prevails in a family when all accept their respective roles. Mutual respect is essential in every family that wants to follow God\u2019s will.\n41 The parents of Jesus went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the Passover. 42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom; 43 and when the feast was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it, 44 but supposing him to be in the company they went a day\u2019s journey, and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintances; 45 and when they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem, seeking him. 46 After three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions; 47 and all who heard him were amazed at his understanding and his answers. 48 And when they saw him they were astonished; and his mother said to him, \u201cSon, why have you treated us so? Behold, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously.\u201d 49 And he said to them, \u201cHow is it that you sought me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father\u2019s house?\u201d 50 And they did not understand the saying which he spoke to them. 51 And he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them; and his mother kept all these things in her heart. 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favour with God and man.\nLuke is the only evangelist who says anything about Jesus as an adolescent. The episode of his getting lost and being found in the Temple at Jerusalem (Lk 2,41-52) concludes the gospel account of his infancy. For the evangelist, this is more than a simple episode. It is the preamble of the personal mission of Jesus. The incident in itself was one that might easily have been overlooked. The parents of Jesus did not see anything special in their son \u2026 until the day he got lost! Far from just an unfortunate accident, it was a forewarning of the time when he would be lost definitively. By declaring publicly that he was the Son of God, Jesus ceased to be the son of Mary and Joseph. The relationship that had begun with an infant in Mary\u2019s arms (Lk 2,12-16) had now come to its natural end. He who was first an infant (Lk.2,17 27-40) and a son (Lk 2,43) is now seen to be the Son of God (Lk 2,49).\nAs in the preceding incident (Lk 2,21-39), the Temple is the central place of the revelation of the personal mystery of Jesus. The account follows the same model: they went up to Jerusalem (Lk 2,42; cf 2,22), revelation of Jesus (Lk 2,46-47; cf 2,30-31), a comment about his mother (Lk 2,48; cf 2,39), and their return to Nazareth (Lk 2,51; cf 2,39). The centre of the episode, and the key to understanding it, is the double question put by Jesus to his mother (Lk 2,48). Mary is unable to understand either the fact of his getting lost or the reason given by her son (Lk 2,50). Jesus\u2019 reply reveals all that has already been said about the child. The difference is that now it is Jesus who defines himself: he is the son of another Father whom alone he must obey.\nThis episode constitutes the final conclusion of the infancy narrative. As soon as he reaches the age of majority, Jesus speaks for the first time as the Son of God, with full awareness of his mission.\nWhat the angel said (Lk 2,1-20) and what Simeon saw (Lk 2,21-22) are now confirmed by Jesus himself as he grew up. He can still grow in human wisdom (Lk 2,52), but he now knows the most fundamental thing , that God is his Father (Lk 2,48). The time and place of his declaration are important. Before submitting himself to the law of God, Jesus acknowledges that he is the son of God and is concerned about the affairs of God, and he does so in his Father\u2019s House.\nThe mystery of the nativity that we are celebrating in these days, is presented to us today from a different point of view. God-with-us chose to become a man like us. Like all of us, at his birth he was accepted into a family as a son. The Feast of the Holy Family is therefore, the logical consequence of the Incarnation we believe in. The family of Nazareth is more than just a model of life for us. It is the everyday expression of the will of God to be close to us. So much did he desire to be like us, that he became the son of a mother and father who, at the beginning, were not altogether sure about wanting a son. Mary was a virgin and was not yet ready to become a mother. Being part of God\u2019s family came as a surprise to the parents of Jesus. All this happened because God wanted to become a son of men, like each of us. God wanted to be a normal man and to belong to a family where he could learn to become a man. This was his way to become a God who was our brother, part of our family.\nWe might be a bit surprised at God\u2019s decision to come into our world as a member of a family. However, we should take seriously this decision of God to become incarnate among us, and to live in a world where the family is under threat in a thousand ways. For anyone who believes in Jesus, God-with-us, it should be evident that a society that does not love the family cannot be considered a Christian society. We can have no part in a culture or politics, in ideas or interests, that do not serve the family. And unfortunately, it is not always others who are the enemies of family life. We are often the most to blame when it comes to damaging the family \u2013 when we fail to promote it, when we do not take care of it every day, when we do not respect the family and work every day to maintain its unity. A Christian has many reasons to dissociate himself from every plan or project that weakens family life. And they are not reasons that we have invented. They were given to us by God when he chose to become man as the son of Mary and Joseph. They are not just simple traditional values to preserve what we consider a good way of life. As Christians, we are much more than simply preservers of traditional values. We are first and foremost believers in the God of Jesus. God came to us in a human family. The family of the child in the manger was the sign given to the shepherds to lead them to salvation. A star guided the pagan magi and, in doing so, led those who were furthest away from God to meet him in his family. The Christmas crib welcomes us and in the crib we meet God, where his family lives, united by God and by him alone.\nIt is not surprising that we find it hard to meet God when we, like so many of our contemporaries, continue to search for him where he is not to be found, far from family life. Let us return to family life. Let us get back to seeing the family as something we must work for, as a goal in life and as a sacrifice we offer to God. Our Christian God is a family God who chose the family \u2013 his family and ours \u2013 as the place of his presence in our world. He did so at the first Christmas and this Christmas reminds us of that. If we are not good parents or good children, we should not deceive ourselves into thinking we are good believers in God who became man, and became the obedient son of a young couple.\nWe risk fooling ourselves . If we do not meet God in the heart of the family, it will not be easy for us to share his life. The gospel account makes it clear that the family of Mary and Joseph with Jesus, the incarnate God, was not free of misunderstanding and sorrow. They had the same difficulties as every other family. In every son, in every family, Jesus is always different, far removed from our petty preoccupations, always attentive to his Father\u2019s affairs. It is significant that Mary, the mother chosen by God, suffered the experience of losing her son for a time, the son who was really the Son of God. Are we not moved by the fact that Mary had this experience, when we ourselves so often lose Jesus and don\u2019t know how or where to find him? And when she did find him, she had to recognise that this son was no longer hers, he was no longer at her command, from now on he could live without this mother and this family. We can identify with this. How often have we lost God when we thought he was close to us, and that we belonged to his family? How often have we distanced ourselves from him? This family God of ours is not an easy God to live with! Why should he be easy to live with, if we are not easy to live with?\nIf we know that God belongs to our family, we will search for him as Mary did, until we find him. And we will find him in the Temple, in the place where God dwells. To have lost God a few times, to have alienated him from our family and sent him away, is the best starting point in our search for him. We can learn from Mary. The more we get separated from our family members, the more we risk losing God without realizing it, just because we are more concerned about carrying out our own plans than we are about the plans of the father of Jesus.\nWe can learn from Mary also how to grieve when we have lost him and how to set about finding him. It is only when we miss something we have always had, that we appreciate how good it was. If we have lost God and are feeling the loss, then we discover how bad it is to live without him and how much we miss him. Knowing that we have lost him is one way, imperfect but sincere nonetheless, of loving him. And it is the strongest reason for us to start looking for him!\nIf we are not sad at being separated from him, and if we are not prepared to enquire about him from the people we meet on our journey, it is a sign that we do not love him enough to be ashamed of having lost him, and to set about searching for him. We should keep him with us, in the family. This is the best test of what we really desire. Mary is our model as Mother of God also because she sought him sorrowing.\nPerhaps this is the journey we have to make, perhaps the only one that is left to us, if we are to return to seek God in our family. We must not waste this chance. We should live our family life in a way that allows us to wait for God to be born. And if, through forgetfulness, we have lost sight of God, let us start looking for him. When we find him, as Mary did, we will respect him and love him all the more. A God that we can easily lose, requires more attention! If Mary had to learn this, then so do we.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 272, "original_length": 17391, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 233.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.satnews.com/story.php?number=2122023559", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:07Z", "digest": "sha1:JHO72RCDRHVJHZ5ZTRGLFWKKO2J6WSIZ", "length": 4079, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.satnews.com", "title": "Satnews Publishers: Daily Satellite News", "raw_content": "ISRO Finally Launched Country's Heaviest Satellite Gsat-11 From Arianespace\nAfter months of wait, the country\u2019s heaviest satellite Gsat-11 weighing 5,854 kg was finally launched from the European spaceport in French Guiana at 2.07 am on Wednesday. Arianespace\u2019s Ariane-5 rocket successfully lifted off with communication satellite Gsat-11 and South Korean geo satellite Geo-Kompsat-2A.\nTwenty nine minutes after the lift off, Gsat-11 separated from the rocket and was placed in the geo-transfer orbit. The Korean satellite was released four minutes after Gsat-11 separation. Arianespace kept the time gap of around four minutes in separation of two satellites from the rocket in order to avoid a collision between the two in space.\nGsat-11 is a high-throughput satellite that carries 40 transponders in the Ku-band and Ka-band frequencies and is capable of \u201cproviding high bandwidth connectivity\u201d with up to 14 gigabit per second (GBPS) data transfer speed. The satellite\u2019s designed lifetime is more than 15 years. Soon after the successful launch, Arianespace chief executive Stephane Israel congratulated ISRO chairman K Sivan and P Kunhikrishnan, director of Bengaluru-based UR Rao Satellite Centre, who were present at the Arianespace control room to witness the launch. He said the \"cooperation with the Indian space agency went back to 1991 and today's launch has boosted that relationship\".\nThanking Arianespace for the launch, ISRO chairman Sivan said, \"Six days after the successful launch (on November 29) of India's first hyperpectral imaging satellite HysIS, today's launch of the country's heaviest satellite Gsat-11 is a major milestone for the country. This satellite has been designed in most innovative ways by ISRO centres and the credit for its success goes to Team ISRO.\" He said that \"Gsat-11 is the third in a series of four highthroughput satellites (Gsat-19, Gsat-29, Gsat-11 and Gsat-20) that will provide the country broadband connectivity of over 100 gigabits per second (Gbps) and will link rural areas and bridge the digital divide under the Digital India programme.\"\nWhile Gsat-19 was launched in June last year, Gsat-29 was launched on November 14 this year. The chairman said, \"The master control centre of ISRO (at Hassan in Karnataka) has taken control of Gsat-11. In the coming five days, the satellite will be manoeuvred to its final geo-stationary orbit. Thereafter for the next 10 days, the payloads will be tested.\" He also congratulated South Korea for the successful launch of Gsat-11's co-passenger Geo-Kompsat-2A.\nSivan also recalled that Gsat-11 was earlier scheduled for the launch on May 25 from French Guiana but due to certain circumstances the launch had to be delayed. The communication satellite, which will help increase internet speed in the country, was earlier recalled from French Guiana by ISRO as the agency suspected an anomaly in the satellite. ISRO felt the need to take the unusual step of recalling the satellite as a precaution measure especially after the failure of the Gsat-6A mission around the same time. Gsat-6A satellite went out of control and signal from it was lost soon after its launch on March 29.\nGsat-11 is meant to provide multi-spot beam coverage over India\u2019s mainland and nearby islands. The satellite is special as it uses multiple spot beams (a special kind of transponder that operates on a high frequency) that will increase internet speed and connectivity. A spot beam is a satellite signal that is specially concentrated in power so that it covers only a limited geographical area on the earth. The narrower the beam more is the power. The satellite will reuse \u201cbeams\u201d (signals) several times in order to cover the entire country. In contrast, a traditional satellite like INSAT satellite uses a broad single beam, which is not powerful, to cover wide regions. The heavy-duty satellite is so massive that each solar panel is over four metres long, equivalent to the size of a big sedan. It will also provide a platform to demonstrate new-generation applications.\nBy Surendra Singh IndiaTimes", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 107, "original_length": 7276, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 264.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.scottmdouglas.com/blog/take-the-long-view", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:37Z", "digest": "sha1:Z52AYIDDA5KGIJ4DE4PKJITQBREO2AN3", "length": 3315, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.scottmdouglas.com", "title": "Take the Long View - Developing Leaders & Building a Legacy", "raw_content": "For the last few weeks, the Tampa Bay area has been awash in \"Fitzmagic\" as a career backup quarterback shone with an unprecedented start to the season. And honestly, who can blame them? Harvard graduate, 7 different teams, a lumberjack beard, and impeccable style at a press conference.\nA lot of times in ministry we can fall victim to the same power of the moment. We can get so caught up in the latest trends, the short-term results, or the flashes and lose sight of the long range. Whenever I talk to our staff about our church, I always preach about the \"long view.\" If we look week-to-week, we might find ourselves discouraged or wondering if anything is really working. For me it's on Monday, and I'll catch myself looking back and focusing too much on the week before.\nTaking the long view is where you chart your perspective not in weeks or months but in years. It goes against what many of us have experienced, where the average tenure of a pastor is < 5 years, and our microwave society has an expectation of immediate results (ie., the book Have a New Kid by Friday). But the kitchen of spiritual growth and church health is a Crock Pot, which is fitting for a Baptist. It's slow. It's patient. It's deliberate. It may be generational.\nAnd we can't get bogged down in the moment. I'd love to give 4 ways to help pastors see the long view.\n1. View data as trends, not snapshots - Sure you had an awesome offering last week, or maybe your attendance tanked. Instead of looking at each week, look at trends. Look at the data monthly, quarterly, annually. That way your tank days aren't your focus, they're an outlier, along with your bumper days. When you look at trends, you're seeing the bigger picture, and not just the tree in front of you.\n2. Talk to long-timers - You've got people in your church who've been there longer than you. They've been there during the \"good days\" or they've weathered difficult ones. Talk to them, get their feelings on how things are going. Listen to them as they share what changes, direction, attitudes, and chatter they're hearing.\n3. Plan to stay - You can't truly say you're faithfully serving Jesus when you're spending your day surfing classifieds or hitting up friends for references. If God wants to move you, He will. But far too often we don't see the long term results because we never committed to the long term. When we plan to stay, we're opening ourselves up to the kind of generational change we read about.\n4. Preach systematically through the Bible - Perhaps the best way to take the long view in ministry is to make a habit of expository preaching. We're not sustained by Cheesecake Factory and filet mignon, we're sustained daily by scrambled eggs and pot roast and the normal grocery store. Expository preaching is the steady diet of a healthy church, and is the food that grows a healthy Christian. It's not \"Seven Steps to Greener Grass,\" but it is producing in people a biblical worldview, a knowledge of God, and a growing love for the Word.\nWhat have you done as a pastor to encourage taking the long view in ministry?\nAnd should I dress up as Fitzmagic for our church's Trunk or Treat?\nExcellent article!.The \"long view\" is missing in many ministries today. Ours is to sow and plant and cultivate. God will give the increase as we are faithful.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 98, "original_length": 4475, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 328.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.securepart.eu/en/upcoming_events/_.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:46Z", "digest": "sha1:TXR776LIBUFBZEF7GDZ4TBOF2AEJQA5X", "length": 1925, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.securepart.eu", "title": "SecurePart", "raw_content": "EUROPEAN CITIZENS INITIATIVE DAY 2015: REVIEW, RENEW, RESET!\nIntroduced by the Treaty of Lisbon, the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) is the most important instrument for direct democracy at European level. Three years after its launch, the time has come for an assessment and potential reset of the ECI legal framework, particularly Regulation 211/2011.\nECI DAY 2015: Review-Renew-Reset!\nOn Monday 13 April \u2013 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.\nAt the EESC building\n99 Belliard Street 1040 Brussel\nThe reports from the European Commission and the European Ombudsman on the ECI procedure\nECI renewal and resetting\nThe different perspectives: users, Member States, European Parliament and support structures.\nIn the afternoon, an Open Space event will be laid on. Workshop themes will be suggested on the spot, centring around the three main themes: agenda setting, citizens' dialogue and participatory democracy. Each person proposing a workshop theme will chair the workshop and produce a recommendation which will be put to the vote.\nThe conference will be opened by EESC president Henri Malosse, and keynote speakers will include Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Better Regulation, Inter-institutional Relations, the Rule of Law and the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Emily O'Reilly, European Ombudsman. In addition, we will have an insightful contribution from MEPs Beatriz Becerra and Gy\u00f6rgy Sch\u00f6pflin as well as ECI organisers, experts from the Commission's ECI expert group and members of the EESC's ECI ad hoc group.\nAs in the past, we will give the floor to several ECI campaigners, researchers and EU institution representatives to provide a holistic and multi-faceted overview of the ECI and its development.\nIf you wish to be kept updated on ECI developments and future EESC events on the ECI, please email CitizensInitiative or keep an eye on www.eesc.europa.eu/eciday2015.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 33, "original_length": 2395, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 308.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.seducedbythenew.com/2018/11/thats-snack.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:03Z", "digest": "sha1:63K4X7RD7NW5O6VIUM4QGFOLJ46ONB4C", "length": 15, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.seducedbythenew.com", "title": "Seduced by the New...: That's a snack!", "raw_content": "That's a snack!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 299, "original_length": 6122, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 234.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.seedsofcoriander.com/2016/03/an-update-on-nothing-really.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:42Z", "digest": "sha1:E2QZ3QI2EBMRSRIHMO675OZBWBONYG6N", "length": 2646, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.seedsofcoriander.com", "title": "Seeds of Coriander: An update on nothing, really", "raw_content": "I was asked today if I\u2019m okay because I haven\u2019t put a blog up in awhile, and the last one that was up was a bit dark (okay, a lot dark.) I\u2019m fine.\nI\u2019m still in the waiting game with things and Monday I will be calling the surgeon\u2019s office to make sure that they didn\u2019t forget about submitting my info to the interventional cardiologist, so I can be scheduled for this cardiac catheterization and at least get something the hell over with.\nIt\u2019s supposed to rain tomorrow and Monday which will be good for my soul. Rainstorms always help clear out the clouds and other assembled crap in my brain, and I wish there were more of them here in \u201csunny\u201d San Diego.\nRight now my Roomba is making awful noises as it tries to climb into my cats\u2019 water bowl.\nI\u2019m finishing up another class for my Master\u2019s degree. After this is over, I\u2019ll have two classes left, including the post-practicum class to make sure that I covered everything in my capstone project that I was supposed to. This is the main stressor in my life at this point, as I haven\u2019t been able to really work on this project due to a million things. While I could have done some work on it (I admit it), I am now stuck with the prospect of not being able to drive as well as not being able to fully integrate the project into my work environment. Being on oxygen 24/7 really does tend to cramp a girl\u2019s style.\nThe Roomba has settled down and has decided that carpet is much easier on the ol\u2019 wheels than a lumpy water fountain base. As my mom would say, \u201cGood boy.\u201d\nHis name is Robbie.\nToday I actually put all of my laundry away. I emptied the dishwasher. Little things like that make my head feel clearer and make me wish that I had done it several days ago. I still have several emails to write and go through, yet I feel as if I\u2019ve made some progress today. Tonight I plan on watching \u201cThe Visit\u201d on demand and enjoying some form of dinner. Perhaps I\u2019ll have a glass of wine with it, as I haven\u2019t had one in forever and it won\u2019t be battling against a huge loading dose of metoprolol. Don\u2019t worry, I\u2019ll be careful. (Mom. Ahem.)\nSpeaking of Mom, she\u2019s coming over for a couple of days next week. I\u2019m looking forward to this as it does tend to get lonely here and we have a good time together. I\u2019m super grateful for my friends who have popped by or texted or called, and want to send all of you some cuddles for that. My bud Christine will hopefully be coming over for dinner on Tuesday if she survives her shift. I\u2019m sure she will, she\u2019s a hell of a nurse.\nAll is well, friends. It\u2019s one more day under my oxygenated belt.\nLabels: appreciation, cardiac, heart, homework, life, movies, Roomba", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 119, "original_length": 8713, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 316.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.shardcore.org/shardpress/2001/11/28/arches-national-park-utah-2001-3/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:19:57Z", "digest": "sha1:7IB2Q5TOW6JAFM2EURIZGD2T32GIWITK", "length": 35, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.shardcore.org", "title": "Arches National Park, Utah (2001) \u2013 shardcore", "raw_content": "Arches National Park, Utah (2001) \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 23, "original_length": 551, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.73, "perplexity": 152.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.shatteredhaven.com/2017/04/2955365-walk-around-block.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:15Z", "digest": "sha1:7FJVXJ2QMJNU36K7IPZFNOU4DZQWHWJA", "length": 105, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.shatteredhaven.com", "title": "Jennifer's 365 Project: 2955/365 - Walk Around The Block", "raw_content": "He's been enjoying pulling the wagon around the neighborhood since the weather has started to get warmer.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 301, "original_length": 6536, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 333.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.sheffielddirectory.org.uk/kb5/sheffield/directory/service.page?id=5Y1C3TsGe0A", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:03:00Z", "digest": "sha1:4PLM74AKCGCZVTJ6TYL4MNEOWBHOMQFT", "length": 1821, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.sheffielddirectory.org.uk", "title": "Confucius Institute at the University of Sheffield (SCI) | Sheffield Directory", "raw_content": "Confucius Institute at the University of Sheffield (SCI)\nThe Confucius Institute at the University of Sheffield (SCI) is a 4-side-partnership between the University of Sheffield, the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban), Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU) and Nanjing University (NJU), offering activities and courses designed to give wider community an insight into Chinese language and culture.\nThe Confucius Institute at the University of Sheffield (SCI) was set up in 2007 in partnership with the Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban), Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU) and Nanjing University (NJU). It offers a programme of activities and courses designed to give university staff and students, as well as the local community an insight into Chinese language and culture. The extended services include provision of courses and public events in Chinese language and culture focusing on the needs of business, low-carbon events and health.\nThese non-degree Mandarin Chinese language and cultural learning courses for the wider community include: taster sessions, Survival Chinese, evening classes, vocational Chinese, in-house training, one-to-one tuition and Tai Chi.\nSessions held at Sheffield University, S3\nInstitute Coordinator\nMingjie Johnson - 0114 2228447\nconfucius@sheffield.ac.uk\nSheffield Confucius Institute (SCI)\nBartolom\u00e9 House\nUniversity premises are used, with standard accessibility and facilities.\nWeekday evenings 6:30-8:30pm (Mandarin courses), Sundays 4-6pm (Tai Chi) and flexible time (business or private)\n\u00a33 (Tai Chi); Per hour\n\u00a35 (Mandarin); Per hour\n\u00a325 (Private tuition)\nMandairn, Chinese, Mandairn Chinese, Business Chinese\nPlease enter a mobile number to send details of Confucius Institute at the University of Sheffield (SCI) to\nGet directions to S3 7ND", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 219, "original_length": 6711, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 312.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.sherristone.net/2016/05/fish-gotta-eat.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:14Z", "digest": "sha1:U66C3XFJOKRYLRAMCEAJ2FSMUJXG3NXA", "length": 3001, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.sherristone.net", "title": "Sherri Stone : Fish Gotta' Eat", "raw_content": "Some things you only have to do once...have your appendix taken out, graduate from high school, give your heart to Jesus. Most things, though, we do over and over again. And again. And again. You know, the ordinary, everyday activities of life and living.\nContrary being that I am, I have both complained about those things and longed for them. I have stood with my hands on my hips and thought, \"I just cleaned these floors six weeks ago. What's with all this dust?\" And the clothes...don't get me started on the ironing! And didn't we just buy groceries? And why can't things just get done and stay done? Is that too much to ask?\nI thought about all this one morning as I walked by my fish and wondered, \"When did I feed them last?\" I have forgotten to water plants until they died, enough times that my husband has some not very nice things to say when I buy new ones. I have almost forgotten to feed Riley before I leave the house in the morning. But Riley barks and whines and won't let me forget for long. Fish can't do that. Their fate is in my hands, poor things.\nIn the interest of full disclosure, I have NEVER forgotten to feed myself.\nBut back to my point...which is, in the past couple of months we've been so preoccupied\nwith hospitals and rehab centers and nursing homes that I found myself sometimes wishing I could just go home and do some laundry, and maybe dust a little. And feed the fish. It's such a simple, mindless task for me. It doesn't take any special effort. I just have to do it. If I don't, eventually we'd be holding a tiny memorial service for them - right before the flush.\nI've accepted the fact that those simple tasks that we sometimes complain about are evidence of God's provision for us. Dirty dishes mean we've had plenty to eat. Laundry day means we have clothes to wear and a washer and dryer that work, and the physical ability to carry clothes to the laundry room and put them away when we're done. All those household chores are there because we have a home that is safe and things to put in it. Yes, they are all signs of God's provision for us.\nBut I think they are God's provision in a way I've not thought about before. That is the peace of doing something normal. We miss it all the time, don't we? I know I do. But sometimes doesn't it feel good and comfortable and restful to just clean up the kitchen? Our lives are so crazy sometimes - work, family issues, school, sickness, life. God cares for us and shores us up through those times, and then he lets us go home and feed the fish.\nI'm so thankful for that. I'm so thankful that every moment is a blessing if I will only take time to see it. I love the fact that with God, everything has a purpose to bless us. Even the normal, boring, mundane things we must do over and over again. I hope I can remember that and be thankful. It is God's way of giving me rest in the middle of the busyness. 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Just hop in the DeLorean and stop it from happening! Wish you had ordered the soup instead of the salad at dinner the other night. The DeLorean can fix that too. How about that time when you took out tons of student loans to pay for school? With a DeLorean time machine, it\u2019s like it never happened.\nOf course, time travel hasn\u2019t been invented. At least we\u2019re not aware of any working prototypes, but you can always solve the problem of looking cool with one of our Back to the Future t-shirts. With a whole line of exclusives shirts and some classic looks from the movies, these tees come in sizes for men and women. We\u2019re pretty sure Marty McFly would hang up his life-jacket vest for one of these tees had he ever seen them!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 159, "original_length": 2949, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 293.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.shulchanaruch.com/courses/shortcourses/noahide-laws/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:35Z", "digest": "sha1:II2NXNLBDOMJBBMITF4R2ON3BOX4X6WD", "length": 3302, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.shulchanaruch.com", "title": "Yeshiva Pirchei Shoshanim | The Noahide Laws", "raw_content": "Pirchei Shoshanim has partnered up with Noahide Nations to give you the best course possible.\nThe proposed course will last approximately six months and cover both the theology and laws provided by the Torah for the Noahide. See the Course Overview to learn what is covered by this course.\nThe Torah has an all-encompassing vision for mankind in which every person, Jew, and gentile, has a role to play. The Torah\u2019s ideal role for the non-Jew is that of the Noahide (in Hebrew, the Ben Noach, Child of Noah). This role is defined by a large body of halacha (law) called the Sheva Mitzvos Bnei Noach, the Seven Commandments of the Children of Noah.\n\u201c Until now, I have never had the privilege of seeing such a comprehensive, practical, and indisputably authoritative study of the entire corpus of Torah literature pertaining to the Noahide laws. Pirchei Shoshanim has put together a staff of renowned Torah scholars for this project, which G-d willing will provide an outstanding halachic resource for the Rabbinic world as well as a practical guide to Noahide observance and belief for the non-Jewish world. It is an honor to endorse this excellent project, which will surely hasten the day when all of mankind calls Hashem\u2019s Name, as we say thrice daily in the Aleinu prayer.\u201d\nMore and more non-Jews have turned to the ancient wisdom of the Torah and its sages for guidance as to what God expects from them. Unfortunately, there are virtually no authentic or complete resources for the rabbinic world as to how to provide for those non-Jews seeking answers.\nThe U.S. Congress officially recognized the Seven Universal Laws of Noah in legislation which was passed by both houses. Congress and the President of the United States, George Bush, indicated in Public Law 102-14, 102nd Congress, that the United States of America was founded upon the Seven Universal Laws of Noah, and that these Laws have been the bedrock of society from the dawn of civilization. They also acknowledged that the Seven Laws of Noah are the foundation upon which civilization stands and that recent weakening of these principles threaten the fabric of civilized society, and that justified preoccupation in educating the Citizens of the United States of America and future generations is needed. For this purpose, this Public Law designated March 26, 1991 as Education Day, U.S.A. Click here to read more about this.\nResponding to the growing demand for information, Yeshivas Pirchei Shoshanim has undertaken a project of vast historical importance: to produce a comprehensive, practical, and indisputably authoritative study of the entire corpus of Torah literature pertaining to the Noahide laws. Our institution has gone above and beyond in this endeavor. From researching original editions of long-censored rabbinic texts to intense consultation with Torah sages, we are charting the development of every element of Noahide law from its source in the Torah all the way through modern responsa.\nOur goal is two-fold: 1) to produce a halachic resource for the Rabbinic world and,\n2) to produce a practical guide to Noahide observance and belief for the non-Jewish world.\nThis Project has been endorsed by Rabbi Lazer Brody. See Rabbi Lazar Brody\u2019s HASKAMA/APPROBATION for this program.\nTo Apply for Noahide Laws, Click Here", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 85, "original_length": 4308, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 248.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.shutetheatreandartsguild.org.uk/plays-past/4562735767", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:07Z", "digest": "sha1:LMN6PUJ6C4JOQ65OQINM2OB7T22JCZPN", "length": 265, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.shutetheatreandartsguild.org.uk", "title": "PLAYS PAST - STAG", "raw_content": "PRODUCTIONS ~ PAST\nHere, for your perusal, in the drop downs are some of the photos, reviews and publicity designs.\nThe information goes back to 1981 (with a few gaps). It takes a long time to put it all together electronically, so it is very much work in progress.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 26, "original_length": 643, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 170.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.sify.com/finance/india-has-not-lived-up-to-high-banking-standards-goyal-news-bank-shdwUQcddaije.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:48Z", "digest": "sha1:UOOSALVAO7CYPIIG666QEAW64EXRXBEQ", "length": 2552, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.sify.com", "title": "India has not lived up to high banking standards: Goyal", "raw_content": "India has not lived up to high banking standards: Goyal\nMumbai: India has not lived up to the high expectations and standards required of the banking system and the current \"trying times\" had finally forced a recognition of the non-performing assets (NPA), or bad loans, situation and the need for a move to resolve the problem, acting Finance Minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday.\nAddressing the State Bank of India (SBI) Banking and Economics conclave here, Goyal said that recommendations of the panel headed by Punjab National Bank Chairman Sunil Mehta for creating independent asset management companies (AMCs) and steering committees for faster resolution of NPAs, which was accepted by the government on Monday, is a \"win-win situation\" for all stakeholders concerned.\n\"Banking will never be the same again...it has moved from one end of the spectrum to another, and not necessarily in glorious fashion,\" he said.\n\"Collectively we have not lived up to the high expectations required of banking. Have we as a banking system remained abreast with new technologies and maintained high standards of monitoring and accountability?\"\nThe Minister cited the example of the Core Banking Solution technology that had been adopted in a \"half undone\" manner.\n\"The (NPA) cases beyond redemption should go for liquidation to the NCLT (National Company Law Tribunal) under the IBC (Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code),\" he said.\n\"The other cases should be resolved by a transparent and accountable mechanism overseen by an independent third party steering commitee.\"\nThe Sunil Mehta panel has recommended the creation of an AMC under the framework of an alternative investment fund (AIF) to deal with NPA cases of more than Rs 500 crore.\nThere are about 200 such accounts, each owing more than Rs 500 crore to banks, with a total exposure of about Rs 3.1 lakh crore.\nUnder this approach, independent AMCs would be set up, while AIF would raise funds from institutional investors. Financial institutions will enter into an inter-creditor agreement to authorise the lead bank to implement a resolution plan in 180 days.\nThe lead bank would then prepare a resolution plan including empanelling specialitsts and industry experts for operational turnaround of the asset.\nBesides, it has also suggested a plan for dealing with bad loans up to Rs 50 crore, which would be dealt with under the SME Resolution Approach (SRA) using a template supported by a steering committee. The resolution should be non-discretionary and completed in a time-bound manner within 90 days.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 3868, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 258.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.sinclairinkspot.com/the-impossibilities-blog/category/memorial-day", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:18:16Z", "digest": "sha1:ZWKMIB6FRUFQUSQA5352Q54SQPXGX76U", "length": 164, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.sinclairinkspot.com", "title": "Loretta Sinclair - Loretta Sinclair ~ Author Page", "raw_content": "It's not about barbeques.\nIt's not just a day off.\nAll gave some... some gave all.\nThank you to all of the American Veterans who fought for our country and freedom.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 762, "original_length": 7542, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 108.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.sj2014.net/blog/8-may-1853-fr-general-roothaan-dies", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:35Z", "digest": "sha1:DOZWCH5C7DSXE2VVUHVD6ATDHEJDEJSW", "length": 1811, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.sj2014.net", "title": "8 May 1853 - Fr General Roothaan Dies - Jesuit Restoration 1814", "raw_content": "8 May 1853 - Fr General Roothaan Dies\nToday we remember the day 161 years ago when Jan Roothaan, the 21st Superior General of the Jesuits died. He was to lead the Society of Jesus at a crucial period in its restoration, overssing an increase in numbers from around two thousand to over five thousand. He was to serve as general for 21 years, during a turbulent period in Europe and further afield, with a series of revolutions that broke out in 1848 and led to many Jesuits once again being exiled and displaced. He himself was forced to flee Rome in disguise (link)\nRoothaan, from Amsterdam, entered the Society in Russia as a young man after serving at the Jesuit church in Amsterdam . After formation he soon stood out as an excellent linguist and manager of missions. He was appointed the rector of a newly-founded college in Turin- where he attracted notice by learning flawless Italian soon after arriving and demonstrating excellent leadership skills in his new position. In July of 1829, Roothaan was named the twenty-first General of the Society of Jesus .\nHe is credited with strengthening the Society of Jesus in its spiritual and intellectual fronts at a time of substatntial growth inspite of the political instablilty. . He edited and had distributed a new edition of the Exercises of St. Ignatius according to the original text with an extensive introduction and explanatory notes. He wrote eleven general letters, nine of which emphasise unity and tried to lift the morale of the reemerging Society. He also raised the standards of studies, reforming the Bollandists and opening Civilta Cattolica. He expanded the activities of the Society's missions, especially the foreign missions. 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Nitrous oxide, otherwise known as laughing gas, debuted in the St. Luke\u2019s Birthing Center earlier this month. St. Luke\u2019s Birthing Center is the only facility in the Northland to offer this to women during labor.\nNitrous oxide is an option for women seeking to mute contractions and other pain during childbirth without using narcotics or epidural anesthesia. It is given in controlled doses and can be managed by women themselves during labor. Laughing gas can help women cope with pain from contractions or other procedures related to childbirth, and effects can be felt after about 30 seconds of inhalation via a face mask.\nThe use of nitrous oxide during delivery is a growing trend nationally. \u201cThis gives women wanting a more natural delivery another option for pain management,\u201d said Lori Swanson, St. Luke\u2019s maternal child health nurse manager. Women using nitrous oxide often want a lower intervention birth, but sometimes need the additional options to cope with pain and ease anxiety during labor and delivery. \u201cWe are excited to offer this to our patients,\u201d said Swanson.\nBELOW: Dr. Susan Goltz, St. Luke's OB/GYN and instrumental in implementing nitrous oxide in the Birthing Center", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 44, "original_length": 2757, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 297.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.snpj138.com/wordpress/miss-snpj/miss-snpj-2004-courtney-pabian-koenig/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:47Z", "digest": "sha1:EFWRQJGYWWDV6Q7Y5KDFC2JYINBZUO7J", "length": 2104, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.snpj138.com", "title": "2004 \u2013 Courtney Koenig \u2013 SNPJ Lodge 138", "raw_content": "Courtney (Pabian) Koenig\nCourtney Pabian, Miss SNPJ 2004, is a member of Lodge 138 in Strabane. She is the daughter of Frank and Beverly Pabian (138) and has one sister, Carissa Pabian Boyer, Miss SNPJ 2002. Her paternal grandparents are Rosella Pabian (138) and the late Frank Pabian (138); and her paternal grandparents are Frank Egizio of Southview, Pa., and Elizabeth Egizio of McMurray, Pa.\nCourtney has built a long-standing relationship with SNPJ, beginning her association by taking part in the Circle 19 annual Christmas productions and bowling in the Bantam Bowling League. As the years passed, she regularly participated in seasonal activities, shows, and numerous field trips. She was a member of the bowling league for 14 years, participated annually in the SNPJ Family Twosome and Youth Telegraphic Bowling Tournaments, assisted at Circle fund-raisers and contributed to The Voice of Youth and PROSVETA. For three years she served as Circle 19 president. Courtney has served as both a junior and adult counselor for Youth Roundup, attended a total of five TEL Workshops and recently participated in her fifth Young Adult Conference.\nCourtney was a contestant in the 2002 Miss SNPJ Pageant, at which she was awarded the 2003 Miss Activity title. In recognition of her accomplishments, Courtney was honored with the dedication of the 2002 Youth Circle 19 Christmas Pageant.\nCourtney believes the Slovene National Benefit Society has been a developmental force in her life, and she is truly proud to be an SNPJ member. The many experiences that she has had as a participant in SNPJ Youth Circle 19 and Lodge 138, and when representing the Society as Miss SNPJ during SNPJ\u2019s 100th anniversary, have enriched her life and helped her to become the young adult she is today.\nCourtney had the privilege of participating in the two-week 2005 Slovenia summer tour sponsored by the University of Ljublijana. The trip taught her a lot about her heritage.\nCourtney is a 2002 graduate of Canon-McMillan High School and is currently working at Pro-Adjuster Chiropractic Clinic as a chiropractic assistant.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 3233, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 325.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.solitaryphoenix.com/ChAndy.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:39:42Z", "digest": "sha1:EQLMF3TSN6SKNJNWQ73ZW5QCZFOY43RZ", "length": 1412, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.solitaryphoenix.com", "title": "ChAndy", "raw_content": "Andy Trudeau portrayed by\nT. W. King\nDetective Inspector Andy Trudeau was introduced in the pilot, in the first season. Andy was an old childhood friend of\nPrue's; he had been her first love, her high school sweetheart. When they met again, due to a murder, their love was\nrekindled and grew despite the frustrating feeling ~ actually more like certain knowledge ~ that she was keeping a secret\nfrom him. Andy was killed at the end of the first season by the demon Tempus, shortly after learning about Prue and her\nsisters' secret. His partner was Darryl Morris, who has learned the secret Andy carried to his death, and who remains the\nHaliwell's friend and police contact.\nT.W. King, as he was known when he was playing Andy on Charmed, is now using the name of Ted King, and was born on\nOctober 1, 1965 in Hollywood, California. King has had success on the west coast, as well as on the east, in Manhattan,\nwhere he played Danny on Loving, and then The City from 1995-97. Ted also starred on Timecop as Jack Logan in 1997.\nWhile he was working on Timecop, he filmed a small role in The X-Files movie. He's apparently an X-Files fan; according to\nTed, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It's one of the best-written shows on television.\" He been on General Hospital as rich, powerful Luis Ramon\nAlcazaras since July 2002, is involved in a long-term relationship, and currently divides his time between Los Angeles and\nMain..:..Casi/Characters", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 16, "original_length": 1434, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 197.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.song-list.net/fleetwoodmac/overmyheadsingleversion/tracks", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:36:45Z", "digest": "sha1:SDX7H5LTXSKTEEKYBIC3WNNW7HNR3URS", "length": 59, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.song-list.net", "title": "Over My Head (Single Version) by Fleetwood Mac", "raw_content": "\"Over My Head (Single Version)\" is on the following albums:", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 12, "original_length": 490, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 40.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.southernfriednutrition.com/to-market-to-market-whats-in-my-basket/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:03:25Z", "digest": "sha1:ZDFPQRNACOWGL6YOVED2RFDN4LWQKTKC", "length": 1531, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.southernfriednutrition.com", "title": "To Market, To Market: What\u2019s in my basket? \u2013 Southern Fried Nutrition", "raw_content": "It\u2019s nearing the end of our farmer\u2019s market season, but we still have several weeks and I\u2019m so glad. The fall is such a beautiful time for root vegetables. Carrots, parsnips, beets, rutabaga, radish, and potatoes are all delicious root veggies that I love all year \u2013 and especially in season! Today, as I wandered along the booths, I found these amazing, beautiful beets, heirloom radishes, and fresh turmeric. Beets are a super nutritious food and contain a phytochemical called betalain, which exhibits anti-inflammatory properties and which may help reduce blood pressure. My favorite way to eat them is simply roasted in a 375 degree oven after tossing in olive oil and salt and pepper. Simple and delicious on a salad or on their own tossed in balsamic vinaigrette dressing. The radishes are peppery and spicy and I love them sliced up and tossed in a salad. They are also really tasty sauteed or roasted, which also takes the edge off the spiciness. For both of these root veggies, the greens are also edible! They can be enjoyed raw or sauteed \u2013 just be sure to wash them well, since they\u2019re grown in sandy soil and tend to retain some of the grit. Finally, the turmeric is a wonderful seasoning, mild and exotic, and it also adds a yellow color to your dishes. Turmeric is also a proven anti-inflammatory. 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During the annual State of the City address March 20 at Best Western Premier Hotel on Telegraph Road, Southfield Mayor Ken Siver reminded the elected officials and community members in attendance that the room they were sitting in...\nCity Launches Age Friendly Community Effort\nSOUTHFIELD \u2014 Southfield officials say they have long been focused on creating an enriched community that welcomes everyone \u2014 young and old. According to Karen Schrock, chair of the Southfield Commission on Senior Adults, the city has recently bumped up efforts to provide resources for its aging population. COSA...\nLawrence Tech named a \u201cBicycle Friendly University\u2019\nThe League of American Bicyclists has recognized Lawrence Technological University with a bronze Bicycle Friendly University award. Lawrence Tech is the only university in the tri-county Detroit area with the designation, which is good for four years. The league named 51 new and renewing BFUs in 25 states this...\n\u201cUnique Collaborations\u201d kicks off Series on Sept. 15\nLawrence Technological University\u2019s Leaders & Innovators Series in partnership with WWJ Newsradio 950 is back with great programs for another year! The first is Thursday, Sept. 15 on \u201cUnique Collaborations.\u201d It will be in LTU\u2019s University Technology and Learning Center Gallery, 21000 W. Ten Mile Rd. in Southfield and...\nLawrence Technological University Listed as Top Midwestern School\nLawrence Technological University (LTU) has again been named one of the best colleges in the Midwest, according to the Princeton Review. Only 156 colleges in 12 Midwestern states made the list for 2017. The education services company lists LTU among the \u201c2017 Best Colleges: Region by Region\u201d at www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings?rankings=best-midwestern. \u201cWe...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 4069, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 333.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.specialistshospital.com/orthopediac/arthritis/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:09Z", "digest": "sha1:ODUHL7QAGQ42OQ3KVYUAO62C6BYC3FWY", "length": 559, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.specialistshospital.com", "title": "Arthritis Treatment Clinic Kochi | Arthritis Doctor in Kerala", "raw_content": "/Arthritis/\nArthritis is a medical condition which indicates joint inflammation. It can affect the whole of the musculoskeletal system as well. It mainly affects old-age people or children in early age. This condition can result from any physical injury, infections, health disorder, or any genetic problem. Arthritis often causes the cartilage within the bones to break. The cartilage in the body is essential to give bone protection. In severe cases, the entire movement of the joint becomes stiff. The treatment procedures for arthritis are discussed below", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 262, "original_length": 6213, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 306.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.starmaxhomes.com.au/luxury-homes/index.print.shtml", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:43:46Z", "digest": "sha1:6IYZYAO3CA6MFOD7E2NM2RCRIGLETRTJ", "length": 55, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.starmaxhomes.com.au", "title": "Finishes With Striking Difference", "raw_content": "http://www.starmaxhomes.com.au/luxury-homes/index.shtml", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 5, "original_length": 531, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.79, "perplexity": 120.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.stylebyrisso.com/about.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:10Z", "digest": "sha1:YY7EEWILLOZGPCVEX3CQ3PPN7JJBE4W4", "length": 1350, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.stylebyrisso.com", "title": "About - Style by Risso", "raw_content": "Maria Risso Rowbotham, Lead Stylist/Founder\nMaria Risso Rowbotham is a stylist with over ten years of experience styling women and men. Raised in Northern California, Maria attended the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) in San Francisco where she received the Wilkes Bashford Award for Excellence in Product Development. Following her graduation from FIDM, she began her career in fashion as a product manager and, after several years working in the industry and a move to New York City, Maria decided to shift her focus to fashion blogging and personal styling.\nIn 2010, after years of helping friends and family with their styling needs, Maria launched Style by Risso. Maria believes there are three factors to developing the perfect wardrobe - create, refine, evolve. \u201cCreate\u201d a cohesive wardrobe that can be intermixed and interchangeable. \"Refine\" your current wardrobe with new ideas of clothing combinations, tailoring and adding updated colors, silhouettes and fabrics. \"Evolve\" your wardrobe to include new styles, colors, silhouettes and accessories.\nAs a mom of two and full time stylist, Maria appreciates that many clients don\u2019t have a lot of time for shopping, packing, or perfecting their closet. She is focused on making it easy for her clients to look and feel great no matter what their budget or schedule may be.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 17, "original_length": 1531, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 291.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.subzin.com/s/when+l+was+a+little+girl%2C+you+used+to+tease+me+about+my+dreams", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:24Z", "digest": "sha1:74YINIIEH7TCM4GADTHRQYGVIOU4WFUX", "length": 179, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.subzin.com", "title": "when l was a little girl, you used to tease me about my dreams quotes", "raw_content": "when l was a little girl, you used to tease me about my dreams has been found in 1 phrases from 1 titles\n02:34:07 ..when l was a little girl, you used to tease me about my dreams.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 9, "original_length": 491, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 323.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.summerlilybee.com/queensland/category/all", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:23Z", "digest": "sha1:WTGSE47DNZYRGMG77A4UDEA4KBJ2WQXY", "length": 1260, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.summerlilybee.com", "title": "All Categories - The Journeyer's Journal", "raw_content": "Cairns Chapter: Great Barrier Reef\nPhoto courtesy by Great Adventure\nFirst thing first, what is Great Barrier Reef anyway?\nI\u2019d say Great Barrier Reef is the Kingdom of the Sea, home of 1625 types of fish. It is where not only sea creature, but human are also welcomed. Human (like us) can have scuba diving, snorkeling, glass-bottomed boat viewing, semi-submersible and many other activities in the Great Barrier Reef. The reefs stretch for about 2300 kilometers in the northeast of Australia (Queensland).\nPlanning a Dream Vacation to Queensland\nMy last several trips before Queensland didn\u2019t involve any beach. It was winter trip to Iceland and Italy, or even autumn in South Korea where I mostly explored mountains and its big city. So the need for a beach vacation was so strong. And it had been sometime that I follow Queensland official In Instagram that my mind immediately attracted to Whitsunday Beach in Queensland when i wanted to go to the beach. Alsoo\u2026 by going there, i could explore Great Barrier Reef, which hundreds of its photos had been haunting me in my dream (not quite exactly). At that time there was this airplane ticket promo to Gold Coast. So I felt like that was it, it was destined. That would be my first trip to Australia as well.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 139, "original_length": 5079, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 337.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.takesapp.com/tag/applications-for-ios-and-android/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:26Z", "digest": "sha1:C5POC42XSTVZ5G4RKG6XHMDXQBEDCSZI", "length": 37, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.takesapp.com", "title": "applications for iOS and Android \u2013 Takesapp.com", "raw_content": "Tag: applications for iOS and Android", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 87, "original_length": 32560, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.77, "perplexity": 302.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.tampabay.com/news/urban-land-institute-report-helps-st-pete-get-proactive-in-fight-against/2332023", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:05Z", "digest": "sha1:Z5C3VOEVSMFTJ2W44EHKJLT4RQMFMLOH", "length": 7820, "nlines": 34, "source_domain": "www.tampabay.com", "title": "Urban Land Institute report helps St. Pete get proactive in fight against climate change", "raw_content": "Urban Land Institute report helps St. Pete get proactive in fight against climate change\nIn the face of climate change, St. Petersburg is trying to make the city more resilient.\nAmong St. Petersburg's goals is helping improve resiliency and helping businesses create disaster preparedness plans for climate-related disasters, like flooding.EVE EDELHEIT | Times (2016)\nMayor Rick Kriseman called St. Petersburg a leader.\nBy Taylor Telford, Times Staff Writer\nST. PETERSBURG \u2014 The summers are getting hotter. The sea is rising. And as the fallout from climate change becomes more drastic, St. Petersburg is among the most vulnerable cities in the country.\nBut the city is trying to defend itself, exploring strategies to protect its most endangered neighborhoods. After receiving a $30,000 grant from the Urban Land Institute, a team of sustainability and resiliency experts met with city leaders in December to explore strategies to help St. Petersburg adapt. Earlier this month, the institute released the report that came out of the workshop. Now the city is using it as a blueprint for its first-ever climate action plan.\n\"It's important to think about how people bounce back and to learn from what other cities are doing,\" said Sharon Wright, St. Petersburg's sustainability manager. \"St. Pete has been lucky in some ways because we haven't endured a hurricane in a long time. But this is more about the extreme events we're seeing now. It's a long-term view.\"\nSt. Petersburg's past climate efforts have focused more on sustainability, which emphasizes waste reduction and cleaner, smarter use of natural resources. The new plan calls for a greater focus on resiliency, or how to prepare for and bounce back from the damage that could be caused in a climate-related disaster.\nFor example, the city wants to help local businesses create disaster preparedness plans, make upcoming projects like the St. Pete Pier and Tropicana Field more sustainable and educate residents in its most vulnerable neighborhoods.\nTo pull this off, the city has to be willing to consider climate change in everything it does, Wright said.\n\"I think one top-tier priority is shifting culturally how the city does things,\" Wright said. \"Like putting the city's priorities, budgets and capital projects through the filter of resiliency. It's a 'put your money where your mouth is' kind of thing.\"\nTampa Bay is one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to wind damage, coastal flooding from storm surges and rising sea levels, according to the Urban Land Institute's \"Realizing Resiliency\" report. In 2013, a World Bank report named Tampa-St. Petersburg the seventh most at-risk city globally because of rising sea levels.\nOther vulnerable areas have already started taking similar steps. In 2016, Miami-Dade County adopted a budget that prioritizes money for resiliency.\n\"A local government budget is one of the most important tools available,\" said James Murley, Miami-Dade's chief resilience officer.\nSt. Petersburg's plan also calls for the hiring of a resiliency guru, who will work to ensure climate issues are at the center of the city's operations and oversee resiliency projects spawned by the Integrated Sustainability Action Plan, the city's master plan.\nTampa, by contrast, has wrapped resiliency responsibilities into its public works department, said Thomas Snelling, Tampa's director for Planning and Development Services.\n\"That would be a challenging position to fill,\" he said. \"It would be very difficult for one person to have the level of expertise we are able to have by wastewater engineers controlling wastewater issues and so on. I'm not sure it would be that big of a gain to have one person preside over all of that from a scientific perspective.\"\nSt. Petersburg has 60 miles of coastal front. By 2050, water levels along the coast could rise between 6 inches and 2.5 feet, according to the Tampa Bay Climate Science Advisory Panel.\nStorm and flooding damage has already taxed the city's infrastructure. Some of the city's most vulnerable people live in the areas that are most susceptible to flooding and storm damage, Wright said. The city has to help low-income neighborhoods be ready for what's coming and have a concrete plan for how to recover.\n\"Small business and people in low-income areas can be wiped out pretty quickly by one event,\" Wright said. \"Those are the populations we want to fortify, making sure that they have transportation, making sure homes are protected.\"\nPart of protecting these areas is making sure the city and people who live in vulnerable areas are taking advantage of all available resources, Wright said, like Federal Emergency Management Agency programs that reimburse homeowners for making their properties more resilient and making infrastructure and design changes to help protect flood-prone regions.\nEducation is essential to preparation. While many parts of Florida are facing the same climate-related issues, communication has been sparse in the past and some have been reluctant to acknowledge the threat climate change presents, said Jim Cloar, the former chair of ULI's Tampa Bay District Council who helped manage the December workshop.\n\"Some of it is apathy, some of it is skepticism,\" Cloar said. \"It's really important to speak with a single, clear articulate voice about both the risks and the opportunity to combat them.\"\nCorrecting those who see climate change as a distant threat, not an immediate one, is a top priority, he added. That's especially important for those in the financial community, like mortgage lenders and investors, who tend to think further down the line.\n\"The public sector is usually looking at a 40- to 50-year or lifetime investment in things like roads, sewage plants, water treatment plants,\" Cloar said. \"So for someone who may say, 'Sea level is not rising that much, it'll be 20, 30, 40 years, we don't have to worry about it,' obviously that's not the case.\"\nDespite the city's vulnerability, Mayor Rick Kriseman said St. Petersburg is seen as a national leader in climate change preparedness. But there's more work to be done, which he intends to continue in his second term.\nWhile the sewage crisis \u2014 in which St. Petersburg leaked 200 million gallons of sewage in an 18-month period in 2015-16 \u2014 is a major blemish on Kriseman's environmental record and has been a central issue in the mayoral race, he said he is still proud of his administration's progress.\n\"This type of work has never been done before in St. Pete. In fact, we've never even had a master plan for our sewer system (which, as we've seen, is critical infrastructure during heavy rains) and that is now in the works,\" Kriseman said. \"We are in the middle of the largest and most expensive public works project in our city's history, and it will be worth every penny. And, even after that's complete, we'll have to keep doing more.\"\nFormer mayor and mayoral candidate Rick Baker, who has said he believes in climate change but is unsure how much humans contribute to it, said he plans to make environmental issues a top priority, but didn't specify whether he'd continue work on the Integrated Sustainability Action Plan if he wins.\nNow that the report is out, the city plans to start working on the findings immediately, Wright said. If it moves quickly, St. Petersburg has the chance to be on the bleeding edge of the fight against climate change.\n\"We hope there will be a direct benefit not just to St. Pete, but also that the rest of Tampa Bay can learn from,\" Cloar said.\nClarification: St. Petersburg mayoral candidate Rick Baker said he believes in climate change but is unsure how much humans contribute to it. A previous version of this article was unclear on this.\nContact Taylor Telford at [email protected] or (513)-376-3196. Follow @taylormtelford.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 178, "original_length": 10674, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 214.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.taprootchurchtwinfalls.com/knowing-jesus", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:46Z", "digest": "sha1:LE33LEVTIPZLTRNE7U6ZM2AO4TZHE36V", "length": 2182, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.taprootchurchtwinfalls.com", "title": "Knowing Jesus \u2014 Taproot Church: Twin Falls", "raw_content": "We exist to know Jesus and make him known. We do this as we preach Jesus, make disciples, and send.\nWe believe that God has established us in Twin Falls, Idaho for a very specific purpose. That purpose is our reason for existence and we allow it to drive all we do in this city.\nWe live in a world where there is no shortage of opinions about Jesus. He\u2019s talked about as a friend, religious guru, political figure, and teacher of morals, right living, and love. Some see Him as a man to be revered and followed, while others see Him as a man to be ignored and silenced.\nAt Taproot Church, we believe there is no man like Jesus Christ. He was born of a virgin in a little peasant town, grew up in an average family, and would even learn how to work a normal job as a carpenter with his dad. But eventually, this simple Jesus would begin to do and say things that would change the world forever. Jesus preached a message of repentance that would lead to transformed lives. He healed the sick, raised the dead, and cast out demons. Jesus was a man among the outcasts, frequently seen among drunks, gluttons, prostitutes, political zealots and the like. He was often harsh with the religious people of his day while being gentle with those who were viewed as farthest from God. This Jesus, perceived as a threat to the religious elite and politically powerful, would eventually be put to death on a cross and placed in a heavily guarded tomb. But this grave would not hold him. Three days later, Jesus rose from death and appeared to hundreds before he would eventually ascend to his throne where he would seat himself at the right hand of his Father as King over all creation.\nIn short, Jesus is the living Son of God. As such, all authority has been given to him, so it is him whom we are submitted to. It is this Jesus we preach. It is this Jesus we make disciples of. And it is this Jesus we seek to know and make known through the equipping and sending of his saints in the hopes that more would become his followers.\nNo matter where you are or what you might currently believe about Jesus, we invite you to join us in learning more about him and what it means to be his followers.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 2732, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 254.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.tcnjsignal.net/2009/09/29/this-week-in-sports-4/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:45Z", "digest": "sha1:ECIQ4IPM2FYKENSHDC6LA7WHP25VZA7W", "length": 547, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.tcnjsignal.net", "title": "This Week in Sports \u2013 The Signal", "raw_content": "HomeSportsThis Week in Sports\nSeptember 29, 2009 Signal Editorial Staff Sports 0\n@ Kean University, 7 p.m.\n@ Montclair State University, 7 p.m.\nvs. Johns Hopkins University, 7:30 p.m.\nvs. Rutgers University \u2013 Camden, 7:30 p.m.\nvs. Messiah College, 7:30 p.m.\nvs. New Jersey City University, 1 p.m.\nITA Regional Championships, TBA\nPaul Short Invitational, 2 p.m.\nNotice: It seems you have Javascript disabled in your Browser. In order to submit a comment to this post, please write this code along with your comment: 85fed6f8b39a480a3444799d46f8ff64", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 131, "original_length": 3485, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.84, "perplexity": 326.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.tdxinfo.org/2008/12/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:27Z", "digest": "sha1:XA3DXMJ72DFK3CLR7Z6FYGFIQEPK2AEW", "length": 1253, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.tdxinfo.org", "title": "December 2008 - TransDominion Express \u00bb TransDominion Express", "raw_content": "Benefits of Rail Could be Long-Lasting\nPublished by The News & Advance A decade ago, who in his right mind would have thought expanded rail service in Central Virginia possible. Today, the dream of additional passenger service to Washington, D.C., is tantalizingly close to becoming a reality. The state Department of Rail and Public Transportation has recommended to the Commonwealth Transportation [\u2026]\nNew Train Service Recommended from Lynchburg to DC\nPublished by the News & Advance By Ray Reed A decade of effort by people asking for more passenger train service in Lynchburg moved a step closer to reality Thursday when a state agency recommended funds for a second daily train between Lynchburg and Washington, D.C. \u201cThis is awesome,\u201d Vice Mayor Bert Dodson said. \u201cWhat [\u2026]\nREVISED 2009-2014 DRAFT SIX-YEAR TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM RELEASED\nValentine: Money for 2nd Lynchburg-D.C. rail service may be near\nBy Ray Reed Published by the News & Advance A possible source of funds could be announced next week for new daily train service between Lynchburg and Washington, D.C., Del. Shannon Valentine told members of the Lynchburg Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday. Such an announcement would move a second daily Amtrak route, which has been discussed [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 37, "original_length": 2997, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 327.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.teddersrandomnotes.com/blog/tag/george-bush/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:31Z", "digest": "sha1:HUAQVRIRVLCSWNT4Y6PJRUZQUJTX623J", "length": 3762, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.teddersrandomnotes.com", "title": "\u00bb George Bush John Tedder's Random Notes", "raw_content": "Posts tagged: George Bush\nCheating, Lying Politicians\nAccording to the New York Observer, Joe Bruno, speaking to the New York delegation at the Republican National Convention, compared Barack Obama to Eliot Spitzer. The former Republican State Senator implied that since Obama is articulate like Spitzer, we may be in for a big suprise if he is elected. That is quite a leap. Spitzer resigned as Governor of New York in March 2008 after it was disclosed that he patronized a prostitute. Joe thinks that Spitzer was elected because of great marketing. I think Spitzer was elected because people were sick of Republicans running New York. People voted for him because he had a reputation for honesty and integrity and they hoped he would clean up the mess in Albany, the state capital. Spitzer had a great opportunity and he blew it. He disappointed a lot of New Yorkers who expected great things from him. Now, everyone is looking to David Paterson, the new governor, to change Albany. He is New York\u2019s first black governor. Governor Paterson, can you take away Joe\u2019s hall pass so that he can\u2019t roam around the building while people are trying to work? Thanks.\nI would like to see our first black president elected this year too. Barack Obama will be elected because people are sick of Republicans running the country and tired of hearing George Bush abuse the English language.\nJohn Edwards didn\u2019t appear at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. He finally admitted to cheating on his wife. I guess he was still too ashamed and didn\u2019t want to disrupt the convention. John McCain, who cheated on his first wife when he met his second wife, was nominated to be president at the Republican Convention. His cheating occurred over 30 years ago so it isn\u2019t talked about much these days.\nLarry Craig, Republican from Idaho, cheated on his wife and is still a United States Senator. The Senate Ethics Committee \u201cadmonished\u201d him in February for his conduct in an airport bathroom. They slapped him on the wrist really hard. Where is the outrage in the Senate? He pleaded guilty to the charges but, when the story surfaced, said that he was innocent. He said that he would resign by September 30th, 2007. Then he said he would finish out his term and not run for re-election this November. How would you like to sit next to Larry in the Senate?\nDavid Vitter, Republican Senator from Louisiana, cheated on his wife by visiting prostitutes. He is running for re-election. Vitter and Larry Craig are co-sponsors (along with several others) of The Federal Marriage Amendment to the Constitution, which would define marriage as only the union between a man and a woman. What shining examples Larry and David are. How heroic. It sounds like they worry about sex too much.\nBill Clinton cheated on Hillary in the White House. He lied about it and was impeached. Republicans went nuts. The impeachment distracted him from running the country.\nJim McGreevey, the Democratic former governor of New Jersey, cheated on his wife with a man. He resigned and admitted that he was a homosexual.\nGeorge Bush lied and took our country into an unnecessary war. Only Congressman Dennis Kucinich, a Democrat from Ohio, had the guts to try and impeach him. One person out of 100 Senators and 435 Representatives. What do they do all day in Washington, D.C.?\nPresidents John Kennedy, Dwight Eisenhower and Franklin Roosevelt all cheated on their wives.\nWhy is it that some politicians who lie and cheat resign, and others do not?\nI\u2019m voting for Barack Obama for President. You should too.\nTags: Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, cheating, David Paterson, Eliot Spitzer, George Bush, Joe Bruno, Larry Craig, lying\nNew York State, Politics | John Tedder | September 8, 2008 9:16 pm | Comments (3)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 113, "original_length": 9637, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 268.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.tenstepmaritimes.ca/en/Portfolio-Implementation-Overview.php", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:59Z", "digest": "sha1:FBQSUDJYBF45YVUFYLD327ZP5CCR45BG", "length": 3739, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.tenstepmaritimes.ca", "title": "Portfolio Implementation Overview", "raw_content": "PortfolioStep Portfolio Management Framework\u2122 Overview\nPortfolio management is a business process that requires a set of detailed processes to be conducted in an interrelated continuous sequence. It facilitates decision making, through evaluation, selection, prioritizing, balancing, execution of the work, harvesting of benefits and feedback of results for process improvement. Hence, PortfolioStep\u2122 is a repeatable process of preparing for, planning, executing and harvesting the value of work as a business portfolio.\nHowever, you cannot start the planning and executing portions of the process without understanding two fundamental areas. You must grasp the nature and scope of the work that you want to manage. Second, you must reach agreement on the things that are important to your organization so that you have the context to make work prioritization and balancing decisions.\nPortfolioStep takes all of this into account and does not assume that you have any of the pre-requisite information ahead of time. The main sections of the portfolio management process are as follows.\nCategorization - The categorization step is completed first. This is where you define the terms, scope and definition of your portfolios, and gain agreement on your basic portfolio model.\nIdentification - You cannot make decisions on prioritizing work without knowing what the company or organization feels is important. The Foundation step results in establishing the context within which work priorities and approvals are made.\nEvaluation - All of the potential work is surfaced for the coming year. At this point, each request only needs to complete a simple Value Proposition document that describes the work and the value that it will provide to the organization.\nSelection - The Selection process is usually completed at the beginning of the annual Business Planning Process and is the time to bring all work forward for review and scrutiny. Work that does not appear in this Selection process has no chance of making it into the final list of authorized work.\nPrioritization - One of the key assumptions of PortfolioStep is that there is much more work requested than the organization can execute in one year. After all the work has been selected, a prioritization process begins.\nBalancing - Organize the prioritized components into a component mix that, when implemented, is best aligned with, and best supports the organization's strategic plan, including the various business units such as Operations, Projects, Other Work, etc.\nAuthorization - The most valuable and aligned work is authorized for the coming year. This process sets aside approved budget and resources to complete the work. This is not a guarantee that the work will be funded.\nActivation - Activation is the process of actually scheduling and executing the work throughout the year. In this Activation step, managers build schedules to start and complete as much of the approved work as possible.\nReporting and Review - Portfolio reporting and review deals largely with measuring results, integrating changes, and reviewing / re-forecasting the work.\nStrategic Change - Over the longer term, the results of the PortfolioStep process can be collected and fed back to the Executive to the portfolio management group. These results should enable you to assess the effectiveness of the PortfolioStep process and propose changes to improve the whole cycle.\nPortfolioStep Flexibility\nWe must emphasize that all the steps described above do not necessarily have to be strictly sequential. Management is often an iterative exercise and, as with our other TenStep products, you must exercise judgment how far you go with each step, and in what order, to make the whole work together.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 55, "original_length": 4763, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 279.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.thebirn.com/show/berklee-in-the-round-live-from-the-red-room-3/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:00Z", "digest": "sha1:A2HZTG3EZOZKICLWSCFN25Q7NAEUP62Y", "length": 960, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.thebirn.com", "title": "Berklee in the Round Live from the Red Room \u2013 The BIRN", "raw_content": "Tune into birnCORE on Tuesday, October 9 at 7:00 p.m. for an intimate \u201cin-the-round\u201d style concert hosted by Berklee students live from the Red Room at Cafe 939.\nBerklee in the Round (BITR) is a concert hosted by four to five students on the second Tuesday of every month. The students who host the event are chosen by a faculty member, and may also choose a special guest to perform as well. The concert is done in the style of a writers round, based on the in-the-round performances at the famous Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, Tennessee. The performers will sit in a circle and take turns playing their music to the audience. This creates a really unique and intimate feel for both the performers and the audience.\nStudents interested in playing at this event can submit two mp3s and lyric sheets to the songwriting faculty member who will be hosting the night you want to play, or to songwriting@berklee.edu.\nClick here to listen to the broadcast on birnCORE!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 80, "original_length": 2713, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 165.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/barakah-offshore-bags-fiveyear-contract", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:39:31Z", "digest": "sha1:JYD23CEB4IELXWD7QMWFXHRHGYGPOKVK", "length": 1199, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.theedgemarkets.com", "title": "Barakah Offshore bags five-year contract | The Edge Markets", "raw_content": "Barakah Offshore bags five-year contract\nKUALA LUMPUR (Feb 11): Barakah Offshore Petroleum Bhd has bagged a Farm-In Agreement from IPC Malaysia BV. The contract is for Barakah to provide maintenance, construction and modification services in the oil & gas fields offshore of Peninsular Malaysia to IPC Malaysia\u2019s client, Pan Malaysia.\nThe tenure of the contract is from November 2018 to July 2023.\nHowever, there has no firm contract value mentioned in the filing with Bursa Malaysia.\n\u201cThe total value of the contract is not fixed and will depend on the actual scope based on work orders to be issued by the client from time to time throughout the duration of the contract. The contract duration is from November 22, 2018, to July 10, 2023, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the contract,\u201d Barakah said in the filling.\nBarakah said the contract is expected to contribute positively towards the group\u2019s earnings and net assets per share for the duration of the contract.\nShares price of Barakah rose 0.5 sen or 5% to 10.5 sen, with a market capitalisation of RM87.76 million. The counter saw some 24.77 million shares traded. Shares of Barakah has fallen about 60.38% over the past year.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 131, "original_length": 4029, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 250.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.thehardtackle.com/2013/craig-johnston-inventor-who-became-footballer/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:53Z", "digest": "sha1:VKATSCRT6N2ZRDHIHHCJ5XZRWHH4G5MI", "length": 9220, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "www.thehardtackle.com", "title": "Craig Johnston ai??i?? The Inventor Who Became A Footballer", "raw_content": "You are here: Home \u00bb Columns \u00bb Craig Johnston ai??i?? The Inventor Who Became A Footballer (THT Heroes)\nCraig Johnston ai??i?? The Inventor Who Became A Footballer (THT Heroes)\nBy Keith Castelino on July 21, 2013 9:11 pm\n\u201cYou ai??i?? kangaroo ai??i?? you are the worst footballer I have ever seen in my life. You can hop it back home to Australia immediately.\u201d\nCraig Johnston, the self-proclaimed \u201cworst player in the world\u2019s best team\u201d.\nHowai??i??s that for an initiation as a footballer? A man who was part of the World Cup winning team in 1966 as well as a prolific Leeds United squads under Don Revie in the 60s and 70s coming up had this to say about Craig Johnston during a trial at Middlesbrough in 1975. Jack Charlton was the first recipient, from outside the old First Division, of the Manager of the Year award and wouldai??i??ve known a thing or two about spotting a good player from a bad one. During the next 13 years, Craig Johnston went from being the ai???worst footballer everai??i?? to a cult hero at Liverpool worthy of meriting a place at No. 57 in the 2013 poll 100 Players Who Shook the Kop. He is one among the rare breed of Australian players who made a mark in the English game during Liverpoolai??i??s period of dominance in the 80s.\nCraig Johnston, or Skippy as he was known, is remembered by long-time Liverpool supporters as a unique player with a multi-cultural background. Born in Johannesburg, he was an Aussie in a league where the foreign influence is nowhere near as strong as it is today. A self-proclaimed ai???worst player in the worldai??i??s best teamai???, he was known for his ability to play in one position on the pitch. While this would warrant a priority spot on the team sheet in the modern game, he was often benched in favour of specialists. Yet, his short career is regarded as a success due to his sheer force of will, as well as the fact that he gave it a 100% for the shirt every game he played.\nThe midfielder got his first big break in football when John Neal took over from Jack Charlton as manager at Middlesbrough in 1977. Following the snub from Big Jack, Skippy spent time in the car park at Riverside practising his skills with the ball. He later recounted his experience of honing his skills at Middlesbrough for two and a half years, saying, ai???The wonderful thing about football is, a football is a perfectly round object, and it doesn\u2019t make mistakes. The player using it makes mistakes. And the more you use it, the less mistakes you make.ai???\nJohn Neal was soon impressed by Johnstonai??i??s persistence and acquired skill with the ball, so much that he put him straight into the first team. At the age of 17, he was the youngest player to ever play for the club. He would spend 4 years at the Riverside Stadium, scoring 16 goals in 64 appearances.\nArrival and stay at Anfield\nOn the recommendation of Graeme Souness, Liverpool manager Bob Paisley brought Craig Johnston to the club in April 1981, for A?650,000. Johnston made his Liverpool debut in August 1981, and later started in the 3-0 Intercontinental Cup defeat to Zicoai??i??s Flamengo. Given his background, he was considered to be \u201ca bit of an exotic and a bit of a weirdo\u201d by his more illustrious mates at the club, but was loved by teammates and supporters alike due to his work-rate and versatility.\nDuring the next three years, the Aussie was part of a squad that captured three league titles and three League Cups, including the double in 1984. Arguably his greatest moment was the goal he scored in the 1986 FA Cup final at Wembley, making him the first Aussie to do so. To sweeten it for Liverpool supporters, it came against fellow Merseysiders Everton after an impressive season in which Johnston made 61 appearances for the club.\nUnfortunate circumstances surrounding his family prompted Craig Johnston to suddenly reveal, just days before the 1988 FA Cup Final against Wimbledon, that he wished to retire from the game to return to Australia. Johnston was just 27 years old at the time, but decided that he wished to provide around-the-clock care to his sister who was in coma after a terrible accident in Morocco. Sadly, she never recovered consciousness and remained in a vegetative state. Johnston was later linked to clubs all over the world, but declared that he would never play for anyone other than Liverpool.\nJohnston was coaching a group of schoolchildren in Australia when he tried to explain to a group of them how to bend the ball. He encouraged them to \u201cfeel\u201d the ball and brush past it, in the same way table tennis players hit the ball. One of the kids, however, said, ai???I canai??i??t feel the ball. My boots are made of leather not table tennis bats.ai??? Johnston, known to be a man who never did things the straightforward way, went back home, ripped the front of a table tennis racquet and attached it to his leather boot with a rubber band. It worked.\nThe Aussie spent a lot of time and money developing prototypes and experimenting with designs. Those designs were rejected by Nike, Reebok, Puma and even Adidas. He hit upon the idea of using the goodwill of German legends like Franz Beckenbauer, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Paul Breitner, and filmed them using his prototype in snowy conditions. Adidas officials were first enthusiastic in wanting to sign a contract with Johnston, but on the advice of their accountants, offered to buy him out instead.\nai???Since then,ai??? Johnston recounted, ai???theyai??i??ve sold millions of boots, at over a hundred quid a pair. And I was on two per cent of the action, so you can do the math.ai??? The boot was ultimately named the Predator, and has been worn by footballers and rugby players, including Zinedine Zidane, David Beckham, Steven Gerrard and World Cup winner Jonny Wilkinson. Maybe Bend it like Beckham may never have been made were it not for Johnstonai??i??s Adidas Predator.\nOther businesses, innovation and hard times\nCraig Johnston used his Adidas payoff to develop other inventions. He created a television game show titled The Main Event. He also invented a software program called The Butler, which records what items have been removed by guests from hotel mini-bars. The idea was sparked by Johnston\u2019s road trips while with Liverpool, during which he and roommate Bruce Grobbelaar suspected that teammates Steve McMahon and Ronnie Whelan were raiding their fridge!\nHe then invested heavily in a football coaching system for inner city schoolchildren called SupaSkills. He gained official FIFA approval but failed to obtain business backing from the Football Association for the idea and lost his money. Johnston believes that he was \u201cstitched up\u201d by the governing bodies of the game in England. ai???What I did was to create a program that was ahead of its time,ai??? he said. ai???It brought science and accountability to youth development in English football. I cared too much, tried too hard and trusted the guys running the game to their word.ai??? In 1999, he had a net worth of A?3 million; by 2004, he was penniless and homeless.\nIn an interview with the Telegraph in 2010, Johnston recounted, ai???I didnai??i??t do anything wrong to go bust. Yet I lost all my money; I let my mum and dad down, I let the investors down But, in a way, while Iai??i??ve had a number of successes, the failures have made me evenly balanced, Iai??i??ve a chip on both shoulders as it were.ai???\nAs of today, Craig Johnston has been carving out a career in photography. It was nothing new. He bought his first camera in 1977 while at Middlesbrough. He was started out as a way to explain his environment to his parents back home, and then built a fully-equipped studio in his house by the time he moved to Liverpool. His camera recorded a dominant Liverpool squad at its pomp in the 80s; and it was more unusual to see him without a camera than with one. His new passion/career brought him back from the depression he was going through due to his financial and personal troubles that arose from the demise of SupaSkills. An endorsement of his skills came from none other than Todd Woodbridge, who said, ai???Even if he wasn\u2019t Craig Johnston, I\u2019d still use him as a photographer. He\u2019s really good.ai???\nCraig Johnston\u2019s Legacy\nMost footballers dive head-first into punditry or coaching after retirement. Craig Johnston has nursed his sister, written a rap record (the Anfield Rap), invented a football boot, created software to monitor minibar thefts and come up with a revolutionary system for coaching children in the game. He describes himself as \u201can inventor who became a footballer\u201d, rather than the other way round. At times in the past, he said, he didnai??i??t realize what sort of debt footballers owe to the people who pay their wages. ai???I donai??i??t think enough footballers appreciate it now.ai???\nThe Aussie has never been forgotten thanks to his hard work, curiosity and sheer willpower at Anfield and beyond. According to the man himself, he would like to be remembered as ai???that bloke from Newcastle, Australia who tried really hardai???. Work hard he did, hard enough for Jack Charlton to later say, ai???I always knew the kangaroo would make it.ai???\nCraig Johnston Liverpool FC", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 89, "original_length": 21728, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 253.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.thehiphop-foundation.com/dj-efn-another-time/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:08Z", "digest": "sha1:I2TIWX3XDX5MRR42EK6WDYRPOSGLTCFK", "length": 886, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.thehiphop-foundation.com", "title": "DJ EFN - Ft. Inspectah Deck, Guilty Simpson, M.O.P. & Bernz \u201cAnother Time\u201d -", "raw_content": "DJ EFN \u2013 Ft. Inspectah Deck, Guilty Simpson, M.O.P. & Bernz \u201cAnother Time\u201d\nDJ EFN has been leaking tracks in succession every week leading up to the release of his upcoming album Another Time and to celebrate the project\u2019s release date today, EFN releases the album\u2019s title track featuring INS Deck, Guilty Simpson, M.O.P. and Bernz (of \u00a1MAYDAY!).\nDJ EFN\u2019s Another Time also features INS Deck, Guilty Simpson, M.O.P., Cormega, Bun B, Jarren Benton, Black Milk, David Banner, Jon Connor, N.O.R.E., Fashawn, Troy Ave, Scarface, Stalley, Juvenile, Talib Kweli, Redman, Sean Price, Trick Daddy, Denzel Curry, Joell Ortiz, Gunplay, Royce Da 5\u20199\u201d & Your Old Droog (among others) & production from DJ Premier & Buckwild.\nDJ EFN f/ INS Deck, Guilty Simpson, M.O.P. & Bernz (of \u00a1MAYDAY!):\nPrevious PostJosh Bliss Lighten \u2013 Behind Bars (Produced By M&D)Next PostO.G. STYLE \u2013 I Know How To Play Em", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 25, "original_length": 1308, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.76, "perplexity": 159.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.thelambs.co.uk/news/final-number-two-for-second-string-979.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:16Z", "digest": "sha1:5L2BU2HA4HI5ESPX477BHEUFQGQQ3KNZ", "length": 407, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.thelambs.co.uk", "title": "Tamworth Football Club", "raw_content": "Final number two for second string\nThe reserves made it into their second cup final in a week by beating Heather St. John 7-2 on aggregate to set up a Midland Comb Trophy final against Boldmere St. Michaels, the team they play in the league on Monday afternoon.\nFor more info on the reserves final games of the season and a match report from Saturday's 4-0 win please visit the reserve section of this site.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 96, "original_length": 2139, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 254.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.thelightbox.org.uk/Event/painting-for-under-5s-10-1-1-1-1", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:24:41Z", "digest": "sha1:FQSCVTBLG3FB3MXTSNF6UVOOYV4REW6H", "length": 33, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.thelightbox.org.uk", "title": "The Lightbox | Events | Painting for Under 5s", "raw_content": "18 September 2015, 11am - 11.45am", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 102, "original_length": 4713, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 238.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.themusingsofabookaddict.com/2009/08/reviews-for-alice-in-wonderland.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:47Z", "digest": "sha1:VLARWATZMV7E76ITLRUJUQIX2DJ5XZGL", "length": 2794, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.themusingsofabookaddict.com", "title": "The Musings of a Book Addict: Reviews for Alice in Wonderland Challenge", "raw_content": "Reviews for Alice in Wonderland Challenge\nThis is where I will be posting my reviews for the Alice in Wonderland Challenge.\nAlice\u2019s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass \u2013 Lewis Carroll\nPublisher: Signet Classics (December 12, 2000)\nThis book contained both \u201cAlice\u2019s Adventures in Wonderland\u201d and \u201cThrough the Looking Glass. I loved the idea that I had them both to enjoy at one time. I have always loved the story of young Alice who fell asleep while she was studying her lessons. After she falls asleep she dreams about a white rabbit. She follows him down a hole where her adventures begin. She finds herself in one situation after another. We all remember the tea party with the mad hatter, the croquet game, but how many people remember when Alice entered the house of the Duchess? The Duchess had received an invitation to play croquet with the queen and she throws the squalling baby she is holding into Alice\u2019s arms. The baby eventually turns into a pig and Alice releases it. Then she begins to think of children she knows who would make good little pigs. I always found this to be funny. I really enjoyed this because at the time I read Alice\u2019s adventures for the very first time we lived on a farm where we raised pigs and I was also able to imagine kids I went to school with being turned into pigs. Of course it was usually kids I didn\u2019t care very much for. I loved this book. I felt sorry when she tried to tell her sister of her adventure and she would not listen. I believe we have all had experiences where we believe something and try to explain or tell it to someone else and they just don\u2019t listen to us.The second of the two books, \"Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There,\" finds Alice climbing through the looking glass in a room in her house. Here she finds that she has to walk the opposite direction from where she wanted to be, to get there. If she walks toward something like a hill it actually gets farther away. I believe the first time I had ever heard the poem \u201cThe Walrus and the Carpenter\u201d it was while reading it in Through the Looking-Glass. As I read both of the books I was transported back to my bedroom on our farm. My parents had purchased a set of Collier Encyclopedias and because they paid for it on time they got a bonus set of books. My favorite was the blue gray book #5. My favorite story? Alice\u2019s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. This re-reading has taken me back down memory lane to one of the most favorite times of my life.\nThe Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor - review here\nI love how these books can take you back in time. Great review!\nGreat review... so much sentiment is mixed on your challenge...don't you love it when you have such wonderful memories interwined with a classic book.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 131, "original_length": 4986, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 246.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.theprlawyer.com/2016/05/getting-to-know-senior-graphic-designer.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:25Z", "digest": "sha1:P5BWYRFWJNFC3B4E5LGABMIGSDUMN677", "length": 2488, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.theprlawyer.com", "title": "The PR Lawyer: Getting to Know Senior Graphic Designer Heather Truitt", "raw_content": "Getting to Know Senior Graphic Designer Heather Truitt\nOur Senior Graphic Designer, Heather Truitt, recently marked her first year here at Furia Rubel. Here, she answers eight questions to help you get to know her a bit better.\nI\u2019m a designer, so I don\u2019t think I can name just one color!\nWhat is the most rewarding project you\u2019ve worked on?\nThe branding for the unification of First Savings Bank of Perkasie and First Federal of Bucks County to become Penn Community Bank is one of the most rewarding projects I\u2019ve worked on, not only in the last year, but in my career. So many variables went into designing the brand. It was a great project to work on, and it\u2019s so rewarding to see the new signage and branded materials throughout Bucks County.\nI like to watch comedies, horror, sci-fi, and thrillers.\nIs there something at your desk that represents you very well?\nI have a photo of myself with my husband and our son at Disney World last year, dressed up in penguin Halloween costumes with Mickey Mouse. I think this picture represents the fact that I will do almost anything for my family.\nWhat is something that no one would be able to guess about you?\nI\u2019m not sure if it\u2019s something that nobody would be able to guess, but I\u2019ve been to hundreds of live concerts. I went to see my first concert when I was 15, and since then, I\u2019ve seen almost every band I could have ever wanted to see perform. When I was 17, my friends and I followed a band up and down the East Coast \u2013 I\u2019ve seen that band perform probably 25 times. There is nothing like seeing one of your favorite bands live in concert.\nTimeHop is by far my favorite app. I like looking through the memories of the last seven or so years that I have been on Facebook and had a smart phone. Seeing how much my life has changed in the last few years is amazing, and being able to look back through various stages of my son\u2019s life has been really awesome.\nWhat has been your favorite weekend day trip?\nI really love New York City. It\u2019s my favorite city. I used to go almost monthly just to explore the city with friends. It\u2019s such a great place and every time is a different experience.\nAny upcoming fun vacations?\nIn October, we are going to Disney World. We had such an amazing time last year, we can\u2019t wait to go back!\nThank you, Heather, for your hard work at Furia Rubel Communications. Congratulations on your first anniversary!\nLabels: graphic design , graphic designer , Marketing , public relations firm , work anniversary", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 333, "original_length": 8860, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 272.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.therocks.com/copyright", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:34Z", "digest": "sha1:PRO24GD4ZBUBWHX5ZDAVPJIFCEM4FI2O", "length": 913, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.therocks.com", "title": "Copyright - The Rocks", "raw_content": "Copyright in the material which appears on The Rocks website or any other internet site (including text, photographs or artwork) vests, subject to the provisions of the Copyright Act 1968, in the author of the material whether that be the site content provider or some other person or organisation.\nYou are welcome to reproduce for personal, in-house or non-commercial use any material, which The Rocks creates and displays at the website. If you wish to reproduce, alter, store or transmit the material for any other purpose, you should contact Place Management NSW on (02) 9240 8500.\nThe Rocks cannot and does not grant you any permission or authority in respect of the copyright in the material which is posted to our site by others, or which appears at third-party websites (Place Management NSW strongly recommends that you refer to the copyright statements at those sites before making use of the material).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 51, "original_length": 2089, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 291.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/worst-deadbeat-dad-675432", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:30Z", "digest": "sha1:DCWYOAUZW7G2FIGEDZPLIHIRGS7ATGCE", "length": 2584, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.thesmokinggun.com", "title": "World's Worst Deadbeat Dad Now Has 26 Kids | The Smoking Gun", "raw_content": "World's Worst Deadbeat Dad Now Has 26 Kids\nTennessee man has added three more dependents\nFather Of 26 Kids\nhttp://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/father-26-kids\nNOVEMBER 14--The Tennessee deadbeat who has fathered 26 children with 20 different women has again been ordered by a judge to make child support payments, this time for a two-year-old Arkansas boy, court records show.\nTerry Turnage, a 50-year-old Memphis resident, was ordered this month to pay $60 per week to Miesha Davis, mother of the pair\u2019s son Ja\u2019Voin. The support order came as a result of a paternity complaint filed on Davis\u2019s behalf by Arkansas\u2019s Office of Child Support Enforcement.\nA Circuit Court judge also ordered Turnage to \u201cmaintain health care insurance\u201d for the child \u201cwhen reasonably available\u201d through his employer, and pay $365 in court fees.\nIn addition to Davis, two other Arkansas women have recently secured child support orders against Turnage, who has gained notoriety for impregnating assorted Tennessee women (many of whom also have secured child support orders to which Turnage has failed to adhere).\nAccording to Arkansas court records, state officials have filed income withholding notices with a Memphis company that operates a McDonald\u2019s restaurant where Turnage has supposedly worked (and earned $247.28 weekly).\nHowever, it appears that Turnage has a stake in a Forrest City, Arkansas nightclub that lists its owner as Turnage\u2019s son, Terry Jr.. The elder Turnage is a regular at Club Envy, where he last month hosted a two-day party celebrating his 50th birthday. The club\u2019s address is listed as Turnage\u2019s residence in some court papers.\nIn addition to his assorted child support cases, Turnage is facing a felony charge of making terroristic threats. Investigators allege that Turnage threatened a Forrest City businessman from whom he had purchased an automobile that did not run.\nIn a June 2 written statement, the victim told cops that Turnage warned that if he did not have the Chevrolet repaired and delivered to the Club Envy parking lot, \u201che would shoot me or my wife.\u201d The man added that Turnage \u201cled me to believe that he had a gun and that he was willing and able to carry through\u201d on his repeated threats.\nTurnage, who is unwilling to support his offspring, paid the businessman $10,000 in cash for the 2005 Corvette.\nIf convicted of the felony charge, Turnage faces a maximum of six years in state prison. He is being represented by a public defender after filing an \u201caffidavit of indigency\u201d in late-September. (6 pages)\ndeadbeat, bad parents, Tennessee, child support, Arkansas", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 88, "original_length": 4246, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 320.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.thetriumphantchurchofgod.org/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:55Z", "digest": "sha1:O74CMBL3J6QR6SI6GSKOXHVMRTDULVPT", "length": 1195, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.thetriumphantchurchofgod.org", "title": "Triumphant Church of God | Welcome!", "raw_content": "the Triumphant Church of GOd\nWe the members of the Triumphant Church of God pride ourselves in loving people. We take loving and caring for people seriously. Out of this comes our motto: It\u2019s the Church that loves its people\u201d.\nWelcome, and thank you for taking time out from your busy schedule to visit us. We hope you will find it informative, and at end of your visit to our website, you\u2019ll want to visit our church.\nMy wife and I welcome you, it is delightful to have you visit us.\nThe Triumphant Church of God, is an exciting, fun loving, and caring church that seeks to make a difference in people lives. It\u2019s a Spirit filled church that seeks to connect people to God. Since its inception, the church has been steadfastly propagating and establishing the word of God and is experiencing authentic changes in people\u2019s lives.\nBishop Parke\nIf you are searching for a loving group of people to worship with, look no further, come and visit us. Through dynamic worshipping, preaching, and a Spirit filled Church we are taking the ministry to another level. You are welcome to join us.\nOur Church is located at\n1 Elrose Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M9M 2H5\nCategory All Activities Elrose Ministries", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 1775, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 313.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.theweepingeagle.com/2018/05/president-donald-trump-when-i-ran-for.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:27:29Z", "digest": "sha1:SI5UDIYFBADIUPAKY6M3HQISWUUU2AHE", "length": 2522, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.theweepingeagle.com", "title": "President Donald Trump: \u201cWhen I Ran for Office I Pledged to Stand for Life, and I\u2019ve Kept My Promise\u201d", "raw_content": "President Donald Trump: \u201cWhen I Ran for Office I Pledged to Stand for Life, and I\u2019ve Kept My Promise\u201d\nPresident Donald Trump spoke to hundreds of pro-life advocates at a national Gala tonight sponsored by the Susan B Anthony List.\nHe talked about the pro-life accomplishments during his administration and promised to continue putting pro-life values first and foremost during his tenure as president.\n\u201cFor the first time since Roe v. Wade, America has a pro-life president, a pro-life vice president, a pro-life House and 25 pro-life state capitals,\u201d Trump explained. \u201cI\u2019ve kept my promise to stand for life. When I ran for office, I pledged to stand for life. That\u2019s exactly what I\u2019ve done.\u201d\nPresident Trump talked about the decision he made during his first week in office to sign a measure defunding the International Planned Parenthood abortion business and restoring the Mexico City Policy that prohibits taxpayer funding of groups that promote and perform abortions in other countries. He also talked about his recent decision to defund Planned Parenthood ofits $60 million it receives via Title X family planning.\n\u201cSo today, we have kept another promise. My administration has proposed a new rule to prohibit Title X funding from going to any clinic that provides abortions,\u201d he said.\nTrump discussed the legislation Congress approved that he signed that protected the religious freedoms and conscience rights of pro-life Americans and pro-life businesses and organizations that do not want to be forced to pay for drugs that may cause abortion.\nAnd he encouraged pro-life Advocates to fight for additional pro-life lawmakers in the House and Senate to pass a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. He condemned the fact that the United States is apart of seven other nations that did not ban late-term abortions on babies after viability.\n\u201cDemocratic Senators \u2026 voted against the 20 week bill and in favor of late-term abortion. Gotta get out and vote. We\u2019re 9 votes away from passing it,\u201d he said. \u201cThe United States is one of only 7 countries in the world to allow elective abortion after 20 weeks, when unborn babies can truly feel the pain\n\u201cWe must elect more lawmakers who proudly stand for life,\u201d he said. \u201cCan you imagine Nancy Pelosi as the Speaker of the House?\u201d\nTrump closed with a push for more adoptions.\n\u201cWe celebrate all lives. We celebrate the loving choice of adoption. Every life is sacred and every child is a precious gift from God,\u201d he said.\nLabels: Abortion Trump Speeches", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 1134, "original_length": 24135, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 262.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.tidesinnalaska.net/ohmer-family.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:56:11Z", "digest": "sha1:IRRCN2Q7ACJ4JBIPSOX5FTUE5CQTO7YE", "length": 5841, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.tidesinnalaska.net", "title": "Ohmer Family - Tides Inn Petersburg, Alaska", "raw_content": "The matriarch of the Tides Inn family is Gloria Ohmer Koenigs. Her business plan is simply to make Tides Inn your \u201chome away from home.\u201d As the owner/operator of the Tides Inn, Gloria has been a driving force behind fostering the visitor industry in the vibrant Petersburg fishing community. She knows the community well and has built a business and staff that will make you feel \u201clike a local\u201d during your visits to Alaska\u2019s Little Norway. The following is an excerpt from the May, 2002 Alaskan Southeaster magazine and serves as an introduction to the woman the writer says is \u201ctypical of the rugged individuals who helped build Southeast from territorial days. Her success is a shining example of what a person can accomplish with desire and hard work.\u201d\u201cGloria came to Petersburg from Everett, Washington in 1949 to visit friends. The friends left. She stayed. \u2018They were looking for somebody to cook out at Blind Slough,\u2019 she said. \u201cWe had to fly in. I had never flown before, so everything I did was an adventure.\u201d\nAs the new cook, Gloria bought a case of everything she could think of that you could eat and the Joy of Cooking cookbook. \u201cI still have it,\u201d she said. From the end of April until the middle of November, she cooked three meals a day for the crew.\nDelivering the food was almost as exciting as getting to the camp. \u201cWe would wait until the tide was right, which was very seldom during the summer. They would come in on a skiff and bring us milk and that sort of thing,\u201d she said.\nAs a cook, she has what she thought was a fatal flaw: she had never made bread. Since she couldn\u2019t go to the grocery store and just buy bread, she had to learn - quickly, with the help of a woman who served as one of the caretakers of the hydroelectric plant.\nMoreover, she had never seen a bear, but Blind Slough had lots of blueberries, which lured lots of bears. \u201cIt was just a wonderful spot to be,\u201d she said.\nWhen she came back to Petersburg from Blind Slough, there were \u201dopportunities galore for work\u201d so Gloria couldn\u2019t bear to leave. Besides, she met Dave Ohmer, her future husband. Gloria did her husband\u2019s bookkeeping to allow him some free time since he was busy either shrimping or at the cannery doing what needed to be done. She also raised their five children: four girls and one boy. Her husband passed away in December of 1979.\nToday, Gloria owns the Tides Inn Motel. Previously, she and her sister-in-law, Patti Norheim, owned a store in Petersburg for 16 years and when an opportunity to become partner in the Tides Inn Hotel with Karen and \u201cAlbie\u201d (Albert) Hofstad surfaced 24 years ago, she jumped at the chance. After a year and a half, she purchased the remaining interest from the Hofstads and has expanded the facility to accommodate growth from the small cruise ship industry, especially from the Cruise West vessel, Sheltered Seas.\nGloria remains optimistic towards the future, even though she has seen sometimes drastic changes to the economy of Petersburg. Besides, as she said earlier, she just couldn\u2019t bear to leave.\nHer current husband, Don, a busy contractor in the region for most of his life, took his turn at community service in Petersburg serving as Mayor and also as City Manager. They continue to be proud supporters of Petersburg, the place they call home.\nOhmer Family History in Petersburg\nIn 1916 Earl Ohmer established the Alaskan Glacier Sea Food Company - the first and last shrimp processing plant in the state of Alaska. Earl was born in Dayton, Ohio. In the early 1900s, he worked on a ranch breaking horses in eastern Oregon. He was the first Ohmer to call Petersburg home in 1914 when the town was in its infancy. Earl arrived in Alaska with the aim of starting the first shore-based shrimp processing plant. His future investments included: additional fish processing plants, gold mines, mink and fox farms, and extensive real estate. Earl also gave his time to public service as a multi-term mayor of Petersburg and over 20 years as the chairman of Alaska Territorial Fish and Wildlife Commission. His mark remains in many ways with conservation laws he passed still protecting Alaska\u2019s natural resources, and regional water ways bearing his name. The original shrimp plant he established is the last remaining shrimp producer in the state, more than 85 years after it began.While making his contribution to Alaska\u2019s developing business and public service sectors, Earl also raised a family with his wife, Loyla. Their marriage produced three sons and a daughter (Bob, Dave, Jim and Patti).\nThrough the Depression, World War II, and the transition of Alaska from a territory into statehood the Ohmers contributed to a growing Petersburg. When Earl died in 1955, his son Dave took over as President of Alaska Glacier Sea Food. Dave also served on the hospital board for 25 years and as a multi-term President of the Petersburg Chamber of Commerce.\nDave's wife, Gloria collaborated with Patti Ohmer-Norheim to form \u201cThe Cache\u201d a general merchandise store that had everything needed to raise a family, run a business, or have a hobby in a small Alaskan town. Patti and Gloria\u2019s successful association at \u201cThe Cache\u201d continued after the business sold when they focused their efforts on property management.\nGloria became the center of the Ohmer family business when her husband, Dave, died in 1979. She later purchased the Tides Inn Motel as a partner and within a few years became its sole proprietor. The Tides Inn grew and expanded under Gloria\u2019s leadership. Her warm personality and gracious hospitality has become legend with Tides Inn guests, many of whom have become close friends.\nThe Ohmer family history reflects their love of the local environment, great pride of community and the desire to share the beauty and uniqueness of Petersburg with those who have interest in the area.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 7200, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 243.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.timessquaregossip.com/2018/10/ti-talks-to-abc-televisions-nightline.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:53Z", "digest": "sha1:MGEYC437EEBKU5IIHHPRUT3ZZXCQCSGY", "length": 9172, "nlines": 40, "source_domain": "www.timessquaregossip.com", "title": "T.I. TALKS TO ABC TELEVISION'S NIGHTLINE TONIGHT", "raw_content": "T.I. TALKS TO ABC TELEVISION'S NIGHTLINE TONIGHT\nOn a sticky autumn day in sunny Atlanta, the rapper T.I. (who now goes by Tip; more on that later) is riding his BMX bike around the old neighborhood.\n\"Hey T.I.,\" a woman yells.\n\"What's up!\" he cheerfully shouts back.\nAs he rides with ABC News' Dan Harris in tow, Tip points out houses with significant meaning in his life.\n\"The house right there,\" he explains, \"That's where I got my first kiss\u2026 on the back porch. My girlfriend \u2014 third grade \u2014 she lived right there.\"\n\"You started early! Third grade!\" Harris interjects.\n\"I joined the band so I could stay after school. \u2026 Made my Uncle May buy me a saxophone just so I could stay at the school, and pretend to practice with the band. I was walking down to her house and I got a kiss. Still don't know how to play the saxophone,\" Tip says with a chuckle.\nBut Tip, a three-time Grammy winner, Tony-nominated composer, real-estate investor, actor and philanthropist, has learned how to do plenty else. Since he burst onto the national rap scene in 2003 with his hit album \u201cTrap Muzik,\u201d he's been a pioneer of sorts, helping to popularize trap music, the popular style of music typified by heavy use of percussion, synthesizers and darker tones, with lyrics about drug use, drug dealing and partying as well as poverty, violence, and the harsh realities of living in these environments.\nIt's a lifestyle he knows all too well. Before he was even a teenager, Tip started selling crack. He was arrested and sent to jail so many times, he says, that he can\u2019t even count them all.\n\"Did you ever think you'd be sitting where you are now? Doing songs for \u2018Spongebob\u2019 and nominated for a Tony?\" Harris asks.\n\"I mean, man, I knew I was good,\" Tip says. \"But I did not know how to make a way to get where I needed to be in order to make, you know, my dream a reality.\"\nWe find the multi-hyphenate at an interesting juncture. His ambitions are large. His role models are Harry Belafonte, Jay-Z, former Ambassador Andrew Young. He's promoting a new album, \u201cDime Trap,\u201d which he's described as a \"Ted Talk\" for the trap genre.\nBut he's 38, which in the rap world can be good (see Jay-Z) or bad, if you look at the average age of most of the young rappers popularizing the genre. It's the age-old fight that it seems rappers his age find themselves in; a battle for relevance in a genre that celebrates drugs and crime while chasing his insatiable desire to become a respected entrepreneur and musical legend.\nHis hustle began early. He was born Clifford Harris, but his family always called him Tip. It was his moniker when he first started rapping, and what he has now decided to go by. He showed us his old elementary school, Grove Park, where he started selling candy at a young age to help his mother, who was on welfare. According to Tip, he would give his teacher a Snickers in exchange for being allowed to sell to his classmates.\n\"[I] had to get it done,\" Tip said. \"That's [a] hustla's tenacity.\"\nBut that business acumen soon led him to something darker; selling dope. At its most chaotic, he says his life was filled with weekly shootouts and jail terms every one to three months. At one point, he says his family sat him down and forced him to sign life insurance.\n\"The way... the rate you're going, you're gonna die,\" Tip recalls his uncle saying. \"And we don't [want to] worry about how we're gonna bury you, so just sign this paper, so we'll have, you know, a way to send you off nice once you go out there and get your head blown off.\"\nHis salvation came through music. He got his first record deal through Arista for his debut studio album, \u201cI'm Serious.\u201d But when it didn't perform as expected, the label dropped him. Tip moved to Atlantic records, in conjunction with his label, Grand Hustle, to release \u201cTrap Muzik\u201d in 2003. It was co-produced by the production duo, The Neptunes.\n\"That first album was about a young man who was talking about his firsthand experiences in the trap, doing these, engaging in felonious activities. And his transition into music, celebrity, artistry,\" Tip said.\nHe's the self-proclaimed creator of trap music, though other musicians, including fellow Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane have also been credited with its start. Now, 15 years after his first hit album's release, the rapper is opening a pop-up museum in homage to the genre in his old Bankhead neighborhood.\nWhen visitors walk into the museum, they\u2019re greeted by a Pepto Bismol-pink car, donated by Atlanta rapper 2 Chainz from his pink pop-up \"Trap House.\" Then, visitors are faced with a wall of simulated blocks of cocaine, a nod to rapper Young Jeezy, who is also known as \"The Snowman.\" The exhibit for Gucci Mane is elaborate; simulated marijuana peppers the kitchen table, fake roaches litter the floor, a pot for cooking crack sits on the stove.\nIt may seem like it's glorifying a lifestyle that has taken so many lives, either through death or imprisonment. But for Tip, it's a history lesson.\n\"This is what it is, these are the humble beginnings that a person came from and from this they changed their life around and if you don't take notice to the beginning of it then you can't really appreciate the destination that he arrived to at the end.\"\nHe makes sure to point out the jail cell that's part of the exhibit.\n\"These are the most recent ones of us who have had to overcome \u2014 Meek Mill, Kodak Black, Ralo, Kevin Gates, to name a few \u2014 these are the guys that will be celebrated here and I think it's extremely important that everyone knows that either death, prison or music is probably the likely outcome to the lifestyle,\" Tip said.\nOf course, his life looks nothing like his old one. He's now making his name in movies, having been in 12 of them. His latest is as \u2018Dave\u2019, in \"Ant-Man and the Wasp\". And thanks to his long-running VH1 show with his wife, Tameka \"Tiny\" Harris, he's known to a whole generation as a doting, if not overprotective, father of seven. In fact, he co-wrote a song for \u201cSpongebob: The Musical\u201d with his son Domani.\nHe also has a show out now on BET, \u201cThe Grand Hustle,\u201d an \u201cApprentice\u201d-type show where competitors aim to join his team for a six-figure salary. But don't compare him to Donald Trump.\n\u201cI am probably the most approachable, least scary blue-collar multi-millionaire mogul that you\u2019ll meet,\u201d he told Forbes. \u201cThe other guy, I think [he] led with fear and intimidation.\u201d\nNowadays, there's no love lost between Tip and the president. He's been openly critical, calling Trump\u2019s policies racist and dangerous. So when his friend and frequent collaborator, Kanye West, began wearing a \u201cMake America Great Again\" hat and declaring that slavery was a choice, Tip felt he had to reach out.\n\"I think, man, I think his isolation and disconnect with people, plus his fascination with power and fame has him a little... I think he's a little jaded, if you will. But I do also believe, when he said slavery was a choice, I don't think he meant it the way people took it,\" he said.\nThe duo recorded a track together, \u201cYe vs. the People,\u201d in which West and T.I seem to spar over West's support of Trump. And while some have speculated that West's fawning over Trump has been to garner press for various projects, Tip disagrees.\n\"To be honest with you, Kanye's so arrogant to where he don't think he need it. He don't believe that he needs anything provocative. He thinks that, man... when Kanye drops music, the world stops.\"\nTip feels it's his responsibility to speak up and give back. His album \u201cUs or Else\u201d spoke to the racially divided times in which we live. His charitable organization, K.I.N.G., focuses on education and veteran homelessness.\nNowhere is his activism as strong as in his beloved Atlanta. In his old neighborhood, where home prices have skyrocketed due to gentrification, he's on a mission to buy and flip as many buildings as he can and turn them into affordable housing. His venture \"Buy Back the Block\u201d has purchased nine properties already \u2014 in association with Dynasty Real Estate Development and APD-Urban Planning and Management.\nTip is also saving an old neighborhood favorite that was close to shutting down: Bankhead Seafood, where he says he and his grandmother used to come for fish that was \"fried to perfection.\" Tip and fellow rapper Killa Mike bought the property, and plan to tear it down and rebuild the affordable eatery under the same name, using the same recipe the previous owner did.\n\"With as much growth and opportunity that's going on in my community \u2014 and, you know, Mike's community as well \u2014 we refuse to be left behind,\" he said. If he feels any tension in this balancing act of his \u2014 rapping about the trap and being a good role model and father \u2014 he doesn't show it, launching into one of his famous aphorisms.\n\"I have enough things going on where I don't have to chase sensationalism, I don't have to be provocative for no reason just because my personality lends itself to controversy,\" he said. \"Rather than try to be a role model, I'd rather be a real model.\"\nWatch the full story on ABC News' \"Nightline\" TONIGHT at 12:35 a.m. ET.\nABC TELEVISION ATLANTA NEWS NIGHTLINE INTERVIEW T.I.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 295, "original_length": 21970, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 230.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.tjrphoto.com/blog/2015/7/17/special-needs-and-photography", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:32Z", "digest": "sha1:WUZ7U4I4JDIZC6CCQRY4PPYVPW24HQNS", "length": 7048, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.tjrphoto.com", "title": "Special Needs and Photography \u2014 TJR Photography", "raw_content": "Special Needs and Photography\nElizabeth & The Catapult \u2013 Everybody Knows\nOne of the great gifts photography brings is opportunity to meet new people, and be there for special and important moments in their lives. When you\u2019re slightly introverted like I am, it\u2019s a great way to feel a part of things. More and more often these events, whether they\u2019re weddings, family portraits, events, sports, are becoming more inclusive to all walks of life.\nJimmy Eat World \u2013 If You Don\u2019t, Don\u2019t\nI have the privilege of two great careers: I teach and coach at a local school, and I take pictures for a living. These two careers intertwine in great ways, and provide a great counterbalance to each other. The first few years of teaching, I worked in special education with all types of students and it was a great training ground for everything else in my life. It made me a better teacher, a more observant photographer, and a better person (I hope).\nSome of my favorite pictures have been taken when working with people with special needs. All I had to do was be there and take the picture. I had already brought the camera gear (I always carry a camera with me anywhere I go) because we\u2019d done the team yearbook photos that day and were taking some candid shots as well. During the game, I spent the first half coaching, handed off my camera to a student I trusted while I lost my voice yelling. During half-time, while the team went in with the head coach to go over second have adjustments, I grabbed the camera back and shot the half-time show and followed up with shooting the second half candids. I had to make sure the referees were aware of that, assistant coaches leaving the bench can get a technical in a heartbeat. But fortunately, it wasn\u2019t a problem. The picture I got was one the parent was thrilled with. They later told me they had such a hard time getting pictures that had their child smiling and happy, and getting portraits was felt impossible. That they had one with their child not only smiling, but included by other children in an event was a huge deal for them.\nI\u2019ve had many other moments like this. I was never more proud when my team played another school that had special needs students on their team. Our kids were informed and were simply amazing when the kids got on the court. They made sure to play defense and play their role, but made sure to give the students enough space to take a shot. Like many videos that go viral online, our kids were just as hopeful that these students would get a basket. Our bench actively rooted just as loud for them. I don\u2019t know who I was more proud of, those kids for having the bravery and desire to get on the court, their teammates for being so inclusive and supportive, my students for being absolute class acts, the crowd for being involved, or the coaches of the other team for putting character above all.\nMeatloaf \u2013 Paradise by the Dashboard Lights\nSpecial needs youth and adults can often have a hard time adjusting to a photo session. Some simple observations and adjustments by both family members of special needs individuals and photographers working with them can make it a great experience for all involved.\nFirst, before any other tips, try to remember that these individuals want the same thing as the rest of us, but to them, the way they process information and the world around them is different. We just have to be the ones to adjust to them, not expect them to play by our rules. We\u2019re all special in some way, have our own quirks. We allow each other to have these quirks because we can communicate them and cope. It\u2019s not that easy for others. So with that in mind, consider the following\u2026\nPhotography sessions, whether they are weddings, family portraits, or whatever something different than their normal routine, and that can cause anxiety and stress that manifest in different ways. Family portrait sessions, and sometimes weddings, are the hardest on them. Parents want a great picture and are worried that it won\u2019t happen. You have to hold a pose or work really hard to engage the student to smile or pose the way the photographer wants. Try to make sure the routine stays as similar as possible to normal. Find a way to make your photographer\u2019s schedule or event schedule fit with the person\u2019s needs, and not the other way around. Schedule a photo session for when the student has free time allotted into their day, and not during a time when they are usually doing a preferred task or especially close to a meal or normal hygiene time.\nMeatloaf \u2013 Out of the Frying Pan (Into the Fire)\nMake sure you start prompting the student about the session or event long before it happens. Maybe a month before it\u2019s scheduled (if you have the ability to schedule out that far), start at that time of day letting them know what you\u2019ll be doing a month from now. Show them other family pictures or sample images you\u2019re looking for, ask them what they would like to wear, involve them. Get them excited. \u201cGuess what we get to do next week!\u201d If you have Pinterest and they can, have them pick out pictures they like. The more someone knows what to expect, the easier it is on them. That goes for anyone really.\nLet the photographer know about any sensitivities or issues when you\u2019re scheduling the shoot. The photographer wants to get you the best picture possible and wants everyone to enjoy it. If a person has severe light sensitivities, or issues with flashes, the sooner a photographer knows about it, the sooner they can plan for it and bring an alternate lighting solution. If the person has physical disabilities that make sitting or moving difficult, we can plan for that as well. The more we know, the more we can help and adjust. If it is sound, we can adjust for that too. Loud noises cause problems? We can deal with that. The person likes a certain type of music? We can have a playlist on our phone ready to go! The person is interested in a certain TV show, cartoon, or video game? We can research that so we can ask them about it, talk to them about it. Anything to make someone feel at ease. If it\u2019s a wedding, make sure we know beforehand, we\u2019ll be ready.\nBlue Suede \u2013 Hooked on a Feeling\nPhotographers often go to events like Special Olympics or Autism Awareness activities. If you see a photographer there, ask them for their card, and point out your person. They\u2019ll make sure to do the rest.\nAnd if you\u2019re interested in working with students with special needs, contact one of these organizations. In addition to local chapters of special needs awareness groups you can join on Facebook, there are active groups all over the United States always looking for supportive people to help celebrate the diversity and joy that these individuals bring into the world. Donate your time, it\u2019ll pay back more than money ever could.\nwww.p2pga.org\nSource: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ap/auto-playlist-thumbs-up\nTags photography, special needs, special needs photography, special needs awareness\n\u2190 Share your story contest!The Big Three Wedding Needs \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 132, "original_length": 8962, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 331.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.tnpp.org/2010/08/hundreds-of-brazilian-indians-gather.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:56:16Z", "digest": "sha1:5OMRXAH5EHQ6XXTS33YWBWEXXUVDADAQ", "length": 1410, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.tnpp.org", "title": "The NonProfit Press: Hundreds of Brazilian Indians gather for protest", "raw_content": "The gathering will highlight the plight of the Guarani.\n\u00a9 J. Ripper/Survival\nHundreds of Brazilian Indians from across the country are gathering to highlight the killing of their leaders, the theft of their land for industrial projects, and other threats to their survival.\nAround 800 Indians representing many of Brazil's 233 tribes are expected to attend the protest, from 16- 20 August.\nThe rally is being held in Mato Grosso do Sul state, south of the Amazon, to draw attention to the critical situation faced by the indigenous peoples of that state, especially the Guarani Indians.\nThe Guarani's lands have been stolen to make way for cattle ranches and sugarcane plantations, and the Guarani have one of the highest suicide rates in the world.\nThe protest will also highlight growing anger amongst many tribes who oppose the government's plans to build a series of huge dams and roads in the Amazon.\nIt is being organized by the Association of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil and the Forum in Defence of Indigenous Rights.\nThe Indians have invited all the candidates in Brazil's upcoming presidential election to the rally.\nSurvival International's Director Stephen Corry, said today, 'The current government has woefully neglected Brazilian Indians, and now they're calling out to the presidential candidates to listen to their needs. 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For example the diseases that plague America today such as diabetes, obesity and hypertension, to name a few, are largely thought to be lifestyle-related. David Lieberman discusses the idea of \u201cmismatch diseases\u201d in his recent book, The Story of the Human Body.\nI can attest personally to a poor lifestyle leading to a mismatch disease as I used to have hypertension during my teens and early twenties. In my early college years I adopted a culmination of lifestyle factors that ultimately led to an intertwined habit-building network of further weight loss, better stress management, a better sleeping routine, a high vegetable diet and supplementing my resistance training with more cardiovascular conditioning exercise*. I got to the point where I no longer needed medications. Most of the lifestyle factors I mentioned are recommended by various organizations with a vested interest in hypertension and independent researchers who have conducted reviews of the literature (1,2,3). Interestingly following most of these recommendations would put one closer in accordance to a lifestyle led by our ancestors (4).\nWhile a number of studies have investigated populations living an ancestral lifestyle to measure parameters such as lipids, blood glucose, and hormones such as leptin I had not seen a study on the influence of an ancestral lifestyle on blood pressure regulation until recently (4). I find this to be exciting news as hypertension is the most prevalent cardiovascular disease (CVD) related risk factor seen by physicians in the US and CVD is the leading killer of Americans (1,5,6). The prevalence of hypertension in the USA is staggering with a lifetime risk in the U.S. at 90%! (5) At any given time roughly a third of our population is estimated to be hypertensive (1,5).Direct and indirect costs associated with hypertension such as prescription costs, trips to the physician, and lost days of work were estimated to total $131,000,000,000 annually in 2012 (7).\nThis graph is a recapitulation of the figure on hypertension incidence from Mozaffarian et al. AHA Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics. Circulation. 2015; 131: e29-e322 and illustrates two points: 1) Incidence of hypertension increases as one gets older in the US and 2) Many Americans suffer from hypertension.\nTsimane people out fishing for some protein. They are apparently all about those lean gains. Flickr:Photo RNW.org\nThe study was conducted by a team of researchers led by anthropologist Michael Gurven on the island Tsimane, Bolivia (4). The Tsimane are somewhat divided in that some still live a hunter gatherer lifestyle while others have adopted agriculture and more permanent settlements. Nonetheless they are living more similar to ancestors than contemporary cultures. Their food is obtained via fishing, hunting, and cultivation of bananas and manioc. Physical activities are necessarily high and there is low prevalence of overweight and obesity. In this study over 2000 individuals were followed with a mean follow up time of roughly eight years. Over 6500 measures of blood pressure were taken by the research team. The primary findings were that only 3.9% of women and 5.2% men were found to have hypertension at any point during follow up. Only about 3% of the population had persistent or reoccurring hypertension. In the statistical model used by the researchers it was found that smoking was not a predictor of elevated blood pressure nor was Spanish fluency which was used as a surrogate for contact with modern society. In contrast \u201clean physique\u201d, physical activity, and a \u201cprotective diet\u201d were found to be inversely related to incidence of hypertension.\nWhile it might be simple to conclude that exercise, fruits and veggies, and not becoming fat are the keys to avoiding hypertension, I believe there are a few other factors that deserve some consideration including life satisfaction and happiness, in addition to sunlight exposure. In regards to life satisfaction, as noted earlier, stress reduction is a life behavior recommended to combat hypertension (2). In a culture where one might assume a greater sense of community and camaraderie, and lack contemporary life stressors such as fighting traffic, constant deadlines coupled with social isolation, it\u2019s tempting to assume that lower levels of stress may contribute to reduced blood pressure. In his book Outliers Malcom Gladwell discussed some interesting observations made in Rosettan Italians who at one point were known for having wonderful health when they lived in close-knit communities despite their mediocre diet, yet went on to experience health decrements upon leaving their neighborhoods (8, 9).\nIn regards to the note on sunlight exposure, studies have shown that UVA light (sunlight is UVA and UVB) exposure contributes to the reduction of massive stores of nitrate/nitrite in the skin to nitric oxide - the primary blood vessel dilator in the body (10). Watch this interesting TED talk for further discussion on the role of sunlight in nitric oxide production (here).\nIn summary I believe the idea that the epidemic of hypertension being a mismatch disease is remarkable and pretty compelling. While we all can\u2019t go back to living like our ancestors we can take action steps towards being healthier people, such as avoiding binge drinking, moving more and engaging in exercise and eating more fruits and vegetables (particularly vegetables). Below I\u2019ve summarized some common lifestyle recommendations to prevent and treat hypertension. Many of these lifestyle modifications are about as efficacious as most first line anti-hypertension medications and when combined could go a long way to prevent or attenuate hypertension (1, 11).\nI've essentally summarized recommendations from the Joint National Committee on Hypertension 7 and a few of the reviews I've cited above.\n*I didn\u2019t really do much traditional cardiovascular exercise (except for 5 to 10 minute warm ups and cool downs surrounding resistance training) but I did a lot of sprints, jumping rope, circuit training, etc. I also starting eat more vegetables. 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The combine, which takes place from Feb. 28 through March 3, allows draft hopefuls to cement their draft stock ahead of the NFL draft on April 25.\nCameron Smith, Marvel Tell III, Iman Marshall, Porter Gustin and Chuma Edoga have all earned invites to the intensive four-day camp.\nCongratulations to the five Trojans invited to the 2019 NFL Scouting Combine!#FightOn | #USCtotheNFL pic.twitter.com/MSgLZH6NCP\n\u2014 USC Trojans (@USC_Athletics) February 7, 2019\nJoining these five players will be an additional 300 players from universities all across the nation. On hand will be top executives, coaching staffs, medical personnel and player personnel from the league's 32 teams.\nCombine invites will participate in a variety of drills related to their position. Drills such as the 40-yard dash, shuttle run and vertical run are all mainstays along with other drills such as blocking and receiving exercises.\nHere is the breakdown of the Trojans participating in the 2019 Scouting Combine:\nChuma Edoga, Offensive Tackle: Edoga appeared in 44 games for USC and was named to the All-Pac-12 Second Team in 2018. While participating in the 2019 Senior Bowl, Edoga earned Practice Player of the Week and impressed the coaching staff with his play. If drafted, Edoga can help aid in pass protection with his strong play.\nCameron Smith, Linebacker: The 6-foot-2 defensive player played in a total of 47 games across his four-year career at USC. In total, Smith has 354 tackles with 208 of those being solo tackles. He has notched four interceptions, 18 passes deflected, one forced fumble and three fumble recoveries. Smith can easily reinforce a team's defensive corps while also serving as a team leader.\nPorter Gustin, Outside Linebacker: Despite only playing 10 games across the last two seasons due to various injuries, Gustin is looking to prove his durability at the Combine. Gustin has played in 37 games across his career and has a total of 137 tackles with 84 being solo tackles. Across his four years, Gustin has 21 sacks with a whopping 18 coming unassisted. Additionally, Gustin has five passes deflected and one fumble recovery. Gustin can potentially provide an immediate defensive threat to any team.\nIman Marshall, Cornerback: The Long Beach native was consistently ranked among the top cornerbacks per Pro Football Focus, a professional football player analysis service, throughout the season. He is looking to cement his value and add to a team in need of secondary assistance. Across his four years at USC, Marshall appeared in a total of 50 games. 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It will come as no surprise more women than...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 540, "original_length": 40211, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 127.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.volusiaskywarn.org/2018/09/24/tcpat3-223242-4355/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:48Z", "digest": "sha1:XL2XH3GN7SASK5LGZG37KL663W3DFJZO", "length": 1041, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.volusiaskywarn.org", "title": "TCPAT3 22:32:42.4355", "raw_content": "...LESLIE EXPECTED TO BECOME A POWERFUL POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE BEGINNING TUESDAY...\nSUMMARY OF 1100 PM AST...0300 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...33.1N 47.1W ABOUT 1175 MI...1895 KM W OF THE AZORES MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35 MPH...55 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...E OR 90 DEGREES AT 3 MPH...6 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...1007 MB...29.74 INCHES\nDISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK ---------------------- At 1100 PM AST (0300 UTC), the center of Subtropical Depression Leslie was located near latitude 33.1 North, longitude 47.1 West. The depression is moving toward the east near 3 mph (6 km/h). A faster eastward motion is expected to begin on Tuesday, followed by a turn toward the north on Wednesday.\nMaximum sustained winds have decreased to near 35 mph (55 km/h) with higher gusts. Leslie is forecast to become post-tropical on Tuesday. Strengthening is likely after that time, and Leslie is expected to become a large and powerful post-tropical cyclone by Wednesday with winds approaching hurricane force.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 2379, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 288.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.vpc.org.au/matthew-1821-35-finding-the-power-to-forgive/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:59Z", "digest": "sha1:SFGV5V47RYAADSVDQZPXTA7JRYWTIW53", "length": 136, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.vpc.org.au", "title": "Matthew 18:21-35. Finding the power to forgive \u2013 Valley Presbyterian Church", "raw_content": "Matthew 18:21-35. Finding the power to forgive\nMatthew 18:21-35. Finding the power to forgive. Preached by Luke Yelland on 30 March 2018", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 1271, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 250.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.wagmag.com/icing-on-the-cake/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:17Z", "digest": "sha1:QCHKHVBGHEOY2VIQOB5LEKCYNXBR7SB5", "length": 6654, "nlines": 36, "source_domain": "www.wagmag.com", "title": "Icing on the cake | WAG MAGAZINE", "raw_content": "By Georgette Gouveia INSIDE JAN. 2014 December 26, 2013\nSue Merz at Chelsea Piers Connecticut. Photograph by Anthony Carboni.\nWatching the Olympics, you imagine that the most memorable moment for an athlete must be the one where she stands atop the podium, alone or with her teammates, or hears the national anthem played, knowing it\u2019s not only for her country but for her.\nBut for Sue Merz \u2013 the gold and silver medal-winning American ice hockey defenseman \u2013 the moment she will never forget occurred in the tunnel right as the American athletes were lining up for the Parade of Nations in Nagano, Japan in 1998.\n\u201cAt the end of the day it was the culmination of the pain and challenges and tragedies I had been through,\u201d says the Milford resident, who honed her athletic skills, if not her stick work, at Greenwich High School. \u201cAnd I realized how lucky I was. It all came down to luck, skill and timing. I will never forget it.\u201d\nMerz is talking to WAG at Chelsea Piers Connecticut in Stamford, where she\u2019s just finished a photo shoot on the ice. Each time she races toward the camera with her stick, chasing an imaginary puck. And each time she stops on a dime, cutting a trim, attractive blond figure, sheer joy written all over her face.\n\u201cI was sort of fascinated by going fast and I could go faster on ice than on the ground,\u201d she says. \u201cIf I grew up in Colorado, no doubt I would\u2019ve been a downhill racer.\u201d\nBut Merz grew up in the Glenville section of Greenwich. Not much opportunity for downhill racing there, and as it turned out, not much opportunity for girls\u2019 ice hockey either. Merz played with the boys until puberty made it inequitable. But still she persisted. She skated with the Hartford-based Connecticut Polar Bears, the first all-girl ice hockey program in the state. And she played field hockey and lacrosse at Greenwich High School where Coach Pat Mediate remembers her as a superb citizen-athlete.\n\u201cAs good as she was on the field that\u2019s as good as she was off it,\u201d Mediate says.\nSo much so that when it came time to announce the inaugural inductees into the Greenwich High School Sports Hall of Fame last October, Merz was among a distinguished trio that also included NFL legend Steve Young and New York Yankees outfielder and umpire John \u201cZeke\u201d Bella.\nAt the dinner, Merz (Class of 1990) charmed the audience of 350 at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich with her self-deprecating humor and candor. The teen years were difficult for her. Athletics got her through some tough times.\nOver coffee at Chelsea Piers with her wife, Margaret Mullen-Merz, Sue Merz elaborates.\n\u201cMy mother died when I was 9,\u201d she says. \u201cMy mother figure died when I was in 10th grade. I didn\u2019t have that emotional outlet. My outlet was sports.\u201d\nIt was also her ticket to the University of New Hampshire, which she attended on a hockey scholarship. After college, it was time to make the decision every graduate faces \u2013 get a job or pursue your dream. Merz was already on the national team. With her father\u2019s support, she decided to go for it.\nThe Merzes are Swiss-American and with her dual citizenship, Sue Merz was able to join SC Lyss (the Skating Club of Lyss) in Switzerland. Her two years there weren\u2019t all hockey. She worked in a kitchen \u2013 which led to another passion, cooking \u2013 and in a metal factory. Then it was off to Toronto, Canada, in 1996, to train with the very women she would one day play against.\nWhile she had played on several national and world championship teams, Merz was in for a rude awakening. Just before \u201cworlds\u201d in the spring of 1997, she was cut from the team, along with her best friend, Jeanine Sobek.\nMerz held a brief \u201cpity party.\u201d Then she got into the best shape of her life and took herself off with her friend to train at Boston University. That August, Merz tried out for the Olympic team and made the cut of 25. She remembers the date, Aug. 30, in part because it was the day Princess Diana was fatally injured in Paris.\nStill the team had to be pared down to 20. Merz found out she made the team before Christmas. Her friend Sobek was let go.\nThat\u2019s why as she stood in that tunnel in Nagano, Merz realized that she, like Tennyson\u2019s \u201cUlysses,\u201d was a product of all that she had met.\nNagano represented the first time women\u2019s hockey was being contested in the Olympics. The American team was ready.\n\u201cI had never been on a team of such selfless individuals where each person had one goal,\u201d she says. \u201cIt was awesome, and I\u2019m still close friends with many of the people who were on the team.\u201d\nNevertheless, it was going to be tough to beat the Canadians, who had proved a little bit better, winning seven of 13 encounters. In the final of the round-robin pools, the Canadians were up 4-1. It\u2019s another date Merz won\u2019t forget \u2013 Feb. 14, Valentine\u2019s Day and wife Margaret\u2019s birthday, \u201cthough I didn\u2019t know Margaret yet.\u201d\n\u201cOur coach called us over and said, \u2018Let\u2019s just do it.\u2019\u201d\nThe U.S. team answered with six unassisted goals and a 7-4 victory.\n\u201cIt was nuts,\u201d Merz says, and it set up a rematch in the gold-medal game. The night before, she says, \u201cI was a wreck.\u201d Merz talked to a sports psychologist who helped calm her nerves. The next day, the U.S. went out and beat Canada 3-1 for the first-ever gold medal awarded in women\u2019s Olympic hockey.\nThe following Olympics, the team was even better, she says. \u201cBut there wasn\u2019t as much of a gel there and it wasn\u2019t a great experience overall.\u201d Team USA fell to Team Canada in the gold-medal round.\nYou win a bronze medal, Merz says of an Olympic truism, but you lose a silver \u2013 meaning that winning a silver medal in a team sport is more about losing the gold.\n\u201cIt was very painful losing to Canada.\u201d\nThe loss was less about talent and more about a lack of chemistry, says Merz, who knows a thing or two about chemistry on and off the ice. She has found it with Mullen-Merz, an IBM marketing leader. Indeed, to see the way Mullen-Merz looks at her as she speaks or the way Merz asks her, \u201cWhat\u2019s a better word for\u2026\u201d is to see two people in love.\nThe couple wed Sept. 8, 2012 in Milford on a yacht that remained moored thanks to a tornado in Brooklyn. But despite Mother Nature\u2019s bluster, they were bolstered by the support of family and friends.\nToday Merz is a senior territory manager for I-Flow, a division of Kimberly Clark that makes nonnarcotic, postoperative pain management devices. Merz knows a lot about pain, having had two cervical disc fusions.\nRegardless, she plans on getting back on the ice for fun.\n\u201cI know it will be painful,\u201d she says, \u201cbut I\u2019ll do it, because I love it.\u201d\nPrevious articleHigh on super-latives\nNext articleHometown hero\nHigh on super-latives", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 111, "original_length": 8962, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 225.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.warandtactics.com/smf/battle-for-antwerpen-and-the-schelde/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:25Z", "digest": "sha1:LNS52XSP7NBY5MM5XNLNTCPD3ZJCCNR6", "length": 116, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.warandtactics.com", "title": "Battle for Antwerpen and the Schelde", "raw_content": "Battle for Antwerpen and the Schelde\nRobert Vekemans (3/2/1913 - 22/10/1998) Koen 0 8509 23 September 2009, 14:19:58", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 27, "original_length": 7912, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.56, "perplexity": 113.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.warrendaleblog.com/2006/03/mail-bag-blog-into-action.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:03Z", "digest": "sha1:M3FN5OE5HWHBRX6LNPJQREILVUJB2DZ2", "length": 3034, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.warrendaleblog.com", "title": "Warrendale (Detroit) Blog: Mail Bag: Blog Into Action", "raw_content": "Mail Bag: Blog Into Action\nIt's once again time to dip into the mailbag to reply to some of the comments that have been left by others. In response to my post about posting warning signs on bulk garbage that's left out in Warrendale, CanoeCarver wrote in to say:\nI'm all in favor of cracking down on drug dealers, drug users and prostitutes (who are usually drug users and work closely with drug dealers). I've written about it on more than one ocassion. There ought to be more police officers on the streets and prostitutes ought to get more than a simple fine when they're caught.\nHowever, I don't think that we as a community should ignore other issues such as blight and illegal dumping. If there's one thing that I've learned by living here for several years, it's that when folks see trash piled up all over the place - they come to the conclusion that folks in the neighborhood don't care what goes on.\nAnd when people draw and maintain that conclusion, it's becomes an open invitation for every drug dealer, pimp and prostitute in town to set up shop. Rudy Giuliani came to national prominense by advocating a \"Broken Windows Strategy\" - that is dealing with stuff like trash before it encourages the drug dealers of the world to set up shop.\nHe based his strategy on a book by Michael Levine called, Broken Windows, Broken Business: How the Smallest Remedies Reap the Biggest Rewards . Quite frankly, I think Rudy Giuliani and Michael Levine were on to something. Their strategy helped to transform New York City from the Rotten Apple to what it is now.\nThe same thing can work for Detroit.\nI too have grown up in Warrendale. I own a house now, my parents still live in Warrendale, as did my grandparents. I've seen the steady decline. I remember being a kid and having the water department open the fire hydrants in the summer and close off streets for block parties, I remember when there was a Park and Recreations team that would come to Greenview Park to teach arts and crafts to the kids. This change that we see now predates the last several years. When I was in high school, my classmates came to Warrendale to by pot from their dealers. When I say I live in Warrendale, people still say, \"Oh, I used to buy my pot, coke etc. from a nice guy in that area.\" My point, you might ask? The drugs were there, they pre-date this so-called blight. The blight did not bring the dealers. So, what about this blight and dumping? I call it lazy homewoners and those owners who can't sell so they rent to section 8's, who in turn really don't care because they're renting. No self-respecting person wants to live in an area where hookers are walking by their children on the way home from school, and drugs are being sold in front of their house. I guess we will have to agree to disagree. My house is for sale.\nDevelopment at the \"Little Castle\"???\nConstruction Moves Along\nPapa Joe's Family Restaurant & Buffet\nNew Location - Same Idiots\nSpring Comes to Warrendale\nLa Hacienda is For Sale\nI Made the Lights Go Out in Warrendale", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 238, "original_length": 8251, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 319.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.washingtonfirechiefs.com/News/TabId/2286/PID/7666/ev/1/groupid/63/CategoryID/54/CategoryName/Flag-Lowerings/Default.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:25Z", "digest": "sha1:DD3PTA2REB4QWGII43QCD4JNQCHBXRUO", "length": 1497, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.washingtonfirechiefs.com", "title": "Flag Lowerings - Washington Fire Chiefs", "raw_content": "Washington State Senator, The Honorable Andy Hill\nformer President and Prime Minister of Israel, Shimon Peres.\nPursuant to Presidential Proclamation, Governor Inslee hereby directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff immediately, to honor the memory of former President and Prime Minister of Israel, Shimon Peres.\nPlease notify all of your field offices and facilities around the state.\nFlags should remain at half-staff until close of business or sunset on Friday, September 30, 2016.\nOther government entities, citizens and businesses are encouraged to join this recognition.\nPlease call (360) 239-1317 if you have any questions about this flag lowering.\nIn Honor of the victims of the attack in Baton Rouge, Louisiana\nIn Honor of the victims of the attack in Nice, France\nFlag Lowering (1st Lt. David Bauders) - 5/18/16\nGovernor Inslee is deeply saddened by the death of Washington National Guard First Lieutenant David A. Bauders, 25, of Seattle, and directs that Washington State and United States flags at all state agency facilities be lowered to half-staff in his memory on Wednesday, May 18, 2016. He died in Iraq in a non-combat related incident.\nFlags should remain at half-staff until close of business or sunset on May 18, 2016.\nPlease notify your staff and all of your field offices and facilities around the state.\nInterment is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, May 18, 2016, at 1:00 PM at Tahoma National Cemetery.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 153, "original_length": 4652, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 162.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.waterlooregionweddingplanner.com/category/princess-tiana/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:50Z", "digest": "sha1:M364K33WLHDRU7GOHDW2VOJVBQOAZO5Y", "length": 42, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.waterlooregionweddingplanner.com", "title": "Princess Tiana | Waterloo Region Wedding Planner", "raw_content": "Archive for the \u2018Princess Tiana\u2019 Category.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 380, "original_length": 6926, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.73, "perplexity": 288.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.waterwairarapa.co.nz/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:25Z", "digest": "sha1:FG5LHNTCDYISXKT3R34WWIBPKXKBSTZL", "length": 443, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.waterwairarapa.co.nz", "title": "Water Wairarapa", "raw_content": "About Water Wairarapa\nScheme History\nFarmers Information\nWairarapa's Water\nIrrigation Trust\nWater Wairarapa's purpose is to secure a sustainable future for our region's people, land and water by storing, managing and using water in ways that boost regional prosperity, care for the environment and support community use.\nThis initiative is led and funded by the Greater Wellington Regional Council, with support from the New Zealand government", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 2030, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 255.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.webeinspired.com/daily-soulful-therapy/previous/2", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:22:59Z", "digest": "sha1:672JMO4TMY6WT5GQQCFFHXJ4QMWVKD4B", "length": 1767, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.webeinspired.com", "title": "Blog Posts - We Be Inspired One Life, One Chance, One Vision!\u2122", "raw_content": "Friday: Energy Types\nThe 3 main forms of energy are physical energy, emotional energy, and mental energy. Each one needs to be looked after for optimum success! Make sure you're looking after each one daily - as an imbalance in either one will completely throw us in another areas.\nWednesday: Everybody needs a somebody...\n...Everybody needs somebody - a shoulder to lean on - someone to listen to us scream and hear us cry and say it'll be ok. Sometimes that someone you want isn't always there. That's ok because God is ALWAYS there and He's the only one we need because even that somebody who you need is in need of God!\nMonday: What do you want in life?\n...Focus on what you do want in life and not on what you don't want. Energy flows where intention goes. Most times we believe we are not worth it or don't deserve it so we put all our intention, energy and focus into the 'I don't want/can't have' so we don't get that which we want. Start right now and focus on achieving your goals, dreams and ambitions insha'Allah and you'll soon see doors of opportunity open right in front of you.\nSunday: Compare You to You!\n...The only one you need to compete with or prove yourself to is yourself - not no one else, EVER! Work daily on being the better version of you. It's between you and God only! No one else has or will walk your path and no one has a right to tell you how to live your life. You're worth it and perfect just the way you are!\nFriday: You Are Special - Yes YOU! :)\n...You are not a nobody - you are a somebody - somebody very unique and special and what you specifically have to offer to the world - no one else can! Don't be fooled by others achievements and accomplishments and think you can't - YOU CAN! Live your dreams and believe in yourself.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 421, "original_length": 8626, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 307.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.werdyab.com/2011/09/cavity-searches-and-pimples.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:05Z", "digest": "sha1:7WWPYQ2L42FFYKCELPGUNEZOB3EMCS2V", "length": 2745, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.werdyab.com", "title": "Werdyab Blog: Cavity Searches and Pimples", "raw_content": "Cavity Searches and Pimples\nI had a very traumatic experience at the dermatologist's office yesterday. And I thought, 'What could make me feel less embarrassed than sharing this story on the world wide web?' I can't think of a thing.\nWhen I walked in, I saw two of my friends sitting in the waiting room. One sign that you are getting older is that you see your buddies at the dermatologist's office. Soon, we will move on to even better hangouts like Bingo Night at the Elk Lodge.\nI was a little concerned about a couple of moles, so I had made an appointment for a full body exam. Since I am not getting any younger and camels have had less UV exposure, I felt that it was time for some long-overdue preventive care.\nAs it turns out, \"full body exam\" is not a misnomer. I laid on the examination table, completely undressed, strategically positioning a three-foot-by-three-foot square of tissue paper, and trying to hold onto what was left of my dignity.\nThe dermatologist shined a light as bright as the sun across my body and then examined every mole and freckle from here to there. No, really. Practically a full cavity search. I have felt less violated by TSA.\nThen, similar to an OB-GYN, he wanted to make small talk during the exam. Can we please wait until after I am dressed to discuss the Braves? I know, for him, I'm just another patient. But for me, I'm too busy pretending that I am not mortified to carry on a casual conversation right now.\nSomewhere between discussing the leaves changing and Olive Garden, he said, \"We should really talk about how we are going to treat your acne.\"\nAcne? But I am 36 years old. We don't get acne. We get love handles and gray hairs, but we do not get acne. Acne is strictly reserved for teenagers and pregnant women.\nI never experienced acne when I was supposed to, but now that I should be enjoying beautiful, clear skin before wrinkles join the party, I am hit with the acne bomb. It's very similar to the acme bomb from Looney Tunes but a lot more destructive.\nHe said, \"It is likely because of hormones. Do you feel hormonal?\"\nSo I said, \"WHAT? Am I hormonal? WHY WOULD YOU ASK A QUESTION LIKE THAT? I mean, did I complain when I had to wait 22 minutes in the waiting room today? No. And did I give you anything less than all 5's on my patient survey? I don't think so. And for the record, Olive Garden SUCKS! How DARE you accuse of me of being hormonal!\" And then I just burst into tears.\nOkay, I'm kidding. I didn't say any of that. But when somebody asks you if you feel hormonal, don't they sort of deserve that kind of response?\nI left the doctor's office yesterday feeling violated and embarrassed about my acne. From now on, I will refer to the dermatologist's office as \"Prom Night\".", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 44, "original_length": 3670, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 316.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.wernerharmsenfuneralhome.com/our-staff", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:45:48Z", "digest": "sha1:HTYGYBAFRRJCX2OKIGQUAUND454XYNIS", "length": 3469, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.wernerharmsenfuneralhome.com", "title": "Our Staff | Werner Harmsen Funeral Home of Waupun, WI | Phone: 920.324.3071", "raw_content": "Our Funeral Directors (pictured left to right):\nJudson J. Werner, Wayne Buteyn and Michael D. Werner\n[hr] [highlight_text] Because a death in the family is so personal, we believe that our staff must be very sensitive and conscientious. We are proud of our staff at Werner-Harmsen Funeral Home. Our genuine concern and dedication for each family is outstanding. Each member of our staff is sincerely interested in the people served and readily demonstrates the care and concern that has become a hallmark of our firm. [/highlight_text]\n{tab=Michael D. Werner}\n[leftcolumn] Mike Werner was raised in New London, Wis., the third son of Francis and Phyllis Werner. After college, Mike was enrolled at the Wisconsin Institute of Mortuary Science in Milwaukee and graduated in 1966. This was the start of his long career in the funeral service profession. Early experience included working for large funeral homes in Madison, Wis., which is where he met his wife, Judy. In 1969, they moved to Waupun where they raised two children; a son, Judson, and a daughter, Ryan. The Werners have been part of the Waupun community and Werner-Harmsen Funeral Home ever since. [/leftcolumn]\n[rightcolumn] Mike\u2019s early dedication to Waupun includes numerous community involvements that have contributed to Werner-Harmsen\u2019s steady growth and independence for the past two generations. His commitment to St. Joseph\u2019s Catholic Church of Waupun is only part of his role as a church leader, trustee, and caring member.\nAlthough Mike works less today than in the past, he is always available when needed. He enjoys offering his friendship and support to his friends, the past families he has served, and his younger partners, Wayne Buteyn and Jud Werner.\n[/rightcolumn]\n{tab=Wayne Buteyn}\n[leftcolumn] Wayne Buteyn was raised in Waupun, attending Waupun schools and graduated from Waupun High School. Following high school, he attended college and then enlisted in the United States Army for three years, spending one year of duty in Vietnam. He married his high school sweetheart, Elizabeth Wedman. Following the military, Wayne returned to the University of Wisconsin \u2013 Oshkosh and moved on to Milwaukee where he attended and graduated from mortuary school. [/leftcolumn]\n[rightcolumn] Wayne has been active in the community serving on various boards and is very active in his church. He is a member of the Waupun Lions Club, American Legion Post 210, Veteran\u2019s of Foreign Wars Post 6709, and Rock River Country Club. His relaxed time is spent enjoying nature, traveling, and motorcycling. Wayne and Liz\u2019s family include a son, Andy, and his wife, Cindy, who reside in Milwaukee. [/rightcolumn]\n{tab=Judson J. Werner}\n[leftcolumn] Judson J. Werner was raised in Waupun by his parents, Michael D. Werner and Judy W. Nugent. Jud attended the Waupun school system and later graduated from Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam. He then graduated from St. Mary\u2019s College in Winona, Minn. with his BA in Marketing. Following college, he graduated from the Mortuary Science Program in Milwaukee. [/leftcolumn]\n[rightcolumn] Jud moved back to his hometown to join the family business in 1996. Since then he has been involved in many community boards and organizations including the Rotary Club of Waupun, Waupun Police and Fire Commission, Waupun Memorial Hospital Board, Waupun Chamber of Commerce, and many others. Jud is currently living in Waupun. He has two children, Landon and Delilah. [/rightcolumn]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 58, "original_length": 4572, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 288.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.westripfuneralhome.com/gerald-hogenson.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:13Z", "digest": "sha1:F7XI2B2BHIMF52PFWHTCEH6O4EZPWSNS", "length": 1235, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.westripfuneralhome.com", "title": "Gerald Hogenson - Westrip Funeral Home", "raw_content": "\u200bGerald \"Perk\" Hogenson\nGerald dean Hogenson88, Cape Fair, Missouri died November 21, 2017 at Ozark Mountain Regional Healthcare Center, Crane, Missouri.\nHe was born November 28, 1928 at Ethel, Missouri, the son of Louis and Letha Hogenson. He married Wava June Lee at Kansas City, Missouri, June 23, 1946. Perk retired 's from the AT&SF Railway with 40 years' service. He had lived in Cape Fair since 2001.\nPerk is survived by his son Jerry (Stevi) Hogenson of Cape Fair; son-in-law Mike (Linda) Pumphrey, Wever, Iowa; grandsons, Matt (Misty) Hogenson of Cape Fair, Scott (Lynn) Pumphrey, Denmark, Iowa; granddaughters, Beth Hogenson Reeds Spring, Missouri, Deana (Kenny) Lair Burlington, Iowa; eight great grandchildren, Kelsey and Cody Cox, Lillian and Jack Doty, Tate and Jaycee and Josie and Gracie Pumphrey.\nHe was preceded in death by his parents, wife, daughter and brother.\nCremation was handled by Westrip Funeral Home Crane, Missouri, where family will meet with friends Thursday, November 30, 2017 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Graveside services will be at Fairview Cemetery at Fort Madison, Iowa at a later date.\nFamily requested no flowers. Any donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association or charity of choice.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 16, "original_length": 1461, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 288.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.wfsd.k12.ny.us/index.php/2019/01/steve-murphy-2019-athletic-hall-fame-individual-recipient/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:23:47Z", "digest": "sha1:AGGPX55OQLETBNPBB5R3VDBIP5HBCVSH", "length": 1724, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.wfsd.k12.ny.us", "title": "William Floyd School District \u00bb Steve Murphy \u2013 2019 Athletic Hall Fame Individual Recipient", "raw_content": "Steve Murphy, Class of 2009.\nSteve Murphy played every day with the tenacity of a pit bull. Coach Paul Longo once said, \u201cSteve not only works hard every day, but expects everyone to perform at their best every day.\u201d Coach Megna described Steve as \u201ca ferocious leader whose motor knows no bounds!\u201d There have been very few athletes who have excelled to the level Steve Murphy has in two sports.\nIn football, during his junior year, Steve played tight end for the undefeated Long Island champion Colonials. He earned All-County and All Long-Island (Second Team) as a tight end. Steve took over as captain and quarterback during his senior year and amassed 25 total touchdowns (13 passing/12 rushing) and 2,187 total yards (1,137 passing and 1,050 rushing). During his spectacular senior season, he earned numerous accolades including the Boomer Esiason Award as the best quarterback in Suffolk County, All-State (First Team), All-Long Island (First Team) and All-County.\nIn lacrosse, Steve was a four-year starter who earned All-Division honors as a freshman, was a three-time All-County performer and earned All-Long Island (First Team) during his junior and senior years. He was ranked as the No. 26 recruit by Inside Lacrosse magazine and accepted a scholarship to play for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. During his senior year, Steve was named the \u201cX Factor Player of the Year\u201d by Inside Lacrosse, earned a selection to the Under Armour All-American Team and was a gold medalist in the Empire State Games and won the Dellecave Award as the 2009 \u201cExceptional Scholar Athlete.\u201d\nAs a member of the nationally-ranked Fighting Irish lacrosse team, Steve started four years and was twice named to the Big East All-Academic Team.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 107, "original_length": 7211, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 159.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.whywontyougrow.com/2011/11/nablowrimo-10-hobbit-news.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:15Z", "digest": "sha1:26QBMTTSYWYPVG6FZMDEGIMVWIDFA2G4", "length": 1456, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.whywontyougrow.com", "title": "Why Won't You Grow?!: NaBloWriMo #10: Hobbit News", "raw_content": "I don't have a specific topic that I want to write on today, so I'm pulling this idea out of my back pocket of ideas that I use in case of emergency . . . news on The Hobbit.\nI haven't written about Peter Jackson's 2-film adaptation of the Lord of the Rings prequel The Hobbit in quite a long time. While the film got off to a bumpy state, full of legal wrangling and diminished hopes that it would ever get made, all of that eventually went away and Jackson and his LotR team got to work quietly.\nI believe the first of the two films is still planned for release next year (probably in the November season, as that was when the LotR trilogy was launched AND to avoid the Whedon-shaped hole that The Avengers movie will create in the summer months.\nWhat you may not know--and which, I'll admit to being genuinely excited about--is that Jackson is conceptualizing and filming these films in 3D. And not the excessive, gratuitous 3D that has marked so many movies since the Avatar craze . . . but immersive 3D that truly (I hope) serves the telling of the story properly.\nCredit: thehobbitblog.com\nIf anyone can do it, I'll put my money on Jackson. Even though I'll admit that King Kong was a wrong-headed waste, I still think that PJ can put together some impressive spectacle when his mind and his heart are in the film.\nTo learn more about Jackson's 3D techniques and to see behind-the-scenes footage of the film in progress, check out this longish video.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 240, "original_length": 7000, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 286.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.winnrcs.org/executive-board", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:39Z", "digest": "sha1:ESJGZZH7LXBC5OREHISGFR2S4VAKELIG", "length": 471, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.winnrcs.org", "title": "The Executive Board - WiN", "raw_content": "WiN Executive Board\nThe main function of the Executive Board is to conduct the day-to-day business operations of WIN. The Executive Board consists of the officers of Past President, President, Executive Vice-President, Vice-President, Treasurer of Finance, Treasurer of Membership, and Secretary. The Executive Board are officers of the Organization and form the National Council with the Regional Representatives.\nSandi Kreke\nKristie McKinley\nCarlee Elke\nLoren Muldowney", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 128, "original_length": 2663, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 232.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.wmgchicago.com/2011/09/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:43Z", "digest": "sha1:PBDX4ISZWF35DDBXYUPM6SYDE54ZXTI6", "length": 863, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.wmgchicago.com", "title": "September | 2011 | Women\u2019s Media Group, Inc Chicago", "raw_content": "Comments Off on Coming to the Table Program & Playlist\nAfghanistan After the War: Treatment of Women As Before?\nResponding to the Taliban communications indicating that the withdrawal of NATO forces in Afghanistan, will result in opportunities for them to fill a vacuum: A media campaign that spotlights the rights of women is essential if we are to evaluate what is going on for women and children. We get occasional glimpses of what is happening and what could happen, but for the most part, women\u2019s issues and lives are still marginalized in news reports. The lives of woman will continue to be oppressed regardless of what leadership rises to power. Shouldn\u2019t we know and do our best to understand what is going on so that women are a part of all major issues and not just a side topic?\nComments Off on Afghanistan After the War: Treatment of Women As Before?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 67, "original_length": 4372, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 204.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.wolfmother.net/2013/03/10/stockdale-completes-solo-transition/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:18:55Z", "digest": "sha1:KZYQIJ2J7637UWDUQNPDMTMZLKM3IQIS", "length": 2984, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.wolfmother.net", "title": "The Original Wolfmother Fan Site", "raw_content": "Browse > Home / Andrew News /\nStockdale Completes Solo Transition\nWolfmother frontman Andrew Stockdale has completed the transition from leader of a successful rock band to startup solo musician with a vision. After revealing at the end of February that the album had been completed, the singer, guitarist and songwriter hinted that the record would be released under his own name, putting the future of the band in doubt. A photo of the full band uploaded on Facebook proved that the guys were still on good terms, and the stream of the album on the Soundcloud page of Wolfmother confused even more. In our exclusive interview with Stockdale, he confirmed (in non-definite terms) that the next stage of his career would be under the moniker \u2018Andrew Stockdale\u2019, and today the transformation looks to be completed as a brand new Facebook page for his solo career has been created, with the eponymous musician proclaiming that, indeed, \u201cWolfmother is on hiatus\u201d.\nAndrew Stockdale\u2019s debut solo album (also known for the last few years as Wolfmother\u2019s third album!) is set to be officially released on 25th March. It is almost certainly going to be called Keep Moving, the title of a popular track on the record, and is most likely going to be a digital-only release (at least at first). As Stockdale no longer has a record deal in the United States (no word about his native Australia or Europe yet, so we\u2019ll assume for now that those deals are intact), it is likely to be released independently of any label influence on iTunes.\nAs for the personnel included on the album, the 14 songs feature (in order of number of songs on which they appear) Stockdale, Ian Peres, Will Rockwell-Scott, Vin Steele, Elliott Hammond, Hamish Rosser, and Dave Atkins. Additional contributions come courtesy of The Delta Riggs member Alex \u201cRudy\u201d Markwell and Brisbane-based trumpet player Joe Howman. Keep Moving was recorded over a two-year period between 2011 and 2013, and was engineered half and half by Nicolas Wilson and former band member Aidan Nemeth, with rough mixes provided by Dave Atkins and final mixing performed by Vance Powell, who in recent years has worked with Jack White, Seasick Steve, and Kings of Leon.\nKeep Moving marks the culmination of a period of hard work by Andrew Stockdale and the various members of Wolfmother over the last couple of years, and is welcomed with open arms by fans of the band. Wolfmother.net will continue to follow the careers of all involved in the group, and look forward to the next exciting era in Wolfmother history, as Stockdale ventures out under his own name to re-establish what his music is about \u2014 good vibes and a modern-day take on a winning formula of blues-infused rock music.\nCategory: Andrew News\n2 Responses to \u201cStockdale Completes Solo Transition\u201d\nross on March 10th, 2013 8:46 pm\nwolfmother on hiatus? perfect chance for a original reunion comeback! LOL\nMatt on March 24th, 2013 5:07 pm\nIs this album still slated for release tomorrow?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 208, "original_length": 5904, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 226.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.womenofachievement.org/heroism/wanda-henson-and-brenda-henson/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:28Z", "digest": "sha1:HAY6DMGOPRJ6FZ6KERSDC67GS7QQ2ESA", "length": 3131, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.womenofachievement.org", "title": "\ufeff Wanda Henson and Brenda Henson \u2013 Women of Achievement", "raw_content": "Wanda Henson and Brenda Henson\nWanda and Brenda Henson\nBrenda and Wanda Henson set out to create a peaceful place for retreat and education in rural Mississippi. Instead, they were confronted with verbal, legal and physical harassment at their feminist education center, Camp Sister Spirit. They refused to abandon their vision of a safe place for women who faced abuse or discrimination. That vision evolved in Gulfport, Mississippi, where Brenda and Wanda met while serving as volunteer escorts at an abortion clinic. The attraction was immediate. Almost 19 years later, they remain together, sharing the same last name as a declaration of their commitment.\nA few years after they met, Brenda and Wanda opened the first feminist bookstore in Mississippi. The store expanded into a crisis center, providing services for women, children, and lesbian and gay families. As that work grew, they decided to move to the country and focus on outreach.\nThe Hensons thought they had found the ideal place, a former pig farm in the tiny town of Ovett near Laurel, Mississippi. Their plan was to share the land with others who sought retreat in an environment that was free of violence, alcohol, illegal drugs and discrimination. Their arrival in the summer of 1993 was uneventful. Things changed a few months later after a copy of their newsletter was circulated among local residents.\nThe Hensons planned to hold workshops on topics including sexism, racism and homophobia. Through the newsletter, it became clear that Brenda and Wanda were lesbians and that they intended to bring more lesbians into the conservative community.\nThe response was quick: threatening mail and phone calls, gunfire near the property, a dead dog draped over a mail box, opposition statements made in local church pulpits and epithets toward women volunteers who were building a fence around the property. Soon the Southern Baptist Convention lent its support to a movement to buy the property and have the camp branded a public nuisance through a lawsuit. Some wondered why Brenda and Wanda didn\u2019t just leave but the Hensons refused to respond with fear.\nTheir plight attracted the support of others, including then-Attorney General Janet Reno, who sent federal investigators and mediators.\nAlmost a decade later, the Hensons are still there. They won the public nuisance lawsuit and face no more litigation. They rarely encounter opposition.\nMore than 5,000 visitors have spent time at the farm, which has been converted to a conference center with meeting rooms, a 40-person dormitory and rental cabins. In the past decade, they have expanded their work in Ovett. In addition to educational events and the retreat center, they serve the local community, providing clothing, school supplies, emergency food boxes and funds for GED exams. Brenda, who didn\u2019t complete high school, obtained her GED before obtaining bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees and is continuing her education. Wanda is sharing her knowledge as a Family Nurse Practitioner by working four days near Natchez, Mississippi.\nPrevious PostPrevious Sharon Pollard\nNext PostNext Margaret Rhea Seddon", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 3815, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 264.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.wondersofsicily.com/selinunte.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:21:02Z", "digest": "sha1:THJMGEXLKFWTXCSOJFPBYYPLJDWDCLXA", "length": 4391, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "www.wondersofsicily.com", "title": "Selinunte Archeological Park - The Greek Wonders of Sicily", "raw_content": "Selinunte Archeological Park\nThe ruins of the Ancient Greek town of Selinunte is one of the most important and impressive Classical sites in Sicily. It is the largest archeological park in Europe.\nSelinunte - Selinous for the Greeks, Selinus for the Romans\nTourists at Selinunte (once Selinus).\nActaeon punished for having seen Artemis, the goddess of hunting, naked. Selinunte, Temple E, 460-450BC. Limestone and marble. Archeological Museum, Palermo.\nThe name Selinunte is probably derived from Ancient Greek selinon \u2013 wild parsley that grew on the spot. For the same reason, they adopted the parsley leaf as the symbol on their coins.\nSelinunte was early brought into contact and collision with the Carthaginians and the native Sicilians in the west and northwest of the island. As early as 580 BC the Selinuntines were engaged in hostilities with the people of Segesta, and disputes and hostilities seem to have been of frequent occurrence between Segesta and Selinunte.\nAfter a ten-day siege in 409 BC, Selinunte was taken by the Carthaginians and Segesta. According to sources, 16,000 citizens of Selinunte were slain, 5,000 made prisoners, and 2,600 under the command of Empedion escaped to Agrigentum (Agrigento).\nDuring the First Punic War we again find Selinunte subject to Carthage, and its territory was repeatedly the theater of military operations between the contending powers. But before the close of the war (about 250 BCE), when the Carthaginians were beginning to contract their operations, and confine themselves to the defense of as few points as possible, they removed all the inhabitants of Selinunte to Lilybaeum and destroyed the city.\nPoppies growing on the defensive wall at Selinunte. The flowers couldn't save the ancient city from (almost) total destruction, though.\nThe name Selinunte is derived from Ancient Greek selinon \u2013 wild parsley that grew on the spot. For the same reason, they adopted the parsley leaf as the symbol on their coins.\nDescription: Sicily, Selinos AR Litra. Circa 530-500 BC. Selinon leaf / Selinon leaf in incuse circle. SNG ANS 687. 0.72g, 10mm, 5h. Very Fine. Rare. From the Mark Christenson Collection\nDescription: Sicily, Selinos AR Litra. Circa 410 BC. Nymph seated left on rock, right hand raised above her head, extending her left hand to touch coiled serpent before her / Man-headed bull standing right; selinon leaf above, \u03a3E\u039bINONTION around. SNG ANS -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Lloyd 1270. 0.72g, 12mm, 10h. About Very Fine.\nFrom the Mark Christenson Collection; Ex ACR 3, 31 May 2011, lot 67.\nCoin from Selinunte. (Mandralisca Museum, Cefal\u00f9)\nClick here for photos of plant life in Sicily.\nYoung and old at Selinunte Archeological Park.\nSpectacular view of Selinunte from helicopter. According to Thucydides, Selinunte was founded by the Greek colony Megara Hyblaea (near Augusta).\nIt was actually not before the 16th century that Selinunte was rediscovered. More systematic excavations began in 1809 (fruitless) and in 1822 (by William Harris and Samuel Angell).\nSelinunte Archeological Park.\nColumns at Selinunte Archeological Park.\nSelinunte, Temple F (490-480BC): Fragment of a metope showing a dead giant. Archeological Museum, Palermo.\nRuins at Selinunte.\nPart of the defensive wall at Selinunte.\nThe Doric Temple E (490-480 BC) at Selinunte was probably dedicated to Hera. The columns were re-erected in 1958 after having been toppled by an earthquake.\nBird (Italian sparrow, I think) hiding in the ruins at the Selinunte Archeological Park.\nSelinunte, Sicily: Temple E. The columne were re-erected in 1958. The temple was built 490-480 BC. Four of the metopes can be seen in Palermo's archeological museum. Some 70 years later it is estimated that the city had 30.000 inhabitants. The archaeological site contains five temples centered on an acropolis. Of the five temples, only the Temple of Hera, also known as \"Temple E\", has been re-erected.\nPhoto: AdiJapan / Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0\nSelinunte, Temple E.\nThe Italian chef Giorgio Locatelli tells of his soft spot for Sicily: \"The most famous archaeological site is the Valley of Temples in Agrigento, but I love Selinunte, further up the coast. The landscape is wilder there. I walk from the beach up and around the remains of the acropolis, necropolis and old market, all from about 650BC. The view is incredible and you can feel the presence of the ancient Greeks.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 188, "original_length": 8139, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 314.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.worldhum.com/travel-blog/item/is-this-a-new-golden-age-for-train-travel-20091022/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:51Z", "digest": "sha1:G4JNZNOKI4H6W4HUJDKVV2GPT3WTAZHZ", "length": 1697, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.worldhum.com", "title": "Is This a New Golden Age for Train Travel? - Travel Blog - World Hum", "raw_content": "Is This a New Golden Age for Train Travel?\nTony Naylor doesn\u2019t think so. In this piece in the Guardian, he argues that rail travel isn\u2019t the comfortable, scenic, low-carbon alternative to to air travel that it\u2019s cracked up to be. Here\u2019s a taste:\nFour years ago, I decided to limit the number of times I would fly each year to one transatlantic flight, or two within Europe\u2026 The idea of the train as a far more authentic and civilised\u2014not to mention non-lethal\u2014mode of travel was seductive.\nThe reality, however, is more complex. You see more of the world, for sure, but that is a mixed blessing.\nThe Man in Seat 61 responds here.\nTags: Golden Age of Travel, Train Travel, News and Briefs\n1 Comment for Is This a New Golden Age for Train Travel?\nBen Keene 10.26.09 | 1:33 PM ET\nMaybe not a new golden age, but it sure seems like Mr. Naylor is trying hard to see the glass as half empty. First off, I don\u2019t think people who choose train travel are expecting the fastest trip from Point A to Point B; sharing airspace isn\u2019t quite the same as sharing tracks, especially in the railroad-averse United States. If you\u2019re in a hurry, and have a lot of distance to cover, Amtrak isn\u2019t going to be your best bet. Secondly, who doesn\u2019t have at least one horror story about lost luggage, a missed connecting flight, an interminable layover, or a weather-related cancellation? A \u201clifeless bar\u201d and a showerless cabin don\u2019t seem like the worst things to endure unless you really are looking to find your holiday highpoints on board. My advice? Choose a route that\u2019s actually famous for its scenery, leave the rose-tinted glasses at home, pack a good book (perhaps something by Paul Theroux), and enjoy the ride.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 140, "original_length": 4708, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 265.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.wricoinc.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:04:48Z", "digest": "sha1:MFDPOHRL2ADJORR2NY3RZEFXRGIYOBH5", "length": 1478, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.wricoinc.com", "title": "Heating, Cooling, Furnace & Air Conditioning Installation, Repair & Maintenance - Wrico, Inc., Osterville, MA 02655 - Bryant", "raw_content": "Proudly serving Osterville and the surrounding communities since 1981\nWrico, Inc. is dedicated to providing the best possible solution for your home or business. You can count on us to provide you with a system and solution that fits your unique needs and since we've installed many systems in this area, we've earned a reputation for doing the job right the first time.\nAs a Bryant dealer, with a wide variety of products to choose from, we can keep your family healthy and feeling comfortable all year long. We carry a complete line of indoor comfort equipment with innovations that raise the standards of comfort and reliability, including air conditioners, heat pumps, gas furnaces, programmable thermostats, humidifiers, ductless split systems, boilers, air cleaners, ultra violet lights, ventilators and zoning products. Let the experts at Wrico, Inc. help you customize a solution that's right for you.\nWe are service professionals! As licensed contractors and specialists in the field of heating and air-conditioning, we have the tools, the equipment, and the experience to keep your equipment running smoothly all year long. If it is emergency service that you need, Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, we are available to assist you! To help reduce service emergencies, we offer tune up agreements to keep your comfort system running at peak performance.\nLight Commercial (up to 25T)\nFactory Trained & Certified Technicians\n24 Hour Service for Emergency Repair", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 68, "original_length": 3295, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 286.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.xlboom.com/shop/deco-serving/forte-4-marble-bowl-37-cm-white.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:21Z", "digest": "sha1:NHN32LQG5QLZYFXJTZZOCTAXHCU6XDRZ", "length": 236, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.xlboom.com", "title": "XLBoom | FORTE 4 MARBLE BOWL (37 CM) WHITE", "raw_content": "As the name suggests, Forte is a strong and heavy accessory set. It consists of a marble plate and bowl. All objects are unique as the natural stone comes in different patterns. An exclusive range to serve appetizers, snacks or a salad.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 92, "original_length": 4400, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 298.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2016/11/drake-more-life-release-date/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:03Z", "digest": "sha1:CFQI7D3U2XMJJCF5ZBUUD4PWJ7H7BJPN", "length": 1376, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.xxlmag.com", "title": "Drake's 'More Life' Project Seems to Have a Release Date - XXL", "raw_content": "Drake\u2019s \u2018More Life\u2019 Project Seems to Have a Release Date\nUpdate (Nov. 24, 3:27 p.m.):\nDrake has confirmed that Dec. 3 is not the release date for More Life via an Instagram comment. See it below.\nOVO fans might be familiar with ItsBizkit, a social media personality who's often got exclusive footage of Drake on tour, in the studio and elsewhere.\nIn a new interview with EmEz on Power 105.1, Biz lets spill that Drake's More Life project apparently has a release date of Dec. 3. You can watch him say as much at the 4:25 mark in the above video.\n\"Shout out to Drake, shout out to OVO. More Life December 3rd, it's going down,\" he says.\nAt the American Music Awards this past Sunday, Drake said the project (which he initially called a \"playlist\") is \"coming soon.\" Dec. 3 is also a Saturday, and a new episode of OVO Sound Radio is scheduled, so that release date makes sense.\nDrake's already shared a couple records from the upcoming project, including \"Sneakin\" featuring 21 Savage and \"Fake Love.\"\nAs of right now, both of those records are sitting on the Billboard Hot 100, with Drake having four other songs on there as well (\"One Dance\" and \"Too Good\" are still on the chart, while his features for Future's \"Used to This\" and PartyNextDoor's \"Come See Me\" have also made appearances).\nWatch the video for Drake and 21's \"Sneakin\" right here.\nDrake's Albums, Ranked", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 2715, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 252.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.yankeepotroast.org/archives/2008/01/bret_michaels_c.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:51Z", "digest": "sha1:VZY55KAY6DSTZXFQ5DJ3MO7JDFB3W4LR", "length": 5409, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.yankeepotroast.org", "title": "Y.P.R.: Bret Michaels Considers the Candidates", "raw_content": "Bret Michaels Considers the Candidates\nWell, first of all, the only party I\u2019m affiliated with is the one that\u2019s happening in my pants! So when I\u2019m looking over all these candidates, I don\u2019t think to myself, \u201cDemocrat or, you know, uh \u2026 well, whatever the other one is.\u201d I think about who\u2019s gonna rock my vote!\nNow it\u2019s almost Super Duper Tuesday and we\u2019re pretty much down to six people: There\u2019s John McCain, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Barack Obama, John Edwards, and Hillary Clinton. I know there are some other ones out there, or at least I think there are, but these six are my V.I.P.s.\nI don\u2019t really know any of them, but I\u2019d like to get to know them. Maybe if we spent a little time together, just hanging out at my place. But the way things are there just isn\u2019t time to really spend time. So I\u2019m kinda winging it here. You know, I\u2019ve sold 25 million albums, I\u2019ve toured all over the world and I\u2019ve banged some of the hottest women in the world. Being in a rock band is great, but it\u2019s also hard work and you have to be ready for anything. Maybe the amps are blown, maybe you break a guitar string, maybe the microphone fails \u2026 anything can happen because rock \u2019n\u2019 roll is a monster! You have to be able to make a decision on the fly and you use your best judgment. Like if I\u2019m playing an arena to 20,000 screaming fans and I say, \u201cHit it, C. C.!\u201d and he doesn\u2019t hit it \u2026 well, that\u2019s when I have to make an important decision. I can either stand there like a complete idiot or I can start working the crowd until C. C. remembers what song we\u2019re playing. That\u2019s about making a tough decision; and it\u2019s either going to work out or it isn\u2019t but you bring your A game or you\u2019ll be booed off the stage. The stage of life. That\u2019s what I\u2019m looking for in a candidate.\nNow, I heard that Mike Huckabee is a musician and plays bass or something. That\u2019s awesome! But already I\u2019m thinking he\u2019s not gonna make the cut because he has such a terrible name. Huckabee. It just doesn\u2019t rock and he should have realized that a long time ago and made the decision to change his name. You look at guys like Elton John, David Bowie, Axl Rose \u2026 C. C. DeVille. Those guys all had terrible names, made the decision to change \u2019em and look at \u2019em now! So Mike Huckabee, I\u2019m sorry \u2026 but you don\u2019t rock my vote and I wish you all the best.\nMitt Romney is a Mormon and I\u2019ve played Salt Lake City a thousand times and the girls there are incredibly hot! But as a Mormon AND the governor of Utah, you would think he might have taken advantage of his status and found a much hotter wife \u2026 or three! Not a good decision. Also, for the same reasons as Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney doesn\u2019t rock my vote. But I wish you good luck and Godspeed on all the wonderful adventures I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll have in your life.\nI think John McCain is pretty cool. The guy\u2019s a war hero: he stayed with his men in Viet Nam when he could have gone home. That says a lot about a guy. He seems like the kind of guy you could have a beer with or go to a strip club with and that\u2019s the kind of guy who would probably be a good wingman. And if we went to a strip club, I bet he would stay with me until I got a hot chick with some nice DDs. John McCain definitely rocks my vote!\nI really dig that Obama. Sharp guy and young, too. So I think Barack Obama would rock my vote because he\u2019s probably the only candidate who knows my music. Cool name, too!\nI like Hillary Clinton because she\u2019s a woman, and I love women! Not hot, but maybe if she had a boob job and wore heels. Still, I wouldn\u2019t pass up an opportunity to suck face with her all night because she seems committed. Plus I\u2019d like to meet her husband; I bet he\u2019s nailed more groupies than I have! And Hillary made the decision to stand by her man and that\u2019s awesome. She rocks my vote!\nJohn Edwards. He seems like he\u2019s always around, but I just don\u2019t know what he\u2019s talking about. He\u2019s kind of like, you know how if you go out and meet a hot girl who\u2019s out with her friends, there\u2019s always that one sort of fat girl? And she\u2019s always talking? That\u2019s what Edwards reminds me of. Like I\u2019d want to talk to the hot girl, but there\u2019s Edwards talking about reforming government or something. I\u2019m sorry, John, but we don\u2019t click. I really hope you find whatever it is you\u2019re looking for and get to reform all sorts of cool things, but you didn\u2019t rock my vote.\nWell, I guess that\u2019s it for now. Hopefully soon I\u2019ll really get to spend some time with each candidate and maybe up the ante on the competition. Maybe we could all go hang-gliding or snowboarding, do some shots and just, you know, hang out. Then I\u2019d really have a better feel about who\u2019s gonna really rock my vote!\nPost-9/11 Alternatives to No Fear\nGiuli Couture\nTerror Alert Colors of Benetton\nHolliburton\nAxis of Evil & Fitch\nThe Best Damn Sports Show Period Presents the Top End-Zone Celebrations of 2007\nCincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson is fined $10,000 by the N.F.L. for \"excessive irony.\"\nIf you caught Car Talk this weekend on NPR, you heard Click and Clack cackling over a Y.P.R. listicle--Michael Richardson-Bryan's \"Suggested Names for Racehorses Expected to Have Undistinguished Careers,\" which was recently included in The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2007. Congrats to Mr. Richardson-Bryan, whose wit for this website has now been printed on paper and broadcast through the airwaves. 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It is a regional community radio station with broadcasting license from Independent Communications Authority of South Africa .\nFormat: 60% Talk, 40% Music, News & Sport\nThe community radio station is independent, listener-driven with a strong governance structure in place. The Vision of this station is to be the most responsive, talked about and listened community radio station in all of its areas of broadcast.\nAddress : Suite 20211, 51 Leask Street, West End Building, Klerksdorp 2570 .", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 132, "original_length": 2005, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 263.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.zebakhan.com/blog/the-white-house-iftar-2-messages-2-notes-and-a-caveat", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:45:34Z", "digest": "sha1:5CNFSOFM5DGTIAP7FSBT5P2YOJL6U7GP", "length": 1900, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.zebakhan.com", "title": "The White House Iftar: 2 Messages, 2 Notes and a Caveat - Zeba Khan", "raw_content": "To those individuals who feel attendance at such an event would be morally or ethically compromising: Speak up. If there is a People\u2019s Eid Reception or some sort of protest reception, as there has been in the past, please attend. If you want to stand outside the White House to protest, do it. We need our communities in these spaces. We are part of this country as much as any other faith community and protest and civil disobedience are part of our heritage as American Muslims. Know that there will be some who will criticize your decision to protest. Take in the constructive criticism but ignore the rest.\nOne big caveat: Whatever your perspective, please limit your critiques to the decisions made and the actions taken. Don\u2019t let your criticism become about the individuals themselves as we've seen in the past. Nothing good or useful for our communities will come of that.\nNote #1: I felt honored to attend the White House Ramadan dinner a few years ago. My experience was an extremely positive one. As I later explained in an op-ed about the event, I left the dinner with the same criticisms of U.S. policies I had going in, but I also left feeling empowered by the highest political office in the country to go home and work on those same issues. But that is not a uniform experience. By contrast, although I was not in attendance, I found the President\u2019s remarks at the dinner 2 years ago to be deeply troubling and felt compelled as an American Muslim to speak up.\nNote #2: At the end of the day, this whole debate smells more than a bit elitist. Ultimately, we\u2019re spending a lot of time/community bandwidth fiercely debating something that will have very little to no impact on the day-to-day lives of most American Muslims. A debate about substantive issues that actually affect large swaths of our communities, say CVE, would be a far better use of our collective energy and attention.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 3181, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 266.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.zkoop.com/feeds/2018/3/1/water-testing-and-analysis-market-to-witness-exponential-growth-by-2024", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:31Z", "digest": "sha1:V4K5HIE4BYMYWVAATO27SBEAVPZCUAFL", "length": 3725, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.zkoop.com", "title": "Zkoop", "raw_content": "http://2fmail.zkoop.com/feeds/2018/3/1/water-testing-and-analysis-market-to-witness-exponential-growth-by-2024\nWater Testing and Analysi\nWater testing and analysis entails several and varied types of tests carried out to measure various attributes of water to determine its utility in various industries. Properties of water such as its radioactivity, turbidity, conductivity, dissolved gas content, and pH are examined in water testing and analysis. Water testing and analysis is primarily performed to determine the usability of water in industries such as chemicals, food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, electronics, power, and wastewater treatment. These industries have different requirements from water testing and analysis services, leading to the availability of a diverse range of water testing and analysis services in the global market.\nhttps://www.transparencymarketresearch.com/water-testing-analysis-market.html\nThe report studies the key segments and driving and restraining factors acting upon the global water testing and analysis market. The impact of each influential factor is examined and the hierarchy of the market by each criterion is provided in the report. The competitive dynamics of the global water testing and analysis market are also described in the report, with major players operating in the market profiled with respect to their business and financial details.\nThe global water testing and analysis market is driven primarily by the rising demand for water of the appropriate grade in the industries mentioned above. The increasing awareness about the quality of water in industries that directly influence human health, such as food and beverage and pharmaceuticals, is a major factor driving the global water testing and analysis services market. Rising regulatory support for maintaining high standards in water quality in the industries mentioned above is also a beneficial factor boosting the global water testing and analysis market, as is the rising attention being paid to the effects of disposed wastewater on human, animal, and overall ecological health in the surroundings of the disposal site.\nThe major opportunities for companies operating in the global water testing and analysis market arise in the form of the high unmet needs in the industries mentioned above, particularly in emerging economies. Despite the widespread water testing infrastructure and strict regulations put in place in developed countries, significant gaps still exist. The unmet need is even higher in developing countries, where regulatory support is often lacking in practice or sometimes even in theory. Capitalizing on these unmet needs remains a major opportunity for players operating in the global water testing and analysis market.\nDeveloped regions such as North America and Europe dominate the demand from the global water testing and analysis services market. The stringent water quality standards in these regions have forced players in several industry verticals to utilize water testing and analysis services, providing a strong boost to the market. North America is expected to remain the largest regional segment of the global water testing and analysis market, followed by Europe, during the forecast period.\nCurrently, developed countries are also major exporters of water testing and analysis technology to developing economies in regions such as Asia Pacific and the Middle East. In the near future, these regions are likely to become increasingly self-sufficient in matters of water testing and analysis. Aided by increasing government support, the market for water testing and analysis in Asia Pacific and Rest of the World is estimated to exhibit a strong CAGR in the near future.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 119, "original_length": 5878, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 219.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/Biology/estherWEBPAGE/ccehp/Water%20Quality/WELL.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:55Z", "digest": "sha1:QUJG25QREI6YEIMCMYP72X7SUYAZLSFK", "length": 1329, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www2.mcdaniel.edu", "title": "WELL", "raw_content": "Most of the water in Carroll Country which is used for human consumption is obtained from wells. Therefore, the way in which wells are constructed and the state in which the wells are maintained is extremely important. To ensure that your family will have safe and clean water you should follow their guidelines.\nIf your well does not have one of these well caps:\nThen most likely your well will look like this:\nInsects, especially earwigs, can carry bacterial contaminants, so caps are a good investment.\nAnother way that wells may be contaminated is from adjoining septic systems, whether your own or your neighbors.\nSeptic systems provide the necessary means of disposing human wastes when no municipal sewage systems are available. However, one must be careful when constructing a septic system for it cannot be placed too close to the area required for the well. Otherwise the septic system may pollute the household water.\nRefer to the Carroll County Health Department, Bureau of Environmental Health for precise regulations. Many factors go into determining the distances between wells and septic systems, including soil type and the topography of the land. Depending on one's location the requirements may differ.\nCompiled from brochures of Carroll County Health Department\nDavid Seydel /Western Maryland College....12/96", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 12, "original_length": 1396, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 296.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-haunted-garden.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:15:04Z", "digest": "sha1:ZXOYD6LBYENLDH7GF6CH3FJN5NNVHGTO", "length": 2204, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "wyrdbritain.blogspot.com", "title": "Wyrd Britain: The Haunted Garden", "raw_content": "'World's Beyond' was a late 1980's anthology television series of tales based on the archives of the Society for Psychical Research and it is perhaps the single most genteel and stereotypically 'English' thing I think I have ever watched.\nMoments after hearing what sounds suspiciously like a plane crash terminally ill English rose Jennifer (Judi Bowker) meets an American pilot named Ben (Alex Hyde-White) when he unexpectedly walks into her garden one afternoon. Their decision to marry sparks concern amongst her family and friends who have yet to even see hm let alone meet him - although the vicar thinks he does have a familiar sounding name - but they make plans for the wedding all the same.\nIt features a cast of rock solid jobbing actors such as Bowker whose earliest acting credits are listed as the unlikely sounding pairing of starring roles in 'The Adventures of Black Beauty' and Franco Zeffirelli's life of Saint Francis of Assisi 'Brother Sun, Sister Moon', Hyde-White who is perhaps most known to bad movie fans for playing Reed Richards in Roger Corman's never released movie 'The Fantastic Four' and Moray Watson who gets all the best lines here and whose innate poshness means he has a filmography littered with characters listed as 'Major...', 'Colonel...', 'Lord...' and 'Sir...' including as 'Sir Robert Muir' in the fifth Doctor serial 'Black Orchid'.\nThe final piece is a bit of an oddity. In many ways it feels like a throw back to a very different era which I suppose it is given where the source material came from but it is a gentle little oddity whose ending will leave you with many questions of a practical nature but it has a charm of it's own and it's all so terribly, terribly nice.\nLabels: ghosts, The Haunted Garden, TV Series, Worlds Beyond\nThe Metzinger Sisters 25 September 2018 at 21:00\nThanks for posting all these great BRitish television series reviews ( along with their video links ). I just discovered your blog today when doing a search for The Witches and the Grinnygog and you've already introduced me to a number of shows I never heard of. Keep up the good work!\nHello. Thank you for your kind comment. I'm very glad that you've found some new things.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 1075, "original_length": 24315, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 303.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://wyvernwargamers.org.uk/category/ww2/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:11Z", "digest": "sha1:F7Q7YKSQCFZSNQVUGEPVTG73WXKAIOUG", "length": 37, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "wyvernwargamers.org.uk", "title": "WW2 | Wyvern Wargamers", "raw_content": "You are browsing the archive for WW2.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 147, "original_length": 6575, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 232.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://yourmaltaweddingplanner.com/malta-gallery/valletta.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:14Z", "digest": "sha1:RNIEHUVI62SPU3NAGIND5EKK7LFYQNP7", "length": 3587, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "yourmaltaweddingplanner.com", "title": "Valletta and Valletta Weddings Malta | Pearl Wedding Planner Malta", "raw_content": "Valletta is the capital city of Malta and has a population of around 7000 people. The city is built on a peninsula situated on the southern east part of Malta. Built in the 16th century by the Knights of St. John, nowadays the city is an architectural mix of baroque, neoclassic and (in some areas) modern architecture. While strolling around the long straight roads of the city one cannot but admire the beautiful palaces, churches and gardens situated all around the city. Valletta has been declared a WHO heritage city on 1980 and recently has been proclaimed as the European Cultural City for 2018.\nThere are a number of attractions in Valletta which are worth a visit however the two must visit places are:\nGrandmaster Palace \u2013 The palace was one of the first buildings to be erected and is situated in the heart of this city. It was the official residence of a number of grandmasters over the years, then during the British rule it was the governor\u2019s residence and nowadays acts as the Maltese House of Representatives and the Office of the President of Malta. The works of a number of well known artists of that era can be admired throughout the palace. These include the works of Giuseppe Cali, Matteo Perez d\u2019Aleccio and Nicolau Nasoni.\nA must see while visiting the place is the armoury. This is housed in what was ones the grandmaster\u2019s stables and has one of the finest collections of armoury of the Knights of St. John era. A very interesting piece situated in the armoury is the Dragut\u2019s sword. Dragut was a fearless Ottoman Empire Admiral who lost his life while trying to win over Malta from the Knights of St. John ruling.\nSt. John Co Cathedral \u2013 This is by far the richest and most remarkable church in Malta. Designed by Gerolamo Cassar for the Knights of St. John, the church is a marvellous example of baroque architecture and art. The Co-Cathedral also houses two of the most prestigious works of Caravaggio: The beheading of Saint John the Baptist (the only signed painting of Caravaggio) and Saint Jerome Writing.\nWeddings in Valletta\nValletta offers numerous picture perfect locations to carry out a wedding function. The amazing buildings, the baroque styled gardens and the impressive bastions make an ideal backdrop for a fairytale wedding. Plus being that Valletta is built on a peninsula most places command great views of the Mediterranean Sea.\nFrom our experience of wedding planners in Valletta we can recommend three venues that offer the magical surrounds needed for a wedding as well as the quality service that we strive for.\nFeedback from some of our clients who had their wedding in Valletta\nLauren and Chris \u2013 I was wowed by the beauty of the garden surrounded by the bastions and the great views all around. Will never forget my Valletta wedding. Thanks to our wedding planners.\nFlavia and Paolo \u2013 One cannot find words to describe the mood created in our Valletta Wedding Venue. The building was some 400 years old and was restored to great detail. Dining and dancing their felt like travelling through time. The food, service and entertainment provided were top notch.\nMegan and Thor \u2013 Our Malta wedding was just as I pictured it. The historic setting created in the city of Valletta was perfect. The lush gardens which we picked for our wedding were amazing. The limestone gazebo, used for out civil ceremony, was decorated to great detail and the reception that followed was exquisite. 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Marketing is vital, but\u2026.. We all know by now the importance of social media as far as marketing our books is concerned. It\u2019s important to have a platform, with a few favourite sites where we interact with others. If you still have small followings, you might be complaining about too few likes, comments, or retweets, but I also see many overly stressed writers out there whose followings have grown, trying to move at light speed just to keep up with everything. I promise you though, you will reach a point where you can\u2019t keep up without pruning a little.\nHow many blog posts do you read every day? Times that you take to read an article vary. I\u2019ve timed a couple, and for me\u2026\nPrevious Previous post: \u201cCupids Arrow\u201d\nNext Next post: \u201cUndo\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 139, "original_length": 7632, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 305.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://1000dollarstartups.com/2015/12/31/learnings-from-the-management-consultant-if-you-have-a-question-ask/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:45Z", "digest": "sha1:DOIJIGBAJA6CJ5HGSQFQKBXJFFS2F5Q6", "length": 1467, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "1000dollarstartups.com", "title": "Learnings from the Management Consultant: If You Have a Question \u2013 Ask! | $1,000 Dollar Business Start-Ups", "raw_content": "Learnings from the Management Consultant: If You Have a Question \u2013 Ask!\n$1000 Business Start-Up, Business, Business skills, Entrepreneur, Low Cost Business Start, Low Cost Business Start-Up, Micro-Entrepreneur, Reduce business risk, Reduce business stress, Start a business\nThe fourth and final agreement in The Four Agreements, the book by Don Miguel Ruiz that spells out four agreements you make with yourself that, if followed, have a profound effect upon how you live your life and the influence other people have on you is \u201cIf you have a question \u2013 ask.\u201d\nWhen I find myself thinking, \u201cI wonder why he did that\u201d, or, \u201cWhat did she mean when she said that,\u201d I\u2019m reminded of this agreement. Most people prefer to be understood rather interpreted incorrectly. Some of the questions I\u2019ve asked clients over the years when I didn\u2019t feel comfortable are:\nAre we aligned on our goals?\nDo we have the same vision of what it looks like when it\u2019s done?\nHave I met (or exceeded) your expectations?\nHave I done well enough that you will do business with me in the future?\nIf not, what can I do to make it right?\nI\u2019ve found that asking for clarification can be the trigger for a conversation that leads to a deeper understanding, and just as importantly, prevents misunderstandings.\nAs a business owner it\u2019s essential you understand how your customer perceives the value of the product you\u2019re providing. 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The deranged man will stop at nothing to get his home\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 23, "original_length": 1018, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 330.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://3dprint.com/205772/3d-printing-vs-cnc-machining/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:18Z", "digest": "sha1:BBUNNFOQNO3YSPSBNHZQVFBAOZL6SGOD", "length": 4105, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "3dprint.com", "title": "3D Printing vs. CNC Machining: Advantages and Disadvantages | 3DPrint.com | The Voice of 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing", "raw_content": "3D Printing vs. CNC Machining: Advantages and Disadvantages\nby Clare Scott | Mar 8, 2018 | 3D Printing, Sponsored |\nWhen 3D printing began to become more of a mainstream technology, many people crowed about how it would replace traditional manufacturing techniques, making injection molding and CNC machining things of the past. That hasn\u2019t happened, and it\u2019s highly unlikely that it\u2019s going to happen. 3D printing is a wonderful technology on its own, but it has its limitations, and the same can be said for those other manufacturing methods. That\u2019s why it\u2019s better to think of all of them as complementary technologies, working individually and together to enhance the manufacturing ecosystem in their own ways.\nOn the surface, CNC machining and 3D printing look like complete opposites: one subtracts material, while the other adds it. Opposites attract, however, and CNC machining and 3D printing actually work extremely well together, which is why there is an increasing number of hybrid 3D printer/CNC machines on the market. 3D printers can print parts with finer detail and more complex geometry than CNC machines, and CNC mills can handle the post-processing required by most 3D printers, refining and cleaning up the final part.\n[Image: 3ERP]\nIf you\u2019re looking to go with only one technology, though, how do you decide which is better suited to your needs? As stated above, 3D printers tend to be better in terms of fine detail, while CNC machines are more commonly used for large structural components \u2013 although there has been a growing number of large-scale 3D printers capable of handling structural components recently.\n3D printers, overall, produce weaker parts than CNC machines \u2013 CNC milling cuts a part out of an already solid block of material, while 3D printing produces layers of material with a molecular bond that isn\u2019t as strong. Metal 3D printing is plagued by issues like porosity, which many researchers are attempting to solve. CNC machining is also faster than most 3D printers, although 3D printers are getting faster and faster as the technology advances.\n3D printing does have a wider range of potential applications, however. Just look at the medical field, for example. While CNC machining is still the preferred method in the industry because it more reliably produces the kind of durability and precision needed for medical devices, you can\u2019t CNC mill human tissue, or machine tiny, complex pills and tablets containing life-saving medication.\nThe aerospace industry has been incorporating 3D printing more into its manufacturing processes lately, thanks to the technology\u2019s ability to create extremely complex parts. Aerospace is a perfect example of an industry in which 3D printing and CNC machining can nicely complement each other \u2013 CNC machining\u2019s capability for strength and size alongside 3D printing\u2019s geometric flexibility make the two methods well-suited to working alongside each other to make engine parts and structural components.\nChinese company 3ERP understands the value of both 3D printing and CNC machining, and offers both technologies among its numerous other services. In terms of CNC machining, 3ERP provides a wide range of options: milling, turning, EDM (electrical discharge manufacturing), wire EDM, and surface grinding. It has 3-, 4- and 5-axis CNC machining centers, and can manufacture metal or plastic parts in a matter of days. On average, the company returns quotes within 24 hours, ships parts within seven days, and has a 99% on time delivery and quality rate.\n3ERP 3D prints in plastic and metal, as well, and can produce anywhere from one to more than 50 parts. According to 3ERP, customers can save up to 50% in costs by going with its 3D printing services.\nRegardless of whether you decide to go with CNC machining or 3D printing for your parts, it\u2019s important to remember the benefits of both technologies, and how they can work together and by themselves to produce quality components.\nTagged with: 3ERP \u2022 cnc machining \u2022 cnc milling \u2022 hybrid 3D printers \u2022 rapid prototyping\nWhy Use Rapid Prototyping in Product Development?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 123, "original_length": 9625, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 224.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://99designs.co.uk/blog/tips/how-to-understand-and-handle-typical-client-feedback/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:34Z", "digest": "sha1:HDEI7RKCO7MRKI64V7KVZYJKKPORVIOX", "length": 5357, "nlines": 35, "source_domain": "99designs.co.uk", "title": "How to understand and handle typical client feedback -", "raw_content": "6 ways to better understand and handle client feedback\n\u201cWe love it! Don\u2019t change a thing!\u201d\nWhen was the last time you heard that? If you\u2019re like me, you probably don\u2019t remember. No matter how good of a designer you are, clients always have a thing to say about your work and it\u2019s not always pretty. Knowing how to handle different types of feedback can take a lot of stress away from your shoulders. It all comes down to problem solving and some common sense.\nHere\u2019s how to deal with some of those typical client scenarios.\n1. \u201cOkay\u2026 let\u2019s move this over here. Put that over there\u2026\u201d\nPhoto: Nic\u2019s events (via Flickr)\nIt\u2019s a big red flag if your client starts rearranging the layout for you. You need to stop and investigate because nothing good will come out of it.\nWhen you get this kind of feedback, it usually means two things: there is something very wrong with the layout and the client is trying to fix it himself (easy to solve), OR you\u2019re dealing with a rare case of a client-designer who likes to take all designer things into their own hands (start running).\nTo figure out what is going on behind the scenes, say something along these lines:\n\u201cThank you very much for your feedback. Can you please give me your general opinion on the design, what you like and dislike, in addition to the specific changes you requested? This will help me do a better job next time.\u201d\n9 out of 10 times, this will make the client think again and give you some high quality feedback you can really use to take your design to the next level. If not\u2026 hey, at least you tried, right?\n2. \u201cLooks nice, but it\u2019s not really our style\u201d\nIn other words, you\u2019re a good designer but you missed the point.\nWhen this happens, you need to figure out what really makes the client tick and what their style is. Before asking questions, re-read the brief and see if you missed any important points \u2013 there\u2019s nothing clients hate more than designers who ask questions already answered in the brief.\nIf this doesn\u2019t help, try some of these strategies:\nFind examples of two to three design styles which might work for the project, and ask the client for feedback. Usually, one of them will strike a chord and you\u2019ll get a new sense of direction.\nIf you\u2019re dealing with a client who is a good communicator, ask them to describe the style in terms of personality \u2014 things like serious, funny, excited, mysterious, glamorous, or easy going can be extremely helpful in pinpointing the style\nHave the client tell you which popular brand or company has the similar style they\u2019re after. They\u2019ll usually find two to three great examples you can draw inspiration from\nIn any case, be prepared to work on a completely different proposal from the one they saw \u2013 changing the style usually means changing the concept.\n3. \u201cWe just don\u2019t like it / understand it\u201d\nFantastic! Believe me \u2013 this is probably the best feedback you can get, apart from \u201cWe love it!\u201d\nWhen client tells you he hates your design, it usually means you had a very strong idea which simply did not resonate well with them\u2026 it bounced off. Their feedback will probably give you plenty of other insights, such as \u201cit\u2019s too dark / bright\u201d, \u201cdoesn\u2019t look serious\u201d, \u201csends the wrong message\u201d and so on.\nThe message here is clear \u2013 just flip their negative comments in the mirror and you\u2019ll know exactly what to do. Looks to dark? Make it brighter. Doesn\u2019t look serious enough? Tighten it up a bit. You get the idea.\nNever let the negative feedback ruin your motivation. Yes it hurts like hell but at least you know exactly what NOT to do \u2013 an advantage many other designers don\u2019t have.\n4. \u201cWe love it! Could you just replace apples with oranges?\u201d\nThis is a double-edged sword situation. The client loves your work but wants to make a significant change to the part which makes it so enticing, or worse, to the part which makes the idea work in the first place.\nIn most cases, you should listen and make the change \u2013 not because it will be better but because you want the client to see that the design actually looks worse now.\nIf that doesn\u2019t happen, however, do your best to convince them to go back to the original idea they liked, or if that\u2019s not an option, convince them to work on a new idea. There\u2019s nothing worse than seeing a Frankenstein design \u2013 a good idea made from all the wrong things.\nYes, silence is feedback and it\u2019s the worst type you can get.\nUnless your client suddenly went on a 2 week vacation in Tibet, silence means you did a poor job and your design simply isn\u2019t worth commenting on. When this happens, take a deep, long breath and accept the reality.\nDid you really do to the best of your ability? If yes, move on and keep learning. If not, think long and hard about how you\u2019re going to fix things, then create a completely new design. Whatever the case, understand that silence means just one thing \u2013 work harder.\n6. Understanding client feedback\nKnowing how to take and handle the feedback you get can mean success or failure in the design industry. For that reason, make sure you understand different types of situations and that you are handling them like a professional.\nScenarios described above will help you identify most common cases but over time, you\u2019ll identify some of your own. When you do, or if you already have, make sure to let us know!\nDo you have your own rules for handling client feedback?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 218, "original_length": 9246, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 333.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://9mousai.com/first-movie-ever-made/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:10:47Z", "digest": "sha1:EOW4JTIFAFR3WEP2KJLJW4ZU4BLSFHYZ", "length": 4438, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "9mousai.com", "title": "What was the First Film Ever Made? \u00ab 9Mousai", "raw_content": "Home/Film & TV/What was the First Film Ever Made?\nContrary to popular opinion, The Wizard of Oz (1939) wasn\u2019t the first film ever made. Nor for that matter was Cecil B. DeMille\u2019s The Ten Commandments (1923). Although both are epic productions \u2013 arguably the former more cinematically impressive than the latter \u2013 there\u2019s a portion of movies that were knocking around for almost half a century before their release.\nFor instance, the Lumiere Brothers\u2019 Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat was made way back in 1896 and is regarded as one of the most enduring images of early cinema. However, some film geeks have questioned the authenticity of the Lumiere siblings\u2019 claim that their \u2018actuality\u2019 films were the first, and instead point to French inventor Louis Le Prince\u2019s 2.11-second masterpiece titled Roundhay Garden Scene (1888). Incidentally, Le Prince himself disappeared under suspicious circumstances before filing the patent for his invention.\nConspiracy theories aside, another person also enters the fray, themselves harbouring the notion that they are responsible for creating the world\u2019s first film. Step forward Englishman Eadweard Muybridge, who in 1878 \u2013 two decades before the aforementioned events taking place on the continent \u2013 produced a moving image titled The Horse in Motion. Frequenting multiple cameras, Muybridge answered the call of a Californian senator and railroad tycoon, who wanted to know if a horse ever had all four hooves off the ground at the same time when in full gallop. A perfectly reasonable question for the time, from a man who went on to establish the world-renowned Stanford University.\nBut the plot thickens further as another even more famous name crops up when the conversation turns to who made the first ever film, and that person is American inventor Thomas Edison. Perhaps better known as the creator of the incandescent electric light bulb and the phonograph, Edison also crafted a camera device capable of producing a motion picture, which included a peephole viewing assemblage. Edison manufactured the Kinetoscope in 1892, and a year later the results were given their first public airing. In 1894, Edison\u2019s films were exhibited in public screenings in New York City.\nAnother motion picture, which as far as we can establish also jostles for attention as the first film ever made (and was pieced together back in 1895 by Lumiere sibling, Louis), goes by the title of Sortie de l\u2019usine Lumi\u00e8re de Lyon. Broadly-speaking, many have consigned this to the (web) pages of celluloid history as \u2018the first film ever made\u2019. Which is all well and good, save for the underlying fact that Le Prince\u2019s celluloid offering dates to the year 1888 \u2013 October, to be exact, where it\u2019s documented that a family gathered in the garden in the Leeds suburb of Roundhay to become part of a moving picture. And that\u2019s because featured prominently among this group was Louis Le Prince himself, who had in his possession that day a curious mahogany box. Comfortable in the company of his son, parents-in-law, and a close friend, an enthusiastic Le Prince instructed those in attendance to stand in front of the box and walk in a circle. As history clearly denotes, the resultant \u2018film\u2019 was captured several years before Edison and the Lumiere Brothers came onto the scene. Le Prince also used his single-lens camera to film people and carriages on Leeds Bridge, as well as his son Adolphe playing the accordion.\nTheoretically, while Le Prince was responsible for creating what was, for all intents and purpose the world\u2019s first film, he never got the opportunity to bask in the radiance of his invention due to disappearing off the face of the earth after that. And seemingly without a trace. That being said, the circumstances in which he disappeared remain a constant source of speculation to this day, with some (his widow, Lizzie, primarily) pointing the finger at Edison \u2013 who she believed had her husband murdered to remove his rival from the equation. Others are under the impression Le Prince took his life due to being on the verge of bankruptcy. Meanwhile, there are those who think he disappeared Lord Lucan-like to start a new life, or that his brother Albert killed him in a row over their mother\u2019s will. What isn\u2019t up for debate is the fact that had Le Prince survived, then he would have undoubtedly delivered the successes that Edison and then the Lumiere\u2019s did, only years before them, of course.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 72, "original_length": 6409, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 207.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://aballeteducation.com/2017/03/22/with-ballet-in-my-soul/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:13Z", "digest": "sha1:HGJDLAJFMYSFM7JLOCCE6Y2T6MDCASJ7", "length": 3119, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "aballeteducation.com", "title": "With Ballet In My Soul\u2026 \u2013 A Ballet Education", "raw_content": "With Ballet In My Soul\u2026\nThis morning I was able to sit down and read With Ballet in my Soul: Adventures of a Globetrotting Impresario by Eva Maze. You can pre-order it on Amazon by clicking here. It should be released April 1 on Amazon.com. Who is Eva Maze? How is she relevant to ballet? Well if you don\u2019t know what an impresario is, it is someone who usually helps financially back a performance, creation or company. She has a massive career of helping organize performances all around the world for companies like Alvin Ailey. This easy, witty read is set against the context of each place she created in. From exotic India to Paris to settling down in Sarasota, this travel narrative takes you through a side of dance history that is often forgotten about or not talked about. We often forget that to produce a show it costs a ridiculous sum of money, and this book is a sweet reminder of that history. A reminder of how a single woman could be responsible for hundreds of programs over a 40-year time span and live a very happy life\u2026 all because she loves ballet.\nSo, this morning, I didn\u2019t go to ballet class as I needed to catch up on work for the blog, and I realized, I really do need to start applying for jobs that I actually want\u2026 Or, I need to finish this book and become a New York Times Best Seller\u2026 or who knows\u2026 Anyways, this morning, I sat down and decided to read this book that Moonstone Press had sent. It was quite an easy read with beautiful photos, historical programs, and at times flamboyant personalities. It was a great way to start my morning\u2026\nThis was followed by rolling out my body because my body has decided to tense up like a clam before a clam bake. This was also followed by scrolling through Instagram making me miss my hot body\u2026 This was then followed by me drawing a gluttony illustration, which led to the entire set of deadly sins\u2026 Which then made me go onto the Fashion Illustration group I run on facebook and realized I have neglected the 18k members of that group, and so I answered like 50+ emails\u2026 Then my eyes started to hurt, so I decided to take a nap. What was supposed to be like an hour nap turned into a three-hour nap, making me miss my window of opportunity to take evening ballet class\u2026 So now, fat panda has to haul his butt to the gym and stretch and work out there. Normally, I would freak out about gyms, but I go to a very private gym and no one is ever there.\nOn another note\u2026 So I have decided that I should actually probably start practicing how to draw\u2026 I am self-taught, so I thought I should actually start practicing and paying attention to things\u2026 Then I gave up and decided I should stick to doodling and fashion illustrations. Faces are just way too hard\u2026\nAlso, if you are following me on Instagram\u2026 This week\u2019s theme happens to be cakes\u2026 You will be able to shop these illustrations at the end of the week when I finished the series. (SHOP NOW)\nCategories: RamblingsTags: ava maze, ballerina, ballet book, book release, book review, With Ballet in my Soul\nPrevious Post Previous post:Happy 30th Birthday to me\u2026\nNext Post NOTES ON ROND DE JAMBE\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 77, "original_length": 4900, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 335.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://abduzeedo.com/daily-design-inspiration-577", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:33Z", "digest": "sha1:BDVOD57IO3ET7GHRAMEQY26QT2EAVLAC", "length": 332, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "abduzeedo.com", "title": "Daily Design Inspiration", "raw_content": "For this Daily we are selecting in photography, graphic design, branding and more. Our goal is to diversify the types of work and in the future we can perhaps categorize them in different sections. For now we are going to stick to the simple format of images and links. I hope you enjoy and share with use via Twitter or our Tumblr.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 41, "original_length": 2502, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 257.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://abiaonline.com.ng/2018/11/21/ifa-priest-advocates-traditional-oath-taking-for-public-officers/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:40:37Z", "digest": "sha1:Y22YRSFLLKKKPYAPAWWWCACRGLG47PRO", "length": 2193, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "abiaonline.com.ng", "title": "Ifa priest advocates traditional oath-taking for public officers \u2013 Abia Online", "raw_content": "An Ifa priest, Chief Fashola Faniyi, has advocated the swearing in of public officers through traditional oath.\nFaniyi, who is also the Founder of the Ancestral Pride Foundation (APF), an NGO, spoke on Wednesday on the side line of a news conference to mark the first anniversary of the foundation in Ota, Ogun.\nThe foundation was established to promote African socio-cultural heritage.\nThe Ifa priest argued that as long as government at all levels refuses to recognise traditional religion alongside Christianity and Islam, true change would be difficult to achieve in the country.\nFaniyi said \u201cWhy can\u2019t we swear in our public officers through traditional methods such as the god of iron and the god of thunder to mention just a few.\n\u201cWhy must our president and governors take oath of office only with the Bible and Quran?\u2019\u2019\nFaniyi noted that politicians know the implications of swearing with traditional gods \u201cbecause it will result in instant punishment when they indulge in\nsin or immorality.\u2019\u2019\nHe implored Nigerians to change their perception of traditional beliefs and practices.\n\u201cPeople believe that most of our traditional practices are fetish and this is not true,\u2019\u2019 he said.\nHe also said that the foundation was established to assist the less privileged as well as for the promotion of African traditional beliefs.\nFaniyi further said that the foundation had concluded plans to donate items worth over N500, 000 to orphanages in Ota and its environs.\nHe said the foundation would also introduce Yoruba quiz competition in both primary and secondary schools in Ota.\nFaniyi, however, appealed to parents to always speak their indigenous languages to their children at home.\n\u201cMajority of the children today cannot communicate in their local languages and this does not portray a good image of our culture,\u2019\u2019 he added.\nHe further urged the nation\u2019s film makers to take urgent measures to portray indigenous culture in positive ways in order to change the orientation of the people.\nNext article THE EAGLE HAS LANDED: The first ever automated shoe factory in Nigeria to be launched in Abia\nPrevious article Jonathan Reveals Those Who Advised Him Not To Concede Defeat To Buhari In 2015", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 133, "original_length": 6071, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 308.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://abk.eahli.com/abk/CSR.aspx?id=20170602001", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:21:16Z", "digest": "sha1:XNZYYQAUDKLACNBQLNRG64K33SAUBNMK", "length": 1629, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "abk.eahli.com", "title": "Corporate Social Responsibility | Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait K.S.C.P.", "raw_content": "On the occasion of the Holy month of Ramadan and in line with its activities planned for this year, Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) made a donation to the Kuwait Blind Association, in its efforts to provide the visually impaired with the Holy Quran in Braille.\nThe Bank\u2019s main CSR focus since 2016 has been special needs which stems from its strong belief in the importance of creating equal opportunities for individuals with special needs and raising awareness among Kuwait\u2019s society.\nThe donation was presented by Mr. Fawzy Al Thunayan; ABK\u2019s General Manager of Board Affairs, to Mr. Fahad Al Enzi, Board Member and Head of the Cultural Committee at the Kuwait Blind Association.\nCommenting on this initiative, Mr. Fawzy Al Thunayan said: \u201cEnsuring that every Muslim individual has access to the Holy Quran, despite any physical disabilities, is our duty as a socially responsible entity. There are so many different forms of giving that can be adopted by individuals and companies alike, simple acts of giving during this time of year is even more special as we aim to offer a sense of serenity and peace across every home in Kuwait\u201d.\nMr. Fahad Al Enzi expressed his appreciation to ABK for its support on behalf of the Kuwait Blind Association and every visually impaired individual that will be able to benefit from this contribution.\nThis is one of a series of initiatives embraced by the Bank this year. The Bank also recently distributed relief packages in collaboration with the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS), whereby relief packages containing non \u2013perishable food items were distributed to underprivileged families.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 166, "original_length": 4548, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 229.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://aboutbasquecountry.eus/en/2016/05/12/is-basque-culture-disappearing-in-idaho/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:42:19Z", "digest": "sha1:DWSM47EWLOLENLRGN4SIDK6VN2UZH2YQ", "length": 7208, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "aboutbasquecountry.eus", "title": "Is Basque culture disappearing in Idaho? | About Basque Country", "raw_content": "Home The World and the Basques Basques in the world Is Basque culture disappearing in Idaho?\nIs Basque culture disappearing in Idaho?\nOne of the newspapers that most discusses Basques in the US is the Idaho Statesman, which we\u2019ve cited in our blog regularly. Recently, it\u2019s published an article by Eric Quitugua that has taken us by surprise.\nThanks to the large number of news stories we\u2019ve collected related to the Basques in Idaho, we\u2019ve always gotten the feeling that Basque culture was alive and well, and still connected to its roots, and that the Basque community, while integrating quite well into its new land, was also able to maintain a connection to its roots and homeland.\nAnd that\u2019s why this article\u2019s tone and message have so surprised us. Apart from the fact that there were some basic conceptual mistakes, especially about the history and definition of the Basque Country the immigrants come from as \u201can autonomous area of the Pyrenees Mountains in northern Spain and southern France\u201d or Basque pelota as having \u201cmorphed into jai alai in Florida, Nevada and parts of New England\u201d.\nObviously, we don\u2019t live in that part of the US, but we get the feeling that, even with all the difficulties such a small culture has in a country as big as the US, the Basque heritage is still strong in that part of the world. The existence of a Basque Museum and Cultural Center, a Basque language school, or an event as big as the Jaialdi, leads us to that conclusion.\nIt\u2019s true that there is change and evolution, just like what happens in any immigrant community; even the Basque culture in its homeland is changing. And of course many of the immigrants\u2019 children are no longer shephers, but businessmen, doctors, or politicians\u2013it\u2019s normal.\nWhat might be happening, as Meggan Laxalt Mackey explained so well in her research for her \u201cMaster\u2019s of Applied Historical Research\u201d at the Department of History at Boise State University, is that in Boise, something that is very common to all immigrant groups is happening: the distancing by the second generation feels from its roots, and the third generation\u2019s return to them.\nAnd the cultural evolution happening in the Basque Country itself also shows that we\u2019re going from \u201cBasques by birth\u201d to \u201cBasques by choice\u201d.\nAlongside the article from the Idaho Statesman, we also have an article by an American from Nevada who lives in the Basque Country\nIdaho Statesman \u2013 11/5/2016 \u2013 USA\nCultural identity fades among Idaho\u2019s second-generation Basque immigrants\nHenry Etcheverry whistled, and a row of sheep dashed down a fenced dirt path. On the other end, two men branded the freshly sheared animals. It was late morning on St. Patrick\u2019s Day, exactly 13 years after Etcheverry\u2019s father, Jean Pierre, died. The man from Bidarray in the French Basque Country was one of the big sheep outfit owners at the peak of Basque immigration to Minidoka County. In those days, sheep outnumbered people.\nThe reflections of an American expat in the Basque Country, responding to Eric Quitugua\u2019s article on the fading of Basque Culture in Idaho\nMr Quitugua, Basque Culture Isn\u2019t Dying, It\u2019s Just Evolving\nBeing an immigrant can sometimes be quite hard. Right after graduating from the University of Nevada, Reno, I moved to Bilbao, in the Basque Country, where I\u2019d spent a semester abroad. I\u2019d fallen in love: with the land, the people, the food, the weather (I grew up in a desert), and that special someone. But despite having a house, a car, friends, and my better half waiting to receive me, I had a lot of adapting to do. Bilbao is not Reno.\nI had to learn how that shop owners don\u2019t feel the need to open for their customers\u2019 convenience, and that it\u2019s literally impossible to get anything between 2pm and 5pm. I had to learn how friends can\u2019t meet up for business without have a wine or two before getting to work, and another couple after. I had to learn how to use public transportation since gasoline and parking are so outrageously expensive. I\u2019m still trying, 11 years later, to figure out celsius (22\u00ba just sounds so cold!).\nAnd along the way I\u2019ve lost a lot of customs that I held dear back home. Thanksgiving has been reduced to a couple turkey breasts and mashed potatoes I can whip up in 20 minutes because I have to get up early for work on Friday. The Fourth of July, I do get to go to the American restaurant, although their interpretations of actual American food can be a little off (at least I get free refills on the soda\u2013another thing they don\u2019t do here!). The practice of driving literally everywhere I\u2019ve also had to abandon\u2013one tires rather quickly of driving in circles for an hour to find a parking spot my (rather smaller) car can fit in. And that reminds me\u2013I even had to adopt the idea that a Toyota Corolla is a midsize; the thought of buying anything bigger sends chills down my spine.\nI\u2019ve been able to keep alive my language only because I\u2019ve ended up as an English-as-a-Second-Language teacher\u2013but even it has been \u201ccorrupted\u201d by eleven years of students\u2019 mistakes. And given the high value placed on English in the school system here, any kids I have would undoubtedly learn it (alongside Spanish and Basque). But that would be due to the strength of the English language on the world scene; were my native tongue anything else, my kids would probably never learn it. It\u2019s normal\u2013it\u2019s a lot of effort for very little reward. And honestly, one can take part in the culture even in a different language. I\u2019ve only just started learning Basque, but I\u2019ve been a participant in Basque events since my arrival.\nI guess what I\u2019m trying to say is that it\u2019s impossible for a foreign culture to cross an ocean and maintain itself intact, especially when the immigrant community is small. But just because certain elements are fading away does not mean that the culture is dying, it means it\u2019s evolving (if it\u2019s not, that means it\u2019s isolated itself into a ghetto and not integrating). So the kids don\u2019t learn the Basque language, or feel up to the task of cooking 350 pounds of lamb to feed 100 people\u2013there are other ways of celebrating their culture, even if that\u2019s just going to the local Basque festival. And it\u2019s also quite normal for the children of immigrants to feel a much looser connection to their parents\u2019 homeland. We don\u2019t have to worry, though\u2013their kids, the immigrants\u2019 grandkids, will pick up the slack and keep it alive. Ms. Megan Laxalt Mackey wrote an excellent thesis on the topic at Boise State University.\nWhat we do need to focus on, though, is finding out what elements of the culture can thrive in the new environment and promote them. And we must also not be afraid of innovation; indeed, we should celebrate it. Because, just like I started turning Basque when I arrived at Bilbao Airport (I stopped being \u201cJohnny\u201d and became \u201cJohntxu\u201d), the immigrants\u2019 culture stopped being 100% pure Basque when they walked off the plane\u2013let\u2019s find out where the community\u2019s new wonderful hybrid culture goes.\nJohn R. Bopp\nPrevious articleA Basque-speaking Colombian writes in the Cervantes Institute of Sao Paulo\u2019s students\u2019 blog: \u201cBasque: the language that laughs at time\u201d\nNext articleA book about a Basque from Saladillo, Argentina", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 196, "original_length": 12672, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 252.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://acfp.com/anthonys-coal-fired-pizza-rallies-support-around-ciani-jerez/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:23:08Z", "digest": "sha1:NII5XZVITUUUP5J6G53STW6GYGYEGAW2", "length": 1794, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "acfp.com", "title": "Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza Rallies Support Around Ciani Jerez - Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza", "raw_content": "February 9, 2017.What's Happening\nPEMBROKE PINES (CBSMiami) \u2013 The saying goes, \u201cit takes a village,\u201d and in Pembroke Pines, the village is composed of mostly teenagers from Flanagan High and a favorite teacher, Mr. Schilling.\nJust a few months ago, 15-year-old Ciani Jerez was diagnosed with Hodgkin\u2019s Lymphoma. Since then, the support from her Flanagan family has been nonstop.\n\u201cWhen Ciani was first diagnosed with cancer, everybody wanted to do something,\u201d said Chad Schilling. \u201cAnd it wasn\u2019t just one class, it was all the classes.\u201d\nSchilling set up an all-day event Wednesday at Anthony\u2019s Coal Fired Pizza in Pembroke Pines. Twenty-percent of the sales would go to Ciani\u2019s medical fund.\nThis was on the same day she completed the third of four chemo cycles.\nBy Wednesday night, and with doctor\u2019s permission, Ciani, her brother and her father passed by to say thank you to their village.\n\u201cFor so much love to be surrounding me and my family has truly amazed me throughout this whole process,\u201d Ciani said. \u201cThere aren\u2019t enough words in the world to describe that feeling.\u201d\nHer brother, Armani Jerez, who is also a Flanagan student, has received support from his track team. They raised money for his sister by selling T-shirts.\n\u201cIt\u2019s just amazing to see how the community can give back to one person, you know,\u201d he said. \u201cThey don\u2019t even have to know Ciani, but they just come out here just to support.\u201d\nCiani\u2019s father says with everything going on in our country, the support his family is seeing is encouraging.\n\u201cYou have people of different backgrounds, ethnicities, race, religion, but you know we\u2019re all part of one race and that\u2019s the human race,\u201d said David Jerez. \u201cThat\u2019s what counts. That we all stick together and step up for each other and help each other out no matter who it is.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 116, "original_length": 4600, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 201.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://adavidjohnson.com/tag/george-w-bush/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:49Z", "digest": "sha1:MZSNFZ2YSONJ2ELX5PQ3O2TYYIUCHRJ4", "length": 3170, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "adavidjohnson.com", "title": "George W. Bush \u2013 ADJ", "raw_content": "Racism toward President Obama\nSeveral years ago, at the height of the first wave of gasoline-price hysteria, an older white man came into the convenience store I worked at complaining about a lot of stuff. Real salt-of-the-earth type fellow, had a twang and maybe even cowboy boots on, although I may just be adding stuff I wish were true to my memory upon recall.\nThe only reason I remember this grumbler, as opposed to the dozens of others that came through each day, was that he suggested, apparently quite seriously, that George W. Bush be strung up and hung \u2019til death.\nThe man may be racist, and considering his age I wouldn\u2019t be surprised, but there was nothing racist about him suggesting a lynching of a U.S. president. If he felt the same way about Barack Obama, of course, most people and establishments would consider it totally unacceptable.\nThe New York Post incident with the cartoon chimp getting shot was the same sort of thing where for eight years George W. Bush was outright drawn as a chimp caricature, called stupid and uneducated \u2014 every Texan/Southern stereotype you could think of. We know it would not be acceptable to do the same thing with black stereotypes and Barack Obama (except to call him \u201ccool\u201d and \u201cstylin'\u201d).\nYou may say, \u201cWell, Barack Obama was never part of the stereotypically black culture, so it would be absurd to mock him in that way.\u201d George Bush is not in any way a cowboy and only marginally a Texan, but it was safe to put a hat on him and set him on a horse for an editorial cartoon.\nI\u2019m not saying geographic discrimination is anything like racial discrimination historically, or that a white Southerner is less likely to get a job than a minority solely based on that. But as many racists are there are who hate \u201cthat \u2014\u2014 spending our money,\u201d publicly I can almost guarantee that Obama will receive less personal criticism than Bush, because it was safe to call Bush an imbecile, fascist, and child molester in ways it probably will never be to criticize Obama, unless you\u2019re Rush Limbaugh or have his fanbase.\nadavidjohnson\tThe Other Day\tLeave a comment April 30, 2009 December 20, 2018 1 Minute\nThere\u2019s something to be said for leaving a bit to the imagination\nIn his suicide note, rocker Kurt Cobain, quoting Neil Young, said \u201cit\u2019s better to burn out than fade away.\u201d I imagine it\u2019s nice to catch alight at all. I\u2019d rather almost anything but fizzle out, but then whoever lived up to expectations?\nI\u2019ve always hated the 19th century Romantic poet John Keats. If he isn\u2019t it, he\u2019s at least in the conversation of greatest English poets. \u201cLa Belle Dame Sans Merci\u201d and \u201cThe Eve of St. Agnes\u201d are really good stuff, by any measure, and \u201cOde on a Grecian Urn\u201d gave us one of the handful of all time wonderful poetic lines: \u201cBeauty is truth, truth beauty \u2013 that is all ye know on earth and all ye need know.\u201d He died at 25 and has haunted high school students and their exams ever since.\nTwenty-five! And famous forever. How could you not hate him?\nContinue reading \u201cThere\u2019s something to be said for leaving a bit to the imagination\u201d \u2192\nadavidjohnson\tThe Other Day\tLeave a comment March 10, 2009 February 13, 2017 2 Minutes", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 53, "original_length": 9119, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 288.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://adc.wlu.ca/activedata/EventList.aspx?fromdate=2/28/2017&todate=2/28/2017&view=DateTime&display=Day&type=public", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:44Z", "digest": "sha1:5JNGRFNINV7NGWMTF6U2QDP72WMPTO36", "length": 2257, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "adc.wlu.ca", "title": "Wilfrid Laurier University - Date/Time View", "raw_content": "10:00 AM - 3:30 PM Poli Sci Book Sale\nReturning by popular demand!\nFollowing the success of our January Book Sale, we are once again seeking book donations for another sale. All donations would be greatly appreciated. Pick-up service available!\nCome support our 50th anniversary legacy fund at our Book Sale where you'll find books of all kinds, from all genres, on sale, for $1, $2 or $3. All proceeds will help contribute to experiential learning (field trips, etc.) for our students!\nWith thanks in advance to all of our donors, our customers and especially our Association of Political Science Students for all their assistance!\n2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Citing insights: tools to help you cite\nLearn how two citation and document management tools (Zotero and Mendeley) can help keep your research work organized and save you time when you need to prepare properly formatted bibliographies and in-text citations.\n4:00 PM - 5:00 PM MS2Discovery Interdisciplinary Research Institute Seminar\nLorenzo Fatibene, University of Turin, Italy\nSince 2011 Lorenzo Fatibene is a full professor of Mathematical Physics at the Department of Mathematics \u201cGiuseppe Peano\u201d of the University of Torino (Italy). He has a degree in Physics (1992) and a PhD in Mathematics (1999) and he has been a researcher at the University of Torino between 1999 and 2011. His research interests are in geometrical methods for field theory, variational calculus and conservation laws in generally covariant and gauge theories. Recently, he is investigating extended theories of gravitation and their applications to astrophysical and cosmological models.\nExtended Theories of Gravitation\nWe shall introduce Extended Theories of Gravitation which extend standard General Relativity by allowing geometries on spacetime more general than the usual Lorentzian metric structure. Palatini f(R)-theories are considered as an example and application. Their ability to model dark matter and dark energy as the effect of modified dynamics of gravitational field rather than fundamental matter fields and applications to cosmology will be discussed.\nFurther details are at https://www.ms2discovery.wlu.ca/seminar/17_02_28.html.\nFor more information please visit us at https://ms2discovery.wlu.ca/ms2events.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 203, "original_length": 8451, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 270.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://afonsorealestate.com/Holliston.asp", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:18:52Z", "digest": "sha1:NOQMF63ZVWF7H3GMMTQ5H5O6DRZ75KIO", "length": 2080, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "afonsorealestate.com", "title": "AFONSO REAL ESTATE, INC. | Milford MA Real Estate, Upton MA Real Estate, and surrounding towns", "raw_content": "Holliston, MA Town Information\nSingle Family homes for sale in Holliston, MA\nMulti Family homes for sale in Holliston, MA\nCondos for sale Holliston, MA\nRentals for sale in Holliston, MA\nLand for sale in Holliston, MA\nCommercial Properties for sale in Holliston, MA\nForeclosures for sale in Holliston, MA\nOpen Houses in Holliston, MA\nHolliston, MA Community Info\nHolliston is a New England town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States in the Greater Boston area. The population was 13,547 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Massachusetts region, located due west of Boston, that is known as the MetroWest. Holliston is the only town in Middlesex County that borders both Norfolk and Worcester counties.\nOnce populated by factories and farms up until the latter part of the nineteenth century, Holliston has now transformed itself into a bedroom community for Boston and the Route 128 and Route 495 technology belts. Holliston is known for its quaint Town Center with its Fiske's General Store, the Superette, numerous antique shops and boutiques, Carnegie public library, town hall, and white-steepled churches. Numerous white antique colonial, Greek revival, and Victorian homes with well-manicured lawns dot the landscape along Washington Street (Massachusetts Route 16), with Holliston Center and the Town Green wedged in between\u2014a scene reminiscent of the distinctive New England character.\nAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 19.0 square miles (49 km2), of which 18.7 square miles (48 km2) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km2) is water. Water covers 1.73% of the town's total area. The Charles River passes near the southern region of town.\nAs of the census of 2000, there were 13,801 people, 4,795 households, and 3,842 families residing in the town. The population density was 737.8 people per square mile (284.8/km\u00b2). There were 4,868 housing units at an average density of 260.2 per square mile (100.5/km\u00b2).\nImage: \"Arch Bridge, Holliston MA\" by John Phelan - Own work. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 71, "original_length": 3270, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 149.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://africaneyereport.com/integrity-in-devt-projects-afdb-bans-cameroonian-firm-for-fraudulent-practices/?share=google-plus-1", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:24Z", "digest": "sha1:FDYZQSJ6ROD2J2P3D6MKBHZOSJCGNS2N", "length": 1550, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "africaneyereport.com", "title": "Integrity in Dev\u2019t Projects: AfDB Bans Cameroonian Firm for Fraudulent Practices - African Eye Report | African Eye Report", "raw_content": "Integrity in Dev\u2019t Projects: AfDB Bans Cameroonian Firm for Fraudulent Practices\nPresident AfDB, Akinwumi Adesina speaking at bank\u2019s Nigeria office opening\nAbidjan, Ivory Coast, September 20, 2018/ \u2014 The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on 20 September 2018, announced the debarment of GEO SCIENCES INTERNATIONAL SARL, a consulting firm based in Yaound\u00e9, Cameroon, for a minimum period of 48 months.\nAn investigation conducted by the Bank\u2019s Office of Integrity and Anti-Corruption established that GEO SCIENCES engaged in numerous fraudulent practices in bidding for a consulting contract under the Agro-Forestry Development Support Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo.\nWhile participating in a tender for the conduct of various technical, biophysical and mapping studies, the company misrepresented its experience in conducting such studies as well as the remuneration of the experts involved in these studies.\nFurther, GEO SCIENCES failed to properly disclose a potential conflict of interest.\nThe debarment renders the consultancy firm ineligible to participate in Bank-financed projects during the debarment period.\nThe debarment qualifies for cross-debarment by other multilateral development banks under the Agreement for Mutual Recognition of Debarment Decisions, including the Asian Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank Group.\nThe Agro-Forestry Development Support Project was financed under the Congo Basin Forest Fund hosted by the AfDB.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 3319, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 235.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://alison.com/learn/environment", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:11Z", "digest": "sha1:PIAIBSXTRYHLCNIRWJL65VLNEO4EGK5T", "length": 744, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "alison.com", "title": "Environmental Science and Sustainability Online Courses | Alison", "raw_content": "Being environment-conscience today is perhaps the hardest thing to do.\nDespite overwhelming awareness content available on the Internet from creditable sources, sustainable environment is yet to be achieved.\nThese courses provide you with an introduction to worldwide geographic areas that are in a most critical state, such as Antarctica. 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There are many war movies in which a part takes place during Christmas or in which it is evoked but that are not the ones I\u2019d like to focus on. I want to focus on those that really center on it.\nThe first one I\u2019m reviewing is, as you can see, Silent Night, A Midnight Clear, Joyeux No\u00ebl and maybe one or two older ones will follow.\nThe TV drama Silent Night is based on true facts. It is set on Christmas Eve 1944, just after the Battle of the Bulge. A mother and her young son are seeking refuge in the family\u2019s hunting lodge in the middle of the Ardennes Forest. They walk through the war-torn woods, approach the front line and pass dead bodies, troops of soldiers and tanks.\nThey have just arrived at the lodge when two American soldiers arrive, carrying one of their wounded. The woman lets them stay reluctantly but makes them leave their weapons in front of the house. Elisabeth Vincken (Linda Hamilton) is not what you would call a patriot. She has lost her eldest son at Stalingrad, her husband is probably dead as well and the youngest, Fritz, would like to join the Hitler Youth which she wants to prevent at all costs.\nWhile they are looking after the badly wounded soldier, a group of three German soldiers arrives at the hut and the encounter almost ends in mutual shooting. Elisabeth is a very strong woman, very determined and persuasive. After some initial discussions and negotiations they agree to leave their weapons behind, enter the house and spend the night there in peace.\nI don\u2019t think that anyone present during this Christmas dinner was likely to ever forget it. It would certainly be the most memorable Christmas of their lives. They sit around the table, share their food and stories, talk about the way in which this and the former war affected them. Still, tensions do not subside completely. The German lieutenant has a particularly hard time to stay peaceful. He is bitter and aggressive, however, after a moment of escalation, he starts to see how absurd this all is and gives in as well. There is a final test that will show if these men have truly become friends in one evening. And if so, will they stay friends later on?\nOne thing, as often, that truly bothered me were the bad accents. Americans speaking German with heavy American accents and then fake English accents. But cheer up, I have been assured that it doesn\u2019t bother you if you don\u2019t speak German.\nThe movie has a few very sentimental moments but it is overall not bad at all, no it is quite a pleasant movie that achieves to capture the spirit of Christmas. Recommended Sunday afternoon viewing with loads of snow, drama and some genuinely heartfelt moments.\nI also included Silent Night in my update Children in War Movies List.\nThis entry was posted in Children and War, Christmas, Reviews, True Story, War Movie, Women in War Movies, WWII and tagged Children and War, Children in War Movies, Christmas in War Movies, Linda Hamilton, Movies, Reviews, Silent Night, True Story, War Movies and Christmas, Women in War Movies, WWII.\n8 thoughts on \u201cSilent Night (2002) Christmas in War Movies I\u201d\n[\u2026] Silent Night (2002, USA): WWII, Germany (see my post on Silent Night) [\u2026]\nGood post. Sounds similar to Midnight Clear. I\u2019ll put it on my list.\nA Midnight Clear is certainly better. Will have to re-watch to be sure. Hopefully next week.\nA Midnight Clear (1992) Christmas in War Movies II \u00ab All About War Movies says:\n[\u2026] I have been complaining about the use of languages in Silent Night, I might add here that this is flawless in this movie. The German soldiers are played by German [\u2026]\nCarl Gissler says:\nBased on true accounts, was there a book?, would like to read the story this was based on\nI didn\u2019t find a book title. I looked on IMDB but it only states the writer of the scenario, Roger Aylward.\nLoved this movie. Well done. All comes down to,we\u2019re all humans. Everybody has a story. Friendship comes out of a horrible situation and respect for a woman and her son.\nI agree. My review did maybe not show it enough but I truly liked it. 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He is an accomplished filmmaker, and his recent documentaries include Migrations of Islam (2014) and Hmong Memory at the Crossroads (2015). His research focuses on the history, theory, and production of documentaries, and the specificity of Tamil cinema, and its complex relationship with Hollywood as well as popular Hindi films. His recent books are Cinema: Sattagamum Saalaramum (Nizhal, 2013), an anthology of essays on documentaries and experimental films in Tamil and Madras Studios: Narrative, Genre, and Ideology in Tamil Cinema (Sage Publications, 2015).\nDr. Katarzyna Filutowska is a philosopher, researcher in the Institute of Philosophy, University of Warsaw, philosophy and ethics teacher-lecturer. She is the author of numerous articles on the subject of philosophy, ethics and connections between philosophy and literature. She completed her Ph.D. in 2006 on Friedrich W. J. Schelling and German idealism and M.A. in 1999 on the notion of will in Schopenhauer and Nietzsche. Publications (books): System i opowie\u015b\u0107. Filozofia narracyjna w my\u015bli F. W. J. Schellinga w latach 1800-1811 (Wroc\u0142aw 2007, awarded), Etyka zawodowa. Podr\u0119cznik (Warszawa 2009), Filozofia staro\u017cytna: subiektywny przewodnik (Opole 2013), To\u017csamo\u015b\u0107 narracyjna jako empiryczna podmiotowo\u015b\u0107: MacIntyre, Taylor, Ricoeur (in preparation).\nDr. Susan Flynn lectures in media and cultural studies at the University of the Arts, London, specialising in disability, diversity, film and equality studies. She is co-editor of the upcoming collection Spaces of Surveillance: States and Selves, (2017) Palgrave. Upcoming special editor roles include American, British and Canadian Studies and The Apollonian. Recent publications include a chapter in Fraser, B. (ed) (2016) Cultures of Representation: Disability in World Film Contexts and a range of international journals such as Considering Disability, The International Scientific Journal and Spark Journal.\nStephanie Johnson is a PhD student in the Department of Comparative Literature at Emory University. Her research interests include memory studies, political theory, and twentieth century British, Irish, and South African literatures. She teaches undergraduate literature and composition courses at Emory and has previously published on teaching writing. Stephanie also works as an editorial assistant at The Letters of Samuel Beckett, a project dedicated to publishing a comprehensive collection of Beckett\u2019s correspondence.\nDr. Stefania Porcelli holds a doctorate in Literature in English from \u201cSapienza\u201d University of Rome. She is currently studying Comparative Literature at The Graduate Center, CUNY. 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She was excellent at listening and making assessments of every area that we had to work with, such as: space, time, volunteers and curriculum. Andrea led an outstanding workshop that addressed specific areas and ideas (many of which she had developed herself) with our children\u2019s programs. It was full of handouts, books, websites, materials, ideas, and instruction on working with children. Everyone left excited and with a new enthusiasm for assisting in different areas with our youngest members.\nAndrea has a talent for making hands-on educational tools for use with children and youth, one of which we used during Advent called \u201cAdvent Lights.\u201d The first time that I saw them, I asked, \u201cwhat company produced these?\u201d She is that good! Amazing talents!\nAndrea is a pleasure to know and work with. 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Hotel - Annapolis Discovered", "raw_content": "June 29, 2018 by Annapolis Discovered\nLive! Casino & Hotel is preparing an extensive opening lineup for its new, state-of-the-art, 1,500-seat Grand Event Center at the recently opened Live! Hotel in Arundel Mills\u2019 Entertainment District. Award-winning comedians for its opening slate include Dane Cook, Dennis Miller, Tracy Morgan, and Ken Jeong. Musical acts will feature a diverse slate from 90\u2019s superstars Young MC, Vanilla Ice and Salt-n-Pepa, to rock icons America, and R&B sensations Johnny Gill and Ralph Tresvant. Shelia E. and Frank Reyes are also set to wow the crowds at the region\u2019s hottest new performance center.\nLive! Hotel is the newest edition to the BWI Region\u2019s Entertainment District, which includes Live! Casino, one of the largest commercial casinos in the country; Arundel Mills, the state\u2019s largest outlet mall; Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament; and all the attractions of Baltimore like Camden Yards, the Inner Harbor, and the National Aquarium.\nTickets for headlining acts are currently on sale, and expected to sell out quickly. The Event Center at Live! Hotel features a built-in performance stage, with state-of-the-art audio and visual technology, and seating systems to give audiences an unforgettable experience. The venue is just steps away from the excitement of the Live! Casino floor.\nKen Jeong \u2013 7/20/1\nI Love the 90\u2019s featuring Young MC, Vanilla Ice, and Salt-n-Pepa \u2013 7/27/18 and 7/28/18\nAmerica \u2013 8/10/18 and 8/11/18\nDennis Miller \u2013 8/25/18\nFrank Reyes \u2013 9/8/18\nDane Cook \u2013 9/15/18\nJohnny Gill w/ Ralph Tresvant \u2013 9/28/18\nTracy Morgan \u2013 10/20/18\nSheila E. \u2013 10/27/18\nIf you\u2019re thinking of spending the night after a show, be sure to check out all the great Hotels at BWI, located minutes away from all the excitement of the BWI Regions\u2019 Entertainment District.\nImages courtesy of Live! Hotel & Casino.\nTags: Arundel Mills, Comedy, Entertainment, Event, Live Music, LIVE! Casino and Hotel", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 80, "original_length": 3339, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 211.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://archello.com/project/the-extra-ordinary-house", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:32Z", "digest": "sha1:D32LCCJKF2ATTEZOSGMPPGJM4BIHOWQ5", "length": 1020, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "archello.com", "title": "The Extra-Ordinary House | Glenn Howells Architects | Archello", "raw_content": "The Extra-Ordinary House\nGlenn Howells Architects as Architects\nThe Extra-Ordinary House has been generated by 2 ideas. Firstly, the most important house type in the UK is the most ordinary one, the terraced house, this simple idea has produced some of the best and most durable accommodation we have. Secondly, that our dolls' house will be a robust timber construction that explains how this house works through touch and feel rather, so enabling a child with impaired sight to understand how its volumes relate to living.\nCathedral Group Ltd as Developers\n'The Extra-Ordinary House has been generated by 2 ideas. Firstly, the most important house type in the uk is the most ordinary one, the terraced house, this simple idea has produced some of the best and most durable accommodation we have. Secondly, that our dolls' house will be a robust timber construction that explains how this house works through touch and feel rather, so enabling a child with impaired sight to understand how its volumes relate to living.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 86, "original_length": 2256, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 239.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://architecture-center.com/blog/94-4-useful-tips-for-getting-enterprise-architect-certified.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:12Z", "digest": "sha1:BCAVDB2FQSNYQRKOQNKJ574GEESFRNT6", "length": 5962, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "architecture-center.com", "title": "4 Useful Tips for Getting Enterprise Architect Certified", "raw_content": "4 Useful Tips for Getting Enterprise Architect Certified\n4 Tips for Getting Enterprise Architect Certified\nAre you good at planning, designing, organizing, and implementing steps and processes? Then a career as an enterprise architect might be the one for you. Here are 4 snippets of advice from professional architects - telling you how to become enterprise architect certified.\nKeyword(s): enterprise architect certified\nAs enterprise software prices have decreased precipitously, there are more people using the tools of professionals on an amateur level. However, without the right enterprise architects on a team, those tools could be wasted and could be creating more work for underqualified staff. Becoming enterprise architect certified could make you a major asset to your team or get a job with a firm willing to hand you the keys to the castle.\nWhen searching for your enterprise architect certification, follow these 4 tips to get into the right program.\n1. Know Why You're Doing It\nHave you considered what you want to get out of getting certified as an enterprise architect? There are simpler jobs that pay just as well within the architecture field and they can be far less stressful. You shouldn't go into this job for the money.\nYou need to have the innate skills that an architect has. One of those skills is being open to collaboration and teamwork so that you don't have to have every skill that the ideal architect has.\nAn enterprise architect thinks broadly. They create wiring diagrams wherever they go, for every space as small as a shoe box or as big as the universe itself. If you think like that all the time, you have the DNA of an architect.\nHowever, you shouldn't try to be an enterprise architect on the day after you graduate from college with your BS. You'll need to cut your teeth on the day-to-day work that architects do. Start as a modeler and build up your experience so that you can better understand the work of an architect.\nAfter a few years, you'll begin to have what it takes to succeed.\n2. Choose Your Specialty\nThere are several disciplines that comprise what makes up enterprise architecture. The component architecture disciplines that make up an enterprise all have their own complexity. You might find that you can quickly excel at one of them. Between business architecture, data architecture, application architecture, network, and security architecture, there a lot to learn.\nDon't waste your time trying to learn every single one of them in great detail. In fact, it could be a mistake to spend that time learning every detail. You could find that it limits your creativity in tackling problems as they arise.\nBe sure to learn the frameworks that will allow you to work with other disciplines. Working across component architecture disciplines will make you an asset to any organization. When you can work with all of them in some manner, you are close to being an enterprise architect and then should get certified.\nKnowing the framework doesn't make you an architect, however. There's a lot of background material and fundamentals of enterprise architecture that can inform your approach. If you want people to take you seriously, you need to ensure that it sounds like you know what you're talking about.\n3. Do Some Practical Work\nYou need to do some practical work before you become a strong enterprise architect. Work as an apprentice to a more successful architect and open yourself up to learning from them. To build a broader understanding of the field, work with a few.\nWhen you spend 10,000 hours over the course of many years with strong enterprise architects, you'll be an expert in the field. You'll meet lots of other strong architects and people who are experts in various component architectures.\nIf you haven't gotten a masters degree in EA, you should do that after you put your hours in. You'll be a much stronger architect if you've got a BA or BS in a component architecture first.\nDon't get a certificate instead of a degree. While some institutions will offer you a certificate, a few classes won't qualify you to be a strong EA. You'll need several courses in project management and many graduate level classes in EA before you're a true expert.\nA certificate will offer you some credibility, but it's not as good as a masters degree.\n4. Choose Your Certification Wisely\nWhen you're deciding on your certification, you need to analyze the entire field. An institute that offers certification can give you the rundown on the pros and cons of each certification. While a week-long certification could be instructive, you won't become an architect that quickly.\nTaking a two-week course can be a good way to understand whether you want to become an EA. However, you should be spending at least 2 intensive months studying before you try to become an EA. That way, you'll know the ins and outs of the industry, encounter real and practical hurdles, and learn how you can overcome them.\nGraduate level courses are necessary for becoming a good enterprise architect. Institutions offering courses for a certification should give you credits that transfer to a state institution near you. Otherwise, you don't know how reputable these courses are.\nLook for famous EA experts but also search for the people you haven't heard of before. The people teaching the courses might not be rock stars but can offer incredible advice and experience.\nBecoming Enterprise Architect Certified Is Worth The Trouble\nIf you take the time to find the right program and become enterprise architect certified, you'll become a touchstone for the architects around you. When they struggle with their component issues, they'll turn to you for advice and recommendations. When you become an enterprise architect, you'll be a leader who can influence your team and make everyone stronger.\nIf you're interested in learning TOGAF or wondering whether it's useful to your certification, check out our guide for details.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 94, "original_length": 7769, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 305.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://arizonahearing.com/hearing-loss-affects-driving/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:32Z", "digest": "sha1:H7TKTCYOE372L3GC4746YH5I2SCRD47N", "length": 2272, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "arizonahearing.com", "title": "How Hearing Loss Affects Your Driving | Arizona Hearing Specialists", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Blog \u00bb Hearing Loss \u00bb How Hearing Loss Affects Your Driving\nIn many ways, a hearing impairment can create additional barriers when performing daily activities. This may also be the case with driving, but this topic has created somewhat of a divide in the medical community. Some researchers argue that a hearing impairment can cause an individual to overcompensate and be more cautious on the road. Others disagree with that assessment and claim that the ability to pick up on auditory cues plays a significant role when driving. The truth may lie somewhere in between.\nA Swedish study showed that drivers with some degree of hearing loss were in no way at a greater risk of an accident than their counterparts. The research conducted actually suggested the opposite was true, and that the hearing impaired were more attentive to their surroundings than the other motorists. This has been disputed in other studies, which suggest hearing plays a key role in being able to react quickly to unexpected threats, such as a car zooming around a blind spot.\nStill, driving requires more than being aware of what is happening outside of the car. When we consider the distractions that can occur in the vehicle, we are presented with a new set of challenges. Another study has shown that the hearing impaired have more difficulty driving when internal distractors are present. Listening to a person speaking in the passenger seat or trying to hear the voice of a navigational system can be more difficult for an individual with hearing loss and may therefore require more of their attention.\nIt seems contradictory that all of these viewpoints might be accurate; however, we have to keep in mind that each individual experiences hearing loss differently. So what may be true for one driver may not be true for another. If you experience some degree of hearing loss in Tucson or Green Valley, the best way to ensure your personal safety is to meet with an expert in audiology. Arizona Hearing Specialists can diagnose and treat your hearing loss according to your needs. Your hearing professional will determine if a hearing aid may benefit you. If you would like to learn more or want to find a qualified Tuscon audiology professional, contact our office at (520) 399-7630.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 120, "original_length": 4556, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 218.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://arlingtonhighlands.com/directory/Orange-Theory", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:40:19Z", "digest": "sha1:YHK43RHV2US255QOPVDYWTCPYRJGBL7C", "length": 105, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "arlingtonhighlands.com", "title": "Arlington Highlands", "raw_content": "4000 Five Points Blvd, Ste 155\nSaturday, Sunday 5:30AM - 1:30PM\nThe best one-hour workout in the country!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 1060, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.78, "perplexity": 332.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://artmo.com/tag/landscape/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:11Z", "digest": "sha1:JKQUV62TAZHLPGUMLFQ3QHWTNSORNMU2", "length": 86, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "artmo.com", "title": "Landscape Archives | ARTMO", "raw_content": "Between the Lines Mist surrounds the jagged edges of flysch on the Basque Coast in [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 213, "original_length": 3521, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.84, "perplexity": 308.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/0708.1752", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:54Z", "digest": "sha1:5WK2LJZLYWBBAJPLDU7HBX6WNPPP4SET", "length": 1520, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "arxiv.org", "title": "[0708.1752] Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction", "raw_content": "Title:Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction\nAuthors:F. van Leeuwen\nAbstract: Context.A new reduction of the astrometric data as produced by the Hipparcos mission has been published, claiming accuracies for nearly all stars brighter than magnitude Hp = 8 to be better, by up to a factor 4, than in the original catalogue. Aims.The new Hipparcos astrometric catalogue is checked for the quality of the data and the consistency of the formal errors as well as the possible presence of error correlations. The differences with the earlier publication are explained. Methods. The internal errors are followed through the reduction process, and the external errors are investigated on the basis of a comparison with radio observations of a small selection of stars, and the distribution of negative parallaxes. Error correlation levels are investigated and the reduction by more than a factor 10 as obtained in the new catalogue is explained. Results.The formal errors on the parallaxes for the new catalogue are confirmed. The presence of a small amount of additional noise, though unlikely, cannot be ruled out. Conclusions. The new reduction of the Hipparcos astrometric data provides an improvement by a factor 2.2 in the total weight compared to the catalogue published in 1997, and provides much improved data for a wide range of studies on stellar luminosities and local galactic kinematics.\nComments: 12 pages, 19 figures, accepted for publication by Astronomy and Astrophysics\nFrom: Floor van Leeuwen [view email]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 48, "original_length": 2895, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 257.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://asociologist.com/2009/05/24/another-cause-of-the-mortgage-crisis-the-consumer-price-index/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:14:13Z", "digest": "sha1:2ENL4PBNQE4R3R72KSAXOLLJN2YRDRUO", "length": 7069, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "asociologist.com", "title": "Another Cause of the Mortgage Crisis: The Consumer Price Index! | A (Budding) Sociologist's Commonplace Book", "raw_content": "Another Cause of the Mortgage Crisis: The Consumer Price Index!\nOne of my favorite things about reading a good book is rummaging through its citations to look for more good books. It\u2019s like paleo-wikipedia. Today\u2019s find, from Jerry Davis\u2019s last chapter in Managed by the Markets, is this interesting article from Harper\u2019s on manipulations of macroeconomic statistics by Kevin Phillips. Much of the piece recounts interesting and politically salient examples of how technical changes in the calculation of key macroeconomic indicators \u2013 GDP, CPI (which tries to measure inflation), and the unemployment rate \u2013 led to \u201cpolyanna creep\u201d. That is, successive administrations pushed the statistics to always make the economy look better, such that compared to 25 years earlier, the statistics of the 2000s reported inflation and unemployment as being far lower than they otherwise would have been.\nI have a lengthier take on the whole problem \u2013 which hopefully may someday be part of an article or dissertation chapter \u2013 involving the idea of technopolitics, and the problem with forgetting that statistics are always everywhere political tools and never technical measures of an objective underlying reality, but for this quick post I just want to highlight an interesting connection between measurements of inflation the mortgage crisis. So, story part I goes back to the Reagan administration and changes made in the CPI that helped lower interest rates:\nIn 1983, under the Reagan Administration, inflation was further finagled when the Bureau of Labor Statistics decided that housing, too, was overstating the Consumer Price Index; the BLS substituted an entirely different \u201cOwner Equivalent Rent\u201d measurement, based on what a homeowner might get for renting his or her house. This methodology, controversial at the time but still in place today, simply sidestepped what was happening in the real world of homeowner costs.\nBut, as we know from (good citation needed), rental prices and home prices diverged fairly dramatically in the past few years. That\u2019s one of the signs we missed in the whole housing price bubble. Because the house price wasn\u2019t in the CPI any more, the measure was lower than it would have been and thus interest rates were lower, which in turn fueled the bubble, as Phillips notes (citing a law professor):\nAs Robert Hardaway, a professor at the University of Denver, pointed out last September [2007], the subprime lending crisis \u201ccan be directly traced back to the [1983] BLS decision to exclude the price of housing from the CPI. . . . With the illusion of low inflation inducing lenders to offer 6 percent loans, not only has speculation run rampant on the expectations of ever-rising home prices, but home buyers by the millions have been tricked into buying homes even though they only qualified for the teaser rates.\u201d\nPosted in Economics, Politics, ResearchNotes\nhttps://asociologist.com/2009/05/24/another-cause-of-the-mortgage-crisis-the-consumer-price-index/\nThis reminds me of scenes in The Wire when they talk about \u201cjuking the stats\u201d for both crime and education and how it can make mayoral administrations look good.\nOn a more serious note, I think that you have a valid point in saying, \u201cthe problem with forgetting that statistics are always everywhere political tools and never technical measures of an objective underlying reality.\u201d I would caution, however, that it is very easy for this kind of argument to be turned into a statement of anti-intellectualism: if everything is political, then my interpretation is just as good as yours (e.g. \u201cevolution is just a theory, so is creationism; therefore they\u2019re equal\u201c). It makes me queasy, especially as someone who uses statistics (I am a quantitative sociologist) to examine social processes. I think that it is important to understand their use, how they gain legitimacy, and whether statistics can become an implement for quant folks to beat over the heads of others to claim \u201ctruth.\u201d But, I also think that statistics can be useful for trying to compare large quantities of data to each other in ways that other types of interpretation are not as well suited.\nI don\u2019t think that you are doing this, and I think that you are asking a different question which is (correct me if I am wrong), what political calculus is used by people/organizations/administrations that leads them to change statistics and metrics by which markets/crime/education is measured and how does that intersect with the technical knowledge of metrics to legitimize them? That, to me, is a fascinating and important question and I look forward to reading more about it here.\nErwin Rode\nThere is a basic flaw in the argument that house prices should necessarily be reflected in the CPI. Here are a few points to ponder:\nAn owner-occupied house consits of two components: an investment and accommodation (roof over the head). The investment component is just like investing in shares, and surely we are not going to argue that share prices should be included in the CPI? But we will all agree the accommodation component should be reflected by the CPI (the cost of a roof over the head). This is why the American CPI now tracks residential rentals rather than prices to reflect the cost of accommodation. And this is why South Africa has followed suit as from January 2009.\n@Erwin \u2013 I am not arguing that house prices should be included in the CPI, and apologies if it came across that way. Most of the changes in calculation method discussed by Phillips are defensible for some purposes. But that\u2019s the key \u2013 for some purposes. When we stop thinking of the CPI as a particular, arbitrary (in the sense that choices were made that could have been reasonably made differently) measure and start thinking of it as the (best) measure of inflation, and when a particular measure gets enmeshed in all sorts of other processes but without the nuances of its creation, whacky and sometimes unfortunate things happen. Another way of putting it: if we take a statistical measure and its meaning for granted (i.e. CPI measures inflation), and then a change is made in how that measure is calculated (justifiably or not), the consequences can be profound. Does that make sense?\n@Mike \u2013 I am definitely not arguing that all theories are equal, nor all statistics. But I think I am using a non-standard notion of politics and power. Politics, for me, is not the opposite of truth. Rather, drawing on Foucault, I see truth and power as intimately connected. So I am actually not so interested in the obvious examples of governments cooking the books except to show that people care about these things a lot \u2013 it\u2019s like how science studies folks aren\u2019t quite so (or solely) interested in Lysenkoism, but are very interested in the politics of everyday, \u2018good\u2019 science.\nSo, I definitely think large numbers can be useful \u2013 obviously, they are to governments, other organizations, scholars and etc. across the world. The question for me is, what does using numbers the way we do do?\nthis post gave me reason to think, thanks\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 130, "original_length": 11556, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 322.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://atom.lib.strath.ac.uk/boyle-iain-t-fl-1967-2000-chief-medical-officer-university-of-strathclyde;isaar?sf_culture=nl", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:09:22Z", "digest": "sha1:XXYGI5XYIEANHEHXFHZBA4MEACJ4WBQF", "length": 397, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "atom.lib.strath.ac.uk", "title": "Boyle, Iain T., fl. 1967 - 2000, physician - University of Strathclyde Archives", "raw_content": "Iain Boyle papers\nBoyle, Iain T., fl. 1967 - 2000, physician\nEngels \u00bb Boyle, Iain T., fl. 1967 - 2000, physician\nProfessor Iain Boyle was chief medical officer of the University of Strathclyde, 1991-?. A supporter of the University's health service since 1967, he also maintained a medical career at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary. He received an honorary degree from the University in November 2000.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 93, "original_length": 2282, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 98.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://attspecial.com/orland-park-illinois/index.php", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:18:01Z", "digest": "sha1:HFPQLN42MPIDWHYIIIZMGW76WFK3AI2T", "length": 4348, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "attspecial.com", "title": "AT&T Internet | High-Speed Internet deals from AT&T.", "raw_content": "Moving to orland park, illinois?\nCity Descripition and Facts for orland park, illinois\nAbout: orland park, illinois\nThe city of Orland Park is located only 25 miles southwest of Chicago. 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Notable residents include actor Justin Hartley (Smallville), famous Blues singer and guitarist Buddy Guy, Hemant Mehta who sold his soul on eBay, and actor Robin Tunney (Empire Records, Vertical Limit, Prison Break).\nLocal Newspapers: Neighborhood Star Orland Park Prairie\nLocal Colleges: St. Xavier University Robert Morris University\nQuick Links and info for orland park, illinois\nZip Codes and nearby towns and cities for orland park, illinois\nZip Codes associated with orland park, illinois: 60462 60467\nTowns/Cities near orland park, illinois : Crestwood Palos Heights Oak Forest Tinley Park Homer Glen Lemont Mokena\norland park, illinois News\norland park, illinois Map\nDigital services in orland park, illinois, with AT&T\nAT&T Bundles are available in Orland Park, Illinois. You can now bundle your digital TV, high speed Internet and Home Phone services into one package, and enjoy great discounts and the convenience of just one monthly bill. 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What's more, AT&T Home Phone comes with unlimited nationwide text, a feature that saves you money on cell phone messaging. When you bundle all three digital home services, you enjoy bigger savings and all the benefits of AT&T TV, Internet and Phone.\nAT&T High Speed Internet service is available in Orland Park, Illinois. With AT&T Internet it's more affordable than ever before to stay connected, surf, stream and game without breaking the bank or worrying about Internet Security. Residents of Orland Park, Illinois can sign up for AT&T Internet and enjoy fast speeds, big savings and the comfort of Internet Security software. What's more, AT&T High Speed Internet service enables Orland Park residents to select the Internet Package that best suits their needs. Whether you and your family simply require a basic connection to surf the web and check email, or you like to stream, game and watch TV online, AT&T Internet service has the package for you. Plus, With the freedom to choose a great Internet package and the peace of mind of knowing that your connection is secure, AT&T Internet offers Orland Park a great Internet product, for less.\nEntertainment for less from AT&T TV is available in Orland Park, Illinois. AT&T TV packages bring Orland Park residents all the latest shows, sports and hit movies, directly to their own home. Gone are the days when you wait weeks if you miss an episode of your favorite series, or you can't find anything to watch - AT&T TV has a wide selection of programming for the whole family, as well as an extensive On Demand service with thousands of entertainment options. Whether you enjoy classics, reality TV, blockbuster movies or just want to keep your kids entertained, AT&T TV service has something for you. Residents of Orland Park, Illinois can now pick the AT&T TV package that meets their entertainment needs, and enjoy advanced technology including TV apps, while saving.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 583, "original_length": 41718, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 280.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://au.superprof.com/blog/computer-classes-near-me/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:58Z", "digest": "sha1:NRMDVT5IY5TXLNLBHYRST7SPTUMOVOOT", "length": 9253, "nlines": 55, "source_domain": "au.superprof.com", "title": "A Student\u2019s Guide to IT Courses | We Love Prof - AU", "raw_content": "Important Information for IT Training Courses in All Subjects\nBy Jon, published on 05/03/2018 We Love Prof - AU > Academia > Information Technology > A Student\u2019s Guide to IT Courses\nEssential Equipment for Taking an IT Course\nHow Much Do PC Classes Cost?\nWhere Can You Find an IT Tutor?\nHow Can You Progress Between Your Computer Lessons?\nThanks to computer training, gone are the days where installing a programme, editing a photo, or fixing IT problems can take hours.\nLearning to programme or how to create a web site has never been so easy thanks to the C, Visual Basic,, Java or MySQL database, HTML, CSS, or Python programming experts on Superprof\u2019s computer tutorials.\nWhether you\u2019re new to computers and looking to just learn the basics like how to use Microsoft Excel to make a spreadsheet or how to create a presentation in Microsoft Powerpoint, or something more complicated like programming languages, there are plenty of skilled tutors on Superprof offering computer courses and online computer tutorials to all levels from beginners to experts.\nWhen it comes to choosing the right gear (computer hardware), you need to take your time when choosing your computer. You won\u2019t learn how to use your computer if it constantly crashes! Here are the Top 5 things to get before your first private computer class.\n1. A computer, of course!\nWhen it comes to IT, the computer is fundamental. Whether you choose a desktop personal computer or a laptop, Windows or Apple, there are thousands of different computers you can get in stores and on the web.\nIf you\u2019re going to use your equipment to edit videos or photos, watch films, or do graphic design, you should make sure that your computer has a fast central processing unit (CPU) and enough RAM to handle it. The last thing you want is for your computer to take 30 minutes to run some code you\u2019ve written or render a movie you\u2019ve made as these sorts of tasks can be resource intensive.\nWhy not get in touch with a potential tutor for more information on which kind of equipment you\u2019ll need for their tutorials? If you\u2019re going to learn basic computer skills, you won\u2019t need the latest computer technology.\n2. The mouse and keyboard\nIf you\u2019re getting a desktop, doing an introduction to programming, or need to type text and lines of code, the keyboard is going to be more than essential (most computers will come with one). However, there are both wired and wireless keyboards available that use batteries that need to be replaced. To be fair, even if you\u2019re new to computer classes and learning a few computer basics like how to use Microsoft Word, you\u2019re still going to have to get a keyboard.\nThe wireless versions have an advantage in that you can move them without having to worry about the wire getting in the way. However, you can expect to pay a bit more for them.\nYou should invest in a mouse with a scroll wheel and a mousepad with a gel wrist rest since you may end up spending several hours using your computer typing up lines of code or editing videos.\nThe most comfortable mice are rarely the most beautiful. (Source: pixabay.com)\n3. A quality webcam\nIf you\u2019re getting online tutorials, then you\u2019re going to need a webcam so your tutor can see you.\nChoose a webcam made by a known brand and recommend by a reputable site. While this may seem like an expense, you should see it as an investment that you\u2019ll get to use for every tutorial you have. Even if you have the best tutor in the world, it\u2019ll all be pointless if you can\u2019t be heard or seen well.\n4. Operating Systems: Mac or Windows?\nThis is a never-ending argument on IT forums. While both platforms are popular, Windows is often portrayed as the operating system for professionals while Mac is thought of as the choice for those editing images and video. If you know nothing about computers, it\u2019s probably wiser to opt for Windows as it\u2019s far more common than Mac. (Intermediate or advanced users may even opt for Linux or Unix.)\n5. Invest in an Office Suite.\nWord, Excel, and PowerPoint are some of the most common programmes used for word processing, making spreadsheets, or giving presentations.\nWhile you can get an annual licence for Microsoft Office (there\u2019s often a discount for students), there are also free versions of office suites such as Apache\u2019s OpenOffice. If you\u2019re doing an introduction to computers, using an office suite and learning about the parts of a computer are integral to gaining computer literacy.\nAnother thing you should get is a printer! Even if this isn\u2019t the \u201cgreenest\u201d peripheral, you sometimes need a hard copy of something. Whether you want to print out some of the resources used in your tutorials like corrected exercises or just use hard copies for revising in bed, you\u2019ll need a printer.\nWhat\u2019s a graphics tablet for?\nIf you\u2019re doing digital design or working in a field where design is done digitally like being an architect or engineer, then a graphics tablet might be a worthwhile purchase. Of course, you should be careful when choosing as they can vary in price from around \u00a3100 to thousands of pounds.\nWhile it goes without saying, you can always use the internet or ask your tutor for more information about what kind of graphics tablet you\u2019ll need for your classes.\nIf you\u2019re a tech-savvy student, there\u2019s nothing stopping you from offering IT courses to those with less experience than yourself. You could offer digital literacy classes to senior citizens, for example, and teach them basic skills like how to save a file, clean up files and use antivirus software, or even protect themselves when browsing online.\nIf you\u2019re studying a master\u2019s degree, are an IT technician, or an experienced IT teacher, there\u2019s nothing stopping you from providing IT tutorials, either. Additionally, you can demand a higher rate per hour than an undergraduate probably could.\nThanks to YouTube and MOOCs, you can get university lessons without going to class. (Source: pixabay.com)\nThe cost of IT courses can vary wildly depending on the speciality being taught: office skills, programming in Java, IT networks, cryptography, etc. It also depends on your tutor\u2019s academic experience: are they an undergrad, master\u2019s student, or an experienced university tutor?\nHave you asked all of your friends and everyone in your family? Are you sure really nobody with any IT skills in your network?\nWhy not ask them to ask around? Surely there\u2019s a friend of a friend who\u2019s offering classes in IT. In situations like this, networking can be really useful.\nIf you prefer teaching yourself and doing research, then you can learn some really important skills by heading over to YouTube and looking for free computer video tutorials. There are so many video computer classes on on using computers and how to create a web site, not to mention tutorials on programming, too.\nWhen choosing a private computer tutor, make sure you do your research! (Source: startupstockphotos.com)\nA quick search for \u201ccomputer science\u201d or \u201cprogramming\u201d in YouTube\u2019s search function will even bring you videos put together by Ivy League universities in America: MIT in Boston, Harvard, etc.\nIn the age of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), there are plenty of digital resources for those who want to completely teach themselves a skill. Make sure that when embarking on a MOOC, you\u2019re available when the course takes place. This is a good way to get another plus on your CV.\nIf you have any doubts, why not get in touch with the course professors?\nIf you want to become a genius of coding, you\u2019re going to have to get a move on and improve your computing skills! You\u2019ll have to start with beginners\u2019 courses before moving onto more complicated things like studying networks, etc.\nIf you\u2019re a beginner, you should practice computing between classes and study until everything becomes second nature to you including using office programmes, accessing your emails, and internet basics like searching and opening and closing tabs. You should ask your tutor for a handout summarising each lesson, too.\nWhile smartwatches might be fun, they probably won\u2019t be hugely useful in your programming tutorials. (Source: pixabay.com)\nAn advanced user will have to do the same with a new programming language like Java, Visual Basic, or with HTML or CSS if you\u2019re planning on designing websites. Of course, this can take a lot of time, especially for those trying to learn coding.\nAnother interesting option for those waiting for their next class, read books! There are several high-quality books on IT and web development.\nWhy not pick up a copy and study certain concepts between your tutorials?\nYou don\u2019t need to spend a fortune, either. A lot of people forget that libraries still exist and you can get books for free.\nIf you want to learn to code, you can also use videos tutorials to help you learn. 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It introduced Count Dracula, and established many conventions of subsequent vampire fantasy. The novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England so that he may find new blood and spread the undead curse, and of the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing. Dracula has been assigned to many literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, the gothic novel, and invasion literature. The novel has spawned numerous theatrical, film, and television interpretations.\nThis article is about the novel. For the eponymous character, see Count Dracula. For other uses, see Dracula (disambiguation).\nArchibald Constable and Company (UK)\n26 May 1897 (1897-05-26TUK)\nDracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. It introduced Count Dracula, and established many conventions of subsequent vampire fantasy.[1] The novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England so that he may find new blood and spread the undead curse, and of the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing.\nDracula has been assigned to many literary genres including vampire literature, horror fiction, the gothic novel, and invasion literature. The novel has spawned numerous theatrical, film, and television interpretations.\n1.1 \"Dracula's Guest\"\n1.2 Deleted ending\n5 Reaction and scholarly criticism\n5.1 Scholarly criticism\n6 Historical and geographical references\nThe story is told in epistolary format, as a series of letters, diary entries, newspaper articles, and ships' log entries, whose narrators are the novel's protagonists, and occasionally supplemented with newspaper clippings relating events not directly witnessed. The events portrayed in the novel take place chronologically and largely in England and Transylvania during the 1890s and all transpire within the same year between the 3rd of May and the 6th of November. A short note is located at the end of the final chapter written 7 years after the events outlined in the novel.\nThe tale begins with Jonathan Harker, a newly qualified English solicitor, visiting Count Dracula in the Carpathian Mountains on the border of Transylvania, Bukovina, and Moldavia, to provide legal support for a real estate transaction overseen by Harker's employer, Mr Peter Hawkins of Exeter. At first enticed by Dracula's gracious manners, Harker soon realizes that he is Dracula's prisoner. Wandering the Count's castle against Dracula's admonition, Harker encounters three female vampires, called \"the sisters\", from whom he is rescued by Dracula. After the preparations are made, Dracula leaves Transylvania and abandons Harker to the sisters. Harker barely escapes from the castle with his life.\nDracula boards a Russian ship, the Demeter, taking along with him boxes of Transylvanian soil, which he required in order to regain his strength. Not long afterward, the ship having weighed anchor at Varna, runs aground on the shores of Whitby in the east coast of England. The captain's log narrates the gradual disappearance of the entire crew, until the captain alone remained, himself bound to the helm to maintain course. An animal resembling \"a large dog\" is seen leaping ashore. The ship's cargo is described as silver sand and 50 boxes of \"mould\", or earth, from Transylvania. It is later learned that Dracula successfully purchased multiple estates under the alias 'Count De Ville' throughout London and devised to distribute the 50 boxes to each of them utilizing transportation services as well as moving them himself. He does this to secure for himself \"lairs\" and the 50 boxes of earth would be used as his graves which would grant safety and rest during times of feeding and replenishing his strength.\nSoon Dracula is indirectly shown to be stalking Lucy Westenra, who is holidaying in Whitby. As time passes she begins to suffer from episodes of sleepwalking and dementia, as witnessed by her friend Mina Murray, the fianc\u00e9e of Jonathan Harker. Lucy receives three marriage proposals from Dr. John Seward, Quincey Morris, and Arthur Holmwood (the son of Lord Godalming who later obtains the title himself[2]). Lucy accepts Holmwood's proposal while turning down Seward and Morris, but all remain friends. Dracula communicates with Seward's patient, Renfield, an insane man who wishes to consume insects, spiders, birds, and rats to absorb their \"life force\". Renfield is able to detect Dracula's presence and supplies clues accordingly.\nWhen Lucy begins to waste away suspiciously, Seward invites his old teacher, Abraham Van Helsing, who immediately determines the true cause of Lucy's condition. He refuses to disclose it but diagnoses her with acute blood-loss. Helsing prescribes numerous blood transfusions to which Dr. Seward, Helsing, Quincey and Arthur all contribute over time. Helsing also prescribes flowers to be placed throughout her room and weaves a necklace of withered Garlic Blossoms for her to wear. However she continues to waste away - appearing to lose blood every night. While both doctors are absent, Lucy and her mother are attacked by a wolf and Mrs. Westenra, who has a heart condition, dies of fright. Van Helsing attempts to protect her with garlic but fate thwarts him each night, whether Lucy's mother removes the garlic from her room, or Lucy herself does so in her restless sleep. The doctors have found two small puncture marks about her neck, which Dr. Seward is at a loss to understand. After Lucy dies, Helsing places a golden crucifix over her mouth, ostensibly to delay or prevent Lucy's vampiric conversion. Fate conspires against him again when Helsing finds the crucifix in the possession of one of the servants who stole it off Lucy's corpse.\nFollowing Lucy's death and burial, the newspapers report children being stalked in the night by a \"bloofer lady\" (i.e., \"beautiful lady\").[3] Van Helsing, knowing Lucy has become a vampire, confides in Seward, Lord Godalming, and Morris. The suitors and Van Helsing track her down and, after a confrontation with her, stake her heart, behead her, and fill her mouth with garlic. Around the same time, Jonathan Harker arrives from Budapest, where Mina marries him after his escape, and he and Mina join the campaign against Dracula.\nThe vampire hunters stay at Dr. Seward's residence, holding nightly meetings and providing reports based on each of their various tasks. Mina discovers that each of their journals and letters collectively contain clues to which they can track him down. She tasks herself with collecting them, researching newspaper clippings, fitting the most relevant entries into chronological order and typing out copies to distribute to each of the party which they are to study. Jonathan Harker tracks down the shipments of boxed graves and the estates which Dracula has purchased in order to store them. Van Helsing conducts research along with Dr. Seward to analyze the behaviour of their patient Renfield who they learn is directly influenced by Dracula. They also research historical events, folklore, and superstitions from various cultures to understand Dracula's powers and weaknesses. Van Helsing also establishes a criminal profile on Dracula in order to better understand his actions and predict his movements. Arthur Holmwood's fortune assists in funding the entire operation and expenses. As they discover the various properties Dracula had purchased, the male protagonists team up to raid each property and are several times confronted by Dracula. As they discover each of the boxed graves scattered throughout London, they pry them open to place and seal wafers of sacramental bread within. This act renders the boxes of earth completely useless to Dracula as he is unable to open, enter or further transport them.\nAfter Dracula learns of the group's plot against him, he attacks Mina on three occasions, and feeds Mina his own blood to control her. This curses Mina with vampirism and changes her but does not completely turn her into a vampire. Van Helsing attempts to bless Mina through prayer and by placing a wafer of sacrament against her forehead, but it burns her upon contact leaving a wretched scar. Under this curse, Mina oscillates from consciousness to a semi-trance during which she perceives Dracula's surroundings and actions. Van Helsing is able to use hypnotism at the hour of dawn and put her into this trance to further track his movements. Mina, afraid of Dracula's link with her, urges the team not to tell her their plans out of fear that Dracula will be listening. After the protagonists discover and sterilize 49 boxes found throughout his lairs in London, they learn that Dracula has fled with the missing 50th box back to his castle in Transylvania. They pursue him under the guidance of Mina. They split up into teams once they reach Europe; Van Helsing and Mina team up to locate the castle of Dracula while the others attempt to ambush the boat Dracula is using to reach his home. Van Helsing raids the castle and destroys the vampire \"sisters\". Upon discovering Dracula being transported by Gypsies, the trio attack the caravan carrying Dracula in the 50th box of Earth. After dispatching many Gypsies who were sworn to protect the Count, Harker shears Dracula through the throat with a kukri, while the mortally wounded Quincey stabs the Count in the heart with a Bowie knife. Dracula crumbles to dust, and Mina is freed from her curse of vampirism, as the scar on her forehead disappears. Soon after, Quincey dies from his wounds.\nThe book closes with a note left by Jonathan Harker seven years after the events of the novel, detailing his married life with Mina and the birth of their son, whom they name after all four members of the party, but address as \"Quincey\". Quincey is depicted sitting on the knee of Van Helsing as they recount their adventure.\n\"Dracula's Guest\"\nMain article: Dracula's Guest\nThe short story \"Dracula's Guest\" was posthumously published in 1914, two years after Stoker's death. It was, according to most contemporary critics, the deleted first (or second) chapter from the original manuscript[4] and the one which gave the volume its name,[5]:325 but which the original publishers deemed unnecessary to the overall story.\n\"Dracula's Guest\" follows an unnamed Englishman traveller as he wanders around Munich before leaving for Transylvania. It is Walpurgis Night and the young Englishman foolishly leaves his hotel, in spite of the coachman's warnings, and wanders through a dense forest alone. Along the way, he feels that he is being watched by a tall and thin stranger (possibly Count Dracula).\nThe short story climaxes in an old graveyard, where the Englishman, caught in a blizzard takes refuge in the marble tomb of \"Countess Dolingen of Gratz\". Within the tomb he sees the Countess - apparently asleep and healthy - but before he can investigate further, a mysterious force throws him clear of the tomb. A lightning bolt then strikes the tomb, destroying it and incinerating the undead screaming countess. The Englishman then loses consciousness. He awakens to find a \"gigantic\" wolf lying on his chest and licking at his throat; however, the wolf merely keeps him warm and protects him until help arrives.\nWhen the Englishman is finally taken back to his hotel, a telegram awaits him from his expectant host Dracula, with a warning about \"dangers from snow and wolves and night\".\nDeleted ending\nA small section was removed from a draft of the final chapter, in which Dracula's castle falls apart as he dies, hiding the fact that vampires were ever there.[6]\nAs we looked there came a terrible convulsion of the earth so that we seemed to rock to and fro and fell to our knees. At the same moment with a roar which seemed to shake the very heavens the whole castle and the rock and even the hill on which it stood seemed to rise into the air and scatter in fragments while a mighty cloud of black and yellow smoke volume on volume in rolling grandeur was shot upwards with inconceivable rapidity.\nThen there was a stillness in nature as the echoes of that thunderous report seemed to come as with the hollow boom of a thunder-clap - the long reverberating roll which seems as though the floors of heaven shook. Then down in a mighty ruin falling whence they rose came the fragments that had been tossed skywards in the cataclysm.\nFrom where we stood it seemed as though the one fierce volcano burst had satisfied the need of nature and that the castle and the structure of the hill had sunk again into the void. We were so appalled with the suddenness and the grandeur that we forgot to think of ourselves.\n\u2014\u2009Deleted excerpt from the original Dracula manuscript[7]\nJonathan Harker: A solicitor sent to do business with Count Dracula; Mina's fianc\u00e9 and prisoner in Dracula's castle.\nCount Dracula: A Transylvanian noble who has purchased a house in London.\nWilhelmina \"Mina\" Harker (n\u00e9e Murray): A schoolteacher and Jonathan Harker's fianc\u00e9e (later his wife).\nLucy Westenra: A 19-year-old aristocrat; Mina's best friend; Arthur's fianc\u00e9e and Dracula's first victim.\nArthur Holmwood: Lucy's suitor and later fianc\u00e9. He inherits the title of Lord Godalming upon his father's death.\nJohn Seward: A doctor; one of Lucy's suitors and a former student of Van Helsing.\nAbraham Van Helsing: A Dutch doctor, lawyer and professor; John Seward's teacher.\nQuincey Morris: An American cowboy and explorer; and one of Lucy's suitors.\nRenfield: A patient at Seward's insane asylum who has come under the influence of Dracula.\n\"Weird Sisters\": Three siren-like vampire women who serve Dracula. In some of the later adaptations to stage and screen, they are referred to as the Brides of Dracula.\nBetween 1879 and 1898, Stoker was a business manager for the Lyceum Theatre in London, where he supplemented his income by writing a large number of sensational novels, his most successful being the vampire tale Dracula published on 26 May 1897.[5]:269 Parts of it are set around the town of Whitby, where he spent summer holidays.[citation needed]\nThroughout the 1880s and 1890s, authors such as H. Rider Haggard, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, and H. G. Wells wrote many tales in which fantastic creatures threatened the British Empire. Invasion literature was at a peak, and Stoker's formula was very familiar by 1897 to readers of fantastic adventure stories, of an invasion of England by continental European influences. Victorian readers enjoyed Dracula as a good adventure story like many others, but it did not reach its legendary status until later in the 20th century when film versions began to appear.[8]\nBefore writing Dracula, Stoker spent seven years researching European folklore and stories of vampires, being most influenced by Emily Gerard's 1885 essay \"Transylvania Superstitions\" which includes content about a vampire myth.[9][10] Some historians are convinced that a historic figure, Vlad III Dracula, often called Vlad the Impaler, was the model for Stoker's Count although there is no supporting evidence.[11] Stoker borrowed only \"scraps of miscellaneous information\", according to one expert, about this bloodthirsty tyrant of Wallachia and there are no comments about him in Stoker's working notes.[12] Dracula scholar Elizabeth Miller has remarked that aside from the name and some mention of Romanian history, the background of Stoker's Count bears no resemblance to that of Vlad III Dracula.[13][14][15]\nLater he also claimed that he had a nightmare, caused by eating too much crab meat, about a \"vampire king\" rising from his grave.[16]\nAlthough a widely known vampire novel, Dracula was not the first. It was preceded and partly inspired by Sheridan Le Fanu's 1871 Carmilla,[17] about a lesbian vampire who preys on a lonely young woman, and by Varney the Vampire,[18] a lengthy penny dreadful serial from the mid-Victorian period by James Malcolm Rymer. John Polidori created the image of a vampire portrayed as an aristocratic man, like the character of Dracula, in his tale \"The Vampyre\" (1819). (He wrote Vampyre during a summer which he spent with Frankenstein creator Mary Shelley, her husband poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Lord Byron in 1816.)\nThe Lyceum Theatre where Stoker worked between 1878 and 1898 was headed by actor-manager Henry Irving, who was Stoker's real-life inspiration for Dracula's mannerisms and who Stoker hoped would play Dracula in a stage version.[19] Irving never did agree to do a stage version, but Dracula's dramatic sweeping gestures and gentlemanly mannerisms drew their living embodiment from Irving.[19]\nThe Dead Un-Dead was one of Stoker's original titles for Dracula, and the manuscript was entitled simply The Un-Dead up until a few weeks before publication. Stoker's notes for Dracula show that the name of the count was originally \"Count Wampyr\", but Stoker became intrigued by the name \"Dracula\" while doing research, after reading William Wilkinson's book An Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia with Political Observations Relative to Them (London 1820),[20] which he found in the Whitby Library and consulted a number of times during visits to Whitby in the 1890s.[21] The name Dracula was the patronym (Dr\u0103culea) of the descendants of Vlad II of Wallachia, who took the name \"Dracul\" after being invested in the Order of the Dragon in 1431. In the Old Romanian language, the word dracul (Romanian drac \"dragon\" + -ul \"the\") meant \"the dragon\" and Dracula meant \"son of the dragon\". In the present day however, dracul means \"the devil\".[22][23][24]\nDracula was published in London in May 1897 by Archibald Constable and Company. Costing six shillings, the novel was bound yellow cloth and titled in red letters.[25] It was copyrighted in the United States in 1899 with the publication by Doubleday & McClure of New York.[26] But when Universal Studios purchased the rights, it came to light that Bram Stoker had not complied with a portion of US copyright law, placing the novel into the public domain.[27] In the United Kingdom and other countries following the Berne Convention on copyrights, the novel was under copyright until April 1962, fifty years after Stoker's death.[28]\nReaction and scholarly criticism\nDracula was not an immediate bestseller when it was first published, although reviewers were unstinting in their praise. The contemporary Daily Mail ranked Stoker's powers above those of Mary Shelley and Edgar Allan Poe, as well as Emily Bront\u00eb's Wuthering Heights.[29]\nAccording to literary historians Nina Auerbach and David J. Skal in the Norton Critical Edition, the novel has become more significant for modern readers than it was for Victorian readers, most of whom enjoyed it just as a good adventure story. It reached its broad and iconic status only later in the 20th century when the movie versions appeared.[30] A. Asbj\u00f8rn J\u00f8n has also noted that Dracula has had a significant impact on the image of the vampire in popular culture, folklore, and legend.[31][32]\nIt did not make much money for Stoker. In the last year of his life, he was so poor that he had to petition for a compassionate grant from the Royal Literary Fund,[33] and his widow was forced to sell his notes and outlines of the novel at a Sotheby's auction in 1913, where they were purchased for a little over \u00a32.[34] But then F. W. Murnau's unauthorized adaptation of the story was released in theatres in 1922 in the form of Nosferatu. Stoker's widow took affront and, during the legal battle that followed, the novel's popularity started to grow.[citation needed]\nNosferatu was followed by a highly successful stage adaptation, touring the UK for three years before arriving in the US where Stoker's creation caught Hollywood's attention and, after the American 1931 movie version was released, the book has never been out of print.[35]\nHowever, some Victorian fans were ahead of the time, describing it as \"the sensation of the season\" and \"the most blood-curdling novel of the paralysed century\".[36] Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote to Stoker in a letter, \"I write to tell you how very much I have enjoyed reading Dracula. I think it is the very best story of diablerie which I have read for many years.\"[37] The Daily Mail review of 1 June 1897 proclaimed it a classic of Gothic horror, \"In seeking a parallel to this weird, powerful, and horrorful story our mind reverts to such tales as The Mysteries of Udolpho, Frankenstein, The Fall of the House of Usher ... but Dracula is even more appalling in its gloomy fascination than any one of these.\"[38]\nSimilarly good reviews appeared when the book was published in the U.S. in 1899. The first American edition was published by Doubleday & McClure in New York.[citation needed]\nIn the last several decades, literary and cultural scholars have offered diverse analyses of Stoker's novel and the character of Count Dracula. C.F. Bentley reads Dracula as an embodiment of the Freudian id.[39] Carol A. Senf reads the novel as a response to the powerful New Woman,[40] while Christopher Craft sees Dracula as embodying latent homosexuality and sees the text as an example of a 'characteristic, if hyperbolic instance of Victorian anxiety over the potential fluidity of gender roles'.[41] Stephen D. Arata interprets the events of the novel as anxiety over colonialism and racial mixing,[42] and Talia Schaffer construes the novel as an indictment of Oscar Wilde.[43] Franco Moretti reads Dracula as a figure of monopoly capitalism,[44] though Hollis Robbins suggests that Dracula's inability to participate in social conventions and to forge business partnerships undermines his power.[45][46] Richard Noll reads Dracula within the context of 19th century alienism (psychiatry) and asylum medicine.[47] D. Bruno Starrs understands the novel to be a pro-Catholic pamphlet promoting proselytization.[48]\nHistorical and geographical references\nDracula is a work of fiction, but it does contain some historical references\u2014though it is a matter of conjecture and debate as to how much historical connection was deliberate on Stoker's part.\nAttention was drawn to the supposed connections between the historical Transylvanian-born Vlad III Dracula (also known as Vlad Tepes) of Wallachia and Bram Stoker's fictional Dracula, following the publication of In Search of Dracula by Radu Florescu and Raymond McNally in 1972.[49]\nDuring his main reign (1456\u20131462), \"Vlad the Impaler\" is said to have killed from 40,000 to 100,000 European civilians (political rivals, criminals, and anyone that he considered \"useless to humanity\"), mainly by impaling. The sources depicting these events are records by Saxon settlers in neighbouring Transylvania who had frequent clashes with Vlad III. Vlad III is revered as a folk hero by Romanians for driving off the invading Ottoman Turks, of whom his impaled victims are said to have included as many as 100,000.[50] There is no evidence that the Count in the novel was modelled on that bloodthirsty tyrant of Wallachia.[11] At most, Stoker borrowed only the name Dracula and \"scraps of miscellaneous information\" about Romanian history, according to one expert, Elizabeth Miller; as well, and there are no comments about him in the author's working notes. [12][15][51]\nHistorically, the name \"Dracula\" is derived from a Chivalric order called the Order of the Dragon, founded by Sigismund of Luxembourg (then king of Hungary) to uphold Christianity and defend the Empire against the Ottoman Turks. Vlad II Dracul, father of Vlad III, was admitted to the order around 1431, after which Vlad II wore the emblem of the order and later, as ruler of Wallachia, his coinage bore the dragon symbol, from which the name \"Dracula\" is derived since \"dracul\" in Romanian means \"the dragon\".[52] People of Wallachia only knew voievod (king) Vlad III as Vlad \u021aepe\u0219 (the Impaler). The name \"Dracula\" became popular in Romania after publication of Stoker's book. Contrary to popular belief, the name Dracula does not translate to \"son of the devil\" in Romanian, which would be \"pui de drac\".\nStoker came across the name Dracula in his reading on Romanian history, and chose this to replace the name (Count Wampyr) originally intended for his villain.[citation needed] Some Dracula scholars led by Elizabeth Miller argue that Stoker knew little of the historic Vlad III except for the name \"Dracula\" in addition to a few bits of Romanian history.[12][15] Stoker mentions that his Dracula fought against the Turks and was later betrayed by his brother, historical facts in the novel which point to Vlad III:\nWho was it but one of my own race who as Voivode crossed the Danube and beat the Turk on his own ground? This was a Dracula indeed! Woe was it that his own unworthy brother, when he had fallen, sold his people to the Turk and brought the shame of slavery on them! Was it not this Dracula, indeed, who inspired that other of his race who in a later age again and again brought his forces over the great river into Turkey-land; who, when he was beaten back, came again, and again, though he had to come alone from the bloody field where his troops were being slaughtered, since he knew that he alone could ultimately triumph! (Chapter 3, pp. 19)\nThe Count's identity is later speculated on by Professor Van Helsing:\nHe must, indeed, have been that Voivode Dracula who won his name against the Turk, over the great river on the very frontier of Turkey-land. (Chapter 18, p. 145)\nMany of Stoker's biographers and literary critics have found strong similarities to the earlier Irish writer Sheridan Le Fanu's classic of the vampire genre Carmilla. In writing Dracula, Stoker may also have drawn on stories about the s\u00eddhe,[citation needed] some of which feature blood-drinking women. The folkloric figure of Abhartach has also been suggested as a source.[53]\nIn 1983, McNally additionally suggested that Stoker was influenced by the history of Hungarian Countess Elizabeth Bathory, who tortured and killed between 36 and 700 young women.[54] It was later commonly believed that she committed these crimes to bathe in their blood, believing that this preserved her youth.[55]\nIn her book The Essential Dracula, Clare Haword-Maden suggested that the castle of Count Dracula was inspired by Slains Castle, at which Bram Stoker was a guest of the 19th Earl of Erroll.[56] According to Miller, he first visited Cruden Bay in 1893, three years after work had begun on Dracula. Haining and Tremaine maintain that, during this visit, Stoker was especially impressed by Slains Castle's interior and the surrounding landscape. Miller and Leatherdale question the stringency of this connection.[57]\nPossibly, Stoker was not inspired by a real edifice at all, but by Jules Verne's novel The Carpathian Castle (1892) or Anne Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794).[58] A third possibility is that he copied information about a castle at V\u00e9cs from one of his sources on Transylvania, the book by Major E.C. Johnson.[59] A further option is that Stoker saw an illustration of Castle Bran (T\u00f6rzburg) in the book on Transylvania by Charles Boner, or read about it in the books by Mazuchelli or Crosse.[60]\nMany of the scenes in Whitby and London are based on real places that Stoker frequently visited, although he distorts the geography for the sake of the story in some cases. One scholar has suggested that Stoker chose Whitby as the site of Dracula's first appearance in England because of the Synod of Whitby, given the novel's preoccupation with timekeeping and calendar disputes.[45]\nDaniel Farson, Leonard Wolf, and Peter Haining have suggested that Stoker received much historical information from \u00c1rmin V\u00e1mb\u00e9ry, a Hungarian professor whom he met at least twice. Miller argues, \"there is nothing to indicate that the conversation included Vlad, vampires, or even Transylvania\", and \"furthermore, there is no record of any other correspondence between Stoker and V\u00e1mb\u00e9ry, nor is V\u00e1mb\u00e9ry mentioned in Stoker's notes for Dracula.\"[61]\nFor more details on this topic, see Dracula in popular culture.\nBela Lugosi as Count Dracula in the 1931 film.\nThe story of Dracula has been the basis for numerous films and plays. Stoker himself wrote the first theatrical adaptation, which was presented at the Lyceum Theatre on 18 May 1897 under the title Dracula, or The Undead shortly before the novel's publication and performed only once, in order to establish his own copyright for such adaptations. This adaption was first published only a century later in Oct 1997.[62] The first motion picture to feature Dracula was Dracula's Death, produced in Hungary in 1921.[citation needed] The now-lost film, however, was not an adaptation of Stoker's novel, but featured an original story.[citation needed]\nF. W. Murnau's unauthorised film adaptation Nosferatu was released in 1922, and the popularity of the novel increased considerably, owing to an attempt by Stoker's widow, who tried to have the film removed from public circulation.[63] Prana Film, the production company, had been unable to obtain permission to adapt the story from Bram's widow Florence Stoker, so screenwriter Henrik Galeen was told to alter numerous details to avoid legal trouble. Galeen transplanted the action of the story from 1890s England to 1830s Germany and reworked several characters, dropping some (such as Lucy and all three of her suitors), and renaming others (Dracula became Orlok, Jonathan Harker became Thomas Hutter, Mina became Ellen, and so on). This attempt failed to avoid a court case, however; Florence Stoker sued Prana Film, and all copies of the film were ordered to be destroyed. However, the company was bankrupt, and Stoker only recovered her legal fees in damages. Some copies survived and found their way into theatres. Eventually, Florence Stoker gave up the fight against public displays of the film.[27] Subsequent rereleases of the film have typically undone some of the changes, such as restoring the original character names (a practice also followed by Werner Herzog in his 1979 remake of Murnau's film Nosferatu the Vampyre).[citation needed]\nFlorence Stoker licensed the story to playwright Hamilton Deane, whose 1924 stage play adaptation toured England for several years before settling down in London.[citation needed] In 1927, American stage producer Horace Liveright hired John L. Balderston to revise Deane's script in advance of its American premiere. Balderston significantly compressed the story, most notably consolidating or removing several characters. The Deane play and its Balderston revisions introduced an expanded role and history for Renfield, who now replaced Jonathan Harker as Dracula's solicitor in the first part of the story; combined Mina Harker and Lucy Westenra into a single character (named Lucy); and omitted both Arthur Holmwood and Quincey Morris entirely. When the play premiered in New York, it was with Bela Lugosi in the title role, and with Edward van Sloan as Abraham Van Helsing,[citation needed] roles which both actors (as well as Herbert Bunston as Dr. Seward) reprised for the English-language version of the 1931 Universal Studios film production. The 1931 film was one of the most commercially successful adaptations of the story to date; it and the Deane/Balderston play that preceded it set the standard for film and television adaptations of the story, with the alterations to the novel becoming standard for later adaptations for decades to come.[citation needed] Universal Studios continued to feature the character of Dracula in many of their horror films from the 1930s and 1940s.\nIn 1958, British film company Hammer Film Productions followed the success of its The Curse of Frankenstein from the previous year with Dracula, released in the US as The Horror of Dracula, directed by Terence Fisher. Fisher's production featured Christopher Lee as Dracula and Peter Cushing as Van Helsing, but it diverged considerably from both the original novel and from the Deane/Balderston adaptation.[citation needed] It was an international hit for Hammer Film, however, and both Lee and Cushing reprised their roles multiple times over the next decade and a half, concluding with The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (with Cushing but not Lee) in 1974. Christopher Lee also took on the role of Dracula in Count Dracula, a 1970 Spanish-Italian-German coproduction notable for its adherence to the plot of the original novel. (For instance, it was the first film version of the story to include the character of Quincey Morris.[citation needed]) Playing the part of Renfield in that version was Klaus Kinski, who later played Dracula himself in 1979's Nosferatu the Vampyre.\nIn 1977, the BBC made Count Dracula, a 155-minute adaptation for television starring Louis Jourdan. Later film adaptations include John Badham's 1979 Dracula, starring Frank Langella and inspired by the 1977 Broadway revival of the Deane/Hamilton play, and Francis Ford Coppola's 1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula, starring Gary Oldman. The character of Count Dracula has remained popular over the years, and many films have used the character as a villain, while others have named him in their titles, including Dracula's Daughter and The Brides of Dracula. As of 2009, an estimated 217 films feature Dracula in a major role,[64] a number second only to Sherlock Holmes (223 films).[65] A large number of these appearances are not adaptations of Stoker's novel, but merely feature the character in an unrelated story.\nChurch of Saint Mary, Whitby\nList of contemporary epistolary novels\nBloodline (Cary novel)\nThe Book of Renfield#The Book of Renfield: A Gospel of Dracula A diary written by Renfield\nDracula sequence Stories from Dracula's point of view\nClinical vampirism\nSnow WhiteDeadpoolZombie\nThis article uses material from the Wikipedia article \"Dracula\", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. There is a list of all authors in Wikipedia\nScience Fiction - Fantasy - Cartoon\n3d,starwars,startreck,odysee 2000,science fiction,future,movie, superman,batman,south gate,superhero,harry potter,knight rider,cartoon,comic", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 225, "original_length": 36752, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 215.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://b97.radio.com/blogs/tiana-timmerberg/bts-rihanna-and-more-time-s-25-most-influential-people-internet-list", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:34:39Z", "digest": "sha1:GY6S5OEARX342X44L4DYJOZCKMGSSRHI", "length": 1070, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "b97.radio.com", "title": "BTS, Rihanna and More on TIME\u2019s 25 Most Influential People on the Internet List | B97 FM", "raw_content": "BTS, Rihanna and More on TIME\u2019s 25 Most Influential People on the Internet List\nWe never expected to see BTS on the same list as Donald Trump\nSIPA USA Today / USA Today Sports / Press Association\nTIME recently revealed their list of the 25 Most Influential People on the Internet. The slightly controversial list featured everyone from YouTubers and musicians to the literal president of the United States.\nOne of the only things these people have in common is their widespread reach and influence. BTS, Rihanna, Kanye West, Donald Trump and Jake Paul all have millions of followers and constantly make headlines for their internet shenanigans. Whether they\u2019re going on late-night Twitter rants or just posting beautiful selfies, all of these people have the power to cause social media frenzies.\nThe list is full of people that are key to pop culture, spanning a wide range of ages, professions and target audiences. 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Please could you spare a couple of minutes to let us know whether you\u2019d be interested in us running them.\nSurvey can be found here: http://tiny.cc/BAHE2018Interest", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 1458, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 244.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://bcciconst.com/what-we-build/sustainable/consulate-general-of-the-netherlands/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:11Z", "digest": "sha1:KRLBZ2ZJ7RBU2RHONVOEVMRSJLY4EKQI", "length": 928, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "bcciconst.com", "title": "CONSULATE GENERAL OF THE NETHERLANDS \u2013 BCCI Construction", "raw_content": "BCCI partnered with the Consulate General of the Netherlands during preconstruction to build a modern office space for the relocation of several Dutch government entities, including the Consular, Economic, and Press and Culture departments from Los Angeles to the Post Montgomery Building in downtown San Francisco. The team utilized BCCI\u2019s Real Time Estimator to ensure from project onset that the goals would be aligned upfront and that the project would come in on budget. This new office now serves as the main location for the Dutch government\u2019s activities in the Western United States. The Consulate\u2019s goal to achieve LEED-CI Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), resulted in sustainable features such as lighting systems and material selections that provide longevity and minimize energy use.\nBest North Bay Corporate Tenant Improvement, 2nd Annual Commercial Interior Contractors Awards (CICA)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 2112, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 241.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://bcsm.org/san-antonio-breast-cancer-symposium-highlights-by-dr-robert-miller/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:32Z", "digest": "sha1:HWIVHL4XQDEBWU6K4CCSC4IBBK3BCI5L", "length": 11037, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "bcsm.org", "title": "San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium Highlights by Dr. Robert Miller \u2013 #BCSM", "raw_content": "In:BCSM Guest Post, Cancer Research, Clinical Trials, Diagnosis and Treatment, Metastatic Breast Cancer\nTags: Dr. Robert Miller, SABCS, San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium\nThe San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium is the largest scientific meeting devoted to breast cancer, attracting national and international attention. It is attended by clinicians, researchers and advocates. \u201cThe Symposium aims to achieve a balance of clinical, translational, and basic research, providing a forum for interaction, communication, and education for a broad spectrum of researchers, health professionals, and those with a special interest in breast cancer.\u201d\nThis year, Dr. Robert Miller, a medical oncologist at Johns Hopkins University specializing in the care of breast cancer patients and a regular participant in the #BCSM tweet chats, attended the conference. Here are some of the studies he felt were most relevant to our community, with his interpretation of the results.\nS1-03. Adding bevacizumab (Avastin) to chemotherapy and trastuzumab (Herceptin) for patients with HER2 positive breast cancer \u2013 \u201cBETH\u201d trial\n[Article link: http://ascopost.com/ViewNews.aspx?nid=10838]\nThis trial looked to answer the important question of whether the outcome for women with early-stage (non-metastatic) HER2+ breast cancer could be improved by adding the drug bevacizumab (Avastin) to a combination of chemotherapy and trastuzumab (Herceptin), the current standard adjuvant therapy, which is given following lumpectomy or mastectomy. Bevacizumab is a drug that is useful in the treatment of cancers of the colon, lung, kidney, and brain, but its role in breast cancer has been more controversial. Still, it was thought to be important to test it since its blocks the development of new blood vessels in tumors, a phenomenon known to be important in women with HER2+ cancers and associated with a poorer prognosis. In this study, over 3500 patients with HER2+ breast cancer were randomly assigned to a standard chemo/trastuzumab regimen alone (in 92% of cases it was \u201cTCH\u201d \u2013 docetaxel, carboplatin, and trastuzumab) or to the same regimen plus bevacizumab given IV every 3 weeks. After three years of follow up, it was determined that, disappointingly, adding the bevacizumab did not improve disease-free survival, which was 92% for both groups. Side effects, including bleeding, hypertension, and bowel perforation, were greater in the bevacizumab group, and that group also had a slightly higher risk of congestive heart failure, a known complication of trastuzumab. The good news was that the overall survival rates at 3 years \u2013 still early in follow up \u2013 was 96-97% for both groups, so patients were generally doing well.\nBOTTOM LINE: Adding bevacizumab to chemo/trastuzumab did not lower the chance of breast cancer recurrence as hoped, and it added more side effects, so it is not a therapy that should be used in this situation. The study also showed that the standard TCH regimen was highly effective for HER2+ breast cancer, highlighting the dramatic improvements for this subtype compared to the era before the routine use of trastuzumab pre-2005.\nS5-07. Using measurements of Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) in blood to guide chemotherapy in metastatic breast cancer \u2013 SWOG S0500\n[Article link: http://www.onclive.com/conference-coverage/sabcs-2013/Level-of-CTCs-Prognostic-But-Not-Helpful-In-Switching-Therapy-in-Metastatic-Breast-Cancer]\nBreast cancer tumor cells traveling in the bloodstream (CTCs) can be measured by a variety of sophisticated techniques, including the CellSearch assay, and high numbers have been associated with a poor prognosis for patients with metastatic breast cancer. Although this test has been available for several years, there is a lot of uncertainty as to whether it should be used to guide treatment. In this trial, patients with metastatic breast cancer who had not yet started chemotherapy and who had a CTC level of 5 or greater were treated with their first chemo cycle and then had a second CTC level done. If the second level was less then 5, they continued on the same chemo, but if greater than 5, they were then randomly assigned either to stay on the same chemo or to switch to a different chemo of their doctor\u2019s choosing. In the study, 286 patients had a second CTC level of 5 or more, so 123 stayed on the same chemo and 123 were switched. Unfortunately, the \u201cswitchers\u201d did no better than those who stayed on the same chemo, and the median survival was 12 months for both (i.e., about half of the patients lived more than 12 months and half less). By comparison, the patients who had fewer than 5 CTCs at first measurement had the longest survival, with a median of 35 months, and those who had CTC > 5 at first measurement but dropped to CTC < 5 after one cycle of chemo had an intermediate median survival of 23 months.\nBOTTOM LINE: The CTC test was not helpful in guiding chemotherapy choices as demonstrated in this trial, so this test should not be used to determine if chemo is \u201cworking.\u201d Rather, oncologists should continue to rely on traditional measurements of effectiveness (symptoms, physical exam findings, scans) to guide treatment. The CTC test, when elevated at baseline prior to the first dose of chemo, can identify patients who have a particularly poor prognosis, although, frustratingly, it is not clear how they should then be managed.\nS3-01. Using anastrozole to reduce the risk of a first breast cancer in postmenopausal women \u2013 IBIS-II trial\n[Article link: http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/SABCS/43383]\nThis trial looked to answer the question whether the aromatase inhibitor (AI) drug anastrozole (Arimidex) was able to reduce the risk of a first breast cancer in postmenopausal women who did not have the disease but who were at high risk. The population studied was women age 40-70 who were at an increased risk of developing breast cancer on the basis of a positive family history, increased breast density, or a prior biopsy showing atypia or lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS). Over 3800 such women were randomized 50:50 to receive anastrozole 1 mg daily x 5 years or a matching placebo. After a median follow-up of 5 years, 40 women in the anastrozole group (2%) and 85 in the placebo group (4%) had developed breast cancer, which translated to a 53% reduction in risk. Looking specifically at ER+ invasive cancers, there were 20 (1%) in the anastrozole group and 47 (2%) in the placebo group, again a reduction of about half. As expected in a trial with short follow up, there was no evidence that survival rates were higher in the anastrozole group. Side effects such as hot flashes/night sweats were seen in both groups (49% for placebo, 57% for anastrozole), perhaps not as great a difference as expected. The same was true for joint pain (46% placebo, 51% anastrozole).\nBOTTOM LINE: The role of anastrozole and other AIs in women with a diagnosis of breast cancer is unquestioned, but that is not what this study addressed. This trial is the second to show that taking an AI reduces the incidence of breast cancer in women who don\u2019t have the disease but are high risk (the first was the 2011 MAP.3 trial which used exemestane), and older data show that both tamoxifen and raloxifene are also effective in risk reduction. The real question is, \u201cIs it worth it?\u201d To date, none of these four drugs has been shown to improve overall survival, and it isn\u2019t clear if the ER+ breast cancers being prevented are likely to be those that would be harmful in the first place, enough to offset the inconvenience and potential side effects of taking a pill for 5 years. On the other hand, with more than 230,000 women in the U.S. projected to develop invasive breast cancer in 2013, even a reduction of <1% could be significant. But clearly, more study and long term follow up are required before AIs can be recommended routinely for risk reduction.\nS2-02, S2-03. The role of surgical resection of the primary tumor in women presenting with metastatic breast cancer.\nTwo trials, one from India and one from Turkey, looked at the question of whether or not it is helpful to remove the primary tumor via mastectomy or lumpectomy in women whose breast cancer is already metastatic at the time of diagnosis. Previous data have been inconclusive, with some studies showing a small benefit and others not, some even suggesting it might be harmful. In the Indian trial presented by Dr. Badwe, patients with metastatic breast cancer were treated with standard chemo upfront, and those showing a response were then randomly assigned to undergo standard local treatment (mastectomy or lumpectomy, +/- radiation) or not. Unfortunately, the overall survival rates were essentially identical in both groups (21 vs. 19 months), and there was even a suggestion that the patients who had surgery had a higher rate of distant recurrences. In the trial from Turkey presented by Dr. Soran, patients were randomized upfront to standard surgery vs chemotherapy and no upfront surgery. Disappointingly, the median survival was not statistically improved in women who underwent surgery. A possible benefit was seen for upfront surgery in women with a single bone metastasis, although the numbers were very small and longer follow up is required to be definitive.\nBOTTOM LINE: Based on these two trials, for women whose breast cancer is diagnosed at Stage IV and who don\u2019t have any specific symptoms caused by the primary tumor (such as pain or bleeding), there is no proof that doing surgery on the primary site improves long term outcomes, even if it lowers the chance of the cancer getting worse on the chest wall. However, more research is needed to determine if this applies to all types of breast cancer, all patients regardless of demographics, and all sites of metastases. There are several ongoing trials in the U.S. and internationally attempting to answer this question more conclusively, and the 10-15% of women whose cancer is first diagnosed at Stage IV are encouraged to participate.\nMany thanks to Dr. Miller for this post! Feel free to leave comments or ask for clarification of any of the studies summarized here. For more from Dr. Miller, here\u2019s the link to his blog and follow him on Twitter.\nWeekly Round Up \u2013 The Christmas Is Coming Edition | Journeying Beyond Breast Cancer\n[\u2026] very useful; equally helpful is this series of articles by Dr. Susan Love and blog posts by Dr. Robert Miller and Dr. Julie Gralow on the #BCSM website; also Kathy La Tour comments on survivorship on the [\u2026]\nSan Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium Highlights by Dr. Robert Miller - Breast Cancer Consortium\n[\u2026] \u201cSan Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium Highlights.\u201d by Dr. Robert Miller, #BCSM. [\u2026]\nSABCS13 Highlights by Dr. Robert Miller - The IBC Network Foundation\n[\u2026] read the full article for more information http://www.bcsmcommunity.org/san-antonio-breast-cancer-symposium-highlights-by-dr-robert-miller/ Filed Under: Blog, Press Tagged With: Breast Cancer Research, Dr. Robert Miller, John [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 129, "original_length": 13404, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 210.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://beauchamps.ie/publications/635", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:41Z", "digest": "sha1:XBGRO7P4PVFLPXMAIM4VRCAIB65E6GAV", "length": 3558, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "beauchamps.ie", "title": "Government agrees on legislative measures to combat ticket touting | Beauchamps", "raw_content": "Government agrees on legislative measures to combat ticket touting\nThe Government has agreed to support, with some amendments, the Prohibition of Above-Cost Ticket Touting Bill (the proposed legislation) introduced by deputies Noel Rock and Stephen Donnelly (the Deputies) in order to implement measures to tackle ticket touting.\nTicket touting involves the purchasing of numerous tickets for a highly-anticipated event in order to resell the tickets at a much higher price.\nThe proposed legislation aims to:\nBan the above-face value resale of tickets for sporting and entertainment events in designated venues with a capacity of 1,000 or over;\nProhibit the use of bot software to purchase tickets in excess of the number permitted by event organisers; and\nHonour the commitment given by the Government to the Union of European Football Association (UEFA) to ban the unauthorised transfer and use of tickets for matches and official events taking place in Ireland during the EURO 2020 Championship.\nDesignated venues\nThe proposed legislation applies to designated venues with a capacity of 1,000 or over (rather than on an event-by-event basis which was originally proposed by the Deputies). There is a requirement for venues seeking to be designated, to state that their capacity is 1,000 or over and to confirm that events in the venue are likely to give rise to significant levels of ticket resale. Due to the broad support for measures to counter ticket touting, it is expected that most venues will be eager to be deemed designated venues. For any venues which do not actively seek to be designated venues, the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation will have the power to categorise venues as designated venues where this would be in the interests of consumers.\nBot software is specialised software used to automatically purchase tickets in bulk the instant they are made available to the general public. The tickets are usually then listed and sold for profit on secondary ticketing websites (websites that facilitate the re-sale of tickets to sold-out events). The proposed legislation will prohibit the use of bot software to buy more than the permitted number of tickets determined by event organisers.\nExceptions for charities and fund-raising events\nThe ban on above-face value resale will not apply to ticket sales by charities, recognised sporting bodies and clubs for fund-raising purposes.\nResale of tickets for EURO 2020 matches in Ireland\nAs part of the conditions agreed with UEFA relating to matches in the EURO 2020 soccer championship, Ireland gave a commitment to introduce legislation to prevent ticket touting. UEFA will control all aspects of the allocation, sale and distribution of tickets to matches in the tournament, including, but not limited to, quotas, production, prices, methods of distribution, sales conditions and channels.\nResponses to the proposed legislation\nTicketmaster announced in August 2018 that it would terminate the operation of its secondary ticket reselling sites \u201cSeatwave\u201d and \u201cGet Me In!\u201d apparently in response to the proposed legislation. Ticketmaster has announced plans to launch an alternative \u201cfan-to-fan\u201d ticket exchange, which will enable people to buy or sell tickets at the original price or less.\nThe Government has agreed to take the second and subsequent stages of the proposed legislation in Government time and to draft a number of amendments to the proposed legislation. When drafted, the amendments to the proposed legislation will be tabled at the Committee or Report Stage.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 116, "original_length": 5440, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 243.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://beccar.wordpress.com/2017/01/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:31Z", "digest": "sha1:XGMEDXUNGRGBMGA5FQ3ZH55GEBGWFO76", "length": 505, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "beccar.wordpress.com", "title": "January | 2017 | Beccar's Weblog", "raw_content": "You. It is all about you. Your stuff, your life, your thoughts and feelings. The spotlight is on you. It is always on you. I stay on the sidelines. I just watch how other people look at you, respond to you.\nNo. I am sorry. I am so very sorry. I can\u2019t. I can\u2019t let you. The Thing is there. The horrible thing is in the room next door. It will see you and hear you. You make noise when you run around. It\u2019s natural. You are a cat. You need freedom. There is none here. No freedom for you, no freedom for me.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 211, "original_length": 6233, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 209.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://behavenet.com/pierino-ronald-como", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:17Z", "digest": "sha1:MERV5QEO652HZWAMOXEI7H3CR6633GMU", "length": 97, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "behavenet.com", "title": "Perry Como | Behavenet", "raw_content": "Pierino Ronald\nThis American singer and television personality suffered from Alzheimer's disease.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 86, "original_length": 1385, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 55.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://behavenet.com/rubin-carter", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:23:02Z", "digest": "sha1:XHVY6LX65FHH4ELL5I74DIC5ICQILR7T", "length": 54, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "behavenet.com", "title": "Rubin Carter | Behavenet", "raw_content": "This American/Canadian boxer stuttered as a young man.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 90, "original_length": 1356, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 164.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://beingascrub.com/2012/07/05/my-worst-nightmare/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:23:54Z", "digest": "sha1:5BGXY36I4ATO337Z4IURVCAZLXMORADF", "length": 1335, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "beingascrub.com", "title": "my worst nightmare | Being a Scrub", "raw_content": "\u2190 Don\u2019t be a Scrub Podcast Episode 22: Ryan Hart \u2013 Post SS2012 special!\nLoki does Bracketed: Shadowloo Showdown 2012 \u2192\n?!?!?!!?!?!\nnooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo\n-inhale-\nNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO\nThis entry was posted in Ultra SFIV and tagged not steve nash, THERE IS NO GOD. Bookmark the permalink.\n7 Responses to my worst nightmare\nEven Nash knows where it\u2019s at\nRub it in Zhen Wei\u2026I\u2019m so sad right now you can\u2019t even imagine\u2026\nThe irony\u2026the best teammate and unselfish playmaker in the league on the same team with one of the biggest ballhogs in league history\u2026\nHe makes ball hogging look good lol (half the time) unlike Melo\nOh, if Lakers make a Bynum for Howard trade, I think the team will implode on itself\nAnyway, I\u2019m hope Knicks match rockets\u2019 offer for Lin\nSo he can get mentored by Kidd\nAnother obligatory Kobe/Lakers post!\nKobe starting SG for Dream Team v2012\nNoooo rub more salt into my wounds why don\u2019t you\u2026 Maybe this is a blessing in disguise. Maybe some Angolan point guard will blow out Kobe\u2019s ACL with a crossover.\nFor that to happen, you\u2019d have to assume he\u2019s actually gonna try defending\nArgh Knicks, why you get Camby?!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 240, "original_length": 6522, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.81, "perplexity": 280.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://bella-eyecare.com/eye-exams/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:05Z", "digest": "sha1:2SBP5S3MLNW6AWGI77A2M3SZJ3AWTNGC", "length": 12222, "nlines": 39, "source_domain": "bella-eyecare.com", "title": "Eye Exams - Bella Eye Care Optometry", "raw_content": "Eye exams are a vital part of health maintenance for everyone. Adults should have their eyes examined annually to keep their prescriptions current and to monitor for early signs of eye disease. Children as well as infants should be evaluated closely to ensure proper visual development. Vision is closely linked to the learning process. Many children will not complain of vision problems simply because they do not know what \u201cnormal\u201d vision looks like. If your child performs poorly in school, complains of headaches or struggles with homework, it is important to have their vision evaluated. Regular eye examinations are important for seeing more clearly, learning more easily and preserving your vision and visual health for life.\nWhat\u2019s the difference between a good eye exam and a great one? You\u2019ll know it when you see it! Dr. Judy Ngyuen and the other doctors at Bella Eye Care Optometry take extra steps to make sure you get the best eye exam in the Tri-City area. We take pride in seeing things that others don\u2019t. More than just getting a new glasses or contact lens prescription, our thorough eye health examinations will check for cataracts, dry eye syndrome, glaucoma and more. A comprehensive eye exam, like the ones we give at Bella Eye Care Optometry, can often detect dangerous diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, high cholesterol and more. Early detection of such diseases may possibly save not just your eyesight, but your life.\nA Few Of The Eye Conditions We Routinely Test For\nDMV Exam\nGlaucoma is a term used to describe a group of diseases that can lead to damage to the eye\u2019s optic nerve and result in blindness. In many people, increased pressure inside the eye causes glaucoma. There is a space in the front of the eye called the anterior chamber. A clear fluid is continuously being produced and draining through this area. If this fluid is being produced too quickly or draining too slowly, the pressure in the eye will rise. If this is left uncontrolled, optic nerve damage and visual loss can result.\nAnyone can get glaucoma, but some people are at a higher risk than others. They include African-Americans over age 40, everyone over age 60 and people with a family history of glaucoma. Diabetics are also at greater risk for developing this disease. Glaucoma is not curable, but is controllable with treatment, especially if caught early. The doctors at Bella Eye Care Optometry will perform a comprehensive eye examination including tonometry (the measure of the pressure inside the eye), a visual field analysis (the measure of your field of vision) and pupil dilation (which allows a better examination of the optic nerve) to determine your risk for developing glaucoma. Should you be suspected of having glaucoma, further testing is completed and treatment is initiated as necessary.\nA cataract is a clouding of the eye\u2019s lens that causes loss of vision. The lens is located behind the iris and pupil. It focuses light onto the retina at the back of the eye. It adjusts to allow us to see clearly both up close and far away.The lens is made of mostly water and protein. As we age, this lens material begins to opacify. This is a cataract. This may worsen over time, making it difficult to see. Cataracts are a particular problem with the California sun. Cataracts have little effect on vision at first. Vision may become a bit blurred, like looking through a dirty window. You may also begin to notice glare from lights and say that colors seem to be faded.\nCataracts are treated with surgery. The clouded lens is removed and most often replaced with a clear, plastic lens. This is usually an outpatient procedure. You will be instructed to use eyedrops and an eye shield while sleeping while your eye heals. This procedure is very successful in restoring vision. Research is showing that there may be several contributors to cataract formation including smoking, diabetes, ultraviolet sunlight and normal aging changes of the eye. If you are diagnosed with cataracts, you may not need surgery for some time. But by having your vision tested at Bella Eye Care Optometry regularly, you can discuss if and when this treatment might be needed.\nDiabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness in American adults. It is caused by changes in the blood vessels within the retina. The blood vessels may begin to swell and leak or new blood vessels may begin to grow on the surface of the retina. These changes may result in vision loss or blindness. The longer someone has diabetes, the greater his or her risk for developing diabetic eye disease. Almost 50% of all people with diabetes develop some diabetic retinopathy during their life.\nThere are often no symptoms during the early stages of the disease. There is no eye pain and vision isn\u2019t blurred until the condition worsens. That is why it is so important to have an annual dilated examination if you have diabetes. Some diabetic retinopathy is treatable with the use of a laser. It is used to shrink the abnormal vessels growing in the retina. Studies have shown that this treatment reduces the risk of severe vision loss by 60%. It often cannot restore vision that has already been lost. That is why early detection is so important. Another complication related to diabetes is cataracts. People with diabetes are twice as likely to develop cataracts and often develop them earlier than people without diabetes.\nPeople with diabetes are also twice as likely to develop glaucoma as other adults. The longer you have diabetes, the greater the risk for developing glaucoma. Glaucoma related to diabetes is treated with medications, laser or surgery. If you are diabetic, we urge you to have annual dilated eye examinations with Doctor Nguyen at Bella Eye Care Optometry.\nYour eyes are lubricated by tears produced by tear glands in your upper eyelid. Blinking spreads a film of tears across the surface of your eyes that then move to the inside area of your eye and drain through the tear drainage ducts in the nose and throat. Your tears are comprised of three separate layers. They include a watery layer, a mucus layer and an oily layer. An abnormality in any of these three layers can lead to dry eye symptoms.\nDryness of the eye Mucous discharge\nRedness Sandy or gritty feeling\nItching Burning\nConstant or occasional tearing\nLight sensitivity Eye pain or soreness\nLid infections Sties\nTired eyes Contact lens discomfort\nContact lens solution sensitivity Frequent use of lubricating eye drops\nEnvironment plays a large role in your tear layer. Sunny, dry or windy weather can lead to dry eye symptoms. Heaters, air conditioners and high altitudes increase the evaporation of tears from the eye\u2019s surface. If your tear drainage is too great or too slight, you may experience dry eye symptoms. Wearing contact lenses increases tear evaporation and may lead to dry eye symptoms. Tear production gradually decreases with age. At age 65 the tear glands produce about 40% of the lubricating tears they produced at age 18. Certain medications, including decongestants, antihistamines and diuretics may reduce tear production. Other related conditions include sinus/nasal congestion, chronic cough, bronchitis, allergies or hay fever, middle ear congestion, dry throat or mouth, headaches and asthma.\nManagement of dry eyes can be a challenging process. Lubricating drops and ointments may provide relief for dry eyes. Lacrimal occlusion is often used when lubricating drops alone are not adequate. Lacrimal occlusion is the partial blockage of your tear drainage ducts to preserve natural tears on the surface of the eyes. This procedure often provides long-term relief from dry eye symptoms. Temporary (dissolving) plugs are inserted into your tear drainage ducts. They last four to seven days, during which time your symptoms are monitored. Once the efficacy of the plugs are determined, permanent plugs are inserted. Often lubricating drops are no longer needed following punctal occlusion.\nWhen left untreated, severely dry eyes may lead to chronic infection of your eye and eyelids, corneal ulceration, scarring and permanent vision loss. Doctor Nguyen at Bella Eye Care Optometry will work with you to determine the best option for treating your dry eye symptoms.\nLow vision is a condition that exists when ordinary glasses, contact lenses, medical treatment and/or surgery are unable to correct a person\u2019s sight to the normal range. Reduced visual function has a profound influence on an individual\u2019s well being. The goal of low vision services is to maximize the usable sight of a person, enabling them to perform routine tasks.\nDoctor Nguyen will complete a thorough eye examination and can recommend strategies to improve the quality of life of those with reduced visual function. Optical devices often used to obtain this goal include hand-held or stand magnifiers, high-power reading lenses, telescopes and tinted lenses. Non-optical devices such as talking books, clocks and calculators, large-numeral telephones and large print reading materials are also introduced and considered.\nA person with a vision impairment can often benefit from an orientation and mobility specialist. These services can teach the visually impaired person to travel independently. Doctor Nguyen will be happy to discuss this option and help arrange for these services.\nHow well your child sees can determine whether or not they clean their rooms and pick up after themselves. Ok, not really but did we get your attention?\nYour child\u2019s vision is of utmost importance to their future. The sooner a child has an eye exam, the sooner we can ensure their visual acuities, eye health and, most importantly, the developmental aspects of their vision. We can help remove potential obstacles and increase their ability to learn, to thrive in school and in life.\nPhysically, children change constantly and so quickly. This is also true of their eyes and vision.\nAnd did you know that 80% of the harmful UV (ultraviolet) radiation your child will be exposed to in their lifetime, here in California, will happen prior to their 18th birthday?\nSo, please be sure to have your child\u2019s eyes examined every year before school starts to ensure their health and make sure they don\u2019t fall behind.\nWe see children as young as 6 months old! We suggest having your child\u2019s eyes examined before they are 18 months old, again when they turn 3, and annually thereafter when they start school.\nWe perform eye examinations to meet the requirements of the California Department of Motor Vehicles.\nAge-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common eye condition. It\u2019s the disturbance of the macula, the part of the retina that controls how well we can see detail in front of us\u2014as opposed to seeing things in our periphery. AMD is a leading cause of legal blindness in people age 65 and over, and 1.75 million adults in America suffer from its effects.\nAs with many eye conditions and diseases, it is often possible to detect early signs of Macular Degeneration during your regular eye examination. Therefore, scheduling regular eye exams is an excellent way for Dr. Nguyen and Bella Eye Care Optometry to make an early diagnosis of Macular Degeneration.\nKeratoconus is a progressive eye disease in which the normally round cornea thins and begins to bulge into a cone-like shape. This cone shape deflects light as it enters the eye on its way to the light-sensitive retina, causing distorted vision. Keratoconus can occur in one or both eyes and often begins during a person\u2019s teens or early 20s.\nEyeglasses or soft contact lenses may be used to correct the mild nearsightedness and astigmatism that is caused by the early stages for keratoconus. As the disorder progresses and cornea continues to thin and change shape, rigid gas permeable contact lenses can be prescribed to correct vision adequately. In most cases, this is adequate. The contact lenses must be carefully fitted, and frequent checkups and lens changes may be needed to achieve and maintain good vision. 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Great for action shots, portraits, and low-light photography.\nAn exceptional lens with a 50 mm stepping motor (STM) that's very fast and very quiet. Wide focusing ring is easy to operate quickly. Compact with a fixed focal length. Ideal for everyday photography.\nA small amount of users have had defective metal lens mounts.\nYN50mm f/1.8 Standard Prime Lens\nGreat value for a quality lens. The wide aperture allows for low-light photography. Has great edge-to-edge sharpness.\nThis Canon-compatible DSLR lens is far less expensive than comparable branded lenses but offers remarkable sharpness and clarity. Accepts 52 mm filters. Nice, crisp imaging.\nNo STM motor, so autofocus is a little noisy.\nAF FX NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8D Lens\nA quality, fast-focusing lens that produces amazingly sharp images with exceptional depth of color.\nOffers a compact and versatile design with the quality you'd expect from a Nikon lens. Wide aperture means it excels in low-light situations, as well as in direct light. Features a multilayer coating to reduce glare and ghosting.\nNot compatible with autofocus on certain Nikon cameras.\nAuto Focus 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Di LD Macro Zoom Lens\nThis lightweight, high-performance zoom lens is ideal for nature and portrait photography.\nFeatures low dispersion glass, which makes for an extremely sharp lens. Offers surprisingly good macro options for capturing those tiny details. A lightweight yet durable lens.\nSome users report switching between auto and manual mode is difficult.\nHigh-Power 500mm/1000mm f/8 Manual Telephoto Lens\nHighly versatile, high-power telephoto focal length lens. Quality build for the price, using premium grade parts.\nCan double conventional 500 mm lenses into 1000 mm using the powerful 2X Teleconverter. T-mount adapter included. Compatible with many camera models.\nSome users find setup takes too long.\nShopping guide for best DSLR camera lenses\nNo matter how great your DSLR camera is, you won't get the best results if you don't have the right lens. A camera is only as good as the lens you use with it, after all, which is why any budding photographer should be careful to select the best DSLR camera lens to fit their needs.\nFinding the right lens for you can be tough, especially if you're just starting out with photography or you've recently switched to a DSLR from a point-and-shoot camera. There's a great deal of lens-specific lingo that you need to wade through, which can be baffling to all but the pros.\nWe've put together this shopping guide to cut through the jargon and help you locate your perfect DSLR camera lens.\nConsider the type of photographs you take most often before buying a DSLR camera lens. Not every lens is good for every task.\nTypes of DSLR camera lenses\nKit lenses: Kit lenses are the standard DSLR camera lenses that come with your camera body if you purchase it as a bundle. Kit lenses are all-rounders, allowing you to zoom out to get wide-angle landscape shots or zoom in for portraits or basic macro photography. However, as is often the case, they tend to perform adequately for a number of purposes rather than do just one thing extremely well.\n50 mm lenses: These are \"prime\" DSLR camera lenses \u2013 lenses with a single fixed focal point. They're perhaps the most widely used prime lenses because they're great for portraits and street photography. Although they lack the ability to zoom in and out, they take sharper, crisper photos than lenses with the ability to zoom. They also tend to have a wide aperture, so they're good for low-light photography, such as taking pictures at live music events, particularly at small, intimate venues.\nWide-angle lenses: Wide-angle lenses can be either prime lenses or have a variable focal range. They're designed for when you need a wider field of view to fit a lot in the frame. If you regularly shoot panoramic landscapes or architecture, you'll need a decent wide-angle lens in your arsenal, but they're not much use for portraits or close-ups.\nFish-eye lenses: Although they're a bit more niche than some lenses, many photographers love experimenting with fish-eye lenses. These ultra-wide angle lenses bulge out at the end and offer a 100\u00b0 to 180\u00b0 field of vision, resulting in a wide panoramic or hemispherical image with a degree of visual distortion.\nMacro lenses: If you're interested in all things tiny, a macro lens is what you need. Macro lenses are perfect for taking pictures of insect life, close-ups of flowers, and detail shots for e-commerce. For insects and other mini beasts, you're best off with a macro lens with a longer focal point, so you don't have to get in too close and potentially scare off your subject.\nTelephoto lenses: It isn\u2019t just the paparazzi who need telephoto lenses. Since you can zoom right in to photograph your subjects from afar, telephoto lenses are ideal for wildlife photography, stadium concerts, and sporting events. Telephoto lenses can be pricey, however, particularly those with extremely long focal lengths.\nThis excellent prime DSLR camera lens has a fixed focal length of 50 mm and f/1.8 maximum aperture. It's a fast lens with impressively sharp focus and a built-in stepping motor. As such, this Canon lens is perfect for portraiture, photographing moving subjects, and snapping shots in poor light conditions.\nDSLR camera lens features\nThe focal length of a DSLR camera lens refers to the distance (in millimeters) from the point of convergence in your lens to your camera's sensor when the subject is in focus. It tells you how much of the scene will fit in your snaps. That might sound confusing, but the salient piece of information is that the lower the focal length, the wider the shot and the more you'll fit in each frame. Lenses with 14 mm, 20 mm, 24 mm, 28 mm, and 35 mm are wide-angle lenses that fit a lot into each frame. You\u2019ll fit less in your photo with a 50 mm to 100 mm lens, but the scene will be magnified.\nThe size of the aperture determines how much light can come through the lens and hit the sensor. The lens aperture is expressed as the lowercase letter f followed by a number, so it\u2019s often referred to as the \"f-stop.\" The lower the number, the larger the aperture, and the more light can enter the camera. A camera with an f-stop of f/1.8 has a larger aperture than one with f/22. Lenses with large apertures are great for action shots because you can use a quicker shutter speed in regular lighting without the image darkening. Larger apertures are also ideal for shooting in subpar lighting conditions.\nEvery camera manufacturer has its own lens mount; for example, Canon lenses are only compatible with Canon camera bodies. The only exceptions are Olympus and Panasonic, whose DSLR cameras use a Four Thirds mount. Third party manufacturers sometimes make each lens with a variety of lens mount options to fit different cameras.\nSome lenses have image stabilization to help prevent blurred images when taking photos without a tripod or similar. Unless the body of your camera has image stabilization, we'd definitely recommend a lens with this feature. It's particularly important with telephoto lenses because these produce more image shake with long focal lengths.\nBe sure to put the lens cap back on your DSLR lens when you put your camera away to avoid scratches.\nAlthough prime lenses are less versatile, you often get sharper images using them.\nAlways check that your chosen lens is compatible with your DSLR camera body before buying.\nDSLR camera lens prices\nDSLR camera lenses come at a very wide range of price points. Basic prime lenses tend to be the least expensive, sometimes as little as $30 to $50, but you should expect to pay closer to $100 for a name-brand model.\nMid-range DSLR camera lenses cost around $300 to $800. You can find all kinds of lenses in this price range, including macro lenses and more basic telephoto options.\nHigh-end camera lenses can cost several thousand dollars, with professional-grade models costing as much as $20,000, which would be overkill for the vast majority of photographers.\nYongnuo YN50mm f/1.8 Standard Prime Lens\nBudget-friendly functionality\nThis Yongnuo lens is a great alternative to a name-brand prime lens if you're looking to save some money. The wide f/1.8 aperture allows in plenty of light for fast shutter speeds and low-light photography, as well as producing a shallow depth of field. Surprisingly sturdy for the low price, this lens is compatible with both full-frame and APS-C format cameras.\nPay attention to sensor format compatibility. DSLR cameras either have APS-C or full-frame sensors (the latter are generally found on high-end professional models). Lenses that are designed to be compatible with full-frame cameras work fine on cameras with APS-C sensors, but not the other way around.\nChoose the right lens for your camera. While you can buy adapters to get around lens mount compatibility issues, you\u2019ll generally get better results with lenses that fit your camera without an adapter.\nThink about focus. The vast majority of modern lenses offer an autofocus function, but many also allow for manual focus, which advanced photographers may appreciate.\nSize matters. Check the size and weight of your chosen camera lens, especially if you're buying a large telephoto lens. Some can be quite unwieldy.\nWith thousands of DSLR camera lenses available, spanning all kinds of brands and types, picking out just five is a challenge. We considered a huge number of other lenses that might be of interest. If you're looking for a wide-angle lens for a Canon, the Canon EF-S Lens is an exceptional choice. The optimized lens element placement gives excellent image quality, and the circular seven-blade aperture produces soft backgrounds. The Canon EF USM Macro Lens is a superb choice for capturing tiny objects and close-up details, though it also shines for human and animal portraiture. Although it's too pricey for most budgets, the Nikon AF-S FX is incredible in situations where you can't get close to the action. It's the wildlife photographer's lens of choice, but it also works well for concerts and sporting events in large venues.\nA \"fast\" lens is one with a large maximum aperture. The larger the aperture, the quicker the shutter speed you can use, which is great for taking pictures of moving subjects.\nQ. How should I store my DSLR lenses when I'm not using them?\nA. To avoid scratches, put both the front and rear lens caps on your lens before storing it, and put it in a suitable case to help protect it. You can buy both soft and hard cases for camera lenses.\nQ. What's the correct way to clean a DSLR camera lens?\nA. You can use a soft, clean, damp cloth to remove any dust and smudges from your camera lens. Alternatively, you can buy specialty lens-cleaning products or lens-cleaning kits that contain cloths, a mild cleaning solution, and other useful cleaning tools.\nQ. Do I need to use a monopod or tripod to get good photos?\nA. While a monopod or tripod isn't essential for most photography, certain types of photos and lenses could benefit from tripod or monopod use. When trying to get a close-up with a macro lens, you'll often get a much sharper image with a tripod or monopod. 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Wheeler, the court upheld a chancellors\u2019 decision that, although the decedent and his brother had a confidential relationship, the will and deeds in favor of the brother were not the product of undue influence so that they should be set aside.\nAnd in Estate of Mace: Colbert v. Gardner, the court affirmed the chancellor\u2019s refusal to set aside a will based on undue influence. The court also rejected the plaintiff\u2019s claim that the decedent lacked testamentary capacity.\nWe\u2019ve talked here before about the onerous burden that the plaintiff bears to convince the trial court that a will, deed, or other instrument should be set aside for undue influence. We also talked about the proof necessary to prove lack of testamentary capacity.\nThe law sets a high bar for those who are seeking to set aside instruments. If you are approached by a prospective client, even one with a fistful of dollars to finance litigation, you should make sure that the proof rises to the level that would justify the relief you are seeking.\nYou can read these recent cases and draw your own conclusions.\nTagged: conveyances, testamentary capacity, undue influence, wlls\n\u00ab Scopes Trial\nYet Another Interment in the MRCP 54(b) Graveyard \u00bb\nYou are currently reading Not Under the Influence at The Better Chancery Practice Blog.\nCategories: Equitable Remedies, Estates and Administrations, Evidence", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 48, "original_length": 2606, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 280.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://bgarthart.com/author/beagarth/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:48Z", "digest": "sha1:DZIDF376HVB543GGWWNYNQ6XGKBNBOPS", "length": 877, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "bgarthart.com", "title": "beagarth \u2013 bgarthart.com", "raw_content": "By beagarth\nI am a poet, visual artist (ceramic sculpture, drawing and painting) and editor. My art has become more and more surrealistic and in its way, Goddess oriented in philosophy (i.e., nurturing of the planet and each other plus honoring the spirits and symbols from the unconscious, metaphysics etc.) with a good dose of the Surreal. I focus on exploring feelings and body language many of us might otherwise miss. The art of relationships is a passion of mine, between us humans and the creatures around us, as well as with the Earth itself. I find art to be very healing, and it is this fact that really drives me. I also enjoy sharing art, poetry, social and political philosophy, and an interest in ecology and nutrition/health with others. 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The evolving image of a dancer in a half-male/half-female costume serves as a metaphor for the rapport between these two basic research orientations, and for how they might be reconciled-in the interest of both research and the researcher. Findings from the highly interdisciplinary field of prenatal and perinatal development illustrate the need for an integrated approach to understanding \"reality\". As Sir Ian McKellan notes, \"With the eclipse of God by the advent and ascension of reason and science, there is no seeming tolerance for the unexplained, which in earlier centuries would have been relegated to 'the work of God'. Religion is the answer given in various cultures to those vulnerable areas of life that are not understood, the so-called Divine Mysteries.\"\nAnokhin, D. 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Ungerer. \"Bases biochimiques de l'apprentissage et de la m", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 3609, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.84, "perplexity": 311.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://bitcoinist.com/abra-new-bitcoin-remittance-service/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:46Z", "digest": "sha1:AWZT7KEODCHFUGU67OSJMM5JH6VY5DSI", "length": 2277, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "bitcoinist.com", "title": "Abra: A New Kind Of Bitcoin Remittance Service - Bitcoinist.com", "raw_content": "Reading: Abra: A New Kind Of Bitcoin Remittance Service\nAbra: A New Kind Of Bitcoin Remittance Service\nBill Barhydt, serial entrepreneur and former Netscape director, debuted his first Bitcoin startup, Abra, on Wednesday, March 4.\nThe announcement came on the last day of the Launch Festival, an annual conference known for premiering new and innovative startups. In his speech, Barhydt explained that Abra was created to help migrant workers in various countries send money to their loved ones back home.\n\u201cOur mission with Abra is to turn every smartphone into a teller that processes withdrawals. This is not just another bitcoin app. The wallet is a full-fledged digital asset management system, and you don\u2019t have to understand it. It\u2019s very sophisticated what\u2019s going on behind the scenes,\u201d said Barhydt.\nExisting bitcoin remittance services act as brokers, but Abra is going with the more traditional model of Western Union and other remittance service providers. Abra relies on a network of money tellers, similar to Mobile Money in Africa, which serve as stations for people to send and receive cash.\nA user can also load their account with a debit card, but can not receive money with it.\nWith Abra, a user can send money to anyone in the world, even if that person has not downloaded Abra or has a bank account. The fintech startup uses bitcoin on the backend to send money globally and cheaply.\nBut if you were an Abra user, you wouldn\u2019t know it.\nThe company has a huge focus on making the company customer friendly. Therefore, it does not mention or expose the user to the cryptocurrency at all. Instead, all transactions are denominated in US dollars.\nOne of the main selling points of the service is the lack of fees. For the time being, Abra does not charge fees for any remittances sent through the service. The company also says there is \u201cno foreign exchange risk.\u201d\nThe service claims to be much faster compared to the existing options. As soon as the money is sent, the recipient can instantly withdraw the money from an Abra teller in the other part of the world.\nWould you use Abra or other bitcoin remittance services to send money to love ones aboard?\nPhoto courtesy of goabra.com\nTags: abra, bitcoin, Bitcoin Exchange, mpesa, remittance, startup, tellers", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 222, "original_length": 6104, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 294.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://bizgovsoc6.wordpress.com/author/shontr/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:19Z", "digest": "sha1:GG36OIJ2VTTGET64DGWMBRPCONKZ5ELM", "length": 9273, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "bizgovsoc6.wordpress.com", "title": "Shon | Read this and hack!", "raw_content": "Author Archives: Shon\nPanacea? We don\u2019t need panacea. We have VITAMINS!\nMarch 21, 2013 by Shon\nMedicine has always existed, and along with it untreatable diseases have also been present. At some point it was bacterial infection, now it is cancer and AIDS. Humanity has been dreaming of panacea forever. Some people claimed to find all-purpose medicine. However, in every case savior was labeled charlatan. Mankind has not given hope though, and is still searching for a perfect drug to cure every disease. Individuals tend to take advantage of those dreams and make fortune by making dreams come true.\nAccording to the Dr. Rath Health Foundation website, Matthias Rath is \u201cthe physician and scientist who led the breakthrough discoveries in the natural control of cancer, cardiovascular disease and other chronic health conditions.\u201d Rath claims that AIDS, simply put, does not exist, and HIV is a myth that pharmaceutical companies use to make money. Dr. Rath states that vitamin deficit is a cause of all those diseases and only vitamin treatment with vitamins might be effective. Chemotherapy, antiretrovirals \u2013 everything is a scam to trick people into spending money. Rath is well known for his war against pharmaceutical industry which he accused of genocide on the world in its lust for profits. This seems reasonable due to the fact that untreatable diseases create the need of pharmaceutical companies, which then pray on the desperate society. Rath is just a loyal servant of society, fighting a millennia old conspiracy.\nMatthias Rath, in fact, spends huge amount of capital on advertising in many countries all over the world, instead of simply helping people. Because of his campaign South African government refused to use conventional medicine to treat AIDS and prevent HIV, which caused 171,000 new HIV infections and 343,000 deaths over the period of 8 years from 1999 to 2007. Dominik Fled, nine-year-old boy, died after being taken off chemotherapy and put on Rath\u2019s vitamin program. Boy\u2019s mother blames scientific medicine and the pharmaceutical industry for her son\u2019s death.\nIt is quite hard to fight Dr. Rath because he is one of \u201cthem\u201d, is a part of conspiracy. How do we deal with one, who is supposed to act ethically, but cannot be forced to? As a doctor he took an oath and is meant to act ethically, however he does not.\nhttp://skepdic.com/rath.html\nhttp://listverse.com/2011/09/13/top-10-unethical-business-actions/\nPosted in Blog 8 Paper 2 Ideas.\tTagged Health, Matthias Rath, Medicine, Pharmaceutical industry, Vitamins\nDroids\u2026Are we Moving Towards Utopia or Dystopia?\nFebruary 6, 2013 by Shon\nAs I was surfing great spaces of internet, I came across an interesting video title \u2013 \u201cAre droids taking our jobs?\u201d I, as a person liking technology quite a bit and also being a computer science major (in addition to BSBA program), was really curious about the content of the video. This is how I decided to write about Andrew McAfee. McAfee is currently a principal research scientist at the Center for Digital Business in the MIT Sloan School of Management. His research investigates how IT changes the way companies perform, organize themselves and compete. He also investigates how computerization affects competition, society, economy, and the workforce. He is famous for his book Race Against the Machine.\nAndrew McAfee, in his TED talk, is talking about the extremely high rates technology growth, which we, humanity, are not keeping up to it. That rapid growth is a phenomenon based on Moore\u2019s Law, which state that computational power doubles every 18 months. Inventions, he claims, have always replaced human labor in some areas, but, at the same time, created new jobs in other areas. However, due to the extremely fast growth nowadays, new areas specifically designed for humans are not being created. Hence, labor force is losing opportunities, whereas new ones have not originated yet.\nAs technology evolves, it is able to perform tasks that are considered out of computational reach. Andrew McAfee mentions Siri and Watson as examples. One would think that communication and pattern matching would always be an area where a human being has advantage over machine. However, technology surpasses our expectations and, alas, is taking the advantage from us.\nI was actually also concerned with this upcoming issue, which is why I abandoned my initially chosen math major and decided to try management and computer science. Management is something technology is not capable of doing yet and is still an area where mankind excels. Computer science is a field of study in which, unsurprisingly, computers are studied. Creation of computation is a basis for all devices we possess today, and therefore understanding fundamentals might also give a clear view on the current situation, described by McAfee. Perhaps, I would learn the limitations of the technology and would apply that knowledge to the resolution of issues, mentioned in the TED talk.\nAnrew McAfee\u2019s TED profile.\nMcAfee\u2019s Blog.\nPosted in Blog 4.\tTagged Andrew McAfee, IT, Moore's Law, technology\niCult or the Very First Corporate Religion\nTechnology\u2026this word gives me a creep, in a good sense, when I actually think about what it means for us as a whole. Every person in the world has been exposed to Technology somehow. It actually fascinates me how people can use this term so freely, without deep understanding what it actually is; and, as matter of fact, so do I. However it is a different topic, so broad that cannot be covered in one single blog of a small person such as me, and therefore I have only slightly touched the tip of the iceberg in order to avoid misunderstanding, the reason to which might be my very own ignorance.\nI love technology, if I may say so, and I almost feel it is a special human being to me. This is how close it has gotten in my life and, I am sure, in almost every other person\u2019s life. All the developments and inventions have brought both good and bad, and in order to analyze, we would have to look at technology from the side. But is it possible, when we view our devices as something so intimate? Have you, personally, tried to think of technology as something not so integrated in our lives, not as something given to us by right of birth? With this thought in mind we move on to Apple, the best, most innovative company in the world.\nEven though I am not an Apple fan today, I used to be. My Apple experience started long time ago, when I got iPod Mini for my birthday. I found it beautiful, so very well designed, and easy to use. I can still remember myself taking care of my first Apple product as if it was a child of mine. The iTunes player was so comfortable and easy to use, it was receiving constant updates \u2013 I felt that Apple really cared about me. I was worshiping it, I was in deep love with it. A year later I bought another iPod. I was blindly in love with it again, even forgetting the old one. I did not care that there was almost no difference other than memory increase and rounded edges. I was blinded for some reason unknown to me.\nUnlike Apple-haters, I do understand Apple-fans, the warm feeling a new iPhone gives. MacBook is a great device, and I do not dare to challenge that. IPhone, IPad are awesome, there is no doubt\u2026or is there? Have you ever thought why there is a differentiation between Mac and PC? PC stands for Personal Computer. Is Mac not a personal computer? Why do people not call computers with Linux OS just Linux instead of PC? I even heard someone saying that iPad is a huge innovation being a tablet PC.\nIt appears that tablet first appeared in 2002 and was introduced by this guy. Steve Jobs has changed quite a bit since then, hasn\u2019t he?\nI do not own any Apple products anymore. All thanks to undeveloped customer service back in old mother-Russia. Feeling of deep connection vanished over time and I started to see the impaired functionality of Apple devices. It was and still is easy to use, however it felt the company treats me like an old child, not capable of doing anything myself and not knowing boundaries, and therefore provides software itself and limits access to certain things. There is no freedom in using Apple devices.\nIt is possible, however, that users do not need all the functionality and freedom \u2013 they would rather just use an easy product instead of bothering themselves with the fascinating complexity behind the scenes. Perhaps my perverted views on this matter are completely weird, but how could all the missteps by Apple remain unnoticed? The answer is simple enough: \u201cApple cannot do wrong\u201d. Being an Apple fan has become \u201ca religion\u201d, as Michael Daisey said, and I totally agree with him. As for any religion, there are problems when people to start think and ask questions. Is it really ok to exploit people, even if they are Chinese? This was not an attempt to be racist, but instead to point out that those working conditions would never be accepted in United States. Is it fine to use poisonous chemicals in not-automatized production without equipping workers with the least protection such as masks, gloves, goggles? Many other issues, including those raised by Mr. Daisey, remain not solved.\nPosted in Blog 2.\tTagged Apple, hate, ipad, religion, tablet", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 190, "original_length": 23452, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 304.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://blackriverfalls.com/news?start=6", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:08Z", "digest": "sha1:BWKI7ROHYF3NSOMT6GJPY3SM5HKNHNLL", "length": 4514, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "blackriverfalls.com", "title": "News", "raw_content": "Members of the Jackson County Farm Bureau will hold their annual meeting at noon Sunday, Sept. 23, at the Steve and Pat Kling Party Barn in Taylor.\nAll Farm Bureau members are encouraged to attend this important meeting to help create policy resolutions and vote in elections for county board directors.\nThe county\u2019s voting delegates also will be selected for the WFBF Annual Meeting in Wisconsin Dells Dec. 1-3.\nAs a grassroots organization, it is Farm Bureau members on the county level who set the policy goals of the state\u2019s leading farm organization. The Wisconsin Farm Bureau is often asked to get involved in issues affecting production agriculture and rural Wisconsin both in Madison and Washington, D.C.\nThis fall, Farm Bureau members across the state will be crafting, discussing and forwarding policy recommendations on emerging agricultural issues.\nMade up of 61 county Farm Bureaus, the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation is the state\u2019s largest general farm organization representing farms of every size, commodity and management style.\nThe spirit of friendliness and good cheer is just around the corner as the 12th Annual Black River Area Oktoberfest will take place Saturday, Oct. 6.\nThis festival has continued to grow and is one of the area\u2019s most popular fall celebrations. The event will once again be held in the Animal Arena at the Jackson County Fair Park. The arena provides a weatherproof spot for vendors, food and entertainment.\nScheduled events will include a car show \u2013 which is getting bigger every year \u2013children\u2019s inflatables, medieval knight demonstrations and, of course, plenty of music, food and fun.\n\u201cWe made some big changes during the past few years with this festival, which continues to draw larger crowds and overwhelmingly positive responses,\u201d said Amanda Gunn, executive director of the Black River Area Chamber of Commerce. \u201cCome celebrate Wisconsin\u2019s German heritage and enjoy music, food, crafts, inflatables and beer from our local Sand Creek Brewing Co.\nTOWN OF BROCKWAY -- A 64-year-old Black River Falls man faces a 14th drunken driving charge in Jackson County.\nHerman Decorah was apprehended Wednesday after refusing to stop while traveling below the speed limit.\nThe vehicle eventually stopped in a town of Brockway driveway, where Decorah said he resided.\nDecorah was booked into Jackson County Jail for 14th-offense operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, a felony, and operating after revocation.\nThe measurement of progress is at times an inexact science akin to the eye of the beholder. Not every advancement of science or latest technology equates to progress.\nI\u2019ve thought about that often this summer as my work commute takes me past the construction zone of the northern portion of the Badger Coulee Transmission Line project. The 186-mile powerline runs from Holmen to near Madison and will cost an estimated $580 million. It is a joint venture of American Transmission Co. and utilities including Xcel Energy and La Crosse-based Dairyland Power Cooperative\nThe project was years in the making and there were many in support and against. The application approved by the Wisconsin Public Service Commission in 2015 said that the project will improve electric reliability, provide lower-cost power and bring more wind power to customers. It will become part of a transmission grid and connect with the CapX2020 high-voltage line from Minnesota.\nMonday's funeral procession for Alec Muth, 22, of Black River Falls included fire engines, ambulances and at least 100 motorcycles. Muth died Aug. 19 of injuries sustained in an Aug. 7 motorcycle crash at Black Hills Speedway in Rapid City, S.D. He was a member of the Black River Falls Fire Department and an avid motorcycle racer. The long procession accompanied Muth's body from the Lunda Community Center Field House to Riverside Cemetery.\nAuthorities in Jackson County are looking for a man who fled after a domestic dispute on Interstate 94.\nThe Jackson County Sheriff\u2019s Department was called at 1:13 p.m. Wednesday to near mile marker 122 in the town of Manchester for a report of a possible domestic disturbance.\nA woman told deputies that Dale K. Becklin, 58, of Louisiana had run off. Deputies with K9 and state troopers searched and were unable to find him.\nAuthorities said they believe it was an isolated incident and that Becklin has no known ties to this area.\nJackson County deputies are urging people to call 715-284-5357 if you see Becklin, and that you should not try to apprehend him.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 188, "original_length": 7424, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 282.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://blistersisterblog.com/2014/01/24/were-back/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:39:38Z", "digest": "sha1:TC6VZMOI2CSNPMMZVPD6C73GGYGVY3PF", "length": 48, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "blistersisterblog.com", "title": "We\u2019re Back! | Blister Sister Adventure Race Team", "raw_content": "Volunteering at the Rebecca Run last year (2013)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 207, "original_length": 5503, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.77, "perplexity": 179.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://blitzkrieg13.com/tag/troy-tulowitzki/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:26Z", "digest": "sha1:BGBB6SNKAXEQDN2ILDG4M3E5BOYBWAX3", "length": 3925, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "blitzkrieg13.com", "title": "Troy Tulowitzki | BlitzKrieg", "raw_content": "Tag Archives: Troy Tulowitzki\nTulo: I\u2019m not changing positions\nTroy Tulowitzki had just finished a light workout, doing some straight-line running and taking a few ground balls before Saturday\u2019s game at Coors Field.\n\u201cNothing off the bat; just stuff that was being thrown at me,\u201d he said, stopping to take a few questions on his way back to the clubhouse. \u201cIt was the most I\u2019ve done and I definitely felt good.\u201d\nTulo went on the disabled list May 31 after pulling a groin muscle getting out of the batter\u2019s box the previous night.\n\u201cAt the end of the day, there\u2019s nothing you can do about it,\u201d he said. \u201cI prepare myself every day to try to take the field and I couldn\u2019t this last week that I\u2019ve missed and there\u2019s nothing you can do about that. You can\u2019t beat yourself up. You have to look forward to coming back and make up for lost time and not try to do too much and try to help the team win games.\u201d\nI mentioned that after a slow start he was just heating up with the bat when he was injured.\n\u201cThere\u2019s no doubt I was starting to swing the bat a little bit better, but I came off DL stints before where I\u2019ve got right back in it and helped the team win games,\u201d he said.\nI asked if he\u2019s thought of pursuing any unconventional training techniques to stay loose \u2014 yoga, for example.\nTulo is built more like a tight end than a shortstop and has had periodic issues with leg muscles. Last July, he strained a quad running to first base, missing four days. He strained a quad in May 2010 and missed three days. In 2008, he missed 46 games with a tear of the quadriceps ligament. And he missed a month in the minors with a strained quad shortly after the Rockies made him the seventh overall pick of the 2005 draft.\n\u201cNo, I think if there was any magical thing out there, there would be a lot \u2014 there\u2019s a lot of guys hurt,\u201d Tulowitzki said. \u201cI just try to stay up on top of things, but with how demanding the middle of the diamond is, from center field to second base, shortstop, catcher, those guys, how demanding the game is on them, it\u2019s tough, and a lot of guys seem to get injured.\u201d\nWell, he brought it up. Do those demands in the middle of the diamond tempt him to move to a corner position, where you\u2019ll find most cleanup hitters?\n\u201cNo, not at all,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s come up since I went on this DL and it\u2019s a little bit frustrating. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve seen a shortstop win a gold glove and it being talked about moving to third base. I did it coming out of the box, nothing to do really with defense. I\u2019m going to play just as hard at third as short. I understand there\u2019s a little bit more movement, but I don\u2019t think that\u2019s an answer at all.\u201d\nWould more days off help?\n\u201cIt\u2019s so easy to say, and people say that in spring training, but we\u2019re sitting here, what, 12 games out of first place?\u201d he said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t really look too good if you take a day off. Now, if you\u2019re running away with it a little bit and you\u2019re in the lead in the division, it\u2019s a lot easier to say, \u2018Hey, I\u2019m going to take a day here and there.\u2019 But with the spot that we\u2019re in, it\u2019s going to be hard to say, \u2018Oh, I\u2019m going to take a day.\u2019 Now, if I am hurting, I have to be honest with them, but it\u2019s going to be tough when I do come back to get out of there.\u201d\nBy my count, he\u2019ll be eligible to come off the 15-day DL on Thursday, but that doesn\u2019t mean he\u2019ll be ready. What does he have to be able to do?\n\u201cThe hard cuts around the bases,\u201d he said. \u201cOut of the box, obviously, that\u2019s how I got hurt so that\u2019s going to be in my mind a little bit, is that first step out of the box. Once I get over some of those obstacles I think mentally I\u2019ll be in a better spot.\u201d\nIs a rehab assignment likely before he returns to the Rocks?\n\u201cI would think so,\u201d he said. \u201cTwo, three days maybe. I don\u2019t know where, but I think if I pass the test the next couple of days, then we can kind of set that up.\u201d\nLeave a comment\t| tags: Troy Tulowitzki\t| posted in Rockies/MLB", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 482, "original_length": 83691, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 181.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://blog.averittexpress.com/5-ways-a-warehouse-management-system-can-enhance-supply-chains", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:06Z", "digest": "sha1:BOWBRZZUJTD7SC2J6SU5K5Y7GPYB7BL4", "length": 4371, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "blog.averittexpress.com", "title": "5 Ways A Warehouse Management System Can Improve Your Supply Chain", "raw_content": "Technology, Freight Handling\n5 Ways A Warehouse Management System Can Improve Your Supply Chain\nBy Point To Point on June, 1 2016\nWhat is a warehouse management system?\nIn recent years, you've probably heard or read aboutwarehouse management systems (WMS) in trade magazines and online. So what are they and how do they work?\nA WMS is a software solution that can provide your business with a complete picture of your product inventory levels in real-time. More importantly, a WMS can help your business make strategic decisions based upon intelligent data, such as:\nKnowing when to order products\nKnowing when to schedule a pickup\nUnderstanding which products are moving or not\nDetermining when sales peaks occur and how to order and ship accordingly\nThese are just a few of the basic concepts behind the purpose of incorporating such a system in a supply chain. So let's discuss a few of the ways this type of system can help a business save money and time while streamlining supply chain practices.\n1. Intelligent Design and AUTOMATED RESPONSE\nThe beauty of a WMS system is that it can reduce the amount of work involved in planning and executing the logistics of shipping and receiving.\nFor example, one Averitt customer that uses our WMS in conjunction with our warehousing service rarely even handles their products. When inventory reaches a certain point, the system notifies the customer and us that it is time to schedule an import shipment that originates in China. The system is set up to ensure that the cargo will arrive to our distribution center at the most optimal time so that inventory levels are never too high or too low (which all factors into the cost of warehousing and meeting customer demand).\n2. Inventory Visibility\nA warehouse management system allows your business to maintain an accurate picture of what you have (or do not) have currently in stock. This is made possible by the use of scanners that check items in and out of a facility.\nRather than relying on spreadsheets that are filled in by hand, this system provides a real-time updated score of inventory levels, which reduces the potential for human error.\nA WMS keeps track of historical data across time. Being able to compare inventory levels and actions taken during peak seasons allows businesses to plan out their buying practices well into the future.\nKnowing when to keep certain products on hand for delivery and distribution can help your business cut down on overhead costs that are associated with holding onto inventory that doesn't move.\nMany warehouse management programs can actually be integrated into other applications that your company may use, such as a business management system or a transportation management system (TMS).\nFor example, one of our e-commerce retail clients has integrated our system with their purchase order (PO) management system. Whenever their customers make a purchase from their website, our program is notified and then our associates schedule the product for home delivery via parcel service. At the same time, the WMS system is updated with the parcel tracking number which is then sent to their customer. This situation gives their customer the tracking ability that helps foster a positive experience that leads to more returning customers.\nIn the end, our customer is able to run their entire e-commerce business from their home without having to worry about processing and storing inventory.\n5. Ability to focus on growth\nBy utilizing a warehouse management system, businesses can increase their supply chain performance and streamline the process of getting products to their final destination.\nWhen your business doesn't have to juggle the hassle of managing transportation and warehousing, you are able to spend more time on growing your business and increasing market share.\nAveritt's WMS is just one part of the overall supply chain solution that we can provide customers with. From importing to inventory management and distribution, we can offer tailored solutions to fit any need. Better yet, when you use Averitt, you can always count on the simplicity of:\nOne Contact. One Invoice. Zero Worries.\nIf you would like to find out how Averitt can help you streamline your supply chain with a Custom Warehouse Solution, see availability in your area or schedule a demo, please contact:\nCody Smith at cosmith@averittexpress.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 67, "original_length": 5186, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 334.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://blog.biblewiki.com/2019/02/word-for-word-episode-36.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:21Z", "digest": "sha1:VQUQSZIWLMSJYH4CM3AYYTASSQST3U32", "length": 1171, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "blog.biblewiki.com", "title": "Bible Wiki Blog: Word for Word: Episode 36", "raw_content": "\u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b9\u05ea\u05b9\u05ea\u0599 \u05d5\u05bc\u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b9\u05a3\u05d5\u05e2\u05b2\u05d3\u05b4\u0594\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05bc\u05dc\u05b0\u05d9\u05b8\u05de\u05b4\u0596\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e0\u05b4\u05bd\u05d9\u05dd\nSigns, seasons, days and years\nHaving made the earth habitable, God made the heavens useful. Aside from distinguishing day from night, the \"clock\" became a calendar.\nThe word \"signs\" is the Hebrew \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea (\u014dth). As with the translation, the word indicates a signal. Signs identify the true state of things. The lights in the sky are used to confirm the message of the creator.\nA season (\u05de\u05d5\u05b9\u05e2\u05b5\u05d3 mo`ed) is an appointed place or time. Affixing the prefix \"m\" rothe root verb \u05d9\u05b8\u05e2\u05b7\u05d3 ( y\u00e2\u02bbad) forms the noun. By watching the sky regular meetings and activities can be scheduled.\nThe orbs and points of light also make it possible to observe special days. These include the first day of the month and year (Heb: \u05e9\u05b8\u05c1\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4, shaneh).\nThe year is marked when the sky returns to its original appearance. The word \u05e9\u05b8\u05c1\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4 is taken from the verb form shanah, the same root for the number two.\nThe place of the earth among the heavenly bodies was designed to allow a clear view of what has been set in place. As the Psalmist would write \"The heavens declare the glory of God\" (Ps. 19:1).\nLabels:Main days, season, sign, sky, Word for Word, year", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 64, "original_length": 4192, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 337.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://blog.euromonitor.com/travel-and-tourism-in-the-middle-east-fallout-from-the-turmoil-in-egypt-and-tunisia/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:25:34Z", "digest": "sha1:SSCNWRF63J4KUHAI6LDZGTAIDIPTX7EZ", "length": 5553, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "blog.euromonitor.com", "title": "Travel and tourism in the Middle East: fallout from the turmoil in Egypt and Tunisia", "raw_content": "Articles / Travel and tourism in the Middle East: fallout from the turmoil in Egypt and Tunisia\nTravel and tourism in the Middle East: fallout from the turmoil in Egypt and Tunisia\nOn 17 December 2010, Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire after officials prevented him from selling vegetables without a permit in the town of Sidi Bouzida in Tunisia. This set off a wave of protests that eventually forced President Ben Ali to flee to Saudi Arabia on 14 January 2010.\nIt is estimated that 100 people died during clashes with police. Although protests continued in Tunis on 26 January, the situation seems to be stabilizing, although the foreign minister resigned and an interim government has yet to be finalised.\nOther countries follow suit\nCitizens in other countries followed Tunisia\u2019s example and took to the streets to protest against their governments, high unemployment, and rising prices in late December 2010 and into January 2011. These countries include Egypt, Jordan, Algeria, Libya, Yemen, Sudan, Lebanon, Oman, Morocco and Mauritius.\nTravel warnings implemented for Tunisia\nAs the protests spread to Tunis and other cities, countries such as the UK and the US, issued travel warnings against non-essential travel to Tunisia in mid-January. Tour operators repatriated their customers. Industry sources say that UK tour operators repatriated 3,000 customers the weekend of 15 January and began cancelling flights.\nThomas Cook has cancelled flights through 27 February, while Thomson Airways has cancelled flights through the 16 February. All three operators are allowing tourists travelling to Tunisia through February to change their travel plans without charge.\nThe French Tour Operator Association announced that they have cancelled their trips through 23 January and evaluating February departures. German tour operators, TUI and Rewe cancelled departures through 15 February and those booked for travel through 15 April can change their bookings without a change fee.\n2011 likely to be disastrous for Tunisia tourism\nWhile the situation in Tunisia seems calmer, tour operators are waiting for governments to lift their travel warnings before returning to normal operations. The interim government has six months to hold new elections, so the short term will likely involve a lot of uncertainty as a new government forms. Even if calm is restored, it is unlikely that tourists, especially Europeans, will choose Tunisia for their summer holidays in 2011.\nThe industry will likely roll out discounts for summer packages to stimulate demand and turn to domestic and regional tourists to make up for the lost Europeans. Despite these efforts, Euromonitor International expects tourist arrivals to decline by 30% in 2011 with incoming tourist receipts falling by 32% due to discounting.\nSocial unrest erupts in Egypt\nTour operators are watching Egypt closely since it is the largest destination for arrivals in the Middle East as the domino effect takes hold. As the seventh day of protests continues in the country, it is likely that these events will impact tourism negatively in the short term.\nEscalation of the political unrest in Egypt against President Hosni Mubarak who has been for the last 30 years in power has already led many governments to advise their citizens against \u201cessential travel to Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor and Suez\u201d and are at a stand-by to evacuate them from Egypt.\nThe vocal protests in Egypt and the clashes with the police have led to 30 people being killed which undeniably will hinder the resumption of key economic activities in the country, notably tourism. The population is increasingly dissatisfied with general welfare conditions, governance issues tied to the independence of the press and the judiciary, and the high level of control exercised by the government.\nTourism remains a pillar of Egypt\u2019s economy, with GDP recording 5.3% rise in 2010. The drop in external demand had a negative impact on the hospitality industry as arrivals and revenues saw a sharp decline in 2009. However, a surge in visitors during the winter season and in the second half of the year helped a return to positive growth of over 6% in 2010 in tourist arrivals to Egypt, recording almost 13 million according to Euromonitor International\u2019s latest research. The recovery, however, is in danger.\nThese protests show that the country is exposed to regional sensitivities and to the instability that plagued Tunisia. With the uncertainty looming over Egypt, international travel companies may start to hold back in terms of activity in the country, and recognize that there is a degree of uncertainty and more risk associated to this country than there was before the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia. Egypt could therefore see a strong decline in tourism incoming flows and receipts from Europe and the West compared to the past.\nThe impact of the crisis is also having an influence on UK travel companies. The latest FTSE information confirms that the shares of players such as Thomas Cook, the new airline group IAG (the merged entity of British Airways and Iberia), Thomson Holidays and IHG all recorded a decline in the trading of their shares.\nIf the protests continue, even relatively peacefully, tourists may opt to spend their Easter and summer holidays in other countries, especially Turkey. Mediterranean destinations such as Spain, which had lost share to these less expensive, non-euro zone countries, may be able to woo European tourists back to their beaches with promises of political stability.\nmiddle east, travel", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 815, "original_length": 15575, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 253.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://blog.getedfunding.com/most-popular-funding-opportunities-last-month-01-2018/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:40Z", "digest": "sha1:UJJ6L3ZEU5QJYXTWLQW7T6SSR35TG3NG", "length": 2102, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "blog.getedfunding.com", "title": "Most Popular Funding Opportunities Last Month \u2013 Discover GetEdFunding", "raw_content": "In the first month of 2018, teachers searched for professional development opportunities, K\u201312 education and literacy initiatives, and programs to increase students\u2019 interest in STEM. Check out the grants GetEdFunding members viewed the most in the month of January.\nThe Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation supports programs that assist low-income individuals, and vulnerable and at-risk populations. Priorities include early childhood education, STEM projects, and out-of-school programming.\nThe Charles Lafitte Foundation supports innovative and effective ways of increasing prekindergarten through grade 12 education, children\u2019s advocacy, medical research and initiatives, and the arts.\nAASL Innovative Reading Grant\nSponsored by Capstone, administered by the American Association of School Librarians\nThe AASL Innovative Reading Grant supports the planning and implementation of a unique and innovative program for children that motivates and encourages reading, especially with struggling readers. The reading program must be specifically designed for children in kindergarten through grade 9 in a school library setting.\nDeadline: February 1, annually\nInnovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers promote prekindergarten through grade 12 students\u2019 interests and capacities to participate in the STEM and information and communications technology workforce of the future. Projects must involve students and include teachers. The program is especially interested in broadening participation of student groups from traditionally underrepresented in STEM and related education and workforce domains.\nSponsored by Tyson Foods\nTyson Foods invests in projects that focus on community development, education, environment and sustainable agriculture, health and nutrition, and hunger relief. Within the area of education, priorities are kindergarten through grade 12, postsecondary, and nonprofit programs in agriculture; English as a second language and diversity; environmental stewardship; food safety and research; and STEM education programs.\nTags: Grant, Literacy, STEM, Top Grants", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 107, "original_length": 4582, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 219.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://blog.kelsey-seybold.com/health-and-wellness/topic/scleroderma", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:05Z", "digest": "sha1:RC2FNHAPIJHP5FMNCYA5FTFSL2Y4D2U3", "length": 885, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "blog.kelsey-seybold.com", "title": "| scleroderma", "raw_content": "Having Diabetes Often Means Taking a Closer Look at Your Skin.\nPosted by Anita Mehta, M.D. on Dec 23, 2015 9:00:00 AM\nBecause diabetes, unmanaged diabetes in particular, causes so many internal problems, health issues that manifest on the outside of the body, especially the skin, are unfortunately commonplace. The side effects of diabetes, such as reduced blood flow and insulin resistance, not to mention the illness itself, can cause multiple skin issues that you need to keep an eye out for. If you\u2019re living with diabetes, it is important, first, to make sure you\u2019re managing the illness as your physician has instructed you, but it\u2019s also critically important that you know what to look for regarding skin complications that could indicate a larger issue.\nTopics: vitiligo, diabetic dermopathy, NLD, scleroderma, digital sclerosis, eruptive xanthomatosis, diabetes skin problems", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 641, "original_length": 15656, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 266.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://blogs.fresno.edu/educatedstate/tag/student-life/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:37:54Z", "digest": "sha1:3STTUWHDYF5UUK2JSYPBZXBHAYMTAAAG", "length": 328, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "blogs.fresno.edu", "title": "Student Life | Educated State", "raw_content": "Academic Rhythm\nThanksgiving is now past. We are in the fifteenth week of a sixteen week semester. This is the last week of classes, and final exams are given next week. Our winter commencement ceremony happens on the Saturday following finals (less than two weeks away). Many if not most of the term or research papers have [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 32, "original_length": 1976, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 326.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-015-1238-9", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:58:23Z", "digest": "sha1:52RWJG3FYE6NGXGCEUDPPGME733U6Q4R", "length": 31009, "nlines": 116, "source_domain": "bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com", "title": "China\u2019s human resources for maternal and child health: a national sampling survey | BMC Health Services Research | Full Text", "raw_content": "China\u2019s human resources for maternal and child health: a national sampling survey\nZhenghong Ren\u20201,\nPeige Song\u20201,\nEvropi Theodoratou2,\nSufang Guo3 and\nLin An1Email author\nIn order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) 4 and 5, the Chinese Government has invested greatly in improving maternal and child health (MCH) with impressive results. However, one of the most important barriers for further improvement is the uneven distribution of MCH human resources. There is little information about the distribution, quantity and capacity of the Chinese MCH human resources and we sought to investigate this.\nCities at prefectural level were selected by random cluster sampling. All medical and health institutions providing MCH-related services in the sampled areas were investigated using a structured questionnaire. The data were weighted based on the proportion of the sampled districts/cities. Amount, proportions and numbers per 10,000 population of MCH human resources were estimated in order to reveal the quantity of the Chinese MCH human resources. The capacity of MCH human resources was evaluated by analyzing data on the education level and professional skills of the staff.\nThere were 77,248 MCH workers in our investigated institutions in 2010. In general, 67.6 % and 71.9 % of the women\u2019s and children\u2019s health care professionals had an associate degree or higher, whereas around 30 % had only high-school or lower degrees. More than 40 % of the women\u2019s health workers were capable of providing skilled birth attendance, but these proportions varied between different institutions and locations.\nEvidence from this study highlights that Chinese MCH human resources are not in shortage in the national level. However, the quantity and capacity of MCH human resources are not evenly distributed among different institutions and locations. Finally there is a need in the improvement of the MCH services by improving the quality of MCH human resources.\nHealth of women and children is the main foundation of sustained human development and a high priority for the international community [1, 2]. In 2000, 189 member states of United Nations adopted the Millennium Declaration committing to achieve 8 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), aiming to accelerate development and to reduce poverty. Of these goals, two are directly related to maternal and child health: MDG 4 (a two-thirds reduction in under-5 mortality between 1990 and 2015) and MDG 5 (a three-quarters reduction in maternal mortality ratio between 1990 and 2015) [3]. Since then, a number of efforts have been taken to globally reduce child mortality and to improve maternal health. One such effort is the \u201cCountdown to 2015\u201d project, a global initiative that began in 2003 to track progress in maternal, newborn and child health in the 75 highest burden countries and to promote action and accountability [4].\nIn addition to these international efforts, there are several domestic initiatives. The Chinese Government has invested greatly in improving maternal and child health (MCH) by promoting institutional delivery and implementing public MCH service programs [5]. One of these programs is a national program called \u201cReduce Maternal Mortality and Eliminate Neonatal Tetanus\u201d, which was implemented in 2000 and provided obstetric equipment for hospitals and training of medical staff. In the end of 2011, this program reached a coverage of 2,297 counties (80.5 % of total) and of around 830 million people (60.6 % of total) [1]. Additional national efforts include the implementation of a national healthcare system for women by increasing governmental financial input and by incorporating maternity insurance into the social security system [6]. In the past decade, the proportion of mothers who have had five or more antenatal visits during pregnancy increased from 43.2 % in 2003 to 62.8 % in 2011, and institutional delivery rates rose from 73.3 % in 2003 to 95.8 % in 2011, all of which indicate a big acceleration in promoting MCH in an effort to reduce maternal and child mortality [7].\nChina has been considered as one of the countries that are set to achieve both MDGs 4 and 5 by 2015 [8, 9]. In particular, the under-5 mortality reduced from 45.7 and 13.8 (per 1000 live births) in rural and urban areas in 2000 to 19.1 and 7.1 in 2011, and the maternal mortality reduced from 69.6 and 29.3 (per 100,000 live births) in rural and urban areas in 2000 to 26.5 and 25.2 in 2011. However, inequalities in MCH between urban and rural areas, between different regions and between different population groups still exist and the overall development of MCH service network is lagging behind [1].\nHealth human resources refer to all professionals engaged in health works, which normally include physicians, nurses and midwives, as well as dentists and pharmacists, laboratory technicians, etc. [10, 11]. Estimation of the human resources can help to identify the constraints and the potential impacts on population health. Valid MCH human resources analysis can also be used as a tool for policy making when managing and delivering MCH health services [12].\nIn China, MCH was categorized as a specific area where women and children can receive specialized all-round curative and preventive healthcare by health professionals from general hospitals, MCH institutions and community-based healthcare services at province, prefectural, county, township and village level [1, 13], In addition, there are also some auxiliary MCH workers, including specific MCH health education staff and MCH annual report statisticians, the common point of these MCH workers is their working contents, which only focus on MCH [14]. In order to learn the situation of MCH human resources in China, a national survey on MCH human resources was conducted in 2011 and in this study we analyzed the numbers, distribution and capacity of the MCH human resources.\nThe MCH human resources\nIn China, health workers should hold health qualification certificates, even for health workers who providing auxiliary health services, such as management and statistics when they work in health institutions [15]. In this study, the MCH human resources were defined as workers who 1) provide MCH-related services and 2) hold at least one legal health qualification certificate. All other workers were excluded.\nIn this study, MCH-related services include:\nWomen\u2019s health: female adolescent health care, female pre-marital health care, preconception care, basic obstetric care, emergency obstetric care, maternal health care, postpartum health care, menopause and elderly health care, women\u2019s mental health care, women\u2019s nutrition and general gynecological diseases screening.\nChildren\u2019s health: basic pediatric health care, neonatal emergency care, neonatal disease screening, newborn hearing screening, breastfeeding guidance, growth and nutritional care, mental health care, oral health care, hearing health care, eye health care, children\u2019s intellectual development inspection, children physical examination, children rehabilitation.\nMCH health education: preparing MCH health educational materials, community and institution-based health education, matrimony health education and pregnancy education.\nMCH training and supervision: supervision and training of junior staff and medical students.\nMCH management: monitoring the quality of MCH work; management and monitoring of MCH health related archives.\nMCH related research projects: international and domestic special projects on MCH.\nMCH statistics: monitoring, collecting and analyzing MCH information for annual reports; reporting the annual report quality control results; maternal, child mortality assessment.\nSampling of the MCH-related institutions\nThe Chinese Government has established a hierarchical administrative network for MCH, which can provide a full range of healthcare services covering the entire health care services spectrum for women and children [1]. The top-down sequence is province level, prefectural level, county level, township level and village level [13]. In this study, we chose cities in prefectural level as the sampling unit level since the sampling size at a higher level (province level) would not have been enough, whereas sampling at prefectural level can cover all levels and types of medical and health care institutions providing MCH services. This study is a national institution-based sampling survey with formal approval from both the national maternal and child health annual report office and the National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People\u2019s Republic of China (the former Chinese Ministry of Health) [16, 17] . All data was anonymized and we were granted permission to use and analyze the data by all the participating institutions.\nFor the 22 provinces and 5 autonomous regions in China, 28 prefectural-level districts/cities were selected out of all the 332 municipality prefectural districts/cities by random cluster sampling. Then, for the four municipalities (Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin and Chongqing) in China, two urban districts and two rural counties were drawn respectively by random cluster sampling. Finally, all the selected districts/cities covered all province level administrative divisions in China except for Tibet autonomous region, Hainan province (there are only a few cities) and the two special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau), the distribution of the sampled districts/cities is shown in Fig. 1. Then all randomly selected districts/cities were treated as clusters and all the medical and health care institutions providing MCH services were selected as our targeted institutions.\nMap of China showing the 22 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities and selected samples\nA structured questionnaire, which was developed and improved by several rounds of expert consultation and then piloted in a study, was used in this institution-based survey. Questions on MCH human resources were mainly about the demographic characteristics, the amount and types of provided services and the education level and skills of the health professionals; Questions on MCH-related institutions were mainly about the type and location of the institution. The questionnaires were sent to the institutions by post with assistance of local health administrative departments. Then they were completed by the institutions\u2019 heads under the supervision of their local technicians, who had already received training in Beijing (especially in relation to classification of the different service types). Questionnaires were then sent back to the research group directly. Finally, we received all the data from every health institution, and the participating institution heads granted us permission to use the data, all the data was anonymized and none of the researchers could identify any personal information.\nData were weighted based on the proportion of sampled districts/cities. The weights were 4 for Beijing and Tianjin, 4.5 for Shanghai, 10 for Chongqing and 11 for all other cities (see Appendix 1 for more details). By using the weights, the numbers of the weighted populations (permanent resident population) in the sampled districts/cities were very near (5.7 % error) to the actual census populations in 2010. Then data were grouped into three geographic regions: east, central and west, which are defined by the Chinese Government and roughly represent different levels of economic development. East region areas are the most developed, whereas the west region is the least developed. The east region includes 11 provinces: Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Liaoning, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong, Guangdong and Hainan; the central region includes 8 provinces: Shanxi, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei and Hunan; and the west region includes 12 provinces: Inner Mongolia, Guangxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Yunnan and Tibet [18].\nWhen counting the number of MCH workers, a weight 0.5 was assigned to workers who were not working full-time in MCH to avoid overestimation of the total MCH human resources. The total number per 10,000 population and proportion of MCH human resources were calculated in order to reveal the overall quantity of the MCH human resources in China. Stratified calculations by different regions, different levels and types of health institutions were also presented. When evaluating the capacity of the MCH services, three proxies were chosen: % of appropriately educated of health workers, % of health workers that could perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (as a proxy of common medical skill), and for women\u2019s health workforce, % of medical staff that could perform caesarean section, forceps and vacuum extraction deliveries (as a proxy of maternal health related skill). Therefore, we only focused on the workers providing curative and preventive women and children\u2019s healthcare services in the MCH frontline. Other auxiliary MCH service (health education, training and supervision, management, project/ research/ education, statistics) providers were excluded because these services can also be effectively provided by less educated health workers.\nAll analyses were conducted in the software SPSS 13.0.\nQuantity of Chinese MCH human resources\nThere were 77,248 MCH workers in the investigated 5,168 health institutions in 2010. The number of MCH workers per 10,000 population was 5.5 at national level, 5.7 for the east and west regions, and 5.1 for the central region. Most MCH workers were female (Table 1), especially for workers providing women\u2019s healthcare services (95.2 %), health education (90.2 %) and statistics (90.4 %). The gender distributions were similar across all regions.\nPercentage of female MCH workers for the different service types in the three regions\nType of MCH work (%)\nProject/ research/ education\nAbbreviation: MCH maternal and child health\n40.5 % of the MCH workforce concentrated on women\u2019s healthcare services followed by children\u2019s curative and preventive healthcare services (25.7 %) and MCH education (15.5 %; Table 2). The proportions of MCH workforce for other service types (training, supervision, management, research and statistical information management) were near 10 %.\nService distribution of MCH workers in the three regions\nType of MCH work (n(%))\nNumber of MCH human resources (n)\n110535(37.3)\n63895(21.6)\n26210( 8.8)\nAt national level, 48.8 % of the MCH workers were working in general hospitals (accounting for 21.4 % of all health institutions) and 26.7 % in specialized MCH institutions (5.6 % of all health institutions). 59.4 % of all health institutions were township or community health centers but only 23.0 % MCH workers worked there (Table 3). Higher percentages of MCH workers worked in general hospitals and community health centers in the east region, while the percentage of MCH workers in township health centers was much higher in the central region.\nInstitutional distribution of MCH workers in the three regions\nType of MCH institutions (n(%))\nSpecialized MCH institution\nTownship health center\nFamily planning service station\nMost of the Chinese MCH workers (44.2 %; Table 4) were working in county level health institutions (accounting for 20.64 % of all MCH institutions), and the proportions of MCH workers in prefectural level (5.22 % of all MCH institutions) and township level (73.19 % of all MCH institutions) MCH-related institutions were 23.4 % and 24.7 % respectively. Only 0.94 % of the MCH-related institutions were at provincial level and 7.7 % of the total MCH workers were placed in these institutions. In general, 1/16 of all the MCH-related institutions were located in provincial and prefectural cities but accounted for 1/3 of all the MCH workers. Each provincial level MCH-related institution employed nearly 117 MCH workers. The corresponding numbers were 64 for prefectural level and 31 for county level health institution, and only less than 5 for township level.\nLocational distribution of MCH workers in the three regions\nLocation level of MCH institutions (n(%))\nPrefectural level\nTownship level\nCapacity of Chinese MCH human resources\nThe education levels of women\u2019s and children\u2019s curative and preventive healthcare personnel are shown in Tables 5 and 6. In general, 67.6 % and 71.9 % of the women\u2019s and children\u2019s health care professionals had an associate degree or higher. Only 1.6 % and 2.3 % of the women\u2019s and children\u2019s health care professionals had masters or higher degrees respectively. The proportion of MCH workers with high education level (including bachelor, master and above) was largest in the east provinces, and lowest in the central region. In general hospitals and specialized MCH institutions, MCH workers with master and higher degrees were relatively more than in other health institutions. In township health centers and community health centers, those with high level education accounted for around 40.0 %. The proportion of MCH workers with higher degrees was higher in higher level institutions, for example in the provincial level of MCH-related institutions of the central region, more than 1/3 of the MCH workers hold master or higher education degrees, and those with bachelor and above degrees were more than 80 %.\nEducation levels of women and children\u2019s health workers\nEducation level(women\u2019s health) (%)\nEducation level(children\u2019s health) (%)\nType of MCH-related institutions\nMaster and above\nHigh school and lower\nTownship health center/Community health center\nEducation levels of women and children\u2019s health workers of different institutions in the three regions\nLocation level of MCH-related institutions\nThe proportions of women\u2019s health workers capable of caesarean section, forceps and vacuum extraction deliveries were estimated across regions, types and levels of health institutions (Table 7). In general, more than 40 % of the women\u2019s health workers were capable of providing these delivery services, and those with vacuum extraction delivery skills were more than 50 %. The proportion of women\u2019s health workers who could provide skilled birth attendance (including caesarean section, forceps and vacuum extraction deliveries) was largest in the central region, while the east and the west had similar proportions. In terms of different types of health institutions by regions, the proportions of MCH workforces who could provide skilled birth attendance were highest in general hospitals for all regions. Family planning service stations were the second and specialized MCH institutions were the third in the east and the central regions. However, in the west region, proportions of skilled birth attendants were relatively low (less than 10 %) in the family planning stations, whereas the proportions of skilled birth attendants were similar across general hospitals and specialized MCH institutions. In terms of distribution by location levels of health institutions, the proportions of skilled birth attendants were similar among prefectural and county level health institutions, ranking the first, and then followed by provincial level and township level MCH-related institutions.\nProportions of the MCH workers who can deliver or conduct cardiopulmonary resuscitation of different institutions in the three regions\nProportion of women\u2019s workers who can do (%)\nProportion of conducting cardiopulmonary resuscitation (%)\nWomen\u2019s health workers\nChildren\u2019s health workers\nMore than 80 % of women and children\u2019s health workers had the capacity to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (Table 8). In terms of different types of health institutions, the proportions of health workers capable of cardiopulmonary resuscitations were higher than 90 % in general hospitals, but were also high in specialized MCH institutions, township health center and community health care centers (more than 75 %). Provincial level institutions employed the highest proportions of skilled cardiopulmonary resuscitation health workers (above 95 %), followed by prefectural levels (higher than 90 %). County level and township level MCH-related institutions had similar proportions which were all above 75 %.\nProportions of MCH workers who can deliver or conduct cardiopulmonary resuscitation of different location levels\nLevel of medical and health care units\nOur study is the first nationwide MCH human resources investigation in China. In this study, the situation of MCH human resources in 2010 was evaluated by analyzing the quantity, capacity and distribution of MCH workers. The health institution samples covered a large range of areas and had a relatively symmetrical distribution. The four municipalities were sampled separately, so the corresponding samples could represent the four municipal cities. But for the other areas, the sampling representativeness for each province cannot be guaranteed; therefore we cannot use the samples to estimate the MCH human resources in each province or autonomous district. We can however make a good assessment for the whole nation and the three regions (East, West and Central China). The samples were drawn at prefectural level and all types and location levels of health institutions providing MCH services in the sampled areas were investigated. To account for the sampling error when drawing samples from the prefectural level, we weighted the data according to the sampling proportions of each region.\nThis survey found that 5.5 MCH workers per 10,000 population were available in 2010. The National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People\u2019s Republic of China recommended that the MCH human resources to population allocation standard should be 1:10,000 in general, 1: 5,000 in less populated areas and 1: 15,000 in populated areas respectively [14]. According to this threshold, our findings suggest that the Chinese MCH human resources in 2010 were sufficient. However, China is a large and unevenly developing country, a rough conclusion of \u201cenough MCH human resources\u201d is apparently inappropriate, the situation may be different or even inverse in poor rural areas. However, detailed MCH human resource information at provincial level could not be estimated in this study because of our study design limiting our ability to examine inequities across these levels. Further studies exploring the difference of MCH human resources among rural, urban, populated, and less populated areas should be conducted and new MCH human resource thresholds for regions with different population density and developing levels should also be set by the policy makers to suit the different situation in different areas.\nThis study revealed the uneven distribution of both the quantity and capacity of the MCH human resources. This situation is incompatible with the national primary health care policy, which recommends that basic clinical and preventive care services and the corresponding human resources should evenly distribute in all levels of health institutions and not concentrated only in higher level general hospitals. Therefore measures should be introduced to allocate more MCH professionals in lower level institutions and in less-developed areas. Motivating and encouraging policies such as reasonable remuneration and corresponding reward systems should be developed. In addition, only recruiting new professionals cannot solve the problem but sometimes may result in a waste of human resources, several measurements, such as further training, effective working arrangement, etc. can be taken to improve current workers\u2019 skills.\nThere are some limitations in this study. The International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) was not adopted in this study. MCH human resources were classified based on the types of MCH service activities, so there might be some difficulties to conduct external comparison with other similar research results in other countries, and internal comparison among different health professions, such as between nurses and midwives. The three indicators for representing MCH capacity provided an opportunity to have a glance of the overall capacity of MCH human resources, and different distribution among different developing-level regions and institutions. However, it\u2019s also difficult to compare between different professional groups (such as, doctors vs. nurses) because all professionals were mixed in the analysis, which also make it hard to judge the overall capacity of MCH human resources because of its limited external comparability and the lack of national MCH service capacity regulation or estimation thresholds.\nAccording to the development plan for women and children (2011\u20132020), the Chinese government put an emphasis on expanding the MCH human resources [19], however, based on the results of our study, adding new MCH workers is not a solution to the MCH human resource situation, more investigations on MCH human resources should be taken to provide useful and detailed evidence-based information for policy makers to accelerate the evenly MCH development in China.\nThe MCH human resources in China are not evenly distributed among the different institutions and regions, and around 30 % of MCH workers have only a high-school degree or lower. Similar is the situation for the whole health workforce in China [20]. Therefore, more workers with higher education degrees need to be reallocated to improve the MCH services in China.\nZhenghong Ren and Peige Song contributed equally to this work.\nAll authors thank the experts for their helps in improving our survey instruments, and the workers from the MCH-related institutions in the sample areas for their contribution in collecting data. We express our sincere thanks to UNICEF for their supports.\nBecause the sampling unit is districts/cities at prefectural level (including prefectural cities in province and districts in municipalities), so the weights are mainly based on the proportion of sampled districts/cities:\nFor Beijing, there are 16 districts, and we selected 4, so the weight was 16/4\u2009=\u20094\nFor Tianjin, there are 16 districts, and we selected 4, so the weight was 16/4\u2009=\u20094\nFor Shanghai, there are 15 districts, and we selected 4, so the weight was 18/4\u2009=\u20094.5\nFor Chongqing, there are 15 districts, and we selected 4, so the weight was 40/4\u2009=\u200910\nFor all provinces and autonomous regions, there are total 332 prefectural level cities, from which we select 28, so the weight should be 332/28\u2009=\u200911.8, but we decreased it to 11 by experts consulting and research experience.\nFinally, by using the weights, the results turned out to be good, the sum of the weighted populations in the sample districts/cities was very near (with only 5.7 % errors) to the actual population number (China census 2010).\nLA and SFG conceptualised the study design. PGS and ZHR prepared the first draft of the manuscript. ZHR, ET, PGS and LA contributed to writing and interpretation of findings. All three authors contributed to the reference search, read and approved the final manuscript.\nDepartment of Child, Adolescent and Women\u2019s Health, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, China\nCentre for Population Health Sciences, the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK\nUNICEF China, Beijing, China\nMinistry of Health, People\u2019s Republic of China. Report on Women and Children\u2019s Health Development in China. China; 2011.Google Scholar\nWorld Health Organization. The World Health Report 2005: Make every mother and child count. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2005.View ArticleGoogle Scholar\nBryce J, Black RE, Victora CG. Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5: progress and challenges. BMC Med. 2013;11:225.View ArticlePubMedPubMed CentralGoogle Scholar\nBhutta ZA, Chopra M, Axelson H, Berman P, Boerma T, Bryce J, et al. 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Bull World Health Organ. 2009;87:913\u201320.View ArticlePubMedPubMed CentralGoogle Scholar\nThe Central People\u2019s Government of the People\u2019 Republic of China: The announcement about the outline for the development of Chinese women and children [http://www.gov.cn/zwgk/2011-08/08/content_1920457.htm].\nAnand S, Fan VY, Zhang J, Zhang L, Ke Y, Dong Z, et al. China\u2019s human resources for health: quantity, quality, and distribution. The Lancet. 2008;372:1774\u201381.View ArticleGoogle Scholar", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 1115, "original_length": 41153, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 320.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://boiseinsightsangha.wordpress.com/2015/09/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:53Z", "digest": "sha1:MBMTGWPJCINXWETT2PR3BEB7CLEPG62N", "length": 1631, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "boiseinsightsangha.wordpress.com", "title": "September | 2015 | boise insight sangha", "raw_content": "Next Tuesday for our Into The Basics series we will be completing our exploration of the Three Marks of Existence with an examination of Anatta (non-self). This is an article by Thanissaro Bhikkhu, and this is dharma talk by Gil Fronsdal, on the subject.\nThere are a lot of other resources on the web for us to search out and share.\nNext Tuesday we will be continuing our voyage through Tara Brach\u2019s book True Refuge with a discussion of chapters 3 and 4. The chapters are \u201cMeditation \u2013 the path to presence\u201d, and \u201cThree Gateways to Refuge\u201d.\nWe had good discussion and participation for the first two chapters, so I hope many of you will be there for these next chapters, even if you\u2019re not reading the book.\nNext Tuesday we will be having an open discussion, possibly centered around this article.\nSaturday September 12th and Tuesday, September 15th\nWe have two events in the next week. On Saturday, September 12th we are sitting and walking all morning: 9am to 12:30pm \u2013 alternating 30 minute periods. Come for some or all of the morning.\nTuesday, September 7th and beyond\nLooking beyond next Tuesday, we will be having a half-day sit at BIBS on Saturday, September 12th \u2013 9:00 to 12:00. Sitting and walking, sitting and walking.\nNext Tuesday we will be exploring suffering (dukkha) the second mark of existence \u2013 dukkha is translated in many ways, suffering is the most common. This is a dharma talk on the subject by Joseph Goldstein and there are an overwhelming set of other resources on the web for us to search out and share.\nAnd there are, of course, a few of examples of suffering in your own life for you to investigate.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 135, "original_length": 4741, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 281.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://books.google.co.in/books?id=BJ4kDwAAQBAJ", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:29Z", "digest": "sha1:FRH75P5KRKGPJD3HBMAQFTQFARH4LAQO", "length": 2121, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "books.google.co.in", "title": "Marching with a Billion: Analysing Narendra Modi\u2019s Government at Midterm - Uday Mahurkar - Google Books", "raw_content": "Uday Mahurkar\nRandom House Publishers India Pvt. Limited, May 26, 2017 - Literary Collections - 288 pages\nWill Modi pass the litmus test of governance? Will his performance match his promises? In Marching with a Billion, Uday Mahurkar analyses the Modi government's three years in power against the backdrop of years of policy paralysis and corruption before he came to power, leaving him with a stiff salvaging job. Focusing on key areas of governance like infrastructure, foreign affairs, power, the social sector, finance, digital technology and agriculture, the author showcases the work of the present government and the monumental changes the prime minister has brought about, including digital innovation and the uprooting of middlemen, which has resulted in an unprecedented level of transparency, and a resolute assault on poverty. He also points out some of the shortfalls of Modi's government, subjecting it to critical evaluation. Will Modi become a great institution builder, a prerequisite to becoming a nation builder? What will be the long-term impact of demonetization on the economy? This book has the answers.\nits a good book and likely hood my pm india so for thats a good book\nUday Mahurkar is a deputy editor with India Today and a political analyst known for the accuracy of his electoral predictions regarding Prime Minister Narendra Modi-a task he has performed with aplomb since the 2002 Gujarat assembly polls, often swimming against the tide. Uday is known as an expert on Modi's mind, having followed his political and administrative career closely over the past three decades, from the day he entered the BJP from its parent organization, the RSS, in 1986-87. Uday has added to his expertise after he moved to Delhi in December 2015 to cover the BJP on a national scale, as well as the RSS and the Prime Minister's Office, for India Today. His tenure in the capital has given him rare insight into various facets of the Modi regime.\nTitle Marching with a Billion: Analysing Narendra Modi\u2019s Government at Midterm\nAuthor Uday Mahurkar\nPublisher Random House Publishers India Pvt. Limited, 2017", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 40, "original_length": 3127, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 307.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://boxxersblog.com/2013/08/02/cc23-assateague-island-national-seashore/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:39Z", "digest": "sha1:2FAEXUBBNX7VEX7WKEZ2WSLAMMREKX5T", "length": 2073, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "boxxersblog.com", "title": "CC23-Assateague Island National Seashore | Boxxer's Blog", "raw_content": "CC23-Assateague Island National Seashore\nAssateague Natinal Seashore\nWithin 10 minutes from the Alamo, the next morning, I was at the gate of Assateague Island National Seashore. I showed the gate attendant my senior pass I purchased at the gate at Glacier National Park.\n\u201cEnjoy the Seashore,\u201d she said.\nAnd I did; especially the bay side, abundant with wildlife, and, of course, wild ponies.\nIt is not just a book for middle school girls; even I read Misty of Chincoteague as an adult. Misty was a wild pony, a pinto, like the one in my photo, and Chincoteague is part of the same barrier island dune separated from Assateague only by the MD/VA political boundary that ponies don\u2019t notice. The book, written in 1947 by Marguerite Henry, tells the story of a local family on Chincoteague who try to raise a filly born to a wild horse.\nOn the beach on the ocean side, I met Sean and two of his handsome children. He is a high school agriculture teacher from Gettysburg, PA. He was camping with his family (wife and 4 kids) in the dunes just off the beach.\n\u201cYeah, we had a great time, but we are packing up today. There\u2019s sand in every sleeping bag and piece of camping equipment we own. Is is supposed to rain tonight, so it is a good time to give it up,\u201d he said.\nSean was also counselor for the FFA (Future Farmers of America) chapter at his high school. I told him I was in the FFA and grew up on a farm also. We had a lot to talk about while his kids were playing on the beach.\nThinking that high school agriculture education was downsizing across the country, he assured me that it was quite the opposite and shared specific enrollment statistics. He told me about the success of the FFA program and about the national convention to be held in Louisville this year. With much enthusiasm, he explained his plans for taking his high school club to Louisville.\nI took his photo with his kids, and he took mine. Another contrast: them in their beach attire, and me in my riding boots and pants. None the less, I completed my quest: coast to coast, with a photo to prove it.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 123, "original_length": 5489, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 275.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://brainsnorts.com/2014/11/01/time-ch-oops/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:42:45Z", "digest": "sha1:Y2A5I625WLB4QSCPLDII6HOOUZJLU35E", "length": 3365, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "brainsnorts.com", "title": "Time \u2013 ch \u201cOops\u201d | brainsnorts inc.", "raw_content": "Time \u2013 ch \u201cOops\u201d\n\u201cOh dear. Oh d-d-dear dear.\u201d \u2013 Piglet\nHere\u2019s the thing. I realized last week, after about 26 chapters into a story originally set for about 30 chapters, that I had been working the whole time off the wrong outline. There was an opening stretch of about ten chapters that were the same. However, at the point in the story when John\u2019s future/past ex-wife Maureen was killed, I had developed a different outline in which she was not killed. So the whole time, as I was writing \u2013 and perhaps as some of you were reading and thinking \u2013 something felt wrong to me. It took a while, but after digging through my files, I found the second and better outline. So, what to do. What to do. I\u2019m stuck between three options, and I don\u2019t like any.\nFirst, I could go back and rewrite everything from where I diverted. My fear there is that it will be far wrong of me to ask you to re-read about 15 new chapters.\nSecond, I could just interrupt, I could set the stage for what would have been happening had I followed the better outline, and ask you to accept certain things as being different. My fear of this is you will be annoyed. It\u2019s almost like a story in which someone writes, \u201cIt was all a dream.\u201d\nThird, I could find a way to adapt from where I am and work my way to where I should have been, however impossible it might seem to me at this point.\nMy fear of this is the story will seem wrong and diluted. The important part is that I let you know why things have bogged down on me. This is partly why I have been taking so long between chapters \u2013 because I felt like something was wrong, and it turns out that I was right that I was wrong. Right?\nSo, please be patient. If I have lost you from the story, I completely understand. However, this might also be an explanation as to why things just weren\u2019t \u201cclicking\u201d as they should have been. Thanks for playing along. I\u2019ll let you know when I\u2019m back on track. Meanwhile, there are some snacks in the kitchen. Help yourself.\nPS \u2013 after not much deliberation and much suggestion, I\u2019m going to back up and re-write the chapters from about 10 or 11 forward because it will eventually have to be rewritten anyway. I\u2019m extremely embarrassed and sorry for making you read all that. Drinks on me!\nNovember 1, 2014 in writing.\n\u2190 Writing 3.6 \u2013 Write and Wrong\n8 thoughts on \u201cTime \u2013 ch \u201cOops\u201d\u201d\nIt\u2019s a rough/first draft, right? These things happen. I\u2019d go back to the point where M was killed and work from there. You won\u2019t lose me; I want to see where you were going. Good luck!\nthanks miss. you\u2019re in good company, and i\u2019m privileged to have your support.\nI would love to eat everything in your kitchen, but I already am full and way overdid it with the sushi. My vote is to return as far back you need, and re-write (you have to anyways) and follow from there. Hey and it looks like Nina wants the same except that she hasn\u2019t mentioned being full so I\u2019d keep an eye on my snacks if I were you.\nyou\u2019re right. i have to re-write it anyway. damn, i feel stupid. in general anyway, but even more for this.\nI never quite understood why you killed Maureen any way. I figured it would come out later.\ni know. i want to bang my head against a wall.\nI think you should go back and write again following the better outline. I don\u2019t mind reading a whole bunch of chapters \u2013 I enjoy a good story!\nand i enjoy supportive friends.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 257, "original_length": 10411, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 302.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://bridalmanorwaterloo.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:16Z", "digest": "sha1:ZHWZJHJMGNC5G6MLYLYS3OC5CRKXTA4H", "length": 142, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "bridalmanorwaterloo.com", "title": "Bridal Manor", "raw_content": "\"Bridal Manor is a full service Bridal Salon that was born from the idea that shopping for a Wedding Gown should be a stress free experience.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 23, "original_length": 486, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 314.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://brightappsllc.com/why-building-data-security-into-all-your-applications-is-important/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:46Z", "digest": "sha1:DTAFUROO5P27WNLTHT6MEDICIR7XC7OK", "length": 4592, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "brightappsllc.com", "title": "Why Building Data Security into All Your Applications is Important - BrightApps LLC", "raw_content": "You are here: Home / News / Why Building Data Security into All Your Applications is Important\nIT security has recently gotten a lot of attention in the mainstream press especially with CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, testifying in court last month to answer questions about how the company protects its users\u2019 data. However, Facebook isn\u2019t the first to see privacy of data being compromised. Retail giant Target paid $18.5 million to settle claims by 47 states and the District of Columbia that resolved a multi-state investigation into a massive data breach in late 2013. That same year, three South Korean television stations and a bank suffered from frozen computer terminals in a suspected act of cyber warfare. In March of this year, city officials in Atlanta dealt with \u201ca cyberattack that is holding internal systems hostage using ransomware\u2026 a written communication from the hackers warned that they had frozen the city\u2019s computer systems.\u201d Furthermore, If you have a credit report, there\u2019s a good chance that you\u2019re one of the 143 million American consumers whose sensitive personal information was exposed in a data breach at Equifax, one of the nation\u2019s three major credit reporting agencies.\nRight now, you are probably thinking to yourself, \u201cso that is how and why my personal data got hacked.\u201d\nSecurity is important, not only for the privacy of individual\u2019s personal data, but also from malicious viruses that can take a business down for days which equates to significant revenue loss.\nBuilding software platforms for your business has one thing in mind \u2013 to build your revenue. However, when you build a software platform it is just as important to build in the right security and to ask the right questions to ensure your client\u2019s data and the company\u2019s data is safe from hackers.\nAs a software engineering company, we believe we need to ensure that we build in privacy and data security into all new and existing software applications. Let\u2019s consider some best practice steps developers and managers can take to ensure proper security is built into any and all of your platforms and applicaitons.\nMake an inventory checklist of types of data \u2013 Businesses should always conduct an inventory checklist that answer these questions:\nWhat kind of data do you have in your business? All businesses have various types of data and some data is more valuable than others, but regardless all data needs to be protected. For example, financial information, personal data and records, and transaction history is all very sensitive information and having a list of the types of data a business has will help engineers understand the sensitivity nature to securing that data.\nHow is that data currently handled and protected? It\u2019s important to understand what current policies and software exists at a business and to understand any weak areas of potential breach.\nWho has access to that data and under what circumstances and what procedures have been put in place to follow to ensure that data remains private.\nCreate layers of security \u2013 Protecting data, like any other security challenge, is about creating layers of protection. The idea of layering security is simple: You cannot and should not rely on just one security mechanism \u2013 such as a password \u2013 to protect something sensitive. If that security mechanism fails, you have nothing left to protect you.\nPlan for data loss and theft \u2013 Hackers have become quite sophisticated as technology becomes more sophisticated. A security breach plan and backup should always be created in case of a breach. This will ensure a rapid and coordinated response to any loss or theft of data.\nAutomate security testing \u2013 Automate testing into your software builds. Test, Test, Test!\nUnderstand different types of encryption engineering code \u2013 You want your data safe, period. It is important to understand what type of encryption is built into your platforms and applications. Today, most platforms/applications are built with pseudo-random salt/entropy, and even worse they have hard-coded values to rely on security. This makes it easier for hackers to figure out how to hack into your system. A more secure encryption coding embeds TRUE RANDOM seed data used as a salt to encrypt data. We believe this is a MUST have.\nIf you have questions about how to build in more security into your systems, contact us today to speak to an expert engineer.\nTags: Data security is important, not only for the privacy of individual\u2019s personal data\nWhat the Fifth Industrial Revolution will Bring What is the Difference Between a Blockchain and a Database?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 81, "original_length": 6184, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 314.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://brill.com/abstract/journals/pent/4/9/article-p39_3.xml", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:54Z", "digest": "sha1:LWI7I4BKQRD2BBLS3L7R3V5SWWI7T5KA", "length": 232, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "brill.com", "title": "'An Angel From Satan': Paul's Thorn in the Flesh (2 Corinthians 12.7-10) in: Journal of Pentecostal Theology Volume 4 Issue 9 Year 1996", "raw_content": "'An Angel From Satan':...\n'An Angel From Satan': Paul's Thorn in the Flesh (2 Corinthians 12.7-10)\nin Journal of Pentecostal Theology\nAuthor: John Thomas 1\n1 1Church of God School of Theology, P.O. Box 3330, Cleveland, TN 37311, USA", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 181, "original_length": 3468, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.65, "perplexity": 306.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://brilliance.no/diamond-club/diamond-club-presents-skogsra-now-you-see-me-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:19Z", "digest": "sha1:Z6EXI2SNSWTD4LREPJN3HDMN32VSIADW", "length": 1223, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "brilliance.no", "title": "Skogsr\u00e5 \u2013 Now You See Me \u2013 Brilliance", "raw_content": "Skogsr\u00e5 \u2013 Now You See Me\nNow you see me. Now you don\u2019t.\nThis is the debut from Skogsr\u00e5, an as of yet anonymous one-piece outfit from Sweden creating a blend of old school funk & soul and new school indiefunk & electro R&B.\n\u201cIf you\u2019ve been looking for something to warm your soul during this frigid time of the year, look no further than this gem of a tune titled \u201cNow You See Me\u201d \u2013 Gotta Dance Dirty\nWith this single almost managing to slip through the cracks, it is now presented here before you, in all it\u2019s heartbroken glory. More then 8 months in the making, a painstakingly chiseled six and a half minute documentary of affliction and emancipation.\nSkogsr\u00e5 is also the swedish name for the Huldra, warden and spirit of the forest. She is a stunningly beautiful forest creature with long hair, which partly obscures her alluringly unclad body; though from behind she is hollow like an old tree trunk with an animal\u2019s tail.\nAccording to lore, the Skogsr\u00e5 seduces young men to follow her into her forest, rewarding those who satisfy her; while killing those who do not. 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The varsity football team had a year full of athletic accomplishments all while becoming a brotherhood for each other.\nThey started off the school year hitting the ground running. Their first game was against Victor Valley High School (VVHS) with a win 28 \u2013 0. Beating VVHS on their own brand new turf gave the Bulldogs the boost of confidence they needed to continue through the rest of the school year. Their next game was against Heritage High School and was sadly a loss of 24 \u2013 7, but would bring the team back to their own OHHS stadium for the next game against Palmdale High School. It was a definite win with a score of 40 \u2013 0.\nThe Bulldogs next three games were in support of Touchdowns Against Cancer. The first game was also the Homecoming game at OHHS with a win against Etiwanda High School of 42 \u2013 20. The second, was a loss to Cajon High School with a score of 44 \u2013 22 but the Bulldogs bounced right back for the last game with a win against Sultana High School 35 \u2013 10.\nThe OHHS varsity team held their winning streak of four games against Burroughs High School (57 \u2013 10), Hesperia High School (50 \u2013 7), Serrano High School (24 \u2013 0), and Apple Valley High School (35 \u2013 26). These wins were just in time for the CIF Championship. The boys were able to have a solid win against Chaparral High School with 38 \u2013 21. However, their season ended after a loss to Camarillo High School.\n\u201cBeing a part of the Oak football team for the past two years was very fun and memorable. It meant you had to be a hard worker and a role model on and off the field,\u201d commented Josh Stewart, a senior and quarterback at OHHS.\nAlthough many tears and long faces wore on the faces of the varsity team, they ended their year with so much good throughout the season. Not only did they have great wins, but many of the senior players will be leaving Oak Hills High School with offers from colleges.\nJason Rodriguez, Defensive Tackle, received an offer from University of Southern California and has also been committed there. Ben Kaufer, Defensive End, received an offer from Rose -Hulman Institute of Technology and has been committed as well. David Ibarra, Guard, has an offer from University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and Rodney Harris, Free Safety and Wide Receiver, has an offer from Central State University. Adrian Tamayo, Outside Linebacker and Long Snapper, has two offers from Clarke University and Whittier College but has not yet committed. 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By educating parents, our community leaders and educators who work so closely with our children and in our communities on a daily basis that we can empower our communities to care for themselves and to have resources available to use during a time of crisis.\nWe know that suicide is a preventable problem and that comprehensive intervention, changes of habit, guidance, and compassion can save lives.\nThis is Chaney", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 44, "original_length": 1499, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 181.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://bytesinc.com/category/software/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:10Z", "digest": "sha1:7EXNKZATHFIK47PGRRDF3WALWSNOE3CR", "length": 113, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "bytesinc.com", "title": "Bytes Inc \u2013 Software", "raw_content": "Companies use outsourced talent to free up their internal teams to work on new projects. 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It\u2019s catalogue number 47 in Glory of Byzantium (1997).\nThe manuscript\u2019s proportions are somewhat taller and narrower (22.1 x 18.1 cm) than other Gospel books, which may explain why the Evangelist is shown standing instead of seated in his author portrait. Notice, too, how the hand of God emerges from the upper left corner reminding us that this Gospel was dictated by God. The focus of this image is the intense connection between John\u2019s eyes and God\u2019s hand making a gesture of speech. Compare this to the image of St Matthew shown standing with his feet apart, ready to step forward. He is an active reader (and writer) of the Gospels.\nWhat do you do when you discover an object as wonderful as this is in your art collection has a history of being stolen before you bought it? GIVE IT BACK. This is precisely what the J Paul Getty Museum is doing now that they know that the 12th-century New Testament manuscript that they bought in 1983 had been stolen from the Holy Monastery of Dionysiou, Mount Athos, over 50 years ago. The manuscript was bought by the museum as part of a much larger and well-documented collection of art, and it is currently on view at the Getty in the \u201cHeaven and Earth\u201d exhibition.\nThere is some important cultural diplomacy going on here, too. The Getty announced the return (here and here) of the manuscript on Monday, the day before the Greek Minister of Culture attended a preview of the exhibition.\nIt is helpful to put this decision to return the manuscript back to its monastery into context. The Getty Museum has returned many works of art back to their original locations including several antique sculptures.\nA notable artifact returned from the Getty is this sculpture of Aphrodite which was returned to Italy in 2011. This page at the Smithsonian summarizes the recent wave of repatriated artifacts to Greece and Italy. It includes a list of many of the other works that have been recently sent back by other American museums such as this krater which was once in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.\nAphrodite, once the centrepiece of the Getty\u2019s collection, now returned to Italy\nEuphronios krater, once in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, returned to Greece\nIn some ways the tension seems to be about how richly endowed American museums can\u2019t just buy all out the cultural heritage of Old World cultures. It\u2019s good to be reminded that we have to travel to other continents to see these artifacts; we can\u2019t import everything to the new world. It\u2019s a reminder for collectors to be prepared for new evidence about the objects in their collections.\nFor art historians, it\u2019s a good reminder that the provenances of even some of the most well known objects may be in dispute. UNESCO\u2019s Database of National Cultural Heritage Laws should help everyone figure out what is legal. And the Getty has taken a leadership position in this research by creating the Project for the Study of Collecting and Provenance. This is an AMAZING resource! Likewise, this site gives links to many other projects dealing with provenance, especially for works made in more recent centuries.\nI suppose most art historians gloss over provenance because it\u2019s part of the larger project of making attributions. But it\u2019s good to remember that how we identify something has so much to do with how we interpret that thing. In other words, even if I\u2019m not an owner or collector of these objects, their histories as objects should be an essential aspect of my relationship with them.\nI recently heard a story about a collector who paid somewhere in the tens of thousands of dollars for a work of art that has recently been shown to be a fake. It wasn\u2019t stolen or looted; it just wasn\u2019t an authentic work by the artist he thought it was. And unfortunately, because of the way our legal system works, he is expected to destroy the work of art because it was a forgery. Even though this man has no intention of selling the work of art and even though he has come to terms with the fact that the painting is a forgery, he is not allowed to keep it it and privately enjoy the picture. I find these situations perplexing: why can\u2019t he keep and enjoy the picture in the privacy of his own home? Authenticity and maintaining an artist\u2019s oeuvre\u2014these are the issues that matter.\nCategoriesart / history / medieval / byzantium TagsByzantine studies, museums\nPrevious PostPrevious Icon of the Crucifixion, 8th century, Mt Sinai\nNext PostNext Art History March Madness! 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Photo: Meredith Malone.\nFor this Front Room exhibition, Meredith Malone, Assistant Curator at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis, presents a selection of works by contemporary artist M. Ho. Ho works predominately with newspaper, specifically The New York Times, to create a dynamic body of work that takes as its point of departure the loaded relationship between word and image. Chosen in close collaboration with the artist, the works included in this exhibition represent two series of collages: Strike (2003) and Talk to Us (2008).\nStrike consists of pages taken from the \u201cA Nation at War\u201d section published by The New York Times at the start of the war in Iraq. On each page, Ho systematically conceals all text\u2014paragraph by paragraph, line by line, and sometimes word by word\u2014with delicate, hand-cut pieces of colored paper and found images of plants and flowers. Pinned on the walls in a continuous band, Strike transforms the supposedly factual and objective into something overtly mediated, intensely personal, and contradictory. By disrupting the viewer\u2019s ability to scan the headlines, Ho\u2019s images require a more prolonged, even meditative engagement. Strike provokes us to critically examine how words and photographs function in times of war. The monochrome swatches of color simultaneously suggest severe censorship, an erasure of history, and a radical rejection of the official narratives offered by the media.\nM. Ho was born in 1970 in New Haven, CT and lives and works in Athens, GA. She received her B.A. from Princeton University before doing graduate work at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pennsylvania. 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Green Air comprises two thousand slices of wood suspended from the courtyard\u2019s trellis with Tillandsia air plants attached to each. The sculpture hangs above the heads of visitors, swaying in the breeze and filling the 45-by-50-foot space. Headed by William E. Roberts and Laura Sant\u00edn, landscape architecture firm Nomad Studio is known for combining contemporary art and design with natural elements. Green Air is the second work in a two-year commission made possible by an Innovation Fund grant by the St. Louis Regional Arts Commission. Following Nomad\u2019s previous installation, Green Varnish (on view May\u2013September 2015), the new work re-uses wood that formed the armature of the original sculpture and re-envisions its curving, wave-like shape.\nGreen Air\u2019s four-foot-long poplar sticks are hung at varying heights, moving together in the wind and functioning as a monumental aerial garden. The installation transforms the surrounding gray concrete and glass environment into a natural and organic setting. Surviving on light and air alone, the Tillandsia function as a bio-indicator, speaking to the pollution pervasive in a man-made environment. Nested within the courtyard, this immersive hanging garden surrounds visitors with unexpected beauty in a surprising location.\nNomad Studio was founded in 2009 by William E. Roberts and Laura Sant\u00edn and is located in Brooklyn, New York. Committed to innovative landscape architecture, planning, art, and urban design, Nomad coordinates an international network of professionals who work together to create unique and memorable experiences that foster a connection between the user and the landscape. Nomad fosters a dialogue with the landscape from all angles and scales, with the objective of creating inspirational and experiential backdrops for people to engage with natural systems through beauty, outdoor recreation, or community interaction.\nGreen Air is organized for the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis by Lisa Melandri, Executive Director.\nThis exhibition is generously supported by an Innovation Fund grant from the Regional Arts Commission St. Louis and the Whitaker Foundation.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 3792, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 286.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://canada-real-estate.net/cat/id/1-alberta-Morinville-type-Apartment", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:59Z", "digest": "sha1:H7C3G5WLB2AEETTYP6FHTOI2UZRGNKCP", "length": 103, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "canada-real-estate.net", "title": "Select Apartment for Sale in Morinville, Alberta, Canada | Canada-Real-Estate.Net", "raw_content": "Select Apartment for Sale in Morinville, Alberta, Canada. 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In many cases, climate change is making these hazards more intense, more frequent, less predictable and/or longer lasting. This magnifies the risk of \u201cdisasters\u201d everywhere, but especially in those parts of the world where there are already high levels of human vulnerability.\nThis study identifies the most likely humanitarian implications of climate change for the next 20-30 year period. The authors use Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to map specific hazards associated with climate change \u2013 specifically: floods, cyclones and droughts \u2013 and place them in relation to factors influencing vulnerability.\nKey tips for integrating resilience in humanitarian action\nPractical advice on how to integrate resilience into humanitarian action", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 80, "original_length": 3346, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 304.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://careers-uco.icims.com/jobs/4865/forensic-science-institute-teaching-assistant/job", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:08Z", "digest": "sha1:R655I7RPUK7ZS4SUDM7U223BSMDDULGO", "length": 2744, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "careers-uco.icims.com", "title": "UCO Applicant Job Site - Forensic Science Institute Teaching Assistant in Edmond, Oklahoma | Careers at UCO Main Campus", "raw_content": "Forensic Science Institute Teaching Assistant\nPosted Date 10 months ago(4/4/2018 11:33 AM)\nDigital Forensics Examiner Services\nThe Forensic Science Institute (FSI) at the University of Central Oklahoma is dedicated to comprehensive training and research, for students, professionals and first responders in all aspects of evidence collection, preservation, analysis, reporting and testimony. The Institute is a leading provider of forensic science education at the undergraduate and graduate level through a robust, interdisciplinary program. UCO has the only undergraduate program in North America accredited by the Forensic Science Education Programs Accreditation Commission (FEPAC) in all eligible disciplines to include Forensic Molecular Biology, Forensic Chemistry, and Digital Forensics. UCO, along with Eastern Kentucky University, were the first and still only programs to be accredited in Digital Forensics at the undergraduate level. The Forensic Science Institute has an experienced faculty representing international and national leaders in their respective fields.\nAssist faculty members with classes and courses; assist with research and instrument development/assessment. Cover classes or proctor exams.\nPreference will be given to students enrolled through the University of Central Oklahoma's Graduate College in pursuit of a Master's Degree in Forensic Science.\nOur successful candidate will be expected to place a high importance on punctuality and dependability at the job. While a student's primary function at UCO is the achievement on one's degree goals, we expect your devoted time and attention to the work at hand while you are on the clock.\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills are needed to succeed in this support role of Teaching Assistant. We expect this student staff member to be able to remain calm under pressure. Required character traits needed would be dependability, thoroughness, detail oriented, and initiative. Good interpersonal skills and sensitivity of intercultural communication is a must.\nA basic knowledge of office equipment is needed (copier, fax, scanner, etc.). Computer literacy is required including Microsoft Office programs such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook. Efficiency to research data on the internet as needed.\nThe ability to multitask and to honor the importance of confidentiality with office matters are expected for this position. The successful candidate will honor the established protocols, have a teachable spirit with the ability to show attention to detail, and demonstrate a professional attitude and appearance.\nWe seek a candidate with a proven track record of attendance, and a willing spirit as an enthusiastic, dependable, team-minded player.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 55, "original_length": 6434, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 282.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://carolfulton.com/large-scale-installations/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:17Z", "digest": "sha1:62LNDFZE7ZQBSZP343QJN6KMWJTGQQD4", "length": 665, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "carolfulton.com", "title": "large-scale installations \u2014 STUDIO FULTON", "raw_content": "In 2013 I was commissioned by Rotterdam-based architects to create 100 metres of photographic panoramic woodland imagery for a day-care centre in Schiedam, near Rotterdam. The images, the largest of which was 37 metres in length, were shot using long exposures and hand-held filters and and stitched together in Photoshop. They were printed directly onto wood in Belgium to create the walls of the building's foyer. The imagery was also printed onto glass to form the entrance of the building.\nA second commission, of blue woodland imagery, followed in 2016; this will be incorporated into a sister-building on the same site - planned for completion in spring 2017.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 23, "original_length": 1070, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 166.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007685822/Cite", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:16Z", "digest": "sha1:TG6SPFPVWM7QFXVGQ54WOPB7HRAWYIAD", "length": 424, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "catalog.hathitrust.org", "title": "Record Citations | Hathi Trust Digital Library", "raw_content": "Butler, A. (1803). Travels through France & Italy, and part of Austrian, French, & Dutch Netherlands: during the years 1745 and 1746. Edinburgh: Printed by J. Moir, for Keating, Brown, and Keating, [etc.].\nButler, Alban, 1711-1773. Travels Through France & Italy, And Part of Austrian, French, & Dutch Netherlands: During the Years 1745 And 1746. Edinburgh: Printed by J. Moir, for Keating, Brown, and Keating, [etc.], 1803.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 2315, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 240.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://cbs4indy.com/2016/03/07/car-crashes-into-marion-county-health-department-office-building-driver-detained/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:19Z", "digest": "sha1:UKOBR2P2HMIEOQP2I6ZFDXTPNBNLP3FY", "length": 867, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "cbs4indy.com", "title": "Car crashes into Marion County Health Department office building, driver detained | CBS 4 - Indianapolis News, Weather, Traffic and Sports | WTTV", "raw_content": "Car crashes into Marion County Health Department office building, driver detained\nPosted 11:34 pm, March 7, 2016, by Greg Margason - Digital Producer, Updated at 11:44PM, March 7, 2016\nPhoto from the scene after the car was removed.\nINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Mar. 7, 2016)\u2013 Police detained a woman after her car crashed through a building belonging to the Marion County Health Department Monday night.\nOfficers were called to a building at in the 3900 block of Meadows Drive around 8 p.m. They discovered a car had gone through a wall of the health department.\nThe building has some offices as well as Eskenazi Health Urgent Care east. It is near the main health department building.\nPolice said it appears that it may have been an intentional act, and the driver may suffer from some sort of mental illness.\nThe driver was detained. No other information has been released.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 131, "original_length": 5077, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 191.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ccm847.org/events/subway-andys-frozen-custard-and-games", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:56Z", "digest": "sha1:E3PF5CLHHOMJAF5UPIL4QNY2QHHQ66CT", "length": 40, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "ccm847.org", "title": "Subway, Andy's Frozen Custard, and GAMES | Catholic Campus Ministry | Springfield, MO", "raw_content": "Subway, Andy's Frozen Custard, and GAMES", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 80, "original_length": 1456, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.76, "perplexity": 124.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ceas.stanford.edu/people/daniel-sneider", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:09Z", "digest": "sha1:SXV4TRHUVXQNXL3T475NCIKLIMRMGRWR", "length": 105, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "ceas.stanford.edu", "title": "Daniel Sneider | Center for East Asian Studies", "raw_content": "Associate Director for Research, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies\ndsneider@stanford.edu", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 100, "original_length": 1783, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.64, "perplexity": 226.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://celebswikis.com/aamina-sheikh/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:09Z", "digest": "sha1:2O5C3RCDQRAKB2C766E463RNGFUO7RRL", "length": 2121, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "celebswikis.com", "title": "Aamina Sheikh Height, Weight, Age, Biography, Wiki, Husband, Family", "raw_content": "Aamina Sheikh Height, Weight, Age, Biography, Wiki, Husband, Family & more. Aamina Sheikh is a Pakistani Actress and former supermodel. She was born on 29 August 1981 in New York City, United States of America (USA). Aamina Sheikh mainly works in Pakistani entertainment industry. She is one of the most popular and highest-paid actress.\nShe worked in Pakistani Films and Television serials. Aamina Sheikh was made her on-screen debut with Film Love Mein Ghum (2011) and Her Television debut Wilco (2008). She recipient several awards, including twice Lux Style Awards, Silent River Film Festival awards, Hum Awards, ARY Film Awards etc.\nAamina Sheikh Age 37 Years Old, She born in New York City, United States and now lives in Karachi, Pakistan. Her Father Abdul Sheikh and Mother Rehan Sheikh. She studied film video production from Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts. Aamina Sheikh is married to Mohib Mirza in 30th April 2005. The couple blessed with a daughter, Meissa Mirza. She is Muslim by Religion and Horoscope or Sun Sign Virgo. You May Also Read Neelam Muneer, Iman Ali, Ram Pothineni Biography.\nAamina Sheikh Height 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) and Weight 50 Kg (110 pounds). Her Body Measurements are 34-24-34 Inches. Aamina Sheikh Waist Size 24 Inches and Hip Size 34 Inches. She wear 8 Inches Shoe Size and 12 Inches Dress Size. Aamina Sheikh has brown color eye and black color hair.\nReal Name Aamina Sheikh\nNickname Aamina\nBirthplace New York City, United States of America (USA)\nTV: Wilco (2008)\nFather Abdul Sheikh\nMother Rehan Sheikh\nHusband/ Spouse Mohib Mirza\nDaughter Meissa Mirza\nEducational Qualification film video production\nCollege/ University Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts\nThese were latest information of Aamina Sheikh Height, Weight, Age, Biography, Wiki, Husband, Family. Do share guys this post with your friends and keep visit on Celebswikis.com for Indian celebrities biographical updates. You may share your wishes, experience or any suggestion with us by leaving a quick comment below. Thank You!.\nPingback: Armeena Khan Height, Weight, Age, Family, Biography, Wiki, Husband", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 149, "original_length": 5870, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 334.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://cfrankdavis.wordpress.com/page/2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:56Z", "digest": "sha1:4NADOOPZCIWJZ2YQZR3YTPLVWPUWX3LW", "length": 8202, "nlines": 35, "source_domain": "cfrankdavis.wordpress.com", "title": "Frank Davis | Banging on about the Smoking Ban | Page 2", "raw_content": "Posted in Uncategorized\t| Tagged agw, Ice Age\t| 12 Comments\nPosted in Uncategorized\t| Tagged oddity\t| 9 Comments\nThe Logic of Transgender Bathrooms\nA headline in Breitbart caught my attention:\nThree new elementary schools around Munich in the German state of Bavaria are putting forth a proposal to create a bathroom for a \u201cthird gender\u201d for children who do not identify as boys or girls.\nIf you\u2019re going to have three genders rather than two, then why not have 4 or 5 or 6 genders? If male-female if no longer binary 1 (male) or 0 (female) and there can be a 0.5 \u201cthird gender\u201d in between for girly sorts of boy or boyish sorts of girl, then there could also be a 0.1 gender for slightly boyish girls, or highly girly boys, and a 0.9 gender for slightly girly boys, and for highly boyish girls.\nIn fact, wouldn\u2019t there be an infinite gradation between 0 and 1 that would cover not only 0.1, 0.2, o.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, o.8, and 0.9, but all the gradations between these as well: 0.11, 0.12, 0.13, 0.14, 0.15, etc.\nAnd isn\u2019t the logical conclusion of this process of gender distinction that everyone should have their own separate bathroom? And if this German elementary school has 200 children in it, then it should have 200 bathrooms? And since there are probably 20 or 30 transgender teachers and cooks and cleaners, that raises the number of bathrooms needed to 230.\nBut what about when transgender Mum and Dad come to collect their transgender children from school, and need to take a leak somewhere? Well, if each child has two parents, then with 200 pupils there\u2019ll be a need for another 400 bathrooms. And so we now have 630 bathrooms.\nAt this point the entire school would be made up of 630 small, one-person bathrooms. And one way of accommodating this number might be to re=design schoolrooms so that they were made up of small partitioned bathroom cubicles, with a desk in each one, and a flush toilet under the seat as well. Partition wall heights would be such that the children\u2019s heads were visible above them to a teacher who would be seated on his (or her) toilet on a raised platform/dais above the children.\nIn this new school, all the children would be constrained to their own desk-toilet cubicles for the duration of the school day, and would be visited by different teachers for different lessons. And this would mean that the teachers would have to drive around on mobile toilets (portaloos?) from schoolroom to schoolroom.\nIn addition, because the entire school property would now be covered with a sea of toilets, there would be no room for playgrounds or playing fields for the children to play football or any other games. Instead there would need to be a new ball game invented whereby the children sat at their deak-toilets could throw footballs or beach balls between their cubicles, with the teachers acting as goalkeepers for the duration of the games.\nSegregated-sex toilet facilities are actually a bit of a new and Victorian invention, it would seem. It wasn\u2019t like that in Roman times. I\u2019ve actually seen the one below, in Sabratha, Libya (although I didn\u2019t actually use it).\nAll concerned sat side by side, talking to each other. And it seems that these toilets were unsegregated:\nThe evidence is ambiguous but one of the interesting features of most ancient and medieval bathrooms is that they generally do not appear to have been segregated by gender. Even though women were prohibited from participating in or entering many kinds of all-male spaces in the ancient world, the latrine wasn\u2019t one of them.\nMaybe we should go back to Roman customs? And then, instead of having 630 toilets, the German school would have just one, with seats all round the side, and space in between for a book or a beer. And the children would again have playgrounds to play football again.\nI was really quite shocked last night, courtesy of Fredrik Eich, to learn of the letter (left, click to enlarge) sent by Sir Richard Dearlove to the Prime Minister a couple of months ago. I don\u2019t understand why I hadn\u2019t heard of it before. Perhaps it\u2019s because I simply haven\u2019t been taking overmuch interest in the political storm surrounding Brexit.\nThe gist of the letter was that both a former head of MI6 and a very senior British army officer believed that the \u2018deal\u2019 Theresa May had negotiated would compromise British security and its Anglosphere alliances. But that wasn\u2019t all.\n\u201cParliament is being asked to surrender its own sovereignty. It has no constitutional or moral right to do this. Any legislator who votes for it will not be forgiven.\u201d\nWell, in the event, Parliament refused to vote to surrender its own sovereignty, and Theresa May\u2019s \u2018deal\u2019 is dead. But some MPs voted for the \u2018deal\u2019. And I can only suppose that they are not going to be forgiven for it. But not forgiven by whom? And what form will this unforgivingness take? Isn\u2019t the clear implication that they will be punished in some way?\nThe two signatories of the letter are in many ways from what\u2019s called the \u201cdeep state.\u201d They\u2019re usually invisible. But now they even seem to have their own brexiteer blog.\nIt\u2019s the sort of thing that happens more and more in the USA, where \u201cdeep state\u201d figures like James Comey or John Brennan seem to spend much of their time on TV shows. Now it\u2019s happening in the UK as well.\nOne of the surprises of the letter, for me at least, was that a couple of people in the British \u201cdeep state\u201d were in favour of Brexit. I thought they\u2019d all been bought and paid for by the EU a long time ago. But clearly not. The authors of the letter are no friends of Brussels:\n\u201cThis surrender is to an undemocratic organisation, the European Commission. The last two years have demonstrated how untrustworthy and hostile towards the UK the EC is, notably its use of the Irish border as a weapon.\nThe EC offers subordination, not partnership.\u201d\nThey think that the only way to leave the EU is on WTO terms: i.e. a \u201cno deal\u201d Brexit.\n\u201cThe people voted to take back control of our sovereignty, not for a colonial status.\u201d\nThe people of Britain never voted to surrender British sovereignty. They voted back in 1975 to join what was then a trading organisation. They didn\u2019t know back then that it was going to turn into an imperial superstate. They were duped. And every other nation in Europe was duped in the exact same way.\nIt was like joining a golf club, and then finding that the golf club had turned into a military organisation in which you were expected to serve for the rest of your life.\nThe last line in the letter is perhaps the most ominous:\n\u201cMrs May has broken trust with the British people as she has lost the trust of so many of her ministers.\u201d\nIs she somebody else who won\u2019t be forgiven? It would seem that this is the authors\u2019 view.\nFor myself I find Theresa May\u2019s behaviour highly puzzling. If she is still the Remainer that she once was, and perhaps still is, she\u2019s done a terrible job of remaining, because Britain looks set at present to crash out of the EU on 29 March 2019, less than two months hence. But if she\u2019s done a terrible job of remaining, she\u2019s also done a terrible job of leaving.\nPerhaps she\u2019s a remainer at heart, and intends to use her position as PM to prevent Brexit from happening. But it\u2019s also possible that when she said \u201cBrexit means Brexit\u201d, she had decided to bow to the will of the people. It\u2019s just that, as PM, she\u2019s caught between Remainers pulling her in one direction, and Leavers pulling her in the opposite direction, and her behaviour is exactly that of someone who is experiencing such a thing. She\u2019s what Tony Benn would have called a \u201cweathervane\u201d politician (rather than a \u201csignpost\u201d politician). And if you\u2019re someone who wishes to represent the wishes of the British people, you\u2019ll change your mind when they change theirs. Isn\u2019t that what politicians are supposed to do? Aren\u2019t the problem politicians the ones who think they know what\u2019s good for everyone (e.g. stopping smoking)?\nWhatever way, we\u2019re in for a rollercoaster ride here in Britain, because Brexit is going to go right down to the wire. But I continue to think that the powerful European political class in Brussels will stop at nothing to prevent Britain from leaving the EU.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 517, "original_length": 40027, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 235.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://chapmancg.com/jobs/ayjf-673046-rl/country-head-of-hr-hong-kong-hk/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:33Z", "digest": "sha1:MOT6XRDKMFSOET4UAEGOH7JKEXMVQ4HQ", "length": 1411, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "chapmancg.com", "title": "Country Head of HR, Hong Kong (HK) - ChapmanCG", "raw_content": "Country Head of HR, Hong Kong (HK) (AYJF-673046/RL)\nCompleted Permanent Hong Kong - Sub-regional\nOur client is a global media investment group. With presence in over 100 countries, it has more than 10 organisations under its umbrella. We are delighted to partner with them to appoint a new Head of HR for Hong Kong.\nYou will be responsible for the overall HR Strategy and operations across the Hong Kong office as well as the regional office in Hong Kong. Supporting a diverse client group, you will partner closely with the ExCo to drive future business goals and culture objectives. The role has been brought back into the structure recently, and so you are expected to revamp the HR organisation.\nYou should be a competent and experienced HR leader with experience in strategic change management and organisations in fast moving, creative and dynamic industries. Previous experience working within highly matrixed and relationship driven environments is essential, as is the passion to work in a dynamic environment.\nAYJF-673046/RL\nUS$100 Billion and over\nAPAC Head of HR\nThis is a high-profile role within the industry.\nSince this is a matrixed and complex organisation, you will need to be flexible and adaptable.\nAre you legally able to work in Hong Kong?\nWe thank you for your interest, regrettably we can only review the profiles of HR professionals who meet the legal requirements to work in Hong Kong.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 2376, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 331.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://cherriecow.com/2012/01/03/im-back/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:20:24Z", "digest": "sha1:XP6OSCOV5CDPRRJ2Q2DE6BFE6SU63M4S", "length": 261, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "cherriecow.com", "title": "Im back | cherriecow", "raw_content": "OK so I\u2019ve been away for quit a long time( about a year to be excite).. well no time like the start of a new year to start off on the right foot, I will be in the next day or so i will be posting up on of my animation that Ive been working on.. Good to be back!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 3239, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 280.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://chifferobehomeandgarden.com/living-in-the-south-a-primer/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:39:16Z", "digest": "sha1:Z6BQIQ65GFU63E45UD4W3A2U4MGFZDTB", "length": 4750, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "chifferobehomeandgarden.com", "title": "Living in the South...A primer - Chifferobe Home and Garden", "raw_content": "Living in the South\u2026A primer\nAfter George Ivey overcame my objections to moving from Connecticut to North Carolina in 1980 by offering to take off his \u201cCoonskin Cap\u201d if I would agree, we packed up our two children aged six and almost one, a cat and anything we didn\u2019t want the movers to handle, squeezed into Alec\u2019s Saab and struck out. I had lived in the South once before when Alec was in the Army (one year in Newport News) and my feelings for the land of Dixie were colored by my interactions with the military, my acquaintance with Southern Belle Army wives eager to see their husbands serve in Vietnam to move up in rank, and Klansmen who forced me and a carful of small Black children off the road and into a ditch. George asked me to lay aside my preconceptions about the South and to give Charlotte a chance. I did.\nThe trip down was memorable for me in the cramped backseat with the cat and the baby, both yowling the whole way. We stopped at a rest stop outside Greensboro and encountered a busload of old ladies on the way to PTL to meet with Tammy Faye Bakker. They told me of their love for the Bakkers and how many of them had hocked their wedding bands to pay for the trip. They were appalled that I didn\u2019t know who Jim and Tammy Bakker, television Evangelists, were.\nWe finally rolled into Charlotte at lunchtime on a Sunday. We were exhausted, hungry, rumpled and drained, but happy to be at the end of the long journey. We got off the Interstate on Tyvola Road and stopped, for some strange reason, at a Ryan\u2019s Family Restaurant, which was packed with people dressed in Sunday best. Already I felt strange because Sunday in a restaurant in the Northeast is a time for casual, laid-back brunches with the Sunday Times. We were seated next to a large party of what I now know was a group of church folk with their pastor. Everyone was dressed up and gazing respectfully at the pastor who sat at the head of the table. The fashions were unfamiliar to me, dressy and cheap-looking, lots of ruffles and flowers. As I studied the group like a specimen under a magnifying glass, I jerked up when I realized that the woman seated to the preacher\u2019s right had no arms and was feeding herself with her bare foot which grasped her fork. Everyone at the table acted like there was nothing amiss. I started crying. I felt so sorry for her, was proud of her, but wanted to get back in the car and drive back to Connecticut.\nClearly we didn\u2019t give up, though. We moved into one house after another in Charlotte, looking for the right place, and I continued to be both puzzled and delighted about living in the South. Back in the Eighties, fashion was a big shocker for me. Grown women in Charlotte wore pantyhose even on the hottest days. They loved silk shirts with big bows at the neck. And they collected gold beads on a chain, Add-A-Bead necklaces. They wore make-up. They dressed in business suits for garden club meetings. I failed to make the grade in my torn jeans and Indian wrap skirts and was black-balled from the garden club.\nYears later, I am still taken aback by the regional differences I encounter daily. It is not unusual for a stranger to bring up Jesus in a casual conversation. Yesterday I was waiting on line at the bank and the man in front of me turned around to cheerfully tell me that Jesus had made a beautiful day for us. I answered appropriately, \u201cYes, we are Blessed.\u201d\nIt is not uncommon to see bumper stickers telling you to \u201cHonk if you love Jesus,\u201d and declaring that \u201cReal men love Jesus.\u201d Many rough-looking teenagers wear tee shirts emblazoned with gigantic crosses. Lots of tattoos on the arms and chests of people have religious themes.\nThe other thing that is different here is that people are way too open. You are considered rude if you don\u2019t smile and say \u201cHey!\u201d to everyone whose path you cross. Also, people you don\u2019t know tell you way too much. A complete stranger approached me in the supermarket line to tell me that she was too hot. \u201cIt\u2019s the Menopause!\u201d she announced. \u201cIt started just last month, and I tell you I have to change the linens every day because of those night sweats.\u201d TMI.\nBecause I am a shit-talker, one of the many, many things I really love about the South is that people are Plain Speakers. You can say anything you want to about someone as long as you follow it with, \u201cBless her heart!\u201d For example, \u201cJohn Doe smells like butt. Bless his heart.\u201d Or \u201cMary looks like a ho in that short skirt. Bless her heart.\u201d\nIn addition to sweet tea, great fried chicken, and perfect weather, I love the friendliness and warmth of the people here. I do not really fit in here, but as my sister said, I \u201cfinally found a place where (I) blend!\u201d I wouldn\u2019t live anywhere else.\nJimMcDowell, suzani", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 5645, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 315.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://chinaedugrp.com/mt_psych.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:04Z", "digest": "sha1:J2CKCWBOPFBJEJYBK22KEBBPT4PSYKK7", "length": 2825, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "chinaedugrp.com", "title": "University of Iowa Counseling Psychology", "raw_content": "Harvard Negotiation\nUniversity of Iowa Counseling Psychology\nCounseling psychology is the aspect of the mental health field that focuses on working with people to assist them in exploring and transforming unpleasant and distressing or disruptive mental and emotional experiences into useful personal growth opportunities. The mission of the MA in Counseling Psychology Program aims to train students in both science and practice of counseling psychology, as well as contribute to the advancement of the profession who can function effectively in various professional roles across diverse settings.\nThe MA Program in Psychological Counseling is dedicated to the preparation of psychological counselors who facilitate the normal and optimal development of individuals, groups, and organizations that is culturally relevant and psychologically appropriate across the lifespan. Our students are taught to use strategies of prevention, intervention, and remediation to assist others in developing effective coping skills and responses to their environments.\n\u2022Focuses on the integration of science and practice through implementation of training consistent with the scientist-practitioner mode.\n\u2022Program organized in accord with recommendations and requirements for accreditation by the American Psychological Association.\n\u2022All 11 modules are taught by US faculty from the University of Iowa over the weekends in Admiralty Conference Center.\n\u2022Committed to providing a training environment that promotes, affirms, and supports cultural and individual diversity among students and faculty.\nThe Counseling Psychology program from the University of Iowa has continually been accredited since 1980, with over 200 students receiving their doctoral degree in counseling psychology since initial accreditation in 1980. The College of Education was recently ranked the 33rd best college of education at a public university in the U.S. by U.S. News and World Report.\nIn 2015, the prestigious Counselingpsychology.org ranked the University of Iowa counseling psychology program 8th in the US.\n\u2022Ranked #8 counseling psychology program in the US by Counselingpsychology.org (2015).\n\u2022Ranked #30 psychology program in the US (US News & World Report, 2015).\n\u2022Ranked #34 among the nation's 629 public universities and #82 among all 2,474 American four-year universities (U.S. News & World Report, 2016 edition)\n\u2022Ranked #121 on \"Best Global Universities\" list (U.S. News & World Report Global Rankings, 2014)..\nDetailed information: www.uiowa.edu.hk\n* Comparable/equivalent course in non-local institution and the HK course: Master of Arts in Psychological & Quantitative Foundations (Counseling Psychology). We are now preparing for registration under the Non-Local Courses Registry and the program is not open for enrolment.\nUniversity of Iowa MBA", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 4149, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 203.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://choosecornwall.ca/news-english/business/cornwall-innovation-centre-to-launch-ontario-emerging-jobs-institute/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:31:58Z", "digest": "sha1:RVWULTAU5AMJN2IMXZE3LKXINOWUBSND", "length": 3344, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "choosecornwall.ca", "title": "Cornwall Innovation Centre to Launch Ontario Emerging Jobs Institute - Choose Cornwall : Choose Cornwall", "raw_content": "Cornwall Innovation Centre to Launch Ontario Emerging Jobs Institute\nCornwall Ontario \u2013 The Cornwall Innovation Centre has announced that it has been awarded $477,000 to establish the Ontario Emerging Jobs Institute.\n\u201cWe are thrilled the Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development has chosen to support this project to create new opportunities in emerging technologies in Eastern Ontario. We are equally excited to spearhead new innovative programming in the agritech sector and to help build the essential digital skills and soft skills to create the jobs of the future and strengthen the digital economy,\u201d says Kelly Bergeron, Executive Director at the CIC. \u201cIt\u2019s a truly exciting time for us at the CIC, and we know our partners share in this excitement.\u201d\nThe funds have been sourced from the Skills Catalyst Fund, which was established by the Ontario Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development. It supports Ontario\u2019s workforce development goals by funding innovative projects that better align skills development with the demands of the new economy. Central to this plan is developing partnerships that bridge the world of education and training with that of the workplace.\n\u201cCornwall Innovation Centre\u2019s project is exactly the type of partnership we need in Ontario\u2019s changing economy \u2014 one that brings workers, employers, educators and learners together,\u201d said Mitzie Hunter, Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Development. \u201cWe established the Skills Catalyst Fund to support initiatives that take a creative and innovative approach to skills building in the province, and that\u2019s exactly what this project does. I want to thank the CIC for their work, and welcome their insights as we build a stronger, more responsive training system suited to the needs of employers and workers.\u201d\nThe Ontario Emerging Jobs Institute will offer a boot camp and work placement program in early 2019, and is expected to based at the NAV CENTRE in Cornwall. The program will be available at no charge to Ontarians who show the need for emerging job training, including the underemployed and unemployed, and those seeking to up-skill.\nWork placements will be arranged with companies and organizations that provide mutually beneficial opportunities for both parties. The CIC will also help support those students who want to launch their own start-up after completing their training. Scholarships will be awarded to 20 individuals across the province to cover their accommodations, food, and program costs while attending the boot camps. The Institute is planning on enrolling a total of 160 students starting in the Fall of 2018.\nThe Ontario Emerging Jobs Institute will offer modern and innovative curriculum including Agritech Training, Digital Skills Training (through Canada Learning Code), Business Skills Training, and a blended-learning solution. The OEJI will continue to identify opportunities to bring cutting edge educational programming to the region, with a focus on agritech and \u201cnew\u201d economy positions.\nWith the objective to nurture a culture of collaboration within the community, the CIC will continue to work with local, provincial, and national partners including the Eastern Ontario Training Board, Canada Learning Code, Lead To Win, TR Leger School and many others.\nProgram Helps Employers Invest in Workforce", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 98, "original_length": 5499, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 289.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://chrissupereme.wordpress.com/2012/06/20/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:57Z", "digest": "sha1:AQLH6EGLVFEMZHZFHGARD4G5ZH65BI7T", "length": 7919, "nlines": 38, "source_domain": "chrissupereme.wordpress.com", "title": "20 | June | 2012 |", "raw_content": "Chris Brown Talks Ancient Aliens, Michael Jackson, & His Legacy\nWith two weeks to go before his album Fortune drops, Chris Brown granted a rare interview to Fuse. He discussed how \u201cancient aliens\u201d inspired the cover artwork, some of his collaborators including Nas and Diplo, pioneering a new concept for iTunes, and dealing with the changing music industry, while throwing in some expletives to get his point across.\nDuring the sit-down with Esteban, Breezy also reminisced about performing \u201cThriller\u201d for his idol Michael Jackson and a collaboration that was in the works. Plus, find out what legacy he hopes to leave behind.\nOn his album artwork: \u201cYou can see on the album cover, it\u2019s like a code. That\u2019s an encryption for my fans. I wanted to do something different because I\u2019m into ancient aliens. I like being stuff that\u2019s other than what everybody expects. \u2026 When they look in the booklet, they\u2019ll see the different code. Some of it says I love Team Breezy or it\u2019ll say certain things directed to them and they\u2019ll know it if they break the code.\u201d\nOn what Fortune means: \u201cI wanted Fortune to be the blessing of having it. It\u2019s not money, wealth for me. It\u2019s basically the blessing of being able to do it. I\u2019m fortunate to do it. I want everything to be top notch.\u201d\nOn his \u201crarities and B-sides\u201d concept: \u201cI have a gang of records, so what I do is I give \u2018em to iTunes. Instead of releasing it free, for a lesser price you get it. It gives the artist a chance to get the exposure that they need. \u2026 Instead of going through the label riff-raff and all the bull, let\u2019s split the royalty and do it like this so we both get paid. The industry is so broke that it\u2019s starting to kill our creative side.\u201d\nOn the shifts in the music industry: \u201cI started when they had the $600,000, $800,000 video budgets. My \u2018Run It!\u2019 video was around that. Now you get it where people are like, \u2018We got $50,000.\u2019 It\u2019s really killing us in a sense because nobody believes in the brand anymore. If we don\u2019t do it, who gon\u2019 do it? So I\u2019m like f**k it, I\u2019ma do it myself.\u201d\nOn performing for and meeting Michael Jackson: \u201cThat was probably one of the greatest moments in my career \u2019cause I got a chance to perform for him. People loved the performance. I went backstage and met him. He said hi to my mom. He was respectful. It was just one of those great times in my life.\u201d\nOn a collaboration with the King of Pop: \u201cMe and him had talked countless times through our people. We were working on records and we were working on some stuff. But God has other plans.\u201d\nOn following in MJ\u2019s footsteps: \u201cMy legacy is not to be Michael Jackson, but to just be me. \u2026 I want to make him proud. I don\u2019t want to make it an effort to copy because I hate clones, so I don\u2019t want to be a clone.\u201d\nEnter Chris Brown\u2019s \u2018Fortune\u2019 Scavenger Hunt \u2013 Clue #2\nWith his album Fortune two weeks away, Chris Brown is taking Team Breezy on a scavenger hunt. The R&B superstar will be dropping clues across the web and if you can correctly answer his questions, you may win some cool items from Breezy\u2019s personal collection or the ultimate grand prize, a trip to one of his favorite cities. You can find clue #2 right here on Rap-Up.com.\nClue #2: In his music video for \u201cStrip,\u201d Chris Brown is wearing a cap by which hockey team?\nPrize: Custom autographed hat worn by Chris during his electrifying performance of \u201cKiss Kiss\u201d at the 2007 American Music Awards.\nThink you know the answer? If so, click here to enter.\nFind out how to play and read the official rules.\nChris Brown Unlocks \u2018Fortune\u2019 Commercial\nPosted in Chris Brown, Fortune, Rap-Up.com with tags Chris Brown, Fortune, Rap-Up.com on June 20, 2012 by breezyworld2\nChris Brown drums up anticipation for his fifth album Fortune with a suspenseful commercial. One of the younger members of Team Breezy walks through an abandoned warehouse, dodging shadowy figures before pulling a glowing cube from his knapsack. The mysterious object unlocks a secret code, which reveals Chris Brown himself. The singer quickly disappears into dust, leaving behind a copy of Fortune and an awestruck fan.\nNew Music: Chris Brown \u2013 \u2018Calypso\u2019\nPosted in Calypso, Chris Brown, Rap-Up.com with tags Calypso, Chris Brown, Rap-Up.com on June 20, 2012 by breezyworld2\nNearly two years after first teasing the song, Chris Brown\u2019s \u201cCalypso\u201d finally surfaces. The ladies\u2019 man oohs and aahs over the sultry, guitar-laced cut. The Polow Da Don-produced track will go on sale at digital retailers on Tuesday. Get swept away by his seductive sound.\nChris Brown and Drake Involved in Club Altercation [Update]\nPosted in Chris Brown, Drake, Rap-Up.com with tags Chris Brown, Drake, Rap-Up.com on June 20, 2012 by breezyworld2\nWhat was supposed to be a celebratory evening turned ugly when Chris Brown was attacked at a nightclub. The \u201cTurn Up the Music\u201d singer was toasting Teyana Taylor\u2019s new deal with G.O.O.D. Music when the altercation occurred, prompting speculation that Drake and his crew were to blame.\nBrown, along with Drake, Trey Songz, Meek Mill, Wale, and French Montana, was at W.i.P. at Greenhouse in New York on Wednesday night when bottles were thrown in his direction. One ended up striking his face and leaving a nasty cut. He recounted the incident on Twitter before deleting his tweets.\n\u201cNi**as throwing bottles! Y\u2019all ni**az weak!\u201d tweeted Chris in the early hours of Thursday morning.\n\u201cOk! Ni**as stand behind security!!!! Ok! U don\u2019t pay them enough!\u201d he added. \u201cNi**as hiding in the bathroom bitch ass ni**as! And I\u2019m the singer?\u201d\nHe posted a photo of the injury on Instagram, but brushed it off. \u201cBottles? It\u2019s nothing! Lol,\u201d he said. \u201cNi**as is pu**y! How u party wit a rich ni**a that hate? Lol\u2026. Throwing bottles like girls? #shameonya!\u201d\nAccording to several witnesses, the bottles came from Drake\u2019s area of the club. The two are rumored to be feuding over their relationship with Rihanna.\nWhile Drake remained silent, Meek Mill chimed in to proclaim his innocence. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t me\u2026. (shaggy voice) lol,\u201d he tweeted.\nUPDATE: Drake has denied his involvement in the brawl. \u201cDrake did not participate in any wrongdoing of any kind last night at W.i.P,\u201d a rep for the Canadian rapper tells TMZ. \u201cHe was on his way out of the club when the altercation began.\u201d\nAccording to TMZ, Meek Mill was the one involved in the fight. The Maybach Music MC and Chris started trash talking each other and things quickly escalated into a shouting match before bottles were thrown. Their argument was reportedly not over Rihanna.\nUPDATE 2: Chris Brown\u2019s rep has released the following statement: \u201cChris, Karrueche [Tran], and his friends were victims of a brutal attack last night at W.i.P. They sustained several injuries. Chris and his party are cooperating with NY authorities who are pursuing this incident further.\u201d\nHe also returned to Twitter, writing, \u201cMe and @MeekMill ain\u2019t on that bullshit. Real respect Real\u2026.\u201d\nUPDATE 3: TMZ is now reporting that Drake instigated the brawl by giving the middle finger to one of Chris\u2019 bodyguards and shouting, \u201cI\u2019m about to go whoop that ass!\u201d Chris\u2019 entourage responded with some crude hand gestures before Drizzy went to get backup from Meek Mill, Juelz Santana, and Trav B.\nDrake allegedly told Chris, \u201cYou be on that ho s**t on Twitter n***a,\u201d referencing a recent Twitter war between Chris, Drake, and Meek Mill over Rihanna. An altercation ensued, but witnesses say Drake was not physically involved. Innocent clubgoers were injured, as well as Chris\u2019 bodyguard Big Pat.\nUPDATE 4: Chris Brown has reportedly spoken with detectives and his lawyer has presented the NYPD with \u201cphysical evidence\u201d to show that Drake and Meek Mill were the aggressors. Chris is currently considered \u201ca witness and a victim.\u201d Meanwhile, Drake has been \u201ccooperating\u201d with authorities, but he is not a suspect at this time. Sources now tell TMZ that someone in Chris\u2019 camp may have been inciting Drake and his crew.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 396, "original_length": 15156, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 330.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://clark-county-conservative.com/2012/03/15/shouldnt-america-practice-separation-of-mosque-and-state-as-well/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:24Z", "digest": "sha1:554LLEZEWK26CMGIFC4VYFF3OKDZHXFL", "length": 19448, "nlines": 72, "source_domain": "clark-county-conservative.com", "title": "Shouldn\u2019t America Practice Separation of Mosque and State As Well? | Clark County Conservative", "raw_content": "\u00ab Update: March 19 GOP Debate Portland, Oregon | Play Ball! \u00bb\nShouldn\u2019t America Practice Separation of Mosque and State As Well?\nWithout a doubt, the United States of America is the greatest experiment in freedom and liberty in all of mankind\u2019s history on this planet. Our ancestors migrated to this \u2018New World\u2019 centuries ago in large part to escape religious persecution and have the freedom to exercise, or not exercise the religion of their choice, without fear of repercussion from the state for deviating from a \u201cState Religion.\u201d\nNowhere has this concept been shown better than after gaining our Independence from Britain\u2019s King George and putting a constitution in place, our founding fathers wrote in the very first of our 10 Bill of Rights, \u201cCongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;\u2026\u201d Placed before all other rights, our freedom to practice the religion of our choice, unhampered by the state was established.\nFor most of our history, Christianity, in all of its various factions was the predominant religion, alongside Judaism, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu and others to much smaller degrees. Still, everybody practiced freely with few if any problems. Communities held Christian ceremonies and holidays while showing honor and respect to the smaller religions when they held their holidays and ceremonies.\nMany of my teachers when growing up were Jewish who all received days off to recognize their holidays. We recited the Lord\u2019s Prayer every morning until the early 1960\u2019s when an atheist woman successfully had prayers in school banned nationwide, citing \u201cseparation of church and state,\u201d a concept not recognized in our country until a 1947 Supreme Court Ruling in Everson v. Board of Education that relied on a few words contained in a letter written by Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptists stating, \u201c\u2026 I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should \u2018make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,\u2019 thus building a wall of separation between Church & State.\u201d\nSince then, we have seen a very gradual expansion of just what is said to be religious expression in government. Prayers once common in school were banned. Displays of the 10 Commandments were demanded removed from court houses and judges courts. Christmas Nativity scenes banned from display in government buildings and public parks unless all other religions holy days were equally displayed. Veterans Memorials containing a cross torn down or lawsuits filed to have them torn down. Military Chaplains cautioned on sermons concerning Jesus. It\u2019s almost as if Christianity, still the majority religion in the country has been consigned to the dark back corners of a closet, ridiculed and banned all over.\nJudaism, while more tolerated has seen a rise in anti-Semitism, especially as Palestinian groups continue to launch wave after wave of propaganda concerning Israel, expressed in the Charter of Hamas as, \u201cIsrael will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it.\u201d Subsequent claims of no longer holding that view are specious at best and not to be trusted as Hamas continues to launch rocket attacks into Israel from Gaza nearly every day.\nAlthough that concept of a \u201cwall of separation between church and state\u201d remains firmly entrenched, meaning to me that religion is not to hold influence in government; Islam appears to gaining influence in government.\nWhile Christianity is all but kept out of schools, efforts in our state to include Islamic studies in public schools is sparking outrage.\nIranian born Gubernatorial candidate Shahram Hadian, a former Muslim who founded the TIL Project to expose creeping influence of Islamic religion into government with hopes of imposing oppressive Sharia law, denounced efforts by The Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR) to grant special accommodations for Muslim students that are not granted Christian students in school.\nIn September 2010, the Texas State Board of Education \u201capproved a one-page nonbinding resolution urging textbook publishers to limit what they print about Islam in world history books, by a 7-5 vote,\u201d in hopes of curtailing what they viewed as \u201ca creeping Middle Eastern influence in the nation\u2019s publishing industry.\u201d\nA Massachusetts school district ended up having to issue and apology to parents of sixth graders for a September 2010 \u201cfield trip\u201d to a nearby Mosque where the children did not just observe Muslim services, but were \u201cseparated by gender and the boys were asked to join the Muslim adults in their prayer.\u201d\nWhile there, a spokeswoman for the mosque was videotaped telling students, \u201cYou have to believe in Allah, and Allah is the one God, the only one worthy of worship, all forgiving, all merciful.\u201d\nCan you imagine how fast the ACLU would file a lawsuit against any school district who took 6th graders to a Cathedral or Synagogue where they were instructed as they were in the Mosque or urged to participate in religious services?\nMore recently, a young Christian student in Grand Junction, Colorado drew attention for quitting a school choir after he was supposed to sing a song \u201ccomposed in the style of Islamic prayer chants.\u201d Efforts to remove the song from the program were rebuked by the Choir leader and others within the school system with the claim of \u201cbringing diversity to the students and showing them other things that are out there.\u201d This, as we see increased pressure for traditional Christmas music not to be played around Christmas time.\nDays ago we see Pamela Geller of Atlas Shrugs blog in an effort to counter an anti-Catholic ad ran in the New York Times that urged Catholics to abandon their religion over their refusal to abandon a basic tenet of their religion by Barack Obama, rebuked by the New York Times who won\u2019t run her identical ad urging Muslims to come out of Islam.\nI first broached this notion of \u201cSeparation of Mosque and State\u201d back in July 2007 in my earlier days of blogging where I posted then condemnations of all prayers in schools by atheist groups who strangely enough, remained silent on several inclusions and accommodations to Islam back then.\nI brought out a San Diego school adjusting its schedule to accommodate Muslim worship.\nWe see back in 2007 where some schools were granting special treatment to Muslim students so they could practice their worship during school hours.\nIn October 2011 an American Judge Ruled American Courts Can Use Sharia Law in settling cases.\nDo you think the ACLU would tolerate a Judge ruling it was proper for courts to settle cases based on Biblical scripture?\nMore and more every day we see this concept of no religious influence in government chipped away as under the cry of \u201cdiversity,\u201d Islam is allowed publicly where Christianity is not.\nI\u2019m not a particularly religious person, but if we are to truly honor the spirit Separation of Church and State, keeping religious influence out of government and schools, then we must also begin imposing a \u201cWall of Separation Between Mosque and State as well.\u201d\nIf not, our offspring just may end up with a State Religion, something our founders abhorred.\nPosted on March 15, 2012 at 8:19 PM in National Politics\t| RSS feed\nTags: Christinaity, Islam, Judaism, Muslim, Religious Persecution, Separation of Church and State, Separation of Mosque and State, Shahram Hadian, State Religion, TIL Project\n12 Comments\tto \u201cShouldn\u2019t America Practice Separation of Mosque and State As Well?\u201d\nA large part of the problem seems to be that certain individuals in authority have trouble observing a bright-line distinction between educating students about other religions, and indoctrinating or converting them. I don\u2019t see a problem with, for example, offering an elective comparative religion class to students, but what you\u2019re describing goes way beyond that.\nIf the schools can\u2019t figure out how to maintain the distinction between education and indoctrination, banning all of it, including Muslim expressions and practices, seems like the only reasonable alternative.\nShahram Hadian made a point in November, when he spoke before We The People, of a World History text book used in the Lacey School district where a Dad, whose son was coming home daily speaking positively towards Islam and how he had a lot of trouble getting to see the test book the school was using. After threats of a lawsuit, he obtained the book.\nIt had 3 or 4 pages on the history of Christianity, mostly the crusades, nothing on Judaism, 1 or 2 pages on Hinduism and Buddhism and 7 chapters on Islam.\nThat is not teaching the world history of religion, it is indoctrinating Islam.\nA blind man could see it for what it is.\nLew that is astonishing. How did something like that get past the school board? They must have been sleepwalking \u2013 I wonder what they think their responsibilities actually are.\nMy understanding is that it did not get by them, they approved of it in the name of \u201cdiversity.\u201d\nCAIR has been real active in pushing Islam into schools and having schools accommodate Muslim students in their worship.\nThe Muslim crap is being \u201cintroduced\u201d to our children in the same way the Queers are attempting to indoctrinate and recruit our children \u2013 in the schools. It\u2019s obvious that schools today are nothing more than \u201cindoctrination centers\u201d for deviant BS \u201cfavored\u201d by Leftist pukes.\nTime to do something about the schools.\nOf course America should practice the separation of Mosque and State. The wall of separation Jefferson referred to related to all religions\u2014that would include Islam. The reality is that because the State controls education the State cannot remove itself from the arena of religious influence.\nMost social, cultural and political movements have been in result of, or in response to, some religious activity or motivation. Thus the teaching of history at almost any level is subject to religious interpretation and revisionist tinkering by those with an agenda to promote a particular worldview.\nThe fields of science lost their innocence and became politicized when evolution was forced into the curriculum to the exclusion of any other explanation of Origins. Math is probably the only subject of study which can be taught totally devoid of religious consideration.\nTo separate religion from state would require a separation of school and state. Not something the teachers unions want to happen. And not something that many conservatives understand the need for. So it is not something that is likely to happen soon.\nIn the meantime, education will continue to be molded to serve whatever is defined as \u2018politically-correct\u2019 by whomever controls the state. Those out of power can only try to keep the abuse to a minimum until they can regain the harnesses of power. The task then will be to keep the new regime from engaging in the same abuses. And therein lies the responsibility of we the people.\ndougindeap\nSeparation of church and state is a bedrock principle of our Constitution much like the principles of separation of powers and checks and balances. In the Constitution, the founders did not simply say in so many words that there should be separation of powers and checks and balances; rather, they actually separated the powers of government among three branches and established checks and balances. Similarly, they did not merely say there should be separation of church and state; rather, they actually separated them by (1) establishing a secular government on the power of \u201cWe the people\u201d (not a deity), (2) saying nothing to connect that government to god(s) or religion, (3) saying nothing to give that government power over matters of god(s) or religion, and (4), indeed, saying nothing substantive about god(s) or religion at all except in a provision precluding any religious test for public office. Given the norms of the day, the founders\u2019 avoidance of any expression in the Constitution suggesting that the government is somehow based on any religious belief was quite a remarkable and plainly intentional choice. They later buttressed this separation of government and religion with the First Amendment, which constrains the government from undertaking to establish religion or prohibit individuals from freely exercising their religions. The basic principle, thus, rests on much more than just the First Amendment.\nIt is important to distinguish between the \u201cpublic square\u201d and \u201cgovernment\u201d and between \u201cindividual\u201d and \u201cgovernment\u201d speech about religion. The constitutional principle of separation of church and state does not purge religion from the public square\u2013far from it. Indeed, the First Amendment\u2019s \u201cfree exercise\u201d clause assures that each individual is free to exercise and express his or her religious views\u2013publicly as well as privately. The Amendment constrains only the government not to promote or otherwise take steps toward establishment of religion. As government can only act through the individuals comprising its ranks, when those individuals are performing their official duties (e.g., public school teachers instructing students in class), they effectively are the government and thus should conduct themselves in accordance with the First Amendment\u2019s constraints on government. When acting in their individual capacities, they are free to exercise their religions as they please. If their right to free exercise of religion extended even to their discharge of their official responsibilities, however, the First Amendment constraints on government establishment of religion would be eviscerated. While figuring out whether someone is speaking for the government in any particular circumstance may sometimes be difficult, making the distinction is critical. (Students, too, can pray in school, as long as they do so in a time, manner, and place that does not disrupt school activities.)\nChristians have always been and today remain the dominant religious influence in society and politics in the United States. While I have no doubt that Christians can be counted among those who have been the victims of ill treatment now and then, complaints of widespread discrimination against Christians bring to mind the image of a privileged child accustomed to getting his way who, faced with the prospect of treatment akin to that experienced by others, howls in pained anguish at the injustice of it all and pines for the good old days.\nAs for the impression that Muslims are allowed more freedom to pray during work and school, there are at least two answers. First, they have no more freedom than Christians in this regard. Second, under various statutes, employers are obligated to make \u201creasonable accommodations\u201d for the religious practices of employees. Because certain daily rituals are integral to Islam and differ from the routine practices of Christians, accommodations of those rituals may stand out more to you.\nAs an atheist, I know how it feels to hold views not shared and even reviled by many in the dominant religion of our society. You may understand then how alarming it is to hear members of that dominant group speak of their sense of persecution. History often reveals dominant groups working themselves into a lather about perceived wrongs against them before they lash out to \u201crestore\u201d matters as they see fit.\nWake Forest University has published a short, objective Q&A primer on the current law of separation of church and state\u2013as applied by the courts rather than as caricatured in the blogosphere. I commend it to you. http://tiny.cc/6nnnx\nAnd 7 chapters devoted to Islam in a text book compared to 3 pages on Christianity equals out and shows no preference?\nHow many of your schools take 6th graders to a Cathedral or Synagogue to participate in religious services, claiming they are learning \u201cdiversity.\u201d\nIt makes no difference to me whether you believe or not, your free choice, for now.\nKeeping those blinders up will not keep it that way.\nAnd if you think you know what it feels like now to hold your different belief, wait until people are beheaded for disparaging Allah or Islam.\nNo, it is not the immediate danger, but it is closer than you think.\nNo blinders here. I well recognize the violence and threats of violence arising from some purporting to act in the name of Islam. I see, too, the effects of the intimidation understandably felt by those involved in actions that may be upsetting to Muslims. Witness the New York Times declining to publish an advertisement calling on Muslims to leave their faith (intended as a counterpoint to one calling on Catholics to leave theirs, which the Times had earlier published), citing concerns for the safety of troops in Afghanistan. Hardly even handed or fair, but still understandable, since the threats of violence are real and credible.\nThat said, simple everyday accommodation of Muslim practices in workplaces and schools hardly amounts to favoritism or discrimination against Christians.\nPlease read again. This is not addressing private workplaces, but public schools where Christian Prayer was banned, where students have been castigated for having a Bible and where the Christian God tossed out.\nAs I said, 7 chapters on Islam in a text book compared to 3 pages on Christianity is not equal.\nA judge recently ruled Sharia can be used settling court cases. Sharia has no basis in our laws nor is it compatible with our constitution.\nYou excuse Pam\u2019s ad being rejected due to \u201cthreats of violence.\u201d Would you be so understanding if Christian Churches threatened violence on a similar scale? Or would you denounce it?\nEver so slowly, it is creeping in. Europe woke up recently and is working to counter it. We seem more intent to encourage it.\nI suggest you look up the TIL Project.\nAnd Europe waited far too long \u2013 look at life in the Muslim slums of France to get an idea of what can happen:\nOr the \u201chonor killings\u201d in Canada:\nThat \u201cwhite guilt,\u201d so-called \u201cdiversity,\u201d or Political Correctness could allow our schools or courts to promulgate religious extremist agendas is anathema to me, as it should be to any American. And Yes, that includes the (I suspect relatively small number) Christian and Jewish extremists as well.\n@Jack- Your Quote-\nWhat evidence do you have that \u201cqueers\u201d are indoctrinating and recruiting children? And what are they attempting to recruit them for?\n@Doug- right on dude, well said.\n@Lew- I for one do not want any religion having any measure of control over our government. If incidents come up, as you mentioned, they should be dealt with in the same manner as if it were any of the hundreds of religions out there. You did not cite any sources, so it is hard for me to verify the specific incidents you mentioned but if they are legit, than I would say they should be exposed and prevented in the future. I think that there is a current fear of Muslim\u2019s taking over the country and changing ours laws by popular vote\u2026I think it is also unfounded. While some Muslims may hold that view, there are plenty of Christians that want our government to be controlled by Christianity and they actually have a much better chance of imposing their views. The Muslim population will grow in our nation but our constitution has prevented the right wing Christian nuts from taking complete control and it will prevent the same with the Muslims.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 382, "original_length": 27498, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 313.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://classic-motorbikes.net/mot-testing-ringing-the-changes-from-may-2018/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:48Z", "digest": "sha1:C33PCPBHTUI2WJLBDV3WM5Y2NTYW44PB", "length": 2556, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "classic-motorbikes.net", "title": "MOT Testing - Ringing The Changes from May 2018 - Classic Motorbikes", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Bike Reviews, News & More \u00bb MOT Testing \u2013 Ringing The Changes from May 2018\nMOT Testing & Taxation for Vehicles of Historic Interest/Modifieds and proposals from May 2018.\nWith opinion still varied the Government have settled on their plans along with the Department of Transport and one of the best explanations of this somewhat complicated situation comes from our American cousins at Hemmings; the five page Government PDF on the plans are linked at the base of this article\u2026Still a bit confused after reading all of this; well, me too!\nAfter declaring earlier this year that it would not consider modified vehicles as Vehicles of Historical Interest, thus making them ineligible for exemption from annual roadworthiness tests, the U.K. Department for Transport recently reversed course, allowing exemptions for period-modified and lightly modified vehicles. When the DfT altered its definition of VHI \u2013 its term for \u201cclassic car\u201d \u2013 in September from any pre-1960 vehicle to any vehicle 40 years and older, it notably excluded \u201cvehicles that have been substantially changed, regardless of their age,\u201d from the definition, effectively exempting nearly 300,000 more vehicles from MOT testing. That position, as the DfT pointed out in its announcement, corresponds with the European Union\u2019s own roadworthiness testing directive, though the DfT was left wanting for a definition of \u201csubstantially changed\u201d vehicles. DfT officials have since conferred with representatives from the Federation of British Historical Vehicle Clubs and issued new guidelines on modified vehicles that will only exclude from VHI status vehicles that have been substantially modified within the last 30 years.\nThe new guidelines also define \u201csubstantially changed\u201d as any vehicle that has seen a change in technical characteristics to its chassis, axles, suspension, or engine. In addition, the new guidelines also allow some leeway for \u201cchanges made to improve efficiency, safety or environmental performance\u201d as well as \u201cchanges that are made to preserve a vehicle\u201d for vehicles modified within the last 30 years. Any Vehicle of Historic Interest must still be registered in the U.K., though any vehicle 40 years and older is exempted from annual excise taxes. Owners of vehicles exempted from annual roadworthiness testing may still have their vehicles inspected.\nThe exemptions from MOT testing will take effect May 1, 2018.\nhttps://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/670431/vehicles-of-historical-interest-substantial-change-guidance.pdf", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 68, "original_length": 4115, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 301.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://classifieds.ksl.com/search?zip=84101&miles=5&category=Home%2Band%2BGarden&subCategory=Fencing", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:13Z", "digest": "sha1:FN5MXLH25ZIVGMOOG4V2XFBBJ27FM75B", "length": 53, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "classifieds.ksl.com", "title": "Results for Home and Garden / Fencing in Salt Lake City | ksl.com", "raw_content": "Results for Home and Garden/Fencing in Salt Lake City", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 169, "original_length": 3239, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 288.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://clinic.healthdir.biz/pa-pennsylvania/shawnee-on-delaware/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:58Z", "digest": "sha1:3LI5C7F5B4SF7UU7RNUOMH5INOFMD2FY", "length": 2192, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "clinic.healthdir.biz", "title": "Shawnee On Delaware Clinic | Shawnee On Delaware, Pennsylvania - Clinics and Health/Urgent Care | healthdir.biz", "raw_content": "Shawnee On Delaware Clinics\nHome > Clinics > Pennsylvania > Shawnee On Delaware\nShawnee On Delaware Clinics - Health/Urgent Care\nShawnee On Delaware city is located in Northampton County, Pennsylvania State, US.\nClinics are often associated with a general medical practice, run by one or several general practitioners or Shawnee On Delaware clinics are usually operated by physiotherapists and psychology clinics by clinical psychologists, and so on for each health profession. Some Pennsylvania clinics are operated in-house by employers, government organizations or hospitals and some clinical services are outsourced to private corporations, specialising in provision of health services. In China, for example, owners of those clinics do not have formal medical education\nShawnee On Delaware Time Zone is EST and Area code, to make phone calls to a Shawnee On Delaware Clinic, is 610\nYou can search for Shawnee On Delaware, PA clinics by their name or address\nShawnee On Delaware Clinics - Pennsylvania\nZip Code is 18010 and Currently there are 1 clinics and Health/Urgent Care Locations in our database for Shawnee On Delaware City.\nA Walk-in Shawnee On Delaware clinic describes a very broad category of medical facilities only loosely defined as those that accept patients on a walk-in basis and with no appointment required. A number of healthcare service providers fall under the walk-in clinic umbrella including urgent care centers, retail clinics and even many free clinics or community health clinics. Walk-in clinics offer the advantages of being accessible and often inexpensive.\nUrgent care Shawnee On Delaware clinics are usually led by physicians. The much smaller category of retail clinics, which are stand-alone clinics located inside large retail stores or shopping malls, tend to be headed by nurse practitioners. The significantly higher price for an urgent care visit compared to a retail clinic visit is largely attributed to this difference in staffing\nShawnee On Delaware Clinic and Health/Urgent Care Locations - US\nBy pressing keys ctrol + F you can search Shawnee On Delaware clinics by its names\nFoster, Ian S Md - Shawnee Medical Group Pc - Buttermilk Falls Rd", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 30, "original_length": 2639, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 225.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://cliomusetours.com/tours/dodona-in-the-shade-of-the-sacred-oak-tree/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:15Z", "digest": "sha1:UFFHZ6DBEK7JGODBALZ2PT3Z4I47MMC2", "length": 3194, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "cliomusetours.com", "title": "Dodona: in the shade of the sacred oak tree | Clio Muse Tours", "raw_content": "In a vale defined by the imposing sight of Mount Tomaros lies Dodona, the first oracle of Greece. Here Zeus (but not quite the one you think you know) resided in the roots of a sacred oak and answered the questions of the faithful in the company of his beloved wife (again, not the one you think). Can you hear their voices whispering in the wind?\n1. The land loved by Zeus\nDodona: a site that has it all! Natural beauty, the oldest oracle, Egyptian pigeons, an impeccable pedigree of visitors, respectable athletic games, war, politics, and a connection to the Antikythera mechanism.\n2. Priests and magistrates\nZeus guarded the oracle but even sacred precincts require mortals to run them and take care of everyday business. The prytaneion was the administrative heart of Dodona, while the priests served the needs of the people.\n3. The second wife\nDodona is far from almost all the major urban centers; so if you were going to walk or ride your donkey all the way up here, you had better know how to ask your questions when Zeus was all ears.\nThe oldest oracle\nThe land loved by Zeus\n\u201cThere is a land...with many crops and good meadowland, wealthy in flocks and shambling cattle; therein dwell men rich in sheep and rich in cattle, men beyond number, tribes of mortal men. And there, at its edge, a city is built, Dodona; and Zeus loved it and made it to be his oracle, prized among men.\u201d This is the earliest description of the setting of Dodona, provided by Hesiod, a Greek poet who is generally thought to have been active about the same time as Homer (between 750 and 650 BCE). The oracle of Dodona was considered the most ancient in Greece, and was only supplanted by Delphi due to its great distance from the major classical city-states.\nBarefoot priests\nPriests and magistrates\nFor the supplicants who arrived at the oracle, though, the most important people were the priests and the priestesses, whose duty it was to interpret the divine answers. The priests were barefoot, so as to always be in contact with the earth, and they never washed their feet. They slept on the floor of the sanctuary to encourage revelatory dreams. There were also priestesses; Herodotus preserved three of their names (Promenia, Timarete, Nikandre) but perhaps we should view these as titles, similar to Pythia in Delphi. The priestesses were also called Peleiadae (from the Greek word for dove) because visitors thought that their mysterious words often sounded like the twittering of birds.\nHow to ask a question from the gods\nThe lead tablets used by the supplicants to ask their questions reveal the deities worshipped at Dodona. There are thousands of tablets containing many thousands of queries. Initially the visitors submitted their questions orally but later on they wrote them on thin lead tablets, folded or rolled them up carefully, and carved a characteristic sign on the outer surface. The priests received them and pulled a lot with the positive or negative answer of the gods. After the divination assistants unfolded the tablets and erased the question to make way for a new question. Most queries are addressed to Zeus but others concern Apollo, Demeter, Aphrodite, Herakles, or Themis.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 131, "original_length": 6673, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 336.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://cliomusetours.com/tours/the-castles-of-preveza/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:45Z", "digest": "sha1:IM3O2FSO3IEOKM6GQSPRMTX5QHMDWRWO", "length": 3122, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "cliomusetours.com", "title": "The castles of Preveza | Clio Muse Tours", "raw_content": "The history of Preveza is written on the walls of its castles. Venetians, Ottomans, and French invested heavily on the town\u2019s defence, since it was the key to the control of the Ambracian Gulf. The end result was a group of five fortresses that distill the town\u2019s past and offer splendid views to the surrounding seas.\n1. Ruler of all\nThere are two reasons to visit the Pantokratoras fort: either you are fond of castles and stunning views, or you want to study what it takes to become ruler of the world.\nThe castle of Saint Andrew dominates the city from the top of a low hill for the past three centuries. It is a monument that bears the scars of all the conquerors and liberators of Preveza.\n3. Not the guns of Navarone\nLaskara resembles all sorts of things but a fort is not one of them. Nevertheless, in 1897, its cannons rained fire and fury on \u201cMacedonia\u201d in the opening scene of the war between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.\nBoth phases of the fort are built with small rectangular blocks, but massive stone blocks were used where the sea battery is exposed to the pounding of the waves, in an effort to prevent the erosion of the foundations. These large square blocks probably came from an ancient settlement (Nicopolis?). There are also various modifications in concrete, undertaken by the Germans in the Second World War. As you leave the fort, pay attention to the earth reinforcement along the external faces of the north, east, and west walls. It rises to half the height of the walls and was added sometime in the 19th century to protect the original walls.\nBombs and barracks\nA whole series of disasters struck the castle of Saint Andrew in the 20th century. The eastern walls (towards the sea) were demolished in the late 19th century to make room for upscale mansions. When the Greek army liberated Preveza (1912), they expanded the barracks and turned the mosque into an archaeological museum. It was destroyed during a bombardment by the Italians in 1940. In September 1944, communist guerrilla fighters captured the fort and fought against their right-wing opponents, who used mortars in an effort to dislocate them. The castle housed the Greek army until 2000 but is now semi-abandoned. The monument to the people of Preveza who lost their lives in the conflicts of the last century bears testament to the region\u2019s turbulent past.\nThe persistent bird gets the worm\nNot the guns of Navarone\nThe path leading to the top of the hill is almost totally hidden under bushes, so it takes 20 minutes of vigorous hiking to clear a path towards your destination. But it is totally worth it. Laskara may strike the observer as bizarre, and hardly fortress-like, but it is an excellent example of the first half of the 19th-century Ottoman defensive architecture. It consists of a cylindrical building with numerous gun ports but no main entrance. Access was through a ladder. There are also two smaller circular buildings attached to the main one. Just a few meters away is an auxiliary edifice, which was probably used as barracks, storage facilities, or stables. 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Johnson, PhD, DSc\nProfessor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences\nIowa Visual Field Reading Center\nIntellectual Property/Patent: ALeyeGN, ClearPath, EyeGenetix, Refocus Group\nConsulting Fee: National Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine; Haag-Streit\nContracted Research: JAEB Center for Health Research, Regenera, Regeneron\nThis enduring material is approved for 1 year from the date of original release, February 11, 2019 to February 10, 2020.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 142, "original_length": 7332, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.85, "perplexity": 276.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://cnsblog.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/holy-land-retreat-connects-new-york-cardinal-designate-with-his-priests/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:41Z", "digest": "sha1:56Q6CCTFJMSBA7TZV2A7EPZJ672F76H7", "length": 2909, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "cnsblog.wordpress.com", "title": "Holy Land retreat connects New York cardinal-designate with his priests | CNS Blog", "raw_content": "\u2190 HHS ruling stirs editorial reaction in Catholic press\nA glimpse of life along the Via Dolorosa \u2192\nHoly Land retreat connects New York cardinal-designate with his priests\nCardinal-designate Timothy M. Dolan of New York greets Catholic journalists from the United States in Jerusalem Jan. 29. (CNS/Bob Mullen, The Catholic Photographer)\nJERUSALEM \u2014 Traveling with a busload of his fellow priests through the Holy Land is giving Cardinal-designate Timothy M. Dolan of New York the opportunity to reflect on what his upcoming investiture as cardinal means for his priesthood.\n\u201cJust to be here \u2026 at a pivotal moment in your life, a time of transition, (that) you would turn to the Lord in prayer and reflection, this is good,\u201d Cardinal-designate Dolan said at the Pontifical Institute Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center during a brief meeting with a group of Catholic journalists from the United States also visiting Israel.\nCardinal-designate Dolan is leading 50 priests of the New York Archdiocese on what he describes as a retreat pilgrimage. They have so far visited the Mount of Beatitudes, the Jordan River to renew baptismal vows and the Qumran National Park, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered.\nCardinal-designate Dolan said the priests also celebrated Mass yesterday at the Church of the Good Shepherd in the ancient city of Jericho in the Judean Desert east of Jerusalem.\nHe described the trip as one full of emotion.\n\u201cA pilgrimage, of course, is intended in Catholic wisdom to be a microcosm of life,\u201d he said. \u201cSo you have all the emotions, right? You got fatigue, you got joy, you got smiles, you got tears, you got restlessness.\u201d\nWith several days to spend in Jerusalem, Cardinal-designate Dolan expects more of the same, especially as the priests gather for daily Mass and visit the sites of Christ\u2019s passion and death, resurrection from the dead and ascension into heaven.\nThe retreat pilgrimage is the third that Cardinal-designate Dolan has led for his fellow priests in his three years as archbishop of New York. The first was during the Year for Priests in 2010 to Ars, France, home of St. John Vianney, patron saint of priests. Last year it was to Italy, to Assisi and Rome particularly.\nNext year, to mark the Year of Faith, a pilgrimage to the sites of church councils is being considered. On the agenda are Nicea, Constantinople and Ephesus, all in Turkey.\n\u201cWhen I came (to New York) I said I wanted to get to really know my priests well because there\u2019s so many of them. I said, \u2018There\u2019s no better way to know somebody than traveling with them,\u2019\u201d Cardinal-designate Dolan said.\n\u201cWe\u2019ve limited it to a busload of priests because you really want to get to know the guys. You laugh together. You pray together. You eat together. You can yell at each other,\u201d he said with a laugh.\nThe American Catholic journalists were in the Holy Land on a trip sponsored by Israel\u2019s Ministry of Tourism.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 64, "original_length": 4429, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 317.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://coastalmediabrand.com/10-content-marketing-trends-everyone-is-talking-about/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:21:16Z", "digest": "sha1:PBGZCYREZVPPRNM5QT4ZCA3JDSJTJCLZ", "length": 9686, "nlines": 39, "source_domain": "coastalmediabrand.com", "title": "10 Content Marketing Trends Everyone Is Talking About", "raw_content": "Every year seems to bring a new set of marketing trends, those \"can not miss\" opportunities that scream out for attention. If we were to hop on every trends, we'd certainly grow dizzy from exhaustion. Neverheless, there are some trends that we'd be fooling not to recognize.\nAs we begin the last chapter of 2017, many companies are still working through the creation of a bona fide content marketing strategy. If that's you, here are some hints: Native advertising continues to be the gateway drug to success, and mobile continues to be the flavor of every month.\nThat said, Smart Insights reports that content marketing is the single most important technique for driving incremental sales in 2017. In an industry that's all about experience, some key trends stand out.\nHere are 10 content marketing trends that everyone is talking about.\n1. Brands Will Continue to Invest in Original Content\nRecently, it became public knowledge that tech giant Apple is planning to invest of $ 1 billion in original content. Although some gossip states that Apple is making this move to take on Netflix, we believe there's more on Apple's mind than video streaming. As competition in this space heats up, brands need to stay relevant. Valuable, original programming can help companies grow an audience and keep current customers satisfied.\nGoogle is also purchasing original content from media companies and brands to fill in content gaps, while Facebook is investing huge amounts of capital on original video. Not to be online, online shopping giant Amazon will sometimes be the largest investor of all. Although the consequences remain to be seen, one thing is for sure: content marketing is taking the spotlight.\n2. Transparency Will Reign King (or Queen)\nConsumers are becoming increasingly desensitized. We want \u2013 and often expect \u2013 companies to be transparent, authentic, and dedicated to giving back. After all is said and done, however, many consumers are reporting frustration with brand advertising, environmental claims, charitable contributions, and corporate support for various causes. Although such efforts have been successful for some brands, this type of promotion is increasingly being perceived as desperate or dishonest.\nMoving forward, brands need to focus on transparency and disclosure to close this gap as much as possible. Enter: Influencer Marketing.\nYet, working with influencers can be sticky. The Federal Trade Commission continues to take measures to protect consumers from companies who are not transparent enough, including work with influencers. Take what happened with Machinima. In 2015, the FTC slapped Machinima, a YouTube gaming network, with a warning for not showing paid endorsements to YouTube influencers.\nAnd this is far from the only instance. A quick Google search shows that a lack of disclosure and transparency has caused trouble for many brands. To build (and maintain) the trust of your audience, the next phase of influencer marketing and branded content needs to ensure that every piece of content created is transparent.\n3. Content Marketing Budgets Will Continue to Increase\nAcross the globe, companies are spending huge amounts of money on content marketing. What serves as great news for content marketers also presents challenges for businesses with a limited staff. This is propelling the likelihood that companies turn to freelance writers and others who can produce content for a price.\n4. Content Marketing Duties Continue to Overlap\nOften, it's difficult to determine exactly who is in charge of content within a company. Roles and duties shift within marketing departments and even in other areas of the business. PR and communications may have separate content creators, social media managers, and other writers that are not integrated with the official content team, leaving no one really in charge. Such disarray can lead to a very disjointed content strategy.\n5. Internet of Things Will Take Content Off-Screen\nCustomers are no longer limited to the screen in the way that they view content. Although different content formats have long been available, the IoT has made it so content is interwoven into our lives in brand new ways. Consider how we current interact with technology, such as Apple's Siri. When users speak, Siri responds with call-and-response content wherever and whenever they need it. Alexa, Amazon's voice service, is becoming a digital doorway to content as well.\nMany organizations already use Alexa to share content with their audience beyond a laptop, tablet, or cell phone screen. For example, the American Heart Association uses Alexa to provide details about performing CPR, including step-by-step information on how to perform the process in an emergency situation. This content is further embellished with information about warning signs of a stroke and heart attack.\nWith IoT, most content is becoming digital. Beacon-based procurement marketing, sensors, device pairing, and other features usher in the opportunity for marketers to invest in endless types of content interaction. This type of highly targeted content can help you reach your audience at the right place and at the right time.\n6. Pre-Recorded Video is So \u2026 Yesterday\nIt is not exactly time to write the obituary for pre-recorded video, yet it is being overshadowed by live video. According to Buffer, 80 percent of marketing responds to a 2016 survey want to create more video content, with 42 percent specifying live video as their preference.\nWhile live video really exploded in 2017, we predict that it'll become even more mainstream in 2018. According to Facebook, users spend three times more time watching live videos than videos that are pre-recorded. More, they comment 10 times as often during live videos. A Livestream survey confirmed this, with 80 percent of respondents indicating a preference for live video over reading a blog post. This presents modern-day marketing specialists with a unique chance to hop on the live video bandwagon before competitors do.\nIf you look at how content has changed over the past decade, you'll notice that it has evolved outside of its original \"container\" of owned media. As social media expanss, as well as the ways we interact with and engage audiences, the lines between owned, earned, and paid begin to blur so that they're almost indiscernible from one another. Content can no longer be defined to these silos.\nWith the entire buyer's journey in mind, the content shifts to take on the form of all three approaches. This underscores the importance of each form working seamlessly together to support a company's growth strategy. That means you must adjust your internal and external teams to handle content development, deployment, and promotion.\n8. Strategic Documentation\nAsk a marketing specialist about the effectiveness of content marketing, and chances are he or she will be able to pinpoint what makes the cogs turn effectively. That's because companies are becoming laser-focused on developing thoughtful content marketing strategies.\nIn 2015, only 32 percent of marketers had a documented content marketing strategy. The following year, this grew to 37 percent. This year, however, the number has ballooned to well over 40 percent. Our prediction for 2018, then, is that developing an effective, efficient strategy will be a job expectation.\nTo remain competitive in the upcoming year, what strategies will you include? You may want to consider more targeted content, expanded content, more efficient content creation, or other elements that will help you foster greater growth.\n9. Interactive Visual Content\nWe all know that live video is engaging and responsive, yet there's another type of visual content that allows you to craft an entirely different experience for your audience.\nVR offers new opportunities for content marketing, as well as customer engagement. Shopify, for instance, has taken this to heart and developed a VR app that allows online shoppers to customize clothing from the comfort of HOME.\nInternational Data Corporation reports that, based on sales and forecast models, revenue for augmented reality will grow from just over $ 5 billion in 2016 to more than $ 160 billion by 2020. Revenue forecasts from Digi-Capital are equally optimistic, reporting an estimated growth to $ 108 billion by 2021.\nWhile the prospect of virtual reality may seem daunting, it will likely be worthwhile for anyone willing to give it a go. Forbes Global shows that up to 30 percent of consumer-facing brands will experiment with virtual reality marketing by the end of this year.\nKeep in mind that it is not solely for consumer advertising and marketing, however. Consider what the Golden State Warriors did when they wanted to recruit Kevin Durant to the team roster. Using content marketing in VR, they immersed him in the \"Warrior's Experience,\" thereby placing him courtside at Oracle Arena as well as in the thick of talks with coach Steve Kerr in the locker room.\n10. Distribution, Distribution, Distribution\nWhile most marketers recognize how instrumental content now is, what still remains uncertain is the means of which content is distributed. And though there are countless other blogs, newsletters, and email campaigns out there, the sure way you'll have your message heard above the rest is through optimum content distribution.\nIf you want the attention of the 2.789 billion active social media users, you need to adopt a strategic distribution plan. 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With these references to obscure British towns, celebs, and football chants then you could be forgiven for thinking that you are in Half Man Half Biscuit territory, and not in the land of Williams.\nThis probes the question, 'could HMHB be/have been a much bigger band than they are/were'? So instead of a Friday night at Fibbers, York we could perhaps be at Wembley Arena, London. But with Fibbers they are treading the same boards that other credible acts such as Travis and Elastica have trodden. Perhaps this appeals to them more than strutting on the same floor-space that has graced such luminaries as Mariah Carey and Steps.\nActually Radiohead have never played Fibbers come to think of it. But on strut Birkenhead's finest with Nigel announcing \"this is a Radiohead song\". Actually it's the classic 'Fuckin' 'Ell it's Fred Titmus'. Starting off a rip-roaring ninety minute set.\nLuckily we are treated to such classic songs as, 'Monmore Hares Running', 'Paintballs Coming Home', 'The Best Things In Life', 'Friday Night And The Gates Are Low', 'Look Dad No Tunes', '24 Hour Garage People', and 'Dead Men Don't Need Season Tickets. All this plus some new references to those pursuers of nu-metal, 'Korn' and 'Slipknot'.\nTowards the end of the set the moshpit is in double figures. Nigel has polished off his bottle of Lucozade. Guitar battles have been won and lost and still we have time for a two-song encore, comprising of 'Uffington Wassailing' and 'Everything's A.O.R.'. The good people of York then depart for the warmth of their homes (presuming they're not flood damaged) on this cold November night.\nHopefully most of them realising what a damn good live band HMHB are. And for some of the crowd, yes there is life after 'Back In The D.H.S.S.'. We let them entertain us. And entertain us they did!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 7, "original_length": 2043, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 320.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://codea.io/talk/discussion/9334/unofficial-air-code-client", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:27Z", "digest": "sha1:QG76HVTSIV5ZPURJYMTYO7LDXLYPHLTT", "length": 523, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "codea.io", "title": "Unofficial Air Code Client - Codea", "raw_content": "October 2018 alteous\nalteous\nI hacked an Air Code client together quickly in order to be able to edit my projects on the desktop but outside of the browser. The source code is on GitHub if you wish to try it out: https://github.com/alteous/aircode-client\n@alteous - I take it you need a Mac for this, and can you use a desktop editor with it - or are you just using a scripting editor.\nIt should be compatible with Mac, Windows, and Linux, although I've only tested on Linux. 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On the left, within the rectangle, is a vignette with an image of Moses holding 2 stone tablets inscribed with the 10 Commandments in Hebrew. To his right, is the denomination centered between lines of German text. In the lower right corner is a Star of David with the denomination below. The reverse has a rectangle with geometric patterning and a wide off-white margin to the left. Within the rectangle is a central yellow streak, medallion, German text centered above and below a scrollwork line, the denomination on the upper right, and signature on the lower right. In the lower left corner is the denomination below a Star of David in a striped circle. The serial number in the upper left corner and the series letter on the lower right are both in red ink. On the face, there is a vertical center crease and black smudges along the top, bottom, and right edges. On the reverse, black smudges are on the left edge.\nreverse, lower right, series letter, printed, red ink : M", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 261, "original_length": 72681, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 243.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://collectivefallout.net/category/cover-image/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:48Z", "digest": "sha1:QPRP4DQOHBFI32N556NO27RF6Y4AF6JQ", "length": 69, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "collectivefallout.net", "title": "Cover Image | Collective Fallout Magazine", "raw_content": "You are currently browsing the archives for the Cover Image category.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 1889, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 294.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2014/03/11/nbcsports-com-national-freshman-of-the-year-jabari-parker-duke/comment-page-1/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:05Z", "digest": "sha1:WD7IBEXEYR4MSUV5SPTCA6A6EYEPFFDS", "length": 1630, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "collegebasketball.nbcsports.com", "title": "NBCSports.com National Freshman of the Year: Jabari Parker, Duke \u2013 CollegeBasketballTalk", "raw_content": "NBCSports.com National Freshman of the Year: Jabari Parker, Duke\nJabari Parker\u2019s season, as a whole, was quite impressive. He finished the year averaging 19.2 points and 9.0 boards while shooting 48.7% from the floor and 37.1% from three while leading Duke to a top ten ranking and, potentially, a top three seed in the NCAA tournament when the brackets are released.\nWhat made Parker\u2019s season so special, however, was how he was able to adjust the way that he was playing in the middle of the year.\nRELATED: Player of the Year | Coach of the Year | NBC All-American Team\nEarly on in the season, Parker couldn\u2019t miss from the perimeter. It seemed like every jump he took was destined for the bottom of the net, but as defenses adjusted and he was guarded by bigger, more athletic defenders, settling for step-backs and challenged threes just wasn\u2019t working. That\u2019s why he had that five-game slump right around the turn of the calendar.\nDown the stretch, however, Parker made a concerted effort to get to the rim, whether it was in transition, in the half court or in the post. In his last 14 games, there was only one game when he didn\u2019t notch at least six free throws attempts. He also embraced becoming the team\u2019s best defensive rebounder. He had 10 double-doubles during that same stretch \u2014 including the last six games of the regular season \u2014 and never finished with fewer that seven boards.\nWhat Parker can do on a basketball court didn\u2019t change all that drastically over the course of the season, but his ability to tweak how he played was the difference-maker for Duke this season.\nTags: Freshman of the Year, Jabari Parker", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 225, "original_length": 34567, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 199.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://comiccon2018.sched.com/event/FQns/spike-amp-mikes-festival-of-animation", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:39Z", "digest": "sha1:4A7LVCHX56BHF4FWT6VNUE3FLUOUQQZL", "length": 533, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "comiccon2018.sched.com", "title": "Comic-Con 2018: Spike & Mike's Festival of Animation", "raw_content": "Spike & Mike's Festival of Animation\nPresenting retrospective of classics as well as new titles. Spike is best known for theatrically premiering works of Tim Burton, Brad Bird (Family Dog), Bill Plympton (everything), Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo), and Nick Park (Wallace and Gromit), etc. Focusing on pop culture and hilarious award-winning films, this screening allows the viewer to see the next generation of Hollywood superstars before anyone else. Meet Spike in person. Recommended ages 10 and up.\n1: Programs, Animation, Movies", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 354, "original_length": 6125, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 286.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://community.mis.temple.edu/mis2502sec001f18/2018/09/06/weekly-question-2-complete-by-september-13-2018/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:37Z", "digest": "sha1:FITDOWDLH7QJ2Z5M6BKA4TK35Z5KLRRG", "length": 32646, "nlines": 86, "source_domain": "community.mis.temple.edu", "title": "Weekly Question #2: Complete by September 13, 2018", "raw_content": "Weekly Question #2: Complete by September 13, 2018\nSeptember 6, 2018 By David Schuff 61 Comments\nWhat do you think is the trickiest thing about creating an ERD from a problem description? What advice would you give to deal with that issue?\nI think the trickiest thing about creating an ERD from a problem description is trying to figure out the cardinalities between two entities and their association. I find it simple if it is a \u201cmany to many\u201d relationship stated in the problem, but if it is not specifically stated in the problem, I find it more difficult. For example, the problem that we did in class for the \u201cHousing Authority\u201d, it was difficult for me to find the relationship between development and unit because it was not specifically stated.\nI learned that good advice to deal with this situation would be to consider all the possibilities, as we did in class, and just to be logical. Also, talking through problems aloud is beneficial.\nI think that the trickiest thing about creating an ERD from a problem description is deciding where to put the correct cardinality. I sometimes mix up where the symbols go in relation to their specific entity. For example, if the entities have a 1:many relationship, I frequently switch where the 1 symbol should go and where the many symbol should go because I think about the relationship too much and in the wrong way. My advice to deal with this specific issue is to just keep practicing where the symbols go by re-reading past problem sets and thinking through them.\nThe trickiest thing about making an ERD from a problem description is figuring out the cardinality, because it can be so debatable, in lots of situations there is not a clear answer. The best way to handle this is to write out all of the options you find logical, and weigh them by how they look on the ERD, how they effect the flow of the ERD, and which seems more logical in your daily life.\nPersonally, I feel the trickiest thing about creating a ERD from a problem description is distinguishing relationship attributes. Determining the entity seems simple enough, basic attributes are easy to figure out (ex. first name, last name, gender). But determining whether the attribute is associated with entity or relationship gets a bit complicated. From what I can examine, it seems that if attribute that is associated with a relationship could be a variable attribute meaning it could be liable to change (don\u2019t quote me on this).\nI believe the hardest thing about creating an ERD is figuring out cardinality. Because you have to stick to exactly what the problem says, but sometimes you can think of a logical reason for many different cardinalities when the problem isn\u2019t explicit. Sometimes figuring out cardinality can help determine whether or not two entities actually have a relationship. My advice when figuring out cardinality is to go to the place in the problem description that described the relationship and then try and put into words the cardinality. Basically eliminating unnecessary words to just \u201cat least\u201d and \u201cat most\u201d for each relationship.\nThe trickiest thing about making an ERD from a problem description is figuring out the cardinality. There is an unclear answer in a complex scenario. The best way to handle this is draw a basic relationship between entities, go back and forth with each option, and add the option on ERD by finding logical and weighting it.\nEvan Letzter says\nIdentifying the cardinality is the most difficult part of creating an ERD from a problem description unless it\u2019s explicitly written. It seems that many of the options are arguable. I think the best way to deal with this issue is simply to use logic and go through all of the possibilities out loud, choosing the option that makes the most sense.\nReuben Daniel says\nI believe the trickiest part about creating an ERD from a problem description is figuring out what the cardinalities are between two entities. Some relationships are quite easy to interpret, however if it is not clearly mention in the problem description, it is challenging. For example, in the ERD Diagram homework #1, it was challenging to find the cardinality between Passenger and Trip. The problem description gave intricate instructions on the relationship between those two entities. I had to reread it a few times and look at previous examples we have done in class to help aid my decision. My advice to deal with such a situation would be to reread the problem several times thoroughly and then take each sentence in the problem description one at a time to develop your ERD diagram.\nI think the trickiest thing about creating an ERD from a problem description is using cardinality correctly. I would recommend underlining the relationships within the description like many:many, one:many, etc. For those that aren\u2019t directly listed, use logical reasoning and look at it in terms of real life examples.\nThe most trickiest thing for me to create an ERD is finding the relationship between each entity. Sometimes it doesn\u2019t appear obviously in the problem description, and it\u2019s hard to find a exact word to express their relationship. And sometimes I am not sure how the relationship changes when each two entities\u2019 direction changes.\nI will suggest to read each sentence carefully, and try to find every words that indicate the relationships.\nIn my opinion, the most difficult part about ERD is to establish the cardinality relationship between entities. Unless it is stated explicitly in the problem, it is difficult to prove whether the relationship between two entities is mandatory or optional. In order to tackle this problem, I think the solution is to think about the problem critically and consider all possibilities. In addition, it will be great if we could ask for clarification on the problem (in real life scenario). Examine real-life example is a good way too. I still remember the example in class when the number of items in the order could be 0 as the customer may want to buy stuff but then decide against it. It was a good example of using real-life experience and logic to tackle this problem\nThe toughest aspect of an ERD diagram for my own personal self has to be figuring out the cardinality\u2019s primarily and also figuring out relationships between entities &/or attributes. Both of these steps have to be derived directly from the problem set (which does not always make it simple/easy) and for someone like myself who overthinks massively or wants to \u201cout\u201d logic any problem \u2013 sometimes it confuses and sets me back more than it helps. I think that overlooking past problems and practicing more will clear up the discontent.\nShashank Vailaya says\nIn my opinion, the most challenging part about creating an ERD based on a problem description would be identifying those attributes that describe a relationship, rather than an entity. Identifying entities is fairly simple, as they have multiple attributes that describe them. However, sometimes attributes may seem confusing, as they could seem like attributes of more than one entity. In such cases, the attributes that describe two or more entities are drawn separately as attributes of the relationship in the middle of the two entities. Therefore, to deal with this issue, you could first create a list of all the entities and their attributes and when you find an attribute conflict with two entities, you can separate that one out and put it as an attribute of their relationship.\nThe most common difficulty a person who is new to creating ERD diagrams has is creating the relationships between two entities. The in- class exercises have clear instructions on 1:1 or 1:n relationships because it is specific which entities have those characteristics. Scenario one of the in-class exercise emphasizes, \u201cEach order can contain multiple parts, and a part can be part of more than one order\u201d. This is a literal translation of a one to many relationship.\nOther problem descriptions (as in the case of the homework assignment 1) has you decide what the relationships, attributes, and entities are. The key is to be logical about the problem description; when in doubt, just ask! ERD diagrams can present solutions to business problems. When laid out, we can find errors in the original problem description and adjust accordingly. The other difficulty is when an attribute can belong to more than one entity. An example from slide deck 2 illustrated this concept with a many to many relationship. Grade and semester described both entities, student and course. One cannot simply put either into just one entity. To resolve this, connect the attributes to the relationship (diamond) that connects the two entities (student and course).\nI think the trickiest part of ERD is the Cardinality, it\u2019s the last and most important step of the whole ERD process, and it determined the relationship with all the entities. So, in order to make sure you are using the right cardinality to express the relationship, you have to pick up the related attribute from every next entity, because you don\u2019t want to miss or skip any entity. Then, read the article carefully to decided how you want to describe it, because it\u2019s easy to get confuse with \u201cone to many\u201d and \u201cmany to many\u201d relationship at the beginning. My advice for improving ERD skills would be doing every example, and always double check if the relationship is working or not. The more you practice, the easier to solve it.\nI think the trickiest part of ERD is the Cardinality, it is the last and most important step of the whole ERD process, and it determined the relationship with all the entities. So, in order to make sure you are using the right cardinality to express the relationship, you have to pick up the related attribute from every next entity, because you don\u2019t want to miss or skip any entity. Then, read the article carefully to decided how you want to describe it, because it\u2019s easy to get confuse with \u201cone to many\u201d and \u201cmany to many\u201d relationship at the beginning. My advice for improving ERD skills would be doing every example, and always double check if the relationship is working or not. The more you practice, the easier to solve it.\nI think the most challenging part of creating an ERD from a problem description is figuring out which attributes are attached the the relationship between two entities instead of just tied to one entity. Sometimes the wording in the problem statement can be tricky so its important to know what the attribute it actually means. It\u2019s important to read through the problem a few times and really understand what the attribute is tied to and if it is fixed or variable. If it is variable it will most likely be attached to the relationship.\nI think the most difficult part of creating an ERD diagram is the cardinalities. The process of figuring out the cardinalities and its relations to the entities is not easy. I always mess up with the symbols because it is hard to interpret and place them at the right location. Also. to figure out cardinalities one has to think logically and outside of the given description. My advice to deal with cardinalities or any other problem with ERD is rereading. I read the description multiple times until I feel confident to work on it.\nI think the two trickiest parts about creating an ERD is figuring out when certain attributes pertain to relationships rather than entities, and figuring out cardinality when the situation isn\u2019t as obvious. In a few examples we did in class, there were attributes that belonged to relationships which I would have never thought about if the professor didn\u2019t explain it in a particular way. My advice on handling those sort of attributes is to ask yourself \u201cdoes this entity always contain this attribute or is it only during a specific situation with another entity\u201d. This is what I asked myself in the exercise we did where move in/move out time were part of the relationship between unit and household.\nFurthermore, my advice for handling cardinalities is to analyze the different possibilities, but also follow the instructions given. It is easy to overthink a problem too much, but every situation is different so focus on the instructions with the possibilities in the back of your head. Make sure to see how cardinality affects the logical flow of the problem, as well. Also, the more we practice, the easier all of it will become!\nI believe that the trickiest thing about creating an ERD is figuring out the cardinality. I find myself unsure of whether I am drawing the correct cardinality to describe the relationship, as well as if I am putting the relationship into words correctly. My advice when figuring out cardinality is to go over the practice problems and re-watch the class capture to thoroughly understand the cardinality symbols and how to describe each relationship.\nThe hardest part about creating an ERD from a problem description is finding the tiny details that complete it through cardinality. The smallest misstep in defining how entities relate can throw off the entire scenario. A one-to-many or many-to-many can be tricky but it is important to be very methodical in reading. The \u201cother attributes\u201d that fit with a relationship can be confusing too. An example would be how a Move-In Date would be an attribute of lived in between a unit and household. Not every household has the same dates for a unit, it is again very tough to carefully sort out those details.\nStaci Curry says\nI believe that the most difficult part about creating an ERD would be when deciding which cardinality to put between each relationship. I feel as though I am not very good at understanding the specifics of each symbol. I think some advice that helps me is talking through the problem and picking out specific words that will help better determine the correct cardinality.\nI think the trickiest thing about creating an ERD from a problem description is to find the right attributes and also find the relationships of many to many and least or most. The challenge exercises are little hards, but the best way is to solve these exercises are first to write all the entities and attribute. Then, read line to line to find the relationship between the entities and highlights the important words. After you find all entities, attribute, and the relationship starts to draw your diagram; draw your diagram according to paragraphs. By doing this way it is more easier and interesting drawing ERD diagram.\nRyan M Guldner says\nThe trickiest part about creating an ERD from a problem statement is listing all the details that would complete the ERD. Then as well as listing all these components, it is very difficult to determine the entities and the attributes that connect to each of them. It is very important to be able to properly identify each of them and one mistake can throw off the entire ERD. I think that carefully reading the problem description and going one entity at a time is a big help in the ERD process.\nI believe the most difficult part of building an ERD is establishing cardinality. Often there is multiple answers all with logical explanations, especially if the problem is not precise and has no definitive answer. I like to tinker with the different possibilities and read the different combinations aloud to help decide which I feel is the best option. Similar to the class activities, it is important to re-read, get a firm grasp on exactly what is trying to be accomplished, and decide from there.\nThe trickiest part of an ERD is finding attributes that don\u2019t belong to an entity initially and having to place them. I believe what really helped me was thinking about what entity it is most likely to fit into then looking at the decisions that need to be made between two entities and placing it there if that means there can be variability between the two decisions.\nThe most trickiest part that i think is to find the relationship between different entities, meaning finding which one to connect. Sometimes there is so many of them that there are higher chances of errors. In my opinion, the easiest way to deal with this is to chose different highlighter colors for entities, attributes and relationship so they are visible. On the other hand, going from paragraph to paragraph makes things easier.\nI think the trickiest thing about creating an ERD from a problem description is determining whether attributes belong to an entity, or go with the relationship between two entities. Sometimes, we come across an attribute that doesn\u2019t fit an entity exactly, and it can be tricky figuring out where to put it. To solve this issue, I recommend thinking about whether the attribute is constant, or can change. If it can change, there is a good chance it belongs to the relationship instead of the entity.\nTo me, the most challenging part of creating an ERD from a problem description is assigning the right cardinality between entities. I think it is helpful when assigning cardinality to use a simple word like \u201chas\u201d in the relationship diamond so that I don\u2019t get myself more confused by trying to make the relationship between two entities more complex than necessary. All of the different symbols involved in assigning cardinality can also be confusing because I am still new to using them, but keeping a key with me that shows what each relationship means is helpful for me.\nThe most complicated thing about interpreting an ERD from a problem description is that everything is not always straightforward. The problem descriptions we receive in class are generally very self-explanatory and are not too difficult to construct an ERD out of. However, in the case of our homework assignment or a real-life scenario, everything is not always neatly presented to you in an organized manner. As the interpreter, you must take bits and pieces from the description and attempt to create a comprehensive ERD that perfectly captures the scenario.\nI think the hardest part is identifying and distinguishing what the cardinality is. Cardinality is not like identifying attributes and variables, where they are explicitly written in the problem statement. Its the part of the ERD that brings everything together and knowing the attributes to each variable is crucial to successfully identifying the cardinality.\nMadeleine Doku says\nIn my opinion, the most trickiest part of creating an ERD from a problem description is determining which nouns are important (entities) and which nouns are irrelevant. Sometimes, important looking nouns like \u201cstore\u201d in our in-class example may stand out and seem very important. However, by closely reviewing the problem, one may realize it is only playing a part in the context and is not a relevant noun. Thus, to avoid such mistakes, it is very important to go over the list of nouns in the problem statement to determine which nouns are synonyms for other nouns and choose the best option.\nRebeacca Modayil says\nThe hardest part of ERDs is figuring out the cardinalities. I suggest looking all your details carefully and organize your important details to figure out the relations to the entities.\nI think the trickiest thing in the process of learning ERD is to determine the correct cardinality. The relationships between each entity are always confusing. Especially where we need connect the primary key to and whether we should create a new table seem to be my biggest issue. To figure out the right answer, I always come back to the problem and reread the sentence. Also, I keep in mind the rules of each type of cardinality (one to many, many to many and one to one) to help me choose the most reasonable way.\nDerek G. Fizel says\nThe main issue I struggle with when mapping out an ERD is overthinking relationships between entities. Problem descriptions aren\u2019t always straight forward, so I find myself overthinking relationships which further complicate the cardinalities. I would suggest reviewing in-class exercises to locate a similarities with your current problem description. In my case, I need to read the problem description aloud to myself to make everything nice & simple.\nThe hardest part for me when it comes to ERDs is differentiating between actual entities and normal nouns. While reading through the scenarios there are usually lots of nouns, but after dissecting the text only a few of the nouns are relevant entities. This process of figuring out which nouns are important and which nouns are strictly there to trick the reader I find to be hard.\nThe trickiest part for me when creating an ERD is figuring out if any relationships have attributes. I also sometimes get confused with deciding what the correct cardinality should be. I am sure with practice and time this will become easier.\nI think that the hardest parts for me are cardinality and attributes on relationships. Unless the cardinality is specifically stated in the project I find it hard to immediately grasp what it is and I tend to overthink it. I find it help to just think about it logically and use what I consider to be the most correct cardinality. I also find it difficult to assign attributes to relationships as I find when there are a lot of entities and relationships it becomes complex and confusing. In order to make it easier I read the scenario multiple times and try to color code the different entities,attributes, and relationships.\nI think the hardest thing about creating an ERD from a problem description is making sure you capture the true intent of the process described. This includes anything from making sure \u2018First Name\u2019 and \u2018Last Name\u2019 remain separate to making sure attributes are correctly assigned to entities, even if that means they belong to a relationship. The way I work through this is to systematically work through the process description circling words I believe to be entities and underlining words I believe to be attributes. Anything I do not feel fits in a specific category I put off to the side in its own column to attend to after I am sure I have the rest of the ERD correct.\nThe other difficulty I am having is with cardinalities. It is important to make sure you are constructing the carnality with all possible scenarios in mind, but making sure they are also probable scenarios. I think this is best learned through experience, so practicing as many schemas as possible is the best way to learn this skill.\nIn my opinion, the trickiest part of the ERD\u2019s is the cardinality because of the many possibilities that one could have during the situation. Also, finding out if it is a many to many or one to many is a tricky part that corresponds with cardinality. The best advice i could give for cardinality would be to read the scenario thoroughly and read it over multiple times.\nEvaMarie Kailian says\nI would say the trickiest thing about completing and ER Diagram would be establishing carnality between two entities. The best advice I could give is to not think into it too much and to go with the most intuitive answer. Ask yourself questions as it would relate to the real world (unless the problem statement states otherwise), like \u201ccan a product be apart of multiple orders?\u201d I think ERD\u2019s are difficult for anyone starting off; understanding how to map them out comes with practice, so I would also suggest practicing a lot until you feel more comfortable.\nThe trickiest thing to form an ERD from a problem description is the last component which is cardinality. Some advice I would give to this issue is to first see the association between the entities- such as if its a one to many relationship. Read the passage carefully and remember that cardinality is defined by business rules.\nThe trickiest thing to form an ERD from a problem description is figuring out the entities. When we first started out making the diagrams I had 1 or 2 more entities than the solution had. Some advice I would give is to look for the specific information in each entity to make sure its relevant.\nFiguring out what the primary key is is probably the hardest thing in an ERD. Some advice I would give to someone is to make sure that its an attribute that uniquely defines the entity.\nI believe the most difficult part to create an ERD is determining if the relationship has attributes and how to put the right cardinality. I usually put the attributes that should belong to a relationship to an entity and overthink the cardinality between two entity. I think the best way to solve these problems is to reread the paragraphs and the ERD you create at the same time, then check if the attributes in an entity are logical and if the cardinality can be more reasonable when you change it.\nMonica Lengel says\nI feel that the trickiest part about creating an ERD is determining when the attributes are connected to the relationship and not to the entity as well as determining the correct cardinality for each relationship. When it comes to determining the attributes and whether or not they go on an entity or relationship, I think that the best advice would be to really think through who the attributes belong to. If it belongs to both the entities, then it would be placed on the relationship rather than just one entity. When it comes to the placement of the cardinality, really taking the time to think through all possibilities and just being logical when it comes to each scenario is helpful in these situations.\nThe trickiest part of creating ERDs is paying attention to the cardinalities. It is important to look at the relationship between two entities and follow the wording of the prompt carefully, It is also tricky to figure out whether an attribute belongs with an entity or if it is related to a relationship.\nEileen Nguyen says\nIn my opinion, the trickiest aspect of ERD Models are the cardinalities between entities and their relationships to other entities. I keep using zero to many instead of the one to many. The advice I would give is to read the scenario carefully and choose the cardinality that makes the most sense without overthinking. What makes the most sense in this given scenario.\nZachary Henning says\nThe trickiest part about creating ERD diagrams for me was when I began making it before writing it out. I\u2019ve found that writing it out and detailing the attributes and entities prior to designing the ERD has made it significantly easier and less frustrating. With that being said, it also helps to conceptualize the cardinality and write that out before creating the diagram.\nNidhi-Amber Chotalia says\nI think that though I find several aspects of making an ERD quite challenging, specifically I think that the cardinalities along with correctly identifying entities for the diagram are more challenging for me. I think that the reason these aspects of creating the ERD are hard for me, is because I have a tendency to overthink the details within the problem descriptions. I think the best way I have been able to tackle this challenge when trying to make ERDs, is using the step-by-step breakdown of identifying entities on the PowerPoint that explains ERD diagrams. It helps me to correctly identify entities and their relevant attributes. It then also explains cardinalities. I like to refer to this PowerPoint, as I think it\u2019s a helpful guide when making ERDs.\nSerena In Kyung Kim says\nThe trickiest thing about creating an ERD from the description is when I define the rules of the association between entities. It is confused when the description does not have not enough information between two entities. when it\u2019s happened, I cross out all unnecessary information and highlight the information that I need. Even though I cannot figure out the relationships than I think the realistic situation.\nJoshua Zeloyle says\nThe trickiest part of creating an ERD diagram from a problem description is determining the cardinality. I personally find myself wrongly interpreting the cardinality of some relationships as they are all different and not necessarily very straightforward. That said, my advice to overcome this problem would be to carefully work through each portion of the ERD diagram in order to determine the cardinality. Thinking through each part allows you to better understand the problem and properly figure out the cardinality.\nOne of the more difficult aspects I have found with the ERDs is when to put attributes with relationships rather than entities. Sometimes I will see an attribute but can\u2019t seem to find where exactly it ties into the ERD. These tend to be because they don\u2019t attribute to an entity but rather a relationship. My advice to this problem would be to stop and think. Does this attribute explain a specific entity? Does it tie two different entities together? If you answered yes to the latter, this probably means the attribute belongs to the relationship between the two entities rather than one of the entities.\nWhat I find the trickiest about creating an ERD from a problem description is the cardinality. It is easier to find the different entities and their attributes because it is stated in the problem description, but the cardinalities are not always explicitly written. My advice would be to first go through the problem description and plug in the places where it may state there is a \u201cmany to many\u201d or \u201cone to one\u201d relationship. Then go through again for the ones that are not openly stated and use the entity relationships as a sentence to see what makes the most logical sense.\nI believe that the hardest aspect of creating an ERD would be to figure out the relationships between the entities, and how they work with one another. It is pretty simple to figure out the entities and the attributes that go along with them. However, when you\u2019re finished with all those, and then when trying to look at relationships, it\u2019s easy to overthink. It is fairly simple to look at the all the entities and attributes, and not be able to figure out the cardinality between them.\nI find myself having difficulty finding the correct relationships among entities along with their cardinalities. This problem may be based off my own overthinking while not really analyzing the problem statement. The same goes for the cardinalities, such as one-to-many and many-to-many relationships. This issue can be solved with constant practice through class capture and previous slides and in-class work.\nNguyen Pham says\nIt is the cardinality that troubles me most of the time because the it can vary depending on different situations and subjects. My best bet for this problem is to really understand the given information and relate back to real life situations to make sure the cardinality actually makes sense.\nThe trickiest part of creating an ERD for me, is figuring the cardinality. Sometimes, the problem statement is worded in a way that makes you think one cardinality is appropriate, but when you think about it logically, it adds or takes away cardinality. I also have to actively check myself to make sure I\u2019m not accidentally flipping the way the cardinalities should be facing. In order to combat this, I actually find making the schemas helpful. They help to sort out the ways the cardinalities should be facing due to the rules about cardinalities in relationships.\nShaival says\nIn order to get started with the ER Modeling, one needs to first get started with identifying the entity, their relationship and the attributes. This could be tricky as well if the problem at hand is not understood correctly. After the above is sorted out, the most tricky part is the relationship between the entities and their cardinalities. My advice would be to learn all possible outcome in real world senario as the professor point out in class and they apply it to the problem at hand\nFiguring out the correct cardinality between two entities was a big challenge. I also found it difficult to identify when an attribute should be attached to a relationship, instead of to one of the entities. My advice to dealing with this would be to first identify all entities and its attributes, and then figure out how they interact between each other. Also, I\u2019d suggest go over the problems we resolved in class, read the problem description and look at the ERD in order to understand how the cardinalities work.\nThe trickiest thing about creating an ERD would probably be the connection between each entities because one entity could be connected to multiple other entities with different cardinalities. 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I think we probably scared Lesley with some of the strange stories Melissa and I had about our past 4th of Julys. The Mitchells notoriously have weird holiday experiences, mostly I think due to the fact that we travel a lot and have moved pretty far from our places of origin. We usually attempt to do something fun on the 4th, and sometimes we succeed, and sometimes we just have \u201cexperiences.\u201d For some years I attempted to take photos of fireworks, but I can\u2019t say I\u2019ve ever been truly wild about the results. It\u2019s one of those things photographically that I find kind of over done. So in thinking about memorable photos to post of past 4th of July experiences I came up with two that popped out, both of which are not of fireworks. I think I will save the stranger of the two stories for next year.\nSo way back in 2004 our plan for the year was to go to Seattle\u2019s famous Gasworks Park, to watch the fireworks over Lake Union. Seemed like a cool thing to do. As it turns out, like most cool things to do on a 4th of July it was also an extremely popular attraction. Melissa and I usually aren\u2019t ones to want to be in massive crowds, but we were new to the area and didn\u2019t have any established traditions, so we thought we\u2019d give it a shot. Our group going consisted of a couple of girls Melissa had met through her job at the time, and their group of guys they hung out with. Now we didn\u2019t really know these guys very well, and one of them was an ex-boyfriend of one of M\u2019s work girlfriends who had sort of shown up unexpectedly. Once we had arrived and parked we had a long walk from the car to the gate to get in to the park, and as no big surprise there were police at the entrance checking coolers and bags. Well these guys we are with once they see the bag searches basically stopped walking towards the gate and started talking amongst themselves. We figured they were just dumb and had packed a ton of beer in the coolers and couldn\u2019t figure out what to do with it. So, the girls and I just went inside to get a spot, figuring they were having to go back to the vehicle to drop it off. Well as it later turned out the ex-boyfriend guy had decided to bring a handgun, and then put it in the cooler! What?? Who the heck does that? Why would you bring your gun to a crowded park on the 4th of July? Okay so this has absolutely nothing to do with the photo, but it\u2019s an interesting story right? I don\u2019t really recall the outcome, but we remained in the park packed in with thousands of other unarmed 4th of July enthusiasts.\nOn to the photo part of this story. So what I found far more visually fascinating than the actual fireworks themselves, was the massive inflatable Statue of Liberty head that they had blown up and put on one of the hills. I\u2019m not sure what the story behind it is, but apparently it\u2019s there every year. Pretty much the only thing I could think about that night besides handguns in coolers was the final scene in the Planet of the Apes where Colonel George Taylor (played by Charlton Heston) discovers the remains of the Statue of Liberty buried in the sand. Hmm\u2026 Charlton Heston\u2026 NRA\u2026 handguns? Maybe it IS all tied in. Oh yeah, and as far as the mechanics of the shot, this was back in my pre-SLR days, so I imagine most of it was luck and not skill, aside from the composition itself. So happy 4th people! Remember to leave your handguns at home! And I promise an equally odd Photo Story for next year.\nSony DSC-F717 Cybershot | 16.4mm focal length\nf/2.2 | 1/30s | 100 ISO | Program Mode\n\u00ab Photo Stories | Britnee In The MirrorPhoto Stories | Silence \u00bb\nAmy Nieto - July 4, 2010 - 1:58 pm\nGuns and beer! That\u2019s how it\u2019s done in America!ReplyCancel", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 5031, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 309.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://corndogchats.com/2011/07/11/pygmalion-1938/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:04:18Z", "digest": "sha1:S7WCAIFZQTRLUX7IWGYQRICMCGCFNNQS", "length": 3950, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "corndogchats.com", "title": "Pygmalion (1938) \u2013 Corndog Chats", "raw_content": "Published July 11, 2011 December 10, 2015 by Adam Kuhn in 1938, Comedy, Drama, Romance\nDirected by Anthony Asquith & Leslie Howard\nThe story of Pygmalion may not be known to many when presented as simply as \u201cwhat is Pygmalion?\u201d. In my experience, at least, most people are not overly familiar with Greek legends, myself included. For those that are, I applaud you because I know there are some great myths and legends. Having taken four years of Latin, I am familiar with a few Roman gods and their myths/legends, and I know the Greek ones are similar, but like most I\u2019m sure, I was introduced to the legend of Pygmalion, not by this film, but by another: My Fair Lady. It is interesting to note that these two films are both based on the George Bernard Shaw, who wrote the screenplay for this film, play of the same name: Pygmalion.\nIt is a modern day interpretation of the legend of Pygmalion, who took a sculpture of his ideal woman and brought it to life. In this case, the story is set in what is turn of the century England and Pygmalion is essentially Professor Henry Higgins (Leslie Howard), who is a phonetics/dialect whiz. When he encounters a cockney flower girl, Eliza Doolittle (Wendy Hiller), he makes a bet with Colonel Pickering (Scott Sunderland) that he can transform this common gutter girl into a Duchess, or at least pass her for one within the high society world of London. But when the two actually start working together, it appears they are working towards two different ends, and coming from two different worlds.\nWhat works here is simply that it is a great story. The fact that it comes from a Greek legend tells you that the story is timeless in and of itself. It is always relevant as there have always been social classes and always been desires of mankind to prosper and be correct. They do not wish to fail, it is human nature. At the same time humans strive to be loved and to matter in the world in which they live. George Bernard Shaw does a fantastic job of bringing that story to the screen, and I can only assume he did the same to the stage play, which I have not seen. But it is further testament that this story would later be adapted again in the great, highly successful film My Fair Lady. But I shall try to end comparisons there and simply talk about the 1938 iteration of the tale.\nWhat works best here has to be the acting. Wendy Hiller, the newcomer of the bunch, does a great job as Eliza Doolittle. The role of Eliza, I imagine, has a lot to do with being able to get the accents down and going from cockney into high, proper English. It would be an accomplishment just to do that as well as Hiller, but she also delivers an endearing performance by infusing such humanism into the downtrodden, yet bright and hopeful Eliza, found in the gutter by a man who thought he could win a bet by using her. Leslie Howard is also perfect as the somewhat shallow and, unbeknownst to him, evil and conniving Professor Higgins. These two central performances, and their chemistry on screen sell the ideas and emotions that make the story click.\nThe montage scenes of Higgins teaching Eliza are great little snippets, but apart from that there is no t much on a technical basis at which to marvel. In fact there are a few awkward looking shots that perhaps were composed in hopes of creating an interesting visual and it simply did not end up working out that way. But overall the story is just too good for the film not to be. Okay, I lied, I have to compare. I still prefer Audrey Hepburn as Eliza and My Fair Lady better overall, but I give the edge to Howard over Rex Harrison as the Professor, and like I said before, Hiller and the film overall are just really good, so by picking one over the other I am by no means degrading the wonder of the other.\nTags: Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller\nPrevious Post Previous post: Live and Let Die (1973)\nNext Post Next post: Angels in the Outfield (1951)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 53, "original_length": 7267, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 257.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://corporate.enel.it/en/media/press/d/2007/03/enel-enters-the-us-geothermal-market", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:16Z", "digest": "sha1:BZ6MTBHAAA5TXO33MGEV76CFNBQRANO7", "length": 3785, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "corporate.enel.it", "title": "ENEL ENTERS THE U.S. GEOTHERMAL MARKET - corporate.enel.it", "raw_content": "ENEL ENTERS THE U.S. GEOTHERMAL MARKET\nEnel acquires AMP Resources, a company which owns operating and development geothermal generation projects in California, Utah, and Nevada aggregating up to 150 MW.\nThis acquisition reinforces the company\u0092s global leadership in geothermal energy and confirms Enel\u0092s commitment to develop renewable energy worldwide.\nRome, March 20, 2007 - Enel, through its subsidiary Enel North America, Inc., announced today the acquisition of AMP Resources, LLC (AMP) from AMP Capital Partners and a minority investor. This acquisition includes one operating and four advanced stage geothermal development projects expected to add approximately 150 MW of capacity over the next four years to Enel\u0092s North American operations, as well as access to a number of future opportunities.\nLocated in Nevada, California, and Utah, the projects, once fully developed, are expected to generate enough renewable power for over 100,000 average U.S. households annually.\n\u0093I am pleased to announce Enel\u0092s entry into the U.S. geothermal market. These development projects will benefit from Enel\u0092s expertise in geothermal power and will consolidate and extend Enel\u0092s leadership in using the earth\u0092s natural heat to produce zero-emissions electricity. This acquisition further confirms our commitment toward environmentally-friendly technologies worldwide. By 2011 Enel plans to invest globally over 4 billion euros in combating climate change. A plan having few rivals in quality and presence\u0094 commented Fulvio Conti, Enel\u0092s CEO.\nThe agreement calls for an initial payment of approximately $90 million and milestone-based contingent payments. Several former AMP employees located in the Reno, Nevada office will join Enel\u0092s geothermal development team.\nEnel pioneered geothermal electricity generation with projects developed over 100 years ago in Tuscany, Italy in Larderello (Pisa) and the surrounding provinces of Siena and Grosseto. Enel has used innovative operational and drilling techniques to optimize the projects\u0092 output and over 700 MW remains in full operation today. In early 2002, Enel expanded its geothermal focus to Latin America, partnering with LaGeo S.A. in El Salvador. LaGeo currently operates 178 MW of geothermal generation. In addition, Enel has geothermal development activity underway in Chile, Guatemala, and El Salvador.\nThe U.S. projects will strengthen Enel\u0092s experience in generating power from lower temperature geothermal resources.\nEnel is Italy\u0092s largest power company and Europe\u0092s third-largest listed utility by market capitalization. Listed on the Milan and New York stock exchanges since 1999, Enel has the largest number of shareholders of any European company, at some 2.3 million. It has a market capitalisation of about EUR50 billion at current prices.\nWith over 19,000 MW of installed renewable capacity in Italy, United States, Canada, Guatemala, El Salvador, Chile, Brazil, Panama, Spain and Slovakia, Enel is a worldwide leader in the generation of electricity from renewable sources.\nEnel North America, Inc. (ENA), is a leading owner and operator of renewable energy projects in North America, with project activity in 21 U.S. states and three Canadian provinces. Based in Andover, Massachusetts, Enel North America has a uniquely diversified renewable energy portfolio that includes hydropower, wind, biomass, and now geothermal. ENA currently operates 70 projects with a total installed capacity of around 410 MW. In addition to the recently announced geothermal activity, ENA has 190 MW of wind power under construction with over 1000 MW of wind in the development pipeline.\nEnel Press Office\nTel:.+39 06 8305 5699\nemail : ufficiostampa@enel.it\nJulie Smith Galvin\nEmail: ca@northamerica.enel.it\nNEW Generale | March, 20 2007", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 110, "original_length": 6293, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 324.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://countercurrents.org/2017/01/15/we-must-not-demonize-and-threaten-russia/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:58Z", "digest": "sha1:ICZAVIDKYY2URGVYLV6MZGMQL4PGP5OO", "length": 6860, "nlines": 33, "source_domain": "countercurrents.org", "title": "We Must Not Demonize And Threaten Russia \u2013 Countercurrents", "raw_content": "We Must Not Demonize And Threaten Russia\nin World \u2014 by John Scales Avery \u2014\tJanuary 15, 2017\nEisenhower\u2019s warning\nIn his famous farwell address, US President Dwight Eisenhower eloquently described the terrible effects of an overgrown military-industrial complex. Here are his words:\n\u201cWe have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions\u2026. This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence, economic, political, even spiritual, is felt in every city, every State house, every office of the Federal government\u2026[and] we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society.\nIn another speech, he said: \u201cEvery gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. \u201c\nThe devil\u2019s dynamo\nThe military-industrial complex involves a circular flow of money. The cash flows like the electrical current in a dynamo, driving a diabolical machine. Money from immensely rich corporate oligarchs buys the votes of politicians and the propaganda of the mainstream media. Numbed by the propaganda, citizens allow the politicians to vote for obscenely bloated military budgets, which further enrich the corporate oligarchs, and the circular flow continues.\nToday the world spends more than 1.7 trillion dollars ( $1,700,000,000,000) every year on armaments. This vast river of money, almost too large to be imagined, is the \u201cdevil\u2019s dynamo\u201d driving the institution of war. Politicians notoriously can be bought with a tiny fraction of this enormous amount; hence the decay of democracy. It is also plain that if the almost unbelieivable sums now wasted on armaments were used constructively, most of the pressing problems now facing humanity could be solved.\nBecause the world spends almost two thousand billion dollars each year on armaments, it follows that very many people make their living from war. This is the reason why it is correct to speak of war as an institution, and why it persists, although we know that it is the cause of much of the suffering that inflicts humanity.\nWe know that war is madness, but it persists. We know that it threatens the survival of civilization, but it persists, entrenched in the attitudes of historians, newspaper editors and television producers, entrenched in the methods by which politicians finance their campaigns, and entrenched in the financial power of arms manufacturers, entrenched also in the ponderous and costly hardware of war, the fleets of warships, bombers, tanks, nuclear missiles amd so on.\nThe military-industrial complex needs enemies\nThe military-industrial complex needs enemies. Without them it would wither. Thus at the end of the Second World War, this vast power complex was faced with a crisis. It was saved by the discovery of a new enemy: Communism.\nThis new enemy saved the military-industrial complex for a long time, but at the end of the Cold War, there was another crisis: the threat that arms profits would be converted into a \u201cpeace dividend\u201d. Would this be the end of unlimited corporate greed? Heaven forbid! There was a desparate search for a new enemy. What about Islam? The Crusades could be revived, and all would be well. This seemed, for a long time to be a good solution.\nBut recently, with the Middle East in flames, Islam no longer seemed to be a sufficiently strong enemy justiify the collossal budgets of armaments industries. A new enemy was urgently needed. One look at our mass media tells us the solution that our military-industrial complex has come up with: Revival of the Cold War!\nNuclear war by accident or miscalculation.\nAs a concequence of our oligarchy\u2019s decision to revive the Cold War, we are witnessing increasing demonization of Russia as well as flagrant provocations, such as the recent massive NATO manovres on Russia\u2019s borders.\nWith unbelievable hubris and irresponsibility, western politicians are risking the destruction of human civilization and much of the biosphere through a thermonuclear war. Such a cataclysmic war could occur through technical or human error, or through escalation. This possibility is made greater by th fact that despite the end of the Cold War, thousands of missiles carrying nuclear warheads are still kept on a \u201chair-trigger\u201d state of alert with a quasi-automatic reaction time measured in minutes.\nA number of prominent political and military figures (many of whom have ample knowledge of the system of deterrence, having been part of it) have expressed concern about the danger of accidental nuclear war.\nColin S. Grey, Chairman of the US Institute for Public Policy, expressed this concern as follows: \u201cThe problem, indeed the enduring problem, is that we are resting our future upon a nuclear deterrence system concerning which we cannot tolerate even a single malfunction.\u201d\nGeneral Curtis E. LeMay has written, \u201cIn my opinion a general war will grow through a series of political miscalculations and accidents rather than through any deliberate attack by either side.\u201d\nBruce G. Blair of the Brookings Institute has remarked that \u201cIt is obvious that the rushed nature of the process, from warning to decision to action, risks causing a catastrophic mistake.\u201d\u2026 \u201cThis system is an accident waiting to happen.\u201d\nThe duty of civil society\nCivil society must make its will felt. A thermonuclear war today would be not only genocidal but also omnicidal. It would kill people of all ages, babies, children, young people, mothers, fathers and grandparents, without any regard whatever for guilt or innocence. Such a war would be the ultimate ecological catastrophe, destroying not only human civilization but also much of the biosphere. Each of us has a duty to work with courage and dedication to prevent it.\nhttps://human-wrongs-watch.net/2015/03/30/europe-must-not-be-forced-into-a-nuclear-war-with-russia/\nhttps://countercurrents.org/avery170715.htm\nhttps://human-wrongs-watch.net/2016/03/15/peace/\nhttp://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/feed-the-people-before-building-fighter-planes\nhttps://www.transcend.org/tms/2017/01/trump-the-banks-and-the-bomb/\nhttps://www.transcend.org/tms/2017/01/donald-trumps-new-nuclear-instability/\nEric Zuesse says:\nBRILLIANT essay!!\nThe nuke bombs were first used by the US in the world wars. Hence, America was the major country to start nuclear weapons escalation of tensions. The actual \u2018 demon\u2019 is US and not Russia because Russia started nuclear arms as a deterrent to counter the imperialist character of USA .", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 223, "original_length": 15134, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 261.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://cpr.md/en/2018/06/28/opinion-on-the-modification-of-the-electoral-system-of-the-republic-of-moldova-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:47Z", "digest": "sha1:TLWNJGDC23GQWM7FBG3VFFMSH6LHIDRF", "length": 55946, "nlines": 187, "source_domain": "cpr.md", "title": "Opinion on the Modification of the Electoral System of the Republic of Moldova - cpr.md", "raw_content": "Published by cpradmin on June 28, 2018\nH.E. Gianni BUQUICCHIO, President of the Venice Commission\nH.E. Mr K. TUORI, First Vice-President of the Venice Commission\nMr Ch. GRABENWARTER, Vice-President of the Venice Commission\nMs H. Kjerulf THORGEIRSDOTTIR, Vice-President of the Venice Commission;\nMr Aivars ENDZINS, Bureau member of the Venice Commission\nMr Gagik HARUTYUNIAN, Bureau member of the Venice Commission\nMr I-W. KANG, Bureau member of the Venice Commission\nMs Talia KHABRIEVA, Bureau member of the Venice Commission\nH.E. Thorbj\u00f8rn JAGLAND, Secretary General of the Council of Europe\nH.E. Jose Luis HERRERO, Head of the Council of Europe Office in Moldova\nH.E. Pirkka TAPIOLA, Ambassador, Head of the European Union Delegation to Moldova\nH.E. Alex KREMER, World Bank Country Manager for Moldova\nH.E. James PETTIT, Ambassador of the United States of America in Moldova\nH.E. Lucy Joyce OBE, Ambassador of the United Kingdom in Moldova\nH.E. Armine KHACHATRYAN, Resident Representative of the International Monetary Fund in Moldova\nH.E. Dimitri GVINDADZE, Head of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Office in Chisinau\nH.E. Karen HILLARD, Director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)\nOn the 1st of March 2017, during your visit in the Republic of Moldova you have mentioned that the Venice Commission\u2019s 2014 opinion on the proposed change of the electoral system to a mixed form was quite critical at that time and taking into consideration the social framework of the country, the Commission felt that such a system could give rise to influences from businessmen and oligarchs over political forces. As well, during the press-conference[1] you have also stated that since the above-mentioned opinion:\n\u201c[\u2026]four years passed and it is a long time. The situation has changed not only in Moldova, but also in the region and in the world. There is a lack of trust against the traditional political life and this can justify the possible search for a better electoral system, which gives again the public trust towards the political parties.\u201d\nUndoubtedly, significant changes occurred in the last four years in the Republic of Moldova, but unfortunately not in the direction implied at the press-conference. By the present analysis, we would like to share with you our understanding of the reasons behind the initiative of the Democratic Party of Moldova (DPM) that lay under the cover of official statements regarding the necessity of the electoral system change in the Republic of Moldova.\nSince List-PR was introduced in Moldova in 1993, the first attempt to change the proportional electoral system of the Republic of Moldova to the electoral single-mandate system is dated back to 2012.[2] As an MP, Vladimir Plahotniuc, otherwise known to the public as a controversial Moldovan oligarch, registered in February 2012 a legislative initiative on amending the electoral system (Nr. 408 from 27.02.2012)[3], which was later withdrawn due to the lack of political support from the then-ruling Coalition for European Integration. In April 2013 the Parliamentary Coalition adopted a bill changing the Moldovan electoral law to a mixed system.[4] Nonetheless, it was abrogated shortly after by a joint vote of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDPM) and the Communists\u2019 Party (CPRM) in the context of a conflict within the Coalition between Vlad Plahotniuc and Vladimir Filat.[5]\nFour years later, on the 6th of March 2017, Plahotniuc, the newly elected President of the Democratic Party of Moldova (DPM) re-launched the initiative to change the electoral system by promoting the so-called \u201cuninominal system\u201d[6] and already on the 14th of March the draft Law on the modification of the electoral system was registered in the Moldovan Parliament (hereinafter Draft Law no. 60).[7]\nOn the 15th of March, Mr. Andrian Candu, the Chairman of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, has requested the opinion of the Venice Commission on a draft revision of the electoral legislation replacing the proportional system for the election of Parliament by a plurality system in one-member constituencies.[8]\nOn the 18th of April, after several weeks of mimicked opposition to and rejection of the proposal to replace the current electoral system with any of its alternatives \u2013 uninominal or mixed, Igor Dodon, the President of the Republic of Moldova, came with what he called his own alternative proposal to modify the electoral system by adopting a mixed model.[9] On the 19th of April, the Congress of the Party of Socialists from the Republic of Moldova (PSRM) officially endorsed Dodon\u2019s initiative,[10] while on the same day the PSRM\u2019s faction already registered in the Parliament a legislative initiative on the adoption of a mixed electoral system (hereinafter Draft Law no. 123).[11]\nOn the 5th of May, after a brief hearing in the Parliament, with a joint vote of DP, PSRM and European People\u2019s Party Group, the Parliament adopted a decision on merging the bills nos. 60 and 123 and replacing the current electoral system with a mixed one. Importantly, these decisions were made with numerous violations of the Parliament\u2019s Regulations, in conditions of full opacity, no consultation with civil society or international partners, as well as in absence of the Government\u2019s notices for both drafts \u2013 nr. 60 and 123, without introducing the draft bill in the Parliament\u2019s agenda, without any prior announcement regarding the Parliamentary majority\u2019s intention to examine the bills and before the opinion of the Venice Commission was issued.\nOn 15th of May, the so-called joint version of the bills nos. 60 and 123 on amending the electoral system was registered in the Parliament. Mostly based on the provisions of the bill proposed by the Party of Socialists, it mirrored almost word for word whole passages of the concept of the electoral system sent to the Venice Commission by the DPM\u2019s faction in the Parliament in 2013.[12]\nAs mentioned above, it is not the first attempt of Moldovan oligarchs to change the electoral system in the Republic of Moldova. With this position paper, we would like to draw the Council of Europe and the Venice Commission\u2019s attention to what lies behind the official rhetoric of the hybrid Parliamentary majority by pointing out the following facts and circumstances.\n2. POLITICAL CORRUPTION\nIn 2015 the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Mr. Thorbjorn Jagland stated in an op-ed for the New York Times that in the Republic of Moldova \u201ccorruption remains endemic and the state is still in the hands of oligarchs\u201d as well as that \u201cthis captured state must be returned to its citizens\u201d.[13]\nIt is our view that since 2015, the situation in the Republic of Moldova has worsened significantly as the Democratic Party, led by Vladimir Plahotniuc has managed to annihilate, control or submerge the main political parties and, today, attempts to maintain this status quo by means of modification of the electoral system.\nIn spite of the relatively modest results achieved by the Democratic Party of Moldova (DPM) in the parliamentary elections of 30 November 2014 (15.8%[14] and 19 seats in the Moldovan Parliament) and although according to the recent polls, in the case of early parliamentary elections, DPM would only be able to collect between 2.7%[15] and 3.7% of the votes,[16] it now controls both the Parliament and the Government of Moldova. At the time this paper was being written, DPM led a parliamentary majority formed by the factions of the DPM, the Liberal Party (11) as well as the unaffiliated MPs who left the factions of the Liberal Democratic Party (10) and 14 members of the Communists Party who joined officially the Democratic Party on 10th of March 2017.[17] Moreover, in April another 7 MPs[18], former members of the LDPM Parliamentary faction officially joined DPM[19] \u2013 increasing the DPM\u2019s faction from 19 to 41 MPs. However, in late May, Dorin Chirtoaca, the vice-president of the Liberal Party and the capital\u2019s mayor was arrested and the Liberals announced their withdrawal from the coalition.\nAs such, in the last two years, more than 30% of Moldovan MPs left their original parliamentary faction and/or changed their political party membership, many of them joining the parliamentary faction of the Democratic Party of Moldova, despite the campaign promises, programs and the mandate entrusted them by the electorate in the Parliamentary elections of 2014.[20]\nThe Democratic Party was publicly accused by the opposition of forming the Parliamentary majority by means of corruption, penal prosecution and exercising other types of pressure[21] and as shown further down, the Democratic Party of Moldova has been the main beneficiary of party switching in the Moldovan Parliament.[22]\nDuring the writing of this paper, another two members of the Parliament left the Liberal Party\u2019s political faction,[23] while another MP left LDPM and joined a newly formed Parliamentary group led by Iurie Leanca, the President of the European People\u2019s Party of Moldova, former LDPM member.[24] On 29th of July 2016, Leanca signed a Cooperation Agreement[25] with Democratic Party and its Parliamentary Coalition. Already in April 2017 Leanca announced the formation of the European People\u2019s Party\u2019s (EPP) Parliament faction composed of 10 former LDPM\u2019s faction members[26] while on 28th of April his group of unaffiliated MPs and the Democratic Party voted the legislative amendment allowing unaffiliated members of the Parliament to register their own factions.[27] This move raised suspicions that Iurie Leanca\u2019s affiliates are in fact part of the DPM\u2019s Parliamentary majority, this being confirmed later by the group\u2019s vote in favour of the modification of the electoral system on the 5th of May 2017.[28]\nAs shown above, the DPM proved to be the political party which managed to make full use of volatile and irresponsible politicians in forming a docile parliamentary majority and becoming the main agent and beneficiary of political careerism.\nIn view of the above, it is false, manipulatory and hypocritical on DPM\u2019s behalf to justify the need of the electoral system change by complaining about corrupt politicians and their lack of respect towards their electorate as well as claiming that this change is requested and welcomed by the Moldovan society.[29]\nAccording to the most recent opinion polls,[30] it is likely that the DPM would not pass the electoral threshold for political parties of 6% within the present proportional electoral system, despite its financial resources, media propaganda, control of the local public administrations, law enforcement agencies and judicial system.\nConsequently, behind the official rhetoric, the main reasons for DPM to promote the change of the electoral system in any form \u2013 plurality system in one-member constituencies or a mixed electoral system \u2013 is to ensure a win in the upcoming Parliamentary elections by means of candidates\u2019 blackmail and electorate\u2019s disinformation and manipulation, as previously observed in local and regional elections and their aftermath.\n3. CONTROL OF THE LOCAL PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND OF FUTURE SINGLE-MANDATE ELECTORAL CONSTITUENCIES BY THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY\nOfficially, the DPM was the party with the best electoral result in the local elections of 2015, winning 23.21% of the mandates in district and municipal councils, 26.60% in community and city/town councils and 31.96% of the mayors\u2019 mandates.[31] LDPM came in second with 23.21% of the mandates in district and municipal councils, 26.17% in community and city/town councils and 31.96% of the mayors\u2019 seats.[32]\nIn October 2015, the President of the LPDM was arrested and the Liberal-Democrats declared they would go into opposition.[33] As a result 7 MPs left the LDPM parliamentary faction. A \u201chybrid\u201d parliamentary coalition was formed, led by DPM. These events triggered a devastating process for LDPM when numerous local organizations, including mayors, community, city, district and municipal councillors joined the Democrat Party due to various pressures, some of which involved law enforcement agencies[34], mainly in 2016.[35]\nToday, the DPM controls most of the local councils in communities, cities, districts and municipalities, as well as, most of the mayors in communities (villages) and cities. Unfortunately, there are no official statistics showing the number of the elected officials drifting from LDPM and other political parties to DPM, but it is certain that the DPM controls most of the second-level administrative-territorial units.\nBy controlling the largest number of local elected officials, the DPM shall be certainly favoured by the adoption of a single-mandate electoral system or a mixed electoral system and shall considerably increase its chances to obtain an absolute majority of the mandates distributed through single-mandate constituencies. The role of second-level territorial-administrative units, which include 32 raions (districts), the municipalities of Balti and Chisinau, the Autonomous Territorial Unit Gagauzia and the territorial-administrative units on the left bank of Nistru River[36] in single-mandate electoral system, shall be a major one as, 50 single-mandate constituencies are proposed to be created on the basis of districts (raions) and municipalities as stated in the bill on changing the election legislation.\nThe Democratic Party has already had the occasion to test the \u201cbenefits\u201d of the electoral system with a one-member constituencies\u2019 component in Gagauzia in 2012 and 2016. The case of the election to the Gagauzian People\u2019s Assembly (GPA) is a relevant example of DPM\u2019s methods and strategies and explains why this political party has invested so much financial and administrative resources into gaining influence and control in the districts and in promoting the modification of the national electoral system.\nBefore 2012 DPM lacked any significant representation in Gagauzia and not a single representative of the DPM was elected to the GPA in the 2012 elections. In November 2012, six weeks after the elections, the social-political movement \u201cNew Gagauzia\u201d decided to join the Democratic Party at the \u201cinitiative\u201d of Nicolai Dudoglo, the president of the movement, together with 18 independent candidates elected in the Gagauzian People\u2019s Assembly.[37] Despite the fact that not all representatives of the \u201cNew Gagauzia\u201d movement in the People\u2019s Assembly accepted to join DPM, 18 mandates allowed the Democratic Party to control the local legislative body.\nA similar scenario was carried out in Gagauzian People\u2019s Assembly election of 2016. This time, the Democratic Party had only one official candidate elected in 35 single-mandate constituencies. However, according to civil society experts, many of the independent candidates disguised their political affiliation to the Democratic Party due to the fact that DPM is not a popular political party in Gagauzia, this region being traditionally oriented towards pro-Russian parties and politicians[38].\nOn the 13th of May 2017, the New Gagauzia held a General political meeting of the movement. It was attended by several independent candidates elected to the GPA, as well as by members elected as representatives of other political parties, including PSRM. An interesting attendee was Mihail Manolov, an \u201cindependent candidate\u201d who actively campaigned against the DPM and supported PSRM during the election. The participants agreed that the New Gagauzia must become the uniting force in the region.[39] Thus, after losing the election in Gagauzia for the second time, the Democratic Party succeeded to create a comfortable majority in the Gagauzian People\u2019s Assembly for the next four years, thanks to the DPM-affiliated New Gagauzia.\n4. CONTROL OF JUDICIAL INSTITUTIONS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES\nDespite the Moldovan Government\u2019s claims of significant progress in the implementation of the justice system reform exemplified by the adoption of the Law on court optimization[40] in April 2016 and the adoption of the new Law on prosecution[41] (in force since April 2016), the Global Competitiveness Report 2016-2017[42] ranked the Republic of Moldova only 133rd out of 138 countries with regard to the Judicial Independence. Overall Moldova lost 18 positions in the Report, in comparison with 2015-2016, being ranked 100th.[43]\nThe Supreme Council of Magistrates is politically controlled and submissive to the interests of the parliamentary majority \u2013 5 out of 12 members are appointed by the Parliament \u2013 the Ministry of Justice, the President of the Supreme Court of Justice and three law representatives of academia, while the General Prosecutor was appointed by the Supreme Council of Prosecutors, an institution in lack of credibility as it was elected according to the provisions of the previous Law on prosecution, and confirmed by Nicolae Timofti, the former President of the Republic. The other 6 are elected by the General Assembly of Judges. SCM\u2019s political dependence and subordination, precludes any perspectives in reforming the justice sector, as well as in fighting systemic financial frauds, and oligarchy which represents one of the main sources of corruption in the Republic of Moldova.\nThe prosecution reform was supposed to transform the Prosecutor\u2019s institution into an independent, efficient and professional body exempted from any vested interests or political influences. This reform is still claimed to be a success by the present governing coalition, while the observers note that it did little to take the institution outside political control.\nThus, despite the fact that the new law on prosecution was adopted by the Parliament and entered into force, the appointment of the new General Prosecutor was politically influenced and the Moldovan prosecution system still remains under the control of the Democratic Party. The process of overtaking the control over the law-enforcement agencies started in 2010 through the appointment of affiliated persons to the National Anticorruption Center and the General Prosecution Office, both institutions known as being affiliated to the DPM till present.\nIn the last years the Democratic Party used the prosecution system as an instrument of political influence, pressure and menace against political opposition. The DPM has gradually and systemically taken over the control of the local public administrations in rayons (districts) and cities by means of blackmail, encouraging political careerism, and the implication of the law-enforcement system in the harassment of the locally elected officials and politicians who refused the DPM\u2019s \u201cpolitical bargains\u201d. Instances of penal harassment of the mayors and local MPs include the case of Serghei Filipov, the Mayor of Taraclia city, prosecuted by means of penal investigation as he refused a DPM\u2019s proposal,[44] the case of Basarabeasca city\u2019s Mayor arrested illegally in an abusive and unjustified manner[45], as well as, numerous cases of persecution and pressures on local electees reported by the opposition parties.[46]\n5. ENDEMIC CORRUPTION\nThe Republic of Moldova was ranked 126 out of 176 countries in the Corruption Perception Index 2016 (CPI 2016) by Transparency International, indicating a decrease of 20 positions compared to 2015. Moldova is placed in the ranking at the same level with Djibouti and Sierra-Leone in Sub-Saharan Africa, Mexico, Paraguay and Nicaragua in Latin America.[47]\nIn the last years, we have heard numerous allegations of Vladimir Plahotniuc\u2019s and his associates\u2019 involvement in numerous financial crimes, including their alleged connection to the laundering of 22 billion US dollars through the Moldovan banking system[48] and the theft of approximately 1 billion US dollars from the reserves of the National Bank of the Republic of Moldova.[49] These crimes have presumably increased the financial power of the Moldovan oligarchy and organised crime syndicates by approximately 2 billion US Dollars and strengthened their capacity to finance electoral campaigns, including those of the so-called \u201cindependent candidates\u201d in an eventual single-mandate or mixed electoral system. The Executive Director of Transparency International-Moldova and other representatives of the Moldovan civil society raised these pertinent concerns, trying to draw the public\u2019s attention to these circumstances, during the Parliamentary hearings on Vladimir Plahotniuc\u2019s initiative on modification of the electoral system.[50]\n6. CONTROL OF THE MASS-MEDIA AND PROPAGANDA\nIn November 2015, Vladimir Plahotniuc officially recognized his ownership of 4 national TV channels: Prime, Publika, Canal 2 and Canal 3 and of three radio stations: Publika FM, Muz FM and Maestro FM.[51] Overall the abovementioned media-resources cover at least 70% of the TV market and audiences in the Republic of Moldova.[52] In January 2016, Vlad Plahotniuc purchased other two TV channels: CTC Moldova and Super TV.[53] In May 2017 Plahotniuc has ceded in what seems to be a rather formal move, two of his channels to one of his close advisors[54].\nDespite the fact that Plahotniuc is claiming that DPM is the main pro-European political force in Moldova capable of counteracting and managing the security threats and geopolitical influence coming from the Russian Federation, his media-holding and in particular Prime TV represents one the most efficient instruments of Russian propaganda with a share of 55% of the TV market and audiences in the Republic of Moldova.[55]\nYear after year, Moldova is sliding down in the Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index. In 2017 the country ranked 80th, down 8 places in two years[56]. According to the annual Report regarding the situation of the Moldovan press for 2015, the media institutions of Vladimir Plahotniuc committed numerous violations of the Rules and regulations of the Central Electoral Commission[57], being sanctioned 15 times, while 8 castigations were applied to Prime TV, Publika TV, Canal 2 and Canal 3. The media-monitoring of the Parliamentary elections campaign of 2014 revealed that these 4 television stations \u2013 Prime, Publika TV, Canal2 \u0219i Canal3 \u2013 mostly reflected the interests of the Democratic Party, disregarding the principles of objectiveness and media pluralism.[58] Publika TV was also cited in the Report for mis-stating one of the messages of the US ambassador, threatening a journalist employed by Radio Free Europe, and favouring the Democratic Party by negatively portraying other political parties during the Parliamentary election.[59]\nIn the wake of Plahotniuc\u2019s announcement of his initiative on modification of the electoral system by promoting the so-called \u201cuninominal system\u201d- Prime TV, Publika TV, Canal 2 and Canal 3, Publika FM, Muz FM and Maestro FM started an aggressive propaganda campaign in favour of the new electoral system. Part of the propaganda campaign is also a web site[60] and a national billboard-advertisement campaign.\nMoreover, DPM involved administrative resources, state and even medical institutions in collecting signatures in \u201cfavour\u201d of Plahotniuc\u2019s initiative to change the electoral system, later claiming \u201cmassive support\u201d with more than 800 000 signatures collected, despite the fact that no state institutions, civil society organisations or any international organisations were involved in the verification of the signatures or supervised the collection campaign.\nIn order to create the appearance of compliance with the Venice Commission\u2019s conditions and provisions of the Code of good practice in electoral matters related to broad public consultations among the political parties, authorities and the civil society regarding any fundamental reform \u2013 the Democratic Party organised the so-called public debates in the Moldovan Parliament, moderated by Mr. Andrian Candu, the President of the Moldovan Parliament and a close associate of Vladimir Plahotniuc.[61]\nUnfortunately, the content and outcomes of these debates, including the statements and conclusions of the independent non-governmental organisations attending these debates, were significantly distorted by Plahotniuc\u2019s mass-media.[62] As a result, representatives of several independent non-governmental organisations refused to participate in the second round of Parliamentary public debates and requested the Parliament to withdraw the Bill nr. 60 on changing the electoral system and instead to improve the existing proportional electoral system by implementing the recommendations of the Constitutional Court and the recommendations of the local and international election monitoring missions from 2014, 2015, 2016. They also requested that mass-media organizations respect the journalistic deontology and do their reporting in a fair and unbiased manner.[63]\n7. POLITICAL CARTEL BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THE SOCIALISTS\u2019 PARTY\nSince the last Parliamentary election in 2014, the ratings of the Democratic Party and its leaders have suffered a serious drop, as the party and its rulers became increasingly associated with the systemic corruption, the laundering of billions dollars and the one-billion dollars fraud from the National Bank reserves. Faced with this situation, the DPM focused its strategy on mimicking an added geopolitical value. Its goal is to force Moldova\u2019s foreign partners to accept and rely on the Democratic Party as the main pro-European political force in Moldova capable of counteracting and managing the security threats and geopolitical influence coming from the Russian Federation.\nThe Democratic Party used the presidential elections of 2016 to prepare an antagonistic East-West system of political coordinates \u2013 a bipolar system that divides the society and strengthens the positions of the Democratic Party, since DPM needs an efficient mechanism for manipulating public opinion within the country as well as shaping the opinion of the EU and the US as main foreign development partners.\nIn this context, the DPM seeks to position itself as the only defender of European values in the Republic of Moldova and the only political party capable of facing the geopolitical and security threats emanating from the Russian Federation through Igor Dodon and the Socialist Party.\nHowever the facts show that PDM and PSRM\u2019s leaders coordinate their actions in order to promote the reforms favouring their own and their political parties\u2019 interests.\nThe support provided by the Democratic Party and Vladimir Plahotniuc\u2019s TV channels to Igor Dodon, the former President of the Socialists Party of the Republic of Moldova, during the 2016 Presidential elections, was immense. In spite of the DPM\u2019s statement of support for the common candidate, designated by the Action and Solidarity Party (PAS), Dignity and Truth Platform Party (DA) and the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova (LDPM) \u2013 Maia Sandu \u2013 the media affiliated with the PDM made full use of its dominant position on the media market of Moldova to deploy its well-developed arsenal of denigration technologies against Maia Sandu. Through Prime TV, Publika TV, Canal 2 and Canal 3, Maia Sandu was discredited and denigrated, to the benefit of the pro-Russian candidate Igor Dodon and his Socialists Party.\nThe TV propaganda played a decisive role in influencing the outcome of the Presidential election and contributed substantially to shifting the balance in favour of a submissive candidate. Given the small difference of slightly more than 60 thousand votes between the two candidates in the second round, it is clear that massive media attacks significantly influenced the final outcome of the elections.\nMoreover, the DPM promoted Dodon\u2019s interests in the Broadcasting Coordinating Council (BCC), a body suspected by independent media and civil society organizations of being subordinated to Vladimir Plahotniuc, as well as of bias and favouritism towards media outlets owned by his companies. On 8 December 2015, BCC awarded \u201cExclusiv Media\u201d SRL, founded by the socialist MP Corneliu Furculita, the right to rebroadcast a popular Russian TV Channel \u041d\u0422\u0412, as NTV Moldova.[64]\nFurthermore, on the 9th of February 2017 Vasile Botnari, a businessman associated with Vladimir Plahotniuc, was appointed as the General Director of Moldovagaz, a company fully controlled the Russian Federation state company Gazprom.[65] Moldovagaz is a strategic element of the Moldovan energetic security, due to the fact that it provides natural gas to the entire population of the country. Numerous allegations of Igor Dodon\u2019s involvement in securing Vasile Bontari\u2019s appointment to this position appeared in the mass-media, forcing the former to make a public statement denying his involvement.[66]\nOn the 7th of March 2017, the next day after Vladimir Plahotniuc launched his initiative on changing the electoral system by adopting a single-mandate model, the PSRM came with a statement rejecting this proposal reasoning that the modification of the electoral system shall lead to the total control of the country by the governing party.[67] On the 18th of April, after several weeks of mimicked opposition to PDM-proposed amendments, Dodon came up with his own initiative to adopt a mixed electoral system as described above. On the 19th of April the PSRM\u2019s faction registered in the Parliament a legislative initiative on adoption of a mixed electoral system. This latter bill was adopted on 5th of May as a \u201ccompromise\u201d solution by DPM, PSRM and EPP.\nBefore Moldova\u2019s Western partners, DPM purports to be a pro-European bastion standing against the pro-Russian menace of Dodon and his party, hoping that the EU, the US and IMF will accept as true this \u201cadded value\u201d and overlook the endemic corruption, captured state institutions and shall support the DPM\u2019s initiative to modify the electoral legislation. With this, DPM expects to perpetuate its political and economic control of the Republic of Moldova. However, as shown above, despite the apparent opposition between the DPM and PSRM, on geopolitical issues in particular, it is indisputable that DPM supported Dodon in the presidential campaign and that there is a political partnership in disguise which leads to the distribution of economic influence and adoption of a comfortable version of the electoral system favouring both political parties in future Parliamentary election, but mostly DPM.\n8. THE VENICE COMMISSION AND OSCE/ODIHR JOINT OPINION ON THE DRAFT LAW AMENDING THE ELECTORAL LEGISLATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA (CDL-REF(2014)001)\nIn November 2013, the Speaker of the Parliament of Moldova, Mr Igor Corman, a DPM representative, submitted a request to the Venice Commission to comment on a text sent to him by the DPM faction, concerning a draft proposal to reform the electoral legislation of Moldova (CDL-REF(2014)001). In 2014, in line with the standard practice, the Venice Commission and the OSCE/ODIHR issued a joint opinion on the draft legislation.[68]\nThe request submitted to the Venice Commission, stated that the draft intended to replace the existing proportional electoral system with a mixed parallel electoral system, under which members of parliament would be elected through both single-mandate constituencies and party lists in a nationwide proportional constituency.[69]\nIn 2014, in response to this request, the Commission issued the joint opinion Nr. 749/2014 CDL-AD containing the following findings and conclusions, which we consider relevant for the present analysis giving that the Bill nr. 60 on uninominal model included some unconstitutional provisions related to the introduction of an imperative mandate for MPs, indicate that the Democratic Party in fact aimed from the very beginning the adoption of a mixed electoral system:\n1. The Commission pointed out that the Code of Good Practice in Electoral Matters \u201cstipulates that basic elements of the electoral system should not be changed within a year of an election, and that when changing fundamental aspects of an election law, care must be taken to avoid not only manipulation [of the election system] to the advantage of the party in power, but even the mere semblance of manipulation.\u201d[70]\n2. The Commission further strongly recommended that the choice of the electoral system of Moldova be the result of an open and inclusive debate. The proposed mixed electoral system, in which 51 Members of Parliament (MPs) out of the 101 are to be elected by a proportional closed-list system in one single nationwide constituency and 50 MPs shall be elected in as many single-member constituencies is a fundamental reform.[71]\n3. Also, the Commission indicated that, \u201cin the present Moldovan context, the proposed reform could potentially have a negative effect at the local level, where independent majoritarian candidates may develop links with or be influenced by local businesspeople or other actors who follow their own separate interests.\u201d[72]\n4. The Commission noted that, \u201calthough the creation of electoral districts could improve representation of minorities, it presents important challenges. A clearer methodology for the delimitation of constituencies, further assessment and provision for periodical review are highly recommended.\u201d[73]\n5. Also, the Commission mentioned that the problem of the representation of Transnistria and of Moldovan citizens living abroad has not been addressed in a convincing and implementable solution in the draft.[74]\n6. The Commission did not accept the arguments of the DPM faction that made reference to similar mixed electoral systems in Germany, Ukraine and other states, stating that the practical consequences of similar electoral systems can vary, since party systems, institutional structures and social environments are always different.[75]\n7. The Commission explained that \u201cin other countries, the choice of a mixed system may be the result of a consensual sovereign decision, and the way in which it is implemented in other cases is key to building trust in the democratic process and to adjust and solve possible concerns accordingly\u201d. It further stressed that the recurrent example of Germany as a mixed system, which has been able to build trust, \u201cis unlikely to be comparable with the Republic of Moldova\u201d.[76]\n8. The Commission noted that an eventual influence of local businesspeople or other non-electoral stakeholders on their communities \u201ccould potentially serve to negatively develop the links with or have an influence on independent majoritarian candidates more than between the local MPs and the citizens\u201d. It further cited the example of Ukraine, where, according to the first Interim Report No. 1 of the OSCE/ODIHR EOM on the 2012 parliamentary elections in Ukraine, \u201cthe new mixed electoral system has changed the dynamic of these elections in comparison with the 2007 parliamentary elections, as party-nominated and independent candidates are competing strongly at the local level. A number of independent candidates are linked to wealthy businesspeople, some of whom are also supporting political parties financially.\u201d[77]\n9. The Commission also indicated that the choice of an electoral system is a sovereign decision of any state; however, in the present context of the Republic of Moldova, the proposed reform raises serious concerns and may pose important drawbacks.[78]\nThe bills nos. 60 and 123 which were fused in the Parliament, addressed none of the abovementioned concerns and risks. Given the above, despite the fact that in 2014 the Venice Commission already issued an opinion on an eventual mixed electoral system, the conclusions it comprises are as relevant and pertinent for the bill adopted in the Moldovan Parliament on 5th of May 2017 \u2013 as they were when first published.\n10. SIMULATION OF AN OPEN AND INCLUSIVE DEBATE\nThe Democratic Party simulated an open and inclusive debate in a faked attempt to comply with the Venice Commission and Council of Europe criteria and standards on the adoption of fundamental reforms. In fact, the Democrat Party\u2019s campaign to promote the initiative of Vladimir Plahotniuc to change the electoral system was organised in a manipulatory and misleading manner. After the 6th of March the DPM\u2019s officials and the media affiliated to Vladimir Plahotniuc embarked on the aggressive and misleading advertising of the idea that the modification of the electoral system represents the will and the best interest of the people, rather than the narrow party interests of the DPM and its leaders. The arguments made by the independent non-governmental organisations during the debates organised in the Parliament were distorted by politically controlled mass-media and presented to the public in a manipulatory manner. As a result, the representatives of several independent non-governmental organisations refused to participate in the second Parliamentary public debate and requested the Parliament to withdraw the Bill Nr. 60 on modification of the electoral system.\nThe so-called public hearings in the parliament were organised with violations of the provisions of the Concept on cooperation between the Parliament and the civil society adopted by the Parliament\u2019s Decision no. 373 from 29 December 2005.[79] According to the provisions of this concept, civil society organizations shall be notified about the date of unplanned consultation meetings at least 10 days in advance. Also, article 11, of the Law on transparency in the decision making process, no. 239 from 13 November 2008[80], requires that \u201cthe announcement about the organisation of public consultations and the related documents are made public at least 15 working days before the final draft of the decision is prepared\u201d. As none of the abovementioned provisions were taken into consideration the debates in the Parliament were organised in a biased and illegal manner.\n11. SIMULATION OF A BROAD POLITICAL CONSENSUS\nThe main opposition political parties refused to participate in the Parliamentary debate of the new electoral system, on the grounds that the Democratic Party is not seeking genuine consultations and the adoption of an appropriate electoral system, but is instead only interested to impose the \u201cuninominal vote\u201d, while the debates will be used to tick another box in the conditions stipulated by the Venice Commission. On the 16th of March 2017 the Action and Solidarity Party, the Dignity and Truth Platform Party and the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova have issued a joint statement on the electoral system reform in Moldova and condemned the DPM\u2019s initiative. On 12th of April 2017, five political parties \u2013 the Action and Solidarity Party, the Dignity and Truth Platform Party and the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova, the Communists Party of the Republic of Moldova and Our Party issued a joint statement regarding a national consensus on maintaining the proportional electoral system. Disregarding these statements, the Parliament merged and adopted the bills no. 60 and no. 123 with violation of the legislation and the Parliament\u2019s Rules and regulations.\n1. THE ELECTORAL REFORM IS A MANIPULATION TO THE ADVANTAGE OF THE PARTY IN POWER\nPlahotniuc has promoted the uninominal electoral system since 2012. The change of the electoral system is a well-planned systemic setup, executed by the head of DPM and his affiliates.\nThe civil society and the independent mass-media have overlooked the fact that \u2013 despite his failure in 2012 \u2013 2013 when the bill changing the Moldovan electoral law to a mixed system was abrogated, shortly after adoption by a joint vote of the LDPM and Communists\u2019 Party \u2013 Plahotniuc and his affiliates worked in a deliberate manner on preparing the DPM for the Parliamentary election in a mixed parallel electoral system. This strategy created a far-reaching advantage for the Democratic Party and could guarantee a firm Parliamentary majority for DPM in the next Parliamentary election.\nThe processes began by gaining control over the law-enforcement agencies in 2010 with the appointment of party-affiliated persons to the National Anticorruption Center and the General Prosecution Office. The two institutions are still known as being affiliated to the DPM.\nThese appointments allowed DPM to transform the prosecution system into an instrument of political influence, pressure and threat against both its political partners and the political opposition. In the end, this process allowed Plahotniuc to annihilate, control or subvert his main political competitors by means of selective justice. It also led to the disintegration of the territorial structures of the biggest political parties such as LDPM and CPRM and massive party switching, both in districts (rayons) and in the Parliament. It is in this way that DPM succeeded to form a new submissive Parliamentary majority and gained enough votes for changing the electoral system.\nAlso as part of their strategy, the DPM aimed to control of as many local elected officials as possible in order to shape the future single mandate constituencies and gain control over the most capable and popular candidates among the electorate in rayons, municipalities and Gagauzia.\nAll of these make DPM the only political party definitely favoured by the adoption of a mixed electoral system. Due to the abovementioned strategies, this party considerably increased its chances to obtain an absolute majority of the mandates distributed through single-mandate constituencies.\nThe recent poll ordered by the DPM with over 12 thousands interviewed,[81] besides the manipulatory approach for the change of the electoral system, had a more important and far-reaching goal. It allowed DPM to assess the political preferences of the electorate in order to shape the future single-mandate constituencies in the interest of the Democratic Party, which explains a seemingly exaggerated, from the sociological point of view, representative sample of over 12 thousand participants. Given the leverage that the party has in the Central Electoral Commission, there is little doubt that the results of this poll will be put to use when designing electoral districts in the new system.\nPlahotniuc\u2019s unlimited administrative, financial and media resources, especially if compared to his main political competitors, will afford DPM one of the most expensive, manipulatory and therefore in effect campaigns to support its affiliated candidates in each of those 50 single-mandate constituencies.\nDespite the fact that the bill on the mixed electoral system passed only the first reading in the Parliament, the Democratic Party is already prepared to for the Parliamentary elections in a mixed parallel electoral system as it started preparing for this system since 2012.\nOn the one hand, the establishment of the political cartel with PSRM while staging an opposition between the two allowed DPM to pretend an added pro-European value in front of its western parties. On the other, the joint bill arrived at together with PSRM, permitted DPM to simulate a \u201cbroad\u201d political consensus and \u201copen and inclusive\u201d debates and thus tick a box in the list of criteria of the Code of Good Practice in Electoral Matters of the CoE in a hope that the EU, the US and IMF shall neglect the endemic corruption, captured state institutions and support the DPM\u2019s initiative to modify the electoral legislation.\n2. MIXED PARALLEL ELECTORAL SYSTEM \u2013 A DIRECT BLOW AGAINST DEMOCRATIC PLURALISM\nSince 2012, and in particular starting 2014 the situation in the Republic of Moldova has been constantly deteriorating, in the social, economic and political spheres, as well as from the point of view of the implementation of electoral legislation, the functioning of the justice system, of state institutions and freedom of mass media.\nWe believe that the election reform in question, regardless of its concrete content, is not a credible effort and has only one objective \u2013 to favour the DPM in the next parliamentary elections. The change was proposed and serves the interests of the Democratic Party of Moldova, a party with embarrassing ratings of under 4% and leaders involved in the country\u2019s biggest corruption and cross-border money laundering scandals, being suspected of having coordinated the theft of the billion from the National Bank Reserves and also accused of being the beneficiaries of this theft.[82]\nThe presidential elections of 30 October 2016 have shown that, despite the support he received from the entire administrative and media arsenal held by Vladimir Plahotniuc, Igor Dodon was one step away from losing the presidential seat to a candidate lacking his financial resources or media support. In this context, the decision makers within the DPM realized that, despite the arrangements undertaken since 2012, they need to take advantage of their current position \u2013 administrative resources at their disposal, control of the Parliament, local public administrations in most of the districts and the control of law enforcement bodies in order to obtain a simple majority in the future Parliament by changing the electoral system into a mixed or one fully based on single-mandate constituencies.\nWhile we do not exclude that a mixed electoral system or one based only on single-mandate constituencies may have its benefits in a functioning democracy, and namely the responsibility of elected representatives to the people, in the conditions of the Republic of Moldova, this system may have devastating effects, strengthening the power of the existing oligarchic system and the compromised political class.\nThe Republic of Moldova needs honest politicians, trusted by the population, who act in the public interest, not to someone\u2019s private benefit. We consider that, when promoting this reform, the governing political class acts against the public interest, is not representative and has no legitimacy.\nBefore initiating any change of the electoral system, the Republic of Moldova needs to complete some key actions such as:\n\u2013 Ensure real transparency of political party financing and decrease substantially the maximum donation threshold;\n\u2013 Encourage political pluralism, by lowering minimum membership requirements for the registration of political parties and by reducing the minimum electoral barrier;\n\u2013 Dismantle the monopolies on the mass media and advertising market and limit political influence on the mass media as well as media ownership by politicians;\n\u2013 Ensure equal conditions and equal treatment of all political actors, and an effective protection of opposition forces, condemning and neutralizing any attempts of attack on the opposition.\nWe consider that the DPM, in a strategic partnership with PSRM, adopted the change of the electoral system with only one objective in mind \u2013 to obtain a majority of seats in the Parliament in the next elections and to legitimize its political and financial-economic control over the country. This reform is contrary to the interest of the Republic of Moldova and its citizens and puts at risk any hope of an effective fight against corruption, eliminating the oligarchic influence from the state apparatus and building a robust democracy in the country.\nWe would like to draw the Council of Europe and the Venice Commission\u2019s attention to the fact that the modification of the electoral system would strike a direct blow against democratic pluralism, human rights, freedom of speech and of the press, the reform of the justice system, the fight against corruption and the investigation of financial crimes. As long-term effects this reform will perpetuate the monopolization of the economy, economic stagnation and, as a result, will negatively affect the economic security of the state and will further aggravate the population loss due to migration.\nThe fused bill on changing the procedure of election of the Parliament from proportional to the mixed electoral system published on 16th of May 2017 \u2013 addresses none of the concerns stipulated by the 2014 Venice Commission\u2019s opinion, so that the risks and drawbacks signaled by the Commission are valid and will occur if the bill is passed in final reading.\nWith the present opinion, we call on the Venice Commission to provide an unbiased and objective legal opinion regarding the modification of the electoral system, taking into account the complex political and social situation in the country, as described above. We also call on the Council of Europe to not fall into the trap of manipulation and disinformation by the governing coalition on this issue. 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"https://crimeola.com/mollie-tibbetts-wiki-missing-iowa/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:21Z", "digest": "sha1:EXRSJWWA2XIODUIY5DBPKGGPHIMIP6K7", "length": 22489, "nlines": 151, "source_domain": "crimeola.com", "title": "Toggle navigation", "raw_content": "Mollie Tibbetts Wiki: What Happened to Iowa Student Last Seen Jogging?\nBy: John Whitefoot Aug 8, 2018 at 1:48 pmSuggest Correction\nMollie Tibbetts; Photo: Facbook\nMollie Tibbetts, 20, was last seen jogging in the town of Brooklyn, Iowa, on the evening of July 18, 2018. Friends and family became concerned when she didn\u2019t show up for work the next day and failed to respond to text messages. Volunteer searches were called off once the FBI and state authorities became involved. Five weeks later, on August 21, local police announced they had made an arrest. They have charged Cristhian Rivera, an illegal immigrant, with first-degree murder.\nThis Mollie Tibbetts wiki looks at the day she disappeared, the discovery of her body, the alleged events of her murder, the preliminary autopsy results, and her funeral.\nAbout Mollie Cecilia Tibbetts\nSiblings Jake Tibbetts, Scott Tibbetts\nParents Rob Tibbetts, Laura Calderwood\nWho Was Mollie Tibbetts?\nMollie Cecilia Tibbetts, 20, was born in Oakland, California, on May 8, 1998 to Rob Tibbetts and Laura Calderwood. She had two younger brothers: first Jake Tibbetts, followed by Scott Tibbetts several years later.\nMollie Tibbetts with Brothers Scott (middle) and Jake (right); Photo: Facebook\nThe Tibbetts family moved to Brooklyn, in Poweshiek County, Iowa, when Mollie was in the fourth grade.\nThe small community of less than 2,000 is located off the sprawling Interstate 80. It has been nicknamed the \u201cHighway of Death\u201d because of the numerous unsolved disappearances linked to the route. It is an important interstate that crosses the country, from New York to San Francisco.\nAccording to her father, Rob Tibbetts, Mollie was \u201cextremely poised for her age and extremely mature.\u201d He noted how she won a state speech contest in Iowa.\nMollie Tibbetts (2010); Photo: Facebook\nMollie Tibbetts was an incoming sophomore studying psychology at the University of Iowa. She wanted to eventually get a doctorate degree and write books.\nAccording to her Facebook profile, she worked as a day-camp intern at UnityPoint Health at the Grinnell Regional Medical Center.\nRob Tibbetts also described Mollie as being an avid jogger who loved singing along in the car to Ed Sheeran and The Beatles.\nMollie Tibbetts; Photo: Facebook\nJudging by her Facebook profile, Mollie also had a lot of friends. She seemed to be a vibrant young lady, always smiling.\n\u201cAs far as Mollie as a person, she\u2019s just really lovable and has a lot of friends,\u201d said her brother Jake Tibbetts. \u201cShe participated in a lot of things around the community. She has one of the biggest hearts.\u201d\nThe above video was taken of Mollie Tibbetts the day before she disappeared. It shows her playing with a mirror, joking with friends. In another clip, the young woman is seen having fun, dancing around in a gym.\nTibbetts met Dalton Jack in 2015 after a high school football game. She was a junior and he was a senior on the football team.\nThe high school sweethearts had been dating for close to three years when she disappeared.\nMollie Tibbetts Last Seen Jogging July 18\nOn the day she disappeared, Tibbetts\u2019 brother dropped her off at her boyfriend\u2019s house in Brooklyn so she could dog-sit.\nDalton was living with his brother Blake Jack and his fianc\u00e9e Aimee Houghton. The pair were scheduled to marry in the Dominican Republic in early August 2018. The wedding has since been postponed.\nDalton, who works in construction, was in Dubuque, Iowa, which is around 100 miles away. His brothers, meanwhile, were in Ames. So Tibbetts was taking care of the dogs.\nThe last time Dalton Jack saw Mollie Tibbetts was on Monday, July 16; he kissed her goodbye and left for Dubuque. He expected to see his girlfriend again on Friday, when he returned home for the weekend.\nUniversity of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts was last seen at around 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 18, while out for a run in the small town of Brooklyn, Iowa. She was wearing gym shorts, a black sports bra, and running shoes.\nThere was a lot of misinformation about what happened next. While many believed Tibbetts disappeared while out on a jog, there was more evidence to suggest she was taken against her will from her boyfriend\u2019s home.\n\u201cI read somewhere that she was running in a cornfield. That\u2019s obviously not true,\u201d said her aunt, Kim Calderwood. \u201cThe run happened and then she was at the house as far as we know. I don\u2019t think she would\u2019ve run in the dark.\u201d\nThat theory was backed up by two messages Jack received from Tibbetts that night. She sent him a text message at 7:00 p.m. and a selfie through Snapchat. The selfie appeared to have been taken indoors, which suggested Tibbetts had taken it after she returned from her jog.\nJack says he opened the Snapchat photo at 10:00 p.m.\nTibbetts didn\u2019t answer her phone when someone at the day-camp center where she worked called the next day to find out why she hadn\u2019t shown up for her shift. All of the calls went straight to voicemail. Tibbetts was supposed to be part of a group of 10 staff taking around 75 kids to the Poweshiek County Fair.\nWhen Tibbetts didn\u2019t show up to her job on Thursday morning, her boyfriend knew something was wrong. Jack then realized that his \u201cgood morning\u201d text had gone unanswered.\n\u201cI looked at my phone and noticed I texted her good morning that morning and she hadn\u2019t looked at it. So I got a hold of her friends and family.\u201d\nJack was one of the first people to realize Mollie Tibbetts was gone.\n\u201cI was the one who threw red flags,\u201d he said.\nHe then called her friends and family. And returned to Brooklyn.\n\u201cAnd then Thursday after we found out she was missing I drove home. So I was in Dubuque the entire time.\u201d\nMollie Tibbetts with Dalton Jack (2016); Photo: Facebook\nTibbetts\u2019 family reported her missing on July 19, with dozens of volunteers from Brooklyn searching fields around her house and the home where she was staying. They also peppered the area with missing posters, T-shirts, and billboard pleas for help.\nDuring the search, Jack said he continued to call Tibbetts\u2019 missing phone, hoping she, or anyone, would pick up.\n\u201cI did for like the first week and a half. Not more recently. I was just trying to see literally if anybody would pick up. And then, yeah, straight to voicemail,\u201d he said.\nWhat did Jack think had happened to his girlfriend at the time?\n\u201cI mean, everybody has their own theories, but I\u2019m just kind of leaving it up to the law enforcement trying to figure that one out,\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t want to go racking it through my brain thinking of what happened, what happened, what happened. Just driving myself insane.\u201d\nMitch Mortvedt, a spokesperson with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, said that while investigators had few early leads, they were \u201cleaning more and more toward something happening to her against her will,\u201d including abduction.\nThe University of Iowa released a statement saying that they were monitoring the situation and offering support where needed.\nOur thoughts are with Mollie Tibbetts\u2019 family and friends. The University of Iowa is monitoring the situation and will offer support as needed. More information: https://t.co/NmtZv0Djqs\n\u2014 University of Iowa (@uiowa) July 20, 2018\nFBI and State Investigators Take Over\nIt didn\u2019t take long for the investigation to expand. Within days of the disappearance, volunteer searches for Mollie Tibbetts were called off as the FBI and state investigators took over. The FBI and Iowa investigators concentrated their early efforts on areas around Brooklyn that Tibbetts was known to frequent.\nAuthorities also examined footage from highway surveillance cameras and convenience stores.\nThe FBI also studied Tibbetts\u2019 online history, social media, mobile phone data, and app usage.\nThey also had a nation looking for her, with extensive media coverage.\nDid Mollie\u2019s \u201cFitbit\u201d Hold the Key to Her Whereabouts?\nIn an effort to pinpoint where Tibbetts might have been, investigators also GPS-tracked her electronic devices, including her \u201cFitbit.\u201d They executed search warrants for Mollie Tibbetts\u2019 Fitbit, Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook accounts.\nPolice Question Pig Farmer with Prior Stalking Convictions\nIn late July, Wayne Cheney, a local pig farmer with two prior stalking convictions, had his home searched, was interviewed, and had his cell phone taken by seven FBI investigators. They did so without a search warrant.\nWayne Cheney; Photo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1es-rniXwc\nCheney said he \u201chas nothing to hide.\u201d\nAuthorities searched the Guernsey, Iowa property for nearly two hours, took photos of the interior of the home, and searched the man\u2019s garage. Cheney said investigators asked to interview him off the property.\n\u201cI don\u2019t know who those two [officers] were but they took me down to the fire station Tuesday and questioned me for two hours.\u201d he said. \u201cI don\u2019t remember what they asked me.\u201d\n\u201cI just thought it was a waste of time, but, oh well,\u201d he added.\nPolice have not said if Cheney is a suspect. The farmer says he doesn\u2019t know the Tibbetts family, but that he hoped they would all be reunited soon.\nCheney has entered guilty pleas for two unrelated stalking incidences, one in Poweshiek County in 2009 and one in Marion County in 2014.\nMollie Spotted Near a Truck Stop in Missouri?\nPolice were tracking down a large number of leads. One seemed encouraging.\nAn employee at a truck stop thought she had seen someone who looked like Mollie Tibbetts eating at a truck stop near the I-85 and Missouri 92 Highway\u2014240 miles from her boyfriend Dalton Jack\u2019s home.\nAlso see: Ashley Morris Mullis: Must-Know Facts about Her Strange Disappearance\nAfter speaking to all possible witnesses and reviewing surveillance, police ruled out the sighting. The woman was not Tibbetts.\nPolice Look into Man Who Secretly Photographed Teen Joggers\nPolice tracked down another lead. This one included a man taking secret pictures of female joggers.\nA man in his 30s was caught on camera taking photos of teenage girls jogging. He was spotted in his car on surveillance video from a body shop, taking pictures with a digital camera.\n\u201cAs covertly as he possibly could, [he] took photos of them unbeknownst to them; it seemed to be very creepy,\u201d said Pella Police Chief Robert Bokinsky.\nThe unknown individual turned himself into police in Pella, Iowa\u2014which is an hour southwest of Brooklyn\u2014because of pressure on social media. The man, believed to be from Des Moines, explained to police why he took the pictures, but authorities were not disclosing that information. Nor were they disclosing his name.\nPolice said they didn\u2019t believe the man had anything to do with the Tibbetts case.\nRed Shirt Tied to Tibbetts Located Near Previously Searched Farm\nOn Wednesday, August 1, Mollie Tibbetts was supposed to leave with Dalton Jack for his brother\u2019s wedding in the Dominican Republic. She was supposed to be the maid of honor. The groom, Blake Jack, had joked with his brother that he should propose to Tibbetts on the trip.\nOn August 2, it was announced that search teams were looking through ditches near the pig farm owned by Wayne Cheney, after a red shirt, tied to Mollie Tibbetts, was found nearby.\nThanks to information gleaned from Tibbetts\u2019 digital footprint, investigators had been searching a number of pig farms and other properties in Iowa. No traces of Mollie Tibbetts had been found, until now.\nThe red shirt was the first major potential clue discovered since the search for Tibbetts began on July 19.\nA person mowing near the previously searched pig farm called police after discovering a red shirt they thought might be linked to Mollie Tibbetts. Police didn\u2019t say if it belonged to the missing woman, but employees at the day camp where she worked confirmed their uniform included a red shirt.\nCheney denied knowing Tibbetts, but suspected \u201csome guy\u201d had her.\nHe continued to allow investigators access to his phone and property for searches, but he refused to take a polygraph test.\nParents Believed Mollie Tibbetts Was Likely Alive\nOn August 2, Mollie Tibbetts\u2019 family announced the formation of a reward fund to help find the 20-year-old. At a press conference, Tibbetts\u2019 mother, Laura Calderwood, said that in just one day, the Bring Mollie Tibbetts Home Safe Reward Fund had raised $172,000.\nAlso see: Tess Richey Murder Timeline: Her Mother Succeeded Where Toronto Police Failed\n\u201cWe believe Mollie is still alive and if someone abducted her, we are pleading with you to please release her,\u201d Calderwood said during the press conference. \u201cIt is our greatest hope that if someone has her, they will just release her.\n\u201cEvery day, I feel Mollie\u2019s presence with me,\u201d she added. \u201cSometimes I just feel her sitting on my shoulder. She was an incredibly strong young woman. Mollie is lending me here strength every day, every night.\u201d\nRob Tibbetts, her father, urged anyone with information about Mollie Tibbetts, no matter how trivial they thought it might be, to come forward.\n\u201cThis is a fight for our daughter,\u201d Rob Tibbetts said. \u201cShe\u2019s out there. We feel it. This going to be solved by someone coming forward with information. Someone knows what happened to Mollie, someone knows where she is, and they need to come forward.\u201d\nWhen asked what message he would offer his daughter, Rob Tibbetts said, \u201cHang in there, pie\u2026hang in there, pie.\u201d\nPolice Make Arrest in Murder of Mollie Tibbetts\nThe search for Mollie Tibbetts came to a tragic end.\nIn an August 21, 2018 press conference, the Poweshiek County sheriff\u2019s office confirmed that they had located the body of Mollie Tibbetts. The news came just one week after investigators said they were focusing their efforts on five locations.\nNot only that, but police have laid first-degree murder charges against Cristhian Bahena Rivera, 24. If found guilty, Rivera faces a possibility of life without parole.\nCristhian Bahena Rivera (Aug. 21, 2018); Mugshot: Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation\nAccording to police, Rivera has been living illegally in the U.S. for four to seven years, but is from Guayabillo in Guerrero, Mexico.\nAt the time of Tibbetts\u2019 disappearance, Rivera was living in Brooklyn, Iowa, working for a dairy farm. The employer had put him and other migrant workers up in an area farmhouse.\nThe arrest announcement came less than two weeks after police had said her abductor was \u201chiding in plain sight\u201d and asked for help from the public.\nWhat Happened to Mollie Tibbetts?\nAccording to investigators, it was during neighborhood canvasing that police were given security footage from a residential camera on the east side of Brooklyn. In it, police saw a black or dark-colored Chevy Malibu driving around.\nThe area in which Mollie was captured on video running with the Malibu nearby was Boundary St. and Middle St. in Brooklyn.\n\u201cThrough that we were able to identify a vehicle that we believed belonged to Mr. Rivera,\u201d said Rick Rahn of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. \u201cFrom that we were able to track his patterns and the routes that he took. We were also able to find Mollie running on this video and we were able to determine that he was one of the last ones to have seen Mollie running.\u201d\nPolice said Rivera was cooperative and did not put up a fight when confronted by police on Monday, August 20.\nCristhian Rivera; Photo: Facebook\nAccording to Rivera, he saw her out running that night at around 7:30 p.m. and followed her in his black car. He got out of his car and began running behind and then beside her.\nRivera said Mollie Tibbetts pulled out her cell phone and threatened to call police if he didn\u2019t leave her alone. She then ran away. He caught up to her and then, he claims, \u201cblacked out.\u201d\nDuring this blackout, it\u2019s alleged he killed the young woman. It is not yet known how Mollie died. It\u2019s also not known if she was sexually assaulted.\n\u201cHe followed her and seemed to be drawn to her on that particular day. For whatever reason he chose to abduct her,\u201d Rahn added.\nRivera told police he had seen her in the area before. But it is not known if they actually knew each other. She is friends on Facebook with the mother of his daughter.\nAccording to the affidavit, Rivera came to after his blackout sitting in a truck at an intersection in rural Poweshiek County. He drove to a driveway near a cornfield, where he parked.\nAt that time, Rivera said that he noticed the earpiece of a set of headphones in his lap. At that time, he said he remembered that he\u2019d put Tibbetts in his trunk.\nWhen he opened the trunk, he saw blood on the side of her head.\nRivera told police that he dragged Mollie Tibbetts out of his trunk and into a cornfield. He slung her over his shoulder and transported her about 20 more meters into the field. He placed her face up and covered her with some corn leaves.\nAfter his arrest and interview, Rivera led police to a farm field southeast of Brooklyn, Iowa where they located the body of Mollie Tibbetts. According to Rahn, the cornfield was along 460th Avenue, in a rural area south of Brooklyn.\nPoweshiek County Sheriff Tom Kriegel said, \u201cOur hearts go out to the Tibbetts family and to the Brooklyn community. It is a loss for all of us.\u201d\nTibbetts Family Releases Statement on Their Grief and Gratitude\nMollie Tibbetts\u2019 family released a statement after her body was discovered. It read:\nMollie\u2019s Brother Jake Tibbett Speaks at Vigil\nOn Wednesday, August 22, Mollie\u2019s brother Jake Tibbetts spoke at a vigil in Iowa City. He asked everyone to remember the good over the bad and to appreciate how people came together to help after his sister had disappeared.\n\u201cRemember this as a time that the country came together for one girl,\u201d Jake said. \u201cOne girl that loved everyone. One girl that loved everything and wanted the best for everyone. Don\u2019t remember this as the time that someone made a very poor decision and took a girl away.\n\u201cWe\u2019re going to miss her dearly but, to be honest, what made her so special is she was just like anyone standing here. She loved to run. She loved Harry Potter. She loved the hawks. She loved her family. She was goofy. She was clumsy,\u201d he added.\nMollie Tibbetts\u2019 Family Doesn\u2019t Want Her Death Politicized\nAfter it was announced that authorities had arrested Rivera for Tibbetts\u2019 murder, her family said they do not want her death politicized and used to promote a crackdown on immigration.\nHowever, President Donald Trump was quick to pounce and turned Mollie Tibbetts\u2019 murder into a mid-term-election talking point, using it as a rallying cry for tougher immigration laws.\nAt a rally in Charleston, West Virginia on August 22, Trump said, \u201cYou heard about today with the illegal alien coming in, very sadly, from Mexico and you saw what happened to that incredible, beautiful young woman. Should\u2019ve never happened\u2026 The laws are so bad, the immigration laws are such a disgrace. We\u2019re getting it changed, but we have to get more Republicans [into office].\u201d\nIn a video posted the same day, Trump used the death of Tibbetts to promote his election campaign promise of building a wall along the Mexico border.\n\u201cWe need the wall,\u201d he says in the video. \u201cWe need our immigration laws changed. We need our border laws changed. We need Republicans to do it, because the Democrats aren\u2019t going to do it.\u201d\nBillie Jo Calderwood, an aunt of Mollie Tibbetts, said, \u201cI don\u2019t want Mollie\u2019s memory to get lost amongst politics. It\u2019s not about race, it\u2019s about people joining together to do good.\u201d\nTibbetts\u2019 second cousin, Sam Lucas, also spoke out on Twitter, taking aim at conservative activist Candace Owens for using her death to attack illegal immigrants.\nBreck Goodman, a friend of Mollie Tibbetts, said, \u201cI also know what Mollie stood for\u2026and she would not approve. So I don\u2019t want her death to be used as propaganda. I don\u2019t want her death to be used for more prejudice and for more discrimination, and I don\u2019t think she would want that, either.\u201d\nPreliminary Autopsy Finds Mollie Tibbetts Died from Stabbing\nPreliminary autopsy results released by the Iowa state medical examiner show that Mollie Tibbetts died of \u201cmultiple sharp-force injuries.\u201d\nSharp-force injuries are those caused by pointed or sharp-edged objects, such as with stab wounds, incised wounds, and chop wounds.\nNo further details were released about what caused Tibbetts\u2019 injuries.\nFuneral Held for Mollie Tibbetts\nClose to 2,000 people packed Brooklyn Guernsey and Malcom High School for the funeral of Mollie Tibbetts.\nRob Tibbetts, Mollie\u2019s father, told the mourners, \u201cMollie is nobody\u2019s victim. Mollie\u2019s my hero.\n\u201cAnd, today, it\u2019s time to turn the page. We\u2019re at the end of a long ordeal, but now we need to turn toward life. We need to heal\u2014this community needs to heal, our family needs to heal, but the problem with that is the person best equipped to help us through this is Mollie. So, let\u2019s try to do what Mollie would do. Let\u2019s say what Mollie would say. Let\u2019s start with baby steps.\u201d\nRob encouraged the crowd to smile at the person next to them, take the hands of those they love, and take time each day to \u201clive like Mollie did,\u201d with compassion and kindness.\nHe also thanked those who helped search for Mollie.\n\u201cYou want to know the secret of why there was this outpouring of support for Mollie? It\u2019s because we see ourselves in Mollie\u2014it\u2019s because we are a part of her,\u201d he said.\nJake Tibbetts also spoke at his sister\u2019s funeral. He reflected on the media-perpetuated image of Mollie as the perfect, all-American girl after her disappearance. But she was, first and foremost, he said, just like everyone else.\n\u201cMollie was not perfect,\u201d he said. \u201cShe was the first to tell you about her imperfections, the first to admit it. She owned up to her mistakes and laughed out loud when Scott (Tibbetts) and I pointed them out and teased her.\u201d\nFather Corey Close, pastor at St. Patrick\u2019s Church in Brooklyn, said, \u201cWhen I think of the life of Mollie Tibbetts and her tragic death, I wonder why she is gone and I am still here.\n\u201cWhen I hear the many stories of who she was, of how she touched people\u2019s lives, of her infectious joy and smile, I wonder by what rights I have to be living when she, who had so much promise and so much love to give, should have her life cut short. I see Mollie as a bright shining light, touching the lives of those who knew her.\u201d\nClose encouraged the crowd to take a page from Mollie\u2019s book and \u201crededicate [themselves] to living a good life, a faithful life, a life of goodness and compassion.\u201d\nBrandy Hanna Wiki: Is Her Ex-Boyfriend the Key to Her Mysterious Disappearance?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 224, "original_length": 25890, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 292.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://crozdesk.com/compare/feedbackplease-vs-intercom-vs-pure-chat", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:50:12Z", "digest": "sha1:NUGC36EUTFUX6GN6IM2AYGT5KUDFTJ7F", "length": 1756, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "crozdesk.com", "title": "Compare FeedbackPlease vs Intercom vs Pure Chat | Crozdesk", "raw_content": "Compare FeedbackPlease vs Intercom vs Pure Chat\nCompare FeedbackPlease with\nFeedbackPlease is a web-based tool that enables designers to gather feedback on their drafts easily. Users can start a new feedback page by uploading their draft and sharing its unique web address with friends, clients or co-workers. People can then review & comment on your draft - simply by using their browsers, with no need for access to the original files!\nIntercom makes customer communication simple.\nMore than 4,000 web and mobile businesses use Intercom to see and talk to their customers. They send targeted email and in-app messages, triggered by time or behavior.\nIntercom shows you who is using your product and makes it easy to personally communicate with them through targeted, behavior-driven email and in-app messages.\nPure Chat is the best live chat tool for small business websites & sales professionals.\nIt's easy to set up with a customizable widget that allows you to change your widget to any color, add any image, customize your text and animate.\nOperators receive a number of features such as chat transcripts, operator statistics, and scheduling.\nSimple Feedback For Designers\nMessage tagging & team assigning\nEasy to set up fully customizable widget.\nChat transcripts to pick up conversations where you left off.\nMonitor how operators are doing with rating statistics.\nTake chats on the go with Pure Chat mobile apps.\nWho uses Intercom\nArabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Mongolian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Vietnamese", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 148, "original_length": 3934, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 328.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://csharpdigest.net/digests/137", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:40:25Z", "digest": "sha1:264NOZJQW2IGU3VCOI5F4HPVQGNXJBFQ", "length": 1572, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "csharpdigest.net", "title": "C# Digest #137 for January 16, 2017 | Weekly C# Newsletter", "raw_content": "Explaining .NET Standard Like I'm Five\n.NET Core, ASP.NET Core, .NET Standard 1.1, .NET Standard 2, Netstandard, .NET Framework - so many .NETTY things, no wonder I see comments like these:\nWhat .NET Developers ought to know to start in 2017\nMany many years ago I wrote a blog post about what .NET Developers ought to know. Unfortunately what was just a list of questions was abused by recruiters and others who used it as a harsh litmus test.\nBundling in .NET Core MVC Applications with webpack\nLet\u2019s say that you have a massive MVC application. It\u2019s a multi-page application, with JavaScript on every page. Maybe you have jQuery, Bootstrap\u2019s JavaScript, and Knockoutjs, all of which needs to be loaded on each page, and a different set of view models for each one of those multiple pages.\nCool Patterns: Hole in the Middle\nIt\u2019s been a while since I\u2019ve written a post on here. But hey, new year, new post! In this new series, I\u2019ll be taking a look at some useful patterns and practices that I\u2019ve encountered in my day-to-day work that might be of use to folks out there! Today\u2019s topic: \u201cHole in the middle\u201d, a type of Inversion of Control (IoC).\nCross-Platform Graphics in .NET Core\nA couple weeks ago I was browsing /r/programming and was reading about the new road-map for .NET Core and .NET Standard. I came upon a comment where someone mentioned it was in fact possible to make games in .NET Core. I had no clue it was possible to do graphics at all, so I decided to do some investigation of my own. For those who want to skip to the final source, you can do so here.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 31, "original_length": 1972, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 271.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://cultureforum.eu/person/iron-curtain-project/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:46Z", "digest": "sha1:HMEGMPQG3OMHMN4VXTNWBMFIPISOLXBI", "length": 740, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "cultureforum.eu", "title": "The Iron Curtain Project - Act for Democracy\tAct for Democracy", "raw_content": "On the 9th of November 1989 the Berlin Wall fell. Twenty-nine years have passed and a whole new generation has grown up without the memory of the Iron Curtain. These people have been told that after the fall of the Iron Curtain the world would become a more peaceful place, but this comment would turn out to be too optimistic. The Iron Curtain Project investigates the impact of the Iron Curtain on the daily life of the contemporary European.\nThe Iron Curtain Project will debut their newest project at the Forum on European Culture: What if\u2026pop-up museum: The spirit of \u201968 \u2013 today. A museum that explores what has become of the ideal of 1968.\nThe Iron Curtain Project contributes to What if \u2026 pop-up museum, June 1 \u2013 June 3 at De Balie.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 1680, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 133.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://currentaffairs.gktoday.in/india-sao-tome-principe-cabinet-approves-mou-cooperation-field-traditional-medicines-04201854816.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:18Z", "digest": "sha1:4UR76GB6RIRGSTIA3BZQCFYPJRCW7F4G", "length": 1152, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "currentaffairs.gktoday.in", "title": "India-Sao Tome and Principe: Cabinet approves MoU for Cooperation in field of Traditional Medicines | Current Affairs Today", "raw_content": "India-Sao Tome and Principe: Cabinet approves MoU for Cooperation in field of Traditional Medicines\nThe Union Cabinet has approved Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Sao Tome and Principe for Cooperation in field of Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy. The MoU was signed in March, 2018. The MoU will enhance bilateral cooperation between two countries in areas of Traditional Systems of Medicine. This will be of immense importance to both countries considering their shared cultural heritage.\nIndia is blessed with well- developed systems of traditional medicine including medicinal plants, which hold tremendous potential in the global health scenario. The Ministry of AYUSH is having mandate to promote, propagate and globalize the Traditional Systems of Medicine including Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa-Rigpa and Homoeopathy. It has taken numerous effective steps by entering into MoU with Malaysia, Trinidad & Tobago, Hungry, Bangladesh, Nepal, Mauritius, Mongolia, Iran for cooperation in traditional medicine.\nTags: Ayush \u2022 Cabinet Decisions \u2022 India-Sao Tome \u2022 National \u2022 Traditional Medicines", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 88, "original_length": 3792, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 221.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://currentaffairs.gktoday.in/march-20-world-sparrow-day-03201742686.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:32Z", "digest": "sha1:L3JLVXEVAI6X5ZBEIMUPXWIQ3WEXFIIZ", "length": 932, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "currentaffairs.gktoday.in", "title": "March 20: World Sparrow Day | Current Affairs Today", "raw_content": "March 20: World Sparrow Day\nThe world sparrow day (WSD) is observed every year on March 20 to raise awareness of the house sparrow and other common birds to urban environments and threats to their populations. The rationale for celebrating the Day is to use it as a platform to underscore the need to conserve sparrows as well as the urban biodiversity. The sparrow, especially the common house sparrow is one of the oldest companions of human beings. But its population is declining for various reasons such as destruction of its habitat, lack of insect food for the young and the increasing microwave pollution from mobile phone towers. WSD is an international initiative by the Nature Forever Society of India (NFSI) in collaboration with the Eco-Sys Action Foundation (France) and also numerous other national and international organisations across the world. The first WSD was organised in different parts of the world in 2010.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 85, "original_length": 3486, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 103.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://cwacanada.ca/2018/11/21/movie-musical-stand-has-potential-to-be-huge-for-labour-movement/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:41:24Z", "digest": "sha1:ZAITUMKSBSRQ3KW3BAWCU7VKUSNMRO5V", "length": 4902, "nlines": 53, "source_domain": "cwacanada.ca", "title": "Movie musical Stand! has \u2018potential to be huge for labour movement\u2019 \u2013 CWA Canada \u2022 The Media Union", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Labour Issues \u00bb Movie musical Stand! has \u2018potential to be huge for labour movement\u2019\nPosted on November 21, 2018 in Labour Issues // 2 Comments\nDanny Schur, producer of the movie musical Stand!, unveiled the official trailer at the CLC meeting on Monday. (Photo: Martin O'Hanlon)\nCanadian labour leaders have been given a sneak peek at Stand!, the movie musical set for official release next year \u2014 the centenary of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike.\nDanny Schur, the composer/producer of the acclaimed stage musical Strike! and its re-titled screenplay adaptation, unveiled the trailer at a meeting Monday of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC).\nStand! is described as a \u201cRomeo and Juliet movie musical set against the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike, but with contemporary human rights lessons about inequality, xenophobia and anti-unionism.\u201d\nWhen Schur set out to secure financing for the independent production, he made his pitch at the CLC\u2019s Canadian Council meeting in the fall of 2016. His \u201ctotal ask of labour in Canada\u201d \u2014 which he eventually got \u2014 was $1.25 million to pre-purchase 500,000 copies of the movie to be distributed to students.\nCWA Canada President Martin O\u2019Hanlon committed the media union to investing $10,000 in the project.\n\u201cHis was the first pledge from labour anywhere on the planet,\u201d said Schur.\nO\u2019Hanlon, who viewed the trailer at the CLC council meeting, said the film has the potential to be huge for the labour movement.\n\u201cThis movie will engage a new generation in the vital role they can play in standing up for justice and fairness,\u201d O\u2019Hanlon said.\n\u201cThe message is especially timely and important in the age of Trump, when we need to fight right-wing efforts to crush unions and suppress wages and workers\u2019 rights.\u201d\nThe movie is to be screened at the CLC convention in Winnipeg on May 15, the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the six-week uprising that became a landmark moment in North American working-class history.\nIt was the nature of the uprising, that saw 30,000 men and women acting in solidarity for labour reform, that inspired Schur to write Stand! It was supposed to be the movie\u2019s closing song, which would play as the credits rolled.\nWhen the director, Robert Adetuyi, heard the song, \u201che was completely taken by it,\u201d said Schur.\nEveryone involved in the production agreed it had to become not only the theme song, but the title of the movie.\n\u201cThe theme of the movie is far more about standing up for what you believe in than in the general strike itself,\u201d said Schur. \u201cIt\u2019s not just an ode to the past. We\u2019re talking about today, with the growth in right-wing populism. Its message is important to labour, but also to society in general.\u201d\nThe song, which he wrote in the voice of a black woman, can serve as an anthem for any group fighting for social justice, whether it be unions or movements such as Black Lives Matter or MeToo, said Schur.\nThe movie is due for commercial release in June, and Schur is hoping the $7.5-million production is a box-office success.\nTo that end, he is encouraging members of CWA Canada and other unions to become followers on social media and spread the word about Stand! before it hits the theatres.\nThe Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg is using the funding from unions to make the movie available to students as a free download after its commercial release. The Winnipeg museum will also be providing materials related to the movie and the General Strike.\nLinks to social media and website:\nFacebook | Instagram | Twitter | Stand-Movie.com\nMusic & Lyrics by Danny Schur\nI\u2019m tired of all the people\nWho tell me I should just go sit down\nI\u2019m sick of bein\u2019 seen as feeble\nAnd being scared in my hometown\nWhen you don\u2019t count me among your equals\nThen don\u2019t expect me to just lie down\nSo now I\u2019m gonna\nSTAND ON THE STRENGTH OF THOSE SHOULDERS\nOF THOSE WHO STAND UP AND NEVER BACK DOWN\nTHESE HANDS HAVE THE STRENGTH TO MOVE BOULDERS\nI\u2019VE DRAWN MY LINE IN THE SAND\nAND THIS IS WHERE I STAND\nI\u2019ve had it with just obeyin\u2019\nAnd bein\u2019 taken for some kinda fool\nI\u2019m tired of barely playin\u2019\nIn a game of such changin\u2019 rules\nAin\u2019t no game when the guns are slayin\u2019\nBut I\u2019m braver than you are cruel\nNot gonna swerve\n\u2019Til I land the hand I deserve\n1919 Winnipeg General Strike\nStand! movie musical\n2 Comments on Movie musical Stand! has \u2018potential to be huge for labour movement\u2019\nDave Lyn // December 5, 2018 at 12:19 am // Reply\nCan you please please ask Mr. Schur if he can do a non-musical cut of the movie? Lots of people do not like musicals. In a musical only format, millions will not even bother to watch it.\nCWA Canada - The Media Union // December 5, 2018 at 10:13 am // Reply\nThanks for leaving a comment. It might have more impact if you were to visit their Facebook page (search for Stand! Movie) and leave a comment there. That way Danny Schur is bound to see it.\nDeb Richmond\nWeb Editor, CWA Canada", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 213, "original_length": 8498, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 320.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dallasnativeblog.com/2018/01/08/texas-home-values-soar-in-2017-national-study/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:35Z", "digest": "sha1:IEZWW7MWYVUHDJVPPS7IR4E7RM553EA4", "length": 4217, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "dallasnativeblog.com", "title": "Texas Home Values Soar in 2017 National Study \u2013 Dallas Native Team | Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate", "raw_content": "Texas Home Values Soar in 2017 National Study\nA year-end study by Zillow, the real estate website, revealed that U.S. home values soared in 2017 reaching a record $31.8 trillion. Its list of the nation\u2019s 35 largest markets included four Texas metropolitan areas that made impressive gains, notably Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston.\nThe online realty network reported on the rock solid strength of U.S. housing stock. This year, it hit $31.8 trillion, a gain of $2 trillion. Zillow estimated the cumulative values of the nation\u2019s housing market grew at a 6.5 percent increase, the fastest annual pace in four years.\nFor many Americans, their homes provide the single largest source of wealth. According to Zillow, the housing market gained $9 trillion following the lowest ebb of the recession that hit a decade ago. Since 2013, the year recognized as the beginning of the housing recovery, U.S. home values have risen eight percent annually.\n\u201cThis was a record year for home values,\u201d said Zillow senior economist Aaron Terrazas in a prepared statement. \u201cStrong demand from buyers and the ongoing inventory shortage keep pushing values higher, especially in some of the nation\u2019s booming coastal markets.\u201d\nAmong the nation\u2019s 35 largest markets, the Los Angeles-Long-Beach-Anaheim and New York-Northern New Jersey metropolitan statistical areas (MSA) comprised more than eight percent of the value of the nation\u2019s housing, worth $2.7 trillion and $2.6 trillion, respectively. San Francisco home values hit $1.4 trillion.\nDallas-Fort Worth experienced one of the largest percentage gains of home values in the country, according to Zillow. The white hot housing market saw its stock values spike 12.3 percent, worth $517.8 billion this year.\nIn 2015, Breitbart Texas reported on the already sizzling DFW residential market which industry experts attributed to strong economic growth across the Metroplex and a population boom largely propelled by a swell of corporations and families pouring into North Texas. Between 2010 and 2014, the DFW MSA population grew by nearly 530,000 to roughly seven million people.\nAccording to Zillow, Houston home values jumped a respectable 5.4 percent to reflect assets of $393.4 billion. Austin experienced a 7.8 percent increase, representing $174.7 billion in housing stock. San Antonio homes increased 7.1 percent translating into $125.4 billion.\nBreitbart Texas reported that other analysts have attributed the state\u2019s white hot home values and skyrocketing prices to short inventories created by a constant influx of families and companies relocating to Texas, mainly Californians who cashed out when selling their homes in overinflated real estate markets and then paid outright for new Texas houses.\nBetween 2008 and 2014, California corporations accounted for 15 percent of the companies that either moved their headquarters or expanded their operations in Texas, drawn to the state\u2019s business-friendly climate. Then, from 2014 to 2015, nearly 500,000 people relocated to Texas. In 2015-16, the state added more than 432,00o new residents. The Texas population ballooned to 28.3 million between 2016-17, up from 21 million in 2000.\nIn November, Zillow estimated that, overall, Texas home values rose nearly seven percent in the past year. They predicted an increase of nearly four percent in 2018.\nZillow also estimated that U.S. renters spent a whopping $485.6 billion in 2017, an increase of $4.9 billion from 2016. Renters in New York and Northern New Jersey forked out the most cash for rental housing, $54 billion. The Los Angeles metro area came in second with renters collectively handing over $38.6 billion, up 3.6 percent. Chicago renters paid $15.2 billion.\nDallas-Fort Worth renters paid $11.8 billion, up 2.4 percent from 2016. Houston rents totaled $10.3 billion, although renters decreased by 2.3 percent. In San Antonio renters shelled out a more modest $2.9 billion for housing. Rents also decreased in Austin by 2 percent totaling $3.9 billion.\nInformation and Photo Courtesy of by MERRILL HOPE and John Bazemore 29 Dec 2017 Dallas, TX\nPrevious Post Plano Metropolitan Ballet\u2019s \u201cSleeping Beauty\u201d\nNext Post Groups Rally to Collect Coats after Donations lost in Fire", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 5699, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 252.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://danielshawaii.com/going-under-water-in-a-submarine-in-hawaii/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:23:30Z", "digest": "sha1:WUHLOWZ6YVAGRLVF74QF6BQIAC52H6HR", "length": 2708, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "danielshawaii.com", "title": "Going under Water in a Submarine in Hawaii - Hawaii Private Tours & Small Group Tours", "raw_content": "Home Allgemein Going under Water in a Submarine in Hawaii\nAlthough the majority of the world\u2019s submarines are military, there are some submarines, which are used for tourism. However, there are not many locations in this world where you can explore the underground ocean wild life in a submarine, but Hawaii is one of the best spots.\nBeing in a submarine in Hawaii and descending to 100 feet underwater is an adventure in itself. You will also get to see real Hawaii marine life up close.\nExplore the ocean in a submarine in Hawaii!\nTourist Submarines in Hawaii\nPhoto by Tom Fisk on Pexels.com\nThe Atlantis Submarine departs from Waikiki on Oahu, Lahaina on Maui and Kona on the Big Island. Enjoy a breathtaking ride beneath the ocean and descend to a depth of 100 feet (about 30 meters) where you will see marine life such as tropical fish, turtles, manta rays and if you are lucky even sharks or dolphins. During the winter months, there\u2019s also a chance of spotting whales.\nChildren must be 36 inches (90cm) tall and you must be able to climb a seven-step ladder. The tour lasts for an hour and forty minutes.\nThe tour in a submarine in Hawaii starts at $115 per person.\nWho invented the submarine?\nThe first submarine was built in 1620 by Dutch engineer Cornelis Drebbel while he was working for the English Royal Navy. During the next four years Drebbel successfully built two more submarines. The final and third model could carry 16 passengers and could stay submerged for three hours at a depth between 12 and 15 feet (4 to 5 meters).\nSince then, only one man has gone to the Earth\u2019s deepest part of the ocean (about 36,000 feet deep), an area called the Challenger Deep, which lies about 200 miles (322 kilometers) southwest of the U.S. territory of Guam.\nMovies and submarines in Hawaii\nHis name is James Cameron, director of the two most commercially successful films in film history: \u201cTitanic\u201d and \u201cAvatar\u201d He is one of the most selling movies as of today. The Oscar winner has already done several dives, including those to the wreckage of the Titanic. During his dives, Cameron collects samples for biologists and geologists to further explore the marine life.\nSubmarines during war\nSubmarine inventor Drebbel never used his submarines for combat. However, during World War I (1914\u20131918) and World War II (1939-1945) submarines were mainly build for military purposes to sink battle ships and for protecting and attacking other submarines.\nA vacation to Hawaii would definitely not be complete without exploring its marine life. DanielsHawaii offers you a unique memory about your Hawaiian vacation.\nPrevious articleWhale Watching in Hawaii\nNext articleActivities Hawaii \u2013 Things to do in Hawaii", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 128, "original_length": 5657, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 225.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/5358889", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:19:12Z", "digest": "sha1:VZKHLCDR5JGM3S56OE2GA4NCTDSVY3RP", "length": 2437, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "dash.harvard.edu", "title": "Expression and Distribution of Ectonucleotidases in Mouse Urinary Bladder", "raw_content": "Expression and Distribution of Ectonucleotidases in Mouse Urinary Bladder\nYu, Weiqun\nRobson, Simon Christopher\nHill, Warren Gary\nYu, Weiqun, Simon C. Robson, and Warren G. Hill. 2011. Expression and distribution of ectonucleotidases in mouse urinary bladder. PLoS ONE 6(4): e18704.\nBackground: Normal urinary bladder function requires bidirectional molecular communication between urothelium, detrusor smooth muscle and sensory neurons and one of the key mediators involved in this intercellular signaling is ATP. Ectonucleotidases dephosphorylate nucleotides and thus regulate ligand exposure to P2X and P2Y purinergic receptors. Little is known about the role of these enzymes in mammalian bladder despite substantial literature linking bladder diseases to aberrant purinergic signaling. We therefore examined the expression and distribution of ectonucleotidases in the mouse bladder since mice offer the advantage of straightforward genetic modification for future studies. Principal Findings: RT-PCR demonstrated that eight members of the ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase (NTPD) family, as well as 5'-nucleotidase (NT5E) are expressed in mouse bladder. NTPD1, NTPD2, NTPD3, NTPD8 and NT5E all catalyze extracellular nucleotide dephosphorylation and in concert achieve stepwise conversion of extracellular ATP to adenosine. Immunofluorescent localization with confocal microscopy revealed NTPD1 in endothelium of blood vessels in the lamina propria and in detrusor smooth muscle cells, while NTPD2 was expressed in cells localized to a region of the lamina propria adjacent to detrusor and surrounding muscle bundles in the detrusor. NTPD3 was urothelial-specific, occurring on membranes of intermediate and basal epithelial cells but did not appear to be present in umbrella cells. Immunoblotting confirmed NTPD8 protein in bladder and immunofluorescence suggested a primary localization to the urothelium. NT5E was present exclusively in detrusor smooth muscle in a pattern complementary with that of NTPD1 suggesting a mechanism for providing adenosine to P1 receptors on the surface of myocytes. Conclusions: Ectonucleotidases exhibit highly cell-specific expression patterns in bladder and therefore likely act in a coordinated manner to regulate ligand availability to purinergic receptors. 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I guess I made one mistake in life and that is when I was married for 26 years, I used to earn the money but I never knew the household budget and how the money was supposed to be spent. My wife handled all that and I didn\u2019t want to know anything about it (how wrong was that). My marriage broke down in 2013 and that was tough but I was able to move on. I quickly realised that I was earning big money and I went out and just started spending it on cars and whatever else I wanted. I did this not realising that the \u2018big money\u2019 I was earning was quickly going. Life was good for a while, but I had maxed out all my credit card and it soon dawned on me \u2013 Oh no! What have I done? I had no money. The repayments were huge, plus the interest was killing me. I started having health problems but still had to work 70+ hours a week and I was still loosing out. I had no money and things really started to get really bad for me.\nThat\u2019s when I came across my lifesaver, Kimberly. She talked to me honestly and laid it all on the line, talk about a wake up call! I thought, what the hell have I done here? I thought I could just buy what I wanted and just pay it off, but without really knowing about my regular expenses, I was living way beyond my means. Kimberly spoke to me about entering into a Part 9 Debt Agreement. Even though I didn\u2019t want it at the start, it turns out now it\u2019s been the best thing I have ever done. I have no stress over money, my health is good and I have a new lease on life! Kimberly and Debt Rescue have been so professional in helping me get back on my feet. I still have a long way to go but I can tell you now, it\u2019s my new start in life and I\u2019m 50 yrs old.\nThank you Kimberly, you are my lifesaver and I will be thankful and very grateful to you and your company for all that you have done for me.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 4699, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 251.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://delphic.games/eng/news/134/58517/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:16Z", "digest": "sha1:ZQSOW23XDXLPFCRFQOC3YE7KLJRWUG2U", "length": 2065, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "delphic.games", "title": "First Bishkek Forum of Cultures - Delphic Games", "raw_content": "From April 26th till May 2nd, 2017 the delegation of the International Delphic Committee took part in the First Bishkek Forum of Cultures, which gathered representatives of 20 countries.\nThe Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office of the Kyrgyz Republic Mr.S. Isakov, the Mayor of Bishkek Mr.A. Ibraimov, heads of state authorities of the Kyrgyz Republic participated and addressed speeches at the Opening Ceremony of the Forum, which was held on April 27, 2017 at the State Residence No.1 \u201cAla-Archa\u201d of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic. Within the framework of the Opening ceremony the presentation of the Delphic Games was carried out and the Director of the International Delphic Committee Mr.V.Ponyavin noted that more than 150 Delphic Games, competitions and events were already held in different countries of the world and their popularity increases year on year, he drew attention to the results of the 15 years long development of the Games in Kyrgyzstan and also to the successful holding of the Twelfth Youth Delphic Games of the CIS Member States dedicated to the 15th Anniversary of the CIS Games (April 18-23, 2017).\nThe program of the Forum included a number of sections, one of which was dedicated to the Delphic Games. At the sessions of the section issues of the current stage of development of the Delphic Games were discussed, the historical retrospective and the nearest perspective were touched on. A steady increase of a quantity of the Delphic Games, competitions and events being held in different countries of the world as well as extension of a number of states representatives of which cooperate with the International Delphic Committee (the headquarters in Moscow) were noted in the speeches. Special attention was paid to the experience of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation in holding the Paradelphic Games in 2016. Issues of the practical preparation of the Second Youth European Delphic Games which the Mayor Office of Ru\u017eomberok had proposed to host in the Slovak Republic in 2018 were discussed.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 3694, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 161.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://deltadiscovery.com/trumpeter-swan-caqulegpak/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:38Z", "digest": "sha1:3BGLUNVO77KRKOSWTBBCL7YGXQNR3GD6", "length": 4971, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "deltadiscovery.com", "title": "Trumpeter Swan (Caqulegpak) - The Delta Discovery, Inc.", "raw_content": "HomeContributorsTrumpeter Swan (Caqulegpak)\nMay 9, 2017 Contributors, Frank Keim 0\nOriginal artwork by Frank Keim\nby Frank Keim\nIf you\u2019ve watched Trumpeter swans, there are two things you notice right from the get-go: their enormous size and their loud resonant call, which reminds me of, well, a trumpet.\nTrumpeters are our largest and heaviest waterfowl, stretching up to almost six feet in length with a wingspan of almost seven feet, and males weighing more than 26 pounds. For comparison, they are twice the size of a Tundra swan. To get into the air takes a lumbering takeoff of at least 100 yards above a large open water runway. Although awkward on the ground because of short legs set behind their center of gravity, amazingly, they can walk more than a mile without stopping, even when traveling with their week-old young (called cygnets)!\nBefore their numbers plummeted in the 1930\u2019s to less than a few hundred birds, it is almost certain that they were numerous in the Lower Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. I am happy to report that they are making a comeback everywhere, including parts of the Delta, with numbers in North America that may now exceed 100,000.\nThese huge swans form pairs when they are two to four years old, but don\u2019t actually nest until they are between four to seven years old. The pair stays together throughout the year, including migration when they mass in large flocks and travel south and north in V-shaped formations. The majority of the birds mate for life (up to 30 years), although some do switch mates over the course of their lives. Some males that lose their original mates, however, do not mate again.\nBut I\u2019m ahead of myself.\nThey are among the first species of waterfowl to arrive (in April) on their Alaskan breeding grounds, and when they do, they usually get right down to the serious business of nesting. For like most other waterfowl they have already gone through their nuptial mating displays during the previous year, especially where they spend the winter. Some of these displays include, spreading and raising of their majestic wings by both male and female, wing quivering, head bobbing and trumpeting. They repeat these rituals even after reaching Alaska and during nest building, which can take up to a month. And they do the same year after year for the rest of their lives to refresh their bonds, much like many humans do with our own unique displays of affection.\nTogether, the pair builds its nests on top of a floating platform, such as a muskrat pushup or beaver lodge. The nest itself is a low mound of plant material several feet in diameter, with a depressed bowl in the middle where the eggs are deposited. The same nest may be used in following years.\nAn average of 4-6 creamy-white eggs are laid, although they soon become nest-stained due to the long incubation period of between 32-37 days. Both parents participate in nest duty, but the mother bird does most of the work while her mate patrols around the edges watching for large predators, such as bald eagles, which often are a major challenge for them. The swans have a unique way of \u201cbrooding\u201d their eggs during incubation; they keep them warm by covering them with their webbed feet!\nAfter the eggs hatch, the young are able to swim when less than a day old. Both mother and father birds tend their youngsters, leading them to food sources. They are such large birds that it takes the young up to four months to take off for the first time. During these four months they must eat a lot of rich food, including many insects and other small invertebrates during the first two weeks after hatching. Then they eat more of what their parents do, such as the stems, leaves and roots of aquatic plants like pondweed, sedges, reeds, wild celery, and many others.\nTheir scientific name, Cygnus buccinator, is from Latin and means \u201cswan that trumpets.\u201d We humans also have what\u2019s called a buccinator muscle in our cheeks, used to blow a trumpet or other wind instrument, and to blow out candles during our birthdays.\nThe Yup\u2019ik name, Caqulegpak, is actually used to describe both species of swan in Hooper Bay-Chevak and the Nunivak Island area in the LYK Delta, and literally means, \u201cbig animal with wings.\u201d I suspect that before the disappearance of the Trumpeter from the Delta in the 1940\u2019s, however, the word, Yaqulegpak,* (big bird) was a name used to describe the bird in most other parts of the Delta, too. That\u2019s only a \u201cKeim Theory,\u201d however.\nIf you want to read a good book about a \u201cvoiceless\u201d Trumpeter swan named Louis, read E.B. White\u2019s, The Trumpet of the Swan. In it, Louis courted his girlfriend Serena by playing a trumpet!\n*Yaqulek is a \u201csynonym\u201d for Caqulek, and is used in other parts of the Delta except Hooper Bay-Chevak and the Nunivak Island area to describe most waterfowl species and larger birds in general. Usage has changed the meaning of both names through time, however, to where now they also refer to an \u201cangel.\u201d\nAmen. Tua-i.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 201, "original_length": 11242, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 275.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://desotoeducationfoundation.com/get-involved/give/thank-you-for-your-gift/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:25:11Z", "digest": "sha1:XFVO6AMU67Y2YKCSFYENDYC6QUPKAGGR", "length": 214, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "desotoeducationfoundation.com", "title": "Thank you for your gift! \u2013 DeSoto County Education Foundation", "raw_content": "Enhancing the education of children enrolled in public schools in DeSoto County is not just the mission of the DeSoto County Education Foundation, it is the responsibility of the community. Thank you for your gift.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 1509, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 114.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dickbishirjian.com/2018/08/16/bannons-political-party/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:33Z", "digest": "sha1:FQYWPFMY4FQ3JMVFB55L73A5DZ4ZJE5T", "length": 1350, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "dickbishirjian.com", "title": "Bannon\u2019s Political Party | Dick Bishirjian", "raw_content": "Bannon\u2019s Political Party\nNo sooner did I call for formation of a national Conservative Party than Steve Bannon announced formation of Citizens of the American Republic. This new political action committee will be accompanied by a feature film to be released in early September. The film calls for citizens to fight a war on behalf of the Trump Presidency.\nWe should be thankful for small favors. Bannon could have announced his candidacy for the Presidency.\nBannon, is a former hedge fund executive with no experience in government and an interest in film and documentaries. He is very much like Leni Reifenstahl, promoter of the Nazi Party whose \u201cTriumph of the Will\u201d is a classic of political propaganda.\nA fundamental purpose of politics is the resolution of conflict. Anyone in the political arena in any era, Adolph Hitler is a prime example, who intentionally creates conflict, whether racial (George Wallace), economic (Earl Browder), political (Steve Bannon) or religious (Fr. Charles Coughlin) is a danger to the peace and justice of the political order.\nLet us hope that Bannon\u2019s Citizens of the American Republic goes the way of the Dixiecrats, the International Workers of the World, the Bolsheviks and other political movements that abhorred politics and instead wanted to wage war.\n\u2190 A National Conservative Party\nRenewal, not Revenge \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 67, "original_length": 3152, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 232.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://digitalcommons.law.msu.edu/ilr/vol23/iss3/7/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:17Z", "digest": "sha1:YAAIBXAKPONNC7WHUXHD7PASZZCAA3DN", "length": 236, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "digitalcommons.law.msu.edu", "title": "\"From Sunshine to Storm Clouds: An Examination of South Korea\u2019s Policy \" by Adam de Bear", "raw_content": "From Sunshine to Storm Clouds: An Examination of South Korea\u2019s Policy on North Korea\nAdam de Bear\nAdam de Bear, From Sunshine to Storm Clouds: An Examination of South Korea\u2019s Policy on North Korea, 23 Mich. St. Int'l L. Rev. 823 (2015),", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 48, "original_length": 1589, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.72, "perplexity": 334.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://digitalknowledge.babson.edu/bfrfwp/12/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:09Z", "digest": "sha1:WXNX7655WBC5NZM3MCAO5IPT5HXFB456", "length": 1935, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "digitalknowledge.babson.edu", "title": "\"Not Their Muse: Irish-Language Poetry in Translation, Cross-Gender Lin\" by Mary O'Donoghue", "raw_content": "Home > Babson Faculty Research Fund > BFRF Working Papers > 12\nBabson Faculty Research Fund Working Papers\nNot Their Muse: Irish-Language Poetry in Translation, Cross-Gender Linguistic Ventriloquism, and the Problem of Pharaoh\u2019s Daughter\nMary O'Donoghue, Babson College\nFor full text, please contact the Babson Faculty Research Fund.\nIrish-language poet Nuala N\u00ed Dhomhnaill\u2019s bilingual poetry collection Pharaoh\u2019s Daughter (1990) features English translations by a variety of notable Irish poets, among them Seamus Heaney and Paul Muldoon. An Irish Times review by Douglas Sealy appears to posit N\u00ed Dhomhnaill as somehow blameworthy for spawning the book\u2019s \u201cbewildering variety\u201d, and suggests that she is but the conduit by which the largely male roster of translators in fact create their own poems: a damning critique of the translation enterprise. In referring to N\u00ed Dhomhnaill\u2019s original poems as \u201cstarting points\u201d, Sealy\u2019s criticism is underpinned by the notion of N\u00ed Dhomhnaill as but the inspiration \u2013 the muse \u2013 of these poets, who take what she has to offer and mold it into work that is, as Sealy would have it, emphatically theirs. In its attention to the linguistic and literary ventriloquism at work in Pharaoh\u2019s Daughter, Sealy\u2019s forgotten review provides a fascinating entry point into the overlooked area of gender as it plays out in the translation of Irish-language poetry. Drawing on studies of feminization and translation, as well as notions of feminist translation, both within and without the Irish literary setting, this paper will examine Sealy\u2019s nexus as it informs, and is seen to deform, the fortunes of N\u00ed Dhomhnaill\u2019s poems in translation.\nO'Donoghue, Mary, \"Not Their Muse: Irish-Language Poetry in Translation, Cross-Gender Linguistic Ventriloquism, and the Problem of Pharaoh\u2019s Daughter\" (2007). Babson Faculty Research Fund Working Papers. 12.\nhttps://digitalknowledge.babson.edu/bfrfwp/12\nBFRF Awards", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 51, "original_length": 2725, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 262.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://directory.arizona.edu/colleges/college-humanities", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:23Z", "digest": "sha1:3ZSEXCXF4S2I4FUQAXRT2YFLFQG3ZVEU", "length": 3279, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "directory.arizona.edu", "title": "College of Humanities | UA Directory", "raw_content": "What are the humanities? They\u2019re the disciplines that make life meaningful. Intercultural communication. Conviction and questioning. Personal identity. Collective action and community building. The faculty, students and staff of the College of Humanities are passionate about their pursuit of life-changing and world-defining challenges. They work in the streets of Tucson, the corporations and agencies that form the national bedrock, and in the embassies and institutions around the world devoted to identifying problems, listening to perspectives, imagining solutions, and enacting change.\nDean: Alain-Philippe Durand, Ph.D.\nThe UA Poetry Center, dedicated by Robert Frost in 1960, is the only free-standing, landmark building in the country dedicated to the study and celebration of poetry. Its collection of contemporary poetry is one of the largest in the US.\nThe College faculty and students engage in scholarship, teaching, and learning for French, Italian, German, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Latin, Greek (modern and ancient), and English as a Second Language in COH\u2019s core departments and programs. The Critical Languages Program makes learning over 20 other languages, like Hindi, available on an individualized basis to students with special interests.\nThe Department of Spanish & Portuguese has the 11th largest number of PhD\u2019s in Spanish in the US.\nThe German Studies Department offers the first Joint Ph.D. Program (with the University of Leipzig in Germany) in Transcultural German Studies.\nThe College offers a rich environment of engagement and literary conversations through activities such as the UA Prose Series, several different film series, outreach such as Russian study support in local high schools, Humanities Week, a state high school Corrido contest, academic conferences and journals, the Southern Arizona Writing Project, and the Humanities Seminars Program.\nRenowned faculty includes: 7 Regents\u2019 Professors, 5 University Distinguished Professors, 11 Five-Star Faculty Award Winners, and 3 Koffler Prize winners\nDozens of premier study abroad programs for undergraduates are directed by Humanities departments, including long-running programs in Alcal\u00e1 de Henares and Segovia (Spain), Paris (France), Leipzig (Germany), Moscow and St. Petersburg (Russia), and Orvieto (Italy), with the classical civilization site in Umbria now drawing the largest number of students of any UA student abroad program. Humanities majors account for the majority of study abroad students.\nClassics professors lead celebrated archaeological excavations and field projects in Egypt, Greece and Italy\nFaculty \u2013 140\nAcademic Professionals and Appointed Personnel: \u2013 16\nUndergraduate Majors (declared) \u2013 1,625\nUndergraduate Degrees Awarded Last Year \u2013 401\nGraduate Degrees Award Last Year \u2013 117 (77 M.A. and MFA: 30 Ph.D)\nNumber of Degree Programs Offered \u2013 32\nRegents' Professors \u2013 7\nUniversity Distinguished Professors \u2013 5\nUniversity-wide Five-Star Faculty Award Winners \u2013 11\nUniversity-wide Koffler Prize winners\u20143\nBA, MA, MFA, Ph.D.\nRichard Russo \u2013 Pulitzer Prize winning author and screenwriter, B.A. English, MFA Creative Writing, Ph.D. English\nDavid Foster Wallace \u2013 novelist and essayist, MFA Creative Writing\nModern Languages Room 345\ncoh-info@email.arizona.edu", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 140, "original_length": 5506, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 287.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://disneyparksmomspanel.disney.go.com/question/food-mom-please-help-epcots-wine-festival-begins-next-376686/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:19Z", "digest": "sha1:SPN7TKLWMZ4LTM3VDE5DGPZQEDRTZH3A", "length": 1536, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "disneyparksmomspanel.disney.go.com", "title": "Mom!!! Please help! Epcot's Food & Wine F... | Disney Parks Moms Panel", "raw_content": "Yvonne from IL Asked \u201c\nMom!!! Please help! Epcot's Food & Wine Festival begins next month and we still don't have the different menus and kiosks for the countries participating! When is it coming out! Heeeeeeeelp!!!\u201d\n\u201cEating Around the Countries\u201d is one of our favorite things to do when we visit the Walt Disney World Resort! With so many unique food options, especially during the 2018 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival, I always find a new favorite treat! Because of this, I am also anxiously awaiting announcements about the new foods coming to Epcot during the festival!\nUnfortunately, there have not always been official announcements about all of the specific foods that will be available during the festival, but typically, the food options remain pretty similar from year to year, with some new surprises! That being said, when you arrive, you can always pick up a free Festival Passport, which will list all of the exciting foods you can experience at each of the Global Marketplaces throughout Epcot World Showcase during the festival! Until then, keep an eye on the Disney Parks Blog for any announcements about the festival, and check out some of the new additions to this year's festival!\nAlso, while you're planning your visit, make sure you check out all of the exciting events happening at the Festival Center, including the mouthwatering Cheese Seminars!\nOn 3/6/2018 Susan from PA Asked: I haven't seen any information yet for 2018 on the Night of Joy held in September each year. Is the event still being held?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 92, "original_length": 4677, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 294.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dkfzsearch.kobv.de/advancedSearch.do?f1=author&v1=Hall%2C+Mark+A&index=internal&plv=2", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:23Z", "digest": "sha1:UG4LXVTVLDN7H6WJDFGGTXB5LWCM36EE", "length": 986, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "dkfzsearch.kobv.de", "title": "CaRLO \u2014 Cancer Research Library Online", "raw_content": "Pseudoporphyria as a result of voriconazole use: a case report (2004)\nDolan, Christopher K. ; Hall, Mark A. ; Blazes, David L. ; [et al.] Norwood, Christopher W.\nNotes: Voriconazole, a second-generation triazole, has recently been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat invasive aspergillosis and refractory infections with Scedosporium apiospermum or Fusarium spp.1 The reported side-effects of voriconazole include visual changes, headaches, elevated hepatic enzymes, Steven\u2013Johnson syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis, chelitis, photosensitivity, discoid lupus erythematosus and anaphylactoid infusion reactions.1\u20139 Pseudoporphyria was first described in association with nalidixic acid.10,11 It has the same clinical and histologic features as porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) but is distinguished by normal porphyrin levels in the serum, urine and stool. We present the case of a patient who developed pseudoporphyria after receiving treatment with voriconazole.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 139, "original_length": 5498, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 217.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dobiemaxwell.wordpress.com/2013/07/22/spikes-big-night/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:34Z", "digest": "sha1:QFO436H3IQTBOGLUOQUEVQZ7SNNGCDUM", "length": 414, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "dobiemaxwell.wordpress.com", "title": "Spike\u2019s Big Night | Dobie Maxwell's 'Dented Can' Diary", "raw_content": "\u00ab Moon Mysteries\nBraun\u2019s Song \u00bb\nTags: 97.9 The Loop, birthday, Dunkin' Donuts, Emmis Communications, friendship, Max Bumgardner, Spike Manton\nThis entry was posted on July 22, 2013 at 6:04 am and is filed under Comedy, Entertainment, Radio, Show Business, Standup Comedy, Uncategorized.\tYou can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 5153, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 250.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://domesticpreparedness.com/commentary/high-school-interns-a-valuable-community-resource/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:18:28Z", "digest": "sha1:2YQMLDJAWS53GTX4AHDWQ5VC624EEVYR", "length": 10045, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "domesticpreparedness.com", "title": "High School Interns \u2013 A Valuable Community Resource | Domestic Preparedness", "raw_content": "by Jennifer Pearsall Wed, January 30, 2019\nEmergency managers and other preparedness professionals have an obligation to help communities prepare before disaster strikes. As the field of emergency management continues to expand and take on more significance, one of the most vital elements is preparing the next generation of emergency managers. The NYCEM Internship program provides an opportunity for high school students to gain experience in the field and forge potential careers.\n\u201cThe internship program exposed me to several careers in the emergency management field that I wasn\u2019t familiar with,\u201d said Edwin Ruiz III, senior at Urban Assembly School for Emergency Management. \u201cThe experience I gained from my supervisors and professionals in the field was very valuable.\u201d\nTo ensure student voice was in every aspect of the program, the inaugural interns developed the following mission statement for the program:\nThe NYC Emergency Management High School Internship Program is designed to develop students\u2019 college and career-ready skills and provide opportunities that expose the intern to multiple facets of emergency management.\nStudents who intern with NYCEM expand their knowledge of emergency management, and connect with professionals in the field. They also begin to determine if emergency management is a field they want to pursue after high school. During the program, interns gain real-life work experience such as communication skills \u2013 including the proper use of phone and email. Depending on the unit a student works in, he or she could gain technical skills such as computer reimaging, creation of a training storyboard, or aspects of a good strategic plan. In addition, every student leaves the program with a completed presentation and LinkedIn account.\n\u201cNew York City Emergency Management\u2019s high school internship program helped me gain real-world experience,\u201d said Angelica Santiago, senior at Urban Assembly School for Emergency Management. \u201cFrom creating a LinkedIn account to working on our own emergency management presentation \u2013 these are skills I know I will carry with me in my professional career.\u201d (See Figure 1)\nFig. 1. New York City Emergency Management tours warehouse and back up emergency operations center location with interns. During the visit, interns also met with members of New York Taskforce 1 Urban Search and Rescue team. (Source: NYC Emergency Management, 5 April 2018)\nHowever, students are not the only ones who benefit from the internship. Supervisors gain skills, like learning how to breakdown complex processes into a user-friendly language.\n\u201cParticipating as a supervisor in the internship program helped me improve my presentation skills,\u201d said New York City Emergency Management Disability, Access and Functional Needs Desktop Support Technician Torey Rowe. \u201cBreaking down complex technical terms into a user-friendly language is a skill I improved during my time with the interns.\u201d\nIn addition to skills, two of the most common remarks from supervisors at the end of the program involve how the intern brings a fresh perspective to the team, and how the team becomes energized by them (see Figure 2).\nFig. 2. DAFN Desktop Support Technician Torey Rowe and Urban Assembly School for Emergency Management Senior and intern Adeel Khan work together on a communication activity during onboarding. (Source: NYC Emergency Management, 10 July 2018)\nEvery idea, activity, and project in the program works toward achieving at least one of three goals:\nExposing interns to at least three different emergency management career opportunities.\nHaving interns self-identify an improvement in at least 10 college and career-ready skills, using a pre- and post-form.\nEnsuring interns leave with at least one completed project.\nThe first step in developing the program is identifying supervisors \u2013 or mentors. Supervisors can include entry-level employees or executives. Once supervisors are identified, the next project is to outline \u201cwish-list\u201d tasks \u2013 for example, the need for an extra person to help with basic technology requests, training development for future high school interns, or document redesign to be more visually friendly. This type of project removes the fear of meeting deadlines, while also giving the intern a meaningful assignment.\nNext, the interns have the power of choice, with high-school-appropriate job descriptions that specify what interns would be working on and what tools they would use to accomplish the task. After a group interview, interns rate their desired jobs in order of preference. The goal is to provide them with their first choice, but also to verify with the supervisor that they accept the intern. In addition to the supervisor\u2019s projects, the program coordinator provides the interns with a list of tasks to work on, which include developing a LinkedIn profile, finding professional articles in the career of their interest, and creating a presentation of learning.\nDuring the internship, professional development opportunities are provided and teachable moments encouraged. These include simple tasks such as filling out timesheets, and emergency management specific assignments such as site visits and listening to interagency conference calls for incidents. As an additional step to ensure growth and avoid frustration, the program coordinator checks in with each intern once a week for 20-30 minutes to review their goals, talk about current projects, and answer any questions. This provides some of the most meaningful time with the interns (see Figure 3).\nFig. 3. NYC Emergency Management\u2019s High School internship timeline outlines the tentative schedule of the interns during the program. (Source: NYC Emergency Management, 2018)\nSteps to Develop the Internship Program\nNYCEM has identified five key steps for a successful internship program:\nCreate a regular email to the interns and supervisors: A template is used to send a weekly email that includes program updates, requests, tasks the interns are working on, important dates, a question to ask the supervisor, a question to ask the intern, pictures from the past week, as well as an attached timeline.\nBuild a timeline: The timeline is created before the first day, and updated as changes occur or activations happen. Every program cycle includes: a tour of NYCEM\u2019s backup location; site visits with other agencies; a career roundtable discussion with NYCEM staff; and internal trainings with other emergency management professionals.\nBegin with an orientation and program kick off: Day one begins with the interns and the internship program coordinator. The first day includes an orientation to the agency as well as practice with Outlook to schedule meetings, create a signature, and even develop a LinkedIn profile. Day two is a half-day program with the interns and their supervisors. They discuss an overview of the program as a group, have the interns go through a communication teambuilding activity with their supervisors, and generally ensure everyone understands the expectations. This method builds a solid foundation for future learning.\nCreate a pre- and post-skills form: On the first day and last day, interns self-identify their comfortability with several tasks \u2013 for example, using Outlook email, working with others, admitting when they made an error, and knowing when to search the internet for an answer versus when to ask someone a question. Using the skills form, interns rate their comfortability handling each task. Once completed, the supervisors receive a copy of the form, which guides them on the type of support and training each intern needs to fulfill his or her goals. It also shows the supervisors, but more importantly the interns, how much they grow throughout their internship.\nAsk for feedback: In their last week, interns complete a post-evaluation form. They provide feedback on the program, their supervisors, and the intern program supervisor. In addition, they share suggestions on improvements to the program. Each year, before the start of the internship program, NYCEM takes into consideration the feedback received to continually improve the program.\n\u201cIn the end, the high school internship program is impactful, engaging, and rewarding to everyone involved,\u201d said New York City Emergency Management Assistant Commissioner of Technology Eric Smalls. \u201cI look forward to continuing to support the program because we\u2019re making a difference in young people\u2019s lives.\u201d\nAny questions regarding how to start a new or improve an existing high school internship program, please email the NYCEM Academy at NYCEMAcademy.oem.nyc.gov (see Figure 4).\nFig. 4. New York City Emergency Management Deputy Commissioner Calvin Drayton, Assistant Commissioner of Training Anita Sher, Interagency Training Coordinator Jennifer Pearsall with interns and Urban Assembly School for Emergency Management students and staff during their presentation of learning and end of program celebration. (Source: NYC Emergency Management, 10 May 2017)\nJennifer Pearsall is an interagency training coordinator at the New York City Emergency Management (NYCEM) Department, a three-time AmeriCorps alumna, and an active American Red Cross volunteer. She has deployed to various notable natural disasters including Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico in 2017, Louisiana flooding in 2016, and twice to Oklahoma for tornadoes in 2015. She manages the Employee Mentor Program at NYCEM as well as designs, coordinates, and teaches various classes to employees and agency partners. At NYCEM, she coordinates with the Urban Assembly School for Emergency Management (UASEM) with activities and programs like the NYCEM High School Internship Program, providing speakers for Career Week, and giving NYCEM tours. She is a member of the Planning Section, the Service Center Support Team, and is cross-trained in operations liaison. She is pursuing an M.S. in Emergency Management from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. She holds a B.A. in Public Relations from the University of Central Oklahoma.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 85, "original_length": 11915, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 326.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://donnawilsonphd.blogspot.com/2014/09/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:39Z", "digest": "sha1:LO77PFXFETZVE35NDEEWR23Q2JBG5XUT", "length": 5755, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "donnawilsonphd.blogspot.com", "title": "Mind, Brain, Learning, & Teaching With Donna Wilson, PhD: September 2014", "raw_content": "In Diane Dahl\u2019s classroom, second graders discovering how the Chinese invention of paper changed the world spontaneously connect their new knowledge to a previous lesson on Sequoyah\u2019s creation of a writing system for the Cherokee people. The students are making the most of another lesson on how their brains learn by connecting new information to what they already know. They model this aspect of metacognition, or \u201cthinking about your thinking and what you know,\u201d with an intricate, ever-growing sculpture of pipe cleaners that represents how the brain makes learning connections. The second graders and their teacher Diane Dahl regularly label and link new topics to previous lessons woven into the sculpture.\nIn our work in teacher education, we use the metaphor of teaching students to be the boss of their brains. We owe that phrase to a third-grader who used those very words after a lesson on how metacognition supports learning. Decades of educational research have established that learning gains result from explicitly teaching cognitive strategies children can use to explore, understand, and apply new concepts. To help children develop metacognition, teachers and parents can model these strategies and reinforce their use by children.\nA teacher might begin a lesson by saying, \u201cToday we are going to learn about how another group of people recorded information a long time ago. It says here that the ancient Egyptians used hero-grams. Wait, that doesn\u2019t sound right.\u201d As the children laugh at the thought of their teacher making a mistake, one child volunteers, \u201cI think they\u2019re called hieroglyphs.\u201d The child tells of watching a program with her parents about how archeologists decoded the symbols carved in stone.\nLabels: metacognition\nBecoming the Boss of Their Brains\nMetacognition may be defined as \u201cthinking about our thinking\u201d and \u201cknowing about our knowing.\u201d Metacognition is key to independent learning. The students of teachers we have taught say that they are becoming the boss of their brains! When students are taught how to be independent learners at school, they are then able to use this critical ability on their college and career paths after graduation. Teachers call metacognition the gift that keeps on giving!\nResearch has amassed on the importance of metacognition for learning across contexts, as well as the fact that it can be taught. In fact, in a meta-analysis of 91 studies, Wang, Haertel, and Walberg (1993) determined that metacognition is the #1 student characteristic of high achievers at school. More recently, on a list of 150 overall factors that influence student achievement, metacognitive strategies were ranked #15 whereas, student socio-economic status was ranked #45 (Hattie, 2012). We support teachers in graduate study at NSU and professional development by sharing practical strategies for implementation of this key cognitive strategy in their classrooms. In our ASCD article you will read some of their stories.\nFor more on how to teach students to become independent learners, see our open-access online article in ASCD's October issue of Educational Leadership.\nLabels: ASCD, cognitive strategies, Educational Leadership, metacognition, thinking skills\nUniversity of Cambridge Conference Focused on Practical Implementation\nAs we head into the fall, I wanted to tell you about one of the great experiences that Marcus and I had this summer\u2014traveling to Cambridge, England, to make a presentation at the 2014 Conference on Implementation Science, which took place July 28 at the University of Cambridge. We were pleased to have the opportunity to present a paper discussing the practical implementation of our graduate degree program and how it supports the emerging science of learning.\nThose who are familiar with our program, which is offered through Nova Southeastern University's Abraham S. Fischler School of Education in Florida, know that it was designed with real-world implementation in mind. Thus, it fit in very well with the theme of the Cambridge conference: \"Implementing Implementation Science: The Science of Making Interventions Effective in Real-World Contexts.\"\nOur paper was entitled: Program Designed With Implementation in Mind: Investigating the Impact of Graduate Studies Focused on Applications of the Emerging Science of Learning. In our presentation, we described how the graduate degree program for teachers translates implications from mind, brain, and education research and theories into practical frameworks and strategies so that teachers may better align instruction with research on how students learn.\nLabels: Implementation Science, University of Cambridge\nASCD Interview Covers the Topic of 'Teaching to the Teenage Brain'\nI was pleased to be interviewed for the article, \"Teaching to the Teenage Brain\" which is featured in the September 2014 issue of ASCD's \"Education Update.\"\nIn the article, I was able to share with author Laura Varlas my thoughts on how important it is to teach teens the concepts of neuroplasticity, malleable intelligence, and practical optimism in order to help them develop their problem-solving skills, decision-making, and creative skills. I pointed out that teaching teens shouldn't just center on content but rather on the development of their cognitive assets, which will allow them to become better thinkers and learners as they move toward adulthood.\nOthers interviewed in the article include teacher, neurologist, and author Judy Willis; author and former teacher Eric Jensen; and author and educator Pat Wolfe. The entire article is available at the link (subscription required).\nLabels: ASCD, teen-age brains\nUniversity of Cambridge Conference Focused on Prac...\nASCD Interview Covers the Topic of 'Teaching to th...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 220, "original_length": 13626, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 282.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://donp.org/blog/2004/06/11/the-previous-capture-of-baghdad", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:56:06Z", "digest": "sha1:LA2GELR3KY2ABA2HA3A5DAVD5MYSXX2K", "length": 924, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "donp.org", "title": "donp.org/blogtagtreeThe sublime abiding.", "raw_content": "the previous capture of baghdad\nFrom The Prize:\nsetting: World War I. The British fleet was in the process of transitioning from coal power to oil/gas power. \"It was the wartime petroleum shortage of 1917 and 1918 that really drove home the necessity of oil to British interests and pushed Mesopotamia back to center stage. Prospects for oil development with the empire were bleak, which made supplies from the Middle East of paramount importance. Sir MAurice Hankey, the extremely powerful secretary of the War Cabinet, wrote to Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour that, 'oil in the next war will occupy the place of coal in the present war, or at least a parallel place to coal. The only big potential supply that we can get under British control is the Persian and Mesopotamian supply.' Therefore, Hankey said, 'control over these oil supplies becomes a first-class British war aim.\"\nIn 1917 British forces captured Baghdad.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 7, "original_length": 993, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 315.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://downtownptbo.ca/businesses/zippel-integrated-process-solutions-ltd/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:40:49Z", "digest": "sha1:B4LLIJY4QEZXQKTVLT4OOFYKOG7I4HYA", "length": 460, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "downtownptbo.ca", "title": "ZIPPEL Integrated Process Solutions Ltd. | Downtown Peterborough : Downtown Peterborough", "raw_content": "Constructing a multi-million-dollar project is a complicated task. Whether you\u2019re refreshing power plant equipment or commissioning a new building\u2019s HVAC system, there are a thousand things to do \u2014 and a thousand things that can go wrong.\nAnd if you\u2019re going to deliver a project on time and on budget, then you need everyone involved in the job \u2013 from outside trades to in-house operational staff and local management \u2013 working together.\n705-917-1712zippel.ca", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 44, "original_length": 1606, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 231.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dperry.com/2008/07/16/e3_media_busine_1/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:39:22Z", "digest": "sha1:5FOUQO6M6UIC5BVKVADCDT7MSBQGVBSY", "length": 571, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "dperry.com", "title": "E3 Media & Business Summit 2008 \u00ab David Perry's Blog", "raw_content": "E3 Media & Business Summit 2008\nThe 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit will take place from July 15 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 17, 2008, at the Los Angeles Convention Center (LACC), the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) announced today. The event will continue to focus on the business of the computer and video game industry, with an emphasis on press events and small meetings with media, development, and other key sectors. While there will be opportunities for game demonstrations, the 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit will not feature the large trade show environment of previous years.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 2611, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 171.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://drawingchange.com/health-empowerment-knowledge-transfer/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:30Z", "digest": "sha1:FHESN7OB76T2XBB5VPK7IGBIO35QYH4C", "length": 1653, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "drawingchange.com", "title": "Interview: Health Empowerment from Knowledge Transfer \u2013 Drawing Change", "raw_content": "Graphic recording helped with knowledge transfer at a recent women\u2019s heart health event with the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute.\nThe VCHRI interviewed the presenters and me and wrote up a great blog post. Thanks for the opportunity to be interviewed and feature graphic recording as a knowledge transfer tool in health care.\nlive graphic recording at Your Heart, Your Health women\u2019s health event\nGraphic recording in health care connects researchers and dense academic information with patients and communities. The visuals help patients engage with the information \u2013 and supports patients in making better health decisions.\nHere\u2019s a selection from the article:\n\u201cYour Heart Your Health graphic facilitator Sam Bradd had a similar responsibility. Despite the significance of the research itself, and the impact of personal stories, the challenge remained around how to keep the information and conversation alive after the event was over. Bradd met the challenge by creating a high-level visual summary of the event with built-in citations. Essentially, he put the talk into pictures. [\u2026]\n\u201cNo one likes to be talked \u2018at\u2019 about their health,\u201d says Bradd. \u201cAs a patient, I want information about my health care so I can make the best decisions. Knowledge translation is a tool for ensuring patient voices inform researchers, and that good research gets into the hands of people that need it. Any publicly funded research should be accessible to the public, and KT tools \u2013 like graphic recording \u2013 help with dissemination.\u201d\nRead the full article here at http://www.vchri.ca/articles/2015/05/24/empowerment-comes-knowledge-your-heart-your-health", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 2866, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 331.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dreamstoreality.co.zw/2017/03/07/grab-this-chapter-five-of-from-dreams-to-reality/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:57Z", "digest": "sha1:MJ6UAMBKMYGTKGDV6ISCFTDH2GVAB4LK", "length": 767, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "dreamstoreality.co.zw", "title": "Grab this Chapter Five of \u201cFrom Dreams to Reality\u201d \u2013 From Dreams to Reality", "raw_content": "From Dreams to Reality is a step by step strategic guide to help anyone achieve a goal and produce desired results. The concepts, strategies and material in the book is a powerful combination of scientific theory on human thinking, peak performance and practical experiences of the authors in peak performance. In addition, one of the authors is an NLP practitioner. Neurolinguistic programming is the science of human achievement. For someone who wants a practical guide for setting goals and achieving them, From Dreams to Reality is an asset.\nThe Authors are also now providing coaching and teachings on based on the book.\nPlease download below excerpts of Chapter 5 of the book. Each Chapter is at least 4000 words.\nDownload Chapter Five of From Dreams to Reality", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 51, "original_length": 1859, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 278.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov/drugportal/rn/5427-03-2", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:39Z", "digest": "sha1:VTXK5M7YFMSDTQUW5MDXQ6QYSWPGBM5T", "length": 46, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "druginfo.nlm.nih.gov", "title": "Drug Information Portal - U.S. National Library of Medicine - Quick Access to Quality Drug Information", "raw_content": "Drug Name: 2,6-Di-tert-butyl-4-isopropylphenol", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 2265, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.52, "perplexity": 64.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dunlaoghairechat.ie/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=781", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:35Z", "digest": "sha1:XE3HIL54XWTXIJYKZTRQ67CZNJ3NMCWC", "length": 2719, "nlines": 75, "source_domain": "dunlaoghairechat.ie", "title": "Song Titles with Girls Names - Welcome to D\u00fan Laoghaire Chat forums. February, 2019.", "raw_content": "Post by Snowhite \u00bb Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:22 am\nCharmaine by (The Batchelors)\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D0zfB1l1x0\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkGS263lGsQ#\nbarbara ann(beach boys)\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=654H4xfDYKM#\nMaria ....Westside Story....Fantastic Song,\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpdB6CN7jww\nsuper :party: :party:\nheres one I prepared earlier :D\ncarrie anne (the hollies)\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgA4-bLcoN8#\nPost by Strum \u00bb Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:48 am\nRosalie...\"Thin Lizzy\"\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMsCpp092z8\nGreat songs up there...ehhh but were we all supposed to provide links? Haha...\nPost by JENNY WREN \u00bb Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:16 am\nmy sarah phil lynott\nPost by *stargazer* \u00bb Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:22 am\nA Boy named \"Sue\" - Johnny Cash\nPost by spudseamus \u00bb Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:34 pm\nRamona bachelors\njudy in disguise -john ? and the playboy band\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqmxiRfu5eQ# :D :D :D\nPost by jordo \u00bb Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:18 pm\nSo Long Marianne. Leonard Cohen\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ61su9H5RU#\nPost by Snowhite \u00bb Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:29 pm\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NoD4xOw ... re=related\namanda ---waylon jennings\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1knCF94GRu0#\nsorry :oops:\nPost by Snowhite \u00bb Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:19 pm\nMolly Malone ---- The Dubliners\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdxLxnhGnvo\nOOOPS :oops: :-|\nupon my soul -big boo boo there\nmary mary -the monkees\nWords and Music by Michael Nesmith\nMary, Mary, where you goin' to?\nMary, Mary, can I go too.\nThis one thing I will vow ya,\nI'd rather die than to live without ya.\nMary, Mary, tell me truly\nWhat did I do to make you leave me.\nWhatever it was I didn't mean to,\nYou know I never would try and hurt ya.\nWhat more, Mary, can I do\nTo prove my love is truly yours?\nI've done more now than a clear-thinkin' man would do.\nMary, Mary, it's not over.\nWhere you go, I will follow.\n'Til I win your love again\nAnd walk beside you,\nBut until then.\nMary, where you goin' to?\nMary, Mary, Mary, Mary, Mary, where you goin' to?\n[Repeat adlib]\nAnd the Band played Waltzing Matilda........The Dubliners\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2wK-5RxGG4\nPost by ted \u00bb Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:28 pm\nAubrey by Bread\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwdTcoUHfkw\nNever heard it before, but it is Lovely Song Ted.\nsherry - frankie valli &the four seasons\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpKCIjBajNA#\nPost by Snowhite \u00bb Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:29 am\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heKgZ6qP4S8\nPost by spudseamus \u00bb Sat Aug 16, 2008 5:17 am\nHey Hey Paula\nPost by farmboy \u00bb Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:10 am\nHow do you solve a problem like Maria??? :D\nI did what I did for Maria.\nPost by grammer \u00bb Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:57 pm\ndelilah --tom jones :D :D", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 286, "original_length": 6612, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.8, "perplexity": 265.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dvd.netflix.com/Movie/Gilmore-Girls-A-Year-in-the-Life/80109415", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:41Z", "digest": "sha1:J6GB2IR7NEC6BOT2QTU35RNIUUBSZ6HJ", "length": 825, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "dvd.netflix.com", "title": "\u0000 Rent Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (2016) on DVD and Blu-ray - DVD Netflix", "raw_content": "Unfolding in four 90-minute installments, each set in a different season, this follow-up to the \"Gilmore Girls\" finds Lorelai, Rory and Emily all dealing with the complications of life and family in their sleepy little Connecticut town.\nLauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Kelly Bishop, Scott Patterson, Keiko Agena, Sean Gunn, Aris Alvarado, Yanic Truesdale, Matt Czuchry\nTV Shows, Netflix, TV Dramas, TV Dramedy\nRomantic, Feel-good, Witty\nLorelai, Rory and the rest of the gang reunite for Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life. The premiere kicks off in present-day Stars Hollow, where Lorelai still runs the Dragonfly Inn and Rory has experienced some career success. 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Food is available to anyone in need in the East Bay. Our \u201cclient choice\u201d food programs are all grounded in our Access Nutrition Initiative, providing healthy food choices and nutrition education to address inequalities of access to healthy foods. We strive to provide a consistent inventory of whole grain foods, fruits and vegetables, and high-quality protein and dairy items.\nWe rely on support from our community to sustain our programming. We are a 501c(3) non-profit organization, and donations are tax-deductible.\nOur goal is to involve YOU in our work!\nAs more caring community members like you join our circle, our impact in the East Bay grows. With your sustaining support, we can provide assistance to those affected by financial hardship. Your generosity will empower the East Bay Food Pantry to care for our most vulnerable neighbors.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 95, "original_length": 2585, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 276.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://edgewoodhealthnetwork.com/blog/recovery-happens-addiction-will-collapse/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:40:35Z", "digest": "sha1:7V2EKFT35UR74M2H2RGCJKA6DMEP6CQW", "length": 6987, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "edgewoodhealthnetwork.com", "title": "When Recovery Happens, Addiction Will Collapse - Edgewood Health Network", "raw_content": "When Recovery Happens, Addiction Will Collapse\nWhy does addiction matter? Why do we need to talk about it? That continues to be the main theme for National Addiction Awareness Week 2016 #NAAWCanada taking place from November 13 to 19 in Canada. The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA) along with other organizations across the country will bring attention to and discuss the serious opioids crisis that is taking place in Canada. Conversations about prevention, recovery and awareness on substances that are often associated with substance use disorder will be made.\nAddiction is scary and merciless. It\u2019s a health disorder that affects many individuals, but is often not shared or discussed because of stigma. According to a 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey, 1.5 million Canadians meet the criteria for a substance use disorder. Currently, BC alone has seen a 61.6% increase in overdoses from opioids abuse. These are very good reasons to talk about addiction. The discussion on how this disorder affects millions of Canadians and their families can go on and on. We can continue to share stark, true statistics about the consequences of addiction on the country\u2019s economy, health and youth because there are many that exist. Instead, this week EHN (Edgewood Health Network) will put the focus on recovery because addiction recovery is possible.\nThousands of Canadians still require access to treatment- a chance at recovery. Organizations, such as EHN are helping to change these numbers. EHN has over 50 years of combined experience in helping individuals recover from addiction and related mental illnesses. We are committed to increasing access to treatment and advocating for the families who are struggling with addiction and who are living in recovery.\nFor the families who are struggling with addiction and fear the future for their loved ones, please know that there is hope. We understand how devastating and challenging it can be to live with addiction. Our organization has helped hundreds of people start their path towards recovery.\nIt\u2019s difficult to measure exactly how many individuals and families are in recovery. Stigma continues to silent those who are. With respect to National Addiction Awareness Week, we will give a voice to those who want to share what recovery means to them and what it looks like. Every person in recovery has their own unique path, no two are alike. What those in recovery do have in common is a newfound appreciation for themselves and others, the courage to move forward in life and hope for a brighter future.\nWith that said, the following are responses that we received from members of our alumni who answered the question, \u201cWhat does recovery mean?\u201d\n\u201cRecovery began for me when I was finally able, not only to accept help, but to ask for it. Since then everything has changed. Things haven\u2019t always gone my way but there has always been a way out and a lesson to learn. Honestly, coming into treatment was such a blur for me. But if there was one thing I took away from it,that I still use to support my recovery, it was this: A community of people exists who have experienced, and overcome, every single problem I have in my life. What is required is my effort to connect to them as best I can.\nWhen I heard the words that \u2018addiction is suicide on an installment plan\u2019 I realized that I had to face the fact that, despite all I had ever told myself, I was becoming just like my father. Treatment is a process that allowed me to reclaim my life as my own, not anyone else\u2019s.\u201d\n\u201cI tried to stop drinking so many times I lost count.\nI had all the excuses\u2026. I\u2019ll stop tomorrow.\nI don\u2019t think I really have a problem.\nI\u2019ll drink less next time.\nI\u2019m not hurting anyone.\nI won\u2019t drink until after 6:00.\nI\u2019ll stop drinking by 10:00.\nI will not drink during the week.\nAll were good intentions.\nBut none seemed to work.\nI was stuck in a hole unable to climb out. I was alone helpless and hopeless. Then someone came walking by the hole and mentioned to me that they could help me get out of this hole. He asked if I was interested or should he just walk by. What do I have to pay you for this service I asked. He told me it was free but I would have to do something for myself. What\u2019s that I asked. He told me just choose not to drink for today and I\u2019ll get you out. That\u2019s what I did. I decided I would not drink today. And he gave me a latter and I climbed out. That\u2019s how I got started in AA just with a helping hand.\nThat today has now stretched into over 8 years. One day at a time. And all I have to do is decide whether I will drink today. And today I am deciding not to.\u201d\n\u201cSue Barnes Family Program and Aftercare group every Thursday night literally saved my life!! The total chaos of living with an addict was destroying my life and the lives of our children. This wonderful group allowed us to recover!\u201d\n\u201cRecovery to me means the chance at a new beginning. My time at Bellwood gave me the opportunity work towards the changes I needed to begin a life without drugs or alcohol. Recovery is worth working towards because the results affect every aspect of my life. Those most important to me noticed how the changes I made and how my outlook on life improved dramatically for the good. Bellwood gave me the tools to end the cycle of drug and alcohol abuse and AA gives me a program outside of treatment in which to use them.\u201d\n\u201cOne definition of recovery is \u2018restoration or return to health from sickness.\u2019 I was drinking and drugging but was I sick? Not being able to look in the mirror because I hated the person I became. Is that sick? Allowing drugs and alcohol to become my number one priority in my life, even more important than my family and friends? Lying, isolating, stealing, and cheating?\nAfter looking at some of my actions I would have to say YES I WAS SICK. A normal human being does not act like this. Recovery to me is my return to a life I was hoping to have. One filled with hope and love and not of despair and hate.\u201d\n\u201cA definition of recovery is the regaining of or possibility of regaining something lost or taken away. What was lost or taken away? My self esteem, dignity, family, friends, happiness, passion, feelings and my life. I\u2019ve gotten all of these things back with my recovery. How great is that ?\u201d\n\u201cSobriety is a choice for a new life. Recovery to me is being FREE. It sounds weird but it\u2019s not. I\u2019m not thinking or obsessing of when my next drink is going to be and when I\u2019m going to get high on drugs. Now it\u2019s not even on my mind when things go wrong. If that\u2019s not freedom what is?\u201d\n\u201cBellwood helped me to stop drinking finally and the tools we were taught in treatment have helped me to stay sober and enjoy a wonderful life of recovery. I could not have done it without Bellwood. I have been in Recovery for 14 years and it is an excellent way of life.\u201d\nOpen House: Bellwood & Waterstone Clinic Celebrates Grand Opening of New Treatment Facility\nAddiction Was a Sleeping Giant in My Family", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 255, "original_length": 13129, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 275.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://edm.silvermouse.com.my/archive/ecinsider/display/2018/9", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:42Z", "digest": "sha1:XF4CSG2QJ7S5AEPTQYOPSERYVQNXVWDP", "length": 83, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "edm.silvermouse.com.my", "title": "You shouldn't miss the NTT Startup Challenge in Malaysia (11 Oct)", "raw_content": "September 12th, 2018 at 12:00 pm +08\nCALLING ALL MALAYSIAN STARTUP ENTHUSIASTS! ...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 40, "original_length": 929, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.77, "perplexity": 255.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/for-widow-made-by-1987-tornado-tragedy-spanned-continents", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:20Z", "digest": "sha1:FO65H74Y7PE7QFB2WAHCRZ3PZI3BUN6Q", "length": 5655, "nlines": 37, "source_domain": "edmontonjournal.com", "title": "For Black Friday tornado widow, tragedy spanned continents | Edmonton Journal", "raw_content": "For Black Friday tornado widow, tragedy spanned continents\n\"How are you going to explain a tornado if you've never seen one, to two little kids, a nine-year-old and a five-year-old, far away over the phone?\"\nFlairene Carreiro talks about her husband Manuel Carreiro, who was killed 30 years ago in the July 31, 1987, tornado that swept through Edmonton.\nFlairene Carreiro wore black for months after her husband died.\nManuel Carriero, known to friends and family as Mel, was carried off when the July 31, 1987, tornado struck the lumber yard where he was collecting supplies for a landscaping job. Manuel and his brother, Bill, had a few moments to exchange words when they realized what was happening. Then he was gone.\nCarriero was one of 27 people killed on Black Friday, when the most destructive tornado in Alberta\u2019s history carved a deadly path along Edmonton\u2019s eastern border.\nThirty years later, Flairene Carreiro is still grappling with her feelings about the day that made her a widow \u2014 a day made even more difficult because she was half a world away.\n\u201cHow are you going to explain a tornado if you\u2019ve never seen one, to two little kids, a nine-year-old and a five-year-old, far away over the phone?\u201d she said from her home in southwest Edmonton.\nFlairene Carreiro was living in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, the day of the tornado. She\u2019d first come to Canada in 1977. She had corresponded with Manuel, a friend of her brother\u2019s, and moved to Edmonton after marrying. By 1987, they\u2019d had two kids \u2014 nine-year-old Jason and five-year-old Jessica. She had moved back home to Brazil and Manuel was working to join them that fall with plans to open a car repair shop.\nWhen the tornado made the news in Brazil, she immediately felt uneasy. She tried getting in touch with her sister-in-law in Canada, but the phones were down.\n\u201cThey didn\u2019t say names or anything,\u201d she said. \u201cSo I was feeling \u2026 something strange but I don\u2019t know.\u201d\nFlairene Carreiro is the widow of Manuel Carreiro who was killed 30 years ago in the July 31, 1987 tornado that swept through the city of Edmonton. Larry Wong / POSTMEDIA NETWORK\nShe spent the next two days trying to reach family in Edmonton, desperate to learn if Manuel was alright. On Sunday, her older sister came to tell her that her sister-in-law was trying to reach her on the phone at her father\u2019s house nearby.\nThe call went through, and she learned Bill was in hospital.\n\u201cI said, OK, Bill is in the hospital. Where\u2019s Mel?\u2019 And she said, \u2018Mel is gone\u2019.\u201d\n\u201cIt didn\u2019t quite hit my head,\u201d she said. \u201cLike gone? What\u2019s happening? Gone, just gone?\u201d\nIn photos, Manuel Carreiro has a tired look in his eyes \u2014 with wooly black hair and a thick moustache.\nThe day of the storm, he was working for Bill\u2019s landscaping company. The two had gone to Nault Sawmill and Lumber at 6274 25 St. to collect supplies.\nFlairene Carreiro took the first flight she could find to Edmonton, the Wednesday after the storm, leaving Jessica and Jason with family.\nWhen she finally saw Bill at his home shortly after he had been released from hospital, her husband\u2019s brother was still beside himself.\n\u201cHe didn\u2019t want to see me because he felt, \u2018I am alive and Mel is gone\u2019,\u201d she said. \u201cI said, \u2018No it\u2019s not your fault. I have to see you, because I have to tell my kids something\u2019.\u201d\nManuel Carreiro was killed 30 years ago in the July 31, 1987 tornado that swept through the city of Edmonton. Larry Wong / POSTMEDIA NETWORK\nBill told her of their last moments together, taking shelter as the storm hit. When it dawned on them that they might die, they told each other the messages they wanted delivered to loved ones.\n\u201cThey almost said goodbye to each other,\u201d said Carreiro. \u201cAnd then he was gone.\u201d\nCarreiro, who moved back to Edmonton to live with her daughter in 2015, spent six weeks in Edmonton dealing with workers\u2019 compensation and struggling with what to tell her children. She told her kids their father was in hospital.\n\u201cI had no idea what\u2019s going to happen to me and my life and my kids, so small. I just turned 30 years old. I was so lost.\u201d\nWhen she got home, she told her kids.\n\u201cJason\u2019s reaction was to turn his head around, not looking at me. I said, \u2018Dad\u2019s gone. Dad\u2019s gone to heaven.\u2019 That\u2019s all I told him. Jessica, she started crying, and she looked me and pointed her finger at me and said, \u2018You\u2019d better find a new dad!\u2019\u201d she recalled, chuckling at the memory. \u201cShe was a baby.\u201d\nPartly out of respect for Manuel\u2019s traditional Portuguese family and partly because she didn\u2019t feel like wearing anything else, Carreiro wore black for six months after the storm.\n\u201cI was a 30-year-old wearing black head to toe,\u201d she said.\nEventually, her father said she needed to come out of mourning for her kids.\n\u201cOne day I did put on a black top and a white bottom and my kids got a little bit happier. And Jason came to me and said, \u2018Finally, you\u2019re taking all the black clothes off.\u2019 I remember that very well.\u201d\nThirty years later, looking back is painful for Carreiro. She hasn\u2019t talked about Black Friday often. In conversation, she focuses on how proud she is of her kids. Jason is now a PhD candidate in education at Simon Fraser University, while Jessica is a trained nurse who\u2019s working to practice in Canada. A workers\u2019 compensation payment helped cover some of their education.\nBut she wonders what might have happened if things were a little different.\n\u201cIn a way I think he could have been here,\u201d she said. \u201cOld, seeing what beautiful kids he has.\u201d\n\ue221 Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation hosts pow wow competition at K-Days Fire Ball ride at K-Days closed after fatal accident in Ohio\n\ue221For Black Friday tornado widow, tragedy spanned continents", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 324, "original_length": 10931, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 234.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov/search?f%5B0%5D=field_product_health_topics%253Afield_umls_pathstrings%3ABody%20Location/Systems%3EBlood%2C%20Heart%20and%20Circulation&f%5B1%5D=field_product_type%3Asystematic_review&f%5B2%5D=field_product_type%3Ahorizon_scan_status_update&f%5B3%5D=field_product_agency%3A8112", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:07Z", "digest": "sha1:BBFZNROGDLLNWRMUKZTFJUNFSQF45OJS", "length": 179, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "effectivehealthcare.ahrq.gov", "title": "Search | Effective Health Care Program", "raw_content": "Future Research Needs for Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACEIs), Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonists (ARBs), or Direct Renin Inhibitors (DRIs) for Treating Hypertension", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 110, "original_length": 2370, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.54, "perplexity": 204.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ejournals.vdu.lt/index.php/mtsrbid/article/view/113", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:15Z", "digest": "sha1:5JMJ6J7DZHVUAJNJFUCM7ODHKDOKEO2A", "length": 1414, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "ejournals.vdu.lt", "title": "GLOBAL INNOVATION SPACE FORM\u0410TION | Management Theory and Studies for Rural Business and Infrastructure Development", "raw_content": "Deniss Djakons Information Systems Management Institute\nIryna Kalenyuk Kyiv national economic university\nLiudmyla Tsymbal Kyiv national economic university\nKeywords: Global innovative space, innovations, model of development R&D.\nRelevance of the article is due to the dynamic processes of the formation of a global innova-tion space (GIS), which links the intellectual activity of the countries of the world into a single sys-tem and expands the possibilities for international cooperation. The purpose of the article is to iden-tify the main trends in the formation of the GIS and to determine, on this basis, key areas for the effective entry into it of each country. In the article used the methodology of comparative analysis and assessment of the dynamics of key indicators of innovation activity of the leading countries of the world (2007\u20132017). Results: the main trends in the development of the GIS were revealed; the directions of effective participation of each country in the ISU are substantiated taking into account the requirements of world ratings, intensification of competition for achievement of leadership posi-tions at the global level.\nDjakons, D., Kalenyuk, I., & Tsymbal, L. (2018). GLOBAL INNOVATION SPACE FORM\u0410TION. Management Theory and Studies for Rural Business and Infrastructure Development, 40(3), 329\u2013336. 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After that time, all unexplained absences will be considered unexcused. Under state funding guidelines, it is fraudulent for a parent to falsely excuse a student\u2019s absence or tardiness. Parents will receive an automated call when their student has an unexcused absence or tardy, one or more periods. El Roble no longer accepts phone calls to excuse absences. Absences can be excused by submitting a note to the office or e-mail to ER_attendance@cusd.claremont.edu. In your e-mail, please include the student\u2019s name, grade, date of absence, and reason.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 178, "original_length": 14225, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 308.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://emailhelpr.com/gmail-api-rules-change/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:10Z", "digest": "sha1:2UDOWJV4PPIX2VLI4BXGPYFUFARCVD2A", "length": 2650, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "emailhelpr.com", "title": "Gmail API Rules Change After Recent Google Mishap - Gmail Login and Gmail Sign in Information", "raw_content": "Google started a project called Project Strobe at the beginning of this year. The purpose of this project was to review the access level of third-party applications into Google accounts and user information. Moreover, Google reviewed how third-parties use the information gathered from Google accounts. There were many surprise findings; even for Google itself. It was revealed that hundreds of thousands of Google accounts may be compromised. As a result, Google brought many changes to its service structure and policies. One of them was changing the Gmail API rules.\nGmail API rules\nFor those who are not much into software, the API stands for Application programming interface. In simplest of terms, it\u2019s a medium between two software applications to communicate and to receive and send instructions to each other. So, a Gmail API is a medium that allows third-party applications to communicate with Gmail. For example, if you are to log into a third-party application through a Gmail account, the third-party will need a Gmail API.\nNow, the recent \u2018changes in the Gmail API rules\u2019 mean that Google is changing the way third-party developers gain access to Gmail accounts through Gmail API.\nThe updated Gmail API rules include stricter policies for the third-party developers. Now, only those developers will be able to use Gmail API whose websites or applications enhance Gmail\u2019s functionality. Moreover, some third-party developers have to go through certain security checkups before they are granted Gmail API access. The expenses of this security checkup will also be paid by the third-party developers.\nWhy Google had to change the Gmail API rules?\nJustifying the recent changes, Google explained that users give access to their Gmail account information to third parties for specific purposes. Most of the time, it is only for the login purpose. Hence, the access of third-party developers to Gmail account information of the users was also revised.\nUnfortunately, Google found out that third-parties can access more information than just username and password. Google found out that third-parties had access to other important information such as age, gender, location, and profession, in addition to the username and the password.\nAlthough Google didn\u2019t reveal this glitch in its systems to the public at first, it had to acknowledge the fact after reports in print media about the leak. Google has since then brought many big changes to its service structure and policies. This includes the closure of Google Plus for general users, revised privacy policies, and enhanced security measures.\nGmail API, Gmail API changes, Gmail API limits", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 123, "original_length": 4887, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 244.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://embassy-finder.com/greece_in_montevideo_uruguay", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:59Z", "digest": "sha1:OWSQF7M5GIPO2IGHDO2UCYPAXQPQ2CGW", "length": 681, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "embassy-finder.com", "title": "Greek Embassy in Montevideo, Uruguay", "raw_content": "\u00bb Greek embassies in nearby countries\n\u00bb Greek embassies worldwide\n\u00bb Other embassies and consulates in Montevideo\nBrv Jose G. Artigas 1231\ngremb.mvd@mfa.gr\nhttp://www.greece.com.uy\n\u00bb Can I visit Greece without a visa?\nWe invite you to share your experiences with the Greek Embassy \u2014 obtaining visas and other services, locating the building, and so on. Your comments may be seen by the public, so please do not include private information.\nThis web site is not operated by the Embassy and your comments and questions will not necessarily be seen by its staff. 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Speaking during a conference at the Center for Strategic\nNEW YORK (Web Desk) \u2013 Director of the top US intelligence agency \u201cFederal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)\u201d has urged people to cover up the webcams of their computers to avoid being spied.\nSpeaking during a conference at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, James Comey explained that putting a cover over webcams is one of the \u201csensible things\u201d that everyone should be doing.\n\u201cThere\u2019s some sensible things you should be doing, and that\u2019s one of them,\u201d Comey said regarding webcam covers. \u201cYou go into any government office and we all have the little camera things that sit on top of the screen. They all have a little lid that closes down on them. You do that so that people who don\u2019t have authority don\u2019t look at you. I think that\u2019s a good thing\u201d the official said.\nAlthough the warning by FBI director looks bizarre but earlier the same was practically demonstrated by Mark Zuckerberg when he covered the camera and the audio jack on his Macbook with pieces of tape fearing the probable spying.\nAlthough the webcams serve best while using the video calling feature but at the same time they make users vulnerable to the hackers as they can get access to it.\nWeb security companies are mulling to design bespoke covers for the webcams so that the users feel safe while surfing the web.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 81, "original_length": 3403, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 246.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://en.hromadske.ua/posts/rave-season-inside-kyivs-underground-club-scene", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:32Z", "digest": "sha1:HIR4IT4XJPWLQ77WC66YPR43YAYYG4PX", "length": 12159, "nlines": 102, "source_domain": "en.hromadske.ua", "title": "Rave Season", "raw_content": "Rave Season:\nInside Kyiv's Underground Club Scene\nPhotos by Anastasia Vlasova\nWith techno music once again in style, raves in Kyiv are drawing as many people as pop concerts. Some call the Ukrainian capital the new Berlin \u2014 one of the centers of the underground club movement. In this photo project, Hromadske tells the story of three of Kyiv's regular events: Cx\u0435\u043c\u0430, HDSH and the music festival Brave! Factory.\nMykola Shmatkov,\n22-year-old product manager at a software company.\nFor me, dance is like a language that I speak with music. In other words, I go to the rave and \"communicate.\"\nFor me, \u0421\u0445\u0435\u043c\u0430 is the only rave in its pure form. Just music, megawatt sound and dancing. Nothing superfluous.\nMykola Shmatkov, 22-year-old product manager at a software company.\nFor me, dance is like a language that I speak with music. In other words, I go to the rave and \u201ccommunicate.\u201d\n\"In the beginning there was Jack, and Jack had a groove.\nAnd from this groove came the groove of all grooves.\nAnd while one day viciously throwing down his box, Jack boldly declared,\n'Let there be House!' and house music was born.\"\n\u2013 Rhythm Controll, \"My House\" 1987\nThe first raves took place in the mid-1980s. Chicago, Detroit, London, Manchester and Berlin drew thousands of lovers of electronic dance music. Open spaces and the sound of loud, monotone music made up of simple rhythms and absolute freedom were the ingredients for parties that went on for hours.\nAlina Palahnyuk,\n24-year-old personnel director.\nHow often do I go to parties? Not often. I prefer festivals. Ones like, for example, Alfa-Jazz, Porto Franko. So when I was going to the party at HDSH, I wanted to stand out from the regulars. That's why I decided to put on a dress.\nFor me the atmosphere is important. I like parties where they play hip-hop, funk and rap. Basically, I'm more into old school.\nAlina Palahnyuk, 24-year-old personnel director.\nHow often do I go to parties? Not often. I prefer festivals. Ones like, for example, Alfa-Jazz, Porto Franko. So when I was going to the party at HDSH, I wanted to stand out from the regulars. That\u2019s why I decided to put on a dress.\nFor me the atmosphere is important. I like parties where they play hip-hop, funk and rap. Basically, I\u2019m more into old school.\n\"Brothers, Sisters\nOne Day we will be free\nFrom fight, violence, people crying in the streets.\"\n\u2013Joe Smooth, \"Promised Land,\" 1987.\nIn those days, the main types of music at raves were Chicago House and Detroit Techno. They appeared as alternatives to disco, which was losing popularity at the time. Stylistically, these genres came from disco but they sounded minimalistic and were performed with the help of synthesizers. They became the voices of the depressed and crime-ridden cities of the United States and were heard on dance floors from New York to Chicago \u2014 and in Europe, as well.\nKseniya Vynohradova, 24-year-old sound engineer.\nI wouldn't call myself a raver at all. I went to a party at \u0421\u0445\u0435\u043c\u0430 once and quickly left. I just wasn't expecting so many teenagers and they were constantly pushing. But since then I've gone there sometimes to dance. They have cool artists.\nEverything started with my first visit to the club Closer in Kyiv. There was a lecture about the composer Alfred Schnittke. I felt something in the atmosphere of this place. I began to visit clubs and studios more often, getting acquainted with different, wonderful people.\nI wouldn\u2019t call myself a raver at all. I went to a party at \u0421\u0445\u0435\u043c\u0430 once and quickly left. I just wasn\u2019t expecting so many teenagers and they were constantly pushing. But since then I\u2019ve gone there sometimes to dance. They have cool artists.\n\"When we touch I lose control\nNow you know what's next\nFantasizing all the time\nI need your love.\"\n\u2013 Frankie Knuckles \"Your Love\" 1987\nThe \"second summer of love\" is what they called raves at the end of the 1980s in Britain. It was a reference to the first \"summer of love,\" the American hippie movement in the 1960s. In the 1980s, the first DJs began to appear \u2014 people like Danny Rampling, Paul Oakenfold, and Mike Pickering.\nBig clubs featuring techno and house music opened. Along with the clubs came ecstasy, a synthetic drug that would be associated with raves and the atmosphere of hedonism during the \"summer of love\" in the following decades.\nThe English football team sang \"it's E for England\" in an anthem created by the group New Order, then the stars of the Manchester club Hacienda. But rave regulars associated the letter \"E\" with something else\u2026\n\"It's a better record than the Labour party ever had.\nIt's a party. The bass goes on.\"\n\u2013 V.I.M. \"Maggie's Last Party\" 1991.\nThe British authorities traditionally did not share the enthusiasm of British youth. Raves were outlawed and practically equated with narcotics. Constant raids at parties forced ravers to become mobile. All of their equipment was mounted on mobile platforms that were easy to collect and move to other locations. They also developed a notification system through which no one, including the police, knew where the next party would be held until the last moment.\nAlthough the movement was predominantly apolitical, it couldn't help but reflect years of confrontation with the authorities. Some compositions appeared featuring anti-Tory rhetoric and the walls at parties were decorated with graffiti criticizing the government. The lyrics of V.I.M.'s hit \"Maggie's Last Party\" appeared as a letter addressed to the ravers from Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.\n\"What we're dealing with here is a total lack of respect for the law.\nI'm the law and you can't beat the law.\nFuck 'em and their law.\"\n\u2013 The Prodigy \"Their Law\" 1994\nIn 1994, the British government passed the Criminal Justice Bill, which expanded the powers of the police. It directly linked drugs and electronic music and explained, down to the smallest detail, how potentially dangerous genres of music sound. The duo Orbital released the song \"Are We Here? (Criminal Justice Bill)\" in protest. It was composed of four minutes of silence.\nAlina Palahnyuk: \"And maybe to make sure that I have already moved beyond that school.\"\nAlina Palahnyuk: \"The locations for HDSH were well chosen \u2013 a forest, garages. It gets complicated. There's no light, some people used flashlights during the concert. The sound was like you were at a school disco.\"\nAlina Palahnyuk: \"Why did I go there? To remember the old times.\"\nAlina Palahnyuk: \u201cIf you\u2019re talking about HDSH, it has its own atmosphere and audience. And to be honest, I was just there as a regular person who wanted to go into this world.\u201d\nAlina Palahnyuk: \u201cThe locations for HDSH were well chosen \u2013 a forest, garages. It gets complicated. There\u2019s no light, some people used flashlights during the concert. The sound was like you were at a school disco.\u201d\nAlina Palahnyuk: \u201cWhy did I go there? To remember the old times.\u201d\nAlina Palahnyuk: \u201cAnd maybe to make sure that I have already moved beyond that school.\u201d\nIn 1989, hundreds of young people gathered in Berlin for the Love Parade under the motto \"Peace, Joy, Pancakes.\" The rave took place outside and all of the equipment travelled along the city's streets on a mobile platform. For the next ten years, the Love Parade was the largest rave in Europe. The number of attendees reached one million and hundreds of DJs and bands played their songs in the world's biggest cities.\nBut there were constant problems with residents of the neighbourhoods where the event was held and disputes with the authorities about the tons of garbage that were left behind after the parade. Additionally, the Berlin Zoo believed that the loud music harmed the animals. In 2007, the Berlin Senate told the organizers of the Love Parade that they would no longer be given locations for the rave.\nMykola Shmatkov: \"My first real rave was here, at C\u0445\u0435\u043c\u0430, two years ago. I immediately found an incredible sense of freedom.\"\nMykola Shmatkov: \"What struck me at \u0421\u0445\u0435\u043c\u0430 was the musical diversity. There was hip-hop, ambient and techno. It didn't let you get bored.\"\nMykola Shmatkov: \"Not to mention the social diversity. There were lots of people my age and some even older, not just a bunch of teenagers.\"\nMykola Shmatkov: \"True raves are those without restrictions, stereotypes or borders.\"\nMykola Shmatkov: \u201cMy first real rave was here, at C\u0445\u0435\u043c\u0430, two years ago. I immediately found an incredible sense of freedom.\u201d\nMykola Shmatkov: \u201cWhat struck me at \u0421\u0445\u0435\u043c\u0430 was the musical diversity. There was hip-hop, ambient and techno. It didn\u2019t let you get bored.\u201d\nMykola Shmatkov: \u201cNot to mention the social diversity. There were lots of people my age and some even older, not just a bunch of teenagers.\u201d\nMykola Shmatkov: \u201cTrue raves are those without restrictions, stereotypes or borders.\u201d\nMykola Shmatkov: \u201cI really feel free there, both physically and mentally.\u201d\n\"If Madonna calls,\nTell her I'm not here.\nAnd disconnect her.\"\n\u2013Junior Vasquez, \"If Madonna Calls\" 1996\nIn the mid-1990s, Orbital performed on the mainstage at Glastonbury, the largest music festival in Europe. Songs by the group Underworld appeared in the cult film Trainspotting. DJ and producer Fatboy Slim acquired shares in a football club. Aphex Twin travelled by \"Ferret\" \u2013 an armored car usually used in the armed forces.\nArtists who played at raves became the new rockstars, gathering tens of thousands of listeners and receiving invitations to work with pop stars. In the end, they became commercialized.\nKseniya Vynohradova: \"I fell in love with the diversity of electronic music and the very idea of the dance floor.\"\nKseniya Vynohradova: \"The idea is that the listener and the performer create something together. It's not like at a rock concert, where they're stretching their hands out to the idol on stage.\"\nKseniya Vynohradova: \u201cI fell in love with the diversity of electronic music and the very idea of the dance floor.\u201d\nKseniya Vynohradova: \u201cThe idea is that the listener and the performer create something together. It\u2019s not like at a rock concert, where they\u2019re stretching their hands out to the idol on stage.\u201d\nKseniya Vynohradova: \u201cAt Brave! Factory there were musicians whose performances I had been awaiting for a long time. Some of the others I had never heard before, but they really won me over.\u201d\n\"Build a fire,\nStoke it good,\nThrow them on,\nAnd watch the bastards burn.\"\n\u2013 The KLF, \"Burn the Bastards\" 1988.\nAt the 1992 Brit Awards, musicians from the band KLF, known for inventing several genres of electronic music, fired machine gun blanks into the audience from the stage. No one knew this was going to happen. In 1994, they made a video recording of themselves burning a million pounds. These were both acts of protests against the ideology of Big Show Business.\n\"Every night with my star friends\nWe eat caviar and drink champagne,\nSniffing in the VIP area\nWe talk about Frank Sinatra.\"\n\u2013 Miss Kitten & The Hacker, \"Frank Sinatra\" 2000\nForbes magazine, which doesn't acknowledged those with less than a million dollars, has been listing the world's richest DJs for the past 10 years. Two years ago, the Spanish festival Sonar, one of the most famous electronic music festivals in Europe, contributed 72 million euros to Catalonia's GDP. In the 2000s, raves became a powerful part of the pop culture industry and ceased to be centers for fans of progressive experimental music.\nRaves experienced a new wave of popularity at the beginning of this decade as part of a general trend of nineties revival. The new adherents follow the old aesthetic down to the smallest details: from clothing to industrial locations and techno music. And it's happening in Berlin, in London, and in Kyiv.\n\"We are just dreams and space,\nStranded in this funky place,\nNo transport out of here,\nI guess we have to put away our fear.\"\n\u2013 Cybotron, \"Enter\" 1983.\nMykola Shmatkov: \"Raves are a unique cauldron of people and thoughts, where almost all social groups mix.\"\nKseniya Vynohradova: \"There's a lot of love at raves.\"\nMykola Shmatkov: \u201cRaves are a unique cauldron of people and thoughts, where almost all social groups mix.\u201d\nKseniya Vynohradova: \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of love at raves.\u201d\n/Translated & Adapted by Eilish Hart", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 121, "original_length": 12851, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 269.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_architecture", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:30Z", "digest": "sha1:QNQKETPXT2VFMYBSS6LO2HJ43B3DYMTN", "length": 19766, "nlines": 93, "source_domain": "en.m.wikipedia.org", "title": "Computer architecture - Wikipedia", "raw_content": "A pipelined implementation of the MIPS architecture. Pipelining is a key concept in computer architecture.\nIn computer engineering, computer architecture is a set of rules and methods that describe the functionality, organization, and implementation of computer systems. Some definitions of architecture define it as describing the capabilities and programming model of a computer but not a particular implementation.[1] In other definitions computer architecture involves instruction set architecture design, microarchitecture design, logic design, and implementation.[2]\nThe first documented computer architecture was in the correspondence between Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace, describing the analytical engine. When building the computer Z1 in 1936, Konrad Zuse described in two patent applications for his future projects that machine instructions could be stored in the same storage used for data, i.e. the stored-program concept.[3][4] Two other early and important examples are:\nJohn von Neumann's 1945 paper, First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC, which described an organization of logical elements;[5] and\nAlan Turing's more detailed Proposed Electronic Calculator for the Automatic Computing Engine, also 1945 and which cited John von Neumann's paper.[6]\nThe term \u201carchitecture\u201d in computer literature can be traced to the work of Lyle R. Johnson and Frederick P. Brooks, Jr., members of the Machine Organization department in IBM\u2019s main research center in 1959. Johnson had the opportunity to write a proprietary research communication about the Stretch, an IBM-developed supercomputer for Los Alamos National Laboratory (at the time known as Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory). To describe the level of detail for discussing the luxuriously embellished computer, he noted that his description of formats, instruction types, hardware parameters, and speed enhancements were at the level of \u201csystem architecture\u201d \u2013 a term that seemed more useful than \u201cmachine organization.\u201d[7]\nSubsequently, Brooks, a Stretch designer, started Chapter 2 of a book (Planning a Computer System: Project Stretch, ed. W. Buchholz, 1962) by writing,[8]\nComputer architecture, like other architecture, is the art of determining the needs of the user of a structure and then designing to meet those needs as effectively as possible within economic and technological constraints.\nBrooks went on to help develop the IBM System/360 (now called the IBM zSeries) line of computers, in which \u201carchitecture\u201d became a noun defining \u201cwhat the user needs to know\u201d.[9] Later, computer users came to use the term in many less-explicit ways.[10]\nThe earliest computer architectures were designed on paper and then directly built into the final hardware form.[11] Later, computer architecture prototypes were physically built in the form of a transistor\u2013transistor logic (TTL) computer\u2014such as the prototypes of the 6800 and the PA-RISC\u2014tested, and tweaked, before committing to the final hardware form. As of the 1990s, new computer architectures are typically \"built\", tested, and tweaked\u2014inside some other computer architecture in a computer architecture simulator; or inside a FPGA as a soft microprocessor; or both\u2014before committing to the final hardware form.[12]\nSubcategoriesEdit\nThe discipline of computer architecture has three main subcategories:[13]\nInstruction Set Architecture, or ISA. The ISA defines the machine code that a processor reads and acts upon as well as the word size, memory address modes, processor registers, and data type.\nMicroarchitecture, or computer organization describes how a particular processor will implement the ISA.[14] The size of a computer's CPU cache for instance, is an issue that generally has nothing to do with the ISA.\nSystem Design includes all of the other hardware components within a computing system. These include:\nData processing other than the CPU, such as direct memory access (DMA)\nOther issues such as virtualization, multiprocessing, and software features.\nThere are other types of computer architecture. The following types are used in bigger companies like Intel, and count for 1% of all of computer architecture\nMacroarchitecture: architectural layers more abstract than microarchitecture\nAssembly Instruction Set Architecture (ISA): A smart assembler may convert an abstract assembly language common to a group of machines into slightly different machine language for different implementations\nProgrammer Visible Macroarchitecture: higher level language tools such as compilers may define a consistent interface or contract to programmers using them, abstracting differences between underlying ISA, UISA, and microarchitectures. E.g. the C, C++, or Java standards define different Programmer Visible Macroarchitecture.\nUISA (Microcode Instruction Set Architecture)\u2014a group of machines with different hardware level microarchitectures may share a common microcode architecture, and hence a UISA.[citation needed]\nPin Architecture: The hardware functions that a microprocessor should provide to a hardware platform, e.g., the x86 pins A20M, FERR/IGNNE or FLUSH. Also, messages that the processor should emit so that external caches can be invalidated (emptied). Pin architecture functions are more flexible than ISA functions because external hardware can adapt to new encodings, or change from a pin to a message. The term \"architecture\" fits, because the functions must be provided for compatible systems, even if the detailed method changes.\nThe purpose is to design a computer that maximizes performance while keeping power consumption in check, costs low relative to the amount of expected performance, and is also very reliable. For this, many aspects are to be considered which includes instruction set design, functional organization, logic design, and implementation. The implementation involves integrated circuit design, packaging, power, and cooling. Optimization of the design requires familiarity with compilers, operating systems to logic design, and packaging.[15]\nInstruction set architectureEdit\nMain article: Instruction set architecture\nAn instruction set architecture (ISA) is the interface between the computer's software and hardware and also can be viewed as the programmer's view of the machine. Computers do not understand high-level programming languages such as Java, C++, or most programming languages used. A processor only understands instructions encoded in some numerical fashion, usually as binary numbers. Software tools, such as compilers, translate those high level languages into instructions that the processor can understand.\nBesides instructions, the ISA defines items in the computer that are available to a program\u2014e.g. data types, registers, addressing modes, and memory. Instructions locate these available items with register indexes (or names) and memory addressing modes.\nThe ISA of a computer is usually described in a small instruction manual, which describes how the instructions are encoded. Also, it may define short (vaguely) mnemonic names for the instructions. The names can be recognized by a software development tool called an assembler. An assembler is a computer program that translates a human-readable form of the ISA into a computer-readable form. Disassemblers are also widely available, usually in debuggers and software programs to isolate and correct malfunctions in binary computer programs.\nISAs vary in quality and completeness. A good ISA compromises between programmer convenience (how easy the code is to understand), size of the code (how much code is required to do a specific action), cost of the computer to interpret the instructions (more complexity means more hardware needed to decode and execute the instructions), and speed of the computer (with more complex decoding hardware comes longer decode time). Memory organization defines how instructions interact with the memory, and how memory interacts with itself.\nDuring design emulation software (emulators) can run programs written in a proposed instruction set. Modern emulators can measure size, cost, and speed to determine if a particular ISA is meeting its goals.\nComputer organizationEdit\nMain article: Microarchitecture\nComputer organization helps optimize performance-based products. For example, software engineers need to know the processing power of processors. They may need to optimize software in order to gain the most performance for the lowest price. This can require quite detailed analysis of the computer's organization. For example, in a SD card, the designers might need to arrange the card so that the most data can be processed in the fastest possible way.\nComputer organization also helps plan the selection of a processor for a particular project. Multimedia projects may need very rapid data access, while virtual machines may need fast interrupts. Sometimes certain tasks need additional components as well. For example, a computer capable of running a virtual machine needs virtual memory hardware so that the memory of different virtual computers can be kept separated. Computer organization and features also affect power consumption and processor cost.\nMain article: Implementation\nOnce an instruction set and micro-architecture are designed, a practical machine must be developed. This design process is called the implementation. Implementation is usually not considered architectural design, but rather hardware design engineering. Implementation can be further broken down into several steps:\nLogic Implementation designs the circuits required at a logic gate level\nCircuit Implementation does transistor-level designs of basic elements (gates, multiplexers, latches etc.) as well as of some larger blocks (ALUs, caches etc.) that may be implemented at the log gate level, or even at the physical level if the design calls for it.\nPhysical Implementation draws physical circuits. The different circuit components are placed in a chip floorplan or on a board and the wires connecting them are created.\nDesign Validation tests the computer as a whole to see if it works in all situations and all timings. Once the design validation process starts, the design at the logic level are tested using logic emulators. However, this is usually too slow to run realistic test. So, after making corrections based on the first test, prototypes are constructed using Field-Programmable Gate-Arrays (FPGAs). Most hobby projects stop at this stage. The final step is to test prototype integrated circuits. Integrated circuits may require several redesigns to fix problems.\nFor CPUs, the entire implementation process is organized differently and is often referred to as CPU design.\nDesign goalsEdit\nThe exact form of a computer system depends on the constraints and goals. Computer architectures usually trade off standards, power versus performance, cost, memory capacity, latency (latency is the amount of time that it takes for information from one node to travel to the source) and throughput. Sometimes other considerations, such as features, size, weight, reliability, and expandability are also factors.\nThe most common scheme does an in depth power analysis and figures out how to keep power consumption low, while maintaining adequate performance.\nModern computer performance is often described in IPC (instructions per cycle). This measures the efficiency of the architecture at any clock frequency. Since a faster rate can make a faster computer, this is a useful measurement. Older computers had IPC counts as low as 0.1 instructions per cycle. Simple modern processors easily reach near 1. Superscalar processors may reach three to five IPC by executing several instructions per clock cycle.\nCounting machine language instructions would be misleading because they can do varying amounts of work in different ISAs. The \"instruction\" in the standard measurements is not a count of the ISA's actual machine language instructions, but a unit of measurement, usually based on the speed of the VAX computer architecture.\nMany people used to measure a computer's speed by the clock rate (usually in MHz or GHz). This refers to the cycles per second of the main clock of the CPU. However, this metric is somewhat misleading, as a machine with a higher clock rate may not necessarily have greater performance. As a result, manufacturers have moved away from clock speed as a measure of performance.\nOther factors influence speed, such as the mix of functional units, bus speeds, available memory, and the type and order of instructions in the programs.\nThere are two main types of speed: latency and throughput. Latency is the time between the start of a process and its completion. Throughput is the amount of work done per unit time. Interrupt latency is the guaranteed maximum response time of the system to an electronic event (like when the disk drive finishes moving some data).\nPerformance is affected by a very wide range of design choices \u2014 for example, pipelining a processor usually makes latency worse, but makes throughput better. Computers that control machinery usually need low interrupt latencies. These computers operate in a real-time environment and fail if an operation is not completed in a specified amount of time. For example, computer-controlled anti-lock brakes must begin braking within a predictable, short time after the brake pedal is sensed or else failure of the brake will occur.\nBenchmarking takes all these factors into account by measuring the time a computer takes to run through a series of test programs. Although benchmarking shows strengths, it shouldn't be how you choose a computer. Often the measured machines split on different measures. For example, one system might handle scientific applications quickly, while another might render video games more smoothly. Furthermore, designers may target and add special features to their products, through hardware or software, that permit a specific benchmark to execute quickly but don't offer similar advantages to general tasks.\nPower efficiencyEdit\nMain article: Low-power electronics\nPower efficiency is another important measurement in modern computers. A higher power efficiency can often be traded for lower speed or higher cost. The typical measurement when referring to power consumption in computer architecture is MIPS/W (millions of instructions per second per watt).\nModern circuits have less power required per transistor as the number of transistors per chip grows.[16] This is because each transistor that is put in a new chip requires its own power supply and requires new pathways to be built to power it. However the number of transistors per chip is starting to increase at a slower rate. Therefore, power efficiency is starting to become as important, if not more important than fitting more and more transistors into a single chip. Recent processor designs have shown this emphasis as they put more focus on power efficiency rather than cramming as many transistors into a single chip as possible.[17] In the world of embedded computers, power efficiency has long been an important goal next to throughput and latency.\nShifts in market demandEdit\nIncreases in clock frequency have grown more slowly over the past few years, compared to power reduction improvements. This has been driven by the end of Moore's Law and demand for longer battery life and reductions in size for mobile technology. This change in focus from higher clock rates to power consumption and miniaturization can be shown by the significant reductions in power consumption, as much as 50%, that were reported by Intel in their release of the Haswell microarchitecture; where they dropped their power consumption benchmark from 30-40 watts down to 10-20 watts.[18] Comparing this to the processing speed increase of 3 GHz to 4 GHz (2002 to 2006)[19] it can be seen that the focus in research and development are shifting away from clock frequency and moving towards consuming less power and taking up less space.\nComparison of CPU architectures\nHarvard (Modified)\nInfluence of the IBM PC on the personal computer market\n^ Clements, Alan. Principles of Computer Hardware (Fourth ed.). p. 1. Architecture describes the internal organization of a computer in an abstract way; that is, it defines the capabilities of the computer and its programming model. You can have two computers that have been constructed in different ways with different technologies but with the same architecture.\n^ Hennessy, John; Patterson, David. Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach (Fifth ed.). p. 11. This task has many aspects, including instruction set design, functional organization, logic design,and implementation.\n^ \"Electronic Digital Computers\", Nature, 162: 487, 25 September 1948, doi:10.1038/162487a0, retrieved 2009-04-10\n^ Susanne Faber, \"Konrad Zuses Bemuehungen um die Patentanmeldung der Z3\", 2000\n^ Neumann, John (1945). First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC. p. 9.\n^ Reproduced in B. J. Copeland (Ed.), \"Alan Turing's Automatic Computing Engine\", OUP, 2005, pp. 369-454.\n^ Johnson, Lyle (1960). \"A Description of Stretch\" (PDF). p. 1. Retrieved 7 October 2017.\n^ Buchholz, Werner (1962). Planning a Computer System. p. 5.\n^ \"System 360, From Computers to Computer Systems\". IBM100. Retrieved 11 May 2017.\n^ Hellige, Hans Dieter (2004). \"Die Genese von Wissenschaftskonzeptionen der Computerarchitektur: Vom \"system of organs\" zum Schichtmodell des Designraums\". Geschichten der Informatik: Visionen, Paradigmen, Leitmotive. pp. 411\u2013472.\n^ ACE underwent seven paper designs in one year, before a prototype was initiated in 1948. [B. J. Copeland (Ed.), \"Alan Turing's Automatic Computing Engine\", OUP, 2005, p. 57]\n^ Schmalz. \"Organization of Computer Systems\". UF CISE. Retrieved 11 May 2017.\n^ John L. Hennessy and David A. Patterson. Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach (Third ed.). Morgan Kaufmann Publishers.\n^ Laplante, Phillip A. (2001). Dictionary of Computer Science, Engineering, and Technology. CRC Press. pp. 94\u201395. ISBN 0-8493-2691-5.\n^ Martin, Milo. \"What is computer architecture?\" (PDF). UPENN. Retrieved 11 May 2017.\n^ \"Integrated circuits and fabrication\" (PDF). Retrieved 8 May 2017.\n^ \"Exynos 9 Series (8895)\". Samsung. Retrieved 8 May 2017.\n^ \"Measuring Processor Power TDP vs ACP\" (PDF). Intel. April 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2017.\n^ \"History of Processor Performance\" (PDF). cs.columbia.edu. 24 April 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2017.\nJohn L. Hennessy and David Patterson (2006). Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach (Fourth ed.). Morgan Kaufmann. ISBN 978-0-12-370490-0.\nBarton, Robert S., \"Functional Design of Computers\", Communications of the ACM 4(9): 405 (1961).\nBarton, Robert S., \"A New Approach to the Functional Design of a Digital Computer\", Proceedings of the Western Joint Computer Conference, May 1961, pp. 393\u2013396. About the design of the Burroughs B5000 computer.\nBell, C. Gordon; and Newell, Allen (1971). \"Computer Structures: Readings and Examples\", McGraw-Hill.\nBlaauw, G.A., and Brooks, F.P., Jr., \"The Structure of System/360, Part I-Outline of the Logical Structure\", IBM Systems Journal, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 119\u2013135, 1964.\nTanenbaum, Andrew S. (1979). Structured Computer Organization. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. 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Alekperov discussed the revival of the contract in Baghdad on Monday.\nThe contract to develop the second leg of the oil field was initially signed on March 21, 1997, under the reign of Saddam Hussein. LUKoil operated the first phase of West Qurna and is looking to develop West Qurna-2, located in southern Iraq. The deal for both phases was signed for 23 years, but frozen in 2002.\nWest Qurna-2's proven recoverable reserves have been estimated at around 6 billion barrels of oil. Under the terms of the contract, output could amount to 4.8 billion barrels of oil and 56.4 billion cubic meters of associated gas. Investment in the project could reach $4 billion.\nBaghdad is also discussing the West Qurna-2 oil field with Chevron and Total. However, analysts say that Iraq is likely to resume work at West Qurna-2 with LUKoil after Russia recently wrote off the bulk of the country's debt of around $12 billion.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 203, "original_length": 5446, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 166.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://en.wikipedi0.org/wiki/Lyubov_Popova", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:14Z", "digest": "sha1:SWXI7JP6SMTXUSWLXBLOKZ74WE45763O", "length": 9831, "nlines": 61, "source_domain": "en.wikipedi0.org", "title": "Lyubov Popova - Wikipedia", "raw_content": "Lyubov Popova, before 1920\nCubo-Futurism Suprematism Constructivism (art)\nLyubov Sergeyevna Popova (Russian: \u041b\u044e\u0431\u043e\u0301\u0432\u044c \u0421\u0435\u0440\u0433\u0435\u0301\u0435\u0432\u043d\u0430 \u041f\u043e\u043f\u043e\u0301\u0432\u0430; April 24, 1889 \u2013 May 25, 1924) was a Russian avant-garde artist (Cubist, Suprematist and Constructivist), painter and designer.\n2.1 Travels\n3.1 Cubo-Futurism\n3.2 Suprematism\nPopova was born in Ivanovskoe, near Moscow, to the wealthy family of Sergei Maximovich Popov, a very successful textile merchant and vigorous patron of the arts, and Lyubov Vasilievna Zubova, who came from a highly cultured family. Lyubov Sergeyevna had two brothers and a sister: Sergei was the eldest, then Lyubov, Pavel and Olga. Pavel became a philosopher and the guardian of his sister's artistic legacy.[1]\nPopova grew up with a strong interest in art, especially Italian Renaissance painting. At eleven years old she began formal art lessons at home; she was first enrolled in Yaltinskaia's Women's Gymnasium, then in Arseneva's Gymnasium in Moscow.[2] By the age of 18 she was studying with Stanislav Zhukovsky, and in 1908 entered the private studios of Konstantin Yuon and Ivan Dudin. In 1912 to 1913, she began attending the studios of the Cubist painters Henri Le Fauconnier and Jean Metzinger.[2]\nPopova traveled widely to investigate and learn from diverse styles of painting, but it was the ancient Russian icons, the paintings of Giotto, and the works of the 15th- and 16th-century Italian painters which interested her the most.\nIn 1909 she traveled to Kiev, then in 1910 to Pskov and Novgorod. The following year she visited other ancient Russian cities, including St. Petersburg, to study icons. In 1912 she worked in a Moscow studio known as \"The Tower\" with Ivan Aksenov and Vladimir Tatlin, and also visited Sergei Shchukin's collection of modern French paintings.\nIn 1912\u20131913 she studied art with Nadezhda Udaltsova in Paris, where she met Alexander Archipenko and Ossip Zadkine in 1913. After returning to Russia that same year, she worked with Tatlin, Udaltsova and the Vesnin brothers.\nIn 1914 she traveled in France and Italy at the development of Cubism and Futurism.[3]\nCubo-Futurism[edit]\nPopova was one of the first female pioneers in Cubo-Futurism.[4] Through a synthesis of styles she worked towards what she termed painterly architectonics. After first exploring Impressionism, by 1913, in Composition with Figures, she was experimenting with the particularly Russian development of Cubo-Futurism: a fusion of two equal influences from France and Italy.\nPortrait of a Philosopher (Artist's brother, Pavel Sergeyevich Popov), 1915\nFrom 1914\u20131915 her Moscow home became the meeting-place for artists and writers. In 1914\u20131916 Popova together with other avant-garde artists (Aleksandra Ekster, Nadezhda Udaltsova, Olga Rozanova) contributed to the two Knave of Diamonds exhibitions, in Petrograd Tramway V and the 0.10, The Store in Moscow. An analysis of Popova's cubo-futurist work also suggests an affinity with the work of Fernand Leger, whose geometry of tubular and conical forms in his series of paintings from 1913\u20131914 is similar to that in Popova's paintings.[1]\nThe Model, 1913\nSuprematism[edit]\nHer painting The Violin of 1914 suggests the development from Cubism towards the \"painterly architectonics\" series of 1916\u20131918. This series defined her distinct artistic trajectory in abstract form. The canvas surface is an energy field of overlapping and intersecting angular planes in a constant state of potential release of energy. At the same time the elements are held in a balanced and proportioned whole as if linking the compositions of the classical past to the future. Color is used as the iconic focus; the strong primary color at the center drawing the outer shapes together.\nThe Pianist, 106.5 x 88.7 cm, The National Gallery of Canada\nIn 1916 she joined the Supremus group with Kazimir Malevich, the founder of Suprematism, Aleksandra Ekster, Ivan Kliun, Nadezhda Udaltsova, Olga Rozanova, Ivan Puni, Nina Genke, Ksenia Boguslavskaya and others who at this time worked in Verbovka Village Folk Centre. The creation of a new kind of painting was part of the revolutionary urge of the Russian avant-garde to remake the world. The term 'supreme' refers to a 'non-objective' or abstract world beyond that of everyday reality. However, there was a tension between those who, like Malevich, saw art as a spiritual quest, and others who responded to the need for the artist to create a new physical world.[5] Popova embraced both of these ideals but eventually identified herself entirely with the aims of the Revolution working in poster, book design, fabric and theatre design, as well as teaching. At 0.10 she had exhibited a number of figurative painted cardboard reliefs in a cubist derived style. In 1916 she began to paint completely abstract Suprematist compositions, but the title \"Painterly Architectonics\" (which she gave to many of her paintings) suggests that, even as a Suprematist, Popova was more interested in painting as a projection of material reality than as the personal expression of a metaphysical reality. Popova's superimposed planes and strong color have the objective presence of actual space and materials.[6]\nIn 1918 Popova married the art historian Boris von Eding, and gave birth to a son. Von Eding died the following year of typhoid fever. Popova was also seriously ill but recovered.\nAs early as 1917 in parallel with her Suprematist work, she had made fabric designs and worked on Agitprop books and posters, In the Tenth State Exhibition: Non Objective Creativity and Suprematism, 1918, she contributed the architectonic series of paintings. She continued painting advanced abstract works until 1921. In the 5 x 5 Exhibition of 1921,[7] Popova and her four fellow Constructivists declared that easel painting was to be abandoned and all creative work was to be for the people and the making of the new society. Popova worked in a broad range of mediums and disciplines, including painting, relief, works on paper, and designs for the theater, textiles, and typography. Popova did not join the Working Group of Constructivists when it was set up in Moscow in March 1921, but joined by the end of 1921. In 1923 she began creating designs for fabric to be manufactured by the First State Textile Printing Works in Moscow.[8]\nFrom 1921 to 1924 Popova became entirely involved in Constructivist projects, sometimes in collaboration with Varvara Stepanova, the architect Alexander Vesnin and Alexander Rodchenko. She produced stage designs: Vsevolod Meyerhold's production of Fernand Crommelynck's The Magnanimous Cuckold, 1922; her Spatial Force Constructions were used as the basis of her art teaching theory at Vkhutemas. She designed typography of books, production art and textiles, and contributed designs for dresses to LEF.\nShe worked briefly in the Cotton Printing Factory in Moscow with Varvara Stepanova.\nPopova died at the peak of her artistic powers two days after the death of her son, from whom she had contracted scarlet fever in 1924 in Moscow. A large exhibition of her work opened in Moscow from December 21, 1924 to January 1925, at Stroganov Institute, Moscow. The exhibition included Popova's works such as seventy-seven paintings, as well as books, posters, textile designs, and line engravings. \"Artist-Constructor\" was the term applied to Popova by her contemporaries in the catalogue of the artist's posthumous exhibition.[9]\nRodchenko/Popova: Defining Constructivism, an exhibition of the work of Popova, Rodchenko, and other Constructivists was shown at Tate Modern, London, in 2009,[10] and subsequently at Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid.\n1910 Knave of Diamonds I, Moscow\n1912 Knave of Diamonds II, Moscow\n1915 The Futurist Exhibition: Tramway V, Petrograd\n1916 0.10, Petrograd\n1916 The Store, Moscow\n1918 Tenth State Exhibition: Non-Objective Creativity and Suprematism, Moscow\n1921 5x5=25, Moscow\nLyubov Popova, Untitled, 1915, Oil on canvas, 106.4 \u00d7 71.1 cm (41.9 \u00d7 28 in), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Gift, George Costakis, 1981 Guggenheim Museum\nLyubov Popova, Birsk, 1916, Oil on canvas, 106 \u00d7 69.5 cm (41.7 \u00d7 27.4 in), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Gift, George Costakis, 1981 Guggenheim Museum\nAir+Man+Space, 1912, Oil on canvas, 125 x 107 cm, The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg\n^ a b Dabrowski, M., Liubov Popova, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1991, p.122.\n^ a b Harris, Ann Sutherland (1976). Women Artists, 1550-1950. New York: Museum Associates of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. p. 310. ISBN 0-394-41169-2.\n^ Sarabianov, Dmitri, and Adaskina, Natalia, Popova, Harry N Abrams Inc. New York, 1990\n^ Drutt, Matt. \"Lyubov Popova\". Guggenheim. Guggenheim.\n^ Bowlt, John, and Drutt, Matthew, Amazons of the Avant-Garde, Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1999\n^ Gooding, Mel, Abstract Art, Tate Publishing, 2001\n^ Gray, Camilla, The Russian Experiment in Art, Thames and Hudson, 1965\n^ \"Liubov Popova\" (PDF).\n^ Dabrowski, Magdalena (1991). Liubov Popova. Museum of Modern Art. ISBN 978-0870705687.\n^ \"Rodchenko/Popova: Defining Constructivism\". Tate Modern. Retrieved October 13, 2012.\nWikiquote has quotations related to: Lyubov Popova\nWikimedia Commons has media related to Lyubov Popova.\nLyubov Popova at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2001-11-25) \u2013 Rollins College\nBiography at the Wayback Machine (archived 2004-12-06) \u2013 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum\nCollection at the Wayback Machine (archived 2015-04-23) \u2013 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum\nLiubov Popova: From Painting to Textile Design by Christina Lodder, Tate Papers no.14\nSNAC: w60g5kjr\nRetrieved from \"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lyubov_Popova&oldid=870390744\"\nRussian women artists\nRussian women painters\nRussian designers\nRussian Futurist painters\nVkhutemas faculty\nSuprematism (art movement)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 222, "original_length": 13021, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 187.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://eos.org/scientific-press/explosive-volcanoes-spawned-mysterious-martian-rock-formation?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_content=explosive-volcanoes-spawned-mysterious-martian-rock-formation", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:21:32Z", "digest": "sha1:2IILWULPFX77P2TNLRG24GIDA43H4QSD", "length": 6159, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "eos.org", "title": "Explosive Volcanoes Spawned Mysterious Martian Rock Formation - Eos", "raw_content": "Planetary Sciences Scientific Press Releases\nThe results of a new study show Mars\u2019s Medusae Fossae Formation is the largest known explosive volcanic deposit in the solar system.\nAn isolated hill in the Medusae Fossae Formation. The effect of wind erosion on this hill is evident by its streamlined shape. Credit: High Resolution Stereo Camera/European Space Agency.\nExplosive volcanic eruptions that shot jets of hot ash, rock and gas skyward are the likely source of a mysterious Martian rock formation, a new study finds. The new finding could add to scientists\u2019 understanding of Mars\u2019s interior and its past potential for habitability, according to the study\u2019s authors.\nThe Medusae Fossae Formation is a massive, unusual deposit of soft rock near Mars\u2019s equator, with undulating hills and abrupt mesas. Scientists first observed the Medusae Fossae with NASA\u2019s Mariner spacecraft in the 1960s but were perplexed as to how it formed.\nNow, new research suggests the formation was deposited during explosive volcanic eruptions on the Red Planet more than 3 billion years ago. The formation is about one-fifth as large as the continental United States and 100 times more massive than the largest explosive volcanic deposit on Earth, making it the largest known explosive volcanic deposit in the solar system, according to the study\u2019s authors.\n\u201cThis is a massive deposit, not only on a Martian scale, but also in terms of the solar system, because we do not know of any other deposit that is like this,\u201d said Lujendra Ojha, a planetary scientist at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and lead author of the new study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, a journal of the American Geophysical Union.\nThis graphic shows the relative size of the Medusae Fossae Formation compared to Fish Canyon Tuff, the largest explosive volcanic deposit on Earth. The Medusae Fossae has an area of about 2 million square kilometers, which is roughly one-fifth the size of the continental United States. Fish Canyon Tuff, when it was deposited, covered an area of about 30,000 square kilometers, roughly the size of the state of Maryland. Credit: AGU.\nFormation of the Medusae Fossae would have marked a pivotal point in Mars\u2019s history, according to the study\u2019s authors. The eruptions that created the deposit could have spewed massive amounts of climate-altering gases into Mars\u2019s atmosphere and ejected enough water to cover Mars in a global ocean more than 9 centimeters (4 inches) thick, Ojha said.\nGreenhouse gases exhaled during the eruptions that spawned the Medusae Fossae could have warmed Mars\u2019s surface enough for water to remain liquid at its surface, but toxic volcanic gases like hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide would have altered the chemistry of Mars\u2019s surface and atmosphere. Both processes would have affected Mars\u2019s potential for habitability, Ojha said.\nDetermining the Source of the Rock\nThe Medusae Fossae Formation consists of hills and mounds of sedimentary rock straddling Mars\u2019s equator. Sedimentary rock forms when rock dust and debris accumulate on a planet\u2019s surface and cement over time. Scientists have known about the Medusae Fossae for decades, but were unsure whether wind, water, ice or volcanic eruptions deposited rock debris in that location.\nA global geographic map of Mars, with the location of the Medusae Fossae Formation circled in red. Click image for larger version. Credit: MazzyBor, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons\nPrevious radar measurements of Mars\u2019s surface suggested the Medusae Fossae had an unusual composition, but scientists were unable to determine whether it was made of highly porous rock or a mixture of rock and ice. In the new study, Ojha and a colleague used gravity data from various Mars orbiter spacecraft to measure the Medusae Fossae\u2019s density for the first time. They found the rock is unusually porous: it\u2019s about two-thirds as dense as the rest of the Martian crust. They also used radar and gravity data in combination to show the Medusae Fossae\u2019s density cannot be explained by the presence of ice, which is much less dense than rock.\nBecause the rock is so porous, it had to have been deposited by explosive volcanic eruptions, according to the researchers. Volcanoes erupt in part because gases like carbon dioxide and water vapor dissolved in magma force the molten rock to rise to the surface. Magma containing lots of gas explodes skyward, shooting jets of ash and rock into the atmosphere.\nA 13-kilometer (8-mile) diameter crater being infilled by the Medusae Fossae Formation. Credit: High Resolution Stereo Camera/European Space Agency.\nAsh from these explosions plummets to the ground and streams downhill. After enough time has passed, the ash cements into rock, and Ojha suspects this is what formed the Medusae Fossae. As much as half of the soft rock originally deposited during the eruptions has eroded away, leaving behind the hills and valleys seen in the Medusae Fossae today.\nUnderstanding Mars\u2019s Interior\nThe new findings suggest the Martian interior is more complex than scientists originally thought, according to Ojha. Scientists know Mars has some water and carbon dioxide in its crust that allow explosive volcanic eruptions to happen on its surface, but the planet\u2019s interior would have needed massive amounts of volatile gases\u2014substances that become gas at low temperatures\u2014 to create a deposit of this size, he said.\n\u201cIf you were to distribute the Medusae Fossae globally, it would make a 9.7-meter (32-foot) thick layer.\u201d Ojha said. \u201cGiven the sheer magnitude of this deposit, it really is incredible because it implies that the magma was not only rich in volatiles and also that it had to be volatile-rich for long periods of time.\u201d\nThe new study shows the promise of gravity surveys in interpreting Mars\u2019s rock record, according to Kevin Lewis, a planetary scientist at Johns Hopkins University and co-author of the new study. \u201cFuture gravity surveys could help distinguish between ice, sediments and igneous rocks in the upper crust of the planet,\u201d Lewis said.\nJean O\u2019Brien Dickey (1945\u20132018)\nHomemade \u201cSpatter Bombs\u201d Can Reveal Volcanic Secrets", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 213, "original_length": 11040, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 201.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ephx.org/about/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:49Z", "digest": "sha1:FICLQPN6VOLLFNBT256GYIH4AAVS37NE", "length": 717, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "ephx.org", "title": "About Us | Eparchy of Phoenix", "raw_content": "Welcome to the web pages of the Holy Protection of Mary Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix (formerly known as the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Van Nuys). The Byzantine Eparchy (Diocese) of Phoenix serves Byzantine Catholics living in the Western United States and is open to all Cathollics who are seeking a spiritual home. We live and proclaim the Gospel of Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ. Are you looking for a parish home? Maybe the opportunity to take part in some of our social, pastoral or educational ministries? Or maybe you wish to learn more about the teachings of the Catholic Church? Come join us as we worship the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Help us proclaim the Good News here in the West.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 21, "original_length": 1061, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 100.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://equinewellnessmagazine.com/protecting-horse-toxins/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:55Z", "digest": "sha1:74YVRFMKQ3YSWIGENNHKIASIZWUOT6QD", "length": 3529, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "equinewellnessmagazine.com", "title": "Protecting your horse from toxins - Equine Wellness Magazine", "raw_content": "Home Sponsored Protecting your horse from toxins\nUnderstand what toxins are, and what natural remedies you can use to protect your horse from their harmful effects.\nWhen the organs of elimination become overburdened due to physical and/or toxic stressors, they are no longer able to function as nature intended. The toxins and unusable waste begin to build up in this \u201cclearing house\u201d, preventing efficiency within the systems. When this happens, we begin to see a myriad of dis-ease in our horses that may go mis- or undiagnosed.\nAll too often antibiotics or steroids are the protocol used in an attempt to cure these illnesses. But while they may mask the symptomatic issues momentarily, they will add fuel to the fire by accumulating more toxins for the already overburdened organs to try to process. So how do we end this cycle and bring our horses back to health? The first step is to gain a deeper understanding of the toxins that put us and our equine companions at risk.\nToxins are small molecules that are capable of causing disease on contact or upon absorption by body tissues.\nToxins can be found in a variety of sources, including:\nSynthetic ingredients that the body doesn\u2019t recognize, such as pharmaceuticals\nChemical-based cleaners\nCommercial feed containing GMO ingredients\nEnvironment \u2013 air and water pollution, certain plants\nHay grown using chemical sprays\nHow do they affect health?\nPoor health due to toxins is often caused by toxicity that accumulates in the organs (i.e. liver, kidneys, intestines, etc.), GI tract, colon, blood and the lymphatic system. That said, numerous systems can be affected, including:\nAfter time, a horse\u2019s mood and behavior can also be affected by toxicity in the body.\nHow to protect your horse\nWhen it comes to protecting your horse from toxins, limiting the known causes of toxicity will help immensely. Once the toxins are removed, the horse can efficiently absorb nutrients and supplements with ease to create a healthy environment for his immune system, as well as the functionality of his organs.\nBelow is a list of herbs and/or superfoods that can safely be used on a semi-regular basis to prevent toxic overload:\nBladderwrack cleanses the digestive tract. This algae is a primary source of alginic acid that binds with heavy metals found in the intestines, renders, and then eliminates. It also helps bind and draw out toxins stored in the body, removing the body\u2019s burden.\nSchisandra is a plant that contains about 40 lignans (polyphenols found in plants). It enhances glutathione production in the liver, a very important cellular antioxidant that helps rid the body of heavy metals and other toxins.\nBroccoli sprouts support all phases of detox including activating, neutralizing, and eliminating contaminants.\nDandelion (leaf and root) is a powerhouse of essential nutrients, minerals, potassium and antioxidants that cleanses the digestive tract, urinary tract, and the kidneys.\nCalcium Bentonite performs like a magnet in the body, absorbing and pulling toxins from the digestive tract, intestines, stomach and colon.\nThe synergy between the power and energy of herbs and superfoods creates plant medicine to heal, cleanse, fortify and instill internal balance. Talk to an herbalist about creating a detoxifying blend for your horse, or invest in a high-quality herbal supplement that\u2019s been formulated with his health and harmony in mind.\nPrevious articlePractices for posture \u2013 back exercises for riders\nNext articleFear the fungi \u2013 preventing IAD in your horse", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 113, "original_length": 5762, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 335.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://equiniti.com/uk/news-and-views/news-releases/jp-morgan-to-partner-with-equiniti/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:11Z", "digest": "sha1:UAB4RCWYTU7QVCM7IXRB4OVEO2PDFF4Q", "length": 2173, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "equiniti.com", "title": "J.P. Morgan to partner with Equiniti", "raw_content": "Home News and Views News Releases J.P. Morgan to partner with Equiniti\nJ.P. Morgan to partner with Equiniti\nEquiniti has announced its acquisition of J.P. Morgan's Corporate Dealing Services business\nThe Equiniti Group, a leading UK financial and business services provider and the UK\u2019s largest provider of shareholder services to FTSE 100 companies, has exchanged contracts to acquire J.P. Morgan\u2019s Corporate Dealing Services business for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition is expected to complete on or around 31 August 2014.\nThe acquired business specifically provides dealing services for participants in all forms of share-based remuneration schemes, and this transaction further increases Equiniti\u2019s presence in the UK market. As part of the agreement, J.P. Morgan will partner with Equiniti to continue to provide this service to its corporate broking clients.\nEquiniti already manages around half of the FTSE 100 companies with respect to their share registration needs. The business will transfer to Equiniti\u2019s Investment Services division, established over 10 years ago, and which holds in custody \u00a317 billion of customer assets.\nThis is a further acquisition by Equiniti in the sector in the past four years. In 2011, Equiniti acquired the Corporate and Employees Services division of NatWest Stockbrokers and, in 2013, Equiniti acquired Killik\u2019s Employee Services business, a market leading provider of employee and executive share plan services.\nPaul Matthews, managing director, Corporate Markets, Equiniti says; \u201cThe acquisition of J.P. Morgan\u2019s Corporate Dealing Services business further strengthens our position in this sector. All of the current staff will transfer to our head office and their skills, experience and knowledge will be an important addition to our team. The acquisition also supports the Equiniti Group\u2019s continuing programme of selective investment in the financial services area and underlines our credentials for providing the highest levels of service and expertise in the area of brokerage and investment services.\u201d\nEquiniti appoints David Beresford as Director of Strategy and Business Development MyCSP reports 31% growth in 2013", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 210, "original_length": 7913, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 237.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://erikhaugsjaa.wordpress.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:07Z", "digest": "sha1:6VBS76RX5QBWPQI56L52JOPOJPWT5TGW", "length": 977, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "erikhaugsjaa.wordpress.com", "title": "Erik Haugsjaa \u2013 Software Engineer", "raw_content": "Hi, I\u2019m Erik. I\u2019m a full-stack web engineer and have been building custom websites and internal content management systems for nonprofits, businesses, and researchers since 1996.\nI can help your organization build or modernize web-based business applications that are fast, reliable, and secure.\nI speak Javascript, SQL, PHP, Perl, C++ and have worked with many business-related APIs: Salesforce, Stripe, Paypal, Dropbox, Mailchimp, Google Analytics Enhanced Ecommerce.\nIf you have a designer, I can do the rest to get your website up and running. If you already have a website, but are overwhelmed or in over your head, I can help you with that too. I love sorting out spaghetti code!\nI am an excellent communicator, a patient listener, and I have years of experience in explaining technical issues to non-technical colleagues and clients. I have worked with teams of developers and designers, and dozens of different clients over the years to GET THINGS DONE and ON SCHEDULE.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 20, "original_length": 1431, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 263.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://esalerugs.com/magenta-10x13-mashad-persian-rug-22439439", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:03:16Z", "digest": "sha1:4C77VIBPLKCOTRHHDMCBTD4T4HBUN43L", "length": 154, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "esalerugs.com", "title": "Magenta 10' x 12' 5 Mashad Persian Rug | Persian Rugs | eSaleRugs", "raw_content": "10' x 12' 5 Mashad Persian Rug\nColors include: Magenta, Black, Blue, Green, Ivory, Navy Blue, Peach, Salmon, Pink, Burgundy. The primary color is Magenta.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 2877, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.73, "perplexity": 312.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://eslstudentrecruiter.com/2016/03/03/of-smoke-mirrors-educational-consultants/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:28Z", "digest": "sha1:3YE24GDFGG2EILS4ZSUXMPTFJOIEUEBZ", "length": 1909, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "eslstudentrecruiter.com", "title": "Of Smoke, Mirrors, & Educational Consultants | Wanted: ESL Students", "raw_content": "At the risk of being repetitive, I am once again reblogging Dr. Mark Ashwill\u2019s recent post on his blog \u201cAn International Educator in Vietnam.\u201d\nIn his post, he discusses the shady practices of fair organizers in various markets. He specifically mentions the practice of busing in large numbers of students to make a fair look successful.\nThis struck a cord for me because, as an experienced recruiter, I really hate this practice!\nWhile some schools will take the time to select students who have an interest and who are on track for pursuing their studies in the USA, unfortunately, they are very few. The vast majority of times that we see these students en masse in a fair, it is because they just wanted to get out of class for a few hours for this \u201cfield trip.\u201d It is such a waste of time and resources\u2013and it\u2019s a waste of my voice, as well, as I become hoarse from talking so much with people that are not really interested in my program.\nFair organizers, take note and PLEASE stop this practice!\nI continue to document and add to my rather lengthy inventory the many ways in which educational consulting companies cheat their clients and partners. This began with an article I wrote in 12/14 for University World News entitled Walking the walk \u2013 Ethical agency-based recruitment.\nHere\u2019s one that involves an upcoming US higher education mini-fair. It\u2019s what I\u2019m fond of calling the \u201cdog and pony show\u201d approach to pre-event marketing. Why do it the old-fashioned way \u2013 through extensive on- and offline marketing \u2013 when you can simply pay \u201cstudents\u201d to come to your event? It\u2019s easy, cheap and guarantees quantity, if not quality. You want 500 students? No problem! Pay 50,000 VND per student referral. Psst \u2013 hey, everyone! We\u2019ll pay you $2.23 in cold hard cash for every student (?) you bring to the fair. That\u2019s $1,115 \u2013 what a bargain!\nIf you really wanna rock \u2018n\u2026\ntagged with agents, fairs, Vietnam", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 4605, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 329.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://eugeneweekly.com/2019/01/24/big-boys-do-cry/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:55Z", "digest": "sha1:SVAGC4H5ZC5BOK356B3Z2HGSK4BREN62", "length": 1611, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "eugeneweekly.com", "title": "Big Boys Do Cry \u2013 Eugene Weekly", "raw_content": "When he was a boy, Hawaiian roots musician Kalani Pe\u2019a ran away from his parents in a JC Penney. \u201cThey caught me singing to a mannequin,\u201d he tells me over the phone. For a child, none of this behavior is out of the ordinary. What makes Pe\u2019a\u2019s story unique, however, is that his parents found him singing without the speech impediment he\u2019d struggled with since he was 4 years old.\n\u201cI couldn\u2019t say certain phrases. I couldn\u2019t pronounce certain words,\u201d he explains. After trying and failing to find the right speech therapist, Pe\u2019a and his parents realized the answer was simple: music. \u201cThey realized I loved the music,\u201d he remembers. \u201cI got into choirs. I learned music theory. The music helped me.\u201d\nNow the Grammy award-winning musician returns to Eugene supporting his sophomore release No\u2019Ane\u2019i. Pe\u2019a\u2019s debut album won a Grammy for Best Regional Roots Music Album, and this year No\u2019Ane\u2019i is nominated in the same category.\nSo what was like when Pe\u2019a learned he was nominated for a Grammy \u2014 not once, but twice?\n\u201cI dropped to my knees and I cried,\u201d he says. \u201cAll I did was cry. I cried all day long. I was overwhelmed with joy, surprised. Big boys do cry.\u201d\nOn his latest release, Pe\u2019a says he was looking to push the envelope with more originals and a little more vocal work. \u201cThis album means a lot to me,\u201d he says. \u201cThis album talks about people I love, places I love, people that annoy me. All of that. It talks about identity. This album hits home.\u201d\n\u201cI say thanks to my parents allowing me to sing,\u201d Pe\u2019a adds.\nKalani Pe\u2019a performs 7:30 pm Saturday, Jan. 26. at The Shedd; $23-$31, all-ages. \u2014 Will Kennedy", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 3663, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 214.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=1395675669953&uri=CELEX:62012CJ0167", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:44Z", "digest": "sha1:GTWKBGA2JIOJMVONARVMJXQX543JQBA4", "length": 25785, "nlines": 97, "source_domain": "eur-lex.europa.eu", "title": "EUR-Lex - 62012CJ0167 - EN - EUR-Lex", "raw_content": "C. D. v S. T.\nRequest for a preliminary ruling from the Employment Tribunal Newcastle upon Tyne.\nReference for a preliminary ruling \u2014 Social policy \u2014 Directive 92/85/EEC \u2212 Measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding \u2014 Article 8 \u2014 Commissioning mother who has had a baby through a surrogacy arrangement \u2014 Refusal to grant her maternity leave \u2014 Directive 2006/54/EC \u2014 Equal treatment of male and female workers \u2014 Article 14 \u2014 Less favourable treatment of a commissioning mother as regards the grant of maternity leave.\n\u201bReference for a preliminary ruling \u2014 Social policy \u2014 Directive 92/85/EEC \u2014 Measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding \u2014 Article 8 \u2014 Commissioning mother who has had a baby through a surrogacy arrangement \u2014 Refusal to grant her maternity leave \u2014 Directive 2006/54/EC \u2014 Equal treatment of male and female workers \u2014 Article 14 \u2014 Less favourable treatment of a commissioning mother as regards the grant of maternity leave\u2019\nREQUEST for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 TFEU from the Employment Tribunal, Newcastle upon Tyne (United Kingdom), made by decision of 29 March 2012, received at the Court on 3 April 2012, in the proceedings\nS. T.,\ncomposed of V. Skouris, President, K. Lenaerts, Vice-President, A. Tizzano, L. Bay Larsen and M. Safjan (Rapporteur), Presidents of Chambers, J. Malenovsk\u00fd, E. Levits, A. \u00d3 Caoimh, J.\u2011C. Bonichot, D. \u0160v\u00e1by, M. Berger, A. Prechal and E. Jara\u0161i\u016bnas, Judges,\nMs D., by K. Ewing, Solicitor, K. Monaghan QC and J. Russell, Barrister,\nS. T., by C. Jeans QC and A. Edge, Barrister,\nthe United Kingdom Government, by A. Robinson, acting as Agent, and by E. Dixon, Barrister,\nthe Greek Government, by E.\u2011M. Mamouna and D. Tsagkaraki, acting as Agents,\nthe Spanish Government, by A. Rubio Gonz\u00e1lez, acting as Agent,\nthe Portuguese Government, by L. Inez Fernandes and E. Pedrosa, acting as Agents,\nThis request for a preliminary ruling concerns the interpretation of Articles 1(1), 2(c), 8(1) and 11(2)(b) of Council Directive 92/85/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding (tenth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (OJ 1992 L 348, p. 1), and of Article 2(1)(a) and (b) and (2)(c) and Article 14 of Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (OJ 2006 L 204, p. 23).\nThe request has been made in proceedings between Ms D., an intended mother (also referred to as a commissioning mother) who has had a baby through a surrogacy arrangement, and S. T., her employer, a National Health Service Foundation Trust, concerning the refusal to grant her paid leave following the birth of the baby.\nThe first, eighth, ninth, fourteenth and seventeenth recitals in the preamble to Directive 92/85 are worded as follows:\n\u2018Whereas Article 118a [EC] provides that the Council shall adopt, by means of directives, minimum requirements for encouraging improvements, especially in the working environment, to protect the safety and health of workers;\nWhereas pregnant workers, workers who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding must be considered a specific risk group in many respects, and measures must be taken with regard to their safety and health;\nWhereas the protection of the safety and health of pregnant workers, workers who have recently given birth or workers who are breastfeeding should not treat women on the labour market unfavourably nor work to the detriment of directives concerning equal treatment for men and women;\nWhereas the vulnerability of pregnant workers, workers who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding makes it necessary for them to be granted the right to maternity leave of at least 14 continuous weeks, allocated before and/or after confinement, and renders necessary the compulsory nature of maternity leave of at least two weeks, allocated before and/or after confinement;\nWhereas, moreover, provision concerning maternity leave would also serve no purpose unless accompanied by the maintenance of rights linked to the employment contract and or entitlement to an adequate allowance\u2019.\nArticle 1(1) of Directive 92/85 states:\n\u2018The purpose of this Directive, which is the tenth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC, is to implement measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding.\u2019\nArticle 2 of that directive contains the following definitions:\nArticle 10 of Directive 92/85, headed \u2018Prohibition of dismissal\u2019, provides:\n\u2018In order to guarantee workers, within the meaning of Article 2, the exercise of their health and safety protection rights as recognised under this Article, it shall be provided that:\nMember States shall take the necessary measures to prohibit the dismissal of workers, within the meaning of Article 2, during the period from the beginning of their pregnancy to the end of the maternity leave referred to in Article 8(1), save in exceptional cases not connected with their condition which are permitted under national legislation and/or practice and, where applicable, provided that the competent authority has given its consent;\nArticle 11 of that directive, headed \u2018Employment rights\u2019, provides:\n\u2018In order to guarantee workers within the meaning of Article 2 the exercise of their health and safety protection rights as recognised under this Article, it shall be provided that:\nin the case referred to in Article 8, the following must be ensured:\nmaintenance of a payment to, and/or entitlement to an adequate allowance for, workers within the meaning of Article 2;\nany less favourable treatment of a woman related to pregnancy or maternity leave within the meaning of Directive 92/85/EEC.\u2019\nArticle 14(1)(c) of that directive is worded as follows:\nemployment and working conditions, including dismissals, as well as pay as provided for in Article [157 TFEU]\u2019.\nThe Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 provides in section 54 that, on an application made by two people, a court may make an order giving them parental responsibility for a child (a parental order), so that the child is treated in law as the child of the applicants if:\nthe child has been carried by a woman who is not one of the applicants, as a result of the placing in her of an embryo or sperm and eggs or her artificial insemination,\nthe gametes of at least one of the applicants were used to bring about the creation of the embryo, and\ncertain other conditions are satisfied, including the condition that the applicants be husband and wife or in some analogous relationship.\nSection 47C of the Employment Rights Act 1996 states that an employee has the right not to be subjected to any detriment by any act, or any deliberate failure to act, by his employer done for a prescribed reason. A prescribed reason is one which is defined by regulations made by the Secretary of State and which relates to, inter alia, pregnancy, childbirth or maternity; ordinary, compulsory or additional maternity leave; and ordinary or additional adoption leave.\nUnder The Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations 1999, an employee is entitled to ordinary maternity leave and to additional maternity leave where certain conditions are satisfied, and the terms and conditions of her employment are protected during maternity leave. These regulations also give the employee the right to return to work after maternity leave and protection against unfair dismissal.\nIn accordance with regulation 19 of these Regulations, an employee is entitled under section 47C of the Employment Rights Act 1996 not to be subjected to any detriment by any act, or any deliberate failure to act, by her employer done for the reason, inter alia, that the employee took, sought to take or availed herself of the benefits of, ordinary maternity leave or additional maternity leave.\nThe Equality Act 2010 states, in particular, that a woman is discriminated against if she is treated less favourably than others on the grounds of her sex, pregnancy or maternity leave.\nIt is apparent from the order for reference that Ms D. has been employed by S. T. since 7 July 2001 at a hospital managed by S. T.\nMs D. entered into a surrogacy agreement to have a baby; the agreement was compliant with the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008. The sperm was provided by Ms D.\u2019s partner but the egg was not Ms D.\u2019s. At no material time was Ms D. herself pregnant.\nS. T. has a maternity leave and pay policy and an adoption leave and pay policy which equate to the statutory provisions on paid leave. The policies do not provide for leave and pay for commissioning mothers in cases of surrogacy. S. T. also has a special leave policy, which does not concern surrogacy. On 15 October 2009, S. T.\u2019s Director of Human Resources stated in reply to a request from a trade union concerning provision for commissioning mothers that, \u2018on an individual basis, should the need arise, requirements would be addressed by arrangements for maternity leave or adoption\u2019.\nMs D. made an application to her employer for paid leave under its adoption policy. By letter of 14 March 2011, S. T. informed Ms D. that her surrogacy arrangement did not meet the requirements of that policy, as Ms D. could not provide a \u2018matching certificate\u2019 issued by an adoption agency, certifying that the future adoptive parent has been matched with a child for adoption.\nOn the same day, after receiving that letter, Ms D. made a formal request to S. T. for surrogacy leave, which, according to Ms D., equated to adoption leave except for the fact that she could not provide a matching certificate because she was not undergoing adoption proceedings. On 11 April 2011, S. T. replied that if Ms D. was proceeding with adoption she would be entitled to paid leave, but if she was not there was \u2018no legal right to paid time off for surrogacy\u2019.\nOn 7 June 2011, Ms D. brought an action before the Employment Tribunal, Newcastle upon Tyne, claiming discrimination on the grounds of sex and/or pregnancy and maternity under the Equality Act 2010. She also claimed that the Employment Rights Act 1996 and The Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations 1999 had been infringed. She further claimed that she had been subject to a detriment by reason of pregnancy and maternity and by reason of the fact that she had sought to take ordinary or additional maternity leave. In addition, Ms D. relied on an infringement of Articles 8 and 14 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, signed at Rome on 4 November 1950.\nOn 10 June 2011, following a further application by Ms D., S. T. stated that it had a \u2018residual discretion\u2019 to consider the request for paid leave and that, using that discretion, it had decided that the terms of the adoption leave policy should be applied in favour of Ms D., requiring, inter alia, certain documents to be produced. Ms D. was therefore granted paid leave under that policy, under the conditions set out in a letter of 29 June 2011.\nOn 8 July 2011, S. T. asserted before the Employment Tribunal, Newcastle upon Tyne that Ms D. was not entitled to maternity pay, because the right to such pay rests with the child\u2019s birth mother.\nThe baby was born on 26 August 2011. Ms D. wished to be present at the birth but the baby\u2019s birth was somewhat sudden. Within an hour of the birth, Ms D. began to mother and breastfeed the child. She continued breastfeeding the child for three months.\nMs D. and her partner applied to the competent court for a parental order under section 54 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008. By order of 19 December 2011, they were granted full and permanent parental responsibility for the child. Ms D. and her partner are therefore treated in law as the parents of that child.\nIn those circumstances, the Employment Tribunal, Newcastle upon Tyne decided to stay the proceedings and to refer the following questions to the Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling:\n\u2018In each of the following questions:\nThe phrase \u201can intended mother who has a baby through a surrogacy arrangement\u201d shall refer to circumstances where the intended mother in question is a worker and has not herself, at any material time, been pregnant, or given birth to the child in question.\nThe phrase \u201csurrogate mother\u201d shall refer to circumstances where a woman has been pregnant and given birth to a child on behalf of an intended mother.\nDo Article 1(1) and/or Article 2(c) and/or Article 8(1) and/or Article 11(2)(b) of [Directive 92/85] provide a right to receive maternity leave to an intended mother who has a baby through a surrogacy arrangement?\nDoes [Directive 92/85] provide a right to receive maternity leave to an intended mother who has a baby through a surrogacy arrangement, in circumstances where she:\nmay breastfeed following birth and/or\ndoes breastfeed following birth?\nIs it a breach of Article 14, taken with Article 2(l)(a) and/or (b) and/or 2(2)(c) of [Directive 2006/54] for an employer to refuse to provide maternity leave to an intended mother who has a baby through a surrogacy arrangement?\nIs it by reason of the employee\u2019s association with the surrogate mother of the baby a potential breach of Article 14, taken with Article 2(l)(a) and/or (b) and/or 2(2)(c) of [Directive 2006/54] to refuse to provide maternity leave to an intended mother who has a baby through a surrogacy arrangement?\nIs it by reason of the intended mother\u2019s association with the surrogate mother of the baby a potential breach of Article 14, taken with Article 2(l)(a) and/or (b) and/or 2(2)(c) of [Directive 2006/54] to subject an intended mother who has a baby through a surrogacy arrangement to less favourable treatment?\nIf the answer to question 4 is \u201cyes\u201d, is the intended mother\u2019s status as intended mother sufficient to entitle her to maternity leave on the basis of her association with the surrogate mother of the baby?\nIf the answer to any of questions 1, 2, 3 and 4 is \u201cyes\u201d:\nIs [Directive 92/85], in the relevant respects, directly effective; and\nIs [Directive 2006/54], in the relevant respects directly effective?\u2019\nBy its first and second questions, which it is appropriate to consider together, the referring tribunal asks, in essence, whether Directive 92/85 is to be interpreted as meaning that a commissioning mother who has had a baby through a surrogacy arrangement is entitled to the maternity leave provided for in Article 8 of that directive, in particular in circumstances where the commissioning mother may breastfeed following birth or where she does breastfeed the baby.\nAs a preliminary point, it should be borne in mind that the objective of Directive 92/85, which was adopted on the basis of Article 118a EC, to which Article 153 TFEU corresponds, is to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding (Case C-460/06 Paquay [2007] ECR I-8511, paragraph 27, and Case C-232/09 Danosa [2010] ECR I-11405, paragraph 58).\nThe eighth recital in the preamble to that directive states that pregnant workers, workers who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding must be considered a specific risk group, and measures must be taken with regard to their safety and health.\nIn that context, Article 8(1) of Directive 92/85 provides that Member States are required to take the necessary measures to ensure that workers are entitled to a continuous period of maternity leave of at least 14 weeks allocated before and/or after \u2018confinement\u2019 in accordance with national legislation and/or practice.\nAccording to the case-law of the Court, the right to maternity leave granted to pregnant workers must be regarded as a particularly important mechanism of protection under employment law. The European Union legislature thus considered that the fundamental changes to the living conditions of the persons concerned during the period of at least 14 weeks preceding and after childbirth constituted a legitimate ground on which they could suspend their employment, without the public authorities or employers being allowed in any way to call the legitimacy of that ground into question (Case C-116/06 Kiiski [2007] ECR I-7643, paragraph 49, and Case C\u20115/12 Betriu Montull [2013] ECR, paragraph 48).\nAs the European Union legislature acknowledged in the 14th recital in the preamble to Directive 92/85, pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding are in an especially vulnerable situation which makes it necessary for the right to maternity leave to be granted to them but which, particularly during that leave, cannot be compared to that of a man or a woman on sick leave (see Case C-411/96 Boyle and Others [1998] ECR I-6401, paragraph 40, and Betriu Montull, paragraph 49).\nThat maternity leave from which the female worker benefits is intended, first, to protect a woman\u2019s biological condition during and after pregnancy and, secondly, to protect the special relationship between a woman and her child over the period which follows pregnancy and childbirth, by preventing that relationship from being disturbed by the multiple burdens which would result from the simultaneous pursuit of employment (see, in particular, Case 184/83 Hofmann [1984] ECR 3047, paragraph 25; Kiiski, paragraph 46; and Betriu Montull, paragraph 50).\nConsequently, it follows from the objective of Directive 92/85, from the wording of Article 8 thereof, which expressly refers to confinement, and from the case-law of the Court cited in paragraphs 32 to 34 of the present judgment, that the purpose of the maternity leave provided for in Article 8 of that directive is to protect the health of the mother of the child in the especially vulnerable situation arising from her pregnancy.\nIt must be added in that regard that whilst the Court has held that maternity leave is also intended to ensure that the special relationship between a woman and her child is protected, that objective, as is clear from the wording of the judgments cited in paragraph 34 of the present judgment, concerns only the period after \u2018pregnancy and childbirth\u2019.\nIt follows from the foregoing that the grant of maternity leave pursuant to Article 8 of Directive 92/85 presupposes that the worker entitled to such leave has been pregnant and has given birth to a child.\nThat finding is confirmed by the answer the Court gave in Case C-506/06 Mayr [2008] ECR I-1017 regarding the prohibition of dismissal of pregnant workers under Article 10(1) of Directive 92/85. In paragraph 37 of that judgment, the Court stated that it is apparent, both from the wording of Article 10 of Directive 92/85 and from the primary objective pursued by that directive \u2013 recalled in paragraph 29 of the present judgment \u2013 that to benefit from the protection against dismissal granted by that article the pregnancy in question must have started.\nIn the present case, it is apparent from the order for reference that Ms D. herself was not pregnant at any material time.\nIn those circumstances, a female worker who as a commissioning mother has had a baby through a surrogacy arrangement does not fall within the scope of Article 8 of Directive 92/85, even in circumstances where she may breastfeed the baby following the birth or where she does breastfeed the baby. Consequently, Member States are not required to grant such a worker a right to maternity leave pursuant to that article.\nIt must nevertheless be added that the purpose of Directive 92/85, as the first recital in the preamble thereto makes clear, is to establish certain minimum requirements in respect of the protection of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding.\nConsequently that directive does not in any way preclude Member States from applying or introducing laws, regulations or administrative provisions more favourable to the protection of the safety and health of commissioning mothers who have had babies through a surrogacy arrangement by allowing them to take maternity leave as a result of the birth of the child.\nIn the light of the foregoing considerations, the answer to the first and second questions is that Directive 92/85 must be interpreted as meaning that Member States are not required to provide maternity leave pursuant to Article 8 of that directive to a female worker who as a commissioning mother has had a baby through a surrogacy arrangement, even in circumstances where she may breastfeed the baby following the birth or where she does breastfeed the baby.\nThe third, fourth and fifth questions\nBy its third, fourth and fifth questions, which it is appropriate to consider together, the referring tribunal asks, in essence, whether Article 14 of Directive 2006/54, read in conjunction with Article 2(1)(a) and (b) and (2)(c) of that directive, is to be interpreted as meaning that an employer\u2019s refusal to provide maternity leave to a commissioning mother who has had a baby through a surrogacy arrangement constitutes discrimination on grounds of sex.\nArticle 14(1) of Directive 2006/54 states that there is to be no direct or indirect discrimination on grounds of sex in the public or private sectors, including public bodies, in relation inter alia to employment and working conditions, including dismissals, as well as pay.\nAs regards discrimination as referred to in Article 2(1)(a) and (b) of that directive, the refusal to provide maternity leave in the situation outlined by the referring tribunal constitutes direct discrimination on grounds of sex within the meaning of Article 2(1)(a) if the fundamental reason for that refusal applies exclusively to workers of one sex (see, to that effect, Case C-177/88 Dekker [1990] ECR I-3941, paragraph 10; Case C-421/92 Habermann-Beltermann [1994] ECR I-1657, paragraph 14; and Mayr, paragraph 50).\nUnder the national legislation applicable in a situation such as that at issue in the main proceedings, a commissioning father who has had a baby through a surrogacy arrangement is treated in the same way as a commissioning mother in a comparable situation, in that he is not entitled to paid leave equivalent to maternity leave either. It follows from this that the refusal of Ms D.\u2019s request is not based on a reason that applies exclusively to workers of one sex.\nAs regards the indirect discrimination referred to in Article 2(1)(b) of Directive 2006/54, it must be noted that there is nothing in the file in the case to establish that the refusal of leave at issue puts female workers at a particular disadvantage compared with male workers.\nConsequently, the refusal to grant maternity leave to a commissioning mother, such as Ms D., does not constitute direct or indirect discrimination on grounds of sex within the meaning of Article 2(1)(a) and (b) of Directive 2006/54.\nMoreover, it is apparent from the answer given to the first two questions that Directive 92/85 does not require Member States to provide maternity leave to a female worker who as a commissioning mother has had a baby through a surrogacy arrangement. Therefore, that commissioning mother is not subject to less favourable treatment related to the taking of maternity leave within the meaning of Directive 92/85.\nConsequently, such a commissioning mother cannot be regarded as having been subject to discrimination on grounds of sex, for the purposes of Article 2(2)(c) of Directive 2006/54.\nIn the light of the foregoing observations, the answer to the third, fourth and fifth questions is that Article 14 of Directive 2006/54, read in conjunction with Article 2(1)(a) and (b) and (2)(c) of that directive, must be interpreted as meaning that an employer\u2019s refusal to provide maternity leave to a commissioning mother who has had a baby through a surrogacy arrangement does not constitute discrimination on grounds of sex.\nThe sixth and seventh questions\nIn the light of the answers given to the first, second, third, fourth and fifth questions, it is not necessary to answer the sixth and seventh questions.\nCouncil Directive 92/85/EEC of 19 October 1992 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health at work of pregnant workers and workers who have recently given birth or are breastfeeding (tenth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) must be interpreted as meaning that Member States are not required to provide maternity leave pursuant to Article 8 of that directive to a female worker who as a commissioning mother has had a baby through a surrogacy arrangement, even in circumstances where she may breastfeed the baby following the birth or where she does breastfeed the baby.\nArticle 14 of Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation, read in conjunction with Article 2(1)(a) and (b) and (2)(c) of that directive, must be interpreted as meaning that an employer\u2019s refusal to provide maternity leave to a commissioning mother who has had a baby through a surrogacy arrangement does not constitute discrimination on grounds of sex.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 469, "original_length": 35757, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 171.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://fedline.federaltimes.com/2012/01/13/federal-committee-says-lightsquared-network-would-be-harmful-to-many-gps-devices/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:10:59Z", "digest": "sha1:WG36XWZ5Q5TZ2CZ2DBENT4QP25RV7LBT", "length": 1637, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "fedline.federaltimes.com", "title": "Federal committee says LightSquared network would be harmful to many GPS devices", "raw_content": "You are at:Home\u00bbInformation Technology\u00bbFederal committee says LightSquared network would be harmful to many GPS devices\nFederal committee says LightSquared network would be harmful to many GPS devices\nBy on\t January 13, 2012 Information Technology\nA proposed 4G network by wireless broadband firm LightSquared would cause harmful interference to Global Positioning System devices, according to the government organization that deals with GPS matters.\nLightSquared\u2019s original and modified plan to mitigate interference to GPS receivers would be harmful to \u201cmany\u201d of them, federal officials on the National Executive Committee for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing, said in a letter Friday. The letter to the administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) was in response to the agency\u2019s request for further tests of LightSquared\u2019s proposed mobile network.\nNTIA is responsible for advising the president on telecommunications and information policy.\nIn the letter, Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and Deputy Secretary of the Transportation Department John Porcari also said \u201cthere appear to be no practical solutions or mitigations\u201d that would allow LightSquared to operate its network \u201cin the next few months or years without significantly interfering with GPS.\u201d\nThe proposed network also is not compatible with several aircraft safety-of-flight systems that rely on GPS, according to an analysis by the Federal Aviation Administration.\nThe deputy secretaries plan to create new GPS spectrum interference standards for commercial use of spectrum adjacent to the GPS signals.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 4008, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 267.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ffipractitioner.org/public_policy_family_enterprise/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:40:09Z", "digest": "sha1:2FGWKATFYFDCGQIOGCOCSHSF5Z555GGX", "length": 5437, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "ffipractitioner.org", "title": "US Public Policy and Family Enterprise: An Interview with CEO Jeff Ahola - FFI Practitioner", "raw_content": "Read our interview with Jeff Ahola, CEO of The Ahola Corporation, a family-owned, national payroll and workforce management company that provides tools and resources for family enterprises. Jeff was a participant in the May conference, Capital City Family Reunion, organized by Family Enterprise -USA.\nPractitioner: Why did you decide to come to Washington to meet with lawmakers regarding family enterprise?\nJeff Ahola: I am a huge supporter of the work being done by Family Enterprise USA and the Family Firm Institute, and it only seems natural to take our issues to our national lawmakers and educate them about the economic impact of family enterprises. Our lawmakers, at all levels, need to understand the terrific empirical research about family business that is flowing internationally from a variety of new sources. As a business grows through its natural life cycle, the evolution of a family enterprise is totally different from that of a non-family one. Our lawmakers need to better understand this very important subject: The key generator of revenue into the federal treasury payroll withholding system is family enterprise employment taxes.\nPractitioner: Do you think there is broad-based awareness on the Hill of the value, contributions and predominance of family enterprise in the US and world economies?\nJA: With only four CPAs in all of Congress, I think awareness on the Hill is still pretty low. And because accounting is the language of business, our tax laws\u2014estate, income and payroll\u2014are still complex processes that need simplification. We must repeatedly and clearly communicate the need for reform in order to significantly increase awareness. I think we can do a lot to change that perception with some hard, passionate and persistent work.\nPractitioner: Can you comment on the S corp vs. C corp conversations?\nJA: The growth of small business in this country was ignited along with the post-World War II economic boom. These enterprises, primarily organized as sole proprietorships without the legal protections of corporations, were perceived to be at a disadvantage. Our predecessors dealt with that by amending Chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code, which defines the different types of business entities and the rules governing them. They created the subchapter S corp (\u201cS\u201d for small), which established \u201cflow-through entities\u201d that allowed income to pass through corporations to their shareholders. The S corp classification solved the tax problems of the day, but those regulations haven\u2019t changed over the years, while small businesses have. And 55 years later, we face a similar tsunami of perceived (if not actual) taxation without representation in regard to the unique issues facing this country\u2019s 5 million family businesses.\nPractitioner: Is there a need for a new category specifically focused on the characteristics of family enterprise?\nJA: I think the time is right for the collective family business stakeholder community to rally behind a new IRS business entity type: the \u201cF\u201d corp. The F corp (or Family corp) should be designed as an elective process (similar to the S corp), distinct from any other entity type, to equitably address the following issues: estate tax complications; the lopsided income tax rates for C corporations versus S corporations; employee benefits regulations (like tax credits that exempt family members); complicated and expensive related-party rules in 401(k) plans; and other stipulations embedded in the code. Establishing the F corp, or Family corp, would be bipartisan, revenue neutral and significantly less complicated than amending the tax code! This new category of business would protect the flow of funds into the treasury via consistent and growing payroll tax revenue, uninterrupted by tragic events like the current Death Tax that destroy family business.\nPractitioner: The European Union has developed a formal definition of family business. Do you think this approach would be helpful in the U.S.?\nJA: A formal IRS definition of what constitutes a family business, from our perspective as Americans, would be extremely helpful in legitimizing this vital sector of our economy. Internal Revenue Code section 267, and numerous other sections of the tax code, describes the related-party rules in a disjointed manner. The creation of a tax-based, comprehensive definition is imperative. An updated definition of \u201cfamily member\u201d is necessary as well, especially considering the potential complications in regard to the prevalent issue of same-sex marriage.\nPractitioner: What advice would you give to family enterprise advisors and consultants who would like to influence public policy?\nJA: I would look for opportunities to discuss personally the importance of family business with reachable legislators\u2014perhaps at a client\u2019s important anniversary or other milestone event where elected officials are in attendance. The response we received in Washington, D.C., has inspired me to get it done locally and in our state capitol.\nJeff Ahola is CEO of The Ahola Corporation, a family-owned, national payroll and workforce management company that provides tools and resources for family businesses. Jeff is committed to continuing education and addressing the unique issues facing family businesses. Jeff can be reached at [email protected].\nThis blog by Caroline McLean, president of Family Enterprise \u2013 USA (FEUSA), describes the results of several", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 143, "original_length": 9118, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 313.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://filmwatch.com/news/1143524/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey-review-examiner", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:26:30Z", "digest": "sha1:QWCWTCVO5BYTHRPUVJRJATPA7SC7GSSI", "length": 1058, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "filmwatch.com", "title": "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Review | Examiner | FilmWatch", "raw_content": "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Review | Examiner\ndweavis|2245d ago |Review|0|\nExaminer writes: Serving as a prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy (\"Fellowship of the Ring\", \"The Two Towers\" and \"Return of the King\"), director Peter Jackson reluctantly steps back into the directors chair to begin yet another trilogy taking place in Middle Earth (Jackson was originally going to serve in a supporting role as Guillermo Del Toro was originally set to direct before bowing out a year before principal photography was to begin). Any fan of the film series should know automatically what to expect from another visit to J.R.R. Tolkien's wonderous world filled with all sorts of fantastical delights and those expectations are met perfectly. As if more proof were needed, Peter Jackson proves once again that he was born to bring these stories to the big screen with \"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey\", a fantastic beginning to what should hopefully be yet another amazing journey through Middle Earth.\nCinema The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey examiner.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 165, "original_length": 3818, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 247.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://filmwatch.com/news/901668/the-thing-journeys-to-dvd-this-winter", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:20:27Z", "digest": "sha1:EVAKREAPKYSNZWYTUKN2NHIRIOC33U76", "length": 1356, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "filmwatch.com", "title": "'The Thing' Journeys to DVD This Winter | FilmWatch", "raw_content": "'The Thing' Journeys to DVD This Winter\nThe prequel to John Carpenter\u2019s cult classic will be coming to DVD and Blu-ray this winter on January 31, 2012. The movie will release in a 2-disc Blu-ray Combo Pack as well as a single-disc DVD. The Thing will hit On Demand and Digital Download on the same day.\nBlu-ray DVD The Thing (2011) VOD couchpotatoclub.com\nHere's another one I missed...darn! I've got to start getting out of this house a little more often...I think I'm becoming a hermit. Guess I'll wait until it comes out on dvd now.\nSweet, ill be buying this. Its crazy how fast movies come out on dvd now, i remember it used to take almost 9 months for something to come out\nYea I think the average turnaround is about 4 months these days. Thats why I'm never too concerned about missing a movie in theaters and most of the time just wait for the DVD.\nwell i think hangover 2 should of came out earlier cuz it felt like a long time since i seen it in theatres\nim probably just used to the recent trend of blu-ray releases coming out so fast that when they do the switcharoo i start to scratch my head lol\nYea, I think Hangover II came out in theaters something like 7 months ago. So definitely has been a long time for that one. But, most have roughly a 4 month turnaround. I think the Hangover delay may have possibly been due to the several lawsuits.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 194, "original_length": 4531, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 308.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://financialtribune.com/articles/international/19963/european-leaders-agree-to-relocate-40000-migrants", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:25Z", "digest": "sha1:2LTTHWPUHVIEV66RDHIX2MMP2BOK3P3N", "length": 3847, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "financialtribune.com", "title": "European Leaders Agree to Relocate 40,000 Migrants | Financial Tribune", "raw_content": "European Leaders Agree to Relocate 40,000 Migrants\nEuropean Union leaders agreed Friday to relocate 40,000 refugees from Italy and Greece to other EU countries over the next two years, in an effort to share the burden of a growing migrant crisis.\nEU President Donald Tusk said the agreement was reached after an overnight summit to show \u201csolidarity with frontline countries.\u201d\n\u201cLeaders agreed that 40,000 persons in need will be relocated from Greece and Italy to other states over the next two years,\u201d Tusk told reporters. \u201cInterior ministers will finalize the scheme by the end of July.\u201d\nFrench President Francois Hollande said the EU will also resettle 20,000 refugees, mostly from Syria and Iraq, who are currently in camps outside the EU, AP reported.\nMore than 114,000 migrants have been plucked from the Mediterranean trying to reach Europe so far this year, according to the International Organization for Migration. Some 2,600 have died or gone missing during the often-perilous sea crossing.\nThe EU wants to oblige member countries to share the 40,000 Syrians and Eritreans requiring international protection who are expected to arrive in Italy and Greece over the next two years. But many of the 28 nations are refusing to have migrant numbers dictated to them from Brussels.\nThe leaders did not spell out any quotas for how many refugees each country will take. EU interior ministers will finalize the plan next month.\nUnder the plan, migrants not found to be in need of protection will be swiftly returned to their countries to discourage others from making the journey.\nTusk said a final agreement must also include support for Hungary, which has received a third of all EU asylum-seekers since the beginning of the year.\nItaly Upset\nThe migrant crisis has caused tensions among EU countries, and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi made an emotional plea this week to the leaders for help.\nHowever, the UK has opted out of the scheme and nations in Eastern Europe have refused to accept set quotas, so it will be only voluntary, a decision that has angered Renzi, who called the plan \u201cmodest.\u201d\nItaly has sought more help from its EU partners to handle the thousands of migrants arriving by sea, many of whom are fleeing war and poverty in Syria, Eritrea, Somalia and Nigeria.\nMore than three million people who fled the Syrian civil war are being housed in neighboring countries, far more than the EU has taken in.\nHungary, which has seen thousands of migrants cross its border by land, and Bulgaria, one of the EU\u2019s poorest countries, have both been granted exemptions.\nBritain, Hungary, the Baltic states, the Czech Republic and Poland had previously opposed mandatory relocation.\nThe migrant crisis has been high on the agenda for the EU summit, which opened on Thursday.\nEurope\u2019s Shame\nAlice Jay, campaign director for rights organization Avaaz, earlier this week described the \u201cMediterranean graveyard\u201d as \u201cEurope\u2019s shame.\u201d\nThe European border protection agency Frontex estimated in a report released this week that 153,000 migrants, including those arriving via land, have been detected at Europe\u2019s borders so far in 2015, a 149-percent increase over the same period in 2014.\nThe United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said more than two-thirds of those migrants had arrived via the Mediterranean. By June 8, its estimate of 103,000 migrants included 54,000 in Italy, 48,000 in Greece, 91 on Malta and 920 in Spain.\nAccording to the International Organization for Migration, at least 1,770 men, women and children have died or disappeared making the perilous journey.\nEU Struggling to Solve Migrant Crisis\n137,000 Refugees Crossed Mediterranean This Year\nUN \u201cDeeply Disappointed\u201d at EU Response to Refugees\nMediterranean Migrants Reach 150,000\nEU Planning to Relocate Thousands of Refugees\nEU Leaders Discuss Migration in Brussels", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 155, "original_length": 6177, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 268.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://find-bank.com/banks/info-state-farm/city-absecon/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:15Z", "digest": "sha1:S3EPTDMOGOIUB2CUNE5KLVF5WPBVLGAW", "length": 517, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "find-bank.com", "title": "State Farm in Absecon, New Jersey locations and hours", "raw_content": "State Farm in Absecon, New Jersey locations and hours\nIn Absecon, New Jersey, there are 1 State Farm branches, click on the desired office for detailed information, hours, location and phones.\n1 locations in Absecon, New Jersey\nState Farm branches in Absecon, New Jersey locations and hours\nState Farm, Absecon, New Jersey\n68 W Jimmie Leeds Rd Ste 7\nState Farm services in Absecon, New Jersey\nState Farm branches in Absecon, New Jersey, online map\nOther banks in Absecon\nThe most popular banks in Absecon, New Jersey:", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 1011, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 257.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://firedoors.bwf.org.uk/what-is-bwf-fire-door-alliance/fire-door-inspection-scheme/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:03:54Z", "digest": "sha1:SAS7QJFWEMRQHSRRZ6QU6HQ4XHF7PO37", "length": 1478, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "firedoors.bwf.org.uk", "title": "Fire Door Inspection Scheme - Firedoor Alliance", "raw_content": "The Fire Door Inspection Scheme (FDIS) is now live at www.fdis.co.uk\nThe website gives full details of the scheme and the FDIS online education programme which is available to anyone who wishes to have a greater knowledge of fire doors and a qualification to prove it.\nThe UK\u2019s new Fire Door Inspection Scheme (FDIS) is the first such scheme in Europe, designed to transform people\u2019s knowledge and understanding about the critical purpose and function of fire doors.\nIts ultimate purpose is to improve safety and save lives through creating a new pool of expertise and competence to help those with legal responsibilities under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order.\nIt provides a vital new resource to help the \u2018Responsible Person\u2019 complete fire risk assessments for the premises they manage. It also raises awareness of defective fire doors and the potentially tragic consequences of leaving these unchecked.\nThe FDIS is delivered by the BWF-CERTIFIRE Scheme and the Guild of Architectural Ironmongers (GAI).\nIt provides an online learning centre leading to a diploma in fire doors, and a route to become a certificated fire door inspector. Professionals involved in fire doors, facilities management, building maintenance and other aspects of health and safety will all benefit from the scheme\u2019s education package and will have their competence independently assessed by an independent certification body, EXOVA Warringtonfire.\nFollow news and updates on twitter @FDIS_UK", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 88, "original_length": 3935, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 326.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://fivewalls.com/realtor/roncesvalles/reviews", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:56:39Z", "digest": "sha1:3D43UK6ICAZJIVIRIXFPJ5H6HIHGPIXV", "length": 94, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "fivewalls.com", "title": "Reviews and Ratings of Realtors in Roncesvalles | Fivewalls [2019 update]", "raw_content": "Reviews and Ratings of Agents in Roncesvalles\nHow to pick a real estate agent in Roncesvalles?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 65, "original_length": 2558, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.85, "perplexity": 244.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://flare.flagler.edu/sierra-shahan-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:01Z", "digest": "sha1:FT6K2VFCCS455AKKRUNU2OEINPADD6KO", "length": 485, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "flare.flagler.edu", "title": "Sierra Shahan", "raw_content": "Senior; English/creative writing\nAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolve\nBoth, every day, all day\nAs weird as this sounds, I\u2019d really like to be one of the rabbits from Watership Down. Being a bunny for a day would be fascinating.\n\u201cYou still have a lot of time to make yourself be what you want.\u201d -S.E. Hinton\nBefore going to grad school, I plan on taking at least one or two gap years. In my time off, I\u2019d really like to live abroad and figure out what my career path will be!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 42, "original_length": 1503, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 336.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://flashforgeeu.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/24000012787-basic-maintenance-of-3d-printers-and-preventive-actions", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:36Z", "digest": "sha1:REKPVFP7VBJHYGPNLQIIIKBMA7ALPOBG", "length": 4920, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "flashforgeeu.freshdesk.com", "title": "Basic Maintenance of 3D Printers and Preventive Actions : Flashforge EU", "raw_content": "Basic Maintenance of 3D Printers and Preventive Actions\nLike any kind of technical device, a 3D printer works best when the operator performs checks at each time of use, and also performs preventive maintenance at regular intervals.\nNo service or use without basic knowledge of the 3D printing process can lead to unwanted downtime or failed prints.\nThe operator should perform basic maintenance and know best practices for using a 3D printer. If you do not have the knowledge, we recommend reading the tips and advice available at https://flashforgeeu.freshdesk.com/ for free or look for a company nearby that may offer training courses.\nNote that these steps describe service routines that you normally perform during daily operations. The instructions refer to FFF-type machines\nClean and check that the drive gear is clean and free from plastic residue - The drivegear grips the plastic filament in a slit that has a light-weight pattern (approximately like a file). During use, small plastic particles can loosen from the filament and fill the grooves in the feed wheel's groove. This means that the filamnt will deteriorate, which may begin to slip, rather than being fed continuously. It is normal that after a certain period of time you need to check this and clean with a small brush if necessary. The drive gear is usually mounted directly on the motor shaft. Check that the drive gear is firmly attached to the motor shaft and tighten any stop screws. Likewise, you should review eventual other slips that may occur in the filament feed mechanism.\nClear the 3D print tip - In a 3D printer head, the plastic filament is melted at the bottom of a small tip which reduces the filament\u00b4s nominal diameter (1.75 or 3.0 mm) to a very small hole that is usually 0.4 mm. It is important that this tip is not clogged (fully or partially) with foreign objects such as dust or other small particles. It may be on the filament surface or sometimes occur inside the filament if it is unclean from the factory. The small tip may be blocked in whole or in part. If this occurs, it is often easy to solve the problem by allowing the plastic to cool to about 100 degrees Celsius and then eject it manually. Then whatever is blocking the nozzle will attach to the filament and will be removed to together with the filament being pulled out. This process is commonly referred to as \"Coldpull\" and you can read moreabout it in this article. An alternative is that with a thin wire of metal picks up and cleans the small hole from the uncleanness. This video shows how to do this. In rare cases the nozzle may be so clogged that you need to remove it and swap it for a new one. Alternatively, you can also heat the loose tip and burn any plastic stuck. Note that most 3D printers can replace the tips and thus change the diameter of the small hole. It is important to keep in mind that smaller holes (such as 0.1-0.3 mm) make the tip more sensitive to foreign particles. Make it a habit to always use a dust filter to reduce the risk of foreign particles coming with the filament down the extruder. You can print the dust filter yourself and files and instructions can be downloaded here.\nLeveled, flat and clean building plate - The first layer in an FFF 3D print is critical as it must be adhere properly to the surface of the build plate. It is therefore important that the plate is set to be as flat as possible and that it is perfectly parallel to the side and depth of the machine (usually X and Y axis). Also make sure that the distance between the 3D print tip and the building plate is approximately 0.1 mm. This is best achieved by placing an A4 paper between and adjusting to touch the plate and tip. Another very important factor for successful 3D printing is that the surface of the building plate is completely clean and free of oil or dust. Different types of plastic require different types of surface coating on the building plate. PLA plastic can for example be printed on plain glass or plexiglas. ABS plastic must be 3D printed on a hot plate made of polyamide tape (Kapton).\nStretched belts and lubricated rods - To avoid the model getting unwanted dimensions, it is important to keep the belts tight and that all rods and feeder screws are well-smeared. Use sewing oil or the like.\nScrews and connectors jammed - As 3D printers have many mechanical parts moving and the structure vibrates during operation, it is important that you regularly review all fasteners and make sure everything is firmly seated. Likewise, review all electrical contacts so that no connections are clogged or any cable breaks caused due to wear. It is extremely important that the machine is turned off and the power cord completely unplugged before adjusting electrical connections of any kind. This is especially important for stepping motors, as they can easily damage the stepper drivers if contacts change when the power is on!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 30, "original_length": 6033, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 333.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://flvoters.com/pages/f105609.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:10Z", "digest": "sha1:6LVY5CGIAIMDW22Y7TGZ7AHVA5QXXOKM", "length": 39737, "nlines": 177, "source_domain": "flvoters.com", "title": "Florida voters, Freeman, Nolen W. thru FREEMAN, PAMELA LOGAN", "raw_content": "Freeman, Nolen W. thru FREEMAN, PAMELA LOGAN\nFreeman, Nolen W. was born 12 June 1931, is male, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 12491 Gulf Blvd, Cedar Key, Florida 32625. Florida voter ID number 105234932. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFreeman, Nona Jean was born 1 December 1955, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 140 Bell Ln, Auburndale, Florida 33823. Florida voter ID number 113713072. Her telephone number is 1-863-393-4969. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n31 March 2014 voter list: NONA JEAN FREEMAN, 823 SUMMER GLEN DR, WINTER HAVEN, FL 33880 Florida Democratic Party.\n31 May 2012 voter list: NONA JEAN FREEMAN, 6545 CRESCENT LOOP, WINTER HAVEN, FL 33884 Florida Democratic Party.\nFreeman, Nona R. was born 14 August 1932, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 903 Carrollton Rd, Jacksonville, Florida 32208. Florida voter ID number 103694110. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 May 2012.\nFREEMAN, NORAH ANNE was born 31 October 1941, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 530 Horizons E, Apt 304, Boynton Beach, Florida 33435. Florida voter ID number 111962542. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n28 February 2018 voter list: NORAH A. FREEMAN, 530 HORIZONS E, APT 304, BOYNTON BEACH, FL 33435 Florida Democratic Party.\nFreeman, Nora J. was born 5 June 1950, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 462 N Dixie Ave, Titusville, Florida 32796. Florida voter ID number 101120488. Her telephone number is 1-321-268-3167. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFreeman, Nora L. was born 26 April 1979, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 11045 Sw 223Rd St, Miami, Florida 33170. Florida voter ID number 109612852. The voter lists a mailing address and probably prefers you use it: 1567 SE 20Th Rd Homestead FL 33035. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFreeman, Norda Suzette was born 13 November 1970, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 618 El Camino Real S, Lakeland, Florida 33813. Florida voter ID number 124369588. Her telephone number is 1-863-640-0138. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFreeman, Noreen Patricia was born 25 January 1956, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 1335 Saxony Cir, Apt 321, Punta Gorda, Florida 33983. Florida voter ID number 114268573. The voter lists a mailing address and probably prefers you use it: 1335 Saxony Cir Unit 321 Punta Gorda FL 33983-0000. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 June 2017.\nFreeman, Norma C. was born 1 October 1934, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 4350 Nw 30Th St, Apt 135, Coconut Creek, Florida 33066-2154. Florida voter ID number 101913062. Her telephone number is 1-954-957-9420. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n31 May 2015 voter list: Norma C. Freeman, 4350 NW 30th ST, APT 135, Coconut Creek, FL 33066 Florida Democratic Party.\nFreeman, Norma E. was born 17 September 1928, is female, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 900 Gulf Shore Dr, #3112, Destin, Florida 32541-3237. Florida voter ID number 106046478. The voter lists a mailing address and probably prefers you use it: 1611 McDowell Rd Evansville IN 47712-5400. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 January 2018.\n30 November 2016 voter list: Norma E. Freeman, 900 Gulf Shore Dr, #3112, Destin, FL 32541 Republican Party of Florida.\nFREEMAN, NORMA J. was born 29 January 1951, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 929 Eagles Way, Defuniak Spgs, Florida 32433. Florida voter ID number 108840707. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFREEMAN, NORMA J. was born 27 May 1930, is female, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 8478 Damascus Dr, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33418. Florida voter ID number 112105753. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 May 2017.\nFreeman, Norma Jean was born 17 October 1973, is female, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 5263 Mary St, Jay, Florida 32565. Florida voter ID number 114924679. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n31 July 2016 voter list: NORMA JEAN WHITE, 10509 WILDERNESS LN, PENSACOLA, FL 32534 Republican Party of Florida.\n31 May 2013 voter list: NORMA JEAN WHITE, 490 JACOBI RD, MOLINO, FL 32577 Republican Party of Florida.\nFreeman, Norma Jean was born 31 December 1975, is female, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 3221 Berkley Rd, Auburndale, Florida 33823. Florida voter ID number 117407880. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n31 October 2017 voter list: Norma Jean Freeman, 3845 K Ville Ave, APT B, Auburndale, FL 33823 No Party Affiliation.\n30 September 2016 voter list: Norma Jean Freeman, 308 Farnol ST SW, APT 7, Winter Haven, FL 33880 No Party Affiliation.\n31 December 2015 voter list: Norma Jean Freeman, 2416 Winter Ridge Dr, Auburndale, FL 33823 No Party Affiliation.\nFREEMAN, NORMA M. was born 29 December 1946, is female, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 204 107Th (Ocean) St, Marathon, Florida 33050. Florida voter ID number 113902346. The voter lists a mailing address and probably prefers you use it: 5800 OVERSEAS HWY #16 MARATHON FL 33050. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 May 2012.\nFREEMAN, NORMAN was born 6 January 1939, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 930 N Tamiami Trl, #305, Sarasota, Florida 34236. Florida voter ID number 100074312. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n30 April 2018 voter list: NORMAN FREEMAN, 2427 ASPINWALL ST, SARASOTA, FL 34237 Florida Democratic Party.\nFreeman, Norman was born 20 August 1941, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 10961 Burnt Mill Rd, Apt 815, Jacksonville, Florida 32256. Florida voter ID number 115669097. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFreeman, Norman David was born 5 September 1973, is male, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 2330 Phylis Rae Dr, Pace, Florida 32571. Florida voter ID number 104026317. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n31 January 2014 voter list: Norman David Freeman, 4842 Laurel Oak Dr, Pace, FL 32571 Republican Party of Florida.\nFreeman, Norman Eugene was born 14 August 1970, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 6577 Nw 55Th Mnr, Coral Springs, Florida 33067. Florida voter ID number 109883748. His telephone number is 1-305-772-1974. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n30 September 2017 voter list: Norman Eugene Freeman, 5420 Lyons RD, APT 108, Coconut Creek, FL 33073 Florida Democratic Party.\n30 November 2016 voter list: Norman Eugene Freeman, 5420 LYONS Rd, APT 183, Coconut Creek, FL 33073 Florida Democratic Party.\n30 June 2015 voter list: Norman Eugene Freeman, 12106 SW 251St Ter, Homestead, FL 33032 Florida Democratic Party.\nFreeman, Norman George was born 11 August 1962, is male, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 2504 W Shell Point Rd, Tampa, Florida 33611-5033. Florida voter ID number 111073006. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFreeman, Norman George William was born 7 October 1987, is male, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 2504 W Shell Point Rd, Tampa, Florida 33611. Florida voter ID number 116733265. His telephone number is 1-813-857-9515. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n31 July 2018 voter list: Norman George Freeman, 2504 W Shell Point Rd, Tampa, FL 33611 Republican Party of Florida.\nFREEMAN, NORMAN KENNETH was born 29 July 1948, is male, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 223 Pine Ridge Dr, Panama City, Florida 32405. Florida voter ID number 121032312. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 May 2016.\n31 July 2014 voter list: NORMAN KENNETH FREEMAN, 1032 OXFORD DR, PANAMA CITY, FL 32405 Republican Party of Florida.\nFreeman, Norman L. was born 6 July 1953, is male, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 5671 Milligan Ford Rd, Pace, Florida 32571. Florida voter ID number 107610926. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFREEMAN, NORMAN LEE was born 21 March 1944, is male, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 7515 Gates Cir, Spring Hill, Florida 34606. Florida voter ID number 121742121. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFreeman, Norman Leslie was born 13 June 1941, is male, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 10303 Burnt Store Rd, #80, Punta Gorda, Florida 33950. Florida voter ID number 122000818. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 March 2015.\nFreeman, Norman Robert was born 13 February 1921, is male, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 821 Lake Port Blvd, Leesburg, Florida 34748. Florida voter ID number 118510688. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 May 2013.\nFreeman, Norma Sharp was born 13 August 1931, is female, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 2127 W New Haven Ave, Apt 209, West Melbourne, Florida 32904-3803. Florida voter ID number 101148221. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 April 2014.\n31 May 2013 voter list: Norma Sharp Freeman, 2129 W New Haven Ave, #1208, West Melbourne, FL 32904 Republican Party of Florida.\n31 May 2012 voter list: Norma Sharp Freeman, 657 Palos Verde DR, Satellite Beach, FL 32937 Republican Party of Florida.\nFreeman, Norville Edward was born 8 March 1952, is male, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 4525 Barna Ave, Apt C, Titusville, Florida 32780. Florida voter ID number 114600229. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n30 September 2018 voter list: Norville Edward Freeman, 3245 Citrus Ct, Titusville, FL 32780 Republican Party of Florida.\nFreeman, Norville Edward was born 10 March 1984, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 1230 N Carpenter Rd, Titusville, Florida 32796. Florida voter ID number 100860176. His telephone number is 1-321-527-0723. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n28 February 2018 voter list: Norville Edward Freeman, 1140 Pollyanna Dr, Titusville, FL 32796 Florida Democratic Party.\n31 May 2012 voter list: Norville Edward Freeman, 2048 Sherry ST, Titusville, FL 32780 Florida Democratic Party.\nFreeman, Nuria was born 16 November 1946, is female, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 275 Palm Ave, Apt 415, Hialeah, Florida 33010. Florida voter ID number 109914728. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n22 October 2014 voter list: Nuria Freeman, 6690 W 26Th Ct, #16-24, Hialeah, FL 33016 Republican Party of Florida.\nFreeman, Nyell Nickolett was born 12 July 1997, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 11201 N 22Nd St, Apt 83, Tampa, Florida 33612. Florida voter ID number 122024581. Her telephone number is 1-813-730-9695. Her email address is NYELL.FREEMAN@YAHOO.COM. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n31 October 2017 voter list: Nyell Nickolett Freeman, 10710 N Oklawaha AVE, Tampa, FL 33617 Florida Democratic Party.\n31 August 2016 voter list: Nyell Nickolett Freeman, 609 Short ST, Plant City, FL 33563 Florida Democratic Party.\nFREEMAN, NYLAH ANN was born 10 January 2000, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 702 Chaseville St, Pensacola, Florida 32507-1323. Florida voter ID number 123681233. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n31 May 2017 voter list: NYLAH ANN FREEMAN, 613 CHASEVILLE ST, PENSACOLA, FL 325071320 Florida Democratic Party.\nFreeman, Nyrobia Waldeiah was born 28 January 1974, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 19740 Prince Benjamin Dr, Lutz, Florida 33549-5004. Florida voter ID number 107271780. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n30 April 2014 voter list: Nyrobia Waldeiah Freeman, 10611 Firebrick CT, Trinity, FL 34655 Florida Democratic Party.\nFREEMAN, OBEY ROZEL was born 6 July 1955, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 6224 46Th Ave N, Kenneth City, Florida 33709-5004. Florida voter ID number 116220750. His telephone number is 1-727-541-3763. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFreeman, Ocatavius N. was born 23 October 1978, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 770 Sw 6Th Ct, Apt 2, Pompano Beach, Florida 33060-8272. Florida voter ID number 117003269. Her telephone number is 1-754-204-1421. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n30 June 2015 voter list: Ocatavius N. Freeman, 770 SW 6Th Ct, APT 2, Pompano Beach, FL 33060 Florida Democratic Party.\n31 January 2014 voter list: Ocatavius N. Freeman, 909 SW 15TH ST, APT 408, Pompano Beach, FL 33060 Florida Democratic Party.\n31 May 2012 voter list: Ocatavius N. Freeman, 4381 W McNab RD, APT 11, Pompano Beach, FL 33069 Florida Democratic Party.\nFREEMAN, OCTAVIA KIERRA CHARMAINE was born 30 April 1984, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 3609 Avon Rd, Panama City, Florida 32404. Florida voter ID number 100705612. Her telephone number is 1-850-763-9744. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n31 July 2017 voter list: OCTAVIA K. JACKSON, 145 DETROIT AVE, PANAMA CITY, FL 32401 Florida Democratic Party.\n31 May 2012 voter list: OCTAVIA K. JACKSON, 1802 FLOWER AVE, APT B-202, PANAMA CITY, FL 32405 Florida Democratic Party.\nFreeman, Octavia M. was born 6 September 1987, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 7777 Normandy Blvd, Apt 221, Jacksonville, Florida 32221. Florida voter ID number 113995326. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 October 2016.\n31 May 2013 voter list: Octavia M. Freeman, 8550 Argyle Business Loop, #1807, Jacksonville, FL 32244 Florida Democratic Party.\nFreeman, Octavia P. was born 25 March 1976, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 296 Eddie Ave, Holly Hill, Florida 32117. Florida voter ID number 108658039. Her telephone number is 254-3145 (no area code listed). This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n31 May 2012 voter list: Octavia P. Freeman, 1131 Martha Dr, Daytona Beach, FL 32114 Florida Democratic Party.\nFREEMAN, OCTAVIOUS was born 20 April 1992, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 4000 Central Florida Blvd, Orlando, Florida 32816. Florida voter ID number 120428547. The voter lists a mailing address and probably prefers you use it: PO BOX 661755 CENTRAL FLORIDA ORLANDO FL 33816 UNITED STATES. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2018.\nFREEMAN, ODELL R. was born 2 February 1933, is female, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 6400 Sw 143Rd Lane Rd, Ocala, Florida 34473. Florida voter ID number 105649385. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2017.\nFreeman, Odessa Faye was born 5 July 1942, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 221 Oakcrest Dr, Interlachen, Florida 32148. Florida voter ID number 118721717. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFreeman, Odessa Lee was born 15 November 1937, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 19498 Sw 24Th St, Miramar, Florida 33029-5925. Florida voter ID number 102367134. Her telephone number is 1-954-438-9430. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n31 May 2015 voter list: Odessa Lee Freeman, 19498 SW 24th St, Miramar, FL 33029 Florida Democratic Party.\nFREEMAN, ODEXTER was born 7 March 1951, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 1041 Se 2Nd St, Belle Glade, Florida 33430. Florida voter ID number 112261121. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFREEMAN, OKEAM O. was born 28 August 1983, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 2555 Fiesta Dr, Venice, Florida 34293. Florida voter ID number 119591162. His telephone number is 1-941-493-3946. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFreeman, Okeamo Olanzo was born 10 September 1988, is male, registered as Independent Party of Florida, residing at 7104 Lakes Divide Rd, Temple Terrace, Florida 33637. Florida voter ID number 124864990. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n30 September 2018 voter list: Okeamo Olanzo Freeman, 1740 S State Road 7, APT 309, North Lauderdale, FL 33068 Independent Party of Florida.\nFREEMAN, OKIL OLANZO was born 5 December 1984, is male, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 6229 Westgate Dr, Apt 1705, Orlando, Florida 32835. Florida voter ID number 123334521. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFreeman, Olawale Jussiah was born 22 December 1974, is male, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 831 Corvina Dr, Davenport, Florida 33897. Florida voter ID number 124175585. His telephone number is 1-216-978-0456. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n31 May 2018 voter list: OLAWALE J. FREEMAN, 14508 CEDAR BRANCH WAY, ORLANDO, FL 32824 Republican Party of Florida.\nFreeman, Olga was born 8 February 1962, is female, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 13692 Pine Villa Ln, Fort Myers, Florida 33912. Florida voter ID number 111296096. Her telephone number is 561-0712 (no area code listed). This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFreeman, Olga was born 10 November 1971, is female, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 4550 Nw 10Th Pl, Miami, Florida 33127. Florida voter ID number 120816491. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n31 October 2016 voter list: Olga Freeman, 2250 NW 14Th ST, APT 23, Miami, FL 33125 No Party Affiliation.\nFreeman, Olga was born 18 November 1967, is female, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 20781 Pine Tree Ln, Estero, Florida 33928. Florida voter ID number 119455208. Her telephone number is 1-239-601-7514. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFreeman, Oliver was born 18 April 1938, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 140 Perry Dr, Haines City, Florida 33844. Florida voter ID number 113480949. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n22 October 2014 voter list: OLIVER FREEMAN, 33 HOLIDAY MNR, HAINES CITY, FL 33844 Florida Democratic Party.\nFreeman, Oliver was born 6 September 1962, is male, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 2331 Dupree St, Fort Myers, Florida 33916. Florida voter ID number 125191073. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFreeman, Oliver was born 6 October 1999, is male, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 3114 56Th St W, Lehigh Acres, Florida 33971. Florida voter ID number 124273222. His telephone number is 1-239-244-5489. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFreeman, Oliver J. was born 22 December 1960, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 3108 8Th Ave E, Palmetto, Florida 34221-2458. Florida voter ID number 105402714. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n28 February 2018 voter list: Oliver J. Freeman, 3108 8th Ave E, Palmetto, FL 34221 Florida Democratic Party.\nFreeman, Oliver James was born 17 July 1986, is male, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 3023 9Th Avenue Dr E, Palmetto, Florida 34221-2403. Florida voter ID number 105502354. His email address is Aznlife9@yahoo.com. The voter lists a mailing address and probably prefers you use it: PSC 2 BOX 2778 Apo, AP 96264-0028 Usa. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n30 November 2016 voter list: Oliver James Freeman, 3023 9th Avenue Dr E, Palmetto, FL 34221 No Party Affiliation.\nFreeman, Olivia was born 15 July 1958, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 2502 Aubrey Ave, Jacksonville, Florida 32208. Florida voter ID number 103541751. The voter lists a mailing address and probably prefers you use it: 402 Lovell Ave Nashville TN 37209-1814. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 October 2016.\nFreeman, Olivia Ada Marie was born 14 May 1955, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 1308 Japonica Ln, Cocoa, Florida 32922. Florida voter ID number 122280817. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n30 June 2018 voter list: Olivia Ada Marie Freeman, 3735 N Harbor City BLVD, Melbourne, FL 32935 Florida Democratic Party.\n30 November 2017 voter list: Olivia Ada Marie Freeman, 3735 N Harbor City Blvd, APT 1, Melbourne, FL 32935 Florida Democratic Party.\n29 February 2016 voter list: Olivia Ada Marie Freeman, 3 Pineapple Ave, APT 3, Cocoa, FL 329224203 Florida Democratic Party.\n31 May 2015 voter list: Olivia Ada Marie Freeman, 4840 Date Palm ST, Cocoa, FL 32927 Florida Democratic Party.\nFREEMAN, OLIVIA CYNTHIA was born 3 March 1981, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 2485 Breakwater Cir, Sarasota, Florida 34231. Florida voter ID number 124122357. Her telephone number is 1-347-675-8779. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n31 March 2017 voter list: OLIVIA CYNTHIA FREEMAN, 1011 MARLIN LAKES CIR, #527, SARASOTA, FL 34232 Florida Democratic Party.\nFREEMAN, OLIVIA LEIGH was born 21 June 1991, is female, registered as Independent Party of Florida, residing at 185 Zephyr Rd, Venice, Florida 34293. Florida voter ID number 123501401. Her telephone number is 1-941-716-2449. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n30 June 2018 voter list: OLIVIA LEIGH FREEMAN, 1225 COLUMBINE RD, VENICE, FL 34293 Independent Party of Florida.\nFreeman, Olivia Mb was born 12 April 1994, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 3411 E 29Th Ave, Tampa, Florida 33605. Florida voter ID number 119561537. Her telephone number is 1-813-516-0103. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n29 February 2016 voter list: Olivia M. Freeman, 3603 N 19TH ST, APT B, Tampa, FL 33605 Florida Democratic Party.\n31 May 2013 voter list: Olivia M.B. Freeman, 3411 E 29Th Ave, Tampa, FL 33605 Florida Democratic Party.\nFreeman, Olivia Michaela was born 28 August 1993, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 11223 Marigold Dr, Lakewood Ranch, Florida 34202-1816. Florida voter ID number 126030325. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFREEMAN, OMNI CHANEL was born 21 July 1985, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 6533 Emerald Dunes Dr, Apt 306, West Palm Beach, Florida 33411. Florida voter ID number 110111720. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n31 January 2018 voter list: Omni Chanel Freeman, 3841 SW 160th AVE, APT 307, Miramar, FL 33027 Florida Democratic Party.\n31 May 2016 voter list: Omni Chanel Freeman, 16745 SW 99Th CT, Miami, FL 33157 Florida Democratic Party.\nFREEMAN, OPAL GRACE was born 5 December 1930, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 2256 Post Oak Rd, Perry, Florida 32348. Florida voter ID number 108382832. Her telephone number is 1-850-578-2307. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFreeman, Ora C. was born 8 April 1959, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 6024 Savannah Dr, Milton, Florida 32570. Florida voter ID number 107596413. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFreeman, Ora Lee was born 6 October 1937, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 4625 Black Oak Rd, Milton, Florida 32583. Florida voter ID number 107601129. The voter lists a mailing address and probably prefers you use it: P.O. BOX 4095 Milton FL 32572. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFreeman, Orchie Lee was born 14 July 1985, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 7184 Loves Dr, Jacksonville, Florida 32222. Florida voter ID number 119024185. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n30 September 2018 voter list: Orchie Lee Freeman, 1218 Rensselaer AVE, Jacksonville, FL 32205 Florida Democratic Party.\n31 August 2016 voter list: Orchie Lee Freeman, 3533 Post St, Jacksonville, FL 32205 Florida Democratic Party.\nFreeman, Orian Orente was born 3 August 1981, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 754 B Sherman Ave, Panama City, Florida 32401. Florida voter ID number 124169232. His telephone number is 1-850-358-7248. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFREEMAN, ORLANDER was born 24 August 1961, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 275 Slash Cir, Midway, Florida 32343. Florida voter ID number 104246743. His telephone number is 1-850-539-3818. The voter lists a mailing address and probably prefers you use it: 275 SLASH CIR MIDWAY FL 32343-4259. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFreeman, Orlando Cecilio was born 26 March 1989, is male, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 12234 Sw 261St Ter, Homestead, Florida 33032. Florida voter ID number 120482054. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFREEMAN, ORTIS OKEBO was born 10 April 1991, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 6241 Westgate Dr, Apt Not Give, Orlando, Florida 32835. Florida voter ID number 121691555. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2018.\n31 October 2015 voter list: ORTIS OKEBO FREEMAN, 6241 WESTGATE DR, APT NOT GIVEN, ORLANDO, FL 32835 Florida Democratic Party.\nFREEMAN, OSCAR L. was born 3 December 1961, is male, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 106 Sarona Cir, Royal Palm Beach, Florida 33411. Florida voter ID number 102526559. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n31 January 2014 voter list: Oscar L. Freeman, 11060 NW 8th Ct, Plantation, FL 333247373 Republican Party of Florida.\nFREEMAN, OSCAR W. was born 10 December 1951, is male, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 1329 Anchor Ct, Orlando, Florida 32804. Florida voter ID number 113162308. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n30 November 2014 voter list: OSCAR W. FREEMAN, 3604 LAKE SARAH DR, ORLANDO, FL 32804 Republican Party of Florida.\nFREEMAN, OTTIS EUGENE was born 19 January 1954, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 1720 Deer Park Cir, Sarasota, Florida 34240. Florida voter ID number 100344636. His telephone number is 1-941-915-6700. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFreeman, Otto was born 17 March 1941, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 1471 Nw 202Nd St, Miami, Florida 33169. Florida voter ID number 108939720. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFreeman, Otto was born 7 July 1964, is male, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 2410 Nw 92Nd St, Miami, Florida 33147. Florida voter ID number 109189923. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFreeman, Ozell was born 21 January 1941, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 2860 Nw 175Th St, Miami Gardens, Florida 33056. Florida voter ID number 108939721. The voter lists a mailing address and probably prefers you use it: PO BOX 174184 Hialeah FL 33017. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n31 October 2015 voter list: Ozell Freeman, 2410 NW 92Nd St, Miami, FL 33147 Florida Democratic Party.\nFreeman, Paige S. was born 1 August 1957, is female, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 1229 Randletree St E, Lehigh Acres, Florida 33974-4041. Florida voter ID number 111292731. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n30 November 2015 voter list: Paige S. Freeman, 1229 Randletree St E, Fort Myers, FL 339744041 No Party Affiliation.\n31 October 2015 voter list: Paige S. Freeman, 1229 Randletree St E, Lehigh Acres, FL 339744041 No Party Affiliation.\n30 June 2015 voter list: PAIGE S. FREEMAN, 1229 RANDLETREE ST E, LEHIGH ACRES, FL 33974 No Party Affiliation.\nFREEMAN, PAMELA was born 20 February 1961, is female, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 111 Nw Ezekiel Gln, Lake City, Florida 32055. Florida voter ID number 104561384. The voter lists a mailing address and probably prefers you use it: PO BOX 1313 LAKE CITY FL 32056-1313. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 30 November 2013.\nFREEMAN, PAMELA A. was born 20 June 1943, is female, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 3937 Winderlakes Dr, Orlando, Florida 32835. Florida voter ID number 113076810. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFREEMAN, PAMELA ANN was born 1 January 1961, is female, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 12814 Litewood Dr, Hudson, Florida 34669. Florida voter ID number 106471125. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 May 2012.\nFREEMAN, PAMELA ANNE was born 14 January 1973, is female, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 3100 31St Ave N, St Petersburg, Florida 33713. Florida voter ID number 118481012. The voter lists a mailing address and probably prefers you use it: PO BOX 11241 ST PETERSBURG FL 33733-1241. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n31 July 2014 voter list: PAMELA ANNE FREEMAN, 601 ROSERY RD NE, #1454, LARGO, FL 33770 No Party Affiliation.\nFREEMAN, PAMELA BENSON was born 20 August 1958, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 9922 56Th Ave N, St Petersburg, Florida 33708. Florida voter ID number 106889092. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFREEMAN, PAMELA D. was born 24 August 1964, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 2745 Oak Hammock Dr, Panama City, Florida 32401-7106. Florida voter ID number 116689045. Her telephone number is 1-850-215-0924. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n31 January 2015 voter list: PAMELA D. FREEMAN, 347 N CENTER AVE, PANAMA CITY, FL 32401 Florida Democratic Party.\nFREEMAN, PAMELA D. was born 25 August 1957, is female, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 3326 Sw Frankford St, Pt St Lucie, Florida 34953. Florida voter ID number 115971591. The voter lists a mailing address and probably prefers you use it: 3350 SWEETWATER RD APT 704 LAWRENCEVILLE GA 30044-6571. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 May 2017.\n31 May 2012 voter list: Pamela D. Freeman, 2057 GREY FALCON CIR SW, VERO BEACH, FL 32962 No Party Affiliation.\nFREEMAN, PAMELA DANITA was born 6 December 1969, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 7031 White Trillium Cir, Orlando, Florida 32818. Florida voter ID number 113299817. The voter lists a mailing address and probably prefers you use it: PO BOX 680692 ORLANDO FL 32868-0692 UNITED STATES. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n31 May 2014 voter list: PAMELA DANITA FREEMAN, 4415 RING NECK RD, ORLANDO, FL 32808 Florida Democratic Party.\nFREEMAN, PAMELA DENISE was born 26 July 1979, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 132 Ne Patterson Ave, Lake City, Florida 32055. Florida voter ID number 117174999. Her telephone number is 1-386-752-9851. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFREEMAN, PAMELA F. was born 29 December 1948, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 522 Corsair Dr, North Palm Beach, Florida 33408. Florida voter ID number 112132536. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFREEMAN, PAMELA HOFFNER was born 8 December 1953, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 3100 Cascade Dr, Clearwater, Florida 33761. Florida voter ID number 107286370. Her email address is freeman.hoffner@gmail.com. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFREEMAN, PAMELA J. was born 6 September 1951, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 2616 Sherman Ave, Pensacola, Florida 32507. Florida voter ID number 103955710. Her telephone number is 1-830-455-7478. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFreeman, Pamela J. was born 26 September 1948, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 3950 N 56Th Ave, Apt 409, Hollywood, Florida 33021-1687. Florida voter ID number 101240120. Her telephone number is 1-954-894-0762. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n31 May 2015 voter list: Pamela J. Freeman, 3950 N 56th Ave, apt 409, Hollywood, FL 330210000 Florida Democratic Party.\nFREEMAN, PAMELA JAY was born 7 January 1954, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 1700 Radford Pl, The Villages, Florida 32162. Florida voter ID number 119506993. Her telephone number is 1-352-633-1887. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFreeman, Pamela Jean was born 5 October 1964, is female, registered as No Party Affiliation, residing at 5153 Pecan Shadows Dr, Youngstown, Florida 32466. Florida voter ID number 117252546. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFREEMAN, PAMELA JEANNE was born 29 April 1967, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 1605 Englewood Ave, Tarpon Springs, Florida 34689. Florida voter ID number 117369778. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n30 April 2016 voter list: PAMELA JEANNE FREEMAN, 1009 B MAGNOLIA DR, CLEARWATER, FL 33756 Florida Democratic Party.\nFREEMAN, PAMELA JO was born 23 May 1954, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 5367 Privet Pl, #D, Delray Beach, Florida 33484. Florida voter ID number 125286839. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFreeman, Pamela Joan was born 13 January 1961, is female, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 11704 Sands Ave, Jacksonville, Florida 32246. Florida voter ID number 103327569. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFreeman, Pamela Kay was born 22 March 1965, is female, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 3363 Boca Ciega Dr, Naples, Florida 34112. Florida voter ID number 111406833. Her telephone number is 1-239-258-4563. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n30 September 2018 voter list: Pamela Kay Freeman, 101 E Pago Pago Dr, APT 1, Naples, FL 34113 Republican Party of Florida.\n30 June 2017 voter list: Pamela Kay Corder, 101 E Pago Pago DR, Apt 1, Naples, FL 34113 Republican Party of Florida.\n31 May 2016 voter list: Pamela Kay Corder, 2644 Fountain View Cir, APT 103, Naples, FL 34109 Republican Party of Florida.\n31 January 2015 voter list: PAMELA KAY CORDER, 20134 SEADALE CT, ESTERO, FL 33928 Republican Party of Florida.\n31 May 2013 voter list: PAMELA KAY WICKER, 1773 4 MILE COVE PKY, #1117, CAPE CORAL, FL 33990 Republican Party of Florida.\n31 May 2012 voter list: PAMELA KAY WICKER, 1793 4 MILE COVE PKY, #712, CAPE CORAL, FL 33990 Republican Party of Florida.\nFreeman, Pamela Kay was born 20 April 1955, is female, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 890 Se 8Th Ave, Crystal River, Florida 34429. Florida voter ID number 102747477. Her telephone number is 1-352-697-1814. Her email address is mammy1955@hotmail.com. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\n31 January 2017 voter list: Pamela Kay Freeman, 890 SE 8Th Ave, Crystal River, FL 344294870 Republican Party of Florida.\n30 June 2015 voter list: Pamela Kay Freeman, 6076 W Gulf To Lake HWY, Crystal River, FL 34429 Republican Party of Florida.\n31 May 2013 voter list: Pamela Kay Freeman, 890 SE 8th AVE, Crystal River, FL 34429 Republican Party of Florida.\nFREEMAN, PAMELA KAYE was born 14 January 1960, is female, registered as Republican Party of Florida, residing at 7936 Sw 201St Ct, Dunnellon, Florida 34431. Florida voter ID number 105786740. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFreeman, Pamela L. was born 24 January 1955, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 3409 57Th Avenue Dr W, Bradenton, Florida 34210. Florida voter ID number 105430603. This is the most recent information, from the Florida voter list as of 31 December 2018.\nFREEMAN, PAMELA LOGAN was born 6 July 1955, is female, registered as Florida Democratic Party, residing at 6710 Nw 5Th Ave, Ocala, Florida 34475-7576. Florida voter ID number 105667249. 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J. Abrams Tom Cruise Christopher McQuarrie Jake Myers\nBased on : Mission: Impossible by Bruce Geller\nStarring : Tom Cruise Henry Cavill Ving Rhames Simon Pegg Rebecca Ferguson Sean Harris\nProduction company : Skydance Media Alibaba Pictures Bad Robot Productions\nMission: Impossible \u2013 Fallout is a 2018 American action spy film written, produced and directed by Christopher McQuarrie. It is the sixth installment in the Mission: Impossible film series, and the second film to be directed by McQuarrie following Rogue Nation. The cast includes Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris, Michelle Monaghan and Alec Baldwin, all of whom reprise their roles from previous films, along with Henry Cavill, Vanessa Kirby and Angela Bassett, who join the franchise. 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It seems now that the hierarchy are starting to agree with them, with rumors that the Catalans are looking for a new keeper starting to circulate more ferociously now.\nSpanish keeper Jose Manuel Reina, of Liverpool and now Napoli (albeit, only on loan), has been one of the names most heavily linked with a move to the Spanish champions, who let the 31 year-old leave in search of more regular football back in 2002. Since signing for Liverpool in 2005, he\u2019s gone on to make nearly 400 appearances in all competitions, and was a popular figure among the fans at Anfield, although, perhaps not with the management, who let him go to Serie A side Napoli for this season.\nRecently, there\u2019s been rumours that the Spaniard has agreed to rejoin Barcelona next summer once his loan deal with Napoli has expired. This would, of course, mean that Victor Valdes would be leaving the side now managed by Tata Martino, with England\u2019s Premier League a likely destination. In the last couple of days, it\u2019s emerged that Manchester City could be one of the clubs in for the Spanish and Catalonian international, along with Arsenal. Both of these clubs look to be in need for a new keeper, with Joe Hart starting to lose form and be criticized by fans in Manchester over the past few months, whilst Arsenal have been looking for a proper solution to their goalkeeping woes for some time now. As it stands, these remain purely as rumors, but who knows how the situation could develop?\nDespite Valdes being inconsistent at times, I have my doubts that Reina is much better in that respect. He\u2019s often made mistakes that have cost Liverpool crucial goals in his eight years in England. I still remember one from January 2012, when Sergio Ag\u00fcero took a shot from just outside the box for Manchester City at home to Liverpool, which bounced under Reina and into the net, leaving the Spaniard red-faced. The Blues would go on to win 3-0, despite going down to 10 men.\nHowever, there\u2019s more good points than bad points in terms of Reina\u2019s game, in my opinion. At times, he can pull off stunning saves that most other keepers can\u2019t, and kept a large amount of clean sheets for The Reds. This lead to him winning the Premier League Golden Glove (the award given to the keeper who keeps the most clean sheets in a season) in his first three years with the club. He\u2019s also very well known for his high-quality distribution and penalty-saving ability.\nEqually, his temporary move to Napoli could do the Spanish international a lot of good. He won\u2019t have to face up to the challenge of the newly-signed Simon Mignolet (who joined the Merseyside team in the summer, from Sunderland), who has been chosen as Liverpool\u2019s new number one in goal. It also gives him experience of playing in another league, which he hasn\u2019t done since leaving Vilarreal for England in 2005. He\u2019ll also be playing alongside some very good new signings for Rafa Benitez\u2019s side, such as Gonzalo Higuain and Jose Callejon. Equally, playing under his former manager Benitez could return him to the lethal form of his Liverpool days.\nIn my opinion, Victor Valdes gets a lot of undeserved stick from people. Let\u2019s face it \u2013 he\u2019s spent the last eleven years at Barcelona. If he wasn\u2019t good enough, he would have been replaced. Bar\u00e7a easily have the allure and the financial capabilities to do that, so they would have done if they\u2019d wanted to. But they didn\u2019t, and now Valdes has recently passed the 500-game mark for the Catalans. However, there are better keepers out there, and next summer could easily see Valdes replaced.\nWhilst much of the talk over who could be the new first-choice has named Pepe Reina as the leading candidate, it\u2019s come to light in recent days that Chelsea star Petr Cech could also be a target for the La Liga side, after impressing many in the last nine years at Stamford Bridge. He\u2019s won trophies galore with the Londoners, but could want a new challenge soon, and this move could be exactly the one for him. I believe he more than has the quality to play for Barcelona, but whether the Czech star makes the move remains to be seen.\nIf there are any motions going on behind the scenes to replace Valdes, they\u2019re probably still in the premature stage, and there could be a long list of people who\u2019ve been shortlisted as targets by the management at Barcelona. For me, Reina and Cech are the two likely candidates to join up with talents such as Andres Iniesta and Lionel Messi, but what happens in the end remains to be seen.\nPrevious articleOne Direction\u2019s Louis Tomlinson Sick as a Parrot After Injury in Petrov Charity Match\nNext articleAjax Midfielder Christian Eriksen Completes \u00a311.5m Move to Tottenham Hotspur", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 9138, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 249.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://gamingtrend.com/author/justin-schultz/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:45:34Z", "digest": "sha1:MAWGFVIQLRMGANEVQ7BEJYIHSCNAAAYT", "length": 491, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "gamingtrend.com", "title": "Justin Schultz \u2013 GAMING TREND", "raw_content": "Posts By Justin Schultz\n505 Games Announces Blackwater\nPrepare to experience what it takes to be a member of an elite fighting force. 505 Games announced today that they will...\nSEGA Announces Virtua Tennis 4 for Sony Vita NGP\nGame, Set, Match! The news out of E3 from Sega is that Virtua Tennis 4 will be a launch title for the...\nThe Twilight Zone coming to PC and Mac\nCue the iconic music\u2026 You are about to enter another dimension. A dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind....", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 115, "original_length": 3943, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 227.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://geekbeat.tv/review-gadgetarium-ipad/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:49Z", "digest": "sha1:7HVE2HVXOV4PQHEGDTF4TKESTQBP3IUH", "length": 2939, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "geekbeat.tv", "title": "Review: Gadgetarium for iPad", "raw_content": "Home > Reviews > Review: Gadgetarium for iPad\nReview: Gadgetarium for iPad\nI rarely talk about my life before Geek Beat in an article, but once upon a time I was a History Education major in college. When a good learning app comes my way, I just can\u2019t say no. That is doubly so when said app is about the history of technology. But that is what Gadgetarium is, a fun, touch-based iPad app for learning about how we got from the wheel to wearables. Let me tell you about it.\nKickstarted Origins\nGutenbergz\u2019s Gadgetarium was originally a Kickstarter project. just over a year ago. It was funded at just over its $10,000 goal and took about a year of development before hitting the market. It was originally supposed to be an AR project with a companion book and that\u2019s still in the cards. They are working with a publisher to make it happen, hopefully sometime in 2015. I frankly don\u2019t think it needs it. This is a text book designed for children of the 21st century. It\u2019ll work with children of all ages, even those born in 1981.\nLearning for the Future Geek\nGadgetarium is fully touch-based and interactive. It features 23 technological achievements in human history from the Wheel in 5,000 B.C. to the Google Glass just a couple years back. The menus have an attractive steampunk style to them, and each gadget has its own landing page. Most of these are interactive, allowing you to move things around, balance a scale, et cetera, and it gets even cooler with the more modern gadgets. The calculator is fully functional and the Mac runs a cut down impression of Mac OS Classic you can control with the mouse, letting you experience how these devices work rather just reading or hearing about them. That\u2019s not all the app does though.\nThere are three other modes for each gadget. Click on the Play button and you get a short narration and demonstration of the device. They are not always the most informative, but they will play to a child\u2019s sense of humor. Up above that is a cube-looking icon. This is a 360\u00b0 view of the device. Lastly, if you click on the valve icon in the top right, you get a summary of the item. Lastly, there is a Gadget Box mode. It allows you to create new gadgets out of existing ones and then share your creations on social media. It\u2019s overall a very fun and informative app. To keep it fresh, they also plan to add additional gadgets in coming releases.\nGadgetarium is just $1.99 on the App Store. This is very affordable and can basically be an impulse buy. The company is planning on expanding the app to Android sometime in late 2015.\nGadgetarium is a fun iPad app for all ages. It can be a bit limited, but it\u2019s great and interactive will bring enjoyment to the user. If that user is in the suggested 6-15 age range, you could be creating the next generation of Geek. It\u2019s cheap, so I would recommend you pick it up if you have an iPad.\nFiled Under: Reviews Tagged With: apps, education, gadgets, Mobility", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 6308, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 286.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://geeksthemusical.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/alls-well-that-ends-well/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:39:00Z", "digest": "sha1:MXY6WOM2QVNHVSFJBQAFIO6RTTJNJSZZ", "length": 1834, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "geeksthemusical.wordpress.com", "title": "All\u2019s Well That Ends. Well\u2026. | geeksthemusical", "raw_content": "All\u2019s Well That Ends. Well\u2026.\nI love a good epilogue. If I\u2019ve spent time with characters in a book, movie or graphic novel, I like to know where they end up when the story is over. What happened to them after an adventure so interesting it was made into a book, movie, graphic novel or all of the above.\nMy favorite part of the Harry Potter series (both books and movies) was the epilogue. But I felt it was too short. No, it didn\u2019t need to go on and on like the epilogue in Return of the King (granted, the length was fine for a book, but for a movie, even I wished for a little bit of editing there). There were so many characters left unaccounted for, it would have been nice to know what happened to them. I know J.K. Rowling has shared a few gems and has hinted at many more, but I wanted them in those last pages. We\u2019d read so many already, why not a few more.\nOutside of epic movies, I\u2019m fine with just that blurb at the end: \u201cMarried the hero and moved to Hawaii.\u201d \u201cOpened a chain of fried chicken restaurants.\u201d \u201cDied in Vietnam.\u201d\nSome people may not like having everything wrapped up, because then there\u2019s no chance of further adventures with these characters. Hey, Harry Potter could have plenty of other adventures before and after showing the kids off to school. But just in case we don\u2019t hear about those, I\u2019d like to know our friends did well after the adventures we did witness.\nWouldn\u2019t you like a few more episodes of Lost just to see Sawyer get back to civilization, see how Hurley and Ben ran the island, and have all those many other questions answered?\nMaybe with so little closure in real life, I like to have lots of it in my fantasy.\nOne thought on \u201cAll\u2019s Well That Ends. Well\u2026.\u201d\nPeter Varvel on January 9, 2012 at 5:03 pm said:\nYou scared me \u2013 I thought that this was going to be one last final \u2018goodbye post.\u2019", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 73, "original_length": 3413, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 199.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://geneseenow.com/2018/09/12/merkley-accuses-dhs-of-scandal-in-taking-funds-from-fema/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:15:16Z", "digest": "sha1:LME4M7GYL5UNMCDB6GNPXZOCYGJABZPM", "length": 5477, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "geneseenow.com", "title": "Merkley accuses DHS of 'scandal' in taking funds from FEMA \u2013 GeneseeNow.com | Hometown Radio 1400 WDNY", "raw_content": "Merkley accuses DHS of 'scandal' in taking funds from FEMA\niStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) \u2014 Sen. Jeff Merkley, an Oregon Democrat, is feuding with the Trump administration over what he says was its inappropriate shift of $10 million from FEMA to immigration enforcement \u2014 funds he said should be used for disaster relief.\n\u201cThis is a scandal. At the start of hurricane season\u2014when American citizens in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands are still suffering from FEMA\u2019s inadequate recovery efforts\u2014the administration transferred millions of dollars away from FEMA,\u201d Merkley said in a paper statement released Tuesday night \u2013 points he reiterated in an interview Wednesday morning.\nBut FEMA says the $10 million was not intended to go to disaster relief and represents an extremely small percentage of what is actually being spent on hurricane recovery.\nHere\u2019s the crux of the debate:\nMerkley points to a document he obtained from The Department of Homeland Security during a June visit to the border which shows the agency reallocating $10 million from FEMA to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and, to a lesser extent, the U.S. Secret Service.\nThis money, the document shows, was going to help pay for \u201cdetention beds\u201d and the \u201ctransportation and removal program.\u201d A separate portion was allocated to the Secret Service for security near the White House.\nSome of the $10 million was coming from FEMA categories including \u201cResponse and Recovery,\u201d \u201cMitigation\u201d and \u201cPreparedness and Protection\u201d \u2013 categories that do involve some disaster response work but also cover the administrative costs that go into such work.\nThe DHS document is undated but Merkley\u2019s staff says it was submitted in June 2018, a month after Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the administration\u2019s new \u201czero tolerance\u201d policy that led to family separations.\nMerkley says this money was redirected to help support the family separation policy.\n\u201cIt wasn\u2019t enough to rip thousands of children out of the arms of their parents\u2014the administration chose to partly pay for this horrific program by taking away from the ability to respond to damage from this year\u2019s upcoming and potentially devastating hurricane season,\u201d he said.\nDHS is required to notify House and Senate subcommittees dealing with homeland security for reprogramming of funds in excess of $5 million, which is why this \u201creprogramming notification\u201d was sent to those committees.\nWhat DHS is saying\nSo is this as big a scandal as Merkley seems to suggest?\nDHS says no.\nThey are making a few points. Number one, this money does not come from FEMA\u2019s $25 billion disaster relief fund. That is a separate account.\n\u201cIt does not come out of the disaster relief fund that funds everything behind me and in the field so it\u2019s a non-issue for us at this moment,\u201d administrator Brock Long said this morning on ABC\u2019s \u201cGood Morning America,\u201d gesturing to workers at computers at FEMA headquarters in Washington.\nThe money did come from FEMA\u2019s billion-dollar operational account, which covers the agency\u2019s administrative costs\u2013 some of which are related to disaster relief.\nAccording to a FY2019 breakdown of FEMA spending, about 46 percent of the agency\u2019s billion-dollar operations budget supports FEMA headquarters activity like policy development, strategic planning and more administrative functions including IT, security and records management.\nThe \u201cresponse and recovery\u201d category comprises about 21 percent of FEMA\u2019s operations budget\u2013 about $223 million \u2014 does have a more direct role in paying for disaster efforts. According to the breakdown, it involves \u201cconduct[ing] emergency operations\u201d through actions including positioning emergency equipment, evacuating survivors and providing food, water, shelter and medical care to those in need. It also \u201csupports the rebuilding of communities\u201d providing \u201cdirect and indirect support.\u201d\nDHS says that since the money had not been spent, authorization to do so was going to expire at the end of the fiscal year on September 30.\nA spokeswoman for the House Appropriations subcommittee that oversees DHS also notes that these reprogramming notification funds are routine and that they get dozens, if not hundreds, each month.\nThe feud between Merkley and FEMA and DHS has only escalated since he appeared on MSNBC\u2019S \u201cThe Rachel Maddow Show\u201d Tuesday night and CNN Wednesday morning.\nMerkley said on CNN that it was \u201cjust a lot of bunk\u201d that the $10 million could not have been used for disaster relief. \u201cWhen you have preparedness lines and lines dedicated to response, that\u2019s exactly the sort of funds that help you prepare and address the damage that comes from these storms,\u201d he said.\nMerkley\u2019s staff has also noted that $10 million could make a big difference to people coping with hurricanes and disasters.\n\u201cTry to go to Puerto Rico right now and tell them right now that ten million dollars is a drop in the bucket,\u201d a Merkley aide said.\nBut after Merkley appeared on CNN, the war of words escalated. FEMA spokeswoman Jenny Burke tweeted :\nMerkley\u2019s staff tells ABC News it was a \u201ccomplete mischaracterization\u201d and that the separate Merkley staffer who spoke with FEMA was \u201cacknowledging that Merkley was on TV discussing this topic and that he took very seriously the dramatic funding switch from FEMA to ICE detention centers, and that that money could have been used in much more productive ways. Nothing that the staffer said indicated that this was done somehow as a TV stunt.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 135, "original_length": 9073, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 284.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://geneseenow.com/2018/09/23/ive-never-heard-president-trumps-cabinet-members-discuss-removing-him-from-office-nikki-haley/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:03Z", "digest": "sha1:FD64NOEUGDKBEYK2SVYA7C357H2DEBAH", "length": 4234, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "geneseenow.com", "title": "'I've never heard' President Trump's Cabinet members discuss removing him from office: Nikki Haley \u2013 GeneseeNow.com | Hometown Radio 1400 WDNY", "raw_content": "Spencer Platt/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) \u2014 U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said she has never heard anyone in President Donald Trump\u2019s Cabinet talk about the possibility of trying to remove him from office by means of the 25th Amendment.\nHaley was responding to a question from ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos on \u201cThis Week\u201d Sunday in light of recent reports that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein suggested last year that he could recruit Cabinet members to invoke the 25th Amendment.\nRosenstein flatly denied the allegation, saying, \u201cAny suggestion that I have ever advocated for the removal of the President is absolutely false.\u201d\nThe 25th Amendment to the Constitution outlines a process by which the vice president and a majority of the Cabinet can declare a president \u201cunable to discharge powers and duties of the office.\u201d\nStephanopoulos asked Haley if she had \u201cever been part of any discussion on pursuing the 25th Amendment.\u201d\nHaley responded, \u201cI\u2019ve never heard it. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s a reality at all among all of the Cabinet members. I\u2019ve just never heard that. That\u2019s absurd.\u201d\n\u201cI\u2019m telling you I\u2019m [at the White House] almost every other week,\u201d she added. \u201cAnd I can tell you never has anyone talked about the 25th Amendment. Never has anyone even questioned the president\u2019s mental stability.\u201d\nHaley also looked ahead to the United Nations General Assembly meeting this week in New York, at which Trump will speak.\nHaley said Trump will talk about U.S. \u201csuccess stories,\u201d including \u201cthe fact that we have almost defeated ISIS; the fact that we\u2019re looking at North Korea, who\u2019s now at the table talking;\u201d and \u201cthe movement of the embassy in Jerusalem, or if you look at Syria and the progress that\u2019s starting to be made there.\u201d\nStephanopoulos asked the U.N. ambassador about U.S. efforts toward getting North Korea to end its nuclear program.\nThe leaders of North and South Korea appear to both want the U.S. to take certain actions, such as officially declaring an end to the Korean War.\n\u201cThe two Korean leaders\u2026 [seem] to be now demanding reciprocal steps of some kind from the United States,\u201d Stephanopoulos said. \u201cIs the United States prepared to do anything more now based on what we\u2019ve seen from North Korea?\u201d\n\u201cGeorge, make no mistake, the reason they came to the table is because those sanctions are suffocating them and they want out,\u201d Haley said. \u201cAnd so we\u2019re not going to do anything to loosen those sanctions until we make sure that there is no more threat from North Korea.\u201d\nAs to whether Trump might meet again with North Korean Chairman Kim Jong Un, Haley said she thinks Secretary of State Mike Pompeo \u201cneeds to have a couple more conversations\u201d with North Korea first.\nTrump is scheduled to chair a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday on the topic of Iran and the broader issue of nuclear nonproliferation. In remarks Sept. 20 previewing the U.N. meeting, Haley joked that this would be \u201cthe most-watched Security Council meeting ever.\u201d\nStephanopoulos asked on \u201cThis Week\u201d about the possibility of Trump meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.\nIf the president\u2019s summit with Kim \u201cseemed to bear fruit with North Korea, why not meet with the Iranian president?\u201d Stephanopoulos asked.\nHaley said Trump isn\u2019t opposed to meeting with Rouhani. \u201cThe Iranian president hasn\u2019t asked. If he asked, I think the president would strongly consider it,\u201d she said.\nBut she added that Rouhani \u201chas to stop all of his bad behavior before the president\u2019s going to think he\u2019s serious about wanting to talk.\u201d\nOn NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press\u201d Sunday morning, Pompeo said that the possibility of a meeting between Trump and Rouhani at the United Nations session isn\u2019t off the table.\n\u201cHe\u2019s happy to talk with folks at any time,\u201d Pompeo said. \u201cThe president\u2019s been pretty clear about that.\u201d\nHaley said that \u201ca big part\u201d of Trump\u2019s message at the U.N. will be changes to the U.S. policy on foreign aid.=\n\u201cWe\u2019re looking at aid and we\u2019re no longer going to give money to countries that say they hate America or work against us,\u201d Haley said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to start really taking care of our \u2014 the countries that have the same values as us, and we\u2019re going to build on those relationships.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 129, "original_length": 7977, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 211.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://genkischuldich.livejournal.com/225934.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:09Z", "digest": "sha1:Y3MBMTQKZ36HHPW3CGQ3ZCYXFBAEJSNQ", "length": 2733, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "genkischuldich.livejournal.com", "title": "I just finished Howl's Moving Castle which, while I couldn't find it\u2026 - Another World", "raw_content": "I just finished Howl's Moving Castle which, while I couldn't find it\u2026 - Another World\nI just finished Howl's Moving Castle which, while I couldn't find it in Britain, I found easily in the foreign books section in Narita. It's incredible! Much love to everyone who recced it after I saw the film! It easily makes my top five novels now!\nI couldn't help being amused by some of the differences from the film though (and, woah, there are MANY!). Namely, Howl. In the film, Howl is a tragic bishounen who fights bravely from the start. In the book, he's a Welsh drama queen who owns a guitar because it looks good and spends two hours in the bathroom every day. Actually, I find both versions of Howl adorable, but it's quite a change! Also, the whole plot makes complete sense and sheds a bit of light on the film's plot, even though the plots don't really match up.\nAnd... I've run out of time it. Eep. Must dash!\nTags: books, howl's moving castle\nariss_tenoh on 7th January 2006 12:12 (UTC)\nNow you've made me curious. I have to find a copy of this movie^^\nI think you'll be very interested to see the differences! It seems quite different from the start!\nIs now picturing Rhys Ifan playing Hywel (Howl) with a Swansea accent...\nIt does work, actually! You should really give the book a go - it's love!\nevil_kat on 7th January 2006 15:18 (UTC)\nI thought there were some seriously creepy parts in the book--like the mismatched people. I mean, dang! D: I could see why they couldn't bring all of it over to the movie.\nYeah, actually the mismatched people qould work really well and it's not like you can say it's too complicated since the omission of certain details made it a little difficult to follow to begin with.\nluxetumbra on 8th January 2006 00:25 (UTC)\nDon't forget Movie!Howl's nice ass. XD\nThat too! :)\nlovelessinma on 9th January 2006 06:28 (UTC)\nIs it so different?\nWell, I think Howl in the movie is also some kind of drama queen who spends hours in the bathroom (^^U\nBut I'm curious about the way the book will make me understand the film better, could you (if it doesn't bother you) share the knowledge with me? (TwT;;\nI watched the film and I loved it, but many things didn't get clear to me ;;;\n(like why did Howl and Calcifer make any kind of pact? ;;; )\nA little! But you'd have to read the book to realise the extent to which book!Howl's drama queenery extends. It's far beyond that of the film's!\nCalcifer was actually a falling star and Howl felt sorry for him because falling stars die when they hit the ground. So, Howl saved him and gave him his heart. So Howl was heartless...\nlovelessinma on 10th January 2006 19:36 (UTC)\nOooh, thank you very much!\nNow I understand the story about Calcifer much better (^^)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 96, "original_length": 4216, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 297.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://geographyspin.scholastic.com/pages/topics/us.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:40Z", "digest": "sha1:FW2X4IE4QDO7DYKWZTGXQWXJVA36VHKU", "length": 11, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "geographyspin.scholastic.com", "title": "U.S. activities and videos for kids grades 3-6 | Scholastic Geography Spin Magazine", "raw_content": "Home > U.S.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 110, "original_length": 2404, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.78, "perplexity": 131.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://gff.com/view/amanda-kalescky/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:43Z", "digest": "sha1:T2VTEFRDNIW5G2H3HC4ZP6ECV72BOKMX", "length": 457, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "gff.com", "title": "Amanda Kalescky - GFF", "raw_content": "Amanda Kalescky\nTexas Tech University / University of Texas at Arlington\nAmanda Kalescky is a Senior Project Coordinator with GFF, Inc\nMeet Amanda. Amanda is a Dallas native that attended Texas Tech University to receive her undergraduate degrees and the University of Texas at Arlington for her master\u2019s. She has been married to her high school sweetheart, Rob, for seven years and together they have a three year old daughter, Eleanor and a five year old\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 149, "original_length": 3109, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 221.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://gingetz.com/2012/08/05/the-brass-ring/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:22:05Z", "digest": "sha1:67PEO3VT32ITYYDFSM5BDZZ4PTEXGARR", "length": 10433, "nlines": 39, "source_domain": "gingetz.com", "title": "The brass ring | Gin Getz", "raw_content": "Spent the better part of today dealing with mice and maggots. Tomorrow I\u2019m off to the ditch for the week. Right now I have this to share.\nWe hear what we want to hear; read what we want to read.\nRead between lines. Really listen. There\u2019s more to it than you think. It\u2019s deeper. Not as shallow. Not if you take off your blinders and are willing to take in the truth.\nListen to the rain on the roof and dive into the place where you are. In you car commuting to work. In your trailer on a week\u2019s adventure. Home. Same rain, same sound on all these different metal roofs. Listen; really listen. Such a sweet sound, no matter where you\u2019re coming from. The point is, be where you are. And if you want to be somewhere else, change it. Do something about it. Dream, and go for it. Dreams are for creating reality, not hell. Figure it out. If it matters that much to you, risk it.\nBut don\u2019t whine. That will bring you nowhere but farther from the dream.\nI wrote a reader a letter a few days ago. A response to her upset, trying to cheer her up. She took from it what she expected to read, deleted it, and asked me to resend. Why on earth would I do that when she didn\u2019t really read it the first time?\nDon\u2019t ask a question if you don\u2019t want to hear the truth of response. How many of us are guilty as charged? My hand has been raised from time to time.\nSo here\u2019s what it comes down to.\nAnd the excuse of money in place of balls.\nPardon me for being so blunt, but the truth can hurt, and I\u2019m tired of being hurt because you don\u2019t want to hear my truth. Don\u2019t want to hear it? Then don\u2019t ask. Delete my messages and don\u2019t ask me to resend. Otherwise, here I am, letting it all hang out, with nothing to hide.\nHere is my truth.\nMoney has nothing to with it. In fact, wake up and smell the coffee (yes, the cheap kind, as even Folgers is a splurge for me).\nThose who know me know how important money is to me, what a driving force it is for me, and how much I have had. And the answer to all is NONE. Yet I still hear quite regularly, \u201cGosh, you\u2019re so lucky and live the life I wish I could.\u201d\nSo I ask you this: Why don\u2019t you? You\u2019re the one with a college degree, a stable job, car or truck, health insurance for you and your kids, some sense of financial security and/or at least a plan on paying your way through the next nine months. Good for you. I don\u2019t have any of those things. But that does not stop me.\nThose who know me know. Money has not enabled me to do what I do, be where I am, live the life I have chosen. Quite the contrary. It\u2019s my lack of money and my refusal to allow money to hold any level of importance. Yes, I\u2019m the most impractical person I know when it comes to money. I have no stability and security. The bottom line is this: I have none, never have, and it\u2019s never stopped me from doing/being what I want.\nCheck out my story. A condensed version.\nSo there I was, in New York City, where I wandered around holding down odd jobs from receptionist to bartender sleeping in an odd assortment of slum apartments until I found a way to get a full scholarship to art school in New Mexico. A crazy move which had nothing to do with luck or talent but far more to do with hard work as I woke up at 3 or 4 am to put together a portfolio of work all winter long before my 9-5 job, and doing a drive-away driving someone else\u2019s sports car from Jersey to San Jose only weeks after getting my driver\u2019s license because I couldn\u2019t figure out any other affordable way to drive cross country.\nWorked my way through school earning minimum wage doing simple wood work while living in the parking lot of college in a 25 year old Dodge Dart and later upgraded to an equally old Volkswagen microbus. I dropped out of college to be a self supporting single mom. Moved around a dozen times and took more odd jobs to feed and house (including a couple ones self built and without plumbing or power) my self and son.\nFinally found (and this part could be called luck) an awesome position being the caretaker of a remote kids camp in some beautiful mountains with horses, cows, chickens and pigs. I could call it all mine, treated it as such, but none of it was. Didn\u2019t matter to me. Stayed there six years, during which time I started to hear that I was one lucky lady and living the life. I felt I was. I owned nothing but the clothes on my back, not even a vehicle for several years, but gave them my all and got to live in \u201cparadise.\u201d When said paradise turned a bit south, I took a crazy risk and moved to Colorado with only enough money to pay for the trip, a kid, dogs, cats and bunch of baggage stuffed into a room between two creepy guys I was supposed to work for. I quit, willing to be homeless and hungry instead if need be, but met this guy named Bob who needed a wrangler for the summer. This part I guess is luck too. Meeting the \u201cright\u201d person is not easy. It took me until I was 36; Bob was 45. It was worth the wait.\nThe rest is history. Prince Charming and Cinderella? Hardly. Above and beyond dealing with cleaning up after tourists and burying foals and trying to keep hands and house warm through six months of sub zero temps, we\u2019ve had to deal with the most horrible and horrendous family crap you can imagine and legal battles just to keep our home and business, all of which got us hundreds of thousands of dollars deep in debt.\nThat\u2019s where we are now, only we quit our job which wasn\u2019t paying the interest anyway and we\u2019re figuring out the next dream to start building on.\nI\u2019m not complaining. It\u2019s important you know that. In fact, I\u2019m pretty darned proud of all this.\nWhat I want to do in telling this story is prove a point. Figure it out. It\u2019s never been about money. Not stopping me. Not enabling me. I\u2019m motivated by my dreams and willing to take some crazy risks.\nStop playing it safe. That\u2019s definitely something I have not done. For better or for worse, I don\u2019t know, but I\u2019m not the one clinging to safety and security and wishing I was somewhere else. I\u2019m trying it, living it. Broke, every day deeper in debt in seems, but giving it a shot and enjoy the adventure along the way.\nStop using your lack of money as an excuse. I bet you have more than me. I bet you always have. But you\u2019re there and I\u2019m here. So, what\u2019s your real excuse?\nThere is no brass ring waiting for you to grab and get the dream come true. You gotta get out there, mine the metal, weld the ring, and hang in front of yourself like a carrot before the horse\u2019s nose. You gotta walk away from the safe and simple and fall on your face time and time and time again.\nRemember the advice my vet gave me after I lost another foal? \u201cOnly those who have, lose.\u201d Be willing to lose. You\u2019ll never really gain if not willing to let go. Leap! And the net appears. Only some times it doesn\u2019t. So dust yourself off, and get back to the drawing board. Only make sure the picture you\u2019re drawing is really, really magnificent.\nYes, I remind myself this too as I sit before the drawing board once again, skinned knees and all.\ngin getz, inspiration, journal, literary blog, memoir, motivation, personal stories, photography, self help\n6 thoughts on \u201cThe brass ring\u201d\nThank you for sharing your story. We each have our own paths, but we must know that being \u201cin want\u201d is a state of mind, not a state of the pocketbook. I like how you have lived to strive for quality of life rather than quantity.\nYour story sounds some what like me . With a father spending most of his life in a VA hospital we all had to help with keeping a place to live .We picked crops in the summer for school clothes . No work no clothes .I pumped gas after school and in the summer starting at about 13 .Then it was the long hitch hike and walk to get back home to the ranch . All my wages went into the family fund .After I was married I was always able to find work .A lot of it was jobs no one else wanted at minimum wage . But we eat and had a room .Some times no car .Just a bike to get to work on .Now looking back it may have been the right way .I learned to do a lot of things and now I am retired I make a little extra money doing odd jobs .From restoring old furnature to making knives to painting houses to lawn work .There is very few kinds of work I can not do with my hands but nothing high teck .So the moral to the story is \u201cNever be ashsmed of what you had to do to servive \u201c.and if you can pass some of your knowledge on to some one do so .Never feel bad if they dont want to exept it .You have done the best you could .Years ago when I was at the hardest time in my life you wrote \u201cA Poem For Don \u201d that let me know someone out there cared .It is very special to me and will be with me for the rest of my life .So dont give up .You do help people sometimes a lot more than you will ever know .\nYour Special Friend Don\nBobbie Hatton\nThank you Gin for sharing and in the reminder of being able to achieve our dreams if we are really wanting it bad enough to take the risks. Love ya, Bobbie\nGenerous. That is what I think of when I read this post. You have such a generous, nurturing sense of inspiring writing. Others used the word \u2018share.\u2019\nI dont know how you feel but sometimes I think my brass ring is made of rusty iron .\nThe more I hear about you, Gin, the more respect I have. Most of us would have quit for an easier life part-way along that hard road. Yes, it\u2019s easier to become an armchair philosopher with a job to pay the bills and provide insurance. I\u2019ve swapped the wild places for a comfortable job: call that surrender if you will. I\u2019m just glad to escape the need to self-medicate with opiates to control back pain in order to ride all day every day. However I wonder how anyone who writes from a place of ease could match your raw authenticity. Only getting hurt is not the sole measure of progress through life. Yes, nothing ventured means nothing gained. But isn\u2019t danger a risk rather than an objective? No hero survives unscathed, however the warrior bearing the most wounds is not necessarily the greatest.\nGin, you speak a special language forged through a hard life courageously lived. Don\u2019t blame beyond the measure of their culpability those who don\u2019t comprehend the nuances of your dialect. There comes a point where those who have trodden wild trails seem to speak in riddles to mere domesticated folk. One becomes a voice calling from the wilderness. Such voices always have been an acquired taste, speaking to those with ears to hear.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 110, "original_length": 12077, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 339.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://globalhealthlearning.org/course/infrastructure-good-governance", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:38Z", "digest": "sha1:7HWHWUXKL35DK4NX6FJNUAEVJ54VEAKO", "length": 1768, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "globalhealthlearning.org", "title": "Infrastructure for Good Governance | Global Health eLearning Center", "raw_content": "The purpose of this course is to provide participants with the knowledge to develop and implement the organizational setup needed to ensure the good governance of all types of health service delivery organizations.\nThis course is the third in the series that comprises the Certificate Program on Governance and Health. We recommend that you take the governance courses in the following order since the subsequent courses build upon the earlier courses.\nKey Practices of Good Governance explores the essential principles and practices of high-performing governing bodies, managers, and service providers\nIdentify the 11 critical infrastructural elements that facilitate the work of governing bodies\nName three types of governing bodies and their degrees of decision-making control\nRecognize governing competencies and identify at least three strategies for recruiting people with these competencies\nUnderstand the importance of and identify strategies to foster good stakeholder relationships\nList the five key policies that guide a high-performing governing body\nIdentify at least three ways to improve the quality and effectiveness of meetings\nList the five methods of building trust among stakeholders in a good governance relationship\nDescribe the types of information needed for good governance decision-making\nThis course is designed primarily for those in governance, management, or service delivery roles in an organization who seek to improve their organization\u2019s governance and performance. In addition, USAID mission staff and others who support the ministries of health, health sector, and health service delivery organizations should refer their partners to this course so that they are aware of the practical setup needed for the work of governing bodies.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 3059, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 310.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://godcanhealit.wordpress.com/2012/09/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:53:49Z", "digest": "sha1:6BJHUPPMYH2QOZBPAAMKXX2Z7P3GDDY5", "length": 5721, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "godcanhealit.wordpress.com", "title": "September | 2012 |", "raw_content": "That\u2019s a word you don\u2019t see often. It means the act of being kind or gentle \u2013 of being benign. Mary Baker Eddy says, \u201cThe benign thought of Jesus, finding utterance in such words as \u2018Take no thought for your life,\u2019 would heal the sick, and so enable them to rise above the supposed necessity for physical thought-taking and doctoring;\u201d (see Science and Health page 365) Imagine that. A kind thought can heal the sick! Not only that, but it can lift one above even worrying about sickness.\nJesus was more than kind however. He was also clear. The Bible says that \u201cwith authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.\u201d (see Mark 1:27) That authority was the Christ and it defeated the malignancy of disease, as well as of hypocrisy and deceit. It enabled Jesus to withstand the crucifixion and make the hearts of his disciples burn with hope.\nJesus\u2019 teachings are still valid today, and their benignity is an ever present force for good. Striving to be harmless doesn\u2019t make one a pansy \u2013 it actually becomes an armor against harm. It\u2019s not about placating either. It\u2019s simply about knowing the real truth \u2013 the Christ Truth \u2013 behind every lie.\nGo ahead. Practice some benignity. And see if it doesn\u2019t bring a little more light into the world.\nTags: Christian Science, Golden Rule, health, spirituality\nWhenever someone signs up to follow this blog, I always like to find out a little more about them. Recently, a Canadian photographer joined my followers, and upon checking out his website I was greeted with the most stunning display of photographs I have seen in a long time. Most of them are of nature \u2013 rugged and fierce, or still and serene \u2013 but there are people and place shots too. (see http://hikingphoto.com/)\nWhat occurred to me as I viewed them was how each picture captures a single moment in time. Beyond that instant, the view will change \u2013 perhaps imperceptibly \u2013 but the subject matter (and the photographer) will never be exactly the same. Fast or slow, change is inevitable.\nThere is only one thing that will never change: God. James in the Bible says, \u201cEvery good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.\u201d (see chapter 1) Have you considered how profound that is?\nThat which is absolutely good, omnipotent Love, omnipresent Spirit, almighty Truth, all-inclusive Life will not vary, nor will there even be a hint of inconsistency. This describes a God you can always rely on. One Who is readily available and immediately present. And never fails. For all eternity.\nCould there be anything better?\nTags: harmony, prayer, spiritual facts, spirituality\n\u2026and out the other. You\u2019ve heard the adage. And it wouldn\u2019t be a familiar saying if we couldn\u2019t all relate to it. Right?\nThe Apostle James says, \u201cif any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.\u201d (see chapter 1)\nDoesn\u2019t James seem to indicate that the perfect law of liberty enables you to remember who you really are? And that in remembering, you are accomplishing that which blesses? It\u2019s a pretty powerful correlation, don\u2019t you think?\nJesus was so clear about who he was that it enabled him to remember the pure and true identities of everyone he came across \u2013 which is why he was so easily able to restore them to their original health and goodness. He didn\u2019t forget that he was about his Father\u2019s business. And every deed and word was a blessing. His admonition to us was \u201cgo and do thou likewise.\u201d (see Luke 10:37) That\u2019s a very tall order, some would say, impossible.\nYet James gives a pretty clear recipe for our success. 1) Look into the law of liberty. 2) Keep looking. 3) Don\u2019t forget that your job, even your purpose, is to bless.\nAnd the law of liberty? Jesus explained it best when he said, \u201cThou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. And thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.\u201d (see Matt. 22:37-39) Don\u2019t let that go in one ear and out the other. Remember who you really are \u2013 a doer of the blessing.\nTags: Bible, Christian Science, Epistle of James, spirituality\nIsn\u2019t that a great word? To me, it connotes things that are good and clean. The Online American Heritage Dictionary adds \u201cnot encountered before; not stale or spoiled.\u201d It\u2019s more than just new and different though \u2013 there\u2019s a certain vitality to it.\nMary Baker Eddy once wrote, \u201cLet us\u2026shape our views of existence into loveliness, freshness, and continuity, rather than into age and blight.\u201d (see Science and Health page 246) This is a remarkable statement because it makes the strong point that we can CHOOSE and form our views of existence. Rather than thinking all the same thoughts as before \u2013 as many as 10,000 of them in any given day \u2013 let\u2019s begin to freshen up our thinking a bit. Let\u2019s select thoughts that are more life enhancing and joyful. Let\u2019s be deliberate in seeking a fresher outlook, one that lifts and improves. 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For Clug, the tremendously expressive score conveys life and hope.\nUwe Scholz (1958-2004), an exceptionally talented German choreographer who passed away far too young, left behind a rich legacy. The evening\u2019s second work, Beethoven\u2019s Symphony No. 7, described by Richard Wagner as \u201cthe apotheosis of the dance,\u201d is one of his master works. With its remarkable musicality, this ballet on pointe, as finely cut as a diamond, leaves no one indifferent. It makes for a memorable evening of music and dance.\nWith solo voices and Les Grands Ballets Orchestra\nEvening collaborator, October 11th\nEvening Sponsor, October 28th\nExcerpt from the show\n\"First off, I invite you to discover a double bill featuring Stabat MATER, from acclaimed Romanian choreographer Edward Clug, and then, as a counterpoint to this reflective, moving work, Beethoven's Symphony No. 7, from German choreographer Uwe Scholz.\"\nIvan Cavallari's pick\nItalian composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710\u20131736) was just 26 years old when he died of tuberculosis in Naples. While he wrote operas, concertos, chamber music and numerous pieces of secular music, he is best known for his Stabat Mater, completed in 1736: the final composition of his very short life. According to legend, Pergolesi composed the work on his deathbed, like a requiem written before its time had come, although the reality was probably a little less fanciful.\nCapturing the sorrow and anguish of the Virgin Mary at the crucifixion of her son, the medieval religious poem Stabat Mater, Latin for \u201cthe mother was standing,\u201d was composed by Franciscan monk Jacopone da Todi. Put to music many times, it has become something of a genre unto itself, one where many composers have made their mark (including Scarlatti a few years earlier, at the start of the 18th century). Pergolesi\u2019s version is considered to be one of the most poignant. It has enjoyed lasting success and become a fixture of Baroque music. Simply written for two voices, basso continuo and strings, Stabat Mater\u2019s 12 movements alternate between solos and duos, each plumbing the depths of human passion. It is a tremendously expressive work that invites reflection and contemplation. It is also a metaphysical masterpiece that, for choreographer Edward Clug, is first and foremost a work of hope.\nA monument of the symphonic canon, Beethoven\u2019s Symphony No. 7 was also one of his greatest successes. Starting in 1811, Beethoven (1770\u20131827) began writing a new symphony in the hope of securing an official post and having a large orchestra at his command. He composed his symphonies No. 7 and No. 8 at the same time. On December 8, 1813, he premiered and conducted Symphony No. 7 in Vienna along with another of his compositions, Wellington\u2019s Victory, as part of a concert benefiting Austrian and Bavarian soldiers wounded while fighting Napoleon\u2019s army at the Battle of Hanau. In Europe, Napoleon\u2019s troops were in retreat, and the work\u2019s energy and enthusiasm were quick to win over the Viennese public. It was a triumph.\nDivided into four movements reminiscent of a succession of dances of different colours and rhythms, this \u201capotheosis of the dance\u201d\u2014as Richard Wagner described it, due to its frenzied rhythms\u2014does not espouse any ethical ideals. Unlike the Pastoral, the more Dionysian Seventh keeps listeners enthralled thanks as much to its vigorous classicism as to its expressive originality. The second movement, Allegretto in A minor, is the best known and has often been used in the cinema. German choreographer Uwe Scholz (1958\u20132004) liked to choreograph great orchestral works. His adaptation of Beethoven\u2019s Seventh bears witness to his finesse, inventiveness and remarkable musicality.\nEsabelle Chen, Renata Commisso, Kiara Felder, Emma Garau Cima,\nEmily He, Chisato Ide, Sarah Kingston, Vera Kvarcakova,\nYi Li Law, Diana Le\u00f3n, Tetyana Martyanova, Anya Nesvitaylo\nRapha\u00ebl Bouchard, C\u00e9lestin Boutin, Matthew Cluff, J\u00e9r\u00e9my Galdeano,\nRub\u00e9n Julliard, Yann Lain\u00e9, James Lyttle, Hamilton Hieh,\nStephen Satterfield, Chen Sheng, Ryo Shimizu, Andrew Wright\nYui Sugawara et Constantine Allen (11, 13, 19, 26, 28)\nAnna Ishii et Herv\u00e9 Courtain (12, 14, 21, 27)\nVanesa G.R. Montoya et James Lyttle\nAnya Nesvitaylo et Dane Holland\net la compagnie\nMyriam Simon et Constantine Allen (11, 13, 19, 26, 28)\nTetyana Martyanova et Dane Holland (12, 14, 21, 27)\nTetyana Martyanova et Dane Holland (11, 13, 19, 26, 28)\nAnya Nesvitaylo et Marcin Kaczorowski\nKiara Felder et Hamilton Nieh (12, 14, 21, 27)\nRyo Shimizu et Andr\u00e9 Santos (11, 13, 19, 26, 28)\nRapha\u00ebl Bouchard et Matthew Cluff (12, 14, 21, 27)\nAnna Ishii et Jeremy Raia\nMai Kono et Marcin Kaczorowski (11, 13, 19, 27, 28)\nEmma Garau Cima et J\u00e9r\u00e9my Galdeano (12, 14, 21, 26)\nVanesa G.R. Montoya et Constantine Allen (11, 13, 19, 26, 28)\nYui Sugawara et Hamilton Nieh (12, 14, 21, 27)\nRapha\u00ebl Bouchard et C\u00e9lestin Boutin (11, 13, 19, 26, 28)\nRyo Shimizu et Andr\u00e9 Santos (12, 14, 21, 27)\nAnya Nesvitaylo et Anna Ishii (11, 13, 19, 26, 28)\nAnna Ishii et Chisato Ide (12, 14, 21, 27)\nEdward ClugChoreographer\nUwe ScholzChoreographer\nGiovani Battista Pergolesi\nThe Rite of Spring and The Firebird\n& The Firebird\nFrom March 15th To 24th, 2018\nVendetta: Storie di Mafia\nFrom May 24th To June 2nd, 2018", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 212, "original_length": 9689, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 252.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-260.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:29Z", "digest": "sha1:2MYZSML57XQE3L6PUV22SM3C2CKCP43X", "length": 4307, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "grants.nih.gov", "title": "PA-11-260: Research Project Grant (Parent R01)", "raw_content": "August 2, 2013 - This PA has been reissued as PA-13-302. Use reissued PA for due dates of September 25, 2013 and beyond.\nApril 2, 2013 - See Notice NOT-AR-13-015. The purpose of this Notice is to advise the extramural community that, effectively immediately, NIAMS will not accept investigator-initiated R01 applications and subsequent revisions containing clinical trials submitted to this FOA.\nFebruary 6, 2013 - See Notice NOT-NS-13-006; NINDS Policy for Submission of Applications Containing Clinical Trials.\nMarch 13, 2012 - See Notice NOT-NS-12-007. NINDS Policy for Submission of Applications Containing Clinical Trials.\nSeptember 14, 2011 - See Notice NOT- DA-11-022. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) are issuing this Notice to encourage individuals interested in submitting applications for research on the economics of treatment and prevention services for drug and alcohol abuse to submit their applications using using the Parent R01, Parent R21 and Parent R03 Funding Opportunity Announcements.\nAugust 12, 2011 \u2013 The Open Date has been changed from September 5, 2011 to August 12, 2011 to allow for immediate submission of applications.\nJuly 13, 2011 - See Notice NOT-OD-11-096 NIH, AHRQ, CDC, FDA and NIOSH to Release Updated Electronic Application Forms \u2013 ADOBE-FORMS-B2. In addition, NIH will reissue R01, R03, and R21 parent announcements with the new forms on July 22 and expire the current parent R01, R03, and R21 FOAs on January 8, 2012\n93.113, 93.121, 93.143, 93.172, 93.173, 93.213, 93.233, 93.242, 93.273, 93.279, 93.286, 93.361, 93.389, 93.393, 93.394, 93.395, 93.396, 93.399, 93.837, 93.838, 93.839, 93.846, 93.847, 93.853, 93.855, 93.856, 93.859, 93.865, 93.866, 93.867, 93.879, 93.351\nThe Research Project Grant (R01) is an award made to an institution/organization to support a discrete, specified, circumscribed project to be performed by the named investigator(s) in areas representing the specific interests and competencies of the investigator(s). The R01 research plan proposed by the applicant institution/organization must be related to the stated program interests of one or more of the NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) based on descriptions of their programs.\nAugust 12, 2011 (Previously September 5, 2011)\n(Now Expiring September 8, 2013 per issuance of PA-13-302), Originally September 8, 2014\nThe Research Project Grant (R01) is an award to support a discrete, specified, circumscribed project to be performed by named Project Directors/Principal Investigators (PDs/PIs) in areas representing the investigators\u2019 specific interests and competencies, based on the mission of the NIH. The R01 is the original and historically the oldest grant mechanism used by the NIH to support health-related research and development.\nThe NIH awards R01 grants to institutions/organizations of all types. Although the PDs/PIs write the grant application and are responsible for conducting and supervising the research, the actual applicant is the research institution/organization.\nResearch grant applications are assigned to an NIH IC based on receipt and referral guidelines and many applications are assigned to multiple ICs with related research interests.\nEach IC maintains a web site with funding opportunities and areas of interest. Contacting an IC representative may help focus the research plan based on an understanding of the mission of the IC. For specific information about the mission of each NIH IC, see http://www.nih.gov/icd, which provides a brief summary of the research interests in each IC and access to individual IC home pages.\nApplicants are required to follow the instructions for post-submission materials, as described in NOT-OD-10-115,.\nParticipating NIH Institutes and Centers are listed on the first page of this announcement (\u201cComponents of Participating Organizations\u201d). Scientific/research contact information is listed in the table at https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/contacts/parent_R01.html.\nParticipating NIH Institutes and Centers are listed on the first page of this announcement (\u201cComponents of Participating Organizations\"). Financial/Grants Management contact information is listed in the table at https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/contacts/parent_R01.html.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 304, "original_length": 32909, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 266.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://griffinsold.com/guide-to-buying-a-home", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:20Z", "digest": "sha1:MB7AQPPAN4ZB7IMTCLACARRJM2MNPIOU", "length": 1961, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "griffinsold.com", "title": "Guide to Buying a Home \u2014 The Griffin Team", "raw_content": "This is the lead form override for \"Guide to Buying a Home\".\nToday\u2019s real estate market can offer more opportunities, yet can be filled with more risks than ever before. There are a multitude of factors to consider and decisions to make. When buying, it\u2019s crucial to have all the available resources necessary to make a well-informed decision, together with the time required to make use of them. It\u2019s important to enlist the help of a trusted real estate professional who\u2019ll be able to provide expert guidance at each step of the buying process.\nBuying real estate is a complex matter with many factors to consider since no two homes or transactions are alike. Moreover, with all the unique opportunities and potential pitfalls of the current market, it\u2019s more important than ever to contact a real estate professional once you\u2019ve decided to buy.\nYou\u2019ll know what you are eligible to receive and be able to plan accordingly. As a qualified, motivated buyer you\u2019ll be taken more seriously when you make an offer Lenders can tell you if you qualify for special programs that will help you afford a better home (particularly if you\u2019re a first-time buyer).\nReal estate financing is available from many sources, and an experienced real estate professional will be able to suggest lenders with a history of offering excellent mortgage products and services.For more information about the benefits of pre-approval and the loan process in general, see -The Loan Process \u2013 Financing Your Home Purchase, on page 14.\n92% of buyers use the internet or mobile apps to search for homes. The typical buyer searches for 12 weeks and views 12 homes, 297% of buyers view real estate agents as important in the home search process.\nClose the dealIf you\u2019ve efficiently taken care of everything connected with purchasing your new home, taking ownership should be a positive joy with no surprises. Key steps to the closing, also referred to as the \u201cescrow\u201d or \u201csettlement\u201d, include:", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 185, "original_length": 10674, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 193.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://grist.org/politics/crop-insurance-claims-likely-to-hit-16-billion-in-wake-of-2012-drought/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:36Z", "digest": "sha1:3YY5YDOIP2D4K3XIBVMPXWSIBGARYABC", "length": 2912, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "grist.org", "title": "Crop insurance claims likely to hit $16 billion in wake of 2012 drought | Grist", "raw_content": "Crop insurance claims likely to hit $16 billion in wake of 2012 drought\nShutterstockDrought eradicates the green.\nThe 2012 megadrought was the worst since the Dust Bowl. Initial measurements suggest that it was responsible for a significant drop in the country\u2019s economic growth in the middle of the year as corn prices spiked and farmers struggled to make ends meet.\nWhich will be easier to accomplish given the government\u2019s likely $16 billion crop insurance payout. From The New York Times:\nThe Agriculture Department, which runs the program, said that the total losses from crops harvested last year would not be known for weeks, but that costs from the program were estimated to be $15.8 billion, up from $9.4 billion in 2011.\nSeparately, a record $11.4 billion in indemnities for crop losses has been paid out to farmers, and officials say that number could balloon to as much as $20 billion. In 2011, a then-record $10.8 billion was paid out in indemnities.\nWe\u2019ve written about this insurance program before, of course, particularly during last year\u2019s aborted attempt to pass a new farm bill. In brief, \u201cwhile \u2018crop insurance\u2019 certainly sounds innocent enough, the term is being stretched beyond its traditional meaning. Like the name implies, some crop insurance does cover disaster relief, but the latest form also \u2018insures\u2019 (mostly large) farms against revenue loss.\u201d\nThe economics of the program get trickier still.\nToday, the government pays about 62 percent of the insurance premiums. The policies are sold by 15 private insurance companies that receive about $1.3 billion annually from the government. The government also backs the companies against losses.\nGovernment documents show that taxpayers have paid nearly $7 billion so far to subsidize premiums for 2012. The documents also show that taxpayers could pay another $7 billion to underwrite losses by the insurance companies and other costs.\n\u201cEssentially, taxpayers are hit twice by the cost of the program,\u201d said Bruce A. Babcock, an agriculture economist at Iowa State University.\nWhat\u2019s most alarming is that the need to bolster agriculture \u2014 and there is a need to provide support to agriculture \u2014 will only become more urgent. The government\u2019s recent draft report on the effects of climate change suggests that the country\u2019s agricultural regions will see more extremes, including more frequent droughts. Even without that inevitability, the government expects crop insurance to cost $94 billion over the next 10 years. If last year\u2019s drought continues, or another equally severe drought happens, those projections will prove to be far too low.\nThere\u2019s no easy answer to the problem. While we should certainly stem abuse of the insurance program, preventing widespread bankruptcies by food-growers is essential. That job will likely only become harder \u2014 and more expensive.\nRecord Taxpayer Cost Is Seen for Crop Insurance\t, New York Times", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 101, "original_length": 4679, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 222.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://growthinvestingresearch.com/2018/08/10/the-1-stock-id-never-put-in-a-roth-or-ira-and-the-1-stock-id-replace-it-with/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:36:18Z", "digest": "sha1:CWE6C3DEHES63RLUTMLRFCPDMIYKTKBQ", "length": 5099, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "growthinvestingresearch.com", "title": "The 1 Stock I'd Never Put in a Roth or IRA\u2026 And the 1 Stock I'd Replace it With | Growth Investing Research", "raw_content": "Home Stocks The 1 Stock I'd Never Put in a Roth or IRA\u2026 And...\nThe 1 Stock I'd Never Put in a Roth or IRA\u2026 And the 1 Stock I'd Replace it With\nTraditional individual retirement accounts and Roth IRAs offer investors a tax shield. But they are specialized accounts that follow a unique set of rules; break those rules and you could run afoul of Uncle Sam, and ruin the benefits of some specialized investment options.\nFor example, I\u2019d never put high-yield midstream energy giant Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE:EPD) in an IRA. Here\u2019s why \u2014 along with a similar high-yield stock that you might consider buying instead.\nIRAs seem much simpler than they really are. In exchange for the ability to defer current taxes (in the case of a traditional IRA) or future taxes (in the case of a Roth) investors need to live by some rules. One of the more obscure ones that few seem to know about is a limit on unrelated business taxable income, something that limited partnerships have a habit of throwing off. If you earn too much of this type of income your IRA could be forced to pay income taxes. You read that correctly: Your IRA has to pay taxes, not you. If you don\u2019t like the sound of that, it\u2019s just not worth owning a limited partnership in an IRA of any type.\nThen there\u2019s the not-so-minor issue that limited partnership distributions are often tax advantaged, with a portion of the payments coming in the form of return on capital. If you own a limited partnership in an IRA of either type you are pretty much wasting that tax advantage. Uncle Sam doesn\u2019t give out many tax breaks, so not taking advantage of one would be a shame.\nI won\u2019t buy this LP, but\u2026\nThese two reasons are why I would never put Enterprise into an IRA. Yes, it\u2019s a leading player in the midstream sector, often considered a bellwether for the industry. It has an incredible streak of annual distribution hikes (21 years and counting) and a fat 5.8% yield. And it is, by all accounts, a great partnership that is constantly looking for ways to get even better for its unitholders. But the drawbacks of putting it into an IRA means it isn\u2019t right for these accounts, no matter how high the yield is or how great a partnership it happens to be.\nHowever, you could happily add ONEOK, Inc. (NYSE:OKE) without facing any of those issues, because this midstream company is structured as a regular corporation. Although ONEOK\u2019s yield of 4.8% is a little lower than Enterprise\u2019s, it shares a lot of the partnership\u2019s most desirable traits.\nOKE Dividend Per Share (Quarterly) data by YCharts\nFor example, ONEOK has increased its dividend every year for 16 consecutive years. That\u2019s not quite as long as Enterprise, but still pretty impressive. Annualized dividend growth of 16% over the past 10 years, meanwhile, trounces Enteprise\u2019s roughly 5% historical annual distribution increases. So in this way it\u2019s an even better midstream company to own.\nLooking forward, ONEOK is currently planning for annualized dividend growth of 9% to 11% between now and 2021 based on $4 billion plus in capital spending plans. So heady dividend growth is set to continue.\nOKE Financial Debt to EBITDA (TTM) data by YCharts\nAnd like Enterprise, its business is largely fee based. So it is a toll taker with key infrastructure assets that are backed by long-term contracts. It is, essentially, a stable business that can easily support a high yield.\nMoreover, ONEOK has been focusing on improving its balance sheet, getting to the point where its leverage profile is roughly similar to that of Enterprise. So, for the most part, there\u2019s no added balance sheet risk here \u2014 something that can\u2019t be said of Kinder Morgan Inc. (NYSE:KMI), which was forced to cut its dividend not too long ago because of its heavy use of leverage. While Kinder\u2019s dividend growth prospects are higher than ONEOK\u2019s right now, which might tempt you to buy it over either Enterprise or ONEOK, you have to couch the projected hikes in history to get a real feel for why ONEOK is a better option.\nFinding good alternatives\nEnterprise is a wonderful midstream partnership, but it just isn\u2019t a good fit for an IRA of any type. But don\u2019t skip the high yield midstream sector just because you are investing with an IRA, because high-yield ONEOK isn\u2019t a limited partnership, and it has a lot going for it.\nFirst, it is a well run midstream company with a long history of rewarding investors well via large dividend hikes. Second, it has become increasingly conservative financially, so that it is, roughly, in the same ballpark balance sheet-wise as Enterprise, one of the most conservatively run midstream partnerships around. I\u2019m confident that a deep dive into ONEOK will prove to you that it is a solid alternative to industry bellwether Enterprise.\nReuben Gregg Brewer has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool owns shares of and recommends Kinder Morgan. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.\nPrevious article3 Money Mistakes I've Made (and You Can Avoid)\nNext articleIncome From the Taxation of Social Security Benefits Will More Than Double by 2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 125, "original_length": 9962, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 282.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://gunsmokeandknitting.com/2016/09/30/who-did-we-say-goodbye-to-today/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:00Z", "digest": "sha1:R2RA2N27TLCABHNQR6ZAKWUP7VVKG3IH", "length": 1645, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "gunsmokeandknitting.com", "title": "Who did we say goodbye to today? | Gunsmoke and Knitting", "raw_content": "What do I see transforming? \u00bb\nWho did we say goodbye to today?\nThis morning, Sept. 30, 2016, just after 10:39 UTC (6:39 a.m. EDT) ESA\u2019s Rosetta spacecraft ended its mission with an impact onto the surface of the comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The descent, begun with a final burn of its thrusters about 14 hours earlier, was slow, stately, and deliberate, but even at a relative walking pace Rosetta was not designed to be a lander like its parter Philae and thus ceased operation upon contact with the comet.\nRosetta will now remain on the surface of 67P not far from the location of Philae, which landed in November 2014 and was just recently identified in an OSIRIS image after nearly two years of speculation about its final landing place.\nAll in all, an amazing job by Rosetta, Philae, ESA, and all of the flight, instrument, and science teams that made the mission an incredible success. Thanks to their hard work and dedication over the years we now know more about our Solar System and comets especially than we ever did before, and the data Rosetta and Philae have provided us will be used for decades to come.\nRest well, little travelers.\nreposted from Lights in the Dark by Jason Major\nPosted in Uncategorized | Tagged astronomy, comet 67P, geeky science blogging, Philae, Rosetta, science, space, travel |\nPoor little guy. Can you imagine what he was thinking when the ESA fired his rocket sending him/her ti it\u2019s doom?\n\u201cI didn\u2019t do it! It wasn\u2019t me! You guys are punishing the wrong satellite!\u201d\nAlternatively,\u201d that\u2019s a big rocky looking rock, I wonder if it will be friends with me.\u201d\nby CurtisCurtis September 30, 2016 at 2:31 pm", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 84, "original_length": 4885, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 288.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://hamferd.aisamerch.de/Hamferd-Tamsins-likam-CD_1", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:42:57Z", "digest": "sha1:GUCLWZKWXJ3CKUASTXGNSW5RGIMIHQ7E", "length": 775, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "hamferd.aisamerch.de", "title": "Hamfer\u00f0 - T\u00e1msins likam - CD, 12,90 \u20ac", "raw_content": "including 19% VAT. , plus shipping (Grossbrief)\nThis album marks the beginning of the end. It's the third and final part of our reverse chronological saga, which explores mortality and the perverting nature of loss through the lens of Faroese culture and mythology.\" - Jon Aldara Roughly translated as Body of the Mist, Tamsins Likam is an attempt to create the most intriguing, honest and unique Hamferd experience yet. It is nothing less than a pinnacle; a culmination of many years of refining both sound and songwriting, spearheaded by a strong desire to keep progressing and expanding. This has resulted in an album bustling with elements ancient and familiar, violent and strange, earthen and spectral - all the while fiercely seeking to surprise and move the listener.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 2360, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 323.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://handsupholidays.com/hotel/stone-hotel/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:26Z", "digest": "sha1:FDDRQIMETW7DW7P6PCTCY57RZVZFQFOT", "length": 706, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "handsupholidays.com", "title": "Stone Hotel - Hands Up Holidays", "raw_content": "Accommodation in Uyuni\nSituated in the west of the Uyuni salt lake, the unique Stone Hotel is constructed of local stone and volcanic sand. The ceilings are made of traditional straw that is common to the local Andean communities. All of the rooms make use of solar energy to ensure a constant supply of hot water and maintain heat within the building both during the day and night. The rooms are simple and comfortable and the service is good.\nBolivia boasts the largest salt lake in the world \u2013 Salar de Uyuni \u2013 and you can easily reach it by bus or short flight from La Paz. There are lagoons dotted with pink flamingos, weird rocks and geysers and a choice of touring options \u2013 mostly via 4\u00d74 vehicles.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 2634, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 226.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://hellobeautiful.com/2500007/fitness-stay-in-shape-this-holiday-season-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:26:35Z", "digest": "sha1:N2S55VHKHNSD4SDWGXGW74PLLY6VV2QI", "length": 1075, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "hellobeautiful.com", "title": "How To Stay In Shape This Holiday Season | HelloBeautiful", "raw_content": "How To Stay In Shape This Holiday Season\nWith the holidays upon us, it\u2019s time to start thinking about how you are going to make sure you don\u2019t undo all your hard work over the Christmas holidays.\nIt\u2019s important that you make that extra effort and not let healthy habits (like regular exercise) go out the window. This way, you can balance the extra calories you may eat, so you can at least keep your weight in check over Christmas and the New Year.\nHere\u2019s a 10 minute sample workout to help you burn calories:\n0:00 to 1:00 \u2013 Warm up with a brisk walk (outside or around the house)\n1:00 to 2:00 \u2013 Jumping jacks\u20282:00 to 3:00 \u2013 Jump rope (pretend if you don\u2019t have a rope)\n3:00 to 4:00 \u2013 Run as fast as you can for 1 minute (in place or outside)\n4:00 to 5:00 \u2013 Ski hops: Stand with feet together, bend knees and jump a few feet to the right and then left, landing with bent knees.\n5:00 to 6:00 \u2013 Jumping jacks\n6:00 to 7:00 \u2013 Walk as fast as you can\n7:00 to 8:00 \u2013 Jump rope\n9:00 to 10:00 \u2013 Cool down and catch your breath\n7 New Moves To Tone Your Abs\nHow To Revive Your Workout", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 119, "original_length": 4050, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 335.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://hellwoodoutfitters.com/products/the-changeling-t-shirt", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:31Z", "digest": "sha1:3PSAQP5AADSVYFQBJCJ5CYGKUGTPM6U5", "length": 308, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "hellwoodoutfitters.com", "title": "The Changeling T-Shirt \u2013 Hellwood Outfitters", "raw_content": "The Changeling T-Shirt\nPeter Medak directed and George C. Scott starred in one of the scariest movies of all times. The Changeling T-Shirt celebrates the cult psychological horror film that tells the story of Joseph Carmichael, a little boy murdered by his father and now haunting the home that was once his.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 310, "original_length": 6625, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 174.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=1810§ionid=124490040", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:35Z", "digest": "sha1:BTINWOZMIHW4ZIIDUKONVXXG5XEU2QRW", "length": 4242, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "hemonc.mhmedical.com", "title": "Neurotransmission: The Autonomic and Somatic Motor Nervous Systems | Goodman and Gilman's Manual of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 2e | AccessHemOnc | McGraw-Hill Medical", "raw_content": "Chapter 8: Neurotransmission: The Autonomic and Somatic Motor Nervous Systems\nNeurotransmission: The Autonomic and Somatic Motor Nervous Systems. In: Hilal-Dandan R, Brunton LL. Hilal-Dandan R, Brunton L.L. Eds. Randa Hilal-Dandan, and Laurence L. Brunton.eds. Goodman and Gilman's Manual of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 2e New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; . http://hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=1810§ionid=124490040. Accessed February 15, 2019.\n. \"Neurotransmission: The Autonomic and Somatic Motor Nervous Systems.\" Goodman and Gilman's Manual of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 2e Hilal-Dandan R, Brunton LL. Hilal-Dandan R, Brunton L.L. Eds. Randa Hilal-Dandan, and Laurence L. Brunton. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, , http://hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=1810§ionid=124490040.\nANATOMY AND GENERAL FUNCTIONS\nOTHER AUTONOMIC NEUROTRANSMITTERS\nThe autonomic nervous system (ANS; a.k.a. the visceral, vegetative, or involuntary nervous system) regulates autonomic functions that occur without conscious control. In the periphery, it consists of nerves, ganglia, and plexuses that innervate the heart, blood vessels, glands, other visceral organs, and smooth muscle in various tissues.\nDIFFERENCES BETWEEN AUTONOMIC AND SOMATIC NERVES\nThe efferent nerves of the ANS supply all innervated structures of the body except skeletal muscle, which is served by somatic nerves.\nThe most distal synaptic junctions in the autonomic reflex arc occur in ganglia that are entirely outside the cerebrospinal axis. Somatic nerves contain no peripheral ganglia, and the synapses are located entirely within the cerebrospinal axis.\nMany autonomic nerves form extensive peripheral plexuses; such networks are absent from the somatic system.\nPostganglionic autonomic nerves generally are nonmyelinated; motor nerves to skeletal muscles are myelinated.\nWhen the spinal efferent nerves are interrupted, smooth muscles and glands generally retain some level of spontaneous activity, whereas the denervated skeletal muscles are paralyzed.\nVISCERAL AFFERENT FIBERS. The afferent fibers from visceral structures are the first link in the reflex arcs of the autonomic system. With certain exceptions, such as local axon reflexes, most visceral reflexes are mediated through the central nervous system (CNS).\nInformation on the status of the visceral organs is transmitted to the CNS through 2 main sensory systems: the cranial nerve (parasympathetic) visceral sensory system and the spinal (sympathetic) visceral afferent system. The cranial visceral sensory system carries mainly mechanoreceptor and chemosensory information, whereas the afferents of the spinal visceral system principally convey sensations related to temperature and tissue injury of mechanical, chemical, or thermal origin.\nCranial visceral sensory information enters the CNS by 4 cranial nerves: the trigeminal (V), facial (VII), glossopharyngeal (IX), and vagus (X) nerves. These 4 cranial nerves transmit visceral sensory information from the internal face and head (V); tongue (taste, VII); hard palate and upper part of the oropharynx (IX); and carotid body, lower part of the oropharynx, larynx, trachea, esophagus, and thoracic and abdominal organs (X), with the exception of the pelvic viscera. The pelvic viscera are innervated by nerves from the second through fourth sacral spinal segments. The visceral afferents from these 4 cranial nerves terminate topographically in the solitary tract nucleus.\nSensory afferents from visceral organs also enter the CNS from the spinal nerves and convey information concerned with temperature as well as nociceptive visceral inputs related to mechanical, chemical, and thermal stimulation. Those concerned with muscle chemosensation may arise at all spinal levels, whereas sympathetic visceral sensory afferents generally arise at the thoracic levels where sympathetic preganglionic neurons are found. The neurotransmitters that mediate transmission from sensory fibers have not been characterized unequivocally. Substance P and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), are leading candidates for neurotransmitters that communicate nociceptive stimuli from the periphery. Somatostatin (SST), vasoactive intestinal polypeptide ...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 214, "original_length": 8371, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.83, "perplexity": 311.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://history-page.com/en/v2/d11/m10/page/1", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:57Z", "digest": "sha1:3QNKYGMFVSGSTPD2NLIK275DDRLWRB2C", "length": 1758, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "history-page.com", "title": "PEOPLE BORN ON 11. October | page 1", "raw_content": "WHO IS BORN ON 11. OCTOBER\nFind out who all was born on 11. October\nGerman poet and playwright Andreas Gryphius was born 11. October 1616. (died 1664)\nFrench cardinal and poet Melchior de Polignac was born 11. October 1661. (died 1742)\nUkrainian diplomat Pylyp Orlyk was born 11. October 1672. (died 1742)\nEnglish clergyman and philosopher Samuel Clarke was born 11. October 1675. (died 1729)\nGerman organ builder Christian Vater was born 11. October 1679. (died 1756)\nEnglish admiral and politician, 1st Governor of New South Wales Arthur Phillip was born 11. October 1738. (died 1814)\nRussian general and politician Grigory Potemkin was born 11. October 1739. (died 1791)\nGerman physician and astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers was born 11. October 1758. (died 1840)\nAmerican judge and politician Stevenson Archer was born 11. October 1786. (died 1848)\nAustrian organist, composer, and conductor Simon Sechter was born 11. October 1788. (died 1867)\nEstonian-German geologist Gregor von Helmersen was born 11. October 1803. (died 1885)\nAmerican phrenologist Orson Squire Fowler was born 11. October 1809. (died 1887)\nFrench-American archbishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy was born 11. October 1814. (died 1888)\nItalian-French politician Pierre Napol\u00e9on Bonaparte was born 11. October 1815. (died 1881)\nEnglish founder of the YMCA George Williams was born 11. October 1821. (died 1905)\nAmerican businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company Henry J. Heinz was born 11. October 1844. (died 1916)\nCanadian strongman Louis Cyr was born 11. October 1863. (died 1912)\nNorwegian philologist and author Hans E. Kinck was born 11. October 1865. (died 1926)\nWHEN WAS BORN CATHARINA-AMALIA, PRINCESS OF ORANGE Find out when was born Catharina-Amalia, Princess of Orange", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 2768, "language": "en", "language_score": 1.0, "perplexity": 158.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://homemovies.fandom.com/wiki/Ron_Lynch_(disambiguation)", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:34Z", "digest": "sha1:ZN2F7KGT2O2EHZ4QRD7HHW7QWNIN36W6", "length": 277, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "homemovies.fandom.com", "title": "Ron Lynch (disambiguation) | Home Movies Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia", "raw_content": "Ron Lynch (disambiguation)\nThe name Ron Lynch may refer to:\nRonald Lynch - The character on Home Movies and Brendon's teacher.\nRon Lynch (actor) - The voice actor who voiced Ronald Lynch.\nRetrieved from \"https://homemovies.fandom.com/wiki/Ron_Lynch_(disambiguation)?oldid=5700\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 107, "original_length": 1838, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.84, "perplexity": 296.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://homerproject.org/find-out-how-a-qualified-and-well-credentialed-plumber-can-do-the-job.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:30Z", "digest": "sha1:NMYKMH7BSVUWBXCSWFCEH3K2KNW4JDSJ", "length": 3139, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "homerproject.org", "title": "Find Out How A Qualified and Well-credentialed Plumber Can Do The Job", "raw_content": "Understanding The Insights Of Online Share Market\nThe Key Health Benefits Of Keeping Your House Clean and Healthy\nFind Out How A Qualified and Well-credentialed Plumber Can Do The Job\nWhen water invades your home, it is vital that you take quick action. Your first call should be to toronto plumbers. Burst pipes and leaky faucets are things that cannot be ignored. They must be dealt with immediately if the problem is not to become more serious. When your plumbing system goes down hard, it can lead to some pretty bad results, including the flooding of your home and standing water. Standing water that sits in your home for a long period of time can do tremendous damage to it. Everything that becomes soaked will eventually begin to rot. Very few materials can resist the corroding effects of standing water. One of the most insidious things about it is the way it works: slowly, invisibly, and silently.\nAccumulated water that may be the result of burst pipes or a malfunctioning sewage system will pour and seep into every crack and crevice of your home. The only way to repair the damage done to your house and prevent it from happening again is to summon professionals who can do the work. Toronto plumbing experts will use a number of devices, including thermal imaging, to detect the places where material deterioration in your system and take action to get it fixed.\nPlumbing failure is best contained and resolved by those with the right experience and tools. Professional plumbers have the equipment to find out which areas of your plumbing system are weakest. Such persons can also help you take the right steps to prevent your system from failing again.\nIndeed, plumbing repair is not something you want to leave to someone who doesn\u2019t know what he\u2019s doing. It is a delicate business that requires the expertise of those who have the training and credentials to do the job right. If you have a serious problem with your plumbing, then you need to call an expert who can help you resolve it.\nHowever, you should take care in the way you choose the plumbing firm you work with. The plumbing firm you work with should be honest and transparent in the way it operates. You should also work with a firm that offers a range of services to its customers. Cost is also important. Although you may need to pay quite a bit of money to have the severest damages repaired, you should not be forced to pay unreasonable rates to get the job done.\nFortunately, it is not that hard to find plumbing firms that meet such criteria. The best place to begin your search is the worldwide web. Using the web will enable you to bring the websites of the various plumbing firms to your computer screen. There, from the comfort and convenience of your own home or office, you will be able to see for yourself what each firm provides. You will also be able to discern the quality and value that each one offers. This will give you all the information you need to make a decision about which one to work with.\nAre you having a plumbing problem? Get the toronto plumbers that you need to get the job done. Get more information by visiting our website.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 306, "original_length": 12904, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 276.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://homeschoolgiveaways.com/tag/a-word-search/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:31Z", "digest": "sha1:PSRIGAHJR2WWHUVWOGPWGMMQN7PTTCJM", "length": 45, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "homeschoolgiveaways.com", "title": "a word search Archives - Homeschool Giveaways", "raw_content": "You are here: Home/Archives for a word search", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 129, "original_length": 3366, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.85, "perplexity": 334.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://hospital.hannibalregional.org/HospitalGuide/AboutHRH/MoreAboutUs/tabid/336/Default.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:28Z", "digest": "sha1:6EKURLICFFHA6IIM6VKSWN6FAFMS6DIL", "length": 2253, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "hospital.hannibalregional.org", "title": "Hannibal Regional Hospital | Hannibal Missouri | Emergency | Cardiology | Orthopedics > Hospital Guide > About HRH > More About Us", "raw_content": "Hospital Guide \u00bb About HRH \u00bb More About Us\nThe Hannibal Regional Healthcare System (HRHS) story began when community benefactors and leaders formed Hannibal\u2019s first hospitals - Levering Hospital in 1903 and St. Elizabeth\u2019s Hospital in 1914. The merger of these two organizations in the late 1980s led to another major milestone in the evolution of strong community-based healthcare.\nIn 1993 the new Hannibal Regional Hospital opened its doors on a pastoral 105-acre setting which is now a thriving healthcare campus. The beautifully appointed medical campus currently includes Hannibal Regional Hospital, Hannibal Regional Medical Group, Hannibal Regional Foundation, and the James E. Cary Cancer Center.\nHannibal Regional is a fiscally strong, integrated healthcare delivery system organized to lead, support and encourage the advancement of physical, social, intellectual, spiritual, and emotional health of residents in northeast Missouri, west-central Illinois and southeast Iowa. Our mission statement, \u201cYour Health is Our Mission,\u201d encompasses Hannibal Regional\u2019s leadership role in enhancing the multiple dimensions of health and quality of life for the individuals and communities we serve. To achieve this mission and fulfill our brand promise of \u201cGuiding You to BETTER\u201d, HRHS now serves patients and families in more than 20 locations.\nHannibal Regional Hospital is a 99-bed acute care hospital providing comprehensive health and wellness services to the residents of the tristate area. Hannibal Regional\u2019s commitment to our mission of health is our leadership as Missouri\u2019s first Baby Friendly designated hospital, an accolade bestowed by the World Health Organization. Because of our success in achieving this high standard members of our Chris Coons Women\u2019s Health Center travel nationally to teach and foster successful maternal-child health practices in other hospitals.\nThe Hannibal Regional Healthcare System team is nearly 1,000 strong and is mission-driven, values-based and committed to preserving the vision and legacy our founders. Our dedicated and talented team takes pride in continuing to create and strengthen access to community-based healthcare resources which guide our patients and the communities of our region to better.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 162, "original_length": 4998, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 276.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://hoyorkney.com/travel/weather/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:37Z", "digest": "sha1:Y53V7KVBAGO7ZUIJLWJPWVVXUMSYQHEL", "length": 77, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "hoyorkney.com", "title": "Weather - Hoy Orkney Weather - Hoy Orkney", "raw_content": "Take a look at the current and upcoming Weather for Hoy and surrounding areas", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 143, "original_length": 3119, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 167.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://hrcigroup.com/advisor/stefano-le-pera/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:05Z", "digest": "sha1:34F6RBTPHGA6Z6WQ35Y2RTXVLEPSVDAN", "length": 24, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "hrcigroup.com", "title": "Stefano Le Pera - HRC", "raw_content": "Italian, English, German", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 83, "original_length": 1971, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 305.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://hu.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/privacy.html?v2.0", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:06Z", "digest": "sha1:65S4ECZLY4TGXFRM6QQSNFR3SEIRDAFY", "length": 13957, "nlines": 55, "source_domain": "hu.wikiloc.com", "title": "Privacy policy - Wikiloc", "raw_content": "\u2190 back to wikiloc\nThe website available at https://www.wikiloc.com, including any of its subdomains or sections (the \"Website\") and any of the mobile applications linked to the Website (\"Applications\") are operated by Wikiloc Outdoor, S.L. 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Wikiloc may be contacted in the following email address: .", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 14188, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 258.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://hymnary.org/denomination/92", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:42:20Z", "digest": "sha1:RBIQYP7SIZIBXD3DCR3I76RF64AGOCCK", "length": 1949, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "hymnary.org", "title": "General Church of the New Jerusalem | Hymnary.org", "raw_content": "Parent Structure:\nDenominations \u203a Spiritualist \u203a General Church of the New Jerusalem\nGeneral Church of the New Jerusalem Hymnals:\nA Liturgy for the New Church Churches of the New Jerusalem. General Convention 1878\nA Liturgy for the New Church. 3rd ed. Churches of the New Jerusalem. 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A cross-national perspective.\nP.k.Smith, Y.Morita, J.Junger-Tas, d.Olweus, R.Catalano and P.Slee.\nSchool bullying, intervention, school community, nineteen countries.\nThis book aims to provide a unique worldwide perspective on the nature of school bullying, what information has been gathered, and what interventions have been carried out. It provides a concise summary of the current state of knowledge of school bullying in nineteen different countries.\nThis book is relevant because of providing an authoritative resource for anyone interested in ways in which this problem is being tackled on a global scale. It will be invaluable for teachers, school community, educational policy makers, researchers, and all those concerned with bullying phenomenon and finding ways of dealing with it.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 51, "original_length": 2129, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 198.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ibuyutahhomes.com/salt-lake-county/west-valley-city-home-buyers/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:17Z", "digest": "sha1:XLFAM7OV3TEJOVW5XCZVL24THAWNHXC6", "length": 755, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "ibuyutahhomes.com", "title": "West Valley City | I Buy Utah Homes LLC", "raw_content": "Home > Salt Lake County\t> West Valley City\nAbout West Valley\nWest Valley prides itself on its diversity \u2013 The city wants the area to feel like a safe place for all backgrounds and cultures to join together and celebrate one another. With West Valley being the home of the Maverik Center (home of the Utah Grizzlies), plus countless golf courses and the USANA Amphitheater, this city, besides its beautiful mountain-lined backdrop, is a town full of residents that love their sports! Recreational, educational, and residential opportunities are abundant in this Salt Lake City suburb. In addition, economic development have continued to be a priority for West Valley City\u2019s leaders, influencing this area to be the second largest city in the state of Utah.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 2569, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 259.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ie.vlex.com/vid/mahoney-v-hanlon-anor-746340437", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:20Z", "digest": "sha1:LELFA2FMQJDXF7IOOKNC2FHNLKEZND2I", "length": 5568, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "ie.vlex.com", "title": "O'Mahoney -v- Hanlon & anor, [2018] IEHC 657 (2018) - Case Law - VLEX 746340437", "raw_content": "O'Mahoney -v- Hanlon & anor, [2018] IEHC 657 (2018)\nParty Name: O'Mahoney, Hanlon & anor\nTHE HIGH COURT[2014 No. 3651 P]\nVINCENT O\u2019MAHONEYPLAINTIFFAND\nNICOLA McCARTHY HANLON\nWATERFORD AND WEXFORD EDUCATION AND TRAINING BOARDDEFENDANTS\nJUDGMENT of Mr Justice David Keane delivered on the 23rd November 2018\nAt just after 2 p.m. on 23 April 2012, an accident occurred on the grounds of the Dungarvan Adult Education Centre at Wolfe Tone Street in Dungarvan. That premises is owned or controlled by the second defendant Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board (\u2018the board\u2019), formerly Waterford County Vocational Education Committee. The plaintiff Vincent O\u2019Mahoney, who was employed by the board as a caretaker, was riding a bicycle that collided with a car that was being driven by the first defendant Nicola McCarthy Hanlon, a literacy coordinator at the Centre. Mr O\u2019Mahoney seeks damages from either or both of the defendants for the personal injuries that he suffered as a result of that collision.\nIn the personal injuries summons that issued on behalf of Mr O\u2019Mahoney on 7 April 2014, he alleges, in essence, that the accident was caused by the negligence of Ms McCarthy in the care, control or driving of her vehicle, or by the board\u2019s negligence, breach of statutory duty, or breach of his employment contract with it, in failing to ensure his safety while on its premises.\nAs a result of the collision between his bicycle and Ms McCarthy\u2019s car, Mr O\u2019Mahoney lost his balance and fell to the ground, landing heavily on his left shoulder. The injury was painful and he was later diagnosed with a tendon rotator cuff tear. He received prescription painkillers and, later, two injections of a corticosteroid and local anaesthetic. A little over two months after the accident, Mr O\u2019Mahoney had surgery on his shoulder, after which he was required to keep his left arm in a sling for six weeks. Fortunately, he is right hand dominant. Later, he received physiotherapy and did exercises at home as directed. He returned to work approximately six months after his surgery (or eight months after the accident), from which work he has since retired. Happily, his operation was a success. He is mostly pain-free, although he suffers inflammation of his shoulder from time to time, for which he takes prescribed anti-inflammatory medication. He is physically in a position to do most things that he could before the accident, though doing heavy work above shoulder height can still cause problems with inflammation.\nThe locus in quo\nThe board maintains a small campus of buildings in Dungarvan, to the south of O\u2019Connell Street and the west of Wolfe Tone Street, adjacent to the junction between those two roads. The Adult Education Centre is at the north end of that campus and the Adult Learning Centre is at the south end. In between are a number of smaller buildings used for various purposes including a Men\u2019s Shed and an after-school club.\nThe main entrance to the campus is at the north end of Wolfe Tone Street, a short distance back from the T-junction at which Wolfe Tone Street meets O\u2019Connell Street. That entrance is designed to facilitate vehicular and pedestrian entry and exit. On driving through it, a private access road with a bitumen surface lies straight ahead to the east, running parallel with O\u2019Connell Street just to its north. That private access road has the Adult Education Centre to its right and a row of car-parking spaces, running along the northern boundary of the campus, to its left. Another branch of that private access road lies to the south, from a point just inside the main entrance to the campus, running broadly parallel with Wolfe Tone Street just to its west. That private access road has the Adult Education Centre to its left and a row of car-parking spaces, running along the western boundary of the campus, to its right.\nThere is a second entrance to the campus, further south on Wolfe Tone Street. It is accessed through a wrought-iron gate, set in a pedestrian gateway, adjacent to the public footpath there. There is no dropped kerb between the road and the pavement anywhere in the vicinity of that gateway and nothing to suggest that it was designed, or intended, for anything other than pedestrian access.\nA bitumen-surfaced pedestrian pathway, approximately 1.37m wide, runs east from the pedestrian gateway a distance of approximately 9.7m, before ending at a T-junction with the branch of the private access road that runs south from the main entrance. The pathway is edged with concrete kerbs and flanked on the right (to the south) by a grass lawn and on the left (to the north) by a tall hedgerow . To the north of the hedgerow is the bottom of the row of car parking spaces that runs along the western boundary of the campus. At the T-junction where the pathway meets the private access road, that road has veered a little to the southeast, with the result that the T-junction is not strictly perpendicular and the kerb to the right (or south) of the pathway extends further to the east than the kerb to the left (or north) of the pathway, before turning in each direction to follow the contour of the private access road (northwest to the north and southeast to the south).\nA rectangular box of cross-hatched yellow lines, measuring 3.4m by 3m, had been painted onto the southward branch of the private access road, just before the point where it is met by the pedestrian pathway. The purpose of that yellow box is to warn motor vehicle drivers not to obstruct access to the Adult Learning Centre...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 50, "original_length": 6190, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 155.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://illinois-family-lawyer.com/staff/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:11Z", "digest": "sha1:BOU4LXRIKKXE4OPFQJU3EKOZ2XPBQEUQ", "length": 1868, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "illinois-family-lawyer.com", "title": "Staff - Schlesinger & Strauss", "raw_content": "Amber Hoch, Office Manager\nParalegal CRP to Schlesinger & Strauss, LLC\nOffice Manager and Paralegal, Amber Hoch, graduated from the College of Lake County in May 2017 with High Honors from an American Bar Association approved program in Paralegal Studies with an Associate of Applied Science degree. Amber is recognized as a CORE Registered Paralegal by the National Federation of Paralegal Assocations.\nAmber is a former employee of the Office of the Circuit Clerk of Lake County having worked in the Child Support, Civil and Small Claims divisions.\nAaliyah Bahena, Office Staff\nAaliyah Bahena graduated from Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep in June of 2015. During her senior year of high school, Aaliyah interned for the Lake County Circuit Clerk\u2019s Office. She was later hired as a Civil Division Clerk. Aaliyah has resided in Lake County her entire life and seeks to further her education with pursuit of a medical degree.\nDavid Hoch, Office Staff\nDavid graduated Magna Cum Laude from Bradley University in May of 2018. While there, he obtained a minor in History and a major in English with a concentration in professional writing. Most recently, he has been employed as a copy-editor working with a range of professionals from doctoral students to college professors. He hopes to continue his education by entering law school within the next few years.\nSilvia Valtierra, Paralegal\nParalegal CRP/File Clerk to Schlesinger & Strauss, LLC\nSilvia Valtierra graduated from the College of Lake County in May 2017 with High Honors from an ABA approved program in Paralegal Studies with an Associate\u2019s Degree in Applied Science. Silvia is a member of the National Federation of Paralegal Association and is a member of the Lake County Bar Association. Silvia has prior experience in family law and previously worked at another family law firm in Lake County, Illinois.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 114, "original_length": 4312, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 201.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://im-post.com/the-fitness-of-healthcare/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:56Z", "digest": "sha1:ASHKSLR5AVDP6KOWIHEAV54AAQI6SKCF", "length": 3704, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "im-post.com", "title": "The Fitness of Healthcare \u2013 Im Post", "raw_content": "Prevention, treatment and control over illness is called healthcare, and it is provided my trained professionals. Additionally, it means maintaining mental balance and taking care of health and fitness. For individuals people dealing with injuries or sickness, you can do this with the aid of the help provided by the medical and nursing professionals. To prevent the necessity to depend around the administering of healthcare maintaining our overall health through fitness ought to be an essential take into account everyone\u2019s existence.\nRegrettably, too many people disregard the risks and let their mind and body deteriorate through lethargy and insufficient exercise and workout. Thus, a lot of the population will need to depend on the expertise of the commercial health care industry at some stage in their lives. Sadly, for to a lot of people, healthcare is unavailable too them, either because of cost, insufficient insurance or insufficient access, once they require it most. In developed and developing countries health services are made to every one one regardless of their ability to pay. Also a few of the government organizations supply the facility of health care having a nominal fee.\nProfessionals from the health care industry include individuals who provide services which are based on the upkeep or improvement of the healthiness of individuals. Their professional services likewise incorporate treating wounded, ill, disabled or feeble individuals. Healthcare forms a huge part of the country\u2019s economy.\nIf you wish to cut costs and also have independence inside your deciding in where and when to obtain health care try home health programs when they\u2019re available. This kind program helps a person to reduce the confines of the hospital or other medical facilities. The program may be used by individuals individuals who don\u2019t have to be limited inside a hospital.\nHome healthcare programs offer a range of services. Useful completed in the console of the sufferers home. Home health plans are usually monitored with a physician. But nurses and auxiliaries perform legal duration of care such plans.\nHealth is wealth is a great saying in our world. Therefore the big real question is the way we will be to provide healthcare services to each one. We ought to consider a method to provide medical advantages to everyone. This is actually the problem that is facing too many countries on the planet.\nSupplying coverage of health is a concern of major concern for those countries. When we attempt to cut one segment from the healthcare industry so that they can cut costs then every artery of the profession will begin to bleed. Probably the most practical method to determine a strategy to this the issue here is to ask the doctors themselves who use the machine. They can inform us what, how and where something is wrong.\nDistributed Healthcare Centers, doubtless have grown to be popular simply because they extend inexpensive care that isn\u2019t uncommitted elsewhere. Any adverse health center is essentially, any agency where healthcare is shipped, including education on health.\nLengthy Term Healthcare:\nSomeone who isn\u2019t fit to consider proper care of themself/herself as well as unable to perform his daily responsibilities like eating, getting his bath or perhaps dressing by himself might have to depend on lengthy term care. Even certain illnesses also make lengthy term care necessary. Lengthy term care don\u2019t have to be received within the hospital it may be received in your own home also. Generally lengthy term care is needed by people who are 85 years or even more. Lengthy term healthcare is pricey and could be carried out only by individuals who are able to afford it.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 117, "original_length": 6131, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 316.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://images.chicagohistory.org/detail/en/426/1/EN426-men-drinking-alcohol-in-a-saloon.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:49Z", "digest": "sha1:W2UA4MPGDHCAI3CLMQ4CPAGOZAM4NJAT", "length": 238, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "images.chicagohistory.org", "title": "Chicago History Museum | Men drinking alcohol in a saloon, EN426", "raw_content": "Men drinking alcohol in a saloon\nSaloon interior showing the bar, five men sitting around a table in the foreground, a man standing holding a bottle and another man in the background leaning against the bar, Chicago, Illinois, circa 1905.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 1867, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 251.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://imperialwaterpolo.com/about/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:02Z", "digest": "sha1:5D67RWR36LOUWHGANOAS35YIYPGAED7E", "length": 1311, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "imperialwaterpolo.com", "title": "ABOUT \u2013 Imperial Water Polo Club", "raw_content": "What Is Imperial Water Polo?\nImperial Water Polo Club, Inc. (IWPC) is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization and was established to foster and promote the amateur sport of water polo. LWP is organized to benefit boys and girls of all abilities and is operated in accordance with the standards and under the rules prescribed by FINA and USAWP. IWPC is a member club (#22952) of the Southern Pacific Zone (SoPac #7 http://www.sopacwp.com).\nWhy should I join Imperial WPC\nThe Imperial Water Polo Club is run by Olympians and long time successful water polo coaches and players. It aims to help water polo players throughout Orange County acquire the necessary skills to be successful throughout their water polo careers and beyond. A focus on fundamentals and skill development, in an environment that encourages teamwork, perseverance, and a commitment to achieving one\u2019s personal best, provides our players with the foundation necessary to transition into higher levels of play. Ultimately, we hope to instill a love for the game and a healthy appreciation for the hard work it takes to be successful, both as a water polo player and in life. If you are an experienced water polo player in Orange County or are interested in learning water polo as a new player, contact our club today.\nPavle Filipovic\nMilos Ribic", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 1663, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 198.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://info.uwe.ac.uk/news/UWENews/news.aspx?id=3789", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:13Z", "digest": "sha1:ZVYP7SEMQLJJ64PPABLGWJJ4NAXITXR4", "length": 4110, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "info.uwe.ac.uk", "title": "M Shed exhibition charts seven decades of music in Bristol - UWE Bristol: News Releases", "raw_content": "M Shed exhibition charts seven decades of music in Bristol\nStaff and students from the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) have played a major role in shaping a new exhibition charting music in Bristol since the 1950s.\nRunning for three months at M Shed museum, the Bristol Music: Seven decades of sound exhibition will take stories told by people all over the city to celebrate and debate Bristol music.\nInformed by an advisory group of local music experts including producers, authors, DJs, promoters and venue owners, the exhibition sponsored by UWE Bristol will reveal aspects of Bristol music through a series of zones.\nDr Rehan Hyder, a Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at UWE Bristol, is the exhibition advisor and content developer. Students from the Media Culture & Practice, Graphic Design and Creative Media Design degree courses have been involved in everything from capturing interviews with music fans, designing posters and album covers to creating a location-based phone app which allows exhibition visitors to tell their personal musical stories and plot them on a map of Bristol.\nThe exhibition will explore the festivals, venues and mix of styles, genres and sound that have shaped Bristol's musical heritage, posing the questions: \u201cIs there one definitive 'Bristol sound'?\u201d and \u201cWhere in the city is the heart of musical Bristol?\u201d\nHundreds of records will be on display in the Shopping for Music section, while visitors will be transported back in time in the mini Club, where seminal nights from five different venues including The Bamboo Club and Motion will be recreated. Ashton Court Festival plays a starring role in the Festival zone while a graffiti-covered 1990s hatchback will be home to a unique car karaoke feature.\nA public appeal for stories led to an influx of anecdotes, photographs, fanzines and memorabilia which will appear alongside photography by Beezer who documented one of the most iconic periods in Bristol's music history - the 1980s \u2013 where the burgeoning scene threw artists such as Roni Size, Mark Stewart and the Wild Bunch (who later went on to form Massive Attack) into the spotlight. Students from the Media Culture & Practice course at UWE Bristol collected first-hand accounts from members of the 1970s-1980s Avon Soul Army music scene for audio and visual features at the exhibition.\nDr Hyder said: \u201cBristol emerged as an internationally recognised 'music city' towards the end of the last century. The creation of these musical cultures and innovations has been driven not only by artists and producers but crucially by the people of Bristol themselves. Attempts to define the so-called 'Bristol Sound' have tended to oversimplify the story of music in the city. This exhibition will focus instead on music makers and music lovers across the decades in order to highlight the rich cultural experiences provoked and inspired by the sounds of the city.\u201d\nLouise Jennings, Associate Dean (Strategic Partnerships) in UWE Bristol's Faculty of Arts, Creative Industries and Education, said: \u201cWe're proud to be supporting an exhibition which celebrates the city's rich and eclectic musical history in such a comprehensive and inclusive way and pleased our staff and students are playing an important role in making it happen.\n\u201cAs a university, we have forged close links with Bristol's core arts and cultural institutions as part of our City Campus. This wonderful exhibition at M Shed complements our strong presence in the heart of the city at the neighbouring Arnolfini, Watershed and Spike Island.\u201d\nMarti Burgess, owner of Lakota nightclub and trustee of Colston Hall, said: \u201cI cannot wait for this exhibition to bring to life the rich music history of Bristol. I am particularly looking forward to be transported back to the Lakota of the 90s when me, my friends and everyone else used to dress up and dance to the best house music. Lakota had a real party atmosphere and the DJs were the best in the world alongside home grown Bristol talent.\u201d\nThe exhibition will run between 19 May and 30 September. Entry is 'pay what you think'.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 143, "original_length": 6267, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 261.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/101235?ln=en", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:58Z", "digest": "sha1:MHMDWHNZLVLRAMZGKY2BE232WBT5BBJF", "length": 1843, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "infoscience.epfl.ch", "title": "Neuronal GDNF expression in the adult rat nervous system identified by in situ hybridization - Infoscience", "raw_content": "Home > Neuronal GDNF expression in the adult rat nervous system identified by in situ hybridization\nNeuronal GDNF expression in the adult rat nervous system identified by in situ hybridization\nPochon, N. A. ; Menoud, A. ; Tseng, J. L. ; Zurn, A. D. ; Aebischer, P.\nGlial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) is a potent neurotrophic factor which has been purified on the basis of its ability to promote the survival of dopaminergic neurons in vitro. GDNF has subsequently been cloned and its sequence shown to be distantly related to transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta). To identify GDNF expressing cells in the adult rat brain, in situ hybridization using a digoxygenin (DIG)-labelled riboprobe has been performed. Our results show that GDNF mRNA is mainly expressed in neurons and that its synthesis is not restricted to dopaminergic areas. It is widely expressed in the cortex, the hippocampus, the striatum, the substantia nigra, the thalamus, the cerebellum and the spinal cord. Neuronal GDNF expression varies among brain regions as determined by the intensity of the in situ signal. Double labelling of the substantia nigra using tyrosine hydroxylase immunohistochemistry, associated with GDNF in situ hybridization, show that the majority of dopaminergic neurons express GDNF. 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Includes some discussion of traditions and social conditions that have influenced the development of the theater. Readings from O'Neill, Brecht, Ibsen, Hellman, Miller, Beckett, Pinter, Williams, and Stoppard.\nAjuan Mance, Tom Strychacz", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 88, "original_length": 2011, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 333.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://integrityfuneral.com/book-of-memories/3502765/Lee-Barbara/bookofmemories/order.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:45Z", "digest": "sha1:W2LWAM5UYVUVBJDC7MTD5M6COB2TZFQ3", "length": 584, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "integrityfuneral.com", "title": "Barbara Lee Order - Houston, Texas | Integrity Funeral Care", "raw_content": "The Memorial Candle Program has been designed to help offset the costs associated with the hosting this Tribute Website in perpetuity. Through the lighting of a memorial candle, your thoughtful gesture will be recorded in the Book of Memories and the proceeds will go directly towards helping ensure that the family and friends of Barbara Lee can continue to memorialize, re-visit, interact with each other and enhance this tribute for future generations.\nBarbara Yvonne\nMelrose Alicia Brow\nBarbara and I attended... (read more)\nkaren egle-gaber\nI will miss you dearly,... (read more)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 385, "original_length": 9349, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 325.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://intentionaloptimist.com/2017/06/02/kindness-during-tragedy/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:27Z", "digest": "sha1:ZRAPOHPPBOIMLJB74NDXPDHVTYLZFCGK", "length": 1820, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "intentionaloptimist.com", "title": "Kindness During Tragedy \u2013 Intentional Optimist", "raw_content": "It\u2019s hard to believe that it was just last week when the horrifying attack in Manchester took place. It almost as if the more these terror incidents occur, the faster they seem to be dropping from the headlines, and sometimes our heads. In some cases, it can also be too much for us to process. With all of the upheaval that we are seeing in the world, it\u2019s no wonder that many of us feel the need to stop and turn off the news for a while.\nThis week, I found myself reading a different kind of news. Stories of the kindness of the people in Manchester amid the wake of the tragic events that took precious lives, and darkened so many others. There is the news of Sam Arshad, the co-owner of the Street Cars Manchester Taxi company, who asked his fleet to provide free rides the night of the attack, which they did without hesitation. Then there are the stories of the people of Manchester who continue to show their support and kindness to the police who have been pushing themselves endlessly during the investigation since the attack. People were delivering them tea, pizza, and sometimes just hugs.\nDespite news of tragedy, the touching stories of kindness always come to the surface. Communities pull together and lift each other up with support and love. While my heart continues to ache for their loss, I am reminded again of how powerful kindness towards one another really is and how important it is that we practice this always. Our compassion for each other builds a foundation for strength and courage within all of us.\nToday, I implore you to seek out an opportunity to pay a little kindness to someone in your life or towards a complete stranger, because you make a difference in the world. Perhaps you will also hold the people of Manchester in your hearts while doing so.\nkindnessmanchesterPay it Forward", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 105, "original_length": 7356, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 245.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://inthefieldstories.com/lago-observatory-global-collaboration-cosmic-results/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:48Z", "digest": "sha1:GRWOIEW3CWT7DXJW4TWHOD3MTOZM7R57", "length": 7357, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "inthefieldstories.com", "title": "The Latin American Giant Observatory project is a global collaboration with cosmic results | In The Field", "raw_content": "CEDIA (Ecuador) , CUDI (Mexico) , G\u00c9ANT (Europe) , InnovaRed (Argentina) , RAGIE (Guatemala) , RedCLARA (Latin America) , RedIRIS (Spain) , RENATA (Colombia) , REUNA (Chile) , RNP (Brazil) ,\nAstronomy , Earth Observation , Energy ,\nThe LAGO (Latin American Giant Observatory) project traverses the skies of Latin America to set its sights on uncovering the mysteries of faraway galaxies. This extended Astroparticle Observatory carries out basic research in three branches of astroparticle physics: the Extreme Universe, Space Weather phenomena, and Atmospheric Radiation at ground level.\nThe LAGO Project is operated by the LAGO Collaboration, a non-centralized and distributed collaborative network of more than 80 scientists from over 25 institutions in 8 Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico and Peru as well as in Spain in Europe. These interdisciplinary groups of physicists, engineers and students have almost 100 members from 25 academic institutions working together.\n\u201cDepending on the number of detectors, 5 to 10 GB are processed monthly for each site.\u201d\nDr. Ibrahim Torres, the Principal Researcher of the LAGO Project and a researcher at the Mexican National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics (INAOE).\nThe challenge to share large amounts of data in real time across such a broad network of collaborators is a constant challenge. That\u2019s where the National Research & Education Networks (NRENs) of the region play a vital role.\nVirtual Communities bring it all together\nVirtual Communities are how researchers distributed across great expanses form into collaborative working groups to develop projects, exchange expertise, share data resources and instruments and collaborate using e-infrastructures. The LAGO project is in essence a multi-domain Virtual Community (VC).\nThe LAGO detection network is made up of single or small arrays of particle detectors at ground level, spanning over different sites located at significantly different latitudes (currently from Mexico up to the Antarctic region) and different altitudes (from sea level up to more than 5,000 meters above sea level), covering a huge range of geomagnetic rigidity cut-offs and atmospheric absorption/reaction levels.\nFinally, detectors installed in various universities are used as a tool to educate students about particle and astroparticle physics, in particular by leading them to the measurement of the muon decay.\nThe LAGO VC\u2019s distributed e-infrastructure interconnects all the institutions and detectors via the RedCLARA regional network and other national NRENs and integrates them with European colleagues and research groups. The interconnection between regional e-infrastructures is accomplished using a fiber optic submarine cable that runs from Brazil to Portugal, via RedCLARA points of presence and G\u00c9ANT to reach participating European participating institutions.\n\u201cAlmost all the detectors belonging to the LAGO project are installed in remote and inaccessible areas, so the use of the internet facilitates the collection of data and the health tests of each detector,\u201d adds Dr. Torres. \u201cBefore installing each detector, computational simulations should be performed to give us some idea of the parameters we expect or to establish the design of the detectors. For this we must simulate the arrival of different particles, with different energies and different directions of arrival, simulate the physical processes to which each of these waterfalls are subjected during their development within the atmosphere, the secondary particles produced by each waterfall \u2013 some of it with hundreds of millions of individual particles. Then, each of these particles is injected into a Monte Carlo simulation code that results in the performance of each detector subjected to this radiation. \u201cDue to the large number of calculations of both simulations, the use of computer clusters is now required, a simulation of this type can last a few months in a good sized cluster.\u201d\nReaching for the stars in education\nThe LAGO collaboration is committed to education and scientific dissemination in each of the participating countries. Members and their institutions are committed to training Latin American students in astroparticle physics and building a Latin American astroparticle research network. Part of the philosophy of the collaboration is to maintain free access to knowledge and data of its scientific production. Consequently, LAGO is one of the few projects in the region that has a repository of experimental data and simulations.\nAccording to Dr. Torres, the LAGO observatory has been collecting data on the detection of gamma and cosmic rays and registered some phenomena of space weather as the so-called forbush decrease, which is a decrease in the cup of arrival of cosmic rays due to the coronal mass ejections of our Sun. \u201cWe do not rule out recording the first event of gamma-ray bursts, synchronizing our detections with those of any of the satellites such as Fermi or Swift,\u201d says Dr. Torres. \u201cDuring the life of this project, a few dozen students from undergraduate to doctorate contributed to the training of highly trained human resources in Latin America.\u201d\nInnovative ICT as a catalyst for discovery\nThe members of this project belong to a large number of universities around Latin America, so in order to concentrate efforts efficiently, they rely on internet-based technologies and frequent videoconferences.\nThe software used to analyze all the data collected by each detector is developed by several project members. Previously each researcher was responsible for the programming of their software. However, with the amount of data that has to be processed, it is no longer viable for a single researcher to generate such quantities of code. This has led us to explore ICT-based collaborative work that enable participants to work remotely and independently.\n\u201cRedCLARA has provided us with its platform and now we are able to hold periodic videoconferences for collaboration, no longer needing sophisticated equipment to be able to connect\u201d, said Dr. Torres.\nThe use of academic networks is vital for collaboration in LAGO. Without them we would have to pay companies to provide the same service.\nAdvancing the region\nAs a competitive initiative developed in Latin America that takes full advantage of the geographical conditions and the tradition of several groups in high mountain work, Humberto Salazar Ibarg\u00fcen, responsible for the LAGO site in Sierra Negra notes that: \u201cThe reduced cost of the experiment, and the formation of human resources, both in the technological and scientific area, are aspects that highlight this competitiveness\u201d.\n\u201cLAGO has published its results in refereed international scientific journals and presented its advances at the ICRC (International Cosmic Rays Conference) in Busan, Korea. It has also been a driver in developing high quality human resources in high energy astrophysics. Keeping in touch with colleagues and students is one of the technical problems that we have solved with the help of the RedCLARA\u201d, Dr. Torres concludes.\nIn 2018 LAGO looks forward to acquiring new electronics for data acquisition, installing a new detector in Vi\u00f1a del Mar, Chile and incorporating Cuba into the project.\nFind out more on the RedCLARA website.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 325, "original_length": 12273, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 204.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/wiki/Supply_chain_management.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:19Z", "digest": "sha1:E2XKJ2WKM6SEKUQXRNWE7QIUZFTMW3E4", "length": 54990, "nlines": 275, "source_domain": "ipfs.io", "title": "Supply chain management", "raw_content": "For the journal, see Supply Chain Management (journal).\nSupply chain management field of operations: complex and dynamic supply- and demand-networks.[1] (cf. Wieland/Wallenburg, 2011)\nIn commerce, supply chain management (SCM), the management of the flow of goods and services,[2] involves the movement and storage of raw materials, of work-in-process inventory, and of finished goods from point of origin to point of consumption. Interconnected or interlinked networks, channels and node businesses combine in the provision of products and services required by end customers in a supply chain.[3] Supply-chain management has been defined [4] as the \"design, planning, execution, control, and monitoring of supply chain activities with the objective of creating net value, building a competitive infrastructure, leveraging worldwide logistics, synchronizing supply with demand and measuring performance globally.\"[5]\nSCM practice draws heavily from the areas of industrial engineering, systems engineering, operations management, logistics, procurement, information technology, and marketing [6] and strives for an integrated approach. Marketing channels play an important role in supply chain management [6]\nOrigin of the term and definitions\nThe term \"supply chain management\" entered the public domain when Keith Oliver, a consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton (now Strategy&), used it in an interview for the Financial Times in 1982. The term was slow to take hold. It gained currency in the mid-1990s, when a flurry of articles and books came out on the subject. One of the first to formally define supply chains as encompassing all activities associated with the flow and transformation of goods from raw materials through to the end user, as well as the associated information flows. Supply chain management was thus defined as the integration of these activities through improved supply chain relationships to achieve a competitive advantage.[7] In the late 1990s it rose to prominence as a management buzzword, and operations managers began to use it in their titles with increasing regularity.[8][9][10]\nOther commonly accepted definitions of supply chain management include:\nThe management of upstream and downstream value-added flows of materials, final goods, and related information among suppliers, company, resellers, and final consumers.\nThe systematic, strategic coordination of traditional business functions and tactics across all business functions within a particular company and across businesses within the supply chain, for the purposes of improving the long-term performance of the individual companies and the supply chain as a whole[11]\nA customer-focused definition is given by Hines (2004:p76): \"Supply chain strategies require a total systems view of the links in the chain that work together efficiently to create customer satisfaction at the end point of delivery to the consumer. As a consequence, costs must be lowered throughout the chain by driving out unnecessary expenses, movements, and handling. The main focus is turned to efficiency and added value, or the end-user's perception of value. Efficiency must be increased, and bottlenecks removed. The measurement of performance focuses on total system efficiency and the equitable monetary reward distribution to those within the supply chain. The supply chain system must be responsive to customer requirements.\"[12]\nThe integration of key business processes across the supply chain for the purpose of creating value for customers and stakeholders (Lambert, 2008)[13]\nAccording to the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), supply chain management encompasses the planning and management of all activities involved in sourcing, procurement, conversion, and logistics management. It also includes coordination and collaboration with channel partners, which may be suppliers, intermediaries, third-party service providers, or customers.[6] Supply chain management integrates supply and demand management within and across companies. More recently, the loosely coupled, self-organizing network of businesses that cooperate to provide product and service offerings has been called the Extended Enterprise.\nA supply chain, as opposed to supply chain management, is a set of organizations directly linked by one or more upstream and downstream flows of products, services, finances, or information from a source to a customer. Supply chain management is the management of such a chain.[11]\nSupply chain management software includes tools or modules used to execute supply chain transactions, manage supplier relationships, and control associated business processes.\nSupply chain event management (SCEM) considers all possible events and factors that can disrupt a supply chain. With SCEM, possible scenarios can be created and solutions devised.\nIn many cases the supply chain includes the collection of goods after consumer use for recycling. Including third-party logistics or other gathering agencies as part of the RM re-patriation process is a way of illustrating the new endgame strategy.\nSupply chain management is a cross-functional approach that includes managing the movement of raw materials into an organization, certain aspects of the internal processing of materials into finished goods, and the movement of finished goods out of the organization and toward the end consumer. As organizations strive to focus on core competencies and become more flexible, they reduce their ownership of raw materials sources and distribution channels. These functions are increasingly being outsourced to other firms that can perform the activities better or more cost effectively. The effect is to increase the number of organizations involved in satisfying customer demand, while reducing managerial control of daily logistics operations. Less control and more supply chain partners lead to the creation of the concept of supply chain management. The purpose of supply chain management is to improve trust and collaboration among supply chain partners, thus improving inventory visibility and the velocity of inventory movement.\nOrganizations increasingly find that they must rely on effective supply chains, or networks, to compete in the global market and networked economy.[14] In Peter Drucker's (1998) new management paradigms, this concept of business relationships extends beyond traditional enterprise boundaries and seeks to organize entire business processes throughout a value chain of multiple companies.\nIn recent decades, globalization, outsourcing, and information technology have enabled many organizations, such as Dell and Hewlett Packard, to successfully operate collaborative supply networks in which each specialized business partner focuses on only a few key strategic activities (Scott, 1993). This inter-organisational supply network can be acknowledged as a new form of organisation. However, with the complicated interactions among the players, the network structure fits neither \"market\" nor \"hierarchy\" categories (Powell, 1990). It is not clear what kind of performance impacts different supply network structures could have on firms, and little is known about the coordination conditions and trade-offs that may exist among the players. From a systems perspective, a complex network structure can be decomposed into individual component firms (Zhang and Dilts, 2004). Traditionally, companies in a supply network concentrate on the inputs and outputs of the processes, with little concern for the internal management working of other individual players. Therefore, the choice of an internal management control structure is known to impact local firm performance (Mintzberg, 1979).\nIn the 21st century, changes in the business environment have contributed to the development of supply chain networks. First, as an outcome of globalization and the proliferation of multinational companies, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and business partnerships, significant success factors were identified, complementing the earlier \"just-in-time\", lean manufacturing, and agile manufacturing practices.[15] Second, technological changes, particularly the dramatic fall in communication costs (a significant component of transaction costs), have led to changes in coordination among the members of the supply chain network (Coase, 1998).\nMany researchers have recognized supply network structures as a new organisational form, using terms such as \"Keiretsu\", \"Extended Enterprise\", \"Virtual Corporation\", \"Global Production Network\", and \"Next Generation Manufacturing System\".[16] In general, such a structure can be defined as \"a group of semi-independent organisations, each with their capabilities, which collaborate in ever-changing constellations to serve one or more markets in order to achieve some business goal specific to that collaboration\" (Akkermans, 2001).\nSupply chain management is also important for organizational learning. Firms with geographically more extensive supply chains connecting diverse trading cliques tend to become more innovative and productive.[17]\nThe security management system for supply chains is described in ISO/IEC 28000 and ISO/IEC 28001 and related standards published jointly by the ISO and the IEC.Supply Chain Management draws heavily from the areas of operations management, logistics, procurement, and information technology, and strives for an integrated approach.\nSix major movements can be observed in the evolution of supply chain management studies: creation, integration, and globalization (Movahedi et al., 2009), specialization phases one and two, and SCM 2.0.\nCreation era\nThe term \"supply chain management\" was first coined by Keith Oliver in 1982. However, the concept of a supply chain in management was of great importance long before, in the early 20th century, especially with the creation of the assembly line. The characteristics of this era of supply chain management include the need for large-scale changes, re-engineering, downsizing driven by cost reduction programs, and widespread attention to Japanese management practices. However, the term became widely adopted after the publication of the seminal book Introduction to Supply Chain Management in 1999 by Robert B. Handfield and Ernest L. Nichols, Jr.,[18] which published over 25,000 copies and was translated into Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and Russian.[19]\nThis era of supply chain management studies was highlighted with the development of electronic data interchange (EDI) systems in the 1960s, and developed through the 1990s by the introduction of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. This era has continued to develop into the 21st century with the expansion of Internet-based collaborative systems. This era of supply chain evolution is characterized by both increasing value added and cost reductions through integration.\nA supply chain can be classified as a stage 1, 2 or 3 network. In a stage 1\u2013type supply chain, systems such as production, storage, distribution, and material control are not linked and are independent of each other. In a stage 2 supply chain, these are integrated under one plan and is ERP enabled. A stage 3 supply chain is one that achieves vertical integration with upstream suppliers and downstream customers. An example of this kind of supply chain is Tesco.\nGlobalization era\nThe third movement of supply chain management development, the globalization era, can be characterized by the attention given to global systems of supplier relationships and the expansion of supply chains beyond national boundaries and into other continents. Although the use of global sources in organisations' supply chains can be traced back several decades (e.g., in the oil industry), it was not until the late 1980s that a considerable number of organizations started to integrate global sources into their core business. This era is characterized by the globalization of supply chain management in organizations with the goal of increasing their competitive advantage, adding value, and reducing costs through global sourcing.\nSpecialization era (phase I): outsourced manufacturing and distribution\nIn the 1990s, companies began to focus on \"core competencies\" and specialization. They abandoned vertical integration, sold off non-core operations, and outsourced those functions to other companies. This changed management requirements, by extending the supply chain beyond the company walls and distributing management across specialized supply chain partnerships.\nThis transition also refocused the fundamental perspectives of each organization. Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) became brand owners that required visibility deep into their supply base. They had to control the entire supply chain from above, instead of from within. Contract manufacturers had to manage bills of material with different part-numbering schemes from multiple OEMs and support customer requests for work-in-process visibility and vendor-managed inventory (VMI).\nThe specialization model creates manufacturing and distribution networks composed of several individual supply chains specific to producers, suppliers, and customers that work together to design, manufacture, distribute, market, sell, and service a product. This set of partners may change according to a given market, region, or channel, resulting in a proliferation of trading partner environments, each with its own unique characteristics and demands.\nSpecialization era (phase II): supply chain management as a service\nSpecialization within the supply chain began in the 1980s with the inception of transportation brokerages, warehouse management (storage and inventory), and non-asset-based carriers, and has matured beyond transportation and logistics into aspects of supply planning, collaboration, execution, and performance management.\nMarket forces sometimes demand rapid changes from suppliers, logistics providers, locations, or customers in their role as components of supply chain networks. This variability has significant effects on supply chain infrastructure, from the foundation layers of establishing and managing electronic communication between trading partners, to more complex requirements such as the configuration of processes and work flows that are essential to the management of the network itself.\nSupply chain specialization enables companies to improve their overall competencies in the same way that outsourced manufacturing and distribution has done; it allows them to focus on their core competencies and assemble networks of specific, best-in-class partners to contribute to the overall value chain itself, thereby increasing overall performance and efficiency. The ability to quickly obtain and deploy this domain-specific supply chain expertise without developing and maintaining an entirely unique and complex competency in house is a leading reason why supply chain specialization is gaining popularity.\nOutsourced technology hosting for supply chain solutions debuted in the late 1990s and has taken root primarily in transportation and collaboration categories. This has progressed from the application service provider (ASP) model from roughly 1998 through 2003, to the on-demand model from approximately 2003 through 2006, to the software as a service (SaaS) model currently in focus today.\nSupply chain management 2.0 (SCM 2.0)\nBuilding on globalization and specialization, the term \"SCM 2.0\" has been coined to describe both changes within supply chains themselves as well as the evolution of processes, methods, and tools to manage them in this new \"era\". The growing popularity of collaborative platforms is highlighted by the rise of TradeCard's supply chain collaboration platform, which connects multiple buyers and suppliers with financial institutions, enabling them to conduct automated supply-chain finance transactions.[20]\nWeb 2.0 is a trend in the use of the World Wide Web that is meant to increase creativity, information sharing, and collaboration among users. At its core, the common attribute of Web 2.0 is to help navigate the vast information available on the Web in order to find what is being bought. It is the notion of a usable pathway. SCM 2.0 replicates this notion in supply chain operations. It is the pathway to SCM results, a combination of processes, methodologies, tools, and delivery options to guide companies to their results quickly as the complexity and speed of the supply chain increase due to global competition; rapid price fluctuations; changing oil prices; short product life cycles; expanded specialization; near-, far-, and off-shoring; and talent scarcity.\nSCM 2.0 leverages solutions designed to rapidly deliver results with the agility to quickly manage future change for continuous flexibility, value, and success. This is delivered through competency networks composed of best-of-breed supply chain expertise to understand which elements, both operationally and organizationally, deliver results, as well as through intimate understanding of how to manage these elements to achieve the desired results. The solutions are delivered in a variety of options, such as no-touch via business process outsourcing, mid-touch via managed services and software as a service (SaaS), or high-touch in the traditional software deployment model.\nSuccessful SCM requires a change from managing individual functions to integrating activities into key supply chain processes. In an example scenario, a purchasing department places orders as its requirements become known. The marketing department, responding to customer demand, communicates with several distributors and retailers as it attempts to determine ways to satisfy this demand. Information shared between supply chain partners can only be fully leveraged through process integration.\nSupply chain business process integration involves collaborative work between buyers and suppliers, joint product development, common systems, and shared information. According to Lambert and Cooper (2000), operating an integrated supply chain requires a continuous information flow. However, in many companies, management has concluded that optimizing product flows cannot be accomplished without implementing a process approach. The key supply chain processes stated by Lambert (2004)[21] are:\nDemand management style\nMuch has been written about demand management. Best-in-class companies have similar characteristics, which include the following:\nInitiatives to reduce lead time\nTighter feedback from customer and market demand\nCustomer-level forecasting\nOne could suggest other critical supply business processes that combine these processes stated by Lambert, such as:\nCustomer service management process\nCustomer relationship management concerns the relationship between an organization and its customers. Customer service is the source of customer information. It also provides the customer with real-time information on scheduling and product availability through interfaces with the company's production and distribution operations. Successful organizations use the following steps to build customer relationships:\ndetermine mutually satisfying goals for organization and customers\nestablish and maintain customer rapport\ninduce positive feelings in the organization and the customers\nStrategic plans are drawn up with suppliers to support the manufacturing flow management process and the development of new products. In firms whose operations extend globally, sourcing may be managed on a global basis. The desired outcome is a relationship where both parties benefit and a reduction in the time required for the product's design and development. The purchasing function may also develop rapid communication systems, such as electronic data interchange (EDI) and Internet linkage, to convey possible requirements more rapidly. Activities related to obtaining products and materials from outside suppliers involve resource planning, supply sourcing, negotiation, order placement, inbound transportation, storage, handling, and quality assurance, many of which include the responsibility to coordinate with suppliers on matters of scheduling, supply continuity (inventory), hedging, and research into new sources or programs. Procurement has recently been recognized as a core source of value, driven largely by the increasing trends to outsource products and services, and the changes in the global ecosystem requiring stronger relationships between buyers and sellers.[22]\nHere, customers and suppliers must be integrated into the product development process in order to reduce the time to market. As product life cycles shorten, the appropriate products must be developed and successfully launched with ever-shorter time schedules in order for firms to remain competitive. According to Lambert and Cooper (2000), managers of the product development and commercialization process must:\ncoordinate with customer relationship management to identify customer-articulated needs;\nselect materials and suppliers in conjunction with procurement; and\ndevelop production technology in manufacturing flow to manufacture and integrate into the best supply chain flow for the given combination of product and markets.\nIntegration of suppliers into the new product development process was shown to have a major impact on product target cost, quality, delivery, and market share. Tapping into suppliers as a source of innovation requires an extensive process characterized by development of technology sharing, but also involves managing intellectual[23] property issues.\nManufacturing flow management process\nThe manufacturing process produces and supplies products to the distribution channels based on past forecasts. Manufacturing processes must be flexible in order to respond to market changes and must accommodate mass customization. Orders are processes operating on a just-in-time (JIT) basis in minimum lot sizes. Changes in the manufacturing flow process lead to shorter cycle times, meaning improved responsiveness and efficiency in meeting customer demand. This process manages activities related to planning, scheduling, and supporting manufacturing operations, such as work-in-process storage, handling, transportation, and time phasing of components, inventory at manufacturing sites, and maximum flexibility in the coordination of geographical and final assemblies postponement of physical distribution operations.\nThis concerns the movement of a finished product or service to customers. In physical distribution, the customer is the final destination of a marketing channel, and the availability of the product or service is a vital part of each channel participant's marketing effort. It is also through the physical distribution process that the time and space of customer service become an integral part of marketing. Thus it links a marketing channel with its customers (i.e., it links manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers).\nOutsourcing/partnerships\nThis includes not just the outsourcing of the procurement of materials and components, but also the outsourcing of services that traditionally have been provided in-house. The logic of this trend is that the company will increasingly focus on those activities in the value chain in which it has a distinctive advantage and outsource everything else. This movement has been particularly evident in logistics, where the provision of transport, storage, and inventory control is increasingly subcontracted to specialists or logistics partners. Also, managing and controlling this network of partners and suppliers requires a blend of central and local involvement: strategic decisions are taken centrally, while the monitoring and control of supplier performance and day-to-day liaison with logistics partners are best managed locally.\nExperts found a strong relationship from the largest arcs of supplier and customer integration to market share and profitability. Taking advantage of supplier capabilities and emphasizing a long-term supply chain perspective in customer relationships can both be correlated with a firm's performance. As logistics competency becomes a critical factor in creating and maintaining competitive advantage, measuring logistics performance becomes increasingly important, because the difference between profitable and unprofitable operations becomes narrower. A.T. Kearney Consultants (1985) noted that firms engaging in comprehensive performance measurement realized improvements in overall productivity. According to experts, internal measures are generally collected and analyzed by the firm, including cost, customer service, productivity, asset measurement, and quality. External performance is measured through customer perception measures and \"best practice\" benchmarking.\nTo reduce a company's cost and expenses, warehousing management is concerned with storage, reducing manpower cost, dispatching authority with on time delivery, loading & unloading facilities with proper area, inventory management system etc.\nIntegrating suppliers and customers tightly into a workflow (or business process) and thereby achieving an efficient and effective supply chain is a key goal of workflow management.\nThere are gaps in the literature on supply chain management studies at present (2015): there is no theoretical support for explaining the existence or the boundaries of supply chain management. A few authors, such as Halldorsson et al. (2003), Ketchen and Hult (2006), and Lavassani et al. (2009), have tried to provide theoretical foundations for different areas related to supply chain by employing organizational theories, which may include the following:\nResource-based view (RBV)[24]\nTransaction cost analysis (TCA)\nKnowledge-based view (KBV)\nStrategic choice theory (SCT)\nAgency theory (AT)\nChannel coordination\nInstitutional theory (InT)\nSystems theory (ST)\nNetwork perspective (NP)\nMaterials logistics management (MLM)\nTime-based competition (TBC)\nRequirements chain management (RCM)\nDynamic Capabilities Theory\nDynamic Management Theory\nSupply Chain Roadmap\u00ae[25]\nHowever, the unit of analysis of most of these theories is not the supply chain but rather another system, such as the firm or the supplier-buyer relationship. Among the few exceptions is the relational view, which outlines a theory for considering dyads and networks of firms as a key unit of analysis for explaining superior individual firm performance (Dyer and Singh, 1998).[26]\nIn the study of supply chain management, the concept of centroids has become an important economic consideration. A centroid is a location that has a high proportion of a country's population and a high proportion of its manufacturing, generally within 500 mi (805 km). In the US, two major supply chain centroids have been defined, one near Dayton, Ohio, and a second near Riverside, California.\nThe centroid near Dayton is particularly important because it is closest to the population center of the US and Canada. Dayton is within 500 miles of 60% of the US population and manufacturing capacity, as well as 60% of Canada's population.[27] The region includes the interchange between I-70 and I-75, one of the busiest in the nation, with 154,000 vehicles passing through per day, 30\u201335% of which are trucks hauling goods. In addition, the I-75 corridor is home to the busiest north-south rail route east of the Mississippi River.[27]\nTax efficient supply chain management is a business model that considers the effect of tax in the design and implementation of supply chain management. As the consequence of globalization, cross-national businesses pay different tax rates in different countries. Due to these differences, they may legally optimize their supply chain and increase profits based on tax efficiency.[28]\nSustainability and social responsibility in supply chains\nSupply chain sustainability is a business issue affecting an organization's supply chain or logistics network, and is frequently quantified by comparison with SECH ratings, which uses a triple bottom line incorporating economic, social, and environmental aspects.[29] SECH ratings are defined as social, ethical, cultural, and health' footprints. Consumers have become more aware of the environmental impact of their purchases and companies' SECH ratings and, along with non-governmental organizations (NGOs), are setting the agenda for transitions to organically grown foods, anti-sweatshop labor codes, and locally produced goods that support independent and small businesses. Because supply chains may account for over 75% of a company's carbon footprint, many organizations are exploring ways to reduce this and thus improve their SECH rating.\nFor example, in July 2009, Wal-Mart announced its intentions to create a global sustainability index that would rate products according to the environmental and social impacts of their manufacturing and distribution. The index is intended to create environmental accountability in Wal-Mart's supply chain and to provide motivation and infrastructure for other retail companies to do the same.[30]\nIt has been reported that companies are increasingly taking environmental performance into account when selecting suppliers. A 2011 survey by the Carbon Trust found that 50% of multinationals expect to select their suppliers based upon carbon performance in the future and 29% of suppliers could lose their places on 'green supply chains' if they do not have adequate performance records on carbon.[31]\nThe US Dodd\u2013Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, signed into law by President Obama in July 2010, contained a supply chain sustainability provision in the form of the Conflict Minerals law. This law requires SEC-regulated companies to conduct third party audits of their supply chains in order to determine whether any tin, tantalum, tungsten, or gold (together referred to as conflict minerals) is mined or sourced from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and create a report (available to the general public and SEC) detailing the due diligence efforts taken and the results of the audit. The chain of suppliers and vendors to these reporting companies will be expected to provide appropriate supporting information.\nIncidents like the 2013 Savar building collapse with more than 1,100 victims have led to widespread discussions about corporate social responsibility across global supply chains. Wieland and Handfield (2013) suggest that companies need to audit products and suppliers and that supplier auditing needs to go beyond direct relationships with first-tier suppliers. They also demonstrate that visibility needs to be improved if supply cannot be directly controlled and that smart and electronic technologies play a key role to improve visibility. Finally, they highlight that collaboration with local partners, across the industry and with universities is crucial to successfully managing social responsibility in supply chains.[32]\nSCM components are the third element of the four-square circulation framework. The level of integration and management of a business process link is a function of the number and level of components added to the link (Ellram and Cooper, 1990; Houlihan, 1985). Consequently, adding more management components or increasing the level of each component can increase the level of integration of the business process link.\nLiterature on business process re-engineering[33] buyer-supplier relationships,[34] and SCM[35] suggests various possible components that should receive managerial attention when managing supply relationships. Lambert and Cooper (2000) identified the following components:\nProduct flow facility structure\nInformation flow facility structure\nPower and leadership structure\nRisk and reward structure\nHowever, a more careful examination of the existing literature[36] leads to a more comprehensive understanding of what should be the key critical supply chain components, or \"branches\" of the previously identified supply chain business processes\u2014that is, what kind of relationship the components may have that are related to suppliers and customers. Bowersox and Closs (1996) state that the emphasis on cooperation represents the synergism leading to the highest level of joint achievement. A primary-level channel participant is a business that is willing to participate in responsibility for inventory ownership or assume other financial risks, thus including primary level components (Bowersox and Closs, 1996). A secondary-level participant (specialized) is a business that participates in channel relationships by performing essential services for primary participants, including secondary level components, which support primary participants. Third-level channel participants and components that support primary-level channel participants and are the fundamental branches of secondary-level components may also be included.\nConsequently, Lambert and Cooper's framework of supply chain components does not lead to any conclusion about what are the primary- or secondary-level (specialized) supply chain components (see Bowersox and Closs, 1996, p. 93) \u2014that is, which supply chain components should be viewed as primary or secondary, how these components should be structured in order to achieve a more comprehensive supply chain structure, and how to examine the supply chain as an integrative one (See above sections 2.1 and 3.1).\nReverse logistics is the process of managing the return of goods. It is also referred to as \"aftermarket customer services\". Any time money is taken from a company's warranty reserve or service logistics budget, one can speak of a reverse logistics operation. Reverse logistics is also the process of managing the return of goods from store, which the returned goods are sent back to warehouse and after that either warehouse scrap the goods or send them back to supplier for replacement depending on the warranty of the merchandise.\nSystems and value\nSupply chain systems configure value for those that organize the networks. Value is the additional revenue over and above the costs of building the network. Co-creating value and sharing the benefits appropriately to encourage effective participation is a key challenge for any supply system. Tony Hines defines value as follows: \"Ultimately it is the customer who pays the price for service delivered that confirms value and not the producer who simply adds cost until that point\".[12]\nGlobal supply chains pose challenges regarding both quantity and value. Supply and value chain trends include:\nIncreased cross-border sourcing\nCollaboration for parts of value chain with low-cost providers\nShared service centers for logistical and administrative functions\nIncreasingly global operations, which require increasingly global coordination and planning to achieve global optimums\nComplex problems involve also midsized companies to an increasing degree\nThese trends have many benefits for manufacturers because they make possible larger lot sizes, lower taxes, and better environments (e.g., culture, infrastructure, special tax zones, or sophisticated OEM) for their products. There are many additional challenges when the scope of supply chains is global. This is because with a supply chain of a larger scope, the lead time is much longer, and because there are more issues involved, such as multiple currencies, policies, and laws. The consequent problems include different currencies and valuations in different countries, different tax laws, different trading protocols, and lack of transparency of cost and profit.\nSupply-chain consulting is the providing of expert knowledge in order to assess the productivity of a supply-chain and, ideally, to enhance the productivity.[37]\nSupply chain Consulting is a service involved in transfer of knowledge on how to exploit existing assets through improved coordination and can hence be a source of competitive advantage; Hereby the role of the consultant is to help management by adding value to the whole process through the various sectors from the ordering of the raw materials to the final product.[38]\nOn this regard, firms either build internal teams of consultants to tackle the issue or use external ones, (companies choose between these two approaches taking into consideration various factors).[39]\nThe use of external consultants is a common practice among companies.[40] The whole consulting process generally involves the analysis of the entire supply-chain process, including the countermeasures or correctives to take to achieve a better overall performance.[41]\nCompanies in the field\nSupply-chain consultancies vary in their ranges of services and sizes, major players in the field include:[42]\nInspirage Software Consulting Pvt Ltd\nLytica, Inc.\nSupply chain professionals need to have knowledge of managing supply chain functions such as transportation, warehousing, inventory management, and production planning. In the past, supply chain professionals emphasized logistics skills, such as knowledge of shipping routes, familiarity with warehousing equipment and distribution center locations and footprints, and a solid grasp of freight rates and fuel costs. More recently, supply chain management extends to logistical support across firms and management of global supply chains.[43] Supply chain professionals need to have an understanding of business continuity basics and strategies.[44]\nSupply chain professionals play major roles in the design and management of supply chains. In the design of supply chains, they help determine whether a product or service is provided by the firm itself (insourcing) or by another firm elsewhere (outsourcing). In the management of supply chains, supply chain professionals coordinate production among multiple providers, ensuring that production and transport of goods happen with minimal quality control or inventory problems. One goal of a well-designed and maintained supply chain for a product is to successfully build the product at minimal cost. Such a supply chain could be considered a competitive advantage for a firm.[45][46]\nBeyond design and maintenance of a supply chain itself, supply chain professionals participate in aspects of business that have a bearing on supply chains, such as sales forecasting, quality management, strategy development, customer service, and systems analysis. Production of a good may evolve over time, rendering an existing supply chain design obsolete. Supply chain professionals need to be aware of changes in production and business climate that affect supply chains and create alternative supply chains as the need arises.[45] Individuals working in supply chain management can attain a professional certification by passing an exam developed by a third party certification organizations. The purpose of certification is to guarantee a certain level of expertise in the field.\nThe knowledge needed to pass a certification exam may be gained from several sources. Some knowledge may come from college courses, but most of it is acquired from a mix of on-the-job learning experiences, attending industry events, learning best practices with their peers, and reading books and articles in the field.[47] Certification organizations may provide certification workshops tailored to their exams.[48] There are also free websites that provide a significant amount of educational articles, as well as blogs that are internationally recognized which provide good sources of news and updates.\nThere are a number of organizations that provide certification exams, such as CSCMP (Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals), IIPMR (International Institute for Procurement and Market Research), APICS (the Association for Operations Management), ISCEA (The International Supply Chain Education Alliance) and IOSCM (Institute of Supply Chain Management). APICS' certification is called Certified Supply Chain Professional, or CSCP, and ISCEA'S certification is called the Certified Supply Chain Manager (CSCM), CISCM (Chartered Institute of Supply Chain Management) awards certificate as Chartered Supply Chain Management Professional (CSCMP). Another, the Institute for Supply Management, is developing one called the Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM)[49] focused on the procurement and sourcing areas of supply chain management. The Supply Chain Management Association (SCMA) is the main certifying body for Canada with the designations having global reciprocity. The designation Supply Chain Management Professional (SCMP) is the title of the supply chain leadership designation.\nTopics addressed by selected professional supply chain certification programmes:[49][50][51][52][53][54]\nSupply Chain Management Association (SCMA) Supply Chain Management Professional (SCMP)\nInternational Institute for Procurement and Market Research (IIPMR) Certified Supply Chain Specialist (CSCS) and Certified Procurement Professional (CPP)\nInstitute for Supply Management (ISM) Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM)\nThe Association for Operations Management (APICS) Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP)\nInternational Supply Chain Education Alliance (ISCEA) Certified Supply Chain Manager (CSCM)\nAmerican Society of Transportation and Logistics (AST&L) Certification in Transportation and Logistics (CTL)\nThe Association for Operations Management (APICS) Certified Production and Inventory Management (CPIM)\nInternational Supply Chain Education Alliance (ISCEA) Certified Supply Chain Analyst (CSCA)\nInstitute of Supply Chain Management (IOSCM)\nInstitute for Supply Management (ISM) Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM)\nInternational Supply Chain Education Alliance (ISCEA) Certified Demand Driven Planner (CDDP)\nCISCM (Chartered Institute of Supply Chain Management) awards certificate as Chartered Supply Chain Management Professional (CSCMP)\nProcurement High High High High High Low Low High High High Low High\nStrategic Sourcing High High High Low High Low Low Low Low Low Low High\nNew Product Development Low High High High Low Low Low Low Low Low Low High\nProduction, Lot Sizing Low Low Low Low Low High High Low High Low High High\nQuality High High High High Low Low High Low High High High High\nLean Six Sigma Low High Low Low High Low Low High Low Low High Low\nInventory Management High High High High High High High High High High High High\nWarehouse Management Low Low Low Low Low High Low High High Low Low High\nNetwork Design Low Low Low Low High High High High Low Low Low Low\nTransportation High High Low Low High High High High High High Low High\nDemand Management, S&OP Low High High High High High High High High Low High High\nIntegrated SCM High High Low High High High Low High High High High High\nCRM, Customer Service High Low Low High High Low Low Low High Low High High\nPricing High High Low High High Low Low Low Low Low Yes High\nRisk Management High High High Low Low Low High Low High Low High Low\nProject Management Low High High Low High Low High Low High Low High High\nLeadership, People Management High High High Low High Low High Low High High High High\nTechnology High High Low High High High Low High High High High High\nTheory of Constraints High Low Low Low High Low Low High Low Low High High\nOperational Accounting High High High Low High Low Low Low Low High Low Low\nCollege-level education\nSCM programs are offered at undergraduate and graduate levels, and many are delivered 100% online.\nArizona State University (W.P. Carey School of Business)\nBrigham Young University (Marriot School)\nGeorgia Tech (Stewart School of Industrial & Systems Engineering)\nUniversity of Maryland (Robert H. Smith School of Business)\nUniversity of Michigan (Ross School of Business)\nMichigan State University (Eli Broad School of Business)\nNortheastern University (D'Amore-McKim School of Business)\nNorth Carolina State University (Poole College of Management)\nOhio State University (Fisher College of Business)\nPennsylvania State University (Smeal College of Business)\nPurdue University (Krannert School of Management)\nUniversity of South Carolina (Darla Moore School of Business)\nUniversity of Texas at Dallas (Naveen Jindal School of Management)\nTexas A&M (Mays Business School)\nVirginia Tech (Pamplin College of Business)\nUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison (Wisconsin School of Business)\nInstitut Sup\u00e9rieur de Logistique Industrielle (KEDGE Business School)\nBeer distribution game\nCustomer-driven supply chain\nLARG SCM\nManagement accounting in supply chains\nNetchain analysis\nOffshoring Research Network\nStrategic information system\n\u2191 cf. 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(2009) Transition to B2B e-Marketplace Enabled Supply Chain: Readiness Assessment and Success Factors, The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society, Volume 5, Issue 3, pp. 75\u201388.\nLavassani K., Movahedi B., Kumar V. (2009) Developments in Theories of Supply Chain Management: The Case of B2B Electronic Marketplace Adoption, The International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management, Volume 9, Issue 6, pp. 85\u201398.\nMentzer, J.T. et al. (2001): Defining Supply Chain Management, in: Journal of Business Logistics, Vol. 22, No. 2, 2001, pp. 1\u201325\nPoluha, R.G. (2016) : The Quintessence of Supply Chain Management: What You Really Need to Know to Manage Your Processes in Procurement, Manufacturing, Warehousing and Logistics (Quintessence Series). First Edition. Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London. ISBN 978-3662485132\nSimchi-Levi D.,Kaminsky P., Simchi-levi E. (2007), Designing and Managing the Supply Chain, third edition, Mcgraw Hill\nSupply Chain Management Definition and Solutions - CIO Magazine\nIndex of management articles\nof organization\nBy focus (within\n(top-level)\nBy activity or\nBy aspect or\nEnvironmental resource\nCollaborative method\nPioneers and\nManagement fad\nManagerial Psychology\nModel of Managerial Discretion", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 793, "original_length": 64712, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 272.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ipravi.com/our-services/protecting-your-ip/patents", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:23Z", "digest": "sha1:JD3I6AC5XYHYFRJSAHPOMNIWLJZ2JFP2", "length": 3061, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "ipravi.com", "title": "Patents", "raw_content": "A patent is a statutory right that confers exclusive rights to use and commercialize an invention in territories where the patent is registered.\nTechnology companies register patents to exclude their competitors from using their technology and/or to build revenue streams that are based on licensing their patented technology. Patents are therefore often highly valuable assets which can give companies a competitive edge.\nAs experienced IP practitioners, we are committed to helping you understand your patent rights and can assist you in building a commercially valuable patent portfolio as part of a broader IP strategy.\nThe following are some of the more sought-after services that we provide to our clients in relation to patents:-\nFiling Provisional Singapore Patent Applications\nWe assist clients with the filing of Singapore provisional patent applications. A provisional patent application is like planting your flag to inform the world at large that an invention has at least been conceived as of the filing date of the provisional patent application. Provisional patent applications can be helpful when it comes to having to disclose your invention to a third-party. While confidentiality agreements may be put in place, if your innovation is in a highly competitive and lucrative technology space, confidentiality agreements can just as easily be breached. Nothing secures any potential patent rights that you may have against your competitors like a provisional patent application.\nAlso, since Singapore has adopted a \u201cfirst-to-file\" patent registration system, filing a provisional patent application is one way to get ahead of the competition in a highly competitive technology space. The added advantage of a provisional patent application is that it is a low-cost measure that can carried out quickly when time is of the essence.\nPatentability and Freedom to Operate Searches\nFor an invention to be patentable in Singapore, it must be:-\ninvolve an inventive step, and\ncapable of industrial application.\nWe assist clients by carrying out patentability searches followed by an evaluation of the search results to ascertain if your invention meets the above criteria.\nBusinesses who intend to launch a new product or process on the market will find it a prudent risk management strategy to procure a Freedom to Operate (FTO) search. An FTO search involves searching patent databases, and analyzing any relevant search results to ascertain whether there are any patents that may pose a roadblock to the successful commercialization of a product in a given jurisdiction. 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The title is a word play with the japanese phrase \"Than the stars, than the flowers\" (\u661f\u3088\u308a\u3082\u3001\u82b1\u3088\u308a\u3082 Hoshi Yori mo, Hana Yori mo) which refers to something more beautyful than these things, and in this case, \"than nothing\" is the state of the cherry tree when there are no leaves or flowers, a state of future, which is in fact the potential for all the other states of life.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 30, "original_length": 1322, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 301.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://isitnearme.com/tim-hortons/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:34Z", "digest": "sha1:AQ45FPPGTO6KJXAJURNNLOL2YWYALFYJ", "length": 4698, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "isitnearme.com", "title": "Tim Hortons Near Me", "raw_content": "Tim Hortons, the full name of which is Tim Hortons, Inc., or Tim Hortons Caf\u00e9 and Bake Shop, is a Canadian chain of fast food restaurants, which are known for serving donuts and coffee. The chain is also known as Tims, Timmy, or Timmys. Our Tim Hortons Near Me page will help you get to know more about this restaurant chain, its menu and hours, locate them around you, and obtain coupons with solid deals.\nThe first store of this chain was opened by Miles G \u201cTim\u201d Horton back in 1964 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. At that time, the store was branded under the \u201cTim Horton Donuts\u201d name, which was later shortened to just \u201cTim Horton\u2019s.\u201d Later, however, the possessive apostrophe was removed.\nSoon after establishing that hamburger restaurant, he met Ron Joyce, who became Horton\u2019s business partner. Soon after they, the partners opened several more restaurants in the Ontario area. In 1974, however, Tim Horton died in a car accident, and Joyce acquired all the shares from the Horton\u2019s family. Right after that, Joyce started to carry out an aggressive expansion, which resulted in major changes in the Canadian donut and coffee market.\nEventually, the chain became nationwide and entered the American market by the early 1990s. In the period between 1992 and 1995, however, Tim Hortons completed a merger with Wendy\u2019s, an American chain of fast-food restaurants. In 2002, however, Tim Hortons became self-sufficient again and surpassed McDonald\u2019s as the largest fast-food operator in Canada. Actually, that fact caused a spin-off that happened shortly after that.\nIn the period between 2012 and 2015, Tim Hortons completed a merger with Burger King. However, authorities obliged the two companies to retain many of their operations separately. As of the present time, Tim Hortons is a subsidiary of Restaurants Brands International, which appears to be a parent company of Burger King. As of the present time, Tim Hortons has more than 4,600 locations in a dozen of countries, while employing more than 100,000 people.\n1 Tim Hortons Locations Near Me\n2 Tim Hortons Opening Hours\n3 Tim Hortons Coupons, Promo Codes & Deals\n4 Tim Hortons Menu\nTim Hortons Locations Near Me\nAs of the present time, the headquarters of Tim Hortons is located in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. There are more than 4,600 Tim Hortons locations across the globe. In particular, Tim Hortons restaurants can be found in the following countries: Spain, Mexico, Qatar, Philippines, United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Ireland, and Canada.\nAt this point of our Tim Hortons Near Me page, you are able to locate nearby Tim Hortons restaurants. For that purpose, we recommend you to utilize the following map:\nIn the first place, you should provide the Google Maps app with the access to your location \u2013 otherwise, the map may not display the location correctly. Right after that has been done, you will get to see your location on this map. Besides, it will also feature red signs, which signify Tim Hortons locations around you.\nYou can obtain more info about each Tim Hortons restaurant located nearby simply by clicking on that red sign. Once you have done that click, you will get to see a small box, containing such info about that establishment like its name, address, and the average rating. You can also click on the \u201cView Larger Map\u201d text button in order to learn about its hours. Another thing you can do is to click on the \u201cDirections\u201d button and create a route from your current location to the specified restaurant.\nTim Hortons Opening Hours\nThe previous section contains instructions how to find out the hours of a particular Tim Hortons restaurant. At this point of our page, however, we will provide you with the typical Tim Hortons hours in the United States. So, the common Tim Hortons hours in the United States are the following ones:\nTim Hortons Coupons, Promo Codes & Deals\nIf you are a frequenter to Tim Hortons restaurants, you can save a good deal of your money by utilizing Tim Hortons coupons. If you wish to take advantage of Tim Hortons coupons, we can recommend you to seek them on the following websites:\nAs it was mentioned above, the Tim Hortons menu really focuses on serving hot beverages and donuts. For instance, there are a dozen types of coffee and many types of tea on the menu. Baked goods on the menu include bagels, pastries, cookies, muffins, donuts, and timbits. Besides, you can also get such hot snacks like hot breakfast sandwich, grilled breakfast wraps, or homestyle oatmeal.\nThe Tim Hortons menu also includes a soup, several hot bowls, and handcrafted grill wraps. 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If you are, then JAG Security is the company for you.\nOffering a key holding and security service across the London area, we provide a reliable security service that can give you everything that you need.\nWe will work with you to ensure that you get everything that you need from a security company. In order to do this, we will take the time to develop an understanding of your business.\nKey holder London\nIf you visit, live in or work in London you will quickly realise that there are not only a vast number of people, but also a huge variety of businesses too. There are a range of sizes, types and across different industries too.\nWhilst it can seem that London is a city that never sleeps, there are of course times that you will have no staff in your business premises. This is often during weekends or through the night.\nIf you have a security system in your premises, then you are likely to face the irritation and frustration of unnecessary call outs. This happens when your alarm is activated, and often it can seem that this happens for no reason, or even system malfunction.\nKey holders in your business may have to attend the call out at unsociable hours, including weekends and in the middle of the night. This is not ideal for anyone as it can lead to stress and low morale.\nHere at JAG Security we provide a key holding London service to businesses throughout the city.\nThis means that instead of having to ask your employees to act as key holder, we can do all the hard work for you.\nWe will attend any alarm call outs and advise you the reason with a detailed situation report, working with you to try and stop future occurrences.\nJAG Security; there for you\nWe are a privately owned and family run company, which means that we put a great amount of passion and dedication to our security service. We work with customers throughout the London area and whether you are large organisation or SME, we can give you a high level of service.\nWith over 40 years\u2019 experience across a number of aspects of the security industry, we have all the relevant skills, knowledge and experience that you need from a security service.\nWe always check each and every member of our staff, ensuring that they pass thorough detailed security checks. After this they receive their SIA license and a training package which allows them to work with a variety of customers.\nDon\u2019t spend time rearranging your staffing timetables so you can delegate key holder responsibility for your business. Instead, come to JAG Security and let us do all the hard work for you. Not only will you feel more secure, but your workforce will be grateful that they don\u2019t have to attend alarm call outs during their own free time!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 114, "original_length": 5103, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 276.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/1159594", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:17Z", "digest": "sha1:NBOG73V4BTCN3TS5KE44WGDG5PU766ZO", "length": 1185, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "jamanetwork.com", "title": "A STUDY OF \"FALSE\" FRIEDMAN TESTS FOR PREGNANCY | JAMA | JAMA Network", "raw_content": "A STUDY OF \"FALSE\" FRIEDMAN TESTS FOR PREGNANCY\nLAWRENCE M. RANDALL, M.D.; THOMAS B. MAGATH, M.D.; F. NORMAN PANSCH, M.D.\nIn 1927 Aschheim and Zondek1 reported that the urine of pregnant women contained large amounts of a substance capable of stimulating the ovaries in a manner similar to the action of the gonadotropic principle of the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland. This substance is now known as the anterior pituitary-like hormone. In 1928 these investigators2 published the results of experiments in which they injected into mice the urine of pregnant women. Friedman3 in the following year noted that the ovary of the rabbit likewise responded to injections of urine obtained from pregnant women. In 1931 Friedman and Lapham4 published their application of this fact as a method of diagnosis for pregnancy. A survey of the reports published subsequently emphasizes the high degree of accuracy of the results obtained with the hormonal tests for pregnancy. However, these tests in common with other biologic tests are subject\nRANDALL LM, MAGATH TB, PANSCH FN. 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Tanzania is synonymous with names such as the Serengeti and Ngorongoro but I was routing down its less well-known western side, where the roads are still un-tarred as it passes through small villages and towns. My plan\u2026\n14 \u2013 25 November 2012I received the parts that I thought would fix sanDRina\u2019s issues and boarded the bus back to Tanzania with some trepidation, wondering what I would do if these parts also didn\u2019t fix the issue. Well, replacing the generator and all sorts of electrical components did not fix the issue but in\u2026\n25 November \u2013 4 December 2012With sanDRina all sorted out now, I was finally back in the groove and enjoying Tanzania. I spent a night next to some noisy hippos at the Katavi National Park and then sojourned down southwest Tanzania and its dirt roads into Mbeya. After a few days rest at a CouchSurfer\u2019s\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 127, "original_length": 3926, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 318.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://jasonvorhees.wordpress.com/2012/07/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:41Z", "digest": "sha1:4FNTVIPYFJGCFV6DBW66EXVDDFD5IYMG", "length": 2270, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "jasonvorhees.wordpress.com", "title": "July | 2012 | Jasonvorhees's Blog", "raw_content": "I\u2019ll have more time to explain later. But, be on the lookout for a double post(2 topics in 1 post) later this evening.\nPatriotic Pop Culture\nPosted in Memories, Toys, Uncategorized with tags American, Fourth of July, G.I. Joe, Patriotic, Pop Culture, The League of Extraordinary Bloggers on July 1, 2012 by Jason\nAnother week, and another assignment from \u201cThe League\u201d. I haven\u2019t been contributing as much as I would like for these assignments, but I try. And I just couldn\u2019t pass up on this one.\n\u201cPatriotic pop culture. What movie, TV show, comic book, etc. makes you want to stand up and salute Old Glory?\u201d\nWell, I could go with a few things here. But the number 1 for me would have to be(probably everyone else thought of it first), is G.I. Joe.\nI know this seems like the easy route. But that\u2019s not at all, what I\u2019m going for. Even as a kid, this show, made me proud to be an American. It not only entertained me, but I think it may have helped to make me a better person. And I mean that. I really think the end segments(\u201cAnd knowing is half the battle\u201d), helped me to understand what was right, and good. It sounds funny, even cheesy to say, being an adult and all, but it\u2019s true.\nI have always been grateful for the freedoms we have in our great country. I appreciate the efforts our soldiers exert, to ensure that the American people, and our future generations are able to have these freedoms. While I may not agree with everything our government does, I am damn proud to be an American! And the song that sounds just like what I typed, is oh, so true(you know the song)!\nMy dad was in the Navy(before I was born), and seemed to dig that my brother and I were into a cartoon such as G.I. Joe. I say this because I can remember many birthdays and Christmas\u2019s where we got toys pertaining to G.I. Joe. We absolutely loved the show, and toys(I still do!)!\nSo, even though I\u2019m talking about toys and cartoons\u2026remember those who have sacrificed everything for us to be able to enjoy such things. Yo Joe!!\nReis says it better than me over at Lair of the Dork Horde\nOver at Branded in the 80s, shawn goes all out with G.I. 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I know I\u2019m getting more emotional the older I get, probably because I understand more about what is important. I also have a greater sense of how fleeting this life is and all the little moments that comprise it.\nAs my Facebook news feed filled with photos of dads, granddads, sons and daughters, I couldn\u2019t help but reflect on my family line. I recall with love and great appreciation my grandfathers \u2013 each very different, yet loving toward our family and me. I appreciate my late father-in-law who knew more about more subjects than I will ever know. He was a great handyman \u2013 something I have never come close to being.\nMy grandfather Virgil Ross, my dad Jack, my son Brian and me\nAnd then there is my Dad. Words cannot express the depth of respect and love I have for Dad. He is the picture of integrity. If he tells you he will do something, you can take it to the bank. I don\u2019t know anyone who works harder or who is willing to give more from a generous heart than him. He is a rock (and as stubborn as one at times). It is impossible to explain how important he is to our family. He has been my hero for longer than I can recall. I cannot imagine life without him.\nWhen my Father\u2019s Day thoughts turn to my sons, I am thankful for the 33+ years of fatherhood and for all they have taught me along the way. I think (briefly) about what I wish I had done different in raising them, but I know better than to dwell on the past. I focus, instead, on the countless blessings that have characterized my life and the promising future ahead. Each son is very different and unique. Each lives a very different life. A father\u2019s love is still somehow magically, evenly distributed between his children, as he appreciates each for his unique qualities.\nMy grandfather Ecton Green and my sister Jo-Jo\nA couple of nights ago I watched the television show 20/20 on ABC \u2013 an episode called \u201cWith Parents Like These.\u201d One of the mothers interviewed had left her husband and two children to move from Pennsylvania to the west coast to live what I consider to be an incredibly selfish and irresponsible life. When the interviewer asked her if she loved her children more than herself, the mother asked, \u201cShould a mother love her children more than herself?\u201d My immediate answer was \u201cYes!\u201d Without thinking, parents should should love their children more than themselves. (That love should begin in the womb, by the way \u2013 a love that would have prevented 55 million abortions since Roe v. 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I\u2019ve learned more from my heavenly Father than I have the right to expect.\nOn this Father\u2019s Day, I am overwhelmed with how blessed I am, and I am thankful.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 100, "original_length": 19427, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 337.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://jenniferroycroft.ca/biography.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:36:27Z", "digest": "sha1:PUNWGJNF52VIH7FTNEIM2RKCVAF5RLC6", "length": 2355, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "jenniferroycroft.ca", "title": "Jennifer Roycroft : Royal LePage West Real Estate Services : Biography", "raw_content": "\"I will be your best ally, your supporter, your resource for information, but best of all I will protect your needs.\"\nI am a wife, a mother, a daughter, a grand-daughter and yes, a REALTOR\u00ae. Born in the interior and raised in Beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia. I have been fortunate enough to have married the love of my life and we have 4 brilliant children.\nGrowing up in the most amazing place in the world has given me the opportunity to experience the many different communities and hidden treasures our region has to offer.\nI have had many experiences in my life, from being an elite athlete on the Olympic trail to a stay at home mom and everything in between. From all my adventures I have learned how to be the perfect team player, support person, and decision maker. I am extremely detail oriented, organized, and attentive. I believe these qualities supply me with the ability to better understand the wants and needs of my clients.\nWith the support of my family I made the decision to become a REALTOR\u00ae. After yet another real estate transcation it became clear that both my husband and I did not feel that we had been supported or educated enough throughout the process. This is not a very good feeling considering the purchase of a home is probably the largest investment you will ever be part of. The process of purchasing real estate runs the full spectrum of emotions, being excited, stressful, disappointed, and finally being proud of your purchase. Because of this I have made the decision to run my business based on relationships.\nI believe in being open and honest in all aspects of my life and because of this I know that I will be your best ally, your supporter, your resource for information, but best of all I will protect your needs.\nWorking for you is what I do!\nA Little Bit About Nadine\nI am very excited to have joined Jennifer's team as administrative support, after having taken a few years off from the work force. I have had many years of experience in various Real Estate Administrative positions prior to starting my young family. I love the challenge of the ever changing tasks involved with each individual real estate transaction. Although it isn't often I get to meet Jennifer's valued clients in person, I look forward to working with you all in the behind the scenes aspects of your real estate transactions!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 44, "original_length": 3978, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 232.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://jkstyle.com/tag/movie/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:30:35Z", "digest": "sha1:QBDZ6XXKYO5CJ6WOZF7CGATXIIBILTQU", "length": 540, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "jkstyle.com", "title": "movie Archives - JK Style", "raw_content": "Home Tags Posts tagged with \"movie\"\nI\u2019m glad I\u2019m doing these The Vast of Night movie recaps now because I\u2019m already beginning to forget things! You can read about weeks 1 and 2 to catch up\u2026\nI\u2019m sure you are over all this movie business (me too) but I\u2019m still trying to document this experience before I forget all about it! If you\u2019re not interested in\u2026\nI\u2019m home! (And pretty much exhausted)\nYou know how when you\u2019ve been traveling you sometimes wake up and it takes a minute or two to figure out where you are? That\u2019s been my last three or\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 93, "original_length": 4208, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 242.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://joannawiebe.com/2010/03/23/worldly-part-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:42Z", "digest": "sha1:I74R2ZAL7PZDLPH6S4W2246HIKP2SPCN", "length": 8801, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "joannawiebe.com", "title": "Worldly: Part 2 | Joanna Wiebe", "raw_content": "I was immediately charmed by the bold way in which Rhoda launched into a discussion of body parts and secretions. To be honest, it reminded me of those late-evening chats round the dinner tables of my childhood, when the adults got raunchy in a diasporic Mennonite flavor of Low German, a language that seems to have grown directly out of the earth. I guffawed at Rhoda\u2019s brittle, brilliantly funny sentences, causing people in nearby seats on the plane to crane their necks to see what was so hilarious. I cringed when she described her interactions with some of her relatives and in-laws.\nOf course, Rhoda\u2019s story is uniquely her own\u2014a visit back to her Mennonite family and the community in California in which she had been raised, after her handsome husband Nick left her for a guy named Bob whom he had met on gay.com. However, as I read on, I began to get the feeling that Rhoda\u2019s back story intersects mine. I saw similarities:\ndramatic and drastic flights from our Mennonite Brethren roots\nability to whip up dinner for ten with an hour\u2019s notice\npuzzling early choices in men\nhappy-go-lucky academic demeanor\nquest for meaning\nultimately, respect for and participation in the values and principles of our parents\nWhen I got home from my trip to Portland, I emailed my mother, Katie Funk Wiebe, to tell her about this book. Of course, she knew about it. Being the leading Mennonite feminist writer means she\u2019s always got her finger on the pulse of Mennonite literature.\nNot surprising. It\u2019s a fun parlor game among Mennonite Brethren people to dig up these kinds of family connections. In fact, given the small gene pool, it\u2019s not unusual to discover that you are related to another person in more than one way (Come to think of it, at the funeral of my husband\u2019s grandmother Ruth this past summer, I discovered that my paternal aunt Susie was married to the grand-nephew of the man who married my husband\u2019s grandmother\u2019s sister. Was that fun for you? If so, you may be a Mennonite Brethren.)\nSome of the details in this essay are drawn from an extensively-researched history of my grandfather Jacob Funk, which my mom is writing. The history of this side of my family begins with the August 1, 1789 arrival of 20-year-old Frantz Peter Funck and his young wife Maria at Kronsweide, near Zaporoschye, South Russia, in the first group of Mennonite immigrants from Prussia. I also dug up a history of my grandmother Anna Janzen Funk, which mom wrote awhile ago. From these pages, and a few other sources I had handy, I was able to delve into the history which Rhoda and I share.\nI already knew that some time in the 1500s, some of our Dutch ancestors read the Bible for themselves, and felt led to disobey the state church (and thus, the state) and re-baptise themselves as adults. These rebels, our great-etcetera grandparents, were from the Flemish and Frisian areas of Holland. For their effrontery in claiming freedom of thought and action, they were burned at the stake, roasted on a slow fire, tied to the stake, drowned, buried alive and otherwise persecuted. (Read the Martyrs Mirror if you want to know more, but I warn you, it\u2019s scary.)\nThe Mennonite survivors fled to the northern lowlands of Germany and the Danzig area, which later became Prussia. Here they lived from 1540 to 1790. They learned German, which became the language of God and Mennonite culture \u2014 Low German in daily life, and High German in church. Non-conformity to the \u201cworld\u201d was important, both in their material and spiritual practices. They honed their spiritual approach, sometimes squabbling between themselves over culturally-related expressions of what exactly non-conformity meant. The Flemish Mennonites saw themselves as an elite, progressive group, and considered the Frisians low-brow. These two groups took their class consciousness and divisiveness with them to the Ukraine, where they migrated after an1786 invitation from Catharine the Great. Here they continued the great debate over how best to live a spiritual life. Frisians accused the Flemish of being worldly in their choice of clothing; the Flemish said the Frisians were less than spiritual in their style of houses and furnishings. They differed in their modes of baptism: the Frisians sprinkled, the Flemish poured. Who walked closer to God? was the question.\nA small but fervent group of restorationists seceded from the mother Russian Mennonite church around 1860, calling themselves Mennonite Brethren. They considered themselves the true believers, as opposed to their cold, non-believing, worldly Mennonite neighbors. This group considered themselves really spiritual \u2013 when they baptized, they dunked the entire person!\nMy grandfather remembered these early Mennonite Brethren as intense people who tended to think that they were better than others. They were vigorously evangelical. They promoted an inward spirituality, spontaneous preaching, exuberant singing, and religious services of spiritual renewal. They believed that salvation was a personal experience which could be known and celebrated.\nRhoda and I grew up drenched in Mennnonite Brethren-ism. Her grandfather, Jacob Kornelius Janzen, joined with the Mennonite Brethren soon after the group formed. Not long after, my grandfather Jacob Funk also joined the MBs, because he agreed with their theology. My father was a Mennonite Brethren pastor. My mom is a famous Mennonite Brethren writer. Rhoda\u2019s dad, Edmund, was for some years moderator of the General Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches.\nWhen I was growing up in the MB church, it seemed to me that the folks in the church had an idea that they had a good handle on the truth, and the other branches of the Mennonite church were not as close to God. The GCs, or General Conference Mennonites, weren\u2019t rigorous enough in their beliefs or practices, I learned. The GCs might go to heaven when they died, but then again, who could be sure.\nIn1984, my mother, Katie Funk Wiebe, wrote a book, Who are the Mennonite Brethren?, which included an outline of the 1976 Mennonite Brethren Confession of Faith. Jesus Christ, the Confession says, is the eternal Son of god, sent by the Father to reconcile a sinful humanity to himself. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of the Virgin Mary, and lived a holy and sinless life. He was crucified and died for the sin of human kind and rose from the dead. He is now with God the Father, interceding for all who believe in him. He will come again to judge the living and the dead and to establish his eternal kingdom. Jesus is the key to understanding the Bible. He is the mediator between God and humankind. He came to redeem the human race from the judgment and power of sin and to reconcile men and women to God. Through his death on the cross, Christ became the sacrifice which was sufficient to atone for sin and which established God\u2019s new covenant with humanity. The Holy Spirit lives in every Christian and transforms him or her into the image of Christ. He empowers the believer to follow Christ and to be an effective witness for him. The Christian is expected to live in fellowship with God and other believers and to join a local church at baptism. He or she helps to build the body of Christ with spiritual and material gifts. Nurtured through the Word, fellowship and prayer, the believer grows more Christlike and glorifies God by being a witness for him in everyday life. All followers of Christ continually need the forgiving, chastening and cleansing grace of the Lord. The fruit of the Spirit is increasingly evident in the believer\u2019s life, especially in relationships with other people.\nWhoa! that\u2019s a lot of stuff to think through. I thought and thought and after several years concluded that maybe by the end of my life I might have some understanding of some of it. I couldn\u2019t honestly say that I believed it all, or even substantial sections, or even one full sentence. Who or what exactly is \u201cGod\u201d? What does \u201ceternal\u201d mean? Isn\u2019t blood sacrifice a little. . . extreme? What about that nice Jewish boy in school\u2026was Jesus not interceding for him, then? Seemed kind of picky of Jesus\u2026no, I am not going to put in a good word to God for Howard, because he doesn\u2019t believe in me. Yet I had said that I believed the whole Confession of Faith when I was baptised at 15.\nWell, I left the MB church, at the age of 19. I don\u2019t know when Rhoda left, but I am guessing that confession of faith didn\u2019t resonate with her either.\nThis entry was posted in Book Reviews, Joanna Wiebe's life, Mennonite poets and writers, Women and religion and tagged Edmund Janzen, Jacob Kornelius Janzen, Katie Funk Wiebe, Mennonite Brethren, Mennonite Brethren Confession of Faith, mennonite in a little black dress, Rhoda Janzen by Joanna Wiebe. 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I came from grandparents who were sharecroppers for a long time before they owned their own small farms. They plowed with borrowed mules before they bought their own tractors. Both my grandfathers and their fathers slaughtered hogs at the hint of the first frost and ate everything that surly pig begrudgingly gave up. My great-grandmothers called their husbands Mister, and Mister washed his feet in a pan every Saturday night, and sometimes he washed the feet of his brethren on Sunday mornings, being the Baptist he was brought up to be.\nThe water they used to wash their sins away came from creeks, ponds, and wells instead of water faucets. Cooking water was drawn from ice-cold wells by hands as rough as corn cobs. The wells were found by water witchers using forked branches from an old oak tree.\nMy people were old when they were in their forties, and grandparents were old way before then, since many of them were bound together for life at thirteen, or fourteen. Being nineteen for a woman was considered really bad news because she was labeled an old maid or spinster.\nMy people hunted and ate squirrels, rabbits and possums, saying grace and thanking the Lord for them. They blew rabbit tobacco or cigar smoke in their children\u2019s ears when they suffered from an ear ache, and if grandpa\u2019s nose itched that meant someone was coming, and if their ears burned that meant someone was talking about them. They didn\u2019t believe in doctors, and even if they did, they didn\u2019t have the money to pay for one, so they relied on a lot of old ways. If their kids had a sty they would chant, \u201cSty, sty leave his eye, catch the next one who walks by.\u201d If frogs gave you warts, witchery could remove them, and no one thought the Holy Ghost would mind a little witchery every now and then. Most of them tended, except tee-totalers, to make, distribute and worship White Lightnin\u2019 since it weren\u2019t no sin if used for medicinal purposes or to get their rear in gear for a Saturday night fight or for square dancin\u2019.\nMost of them were uneducated and didn\u2019t trust anyone who was, and yet would walk two inches taller when their children learned to read \u201creal good.\u201d But they knew when to sow and when to reap, and how deep to plant a seed, and had the patience to watch it, and watch their children, grow \u2013 though childhood was short and usually over by age eight or nine. While they weren\u2019t great readers themselves, they were damn good story tellers and nearly everyone was musical in some way and ready to pick and grin the night away, belting out a Jimmy Rogers or Hank Williams\u2019 song without much shyness. Many a grandma beat the black off the keys of an upright, slightly out of tune pianne\u2019 and belt out \u201cThe Old Rugged Cross\u201d fully believing she would exchange that cross \u201csomeday for a crown.\u201d\nI came from men who wouldn\u2019t hold a baby for fear they might break it and who wouldn\u2019t hold hands with their four-year-old or their wife in public because that was too personal. But they thought it was their duty to toughen up and break boys before they were the ripe old age of eight or nine\u2014for the most part, girls didn\u2019t get \u201cbroken\u201d until twelve or thirteen.\nI came from men who hand-rolled their Prince Albert cigarettes, and later smoked two or three packs of unfiltered cancer sticks a day, and drank lots of Old Crow whiskey at night and especially on weekends after working in Northern factories, which was supposed to provide a better living than a few acres of worn out soil down South. These men thought a handshake was as good as a signature on a piece of paper. These men were rough on their children and their women, but even worse on themselves, especially if they were unemployed or underemployed.\nI came from women who not only stood by their men, but would help them stand up in court or in church after a hard night. They had to hide money to buy shoes, and picked cotton as good as any man alive. These women doted on their children since the fathers were either gone in the fields, and later to the factories, trying to compensate for their husband\u2019s coldness and indifference and pure lack of what we now call \u201cemotional intelligence.\u201d I came from women who read the Bible and made their own clothes and thought a Sears and Roebuck catalogue was about as close as they would ever come to being middle-class.\nWhere did most of these people come from? They sailed across the big pond from Scotland and Ireland. Most of them settled in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, the Carolinas and few went to, \u201cM-I-crooked-letter-crooked letter-I-crooked-letter-crooked-letter-I-humpback-humpback-I\u201d: That\u2019s how we learned to spell Mississippi. Most of the land had petered out due to over-farming and not rotating the crops, and a lot of what was left was strangled by kudzu, and yet these are some of the most beautiful states in the Union and some of the greatest and most religious and spiritual people in the world.\nIt was here in the Deep South that I found myself still struggling with leftover Puritanism. My people would be working for the people who John Winthrop would be owning the, \u201cshining city upon a hill.\u201d This exclusive Christian club worked for me for a while, but then it got to be like the vegetable your mom or dad puts on your plate saying, \u201cEat this; it is good for you,\u201d but you don\u2019t really like the taste so you hide it under the mashed potatoes and hope they don\u2019t notice. Fundamentalist Christianity became my own personal Brussels sprouts, and psychology my lumpy mashed potatoes. I was hiding my doubts about the little baby Jesus who was supposedly born in a manger to a virgin as well as the one who bled on the cross for my sins. Mixed into the mess was a whole plate full of self-dished out shame and guilt that I couldn\u2019t do what I thought, and was even told I was born to do\u2014be a preacher.\nPosted on August 25, 2016 September 28, 2017 Author John Lee Books and SeminarsCategories Southern humorTags Alabama, born to do, foot washing, Fundamentalist Christianity, public affection, Puritanism, sharecroppers, water witcher\nPrevious Previous post: Announcement \u2013 I will be offering 2-Day Intensive Sessions in Austin, Texas beginning September 1, 2016\nNext Next post: 2016 Minnesota Men\u2019s Conference", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 111, "original_length": 8246, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 320.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://jontheroadagain.com/category/europe/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:59Z", "digest": "sha1:TADXECLCSUOSA2MGM4XCGEOZTU7GU7PO", "length": 394, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "jontheroadagain.com", "title": "Europe travel blog and photography - Jon the Road Again", "raw_content": "Come along with traveler, photographer and motorcyclist Jonathan Rundle to explore Europe here at Jon the Road Again. I'll show you my favorite sites with rich photography, I'll show you where we are on a map with each post, and I'll tell you all about my experiences here.\nWhat are you waiting for? Click any of the stories below and see for yourself what the continent of Europe has to offer!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 71, "original_length": 1578, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 291.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://journeytofollowchrist.com/tag/prayer/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:55Z", "digest": "sha1:INGJ46PHIFINLBICBQRXUNBLYZMHO6DT", "length": 58, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "journeytofollowchrist.com", "title": "Prayer \u2013 on the journey to follow Christ in a messy world", "raw_content": "One year ago today: reflecting on this past year\u2019s journey", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 50, "original_length": 3593, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.78, "perplexity": 338.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://jpaigedunn.wordpress.com/2017/09/15/child-of-storms-a-novella-of-the-druid-chronicles/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:14Z", "digest": "sha1:NMV3M5YP4FKZ5ZA6OB4DEJRD3SVIJ26J", "length": 54, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "jpaigedunn.wordpress.com", "title": "Child of Storms: A Druid Chronicles Novel | the scriptorium of author J. Paige Dunn", "raw_content": "September 15, 2017 by the scriptorium of J. Paige Dunn", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 90, "original_length": 3982, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 259.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://jungkatz.com/2016/02/05/marius-vieth/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:22Z", "digest": "sha1:2LMXZCFGLFZZGKILVAHFLCPYAW6BW7X5", "length": 7834, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "jungkatz.com", "title": "Interview with Photographer, Marius Vieth \u2013 JUNG KATZ", "raw_content": "KC Webb February 5, 16 Art, Interviews, Photography, Uncategorized\nI originally studied Communication Sciences, Psychology and Marketing. My goal was always to work creatively, however, I could never find a job that really enabled me to express what I wanted to express. At my first real job after college I realised while doing a 365 project that photography meant the world to me so I quit my job and dedicated my life to it ever since.\nIt\u2019s a rather reduced and minimalist interpretation of street photography. Very intense and colourful, but also very gentle. My creative style and output is deeply rooted in my personality, history and perception of life.\nWhen it comes to life, I\u2019ve been inspired quite a lot by close friends as well as well-known people who simply chased their dream. In terms of photography, my biggest inspiration is my eye, heart and soul. It may seem egocentric, but I\u2019m deeply convinced that your biggest inspiration in photography should always be your inner creative soul and child.\nArt is my saviour and anchor in life. I suffered from severe depressions twice when I had to life for something I wasn\u2019t living for. I will never do that again in my entire life. Always do what you love. Always.\nSince I\u2019m traveling around the world most of the time, it\u2019s always different. It also depends on the projects I\u2019m working on. Sometimes the only thing I do for weeks is capture golden moments. Then there are months where I spent most of my time working on my dream projects I want to bring to life. However, I generally start living my passion between 7\u00ad and 9 in the morning and usually go to bed at 2. Photography is the first thing that comes to mind in the morning and the last thing I think about before I go to bed. What I love most about being self-employed is that I can schedule everything the way I want to do it. Sometimes I work 16 hours a day, sometimes not one single minute.\nIt always depends. Some moments I honestly took in the blink of an eye, others I\u2019ve been trying to create for years. Ideas come, they go and some grow and grow till you feel them. It\u2019s incredibly hard to tell when something starts as a thought and ends up as a signed and limited print in someone\u2019s home.\nI\u2019m fortunate enough to always be highly motivated to chase my dreams. Someone once said that if you really love something, you don\u2019t need motivation. That\u2019s only meant for things where your intrinsic and extrinsic rewards don\u2019t really convince you. However, of course I also have days where swimming against the current is just too much. Then I simply go out, have fun or meditate. There is always time for a field trip as a self-employed person.\nAlthough I\u2019m a somewhat messy person, I\u2019m incredibly anal when it comes to my compositions. I\u2019m pretty sure that the reason for that is my mom, because she always told me to clean up, but I never did \u00adexcept for my photos. Other than that, my personality, experiences and ways of perceiving life have been highly influential so far.\nAt the end of my life, the biggest purpose of my art is to make me and others happy. That\u2019s all that truly matters to me. Everything else is secondary.\nI consider myself very fortunate when it comes to that. I\u2019m on the lucky artists that creates art that appeals to a rather broad audience while being exactly what I want it to be. There are others who express themselves in a way that only very few like.\nEveryone who is familiar with my work knows how deeply committed and passionate I am about my art and life. Whether it\u2019s my videos, articles, books or photography, they all say the same thing: love life, do what you love and love yourself the way you are.\nIt\u2019s going to be fine, Marius. It may seem hopeless, but it isn\u2019t. The reason why you can\u2019t picture yourself in a job is that you will and have to create your own at a certain point. Go with the flow, don\u2019t be so hard on yourself and simply embrace this wonderful journey to your inner self.\nIt\u2019s more of a philosophical advice, but life is always flowing like a river. You can either surf on that inner wave of yours or desperately hold on to things that are impossible to keep. Go with the flow, allow change and be open to anything positive in life.\nNever ever forget that being an artist may be one of the most creative things you can do, but at the end of the day you are still a product on a market. It a business. Learn just as much if not even more about business then art. Otherwise you won\u2019t make it. It\u2019s a very hard and inconvenient truth must people misunderstand, but once you get the hang of it it\u2019s so much fun. Always believe in yourself, never ever give up, reinvent yourself, dare to make experiences and push yourself to the limit. Heard it a million times already? Me too, but it\u2019s the recipe for success.\nI never went to art school, I don\u2019t have anyone in my family who did or even went to college and none of my friends attended one. Going to art school can be an incredibly rewarding and enlightening experience, but I have the feeling that a lot of graduates are lost once they leave that bubble. If I had to create an art school, I\u2019d make it mandatory to combine it with a business degree. Express yourself in the wildest and most creative ways imaginable while creating a strong brand, distribution channels and taking care of PR, taxes and accounting.\nI have so many dreams I\u2019m working on right now. The next one will be my very own clothing line called Eye, Heart & Soul. It\u2019s made for all sorts of creative souls around the world that are deeply convinced that these are the most important tools you have to create incredible photography. Besides that, I\u2019ll publish my very own premium print magazine called NEOPRIME Contemporary Fine Art Photography (check it out here.) It will serve as a timeless stage for outstanding fine art photography. Somewhere down the road I want to dedicate more time to doing charity in the field of mental illnesses, write more books and bring every dream I have to life.\nThere are just so many. However, my biggest dream project is simply being able to do what I truly love and that I\u2019m free in how I want to spend my day.\nA Fujifilm XT1 with a 18mm 2.0 lens to capture my golden moments, a Macbook Pro Retina to edit them and a GoPro 4 Silver for my videos. That\u2019s basically it. Honestly, all you need to reach the whole world is a used laptop and an average camera. I won most of my 21 awards with a used and old camera.\nAs I mentioned earlier, it\u2019s always different. Let me give you an example. Recently I dropped my $1600 lens. It was completely broken. It simply couldn\u2019t focus anymore. I tried to take some photos with it, but they were all blurry. In order to spin this around, I wanted to take a set with that broken lens. Eventually I captured the intense and colourful atmosphere in the red light district of Amsterdam with it. As a former broken soul I portrayed broken characters with a broken lens. I sold so many prints of that set later that I already paid off the lens and turned this accident into a second signature I\u2019m using from now on.\nSince I\u2019ve only been doing this for 2 years, I\u2019m way too new to this to understand all dynamics of the art world. However, I gained certain insights so far such as the importance of business I mentioned earlier. One more thing I\u2019d love to see is that the art world gets rid of its elitist reputation. For most people art appears to be only made for the very few who can afford it. I\u2019m sure that if more people saw art as something affordable and artists would open themselves up for the business side of it, we would have less starving artists and more happiness all around.\nFollow Marius Vieth on Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, and Twitter.\nPrevious Interview with Illustrator, Paul du Coudray\nNext Interview with Pet Portraitist, Danguol\u0117 \u0160erstinskaja", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 10466, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 278.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://justcompetitions.co.uk/competitions/your-chance-to-have-a-pair-of-tickets-to-see-the-cinema-screening-of-the-nutcracker-by", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:26:36Z", "digest": "sha1:IEV3N24R2E6E7Q6ERES52VAWSNMHFYRY", "length": 2029, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "justcompetitions.co.uk", "title": "Your chance to have a pair of tickets to see the Cinema Screening of The Nutcracker by Bolshoi Ballet on 23 December 2018 | Just Competitions", "raw_content": "Your chance to have a pair of tickets to see the Cinema Screening of The Nutcracker by Bolshoi Ballet on 23 December 2018\nAs part of the 2018/19 Bolshoi Ballet in cinema season the company presents the quintessential Christmas ballet, The Nutcracker. A festive tradition for the whole family, the timeless Christmas classic The Nutcracker is broadcast live from the Bolshoi stage for two hours of enchantment and magic on 23 December 2018. This is Bolshoi Ballet\u2019s first live broadcast of The Nutcracker since 2014.\nIt is Christmas Eve and the magician Drosselmeyer gives Marie a Nutcracker doll as a Christmas present. As night falls the Christmas tree begins to grow, mice appear and all is not as it seems. Marie\u2019s Nutcracker doll magically transforms into a prince taking them both on a wonderful adventure. The Nutcracker leads the toy soldiers into battle and with Marie\u2019s help slays the Mouse King, breaking the curse. Marie recognises the prince as Drosselmeyer\u2019s nephew. Together they journey to the Land of Sweets and are greeted by the Sugar Plum Fairy. They regale their tale of the battle and there is a celebration.\nThis traditional story along with Tchaikovsky\u2019s cherished score, Yuri Grigorovich\u2019s choreography, the Bolshoi\u2019s Principals, Soloists and the accomplished Bolshoi Corps de Ballet this promises to be the perfect pre-Christmas treat for the whole family.\nTo discover where you can experience the magic of the Bolshoi in your local cinema go to http://www.bolshoiballetcinema.co.uk/\nYOU TUBE TRAILER:\nFor your chance to have 1 of 3 pairs of tickets to see The Nutcracker by the Bolshoi Ballet on 23 December 2018 at a participating cinema of your choice; simply answer the question below:-\nPrize consists of 2 cinema tickets to see The Nutcracker by the Bolshoi Ballet on 23 December 2018 at a participating cinema of your choice only and cannot be used for any other show. The Prize does not include travel costs. Cinema location and seat placement subject to availability.\nThe NutcrackerBolshoi Ballet", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 110, "original_length": 6279, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 270.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://kapta.com/tag/account-management-process/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:01Z", "digest": "sha1:XDXL3RCF6UR6BPR3OUJ33L3CWCRIVHOQ", "length": 13820, "nlines": 48, "source_domain": "kapta.com", "title": "account management process Archives", "raw_content": "In everything in life, you hope that you are knowledgeable, wise, and mature. If your organization has emphasized key account management and customer success over the last few years, you might feel that you\u2019ve reached maturity. Your key account management team is a well-oiled machine, and everyone is an expert in their craft.\nThis is a great feeling, but what if your organization is relatively new to key account management and customer success? How do you know when you\u2019ve reached maturity, and if you haven\u2019t, how far away are you?\nWe\u2019ve worked with account management teams of various sizes at different levels of maturity over the years. Through this experience, we\u2019ve developed a list of questions you can ask yourself or your account management team. With the answers in mind, you\u2019ll have a much greater insight into your key account management\u2019s maturity level, along with some revelations that could help you improve over the long run.\nDifferent Levels of Maturity\nSo where are you right now? Before we can get to that, it\u2019s good to know about the levels of this concept. OpenView created a great visual representation of these five stages, and we recommend you view their chart for a full breakdown of each stage. Here the five stages and their summaries:\nLevel 1: Ad Hoc\nThis is when you first realize the importance of customer success for your organization. You develop an understanding that when the customer succeeds, so does your organization. This is just the start, but you\u2019d be surprised how many companies fail even to reach this level in their account management processes.\nLevel 2: Awareness of Customer Needs\nAt this stage, you\u2019re starting to figure out what you can do to help your clients achieve success while promoting your organization\u2019s growth. In essence, you\u2019re now on a mission to turn your desired customer insights into reality.\nYou have a full picture of the customer lifecycle, and account managers can now optimize the lifecycle. They use powerful digital tools and platforms along with collaboration with other departments to make this customer success reliably repeatable with less time and effort spent on each account.\nLevel 4: Predictable\nNow that you know how to generate success, you can also predict specific metrics. With this new insight, achieving success for your key accounts and your organization is even easier, and your sights are now set on long-term growth.\nLevel 5: Activating\nAt the final level of customer success maturity, you can now visualize the impact that customer success has on your entire organization. Their outcomes impact your business outcomes, and helping your customers reach their goals is no longer a guessing game and rather a series of repeatable steps. You acquire new customers on a consistent basis, and with powerful tools and expertise at your disposal, scaling your efforts isn\u2019t as big of a challenge.\nNow that you know the different levels of key account management maturity let\u2019s get into the cutting questions to ask yourself and your team. Here are four awesome questions to ask your team to determine how mature your organization and process are around KAM.\n1) Do you have account plans in place for each of your key accounts?\nYou can\u2019t get to your destination without a roadmap. Customer success is no different, and without a plan, you have no real insight, and instead, are relying on intuition to bring your customers the success you promised. If you don\u2019t have account plans in place for each of the key accounts, you aren\u2019t even close to reaching maturity. To correct this, you should invest in a powerful account management plan that makes planning each account simple.\n2) Do you know the strategic and business goals of your key accounts? Do you know how your products or services align with them?\nCustomer success heavily relies on consistently exceeding your client\u2019s wildest business goals. If you don\u2019t know what their goals are, how can you expect to help your key accounts reach them? In addition to understanding the goals, you should have a firm understanding of how your products and services impact them. To correct this, you should ensure you\u2019re asking the right questions during your Voice of Customer interviews. Input their answers into Kapta, and you can easily track and manage their goals as they shift over time.\n3) Can your manager see the status of your accounts without having to ask you?\nCollaboration is an essential component of any mature account management team. Your manager wants to know how your accounts are doing to not only gauge their health but also to measure your performance as a key account manager. Managers are busy people, and they don\u2019t always have time to walk around the office to ask everyone about the status of key accounts. Instead, they should know you\u2019re doing an outstanding job without having to ask you. Consider upgrading to a platform like Kapta so your manager can quickly see the health score of each account at a glance without the need for an entire presentation.\n4) Do you have a clear key account management process? Are you held accountable for it?\nAs you can see in stage three, achieving customer success should be repeatable across the board. Even when starting from scratch, there should be a clear-cut series of steps to help them achieve their goals. If you don\u2019t have a plan in place, Kapta can help you develop one. Creating a clear key account management process is one thing, however; actually holding yourself and the entire team accountable is another thing. If you want it to work, you all need to stick to the plan and trust the process. Once the positive results start flowing in, sticking to it shouldn\u2019t be as challenging.\nKapta is a robust account management platform built by key account management professionals, for key account management professionals. Built-in tools and features like Voice of Customer insights and the account planning tools make customer success much easier. Try a free demo today, and if you stick with it, advancing through the stages of maturity will be much simpler.\nhttps://kapta.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Key-Account-Management-Maturity.jpeg 5792 8688 Lesley Poladsky https://kapta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/logo340x156.png Lesley Poladsky2018-04-23 10:35:572018-03-29 19:48:39What\u2019s Your Level of Key Account Management Maturity?\nJanuary 21, 2016 /in Key Account Management /by Olivier Riviere\nWhen helping a new client to get started on KAM or to improve an ailing KAM initiative, I always try to start the engagement by an introductory workshop with the leadership team and the managers in charge of sales methodologies. Very early in the agenda of this workshop, we look at the company\u2019s strategy, at their customer base and we discuss the definition of Key Accounts for them. What drives me to do this? Because working on KAM without a clear and commonly accepted definition of \u201cKey\u201d means building a tower on sand and weakens the impact of the KAM program.\nSadly, this is a situation encountered at many companies. Therefore, this post is about how important it is to have a clear and shared definition of Key Accounts.\nWhen Key Accounts are Poorly-defined you are in Danger\nBefore starting writing this post, I spent a moment looking for Key Account Manager job descriptions on some popular job sites and on the web sites of a few Executive Search firms. The open positions I found, ranged from junior standard sales reps positions to assignments for very senior multi-talent practitioners chartered to run the business with a single strategic customer. Between these 2 extremes, there were many different configurations, all influenced by the nature of the business of the hiring company.\nThe variety of situations under the same label is probably not so surprising in a job search environment. Although a better clarity would help (as an example, just remove the word \u201cKey\u201d from the label of a plain Account Manager job) , this is probably not too much of a problem as the involved parties use their judgment to see what fits or doesn\u2019t fit. But when KAM professionals themselves get confused about the word Key Accounts, the problem is deeper.\nI remember participating to a workshop gathering experienced KAM specialists. We had to work in small groups on real-life difficult situations presented by some of us and to come up with a few operational ideas to tackle the presented challenge. In the 3 sessions I took part into, it was obvious that people around the table had different definitions of Key Accounts. To make a long story short, with \u201cKey Account\u201d, some of us meant all large customers above a certain volume of revenue or margin whereas others meant a small number of truly strategic customers. If we had been a management team chartered to finalise and implement the solution, we might have been in trouble to reach an agreement on what to do and how exactly to implement it.\nThe point here is not to draw a line between a right definition of Key Accounts and a wrong one. It is about why clarity matters.\nFor the Execs and Directors because it helps drive clarity on resources allocation.\nBefore investing in a KAM initiative, you need to segmentation your customer base. This segmentation should classify customers according to size (small, medium, large) but also according other criteria such as their growth potential and their strategic value. When working on a KAM initiative, the focus is on the large accounts and on the customers with a high strategic value, the true Key Accounts. Then the leadership team has to make decisions on where to allocate resources and to organize in order to maximize the outcome. A company making 90% of its business with half-a-dozen of strategic mega-customers will find it easy to define Key Accounts. Another company with tens of thousands of customers, 100 large ones representing 50% of the revenue and a few tenth of innovative trendsetting customers, will have to analyze deeper before making a decision on how to best handle its top accounts.\nFor the team in charge of sales methodologies & tools it is about coherency and consistency and enabling the Key Account Managers.\nWhatever the structure and size of a company there is almost always somebody in charge of defining standards, methodologies and tools used to sell and then to manage customers. This team has to ensure that the tools used by all sales reps are coherent and consistent and that their implementation is compatible with the size of the portfolio of each sales rep and Key Account Manager. The goal is to show sales reps and other staff involved into managing the relationship with customers, that there is a logical progression in the depth and breadth of tools used for small, medium, large and Key Accounts. This sounds obvious but is not always the case. I have seen too many cases of Key Account Managers trying to \u2013 or being forced to \u2013 use the exactly the same tools when managing 2 Key Accounts or 30 large accounts. The negative impact on effectiveness and motivation is easy to guess.\nFor the Key Account Managers it is about balanced priorities and effectiveness.\nKey Account Managers need clarity on what each customer brings to the company (and on which tools to use and with which intensity) in order to balance priorities and allocate time efficiently. The Key Account Management tool, as well as the training and on-the-job coaching people are receiving (in a very favorable environment) must take into account the exact nature of each of their customers.\nGet Ready to Act: Simple Tips to Help You!\nHere is what executives and senior managers in charge of sales performance and/or Key Account Management can do to check and improve the clarity on the definition of Large & Key Accounts and to drive the pragmatic consequences:\nCheck your existing commercial segmentation (small, medium, large + growth potential + strategic value): how good is it? How can you improve it step-by-step (this is NOT about boiling the ocean \u2013 think and act lean!). Can you draw a clear line between large and Key Accounts? How many of them do you have in each category? What is the true strategic impact of your Key Accounts?\nOnce you have clarity on the Customer Segmentation, and on large and Key Accounts, taking also into account how you are currently organized, how do you communicate this to the Key Account Managers to give them clear directions that will help them to take action?\nCheck if your existing sales, account management and Key Account Management method and tools reflect your segmentation and your definitions? You want to avoid the frequent situation where the Key Account Managers are using a one-size-fits-all account plan template and engagement methodology on customers that vary in size and complexity dramatically.\nOnce you feel sure that tools for the Key Account Managers are adequate, check that they understand how to use the tools properly. This means checking the quality of each account plan and its implementation but also checking that the time investment and workload are properly balanced across the whole customer portfolio. Quite often, this will raise some tough questions on the sizing of the team. Be ready to handle this!\nLast but not least, as you have now refined customer categories as described above, start measuring the performance (revenue, margin, growth, strategic impact, satisfaction, loyalty) by customer and by category.\nAll of the above might require change management and helping people to change their behavior. 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Teaching and Teacher Education 25 (2009) 141\u2013148.\nMundy, K. (1995). CIDA\u2019s Programming in Zambia and Zimbabwe: A Retrospective Look through the Lens of Human Resources Development. Canadian Journal of Development Studies, 16(3), 433-454.\nMundy, K. (1993). Towards a Critical Analysis of Literacy in Southern Africa. Comparative Education Review, 37(4), 389-411.\nMundy, K. (1993). The Case for Universal Primary Education Revisited: The Tanzanian and Zimbabwean Examples in Comparative and International Perspective. Canadian and International Education, 22(1), 22-42.\n*Moulton, J., Mundy, K., Welmond, M., & Williams, J. (2002). Education Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa: Paradigm Lost? Westport: Greenwood Press. [Co-authored book].\nMundy, K. (2002). The Implementation of Educational Reform in Malawi, 1985-1998. In J. Moulton, K. Mundy, M. Welmond & J. Williams, Education Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa: Paradigm Lost? (pp. 13-53). Westport: Greenwood Press.\nMundy, K. & Moulton, J. (2002). Introduction: Implementation Research and Educational Reform in Sub-Saharan Africa. In J. Moulton, K. Mundy, M. Welmond & J. Williams, Education Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa: Paradigm Lost? (pp. 1-13). Westport: Greenwood Press.\nMundy, K. & Moulton, J. (2002). Conclusion: Paradigm Lost? Synthesis and Discussion. In J. Moulton, K. Mundy, M. Welmond & J. Williams, Education Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa: Paradigm Lost? (pp. 179-213). Westport: Greenwood Press.\nMundy, K. (2005). Education. In Canada at the G8 Summit: Education: A time to act for Africa (pp. 12-13). Background paper for the Canadian Council for International Cooperation. 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This hub was accessible directly from the console interface.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 16, "original_length": 495, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 202.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://katequicksilvr.livejournal.com/371564.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:50:11Z", "digest": "sha1:VD6KXT6CORG2KOWMC552D2QSJP6I64FU", "length": 1498, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "katequicksilvr.livejournal.com", "title": "Trying some old-fashioned marketing... - The Quicksilver Workaholic", "raw_content": "Trying some old-fashioned marketing...\n...and I guess we'll see how it works! Watercolor Artist has changed how they do their advertising...they did away with classified, though I believe they'll bring it back, surely, and they increased the size of the smallest ad from 1\" to over 2\", and made them all color. I've advertised in the magazine off and on, but small and black and white, so this is a big step for me!\nIt's a bite out of the advertising budget for the year...\nThe ad had to be finished right around the time I was working to get the book off to North Light, so I didn't really have time to do too much; they said if I sent the graphics, they'd design the ad, and we really had to do some quick last-minute tweaking! I know, I know, I'm probably a control freak, but I wish I'd had time to design it myself. This is pretty, and colorful, so I'm really hoping it will work for us!\n(Sorry it's a bit fuzzy, I had to make a .jpeg out of a PDF...)\nNow, of course, since this will be in their workshop issue, I'd remembered to mention that we use some of the CDs in my WORKSHOPS (since at least three of them were done for the workshops in the first place )*ahem*, but my head was elsewhere...\nThe CDs, of course, are available in my CafePress store at www.cafepress.com/cathy_johnson as well as on my website, at cathyjohnson.info\nThis is marketing the old-fashioned way, and the first color ad I've ever had! 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Ever since I was 15 years old, my experiences at the MVD have been filled with frustration while unhappy employees have unemotionally and robotically followed protocol as they\u2019ve gone about their work. You get the distinct impression they wish you weren\u2019t there. Not only do they not care about you, but they wish you didn\u2019t exist.\nThat has been my experience over 25-plus years, without exception. But, yesterday was different.\nI took my daughter to get her learner\u2019s permit and I experienced things I\u2019ve never experienced before: smiling, helpful employees, efficient processes, conveniences geared toward the customer (like plenty of pens, accepting debit cards instead of cash or check only, and not requiring me to wait in line again when we returned with the additional form of ID my daughter and I had left at home). As I went through the entire experience, I noticed things were different. And then right toward the end of my stay at MVD, I noticed two significant things that explained a lot.\nA woman who appeared to be the leader of the operation was smiling, cheerfully talking with customers and co-workers and efficiently running the photo line (where a picture of the customer\u2019s MVD experience is taken and displayed on the primary form of ID for many years);\nAt the desk where I paid for my services, a stack of slips of paper were neatly placed between me and the clerk. The strips of paper said: \u201cHow was your visit today?\u201d with a thumbs up picture and a thumbs down picture, along with a checkbox beneath each image.\nWhat does all of this have to do with small business success? Well, the level of care you give your customers is directly related to the growth of your business.\nSo, pardon me for being shocked yesterday. The MVD was showing real CARE for their customers. In one of Gary Vaynerchuck\u2019s books, he dedicates an entire chapter to customer care. The chapter consists of one big word in a giant font: CARE!\nSBS Idea of the Day: As the leader, are you creating an environment conducive to happy employees who CARE about your customers and serve them? It starts with you. How are you showing your care for your employees? When you show them your care and teach them to care for your customers, your customers take care of YOU.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 126, "original_length": 6885, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 326.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://kenpom.com/blog/summer-series-16-foul-trouble/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:36:38Z", "digest": "sha1:4MPGTXZ6C673L4ZFKCNTVN6RAV4HNAML", "length": 5465, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "kenpom.com", "title": "Summer Series \u201916: Foul trouble | The kenpom.com blog", "raw_content": "This is the part of year where I have the time to laboriously explore a single topic at my own pace and you have the time to read about it. Welcome to the 2016 Summer Series. This off-season I will be digging into the issue of foul trouble.\nMany smart people (mostly non-coaches) believe that benching a star player due to foul trouble is a bad idea. And many smart people (mostly coaches) believe that believe that benching a star player due to foul trouble is a good idea. It is one of the more vexing strategic issues of the sport.\nUnlike similar issues in other sports \u2013 whether to go for it on 4th down in football, when to pull the goalie in hockey, or just about anything in baseball \u2013 there hasn\u2019t been much data-driven work on this issue. The major strategic issues in other sports are able to be analyzed in a way that the motivated human can understand. And those issues have well-accepted solutions that are supported by solid research.\nThe relative lack of work on foul trouble is at least partly because there are a lot of moving parts to this problem. As a coach, you want to maximize a player\u2019s impact on the chance of winning. Having your best player unavailable for the closing minutes of a tight game can be a big handicap. But sitting a star player for too long early in the game can render the closing minutes meaningless as the opponent increases its lead.\nThere\u2019s also the issue of a player losing effectiveness while in foul trouble. The foul-troubled player is typically going to avoid picking up another and that would figure to limit his effectiveness. And all of these decisions are made against the backdrop of just how foul prone the player is anyway and what is available on the bench. Other things may need to be considered as well, such as the relative skill level of the competing teams and the score of the game.\nSo I don\u2019t want to mislead you \u2013 it\u2019s unlikely that my upcoming series of posts will end with a grand proclamation on how to handle foul trouble. I\u2019m not saying it won\u2019t happen, but given the variables involved and how much interaction there is between those variables, just getting to a point where we can understand what might affect a coach\u2019s decision would be a step forward. You\u2019d really need some sort of basketball simulator to get close to the right answer, and once you\u2019ve created that, you can basically solve any basketball problem you can think of. And that would be a ridiculous thing to promise.\nBut this is also the rare strategic issue in basketball where an analytical approach figures to be superior to gut instinct. I have to admit that this is a large reason why I\u2019d be opposed to changing the existing personal foul limit. The argument against the current rule is that basketball is the rare sport that disqualifies its players due to the accumulation of common fouls. And you\u2019d like to have the best players available at all times. However, it adds an element of strategy where the best approach is difficult to evaluate with our puny human brains. Even in the sparse academic discussion of the topic, it\u2019s not difficult to find conflicting viewpoints.\nThere\u2019s a tendency to be critical of how coaches rush to bench players that get into foul trouble. On the one hand, I can sympathize with the critics. While I don\u2019t know the right answer, the tendency for coaches, or even people in general, is to prefer a strategy that postpones losing over one than maximizes the chance of winning.\nAn example that comes to mind in college hoops is an end-game scenario where a team trails by four or five. Conventional wisdom says the trailing team should take the \u201ceasy two\u201d. But history shows that teams attempting a three in that situation win more often. Of course, the three is a lower percentage shot and if you miss it, the game is likely over. The easy two is never as easy as it sounds, but it\u2019s more likely to be successful than a three, and if you make it, you\u2019ve postponed losing a little while. However, in terms of improving one\u2019s chance of winning, the extra point on a three-point shot is worth the trade-off in shooting percentage.\nOn the flip side, I think coaches are pretty good at their jobs in aggregate. I\u2019d like to believe that over time, the coaching consensus on how to handle foul trouble has evolved towards the optimal approach. Wisdom of crowds and all that. With such a disparity in resources across college basketball\u2019s 351 teams, all sorts of diverse approaches are used by coaches. Yet every single one limits a starter\u2019s participation when they pick up a second foul in the first half. I love a contrarian argument, but it stretches reason to think that all of them could be wrong.\nThen again, basketball coaches could be wrong in the same way that every college football coach is too conservative on fourth down. And even if coaches are on the mark on average, there is at least some diversity in how they handle foul trouble. You\u2019ll find a lot of room between gentlemen like Tom Izzo and Tony Bennett, who employ the auto-bench for two first-half fouls, and Jim Boeheim and Bryce Drew who are pretty liberal about letting guys play through it. But who\u2019s right? Maybe all of them are correct given certain circumstances, or maybe none of them are.\nDon\u2019t expect the Summer Series to provide a definitive answer, but hopefully when the season starts we\u2019ll have a better handle on the variables involved.\n\u2190 Your 2016 kPOY: Brice Johnson\nFoul trouble as defined by coaches \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 258, "original_length": 10140, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 254.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://kiddipedia.com.au/directory/baby-presents/?cat-slug=clothing-shoes-accessories", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:25:28Z", "digest": "sha1:AGIUAU6B47MZY26WFP6GYHRPSQR7F6MW", "length": 39, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "kiddipedia.com.au", "title": "Baby Presents | Kiddipedia", "raw_content": "Website: http://www.babypresents.net.au", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 38, "original_length": 932, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.63, "perplexity": 83.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://kimonos-house.livejournal.com/14720.html?thread=353408", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:23Z", "digest": "sha1:IOKOEWYO32M5LREYLI62MZJ4RXZO2DR3", "length": 163, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "kimonos-house.livejournal.com", "title": "#42 - Kimono's Townhouse", "raw_content": "I have one and I LOVE IT. It's boils up to 7 cups of water in like 5 minutes, OMG, fast! :D\n::nods:: I used to have one, but don't anymore. I miss how fast it was!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 168, "original_length": 2918, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 307.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://kisscasper.com/a-lot-of-smoking-no-arrests-at-casper-events-center-for-pot-use-at-concert/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:42:30Z", "digest": "sha1:ZFQG4JS2JQEOE2XGC7S22XGERVREPCER", "length": 4388, "nlines": 34, "source_domain": "kisscasper.com", "title": "A Lot of Pot Smoking, No Arrests at Casper Events Center At Snoop Dogg Concert", "raw_content": "A Lot of Pot Smoking, No Arrests at Casper Events Center At Concert\nSnoop Dogg at Good Vibrations Festival. Kristian Dowling, Getty Images\nHere is the supreme irony, and the new reality for every venue hosting modern musical acts.\nWhen you have a popular musician, and a large crowd, there are just some things you will have to live with.\nAnd those facts of life today are well known to entertainers, promoters and certainly, audience members.\nA City of Casper ordinance prohibits smoking inside public buildings.\nState and federal law prohibits the possession and use of marijuana.\nBoth were widely ignored in the arena of the Casper Events Center during Snoop Dogg's \"Puff Puff Pass\" performance on Wednesday.\nSome who attended the concert told K2 Radio that performers Warren G and Snoop Dogg smoked marijuana on stage and crew members passed joints to the audience nearby.\nThey also said they saw pot use and smelled it throughout the arena.\nBut neither performers nor audience members were disturbed because city officials and the Events Center manager said they acted within the scope of their duties.\nAdd to that the impracticality of stopping the show, or the onstage activities, or even arresting large numbers of people, and discretion becomes the better part of valor.\nThen there are the contractual limits drawn by the city's relationship with the new management, Comcast Spectacor (Spectra). The city owns the Events Center, which generates about $8 million a year for the local economy, but costs the city itself about $1 million a year to subsidize.\nIn September, the city signed a contract with Comcast Spectacor to assume the management, concessions, daily operations, booking of events, and event security -- with the intent to reduce the city's subsidy.\nAs part of the security, Spectra hires off-duty Casper police officers, Police Chief Jim Wetzel said.\nThe six officers at the Snoop Dogg concert Wednesday were responsible for public safety on the Events Center grounds, parking lots and concourses, Wetzel said.\nThey checked the restrooms to see if anyone was smoking, made three arrests for assault and battery, and drove home three people who were drunk, he said.\nBut their duties ended at the entrances to the interior of the arena, Wetzel said.\nSpectra provides security personnel inside the arena, but they do not have arresting powers, he said.\nBrad Murphy, the Events Center Manager, said everybody had a good time at the concert.\n\"I think it was a real safe environment,\" Murphy said. \"It was a well-run show.\"\nAs for the marijuana smoking on stage and off, that comes with a Snoop Dogg concert, he said. \"It's part of the culture, and we try to follow the law as best we can.\"\nIn addition to the officers and private security, the Casper Police work with Spectra to insure the evening is safe. Bags are checked and now, patrons are subject to a metal detecting wand as they enter the Events Center.\nAnd in fairness to Spectra, any attempt to curb the actions of a popular act, or even worse, to begin arresting people in the audience, makes it that much harder to book other musical acts who may want to avoid the hassle.\nAnd then it\u2019s the Casper audience who suffers.\nCity Attorney Bill Luben and Assistant City Attorney Wallace Trembath crafted the contract with Spectra.\nOne of the provisions of the contract says, \"... that Manager will comply with all Laws applicable to the Facility. \"Laws\" in the contract are defined as \"federal, state, local and municipal laws, statutes, rules, regulations and ordinances.\"\nThe wording about \"laws\" in the contract probably cannot be stretched to include the behavior of those who perform, Luben said.\nSpectra's compliance with laws in this instance would include following safety codes such as providing adequate fire extinguishers, he said.\nIf any laws were broken, they were done by the performers and audience members themselves, he said. \"The manager wouldn't be responsible for that.\"\nResponses to the original article on the Snoop Dogg concert indicate a large number of folks agree with the live and let live policy.\nAnd for those who don\u2019t, it is simply what any promoter has to deal with to bring the most popular entertainers to the city.\nThis story has been edited and revised from its original version.\nFiled Under: casper events center, Casper Police, City of Casper, marijuana, snoop dogg, Warren G", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 140, "original_length": 6140, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 294.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://kixi.com/do-you-have-dequervains-syndrome/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:15Z", "digest": "sha1:BX5OQGLLBEJIUH5VSPWFZRBWHDW5O6JU", "length": 1190, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "kixi.com", "title": "Do You Have DeQuervain\u2019s Syndrome? \u2013 AM 880 KIXI", "raw_content": "That\u2019s tendonitis of the wrist caused by overuse of the thumbs. 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Visit the below site and make the Philadelphia School of Arts number one in the category of \"Moms - Children's Entertainment.\"\nhttp://phillyhotlist.cityvoter.com/contests/best-of-the-philly-hot-list/4776/moms/children-s-entertainment\nPosted in Philadelphia School of Circus Arts, Public Relations | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)\nNBC10! Show's Justing Pizzi Joins the Circus\nI had the pleasure of working with the NBC10! Show today at the Philadelphia School of Circus Arts. Justin Pizzi came out to shoot live on location from the second week of summer camp. Check out one of the clips:\nPhiladelphia Children Beat Heat by Turning Their Summer, and Themselves, Upside Down at Circus School\nChildren at Philadelphia School of Circus Arts have passed up traditional ways of beating the 100 degree temperatures, like swimming and the beach. Instead, they opted to turn their summer \u201cupside down\u201d \u2013 literally \u2013 at \u201cSummer Circus Camp!\u201d\nThis week, the school opened its doors to a sold-out session with thirty students for Summer Circus Camp (2009\u2019s Best of Philly Winner for \u201cKids Classes\u201d). Youth ages seven to fifteen will learn trapeze, aerial rope, silks, juggling, unicycling, plate-spinning, diabolo, devil sticks, tightwire, rolling globe, rola-bola, clowning and tumbling. Camp also includes dance and performance classes, lunchtimes in the park and games.\nSummer Circus Camp is a one-of-a-kind experience that incorporates elements of play, mental concentration, trust, and of literally turning yourself upside-down. Participants will create new friendships, learn new skills, become more receptive to new ideas, build self-esteem, learn team-work, and simply experience pure fun!\nDuring the camp, special guests will include professional circus performers who will perform and speak. Past guests included a sword-swallower, International Jugglers Association Champions, and a sleight-of-hand magician.\nAt the end of each two-week session, children will perform their very own Circus Show for family, friends and the media. These shows will take place at 2:00pm on Fridays, July 16, 30, and August 13, 2010.\nSummer Circus Camp runs Monday through Friday, from 9:00am \u2013 3:00pm. Sessions run July 5 \u2013 July 16 (sold out), July 19 \u2013 July 30, and August 2 \u2013 August 13, 2010. The Philadelphia School of Circus Arts is located at Philadelphia School for Circus Arts, 5900A Greene Street, Philadelphia, PA 19144. Parking is free in the school lot across the street.\nFor more information, visit www.phillycircus.com or by call (215) 849-1991.\nCircus School Takes Me to New Career \"Heights\"\nAfter creating attention-getting, award-winning campaigns in the region for 10+ years for several high-profile nonprofit organizations, I am excited to announce that my next career step will take me to new heights, literally!\nAs the new part-time Public Relations and Marketing Manager for the Philadelphia School of Circus Arts I will be focusing solely on public relations and promoting the art of \"the impossible.\"\nThe school itself is the regional center of contemporary circus arts. The seasoned faculty leads a curriculum featuring aerials (static trapeze, corde lisse, aerial silks and lyra), juggling, unicycling, tightwire, tumbling and physical conditioning. In addition to ongoing classes, the School also offers social events, birthday parties, rental space, summer camp and special guest performances. Students are all ages and all levels, coming from locations as close as next door and as far away as Brooklyn, New York.\nThis 3,200 square foot facility is located in Philadelphia, PA -- steps away from Mt. Airy and Chestnut Hill, in Germantown. The address is 3900A Greene Street, Philadelphia, PA 19144.\nExecutive Director and Founder Shana Kennedy says, \"As circus artists, we achieve, every day, things that seem impossible. And in circus education, we are able to take people out of their everyday lives and immerse them in trying new things.\" Promoting classes and activities that can be career and life-altering experiences fits with my career-long mission of promoting opportunities and services that benefit and help others improve their lives \u2013 and help them realize that \u201cImpossible is just a word,\u201d as reflected by my website.\nPriorities for the school's public relations department over the next few months include some exciting deals with collective buying sites, marketing for an original cabaret at the Philadelphia International Festival of Arts at the Kimmel Center, promoting facility rentals and children's birthday parties, and media work. (Photograph copyrighted Philadelphia School of Circus Arts.\nFor a preview of deals and news, become a Facebook fan of the Philadelphia School of Circus Arts by visiting:\nhttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Philadelphia-PA/Philadelphia-School-of-Circus-Arts/101397659035\nLearn more about the possibilities by visiting:\nwww.phillycircus.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 157, "original_length": 10149, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 251.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://kotaku.com/mark-paul-gosselaar-needs-a-singer-for-rock-band-5049636", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:42:07Z", "digest": "sha1:K3V7PGEWM3JJVCAX5GXRPGJAA2K4RVAD", "length": 2634, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "kotaku.com", "title": "Mark-Paul Gosselaar Needs A Singer For Rock Band", "raw_content": "Mark-Paul Gosselaar Needs A Singer For Rock Band\nI had the distinct honor and pleasure of interviewing Mark-Paul Gosselaar at Nintendo's party Friday night. Of course we talked a lot about video games, from his personal favs to what he's looking forward to the most. He's quite the gamer, if you didn't know. Unsurprisingly, he's a big fan of music games, but he dropped this shocking announcement. The former front man of the legendary band Zack Attack is looking for a singer to complete his Rock Band group. He'd prefer a female, but describes that possibility turning into a stressful situation.\n\"We need a singer.\" \"Hopefully chicks, though.\" Although, I'm married and have been married for 12 years, that probably wouldn't work since we all play in our guest house.\"\nI was surprised when he said he was looking for a vocalist. I mean, besides being the lead singer in Zack Attack, he also headed The Five Aces, a semi-successful doo-wop group, and was a member of the men's glee club in high school, so I know he can sing. He said he plays drums now, almost exclusively, and that he's really, really good at them. Maybe he's trying to get revenge at a former classmate? So what's the name of his band? No, it's not what you think.\n\"Orlando Profit.\" \"It was one of those things where we were in a hurry and we didn't have time, so we just picked whatever default name came up. We took it. We're from Amsterdam and we're Orlando Profit.\"\nHe also admitted to me that he was a big S.O.C.O.M. nerd, and in fact talked about how the first in the series was his all-time favorite game. He was disappointed they haven't been able to recreate the feel of the original, however.\n\"I spent hours playing that game. I remember I was working on NYPD Blue, and I had to go to bed at a certain time and I had to be at work and I would get like three hours of sleep playing S.O.C.O.M. It just killed. Something about before all the glitchers came on, but the original S.O.C.O.M. for Playstation 2 just was a great format, was great to play online with your buddies, I don't know, it just hasn't been the same.\"\nWhile he said he doesn't have as much time to game as he used to, he has played a few other more recent titles, like Assassin's Creed and Call of Duty 4. I asked him if he was excited for LittleBigPlanet, but he told me he never heard of the game! He said \"Thanks, brother\" when I left. I'm not sure if he meant that genuinely, or if that's something he just says to everyone.\nRecent from Jim Reilly\nThe Best Way To Play F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin\nThis Is Entirely Way Too Much Pac-Man Stuff, Namco\n90 Minutes With GTA: Chinatown Wars", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 88, "original_length": 3836, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 128.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://kristinhilltaylor.com/2015/09/girl-meets-change.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:46Z", "digest": "sha1:HNLWKCZCALGKQE4IC2BOKRQ5PQBGD7ME", "length": 3490, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "kristinhilltaylor.com", "title": "Girl Meets Change {a review}", "raw_content": "Girl Meets Change {a review}\nAs I\u2019ve navigated a new season that includes multiple changes in parenthood, friendships, and daily life, I\u2019m grateful to have Kristen Strong\u2019s \u201cGirl Meets Change\u201d as a companion. Her words remind me God has a purpose with the seasons we experience. This book is packed with truth, wisdom, and love that truly will help carry you through life\u2019s transitions.\nI\u2019ve typed out all the lines I underlined and paragraphs I starred because I know I\u2019ll want to revisit these nuggets of truth and encouragement over and over again. I\u2019ve recommended the books to friends, generally on Facebook and specifically to people as it pertains to their lives. And I\u2019ve seen evidence that God has used Kristen\u2019s words to change my perspective of change.\nIf you\u2019re around here much, you know this isn\u2019t the first time I\u2019ve mentioned \u201cGirl Meets Change.\u201d I\u2019ve quoted it and referenced it in other posts the last several weeks ::\nLife is Movement :: \u201cGod knew I would need some wisdom in this season of transition because it\u2019s no secret I\u2019ve resisted change like the plague in the past. I want to embrace what God is doing here. The movement is evidence of the abundant life God promises.\u201d\nMy Free Time :: \u201cI\u2019m grateful for the way God orchestrated my life so I could have this season \u2013 as short as it may be \u2013 to take care of some things. Of course, I\u2019m not necessarily taking care of the things I anticipated, but taking care of myself and other people is a worthwhile use of my time. \u2026 God\u2019s goodness does not always come as my perception of productivity. Rather his goodness often looks like people and conversations and laughter and prayers.\u201d\n4 Ways to Let Friendships Change with the Seasons :: \u201cI\u2019m sharing these four ways to let friendships change with the seasons \u2013 for you, yes, but as reminders for myself too. And when I say \u201clet\u201d I really mean I\u2019m slowly learning to hold loosely the people I love, even when on some days I want to pull them all closely and hunker down in a commune-like bubble.\u201d\nABOUT THE BOOK :: \u201cGirl Meets Change: Truths to Carry You Through Life\u2019s Transitions\u201d releases today! Here\u2019s the official summary: \u201cWhether chosen or unexpected, all change brings stress. Kristen Strong knows about change \u2013 especially the kind you didn\u2019t choose. Over the years, she\u2019s fought hard to learn an important truth: change is not something to be feared but something to be received as a blessing from God who works through it, not in spite of it. In this hope-filled book, Kristen invites you to see all the ways you are loved and cared for in the midst of change. She walks alongside you as a friend, gently ushering you toward a new view of change, one that meets you at the crossroads of your own sense of anxiety and God\u2019s sense of purpose. With practical advice for coping in every part of life, she draws from her own experiences, the stories of others, and stories from Scripture to help you find contentment, purpose, and renewed strength.\u201d\n224 pages. Published by Revell Books. Learn more at the book\u2019s lovely website.\nABOUT THE AUTHOR :: Kristen Strong is a popular blogger at Chasing Blue Skies and DaySpring\u2019s (in)courage, as well as a writer whose work has appeared in MOMSense and Family Fun magazines. She and her husband, David, have three children. Together this military family has zig-zagged across the country (and one ocean!) several times, and they currently live in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Follow her on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 8880, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 337.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://landcwfa.org.uk/index.php/newsletter/2017/march", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:05Z", "digest": "sha1:G3PWA4GTTFNHBNNCVVTVU632ESIKQFNR", "length": 9062, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "landcwfa.org.uk", "title": "March", "raw_content": "Good evening and welcome to the March meeting. It is good to be back and I must thank Phil Hamer for ably stepping in during my absence. Also, thanks to Alex and Maureen for bringing the equipment to the venue.\nNaturally, we regretted that we could not experience Peter Hart\u2019s talk, which, from all accounts was top rate. Nevertheless, Ann and I had a wonderful time in Rome, Venice and Padua. In the latter, whilst Ann visited the famous Giotto chapel, I had a look at the old part of the town. There is a war memorial with a list of servicemen, but it appears to be for the later conflict.\nI am pleased to welcome back Clive Harris to the Branch. Clive is an experienced Battlefield Guide and many of our members have benefited from his unsurpassed knowledge of the Great War whilst on his tours. I have been with him in the locality of tonight\u2019s talk and I know you will be fully entertained and enlightened.\nPeter Hart explained in his own inimitable style why he considered the Battle of Jutland was so important in the outcome of the Great War. As a maritime power, Britain had concentrated on its navy, ensuring Britannia ruled the waves. This was unlike our traditional enemies, France and Russia, who had created large armies.\nHowever, towards the end of the Nineteenth Century, Germany, \u2018The New Kid on the Block\u2019, began to flex its muscles. The Kaiser was convinced that any extension of his colonial ambitions depended upon the strength of his navy. In response Britain began the development of the heavily armoured Dreadnought Class Battleship. The first ship was launched in 1906. It had a main armament of ten 12\u201d guns and was powered by the latest turbine engines. A new Battlecruiser Class was also produced. This had eight 10\u201d guns and a top speed of 24 knots.\nGermany took up the arms race, almost as a personal affront. It built ships with thicker armour, although this resulted in a slower speed. Britain responded with the Super-Dreadnought which had eight 15\u201d guns and 13.5\u201d armour plating. This created stalemate at the outbreak of war, with the German High Seas Fleet remaining in port at Wilhelmshaven.\nTraditionally, in the days of sail, Britain mounted a naval blockade on its enemies. In the modern era it was not feasible to lay siege outside the enemy\u2019s ports. The need to refuel and the threat of underwater mines persuaded Admiral Jellicoe to mount a distant blockade. This involved the mining of the Dover Straits and patrolling the North Sea between Scotland, Orkneys, Shetlands and Norway. Thus the entire North Sea became a contested area, with the British Grand Fleet based at Scapa Flow and the Battle Cruiser fleet in the Firth of Forth.\nAdmiral Scheer tried to provoke Britain with early forays, including the bombardment of Scarborough, Whitby, Sunderland and Hartlepool on the east coast. However, the Germans thought there was too much at stake to risk a major attack.\nOn 30th May 1916, the British Intelligence Service in Room 40 of the Admiralty Building decrypted a German message, using codes retrieved by the Russians from an enemy ship. This alerted them to an impending incursion by the enemy High Seas Fleet on 31st May. The British set sail at 11pm, 30th May, in advance of the Germans sailing at 2.00am the next day.\nPeter then gave a detailed analysis of the progress of the battle which resulted in the sinking of the Indefatigable at 4.02pm. The ship sank within ninety seconds of being hit, with the loss of over one thousand lives. This was followed by the sinking of the Queen Mary and Invincible with a combined loss of over two thousand sailors.\nBy 7.30pm visibility was becoming affected by smoke and failing light. The battle petered out and the German fleet regained its home ports. Neither side gained for what they had aimed. The enemy claimed a victory, which was true in terms of tonnage sunk and lives lost. But the British achieved a tactical success. The status quo and blockade remained, the latter depriving the enemy of food and materiel.\n\u2018Although the Germans had assaulted their gaoler, they remained in prison\u2019.\nThanks to Phil Hamer for this detailed report on Peter\u2019s presentation. Ed\nLosses in New Zealand shipping mounted alarmingly in 1917-18 when Germany stepped up its submarine warfare against Allied commerce. One action stood out, the epic 1917 battle between the Otaki and the German auxiliary cruiser M\u00f6ewe (\u2018Seagull\u2019).\nBoth were merchant ships, but there the similarity ended. The newly built 9800-ton M\u00f6ewe carried four 150-mm guns, a 105-mm gun, two smaller pieces, torpedo tubes and mines. All were\nconcealed, for the ship operated disguised as a merchant ship. It carried a highly trained naval crew of 235 and was fitted with sophisticated radio gear. By contrast, the 7420-ton Otaki (built in 1907 - see photo right) had been given two Royal Navy gunners to man its stern 4.7-inch (120-mm) gun. This lone weapon could throw a shell less than half the weight of one from the M\u00f6ewe\u2019s guns. At heart, the Otaki remained a food carrier, crewed by 71 civilians.\nThe M\u00f6ewe\u2019s commander was Korvettenkapitan Niklaus Graf und Burgraf du Donna-Schlodien. He had served in the Kaiser\u2019s navy since 1896 and had been the navigator of a battleship prior to taking charge of the M\u00f6ewe. The Otaki\u2019s Scottish master, 39-year-old Captain Archibald Bissett-Smith, was about the same age and an equally experienced seaman, but in the Merchant Marine. The M\u00f6ewe was a successful raider, sinking or capturing more than forty vessels in 1916-17\nSinking of the Otaki\nThey crossed each other\u2019s paths early in the afternoon of 10 March 1917 off the Azores in the North Atlantic. The M\u00f6ewe had sunk a British freighter that morning and its officers went swiftly into action when they sighted another ship in murky conditions. Squalls and rising seas made pursuit difficult, but the M\u00f6ewe had a slight speed advantage and closed the gap.\nEven after the M\u00f6ewe broke out its battle ensign and turned to clear its firing lines, Bissett-Smith refused to back down. Instead, his gunners sent a round sailing above the raider\u2019s bridge. In the\ngunnery exchange that followed, the Otaki did surprisingly well. But the British ship had no chance and sank stern-first a few hours later, still flying its colours and taking Bissett-Smith with it. Five of his crew were killed; the survivors were taken prisoner. The M\u00f6ewe, though, was also on fire and in danger of sinking. Donna-Schlodien averted disaster by cutting holes in the ship\u2019s side to flood a bunker fire. The M\u00f6ewe (see photo right) spent two highly vulnerable days wallowing on the high seas before it was repaired sufficiently to resume its raids on Allied shipping.\nOnly after the war, when the Otaki survivors were released, did the full heroism of the incident emerge. In 1919, in a rare move, the King awarded Captain Bissett-Smith a posthumous Victoria Cross, the conditions for the award having been met by retrospectively giving him status as a temporary lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve. Several other crewmen were also given awards or Mentioned in Despatches.\nBissett-Smith and the Otaki subsequently entered the folklore of the Merchant Navy. In 1936 his family presented the Otaki Shield to his old school, Robert Gordon\u2019s College in Aberdeen. It is awarded to the boy with the highest qualities of character, leadership and athletic ability. Two years later, to honour Bissett-Smith\u2019s connection with New Zealand (as well as sailing for the New Zealand Company, he had married a Dunedin woman in 1914), the company added a travelling scholarship to the prize. The New Zealand government funded the Otaki Scholar\u2019s stay in this country. Every year since then, apart from during the Second World War, the Otaki Scholar has visited New Zealand.\nAfter the war the M\u00f6we was taken to Britain under the Versailles Treaty and sailed as a merchantman. She eventually was returned to Germany and fittingly was sunk by Bristol Beaufighters of Coastal Command off Norway on 7 April 1945.\nCaptain Bisset-Smith left, and\nCaptain Donna-Schlodien, right\nRome War Memorial\nWhilst in Rome we visited the Vittorio Emanuele monument. This was completed in 1925. It dominates the central skyline and was not without its critics. (See photos below).\nThe monument holds the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with an eternal flame, built under the statue of goddess Roma after World War I, following an idea of General Giulio Douhet. The body of the Unknown Soldier was chosen on 26 October 1921 from among 11 unknown remains by Maria Bergamas, a woman from Gradisca d'Isonzo whose only child was killed during World War I. Her son's body was never recovered. The selected unknown was transferred from Aquileia, where the ceremony with Madam Bergamas had taken place, to Rome and buried in a state funeral on 4 November 1921, before the final completion of the building. The dates (in Roman numerals) 1915-1918 are engraved in the frontpiece.\nOn the day of our visit it was flanked by two sailors, who had just completed a Changing of the Guard ceremony.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 9559, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 233.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://lauradenisondesigns.com/category/uncategorized/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:38Z", "digest": "sha1:TPQOZ3DMWSCY3JFQSEV3MWAPCVVKFFQD", "length": 305, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "lauradenisondesigns.com", "title": "Uncategorized | Laura Denison Designs", "raw_content": "Catching up and moving forward\u2026..\nI just sent this out to those with reservations for the next Passport to creativity event. I wanted to let all of you know about this as well: As most of you are aware, my crazy scheduling issues from the summer continued into the fall. After taking over a week to get...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 65, "original_length": 2611, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 264.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://learning.facs.org/content/audio-childhood-surgical-conditions-transitions-long-term-care-and-adult-providers", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:54Z", "digest": "sha1:NOOKSUEXYVHLQP3I7GR6HTGDDJM6T4JJ", "length": 1947, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "learning.facs.org", "title": "Audio of Childhood Surgical Conditions: Transitions to Long-Term Care and Adult Providers | American College of Surgeons | Online Learning", "raw_content": "Audio of Childhood Surgical Conditions: Transitions to Long-Term Care and Adult Providers\nTRACK(S): CRS, GEN, OTO, RUS\nModerator: David H. Rothstein, MD, MS, FACS, Buffalo, NY\nCo-Moderator: Shinjiro Hirose, MD, FACS, San Francisco, CA\nNumerous congenital conditions and other conditions that manifest during childhood require a transition of care to adult providers for long-term issues. This session will explore the transition of care from pediatric to adult surgical providers. Specific conditions to be discussed include inflammatory bowel disease and Hirschsprung disease. We will also briefly mention a range of surgically corrected congenital anomalies as further examples. Age for transition of care and methods of transitioning care will be explored, particularly with a growing trend of children\u2019s hospitals beginning to care for older adolescent and young adult patients. This session is aimed at the pediatric and adult surgeons, with particular interest for gastrointestinal surgeons.\nIntroduction - Childhood Surgical Conditions: Transitions to Long-Term Care and Adult Providers\nDavid H. Rothstein, MD, MS, FACS, Buffalo, NY\nShinjiro Hirose, MD, FACS, San Francisco, CA\nOperating on Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease\nStephen E. Dolgin, MD, FACS, New Hyde Park, NY\nOperating on Adults Who Have Had Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Surgery as Children\nThomas E. Read, MD, FACS, Burlington, MA\nTransition of Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) to the Adult Gastroenterologist\nLaurie Fishman, MD, Boston, MA\nWhen We Inherit an Adult Patient from the Pediatric Gastroenterologist: Challenges and Opportunities\nSarah Flier, MD, Boston, MA\nSurgically Corrected Congenital Anomalies: Opportunities for Improving Transition of Care from Pediatric to Adult Surgery\nJessica A. Naiditch, MD, Austin, TX\nLong-Term Results and Follow-Up in Patients after Surgery for Hirschsprung Disease\nAllan M. Goldstein, MD, FACS, Boston, MA", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 40, "original_length": 2503, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.84, "perplexity": 327.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://learningally.org/Blog/2e-children-how-to-see-the-invisible", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:42:50Z", "digest": "sha1:R4335GHSTWMLSEXZ2PA7MQ4XK2R7AUKM", "length": 8396, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "learningally.org", "title": "2e Children: How to See the Invisible", "raw_content": "2e Children: How to See the Invisible\nTwice-exceptional (2e) is a term used to describe a child who has high intelligence but struggles to learn in school. In the case of a bright dyslexic child, the child may appear average, in spite of significant dyslexia and gifted thinking ability. The gifts mask the disability and vice versa. Einstein, Edison, daVinci, Spielberg, John Lennon, Mark Twain, Hemingway, Richard Branson, Churchill, Walt Disney, Whoopi Goldberg, Steve Jobs and many other well-known individuals are in their ranks, and a look at their school experiences often reveals childhood pain despite their later successes. Dyslexia is referred to as an \u201cinvisible disability.\u201d Truly, neither giftedness or dyslexia can actually visibly be seen, aside from diagnostic profiles specifically designed to identify each difference, and characteristics lists. Spotting them together is far more difficult, and few professionals can. As a result, they often don\u2019t qualify for specialized instruction, and don\u2019t qualify for gifted programs because they can\u2019t keep up with the written work. Someone Else's Problem In his satirical sci-fi book, Life, the Universe and Everything, Douglas Adams describes an SEP field:\n\u201cA SEP\u2026 is something that we can\u2019t see, or don\u2019t see, or our brain doesn\u2019t let us see, because we think that it\u2019s somebody else\u2019s problem. That\u2019s what S.E.P. means. Somebody Else\u2019s Problem. The brain just edits it out; it\u2019s like a blind spot. If you look at it directly you won\u2019t see it unless you know precisely what it is. Your only hope is to catch it by surprise out of the corner of your eye.\u201d\nSomeone else's problem field (SEP) makes people think that the subject cloaked in the field is someone else's problem and need not be worried about. Problems one may have understanding it, and accepting its existence, become somebody else's. The subject is not so much invisible as unnoticed. (Adams, p. 28, 36-37) School staff and policy decision-makers often lump giftedness in with high achievement and dyslexia in with special education, but what happens when the two combine making neither school-based program effective? In most cases, the 2e dyslexic becomes cloaked in Adams\u2019 SEP field, and both needs are unnoticed and someone else\u2019s problem \u2014 usually the parents\u2019 and the child\u2019s who suffer silently. Stealth Dyslexia Drs. Fernette and Brock Eide saw this co-occurrence \u2014 of gifted strengths and characteristics combined with dyslexia \u2014 so often in their practice they coined the term \u201cStealth Dyslexia,\u201d and subsequently wrote articles and produced slide-share presentations describing how the two differences appear together. I actually prefer the Eides\u2019 term, as dyslexia is unique among learning differences and twice-exceptionality. The need for specialized phonological processing instructional interventions makes identification critical. Yet, their intelligence masks their disability and their language processing deficits mask their intelligence, so often both are missed. Diagnosis isn't easy. So, how can one see what is invisible or stealth? How do you \u201ccatch it by surprise out of the corner of your eye?\u201d It very nearly takes one to know one, working intimately with these children for a number of years, or an expert who has expertise in both invisible brain-based differences. This is why dyslexia experts with knowledge of gifted characteristics are often the only ones who understand these children well. The stealth dyslexic learns quickly, but differently, so responds rapidly to dyslexia-specific instructional interventions too often denied. They have strong nonverbal skills, such as fluid reasoning and nonverbal problem solving, but language-based weaknesses that require them to be taught to be little linguists, per Dr. Linda Lombardino. They are big picture thinkers, whole-to-part learners, innovators and creative problem-solvers, and often referred to as out-of-the-box thinkers. Poor spelling and significant struggles with written expression are common. Their verbal vocabulary typically exceeds their written vocabulary. Characteristics A glimpse of the stealth dyslexic can be seen in Dr. Linda Silverman\u2019s Upside-down Brilliance Visual-Spatial Learner. Their \u201cmind strengths\u201d are described in the Eides\u2019 Dyslexic Advantage book. Both dyslexia strengths and weaknesses are listed in Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity\u2019s signs of dyslexia. A list of gifted characteristics can be viewed on Mensa\u2019s Characteristics of Giftedness, though the gifted characteristics vary somewhat for the 2e dyslexics. Montgomery County Maryland has a twice-exceptional guide and resource page, that lists characteristics of 2e, but it is not specific to dyslexia so includes traits of other differences. A cross-section of these lists will create a pretty clear picture, but the International Dyslexia Association also provides a twice-exceptional fact sheet. The descriptions I view as most accurate of the stealth dyslexic are by the originators of the term, and can be found in 2e Newsletter\u2019s Stealth Dyslexia article by the Eides, their presentation on Dyslexia and Writing Challenges in Gifted Children, and also referenced in Summit Center's Flying Under the Radar powerpoint. Sadly, these children are too often spotted by the results of not meeting their needs proactively, when they hit the wall, and so develop compensatory strategies and cover-ups that are often counterproductive. They are bored with low-level content, yet can\u2019t keep up with some easy tasks, and often try to mask their disability, but the frustration surfaces. This is when insult is added to injury, teachers interpret what they see as behavioral choice, and the child is mislabeled \u2014 \u201clazy, unmotivated, underachieving, inattentive, in his own world, daydreamer, argumentative, stubborn, complains, whines about assignments, makes careless mistakes, has messy handwriting, lacks organization, needs to try harder, prefers to work alone, needs prompting to finish written classwork, non-preferred task, aversion to school work\u201d and other pejorative terms are written in report card comments, when the child is trying so hard to swim against the tide. The child internalizes these negative messages. Harvey Hubbell describes this in his movie, Dislecksia. Diagnostic Tests Preferably, the stealth dyslexic child will be seen proactively in diagnostic data performed by an expert in the combination. Often a stealth dyslexic will score in the gifted range or the top 2% on composite IQ scores early in elementary school, with excellent verbal vocabulary. In late elementary, the impact of reduced reading experience limits vocabulary acquisition, and the lack of early interventions restricts development of language and math fact automaticity, so begins to diminish these composite scores. Fluid reasoning and nonverbal problem-solving areas will likely remain in the gifted range. Nonverbal IQ tests may continue to reveal gifted strengths, but few schools use them. Scatter of scores is a good indicator on the WISC-V. WJ-III may show mostly average scores. Dyslexia specific tests will likely uncover some phonological processing deficits, multi-syllabic decoding struggles, spelling difficulties and depressed scores in written expression. It is not uncommon for these children to have some mild articulation difficulties. Various tests used in the identification of intelligence and dyslexia can be found here. Often stealth dyslexics are hidden in the average range on school-based assessments or achievement tests. 40 plus years of dyslexia research and 30 plus years of gifted education research, and the child who lives in-between the two is still hidden behind a someone else\u2019s problem field in school. The importance of recognizing the stealth dyslexic is for the well-being of the individual child, but can be appreciated in iPads and iPhones, Disney, a daVinci work of art, a Spielberg movie, listening to a Beatle's song, and even when the lights are turned on. Patricia Seres is a parent of two gifted children, one who is gifted with dyslexia. She is also a board member of a gifted advocacy group and is active in advocacy for dyslexic students. She is a former television and advertising executive, with a degree in theology, and currently resides in Chapel Hill, NC.\nTagged With: 2e, children, dyslexia, dyslexic, gifted, Parents, twice exceptional", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 144, "original_length": 11139, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 339.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://learningally.org/Blog/author-and-role-model", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:36:07Z", "digest": "sha1:NWH7NIE3WMI43WVFPH7SQJVBPVDFGI3K", "length": 2965, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "learningally.org", "title": "Author and Role Model", "raw_content": "Author and Role Model\nKatherine Schneider, a clinical psychologist, accomplished author, and member of RFB&D for over five decades, has founded a unique series of awards to express her love of books and promote children\u2019s literature exploring the disability experience in children's lives. As RFB&D staff, we\u2019re always delighted to learn more about the fascinating lives and accomplishments of our members. Often enough, these learnings come about in the course of our daily work. This past spring, one of our librarians was processing a newly selected title, \u201cWaiting for Normal\u201d by Leslie Connor, as part of our program to inspire recreational reading in our younger members. We routinely select books on the topic of disability for the library. A Braille inscription on the logo for \u201cThe Schneider Family Book Award\u201d caught her eye and the story of the author behind the award soon emerged. The author turned out to be Katherine Schneider, the author of two books in RFB&D\u2019s library, founder of the Schneider Family Book Award program -- and a member of RFB&D for over 50 years! Growing up as a blind child in the 1950s, Katherine\u2019s hero was the librarian at the Michigan Library for the Blind, who first sent her books in Braille and on records. These accessible books and her mother reading to her inspired her lifelong thirst for knowledge. At that time, images of people with disabilities as inspiration for a young child to emulate were very rare. Katherine went on to receive a PhD from Purdue University and launch a satisfying 30-year career as a clinical psychologist. In an interview posted on the American Foundation for the Blind website, she says, \"The best things about this career have been the opportunities to help people and to work in university surroundings with people who are excited about learning. Being a clinical psychologist requires listening skills that I honed in part thanks to my blindness. Clients often comment that they think I can empathize with their struggles because I've struggled to get where I am. The negatives of this career are that it is overcrowded and takes at least eight years of education beyond high school.\" Later in life, she felt called to share her love of books and promote children\u2019s literature exploring the disability experience in young people's lives. The fulfillment of this goal was the development of the Schneider Family Book Awards program, endowed by the Schneider family in 2003. Every year, three children\u2019s books on the disability experience are awarded this honor by the American Library Association. RFB&D\u2019s library includes all 21 titles that have received the award and they are currently highlighted on the Audiobook catalog page on our website. We are proud to honor the accomplishments of this long-time RFB&D member and applaud the inspirational forays into reading that the Schneider Family Award books offer to our younger members.\n- Pam Johnson, RFB&D Director of Library Services", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 143, "original_length": 5625, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 215.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://leviathanmontgomery.wordpress.com/2009/04/14/the-costs-and-benefits-of-real-id/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:50Z", "digest": "sha1:QHAGKX5IKGQ3KPN2O4VQN23U2GIEHJWD", "length": 6779, "nlines": 36, "source_domain": "leviathanmontgomery.wordpress.com", "title": "The Costs and Benefits of Real ID | Leviathan Montgomery", "raw_content": "\u00ab \u201cMaybe We Can Build Our Own Racetrack\u201d\nA Second Chance for Charter Schools in Montgomery? \u00bb\nThe Costs and Benefits of Real ID\nThe Department of Homeland Security establishes 18 separate benchmarks that need to be met in order to be compliant with the Real ID act. To date, Maryland has met less than half of those benchmarks. The state is now grappling with the issue of meeting the remaining benchmarks \u2014 including verification of legal immigration status \u2014 despite the expense of doing so.\nAnd the expenses are significant. First, the budgetary costs. Are these in the budget? How much are they estimated to run? DHS estimates the costs to average $78 per state \u2014 so you can assume it will cost Maryland at least $150 million.\nThere are also security costs. Implementation of Real ID will surely lead to a loss of security. Forming a national database that lists all the private information of license-holders, is like putting all your money in one box. Sophisticated (and maybe not-so-sophisticated) hackers will have a ready-made avenue for identity theft. In that respect, Real ID represents a tremendous security threat. Identity theft is already a widespread problem, and Real ID would make it worse.\nThen there are costs to physical safety: Already, 30-50% of non-native applicants for Maryland drivers\u2019 licenses are being rejected by the MVA, because of insufficient documentation of residence. The General Assembly is currently considering, independent of Real ID, six separate bills to require proof of federal immigration status for drivers. What will happen if Real ID is put into effect, and even more drivers are rejected?\nIt\u2019s not likely that they will just quit their jobs and plop down on the couch at home. Rather, it\u2019s likely that they will just drive anyway. This means that they become kind of a black market on the highway. They will avoid police, maybe decline insurance, and become kind of an underground, below-the-radar fleet. Unlicensed drivers mean it\u2019s harder for police to track them down in the event of an accident, and it is harder to hold them accountable. The overall effect is reduced highway safety.\nAnd what are the benefits of implementing Real ID? Maybe you could say that all the costs are worthwhile, if it reduces the threat of terrorism. Right. Somehow, I just can\u2019t imagine Mohammed Atta calling up Osama bin Laden to report, \u201cUh, sorry chief, we have to scrap the whole operation because I couldn\u2019t get driver\u2019s license from the MVA.\u201d\nExplore posts in the same categories: Maryland, Police State\nThis entry was posted on 14 April 2009 at 6:05 pm and is filed under Maryland, Police State. You can subscribe via RSS 2.0 feed to this post's comments.\nTags: driver's license, Immigration\n7 Comments on \u201cThe Costs and Benefits of Real ID\u201d\nMoreData Says:\nUnlicensed drivers also means that they can do anything, engage in any sort of unlawful driving and make it back to the street with little or no fine or jail time.\nI\u2019m not a proponent of giving driving licensure to illegally immigrated people. We need to do something, though. The way we handle this is to forget that population when it becomes difficult.\nJoyceD Says:\nI knew someone once who drove without a license or insurance for 5 yrs. \u2013 she was a citizen, but against government institutions. She drove carefully so she wouldn\u2019t get caught, though.\nPeople will break the law. Making it stricter is not always better.\nWhen she was caught, she was sufficiently fined and restricted from driving and threatened with jail time. The law was significant to serve its purpose. I don\u2019t want to be stopped to have my ID checked periodically \u2013 it would be like living in a police state and you better believe a terrorist would find their way around it if they really wanted to.\nOur money would be better spent by continuing to support the work of the FBI & CIA & scrap Homeland Security.\nThomas Hardman Says:\nThe remark would be more to the effect of \u201csorry chief, I wasn\u2019t able to get a wire transfer, open a bank account or get a credit card, nor rent a car, nor board an airplane\u201d.\nIn Maryland, anyone who declines their insurance will have their tags recalled. Anyone driving with dead tags will be in huge trouble and will pay immense fines.\nMaryland already is a magnet for out-of-state people getting bogus licenses with addresses of post-office boxes, etc. And it\u2019s the only state east of the Rockies that does not require proof of legal residence.\nWith REAL ID, identity theft becomes almost impossible. Why? Because the information is backed up online \u2014 include the picture \u2014 and it\u2019s backed up read-only. Anyone trying to use that information will have to explain why they don\u2019t look like that person whose identity or resources they attempt to steal.\nThe only people who fear REAL ID are illegal aliens and their supporters, or people on the dodge, such as folks trying to weasel out of child-support payments.\nZinzindor Says:\nThere are a lot of people who fear REAL ID:\n\u2013 Federal judges, including Supreme Court justices, would be exempt from having their address information included in the REAL ID database, according to P.L. 110-177, The Court Security Improvement Act of 2007\nI\u2019m assuming that they are not \u201cillegal aliens, or people on the dodge, or folks trying to weasel out of child support payments.\u201d They are just afraid that the Big Brother database will be a security nightmare, and an avenue for, as you put it, \u201cpeople on the dodge.\u201d\nIt\u2019s expensive, it\u2019s intrusive, and it\u2019s dangerous to security. That\u2019s why the states of Nevada, Colorado, Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois, and Tennessee have passed resolutions denouncing REAL ID. And twelve states have passed laws prohibiting implementation of the law.\nWhat about those who lose or gain weight easily? At age 23 I was almost denied alcohol purchase because I had lost a ton of weight and I was a porker when my photo was taken.\nCarnival of Maryland \u00ab ROTUS Says:\n[\u2026] Montgomery doubts that the benefits of Real ID will outweigh the [\u2026]\nThanks to the 2005 Federal Real ID act, I no longer have a mother! She was born Elizabeth Jean Casper. At some time during her adult life, she started using the name Betty instead of Elizabeth. She files her taxes under Betty. Her cars are registered under Betty. Her social security number says Betty and her Social Security is issued under Betty. Her apartment is owned by Betty. But, unless she gets a court-ordered document stating that her name was changed from Elizabeth to Betty, I can no longer establish that she is my mother\u2026.so says the Maryland Department of Motor Vehicles. If any of you out there have found out you are orphans as a result of the Real ID act, please help me find out how I can get my mother back.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 77, "original_length": 8106, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 283.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://lf-blog.com/product/the-catholic-faith-handbook-for-youth-third-edition-paperback-3rd-edition", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:26Z", "digest": "sha1:5AIUKNUGDIZDGN4SY5WKFPY6LVLDD54M", "length": 1155, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "lf-blog.com", "title": "The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth, Third Edition (paperback) 3rd Edition \u2013 Listening Faithfully eStore", "raw_content": "Home / Catholic Doctrine / The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth, Third Edition (paperback) 3rd Edition\nCategory: Catholic Doctrine\nThe Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth, Third Edition is the same understandable and down-to-earth guide to all things Catholic. This book is an eye-opener and a page-turner, whether you are brushing up on specific Catholic terms and concepts or learning them for the first time. It is easy to understand and practical guide for learning the terms and concepts of the Catholic Faith. It includes in-depth material concerning;\nThe Creed: Learn about God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit, and explore the mission and structure of the Catholic Church.\nSacraments: Learn how God works through the Seven Sacraments and the sacred liturgy.\nMorality: Learn the foundations for Catholic morality and apply the Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes to life today.\nPrayer: Learn the central prayers, how to pray them, and learn the types of prayer that are part of the Catholic Faith.\nPray it \u2013 Study it \u2013 Live it!\nYou're viewing: The Catholic Faith Handbook for Youth, Third Edition (paperback) 3rd Edition $ 29.95 $ 24.65", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 2421, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 273.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://lifehacker.com/how-to-cook-well-in-an-airbnb-kitchen-1820573579", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:22Z", "digest": "sha1:PHAZF6VACERRI7D5LKNQKS7OW4GHZJAN", "length": 2908, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "lifehacker.com", "title": "How to Cook Well in an Airbnb Kitchen", "raw_content": "How to Cook Well in an Airbnb Kitchen\nPhoto: diepuppenstubensammlerin via VisualHunt\nOne of the big benefits to staying in an Airbnb instead of a hotel is the kitchen. If you like to cook, being able to do so away from home can be a great way to get to know a city\u2019s culture or just save some cash.\nOn the other hand, lots of Airbnbs, listed as full apartments though they may be, are really, really small. (Omg, Europe, what is going on.) And even if the kitchen isn\u2019t tiny, there are plenty of variables and surprises that can throw a wrench into your culinary plans. For the best Airbnb cooking experience, follow this guide from GQ. The gist:\nPick the right rental. Is there a stovetop and an oven? If it\u2019s summer, is there a grill? (If you\u2019ll be cooking inside in warm weather, is there air conditioning? Once you cook, where will everyone sit to eat? Scour the listing and pictures carefully, and don\u2019t be afraid to email the host with any questions.\nCheck with the host ahead of time. Let your host know you\u2019re planning on cooking\u2014they might restock pantry staples, or they might let you know the gas has been shut off for a month. Or, if there\u2019s a shared kitchen that the listing promises you use of, a heads-up may be crucial to make sure four people aren\u2019t all trying to use the oven at once. Your host can also let you know about local markets and grocery stores.\nWhen you\u2019re there, assess what you\u2019ve got. Once you check in, take a pass through the kitchen. Check the staples and the cookware and look for necessities you\u2019d hate to discover missing once you\u2019re halfway through a meal. (Corkscrew, salt, and dish soap are my big three.) Make note of anything you need and pick it up on your way back home after your day\u2019s adventures.\nExplore local markets. This is a great way to get to know a new city or town, whether it\u2019s a butcher shop, outdoor market, or four stands of produce from nearby farms. When you encounter an ingredient that\u2019s new to you, you can ask how to cook it here, too.\nShop megastores, too. Especially in a foreign country, there\u2019s plenty of local flavor and authenticity to be found at a supermarket. (Stock up on crazy flavors of potato chips, while you\u2019re at it!) You can also save money buying staples here instead of at small boutiques.\nSometimes, shop ahead. If you have dietary restrictions, you may want to pack some gluten-free pasta or whatever you\u2019ll need, in case you can\u2019t find it where you\u2019re going. Whether it\u2019s comfort food you won\u2019t find where you\u2019re going or a crucial ingredient for a big dish you have planned, as long as it can withstand the trip, there\u2019s no shame in bringing it with you.\nHow to Cook Like a God in an Itty-Bitty Airbnb Kitchen | GQ.com\nThe Most Important Kitchen Tools to Bring to a Vacation Rental\nThe U.S. Cities Where It's Cheaper to Book an Airbnb Instead of a Hotel\nHow to Cook Great Food on Vacation (Without a Lot of Tools)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 97, "original_length": 4292, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 332.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://linkstream2.gersteinlab.org/2018/08/12/how-to-play-mancala/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:17:54Z", "digest": "sha1:EQSDXRM34DAB7WMUYJ6T5OH536QDL2DT", "length": 390, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "linkstream2.gersteinlab.org", "title": "linkstream2 microblog \u00bb Blog Archive \u00bb How to Play Mancala", "raw_content": "\u00ab NYTimes: Designing the Death of a Plastic\nFlorence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme \u00bb\nhttps://www.thesprucecrafts.com/how-to-play-mancala-409424\n,x57r]\nTags: educapp0mg\nThis entry was posted on Sunday, August 12th, 2018 at 12:04 am\tand is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 168, "original_length": 3387, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 307.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://livinginamadhouse.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:21Z", "digest": "sha1:OT5JYR4CATCX6VU3CDYS3GPBXMLDLKKD", "length": 98962, "nlines": 274, "source_domain": "livinginamadhouse.wordpress.com", "title": "Uncategorized | Living In A Madhouse", "raw_content": "By Robert Henderson | Tagged censorship, immigration, liberal bigotry, nationhood, NWO | Comments (0)\nThe convictions in 2018 of Jeremy \u201cJez\u201d Bedford-Turner and Alison Chabloz for simply saying things our politically correct elite do not want to hear set a new benchmark for the imposition on England of the totalitarian creed which is political correctness. It is a totalitarian creed because (1) it touches on all aspects of life through the application of the non-discrimination or equality principle and (2) its followers insist that there is only one permissible view, the politically correct one.\nThe convictions\nMr Bedford-Turner has been found guilty of inciting racial hatred in a speech he made outside of Downing Street and sentenced to 12 months imprisonment, of which half will be served on licence. The main thrust of the speech was his concern about the close relationship between the Metropolitan Police and a charity Shomrim which acts as a private Jewish security force.\nMs Chabloz, a singer and musician, has been convicted of three offences relating to the use of a public electronic service. These arise from three songs she had written which were placed on social media and deemed to be grossly insulting to Jews.\nMs Chabloz was sentenced to 20 weeks imprisonment suspended for two years, given 180 hours of community service plus a fine, victim\u2019s surcharge and costs. She is also banned from using social media for a year. Moreover, the conviction will continue to hinder her both socially and professionally after the two years are spent because it will make it difficult or impossible for her to enter countries, especially places such as the USA and Canada.\nBoth trials eventually came about through the initiative of a charity the Campaign against Antisemitism (CAA). The Bedford-Turner case was originally turned referred to the police and the CPS by a charity which promotes Jewish interests and offers physical security services called The Community Security Trust (CST). It was turned down for prosecution by the CPS for not meeting their evidential standard. The CAA then sought and obtained a judicial review of the CPS decision at which point the CPS caved in before the judicial review was heard and reversed their decision not to prosecute.\nThe Chabloz case involved the CAA taking out a private prosecution against her after the CPS had initially refused to act. After their caving in over the Bedford-Turner complaint the CPS took over the private prosecution. It is a reasonable assumption that the CPS did this as a result of their failure to defend the judicial review of the Bedford-Turner case.\nThe fact that the CPS were unwilling to fight the threatened judicial review is disquieting because it means that a prosecution can be potentially secured by an individual or group with the means to fund both the application of a judicial review and the judicial review itself. This disqualifies the vast majority of people in the UK from pursuing such a course because of the considerable legal costs involved. That in turn creates a de facto two tier criminal justice system divided between the haves and the have-nots.\nIt should be noted that the CPS has not meaningfully explain publicly why they did not fight the judicial review or why they changed their minds over the likelihood of securing a conviction in both Bedford-Taylor and Chabloz cases. (the CPS evidential test for prosecution requires a better than 50% chance of securing a conviction)\nJeremy Bedford-Turner\nThe behaviour of the judge David Tomlinson in the Bedford-Turner case gave serious cause for concern.\nThis trial was held before a jury. Tomlinson began by refusing a defence request to put two questions to jury members, namely, are you a member of the CAA? and are you a member of the Community Security Trust CST?\nTomlinson\u2019s reason for the refusal was that he is a strong supporter of the principle of random selection for jurors. However, if it is legitimate to refuse such obviously pertinent questions to check whether a prospective juror is compromised it is difficult to see what test of a juror\u2019s impartiality could not be refused. That is not to say the chances of a member of either the CAA or CST being put forward as a prospective juror was high, but it was a risk which if it had transpired could have been enough to halt the trial. In addition, if the questions had been asked it would have given both the defendant and the general public an assurance that the jury was not patently biased.\nOnce the trial was underway Tomlinson repeatedly sighed and grimaced when politically incorrect points were made and capped his performance by effectively taking over the prosecution\u2019s cross-examination of Mr Bedford-Turner on several occasions to challenge Mr Bedford-Turner\u2019s evidence, that is, the judge intervened not to elucidate a point for himself or the jury but to refute what Mr Bedford-Turner was saying.\nDuring this passage of the hearing the judge said with noticeable distaste that it was shocking that such an organisation as the CAA needed to exist but that was the way of the world.\nThe other thing to note was the way both judge and prosecuting counsel treated opinion as fact and were seemingly oblivious to what they were doing, namely, enforcing the politically correct view of the world.\nDid Mr Bedford-Turner have a chance of acquittal? He had a jury trial so that gave him some chance of a not guilty result. Had it been a trial without a jury he would almost certainly have had no chance of being found innocent for it is very difficult to imagine in our present politically correct charged circumstances that a judge sitting on his or her own would have found Mr Bedford-Turner not guilty.\nBut even with a jury the odds were heavily against a not guilty verdict. In the minds of jurors must be the fear of being called a racist which has been so successfully inculcated in the general population of the UK that it produces a reflex of panic and fear when someone is faced with the possibility of the label of racist being stuck on them. Consequently, any juror faced with a case such as this must have it in the back of their minds that to return a not guilty verdict would be to risk being called a racist.\nThere is also the sheer shock factor of hearing politically incorrect views being unashamedly spoken in a society which has been conditioned to associate such words with danger to those who might express sympathy with them or even be thought not to have condemned them enthusiastically enough.\nIn the event the jury was out for less than two hours and returned a unanimous verdict of guilty. For the record, on the jury there were two black women and one black man on the jury. The rest were white.\nThe original judge in the Chabloz case was the Senior District Judge (Chief Magistrate), Emma Arbuthnot. Arbuthnot is married to Baron Arbuthnot of Edrom, PC, who was a Tory MP until 2015 and who now sits in the House of Lords.\nBoth Lady Arbuthnot and her husband are members of the Conservative friends of Israel and have received hospitality in Israel. Lady Arbuthnot did not stand down on her own initiative, but did so when confronted with her membership of the Conservative Friends of Israel. Her replacement as judge was John Zani.\nThe Chabloz case then took an extraordinary twist. A onetime schoolmate of Zani at Highgate School wrote to him, viz:\n\u201cHi, John, I\u2019m an OC [RH Old Cholmeleian \u2013 an OB of Highgate School] you may remember me \u2013 maybe I am a bit older than you (64) \u2013 I was in the public gallery \u2013 I fight antisemitism, I have a blog on Jewish News.\n\u201c[redacted by the court]\n[This is an] \u201cImportant case for us . . . . . and as you said, a path breaking one. (I\u2019m not a lawyer, I\u2019m an economist).\u201d\nThe writer was Jonathan Hoffman, a well known Zionist. Quite properly Zani called in Ms Chabloz\u2019s barrister Adrian Davies and prosecution counsel Karen Robinson and revealed to them that he had received an email which compromised him. (Zani was reportedly noticeably distressed during this meeting).\nThe only rational interpretation of the text of the email is that the sender was attempting to improperly influence the judge. The email was consequently both a contempt of court and a clear attempt to pervert the course of justice. It was a potentially extremely serious action because the case was being heard without a jury and the verdict was Zani\u2019s alone to make.\nBecause of the letter Zani offered to stand down from the case, but this offer was refused by the defence.\nBefore her trial Ms Chabloz wrote to the Attorney-General asking for the criminal law to be brought to bear on Hoffman. A reply came from the office of the Solicitor-General refusing to act without giving any plausible explanation of why such a blatant attempt to influence a judge could not be prosecuted. I reproduce the letter in full:\nDear Mrs Chabloz,\nI write in relation to your letter of 3rd July, addressed to the Attorney General in which you asked that consideration be given to bringing contempt proceedings against Jonathan Hoffman as the result of an email that he sent to District Judge Zani at Westminster magistrates\u2019 court.\nThe Solicitor General has now considered the matters set out in your letter, as well as the documents you attached. In reaching his decision the Solicitor General has borne in mind that, for contempt proceedings to succeed, he would need to satisfy the High Court beyond a reasonable doubt (i.e. the criminal standard of proof) that the content of the email sent by Jonathan Hoffman created a real risk that the criminal proceedings brought against you would be prejudiced or impeded. He has concluded there is no realistic prospect of proving to the required standard that the email created such a risk and has therefore decided not to institute contempt proceedings.\nFor the sake of completeness, the Solicitor General also considered the content of the postings about your case, which you drew to his attention, that had appeared on Mr Hoffman\u2019s Facebook account between December and February. In relation to those, the Solicitor General has also concluded that there is no realistic prospect of contempt proceedings succeedings.\nThank you nevertheless for bringing these matters to our attention.\nHead of Casework\nUnadulterated waffle sums up Jenkins\u2019 reply. Indeed, it is insulting in its inadequacy \u2013 no attempt is made to present any argument for the decision not to prosecute or even investigate. All that is offered is a bald lordly statement from the powers-that-be that they judge that Hoffman cannot be successfully prosecuted.\nWhether or not Hoffman\u2019s intervention was likely to have any effect on Zani\u2019s behaviour is irrelevant. The offence is the attempt to influence a judge, which is a very serious crime carrying a potential life sentence.\nThe impossibility of defining grossly offensive\nThe question of what is grossly offensive has not been properly examined in either Mr Bedford-Turner or Ms Chabloz\u2019s case. It has two facets. The first is the inherent impossibility of defining what is grossly offensive in a way which makes the judgement other than an expression of opinion.\nThe second facet is the obvious fact that what is grossly offensive to one person can and often is either only mildly offensive or not offensive at all. Indeed, the same person may find the same material offensive in one setting and inoffensive in another. For example, the telling of a risqu\u00e9 joke in mixed company may make a man uncomfortable, but hearing the joke in all male comp-any will probably make the man unselfconsciously laugh. Another example would be telling sick jokes. These may be highly offensive when seen written down in a court of law but in normal life they often appear innocuous. This is what should happen in a free society, social custom regulating behaviour without the intervention of the law.\nThere is also the awkward fact that truths are often \u201cgrossly insulting\u201d. The implication of the prosecution\u2019s case in both trials is that some truths could be judged illegal because they are either grossly offensive, frightening or arouse feelings of racial hatred. That is a very dangerous road to go down for any statement about a matter of importance could be suppressed on such grounds.\nBoth judges have relied on value judgements made by others which they then obtusely or dishonestly (take your pick) treated as objective facts. For example, Zani in his written judgement (para 112), gives a test for what is grossly offensive which is not only a value judgement but a straightforwardly ideological statement made in the politically correct interest, viz: \u201d Put shortly, this court is satisfied that the material in each of the songs is grossly offensive as judged by an open and multiracial society -as opposed to, for example, merely offensive.\u201c\nTomlinson used a very similar statement during Mr Bedford-Turner\u2019s trial to validate his prosecution.\nThe fact that Tomlinson and Zani have cited the definition of other judges and authorities does not give those definitions any objective validity. All they have done is shift the burden of defining what is grossly offensive onto other shoulders.\nFree expression and democracy\nBut the real question is not whether words are grossly offensive or just offensive. The important thing is the fact that it is impossible to have a democracy if there are legal restrictions on what can be said because the essence of democracy is the ability to debate and change anything. Indeed, the idea that there can be limits to insult or offence in a democracy is chilling. Moreover, there is a long tradition in England of the most devastating political insults most notably in the cartoons of the likes of Gillray and Rowlandson.\nTake away the freedom to be as insulting as you like and British politics would become a constricted fearful business. Indeed, this is already happening for political correctness generally is being imposed through a mixture of the criminalising of opinions which oppose the dictates of political correctness and the non-legal penalties such as being driven out of a job.\nAh, but what about threats of violence? I can hear readers saying. The way to deal with these or incitement to violence (or any other criminal act) is not to ban the words per se, but rather to examine the circumstances of the threat and decide whether there is a credible threat of the threatened violence \u2013 who has not said I\u2019ll kill X or I\u2019ll kill Y? -or if there is incitement to see the incitement as being credible enough to form a conspiracy between the inciter and incited.\nThe CPS and Zani\u2019s judgement\nIn Ms Chabloz\u2019s case there is a curious mismatch between the CPS\u2019 original decision that the case did not reach the CPS evidential standard of a better than even chance of a conviction and Zani\u2019s emphatic judgement that she was unreservedly and obviously guilty.\nThere was also a distinctly odd element in Zani\u2019s sentencing. When Zani gave his verdict on 25th May he emphasised two things, remorse and the fact that he judged Ms Chabloz had comfortably passed the standard of offensiveness required for a custodial sentence.\nOn remorse Zani said this in his written judgement (para 108) : \u201cFar from there being any real remorse for or appreciation of the offence that this court finds will have undoubtedly been caused to others, Ms Chabloz remains defiant that her claim to free speech trumps all else and that any attempt to curtail her right would be quite wrong\u2026\u201d\nThe impression left was clear: Ms Chabloz must express remorse if she wished to escape a custodial sentence. This she could have done when she attended a meeting with a probation officer who compiled a report before sentence was given. However, according to Zani Ms Chabloz did not express remorse when she met with the probation officer.\nBearing in mind these remarks on remorse and sentencing it was somewhat of a surprise that Zani imposed a suspended sentence.\nWhat was going on here? To my mind the most plausible explanation is that Zani never had any intention of sending Ms Chabloz to prison and his performance on the 25th May was simply to intimidate her into collapsing in heap and saying she was sorry and that her actions and words had been very wrong.\nWhy would Zani have been unwilling to give a custodial sentence? For an explanation of that one must look at the reason for prosecutions such as this. Our politically correct elite (which includes the mainstream media and academia) want the convictions to frighten the general public (and maintain politically correct discipline within the agencies of the state who enforce political correctness). But what our politically correct elite do not want is widespread mainstream media coverage of trials which reveal what is going on, namely, the criminalising of a very wide and ever expanding range of views.\nAs an aside on this point it is worth mentioning that a striking thing about both the trials was the paucity of mainstream media comment. The coverage was either simple reporting of the proceedings or, where it entered into comment, invariably unfavourable to the defendants. It might have been thought that the mainstream media would have jumped all over such contentious trials but the only mainstream press regularly attending the trials was the Press Association. Why was that? I suspect it was because the politically correct mainstream media did not want the politically incorrect nature of much of the evidence to come before the public\u2019s eyes.\nPolitically correct doublethink\nOur politically correct elite- or at least the true believers in political correctness \u2013 have arrived at a state of Orwell\u2019s doublethink in which they sincerely believe in two contradictory things, in this case they wish at one and the same time to censor whilst maintaining a claim that they are in favour of free expression.\nThere was a marvellous moment in his sentencing when Zani dilated on the necessity and value of free speech in a democracy before saying in the next sentence that there are limits to free expression. Tellingly, he showed absolutely no embarrassment when putting these contradictory statements together.\nThe reality of free expression is that it is a beautifully simple concept: you either have it or you have a range of permitted opinion which can be altered at any moment.\n\u2018The standards of an open and multi-racial society\u2019\nThe claim by the judges and prosecution in both the trials of Mr Bedford-Turner and Ms Chabloz that their words were to be judged \u2018 by the standards of an open and multi-racial society\u2019 is in itself an unequivocal statement of political correctness. It assumes that the standards of political correctness on the subject of race and ethnicity are shared by the overwhelming majority of the UK population, for unless such values are shared by most they cannot be the standards by which UK society operates.\nThere is strong objective evidence that \u201cthe standards of an open and multi-racial society\u201d are not the standards which the large majority of the UK population shares. Polls on immigration consistently show a solid majority of those polled concerned about immigration and its effects. Indeed, this concern played a strong role in achieving the Brexit vote. Research by the think tank British Future published in 2014 as How to talk about immigration found a strong majority for ending mass immigration and 25% of those questioned wanted the removal of all immigrants already in the UK (see p17 of the report).\nProviding a legal defence in \u201crace hate crime\u201d cases\nThere is a general problem with these type of cases which means an orthodox defence is effectively worthless. It is next to inconceivable in the present politically correct public atmosphere that a judge sitting without a jury will find a defendant not guilty on all charges.\nWith a jury a defendant might have a very slim chance of being found not guilty, but the odds are, especially with a jury chosen from the population of London, that a jury would be very likely to convict on these type of charges for the reasons I have already given.\nIn the light of this general problem, which has been emphatically demonstrated in both Jeremy Bedford-Turner and Ms Chabloz\u2019s cases, unorthodox methods should be used. These methods are simple: embarrass the complainants (such as the CAA), prosecuting authorities, the courts and politicians in the hope of prosecutions either not being started or dropped if they have been started.\nThere is a fair chance that any judge will have publicly compromised their impartiality in dealing with these types of cases through their judgements and membership of organisations by expressing politically correct views relating to race and ethnicity which are publicly accessible.\nIn cases where accusations of antisemiticism are involved there is more than a fair chance that a judge will have some Jewish connections. That was the case in Ms Chabloz\u2019s prosecution. Getting Emma Arbuthnot to recuse herself because of her association with the Tory Friends of Israel was a good start. If Zani\u2019s offer to stand down because an old school friend sent him an inappropriate email had been accepted there is an outside chance that would have killed the prosecution stone dead. But even if it did not it would have offered the chance of finding some compromising Jewish connection on the third judge. If that had happened I think the prosecution would have collapsed.\nIf a trial goes ahead I suggest that the defence is built around the principle of free expression being a sine qua non of a democracy and a necessity for the defence of personal freedom.\nWitnesses for the prosecution should be subjected to questioning to get them to explain what they find grossly offensive or frightening in whatever the offending words or images are the cause for the trial. They will almost certainly not be able to give a coherent account of what they feel.\nThe background of prosecution witnesses should be vigorously examined especially with regard to their social media. If the witnesses have engaged in social media contributions which could conceivably come within the present definition of hate crimes make a complaint to the police.\nMake a subject access request under the Data Protection Act to any organisation which is involved in a prosecution of you. That will not only probably make things awkward for the organisation and possibly get useful data, for example, indiscrete emails about you, but also show the people involved that you are not going to collapse in a heap.\nSomething very sinister is happening\nWhat has been made very clear in these two trials is that we have an elite which is hell bent on squeezing the range of permitted opinion ever more tightly into a politically correct shape. A good example of how far we have gone down that path is the College of Policing\u2019s operational guide to hate crimes which is frightening in its breadth. It defines these groups as being subject to hate crimes:\n3.2.1 Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities\n3.2.2 Asylum, refugee and migrant communities.\n3.2.3 Antisemitism.\n3.2.4 Anti-Sikh hate crime\n3.3 Religious hate crime\n3.3.1 Anti-Muslim hate crime.\n3.3.2 Other types of religious hate crime\n3.3.3 Sectarian crime\n3.5 Transgender hate crime.\nI will cite the College of Policing\u2019s examples of what constitute anti-semitism to give a flavour of how broad and unexpected can be their guidance on \u201chate crimes\u201d (see p37 of the College of Policing guidance for the full details) :\nContemporary examples of antisemitism in public life, the media, schools, the workplace, and in\nthe religious sphere could include, but are not limited to:\ncalling for, aiding, or justifying the killing or harming of Jews in the name of a radical ideology or an extremist view of religion\nmaking mendacious, dehumanising, demonising, or stereotypical allegations about Jews as individuals or the power of Jews as a collective, including especially, but not exclusively, the myth about a world Jewish conspiracy or of Jews controlling the media, economy, government or other societal institutions\naccusing Jews as a people of being responsible for real or imagined wrongdoing committed by a single Jewish person or group, or even for acts committed by non-Jews\ndenying the fact, scope, mechanisms (eg, gas chambers) or intentionality of the genocide of the Jewish people at the hands of National Socialist Germany and its supporters and accomplices during World War II (the Holocaust)\naccusing Jews as a race, or Israel as a State, of inventing or exaggerating the Holocaust\nExamples of the ways in which antisemitism manifests itself with regard to the State of Israel could include:\ndenying the Jewish people their right to self-determination, eg, by claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavour\napplying double standards by requiring behaviour not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation\nusing the symbols and images associated with classic antisemitism (eg, claims of Jews killing Jesus or blood libel) to characterise Israel or Israelis\nHands up anyone who thinks they would be safe from prosecution with this police guidance in play if they criticised Jews or Israel. Or ask yourself how the well known journalist Peter Oborne would escape being caught in the police net for his Dispatches programme Inside Britain\u2019s Israeli Lobby?\nOf course it is very unlikely that a journalist such as Oborne would be prosecuted at present because the laws relating to \u201chate crimes\u201d are rarely if ever applied to those with power and/or influence, something which is a serious ill in itself because it undermines the idea of equality before the law. But that could change in the future for when a system of ideological censorship is in place no one is entirely safe however slavishly the party line is followed. You can go to bed one day thinking you know the \u201cparty line\u201d only to find it has changed by the following day without you knowing with the result that you unwittingly transgress.\nIt is also important to understand that the British elite\u2019s desire to enforce political correctness is by no means exhausted. Penalties for politically incorrect transgressions could be about to become even more penal because the Sentencing Council which advises government on sentencing has recommended that penalties for inciting racial hatred and suchlike should be raised to a maximum of six years.\nThe short answer is in a very perilous place. Free expression is essential to democracy and political freedom. Take it away and oppression soon fills the void. Freedom of expression is also necessary for personal liberty to exist because without it no element of personal freedom is safe from obliteration by censorship. Free expression also has a tremendous general cultural value in that it stimulates thought and debate.\nThe damage censorship does, not least in the paranoia it generates, is wonderfully portrayed in the recent film release The death of Stalin, a very funny but also extremely sinister film. See it if you can.\nCensorship always means the censor has no solid argument for their position. I will leave the last word to John Milton who more than three centuries ago understood the power and utility of free expression when he wrote:\n\u2018And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose upon the earth, so truth be in the field [and] we do injuriously by licensing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and falsehood grapple; who ever knew truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter\u2026\u2019 [Milton \u2013 Areopagitica].\nBy Robert Henderson | Comments (14)\nSomeone is trying to kill me. Or to be more precise a number of people are trying to kill me. Or to be utterly exact various professional killers employed by sundry powerful men are trying to murder me.\nWhy are powerful men trying to kill me? Because metaphorically speaking I invented a better mousetrap. Mark Twain was right was right; the world does beat a path to your door when you invent something useful. Unfortunately he was under the misapprehension that the world beats a path to the inventor\u2019s door to make him rich. What the world actually does is beat a path to the inventor\u2019s door to kill, maim or cheat him. How did I get into this predicament? I went to a patent lawyer who\u2026no that\u2019s moving the story on too fast. Let\u2019s get back to the why.\nWhat have I discovered? Nothing less than the engineer\u2019s version of the philosopher\u2019s stone, free energy. In approximately two seconds of conscious thought I invented a perpetual motion machine. You just set it off and it goes on and on and on without any further power input until you want to stop it. No fuel needed and precious few moving parts to break.\nHell! the machine\u2019s so neat it won\u2019t even cause heartbreak to the scientific gentry because it doesn\u2019t transgress the most biblical of scientific writs, that infuriating old first law of thermodynamics which won\u2019t allow more energy to come out of system than goes into it. Bit of a shame that, not outraging the boffins, but at least it means they won\u2019t be able to say in their canting obscurantist way that the idea\u2019s nonsense because it breaks a scientific law.\nThe basic invention is such a damn simple thing. If you saw the machine you would say how the devil didn\u2019t anybody think of that before! I did myself at first, but I got to reflecting on how I was forty nine when I came up with the idea and how that idea came out of nothing. Pure serendipity.\nHappens every now and then. A young boy inadvertently invented the centrifugal governor for Watt\u2019s steam engine by casually hooking up a lever to a valve and a distracted Archimedes comprehended specific gravity whilst staring at his bathwater. My idea was that easy and sudden.\nStrange how people have these ideas. Watt\u2019s boy did it to save himself the trouble of minding the steam engine so that he could play with another lad; Archimedes did it to please a king. Me? I don\u2019t rightly know. I\u2019ve always had a fascination with the way things are, not why they exist you understand, but how they\u2019re made, how they function. But that\u2019s not an explanation in itself. Perhaps it\u2019s because I\u2019ve a mind which works primarily on logic. That means I\u2019m naturally inclined to understand processes rather than cold data. Ask me to memorise a list of names and I couldn\u2019t do that to save my life. Ask me to memorise a complicated process using the same names and they would slip into my brain as easy as ABC. Come to think of it, perhaps it\u2019s the logical structure of my mind which gives me my interest in the form and function of things.\nAnyway, whatever the reason, there I was one evening less than a year ago, feeling old, flat broke, sitting in a rented room with cheap furniture and even cheaper wallpaper, staring blankly at a couple of common or garden objects owned by the stranger who rented out the room. Suddenly I thought you put this here and that there, join this to the other and bingo! there it was, an idea to turn the whole world through eighty degrees. Suddenly I\u2019m thinking that I\u2019m no longer booked on a one way ticket to Palookaville with no chance of a refund.\nI\u2019ve had a small model running nonstop for near on nine months. As I write this I could hold out my hand and touch it. I knew the machine must work when it was only an idea in my head. But being intellectually convinced is only half the battle, so I made the machine to pay heed to my emotions. I needed to see it working to believe.\nIt\u2019s a very basic thing this model I\u2019ve made, but in principle it could go on for ever. However, parts will wear out and materials deteriorate and accidents happen, so at some point it will fail. As things stand I reckon that it could take a thousand years or more to break down. With better materials perhaps hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of years. Eventually who knows? Prevent the materials deteriorating, avoid accidents, let the Earth remain much the same and it\u2019s forever. But even a thousand years is as good as infinity for the individual man, so for all practical purposes it\u2019s a perpetual motion machine as it stands. And the additional beauty of the thing is that it takes precious little energy to start and next to no energy to stop.\nHow does the machine work? It\u2026well, that\u2019s my big problem, that\u2019s why I\u2019ve got all these people after me. I don\u2019t dare tell anybody until I\u2019ve got a few things right side up in my head, number one being how do I keep alive. But I\u2019ll describe it in general terms so someone reading this can understand what is making powerful men so angry and desperate that they want to kill a man without money, power or influential friends. Just hang onto your concentration for paragraph or two and you\u2019ll get the general idea.\nMy miraculous engine uses a simple natural phenomenon to produce motion which in turn is linked to another example of the selfsame phenomenon and the synchronised reciprocating action of these two phenomena sustains the motion of each other. Ergo, a self sustaining cycle is formed. Ergo it need never stop. Now motion equals power, mechanical or electrical to your choice. So you can either use my machine to drive something directly \u2013 a ship\u2019s propeller say \u2013 or link it to a generator to produce electricity.\nThe power it generates is unusually stable. Because it doesn\u2019t use fuel, you need never worry that you\u2019ll get an irregular performance from supposedly similar fuel and it isn\u2019t overly dependent on the immediate weather conditions like wind and solar power or naturally inconsistent in strength like running water or wave power. My machine just starts off at a pace and never changes unless gravity, pressure or temperature alters.\nGravity and pressure aren\u2019t a problem because neither vary significantly on the Earth\u2019s land surfaces, so that leaves only temperature to fret about. That\u2019s a theoretical problem because the lowest natural land temperatures can make the natural phenomenon impossible. In practice it\u2019s no problem because most places will never get cold enough most of the time and, in those that do, the problem could be overcome easily enough by insulation. Come to think of it, I could overcome the difficulty by substituting the machine\u2019s normal primary material with one which reacts differently to heat.\nAt the worst, one of my machines might run a fraction faster or slower as the temperature goes up or down. In any case if you want an absolutely stable power flow, all you need to do is put the machine into a pressure and temperature controlled environment which, of course, you can create using power from the machine. Beautiful ain\u2019t it!\nProducing virtually free, stable power is recommendation enough, but my machine has other flag waving advantages which say BUY BUY BUY ME. The materials needed to build it are plentiful and easy to work. It doesn\u2019t use fuel. There is absolutely no pollution so there are no gas emissions, no chemical leaks, no nuclear waste, no interference with the environment such as you get with wave power and no noise. You don\u2019t even have the aesthetic problem of ugly equipment such as electricity pylons. In fact, my machines could be built in a way which made them part of the natural landscape.\nBest of all the machine depletes no natural resources other than those required to build the machines and is permanently sustainable. Sounds like fairy gold, don\u2019t it? But there\u2019s more.\nMy machine could provide the power for most human needs at the point of use. Imagine a world in which each building, each home, each business, each factory had its own machine to generate power. Out goes the great paraphernalia of electricity lines and gas pipes we now have, out go the great power generating plants. Even if a few public generators were required for undertakings such as the railways, they could be built using my machine.\nThe practical effects of the machine would have profound political consequences. All countries would have access to power so cheap as to be virtually free. No country could be utterly held to ransom by the oil and gas suppliers. Because pollution is zero, even the lowest tech economies could run it safely. In theory any country could industrialise.\nIf you\u2019re thinking that the contraption sounds too good to be true, relax, no machine was ever built without a drawback or three. This one has two. The first comes from the stability of the natural process producing the motion. This stability means that power can only be generated at one rate by a particular machine.\nNow that just goes to show the value of working things out on paper. Just after I wrote that last paragraph I thought of a novel way of gearing the machine to produce differential motion by restricting the opportunity for the motion producing phenomenon to occur. How easy it would be in practice is another matter, but as the gearing is a simple mechanical device I don\u2019t foresee any great problem. A bit of tinkering here and there to discover the most efficient way f setting the gearing mechanism but that\u2019s all. But even if the gearing did not work, all you need to do to produce differential power is store the electricity the machine produces and use it as required at what power level you want.\nGoddamn! I\u2019ve just thought of an even better way to gear the machine. I\u2019ll use different materials to alter the rates of flow. So let\u2019s say the machine has only one real drawback, size.\nEven if I can make a machine which produces different levels of power, I am still constrained by its upper power limit. To alter its power I can only subtract from its maximum energy output. So what you say, the same applies to all powered engines. But with other machines you can improve their fuel or adapt their structure to gain greater power from the same size of mechanism. Unless I can find materials which act more efficiently than those I know of, I can\u2019t make any significant improvements in power generation to my machine, because the natural phenomenon I utilise will only produce a given amount of motion in a given amount of space.\nI could use greater pressures to speed the natural phenomenon, but that would be pointless because I would run into the old conservation of energy problem. The energy required to increase the pressure would cancel out any increased energy output from the machine. It really gets up my nose that conservation of energy law!\nSo the long and the short of it is that my machines will have to be on the large size for substantial power generation. Certainly too big to power a car or a plane because the power/weight ratio would be impractical. For the technically virginal, that\u2019s just a fancy way of saying the machine would not generate enough energy to move its own and the vehicle\u2019s mass.\nBut if my machine could not propel cars and planes directly, it might power a large ship. And even cars could be powered by it indirectly if electric propulsion becomes not merely possible, but at least as convenient and efficient as petrol driven engines.\nHow big can my machines be? In principle any size above the microscopic. The beauty of the machine is that it can be linked to any number of other machines or the process of the natural phenomenon could be replicated infinitely in a single machine. As for machines going the other way on the size scale, there is a limit because another natural phenomenon kicks in at the microscopic level to prevent the perpetual motion process happening. There\u2019s probably a way round that as well, but I can\u2019t think of it as yet, although I suspect the answer lies in using materials of different density.\nSounds like I\u2019m a lucky man just waiting to coin as much money as a man could conceive of doesn\u2019t it? Wrongity wrongity! There is a positive forest of stricken circumstantial oaks across the road to my fame and riches. After I had made my first machine and had it running for long enough to convince me that it was stable, I sat down to think about how I would bring the idea to the market. The trouble was that the more I thought about it the more impossible the business seemed.\nTo begin with I thought about patents. To patent an invention all over the world costs about thirty grand. I won\u2019t keep you in suspense, I didn\u2019t and don\u2019t have thirty grand. But that thirty grand is only the beginning because you are bound to get pirating, and that\u2019s particularly so when the machine is cheap and easy to produce. So you need more money for patent infringement law suits, lots and lots more money, boy! do you need money to keep lawyers happy. And the funny thing is it doesn\u2019t matter where you go in the world, lawyers all have the same three principal character traits, greedy, greedy and greedy again. I was tempted to throw in idle, incompetent, dishonest, ignorant and cowardly before greedy, but that would be unfair to lawyers. Idle, incompetent, dishonest, ignorant and cowardly indubitably score just below greedy on the lawyer personality chart. And it\u2019s been ever thus. First let us kill the lawyers! wrote old Will Shakespeare. I can\u2019t say I\u2019m utterly opposed to the idea.\nThose are your legal problems with patents. Your other more pressing slings and arrows \u2013 let\u2019s be polite and call them extra-legal difficulties \u2013 come from those countries which either don\u2019t recognise patents for foreigners or do but don\u2019t if you know what I mean. It\u2019s a sorry truth that most countries don\u2019t have a meaningful legal system, they being more than a little remiss in providing such things as due process and the right to independent legal representation.\nAnd in any case I sincerely doubt whether a foreigner ever gets fair treatment before a foreign court anywhere. So legal action is not really a paying proposition anywhere unless your indecently rich.\nSome wiseguys might tell you the way to deal with such unobliging states is to bribe their rulers. The wiseguys who tell you that will even offer to hand over your money to the said rulers. You would be better employed donating the money to your favourite charity. If one thing is certain in this world, you never can trust a man who takes a bribe. Either he will be willing to take another one to betray you or he won\u2019t have the power to deliver his promises.\nWhen it comes down to it, your only real safeguards against having an idea stolen are technical sophistication and cost. You need to produce a product which is either too technically sophisticated for easy production or so expensive that bootleggers can\u2019t afford to produce it.\nGenerally if you have the first you have the second. Sadly my machine doesn\u2019t exactly fall into the category of technically sophisticated although it could utilise a lot of high tech stuff to maximise its effectiveness. In fact, my machine is so simple in principle that your average cackhanded technophobe bozo could construct a basic model in his kitchen and that basic machine could power a 60 watt bulb. So that makes effective patenting more than a mite difficult.\nBut patenting was just the beginning of my worries. I also had to find the money to either start up a company to manufacture the machines or persuade a big company to fund the project. Well, I sure as hell couldn\u2019t do the first and I was damn sure that no big company was going to look at somebody they didn\u2019t know from Adam. But hopeless as that seemed I played make believe to progress matters. I asked myself to suppose that I could get the money for the patenting and persuade a big company to finance me.\nI could just about believe that some lawyer with an eye to the main chance might do the patenting work on a contingency basis. In the small hours I could even see some big business taking me under its wing. But what was there to stop either a lawyer or a company taking me for a ride? How could I trust the lawyers and businessmen with whom I would have to deal?\nHow could I protect my idea? In the end the answer I came up with was the only sane one: I had damn all ways of guaranteeing that I wouldn\u2019t be shafted and the idea stolen. But before I got to that inescapable, indigestible conclusion I tied myself in knots trying to close down all the alleyways and thoroughfares which a lawyer or a business could scuttle down. I created positive sheepshanks of logical reasoning and half-hitches of practical actions to lash everything down. I\u2019ll give you a taste of the way I went, twisting and turning till my head was near breaking. My mind would work something like this.\nI need to prove that the idea was mine. Therefore I\u2019m going to send myself a number of letters with the plans of the machine inside. The envelopes will have stamps over the sealing flap of envelope. That way the point of entry into the envelope is date stamped by the post office. A court will accept that as proof of my knowledge of the machine at the stamped date.\nDamn! but that doesn\u2019t prove that I invented the machine, it merely proves that I knew about it by a particular time. So I shall send a letter to the patent lawyer describing what the machine does in general terms but without describing the machine. This letter will be sent by recorded post so again I have a date stamp. But what if he says that he never received the letter? I shall send the letter to his home not his office. That will mean that either he or his wife signs for the letter. But that won\u2019t prove that I sent the lawyer a particular letter. So I shall videotape myself putting the letter into envelope before I send it. But that still won\u2019t prove that I sent that particular letter. Hell!\nOr I might be thinking about meeting the patent lawyer. Then I would go along like this. What am I going to do about the meeting? The lawyer\u2019s got to come to me. That way I can control the physical circumstances. Then I can record the meeting. But I mustn\u2019t rely on just one record because that the recording might be faulty or the man\u2019s face be turned from the camera so his lips can\u2019t be seen. So I shall videotape the meeting with four video machines placed at 90 degrees to one another. Just for luck I shall run half a dozen tape recorders as well. I can\u2019t afford to buy the video recorders but I can hire them.\nShall I tell the patent lawyer I am recording? Indubitably yes because if I don\u2019t as sure as eggs are ovoid objects he will go scuttling off to the patent office or a manufacturer or both and sew up the patent for someone else. If I didn\u2019t have the recordings I would\u2026jeez you see what this sort of thing does, it signposts the way to a home for the barking.\nFinally I got thinking about the practical effects my machine would have on the world. Just imagine what would happen if a source of energy was given to the world which required no more than the initial outlay for the machine. All right, you could factor in the costs of security for the biggest machines and there will be some piffling maintenance costs for the moving parts, but whichever way you look at it, the cost is minuscule compared with any current means of power generation.\nThe problem is that my invention is not like any other in the history. Other forms of power have come upon the scene. Windmills competed with watermills. Steam competed with wind and watermills. Oil superseded steam, electricity competes with oil and gas. Nuclear energy vies with all these. But in those cases the change was never immediate nor complete.\nSteam may be almost dead as a serious primary power source but it took two centuries to become moribund. As for the others, they all have their niches. What I have is the means to make all of them, except petrol for vehicles and ships and planes, obsolete in a matter of a few years, perhaps as little as ten. And if decent batteries can be invented for cars, then most of the oil used in cars will become redundant.\nNow sit down and think of all the powerful men whose place in the world is dependent on power generation. Think of the gas companies, the electricity generators and the oil companies.\nThink of coal and gas. Think of the oil dependent cars. Think of all the people employed in all those industries. Think of all the other people who live off the general expenditure of the energy producing people. Think of the politicians who tax and spend. Think of the economic and social disruption a form of energy so cheap that its cost becomes negligible could cause. Think of what the likely response to the man who has invented the machine which creates virtually free power.\nWhat do men do when they are threatened. They become either aggressive or submissive, the Uriah Heap syndrome. When they are powerful men, they invariably become aggressive. When they are really frightened they will kill. So I thought there would be more a fair chance that someone would want me dead if I tried to patent the machine.\nAfter all that thinking and conjuring of demons, there I was sitting on this wonderful idea which could change the world and I couldn\u2019t see a way of through the thicket to the open fields beyond.\nI tried to shrug my shoulders and tell myself to forget about it. But the idea was so strong in my mind that I couldn\u2019t leave the thing alone . However hard I pressed it down it kept clambering back to my frontal lobes until it became a mental sore.\nI knew that it was Lombard Street to a china orange that I would be cheated. I knew that the machine could cause great social dislocation. I knew that the machine could threaten the security of the powerful. I knew that I was putting myself in danger. But it didn\u2019t make a damn bit of difference, that\u2019s the God\u2019s honest truth. I didn\u2019t care about anything but the machine.\nIt wasn\u2019t even the prospect of money which was uppermost in my mind. What was sitting there was the sheer cleverness of the thing and the fact that I had invented it. If a philosopher ever made a more profound observation than David Hume when he said that the heart has its reasons that reason knows not of, I would sorely wish to know it.\nWell that was six months ago. What did I do? I found a lawyer who agreed to apply for patents in Britain, the US, Japan and the EU. I reckoned that would cover enough of the countries who could not afford to be without the machine to make me a fortune.\nTrue to form the lawyer just couldn\u2019t resist the temptation to go to an oil company. Needless to say he didn\u2019t register the patents. I know the lawyer went to the oil company because they tried to buy me out. But the trouble was they wanted to suppress the machine. And my trouble was that I couldn\u2019t bear that. So I said no. The oil company offered more and more money but I kept on saying no. Eventually the oil company stopped offering.\nI was just about to look out another patent lawyer when the first attempt to kill me happened. A car swerving up on the pavement. I just managed to get into a side alley in time. It could have been an accident but it looked deliberate and I don\u2019t believe in coincidences. Another car tried to run me down the next day. Caught me a glancing blow and I ended up in hospital for a couple of weeks.\nI can take hint so I didn\u2019t go back to my room when I came out of hospital. I simply left everything I had and ran. Where am I now? Sitting in another rented room with cheap furniture and even cheaper wallpaper, feeling old and flat broke. I\u2019m even staring blankly at a couple of common or garden objects owned by a stranger.\nAny difference from a few months back? Yeah, I\u2019m scared, but I\u2019m even angrier and angry trumps scared any day. And I\u2019ll tell you the damndest thing about my anger. I\u2019m not angry because I\u2019m not making a fortune. I\u2019m not even angry because people are trying to kill me. No, I\u2019m angry because the machine\u2019s a truly beautiful idea and if I\u2019m killed it will be gone.\nSo what do I do? Shall I patent it as best I can? Shall I do what Alexander Fleming did with penicillin and give it to the world for free? Or shall I simply let the idea come silent with me to the grave? I can\u2019t even console myself by thinking that if I don\u2019t make the invention public then somebody else will soon discover it. The natural physical phenomenon I utilise for my machine has been known for at least three thousand years. We have had something approximating to a proper scientific method for at least four hundred years and a respectable technology for far longer. Yet in all that time no one sat down and looked at this phenomenon and put two and two together. So why should I believe that someone will discover what I have discovered? In fact, I reckon it\u2019s even less likely now than it was three hundred years ago because our scientific erudition and technological brilliance has blinded men to simple processes.\nOne thing is for sure, when shove comes to push nobody can stop me from making the idea public knowledge. If all other roads come to dead ends, I can release the genie by uploading the details of the machine onto the Internet.\nWell, I reckon shove has come to push so I put this lead here and that lead there, join this to the other, switch on, log on , upload and bingo! there it is, an idea to turn the world through eighty degrees, singing through the ether of the worldwide web. I wonder which big company will be the first to apply for a patent?\nBy Robert Henderson | Tagged fiction | Comments (3)\nThe trial of the mass killer Anders Breivik in Oslo is truly remarkable. It is not Breivik who is fearful , but the Norwegian political mainstream trembling their way towards what they hope will be a politically correct ending to the story with Breivik declared mad, viz:\n\u201cThe prosecutors are still beginning the trial calling for Breivik to be transferred to compulsory mental health treatment, not prison, despite a new psychiatrists report last week ruling him sane enough to be criminally responsible.\nBut they reserve the right to make a submission to have this changed to a call for a prison sentence, based on information that comes up in the trial.\u201d (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/norway/9206193/Norway-killer-Anders-Behring-Breivik-trial-day-one-as-it-happened.html)\nNot, of course, that they would use the word mad because that would be so politically incorrect.\nLiberals are desperately struggling to fit the man into their fantasy world where everyone is wondrously multicultural and gleefully accepting of whatever change is forced upon them by mass immigration or the denial of human nature and difference which is the essence of political correctness. This entails a blind refusal to engage with Breivik\u2019s declared motives and general criticism of modern Norwegian society (and by extension the developed world generally) . In a nutshell, they do not know how to rationally respond to a man who challenges everything they believe in and can only deal with the existence of Breivik by turning him into a being who is either not worthy of consideration or a fabulous monster who can be viewed in the same way that the audience for a nineteenth century freak show would look at the unfortunate beings on display.\nThe refusal to engage with Breivik is epitomised by the mass public singing during the trial of a song which Breivik claims is part of the indoctrination of Norwegians. The song , Children of the Rainbow, contains lyrics such as these:\n\u201cA sky full of stars, blue sea as far as you can see\nAn earth where flowers grow, can you wish for more?\nTogether shall we live, every sister, brother\nYoung children of the rainbow, in a fertile land\u201d\n(http://www.policymic.com/articles/7556/norway-fights-against-mass-killer-breivik-by-singing-children-of-the-rainbow/related.\nIn propaganda terms, what is the difference between getting Norwegian children to sing that and the Hitler Youth leading renditions of the Horst Wessel song ?\nThree tactics have been used to negate the danger Breivik represents: say he is insane, seek to censor his testimony on the ground that he will use the trial to promote his political ideas or attempt to diminish him and his ideas by deriding him as a person. This mentality is echoed by liberals everywhere. Consequently, even outside of Norway there is precious little attempt to present reasoned argument against what Breivik is claiming. Instead liberals generally have offered feeble personal abuse of his person, bald assertions that his arguments are wrong and delusional and claims that he must be mad.\nWhy are liberals so desperate not to address the issues Breivik has raised? Because they know in their heart of hearts that their declared political ends are no more than aspirations; that despite decades of politically correct propaganda and the punishment of those who dissent from the ideology with the criminal law or non-criminal sanction\u2019s such as loss of employment, humans still feel what they have always felt, a strong sense of tribal identity and territoriality. Liberals know this in the most certain way because they , like everyone else, have the feelings which lead human beings to naturally think in terms of membership of a group and to favour those like themselves. This commonly makes them arrange their lives so that they can avoid all the ethnic and racial diversity they extol as wonderfully enriching, a trait most notably seen in \u201cwhite flight\u201d from areas of heavy immigrant settlement.\nIt might be thought that the secret fears expressed in their hypocrisy of avoiding the joy of diversity would make the sustaining of their ideology impossible. Not a bit of it. Liberals can always tell themselves that they are still on a journey towards the promised politically correct land and find excuses for why they live (in England) a very white and very English world . (The favourite white liberal excuse for denying themselves the experience of the joy of diversity is that it is a matter of class which causes them to end up well away from the diversity. This , the white liberal claims, is because they are richer than most and ethnic minorities are poorer than most and the two groups are accordingly sorted into different neighbourhoods by wealth not race or ethnicity. It is an argument which does not seem to provide an adequate garment to cover the hypocrisy of the likes of the leftist folk singer Billy Bragg who removed himself from his Essex origins as the place became invaded by ethnic minorities and went to live in Dorset, arguably the whitest and most English of counties).\nWhen people support an ideology which they know is false or at the least not objectively demonstrable, they invent excuses for reality not being in accord with the ideology. In the case of modern liberals they argue that human nature does not exist and behaviour is simply a consequence of social conditioning. They then follow the logic of that belief to say that all that is required to change (to liberals) harmful behaviour is to alter the conditioning. When their attempts to re-condition humans in a politically correct way fail, as they always do, the liberal\u2019s response is simple: the conditioning has not gone on long enough or has not be powerful enough to effect the required alterations in human behaviour. This provides an excuse to continue with and enhance the re-conditioning by ever more draconian restrictions on how people may behave. The liberal\u2019s chosen vehicle for the re-conditioning is the ideology we now know as political correctness or, to the politically and academically inclined, cultural Marxism.\nBut although they can find excuses for why things are not as they are supposed to be according to the politically correct canon, liberals, even the most committed believers, also have a terrible fear that if people point out that the liberal emperor has no clothes before the politically correct promised land is reached, it could cause a revolution which might, at best, overthrow what they fervently want or, more venally , could result in dire consequences from themselves as the rage of those who have suffered from the enforcement of political correctness and mass immigration is let off the leash. At the very least all the highly paid jobs which rely on the dominance of political correctness would vanish. This would remove the livelihoods of a very large proportion of those who sincerely believe in political correctness and even more from those who pay lip-service to political correctness simply to obtain one of the politically correct sinecures. There is a very large vested interest in maintaining political correctness once it has become the ideology of those with power.\nIf political correctness was simply a marginal political creed it would be harmless. Unfortunately, it has become the elite ideology of most of the Western world. That makes it toxic and potentially dangerous enough to destroy the societies in which it has gained such a hold, most particularly through its permitting of mass immigration and the promotion of multiculturalism. It is catastrophically pernicious because it is totalitarian in its nature for it reaches into every aspect of life and insists that the only acceptable opinion in any situation is the politically correct one.\nThe ills of mass immigration and the enforcement of multiculturalism require little comment beyond the obvious facts that mass immigration that the injection into a society of huge numbers of those who either cannot fully assimilate for reasons of racial difference or will not assimilate from a determination to retain the imported ancestral culture ,must of itself be immediately divisive and, eventually, if immigration it continues long enough, potentially result in the original population becoming a minority in their own land and their own culture, at the least, badly mangled by that stark change in fortune.\nThe state promotion of immigrant cultures and the suppression of indigenous interests facilitates the process of the destruction of a homogeneous society, but this may be an effect rather than a cause of the mass immigration. Rather than being the result of a conscious plot as the proponents of Cultural Marxism believe, it could be a response to the permitting of mass immigration through negligence or cowardice by political elites who then try to justify what has happened, control native dissent and attempt to deal with the inevitable ills brought by mass immigration by developing a philosophy such as multiculturalism which pretends that there is no such thing as tribalism in the human DNA and everything is consequently for the best in all possible multicultural worlds. It does not solve the problem but it provides the elite with a narrative for what has happened which diverts blame away from them at least temporarily.\nThe ill effects of political correctness as it relates to issues other than those arising from race and ethnicity are less immediately obvious. The ever growing censorship of what may be said or done is obvious enough, but there are other more subtle effects. Because its tenets run directly contrary to the way human beings naturally behave as individuals and in the mass , political correctness will never gain general acceptance, but what it can do is inhibit the normal social relationships of a society by making it dangerous for individuals to behave naturally. By definition, this must undermine the efficient functioning of any community because people are being asked to behave in a manner which is alien to their natural function. .\nThe idea that discrimination \u2013 the Great Satan of political correctness \u2013 is self-evidently and always wrong is a literal nonsense. Humans like every other organism have to make choices. Choice requires discrimination. We discriminate in finding people sexually attractive; in liking them as people; in choosing someone because we believe they are competent to do something and in a myriad other ways. People have to discriminate between people many times a day. All of these things are matters, like race, over which individuals have no control because the judgement is made by others not themselves. Except for a few very advanced cases of political correctness, liberals make no complaint about such discrimination. The choice of race, gay rights and sexual equality as the great forbidden subjects of discrimination is arbitrary, no more than an ideological whim.\nWhen the state interferes in the necessary and natural use of discrimination, which includes the exercise of preference for those who most resemble ourselves , they distort society. Breivik\u2019s prime complaint apart from the effects of multiculturalism generally and Islam in particular is that Norwegian society has become feminised. There is force in his argument. Norway has probably gone further than any other country in forcing through the use of law and incessant propaganda women into areas where they were considerably under-represented, most notably in politics (http://www.norway.org/aboutnorway/society/Equal-opportunities/gender/politics/)and business (http://www.20-first.com/406-0-a-personal-account-of-the-quota-legislation-in-norway.html).\nBreivik believes that the changes in male roles and the straitjacket of feminism on Norway has emasculated Norwegian men. He has a point. The films of the Stieg Larsson Millennium trilogy (set in Sweden not Norway, but Sweden is a country which is part of the general Scandinavian appetite for feminism) show us a very strange world in which men are all viewed as potential rapists unless they have been emasculated by feminist propaganda, women revenge themselves on men with violence and women play the authority roles in the same way that blacks do in Hollywood films (https://livinginamadhouse.wordpress.com/2012/04/11/politically-incorrect-film-reviews-the-millenium-trilogy/). Looking at the personnel involved in the Breivik trial, it is eerily reminiscent of the world depicted in the Millennium films. The senior judge and one of the leading prosecutors are women. The men who appear , such as Breivik\u2019s lawyer Geir Lippstad , commonly have a strangulated emasculated manner . Interviews with many of the Norwegian men speaking about the Breivik killings also display this quality.\nWhy does this matter? There are fundamental, and to everyone other than liberals, obvious reasons why men are normally masculine and women are feminine in their behaviour. That is the way Nature has crafted their respective general personalities and behaviours. Male dominance is the norm amongst mammals and it would be extraordinary if it was not present in human beings. Even if it was possible to remove the trait through conditioning, it would beg the question of whether it would be wise to do so. At best it would be a reckless gamble. Human beings need to feel that their lives have purpose. Take away the natural roles of men and women and most will at some point in their lives feel that their natural purpose has been subverted.\nAs for women, the fact that they bear children of itself writes the general script of both their lives and personalities. There will always be women who do not want children or who fail to display a strong maternal instinct if they do have them, but the great majority will naturally behave in a feminine manner.\nThe natural instincts of Norwegian men and women have not been abolished, but men entering the Norwegian elite will tend to be those who are less strongly masculine and this trait will continue for as long as political correctness is the dominant ideology. Any human group selects new members from those who most resemble the group. In the case of Norway there will be the strongest selection pressure for emasculated men to be selected for the elite because so many women, most of whom will be strongly feminist because that is the mentality which pushes them forward in modern Norwegian political life, will be within the group. Any man who is both naturally masculine and espouses masculine behaviour, will be excluded. Below the Norwegian political elite will be the men who retain their masculinity, but even they will be hamstrung by the cloying feminist dominance.\nExactly what sort of society will emerge in such circumstances is problematic, but it is worth noting that the predominance of feminism in Norway creates a situation potentially more immediately destabilising than that of immigrants because women, unlike immigrants, already form more than 50% of the population. There is a majority with a vested interest in perpetuating and expanding feminist privileges at the expense of men.\nIn the longer term a situation of great irony could arise in Norway, with the demands of feminism clashing with those of other groups created by the politically correct, especially Muslims, to crush feminist policies.\nThe management of the trial\nWhile they are refusing to engage with Breivik\u2019s complaints against what the Norwegian political elite have done \u2013 permitted mass immigration and unceasingly promoted multiculturalism in particular and political correctness generally with their consequent profound changes to Norwegian society \u2013 liberals everywhere are engaging in an orgy of self-congratulation about how civilised it all is, a positive model of a modern liberal society which shows how morally superior is the politically correct view of the world. Ralph Waldo Emmerson\u2019s \u201cThe louder he talked of his honour/the faster we counted the spoons\u201d comes to mind, as well it should, for when the claim of liberal rectitude and beatific self-restraint is looked at in detail it rapidly collapses.\nFrom the time of the massacre the Norwegian authorities have carefully controlled the narrative. Until the trial began , apart from brief court appearances Breivik was kept under wraps, most of the time in solitary. His only conduit to the outside world has been his defence lawyer Geir Lippstad , a man who radiates permanent liberal angst and puts in the shade British barristers representing those deemed to have \u201cracist\u201d or \u201cfar right\u201d views who routinely trot out something along these lines: \u201cMy client is utterly despicable but you must put that out of your minds and judge him on the evidence\u201d. At his first press conference after agreeing to represent Breivik, Lippstad blithely stated that his client was mad (a claim he later withdrew). Before the trial began Lippstad was wringing his hands again about the defence he was being asked to present and made it quite clear that it was both repugnant to him and nonsense.\nThe trial is being very carefully stage-managed . Parts are being broadcast, but the court has ruled that neither Breivik\u2019s testimony \u2013 both his statement and cross examination \u2013 or that of his witnesses can be broadcast. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17312079). This allows the liberal dominated mainstream media and politics to give their version of what Breivik is and stands for. They wish to show him at best as a contemptible and negligible person who is not worth listening to and at worst a strange creature so far from the norm as to be beyond any consideration other than that of a monstrous curiosity.\nAs so often with modern liberals, personal abuse is freely offered against those who refuse to accept the politically correct view of the world, despite the fact that the politically correct supposedly hold that a person\u2019s appearance is utterly irrelevant and derogatory mention of it a prime example of the liberal\u2019s Great Satan: discrimination. Here is a good example from David Blair of the Daily Telegraph : \u201cThe voice gave little away, but the killer\u2019s eyes, posture and physique spoke volumes. As the days wore on and he became unsettled by the prosecution\u2019s questioning, white specks of dandruff flecked Breivik\u2019s dark jacket, beads of sweat glistened on a face pockmarked by acne, and a motionless comb-over grew more slicked and gleaming.\u201d (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/norway/9218529/Anders-Behring-Breivik-trial-Six-days-in-the-company-of-a-mass-murderer.html)\nAs the public cannot watch Breivik in action, no one outside the court has a clue whether the reports of his behaviour, looks and words are a truthful representation of what is going on. For all we know He might be wiping the floor with the prosecutor and any other hostile questioner. The same will apply when the witnesses for the defence are called.\nThe management of the proceedings is further heightened by the broadcast of the evidence from witnesses for the prosecution. Hence, you get the other side of the story in full and directly (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/norway/9220355/Norway-killer-Anders-Behring-Breivik-trial-day-six-live.html \u2013 2.31 pm). With Breivik\u2019s evidence there is not only the missing personal behaviour, but the quotes which appear in the media are selective, concentrating not unnaturally on the more sensational of his words.\nAmongst the self-congratulatory liberal tosh about what a model of liberal restraint the trial is can be found the contention that Breivik would not have been given such licence to put his views in many other Western jurisdictions including that of England. I doubt whether that is true. Breivik is arguing that he acted in self-defence, the danger to himself (and the rest of Norwegian society) being the policies of allowing mass immigration, the promotion of multiculturalism and the strangulation of any public dissent through the rigorous application of political correctness which he feared would lead to the destruction of Norwegian culture and that this would effectively leave any Norwegian at the mercy of forces inimical to Norwegian values and customs, in his eyes most especially Islam This would at best leave Norwegians as a subject people in their own ancestral homeland or at worst result in their complete obliteration as a people .\nThose are of course political statements, but that does not disqualify them as reasons why someone should have a rational fear of what is happening and that the consequences of what is occurring \u2013 mass immigration and multiculturalism \u2013 could plausibly lead to a mortal threat to Norwegian society and by extension to Breivik. The fact that they are so politically dangerous for the political elite would make it difficult for any legal system anywhere to simple refuse such a justification of a plea self-defence. This was the case with Breivik because before he was allowed to read his statement there were strong hints that he would not be allowed to read it even if it was not televised. (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/norway/9205393/Norway-killer-Anders-Behring-Breivik-barred-from-reading-new-manifesto-in-court.html).\nThere is also a question mark over whether Breivik is pleading self-defence in the sense that it would be understood in an English court:\n\u201c8.05am Before the court started, journalists were spoken to by the translators who said that \u201cself-defence\u201d was a misleading translation for the grounds for acquittal Breivik is invoking. A better translation would be \u201cnecessity\u201d, they said as the clause he\u2019s referring to is about defence of property and defence of others, not solely about defence of your own person.\u201d\n08.28am While we wait for a decision, more on the clarification from the translators regarding Breivik\u2019s defence of \u201cnecessity\u201d rather than \u201cself-defence\u201d. In Norway section 47 of the penal code states:\nNo person may be punished for any act that he has committed in order to save someone\u2019s person or property from an otherwise unavoidable danger when the circumstances justified him in regarding this danger as particularly significant in relation to the damage that might be caused by his act.\u201d\n(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/norway/9208311/Norway-killer-Anders-Behring-Breivik-trial-day-two-live.html).\nThe charges brought against Breivik also potentially provide grounds for challenge. Here are the salient parts of the indictment:\n\u201cTHE PUBLIC PROSECUTORS OF OSLO\nhereby indict Anders Behring Breivik, born 13.02.1979 currently remanded in custody before the Oslo District Court, pursuant to section 39 of the Penal Code, for sentence to be passed for his transfer to compulsory mental health care, cf. chapter 5 of the Mental Health Care Act, for having in a psychotic state committed an otherwise punishable act, namely in violation of:\nSection 147a of the Penal Code, first paragraph letters a and b, cf. sections 148 first paragraph first penalty alternative and 233 first and second paragraphs\nfor having committed a terrorist act in violation of section 148 of the Penal Code, first paragraph, first penalty alternative (bringing about an explosion whereby loss of human life or extensive damage to the property of others could easily be caused) and of section 233 first and second paragraphs (premeditated murder where particularly aggravating circumstances prevail) with the intention of seriously disrupting a function of vital importance to society, such as the executive authority or seriously intimidating a population.\nII Section 147a of the Penal Code, first paragraph letter b, cf. section 233 first and second paragraphs\nfor having committed a terrorist act in violation of section 223 of the Penal Code, first and second paragraphs (premeditated murder where particularly aggravating circumstances prevail) with the intention of seriously intimidating a population.\u201d (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/norway/9206336/Anders-Behring-Breivik-trial-indictment-in-full.html)\nConsider the passage \u201cwith the intention of seriously disrupting a function of vital importance to society, such as the executive authority or seriously intimidating a population.\u201d Breivik was certainly not \u201cseriously intimidating a population\u201d. Rather, he was seriously intimidating the ruling political elite by attacking the generation who were being trained to become the political elite. As for \u201cseriously disrupting a function of vital importance to society, such as the executive authority\u201d, it is true the bomb attack was meant to harm members of the government including the Norwegian Prime Minister, but in a representative democracy even the death of a Prime Minister should not \u201cseriously disrupt a function of vital importance to society\u201d.\nBreivik\u2019s mental state\nThe calls for Breivik to be considered mad unambiguously show the authoritarian nature of the modern liberal mind. Compare their calls for him to be judged insane with the treatment of others who have killed for political reasons such as Islamic fanatics and IRA bombers. They were and are not treated by liberals as deranged but as terrorists at worst, although plenty of liberals will always find ways of qualifying even that judgement because of the terrorist\u2019s supposed motives and environment. As Breivik observed if he was a \u201cbearded jihadist\u201d no psychiatric investigation would have been asked for. (1.11 pm http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/norway/9220355/Norway-killer-Anders-Behring-Breivik-trial-day-six-live.html)\nBreivik is really in the same bracket as such people. Indeed, it could be argued that his motivation is far more rational that, for example, the Jihadist who believes he will go to paradise with 72 virgins to use as he sees fit. He has real fears about the future of his country and a clear idea of what he is doing, viz:\n\u201c10.28am Prosecutor Engh asked Breivik if he thought there were any parallels between what he had done and a war situation.\nBreivik replied that it was \u201cnot a war but a political attack \u2026. and I was trying to prevent a future civil war. Not just me but other political nationalists \u2013 we believe that this will happen\u201d (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/norway/9220355/Norway-killer-Anders-Behring-Breivik-trial-day-six-live.html)\nMoreover, ostensibly at least, Breivik has not killed on a whim, as an exercise in sadism, to revenge himself for personal slights or injuries or because he has a proven mental disorder such as paranoid schizophrenia with voices in his head telling him to kill people before they killed him. He has no psychiatric history and , despite the best efforts of the first set of psychiatrists who examined him to diagnose him as a paranoid schizophrenic, this judgement was contradicted by a second examination which found Breivik to be sane. The other strong pointer to his sanity is the fact that he successfully executed a meticulously planned and complex attack.\nBreivik cooperated with the first psychiatrists who adjudicated on his sanity but not the second. Could it be that the first psychiatrists, faced with the physical reality of someone saying all the things they as, as politically correct believers, could not bear to think anyone who so contradicted their views was sane? The second set of psychiatrists were not confronted with such a reality made flesh and came to their judgement simply on his known views and behaviour, a much less emotionally involving business. Perhaps ominously for Breivik, the Daily Telegraph reported on 23 April that at \u201c2.43pm The judge has read to the court comments from the Norwegian commission for forensic medicine, which has asked for \u201cfurther work\u201d to be done on the second psychiatric report into Breivik. This is the report which found he was sane.\u201d (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/norway/9220355/Norway-killer-Anders-Behring-Breivik-trial-day-six-live.html)..\nIf this were an English court it is difficult to see how Breivik could meet the test of insanity required by the McNaghten Rules. These rest on whether a person accused of a crime knew they were doing something wrong or were suffering a defect of reason through mental illness, most commonly paranoia, which drove them to commit the crime in the belief that it was necessary to commit it , most probably because of a belief that they or someone else was in danger. Clearly Breivik is aware of what he was doing and how it would be viewed by society. That leaves only the question of whether he was acting under a delusion. That test would fall because manifestly what he fears, the objective threats to his society from mass immigration, multiculturalism, political correctness and Islam, are concrete facts. How far they could be judged to be mortal threats is another matter, but no one could reasonably argue that, in particular, mass immigration and Islam are not real and substantial threats to the nature of Norwegian society.\nCompare the political positions of Breivik and the politically correct:\nBreivik points out the inevitable ill consequences of mass immigration; the particular threat from Islam and the enforcement of the totalitarian ideology political correctness.\nThe politically correct ask human beings to pretend that that there is no difference between people of varying races and cultures; to willingly allow the invasion of their territory by strangers; pretend that life is enriched by changing from a homogenous to a fractured heterogeneous society through mass immigration; accept all sexual relationships as equally natural and socially useful and ignore the very obvious differences in interests and biological function between men and women in the name of sexual equality. The ideology requires people to behave as if they were not human.\nWho is more divorced from reality?\nBreivik\u2019s ideas\nHow bright is Breivik? We are not talking Immanuel Kant here, but neither is he a complete clod. His 2083 \u2013 A European Declaration of Independence lists his concerns and programme for action as:\n1. The rise of cultural Marxism/multiculturalism in Western Europe\n2. Why the Islamic colonization and Islamisation of Western Europe began\n3. The current state of the Western European Resistance Movements (anti-Marxist/anti-Jihad movements)\n4. Solutions for Western Europe and how we, the resistance, should move forward in the coming decades\n5. + Covering all, highly relevant topics including solutions and strategies for all of the 8 different political fronts\nThe complete manifesto can be found at http://info.publicintelligence.net/AndersBehringBreivikManifesto.pdf.\nThere are aspects of the ridiculous about his ideas, most notably the guff about the foundation of a latterday Knight\u2019s Templars of which he describes himself as \u201c Justiciar Knight Commander for Knights Templar Europe and one of several leaders of the National and pan-European Patriotic Resistance Movement\u201d and his truly embarrassing obsession with uniforms. Breivik also shows great obtuseness in thinking that a political manifesto of 1,518 pages is a practical instrument to get his message across to a wide public, which was presumably his intent. To the length of his writing can be added the barrier of the quasi-academic style of much of the content. This prolixity and user-unfriendly style is unsurprising, because he appears to be an autodidact and an inability to understand an audience or edit out the marginal from the directly pertinent often comes with that territory. But that does not make what he has to say unimportant merely difficult to access.\nIn his manifesto Breivik is overly obsessed with Islam, although interestingly, in his statement to the court it is reported that: \u201c09.32am The statement makes no reference to his crimes, his belief he is a Knight Templar, or, interestingly Islam. Instead, it\u2019s a rant against left-wing multi-culturalism. \u201c (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/norway/9208311/Norway-killer-Anders-Behring-Breivik-trial-day-two-live.html).\nThe threat to Norwegian society posed by Islam is not to be underestimated, but it is a subset of the larger general threat from immigration generally, especially in countries other than Norway. It could be argued that if it was only Muslims which constituted a threat, then the danger might be both better appreciated and more easily dealt with, because it is only the multiplicity of competing ethnicities which allows multiculturalism \u2013 a classic divide and rule strategy \u2013 to be peddled. (The same applies to the entirety of political correctness, because that also relies on creating sectional groups who can be similarly manipulated ).\nNonetheless, it is true that Islam represents the most coherent, immediate and obvious threat from immigrants in Europe because of the numbers involved \u2013 estimates of Muslims in the EU are around 20 million \u2013 (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/5994047/Muslim-Europe-the-demographic-time-bomb-transforming-our-continent.html) and the nature of the religion itself which provides plenty of unambiguous injunctions to use force against non-Muslims to enforce Islam and is generally implacable in its drive towards domination. In judging Breivik\u2019s fears they should be put in the context of the fact that Norway has a population of less than 5 million (http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/02/befolkning_en/). Mass immigration is a vastly more pressing matter for Norwegians than it is for a country with a population of, say, 50 million or more.\nHow many Muslims are there in Norway? No one knows for sure because the Norwegian statistics office does not count people by religion. Estimates by non-governmental bodies give figures such as 144,000 in 2010 (http://features.pewforum.org/muslim-population/) and 163,000 in 2009 (Islam in Norway http://folk.uio.no/leirvik/tekster/IslamiNorge.html .) These figures would not seem unreasonable when placed against the Statistics Norway 2010 figure for first and second generation immigrants:\n\u201cImmigrants and those born in Norway to immigrant parents constitute 655 000 persons or 13.1 per cent of Norway\u2019s population, among which 547 000 are immigrants and 108 000 are born in Norway to immigrant parents.\nBroken down by region, 294 000 have a European background, 163 000 persons have a background from Asia, 60 000 from Africa, 18 000 from South- and Central-America and 11 000 from North America and Oceania.\n57 100 of those born in Norway to immigrants parents have an Asian background, 29 000 have parents from Europe, 19 500 from Africa and 2 600 have immigrant parents from South- and Central America. \u201c http://www.ssb.no/english/subjects/00/00/10/innvandring_en/\nIt would be a fair bet that the large majority of the Asians are Muslims.\nDespite these substantial shortcomings, Breivik\u2019s message is most powerful and (for liberals) a tremendously dangerous. He strikes directly at the social poison which lies at the heart of not only Norway but much of the First World: the pernicious consequences of mass immigration and the ideological justification for it \u2013 multiculturalism \u2013 which Western elites have developed to justify both the immigration and the authoritarian measures employed to prevent public dissent at its permitting. In addition, by condemning political correctness generally he strikes at the other sacred cows of political correctness , gay rights and feminism. If Breivik is widely judged to be right in his core views (not his actions) the immense edifice of political correctness erected in in Norway (and elsewhere) over the past half century is under threat.\nThe eternal crime of treason\nMost deadly for the liberal elite is Breivik\u2019s attack on mass immigration. He is accusing the Norwegian elite of collective and sustained act of treason which he believes will obliterate Norway as a recognisable nation\nThe idea of treason is so potent because it is one of very few crimes which exists in people\u2019s minds regardless of whether a law enshrining it is on the statute book. Indeed, it could be argued that it is the only crime which commands such universality of natural recognition because even crimes such as murder and theft are open to considerable differences of definition for example, killing by vendetta has been morally sanctioned in many societies and theft by conquest lauded. But treason is always treason, the betrayal of the tribe, clan or nation. It is even more fundamental than that, because its roots rest in the anger and dismay felt by any human being if they are let down by another whom they trusted.\nA concept of treason is fundamental to every society because it sets the bounds of loyalty. Allow that there is no difference between a native of a country and a foreigner, as the liberal internationalist does in practice (and increasingly in theory) , and the coherence of a society is destroyed which puts its very existence under threat \u2013 see https://livinginamadhouse.wordpress.com/2010/09/18/what-is-treason-today/)\nLiberals have been conditioned to eschew a sense of nation. Breivik has not. Here he is explaining why he wept at his trial when watching one of his videos :\n\u201cBecause my country is in the process of dying \u2013 it was the sorrow over seeing my country \u2026 deconstructed. Especially the songs, combined with the message\u201d (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/norway/9210659/Norway-killer-Anders-Behring-Breivik-trial-day-three-live.html).\nThere will be few in the West who will espouse Breivik\u2019s actions but many who will in varying degrees sympathise at some level with his complaints about mass immigration, the demands of Muslims within Western societies and the strangling of human nature by political correctness. A good parallel for British readers is the relationship between Irish nationalists and the actions of the IRA. Support for the IRA varied from outright glorification of terrorist acts to those who adopted what might the called the \u201cI don\u2019t agree with their methods but\u2026 \u201d approach whereby they supported the ends but not the means.\nWhat liberals everywhere should be doing is questioning why the imposition of their political ideology could drive someone to do what Breivik did. Such massacres are rare to the point of almost non-existence in modern Western society. The only real parallel is the bombing of government offices carried out by Timothy McVeigh in the USA (https://livinginamadhouse.wordpress.com/2011/07/23/the-oslo-massacre-and-the-treason-of-the-liberals/) .\nIn both cases the perpetrators \u2013 Breivik and McVeigh \u2013 were men who lived in societies which provided for their material needs. They were not driven to do what they did by poverty. They were not fighting against an occupying power or an overt dictatorship. Both men could have continued to live what, by the standard of most places in the world , were extremely comfortable lives. Yet both chose to leave that security and engage in acts which by any standard were wholly exceptional and deeply disturbing. Moreover, the acts are disturbing not just for the slaughter which occurred, but also for their causes.\nNorwegians who buy into the multicultural, politically correct propaganda which has been pumped out for decades ought to be examining the type of world their rigid adherence to political correctness has created. It has produced the sense of social claustrophobia common to overt totalitarian states whereby people find the range of opinion they are permitted shrinks and shrinks and instead of behaving naturally they are constantly thinking is it safe to say this? It is a mental gaol. Breivik described the symptoms graphically:\n\u201c09.46am I\u2019m not scared of the prospect of being imprisoned. I was born in a prison and I have spent my life in a prison\u2026 this prison is called Norway. It doesn\u2019t matter if I am locked into a cell, because you know that all areas will end up in a multicultural Hell that we call Oslo. \u201chttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/norway/9208311/Norway-killer-Anders-Behring-Breivik-trial-day-two-live.html).\nAbove all liberals need to ask themselves why, if Breivik\u2019s ideas are so absurd, so outlandish they are afraid of them. The poet John Milton had the answer to those who wished to censor:\nIf Breivik is as irrational and delusional as liberals wish to make out, and liberals believe sincerely in what they say, they would surely let their perceived truth go into battle with Breivik\u2019s perceived truth. The reality is that liberals at best do not think that their ideas are practical or palatable to the majority at present and at worst they have ceased to believe in political correctness but cannot say so for fear of the consequences to themselves.\nA sociologist and professor at Oslo university, Thomas Hylland Eriksen, has been called to give evidence for Breivik. He has yet to give evidence but in the, to English eyes, rather curious world of Norwegian criminal justice, he has spoken to the media about his coming evidence (there appears to be little if any concept of sub judice in Norway) :\n\u201cI expect that they want me to help them substantiate the claim that he was not insane, what I can say is that his world view, or large parts of his world view are fairly widely shared\u2026 And this world view exists, not shared by a majority but by a fairly vocal and potentially dangerous minority,\u201d Eriksen said. (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/norway/9211988/Anders-Breivik-unable-to-distinguish-reality-says-professor.html).\nThere you have a liberal coming as close as they are likely to get to an admission of what they all fear: that Breivik\u2019s views (although not his actions) are shared by large numbers of people, especially his views on immigration and Islam. Prof Eriksen is wrong in one respect: it is not a \u201cdangerous minority\u201d but humans generally who have these feelings, including, as mentioned previously, liberals. People may have been brainwashed but that does not means normal human instincts have vanished or that people generally believe in the propaganda. Instead people develop a fear response which drives them to shun views which clash with the ideology and to give evidence of their belief in the ideology in public situations by paying lip service to it.\nWhile an ideology can be enforced, the public will display behaviours ranging from a servile adherence to the ideology to promote their interests to lip service just to remain safe. But once the means of enforcing the ideology are removed these behaviours will rapidly vanish. The societies liberals have built in the West are houses of cards just waiting to be knocked over if the stranglehold of the politically correct can be broken.\nI will end with a question, What is the non-violent means to break the hold on power of elites who would destroy the societies they come from through mass immigration, obsessively enforce political correctness and ruthlessly suppress dissent to what they are doing through the criminalisation of ideas which run counter to those of the politically correct?\nBy Robert Henderson | Tagged free speech, libertarianism | Comments (1)\nBy Robert Henderson | Tagged Poetry | Comments (2)\nBy Robert Henderson | Also posted in Politics | Tagged career politicians, government, internationalism, nationhood, Parliament | Comments (1)\nService is really the crucial criterion. Governments should become directly involved in industrial work very rarely \u2013 the exceptions are defence suppliers, utilities such as water, gas and electricity because of their status as natural monopolies and their immense importance. No nationalised industry making or extracting anything has ever been an economic success. Governments running manufacturers, farming or the extractive industries such as coal mining are neither necessary nor desirable, because private enterprise will always do the job adequately and more efficiently provided the economic circumstances are right, that is, vital industries are protected through tariffs, quotas or subsidies to the extent necessary to make them profitable.\nThe loss of jobs and suppression of wages through cheap imports, outsourcing, or large scale immigration has considerable social and economic effects. Those who lose their jobs either remain unemployed or take jobs which pay much less, are less secure and have lesser benefits. Those who remain in their jobs but whose pay is suppressed suffer similar difficulties. Both groups find their spending power is reduced. They pay less tax. If they are unemployed the Treasury is a net loser. New immigrants compete for scarce public goods such as free healthcare, education and social housing. Most particularly they compete most directly with the poorer native members of society who have most need of such social supports. Poor pay, insecurity, unemployment and competition from mass immigration all place a severe strain on the social cohesion of a country.\nNeither the Left or Right need recoil in horror at the idea of a judicious protectionism and a strong immigration policy. The Labour Party has been strongly protectionist throughout most of its history. The Tory Party was protectionist before therepeal of the Corn Laws in 1846 and protectionist again between 1931 and the advent of Margaret Thatcher. 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This is to ensure the new laws will not unduly infringe on minorities\u2019 access to the ballot box\u2013as these states had a \u201chistory\u201d of doing, over 47 years ago.\nDOJ Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez, wrote in a letter to South Carolina officials \u2026 \u201cThe absolute number of minority citizens whose exercise of the franchise could be adversely affected by the proposed requirements runs into the tens of thousands,\u201d according to a Washington Post article from Friday.\nHe cited data supplied by the state as showing that there were \u201c81,938 minority citizens who are already registered to vote and who lack\u201d such identification, and that these voters are nearly 20 percent more likely be \u201cdisenfranchised\u201d by the change than white voters, according to a Friday New York Times article by Charlie Savage.\nGov. Nikki Haley denounced the decision, accusing the Obama administration of \u201cbullying\u201d the state. \u201cIt is outrageous, and we plan to look at every possible option to get this terrible, clearly political decision overturned so we can protect the integrity of our electoral process and our 10th Amendment rights,\u201d she said in a statement.\nRichard L. Hasen, an election law specialist at the University of California, Irvine, predicted on his Election Law Blog that the state would go to court, which could set up a \u201cmomentous\u201d decision in the Supreme Court on whether a part of the Voting Rights Act that prevents states like South Carolina from changing their voting rules without federal permission is unconstitutional.\nSouth Carolina provided data, in its application to the DOJ, comparing its registered voters to those who had an identification card issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, including a demographic breakdown of the 240,000 registered voters who it said did not have such identification.\nHowever, Department of Motor Vehicles executive director Kevin Shwedo, said the state Election Commission knew it was using inaccurate data when it released reports showing nearly 240,000 active and inactive voters lacked driver\u2019s licenses or ID cards \u2026 thereby creating \u201cartificially high numbers to excite the masses.\u201d, according to a Friday Associated Press article.\nTo correct those inaccuracies, Shwedo sent the state\u2019s attorney general an analysis showing that 207,000 of those 240,000 voters now live in other states, allowed their ID cards to expire, probably have licenses with names that didn\u2019t match voter records or were dead.\nEven though the South Carolina law also allows several other forms of photographic identification to be used, such as military ID cards or passports, and will provide a state [non-driving] photo ID to any eligible voter for free.\nEvidently Greenville, South Carolina native Jesse Jackson didn\u2019t read the \u2018photo ID will be provided free\u2018 part of the law before sharing his thoughts \u2026 \u201c[these] laws are like modern day poll taxes, targeting elderly people that can\u2019t afford to get IDs and students.\nUnfortunately, Mr. Jackson\u2019s statement lacks any authority or fact, and is in direct conflict with the NYT\u2019s Savage \u2026 \u2018against the backdrop of the 2008 election\u2013when a huge turnout of young and minority voters helped propel Mr. Obama to victory.\nIt is supremely asinine to suggest that anyone determined enough to make their way to a voting booth\u2013cannot also be determined enough to procure a free, state issued photo ID.\nHowever, Gov. Haley must now either vacate the \u201crejected\u201d law, or petition a federal court in the District of Columbia for adjudication\u2013promptly.\nIn view of the Obama/Holder DOJ\u2019s affirmative action stance against voter fraud prosecutions, especially where minorities are concerned, where they cut loose the indicted New Black Panthers and were totally AWOL on ACORN\u2019s 50+ convicitions\u2013it would seem that petitioning the court with a rock solid case could prove to be the most appropriate course of action in this case.\nTo reconstitute a phrase from a former boss and mentor\u2026\n\u201cIf you\u2019re waiting for Eric Holder\u2013you\u2019ve waited too long.\u201d\nCopyright (c) 2011 by Jeffrey Klein\nIf you like what you have read, please use the free \u201cSubscribe\u201d button to the right of Mr. Klein\u2019s photo in the upper left corner of the page\u2013so that you don\u2019t miss a signal article.\n\u201cStay informed to stay ahead!\u201d\nPlease visit our facebook page and become a friend at www.facebook.com/flamariner\nYou can also follow us on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/JeffreyKlein2\nEric Holder blocks South Carolina voter photo ID law\nSo. 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Whether it is centered on food, kites, cars, music, patriotic or national holidays, poetry, quilts, the arts, sand sculpture, or cleaning up the beach, one can bet there all be an activity for every family member to enjoy.\nWater Music Festival, in its 34th year, is scheduled for October 12, 13 and 14, 2018 on the Long Beach Peninsula. The theme, \u201cSPANNING THE GLOBE\u201d, will provide concertgoers with music from all over the world in three separate and diverse concerts. Friday night the...\nSep 4, 2018 | Festivals and Events, Long Beach Package Travel Blog\nThe 2nd annual special event, Books on the Beach is the perfect matchmaking event for book lovers and authors. This Pacific Northwest Authors showcase and book fair is one of the fastest growing events in the Peninsula! Where: Elk\u2019s Lodge 110 Pacific Avenue,...\nJazz and Oysters: a culinary treat, concert and more. The Jazz and Oysters special event is part of a larger Water Music Festival held each year in the Long Beach area in Washington State. Located 2.5 hours from Portland and 3.5 hours from Seattle this event appeals...\nA festival weekend of food, flying kites, and beautiful music! Day One \u2013 Thursday \u2013 Long Beach Your much-awaited arrival is heralded by the members of the community, and as your coach approaches a complete stop, the red carpet is literally rolled out for you. Greeting...\nAbout Loyalty Days Loyalty Day was first celebrated in 1921 as \u201cAmericanization Day.\u201d Communism was on the rise and feared in America. At the time, May Day (May 1st) was perceived by some as a Communist holiday. 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Bucking the trend of mass-producing goods in China, each piece of Lounge22 furniture is designed and handcrafted in Los Angeles and is made to order. With meticulously high standards in production, a passion for innovation, and a playfulness that\u2019s unmistakably \u201cL.A.\u201d, Lounge22 elevates the energy in any room and attracts the mind as much as the eye.\nLounge22 was founded in 2004 by Armen Sevada Gharabegian . The company was originally conceived to provide a solution for high-end furniture rentals which were greatly lacking in the United States at that time. Lounge22 started designing and manufacturing innovative, high quality furniture in Los Angeles to fulfill this need for Gharabegian\u2019s second company, Ethos Design. Soon after, because of the innovative design, its high quality and American manufacturing, Lounge22 gained popularity in the event and exhibit industries. Lounge22 expanded to four locations across the U.S. providing rental solutions in the cities of Los Angeles, New York, Las Vegas, and Austin.Lounge22 set a standard in the industry with its innovative products and high quality. Lounge22\u2019s style, marketing, and service set an example for many companies from 2005 until 2010. In 2010, Lounge22 licensed its brand and its rental division to the Berkshire Hathaway Company, Cort. Since 2010, Lounge22 has designed and fabricated thousands of pieces of furniture for Cort\u2019s event rental and exhibit division. It has also started to design and manufacture for Cort\u2019s CFR division, which provides leasing solutions for customers around the country.Lounge22 continues to uphold its quality and its mission to design and produce American furniture that is built in Los Angeles. It continues to provide an exceptional level of service to its customers and stand behind its products. Lounge22 Design Lab continues to create innovative products that set the standards for quality and innovation in the event and exhibit industry. Lounge22 only provides furniture to Cort and its divisions for the exhibit and event industries.\nIn 2013, Lounge22 opened its doors to the public, offering its innovative, high quality product, hand crafted in L.A. to the consumer. It provides furniture for hospitality, corporate, home, and office. Lounge22 will also open its doors to furniture stores around the country, which will carry the Lounge22 product for the consumer.\n\u201cOver the years, many customers of Lounge22 expressed their wish to purchase our products for their home and office.\u201d\n\u201cIt has been my dream for many years to design and manufacture innovative, high quality furniture in the United States for the American consumer. We have had a long tradition of innovation in this country, and it was personally important for me to push the American product, built by American ingenuity, quality, and craftsmanship for both the American consumer and eventually the global market. 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With a reputation for hard work and attention to detail, major retailers throughout Georgia and South Carolina approached Harn and his loyal employees for help with their delicate pieces.\nSoon, Harn began to branch out into the creation of custom jewelry. His passion for design can be seen in the elegant pieces he created for his store. With the help of his loyal staff, Harn went from a repair shop to a leading vendor of exquisite and classic treasures.\nWhether a repair or custom design, Harn\u2019s passion for excellence and customer service shaped the foundation of Loy Harn Jewelers. Unfortunately, Loy Harn passed away suddenly on January 29, 2002.\nWith over 40 years of traditions, Harn\u2019s legacy lives on through his children. His son, Jason Harn, now owns the store. Loy Harn Jewelers continues to operate as a full-service jewelry repair shop, custom jewelry manufacturer, and fine jewelry retailer.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 17, "original_length": 1372, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 301.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://lrus.wolterskluwer.com/news/antitrust-law-daily/house-passes-bill-to-alter-ftc-process-for-challenging-unconsummated-mergers/51800/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:28Z", "digest": "sha1:QZEHCJZKWXM4S3K4BM2MGRQ4XMJQM63Y", "length": 5711, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "lrus.wolterskluwer.com", "title": "House passes bill to alter FTC process for challenging unconsummated mergers | Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory", "raw_content": "Antitrust Law Daily House passes bill to alter FTC process for challenging unconsummated mergers\nHouse passes bill to alter FTC process for challenging unconsummated mergers\nLargely along party lines, the U.S. House of Representatives on May 9 passed legislation that is intended to align the procedures used by the FTC and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division in challenging unconsummated acquisitions and mergers. The 230-185 vote in favor of the proposed \"Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules (SMARTER) Act\" (H.R. 5645) came shortly after a motion to recommit, which could have stalled the bill, was defeated.\nSimilar legislation passed the House in March 2016 but stalled in the Senate. That measure was opposed by the Obama Administration.\nFor the current bill, Senate passage could be a difficult hurdle. If the measure can get through the Senate, it is likely that President Trump would sign it, as the proposal has strong Republican support.\nCurrently, the federal antitrust agencies utilize different processes when seeking to block a proposed merger or acquisition. There also are different standards that apply to each agency when seeking a preliminary injunction in court.\nGenerally, the FTC files a preliminary injunction in federal court and initiates administrative litigation when challenging a proposed combination. The Antitrust Division does not have the ability to pursue administrative litigation and, as a result, seeks a court order to halt such transactions.\nIn an effort to harmonize the standards, the measure would remove the FTC\u2019s ability to pursue administrative or Part 3 litigation to challenge a proposed or unconsummated combination. However, the agency can continue to resolve competition concerns over unconsummated mergers with administrative settlements.\nThe legislation would amend Section 4F of the Clayton Act. Under the amendment, in lieu of administrative litigation proceedings, the FTC \"may institute proceedings in a district court under section 15 to prevent the consummation of such a transaction. In any such proceeding the district court shall apply the same standard for granting injunctive relieve as applicable to a proceeding brought by the United States attorneys under section 15 [of the Clayton Act].\" These provisions are intended to bring consistency to the approaches used by the agencies.\nUnder Section 15 of the Clayton Act, the Justice Department can seek to enjoin a transaction on the grounds that the acquisition would substantially lessen competition. However, the provision does not define the standard of review for the government's preliminary injunction motion. Consequently, a traditional equitable standard applies. This means that the Justice Department must make a showing of a substantial likelihood that the transaction violates Section 7 of the Clayton Act.\nUnder current law, a different procedure and standard applies for FTC enforcement. Section 13(b) of the FTC Act authorizes the FTC to bring a federal court action, seeking preliminary injunctive relief against a violation of any law that the agency enforces, \"pending the issuance of a complaint by the Commission and until such complaint is dismissed by the Commission or set aside by the court on review, or until the order of the Commission made thereon has become final. . ..\" Under this provision, a preliminary injunction may be granted \"[u]pon a proper showing that, weighing the equities and considering the Commission's likelihood of ultimate success, such action would be in the public interest . . ..\"\nThis \"public interest\" standard is considered to be a more lenient standard than the test imposed in Justice Department challenges. The proposed SMARTER Act would also amend the FTC Act to change the preliminary injunction standard.\nOpposition to measure. On the House floor, Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee strongly opposed the measure.\n\"This bill would significantly undermine the Federal Trade Commission\u2019s ability to enforce the nation\u2019s antitrust laws, which help protect Americans from anti-competitive behavior in the marketplace,\" said Nadler. \"In the guise of \u2018harmonization\u2019 with the Department of Justice, it would eliminate the FTC\u2019s administrative litigation enforcement authority with respect to corporate mergers and other transactions. It would also change\u2014and potentially increase\u2014the burden the FTC must demonstrate in court when seeking a preliminary injunction of a proposed merger.\"\nNadler continued noting that Republican FTC Chairman William Kovacic had warned: \"Without a substantial, effective administrative litigation program, the aim of making the Commission an influential competition policy tribunal could not be accomplished.\"\nThe measure does not dismantle administrative litigation entirely, however. It dispenses with such litigation for challenges to pending mergers or acquisitions.\nRepublican support. According to the bill's sponsor, Rep. Karen Handel (R.-Ga.), the measure is aimed at addressing conflicting standards for merging parties that depend upon the agency reviewing the case. \"By focusing on consistency, the SMARTER Act does not weaken or undermine our antitrust review process, and it does not prevent or hinder either agency from conducting a full and thorough review,\" she added.\nHouse Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued a statement on the passage of the bill, saying that the SMARTER Act \"will ensure companies face a standardized set of procedures regardless of which agency reviews the potential merger.\"\nMainStory: TopStory AcquisitionsMergers Antitrust AntitrustDivisionNews FederalTradeCommissionNews FedTracker", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 386, "original_length": 23279, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 296.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://lsmperformingarts.com/midnightblue/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:22Z", "digest": "sha1:HKRFOSCJSRRLOOYFWPRAS5Y4SYLR6WXC", "length": 750, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "lsmperformingarts.com", "title": "Midnight Blue", "raw_content": "Introducing MIDNIGHT BLUE!\nLSM Performing Arts is proud to present our first program NOT affiliated with one of your favorite three-letter competitive circuits!\nWe wanted to create a program that is a little more casual and laid back than our competitive programs, and a place people can come together and create music together.\nMidnight Blue will start as a small, audition-based jazz ensemble, and is open to all ages. The goal is to eventually build toward a traditional Big Band model.\nOnce we get up and going, Midnight Blue plans to make an impact in the Downriver community through local performances and educational presentations.\nStay tuned for more information! Until then, click here to let us know you\u2019re interested in this new adventure!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 38, "original_length": 1590, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 274.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/publication/527bdab9-ac97-4cfe-8e10-b27d3d778644", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:21Z", "digest": "sha1:BTPDBAEEPHN67FS2QTOSGQF7YMBB2DXK", "length": 5863, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "lup.lub.lu.se", "title": "Prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome in a general population", "raw_content": "Prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome in a general population\nAtroshi, Isam LU ; Gummesson, Christina LU ; Johnsson, Ragnar LU ; Ornstein, Ewald LU ; Ranstam, Jonas LU and Ros\u00e9n, Ingmar LU (1999) In JAMA: the journal of the American Medical Association 282(2). p.153-158\nCONTEXT: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a cause of pain, numbness, and tingling in the hands and is an important cause of work disability. Although high prevalence rates of CTS in certain occupations have been reported, little is known about its prevalence in the general population. OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of CTS in a general population. DESIGN: General health mail survey sent in February 1997, inquiring about symptoms of pain, numbness, and tingling in any part of the body, followed 2 months later by clinical examination and nerve conduction testing of responders reporting symptoms in the median nerve distribution in the hands, as well as of a sample of those not reporting these symptoms (controls). SETTING: A region in... (More)\nCONTEXT: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a cause of pain, numbness, and tingling in the hands and is an important cause of work disability. Although high prevalence rates of CTS in certain occupations have been reported, little is known about its prevalence in the general population. OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of CTS in a general population. DESIGN: General health mail survey sent in February 1997, inquiring about symptoms of pain, numbness, and tingling in any part of the body, followed 2 months later by clinical examination and nerve conduction testing of responders reporting symptoms in the median nerve distribution in the hands, as well as of a sample of those not reporting these symptoms (controls). SETTING: A region in southern Sweden with a population of 170000. PARTICIPANTS: A sex- and age-stratified sample of 3000 subjects (age range, 25-74 years) was randomly selected from the general population register and sent the survey, with a response rate of 83% (n = 2466; 46% men). Of the symptomatic responders, 81% underwent clinical examination. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Population prevalence rates, calculated as the number of symptomatic responders diagnosed on examination as having clinically certain CTS and/or electrophysiological median neuropathy divided by the total number of responders. RESULTS: Of the 2466 responders, 354 reported pain, numbness, and/or tingling in the median nerve distribution in the hands (prevalence, 14.4%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 13.0%-15.8%). On clinical examination, 94 symptomatic subjects were diagnosed as having clinically certain CTS (prevalence, 3.8%; 95% CI, 3.1%-4.6%). Nerve conduction testing showed median neuropathy at the carpal tunnel in 120 symptomatic subjects (prevalence, 4.9%; 95% CI, 4.1%-5.8%). Sixty-six symptomatic subjects had clinically and electrophysiologically confirmed CTS (prevalence, 2.7%; 95% CI, 2.1%-3.4%). Of 125 control subjects clinically examined, electrophysiological median neuropathy was found in 23 (18.4%; 95% CI, 12.0%-26.3%). CONCLUSION: Symptoms of pain, numbness, and tingling in the hands are common in the general population. Based on our data, 1 in 5 symptomatic subjects would be expected to have CTS based on clinical examination and electrophysiologic testing. (Less)\n527bdab9-ac97-4cfe-8e10-b27d3d778644 (old id 1115719)\n@article{527bdab9-ac97-4cfe-8e10-b27d3d778644,\nabstract = {CONTEXT: Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a cause of pain, numbness, and tingling in the hands and is an important cause of work disability. Although high prevalence rates of CTS in certain occupations have been reported, little is known about its prevalence in the general population. OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of CTS in a general population. DESIGN: General health mail survey sent in February 1997, inquiring about symptoms of pain, numbness, and tingling in any part of the body, followed 2 months later by clinical examination and nerve conduction testing of responders reporting symptoms in the median nerve distribution in the hands, as well as of a sample of those not reporting these symptoms (controls). SETTING: A region in southern Sweden with a population of 170000. PARTICIPANTS: A sex- and age-stratified sample of 3000 subjects (age range, 25-74 years) was randomly selected from the general population register and sent the survey, with a response rate of 83% (n = 2466; 46% men). Of the symptomatic responders, 81% underwent clinical examination. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Population prevalence rates, calculated as the number of symptomatic responders diagnosed on examination as having clinically certain CTS and/or electrophysiological median neuropathy divided by the total number of responders. RESULTS: Of the 2466 responders, 354 reported pain, numbness, and/or tingling in the median nerve distribution in the hands (prevalence, 14.4%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 13.0%-15.8%). On clinical examination, 94 symptomatic subjects were diagnosed as having clinically certain CTS (prevalence, 3.8%; 95% CI, 3.1%-4.6%). Nerve conduction testing showed median neuropathy at the carpal tunnel in 120 symptomatic subjects (prevalence, 4.9%; 95% CI, 4.1%-5.8%). Sixty-six symptomatic subjects had clinically and electrophysiologically confirmed CTS (prevalence, 2.7%; 95% CI, 2.1%-3.4%). Of 125 control subjects clinically examined, electrophysiological median neuropathy was found in 23 (18.4%; 95% CI, 12.0%-26.3%). CONCLUSION: Symptoms of pain, numbness, and tingling in the hands are common in the general population. 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Many can never identify themselves with a Western land -- or with a flag or nationality -- even though they may have been born in that land and their families may have lived there for", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 17, "original_length": 861, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 320.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://madmuslims.com/2019/01/25/advice-to-the-deputy-of-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi-translation-and-analysis/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:18:59Z", "digest": "sha1:GDU3QAA4CMMUOJ42BRSSXNY7AZ5U3ZYA", "length": 316, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "madmuslims.com", "title": "Advice to the Deputy of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: Translation and Analysis | Mad Muslims", "raw_content": "Advice to the Deputy of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: Translation and Analysis\nThis text, written in Shawwal 1439 AH (June-July 2018 CE), is a message written by a certain Zakariya al-Qardashi to a deputy of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi going by the name of al-Hajj Abdullah. 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Lieu D-Torrance\n(In celebration of National Women\u2019s History Month, each member of the California Assembly and Senate may honor a woman from his or her district. This profiles Ted W. Lieu\u2019s choice.)\nFor more than 100 years, the California Legislature has annually honored extraordinary women. This year, I am honored to select Julie Weiss as the Woman of the Year for the 28th Senate District. Julie is a California inspiration as unique as Yosemite\u2019s majestic waterfalls, and as brazen as a high-speed locomotive booming down the track. How? She recently achieved her goal of competing in 52 marathons in 52 weeks, all to raise awareness \u2013 and nearly $200,000 \u2013 for the Manhattan Beach-based Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. But more than just her superhuman accomplishment, it\u2019s the depth of the journey that has been extraordinary. In 2007, Julie, a resident of Santa Monica, found a soulful response to the simple act of taking a jog during a family vacation. One morning, the self-described struggling young mom, in her estimation overweight and reliant on antidepressants, got off the couch. \u201cI starting running and soon discovered that I didn\u2019t need my meds and my extra weight melted away,\u201d Julie says of the life-changing moment. She began training for her first marathon in 2008. She elicited help from the first president of her rapidly expanding booster club \u2013 her dad. \u201cWe had a dream that I would qualify for the Boston marathon and with his help, I attempted to qualify 19 times,\u201d she told me. \u201cBut one week before I finally did qualify in 2010, my father passed away.\u201d With her trainer gone from the spectator gallery but spiritually occupying a VIP seat in her heart, Julie finished that first marathon in Boston, and promised herself to explore the unfathomable truth that pancreatic cancer can knock unexpectedly on anyone\u2019s door. The incredible adventure to raise hope, money and awareness for pancreatic cancer, the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States (but ranked lowest for research funding) had begun. Almost every weekend for a year, the full-time accountant would leave the office after work on Friday, say goodbye to her children and face the grueling scenario of the next few days. It would entail a flight or lengthy drive to the next marathon location, a brief few hours to become acclimated to the new environment, and then a wake-up call hours before Sunday\u2019s dawn to bare often freezing temperatures and a 26-mile run. After the race, the hectic post-race marathon of navigating the long road home and preparing for Monday morning client meetings was all part of the package. There was no time to tend to the normal aches and pains of serious running, and no time to ponder the accomplishment of such a feat. \u201cMy marathon schedule was nothing compared to what people with pancreatic cancer face every day,\u201d Julie said. \u201cI was motivated to keep going and turn my efforts into something much bigger than myself. As the process unfolded, I found I could push through barriers and limitations I never thought possible.\u201d When Julie\u2019s quest finally came to an end, she had run 1,362.4 miles, starting with the Rome Marathon in March 2012 and concluding with the ASICS Los Angeles Marathon in March 2013. Through her website, www.marathongoddess.com, she generated thousands in donations, cultivated an army of supporters throughout the world, caught the attention of media from CNN, The Today Show, the Los Angeles Times and many others, and just like she set out to do, generated considerable pancreatic cancer awareness. To honor Julie and her personal accomplishment is to honor the courage of those suffering from a dreaded disease and to acknowledge that pancreatic cancer deserves the funding necessary to find a cure. Join me Sunday(cqMay19) at about 10 a.m. during closing ceremonies at the finish line during PurpleStride Los Angeles, a 5k run and walk at Exposition Park in Los Angeles when I will present Julie with a framed resolution recognizing her leadership and community spirit. As long as there are the likes of Julie Weiss in our midst, women who lead through hope and prove anything is possible, there is a true purpose for a Woman-of-the-Year Award. By recognizing them, we give face to the unacknowledged they fight for. And that\u2019s one principle will never go out of style. For more, visit Lieu\u2019s Web site at the address below or contact Lieu\u2019s office. Ted W. Lieu represents the more than 1 million residents of Senate District 28, which includes the cities of Beverly Hills, Carson, El Segundo, Hermosa Beach, Lomita, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, Santa Monica, Torrance, West Hollywood and the Palos Verdes Peninsula as well as portions of Long Beach and Los Angeles including, Beverly Glenn, Brentwood, Cheviot Hills, Harbor City, Hollywood Hills, Marina del Rey, Mar Vista, Pacific Palisades, Playa del Rey, San Pedro, Venice, Westwood and Wilmington. See a district map HERE: For more, visit www.senate.ca.gov/lieu.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 70, "original_length": 7281, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 261.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://mariinskiy.com/theatre/mariinsky-concert-hall/&month=&play_date_from=01-Jan-2019&play_date_to=31-Jan-2019", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:17:26Z", "digest": "sha1:3FC63WCFSKP2QKGROFWBZISG3PYHMUOS", "length": 123, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "mariinskiy.com", "title": "Schedule for World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall for 01 January 2019 - 31 January 2019 - Mariinskiy.com", "raw_content": "Schedule for World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall for 01 January 2019 - 31 January 2019", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 1211, "original_length": 41758, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 149.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://mashable.com/2012/10/31/googles-biggest-advertisers/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:42:19Z", "digest": "sha1:7MIBQVXU6AKQQSAO3VHIYXIE3Y34PB5R", "length": 2475, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "mashable.com", "title": "University of Phoenix Is Google's Biggest Advertiser [STUDY]", "raw_content": "University of Phoenix, Ask.com Are Google's Biggest Advertisers [STUDY]\nAs an industry, finance may be the biggest spender on Google search, but it's the University of Phoenix, the largest for-profit college in the U.S., which is Google's single biggest paid search client.\nAccording to a search marketing firm WordStream, the university spent an average of $200,000 per day advertising its on-site and online coursework with Google, making it the search giant's number-one customer in its third quarter.\nThe University of Phoenix could not be reached to confirm those figures.\nAsk.com, Amazon.com, Zappos.com Hotels.com and Geico rounded out the top five. The study was based off of data from 2,600 AdWords accounts, representing $250 million in annualized spending. (For more on WordStream's methodology, see here.)\nCollectively, Google makes $100 million per day on advertising served through its Paid Search and Display Network products. Facebook, by comparison, generates around $21 million in advertising revenue per day, $3 million of which is from ads running on mobile devices.\nAverage cost-per-clicks (CPCs) declined significantly in the third quarter \u2014 down 16.5% for Google Search, and 18.2% for Google's Display Network \u2014 while click-through rates declined 12.4% for Google Search and increased 13.8% for Google Display. The total number of impression and clicks were up considerably: 21.6% for Google Search, and 29.1% for Google Display, which more than made up for declines in CPC pricing.\nFor advertisers, the decline in CPC rates is a very good thing: They can now get more click-throughs for less money.\nThe study found that CPC rates were still most expensive for advertisers in the financial industry, which averaged $3.09 per click for search and $1 per click for display. Jobs and education commanded the second-highest CPC rate, at $1.80.\nShopping, with a CPC rate of $0.25, enjoyed the highest click-through rate for search: 5.23% of impressions lead to a click, compared to 0.23% for display. Jobs and education garner the least for search, at 1.72%. Internet and telecom companies enjoy the highest conversion rate for both search and display at 6.27% and 8.59%, respectively. Travel has the lowest conversion rate for search at 1.45%.\nThose stats and more are made visible in the infographic below.\nThumbnail image courtesy of Flickr, Ken Lund\nTopics: Advertising, Business, display advertising, Google, infographics, Marketing, search, wordstream", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 141, "original_length": 4608, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 259.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://medtech.pharmaintelligence.informa.com/MT043084/Edwards-to-buy-back-$250m-shares", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:18Z", "digest": "sha1:ZUG4563N2JIL4OEZ3SHV64ONU5DLCP4A", "length": 536, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "medtech.pharmaintelligence.informa.com", "title": "Edwards to buy back $250m shares :: Medtech Insight", "raw_content": "Edwards to buy back $250m shares\nEdwards Lifesciences is to acquire up to $250m of its outstanding stock in a newly authorised share buy-back programme. The Irvine, California-based cardiovascular firm said the timing and extent of the repurchase will depend on market conditions, corporate requirements and other factors. In the first half of this year, the company spent $235m repurchasing 4.6 million shares. As of June 30 2008, the company had approximately 56.2 million shares outstanding.\nSubject: Edwards to buy back $250m shares", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 188, "original_length": 5414, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 192.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://men.purpleconversations.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:49Z", "digest": "sha1:UK6JKM4E7WYOV6J47MDOUETZNEJNIXUO", "length": 3238, "nlines": 32, "source_domain": "men.purpleconversations.com", "title": "Purple Conversations \u2013 Health, Wealth and Happiness", "raw_content": "Staying Younger Longer\nGary T\u2019s Monthly Sport\u2019s Roundup\nWhether you are sharing your day with that special person in your life or spending [...]\nThe magic and mystery of love \u2013 Love compatibility between Zodiac signs\nLOOK AT THE STARS, LOOK HOW THEY SHINE FOR YOU\u2026 History is peppered with star-crossed [...]\nMeeting Ben Westwood \u2013 Singer/Songwriter and much more\u2026\nRecently I had the pleasure of interviewing Ben Westwood, a local Singer/Songwriter to find out [...]\nREMEMBER THE TIME : JANUARY 1959\nTo start off this new year the top three in the UK singles chart, namely [...]\nHave you made any New Year resolutions? And if you have, how are they going? The [...]\nUnlock the Cash in Your Home with Equity Release\n4th Feb, 2018 0\nAre you are over 55, looking to raise capital from your home? To: fund your lifestyle, help the grandkids, take the holiday of a lifetime; buy that open-top sports car; redo the kitchen; whatever you\u2019ve always dreamed [\u2026]\nEquity Release (an introduction)\nEquity release is a means of raising a tax-free cash lump sum, additional income, or a combination of the two, using the money tied up in your property. In order to qualify, you must be [\u2026]\nOscar\u2019s Wish Foundation \u2013 A Journey of Heartbreak, Love and Loss\n\u201cWe all have a \u2018why\u2019\u2026. \u2026. and this is my \u2018why\u2019 and why Oscar\u2019s Wish Foundation is my life, raising awareness is my passion and supporting others will be our legacy\u2026.. \u2026\u2026 please note that [\u2026]\n17th Jan, 2019 0\nHave you made any New Year resolutions? And if you have, how are they going? The onset of a New Year is often a time to reflect on the previous year and to look back at [\u2026]\nMen: MOT your health, not just your car\nTrying to drag your man to the doctor is an old joke, but one that there may well be some truth in. Many blokes think nothing of taking their car in for a regular service [\u2026]\nA Q&A with Debra Skeen \u2013 Music For The Brain\nThis week is Dementia Action Week and to mark this occasion we are pleased to introduce Debra Skeen. One of the things Debra is known for is taking Music For The Brain into Nursing and [\u2026]\nRecently I had the pleasure of interviewing Ben Westwood, a local Singer/Songwriter to find out more about him, his music, his new single that was released on 9th November 2018 \u201cLady of the River\u201d and [\u2026]\nTo start off this new year the top three in the UK singles chart, namely Conway Twitty\u2019s \u201cIt\u2019s Only Make Believe\u201d, Lord Rockingham\u2019s XI with \u201cHoots Mon\u201d and \u201cTom Dooley\u201d from Lonnie Donegan, held off [\u2026]\nREMEMBER THE TIME \u2026. DECEMBER 1970\nDon\u2019t ask me where this year has gone because I\u2019m still trying to fathom that one out! Most people I\u2019ve met agree, the months have flown by as we moaned through all the torrential downpours, [\u2026]\nTo start off this new year the top three in the UK singles chart, namely Conway Twitty\u2019s \u201cIt\u2019s Only Make Believe\u201d, Lord Rockingham\u2019s XI with \u201cHoots Mon\u201d and \u201cTom Dooley\u201d from Lonnie Donegan, held off [...]\nSplashpointjazz Club \u2013 JANUARY 2019\nA Very Happy New Year To Everyone\nCopyright \u00a9 2019 Purple Conversations. By using this site, you agree we can set and use cookies. For more details of these cookies and how to disable them, see our cookie policy. Terms and conditions. Privacy policy.\nSite by Premonition Graphic Design.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 4551, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 258.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://michaeldiamondmusic.com/2016/11/19/four-days-in-my-life-by-louis-colaiannia/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:40:52Z", "digest": "sha1:HRL726XCCC3XRZGOSETHSNU5VMBMQIMN", "length": 7640, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "michaeldiamondmusic.com", "title": "Four Days In My Life by Louis Colaiannia | Music and Media Focus", "raw_content": "Pianist/composer Louis Colaiannia\u2019s latest release, Four Days In My Life was inspired by the time he recently spent enjoying the breathtaking natural beauty of the Oregon coast while on a concert tour. As with his previous album, Louis chose to record at the iconic Imaginary Road Studios of GRAMMY winning producer and Windham Hill Records founder Will Ackerman, and includes accompaniment by a number of Will\u2019s finest studio musicians. As can be expected, elements of the classic Windham Hill sound are to be found, and the music is a bit more understated without as much of the jazz influence heard on some of Louis\u2019 earlier recordings. It\u2019s a lovely reflective album from someone I consider to be a class act in the genre.\nI\u2019m quite familiar with Louis\u2019 music having written feature articles about a number of his previous albums such as Closer, The Next Stage, and A Moment Between Eternities, as well as producing three music videos for his albums, including the one at the bottom of this article. It\u2019s been interesting seeing the various facets of Louis\u2019 musical spectrum reflected in his recordings. He is a man of many musical talents and influences. Although this is not surprising considering the many sources he has drawn inspiration from over the course of his long and successful career.\nIn my recent interview with Louis, he shared a bit about this influences: \u201cI started piano at age 5. My parents told me I had to learn an instrument and I could choose any instrument but I had to stick with it. I happened to see Liberace perform on television and decided that was for me! I fell in love with piano and it has been a life long passion. I actually got to meet Liberace when I was around 12 and I even played a song for him on the piano. So obviously he was an early influence, but as I studied classical piano certainly Beethoven captured my heart. I also love Rachmaninoff and Chopin.\u201d That Louis has also listened deeply to a number of prominent jazz and Latin artists is evident in some of his recordings. But in addition to other musicians and composers, Louis went on to say: \u201cMost of my music has been inspired by real life events \u2013 some good and so many difficult events. When I am hurting or overwhelmed by life I escape to my music and that is where most of my inspiration comes from.\u201d\nReal life events certainly played a role in inspiring Louis to write the album\u2019s opening track. The event was actually quite tragic and involved an unthinkable attack on an expectant mother, about which Louis shares: \u201cThe song \u2018Auroras Light\u2019 was written for the unborn daughter of Michelle Wilkins and proceeds from this song will go to her fund for medical expenses. Her baby girl who died was to be named Aurora and Michelle barely survived. Now Michelle has forgiven her attacker and said her daughter Aurora is now a spirit of light. Michelle contacted me to write the song for her daughter and I was honored to try and capture her unbelievable spirit and forgiveness.\u201d As can be expected, there is a yin/yang contrast between an air of melancholy mixed with a feeling of hope and grace. Helping Louis to portray this vision are cellist Eugene Friesen who is best known as a member of the Paul Winter Consort, long-time Will Ackerman collaborator Noah Wilding on wordless ambient vocals, and Tom Eaton on bass, who also co-produced, recorded, mixed, and mastered the album, as he does on just about all the projects that come out of Imaginary Road Studios. I will also mention that Tom is an incredible recording artist in his own right, whose most recent album Indesterren, I recently wrote about here on Music and Media Focus.\nThe inspiration for the next song is drawn from quite a different source as envisioned in its title,\u201cBy The Sea.\u201d I would imagine that for Louis who lives in the middle of the country in Denver, Colorado, that being on the rugged shores of the Oregon coast where he spent the 4 days referred to in the album title, and gazing out to sea would have generated the dreamy expansive ambiance captured in the song. In addition to Noah Wilding on vocals and Tom Eaton on organ, Louis is joined by percussionist Jeff Haynes, whose credits include playing with Pat Metheney, Cassandra Wilson, and Harry Belafonte. Other accompanists are bassist Tony Levin, best known for his work with Peter Gabriel and King Crimson, and on saxophone is Premik Russell Tubbs who has played with a huge list of top artists such as Santana, Lady Gaga, Sting, Whitney Houston, and many more, including quite a few new age musicians. And speaking of new age musicians, a name that appears as an accompanist on many albums in this genre, as it does here, is ambient horn player Jeff Oster. On a track called \u201cReflections,\u201d his spacious drifting flugelhorn lines add to the mix along with Tony Levin on bass and Tom Eaton on keyboards. Louis exudes feeling of calm in his simple yet elegant piano arpeggios that brought to mind the music of Satie.\nStarting off in a similar vein is a track called \u201cStarry Night,\u201d that soon takes off in a more groove-oriented direction, propelled by the hand drumming of Jeff Haynes and Tony Levin on bass. Over this rhythmic foundation soar the saxophone of Premik and the soulful violin of superstar Charlie Bisharat who has played with everyone from Yanni to Cheryl Crow, Keith Urban, The Rolling Stones and many more, as well on numerous Imaginary Road Studios productions. This song highlights how Louis is able to go from being out front and playing solo sections to pulling back and letting his accompanists be in the spotlight. Another celestial-themed piece is \u201cSea of Stars,\u201d that features a number of the previously mentioned musicians, as well as Jim Matus on a custom designed stringed instrument called a Laoutar, which is a combination of a mandocello and a Greek laouto. This is one of my favorite songs on the album. I particularly enjoyed Louis\u2019 playing which in some passages evoked a regal air, and in others a more heavenly ambiance.\nWhile there is diversity within the songs on Four Days In My Life, there is also a thread of continuity that ties them all together. On some of Louis\u2019 much earlier recordings there was perhaps a sense of searching for an identity that involved music from different genres coexisting on the same album. But with this new release, as well as his previous Imaginary Road production, Closer, I feel that he has found that identity in a more Windham Hill-tinged new age acoustic sound.\nBut whatever style of music Louis is playing, it comes from deep within his heart and soul, and a feeling that this is his calling in life. In our interview, Louis shared: \u201cI am a musician because I have no choice. It is in me and I cannot do anything about it. I\u2019ve tried stepping away from music at different periods in my life and I became depressed, so I just have to have music in my life. I think music is why I bother to wake up in the morning and certainly I understand how unbelievably fortunate I am to be able to work full time at my passion. I wish everyone could experience that pure joy! I hope to continue composing music the rest of my life. I plan to keep performing as long as I am able, and probably for a couple years after that! My deepest dream is that my music will continue to be performed and appreciated after I am gone.\u201d Those four days that Louis spent on the Oregon coast and which inspired this heartfelt music provide a listening experience that is both pensive and uplifting, and which I am sure will be a part of his legacy that will endure.\n\u00ab Indesterren by Tom Eaton\nWinter Fantasy by David Arkenstone & Charlee Brooks \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 485, "original_length": 24408, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 275.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://michelel72.livejournal.com/89120.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:06Z", "digest": "sha1:NSYD5ZGKUSCDAQMFX44FMUKCAXU3UHVN", "length": 4494, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "michelel72.livejournal.com", "title": "The SighFie shell game strikes again - Sporadic Meanderings", "raw_content": "The SighFie shell game strikes again - Sporadic Meanderings\nkristen999 \u2014 (no subject) [+1]\nvioletcheetah \u2014 apropos of nothing [+0]\nThe SighFie shell game strikes again\n(If they can't spell their own name right, I'm not going to!)\nWhat is with this network? They announce SGU and then SGA \"mysteriously\" gets canceled. Now they've announced a New BSG prequel ... and suddenly 'Caprica' is canceled. And they're not just canceling the show; they're yanking \"[t]hese final five episodes of the season\"** to be rescheduled for ... some other time.\n** (\"final five\", intentional lol?)\nHere's a little hint for these clue-impaired lunatics: You can't (successfully) trade on a brand's reputation if you're simultaneously crapping all over the same brand. That should be obvious. FFS, it's not like I'm only watching because I'm a fan of the network. Also: If you make it clear you're just going to yank away anything I'm enjoying, I'm not going to bother showing up in the first place. This should also be obvious.\nI'm still enjoying 'Eureka', when it's on; and 'Sanctuary' ... well, Tapping and Heyerdahl are pretty and amazing, and the eyeroll calisthenics are probably good for me, so I'll probably keep that around. Otherwise, though, I'm just as happy not to have anything I care about on this failtastic network.\nTags: reviews, reviews:tv\nskaredykat on October 28th, 2010 02:05 am (UTC)\nGah, wtfrak? I didn't like Caprica as much as BSG, but I was watching it every week! Stoopid skiffy-channel...\n+1 on your little hint. (Also, the weird wrestling stuff... all I can say is: giant inducement to stay away from the channel for many hours.)\nYeah, I can't say it's my favorite show ever, but I did find elements compelling and I have been watching it (if in delayed batches).\nI just don't understand that channel at all. They run themselves like an object lesson in losing audience.\nThey run themselves like an object lesson in losing audience. Unfortunately you've hit the nail on the head!\nkristen999 on October 28th, 2010 02:20 am (UTC)\nIt is mind boggling the idiocy. The only difference was SGA was having good steady ratings of 1.5 and got canceled for a show that can barely hold onto a million. Caprica sunk under even that (not that it was very well promoted)--yet they're going to spin a third series from a sequel that many were not watching?\nYou can't (successfully) trade on a brand's reputation if you're simultaneously crapping all over the same brand.\nMaybe their bean-counters got those silly + and - signs confused. I don't even know. But I noticed before, with SGA -> SGU, that they don't understand the concept of branding at all. \"We'll call it 'Stargate', to keep the same people (and ward off those who weren't previously interested), but we'll make it completely different!\" Which of course drives away the franchise fans, without drawing in new fans. Not how branding works! I mean, look at \"Law & Order: LA\" \u2014 by the time I heard it didn't have the \"chung-chung\", the producers had bowed to complaints and restored that franchise necessity.\nsentientcitizen on October 28th, 2010 03:19 am (UTC)\nNow, can we find a way to get this hint to the ears of whoever is making these descisions...?\nWe'd have to find someone strong enough to pull their fingers out of their ears first, I suspect.\n(Awwww, grumpy wee!Amelia!!!)\nninjamonkey73 on October 28th, 2010 10:09 am (UTC)\nWe're still trying to catch up on LAST season's Capricas we DVRed and get to the new season ones we also DVRed. Looks like we'll have less to get through. I was just saying to Al that I still didn't care about anyone terribly much 5 or 6 eps into Caprica. I guess that's good.\nAlso, I've said it before, I'll say it again: Um, ok, so SciFi wanted to broaden its market and get away from being \"just\" a science fiction channel, so it changed its name to... phonetically the same thing? Dear Sci Fi fans, we don't want to be associated with you anymore, but we'll still be SyFy. WTF?! It makes my brain hurt.\nThe logic of branding: They don't haz it.\nvioletcheetah on October 29th, 2010 04:28 am (UTC)\nSighFie shell game strikes again, doo dah.\nI remember when we were hoping they'd pick up Firefly after FOX canceled it. Now I'm kinda glad they didn't, cuz they would've pushed for changes that turned it into crap, and then canceled it anyway, and then spun off a new series with new characters that would bear striking resemblance to \"Walker, Texas Ranger,\" because, hey, that's set in the West, right?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 140, "original_length": 6519, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 303.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://mises.org/library/will-federal-reserve-create-new-socialist-man", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:12Z", "digest": "sha1:6U3MJXRRBKLHXHBRWQQ2MQSURH5UDUBV", "length": 12525, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "mises.org", "title": "Will The Federal Reserve Create The New Socialist Man? | Mises Institute", "raw_content": "Home | Mises Library | Will The Federal Reserve Create The New Socialist Man?\nWill The Federal Reserve Create The New Socialist Man?\nTags Booms and BustsThe FedInterventionism\n06/26/2006Karen De CosterEric Englund\n\"Government cannot make man richer, but it can make him poorer.\" \u2013 Ludwig von Mises\nPersonal character and money are linked. No, we are not implying that a person of great wealth is necessarily an individual with high character. All one needs to do is look at the moral sewer known as Wall Street in order to comprehend how a whole host of elites have traded their souls for mind-boggling sums of money.\nThe linkage between character and money has everything to do with self-ownership. Aside from one's body, the most personal property one may possess is the fruit of one's labor. In a capitalist society, typically, this labor gets rewarded in the form of money \u2014 a paycheck. Hence, a person's sense of value and self-worth is significantly influenced by how society values his labor \u2014 with money not only being that most personal asset, but also being the measuring rod. In days gone by, an individual developed character by learning that an honest day's work would be rewarded with honest money (i.e., gold). Never has there been a more stable measure of value than gold.\nIn 1913, at the behest of the richest and most powerful banking elites in the world, an agent of social decay was established in the United States. Indeed, the Federal Reserve was founded. The stabilizing influence of gold money, gradually, was replaced by government fiat. Consequently, the character of Americans depreciated in lockstep with its fiat currency.\nPaul Cantor describes this phenomenon in his provocative essay Hyperinflation and Hyperreality: Thomas Mann in Light of Austrian Economics. To wit:\nInflation is that moment when as a result of government action the distinction between real money and fake money begins to dissolve. That is why inflation has such a corrosive effect on society. Money is one of the primary measures of value in any society, perhaps the primary one, the principal repository of value. As such, money is a central source of stability, continuity, and coherence in any community. Hence to tamper with the basic money supply is to tamper with a community's sense of value. By making money worthless, inflation threatens to undermine and dissolve all sense of value in a society.\nOver the past ninety-three years, since the founding of the Federal Reserve, the dollar has depreciated by over 95%. With money no longer being a stable repository of value \u2013 thanks to inflation \u2013 a predictable shift in the American character has occurred. Gone are the low-time-preference days where hard work and savings paved the road to a better life for parents and children.\nAs our fiat money perniciously lost value, time preferences shifted upwards as it made more sense to spend a depreciating currency today than save for the future. And, better yet, what is more seductive than to borrow ever-depreciating fiat money \u2013 as heavily encouraged by the Federal Reserve \u2013 and pay the principal back with money that has become worth even less? Gradually, savings becomes a vice, profligacy a virtue, and the character of a people regresses to a permanent state of adolescence \u2014 as all sense of value is forgone in favor of instant gratification.\nWithout a doubt, the measuring rod of money is broken. Indeed, money is loaned into existence by the Federal Reserve's banking cartel. Fractional-reserve banking allows it to be created out of thin air. Who needs a gold standard for self-measurement when any adult with a pulse can borrow and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on McMansions, luxury automobiles, flat screen TVs, country club memberships, and spare-no-expense vacations? What a wonderful life the Federal Reserve has brought to Americans! Easy money and credit bring immediate indulgence. As long as you have absolutely no fear of debt, you too can look extremely successful without ever having had to save a dime. Accordingly, this has given rise to America's new insolvent class: the two-thousandaires.\nLet's delve a little further into the characteristics of a two-thousandaire. To be sure, they appear successful \u2014 with the nice house, great cars, enormous entertainment center, boutique clothes, and most of it purchased on credit. For the most part, two-thousandaires do not have high-paying jobs. They just live beyond their means. Moreover, these debt-ridden adults live from paycheck to paycheck. There are no savings to fall back upon when that rainy day comes. Just imagine having hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt and only $2,000 in cash savings. Not to worry. This is what credit cards and home equity lines of credit are for. The Federal Reserve will always ride to the rescue with more fiat money and credit.\nAmericans are stepping up to mainline this new kind of drug known as debt. Instant money, after all, is something that provides on-the-spot gratification and pacifies their anxieties about their status in the social order. Indeed, one can have it all, at the drop of a (fiat) coin, and without the standard save-and-wait period which earlier generations experienced.\nConsumerism, then, is funded either by an honorable means \u2014 via the fruits of one's productive labor \u2014 or by a coercive monopoly of the money-making function through the endorsement of a banking cartel that exploits a fractional reserve banking system to expand the money supply. This enables, as J\u00f6rg Guido H\u00fclsmann remarks, \"the accumulation of debt beyond the level debts could reach on the free market.\" This illusion of prosperity is the sort of state-created decadence that we criticize.\nUltimately, this dependency on credit is tantamount to being dependent upon the state. With hundreds of thousand of dollars of debt, and little savings, two-thousandaire parents serve as negative role models demonstrating that financial independence and self-reliance are unimportant. Children see that parents simply muddle through life trying to pay bills for all of the goodies while praying that no medical, home, or other expenses emerge unexpectedly. The lesson children learn is that one must not think about the consequences of one's actions \u2014 moral relativity takes root. If mom or dad loses a job, then the family can always turn to the state for welfare and credit relief. Accordingly, it is the state that provides solutions \u2014 not parents.\nAmerica's middle class, as personified by the two-thousandaire, is on the cusp of absolute moral and financial collapse. With the demise of the gold standard and the rise of fiat money, the character of a people has been hollowed out. Strong indicators of this include the trend toward relativism along with the abandonment of the basic self-ownership concept of being responsible for one's own body. Modern moral developments are such that one's body merely becomes a vessel seeking one form of amusement after another. Life itself becomes a video game. The game goes on as long as it is fueled by the central bank's easy money and credit policies.\nAs adherents to Austrian economics know, the Federal Reserve-induced economic boom must turn to bust. People who have lived high, yet have truly earned nothing, will not fare well in the coming bust. Such cash-strapped and indebted families will head toward financial collapse and thus will turn to the state for welfare and credit relief. As to welfare, parent and child become virtual wards of the state. And, tragically, a person's self-worth shall now be measured by whether or not some faceless bureaucrat deems him worthy to receive a welfare check. Dependency on the state will become deeper and more entrenched. Bureaucrats will promise security and democratically sanctioned wealth transfers (i.e., welfare) in exchange for votes and loyalty.\nWith regard to credit relief, bankruptcy has long been a safe haven for those engaged in Fed-fueled financial irresponsibility. The purpose of Chapter 7 bankruptcy law has been to give a person who is overburdened with debt a clean slate by wiping out his or her debts. Chapter 7 has thus continually granted debtors a \"fresh start\" by clearing out their debts and allowing for the preservation of the assets they acquired while undertaking the debt. It's a win-win situation for the financially irresponsible.\nOn October 17, 2005, new bankruptcy laws went into effect that subjected filers to a means test, thus throwing potential Chapter 7 debtors into Chapter 13 reorganization status. According to the Administrative Office of the Courts, Chapter 7 filings, historically, have averaged about 100,000 per month. In October 2005, the month the new laws went into effect, the number of filings reached 555,531 as filers rushed to dump their debt before the deadline, otherwise they'd be forced into the more difficult, reorganization requirement. The following month, with the easy debt-dumping made somewhat harder, only 5,762 Chapter 7 filings surfaced. The message is that the Federal government can create the problem in the first place \u2013 through the sanction of a legal monopoly \u2014 and further distort the problem through its creation of moral hazard among the most fiscally reckless debtors within society. Then the Feds can take away that which they granted by an arbitrary swipe of the pen via administrative law and thus change the face of the game once again.\nThe loan markets are profoundly distorted due to the nature of fiat money machinations. Because of this intervention, lending is now dramatically different. It is no longer necessary to know your borrowers. The bank \u2013 sustained by its cat-and-mouse scheme of fractional-reserve banking \u2014 has a huge incentive to fund the loan, and then sell the loan off to intermediaries who package the loans into mortgage-backed securities. In turn, this toxic junk is sold to mutual funds, insurance companies and other institutions starved for yield. The debt-o-rama grabs hold, and as for the borrowers, there is no longer a fear of debt.\nIn this case, consumerism is not funded through the increase in capital accumulation and production, or rather, bona fide prosperity. Ludwig von Mises stressed that easy credit could not be equated with prosperity:\nIt is not real prosperity. It is illusory prosperity. It did not develop from an increase in economic wealth. Rather, it arose because the credit expansion created the illusion of such an increase. Sooner or later it must become apparent that this economic situation is built on sand.\nProsperity, in fact, has come to be replaced by illusions as debtors ride the roller coaster of cheap money and become more highly-leveraged, thus dissolving their financial independence. Long-range planning ceases to progress, and in fact it abruptly retards as the debtors become more focused on daily survival. They abstain from long-term strategy in order to sustain current, day-to-day operations. Hence the government-coerced shift of time preferences from low to high as we move from an economy of saving and capital investment to one of spend-and-consume. Consequently, we witness the decline of savings, wealth, and legitimate entrepreneurial investment \u2014 all of which are necessary for the advancement of a free market economy.\nIs it possible that the two-thousandaire is merely a precursor to the \"new man\" (a pliant, unthinking being) Mao and Lenin attempted to socially engineer via central planning? It would seem that the communists had it backwards thinking that banning money was integral to transforming mankind. For it certainly appears that easy money and credit do the trick in eroding the human spirit, morality, and basic decency, along with intellectual and financial independence.\nMonetary central planning, as perpetrated by the Federal Reserve, provides the key to hollowing out and creating a pro-statist populace. So when the bust occurs, watch out for the two-thousandaire \u2014 he is going to vote to pick your pocket.\nCantor, Paul. \"Hyperinflation and Hyperreality: Thomas Mann in Light of Austrian Economics.\" The Review of Austrian Economics 7, No. 1 (1994): 3-29.\nGrant, James. The Trouble with Prosperity: A Contrarian's Tale of Boom, Bust, and Speculation. 1996. New York: Random House.\nH\u00fclsmann, J.G. The Cultural and Spiritual Legacy of Fiat Inflation.\nMises, L. von (1931), \"The Causes of the Economics Crisis: An Address,\" On the Manipulation of Money and Credit, Ludwig von Mises Institute (2002), Auburn, pp. 188.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 157, "original_length": 15507, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 271.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://mobilefomo.com/2013/08/post-two-factor-authentication/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:30:22Z", "digest": "sha1:K36UP5J3XEKZJGFUSJSQRYELLGM6D5VM", "length": 3067, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "mobilefomo.com", "title": "Two-Factor Authentication: An Idea Whose Time Has Come", "raw_content": "Two-Factor Authentication: An Idea Whose Time Has Come\nTony Niesz August 9, 2013\nPasswords: Everyone hates them. They were a stopgap measure created in a more innocent age, when the number of connected systems on the Internet numbered in the hundreds rather than hundreds of millions. For the vast majority of web services and mobile apps, as few as 16 bytes stands between miscreants and your vital data. This is totally inadequate in the era of cloud-based rainbow table brute-forcing that is available to crooks for pennies or even for free.\nAny system on the Internet can attempt to connect to any other system, by design. The NSA can spy on your conversations legally under Section 215 of the Patriot Act. All of this connectivity means that people in China, Kazakhstan or Kalamazoo can try their luck at guessing the username and password to your online banking account. Combined with peoples\u2019 propensity to reuse passwords, this means that they only have to penetrate one poorly defended server, steal your hashed password and then compare it to the rainbow table to determine if you used any common dictionary words. And if you did, and you used the same username, they\u2019re in!\nWhat can be done about this? One solution used increasingly in industry is two-factor authentication: i.e. something you have, and something you know. This method means that even if hackers steal your password from a server, there\u2019s still another hurdle for them to get through before they take over your account on other servers. Early implementations used a dedicated hardware keychain token with an LCD screen displaying a pseudorandom number which changed every few seconds. However, they were easily damaged by being carried all the time, were expensive and were just one more thing to carry.\nThe more modern version of two-factor authentication is software on a smartphone. A leading example is Google Authenticator which is available for Android and iPhone, and even has a web-based version that can be used via non-smart phones via text-message or voice call. It provides a unique token for you to use on each login, along with your password. Google Authenticator is being adopted by an increasing number of web-based services including Gmail, Amazon Web Service, Facebook, Dropbox and Linode, to name a few.\nNo security method is perfect. Obviously if someone steals your phone from you, they will have the authenticator and access to your email from which they can reset your passwords. This is why it\u2019s a good idea to use a longer than 4 digit PIN if available. You might also want to keep the option of remote wipe in mind if someone somehow compromises Google Authenticator itself, either on your phone, or the web-based service. It\u2019s an extra layer of protection that prevents drive-by \u201cdoornob-turning\u201d by casual attackers and largely ameliorates people using weak passwords on multiple servers.\nIt is an idea whose time has come.\nBack to School Tips for Data Protection\n6 Types of Mobile People at Outside Lands 2013\nMobile Marketing Best Practices\nMobileFOMO Feb 08", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 70, "original_length": 4595, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 300.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://mobilefomo.com/tag/header-news/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:37Z", "digest": "sha1:F73GMHTDO6JVLE6H6NBSGJOUSUAXC223", "length": 225, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "mobilefomo.com", "title": "Header News | MobileFOMO", "raw_content": "Virtual Reality (VR) seeks to make the user a part of a virtual environment, and Augmented Reality (AR) seeks to augment the user\u2019s real-life experience with virtual enhancements. Early forays into VR technology failed to ...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 86, "original_length": 2590, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 102.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://mohawkcomputers.com/which-e-reader-deserves-your-money/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:42Z", "digest": "sha1:VI7H4RBSP7VCVRH4WYIGS2D7QEERSMGW", "length": 3226, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "mohawkcomputers.com", "title": "Which E-reader Deserves Your Money - Mohawk Computers - Managed IT Services Provider", "raw_content": "Which E-reader Deserves Your Money\nHave you been looking for an e-book reader? They are very popular these days and there are many products to pick from. This can make it tricky to ascertain which one has the features you need. Most of the e-readers on the market are quality items, so, no matter which one you choose, you\u2019ll probably be pleased. We\u2019ve outlined three below that are some of the best.\nNook Color: Barnes & Noble\u2019s Nook Color e-reader is both affordable and well designed. Today, you can buy the Nook Color for about $150. That\u2019s not a bad bargain. And perhaps because of its connection to the country\u2019s largest bookseller, the Nook Color provides a exceptional reading experience. The Nook Color is adept at both prose and graphic display. This will make reading children\u2019s books and graphic novels a pleasure. Additionally, there are several user capabilities that are a joy to use. For example, if you don\u2019t know the meaning of a word in that Mark Twain novel you\u2019re reading, just press it. A definition will pop up.\nThe Nook Color also comes with several built-in applications, including Pandora, an e-mail reader, a web browser, and an addictive crossword puzzle game. You can increase the power of your Nook Color by downloading apps from the app store. Here you will find Netflix, the Smithsonian Channel, and several other top apps. So what is the only problem with the Nook color? Its app store, while boasting lots of choices, it sometimes lacks some of the more cutting-edge apps out there. Here\u2019s hoping that the Nook Color will introduce apps at a quicker pace.\nKindle Fire: The Kindle Fire is very similar to the Nook Color and is one of the more popular e-readers available. The reading experience on the Kindle Fire is extremely clear and just like the Nook Color it comes with its own email client and web browser. The Kindle is affordable, too, with the current price tag being under $200.\nThe one negative thing people have found with the Kindle Fire is that to adjust the volume you have to touch the screen to gain access to the controls.\nKobo e-Reader: The Kobo e-Reader Touch doesn\u2019t have the name recognition of either the Nook Color or the Kindle Fire. But that doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s not a worthy competitor. Actually, you wouldn\u2019t go wrong by spending your e-reader dollars on this neat device if reading is your main goal. Users rave about the reading experience on the Kobo. Images and words are sharp and simple to read. In fact, the Kobo offers seven unique font styles and 17 different font sizes for readers to choose from. Others rave about the device\u2019s soft, quilted back. Don\u2019t laugh; this back makes holding a Kobo feel a lot more like holding an actual book. That\u2019s a feature the Nook Color or Amazon Kindle can\u2019t boast.\nAt the Kobo store, you can download e-books in an array of formats. The Kobo is particularly good with comic books and other graphics-heavy books. And then there\u2019s this: When the Kobo\u2019s Wi-Fi feature is shut off, the device\u2019s battery life can last for as long as one full month. That\u2019s pretty extraordinary. The Kobo doesn\u2019t boast all of the features of a Nook Color or an Amazon Fire. But for those who want to focus on reading, this e-reader does the job.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 27, "original_length": 3644, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 248.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://mouseintokyo.wordpress.com/constipated-wine/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:48Z", "digest": "sha1:U2HPLLQWR4KHTJNJBLMY7MKZDGMDI5YY", "length": 718, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "mouseintokyo.wordpress.com", "title": "Constipated Wine | Tokyo Tales", "raw_content": "Yeah, OK, I haven\u2019 t quite figured out what I\u2019m going to do with this page yet. The title was, however, screaming out to be used for something. Unless there\u2019s a really great band out there that decides it can\u2019t go on without stealing it, I will leave this as it is until I know where it\u2019s headed.\n2 thoughts on \u201cConstipated Wine\u201d\ndinahpearlbutton says:\nGood name\u2026have you noticed how awful the design of most Australian wine labels are? The worst ones seem to have ended up in Tokyo bottle shops where they compete (unsuccessfully I think) with traditional labels and interesting South American design\nNo, I hadn\u2019t noticed but will take a look as I check out the sakura this weekend. At least I\u2019m not allergic to that!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 221, "original_length": 5275, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 304.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://music.princeton.edu/events/sweet-willie-rollbar%E2%80%99s-orientation", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:38Z", "digest": "sha1:NEK5H55WSLUA76HO2NFJLFWZYEPXM32O", "length": 1120, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "music.princeton.edu", "title": "Sweet Willie Rollbar\u2019s Orientation| Princeton Department of Music", "raw_content": "Film Screening and Lecture\nFriday, Apr. 12, 2019 3:00 pm\nBrent Hayes Edwards, Professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature and the Center for Jazz Studies at Columbia University, will present his digital restoration, from the original 16mm reels, of the legendary short film Sweet Willie Rollbar\u2019s Orientation. Featuring an original soundtrack by saxophonist Julius Hemphill, the film was made in the spring of 1972 by Hemphill, the poet K. Curtis Lyle, the actor Malinke Elliott, and other members of the Black Artists\u2019 Group of St. Louis. An astonishing document of the post-Black Arts period, the film includes a series of fragmented, surreal \u201ctrickster tale\u201d vignettes set in the detritus of the St. Louis inner city. In his keynote directly following the screening, Edwards will place the film in the context of the Black Artists\u2019 Group, and more broadly in relation to other black experiments in multimedia aesthetics in the early 1970s.\nThis screening and lecture is part of the \"Sound Knowledges\" series, a Humanities Council Magic Project curated by Gavin Steingo.\nAbout Brent Hayes Edwards", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 166, "original_length": 5400, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 243.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://musicrow.com/2013/02/first-artists-announced-for-tim-mcgraw-acm-special/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:01Z", "digest": "sha1:ZIHSLKKCDAFJNWIPP7GLMZLSXYYMTQNY", "length": 1518, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "musicrow.com", "title": "First Artists Announced for Tim McGraw ACM Special : MusicRow \u2013 Nashville's Music Industry Publication \u2013 News, Songs From Music City", "raw_content": "You are here: Home \u00bb Artist \u00bb First Artists Announced for Tim McGraw ACM Special\nFirst Artists Announced for Tim McGraw ACM Special\nACM Presents: Tim McGraw\u2019s Superstar Summer Night will live up to its title. Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Taylor Swift and Ne-Yo are the first to be added to the all-star lineup. The event will be taped Monday, April 8 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The special will be broadcast at a later date on the CBS Television Network.\n\u201cThere\u2019s no better time for live music than in the heat of the summer,\u201d said McGraw. \u201cCountry music is hotter than it has ever been, and with some help from a few friends in other genres too, we\u2019re going to get summer started off right. I\u2019ve been lucky enough to have all these artists join me on tour, and it\u2019ll be fun to get everyone back together to help raise money and bring some attention to Lifting Lives. Not enough people know what good work the organization does, and when I was asked to help put this show together, it was a no-brainer.\u201d\nTickets for ACM Presents: Tim McGraw\u2019s Superstar Summer Night are on sale at Ticketmaster, priced at $105, $155 and $205. Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit ACM Lifting Lives, the charitable arm of the Academy and an organization that McGraw was closely affiliated with during his last tour. For more information, log onto www.ACMLiftingLives.org or www.ACMcountry.com or follow on Twitter at @ACMawards.\nCMA Radio Listener Panel Discusses Mobile Music Consumption \u00bb\n\u00ab Artist Snapshots (2-28-13)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 107, "original_length": 4540, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 231.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://myemail.constantcontact.com/RBC-News-4-18-17.html?soid=1125849824127&aid=_-0PQ34wt6U", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:17Z", "digest": "sha1:QB6W3DH5UVOWR2JDCT4EGC2J223DNH6T", "length": 243, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "myemail.constantcontact.com", "title": "RBC News 4/18/17", "raw_content": "If you are the parent of a Fall 2016 or Spring 2017 graduating student (HS or college), please contact Chase so they may be recognized on Graduate Sunday, May 21st. Please let us know when & where they graduated, and what their plans are next.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 42, "original_length": 2283, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 291.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://mypeppermintdental.com/location/greenville/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:43:38Z", "digest": "sha1:I65DPAVAD3R4EQMKNLZEOZGRIN5OGOEX", "length": 976, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "mypeppermintdental.com", "title": "Greenville | Greenville, McKinney, Rowlett, Sherman, Carrollton, Albuquerque", "raw_content": "Dr. Drexler received his Bachelor of Arts in Biology from The University of North Texas. He then earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from Baylor College of Dentistry in 2013. Dr. Drexler is a member of the American Dental Association and the Texas Dental Association. He enjoys learning and continually improving his skills to provide exceptional dental care for his patients. Dr. Drexler enjoys spending time with his wife and 3 daughters. In his spare time, you can find\u2026\nDr. Martinez attended the University of Texas where he received his undergraduate degree in Biology. He then attended Baylor University where he earned a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree. He is a standing member of the Dallas County Dental Association, the American Dental Association, and the Texas Dental Association. Dr. Martinez is a loyal Longhorns fan and when he is not practicing his passion of dentistry, he spends time with family and friends. He also enjoys working out and traveling.\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 3108, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 58.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://mysmallbizbits.com/about/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:43Z", "digest": "sha1:GP2BTF3AURMA6TBNYRVMNCYBGURIFKKJ", "length": 1777, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "mysmallbizbits.com", "title": "About Me | SmallBizBits", "raw_content": "I\u2019m Kathleen Birmingham and I\u2019ve been in small business my entire life. I began as a child entrepreneur making Barbie doll clothes and selling them from a card table in front of the dime-store in my home town when I was ten years old.\nI\u2019m still looking at ways to help people \u201cpeddle their wares\u201d to a society that has become more and more global. Being global does not mean it is better for us our our communities. The truth is that unless we begin to spend more of our money nearer to home, other people, and other countries are going to get rich while we continue to suffer.\nThis is true whether you\u2019re in a city, a town, or trying to make a living in one of our more rural communities as a farmer or rancher.\nEvery single small biz owner I have interviewed has the same comment, \u201cI need more local people to spend money with me, otherwise I will have to close my doors.\u201d Some of these businesses have belonged to families for generations and they are at risk of closing their doors forever.\nWithout small business, we run the risk of \u201cgeneralized mediocrity\u201d where everyone everywhere will have exactly the same items. But that doesn\u2019t help when you need a small gadget or gizmo to keep an appliance going. The big box stores can\u2019t possibly carry every tiny item. They don\u2019t want to. If you can\u2019t fix it, they\u2019re hoping you\u2019ll replace it.\nI grew up in a family where people \u201cmade do\u201d by fixing what they had, or inventing what they needed. That is good old-fashioned ingenuity, and it is what once made America strong.\nLet\u2019s get the message out to small biz owners that it is time to raise the awareness to \u201cshop locally\u201d. Little by little, shop by shop, town by town, county by county we will each help our communities thrive by keeping more of our money in our community.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 117, "original_length": 5381, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 254.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://n4bb.com/blackberry-scholars-program-announced-alicia-keys-blackberry-live-2013/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:51Z", "digest": "sha1:DNCY36NLOQSCTXM36YKE36DFPJ5A3YV6", "length": 943, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "n4bb.com", "title": "BlackBerry Scholars Program Announced by Alicia Keys at BlackBerry Live 2013 | N4BB", "raw_content": "BlackBerry Scholars Program Announced by Alicia Keys at BlackBerry Live 2013\nby Lucas Atkins \u2022 Tue, 14 May 2013 10:07 am EST\t Tue, 14 May 2013 10:07 am EST\t in\nAlicia Keys, the Global Creative Director for BlackBerry, announced a BlackBerry Scholars Program during the BlackBerry Live 2013 event.\n\u201cThe BlackBerry\u00ae Scholars Program is a global four-year scholarship program for outstanding women entering their first year of undergraduate study at an accredited college or university. The Program is designed to help increase the number of women in the fields of study influencing the future of mobile computing, including Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, and particularly those with an interest and/or aptitude in the mobile computing space.\u201d\nWomen who are interested in the program and are entering their first year of study in the 2013-2014 academic year can apply for the program by June 26th at 5pm EST.\nFind out more on it here.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 98, "original_length": 2545, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 166.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://nana.com.au/fairfax-nine-merger-edges-towards-finalisation/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:42Z", "digest": "sha1:UMJSYFGUVHFR73SYXFZA3MDJXZ35HFXK", "length": 413, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "nana.com.au", "title": "Fairfax Nine merger edges towards finalisation \u2013 NANA", "raw_content": "Fairfax Nine merger edges towards finalisation\nFairfax shareholders have voted in favour of the proposed merger with Nine, despite an eleventh-hour bid by former Domain CEO Antony Catalano. The majority of Fairfax Media shareholders showed support for the merger, which will see Nine acquire a 51.1% stake in the business. The merger is set be completed by December 7, if court approval is granted on 27 November.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 196, "original_length": 4264, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 302.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://nancyshistoricsites.com/2013/06/03/fenians-and-muskets-and-fine-strong-whiskey-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:04:59Z", "digest": "sha1:OONAXLTPLBP776LVCTVIQFY7IW4UJD4A", "length": 5428, "nlines": 33, "source_domain": "nancyshistoricsites.com", "title": "FENIANS AND MUSKETS AND FINE, STRONG WHISKEY \u2013 silcoxblog", "raw_content": "FENIANS AND MUSKETS AND FINE, STRONG WHISKEY\nJune 3, 2013 June 3, 2013 silcox2013\nTHE ELORA DRILL SHED\nWith 266 Historic sites in Ontario, one surely takes the cake for historical uniqueness.\nThe former Elora \u201cDrill Site\u201d, was once a rallying point for local militia set to defend the countryside from marauding \u201cYankees.\u201d The Historic Site now serves as Elora\u2019s LCBO. One wonders if the \u201cbooze store\u2019s\u201d patrons know the proud history that lies beyond its heavy wooden doors.\nAfter the close of the American Civil War, in 1865, Irish American patriots began making raids into British North America\u2014Canada. Bent on freeing \u201cMother\u201d Ireland from British rule, these \u201cgrandfathers\u201d of the Irish Republican Army, crossed the U.S.-Canada border burning, looting and hell-raising. Fenians knew no bounds in bringing their hatred of the British into the public eye.\nThe Fenian \u201cpersonality\u201d was expressed in song:\nMany a battle has been fought,\nAlong with the boys in blue\nSo we will go and conquer Canada\nFor we\u2019ve nothing else to do.\nOntario settlements close to the United States were the primary Fenian targets, but terror ran high in towns and villages well north of the border. The citizens of the village of Elora, many days journey by horse from the border, felt such a fear.\nA mixture of Scots, British and German farmers and merchants, Elorians vowed that no murderous Fenians were going to destroy what they had toiled so hard to achieve. They\u2019d fight tooth and nail to defend their property, their womenfolk and their children.\nIn 1865 the defense of Elora against invasion began. A Drill Shed, where farmers, millers, blacksmiths, storekeepers, doctors and schoolteachers would learn and practice the defensive skills and techniques needed to protect what was theirs, was to be built. Most of these peaceable folk had never handled a rifle, let alone fired one at a man.\nOther Drill Sheds in neighbouring communities had been erected, but they were slap-dash and shoddy. If Elora was going to put up a Drill Shed they would do it right!\nA site on the north side of the settlement, overlooking the Grand River which flowed through the town, was selected. A single-story, rectangular structure of quarried river limestone rose. The shed\u2019s design was plain but handsome in its Classical proportions. A circular fan light over the front door, and an circular oculus (an aperture to let in light and air) embellished the gable. Five multi-pane windows completed the side view.\nAnd what would a community building project be without acrimony? At the time of the Drill Shed construction, there\u2019d grown a municipal divide about village development. Some citizens supported expansion north of the Grand; others, including the Reeve were opposed to it. Not surprisingly the Reeve\u2019s voice carried the day.\nIn an example of clever \u201cnose thumbing\u201d to the supporters of northside development, the Reeve had the image of a cocky rooster carved into one of the stone blocks of the Drill Shed. To the present day the image of the feisty bird shouts \u201ccock-a-doodle do\u201d at the northsiders.\nOn its completion, the brave men of Elora fulfilled their civic duties. Several times each week they filed regularly into their Drill Shed to take up arms. But Elora\u2019s protection was never needed, as the Fenian menace soon faded into history.\nIn retrospect their bravado and bluster did more good than harm.The fear of foreign invasion which had been struck into our ancestors\u2019 hearts, gave them another reason to support a united and militarily strong Canada. Within two years, the independent nation of Canada was formed.\nIn the years since Confederation, the Elora Drill Shed has served many purposes. As Elora\u2019s first Community Center, it hosted visiting politicians and celebrities. Future Prime Minister William Lyon McKenzie King, former Ontario Premier Oliver Mowat, and Baden-born Adam Beck, the founder of Ontario Hydro gave speeches here.\nFor a time, the building was used as venue for live theatre. \u201cHoly-rolling\u201d Temperance meetings were also held there. During the Big Band era of the 1940\u2019s and 1950\u2019s, the former Drill Shed was a popular dance hall. Saturday night dances were the place to be in little Elora.\nIn 1972 the building was leased by the LCBO to be converted to a retail establishment selling liquor and spirits.\nThe Temperance folk must have rolled over in their graves.\nLCBO Manager Paul Walker is convinced the building is haunted. \u201cI haven\u2019t seen spirits (joke!) but some of my employees have.\u201d What Williams has seen are shutters open when he has closed them at night,; a whole shelf of bottles with the labels turned to the back. He\u2019s had mysterious phone calls too. \u201cIt\u2019s a fun place to work,\u201d he chuckles.\nThe Elora Drill Shed is one of only two surviving Drill Sheds in Ontario and remains one of Canada\u2019s finest examples of its type.\nIt was designated as a National Historic Site in 1989.\nThe Elora LCBO\nNational Historic Sites in Ontarioi, Ontario's Historic Places, UncategorizedAmerican Civil War, British North America, Canadian Military History, Elora, Fenians, Wellington Country History, William Lyon McKenzie King\nPrevious Article JOHN GALT\u2019S GHOST LIVES ON\u2026IN DOWNTOWN GUELPH\nNext Article \u201cNO ORDINARY OSCAR: SHAKING UP THE GOOD FOLK AT THE WOODSTOCK TOWN HALL\u201d\nOne thought on \u201cFENIANS AND MUSKETS AND FINE, STRONG WHISKEY\u201d\nPingback: Bacchante and custard, war on the plain | Thinking about Finnegans Wake", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 68, "original_length": 6361, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 333.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/florida-elections-chief-resigns-when-blackface-photos-emerge", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:19Z", "digest": "sha1:BDBZSO5KYGKKB5W3CAALJUXCP6OVA7MX", "length": 3930, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "nationalpost.com", "title": "Florida elections chief resigns when blackface photos emerge | National Post", "raw_content": "TALLAHASSEE, Fla. \u2014 Florida\u2019s top elections official abruptly resigned Thursday after a newspaper obtained pictures of him in blackface dressed as a Hurricane Katrina victim at a 2005 party.\nThe revelation is a blow to new Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has been trying to bridge racial divides after a bitterly fought election against a Democrat who was seeking to become the state\u2019s first black governor.\nThe Tallahassee Democrat obtained pictures taken at a Halloween party 14 years ago that show Secretary of State Michael Ertel in blackface while wearing earrings, a New Orleans Saints bandanna and fake breasts under a purple T-shirt with \u201cKatrina Victim\u201d written on it.\nThe photos were taken two months after the deadly storm ravaged the Gulf Coast region and eight months after Ertel was appointed Seminole County supervisor of elections. The newspaper hasn\u2019t said how it got the photos or identified the source.\nErtel, who had been on the job less than three weeks, resigned just hours after he testified about election lawsuits before a state legislative committee. He didn\u2019t immediately respond to a message seeking comment.\n\u201cThere\u2019s nothing I can say,\u201d he told the paper.\nThe Republican was the elections supervisor for Seminole County until last month, when DeSantis picked him to take over the state department that oversees elections. At the time, Ertel\u2019s appointment was praised by both Republican and Democratic politicians as well as Democratic consultants who noted his lengthy tenure as a central Florida elections official. Ertel had yet to go before the state Senate for confirmation.\nDeSantis said Ertel regretted dressing up in blackface but was right to step down after the pictures surfaced.\n\u201cI want people to be able to lead and not have any of these things swirling around,\u201d said DeSantis, who was in Marianna to discuss relief efforts for areas hit hard by Hurricane Michael in October.\n\u201cI don\u2019t want to get mired into kind of side controversies,\u201d said DeSantis, who weathered accusations of racial insensitivity during his race for governor last year.\nDemocratic opponent Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum questioned DeSantis\u2019 association with people seen as racially divisive. DeSantis also came under fire when he said voters should consider Florida\u2019s economy and not \u201cmonkey this up\u201d by choosing the \u201csocialist agenda\u201d of broader public spending he says Gillum espoused.\nRep. Scott Plakon, a state legislator from Seminole County and longtime friend of Ertel\u2019s, called the sudden resignation a \u201chuge loss\u201d to the state of Florida.\n\u201cAs a personal friend, I\u2019m heartbroken,\u201d said Plakon and added that Ertel had a good reputation in his home county.\nHe said he was surprised by the photos that surfaced.\n\u201cThere was never any hint of any bias against anybody. He just ran darn good elections,\u201d Plakon said.\nBut Ertel did play a role in DeSantis\u2019 decision to suspend Palm Beach County supervisor of elections Susan Bucher last week. Ertel recommended the governor take action against the Democratic official, contending that she had violated state election laws and was incompetent. Democrats have sharply criticized Bucher\u2019s suspension as being politically motivated.\nDeSantis selected Ertel at the same time he picked dozens of other high-level appointments before he came into office. The incoming governor assembled a transition team led by his campaign manager and included others such as U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz that helped with finding people for the incoming administration. The northwest Florida Republican said Thursday in a text message that he \u201cstrongly\u201d urged DeSantis hire Ertel but noted he had support from members of both parties.\nThen-Gov. Jeb Bush appointed Ertel as Seminole County elections supervisor in February 2005 and Ertel won four elections to keep the office. Ertel\u2019s background includes an eight-year stint in the U.S. Army and public relations work for government agencies and a bank.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 148, "original_length": 7089, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 331.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ndassistive.org/services-for-professionals/collaboration/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:21Z", "digest": "sha1:VJA7JDLPUY6BAI25KAL5ZL53KE3NLMOG", "length": 1025, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "ndassistive.org", "title": "Collaboration \u2013 ND Assistive", "raw_content": "Collaboration(current)\nND Assistive is here to help policymakers and leaders in state agencies, communities, hospitals, and disability networks make decisions or get a new understanding of disabilities and what assistive technology has to offer. Our expertise and focus on assistive technology ensures that we stay on top of exciting developments and changes that can benefit any organization.\nOur collaboration efforts have come in many shapes and sizes, contact us to learn more about how we can enhance your organization\u2019s understanding and implementation of assistive technology devices and services.\nOur collaborative efforts in the past have included:\nGuiding a state agency in deciding what assistive technology devices to purchase to serve a broad and diverse range of consumers\nHelping an independent living center find assistive technology solutions to help the individuals they serve live as independently and safely as possible\nWorking with other agencies to develop assistive technology related laws and policies", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 92, "original_length": 3644, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 299.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://nevadamo.gov/regular-city-council-meeting-tuesday-august-5-2014-700-p-m/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:16Z", "digest": "sha1:BRRVSGSCMGJG66XVR3SWMDG6HSJ4CXG6", "length": 2805, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "nevadamo.gov", "title": "Regular City Council Meeting \u2013 Tuesday, August 5, 2014 \u2013 7:00 p.m. \u2013 City of Nevada", "raw_content": "Home MeetingsRegular City Council Meeting \u2013 Tuesday, August 5, 2014 \u2013 7:00 p.m.\nb. July 23, 2014 Special Session City Council Minutes\na. Consideration of re-appointment of Johnny Preston to the Board of Adjustment. This is Mr. Preston\u2019s 2nd term, expiring April 30, 2017.\nb. Consideration of re-appointment of Frankie Davis to the Parks and Recreation Board. This is Ms. Davis 2nd term, expiring June 30, 2017.\nc. Consideration of appointment of Richard Perkins to the Parks and Recreation Board. This is Mr. Perkins 1st term, expiring June 30, 2017.\nd. Consideration of appointment of Annie Daugherty to the Parks and Recreation Board. This is Ms. Daugherty 1st term, expiring June 30, 2017.\na. Second Reading of Bill No 2014-048 amending the City Personnel Code section 25-2 sub-section 107 Conditions of Employment.\nb. Second Reading of Bill No 2014-049 accepting the sidewalk easements for the Spring Street sidewalk project.\nc. Second Reading of Bill No 2014-050 accepting a right-of-way easement for the sewer interceptor replacement project.\nd. Second Reading of Bill No 2014-051 authorizing the execution of change order no. 1 to the agreement with McInroy Contractors, LLC of Nevada, Missouri.\na. Consideration of Bill No. 2014-052 adopting and reenacting Bill No. 1991-15, Ordinance No. 3665, codified as section 2-121 of the Code of the City of Nevada, Missouri, regarding financial disclosure.\nb. Consideration of Bill No. 2014-053 accepting the option for Troutt, Beeman & Co. P.C. Certified Public Accountants to conduct the annual audit for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014.\nc. Consideration of Bill No. 2014-054 releasing and concluding NID assessments as per Ordinance 6259 on Lot 13 of Ashland Estates of Stutesman Realty, Inc.\nd. Public Hearing regarding levying General and Special Taxes in the City of Nevada, Missouri for the tax year 2014.\ne. Consideration of Bill No. 2014-055 levying General and Special Taxes in the City of Nevada, Missouri, for the Tax year 2014.\nf. Consideration of Resolution No. 1408 approving Liquor Licenses for Pete\u2019s of Erie Inc., to sell intoxicating malt liquor not in excess of five percent alcohol by weight, not for consumption on the premises where sold.\ng. Consideration of Resolution No. 1409 approving an agreement for transfer of Airport entitlement funds.\ng. Consideration of Resolution No. 1410 approving a liquor license for Murphy\u2019s Grill & Bar, to sell intoxicating liquor by the drink in excess of five percent alcohol by weight, for consumption on the premises where sold.\ni. Housing Authority \u2013 June 12, 2014\nii. Housing Authority \u2013 June 30, 2014\niii. Library \u2013 June 26, 2014\nDated this 31st day of July, 2014 and posted at 11:00 a.m.\nRegular Council Meeting on September 16, 2014 will be moved to September 23, 2014 \u2013 7:00 p.m.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 136, "original_length": 6032, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 255.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://neweconomics.org/2019/02/a-shorter-working-week-is-in-reach", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:46Z", "digest": "sha1:5CVOYCKP2M3MSQWEPD24KQBIBLJ6WBKG", "length": 3916, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "neweconomics.org", "title": "A shorter working week is in reach | New Economics Foundation", "raw_content": "Working time is set to become one of the major battlegrounds of our generation \u2013 and the new report published today by Autonomy and the 4 Day Week Campaign is an important and timely resource for the growing movement. The authors \u2013 including my colleague Aidan Harper, a founder of the 4 Day Week Campaign \u2013 are right to highlight the opportunity for national policy change as well as the central role for unions in ensuring that reduced working hours benefit everyone, not just those who can currently afford it.\nNext week will see the launch of the London Good Work Commission. The New Economics Foundation is pleased to be part of this alliance, in which we will be developing a strategy for making London a four-day week city while tackling the growth of low pay and insecure work. As part of the Commission and through our work with unions we aim to build a new consensus that more free time can be baked into the rules of the economy.\nAt NEF we have long called for a shorter working week to tackle a multitude of problems \u2013 from gender inequality to overwork to stress. Today we recognise it as a strategy for industries in transition, whether due to technological change, declining high-carbon industries, or changes in international markets and trade relations.\nMaking automation work for us\nWith a rebooted Green New Deal on the cards \u2013 promising a new generation of green jobs across the country \u2013 there is an opportunity to make sure we\u2019re not just talking about the quantity, but also the quality of those jobs. We should shape the changing world of work, and build an alternative to the damaging trends that have taken hold of the UK labour market \u2013 such as precariousness, outsourcing and the corporate misuse of self-employment we\u2019ve seen in the gig economy and construction sector.\nRather than allowing automation to lead to more precarity and increased regional inequality, its benefits could be harnessed to reduce working hours in the UK with no loss of pay, thus helping workers receive a greater share of the productivity benefits robots and machine learning can bring.\nThere is also potential to redistribute work across generational and gender lines, by, for example, providing opportunities for more women to enter jobs traditionally held by men, like manufacturing and engineering, or providing an opportunity for a gradual retirement that allows people more time off to care for loved ones. This must come as part of a wider industrial policy that includes public investment and a skills and education strategy. It allows us to revisit some fundamental questions \u2013 like how much time we should spend in work to maximise individual benefits like wellbeing and health, and societal ones around social care, childcare and a green transition.\nLearning from workplaces\nChanges such as these now feel within reach. Employers and unions are already leading on the implementation of reduced working hours in a number of workplaces and sectors. In March we are launching a newsletter that will cover groundbreaking projects and shorter working week trials across Europe, as part of the European Network for a Fairer Sharing of Time. Sign up here.\nAppetite for working time reduction is growing among businesses. Being on the front foot as a progressive employer will increasingly mean reducing working hours, with pay for those on low and median incomes protected, as a means to boosting staff wellbeing, retention and potentially productivity. One of the largest examples in the UK is the Wellcome Trust, which recently committed to reviewing the feasibility of moving its 800 employees to a four-day week. Businesses and organisations of all sizes have contacted NEF for advice and support. We are exploring creating a business network to provide peer support \u2013 please get in touch if you would like to be involved.\nSubscribe to Shorter Working Week updates\nSign up for campaign and research news", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 4981, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 329.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://news.coloradoacademy.org/new-ca-athletic-center-will-open-february-6/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:37Z", "digest": "sha1:EN4QXPK6OOQXHAX5TZ2KKUXZRGPE2ONO", "length": 1904, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "news.coloradoacademy.org", "title": "New Athletic Center ready to open! | Colorado Academy News", "raw_content": "Vicki Hildner January 25, 2019 All School NewsAthleticsFeaturedOn CAmpus Newsletter331 views\nWe\u2019ve all watched from afar as, brick by brick, the new Colorado Academy Athletic Center has risen from a (very large) hole in the ground to a wonderful new venue for athletic practice and competition. Have you been curious about what it looks like inside? Well, you are not the only one!\nNow the moment has arrived for everyone to walk through the open doors of the Athletic Center and experience the thrill of what makes it special\u2014the climbing wall, the fitness and training centers, a new practice gym, a refurbished competition gym, and a new team room.\nWhat time: 8:30 a.m.\nWhere: Outside the West Entrance to the Athletic Center\nStudents and parents will gather to watch the ribbon-cutting for the long-awaited reveal of the new Athletic Center, before heading inside for an All-School Assembly. CA\u2019s favorite giant red bow will make a special appearance on the Athletic Center. Head of School Dr. Mike Davis and others will have brief remarks, the doors will open, and the entertainment will begin.\nIt will be the ultimate Battle of the Mascots, with CA\u2019s \u201cGus\u201d taking on the Nuggets\u2019 Supermascot \u201cRocky.\u201d Don\u2019t miss this chance to see CA\u2019s favorite mustang conquer the mountain lion!\nAfter the opening, parents are invited to stay and explore the new facilities. During the school day, students will begin using all the new and wonderful features during their regular P.E. classes.\nThe evening of February 6 will mark the public debut of the Athletic Center, with a full roster of home basketball games. Families interested in enrolling their children at CA are invited to attend the games. The Varsity Girls game starts at 5:30 p.m. and the Varsity Boys game begins at 7:00 p.m. So mark your calendar now\u2014and let the games begin!\nPrevious ArticleI will, I can, and I want to\nNext ArticleSTEAM is cool!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 95, "original_length": 3869, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 331.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://news.duke-energy.com/releases/duke-energy-announces-executive-departures", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:36Z", "digest": "sha1:2XFR3HW4RP2CO3EMI3IHDZRGYMYDMO67", "length": 4594, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "news.duke-energy.com", "title": "Duke Energy Announces Executive Departures | Duke Energy | News Center", "raw_content": "Duke Energy Announces Executive Departures\nCHARLOTTE, N.C. - Duke Energy Corporation today announced that John McArthur, executive vice president of Regulated Utilities, Mark Mulhern, executive vice president and chief administrative officer, and Paula Sims, chief integration and innovation officer, have resigned, effective immediately.\nJim Rogers, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Duke Energy, said, \u0093We regret that John, Mark and Paula have decided to move on from Duke Energy. Since we closed the merger, we have spoken extensively with the members of our senior management committee. Our hope was that we could all work together to capitalize on the significant opportunities we now have as one company. While we encouraged the entire team to maintain their roles, John, Mark and Paula requested to step down and we wish them well.\n\u0093We are grateful to be able to draw from the deep bench of executives from both Progress Energy and Duke Energy and have already begun working to identify the best way to fulfill the responsibilities held by John, Mark and Paula. We look forward to executing on our strategy as one company and one team committed to offering significant benefits for customers, shareholders and the communities we serve,\u0094 Rogers said.\nThe company also noted that its integration efforts are on track. 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A 1970 Letter to a Nun in Africa. | Hacker News", "raw_content": "Why Explore Space? A 1970 Letter to a Nun in Africa. (launiusr.wordpress.com)\n360 points by mike_esspe on Aug 12, 2012 | hide | past | web | favorite | 159 comments\njxcole on Aug 12, 2012\nI don't know if this makes me cruel, but whenever people talk about donating money to starving children in Africa, I always imagine the following: If I were to donate some amount of money to starving children in an impoverished nation every year I could, theoretically, bring some of them out of starvation. However, these children would then grow into adults, and then these adults would have children of their own. The number of these new children would almost certainly be higher than the number I originally helped bring out of famine, so at that point there would be just as many if not more starving children than we had to begin with. So in my mind the question really goes the other way, how does donating money to buy food for starving children in Africa improve Africa's condition in the long term? What problems caused these nations to produce more children than food and what is being done to eliminate the source of these problems, rather than just the symptoms?\ndmlorenzetti on Aug 12, 2012\nWhen Bill Gates' wife began pushing him to work on issues of third-world health, this was more or less his argument against it. She dug up the statistics to show that this idea, while intuitive, is not supported by fact. As health improves-- and in particular as child mortality goes down-- birth rates fall accordingly.\nAs we all know, Gates got on board, and now funds a lot of health research and on-the-ground initiatives.\nAs I understand it, Gates funds health related research, e.g. clean drinking water or malaria. Your parent was discussing the simple provision of free food.\nttrt on Aug 12, 2012\nyeah, no bags of rice, AFAIK\nmynameishere on Aug 12, 2012\nHealth generally improves with the underlying economy, not because of charity. The underlying economy is going to correlate with damn near other statistic one way or another.\nMore credibly, the \"War on Poverty\" was an abject failure in every way.\norbitingpluto on Aug 12, 2012\nMore credibly, the \"War on Poverty\" couldn't compete with the \"War on the War on Poverty\".\nIt's really simple. Imagine that you have no social security in your old age. Your children, who are very likely to die from malnutrition, are your ONLY resource. In the short term (generationally) it makes sense to try to have as many children as possible. That way maybe someone will still be alive to take care of you.\nIf you don't feel that pressure, there isn't that population explosion.\nhristov on Aug 13, 2012\nIf you are referring to Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty, you are wrong. It was a significant success and brought poverty rates down to the lowest levels the US had seen before or has seen since.\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_Poverty\nOf course we have more poverty now but keep in mind that most laws and policies associated with the war on poverty were stopped or reversed somehow or other.\nyequalsx on Aug 12, 2012\nCan you source your information on the abject failure of the \"War on Poverty\"in every way? I'm sure you were speaking in hyperbole so I'm not expecting that literally this be shown to be a failure in every way.\nThe term \"War on Poverty\" in the U.S. specifically refers to initiatives started by the Johnson administration. Do you refer this or some other war on poverty?\nnandemo on Aug 12, 2012\nThe argument is not that \"charity improves healthcare\" (though in some specific cases it does, locally), it's that since birth rates tend to fall, the claim that \"saving a child will only increase the number of starving people in the future\" doesn't hold.\npowertower on Aug 12, 2012\nI'm afraid that the difference it makes when we decreased infant mortality in a region, is the difference between having 8 children and having 5 children.\nThe problem is one of culture, education, and relative-wealth (and also whatever traits are infuenced by DNA). Everything else stems from that.\nSub-Sahara population has seen a decrease in infant mortality and at the same time has gone from 250M to 850M people in 30 years.\nIt's blowing up and I'm also afraid that the cause of all that is foreign intervention and artificial aid. In 2050 there will be 2 Billion people there. Who's going to help feed the hungry then?\nJEVLON on Aug 13, 2012\nMelinda Gates seems to support the idea of birth control in Africa.\nhttp://www.ted.com/talks/melinda_gates_let_s_put_birth_contr...\nEdits: She doesn't want it for population control.\nBy empowering women to decide whether or not they want to have children, it will still significantly reduce the birth rate.\nvecinu on Aug 12, 2012\nI'm weary of these statistics as one can manipulate data to suit one's purpose. Source please?\ndave_sullivan on Aug 12, 2012\nhttp://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_the_good_news_of_the_d...\nThat video does a very good job of explaining this. As child mortality decreases, family size goes down. I'm sure the data is manipulated to suit someone's purposes, but all seems reasonable to me...\nnoselasd on Aug 12, 2012\nI'd recommend watching all the TED talks by Hans Rosling, they are pretty awesome and eye opening, in particular these:\nhttp://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/hans_rosling_shows_the_best...\nhttp://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/hans_rosling_reveals_new_in...\nhttp://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/hans_rosling_at_state.html\nSpooky23 on Aug 12, 2012\nDo some Googling. My grandparents were all born in Ireland from 1905-1920. My father's father was one of 6 children, my mother's mother 1 of 13. All families lost at least two children each that I'm aware of -- stillbirths were often kept secret.\nThe point is, when you have incredibly poor country, excessive influence of religion, poor health and a high child mortality rate, you have more children, both planned and unplanned.\nI suspect that excessive influence of religion led to all those other problems.\ntomjakubowski on Aug 12, 2012\nExcessive influence of religion leads to poverty, poor health, and a high child mortality rate? Do you have any sources to back this besides a general feeling that religion is \"bad\"?\nd0mine on Aug 12, 2012\nTED Talk Hans Rosling: Let my dataset change your mindset:\nReligion has very little to do with the number of babies per woman. All the religions in the world are fully [able] to maintain their values and adapt to this new world. http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/hans_rosling_at_state.html\nYes religions can adapt, but of course they don't want to and needn't, so Rosling's reasoning isn't convincing. Utah has the highest birth rate in the US. I doubt that has very little to do with Mormonism.\nHave you been to Utah? There isn't much else to do there...\nIt's not based on a general feeling. It's based on the fact that resources are limited. Any religion that successfully promotes \"be fruitful and multiply\" will certainly bump against that limit eventually. I can only suspect in any particular case because something else besides religion could be the main contributor to the bad things.\nsp332 on Aug 12, 2012\nI think you mean wary? Here you can see that as infant mortality increases, population growth is nearly steady or even increases slightly. http://www.gapminder.org/world/#$majorMode=chart$is;shi=t;ly... (Note the log scale on the vertical axis.) You can \"scrub\" backward and forward in time with the slider at the bottom.\nColinDabritz on Aug 12, 2012\nPlay with the raw data as you like at Gapminder.org.\nFor example, here is a graph I created of infant mortality vs children per woman: http://www.bit.ly/QTPNBk (starts at 1900, press play to see changes to current)\nNote that each axis has a small 'various sources' button under it that will cite specific sources.\nYou may also enjoy Hans Rosling's TED Talk on global population growth, as he gets into the details pretty thoroughly. https://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_on_global_population_...\nI would have liked to provide the source, but it was a New Yorker article that I read in the print edition.\nHere's an \"abstract\" of the article, which hints at my synopsis: http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/10/24/051024fa_fact_sp...\nBut what if child mortality is up mainly because of high birth rates? When their religion/culture calls for having as many kids as possible, it causes problems that lead to high child mortality. It's very difficult to change religion/culture.\njbrechtel on Aug 12, 2012\nThis talk by Hans Rosling makes a pretty reasonable case for decoupling the notion of religion and birth rates.\nhttp://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/hans_rosling_religions_and_...\nDoes he explain away the correlation in Utah? It seemed a safe bet that Utah has the US's highest birth rate, given Mormonism there. A search confirmed it. (Sorry I'm lazy on video sources.)\nNo he doesn't mention it from what I recall. The data discussed is broader (and more longitudinal) than that trend.\nPersonally I'd guess the birth rate there is a direct result of the church's push for more children, but I don't really know.\naderyn on Aug 12, 2012\nFertility rates in poor countries correlate heavily against the number of children dying young (http://www.bit.ly/QrJnFj), as well as against the number of malnourished children (http://www.bit.ly/QrJArU). One intuitive explanation is that if you know that only a fraction of your children will survive to adulthood, you're likely to have more of them. Of course that's not the full explanation, and another reason is that the availability of birth control and sexual education in these countries tend to be poor.\nNevertheless, I think your worried about a scenario that for the most isn't very likely. Typical aid is not just used to buy food, but also to fund education and infrastructure investments, all of which has worked to lower the fertility rates in the past.\nThere are other reasons to hesitate in regards to the effectiveness of aid money, but IMHO this isn't one of them. :)\nI'm on the same boat. Which is why I believe anyone who (in an ideal world) is seriously seeking to change the state of life in those poor countries should spend their money on creating jobs and \"factories\". By factory I don't mean silicon factories, but basic needs of those people, be it hospitals or modern agricultural facilities. But, sadly, in reality that can't happen. If you want to create jobs, you first need to have a powerful (and obviously not corrupt) central government. Without that, nothing significant can be done.\nSo, what should be done? I don't know. Education, a benevolent government, jobs, no drugs, secular & democratic laws... You can't have any of them without having others already in place. But, any progress is better than nothing. And in the long term, maybe\nAfghanistan might be a good example. 30 years ago, a war between Soviets and US ruined the country and its (modestly functional) government. For the next 20 years they were \"governed\" by former US ally, the Taliban. Religious zealots who would kill girls if they wanted to go to school. Then US (thankfully) attacked the Taliban and for the last 5-6 years they've had some sort of a central government. It's (to some degree) corrupt, it's not efficient, it lacks technical knowledge, but still, it's a form of government and has some power and the desire to change the country. And they're making progress. 10 years ago Afghanistan was a forth-world country. A country from another century. But now, they've headed to the right direction. In 10 years (if the continue their progress), Afghanistan might very well become a country that people \"might\" consider living in (in the large cities at least - if they had the choice). It wouldn't become Norway, but it would be an average country instead of the hell it was 10 years ago.\nEdit: I found a nice (read: sickeningly sad) article about Taliban and U.S. from 2001: http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/23860 The rest of the site is garbage, but this article is not.\nrehack on Aug 13, 2012\nWell thanks for the informative read. I don't agree with you that the rest of the site is garbage. Here is another good story I found there:\nThis one is of Miranda Gibson, who is a tree hugger sitting on top of the tree for 7 months, at a height of 60 meters. Her aim is to protect the felling of a forest around Tasmania.\nUpdate: I do wonder on the juxtaposition of this mini story in the context of the OP's story (which makes a lot of sense to me BTW). So I don't know whether the answer lies in all of us pursuing our own extremes (e.g. Mars exploration on one hand and saving the the forest on the other hand). The latter extreme, of saving a forest - is it in some way similar to the view point the Nun was taking when she wrote that letter?\nProjects like Kiva aim to develop industry in poor countries:\nI'm sure it amuses you to know this site is blocked in Iran (by the government). Thanks, anyway!\nMarkMc on Aug 12, 2012\nFirstly I would like to suggest that even if you can only tackle the symptom, not the cause, it would still be worthwhile - a patient with untreatable cancer should nonetheless get painkillers. You are correct that the number of people in the second generation would be higher than the number you bring out of famine. But if you do nothing the second generation would be even larger still since the fertility rate of the extremely poor is so high. Therefore simply alleviating the symptoms and not the causes of poverty (a) delays the suffering of hunger by a generation, and (b) reduces the total number people suffering in the second generation.\nOf course, it would be far better to eliminate the cancer. In many cases it's difficult to know how effective the long-term treatment is, but in some cases the outcome can be measured quite well. Here's a great talk by Esther Duflo about measuring the effectiveness of aid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zvrGiPkVcs In the book she co-authored called \"Poor Economics\" she mentions a study of a deworming program for children in Kenya. The study concluded that an extra year of deworming costing $1.36 USD PPP lead to a lifetime income gain of $3,269 USD PPP for the child. To me that is a slam-dunk evidence that aid can be effective in the long term.\n> But if you do nothing the second generation would be even larger still since the fertility rate of the extremely poor is so high.\nObviously the population must eventually plateau or decline, due to finite resources.\nI think it will be extremely difficult to alleviate the cause of poverty in many African countries. It seems that they have a high fertility rate mainly because their religion/culture demands it. It seems just as difficult to get the fertility rate down there as it would be in Utah (nigh impossible unless nature forces the issue).\nhazov on Aug 12, 2012\nYour entire view in this thread sounds very Ehrlichian to me.\nJust to explain, Paul R. Ehrlich was wrong when he predicted hundreds of millions of Indians would die because of famines and people still ask questions to him about this just to amuse themselves. I believe anyone holding similar beliefs will be wrong again, at least for the next half century.\nYoung people are already dying in large numbers in some African countries.\nFair, people also were dying in India in the 60s and 90% of the population lived on less food than they needed every day (according to Amartya Sen), Ehrlich said it would get worse with famines because of lack of resources and hundred of millions starving to death, he was wrong and Amartya Sen argued that malnutrition in India correlates more with corruption than with lack of resources.\nTo be fair a great number of Indian children still suffers from malnutrition but my argument is that the situation improved because the world is not static as Ehrlich predicted, Africa will also improve in the long run with the advent of modern agriculture techniques.\n> ... Africa will also improve in the long run with the advent of modern agriculture techniques.\nIn the long run that can't be true, when the population continues increasing. There's a practical limit to agricultural yield, even if output can be tripled sometimes. You could generalize that statement as \" will improve in the long run with the advent of \". The US debt can be substituted, for example. Always a better solution is to address the \"unsustainable\" aspect. One shouldn't be fooled into thinking the unsustainable thing became sustainable when the can got kicked down the road for a few decades.\nOverpopulation leads to corruption. The situation becomes \"every person for themself\" to survive.\nA fair point, but as a statistician your case is what we use to call hasty generalization, it's a logical fallacy if you cannot argue about it from the data. If it is unsustainable you just to show that it appears to be the case.\nThere's data out there and from what I have read African's fertility rate is lowering, albeit a little slower than some people wished it would. We just have to wait some more years and see what happen. I believe Africa will follow the footsteps of every developing country until now and will have a society of greater urban population and lower fertility rates with economic growth. India and China are still in their way following this path.\nlobotryas on Aug 12, 2012\nThought provoking answer!\nI'm not OP, but I always wondered: how do nations coming out of poverty (with high birth rates as part of life or tradition) culturally transition to a nation where low birth rates are the norm?\nThe scenario I'm thinking of is a nation that beats poverty and improves standard of living, but falls back into it because the population refuses to adapt and decrease the number of births.\nI think it would be almost impossible for their culture to change. One way might be for the first world to pay monthly stipends to families that have no more than 2 kids. Then taper it off over many decades.\nnoonespecial on Aug 13, 2012\nThe thing that always bothered me about these arguments is that they always seem to assume that a life (indeed even a life lifted out of poverty) is a net loss for everyone. It is possible for a life to produce far more for others than it consumes. The entire western outlook seems based on this idea.\nI would think that a life lifted from poverty, even temporarily through aid, has a much better chance of being one of these human++'s. Without quantifying (and denying) this possibility, calculating the value of aid seems impossible.\nIt doesn't make you cruel, but it does show you're taking a cheap cop-out. There are plenty of charities that work towards improving the local economies, which include some really interesting things like microloans. The 'starving children' is just an appeal to the heartstrings because sick children win more money than anything else.\nrokhayakebe on Aug 13, 2012\nYou think like a piece of code with its many what if-else-than scenarios. This is a philosophical question and you are not nearly smart enough to even begin to understand the consequences (postive, or negative) of your helping someone in need. Every human being, be it a saint, or a murderer, has the right to not be hungry, and to have a shelter. The sad part is that there is someone above you in the social chain who is thinking exactly the same way about you. Maybe you deserve no help to get to the next stage in your life, because you know, these are all stages. Maybe they should just let you where you are. But no, we are not where we are today because we are Darwinians and let the fittest of us survive. We are where we are because some us want to further Human Kind without prejudice, all of it, the strong and the weak, the rich and the poor, the well-fed, and the hungry.\n7952 on Aug 12, 2012\nDoesn't the injustice of that bother you? You are given the power to weigh up life and death, without any chance of ever starving yourself. Such naval gazing is stereotypical of people with full stomachs. Is basic human empathy such a bad reason to try and help?\n> Is basic human empathy such a bad reason to try and help?\nIf the help does more harm than good in the long run, then obviously yes. Whether a particular course of action does more harm than good is open to debate.\nI wonder what you would say if you were that starving child? Would you feel it is best to just die from lack of food because of the long term benefits of doing so?\nYou don't get. That's the problem: free food does not solve the starving child problem. It just creates more starving children.\nThat's a fallacy. \"Free food\" does not create more starving children. Whilst some famines are caused by over-population, it is far more likely that they are caused by other factors such as genocide campaigns, civil wars, refugee flows and episodes of extreme violence and state collapse.\nOf course, if your solution to the \"starving children\" problem is to let them die of starvation, then you indeed have a final solution. And what a solution!\nI am interested in where you are coming from. Personally, I would hate to look a starving child in the eye and deny them food to keep them alive. I would hate to look their parents in the eye and tell them that because they have four children that they aren't worthwhile keeping alive and they should drop dead from malnutrition.\nSo I do get it. My question remains the same - what would you say to a starving child? Or their parents as the child lay dying?\nFree food almost certainly causes more starving children in any country whose main religion/culture demands \"be fruitful and multiply\".\n> Whilst some famines are caused by over-population, it is far more likely that they are caused by other factors such as genocide campaigns, civil wars, refugee flows and episodes of extreme violence and state collapse.\nIt's also likely that all those other factors are greatly exacerbated by overpopulation, if not outright caused by it. Jared Diamond's book Collapse makes just that argument for the Rwandan Genocide event. Wikipedia: \"Diamond theorized that population pressure was the main cause of the genocide. ... Rwanda's population density in 1990 was 760 people per square mile, one of the highest in the world. The population grew at over 3% a year. By 1985 all the land except the national parks had been cultivated.\"\n> My question remains the same - what would you say to a starving child? Or their parents as the child lay dying?\nIf I was personally involved then I'd have a hard time not giving aid, even as I was confident I was making the problem worse in the long run. These age-old questions show the reason we insulate our leaders from problems on the ground, the better to allow them to make decisions that do the greatest good.\nHow do you know that limiting food aid would have the desired effect of limiting population growth? Do you think that people stop having sex just because their children die? I would argue that high population growth is a consequence of excessive mortality rather than the cause. This is evident in the drop in birth rate that tends to accompany development. This has even happened in countries that have traditionally objected to contraception (Italy).\nYou can search for the article \"Why Foreign Aid Is Hurting Africa\", which says \"Aid is an unmitigated political, economic and humanitarian disaster.\" I can't prove that aid including its free food form contributes to population growth. I'm confident that it does from my studies.\n> This is evident in the drop in birth rate that tends to accompany development.\nI would argue that development follows a dropping birth rate, not the other way around. Poor people with 4+ kids can't contribute to development or otherwise improve their future. They're too busy each day focusing on basic survival. Unlike many African countries, Italy solved their cultural/religion problem. Now they largely ignore the Catholic Church on contraceptive issues.\nMake up your mind. Is it a problem with their religion, or is it a problem with free food for the starving?\nThere's no contradiction. Religion/culture is the root cause of the problem. Free food makes the problem worse.\nThat is fundamentally just misanthropy. Peoples actions are based on free will, and are often logical if you take the time to understand the world from their point of view. A subsistence farmer with no pension scheme has an economic imperative to have lots of children. It is insane to suggest that letting our farmers children die is going to change that. Children are a consequence of sex, not religion or culture. Do you want me to draw you a diagram to explain how it works?\nIf your diagram can explain away the fact that Utah consistently has the US's highest birth rate, then yes. Children largely are a consequence of religion/culture in many parts of the world. The parents use their free will to do what religion/culture has told them is good to do.\nThe subsistence farmer who has lots of children to help him dooms his kids. What's insane is enabling farmers to do that by saving their kids and nothing else. Since it's economic the farmer may well have even more kids to do even better economically.\nSo only those with a religion that does not encourage many children (or those with no religion) should be fed? If so, let's take it further - should we actively go around refusing food to those who want large families?\nNo one should get free food except temporarily for events that can't be reasonably predicted / planned for. No other conditions need apply. Doing otherwise does more harm than good.\nYou have pretty much repeated that in every comment of yours in this thread. Hope we all could have a healthy discussion without gross generalizations and prevent Ycombinator HN from turning into another r/atheism.\nHealthy discussion can include the word \"religion\". I haven't made any generalizations that haven't also been suggested by much research by others.\nIncluding the word \"religion\" and asserting a position on it via gross generalization is two things. Going through the thread it is just a shame to find you repeat the same mantra (no pun intended) over and over in the every comment without providing a substantial source or proof to back it up. In other words just like a typical discussion you find over at r/atheism.\nHe can't know that. To be clear, overpopulation is a problem - but the solution is not to stop trying to save those who are dying!\nCatholic doctrine would teach that contraception does more harm than good. They, like you are measuring harm badly.\nstfu on Aug 12, 2012\nYou are spot on in the problems of \"scalability\". In my opinion I think the efforts for example of the Clinton Global Initiative are highly important, as they target less the \"starvation\" problem, but trying to break traditional gender roles. By giving girls an education it should help them to define themselves beyond the traditional housewife role and limit the reproductive \"ambitions\". The promotion of contraceptive is of cause another tool in order to reduce a further growth of the population in certain regions. But it is a very sensitive subject, that is rarely discussed openly (i.e. who are we to tell other nations to change their cultural traditions etc).\nThat is what most people think at first but it is wrong. Poverty with its associated lack of education and career opportunities generally causes high birth rates.\nCountries that improve living standards usually get lower birth rates as a result. This usually results from better education for women more career opportunities for women, lower child mortality, better financial certainty, etc. This effect has been seen in almost every country to undergo a significant improvement in living standards and it is pretty much known to be true.\nGustomaximus on Aug 12, 2012\nI think this logic is fine if you then donate to a cause that seeks to solve the longer term problems. But otherwise despite being a short term solution, feeding a hungry child means a hell of a lot to that person. And if you found yourself in a similar situation I think you would be happy for someone to skip the logical arguement and just give you a meal.\nrbanffy on Aug 13, 2012\nThat's why free food alone doesn't work.\nYou have to couple it with healthcare, education, infrastructure and economy reform (because the famine was most likely caused by a failing economy) and maybe political reform. It's more or less rebooting the place.\nFamines in the modern age are rarely caused by anything other than war and bad local governance. If one approaches famine from the perspective that the issue is one of food shortage alone then they will be working on the wrong problem.\n1123581321 on Aug 12, 2012\nIt doesn't make you any more cruel than a gardener who destroys some of the buds on a plant so the few that remain are bigger.\nHowever, you may wish to consider whether you are the gardener of Africans and whether humans should be pruned.\nTo be blunt, I believe this is a cruel statement. What you are saying is that someone who is starving shouldn't be saved because they will grown into an adult who will have children.\nYou then suggest that looking at the causes of population explosions should be investigated and resolved, and therefore until this is fixed then children should starve.\nA cruel sort of logic indeed.\nIMHO, logic can only be correct or wrong. There is no such thing as cruel logic.\nWell, there's a non sequitur if ever I've heard one!\nI said a cruel sort of logic. His logic is wrong. Misused logic is a sort of logic. Unfortunately, his misused logic leads to cruelty. Sort of like the logic that says you need to forcibly sterilize disabled people to reduce those who have genetic abnormalities from polluting the overall population.\nkingkawn on Aug 12, 2012\nWhich child will grow up to revolutionize their nation's politics?\nThat question presupposes that the only people it is worthwhile to save from starvation is the one who grows up to make a large impact on their country. It's the sort of logic that I find very dangerous.\nThe question presupposes that you cannot possibly determine this in advance and therefore all are worth saving.\nLet us say that you knew with absolute certainty that none of them would grow up to revolutionise their society. Would you still save them, or would you let them die?\nIt's a pointless question as it is absolutely impossible to predict. So we continue to attempt to save them all. They will make other contributions too, or their children.\nSo you value people solely by their contributions to society. I do not.\nBy their potential to be meaningful in the framework of our existence. Yes.\nI am not advocating for the use of probabilities, but instead possibilities.\npatio11 on Aug 12, 2012\nIt certainly reads better than \"We need to funnel some money to the guys who build the rockets so that, if the Russians get frisky, we can credibly threaten to can end the world.\"\nRastafarian on Aug 12, 2012\nOr \"99% of US Congressmen own shares in the military\u2013industrial(\u2013congressional) complex, so we need any excuse to funnel $trillions over there\"\nI wish they kept dumping more and more money into NASA instead of just directly into the military.\nNASA is part of the military-industrial complex.\nSee the first link joering2 posted. If you look at the top 10 defense contractors you'll find that several of them are also Nasa contractors.\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NASA_contractors\nThat's my point, I want as much of the \"let's fund the military-industrial complex\" money as possible to go to NASA. Right now they're struggling on funding.\njonhohle on Aug 12, 2012\nIt seems like NASA is always \"struggling\" to get funding, when in reality, there have been very few years when their budget wasn't higher than the previous year[0], even when taking inflation into account.\n[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_of_NASA\nnitrogen on Aug 14, 2012\nAnd yet there are still science programs canceled half way through development.\nghotli on Aug 12, 2012\nMan if that's true it really ruined my day. Do you have proof?\nchimi on Aug 12, 2012\nDo you need proof? If so you can watch the 60 minutes expose on their insider trading: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7388130n/\nThey don't just do this in the military industrial complex, they do it across the board, making decisions that benefit their portfolios and constructing their portfolios so their decisions get benefits from laws being passed.\nhttp://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/11/15/ethically-c...\nhttp://www.professorbainbridge.com/professorbainbridgecom/20...\npavel_lishin on Aug 12, 2012\n> Do you need proof?\nYes. What kind of a question is this?\njoering2 on Aug 12, 2012\nKevin, we are not in Kansans (or Memphis) anymore!\nTop 100 Defense Contractors (most privately owned) 2007: [1]\nFurther, histories like the one with Chertoff [2] makes U.S. politics really a dirty place: spend trillions of scared US tax payers' money on frying them with cancer in the name of fight on terror with Al Qaeda (quick hint: while we fight them here in US (and of course spend most of your tax money on it), we ally with them somewhere else at the same time [3]).\n[1] http://www.govexec.com/magazine/2007/08/top-100-defense-cont...\n[2] http://gawker.com/5437499/why-is-michael-chertoff-so-excited...\n[3] http://www.redstate.com/streiff/2011/03/27/us-allies-with-al...\npatdennis on Aug 12, 2012\nIt's not true. If it was nearly that simple, it would be a lot easier to fix.\nquaunaut on Aug 12, 2012\nDingdingding. It's more that military contractors have jobs in literally every district in the country, which makes anything done against them 'hurting jobs', etc. There's a lot of money funneled in that direction, but it isn't because of cronyism or anything- just pure hard corporate strategy choices.\ncpeterso on Aug 12, 2012\nBut who would fix that problem? Congress?\nWe're talking about changing fundamental aspects of our society, not patching some code.\nIt would require a massive cultural shift, on a number of levels.\npfedor on Aug 13, 2012\nThe timing doesn't match--this might have been the answer ten years or so earlier--the intercontinental ballistic missiles had long existed in 1970. But, preventing another world war from happening, which is what nuclear rockets did, probably saved many more lives than any humanitarian help could have.\nI don't buy the argument. A $100b space mission is going to have a bigger benefit to the desperately poor than a $100b medical research program? No way.\nBut then, why does the space program need to be defended like that? People prefer buying big TVs, big cars, big houses instead of giving the money to starving Africans. So why not view the space program as just an extension of that?\nBecause hedonism isn't really a good argument when being offered to a nun.\nsimonbrown on Aug 12, 2012\nBecause the government is the one spending the money.\nA more curt, but more direct response would be: As a Christian Nun, you wouldn't even be in Zambia if it weren't for explorers increasing the bounds of our knowledge. Apart from the Copts in Egypt, there's not a lot of 'native' Christianity in Africa.\nWiseWeasel on Aug 12, 2012\nI doubt it would have the same impact; I don't think the Catholic church is anticipating the conversion of godless Martians.\nGiven the location she may have been a C of E nun, but if she was Catholic, another curt response would have been: Why doesn't the Catholic Church spend its incredible wealth on the starving children? Why is it immune from the question of 'what's more important than hungry kids'? The Catholic Church is an astoundingly wealthy organisation and could make a mint from sales of both art and property, both of which they have plenty lying unused.\nOn the other hand exploration and colonization can make place for many more billions of potential Catholics and ensure the sect survival in case of a global extermination event.\nastine on Aug 13, 2012\nhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/the-pope/8009299/Po...\nconfluence on Aug 13, 2012\n> When he [Michael Faraday] demonstrated his apparatus [the dynamo] to His Majesty's Government, the prime minister, Sir Robert Peel, asked, \"Of what use is it?\" To which Faraday replied: \"I don't know, but I'll wager that some day you'll tax it.\"\n- Michael Faraday\nhttp://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/A_Race_on_the_Edge_of_Time\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamo\nWe will tax space in good time my fellow skeptics.\nslowpoke on Aug 12, 2012\nI did not know the SU actually turned off all radio transmissions and sent out ships to assist in the recovery of Apollo 13. That is an impressive display of human compassion, even inmidst the Cold War (though the cynic in me assumes there were ulterior motives, as well).\nmseebach on Aug 12, 2012\nSo the argument that research for the sake of research is worthwhile is perfectly sound, the condescending \"let me explain to you how a budget works\" and \"it's not my decision to spend the money\" parts certainly rubs me the wrong way.\ndrucken on Aug 12, 2012\nHow on Earth is that condescending?\nHow is a nun in middle of Africa meant to have even a basic understanding of how a specific government's budgeting and economic system works?\nI am willing to bet the vast majority of Americans themselves (to this day) have no idea of even the basics so simply explained by Dr Stuhlinger, yet it was a critical part of the bigger picture.\nams6110 on Aug 12, 2012\nI thought it weakened the piece. The story of the microscope made the point, the letter could have been ended there and been much shorter/stronger.\ndrgath on Aug 12, 2012\nWeakened the piece? The microscope-story was just fluff to prime the reader to be open to the idea that science can benefit humanity. It was loosely based on real events, and the quotes from the count assuredly are made up.\nStill, a good story though. Had he ended there, the letter would lack any real substance to argue his point.\n> \"he microscope-story was just fluff to prime the reader to be open to the idea that science can benefit humanity.\"\nNot just that, but to drive home that although the benefits of research may not be known at the time they are nevertheless existent.\nroel_v on Aug 13, 2012\nBecause the obvious response to 'how the budget works' is 'well then change the way the budget works'. I'm not sure if it's 'condescending' per se, but it did take away from the power of the letter.\nJohnsonB on Aug 12, 2012\n>How is a nun in middle of Africa meant to have even a basic understanding of how a specific government's budgeting and economic system works?\nShe can't have read a few books on economics? His explanation was pretty basic and nothing that couldn't be found in econ 101 textbooks. He essentially just assume she was uneducated.\nJtsummers on Aug 12, 2012\nWhen communicating with an unknown audience you can't make any assumptions of pre-existing knowledge. Especially if that knowledge is considered essential to the topic at hand. If you do otherwise it will leave the audience confused, or confident but with potential misunderstandings.\nIf this were in person, he might have been able to ask, \"What do you know about the US's method of setting a budget and taxation?\" and tailored his response after that. Since it was a letter, greater caution was needed.\nAre you offended by the first chapter or two of nearly every programming language book that explains what variables, conditionals, arrays and the like are? If you know it, you can skip it. If you don't, you can read it to have a better foundation for the rest of the text.\nGlennS on Aug 12, 2012\nA nun, in the 1970s, in Zambia, is not going to have easy access to economics textbooks.\nAs if she lived there her whole life, never had a standard education, never had any opportunity whatsoever to access a standard library?\nvidarh on Aug 13, 2012\nSome quick Google Books searches indicates that Sister Mary Jucunda might have been a nun for maybe as much as 20-30 years by then (someone by her name shows up in various documents from the Catholic church dating back quite far). While I have no idea how much of her life she spent in Zambia, it is quite possible that she received her \"standard education\" in the 30's or 40's.\nIt would seem quite reasonable for a nun who received her regular education that early to possibly have grown up going to a religious school somewhere where the idea of teaching topics such as economics to a woman would not have been particularly favoured, and/or where the use of a \"standard library\" to read texts outside of the curriculum would have been discouraged.\nIn other words, depending on the wording of the original letter, it might very well have been entirely reasonable to assume that she would not have had any knowledge of economics (for that matter, you could assume a fairly substantial percentage of adults today would benefit from the explanation he gave).\nTheComedian on Aug 12, 2012\nI did not find that comment condescending, though I expected to when he mentioned that he was going to explain how the budget worked. In fact, the thing that struck me while reading the entirety of the piece was how well he advocated for his position and explained difficult ideas in an accessible way while not talking down to the nun or criticizing her for not sharing his point of view. If all scientists could write in such an effective way their politics would be much better received I'm sure.\nOk, so the story with microscope was a good one. I was initially shortsighted. But coming back to the recent Mars mission, anyone has any ideas, more or less accurate/detailed, of how this particular mission will/could benefit our civilization? This is a serious question.\nRandallBrown on Aug 12, 2012\nUnlike other mars rovers, Curiousity isn't solar powered. It's nuclear powered. RTGs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_gen...) are not new, but I have no doubt that plenty of refinements went into the process to make this one better and more efficient.\nNow what if this is the next fuel source for cars? We could dramatically cut down on our use of fossil fuels. That's pretty world changing.\nThe automated landing represented a huge engineering challenge as well. Lots of lessons learned can likely be transferred to earthly pursuits. Imagine a rescue helicopter that can automatically fly into dangerous situations and save people. Imagine robots that are faster and more efficient at producing or harvesting food.\nThen of course, every time we land on a planet, we get better at it. The earth has a finite surface area. Barring major catastrophes, we'll probably fill it up eventually. If the experiments of today can provide a place for the people of the future to move, I think that will be the biggest contribution.\nicegreentea on Aug 12, 2012\nI should point that while engineering the skycrane was no doubt very difficult, and provided all sorts of lessons and solutions, that if we wanted to develop autonomous helicopters for use on Earth, the best way to do it is infact to develop autonomous helicopters for use on Earth [1] [2].\n[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_MQ-8_Fire_Scou... [2] http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2012/07/marine-kmax-bea...\nGreat read, thanks Randall! [+1].\nInteresting points, but I don't believe in next 100 years we will be able to live on Mars, or there will be enough justification to move there and spend trillion to pursue that vision (of course this mission only gets us closer). Not only its still extremely expensive to fly there, further the only way to live there is under the shelter, which would cost hundreds of times more than building something similar on Earth.\nOne could only hope that down within the further explorations, there will be possibilities to either mine or produce something that Mars' atmosphere is perfect for, and something that would cost much more to accomplish here on Earth. Eventually, possible monetary gains would create entire new industry with trillion poured in. Wonder what Mars atmosphere is suitable to produce.\nWell the instant someone invents the fusion reactor, all that HE3 on the moon is going to be worth mining...\nI was wondering about that nuclear power engine. Is it safe?\nBecause on the one hand they spend all this effort to make sure all the components that go into space are absolutely sterile, in order to not accidentally contaminate the environment on Mars [this really is high priority to NASA], and on the other hand you fly a nuclear reactor there, without anyone or anything to make sure it's contained in the event it might start leaking or something.\nmturmon on Aug 12, 2012\n1: Development of autonomous robots. The light-time delay forces autonomy.\n2: Possibility of discovering signs of prior life on Mars.\n3: Baby steps on the way to developing a more robust space presence.\nI don't want to take the time to flesh these out.\nYou could argue with all of them. You could grant them, and argue about cost/benefit.\nBut ultimately, it's exploration, and there are no guarantees what will turn out, so arguing cost/benefit when benefit is unknown is not an analytical process.\nmelling on Aug 12, 2012\nI'd say that you are still being very shortsighted. Research and discovery are usually a very long progress. Maybe there is something on this mission that directly benefits someone else and maybe there isn't. The fact that you're asking means you completely miss the point.\nvilda on Aug 12, 2012\nWhen first transistor was invented, they haven't thought of microcomputers or mobile phones. Whey would not imagine CAD systems or modern biomedicine.\nWhen first microscope was constructed, the author did not and could not know anything about bacteria or anything other microscopic.\nYour question is unanswerable yet.\nBut coming back to the man grinding the lenses for the count, who at the time had any idea what use his particular occupation could have benefitted their civilization?\nwaterlesscloud on Aug 12, 2012\nWe're learning more about Mars. It's pretty much precisely the same benefit Spain, France, Portugal, and Britain derived from early expeditions to the New World.\nabcd_f on Aug 13, 2012\nIt's fundamental research. You don't know what you will get out of it, only that you will get it.\ntmoertel on Aug 12, 2012\nDoes anyone know how this letter first came to be published?\nUpdate: Google Books answered the question for me:\n> Dr. Stuhlinger responded to the sister in a letter that was published by NASA/George C. Marshall Space Center in 1970 titled \"Why Explore Space?\"\n[1] http://books.google.com/books?id=qXuLydSqzDQC&lpg=PA55&#...\nPakG1 on Aug 12, 2012\nThis is also a perfect parallel to CEOs who have to justify to their shareholders why they spend so much money on R&D.\nrepoman on Aug 12, 2012\nWell, US produces lots of surplus every year. We don't give them out. Instead, we burn them. Really now?\nmalkia on Aug 12, 2012\n\"You may ask now whether I personally would be in favor of such a move by our government. My answer is an emphatic yes. Indeed, I would not mind at all if my annual taxes were increased by a number of dollars for the purpose of feeding hungry children, wherever they may live.\"\nantidoh on Aug 13, 2012\nCoupled with improving the effectiveness of distribution of aid to recipients, which would involve increasing the cooperation of the recipient governments and decreasing the corruption of those same governments and independent thugs, alluded to in the letter.\nAnd now it gets complicated. Money is necessary but far from sufficient, and the problem is very much not lack of resources.\nSpending more dollars does not feed starving children. Hunger is not a problem that is caused by a lack of food, we have plenty and also plenty of resource to feed every living person. Hunger is a political problem, caused by corrupt, malfunctioning government, or no government at all.\nThis letter is timeless, and provides such brilliant perspective. It's a fantastic answer to questions I've also been thinking about.\nAs an aside, I wonder if something so convincing could be written about military spending.\nI think you can certainly make an argument for military spending in terms of the side benefits associated with developing any complex technology, but I don't think the societal cost of increased militarization justifies military spending.\nwill_work4tears on Aug 12, 2012\nOnly if it is done right.\n\"Tell me, do you plan to report on the millions we've saved by advancing medical technology or kept from starvation with our intelli-crops? All those breakthroughs, military funding, honey.\" -- Tony Stark, Iron Man.\nI agree with TheComedian that the drawbacks mitigate the benefits a lot, though. The thing about space exploration is that the drawbacks are purely speculative (alien regard, exoplanet contamination, etc.) and are a lot easier to dismiss.\nHe answered that after a fashion. Military spending has the potential to bring about many of the same scientific, engineering and medical discoveries, but at the cost of increasing the conflict driving many of the societal problems that they could solve (poverty and disease in war torn countries -- see Afghanistan in the 1980s, caught in the crossfire).\npippy on Aug 12, 2012\nI'd love to compare $billions in expenditure / angry letters from conservative nuns, for both NASA and the Department of Defense.\nEven better would add the estimated lives saved by NASA technologies and DoD bombs.\nvincentperes on Aug 13, 2012\nSomebody said \"It's not by looking at improving the candles that we would have discovered electricity.\". Like fundamental research, a lot of people are having a hard time to understand that it is a long term investment.\nninguem2 on Aug 12, 2012\n>He was a member of the German rocket development team at Peenem\u00fcnde\nJust the guy to be answering ethical questions...\nHe was also drafted into the Wehrmacht to fight on the Eastern front, was wounded in the Battle of Moscow, and was the only member of his platoon to survive Stalingrad.\nThe world isn't some Hollywood movie where the good guys and bad guys are clearly delineated.\naroberge on Aug 12, 2012\nAnyone who discounts a thoughtful response based on some other criteria than that found in that response is not someone qualified to comment about ethics.\nThe important things are not what he discusses but what he doesn't discuss. For instance, why the space program is supported instead of other initiatives in science and technology or the connection between the space program with defense and propaganda. On the other side of the coin, he doesn't address the use of foreign aid as a tool of international relations and how it destroys local markets for food production. How corruption and lack of infrastructure often thwart well-meaning programs.\nHe was a smart guy who could spin a good yarn and seemed to care. I sincerely doubt that he did and don't value his opinion.\nYou were doing pretty well there, then dove back into the ad hominem. Who he is as a person is entirely irrelevant, if you want to criticise the letter then criticise the letter, not the man.\nI am talking about my emotions, yes. All I can say, if you don't like it, is that I am sorry. But I don't believe one can have an entirely objective discussion on this topic which will arrive at an incontrovertible answer. Most tech inclined people (e.g. HN readership) are positively biased towards the space program. I am not, despite the fact that I fit the profile. I think it's science done for the wrong reasons. In addition, I don't like this guy and I expect to disagree with him and I can't change that.\nThe issue is not that you don't agree with other people here. The issue is that you were disagreeing incorrectly.\nPhiladelphia on Aug 13, 2012\nI think the fact that someone was an actual Nazi is enough to raise doubt about any moral arguments he makes.\nmatt4711 on Aug 13, 2012\ndid you even read the other comments?\n\"He was also drafted into the Wehrmacht to fight on the Eastern front\" doesn't seem like he had a lot of choice there...\nJamesLeonis on Aug 12, 2012\nEinstein was German as well. Do we discount him as well?\nMost of our early rocket scientists were ex-German scientists taken from Nazi Germany.\nThat's classic ad hominem logic.\nfragsworth on Aug 12, 2012\nThis guy has incredible tact, and knows his audience well.\n> Ever since this picture was first published, voices have become louder and louder warning of the grave problems that confront man in our times: pollution, hunger, poverty, urban living, food production, water control, overpopulation.\nHe even took care not to mention climate change, which I assume was in case the reader has a strong bias against it.\nbtilly on Aug 12, 2012\nThat letter was written in 1970.\nThe possibility of human-caused climate change did not start come to the awareness of the general public until 1988, and did not become a political issue until this millennium.\nHe therefore cannot legitimately be criticized for his inability to predict where science would go in future decades. However he can legitimately be praised for being prescient about the role of satellites in researching a number of environmental problems, including global warming.\n\"he can legitimately be praised for being prescient about the role of satellites in researching a number of environmental problems\"\nGood catch to notice that. I was impressed this too, but didn't post until I saw your reply.\nTo me, Earth remote sensing is the most clear-cut example of near-term benefit to humanity by space technologies. It's amazing what can be done -- way beyond inputs for weather forecasts.\nYou can assess health of forest canopy from space (because you can measure water content of leaves -- it's a delicate measurement, but it can be done). (Hyperspectral radiometer)\nYou can measure full-air-column CO2, CO, and other gases, from space.\nYou can measure sea surface salinity and temperature, and even surface wind velocity, from space. (microwave radiometer, radar scatterometer)\nYou can measure tiny post-earthquake land deformations -- not at selected sites, but continuously over a broad area. (Radar interferometry)\nAll this is way beyond where it started, with pictures of cloud formations. Having these physical inputs allows much better modeling and prediction of all kinds of activity: weather/ecology/seismicity.\njmah on Aug 12, 2012\nI'm not sure climate change was particularly well-known in 1970.\nNot true. While not as widely known, it was still causing concern amongst scientists. 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He said the Commission also needed to know in real terms the economic impact of having the festival in Tobago, not whether hotels were full nor if taxi drivers and vendors made money. He said the report was not limited to merely looking at reports and information but would involve creation of data models.\nOn June 18, the stated deadline date for receipt of the report, Leacock said the Commission was still awaiting the report. Several subsequent efforts by Newsday Tobago to get information on the report met with no success.\nThe THA had previously has an assessment of the 2017 festival done by Dr Keith Nurse of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute for Social and Economic Studies, The University of the West Indies. Nurse was mandated to review, consult, research and assess the event, and conduct socio-economic research on the viability its festival, comparing it with similar events in the region. The Nurse report has also not been made public.\nLast year Stewart-Phillips, responding to a question from Minority Leader Watson Duke at a plenary sitting, on ticket sales for 2018, replied that the festival\u2019s purpose was not about making a profit.\nMore than $4.5 million was spent on artistes including Tarrus Riley, Ne-Yo and Fantasia, for the two-day event which had a budget of $7.3 million in 2018.\nStewart Phillips told the House at an October 2018 plenary that that \u201c$104,000 was spent on Tobago based artistes, $180,864.79 on the Trinidad based artistes, $560,156 on regional artistes and $3,687,540.49 on international artistes.\nShe said total revenue earned from ticket sales was $1,668,600.\nChief Executive Officer of the Tobago Tourism Agency, Louis Lewis, in June last year, provided some details of one-week exit surveys at air and seaports leading up to the April 28-29 festival, which he said were conducted as part of the Ralph Henry assessment.\nLewis said based on this segment of the report, 81 percent of persons who came to the event, said they would return in 2019.\nReply to \"BYisrael: Make jazz report public\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 165, "original_length": 8247, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 330.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://newslettercollector.de/newsletter/josh-brolin-joins-timothee-chalamet-in-star-studded-dune-reboot/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:55Z", "digest": "sha1:XVR5DH7UOBF2GTTOM3AOQNKSBMNIAZQT", "length": 138, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "newslettercollector.de", "title": "Josh Brolin Joins Timothee Chalamet in Star-Studded 'Dune' Reboot | Variety.com", "raw_content": "Josh Brolin Joins Timothee Chalamet in Star-Studded 'Dune' Reboot\nJosh Brolin is joining the A-list ensemble of Legendary's \"Dune\" reboot.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 1270, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.74, "perplexity": 324.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/parasite-wonders-the-malaria-mystery/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:17Z", "digest": "sha1:76ZCZV4GVJIGGXJZGW7DQSTELFQAQA5E", "length": 247, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org", "title": "Parasite Wonders: The malaria mystery \u2013 Mayo Clinic News Network", "raw_content": "This week's case involves a young girl who recently was treated for malaria. This image is a Giemsa-stained peripheral blood smear. What is the material inside the white blood cells?\nMayo Clinic Minute: Molecular breast imaging finds breast cancer", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 125, "original_length": 2736, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 283.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://newstalkcleveland.com/2948193/storm-reid-a-wrinkle-in-time-advice-from-oprah-god-chose-her-career/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:41:15Z", "digest": "sha1:QV3D3WU67TQUASNOML7OW72H7SJD4PVQ", "length": 1322, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "newstalkcleveland.com", "title": "Storm Reid \u2018A Wrinkle In Time\u2019 Advice From Oprah & God Chose Her | WERE-AM 1490", "raw_content": "Storm Reid \u2018A Wrinkle In Time\u2019 Advice From Oprah & God Chose Her Career\nSource: Phillip Faraone / Getty\nActress Storm Reid, who plays Meg Murry in Disney\u2019s A Wrinkle In Time, shared with Colliderthe advice she got from Oprah Winfrey, and how God chose her career. Check it out:\nStorm on becoming an actress:\nI started when I was three. I don\u2019t really know what made me want to be an actor. I think it was watching Matilda, over and over again. I just went up to my mom one day and said, \u201cI wanna be on TV. I wanna be a superstar!\u201d Since I know this is my passion and I feel like God chose this career for me, I just knew I was ready to do it. I told my mom that I wanted to do this, and she\u2019s been so supportive, ever since.\nShe did give advice to me. I have a fear that I\u2019m gonna be really tall, so we had a conversation about life, in general, and that you can\u2019t put energy into trying to resist something in life. You have to put that energy into something else \u2018cause God has planned for you what he\u2019s planned for you, and you can\u2019t change that. You\u2019re just wasting energy, trying to resist something. That was really good advice.\nA Wrinkle In Time opens in theaters everywhere on Friday, March 9th\nStorm Reid \u2018A Wrinkle In Time\u2019 Advice From Oprah & God Chose Her Career was originally published on praisecleveland.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 193, "original_length": 5001, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 283.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://next-steps.org/cookie-policy/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:52Z", "digest": "sha1:RZS6Z5YZMIYP5DQ7Q5PAKMEHDU3VX5UL", "length": 791, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "next-steps.org", "title": "Cookie Policy - Next Steps", "raw_content": "This site (next-steps.org) uses cookies \u2013 small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience. 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We suggest consulting the Help section of your browser or taking a look at the About Cookies website which offers guidance for all modern browsers.\nPlease note that you will not be able to use certain features of the website if you disable cookies.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 2122, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 324.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://norcalchristianvoice.com/author/laurenh/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:45:40Z", "digest": "sha1:PQGGIXMWBRLLFOXLYOS7JDI76B74H3I6", "length": 365, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "norcalchristianvoice.com", "title": "Lauren Huffmaster, Author at Norcal Christian Voice", "raw_content": "Home Authors Posts by Lauren Huffmaster\nLauren Huffmaster\nLauren Huffmaster is a wife and mother. Her life was first impacted by cancer at the age of 35 and then she was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer at 37 years old. After her second diagnosis, Lauren founded Adventure Therapy Foundation, a nonprofit organization that serves families impacted by cancer.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 186, "original_length": 4646, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 270.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://norfolklibdemcountycouncillors.co.uk/en/article/2018/1261479/investment-in-special-educational-needs-have-your-say", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:27Z", "digest": "sha1:NLBMSONJKWFPXSOYQIMJE3YWL2V4CZID", "length": 2568, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "norfolklibdemcountycouncillors.co.uk", "title": "Investment in Special Educational Needs - have your say (Liberal Democrat Group on Norfolk County Council)", "raw_content": "Investment in Special Educational Needs - have your say\nEvery child deserves an excellent education and families deserve every possible support to reduce the stresses and pressures involved in bringing up children. Norfolk is set to receive nearly \u00a33 million of government funding to improve support for children with Special Educational Needs (SEN) and the Council is consulting on the best way to invest the money. I want to encourage everyone to grab this chance to have your say about SEN provision in Norfolk.\nMore than a quarter of a million children in England have a Statement or an Education and Health Care Plan (EHCP). Numbers have grown steadily over the last decade but that is as much a cause for celebration as it is concern. Medical treatment for physical conditions is improving and our understanding of mental health is growing and that means more families are in a position to call on SEN support.\nLocal councils face a big challenge - can they meet the growing demand? Specialist support can cost as much as ten times the average cost of a school place each year. Transport to and from special schools is another call on over-stretched council budgets - so if specialist provision is not in the right location it can add to the pressures on families and the costs faced by the council.\nThe government has taken a small step to help councils tackle the problem. Over the next three years, Norfolk will receive \u00a32.7 million in funding for capital projects - that's buildings mainly - to create new specialist provision in Norfolk.\nThe consultation closes on 15th April and you can have your say by visiting the website: https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/children-and-families/send-local-offer/news-views-and-reviews/views/send-sufficiency-consultation\nWe need more specialist support closer to children who need it but I am worried about relying too much on special schools. Wherever possible children should be given appropriate support in mainstream schools. If we build more special schools we will be left with expensive buildings that are stuck in one place and a need to fill them to make the Council's budget balance. Those are not good reasons for deciding on a child's future. We must invest in flexible support and new technology.\nSo, please complete the survey but have your say on the best future for SEN support more broadly. We can only make education in norfolk fit the needs of children and families if the voices of those children and families are clearly heard.\nHave your say on investment in Special Educational Needs provision in Norfolk", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 4424, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 282.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://northamericanreview.org/goodwill-story-jason-lee", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:51Z", "digest": "sha1:FBKK3EU3MT7D3APSDJMBFJKASZGM3N4D", "length": 11203, "nlines": 40, "source_domain": "northamericanreview.org", "title": "\u201cGoodwill\u201d A Story By Jason Lee | North American Review", "raw_content": "Artist Statements, Blog, Craft of Writing, Uncategorized, Ruby Nerio Barron\nToday We Begin A Story By Jason Lee Brown That Was First Published In Issue 299.1, Winter 2014. We Hope You Enjoy This Two Part Series Which Continues- Tomorrow.\nEd and Dee crashed parties, and when they crashed parties, Dee flirted with older married men, and when wives got in her way, she flirted with them, too\u2014eye contact, compliments, smiles, light hand touches. She was irresistible, got all kinds of offers. Men begged her to sneak off to bedrooms, bathrooms, vehicles; couples asked if they could take her home. But she couldn\u2019t hold up her fa\u00e7ade for an entire night without drinking too much then insulting someone. She got folks to detest her faster than she got them to want her. When the hosts demanded Ed and Dee leave\u2014and they always demanded Ed and Dee leave\u2014Dee blew up, made the biggest scene she could. \u201cYou ain\u2019t better than me!\u201d she said. \u201cFucking hypocrites!\u201d This was the pattern they\u2019d fallen into and it was getting worse, each night\u2019s ending more dramatic than the one before, her anger more explosive, and Ed knew if they didn\u2019t stop, eventually one of them would get hurt.\nThe yellow walls of his apartment closed in on him when he was alone but not when Dee was there. In the corner, she flopped down on his bed, a clean sheet hiding his stained mattress and bedspring. The apartment had a kitchen, living area, and bedroom but no walls to separate them. The cramped bathroom barely squeezed in a toilet and thin shower, and the dark-brown shag that carpeted the entire floor, even the bathroom and kitchen, smelled of grease and wet dog.\nHer black boots hung off the edge of the mattress. She slid them together until one boot fell off. She struggled to kick off the other. Her five-three small-hipped frame made her out-of-proportion B cups look like Ds. She\u2019d barely aged since he\u2019d known her, same sixteen-year-old face on a twenty-four-year-old body. He, on the other hand, couldn\u2019t stop losing his curly brown hair, a clump on his shower drain, hairbrush, pillow. His widow\u2019s peaks nearly touched his small but growing bald spot, and when he let his hair grow bushy and wore his black-rimmed glasses, she threatened to register him as the neighborhood pedophile.\nHe grabbed her heel and popped off the other boot. He\u2019d been obsessed with her since they\u2019d met at Northwestern but had blown his one chance when he drove her home after she\u2019d puked all over this guy\u2019s living room. Outside her apartment, she kissed and pawed him, and it wasn\u2019t her puke mouth that made him pull back. He was scared shitless with the anticipation, so he blurted out the first thing that popped in his head: \u201cI don\u2019t want to take advantage of you.\u201d She freaked, screamed more than once that she did whatever she wanted and that no one took advantage of her anymore. Since then, she\u2019d taken advantage of him every time she needed to. Ate his food. Showered with his water. Dirtied his clothes. Slept on his mattress.\n\u201cSpoon me,\u201d she said, barely able to get the words out. His apartment was for her a sleeping pill, the only place safe enough to pass out. Once he heard that light sloppy-drunk snore from the back of her nose, he knew she would not wake until morning. He fantasized about pulling down her pantyhose and slowly forcing her awake, fantasized he was the aggressor who manhandled her into submission\u2014he suspected this was what she needed in a man. He snuck into the bathroom, stood in front of the toilet with the door closed, and in less than twenty seconds, jerked off into a wad of toilet paper before joining her again.\nOn the couch, wearing his blue shorts and tank top, she spoke with her mouth full of generic cornflakes. She fawned over the beautiful homes in that subdivision nearest the Carle Clinic, and in the same breath denounced the practicality of them\u2014just another defense mechanism that allowed her to remember only the good parts of the night before. Ed remembered only the bad: groping hands, swearing, rejection. He didn\u2019t know how so much anger, a dark anger, could stay trapped inside such a tiny frame before exploding onto unsuspecting men.\n\u201cWe should do it again, tonight,\u201d she said. \u201cHow am I going to snag myself a million-dollar man if we don\u2019t keep trying?\u201d\nHe hated how she breathed through her mouth while chewing food. Her flaws were overtaking the positives of her companionship. He rubbed his temples thinking of the right words. \u201cI can\u2019t,\u201d he said.\n\u201cToo hungover, hun?\u201d\n\u201cI\u2019m not supposed to bring it up,\u201d he said.\n\u201cI can\u2019t help myself. Not with you. You know that.\u201d\n\u201cWhy ruin a perfect thing?\u201d\n\u201cThere is no next level for us,\u201d she said. She changed her tone to back him down. \u201cEnd. Of. Discussion.\u201d\nHe knew if he didn\u2019t say something now, he\u2019d never say it. He spoke faster than he wanted. \u201cWatching that man grope you made me ill, and I can\u2019t believe I\u2019m saying this, but I can\u2019t feed your ego anymore\u2014not at my expense. I don\u2019t want to be your puppy dog, go to your movies, your restaurants, your parties. No more. No more. No more.\u201d\n\u201cIf a man gropes me,\u201d she said, \u201cit\u2019s because I want him to.\u201d\nShe gathered her keys and purse. It was the quietest exit she\u2019d ever made.\nHe held out twenty-three days before calling her. The first words out of his mouth were, \u201cI\u2019m sorry, Babe.\u201d He admitted what he\u2019d known all along: her incomparability, spontaneity, and humor were his life source, too. Since they\u2019d left Northwestern, he fed off her as much as she fed off him. He missed that. Couldn\u2019t live without it, he said. He wanted her back, he said. He needed her back.\nWhat he didn\u2019t admit: it was her fault he\u2019d lived the last eight months in central Illinois\u2014Waning, a town of 4,000 folks surrounded by squared fields\u2014and without her there, he couldn\u2019t justify his life choices. She\u2019d suggested they drop out of college, move away from everyone they knew, become someone different. He was flunking half his classes anyway, had already lost his scholarship and was nowhere near graduating, so he thought, Awesome, live together long enough to grow on her, get married, the dream life, but once he found a shitty apartment and a shittier job bartending at Tubby\u2019s, she escaped back to Barrington Hills for weeks at a time.\nHe couldn\u2019t fathom living in her father\u2019s mansion or owning horses and hundreds of acres hidden by trees and hills. He grew up in a small town just like Waning. He didn\u2019t mind small towns. What he hated was the loneliness, the claustrophobia, the excessive amount of time to think about rich old men who were no doubt spending more money on Dee in one night than he earned in a month. As much as she wanted to be self-sufficient, she couldn\u2019t live in poverty for long, and when she couldn\u2019t afford the luxuries she was used to, she reluctantly accepted what she called payoff money from her father, who she refused to talk about but once claimed she knew what others didn\u2019t know about him: he was not a good man.\n\u201cI wondered when you\u2019d call,\u201d she said, her pleasant tone tinged with resentment. No one could hold a grudge like Dee. No one. Not until she exacted revenge would she let it go.\n\u201cWhere you been staying?\u201d he said.\n\u201cA friend\u2019s,\u201d she said, louder than the muffled background music. \u201cIs that why you called, to check up on me?\u201d\n\u201cI have an invitation for a party at the Austin mansion.\u201d\nThat caught her attention. Unlike the newer Barrington Hills\u2019 mansions she grew up around, the Austin mansion was an 1892 Queen Anne Victorian, located a couple towns over where no one would know them; she\u2019d been dying to see it from the inside, and he knew she couldn\u2019t pass up the opportunity to find out what the owner had done to it.\n\u201cWhat about it?\u201d she said.\n\u201cYou\u2019re my only plus one.\u201d\nEven at six years old, Ed knew they were doing wrong, or they wouldn\u2019t be secretive about doing it. His nine-year-old brother sat in the passenger seat of the tan two-tone station wagon that idled with a quick and steady ticking; he was supposed to be the watch out, but he\u2019d crossed his arms and said he wasn\u2019t participating. His sister was too young to know better. The white Goodwill drop-off box was full on Sunday nights, before the Monday pickup, and that was when Ed\u2019s mother stole from it. She unlatched its back door, and the inside was stuffed with toys, shoes, books, pans, skillets, and black garbage bags of clothes. Ed had always done what his mother told him, but he enjoyed the sneaking around, too. The wiggling worms in his stomach made him feel like a man.\nHis mother pulled a black sack from inside the metal box. She undid the knot and peeked inside at the clothing before tossing the sack in the back of the station wagon. When she pulled out another sack, a brown-haired doll wearing a white racing suit with a blue V across its chest, leaped out of the Goodwill box. The doll, a real Evel Knievel doll, landed face down on the concrete next to Ed\u2019s shoes, which had holes where his big toes pushed through.\n\u201cLook, Mommy,\u201d Ed said. \u201cEvel Knievel.\u201d\n\u201cNo toys,\u201d she said.\n\u201cWe take what we need. Nothing else.\u201d\nShe grabbed another sack but couldn\u2019t pull it out of the box. Baking trays, pots, and pans had intertwined into a mesh she couldn\u2019t budge. She told Ed to crawl inside and remove a few pans. He squeezed atop the donations and pulled on the sack. The plastic stretched around his fingertips and his leg slipped, fell between sacks and the mesh of books and cookware, pinning his hips and chest. He had no leverage, and the more he struggled to push himself up, trapped in a Chinese finger cuff, the more the sacks and skillets squeezed him: a handle poking his ribs, books wedged against his kidneys, metal sticking the inside of his knee.\nHeadlights flashed across his mother\u2019s face and lit up the brick building behind her.\n\u201cCop!\u201d his brother said. \u201cIt\u2019s a cop.\u201d\n\u201cCome on out,\u201d his mother said. She grabbed Ed under the arms and pulled, but he didn\u2019t budge. \u201cI\u2019ll be right back.\u201d\nBefore he had a chance to say anything, she closed the door. Inside the dark box, he couldn\u2019t tell the difference between opening his eyes and closing them. He heard the station wagon\u2019s door slam shut, engine clunk into gear, and rev. Tires crunched across the small rocks. The noise echoed until the wagon pulled away, leaving ringing in his head and the crinkling of plastic. The still air made it hard to breath. Sweat dripped off him and\u2014with light smacks\u2014landed on the sacks. Time didn\u2019t move between drops.\nWhen the door opened, his mother took one look at his pale face and ripped out the pans and sacks. She apologized, hugged him tight, apologized more. \u201cDon\u2019t worry,\u201d she said. \u201cPeople think we\u2019re donating.\u201d While she tossed the two sacks of clothing in the wagon and everything else back into the box, he snatched the Evel Knievel doll, hid it under his shirt before hopping in the back seat. At home, she rummaged through the sacks, holding up shirts and pants, asking if the boys wanted them or not, and after pilfering what her kids needed, she drove the clothing back to the drop off and stuffed everything back inside the Goodwill box.\ntune in tomorrow Sunday, December 18, 2016 for the conclusion of \u201cGoodwill\u201d by Jason Lee Brown.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 73, "original_length": 13333, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 336.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://northsearegion.eu/northern-connections/news/the-swedish-government-wants-to-invest-in-new-test-environment/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:29Z", "digest": "sha1:DAVMUNSA7JN5COVWFCKVCO7WVS5E5UOC", "length": 2620, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "northsearegion.eu", "title": "The Swedish Government wants to invest in new test environment, Interreg VB North Sea Region Programme", "raw_content": "12 October 2017 - Published by Christina Knudsen\nThe Swedish government has promised to invest about 105 million euro in a new test environment for electric vehicles at Lindholmen in Gothenburg. The move further strengthens the Gothenburg region\u2019s position as one of the world\u2019s leading clusters in the shifting automotive industry.\nAfter the news of Geely\u2019s innovation centre comes an additional big investment connected to Lindholmen Science Park. Furthermore, it is an investment with high expectations. Large actors in the region have been waiting for some time for a decision like this from the government. Electrification is a big trend in the shifting automotive industry. The likes of Volvo Trucks, Volvo Cars, Cevt and Geely have all announced ambitious plans around electric vehicles.\nThe new test centre will be owned by Chalmers University of Technology and Rise, the Swedish Research Institute, which is headquartered at Lindholmen. \u201cIt is about securing future jobs in Sweden and making sure that Swedish industry is at the forefront,\u201d said Mikael Damberg, when he presented the news at a press conference at Lindholmen. In addition, he pointed out the ambitious plans of Gothenburg\u2019s car developers, Volvo Cars and Cevt. In relation to this, he also said: \u201cBut we also know that heavy vehicle makers are also looking at electrification, especially connected to urban environments.\u201d\nHowever, it still requires the parliament\u2019s passing of the budget proposal and an agreement with industry on co-financing, otherwise there will be no state funding if the industry do not work under the same conditions.\nFurthermore, large actors Volvo, Volvo Cars, Scania and Cevt also took part in the press conference where they promised to invest \u2013 both for testing possibilities and for the skill supply benefits to an industry facing major changes.\nOne-stop shop with cooperation opportunities\nThe testbed gathers the automotive cluster with a dual focus on electromobility and renewable fuels, which is a sweet spot for international players targeting the whole range of future drive train options for both cars and heavy duty applications.\nThus, Gothenburg offers a unique possibility with parts of the city as a living lab for testing autonomous vehicles. Alongside with the automotive industry, the region has a wide presence of service suppliers and ICT companies, an industry that spurs innovation and attracts international companies and talent.\nThe exact location of the centre still needs to be resolved. 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Common modern applications of oil paint are in finishing and protection of wood in buildings and exposed metal structures such as ships and bridges. Its hard-wearing properties and luminous colors make it desirable for both interior and exterior use on wood and metal.\nDue to its slow-drying properties, it has recently been used in paint-on-glass animation. Thickness of coat has considerable bearing on time required for drying: thin coats of oil paint dry relatively quickly.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 55, "original_length": 2035, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 8.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://nt.livejournal.com/394372.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:35Z", "digest": "sha1:W5ZW24EWZCYNJVBCANV52RDGDOCIEFTY", "length": 1024, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "nt.livejournal.com", "title": "Lorna wanted to go to a Mexican restaurant tonight. As it turned out,\u2026: nt", "raw_content": "Music: Bach - Goldberg Variations (Hantai)\nLorna wanted to go to a Mexican restaurant tonight. As it turned out, the place was booked for a private function, but for some reason the wacky hostess let us in and ushered us to a quiet corner. There was a party of about forty people, mostly women. It was noisy, especially after they started using the PA to announce award winners and give speeches. The podium was right next to our \"quiet\" table. I usually hate noisy restaurants, but they were such a cheerful group that it was kind of enjoyable. I thought maybe we'd get a free dessert or something for the inconvenience, but no such luck. We didn't stick around to watch them try to break the pi\u00f1ata.\nI'm reading Powys' Porius, with the occasional aid of A Reader's Companion, which helps to keep track of the more obscure characters and explains Latin quotations, references to Welsh mythology, etc. Porius was first published in an abridged form in 1951, and only this year was the complete, unabridged version published.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 92, "original_length": 2881, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 294.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://nuclear.artscatalyst.org/content/neon-dundee", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:23Z", "digest": "sha1:TIXJVLEMWCWSRP4ZNHZEAQ3P5U4DLXA7", "length": 2003, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "nuclear.artscatalyst.org", "title": "NEON Dundee | Nuclear Culture", "raw_content": "The Goddess of Uranium is Angry. Detail from 'Laboratory for Variable Risk Perception' Ele Carpenter, 2017\nOur Nuclear Heritage starts with uranium, a naturally occurring element as old as the earth, which has fuelled an extraordinary technology whose effects will outlive the human race. In contrast, uranium glassware is one of the most familiar everyday experiences of radiation inhabiting our domestic spaces, radiating an uncanny green glow under ultra-violet light.\nThe Laboratory for Variable Risk Perception is an artwork by Ele Carpenter that reveals the media-archaeology of depleted uranium, a by-product of nuclear energy and nuclear weapons production, captured in domestic uranium glass. The digital age has been powered by nuclear electricity that has created millions of tons of radioactive waste without a long-term storage solution. In the 21st century humans are planning to vitrify and bury this waste deep in the fossil record, creating a geological strata of radioactive isotopes suspended in glass that will be detectable for millions of years. This artwork is an amateur laboratory for measuring of the radioactivity of uranium glass to consider variable risk perception from banal denial of the nuclear, to the psychic fear of radiation. For nuclear advisors it has been an example of safe radiation levels, whilst others are alarmed by its radioactive content.\nCombining Nineteenth century alchemy with concerns for nuclear safety and the intergenerational responsibility of storing radioactive waste, the project contributes to the evolving discourse of the nuclear arts and humanities. Uranium Dioxide (uranium salts) has been used to colour glass since the early 19th Century, and the earliest glass in this collection dates from about 1870. Today the glassware is commonly available in charity shops and antique centers.\nEle is giving a talk enititled \"The Goddess of Uranium is Angry\" at the Dundee Pecha Kucha: https://creativedundee.com/2017/10/pecha-kucha-night-vol-19/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 42, "original_length": 4450, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 330.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://nycnavigator.com/nyc-team/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:46Z", "digest": "sha1:LITFDQTBRAO2EBAYNTIA4N74RSUH5GG3", "length": 4917, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "nycnavigator.com", "title": "NYC Navigator | Relocation Team", "raw_content": "Kathrin Marx, Director of Accounts and Business Development\nOriginally from Dietkirchen, Germany, Kathrin took her sense of adventure and passion for different cultures to the skies, travelling the world as a flight attendant for Lufthansa Airlines. She went on to graduate from the University of Applied Sciences in Munich with a Masters degree in Hospitality Management. Kathryn has also had the amazing opportunity to live and work in both Venezuela and Ecuador.\nIn 2002, she relocated to New York City and decided to pursue a career in NYC real estate.\nAfter 8 years of guiding and advising her clients on all the ins and outs of the housing market, Kathrin joined the team at NYC Navigator. We are excited to benefit from her tremendous area knowledge and expertise. Further, she particularly understands the challenges and needs of our clients as a result of her own first-hand experience of moving to the Tri-State area from abroad. Currently residing in Jersey City with her husband and two sons\u2026and not to be forgotten, her newest family member, Ruby, a Goldendoodle. When not navigating, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends at her second\nhome in Columbia County, NY.\nCamila Mies, Client Services Specialist\nBorn in Brazil and raised in Germany, Camila has always had a passion for cultures and traveling. From an early age Camila traveled to countries like Colombia, Italy, France, Austria, the Netherlands and many more. In 2010, she moved to the United States, where she attended High School and completed College. She graduated with a Dual Bachelor of Science in Human Resources Management and Marketing. Camila has career experience in international human resources and global marketing. At NYC Navigator, Camila combines her international living and work experience to provide excellent customer service and a personal understanding of relocation abroad.\nCurrently she resides in Central New Jersey.\nHanna Blandford, Market Research Specialist\nGrowing up in Sweden, Hanna developed a curiosity for exploring and interacting with different cultures. She has traveled to New Zealand, Australia and Malaysia before making her home in New York City.\nAfter completing a Bachelor of Science in Service Management, she spent a semester at State University of New York in New Paltz to pursue a certificate in American Business Practices. Following her studies, she worked in marketing for a global consumer goods company before completing her MBA in Marketing. Prior to joining the team at NYC Navigator, Hanna also worked for an International School of Higher Education.\nHanna is fluent in English and Swedish. She currently resides on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, where she enjoys taking long walks along the Hudson River. She is also passionate about crafting, space and science.\nLouise Collibee, Client Services Specialist\nA native of Perth, Western Australia, Louise has traveled throughout Australasia, Africa, Europe, Great Britain, Southeast Asia and the United States. Louise has spent much of her career in the architectural design and specification sales segment of the hospitality markets in Sydney, London and New York. As a relocation specialist for NYC Navigator, Louise brings an international perspective for our clients as she has lived and traveled on multiple continents. Furthermore, as a graduate of interior design in addition to her background in architecture and construction, she offers clients a keen understanding of real estate and ideal environments.\nIn 2007, Louise decided to settle in the United States and she currently resides in Greenwich, Connecticut with her husband and two sons. She enjoys hiking, skiing, boating, and any activity that includes travel and fun.\nMarcia Siegel, Educational Services Specialist\nMarcia grew up in the borough of Queens in New York City. When she graduated college she started her career as an elementary school teacher. She completed her Master\u2019s Degree in Elementary Education at Hunter College and went on to teach in the New York City public school system.\nAfter she married and had her two children, Marcia worked as a teacher in the parenting center at Central Synagogue. She also became a parent educator and taught and developed seminars and workshops for parents of infants and toddlers at St. Luke\u2019s Roosevelt Hospital in NYC, as well as other venues in the city. Marcia then became certified by the Jewish Board of Family and Children\u2019s Services in the study of infant, children and family development.\nSince 2004, Marcia has worked in admissions as an educational consultant. She assists NYC Navigator\u2019s assignees with finding the perfect schools for their families.Marcia has lived in the city for over 40 years and has brought up her two children in Manhattan. She truly loves the Big Apple, and is a die hard New Yorker!\nNicole Zeh\nKaycee de Voogd\nCamila Mies\nLouise Collibee\nMarcia Siegel\nPetra Hurkmans", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 67, "original_length": 6672, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 140.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://nypost.com/2016/02/15/5-judges-on-obamas-rumored-short-list-to-replace-scalia/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:42Z", "digest": "sha1:6I4CHJWDP5JKP2FNMKMMR57MQJKJY7ZQ", "length": 1974, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "nypost.com", "title": "5 judges on Obama\u2019s rumored short list to replace Scalia", "raw_content": "5 judges on Obama\u2019s rumored short list to replace Scalia\nChief Justice Roberts sides with liberal justices in 5-4 Louisiana abortion vote\nThese potential nominees for the Supreme Court are believed to be on President Obama\u2019s short list:\nSrikanth Srinivasan, 48, US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. A former clerk to former Justice Sandra Day O\u2019Connor, he enjoyed unanimous bipartisan support when confirmed for the appeals court less than three years ago.\nJacqueline Nguyen, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, based in San Francisco. Nguyen was born in Vietnam in 1965 and moved to the US as a child. She worked as an assistant US attorney and a California judge before Obama first tapped her for a federal court in California. In 2012, she won bipartisan confirmation by the Senate to the appeals court.\nSrinivasan or Nguyen would be the first Asian-American Supreme Court justice if nominated and confirmed.\nSrikanth \u201cSri\u201d Srinivasan is the presumptive favorite to replace Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court.Reuters\nPaul Watford, 48, an Obama appointee to the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Watford is black and was a federal prosecutor and former clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Considered a moderate, he was confirmed by the Senate 61-34 in 2012.\nMerrick Garland, 63, chief judge of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. His name was floated in 2010 when Obama was nominating a successor to Justice John Paul Stevens. He is Harvard-educated and considered a judicial moderate.\nJane Kelly, US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Kelly was confirmed unanimously and quickly to the St. Louis-based court in 2013. At the time, she earned praise from Sen. Charles Grassley, the Iowa Republican who chairs the Judiciary Committee. She was a Harvard Law School classmate of President Obama.\nFiled under antonin scalia , barack obama , judges , judicial appointments , supreme court\nTourist survives tiger attack by climbing tree", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 217, "original_length": 5595, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 192.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://oakridgetoday.com/tag/nps/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:28Z", "digest": "sha1:DJ3OM2UFP3CPAXM6VL7J76GCALGCVAFC", "length": 22154, "nlines": 86, "source_domain": "oakridgetoday.com", "title": "NPS Archives - Oak Ridge Today", "raw_content": "Updated: Park Service will not provide visitor services during shutdown\nThe National Park Service will not provide visitor services during the partial government shutdown that started Friday night, and that could affect programs in Oak Ridge and other national parks in the area. But Manhattan Project Park locations at three sites, including Oak Ridge, will remain open to the public and continue to provide visitor services.\nOak Ridge is part of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park, which is part of the National Park Service. The park, which is about three years old, commemorates the Manhattan Project, a top-secret federal program to build the world\u2019s first atomic weapons during World War II. Besides Oak Ridge, two other sites are part of the park: Hanford, Washington, and Los Alamos, New Mexico.\nIn Oak Ridge, the Manhattan Project National Historical Park is based at the Children\u2019s Museum on West Outer Drive. The park includes programs such as historical films, celebrations, and programs, and informative hikes and bicycle rides with rangers.\nThe National Park Service did not respond to two inquiries this week, but a program scheduled for Saturday afternoon in Oak Ridge will presumably be canceled. That program was intended to discuss secrecy, security, and spies during the Manhattan Project. It was scheduled for this afternoon (Saturday, December 22) at the Turnpike Gatehouse in west Oak Ridge. [Read more\u2026]\nFiled Under: Federal, Front Page News, Government Tagged With: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, DOE, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, federal employees, government shutdown, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Kris Kirby, Manhattan Project National Historical Park, National Earthquake Information Center, National Nuclear Security Administration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Park Service, NPS, Oak Ridge, partial government shutdown, partial shutdown, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Geological Survey\nDick Smyser Lecture on Thursday features science educator discussing total solar eclipse\nPosted at 1:31 am May 16, 2017\nChap Percival (Submitted photo)\nThe 20th Annual Dick Smyser Community Lecture Series opens on Thursday, May 18, and it will feature Chap Percival, a science educator from Sarasota, Florida.\nPercival will talk about the total solar eclipse that will occur on August 21. The title of his presentation is \u201cGo See the Eclipse.\u201d\nThis event is co-sponsored by the Oak Ridge Isochronous Observation Network (ORION), the National Park Sevice (NPS), and Friends of ORNL (FORNL), a press release said.\nIt\u2019s free of charge, and it will be held at the American Museum of Science and Energy, which is at 300 South Tulane Avenue in Oak Ridge. A reception will be held in the museum lobby starting at 5:30 p.m. (snacks will be served), and the lecture will start at 6 p.m. in the museum auditorium.\n\u201cThis talk should be of interest to students and the general public,\u201d the press release said.\nPercival is a lifelong educator. He lives in Sarasota, Florida. He has a BA in mathematics and physics from Taylor University, an MAT in planetarium education from Michigan State University, and an MEd in instructional technology from the University of Virginia, the press release said. [Read more\u2026]\nFiled Under: Community, Education, Front Page News, Top Stories Tagged With: American Museum of Science and Energy, astronomy, astronomy education, Chap Percival, David Fields, Dick Smyser Community Lecture Series, Dick Smyser Lecture, FORNL, Friends of ORNL, National Park Service, NPS, Oak Ridge Isochronous Observation Network, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORION, Roane State, Robbie Meyer, Tamke-Allen Observatory, total solar eclipse\nNot clear yet where National Park Service will go when AMSE closes\nAn agreement signed Friday, Dec. 30, 2016, by the U.S. Department of Energy and City of Oak Ridge calls for the American Museum of Science and Energy missions to be relocated within about one year to 18,000 square feet of space in a two-story building that once housed a Sears Roebuck store next to JCPenney at Main Street Oak Ridge. It\u2019s not yet clear if the National Park Service, which has shared space with AMSE, will also move into this building. (File photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)\nIt\u2019s not clear yet where the National Park Service will go when the American Museum of Science and Energy building closes at the end of the year, but a federal official said the Park Service will stay in Oak Ridge.\nIt could relocate to a two-story building that once housed Sears Roebuck at Main Street Oak Ridge, the former Oak Ridge Mall. That\u2019s where the U.S. Department of Energy\u2019s public education and outreach missions, now housed at the American Museum of Science and Energy, are moving.\nBut the National Park Service hadn\u2019t committed to moving there as of April 17, said Niki Nicholas, site manager of the Oak Ridge unit of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park. The NPS needs more information, Nicholas said in response to questions after a Monday afternoon presentation to AAUW, or American Association of University Women. (A reader had told Oak Ridge Today of an April 17 letter reportedly sent from the Manhattan Project National Historical Park to federal officials at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which manages AMSE.)\nNicholas said the National Park Service has several options in Oak Ridge, including Main Street Oak Ridge. But she declined to elaborate on the precise number of options, where they might be, or what organizations or businesses might be co-located in those buildings. [Read more\u2026]\nFiled Under: Business, Community, Federal, Front Page News, Government, Government, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Slider, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: American Museum of Science and Energy, AMSE, atomic weapons, Chuck Fleischmann, City of Oak Ridge, Claire Sinclair, DOE, DOE Public Education and Outreach Center, Donald Trump, Hanford, Heritage Center, K-25, Lamar Alexander, Los Alamos, Main Street\u2014Oak Ridge, Manhattan Project, Manhattan Project National Historical Park, National Park Service, Niki Nicholas, NPS, Oak Ridge Mall, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Office of Science, ORNL, ORNL Site Office, RealtyLink, Sears Roebuck, TN Oak Ridge Illinois LLC, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Interior, World War II, Y-12 National Security Complex\nLearn more about total solar eclipse during Dick Smyser Community Lecture in May\nPosted at 1:14 am April 25, 2017\nEducator Chap Percival will discuss the upcoming August 21 solar eclipse during a May 18 lecture in Oak Ridge.\nPercival will be the featured speaker at this year\u2019s Annual Dick Smyser Community Lecture Series.\nThe free lecture is scheduled for Thursday, May 18, at the American Museum of Science and Energy, which is at 300 South Tulane Avenue in Oak Ridge. A reception will be held in the museum lobby starting at 5:30 p.m., and the lecture will start at 6 p.m. in the museum auditorium.\nA solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between Earth and the sun, blocking at least part of the sun as viewed from some areas of Earth. During a total solar eclipse, the moon completely obscures the sun so that only the sun\u2019s corona is visible for a moment in time. On August 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse will be visible along a roughly 67-mile-wide path across the United States, from Oregon to South Carolina, a press release said. [Read more\u2026]\nFiled Under: Community, Education, Federal, Front Page News, Government Tagged With: American Museum of Science and Energy, Annual Dick Smyser Community Lecture Series, Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Chap Percival, David Fields, Dick Smyser Community Lecture, Friends of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Manhattan Project National Historical Park, National Park Service, NPS, Oak Ridge Isochronous Observation Network, Obed Wild and Scenic River, ORION, Roane State Community College, solar eclipse, Tamke-Allen Observatory, total solar eclipse\nNPS, DOE release document to help guide planning, management at Manhattan Project Park\nAfter a year of work and open houses in three cities, federal officials have released a document that will be used to guide planning and management at the Manhattan Project National Historical Park, which includes Oak Ridge.\nThe National Park Service and U.S. Department of Energy announced Friday that the planning and management document, known as the Final Foundation Document, has been released. It\u2019s available online.\nThe Foundation Document is the result of public input and joint planning by DOE and the NPS. In February 2016, the two federal agencies held workshops in Oak Ridge, as well as in Los Alamos, New Mexico, and Hanford, Washington. Hanford and Los Alamos are also part of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park.\nThe open houses in the three communities, which had Manhattan Project research and production centers during World War II, gathered input from \u201cstakeholders and interested parties\u201d related to the important resources, stories, and opportunities for the park. The National Park Service has posted a summary of the open house comments, grouped into 11 areas, which you can see below. [Read more\u2026]\nFiled Under: Federal, Government, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: atomic bomb, atomic weapons, DOE, foundation document, Hanford, Los Alamos, Manhattan Project, Manhattan Project National Historical Park, National Defense Authorization Act of 2015, National Park Service, NPS, Oak Ridge, U.S. Department of Energy, World War II\nDOE, National Park Service mark first year of Manhattan Project Park\nPosted at 1:56 am December 6, 2016\nBy U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management\nThe U.S. Department of Energy and the National Park Service have made considerable progress in their inaugural year managing the national park commemorating the Manhattan Project, according to DOE.\n\u201cEveryone involved with the park from DOE, the National Park Service, and our community partners has put a lot of work into the Manhattan Project National Historical Park over the past year and it shows,\u201d DOE Office of Legacy Management Acting Director Thomas Pauling said in a November 30 newsletter called \u201cEM Update.\u201d \u201cThe Office of Legacy Management is excited to join the team, and we\u2019re looking forward to contributing to its continuing success.\u201d\nEstablished on November 10, 2015, the park consists of facilities at three sites\u2014Hanford, Washington; Oak Ridge, Tennessee; and Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico\u2014that played key roles in the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II as part of the top-secret Manhattan Project. The park tells the story of the people, events, science, and engineering that led to the creation of the atomic bomb, which helped end World War II. [Read more\u2026]\nFiled Under: Federal, Front Page News, Government, Government, Slider Tagged With: atomic bomb, B Reactor, DOE, DOE Office of Legacy Management, EM Update, Hanford, Hanford High School, Kris Kirby, Los Alamos, Manhattan Project, Manhattan Project National Historical Park, National Nuclear Security Administration, National Park Service, NPS, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge Reservation, Office of Environmental Management, Secrecy Security and Spies, Tracy Atkins, U.S. Department of Energy, World War II, X-10 Graphite Reactor\nPark Service, DOE seek comment on foundation document for new Manhattan Project park\nThe iconic \u201cWar Ends\u201d photo is recreated in part on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015, with a \u201cPark Opens\u201d photo that celebrates the new Manhattan Project National Historical Park, which includes Oak Ridge. (U.S. Department of Energy photo by Lynn Freeny)\nThe National Park Service and U.S. Department of Energy are asking the public to review and comment on a draft foundation document for the Manhattan Project National Historical Park. The park includes Oak Ridge, and it was established in November 2015.\nThe foundation document is designed to affirm the park\u2019s core mission and significance, its key resources and values, and the interpretive themes that tell its stories, a press release said.\nFormally established last November at DOE locations in three states, the park marks the history of the mid-20th Century people, science, and events that led to creation of the atomic bomb in the top-secret effort known as the Manhattan Project.\nFoundation documents are guidance tools individualized for each of the National Park Service\u2019s 413 units to direct basic park planning and management, the press release said. [Read more\u2026]\nFiled Under: Federal, Front Page News, Government, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: atomic bomb, DOE, foundation document, Hanford, Los Alamos, Manhattan Project, Manhattan Project National Historical Park, National Park Service, NPS, Oak Ridge, U.S. Department of Energy\nKirby named superintendent of Manhattan Project National Historical Park\nPosted at 11:48 am September 6, 2016\nKris Kirby (NPS photo)\nKris Kirby, a 20-year career employee of the National Park Service, has been selected as superintendent of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park, which includes Oak Ridge.\nThe announcement was made in Denver on Thursday by Intermountain Regional Director Sue Masica.\nKirby will assume her new duties October 16, 2016.\nKirby currently serves as the chief of business and revenue management at Yosemite National Park in California. Prior to her assignment there, she served as chief of commercial services at Lake Mead National Recreation Area and previously worked in concessions management at Glacier National Park, a press release said.\n\u201cKris has spent her career fostering relationships inside and outside the service,\u201d Masica said in the press release. \u201cThose skills are an excellent match for this park and its many partners.\u201d [Read more\u2026]\nFiled Under: Federal, Front Page News, Government, Top Stories Tagged With: Hanford, Kris Kirby, Los Alamos, Manhattan Project, Manhattan Project National Historical Park, NPS, Oak Ridge, Sue Masica, U.S. Department of Energy, World War II, Yosemite National Park\nNational Park Service, DOE have three meetings on Manhattan Project Park\nSecretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz shortly after they signed a memorandum of agreement and created the 409th park in the National Park System, the Manhattan Project National Historical Park. The park was authorized by Congress in December 2014. The park will have three sites in Los Alamos, New Mexico; Hanford, Washington; and Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The signing ceremony took place at the South Interior Building in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 10, 2015. (NPS Photo by Anthony DeYoung)\nFirst meeting on Monday, February 1\nThe National Park Service and the U.S. Department of Energy will have three public meetings in early February to solicit input on planning for the Manhattan Project National Historical Park. The meetings will be held at the three sites associated with the park: Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Hanford, Washington; and Los Alamos, New Mexico. The public is encouraged to come to the meetings and meet with representatives of the NPS and the DOE to share their thoughts about the key stories and interpretive ideas related to the park.\nLocally, there will be a public meeting held on Monday, February 1, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. (Eastern time) at Oak Ridge High School (in the Food Court) at 1450 Oak Ridge Turnpike. [Read more\u2026]\nFiled Under: Federal, Front Page News, Government, Oak Ridge, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: atomic weapons, DOE, Hanford, Los Alamos, Manhattan Project, Manhattan Project National Historical Park, National Park Service, NPS, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge High School, U.S. Department of Energy, World War II\nOak Ridge celebrates new national park\nThe iconic \u201cWar Ends\u201d photo is recreated in part on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015, with a \u201cPark Opens\u201d photo that celebrates the new Manhattan Project National Historical Park, which includes Oak Ridge. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)\nNote: This story was last updated at 8:20 a.m. Nov. 13.\nFederal officials established the new national park that includes Oak Ridge on Tuesday. Oak Ridge residents celebrated on Thursday.\nThe new park, the Manhattan Project National Historical Park, commemorates the Manhattan Project. That was a top-secret federal program to build the world\u2019s first atomic weapons during World War II, before Germany could.\nOak Ridge was the main production site for the Manhattan Project, and uranium enriched at the Y-12 National Security Complex fueled the first atomic bomb used in wartime. It was dropped over Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945, shortly before the war ended. [Read more\u2026]\nFiled Under: East Tennessee Technology Park, Federal, Federal, Front Page News, Government, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Slider, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: Alexander Guest House, Alexander Inn, atomic bombs, atomic weapons, Barclay Trimble, Beta 3, Building 9204-3, Building 9731, Colin Colverson, D. Ray Smith, Department of Interior, DOE, Ed Westcott, Graphite Reactor, Hanford, Jackson Square, Japan, K-25 Building, Los Alamos, Manhattan Project, Manhattan Project National Historical Park, National Park Service, NPS, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Park Opens, Tracy Atkins, U.S. Department of Energy, War Ends, Warren Gooch, World War II, Y-12 National Security Complex\nFoundation led efforts to create Manhattan Project Park\nAHF President Cindy Kelly with NPS Associate Directors Victor Knox and Stephanie Toothman. (Photo by Atomic Heritage Foundation)\nWASHINGTON, D.C.\u2014The Atomic Heritage Foundation on Tuesday welcomed the official establishment of the Manhattan Project National Historical Park with units at Los Alamos, New Mexico; Hanford, Washington; and Oak Ridge, Tennessee. In a ceremony at the Interior Department on Tuesday morning, U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernie Moniz and Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell signed an agreement that defines the respective roles of the Department of Energy and the National Park Service in implementing the new park, a press release said.\n\u201cToday is a milestone for Manhattan Project history,\u201d said Foundation President Cynthia C. Kelly, who attended the ceremony along with the Foundation\u2019s staff. \u201cFor more than a decade, the Atomic Heritage Foundation and our partners have been working to preserve Manhattan Project sites and create the park. The national park is long overdue and will provide Americans with an important opportunity to understand the Manhattan Project and its complex legacy for the world today.\u201d\nThe sites of the Manhattan Project Park \u201care among the world\u2019s most significant places, where work was done that changed the human world forever,\u201d said Richard Rhodes, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u201cThe Making of the Atomic Bomb\u201d and a member of the Foundation\u2019s Board of Directors. [Read more\u2026]\nFiled Under: Community, Federal, Front Page News, Government, Nonprofits, Oak Ridge, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: AHF, Atomic Heritage Foundation, Cindy Kelly, Cynthia C. Kelly, Ernie Moniz, Hanford, Hiroshima, Interior Department, Lamar Alexander, Los Alamos, Manhattan Project, Manhattan Project National Historical Park, Maria Cantwell, Martin Heinrich, memorandum of agreement, Nagasaki, National Park Service, NPS, Oak Ridge, Richard Rhodes, Sally Jewell, Stephanie Toothman, Tom Udall, U.S. Department of Energy, Victor Knox\nPhotos: Manhattan Project National Historical Park signing ceremony\nSecretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz shortly after they signed a memorandum of agreement and created the 409th park in the National Park System, the Manhattan Project National Historical Park. The park was authorized by Congress in December 2014. The park will have three sites in Los Alamos, New Mexico; Hanford, Washington; and Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The ceremony took place at the South Interior Building in Washington, D.C., on November 10, 2015. (NPS Photo by Anthony DeYoung)\nAfter more than a decade of work, the U.S. Department of Energy and Department of Interior formally established the Manhattan Project National Historical Park on Tuesday. The new park, which includes Oak Ridge, commemorates one of the signature scientific achievements of the 20th century. It was formally established when Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz signed a memorandum of agreement, or MOA, in Washington, D.C.\nThe unique, three-site Manhattan Project National Historical Park includes Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Hanford, Washington; and Los Alamos, New Mexico. It\u2019s the nation\u2019s 409th park.\nThe Manhattan Project was a top-secret federal program to build the world\u2019s first atomic bombs during World War II. Here are photos from Tuesday\u2019s signing ceremony, taken by the National Park Service and used with their permission.\nSee a story on the park and the signing ceremony here.\nNational Park Service Associate Director Victor Knox welcomed visitors from Hanford, Washington, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and Los Alamos, New Mexico, to a ceremony at the South Interior Building in Washington, D.C., on November 10, 2015, where Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, signed a memorandum of agreement and created the 409th park in the National Park System, the Manhattan Project National Historical Park. The park was authorized by Congress in December 2014. The park will have three sites in Los Alamos, New Mexico; Hanford, Washington; and Oak Ridge, Tennessee. (NPS Photo by Anthony DeYoung)\nFiled Under: Federal, Front Page News, Government, Media, Oak Ridge, Photos, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Anthony DeYoung, David Klauss, Ernest Moniz, Hanford, Jonathan B. 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But the whole escapade raises some serious questions about the ethics of leaking, and the difference between whistleblowing and breaching privacy. And it raises an even more important question about checks and balances on the whole process.\nThe tradition of leaking previously restricted information to expose corruption or abuses of power has a long and noble history. WikiLeaks\u2019 publishing of the Apache helicopter attack in Iraq might well fall into that category; there\u2019s good reason to believe it could be evidence that a crime was committed, and was then covered up.\nBut the recent \u2018dump\u2019 is different. It\u2019s just a grab bag of diplomatic communiqu\u00e9s. Certainly, some of the communiqu\u00e9s suggest evidence of unsavoury behaviour, such as the US pressuring Germany not to prosecute CIA agents involved in illegal torture and rendition. These ought to be released.\nBut many others are just typical diplomatic messages, much of it amounting to gossip. This is not only unimportant in terms of revealing corruption or abuses of power, but it undermines the diplomatic process. The language of diplomacy is incredibly carefully couched, and even a simple message between two states can take a great deal of fine tuning before it\u2019s suitable for release. (Steven Pinker has some cute anecdotes about diplomatic language in his book, The Stuff of Thought.*)\nThere\u2019s a good reason for this: diplomacy is about touchy business, and you don\u2019t want to risk pissing off an ally (or an enemy) because of a careless word. And what\u2019s said behind closed doors, in briefings and conversations between two nations about a third, can be highly damaging to international relations.\nThere are also other commiuniques that ought not be released, as The Economist\u2018s Democracy in America notes:\nSome diplomatic cables from United States embassies will have concerned American interventions on behalf of dissidents in authoritarian countries. Release of such cables would endanger any future such American intervention, since authoritarian governments would fear that concessions to secret American requests would eventually embarrass them if the requests were made public.\nUnless such material is suspected of revealing some crime or some misuse of power it should not be released.\nThere\u2019s a difference between freedom of information and breaches of privacy and diplomatic privilege.\nNot all information ought to be free. We value our privacy, and business need theirs. What if WikiLeaks began revealing personal information about individuals, or began releasing forward plans of businesses, undermining their ability to compete?\nIt\u2019s unlikely WikiLeaks would go that far, but it\u2019s taken a step in that direction by \u2018dumping\u2019 an indiscriminate collection of communiqu\u00e9s, many of which show no evidence of crimes being committed or abuses of power.\nThe key is that WikiLeaks needs to exhibit the kind of transparency as its values demand of others. WikiLeaks needs oversight, and that oversight needs to be monitored. There need to be checks and balances that ensure WikiLeaks is serving the cause of whistleblowing, not just undermining the confidence of governments in being able to hold a conversation in private.\nAnd WikiLeaks needs to acknowledge that not all information is worthy of release. One wonders how they\u2019d feel if Julian Assange\u2019s location was leaked, or if the identity of the leakers was revealed.\nThere are a number of ways this could happen, almost all of which involve decentralising control from the hands of Assange. The fact is we can\u2019t trust any one individual with this kind of power. I tend to agree with The Economist\u2019s Democracy in America about how this should be done:\nBut like other human-rights and humanitarian organisations, such as Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Doctors Without Borders and the International Committee of the Red Cross, it needs to lay down some clear, public ethical guidelines about how and why it does what it does. And it needs to bring in a board of directors of people from a wide range of countries, backgrounds and institutions to review the organisation\u2019s conduct on ethical and other grounds.\nI\u2019d also add that governments, or the targets of the leaks, could be informed ahead of the leak to give them the opportunity to do the right thing and release the information themselves, or to give them a chance to offer an explanation, in case the information really is benign. The damage from a false or fraudulent leak could be greater than the damage from not leaking something legitimate.\nEven though we\u2019re living in the internet age, old fashioned checks and balances are still important. Sometimes information should move slower than we\u2019re used to seeing these days. Sometimes information shouldn\u2019t even be made public. WikiLeaks has an opportunity to become an important tool for exposing corruption, but it\u2019s a powerful tool, and as we all know, with great power comes great responsibility.\n*Extract from Pinker\u2019s The Stuff of Thought (2007) page 397, quoting an American former treasury official:\nAt one point in my federal career, I wrote up an explanation of a complicated matter in what I considered an extremely clear , cogent matter. The senior government official to whom I reported read it carefully, ruminating and adjusting his glasses as he read. Then he looked up at me and said, \u201cThis isn\u2019t any good. I understand it completely. Take it back and muddy it up. I want the statement to be able to be interpreted two or three ways.\u201d The resulting ambiguity enabled some more compromise between competing governmental interests.\nTags: media, pinker, politics\nCategories : media, politics\nEvolved Fear of Sharks Prompts Front Page News\nToday, roughly*:\n133 Australians died of cardiovascular disease\n116 died of cancer\n30 died from respiratory diseases\n24 died from injuries or external trauma, including 6 from suicide, 4 from falls and 2 from road accidents\n18 died from behavioural or mental disorders\n16 died as a result of nervous system disorders\n16 also died of metabolic diseases\n14 died of diseases of the digestive tract\n9 died from genitourinary diseases, mainly renal failure\n5 died from infections or parasites\n3 died from other causes\nAnd 1 died from a shark attack\nYet, can you guess which made news internationally? Yep, the shark attack.\nYou're more likely to accidentally drown in the bathtub than be eaten by me.\nIt made news not because it was a rare occurrence \u2013 even though it is \u2013 because there were many other deaths that occurred today that could be counted as rare. It didn\u2019t get news because it was common and preventable, because it\u2019s not either of these things.\nIt got news because there\u2019s something deep down in our monkey brain that finds the idea of being eaten by a predator to be a shocking and outrageous way to die. Individual deaths from modern ailments \u2013 from cardiovascular disease, cancer or infection \u2013 rarely rate a mention, and certainly don\u2019t get reported worldwide.\nA list of common human fears typically includes \u201cheights, storms, large carnivores, darkness, blood, strangers, confinement, deep water, social scrutiny, and leaving home alone\u201d because \u201cthese are the situations that put our evolutionary ancestors in danger\u201d (Pinker, 1997).\nStrikingly absent from this catalog of human fears are the things humans should be afraid of in contemporary environments. The sight of a car or a gun, for example, should strike far more fear into the heart of a modern human than does the sight of a snake, for cars and guns kill far more people than do snake bites. (Buller, 2005)\nThe moral of this story is that we should remember that we\u2019re not much more than occasionally thoughtful primates \u2013 and we\u2019re still more primates than thoughtful.\n* Statistics from the Australian Bureau of Statistics document, Causes of Death, Australia, 2008\nTags: Australia, evolutionary psychology, genetics, media, pinker, psychology, science\nCategories : evolution, media, psychology, science\nPinker\u2019s Personal Genomics\nI wonder what gene is responsible for Steven Pinker\u2019s unquestionable gift for written communication? While he doesn\u2019t mention it specifically in his lengthy piece on personal genomics in the New York Times, he does an impressive job of deconstructing his genome as revealed to him by the likes of personal genomics companies, Counsyl and 23andme.\nWell worth a read. Although it does stretch to eight pages, so take some sandwiches and make a day of it. Or a lunchtime, at least.\nOne thing he mentions that I think deserves to be highlighted is the puzzle of genetic diversity: why aren\u2019t humans all alike? Why hasn\u2019t evolution stumbled upon the \u2018ideal\u2019 genome and spread that amongst all humans?\nI think the answer to these questions could also reveal some deep insights into our startling moral diversity. Pinker touches on this notion:\nThe psychologists Lars Penke, Jaap Denissen and Geoffrey Miller argue that personality differences arise from this process of balancing selection. Selfish people prosper in a world of nice guys, until they become so common that they start to swindle one another, whereupon nice guys who cooperate get the upper hand, until there are enough of them for the swindlers to exploit, and so on. The same balancing act can favor rebels in a world of conformists and vice-versa, or doves in a world of hawks.\nThis is a nice synopsis for a theory I\u2019m developing called Moral Diversity. It\u2019s essentially the thesis that there is no one perfect moral system that will lend a strong enough selective advantage to out-compete other moral systems. As a result, we have evolved a diverse range of moral intuitions that yield an equally diverse range of moral responses, and together these enable us to respond to a wide range of environments.\nHowever broad streams come to the surface: egalitarianism (i.e. liberals, communitarians, anti-authoritarians, counter-dominance etc) and authoritarianism (i.e. conservatives, loyal patriots, dominance etc). So it\u2019s no accident we have liberals and conservatives in every (functioning) democracy around the world. And it\u2019s also not surprising that both sides can\u2019t even comprehend the other \u2013 it\u2019s not only their interpretation of the facts over which they differ, but their very moral intuitions. 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(Photo courtesy of NSCD)\nAlongside familiar names, new stars are shining in the firmament of elite disabled sports.\nOne of these is 23-year-old Hannah Pennington, Thornton, Colorado. After successfully participating in various ski competitions, Hannah won a spot on the US Paralympic Alpine Ski Team and experienced the excitement of heading to Salt Lake City for the 2002 Paralympics March 7-16.\nSixty percent of the U.S. Paralympic ski team, including Pennington, trained with the National Sports Center for the Disabled (NSCD) in Winter Park, Colorado. Frank Chang, MD, her doctor at Children's Hospital in Denver, encouraged her at age seven to go skiing with a group of patients in the hospital's Handicapped Sports Program.\n\"I took that one day, and with the help of numerous volunteers, physical therapists, doctors, coaches, and sponsors, have turned it into my career,\" Pennington said, as quoted by the Denver Business Journal February 11. The strength and self-confidence she has gained from skiing has helped her to believe she can do anything she sets her mind to, the article noted. \"My cerebral palsy might still affect my balance, coordination, flexibility, and strength the same as ever, but it doesn't control me.\"\nChang, an orthopedic surgeon, has been a vital part of Hannah's team. A former doctor for the US Freestyle Ski Team in Calgary, Alberta, and Lillehammer, France, Chang takes 40 to 50 patients skiing several times a season in Winter Park as part of the Children's sports program, according to an article in The Denver Post February 1.\nHannah was able to thank Chang in a unique way: she wrote an essay nominating him as an \"Everyday Hero\" as part of United Airlines' \"Everyday Heroes Program\" honoring outstanding persons in all walks of life. Out of 7,000 nominees, Chang and 73 others won an all-expense-paid trip to the Olympic Games in February.\n\"He's just awesome,\" Hannah told The Denver Post. \"I never would have gotten to the hill or where I am without his help.\" Approximately 430 athletes from over 30 countries participated in this stellar event. Pennington's teammates on the women's alpine team were Sarah Billmeier, Muffy Davis, Lee Joiner, Csilla Kristof, Allison Pearl, Mary Riddell, Sarah Will, Allison Jones, Sandra Dukat, Jennifer Kelchner, and Lacey Heward, according to Challenge.\nMen's alpine team members were Timothy Clay Fox, Jason Lalla, Chris Waddell, Monte Meier, Andy Parr, Kevin Bramble, Adam Fromma, Dan Kosick, Joe Tompkins, Carl Burnett, and George Sansonetis.\nNordic team members were Candace Cable, Steve Cook, Mike Crenshaw, Bob Balk, Scott McNeice, Willie Stewart, and Rob Walsh.\nThe sledge hockey team included Patrick Byrnes, Manuel Guerra Jr., David P. Conklin, Matt Coppens, James Dunham, Sylvester Flis, Lonnie Hannah, Daniel B. Henderson, Joseph E. Howard, Chris Manns, Brian Ruhe, Jack Sanders, Pat Sapp, Francis Xavier, and Josh Witt.\nBy the time you read this, the games will be over and medals won. Whether or not they captured the gold-or the silver, or bronze-every athlete is a winner, sharing in the triumph of the human spirit over disability. -Miki Fairley\nAlpine ski racer Sarah Billmeier of Yarmouth, Maine, zooms down a giant slalom course during the recent Columbia Crest Cup race at Winter Park Resort, Colorado. Billmeier, who trained with the National Sports Center for the Disabled (NSCD) before being named to the US Disabled Ski Team, competed in the Paralympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo courtesy of NSCD)\nMike Crenshaw became a full member of the US Disabled Cross-Country Ski Team in 1995. Crenshaw captured first place in the World Cup last spring and competed in the 2002 Paralympics. (Photo courtesy of Disabled Sports USA/Challenge Magazine)\nAdam Fromma, Grand Lake, Colorado, is one of 20 athletes who trained with the NSCD before being name to the US Disabled Ski Team. Fromma represented the US during the recent Paralympic Games. (Photo courtesy of NSCD)\nNewcomer Allison Pearl climaxed her first year as a mono-skier with the US Disabled Ski Team in the Paralympics. (Photo courtesy of Disabled Sports USA/Challenge Magazine)\nCsilla Kristof is another rising star in the world of Disabled Sports. At 17, she is adding national and international competitions to her record. 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Not believing is okay for us as adults, but what about our children? Shouldn\u2019t they at least have some kind of knowledge so that they can make their own choices as they get older?\nSpirituality means something different to everyone. For some, it\u2019s about participating in organized religion, like going to church, synagogue, a mosque, etc. For others, it\u2019s more personal, like when people get in touch with their spiritual side through private prayer, yoga, meditation or reflecting while taking a walk.\nSome parents I knew brought their children to various places of worship for all different faiths. Their intent was not to pressure them into any specific faith, but to expose them to different ways of praying and seeking peace. This is a great idea\u2014not just for children, but for parents as well.\nFor me, spirituality is believing in a power much greater than myself. I choose to call that power God, and I believe that comes in the many forms of people, places and things. Everything in my life happens for a reason, and there is a lesson to be learned in everything that I go through. I just have to be open-minded and clear-headed to see what are some good ways.\nHow do we get clear-headed? Meditation, prayer, exercising and yoga are some good ways. We need to get in touch with our inner selves, and this is what we want to teach our children.\nMy children have seen me struggle over the years with many things, but that is life. I don\u2019t hide it from them. I let them see me cry and it lets them know I am human and that I hurt as well. I am a survivor and I turn the negative into a positive the majority of the time. I ask for guidance, strength and courage each and every day along with reading daily meditations, and I always get answers. Sometimes it is not what I want to hear, but I know in my heart it is exactly what I need at the right time. This is what I taught my children.\nI remember when my daughter or son were younger, and they were struggling with something and needed to calm down, I would tell them to take a deep breath and relax. To look up and say, \u201cI need a little help.\u201d\nI have taught them that it is okay to ask for help, and that spirituality is a deep feeling in the heart that connects us to a power that is beyond us all. Knowing that a greater power is always there to hear us\u2014that we can just ask and we will receive\u2014gives us a sense of peace, inspiration and serenity.\nFind the best in everyone and don\u2019t judge anyone\u2014that is what I want my children to remember. Own your mistakes and learn to forgive. Pray for the people who have hurt you. Breathe in faith and exhale fear. When life is too much to handle, I remind myself and my young son that \u201cthis too shall pass\u201d and that no problem lasts forever. We can teach our children about meditation as a spiritual way to turn our thoughts away from whatever is troubling us, and a wonderful way to connect with our Source. After all, we all need something to cling to with absolute confidence. 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The resources seek to support families from linguistically diverse backgrounds accessing paediatric palliative care to assist them to make decisions about their child\u2019s care, as well as being accessible to their broader community and the health professions who support them. All of the resources are now available from the All Resources page.\nThe artwork featured on this website and in the resources was created by children involved with paediatric palliative care teams around Australia. Palliative Care Australia would like to thank all of the children, their families and the art therapists for their contributions. All of the artwork received is available to be viewed on the gallery page.\nSelect whether you are a carer or health professional below to get started\n\u2018Sports Day\u2019 by Lewis\nIf you are a parent, other family member, teacher or simply a friend:\n\u2018Superhero Siblings\u2019 by Alex, 9 years old\nIf you are a GP, surgeon, nurse, midwife, therapist, or something similar::\n\u2018Book bunker\u2019 by Marlie", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 164, "original_length": 12724, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 237.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1874981", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:58:51Z", "digest": "sha1:OJWU5LTEMX6EXEZH36LQTYGDRP67MPJ2", "length": 2359, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "papers.ssrn.com", "title": "Dangerous & Disruptive or Simply Cutting Class; When Should Schools Kick Kids to the Curb?: An Empirical Study of School Suspension and Due Process Rights by Donald H. Stone, Linda S. Stone :: SSRN", "raw_content": "Dangerous & Disruptive or Simply Cutting Class; When Should Schools Kick Kids to the Curb?: An Empirical Study of School Suspension and Due Process Rights\nJournal of Law & Family Studies, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 1-42, 2011\nUniversity of Baltimore School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2011-13\n43 Pages Posted: 2 Jul 2011 Last revised: 31 Aug 2011\nSee all articles by Donald H. Stone\nDonald H. Stone\nLinda S. Stone\nTowson University - Department of Family Studies & Community Development\nThis Article will explore the trends in school violence and the response by various school systems to addressing the challenge. Teachers are becoming the victims of student violence, drugs and weapons are becoming commonplace in our educational settings, and tardiness and absenteeism are constant challenges for an over-burdened school system. The adverse effects of suspending a student from school have far-reaching implications for that student's future employment prospects and higher education aspirations. The duty of the school system to provide alternative education environments for the suspended will also be examined. Finally, the responsibility of parents, through state imposed criminal sanctions, for the violent and delinquent actions of their children will be analyzed to determine if such consequences are effective at reducing this behavior.\nKeywords: empirical studies, school violence, educational system, school discipline, teachers, drugs, weapons, school policies, school suspensions, dangerous students, disruptive students, due process rights\nJEL Classification: K19, K39, K49, I20, I21, I29\nStone, Donald H. and Stone, Linda S., Dangerous & Disruptive or Simply Cutting Class; When Should Schools Kick Kids to the Curb?: An Empirical Study of School Suspension and Due Process Rights (2011). Journal of Law & Family Studies, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 1-42, 2011; University of Baltimore School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2011-13. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1874981 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1874981\nDonald H. Stone (Contact Author)\nTowson University - Department of Family Studies & Community Development ( email )\nUniversity of Baltimore School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series\nHarvey Morrell at University of Baltimore - School of Law, Audrey McFarlane at University of Baltimore - School of Law", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 126, "original_length": 5419, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 338.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://pastoriovine.blog/2018/01/01/day-one/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:34Z", "digest": "sha1:HGZZFHWARZDHRFJO3IQVKNFSYET7PYDX", "length": 2814, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "pastoriovine.blog", "title": "Day One \u2013 Pastor Anthony Iovine", "raw_content": "Rev. A. J. Iovine\tChurch, Gospel Life\t January 1, 2018 2 Minutes\nWhen I came downstairs to start my January 1, 2018, Alexa proudly showed off this morning\u2019s temperature: 7 degrees. This cold snap is getting extensive coverage by the local news organizations, notable due to the thousands upon thousands of people who spent their New Year\u2019s Eve penned in outside in Times Square in single-digit temperatures with real feel values much colder than those 9\u2019s on thermometers.\nLocal news organizations have discussed the issues that these freezing temperatures bring to homeless populations, those living in substandard housing, seniors who may not be able to pay the heating bill, and even to animals.\nWhile we here in northern New Jersey are at 7, many other places around the US are even colder. As my mother would remind my brother and I when we\u2019d complain about the cold, \u201cWhat do you want? It\u2019s winter.\u201d\nToday starts 2018. I have never met anyone who goes into a new year without some optimistic outlook. The blank canvas of the new year provides everyone, especially those of us in the church, with a high chance to make a difference in the lives of people. We can show the righteousness of God in our lives by letting our faith\u2019s lead us, not the gremlins of negativity that can cloud our thoughts and actions.\nWhile not a fan of New Year\u2019s Resolutions, I feel that all Christians should challenge themselves to be faithful, courageous, and more trusting in 2018. We should look forward and not back. The light of Jesus Christ must be at the heart of all our goals.\nAt St. Matthew\u2019s, we\u2019ve challenged ourselves to grow in faith and show our lives in Christ throughout 2018. We want to touch more people with the Gospel, improve our worship life, and provide more people with opportunities to understand what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. We plan to just \u201cdo the faith\u201d in words and actions.\nA cornerstone of \u201cdoing\u201d my part is writing. We, pastors, ask the members of our congregations to use their talents from God to make the church a stronger place. For some reason, God has blessed me with a love of writing. It may not be Ernest Hemmingway or Danielle Steele writing, but God has given me a passion for expressing myself in words. I\u2019m not promising a daily recitation of living the faith or a devotional to spark one\u2019s journey in the Christian life. I\u2019ll just write \u2013 mostly good posts about life, posting stories that shine a good light on people. Of course, the New Yorker in me will pop up now and then, where sarcasm will be the norm of that particular day. I\u2019ll try to keep it to a minimum, though I can\u2019t promise anything.\nMay our Lord bless you as you enter this new year.\nRemember \u2013 it\u2019s all about faith in Jesus.\nPrevious Post Monday Morning, November 13th\nNext Post They\u2019re Not Resolutions", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 3814, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 273.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://patrolledbyradar.com/Venue/Detail/10100", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:04Z", "digest": "sha1:XDFQF6NMJWJKDTACSUM4DVX6ZWQS45QH", "length": 833, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "patrolledbyradar.com", "title": "((( Patrolled By Radar ))) venue details", "raw_content": "venue: Basement Tavern @ The Victorian\nAlyx F. Sunnyvale, CA 5.0 star rating 2/11/2013 1 Check-in Here This was my first official going out in LA experience, and I have to say, I loved this place. Walking in, I felt like the coolest kid on the block since this place feels like a well kept secret of Santa Monica. It literally is in the basement, so it makes it kind of a mystery to find, and once you walk in you are transported to such a cool setting. There's chalk walls that you can write on, a little side room that you can sit and talk in, live music, cheap beer, chandeliers... you name it, they probably have it. The only downside (that I didn't experience) is the line to get in. We arrived early and missed the late night rush, but there will be a line if you decide to head out later.\nw/John Wayne Bro on Fri, May 24, 2013", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 108, "original_length": 2908, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 300.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://pclawrenceville.org/becoming-a-brother-to-the-other/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:52Z", "digest": "sha1:KKVYBAVB52FEXGO3MLHWFRVDLJND245L", "length": 1401, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "pclawrenceville.org", "title": "Becoming a Brother to the Other - The Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville", "raw_content": "Becoming a Brother to the Other\nHome/Pastor's Blog, Sermon Audio, Sermons/Becoming a Brother to the Other\nThere\u2019s a section of Acts chapter 8 that contains one of the most interesting \u2013 and strangest \u2013 stories in the New Testament. It\u2019s Phillip\u2019s encounter with the Ethiopian eunuch, someone who would indeed be seen as \u201cother\u201d from the point of view of those who consider themselves \u201cnormal\u201d practitioners of religion. A spiritual seeker, the Ethiopian man would have been barred from the Hebrew community. How do we treat people who are \u201cother\u201d? How is being a disciple of Jesus about embracing \u201cotherness?\u201d\nA movie to consider in light of the story is Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, a 1994 Australian comedy about three \u201cdrag queens\u201d who cross the Australian outback, and the differing responses to their \u201cotherness\u201d that they experience.\nSermon on April 29, 2018. Acts 8:26-40. The Rev. Dr. Jeffrey A. Vamos preaching.\njeffvamos2018-05-08T13:19:53+00:00April 29th, 2018|Pastor's Blog, Sermon Audio, Sermons|\nJohn E MacDonald September 25, 2018 at 2:18 pm\t- Reply\nThis question may present a bit of a strawman. \u201cEmbracing otherness\u201d is probably not required. I don\u2019t need to \u201cembrace\u201d Hinduism to help my Hindu neighbor with a downed tree limb, I just need to lend him my chainsaw. If we undertake to treat all persons in a Christian manner, we simply bi-pass the whole \u201cotherness\u201d issue entirely.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 121, "original_length": 4384, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 254.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://penandthepad.com/date-book-published-5673611.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:51Z", "digest": "sha1:O6VDXYUYQ5J3RUZCBC3CGJ5K4PHM7UNO", "length": 2532, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "penandthepad.com", "title": "How to Find the Date When a Book Was Published | Pen and the Pad", "raw_content": "How to Find the Date When a Book Was Published\nJim Walrod Updated July 21, 2017\nThe year of publication for reference sources becomes important when you cite sources. Correctly constructed footnotes and bibliographies require this information and, although the information page of a source text will often have a copyright year, that is not necessarily the publication year because the text may be a later edition of an earlier book. An accurate date can be found with a simple search of one of the largest libraries in the world, and it is free.\nNavigate with your browser to the Library of Congress website. At the homepage, select the \"Researchers\" category, which is on the upper left of the page.\nOn the \"Researchers\" page, look for the \"On the Web\" section on the lower right of the page. You will see \"LC online catalogs.\" Click on this heading.\nThis is the main search page for the Library of Congress. Select the appropriate search form and enter the title of the book for which you are searching. If you have a copy of the book, an alternate way to search would be with the ISBN (International Standard Book Number). You can also search by author or request a specialty search by a Library of Congress librarian.\nWalrod, Jim. \"How to Find the Date When a Book Was Published.\" , https://penandthepad.com/date-book-published-5673611.html. Accessed 15 February 2019.\nWalrod, Jim. (n.d.). How to Find the Date When a Book Was Published. . Retrieved from https://penandthepad.com/date-book-published-5673611.html\nWalrod, Jim. \"How to Find the Date When a Book Was Published\" accessed February 15, 2019. https://penandthepad.com/date-book-published-5673611.html\nThe online search is free; you can copy and paste the search results into any document without violating copyright or fair use standards.\nYou will be charged a fee if you request a search from a Library of Congress librarian. Be wary of this option.\n\"Civic Space/Cyber Space\" Redmond Kathelee Molz 2001\n\"Gateways To Knowledge\" Lawrence Dowler 1997\n\"Understanding Knowledge As A Commons\" Charlotte Hess 2006\nJames (Jim) Walrod is a career journalist with 40 years of experience in online, print, radio and television journalism and has worked for major networks during his career. He holds degrees in mass communications, political science, business and economics. Walrod is the owner, editor and podcast voice talent for Newspirates.com, an alternative news site.\nHow to Locate a Book in a Barnes & Noble Store\nHow to get a FREE King James Bible (shipping included!)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 65, "original_length": 4168, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 302.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://pgaacreativedesign.com/projects/parks-open-spaces/pasig-rizal-plaza", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:50:23Z", "digest": "sha1:NJJLTD4RAB2TVHGT23YT6SKNIGAZ6XBR", "length": 913, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "pgaacreativedesign.com", "title": "Pasig Rizal Plaza | PGAA Creative Design", "raw_content": "Client: Government of Pasig City\nCollaborators: Roprim Construction\nThe Pasig Rizal Plaza is a renovation of an existing 2,500 square meter plaza that was redone several times after the old original plaza was damaged in the liberation of Manila. The Rizal statue had been moved from its original location and the plaza improvements from the 70s to the 90s was starting to deteriorate.\nThe project is noteworthy because it is an example of a civic landscape and open space that aims to improve a sense of place and connectivity of a city.\nThe project moved the Rizal monument to its original location and oriented facing the church. The new plaza also integrates the Pasig City Museum on the north side. The mayor was persuaded to close a road that had separated the two. The new plaza also improves the open paved areas as well as consolidates planting areas for ease of maintenance and improvement of aesthetics.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 1832, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 264.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://pharm.ox.ac.uk/study-with-us/msc-taught-course-in-pharmacology/course-structure", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:43:44Z", "digest": "sha1:JIJFEWOUOIXWM6F4XIYFLDAMVQRCQYL5", "length": 3130, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "pharm.ox.ac.uk", "title": "Course structure \u2014 Department of Pharmacology", "raw_content": "First Term (October to December)\nThe first term covers core material using lec\u00adtures, seminars and practical work and aims to ensure that all students have achieved the core knowledge of the principles and practice of pharmacology.\nCell and Receptor Pharmacology\nTissue and Organ Pharmacology\nPharmacology of the Nervous System\nDuring the term students are expected to write four essays and write up the results of practical classes. At the end of the first term stu\u00addents take a qualifying computer-based exam; passing this allows them to continue the course.\nSecond Term (January to March)\nAt the start of the second term, students follow a course in quantitative aspects of pharmacology covering pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and receptor pharmacology. This material is examined in a three-hour written paper sat in February.\nLectures in the second term are intended to take students beyond \u2018core\u2019 knowledge. Students should now be reading original scientific papers and developing a critical approach to published work. Students will be exposed to a broad range of topics organised into five modules:\nNeuropharmacology I ( Neurodegeneration)\nNeuropharmacology II (Psychopharmacology)\nThe work covered in these modules is examined at the beginning of the third term, allowing time over the Easter vacation for revision. Students are required to an\u00adswer three essay questions from five different modules, thus allowing them to specialise in options for revision.\nThird and Fourth Terms (April to September)\nIn terms three and four students undertake a four-month project intended to provide training in hypothesis-driven laboratory research. Many of these projects are provided within the department but there are also opportunities to work in other areas of the University. Occasionally, students are selected to conduct their research project in a pharmaceutical industry. A list of available projects are provided to students in the second term.\nA 3,000 word literature review acting as an extended introduction to the project is handed in towards the end of the third term. On completion of the project, students present their research findings in a 10,000 word dissertation followed by an oral poster presentation given in September.\nPrevious MSc Student projects include\nInvestigating the action of selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) using large scale neurophysiological recordings of 5-HT neurons\nChemical synthesis of a probe to study inositol phosphate signalling\nOptical imaging calcium signalling in cardiac tissue\nEffect of cholesterol lowering Statins on skeletal ryanodine receptors\nDevelopment and mechanistic investigation into small molecule modulators of stem cell pluripotency\nMechanism of action and physiological role of PLCzeta at fertilization and during early embryo development\nMasters Projects at the University of Queensland\nAnnually 1-2 students are selected to perform their research projects abroad at the School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Queensland in Australia. A selection process for this opportunity is carried out with each student cohort during the year.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 4163, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 332.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://pharm.ox.ac.uk/study-with-us/msc-taught-course-in-pharmacology/facilities", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:26Z", "digest": "sha1:ZZBQFAT56YWZTLALNKRFTMWFMUF5K5KM", "length": 1408, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "pharm.ox.ac.uk", "title": "Facilities \u2014 Department of Pharmacology", "raw_content": "The MSc students are provided with a dedicated laboratory and separate office space. Computers are available for each student in the MSc common room and these have all the necessary software for the analysis of practical results, such as Chart and Excel, word processing and presentation preparation. Scanners, printers and photocopiers are also provided.\nYou will be able to access virtually all relevant journals through the University Library services. University libraries also stock many current textbooks relating to the study of Pharmacology.\nThe department is well-equipped with the latest scientific equipment including a transmission electron microscope, robots for protein crystallisation and structure determination, and facilities for proteomic studies, confocal imaging and molecular biology.\nThe department offers up-to-date lecture and seminar room facilities. Meeting rooms are also available for social and networking events organised by the department and its students.\nAll teaching under one roof\nIn the 2014 Research Excellence Framework exercise, which judges the quality of research, Pharmacology was returned in the Biological Sciences submission for Oxford which produced the largest volume of world leading and internationally excellent research in the UK\nMSc Common Room\nPersonal mentoring from an academic member of staff plus support from College staff\nDedicated laboratory space", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 2344, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 277.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://philarchive.org/browse/hegel-science-of-logic", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:34Z", "digest": "sha1:SGXAZRYB4GCNMSIIEHZHFID4EFXBKFYL", "length": 1831, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "philarchive.org", "title": "Hegel: Science of Logic - Bibliography - PhilArchive", "raw_content": "19th Century Philosophy > 19th Century German Philosophy > G. W. F. Hegel > Hegel: Works > Hegel: Science of Logic\nHegel: Science of Logic\nHegel: Pre-Jena Writings (3)\nHegel: Jena Writings (0)\nHegel: Phenomenology of Spirit (9)\nHegel: Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences (4)\nHegel: Philosophy of Right (2)\nHegel: Berlin Lectures (0)\nHegel: Works, Misc (0)\nComparison Between Hegel\u2019s Being-Nothing-Becoming and I-Ching\u2019s Yin-Yang-I (Change).Ma Zhen - 2016 - Asian Research Journal of Arts and Social Sciences 1 (6):1-15.details\nThis article introduces a cross-cultural comparative study on Hegel\u2019s Western triad of Being-Nothing-Becoming and I-Ching (including Tao-Teh-Ching, TTK)\u2019s Eastern triad of Yin-Yang-I (Change). The study exposes the similarities and differences between the two triads in three aspects: concept, internal motivation, and external manifestation. Results include: (1) Hegel\u2019s \u201cTao\u201d is not identical to that of the Yin-Yang paradigm; (2) Hegel\u2019s envision of Becoming is intrinsically far away from the essence of I-Ching\u2019s I.\nHegel\u2019s Modal Argument Against Spinozism. An Interpretation of the Chapter \u2018Actuality\u2019 in the Science of Logic.Franz Knappik - 2015 - Hegel Bulletin 36 (1):53-79.details\nI propose a new reading of Hegel\u2019s discussion of modality in the \u2018Actuality\u2019 chapter of the Science of Logic. On this reading, the main purpose of the chapter is a critical engagement with Spinoza\u2019s modal metaphysics. Hegel first reconstructs a rationalist line of thought \u2014 corresponding to the cosmological argument for the existence of God \u2014 that ultimately leads to Spinozist necessitarianism. He then presents a reductio argument against necessitarianism, contending that as a consequence of necessitarianism, no adequate explanatory accounts (...) of facts about finite reality can be given. (shrink)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 172, "original_length": 6948, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.75, "perplexity": 305.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://phys.org/news/2019-02-bezos-case-exposes-billionaires-vulnerability.html?mid=1", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:10Z", "digest": "sha1:ROODFDUWG2VAXNQTCCCSWVHA26VLVHDD", "length": 3324, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "phys.org", "title": "Bezos case exposes billionaires' vulnerability to hackers", "raw_content": "February 10, 2019 by Luc Olinga\nA tabloid illegally obtained a naked photo of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the world's richest man\nBut for Mark Johnson, CEO of Sovereign Intelligence, the incident makes clear that \"no one is beyond the reach of cyber exploitation.\"\n\"It's a curious irony that billionaires demonstrate astounding acumen related to their own industries, and yet seemingly ignore the minutiae of common-place security measures.\"\n\"Obtaining their personal data is like having keys to the kingdom,\" said Johnson, potentially providing priceless insight into the thinking and strategies of the world's most powerful business leaders.\n\"If the National Enquirer has @JeffBezos dick pics, don't tell me China doesn't have @Amazon IP and strategy,\" he tweeted.\nIncrease in calls\n\"Today's threats however are not necessarily trying to breach the walls of the castle\u2014they are already inside, residing on personal devices,\" said Kris Coleman, the founder of Red Five Security. \"Experience has shown that the typical breach is not discovered for eight months.\"\nIn this ever-more connected age, more and more personal data is stored online\u2014from social security numbers to bank details, driver's license numbers and personal addresses.\nAs a result the focus of security measures for the ultra-wealthy has shifted from bodyguards and sophisticated alarms towards risk management to protect their assets, their image and their \"legacy.\"\nMark Zuckerberg, Facebook's CEO, spent $7.3 million on his security in 2017, up from $4.2 million in 2015\u2014astronomical sums that the social network deemed justified due to his prominence.\n\"Protection from colluding insiders working from positions of trust; or, against an intelligence agency trying to attack from the outside is going to require a large investment, a lot of experience, and vigilance,\" said Coleman.\nFor Johnson, \"no one's data is that well protected. Think of all the third-party platforms that have your social security number, or banking information, or that hold your personal pictures.\"\nJust days before Bezos disclosed that a tabloid had obtained his intimate selfies, a fellow billionaire\u2014Joe Ricketts, the founder of the broker TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation\u2014was ensnared in scandal following the release of private messages.\nBezos did not say how the National Enquirer obtained his pictures, but experts say the most common method is for a hacker to usurp the identity of a member of a person's entourage.\n\"The adversary would send a message to the target asking them to click on a link in a text or email,\" Coleman explained. \"The sender's real identity is hidden but the target trusts the message from their 'friend' and clicks the link unlocking malware or another type of attack on that device.\"\nExplore further: For Amazon, it's business as usual despite CEO drama\nFacebook paid over $8.8 million for Mark Zuckerberg's security and travel last year\nMark Zuckerberg's Facebook salary may only be $1, but don't think that is all the Facebook co-founder receives in benefits from the social network he helped create.\nAs Amazon slashes prices, Bezos sees jump in wealth\nAs Amazon marked its \"Prime Day\" with price cuts across a range of products, founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos saw his net worth hit new peaks, increasing his lead over fellow billionaires.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 220, "original_length": 10903, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 318.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://pittnews.com/article/70263/news/no-one-injured-in-oakland-shooting/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:33Z", "digest": "sha1:G3MYQZNMXD4TQ5AGXQGJBEMIQIWEPO6T", "length": 962, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "pittnews.com", "title": "No one injured in Oakland shooting - The Pitt News", "raw_content": "No one injured in Oakland shooting\nPittsburgh police are searching for someone who shot a gun into a park and a house in Oakland Friday night.\nAccording to the release, no one was injured, but police officers found four shell casings on the 3700 block of Frazier Street in Oakland. Officers were dispatched to the scene at 8:30 p.m., where a group of five adults said they saw shots fired from a small red vehicle in the direction of Dan Marino Field, at the intersection of Frazier Street and Parkview Avenue, the release said.\nThe release said one bullet went through a bedroom window and hit a lamp, then ended up in the drywall. The resident of the house, a 20-year-old man, was home at the time but was not injured, according to the release.\nPolice are still investigating the shooting, the release said.\nAs of Sunday evening, Department of Public Safety spokesperson Sonya Toler said there is no other information available about the shooting at this time.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 191, "original_length": 4038, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 196.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://plateletsociety.co.uk/platelets-in-health-disease-thrombosis/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:41:25Z", "digest": "sha1:LGTFXEMZALS5ETV26OMRVEYG3EYQIWSH", "length": 1431, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "plateletsociety.co.uk", "title": "Platelets in Health and Disease \u2013 The Platelet Society", "raw_content": "Platelets are the smallest cells in our blood.\nThey play a crucial role in blood clotting by clumping together and forming a plug when our blood vessels are damaged.\nPlatelets are the body\u2019s first line of defence in preventing too much bleeding after sustaining an injury.\nIf our platelets do not work well, or there are insufficient platelets, then we are at risk of bleeding.\nThis is called a Platelet Related Disease (PRD).\nOn the other hand, if our platelets form clots excessively or at the wrong time, the clot can block an important blood vessel. This is called thrombosis and can lead to a heart attack or a stroke. Thrombosis can happen in arteries or veins. Platelets are also increasingly being recognised as major contributors to many other diseases, from cancers to arthritis.\nThrombosis in the arteries of your heart can cause a heart attack. Anti-platelet drugs are commonly given to try to prevent this happening. Examples of commonly-used anti-platelet drugs include aspirin and clopidogrel. These and other drugs are available as a result of research into platelet-related diseases such as thrombosis.\nDespite this progress, many people still suffer from heart attacks or strokes. This is one reason why The Platelet Society supports new and ongoing research into platelet-related diseases.\nOur goal is to use the results of our research to develop better strategies and medicines to prevent and treat thrombosis.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 3009, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 208.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://politics4thepeople.wordpress.com/2014/05/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:02Z", "digest": "sha1:Y3P5AFQEEIMEDANYFJVTZ6BLY4V6P35N", "length": 4550, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "politics4thepeople.wordpress.com", "title": "May | 2014 | politics4thepeople", "raw_content": "Book Selection Revealed\nIt is with great excitement that I announce our next book club selection.\nTHE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS by Isabel Wilkerson.\nI was first introduced to the book back in 2010 by Dr. Susan Massad, a P4P book club regular. I could not put it down! The book is a brilliant and compelling look at the Great Migration by over 6 million African Americans fleeing the rural South to the cities of the North, Midwest and West from 1916 to 1970 in search of a better life.\nIsabel Wilkerson will be participating in our book club conference call on Sunday, July 13th at 7 pm EST.\nYou can order your copy at Amazon, or any other bookseller of your choice.\nHere is a description of the book from Isabel\u2019s website:\nA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, USA Today, The New Yorker, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, The Economist, Boston Globe, Newsday, Salon and many others\nIn a story of hope and longing, three young people set out from the American South during different decades of the 20th Century en route to the North and West in search of what the novelist Richard Wright called \u201cthe warmth of other suns.\u201d\nIda Mae Brandon Gladney, George Swanson Starling and Robert Joseph Pershing Foster are among the six million African-Americans who fled the South during what would become known as the Great Migration, a watershed in American history. This book interweaves their stories and those of others who made the journey with the larger forces and inner motivations that compelled them to flee, and with the challenges they confronted upon arrival in the New World.\nTagged Isabel Wilkerson, Politics for the People Book Club Selection, Susan Massad, The Great Migration, Warmth of Other Suns\nhttps://politics4thepeople.wordpress.com/2014/05/17/book-selection-revealed/\nTo bring our celebration of National Poetry Month to a close, we have a special treat from Jessie Fields. She recorded her final selection.\nJessie says, \u201cLet America Be America Again\u201d is one of my favorite poems. I had the great pleasure of reading this poem aloud for a community organizing event on independent politics in Chicago many years ago. The first poem I ever read was a Langston Hughes poem and I remember the immediate connection and joy I felt at discovering this art form.\nSo, click on this gorgeous recording of Jessie reading \u201cLet America Be America Again\u201d. The music is Blue in Green (Miles Davis, Bill Evans) from the album Kind of Blue. A special thanks to David Belmont and Michael Walsh for producing this recording for us.\nhttps://politics4thepeople.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/let-america-be-america-again_jessie-fields.mp3\nLangston Hughes on the front steps of his home in Harlem, 1958. Photograph by Robert W. Kelley\nHere is a brief note on the life of the great American poet, Langston Hughes.\nLangston Hughes (1901 \u2013 1967)\nLangston Hughes grew up in Lawrence, Kansas with a grandmother, Mary Langston, whose first husband, Sheridan Leary, had died in 1859 in the raid led by John Brown that attempted to overtake the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry and start a slave insurrection. As a young man Hughes read a great deal including Walt Whitman, W.E.B. Dubois, and Carl Sandburg. From 1921 when his poem \u201cThe Negro Speaks of Rivers\u201d was printed in Dubois Crisis magazine to the time of his death in 1967 LangstonHughes wrote poetry, short stories, novels, plays, essays, autobiographies and more. He traveled widely including to the Soviet Union and in America in the 1930\u2019s he was hounded because of his radical political views. In the postwar years he settled in Harlem and lived there for the rest of his life.\nHis voice still reverberates across America calling attention to the ongoing chasm between American democratic ideals and American reality.\nThe poem \u201cLet America Be America Again\u201d was published in the magazine Esquire and in the International Worker Order Pamphlet, A New Song, in 1938.\nIn a 1943 speech, during World War ll,Hughes said, \u201c\u2026America is a land of transition. And we know it is within our power to help in its further change toward a finer and better democracy than any citizen has known before. The American Negro believes in democracy. We want it real, complete, workable, not only for ourselves \u2013 the fifteen million dark ones \u2013but for all Americans all over the land.\u201d\nPosted in Jessie Fields, National Poetry Month\nTagged Jessie Fields, Langston Hughes, Let America be America Again, National Poetry Month\nhttps://politics4thepeople.wordpress.com/2014/05/01/let-america-be-america-again/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 264, "original_length": 15627, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 243.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://postofficefinder.org/ia/louisa/columbus-junction/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:40Z", "digest": "sha1:7NGLFNAQYAIXG42LM33CBCPJWJP7BISJ", "length": 176, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "postofficefinder.org", "title": "Columbus Junction, IA Post Offices", "raw_content": "Columbus Junction, IA post office locations\nCOLUMBUS JUNCTION 204 2ND ST COLUMBUS JUNCTION, IA 52738 - 9998 319-728-2512 Mon-Fri 8:15am - 4:15pm Sat 8:15am - 10:00am Sun Closed", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 11, "original_length": 716, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.68, "perplexity": 227.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://postofficefinder.org/tn/stewart/big-rock/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:18Z", "digest": "sha1:TXAUPUS3A36ERUDASJZGK5UJ37N7LKBN", "length": 155, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "postofficefinder.org", "title": "Big Rock, TN Post Offices", "raw_content": "Big Rock, TN post office locations\nBIG ROCK 515 BIG ROCK RD BIG ROCK, TN 37023 - 9998 931-232-6323 Mon-Fri 12:30pm - 2:30pm Sat 7:15am - 11:00am Sun Closed", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 11, "original_length": 683, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.54, "perplexity": 322.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://preachbetweenthelines.com/2015/08/26/pain-of-the-gospel/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:37:19Z", "digest": "sha1:DCTKQCML2KK4NKNTLH4EY3VKWJILM2EB", "length": 5124, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "preachbetweenthelines.com", "title": "Pain of the Gospel | preachbetweenthelines", "raw_content": "\u2190 conversations, conduct and communion\nPaul the Parent \u2192\nPain of the Gospel\nOur reading in 2 Corinthians 1-3 has a definite theme to it. Today we in the realm of the church and Christianity deal with two different aspects of the Gospel. One is as we live out the Gospel in our world publicly, we become attacked and ridiculed like Jesus and the Apostles were in their day. Scripture holds that we will suffer for righteousness sake, and Jesus, himself told us \u201cif they have persecuted me, they will persecute you. Then in addition, Jesus tells us that in the world we will have persecution, but to take heart for He has overcome the world. Secondly, is the philosophy that In Christ there is only joy, peace, happiness, blessings and good towards us. One could identify this as the \u201chealth and wealth\u201d thought, but I think it goes much deeper than this. I hold to a first option, that as we live out the faith in us and become more conformed to the image of Jesus, that the world [churches included] will be against us. The fight is not personally against us \u2013 but against the witness of Christ that comes out of our obedient life. The second option resonates with \u201cJewish\u201d philosophy of \u201cblessings are a result of a right life, and troubles are a result of sin.\u201d This thought played out in the book of Job and is still be applied today.\nThis applies to what Paul is trying to convey to the church at Corinth. He already has a tenuous relationship with them because of his former letters. Paul addressed several issues of behavior in the church that was unacceptable. Paul indicates that he wrote addressing the issues with heavy tears. He wanted to come to them, but knew that his presence was [at that time] more of a hindrance than a help to the church. Paul tries to give the church a close up look at what ministry is all about. Pastors and missionaries struggle more with the church than they do the lost/unredeemed. The Corinthian church was carnal, they felt they were superior to Paul, and were offended that he would attempt to correct them and their obvious sins.\nIn the 1st chapter, Paul uses the word \u201cComfort\u201d ten times. He also uses the word \u201caffliction\u201d or similar word nine times. The message is that redeemed people, living an obedient life will have troubles [James 1:2-4], but those experiences are not only for the working of righteousness and sanctification in the person, but for an example and lesson to be used for others. As the believer experiences trials and tribulations, it becomes effectual in the work in and out of the Gospel. Our struggle is we don\u2019t want to have trials and tribulations in our lives \u2013 we have been preached and taught that \u201cif\u201d we will just live the Christian life, they all our worries and problems will disappear. This is a false message! Countless times in the bible we find where God allowed difficulties to occur in righteous people for the purifying of the person and the proclamation of the Gospel.\nThis is not to say that we should go around moping because we have troubles \u2013 in fact, Jesus condemned the Pharisees for such behavior. A word of caution for all of us. If we are suffering because of things we have done wrong \u2013 there is no testimony out of our hardships. [1 Peter 3:16-17]\nPaul was hurting because the Corinthian church was hurting. In chapter 2, he addresses the stern position of tolerated sin found in 1 Cor. 5; there is no apology for his words, but a \u201cbrokenness\u201d for the church. In the suffering Paul experienced, he is trying to get them to understand that he was willing to go through the struggles and pain for their benefit. In a very kind way, Paul attests to his calling and apostleship again to them. Paul brings an Old Testament illustration at the end of the chapter by using the \u201csweet aroma\u201d analogy. Sweet aroma was a result of the burnt sacrifices on the altar before God. While it was death to the sacrifice, it was Glory to the Father. So in the \u201csacrifice\u201d of doing ministry, it was a foul smell to unbelievers, but a sweet aroma to those that believed.\nIn Chapter three, Paul uses beautiful language to convey the difference between the glory of Moses with the Law, and the glory of the Spirit of God in the believer. While the glory on Moses\u2019 face was temporary, the glory displayed through the believer by the Holy Spirit was sustained. Paul says you are our letter, no longer stone tablets, but real people, living out a real, authentic indwelling of the Holy Spirit. As the Holy Spirit was \u201cglowing\u201d through them to the eyes of others, the Glory of God was manifested. Pressing this a bit more, think of Stephen when he was stoned, and the radiant glory Paul and others saw as Stephen was dying.\nSo it is clear that as we live [die daily] out our faith before the world, we will be misunderstood, persecuted and experience troubles. This should be expected, for it happened to Jesus our Lord and all those who lived out their faith before men. Our challenge \u2013 will we be willing to allow the Glory of God to \u201cglow\u201d through us in testimony of the Gospel?\nTagged as afflictions, comfort, glory, heath and wealth, persecution", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 103, "original_length": 6926, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 312.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://princetoninfo.com/black-potatoe-just-like-dan-quayle-said/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:44Z", "digest": "sha1:DSQGUL4TOT5YSLMIDDBS2Z4ICTXISFHZ", "length": 5575, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "princetoninfo.com", "title": "Black Potatoe: Just Like Dan Quayle Said | Princeton Info", "raw_content": "Home Arts & Entertainment Black Potatoe: Just Like Dan Quayle Said\nBlack Potatoe: Just Like Dan Quayle Said\nIndependent musicians who aren\u2019t lucky enough to be affiliated with a major record company have a tough row to hoe. Unless they\u2019re lucky enough to have a booking agent and manager, they have to do everything themselves: mailing lists, posters to announce upcoming gigs, calling fickle club owners and festival bookers, and of course, driving themselves to the gig.\nThe people who organize the annual Black Potatoe Festival, held on the grounds of the Red Mill Museum, off Route 78 in Clinton, recognize these basic yet vital realities independent musicians face, and in 2004 expanded the roster of artists that they present at the festival. Once again this year, music will be presented on two stages on Thursday and Friday nights, July 7 and 8, and all day and evening on Saturday and Sunday, July 9 and 10.\nThe festival presents a wide array of genres: blues, bluegrass, contemporary and traditional singer-songwriters, and even some ethnic music. Performers this year include blues-rock singer and guitarist Carolyn Wonderland from Austin, Texas; singer-songwriter Patrick Fitzsimmons; bluesy and Americana singer-songwriter Tom Gillam; Clinton native Gregg Cagno; Billy Hector\u2019s Acoustic Armada, and bluegrassers the Beth Coleman Band, among many others.\nCo-producer Jack Deveaney of Annandale is a former WNTI-FM deejay, and he works closely with guitarist, singer-songwriter, and music impresario Matt Angus, who is based in Clinton, to produce the annual Black Potatoe Festival, so named for Dan Quayle\u2019s famous gaff. \"I\u2019m excited we\u2019re having keyboardist Kevin Hearne, from the Barenaked Ladies, and his new band, Thin Buckle, who are flying in from Toronto for our festival,\" says Deveaney, adding that the festival organizers, a committee of five volunteers, are hosting blues singer Shemekia Copeland and her band on Friday night, July 8. Copeland is the young daughter of Texas-raised guitarist, singer and songwriter Johnny Copeland, who died several years ago after complications from heart surgery.\n\u2018Another performer we\u2019re excited about hosting is Ellis Paul,\" Deveaney says. \"And this year on Sunday, for the first time, we\u2019re doing an all-acoustic folk music day.\" Deveaney says he does not anticipate this will cause problems for the performers\u2019 being heard, as the audience that comes to Black Potatoe is primarily there to listen. Deveaney says that this year festival organizers made 1,000 copies of a CD compilation of 21 of the 39 artists who have performed in past years, which will be handed out free. \"We thought that would be a great way to promote the musicians as well as the festival.\"\nDeveaney says that the bulk of the musicians this year are from the northeast, but some are also coming from as far away as Reno, Nevada; Austin, Texas; and Toronto. The festival\u2019s booking board received double the amount of submissions from musicians this year than last year. \"We partnered with a company called Sonic Bids, which has a member database of about 10,000 independent artists and groups, and people just applied online from all over the place.\" Deveaney says partnering with Sonic Bids, was essential because his small staff had become inundated with press kits and found they couldn\u2019t keep up. Now they can cut down on the volume of paper in the office and take advantage of the electronic press kits Sonic Bids offers.\nThe Black Potatoe Festival started in July, 1997, as a CD release party for the Matt Angus Thing. Since then, it has grown to include nationally-known musicians like Levon Helm, former drummer for the Band; David Johansen; Hubert Sumlin; Voorhees-based Hammond B-3 blues organist Jimmy McGriff; and Springfield-based drummer Bernard \"Pretty\" Purdie, a veteran of thousands of studio sessions and widely regarded as the most recorded drummer in the world. Co-producer Matt Angus, who blends blues, pioneer rock, and Americana music in the course of his own shows, will headline Saturday night\u2019s bill with a two-hour set that will include members of the Harlem Gospel Choir, and others.\nNo festival is complete without food and beverage vendors, which this year will include plenty of vegetarian options in addition to catering provided by Ol\u2019 West Barbecue, the Grist Mill Cafe, and other Hunterdon County-based restaurants. All food and beverges at the festival is reasonably priced, Deveaney says.\nAccording to Deveaney, while it is possible that, in the coming years, this annual festival, always held the weekend after the 4th of July, could outgrow the scenic grounds of the Red Mill Museum on the upper end of the Raritan River, it\u2019s not likely to happen any time soon. \"We see it as a steady growth and a healthy growth, and we never want to grow it too much, too fast, too soon,\" he says.\nBlack Potatoe Festival, Thursday and Friday, July 7 and 8, performances start at 6 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, July 9 and 10, performances start at noon. Red Mill Museum, Clinton.\nPerformers include Kathy Phillips, Ellis Paul, the Matt Angus Thing, Shemekia Copeland, 90 Proof, Kevin Hearne and Thin Buckle, Carolyn Wonderland, Tom Gillam, Miche\u2019 Fambro, Jen Elliott and Bluestruck, Julie Crochetiere, Warrior Poets, the Beth Coleman Band, Pat Guadagno, Patrick Fitzsimmons, Ina May Wool, Gordon Vincent, Gregg Cagno, and others. $20 in advance, $25 at gate. 908-735-6429. For the full lineup visit www.blackpotatoe.com.\nPrevious articleA Politician Markets Himself\nNext articleEvent Planning for the Harry Potter Frenzy", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 108, "original_length": 7700, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 283.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://productplacementblog.com/tv-series/dell-computer-in-daredevil-season-3-episode-1-resurrection-2018/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:23:28Z", "digest": "sha1:ABOUYJRG3V5UDL73JK74DLPGM6CG77C2", "length": 807, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "productplacementblog.com", "title": "Dell Computer in Daredevil: Season 3 Episode 1 \"Resurrection\" (2018) TV Show", "raw_content": "Dell Computer in Daredevil: Season 3 Episode 1 \u201cResurrection\u201d (2018)\nPrevious Post:Subway Food and Drinks in To All the Boys I\u2019ve Loved Before (2018)\nNext Post:Lipton Tea and Jameson Whiskey in Daredevil: Season 3 Episode 1 \u201cResurrection\u201d (2018)\nDell Laptop - Triple 9 (2016)\nDell - Bad Moms (2016)\nDell computer in RAY DONOVAN: NORMAN SAVES THE WORLD (2016)\nSamsung x Verizon mobile phone in DAREDEVIL: WORLD ON FIRE (2015)\nPlentyofFish website on a Sony computer used by Britney Spears in HOLD IT AGAINST (2011)\nDell Notebook \u2013 How to Be a Latin Lover (2017)\nApple Monitors and Power Mac G4 Computers Used by Samuel L. 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An amazing return on investment!\u201d\nWilliam Pullen, Founder and Owner, Dynamic Running Therapy\nWilliam Pullen, a celebrity psychotherapist with a private practice in Kensington, created Dynamic Running Therapy or DRT that combines running in parks and open spaces with traditional talk therapy. Ideal for addressing issues of stress, anxiety, depression, addictions and trauma, running therapy is less confrontational than a room or an office, as the therapist and client literally run side by side. The shared journey can lead to a strong sense of connection and collaboration with the therapist and make for a more trusting relationship. DRT sessions are held in West London and Central London and cost \u00a3150 per hour.\nPullen asked me to raise awareness of Dynamic Running Therapy amongst his target audiences by generating regular media coverage for the business.\nI offered journalists DRT sessions with Pullen in Hyde Park in return for reviews. And by working my way through health, lifestyle and feature editors in the London media, the nationals, weekend supplements, glossy magazines, and online media, I achieved a ton of media coverage.\nIn press materials, I highlighted how DRT was very different to conventional therapy with the beauty, space and smells found in parks and open spaces allowing the client to have a greater perspective on their worries and pain. To be inclusive, I stressed that DRT is not a fitness programme and can include walking and even sitting, as well as running.\nThe Times asked me for an exclusive feature, and the other quality national newspapers soon followed. With DRT being London-based, I put an emphasis on PR in the capital and generated half-page picture stories in both Metro and The London Evening Standard. Media interest in DRT has continued and to date I have arranged trial sessions with editors and writers from the UK\u2019s top lifestyle magazines including GQ, Esquire, Vogue, Tatler, Harper\u2019s Bazaar, Women\u2019s Health, Stylist, Grazia, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan and Red.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 77, "original_length": 3291, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 298.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://pure-evil-gallery.myshopify.com/collections/hand-finished-screenprints/products/smiling-jackie-spirit-of-the-dead-keeps-watch", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:18Z", "digest": "sha1:UYBGG255P6EVLWRPHRZFCOKKYTXXAJ5Q", "length": 2505, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "pure-evil-gallery.myshopify.com", "title": "Smiling Jackie - Spirit of the dead keeps watch | pure evil gallery", "raw_content": "Smiling Jackie - Spirit of the dead keeps watch\nThese are all 1/1 two colour handfinished screenprints that are attacked with stencil spray paint and freehand tags using KRINK , POSCA and various drippy Ink mops. Each one is an unique piece made by Pure Evil.\nJacqueline Kennedy Onassis.\nIn 1951 Jackie met John Fitzgerald Kennedy for the first time. The next year Kennedy was elected senator from Massachusetts and moved to Washington. The two continued to see each other, and they became engaged in June 1953. On September 12, 1953, Jacqueline Lee Bouvier married Kennedy at an enormous wedding that was the social event of the season.\nJackie Kennedy was a shy, private woman with little experience in politics or knowledge of politicians, but she was a help to her husband in many ways. She worked with him on his public speaking, helping him develop the charismatic (or charming) style for which he would become so famous.\nIn 1956 there was talk that John Kennedy would be the Democratic vice presidential nominee. Many members of the Kennedy family attended the convention, which was an exciting and exhausting one. Jackie was there to lend her support, despite the fact that she was seven months pregnant.\nOn August 23, 1956, soon after her husband had left for a short vacation, Jackie went into premature labor. The baby was stillborn, or dead at birth, and Jackie's brother-in-law Bobby Kennedy (1925\u20131968) comforted her and made the arrangements for the baby's burial. In 1957 Jackie suffered another loss when her father died. This was also a difficult period in the Kennedy marriage. Much was rumored at the time, and has been written since, about the various affairs that John Kennedy had both before and during his presidency. Undoubtedly, these rumors put a strain on his and Jackie's marriage.\nOn November 27, 1957, Caroline Bouvier Kennedy was born. Just months after Caroline's birth, her father was up for reelection as senator from Massachusetts, and Jackie was active in the 1958 senatorial campaign as well.\nSoon after John Kennedy was reelected senator and returned to Washington, he began to seek the presidential nomination. Jackie campaigned vigorously for her husband until she became pregnant in 1960. Even afterwards she continued to help as much as she was physically able until the birth of her son, John Jr. This portrait of her was from this moment in her life, I wanted to capture the joy of a mother with a new baby, not a typical portrait of Jackie as the tragic widow.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 67, "original_length": 3662, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 188.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://questforgrowth.com/en/company/mainstay-medical", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:09Z", "digest": "sha1:A6H27O6KVPPBLSEASAUGRLPRZ2N7V5Q4", "length": 492, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "questforgrowth.com", "title": "Mainstay Medical - Quest for Growth", "raw_content": "Mainstay Medical International is developing a ground breaking treatment for Chronic Axial Low Back Pain through neuro-rehabilitation using an implantable pulse generator for the stimulation of the multifidus muscle. This unique therapeutic device received CE mark in 2016 and is currently evaluated in a clinical efficacy trial to obtain marketing approval in the US. The company went public on April 29, 2014 on Euronext Paris and the Enterprise Securities Market in Dublin (ticker \u201cMSTY\u201d).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 67, "original_length": 1518, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 236.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://r-pkg.org/pkg/KODAMA", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:25Z", "digest": "sha1:62QIYOHYNWN27SLT7TUPOG5TAOADVOCM", "length": 600, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "r-pkg.org", "title": "KODAMA @ METACRAN", "raw_content": "Knowledge Discovery by Accuracy Maximization\nKODAMA algorithm is an unsupervised and semi-supervised learning algorithm that performs feature extraction from noisy and high-dimensional data. It facilitates identification of patterns representing underlying groups on all samples in a data set. The algorithm was published by Cacciatore et al. 2014 . Addition functions was introduced by Cacciatore et al. 2017 to facilitate the identification of key features associated with the generated output and are easily interpretable for the user. Cross-validated techniques are also included in this package.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 6, "original_length": 758, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 234.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://radionowhouston.com/41862/you-can-live-like-beyonce-jay-z-for-just-1-million-a-month/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:56Z", "digest": "sha1:MRN3KSGB42DFO3HHV6BMC6NAM7BDEYWT", "length": 1129, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "radionowhouston.com", "title": "You Can Live Like Beyonce & Jay Z For Just $1 Million A Month | Radio Now 92.1", "raw_content": "You Can Live Like Beyonce & Jay Z For Just $1 Million A Month\nYour eyes aren\u2019t deceiving you. Beyonc\u00e9 and Jay Z\u2018s aptly titled \u201cSandcastle Mansion\u201d in the Hamptons is available for rent during the month of July.\nThe dreamy 12-bedroom, 12-bathroom home located in Bridgehampton spans over 11.5 acres and includes a 60-foot heated pool with an underwater stereo system. Luxuriate after a long day with 31,000 square feet of living space, or spend quality time with your honey in the 2,800 square foot master suite.\nhttps://twitter.com/dominomag/status/735859041696616448\nhttps://twitter.com/londonnewsnow/status/733284880851705856\nAlso included in the package is a 12-seat dining room, walk-in refrigerator, two-lane bowling alley, a gym, and a spa.\nHov and Bey were paying $400,000 a month to vacation there, but for the regular people, the price to have the summer of your life is $1 million. Start counting your pennies, then head over to Domino to peep the dazzling photos.\nSOURCE: Domino | PHOTO CREDIT: Getty, Twitter\nYou Can Live Like Beyonce & Jay Z For Just $1 Million A Month was originally published on theurbandaily.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 181, "original_length": 4310, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 227.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ramiungarthewriter.com/2015/07/10/my-first-week-in-germany/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:21:52Z", "digest": "sha1:XRH2PATMHV66TGQ3Y6XQTATFKXQ4W5AG", "length": 3938, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "ramiungarthewriter.com", "title": "My First Week in Germany | Rami Ungar The Writer", "raw_content": "My First Week in Germany\nPosted: July 10, 2015 in Living and Life, Tales from Abroad\nTags: blogging, editing, entertainment, Frankfurt, Germany, living and life, photography, reflections, US Army Civilian Corps, Wiesbaden, writing\nA street in my new home.\nWell, not really my first week. It\u2019s been only four or five days since I arrived. But it\u2019s Friday, and tomorrow I\u2019ll be busy with a couple of things, so I might as well write about it now.\nSo what\u2019s my first week been like? Well\u2026a bit different than what I expected (or what my Tarot predicted, though that was referring to a longer period of time, so maybe the first week shouldn\u2019t have that much reflection on the reading). While I am working and have my own office (and it\u2019s big and cozy too, by the way), I don\u2019t have an ID card yet. As this is a military base with security protocols and whatnot, I need and ID card to do anything significant. Unfortunately, the soonest I can get in to get one is Monday, so until then I\u2019ve been busy with tasks that don\u2019t involve computers or security clearance.\nWhat sort of tasks are those, you ask? Well, I\u2019m supposed to be, among other things, writing articles on behalf of the head Equal Employment Opportunity office of Europe, so in preparation for that I\u2019ve been doing some reading about diversity in the workforce, something EEO feels strongly about. I\u2019m going to be writing an article about implementing diversity to the fullest in such a workforce. In addition to that, I\u2019ve been doing some work with the base\u2019s personal EEO office.\nBeyond that, I haven\u2019t had that much time to do anything else. I\u2019ve done a little shopping, and gotten to know the neighborhood I live in a little (I live not too far from base in an area full of apartment buildings housing mostly military personnel and/or their families). I\u2019m also getting to know my roommate Ian, whom I have a lot in common with, including religions. And I\u2019ve been adjusting, trying to adapt to living near a base and working on one. I\u2019ve somehow trained myself to go to bed at ten and wake up at five, and be ready to leave the house a quarter to seven for work. How have I done this? I\u2019m not really sure, even a year ago something like that would\u2019ve been impossible for work or school.\nWell, thank God it\u2019s the weekend, and that brings it\u2019s own adventures. I\u2019m doing a walking tour of Wiesbaden provided by the USO tomorrow morning, so I\u2019m getting up early (for a Saturday) to go on it. I\u2019m actually pretty excited. I want to see what my new home has to offer. And next week there\u2019s a tour of nearby Frankfurt I\u2019d like to go on as well. We\u2019ll see what happens.\nMy roommate and I grabbing some drinks.\nThe one thing I\u2019m sad about is that I\u2019m unable to continue my German lessons or write lately. The latter particularly upsets me. You know me, as a writer telling stories is my lifeblood. And with a busy life like mine these days, since Monday the most I\u2019ve been able to do is usually very short posts, like the ones on From The Voice Of Common Sense. Hopefully as time goes on though I\u2019ll be able to carve out time to write and edit. I\u2019m trying to get through a new short story and finish editing Video Rage, so the sooner I get those done the better.\nIn the meantime, I\u2019ve got a big day tomorrow, so I\u2019m going to prep for that. Wish me luck, my Followers of Fear. I think I might need it.\nVivian Warren says:\nI\u2019m enjoying every minute of this new adventure with you. Please keep posting words and pics. Thinking of you often. love, Grandma\nThanks Grandma! I appreciate it.\nMaybe because it\u2019s a different time zone so you\u2019re internal clock doesn\u2019t recognize it as five am?\nPerhaps. My mornings are longer than usual, so it might be throwing me off a little bit. Then again, maybe my body\u2019s adjusted and I\u2019m changing my habits to fit my new circumstances. Who knows?\nbeckett haight says:\nI like the look of your blog!\nThank you. The theme\u2019s called Greyzed.\nExploring Wiesbaden", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 90, "original_length": 6755, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 250.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ramiungarthewriter.com/category/progress-report/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:38Z", "digest": "sha1:R3TCCHOFO77AO4DPGD2RQURNOYD5S64U", "length": 15628, "nlines": 54, "source_domain": "ramiungarthewriter.com", "title": "Progress Report | Rami Ungar The Writer", "raw_content": "Archive for the \u2018Progress Report\u2019 Category\nRose: Getting Rid of Unnecessary Words\nPosted: February 12, 2019 in Living and Life, Novel, Progress Report, Writing\nTags: adverbs, editing, entertainment, grammar, horror, living and life, novel, progress report, publishing, reflections, Rose, storytelling, unnecessary words, variation in words, word choice, writing\nIn my last post, I said that I\u2019d heard back from my publisher, Castrum Press, and that they\u2019d given some feedback to help me with the next draft of my novel Rose. Well, I woke up sick today, so I spent my day working on it. As of this afternoon, I\u2019m one-fourth of the way through the sixth draft. If I keep going at this rate, I could be done well before the end of March (God willing).\nI also said in my last post that the main issue Castrum pointed out for me was word choice. I\u2019d like to go a bit more into that, as it\u2019s been pretty eye-opening for me.\nFirst issue: adverbs. I\u2019ve heard this before from beta readers before, but I tend to rely on them too much. You know, \u201creally,\u201d \u201cseriously,\u201d \u201csuddenly,\u201d etc. And I thought I\u2019d gotten better at that, but Castrum gave me graphs of my use of adverbs in Rose\u2018s fifth draft. Whoo-boy. Looking at the draft now, I\u2019ve a lot of work ahead of me. There are adverbs littered all over the place! In future stories, I\u2019m going to have to work on that. Because seriously, how madly, negligently, horribly a writer must I be to readily sprinkle these adverbs all over the draft so willy-nilly?\nSecond issue: overuse of unnecessary words. Another one of those graphs showed me that I tend to overuse certain words in a story. \u201cThat,\u201d \u201cjust,\u201d \u201ceven,\u201d etc. Technically the sentences still work when I use those words, but they work just as well when they\u2019re absent. Therefore, by the rules of editing, I should excise them. I\u2019m still wrapping my head around the idea of getting rid of them, as when I wrote those sentences, they sounded so necessary. But I\u2019m adjusting. It\u2019s a process, but I\u2019m doing it. Hopefully this is another habit I can kick as a writer. If anything, this draft is a good start.\nAnd third issue: repeating words. I kid you not, I had over 360 instances of the word \u201clook\u201d or its variants. And while it does the job, literature is built on a variation of words that say the same thing. Instead of \u201clook,\u201d I switch it out with words \u201cgaze,\u201d \u201cstare,\u201d \u201cgawk,\u201d \u201cobserve,\u201d \u201csurvey,\u201d \u201cscrutinize,\u201d etc. I\u2019ve been learning to do that when I encounter words like this, as well as others I\u2019ve repeated one too many times.\nIf anything, all this has taught me how much farther I\u2019ve to go as a writer. A lot of people know me as the \u201cresident writer,\u201d which sometimes they equate with \u201cexpert writer.\u201d And occasionally, when I have successes in my career or when I\u2019m expounding on the art of writing or the craft of horror from behind my keyboard, I can feel like an expert. But the truth is, I\u2019ve only made some progress. It\u2019ll be a long time till I\u2019m able to call myself a real expert writer. If ever.\nIf there\u2019s such a thing to begin with.\nStill, I\u2019m glad I don\u2019t know it all. I have room to grow and improve as a writer. That\u2019s never a bad thing, in my opinion. And if I knew it all, who knows? Things might get boring.\nAnyway, I hope to have more news on Rose soon. I\u2019ll keep working steadily on the sixth draft and give you another update as soon as I have one. In the meantime, I\u2019m getting ready for bed. I don\u2019t want to be sick tomorrow as well. Goodnight, my Followers of Fear, and pleasant nightmares!\nRose: An Update on the Publishing Process\nPosted: February 4, 2019 in Living and Life, Novel, Progress Report, Scary Stuff, Writing\nTags: Castrum Press, editing, entertainment, grammar, horror, living and life, novel, progress report, publishing, publishing company, Rose, scary stuff, thesis, word choice, writing\nI know some of you have been waiting for an update on Rose. And I\u2019m happy to say that I received word today from my publisher, Castrum Press, regarding the last draft I sent to them.\nNow if you\u2019re new here and haven\u2019t heard me mention Rose a billion times by now, this is a novel I wrote as my senior thesis in college. It follows a young woman named Rose Taggert who starts turning into a plant creature. Yes, that\u2019s what it\u2019s about. I wrote that novel, and it\u2019s being published. And believe me, what I just described is only the beginning of Rose\u2019s troubles.\nAnyway, Castrum Press accepted the novel back in March 2018, and I\u2019ve been doing a lot of work on it since. Actually, I\u2019ve been doing work on it and changing things up since the first attempts to write it. This story\u2019s been written and rewritten more times than I care to mention. I was telling my dad earlier today, every draft has featured almost alchemical changes to the story. Trust me, that amount of change every draft is exhausting!\nBut based on Castrum\u2019s latest feedback, I have reason to hope the story\u2019s nearing its final stage. The suggestions I got were mainly of the word choice and grammar type. These are mainly problems I\u2019ve been told about before in the past: using words like \u201cthat,\u201d \u201cwhich\u201d or \u201cjust\u201d too often, or too many adverbs. At least they were able to give me some visual aids that I can use to help me during the next draft (number 6, if you can believe it). I\u2019ll take some notes, and then get to work.\nI won\u2019t say this is the last draft before publication. It depends on what Castrum says, and they have a lot more experience than I do and the suggestions they\u2019ve given so far has worked out for me so far, so I\u2019m willing to listen to their advice. I will say that we are nearing that stage, and both Castrum Press and I are looking forward to getting this story out there for all of you to read. We\u2019re just taking our time to make sure it\u2019s the best product it can be before it\u2019s released.\nI mean, it would really suck if we released a sub-standard novel, wouldn\u2019t it?\nWell anyway, it\u2019s getting late and I was feeling really tired for most of today, even with caffeine, so I\u2019ll call it a night and start on the work after I get home tomorrow.\nThat\u2019s all for now, my Followers of Fear. I\u2019ll keep you guys updated as news comes in. Until next time, pleasant nightmares!\nI\u2019ve Just Finished My Most Disturbing Story Yet\nPosted: January 21, 2019 in Novella, Progress Report, Scary Stuff, Writing\nTags: authors, Criminal Minds, editing, entertainment, France, horror, ideas, Jack Ketchum, Kermit the Frog, living and life, Misery, novella, progress report, publishing, reflections, Rose, scary stuff, Snake, Stephen King, The Girl Next Door, writing\nIt\u2019s a quarter past two in the morning, I\u2019m very tired and have no idea why I do this to myself, and thank God Almighty I don\u2019t have work tomorrow morning, or I\u2019d be one hot wreck. But anyway, good news! After over a month of hard work, I\u2019ve just finished a new novella, which is both my first new story of 2019, and as my most disturbing story yet.\n\u201cThe Autopsy Kid and Mrs. Autopsy\u201d (wow, talk about a title) is a piece of human-based horror al a Misery and The Girl Next Door. It follows a young girl living in France who becomes entangled with a very disturbed young man after she\u2019s caught shoplifting by said young man. It\u2019s a really dark and gruesome story, with plenty of viscera and a very disturbed villain to boot. And as I said above, it\u2019s probably my most disturbing story yet (and Snake included a scene where a dude got impaled in the most painful way possible). There were points during the writing process where I got a little uncomfortable, which says something about the story and how potential readers might react.\nStill, it\u2019s a first draft, so it\u2019s going to take a lot of work before it\u2019s ready for publication. And that\u2019s even if I can get it published somewhere. Besides its length, this is, as I said, pretty dark stuff. Granted, human-based horror is usually very dark and requires a certain kind of nerve to get through it (everyone remembers the hobbling scene from Misery, right?). But this story? I\u2019m sure plenty of editors would want me to censor some of the stuff that goes on in this one.\nNot to mention the villain shares some similarities with another villain I\u2019ve created that\u2019ll be coming out at some point. But I\u2019m less worried about this problem. I mean, if Criminal Minds can get away with variations of the same villains over and over again, eleven years in a row, why can\u2019t I have similar villains every now and then?\nWell, with any luck, I\u2019m sure I could get it published in a short story collection, either one I put out myself or with a publishing press. I\u2019m sure with the right marketing and a bit of editing and luck, this story could be well-received and give more than a few people nightmares.\nAnyway, I\u2019m just glad to get this story done. I had a feeling I\u2019d get it done this weekend, but I had no idea I\u2019d be up well past midnight working on it, adding about seven thousand words in the past twenty-four hours (a new record for me) before I could sit back and say that the first draft is finished.. I\u2019m pretty sure I looked something like this during the past couple of hours.\nI hear we even look a little alike. At least, I do in one of my many terrible visages.\nAnyway, today\u2019s writing brings the total page and word count to 164 pages and 48,581 words. Not exactly the longest I\u2019ve ever written, but still quite a bit. And enough to leave me really exhausted right now.\nAnyway, I can\u2019t even imagine editing this behemoth right now. Pretty sure I\u2019m going to leave it alone for a long while so that when I do return to it, I can look at it with fresh eyes. And in the meantime, I\u2019m going to head to bed and sleep as late as I can. In the morning, I\u2019ll likely have a celebratory movie marathon with low-calorie ice cream and hot tea. And if I do any more stories before I have to work on Rose again, it\u2019s going to be something much, much shorter.\nSo until next time my Followers of Fear, good night and pleasant nightmares.\nI\u2019m Doing a Mailing List Again\nPosted: January 4, 2019 in Living and Life, Progress Report, Writing\nTags: blogging, Castrum Press, entertainment, living and life, mailing list, posts, publishing company, Rose, short story, social media, writing\nIf you clicked on this post (or just about every other post and page on this blog), you probably got a popup asking for your email, first and last name. There\u2019s a reason why. Some of you may recall that a couple years ago, I was trying some different things to hopefully help build my audience and help me reach current and potential readers. However, I was having trouble with the site that handled the mailing list, and the lack of things to actually say in a monthly newsletter other than just links to my blog posts and random thoughts (not getting that many things published back then), I kind of let it die.\nHowever, I\u2019ve been corresponding with Castrum Press, the company that\u2019s publishing my novel Rose, and they urged me to maybe give it another try. I go back into the site for the email list, and I set up the mailing list again. Hence that popup you all saw when you clicked onto this post. And with Rose and a few other stories coming out, I should have more to say and make some good use out of the newsletters. And with my output of stories increasing these days, who knows? Maybe I\u2019ll have free stories too.\nSo if you would, I\u2019d greatly appreciate it if you would sign up for the mailing list. If you closed it, I think you can bring it up again by refreshing. Either that or closing the page and clicking back onto my blog again. I\u2019m not sure. Anyway, please consider joining my mailing list. I promise, I won\u2019t spam your inbox with every little thing. You won\u2019t hear about me cutting my nails or anything like that. Maybe links to my blog posts for anyone interested, latest news with my stories, possibly stuff going on in my life worth mentioning. That sort of thing.\nAnyway, that\u2019s all for now. I\u2019ll be posting a review of Escape Room tomorrow, most likely. Keep an eye out for it. Until next time, good night my Followers of Fear, and pleasant nightmares!\nPosted: October 30, 2018 in Novel, Progress Report, Scary Stuff, Writing\nTags: Dante's Inferno, Devil's Hour, Devil's Night, Divine Comedy, editing, entertainment, Halloween, holidays, horror, ideas, living and life, novel, novelette, novella, progress report, publishing, reflections, review, River of Wrath, Rose, scary stuff, writing\nIt\u2019s a little after three in the morning (the Devil\u2019s Hour, how fitting) and I just finished a writing marathon. I told myself I wouldn\u2019t go to bed until this story was done. And lo and behold, I finished it. Thank God I don\u2019t have work in the morning, or I\u2019d be a zombie in the morning. What a way to finish off an already action-packed day (got my first car as well today. How exciting is that?).\nSo if you weren\u2019t aware, for the past couple of months I\u2019ve been working on a story, which I decided to call River of Wrath, I started some time ago while in-between drafts of Rose. The story is inspired by both Dante\u2019s Inferno and by events of the American civil rights movement, and both influences are very easily seen. I had to stop when it came time to edit Rose again, but after the most recent draft of that I got back to work on River. And boy, did the story start coming along! Once I figured out where I was going with it, I sometimes got as much as three thousand or more words out a night. All leading up to tonight, where I put in the last three or four thousand words and called the story finished.\nThe crazy thing is, I never expected River to get beyond twenty thousand words. I totally expected it to be a novelette. And if it did somehow get beyond twenty-thousand words, I figured it\u2019d maybe get as long as thirty thousand. Thirty-five thousand if things got really crazy. Imagine how surprised I was when it passed thirty-five thousand. And then forty thousand words. Around forty-six or forty-seven thousand, I realized that this was becoming something more. River was becoming a novel.\nAnd now that it\u2019s finished, guess how long the first draft is? In terms of pages (8.5\u2033 x 11\u2033, 12-point Times New Roman font, double-spaced), it\u2019s a total of 192 pages. And in terms of word count, that\u2019s also a whopper: 60,059 words. That\u2019s about seventeen thousand words shorter than the first Harry Potter book, but still long. And definitely a novel by some publishers\u2019 standards, and by mine. And a hell of a lot longer than I thought it was going to be.\nAnd if that\u2019s not crazy enough, get this: I started this story on October 29th, 2017. And I finished it in the early morning of October 30th, 2018. And the events of the story take place on October 30th and October 31st, Devil\u2019s Night and Halloween. Now that is a crazy, unplanned coincidence. Totally did not intend for that to happen. It\u2019s cool, as if it\u2019s a kind of sign or something, but still, totally unplanned and weird.\nSo what\u2019s next? Well, I\u2019m going to crash into my bed and not wake up for a very long while. After that, I\u2019ll have some beta readers look at the story and give me some feedback. And after that, depending on my schedule, I\u2019ll give it a good edit. And after that\u2026well, hopefully Castrum will take a look at it and maybe want to publish it. Fingers crossed, right?\nBut like I said, I\u2019m going to bed. It\u2019s late (or early, according to some), and I\u2019m tired. I need some sleep. So I\u2019ll head to bed now, and when I wake up, I\u2019LL BEGIN MAKING THIS HALLOWEEN ONE TO REMEMBER, LEAVING NONE UNAFFECTED! MWA HA HA HA HA!!!\nSo good night, my Followers of Fear. And until next time (hopefully very soon), pleasant nightmares and Happy Halloween!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 151, "original_length": 28242, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 274.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://rd.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10699-015-9460-9", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:36Z", "digest": "sha1:CVEID3PGDUJJGC6SQFNRGMFTVTDZ2YVY", "length": 1468, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "rd.springer.com", "title": "Releasement and Nihilism in the Art of Living with Technology | Springer for Research & Development", "raw_content": "In this contribution the author tries to formulate an approach to the art of living with technology based on Heidegger\u2019s The Principle of Reason, a work often overlooked by contemporary commentators in the philosophy of technology. This approach couples the concept of releasement to insights hailing from Wolfgang Schirmacher concerning Heidegger\u2019s nihilism.\nPhilosophy of technology (Post-)Phenomenology Pragmatism The art of living-Heidegger\nFeenberg, A. (2005). Heidegger and Marcuse. The catastrophe and redemption of history. New York: Routledge.Google Scholar\nHeidegger, M. (1966). Discourse on thinking. (J. Anderson & E. H. Freund, Trans.). New York: Harper.Google Scholar\nHeidegger, M. (1977). The question concerning technology and other essays. (W. Lovitt, Trans.). New York: HarperGoogle Scholar\nHeidegger, M. (1991). The principle of reason. (R. Lilly, Trans.). Bloomington: Indiana University Press.Google Scholar\nHeidegger, M. (1996). Being and time. (J. Stambaugh, Trans.). Albany: State University of New York Press.Google Scholar\nIhde, D. (2010). Heidegger\u2019s technologies. Postphenomenological perspectives. New York: Fordham University Press.CrossRefGoogle Scholar\nSchirmacher, W. (1983). Technik und Gelassenheit. Zeitkritik nach Heidegger. Freiburg: Alber Verlag.Google Scholar\nSchirmacher, W. (1990). Ereignis Technik. Vienna: Passagen Verlag.Google Scholar\n1.Department of Philosophy and Moral SciencesVrije Universiteit Brussel BrusselsBelgium", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 95, "original_length": 3739, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.62, "perplexity": 283.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://realtyworldselzer.com/2018/11/26/all-kinds-of-loans-part-i/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:15:39Z", "digest": "sha1:FAMZWHFVOENC4EYDS2E3RTIRIAKSHSOK", "length": 4027, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "realtyworldselzer.com", "title": "All Kinds of Loans \u2013 Part I | Realty World Selzer Realty", "raw_content": "Since most of us don\u2019t have hundreds of thousands of dollars lying around to purchase real estate, we need a loan. The good news is that there are plenty of types of loans to choose from. Whether you\u2019re interested in residential, commercial, industrial, or agricultural property, individuals and institutions are ready to fund your investment\u2014as long as you\u2019re willing to put up the real estate as collateral and pay them back with interest.\nConventional \u2013 These are the loans most people think of when they think of a real estate loan; they\u2019re typically used to purchase residential properties. They require a 20-percent down payment and come with a competitive, fixed interest rate and either a 15-year or 30-year term. Borrowers must prove they have stable, verifiable income and a reasonable credit score, and once the bank or mortgage broker loans them the money, the loans are often sold to a government-sponsored enterprise like Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.\nConventional High Loan-to-Value \u2013 These are similar to conventional loans, but they require a higher credit score, more income, as well as private mortgage insurance. These additional requirements allow lenders to accept a lower down payment.\nHard Money \u2013 This is a transaction between two private parties, but it is not based on any personal relationship between them. It\u2019s what\u2019s called an \u201carm\u2019s length\u201d transaction. Typically, these loans have a short term, five years or less, and are arranged by a broker with higher points, higher interest rates, and a lower loan-to-value ratio than conventional loans. The advantages are that they are easier to qualify for: your credit score doesn\u2019t really matter and the property doesn\u2019t have to be in good condition. In fact, it can be raw land.\nCommercial \u2013 As the name suggests, these loans are used to purchase commercial property, industrial property, or multi-family residential property (5+ units) for investment purposes. The loans have higher interest rates as compared to conventional loans, and the terms typically range from 10 to 15 years with an adjustment to the interest rate every five years. Your lender will likely service the loan through payoff, rather than selling the loan to another institution.\nSmall Business Administration (SBA) Loans \u2013 These are only for commercial property. They offer competitive, fixed interest rates and often require a companion loan from a conventional lender. They usually have a higher loan-to-value ratio, but they can be difficult to secure because of the obnoxiously onerous documentation and the strict timeframes for completion, which can make the up-front costs significant.\nReverse Mortgages \u2013 These are available to senior citizens who can secure them with their owner-occupied residence. The money from the loan can be used for whatever the borrowers choose, as they are basically reversing out the equity in their home. The rates are slightly higher than conventional loans, but the terms are great. In fact, you can set things up so you receive a lump sum payment or monthly payments to the borrower. The borrower must continue to live in the home for the term of the loan. If the borrower moves to another home, a care facility or dies, the loan becomes due in full.\nFederal Housing Administration (FHA) \u2013 These are often used by first-time homebuyers. They require low down payments and offer competitive, fixed interest rates. They are not difficult to qualify for, but they do require mortgage insurance which increases the cost of the loan.\nFHA Rehabilitation \u2013 These allow homebuyers to purchase fixer-uppers\u2014homes that require rehabilitation. They require low down payments and as renovations are completed, more funds are advanced to cover the cost of additional work on the property. These loans are a little more expensive than conventional, fixed-rate, 30-year loans and they require a few extra steps to qualify, like getting bids for the work to refurbish the property.\nI\u2019ll share information on several more types of loans in the weeks ahead.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 5887, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 168.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://recreation.cityofrsm.org/wbwsc/webtrac.wsc/wbsa0310.html?wbsi=c7fea412-ccf6-8780-e811-78f9d42e113f", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:18:52Z", "digest": "sha1:AAZDEU6EZDL5YRMZAWXIKFDDLZR7KYPG", "length": 117, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "recreation.cityofrsm.org", "title": "Contact Us", "raw_content": "Thank you for contacting us. We will respond to you as soon as possible. If you need immediate assistance please call", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 1076, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 244.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://regulations.atf.gov/479-90/2016-00192", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:44Z", "digest": "sha1:FBYWAPHJNCZMOPHBBJDVTYI4ZWZLE7GE", "length": 3304, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "regulations.atf.gov", "title": "27 CFR \u00a7 479.90 | eRegulations", "raw_content": "a.(a) A firearm may be transferred without payment of the transfer tax to or from any State, possession of the United States, any political subdivision thereof, or any official police organization of such a governmental entity engaged in criminal investigations.\nb.(b) The exemption provided in paragraph (a) of this section shall be obtained by the transferor of the firearm filing with the Director an application, Form 5 (Firearms), Application for Tax-exempt Transfer and Registration of Firearm, in duplicate, executed under the penalties of perjury. The application shall (1) show the name and address of the transferor and of the transferee, (2) identify the Federal firearms license and special (occupational) tax stamp, if any, of the transferor and of the transferee, (3) show the name and address of the manufacturer and the importer of the firearm, if known, (4) show the type, model, overall length (if applicable), length of barrel, caliber, gauge or size, serial number, and other marks of identification of the firearm, and (5) contain a statement by the transferor that the transferor is entitled to the exemption because either the transferor or the transferee is a governmental entity coming within the purview of paragraph (a) of this section. In the case of a transfer of a firearm by a governmental entity to a transferee who is a person not qualified as a manufacturer, importer, or dealer under this part, the transferee shall be further identified in the manner prescribed in \u00a7 479.85. If the Director approves an application, Form 5 (Firearms), the original Form 5 (Firearms) shall be returned to the transferor with the approval noted thereon. Approval of an application, Form 5 (Firearms), by the Director shall effectuate the registration of that firearm to the transferee. Upon receipt of the approved Form 5 (Firearms), the transferor shall deliver same with the firearm to the transferee. The transferor shall not transfer the firearm to the transferee until the application, Form 5 (Firearms), has been approved by the Director and the original thereof has been returned to the transferor. If the Director disapproves the application, Form 5 (Firearms), the original Form 5 (Firearms) shall be returned to the transferor with the reasons for the disapproval stated thereon. An application by a governmental entity to transfer a firearm shall be denied if the transfer, receipt, or possession of a firearm would place the transferee in violation of law.\nc.(c) The transferor shall be responsible for establishing the exempt status of the transferee before making a transfer under the provisions of this section. Therefore, before engaging in transfer negotiations with the transferee, the transferor should satisfy himself of the claimed exempt status of the transferee and the bona fides of the transaction. If not fully satisfied, the transferor should communicate with the Director, report all circumstances regarding the proposed transfer, and await the Director's advice before making application for transfer. An unapproved transfer or a transfer to an unauthorized person may subject the transferor to civil and criminal liabilities. (See 26 U.S.C. 5852, 5861, and 5871.)\nPrevious section - \u00a7 479.89 Transfers to the United States.\nNext section - \u00a7 479.90a Estates.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 208, "original_length": 9798, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 201.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://renegadesofcomedy.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=537:being-an-entertainer&catid=29:paul-rodenburg&Itemid=142", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:23Z", "digest": "sha1:7E5K62J2LJJKMHFFMX4XNW3BD6LNPI4O", "length": 5431, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "renegadesofcomedy.com", "title": "Being an Entertainer - Renegades of Comedy", "raw_content": "Category: Paul Rodenburg\nSome days I hate being an entertainer. Ok, that's a lie. Some days I hate that part of being an entertainer means being a broke ass motherfucker. Ok, that's a partial lie. I've never fucked my mother, but I have fucked other mothers, perhaps even your's. Tell her I said hi. ;)\nWell meaning people try to encourage me about being an entertainer. Saying that I should have pride in all of my so called \"accomplishments.\" But here's the thing about pride, you can't eat pride. Trust me, I've tried. It's bitter and empty. Like my soul, or my ex's cooking. If you work in entertainment as a living, it is how you feed, clothe and house yourself. You can't pay rent with a feeling of \"accomplishment.\"\nTry taking that to the landlord. \"I know I'm supposed to pay you $750 this month, but instead take this feeling of joy in my work!!!\" Yeah, that's going to go over well... and you can't trade in the laughter of an audience for a new pair of jeans. \"How would you like to pay for this sir?\" \"In laughs, let me reach into my pocket and pull them out.\" :) Sure the salesperson may laugh at that at first, and though (if you're bold) you'll try to use the salesperson's very laughs to pay for the jeans, odds are you're going home pantless. Which I find myself doing more and more when I drink...\nEntertainment is a weird business. If you're a brick layer and you're out of work, you're considered \"unemployed.\" If you're an actor and you're out of work, you're still considered an \"actor.\" The same goes for writers and musicians. Sure, it's been five damn years since you had a gig, but when people ask you what you do, you're still an \"actor.\"\nI'd like to pretend that it has some deeper meaning. That being a \"writer\" (muscian, actor, blah, blah, fucking, blah) isn't what you do, it's who you are. But that's rather condescending and demeaning to people who are brick layers or do other work. I used to be a janitor long ago. And though I'd never say that deep in my soul I burn with the soul of a \"janitor,\" I'd certainly not want to make out that being a janitor is a lesser place in life.\nAll work is noble. My Dad only ever imparted three life lessons on me.\n1: All work is noble.\n2: If you fight, fight to win.\n3: You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose.\nI'd say he was right about all three. Though honestly I have yet to try number 3. Society wouldn't function without the bricklayers, janitors and a million other jobs that may not be glamorous, but are incredibly important to life. Any man or woman, even the artistically inclined, who instead chose a more \"mundane\" job to support their family has done something great. That being said, don't expect any awards shows anytime soon for \"Janitor of the Year.\"\nBig Awards shows are such bullshit anyways. Look at the Academy Awards. It's a bunch of rich people giving little gold statues to other rich people in honor of who was the best at playing pretend. Because that is what acting really is, pretending to be someone you aren't. Remember that game you played as a kid, pretending you were playing house, or cowboys and indians, or what ever TV show you liked. If only you'd realized then, that old people give each other awards for stuff like that.\nThere are no big Awards shows for the jobs and people that really deserve it. There's no award show for firefighter of the year. Even though they are usually the first on the scene for most emergencies. There are no awards shows for \"Single Parent of the Year.\" You gave up your hopes and dreams to take care of your kids after your significant other left? Tough shit, that's life. No awards show for you.\nIf there were award shows for firefighters, they would never run over on time. Because virtually all their speeches would be short. The same speech in fact, \"I was just doing my job.\" If there were award shows for single parents, you'd see more joy in their acceptance speeches than most Oscar winners, \"I don't care that I won! I'm just glad to be out of the house!\"\nBut instead our culture makes gods not out of the decent and humane, but indiscriminately of those who give us our favorite drug, escapism. Trust me, I know the hypocrisy of even mentioning that when I too am a dealer of said drug. But next time you're doing anything, think, \"Is this really what I want to be doing most with my life right now?\" It's so easy for any drug to be a crutch.\nSure it is a nice way to relax after a long day with a bit of TV, or a movie, or a stupid ass blog on this site... but those hours add up so fast. Soon you're gone and dead, and never wrote that book, painted that painting, acted in something, learned an instrument, or took that trip you always wanted to.\nAre you watching that show, movie, Youtube video, or reading this blog cause it's enriching you; or cause it's just easy and distracting from reality? Yeah I know, smooth move Paul. Encourage all 3 of your readers to stop reading your blog... but the thing is, I don't want to addict people to escapism. Be it here, or with my videos. We all need some escapism in our life at times, but it's a drug that will waste your life if you let it. I can't approve of such things... now to go drink the world away... ;)\nOh... and yeah, I'm a comedian because it's who I am, not just what I do. So I am a condescending asshole. 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It was the first time Notre Dame held its Graduation Mass at the Basilica.\nDuring his homily, Archbishop Costelloe said the graduation ceremonies at Notre Dame were a significant way of recognising the University's commitment to providing its students with the provision 'of a university education within a context of Catholic faith and values'.\n\"A Catholic university will certainly be a place where the wisdom of God's word is actively and eagerly attended to. It will be a place where everyone, whether they be students, staff or supporters, is encouraged to recognise and embrace the call to be good shepherds to each other,\" Archbishop Costelloe preached.\n\"People will be cared for, renewed, protected and sustained. They will find their deepest needs and longings cared for.\n\"And in the end, a Catholic university, our University of Notre Dame, will be this kind of place because at its very heart, openly and unequivocally, Jesus Christ occupies the central place as the inspiration and the vital living source of the University's energy, commitment and optimism.\"\nConcelebrating with the Archbishop were three of the University's US Governors - Rev Edward Malloy CSC, President Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame du Lac; Rev William Beauchamp CSC, President of the University of Portland and Rev Mark Poorman CSC, Executive Vice President of the University of Portland. All three men are Holy Cross priests. The Holy Cross order and its universities have been singularly important contributors to Notre Dame since its establishment.\nAfter the Mass, more than 400 students from the Schools of Arts & Sciences, Business, Education, Health Sciences, Law, Nursing and Midwifery, and Philosophy & Theology received their testamurs during the Graduation ceremony held on the Fremantle Campus.\nMature age student, Marissa Cumper, was the Farewell Speaker for the July graduating cohort. She completed the Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree with the highest Grade Point Average (GPA) and is in contention for the University Medal \u2013 the highest academic honour presented to an undergraduate student.\nNotre Dame also recognised two of its academic staff from the School of Education, Dr Dianne Chambers and Dr Gregory Hine, in completing their Doctorates.\nThe University's Vice Chancellor, Professor Celia Hammond, congratulated the July 2012 graduating cohort on successfully finishing their studies.\n\"As Vice Chancellor, I would like to express the congratulations from all of us here today; the governors and staff of Notre Dame and all of your friends and family. We are proud of you and you have every reason to be proud of yourselves on your graduation,\" Professor Hammond said.\n\"We at Notre Dame have been privileged to have played a role in this part of your life journey. Education is what we are all passionate about: it is what drives us and it is what we love. Thank you for allowing us to share our passion, our vocation, with you.\"\nDawson, Leigh, \"Historic graduation ceremony celebrated at Notre Dame\" (2012). 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Dunkin\u2019 Donuts sells 52 varieties of donuts and more than a dozen coffee beverages as well as an array of bagels, breakfast sandwiches and other baked goods.\nVisit the Dunkin\u2019 Donuts in Atlantic City at Resorts Casino Hotel.\nYou are here: Home \u00bb Atlantic City Restaurants at Resorts Casino Hotel \u00bb Casual Dining \u00bb Quick Bites Food Court \u00bb Dunkin\u2019 Donuts", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 194, "original_length": 3878, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 145.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://retroclipart.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/2043", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:38Z", "digest": "sha1:AF7QHOSIBOSVEQR4CK5QJEOFUGCVVFRW", "length": 409, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "retroclipart.com", "title": "Hunter With Dog, RetroClipArt.com", "raw_content": "Zeroing In On The Prey\nKeywords: Rifle, Guns, Firearms, Bullets, Man, Men, Dogs, Mutts, Irish Setters, Prey, Shooting, Shots, Stalking, Outdoor Sports, Sports, Animals, People, Retro, Clip, Art, Retro Clipart, Forties, Fifties, Graphics, Drawings, '40s, '50s, Vector, Scalable, Advertising, Classic, 1940's, 1950's, Vintage, Nostalgia, Americana\nThis image was added to our catalog on Wednesday 13 July, 2011.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 100, "original_length": 2195, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 278.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://rjas.ro/paper_detail/1983", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:30Z", "digest": "sha1:PNYC25IMXPSV5VIOYLYYXKZAPMKMNA6W", "length": 2624, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "rjas.ro", "title": "Rjas", "raw_content": "CONTROL OF HORSE THISTLE (CIRSIUM ARVENSE L. SCOP.) IN WINTER WHEAT CROP PUBLISHED\nD. N. Manea, I. Pe\u0163, Ani\u015foara Aurelia Ienciu\nAbstract. Because of weeding, crops diminish substantially and, with strong weeding, crops can be much compromised. Horse thistle is a problem-weed in straw cereals and one of the most widespread and damaging weed species in Romania. Research was carried out over two years (2012 and 2013) in the experimental field of the Weed Science Department of the Didactic Station in Timisoara, Romania, in which we tested the effect of 11 post-emergent herbicides on horse thistle in winter wheat. The winter wheat cultivar we used was Glosa. The setting of the experimental field was done after the randomised block method: it was a monofactorial experiment with 12 variants and 4 replicas. In the first experimental year, we identified, initially, 98.56 weeds/m2, of which Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. shared 7.91%, i.e. 7.8 plants/m2. In the following year, we identified, initially, 79.20 weeds/m2, of which Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. shared 7.40%, i.e. 5.8 plants/m2. Overall, in the two years, the most visible reduction of weeding was in the variants treated with Buctril Universal (92.52-94.18%), Arrat (86.73-92.42%), Ceredin Super (90.18-91.07%) and Dialen Super 464 SL (87.40-90.63%). As for the exclusive control of the weed species Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop., in 2012, the best results were in the variants treated with Lontrel 300 (95.20%), (Arrat (94.49%), Iudith (91.37%) and Dialen Super 464 SL (90.63%). In 2013, the herbicides with the best performances in the reduction of horse thistle sprouts were Lontrel 300 (97.05%), Buctril Universal (93.51%), (Arrat (91.28%), Iudith (91.37%) and Dialen Super 464 SL (88.73%). The herbicide Cerlit EC had no visible effect on horse thistle \u2013 this is why we do not recommend it in the fields invaded by this species. Thirty days after the treatment, and more visibly sixty days after the treatment, the plants of Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. tended to regenerate in all the variants shooting new sprouts that could not really compete with winter wheat plants that had almost reached maturity. All the tested herbicides were very selective for the winter wheat cultivar Glosa, with no visible symptoms of phyto-toxicity. Winter wheat crops in the experimental field were influenced, on one hand, by the climate conditions of the two years and, on the other hand, they correlated positively with the performances of the herbicides in the total control of horse thistle.\nKeywords: Cirsium arvense L., weeds, winter wheat, herbicides, yields, selectivity", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 42531, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 304.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ro.uow.edu.au/dubaipapers/708/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:15Z", "digest": "sha1:HXCT35N6YGTXZCZNKVJOU6XTA2CBHRCU", "length": 1126, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "ro.uow.edu.au", "title": "\"Role of managerial leadership in promoting quality: Experience from Qu\" by Flevy Lasrado", "raw_content": "Role of managerial leadership in promoting quality: Experience from Quality Award winning organization in UAE\nFlevy Lasrado, University of WollongongFollow\nLasrado, F. 2015, 'Role of managerial leadership in promoting quality: Experience from Quality Award winning organization in UAE', Innovation Arabia 8, United Arab Emirates, pp. 159-167.\nMany quality experts believe that the key to successful management of quality begins at the top of the organization (Laskhman, 2006). So 'leadership and 'managerial' roles have become important for quality and innovation within organizations. The implication and scope of managerial leadership are quite different everywhere. The purpose of this paper is to study the managerial leadership practices through an empirical investigation of an excellence award winning organization. It seeks to extradite the managerial leadership practices that have paved a way for winning 'excellence' award and for the sustenance of quality and continued customer focus. The overall aim of this paper is to present the insights of an organization that received Industry excellence award three times.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 52, "original_length": 1964, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 337.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://rootsbrewshop.com/2018/06/07/dan-buhr/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:56:44Z", "digest": "sha1:AO6UBVCTIMFDCYGLLYSSQQM4UNQEGQSD", "length": 8008, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "rootsbrewshop.com", "title": "Dan Buhr | Root Brew Shop", "raw_content": "by Mally Root | Jun 7, 2018 | Uncategorized | 0 comments\nHey Everyone, we would like you to meet Dan. He is an outstanding guy who has been frequenting Roots for quite a while now. It is always great to chat with Dan and his take on world events. He\u2019s always encouraging and engaging. We sat down and asked Dan a few questions.\nI am a cautious optimist.\nOne person who comes to mind is my boss, the owner of HighPoint Electric. I definitely look up to him. He has built a business from nothing and that\u2019s amazing on its own merit. I see his passion for his craft which is partially why he\u2019s been so successful. His success is shared through the employees of the company though. If he wanted to, he could sit at home and collect the profits while everyone else works for him, but that\u2019s not who he is. Even 11 years after starting this company, he still rolls up his sleeves and works alongside those people working for him. He will show up on Saturday job sites to help the crew install a transformer for a customer. That\u2019s just who he is and how he operates.\nEven more inspiring, however, is that he loves Jesus and shows it through his love for people. He runs his company with the desire to be a blessing to others, especially his employees. I can think of so many examples of how he has gone above and beyond to help employees in need, whether it\u2019s financially or emotionally. He does it quietly though, through his actions, which I think is really awesome. It makes me think about my own walk in life, with God, my family, friends, work. I want to live life like he does, loving people and following Jesus. Not just to say that\u2019s who I am, but to actually live it out.\nSomething maybe like skydiving or bungee jumping. I THINK I would like to try it, but who knows? I\u2019m just not certain that I would actually take the plunge out of the plane, as much as I would want to do it.\nI would say there are two moments in my life that really stick out as life changing, life altering. One moment in time would be when I was in college and my best friend committed suicide. That was life changing in many ways. While I may not have understood at the time, this life event strengthened my faith in who God was. I also directly experienced the comfort and peace that the Holy Spirit provides. It brought reality to the scripture, \u201cI will never leave you. I will never forsake you.\u201d These truths from Scripture became evident in my life. We never need experience to qualify Scripture, but it certainly can solidify it in our hearts. The second moment that comes to mind happened 8 years ago when I was deeply struggling with pride in my life; pride in work, pride in my marriage. It was a struggle that wasn\u2019t new, but something I knew I needed to change for years building up to this moment. I got so sick of myself and sick of the rut I was trapped in. Up until that point I had been depending on my own strength to free myself rather than humbling myself and crying out to Jesus. For some reason at that time, the Holy Spirit decided to break through my thick skull and teach me that I can\u2019t fix myself. I was brought to Psalm 139:23-24 \u201cSearch me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.\u201d This Psalm became my prayer day after day and it changed me; the Holy Spirit changed me; from the inside out. It\u2019s amazing how you can know the Bible and the truths in it but not until you truly believe them and apply them do you realize how much you had missed. I could have been freed from my bondage ages ago. But that\u2019s the way us humans go right? We are stubborn, but it\u2019s never too late to be changed by God. And 8 years later I\u2019m still changed. His changing power, His freeing love is forever.\nHow do you overcome fear or challenges?\nThere\u2019s a huge aspect of prayer that is involved in overcoming fear & challenges. This is something I need to work on. I want prayer to be my first response when I\u2019m in the middle of the crap in my life.\nAlso, my personality is such that I don\u2019t often show fear. It drives my wife nuts because I come across as unconcerned in the middle of stressful or scary situations. I think too logically so my mind tells me, \u201cThere\u2019s nothing else we can do. We\u2019ve done all we can. So why fear, why stress? It\u2019s not going to change anything.\u201d\nSo I guess I don\u2019t feel fear that often. I\u2019m pretty great at compartmentalizing those thoughts and feelings. I won\u2019t say that it\u2019s always a great quality to have but it\u2019s how my mind works. I frequently have to work on this in my relationship with my wife \u2013 I need to make sure I\u2019m showing concern over the things she\u2019s afraid of.\nIn regards to challenges, I get overwhelmed pretty easily so I have to make sure I lay out what the challenge is, know the facts and then take action. I respond to some challenges the same way I respond to fear \u2013 compartmentalizing and shutting them out of my mind. You can imagine that it\u2019s not the best way to get things done sometimes! However, the older I get, the better I am at facing challenges head on, being bold, and addressing anything that comes in front of me.\nWhat is something about you that others would be surprised to know?\nA couple years ago, my wife and I decided to start fostering little kiddos in the Muskegon/Ottawa County area. We\u2019ve already experienced a ton of turmoil, love, life, laughs, and tears through this venture. We have 4 of our own kids and currently have 2 sister foster daughters at our home. There is a huge need for foster parents in Michigan. My family has grown immensely through our experiences as a foster family. The lessons my kids are learning are priceless and the love they are finding in their hearts to show towards others melts my heart. If I can encourage anyone reading this to do something in life, it would be to help out the kids who are in need. Even though we can\u2019t see them, they are all around us and their lives are precious. One more \u201csoapbox\u201d statement \ud83d\ude42 We focus as a society so much on life before birth right? What if we also focused the same amount of energy on life after birth?\nSo, one more thing that is widely unknown is my ability to sing. I\u2019ve sung the national anthem for various sporting events; the Tigers, the Griffins, the Spartans, etc. I grew up singing and playing the piano and my family has decades of musical ability. As an adult, however, it\u2019s not a very practical skill (you can\u2019t provide for a family this way).\nSo it was really exciting for me to get involved in singing the anthem since my only other outlet for music is church. Back in 2012, I got to know the facilities crew at the Van Andel Arena as they were my customers. We were out to lunch one day and I made a comment about how it would be fun to sing the national anthem for a game and they said they could hook me up. Next thing you know I got a call asking if I would sing for the NCAA hockey tournament. I asked if they needed me to come in and audition for them and they said no. They figured one of two things would happen: either I was fooling myself to think I was good and everyone would get a good laugh out of my performance or I probably really was good and would have a great performance! Well, I guess it\u2019s worked out since they\u2019ve asked me to come back many more times.\n*For those who were curious about his singing follow this link. Dan singing National Anthem\nI fancy myself a coffee shop critic. I\u2019ve been in sales a long time and thus have spent a lot of time in coffee shops. The location of Roots is great. It\u2019s central for me no matter where I am in Grand Rapids. Also, the ambiance is fantastic, the seating is cool, the music is what it should be (not too loud, acoustic). It\u2019s almost not even the coffee that I come for. It\u2019s all the other aspects that brings me in and keeps me here. Getting to know the Roots staff is fun too. Your staff isn\u2019t here just to serve us coffee they\u2019re here to connect with people and that makes a huge difference.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 84, "original_length": 9257, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 266.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://roundearthmedia.org/blog/page/3/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:15Z", "digest": "sha1:7BM7G5T4AIYGK2SAMSZZVJPQM7FGETKT", "length": 1027, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "roundearthmedia.org", "title": "Blog - Page 3 of 33 - Round Earth Media", "raw_content": "Equal coverage ?\nIn 2010, Justin Carl Moose, a self-described \u201cChristian counterpart to Osama bin-Laden,\u201d planned to blow up an abortion clinic. He was in possession of means to make explosives, including potassium permanganate, fuse wires, and metal shavings.\nCombined, the New York Times and Washington Post ran just two articles on Rogers.\nAntonio Martinez was alleged to have acted in the name of Islam when he planned to bomb a military recruitment station outside Baltimore and shoot personnel as they fled the scene.\nI am thrilled to announce that Round Earth Media is one of just 15 organizations chosen to receive a much-coveted grant from the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art. This support will allow us to develop and launch a cultural news desk with the goal of illuminating the experiences and lives of US and internationally based Muslim artists.\nThe abyss that now separates us from each other and even from our own understanding of ourselves has grown wide enough to swallow our decency and civility whole.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 103, "original_length": 7241, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 263.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://rrcb.org/capital-campaign/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:57Z", "digest": "sha1:GG6KEFO5VAUUKMRZ4UEQEZ2SY5YPVGQV", "length": 1735, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "rrcb.org", "title": "Capital Campaign | River Road Church, Baptist", "raw_content": "River Road Church has embarked on a capital campaign to secure funds necessary for the restoration of our sanctuary pipe organ, and the upgrading of our sanctuary lighting and sound systems. Our goal is to raise $1.5 million over a period of three years. The theme of our campaign is Rejoice & Give Thanks: God\u2019s House, Our Time.\nOur campaign culminates on June 8, with a Commitment Sunday Worship Service and Celebration. This website is designed to help answer questions about the campaign, its goals and rationale, and keep you informed as to its progress. We invite you to read and prayerfully consider the information presented.\nAs the campaign concludes, donations are received, and work commences, this website will remain to provide updates until all work funded by the campaign is complete.\nOur opportunity to be faithful stewards of the River Road Church sanctuary is an occasion for joy and thanksgiving. Now is the time for us to ensure that this magnificent space continues to serve its vital functions for decades to come. Join us as we Rejoice & Give Thanks. Indeed, it is God\u2019s House, and it is Our Time.\nCampaign Booklet\nClick to view the Campaign Booklet.\nCan You Understand What I\u2019m Saying?\nConcert, Console, & Congregation\nThe Ethical Dimension of Making Music\nRejoice & Give Thanks Campaign Website\nCapital Fund Campaign Approved\nHilton Almond\nhttps://rrcb.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/2014-05-11-RGT-Testimonial-Hilton-Almond.mp3\nhttps://rrcb.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/2014-05-18-RGT-Testimonial-Seth-Roberts.mp3\nhttps://rrcb.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/2014-05-25-rgt-testimonial-andy-mcallister.mp3\nTuckie Paxton\nhttps://rrcb.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/2014-06-01-rgt-testimonial-Tuckie-Paxton.mp3", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 77, "original_length": 2814, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 245.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://rupertsmithfiction.wordpress.com/2012/05/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:24:11Z", "digest": "sha1:FDVBIU2Z4ZIF6ULPSJLT6CGH3HLBHDSU", "length": 9729, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "rupertsmithfiction.wordpress.com", "title": "May | 2012 | Rupert Smith", "raw_content": "81. In Cold Blood, Truman Capote (1966)\nTruman Capote had to be in the list somewhere, but when I started thinking which of his full-length works to pick I realised with mounting horror that he was going to come much lower than I expected. I love the shorter stuff like A Beautiful Child and A Christmas Memory \u2013 but as this is a list of novels I can\u2019t really include them. So it was a toss-up between Breakfast at Tiffany\u2019s and In Cold Blood. I picked the latter because it\u2019s just such a big, important American novel, even though it\u2019s basically non-fiction. It\u2019s got all the things I love about Capote \u2013 beautiful prose, an ear for voices and an eye for detail and that underlying caustic wit \u2013 but it\u2019s also dealing with huge issues about crime and morality that were usually way outside TC\u2019s range. The crime aspect of the novel is gripping, and the psychological journey of both Capote and the killers is amazingly profound. What I love most is that many other more serious, heavyweight, macho writers have tried to do what Capote did, and fallen dismally short. The tragedy of Capote\u2019s life, of course, was that he never wrote another decent book, but what a glorious way to go. I highly recommend Gerald Clarke\u2019s Capote: A Biography, one of my favourite lit biogs \u2013 even if it amounts to an extended \u2018don\u2019t do this\u2019 list.\nTagged as crime fiction, factual novels, great drunks of our time, in cold blood, murder, non-fiction, truman capote\n82. Narziss and Goldmund, Hermann Hesse (1930)\nThis was another big book in my early 20s. Readers of my age will remember that Penguin Modern Classics series with the pale green spines and fantastic covers, which seemed to form a parallel canon to the stuff we were taught at school and university. Arcane, slightly queer novels like this opened up an exciting new world to those of us raised on Dickens and Austen \u2013 and reading Hesse in London in the early 80s was very much in keeping with the vogue for all things European, especially German. Narziss and Goldmund is set in the Middle Ages and concerns two monks, one a wandering pleasure-seeker, the other an intellectual recluse, and in the course of various adventures Hesse contemplates the pros and cons of those different approaches to life. There\u2019s a lot of sex, some excellent Black Death stuff and (I thought at the time) a sort of spiritual argument for homosexuality running through it. I seem to remember thinking, at the age of 21, that the contemplative, Apollonian life was the one for me, but this was largely because I was a shy little virgin who hadn\u2019t yet had the chance to go Dionysian. I have a distinct memory of sitting in a gay pub reading this book, desperately hoping that a nice gentleman would buy me a drink. Possibly not the most successful cruising strategy of all time.\nTagged as black death, german fiction, hermann hesse, historical fiction, narcissus and goldmund, narziss and goldmund, penguin modern classics\n83. La Religieuse, Denis Diderot (published 1796)\nBringing together two of my favourite subjects \u2013 French literature and nuns \u2013 this was always going to feature in my top 100. It\u2019s not my number one nun book \u2013 that would be The Nun of Monza by Mario Mazzucchelli, which is non-fiction \u2013 but it is a fascinating, hilarious and moving literary oddity. Diderot wrote it, apparently, as a joke \u2013 a series of letters from a young girl unhappily incarcerated in a convent, begging for help \u2013 and it was only published posthumously. In part, it\u2019s little more than a heavy-handed attack on the church, with a certain amount of gleeful sado-masochism chucked in for good measure. But I always had the impression that Diderot got much more involved with la pauvre Suzanne than he intended to, and once you\u2019ve got past the scandalous stuff it\u2019s a very moving and persuasive account of youth destroyed by age, innocence corrupted and Christian morality undermined by sexual perversion. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve ever seen La Religieuse in any lists of early LGBT fiction, which is a bit weird, because the main emotional and sexual relationships in the book are entirely between women \u2013 and Diderot doesn\u2019t hold back.\nTagged as anti-religious ficrtion, denis diderot, enligthenment, french novels, la religieuse, lesbian fiction, lgbt fiction, religious life, the nun\n84. \u00c0 rebours, Joris-Karl Huysmans (1884)\nDefinitely one to shelve under \u2018youthful enthusiasms\u2019, \u00c0 rebours (translated as Against Nature) was one of the books to have sticking out of your Oxfam overcoat pocket when I was a pale young thing. (Oh, those Penguin Classics\u2026) It pushes the boundaries of what I\u2019m prepared to consider as a novel, edging as it does into the nauseating realms of \u2018prose poetry\u2019, but despite all its ludicrous pomp and pretence (or probably because of those qualities) it made a big impact in my late teens/early 20s. \u00c0 rebours narrates the peculiar life of Jean Des Esseintes, a misanthropic aesthete who retires from Paris to live a life of the senses in a country house. He spends most of the book in futile but decorative pastimes eg cultivating a garden of poisonous flowers, inventing perfumes and torturing tortoises. The scene that I most loved involves a banquet Des Esseintes organises to mourn the loss of his virility, in which all the food and drink is black, served on black plates by black waiters; I attempted a disastrous homage to it in my north London bedsit days, which sent my guests home with blue tongues. \u00c0 rebours isn\u2019t the sort of thing I enjoy any more, but, like Lautr\u00e9amont\u2019s Chants de Maldoror and the works of Genet it reminds me of a happy time when, perhaps, I was more open to artiness.\nTagged as a rebours, against nature, decadent literature, french literature, huysmans, unkind to tortoises\n85. Candy, Terry Southern (1958)\nTerry Southern is a hard writer to pin down. Among other things he gave us the screenplays of Barbarella, Easy Rider and Dr Strangelove, he was at the epicentre of 60s counterculture and he knew absolutely everybody. His books are a bit hit and miss, which is hardly surprising if you look at his over-refreshed life story, but there are a couple of essential highlights. Blue Movie (1970) is a fantastic film industry satire, which greatly inspired a couple of my earlier books. But Candy (partly a collaboration with Mason Hoffenberg) is the masterpiece. Basically it\u2019s a groovy rewrite of Voltaire\u2019s Candide, this time with a voluptuous, naive heroine who skips from one insane sexual encounter to the next, never losing her cheery faith in human nature despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. It\u2019s hilariously funny and absolutely filthy, and almost certainly wins the prize for the most politically incorrect book on this list. What I really love about it (apart from the filth, natch) is that behind the tits & ass there\u2019s a Swiftian \u2018savage indignation\u2019 at work, tearing at the prudery of 50s America and ushering in the sexual revolution of the 60s. Candy has a lot to say about the position (all puns intended) of women in that ambiguous decade: in Candy\u2019s case, flat on her back while some tiresome man spouts philosophical claptrap to get into her knickers.\nTagged as barbarella, blue movie, candy, dr strangelove, pornographic literature, satire, sixties counterculture, terry southern\n86. The King Must Die, Mary Renault (1958)\nI never feel like I love Mary Renault quite as much as I ought to. I mean, she\u2019s got so much going for her: mid-century pioneering lesbian author of lavish historical epics, really interesting life story embracing war work and anti-apartheid stuff in South Africa, knew everyone. Her books were knocking around the house when I grew up, but for some reason I couldn\u2019t get into them. I\u2019ve read quite a few in more recent years, though, and this is my favourite. It\u2019s pretty straightforward: the life of the mythological Greek hero Theseus from childhood to kinghood, with lots of fantastical episodes along the way. Somehow Renault manages to make the story both physically and psychologically plausible, and breathes life into what might otherwise have been an academic exercise with a lush sense of carnality. It\u2019s not one of her queerer books \u2013 that comes elsewhere \u2013 but it\u2019s a good solid bit of storytelling that knocks most historical fiction into a cocked hat. Generally speaking, it\u2019s a genre I avoid. Am I missing out?\nTagged as ancient greece, greek myth, historical novels, mary renault, the king must die, theseus\n87. Now and Then, William Corlett (1995)\nI don\u2019t understand why Now and Then isn\u2019t better known. It\u2019s got so much going for it: a big sexy love story, beautiful clear prose, a clever central narrative device and an exquisite understanding of ageing and regret. Oh \u2013 wait a minute, that\u2019ll be because it\u2019s about gay people, and therefore probably didn\u2019t get taken seriously on publication and has been shoved into niches while dreary celeb authors get the prizes and the sales. Bitter, me? William Corlett was an incredibly accomplished writer across several fields \u2013 he wrote loads of excellent stuff for TV, and if you see his name in the credits (eg The Agatha Christie Hour) you know you\u2019re in for a treat. Now and Then is something really special \u2013 the story of an unhappy middle-aged man, Christopher, rediscovering the memory of an adolescent love affair that scarred him for life. Anyone who\u2019s suffered unrequited love will \u2018get\u2019 this book, and even though it\u2019s very melancholy it\u2019s so beautifully written that the reading experience is exhilarating. I\u2019m eternally grateful to David Hoyle for bringing this book to my attention.\nTagged as david hoyle, gay fiction, memory, now and then, romantic fiction, the agatha christie hour, two gentlemen sharing, william corlett", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 110, "original_length": 11671, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 278.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://sanfrancisco.edgemedianetwork.com/style/home/259799/manhattan_miracle:_rent_for_$2843_per_month", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:13Z", "digest": "sha1:EFZ74NYVXDECCTAS672K5ABTEB6JXJMX", "length": 1940, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "sanfrancisco.edgemedianetwork.com", "title": "EDGE San Francisco, CA :: Manhattan Miracle: Rent for $28.43 Per Month", "raw_content": "Manhattan Miracle: Rent for $28.43 Per Month\nIn a city where rents have gone through the roof, one tenant held on to a real steal: $28.43 a month for a Manhattan apartment.\nThe New York Post reports that's what Patricia O'Grady paid for the Greenwich Village walk-up where she moved in 1955. She stayed until she died recently at 84.\nO'Grady lived there with three other aspiring actresses who swept the hallway in exchange for their $16 rent.\nThere was no furniture, no sink, no bath, and no hot water or heat. But they had two fireplaces and a stove. They also installed a sink and basic furnishings.\nThe other women moved out long ago, but that's pretty much how it stayed till March when O'Grady died after she was hit by a car near the apartment on Sixth Avenue.\nBy then, her rent had gone up by a dozen dollars in more than six decades. She refused offers for improvements from the building's owner, Adam Pomerantz, who runs his Murray's Bagels at street level.\nO'Grady was adamant about any changes in her home, saying, \"Please leave the apartment as is,\" according to Pomerantz.\nWhen her single light bulb went out, she lived by candlelight.\nDuring the day, she could be found at the nearby 14th Street YMCA, where she swam, showered and read The New York Times.\nO'Grady always paid her rent early, Pomerantz said.\n\"I consulted with an attorney to find out if this rent was possible,\" he told the Post. He just had to tweak it a bit, using a rent-control worksheet to come up with a $1.98 increase.\nO'Grady appeared in dozens of theater productions, as well as TV soap operas, the movie \"Taxi Driver,\" and she took dance classes at the Joffrey Ballet School.\nFellow actors remember using her living room as a rehearsal space, with a Siamese cat roaming around.\nPomerantz now plans to gut and renovate O'Grady's lifelong home into a two-bedroom apartment, according to the Post.\nThe rent? Maybe about $5,000 in today's New York City.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 122, "original_length": 4883, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 247.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://sapinsider.wispubs.com/Assets/Articles/2009/August/5-Steps-To-Measuring-COE-Value", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:25:52Z", "digest": "sha1:3YPQ5ELPUTP7ROUIEBX5F7IYD7LW3UDW", "length": 15409, "nlines": 60, "source_domain": "sapinsider.wispubs.com", "title": "5 Steps to Measuring COE Value", "raw_content": "5 Steps to Measuring COE Value\nby Ken Grady\nThe dirty little secret in IT has always been that it is notoriously bad about transparency around costs. Few IT people can answer the questions, \u201cWhat is the current support burden? What does it cost to do what you do?\u201d IT is always the first to complain that it spends too much time and effort on the support burden, but it can\u2019t convince executive management to fund the initiatives that IT knows would contribute directly to the company\u2019s strategic objectives.\nYou know whether you\u2019re doing a good job, but how do you move from anecdotal evidence to a yardstick used to demonstrate what you add to the mix? IT departments fear being considered unallocated corporate overhead, instead of the value-creating organizations they know themselves to be. The reality is that IT will never be able to link itself completely to revenue or cost-saving programs, so it needs to continually demonstrate that it provides the greatest benefit for the least possible cost.\nDeveloping Measurements of Success\nCreating metrics for the SAP NetWeaver environment is a task that IT departments have wrestled with since its inception. Here is a five-step approach you can implement to demonstrate the value of your SAP Center of Excellence (COE) to your executive team, users, and external customers. I didn\u2019t invent any of this, but I have applied the best practices that I have learned from integrators, consultants, and others using a deliberate approach.\nFirst, you need to be aware of one important prerequisite without which no metrics effort can succeed. You need to develop a common language \u2014 including a common set of expectations \u2014 with the business; this is one of the most overlooked elements in a measurement scheme. Throughout this process you will communicate with your customers and your management, so it\u2019s essential that you speak the same language.\nFor example, one common IT metric is uptime. In today\u2019s federated landscapes, a single user might touch a dozen different systems over the course of his or her workday. However, if system one goes down at one time, system two at another time, and system three at yet another time, the user has no idea that on average, the uptime was 98%. All the users know is that they were only able to use the system approximately 90% of the time.\nStep 1: Define Where You Are Today\nThe old saying, \u201cYou can\u2019t manage what you don\u2019t measure,\u201d establishes the ground rules for the first step. You must begin by measuring your total support burden using definable operational metrics. From there you can develop baselines, from which you can extrapolate service levels and quantifiable metrics. Yes, it\u2019s easier said than done.\nMany IT managers believe that defining the metrics by which you will measure your organization is one of the hardest things to do, but it\u2019s really not all that difficult. From your conversations with the business during the service-level agreement (SLA) process, you should have some idea of what types of performance metrics are important to them.\nThe most common metrics have already been defined in the form of KPIs and by the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL), a set of best practices for IT service delivery. Be sure to make use of ITIL practices to define incident and change management processes, as necessary. Once you have selected the metrics and established the benchmarks, create an operational dashboard to track your progress.\nOne of the global support metrics my organization tracks is incident resolution. \u201cSample Dashboard Graphics,\u201d below, illustrates two ways to measure the support burden: incident by business unit and by time-to-resolution. These examples aren\u2019t particularly granular. Typically, I drill down to get answers; my business partners only want to see results and progress. Any businessperson can understand these charts, the trends they represent, and what they mean.\nAn operations dashboard can help you monitor the support burden. (This is hypothetical data.)\nOne thing to understand is that the business finds these charts \u2014 and others like them \u2014 extremely interesting for about two months. Then, they aren\u2019t very attentive anymore. Don\u2019t confuse the business\u2019s lack of attention with a lack of interest. This data is of great use to IT internally, whether executive management still reads the charts or not. Once you establish credibility through these reports, however, you don\u2019t need to have this same conversation every month. As \u201cIdentifying the Problem Spots,\u201d below, shows, you can use this data to identify trends and deploy resources.\nUsing an operations dashboard can help you determine your problem spots by applying the data to identify various trends or issues.\nRecently, my CFO mentioned that support costs were too high. I used a report similar to this one to show him that his department had called for support approximately 400 times in the previous month. Then, I asked him how many of those requests he didn\u2019t want my team to answer and how much he would save per call. This turned the conversation from an emotional argument about budgets to a less-charged discussion about quantifiable data. This approach provided him with a level of comfort as to how IT was spending time and money. I can find many ways to \u201cshift spend,\u201d and I can describe the impact of each. Being able to quantify my support burden makes these conversations a great deal easier.\nStep 2: Understand Your Customers\u2019 Viewpoint\nEven if you think you are performing well, it doesn\u2019t necessarily mean that your customers think you are, and perception often governs reality. My organization takes great pains to find out what our users are thinking. You can use customer satisfaction surveys and other measures to understand the pain points of both the average user and management. From those measurement tools, you can identify which activities users perceive as having high value, and through this, find quick wins that will earn you high marks from customers without negatively affecting your support burden.\nMy organization surveys its users four times a year, reaching a different 25% of the workforce each time. Each survey should be concise and consist of three parts: Quantifiable questions, open-ended questions, and questions about demographics. The following are examples of quantifiable questions; base your questions on what\u2019s important to your company.\nHow important is SAP to your daily business function?\nHow satisfied are you with the SAP functionality in supporting your daily business function?\nHow satisfied are you with the SAP support you receive from IT?\nYou can also capture the responses to open-ended questions in your customer satisfaction survey and analyze them for trends. \u201cResponse Trend Analysis,\u201d below, shows you a series of sample categories identifying some of the trends you might find, including training, user metrics, performance, and so on.\nThe open-ended responses have been separated into a series of buckets to identify various trends and concerns.\nLooking at the results, you can see that the user interface (UI) is a significant concern among users. But how much work should your team spend trying to redesign the standard SAP interface? Not a lot. The second greatest concern is training; you can do something about that. By increasing training, you can make better use of your SAP system as well as improve what you currently use.\nEqually important is the demographic data. You need to know what all the users think about the IT services they receive \u2014 from the CEO to the rank and file \u2014 but you also want to know how each individual group feels. This will tell you whether you\u2019re reaching and addressing the key opinion leaders and the key job roles. By inserting two or three questions into your survey regarding demographics, your results can typically show you exactly where you have problems and why.\nStep 3: Map Your Delivery Capability and Utilization\nBefore you change for the better, you have to understand your capabilities. You should perform an ongoing inventory of your internal and external utilization, list your skill sets, and identify the critical gaps. Now that you know what your users think your priorities should be, you want to look at your resource utilization to see if your resources are deployed in those areas. If not, how should they change?\nAll members of my team must track monthly what percentage of time they spend on which activities. This is not a precise exercise, like a consultant figuring billable hours, but it has to be accurate enough to determine trends.\nOnce a month the members of my team fill out a tracking sheet, which takes less than a half-hour of their time. From that, I can get an analysis of full-time equivalents (FTEs) per activity and generate a report that compares resource utilization against the value-add. \u201cResource Utilization vs. Value-Added Service Delivery,\u201d below, shows that the resources are divided into four categories: projects, support user training, legacy support user training, and administrative/paid time off activities.\nMeasuring resource utilization enables you to measure the shift from \u201ckeep the lights on\u201d to \u201cvalue creation\u201d of\ninternal resources and provides the hard data needed to plan necessary operating expenses.\nMy objective is to grow the projects bar so that my team spends more time adding value and less time on the care and feeding of SAP. This chart is not exact, but it\u2019s good enough for a conversation with upper management. From here, you can determine whether you are moving in the right direction.\nStep 4: Align Your Functional Map with Key Business Objectives\nMake sure your application functional map aligns with the key business objectives and strategy. From the intelligence derived in step 3, you can plan future investment and identify upcoming needs according to areas of strategic value. Then, construct a roadmap that you can take to the business for ratification.\nBased on benchmarks, user feedback, and resource utilization trends, your roadmap should show current and future SAP deployments graphically by department and by function, SAP and non-SAP. Align it with your business objectives and strategy to plan key investments. This represents a great number of conversations between IT and business, alignment with corporate priorities, budget analysis, and possible future investments.\nFrom this process, you can determine what is important and where you can get the most value. The reality is, you can\u2019t do everything, but you can come to a consensus with the business and plan how to incrementally handle your technology investments from that time forward.\nStep 5: Create Benchmarks for Improvement\nYou know where you\u2019ve been. You know how well you have done what you said you would do. Now it\u2019s time to define where you\u2019re heading. With benchmarks in place that the business agrees to, you can shift all future budget conversations from cost to value because you know the demonstrated transparency of all your delivered services.\nBenchmarking the support burden takes several months of continuous data collection. Defining those benchmarks can also take a long time making certain you are measuring the service levels that your business cares about. However, by taking the time to create the measurements that the IT team, business leadership, and end users can all easily understand, you can establish clear and quantifiable expectations for delivering service.\nOne of the ways to establish those mutually agreeable metrics is to create SLAs. Although it is outside the scope of this article, creating an SLA accomplishes the following objectives:\nYou come away with an objective, demonstrable, and agreed-upon measurement for success with the business\nYou develop a meaningful common language between the SAP team and the end users (e.g., \u201cWhat is a high priority?\u201d)\nYou create an environment where the SAP team can feel the goal is achievable versus always feeling pressured by undefined (but high) expectations\nResource and prioritization planning become more objective equations with measurable data (e.g., if you apply N more of Y type resources, service levels will increase by X%)\nFrom an IT support perspective, SLAs make support an objective equation, not a constant effort to placate the squeaky wheels. They are also starting points for conversations with the business. I constantly review SLAs with my customers and craft them in business terms, not tech-speak, so they are meaningful to both parties.\nI also go over the SLAs with my COE team because I expect them to populate a lot of data. Although I try to make populating the data as easy as possible, it\u2019s still a chore. It\u2019s critical for the entire team to understand why you have to make it part of your day-to-day activity.\nThe metrics created in step 1 define how well you are delivering IT services to your customers. The metrics you define in this step delineate how you intend to improve over time. Some of the metrics you can use to measure delivered value are:\nThe cost per user\nThe \u201ckeep the lights on\u201d vs. the \u201cvalue creation\u201d investment\nThe total spend amount as a percentage of the operating expenses\nBy tracking these metrics, you can focus on continual improvement. \u201cTotal Spend Per User, \u201d below, represents an example. The nice thing about this metric is that it\u2019s relatively insulated from typical business changes, such as a merger or an acquisition. The objective here is to grow the spend per user in the value-creation area and to demonstrate improvements in efficiency in the maintenance spend.\nThis example separates spend by standard support burden (i.e., \u201ckeep the lights on\u201d) from value-creation activities such as projects and enhancements.\nWith a narrow selection of metrics of this type, you can shift your resources to meet the organization\u2019s objectives and demonstrate the reasons and value in the kind of terms that any businessperson can understand.\nEvery IT organization faces the constant challenges of budget restrictions, the need for organizational flexibility, and how to balance service capabilities. It\u2019s critical to be able to provide the transparency and measurements that can help you and the business\u2019s management to make timely and well-informed decisions for strategic investments and to ensure that existing investments deliver the expected results. You can then use this information to define clear and understandable allocation/consumption-based costs, SLAs, and so on.\nEvery business and organization is somewhat different, and you need to define the metrics that measure your company\u2019s key and relevant outputs. However, the categories reflected here fit within the ITIL framework and apply across industries (and across COEs for other applications as well).\nThis is no quick fix. This process took several months, hundreds of hours of work, and a tremendous amount of determination. It\u2019s not glamorous, but it is worthwhile. In my current position, I now have 12 to 18 months of data, and these metrics have become an extremely valuable tool.\nImplementing a benchmarking program like the one above will shorten a lot of your conversations with the business and with the executive team. You will spend less time defending and more time planning your growing IT capabilities.\nKen Grady is CIO and head of ERP for Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics in the United Kingdom.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 135, "original_length": 17613, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 330.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://schokkerconstruction.com/services/concrete-work/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:20Z", "digest": "sha1:G7TPKBGCSHDJ5UM5PFOD7LRDUSJ7ZN7K", "length": 830, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "schokkerconstruction.com", "title": "Concrete Work: Hermantown, Cloquet and Esko", "raw_content": "Concrete is perfectly suited for both commercial and residential construction projects, and with a skilled hand can be integrated into the interior of a building, in the form of countertops or beautiful stamped tiles. Schokker Construction LLC has extensive experience working with concrete, and can enhance your home or office with our work.\nOver the years, Schokker Construction LLC has worked on projects of all sizes, and has accumulated a substantial portfolio that includes both commercial and residential work.\nDepending on what the concrete is being used for, this could be a mere annoyance, but if the concrete is used as a load bearing material, the results could be devastating. Avoid costly repairs and high risk situations, and trust the experienced professionals at Schokker Construction LLC with your concrete work.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 4256, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 253.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/handle/1794/4611", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:41:17Z", "digest": "sha1:55W4RXNL5PA5ZT6S6S3XALGHGI5UVV6P", "length": 351, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "scholarsbank.uoregon.edu", "title": "Oregon Law Review : Vol. 81, No. 4, p. 783-848 : The Latina/o and APIA Vote Post-2000: What Does It Mean to Move Beyond \"Black and White\" Politics?", "raw_content": "Oregon Law Review : Vol. 81, No. 4 (Winter 2002)\nOregon Law Review : Vol. 81, No. 4, p. 783-848 : The Latina/o and APIA Vote Post-2000: What Does It Mean to Move Beyond \"Black and White\" Politics?\n81_Or_L_Rev_783.pdf (281.7Kb)\nLazos Vargas, Sylvia R.\nLatCrit Conference (7th : 2002 : Portland, Or.)\nOregon Law Review : Vol. 81, No. 4 (Winter 2002) [7]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 115, "original_length": 3232, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.66, "perplexity": 309.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/cklawreview/vol57/iss3/2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:51Z", "digest": "sha1:RPIIDTLSE3RZOZW4FS3GROEGWTAWVV6K", "length": 181, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu", "title": "\"The Future of the American Labor Movement: The Role of Federal Law\" by Ray Marshall", "raw_content": "The Future of the American Labor Movement: The Role of Federal Law\nRay Marshall, The Future of the American Labor Movement: The Role of Federal Law, 57 Chi.-Kent L. Rev. 521 (1981).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 44, "original_length": 6255, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.84, "perplexity": 114.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://scholarship.law.stjohns.edu/tcl/vol7/iss4/2/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:43Z", "digest": "sha1:4QEBX6BT3UKLKNN7T2YKLZEFP4DSC662", "length": 92, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "scholarship.law.stjohns.edu", "title": "\"Editorial Comment\" by Edward T. Fagan", "raw_content": "Edward T. Fagan (2016) \"Editorial Comment,\" The Catholic Lawyer: Vol. 7 : No. 4 , Article 2.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 38, "original_length": 3248, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 198.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://scuhooper.github.io/JamesKeeling/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:27Z", "digest": "sha1:EI7GXGM4S6PUWUID2435RKRDQAHN2SQ6", "length": 3045, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "scuhooper.github.io", "title": "Contact Information | James Keeling", "raw_content": "Gameplay and AI Developer\nEmail: james.f.keeling@gmail.com\nHere is a quick collection of some of the milestone projects I have worked on throughout my college career. The projects are C++ for Unreal Engine and C# for Unity. The game name header links to a page with more details about that particular title. Details pages have a link to the code repo as well. Under each project is a video demonstrating some of the game.\nDragoon - In Development\nDragoon is a project which I am currently working on as a capstone project. While the name of the repo is Dragoon, the game currently being made with the work is titled Cyberpunk\u2019d and puts the player as a newly created anti-virus inside of a server seeking to regain control of root. The game is a third-person perspective action game focusing on sword combat in a similar vein as Assassin\u2019s Creed, The Witcher, and Dynasty Warriors.\nThe major mechanics I have implemented into the game is my take on a solution to the kung fu circle (where enemies surround the player but only ever attack one at a time), a directional grid based attack system where the player can choose the direction of their attacks like Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, and a prediction system using N-grams to analyze patterns in attacks from history and attempt to predict what the player will do next.\nBlocksplosion is an Android game where a row of blocks is added each round that continuously require more hits to destroy. The player can shoot a string of balls on their chosen path to hit as many blocks as possible and collect the pickups that give them more balls for the next round. The game is a result of an attempt to create a simple working mobile game over Spring Break.\nComing soon to the Google Play Store! Link will be provided once it is live!\nThis is a group project made for a class. It is 2D version of something like Rocket League. Not all code in this project is mine, but all code worked on by me is marked with either my name around the functions or listed in the .cs file\u2019s header. For the project, I worked to implement customizable controls for two players on the same computer, the power-up effects of the various drug pickups, making the pause menu, and getting the correct configuration working for the scoreboard and game win condition.\nBex is a 2D platformer in the veins of Mega Man and Metroid. You take control of an employee running for her life from a warehouse that has been struck by lightning which turned the forklifts and vending machines in the building into murderous robots seeking to eliminate the player. The game has mechanics for shooting, melee attacks, dashing, and being able to use destroyed vending machines as ledges to reach new heights.\nThe Viscountess is the first game I made. It is a simple 2D side scrolling, shoot-\u2018em-up where the player controls a starship called The Viscountess and destroys endless waves of enemy ships until colliding with one. The player can also collect Missiles which are able to destroy ships in one hit. It is reminiscent of Galaga.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 3419, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 288.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://searchitchannel.techtarget.com/definition/IT-channel-distributor", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:55Z", "digest": "sha1:J2X2I5XXHQQV6URIXF27PPVJDONVBTGI", "length": 1604, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "searchitchannel.techtarget.com", "title": "What is IT distributor? - Definition from WhatIs.com", "raw_content": "Contributor(s): Yuval Shavit\nAn IT channel distributor is a business that acts as an intermediary between vendors and value-added resellers (VARs) or system integrators (SIs) in the distribution of software or hardware. Also known as \"disties,\" distributors handle procurement and payment between VARs and vendors and are usually the only way in which a vendor will distribute its products to the channel. A distributor's customer base consists of a vendor's resellers and SIs, which are often referred to as its channel.\nThe distribution channel, or marketing channel, consists of the chain of intermediaries involved in getting a product from the producer to the consumer. Distributors are a common intermediary between vendors and end customers, which is frequently: vendor to distributor, distributor to reseller or SI, reseller or SI to end customer.\nDistributors are often used by vendors that do not have the means to build out a channel program by themselves. Although they can play a small role -- for instance, handling only payment and procurement -- they frequently take a more proactive approach by educating resellers about new products from the vendors. This can include presales training, road shows, and demos for resellers held on behalf of vendors. Distributors also provide services around the procurement process, such as contract negotiation, marketing for resellers and SIs, and warrantees. Increasingly, distributors also host network operations centers (NOCs).\nContinue Reading About IT distributor\nIT distribution channel\nMicroscope:Channel delivering growth \u2013ComputerWeekly.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 241, "original_length": 10073, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 329.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://secure.baldwinstatebank.com/Pages/Default.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:55Z", "digest": "sha1:APQQF5A3PWXBDVK52XVVQQN4HTYCNHSB", "length": 671, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "secure.baldwinstatebank.com", "title": "Home", "raw_content": "Welcome to The Baldwin State Bank\nThe Baldwin State Bank is dedicated to providing excellent service to its customers while upholding its traditional banking values. These values have helped our institution navigate through the tough economic downturns of the Great Depression, the 1980\u2019s stock market crash and the Savings and Loan Crisis. The Baldwin State Bank takes pride in focusing on the individual customer\u2019s needs and acting with financial integrity that the community can trust.\nThe Baldwin State Bank has enjoyed serving the community for over 100 years and looks forward to providing excellent service for the next century as well.\nThe Baldwin State Bank News", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 8, "original_length": 854, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 244.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://secure.leehaywood.org/misc/discussionator/?id=783", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:31Z", "digest": "sha1:CS5NHIAE6Z3DG4C4PGVPINVSP75SNMYU", "length": 14103, "nlines": 51, "source_domain": "secure.leehaywood.org", "title": "Discussionator -", "raw_content": "Opinion Internet access should indeed be a basic human right.\nIn some countries, Internet access has already been made a human right - rightly or wrongly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_access#Internet_access_as_right\nI know a few people who don't have Internet access, but the majority do have it. Most information is now only available online. For example, if you want to know cinema times it makes more sense to look it up than have everyone speak with a human being on the telephone. At the same time, it's a service that you pay for - directly or indirectly - and so if you want it you pay for it. If you feel you can live without it, or have no interest in it, then why does the government need to be involved? Then again, if you live in a remote location can you argue that you'd struggle to access essential services without it?\nI understand it as the right to information, as books and education. I'm sure you can learn more from certain sites than most schools, given the proper dedication. No one should be deprived of that opportunity.\nPerhaps the argument is that no-one should be actively denied access, rather than access itself being granted as a right. In other words, barriers are removed but you still have to pay for it? I'm not sure what the laws are intended to achieve, I admit.\nWater is an universal right and we pay for it, just like food, shelter and law.\nReading more on the subject, it seems that the idea is that there's no point having a freedom of expression (as a right) if no-one's able to listen. In other words, there's no point putting all our information on the Internet if some people are fundamentally prevented from reading it. Perhaps a more interesting question is whether or not the Internet is fundamentally different from previous forms of communication, so much so that it deserves special treatment?\nAs lee said, I wouldn't go so far as to say you should be provided with internet access, merely not legally prevented from obtaining it. Like any human right, you can't positively endow it upon someone, just stop other people from taking it away. @Lee J Haywood: But people are able to listen - even at the most basic level you can go out on the street, talk to people, whatever. For the countries which have made it a right, it seems a bit at odds with other communication technologies like phone and TV - the internet is a similarly commercial service from which your access can be removed for not paying bills, violating terms of use etc... I don't see how someone's right to access the internet can be upheld if no company wants to connect them.\nThe Internet is to us like Gutenberg's mobile types were in its time.\nIf \"fundamentally prevented from reading it\" is the main issue here, this is a case of censorship not human right. This type of censorship is usually initiated by a very strong government intending to maintain rule and limit the knowledge of its citizens. Elitists in strong communist governments believe that they know what is best for their citizens and if the citizen learns otherwise may revolt and demand more freedom and liberty. Kinda sounds like the current US government and its relationship with the liberal main-stream media. Oh, we can't tell them how much this will really cost, let's shift the numbers around to hide it, and then the media not covering it because they are \"in the tank\" for the administration.\nBigger government = less liberty.\nI suppose it's an interesting point that China could make Internet access a fundamental human right with one hand, and take away that liberty with the other via government censorship. @Melchior: Presumably if Internet access is a right then someone could force at least one company to connect them through the courts?\nCensorship and control sucks, specially on the Internet. If the current tendencies toward control continue, I fear the day when we tell little children stories about how the Internet was open and anonymous in our days. It's a good thing projects like Tor are preparing for a worst-case scenario.\nIf Tor is illegal then there's nowhere to hide. It's little different to the restrictions placed on air travel in the US, or overzealous enforcement of copyright law in the real world. From the law's point of view the Internet really is nothing special at all! It's special in that it's a wild frontier with few controls, but the law has always applied on the Internet even if it wasn't being enforced (or is impractical to enforce). Indeed, censorship and control are just as bad whether they're on the Internet or not - it makes little sense to say the Internet should be more free than other areas of life?\nI fear the day when we tell little children stories about how our country was open and free, and citizens had no worries of higher taxes and less liberty. Oh, that day is now.\n@Lee J Haywood: Information needs more freedom than physical objects. Almost all countries recognize freedom of speech and faith, yet all of them have strong regulations about what you can do physically (slapping an idiot, for example). The Internet is pure information, even if most of it is crap.\n@DigitalBoss: There has been no single country who can brag about that degree of liberty.\n@BorgClown: The Internet isn't just about information, it's about what you do with it. Information can be copyrighted, and few forms of physical media are impervious to being copied as digital information. Crimes can be organised by e-mail. Illegal material such as child pornography can be shared online. There are valid reasons for the law to be involved in the use of the Internet, but as in the real world there's scope for overreach.\nThe US used to be free, or much more free than now. We have steadily lost liberty since the days of the big progressives in the 1920s. The progressives are elitists who think that they know how \"society\" is supposed to work and that they know more more about how we should live our lives than we do. The really sad part is most of them have never run a business, or had to make a payroll, and have no idea what it takes to be successful. They live their whole life as employees of the state.\n@Lee J Haywood: I'll counterattack with a real-world example of information being more free than physical objects. The postal service.\n@DigitalBoss: A progressive from the 1920's must be some sort of old-fashioned conservative today.\nIt doesn't matter what method you use to commit a crime, it's still illegal. Using the post office or the Internet makes no difference - the law still applies.\n@Lee J Haywood: Postal correspondence is guaranteed more privacy than, say the telephone. And even the phone gets as much privacy as a private conversation. Why do you think the anthrax scares were mailed instead of personally delivered? (if they ever were, it was more hype than anything)\nSo if postal correspondence has more privacy, it has less 'freedom' in the sense that the sender has greater control of their privacy? Information on the Internet is has greater freedom because it's more prone to being intercepted? I still don't see what privacy and interception have to do with criminality. If anything it means that the police ought to be more effective with regard to the Internet, since it's easier to see what's being passed around. OTOH there's such a staggering amount of data that's it's impossible to monitor it all (much like the postal systems).\nThis is the problem with you communists. You want the government to feed you; you want the government to educate you; you want the government to tell you how you can make your living, and how much money you can make, and you want the government to pay for all your health care. You want the government to have all this power over your life because you need such a warm and fuzzy feeling of security, but all of a sudden when the government has all the power it needs to give and take away everything you have, you start claiming all these rights that you are supposed to have.\n\"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have\". - Thomas Jefferson\n\"The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either\". - Benjamin Franklin\n@DigitalBoss: Why is it that the last 6 comments you've made here have nothing to do with the topic?\nThis topic is about a powerful communist government, like China, censoring it's citizens access to the Internet, is it not? If it is not, then I don't see how you can force a commercial enterprise, in which most ISPs are, to consider their service a right. Maybe you are advocating that the government take over control of the Internet, oh my god that would indeed be a screw-up!\nYou are a smart guy, why don't you explain to me what the topic is about, since I am such a dumbass.\nThe topic is about Internet access being a human right. It's not about human rights in general per se, and it's not about the US government. It's not about governments at all. It's about the Internet and the notion of human rights. How that right is 'enforced' is not at issue. Censorship is on-topic, your diatribe regarding the flaws in the US government is not.\nOk, now we are getting somewhere. How else are you to have ANY human rights if they are not to be enforced? Now that the elitist, that thinks he knows more than everyone else, has blessed the censorship angle, let us discuss censorship and the Internet. Would you consider the communist Chinese government Internet censorship of it's citizens a result of the large central power it holds?\nI know that you see where I am going with this, and I know that it pisses you off to no end, AND I LOVE IT!\nNo, the size of the government is irrelevant. The Chinese government's decision to filter Internet content is based on their belief that it protects the government and hence the stability of the country. I agree with them, in the sense that I agree that owning a gun in a country where everyone else has guns makes a perverse sort of sense. Since they already have censorship, it would be scary for them to change the system today. Just because something has historically been the case doesn't make it right however. This is on topic. The tenuous link to the size of the US government is not. There are other topics for that.\nOk, so you must think that Internet access should not be a basic human right. You agree with the Chinese censorship. I knew it, you are a communist. To hell with the rights of the Chinese people. The size of the government has everything to do with the situation in China. The larger a government gets, the more powerful it gets, the more it wants to stay in power, the more it limits it's people's freedoms. When the government gets that big it needs to be taken down, blood-letting and all. It is the only way the people will be able to regain their freedoms (rights). I am an individual. The smallest minority. My rights should supersede any government policy.\nAfter further thought... If you agree with the Chinese censorship of the Internet, you probably believe that the Chinese government knows best what is good for their citizens. They know more about what is good for the Chinese people than the Chinese people know. This is what I mean by elitist government. The government is full of people that think they know what is best for the people and they start to ignore the people's rights and freedoms, because they think they know better.\n\"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.\" -- Thomas Jefferson This is what the Chinese people need to do, and maybe soon enough, the Americans. \"A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have.\" -- Thomas Jefferson\nI'd love to see your posture if USA's government really let capitalism go wild, and the communist government of China ate all your economy. A big, dictatorial and monolithic government would subjugate a capitalist jungle. You owe it a lot already.\n@BorgClown: Wow, talk about misrepresenting what I wrote. I said I understand their reasoning but that it \"doesn't make it right however\". No country should be censoring information available to its citizens, but since the Chinese are already doing it I simply stated that it's difficult for them to stop. Have you read Jennifer Government, where in the future the US government is just another corporation stripped of any real powers? It's basically post-apocalyptic, a world with only limited rights and where capitalism has taken over. It's meant as a warning, that money shouldn't control every decision. Perhaps the most important role of the government is to provide policing of both its citizens and corporations (as well as generally defending them).\n@Lee J Haywood: Haven't read the Jennifer Government novel and don't think I'll do, already know too much about it.\n@Lee J Haywood: Oh no, you are big red a commie! I knew it!\n@BorgClown: I'm not red. I'm not even particularly pink, as I don't get out in the sun enough.\nAlso, the British sun must be very mild, if the famed foggy climate is true.\n@BorgClown: Foggy? It's rarely foggy, except up on the moors in Sherlock Holmes' movies. It is very variable and unpredictable though, with rain half the time (although half of which period I cannot say).\n...but you are a communist, admit it. If you are proud of what you believe in, you should have no problem admitting it.\nAs I've said before, I don't agree with any political idealism. I'm proud to be able to be independent and think for myself about every issue on its own merits, not being a lackey for some dumb manifesto.\n\"We have entered the knowledge society and everyone must have access to participate.\" http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8548190.stm\nGah, you said society! Now DB is gonna be all upset.\nLet's call it \"happy group market\"!\nHow about calling it a non-market market, where people are just nice to strangers without any money being involved?\nI'll go with free non-market market. Except if it involves food, then it has to be called feed nom-market.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 131, "original_length": 17096, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 235.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://semo.edu/facultysenate/resolutions/06-02.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:56Z", "digest": "sha1:CUIEC4ADXYPJU6MMRMW4PESIABSX7UJU", "length": 1448, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "semo.edu", "title": "Resolution 06-02 Nondiscrimination Policy - Southeast Missouri State University", "raw_content": "Resolution 06-02 Nondiscrimination Policy\nREQUESTING CHANGE IN THE UNIVERSITY NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY\nWHEREAS: Ontwo occasions in 2001 and once again in 2002, theFaculty Senate voted in favor of revising of the University's Statement of Nondiscrimination by including a statement regarding sexual orientation, and\nWHEREAS:In 2002, an Ad-Hoc Faculty Senate Committee prepared and submitted to the President's Office a compilation of almost fifty exhibits covering relevant educational, professional, and governmental statements of nondiscrimination, and\nWHEREAS: The University President did not approve the Senate recommendations on those three occasions, and\nWHEREAS: Since that time, additional Missouri public universities have revised their nondiscrimination statements to cover sexual orientation, bringing the total to six, including Central Missouri State University, Truman State University, and all four campuses of the University of Missouri System,\nTHEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT: the Senate reiterates its previously-expressed sentiment that the University should not discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation and that it should make a public statement to that effect, and\nBE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT:the Senate calls upon the President and the Board of Regents to revisit the issue and include a provision in the Nondiscrimination Statement making it clear that the University does not discriminate based upon sexual orientation.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 3601, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 219.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://seoulbeats.com/2016/09/music-lyrics-i-my-me-mine/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:17:30Z", "digest": "sha1:M5PSBMQZE2OUGKNYVV2XWQZ6AQ6WMLEK", "length": 6185, "nlines": 38, "source_domain": "seoulbeats.com", "title": "Music & Lyrics: I, My, Me, Mine \u2013 seoulbeats", "raw_content": "Music & Lyrics: I, My, Me, Mine\nIn K-pop, we often get a number of themes that is repeated: love, devotion, heartbreak, apologies, relationships, the opposite sex, the act of sex itself, and so on. It\u2019s understandable \u2014 these are universal themes that will appeal to plenty of people. One such theme that does not fall into these categories in the same way, and yet is universal as well, is possessiveness.\nHow, one might ask. I would argue that each song that finds it\u2019s foundation on a possessive word, such as \u2018I\u2019 or \u2018Mine,\u2019 has another theme all together. It could be claiming someone as \u2018mine,\u2019 claiming yourself as your own person (as we will see later,) and so on. In a way, the possessiveness is a sub theme \u2014 it seeks to enhance the main theme of the given song, this main theme fitting into the various universal themes. It is not something that automatically comes to mind, as the theme that people will identify with is different, and yet it is possessive nonetheless in a more abstract sense.\nOne such song that fits this description is Taeyeon\u2018s solo debut single, \u201cI.\u201d The main theme of the song is definitely about SNSD\u2018s leader finding herself after all the turmoil and chaos that comes with being the leader of what is arguably the biggest K-pop girl group. This comes especially since it has been hinted that Taeyeon has had bouts of depression, so the joyful and uplifting tone of her solo debut is wonderful to hear.\nYesterday, I was alone\nCountless gazes\nI withstood another day again\nYesterday, that was a close call\nAll of the words that poured out\nIt embraced me, who was shaking, again\nHere, we see her mention the hardships that she has had to face, the challenges that repeatedly came her way. But in the melody of the track which compliments the hopeful message of the song, the lyrics come to an end with Taeyeon finding herself \u2014 having her own possession of self in an active manner. She is sure of her identity, of her place in life, of herself. It is probably the last that resonates with most: it is hard to become sure of yourself when others are constantly trying to drag you down as is human nature. And yet, Taeyeon\u2019s \u201cI\u201d demonstrates that she has done just that: taken possession of her own identity despite it all.\nThe next track is iKon\u2018s \u201cMy Type.\u201d In this laid back track, the boys serenade their crush: no matter what, she is just their type. In this way, it is a passive possession of someone else, or rather, the ideal of this person.\nWhy did you come now?\nLove has finally come to me\nYou\u2019re my type, you\u2019re my type\nEven if you don\u2019t say anything, I have a feeling\nFrom your head to your toes, everything\nWhile Taeyeon\u2019s \u201cI\u201d was an active announcement of owning her own self, in iKon\u2019s \u201cMy Type,\u201d it\u2019s describing the reasons why this female in particular is their type. In such a way, it is passive in that they are not possessing the female in such a way that speaks of physicality or anything more than wanting to be together. It is an innocent possession of having a type, an ideal, a female that has caught their eye.\nAfter the passive possession, we then move into an example of a more active possession: SISTAR\u2018s 2013 hit, \u201cGive it to Me.\u201d\nYou see I don\u2019t usually do this but\nGive it to me give it to me\nI want you to give me love\nOh baby give it to me\nIn this track, we see the four sing about wanting love and actively looking for love. They sing of wanting this love in all its forms \u2014 angsty tears, emotion-filled letters, and the physicality that comes with relationships. In this way, it is them actively going towards want they want, all while telling the guy to just give it to them because they can take it.\nFinally, there is Infinite\u2018s breakout hit, \u201cBe Mine.\u201d Similar to most Infinite main tracks, the lyrics speak of a forlorn love story in an almost obsessive manner. In the case of \u201cBe Mine,\u201d it is about a man wanting to tell the object of his affection that everything will be alright, that this love she is involved in is not good for her and loving him would be better.\nLet\u2019s go together, don\u2019t walk onto the hard path, okay?\nIt wasn\u2019t easy, right?\nI don\u2019t want to see you like that ever again\nBe mine, I love you, okay?\nI worry about you, okay\nI\u2019ll take care of you until the end\nAs for the lyrics itself, it is seemingly what I like to call passive-aggressive possession. In the very first line, it is said that the male has watched over the female and the end of her relationship from afar, not going near her, not letting himself be known, almost as if the female should know what he is feeling. On the surface, it is a love song \u2014 a man begging for his turn to make the woman smile. Go a little bit deeper, and it is the male possessing the woman as his \u2014 as if he is saying that it\u2019ll be better with him, the female won\u2019t cry with him, and \u201cI love you and that is all that matters.\u201d Very possessive in a passive-aggressive manner.\nIt\u2019s interesting that there is actually an abundance of songs that tackle possessiveness in its various forms. There are those that are of positive possessiveness; that is, proclaiming yourself as your own, as seen in Taeyeon\u2019s \u201cI.\u201d Then there are the more benign and passive type of possessiveness, such as iKon\u2019s \u201cMy Type.\u201d At the same time, there are those that are more negative, those that seek to claim someone else as their own in a way that speaks of desperation. Going further than the typical love song, there are also possessive songs that do not use possessive nouns in their song titles, yet definitely deal with a variant of possessiveness. Some of these are the typical types, but there is definitely a sizable amount that deal with negative portrayals and edge on stalker-type messages or the like.\nReaders, what other songs do you think fall under this category? Are there any other ways to classify possessiveness? Let us know in the comments below!\n(ColorCodedLyrics [1][2][3], popgasa, Images via SM Entertainment, Woollim Entertainment, YG Entertainment, Starship Entertainment)\nTags: iKon, Infinite, Music & Lyrics, Seoulbeats Segment, Sistar, Taeyeon\nYoonmirae\u2019s \u201cJamCome on Baby\u201d Deserves to Be Heard\n2PM\u2019s Turn for the Nostalgic with \u201cGentlemen\u2019s Game\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 161, "original_length": 9920, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 239.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://sermons.faithlife.com/search?kinds=sermon&q=passage%3A%3CPsalm+32%3E+AND+%28topic%3A%22Witness%22+OR+tag%3A%22Witness%22%29", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:26Z", "digest": "sha1:A6ZSTWURBJROYHDDNPN7VDEVSTROPNZH", "length": 352, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "sermons.faithlife.com", "title": "passage: AND (topic:\"Witness\" OR tag:\"Witness\") - Faithlife Sermons", "raw_content": "Bruce Guyton \u2022 Sermon \u2022 10 years ago \u2022 1,207 views\n37. And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen; 38. Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 798, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 303.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://shainacavazos.com/2013/08/24/trying-my-hand-at-some-multimedia/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:15Z", "digest": "sha1:PFE5BCTKFEH7JHZT4A2GO2WZGXPQACSW", "length": 2515, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "shainacavazos.com", "title": "Trying my hand at some multimedia \u2013 Shaina Cavazos", "raw_content": "\u2190 Leaving the ACE desk on a high note\nPriorities for a multiplatform reporter \u2192\nTrying my hand at some multimedia\nThis semester, I\u2019m taking another huge step out of my comfort zone into the world of multimedia. Not only will you get to read about all my attempts at amateur photos and video, you\u2019ll get to see some of them, too.\nEvery week, you can also expect a blog post responding to prompts from class or detailing my frustration or elation with a project. As always, I\u2019ll fall to humor when I can.\nPrompt 1: What are three (or more) goals you have for this course experience, and more importantly, in what ways will you really have to stretch yourself in order to achieve each of those goals?\nFirst, I want to learn how to use a DSLR and take photos that tell a story. I\u2019ve never had reason to learn anything more than a point-and-shoot before, so I\u2019m excited to learn new technical skills. I\u2019m also not used to communicating in anything other than words, so it will be difficult to try to translate those storytelling skills into visual ones. It also seems, to me, that taking photos of people can be more invasive than asking for a comment or just talking. I want to get over my shyness at asking and be more bold (but professional) so I can get the images I want.\nSecond, I want to get a better sense of how to package multimedia together into a story. I\u2019m used to how photos and graphics and text come together to tell a story, but I don\u2019t really know how to fit together mostly visual elements. This will be a stretch for me because I\u2019m used to relying on text as a crutch to explain how the other elements come together. I\u2019ve never had a story where text wasn\u2019t the star, and I know that to really invest myself in learning multimedia I have to let go of my reliance on just text.\nThird, I want to learn how to properly voice an audio piece. I\u2019ve had experience doing some voice work before, but it was so specifically targeted toward hard news that I think there\u2019s a lot I still have to learn. The stretch will be moving past what I already know to open up to something new.\nThis is all new to me, and to be honest, it makes me nervous to venture out into something new. Like last semester with intermediate writing, I\u2019m trying to take the mature and realistic route and make decisions that, though hard, will improve my journalism past what I can already do.\nI\u2019m always hesitant at first, but I suppose if it didn\u2019t make nervous, I wouldn\u2019t care as much. Stay tuned for some more multimedia adventures!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 83, "original_length": 4624, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 311.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://shirshobindu.com/news/2016/03/28/81456/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:07Z", "digest": "sha1:RX22O4EP26X54FHHSGOASVEWQ6AISYXZ", "length": 5842, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "shirshobindu.com", "title": "Capital gains tax cut gives \u00a33,000 to rich 0.3%, says Labour \u2013 \u09b6\u09c0\u09b0\u09cd\u09b7\u09ac\u09bf\u09a8\u09cd\u09a6\u09c1", "raw_content": "\u09aa\u09cd\u09b0\u099a\u09cd\u099b\u09a6/ENGLISH/Capital gains tax cut gives \u00a33,000 to rich 0.3%, says Labour\nENGLISHUnited Kingdom\nCapital gains tax cut gives \u00a33,000 to rich 0.3%, says Labour\nGeorge Osborne\u2019s budget is handing a tax cut averaging \u00a33,000 to some of the wealthiest people in the country who make up just 0.3% of the population, the shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, has said.\nLabour is calling for the cut in capital gains tax (CGT) to be scrapped, saying it would give investors already making money about the same, on average, as the government had planned to take from disabled people under changes to benefits.\nThe party is planning to campaign against the CGT cuts in the coming weeks to apply more pressure on the chancellor following Iain Duncan Smith\u2019s shock resignation as work and pensions secretary, when he branded Osborne\u2019s budget \u201cdeeply unfair\u201d, triggering the scrapping of the disability benefit cuts.\nMcDonnell said Osborne was the \u201cbankers\u2019 chancellor\u201d and had been shown again to be \u201clooking after a wealthy minority\u201d.\nA spokesman for Osborne hit back that Labour was \u201cshameless and hypocritical\u201d, given that CGT for the highest earners would still be two percentage points higher than it was at the end of Gordon Brown\u2019s government.\nOsborne made the surprise announcement of a cut in capital gains tax (CGT) \u2013 from 28% to 20% for higher rate taxpayers and 18% to 10% for those on the basic rate \u2013 in the budget as a way to encourage people to invest in shares. The tax is applied on profits on the sale of assets that exceed \u00a311,100 and is paid by a very small minority of people.\nThere is no official impact assessment showing how many people will benefit, but government sources indicated they thought about 130,000 people would gain from the tax cut, of whom about 50,000 are basic rate taxpayers and 80,000 higher rate taxpayers. The source suggested the median benefit for higher rate taxpayers would be \u00a32,000 on a one-off basis.\nLabour\u2019s analysis is based on past statistics that show CGT was paid by only about 200,000 taxpayers in 2013-14, who would benefit from a giveaway of more than \u00a3600m in total from the first year it fully kicks in.\nAccording to Labour, that works out on average at about \u00a33,000 per taxpayer, although it is likely that a large number of people would get much less than that and a small number of the richest much more. In 2013-14, about half of the overall \u00a35bn CGT take from individuals came from just 5,000 people making profits of more than \u00a31m.\nThese are the people who stand to benefit the most, by tens of thousands of pounds each, although some of them will already be paying CGT at a reduced rate of 10% because of a tax break known as entrepreneurs\u2019 relief and therefore will not see any extra benefit. Transactions on residential property and carried interest are also exempt from the new cut.\nMcDonnell said: \u201cThese figures show the priorities of George Osborne. He planned to fund this \u00a33,000 giveaway to 0.3% of the population by taking over \u00a33,000 from hundreds of thousands of disabled people.\n\u201cWhen you consider the small number who benefit from this tax cut or that the pattern of taxable receipts from capital gains tax come from those who trade in financial assets, it blows apart any claim the Tories make about \u2018we are all in it together\u2019.\n\u201cThis crass tax cut should not be going ahead because we need an economy that works for the many, not tax cuts for the few.\u201d\nBut a spokesman for Osborne said: \u201cThe government wants to ensure that companies can access the capital they need to grow and create jobs. These changes are about incentivising individuals to invest in shares, helping British firms access the capital they need to grow and create jobs.\n\u201cFor the first time, gains from residential property will be treated differently from other types of investment, attracting an 8% surcharge. The 18% and 28% rates for residential property means the government is encouraging investment in shares over property. That\u2019s a pro-growth, pro-enterprise policy that will boost the economy at a time of global uncertainty.\n\u201cWe certainly won\u2019t take any lectures from Labour on this: at 20%, the rate of CGT paid by higher rate taxpayers on other types of gain will still be two percentage points higher than it was when they were last in power, and for residential property and carried interest will remain at least 10 percentage points higher. For Labour to complain now is shameless and hypocritical.\u201d\nIn a post-budget analysis, the Resolution Foundation thinktank said the CGT cut was \u201cfocused on those on higher incomes \u2013 unsurprisingly because in general better-off households are the ones making capital gains in the first place\u201d.\nAt the time of the budget, the move was welcomed by City advisers.\nDavid Kilshaw, private client services partner at EY, said the chancellor\u2019s cut to the headline CGT rates would be a \u201cshot in the arm for the stock market, with investors in stocks and shares being the main winners\u201d.\nThe government\u2019s thinking appears to have been to try to make the UK\u2019s CGT rates more internationally competitive.\nBusiness groups who suggested there should be a review of the CGT rate include the CBI, which has warned that \u201cdifficulty in accessing long-term growth capital inhibits some of the UK\u2019s highest potential medium-sized businesses\u201d.\nHowever, it was the juxtaposition of the proposed cuts to disability benefits with the cuts to CGT, corporation tax and the raising of the threshold at which people pay the higher rate of income tax that caused a threatened rebellion among Conservative MPs and led to Duncan Smith\u2019s resignation.\nProminent Muslims call for calm after Glasgow shopkeeper's killing\nStamp duty hikes could offer a good opportunity for first time buyers\nNew year fireworks: mark new year around the world (video)\n\u099c\u09be\u09b2\u09bf\u09df\u09be\u09a4\u09bf \u09b9\u09df\u09c7\u099b\u09bf\u09b2 \u09ac\u09cd\u09b0\u09c7\u0995\u09cd\u09b8\u09bf\u099f \u0997\u09a3\u09ad\u09cb\u099f\u09c7\u0993", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 165, "original_length": 12019, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 266.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://shop.soniccathedral.co.uk/album/someplace-else", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:22Z", "digest": "sha1:GXQMGD7ZVWNXHA5QZNGQRJDS4TO47SQ4", "length": 154, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "shop.soniccathedral.co.uk", "title": "Someplace Else | Sonic Cathedral", "raw_content": "Sitting Here Blue In A Hotel Room 05:28\nAndrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser appear courtesy of Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 1460, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.62, "perplexity": 142.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://silvertonfriends.org/2017/03/09/influence-of-quaker-women/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:41Z", "digest": "sha1:MMV3SLWLQO4OMVKAIA5YRKRFB44RNHIY", "length": 1804, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "silvertonfriends.org", "title": "Influence of Quaker Women | Silverton Friends Church Influence of Quaker Women \u2013 Silverton Friends Church", "raw_content": "Influence of Quaker Women\nPosted on March 9, 2017 by silvertonfriends\nA little Quaker history lesson for this International Woman\u2019s Day:\nOn July 13, 1848, five women sat around a mahogany table and planned a revolution. Six days later the revolution began; in the small town of Seneca Falls in upstate New York the world\u2019s first woman\u2019s rights convention was held, and a Declaration of Women\u2019s Rights was proclaimed and signed by one hundred participants. Any question about the historical significance of this event was soon dispelled by the vehemence of the reaction, as both the press and the clergy denounced these desexed females for stepping out of their sphere.\nOf the five women who planned the convention, four were members of the Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers, as they are more familiarly known. The fifth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, had come to the tea party to see her old friend and long time role model, Lucretia Mott from Philadelphia, a Quaker minister who had been advocating women\u2019s rights for the past forty years.\nAlthough Quakers had been numerous in the colonial period and had predominated for a time in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, they represented only a tiny percentage of the American population by 1848. Yet their influence in such fields as the abolition of slavery, the reform of prisons, the fair treatment of Native Americans, and especially the rights of women was far in excess of their numerical strength. It has been estimated that Quaker women comprised thirty percent of the women abolitionists, and fifteen percent of the suffragists born before 1830. (From \u201cMother\u2019s of Feminism\u201d by Margaret Hope Bacon)\nTHIS IS OUR HISTORY AND WE SHOULD BE PROUD!\nWE CELEBRATE WOMEN, TODAY!\nPrevious PostLent begins with Ash WednesdayNext PostCommunity Palm Sunday Service", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 64, "original_length": 3523, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 173.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://simplyonthegrid.com/tag/washington/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:03Z", "digest": "sha1:HK4ZQVRMBXMDEHSH3ODUPYW22RITQ2UW", "length": 1063, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "simplyonthegrid.com", "title": "Washington | Living Simply And Still On The Grid", "raw_content": "Views From Nationals Park in Southeast Washington, D.C.\nWork In Progress, your full-service blog, is now using the WordPress Theme \u201cTwenty-Eleven,\u201d the better to showcase photographs. Advertisements\nPosted in Gallery, Photos\t| Tagged America, Nationals Park, Photos, Washington\t| 2 Replies\nBaseball History Made in Washington (National League Playoffs 2012)\nIt only happens about once a century: A Washington baseball team representing the Nation\u2019s Capital playing in the postseason! Last time was in 1933, when each league had eight teams, and the Washington Senators played in the World Series. Now baseball has expanded to many more cities, and two rounds of postseason playoffs lead up to the World Series.\nThe Washington Nationals in the field, the St. Louis Cardinals at bat, view of the field from the nosebleed seats on the third-base side of Nationals Park, one of America\u2019s great new ballparks.\nPosted in History, Life\t| Tagged Baseball, National League, Nationals Park, Photos, Playoffs, St Louis Cardinals, Washington, Washington Nationals\t| 3 Replies", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 192, "original_length": 7134, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 273.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://sissymaereads.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-truth-about-cowboys-by-lisa-renee.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:10:47Z", "digest": "sha1:W7PAKEXO3QU2ADQEEY2Z6U4C2XPYWE3Y", "length": 517, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "sissymaereads.blogspot.com", "title": "Romance Book Reviews For You: The Truth About Cowboys by Lisa Renee Jones Cover Reveal", "raw_content": "Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43593386-the-truth-about-cowboys\nPurchase Link: https://www.amazon.com/Truth-About-Cowboys-Renee-Jones-ebook/dp/B07MYX888W/\nEntangled Publishing: https://entangledpublishing.com/the-truth-about-cowboys.html\nRafflecopter Information:\nDirect Link: http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/1cb554951318/?\nWebsite: http://www.lisareneejones.com/\nTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/lisareneejones\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisareneejones/\nLabels: @LisaReneeJones", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 90, "original_length": 6400, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.7, "perplexity": 214.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://sites.google.com/view/mikebombon", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:53Z", "digest": "sha1:D4MQ5UTTN7QZ6YVNZB4RHZKYSRS6XHJ7", "length": 167, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "sites.google.com", "title": "MICHAEL BOMBON", "raw_content": "MICHAEL BOMBON\nHi, I'm a product designer.\nThese are my favorite projects I've worked on, with many talented teams and people in the industry.\nSpark Phone\nDX80 Concept", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 26, "original_length": 427, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 280.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://sixtysixdaysofsarah.com/2012/10/19/day-3-my-favorite-rainy-day-adventure/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:21:07Z", "digest": "sha1:7AHA7TBZJRXWHFXPLAHBRUNYSH2C7U5O", "length": 1234, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "sixtysixdaysofsarah.com", "title": "Day 3: My favorite rainy day adventure\u2026 | sixty six days of sarah", "raw_content": "\u2190 Day 2: Pedicure for no particular reason\nBoxed Wine and Frankenweenie! \u2192\nDay 3: My favorite rainy day adventure\u2026\nHey adoring fans (aka my new neighbor that I made read my blog today)!\nSooooo, tonight I am going to do something that I\u2019ve done before, but wanted to make sure to do again before the EOW and tonight seems like a perfect night!\nBest thing to do on a rainy night in Manhattan?\nAre you on the edge of your seat?\nI\u2019m going to go to the movies\u2026.AND smuggle in boxed wine!\nCome on! We\u2019ve all done it. It\u2019s fun. I hope to do it again before the EOW but I have so many things to get done, I\u2019m not sure if I\u2019ll have time (the lottery is not going to win itself). The movie: Frankenweenie. Yes, I know it\u2019s a kids movie, but it\u2019s Tim Burton and it\u2019s almost Halloween, and it got good reviews, and my dog is my best friend, and shut the Hell up I don\u2019t care what you think. I hope everyone gets a chance to do it before the end of you know what!\nNow the only question is\u2026. cabernet or pinot noir?\n1 carton of wine, 2 friends, and 3 or so hours later\u2026.\nFrankenweenie was awesome! My neighbors (Bridgette and Justin\u2026very cool cats) joined me to the Lincoln Center Lowes to see the movie. Then we all came home and hugged our dogs \ud83d\ude42", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 3338, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 336.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://sklawyers.com.au/faq/what-are-the-different-types-of-lawyers/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:23Z", "digest": "sha1:JTQ37BKGYYYRV2WXM5WM26P47HZ7JRRA", "length": 380, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "sklawyers.com.au", "title": "What are the different types of lawyers? - Sewell & Kettle Lawyers", "raw_content": "There are two different types of lawyer in Australia \u2013 solicitors and barristers. The main difference between solicitors and barristers is that while solicitors do most of their work outside courtrooms, barristers focus on practising litigation inside courtrooms. Barristers don\u2019t usually accept direct retainers from clients because they prefer to receive briefs from solicitors.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 1408, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 315.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://smartland.com/private-equity/privacy-policy/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:40:07Z", "digest": "sha1:I64AQNZCQDFSVHVN7PF6ESTPTTKMKIWT", "length": 2380, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "smartland.com", "title": "Privacy Policy | Smartland", "raw_content": "Smartland. com is designed to provide visitors with crucial information regarding the Smartland company and its services as well as real estate investment and Self-Directed IRAs. In accessing Smartland.com you agree to the Terms and Conditions of the site as well as its privacy policy, detailed below. If you do not agree to these terms Smartland does not permit you access to Smartland.com.\nThe intended purpose of Smartland.com is to provide visitors with information regarding services provided by Smartland and financial/investment planning. Smartland.com ensures no guarantee that its privacy policy adheres to the privacy laws and regulations of any country excepting the United States.\nSmartland.com utilizes cookies in order to collect and analyze data pertaining to visitor traffic to and around the website. A cookie is a small text file that is downloaded onto your computer upon entry to the site. Our cookies are used for the sole purpose of recording website traffic. We use your Smartland.com traffic history to ensure that you receive all of the information you are looking for on our site. No personal information is ever collected. Under no circumstances is the information stored on your cookie shared with any person or corporate entity not in affiliation with Smartland. Cookies can be easily disabled or deleted in your web browser at any time.\nEmail addresses collected by Smartland.com are collected only when voluntarily offered by clients and visitors to the site. Under no circumstances is this information shared with any person or corporate entity not in affiliation with Smartland. Email addresses acquired by Smartland.com are used solely for the circulation of a monthly newsletter and occasional emails as well as the answering of any inquiries made by address holders. You may opt out of our mailing list at any time.\nThe privacy policy of Smartland.com is subject to change at any time deemed appropriate by Smartland. Any changes to the privacy policy will be reflected in an update of this page. Smartland is not obligated to notify users of any changes made and visitors are held to the privacy policy current at the time of access. Smartland.com advises visitors to regularly review our privacy policy.\nIf you have any additional questions regarding the privacy policy of Smartland.com, please do not hesitate to contact us at 440-374-8403.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 4742, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 313.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://snre.arizona.edu/snre-professors-contribute-national-climate-change-report-0", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:39Z", "digest": "sha1:MXDBMNZHB4F5Z3EVXLUOAM2JNOWANR4R", "length": 1002, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "snre.arizona.edu", "title": "SNRE Professors Contribute to National Climate Change Report | Natural Resources and the Environment", "raw_content": "Home / SNRE Professors Contribute to National Climate Change Report\nSNRE Professors Contribute to National Climate Change Report\nSix researchers from the University of Arizona, including SNRE's Professors James L. Buizer, Gregg Garfin, and David Breshears, contributed to the second volume of the National Climate Assessment, a report on the impacts of climate change on the United States. The report, titled Impacts, Risks and Adaptation in the United States, was released Friday and is written by over 300 authors.\nDr. Garfin, who is a lead author on the Southwest chapter of the report recently spoke to KTAR News, saying \u201cIt\u2019s an up-to-date and authoritative source of information about climate change and its observed and potential effects in the U.S.\" Dr. Breshears also contributed to the Southwest chapter, while James L. Buizer is contributed to the Climate Effects on U.S. International Interests chapter.\nRead the report or the article from KTAR News\nImage: Photo by Michael Held on Unsplash", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 67, "original_length": 2144, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 261.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://socalelite.org/2018-19-basketball-winter-league-rookie-uniform-pickup-reminder-2-2-2-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:28:02Z", "digest": "sha1:HN7C2O6CJTEG5XMNP5MFFKF5VZX2PZZ5", "length": 266, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "socalelite.org", "title": "2018-19 SCE Winter League - HS Week 1 Reminder/Details - SoCal Elite Sports", "raw_content": "Week 1 is expected to last for 2 hours, from 2 PM to 4 PM at Irvine High School Ct. 1 on Sunday, 12/2/18.\nIn the first hour, players will be evaluated by our trainers and teams will be established.\nJerseys will then be handed out and week 1 games will begin at 3 PM.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 86, "original_length": 2160, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 154.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://socialgoals.blogspot.com/2017/12/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:26Z", "digest": "sha1:6LIY37ZSB7JS4VY73MUVNX25KQLXGNXQ", "length": 12955, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "socialgoals.blogspot.com", "title": "Social Policy Bonds blog: December 2017", "raw_content": "What do we actually want?\nOne reason I don't watch tv programmes about wildlife is given by George Monbiot:\nTo be aware of the wonder and enchantment of the world, its astonishing creatures and complex interactions, and to be aware simultaneously of the remarkably rapid destruction of almost every living system, is to take on a burden of grief that is almost unbearable. The unseen world, George Monbiot, 28 December\nNeither have I read all of Tipping point for planet Earth, which ends:\nThe world really is poised to roll in one of two different directions. One direction leads us right over an environmental tipping point....The other direction leads to the bright future that our children want, and that we all want. Ending up at that future requires building communication bridges, and enhancing our global awareness, to the point that a critical mass of the global society and world leaders recognises our current environmental problems as real, and begins fixing them before it\u2019s too late. If we can get to that kind of tipping point we\u2019re in good shape, because we\u2019ve already got much of the technology we need, and people are incredibly clever when they\u2019re motivated. Tipping point for planet Earth, Anthony Barnovsky, July 2016\nWe are all the beneficiaries of a degraded environment. I don't just mean those of us who fly or drive or buy supermarket food. I mean everyone on the planet. By destroying the environment we have allowed a massive increase in the quantity of life, and we ourselves, our lives, are the result. Without past environmental destruction the earth would be supporting far fewer people. Many of us are also beneficiaries in that we enjoy a life of abundant food, good health and material wealth. My point is that any campaign or reframing, must start with recognising that It's not us versus them. We are all 'us'. If we do actually want future generations to face brighter prospects we, the 'critical mass of global society' need to encourage our 'world leaders' to express that goal in some form that will motivate people to do something about it. Statements of intent aren't enough.\nTo be more pragmatic, I suggest reframing the discussion in terms of explicit, agreed, meaningful, environmental goals. Not, as at present, about rights, processes, activities, or funding of institutions. Broad goals that are meaningful to all of us, such as reductions in the levels of pollution of our air and water, or so that instead of trying to monitor and pin down polluters of our air and water, we'd agree on and target the quality of our air and water. Instead of trying to target the average planetary temperature, we'd target for reduction the harm done (to humans, animals and plants) by adverse climatic events. These are goals that mean something to everyone and there is more consensus over what we need than about how to get there. Talking about outcomes makes trade-offs clearer, and brings more participation and buy-in into environmental policy. My piece on Environmental Policy Bonds goes into more detail and discusses how we can use the market's incentives and efficiencies to achieve environmental goals. (I've also written about climate change.) Efficiency is part of it, but the first step, which we have not taken, is to articulate and reward the achievement of agreed, explicit and meaningful goals.\nPlanet to government: humility required\nHelena Bottemiller Evich writes about research done by Irakli Loladze on the effects of a changing atmosphere on the nutritional content of plants:\n\u201cEvery leaf and every grass blade on earth makes more and more sugars as CO2 levels keep rising,\u201d Loladze said. \u201cWe are witnessing the greatest injection of carbohydrates into the biosphere in human history\u2015[an] injection that dilutes other nutrients in our food supply.\u201d ... Within the category of plants known as \u201cC3\u201d\u2015which includes approximately 95 percent of plant species on earth, including ones we eat like wheat, rice, barley and potatoes\u2015elevated CO2 has been shown to drive down important minerals like calcium, potassium, zinc and iron. The great nutrient collapse, Helena Bottemiller Evich, 'Politico' 13 September\nThe loss seems to be of the order of 8 percent or less, but the implications for humans and for the species that eat and pollinate these plants are uncertain. (See here for a spirited debate.) Policymakers prefer to focus on variables that they can influence or control. In agriculture, the focus has been on yields: that is, the mass of crops per unit of land area. Many governments have funded agricultural extension and research institutes with the main aim of maximising yields. Reasons for this are understandable; memories of wartime shortages, for instance. For yields, cause and effect are relatively easy to identify, as are the effects of time lags. There are costs, though, which take the form of depleted soil, polluted water (pdf), loss of wildlife habitat and, as we see, nutrient depletion.\nWhat does this have to do with social policy, or with Social Policy Bonds? Simply this: Social Policy Bonds would change policymakers' focus from things that they can influence, to problems that society wants to solve. So, rather than simply aim to maximise food production, for instance, we'd focus on improving society's health, broadly defined. If nutrient depletion worsens society's health, its effects would be captured by components of our targeted health goal including, probably, Quality Adjusted Life Years, infant mortality and longevity. It would be up to bondholders, motivated to find the most efficient ways of achieving our health goal, to work out whether, and how, to deal with nutrient depletion. No government, no single organisation, the way policy is made now, has the incentive or the capacity to address problems that we do not fully understand, using science that is inescapably out of date. Our social and physical environments are too complicated for any government to understand. Instead, they should be looking at desirable social and environmental outcomes, and setting up a system that motivates people to achieve them. If they use Social Policy Bonds, they'd be doing that, and injecting the market's incentives and efficiencies into all the stages necessary to achieve those outcomes. Focusing on any particular variable, whether it be greenhouse gas emissions, numbers of smokers, or hospital waiting times - or crop yields - just isn't good enough any more.\nFor more about Social Policy Bonds see here. For more about how the Social Policy Bond concept can be applied to health see here. For my views on agricultural policy see here and here.\nClay Shirky writes about Joseph Tainter's 1988 book The Collapse of Complex Societies.\nOne of the interesting questions about Tainter\u2019s thesis is whether markets and democracy, the core mechanisms of the modern world, will let us avoid complexity-driven collapse, by keeping any one group of elites from seizing unbroken control. This is, as Tainter notes in his book, an open question. There is, however, one element of complex society into which neither markets nor democracy reach\u2014bureaucracy.even when moderate adjustments could be made, they tend to be resisted, because any simplification discomfits elites. Clay Shirky, The Collapse of Complex Business Models, April 2010 (?)\nIn my view, these elites include the bureaucrats themselves. As Mr Shirky writes: \"In a bureaucracy, it\u2019s easier to make a process more complex than to make it simpler, and easier to create a new burden than kill an old one.\" There are too many powerful people with an interest in maintaining the complex way we do things. This includes policymaking. It suits vested interests to keep it complex and arcane, so that only they or, more likely, their paid agents, can follow and influence it.\nSocial Policy Bonds would simplify policymaking because policy goals would be expressed in terms that ordinary people can understand. Goals would be explicit, transparent and meaningful to ordinary citizens, who could then engage in the policymaking process. If Trainter's thesis is correct, it might well be the complexity of our politics that precipitates societal collapse: too few of us understand it, so we have very little buy-in to the process and its institutions. In the west we are seeing the result of this lack of buy-in: extreme polarisation, whereby different views are barely tolerated. Yet buy-in is going to be essential if we are to face up to urgent, huge challenges facing all of us: climate change for instance, or nuclear proliferation.\nSocial Policy Bonds could help remove unnecessary complexity further down the track, when it comes to solving our social problems. Under a bond regime, inefficient operators would be penalised - whoever they are - and only efficient approaches would receive funds. It would be the self-interest of bondholders that would ensure this: their goal would be exactly congruent with those of society: to achieve our social goals as efficiently as possible. There might still be complexity in achieving these goals, but only if it boosted efficiency. The contrast with today's system, in which complexity is almost a deliberate ploy to deter scrutiny, would be total.\nFree market? Don't believe it\nThere's a lot of lip service paid to the notion of the free market, as if competition, at least over the long run, will lead to economic efficiency. There are many problems with this. The biggest, in my view, is that we now have political systems that not only entrench wealth and income inequalities, they extend them. This seems to be an almost worldwide phenomenon. Our governments and big business now act as a coalition, very often acting against the interests of ordinary people and small businesses. Inequality on a staggering scale is both the result of policies favouring the rich, and the stimulus to more of them.\nTake this excerpt from a review of The Captured Economy: How the Powerful Enrich Themselves, Slow Down Growth, and Increase Inequality, by Brink Lindsey and Steven Teles, discussing the US economy:\nOf the firms that enjoyed returns on invested capital of 25% or more in 2003, 85% were still earning returns that high a decade later. The authors put forward four case studies to illustrate the choking spread of rent-seeking behaviour. Implicit and explicit government subsidies to the financial industry enrich bankers and sow the seeds of crisis, for example, but have done little to boost growth. Increasingly strong intellectual-property protections have not unleashed a torrent of new ideas, but have instead swelled the earnings of top firms, which wield their patents and copyrights menacingly at would-be innovators. The cost to negotiate reams of licence agreements, and the risk of lawsuits, can stymie the most determined of entrepreneurs. Analyses of occupational licensing and land-use rules turn up similarly skewed policies: they benefit those already on top at the expense of society as a whole. How America\u2019s economy is rigged by special interests, the 'Economist', 2 December\nHaving been involved in agriculture, I have seen how corrupt, insane policies can persist for decades. More important than their benefiting bureaucrats and fraudsters, is that they enrich people and corporations sufficiently to finance opposition to their being withdrawn. No trick is too low. I think much of the reason for the persistence of profligate policies like agricultural subsidy programmes, and those competition-stifling regulatory barriers described above, is that our policymaking process is too protracted and complex for ordinary people to follow unless, of course, they are paid to do so.\nOne of the benefits of Social Policy Bonds is that they would define explicit, transparent policy goals that are meaningful to ordinary people. This would make the policymaking process itself more accessible. And when people understand what a policy is all about, we can participate more in its development, refinement, and implementation. We should also better understand the limitations and trade-offs that are intrinsic to public policymaking when resources are limited \u2013 as they always are. A hugely important benefit arising from this will be buy-in: having been consulted when our social goals are being formulated, we are more likely to participate in achieving them. The widening gap between politicians and the citizens they are supposed to represent would begin to close. Bondholders and their paid agents would experiment with different approaches to solving our social and environmental problems and, no doubt, they will try some that are useless or worse. But - unlike in today's policymaking world, with its entrenched interests - they will have every incentive to terminate their failures. We'd still need regulation and licensing, but they would be means to ends that are wanted by ordinary people, not corporations and other powerful interests.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 276, "original_length": 20139, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 292.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://solarbuildermag.com/financing/institutional-investors-to-double-renewable-energy-allocations-globally-but-hurdles-remain/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:31Z", "digest": "sha1:RHMMNKTBZSOQQYMZGVYXBFREQ5QK2ZYJ", "length": 4179, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "solarbuildermag.com", "title": "Institutional investors to double renewable energy allocations globally over next five years, but hurdles remain | Solar Builder Institutional investors to double renewable energy allocations globally over next five years, but hurdles remain | Solar Builder", "raw_content": "Institutional investors plan to almost double portfolio allocations to renewable energy over the next five years. An estimated $210 billion from investors surveyed for a new report launched by Octopus today, is expected to flow into the asset class over the period.\nThe report, The green investor: why institutional investing holds the key to a renewable energy future, is based on a survey of global institutional investors with a collective $6.8 trillion of assets under management*. It reveals that allocations to renewables will increase from 4.4% to 7.1% over the next five years. Of those institutions currently invested in renewables, more than two-fifths (42%) expect to increase allocations by as much as 10%.\nWhat is driving investment?\nCurrent market volatility and the perceived end of the market bull run is driving increased allocations to renewable infrastructure. Two-thirds (66%) of renewable energy investors surveyed cite diversification as the main driver prompting them to invest in the sector. This is closely followed by the pursuit of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) credentials, with more than half (58%) of institutions invested in the sector choosing renewables primarily to fulfill ESG criteria. Almost half (48%) cite predictable cash flows as a primary driver into renewable infrastructure.\nYet despite increasing investor appetite for renewables, the report reveals a number of challenges to overcome, to open up additional investment in the sector:\n\u2022 Energy price uncertainty: over half of respondents (56%) identify energy price uncertainty as a challenge for them when pursuing investment in renewables.\n\u2022 Liquidity issues: two fifths (41%) cite liquidity issues as a challenge.\n\u2022 Operating, implementation and execution costs: more than a third (34%) find costs to be a challenge.\n\u2022 Lack of scale: a third (34%) find they do not have the size and scale to pursue renewables.\n\u2022 Government and regulatory barriers: a third (33%) cite government and regulatory barriers as a challenge to investing. Of those surveyed, the biggest factor that would cause them to increase investment in renewables would be better support and policies from government (52%).\nThe International Renewable Energy Agency estimates $1.7 trillion of investment is needed between 2015 and 2030 to meet global renewable energy targets to combat climate change. According to Octopus, investment from institutions in renewables will need to increase to deliver this required investment. To drive additional investment these challenges must be addressed.\nCommenting on the report\u2019s findings, Matt Setchell, Co-head of Energy Investments at Octopus, said: \u201cInstitutional investors are waking up to the investment opportunity that comes with securing a renewable future. There is much to celebrate in the report. However, while institutional investors\u2019 contributions are on the increase there remains a long way to go to plug the funding gap. We cannot afford to view increased allocations as \u2018job done\u2019. More needs to be done to unblock investment to help tackle climate change. Acting now is not an option; it is a necessity.\n\u201cOur report identifies the key barriers that need to be overcome to enable institutional capital to support a renewables future. Clarity on policy from government; flexible investment opportunities to suit investor needs and skilled managers who are able to identify and offset risks will be crucial to unlocking further institutional investment into the sector.\u201d\nTo address the funding gap, Octopus has set out a three-point plan for unblocking the institutional investment needed to deliver a renewable future:\n1. Educate investors on underlying risks, particularly energy price uncertainty so that they understand how market fluctuations may impact their returns.\n2. Mitigate risk through a team of specialists that reduce both operational and commercial (energy price) risks alongside using existing scale to benefit investors.\n3. Create more choice by tailoring investments into renewable energy assets to combine assets across technologies, jurisdictions and energy price exposure to fit different risk-return appetite from investors.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 100, "original_length": 7680, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 330.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://solideogloria.me/2018/04/27/what-is-happening-in-california-lessons-from-legislation/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:15Z", "digest": "sha1:IYP25EM6ZDPHJNPLLXVLG6GTY65DGNCC", "length": 4591, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "solideogloria.me", "title": "What Is Happening in California? Lessons from Legislation | Soli Deo Gloria", "raw_content": "What Is Happening in California? Lessons from Legislation\nI do like these places, especially the open access\nIn the past week news enthusiasts have been treated to quite the display of peculiar and extraordinary headlines from California, even more than normal. Some have shared the desire for the entire state to secede from the United States, while others want to introduce legislation to break the state into three independent states. In these, we\u2019ve seen many decry the liberalism that permeates it, with even self-ascribed liberals finding themselves concerned about the extreme limits that are being promoted. Recent legislation not only elevated those concerns but caught the attention of Christians nationwide.\nPassing the assembly, AB 2943, is a bill that has scared Christians because it carries such a broad scope of implications. While fixating on the point that it would make it illegal to offer counseling to those wanting to avoid same-sex attraction, many have overlooked the fact that the bill goes further by making it illegal to promote such views through the selling of conferences, teachings, books, materials, etc.\nTherefore, when the bill passed the assembly with a 50-18 vote on April 19th and headed towards the California Senate, the reactions have been intense. Some have reacted fiercely to defend such an action while others have responded with fear about the significance of what has taken place. As a result, there are several things Christians must consider.\n2 Primary Questions\nIs There Anything to be Concerned About?\nThe legal language employed in the bill and the fact that it is a consumer protection act brings confusion to many people. It seems the bill is nothing more than a gesture of good faith to protect consumers from fraud. However, the concern comes in the fact that the bill not only defines goods and services very broadly (something that is typical) but it gets very specific late on by banning advertising, offering to engage in, or engaging in any practice that seeks to change an individual\u2019s sexual orientation (1).\nThis bill then seeks to infringe on two very basic concepts that came at the inception of our country: freedom of speech and freedom of religion. Certainly then, we must be very concerned about the impact this can have upon Christianity (and I\u2019ll throw out there that any religion that suggests homosexuality is a sin must be concerned about this also).\nIs There Legitimate Concern that the Bible Will be Banned?\nIt\u2019s frustrating that when you look at several organizations charged with \u2018fact-checking\u2019 information so that people will not be misled, actually mislead also by their direct denial of the impact this bill has. They fail to acknowledge that the scope of this bill is extensive and such a broadness has the ability to shutter Bible and book distribution that is not in agreement with those who have their own agendas.\nConsumers would probably not know for sure if the Bible will be banned until it is challenged at the court level. However, the bill certainly opens the door and gives California the ability to enforce this repercussion from the initial passage. If this impact were not a legitimate concern, it would not have been necessary for member Al Muratsuchi to defend the bill by saying that people of the faith community need to evolve with the times. That statement itself contains a bit of irony in that Bible-believing Christians would deny evolution, but that\u2019s another story. Why defend against something that supposedly will not be impacted anyway?\nIn light of these events, I suspect that many Christians will find themselves surprised that a \u2018free\u2019 country may be in the process of imposing such restrictions. However, the revolution that has continued to take our nation from religiously tolerant to religiously intolerant is occurring about as quickly as the exodus that took place to free itself from religious oppression while searching for religious freedom. That quickness takes one\u2019s breath away with the questions of what should be done and what should be learned. These questions will be addressed next week.\n(1) In the interest of fair disclosure, this definition is my paraphrase based on the combination of a couple of phrases found within the bill. This is not meant to mislead, but to actually offer clarity. I trust that if you read the bill directly you will find I am not misrepresenting the bill.\nPhoto \u201cCalifornia State Senate\u201d courtesy of user Jon Connell and Flickr.\nWhat is happening in California? Lessons from Legislation (Part 2)\nHigh King of Heaven ~ A Book Review", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 37, "original_length": 5023, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 285.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://sowndhaus.audio/track/11557/what-have-i-done-to-love-you-pet-shop-boys-vs-ne-yo", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:04Z", "digest": "sha1:WQNWJKGLQWNZ4PCSJDHUDVCOXCC3ZVP2", "length": 166, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "sowndhaus.audio", "title": "What Have I Done To Love You (Pet Shop Boys vs. Ne-Yo) - SowndHaus", "raw_content": "What Have I Done To Love You (Pet Shop Boys vs. Ne-Yo)\nNe-You - Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself)\nI follow the DJ (Diam's / Lykke Li) (2015)\n#petshop", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 1400, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.63, "perplexity": 257.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://spaceflightnow.com/2018/09/21/photos-final-delta-2-launch-shines-before-dawn-in-california/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:59Z", "digest": "sha1:LWNICKWDR5WZRRZN4HUO2S7MQOJONQUK", "length": 1692, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "spaceflightnow.com", "title": "Photos: Final Delta 2 launch shines before dawn in California \u2013 Spaceflight Now", "raw_content": "Photos: Final Delta 2 launch shines before dawn in California\nFlying for the 155th and final time, a United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket took off from California on Sept. 15 with NASA\u2019s ICESat 2 satellite.\nThe 128-foot-tall (39-meter) Delta 2 rocket climbed away from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 6:02 a.m. PDT (9:02 a.m. EDT; 1302 GMT) on Sept. 15, riding around 650,000 pounds of thrust from a kerosene-fueled main engine and four solid rocket boosters.\nWithin a few seconds, the Delta 2 disappeared into a low cloud bank hanging over the military-run spaceport on California\u2019s Central Coast, leaving only a rumble in its wake as the rocket arced southward over the Pacific Ocean.\nLess than an hour after liftoff, the Delta 2\u2019s second stage released NASA\u2019s ICESat 2 spacecraft in orbit nearly 300 miles (nearly 500 kilometers) above Earth, beginning a mission to measure changes in Earth\u2019s land and sea ice using lasers.\nThe launch was the last flight of a Delta 2 rocket, and its iconic \u201cDelta Blue\u201d paint scheme, ending a nearly 30-year run of rocket flights that carried 48 GPS navigation satellites into orbit, dispatched NASA probes to Mercury, Mars, the moon, asteroids and comets, and deployed numerous commercial and military payloads.\nThe photos posted below show the Delta 2\u2019s liftoff from Space Launch Complex 2-West at Vandenberg, beginning with the fiery exhaust expelled from the rocket\u2019s RS-27A main engine, followed moments later by ignition of the four strap-on solid rocket boosters.\nCredit: Alex Polimeni/Spaceflight Now\nICESat 2\nQ&A with Mimi Aung, Mars Helicopter project manager at JPL (members only)\nLive coverage: Atlas 5 countdown and launch journal", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 122, "original_length": 4941, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 308.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://spark.adobe.com/page/CceAYpE5YYgFs/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:59Z", "digest": "sha1:PJVL22EKEZECYNJDXUNO6Y42XZ5DQDGM", "length": 1572, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "spark.adobe.com", "title": "The World Around Us", "raw_content": "The World Around Us The study of nature\nHow can we build understanding about the world independent of the human act of measuring it?\nOur understanding about the world can never be independent from the human act of measuring it. As Phil Plait discusses in his article Science IS Imagination, he complaints that people do not understand science, the study of nature, because they misunderstand science as a dictionary where truth lies within. In his article, Plait believes imagination is what propels scientific discoveries. He proposed that science is more dynamic than simply categorizing the natural world; it is imagination that inspires the people in history to keep exploring until they find the ultimate truth. As imagination inspires and motivates, the further investigations confirm a scientific theory\u2019s validity. Science is not what is there; it is what we know that is there. Thus the human act of measuring will always be an integral part of any scientific discoveries.\nMany people regard science as purely what IS there, that should be strictly measured. Yet it is also imperative to understand the very fact that science is done by humans, emotional beings that doesn't necessarily operate as programmed robots to fulfill only specific requirements. As we are born with the ability to imagine, science, the very tool we use to observe and more importantly to understand the world, shall also be used with our imagination. Not only does imagination inspire us, furthermore it provide us accessibility to things that we cannot physically percept or understand.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 24, "original_length": 2211, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 309.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://spinditty.com/playlists/Romantic-Songs-Favorite-Country-Music-Love-Songs", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:20Z", "digest": "sha1:4UFY4LCXLKCCR7GHNDJ2H2YDVM3EXHQV", "length": 10875, "nlines": 79, "source_domain": "spinditty.com", "title": "Favorite Country Music Love Songs | Spinditty", "raw_content": "Rose Mary is an Air Force veteran and an Occupational Therapist. She enjoys live entertainment and has been to scores of concerts and shows.\nThese are some of my favorite romantic Country Music love songs. So many great songs, so little time. Country Music is not my primary genre, but it was what my folks always listened to. So, as it turns out, I have a lot of country in my personal music collection. I had no trouble coming up with 12 great romantic love songs. I hope you enjoy them. I have included what album the songs can be found on, but most are available for streaming as singles on Amazon.\nSongs in this article:\nWhen I Said I Do, Clint Black and Lisa Hartman\nIt\u2019s Your Love, Tim and Faith\nAmanda, Waylon Jennings\nCarrying Your Love With Me, George Strait\nSmokey Mt Rain, Ronnie Milsap\nI Always Get Lucky With You, George Jones\nAlways on My Mind, Willie Nelson\nYou\u2019ve Got a Way, Shania Twain\nI Need You, LeAnn Rimes\nShe Believes in Me, Kenny Rogers\nI Will Always Love You, Dolly Parton\n\"When I Said I Do\", Clint Black and Lisa Hartman, 1999\nThe beautifully romantic song, \"When I Said I Do\", was written by Clint Black and performed by Black and his wife Lisa Hartman. It was released on the album D\u2019lectrified in 1999. In 1991, Black married actress Lisa Hartman, who played a singer on Knot\u2019s Landing. The Blacks had a daughter in 2001, and Clint Black took 3 years off to enjoy being a dad.\nThe vocals are impressive on this song. Equally impressive are the lyrics, which include: \u201cWhen I said I do, I meant that I will 'til the end of all time, be faithful and true, devoted to you.\u201d\nI own D'lectrified. It is a bargain, with 15 tracks. \"Are You Sure Waylon Done It This Way\" is a nod to Jennings. There are 3 other collaborative songs in addition to the one with his wife- Bruce Hornsby, Kenny Loggins, and Steve Wariner.\nTim McGraw and Faith Hill | Source\n\"It\u2019s Your Love\", Tim and Faith, 1997\n\"It\u2019s Your Love\" was written by Stephony Smith, and had previously been recorded, but did not gain recognition until it was recorded by Country Music couple Tim McGraw and Faith Hill on Tim\u2019s album Everywhere in 1997.\nMost would agree that Tim and Faith, who married in 1996, are easy on the eyes. McGraw has spoken endearingly about his good fortune in marrying Faith, seemingly suggesting that he doesn\u2019t deserve her. He sings convincingly \u201cIf you asked me why I\u2019ve changed, all I gotta do is say your sweet name.\u201d\n\"Amanda\", Waylon Jennings\n\"Amanda\" was recorded by Waylon Jennings in 1979, and spent 3 weeks in the number one spot on the charts. His original version is on the album The Ramblin' Man, and a remixed version 4 1/2 years later on his first greatest hits album.\nPrior to his popularity as a solo artist, Jennings played bass for Buddy Holly. He married Jessi Colter in 1969, his fourth, but lasting marriage. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001, and passed away in 2002.\n\"Amanda\" is a song about a rough man who clearly thinks he does not deserve the love of his woman.\n\"Carrying Your Love With Me\", George Strait, 1997\nGeorge Strait, a native Texan, released \"Carrying Your Love with Me\" in 1997 on the album of the same name. The song was written by Jeff Stevens and Steve Bogard.\nStrait gained national attention in country music starting in the early 80s. George Strait has almost 40 hit albums, including 15 multi-platinums, and over 40 number one singles. He has garnered awards including Artist of the Decade, and has been inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.\n\"Smokey Mountain Rain\", Ronnie Milsap\nRonnie Milsap was nearly blind from birth, and progressively lost his sight throughout his childhood. He was raised by his grandmother and attended a school for the blind. He showed talent with music, and was educated in music from an early age. In the early 60s, his first professional music job was with J.J. Cale. Ashford & Simpson recorded several of his songs.\nMilsap recorded his first of many hit singles in 1973. \"Smokey Mountain Rain\", released as the first single of his 1980 Greatest Hits album, became a crossover hit.\nGeorge Jones | Source\n\"I Always Get Lucky With You\", George Jones, 1983\nGeorge Jones was known in Country Music as one of their greatest living legends, until his passing in April 2013. He was known as \u201cThe Possum\u201d, and also known as \u201cNo Show Jones\u201d from his numerous cancelled shows during the peak of his drinking years. I saw him with my mom in Branson MO and bought the tee shirt, \u201cI saw No Show Jones\u201d.\nHis second of 4 wives was Tammy Wynette. They had a string of hits together, and performed together years after their divorce.\nI first heard \"I Always Get Lucky With You\" sung by Merle Haggard, who was one of four writers of the song. I like Haggard\u2019s version, but something about Jones\u2019 vocals on this song really appeals to me.\n\"Always on My Mind\", Willie Nelson\nAlthough a prolific songwriter, Willie Nelson did not write \"Always on my Mind\". It was written by Johnny Christopher, Wayne Carson Thompson and Mark James, and published in 1972.\nIt was first recorded by Brenda Lee in 1972, and by Elvis the same year. It has now been recorded over 300 times, including recordings by the Pet Shop Boys, B.B. King and Michael Bubl\u00e9. For soap opera fans, a bit of trivia: The song was used repeatedly to chronicle the rocky times in the romance of Liz Chandler and Dr. Neil Curtis on Days of Our Lives. Liz sang the song to Neil at their wedding. Gloria Loring, who played Liz, was a singer with modest success, and the mother of singer Robin Thicke.\nWillie Nelson released \"Always on My Mind\" in 1982, on his album of the same name. The song won 3 Grammys and numerous other awards for the songwriters and Nelson in 1982 and 1983.\n\"Amazed\", Lonestar\n\"Amazed\" was released on Lonestar\u2019s 1999 CD Lonely Grill, and was a crossover hit, spending 8 weeks at number one on the country charts, and then hitting number one on Billboard Hot 100.\nThis was the first time a group or artist had achieved dual number ones since 1983 when Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton topped both charts with \"Islands in the Stream\".\n\"Amazed\" has great lyrics, like these lines: \u201cIt feels like the first time every time. I wanna spend the whole night in your eyes.\u201d What I like about this passage is the unexpected. As they sing, you just know they\u2019re going to sing \u201cin your arms\u201d, but they don\u2019t.\nI own the Lonely Grill CD, which has 12 tracks. Plenty of love songs, with other mellow ballads like \"All the Way\" and \"You Don't Know What Love Is\", and love lost on the track, \"Smile\".\n\"You\u2019ve Got a Way\", Shania Twain\n\"You\u2019ve Got a Way\" was on Canadian Shania Twain\u2019s CD Come On Over. It was co-written by Twain and her former husband, Mutt Lange. Recorded in 1997, Come On Over was not released to North American Country radio until 1999.\nThe song was nominated for a Grammy, and was featured in the Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant romantic comedy Notting Hill. The song has great lyrics like \u201cIt\u2019s in the way you want me. It\u2019s in the way you hold me. The way you show me just what love\u2019s made of. It\u2019s in the way we make love.\u201d\nI have Come on Over, which could almost be a greatest hits album! It includes another great love ballad, \"You're Still the One\", and two of her big-hit girl power songs, \"Man, I Feel Like a Woman\", and \"That Don't Impress Me Much\".\n\"I Need You\", LeAnn Rimes\nI wanted to include something by LeAnn Rimes because her voice caught my attention early in her career. Her debut CD, Blue was released in 1996. Early on, I felt her song choices were excellent. Not sure who made the choices. She was singing about adult love, long before she was an adult. In interviews she has credited her father with explaining the songs and feelings invoked.\nRimes won a Grammy for \"I Need You\", which was released on her album of the same name in 2002. She also won a Grammy for Best New Artist. She was the youngest artist to win a Grammy and the first Country artist to win Best New Artist.\n\"She Believes in Me\", Kenny Rogers\n\"She Believes in Me\" appeared on Kenny Rogers\u2019 1978 release, The Gambler. The song became one of Rogers\u2019 biggest crossover hits, ranking on the Billboard Country, Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts.\nKenny Rogers\u2019 career began in the mid-50s. He has won numerous awards, including American Music Awards, Grammys, Academy of Country Music and Country Music Association awards.\nDolly Parton | Source\nDolly Parton on Porter Wagoner, 1974, singing \"I Will Always Love You\"\nWhitney Houston, \"I Will Always Love You\", The Bodyguard\n\"I Will Always Love You\" was written by Dolly Parton, and released on her 1974 album Jolene. According to Parton, she wrote the song to Porter Wagoner, at the time they were dissolving their business relationship. Wagoner was not pleased that Dolly was leaving to pursue a solo career. This is the \u201cDolly\u201d version I\u2019ve selected for the first video above.\nParton recorded \"I Will Always Love You\" again in 1982 for Best Little Whore House. It then became the first time for a song to hit number one on the Billboard Country chart twice by the same artist. It also found crossover success. She recorded it a third time with Vince Gill in 1995. It found modest success at number 15 on the Country charts.\nWhen Whitney Houston recorded it in 1992, and it was featured in the film with Kevin Costner, The Bodyguard, it became one of the best selling singles of all time. I have also included Whitney\u2019s movie version above.\nMitch Alan\nClassics, one and all...great hub.\nMight have to do a similar hub myself. Keep Hubbing!\namynichter\n7 years ago from Canton, Ohio\nGreat selections! We used a few of these for our wedding reception!\nThanks for visiting DexisView. I'd agree there's a lot to like about Tim. I'd go see him- with binoculars!\nFun hub! Great song choices. Saw Tim live in concert. He was amazing!\nThanks for visiting and commenting hindisongs.\nhindisongs\nI am really grateful to have the information from this blog. I liked the blog as it has been written,the information i got from here.\nThanks habee as usual for your support. It is a great song. Hats off to Dolly for writing such a beautiful song. Did you know she turned Elvis down for recording it because Col Tom insisted on partial credit for songwriting or some such glitch?\n\"I Will Always Love You\" usually brings tears to my eyes. You've picked some winners here, Rose Mary!\nmow thanks so much for stopping by. I'm glad you liked my choices. I especially appreciate the compliment. I constantly struggle with organization in most things.\nThanks Paradise. Country's not bad for a respite, eh?\nTerrific songs, even the country tunes. Good hub, thanks!\nGreat songs there... and perfectly presented as always! 'You got a Way' and 'I will always love' you are some of my personal favorites, but the rest are amazing too. Actually listening to all the songs right now....! cheers!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 217, "original_length": 17894, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 144.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://spiritedtable.com/tastemakers/heather-durenberger", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:35Z", "digest": "sha1:ERV3C3THDINEREABFTFRHOSINEHHNLI2", "length": 712, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "spiritedtable.com", "title": "Heather Durenberger | Spirited Table\u00ae", "raw_content": "Heather Durenberger actively consults and coaches numerous non-profits. Her passion is inspiring and empowering leaders.\nShe holds a master in business administration and a master in psychology with her research in the area of neuroscience.\nHeather has been serving on non-profit boards for more than twenty five years. She loves to serve. 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If you continue to browse and use this website, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use, which together with our static policy govern Gambit Sports Private Limited's relationship with you in relation to this website. If you disagree with any part of these terms and conditions, please do not use our website. The term Gambit Sports Private Ltd. or 'us' or 'we' refers to the owner of the website whose registered office is Dasarath, H.No. 1665, 27th Main, Sector 2, HSR Layout, Bangalore - 560102. Our company registration number is [U72200KA2015PTC083316 - Bangalore]. The term 'you' refers to the user or viewer of our website.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 251, "original_length": 5381, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 287.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ssw.umich.edu/give/change-the-world?slide=1&year=2018-07", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:01Z", "digest": "sha1:66S5VXXY533O52DK66FAKJ3S35U7RV25", "length": 654, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "ssw.umich.edu", "title": "Change the World | University of Michigan School of Social Work", "raw_content": "I Want to Change the World for Communities\nRachel Wall, MSW Candidate\nI am interested in corporate social responsibility and how to get funds from companies that have it to specific communities that need it. I believe in using one\u2019s power and privilege to help people who don\u2019t have it.\nI knew there were a lot of skills I could learn from a master\u2019s degree in social work that would prepare me for the next level of making an impact. I was already in Ann Arbor. If I was going to do it, I was going to do it at UM in Ann Arbor. It\u2019s been great!\nTo be able to dedicate all my time to studying and serving the community is huge and very meaningful for me.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 414, "original_length": 7929, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 159.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ssw.umich.edu/news/articles/2018/03/14/54538-social-justice-in-social-work-research-phd-poster-award-recpients", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:55Z", "digest": "sha1:IDK66MGGTFCQTB25GLNCQP2SU5ATSGQ7", "length": 478, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "ssw.umich.edu", "title": "Social Justice in Social Work Research PhD Poster Award Recipients | University of Michigan School of Social Work", "raw_content": "Social Justice in Social Work Research PhD Poster Award Recipients\nKathryn Berringer, Alex Lu (MSW student) and Joyce Y. 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He\u2019s a driver, but he\u2019s not just a simple courier. Baby is a getaway driver for coordinated heists, and every move he makes is synchronised to music. Baby was in a car accident as a child, and as a result suffers from tinnitus. He uses the music to drown it out, and sometimes even mixes recordings of his own.\nBaby Driver has long been in development for British filmmaker Edgar Wright, and Elgort admits it was a dream come true to be able to work alongside the director of Shaun of the Dead and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.\n\u201cI\u2019m a big fan of Edgar\u2019s and I knew that whatever he did next was going to be pretty special\u201d\n\u201cI met with Edgar a while back,\u201d muses the actor. \u201cWe talked mostly about music, actually. We really hit it off. He said \u2018well hey, I have a script that you might like,\u2019 and didn\u2019t really tell me anything about it at first. I read the script and I just thought it was incredible; I had to try and get the role. I\u2019m a big fan of Edgar\u2019s and I knew that whatever he did next was going to be pretty special.\u201d\nIf you\u2019ve seen the film, you\u2019ll notice that all the scenes are choreographed to music. No, the cast do not spontaneously break out into song and dance, but the actors will do little things like tap their fingers or nod their heads in time to the tune. Elgort reveals the cast would listen to the music on the set, and also credits the film\u2019s resident choreographer, Ryan Heffington.\n\u201cHe\u2019s the choreographer of Sia\u2019s stuff. The reason for having him on the set was that we wanted the choreography to feel effortless.\u201d\nElgort says that the coffee scene at the start of the movie took 28 takes to master \u2013 the 21st take was the one they used. \u201cEvery step in that scene was choreographed, even the little movements. Everything was in time with the music; where I\u2019m walking and when I\u2019m interacting with my surroundings, it was all to the music. When we showed up to the set it was all rehearsed and we could just do it.\n\u201cEven for smaller scenes, where I\u2019m just sitting at a table swaying my head or moving my hands, Ryan was there for that too. He wanted everything to feel natural and subtle \u2013 we didn\u2019t want people to be like \u2018oh, I\u2019m watching a movie where people dance.\u2019\u201d\nBaby\u2019s foster father in the film \u2013 played by CJ Jones \u2013 is deaf, and before production began, Elgort didn\u2019t know any sign language. So Jones helped him learn it for their scenes together.\n\u201cIt was pretty cool because it was the first time I\u2019d done any scenes in a film in a different language \u2013 which is really what American sign language is, it\u2019s a different language. Unlike most other languages, you don\u2019t use sound; you use the emotion in your face and the signs on your hands. It\u2019s pretty cool.\u201d\nThe actor initially learned the language and choreography before being coached. \u201cBut, like any good dance, it\u2019s about the emotion behind the actual choreography,\u201d he notes.\nElgort also recognised how lucky he was to get to work with an actor who had spent their whole life using this language. \u201cWorking with CJ, we were really able to make the scenes legit. If he had any problems with the way the scene was written or the signs I was doing, we would change it and make it seem as real as possible.\u201d\nAs complete as Baby Driver feels, the story could indeed continue, so we asked Elgort if there were any plans for a sequel.\n\u201cThe nice thing about this story is that it sort of does naturally call for a sequel. It definitely stands on its own, it doesn\u2019t need one, but a sequel could make sense. I also think the really nice thing is that you\u2019re by no means in a rush to do one. People get into trouble when they make a sequel and it\u2019s about money or it\u2019s about timing. Who knows when we\u2019ll do one or if we\u2019ll do one, but if we did, I would be very happy because I love the story and I loved working with Edgar.\u201d\nBaby Driver is out on DVD & Blu-ray on Nov 1, and 4K UHD on Nov 15.\nThe Simon & Garfunkel Cinematic Universe\nEdgar Wright has joked that Baby Driver is the second film in the \u2018Simon and Garfunkel cinematic universe\u2019 \u2013 being, of course, films named after Simon and Garfunkel songs. The other being The Only Living Boy In New York, also released this year. But, what about Mrs. Robinson \u2013 a murder mystery involving a missing person\u2019s case, featuring Joe DiMaggio? Or Bridge Over Troubled Water, involving a long distance relationship; boy travels to meet girl, only to discover she is terminally ill\u2026\nAnsel Elgort has a musical background himself \u2013 for a while he operated under the DJ name Ansolo, but now he releases music under his own name.\nElgort kept one of the six red Subaru WRX STIs from the set as a birthday present, and he now drives it.\nThe film\u2019s soundtrack peaked at #5 on the ARIA charts.\nPosted by Alesha Kolbe | Oct 30, 2017 | FILM & TV INTERVIEWS |\nTags: Ansel Elgort, Baby Driver, Edgar Wright\nPreviousLethal Weapon 5 is a thing?\nNextMetallica \u2018Don\u2019t Look Back in Anger\u2019 in Manchester\nInterview with Brad Bird \u2013 Incredibles 2\nInterview with Broken Lizard \u2013 Super Troopers 2\nInterview with cast and director \u2013 Green Book", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 114, "original_length": 8496, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 215.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://starclinch.com/angad-singh-ranyal", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:45Z", "digest": "sha1:M4U65UOF5MH6J4NHTBVABB3FSHIHWCOH", "length": 1290, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "starclinch.com", "title": "Book / Hire Angad Singh Ranyal for Events in Best Prices - StarClinch", "raw_content": "Tags: Comedian in Delhi Ncr, Wedding Comedian in Delhi NCR\nAngad Singh Ranyal is a famous Stand-up Comedian who is currently based in Delhi. He never thought of becoming a comedian or a stand-up comedy artist in his life. He belongs to a religious Sikh family. He was born and brought up in Delhi only.\nAngad was not an average kid who just accidentally came into this field. In fact, he was a bright child who did engineering and after doing it, he pursued MBA. The only thing that differentiated him from other engineering guys is that he took life like a pinch of salt. He always found something or the other funny around him and made fun of it, including himself.\nAngad has been performing in the Best Stand-up shows at the Canvas Laugh Factory and apart from that he is also a member of the YouTube comedy channel, 'East India Company'. He also performs at the 'Comedy Store'.\nHe is not only a good entertainer but also a good writer, too. He wrote for comedy specials shows like 'Comedy News Network' and performed in four countries. 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The odds: 1 in 500,000. \u00bb\nArrow\u2019s other theorem\nI received the following email from someone who\u2019d like to remain anonymous:\nLately I [the anonymous correspondent] witnessed that Bruno Frey has published two articles in two well known referreed journals on the Titanic disaster that try to explain survival rates of passenger on board.\nThe articles were published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives and Rationality & Society. While looking up the name of the second journal where I stumbled across the article I even saw that they put the message in a third journal, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences United States of America.\nTo say it in Sopranos like style \u2013 with all due respect, I know Bruno Frey from conferences, I really appreciate his take on economics as a social science and he has really published more interesting stuff that most economists ever will. But putting the same message into three journals gives me headaches for at least two reasons:\n1) When building a track record and scientific reputation, it\u2019s publish or perish. What about young scholars that may have interesting stuff to say, but get rejected for (sometimes) obscure reasons, especially if you have innovative ideas that run against the mainstream. Meanwhile acceptance is granted to papers with identical messages in three journals that causes both congestion in the review procedures in biases acceptance, assuming that for two of three articles that are not entirely unique two other manuscripts will be rejected from an editorial point of view to preserve exclusivity by sticking to low or constant acceptance rates. Do you see this as a problem? Or is the main point against this argument that if the other papers would have the quality they would be published.\n2) As an author one usually gets the question on \u201care the results published in another journal\u201d (and therefore not original) or \u201cis this paper under review in an another journal\u201d. In their case the answer should be no for both answers as they report different results and use different methods in every paper. But if you check the descriptive statistics in the papers, they are awkwardly similar. At what point do these questions and the content overlap that it really causes problems for authors? Have you ever heard about any stories about double publications that were not authorized reprints or translations in other languages (which usually should not be problematic, as shown by the way in Frey publication list) and had to be withdrawn? Barely happens I guess.\nBest regards and thank you for providing an open forum to discuss stuff like that.\nI followed the links and read the abstracts. The three papers do indeed seem to describe similar work. But the abstracts are in remarkably different styles. The Rationality and Society abstract is short and doesn\u2019t say much. The Journal of Economic Perspectives abstract is long with lots of detail but, oddly, no conclusions! This abstract has the form of a movie trailer: lots of explosions, lots of drama, but no revealing of the plot. Finally, here\u2019s the PNAS abstract, which tells us what they found:\nTo understand human behavior, it is important to know under what conditions people deviate from selfish rationality. This study explores the interaction of natural survival instincts and internalized social norms using data on the sinking of the Titanic and the Lusitania. We show that time pressure appears to be crucial when explaining behavior under extreme conditions of life and death. Even though the two vessels and the composition of their passengers were quite similar, the behavior of the individuals on board was dramatically different. On the Lusitania, selfish behavior dominated (which corresponds to the classical homo economicus); on the Titanic, social norms and social status (class) dominated, which contradicts standard economics. This difference could be attributed to the fact that the Lusitania sank in 18 min, creating a situation in which the short-run flight impulse dominated behavior. On the slowly sinking Titanic (2 h, 40 min), there was time for socially determined behavioral patterns to reemerge. Maritime disasters are traditionally not analyzed in a comparative manner with advanced statistical (econometric) techniques using individual data of the passengers and crew. Knowing human behavior under extreme conditions provides insight into how widely human behavior can vary, depending on differing external conditions.\nInteresting. My only quibble here is with the phrase \u201cselfish rationality,\u201d which comes up in the very first sentence. As Aaron Edlin, Noah Kaplan, and I have stressed, rationality doesn\u2019t have to imply selfishness, and selfishness doesn\u2019t have to imply rationality. One can achieve unselfish goals rationally. For example, if I decide not to go on a lifeboat, I can still work to keep the peace and to efficiently pack people onto existing lifeboat slots. I don\u2019t think this comment of mine affects the substance of the Frey et al. papers; it\u2019s just a slight change of emphasis.\nRegarding the other question, of how could the same paper be published three times, my guess is that a paper on the Titanic can partly get published for its novelty value: even serious journals like to sometimes run articles on offbeat topics. I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if the editors of each journal thought: Hey, this is fun. We don\u2019t usually publish this sort of thing, but, hey, why not? And then it appeared, three times.\nHow did this happen? Arrow\u2019s theorem. Let me explain.\nOne day in graduate school, my friend Tex asked me if I knew what Arrow\u2019s Theorem was. I said, yeah, it\u2019s something about the impossibility of a voting rule\u2014No, he interrupted. Not that one. I\u2019m talking about the other Arrow\u2019s Theorem.\nThe other Arrow\u2019s Theorem? What\u2019s that, I asked. Tex replied: the theorem is that any result can only be published at most five times.\nHmm. I thought about this one for a bit, and then Tex interrupted me again, saying: That\u2019s the weak form of Arrow\u2019s Theorem.\nI took the bait and asked, What\u2019s the strong form?\nTex replied; The weak form of Arrow\u2019s Theorem is that any result can be published no more than five times. The strong form is that every result will be published five times.\nIt\u2019s 1995, and I\u2019m wandering the fourth floor of Evans Hall in a daze, stunned that my colleagues have just voted by a 2-1 margin to kick me out of the statistics department. Various conversations from the previous few years came to mind: I gave one of my (non-Bayesian) colleagues a prepublication manuscript of Bayesian Data Analysis, and a couple days later he responded in a note that hierarchical models weren\u2019t new, he\u2019d used them back in the late 1940s when he did applied statistics . . . another colleague who, after I\u2019d given an entertaining pre-election talk to the department in late October, 1992 (this being Berkeley and Bill Clinton being way ahead in the polls, it was a festive occasion), had cornered me and said that before seeing my talk he\u2019d never realized how little there was to this political science stuff . . . and after that same talk one of my more applied (!) colleagues asking me why, since votes are discrete, I wasn\u2019t using a discrete-data model such as a Poisson (and, no, he wasn\u2019t persuaded by my argument that if you have 100,000 votes in a congressional district, it\u2019s ok to model it as continuous) . . . and\u2013and here\u2019s the point of this particular digression\u2013one of my more genial colleagues, who\u2019d asked me about my work on monitoring convergence of iterative simulations. I assured him that the work was influential as well as innovative, to which he replied: But if it\u2019s a good idea, why do you have only one paper on the topic? A good research project will have several papers . . .\nArrow\u2019s theorem.\nI\u2019m very happy in New York and wouldn\u2019t trade my current life for anything, so Arrow\u2019s theorem did me a favor. But still . . .\nWhat\u2019s happened since then? I never intend to publish the same thing over and over, but sometimes people ask me to write something for a journal, and I need to come with something . . . And sometimes you really do want to reach different audiences. I blog in 4 different places (here and the three \u201csister blogs\u201d you see on the top of the blogroll here). I certainly don\u2019t mind publishing blog entries in journals. Or, to take a more fully academic example, Jennifer, Masanao, and I are publishing our paper on multiple comparisons in the Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness: despite the obscure-seeming title, Jennifer assures me this is an influential venue. We\u2019re also working on a related discussion paper for a statistics journal. Different audiences. For yet another example, I\u2019m not the only researcher to get funding from multiple sources to do similar work. And I think this is ok (as long as I do the work!).\nAnd consider George Orwell. He wrote the same thing over and over, hammering out his ideas in different low-circulation magazines. To write is to think.\nTo return to the articles by Frey et al. discussed at the beginning: Remember the strong form of Arrow\u2019s theorem. Two more publications will come of this, for sure.\nP.S. Just to clarify: No, I don\u2019t think Bruno Frey did anything wrong.\n(1) The audience question is a good one. I'm 'way over on the applied side, so I don't find I get much out of theoretical stat articles. I recognize theorems have to be proven, just like sausage needs to be made, but I don't want to watch.\n(2) At least one of the 5 versions should be something that is accessible to the public, particularly if the work was sponsored by public funds. [I'm not complaining about Andrew Gelman here; I think he's a model on this dimension.]\n\"my colleagues have just voted by a 2-1 margin to kick me out of the statistics department.\" Gosh, the American system is harsh, isn't it?\nI agree. The norm of publishing things multiple times is probably good in that it provides a positive incentive for scholars to communicate broadly.\nIndeed. Of course, although I'm calling them \"my colleagues,\" I don't think they thought of me as their colleague!\nI do not get your objection to the term \"selfish rationality\". You point out that the term is not redundant, and has a definite meaning that is not captured by either word alone. So what is wrong with using it?\nHope you enjoy the lecture you're giving there on the 27th\nI think it's important to distinguish (for any newbie researchers out there) how a research *project* could lead to several publications, but a research paper should not be published several times in slightly modified forms.\nAs to Frey, keep in mind that JEP is not a refereed outlet and it does not \"count\" as a pub for tenure and promotion. It is however a wide-readership outlet and a sign that one's work is interesting to the profession. My understanding is JEP publishes mostly invited papers, not unsolicited work.\nGiven that, and since PNAS is a very different audience, Frey perhaps saw this as an opportunity to reach different audiences. As far as economists are concerned, only one refereed pub was garnered (JEP and PNAS are impressive but don't count).\nAntony Unwin says:\nHas no one else noticed the fourth paper yet? \"Noblesse oblige? Determinants of survival in a life and death situation.\" Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 74(1-2), pp. 1-11 (eprints.qut.edu.au/37747/1/c37747.pdf). Multiple publications are not new and t'was ever thus. It's more the statistical modelling and the interpretation of the models that I am not keen on. Given the large number of variables considered, other models would likely have fit almost as well. Needless to say, there are no graphics of any kind (no mosaicplots, no coefficient plots, nothing), so it's difficult to judge how good the models are. A lot of the pseudo R2 values are low.\nTwo of the papers cover both the Titanic with the Lusitania. The PNAS paper has four models, two each for each ship. The J Econ Perspectives paper has 6 Titanic models and 1 Lusitania model, which is not directly comparable with any of the 6 Titanic ones, one Titanic model is common to both papers. The other two articles only consider the Titanic and offer 17 Models (Rationality & Society) and 18 (J Economic Behaviour & Org) respectively. There is a little overlap with two of the models appearing in both. The tables are not always clear and in the J Economic Behaviour & Org article the number of women passengers is given as 433, whereas it should surely be 460, as in the J Econ Perspectives paper. Perhaps this is a reason why the remark is made in that article (p18) that \"Interestingly, females had a lower probability to survive among crew-members than among passengers.\", which I don't believe to be true. The authors' understanding of the crew's behavious is also suspect: \"The results show that crew-members had a higher probability of survival which may indicate their taking advantage of their increased opportunities (better possibilities) to acquire resources and to be informed which promoted their survival rate. Thus, such a result is more in line with a self-interested approach.\" They should take account of the fact that every lifeboat had to leave with several crew members on board, before discussing any other factors.\nAndy Harden says:\nYes good luck on your lecture in a few days. Happy Easter.\nI guess there is a problem with \"selfish rationality\" in that it is misleading! The question is when do rational agents act selfishly and when do they not. Then the question is (only) when do rational agents deviate from selfishness in life and death situations? If you read the article you will find out that they have taken self-interested behavior as preferring your life to all others which is, indeed they have taken selfishness as rationality and vice versa. (ignoring the idea of not being able to live with yourself after such an action and hence rationally preferring others to yourself)\nStill this is the smallest problem with this paper in terms of being misleading (or maybe written by misled people)\nRobert Bell says:\nNice to see you getting noticed by the Wall Street Journal:\nhttp://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/04/22/seconda\u2026\nOn unrelated note, I thought this was interesting:\nhttp://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/9219969e-6a28-11e0-86e4\u2026\nrelevant comic: http://www.smbc-comics.com/?db=comics&id=1624#com\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 132, "original_length": 17579, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 309.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://stats.cosmicpvp.com/index.php?planet=goodness&leaderboard=fTop&season=4", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:42Z", "digest": 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"length": 2549, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "stcroixadvisors.com", "title": "How Much to Spend on a Wedding Gift | St Croix Advisors LLC", "raw_content": "How Much to Spend on a Wedding Gift\nIt\u2019s something we\u2019ve all thought about when invited to celebrate that special day \u2013 how much to spend on a wedding gift. Before tackling this subject, it\u2019s important to note that giving should be based on both the financial position you are in as well as your relationship to the couple. With that, here are some general guidelines to follow.\nRealistically, you have three options when it comes to wedding gifts. Either you can buy directly off of the couple\u2019s registry, give cash or check, or give a gift card to the store that the registry exists at or a place you know they enjoy. Although creativity is wonderful, most engaged couples have thought through what it is that they need to get started, so don\u2019t stray too far from that.\nCertainly, money can be tricky, especially because there are so many different reasons for going to a wedding. However, a good rule of thumb is to spend at least $50 on a wedding gift. Usually, this lower threshold (under $100) is appropriate for acquaintances, coworkers, neighbors, and distant family members.\nNow, I suspect most families don\u2019t track their spending on a daily or monthly basis. Luckily, St. Croix Advisors clients have access to iAdvise- the most advanced financial planning software. Further, it allows us to track their spending and help establish a monthly budget.\nThe $100-$150 range is where most people land when purchasing a wedding gift. This amount makes sense for friends, cousins, and those you have a close working relationship with. Anything above $150 is suitable for those closest to you or for people who have the financial ability to give generously.\nAdditionally, it is a good idea to try to tackle some of the bigger items on the registry first that may be a bit too pricey for the new couple. Currently, you may not be able to afford to give a washing machine as a wedding gift, but maybe you have a good friend going to the wedding who would be willing to combine gifts. It\u2019s a lot easier to run out to the store for some hand towels rather than new appliances.\nAlso, don\u2019t forget about the other costs associated with weddings. Generally, are you the type of person who buys a new outfit for a special occasion? In this case, were you invited to a bridal shower, bachelorette party, or a similar celebration? Following the wedding, are you going to be giving anniversary gifts? Indeed these are all good questions to ask yourself \u2013 try not to overshoot or undershoot on the gift.\n\u2190 9 Unique Father\u2019s Day Gift Ideas Dream Board Session \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 53, "original_length": 3310, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 229.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://stepoutside.org/event/paterson-farmers-market-2018-09-05-paterson-nj.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:10Z", "digest": "sha1:TARBBS6PEQZDSCXTJJFXKVRNL2VBDOP2", "length": 32, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "stepoutside.org", "title": "Paterson Farmers Market - Paterson, NJ", "raw_content": "Wednesday, Sep 5, 2018 at 7:00am", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 84, "original_length": 2071, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 107.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://stevepicray.com/2014/10/29/this-video-is-made-from-walking/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:18:08Z", "digest": "sha1:AYGO6UHULI36ONMBBQYEL7OZOWRD6P7T", "length": 4714, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "stevepicray.com", "title": "This Video is Made From Walking | Words of Truth", "raw_content": "\u2190 Lesson Learned\nLED Light Bulbs: Get Some! \u2192\nThis Video is Made From Walking\nThere has been some fuss about the most recent viral video today. A woman decided to walk around the streets of New York City for ten hours, videotaping the whole thing, and then upload the results (the actual video is only 2 minutes long). She encountered a couple of creepy guys, but I watched the video, and I don\u2019t think she got enough evidence to support that street harassment is an epidemic. Granted, I\u2019m not a woman, and I\u2019ve never had to deal with people hitting on me, but from my perspective, there are several problems with her assertion.\nFirst of all, I have to say again that I am so tired of seeing these viral videos attached to words like \u201cJaw-dropping,\u201d \u201cShocking,\u201d \u201cAmazing,\u201d or phrases like \u201cwill change your mind\u201d \u201cwill blow your mind,\u201d etc\u2026 Most of these videos are either cute, funny, or interesting, but nothing like they are described. Calling the mundane wonderful gets annoying after a while. It\u2019s like you meet your friends for lunch, and they keep handing you store brand cookies and telling you they are \u201cthe absolute best cookies ever!!!\u201d or eating a McDonald\u2019s cheeseburger and being told the flavor combinations \u201cwill blow your mind!!!\u201d Just stop.\nBack to the video at hand. Not every person in the video could be described as displaying harassing behavior. Several people simply greeted her. It\u2019s hard to accuse everybody in that video of lecherous behavior. That being said, some of them were definitely harassing her.\nOne observation I have to make: it\u2019s New York City. I went there in 2006 and the only people who spoke to me were people to whom I gave money. Most people there are anti-social by nature. In other words, if you saw someone you were interested in getting to know, simply smiling at them is not going to be enough in NYC. They would continue to ignore you. In Iowa, if you don\u2019t greet someone, you are looked on as rude. The opposite is true in NYC.\nFinally, while a few guys in the video were creepy or pushy, some of them were just being friendly. We live in a world where the motivation of the man talking to a woman is determined by the woman receiving the message, NOT the man sending the message. In other words, if I say \u201chi\u201d to a random woman, our society says it\u2019s HER right to say if I am harassing her or just being nice.\nThe other thing that hasn\u2019t been mentioned in relation to the fact that this was filmed in New York City was that this woman encountered FAR MORE people in her ten hours of walking than would be normal across the country. I\u2019m guessing she probably went through the ten hours of video and included the worst offenders in her video. Even given the fact that that half of those people were just saying \u201chi\u201d, I\u2019d say that two minutes of examples out of ten hours of walking in NYC is pretty good. It has been estimated that about 7000 people per hour walk past certain spots in NYC. Given the fact that she was walking, we should be safe to cut that number in half, estimating that half of those people were walking the same direction she was. So that\u2019s 3500 people per hour. In ten hours, that means she encountered approximately 35,000 people. Let\u2019s assume for now that half of them were women, and let\u2019s further assume the women were not interested in her. That means that in ten hours she encountered approximately 17,500 men. How many of them \u201csexually harassed\u201d her? \u201cmore than 100 instances of verbal street harassment.\u201d Let\u2019s ignore the fact that several of these men were simply saying hello. Let\u2019s go ahead and assume all 100 were lecherous individuals.\nThat means that 0.05% of the men she encountered (0.025% of the humans she encountered) were perceived by her to be sexually harassing her. That means that out of every 175 people she encountered, one was creepy or talked to her. I know some of you are visually oriented, so here\u2019s a graph to display her experience.\nAnother thing, not one of these people touched her. I think that\u2019s significant.\nDes Moines has about 207,000 people, whereas New York has 8.4 million. That means that it would take 40 Des Moines cities to fill NYC. This means that if she had walked the streets of Des Moines for ten hours, she would have only had 2.5 of these interactions. Considering that half of the people in the video were simply saying hello, this means that if she had walked in Des Moines, ONE PERSON would have hit on her, statistically speaking. It would probably have been the guy walking next to her for five minutes. What a creeper.\nPersonally I believe her assertion that street harassment is a huge problem is overblown. Does it exist? Yes. Do we need to pass laws about it? 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Darling:\nJAY N. DARLING\nHe called himself Jay, but to the millions of people who knew and admired his work as a cartoonist and conservationist, he was known as \"Ding\" Darling. His middle name was Norwood, after Norwood, Michigan, where he was born on October 21, 1876; \"Ding\" was a family nickname.\nHis father was Marc Warner Darling, a Congregational minister in a succession of Midwestern cities. He not only taught his son to hunt and fish in lessons that were somewhat hampered by the fact that the boy was continually sketching but also gave him a deep appreciation of the outdoors. This was a gift that was to benefit the entire nation, for the son eventually became one of our greatest conservationists, as well as a nationally famous cartoonist.\nJay Darling went to grade school in Elkhart, Indiana; high school in Sioux City, Iowa and attended Yankton College in Yankton, South Dakota, in 1894-95. Later he transferred to Beloit (Wisconsin) College and graduated from there with a Ph.D. degree in 1900.\nMr. Darling's first job after college was as a reporter with the Sioux City Tribune, but a year later he went to the Sioux City Journal, where he began cartooning. On October 31, 1906, he married Genevieve Pendleton, daughter of a Sioux City judge, and the couple went to the West Indies for their honeymoon. While they were there, Mr. Darling received a wire from Gardner Cowles, Sr., offering him a job with the Des Moines Register and Tribune. The offer was accepted, and Mr. Darling stayed with this paper as a cartoonist almost constantly from then until his retirement in 1949.\nHis mind (and pen) were incisive and bold, but never unkind or intolerant. No topic of the day escaped his notice. His cartoons marked the birth of aviation, the trials of early motorists, the peccadilloes of college students, the problems of air pollution, politics, and conservation. He often depicted prominent men in his drawings, and originals of Darling cartoons were obtained and highly prized by presidents from Hoover to Truman.\nHis drawings were compiled and published in book form every two years from 1908 to 1920, and he wrote and illustrated two other books, as well. Beginning in 1917, his cartoons were syndicated by the old New York Tribune to 130 other daily newspapers.\nNothing could curb his ebullient spirits. At one time he lost the use of his right hand and arm - a disaster for any artist. He managed to continue his work, however, and after two years of improvised drawing methods, the trouble was corrected by Surgery. Later, when he was nearly fifty years old, he had a prolonged bout with peritonitis. He was such a well known and beloved person that when the word spread that he was not expected to live, national figures sent eulogies to be used in newspapers, obituaries were written, and the Iowa Senate voted a resolution of regret for his illness. That very day he began to recover, and soon was able to read what would have been printed about him, had he died. Thus he became one of the few men with both the opportunity and the inclination to laugh at his own obituaries.\nDuring and after his 48 active years as both a cartoonist and conservationist, Mr. Darling was showered with honors in both fields and could have received many more that he did accept. He was the recipient of two honorary doctorates, two Pulitzer Prizes for journalism, and innumerable medals and awards; he was a member, chairman, secretary, or trustee of literally dozens of organizations. Two lakes were named for him: Lake Darling in an Iowa state park; and Lake Jay Darling, a waterfowl nesting area in Saskatchewan, Canada, a project supported by Ducks Unlimited, Inc. From 1936 to 1938 he served as president of the National Wildlife Federation and was thereafter an honorary life president of it. At the time of his death he and Walt Disney were cochairmen of National Wildlife Week.\nIn 1934 and 1935 he let slide his substantial income as a cartoonist to go to Washington as Chief of the Biological Survey. His deep concern at the plight of our migratory birds and his vigorous efforts on their behalf made him known as \"the best friend ducks ever had.\"\nThe Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act was passed in July 1934. Mr. Darling designed the first stamp himself, and nearly all the money derived from the sale of that and all subsequent duck stamps has been used for the purchase, development, administration and maintenance of waterfowl refuges.\nMr. Darling died at 85 of a heart ailment in Iowa Methodist Hospital early in February 1962. He was survived by his wife, a son, and one daughter.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 18, "original_length": 4843, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 139.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://sunstarrmedia.com/2017/01/15/i-am-first/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:51Z", "digest": "sha1:PAAGRR65PMLKGWY2YXQMK2M3IAVRXFDV", "length": 653, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "sunstarrmedia.com", "title": "I Am First. \u2013 follow SunStarr", "raw_content": "Previous Post Thinking Is Creating\u2026\nNext Post Now that you know The Secret, when you see someone who is wealthy you will know that that person\u2019s predominant thoughts are on wealth and not on scarcity, and that they have drawn wealth to them \u2013 whether they did it consciously or unconsciously. They focused on thoughts of wealth and the Universe moved people, circumstances and events to deliver wealth to them. The wealth that they have, you have also. The only difference between you and them is that they thought the thoughts to bring the wealth to them. Your wealth is waiting for you in the invisible, and to bring it into the visible, think wealth!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 3260, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 316.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://support.azul.com/hc/en-us/articles/211692746-What-is-the-difference-between-Zing-and-Java-", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:37Z", "digest": "sha1:4NRTEGE2MCYIMK55V2GIYY77TZAEHFP7", "length": 762, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "support.azul.com", "title": "What is the difference between Zing and Java? \u2013 Azul Systems", "raw_content": "Zing is a fully certified Java SE implementation and can support all Java workloads.\nAll versions of Zing undergo rigorous QA testing, including a battery of Java unit tests called the Java Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK) for Java SE. The Technology Compatibility Kit is licensed by only a handful of JVM vendors, and of those, only a few including Azul, have the right to claim certification for all three versions of Java currently covered by the TCK, Java 6, 7, and 8.\nAbove and beyond the TCK certification tests the Azul QA team runs hundreds of open and closed source test suites with third party software stacks including WebLogic, JBoss, Hadoop, and many others, in order to ensure that Zing can support all of the Java workloads our customers demand.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 38, "original_length": 1852, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 317.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://support.ccartoday.com/hc/en-us/articles/202835564-Searching-for-a-Transaction-Video-", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:11Z", "digest": "sha1:3K2DUWPIS5NFMMNFBXE7UZPF5PH663Y2", "length": 35, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "support.ccartoday.com", "title": "Searching for a Transaction (Video) \u2013 CCAR", "raw_content": "Searching for a Transaction (Video)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 27, "original_length": 1022, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.5, "perplexity": 121.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://support.davidgray.com/support/solutions/articles/4000007917-can-i-select-my-seats-", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:29:42Z", "digest": "sha1:2SA5DYJDDG3KKREHJN6IW4232MX2LVP4", "length": 194, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "support.davidgray.com", "title": "Can I select my seats? : DavidGray.com Support", "raw_content": "No. Ticket orders on DavidGray.com are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. 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Check. Clear message? Check. Nice picture? Check. CTA? Check. Seems like you\u2019re ready to go with your new landing page. But before you share it with the world and start counting leads, take a quick final look. You might have missed one or more details that often spoil the effectiveness of your landing page. Here\u2019s a list of seven things you should pay attention to before adding another landing page to your campaign.\nPage title vs other titles\nWhen you\u2019re building an online campaign, a landing page is somewhere in the middle of the road between ads, social media and specific places on your website (e.g. banners on blog posts). In terms of the overall campaign message, everything may seem fine, but did you check if the subsequent elements of the campaign have matching or complementary titles?\nThis refers particularly to elements that link directly to the page, e.g. ads or banners. When creating copy for both, make sure they relate to each other and that the link or CTA leading to the LP clearly states the goal of the page.\nFor example, if all your campaign assets linking to the LP state you\u2019re about to see the \u201ctop-notch TV speakers\u201d, the visitors may be confused when the ad takes them to a page with an offer for one particular set of speakers. Even worse if it\u2019s out of this person\u2019s price range.\nEffective campaigns are usually built over keywords. It will make creating titles much easier for you if you apply the keyword in all pieces of the campaign\u2019s content \u2013 even the ones that are visible exclusively to those who entered a certain stage of the funnel.\nLights, camera, license\nMost marketers realize how important it is to use visual elements in marketing materials \u2013 and that\u2019s great. However, the overuse of images or videos has caused a few problems which are not often discussed.\nLet\u2019s start with image licenses. It\u2019s a shame how many marketers use stolen images in their marketing materials. Not just on landing pages, but also in social media, banners, blog posts and other forms. Rarely do they realize that copying and pasting an online image without the author\u2019s consent is a crime. I\u2019ll bet you didn\u2019t know that making your content look good could turn you into an outlaw!\nBefore you include this cute kitten or delicious looking cupcakes you found on Pinterest, make sure you do a so-called reverse search on Google Images to check if the picture is protected by copyright. Prepare yourself for the bad news \u2013 it most cases it will be.\nThere are several sources of pictures you can use without the fear of stealing someone\u2019s hard work:\nCreative Commons search. It helps you find images that can be legally used in your materials. Before you start exploring, learn about different kinds of licensing to make sure you\u2019re not violating any of them.\nPaid stock. There are dozens of image stock service providers on the net with various budget options.\nFree stock. If you\u2019re not keen on spending money on a source of professional pictures (for whatever reason), the Internet offers several resources of free off-license pictures, e.g. Unsplash, Pexels or Pixabay.\nSpeaking of stock images, both free and paid, there\u2019s another bad practice you need to avoid.\nWe want real humans!\nPage visitors are increasingly distrustful of stock images. A marketing experiment by MECLABS proved that an image of an actual person, e.g. a company\u2019s executive, converts better than a stock image of a model. Whether we like it or not, a pretty model\u2019s face won\u2019t be a guarantee of a conversion bump anymore.\nAnother risk is that many sites might use the same image in their materials, which is especially common among blogs. I\u2019ve seen countless publications by different companies that have used the same photos that I did. Shame on me, shame on them. The bottom line of the stock image search is: try harder.\nLook for pictures that have a more realistic feel than your typical studio light, perfectly green grass and winking puppies. Did you find an image you\u2019re happy with? There\u2019s a chance your competitors liked it, too, so run a quick search to see if they haven\u2019t used the image earlier.\nOf course, the best option is to use your own images, produced exclusively for your company. It takes more time to obtain materials like this, but it eliminates the risk of violating intellectual property laws. You don\u2019t need to start right away with a magazine-like photoshoot (and budget to pay for it). In some businesses, a quality photo taken with a smartphone will do just fine. It all depends on your brand and its communication style.\nEven though the sad news about our diminishing attention span (being shorter than that of a goldfish) turned out to be a myth loved by the media, the necessity to compete for attention is still true. This fact should determine the amount of information you want to put on a single landing page and the volume of text you need to convey it.\nThere are very few clear boundaries to follow because the subjects of your campaigns may have different complexities. If I were to list just a few golden rules, they would be:\nPlan the information structure across your campaign. We\u2019re talking about landing pages here, but it\u2019s worth remembering that every element of the campaign can be used to distribute information in different ways. You don\u2019t need to put every detail on a landing page \u2013 maybe mentioning something in an email or a blog post will be just fine.\nAlign the message of your landing page with the campaign goal. There must be one main goal to every campaign and it can be captured in one simple message. That\u2019s what the copy on a landing page should relate to and where it should lead your visitor.\nCut out as much fluff as possible. Did you know that more than 30% of verbal communication is fluff that doesn\u2019t convey any necessary information? Avoid that effect in your copy. Shorten the phrases, simplify sentences, make sure each one conveys new information instead of repeating the same thing as the one before it. Of course, don\u2019t go past the point when a visitor will have no idea what you\u2019re talking about! A good way to check if your copy reads well and includes all necessities is to let someone else read it, preferably someone who hasn\u2019t seen any previously prepared campaign content.\nA landing page should belong solely to a marketing campaign \u2013 connecting it with other places is not a way to go.\nNavigation bars. In research on the effect of navigation menus on landing pages, Peep Laja of ConversionXL presents a few examples of this mistake made even by companies operating in the area of online marketing. A navigation menu will allow them to escape the page, which leaves you with a lost lead and a missed conversion goal.\nBanners. Just like navigation menus, they might let your visitor leave the page too soon, but that\u2019s not the main problem. The question is: why would you put a banner on a landing page? What page did you link to the banner? Does it bring you closer to the campaign goal? Placing too many links on an LP can be a sign of an unclear goal of the campaign itself.\nConfusing conversion goals. If you\u2019re running a campaign with two conversion goals instead of one, which is quite tricky by itself, be careful about distinguishing them. The visitor of the landing page may be confused and not convert at all if they won\u2019t know their choice. The solution, in this case, could be placing CTAs of different colors and explaining the benefits of each choice in clear, short page copy.\nThe thing with all these distractions is that they miss the point of the landing page itself \u2013 to keep the visitor on the site until he or she completes a specific action. Navigation menus are dedicated to pages that have more than one goal and are located in a broader matrix of web content prepared by your company.\nPoorly optimized forms\nAfter many observations during my content marketing work, I realized there are different skill levels in creating contact forms:\nField types. There are multiple ways to ask the same question and the same thing applies to form fields. Instead of applying text forms everywhere, you may use dropdowns, sliders, tick boxes, visuals (e.g. clicking on pictures instead of text), and much more. For reference and inspiration check out Typeform, one of the most popular form-building tools online.\nThe number of fields. After years and years of being educated about those, it seems that marketers are more aware of the necessity to cut down on the amount of information they want from a first-time visitor. Of course, you may still find forms that resemble an FBI investigation, but luckily these happen rarely. The type of information and the way to obtain it can be multi-step.\nData quality. Do you pay attention to how many mistakes visitors make when filling out your contact forms? Use features like character limits, numerical fields, format recognition, error messages, (e.g. warning the visitor about the wrong email address if it doesn\u2019t contain the @ sign). If you\u2019d like to know more about this topic, take a look at our article about building quality customer databases.\nPersonalization. A contact form that adapts to the visitor\u2019s profile is a lifesaver for marketers. The fields in a personalized form change according to the information you already have about the lead, e.g. when he or she enters the zip code, you don\u2019t have to ask about the city. You may also choose to use dynamic content and display only the fields that will be relevant to the lead (based on your previously gained knowledge, e.g. which ad brought them to the page).\nWhich level are you on?\nLe grande finale: CTA\nThe CTA is the landing page element that A/B testers look at first, and for good reason \u2013 it\u2019s the last step on the conversion path. Since it\u2019s a small element, every detail counts and you need to pay attention to things like:\nVisibility. There\u2019s no point in analyzing other features of a CTA unless it\u2019s clearly visible. This depends on its placement, size and color. An ideal situation is when the CTA is placed right next to or under the form and has a vivid color with a contrasting background.\nOffer or benefit statement. General calls to action like \u201cContact us\u201d or \u201cDownload now\u201d do not fulfill one of the key functions of a CTA \u2013 they don\u2019t point to the exact benefit the visitor will get for sharing his or her personal data. It\u2019s a good practice to follow a simple formula \u2013 state the motivation of page visitors by saying \u201cI want to [your CTA]\u201d, for example: \u201cGet the guide\u201d or \u201cDownload the ebook\u201d.\nGrammar. When direct, personal CTAs became a common practice, many marketers stayed with addressing visitors with \u201cyou\u201d and \u201cyour\u201d. There\u2019s nothing wrong with that but try using \u201cme\u201d and \u201cmy\u201d and see what happens. It turns out you can get a 24% increase in conversions by changing just one word. It\u2019s definitely worth some A/B testing.\nMultiple CTAs. Sometimes you may have a selection of offers within one campaign and address them to different users. Just as with contact forms, you can personalize the CTAs with different colors for each offer.\nA landing page by itself is always worth optimizing. But it can only become perfect if you align your campaign message through all elements \u2013 ads, emails, website banners, etc. Once you do that, adjusting the landing page will get much easier. Make sure the goal of the page is visible through the whole copy, images, form fields and CTA\u2019s.\nWhen optimizing any piece of marketing content, switch on your inner critic and be picky about every detail. It can take time to comb through everything like this but works like a charm. I wish you lots of successful campaigns and beautiful landing pages and I hope you enjoy being a critic of your own work!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 115, "original_length": 14081, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 316.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://syracuseoto.com/nasalpolyps/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:40Z", "digest": "sha1:6GRP2F76BT3UYU7Q7ZSXYMQNSLVOTA2E", "length": 8144, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "syracuseoto.com", "title": "Diagnosing and Treating Nasal Polyps - Nasal & Sinus Center Syracuse Otolaryngology", "raw_content": "Many patients with chronic sinus issues have nasal polyps. Learn more about polyps and treatment options for polyps on this page. Dr. Goyal is a fellowship trained nasal and sinus doctor offering evaluation and treatment for chronic sinusitis and nasal polyps.\nIf you have questions, please feel free to contact us. You may reach us by phone or text at 315-254-2030, by e-mail at syracuseoto@gmail.com, or by requesting an appointment using this link. If you are looking to have surgery for nasal polyp removal in New York, please do not hesitate to contact us. We treat patients from throughout New York, including patients from Binghamton, Ithaca, Cortland, Utica, Rome, Auburn, Rochester, Buffalo, and Watertown.\nGeneral information about nasal polyps\nNasal polyps are lumps that grow inside the nose and sinuses.\nPolyps in the nose and sinuses are not cancerous. Instead, they are caused by swelling and irritation in the nose and sinuses. As the swelling becomes worse, the lining forms lumps. These lumps become more swollen and they can start to look like bunches of grapes.\nThe polyps block the nose and sinuses as they get larger. That makes it hard to breathe through the nose. It also prevents the sinuses from draining. When mucus builds up in the sinuses, it can lead to more irritation and swelling. That makes the symptoms worse.\nMany of the symptoms from polyps are related to the swelling and inflammation. Sometimes, there can be actual bacterial sinus infections. When there is a bacterial sinus infection, the nasal drainage gets thicker and can be foul smelling.\nAllergy issues and asthma problems often go hand-in-hand with sinus problems and nasal polyps. Nasal irritation from allergies is one of the things that can cause polyps to grow. But anything that causes a lot of swelling can lead to polyps.\nSome people with polyps have a sensitivity to medications like aspirin or ibuprofen. This type of sensitivity causes extra swelling in the nose, sinuses, and lungs. This usually cases really severe nasal polyp problems.\nThe best way to diagnose nasal polyps is through an evaluation by a doctor trained in the evaluation and management of nasal problems. Your doctor will first learn about your symptoms after reviewing your medical history. Things like a history of environmental allergy problems and aspirin allergy are common in patients with polyps.\nAfter learning about your symptoms, the diagnosis is made by looking at the inside of the nose and sinuses. Sometimes, it is easy to see polyps just by looking at the front of the nose. This type of exam is called anterior rhinoscopy. However, to see the inside of the nose in a detailed way, a sinus doctor will get a detailed look using a tool called a nasal endoscope. This tool is like a skinny flashlight and camera. It provides a magnified view of the inside of the nose, allowing the doctor to look for things like polyps.\nAnother way to \"look\" inside the nose and sinuses is through a sinus CT scan. A sinus CT scan is a special type of x-ray that gives us a high resolution image of the nose and sinus areas.\nIn our office, we can perform the endoscopy and obtain the CT scan all in one place at the time of your office appointment. We can then review this information with you to during your visit to come up with a treatment plan that is best for you.\nPolyps can be treated a few different ways. Swelling and inflammation are what cause the polyps to form in the first place, so treating the swelling can help shrink the polyps. The inflammation can be treated with medications. Some of the types of medications that help treat polyps include steroid pills, steroid nasal sprays, and allergy medications. If the swelling goes down, the polyps will shrink. When that happens, breathing and sinus drainage can improve.\nMedications do help many patients with polyps. For some, though, the inflammation is so severe and the polyps are so large that medications have a very limited effect. In these cases, surgery can be very helpful.\nSurgery for nasal polyps is aimed at removing the polyps, enlarging the sinus openings, and helping to improve the amount of space in the nose and sinuses. This is an outpatient procedure performed at a surgery center. The procedure is performed under anesthesia. The work is done using an endoscope inserted into the nostrils.\nMost patients with polyps do feel significantly better after surgery. Having better nasal and sinus openings makes it easier to maintain the hygiene of the sinus areas with things like nasal irrigations. The better openings also make it easier for nasal sprays and similar medications to get into the sinus areas. This can help keep the swelling under better control on a long term basis.\nFor many patients, there is no \u201ccure\u201d for nasal polyps. Patients often ask if polyps come back after surgery. Polyps do often recur, even after surgery and after using medications. But, for many patients, the polyps do not become swollen enough to cause symptoms that are as severe. Most patients also have many years of relief before needing any additional procedures for polyps.\nFor those patients who have sensitivity to medications like aspirin, other treatments can also be helpful after polyp removal and sinus surgery. Some patients undergo aspirin desensitization under the care of an experienced allergy doctor. This can help decrease the swelling in the nose, sinuses, and lungs. By decreasing the swelling, the nasal and lung symptoms are typically much better.\nHow do I know if my nasal and sinus problems are caused by polyps?\nThe best way to diagnose nasal polyps is through an evaluation by a doctor trained in the evaluation and management of nasal problems. In our office, Dr. Goyal can help diagnose polyps by performing nasal endoscopy and by obtaining a sinus CT scan.\nHow do I know if I need surgery for polyps?\nAfter an evaluation, we can talk about treatment options for your particular symptoms. Patients who need surgery typically have severe problems with their nasal symptoms. Most patients having surgery also have not had much relief with medications.\nCan polyps be removed in the office?\nSome polyps can be removed in the office. After numbing up the inside of the nose, the polyps can be removed using special tools. Some patients have heard of a tool called a polyp shaver or a PolypVac. This type of device (and other similar tools) can be used without the need for general anesthesia. It\u2019s important to remember that not all polyps can be removed in the office. Some polyps are located in the deeper parts of the nose and sinuses, and these may require different types of procedures for safe removal.\nIf you are a candidate for surgery and choose to have the procedure, we can give you specific information about surgery and recovery. The surgery is performed at an outpatient surgery center. This type of surgery center is not inside a hospital. It is a separate facility for patients having one day surgery. The procedure is typically under general anesthesia.\nAfter your are under anesthesia, Dr. Goyal would use a camera to look inside your nose. He can then use different tools to remove the polyps and to open the sinuses. The work is done by inserting instruments through the inside of the nostrils. Typically, no outside incisions are needed. Sometimes, a deviated nasal septum also needs to be repaired at the time of surgery. This is also done through the inside of the nostril.\nEveryone\u2019s nose is different, so it\u2019s hard to provide exact information about what the surgery will involve in but the procedure generally takes 1-2 hours under anesthesia. We usually do not have to place any nasal packing in the nose.\nThere is a recovery period after nasal and sinus surgery. Most of our patients find that the main symptoms they have during recovery are nasal drainage, stuffiness, and fatigue. Pain is usually mild, and most of our patients do not need prescription pain medication after surgery. Without nasal packing, recovery is typically more comfortable than it used to be in the past. You may learn more about sinus surgery and about recovery after surgery.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 9779, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 297.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://tacomaweekly.com/guest-editorial/whats-happened-to-the-big-wage-increases-promised-by-republicans/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:14Z", "digest": "sha1:63F5UY4LRZJZ6F6INMXKGF3FYETVWIES", "length": 4485, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "tacomaweekly.com", "title": "What\u2019s happened to the big wage increases promised by Republicans? | Tacoma Weekly", "raw_content": "What\u2019s happened to the big wage increases promised by Republicans?\nThe recent announcement by the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, that his company would give substantial raises to its lowest-paid employees should not blind us to the fact that most American workers are not receiving big wage increases. In fact, the real wages (that is, wages adjusted for inflation) of average American workers are declining.\nWhen justifying the Republicans\u2019 December 2017 $1.5 trillion tax cut for corporations and the wealthy, President Donald Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan claimed that it would result, in 2018, in wage gains for American workers ranging from $4,000 to $9,000 each.\nBut, in reality, nothing like that has materialized. Instead, as the U.S. Labor Department reported, between the second quarter of 2017 and the second quarter of 2018, the real wages of American workers actually declined. Indeed, the second quarter of 2018 was the third straight quarter \u2013 all during the Trump administration \u2013 when inflation outpaced wage growth. The last time wages grew substantially above inflation was in 2016, during the Obama administration. Consequently, by August 2018, as the Pew Research Center reported, the purchasing power of American workers\u2019 wages was at the same level as in 1978.\nWhy did the Republican promises go unfulfilled? A key reason for stagnating wages lies in the fact that U.S. corporations used their windfall derived from the slashing of the corporate tax rate from 35 to 21 percent under the 2017 GOP tax legislation to engage in stock buybacks (thereby raising their stock prices) and to increase dividends to share-holders. This practice produced substantial gains for big corporate investors but did nothing for workers. Although it appears that some workers (a reported 4 percent) did receive pay raises thanks to the tax cuts, it\u2019s estimated that corporations spent 88 times more on stock buybacks than on pay increases for workers.\nAnother important long-term factor that has depressed workers\u2019 wages is the dwindling membership and declining power of America\u2019s labor unions. Once a force that created a more level playing field between workers and their bosses, unions have been badly weakened in recent years by Republican-sponsored anti-union measures, such as so-called \u201cRight-to-Work\u201d laws and the subversion of the National Labor Relations Board.\nThe Republican opposition to raising the minimum wage has also undermined wage levels. In the past, numerous Republican Presidents backed legislation that increased the minimum wage. But that position has radically changed as the Republican Party has turned sharply to the Right. Although the federal minimum wage has remained at $7.25 for more than nine years, Trump and Congressional Republicans have blocked legislative efforts to raise this pathetically low wage floor, contending that they saw no need for a federal minimum wage. Moreover, Republicans have used their control of state governments, as in Missouri and Iowa, to block cities and counties from raising local wage levels through legislation.\nBy contrast, Republican policies have done wonders for the wealthy and their corporations. By the fall of 2018, the stock market had reached new heights and the fortunes of the wealthiest Americans had grown remarkably. According to Forbes, the wealth of the 400 richest Americans averaged $7.2 billion each \u2013 a hefty increase over the previous year, when they averaged $6.7 billion. Moreover, the 10 richest Americans possessed $730 billion among them \u2013 an increase in their wealth of nearly 20 percent over the past year. And the very wealthiest American, Jeff Bezos, nearly doubled his wealth during this time \u2013 to $160 billion. From the Republican standpoint, their programs had been a great success. Accordingly, the GOP-controlled House of Representatives voted in late September to make its steep tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy permanent.\nSo let\u2019s stop saying that Republican rule in the United States \u2013 from the White House, to the Congress, to the Supreme Court, and to the states \u2013 has been dysfunctional. It\u2019s been very functional \u2013 not for American workers, of course, but certainly for those people Bernie Sanders has referred to as \u201cthe billionaire class.\u201d\nDr. Lawrence Wittner, syndicated by PeaceVoice, is Professor of History emeritus at SUNY/Albany. His latest book is a satirical novel about university corporatization and rebellion, \u201cWhat\u2019s Going On at UAardvark?\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 88, "original_length": 6055, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 190.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://talentedteacherjobs.co.uk/company/Moreton%20Hall%20Prep%20School/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:03Z", "digest": "sha1:OQLFNTFEWBVHTJMOOVPOCRD5I3E6T2ZP", "length": 478, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "talentedteacherjobs.co.uk", "title": "Talented Teacher Jobs", "raw_content": "Jobs at Moreton Hall Prep School\nMaths Co-ordinator\nMoreton Hall Prep School This is an opportunity for a talented and ambitious candidate to join our Moreton Hall team to make a significant impact on all aspects of teaching and learning in Maths.\nMoreton Hall Prep School This is an exciting opportunity for a talented and ambitious candidate to join our Moreton Hall team to make a significant impact across the whole school on all aspects of teaching and learning in English.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 103, "original_length": 2603, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 277.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://talentmanagement360.com/talent-management-software-spotlight-kenexa-ibm-smarter-workforce/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:28Z", "digest": "sha1:GUUQC774N5EANFALE3DKQRI2J265FYKT", "length": 4171, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "talentmanagement360.com", "title": "Talent Management Software Spotlight: Kenexa | Talent Management", "raw_content": "Kenexa got its start in 1987 by providing recruitment solutions to a wide range of industries. In its first decade it established its first automated recruiting management system, employee research functions, and integrated performance management, all through on-demand software. Around the turn of the millennium, Kenexa got out of the brick-and-mortar world of staffing and focused on performance management, recruitment outsourcing, employee screening, behavioral assessment and skills testing solutions.\nIn 2005 the company went public and continued to expand its offerings as well as its reach into Europe. From there it extended its reach across the globe, establishing offices in the Middle East, Asia, and other parts of North America. In 2012, the company was purchased by IBM and was known as Kenexa, an IBM Company, with 2,800 employees in 21 countries assimilated into IBM. Now, however, when you point your browser to www.kenexa.com, the company has no unique branding of its own, except that the top of the page says \u201cKenexa is now part of IBM Smarter Workforce.\u201d There are three main suites that go into the IBM/Kenexa cloud-based talent solution:\nIBM Kenexa Talent Acquisition Suite includes apps for recruitment, onboarding and social collaboration capabilities to hire top talent and help them become productive quickly.\nIBM Kenexa Talent Optimization Suite is for performance management, succession management, compensation planning, and social collaboration applications to help maximize the performance of your human capital.\nIBM Kenexa Talent Insights facilitates faster analysis by simply asking questions using natural language powered by Watson Analytics to help you gain actionable insights without the need for advanced analytics skills.\nOn the G2 Crowd review site, Kenexa scores rather low, with only an average of 3.2 out of fives stars. There are 18 in-depth reviews of the software, with only 2 at the five-star level, 7 at the four-star level, 6 at the three-star level, 1 at the two-star level, and 2 at the one-star level.\nMany reviewers highlight how robust the applicant tracking system is from start to finish, as well as the convenience of the email template that allows them to communicate with multiple candidates with single click. Others highlighted how easy it is to find candidate information quickly through the search functions.\nIn terms of drawbacks, many note that it is more complex than it should be, especially for applicants or others undertaking testing through the system. In general, people seem to find the user interface rather clunky and not especially intuitive. A number of reviewers highlighted slowness of system response, at times hanging up long enough that a complete log-out and log-back-in is required. It\u2019s not clear whether that\u2019s a Kenexa issue or a local issue, but it was raised by at least half of the reviewers.\nThe most recent reviews of Kenexa all note a decline in satisfaction with customer service and technical support over the last several years \u2013 which undoubtedly corresponds to their acquisition by IBM. Specifically, designated consultants who are supposed to be helping customers with results-based solutions seem to be pushing more and more configuration responsibilities back onto the customer. Several noted that updates are very slow to occur, as are fixes for known technical glitches.\nIBM\u2019s acquisition of Kenexa follows the recent trend of big companies snatching up smaller talent management solutions, as was the case with SAP buying SuccessFactors and Oracle purchasing Taleo. Of the three, two of the acquired talent management suites rest at the bottom of the comparative summary of what I\u2019ve reviewed to date. Here\u2019s the run-down of where those comparisons stand in terms of average rating out of five stars:\nWhile IBM had previously stayed out of the red-hot talent management software market, its acquisition of Kenexa marks its entry into the thick of it, albeit with less than stellar results.\nJanuary 14, 2015 Updated :March 17, 2015 IBM SmarterWorkforce, Kenexa, talent management software\n\u00ab The Pitfalls of a Transparent Salary Policy (And Solutions to Avoid Them)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 145, "original_length": 6999, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 226.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2012/02/01/mark-zuckerberg-will-have-a-1-salary-starting-in-2013/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:29Z", "digest": "sha1:DSSX5BWV7EHAQRD7GUIFAGMWGL2VE63W", "length": 832, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "techcrunch.com", "title": "Mark Zuckerberg Will Have a $1 Salary, Starting In 2013 \u2013 TechCrunch", "raw_content": "Mark Zuckerberg Will Have a $1 Salary, Starting In 2013\nHere\u2019s another way that Mark Zuckerberg is following his idol Steve Jobs: He will have a $1 salary, starting in 2013.\nAccording to Facebook\u2019s S-1 filing for its $5 billion IPO, in the first quarter of this year (which presumably means sometime in January) Zuckerberg requested that his base salary be reduced to $1 per year, effective January 1, 2013. His 2011 base salary was $500,000, and he also received a $220,500 bonus for the first half of the year. The S-1 also lists $783,529 in \u201cother compensation\u201d, which includes $692,679 for \u201ccosts related to personal use of aircraft chartered in connection with his comprehensive security program and on which family and friends flew during 2011\u201d\nOf course, Zuckerberg\u2019s real compensation is his 28 percent stake in the company.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 5, "original_length": 951, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 125.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://templeszone.com/downloads/amer-fort-main-gate-009/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:43Z", "digest": "sha1:ZXPYXJFMFJR7LG5EGRBOXHWXVMDRFUIE", "length": 1701, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "templeszone.com", "title": "Amer Fort Main Gate: Beautiful architecture and is also known as Surajpol.", "raw_content": "Amer Fort Main Gate \u201cSurajpol\u201d :\nThis is the Amer fort main gate also known as \u201cSurajpol\u201d. This is where the queen used to greet the home coming king after a victory in battle. The architecture by itself is very beautiful and robust. The grandest way to reach the gates of Amer from the main car park is by elephant. Inside Amer Fort there is very limited tourist signage so most visitors hire a private guide that lasts for approximately 1 hour. There are acceptable toilets by the main entrance and a couple of expensive shops to purchase water and drinks.\nThe Amber Fort stands on a steep hillside and rises above the waters of the Maotha Lake, an artificial lake that also worked as a water reservoir for the dry months. Access to the fort goes through the Dil-e-Aaram Garden, which is \u2013 like all the other gardens in the Amber Fort \u2013 built in the traditional Mughal style based on the Islamic concept of chahar bagh (originally from Persian and also spelled charbagh), a \u201cfour garden\u201d that represents the Islamic paradise garden with its four waterways. These gardens are defined by their central water source and their quadripartite design, in which each section is further divided into a series of geometric beds.\nThe fort stands on the rocky hill of Cheel ka Teela (Hill of Eagles) that over looks the Jaipur and situated next to the Maota lake. Inside the palace the state rooms have been restored and can be fully explored. Highlights include the chamber of a thousands mirrors is possibly the most beautiful of all of the inner rooms which supposedly can be full lit just by a single candle. There is an delicate carving of Ganesha (Hindu Elephant god), carved from a single piece of coral.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 344, "original_length": 16167, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 295.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://testogen.com/blog/body-produce-testosterone/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:20Z", "digest": "sha1:62WAJ74H6RDYKKFACQ6S2UWZHMX7KLBQ", "length": 3577, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "testogen.com", "title": "How Does The Body Produce Testosterone?", "raw_content": "Testosterone is known as the dominant male hormone because it is. The importance of it cannot be stated enough. This raises the question, just how is it produced in the body? You might not have asked that question if you\u2019re producing it just fine, but it\u2019s interesting to know if you\u2019re an anatomy or science buff!\nBefore we get to the actual production of testosterone, let\u2019s delve a little deeper into its main functions in the body. Do you know that tingling sensation you get south of the border when you\u2019re about to have sex with your partner? That\u2019s called arousal and it\u2019s directly related to testosterone.\nDo you know how you\u2019re able to lift over 300 lbs on the bench press? Well, you can thank testosterone for that.\nWhen you check yourself out in the mirror and see those rippling muscles, guess what? Testosterone is responsible.\nSimply put, it\u2019s the muscle behind your muscle, the uplifting substance behind your good mood, and the stuff that gives you energy throughout the course of the day. It is the most important hormone in your body.\nCan you have a too high level of testosterone?\nDown below the belt, you have a pair of testicles, also known as the family jewels, grapefruits, nuts, and sack. Pardon the expressions, but you\u2019re an adult and can handle the verbiage!\nPay attention to the first syllable of \u201ctesticles.\u201d The word \u201ctestes\u201d is the scientific way of saying testicles and it is here that testosterone is produced and distributed to the body. Now notice how the first syllable of testosterone is also \u201ctest.\u201d See how it all comes together.\nAnd just for the record, this is also the location where sperm cells are produced (1). This is why testosterone is called the male sex hormone.\nFactors affecting test production\nYour body naturally produces testosterone, but there are certain things that can affect your production. For example, being overweight and sedentary can have a negative effect. Eating foods high in estrogen, like flax seeds and soy, can have a negative effect. And drinking excessive amounts of alcohol can also have a negative effect.\nOn the flip side, there are things you can do to boost your levels of testosterone. In similar fashion to certain foods lowering it, there are certain foods that can raise it, like broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, kale, collards, and cabbage. These are all known as cruciferous vegetables.\nIronically, foods that are high in cholesterol and saturated fat also have a positive effect. But you want to eat just enough of these to get the benefit without going overboard. Eggs, avocados, coconut oil, and pork rinds fall into this category.\nLastly, the way you work out can contribute to testosterone production. When you lift heavy weights and do intense training, a signal is sent through your system that it needs to pump out more testosterone to meet the demands that are placed upon it. This effect is magnified when you do compound exercises with heavy weights and sprint intervals.\nIt\u2019s worth mentioning that women also produce testosterone, but to a much lesser degree. In their case, it is produced in the ovaries, which is also the location where the dominant female hormone, estrogen, is produced. Even though they don\u2019t have as much testosterone as men, it\u2019s still important to women for muscle gain and preservation.\nThe way the body works is really fascinating. The more you get in tune with it, the longer and happier life you can lead. And now that you know more about testosterone, you can ensure that your T-levels stay elevated and you can dominate in everything you do!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 100, "original_length": 5675, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 240.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/careers/apprenticeships/crossrail", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:43:38Z", "digest": "sha1:7DTBVNRSQQLWETYJ44LAA5TC2PE6A4HI", "length": 1715, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "tfl.gov.uk", "title": "Crossrail Operations Engineering - Transport for London", "raw_content": "The Elizabeth Line (Crossrail) will transform travel across London, boost the economy and support thousands of new jobs and homes.\nRail for London Infrastructure will be responsible as landlord/infrastructure manager for railway systems within the central operation section, five central section stations, shafts, portals, and a number of surface stations. In readiness for the phased opening of this railway, we are seeking to recruit and train a highly skilled, dynamic maintenance team to take us into operation, and beyond.\nYou'll have a combination of classroom, practical and on-the-job training, learning from both our own and external experts and professionals. You'll begin to learn and understand the core skills to work safely on Crossrail and will gain the skills and knowledge required to become a qualified rail engineering operative.\nYou'll work in a range of areas during your placements so you'll gain experience across the board. This will include placements in the Elizabeth line maintenance and other teams within TfL. As an apprentice you'll work with teams on routine maintenance, renewals and testing, and commissioning activities. You could also find yourself working in the following (this is not an exhaustive list):\nOn this exciting and challenging apprenticeship scheme you'll be supported to achieve an NVQ Level 2 diploma which covers different areas of engineering and railway technical knowledge. The classroom- based training will be a mix of theoretical and practical training.\nOn successful completion of the apprenticeship scheme you could join the Elizabeth Line maintenance team. There may also be an opportunity to continue training to a rail engineering technician (Level 3).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 251, "original_length": 7629, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 296.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://the-journal.com/articles/967-cortez-parks-plan-addresses-old-high-school-site", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:45Z", "digest": "sha1:L2WFNYXKT5QBUT4CLHENHO7MRUMJNEWM", "length": 2991, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "the-journal.com", "title": "Cortez parks plan addresses old high school site", "raw_content": "Cortez parks plan addresses old high school site\nRenovation of Centennial Park restrooms is next project\nFriday, Sept. 30, 2016 10:51 PM\nUpdated: Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016 12:05 AM\nParque de Vida and the Cortez Rec Center form the centerpiece of the Cortez parks system. The Parks Department has created a 10-year master plan.\nThe Cortez Parks and Recreation\u2019s master plan has been completed, parks director Dean Palmquist said.\nThe plan sets goals for the department for the next 10 years, as well as a list of projects to be completed at the parks. It was developed after a series of public meetings in which people could give input on what they wanted to see changed or improved in the parks.\n\u201cWe\u2019re trying to meet the needs of what our citizens want to see,\u201d Palmquist said. \u201cIt\u2019s important that we continue to listen to our citizens.\u201d\nA high-priority project is to create a park on the south side of town, Palmquist said. The department is looking at the location of the retired Montezuma-Cortez High School for a park.\nOne of the next projects on the list is the remodel of the restrooms at Centennial Park, Palmquist said. That should take place early next year.\nAlso at Centennial Park, the two eastern tennis courts will be converted to pickleball courts. The Parks Department is pursuing a Great Outdoors Colorado grant to complete that project.\nThe Parks Department has started wetland rehabilitation work at Geer Natural Area, and Palmquist said more development is planned at that park in the next two to three years. One goal is the completion of a trail around the lake, he said.\nOther highest-priority projects in the master plan include expanding city paved trails and renovating the South Softball Complex. Those projects will be addressed in the next three years.\nMedium-priority projects include building a permanent restroom facility at Rotary Park ballfields, expanding the skate park expansion, renovating the City Park stage, replacing the City Park playground and renovating the youth football facility. Those projects will be addressed in the next four to six years.\nLow-priority projects in the plan include creating a community heritage orchard, resurfacing the Parque De Vida tennis courts, building a new playground at Market Street, building an outdoor skating rink and replacing the waterslide at the Cortez Municipal Pool. Those projects will be addressed in the next seven to 10 years.\nEven though the plan has been completed, there are still opportunities for community input, Palmquist said.\n\u201cWe\u2019re continuing to develop what we have,\u201d he said. \u201cThe master plan is a dynamic document.\u201d\nFor more information, call the Cortez Rec Center at 564-4080.\nMontezuma-Cortez schools will appeal performance rating\nMountain colors peaking in Mancos and Dolores areas\nCortez receives award for healthy living choices\nMontezuma commission furious with BLM on master lease plan\nCortez parks users want softball, trail improvements\nCortez parks department wants public input", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 187, "original_length": 7791, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 336.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://thebaldorgroup.com/mortgage-rates-mostly-steady-last-week-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:14:00Z", "digest": "sha1:XEL3WYQXNZQVD2WQ5AATBC7RCSVKKFQY", "length": 1233, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "thebaldorgroup.com", "title": "Mortgage Rates Mostly Steady Last Week - TheBaldorGroup.com", "raw_content": "Mortgage Rates Mostly Steady Last Week\nAccording to the Mortgage Bankers Association\u2019s Weekly Applications Survey, average mortgage rates were relatively flat last week, including rates for 30-year fixed-rate loans with both conforming and jumbo balances, loans backed by the Federal Housing Administration, and 15-year fixed-rate mortgages. But, despite the fact that rates were mostly unchanged from one week earlier, overall demand for mortgage applications was down from the week before. Joel Kan, MBA\u2019s vice president of economic and industry forecasting, told CNBC the economy has improved but buyers are still finding the market challenging. \u201cDespite recent data indicating a strong U.S. economy and job market, including signs of wage growth, overall mortgage applications fell for the third straight week as housing continues to be hampered by the lack of homes for sale and crimped affordability,\u201d Kan said. And while it\u2019s true that conditions may be keeping sales lower than they would otherwise be, demand for loans to buy homes is just 2 percent lower than at the same time last year. The MBA\u2019s weekly survey has been conducted since 1990 and covers 75 percent of all retail residential mortgage applications. More here.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 146, "original_length": 6718, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 321.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://thebaldorgroup.com/rent-rises-twice-pace-income/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:46Z", "digest": "sha1:2G5ILQUDW2HKUE5GSPA4NVHSPQRJQMM3", "length": 1125, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "thebaldorgroup.com", "title": "Rent Rises At Twice The Pace Of Income - TheBaldorGroup.com", "raw_content": "Rent Rises At Twice The Pace Of Income\nIf you think renting is cheaper than buying a house, think again. Recent data shows that, in most markets, buying a home is actually more affordable than renting. And, according to new numbers from Zillow, rent isn\u2019t getting any cheaper. In fact, there were 770,000 new renters last year and a cumulative total of $441 billion spent in rent. That\u2019s up 4.9 percent from the year before and analysts believe rental affordability will continue to decline in 2015. Stan Humphries, Zillow\u2019s chief economist, says rent has grown at twice the pace of income over the past 14 years. \u201cThis has created real opportunities for rental housing owners and investors, but has also been a bitter pill to swallow for tenants, particularly those on an entry-level salary and those would-be buyers struggling to save for a down payment on a home of their own,\u201d Humphries said. With rent expected to rise again this year and home prices continuing to stabilize after spiking in 2013, buying a home should continue to be a more affordable option than renting in most markets over the coming year. More here.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 146, "original_length": 6610, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 219.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://thebeepingbell.com/social-media-addicts-facebook-could-be-making-you-sad-and-unhealthy-says-researchers/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:44Z", "digest": "sha1:UK6MVSCJTMTJCNQSIB3KWTQ3HB6OZ333", "length": 2334, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "thebeepingbell.com", "title": "Social media addicts: Facebook could be making you sad and unhealthy, says Researchers \u2013 The Beeping Bell", "raw_content": "Rajat Pandey May 30, 2017 Social media addicts: Facebook could be making you sad and unhealthy, says Researchers2017-05-30T16:12:21+00:00 Health, LifeStyle No Comment\nIt\u2019s tough to escape social media. There is the urge to check what other people are up to, and check those cute cat photos. However, a new study has revealed that people who check their Facebook profile all the time are likely to be more sad and unhealthy than those who use it sporadically.\nUsers who are updating their profiles or liking posts more than average are more likely to have mental health issues, says the study. (Photo: Shutterstock)\nResearchers from Yale University and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), studied the pattern of Facebook use and mental health of 5,208 volunteers between 2013 and 2015 for the study.\nThe findings showed that increased use of Facebook was closely linked to \u201ccompromised social, physical and psychological health\u201d, Metro.co.uk reported on Sunday. It also revealed that if users were updating their profiles or liking posts more than average, they were more likely to have mental health issues.\nThe report appeared in the American Journal of Epidemiology and was led by UCSD\u2019s Assistant Professor of Public Health Holly Shakya and Yale\u2019s Nicholas Christakis, who is Director of the University\u2019s Human Nature Lab.\nTags: Facebook, Facebook addicts, Social media addicts, Facebook making you sad and unhealthy, UCSD, University of California, Yale University\nhttps://thebeepingbell.com/social-media-addicts-facebook-could-be-making-you-sad-and-unhealthy-says-researchers/https://thebeepingbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/facebook-e1496140635193.jpghttps://thebeepingbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/facebook-150x150.jpg 2017-05-30T16:12:21+00:00 Rajat PandeyHealthLifeStyleIt\u2019s tough to escape social media. There is the urge to check what other people are up to, and check those cute cat photos. 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It is also an important source book for those appearing for the competitive civil service examinations at national and state levels in public administration and management.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 109, "original_length": 4621, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 161.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://theblogoftheatrethings.com/tag/perry-pontac/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:30Z", "digest": "sha1:S62JEPFOYMJZCTYBE4Z6A7IFVM3T6PRV", "length": 3328, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "theblogoftheatrethings.com", "title": "Perry Pontac \u2013 Theatre Things", "raw_content": "Tag: Perry Pontac\nReview: Hamlet Part II at the Hen and Chickens\nPublished on December 9, 2016 January 6, 2018 by LizLeave a comment\nIf you\u2019ve ever wondered what happened next after the tragic conclusion of Shakespeare\u2019s Hamlet (and let\u2019s face it, who hasn\u2019t?) an answer can be found in the snappily titled Hamlet Part II from the Theatre of Heaven & Hell, returning to the Hen and Chickens after an acclaimed run at this year\u2019s Camden Fringe. Whether it\u2019s the answer Shakespeare had in mind I\u2019m not totally sure, but one thing is certain: it\u2019s a lot of fun.\nFun? I hear you ask, and not without good reason. After all, most of us know how Hamlet (Part I) ends \u2013 bodies all over the stage and Denmark\u2019s entire royal family wiped out in one bloody encounter. Making a comedy out of that scenario would take some doing, you could suggest. And yet when you stop and think about it, there actually is something slightly comical about a play in which every character gets wiped out; it\u2019s so extreme that it almost crosses the line from tragedy to comedy.\nWriter Perry Pontac seizes upon this blurring of genres and runs with it, picking up not only on the excessive quantity of corpses but also the many other slightly ridiculous elements of Shakespeare that we all put up with because \u2013 well, it\u2019s Shakespeare. The flowery language; the drawn-out death bed speeches; the Fool who talks complete nonsense; the soliloquies that none of the other characters ever hear, even though they\u2019re standing two feet away\u2026 all make an appearance. The story\u2019s also packed with references to Shakespeare\u2019s other plays \u2013 some subtle, some not so much; you don\u2019t have to be a major literature buff to find the humour in this very accessible show.\nPart of Pontac\u2019s \u2018Codpieces\u2019 trilogy, the story sees Seltazar (Darren Ruston) return home to Denmark, met by court librarian Fornia (Elena Clements) who reluctantly unfolds the recent tragic events; her list of the dead is so extensive she has to check them all off on a clipboard. Together, with a bit of \u2018help\u2019 from a passing Fool (Nicholas Bright), the two attempt to figure out who\u2019s left to take over the throne \u2013 but just as they hit upon a solution, the rightful king (Brian Eastty) appears\u2026 and it\u2019s not who you might expect.\nAll four cast members give it their all, though it\u2019s Darren Ruston and Elena Clements who take centre stage as Seltazar and Fornia; their evolving love-hate relationship really is a hilarious joy to watch from beginning to end. And director Michael Ward finds opportunities for humour even when nobody\u2019s saying a word; the opening moments are particularly enjoyable, and so totally unexpected it\u2019s almost impossible not to laugh.\nA common complaint about Hamlet is that it\u2019s too long; there\u2019s a lot of talking and not a lot of doing, and \u2013 let\u2019s be honest \u2013 it\u2019s not exactly the cheeriest of tales. 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Published 2/18/2011. Local.", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Local \u00bb Father Corapi speaks about upcoming conference and his ministry\nFather Corapi speaks about upcoming conference and his ministry\nOn: 2/18/2011, By Scot Landry , In: Local\n(Editor's note: An annotated version of this story appeared in the Feb. 18, 2011 printed edition)\nBRAINTREE -- Father John Corapi is one of the most recognizable voices of Catholicism in the United States due to his presence on EWTN and his radio shows, tapes, DVDs, books and live conferences.\nOne of his few upcoming conferences, and the only one in New England, will be at Boston's TD Garden Aug. 6 to benefit Boston's new Catholic radio station, WQOM 1060 AM.\nFather Corapi spoke to The Pilot about the August conference and his ministry.\nQ: 8,500 people heard you speak at the Boston Catholic Men's and Women's conferences in 2006. How will the upcoming conference on August 6th compare to the 2006 conferences?\nFather Corapi: It's a new subject matter, so the material is going to be different. But I hope the experience will be the same because that 2006 Conference in Boston was one of the best conferences I ever did. This time the subject matter will be \"The Church Persecuted.\" The topic was \"Spiritual Warfare\" in 2006. My two main goals are education and inspiration. Hopefully that will be there for the people. It's going to be very exciting.\nQ: Can you share a little bit more about the subject matter of \"The Church Persecuted\"? What types of persecution, and what else, will you discuss in Boston?\nFather Corapi: I'll start with a historical perspective and show that from the Old Testament forward throughout history that the Church has been persecuted. The main concentration will be on the contemporary situation of the Church. Some of the persecution of the Church is outright and not at all subtle, such as we saw in some Communist countries and we see today with radical Islamic governments or places like the province in India where it is a capital offense to proselytize or preach Christianity. But there more subtle ways in which members of the Church can be persecuted quite simply for their beliefs. This happens every day in Western society including the United States. Anyone who is strongly pro-life will feel a little persecution, and sometimes a lot. So there'll be a broad spectrum of examples of persecution in the Church. I'll concentrate on the more subtle forms because they are the more common ones today.\nMy conferences always focus on two things: education and inspiration. You have to have both. Education and knowledge is always good as long as it is authentic. But inspiration is what really puts the edge on the sword. So you have to have both. I think I've done my part in the pro-life fight, but I know a lot of people are out on the front lines more than I am, so I'm very sympathetic to that and I consider them heroic in their efforts.\nMost of what I do is the result of a charism. I do my work, I have my preparation, I have my academic background, but I have to give the credit to the Holy Spirit. I have often said that all I do is show up for work and the Holy Spirit just does the rest. That is really where the power comes from. It is really a hard thing to describe accurately. It just happens. I just know I've done over 500 conferences and missions and I don't recall a single one where it wasn't a powerful experience. That's not because of me, but because preaching is a graced action. The Holy Spirit does His part if we correspond to the grace that's available.\nOne thing that I can say for sure is it is going to work. The message that I'll have for Boston-area Catholics who are engaged in that battle for life is \"Hang in there, fight the good fight, run the race to the finish line.\" If God is for you, who can be against you?\nI have, thank God, a lot of friends in Boston and the Northeast in general, but it is a tough place. I have preached all over the country, and in every state within the continental United States. That area in the Northeast is probably the toughest. There are great people there and a great Catholic tradition but the intensity of the resistance to authentic Church teaching in certain areas is absolutely frightening at times. So that is why back in 2006 I described Boston as 'ground zero in the culture of death.' In the battle for authentic Catholic doctrine in many areas; especially life issues but others as well, it's a tough spot. But that is why we're going to be there.\nQ: Your ministry used to involve conferences nearly every week. Now your website indicates this will be one of only 3 conferences you'll do in 2011 and the only one in the Northeast. Because of that, your conferences are now larger. WQOM is selling 12,000 tickets for the August 6 Conference at the TD Garden. Will that be one of the larger conferences that you've ever done?\nFather Corapi: The upcoming conference in Boston will certainly be one of the larger conferences. You are right that in the last couple of years my conferences are getting bigger. I don't travel much anymore, quite simply because our emphasis is on television, radio, and writing. I used to do 35-40 events every year. A couple of years ago, I didn't do any. The following year I did only the one in Buffalo [for the Station of the Cross]. Last year I did six, and this year I'll be doing three conferences. I just returned from a small event down in Naples Florida for the Legatus leadership. I'll be doing Conferences this year in Illinois in March, then Boston in August, and then Seattle in September.\nThere were about 15,000 in Newark last October and about 12,000 in San Antonio. In Buffalo, there were 10,000. So the 12,000 expected in Boston this year will make it one of our biggest conferences.\nQ: You have done other Conferences in the past to help promote a Catholic radio station. What makes Catholic radio such a powerful tool of Evangelization?\nFather Corapi: Yes some of our biggest conferences have been sponsored by Catholic radio stations. The one in Buffalo a couple of years ago was sponsored by the Station of the Cross which is also sponsoring the one in Boston.\nSomeone once remarked to me that media technology is amazing and that it is almost like it allows people to bi-locate. We hear stories from the annals of the saints, like St. Padre Pio, where they could bi-locate and be in more than one place at the same time.\nWhen you think about it, radio, television and the internet enables us to be working so much harder and so much better. In the old days, before this technology, I would have had to physically travel to places every day constantly to reach different people and I still wouldn't reach a fraction of what we do now. Today we reach millions instead of hundreds. Through Catholic radio, I can preach a homily once and millions of people can hear it.\nCatholic media is becoming an increasingly powerful force. It was mandated by the Church. One of the sixteen major documents of the 2nd Vatican Council mandated that the Church use of what they called the means of social communication, which involves radio, television and I'm sure they would mean the internet too, had it existed when the document was written. Catholic radio reaches many people so effortlessly. It's a fantastic tool. It has certainly earmarked my ministry from the beginning and probably will to the end.\nQ: People are certainly familiar with your EWTN TV show. In Boston, now because of WQOM, Catholics are becoming familiar with the radio side of your ministry. What else do you do on the radio?\nFather Corapi: We do a lot with EWTN. As we started in 1997 with my Catechism series, I record things and give the programming to EWTN and they air it on TV and radio. Many Catholic radio stations get their feed free from EWTN radio.\nOn Saturday night, they play recordings from many of my live conference, such as \"Surrender is Not An Option\" from the Conference I did in Boston in 2006. EWTN-TV plays the video feed and EWTN-Radio takes the audio feed. On Sunday night, EWTN has played my Catechism series non-stop since 1997 on both TV and radio.\nNow, because I have a state of the art television studio here in my offices in Montana, we can produce programming for radio, television and for our website [www.fathercorapi.com]. We occasionally do live broadcasts from here when EWTN brings in a satellite truck.\nQ: Besides your 3 upcoming conferences, what are some of the larger projects that you are working on this year?\nFather Corapi: We have launched a new series through our website called \"Our Sunday Homily.\" We read the Mass readings for Sunday and then I preach a homily on those readings. That's an ongoing project. I'm also working on my autobiography; however, it's like pulling teeth.\nQ: How is writing your autobiography more difficult for you than preaching on Christ or teaching on the Catechism?\nFather Corapi: Well, it is a different way of expressing something. My personal testimony is what launched my preaching ministry in the Church. It has had a phenomenal reach. Even today it startles me that people are listening to it after all these years. A friend of mine was recently on a business trip and he stopped in a rather famous bar in Nashville. A well known actor, I won't say who, sat down next to him. This actor has struggled for a long time and was in a bad place. They started talking and the actor said \"the only thing that's been keeping me alive is this guy on television.\" The actor then started describing my life story. My friend told him that he often travels with me and then offered to introduce us. The actor couldn't believe it. These sorts of stories are very humbling. The autobiography will be the written expanded version of my personal testimony. I hope to finish it in time to release it in Boston at the Conference.\nQ: You have a unique ministry. Beyond the Pope there might not be another Catholic priest or Catholic leader that reaches as many people annually as you do, particularly because you've embraced media as a central part of your ministry. Did you have an idea from the beginning of your priesthood that media is where God would want you to focus your ministry, or did it kind of just happen and then you went with it because you could see it was helping so many?\nFather Corapi: That's a great question. When I came back to the Church after having lapsed for twenty some years, I went to confession and had a rather radical and extraordinary type of conversion experience. Archbishop Fulton Sheen was I think the instrument which God used to help me. I just knew I was going to be a preacher. Now I had never had any experience with public speaking. There was no way to know that [I would have a charism for preaching], but there was an inner knowing that that was what I was going to do.\nThen when I went to Holy Apostles Seminary in 1987, I met Father Jim Flanagan. [Fr. Flanagan is founder of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT) of which Father Corapi is a member.] He is from Boston by the way. One of his brothers was district attorney for many years there. Another brother was head of the philosophy department at Boston College for a long time.\nAbout ten minutes into our conversation, it was extraordinarily and startling. Fr. Flanagan said \"You want me to tell you your vocation?\" I thought he was going to tell me that I'm called to be a priest, maybe in his group. But it wasn't like that at all. He said, \"You have a charism, a gift called Apostolic preaching. Archbishop Fulton Sheen would be, in time, the closest example of this that I could mention. So you're to follow his example. You'll get the best education the Church can give you. Just as he went to Louvain, you'll go the best university that we can find and et cetera. And he said my mission would be Apostolic preaching- using the means of social communication.\" So that's the first time I ever heard that [explicitly]. It was in the first ten minutes that I ever met Father Jim Flanagan.\nQ: You've been one of the pioneers in terms of the use of media for evangelization, helping people on their path to conversion and to deeper holiness. What insights have you learned through your ministry that the rest of the Church could embrace in its expansion of the use of media?\nFather Corapi: Well, the first thing is that we have to do it. It's a mandate. It's not optional. The Church told us in Inter Mirifica [Vatican II Decree on the Means of Social Communications] that we must use the means of social communication to preach the Gospel. So that being the case, we have to figure out ways to do that.\nNow the technology is there. We know that and that's the easy part. The most important thing in using the media effectively might sound overly simple. This is what works: to be absolutely faithful to the Magisterium of the Church, to hand on what the Church has given to us -- not some liberal theologian's notion of what it should be -- but the authentic, authoritative teaching of the Magisterium of the Church. If we stick to that, just like if religious orders will stick to the authentic charisms of their holy founders and foundresses, they will be successful and bear fruit. In radio, television, and in using all the means of social communication, the Church will bear fruit directly proportional to our fidelity to the authentic teaching of the Church.\nQ: The Archdiocese of Boston is preparing to launch the Catholics Come Home initiative this Lent. Your ministry has helped so many people come back to the Church. Many Catholics in this area have told me that they returned to the Church after a friend gave them one of your tapes or after they listened to one of your broadcasts on EWTN. What message might you give to the Catholics here who will be praying for the return of family members and friends to the Church and working to invite them to come home?\nFather Corapi: Well this piece of advice is almost axiomatic. There is a principle in metaphysics: things are received according to the mode of the receiver. We can translate that into everyday human affairs and to this in particular: a person is going to receive the faith, truth, grace, directly proportional to their disposition. If persons are well-disposed, they are going to receive more.\nSome people at a given point in time are not well disposed. So you can present something to them as eloquently and perfectly as possible and it will go nowhere. People even rejected Jesus Christ himself to His face. So we shouldn't be discouraged when we do a good job, we have good materials, we're faithful, we're holy, and then family members and friends don't accept it. It's not your fault. It has to do with their disposition.\nNow what can you do about that? That's where the spiritual life comes in. We pray. Prayer and grace have to precede the actual work of evangelization. We should have great materials. We should have a great program. But we have to understand how grace works. And the mystery of free will is that a person often says \"no\". We should not be discouraged by that. Just move on to the next person.\nYour job was to put it out there. Eventually in God's time, and through God's grace, people will accept it. You are going to experience more failures than successes. But they're not really failures. Like with kids sometimes who don't want to go to CCD classes: you teach them their faith and they're not very interested in it. But at some point in their life it will help them greatly, if not outright save their life.\nQ: Is there anything else you'd want to share about the August 6th conference [www.frcorapiconference.com]?\nFather Corapi: Well, we're all in it together. Certainly the Archdiocese of Boston is a great Catholic area. We should try to do all that we can to be at the forefront of a major, of what I could call in military terms, 'offensive' for evangelization.\nI can't guarantee very much in life, but I can guarantee you this one thing: that conference in Boston in August is going to be fantastic. It's going to be very exciting. I've worked with the folks from the Station of the Cross before. They always do a good job. I think the people are going to be very excited. They are going to get some education. They will receive some inspiration. That way we strengthen each other. Whenever I come in contact with people when I preach, I'm strengthened by their presence. 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This report includes Vacuum Interrupters Market status and forecast of global and key regions, with introduction of vendors, product types, regions, and end industries; this report counts product types and end industries in key regions.\nLeading Players Of Vacuum Interrupters Market Are:\nABB Ltd., Eaton Corporation Plc, Meidensha Corporation, Schneider Electric SE, Siemens AG, Alstom SA, CoorsTek Inc, Toshiba Corporation, Turner Electric, Crompton Greaves Limited, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, General Electric, Tavrida Electric\nSegmentation by end-use industry:\n\u2013 Report covers detailed analysis of the Vacuum Interrupters Market structure along with forecast of the various segments and sub-segments of the global Vacuum Interrupters Market.\n\u2013 Detailed information about factors affecting the market growth. To analyze the Vacuum Interrupters Market based on various supply chain analysis, factors- price analysis, porter five force analyses.\n\u2013 The Vacuum Interrupters Market report analyses the country level analysis of the market with respect to the present market size and future prospective.\n\u2013 Covering Vacuum Interrupters Market country level analysis of the industry for segment by product type, application, and sub-segments.\n\u2013 Strategic profiling of key players in the Vacuum Interrupters Market, comprehensively analyzing their core competencies, and drawing a competitive landscape for the market.\n\u2013 Track and analyze competitive developments such as joint ventures, mergers, strategic alliances, acquisitions, new product developments, and research and developments in the global Vacuum Interrupters Market.\nInquire for further detailed information of Vacuum Interrupters Market Report at: https://marketresearch.biz/report/vacuum-interrupters-market#inquiry", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 5744, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 333.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://thechargeronline.com/2616/lifestyles/ohs-art-departments-focus-shifts-towards-larger-regional-national-competitions/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:21:37Z", "digest": "sha1:IGGB6Q5ASHL54QUVIAITTMMKVUSP22HH", "length": 3024, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "thechargeronline.com", "title": "OHS art department disbands annual creative arts fair to focus on other competitions \u2013 The Charger Online", "raw_content": "OHS art department disbands annual creative arts fair to focus on other competitions\nMia Sinha, Staff Writer\nEvery year for the last few years, Oxford High School has held a Creative Arts Fair to showcase the student body\u2019s artistic talents.\nThis year, however, the art department has decided on disbanding the fair.\nLibrarian Lynndy Hurdle said that first-year OHS art teachers and husband and wife Ebony and Duran Johnson \u201ctold me they had really phenomenal plans for the art and they were particularly interested in having the students compete in art competitions around this area and region,\u201d said hurdle, who as librarian was host to last year\u2019s creative arts fair. \u201cWe kind of collectively decided that in order for students to be able to focus on those art competitions, that we would not do a creative arts fair this year at the high school.\u201d\nIn the past, Hurdle has served as host of the Creative Arts Fair, as the weeklong event where students displayed their work as it was judged usually took place in the OHS library.\nThis year, however, the art department faced a total turnover, including new teachers with new plans.\nEbony Johnson, who teaches visual arts, agrees that the art department\u2019s focus on national level competitions is better than focusing on the local competition that wouldn\u2019t gain as much recognition for the students in terms of portfolio submissions for college.\nJohnson and her husband Duran, also a visual arts teacher, encouraged their students to enter the Mid-South Scholastic Art Awards. Oxford High\u2019s art department collectively won 11 awards from the regional competition, and that award-winning work has been installed in the Brooks Museum of Art in Memphis.\nOther ways the Johnsons are trying to generate exposure for their students\u2019 work are by planning to have a booth at the Double Decker Arts Festival in Oxford this year, having more gallery spaces in the hallways of the high school, and creating digital portfolios online.\n\u201cThe students now are really really interested and dedicated,\u201d Ebony Johnson said, \u201cand they are coming after hours and weekends, trying to really develop their portfolios.\u201d\nWinner Bhakti Patel entered her photographs in the 2015 Mid-South Scholastic competition, competing against more than 14,000 other photographs. She won a gold key (the highest honor), became a finalist and received honorable mention status.\nPatel said that by focusing on entering mostly national and regional competitions versus local competitions, fewer students are recognized because of the larger pool of applicants. At the same time, though, Patel added that it gives Oxford more recognition nationally for their art department.\n\u201cIf you do enter and you win something, Mrs. Jay (Johnson) is really good about making sure everybody knows about it,\u201d Patel said.\n\u201cShe has contacted The Oxford Eagle and and is trying to get articles in there, and she is putting our work on TV screens in the (OHS) hallways. I think she is doing a pretty good job about publicizing our work.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 150, "original_length": 5798, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 291.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://thecitizenng.com/france-whip-super-falcons-8-0/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:12Z", "digest": "sha1:RBJPLLB4TQRZYQWVTHAAH5RHYUP76MCC", "length": 1094, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "thecitizenng.com", "title": "France whip Super Falcons 8-0 - TheCitizen - It's all about you", "raw_content": "France whip Super Falcons 8-0\nFrance on Friday defeated Super Falcons 8-0 in an international friend match played in Paris.\nThe Most Valuable Player of the match was Gauvin Valerie for grabbing a hat-trick.\nShe scored the three goals in the 36th, 70th and 78th of the encounter.\nIt was Thomas Dennerby baptism of fire as head coach of the women\u2019s team.\nNigeria\u2019s Faith Ikidi\u2019s scored an own goal to give France its seventh of the night\nFrance got their fourth goal in less than 12 minutes into the second half. Aminata Diallo(One of France Star Players) netted the fourth in the 60th minute.\nThe first 45 minutes of the international friendly match ended with the Super Falcons losing 0-3 to France\nThe Falcons only trained twice for the friendly\nThey had not played a game since winning the 2016 Africa Women\u2019s Championship (AWC) in Cameroon.\nLast year, France who are preparing for next year\u2019s World Cup as host also trounced Ghana 8-0 in another friendly.\nPrevious: Police lose 9 officers in Offa robbery as death toll hits 30\nNext: Fashola seeks Nigeria-Morocco joint bid for 2026 World Cup", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 160, "original_length": 7012, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 312.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://thecurrentdaily.com/2014/11/06/john-lewis-introduces-montythepenguin-in-2014-christmas-campaign/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:52Z", "digest": "sha1:J4RMDI3VC5HZYRPENRXXSY7SSJYJ7ES7", "length": 1831, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "thecurrentdaily.com", "title": "John Lewis introduces #MontyThePenguin in 2014 Christmas campaign - TheCurrent Daily", "raw_content": "John Lewis introduces #MontyThePenguin in 2014 Christmas campaign\nLast year it was a bear and a hare, the year before a snowman, but for 2014 it\u2019s a penguin. John Lewis has introduced its new Christmas campaign \u2013 another creative feat costing \u00a31m to make \u2013 and a loveable creature called Monty is at the heart of it.\nCreated to evoke the magic of make-believe at Christmas through a child\u2019s eyes, the spot sees a young boy called Sam playing with his pet penguin during the year. The duo does everything together, but eventually Sam notices the fact Monty is pining for the love and romance of a female companion.\nCome December 25, he therefore surprises his Antarctic friend with a fellow penguin called Mabel sitting under the tree. The strapline \u201cGive someone the Christmas they\u2019ve been dreaming of\u201d accompanies.\nCraig Inglis, marketing director at the department store, said: \u201cAt John Lewis, this time of year is all about helping our customers create their dream Christmas. We hope this uplifting tale of Sam\u2019s love for his friend Monty will remind people of the magic of Christmas through a child\u2019s eyes and inspire them to think how they can make the festive season extra special for their friends and loved ones.\u201d\nMonty and Mabel were created using CGI technology to look and behave exactly like real life Ad\u00e9lie penguins. They\u2019ll also appear in an in-store space called Monty\u2019s Den, where a series of virtual reality experiences in partnership with Samsung will be in operation.\nA children\u2019s book called \u2018Monty\u2019s Christmas\u2019, as well as a series of related toys will be available to buy alongside.\nThe ad is set to John Lennon\u2019s track \u2018Real Love\u2019, sung by Tom Odell. It was created by Adam & Eve/DDB and revealed via social media ahead of hitting TV tomorrow. John Lewis is investing \u00a37m in total in its Christmas campaign.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 64, "original_length": 3828, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 299.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://thedaleyexpress.com/about/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:45:42Z", "digest": "sha1:7KNN3CKCLRAPZTBSP72JUF24FEIHEVDE", "length": 396, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "thedaleyexpress.com", "title": "About \u2013 The Daley Express", "raw_content": "Welcome to The Daley Express.\nI have made this blog as a way to express thoughts and feelings that I often feel unable to communicate in my daily life. My intention is to explore topics surrounding mental health and spirituality, to add to a new conversation within mental health which regards psychological distress as something to learn and grow from rather than something that is pathological.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 9, "original_length": 512, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 333.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://thehappybody.com/blog/the-power-of-labels/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:39:24Z", "digest": "sha1:JG3HEPQPLMLECPNNIGAG3P32557UQP2U", "length": 3706, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "thehappybody.com", "title": "The Power of Labels - The Happy Body", "raw_content": "Written by Aniela Gregorek \u00b7 January 6, 2018\nWhen you walk into a supermarket, you\u2019re aware of the vast array of products before you. It can be overwhelming. You have to know why you\u2019re there and what you need to purchase, otherwise you\u2019ll leave the store with something random that you don\u2019t really want or need. It\u2019s a skill to make a list, stick to it, and leave with exactly what you wanted instead of wasting time, energy, and money entertaining yourself. If you\u2019re centered and have a sense of self, you can discriminate.\nLabels, labels everywhere\nMany don\u2019t read labels: for them, ignorance is bliss. They were never taught to examine the ingredients in the products they buy. Once you know to look at a label, it can be the beginning of awareness. Now you know what you\u2019re putting in your body. Still, you have to make a choice to have it or not\u2014if you\u2019re in the habit of eating certain foods, it might be hard to abstain, even if you know it\u2019s unhealthy.\nLabels can be informative, but there\u2019s a danger to labeling people. What if as a kid you were labeled as \u201cweird\u201d at school because your way of thinking was original and out-of-the-box? Or what do you do when someone has a condition like cerebral palsy or bipolar disorder or Lyme disease? While these categories are useful for prescribing medication, they\u2019re unnecessary in the practice of building strength and flexibility. When we coach clients and athletes, we can determine the place they\u2019re starting from in the moment; we don\u2019t need a history of what they\u2019ve been doing in the past. In fact, too much information can be misleading if it prejudices us to miss what\u2019s in front of us or establishes expectations that aren\u2019t accurate.\nSo we\u2019ve learned not to predict how someone will perform. But what do you do when the labels come from inside? We\u2019ve heard many clients use labels like lazy, undisciplined, weak, slow, and unmotivated to describe themselves. Often they don\u2019t even know they\u2019re doing it. Again, you have to discriminate. If you notice you\u2019re using a negative label, the first step is to inquire into it, to deconstruct it and discover why you\u2019re dooming yourself to fail by boxing yourself into a category. Going beneath the label might only prove that what\u2019s inside doesn\u2019t match what the label says.\nIf my client calls herself lazy (5 times!) I may first point out all the areas of her life where she isn\u2019t lazy. If she\u2019s committed in other areas, why would she be lazy in this one? There\u2019s an element of fear and dread in this kind of labeling, and it can fuel the wrong belief. It\u2019s unnerving to confront the unknown as you embark upon a new lifestyle that can take you from what\u2019s familiar. When we analyzed the idea of being lazy, we came to the simple idea of being unmotivated. How, then, do you motivate yourself? In case of this particular client, it was that she didn\u2019t like how she looked. \u201cI hate to be fat,\u201d she said.\nInstead of being negative, I posed the question: Is it loving to be fat? We\u2019ve found out it\u2019s not. And as the opposite of hate is love, so the opposite of fat is lean. Leaner means self-control, smaller portions, better food. Loving means care, and self-love will drive you to deconstruct this belief by taking action. And now my client has a new label for herself, something that may become a self-fulfilling prophesy: Amazon, a woman warrior.\nWhy is there a need to label? Have you been labeled by others, or are there labels you apply to yourself? Has your perception of yourself been shaped by this? Is it accurate? Is there a positive label you may have forgotten? What stops you from formulating a new idea of yourself?\n\u00ab Guardians of Quality\nCultivating a Healthy Personal Ecosystem \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 149, "original_length": 12949, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 262.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://theissueband.com/event/823163/18743624/the-issue-new-years-eve", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:22Z", "digest": "sha1:2Z3PMI37NHHNYBAIIU3XDKNY3YGUMHC6", "length": 70, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "theissueband.com", "title": "the issue NEW YEARS EVE!!! @ Sullivan's Ringside - Dec 31 2013, 9:30PM", "raw_content": "the issue NEW YEARS EVE!!!\nSullivan's Ringside, Baton Rouge, Louisiana", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 505, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.56, "perplexity": 181.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://thelinkbetweenworlds.com/2012/05/13/a-longer-view-of-intercultural-marriage-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:49Z", "digest": "sha1:FMMGMFYWXOCANSQB2MUOX4DQV7IDCWVS", "length": 7247, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "thelinkbetweenworlds.com", "title": "A long(er) view of intercultural marriage \u2013 between worlds", "raw_content": "Hiding from the rain under a tiny umbrella, my boyfriend of barely a month and I were making our way to class. We couldn\u2019t see anything but the inside of the umbrella and our own two feet. In the midst of a conversation about the future of our relationship, I reflected how this was what much of our relationship felt like \u2013 all we could see was the very next step. It was a simple statement, but a lesson that we have been learning ever since that day.\nI\u2019ve been reading some blogs of others in South Asian intercultural marriages here and there, and one particular post took me back to that time when my husband and I were working out the ifs of what it would look like to spend our lives together. The question of loving each other wasn\u2019t the problem \u2013 it was more the question of being able to commit to working out life together permanently. There was a lot of angst, questioning, talking, praying, reading. After a long four years, we decided to take the plunge.\nWe\u2019re now well over ten years in \u2013 past the questions of if to be together and well into the actual hows. As we worked through the initial surface differences (i.e. food, race, dialect), we found ourselves in uncharted territory regarding where to go after the books we\u2019d read stopped. Living in a non-diverse area of the country, we found ourselves feeling isolated because of choices we made in relation to our bicultural-ness and unsure of how to connect to others without our experience. Our hearts ached from the lack of frequency with which our children would interact with both families because of distance. We grow weary of always being different, of still feeling like we\u2019re navigating this boat alone. In spite of these realities, we also know deeper levels of commitment and love than we could have even imagined when before we married. Our friendship has grown and stretched us into more compassionate and humble people. We wouldn\u2019t dream of trading what we have for a simpler, more straightforward life, but we readily admit it hasn\u2019t been an easy road.\nSo in honor of those just starting to sort through, and in hopes of connecting to some others in the same boat, I want to spend some time reflecting on skills we\u2019re developing in what I call \u2018deeper intercultural marriage.\u2019\nGrace. Living in a rural area, we are nearly always the only interracial family anywhere we go. This leads to stares and sometimes questions. Because of the wideness of our experiences together, we also tend toward seeing the grayness in many matters. This goes against the prevailing black-and-white perspectives represented in our current location because so many have not had opportunities to see the breadth of the world up-close. When we find ourselves in such situations, it challenges us to offer grace to people who come from different perspectives while still sharing from our own experience.\nInsight. A friend conjectured once that if two similar people marry each other, that they will have a life of mostly easy communication and little conflict. However, because of their similarities to each other, they will have a limited understanding of people who function differently than them. Conversely, if two very different people marry each other, they will likely have quite a lot of conflict to sort through. If they face this head on and choose to find healthy ways to sort through their differences, they will gain a deep understanding of a wide array of people. I\u2019m not suggesting that either arrangement is superior, just that differences aren\u2019t bad when we work through them in healthy ways. They give us insight into the world that we would not otherwise if we function in a world of similarities. They\u2019re rich \u2013 not in a sugary sweet cupcake way, more in a complex, layered arrangement of flavors like curry.\nSacrifice. When we were first married, I remember being surprised that I grew slightly jealous watching couples who appeared to share the same culture. It looked so easy, so fluid for monocultural couples to relate to each other\u2019s worlds. As we\u2019ve gone on, functioning in and accepting each other\u2019s cultures has required sacrifice for us both. The materialism of American culture makes my husband squirm, and yet he has also grown to accept how it has shaped my daily habits and choices (both for good and bad\u2026) Travelling to a war-torn country with young children stretched my American notions of safety, and yet it taught me to trust God with my children in ways I cannot in my home country.\nFlexibility. I don\u2019t think either my husband or I would inherently qualify for a title of \u2018laid-back\u2019, so I\u2019m grateful for being forced into situations through cross-cultural interaction that require us to hold loosely to our plans and expectations for what we deem should happen.\nPatience. Sometimes, waiting is half the battle. Our world is soon to be rocked when we move from tiny-rural-town to sprawling-suburbs-of-major-metropolis. Tiny-rural-town hasn\u2019t been the easiest of places for us to be patient, but the practice is still restorative for our souls, and will certainly serve us well as we sit in traffic in the awaiting suburbs. As we\u2019ve sorted out our differences in personality, family background, preference, and culture, we find that patiently waiting for the other to grow and understand goes a long way in cultivating a peaceful relationship.\nHonest Communication. I\u2019m chuckling that the last two words of the above paragraph are \u201cpeaceful relationship\u201d, because that\u2019s not particularly how I would characterize honest communication. Honesty can certainly create peace, but it doesn\u2019t necessarily start that way! Some of our most challenging conversations have held truths so painful that it takes every single one of the skills above to face them. Yet this honesty is the only path to growth, because if we don\u2019t know where each other is coming from, we can\u2019t truly know each other.\nFriendship. When we first got married, I (of course) considered my husband my BFF. And to the extent that I understood this term, I suppose it held some truth. What I have learned since these days is that, in order for our relationship to thrive, we not only need each other\u2019s friendship and support, we also need trustworthy, reliable, and consistent friends who we can lean on when we fail each other \u2013 friends who love us both, and who can handle that we are broken people attempting to love each other.\nI could likely write a whole post, or maybe even a whole chapter on each of the topics above (maybe some day I will!), but this was just an attempt at a start. For now, I\u2019m curious about you\u2026 If you\u2019ve been in an intercultural relationship long-term, what are you learning? What sustains you? What breaks you? What shows up deeper into intercultural marriage that may not initially be seen at the surface?\nPrevious postChange of plans\nNext postCommencement\nI have been in an inter-cultural marriage for 20 years and divorced. Half of those years were lived in a rural place, which was dificult. I have been divorced 6 years and a little harder to get in a dating place because of my cultural diference, i think. It seems others have a harder time getting to know me or finding a commonality. It\u2019s almost like I have to really put more effort to meet others.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 10636, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 308.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://themonroetimes.com/local-news/booster-club-took-5k-hit/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:25:55Z", "digest": "sha1:NNTJ6ZBNZNW3VXIAMT3GJKT34SS257JN", "length": 189, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "themonroetimes.com", "title": "Booster club took $5K hit - Monroe Times", "raw_content": "Booster club took $5K hit\nMONROE - A 21-year-old woman is charged with embezzling money from the Albany Sports Boosters earlier this year while she was entrusted with the club's debit card.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 114, "original_length": 2898, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 156.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://themonroetimes.com/record/emil-o-bud-goecks/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:26Z", "digest": "sha1:FLRBOOIYBO44TFDXXZKIX3X6WMUV7PFH", "length": 245, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "themonroetimes.com", "title": "Emil O. \"Bud\" Goecks - Monroe Times", "raw_content": "Emil O. \"Bud\" Goecks\nEmil O. \"Bud\" Goecks, age 85 of Juda, died Sunday, June 12, 2011 at Pleasant View Nursing Home. Bud was born on March 24, 1926 in Spring Grove Township, Green County, Wisconsin, the son of Otto E. and Martha (Jordan) Goecks.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 2922, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 210.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://theos.in/tag/edwin-landseer-lutyens/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:15Z", "digest": "sha1:GSY7T7RADJGGJUDRQQQ4QVBW3KZPFCXJ", "length": 1954, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "theos.in", "title": "edwin landseer lutyens \u2013 TheOS.IN", "raw_content": "Tag: edwin landseer lutyens\nPresident House i.e Rashtrapati Bhavan (a sanskrit word) is the official residence of the President of India, located in New Delhi.\nThe main entrance is to Rashtrapati Bhavan is known as Gate 35, and is located on Prakash Vir Shastri Avenue, renamed from North Avenue in November of 2002. According to official website:\nThe splendour of the Rashtrapati Bhavan is multi-dimensional. It is a vast mansion and its architecture is breathtaking. More than these, it has a hallowed existence in the annals of democracy for being the residence of the President of the largest democracy in the world. Few official residential premises of the Head of theState in the world will match the Rashtrapati Bhavan in terms of its size, vastness and its magnificence.\nThe present day Rashtrapati Bhavan was the erstwhile residence of the British Viceroy. Its architect was Edwin Landseer Lutyens. The decision to build a residence in New Delhi for the British Viceroy was taken after it was decided in the Delhi Durbar of 1911 that the capital of India would be shifted from Calcutta to Delhi in the same year. It was constructed to affirm the permanence of British rule in India. This building gave the impression, in the words of a critique, the setting of a perpetual Durbar. The building and its surroundings were supposed to be \u2018an empire in stone\u2019, \u2018exercising imperial sway\u2019 and containing in it, \u201cthe abode of a disinterested elite whose rule was imposed from above\u201d.\nRASHTRAPATI BHAVAN Pictures and tour\nYou can see satellite picture using Google earth or live picture using Google map.\nThe official site itself has photo and video gallery\nAuthor adminPosted on June 2, 2007 November 26, 2007 Categories IndiaTags capital of india, delhi durbar, democracy, edwin landseer lutyens, new delhi, president of india, rashtrapati bhavan, residential premises, sanskrit word, satellite picture8 Comments on Rashtrapati Bhavan New Delhi India", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 25, "original_length": 3391, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 215.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://therealdeal.com/2014/08/08/redsky-capital-pays-32-25m-to-beef-up-its-williamsburg-portfolio/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:20Z", "digest": "sha1:2RQ74CALGDWYAFETBRVKKQBBA4Y5LF6U", "length": 2534, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "therealdeal.com", "title": "RedSky Capital | Williamsburg", "raw_content": "RedSky Capital pays $32M to beef up its Williamsburg portfolio\n143-157 Roebling was the focus of a lawsuit involving another would-be buyer\nBy E.B. Solomont | August 08, 2014 05:35PM\nBrooklyn-based real estate development firm RedSky Capital has expanded its Williamsburg portfolio, paying $32.25 million for 143-157 Roebling Street. The sale, which hit property records Thursday, followed a court decision in June allowing the building\u2019s former owner, Metroeb Realty 1 LLC of Monsey, N.Y., to sell the property.\nPreviously, a court injunction prevented any sale of the site, which has an alternate address of 1-19 Hope Street, after Metroeb was sued by a Brooklyn-based firm, Metropolitan Lofts.\nIn the suit, Metropolitan claimed it had a prior agreement with Metroeb and its principal Aaron Berger to Buy The Roebling Street property for $30 million. But Metroeb disputed that the contract was binding, arguing that the deal fell apart when the parties didn\u2019t agree on terms. Metropolitan was led by Isaac Jacobowitz, who sold his stake in the business two years ago.\nIn June, a judge ruled in favor of Metroeb, paving the way for RedSky to close on the $32.25 million acquisition. Gabriel Saffioti, a director at Eastern Consolidated, represented Metroeb. He and Ben Tapper, a senior director, also represented RedSky. Property records filed Thursday also show RedSky obtained a $35.35 million mortgage on the building.\nReached by telephone Friday, Berger told The Real Deal that he was pleased to sell the building, which is bound by the city\u2019s \u201cloft laws\u201d that protect tenants of illegal loft residences. He said he tried to buy out the tenants to develop the site but was not successful. \u201cThat\u2019s why I sold,\u201d he said.\nFor RedSky, which is led by principals Benjamin Bernstein and Benjamin Stokes, the Roebling Street property is the latest addition to its Williamsburg holdings.\nIn 2012, RedSky and Waterbridge Capital paid $66 million for a group of properties along Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, which they planned to develop into 50,000 square feet of retail space and 39 residential units. In July, RedSky filed conversion plans at 239 Bedford, which has an alternate address of 156 North 4th Street, seeking a certificate of occupancy for 23 \u201cinterim multiple dwelling,\u201d or IMD units, according to the Department of Buildings.\nRedSky also owns three properties near the Barclays Center: 76 Saint Marks Avenue, the Triangle Building at 182 Flatbush Avenue and 267 Flatbush Avenue.\nTags: lofts, RedSky Capital, Williamsburg", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 73, "original_length": 3954, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 312.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://theweek.com/speedreads/823063/flanked-by-lady-gaga-j-lo-michelle-obama-receives-standing-ovation-grammys", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:30Z", "digest": "sha1:WXYJ6WGNI6PTOWMWP5XSIJLA2BUSSDQC", "length": 923, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "theweek.com", "title": "Flanked by Lady Gaga and J. Lo, Michelle Obama receives standing ovation at the Grammys", "raw_content": "Flanked by Lady Gaga and J. Lo, Michelle Obama receives standing ovation at the Grammys\nThe 61st annual Grammy Awards started with a bang, as former first lady Michelle Obama made a surprise appearance alongside Lady Gaga, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jennifer Lopez, and host Alicia Keys.\nEach woman spoke about the power of music, and as soon as Obama had the microphone, the crowd went wild, cheering and giving her a standing ovation. \"From the Motown records I wore out on the Southside to the 'Who Run the World' songs that fueled me through this last decade, music has always helped me tell my story,\" she said.\nWhether we listen to country or rap or rock, \"music helps us share ourselves, our dignity and sorrows, our hopes, our joys,\" she said. \"It allows us to hear one another, to invite each other in. Music shows us that all of it matters, every story within every voice, every note within every song.\" Catherine Garcia", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 153, "original_length": 13760, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 279.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://thewellesleysnews.com/2019/02/01/heres-why-these-two-are-trending-netshoes-cayman-limited-nets-mvc-capital-inc-mvc/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:38Z", "digest": "sha1:EZWJPHLOE62UG6VQSOHRNIL42TUG5IMZ", "length": 3311, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "thewellesleysnews.com", "title": "Here\u2019s Why These Two Are Trending: Netshoes (Cayman) Limited (NETS), MVC Capital, Inc. (MVC) | Analyst Journal", "raw_content": "Home Analyst Opinion Here\u2019s Why These Two Are Trending: Netshoes (Cayman) Limited (NETS), MVC Capital,...\nHere\u2019s Why These Two Are Trending: Netshoes (Cayman) Limited (NETS), MVC Capital, Inc. (MVC)\nNetshoes (Cayman) Limited (NYSE:NETS) shares ended at $2.7 with 0.35 mln shares exchanging hands. That puts the market capitalization at $79.3 mln. It opened the session with a $2.56 price tag, later ranging from $2.54 to $2.85, the range at which the stock has traded at throughout the day. The stock stands nearly -70.91% off versus the 52-week high and 184.21% away from the 52-week low. The number of shares currently owned by investors are 29.37 mln.\nSell-side analyst recommendations point to a short term price target on the shares of Netshoes (Cayman) Limited (NETS). The consensus rating is 3.5, suggesting the market has given up on the stock.\nFor this year, Netshoes (Cayman) Limited (NYSE:NETS) is performing 81.21%. Over the past five trading sessions it is 13.03%; 81.21% for the month; 31.71% for the last quarter; 9.76% for the past six-months; and -67.74% for the last 12 months. The last close places the company\u2019s stock about $6.58 off its 52 week high of $9.28 and $1.75 above the 52 week low of $0.95.\nMVC Capital, Inc. (NYSE:MVC) closed up +0.34 points or 3.85% at $9.18 with 0.07 mln shares exchanging hands. Current price level places the company\u2019s stock about -13.63% from the 52-week high and 15.33% away from the 52-week low. Sell-side analyst recommendations point to a short term price target of $11.5 on the company shares. The consensus rating is 0, indicating analysts in general look favorably on the company\u2019s future prospects.\nMVC Capital, Inc. (MVC) opened the session with a $8.86 price tag, later ranging from $8.8262 to $9.18, the range at which the stock has traded at throughout the day. The stock stands nearly $1.77 off versus the 52-week high of $10.63 and $0.9 above the 52-week low of $7.96. The number of shares currently owned by investors are 17.81 mln. The current price change puts the market capitalization at $163.53 mln.\nOver the past five trading sessions shares of MVC Capital, Inc. (NYSE:MVC) are 3.96%; 11.81% for the month; 0.11% for the last quarter; -2.13% for the past six-months; and -12.65% for the last 12 months. The current price is staying above the SMA lines which signify strength and is generally healthy/positive and may provide the momentum for driving the share price higher. Current price places the company\u2019s stock -2.23% away from its 200-day simple moving average, 5.33%, away from the 50-day average and also 3.74% away from 20-day average. The stock is performing 11.81% year to date.\n(NYSE:MVC)\n(NYSE:NETS)\nNetshoes (Cayman) Limited\nPrevious articleBest Stocks To Invest: ArQule, Inc. (ARQL), M/I Homes, Inc. (MHO)\nNext articleWhy You Need To Be Cautious About AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (AMC), iClick Interactive Asia Group Limited (ICLK)\nAnalyst Opinion Summary: Hancock Jaffe Laboratories, Inc. (HJLI), Syneos Health, Inc. (SYNH)\nInfluential Analyst Rating Changes: Lakeland Financial Corporation (LKFN), ChaSerg Technology Acquisition Corp. (CTAC)\nEquity Research Analyst\u2019s Stock Ratings: UQM Technologies, Inc. (UQM), Accuray Incorporated (ARAY)\nAnalyst Research Roundup: Cigna Corporation (CI), Cronos Group Inc. (CRON)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 6725, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 306.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://thewest.com.au/business/media/savings-drive-profit-bump-for-swm-with-more-to-come-ng-b88934403z", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:04Z", "digest": "sha1:53WPN27B4AECGOBGJSQ5USOYLTK6POD5", "length": 2882, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "thewest.com.au", "title": "Savings drive profit bump for Seven West Media with promise of more to come | The West Australian", "raw_content": "Savings drive profit bump for Seven West Media with promise of more to come\nCamera IconSeven West Media chief executive officer Tim Worner.Picture: Danella Bevis\nSeven West Media\u2019s cost-cutting drive has helped the company deliver earnings before interest and tax of $236 million \u2014 a figure expected to jump by up to 10 per cent this year.\nEBIT for 2017-18 was at the upper end of the $220 million to $240 million guidance issued to the market.\nCosts at the media group, which owns the Seven Network and publishes The West Australian, dropped by $21 million last financial year. Underlying net profit after tax was $142.5 million and the company\u2019s debt load has fallen below $635 million.\n\u201cI\u2019m pleased to report that we have delivered underlying EBIT at the upper end of our guidance, we have over-delivered on our cost out targets and significantly reduced our debt,\u201d chief executive Tim Worner said this morning.\n\u201cOur transformation accelerated in the second half of the financial year and delivered $61 million of cost savings on our initial $40 million target. These savings, which included a 7 per cent reduction in FTEs, more than offset the anticipated AFL uplift and spectrum charge.\u201d\nSeven West used its results announcement to reveal it had signed a new five-year deal with Prime Media Group which is expected to maintain Seven\u2019s benchmarked revenue share.\n\u201cThe transformation will continue in FY19, targeting further cost reductions in each of the three operating businesses and will deliver a $10 million to $20 million net group cost reduction, including cricket,\u201d Mr Worner said.\nSeven West Media reported total revenue of $1.62 billion, down from $1.68 billion. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation were $270.9 million, down from $306.7 million in 2017-18.\nThe company reported $8.5 million in assets write-downs and restructuring costs.\n\u201cAfter a soft first half to the year, the Seven Network delivered a record-breaking second half, securing us a 12th consecutive financial year as Australia\u2019s most watched network,\u201d Mr Worner told The West Australian.\n\u201cPacific affirmed its position as Australia\u2019s best performing publisher, and its transformation continues at pace. The second half has seen an improved circulation and advertising trend, and further strong growth in digital audiences and revenue.\n\u201cOur businesses in WA performed well in the context of challenging economic conditions, and although local market conditions continue to be difficult, the economic outlook is showing early signs of improvement and we expect an improved EBIT trend in FY19.\n\u201cThe structural changes we are making in WA will enable us to further leverage our strong broadcast and print assets and our rapidly growing digital assets to provide even more exceptional and relevant content on platforms that are trusted by our readers and advertisers.\u201d\nMediaMarkets", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 4446, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 286.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://tilthallianceblog.org/2017/04/12/the-greeks-were-on-to-something/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:26Z", "digest": "sha1:OWA7VYE4I3A2SBBUQQH3GXH5UBDS4VWE", "length": 3222, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "tilthallianceblog.org", "title": "The Greeks Were on to Something | Tilth Alliance Blog", "raw_content": "For centuries, philosophers have explored the nature of humanity\u2019s appreciation for the world around us. They call this branch of thought aesthetics, from the Greek for \u201csense of perception.\u201d They use words like beauty, picturesque and sublime to describe experiences that leave us awestruck.\nSince the 1700s, philosophers have debated whether humans are part of nature or separate from it, whether natural and built environments can evoke the same kind of wonder as hearing a great piece of music, and whether everyday experiences like eating a perfectly ripe peach can elevate us to the same heights of emotion or awe as a great painting.\nBecause aesthetics is rooted in our perceptions \u2013 in using our senses \u2013 some philosophers say that experiencing specific environments like farmland or parkland, and having place-based experiences like eating asparagus weekly from April to June because it\u2019s in season, are key to creating a shared cultural identity and shared appreciation for one\u2019s \u201chomeland.\u201d These kinds of experiences can lead to tighter community bonds and a sense of responsibility to the land itself.\nWhen the Industrial Revolution brought vast cultural changes to both urban and rural communities, our relationship with the natural world changed dramatically. Citizens responded by creating new movements in America to preserve natural wonders like Mt. Rainier for future generations, to build city parks like the John Finch Arboretum in Spokane that enable city dwellers to rejuvenate, and to educate children about the natural world through hands-on environmental education.\nBy the end of the 20th century, many of us firmly believed that cultural identity and pride-of-place are strengthened when we gain firsthand knowledge of agricultural lands, when we meet those who work these lands, when we see what is produced there, and when we value the food they produce.\nTilth Alliance has spent 40 years building connections in the Northwest that support gardeners and cooks through experiential education, and we\u2019ve supported farmers from the moment they choose their profession until they\u2019re ready to retire and sell their farms to the next generation. I\u2019m so proud that through powerful philanthropic partnerships with individuals, governments and businesses across the state, the Tilth community has also extended its work in the same great American tradition that gave us Yellowstone Park by creating public spaces that feed the human spirit \u2013 and human bodies, too!\nIn just a few weeks, the Seattle park known as Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands will reopen. Soon, residents in one of Washington\u2019s most disadvantaged communities will develop a renewed pride-of-place and a deeper appreciation for the land when they see, touch, smell and taste the bounty of the Pacific Northwest right in their own neighborhood. We believe that these experiences will inspire greater interest in caring for and about the people, animals and lands that feed us. I hope you\u2019ll join us for opening festivities! More information will follow.\nIn the meantime, I\u2019d love to hear your experiences of our homeland: andrea@tilthalliance.org.\nAndrea Dwyer\n\u2190 Welcome to Tilth Alliance\nGiving Back: Why Sharon Supports Youth \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 106, "original_length": 6095, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 318.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://timlaneillustration.com/blog/2010/03/11/seattle-weekly-cover", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:18:45Z", "digest": "sha1:2JYRTMKFIVL2RSVGBCXW5FPEKVXIMOS7", "length": 256, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "timlaneillustration.com", "title": "SEATTLE WEEKLY COVER \u2014 Jackie No-Name", "raw_content": "SEATTLE WEEKLY COVER\nAbove is a cover I recently produced for the Seattle Weekly. It was inspired by the famous 1962 comic book cover for the first issue of the Incredible Hulk, shown below:\n\u2190 MYTH OF JACK THEATRE PRESENTS #2MYTH OF JACK THEATRE PRESENTS \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 7, "original_length": 370, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 309.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://tisserandinstitute.org/category/aromatherapy/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:50Z", "digest": "sha1:5A5SGIM72DZBT2OTKUB4WJVZBB26H6L5", "length": 374, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "tisserandinstitute.org", "title": "Aromatherapy Archives - Tisserand Institute", "raw_content": "Geranium is one of the most popular essential oils, both because of its many therapeutic properties (antibacterial, anticandida, anti-inflammatory, anxiolytic..) and its pleasant fragrance. The International Trade Center's monthly Market Insider publication features a regular review of essential oil-bearing crops. In July 2015 the focus was on geranium, the cultivation of", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 104, "original_length": 6041, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 282.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://tok-bg.org/2018/07/17/devan-launches-natural-technology-to-make-textiles-free-from-pet-allergens/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:17Z", "digest": "sha1:IWPGRJTMR7AUEI7BZG7V3GKYRKQ67VRL", "length": 3263, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "tok-bg.org", "title": "[\u0421\u043f\u0438\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0435 \u0437\u0430 \u0442\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0442\u0438\u043b, \u043e\u0431\u043b\u0435\u043a\u043b\u043e,", "raw_content": "Devan launches natural technology to make textiles free from pet allergens\nTextile-finishing innovator Devan Chemicals recently launched a technology to make textiles free from allergens shed by cats and dogs. Purissimo\u2122 is a probiotic-based solution and therefore completely natural. The technology was inspired by their experience with Purotex\u00ae, a successful allergen reduction solution that has been used in bedding for more than ten years.\nOver the past few decades, pets have been climbing up the social ladder and have moved from outdoor protectors to indoor family members. The American Pet Products Association estimates that 65% of US households own a pet, with cats and dogs being the most popular ones. In Europe, more than 30% of the households own a pet. Although the data are not unequivocal, researchers believe this increasingly close contact between humans and pets and the resulting higher allergen exposures might be a reason for the increase in pet allergies.\nPurissimo\u2122\nSince many studies have suggested that allergic diseases have increased in frequency, Devan thought it was about time someone came up with a solution. Purissimo\u2122 is a natural technology, inspired by Devan\u2019s years of experience with Purotex\u00ae, a very successful allergen reduction technology that is being used in the bedding industry for more than ten years. With a significant reduction in the house dust mite population of more than 99%, Purotex\u00ae has proven to be an effective, preventive strategy for reducing allergic diseases related to house dust mites.\nBut, unfortunately allergies are not limited to beds and house dust mites alone, and so Devan started exploring what further could be done to reduce health problems related to allergic reactions. After months of testing, the company came out with a solution for allergies triggered by pets such as cats (cat allergen Fel d 1) and dogs (dog allergen Can f 1). Test results show a significant reduction of 92,8 % on the amount of cat hair allergen Fel d1 found in treated samples. The technology is based on probiotic bacteria and therefore, completely natural.\nFirst, inactive probiotic bacteria are encapsulated into microcapsules. These microcapsules are then integrated into textiles. When the fabric is exposed to friction, the microcapsules break open and release the spores. The spores absorb humidity, are then transformed into probiotic bacteria and start to consume the organic matter which contains the various allergens that cause allergic reactions and asthma.\nSince pet allergens are also found in homes where there aren\u2019t any pets (because of dispersion by adherence to textile surfaces such as clothing and shoes), Devan\u2019s solution could be used to treat household textiles such as carpets, curtains, upholstery fabrics, etc., resulting in a clean, fresh and allergen-free environment. Also think of car blankets and other pet blankets. And not only in our homes, but also in public spaces like schools, hospitals, libraries, etc., this technology could be used to prevent the dispersion of pet allergens and the \u2018second-hand\u2019 exposure that comes along with it.\nSource: www.devan.net\nTextiles find myriad of applications in leather sector\nCompanies law to \u201ctransform\u201d business landscape: U Myint Swe", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 155, "original_length": 7559, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 287.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://toniitkin.com/blog/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:02Z", "digest": "sha1:DYDBLLMRQO4UCALFTQOLLX56BEBV6EXJ", "length": 3922, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "toniitkin.com", "title": "Blog | Toni Itkin", "raw_content": "Pampered Pets \u2013 A Growing Trend, For Sure\nFebruary 1, 2019\t \u2022 All Things Real Estate\nI don\u2019t know about you, but I just love pampering my pets! They give me such joy, unconditional love and tons of fun. I thought you might enjoy reading about how so many home owners are designing their abodes with their pets\u2019 needs and comfort in mind. Here\u2019s to Pampered Pets! Author, curator, art director [\u2026]\nSHOULD I MOVE OR SHOULD I STAY, MAYBE EVEN RENOVATE?\nJanuary 6, 2019\t \u2022 All Things Real Estate\nIt\u2019s not always clear cut and it can be a tough decision, but the time comes in every homeowner\u2019s life when they must ask the question: \u201cIs my home still meeting my needs?\u201d Life events \u2014 such as a new job, growing family, or empty nesting \u2014 will make your once-perfect home less perfect as [\u2026]\nWhat It\u2019s Like To Be A Millionaire In America Today\nNovember 14, 2018\t \u2022 All Things Real Estate\nWhat it\u2019s like to be a millionaire in America today. Enjoy this interesting article about the upper tier of America and their lifestyle choices. Here\u2019s hoping you are enjoying the Fall and wishing you all a wonderful, grateful, blessed and Happy Thanksgiving 2018! as written by Hillary Hoffower for Business Insider There are 32 million [\u2026]\nTHE IMPORTANCE OF STAGING IN LUXURY AND ALL PRICE POINTS\nOctober 21, 2018\t \u2022 All Things Real Estate\nOCTOBER 2018 GREETINGS! I hope your October has been off to a great start. I don\u2019t know about you, but I\u2019m so ready for a bit of cooler weather and Fall is my favorite season. It\u2019s a great time to still do all kinds of outdoor activities, and home shopping is definitely one of them! [\u2026]\nLuxury Real Estate in Atlanta \u2013 September 2018\nSeptember 18, 2018\t \u2022 All Things Real Estate\nNews flash: We live in a world that is increasingly complex. No one knows this better than the real estate professionals who are on the front lines of luxury every day. Luxury Real Estate in Atlanta is no different. The rise of digital technology has made traditional geographic boundaries nearly obsolete. An increase in the [\u2026]\nSUMMER ATLANTA REAL ESTATE MARKET JULY 2018\nJuly 15, 2018\t \u2022 All Things Real Estate\nIt\u2019s hot\u2026and humid!\u2026..but hey, that\u2019s part of Summer and it sure beats the ice storms of Winter! I want to let you know about the Summer Atlanta Real Estate Market, but first, there are so many fun things to do in the dog says of summer for a nice get away and here are two [\u2026]\nJune 20, 2018\t \u2022 All Things Real Estate\nSummertime and the Living is Easy! I know you all are making your summer plans \u2013 maybe some beach getaways, trips to cool off in the mountains, a trip abroad or maybe just some relaxing time at home with a \u201cstaycation\u201d. Whatever you have in mind, I hope it\u2019s fun, safe and memorable. A couple [\u2026]\nMAY Thoughts, Tips and FUN Things To Do!\nMay 12, 2018\t \u2022 All Things Real Estate\nLet The MAY Festivities Begin!!! East Atlanta Beer Fest on Saturday, May 19th * www.eastatlantabeerfest.com PawFest 2018 at Briscoe Park * Saturday, May 19th * gwinnetthumane.wixsite.com Grant Park Tour of Homes * Saturday, May 19th and Sunday May 20th * http://gpna.org/tourofhomes/ The Atlanta Cycling Festival * May 19th through May 25th * http://www.atlantacyclingfestival.com/ AND MY [\u2026]\nApril 10, 2018\t \u2022 All Things Real Estate\nIt\u2019s April and that means there are a lot of new things in the air! It\u2019s the season of change and renewal. Atlanta has experienced some pretty crazy weather with some very warm days only to be followed by near freezing overnight temps \u2013 it\u2019s been a roller coaster. But, we\u2019re finally getting there with [\u2026]\nREALTOR\u00ae Toni Itkin Launches New Website\nMarch 19, 2018\t \u2022 All Things Real Estate\nI\u2019m so excited to announce the launch of my new website and just in time for the Spring market! The name is the same \u2014 TONIITKIN.COM \u2014 but it\u2019s got a whole new look and feel with the latest technology. It is state of the art, and, of, course, mobile friendly. You\u2019ll be able to find [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 88, "original_length": 6343, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 329.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://totient.livejournal.com/70611.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:23:32Z", "digest": "sha1:3VISJPO7A6OZTQAVHZJFJA57S7QQ22TZ", "length": 376, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "totient.livejournal.com", "title": "surpassed: totient", "raw_content": "My high school has a math and science student the likes of whom has not been seen in a generation. This student is a freshman and last year (as an 8th grader) won the award which is customarily given to the best math student in the 11th grade. Oh, and also second place in the California State Science Fair. Follow that link and you'll see why I think this is especially cool.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 94, "original_length": 2292, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 165.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://traditores.org/2014/10/link-round-up/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:53Z", "digest": "sha1:FCFEFMMCJCK3VTV7YW5Z5CDGSFTF3453", "length": 1315, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "traditores.org", "title": "Link Round-Up", "raw_content": "You are here: Home / News / Link Round-Up\nI\u2019ve been amiss in sharing links, perhaps in part because I don\u2019t want my posts to always be negative. So, with little commentary, here are some articles for review\u2026\n\u201cCoeur d\u2019Alene City Attorney confirms: conservative Christian ministers\u2019 wedding chapel business must provide same-sex marriage ceremonies\u201d (October 22, 2014)\n\u201cCalifornia Orders Churches To Fund Abortions\u2014Or Else\u201d (October 22, 2014)\n\u201cGovt tells Christian ministers: Perform same-sex weddings or face jail, fines\u201d (October 18, 2014)\n\u201cProof That God Exists\u2026\u201d (October 14, 2014)\n\u201cIrrational Atheism\u201d (October 11, 2014)\n\u201cIt Just Keeps Getting Worse: The Braxton Caner Memorial Fund for the Prevention of Suicide and Cyber-bullying\u201d (October 5, 2014) \u2014 Christianity at it\u2019s worst (the article, that is).\nOkay, this is even worse (and associated with the one right above) (October 11, 2014)\n\u201cDevastating Arguments Against Christianity (Courtesy of the Internet)\u201d (October 1, 2014)\n\u201cMy Journey to Atheism: From Pastor to Atheist\u201d (September 7, 2014) \u2014 Sad, illogical journey away from God. Please pray for Chris.\n\u201cLeftism, the Religions\u201d (March 30, 2010) \u2014 Okay, this one is old\u2026but it came to mind\u2026\nOne overall comment\u2026linking to an article does not mean I agree with it\u2026\nFiled Under: News, You'll Get Your Chance", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 180, "original_length": 8811, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 283.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://trakt.tv/people/ciara-bravo-e0691ec7-c622-4841-a4b5-689bbc031f69", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:56Z", "digest": "sha1:NXHUXJZKNYF44GRXPSRLRQY2YSRWBPZ6", "length": 777, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "trakt.tv", "title": "Ciara Bravo - Trakt.tv", "raw_content": "Born 1997-03-18 in Alexandria, Kentucky, U.S.\nCiara Quinn Bravo (born March 18, 1997) is an American teen actress, voice artist, singer, and comedian. She is best known for her role as Katherine Claire \"Katie\" Knight on Big Time Rush, Can You Teach My Alligator Manners?, and Washed Up. Bravo's work as a voice actor includes Gesalita in Open Season 3, Happiness is A Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown, and Sarah on Special Agent Oso. On YouTube, she currently has her own channels known as \"CiaraBravo\" and \"CiaraBravo2\", and is currently working on her new album \"Fly\". Description above from the Wikipedia article Ciara Bravo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.\nMelissa Bing\nPenguins of Madagascar: Operation Antarctica\nPatty (voice)\nGesalita (voice)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 121, "original_length": 1893, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 134.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://tramstops.dannycox.me.uk/london/stops/beckenhamJunction.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:20Z", "digest": "sha1:RRZWBMRNWYTCYFCWY7RIJSGZ2PBQD53J", "length": 30, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "tramstops.dannycox.me.uk", "title": "\ufeff Beckenham Junction - Danny's Tram Stop Photos: London Trams (Tramlink)", "raw_content": "The island platform (May 2018)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 88, "original_length": 1398, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 86.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://transylvaniabounty.com/2015/04/11/assault-charges/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:14Z", "digest": "sha1:CHSSDVEIVLU3ABZUEA4MG3R2XARFPP5N", "length": 307, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "transylvaniabounty.com", "title": "Assault Charges | Transylvania Bounty", "raw_content": "Earthfest and Grassical \u2192\nPhotos from the start of today\u2019s Assault On The Carolinas bike Race.\nPosted on April 11, 2015, in Uncategorized and tagged Assault on the Carolinas, Bicycling, Bike, Bike race, Brevard, North Carolina, rotary club, Transylvania County, WNC. Bookmark the permalink.\tLeave a comment.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 1395, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.79, "perplexity": 297.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://travelerscenturyclub.org/archives/1003?full-site=true", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:23:31Z", "digest": "sha1:NC5SV5QEVJS2ZLLV3JEIZLY2CGBHNOX4", "length": 3303, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "travelerscenturyclub.org", "title": "New Western Canada Chapter Based in the Calgary Area | The Travelers' Century Club", "raw_content": "New Western Canada Chapter Based in the Calgary Area\nWestern Canada Coordinator Timothy Skeet with his wife, Lana\nA new Western Canada TCC Chapter has been formed in the Calgary area under the leadership of Area Coordinator Timothy Skeet. He is making plans for the first meeting, likely to be a Calgary Stampede breakfast in July. Details will be posted here when available.\nBorn and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Tim\u2019s travel resume began early in life. His parents were never world explorers, but believed in exploring the world around them to the fullest with numerous trips throughout British Columbia, the western United States and Hawaii.\nAs a teen, three major events (at least, major for a teen) impressed upon Tim a need to travel more:\nExpo 86 in Vancouver exposed him to numerous cultures \u201cunder one roof,\u201d but the loss of his \u201cExpo Passport\u201d cemented in him that he would eventually need to restore the real stamps!\nThe \u201988 Winter Olympics was magical for any Calgary resident, and this event opened the eyes of Calgary to the world, more than the other way around.\nLater that summer, a band trip to Austria and Germany was Tim\u2019s first exposure to international travel. On that trip, lifelong friendships were born, and 25 years later, they are stronger than ever. (Tim still knows little German, but he finally invested in Rosetta Stone this year to improve!)\nTim met his soul-mate, Lana, in 1991. Her travel resume trumped his with several high school trips to the U.S.S.R., experiencing the Berlin Wall and much of Europe in the late \u201980s. He was always wide-eyed when Lana would share her stories, and Tim always hoped to see the same places. Following university, and while still courting Lana, in 1994, Tim was being pursued by this \u201clittle airline\u201d flying out of Calgary International Airport. They had a decent route network and Tim saw that it could enable their travel habit. Nineteen years later, Tim is still with United Airlines.\nLana and Tim married in 1998, and Tim\u2019s career with United seemed to take off. They made a move to Toronto, but following a stint for a couple years in \u201cThe Big Smoke,\u201d Lana and Tim recognized his airline career was suffocating their ability to travel, and made a bold decision to move back to Calgary (within the company) to pursue a different focus: traveling the world.\nIn 2003 they discovered the Travelers\u2019 Century Club and made a commitment to explore 10 new countries each year; they have pretty much remained on track. Lana and Tim reached their initial goal in 2010 after visiting their 100th countries \u2013 St. Lucia (Lana) and Sicily (Tim) \u2013 and joined the TCC shortly thereafter. Funny! It all started with 100 countries as the goal, but the discovery of territory gems: Rodrigues, Lord Howe Island and Lampedusa, together with unusual destinations like Nigeria, Mongolia and Kuwait became the real travel victory for Tim, and continue to do so. To sweeten the ride, he and Lana have become avid scuba divers, and this has created lasting and amazing friendships along the way.\nWhile remaining based out of Calgary, Tim hopes to create a mobile chapter in Western Canada by splitting time with members in Edmonton, Vancouver and Winnipeg. We see a Calgary Stampede breakfast on the horizon, together with a \u201crodeo\u201d of events to come! Yahoo!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 4107, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 317.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://traveltips.usatoday.com/places-visit-montauk-52830.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:16Z", "digest": "sha1:NVEFWMOF3B4DBZS3GAPSHD3MM3RZNVDE", "length": 4846, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "traveltips.usatoday.com", "title": "Places to Visit in Montauk | USA Today", "raw_content": "The Montauk Point lighthouse is more than 200 years old and has an attached museum. (Photo: Stockbyte/Stockbyte/Getty Images )\nTraveling to the Montauk Lighthouse\nThings to Do in Montauk, New York\nLighthouses in the Thumb of Michigan\nAt the far eastern tip of Long Island in New York lies the town of Montauk. It is a part of The Hamptons, a favorite summer vacation area for many of New York City's elite; however, it retains much of its character as a fishing village and has a number of year-round residents. One of the biggest attractions for Montauk is the beach, but the town has a few other sites of interest for tourists year-round.\nAt land's end, Montauk Point Lighthouse (montauklighthouse.com) is at the easternmost tip of Long Island. The lighthouse is a historic building, authorized by President George Washington and completed in 1796. Not only is it the oldest lighthouse in New York state, it is still an active beacon, guiding ships around the point. A museum currently occupies the light keeper's house, attached to the base of the lighthouse itself. Exhibits on the history of the lighthouse, local photography and former components of the light are on display in the museum.\nThe Second House Museum (montauklighthouse.com/second_house.htm) is the oldest structure in Montauk. It was built as the second of three cattle keeper's homes in the area; the first was destroyed and the third is currently part of a working ranch and inn. The second house has been restored to look much as it did in the 19th century, including heirloom furniture and an authentic period kitchen.\nMontauk Point State Park (nysparks.com) is comprised of the land surrounding the lighthouse and offers a wealth of recreational opportunities, including hiking, horseback riding, surfing, fishing and hunting. The park offers seal walks throughout the year, led by park naturalists. The walks include information on the flora and fauna of the area, geological features and information on the seal habitat on the park's beaches.\nThe largest draw at Montauk Downs State Park (montaukdowns.org) is its professionally designed public 18-hole golf course. The park has numerous professional instructors for adults as well as a junior program for kids ages 5 to 14. In addition to golf, visitors can enjoy a driving range, an Olympic-sized outdoor pool and a restaurant. The park also holds two golf tournaments per year in the spring and fall.\nOn Montauk: Montauk Attractions\nMontauk Point Lighthouse: Museum\nMontauk Point Lighthouse: Second House Museum\nMontauk Downs State Park: Facilities\nWatson, Virginia. \"Places to Visit in Montauk.\" Travel Tips - USA Today, https://traveltips.usatoday.com/places-visit-montauk-52830.html. Accessed 15 February 2019.\nWatson, Virginia. (n.d.). Places to Visit in Montauk. Travel Tips - USA Today. Retrieved from https://traveltips.usatoday.com/places-visit-montauk-52830.html\nWatson, Virginia. \"Places to Visit in Montauk\" accessed February 15, 2019. https://traveltips.usatoday.com/places-visit-montauk-52830.html\nPicnic Pavilions at Bethpage State Park, New York\nThings to Do in Montauk, NY in the Winter\nLighthouses Near Beaufort, South Carolina\nThings to Do in Cadillac, Michigan\nHotels near Cold Spring Harbor, New York\nHistoric Sites on Jekyll Island, Georgia\nImages related to Montauk, New York\nShops on the south side of Main Street in Montauk, New York. The Tudor Revival architecture dates from Carl G. Fisher's failed attempt to make Montauk the Miami Beach of the north.\nThe Tower at Montauk, formerly the Carl Fisher Office Building and the Montauk Improvement Building, in the hamlet of Montauk in the town of East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York was built by Carl G. Fisher as part of his project to make Montauk the Miami Beach of the north. Fisher maintained the penthouse as his private residence. The six-story ...\nThe gazebo on The Plaza in Montauk, New York, Behind it are buildings in the Tudor Revival style connected to Carl G. Fisher's failed attempt to turn Montauk into the Miami Beach of the north; the 6-story building to the left is The Tower at Montauk, a residential condominium.\nMontauk is the terminus of the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road, and as such is the easternmost railroad station on Long Island. The station is located on Edgemere Street (Suffolk County Road 49) and Fort Pond Road west of Montauk Harbor, New York. Originally built in 1895 by the Brooklyn and Montauk Railroad, it was demolished in 1907, ...\nMontauk Manor Is A Historic Resort Hotel Located In The Hamlet Of Montauk In Suffolk County, New York. It Was Built In 1926 By Carl G. Fisher And Is A Three-Story, 200-room Hotel In The Tudor Revival Style. It Was Designed By Schultze And Weaver, The Firm Responsible For Several Miami Beach-Area Hotels, The Breakers In Palm Beach, The Biltmore In ...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 246, "original_length": 10232, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 146.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://trippstravelnetwork.com/tripps-travel-network-getaway-in-orlando-florida/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:22Z", "digest": "sha1:FUCOBJHZV4P3MBVLLIJ5ESH6EMS54YII", "length": 2239, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "trippstravelnetwork.com", "title": "Tripps Travel Network Getaway in Orlando, Florida - Tripps Travel Network", "raw_content": "Tripps Travel Network, one of the world\u2019s top vacation providers, recommends some amazing destinations in Orlando for travelers to visit in 2015\nLong known for this company\u2019s dedication to making member\u2019s vacation dreams a reality, Tripps Travel Network prides itself in offering quality, luxury accommodations to premier destinations around the world. Tripps Travel Network understands that its members appreciate suggestions of things to do and see in and around their vacation destination.\nOrlando has many well-known tourist sites, such as Disney World, Epcot Center and Universal Studios. The city also boasts a number of other fun things to do as well. One such popular activity is taking a pontoon boat ride on Lake Osceola and gazing upon the wildlife that inhabits the area. Another hot spot for visitors wanting to enjoy some outdoor fun is the picturesque Lake Eola, where couples can enjoy a romantic sunset paddling the lake in swan boats.\nTripps Travel Network knows that its members will fall in love with Orlando\u2019s Park Avenue Historic District with its fine dining, unique shops and rich history. Orlando is also home to many culturally important museums including one of the oldest Holocaust museums in the nation. The Holocaust Memorial Center was founded in 1982, and attracts thousands of visitors each year. There is also Wells\u2019 Built Museum of African American History, as well as the Train Land International Trolley and Train Museum for enthusiasts to enjoy.\nOrlando also offers thousands of acres of scenic exploring for visitors to discover year-round. The city is shrouded in lush greenery and many lakes, sculpted gardens and is even home to an 800-year-old oak tree on Princeton Avenue. Tripps Travel Network encourages members to visit the many museums, large shopping centers and unique attractions that are in this unique and exciting destination. Vacationers are guaranteed to find something for everyone.\nTripps Travel Network suggests that visitors research local attractions and inquire about guided tours. With so many options at hand, Tripps Travel Network is certain that its members will find Orlando to be a place worth visiting. For more information, please visit https://trippstravelnetwork.com.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 3240, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 264.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://trs.jpl.nasa.gov/handle/2014/13633", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:47Z", "digest": "sha1:7CL3LK5QZ6T47PY72TXIHKHA5Y4X2JDF", "length": 464, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "trs.jpl.nasa.gov", "title": "Mars Pathfinder mechanically pumped cooling loop", "raw_content": "Mars Pathfinder mechanically pumped cooling loop\nBirur, G. C.;\nCitation: Pasadena, CA, USA\nA mechanically pumped single-phase cooling loop was successfully flown on the Mars Pathfinder (MPF) Spacecraft which safely landed on the Martian surface on July 4, 1997. One of the key technologies that enabled the mission to succeed was an active heat rejection system (HRS) used to cool the electronics on the spacecraft during its seven-month cruise from Earth to Mars.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 50, "original_length": 1411, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 294.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://truefire.com/bass-guitar-lessons/slap-bass/hammerons-introduction/v17475", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:20Z", "digest": "sha1:NBDDTZ52SAC7QWJJRLJX5LR5T5WT37ST", "length": 447, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "truefire.com", "title": "Hammer-Ons: Introduction - Stu Hamm - Guitar Lesson - TrueFire", "raw_content": "Watch the Hammer-Ons online guitar lesson by Stu Hamm from Stu Hamm U: Slap Bass\nThe first groove I play here is from a track from my first solo album \"Radio Free Albemuth\". Specifically a song called \"Sexually Active\", a song that I wrote a long time ago that uses a lot of hammer-ons and then I just kind of whip out some of my standard riffs to give you an idea of what you will be able to do with this style once you get it under your fingers.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 135, "original_length": 11892, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 272.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://truthout.org/articles/new-legislation-would-let-states-decide-on-marijuana-legalization/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:27Z", "digest": "sha1:MUHYBQMC4SXYOJ3VKWNXBYRPGWNKBGLF", "length": 2958, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "truthout.org", "title": "New Legislation Would Let States Decide on Marijuana Legalization", "raw_content": "New Legislation Would Let States Decide on Marijuana Legalization\n(Photo: Luigi Anzivino / Flickr)\nForty years after President Richard Nixon declared the war on drugs, members of Congress introduced a bill on Thursday that would end the federal prohibition of marijuana and allow states to create their own laws to tax, regulate and legalize marijuana use and cultivation.\nReps. Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts) and Ron Paul (R-Texas) introduced the bill with the support from a handful of Democratic co-sponsors and drug policy reform groups. Frank told reporters that he doubts Congress will pass the legislation, but the bill represents solid progress toward national drug reform.\n\u201cI think the public is way ahead of legislators on this,\u201d Frank said of the public referendums that have legalized medical marijuana in some states. \u201cThis is an educational process that's going on.\u201d\nThe bill comes at a time when federal attorneys are threatening legal action against states like Arizona and Colorado that have defied the federal prohibition of marijuana by legalizing the drug for medical use. Voters in Colorado and California will soon consider proposals to fully legalize marijuana in their states, and legalization activists say the legislation will signal to voters that the federal government may not be willing to interfere with state decisions.\nMarijuana is decriminalized in 14 states and medical marijuana can be obtained by prescription in 16. Marijuana advocates hope that, by ending the federal war on pot, more states will be free to craft reforms.\nThe legislation also comes on the heels of a report recently released by the Global Commission on Drug Policy that declares the global war on drugs a complete failure and recommends that countries like the US reform their laws and decriminalize drug use. Members of the commission include Kofi Annan, former secretary general of the United Nations, and the former presidents of Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Switzerland.\nPassionate support for the legislation came from co-sponsor Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tennessee), who told reporters that the federal government should be spending its time and money fighting hard drugs like heroin and methamphetamines instead of trying to control marijuana, which is used by millions of otherwise law-abiding adults. Cohen said hard drugs increase violent crime rates, while marijuana increases visits to \u201cthe ice cream shops and the donut shops.\u201d\nRep. Jared Polis (D-Colorado) said that half of the revenue going to Mexican drug cartels comes from pot sales, and the legalization of marijuana will weaken cartels and gangs that commit violent crime.\nA Perspective on President Calder\u00f3n\u2019s Militarized \u201cDrug Conflict\u201c\nColombia\u2019s never ending conflict with the country\u2019s drug dealers has demonstrably decreased since the mid-1990s, although the U.S. public\u2019s demand for foreign narcotics has not.[1] While Washington\u2019s anti-narcotics\u2026\nCouncil on Hemisphereic Affairs", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 126, "original_length": 6561, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 263.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://u-go.net/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:25Z", "digest": "sha1:DRMQAOT5ENHLP6TBUNE6GN2HD7IZSPEH", "length": 2706, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "u-go.net", "title": "u-go.net", "raw_content": "Over the last few weeks, I have assembled a list of (mostly professional) go players, some basic biographical information (date of birth/death, rank progression) and of different spellings of their names in different languages.\nRead more ...Added on Jan. 26, 2017, 9:15 p.m.\nKombilo Package for Mac OS X\nUser pleiade67 in the LifeIn19x19 forum packaged Kombilo for Mac OS X to allow for a very easy installation: Just download and unpack the zip file below, and start the program.\nThe package uses Wine (and WineBottler) to package the Windows version of Kombilo and the required libraries into a package that can be used on Mac OS X.\nWhen I tried it (on a MacBook Pro around 5 years old) the program ran noticeably slower than the native version, but I might have been doing something wrong. In any case, it's a great way to try what Kombilo can do before taking the slightly more involved path of installing the native Mac version.\nDownload: kombilo-084.app.zip (80MB)\nUnpacking the zip file, you get a folder kombilo-084.app which serves as an executable program.\nAdded on Dec. 4, 2016, 10:49 a.m.\nCorner dictionary\nUsing the SGF tree feature on a large database of more than 1.6 million games, I produced a large corner dictionary. The search region was an 11x11 square in the lower right corner of the board. Only moves which were played in at least 200 games were considered, in each position only the 30 most frequent continuations were considered (of course, usually there are much less), and at most 35 moves were considered.\nDownload: (around 1.6 MB) corner_dictionary.zip, corner_dictionary.sgf.gz.\nAfter unpacking, you obtain a 14.3 MB SGF file.\nRead more ...Added on Dec. 4, 2016, 9:55 a.m.\nAnother bug fix release which corrects some issues in the pattern search in rare cases (handling of continuations in patterns with special symmetries, and searching for move sequences in patterns with certain kinds of symmetry), and made the sgf tree building more user friendly. You can reuse the databases from any 0.8.* version.\nRead more ...Added on Nov. 26, 2016, 3:26 p.m.\nWithin this long overdue renovation, I upgraded some of the core components used to run the site, switched to the encrypted https protocol, deleted many outdated links from the link collection, and added some new ones. Please complain in case things stopped working ...\nAdded on Nov. 21, 2016, 8:11 p.m.\nAdded on Nov. 6, 2016, 8:09 p.m.\nAdded on Nov. 1, 2016, 12:21 p.m.\nRead more ...Added on Oct. 29, 2016, 8:59 p.m.\nA small bug fix release to cure a few issues in version 0.7.5.\nDownload: Linux\nAdded on Oct. 29, 2016, 12:57 p.m.\nRead more ...Added on Oct. 2, 2016, 2:15 p.m.\nRead more ...Added on Aug. 6, 2012, 7:26 p.m.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 8293, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 282.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ucsd.tv/search-moreresults.aspx?catSubID=103&ondemandsubs=yes", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:54Z", "digest": "sha1:YRGZE3VJW5BY2P3PINLMDQ6KLMOCW7PV", "length": 31, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "ucsd.tv", "title": "More Programs In Men's Health (Available Online) - UCSD-TV - University of California Television - San Diego", "raw_content": "Men's Health (Available Online)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 65, "original_length": 2218, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 35.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://uncannyadventures.wordpress.com/2016/12/28/paranormal-activity-the-marked-ones-2014/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:45:47Z", "digest": "sha1:ELN5O2NC5LFRYSHWQHN4MVPXD6M5M2FD", "length": 920, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "uncannyadventures.wordpress.com", "title": "Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014) \u2013 Uncanny Adventures", "raw_content": "Before PA 5 will be release by the end of 2014, a movie based on the Paranormal Activity Sequel was released. \u201cThe Marked Ones\u201d presents the witchcraft and sorcery-setting not in a white, American middle class nuclear family but in the context of Latin American youngsters who start playing with the evil.\nThe plot is slightly different and spicier than the PA 1-4 . For example, not a Ouija Board is used to communicate with the spirit but a children\u2019s toy, which brings unpleasantly funny moments into the spooky story. Also, showing kids dealing with sudden appearances and unusual things happening (which is very different than that of the young parents or adults in the other movies) is a nice way approaching this kind of horror. The first 2/3s of the movie are great, the rest a bit boring.\nHighlights: Funny Youngster\nNegative Aspects: At a certain point it becomes predictable\nAllgemein, Flop, Paranormal, Witch", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 80, "original_length": 2900, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 300.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://uniprojectmaterials.com/education/the-use-of-instructional-materials-in-the-teaching-of-reading-in-english-language-in-egor-local-government-area-of-edo-state/project-topics-materials-for-final-year-students", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:19Z", "digest": "sha1:OJ7SHVMI522EQXQPFT4YKI64K5WFR7PS", "length": 2328, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "uniprojectmaterials.com", "title": "THE USE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS IN THE TEACHING OF READING IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE | UniProjectMaterials", "raw_content": "This project work was undertaken to survey the use of audio visual aids in the teaching and learning of English Language in some selected secondary school in Iyedarade Local Government Area of Edo State. To find solution to the problems which gave to undertaking the survey questionnaires were raised to check the availability use and the attitude of teachers towards audio/visual aids in language teaching in the selected secondary school in the local government areas of study. From the findings it was discovered that audio/visual aids are not available in schools therefore teachers teach the various language skills without the required basic aids. Recommendations were therefore made to the appropriate authorities to provide and maintain audio/visual aids in the teaching of English Language so as to enhance the promotion of learning among pupils towards improved yearly performance and daily use.\nGenerally, failure to use audio/visual material in the teaching of English language result in lack of interest among student in learning activities which affect performance in school and pupils not being able to assimilate lesson at their own rate and pace.\nThe secondary aim of this study is finding out all about the use of visual aid in teaching of English in some selected secondary schools in Iyedarade Local Government Area, Osun State.\nIt is observed that most teacher of English language in the secondary school does not use audio/visual aid to promote learning of this crucial subject.\nThis study was conducted in selected secondary school in Iyedarade Local Government Area Osun State. For out of all the schools were randomly selected and the schools include.\nThe significance of this study is to examine the importance of audio/visual aid in the teaching of reading English language in secondary schools.\nIt will suggest meaningful way of handing the aid to bring about positive change in the student-reading pattern. It will also help to suggest relevant aid to be used for each of the class concerned it will as well suggest areas and how to make the aid available to the school that are lacking.\n\u00a9 2019 UniProjectMaterials - THE USE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS IN THE TEACHING OF READING IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE | UniProjectMaterials | Terms of use {Maintained by DWT\u00ae}", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 498, "original_length": 19849, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 297.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://uniqode.nl/projects/studio-zelden", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:23:46Z", "digest": "sha1:LMFDXOKQMHBA66EOHOM6LXTXLGNC7TH2", "length": 510, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "uniqode.nl", "title": "Studio Zelden | Uniqode Webstudio", "raw_content": "A focus of this site is to exhibit and advertise the photography of the agency, so we took this into account when custom designing the site. Our mission was to create a smooth gallery website which will work seamlessly on all devices.\nBe multilingual\nWe have created a multilingual website available in several domains (e.g. .nl, .de, .com and .ch), so that it can be seamlessly changed between languages and countries.\nWe love to host and maintain our clients\u2019 websites to make sure they are properly updated.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 1738, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 316.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://unwinnable.com/2013/11/06/lwc-1162013/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:52Z", "digest": "sha1:35SBKUAOCF2XML7R3AUH3MK6UND2QFHT", "length": 7463, "nlines": 33, "source_domain": "unwinnable.com", "title": "Last Week's Comics 11/6/2013 | Unwinnable", "raw_content": "By Brian Bannen \u2022 November 6th, 2013\nThe Superior Spider-Man #20\n(Marvel \u2013 writer: Dan Slott; art: Giuseppe Camuncoli)\nDon\u2019t let the cover fool you, because there is nothing romantic about this interaction between Otto Octavius and Felicia Hardy. In fact, I think many people would classify this as abuse.\nAnd so the case against Doc Ock gets stronger.\nDan Slott covers a lot of ground in Superior Spider-Man #20, transitioning smoothly between all the major aspects of Otto\u2019s life as Peter, but so organically that the story flows organically from one moment to another. All the scenes covered in the comic are major threads that have been toyed with for a while, but now Slott addresses all of them at once.\nSpidey\u2019s interaction with Black Cat is also quite the shocker. Slott doesn\u2019t pull any punches (pun intended) with how Otto deals with Felicia. If you needed a reminder that Otto is nowhere near being a good guy, you have it here. Felicia\u2019s reaction, needless to say, is less than impressed and more than confused. Slott closes their scene quickly but leaves the door open for Felicia to, like Carlie Cooper, discover that Spider-Man is not who he seems.\nWhat\u2019s better is how Slott leaves the comic, closing Superior Spider-Man with one of its strongest climaxes ever. We\u2019re basically watching Otto\u2019s world unravel before our eyes as he lets his arrogance get the best of him. Also, he may have tipped his hand in trying to earn Peter a doctorate by using some of his own ideas (developed when he was Doctor Octopus).\nAs for Giuseppe Camuncoli\u2019s art? I\u2019m not a huge fan of Camuncoli\u2019s style, as the oddity of his faces distract from the visuals. The action scenes are handled well (particularly Spidey\u2019s interaction with Black Cat), but Camuncoli\u2019s designs can be a bit stiff. While several of the panels are rife with detail, they fail to have the same strong aesthetic, making for an inconsistent visual.\nNevertheless, Slott delivers another strong issue. I have to admit that I\u2019m getting tired of seeing Otto in Spidey\u2019s shoes \u2013 I want Peter back. Marvel has hinted at his return (as has Slott), but while I want Peter to be Spider-Man again, I want to see what Ock does with the power and the knowhow. Peter\u2019s future could potentially be very lucrative. But it could also be disastrous, and this is how Slott has played his hand in Superior Spider-Man. He can lift Peter up and just as quickly bring him down, all the while never delivering a dull moment.\nRegardless of Spider-Man\u2019s future, Superior Spider-Man has proven to be a solid read and a daring risk on Dan Slott\u2019s part. He\u2019s definitely cemented his place in Spider-Man history, and Superior Spider-Man #20 is another strong entry into a character-defining series.\nDamian: Son of Batman #1\n(DC \u2013 writer & art: Andy Kubert)\nDamian Wayne\u2019s death in the pages of Batman Incorporated really cut the character\u2019s life short. While he started out as an unlikeable lead, over time (and with the help of a writer like Peter J. Tomasi), Damian worked his way into our hearts and definitely proved himself as an engaging character.\nSo Andy Kubert\u2019s attempt at imagining the character\u2019s life as Batman\u2019s apprentice is understandable. The character is interesting, and fans would probably want to see what would have happened had Damian survived.\nThe results, however, are less than stellar.\nTomasi\u2019s Robin was learning patience and respect. He and Bruce were developing an understanding and a flow as a team. Damian was learning how to be a hero, and Bruce was learning how to be a father. But Kubert\u2019s work seems to be a tangent version of this that imagines Damian without all the learning and self-discipline.\nKubert\u2019s Damian is obnoxious and arrogant, displaying none of the traits that Tomasi so lovingly developed. He approaches Batman\u2019s methodical detective work like an ADD patient off his meds. Kubert doesn\u2019t cement his character for readers, either, so by the end of the issue, we don\u2019t really know if we\u2019re dealing with a vengeance-driven hothead or a murderous psychopath.\nThe end of the issue also comes as no shock and defeats the purpose of the hero\u2019s journey. Damian could develop into his own character if he were given the space. Instead, this takes the original mentor/hero relationship and augments it into another type of mentor/hero relationship. I\u2019m not really sure what to expect, though, so we\u2019ll have to wait and see how Kubert wants to develop the story.\nOn the positive side, Kubert\u2019s art is solid. He draws great mood- and tone-heavy visuals, even if character faces occasionally look pinched. And his shadows, shading and detail are great. Kubert gives the visuals a smoothness with the finishes, occasionally hearkening back to Dave Gibbons\u2019 work.\nI love the character of Damian so much that I hesitate to turn down the chance to see him in action again. But Kubert has created this series at the expense of Tomasi\u2019s efforts to make the character more than just a spoiled brat. Plus, given what he\u2019s shown readers, I don\u2019t see how Damian can ever fully develop into his own person.\nI\u2019ll still be back next month, but I hope that the book will be stronger.\n(Icon \u2013 writer: Mark Millar; art: John Romita Jr.)\nBannen\u2019s Book of the Week: Sometimes the issues in which \u201cnothing\u201d happens are the best.\nCompared to a usual Mark Millar outing, Kick Ass 3 #4 is all about the buildup and less about the outcome. Focused mostly on setting up the end of the series, the issue develops its story by building the tension, laying a series of conflicts aimed at constructing a trail of breadcrumbs to the climax.\nThis issue is more Millar covering his bases than trying to wow us with spectacle. While he\u2019s built up the tension with the mob, Millar strays into newer territory by focusing on strife within Dave\u2019s superhero group. He\u2019s hinted at this for a while, but now that he actually pulls the trigger on it, the end result seems more drastic than I expected.\nFurthermore, this kind of conflict that splinters the group only works in the mob\u2019s favor. And based on what Millar has in store for his heroes, Dave\u2019s actions couldn\u2019t have been more disastrous. I found myself caring more than usual in this issue, and that\u2019s partly due to how much ornamentation is eschewed in favor of solid storytelling. When he wants to, Millar can pen a strong tale that relies on his abilities as a writer over his ability to create action.\nJohn Romita Jr.\u2019s work is fantastic in this issue, sharply drawn and polished. Images are finished with precision, so that each panel has a cinema-like quality to it. The visuals lack any excess at all. I can\u2019t aptly express how clean everything looks, but it\u2019s like Romita Jr. went over every page with a fine-tooth comb to make sure that nothing was out of place.\nI love how solid this last series has been. Where Millar usually goes for style over substance, he\u2019s been subdued in his delivery in this series, making for a climax of epic proportions. Even if the finale lacks explosives and gore, Millar will have proven that he has the skill to deliver a story without all the excess.\nBut I won\u2019t complain if the final issues are all death and destruction. Millar\u2019s good at that, too.\nAndy Kubert, Damian: Son of Batman, Dan Slott, Giuseppe Camuncoli, John Romita Jr., Kick-Ass 3, Mark Millar, The Superior Spider-Man\nLast Week\u2019s Comics 6/12/2013 Last Week\u2019s Comics 6/26/2013 Last Week\u2019s Comics 9/18/2013 Last Week\u2019s Comics 2/19/2014\nPractical Misanthropy", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 8264, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 338.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://us.blastingnews.com/sports/2017/11/lavar-ball-warns-donald-trump-to-stay-in-our-lane-during-bonkers-cnn-interview-002181581.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:13Z", "digest": "sha1:IYJ3PN473FZNKEODLGN335BK4ESM7K5S", "length": 3873, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "us.blastingnews.com", "title": "LaVar Ball warns Donald Trump to 'stay in our lane' during bonkers CNN interview", "raw_content": "LaVar Ball warns Donald Trump to 'stay in our lane' during bonkers CNN interview\nLaVar Ball wasn't shy when giving his thoughts about Donald Trump during a wild interview on CNN.\nLaVar Ball and Trump get into a war of words and Ball rants on CNN\nIn recent days, Donald Trump has not held back his thoughts in regards to helping the three college basketball players recently arrested in China return to the United States. In response, the father of one of the players hasn't been too appreciative of the president's help.\nBall on Trump\nIt all started earlier this month in China when three members of the men's basketball team at UCLA were arrested for shoplifting. The story quickly became headline news due to the potential punishment of the crime in the country, and due to the name-value of one of the players involved. Cody Riley, Jalen Hill, and LiAngelo Ball, of the high-profiled Ball family, were taken into custody, all while President Donald Trump was in Asia on his foreign trip.\nUpon hearing the news, Trump spoke with Chinese President Xi and was able to reach an agreement that released the three players and allowed them back to the United States. Trump made sure to hit back on social media, complaining that he didn't receive proper thanks for taking the time to help the three men out. After arriving home, all three of the players expressed their gratitude to the president, but the same couldn't be said for LaVar Ball, father of LiAngelo. After LaVar Ball was questioned about Trump helping his son, he quickly dismissed the president's actions, mockingly asking the press, \"who?\" As expected, Trump wasn't pleased and referred to Ball as \"ungrateful\" on Twitter, while publicly regretting not leaving the players in a Chinese jail.\nAs seen during an interview on CNN on November 20, Ball fired back.\n\"If you help, you shouldn't have to say anything,\" says LaVar Ball, father of UCLA basketball player LiAngelo Ball, adding, \"Let him do his political affairs and let me handle my son, and let's just stay in our lane\" https://t.co/CzyFZ2YTO1 pic.twitter.com/1XiXEg6Pl4\nJoining host Chris Cuomo, who was filling in for Don Lemon, on CNN, LaVar Ball refused to thank Donald Trump for helping his son and his teammates avoid jail time in China for shoplifting. \"He didn't even know they were over there,\" Ball said, before asking, \"why was he even there?\" \"I don't have to go around saying thank you to everybody,\" Ball went on to say.\n\"If you (Trump) come and shake my hand. Or meet me or meet my son...lets do it that way,\" he continued.\nLaVar Ball, the father of a basketball player freed from China who also recently ran afoul of President Trump on Twitter, talks with @ChrisCuomo: \"I don't have to go around saying thank you to everybody\" https://t.co/Y1HRSycqyD pic.twitter.com/a7in4bLogG\nLaVar Bell then went on to dismiss his son's shoplifting as a major crime, explaining that he apologized and that he has seen much worse growing up in low-income neighborhoods. \"He fessed up to it,\" Ball said. \"It was an impulse thing, a bad decision at a bad time, that's all it was for an 18-year-old who never done anything wrong,\" he noted.\n\"He fessed up to it. ... It was an impulse thing, a bad decision at a bad time, that's all it was for an 18-year-old who never done anything wrong,\" says LaVar Ball, father of UCLA basketball player LiAngelo Ball https://t.co/NE3kictbKv pic.twitter.com/ZGobFZ6Aug\nBall's warning\nNot stopping there, LaVar Ball then went on to say that he and Donald Trump should \"stay in your own lane\" and and that the president shouldn't worry about the Ball family.\n\"If you help, you shouldn't have to say anything,\" he said. \"Let him do his political affairs and let me handle my son, and let's just stay in our lane,\" Ball noted. 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As a parent, I am extremely grateful for the way in which technology is being used to provide instant access to information concerning my child\u2019s progress.\nTake Moodle, for example. Moodle is a free and open-source Learning Management System that offers customizable management features to extend and tailor the learning environment. Basically, it is a nifty way for me to access detailed updates on her academic performance from my mobile device. And the best part of it? It is user-friendly, highly configurable and feature-rich \u2013 all the things that have come to be expected in the 21st Century.\nThis convenience at my fingertips has got me thinking about a subject that is very close to my heart: user experience. The strong worldwide push towards creating a simplified, engaging experience for the user has had a profound influence on design and consumer expectation across almost every industry.\nProviding Customized Workspaces\nThis trend was foremost in our minds as we designed and developed our latest release at SYSPRO. Our user experience improvements focused on providing a more personal software encounter by allowing for customized workspaces that are intuitive, easy-to-use and meet individual role needs. Through surfacing relevant information as and when it is required, users are empowered to perform their role efficiently and effectively and to take action as needed.\nIn the past, when workers were given the opportunity to work with increasing mobility, something had to give. And generally, when it came to ERP systems, this meant restricting the movement of staff or compromising their ERP functionality and toolsets.\nThis is no longer the case. The ability of choice, without sacrifice, has become a reality. You can now choose how to engage with your system, be it at your desk or through a mobile application. Depending on your role within an organization, or your operational need or locality, you can choose to use a rich desktop UI with all the familiar aspects it delivers, or an App on a mobile device or a web-based HTML5 interface which has improved ease-of-use and simplified engagement.\nThese days, an innovative ERP system is one that is conducive to a more productive and satisfying working environment. It is intuitive, self-explanatory, easy-to-use and fosters collaboration while empowering users in their daily operations.\nWith all these engaging user experiences and the prospect of a digitized world, the teenagers of today will approach the workspace with enthusiasm and a familiarity they have become accustomed to in their personal space.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 327, "original_length": 8497, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 211.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=17880.msg386547", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:43:32Z", "digest": "sha1:4RYY5JWQBZVVFYM3F6RPXSZFFMQRCDEU", "length": 17911, "nlines": 90, "source_domain": "uselectionatlas.org", "title": "SC Gov Mark Sanford", "raw_content": "I don't think you hate the South. I just don't see why a viable candidate still can't be Southern after so many Southern candidates. To me it shouldn't really matter what part of the country the guy comes from, though sadly because of the electoral college it does matter. I won't complain if both parties nominate Southerners, either. Imagine John Breaux vs Mark Sanford. I'd have a hard time choosing.\nI'd have a hard time choosing in that one too because I like both of them.\nI see an oppertunity in 2008 to create a truely dominant party by reaching out to the battle ground states that went to Kerry, and even to some solid Kerry states. Why not take it? If we run a southern or plains state candidate, it will just be more of the same. Having three election pass where the map looks bascially unchanged is very bad for the country.\nWe have an opportunity for reallignment here. If we continue on in this state of flux, then one mistake, just one, could mean that the Democrats push us in the closet, lock the door and rule the house for another 20 years. Is that what we want? No, of course not. We have to move and take advantage of this time we have now by expanding the base. I don't know what the best way to do that is, but I do know that changing the status quo does not mean doing more o fthe same.\nWhere to begin? OK how about this: I am Catholic, confirmed and all. Suck on that. Oh and I go to a college that was affiliated with the baptist convention until 13 years ago and is in the same city as Bob Jones. I've never once experienced, in 21 years, anything resembling an anti-Catholic incident, nor do I know anyone that has.\nWHERE candidates are from doesn't matter. Sanford could easily take Michigan and PA and New Hampshire and the like... Pawlenty could take the South... geography isn't the be all and end all, and if you understood politics, you would know that.\nBut, you don't. You want to disqualify a terrific potential leader because of the state they live in. Sanford, for instance, was actually born in Florida, and he and his wife worked as investment bankers in NYC for a while before he moved back to SC to get into politics.\nRomney, actually, doesn't have extensive ties to MA- so he won't win it in a national election, or the other far-left states in the People's Republic.\nThe main thing is for politically ignorant people to not think they know how to win Presidential elections. Or how to \"create a dominant party,\" even though, if you had knowledge of political theory, you would also understand that isn't really possible in a 2-party system without extenuating circumstances that do not exist, and will not exist.\n\u00ab Last Edit: March 03, 2005, 11:05:50 am by AuH2O \u00bb Logged\n1) Being of any German, English, French, Dutch or Scandanvain decent in this country cannot be compared with being of Irish, Polish, Italian or other Eastern European decent, because the former groups have always been accepted by the people of this country as those groups existed from the founding of the country. The former, however, were often rediculed and and bigoted against because they were \"foriegn\", but also because they were Catholic (most of the French in early America were Hugnouts). It wasn't until the 60's that we even started getting out of the ghettos in most places.\nIf you don't believe in the power of ethnic politics, study how Mike Dukakis won the nomination. He won it largely thanks to very high turnout in Greek areas. This isn't a guarentee of success. The candidate must share common values with the ethnic group. These values might be political, but they often transend the political as well. Kerry did not share these values with most ethnically Irish, or most Catholics.\nI was raised in an Italian family. I have a friend who is acctually a \"blood\" Italian. I'm more Italian than he is, because his family basically moved out of the ghetto and beat all of the Italianess out of themselves. All that is left now is a last name. So there are no hard and fast rules. Which kinda prove my point about Kerry.\n2) You want to find anti-Catholism, search the internet. It really isn't that hard.\nThat belittles my point, however, which has been, from the begining that anti-Catholic bias in the country, though not raging, like it was as little as 50 years ago, is still present in daily life.\n3) The British have rejected the rampent anti-Catholisism that you see in Northern Ireland, yes. It is always easier to look at seething hate and see what is worng with it. When bigotry is more subtle is when it is much more easily accepted, as is the case here.\n4) Not so subtle things have happened. In a town only 30 miles away from here, the Protestant churches spent a full year pulling their resources to pass out anti-Catholic literature, including many Chick tracts.\n5) They then hit the town right next to mine, but it didn't last nearly as long because the community there is much larger and they put a stop to it.\n6) Regardless of what you say, the average Protestant knows about as much of the truth about Catholic Teaching as a fish knows about riding a bike.\n1) Yes, there was some discrimination quite about a century ago. That does not happen today. I dare you to find any white supremecists who don't consider those groups white. Hell, Italy and much of Eastern Europe even sided with the Nazis.\n2) You can also easily find on the internet claims that the Holocaust did not happen. Does that mean a significant number of the population believes this? Yes, I can easily find Chick or Paisley's loony sites, but finding people who believe them is a much more difficult task.\nNot to mention you can find anti-Protestantism on the internet pretty easily as well. Take a look here: http://www.catholicism.org/eens.html\nYes, you'll no doubt say you don't agree with that site, and that the vast majority of Catholics don't either, which I'll believe. But it's ludicrous to say that and then that most Protestants agree with Jack Chick.\n3) And what are the examples? I find it hilarious you've defended Bush's visit to Bob Jones University though if you think this is so rampant, and then think it's find to visit one of the few places that actually does preach this stuff.\n4) Then are women who have had abortions a minority? Strippers? They've been harassed much more than these obviously born again fundagenical churches than Catholics.\nP.S. Ever heard of the National Council of Churches? I gurantee you no one from that group was involved. And they are just as large if not larger than the evangelical churches. Then add in the evangelical churches that do not consider Catholics non-Christian or whatever, and you have a much larger group of Protestants than Chick and Paisley loons.\n5) Therefore the Catholic church got more defense than abortion clinics usually do.\n6) might be true, might not, I don't know. But to say the average Protestant thinks Catholics aren't Christian and just a bizarre cult is ing idiotic.\nsupersoulty is just showing his anti-southern bias.\nwhy on earth would the republicans want to nominate someone like sanford or lamar alexander when we could have mr. inclusive rick santorum, or mr. excitement tom ridge?\nTo Walter Mitty, AuH2O and BRTD\nI appreciate how all of you have taken one asspect of my initial argument and blown it way out of proportion.\nCongrats on being Catholic. Want a metal?\nBRTD,\nYou are, of course, the original perpetrator of this whole thing. Thank you for concentrating on one point of my argument in some attempt to discredit me. This wasn't even a point. It was a sub-point of a point. You could have said that is was great of me for being a progressive thinker and thinking that a woman or minority could do the job, but intead, you attacked me for say that Catholics are a minority when pretty much any political science professor who has study voting patterns would agree with me.\nThat website you posted is bogus, by the way. No Catholic would ever descirb themselves as being \"slave\" to anything, let alone Mary's Immaculate Heart.\nDon't get involved in an argument when you have no clue what is going on. Clearly, you probably never even read what I originally said.\nQuick point: Kerry isn't an Irish Catholic (don't be fooled by the name) and certainly isn't an ethnic politician.\nHe comes off as more WASPish than a WASP like Bush, hence his poor preformance with Catholic voters and his impressive preformance with mainline Protestants.\nEthnic voters (and they're usually Catholic) are importent to both parties because on the one hand they are overwhelmingly Democratic by registration etc, but on the other hand they are usually somewhat socially conservative and don't have any problems with splitting their tickets (take a look at some of the statewide races in PA last year if you don't believe me).\nQuote from: Retired Al on March 03, 2005, 12:46:53 pm\nQuick question: From what you have seen, do you think there is any anti-Catholicism here in America? Acctually, the charge was made that anti-Catholicism was not a big deal in Britian as well. Do you agree with that?\nQuote from: Senator Supersoulty on March 03, 2005, 12:55:48 pm\nQuick question: From what you have seen, do you think there is any anti-Catholicism here in America?\nYes, it's just not as overt as it was. Think about how many people who voted against Kennedy in '60 because he was a Catholic are still alive now. Remember that most of the people who voted against him on sectarian grounds will have had children.\nSad fact is that bigotry (against any group) never entirely goes away. It just gets less blatent.\nAcctually, the charge was made that anti-Catholicism was not a big deal in Britian as well. Do you agree with that?\nCompared to the '60's when the Tories held working class seats in Liverpool and Glasgow due to the orange (ie: anti catholic) vote and a visit by the Pope to Liverpool had to be cancelled because Liverpool City Council effectivly threatend riots, then yes it's not a big deal.\nBut in a more general sense, yes. There was all that fuss over Kelly becoming Education Secretary, and the bizarre incedent when the media tried to pry into Blair's religious beliefs.\nSectarianism still causes problems in Glasgow (especially Rangers v Celtic) and the Scottish Executive has been trying to stamp that out, without much sucess sadly.\nThank you again, Al.\nBut you mentioned abotu when Kennedy ran for President. You mean to tell me that there were acctually anti-Catholics who voted against him in large numbers and that people were handing out flyers about the \"evils\" of Catholicism. But Al, that was only 40 years ago. According to BRTD, that all stop more than 100 years ago (befoe most Polish and Italian families were even in the country). So, who is wrong here?\nIs it possible that you, a Brit, know more about America than these Americans?\nOh, and another thing, I went online to search for one of those signs that says \"Catholics Need Not Apply\" and instead found an essay on how all of that was a myth. Bullsh**t!\nMy family has one of those signs. My great-grand father used to hang it in his office when he was DA of Clearfield county (an possition he earned but only recieved tahnks in large part to his campaigning in Catholic ghettos). He was an Irish Catholic, and he used it as a reminder of how far we had come since my family first came here in the 1840's. So don't tell me they don't exist or that it never happened.\nWell, soulty, let me begin by noting it's \"medal,\" not \"metal,\" which of course describes certain types of elements (and, in the vernacular, alloys). Secondly, note that you claimed I \"wasn't Catholic,\" which was actually a lie. Thirdly, Kennedy actually won a good portion of the South, Catholic and all, while losing many Northern states. Actually, Alfred Smith won the Deep South as a Catholic in 1928.\nFourthly, even if bias against Catholics still really existed, which it doesn't, you are racist against Southerners, and thus a worse offender. Fifthly, by pursuing a racist policy against the base of your party, you are essentially a traitor to that party and certainly not welcome in it.\nJohnD.Ford\nI can't believe that Supersoulty is being pilloried by so many people when what he's saying has an obvious logic to it. Soulty's argumentn is simply that the GOP must run a big tent candidate to win in a changing country, and one way to do that is to run a woman/Catholic/minority/northerner for ethnic, religious, gender, and regional appeal. His reason is that the 2000 and 2004 victories were shadows of what a big tent GOP could accomplish. I think he's right to some extent, and I don't think Sanford brings us that appeal. He's a southern, male, white, Protestant with a basic Bushesque conservative philosophy that will never appeal to California or other such Democrat states.\nHis claim that Catholics are a minority should be accepted, because its not even debatable. There are fewer Catholics than Protestants, and traditionally they have not been the group in power in America.\nAuH20,\nDon't talk about how Sanford can take Michigan and Pennsylvania, since you repeatedly predicted the Bush would take 350 EVs or so. And don't talk about how well Smith did in 1928 in the south. Compare his map to Davis's map in 1924, and you'll see that you have no clue what you're talking about. There was a major drop off from 24 to 28.\nWalterMitty,\nDon't resort to crappy insults. Just because someone doesn't agree with you doesn't mean they're bigoted against some group. Maybe he just idsagrees and is not an anti-Southern bigot.\nQuote from: Scam of God on December 24, 2009, 11:27:46 am\nShut you hole... Conservatism is dead. I hope I get to see your head paraded on a pike with it.\nBias against Catholics does exist and is prominent, at least where I live.\nTime to bash on the Jewish Catholics?\nYes, Kerry's grandfather changed his name from Kohn to Kerry.\nQuote from: jfern on March 03, 2005, 03:31:38 pm\nOkay... I don't think that Al was trying to \"bash\" on Jewish people.\nWell, I guess Smith only got 92% in South Carolina. Guess there was good Catholic turnout there. ha.\nThis \"big tent\" stuff is hilarious. Guess what, your goal is to get MORE THAN THE OTHER SIDE. Too big of a tent collapses.\nThe country is only \"changing\" insofar as we let millions of Mexicans enter it every year. But they aren't as culturally inclined towards victimology, so Democrats hold more limited appeal to them and win a majority of their votes mainly because of economic reasons (i.e. the majority are in lower income brackets).\nThe idea we \"need\" California is quite simply laughable, as is the idea we \"need\" a black woman in charge for the party to survive. As far as my Bush predictions, they were good enough to make 2 grand, which I assume is more than you made off the election-- as the election drew nearer, by the way, my predictions were very accurate, it was merely early ones that did not take a disastrous first debate performance into account.\nI mean, some people here maybe don't understand democracy. Unlike North Korea, we don't have to pretend there is 100% consensus. There isn't. And guess what? Conservatives want to actually implement CONSERVATIVE policies. Imagine that fordy. And here you thought the GOP was purely in a game with Democrats to win elections, where ideology doesn't matter at all.\nI'm glad these people aren't coaches. 'Hey team, yeah technically our goal is to win, but if we don't win by 10 that isn't good enough, because the game is changing, uh, somehow.' 'Oh, and we can't win by using the same gameplan. Like, we need to use the other's sides plan, because otherwise, we aren't being fair.'\nThese people should go over to the \"emerging Democratic majority\" site, where idiots keep saying Democrats have to win because we imported so many Mexicans and because women hate Republicans because of abortion. Oddly, Democrats have been in retreat at all levels since 1994, but I guess that majority will emerge eventually. Just keep people poor and import another 30 million Mexicans. So Republicans should really not run anyone except female minorities-- from the West coast or Northeast-- because otherwise they might keep winning elections by relying on... UGH.. the majority vote. I hate majorities actually, they're terrible politically...\nWho says I'm bashing anyone?\nAnd? I were pointing out that despite the name, Kerry is not an Irish Catholic.\nAnd the fact that he comes across as a WASP (even though he isn't) is pretty indisputable IMO.\nYou're all complaining about how the 3rd I believe (and the first in 44 years) non WASP major party candidate in US history comes across as a WASP? That's pretty laughable.\nOh dear. Someone knows less than he likes to let on. Go find out how many people actually voted in SC prior to the '40's...\nDukakis is an English name? Good Lord I learn something new every day.\nSeriously though, the term WASP implies a certain amount of East Coast establishment-ness. I don't class LBJ or Bubba as WASP's, and neither did the electorate.\nLike it or not Kerry came across as the most WASPish candidate since Bush sr.\nWell, Smith did run very well in the Black Belts of the South, because voters were too racially polarized to care about religion. But in the predominantly white counties, his vote collapsed far below Davis and Cox, because of anti-Catholicism. Overall, he lost substantial ground- he even lost counties in Mississippi, for God's sake!\nThere were 62,700 catholics or blacks voting in SC in 1928?\nSo basically you're biased against the north-east? I think the north-east has had enough bashing from Republicans for political reasons.\nRun a working class ethnic Catholic from Massachusetts or Rhode Island and I think they'd do pretty well (remember that Tip's approval rating was higher than Reagan's when he retired in '86), run someone who comes across as a WASP though...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 399, "original_length": 37320, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 332.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://utep.edu/extendeduniversity/utepconnect/blog/february-2018/do-what-you-love.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:02Z", "digest": "sha1:5PCSZN5QSW2CUHNAUSCZQ4UBXYLJ6OUP", "length": 4517, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "utep.edu", "title": "How to Identify Your Passion and Turn it into Your Dream Career", "raw_content": "Online Certificate , Online Bachelor\u2019s Degree , Online Master's Degree , Career and Professional Development\nMost people spend a lot of time working. In fact, about 1/3 of your life is spent at work. It\u2019s safe to say, nobody wants to be miserable for a third of their lifetime. So, don\u2019t just settle for \u201cOK\u201d when it comes to your career. Do something you love. After all, as Confucius said, \u201cChoose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.\u201d That Confucius: such a romantic! But, how do you know what you love \u00ad\u2013 and how do you get paid for it? Glad you asked. Here are some tips for discovering your passion and finding a career that fulfills that passion.\nDo a little navel-gazing\nTake some time to know yourself. Don\u2019t worry about any particular job, yet. Just think about what you most like to do. Cook? Read? Travel? Play sports? Help others? If you\u2019re having trouble, try to remember what you loved as a child. Often, our passions emerge in childhood. Was it making experiments? Maybe it was building things? Hmm, building things\u2026\nYou can take your childhood passion for building things further with a career as a Construction Manager; according to the US News and World Report (based on the latest career outlook handbook by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics), the median salary for construction managers is $89,000.\nTo be a Construction Manager, you oversee projects from start to finish. Your responsibilities cover everything from obtaining permits to understanding braces from brackets. You\u2019re in charge of hiring and scheduling contractors, solving problems on the job, staying on-time and on-budget \u2013 all while holding the hand of the client.\nSounds fun? Then you\u2019ll need an advanced online degree in Construction Management.\nTake a look at a university course catalog\nExplore the options. Which courses sound interesting? What classes do you think you\u2019d do well in? Which ones look completely boring \u2013 or scare you? The answers will help you find the subject that you love \u2013 and how to prepare for your dream career.\nIf courses in writing, creative design, and business sound interesting, you may be suited for a career in marketing. You can become a Marketing Manager, According to the US News and World Report (based on the latest career outlook handbook by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics), the median salary for marketing managers is $131,180.\nBeing a Marketing Manager requires not only creativity but also the ability to plan, ideate, and execute marketing plans. It also means managing, mentoring and building a diverse and creative team, managing projects, tracking results and marketing optimization, and leading with vison. Plus, with corporations needing more and more help to represent their brands to large consumer audiences, this position is estimated to grow 10 percent over the next decade.\nMost people grow into this position, but to get started, you\u2019ll need an online degree in Organizational and Corporate Communication.\nA great way to help launch a career you\u2019ll love is to grow a network of peers and mentors. You\u2019ll gain valuable perspective, inside knowledge, and maybe a few advocates to help you in the process.\nUse social media to find, connect with, and follow people who have your dream job \u2013 or something close, not only through LinkedIn, but also on Twitter and Facebook. Read blogs, join forums, attend events, identify and follow your career heroes to find out what\u2019s it\u2019s really like to work at a job you love. Don\u2019t forget to also explore the student support resources your current or future university offers. Take advantage of career services planning and academic advising opportunities. And most definitely reach out to professors and successful alumni for guidance.\nStay Humble AND Learn from others\nRegardless if you are a first-time freshman or someone who is looking to return to school to make a career switch, staying humble and open is the best way to learn and absorb knowledge. As an online student, you are \u201csitting\u201d in a truly diverse class. You never know who may be among your classmates! Ask questions, exchange ideas, learn from each other\u2019s experiences. Do not let the physical distance become the reason for not reaching out. Your classmates and professors are just an email or a discussion board away. Who knows, they may be the source of your next inspiration or the helping hand you may need when you are ready for that big career move.\nFollow these steps, and you\u2019ll find your way to the career you truly love!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 124, "original_length": 6357, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 303.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://vans.honestjohn.co.uk/van-news/miscellaneous/2019-02/van-owners-spend-gbp11-billion-fixing-pothole-damage-every-year/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:38Z", "digest": "sha1:CKZZDTXIJ5MRBO56MQNEGHWPYKFVUW6K", "length": 1924, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "vans.honestjohn.co.uk", "title": "Van owners spend \u00a31.1 billion fixing pothole damage every year | | Honest John", "raw_content": "Van drivers are being left out of pocket because the UK\u2019s roads are not fit for purpose, according to research by Mercedes-Benz.\nA survey of more than 2000 van owners found that potholes cause \u00a3500 worth of damage to each vehicle every year. With 4.2 million vans on the road in the UK, that puts the total estimated cost of repairs at a staggering \u00a31.1 billion.\nThe Local Government Association claims that councils are fixing a pothole every 21 seconds, but there is a \u00a39.3 billion backlog due to spending cuts. Potholes are usually caused by water getting into the road surface, then freezing and creating gaps in the asphalt.\nMore than a quarter of van drivers who took part in the Mercedes-Benz survey believe that Britain\u2019s roads are in a poor or very poor condition\nFrom 2020, VED (road tax) funding will be ring-fenced for improving and maintaining roads for the first time since the 1930s. England\u2019s road network also received a \u00a330 billion boost, as part of the Budget 2018 spending review and almost all of that money will go to improvement of motorways and major A roads. Councils will only get a cash injection of \u00a3420 million for fixing potholes on A and B roads. .\nA quarter of van drivers who took part in the Mercedes-Benz survey believe that Britain\u2019s roads are in a poor or very poor condition. And it\u2019s not just the terrible condition of the roads that are making their lives a misery, with the overwhelming majority (90 per cent) saying that parking is huge a problem too.\nMore than half of van drivers said parking spaces were too small, while other frustrations included inflexible parking bays and an increasing number of \u2018permit holder only\u2019 areas.\nPoor roads and a lack of van-friendly parking is being linked to drivers' mental health, with over a third (37 per cent) of those surveyed saying they regularly experience stress while at work, with depression (15 per cent) and anxiety (21 per cent).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 254, "original_length": 8254, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 205.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://veirons.com/founder/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:05Z", "digest": "sha1:AV3QWKSA4QBEWP6VA475YSPJF4J6PDFW", "length": 6355, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "veirons.com", "title": "Founder ~ V.E. Irons, Inc. \u2013 Home of Vit-Ra-Tox Products - Vitamins, Minerals and Detoxification, Since 1946", "raw_content": "Home > Founder\nVictor Earl Irons was a nationally renowned and respected nutritionist and health freedom fighter. He was born on January 23, 1895 in West Virginia, USA. In 1919 he graduated from Yale University. In his younger years he sold aluminum pots and pans, ate refined flour, sugar, and had a weakness for chocolate bars.\nAt age 40, he was diagnosed with severe ankylosing spondylitis (also known as Marie Struempell Disease), an arthritic condition where calcium deposits into spurs in exactly the same relative position on every vertebra of the spine. They grow at the same rate, spreading the vertebrae apart and bending the spine, so that over time the patient begins to stoop imperceptibly. Within 20 years, the body is doubled over so that the head is below the knee. Six different medical doctors in Boston, Massachussetts told him that there was no cure. He read a little about \u201cnatural methods\u201d, and turned to cleansing, fasting, natural foods, and NO DRUGS! Within two months he had no more pain from the displacement of his vertebrae. Within 14 months there were practically no spurs, and the clinical signs of this \u201cincurable disease\u201d were erased \u2013 by natural methods.\nWith this experience, his theory of life and disease changed, and became a position opposite to that of the entire orthodox thinking in the U.S. His theory became\u2026\n\u201cTHERE IS ONLY ONE SUPREME POWER, THERE IS ONLY ONE CAUSE OF DISEASE, THERE IS ONLY ONE DISEASE, AND THEREFORE, THERE IS ONLY ONE TREATMENT FOR ALL DISEASE.\u201d\nThis theory is based on principles that scientists have proven, and he termed, Natural Law. Natural Law states that the bloodstream will keep the body in perfect health if it is properly nourished and is able to remove all waste products from the body.\nFor twelve years, Victor Irons traveled throughout the country lecturing and teaching his principles of health to Rotary, Lions, Kiwanis, Optimist Clubs, Lodges, Church organizations, and PTA groups. However, he felt that too little was being accomplished, as his listeners found no way of following through on the knowledge gained. To be effective, he decided to produce and distribute products that would help people achieve proper nutrition and proper elimination, to live in harmony with Natural Law.\nFrustrated with the lack of natural ingredients in the dietary supplements of the time, Irons worked with Dr. Royal Lee of Standard Process and Harold Pratt to develop a completely natural, whole food supplement that contained every nutrient necessary for mammals to live. He named this complete food GreenLife\u00ae, and began producing it in 1953. GreenLife\u00ae was the first dietary supplement of its kind, produced from juice of the cereal grasses: barley, oats, rye and wheat. Many products have tried to imitate, but none have equaled the quality, nutritional value, and \u201clife\u201d of GreenLife\u00ae.\nVictor Irons also pioneered the use of psyllium and bentonite to clean out the digestive tract and promote bowel health. He emphasized that even the best food supplements were ineffective unless the body could absorb them. By educating such influential authors as Bernard Jensen (Tissue Cleansing Through Bowel Management) and Daniel Reid (The Tao of Sex, Health, and Longevity), his teachings reached far and wide.\nTHE HEALTH FREEDOM FIGHTER\nIn 1956, Victor Irons was charged with 6 misdemeanor counts of selling \u201cMisbranded articles of Drug.\u201d One \u201cDrug\u201d article was GreenLife\u00ae, a dietary supplement containing a mixture of dehydrated juice of barley, oats, rye, and wheat grass, alfalfa, bone meal, brewer\u00b4s yeast, fish liver oils, and kelp. On the 22nd of October, after a lengthy and costly trial, Irons received \u201c\u2026a verdict of guilty of the offense of Violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, (Title 21 U.S.C. 331 and 333).\u201d\nIn a plea bargaining session prior to sentencing, the prosecutor and judge Francis J.W. Ford promised Irons he would not go to prison or pay any fine if he would just plead guilty and promise never again to claim that there was a need in human nutrition for the wholesome vitamins, minerals, fiber, and herbs he was selling, for which FDA said no need had ever been established. FDA and government prosecutors also insisted he agree to never again claim or imply that \u201c\u2026nearly everyone in this country is suffering from malnutrition or in danger of such suffering because of demineralization and depletion of soils and the refining and processing of foods\u2026\u201d Irons refused this plea bargain, stating that, \u201cHe would see them all in Hell before he signed his name to a bunch of lies and falsehoods.\u201d He was fined $6,000 and sentenced to 6 years, one for each count. He paid the fine and served 6 months at the federal penitentiary at Danbury, Connecticut rather than recant his teachings.\nIrons became a national health hero to thousands of health food store owners and enthusiasts who were equally \u201cguilty\u201d of selling therapeutic foods that FDA said were legally \u201cdrugs\u201d. The Food and Drug Law was clear. It defined a \u201cdrug\u201d as \u201c\u2026any article intended for use in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man.\u201d That, of course, is exactly the \u201cintended\u201d use of health foods.\nAfter his release from prison, Irons helped found the National Health Federation, and served on its Board of Governors for more than 20 years. He gave thousands of dollars and hours of service to NHF to help make it the most powerful health freedom lobby organization in America. NHF was able to get the Proxmire Vitamin Bill introduced and unanimously enacted by Congress in 1976. It prohibited FDA from banning vitamins and minerals as drugs based on their potency.\nVictor began a second family at the age of 72 and fathered his last child at the age of 80 \u2013 proof of his vitality and vigor. He passed away in 1993 at the age of 98 years old from complications of a car accident.\nThousands of people have benefited from his teachings of eating whole natural foods, fasting, and colon cleansing. He dared to read, think, speak, write and teach about health in a simple way that drew thousands to his lectures. His students, wife, family and friends loved him. V.E. Irons, Inc. continues to be a family owned and operated company that preserves his integrity, principles, and reputation in every product we have manufactured and distributed for over 70 years.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 104, "original_length": 8449, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 200.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://viciouscycle.blog/2008/11/14/off-roading/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:45:59Z", "digest": "sha1:RVWPKNXR6ENOWNOG22X7CEDPGZ5BPCLT", "length": 767, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "viciouscycle.blog", "title": "Off Roading \u2013 The Vicious Cycle", "raw_content": "Despite the \u2018road-ish\u2019 look to my bike, it was actually made for off road riding, I am told. Today I thought I\u2019d test out the theory, since I\u2019m running out of paved roads to discover anyway. I found this ride in a French guide to the area, but couldn\u2019t find the roads listed on any map. I figured out a while ago the reason: there IS no road, just a VTT (MTB) path. I\u2019m afraid the pictures aren\u2019t terribly exciting, but here is what the \u2018un-road\u2019 looked like.\nI made it to Assas (see my 1st or 2nd blog entry) and some proper roads for the journey home. I\u2019ll end today with a shot of the bike, still in one piece and having a well-deserved basking in the glorious Mediterranean sun.\nThis entry was posted in Cycling and tagged assas, Clapiers. Bookmark the permalink.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 102, "original_length": 5848, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 262.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://video.netnebraska.org/video/net-nebraska-presents-loopdiver-interactions/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:03Z", "digest": "sha1:N7QSEKILURCMUJ4S3JYSGFE7J73XYP6X", "length": 338, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "video.netnebraska.org", "title": "loopdiver: Interactions | NET Nebraska Presents | NET", "raw_content": "One of the more difficult aspects of the piece is that each dancer has their own movement sequence but each is performing it in the same rhythmic loop structure. It was a challenge for the dancers to synchronize 'loop time' with each other. In this clip you can see an example of looping not just a gesture, but also the 'state of being.'", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 146, "original_length": 5242, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 238.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://video08.weebly.com/index.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:20:21Z", "digest": "sha1:6DHDE6NIYVN25TOMOXGJYA7XQH32L2LK", "length": 2642, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "video08.weebly.com", "title": "video - Home", "raw_content": "video - The internet has recently bloomed with a number of places to post your funny video, creative video, or other clever home made bit of cinematography. Sites such as You Tube and Google Videos are central exchanges of funny videos and other popular video types, and there are also a number of other special purpose funny video sites that specialize in the funny video genre. The act of creating a funny video is not as simple as thinking of a few jokes or funny situations and then getting out the camera. Creating a funny video requires a great deal of consideration, work, and attention to detail. If you follow the tips outlined in this article, you are sure to create a funny video that is of great value to your target audience.\nThe first thing to consider when creating a funny video is to look at your target audience. Are you targeting the pre-teen crowd who favors slapstick and potty humor, or are you looking to target a middle aged crowd that is more discerning in the type of funny video they enjoy? Even the most sophomoric funny video must have a target audience. It is never possible to amuse everyone, so picking a target audience can help you make a funny video that is of great value to the audience you are trying to reach without having to worry about other audiences. Once you have worked out your audience, you can get started planning your funny video.\nThe next thing to consider when planning a funny video is whether you would like the funny video to be live action or animated. Animation used to be technology that was available only to well funded studios--however, the advent of Macromedia Flash and other similar software has resulted in something of an animation revolution. It is now possible for anyone to create a funny video that uses sophisticated animation techniques using a standard personal computer. Of course, while Macromedia Flash and other computer animation tools can have a fairly steep learning curve, anyone who is interested in created an animated funny video will do well if they take the time to learn how to use these tools.\nOnce you have decided on the type of funny video as well as your audience, it is time to start writing. Even the shortest funny video (many a successful funny video has made the rounds of the internet while being less than a minute long) requires a basic premise and plot, and this requires planning and writing. The worst mistake that one can make when shooting a funny video is to try to do the entire thing off the cuff, with no written script. 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Audiences learn her story of undergoing treatment for childhood Leukemia through the stories of her parents and her oldest sister, Annie \u2013 and how the Affordable Care Act made it possible for her family to afford her treatment and why they still need it to survive.\nTo learn more about Uninsurable, visit uninsurabledoc.com\nFor press & other inquiries, contact uninsurabledoc@gmail.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 106, "original_length": 2453, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 295.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://viraldunia.com/details/cutting-down-shooting-events-not-the-right-thing-to-do-jaspal-rana", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:12Z", "digest": "sha1:LEAVR34XXOKJE2SU2ES4OPVF3K4GDFD4", "length": 4094, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "viraldunia.com", "title": "Cutting down shooting events not the right thing to do: Jaspal Rana | More sports News - Viraldunia.com", "raw_content": "Cutting down shooting events not the right thing to do: Jaspal Rana\nThe Indian team is currently training at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting range, the venue of the first shooting World Cup of 2019\nPart of the squad are teen prodigies like Bhaker, Saurabh and Bhanwala, who have been carved into champions by Rana\nThe pistol coach of India juniors though is not currently working with his prodigies, as part of the national camp\nNEW DELHI: Indian shooting legend Jaspal Rana was extremely prolific in his competitive shooting days. He knows what it takes to perform under pressure. He knows what pressure is and how to make it work to one's advantage. The pistol coach of India juniors though is not currently working with his prodigies, as part of the national camp for the upcoming ISSF World Cup here. At the time this story was being published, he was still waiting for an official invitation from the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) to join its coaching staff.\nThe Indian team is currently training at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting range, the venue of the first shooting World Cup of 2019, which will be held from February 20 to 28. Part of the squad are teen prodigies like Manu Bhaker, Saurabh Chaudhary and Anish Bhanwala, who have been carved into champions by Rana. In a tournament that has as many as 16 Tokyo Olympic quota places on offer, it would have been ideal for Rana to be with the youngsters ahead of an important event. But it's yet to happen, despite assurances by the NRAI.\n\"I haven't yet received any official invitation to join the camp, so why should I go there?\" Rana told Timesofindia.com over the phone from his hometown, Dehradun on Monday.\nBefore the camp, which began on February 5, Manu was training with Rana at the Siri Fort Sports Complex shooting range here in the capital. While she and her fellow young guns would have hoped to have their mentor around at the national camp as well, it hasn't happened yet.\nBut with Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, World Cup and Youth Olympics medals already under their belt, the teenagers are well groomed to handle the pressure of expectations that has grown thanks to their top performances.\n\"I think if you don't have pressure, you are dead or dumb,\" Rana had said in a chat with TimesofIndia.com last week in the capital. \"Anybody who is smart enough to understand the importance of things will have pressure, but we make them strong enough to handle that pressure. That's our job.\"\n\"We don't train them on how to shoot, how to sight, how to pull the trigger. We just need to make them stronger to handle situations, because that is one thing which is not in our hands, the shooters are in our hands. That's what I do,\" he added.\nTouching upon the topic of formats and events, Rana was particularly critical of the free-pistol event (50m) being scrapped.\nMost shooters who shoot the 10m air pistol event, like Manu and Chaudhary, also have a chance to do well in the 50m event. But the Olympic Committee dropped it in 2018. The last time it was part of the Olympics was at Rio 2016. It did not feature in the 2018 Asian Games as well.\n\"To cut down events is not the right thing to do,\" the nine-time CWG and four-time Asian Games gold medallist, Rana said. \"We were one of the best countries in free pistol. Jitu Rai was there, at a very good level, for almost like a decade.\"\n\"What are you going to get out of cutting down events?\" he asked.\nThe 50m pistol is not part of the coming World Cup as well; however, India have a good chance of bagging a few Olympic quotas in other rifle and pistol events that are part of the tournament.\nBut Rana stopped short of picking any favourites.\n\"That's the only thing I don't do - to predict. If you go with a fleet of good shooters, then you have very good chances of winning medals. You will see somebody who was not even expected to win a medal, wins it. We should remember that. Everybody who is playing a World Cup is good enough to beat anybody in the world. 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The mission of the Academy is to promote the use of science to benefit society and inform policy debates.\nAnna McKie, The Times Higher Education\nA \u20ac7 million (\u00a36.2 million) tool designed to stamp out cheating in online assessment is preparing for launch after successful European trials.\nThe Adaptive Trust-based E-assessment System for Learning (Tesla), funded by the European Union, combines anti-plagiarism software with facial-, voice- and keystroke-identification technology.\nMore than 27,000 students at seven European universities, including the UK\u2019s Open University and the Open University of Catalonia (UOC), have now taken part in trials of the tool.\nPetroMall - Putting relevant science and engineering back into every decision made.\nGreg Coleman, Petromall\n10 Years of O&G Startup Financing\nUganda\u2019s confirmed petroleum base is currently at 6.5 billion barrels of oil in-place also known as Stock Tank Oil -Initially-In-Place (STOIIP). Of this, between 1.4 and 1.7 billion barrels are recoverable.\nUNOC is mandated to hold 15% state participating interest in the nine (9) Petroleum Production Licenses covering fields that are planned to be developed through the Tilenga and Kingfisher Development Projects.\nThe Tilenga Development Project is located in the north of Lake Albert and constitutes License Areas (LA)1 and 2. Our partners are Tullow Uganda Limited, Tullow Uganda Operations Pty Limited, CNOOC Uganda Limited and Total E&P Uganda B.V. Total E&P Uganda B.V and Tullow Uganda Operations Pty Limited are Operations for LA 1 and LA2 respectively. The project is currently at the phase of Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) and Final Investment Decision is planned to be taken during 2018.\n\u2026.at least not for a while!\nAs the demand for oil and associated liquids creeps past 100mmbbl/day, whilst companies wishing to access Iranian crude are confronted with the reality of sanctions once again, and there\u2019s a meltdown in Venezuela \u2013 semi-normal geopolitics in fact \u2013 a super smart bunch of folk is betting on the oil price continuing to rise, perhaps past $100/barrel.\nPerhaps less well publicised than the Eurovision Song Contest and the \u2018really sad\u2019 failure of Arsenal FC to make next season\u2019s Champion\u2019s League was the fact that US oil production has motored smoothly past 10mmbbl/day and is probably going to break 12mmbbl/day in the second half of 2019, driven by the remorseless locomotive which is production from the Permian Basin of West Texas, together with a chunky contribution from the deep water GoM.\nQuite how the supply/demand balance will play out over the next 18 months to two years remains to be seen but I wouldn\u2019t be surprised to see the price back towards $60/barrel. IMHO of course\u2026..though I\u2019m not far away from the \u201cBloomberg Consensus\u201d of $65/barrel mentioned in this article.\nTechnology impacts the ways in which teachers \u2013 whether elementary, secondary, or post-secondary \u2013 present information and assess student learning and capabilities in the classroom. And students use technology to change the way they learn and communicate in return. It stands to reason, therefore, that libraries should also grow and change with the influx and prevalence of technology in education. Technology is a powerful force in education. Here are five key ways it continues to revolutionize learning experiences in libraries:\nBetween 2012 and 2013 the number of institutions launching e-learning platforms increased by 23%. In a professional survey in 2015 that involved 25,000 (twenty-five thousand) young men and women, 80% acknowledged having taken online courses in the past. In 2015, 23% of students stated that they would not pursue a degree if their program was not available online or partially so. While in 2015, the e-learning market was worth an enormous $166.5 billion, it was estimated that it would grow to $255 billion by 2017. The swelling numbers of students choosing to follow online courses explain the explanation for the swelling financial value. The predictions show that by 2019, at least 50% of all classes will be delivered online.\nWhy am I asking this question? This Year, this Month, this Week?\nWell, here\u2019s a starting point. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2018/04/21/big-oils-big-identity-crisis/\nFrom the Sunday Telegraph of a couple of weeks ago: \u201cBig Oil\u2019s Big Identity Crisis\u201d. A neat article unfortunately obscured behind the Telegraph\u2019 \u2018Premium\u2019 wall.\nWhat was this all about? Well, let\u2019s try a one word answer.\nAs for the conference, it will draw experts and attendees from around the world, and celebrate the science, culinary delights, and commercial opportunities of one of the world\u2019s iconic diets. Just this year, the Mediterranean diet was voted \u201cbest overall\u201d in the annual rankings by U.S. News & World Report.\nThe Royal Academy of Engineering has awarded a 24-year-old Ugandan software engineer the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. Brian Gitta is the first Ugandan to win the prestigious Africa Prize, and the youngest winner to date\nUCF\u2019s success is its focus on digital learning, which has allowed the university to meet the needs of its expanding student population and keep tuition costs low. As higher education costs rise, the education gap is growing. Solving this challenge will require our higher education institutions to expand access to students of all economic backgrounds and provide them a high-quality, affordable education.\nA college degree is a proven pathway to a better future in this country\u2014but with so many competing priorities in their lives, that path isn\u2019t always accessible. Technology can help open this pathway to more students.\nBy Kelechi Udoagwu\nWe will need to produce 70% more food than we do today to feed 2,3 billion people that will be added to the world\u2019s population by 2050. And we will have to do this in spite of increasing effects of climate change, scarcity of resources, and growing levels of inequality around the world.\nBy eNyota learning\nKey here is policy training, anti-discrimination policy training, and even getting employees to be aware of biases that may creep into their day-to-day interaction with customers. An ideal mix of blended learning is the key to sustainable ongoing training instead.\nWhitepaper: cloud computing in education\nTechnology advancements have always had an important impact on industry development, affecting even the most traditional systems such as education. Following the general change of people\u2019s habits and the world\u2019s job market structure, the education sector has gone through a large-scale transformation over the last few years.\nMuch as there is a lot of collaboration among researchers and academics in Uganda with those in other parts of the world (mainly the US and Europe), sharing of content and services has not been straightforward.\neduGAIN is simplest enabler for this sharing, and RIF\u2019s joining of eduGAIN will open up many possibilities for RENU member institutions.\nOnline education is here to stay\nBy Dr. Adalbertus Kamanzi, Director of Programmes\n\u201cWakati ukuta\u201d is a Swahili saying meaning that \u201ctime is a wall\u201d. This proverb alludes to the fact that if one fights against time, he/she is fighting with something as hard as the wall; lets say you punch the wall, the consequences are that you will hurt your hand. Online education is here with us: it is the thing of the time.\nVUU student publishes dissertation in international journal\nJustin Geno Obwoya of VUU publishes his dissertation in the International Journal of Population Research. A testament to our quality education.\nStudy online at Virtual University of Uganda\nWe are the first fully online university for Sub-Saharan Africa and fully licenced by the National Council for Higher Education in Uganda. We are also leading postgraduate e-learning University in the region for: Information and Technology, Public Health, International Development and Executive MBA.\nQ&A: How digitally connecting a continent could transform Africa\nRight now, a lot of the [voice, SMS, and data] traffic is being routed via carriers that take it outside the continent and back down to Africa. Yet there is no technical or economical reason for this beyond the fact that networks have been configured this way.\nPreparing students for the workforce of the future\nVirtual University of Uganda successfully hosted a business reception and panel discussion at Kampala Serena Hotel on 18th January 2018 in conjunction with the British High Commission & PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Uganda.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 210, "original_length": 14242, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 237.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://vivabooks.net/p/picture-books-i-love-dad-with-the-very-hungry-caterpillar--9", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:29Z", "digest": "sha1:7OJWVYGYFAVWV4TEKVTVF4LJCUHB3GXZ", "length": 1019, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "vivabooks.net", "title": "I Love Dad with the Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle (Illustrator) | VIVA BOOKS", "raw_content": "This gorgeous little gift book from The Very Hungry Caterpillar is the perfect way to say, 'I Love You, Dad!' Dad . . . you're easy to talk to . . . even when I am feeling prickly . . . you are always there . . . that's why I love you, Dad!Join The Very Hungry Caterpillar for a celebration of love and all the ways to tell your dad how much you care. This lovely little book features Eric Carle's colourful artwork of animal dads and babies, with the Hungry Caterpillar making an appearance alongside each one. The perfect gift for Father's Day, or any day you want to say . . . I love you, Dad!\nEric Carle is an internationally bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator of books for very young children including his most well-known title The Very Hungry Caterpillar. With his late wife, Barbara, Eric Carle co-founded The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Massachusetts in 2002. 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The research question investigated was: Do general education students have a meaningful opportunity to learn when sharing classrooms with students with disabilities?\nThe participants in this study were assigned to two inclusion classrooms in an elementary school in northeastern North Carolina. The classrooms were observed during the months of January and February, 1999. Effective educational practices in inclusion classrooms were researched. Data were also collected and analyzed in four areas: (1) principal and teachers' definitions of inclusion, (2) principal and teachers' perceptions of how inclusion is implemented in the school, (3) effects of inclusion on teachers' instructional practices, and (4) effects of inclusion on the learning opportunities for general education students.\nThere were no observable effects of inclusion on the learning opportunities for general education students.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 2599, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 307.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://vtlawhelp.org/president-trump%E2%80%99s-executive-order-no-change-insurance-requirement", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:11Z", "digest": "sha1:5TFM6T4CA2TJTBNSJKWT3E4UG3QR2JVI", "length": 429, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "vtlawhelp.org", "title": "President Trump\u2019s Executive Order: No Change to Insurance Requirement | VTLawHelp.org", "raw_content": "There continues to be a lot of news out of Washington DC recently about proposals to change our health insurance laws. None of these proposals (including President Trump\u2019s Executive Order of January 20, 2017) change the requirement to have health insurance. In the event that there are real changes to our health insurance laws, we will do our best to make clear, accurate information available to Vermonters as soon as possible.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 106, "original_length": 3056, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 165.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/news/2017/1/economics_undergraduate_adam_brzezinski_reflects_on_his_experiences_as_winner_of_the_best_undergraduate_paper_at_iaes_conference/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:04Z", "digest": "sha1:A4ZAB4WG7A6VG4VLIDI64OT3VY42CNW6", "length": 4428, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "warwick.ac.uk", "title": "Economics undergraduate, Adam Brzezinski, reflects on his experiences as winner of the \u0091Best Undergraduate Paper\u0092 at IAES Conference.", "raw_content": "Economics undergraduate, Adam Brzezinski, reflects on his experiences as winner of the \u0091Best Undergraduate Paper\u0092 at IAES Conference. - Thursday 12 Jan 2017\nEconomics undergraduate, Adam Brzezinski, reflects on his experiences as winner of the \u0091Best Undergraduate Paper\u0092 at IAES Conference.\nEconomics undergraduate, Adam Brzezinski, reflects on his experiences as winner of the \u2018Best Undergraduate Paper\u2019 at IAES Conference.\nAdam Brzezinski, who graduated with a First Class BSc (Econ) degree was awarded the prize for the 'Best Undergraduate Paper' at the Atlantic Economic Society Conference. The finalists were asked to present their work at the 82nd Conference in Washington DC on 15 October 2016, where Adam was awarded first place.\nAdam proudly received a cash prize for his accomplishments, and his paper will be printed in the upcoming issue of the Atlantic Economic Journal. His paper was the product of his third year Research in Applied Economics (RAE) project, entitled 'Synergies in Labour Market Institutions - the nonlinear effect of minimum wages on youth employment', which he completed under the supervision of Dr. Piotr Jelonek. The other finalists included students at the University of Virginia and the University of Pennsylvania.\nBelow, Adam reflects on his experience as a finalist;\nThere are many ingrediants to this experience that make it truly remarkable. Above all, this was the first time that I had a chance to participate in an academic conference, which took place over the course of three days (Friday to Sunday, 14-16th) in Washington D.C., at a location that is difficult to beat: the Hyatt Regency, located just two minutes from Capitol Hill.\nIt can feel quite daunting at first, being amongst few attendants with a only Bachelors degree, when so many attendees were professors and established academics from across the globe. However, I soon overcame my insecuritites and enjoyed networking with Japanese, Indian, Brazilian, German, Spanish, Polish, Romanian, British and American academics (to name a few!).\nWith the knowledge that I would present my work on the Saturday, I spent Friday listening to a numbe of engaging presentations on various topics, and was surprised at how inviting and relaxed the environment was. Even as an undergraduate, I felt that my comments were welcome and valued by the Professors. Friday was closed with a lecture on macroeconomic policy given by Lawrence Christiano, one of the fathers of DSGE models.\nSaturday started off with a speech by Joel Mokyr, an acclaimed economic historian and the president of the International Atlantic Economic Society, whose work I encountered in the first year of my degree at Warwick. He gave a upbeat speach on technological change, convincing the public that a bright future lies ahead. During lunch, I met the other three finalists who took part in the 'Best Undergraduate Paper' competition, who were all American who only attended the conference for one day.\nFinally, it was time to give our presentations, and for better or worse, I was first in line. The format was simple, each finalist would present their paper for 20 minutes, followed by a 10 minute question and answer session. The latter was both difficult but rewarding, allowing me to discuss my research in more detail and highlight some aspects for improvement. For me, the question and answer session was both the most challenging but rewarding element of the whole trip as it highlighted the intellectually stimulating world of academia, confirming my aspiraitons to continue my economic education and study at Masters level.\nThe other presentations were exceptional, and each of the finalists were deservant winners of the competition. However, after a brief pause in which the jury retired for deliberation, I was fortunate enough to be chosen as the winner. I was completely overwhelmed, and still am.\nThis was a truly exceptional experience that I can recommend to every student. In order to participate, you just have to send in your completed RAE project. The effort is minimal, while the potential payoff is remarkable.\nHome - International Atlantic Economic Society www.iaes.org\nDepartment of Economics, The University of Warwick - Economics undergraduate, Adam Brzezinski, nominated for IAES 'Best Undergraduate Paper' Competition\nInternational Atlantic Economic Society - Best Undergraduate Paper Award - International Atlantic Economic Society", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 84, "original_length": 5548, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 263.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/podcasts/medicine/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:25Z", "digest": "sha1:SFIV7SAD2VMVXYXJZEWCMCT65O6IG4ES", "length": 1555, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "warwick.ac.uk", "title": "Medicine", "raw_content": "Imaging the Brain\nInstitute of Advanced Study visiting fellow Frank Skidmore holds a series of seminars named 'Imaging the Brain'. This series presents research results and discusses the pearls and pitfalls of the potential use of functional and structural MRI as a diagnostic tool. The purpose of this talk is to start a discussion on how fMRI and other MRI techniques can move from a purely speculative to a clinically relevant tool for understanding human brain disease.\n10th Anniversary of Warwick Medical School\nWMS are a leading UK provider of graduate entry medicine making a significant national and international contribution to education and research in health. It is part of one of the UK\u2019s top ten universities; the University of Warwick. WMS is the largest graduate entry-only medical school in the UK, ranked in the top ten UK medical schools for the quality of health services research. The Medical School is acknowledged for it's excellence in teaching and research, with academics at the cutting edge of their field, consistently producing internationally recognised research.\nA series of films introducing elements of clinical anatomy. Note that these films contain images and video that some viewers may find disturbing.\nAspects of Anatomy\nProfessor Peter Abrahams introduces a number of aspects of anatomy using the University of Warwick's collection of plastinated specimens.\nMedicine at the University of Warwick\nA collection of podcasts and videos from the University of Warwick focussing on research stories in medicine and health.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 41, "original_length": 1990, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 195.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://wellsaidcontent.com/category/websites/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:50Z", "digest": "sha1:2WW5MFKMRPYS4NE442KYTNHFYG264W6L", "length": 565, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "wellsaidcontent.com", "title": "Websites | Well Said Content", "raw_content": "Digital marketing best practices for financial advisor websites. We\u2019ll help you create engaging content for your website and blog. Learn how to write your about, services and contact page.\nWordPress plugins are designed to extend and expand the functionality of your business website and with 46,058 of them in existence, where do you start? Now that you\u2019ve learned How to Write your First Blog Post, let\u2019s get into some of the key WordPress plugins you should use to take your business website to the Read more about 10 WordPress Plugins to Improve Your Website[\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 3250, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 241.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://wflbc.com/2014/01/03/disappearing-vancouver-glen-valleys-river-bank-suprise/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:03:58Z", "digest": "sha1:FRKQB2GQMBZZ6DS7O2C6VAIPF3M76TF3", "length": 430, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "wflbc.com", "title": "Disappearing Vancouver \u2013 Glen Valley\u2019s river bank surprise \u2013 WFLBC", "raw_content": "One thought on \u201cDisappearing Vancouver \u2013 Glen Valley\u2019s river bank surprise\u201d\nYou hit the nail on the head, the car\u2019s we\u2019re put there for river bank erosion. My mom grew up on a cattle farm across the road from Glen Valley park and she remembers when the car\u2019s were put there (1960\u2019s). She said a lot of them we\u2019re really nice at the time.\nIf you know where to look, there\u2019s car\u2019s along the bank almost all the way to the Port Mann.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 223, "original_length": 6030, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 187.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://wfpl.org/five-things-baker-tom-edwards-on-self-reliance-and-beets/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:19:35Z", "digest": "sha1:DUBYCKG2LCT5VSDRWZVCQNU4YI6I4QNH", "length": 2733, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "wfpl.org", "title": "Five Things: MozzaPi Baker Tom Edwards On Self-Reliance", "raw_content": "Five Things: MozzaPi Baker Tom Edwards Built This With His Bare Hands\nPhoto: Tara Anderson\nEach week on Five Things, we meet a guest who has selected five physical objects that have been resonant or important in his or her life, and we learn about that person from those things.\nUsually we sit in a quiet studio at Louisville Public Media. But for this week\u2019s interview, I went to visit Tom Edwards at his business, the MozzaPi cafe. It\u2019s a huge brick and wood space, with giant doors that open onto a peaceful wooded area.\nSo at various times in this conversation, you\u2019ll hear a train going by, you\u2019ll hear the cicadas and birds outside, and you\u2019ll hear the whoosh of a massive fridge kicking on and then off again.\nThe cafe is just one part of Edwards\u2019 constellation of businesses: he also owns Louismill, which mills grain into flour and grits, an artisan bread-baking school, and a catering business. But he sees his business ventures as more than just a way to earn a living \u2014 he\u2019s got a bigger vision about the way we interact with food, with the earth and with each other.\nOn one of the books that influenced him:\n\u201cA book of Ralph Waldo Emerson\u2019s essays, Self-Reliance. I had that book since I was really young. I\u2019ve always admired the self-reliance mentality that Emerson had. I\u2019d read them but really wouldn\u2019t understand them, but maybe I did. I\u2019ve always had a philosophical side to myself, and tried to really be objective and evaluate my time here.\u201d\nOn his long-held least favorite vegetable:\n\u201cBeets taste like dirt to me. And I think it\u2019s almost a genetic thing, like you either like a beet or you don\u2019t. When we started this organic farmers\u2019 market, I asked [my wife] Lisa, let\u2019s see if we can just live off the farmers\u2019 market this year. Let\u2019s see what that means, how that works out. We had a budget \u2014 I think it was 100 bucks for the week. So she bought all kinds of stuff for 100 dollars, and one of the things she bought was beets, because that\u2019s what was in season. They ended up on the dinner table, and I ate them, and they were fantastic. I don\u2019t know if it was knowing where the food came from, or just the freshness, but I liked them.\u201d\nOn designing and building the MozzaPi cafe over several years:\n\u201cI\u2019ve had a lot of projects over the years with our personal residences. based out of my love for architecture and the craft and being creative. I\u2019ve built several beautiful homes, and had the privilege to live in them. And the interesting thing that happened through that process was this: the one aspect that I wasn\u2019t happy about \u2014 only one family got to use it over that time. So this latest building or piece of work, what\u2019s most important to me was that I could have a space that I could actually share.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 125, "original_length": 5077, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 265.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://whatzviral.com/partners-who-really-love-each-other-tend-to-get-fat/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:50:16Z", "digest": "sha1:LSLCMRNUBBDBT34JO76KYE5O57WV4NCE", "length": 3418, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "whatzviral.com", "title": "Partners Who Really Love Each Other Tend To Get Fat!", "raw_content": "When a couple is truly in love, the whole world can seem different in their eyes. They will do anything to make the other one happy and sometimes, even without their knowing they would change their ways and means to make the other one happy. A recent study found out that the couples who are truly in love tend to grow fat and this might be shocking news for many who are in love!\nA lot of researchers carried out earlier have proved that when two people begin to have a comfortable relationship with each other, they tend to grow fat. It was found out by a research conducted from the University of Queensland, Australia and they researched 6,459 women. The research lasted for 10 years.\nIn the research, they found out that lots of women who were within the 20-30 age groups, married or are in a serious relationship have noticeably increased their weight, unlike the women who are single. The women who were engaged in the experiment have increased their weight by 4-5 kilos and the significant thing is that even males were reported to have increased their weight.\nA new research was conducted based on men by Southern Methodist University in Dallas. They studied 169 couples for over 4 years and they came up with the conclusion that even men increase their weight when they are in a healthy relationship.\nA thesis from the University of York came to the same conclusion that there was no difference between the man and the woman in the relationship. Both of them gain a bit more weight and therefore good weight gain has become a sign of a good relationship.\nSo why do we get fat when we are in a relationship?\nAn exact answer to the above question has not found as yet but scientists have said that the closeness of healthy relationship might influence their habits and partners might easily get adapted to their partner\u2019s way of life. Moreover, it was found out that women in relationships tend to eat more sugary junks which in turn cause them to grow faster. Sometimes, women also try to eat as much as their partner without remembering that most guys have a larger appetite.\nAnother reason why couples tend to grow fatter is that they spend a lot of time together cuddling and doing lots of domestic works together like doing the dishes.\nAnd when you live alone, you might not pay much attention to what you eat at all. When you don\u2019t feel like cooking you might go out or you might skip meals. But when you are with someone else, you tend to cook as best as you could to please your partner and this, in turn, can contribute to the weight that you put on.\nThere are people who totally move away from doing exercises and practicing other healthy habits when they get a partner. Once they find someone they no longer try to stay good looking or healthy but they focus more on keeping that person happy. So, eventually, they can forget themselves and end up in getting fat.\nMoreover, when a couple is stable and when they find pleasure in each other\u2019s company they will try to stay indoors and settle for cooking and watching movies together. These activities would result in an apparent weight gain.\nMoreover, when you are happy and positive, you have an improved appetite and you might eat a lot even without your notice. So, because of all these reasons, a couple who is in love might grow fat and what we have mentioned here are only general conclusions to which there are lots of exceptions to the rules.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 4156, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 245.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://whitedragongolf.com/blogs/white-dragon-golf/16464527-champions-tour-u-s-senior-open-kenny-perry-peaks", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:58Z", "digest": "sha1:5SY5FN4OBEBAVJUIRMMV25QKPJSGEKCU", "length": 1768, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "whitedragongolf.com", "title": "Champions Tour. U.S. Senior Open Kenny Perry Peaks \u2013 White Dragon Golf", "raw_content": "Champions Tour. U.S. Senior Open Kenny Perry Peaks Home Shop Video Blog About Us Contact Your cart (0)\nChampions Tour. U.S. Senior Open Kenny Perry Peaks July 16 2013\nKenny Perry peaked at the U.S. Senior Open on the Champions Tour at the Omaha Country Club. Kenny Perry / Getty Images Kenny Perry shot a last round of -7 under par 63 to win the U.S. Senior Open by five shots from Fred Funk. Kenny amazingly over came a 10 shot deficit at the 36 hole stage, to win with a -13 under par score. This win is Kenny's second straight senior Major win on the Champions Tour, and he wondered why it took so long; \" It all came together, why, after all these years. Here I am, almost 53 years old, and it finally came together for me. This is by far the biggest tournament I ever won. I lost the playoff at the Masters and the PGA playoff. I didn't get the job done. Now to have a USGA title, it's an Open, it's our Open, it's what the players play for. To finally get it, even though it's a Senior Open, I still regard it as a very high honor. Today's round was probably the greatest round I've ever played, I just was spot on with all my irons. I putted like Ben Crenshaw. It's just been a remarkable month. I've had a great run.\" Fred Funk was in second place at -8 under par, and admitted he got smoked; \" He put it to us, six under yesterday, seven today, back-to-back. It's kind of what he did two weeks ago at Fox Chapel. He just smoked the field on the weekend. He just lapped us.\"\nRocco Mediate and Corey Pavin were tied in third place at -7 under par for the tournament, but well off the pace of Kenny, as was everyone else.\nThanks for your comments Brian.\nGood to see Perry get a measure of redemption. The loss at The Masters had to sting for a long time. Thanks.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 3677, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 247.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://whmc.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/descriptions/desc-counties/desc-mississippi.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:58:20Z", "digest": "sha1:B5EFVHNP7L27WVSYS2QJYGW26A72KIOI", "length": 9539, "nlines": 63, "source_domain": "whmc.umsystem.edu", "title": "Mississippi County Collection Descriptions - Manuscript Collection - The State Historical Society of Missouri", "raw_content": "Mississippi County Collection Descriptions\nMississippi County, named after the Mississippi River on its eastern border, was organized in 1845. The county seat is Charleston. The collections listed below deal in some manner with Mississippi County. This list is not comprehensive, so be sure to browse collection descriptions by subject.\nA | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N| O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z\nAthena Club, Charleston, Missouri, Records, 1941-1992, (R0666)\nThese are the records of the Athena Club, a women's club at Charleston in Mississippi County, Missouri. The records consist of minute books, 1953-1992; and scrapbooks, ca. 1941-1985.\nBarnett, Mary Jane (1908-1997), Papers, 1913-1997, (CG0004)\n2.2 cubic feet (24 folders), 1 film reel, 1 videocassette\nThe collection of Mary Jane Barnett contains correspondence, photographs, diaries, scrapbooks, business-related trade journal materials, a Narcotic Register, and miscellaneous papers for Mary Jane \"Miss Jane\" Barnett and her life and business partner, Elaine \"Tommie\" Davis.\nBird Family, Papers, 1831-1959, (R0170)\nThis collection includes miscellaneous correspondence, estate papers, land papers, business records, and biographical material pertaining to the Bird, Byrd, Moore, and Hunter families of southeastern Missouri. The papers concern business and estates in Mississippi, New Madrid, and Scott counties in Missouri, and the Bird estate in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.\nBird's Warehouse, Ledger, 1830-1836, (R0269)\nThis is an account ledger of a freight warehouse, steamboat landing, and general merchandise business operated by the Bird family at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. The warehouse was located at Bird's Point, Mississippi County, Missouri, or at Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois. An index to the accounts is available.\nThe records of the Bootheel Project document the art, culture and heritage of the Missouri Bootheel. The records include photographs, color slides, audio cassettes, transcripts, and video cassettes of interviews with Bootheel residents. Sound recordings, planning documents, field workers' notes, and miscellaneous items collected throughout the project are also included.\nBryant, E.E., \u201cEarly Times,\u201d 1961, (C2719)\nThe papers contain a personal reminiscence and historical anecdotes collected by author since 1895, dealing with Mississippi County and Charleston, Missouri.\nBryant, E.E., Photographs, (P0760)\nPhotographs of houses and churches in the rural and Charleston areas of Mississippi County.\nBryant, E.E., History of Anniston School and Community, (C2129)\nThe collection contains a brief history of Anniston, MO, describing its founding, name changes from Shellys Ridge to Hainleys Switch to Anniston, businesses, schools, students, teachers, churches, roads, recreation, and occupations of residents. Also included are lyrics of the Anniston PTA song, Anniston school songs, and cheers.\nDalton, T. J., Record Book, ca. 1863-1865, (R0323)\nThis is a Civil War memoranda book of Thomas J. Dalton, a resident of Mississippi County, Missouri, and non-commissioned officer of Co. E, 8th Missouri Cavalry (CSA). The miscellaneous entries include a roster of Co. E, notes on arms and accouterments issued to the company and matters of personal finance. An indexed typescript is available.\nDeField, Ed, \"Remembrance of World War II,\" 1996, (R0681)\nThis is a memoir of World War Two by a native of Mississippi County, Missouri. DeField was a member of the 397th Antiaircraft Battalion. He served in Wales, Normandy, France, Belgium, and Germany, and in the Allied occupation force.\nGravel Ridge Baptist Church, Charleston, Missouri, Records, 1925-1990, (R0609)\nThese are the record books of the Gravel Ridge Baptist Church at Charleston in Mississippi County, Missouri. The records consist of minutes of church business meetings, membership information, and financial records.\nHenry, Mattie, Grammar Notebook, n.d., (R0191)\nThis is a grammar notebook used by Mattie Henry to instruct grade school students at Charleston, Mississippi County, Missouri. The book includes rules and examples for English grammar and sentence diagramming. The book was edited by Benjamin Bird Moore and was published by the Mississippi County Historical Society in 1983.\nHopgood, Dr. James, Photographs, (P0152)\n8- 35mm slide transparencies showing Mississippi River, migrant workers' housing near Belmont and Dorena, February 1970, and a black housing area in Charlestown\nIvie, W. J., A Message To The Homeseeker, Booklet, 1939, (R0679)\n1 booklet, photocopies\nThis is a booklet published to promote economic development in southeastern Missouri. Sections are devoted to the communities of Sikeston, Charleston, Dexter, Malden, East Prairie, and New Madrid.\nLevee District No. 3, Mississippi County, Missouri, History, ca. 1923, (R0326)\nThis is a history of the levee district based in Mississippi County, Missouri, including a summary of levee construction prior to the flood of 1913 and improvements made after that date, with recommendations for future construction. The report was submitted to Little, Vardaman & Ditting of St. Louis, purchasers of the district's construction bonds.\nLittle River Valley Land Company, Booklet, ca. 1908, (R0946)\nThis is a promotional booklet for the Little River Valley Land Company, which marketed land made available by the drainage of the swamps in southeastern Missouri. A. L. Harty served as president and W. F. Smith served as secretary of the firm, which was based at Cape Girardeau in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.\nMillar Family, Papers, 1840-1899, (R0162)\nThese are miscellaneous papers of the Millar family of Mississippi County, Missouri. The collection includes a diary of a trip from Scioto County, Ohio, to Mississippi County in 1840, land and tax papers, slave papers, and receipts issued by the Missouri State Guard at New Madrid during the Civil War.\nMissouri, Mississippi County, Act, 1845, (C1751)\nAct by the general assembly to provide for the organization of Mississippi County. Signed by C[laiborne] F[ox] Jackson, speaker of the house; James Young, president of the senate; and John C[ummins] Edwards, governor, 14 February 1845.\nNelson, Alfred N., Letter, 1861, (R0311)\n1 folder, photocopy\nThis is a letter written on 25 November 1861 by Alfred N. Nelson of Co. F, 10th Iowa Infantry, at Birds Point in Mississippi County, Missouri. Nelson mentioned camp sickness and operations in southeastern Missouri.\nPerkins, Adam (1834-1891), Journal, 1861-1871, (R1335)\nThe typescript copy of Adam Perkins' journal, a farmer from Bollinger County, Missouri, is dated from January 1861 through December 1871. The journal was discovered in 1990 in Plainfield, Illinois. It was then transcribed by Jean Scott of Orlando, Florida and sent to Lorena S. Eaker of Bollinger, Missouri for editing.\nRodney Family, Papers, 1854-1874, (R1329)\nThese are mostly legal papers regarding the probate of various estates within the inter-related families of Rodney, Garrett, Ramsey, Walls, and Whitelaw of Cape Girardeau and Mississippi Counties, Missouri. There is also a postwar letter from J. M. Brown at Charleston, Missouri to William F. Rodney about establishing Rodney's loyalty to the Union during the Civil War.\nScott-Mississippi Girls Basketball Tournament, Program, 1936, (R0945)\nThis is a program for the Scott-Mississippi Girls Basketball Tournament, which was held at Charleston High School in Mississippi County, Missouri, on 3-6 March 1936. Teams from Anniston, Charleston, and East Prairie in Mississippi County, and Benton, Blodgett, Chaffee, Diehlstadt, Fornfelt, Illmo, Morley, Oran, Sikeston, and Vanduser in Scott County participated.\nSewell, Betty \"Kennedy (1930- ), Genealogical Collection, 1964-2016, (CG0011)\n1.4 cubic feet (29 folders, 1 volume)\nThe collection contains genealogical research and materials, including family group sheets, correspondence, clippings, and photographs, of the Kennedy, Zook, Sheppard, Priest, Renfroe, Whitley, Gisler, Doughty, and affiliated families.\nShinn, George W., Papers (CG0015)\n0.11 cubic feet (1 folder)\nThis collection contains Civil War correspondence from Private George Shinn to his family in Canton, Illinois. Shinn writes about camp life, picket duty, and friends he met while stationed in Cape Girardeau. Shinn enlisted in the Union Army in Company H of the 17th Illinois Infantry. This collection also contains a letter from Solomon Kittrell to his mother and friends. The Kittrell letter was purchased by the donor and included with Shinn letters. There is no known relationship between the two.\nSmith, E. Herbert, Autobiography, 1954, (R0184)\nThis is a thirteen-page autobiography by a newspaper publisher and editor of southeastern Missouri. At one time or another during his sixty-year career, Smith was associated with the Benton Record, the Charleston Democrat and Enterprise, the Sikeston Star, and the Clarkton News.\nSmith, Effie Mozelle, Photograph Collection, (P0761)\nSeven photos of Mississippi County and SE Missouri, including images of Whiting Public School ca. 1910.\nSmith, Fritz, Log Book, 1892-1900, (R0373)\nThis is a daily record of water levels on the Mississippi River at New Madrid, Missouri, 22 November 1892 -- 31 August 1900. There are also occasional notes on the weather, river conditions, and steamboats.\nWallis, Anna Mae Armer, Papers, (CG0032)\nAnna Mae Armer Wallis\u2019s Charleston High School scrapbook from 1925 to 1932 and 1971 and \u201cThe Blue-Jay\u201d yearbook from 1929.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 303, "original_length": 19317, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 225.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://wiki.fluidproject.org/plugins/viewsource/viewpagesrc.action?pageId=51052566", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:09Z", "digest": "sha1:2EQSBOZL5KZKDNPUJ472QMNLRANTLAXM", "length": 4052, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "wiki.fluidproject.org", "title": "View Source", "raw_content": "There are a lot of JavaScript frameworks available to choose from. Infusion was one of the first, and it has continued to evolve and grow over the last seven years. As a community of innovation-focused designers and developers, we don't spend much time advertising or evangelizing our work. Yet despite the proliferation of frameworks in recent years, Infusion continues to stand out for its unique goals and features.\nThe basic premise of Infusion is that current industry software development practices and tools are ill-suited to creating adaptable and configurable applications that take diverse user needs into account. Specifically, Infusion's goal is to support the creation of:\nadaptable software that allows users to customize its appearance and behaviour to suit their personal preferences\nassistive technologies that are integrated directly into mainstream user interfaces and that can access richer information than provided by current assistive technology APIs\nauthoring tools that allow users to configure, redesign, or develop a piece of software without having to be expert programmers\nWithout development tools to support this level of adaptability and customizability, inclusive designers are faced with the challenge of creating \"universal\" user interfaces that attempt to shoehorn all user needs into one design. It's a time-consuming and costly prospect. As result, accessibility features are routinely left out or bolted on afterwards. Until we have new software development techniques and frameworks that support adaptability by default, the accessibility field will continue to be largely reactive and remedial, trailing behind mainstream innovations.\nThis is a big task. Changing the foundations of software development practices takes time and necessarily requires a degree of experimentation, speculation, and willingness to make mistakes. We don't have all the answers ahead of time; as we gather new insights and devise new techniques, Infusion (and its API) changes. These insights are inevitably gained by building real, large-scale applications with Infusion and putting them into production. We call this production-scale research. Where traditional software research projects typically emphasize highly constrained laboratory prototypes that are intended to illustrate a particular research hypothesis, Infusion needs to leave the laboratory in order to be collaboratively developed, evaluated, and iterated upon.\nProduction-scale research involves pursuing innovation while also supporting stability for developers who are using the system to build actual software. The Fluid community has devised a set of techniques and practices that are critical to supporting production-scale research, which are based on well-established open source and agile development practices:\nComprehensive unit tests for all code\nCode review for all changes and new contributions\nQuality assurance testing prior to major releases\nA-Grade browser support\nDesigner-led user interface implementation\nExtensive documentation and tutorials\nIn the past, Infusion followed a relatively slow release schedule. Major releases were rare, and the incubation time between releases was fairly long. However, rapid releases are becoming the norm for many open source projects. To this end, the Fluid community has adopted the Semver 2.0.0 standard, and will release and publish versions of Infusion to npm more frequently.\nAs per Semver, all changes that affect Infusion's public API will be marked as major revisions. Since Fluid is currently in a period of change and responsiveness to user needs, we anticipate that Infusion's major version number will increase regularly as we add new features and improvements. This is consistent with many other open source projects such as Node.js. We will, however, identify particular versions that may need long-term support based on feedback and requests from our in-production users. This will help to ensure that the rate of change is balanced with the need for stability by production-scale implementers.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 17, "original_length": 4080, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 301.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/Talk:Hackbase", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:21:46Z", "digest": "sha1:LUWDDC3SHHT7GC5D2IEFQIFBL4RAFT36", "length": 3255, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "wiki.hackerspaces.org", "title": "Talk:Hackbase - HackerspaceWiki", "raw_content": "Talk:Hackbase\nWhy is Cloyne not a hackbase? It is a hackerspace and you can live there. This is basic definition. Of course you have to be a member of an organization to be able to do so, like for many other hackerspaces you have to be a member of an organization to be able to use it. So why would this make it not a hackbase? This rule about \"public access\" is an arbitrary one. I think the initial definition is much clearer: a hackerspace where you can also live. You can have additional categorization (like no-membership hackbases) if you want for some of hackspaces. But how do you name then hackerspaces where members can also live in the same space? Mitar (talk) 06:30, 30 June 2016 (UTC)\nHappy to talk about this! What's not clear from Cloyne is how to get into the house. I'm not sure if it's only for the students paying tuition there or something like this. I wrote \"publicly accessible (via a clear and non-discriminatory process)\". To be a hackbase, it needs to also be reasonably fluid. For example, if it's 5 flats above a hackerspace constantly occupied by the same people without any place for people to drop in or out, I don't think it's very helpful to anybody to call this a hackbase (though this one I might be open to).\nA general example I use (not spec to Cloyne), even though an awesome workshop, my gramp's garage is not a \"hackerspace\" because it's not publically accessible. Maybe somebody could talk to him and friend him and work there. That doesn't make it a hackerspace. Analogue goes for hackbases - if it's not open participation, in a clear and non-discriminatory way to \"join\", for fluid (as written) either short or long stays, it's probably not sensible to call it a hackbase.\nThis is why I put Cloyne under probably not a *base. If they have a clear process for anybody to get in there and live there (under probably any conditions!) + very preferably self-define as a hackbase, then it's a base.\n--Dcht00 (talk) 13:40, 30 June 2016 (UTC)\nAs I said, you have to become a member of an organization to be able to use the hackerspace and live there. Many hackerspaces have that. So your definition of hackbase is in fact \"no-membership hackerspace + coliving\", and mine is \"any hackerspace + coliving\". If you want to reserve the term \"hackbase\" for your definition, please offer an alternative for my definition.\nPersonally, I think the term should be generic without any additional ideology attached. If it is a hackerspace and people can live there, it should be hackbase. And if you want then to further differentiate between membership vs. no membership required, fluid vs. more permanent, attach adjectives to that basic term. I think we could change the wiki page to have one list where it would be \"no membership required hackbases\" and \"membership required hackbases\". Much cleaner than what is now.\nMitar (talk) 16:59, 30 June 2016 (UTC)\nAlso, you just added \"this includes being publicly accessible (via a clear and non-discriminatory process)\" to the list of requirements. I do not think you can just so change the definition of a hackbase, in the way how you feel you envisioned this term. Let it has its own life.\nRetrieved from \"https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Hackbase&oldid=43873\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 3955, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 299.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://wiki2.org/en/National_Guard_of_the_United_States", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:36:53Z", "digest": "sha1:ZJUAAYEN3HJRG5MG52RWOMEZLOSM2R26", "length": 57460, "nlines": 394, "source_domain": "wiki2.org", "title": "United States National Guard \u2014 Wikipedia Republished // WIKI 2", "raw_content": "English colonial government militias: since December 13, 1636\nAs \"National Guard\": since 1824 in New York, since 1903 nationwide\nDual state-federal reserve forces: since 1933\nFederal (10\u2005U.S.C.\u2005\u00a7\u2005E)\nState and territorial (32\u2005U.S.C.)\nReserve\u2005component\u2005of\u2005the\u2005U.S.\u2005Armed\u2005Forces\nMilitia\u2005of\u2005the\u2005United\u2005States\n450,100[note\u20051]\nNational\u2005Guard\u2005Bureau\nAll 50 U.S.\u2005states, and organized\u2005U.S.\u2005territories, the Commonwealth\u2005of\u2005Puerto\u2005Rico, and the District\u2005of\u2005Columbia\n\"Air\u2005Guard\", \"Army\u2005Guard\"\n\"Always Ready, Always There!\"\nChief\u2005of\u2005the\u2005National\u2005Guard\u2005Bureau\nGeneral Joseph\u2005L.\u2005Lengyel, USAF\nSeal of the Army\u2005National\u2005Guard\nSeal of the Air\u2005National\u2005Guard\nThe United States National Guard, also commonly referred to as just the National Guard, is part of the reserve\u2005components\u2005of\u2005the\u2005United\u2005States\u2005Armed\u2005Forces, is a reserve\u2005military\u2005force, composed of National Guard military members or units of each state and the territories of Guam, the Virgin\u2005Islands, Puerto\u2005Rico, and the District\u2005of\u2005Columbia, for a total of 54 separate organizations. All members of the National Guard of the United States are also members of the militia\u2005of\u2005the\u2005United\u2005States as defined by 10\u2005U.S.C. \u00a7 246. National Guard units are under the dual control of the state and the federal government.\nThe majority of National Guard soldiers and airmen hold a civilian job full-time while serving part-time as a National Guard member.[2][3] These part-time guardsmen are augmented by a full-time cadre of Active\u2005Guard\u2005&\u2005Reserve (AGR) personnel in both the Army National Guard and Air National Guard, plus Army Reserve Technicians in the Army National Guard and Air\u2005Reserve\u2005Technicians (ART) in the Air National Guard.\nThe National Guard is a joint activity of the United\u2005States\u2005Department\u2005of\u2005Defense (DoD) composed of reserve components of the United\u2005States\u2005Army and the United\u2005States\u2005Air\u2005Force: the Army\u2005National\u2005Guard[2] and the Air\u2005National\u2005Guard respectively.[2]\nLocal militias were formed from the earliest English\u2005colonization\u2005of\u2005the\u2005Americas in 1607. The first colony-wide militia was formed by Massachusetts in 1636 by merging small older local units, and several National Guard units can be traced back to this militia. The various colonial militias became state militias when the United States became independent. The title \"National Guard\" was used in 1824 by some New\u2005York\u2005State militia units, named after the French\u2005National\u2005Guard in honor of the Marquis\u2005de\u2005Lafayette. \"National Guard\" became a standard nationwide militia title in 1903, and specifically indicated reserve forces under mixed state and federal control since 1933.\n\u272a New Jersey Army National Guard RSP Drill\n\u272a WE ARE THE TEXAS AIR NATIONAL GUARD\n2\u2005Organization\n2.1\u2005Territorial\u2005organization\n2.2\u2005National\u2005Guard\u2005Bureau\n2.3\u2005Agricultural\u2005Development\u2005Teams\n3\u2005Standards\n4\u2005Constitutional\u2005basis\n5\u2005Other\u2005organizations\n5.1\u2005State\u2005defense\u2005forces\n5.2\u2005Naval\u2005militias\n6\u2005Duties\u2005and\u2005administrative\u2005organization\n7\u2005National\u2005Guard\u2005active\u2005duty\u2005character\n7.1\u2005State\u2005and\u2005territory\u2005duty\n7.2\u2005Federal\u2005duty\n8.1\u2005Colonial\u2005history\n8.2\u2005American\u2005Revolutionary\u2005War\n8.4\u2005Industrialization\u2005and\u2005labor\u2005unrest\n9\u2005The\u2005National\u2005Guard\u2005compared\u2005to\u2005the\u2005Reserves\n10\u2005Relevant\u2005laws\n11\u2005Notable\u2005members\n11.1\u2005Presidents\n11.2\u2005Other\u2005notable\u2005members\n12\u2005Number\u2005of\u2005guardsmen\u2005by\u2005state,\u2005territory\u2005and\u2005D.C.\n12.1\u2005Sortable\u2005table\nPostage stamp of 1953\nThe first muster of militia forces in what is today the United States took place on September 16, 1565, in the newly established Spanish military town of St.\u2005Augustine. Appropriately enough, this muster occurred in the shadow of an oncoming hurricane. The militia men were assigned to guard the expedition's supplies while their leader, Pedro\u2005Men\u00e9ndez\u2005de\u2005Avil\u00e9s, took the regular troops north to attack the French settlement at Fort\u2005Caroline on the St.\u2005Johns\u2005River.[4] This Spanish militia tradition and the English tradition that would be established to the north would provide the basic nucleus for Colonial defense in the New World.\nThe militia tradition continued with the first permanent English settlements in the New World. Jamestown\u2005Colony (established in 1607) and Plymouth\u2005Colony (established in 1620) both had militia forces, which initially consisted of every able bodied adult male. By the mid-1600s every town had at least one militia company (usually commanded by an officer with the rank of captain) and the militia companies of a county formed a regiment (usually commanded by an officer with the rank of major in the 1600s or a colonel in the 1700s).\nFrom the nation's founding through the early 1900s, the United States maintained only a minimal army and relied on state militias, directly related to the earlier Colonial militias to supply the majority of its troops.[5] As a result of the Spanish\u2013American\u2005War, Congress was called upon to reform and regulate the training and qualification of state militias. The first national laws regulating the militia were the Militia\u2005acts\u2005of\u20051792.\nIn 1903, with passage of the Dick\u2005Act, the predecessor to the modern-day National Guard was formed. It required the states to divide their militias into two sections. The law recommended the title \"National Guard\" for the first section, known as the organized militia, and \"Reserve Militia\" for all others.[6]\nDuring World\u2005War\u2005I, Congress passed the National\u2005Defense\u2005Act\u2005of\u20051916, which required the use of the term \"National Guard\" for the state militias and further regulated them. Congress also authorized the states to maintain Home\u2005Guards, which were reserve forces outside the National Guards being deployed by the Federal Government.[7]\nIn 1933, with passage of the National Guard Mobilization Act, Congress finalized the split between the National Guard and the traditional state militias by mandating that all federally funded soldiers take a dual enlistment/commission and thus enter both the state National Guard and the National Guard of the United States, a newly created federal reserve force. The National\u2005Defense\u2005Act\u2005of\u20051947 created the Air Force as a separate branch of the Armed Forces and concurrently created the Air National Guard of the United States as one of its reserve components, mirroring the Army's structure.\nThe National Guard of the several states, territories, and the District of Columbia serves as part of the first-line of defense for the United States.[8] The state National Guard is organized into units stationed in each of the 50 states, three territories, and the District of Columbia, and operates under their respective state\u2005or\u2005territorial\u2005governor, except in the instance of Washington,\u2005D.C., where the National Guard operates under the President\u2005of\u2005the\u2005United\u2005States or his designee. The governors exercise control through the state\u2005adjutants\u2005general.[9] The National Guard may be called up for active duty by the governors to help respond to domestic emergencies and disasters, such as hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes.[9]\nSeal of the National Guard Bureau, 2013 to present.[10]\nThe National Guard is administered by the National\u2005Guard\u2005Bureau, which is a joint activity of the Army and Air Force under the DoD.[11][12][13] The National Guard Bureau provides a communication channel for state National Guards to the DoD.[14] The National Guard Bureau also provides policies and requirements for training and funds for state Army National Guard and state Air National Guard units,[15] the allocation of federal funds to the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard,[15] and other administrative responsibilities prescribed under 10\u2005U.S.C. \u00a7 10503. The National Guard Bureau is headed by the Chief\u2005of\u2005the\u2005National\u2005Guard\u2005Bureau (CNGB), who is a four-star general[11][12] in the Army or Air Force and is a member of the Joint\u2005Chiefs\u2005of\u2005Staff.\nThe National Guard Bureau is headquartered in Arlington County, Virginia, and is a joint activity of the Department\u2005of\u2005Defense to conduct all the administrative matters pertaining to the Army\u2005National\u2005Guard and the Air\u2005National\u2005Guard. As of July 2018[update], the current Chief of the National Guard Bureau is Air Force General Joseph\u2005L.\u2005Lengyel[16] and the Vice Chief, NGB is Army Lieutenant General Daniel\u2005R.\u2005Hokanson.[17] The chief is either an Air Force or an Army 4-star general (flag) officer, is the senior uniformed National Guard officer, and is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In this capacity, he serves as a military adviser to the President, the Secretary of Defense, the National Security Council and is the Department of Defense's official channel of communication to the Governors and to State Adjutants General on all matters pertaining to the National Guard. He is responsible for ensuring that the more than half a million Army and Air National Guard personnel are accessible, capable, and ready to protect the homeland and to provide combat resources to the Army and the Air Force. He is appointed by the President in his capacity as Commander\u2005in\u2005Chief.[18][19]\nAgricultural Development Teams\nPrior to 2008, the functions of Agricultural Development Teams were within Provincial\u2005Reconstruction\u2005Teams of the US Government. Today, ADTs consist of soldiers and airmen from the Army\u2005National\u2005Guard and the Air\u2005National\u2005Guard. Today, ADTs bring \"an effective platform for enhanced dialogue, building confidence, sharing interests, and increasing cooperation amongst the disparate peoples and tribes of Afghanistan.\"[20] These teams are not only affiliated with the military, they frequently work across agencies, for example with USAID and the Department\u2005of\u2005State. ADTs provide education and expertise on the ground, while also providing security and order that is traditionally affiliated with the military. These teams have been essential to the counterinsurgency efforts in Afghanistan as a public\u2005diplomacy tool to build relations with the local people in the tribes and provinces of the country.\nADTs provide classroom instruction and teachings to Afghans about how to improve their farming practices during non-seasonal growing months, which allows the farmers to use skills in the winter to prepare for farming in the summer and fall. This enhances agricultural production and the Afghan economy as a whole. Agricultural education also improves lines of communication and builds trust between the people, the US government, and the Host Nation.[21] Additionally, through word of mouth in the provinces ideas are spread that inform others about these farming techniques, that may not have had direct interaction with the ADTs. The National Guard ADTs also introduce their US civilian colleagues to the Afghan University personnel, which further strengthens relations and trust in the US efforts in Afghanistan.[22]\nADTs also enhance public diplomacy in Afghanistan by providing security to the local provinces they are working within. This tool has provided the teams with the civilian-military partnership that is needed to conduct public diplomacy and defeat the insurgents in Afghanistan. President Barack\u2005Obama said that the US will enhance agricultural development instead of big reconstruction projects to build Afghanistan's economy, to have an immediate impact on the Afghan people. Today, these projects include \"...basic gardening practices, to large watershed and irrigation projects. There are also projects that teach bee keeping and livestock production: all of which will have a positive impact on unemployment, hunger, and the ability to sustain future generations.\"[20]\nMore and more Afghan tribal leaders have been requesting additional ADTs, which illustrates how important the use of public diplomacy has been in the efforts to win the trust of the Afghan people. The case study from Nangarhar\u2005Province in Afghanistan serves as an excellent example. This province is one of the most stable and secure provinces in Afghanistan. For example, over 100,000 Afghans have returned to province; the province has also been declared poppy-free in 2007 by the UN. Additionally, most districts within the province have all-weather paved roads and it is also one of the most productive agricultural regions in Afghanistan.[20] ADT should further its progress within the provinces of Afghanistan in agricultural education, technical support, and logistics. To defeat the insurgency in Afghanistan public diplomacy is an essential force, ADTs help the US educate the population of Afghanistan with the hope of strengthening Afghan trust in the American mission in Afghanistan.\nARNG recruits arriving at Fort Jackson for BCT\nBoth the Army National Guard and Air National Guard are expected to adhere to the same moral and physical standards as their \"full-time\" active duty and \"part-time\" reserve federal counterparts. The same ranks and insignia of the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force are used by the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard, respectively, and National Guardsmen are eligible to receive all United\u2005States\u2005military\u2005awards. The respective state National Guards also bestow state\u2005awards for services rendered both at home and abroad. Under Army and Air Force regulations, these awards may be worn while on state active duty or while on Title 32 federal activation. Regular Army and Army Reserve soldiers are also authorized to accept these awards, but are not authorized to wear them.\nArmy National Guard soldiers at New York City's Penn\u2005Station in 2004.\nThe respective state National Guards are authorized by the Constitution\u2005of\u2005the\u2005United\u2005States. As originally drafted, the Constitution recognized the existing state militias, and gave them vital roles to fill: \"to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasion.\" (Article I, Section 8, Clause 15). The Constitution distinguished \"militias,\" which were state entities, from \"Troops,\" which were unlawful for states to maintain without Congressional approval. (Article I, Section 10, Clause 3). Under current law, the respective state National Guards and the State Defense Forces are authorized by Congress to the states and are referred to as \"troops.\" 32\u2005U.S.C. \u00a7 109.\nAlthough originally state entities, the Constitutional \"Militia of the Several States\" were not entirely independent because they could be federalized. According to Article I, Section 8; Clause 15, the United\u2005States\u2005Congress is given the power to pass laws for \"calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions.\" Congress is also empowered to come up with the guidelines \"for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress\" (clause 16). The President of the United States is the commander-in-chief of the state\u2005militias \"when called into the actual Service of the United States.\" (Article II, Section 2).\nThe traditional state militias were redefined and recreated as the \"organized militia\"\u2014the National Guard, via the Militia Act of 1903. They were now subject to an increasing amount of federal control, including having arms and accoutrements supplied by the central government, federal funding, and numerous closer ties to the Regular Army.\nMain article: State\u2005defense\u2005force\nMany states also maintain their own state\u2005defense\u2005forces. Although not federal entities like the National Guard of the United States, these forces are components of the state militias like the individual state National Guards.\nThese forces were created by Congress in 1917 as a result of the state National Guards' being deployed and were known as Home Guards. In 1940, with the onset of World\u2005War\u2005II and as a result of its federalizing the National Guard, Congress amended the National\u2005Defense\u2005Act\u2005of\u20051916, and authorized the states to maintain \"military forces other than National Guard.\"[23] This law authorized the War\u2005Department to train and arm the new military forces that became known as State Guards. In 1950, with the outbreak of the Korean\u2005War and at the urging of the National Guard, Congress reauthorized the separate state military forces for a time period of two years. These state military forces were authorized military training at federal expense, and \"arms, ammunition, clothing, and equipment,\" as deemed necessary by the Secretary\u2005of\u2005the\u2005Army.[24] In 1956, Congress finally revised the law and authorized \"State defense forces\" permanently under Title 32, Section 109, of the United States Code.[25]\nMain article: Naval\u2005militia\nAlthough there are no Naval or Marine Corps components of the National Guard of the United States, there is a Naval Militia authorized under federal law.10\u2005U.S.C. \u00a7 7851. Like the soldiers and airmen in the National Guard of the United States, members of the Naval Militia are authorized federal appointments or enlistments at the discretion of the Secretary\u2005of\u2005the\u2005Navy.10\u2005U.S.C. \u00a7 7852. To receive federal funding and equipment, a state naval militia must be composed of at least 95% of Navy, Coast Guard, or Marine Corps Reservists. As such, some states maintain such units. Some states also maintain naval components of their State Defense Force. Recently, Alaska, California, New\u2005Jersey, New York, South\u2005Carolina, Texas and Ohio have had or currently maintain naval\u2005militias. Other states have laws authorizing them but do not currently have them organized. To receive federal funding, as is the case in the National Guard, a state must meet specific requirements such as having a set percentage of its members in the federal reserves.10\u2005U.S.C. \u00a7 7851.\nDuties and administrative organization\nNational Guard units can be mobilized for federal active duty to supplement regular armed forces during times of war or national\u2005emergency declared by Congress,[26] the President[26] or the Secretary\u2005of\u2005Defense.[27] They can also be activated for service in their respective states upon declaration of a state\u2005of\u2005emergency by the governor of the state or territory where they serve, or in the case of Washington, D.C., by the Commanding General. Unlike U.S.\u2005Army\u2005Reserve members, National Guard members cannot be mobilized individually, except through voluntary transfers and Temporary Duty Assignments (TDY).\nState Active Duty Title 32 Title 10\nCommand and Control (C2) Governor Governor President\nMilitary C2 Adjutant General Adjutant General Combatant Commander\nDuty Assignments IAW State Law U.S.A. Worldwide\nPay State Federal Federal\nDomestic Law Enforcement Powers Yes Yes No*\nMissions Examples Civil Support; Law\nEnforcement; Others\nas Determined by\nTraining; Civil\nSupport; Law\nCounter Drug; WMD\nOverseas Training;\nMissions; Civil\nSupport and Law\nEnforcement**\nActivation Examples Kent State Riots;\nBombing; Kansas\nTornadoes; California\nBorder Security; Post\n9/11 Airport Security;\nSLC Olympics;\nBosnia; Afghanistan;\nCuba; Iraq; L.A.\nRiots***\nNational Guard Activation Matrix [28] *Unless the Insurrection Act is invoked; **Title 10 is rarely used for domestic operations; ***The Insurrection Act was invoked.\nNational Guard active duty character\nThe term \"activated\" simply means that a unit or individual of the reserve components has been placed on orders. The purpose and authority for that activation determines limitations and duration of the activation. The Army and Air National Guard may be activated in a number of ways as prescribed by public law. Broadly, under federal law, there are two titles in the United States Code under which units and troops may be activated: as federal soldiers or airmen under Title 10 (\"Armed Forces\") and as state soldiers or airmen performing a federally funded mission under Title 32 (\"National Guard\").[29] Outside federal activation, the Army and Air National Guard may be activated under state law. This is known as state active duty (SAD).\nState and territory duty\nWhen National Guard units are not under federal control, the governor is the commander-in-chief of the units of his or her respective state or territory (such as Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands). The President of the United States commands the District of Columbia National Guard, though this command is routinely delegated to the Commanding General of the DC National Guard.[29] States are free to employ their National Guard forces under state control for state purposes and at state expense as provided in the state's constitution and statutes. In doing so, governors, as commanders-in-chief, can directly access and utilize the Guard's federally assigned aircraft, vehicles and other equipment so long as the federal government is reimbursed for the use of fungible equipment and supplies such as fuel, food stocks, etc. This is the authority under which governors activate and deploy National Guard forces in response to natural disasters. It is also the authority under which governors deploy National Guard forces in response to man-made emergencies such as riots and civil unrest, or terrorist attacks.[30]\nThe Governor can activate National Guard personnel to \"State Active Duty\" in response to natural or man-made disasters or Homeland Defense missions. State Active Duty is based on State statute and policy and on State funds. Soldiers and Airmen remain under the command and control of the Governor. The federal Posse\u2005Comitatus\u2005Act (PCA) does not apply under state active duty status or Title 32 status.\nTitle 32 Full-Time National Guard Duty. (Federally funded, but command and control remains with the State Governor through his Adjutant General.) Title 32 activation can only be done by the President or SECDEF with the approval and consent of the state Governor.\nFederal duty\nTitle 10 service means full-time duty in the active military service of the United States. The term used is federalized. Federalized National Guard forces have been ordered, by the President to active duty either in their reserve component status or by calling them into Federal service in their militia status.[29] There are several forms:\nVoluntary Order to Active Duty.\nFederalized with the soldier's or airman's consent and the consent of their Governor.\nPartial Mobilization.\nIn time of national emergency declared by the President for any unit or any member for not more than 24 consecutive months.\nPresidential Reserve Call Up.\nWhen the President determines that it is necessary to augment the active forces for any operational mission for any unit or any member for not more than 270 days.\nFederal Aid for State Governments.\nWhenever an insurrection occurs in any state against its government, the President may, upon the request of its legislature or of its governor call into Federal service such of the militia of the other states. This is a statutory exception to the PCA\nUse of Militia and Armed Forces to Enforce Federal Authority.\nWhenever the President considers that unlawful obstructions, assemblages, or rebellion make it impracticable to enforce the laws of the United States in any state or territory, he may call into Federal service such of the militia of any state. This is another statutory exception to the PCA.\nInterference with State and Federal law.\nThe President, by using the militia or the armed forces, or both, or by any other means, shall take such measures as he considers necessary to suppress, in a state, any insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy.\nAir and Army National Guard.\nAir and Army National Guard can specifically be called into Federal service in case of invasion, rebellion, or inability to execute Federal law with active forces.\nIn the categories listed above, Army and Air National Guard units or individuals may also be mobilized for non-combat purposes such as the State\u2005Partnership\u2005Program, humanitarian missions, counter-drug operations, and peacekeeping or peace enforcement missions.[29]\nFirst Muster, Spring 1637, Massachusetts Bay Colony. Artist's re-creation of the first muster of the East Regiment (present-day Massachusetts\u2005Army\u2005National\u2005Guard) in Salem, Massachusetts\u2005Bay\nOn December 13, 1636,[31][32] the General Court of the Massachusetts\u2005Bay\u2005Colony ordered that the Colony's scattered militia companies be organized into North, South and East Regiments\u2014with the goal of increasing accountability to the colonial government and responsiveness during conflicts with indigenous Pequot Indians.[33][34] Under this act, white males between the ages of 16 and 60 were obligated to possess arms and to take part in the defense of their communities by serving in nightly guard details and participating in weekly drills.[35] The modern-day 101st\u2005Field\u2005Artillery\u2005Regiment, 182nd\u2005Infantry\u2005Regiment, 101st\u2005Engineer\u2005Battalion and 181st\u2005Infantry\u2005Regiment of the Massachusetts\u2005Army\u2005National\u2005Guard are directly descended from the original colonial regiments formed in 1636.[33]\nThe Massachusetts militia began the American\u2005Revolutionary\u2005War at the Battles\u2005of\u2005Lexington\u2005and\u2005Concord,[36] The Massachusetts militia units were mobilized either during or shortly after the above battles and used to form, along with units from Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire, the Army\u2005of\u2005Observation during the Siege\u2005of\u2005Boston. On July 3, 1775 General George\u2005Washington, under the authority of the Continental\u2005Congress, assumed command of the Army of Observation and the new organization became the Continental\u2005Army from which the United\u2005States\u2005Army traces its origins.\nThroughout the war, militia units were mobilized when British forces entered their geographic areas and participated in most of the battles fought during the war.\nThe early United States distrusted a standing army, and kept the number of professional soldiers small. During the Northwest\u2005Indian\u2005War, the majority of soldiers were provided by state militias. There are nineteen Army\u2005National\u2005Guard\u2005units\u2005with\u2005campaign\u2005credit\u2005for\u2005the\u2005War\u2005of\u20051812.\nThe Marquis de Lafayette visited the U.S. in 1824\u201325. The 2nd Battalion, 11th New York Artillery, was one of many militia commands who turned out in welcome. This unit decided to adopt the title \"National Guard,\" in honor of Lafayette's French\u2005National\u2005Guard. The Battalion, later the 7th Regiment, was prominent in the line of march on the occasion of Lafayette's final passage through New York en route home to France. Taking note of the troops named for his old command, Lafayette alighted from his carriage, walked down the line, clasping each officer by the hand as he passed.\nMilitia units provided 70% of the soldiers that fought in the Mexican\u2013American\u2005War,[36] and also provided the majority of soldiers in the early months of the American\u2005Civil\u2005War[37] The majority of soldiers in the Spanish\u2013American\u2005War were from the National Guard.[36]\nIndustrialization and labor unrest\nLabor unrest in the industrial and mining sections of the Northeast and Midwest led to demands for a stronger military force within the states. After the Great\u2005Railroad\u2005Strike\u2005of\u20051877, calls for military suppression of labor strikes grew louder, and National Guard units proliferated. In many states, large and elaborate armories, often built to resemble medieval castles, were constructed to house militia units. Businessmen and business associations donated monies for the construction of armories and to supplement funds of the local National Guard units. National Guard officers also came from the middle and upper classes.[38] National Guard troops were deployed to suppress strikers in some of the bloodiest and most significant conflicts of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including the Homestead\u2005Strike, the Pullman\u2005Strike\u2005of\u20051894, and the Colorado\u2005Labor\u2005Wars.\nA National Guardsman in 1917.\nThroughout the 19th century the Regular U.S. Army was small, and the state militias provided the majority of the troops during the Mexican\u2013American\u2005War, the American\u2005Civil\u2005War, and the Spanish\u2013American\u2005War. With the Militia\u2005Act\u2005of\u20051903, the militia was more organized and the name \"National Guard\" recommended. In 1933, federally-recognized state National Guard units were required to join the National Guard of the United States, a reserve component of the U.S. Army; this is the official founding of the present National Guard. In World War I, National Guard soldiers made up 40 percent of the men in U.S. combat divisions in France. In World War II, the National Guard made up 19 divisions. One hundred forty thousand Guardsmen were mobilized during the Korean\u2005War and over 63,000 for Operation\u2005Desert\u2005Storm. They have also participated in U.S. peacekeeping operations in Somalia, Haiti, Saudi\u2005Arabia, Kuwait, Bosnia, and Kosovo and for natural disasters, strikes, riots and security for the Olympic\u2005Games when they have been in the States.\nFollowing World War II, the National Guard aviation units that had previously been part of the U.S.\u2005Army\u2005Air\u2005Corps and its successor organization, the U.S.\u2005Army\u2005Air\u2005Forces, became the Air\u2005National\u2005Guard (ANG), one of two Reserve Components of the newly established United\u2005States\u2005Air\u2005Force.\nThe Kansas\u2005Army\u2005National\u2005Guard armory in Concordia,\u2005Kansas is a typical building used for the National Guard programs.\nOn September 24, 1957 President Dwight\u2005D.\u2005Eisenhower federalized the entire Arkansas National Guard to ensure the safe entry of the Little\u2005Rock\u2005Nine to Little\u2005Rock\u2005Central\u2005High\u2005School the following day. Governor Orval\u2005Faubus had previously used members of the guard to deny the students entry to the school.\nThe New York National Guard were ordered by Governor Nelson\u2005A.\u2005Rockefeller to respond to the Rochester\u20051964\u2005race\u2005riot in July of that year, the first such use of the Guard in a Northern city since the Civil War. The California\u2005Army\u2005National\u2005Guard were mobilized by the Governor of California Edmund\u2005Gerald\u2005Brown,\u2005Sr. during the Watts\u2005Riots, in August 1965, to provide security and help restore order.\nAfter 1992\u2005Los\u2005Angeles\u2005Riots 4,000 National Guard troops patrolled the city to enforce the law.\nElements of the Ohio\u2005Army\u2005National\u2005Guard were ordered to Kent\u2005State\u2005University by Ohio's governor Jim\u2005Rhodes to quell anti-Vietnam\u2005War protests, culminating in their shooting\u2005into\u2005a\u2005crowd\u2005of\u2005students on May 4, 1970, killing four and injuring nine.\nDuring the Vietnam War, service in the National Guard was highly sought after. An enlistment in the Guard generally prevented a person from being sent to combat. In 1968, the National Guard had only 1.26% Black soldiers.[39]\nDuring the Vietnam War, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara created the Selective Reserve Force (SRF) in October 1965. Since funding was not available to train and equip the entire National Guard adequately, the SRF would be a core group of 150,000 National Guardsmen available and ready for immediate overseas deployment if needed. SRF units were supposed to be authorized at 100% strength, receive priority training funds and modern equipment,[40] and have more training and do 58 hours of drills of four hours each a year rather than the standard 48 hours of drills.[41]\nThe 2nd Battalion 138th Field Artillery of the Kentucky\u2005Army\u2005National\u2005Guard was ordered to service in Vietnam in late 1968. The unit served in support of the regular 101st\u2005Airborne\u2005Division. The Battalion's C Battery lost nine men killed and thirty-two wounded when North Vietnamese troops overran Fire Base Tomahawk on June 19, 1969.[42]\nDuring the 1992\u2005Los\u2005Angeles\u2005Riots, when portions of south central Los Angeles erupted in chaos, overwhelming the Los\u2005Angeles\u2005Police\u2005Department's ability to contain the violence, the California\u2005Army\u2005National\u2005Guard and selected units of the California\u2005Air\u2005National\u2005Guard was mobilized to help restore order. The National Guard were attributed with five shootings of people suspected of violating the curfew order placed on the city.\nDuring the 1993 Waco\u2005Siege of the Branch\u2005Davidians, elements of the Alabama and Texas Army National Guard were called in to assist the ATF and the follow on effort by the Federal\u2005Bureau\u2005of\u2005Investigation; the National Guard's involvement was limited to several specific areas; surveillance and reconnaissance, transport, maintenance and repairs, training and instruction, helicopters, unarmed tactical ground vehicles. The Army National Guard helicopters were also used to do photographic reconnaissance work. Training for ATF agents included such subjects as Close Quarters Combat, and combat medical instruction, and a mock up of the Mount Carmel complex was constructed at Fort\u2005Hood, Texas for rehearsals. ATF also received several surplus helmets, flack vests, canteens, first aid dressings, empty magazines, and some night-vision equipment, in addition to MREs and diesel fuel. The FBI would request and receive the use of Bradley Armored Fighting Vehicles, and tank retrieval vehicles, as well as overflights by UH-1 and CH-47 helicopters.[43]\nAs a result of the Bottom Up Review and post-Cold\u2005War force cutbacks, the Army National Guard maneuver force was reduced to eight divisions (from ten; the 26th\u2005Infantry and 50th\u2005Armored were consolidated in the northeastern states) and fifteen 'enhanced brigades,' which were supposed to be ready for combat operations, augmenting the active force, within 90 days.[note\u20052]\nThe National Guard Memorial Building in Washington, D.C.\nSoldiers in the Missouri\u2005National\u2005Guard participating in self-defense training\nNational Guard units played a major role in providing security and assisting recovery efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane\u2005Katrina, in September 2005.\nIn 2005, National Guard members and reservists were said to comprise a larger percentage of frontline fighting forces than in any war in U.S. history (about 43 percent in Iraq and 55 percent in Afghanistan).[45] There were more than 183,366 National Guard members and reservists on active duty nationwide who left behind about 300,000 dependents, according to U.S. Defense Department statistics. In 2011, Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey, Jr. stated that \"Every Guard brigade has deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, and over 300,000 Guardsmen have deployed in this war.\"[46]\nIn January and February 2007, National Guard troops from 8 states were activated to go help shovel snow, drop hay for starving cattle, deliver food and necessities to stranded people in their houses, and help control traffic and rescue stranded motorists in blizzards dropping feet of snow across the country.[47]\nIn the first quarter of 2007, United States Secretary of Defense Robert\u2005M.\u2005Gates announced changes to the Guard deployment policy aimed at shorter and more predictable deployments for National Guard troops. \"Gates said his goal is for Guard members to serve a one-year deployment no more than every five years... Gates is imposing a one-year limit to the length of deployment for National Guard Soldiers, effective immediately.\" Prior to this time, Guard troops deployed for a standard one-year deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan would serve for 18 or more months including training and transit time. During the transition to the new policy for all troops in the pipeline, deployed or soon to be deployed, some will face deployments faster than every five years. \"The one-to-five year cycle does not include activations for state emergencies.\"[48]\nArmy National Guardsman of the 1st Battalion, 151st Infantry Regiment in Parun, Afghanistan. Note that he is wearing a 10th Mountain Division Former Wartime Service SSI\nPrior to the attacks against the United States on September\u200511,\u20052001, the National Guard's general policy regarding mobilization was that Guardsmen would be required to serve no more than one year cumulative on active duty (with no more than six months overseas) for each five years of regular drill. Due to strains placed on active duty units following the attacks, the possible mobilization time was increased to 18 months (with no more than one year overseas). Additional strains placed on military units as a result of the\u2005invasion\u2005of\u2005Iraq further increased the amount of time a Guardsman could be mobilized to 24 months. Current Department\u2005of\u2005Defense policy is that no Guardsman is involuntarily activated for more than 24 months (cumulative) in one six-year enlistment period.[citation\u2005needed]\nTraditionally, most National Guard personnel serve \"One\u2005weekend\u2005a\u2005month,\u2005two\u2005weeks\u2005a\u2005year\", although personnel in highly operational or high demand units serve far more frequently. Typical examples are pilots, navigators and aircrewmen in active flying assignments, primarily in the Air\u2005National\u2005Guard, and to a lesser extent in the Army\u2005National\u2005Guard, and special operations airmen and soldiers in both. A significant number also serve in a full-time capacity in roles such as Active Guard and Reserve (AGR) or Air Reserve Technician or Army Reserve Technician (ART).\nThe \"One weekend a month, two weeks a year\" slogan has lost most of its relevance since the Iraq\u2005War, when nearly 28% of total US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan at the end of 2007 consisted of mobilized personnel of the National Guard and other Reserve components.[49] In July 2012, the Army's top general stated his intention to increase the annual drill requirement from two weeks per year to up\u2005to\u2005seven\u2005weeks\u2005per\u2005year.[50]\nThe National Guard compared to the Reserves\nThe Army National Guard consists of 28 fully capable brigade combat teams with combat support and combat service support components. The Army Reserve is mostly Combat Service Support and Combat Support with only one infantry unit (the 100th Infantry Battalion).[51]\nThe senior National Guard Officer in each state is called the Adjutant General (or \"TAG\" for short) and is either appointed or elected in accordance with state laws. The National Guard may receive state funding, however in most states it is primarily funded through the federal government.\nThe Army, Navy, Marine, Coast\u2005Guard, and Air\u2005Force\u2005Reserve components are not under state control and are solely funded by the federal government. Unlike the state guard, the Reserve forces, with\u2005the\u2005exception\u2005of\u2005the\u2005Coast\u2005Guard, are restricted from civilian law enforcement operations by posse\u2005comitatus.\nThe United States Congress has enacted various laws that control the National Guard\nThe Militia\u2005Acts\u2005of\u20051792\nProviding for the authority of the President to call out the Militia, and providing federal standards for the organization of the Militia.\nFor the 111 years that the Militia Act of 1792 remained in effect, it defined the position of the militia in relation to the federal government. The War of 1812 tested this uniquely American defense establishment. To fight the War\u2005of\u20051812, the republic formed a small regular military and trained it to protect the frontiers and coastlines. Although it performed poorly in the offensive against Canada, the small force of regulars backed by a well-armed militia, accomplished its defensive mission well. Generals like Andrew\u2005Jackson proved that, just as they had in the Revolution, regulars and militia could be effective when employed as a team.\nThe Insurrection\u2005Act\nThe Militia\u2005Act\u2005of\u20051862\nProviding for the service of persons of African descent in the Militia, and the emancipation of slaves owned by Confederates.\nTitle 18, U.S. Code, Section 1385: The Posse\u2005Comitatus\u2005Act of June 18, 1878\nReaction in Congress against the Reconstruction-era suspensions of Southern states' rights to organize militias led to the passage of the Posse Comitatus Act, restricting any person's use of the U.S. Army and, as later amended, the U.S. Air Force in domestic law enforcement (use of the Navy and Marine Corps, being uniformed services within the Department of Defense, is similarly restricted by statute).[52] The U.S. Coast Guard, in its peacetime role within the Department of Homeland Security, and the National Guard, when not in Federal Service, are specifically not limited by this act.\nThe States revise the military codes \u2013 1881 to 1892\nEstablished the creation of the National Guard of the United States as the primary organized reserve force for the U.S. armed forces.\nNational\u2005Defense\u2005Act\u2005of\u20051916\nThis act abandoned the idea of an expandable Regular Army and firmly established the traditional concept of the citizens' army as the keystone of the United States defense forces. It established the concept of merging the National Guard, the Army Reserve, and the Regular Army into the Army of the United States in time of war. The act further expanded the National Guard's role, and guaranteed the State militias' status as the Army's primary reserve force. The law mandated use of the term \"National Guard\" for that force, and the President was given authority, in case of war or national emergency, to mobilize the National Guard for the duration of the emergency. The number of yearly drills increased from 24 to 48 and annual training from five to 15 days. Drill pay was authorized for the first time.\nThe National Defense Act Amendments of 1920\nThis act established that the chief of the Militia Bureau (later the National\u2005Guard\u2005Bureau) would be a National Guard officer, that National Guard officers would be assigned to the general staff and that the divisions, as used by the Guard in World War I, would be reorganized.\nThe National Guard Mobilization Act, 1933\nMade the National Guard a component of the Army.\nThe National\u2005Defense\u2005Act\u2005of\u20051947\nSection 207 (f) established the Air\u2005National\u2005Guard\u2005of\u2005the\u2005United\u2005States, under the National\u2005Guard\u2005Bureau.\nThe Total\u2005Force\u2005Policy, 1973\nRequires all active and reserve military organizations be treated as a single force.\nThe Montgomery Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987\nprovides that a governor cannot withhold consent with regard to active duty outside the United States because of any objection to the location, purpose, type, or schedule of such duty. This law was challenged and upheld by the Supreme\u2005Court\u2005of\u2005the\u2005United\u2005States in 1990 in Perpich\u2005v.\u2005Department\u2005of\u2005Defense.[53]\nThe John\u2005Warner\u2005Defense\u2005Authorization\u2005Act\u2005of\u20052007 Pub.L. 109\u2013364\nFederal law was changed in section 1076 so that the Governor of a state is no longer the sole commander in chief of their state's National Guard during emergencies within the state. The President of the United States could then take total control of a state's National Guard units without the governor's consent.[54] In a letter to Congress, all 50 governors opposed the increase in power of the President over the National Guard.[55]\nThe National\u2005Defense\u2005Authorization\u2005Act\u2005of\u20052008 Pub.L. 110\u2013181\nRepeals provisions in section 1076 in Pub.L. 109-364 but still enables the President to call up the National Guard of the United States for active federal military service during Congressionally sanctioned national emergency or war. Places the National Guard Bureau directly under the Department of Defense as a joint activity. Promoted the Chief of the National Guard Bureau from a three-star to a four-star general.[56]\nThe National\u2005Defense\u2005Authorization\u2005Act\u2005of\u20052012 Pub.L. 115\u201391\nAdded the Chief, National Guard Bureau to the Joint\u2005Chiefs\u2005of\u2005Staff.[57]\nMilitia service was a common trait among presidents\u2005of\u2005the\u2005United\u2005States. Eighteen of America's 45 presidents have served in colonial or state militias and two have served in the National Guard since it was established in 1903. Among these, three served in colonial militias (George\u2005Washington, Thomas\u2005Jefferson and James\u2005Madison), 15 served in state militias (James\u2005Monroe, Andrew\u2005Jackson, William\u2005Henry\u2005Harrison, Millard\u2005Fillmore, Franklin\u2005Pierce, James\u2005Buchanan, Abraham\u2005Lincoln, Andrew\u2005Johnson, Ulysses\u2005S.\u2005Grant, Rutherford\u2005B.\u2005Hayes, James\u2005Garfield, Chester\u2005A.\u2005Arthur, William\u2005Henry\u2005Harrison, William\u2005McKinley and Theodore\u2005Roosevelt), one in the Army National Guard (Harry\u2005S.\u2005Truman) and one (George\u2005W.\u2005Bush) served in the Air National Guard.[58]\nOther notable members\nJohn\u2005R.\u2005Bolton, former United\u2005States\u2005Representative\u2005to\u2005the\u2005United\u2005Nations and National\u2005Security\u2005Advisor\nScott\u2005Philip\u2005Brown, former United States Senator from Massachusetts\nWilliam\u2005J.\u2005Donovan, founder of the Office\u2005of\u2005Strategic\u2005Services\nJoe\u2005Foss, Governor\u2005of\u2005South\u2005Dakota, Medal\u2005of\u2005Honor recipient in World\u2005War\u2005II\nLindsey\u2005Graham, Senator from South\u2005Carolina\nRalph\u2005Haben, former Speaker\u2005of\u2005the\u2005Florida\u2005House\u2005of\u2005Representatives\nKen\u2005Holtzman, two-time major league baseball All Star pitcher\nBrock\u2005Lesnar, professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist\nJohn\u2005Allen\u2005Muhammad, spree\u2005killer, \"Beltway\u2005Sniper\"\nAudie\u2005Murphy, highly decorated soldier from WWII, prolific 1950s actor\nDan\u2005Quayle, 44th Vice President of the United States\nBabe\u2005Ruth, former Major\u2005League\u2005Baseball player\nTom\u2005Selleck, actor, Magnum,\u2005P.I.\nRick\u2005Story, mixed martial artist in the UFC\nNumber of guardsmen by state, territory and D.C.\nA member of the NG, often called a \"guardsman,\" is a person who has signed an Enlistment Contract and has subscribed to an Enlistment Oath, is still alive, or has not yet been discharged. The subscription to the oath (typically a recitation) and the signature must be witnessed by a person, typically a Guard officer, authorized as an official witness. The term of the enlistment, or membership, runs from the date on the contract through the date on the discharge or the death certificate.[note\u20053]\nThe \"number of guardsmen\" is a statistic generated by the Defense\u2005Manpower\u2005Data\u2005Center (DMDC), an agency of the DoD tasked with tracking the identities of all persons in the active military, its reserves, and civilians employed by it. Membership in the Guard may be regarded as an independent variable. It changes constantly. Its value at any instant cannot be known exactly. It can, however, be estimated from the records of the DMDC. Its data and reports are for the most part inaccessible to the general public, but it does make available some reports under the category \"DoD Personal, Workforce Reports & Publications.\"[60]\nThe series \"Military and Civilian Personnel by Service/Agency by State/Country (Updated Quarterly),\" containing the statistics on membership in the NG by state, territory, and D.C., is updated every 3rd month at the end of the month. For example, one was generated on June 30, 2017. Like all statistics, these numbers of guardsmen are a sample culled according to a certain method. The report states that it uses the sources: \"Active Duty Master File, RCCPDS, APF Civilian Master, CTS Deployment File, Civilian Deployment.\" The probabilities of the statistics being accurate to various percentages are not stated.\nBelow is a sample summary of a profile of Guard membership taken from the file of June 30, 2017. Only the non-total columns come from the source. The totals are calculated from the data.\nAlabama 9,766 2,224 11,990\nAlaska 1,746 2,021 3,767\nArkansas 6,158 1,843 8,001\nCalifornia 13,846 4,378 18,224\nColorado 3,603 1,580 5,183\nConnecticut 3,483 1,004 4,487\nDelaware 1,513 1,094 2,607\nFlorida 9,447 2,017 11,464\nHawaii 2,996 2,172 5,168\nIdaho 3,042 1,317 4,359\nIllinois 9,810 2,894 12,704\nIndiana 11,483 1,789 13,272\nIowa 6,799 1,728 8,527\nKentucky 6,501 1,219 7,720\nLouisiana 9,626 1,492 11,118\nMaine 1,974 1,097 3,071\nMaryland 4,225 1,834 6,059\nMassachusetts 5,863 2,114 7,977\nMichigan 7,989 2,197 10,186\nMinnesota 10,927 2,305 13,232\nMississippi 9,547 2,582 12,129\nMissouri 8,397 2,193 10,590\nMontana 2,566 957 3,523\nNebraska 3,288 968 4,256\nNevada 3,271 1,103 4,374\nNew\u2005Hampshire 1,625 1,029 2,654\nNew\u2005Jersey 5,819 2,306 8,125\nNew\u2005Mexico 2,839 971 3,810\nNew\u2005York 9,863 5,539 15,402\nNorth\u2005Carolina 10,113 1,360 11,473\nNorth\u2005Dakota 2,917 992 3,909\nOhio 10,445 4,882 15,327\nOklahoma 6,409 2,161 8,570\nOregon 5,660 2,190 7,850\nPennsylvania 15,476 3,799 19,275\nRhode\u2005Island 1,992 1,028 3,020\nSouth\u2005Carolina 9,094 1,314 10,408\nSouth\u2005Dakota 3,000 1,042 4,042\nTennessee 9,128 3,273 12,401\nTexas 17,270 3,086 20,356\nVermont 2,582 969 3,551\nVirginia 6,876 1,302 8,178\nWashington 5,934 1,959 7,893\nWest\u2005Virginia 4,137 2,120 6,257\nWisconsin 7,112 2,091 9,203\nWyoming 1,508 1,170 2,678\nPuerto\u2005Rico 6,198 1,151 7,349\nGuam 1,092 355 1,447\nDistrict\u2005of\u2005Columbia 1,358 1,248 2,606\nVirgin\u2005Islands 703 55 758\nTransformation\u2005of\u2005the\u2005Army\u2005National\u2005Guard\nYouth\u2005Challenge\u2005Program\nNational\u2005Guard\u2005Memorial\u2005Museum\n^ As of 12 December 2017[update] authorized selected reserve strength is 343,500 for the ARNGUS and 106,600 for the ANGUS, per \u00a7411 of the National\u2005Defense\u2005Authorization\u2005Act.[1]\n^ The fifteen enhanced brigades included the 27th (NY), 29th (HI), 32nd (WI), 41st (OR), 45th (OK), 48th (GA), 53rd (FL), 76th (IN), 81st (WA), 256th (LA), 116th Cavalry Brigade (ID), 155th (MS), 218th (SC), and the 278th\u2005Armored\u2005Cavalry\u2005Regiment (TN). [44]\n^ The National Guard enlistment oath is:\n\"I do hereby acknowledge to have voluntarily enlisted this __ day of ____, 19_, in the ______ National Guard of the State of ______ for a period of __ year(s) under the conditions prescribed by law, unless sooner discharged by proper authority. I, ________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and of the State of ______ against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to them; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the Governor of ______ and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to law and regulations. So help me God.\"[59]\n^ a b c 32\u2005U.S.C. \u00a7 101 Definitions (National Guard)\n^ 10\u2005U.S.C. \u00a7 12401 Army and Air National Guard of the United States: status\n^ \"Four-and-a-half\u2005centuries\u2005of\u2005militia\u2005tradition\". Florida Department of Military Affairs. Retrieved 20 April 2015.\n^ Halbrook, Stephen P. (2008). The\u2005Founders'\u2005Second\u2005Amendment:\u2005Origins\u2005of\u2005the\u2005Right\u2005to\u2005Bear\u2005Arms. pp. 299\u2013309.\n^ 32 Stat. 775 (1903)\n^ 32\u2005U.S.C. \u00a7 102 General policy\n^ a b \"Military\u2005Reserves\u2005Federal\u2005Call\u2005Up\u2005Authority\". Usmilitary.about.com. April 9, 2012.\n^ \"Graphics\". National Guard. Retrieved July 6, 2018.\n^ a b Pub.L.\u2005110-181: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008\n^ a b Pub.L.\u2005110-181: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 full text\n^ Sec.\u20051812. Establishment of National Guard Bureau as Joint Activity of the Department of Defense.\n^ 10\u2005U.S.C. \u00a7 10501 National Guard Bureau\n^ a b 10\u2005U.S.C. \u00a7 10503 Functions of National Guard Bureau: charter from Secretaries of the Army and Air Force\n^ \"Chief,\u2005National\u2005Guard\u2005Bureau\". National Guard. August 2016. Retrieved July 6, 2018.\n^ \"Vice\u2005Chief,\u2005National\u2005Guard\u2005Bureau\". National Guard. December 2016. Retrieved July 6, 2018.\n^ \"Chief,\u2005National\u2005Guard\u2005Bureau\". National Guard Bureau. Archived from the\u2005original on June 24, 2012.\n^ 10\u2005U.S.C. \u00a7\u00a7 10501\u201310503\n^ a b c Turner, Colonel Randal L. \"Agricultural\u2005Development\u2005Teams\u2005and\u2005the\u2005Counterinsurgency\u2005Effort\u2005in\u2005Afghanistan\". Strategy Research Project. U.S. Army War College. Retrieved April 14, 2011.\n^ Stewart, Alexander (2014-03-03). \"U.S.\u2005Army\u2005Agriculture\u2005Development\u2005Teams\". Science & Diplomacy. 3 (1).\n^ McKinley, General Craig R. \"The\u2005National\u2005Guard:\u2005A\u2005Great\u2005Value\u2005for\u2005America\" (PDF). National Guard Bureau. Archived from the\u2005original (PDF) on November 6, 2011. 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Retrieved 28 April 2015.\n^ Government\u2005Accounting\u2005Office, Army\u2005National\u2005Guard:\u2005Enhanced\u2005Brigades\u2005Readiness\u2005Improving\u2005But\u2005Personnel\u2005and\u2005Workload\u2005Are\u2005Problems, June 2000, record accessed at DTIC, May 2009.\n^ \"Nationwide\u2005Grassroots\u2005Drive\u2005To\u2005Aid\u2005Military\u2005Families\u2005Picks\u2005Up\u2005Steam\". Illinois.gov - Illinois Government News Network (IGNN). March 22, 2005.\n^ Salzer, Darron. \"Casey:\u2005National\u2005Guard\u2005very\u2005different\u2005today\u2005than\u200530\u2005years\u2005ago\". National Guard Bureau. Archived from the\u2005original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved March 5, 2011.\n^ FindLaw (February 14, 2007).\"National\u2005Guard\u2005to\u2005Rescue\u2005in\u20058\u2005States\". FindLaw. Retrieved on February 14, 2007.\n^ \"Gates Promises Predictable Deployments\". GX \u2013 the Guard Experience. 4 (3): 22. 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It doesn\u2019t get more local than that.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 31, "original_length": 1279, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 305.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://wilknews.radio.com/articles/ap-news/neymar-leads-brazil-world-cup-quarterfinals", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:33:40Z", "digest": "sha1:MDUR7TCJZHCUZGGLP5XP7IRTMOZP7GEY", "length": 3695, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "wilknews.radio.com", "title": "Neymar leads Brazil into World Cup quarterfinals | WILK-FM", "raw_content": "Brazil's Neymar celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the round of 16 match between Brazil and Mexico at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Samara Arena, in Samara, Russia, Monday, July 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)\nSAMARA, Russia (AP) \u2014 Flaunting his flair and his finishing touch wasn't enough. Neymar put his theatrics on show, too.\nWhat became clear in Brazil's 2-0 victory over Mexico on Monday is that the wild side of the striker's character is going nowhere at this year's World Cup. And neither is Brazil.\n\"I don't much care for criticism,\" Neymar said, \"not even for praise.\"\nAlthough Neymar has scored only two goals in four games in Russia, he did enter the World Cup after spending three months recovering from a broken right foot. And it was the right foot that helped to break through Mexico's stern resistance in Samara.\nAfter releasing Willian with a back-heel, Neymar raced into the penalty area and slid to tap his teammate's return cross into the net.\nWhile his scoring is so often the focus, Neymar also creates goals for his teammates. A toe-poked attempt to beat Mexico goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa in the 88th minute was diverted into the path of Roberto Firmino, who scored with a tap-in just like Neymar did. The world's most expensive player has 11 goals and nine assists in his last 19 games for Brazil.\nBut before setting up the second goal it looked like Neymar's game \u2014 or even his World Cup \u2014 could be over with 20 minutes to go. It turned out to be pure histrionics. Writhing in agony after his right ankle was stepped on by Miguel Layun, Neymar managed to get back on his feet. But not before trying to step on Layun.\n\"I think it's more an attempt to undermine me than anything else,\" Neymar responded.\nMexico has now lost in the round of 16 at every tournament over the same period of time, extending its wait for the \"quinto partido\" \u2014 or fifth game \u2014 for at least another four years. The last time Mexico reached the quarterfinals was when the country hosted the tournament in 1986.\nThis year's World Cup had started so promisingly for Mexico. The team opened with a win over Germany, setting the defending champions on the path to an early exit. They caused problems for Brazil, too, initially.\nBut they couldn't find a way to stop Neymar.\n\"He's very agile. He's very fast,\" Brazil coach Tite said. \"Is it wrong to feign, to provoke the players in the last third? It's not a sin.\"\nNeymar's dispute with Layun unfolded as the Mexico substitute tried to recover the ball. In a delayed reaction, Neymar made the most of Layun stepping on his ankle, rolling around with his hand covering his eyes.\n\"We wasted a lot of time because of one single player,\" Mexico coach Juan Carlos Osorio said, without naming Neymar. \"I think this is a real shame for football, especially for kids who are watching because this has to be a sport of virility, of determination, a man's sport, like other games, and not a charade.\"\nDuring the win over Costa Rica in the group stage, Neymar tried to win a penalty by flopping to the ground in the area. A video review reversed the decision to award a penalty kick and Neymar's frustrations a few minutes later led to a yellow card.\nWith Germany, Argentina and Spain among the contenders already eliminated, Brazil's hopes of a sixth World Cup title have received an extra lift.\n\"Being able to play at such a level against a team like Brazil really shows that Mexico is a good team,\" Osorio said. \"We were maybe not very efficient and we didn't have that extra quality that they had coming to our goal.\"\nAfter a return to its training base in Sochi, Brazil heads back north to Kazan for Friday's quarterfinal match.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 287, "original_length": 11228, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 253.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://winnetkanc.com/news/lapd-actively-involved-public-safety-meeting", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:45:23Z", "digest": "sha1:PTXYUFWK56N74TXHFL4ARQ2RVQEDCN64", "length": 1254, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "winnetkanc.com", "title": "LAPD Actively Involved in Public Safety Meeting | Winnetka Neighborhood CouncilWinnetka Neighborhood Council", "raw_content": "LAPD Actively Involved in Public Safety Meeting\nAt the April 15, 2008 meeting Captain Sherman discussed the Topanga station planned for opening January 2009. The response time to calls will most likely be quicker since the station is closer. And PALS, Explorers, Jeopardy and the Reserve Officers will also be on-site.\nSenior Lead Officer Maldonado was on hand to hear concerns about graffiti, vagrants, and bars. There was a discussion about possibly installing graffiti watch cameras that not only take pictures of taggers in action, but sound an alert notifying them that they are being watched. This system is hoped to deter graffiti. The committee is working with Officer Maldonado to determine the best places for camera installation.\nThe committee recommended that the WNC board make a stand in favor of Jamiel's law, which would repeal the LAPD's policy of disregarding the immigration status of persons who are arrested or convicted of committing violent crimes. This law was proposed when Jamiel Andre Shaw, a high school football star was gunned down near his home by a recently released man serving time for assault with a deadly weapon. He may have been here illegally. Read more about Jamiel's Law. Additional commentary about Jamiel's Law.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 50, "original_length": 2157, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 323.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://wisconsinui.wordpress.com/2016/09/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:35Z", "digest": "sha1:Z56XELDRWGOEZ4GO74MDROCJFRWH6QJV", "length": 8094, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "wisconsinui.wordpress.com", "title": "September | 2016 | Wisconsin Unemployment", "raw_content": "The actual financial impact of substantial fault\nBack in April 2016, I described the confusion about the two versions of the Department\u2019s substantial fault proposals and calculated the financial impact of substantial fault based on that estimate.\nBut, there is actual data available for determining the financial impact of substantial fault. Wisconsin reports its handling of unemployment claims to the Employment & Training Administration of the United State Department of Labor. This federal agency then makes this data available to the public, and quarterly numbers regarding the number and outcome of non-monetary determinations is available via the ETA 207 series.\nNOTE: Non-monetary determinations are those determinations that do NOT involve calculations to determine eligibility based on prior earnings or other kinds of monetary calculations. The data for non-monetary determinations includes determinations regarding discharges, voluntary leaving (i.e., quitting), and determinations regarding claimants\u2019 able and available status, refusals of suitable work, adequate job search efforts, and other eligibility status issues. There is both a short description and a long description of this data.\nAccordingly, this data can indicate specifically the kind of impact the substantial fault disqualification standard has on unemployment claims in the state of Wisconsin.\nNOTE: The misconduct label for this data is used nationally because historically misconduct was the only disqualification standard used in discharge cases. But, starting in 2014, the misconduct data here for Wisconsin includes both misconduct and substantial fault determinations.\nThe substantial fault disqualification began to be applied by the Department in initial determinations issued on or after 5 January 2014. See 2013 Wis. Act 20 \u00a7 9351(1q) (new misconduct and substantial fault provisions \u201cfirst apply with respect to determinations issued under section 108.09 of the statutes on January 5, 2014\u201d).\nUntil the first quarter of 2014, the Department denied on average about 26% of all claimants who were discharged from their jobs. From the first quarter of 2014 until the latest available (the quarter ending June 2016), however, the number of discharge cases being denied jumped to 38.47% of all discharge determinations. This increase nearly doubled the number of denials from before 2014 \u2014 a stunning and remarkable jump in the number of claims being denied.\nNOTE: The actual data for creating these charts is set forth in a table, WI Separation Data, compiled from the ETA 207 data.\nThis jump is even more shocking in light of the decline in discharge determinations since the start of 2014.\nFrom 2007 to the end of 2013, the number of discharge determinations averaged 19,462.43 per quarter. Not surprisingly, during the height of the last recession in 2009 and 2010, there were discharge determinations in some quarters that numbered over 21,000 or even 22,000. See Table: WI Separation Data. But, in general the number of discharge determinations per quarter hovered around 17,000 to 19,000. In the first quarter of 2014, however, the number of discharge determinations plummeted to under 14,000. And, the number of discharge determinations has continued to decline since then. From the start of 2014 to June 2016, the Department has issued on average only 12,605.50 discharge determinations per quarter.\nNOTE: The total number of determinations being issued by the Department has not declined, however. Prior to 2014, the number of determinations issued per quarter averaged 58,945.25. From 2014 on, the average number of determinations being issued increased to 59,668.60 per quarter. As indicated in the table for WI Non-Separation Data, the number of determinations not connected to separation issues being issued jumped from 46.87% of all determinations per quarter prior to 2014 to 64.01% after 2014. In particular, much if not all of this increase in non-separation determinations concerns an approximately 26% increase in determinations regarding a claimant\u2019s able and available status, a five-fold increase in determinations (from just over 3,000 determinations prior to 2014 to almost 16,000 determinations on average after the start of 2014) over a claimant\u2019s failure to follow the Department\u2019s reporting requirements, and a nearly 100-fold increase in determinations (around 13 cases per quarter prior to 2014 to nearly 1,200 per quarter after 2014) over a claimant\u2019s failure to follow the Department\u2019s job profiling services. In all three of these categories, the percentage of benefit denials has also jumped at least 10 percentage points on average after 2014.\nIt should also be noted that these non-separation denials generally do not disqualify a claimant for an extended period of time. For instance, a denial of benefits because of failing to report to Department-mandated profiling services or provide requested information is usually cured by reporting for those services or providing the needed information. As a result, the disqualifications from receiving unemployment benefits pursuant to these denials are generally short-term denials. A denial of benefits because of substantial fault or misconduct, on the other hand, lasts 7 weeks at a minimum and requires new earnings of 14X a claimant\u2019s weekly benefit rate in order to re-qualify for unemployment benefits.\nThis decline in discharge determinations, however, does not indicate that the impact of substantial fault should be discounted in some way. Quarterly reports on each state\u2019s unemployment system from the Employment & Training Administration indicate both the average weekly benefit rate for claimants during the previous twelve months and the average number of weeks unemployment benefits are being received during the last twelve months. The report for Wisconsin for the first quarter of 2015 indicates an average weekly benefit rate of $288.04 for the previous twelve months and an average duration for benefits of 14.8 weeks, leading to $4,262.99 in unemployment benefits at issue. Applying the pre-2014 25.99% denial ratio to the post-2014 12,605.50 discharge determinations that take place on average in each quarter means only 3,276.17 cases would be denied rather than the 4,852.00 being denied with substantial fault in place \u2014 a difference of 1,575.83 cases. Multiplying this number of cases by the $4,262.99 of unemployment benefits at issue leads to an amount of $6,717,747.53 per quarter being denied claimants currently under this new substantial fault standard. As substantial fault has now been in effect for ten quarters, the amount of unemployment benefits \u201csaved,\u201d or not paid to claimants, amounts to $67,177,475.32.\nIt is expected that substantial fault will also, on the whole, lead to employees filing fewer claims because claimants will learn how broad the substantial fault disqualification is and stop filing claims altogether. The data supports this trend. In the second quarter report in 2016, the weekly benefit rate for the last twelve months is $306.43, and the average duration of benefits for the previous year is 13.3 weeks. With these figures, the amount of benefits at issue is $4,075.52. Multiplying this amount by the 1,575.83 average number of cases per quarter denying unemployment benefits to claimants because of substantial fault leads to an amount of $6,422,326.68 per quarter being denied to claimants and a ten quarter amount of $64,223,266.82. As a result, the range of lost benefits because of substantial fault is between $67 and $64 million.\nNOTE: The Department\u2019s original estimate of $19.2 million per year, after 2.5 years, amounts to $48.4 million \u2014 approximately $15-$20 million less than what the actual data reveal.\nSo, even as fewer and fewer discharged employees are filing claims for unemployment benefits, the new substantial fault standard that become effective in 2014 is leading to thousands of claimants being denied millions in unemployment benefits.\nPosted in analysis, data, misconduct, substantail fault\nTagged financial impact, substantial fault", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 163, "original_length": 10902, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 262.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://wjrockefeller.com/tribute-ajax/print-obituary.html?id=1103", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:56Z", "digest": "sha1:TWMSNJ72YOPM52THDXTJRJUMKZUQKGK4", "length": 2133, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "wjrockefeller.com", "title": "James Handford", "raw_content": "James M. Handford age 97 of Rensselaer died Monday December 3, 2018 at the Van Rensselaer Nursing Home. The son of the late Benjamin and Ruth Morrill Handford He was born in Rensselaer and educated in the Rensselaer School System.\nLoving Husband for 56 years to Grace (Drew) Handford, He felt he was truly blessed with the life of love and devotion Grace provided him and their children. Grace predeceased him in 1999. She was the daughter of Hildreth and Pearl Drew of Rensselaer.\nJim enlisted into Troop B, Horse Cavalry NYNG in 1939 at Albany and attained the rank of 2nd Lt upon graduation from Tank Destroyer OCS in Dec. 1942. He served overseas on Leyte, P.I, attained the rank of Captain, Armored Div. and was discharged in Jan 1946.\nJames was employed by the former W.H. Smith Paper Corp. in Albany for 34 years, served as Vice president in sales, retired in 1983. He was a life member of the First Baptist church Rensselaer, a member since 1946 of Van Rensselaer Lodge #87 F+AM, a member of the American Legion Melvin Roads Post 1231, and a life member of Hendrick Hudson Fish and Game club. He served three terms as president of the Adirondack Goodnow Flow Assoc., Newcomb, NY.\nIn addition to his beloved wife Grace, Jim is predeceased by his brother Benjamin Handford.\nDevoted father of Bruce (Margaret) Handford, Barbara (Mark) Callahan, Beth (Robert) Brown, grandfather of Kevin (Jennifer) Handford, Mark Jr. (Ashley) Callahan, Jill Handford, Sarah Brown and Jeffrey (Jennifer) Stewart; great grandfather of Gabriella, Brianna,, Natalie Handford, Copper and Arrow Callahan, Charlotte Grace Handford, and Kayden Stewart, brother of Edwin Handford and devoted friend of Nancy Mitchell.\nRespecting the request of Jim, there will be no viewing hours and the funeral service will be private. Interment will be in the New Rural cemetery, E. Greenbush. In lieu of flowers, those wishing to remember Jim in a special way, may send contributions in his memory to the Shriner\u2019s Hospital, 516 Carew St. Springfield, MA 01104 or a charity of your choice which will benefit children in need. Send condolences to www.wjrockefeller.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 7, "original_length": 2151, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 281.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://world.coach.com/sa/coach-apple-watch%C2%AE-strap/W1554.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:17Z", "digest": "sha1:CN4MBS7YMNZU4XBXVZ2XBBEDV2NJRYDU", "length": 107, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "world.coach.com", "title": "COACH: Apple Watch\u00ae Strap", "raw_content": "Made exclusively for use with the 42mm Apple Watch\u00ae, this strap is crafted from crocodile-embossed leather.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 185, "original_length": 2601, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 308.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://writemypaper.io/blog/visions-of-success", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:48Z", "digest": "sha1:DYR4J3AESIOI5LZWIFUWB6AE3442GGRS", "length": 2769, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "writemypaper.io", "title": "Different Visions of Success", "raw_content": "What Meanings Are Hidden in the Word \u201cSuccess\u201d?\nSuccess. What are you imagining right now? For most of people this word is colored in gold and wrapped in a silk handkerchief. Yes, most of our associations are connected with wealth or fame, but it is only one side of understanding of the true meaning.\nSo what is the meaning of success?\nAccording to the Cambridge Dictionary, success is \u201cthe achieving of the results wanted or hoped for; something that achieves positive results\u201d. As we can see, it is a very abstract explanation. If you read it out loud to children, they will barely have a very material, financial image of success. For them catching a snowflake without having it melted is a success already, and it will be exactly what the initial meaning is about.\nWho can be called successful?\nWe are raised to believe, that success is the label that only society can stick on you. On the contrary, isn\u2019t a person supposed to decide this on their own? Basically, successful means, that you are good enough at something, even though there is always a room for improvement. If you let others define how successful you are, remember, that it is very relative. The author of love stories might find the novels of a scientific fictionist senseless. A professor might judge a teacher for not getting a higher position. But what should be remembered is that the world needs all kinds of fiction and non-fiction books, and both teachers and professors should be there to teach the younger generation.\nJeffrey has always been interested in crimes, laws and solving the mysteries. Parents found him asleep with \u201cSherlock Holmes\u201d books still opened multiple times. They watched their kid and noticed his interests, so they advised him to enter the university and study law. He is known to be a successful lawyer now, but has a secret he\u2019s ashamed to talk about. Jeffrey has been writing detective stories since he was 12. He is afraid that trying to publish the stories will make him look ridiculous, but the risk of being criticized seems to be even worse.\nMary has a talent of composing good stories. She works as a teacher and uses her talent to make the lessons more interesting. In the evening she makes up fairytales for her kids before they go to bed. Friends tell Mary, that she can become a successful writer, but Mary replies, that she is successful already. \u201cBut you can earn good money!\u201d \u2013 they say. \u201cI have enough money, and I like creating the stories that the kids I know will like. I like seeing little sparkles in their eyes when they listen.\u201d\nSo, who is more successful after all?\nBeing successful is amazing, and will truly make you fulfilled as long as you are sure you have followed your own way to the real success as you have understood and wanted it.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 111, "original_length": 5408, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 287.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://writings-centre.com/samples/law/developing-first-line-supervisors.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:23:44Z", "digest": "sha1:6AGH5YW7BVDV7IFVUEMKH5UE4QROM7IV", "length": 20753, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "writings-centre.com", "title": "Law essay sample on topic Developing First-Line Supervisors", "raw_content": "During the history, the society has formed its own definition of who is the supervisor in law enforcement. Most people will say that the profession of the officer is dangerous and difficult. It is associated with constant physical and mental stress and is full of danger and risk. According to risk and intensity, the officer job is only the second after miners and is ahead of the car drivers, firefighters, doctors, diplomats, military officers and others. Regularly, researches conducted by European Community showed that the police profession continues to lead a scale of citizens` trust (70%) leaving behind the military, television, radio, press, parliament, trade unions, and even church (A Call to Action: Improving First-Level Supervision of Federal Employees, 2010).\nFrom year to year, the demand for the position of the policemen has been steadily increasing. In a democratic society, the citizens need to be sure that those who are called to defend the law have passed thorough professional screening, have met well-defined requirements, are carriers of ethical standards adopted in the community, and are willing to comply with them. On this occasion, the American scientist A. Vollmer ironically said that the citizens believe that the officer should have the wisdom of Solomon, the courage of David, the patience of Jacob, the ability to lead of Moses, the genius strategic of Alexander the Great, and finally, knowledge of the physical, biological, and social sciences. If a man possessed all these qualities, he could be a good officer. The British experts in 1920 expressed the pinion that a person cannot be a good officer if he doesn`t have more than average mental ability, good memory and observation (A Call to Action: Improving First-Level Supervision of Federal Employees, 2010). \u201cA leader is a motivator, coach, disciplinarian, mentor, encourager, restrainer, teacher, evaluator, team builder and role model. Successful leaders have the wisdom to assess the situation and determine the correct role or combination of roles needed for the movement, he priorities of our varied responsibilities can change in a moment, depending on the circumstances we face\u201d (Vernon, 2009, p. 48). He should combine high moral, intellectual and physical qualities that are not necessary for people of other professions. He must always act discreetly and prudently and be proactive in various contingencies.\nTherefore, development of the first-line supervisors is crucial for providing effective law enforcement system.\nJudging from the history, development of the first-level supervisors based mostly on the technical expertise. Main problems in the first-line supervisory selection have been reported more than 30 years ago and are still relevant. \u201cLeadership in law enforcement historically depended on a strong, authoritarian chief. However, this style of leadership neglects everything known about people and their behavior. Coercion discourages creativity and risk taking and often causes people to rebel\u201d (Hess, 2012). Today supervisory selection usually bases on heavily technical expertise and only after on leadership competencies. Usually technical experts, who do not have an aptitude or interest in leadership, become the first-line supervisors.\nThe past practice in development of the first-line supervisors can be observed on the example of the forensic programs in law enforcement. \u201cFirst, supervisors and managers that took no position on the new forensic program, positive or negative. They wanted to know specifically what their responsibilities were. They simply followed the agency\u2019s management directions and adhered to what was expected of them. This group was quiet and maintained a low profile on the topic and was the largest group. Second, supervisors and managers who were opposed to the change, some quite adamantly, and were content stay with the present system. Many felt this move unnecessary and new forensic technology was time-consuming and unproven. Many also believed their authority as supervisors and managers had been compromised by a new system which included a new policy manual\u201d (Forensics and First Line Supervisors). One of the serious problems, in terms of maintaining the professionalism of public bodies, is the staff turnover and the staff insecurity that undermines the results of the staff training. In cases where the turnover is not a problem, there is a need for more structured training program involving various representatives from both: executive and judiciary, and public and non-governmental sectors. The important topics for training include database law enforcement, due process of law and informed decision-making. \u201cThe supervisory probationary period is not consistently being used as the final step in the selection process. Federal managers are not consistently using the probationary period as the final step in the selection process for first-level supervisors. In Fiscal Year 2009, just one half of one percent of new supervisors were reassigned or separated for failure to complete probation. In addition, in the 2007 Merit Principles Survey, only 64 percent of supervisors affirmed that they had been informed of the probationary period while fewer than half (47 percent) stated that their performance during their probationary period had been used to decide if they should retain a supervisory role\u201d(A Call to Action: Improving First-Level Supervision of Federal Employees, 2010).\nThis means that law enforcement system should be developed taking to consideration past practices.\nThe effective leadership and good governance is not the same thing. The supervisor is the person who manages the team and coordinates its actions. The supervisor may not be a creative and talented person, but he should be disciplined, focused and balanced. This is someone who can listen carefully and speak correctly, judge people and things, and understand weaknesses of others. This means that the supervisor is not the one who creates the ideas to do the work. He is the one, who coordinates the work in general.\nTo enhance the impact and effectiveness of penalties for environmental violations, one must make a range of changes, particular to improve the nature of the instrument of the environmental policy, as well as to take measures to strengthen the institutional system of the environmental enforcement of the country. Primary basis for such a change should be a systematic approach to the environmental regulation. It can be viewed as the need to diversify the punishment and abandon the excessive emphasis on fines, which are perceived by non-state partners as the chase for yield. Further development requires organizational and analytical skills of the enforcement agencies, which will help to correct in practice, and common approaches to the specific methods of their work. One also needs to continue to expand opportunities for the participation of non-state actors in environmental enforcement (Hess, 2012).\n\u201cMany new supervisors are not receiving the training and development opportunities they need both to understand the agency\u2019s expectations for supervisors and to manage their employees effectively. Less than two-thirds of supervisors said that they received training prior to or during their first year as a supervisor. Of those who received training, almost half (48 percent) received one week or less\u201d (A Call to Action: Improving First-Level Supervision of Federal Employees, 2010). This means that near 3 quarter of the first-line supervisors in law enforcement do not have access to the training programs. Therefore, the first step that should be done is providing the supervisors with all necessary information to have the possibility for the sustainable development. According to A Call to Action, \u201cInformal development complements structured training by giving supervisors multiple opportunities to apply, strengthen, and expand the competencies developed in structured learning experiences. The MPS 2007 results showed that many supervisors are participating in informal development activities. This is clearly a positive step. More managers need to provide helpful feedback and coaching to supervisors both to help them improve their effectiveness in managing their work groups and to communicate through their actions that feedback giving is an important function of supervision\u201d (A Call to Action: Improving First-Level Supervision of Federal Employees, 2010). This means that there should be an increased variety of the training programs and the possibility to train for the first line supervisors. As the more time they spend to develop their skills, the better results they will show on action.\nIn order to provide the best service the first thing that should be done is to develop the first-line supervisors sector. This type of police officers is responsible for the main mechanisms of organization of the whole work in the police office. In addition, they directly participate in everyday activities of the police office. Another major task of the supervisor is to facilitate in on-the-job training and to improve their staff. In other words, the first-line supervisor should have enough skills to be not only a good leader, but to have enough experience to develop the other officers` abilities in the police station (Hess, 2012).\n\u201cAlthough many leadership traits have been identified, none dominate. Leadership trait theory was highly popular because it simplified the process of selecting leaders. Guaranteed leadership through possession of special traits, however, was never fully realized because of the large number of traits identified and that no single person possessed them all. No criteria determined which traits were more desirable than others. Even possession of all the traits did not guarantee leadership success\u201d (Hess, 2012, p. 16). This means that first of all in the variety of traits theories an individual should be examined and only after that all other factors of influence.\nThe first line supervisors in law enforcement should be first of all human. This means that he should be the person and the citizen of the highest value. He or she should not spare their blood, health, and if necessary own life, to protect a person, his/her life, health, honor and dignity. He should always treat others from the point of law, observe the spirit and letter of the law, build the police service so that no one is unjustly accused and no criminal goes unpunished, but mandatory and unconditional compliance. However, the major thing that a good supervisor should primary do is \u201cBuild strong working relationships with your employees. Set the tone for the work relationship by meeting with each employee to become mutually acquainted with each other\u2019s goals, concerns, interests, communication preferences, and working styles. Meet regularly with each employee to review progress on work assignments; provide direction, feedback, and information; address obstacles or concerns; and discuss the employee\u2019s development. In addition, talk informally with each employee at least every few days to get to know them as people and to offer informal feedback and appreciation for their work\u201d(A Call to Action: Improving First-Level Supervision of Federal Employees, 2010).\nPromotional Prospects\nPromotional prospects are an essential component of a successful person, so the majority of the first line supervisors in law enforcement seek to advance the service and feel the freedom. Scientists conducted a study and found that basically the main reason for the career growth is the desire to increase and to gain freedom in the financial aspect and professionally. Most people who have chosen a particular profession, constantly striving for self-fulfillment and professional development. They are trying to identify their leadership skills and meet ambitions. A common reason for a career growth is the human desire to reach the higher position which gave him the opportunity to be better satisfied with their needs, therefore, career can be seen as the process, which is efficient for human exploration key areas of its environment (A Call to Action: Improving First-Level Supervision of Federal Employees, 2010).\nNarrow social base, the lack of development ideology and imitation state (in which the monarchical or republican institutions are nothing more than a cover for authoritarian forms of government) deny the legitimacy of the police state and make it a short century, are the historical course standards. Most often, the term of existence of a police state is the same as life (or innings), his creator. There are only two excludes: the transition to the rule of law and a revolutionary new entry into the series with all the main phases: the violent struggle for power, the victory of the revolutionaries, the revolutionary dictatorship of the revolutionary transformation of power, the dismantling of the revolutionary state (and the economy), civil chaos, the new police state (A Call to Action: Improving First-Level Supervision of Federal Employees, 2010).\nThe first option is preferable. However, its implementation requires a combination of three factors: the eclipse of the creation of a police state, the presence of the country's civil society that can take over the function of the \"builder\" of law, achieving a national consensus on the issue of how a peaceful transition from a police state to the rule. The rate of the historical processes cannot be predicted. We can only point out that the stability of the regime police state affects the degree of patriarchal consciousness of the population, the existence of real or imaginary (in people's minds) threats, whether the threat of invasion or the collapse of the state, the ability of the ruler to start, and most importantly - to win a small war, the stability margin economy (the more primitive, the more stable). However, the number of options for the transition regime of police states to a new state of society is easy to call.\n\u201cExplore ways to provide alternative career opportunities for technical experts. It is essential that Federal agencies recognize the special skills and responsibilities required by a supervisory role, provide adequate incentives for employees to accept those responsibilities, and recognize and reward those employees who carry out those responsibilities with distinction. Yet it is also essential that the Federal Government does not drive high-performing technical experts who lack the desire or ability to supervise to apply for supervisory positions for want of any other opportunity for advancement, career development, or challenging work.\u201d (A Call to Action: Improving First-Level Supervision of Federal Employees, 2010). Thus, the alternative course is very important for the first line supervisors. The major thing for fruitful work for the supervisor is to be free and to have an option. The alternative course provides the opportunity whether to work in this direction or to choose the other. It is important to have an ability to develop but in the field the supervisor is interested in.\nAs the development of the first line supervisor is greatly based on the technical support there is a need to spend much money in technical support. However, it will be rewarded, as the better the supervisor will be trained the better results he or she will show on practice. I order to create the reliable training system in the law enforcement; the both superior and inferior workers have to collaborate in the team. Thus, this collaboration will greatly reduce the cost for training programs, as one of the main developing stage is receiving the feedbacks from the colleques.\nCurrently, the environmental control and supervision are provided by a number of state bodies whose powers are relatively well defined (though highly fragmented and sometimes overlapping). However, the ability of the government to carry out their function\u2019s concern due to their limited institutional capacity and lack of qualified staff. Many of the potential problems that caused concerns were gradually solved through administrative reforms, but still are an issue of weak cooperation circuit detection and suppression of violations. In addition, environmental authorities need to develop and publish methodological documents, which will explain in detail the types of penalties and conditions of their application, and the order of enforcement. Such documents should be developed in consultation with industry and government stakeholders and published at least electronically (A Call to Action: Improving First-Level Supervision of Federal Employees, 2010).\n\u201cAnother way that managers can collect information about supervisors\u2019 performance is to observe them and their employees in action. If subordinate supervisors\u2019 employees provide direct services to clients, managers can occasionally sit unannounced among waiting clients. Managers can listen to what the clients are saying about the service and observe how they are treated by employees\u201d(A Call to Action: Improving First-Level Supervision of Federal Employees, 2010). This means that making feedback from the observation is a perfect way to grade the supervision and the quality of the leading skills of the supervisors.\nLeaders are defined by the set of traits that affect the efficiency of the management of people. Among them, there are some of the most important ones: ambition, drive and perseverance, self-confidence, psychological openness, realism, a thirst for knowledge, and other features - those qualities without which it is very difficult to maintain their effectiveness. Therefore, the first line supervisor in law enforcement should have the mentioned features, as well. First of all, a good leader must have an exemplary character. The first line supervisor should be reliable.\nThus, the first line supervisor should be in the constant process of development. A leader in law enforcement should not only develop his professional skills, but his personality, as well. A leader must have a harmonious blend of qualities, no frills. Too aggressive and too much at ease are detrimental to the team leader. Any quality should be balanced and should not be too pronounced. The desire to achieve something visible and the desire to realize their potential is crucial for the first line supervisors in the law enforcement. Excessive ambitions, combined with a lack of integrity can lead to undesirable behavior and even corruption. Each leader should be determined. The fist line supervisors should have enough skills to quickly assess the situation and make a decision. One of the other first line supervisor`s characteristics is vigor. He should be mobile, constantly move the goal, and be full of enthusiasm. He has to find unusual and effective solutions that lead to success. A leader should be a source of inspiration; he should be able to motivate people to action.\n\u201cAlthough law enforcement is well known for being resistant to change, as futurist Alvin Toler has said, \u201cChange is not merely necessary to life. It is life.\u201d Managers must shift from telling and controlling people\u2019s work to developing and enhancing them. Managers must ask for subordinates\u2019 input before making critical decisions that affect them. Managers must also listen to their customers\u2014the citizens\u2014in new and more open ways. Managers must stop reacting to incidents and begin solving problems\u201d (Hess, 2012). This means that the manager is in a constant \"movement\"; he gets to the heart of the matter and finds solutions. First line supervisors are looking for answers and do not give up until they do not get the solution. They work to find information and to implement their plans, which must be regularly checked for efficiency. The leader must be able to listen to his inner voice and to stand firmly on his feet when an important decision rests on his shoulders. He should be able to express himself and to act decisively. He must possess the emotional fortitude.\nThe desire for learning and acquiring new knowledge is essential for the leader. It helps to introduce into production processes and management of new technologies. People with a thirst for knowledge are highly effective in managing the organization and its people. A person cannot be considered a leader if he/she is biased towards certain beliefs or individuals; a first line supervisor in the law enforcement must be fair and impartial. A good first line supervisor not only maintains high standards, but also constantly raises the bar to achieve excellence in all areas. He does not stand still.\nTherefore, the first line supervisors are very important in the whole structure of the law enforcement and should be primary developed.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 144, "original_length": 23030, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 200.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://wvvw.bethelprc.org/2015/04/14/04052015-sermons/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:39:52Z", "digest": "sha1:VWZ27N6BUCOU5EVGNEV5DYBSFDWFZZ5B", "length": 159, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "wvvw.bethelprc.org", "title": "04/05/2015 Sermons | Bethel Protestant Reformed Church", "raw_content": "\u2190 04/03/2015 Sermon (Good Friday)\nGo\u2026 And Tell\u2026 Matthew 28:7 \u2013 Rev. Dennis Lee\nThe Church\u2019s Calling to Do Mission Work Acts 13:1-5, 14, 38-52 \u2013 Rev. Dennis Lee", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 41, "original_length": 1012, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.66, "perplexity": 330.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.247nigerianewsupdate.co/2018/07/bill-seeking-to-establish-state-police.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:41Z", "digest": "sha1:I65ZKHP2HS46UFMWUEUOA5CESI4UCXJH", "length": 1446, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.247nigerianewsupdate.co", "title": "Bill Seeking To Establish State Police Passes First Reading At The Senate - 247 Nigeria News Update ' : ''; var month = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12]; var month2 = [\"Jan\",\"Feb\",\"Mar\",\"Apr\",\"May\",\"Jun\",\"Jul\",\"Aug\",\"Sep\",\"Oct\",\"Nov\",\"Dec\"]; var day = postdate.split(\"-\")[2].substring(0,2); var m = postdate.split(\"-\")[1]; var y = postdate.split(\"-\")[0]; for(var u2=0;u2", "raw_content": "Bill Seeking To Establish State Police Passes First Reading At The Senate\nA bill seeking an amendment to the Nigerian Constitution to accommodate state and community policing was on Thursday introduced at the Senate.\nMembers of the Nigerian Senate have on Thursday, approved the passage of the first reading of a bill seeking to establish community and state police.\nThe bill, titled, \u201cConstitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Alteration) Bill, 2018\u201d, was sponsored by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and 75 other senators.\nDuring the plenary today, clerk of the senate, Nelson Ayewoh, read the bill, and Ekeweramdu said the second reading would hold as soon as possible so that it could be sent to the relevant committees for further legislative action.\nThe deputy senate president said; \u201cThis bill has been presented for the amendment of the 1999 constitution of Nigeria to make provision for state and community policing.\n\u201cThe [ad hoc] committee [on review of the constitution] has fulfilled it\u2019s mandate and now that the bill has been read for the first time, I am sure that as soon as possible, we will take the second reading and then probably send it through the relevant committees so that we can fast track it.\u201d\nThe Senate had on July 4, directed its Constitution Review Committee to put in motion a machinery to amend the Constitution to allow for the creation of State Police.\nWe'll bring you more details later...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 82, "original_length": 11012, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 212.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.24cryptocurrencies.com/tag/scams/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:25:04Z", "digest": "sha1:IRI5644326FOALYQ2QXFYDUFDKXQ5NNH", "length": 226, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.24cryptocurrencies.com", "title": "scams Archives - 24cryptocurrencies.com", "raw_content": "You are Here: Home / scams\nThe Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the United Kingdom\u2019s main financial watchdog, reported that $255 million was lost to cryptocurrency and other investment related scams in 2018 alone. According\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 201, "original_length": 6890, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 153.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.607comedy.com/bios/2017/3/30/h-foley", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:21Z", "digest": "sha1:6JG37U737HOC6LIMLKZDVMM4KBCCC3PH", "length": 549, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.607comedy.com", "title": "H. FOLEY \u2014 607 Comedy", "raw_content": "H. Foley is a comedian and actor who got his start on the Philadelphia comedy scene. Foley fuses personal stories and hilarious observations in a unique, yet relatable, charismatic package. Foley has made a big splash in New York City in a short time having appeared on The Jim Gaffigan Show, Full Frontal With Samantha Bee, Netflix's Iron Fist, Gotham Comedy Live, Gotham, Comedy Central, TBS, FOX, TV Land, and AXSTV . He performs regularly in New York City, and is the host of The Center City Comedy Podcast.\nSource: https://centercitycomedy.com/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 905, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 154.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.91mobiles.com/hub/samsung-galaxy-m10-review/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:41:51Z", "digest": "sha1:YUGXRGOWVMY2BTYCQNY6NP7XLP6JWVBF", "length": 11965, "nlines": 37, "source_domain": "www.91mobiles.com", "title": "Samsung Galaxy M10 review: makes an emphatic claim for mindshare in the affordable segment | 91mobiles.com", "raw_content": "Home Bottom panel Samsung Galaxy M10 review: makes an emphatic claim for mindshare in the...\nSamsung Galaxy M10 review: makes an emphatic claim for mindshare in the affordable segment\nShekhar Thakran\nGood display quality\nLoudspeaker performance is average\n\u201cThe Galaxy M10 feels incredibly light in the hand as the phone\u2019s body is primarily made out of plastic\u201d\nIt has been some time since Samsung last introduced a new smartphone series, but to start off 2019 with a defining statement, the South Korean brand has now unveiled not one, but two handsets from its brand new \u2018Galaxy M\u2018 range. In this review, we\u2019ll be going over the more affordable variant out of the two \u2013 the Galaxy M10, and let you know whether the company is ready to take on the likes of Xiaomi and Realme in this price range or not.\nJust two years ago, we would have been extremely liberal with our evaluation of a smartphone\u2019s design in the budget price bracket. However, handsets launched in the affordable price range last year raised the bar for this category. Coming to the Galaxy M10, one of the key design highlights is the fact that it utilises an Infiniti V display, which is Samsung\u2019s term for a waterdrop notch. The brand seems to have skipped the notch display bandwagon entirely, and directly jumped onto this latest fad. The phone\u2019s body is primarily made out of plastic, which looks good but does attract a few scuffs after regular use. We liked the build quality of the phone and can vouch for the fact that it does not look cheap.\nThe most notable difference as compared to the M20 is that the back of the Galaxy M10 does not feature a fingerprint sensor. Now, admittedly, the lack of a fingerprint sensor might prove to be a dealbreaker for some users but to compensate for this, the brand is offering a face unlock feature. We will discuss the performance of this security feature in detail later on.\nGoing with a look reminiscent of ASUS ZenFone Max Pro M2 (review), the Galaxy M10 sports a dual camera module at the back that is located on the top left in a vertical orientation, with an LED light right below to assist in low-light conditions. The phone\u2019s frame is fairly thin and houses the volume rocker and the power button on the right side.\nAt the bottom of the phone, you will find the audio jack and the micro-USB charging port. The SIM card slot is located on the left. The Galaxy M10 comes with a triple slot tray that has a dedicated slot for the microSD card.\nWithout wasting any more time, let\u2019s discuss the display on Galaxy M10. The Galaxy M10, just like its sibling, comes with an Infinity-V notch design that is not much different than the waterdrop notch found on several other Android handsets. The bottom bezel, however, is reasonably thick. In between the top and the bottom bezel, you will find a 6.22-inch HD+ display that looks vibrant from the word go. Regarding the notch design, we have come to a point where most phones feature some kind of notch. If you have an issue with this design choice, you can choose the \u2018Hide camera\u2018 option from Full Screen Apps section in the settings.\nIf we talk about the display quality specifically, despite being low on resolution, the panel didn\u2019t disappoint us at all. The text appeared crisp and colours popped out in most use cases. Even the maximum screen brightness was decent enough for outdoor use. The slim bezels provided for an all-around immersive viewing experience. Here\u2019s a closer look at the phone.\nSamsung Galaxy M10 Design Gallery\nThe Samsung Galaxy M10 comes with a dual camera setup at the back, consisting of a primary 13MP snapper with f/1.9 aperture and a wide-angle 5MP sensor with f/2.2 aperture. At the front, the phone packs an 8MP unit for clicking selfies and video-calling. Before we dive into the camera performance, we\u2019d like to give you a brief overview of the default camera app. Here, you get the option to click pictures in either regular mode or the wide-angle mode.\nSamsung has also included the Live Focus mode, which essentially lets you click pictures with bokeh effect. It should be kept in mind that this mode only works for human subjects, when the phone is able to recognise a face in the frame. The Galaxy M10 struggles to detect the outlines well but gets the work done on most occasions. You can also choose to click pictures in Panorama, with stickers, or in beauty mode. If you like to adjust the ISO level and white balance before clicking pictures, there is a Pro mode that will let you do just that.\nThe Samsung Mall app is also integrated into the camera app and users can either click pictures of the product they want to search and purchase, or choose an image from the gallery to start shopping. After using this feature for some time, we can say that slightly distinctive products definitely produce good search results but in many cases, the app is not able to recognise the brands and the specific products reliably.\nMoving to the camera performance, we tried out the Galaxy M10\u2019s snappers in different kinds of settings to understand the sensors better. Now, the dual camera setup on the phone manages to capture details very well and helped us take some good shots. Unfortunately, the dynamic range offered by the camera module is not all that great. There is a notable difference between the images taken with HDR switched on and off, as you can see from the floor in the restaurant image in the camera samples gallery embedded below. However, there was a visible fisheye effect in the images taken with the wide-angle mode. We would have appreciated if the phone would have handled the wide-angle images somewhat like the Galaxy A7 (2018) (review), which showed a very subtle fisheye effect, but sadly, that was not the case.\nSamsung Galaxy M10 Camera Samples\nIf we talk about the images taken in low-light conditions, the pictures turned out to be grainy. But on the positive side, the images taken by Galaxy M10 in low-light conditions were better than most of the other handsets in this price range. The phone lets you shoot videos in up to 1080p resolution and the quality of these videos is not bad either.The selfie camera on the Galaxy M10 manages to take some detailed pictures but we did not find it to be quite as impressive as the one found on the Realme 2 (review) and the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 (review).\nThe Galaxy M10 is powered by the brand\u2019s octa-core Exynos 7870 chipset, clocked at 1.6GHz. There are two configurations available for the handset, i.e. 2GB RAM with 16GB storage, and 3GB RAM with 32GB storage, our review unit being the latter. The onboard storage is expandable up to 512GB via a microSD card. Now that we have got the specifications aside, let\u2019s talk about the real-world performance. In the time that we spent with the Galaxy M10, we did not face any stutter or lag issues while switching between the apps or navigating through the user interface. For a budget phone from Samsung, this is an impressive feat.\nAs we do with most phones, irrespective of the price range, we played PUBG Mobile on the phone to figure out how it deals with the graphically demanding game. By default, the game suggested low graphics settings for the phone, which was hardly a surprise. To be fair, we had realistic expectations from the phone before jumping into the game as this handset does not primarily cater to the gaming audience. We faced some stutter issues within the game but we can still say that it was largely playable. To put it simply, if you just want to play a casual game of PUBG Mobile, you won\u2019t be disheartened with the performance offered by the Galaxy M10, but you should look for other options in case you like gaming on your phone.\nApp loading times, in general, are not particularly impressive but in this price range, this will be considered nitpicking. We should mention, however, that we were especially disappointed with the loudspeaker performance offered by the handset.\nHaving discussed the hardware, it is time to throw some light on the software that drives the Galaxy M10. If you were expecting the phone to load Samsung\u2019s One UI, we should inform you right away that it is not the case. The Galaxy M10 runs Android 8.1 Oreo-based Experience 9.5 user interface out of the box. Samsung has undoubtedly come a long way in the last few years in decluttering its platform and its Experience UI is closer to the stock Android interface than ever before.\nThis means that you can access the app drawer by simply swiping either downwards or upwards from the home screen, use multi-window feature by tapping the option from the recent apps and hold an icon to get access to quick actions. Samsung still has some new and old features up its sleeves to make sure that the interface has something additional to offer over the stock UI. For example, the \u2018Lock Screen Stories\u2018 feature allows users to discover new stories every single time they pick up their phone. We found that as we had the face unlock option enabled, this feature was a little blink and miss for us\u2026 but a dynamic lock screen is an interesting idea nevertheless. Additionally, users can also choose the categories for these stories in case they want to see stories of a particular genre.\nThen there are some pre-installed apps from Microsoft, Google, and of course Samsung. The Game Launcher feature, as you might already know, serves to improve your gaming performance by hiding notification banners and allocating phone\u2019s resources to gaming, in case you choose to do so. Coming to the face unlock feature that we mentioned briefly in the design section, the unlocking method worked just fine for us. However, it takes slightly more than a second to unlock, which is not bad but slower than some other phones in the market. There is also a nice animation effect around the notch area as soon as you unlock the phone.\nOverall, there are just a handful of pre-installed apps and all of them can either be disabled or uninstalled. The clean interface definitely looks promising and should work well in the long run.\nCompared to the Galaxy M20, which houses a massive 5,000mAh battery, the Galaxy M10 uses a smaller, 3,400mAh cell. So how does this translate into real-world usage?\nTo put things into perspective, the M10 managed to last for around a day in regular use, which is not bad. In our HD video loop test, the Galaxy M10 lasted for around 17 hours, which should be enough for most users.\nSamsung has not launched a lot of affordable phones in the recent past, and Galaxy M10 looks like a solid entry in the market below the Rs 10,000 mark. The phone offers a good display, decent camera performance, and a satisfactory battery backup, which are some of the most appealing features for any potential customer. However, the Galaxy M10 will be going up against the likes of Realme 2 (review) and the Xiaomi Redmi 6 (review), both of which are also compelling offerings in this price range. Despite some minor issues, we can say that the Galaxy M10 gets a thumbs up from our side, and is worth a look for brand-conscious buyers.\nSamsung Galaxy M10 Price View All\nCompetitors for Samsung Galaxy M10\nSamsung Galaxy M10 vs Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1\nSamsung Galaxy M10 vs RealMe 2\nPrevious articleVodafone Rs 154 recharge with 184-day validity launched, Rs 209 and Rs 479 recharges revised to offer more data\nNext articleSamsung Galaxy M20 vs Galaxy M10: what\u2019s different?\nOne of the newest members of the 91mobiles team, Shekhar is a tech enthusiast who finds it difficult to hold his excitement when it comes to latest gadgets. He has a wicked sense of humour and can have a repartee with you on any topic ranging from sports, movies, and literature to the shameful existence of The Flat Earth Society. He'll always regret not investing in Bitcoin when it was $230 and will still advise against investing in cryptocurrency. He doesn\u2019t consider Shakespeare to be a great playwright and if you want to have a funny conversation, just ask him why.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 148, "original_length": 14734, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 317.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.aacom.org/news-and-events/2017/0104_february-2017/february-2017-news-detail/2017/02/23/speaker-spotlight", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:36Z", "digest": "sha1:NDGJ7V5XRNYENJSVCCX53QJ2UYUIK7TR", "length": 4766, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "www.aacom.org", "title": "Speaker Spotlight", "raw_content": "February 2017 News detail\nWe are excited to reveal the first of three highly-anticipated plenary sessions to be held at this year\u2019s Joint AACOM & AODME 2017 Annual Conference.\nThe Path to Value: Care Systems and Medical Education\nWednesday, April 26, 2017 (8:00 AM \u2013 9:20 AM)\nUnder the conference theme \"Educating Leaders for Integrated Health Systems,\" this plenary session will provide a global overview of how various models of health systems are mapping their journey to population health and what educators need to know to best prepare their graduates.\nA diverse multi-speaker panel of integrated health leaders will provide unique perspectives on leadership in change management and a gap analysis regarding U.S. osteopathic medical schools and GME programs, as they explore future health system paradigms and population health issues. Panel speakers include:\nJohn B. Bulger, DO, MBA\nChief Medical Officer, Geisinger Health Plan\nDr. Bulger is a recognized leader in quality and patient safety and serves on regional and national groups aimed at improving the quality of medical care. As Chief Medical Officer for Geisinger Health Plan, Dr. Bulger is responsible for working with Geisinger Health System and community providers to improve the quality of care for its patients and members.\nDr. Bulger is a member of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's standing workgroup on evaluation of its Quality Indicators\u2122 and the National Quality Forum's All-Cause Admissions and Readmissions Steering Committee. He also chairs the Society of Hospital Medicine's (SHM) Health Care Quality and Patient Safety Committee. Dr. Bulger is a recipient of numerous leadership and teaching awards and has published on quality and education topics. Read more.\nMichael T. Modic, MD\nChief Clinical Transformation Officer, Cleveland Clinic\nIn his role as Chief Clinical Transformation Officer at the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Modic facilitates the pace of change and identifies synergies within the clinical enterprise. He has direct involvement and oversight over the areas of quality and patient safety, patient experience, continuous improvement, distance health, health enabling technology, and clinical data and analytics.\nDr. Modic chaired the Cleveland Clinic Neurological Institute from 2006-15\u2014the first \u201cinstitute\u201d to use a new integrated care model adopted by the Cleveland Clinic. Within this institute, the departments of neurosurgery, neurology, psychiatry and psychology, and physical medicine and rehabilitation are integrated into an organ system/disease-based structure. Read more.\nJames G. Rosencrance, MD\nChairman, Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic\nThe first decade of Dr. Rosencrance\u2019s academic career was focused on general medicine and medical toxicology with an avid interest in medical informatics. He served as Medical Director of the West Virginia Poison Center from 1991-2000.\nDr. Rosencrance joined the Cleveland Clinic as a staff physician in February 2014 where he served as Center Director and Chairman of Internal Medicine for Cleveland Clinic Florida until January 2016. Dr. Rosencrance became Chairman of Cleveland Clinic\u2019s Medicine Institute in February 2016 where he currently works to \u201cguide and collaborate with the institute team to deliver outstanding care while simultaneously transforming our care delivery model.\u201d Read more.\nTed Wymyslo, MD\nChief Medical Officer, Ohio Association of Community Health Centers\nWith over 30 years of experience as a clinician, Dr. Wymyslo has held leadership roles in family practice residency training, medical student teaching, local and state professional associations, free clinic and homeless shelter health care delivery, public health, and patient-centered medical home (PCMH) advocacy across the state of Ohio and the nation.\nAs immediate past director of the Ohio Department of Health (ODH), Dr. Wymyslo established the Ohio Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative in 2011 to affect statewide implementation of the PCMH delivery model. He led the development of statewide opioid prescribing guidelines, modernized maternity and newborn nursery rules, mandated accreditation for all local health departments, and addressed the infant mortality challenge. With this combined primary care and public health experience, he has championed the need for integration of public health and primary care to improve population health.\nToday Dr. Wymyslo serves as Chief Medical Officer of the Ohio Association of Community Health Centers (OACHC), with 45 Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) members serving 620,000 patients in 250 sites across the state, 126 of which are PCMH-recognized. Read more.\nVisit AACOM's Annual Conference web section to view the Schedule-at-a-Glance and to register.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 760, "original_length": 23249, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 248.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.aapmr.org/about-aapm-r/leadership-governance/bylaws-and-policies/articles-vi-through-viii", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:55Z", "digest": "sha1:RTG7AG5GCOVPBENQOBR7VOZGE2SWFQDS", "length": 18143, "nlines": 38, "source_domain": "www.aapmr.org", "title": "Articles VI through VIII", "raw_content": "Article VI - Board of Governors\nArticle VIII - Executive Director\nSection A. Powers. The affairs of the Academy shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board. Without limiting the foregoing, subject only to the Articles of Incorporation, Bylaws, and all resolutions and enactments of the Academy, the Board has full and complete power and authority to perform all acts and to transact all business for or on behalf of the Academy and to manage and conduct all the property, affairs, work and activities of the Academy. The Board may delegate its authority to Board members, officers, committees or other representatives as it determines to be in the Academy\u2019s best interests.\nSection B. Composition. The Board shall consist of (i) the Academy\u2019s President, President-Elect, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Immediate Past-President and four Members-at-Large elected in accordance with Section C of this Article VI; (ii) the Chairpersons of the Academy\u2019s Inclusion and Engagement Committee, Specialty Brand Expansion Committee, Medical Education Committee, and Quality, Practice, Policy and Research Committee, each of whom shall serve as ex-officio Board members with voting rights; and (iii) the Executive Director of the Academy, the Editor-in-Chief of the Academy\u2019s professional journal, and the chief elected officer of the Physiatrist in Training Council, each of whom shall serve as ex-officio Board members with no voting rights. No member may concurrently hold more than one of the Board seats with voting rights identified herein.\nSection C. Election and Appointment to the Board. Election and Appointment to the Board. The Board seats designated to the Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer shall be elected by the members in accordance with Articles V, VII, and IX.E.1.b of these Bylaws, and the Academy\u2019s policies and procedures as may be amended from time to time. The Board seats designated to four Members-at-Large shall be elected by the members in accordance with Articles V and IX.E.1.b of these Bylaws and the Academy\u2019s policies and procedures as may be amended from time to time. The members elect a Vice-President each year and, as vacancies and terms dictate, Member(s)-at-Large, a Secretary, and a Treasurer. Nominations for the elected Board seats shall be made by the Nominating Committee in accordance with the Academy\u2019s policies and procedures as may be amended from time to time. The Vice-President shall automatically ascend to the office of, and fill the Board seat designated to, the President-Elect. The President-Elect shall automatically ascend to the office of, and fill the Board seat designated to, the President. Following their term as President, the President shall automatically fill the Board seat designated to the Immediate Past-President. The remaining seats on the Board are held ex-officio, and shall be appointed or hired, as the case may be, in accordance with these Bylaws and the Academy\u2019s policies and procedures as may be amended from time to time.\nSection D. Tenure. The President, President-Elect, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer shall serve on the Board during their tenure as Officers. The Immediate Past-President shall serve for one (1) year immediately after completing a term as President. Members-at-Large shall serve for two (2) years and may be elected for no more than two (2) terms. Each Board member serves until the close of the annual business meeting at which a replacement Board member is duly elected, appointed or hired in accordance with these Bylaws and the Academy\u2019s policies and procedures as may be amended from time to time.\nSection E. Removal. A Board member may be removed by the Board for cause whenever in its judgment the best interests of the Academy will be served thereby. Without limiting the foregoing, non-participation in the Board\u2019s activities, unexcused absences from meetings, failure to perform Board assigned tasks, obstructive or unethical behavior, a conflict of interest or goals, or a breach of confidence shall be cause for removal from the Board. A majority vote of the Board is required to remove a Board member. A Board member may be removed at any meeting of the Board so long as the Board member being removed received written notice of the proposed removal action no less than ten (10) days prior to the meeting. A removed Board member, or a Board member who resigns following receipt of a notice of a meeting to consider the Board member\u2019s removal, is not eligible to serve on the Board in the future.\nSection F. Vacancies. Vacancies occurring in the Board seats filled by the Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Members-at-Large and/or the Immediate Past-President shall be filled by the Board. A Board member appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve for the sooner of 1) the expiration of their predecessor\u2019s term or until a successor has been elected. Vacancies occurring in the Board seats filled by the President and President-Elect shall be filled in accordance with Article VII, Section G of these Bylaws. Vacancies occurring in the Board seats filled by the Chairs of the Academy\u2019s Inclusion and Engagement Committee, Specialty Brand Expansion Committee, Medical Education Committee, and Quality, Practice, Policy and Research Committee shall be filled by the President. Vacancies occurring in the Board seats filled by the Executive Director, the Editor-in-Chief of the Academy\u2019s professional journal, and the chief elected officer of the Physiatrist in Training Council shall be filled by the individuals who are hired or appointed into those positions in accordance with these Bylaws and the Academy\u2019s policies and procedures as may be amended from time to time. The term served by an individual appointed to fill a vacancy shall not count toward any term limitations set forth in these Bylaws.\nSection G. Compensation. Board members shall not be compensated for their services as Board members of the Academy. However, in accordance with the Academy\u2019s budget and policies, and in the Board\u2019s sole discretion, Board members may be reimbursed their reasonable expenses, if any, for attendance at each meeting of the Board.\nSection H. Regular Meetings. The Board shall hold an annual meeting and at least one (1) additional regular meeting each year at such time as specified by the Board. Written notice shall be sent to each member of the Board at least one (1) month in advance of the meeting. The annual meeting of the Board shall be held without other notice than these Bylaws in conjunction with, and at the same place as, the annual business meeting of the members. However, the Board may set an alternative date, time, and place for the annual meeting of the Board. In such instances, and for any other regular meeting called by the Board, notice of the meeting shall be given in the same manner as a special meeting of the Board. The Board may provide, by resolution, the time and place for the holding of additional regular meetings of the Board without other notice than such resolution.\nSection I. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board may be called upon the written request of the President, the Executive Committee, or at least four (4) voting members of the Board. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings may fix any place as the place for holding any special meeting of the Board called by them. If the person or persons calling the meeting shall fail to fix the place and time of the special meeting, the Secretary shall do so. Notice of any special meeting shall be given at least three (3) days prior thereto by written notice to each Board member at the member\u2019s address as shown by the records of the Academy. If mailed, the notice shall be deemed to be delivered on the second day following the date deposited in the United States mail in a sealed envelope so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid. If provided by facsimile, email or other electronic means, the notice shall be deemed delivered at the time the transmission is delivered. Notice of any special meeting may be waived in writing signed by the person entitled to the notice either before or after the time of the meeting. The attendance of a Board member at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when a Board member attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting, unless specifically required by law or by these Bylaws.\nSection J. Quorum. A majority of the voting Board members then in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board, provided that if less than a majority of the voting Board members then in office are present at said meeting, a majority of the Board members present may adjourn the meeting to another time without further notice.\nSection K. Manner of Acting. The act of a majority of the voting Board members present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board, unless the act of a greater number is required by law, the Articles of Incorporation, or these Bylaws. No Board member may act by proxy on any matter.\nSection L. Participation at Meetings by Conference Telephone or Other Mediums. Members of the Board, or of any committee, advisory committee, council or task force designated by the Board, may participate in any meeting by means of conference telephone or similar telecommunications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other. Participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.\nSection M. Presumption of Assent. A Board member who is present at a meeting of the Board at which action on any Academy matter is taken shall be conclusively presumed to have assented to the action taken unless dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless a written dissent is filed to such action with the person acting as the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent by registered or certified mail to the Secretary of the Academy immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a Board member who voted in favor of such action.\nSection N. Informal Action by Board Members. The authority of the Board may be exercised without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the action taken is signed by all of the Board members entitled to vote. All such consents shall be delivered to the Academy Secretary to be filed in the Academy\u2019s records.\nSection A. Officers. The officers of the Academy shall be the President, the President-Elect, the Vice-President, the Secretary, and the Treasurer.\nSection B. Qualifications. The officers must be Fellow members, Senior Fellow members, or Part-time Fellow members in good standing. To be eligible for the office of Vice-President, a Fellow member, Senior Fellow member, or Part-time Fellow member must have served at least two (2) years as a member of the Board.\nSection C. Election. The officers are to be elected by a majority of the voting members of the Academy present at the annual business meeting or other meeting of the members at which a quorum is present, or as otherwise permitted pursuant to Article V of these Bylaws. The officers shall be nominated and elected in accordance with Articles V and IX.E.1.b of these Bylaws.\nSection D. Tenure. The officers\u2019 terms shall be as follows:\n1. The President shall serve for a term of one (1) year. The President shall not serve consecutive terms.\n2. The President-Elect shall serve for a term of one (1) year and shall succeed the President at the end of the President\u2019s term.\n3. The Vice-President shall serve for a term of one (1) year and shall succeed the President-Elect at the end of the President-Elect\u2019s term.\n4. The Secretary shall serve for a term of two (2) years. The Secretary may serve no more than two (2) consecutive terms.\n5. The Treasurer shall serve for a term of two (2) years. The Treasurer may serve no more than two (2) consecutive terms.\nNotwithstanding the foregoing, all officers shall serve until their successors are duly elected and qualified, except as provided in Section E of this Article. The Board may shorten an officer\u2019s term if it deems it in the best interests of the Academy.\nSection E. Resignation. Any officer may resign at any time, subject to any rights or obligations under any existing contracts between the officer and the Academy, by giving written notice to the President or the Secretary which includes the effective date of resignation. An officer\u2019s resignation shall take effect at the time specified in such notice, and unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation is not required to make it effective.\nSection F. Removal. Any officer may be removed by the Board, with or without cause, whenever in its judgment the best interests of the Academy will be served thereby\nSection G. Vacancies. In the event of a vacancy in the office of President, the President-Elect shall become the President and retain that office for the remaining term of the vacated office and for the following term for which the President-Elect was scheduled to serve as President. In the event of a vacancy in the office of the President-Elect, the Vice-President shall become the President-Elect for the remaining term of the vacated office and for the following term for which the Vice President was scheduled to serve as President-Elect. A vacancy in any other office shall be filled by action of the Board for the unexpired portion of the term, and said term shall not count toward any term limitations set forth in these Bylaws.\nSection H. Rights and Responsibilities.\n1. President. The President shall preside at all meetings of the members and of the Board. The President shall perform such other duties and exercise such other rights and powers set forth in these Bylaws, required by law, incident to the office of President, or otherwise determined by the Board. Following the completion of their term(s) as President, the President shall serve as Immediate Past-President until replaced by a subsequent Immediate Past-President. The Immediate Past-President shall be a member of the Board and perform such duties and exercise such powers as may be determined by the President and the Board from time to time.\n2. President-Elect. The President-Elect shall assist the President in the discharge of the President\u2019s duties and, in the absence of the President or in the event of the President\u2019s inability or refusal to act, the President-Elect shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President. The President-Elect shall perform such other duties and exercise such other rights and powers set forth in these Bylaws, required by law, incident to the office of President-Elect, or otherwise determined by the Board.\n3. Vice-President. The Vice-President shall assist the President in the discharge of the President\u2019s duties, and in the absence of the President-Elect or in the event of the President-Elect\u2019s inability or refusal to act, the Vice-President shall perform the duties of the President-Elect, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President-Elect. The Vice-President shall perform such other duties and exercise such other rights and powers set forth in these Bylaws, required by law, or otherwise determined by the Board.\n4. Secretary. The Secretary shall ensure that minutes of the meetings of the members, of the Board, and all committees acting on behalf of the Board are kept in one (1) or more books provided for that purpose; see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by law; ensure safe keeping of the Academy\u2019s corporate records; see that a register of the post office address of each member which shall be furnished to the Academy by such member is maintained; and perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other rights and powers set forth in these Bylaws, required by law, or otherwise determined by the Board.\n5. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall be the principal accounting and financial officer of the Academy; shall be responsible for the maintenance of adequate books of account for the Academy; shall be responsible for the receipt and disbursement of the funds of the Academy; and shall perform such other duties and exercise such other rights and powers set forth in these Bylaws, required by law, incident to the office of Treasurer, or otherwise determined by the Board. The Treasurer shall also serve as the Chair of the Finance Committee and shall be responsible for ensuring the Finance Committee fulfills its duties and responsibilities as set forth in these Bylaws.\nSection A. Executive Director. The Executive Director shall serve as the chief administrative executive of the Academy, responsible for the day-to-day business operations of the Academy under the guidance and direction of the Board. The Executive Director shall be appointed by the Board upon such terms and conditions of employment as the Board may determine. The Executive Director shall have the authority to execute contracts and take such other actions on behalf of the Academy as approved by the Board. The Executive Director may employ and may terminate staff members as necessary to carry out the exempt purposes of the Academy and shall perform such other duties as may be specified by the Board.\nSection B. Appointment and Removal. The Board shall have responsibility for both the appointment and the removal of the Executive Director. The Board will periodically review and evaluate the Executive Director\u2019s performance.\nTo Articles IX through XI of AAPM&R Bylaws", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 545, "original_length": 30917, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 179.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.acorecapital.com/team/adele-fairman/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:23Z", "digest": "sha1:DMZHJXKYB2MA25HCLB7HDR7B22A5KNXV", "length": 1538, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.acorecapital.com", "title": "Adele Fairman \u00b7 ACORE Capital", "raw_content": "Adele Fairman\nDirector, Head of Construction Loan Administration\nAdele Fairman is a Director and Head of Construction Loan Administration for ACORE Capital.\nMs. Fairman has over thirty years of commercial real estate experience with extensive expertise in loan administration and risk management. Before joining ACORE, Ms. Fairman was a Senior Operations Manager for GE Capital Real Estate with responsibility for implementing and managing several global operational and regulatory risk programs.\nPrior to GE, Ms. Fairman was the Director of Construction Loan Administration for Merrill Lynch Capital in Chicago, and was formerly the National Manager for CRE loan administration at Bank One, NA. In both roles she managed teams of engineering professionals and operational specialists with responsibility for risk mitigation and commercial construction loan management. Ms. Fairman has also owned and operated her own consulting business which focused on assessing lender risk for environmental issues, and provided onsite management of construction projects for a small non-profit developer.\nMs. Fairman has had significant experience handling large commercial construction project loans with complex loan structures and funding mechanisms. She has conducted hundreds of site inspections and property condition reports, as well as performed in depth up front cost analysis on construction projects.\nMs. Fairman earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Building Construction from Texas A&M University and currently resides in Dallas, Texas.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 24, "original_length": 1788, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 291.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.activebeat.com/your-health/10-common-causes-of-hypertension/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:24:11Z", "digest": "sha1:NVBIVNVAJXHAQGO4KIHFCCLJD2TTPSIR", "length": 3201, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "www.activebeat.com", "title": "The Most Common Causes of Hypertension | ActiveBeat", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Your Health \u00bb The Most Common Causes of Hypertension\nBy: Jim Greene on\tSunday, April 29th\nHeart disease is one of the biggest silent killers on a global scale. Having hypertension (or high blood pressure) means that the pressure to which your arteries pump blood from your heart to the rest of your organs and throughout your body is too great. This abnormal blood pressure is what puts stress on the heart and causes premature death.\nHigh blood pressure is an issue if the systolic blood pressure (when your heart pumps) is over 140 and the diastolic blood pressure (when your heart relaxes) is over 90. Here are 15 common causes of hypertension\u2026\n1. 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However, the accumulation of excessive fatty tissue can lead to severe liver damage\u2014including...\nHypertension, more popularly known as high blood pressure, affects millions of Americans.\nHigh blood pressure (also referred to as hypertension) occurs when a force of blood pushes against the lining of the arteries and then remains at this higher force for a period of...\nTips for Maintaining Healthy Kidneys\nYou probably don't think too much about your kidneys, and that's a good thing: it means they're working, and you'll want to keep it that way.\n8 Facts About Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension\n10 Risk Factors for Stroke", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 123, "original_length": 6269, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 321.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.adtob.com/new-york_best-personal-injury-lawyer-new-york-new-jersey_ad_88768.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:53Z", "digest": "sha1:V3TSVJAI5GCVVMFAG4MMA4SZ3Z52JOM5", "length": 628, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.adtob.com", "title": "BEST PERSONAL INJURY LAWYER NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY NEW YORK Other New York Brooklyn Services Attorneys", "raw_content": "New York \u00bb New York Brooklyn \u00bb new york\nWhen a person gets injured due to the fault of another person, it allows the victim to acquire personal injury claim. 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At the time, there was a concern that she didn't have a good grasp of fundamentals, which would have been a definite problem going forward because so much builds upon these. While going from grades in the 60s and 70s to high 90s was great for her self-esteem, I was concerned that now she wasn't being challenged enough. In going over her work, I began to think that it wasn't her aptitude but rather her processing speed that was holding her back -- the AP class was moving very quickly, and I think she was just always a step or two behind. She had a school assigned math review packet to work on for the summer, but even only working an hour or two a day, she had it completed in about a week. When we had the opportunity to review No-Nonsense Algebra from Math Essentials, the timing was perfect - now she had more math to both keep her skills sharp and to challenge them.\nNo-Nonsense Algebra is a complete algebra course that is just that -- no fluff, no filler. It's straight up lesson and practice. As Celia flipped through the book, she realized that she already knew much of the beginning. We decided that if she knew how to do the problems, she would do either odds or evens (her choice) and move on; if she didn't know how to do things right away, we'd slow down, using the included access to the video tutorials presented by author Richard W. Fisher.\nWhile this program is part of the Math Essentials series, it is easy to pick up with Algebra despite never having used the program before. Celia has decided she prefers the learning style of short lessons and then practice, where concepts are broken down into single-idea sections, rather than teaching and practicing them as a group. For example, rather than being \"Arithmetic and Integers\" all at once, there is a page for addition, multiplication, and division, so that she can make sure she understands each concept. She recalls her school program lumping some ideas together in one lesson. (I wonder if this was part of her inability to grasp things quickly -- she was trying to master too many ideas simultaneously.) Celia liked the way this program presented lessons because she knew that she was practicing one \"new\" operation until she had a solid grasp of a concept, while the daily reviews allowed her to practice what she had learned before.\nThe videos are no-frills as well. There is a voice over in tandem with writing on the screen as problems are shown and solved step-by-step.\nCelia has been working on this program three days a week for just about five weeks, and has completed all of the first unit and is partway into the second chapter. I'm not surprised that she's finished close to thirty lessons in this time because much of Unit 1 is a review of Pre-Algebra concepts. Only once did she have to stop and watch the video, and once she did, she had an \"Oh, duh, I knew that!\" moment.\nHowever, I'm glad we didn't just say \"You've done pre-algebra basically twice now, so we'll just skip the beginning and jump into new stuff,\" because of the areas she found she did need a refresher. (Much to her chagrin, she had assistance from fifth-grader Jude on a basic fraction problem.) Regardless of what elementary math program your child is coming from, I would highly recommend starting at the beginning. Given that almost all higher maths and math-based sciences use Algebra as their foundation, it's much better to spend a few weeks reviewing than several years with frustration and backtracking. Since it's summer break for her, she hasn't had a full course load, making doing one in the morning and one in the afternoon not that onerous.\nWhile a softcover book, No-Nonsense Algebra is a textbook, not a work book. You'll want a notebook or looseleaf and a binder to go along with it. (I expect we'll also want some graph paper when we get into graphing chapters.) One of the things the book wants you to do is copy the example problems - don't just read through them, but copy and do them so you can get a feel for what you need to do. Again, we skipped that part for Unit 1, because it was review for Celia, but expect her to copy at least one sample problem as she gets into new things. (You also can copy from the videos, to work along with them.) When you first open the book, it seems like you can just work right in the book, because you're only adding and subtracting integers. However, as you go farther into the program, problems will become multiple steps, and you just won't have the room. Go right to the notebook!\nAfter the Unit 1 basics, the program then moves into meatier algebraic concepts: equations, graphing, and polynomials. In comparing this to two other programs (one that is the Algebra level of the math curriculum that the younger boys use, and the program that Luke and Matthew used for Algebra), I'm confident that it covers a complete Algebra I curriculum. In fact, Celia and I have made a deal. She's entering 8th grade and considering homeschooling for high school, I told her that if she worked through the book and carried an 85+ average, I'd start her right into Geometry next summer. She's definitely interested in this route because it would put her back on the same timetable she had been with the Advanced Math program. While it would be extra evening work for her, the time involved (about 20-30 minutes per lesson, perhaps), I think is not so overwhelming that she couldn't work on it \"part-time, evenings and weekends.\"\nI'm the first one to tell anyone that I'm not a math person. I passed high school Algebra thanks in substantial part to a dear friend who patiently re-explained things to me until I finally got it (why he holds a Ph.D. in mathematics and is a successful college math professor and department chair and I was an arts major). While Celia and the boys are much stronger mathematicians than I am (they totally inherited that from their daddy!), if I go slowly, even I can understand the concepts shown. This is isn't a program that is only for advanced students. With the single-concept lessons and videos to explain things carefully, this program makes Algebra accessible to all students.\nThis mama is pleased that the answer key is included, for both exercises and the review. Even clear graphs for graph-related units are included. This makes it very easy for me to check that she understands what she's doing.\nThe key doesn't explain how to get to the answer, but I'm not so worried about that. I'm hopeful that by my fourth time through Algebra I have enough of an understanding to be able to help her figure out where she may have gone wrong, but if not...that's when we either refer back to the book and videos. I have really come to appreciate video-based learning because you can rewind the video and try over and over without feeling stupid or as if you're imposing on a teacher. If worse comes to worse and we just need a new way of looking at things, we can always call in the big gun reinforcements named Luke and Matthew!\nIn the book are also a few pages of encouragement, like this one.\nFirst, I like that it gives a listing of frequent error sources. If I had a nickel for every time I said, \"You didn't reduce the fraction!\" or even \"Did you read the directions?\" when checking math answers over the last 14 years, I could probably be wealthier than Bill Gates! I've noticed that often Celia's mistakes are made because she's rushing and either skipped a step or subtracted instead of adding, etc. but of course, if Mom suggests slowing down and paying attention, well...what could she possibly know? This is a page that I think we are going to book mark with a sticky note to refer back to for when things just aren't working.\nI like this program. I believe that it's suitable for the advanced student who wants to work faster - short lessons means two or three at a time don't take up an entire day. It's also appropriate for the average, who needs to go at a more moderate, or even the slow-but-steady Team Turtle mathematicians who need to rewatch the lesson videos and retry problems to really grasp things. 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The Bank has adopted a strategy of significantly increasing its interventions in rural water supply and sanitation while continuing to support urban and peri-urban water supply and sanitation and promoting integrated management of water resources.\nIncreasing water supply and sanitation financing\nTargeting primarily the poorest 65% of population living in rural areas\nProviding support for peri-urban areas, small and medium towns; and specifically for urban sanitation\nPromoting transboundary water resources management\nSupporting the enabling environment to attract more resources\nTo enable OWAS fulfill its mandate as outlined above, the Department has the following strategic priorities:\nAdvance the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative (RWSSI): mobilize partners and assist the RMCs to elaborate and implement their RWSS programmes to reach the 2015 RWSSI targets. The overall objective of RWSSI is to accelerate access to water supply and sanitation services in rural Africa with a view to attaining 66 % access to water supply and sanitation by 2010 and 80 % by 2015.\nContinue to support the development of water and sanitation services for urban and peri-urban areas: especially. for countries with no appropriate environment for RWSSI programmes and for AfDB only countries. The objective is to accelerate access to water supply and sanitation services in urban and peri-urban areas with a view to foster sustainable growth and reach the overall MDGs targets for water and sanitation in Africa (attaining 74 % access to water supply and 60% access to sanitation by 2015).\nEnsure the Bank\u2019s leading role in the Water sector in Africa: The AfDB plays a vital role in the socio-economic development of its Regional Member Countries (RMCs) and is therefore strategically positioned to assume a frontline role in the development dialogue with Africa. This is an area of comparative advantage and strength which facilitates effective dialogue in the water sector on difficult issues such as sector reforms, water security and adaptation to climate change. OWAS will maintain sustained dialogue with regional institutions such as AMCOW, AU/NEPAD, UN-Water Africa, as well as engage strongly with RMCs in sector dialogue. 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The RMF uses four levels to track the Bank\u2019s performance in meeting its development objectives. Level 1 tracks development progress across Africa. Level 2 measures the Bank\u2019s contributions towards development in all its operations. Level 3 assesses the quality of the Bank\u2019s operations, and Level 4 monitors the Bank\u2019s efficiency as an organisation. With this RMF, the Bank is increasing its strategic focus on five priority areas of development, the \u201cHigh 5s\u201d: light up and power Africa, feed Africa, industrialise Africa, integrate Africa and improve the quality of life for the people of Africa. The Bank is also adopting a new Development Business Delivery Model (DBDM) to increase its effectiveness and efficiency. Altogether the RMF identifies 14 objectives for the Bank which summarise the theory of change that guides the Bank\u2019s actions and underpins the RMF. 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The poultry industry has had to contend with a number of challenges including an outbreak of Avian Influenza which affected almost 4 million birds in 2015, non-allocation of Foreign Exchange for the importation\u2026\u201d\nActing President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, is leading an urgent effort by the Federal Government to bailout poultry farmers now confronting various challenges.\nThe poultry industry has had to contend with a number of challenges including an outbreak of Avian Influenza which affected almost 4 million birds in 2015, non-allocation of Foreign Exchange for the importation of needed machinery and other critical inputs, and high production costs in the industry.\nProf. Osinbajo who had met with members of the Poultry Association of Nigeria last week Thursday, summoned another meeting today, where relevant ministers and agency heads came together to fashion out how to bail-out the industry.\n\u201cThe poultry industry is a local industry that needs to be protected urgently,\u201d the Acting President said at the meeting where specific measures were tabled and considered on how the FG can be of help.\nHe said the industry should be a major plank of the agriculture sector and asuch the Buhari administration will ensure that it gets help regarding the challenges being faced by operators of the sub-sector.\nHe added that by supporting the local industry, poultry related importation which is currently a drain on the country\u2019s Foreign Exchange could be a thing of the past.\nIn his remarks, Dr. Ayoola Oduntan, who led the delegation of the Poultry Association of Nigeria to present industry challenges to the meeting, noted that poultry presently contributes 25% of the Agricultural Gross Domestic Product of the Nigerian economy amounting to N1.6Trn. He added that Nigeria is rated as the number one egg-producing nation in Africa, and number 4 poultry meat producer in the continent.\nThe FG is now in the process of concluding decisions on specific lines of action targeted at the challenges facing the industry, a sub-sector that is said to generate over 14 million direct and indirect jobs in the country.\nPresent at the meeting were the Finance Minister, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, Agriculture & Rural Development Minister of State Heineken Lokpobiri, Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Col. 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The investment made in higher education in the 1950s and 1960s has given us a strong knowledge Base in many fields and contributed significantly to economic development, social progress, and political democracy in independent India.\nAt the time of independence, the number of universities was no more than 22 and the total enrolment was less than 1.0 lakh. By the end of the Tenth Plan, the Indian higher education system has grown into one of the largest in the world with 378 universities, 18064 colleges, a faculty strength of 4.92 lakh, and an estimated enrolment of 140 lakh students.\nThe higher education institutions include 23 Central universities (CU), 216 State universities, 110 deemed universities, 11 private universities, and 33 institutions of national importance established through central legislation and another 5 institutions established through State legislations.\nDespite the expansion that has occurred, it is evident that the system is under stress to provide a sufficient volume of skilled human power, which is equipped with the required knowledge and technical skills to cater to the demands of the economy. The accelerated growth of our economy has already created shortages of high-quality technical manpower. Unlike the developed countries, where the young working age population is fast shrinking with higher dependency ratios, India has a demographic advantage with about 70% of the population below the age of 35 years. But this advantage can only be realised if we expand opportunities for our youth on a massive scale and in diverse fields of basic science, engineering and technology, health care, architecture, management, etc. This is possible only if we initiate rapid expansion along with long overdue reforms in the higher, technical, and professional education sectors.\nExpansion, inclusion, and rapid improvement in quality throughout the higher and technical education system by enhancing public spending, encouraging private initiatives, and initiating the long overdue major institutional and policy reforms will form the core of the Eleventh Plan effort. 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Hussey is an assistant professor at the School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College. She has been teaching and researching management for over 13 years, beginning in her doctoral program, where she completed a certificate in Organizational Change and Conflict as part of her Ph.D. in LIS. Dr. Hussey has experience in management in libraries and in retail bookstores. She has also researched diversity within the profession and the role of community support in budget crisis.\nProducts by Lisa K. 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When you choose Alberta Honda, you\u2019ve come to the right place.\nWe always have a full inventory of the latest model Honda vehicles in stock. Use our online vehicle selector to choose the model, color, trim, body style, engine and transmission, and more, that you\u2019re looking for in your new Honda vehicle before you even come into our showroom for a test drive. Then sit down and talk with a member of our professional sales and finance staff who will assist you with all the details of your new purchase for an easy and hassle-free new car buying experience. It\u2019s just that easy.\nWe at Alberta Honda pride ourselves on having the best selection of new Honda vehicles, the lowest prices, and the best sales and service team in the region. We are your hometown car dealer. If you have any questions, please feel free to visit us, or call us at (855) 494-0606 anytime, and we\u2019ll be more than happy to assist.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 93, "original_length": 3054, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 272.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.alcor.org/Library/html/PersonsApparentlyDead.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:06Z", "digest": "sha1:I4V5I7BGY32VFTSCTWTHFDEFFIBSBFYC", "length": 29316, "nlines": 48, "source_domain": "www.alcor.org", "title": "Home", "raw_content": "Cryonics, September 1990\nThe Society for the Recovery\nof Persons Apparently Dead\nby Steven B. Harris, M.D.\nJohn Fothergill, M.D. (1712-1780), inventor of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation\n\"The human mind treats a new idea the way the body treats a strange protein;\nit rejects it.\"\n-- Biologist P.B. Medawar\nThe history of technological innovation is the history of the tortuous paths which advances often take to acceptance. It might seem at first, from the many well-known instances of simultaneous discoveries, that it is the nature of important ideas to spring up newly everywhere, independently, as soon as the world is ripe for them. But this is only the view at first glance. In actuality, the \"synchronicity\" of discovery usually turns out to be a late phenomenon, one that follows a prodrome in which the \"new\" idea in question has long been around in some form or another, but steadfastly has been ignored.\nHow long can an important idea be ignored? The model steam engine was demonstrated by Hero of Alexandria in the first century A.D., sixteen centuries before people started thinking along these lines again. Gregor Mendel published the basic principles of genetics in 1866, and was ignored until 1900. Oswald Avery published strong evidence that DNA was the principle of heredity in 1944, but no one really believed it until the time of Watson and Crick almost a decade later. The time varies, depending on circumstance.\nDelayed acceptance of discovery happens in all areas of science, of course, but it always happens in the field of medicine with great poignancy, since there the human costs of dropping the technological ball are usually great. We may consider, for instance, the numbers of lives which might have been saved if not for the following delays:\nLeeuwenhoek invented the microscope in 1668 and saw animal cells and protozoa with it--but unfortunately for humanity, doctors weren't interested in that kind of thing in 1668, and wouldn't be for another couple of centuries. In the meantime they missed out on the germ theory of infectious disease; thus, as late as 1850, when good Doctor Semmelweiss tried to get his Hungarian colleagues to curb the incidence of fatal \"childbed fever\" by washing their hands between dissecting diseased cadavers and examining patients, his colleagues responded by hounding him out of his job. Meanwhile diseases continued to spread on the hands of well-meaning doctors.\nSeveral explorers like Sir Richard Hawkins independently discovered the antiscorbutic properties of oranges and limes in the 18th century, and James Lind in 1754 even published the results of a controlled experiment in which he showed that citrus was superior to other folk methods for the curing of scurvy. The world, however, was not ready for the discovery, and sailors continued to suffer and die from this quite treatable nutritional disease for more than half a century after Lind's demonstration. Scurvy was also rampant among the troops of both North and South during the American Civil War, though the means was available to prevent it, and as late as 1912 the famous explorer Robert Falcon Scott died on his way back from the South Pole, probably as the result of scurvy.\nAn investigator before the First World War discovered the curative powers of penicillium mold extracts on infected animals, but could not interest his colleagues, although he published the work. It remained for Alexander Fleming, ignorant of the earlier work, to rediscover the antibacterial effect of penicillium in a laboratory accident in 1928.\nAlexis Carrel, the French-American scientist who won the Nobel Prize in 1902 for techniques of suturing blood vessels, demonstrated in 1910 that a saphenous vein graft between aorta and main coronary artery in animals could bypass a blockage there, and speculated that the technique might be useful in the treatment of angina. Although Carrel (with aviator Charles Lindbergh) later went on to develop the heart-lung machines that would make such surgery possible, the medical community contented itself for the next half-century with ineffective treatments for severe coronary heart disease, and it was not until 1967 that the saphenous-graft coronary bypass operation was employed on humans.\nTo the historian, some medical fields seem more plagued with delays in the acceptance of new ideas than others (the medical study of infectious disease has been prominent in this dubious regard, as noted), and the above examples are sad enough. Still, there is possibly one field of medicine which is at least the equal of infectious disease in its record of ignoring proven lifesaving strategies for the longest time, and that is the area to which we will turn for the remainder of this essay. The medical field in question is that of resuscitation, which is the art of restoring clinically dead people to life. It will be of no surprise that many of the issues related to it which have been debated in history are also familiar to cryonicists. For example: when exactly is a person \"dead,\" and how do you tell?\nCryonicists looking into the history of resuscitation may find themselves reading with a sense of d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu. We've seen these controversies already, and we'll see them again. Perhaps we can profit by exploring them further.\nHistorically, the art of resuscitation turns out to be old. The idea of resuscitating a seemingly dead person by more or less physical means occurs in the Hebrew scriptures. Both I Kings 17 and II Kings 4 contain descriptive elements of resuscitation by chest compression. In II Kings, Elisha also places his mouth on the child's mouth. Clearly there is something more than mystical prayers and incantations going on. Perhaps the oral traditions which were later codified into these tales once contained descriptions of one or more real resuscitative events.\nBy a few millennia later, things were better defined. Italian writings of the 15th century indicated that midwives had, even then, long been using mouth-to-mouth breathing techniques to resuscitate newborns who did not spontaneously breathe. These techniques were soon to be imitated in the mechanical experiments of the Enlightenment. Paracelsus (1493-1541), an alchemist and perhaps the greatest physician of his age, was said to have attempted the resuscitation of a corpse using bellows, a trick he perhaps picked up from Arabic medical writings. And Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564), the father of modern anatomy, reported successfully using bellows to resuscitate asphyxiated dogs.\nBellows may not always have been available, but physicians eventually learned (possibly again from laymen) that simple mouth-to-mouth resuscitation sometimes worked on recently asphyxiated adults just as it did on newborns. By the 1740s, several cases of successful mouth-to-mouth resuscitation had been reported, the most famous of which was Tossach's 1744 report of the resuscitation of a clinically dead coal miner who had been suddenly overcome after descending into a burned-out mine. By the 1760s, in the wake of such reports, a number of groups advocating the resuscitation of drowned persons had sprung up in Europe. The thinking at this time in many places was strikingly modern. Here, by way of example, is a quote from a 1766 governmental edict from Zurich:\n. . . Experience has shown that the drowned who are considered dead and that lay for some time under water have often been restored again and kept alive by proper maneuvers. From which one rightly concludes that life has not been completely suspended in the drowned, but that there is hope to save them from death if, as soon as they are withdrawn from the water, prompt and careful help is administered.\nThe Swiss may have been their usual regulation-happy selves about the subject, but in the rest of the Western world resuscitation was being pushed typically by entirely private societies (voluntary clubs). In 1774, a society was founded in London to promulgate the idea of attempting to resuscitate the dead in some circumstances. Called, after a bit of experimentation, the Society for the Recovery of Persons Apparently Drowned, it quickly evolved into the Humane Society (and still later, with official patronage and funding, the Royal Humane Society).\nThe Humane Society advocated techniques which were highly advanced. Three months after the society's founding, as an example, a society member had the opportunity to minister to a 3-year-old child named Catherine Sophie Greenhill, who had fallen from an upper story window onto flagstones, and been pronounced dead. The society member, an apothecary named Squires, was on the scene within twenty minutes, and history records that he proceeded to give the clinically dead child several shocks through the chest with a portable electrostatic generator. This treatment caused her to regain pulse and respiration, and she eventually (after a time in coma) recovered fully.\n[This story and other direct quotations, unless otherwise noted, are taken from The History Of Anesthesia, Richard S. Atkinson and Thomas V. Boulton, eds., International Congress and Symposium Series, #134, Parthenon Publishing Group, NJ, (Parthenon).]\nThe resuscitation of little Catherine Greenhill was probably the first successful cardiac defibrillation of a human being, and it followed earlier suggestions by American scientist Benjamin Franklin and others that electricity might possibly be used to \"revivify\" the human body. And so it proved able to do in certain circumstances. In 1788, a silver medal was awarded to _Humane Society_ member Charles Kite, who was by this time not only advocating the resuscitation of victims in cardiac arrest with bellows and both oropharyngeal and nasolaryngeal intubation, but had also developed his own electrostatic revivifying machine which used Leyden jar capacitors in a way exactly analogous to the DC capacitative countershock of the modern cardiac defibrillator. (I must confess that to my mind all of these contraptions are as fantastic as the devices in a Flintstones cartoon, yet they actually existed. A time-traveling physician from the present could not have put together a better resuscitation kit, given the technology of the time.)\nHowever amazing its progress was, the enlightened state of the late 18th century as regards resuscitation was not to last. From the very first, dark images from the human psyche began to gather in resistance to the new ideas. Technology never intervenes in a major way into the borderland between life and death without creating major anxieties and social backlash. Resuscitation had its problems.\nTo begin with, as the modern reader may guess, the 18th-century discovery that \"death\" was not a sure and objective state, did not exactly sit well in the public mind. Our historical friend Charles Kite was of the opinion that not even putrefaction was a sure sign of permanent death, since it might also be due to advanced scurvy(!). However conservative this view might have been for Kite and his medical agenda, the public had its own concerns. If one could be mistaken for dead when one was in fact resuscitatable, what else did that imply?\nThe answer, of course, is that it implied that you could be buried alive. Not long after the first word-of-mouth reports of adult resuscitations began surfacing in the 1730s, the French author Jacques Benigne Winslow published a book descriptively titled The Uncertainty of the Signs of Death and the Danger of Precipitate Interments and Dissections. Now the real problem with the difficulty of defining death in a technical age was out of the bag: What if you got the diagnosis wrong?\nThe result of this realization was a psychological terror perhaps made familiar to the reader by some of the works of Edgar Allan Poe. But Poe, popularizing the problem for early 19th-century America, was late to the controversy. In 18th-century Europe the fear of premature burial and dissection was not just the preoccupation of macabre writers; whole classes of people were affected, albeit in different ways. Upper-class persons took to fitting coffins and crypts with special signaling devices which could be used to alert the outside world in case the occupant should inexplicably revive. The lower classes had their own special problems, too, since anatomical dissection (long a part of the punishment for heinous crimes because it denied the malefactor an intact bodily identity or a grave) had now taken on a special meaning. Here, as example, is what Ruth Richardson says of the dissection of criminals in her treatise Death, Dissection, and the Destitute, describing an incident in the 1820s in which one dissecting anatomist at Carlisle was killed, and another severely wounded, by the friends of an executed man:\n. . . Although this was of course an extreme reaction, it was certainly the case that hanging the corpse in chains on a gibbet was popularly regarded as preferable to dissection. What later incredulous commentators seem to have missed or misunderstood was that in eighteenth and early nineteenth century popular belief, not only were the anatomists agents of the law, but they could be the agents of death. Genuine cases were known of incomplete hangings, in which the 'dead' were brought back to life, and plans for celebrated corpse-rescues centered on the possibility that the noose had not fully done its work. Folktales circulated about famous criminals revived by friends, and these ideas were fostered by the publicity which Humane Society resuscitations attracted after apparent drownings. Increased control over the body of the condemned rendered rescue and revival virtually impossible.\nIt was popularly understood that the surgeon's official function and interest in a murderer's corpse was not to revive, but rather to destroy it. Dissection was a very final process. It denied hope of survival - even the survival of identity after death[!]. Above all, it threw into relief the collaborative role of the medical profession in the actual execution of death. The Carlisle surgeons bore the brunt of the resentment and frustration felt by the dead man's friends, for in their eyes the doctors had murdered him more surely than the hangman's rope.\n[Note: The denial of the body of the heinous criminal to the family has had a long history in law, and we see it historically employed in capital crimes which particularly outraged the public, even in relatively recent times. For instance, after execution in 1865 the bodies of the four Lincoln assassination conspirators were immediately buried in Army equipment boxes a few feet from the gallows in the prison yard in Washington's Old Penitentiary, the same institution where the body of John Wilkes Booth had been secretly buried a month earlier. In 1901, after anarchist Leon Czolgosz was electrocuted for the assassination of President McKinley, his body was dissolved in acid in the prison basement. One cannot read such accounts without a deeper appreciation for the psychological power of the freshly dead body in an era when resuscitation was still somewhat magic. Even as late as 1946, after the ten members of the Nazi high command were hanged at Nuremburg, the Surgeon General of the United States himself was turned down when he asked that the brains be removed, preserved, and sent to Washington for study. Instead, the bodies were cremated immediately at Dachau and the ashes secretly scattered, with the specific intent that nothing remain. One may read into official penal policy in all these cases a more or less unconscious desire to destroy what was perceived as the continuing identity of persons already pronounced dead.]\nBy the end of the first quarter of the 19th century, when the riot over the dissection of the hanged man at Carlisle took place, things had reached a fever pitch. With scientific resuscitation, technology had intruded into the macabre. The horrific potential of the new electromechanical resuscitative technology had its influence on Mary Shelley, who in 1818 had first set out to write a ghost story, but instead ended up producing a cautionary tale of the technological resuscitation of a soulless corpse by a medical experimenter. Given the spirit of the times, the story touched a public nerve as though with one of the new electrical machines, and Frankenstein's monster was an instant sensation.\nAnd then something strange happened. Shortly after the publication of Shelley's famous story, the new medicine began to go out of favor, and the science of resuscitation began to suffer on both the technical and mythological fronts. It happened for several reasons.\nIt is the propensity of all social movements to go too far. The Humane Society's problem was that, when it came to complicated biology, the late 18th century did not possess the experimental expertise necessary to separate the wheat from the chaff. Thus, within a few years after its founding, the Humane Society had gone from mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to the more impressive use of bellows. Following a number of instances of lung rupture with the bellows, however, these complicated and difficult-to-use devices were discarded early in the 19th century. Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, unfortunately, was not reinstituted at that time, partly because of the new discovery of life-giving oxygen and the finding that expired air contained less of it (nobody bothered to find out if the difference was significant). For the next century and a quarter, therefore, resuscitative techniques centered around chest massage and armlift techniques, and mouth-to-mouth breathing did not return until the middle of the twentieth century.\nEmergency electrical defibrillation fared no better. The new phenomenon of electricity had been transformed early-on into a quack cure by the practice of \"galvanism\" (passing mild shocks through the body in an attempt to cure disease), and its reputation accordingly tarnished. Later, and perhaps even more devastatingly, the charming new electricity was transmuted into a powerful and dangerous force by the giant transformers of Westinghouse (maligned from the first for their deadliness, in a PR campaign by rival industrialist-inventor Thomas Edison) and by the newfangled American electric chair. Technologies as well as people suffer from social stigmas. Mary Shelley had originally not specified the method of the revivification of her monster, but by 1930, in the new electrified America, Frankenstein's monster came into the movies electrically charged. The upshot of all these social transformations was that therapeutic electric shock, so full of promise in the 1790s, did not again come into its own for lifesaving purposes (or even for psychiatric purposes, for that matter) until about the same time resuscitative breathing was being reassessed, in the late 1950s.\nOther resuscitative techniques like chest/cardiac compression had been used sporadically since the late 19th century as well, but they too did not see acceptance until the late 1950s, when almost inexplicably all of the \"modern\" techniques came together approximately simultaneously in what we know as \"cardiopulmonary resuscitation\" (CPR). The world, apparently, was not ready until the Space Age for any of these techniques, and simply rejected them when brilliant and well-meaning scientists invented them too early.\nSome General Observations On History\nWhat are we to make of all this? Is there anything to be learned? In looking at the history of resuscitation and medicine we might ask if there are any observations to be made about it which might apply as well to the medicine of today and tomorrow.\nThe first thing we notice is that there seem to be some themes in medical history which occur again and again. Important medical discoveries, like important philosophical discoveries, seem quite likely to be made by outsiders. In some cases, the \"outsiders\" in medicine have been doctors working outside the traditional groves of academe, and in others, the important medical discoveries have not been made by doctors at all. Leeuwenhoek, for instance, was a haberdasher, Pasteur a chemist, Fleming a bacteriologist. Recall that mouth-to-mouth resuscitation was the secret of midwives, and passed to medicine quite late. The original Humane Society, though founded by a doctor, was less a professional medical group than a group of ordinary and somewhat evangelistic citizens who (in exactly the manner of cryonicists) had banded together for humanitarian reasons and out of fear of being buried alive. A second observation which can be made about the history of medicine and technology in general is that discoveries depend for acceptance upon a very complex social milieu which may have little to do with technology. A technological advance will not be accepted in a world which is not ready for it socially. The idea of using a steam engine to replace human muscle, for example, will not catch on in a world where human muscle power, because of slavery, is cheap. Conversely, a device like the cotton gin, which replaces delicate work with muscle work, will instantly be accepted in such a world.\nFor an analogous example of this phenomenon from medicine, we might consider the history of anesthesia. As we know from their writings, Muslim physicians practiced various forms of anesthesia during surgery back as far as the 8th century A.D. In Christendom, conversely, where the idea of redemptive suffering held sway, anesthesia took much longer to catch on. Thus, the anesthetic properties of nitrous oxide had been widely and publicly noted by Sir Humphrey Davy as early as 1798, yet it was not until the 1840s that an obscure general practitioner from Georgia and a couple of part-time dentists (remember our observation about outsiders) began to try out inhaled anesthetics for surgical purposes. Even at that, there was an ecclesiastical outcry when Queen Victoria requested chloroform for childbirth, soon after the first anesthetic demonstration in America. One prominent cleric complained that \"travail and pain\" in childbirth had been ordained by God in the Bible, and that therefore anesthesia was against the will of God. (Others pointed out Genesis 2:21 where Adam is put to sleep as the rib is taken for Eve. Scriptural wars can be quite inventive.)\nWhat then held up full cardiopulmonary resuscitation until the late 1950s, even though the world had discovered all of its essential features before 1900? We can only speculate, but the answer may lie in the fundamental change in the way which people began to relate to and trust technology between 1900 and 1950 - a social change which is as profound as any generation of humans has ever had to cope with. (See Frederick Lewis Allen's book The Big Change: America from 1900 to 1950.) Mythmaking, as ever, played a role. If technology first crept into our nightmares with Frankenstein, it later (redemptively) crept into our heroic myths and won some measure of acceptance. Thus, if the new 20th-century technology of aviation was capable of creating a new kind of hero like Charles Lindbergh, the public was also willing to let him have a technological shot at Death with his new artificial heart machine. In any case, the mantle of Dr. Frankenstein had by the middle of the 20th century passed to the physicists and their atom bombs, and medicine for the time being, was at last back in the heroic mode. This situation continued until the development of the modern ICU and \"life support,\" at which time doctors and medical technology began taking criticism once again.\nIn the context of some of the foregoing observations, it is interesting to consider cryonics as an unaccepted technical idea. The study of history always offers perspective. Thus, if we cryonicists shudder with dread over the idea of a \"premature\" burial, or the idea of a viable person being destroyed by the autopsy knife, we may be a bit chastened to find that this conflict is already two centuries old, and not over concerns invented entirely by us.\nAs a practical matter, it might first be well to remind ourselves of the sources of danger in these situations. It takes only a change in point of view to regard a person in full cardiac arrest as being in a desperate and life-threatening situation for not just a few minutes, but (perhaps) days. This, in turn, may change the whole tenor of the game, for having a loved one in a desperate situation can engender the most desperate acts. Historically, as we have seen, violence has been committed over the question of dissecting a relative who might be viable, and as we have also seen, this very situation is a prime area of potential conflict between cryonicists and society. (We have seen cryonicists taken into custody over this question, though fortunately, not yet for long.) All of this should re-emphasize the need to do tremendous amounts of prior legal preparation, if we are not eventually to be faced with the otherwise inevitable situation in which a cryonicist is charged with the assault of a coroner or pathologist.\nOf course, the question of viability holds another danger specially for cryonicists, over and above our potential conflict with government. If a man in the throes of grief is capable of killing on behalf of a potentially viable \"deanimated\" loved one, then the refusal of \"last-minute\" cases (no matter the circumstances) places cryonics organizations in a potentially explosive confrontation with the public as well. Here, cryonicists are the potential targets. We have seen cases in the news where distraught relatives have killed ER physicians in the midst of grief and misplaced anger. Might not then the same violent action be directed at representatives of a cryonics organization which was in the position of being (technically) able to rescue a viable person, but (for necessary financial reasons) refused to do so? If history is not to be repeated, it is clear that security concerns are going to have to be paramount for cryonicists in the future.\nWhat about wider concerns? Here, too, the past has something to teach, this time about groups of concerned people who began as outsiders to established medicine, yet later prevailed. Although the cry of \"They laughed at the Wright brothers, too!\" has long been the defense of crackpots, even a cursory examination of the history of medicine shows that the initial non-acceptance of any important new idea by that profession is almost de rigueur. Thus, although the mere fact of medical non-acceptance does not prove the cryonicists' cause, at the same time cryonicists certainly do not necessarily need to suffer embarrassment on that score. The long view of things is helpful. At present, it seems likely that cryonicists play the role of the midwives of old, practicing their own peculiar lifesaving ministrations in parallel with medicine. Medicine's recognition of cryonics, like its belated recognition of resuscitation, will come.\nWhen? Unfortunately, history is not prophecy. The answer from the foregoing discussion, if there is one, is that it will come when society is ready for it. We know that humans are not naturally very good scientists (our brains weren't developed for that), and very primitive needs and fears drive both acceptance and rejection of new technologies. As we've noted, the fear of premature burial stimulated a series of electrical defibrillation experiments in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, all of which then were suppressed for more than a century partly because the idea of shocking people back to life had in turn been killed by a single well-placed monster myth. Human beings and their societies run on good stories, not scientific reports. Similarly, American society of the 1960s, gearing up for a holy war on cancer and heart disease and intoxicated with the Salk-myth of the all-powerful medical researcher, was not ready for cryonics. By the late 1980s, however, when it had begun to become apparent that heart disease and cancer (not to mention aging) were a lot more intractable than polio, there existed in this society at least a subculture that was now ready to listen to another idea for cheating death.\nAnd so here we are. From a strictly technical view, cryonics as we know it might have been practiced 70 or 80 years ago. Technically we might have been ready for it, but culturally we were not. What is more (let's face it), American society as a whole is still not ready to listen to the idea of radically extended lifespans. The good news, however, is that with the publication of a number of popular gerontology books in the last decade, things are changing slowly. The social milieu (not to mention the age of the population) is changing, and scientific immortalists are getting ready for another try at the hearts of the public. As has been argued in previous essays, this change will require yet another set of new myths (hero stories) to counter Frankenstein's monster, just as our out-of-body experience stories now let us, as a society, deal with the ambiguity of complex resuscitations from clinical death (see the film Flatliners). In the case of cryonics, the new myths will come, too. 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Because of its imperfections and its incompleteness it laid down the program to be followed for the next few decades of my life.\" Thus wrote C. G. Jung about his most famous and influential work, the one that marked the beginning of his divergence from the psychoanalytic school of Freud. In this book Jung explores the fantasy system of Frank Miller, the young American woman whose account of her poetic and vivid mental images helped lead him to his ... Read More\n\"This book became a landmark, set up on the spot where two ways divided. Because of its imperfections and its incompleteness it laid down the program to be followed for the next few decades of my life.\" Thus wrote C. G. Jung about his most famous and influential work, the one that marked the beginning of his divergence from the psychoanalytic school of Freud. In this book Jung explores the fantasy system of Frank Miller, the young American woman whose account of her poetic and vivid mental images helped lead him to his redefinition of libido while encouraging his explorations in mythology. Published in 1912 as Wandlungen und Symbole der Libido, this is a key text for the study of the formation of Jung's ideas and for understanding his personal and psychological condition during this crucial time. Miller's fantasies, with their mythological implications, supported Jung's notion that libido is not primarily sexual energy, as Freud had described it, but rather psychic energy in general, which springs from the unconscious and appears in consciousness as symbols. Jung shows how libido organizes itself as a metaphorical \"hero, \" who first battles for deliverance from the \"mother, \" the symbol of the unconscious, in order to become conscious, then returns to the unconscious for renewal. Jung's analytical commentary on these fantasies is a complex study of symbolic parallels derived from mythology, religion, ethnology, art, literature, and psychiatry and foreshadows his fundamental concept of the collective unconscious and its contents, the archetypes. This edition presents unchanged the original English translation by Jung's disciple Beatrice M. Hinkle, M.D., published in 1916. In anintroduction William McGuire, the editor of The Freud/Jung Letters, traces the origins of Wandlungen und Symbole der Libido, describing how it influenced Jung's break with Freud. He discusses the background of the Hinkle translation and tells how, nearly forty years later, Jung drastically Read Less\n1952, Dodd, Mead and Co\nAlien Bindings\nPublisher: Dodd, Mead and Co\nFair. 1952 hardcover edition published by Dodd, Mead and Co. The covers are scuffed. The hinge is cracked at the title page. The binding is tight. The interior is underlined and noted in pen. Electronic delivery tracking will be issued free of charge. pp. 339.\nTracey's Book Shelf, LLC\nVery Good. No highlighting or marking with tight binding. Not ex-library.\n1949, Dodd, Mead\nPublisher: Dodd, Mead\nGood. Shows minor wear. Very Clean Copy-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Filled.\nVery good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 476 p. Contains: Illustrations. Bollingen, 20. Audience: General/trade.\nFriends of the Johnson Co Lib\nGood. B000OKF3TO Not Ex-Library. Tight binding-clean text-566 pages with index-8 1/2\" x 6\"-red boards in very nice condition-cream dust jacket enclosed in a plastic sleeve-the sleeve is in rough condition and is taped to the book-We ship every business day and try to ship orders same or next business day. Purchase of this item will help support the programs and collections of the Johnson County (Kansas) Library.\nNew in New jacket. Lang: -eng, Vol: -Vol. c.1., Pages 398. It is the reprint edition of the original edition which was published long back (1921). The book is printed in black on high quality paper with Matt Laminated colored dust cover. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. We tried to manage the best possible copy but in some cases, there may be some pages which are blur or missing or with black spots. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. Print on Demand.\nSelect 2016, Wentworth Press\n2015, Arkose Press\nSelect 2015, Scholar's Choice\nAll Editions of Psychology of the Unconscious: A Study of the Transformations and Symbolisms of the Libido, a Contribution to the History of the Evolution of Thought", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 747, "original_length": 22123, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 308.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/technical-articles/power-for-airborne-systems-mil-std-704/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:24Z", "digest": "sha1:ZMKLGAYZZTKJ4QVG6WQUBDEA2PSJ7Y4I", "length": 4138, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.allaboutcircuits.com", "title": "Power for Airborne Systems: MIL-STD-704", "raw_content": "Power for Airborne Systems: MIL-STD-704\nThis technical brief discusses a widely used military standard for power-supply characteristics.\nA critical part of any electronic design is ensuring that the power-supply circuitry can tolerate the input voltage that is made available to the system. Ideally, the electronics will function more or less normally under all expected conditions, but at minimum you want the boards to function most of the time and tolerate occasional deviations without malfunctioning in a dangerous way or experiencing physical damage.\nThe MIL-STD\nIf you\u2019ve worked on military systems, or even if you\u2019ve spent time around people who work on military systems, it\u2019s quite possible that you\u2019ve heard or seen the term \u201cMIL-STD-704.\u201d This is a very important document because it gives designers the information that they need to ensure that an airborne military system will be compatible with the power supply provided by the aircraft.\nThe first thing to understand about MIL-STD-704 is that it is not a \u201crequirements document\u201d for the characteristics of the power supply circuitry in an electronic system. Rather, MIL-STD-704 tells you what you can expect from the aircraft power supply itself, and then this information is used to design (or buy) an appropriate power supply for the system.\nThe current MIL-STD-704 revision is \u201cF,\u201d and you can view the document here. It\u2019s not overwhelmingly long, and actually it is quite approachable because much of the information is presented in graphical format. It covers both AC and DC supplies; DC systems can be either 28 V or 270 V. In my experience the 28 V DC specs are the most widely used, so we\u2019ll focus on those for the rest of the article.\nTransients, Undervoltage, Overvoltage\nThe 28 V aircraft supply can deviate significantly from the nominal voltage, and the system\u2019s power-supply circuitry must be able to cope with this.\nPlot taken from the MIL-STD-704F document.\nUnder normal conditions, the voltage can be as high as 50 V and as low as 18 V. These extreme deviations will not occur for long periods of time, though, and the graph readily conveys the general deviation vs. duration trend: the maximum duration of the transient decreases as the magnitude of the transient increases.\nThe next plot addresses overvoltage and undervoltage. As you can see from the values on the horizontal axis, the difference between an \u201covervoltage/undervoltage condition\u201d and a \u201ctransient\u201d is duration; both events refer to a voltage that is higher or lower than the nominal value, but overvoltage and undervoltage are long-term conditions.\nHere we see that the supply can stay at 20 V for up to 100 seconds. This is a rather long time considering that 20 V is only ~71% of the nominal voltage, but you also have to keep in mind that the \u201c28 V supply\u201d isn\u2019t exactly a 28 V supply: Table IV indicates that the steady-state voltage can be anywhere from 22 V to 29 V.\nDesigning for MIL-STD-704\nIt would not be easy to design and fully verify a MIL-STD-704-compliant power supply circuit, and my guess is that most systems that are required to be officially compliant will rely on modules sold by companies that have expertise in this field. However, incorporating transient suppression (for overvoltage transients) and extra capacitance (for smoothing ripples and maintaining adequate supply voltage when the input drops below nominal) are not unreasonable tasks, and the specs given in the document certainly provide enough information to guide the design process.\npower supply design overvoltage protection undervoltage transient voltage suppression military standard\n500mA of Current with a 1% Voltage Output Accuracy: A Low Noise LDO from Maxim Integrated\nMaxim Integrated recently announced their new series of linear regulators that maintain \u00b11% output accuracy over a wide operating...\nPCB Layout Tips and Tricks: How to Optimize Your Decoupling Connection\nThis article explores the somewhat complicated issue of how exactly to connect a decoupling capacitor to a power pin.\nandrewmm 2018-04-14\nDesigning for the Mil std is relatively easy,its the paper work thats the killer,", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 149, "original_length": 6275, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 263.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.alleydog.com/glossary/definition.php?term=Confederate", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:57Z", "digest": "sha1:DWDN6D6W3EMOQ4XZGXPASABD2G5PJQBG", "length": 491, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.alleydog.com", "title": "Confederate definition | Psychology Glossary | alleydog.com", "raw_content": "In a research experiment confederates are individuals who seem to be participants but in reality are part of the research team. They essentially trick real participants into thinking they are fellow participants. Asch used confederates in an integral way for his research on majority influence. The real participants were placed in a room containing people they thought were fellow participants but were actually confederates who were there to influence the behavior of the real participant.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 18, "original_length": 1030, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 314.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.alliancecommunity.ca/sermon-archive/2018/08/12/risk-of-running-from-god", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:29Z", "digest": "sha1:4SVLQWRGRSAOQ6PXUBJANQ76MGLB5DP3", "length": 71, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.alliancecommunity.ca", "title": "The Risk of Running From God (Jonah) \u2014 Alliance Community Church", "raw_content": "The Next Step? (Abraham)\nDare To RiskAlliance Community August 19, 2018", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 32, "original_length": 980, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.84, "perplexity": 338.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.alltekservices.com/why-microsoft-365-is-the-future-of-windows-for-your-company/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:36:51Z", "digest": "sha1:J73VOKIQVKL4QTSO4KQSXUQN42LHKI33", "length": 6359, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "www.alltekservices.com", "title": "Why Microsoft 365 is the Future of Windows for Your Company", "raw_content": "Microsoft 365 is the new package Microsoft is offering, and it includes a little of everything: Here\u2019s why it can appeal to more companies, and just what you get.\nWe know you may be tired of yet another Microsoft term to remember: The company likes its names, and figuring out how Azure, OneDrive, SharePoint, O365, Teams and more all relate to each other can be a challenge. But here\u2019s a name that you should keep in mind \u2013 Microsoft 365.\nThis is Microsoft\u2019s new attempt at convergence as the company tries to tidy up its offerings and create more business-friendly packages that companies can understand. In the future, you won\u2019t need to worry about putting together a complex tangle of services on your own: You can simply choose the right Microsoft 365 package for your company. Here\u2019s why this looks like a great move.\nWindows and O365 are Combined\nMicrosoft 365 is essentially a combination of traditional Windows software with newer, more enterprise-oriented Office 365 services so that companies get both at the same time. If you\u2019ve had experience with Secure Productive Enterprise (yet another name to remember), this is a big rebranding of that concept with additional features added in to make it a stronger, more flexible package.\nInside this package, you get both Windows 10 Enterprise and Office 365 Enterprise, software and services ready to work together right out of the box, with no need to mix and match Microsoft products until you get what you want.\nIt\u2019s also important to note that this new bundle was announced at Inspire, which is Microsoft\u2019s partner conference. They aren\u2019t just looking to appeal to buyers here, but to partners who will want their own services to be compatible with Microsoft 365. In other words, when you pick up Microsoft 365, Microsoft wants you to have compatibility with Box and other such cloud services right off the bat. The word is that Microsoft will be offering partners incentives to sell compatible applications with Microsoft 365 ASAP.\nWindows Software Gets 365 Benefits\nSo, what does it really mean to have Office 365 Enterprise and Windows 10 Enterprise bundled together? The convergence is mostly good news for Windows 10 \u2013 Office 365 isn\u2019t changing much except for the rebranding efforts, but compatibility and security are now easier to understand and use with traditional Windows documents. The AI and encryption features of O365 will apply throughout the Windows system: Any toolkits that developers or companies use to manage their systems are now more universal, allowing companies greater freedom in deciding what apps to use and how to share data across the system. Likewise, management should also become easier (or at least easier to understand) since key administrator decisions will automatically affect all apps and services throughout the company without the need to stop and coordinate.\nYour Mobile Devices are Covered, Too\nThe third part of Microsoft 365 is Enterprise Mobile + Security, which extends all these benefits throughout a mobile framework, including network security. It\u2019s worth calling this particular piece out because many companies are currently at a juncture where they are deciding how much to invest in mobile, and how mobile centric they need to be in the coming years. The answer is often \u201cwe need to be more mobile\u201d in varying ways, but whether you\u2019re talking about optimization or BYOD it\u2019s still a challenge to find the right services that can manage mobile and desktop services at the same time \u2013 with appropriate security. The M365 package also addresses this need, which may be exactly what some companies are looking for.\nYou Get a Choice of Plans\nMicrosoft has also broken M365 down into several different plan choices. For the primary Enterprise offering (everything we\u2019ve talked about so far), there is an E3 and an E5 package available: Both will hit the market in August 2017. There\u2019s not too much difference here, except that E5 includes a few extra services for larger corporations that may still be wedded to older systems, like Cloud PBX capabilities, more thorough Threat Intelligence services, more Azure data management, and so on.\nHowever, Microsoft is also offering a second option called Microsoft 365 Business. Business is essentially a smaller package with fewer licensing options that is designed specifically for small and mid-sized companies instead of larger businesses. It\u2019s only intended for companies with up to 300 users and offers the same \u201ceverything on every device\u201d concept, but with simplified features and services. It\u2019s especially useful if your IT department is highly concentrated and one administrator can be reasonably expected to manage data for the whole company.\nNew Apps are Included\nAlong with the big rebranding and convergence announcement, Microsoft added that it would be bringing three new application to Office 365 (and, by default, to Microsoft 365 as well).\nConnections: Connections is described as an email marketing service, and the name hints that it may use some of the social features now included in Outlook. It\u2019s also likely to tap into a lot of the automation functions Microsoft has been developing to help generate auto-replies and CTAs with minimal effort.\nListings: Listings is apparently a way to publish business information online. That doesn\u2019t exactly explain much, but from what Microsoft has shown it looks to be a marketing analytics tool, like a very simplified form of Adwords that allows companies to chart their traffic and engagement across popular channels such as Facebook, Google, and Yelp. Some automation for publishing local SEO on profiles is probably included too.\nInvoicing: This one is more straightforward: It helps generate, send out, and track invoices for smaller companies or those with many different hiring situations.\nIt\u2019s also worth noting that a new O365 business center will help manage these new apps and other information in a more centralized location. All in all, if you use Windows services there\u2019s a lot to get excited about here, especially for growing companies. But if you aren\u2019t quite sure where to begin or just what services or packages are worth the cost, Alltek Services can help out! 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So goes the sound of a culminating football season. Like most coaches, if you did it right, you\u2019re probably spent. A full season with all its emotional ups and downs could suck the life out of every mortal. Which is why some of us may have a natural inclination to take it easy come January. But as most of us know the game is year-round now, so if you do it right, January may be the most productive month you will have in laying the groundwork of the success that may lie ahead next season.\nHow we spend the beginning of the off-season is always subjective. 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If you check the displays on your meter regularly you\u2019ll see the amount of debt reduce as you add credit. Once you\u2019ve paid the debt in full, your meter will automatically stop collecting these payments.\nIf you are paying us back in this way, you\u2019ll need to stick to the payment schedule we agree with you. If you don\u2019t, we can ask you to pay us the full amount straight away, or we can ask you to pay us using a different, faster method. Either way, we\u2019ll let you know before we make any changes.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 58, "original_length": 2152, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 327.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2019-02-07/bang-dream-new-boy-band-project-is-recruiting-more-members/.143031", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:47Z", "digest": "sha1:2UFAJAEB6EKRZUE5NJSHODOXINNYQZW3", "length": 1724, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.animenewsnetwork.com", "title": "BanG Dream! New Boy Band Project is Recruiting More Members - Interest - Anime News Network", "raw_content": "BanG Dream! New Boy Band Project is Recruiting More Members\nMultimedia franchise's first male boy band group Argonavis's first key visual has also been revealed.\nBushiroad announced last year that it would add some male idols to its BanG Dream! multimedia franchise . The first all-male group to be announced so far is \"Argonavis,\" which consists of voice actors Sh\u016bta Morishima (keyboard), Seiji Maeda (bass), Daisuke Hyuga (guitar), Sh\u014dhei Hashimoto (drums), and Masahiro Ito (vocals).\nOn Tuesday, the band revealed its first key visual, depicting the members anime-style as drawn by project character designer Hikaru Miyoshi ( Kanshikan Tsunemori Akane ).\nThe BanG Dream! project has also announced that it is holding auditions for new boy bands tied to the Argonavis project. Applications are open from February 5 to 25. Men between the ages of 18 to 33 with experience holding guitar performances are encouraged to apply. Applicants do not need to be professionals in the industry. Bushiroad 's website gives further details about how to apply.\nArgonavis's first single \"Goal Line\" will debut on February 20. The boys will perform their first live concert on May 17 at the Maihama Amphitheater in Maihama, Chiba.\nBushiroad launched the BanG Dream! multimedia project in January 2015, and the company formed the all-female Poppin' Party band for the project in February 2015. The BanG Dream! Girls Band Party! smartphone game launched in Japan in March 2017, and an English version launched in April. The BanG Dream! television anime's first 13-episode season premiered in January 2017. The second season debuted on January 3 this year, and the third season will premiere in October.\ncloudflare ray# 4a9bc0ca23dec1a4-IAD", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 312, "original_length": 14345, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 275.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.aninews.in/videos/national/its-great-lesson-those-who-misuse-nations-properties-run-out-country-bjp/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:06Z", "digest": "sha1:QXAKTKQUF7XCBSOD32XFS2XZLBRQCT34", "length": 808, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.aninews.in", "title": "It's a great lesson for those who misuse nation's properties & run out of country: BJP", "raw_content": "It's a great lesson for those who misuse nation's properties & run out of country: BJP\nNew Delhi, Dec 10 (ANI): After United Kingdom (UK) court orders extradition of Vijay Mallya to India, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh said, \u201cIt's a great success and a lesson for those who misuse the nation's properties. This is a result of the strong determined steps taken by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.\u201d However, Union Minister of Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad said, \u201cIt's a great day in pursuit of fight against corruption of those who siphon crores of bank money and run out of country. Decision to extradite Vijay Mallya is based on evidence as well as a resurgent, effective and robust willpower of Narendra Modi government to pursue these elements.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 144, "original_length": 7345, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 179.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.antonpsych.org/site/valuing_peers__employees", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:56:03Z", "digest": "sha1:BFLHYRFRKX4EG7BFARD6XW5RCBA7RPFF", "length": 4788, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.antonpsych.org", "title": "Valuing Peers & Employees", "raw_content": "Twelve Tips For Recognizing The Contributions of Your Employees And Colleagues\nRecognizing the accomplishments of both employees that report to you, OR the success of peers and colleagues can increase your contribution to the motivation and morale levels in your organization. Surprisingly, for many people, congratulations or simple recognition of achievement is more powerful than receiving a monetary reward. Here's twelve ideas on how to show you notice and value successful performance in your organization.\nIn any organization, it is important that employees feel that their contributions are both valued and recognized. In traditional top-down organizations, it is usually management that designs and implements recognition strategies for employees. However, as organizations are moving to quality improvement initiatives that are based on different organizational principles, process of developing recognition system must change.\nOver the next few pages, you will find some tips and principles related to developing and using recognition systems within a Total Quality Management framework.\nAny recognition strategy must be designed and implemented with the notion that the employees are the \"customers\" of the program. It is these \"consumers\" that must specify the requirements of the system.\nA recognition system must fit into the organizational culture and climate. Sometimes it is better to delay a formal recognition system until prerequisites are in place. Within a climate where distrust of management is high, it will be very difficult to introduce recognition systems.\nGenerally, a recognition system should be consistent with the notion that today's workplace requires a high level of teamwork and coordination with other employees. In a sense any individual achievement or contribution has been helped along directly or indirectly by coworkers. \"Stars\" need recognition, but so do solid team members.\nInformal recognition (e.g.. the informal pat on the back) can happen anytime. However, a formal system should be based on some form of measurement of results. Recognizing a good idea in an informal way is one thing. A decision to give an \"award\" should be based on data that illustrates that the idea brought measurable results. TQM in general involves moving away from gut-feeling decisions to data driven processes. Your recognition process should do they same. Philip Crosby, TQM guru states:\n\"Recognition that lasts...comes as a result of work that is performed to agreed-upon measurements. That is why it is absolutely necessary that the measurement process be set up and established prior to recognition.\" (Quality without Tears, p.165)\nUse a quality improvement team to determine recognition needs. Make sure that the team understands what a recognition program is to accomplish, however, and then let them figure out how to get the information they need.\nCommunicate the intent and purpose and process used for your recognition system, and make the entire process as open and employee-based as possible. When employees understand that there is a rhyme and reason to the process, they are less likely to resent recognition of others.\nWhile we shouldn't underestimate the role that management recognition can play, Crosby suggests that \"The most valuable recognition comes as a result of peer judgment\".\nThe higher the monetary or utilitarian value of any \"award\" the more likely that a competitive environment will be created, along with subsequent conflict and bad feelings. To counteract this, keep the value of actual rewards low, and look to team based rewards.\nThink of recognition as a system...a process that uses many ways of sending the same message -- \"We (I) see the good work you do...we value it...we appreciate it.\" Plan your recognition systems to include formal and informal things...occasional formal rewards, and whole lots of informal interpersonal stuff...pats on the back. Don't make the mistake of relying only on a once a year award of a plaque (or something).\nThe manager (or supervisor) sets the tone for informal recognition. By publicly recognizing achievement or effort, he or she starts to get the message across that \"we celebrate our effort and our accomplishments\".\nAvoid situations where people are recognized for doing something as opposed to accomplishing something. Within TQM you want to encourage an emphasis on results rather than work done. As Crosby suggests: \"If you focus on work you get more of it. If you focus on results you get more of that.\"\nMake recognition a standard and integrated part of any staff meetings. Consider asking the question: \"What wonderful things have we accomplished since our last meeting?\" Encourage people to talk about their own accomplishments, and to talk about those of their coworkers.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 64, "original_length": 5795, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 315.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.apnaahangout.com/b-voc-sales-marketing/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:38Z", "digest": "sha1:L6G2Z43D2CCOQTYHERUMQTVATZEVXSLL", "length": 2876, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.apnaahangout.com", "title": "B.Voc. Sales & Marketing: Colleges, Admission, Fees, Eligibility & Jobs", "raw_content": "Hi readers! Do you want to build a rewarding career in sales and marketing sector? If yes, this post will be of help to you. Here, we will deal with a vocational training program that is related to sales and marketing. Here, we will have an in-depth analysis of B.Voc. Sales and Marketing Management course.\nB.Voc. Sales and Marketing Management: An Introduction\nIn this post, you will find all the important details that you need to know about this academic program. Here, I\u2019ve covered topics such as \u2013 duration, eligibility, colleges, syllabus, admission process, career prospects and salary details.\nHere is a quick overview of B.Voc. Sales and Marketing Management course \u2013\nName of the course B.Voc. Sales and Marketing Management\nField Sales and Marketing management\nTechnically, it is a management course. It is an undergraduate level Bachelor\u2019s Degree course. Students who have passed 12th class are eligible to pursue this course.\nWhat is B.Voc. Sales and Marketing Management course all about? What is it like to specialize in this field? What is it like to become a sales or marketing professional? Will I get a good job after completing this course? You will find answers to these questions in the next section.\nB.Voc. stands for Bachelor of Vocation. It is a vocational training program. And vocational training programs give more importance to practical training and knowledge. This program consists of a harmonic mixture of practical training and classroom lectures.\nAs the name suggests, this training program deals with sales management and marketing management. Sales and marketing domains are different from each other. But they share the same goal!\nThe main aim of marketing and sales is to sell goods or services. Professionals involved in sales and marketing are knowledgeable about areas such as \u2013\nB.Voc. Sales and Marketing Management course will train you in the above mentioned areas. The academic program is 3 years long. The program offers multiple exit options. Here\u2019s everything you need to know about the exit options \u2013\nAfter completing this course, you will become knowledgeable about different aspects of sales and marketing. This training program will help you build a decent career in sales and marketing sector.\nLet us take a closer look at the course details. In the next section, you will find important details about the academic program such as \u2013 duration, eligibility, syllabus, colleges and more.\nDistribution of network\nDirect and indirect selling\nAfter completing B.Voc. Sales and Marketing Management course, you will be able to find jobs in sectors and establishments such as \u2013\nSupply chain management firms\nSales and Marketing agencies\nSales and Marketing consultancies\nIn the above mentioned firms, graduates may don roles such as \u2013 salesperson, sales manager, marketing manager, marketing consultant, advertising consultant etc.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 199, "original_length": 9147, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 237.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.apnaahangout.com/engineering-colleges-manipur/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:57Z", "digest": "sha1:UQKQVNJAPSILQTG2VDPZEVXOGNNIQS36", "length": 2854, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "www.apnaahangout.com", "title": "Top Engineering Colleges in Manipur 2019 | Apply for B.E. or B.Tech.", "raw_content": "Do you want to become an engineer? If yes, this post will be of help to you. Here, I\u2019ve listed down some of the best engineering colleges in Manipur, India. The colleges mentioned in this post fare well in areas such as \u2013 infrastructure, amenities, faculty, ratings etc.\nBoth students and parents may use this guide to find the right college. This post will definitely simplify your B.E. or B.Tech. admission process.\nB.E. and B.Tech. are two of the most popular engineering courses in Manipur. In this post, you will find the names of popular engineering colleges in this state. Apart from the names of institutes, you will also be able to find additional details such as \u2013 list of popular engineering courses, their duration, eligibility, scope, admission process and career prospects.\nEngineering is a very popular choice among 12th Science stream students. Come, let us check out the list of colleges now. Here it is \u2013\nList of engineering colleges in Manipur 2019\nHere are some of the popular engineering colleges in Manipur \u2013\nNIT, Imphal, Manipur\nIIIT, Imphal, Manipur\nCIPET, Imphal, Manipur\nCentral Agricultural University, Imphal, Manipur\nNIEIT, Imphal, Manipur\nManipur Institute of Technology, Imphal, Manipur\nThe above list has not been ranked in any order. Let us check out the different types of engineering colleges now. Here\u2019s everything you need to know \u2013\nThere exists two main types of engineering colleges in Manipur \u2013\nGovernment colleges are managed and funded by the State or Central Government. Private colleges are managed and funded by private charitable trusts and organizations. You may also check \u2013 best engineering colleges in South India.\nLet us find out more details about the admission process. Here\u2019s everything you need to know \u2013\nIn order to get into a Government college or other reputed college, one must crack relevant entrance exam. Engineering entrance exams are conducted at State, College and National levels.\nSeats are distributed among deserving candidates on the basis of their position in merit list. Some colleges are also known to conduct direct and donation based admission process.\nEngineering courses and branches\nHere are some of the popular engineering courses available in Manipur \u2013\nBased on the academic level, these courses can be classified into categories such as \u2013\nBased on the course format, these courses can be classified into categories such as \u2013\nHere are some of the popular engineering branches \u2013\nEngineers have access to Government and private sector jobs. They also have access to ample amount of self-employment opportunities (depending upon their area of specialization). Engineering job market is quite saturated in India at the moment. But with the right set of skills, good academic performance and will to work hard, you may build a decent career after completing engineering education.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 164, "original_length": 7619, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 262.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.apple.com/ne/newsroom/2018/04/apple-now-globally-powered-by-100-percent-renewable-energy/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:51Z", "digest": "sha1:DU7J533UZ6WUP2X6R4KBOXXSYET5OA2P", "length": 1010, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.apple.com", "title": "Apple now globally powered by 100 percent renewable energy - Apple (NE)", "raw_content": "Since 2014, all of Apple\u2019s data centers have been powered by 100 percent renewable energy. And since 2011, all of Apple's renewable energy projects have reduced greenhouse gas emissions (CO2e) by 54 percent from its facilities worldwide and prevented nearly 2.1 million metric tons of CO2e from entering the atmosphere.\nTo get to 100 percent renewable energy for its own facilities, the company worked to set an example for others to follow. Apple also announced today that 23 of its suppliers are now committed to operating on 100 percent renewable energy, including nine new suppliers. Altogether, clean energy from supplier projects helped avoid over 1.5 million metric tons of greenhouse gases from being emitted in 2017, the equivalent of taking more than 300,000 cars off the road. In addition, over 85 suppliers have registered for Apple\u2019s Clean Energy Portal, an online platform that Apple developed to help suppliers identify commercially viable renewable energy solutions in regions around the world.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 96, "original_length": 8496, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 157.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.aps.org/units/fiap/governance/bylaws.cfm", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:50Z", "digest": "sha1:RWG76UJTH56XRH57TCXKSDB3QXRT7Y6Y", "length": 13879, "nlines": 40, "source_domain": "www.aps.org", "title": "APS Physics | FIAP | Bylaws", "raw_content": "FIAP Home | Governance | Bylaws\nThis organization within the American Physical Society, hereafter referred to as the Society, shall be called the Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics, hereafter referred to as the FIAP.\nARTICLE II \u2013 OBJECTIVE\nThe objective shall be to enhance the Society's ability to meet the needs of the industrial and applied physics community, and help the Society take advantage of the evolving opportunities in the practice and application of physics.\nARTICLE III \u2013 ENABLING CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION\nThe FIAP is established by the authority vested in the Council by Article VIII of the Constitution of the Society. Said article as it may be subsequently revised or amended, is hereby incorporated in these bylaws by reference.\nThe members of the FIAP shall consist of members of the American Physical Society who have made application to the Secretary-Treasurer of the FIAP, or who have otherwise indicated in accordance with procedures established by Council and the Bylaws of the FIAP, their desire to join the FIAP. The membership shall be maintained from year to year by the payment of designated dues or other method established by Council, provided continuing membership in the Society is maintained in good standing. Any member of the FIAP may resign upon notice to the Secretary-Treasurer.\nThe privilege of voting in elections of the FIAP shall be limited to members of the Society whose application for membership in the FIAP has been received at least thirty days prior to the date the voter ballots are posted on the web for the electronic election.\nGovernance. The FIAP shall be governed by an Executive Committee, which shall establish the policies and have responsibility for the affairs of the FIAP.\nComposition. The voting members of the FIAP Executive Committee shall consist of the immediate Past Chair, Chair, Chair-Elect, Vice-Chair, Secretary-Treasurer, six Members-at-Large, the Editor of the FIAP Newsletter, and the FIAP Councilor, if any, elected in the manner specified in Article VII of these Bylaws. In addition, the Chair of the Committee on Applications of Physics shall serve as an ex officio member of the FIAP Executive Committee.\nExecutive Committee Meetings. The Executive Committee shall meet at least once a year. A majority of the voting members, including at least two Officers, shall constitute a quorum. One meeting shall be called the Annual Meeting and shall be held at the site of the APS March Meeting. A second meeting may be held optionally in the fall or winter. Any member of the Executive Committee unable to attend a meeting may name a nonvoting alternate to represent him or her, subject to the approval of the Chair. The Chair of the FIAP shall preside over the Executive Committee meetings.\nWhen grants-in-aid from outside sources or voluntary contributions from FIAP members are desired for the support of specific FIAP projects, the Executive Committee shall submit an intention to solicit such funds to Council, in accordance with APS Bylaws, Article V, Section 4, which is hereby incorporated in these Bylaws by reference.\nARTICLE VI \u2013 OFFICERS, FORUM COUNCILOR, AND MEMBERS AT LARGE\nOfficers. The Officers of the FIAP shall be a Chair, a Chair-Elect, a Vice-Chair, and a Secretary-Treasurer, all of whom must be members of the FIAP for at least one year prior to nomination.\nDuties of the Chair. The Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Executive Committee, and shall be responsible for implementation of the policies of the FIAP as established by the Executive Committee. The Chair shall prepare agendas for meetings of the Executive Committee, and shall prepare a yearly report of the activities of the FIAP, to be made available to the Council of the APS and members of the FIAP. The Chair shall serve as the head of the Nominating Committee. The Chair shall appoint the FIAP Election Coordinator from the Members at Large. In addition, the Chair shall perform other functions as appropriate or as provided in the Bylaws.\nDuties of the Chair-Elect. The Chair-Elect shall serve as chair of the FIAP Fellowship Committee, shall assume the duties of the Chair, whenever the Chair is unable to perform them, and carry out other functions as appropriate or as provided in the Bylaws.\nDuties of the Vice Chair. The Vice Chair shall assume the duties of the Chair-Elect whenever the Chair-Elect is unable to perform them. The Vice-Chair shall serve as Chair of the Program Committee and serve on the Nominating Committee and perform other functions as appropriate or as provided in the Bylaws.\nDuties of the Secretary-Treasurer. The Secretary-Treasurer shall maintain the records of the FIAP; inform the Council and the Executive Officer of the needs of the FIAP; submit an annual financial report to the FIAP Executive Committee; prepare and distribute minutes of FIAP Executive Committee meetings within four weeks after each meeting. The Secretary-Treasurer shall also have responsibility for all funds in the custody of or placed at the disposal of the FIAP, and shall authorize disbursements from such funds for FIAP expenses. The Secretary-Treasurer shall present a financial report at each meeting of the Executive Committee. In addition the Secretary-Treasurer shall perform other functions as appropriate or as provided in the Bylaws.\nDuties of the FIAP Councilor. The FIAP Councilor shall serve as liaison between the Council of the Society and the Executive Committee of the FIAP, and shall bring proposals and issues of concern to FIAP to the attention of Council. Following each Council meeting, the FIAP Councilor shall report to the Chair and the Secretary-Treasurer regarding Council actions, if any, that affect the status and operations of the FIAP. Reports shall be made to the entire Executive Committee during regularly scheduled meetings. In addition the FIAP Councilor shall perform other functions as appropriate or as provided in the Bylaws.\nDuties of the Members at Large. The Members at Large (MALs) are appointed to FIAP committees by the FIAP Chair, where they carry out responsibilities as assigned by the committee chair. MALs help to organize FIAP focus sessions at APS meetings, and are expected to attend the FIAP Executive committee meeting, the FIAP business meeting, the FIAP fellowship dinner, the CSWP/FIAP networking breakfast, or other FIAP functions at the March or April meetings. One MAL will be appointed by the Chair to serve as the FIAP Election Coordinator. The Election Coordinator will oversee the annual election of new officers and MALs by the FIAP membership, and inform the APS Executive Officer, the FIAP Executive Committee, candidates, and FIAP membership of the election results.\nARTICLE VII \u2013 ELECTION AND TENURE OF THE OFFICERS, FIAP COUNCILOR AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE\nQualifications. Officers, FIAP Councilor, and Members-at-Large of the Executive Committee must be members of the FIAP for at least one year prior to nomination. Elections shall be held annually by electronic election through the APS website as hereinafter provided, or as required by the APS.\nNomination and election of the Vice-Chair, Secretary-Treasurer, FIAP Councilor and Members-at-Large of the Executive Committee. Each year the Nominating Committee shall select at least two candidates for the office of Vice-Chair, two candidates for each opening for Member-At-Large, and at least two candidates for FIAP Councilor during the final year of the term of the current Councilor.\nThe Nominating Committee shall also nominate two candidates for the office of Secretary-Treasurer during the final year of the term of the current Secretary-Treasurer, unless that Secretary-Treasurer wishes to serve a second three-year term in which case he/she may run unopposed. After two complete terms, a Secretary-Treasurer may be elected to subsequent terms but may not run unopposed.\nNominations and Balloting. Nominations shall also be solicited from FIAP members via the FIAP newsletter, and/or other means. Election ballots will be posted on the APS website by 1 September and the election is to be complete before 1 October. Election shall be by plurality of those voting. The Chair shall not cast any ballot for any position except in the case of a tie.\nTerms of Office. The Vice-Chair shall be elected by the membership to a one year term, shall then become Chair-Elect for one year, Chair for one year, and a final year on the Executive Committee as Past Chair. The six Members-at-Large shall serve staggered three year terms, with two Members-at-Large elected each year. The terms of office of the Officers and Members-at-Large shall begin at the close of old business during the Annual Meeting of the FIAP following their election. The FIAP Councilor shall serve a four-year term, beginning on January 1 of the year following his or her election.\nVacancies in Offices. If a vacancy occurs in the office of Chair, the Chair Elect shall succeed and complete the term and shall serve as Chair also in the following year. The Vice-Chair shall serve simultaneously as Chair-Elect during the remainder of the term and shall continue to serve as Chair-Elect in the following term.\nIf a vacancy occurs in the office of Chair-Elect otherwise than through advancement to Chair, the Vice-Chair shall become Chair-Elect. In this case, and also if the office of Vice-Chair becomes vacant for other reasons, the office of Vice Chair shall remain vacant for the remainder of the term. In the next scheduled election, candidates for both Chair-Elect and Vice-Chair shall be nominated.\nIf vacancies occur in the offices of both the Chair and the Chair-Elect, the Vice-Chair shall become Chair and shall complete the term. In this case a special election shall be held to fill the offices of Chair-Elect and Vice-Chair. The members so elected shall continue to serve as officers in the normal succession order.\nVacancies in any other elected office shall be filled (or left unfilled) by the Executive Committee until such time as the vacancy can be filled by regular election procedures.\nARTICLE VIII \u2013 APPOINTED COMMITTEES\nThere shall be four statutory committees of the FIAP, plus any others deemed necessary for the operation of the FIAP in the judgment of the Executive Committee. The statutory committees shall be as follows:\nThe Nominating Committee. The Nominating Committee shall be chaired by the FIAP Chair and in addition shall include the Chair-Elect and two members of FIAP appointed by the FIAP Chair to staggered two year terms, and one member appointed to a one year term by the APS Council. The FIAP Chair shall ascertain through the Executive Officer the identity of this member. The Nominating Committee shall prepare a slate of candidates for the positions of Vice-Chair, Secretary-Treasurer, FIAP Councilor and Members-at-Large, in accordance with Article 7 of these Bylaws. The Nominating Committee shall also advise the Chair on suitable candidates for Society offices and committees, such as selection committees for prizes in industrial and applied physics and the Committee on Applications of Physics.\nThe Program Committee. The Program Committee shall consist of the Chair, the Vice Chair, and the Secretary Treasurer, and other FIAP members appointed as necessary by the FIAP Chair. The Program Committee shall be chaired by the Vice Chair, and shall be responsible for arranging invited and contributed papers and organizing symposia within the area of interest of the FIAP at APS General Meetings.\nThe Fellowship Committee. The Fellowship Committee shall consist of the Chair-Elect, Vice Chair and the members-at-large of the executive committee and it shall be chaired by the Chair-Elect. The Fellowship Committee shall be responsible for reviewing of the qualifications of candidates for fellowship and report its recommendations to the Executive Officer and to the Fellowship Committee of the Society.\nThe Newsletter Committee. The Executive Committee shall elect an Editor for the Newsletter to a renewable three-year term. The Editor may recruit Newsletter Committee members as required from among FIAP members. The Newsletter Committee shall be responsible for collecting and reporting on issues and events in the interests of FIAP members, and producing at least two issues of the Newsletter each year, which will be posted on the APS/FIAP website. The newsletter will have an announcement of the election and a link to the election ballot once per year. The Editor is also responsible for maintaining the content on the FIAP web page.\nAd Hoc Committees. The Chair may appoint other ad hoc committees, which shall serve only during his or her term as Chair. The terms of committee members appointed or recommended by an incoming Chair shall commence at the beginning of the year in which he or she assumes office.\nARTICLE IX \u2013 AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS\nProposals for amendments to these bylaws may be made by the Council, by the Executive Committee, or by petition to the Chair signed by not fewer than ten percent of the members of the FIAP. If a proposed amendment originates within the FIAP, it must be approved by Council before further action can be taken. Following Council approval, the Secretary-Treasurer shall distribute copies of the proposed amendment to all members of the FIAP not less than four weeks before the Annual Meeting, and opportunity for discussion shall be given during the Annual Meeting. Voting on a proposed amendment shall be carried out by electronic ballot in the manner required for amendment to the Constitution of the Society. The adoption of an amendment shall require the affirmative votes of not fewer than two thirds of the members voting. The amendment shall become effective on the first day of January, following the approval by vote of the membership.\nNote: FIAP members approved these Bylaws in January 2014.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 142, "original_length": 15985, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 211.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.arabamerica.com/interview-playwright-jamil-khoury/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:17:23Z", "digest": "sha1:B2S4L62RUDCS7KYW6Z2N6CJIMVMG6UQJ", "length": 4472, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.arabamerica.com", "title": "Interview with Playwright Jamil Khoury - Post - Arab America", "raw_content": "Interview with Playwright Jamil Khoury\nBY: Leila Diab/Arab America Contributing Writer\nIn the heat of moments in trying times and in the course of chain events that resonate within many of our global and national communities, playwright Jamil Khoury cleverly sought to convey in Mosque Alert several theatrical oracles as his avant guard rebuttal to xenophobia, Islamophobia and intolerance. The Mosque Alert play which premiers in Chicago from March 24th to May 2nd, 2016 will endeavor to project the reality of peoples stories into the frame work of human consciousness.\nJamil states, \u201cMosque Alert gives voice to multiple American perspectives and exposes the fears at the heart of intolerance. For example, Mosque Alert was initially inspired by the Ground Zero New York mosque controversy and a communities\u2019 fear and racist attitudes towards Muslims.\u201d\nThroughout the years since 9/11, Muslims and Arabs have been subjected to a cultural zeitgeist which has been spiraling out of control with unsettling truths, especially about 9/11. Mosque Alert, actually developed out of Silk Road Rising\u2019s live theatre and online videos that tell the stories and primary events through Asian Americans and Middle Eastern Americans.\nOne such Middle Eastern American story will be seen in Mosque Alert play, through the dramatic lenses of peoples\u2019 fears, robbed cultural identity, and racist, Islamophobia over tones.\nThe Mosque Alert play is based on the desire of Muslims to build a mosque in Naperville, Illinois. However, hundreds of Naperville community members were viciously and unrealistic opposed to it. Why were these community members in fear of having a mosque built and not a church or synogue? Opposing community members leached out and claimed that the Mosque would cause traffic jams, or it would be too close to our schools and a mosque is a fearful national security risk in their neighborhood. Ironically, Mosque Alert was developed over a period of two to three years as an integral part of Silk Road Rising production company, of which Jamil Khoury is the founding artistic director.\nMosque Alert, hosts a cast of eleven actors. Five of these actors are Caucasian and six are of Arab and Muslim origins. And in the element of any play it is the actor\u2019s role to project quality and integrity on a broad spectrum of perspectives that will have a tremendous influence on the world and people. Ironically, Mosque Alert is an important piece of history, as it throws light on the subject of Muslim degradation, as it looks past competition and gains community trust.\nLife experiences for the innovative literary artist, Jamil Khoury, who was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1965 to a Syrian father and a Polish/Slovakian mother honed his multi-cultural identity and Orthodox Christian heritage that intersects with other diverse cultures and systems of beliefs.\nKhoury holds a M.A. degree in Religious Studies from the University of Chicago Divinity School and a B.S. degree in International Relations from Georgetown University\u2019s School of Foreign Service. And is a Kellogg Executive Scholar (Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University) and has been awarded a Certificate of Professional Achievement in Nonprofit Management.\nWith impeccable educational credentials, I asked Jamil, what inspired you to become a playwright? \u201cIronically, many of my experiences became such a part of me. I care about people and that is when I decided to become a playwright. I needed an escape and had many Middle Eastern stories to visualize in a theatrical sense.\u201d\nJamil Khoury\u2019s life altering experiences while visiting his family in Syria, working as a refugee officer in the West Bank Palestinian refugee camps with UNRWA, and cultural activism, exposed him to the amount of fear, repressive environments and oppression that easily incites visible targets of diverse beliefs, and assumptions upon others such Arabs and Muslims.\nAs a playwright, Khoury has the remarkable talent to engage people with something that shows hopefulness, as well as create a forum on life\u2019s challenging story telling experiences. Mosque Alert, will hopefully inspire and immerse its audience to change and enlighten their obscure perspectives on cultural inclusiveness.\nEditor\u2019s Note: Jamil Khoury is the recipient of the Asian American Studies\u2019 Community Leader Award, 2013 recipient of the Actor\u2019s Equity Association\u2019s Katheryn V. Lamkey Award, in addition to several other literary awards.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 103, "original_length": 5909, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 292.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.arbutusarts.com/safety-of-tembusu-wood.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:12Z", "digest": "sha1:BOZ2C4IXLZUKPC6OZ7KGTHU6A7HXXTMH", "length": 316, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.arbutusarts.com", "title": "Safety of Tembusu Wood", "raw_content": "Safety of Tembusu Wood\nAre Tembusu Wood eating utensils non toxic? Looked but could only find that it is usually used in making furniture and flooring because of its hardness and strength.\nNever heard of it... I would be more concerned in general with the finish and not the wood. See if you can find out what it is.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 1112, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 304.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.archbalt.org/an-open-door-and-a-catholic-renaissance-mount-st-marys-says-goodbye-to-dr-thomas-powell/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:47Z", "digest": "sha1:P52USCMACKMPEBPXCAFMXDVSIQIYZZE4", "length": 5940, "nlines": 48, "source_domain": "www.archbalt.org", "title": "An open door and a Catholic renaissance: Mount St. Mary\u2019s says goodbye to Dr. Thomas Powell | Archdiocese of Baltimore", "raw_content": "An open door and a Catholic renaissance: Mount St. Mary\u2019s says goodbye to Dr. Thomas Powell\nDr. Thomas Powell, whose final day as president of Mount St. Mary\u2019s University in Emmitsburg is March 9, will not be slowing down, as he and his wife, Irene, recently adopted four children from East Timor, from left, Nico, Maria, Johnny and Anjelina. (Jamie Turner | Courtesy Mount St. Mary\u2019s University)\nEMMITSBURG \u2013 Historic renovations, new athletic facilities, an updated curriculum and one of the biggest solar farms in the state are just a few of the accomplishments at Mount St. Mary\u2019s University under Dr. Thomas Powell.\nPowell, however, said that his biggest and most important challenge at the Mount, where he concludes 12 years as president March 9, was reasserting its Catholic identity.\n\u201cWe are joyfully Catholic,\u201d Powell said. \u201cThat\u2019s what makes us distinctive.\u201d\nThe Mount began because Father John DuBois managed to escape France in 1791. Bearing an endorsement from the Marquis de Lafayette, hero of the Revolutionary War, DuBois landed in America, secured friendship and material support from Patrick Henry and James Monroe, and established the nation\u2019s second Catholic college in 1808.\n\u201cAt the ripe age of 44,\u201d Powell said, DuBois came to the Mount with \u201cthe ultimate, irrational, crazy vision \u2013 to build a college, seminary and prep school to help this nation, in the wilderness of Maryland.\u201d\nPowell holds DuBois as the perfect example for Mount\u2019s students, who he asks, \u201cWhat dreams are you going to have that are irrational?\u201d\nA Catholic identity\nAt the heart of that \u201cjoyfully Catholic\u201d university are open doors and compassionate friends, Powell said, explaining the reasoning behind a major expansion in the Mount\u2019s campus ministry.\nPowell attributes its success to the support of the archdiocese, particularly Archbishop William E. Lori, who is a graduate of Mount St. Mary\u2019s Seminary, serves as its chancellor, and sits on the university\u2019s board of trustees.\nOn campus, Powell refers to Father Brian Nolan, the university chaplain director, as \u201cthe best campus chaplain in the galaxy.\u201d At the Mount seven years, Father Nolan has a relatively simple philosophy.\n\u201cWe try to build a sense of being welcoming and approachable,\u201d he said, \u201cto meet people wherever they are, and then encourage them to take a step forward.\u201d\nFather Nolan notes several leaps in campus ministry under Powell.\n\u201cWe\u2019ve gone from 25-30 people in a small group Bible study to 230,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have a good number of students going to daily Mass. We\u2019re doing 40 hours of eucharistic adoration a week.\u201d\nNow one of the largest student life organizations at the Mount, campus ministry holds 10 retreats annually and enlists 66 student leaders.\nPowell also pointed to re-connecting what he described as an \u201cinappropriate separation between the seminarians and the college.\u201d\nHe credits Monsignor Steven Rohlfs, rector, and his predecessor, Fort Wayne-South Bend Bishop Kevin Rhoades, with breaking down that wall.\n\u201cWe worked together to bring (the seminary and the university) closer,\u201d says Powell.\nToday\u2019s seminarians serve as chaplains to the Mount\u2019s NCAA Division I athletic teams, as well as club teams.\n\u201cIt\u2019s a very unique program,\u201d comments Father Nolan, who as chaplain for women\u2019s basketball attends home games and practices, and cooks a preseason dinner for the team. \u201cIt\u2019s very well received by our athletes.\u201d\nThe 24th president of the Mount, Powell will be succeeded by Simon Newman March 10.\nPowell will by no means give up \u201cin loco parentis\u201d upon his retirement. He and his wife, Irene, have adopted four children \u2013 Nico, Maria, Johnny and Anjelina \u2013 from the Topu Honis Shelter Home in East Timor, a small island country between Indonesia and Australia.\nPowell says that he and Irene got to know Father Richard Daschbach, founder of Topu Honis, through their daughter. At the end of a family visit to the orphanage, Powell heard himself ask the missionary priest, now in his late 70s, a dangerous question: \u201cWhat else can I do for you, Father?\u201d\nOver the four-year adoption process, Powell says, he and his wife eight times traveled to East Timor and the orphanage \u2013 a two-day flight followed by a 14-hour ferry ride and concluding with a long hike to the shelter\u2019s mountain-top location.\nThe ferry ride occupies a special place in Powell\u2019s heart.\n\u201cLet\u2019s get 800 people on a 200-person ferry for 14 hours, and this guy next to you has a whole bunch of chickens,\u201d he laughs.\nA negligible price to pay.\n\u201cEvery day is a joy with these kids,\u201d says Powell. \u201cWe\u2019ve been living as a family since September.\u201d\nAlready the father of three children, he is nonplussed by the standard reaction \u2013 \u201cAre you crazy?\u201d \u2013 to the idea of adopting kids at his age, 61.\n\u201cSome people like to play a lot of golf,\u201d he shrugs. \u201cWe like kids.\u201d\nAs March 10, Powell\u2019s last day, nears, the outgoing president finds his thoughts returning to Father DuBois.\n\u201cIt\u2019s been humbling to be president here,\u201d reflects Powell. \u201cEvery day, I look at (Father DuBois\u2019) picture, and I think, \u2018What am I doing?\u2019 \u201c\nThe following occurred at Mount St. Mary\u2019s during Dr. Thomas Powell\u2019s 12 years as president.\n\u00b7 University status\n\u00b7 Ten percent increase in enrollment\n\u00b7 Catholic identity statement incorporated into governing documents\n\u00b7 New core curriculum, Veritas Program\n\u00b7 New majors, including criminal justice, sports management and human services\n\u00b7 New master\u2019s degrees, including philosophical studies, health administration, and biotechnology and management\n\u00b7 Construction of Bicentennial Hall, a new dormitory, and Waldron Stadium, Straw Baseball Stadium and Our Lady of the Fields Softball Stadium\n\u00b7 Residential cottages for students and seminarians\n\u00b7 A walking and jogging trail\n\u00b7 A visitor center at the Grotto\n\u00b7 Three hundred new trees\n\u00b7 A large solar farm\nMount St. Mary\u2019s basketball chaplain knows the game\nMount professor, Father Redmond, remembered for selflessness, friendliness", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 273, "original_length": 11470, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 276.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.archdaily.com/302670/camp-at-cabot-beach-studio-north/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:38Z", "digest": "sha1:K7OKOVW6GEZIJUX7ACLNPJSSJ7S6QSQ4", "length": 1884, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.archdaily.com", "title": "Camp at Cabot Beach / Studio North | ArchDaily", "raw_content": "Camp at Cabot Beach / Studio North\n\u00a9 Matthew Kennedy\nMalpeque, Prince Edward Island, Canada\nClayton Blackman, Andrew Choptiany, Sam Lock\nText description provided by the architects. Camp at Cabot Beach is designed to address the needs of children between the ages of 8-17 who are living in families that have been affected by chronic illness or disability. The camp was established 5 years ago and runs for 3 weeks every August. In 2009 they needed new facilities.\nIn collaboration with 3 other colleagues, we lived on site to design and build the camp in a short 4 months. The facilities include a staff washroom, a camper washroom, outdoor showers, a kitchen, and a dining hall that accommodates 80 children and 20 staff.\nThe concept was to create a linear layout that acts as a boundary that together with the forest edge defines the realm of the camp. Once you pass across this \u2018line\u2019 you are embraced by the camp \u2018bubble.\u2019 This is the children\u2019s escape.\nThe simple form of the design focuses on natural day lighting and passive ventilation. The heavier southern wall is insulated to block out the hot summer sun and the noise of the busy rural community. Viewed from the road and fisherman\u2019s village, the public side of the building incorporates a simple facade using traditional materials, melding the camp into the landscape with other agricultural buildings. The north side is designed to be open, the dining hall having lighter transparent walls that skew the boundaries between indoor and outdoor spaces. This way a harmony is maintained between the activities taking place both in and out of the hall.\nProjects Built Projects Selected Projects Residential Architecture Social Housing WoodPublic FacilitiesCanada\nCite: \"Camp at Cabot Beach / Studio North\" 07 Dec 2012. ArchDaily. Accessed . ISSN 0719-8884", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 149, "original_length": 4242, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 290.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.archdaily.com/898052/ishibehigashi-house-alts-design-office", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:19Z", "digest": "sha1:HUO5XK62BBGX47JLB6RIMTKOVTNBY5YI", "length": 2361, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.archdaily.com", "title": "Ishibehigashi House / ALTS DESIGN OFFICE | ArchDaily", "raw_content": "Ishibehigashi House / ALTS DESIGN OFFICE\n\u00a9 Kenta Kawamura\nKenta Kawamura\nText description provided by the architects. A couple decided to purchase newly developed land that was for sale. In front of their lot, there is a spreading field and a distant train is running. Although the site is surrounded by this idyllic landscape, this plot of newly developed land was elongated, having a 7-meter long width and a 23-meter depth.\nThe houses in the area have small front areas, so it is normal to use the width of the land to its maximum extent when building a house, resulting in houses being tightly built and without much space. The area is surrounded by idyllic scenes of nature, so I felt that if the houses were located densely near each other then there would be less outside space, and that would be a shame. I tried to find a way to make more outside space, even just a little.\nHence, as a way to feel the outside, we developed our concept, which was to install a garden passageway. The house is elongated, so we designed a common area with an earthen floor which was often seen in old Japanese row houses, and divided the area roughly into two parts: a passageway (the common area) and the LDK (the private area).\nWe arranged a layout which allows the residents to access each area from the passageway. By installing an opening in the upper part of this passageway, the windows were removed windows from the field of view of the residents, so that privacy can be secured. However, as the light comes in from the top, we were able to create a space that looks like outside.\nAs we used the same tiles as the entrance for the passageway, the interior space looked as if it is an extension of the external space. The space which looks like it outside goes through the house. When looking up in the passageway, we can see the beams are lined up. The beams cast shadows on the LDK, and the shadows change in shape as the sun moves throughout the day. The passageway as seen from the living room is filled with soft light. The space gradually changes over time, allowing us to experience different feelings. I hope this will be a space that enriches the lives of the families living here.\nCite: \"Ishibehigashi House / ALTS DESIGN OFFICE\" 11 Jul 2018. ArchDaily. Accessed . 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This can include things like kitchen extensions and loft or cellar conversions to help you make the most of your space.\nPlease contact us today using the enquiry form on this page if you have any questions about what we offer as expert architects. We\u2019ll get back to you as soon as possible with more details on the costs and specifications. You can also look here - http://www.architectural-designers.co.uk/garage/highland/strathan/ to see how we can help transform and construct a garage.\nMany people now choose to have their loft or basement converted in Strathan IV27 4 into a more usable space like a bedroom or office. This is one architecture design services that we also offer. This is commonly done for homeowners who want to create more space as an alternative to moving house. The area in a loft or attic is often wasted or used for storage, but it can be converted into a room for regular use.\nThe same applies to basements and cellars http://www.architectural-designers.co.uk/basement/highland/strathan/ which could also be redeveloped into a habitable space. In many cases there is no need for planning permission when you\u2019re looking to convert a loft or basement as the work is within the structure of your existing house. It\u2019s important to consider all the options and how you will use the converted area. You might choose to turn it into a bedroom, office, work studio, children\u2019s playroom or anything else you can think of. Deciding on this will help us to decide the right architectural specifications which will suit the function and what you need.\nHousing Redevelopment Specialists in Strathan\nHome redevelopment http://www.architectural-designers.co.uk/redevelopment/highland/strathan/ can consist of many changes to the property, and it really varies for each project. It could include things like adding an extension, loft conversion, or changing the layout of different rooms or parts in the house. Some people might even be looking to convert a house into flats or carry out more extensive construction work.\nPlease contact us for more architectural information about what we offer if you\u2019re looking to carry out home improvement works. Just complete the contact box on this page to let us know what you need and we\u2019ll get back to you as soon as we can with further details on costs. Our team can complete plans for things like loft conversions, house extensions and many other redevelopment options. These architectural design services in Strathan IV27 4 can be tailored to suit you and your budget, so don\u2019t hesitate to get in touch with us today.\nSpecialist Architectural Designers in StrathanAttic Conversion Company in StrathanSpecialist Basement Conversions in StrathanHome Extension Architects in StrathanSpecialist Garage Conversions in StrathanHouse Refurbishment Specialists in StrathanExpert Cellar Conversions in Strathan", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 6423, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 331.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.arrcc.org.au/fossil_fuels_divestment_decision_passed_by_uniting_church", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:18:34Z", "digest": "sha1:E6YOMQ7CJJ3JYIRRFUBHGLFDZTT74LLR", "length": 2610, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.arrcc.org.au", "title": "Fossil fuels divestment decision passed by Uniting Church - ARRCC", "raw_content": "Fossil fuels divestment decision passed by Uniting Church\nResolutions passed by the NSW/ACT Synod of the Uniting Church in April show that it is possible for religious institutions to take concerted action on climate change.\nThe Synod resolved to divest from stocks and shares in corporations engaged in the extraction of fossil fuels, and to redirect investments into renewable energy. Originally proposed by the Church's environmental network Uniting Earthweb, the final wording was agreed with the Synod's investment managers and unanimously passed by the approximately 400 members who were gathered for the meeting.\nThe Synod's decision connects with the global \"Go Fossil Free\" divestment campaign being led by 350.org's Bill McKibben, who is visiting Australia (Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane) in June. The campaign encourages universities, religious organisations, local councils and other institutions to get involved. To get a taste, have a look at their 'Do the Math' movie.\nA second resolution, again passed by consensus, saw the Synod agree to to call upon the state government to protect important farming land, water resources and conservation areas from coal and coal seam gas mining. The proposal was brought by the New England North West Presbytery (regional Uniting Church body), and reflects growing concern and advocacy within the churches and communities in that part of the state about the escalation of fossil fuel mining.\nA third resolution, with unanimous support once again, called upon the Synod and the Assembly to speak and act pastorally as well as prophetically in the Murray-Darling Basin. This resolution followed on from consultation involving farmers, greenies, scientists and pastors from within the church.\nThe Uniting Church has long been concerned about climate change and matters ecological and environmental. What these resolutions show is the increased mainstreaming of environmental awareness and concern within the Church, the willingness of the Church to put its money where its mouth is, the depth of support for action, as well as what is possible through collaboration across difference.\nFor more information about the resolutions, see:\nhttp://www.insights.uca.org.au/synod-2013/church-to-divest-from-corporations-engaged-in-the-extraction-of-fossil-fuels\nhttp://www.insights.uca.org.au/synod-2013/church-seeks-end-to-disastrous-effects-of-mining\nAre you interested in working for similar action within your religious institution or organisation? 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I wanted to convey the feeling of the sun playing on the waves or looking to the sunny sky through the branches, lying under a tree. A sense of playfulness and freshness through colors and movement.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 1111, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 276.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.asbestos-ships.com/ships/uss-gwin-dd-71", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:35Z", "digest": "sha1:Y4YQZGWLY4PQMR7LRWXGX73DE7RAOEVR", "length": 655, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.asbestos-ships.com", "title": "USS Gwin (DD-71) and Asbestos Exposure | Asbestos Ships", "raw_content": "USS Gwin (DD-71) Areas With Asbestos Exposure\nFRANCIS O. ANDERSON\nUSS Gwin was a Caldwell-class destroyer launched on December 22, 1917. It was commissioned on March 18, 1920 under Lt. Comdr. H. H. Bousen\u2019s command with the hull number DD-71 and served in the US Navy for 2 years until it was decommissioned on June 28, 1922. During its activity, the ship carried a complement of 100 people on board and had the main missions in Puget Sound, California, Panama Canal, Newport or Charleston. After the decommissioning, the ship was struck from the Navy List on January 25, 1937 and sold for scrapping in 1939 to the Union Shipbuilding Company in Baltimore.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 179, "original_length": 4619, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 59.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.asbestos-ships.com/ships/uss-rhind-dd-404", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:22Z", "digest": "sha1:44QVDILOFGOIPMPFKD3BKMX2KRDFIKCG", "length": 693, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.asbestos-ships.com", "title": "USS Rhind (DD-404) and Asbestos Exposure | Asbestos Ships", "raw_content": "USS Rhind (DD-404) Areas With Asbestos Exposure\nCHALMERS WARREN BAHN\nJOHN D. BURNS\nFERDINAND S. CARDANO\nUSS Rhind was a Benham-class destroyer laid down on September 22, 1937 and launched on July 28, 1938. It was commissioned on November 10, the following year under Lt. Comdr. G. R. Cooper\u2019s command with the hull number DD-404 and served in the US Navy for 7 years until it was decommissioned on August 26, 1946. During its activity, the ship carried a complement of 184 people on board and had the main missions in Brazil, the Caribbean, Martinique, Iceland, Halifax, Trinidad or Cape-Town. For the services brought to the country during the World War II, USS Rhind received 4 battle stars.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 182, "original_length": 4684, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 86.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.asbury.edu/about/spiritual-vitality/faith/theological-distinctives/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:18Z", "digest": "sha1:IIXG5XPIPZGDEFCTQI5Z7C5SWUJ3QD6L", "length": 3712, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.asbury.edu", "title": "Theological Distinctives \u2013 Asbury University", "raw_content": "Wesleyan-Holiness Theology\nAsbury University stands in the Wesleyan theological tradition\u2014believing that an act of God\u2019s grace can transform individual believers so that, through His mercy, they can experience holiness of life, have a heart that exhibits the love of God and become an agent of God\u2019s grace to the needs of humanity. To that end, Asbury builds on John Wesley\u2019s four-part method\u2014called the \u201cQuadrilateral\u201d \u2014of discovering God\u2019s truth:\nScripture \u2013 the Holy Bible,\nTradition \u2013 the history of the Church spanning two millennia,\nReason \u2013 rational thinking and logical reasoning, and\nExperience \u2013 applying lessons learned from one\u2019s personal journey in Christ.\nThus, the Asbury experience is permeated with God\u2019s Word and builds on the accumulated wisdom of theologians and scholars throughout the ages. The goal of an Asbury education is to develop in students and graduates the ability to think rationally, reason logically and to inform and enrich each student\u2019s experience through an integration of faith, learning and living.\nAsbury\u2019s founders emphasized that the gospel was not just forgiveness of sins, but a total call upon the life of the believer. If a person is to have all of God, that person must surrender all to God. John Wesley in England and Francis Asbury in America produced an explosion of evangelism and social transformation. The founders of Asbury University\u2014John Wesley Hughes and Henry Clay Morrison\u2014mirrored the same truths to their generation. Their passion produced Asbury University and caused it to mature into an institution that influences the world.\nJohn Wesley\u2019s phrase was, \u201cdeliverance from inward as well as from outward sin\u201d. In other words, it was possible by God\u2019s grace for Christian believers to become entirely sanctified (1 Thessalonians 5:23). Wesley never questioned that sin remained in the believer after conversion (see sermons, \u201cOn Sin in Believers\u201d and \u201cRepentance of Believers\u201d). He called for repentance of the believer, equal to that demanded of the sinner before his conversion. There was grace and cleansing in the atonement of Christ to cleanse the heart from all sin. The conviction was that God would produce in the heart of the believer a single-mindedness that was purely devoted to God with no rivals for His love. A believer did not have to struggle daily with doing the will of God, but could live in a relationship that desired nothing less than the will of God for his or her life.\nThese truths about the sanctified life require the disciplines of Bible study and prayer. These Biblical convictions also mandate standards for personal life\u2014expected rules of conduct that constitute a person\u2019s attempt to reflect Christ in his or her behavior and lifestyle. These expectations and a commitment to excellence in Christian liberal arts education were central to the founding of Asbury University.\nThen as now, Asbury\u2019s greatness is in its mission. Asbury\u2019s Board of Trustees is entrusted with specific stewardship of that mission and is charged with the responsibility to ensure that Asbury University continues to provide leaders of integrity who live an exemplary life and whose hearts are moved toward Scriptural holiness.\nThe issue in the Old Testament was a \u2018divided heart\u2019 of affection parceled out to God, self, and the worldly pleasures. The New Testament teaches a fulfillment of the promise of the work of the Spirit available to believers that will produce \u2018undivided hearts\u2019 in perfect love for God and people. Salvation begins with repentance, then forgiveness of sins, and it leads to a transformed life that reflects the character of God as a light in the darkness of a world needing to experience the gospel of Jesus Christ.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 93, "original_length": 6200, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 223.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.asianconnections.com/article/item/a-parade-for-the-tiger-no-not-that-tiger", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:04:00Z", "digest": "sha1:5TSQJUGQC756FEQ67K5HT2IVUZWI4ARE", "length": 3405, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.asianconnections.com", "title": "Asian Connections - A Parade for the Tiger (No, Not THAT Tiger!)", "raw_content": "Posted by Ben Fong-Torres on Sunday, 28 February 2010.\nANOTHER TIGER: I know, it's the Year of the Tiger, and you're thinking of a certain Tiger who's been in the news. Well, Tiger Woods is, as it turns out, a Rabbit, born in 1975. Rabbits are, among other things, articulate, trustworthy HMM clever, caring, noble, ambitious, well liked and lucky. But they can also be selfish and aloof.\nTHE FIRST QUEEN: I had the pleasure and honor of meeting the very first Miss Chinatown USA the other night. She's Penny Wong, Miss Chinatown 1948, and she was at the gala opening of the exhibit called Swingin' Chinatown, the Golden Age of Chinese Nightclubs , at the Old Mint. I was MC-ing, and there she was! She said her doctor urged her to try out; he was president of the sponsoring organization. And the first pageant took place around a swimming pool at the Hearst Ranch in Pleasanton. On the Fourth of July! So there've been just a few changes but Penny Wong is still lovely; still Miss Chinatown!\nAMY TAN: Amy Tan's birthday is always around the Chinese New Year, so happy birthday, Amy. She was honored a couple of times last year, including getting the Barbary Coast Award from Litquake. She'll be at Yoshis on Fillmore tomorrow night to see her friend and discovery, the French cabaret singer Pascal Toussaint, so drop by & say Nee-Hao. She won't know what you're saying, but it'll be a good time.\nHIM MARK LAI & RONALD TAKAKI: This past year we lost two eminent historians of Asian-America. Him Mark Lai was considered the Dean of Chinese American History. And Ronald Takaki's important works included the book, Strangers From a Different Shore. We salute Mr. Lai and Professor Takaki.\nCHINESE HISTORICAL SOCIETY GALA: This is not the end of Chinese New Year. In early March, the Chinese Historical Society of America will celebrate a new exhibit, The architecture of San Francisco's Chinatown, and a new book by the historian Phil Choy. Go to CHSA.org for more info on this excellent book and event.\nRECOMMENDED READING: By the way, if you'd like to know more about Chinese and Chinese New Year customs, we recommend \"Good Luck Life\" by Rosemary Gong, Year of the Tiger Tales of the Chinese Zodiac by Oliver Chin, and Raggedy Chan, a graphic novel about a half-Asian, half-Euro child, which comes with a Raggedy Chan doll, by Camille Picott.\nTIGER MUSICAL CELEBS: Duane Eddy, Tina Turner, Connie Francis, Glen Campbell, Peter Yarrow, Ben E. King, Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder, MC Hammer, Chrissie Hynde, and Kirk Hammett of Metallica!\nTIGER SONGS: The tiger is one animal that gets a lot of songs written about it: Hold That Tiger, Eye of the Tiger Tiger Rag.. I've Got a Tiger by the tale (Buck Owens)Ride the Tiger by the Jefferson StarshipTiger Rose by Robert HunterTiger in Your Tank by Muddy Waters and, of course, Tiger by one of the first pre-fab teen idols, Fabian!\nS.F. SYMPHONY: I was on the festival committee for the San Francisco Symphony's 10th anniversary Chinese New Year Concert and Imperial Ball which is going on just about now at Davies Symphony Hall. It was fun helping to plan the festival reception with Sharon Lee Seto leading the committee. Good work, gang! Now, on to the Black and White Ball with Tony Bennett and my Chinese friend, k.d. lang!\nSo, none of that got used. I am sure k.d. lang is beside herself. Maybe I'll just change tiger to rabbit and use them all next year.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 6017, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 315.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.askyourlawyer.com/ayl-practice-areas/defective-drugs/risperdal-lawyers/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:20Z", "digest": "sha1:EFOSIC7GZMQTCXVEACTN2CNIX365PDLZ", "length": 3416, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.askyourlawyer.com", "title": "Risperdal Lawyers | askyourlawyer.com", "raw_content": "Risperdal Lawyers\nHome Legal Advice Risperdal Lawyers\nRisperdal Lawyers in Ny\nOftentimes known by its full name, risperidone, Risperdal is an antipsychotic medication that can be used for treatment in cases of adult schizophrenia, bipolar I disorder, and autism spectrum disorders in children. However, the company has been accused of marketing the medication for off-label purposes and not revealing all of the serious side effects to its users. If you or someone that you know has been adversely affected by Risperdal, our company is here to help.\nRisperdal was first approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1993 for treatment of schizophrenia, and its use for other mental disorders was expanded in later years. Manufactured by Johnson & Johnson, the drug made a profit of $4.5 billion in 2007 and still makes the company around $350 million after losing the patent.\nThe medication is considered a second-generation antipsychotic drug and works by having the liver break down the drug into its active ingredients. The Risperdal then travels to the brain where it blocks the creation of the hormones serotonin and dopamine that in turn reduces the symptoms of schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder. Risperdal can be used on its own as a treatment or in conjunction with other medications like lithium or an antidepressant.\nMedical professionals are known to also use Risperdal for off-label purposes, such as the treatment of ADHD. While technically not illegal, there has been no clinical studies done regarding the effects that the medication can have on a person that is not suffering from a labeled use.\nBecause Risperdal affects the levels of hormones in the body, it can cause some serious side effects in its users. One of the most obvious and serious side effects of the drug is gynecomastia in boys. This refers to the enlargement of breast tissue, to the point where the breasts require surgery to remove. It is most common in adolescent boys taking the medication.\nIn addition, people taking Risperdal have reported an increase in movement disorders such as extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) and tardive dyskinesia. They result in painful and involuntary muscle movements as well as uncontrollable sounds. Risperdal is also associated with an increased risk of Type 2 diabetes in addition to sudden cardiac arrest and death.\nRisperdal Lawsuits and Recalls\nHundreds of Risperdal users have filed lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson for the humiliation and psychological trauma that is associated with the serious side effects of this medication. The first case was settled in 2012, and many similar cases where a young male consumer grew breasts have been settled since then.\nIn addition, two separate lots of Risperdal were recalled in 2011 because they were contaminated with the chemical used to treat shipment pallets, and another shipment was recalled in 2013 because of mold concerns. Johnson & Johnson is also facing billions of dollars in fines and settlements with both state and federal governments over the off-label marketing of Risperdal for unapproved uses in children.\nOur Office is here to Help\nThe adverse side effects of Risperdal can be humiliating and end up causing more harm than good in its users. Call or contact us today for a free and private review of your claims against Risperdal. We will match you with an attorney that can get you the compensation that you deserve.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 151, "original_length": 6276, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 174.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.askyourlawyer.com/who-recovers-for-injuries-and-damages-as-a-result-of-a-trespass/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:26Z", "digest": "sha1:I4JA4F5MHU4US5VJSL4D5RK7PTGOHMS4", "length": 3372, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.askyourlawyer.com", "title": "Who Recovers for Injuries and Damages as a Result of a Trespass? - Askyourlawyer.com", "raw_content": "Home Miscellaneous Who Recovers for Injuries and Damages as a Result of a Trespass?\nThe intentional entering of the property of another who has exclusive right to possession of that property is a trespass. It goes without saying that the trespasser must not have had the permission of the property owner (i.e., the individual must not be an invitee or a licensee), and his presence on the property must have caused damage either to the property itself or to the property owner\u2019s right of exclusivity.\nKnown vs. Unknown Trespassers\nWhile trespassers have no legal right to be on your property, you may still owe them a duty of reasonable care that there are no hazards on your property that could cause injury. If there are any such hazards, you must provide the trespasser with adequate warning of any such hazards. That duty is owed only to \u201cknown\u201d trespassers.\nTrespassers are either known or unknown. That is to say, if the property owner has been put on notice that a person or persons are entering onto his property without his permission, such as any visible signs, including the appearance of leftover trash on the property, footprints, or any other type of disturbances that would indicate the presence of people, the property owner is required to make the property reasonably safe so that these trespassers may not be injured. Likewise, the property owner cannot \u201cbooby trap\u201d the property so as to keep trespassers away. The property owner will be liable for any damages caused to trespassers, known or unknown, as a result of any hazards deliberately placed on the property to stop trespassing.\nLicensees and Invitees\nLicensees are individuals who have no contractual relationship with the property owner. The property owner has given the licensee permission to enter the property for a specific reason. If you are having a party and invite guests, those invited guests are licensees and you owe them a duty of care that they will not be injured while on your property.\nInvitees are those individuals that have been invited onto your property for a lawful purpose. For instance, if you are a homeowner and you hire a plumber or electrician to do some work on your house, that plumber or electrician is an Invitee. Your duty to your invitees is to keep the property safe from potential hazardous conditions that will cause injury.\nCan a licensee or an invitee become a trespasser? In a word, \u201cyes.\u201d If you have invited an individual to enter your property for a specific purpose, either as a house guest or a contractor, and that individual is uninvited by you for whatever reason; if that uninvited licensee or invitee refuses to leave the premises, they are now a trespasser. All the legal issues, rights and remedies that apply to trespassers will apply here.\nThe laws are specific as to the rights of property owners for damage caused to their property as a result of a trespass. The laws are equally specific when it comes to any recovery for damages as a result of injuries caused to an individual whose presence on the property may or may not be with permission. If you are involved in a dispute over property rights and liabilities, or personal injury, you will need an experienced personal injury law attorney. Please contact us today, by phone at 1-888-900-7034, or take advantage of our online case evaluation form to schedule your initial case review.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 153, "original_length": 6749, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 221.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.asm-autos.co.uk/car-breakers-yard/online-breakers/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:14Z", "digest": "sha1:4TIJSL4WP7ST5POEZMRPFSQFNBOSUNT4", "length": 1979, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.asm-autos.co.uk", "title": "Online Car Breakers | ASM Auto Recycling", "raw_content": "Online Car Breakers Yard\nIf you\u2019re looking to sell your car, because it\u2019s been written off in an accident or simply because it doesn\u2019t run anymore, you\u2019re in the right place.\nAt ASM Auto Recycling, we have over 35 years of experience in motor vehicle salvage and we pride ourselves on ensuring our customers are given the best possible experience.\nIf you scrap your car through our online car breaker service, you can make easy money whilst responsibly disposing of a vehicle that\u2019s no use to you.\nWhy should you scrap your car with ASM Auto Recycling?\nYou\u2019ll get the best possible prices. We offer outstanding prices for scrap vehicles: it\u2019s why we\u2019re one of the biggest car breakers in the UK.\nYou can give us any vehicle. Whatever car you\u2019re looking to get money for, we\u2019ll take it in - guaranteed. We don\u2019t discriminate on make or model.\nYou don\u2019t even have to bring the car to us. It\u2019s not easy moving a non-functioning car around, especially if you\u2019ve yet to buy your new one. Our collection service means you don\u2019t have to get the vehicle to us: we\u2019ll come and get it.\nYou\u2019re getting 35 years of experience. We\u2019ll help you move through the whole process, deal with the admin and \u2013 most importantly \u2013 help you make some money through selling your car.\nThere are two main options for selling your car through ASM Auto Recycling. If you want to start off with a direct quotation, then head to the Sell Your Car page and input the details of your car.\nIf you\u2019d prefer to have a chat on the phone meanwhile, you can give our friendly team a call on 01844 268 940, option 3. We\u2019ll be happy to talk through the whole thing with you.\nWe\u2019ve got offices in Aylesbury and Oxford as well as others in the surrounding area, so get in touch today to find out more.\nWe\u2019d definitely recommend taking a look at our blog. As well as the latest news from the industry, you\u2019ll be able to find out information on everything from car scrapping as a whole to the best way to replace spare parts.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 52, "original_length": 2783, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 260.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.athabascau.ca/syllabi/engl/engl395.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:41:28Z", "digest": "sha1:BCDGAL7PUNJVZJVBP4GHTDGZ36DCKP5K", "length": 2344, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "www.athabascau.ca", "title": "The Nineteenth-Century English Novel : English 395 : Courses : Athabasca University", "raw_content": "English (ENGL) 395\nThe Nineteenth-Century English Novel (Revision 4)\nArea of Study: Reading Course - Humanities\nPrerequisite: ENGL 211 and ENGL 212, or equivalent first year English course(s).\nEnglish Studies Home Page\nThis course introduces the student to some of the major English novels of the nineteenth century. Starting with Pride and Prejudice (1812), it moves chronologically through the century, examining the development of fiction through such representative works as Frankenstein (1818), Jane Eyre (1847), Wuthering Heights (1847), Vanity Fair (1847-1848), Bleak House (1853), North and South (1855), Barchester Towers (1857), Middlemarch (1867), The Way of All Flesh (1884, 1904), and Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891). This survey covers various types of fiction from the novel of manners, the Gothic romance, and the historical romance, to satiric, comic, and tragic novels.\nNote: Since this is a senior course, we expect students to have good reading and writing skills as well as the basic critical tools and knowledge of literary forms and techniques that are acquired in an introductory university English literature course like Athabasca University's English 211 and 212. Students who do not have the recommended credits in an introductory English literature course may experience significant difficulty with the essay assignments and examinations.\nTo receive credit for ENGL 395, you must complete and pass all assignments and achieve a composite course grade of at least D (50 percent). The weighting of the course assignments is as follows:\nContext Reviews 10%\nOral Midterm 10%\n1500-word Essay 20%\nJane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (1813). Broadview, 2002.\nMary Shelley, Frankenstein (1818). Broadview, 2012.\nCharlotte Bront\u00eb, Jane Eyre (1847). Broadview, 1999.\nEmily Bront\u00eb, Wuthering Heights (1847). WW Norton, 2003.\nWilliam Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair (1847-48). WW Norton, 1994.\nCharles Dickens, Bleak House (1852-53). WW Norton, 1977.\nElizabeth Gaskell, North and South (1855). WW Norton, 2004.\nAnthony Trollope, Barchester Towers (1857). Oxford, 2008.\nGeorge Eliot, Middlemarch (1874). WW Norton, 2000.\nSamuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh (1903). Penguin, 1986.\nThomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1891). Broadview, 2007.\nAll other materials will be available to students online; including a student manual.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 187, "original_length": 6306, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.83, "perplexity": 190.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.audi.com/en/experience-audi/inspiration-and-lifestyle/creativity/vandongen.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:59Z", "digest": "sha1:OYUYL4Z4LDRJHFF4NUVFTIVUD5KUPCMZ", "length": 13467, "nlines": 33, "source_domain": "www.audi.com", "title": "Natural curiosity | audi.com", "raw_content": "Dutch designer Teresa van Dongen creates lamps. And uses scientific knowledge to bring them to light. Behind these creations is an irrepressible passion for research and love of experimentation as well as the desire to ensure that scientific findings don\u2019t just gather dust in a lab.\n09/17/2018 Birte Mu\u00dfmann (interview) & Linus Bill (photo), Teresa van Dongen (video)\nTeresa von Dongen\u2019s small studio is in a former warehouse in Amsterdam\u2019s Houthaven neighborhood. In the room that the Dutch native shares with an artist friend, many glass jars, plastic containers and test tubes are clustered on a table and in shelves alongside an easel. The result is a charming hodge-podge that mingles the atmosphere of a chemistry lab and an artist\u2019s studio. As you learn about the 29-year-old\u2019s designs, it quickly becomes apparent that this blend of science and creativity is the common thread that runs through Teresa van Dongen\u2019s life. For one thing, it mirrors her fields of study: After finishing school, she initially chose to pursue a degree in biology. But after two years, she transferred to the Design Academy in Eindhoven and graduated in 2014. Now, she\u2019s merging her knowledge of the two areas in the form of lamps comprising a natural light source and flowing, organically shaped glass vessels of her own design. The results are not mass-produced but rather projects and installations resulting from interactions with like-minded souls and the curious. In this interview, the creative scientist reveals more about materials, natural phenomena and the intentions behind her designs.\nThe Audi Magazine: You started studying biology before switching to the Design Academy. What made you decide to change direction?\nTeresa van Dongen: Studying biology was fascinating but often too rigidly theoretical. Most of the program was taken up with reading specialist literature. And standing around desks for long periods to analyze something through the microscope. At some point, it began to feel monotonous. I wanted to put what I had learned into practice and experiment to discover new things\u2014in other words, more learning by doing. After I gave up biology, I was involved in theater scenography for a short while, and my application portfolio for the Design Academy grew out of that. Luckily, I was accepted. The combination of research, design and craftsmanship was perfect for me and my aspirations.\nHow would you describe those aspirations?\nResearch often stays behind closed doors or the findings are only made available to a very narrow group of people. Which is a terrible shame, considering that there are so many amazing phenomena that have already been scientifically probed and new things are always being discovered. I want to play a part in changing that\u2014by marrying science and design. These two different disciplines pave the way to an onlooker being able to interact with an object. Movement, for instance, triggers illumination in one of my lamps (Ambio). Gently swinging this lamp creates waves, circulating oxygen, which in turn provides bioluminescent microorganisms in the water with the oxygen they need to start glowing. The design and physical laws of motion bring this captivating natural phenomenon to life. It\u2019s literally tangible, in fact\u2014the lamp needs to be touched to light up. This is a key aspect in playfully bringing home to people the scientific research my work is based on.\nStaying on the subject of scientific knowledge: A lot of it is in a state of flux. Which probably makes it vital for you to think outside your own disciplinary box.\nYes, that\u2019s true. I try to collaborate with other scientists, artists or designers as often as possible and enter into a dialog. Of course, exchanging ideas helps\u2014and every now and then you need a new perspective to unleash fresh impetus or resolve a knotty problem. My work isn\u2019t confined to the studio but also takes place in scientific labs and occasionally in a glass-blowing workshop. There, too, I\u2019m always meeting exciting people.\nYou\u2019ve taken workshops at the glassworks to learn new techniques and, from time to time, simply taken the unconventional route of trying things out. Where does your love of experimentation come from?\nI was always naturally inquisitive and had a really strong urge to discover things. Even as a child, experiments enthralled me. To some extent, that\u2019s thanks to my father, who would amaze us kids by bringing small marvels into our everyday lives. I still remember a block party where he assembled a (kind of) laboratory glass setup. He allowed a liquid to flow through it that gradually changed color. He played his cards close to his chest, but that little chemistry experiment left a lasting impression.\nIn the meantime, you\u2019ve grown up and gained a lot of experience. So it probably takes far more than a little experiment to make your jaw drop. What projects impress you today?\nThere are lots of areas that I find exciting\u2014space exploration, for instance. Even though it\u2019s not exactly obvious, this discipline produces findings that are valuable to me. A lot of projects in this field focus on generating energy in unconventional ways and creating a closed loop so it\u2019s never lost. In the remoteness of space, survival depends on conserving resources. After all, the crew of a space station can only make use of what\u2019s on board. Researchers are constantly developing new ways to recover energy. Here, again, the problem is that the focus is often on the end result. Secondary findings that would work very well on Earth, for instance, receive little attention. Which is a real pity, because it was just such a contribution that brought me into contact with someone who helped me make progress on researching the bacteria for my Spark of Life \u201cliving lamp.\u201d A lecture about using urine to produce energy planted the seed in my mind.\nMaterials, functionality, design - what presents the biggest challenge in your projects?\nA lot of my projects are studies and so are still at the conceptual stage. The difficulty comes in taking them to the next level and making them a bit more low-maintenance for use in homes. Adding or removing water, introducing new bacterial cultures\u2014all of that is admittedly not all that easy. Which is why, for the time being, I mainly showcase my ideas at exhibitions or events. But I would like to change that at some point in the future. Even so, I don\u2019t want all my designs to be mass produced. Some of my works will probably stay unique pieces or reserved for people eager to grapple with its scientific background and patient enough to follow the care instructions to the letter. It\u2019s no simple matter to maintain the delicate equilibrium in a micro biosphere such as the one responsible for illuminating Ambio. But Spark of Life is already much more accessible with its one weekly maintenance. For me, the biggest challenge isn\u2019t finding the right design. It\u2019s getting my idea to survive in the world outside my studio and become part of a home. That\u2019s why I always try to tell a little story with my pieces.\nSo you\u2019re not just a scientist and a designer but also tell stories for the benefit of science?\nArtworks such as paintings usually adhere to this principle. Weaving stories around my pieces lends them an artistic touch. When you visit a gallery or show friends your new favorite artwork in your home, the narrative starts a conversation. I aim to achieve the same thing with my works\u2014prompting onlookers to engage, discuss, speculate and question.\nI try to keep constantly up to speed with exciting new research projects in the fields that interest me. To do that, I read specialist publications as well as attend lectures and trade shows. These often lead to intriguing conversations and, every now and then, collaborations. I find interdisciplinary approaches particularly fascinating. Exchanging ideas is essential to opening up new perspectives that I then translate into my work. But sometimes, all I need to do is go downstairs and chat with other artists, designers or even an electrician. A lot of creative people work in the building where my studio is. We\u2019re very supportive and like to bounce ideas off each other.\nLight is an essential component of your designs. What personal significance does light hold for you??\nUsing light as an element in my designs stems from my fascination with energy. I\u2019ve always been drawn to how the concept as a whole can be scientifically explained\u2014 how it\u2019s produced, transferred and how we can use it. Light is a good way of making energy visible. Plus, of course, it\u2019s a beautiful design element. While it\u2019s also possible to make energy tangible through movement, it\u2019s far more difficult to translate it into a common, functional form. Movement tends to lend itself to art, and light to the category of design.\nTo a certain extent, science dictates the form. How do you go about visualizing your ideas?\nI like to visualize my ideas first on paper. That helps me to think about the various elements and get an initial feel for them\u2014whether all the pieces fit together and the processes will theoretically work. Occasionally, I work using computer programs, especially when preparing projects for competitions or exhibitions That makes things a lot more precise for the onlooker because even the tiniest details can be accurately portrayed.\nAnyone who has seen blue phosphorescence on the ocean at night knows how magical it looks. The phenomenon is caused by bioluminescent micro-organisms in seawater that glow when the rolling of each wave provides them with oxygen. This concept inspired the designer to combine her passions for biology and design into a bioluminescent light installation. Ambio balances two weights with a glass tube half filled with artificial seawater, which contains a carefully selected species of these unique micro-organisms. Gentle swinging activates the illumination.\nAlthough energy is a precious commodity, we often don\u2019t notice when it is being wasted. The Dutch designer looked for a way to harness the heat generated by halogen lamps and created Lumist\u2014a lamp and humidifier rolled into one. The heat from the bulb keeps the surrounding water just below the boiling point so that it evaporates. More water is constantly provided by the adjacent reservoir.\nDo digitalization and cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence impact other areas of your work?\nNowadays, no one can completely escape these developments. I make use of digital technologies for communicating with the outside world and presenting my work\u2014for instance, in competitions. On the whole, my projects are better categorized as a \u201creturn to the roots,\u201d although I don\u2019t like that expression very much. The energy sources for most of my projects are natural, so adding digital or technological tools would be at odds with that. A technological component would have the same effect as an opaque sheet covering the project, making it harder to grasp or diluting the process at work.\nHow does that manifest itself in your projects?\nIn the Ambio model, for one, I initially studied the bioluminescent bacteria in a lab. They need oxygen to make them glow. This was provided by means of an electronic pump. For my lamp, I wanted to find a natural way to activate this process. Because I found it somehow unsatisfying that a natural process needed technological, electronic aids to kick-start it. In nature, this phenomenon is triggered by the movement of the waves, which incorporates oxygen into the water. The lamp mimics this process. A glass vessel contains the liquid with bacteria as well as oxygen. By setting the vessel gently in motion, you create waves. The result is this naturally produced light. So you see, biology is a true natural science.\nIn conclusion, let\u2019s look a bit ahead. What are your hopes for the future?\nI hope that people keep their natural curiosity and never stop trying to understand things and questioning them. And that doesn\u2019t mean always just looking things up online but also entering into personal exchanges with others. We need to increase awareness of the planet we live on. Knowledge is a good key to that door because it not only promotes understanding but can also help people connect more with nature. I can only speak from my own experience of this. It\u2019s not just children who are keen explorers\u2014we all are. Sometimes we just need it coaxed out of us.\nWhen electrochemically active bacteria clean waste water, their metabolic process emits a small electrical current. Teresa van Dongen researched these specific bacteria in order to harness the electricity they produce for household use. Her findings led her to develop the Spark of Life model\u2014a lamp that doesn\u2019t need to be plugged in to light up. These \u201cliving lamps\u201d need to be fed a teaspoon of acetate every two weeks and topped up with fresh water every month.\nWater is often used like a disposable product even though the precious liquid is the source of all life. By treating water as you would a good wine, Teresa van Dongen emphasizes the value of this resource. These vessels have been shaped so that when someone drinks or pours from them, the water keeps moving and swirling.\nThis lamp exemplifies the contradictory properties of water and light in the form of a glass droplet. It reflects, magnifies and spreads its own light\u2014and that of the sun. As a result, the lamp looks different depending on the time of day and natural lighting conditions.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 230, "original_length": 20988, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 293.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.audubon.org/news/how-choose-your-spotting-scope", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:07Z", "digest": "sha1:2VNXJDZPNXHQJLKT6GCSG4SX2CJNMPCY", "length": 7460, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "www.audubon.org", "title": "How to Choose Your Spotting Scope | Audubon", "raw_content": "Tips to help first-time buyers take the guesswork out of finding the perfect match.\nOptical aids make for better birding. Practically everyone who develops a serious interest in birds will pick up binoculars pretty quickly. For backyard birding or for pursuing warblers in the woods, binoculars may be all you need. But for some kinds of observation\u2014scanning the waterfowl far out on a lake, studying shorebirds on a wide-open mudflat, or checking out that hawk perched on a distant snag\u2014even the best binoculars won\u2019t do the trick.\nThat\u2019s when a spotting scope can make all the difference in being able to identify and enjoy more birds. Beyond merely being able to pin IDs on distant birds, regular use of a scope will allow you to learn details you would never notice otherwise.\nFor details on specific models, check out the top picks in our complete Audubon Guide to Scopes.\nNumbers Know-how\nBinoculars are usually described first by their magnification, such as \u201c7X\u201d or \u201c7 power.\u201d That\u2019s not the case with spotting scopes, because their magnification is usually determined by the choice of eyepieces that you use. Instead, the big number that\u2019s used is the diameter of the objective (front) lens, in millimeters. Many of the most popular birding scopes have objective lenses of 50 to 80 mm. Bigger lenses let in more light, but they also add to the bulk and weight of the scope.\nEyepieces: Fixed vs. Zoom\nSome scopes come with the eyepiece permanently attached, while others have detachable eyepieces and multiple choices available. If you\u2019re buying a fixed, or single-power eyepiece, don\u2019t assume that the higher magnifications are better. For most birding situations, an eyepiece of between 20X and 30X will be most effective. Heat shimmer and vibrations frequently obscure the view at higher magnifications.\nZoom eyepieces are often the best for birding. Some popular zooms are 20-40X, 20-60X, or 25- 50X. You can use the lowest power while you locate the bird and center it, and then zoom in (as far as the heat shimmer will allow) to get a closer study.\nThe quality of the glass used in a scope makes a huge difference in the quality of the image delivered to your eye. Check the specifications provided by the manufacturer to make sure you are getting good lenses for the price.\nOrdinary glass blocks a certain amount of the light passing through it. Modern lens coatings improve the transmission of light, letting more of it through and giving you a brighter image. All good scopes now use coated lenses, and multi-coated lenses are the top standard.\nLow-quality lenses produce chromatic aberrations. This \u201cfringing\u201d of colors around an object is produced by lens dispersion, with colors of different wavelengths passing through the glass unequally and focusing on slightly different points. Good optics avoid this by using ED glass, which stands for \u201cExtra-low Dispersion.\u201d With all colors focusing on the same point, the image is noticeably sharper. Unfortunately, not all optics makers use the same terminology, and some may designate their low-dispersion lenses as HD, XD, or APO. Check to see what term is used by each brand, or talk to your optics dealer about the characteristics of the lenses used.\nGood quality lenses add to the cost of a scope, of course, but they\u2019re well worth the investment. If you have to choose between higher quality lenses and higher power, the sharpest and clearest image will always make for a more satisfying experience.\nStraight vs Angled\nMost good scope models come in two configurations: straight and angled. If you generally go birding alone and if you get a sturdy, tall tripod, the straight-through view may be a better choice. You can set the tripod so the scope is at your eye level, and use it for long periods of scanning.\nHowever, if you\u2019re likely to be birding with others, sharing is easier with an angled scope, with which you look down at about a 45-degree angle into the eyepiece. You can set the height so that the shortest person in your group can reach it, and then taller people simply have to lean over a little farther. An angled eyepiece also works better when you\u2019re aiming up at birds overhead. And if you use a scope for sketching birds in the field, as I often do, an angled eyepiece is easier to use: You can look back and forth from the scope to your sketchbook with only a slight movement.\nFocusing and Close Focusing\nTypically you focus by turning a ring or knob on the barrel of the scope, which moves internal elements to give you a sharp picture. Some models have two-step focusing, with one knob that quickly shifts from close-up to infinity and one that makes much smaller adjustments for fine-tuned focus. Some birders like this approach and some don\u2019t, so it\u2019s a matter of personal preference. If you have a chance to try out a scope, check to see if the focusing mechanism feels comfortable for you.\nOdd as it might seem, a spotting scope\u2019s capacity for focusing on close-up objects is important. Birders aren\u2019t always straining to identify distant specks; sometimes we\u2019re trying to see fine details on a bird that isn\u2019t far away. For example, we might be looking for critical marks on a hummingbird visiting a feeder, studying it from just a few yards away.\nMany manufacturers now list the minimum focusing distance among the other specifications for scope models, but if you get a chance, it\u2019s still a good idea to test it for yourself. Ideally any scope for birding should be able to focus down to 20 feet or closer.\nCases and Lens Caps\nSome manufacturers provide heavy canvas covers in which to store the scope when it\u2019s not in use. Some of these covers are designed so that they can be left on the scope even while it\u2019s in use, with just the ends opening up. These can be helpful in protecting the scope against blowing dust or random accidents.\nAlmost all telescopes come with some kind of lens caps, and the better ones are solid and attach firmly. The trick is to avoid losing them while you\u2019re out birding. Some of my friends have specific systems they use, such as always putting the lens caps in a secure pocket while birding, and putting them back on the scope as soon as a birding session is over.\nDon\u2019t Skimp on Support\nWhen you\u2019re figuring out your scope-buying budget, don\u2019t forget to factor in the cost of a tripod. A tripod for a birding scope doesn\u2019t have to be quite as rock-solid as one for photography, but you\u2019ll want one firm enough to give you a steady view, even in windy conditions. Check to make sure the tripod will extend far enough to put the scope at a height that\u2019s comfortable for long sessions.\nNo matter how much you research the specifications for different models, there\u2019s no substitute for actually trying out a scope for yourself. Some of the bigger nature centers or wild bird stores may have several different models on hand, giving you a chance to compare. You\u2019re likely to find an even bigger selection at major birding festivals, where many optics companies will have representatives on hand with a full line of products. It\u2019s a great opportunity to try a range of models and find your personal favorites. Don\u2019t be shy about taking your time and asking to compare different models. A good spotting scope is a major investment that can add to your enjoyment of birding for many years.\nThe top-scoring scopes in the $2,000-plus range.\nThe top-scoring scopes in the $1,000-$2,000 range.\nThe top-scoring scopes for less than $1,000.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 191, "original_length": 11257, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 322.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.autoinsuranceez.com/new-york/new-rochelle/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:27:35Z", "digest": "sha1:JLYBIFDBY373IBPEZEUVE2HU62MCMKQO", "length": 11906, "nlines": 36, "source_domain": "www.autoinsuranceez.com", "title": "Cheap Car Insurance in New Rochelle, NY | AutoinsuranceEZ.com", "raw_content": "Does your budget need cheap car insurance in New Rochelle, NY? Well, then you\u2019ve come to the right place. AutoInsuranceEZ.com is the best resource on the internet for comparing prices between companies and finding a more affordable auto insurance deal near you. It\u2019s one of the easiest ways to save money!\nNew Rochelle isn\u2019t just popular among its 70,000+ residents; it\u2019s renowned throughout the entire country as one of the best places to live. As a matter of fact, in 2004, it was rated the 13th best city to live in overall. It\u2019s also earned awards as one of the best cities to raise children, and Business Week gave it the award for best city in New York state as recently as 2008.\nFun fact: Oh, so close! New Rochelle just barely missed out on the top 10 list of cities with the largest percentage of female medical practitioners. they are rated 11th in the country. Learn more interesting information about New Rochelle here.\nDriving legally in New Rochelle requires:\nIt\u2019s tempting to only purchase liability coverage if you are concerned about saving money on your monthly premiums. This can actually be a smart strategy if you have a much older vehicle which doesn\u2019t cost very much to replace or repair. And if you are a careful driver, you may not have to worry about purchasing higher liability coverage limits since the likelihood of a serious accident is much lower. But in all other scenarios, it is much smarter to at least purchase higher coverage limits for your liability coverage \u2013 or to just bite the bullet and purchase a comprehensive insurance policy for your own protection.\nDid you know that the average monthly insurance premium for New York drivers is over $200? If this seems high to you, then you\u2019re one of the lucky ones. Most New York drivers are paying as much or more for their own premiums. But that doesn\u2019t mean you should have to. There are easy ways to save as much as 39% or more of your monthly premiums \u2013 all you have to do is let us help you.\nAverage Monthly Auto Insurance Premiums Legend: New Rochelle Hanover Nationwide Preferred Mutual State Farm Allstate 15 30 45 60 75 90 105 120 135 150 165 180 195 $82 $196 $119 $162 $153\nNationwide seems to be offering some pretty expensive prices in Mount Vernon, with Preferred Mutual and Hanover being on the more affordable side. State Farm and Allstate are right in the middle. But depending on your own personal circumstances, the quotes you get from these companies and other local providers could be much lower. And by shopping around, you can save big.\nLiving in Mount Vernon means that you have the opportunity to save a good chunk of change on New York State Auto Insurance. The city provides certain advantages which other areas don\u2019t that can let you some very steep discounts. But your overall payment will still vary based on your own personal circumstances \u2013 so it\u2019s important to know what those are if you really want to save money.\nMajor Car Insurance Factors in New Rochelle\nYes, that\u2019s right, you can alter some of your driver profile variables in order to get a better monthly car insurance premium. For some of them, however, it won\u2019t be easy. And many of them cannot be changed at all. For example:\nFor the vast majority of drivers, moving to a different zip code in order to get a better rate on your auto insurance is completely impractical. But the difference in rates from one location to another can be pretty significant. Based on such factors as population size (New Rochelle currently has 79,558 residents) and median household income (which has jumped to $75,757 for New Rochelle residents), you could be looking to save a decent amount of money.\nAuto Insurance by Zip Code Legend: New Rochelle Buffalo New York State Farm Nationwide Preferred Mutual 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 $162 $136 $186 $196 $134 $281 $119 $70 $135\nAccident statistics for your area play a pretty significant role in your monthly premiums as well. Obviously, if statistics are high, you\u2019re going to end up paying a little bit more money then someone in the next city over (assuming that area has fewer accidents). The good news is that accident rates in New Rochelle \u2013 as you can see in the chart below \u2013 are very, very low. This is pretty exceptional considering the large population size of the city.\nBasic vs. Comprehensive Auto Policy Legend: New Rochelle Fatal Accidents Vehicles Involved in Fatal Accidents Fatal Crashes Involving Drunk Persons Fatalities Persons Involved in Fatal Crashes Pedestrians Involved in Fatal Crashes 1 1 1 1 1\nAuto Thefts in New Rochelle\nAnother good statistic for New Rochelle is the fact that the most recent recorded year reported only 61 auto thefts. This means auto theft is extremely unlikely per capita in New Rochelle compared to other places. This should help lower your rate, but if you want even more savings, you should strongly consider making sure that your vehicle is outfitted with a passive alarm.\nFatal Accidents in New Rochelle, NY Legend: Basic Coverage Comprehensive Coverage Hanover Nationwide Preferred Mutual 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 $82 $157 $196 $301 $119 $266\nLiving in the US means that maintaining a good credit score will make your life much easier. For a lot of people, unfortunately, that\u2019s much easier said than done. This is especially true with auto insurance as you can see from the chart below. But don\u2019t worry; if you happen to have bad credit, there are steps you can take to improve it over time. Unfortunately, there\u2019s nothing you can do in the short-term in order to get a lower quoted rate today if you start shopping around.\nAuto Insurance by Credit Score Legend: Good Credit Poor Credit Hanover Nationwide Preferred Mutual 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 $82 $270 $196 $195 $119 $165\nIt\u2019s an unfortunate yet irrefutable fact that younger drivers have more accidents than older, more experienced drivers. Young drivers who want to save money on their auto insurance can earn good grades, take driver\u2019s education courses, and may even want to ask their parents to bundle them onto the family auto policy. This should help alleviate the fact that, as a younger driver, you will still see an unfortunate spike in your monthly premium.\nAuto Policy Age Comparison Legend: 17 Year Old Driver 35 Year Old Driver Hanover Nationwide Preferred Mutual 35 70 105 140 175 210 245 280 315 350 385 420 455 $307 $82 $486 $196 $263 $119\nIf you haven\u2019t had any tickets or accidents within the last three to five years of your driving history, then that will be a huge step in the right direction towards getting yourself a lower rate. But if you do have some blemishes on your recent history, don\u2019t despair too much. Some areas have defensive driving courses that you can take in order to get points put back on your license. But if you don\u2019t have access to these, you should work extra hard to drive more carefully and keep your driving history clean so that your insurance company won\u2019t consider past defenses when calculating your premium in the future.\nDriving Violations Legend: Perfect Record Minor Violation Major Violation Hanover Nationwide Preferred Mutual 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 $82 $112 $154 $196 $241 $295 $119 $133 $222\nThe newer and more expensive your vehicle is, the more coverage you\u2019re going to want to purchase in order to insure it properly. If you have an old clunker which would cost more to repair or replace and is not vulnerable to auto theft, then you can get away with purchasing less coverage or even settling for liability only. Newer vehicles may require things like comprehensive coverage, collision, gap coverage, and more. They may even require higher limits on these coverages than what is normally recommended.\nCar Insurance by Make/Model Legend: 2015 Honda Accord 2015 Chevy Corvette Hanover Nationwide Preferred Mutual 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 $82 $185 $196 $237 $119 $276\nMinor Car Insurance Factors in New Rochelle\nThere are many things about getting married that will bring more happiness and joy into your life. Believe it or not, lower auto insurance rates are one of those things. Married drivers tend to get charged lower rates overall, but you can get some added savings if you bundle your insurance policy with your partner through the same company.\nThis practice used to be much more popular many years ago; but these days, there isn\u2019t as much of a difference between the way men and women drive anymore. Some companies may still make a distinction between the two sexes though, and charge anywhere from 2%-3% more for monthly premiums. Whether this charge gets applied to men, women, or whether the company doesn\u2019t factor gender in at all will vary from one provider to another.\nCommute times in New Rochelle are fairly reasonable. Most drivers won\u2019t spend more than 20 minutes getting to work or driving home. Furthermore, you have a good variety of choices when it comes to getting around. Only about 52% of residents drive their own vehicle to work by themselves. Many choose to take subway or rail to work, while others either carpool, walk, or choose to work from home in order to stay off the roads and stay safe.\nWhether you\u2019re walking, taking public transportation, or not leaving the house for work at all, these choices can really help you save money on your car insurance rates. Many companies even offer you the opportunity to plug a little device into your vehicle to track your miles. The fewer miles drive, the less likely you are to get into an accident \u2013 and this can get you some serious discounts with the right insurance provider!\nDo you want a high deductible or low deductible? Do you know what the difference between the two is? Simply put, lower deductibles mean higher monthly insurance premiums. This compensates the insurance company for paying more money to get your vehicle repaired or replaced in the event of an accident. Shouldering more of that financial burden by raising your deductible, though, will get you a lower monthly rate. But paying a higher deductible when you least expect it could be difficult and inhibit your ability to get around. Be very careful before making this choice, since being unable to get around in the face of a high deductible can be extremely detrimental for some people.\nEducation in New Rochelle, NY\nStrangely, New Rochelle has a much lower number of citizens with only a high-school diploma or equivalent when compared to the New York average. But that may be because so many of its residents have gone on to pursue higher levels of education. When it comes to bachelor\u2019s degrees, New Rochelle is a few percentage points higher than the state average. And it is significantly higher in master\u2019s degree owners than the rest of the state.\nDespite its sizable population, New Rochelle is only home to a couple of private universities. Iona College and the College of New Rochelle are located within the city limits and average a modest enrollment of a little over 3,500 students per semester. But it\u2019s not like you have to travel far to get a higher education outside the city limits of New Rochelle. There\u2019s Manhattan College, CUNY Lehman College, and Fordham University within a 20-minute drive of the city.\nIt\u2019s hard to start saving money on your monthly car insurance premiums right away. Problems, like having a blemish on your driving record, not having a higher education, or having a poor credit score, will take time to fix before you see results on your monthly auto insurance statement. But there is one thing you can do right now to save yourself money: let us help you compare quotes! All it takes is your zip code and a few minutes of your time and we can find you up to 5 fast, free quotes for major providers near you. If you start shopping around with us today, you could start saving hundreds of dollars per month.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 150, "original_length": 15610, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 262.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.avenuebookstore.com.au/p/picture-books-the-last-peach?barcode=9780670078912", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:36Z", "digest": "sha1:XYKLTH45SB7RZ5G54BF7RPGJIU3BI4VC", "length": 841, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.avenuebookstore.com.au", "title": "The Last Peach by Gus Gordon (9780670078912) | Albert Park", "raw_content": "Author(s): Gus Gordon\nOne fine summer's day two bugs discover the most beautiful peach of the season and are faced with a dilemma...\nWho should eat it?\nGus Gordon is an internationally acclaimed illustrator and author. He has illustrated and written over 80 books for children. His illustrations are known for their loose and energetic line work, mixed media and humour. His writing is always anthropomorphic. He attributes this to his love of Kenneth Grahame's Wind in The Willows. Gus's first picture book, Wendy, was a Notable Book in the 2010 Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Picture Book of the Year Awards. His second picture book, Herman and Rosie, now published in twelve countries, has been internationally acclaimed and awarded. Somewhere Else was published by Penguin Random House Australia in 2016.\nAuthor : Gus Gordon", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 68, "original_length": 1916, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 146.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.awaken-love.net/daily-article-2-6/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:39:26Z", "digest": "sha1:ODDSTYXJY47L37ZDM2TEHAAIPZYZZ6E5", "length": 2728, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.awaken-love.net", "title": "Daily Article 2-6 - Awaken-Love", "raw_content": "Girls and boys have such different experiences discovering their bodies.\nBy the time boys are potty training, they are forming a very hands on relationship with their penis. It is part of everyday life to touch and hold their penis, and it can quickly become a best friend. They know what it looks like, what it feels like, and how it changes with temperature, and there is really nothing dirty about their penis. It is simply part of who they are.\nGirls on the other hand, are physically created very differently. Our parts are tucked inside and may never be touched, besides the occasional wiping with a piece of toilet paper. If you wanted to actually see what was down there, you\u2019d have to either bend like a pretzel, or dare to pull out a mirror. Even in a mirror, our bodies are distantly removed when we view them through a reflection. Girls grow up not knowing that they have 3 holes, all they know is that dirty stuff comes out down there, and you better wash your hands with soap and water afterwards.\nI ask the question, \u201cDo you love yourself?\u201d because I am not sure many of us really do.\nGod created women with amazing bodies. Our vaginas can stretch large enough to birth a baby and still respond to firmly hug our husband\u2019s penis. Our breasts can nurse a baby, provide hours of entertainment for our husbands, and be sensitive enough to trigger an orgasm. Our clitoris created solely for our pleasure can provide a lifetime of experiences that are different every time. And yet, how many of us really know our bodies, or do we still think of it as dirty, or a black hole.\nI recently read of an assignment given to a group of women. At home, they were to use a mirror to study their bodies, and then draw a picture of their vulva to be shared with the others at the next class. After many protests were voiced, the instructor asked, \u201cWould you protest if I asked you to draw your arm or your ear?\u201d What was different? None of these women were artists, so it was not sharing an actual picture of their vulva, just their rendering.\nAfter the class ended, many women shared that this was one of the most powerful exercises they had done. Just spending time studying themselves, drawing what they saw, and proudly sharing with the others, they had been given a new appreciation for God\u2019s creation.\nIn order to love yourself, you must first know yourself. That means touching your body to learn how God uniquely created you to feel. That means looking at yourself and studying yourself, even the parts that are hard to see. That might even mean smelling or tasting yourself. Get to know yourself and be amazed at the incredible body God gave you.\nReproduced from: https://awaken-love.net/2014/10/20/do-you-love-yourself/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 4230, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 309.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.b2centerprises.com/news/experienced-graphic-designer-joins-b2c-enterprises", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:09:00Z", "digest": "sha1:UAQ4HG4CDRBZPIRGOJIZZIXDWZYWQWE5", "length": 922, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.b2centerprises.com", "title": "B2C", "raw_content": "Experienced Graphic Designer Joins B2C Enterprises\nB2C Enterprises announces the addition of Graphic Designer Matt Musselman. He will be assisting B2C's creative team in the graphic design and visual development of marketing, advertising, and communications tools.\n\"Over the past few years we've had the opportunity to work with Matt and experience his vast design talents,\" said Bruce C. Bryan, President of B2C Enterprises.\n\"He's the perfect addition to our team and his wide variety of creative skills will be a great benefit to our clients,\" said Bryan. \"It's an exciting time for the agency and we're really glad Matt can be a part of our team moving forward.\"\nMusselman has more than two decades of experience in 3D illustration, sign and print design, and graphics team management as well as technical training in various software development programs. 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[+]\nThe bachelor\u2019s programme in Business Administration provides opportunities for professional employment and development in an astonishing variety of sectors and functions. The aim of this programme is to train management experts who are able to use specialized procedures, scientifically developed over time for all economic and administrative functions, to solve practical problems. Graduates of the programme are able to support the management in various areas of business administration and to take over management tasks themselves.\nMany of our graduates enter the world of private business, where they can become active in consulting functions (e.g. for public accountants, tax consultants, business consultants, and advertising consultants) and also as senior employees in industry and in trading companies. Our students are also in demand in the banking and credit management sectors. 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It has previously been ranked as the richest city in the world and consists of a unique skyline that matches no other. It has a variety of higher education establishments within.\nBBA Programs in Abu Dhabi in United Arab Emirates\nBBA(Bachelor of Business Administration)-UK University\nBBA (Bachelor of Business Administration) is an undergraduate program comprising of three phases with contact-based classes delivered in UAE only on FRIDAY'S, which can b ... [+]\nBBA (Bachelors of Business Administration) awarded by either: The Anglia Ruskin University) or other Options from UK ( The University of Sunderland/ University of Northampton) or City Vision University from Kansas USA. [12 months]. A Candidate who has completed Level 5 Diploma in Business Management can choose any above UK or USA University options to top-up to BBA program either by traveling to UK on the University campus or opt to complete it via Online mode through university learning portal. Program Path provided by Master Education International BBA ( Bachelor of Business Administration) is an undergraduate program designed for working professionals in UAE, which can be completed by attending classes only on Fridays and in a time frame of 2-2.5 years. Master Education International is an approved center to deliver QAULIFI-UK Qualifications & is the exclusive commercial provider of City Vision University's Degree pathway for UAE. The following is an outline of the degree path. BBA Degree Pathway Step 1: Certificate in Business Management (Level 4) awarded by QUALIFI- UK*[7-10 months)AED9350 total tuition fees, payable in monthly installments of AED850. Step 2: Diploma in Business Management (Level 5) awarded by QUALIFI-UK [7-9 months]*[7-10 months] - AED9350 total tuition fees, payable in monthly installments of AED850. Step 3: Final Year of BBA (Bachelors Degree of Business Administration) candidate can choose to go for top-up either with any of the mentioned Accredited universities: *QUALIFI - UK is recognized as an Awarding Organisation by the qualification regulators for England and Wales. The regulators... 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Pinging is currently not allowed.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 80, "original_length": 3253, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 209.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.baltimoresun.com/bs-fe-weeksbest-1028-story.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:55Z", "digest": "sha1:KOIMBSBZYCEHUH4LOWDT6KLO7MU234OO", "length": 6218, "nlines": 34, "source_domain": "www.baltimoresun.com", "title": "A seance, the Fringe and oysters aplenty \u2014 the best of Baltimore's arts scene this week - Baltimore Sun", "raw_content": "A seance, the Fringe and oysters aplenty \u2014 the best of Baltimore's arts scene this week\nphoto provided by Charm City Fringe / Handout\nThe 2018 Charm City Fringe Festival, featuring 23 different shows (including \"Beaver Dreams\"), runs Nov. 1-11 in the Bromo Arts District.\nThe 2018 Charm City Fringe Festival, featuring 23 different shows (including \"Beaver Dreams\"), runs Nov. 1-11 in the Bromo Arts District. (photo provided by Charm City Fringe / Handout)\nCharm City Fringe Festival\nA treasure trove of \u201ccutting-edge and quirky theater and performing arts,\u201d kicking off Nov. 1 and spanning 11 days, 23 different shows (more than 90 performances in all) and multiple venues in the Bromo Arts District. Among the offerings: \u201cToo Hip for the Room,\u201d featuring members of the Siegfried Olsson Band and the Baltimore Improv Group (3:15 p.m. Nov. 3, 8 p.m. Nov. 5, 8:45 p.m. Nov. 7 and 3:15 p.m. Nov. 10); \"Beaver Dreams\" (La Fi\u00e8vre du Castor), a puppet and clown show from Montreal-based Lost & Found Puppet Co. (1:30 p.m. and 8:45 p.m. Nov. 3, 3:15 p.m. Nov. 4, 7 p.m. Nov. 8); and \u201cWunderkammer,\u201d the story of a snowy tundra, a lonely taxidermist and a child with a mysterious talent (7 p.m. Nov. 2 and 4, 10:30 p.m. Nov. 9, 7 p.m. Nov. 10). All-access passes are available for $98; other ticket packages are available for $30-$45. For tickets to individual shows, you\u2019ll need to get a button ($5) first; after that, tickets are $10. charmcityfringe.com.\nThe Greek Food, Wine & Culture Festival runs Nov. 1-4 at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation.\nThe Greek Food, Wine & Culture Festival runs Nov. 1-4 at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation. (Amy Davis / Baltimore Sun)\nGreek Food, Wine & Culture Festival\nFour days of Greek food, music, dancing, vendors and other cultural earmarks. The spanakopita alone makes a trip here worth the effort. Includes the Nov. 1 \u201cBig Fat Greek Happy Hour\u201d from 5 p.m.-9 p.m., featuring free food samples, plus music, dancing and a full food and bar service. The festival continues from 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Nov. 2-3, noon-6 p.m. Nov. 4 at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation, 24 W. Preston St. Free. goannun.org.\nThe Official Houdini S\u00e9ance\nEver since the great magician Harry Houdini died in 1926, with a promise that he would communicate from the beyond if at all possible, the world has breathlessly awaited his re-appearance. Hasn\u2019t happened yet, but maybe this time \u2014 the first official seance to be held in Baltimore \u2014 we\u2019ll get lucky. 6:30 p.m. Oct. 31 at the Jewish Museum of Maryland, 15 Lloyd St. $25-$50. jewishmuseummd.org.\nKaitlin Newman / Baltimore Sun\nWest Shore Park will host the Great Baltimore Oyster Festival Nov. 3.\nWest Shore Park will host the Great Baltimore Oyster Festival Nov. 3. (Kaitlin Newman / Baltimore Sun)\nGreat Baltimore Oyster Festival\nThe world\u2019s tastiest bivalve is feted with an afternoon of oysters (of course) and seafood dishes from local restaurants, helped along with beer wine and specialty cocktails. An oyster-shucking contest, too (and isn\u2019 t that a talent you wish you had?). 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 3 at West Shore Park, 401 Light St. Free, plus $12 a plate for the oysters. baltimorewaterfront.com.\nBaltimore Next Media Web Festival\nThis celebration of storytelling of all sorts includes music videos, web series, script readings and short films. Plus, there will be keynote speakers and plenty of opportunities for mingling, sharing information and getting an advance look at the next big thing. Kicks off at 7 p.m. Nov. 1 at the Creative Alliance, 3134 Eastern Ave. in Highlandtown ($12-$18), then runs Nov. 2-3 at the University of Baltimore\u2019s Wright Theatre, 21 W. Mount Royal Ave. ($25 per day), Nov. 4 at the Creative Alliance ($20-$28); VIP full festival passes are $80. bnmwebfest.com.\nGetty Images / Joel Fletcher\n\"The Nightmare Before Christmas,\" with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra playing its score live, comes to the Meyerhoff Nov. 2-3.\n\"The Nightmare Before Christmas,\" with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra playing its score live, comes to the Meyerhoff Nov. 2-3. (Getty Images / Joel Fletcher)\nMovie with Orchestra: 'The Nightmare Before Christmas'\nJack Skellington and all the inhabitants of Halloweentown are brought to life not only on the big screen (thanks to the 1993 animated classic from Tim Burton and director Henry Selick), but also through the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, which will be performing Danny Elfman's score live. 8 p.m. Nov. 2, 3 p.m. Nov. 3 at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, 1212 Cathedral St. $12.50-$85. bsomusic.org.\nStoop Storytelling: \u2018I Did it My Way: Stories about Creating a Life \u2014 and Death \u2014 On Your Own Terms\u2019\nStorytellers of every stripe, from veterans to first-timers, relate tales of \u201cdefining your values, checking off the most epic item on your bucket list, and setting your own course \u2014 in life and in death.\" 7 p.m. Nov. 1 at The Soundry, 10221 Wincopin Circle in Columbia. $10. stoopstorytelling.com.\nVeiled: A Masked Charity Event\nPut on your best mask (not essential, but why not get fully in the spirit?) and enjoy gourmet food, an open bar, music and dancing. 7 p.m.-11 p.m. Nov. 2 at Martin\u2019s West, 9000 Pulaski Highway. $75-$85, to benefit Remember the Children and its work in Romania and Tanzania. remember-the-children.org.\n\"The Music, Seen\" art exhibit will be on display at the WTMD studios in Towson Nob. 1-30.\n\"The Music, Seen\" art exhibit will be on display at the WTMD studios in Towson Nob. 1-30. (/ HANDOUT)\nThe Music, Seen\nFive Maryland artists \u2014 Landis Expandis, Cody Pryseski, Watson, Kristin Wiebe and Minas Konsolas \u2014 display works inspired by music, running the gamut from instruments to specific songs. A free opening reception is set for 5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Nov. 1 at WTMD Studios, 1 Olympic Place in Towson, with the exhibit remaining through Nov. 30. wtmd.org.\nA Royal Gala\nThe Alpha Zeta chapter of the Zeta Phi Beta sorority celebrates 95 years at Morgan State University. Guests are asked to dress in their best 1920s-style formal wear. Includes an appearance from Baltimore\u2019s own \u201cThe Voice\u201d phenom, Davon Fleming. 7 p.m. Nov. 3 at the Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor at Camden Yards, 110 S. 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JONES FUNERAL HOME, P.A.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 15, "original_length": 619, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 178.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2008-01-19-0801190239-story.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:49Z", "digest": "sha1:BR6KMNND7WORELF4W6FHVFRDHUSI7OFZ", "length": 460, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.baltimoresun.com", "title": "THE WEATHER PAGE - Baltimore Sun", "raw_content": "Yes, I know. I suffered a bout of brain lock the other day and wrote an error into yesterday's Weather Page comment on the timing of sunrises and sunsets in December and January. Al DiCenso wrote from Annapolis to ask why the sunrise times weren't changing as fast as sunset times. It's because the EARLIEST sunset was Dec. 7, while the LATEST sunrise didn't occur until Jan. 5. I managed to get it exactly backward yesterday. Thanks to all who pointed it out.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 15, "original_length": 782, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 315.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.barnebys.co.uk/blog/aspire-art-auctions-spearheading-change-in-the-sa-auction-market/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:02Z", "digest": "sha1:RR4AOU2BEI42LJPWIFBEJC7PTUT7L6EP", "length": 4855, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.barnebys.co.uk", "title": "Aspire Art Auctions: Spearheading change in the SA auction market \u2013 Blog \u2013 Barnebys.co.uk", "raw_content": "Aspire Art Auctions: Spearheading change in the SA auction market\nAspire Art Auction takes stand by paying royalties on resales to young artists whose work is important for the sustainability of the art market. Check out their sale with some of South Africa's most prominent contemporary artists!\nAspire Art Auctions brings an exciting mix of fine art to its upcoming sale in Cape Town on March 25 at Avenue, the V&A Waterfront. Headlining the work on offer is a rare Alexis Preller intaglio work from 1970, Gold Angel (Ar\u00eat\u00e9), exhibited on his very last show at the Goodman Gallery.\nAmong other modern art highlights are two other significant works by Preller \u2013 one expressionistic early work, of dancing figures in an interior, The Dance, and a mid-period work from 1956, Vase and head in profile, which prefigures many of the themes and styles of his later work.\nTwo beautifully rendered small sculptures by Sydney Kumalo are also on sale, titled Figure on Bull and Leopard, following on from the success achieved by Aspire in November 2017 at their Johannesburg sale. There, Kumalo\u2019s Mythological Rider fetched a world record R1 932 560.\nMan on Bull\nThe auction also has a special focus on contemporary art, an area in which Aspire consistently leads the auction market. Perhaps the most prominent work on offer in this area is an extraordinary piece by highly respected contemporary painter Robert Hodgins. This massive canvas was executed between 1997 and 1998, and was the eponymous work of his exhibition at the Goodman Gallery. Night of the Awards is a triptych measuring almost 2 metres by 5 metres, and is a brilliant example of Hodgins\u2019 renowned talents for colour and composition.\nIt is significant that some of the major works on the sale are from up and coming contemporary artists with a growing following and a dynamic in their work which is setting a new agenda in the South African art world, one focused strongly on race, gender and identity politics. One of the leading lights in this shift is Athi-Patra Ruga. This Cape Town- based artist works in performance and staged photography, in which he enacts an idiosyncratic world peopled with characters of his own making, all with humorous, colourful yet politically charged identities and fluid sexualities.\nTwo outstanding works appear on the sale: The Night of the Long Knives III (2013), a staged photograph set in the imaginary realm of Azania, and exhibited at the opening show of the prestigious Zeitz MOCAA contemporary art museum in Cape Town; and a tapestry work also from 2013, Uzukile the elder. This arresting piece is newly arrived on consignment from the Fondation Louis Vuitton show in Paris entitled Being There, which featured new South African talent.\nAnother cutting edge South African contemporary artist also features prominently in the March sale. Mohau Modisakeng\u2019s work on the auction, from 2012\u2019s Frames series, Untitled (Frame XVI), also features a character, one in a series of tableaux featuring the artist himself, staged in \u2018frames\u2019 of implicit violence, which are indicative of the global situation of the black body. In this particular instance from the series, the trope of the blinkers implies both violence and control over the subject. In another significant recent photographic performance work, Passage (2017), commissioned for last year\u2019s Venice Biennale, Modisakeng muses on slavery, colonialism and forced migration. The work was exhibited to much acclaim in Cape Town late last year.\nFrame xvi\nThe prominence of these artists, and the urgency and necessity of the positioning and political intention of their work, means that they are ideal beneficiaries of the Aspire Art Auctions Artist\u2019s Resale Rights (ARR). Committed to the growth and development of the African art market, Aspire Art Auctions is the first auction house in South African history to pay living South African artists royalties on the resale of their works of art. The initiative is undertaken entirely at Aspire\u2019s own cost, and demonstrates its commitment to the growth and development of the African art market, and in particular living South African artists.\nAspire\u2019s intention in implementing the scheme is to help ensure the development of the art industry by contributing towards the sustainability of the practitioners and the professionals that have made this market what it is today. Whilst this benefits established living artists, the ARR also builds a market for the future, and assists artists like Modisakeng and Ruga to benefit from their growing reputations.\nAspire has, to date, earned royalty dues through their sales for over 80 living South African artists, across the career spectrum. The upcoming Cape Town sale is no different, with its focus on contemporary work enabling many current local artists to benefit.\nSee all Aspire Art Auction's lots here!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 222, "original_length": 9116, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 297.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.barnesjewish.org/Medical-Services/Neurology-Neurosurgery/Neuroradiology/Interventional-Neuroradiology", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:06Z", "digest": "sha1:TBDXTFBWURNFHCMQBDO7XFCRGPPBGSVQ", "length": 6457, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "www.barnesjewish.org", "title": "Interventional Neuroradiology Services - Neuroscience - Barnes-Jewish Hospital", "raw_content": "Home Medical ServicesNeurology & NeurosurgeryNeuroradiologyInterventional Neuroradiology\nInterventional neuroradiologists treat disorders of the blood vessels of the brain, spine, head and neck using a minimally invasive approach, usually working from within the blood vessels. The tools of an interventional neuroradiologist are tiny catheters (tubes) and precise imaging equipment, allowing procedures to be performed through small incisions in the skin, directly inside the affected blood vessels.\nThe interventional neuroradiology service at the Barnes-Jewish & Washington University Neuroscience Center is the largest in the region and one of the busiest in the country, with recognized experts in the field.\nBenefits of Interventional Neuroradiology\nAs computer and imaging technology has advanced, the options available to interventional neuroradiologists have grown phenomenally. Because of the risk involved with treating blood vessels in such critical areas as the head, neck and spine, using small incisions and image-guided precision results in better treatment and outcomes for our patients. Our goal is to offer each patient the most effective treatment with the lowest risk.\nPatients with known or suspected disorders of the cerebral blood vessels are usually evaluated in close consultation with members of the neurology and neurosurgical departments, or the vascular surgery department. A weekly conference is dedicated to discussing the best treatment for patients with these problems.\nTreating Blood Vessels of the Head, Neck and Spine\nWe perform about 250-300 interventional neuroradiology procedures per year. Common endovascular therapies include angioplasty (opening a narrowed artery with a balloon) and treatment of aneurysms (a balloon-like weakness in the wall of an artery) within the head.\nIn addition to vascular disease, we offer other treatments related to the head, neck, spine and nervous system. These include injections of anesthetics and steroids for relief of pain from nerve root inflammation and image-guided biopsies to obtain diagnoses.\nOther common endovascular techniques and treatments include:\nAneurysms are weaknesses in the wall of an artery that may rupture (burst) if not treated. A ruptured aneurysm may be fatal. A variety of options are available for endovascular treatment, including filling the aneurysm with soft platinum coils and blocking the artery where the aneurysm arises. Sometimes stents or balloons are used to help keep the coils in the right place. At Barnes-Jewish Hospital, up to two-thirds of patients with aneurysms in the arteries of the brain are treated using interventional neuroradiology techniques.\nAngiography is used to examine blood vessels in the head, neck, brain or spine. It is more accurate and provides better quality of resolution than any other imaging technique at this time. Using local anesthesia, a catheter is placed in an artery in the groin and then directed to the vessels to be examined. Once the catheter is in position, a dye is injected to make the selected blood vessels visible on X-ray. The procedure typically lasts about an hour. Washington University interventional neuroradiologists perform about 1,000 diagnostic cerebral and spinal angiograms per year.\nArteriovenous Malformation (AVM) Catheterization\nAVMs are abnormalities of the arteries and veins in which a direct connection, or short circuit, exists between the arteries and veins. Most are congenital, meaning patients are born with this connection. Symptoms of headaches, seizures or bleeding do not usually appear until the 30s or 40s. These abnormal vessels can be blocked with different materials injected through catheters (tubes) placed through the blood vessels into the lesion.\nCarotid Cavernous Fistula (CCF) Treatment\nCCFs are an uncommon but unique subgroup of AVM which are primarily acquired later in life than AVMs. They can be separated into direct connections between the carotid artery and the veins of the cavernous sinus (usually due to trauma) or indirect connections in which small arterial branches supply the veins. Both types can be treated very effectively with different endovascular devices.\nCerebrovascular Stenosis Treatment\nAtherosclerotic disease, or hardening of the arteries, can cause severe narrowing (stenosis) of the arteries of the neck and brain. Sometimes this narrowing may cause a stroke (lack of blood supply) or temporary symptoms of a stroke. In some patients, this narrowing can be opened using balloons inside the blood vessel. Sometimes metal tubes called stents are placed in the vessel to help keep it open.\nMost strokes are caused by blood clots lodging in the arteries of the brain. These blood clots come from the heart or from plaque in the blood vessels anywhere from the heart to the brain. If the blood clot blocks the artery for long enough, the brain cells ordinarily supplied by that artery die from lack of oxygen and nutrients. In some patients, the blockage can be dissolved using powerful blood clot-dissolving drugs given at the surface of the clot through small tubes or removed using devices that can pull the clot out.\nVascular Tumor Surgery and Embolization\nPatients with certain vascular tumors of the brain, head, neck or spine undergo embolization before surgery. Embolization prevents blood flow to the area of the tumor. The advantages of embolization are that blood loss during surgery can be reduced, making surgery safer and faster, potentially allowing a more complete removal of the tumor.\nVasospasm - Vessel Dilation\nWhen an aneurysm ruptures, the bleeding over the surface of the brain sets in motion a cascade of chemical events that results in severe narrowing of the arteries of the brain several days after the rupture. This narrowing may be so severe that medical treatment to keep enough flow through the vessel may fail. In these patients we can often open their arteries by directly administering different drugs and using balloons to dilate the vessels.\nSpinal Malformation Treatment and Testing\nArteriovenous malformations (AVMs) and vascular tumors often involve the spine or spinal cord. Endovascular techniques may be used prior to surgical treatment or as the sole treatment of these lesions. In addition, we also perform a variety of non-vascular procedures in the spine. These include biopsies, nerve root injections for pain relief, and diagnostic discograms (a test for painful spinal discs).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 342, "original_length": 12918, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 268.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.barnesjewish.org/Medical-Services/Trauma-Acute-Care-Surgery/Level-I-Trauma-Center/Committee-on-Trauma", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:40Z", "digest": "sha1:GQ576KC7EPQOJZ6CVWZ62A4NDTSH4OYA", "length": 3161, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.barnesjewish.org", "title": "Committee on Trauma Verification/Consultation Program for Hospitals - Barnes-Jewish Hospital", "raw_content": "Home Medical ServicesTrauma & Acute Care SurgeryLevel I Trauma CenterCommittee on Trauma\nAmerican College of Surgeons\u2019 Committee on Trauma Verification/Consultation Program for Hospitals\nWhat is the Committee on Trauma?\nThe Committee on Trauma (COT), a standing committee of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), works to improve all phases of the management of the injured patient and to prevent injuries before they occur. The COT promotes leadership and cooperation of all participants in a trauma center so that the best possible care will be provided to injured patients. The COT also requires the commitment of each facility's surgeons to the improvement of trauma care. Recognizing that trauma is a surgical disease that demands surgical leadership, the ACS established the Committee on Trauma, its oldest standing committee, in 1922.\nWhat is the Verification/Consultation Program for Hospitals?\nEstablished by the ACS Committee on Trauma in 1987, the Verification/Consultation Program is designed to promote the development of trauma centers in which participants provide the hospital resources necessary to address the trauma needs of all injured patients. The Consultation Program is designed to help hospitals and their personnel prepare for this endeavor. The Verification Program confirms that all the criteria have been met.\nWhat is Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient?\nThis document is the resource manual of the COT. First published in 1976 as Optimal Hospital Resources for Care of the Injured Patient, the manual established guidelines for the care of injured patients. Subsequent revisions have continued the COT's commitment to ensuring that resources and personnel for providing optimal care for injured patients are in place in trauma programs. In 1990, the name of this manual was changed to Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient to reflect a change in trauma care and to complement an important and abiding principle of the Committee on Trauma: To ensure that the needs of all injured patients are addressed wherever they are injured and wherever they receive care.\nHow did the verification program begin?\nAn obvious outgrowth of the establishment of the COT's guidelines for optimal care was the development of a verification process through which a hospital could be evaluated by ACS trauma surgeons to determine whether the criteria for optimal care of injured patients were being met. Thus, the Verification/Consultation Program for Hospitals was established in 1987.\nHow many categories of verification does the program have?\nThere are four separate categories of verification in the COT's program (Level I, II, III, and IV), each with specific criteria that must be met by a facility seeking that level of verification.\nHow does a hospital or clinic receive verification?\nThe level of verification is requested by the hospital. An on-site review of the hospital is conducted by a team of surgeons experienced in the field of trauma. Using the current Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient manual as a guideline, this team will determine if the criteria for the requested level have been met.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 223, "original_length": 7095, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 248.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.barnstablepatriot.com/home2/index.php/option=com_content/task=view/id=23470/Itemid=34", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:31:15Z", "digest": "sha1:3EDVS7QJVELBQB5GTLT3HHGZH65IMUK2", "length": 2484, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "www.barnstablepatriot.com", "title": "Schroeder would be proud - Entertainment - Barnstable Patriot - Hyannis, MA", "raw_content": "Schroeder would be proud\nCotuit\u2019s Jared McMurray is an average Joe, a dedicated father who can be found working year-round as one of the owners of Cotuit Landscaping.\nNormal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Cotuit resident follows his passion tickling the ivories\nphoto courtesy jared mcmurray/cotuit center for the arts\nKEYED IN \u2013 Cotuit\u2019s Jared McMurray plays at the Cotuit Center for the Arts\nHe\u2019s also one heck of a concert pianist.\nBucking the uptight, nose-in-the-air stereotype of classically trained musicians, McMurray has been a staple in local music circles for years, both performing and teaching at the Cape Cod Conservatory.\nUnlike many pro and semi-pro musicians, he didn\u2019t start at an excessively young age.\n\u201cI started in middle school,\u201d he said. \u201cI saw a documentary on the Van Cliburn Piano Competition on PBS, that\u2019s what got me fired up.\u201d\nWhile he hasn\u2019t (yet) competed in the prestigious international competition, McMurray certainly has the drive to get there if he chooses. Eschewing the usual teenage preoccupations with parties and video games, he dedicated much of his spare time to his burgeoning passion for piano.\n\u201cI was a late bloomer \u2013 I definitely started late,\u201d he said. \u201cI really just OCD-practiced like crazy for basically 20 years.\u201d\nHe now manages to squeeze shows into a busy schedule.\n\u201cI primarily do smaller gigs throughout the year, I would say a dozen or more,\u201d he said. \u201cBut as far as doing a solo program, I just do one of those every winter.\u201d\nFor a new father and business owner, free time can be tough to come by.\n\u201cI don\u2019t get a lot of consistent practice,\u201d McMurray noted. \u201cBut when I\u2019m preparing for a recital, I put three hours a day in.\u201d\nThis winter\u2019s event is scheduled for March 19 at the Cotuit Center for the Arts, where he also serves as secretary of the board of directors.\nMcMurray comes from a musical family \u2013 his brothers Devon and Ryan both play guitar.\n\u201cMy younger brother (Ryan) went to Hartt School with me for two years,\u201d he said, referring to the prestigious performing arts college. McMurray laughed, adding, \u201che was a guitar performance major, but he dropped out because he decided he wanted to make money.\u201d\nMcMurray admitted to himself long ago that he would likely never be a professional concert pianist, but that doesn\u2019t deter him.\n\u201cIt\u2019s something that I do for enjoyment, and for personal satisfaction,\u201d he explained. \u201cI just feel blessed that I can play the music that I love.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 111, "original_length": 4231, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 279.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28665050", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:27Z", "digest": "sha1:73M644MRR22KPDIW23N4IXDDYLVIFQH3", "length": 3747, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "www.bbc.com", "title": "Ukraine rebel-held Donetsk sees 'heavy fighting' - BBC News", "raw_content": "Ukraine rebel-held Donetsk sees 'heavy fighting'\nImage caption Ukrainian government forces are trying to recapture the Donetsk and Luhansk rebel strongholds\nHeavy fighting has erupted in a suburb of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine, local officials say.\nAt least two civilians were killed as government forces battled to retake the city from pro-Russia separatists, Donetsk city council confirmed.\nReports say powerful blasts and shooting were heard in the city.\nUkrainian government forces have made steady gains in recent weeks, encircling Donetsk and another rebel stronghold, Luhansk.\n\"As of 17:00 (14:00 GMT), there are active military hostilities going on in the Petrovksy district of Donetsk,\" Donetsk city council said on Tuesday, quoted by Ukraine's Unian news agency.\nElectricity has been cut in some parts of the district after shells hit substations in the area, Unian added.\nIt said that gunfire - including heavy weapons - could also be heard in other parts of the city.\nEastern Ukraine has been unstable since rebels declared independence from the authorities in Kiev in April.\nImage caption Civilians have bore the brunt of fighting in recent days, with many homes and buildings damaged in cross fire\nImage caption The Donetsk region has come under heavy shelling in recent weeks\nAt least 1,500 people, both civilians and combatants, are believed to have been killed and thousands more injured since Ukraine's new government sent in troops to put down the insurrection in the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.\nThe rebels have since been pushed back to their strongholds in the two cities of the same name, though other pockets of resistance remain.\nSeparately on Tuesday, Russia called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council over the humanitarian situation in Ukraine, Russia's Itar-Tass news agency reports.\nIt comes after the UN revealed that the number of people fleeing the war in eastern Ukraine to other parts of the country had jumped from 2,600 to 102,600 inside two months.\nThe figures for early June to early August coincide with a sharp increase in fighting between pro-Russian separatist rebels and security forces.\nRussian President Vladimir Putin has also ordered his government to prepare retaliatory measures against the latest round of Western sanctions imposed, local news agencies report.\nBut he said the measures must be carefully designed to avoid affecting Russian consumers.\nRussia, which annexed Ukraine's Crimea region in March, has been accused of arming the rebels and has been targeted by US and EU sanctions. Russia denies the accusations.\nImage caption Russian forces have been accused of helping the separatists with rocket barrages, a claim Moscow denies\nImage caption Much of the fighting has taken place on Ukraine's eastern border with Russia\nIn a sign of increasing tensions, Ukrainian defence spokesman Andriy Lysenko on Tuesday condemned Russia's plans to carry out military exercises in southern Russia, calling it \"a provocation\".\nHe said Russia had massed some 45,000 troops along its shared border with Ukraine.\nMr Lysenko also said that Ukrainian troops had retreated from Yasynuvata, a railway hub in the Donetsk region formerly under separatist control.\nMeanwhile, the whereabouts of more than 300 Ukrainian soldiers who sought shelter inside Russia after being cut off by the rebels remain unclear.\nThe soldiers and border guards, who entered Russian territory on Monday, have been housed in tents supplied by the Russian border service while negotiations continue about their fate.\nRussia says that 438 Ukrainian service personnel sought shelter near the town of Gukovo, in Russia's Rostov region, while the Ukraine government says there are 311 of them.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 251, "original_length": 7366, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 332.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-24208933", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:23:47Z", "digest": "sha1:BA5AT7EMIFR62NRZ67DEEVQMVKB5ZPL3", "length": 4146, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "www.bbc.com", "title": "Egypt court bans Muslim Brotherhood 'activities' - BBC News", "raw_content": "Egypt court bans Muslim Brotherhood 'activities'\nImage caption The army portrays its crackdown on the Brotherhood as a fight against terrorism\nA court in Egypt has banned \"all activities\" by the Muslim Brotherhood.\nThe Cairo Court for Urgent Matters said the ruling applied to the Islamist movement, its non-governmental organisation and any affiliated groups.\nIt also ordered the interim government to seize the Brotherhood's funds and form a panel to administer its frozen assets until any appeal had been heard.\nThe military authorities have launched a crackdown on the group since ousting President Mohammed Morsi on 3 July.\nDozens of senior figures, including its general guide Mohammed Badie, have been detained on suspicion of inciting violence and murder.\nHundreds of people demanding Mr Morsi's reinstatement, most of them Brotherhood members, have also been killed in clashes with security forces, who portray the crackdown as a struggle against \"terrorism\".\n'Totalitarian decision'\nThe 85-year-old Islamist movement was banned by Egypt's military rulers in 1954, but registered an NGO called the Muslim Brotherhood Association in March in response to a court case bought by opponents who contested its legal status.\nBy Quentin SommervilleBBC News, Cairo\nThe ban on the Muslim Brotherhood's activities is far more comprehensive than expected, but it shouldn't come as a surprise. Since President Morsi's ousting, the group's days have been numbered.\nThis is an organisation that has seen the most dramatic fall from power thanks to an outpouring of popular discontent, and military intervention.\nFor a year, the Brotherhood's leaders were in charge, now most of them are in jail.\nToday's ruling bans all the Brotherhood's \"affiliated institutions\", but it is not clear how that will affect the groups social services, including charities and hospitals.\nFor a long time they were kept at arm's length, but were brought closer when President Morsi came to power. But the court ruling indicates that all of the group's frozen assets will be administered by a government panel.\nThe Brotherhood's political wing, the Freedom and Justice Party, may be unaffected by the ruling, but it faces a separate challenge - amendments to the 2012 constitution ban political parties that have religious links.\nThe Brotherhood also has a legally registered political wing, the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), which was set up in 2011 as a \"non-theocratic\" group after the uprising that forced President Hosni Mubarak from power.\nFollowing Mr Morsi's overthrow and the suspension of the Islamist-friendly 2012 constitution, the Cairo administrative court and the social solidarity ministry were tasked with reviewing the Brotherhood's legal status.\nMonday's ruling by the Cairo Court for Urgent Matters bans the Brotherhood itself, the NGO, as well as \"any institution derived from or belonging to the Brotherhood\" or \"receiving financial support from it\". It is not clear if it applies to the charities and social services linked to the Brotherhood, including schools and hospitals.\nA leading Brotherhood member, Ibrahim Mounir, described the ruling as a \"totalitarian decision\" but insisted the group would not disappear.\n\"It will remain with God's help, not by the orders by the judiciary of al-Sisi,'' he told al-Jazeera Mubashir Misr TV, referring to the head of the armed forces Gen Abdul Fattah al-Sisi.\nThe court did not reveal the grounds for the ruling, but it was prompted by a lawsuit filed by the leftist National Progressive Unionist Party, also known as Tagammu, which accused the Brotherhood of being \"terrorist\" and \"exploiting religion in political slogans\".\nEarlier this month, a judicial panel issued a non-binding recommendation to an administrative court supporting one legal challenge, which argued that the NGO registration was illegal because the Brotherhood-led government had effectively issued a licence to itself.\nSocial Solidarity Minister Ahmed al-Borai is also reported to have decided separately to dissolve the Brotherhood's NGO. He told Dream TV on Saturday that he would soon publish a statement outlining his reasons.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 236, "original_length": 7583, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 204.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.beachsidebookshop.com/p/barrenjoey-montessori-book-fair-6-9-weird-butterflies-moths", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:17Z", "digest": "sha1:YACZNC2SK7ISF6BO47YCWAPGDNFGPK4P", "length": 1037, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.beachsidebookshop.com", "title": "Weird Butterflies & Moths by Ronald Orenstein | Beachside Bookshop", "raw_content": "Weird Butterflies & Moths\nAuthor(s): Ronald Orenstein\nThere are more than 200,000 species of butterflies and moths. Many, in fact, are still uncategorized. This fascinating book reveals a rare and close up look at the odd beauty and behaviour of some of the strangest of these tiny creatures. Despite their large numbers, the world of these particularly weird insects exists largely hidden from our view. Included in the book are some of the most interesting species from North and South America, Europe, the Caribbean, Australia, New Zealand and beyond. Readers will be introduced into the world of the butterfly with images demonstrating how these paper-thin winged miracles of nature adapt and survive against all odds, which include predators, weather and humanity's wilful destruction of habitat.\nRonald Orenstein is a zoologist in Toronto. Thomas Marent is a Swiss photographer whose titles include Butterflies (also with Ron Orenstein).\nPublisher : Firefly Books, Limited\nImprint : Firefly Books, Limited\nAuthor : Ronald Orenstein", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 2067, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 322.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.behrenswilson.com/obituaries/jill-elaine-davis-southwick/1487/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:18Z", "digest": "sha1:ZENNFQPLCM3677MIJYH67EQC2EGRSA7L", "length": 1352, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.behrenswilson.com", "title": "Behrens Wilson Funeral Home - Rapid City, SD", "raw_content": "Jill Elaine Davis-Southwick, 71, Rapid City, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, January 22, 2018 at home. She was born in Akron, Ohio on February 8, 1947 to Leonard T. Jr and Dorothy L. (Rupert) Murphree.\nJill attended Emporia State Teachers College, Kansas, majoring in Education and English. She lived in San Diego, CA and Lake Waukomis, MO. While living in San Diego she worked as a Police Officer in the Drug Interdiction Patrol at Lindberg Field. She was retired at the time of her death.\nJill enjoyed living on her sailboat in San Diego Harbor, bargain hunting at local flea markets, reading, gardening and being a vocal advocate of women\u2019s rights.\nShe is survived by her husband Curtis C. Southwick; her son Justin Scott Davis; twin grandchildren Jessica Davis and Justin Scott Davis, Jr; her former husband and continued friend A.W. \u2018Wes\u2019 Davis; her brother Brad T. Murphree and her nephew Brent T. Murphree, Jr. She is preceded in death by her parents, her brother Brent T. Murphree, Sr, and her four-legged loyal companions, chocolate lab Baron \u2018Bare\u2019 and Fred, her tri-colored basset hound.\nJill\u2019s\u2019 favorite quote \u201cIf There are NO Dogs In Heaven, Then When I Die I Want To Go Where They Went\u201d, from Will Rogers.\nBehrens-Wilson Funeral Home is in care of the arrangements and condolences may be conveyed to the family through their website.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 3173, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 223.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.berrylegal.com/resources/Appealing_a_Final_Federal_Agency_Decision__MSPB_vs_Arbitration/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:19Z", "digest": "sha1:VZKQXCZDUBUP4CGH6UIQRNC7JKPEDC6B", "length": 8635, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "www.berrylegal.com", "title": "Appealing a Final Federal Agency Decision: MSPB vs. Arbitration - Legal Articles - Resources - Berry & Berry, PLLC", "raw_content": "When federal employees receive a final federal agency decision sustaining a removal or significant suspension of 15 days or more, there are two possible options if they want to appeal the final decision. The first option is to file an appeal of the removal/suspension decision with the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB). The second option is to appeal the removal/suspension decision through the federal employee\u2019s union using the applicable grievance/arbitration procedure. Before making a decision on which forum to use, it is very important to speak with an attorney since the decision cannot be changed once it has been made. Each forum has its pros and cons that should be carefully evaluated by a federal employee before proceeding. Furthermore, not every federal employee is eligible for arbitration and not every federal employee is eligible for an MSPB appeal, so the choice could be straightforward depending on the nature of one\u2019s federal employment.\nConsiderations When Seeking Arbitration or Filing an MSPB Appeal\nWhile many federal employees have a choice between arbitration and the MSPB, some do not. While most career (non-probationary) federal employees have the right to appeal a removal or significant suspension to the MSPB, not everyone has the right to take his or her case to arbitration. In order for a federal employee to have the right to pursue his or her case to arbitration, the employee must be represented by a federal sector union that will agree to permit arbitration. If there is no union, then there is generally no right to file for arbitration review of serious discipline; thus, filing with the MSPB is usually the only option for the federal employee.\nFederal sector unions, not the federal employee, generally control the ability to go to arbitration, so whether a case can go forward to arbitration is usually up to the union. If a union agrees to take the federal employee\u2019s case to arbitration, then all of the other considerations come into play in order for the federal employee to make a well-informed decision about which forum to choose.\nAlso, federal employees should keep in mind that if they are appealing a suspension of less than 15 days, they may be limited to appealing that decision through arbitration, the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) process, or the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) depending on the circumstances. There may be other options available, but federal employees should seek advice from an attorney regarding the correct choice of forums.\nIn addition to arbitration and the MSPB, there are other potential legal options available, if applicable, for federal employees, such as the filing of a whistleblower retaliation complaint with the OSC or the filing of a complaint of discrimination, retaliation, or harassment through the federal agency\u2019s EEO office.\nDiscovery Differences in Arbitration and MPSB Appeals\nDiscovery is the process of obtaining information from a federal agency for use in a disciplinary appeal. Both arbitration and the MSPB have specific discovery procedures to assist federal employees in attempting to obtain information for use in their appeals. At the MSPB, more typical discovery procedures, similar to those available in court, govern. A federal employee, generally through his or her attorney, has the ability to take up to 10 depositions, serve production of documents requests, serve interrogatories, and request for admission on the federal agency involved. In general, the MSPB tends to have better discovery procedures (especially the use of depositions) than those available in arbitration.\nIn arbitration, a federal employee is represented by the union, either through a union-appointed attorney or a union-approved private attorney. The union has the ability to request documents relevant to a disciplinary case on behalf of the affected federal employee. This ability comes through the submission of a union information request pursuant to 5 U.S.C. \u00a7 7114(b). Generally, through this information request a union can seek all existing documents, records, and data relevant to the appeal. The one key difference between the MSPB and arbitration in discovery is that there generally is no right to take depositions in arbitration proceedings, to request responses to interrogatories, or to ask for requests for admission.\nGeneral Differences Between MSPB and Arbitration Hearings\nThere are also differences between MSPB hearings and arbitration hearings. For the most part, both the MSPB and arbitration hearings tend to be less formal than regular court proceedings. In our experience, arbitration is clearly the less formal of these two types of hearings.\nIn an arbitration, the arbitrator who functions as the judge will issue the ruling on the federal employee's appeal in the case. Typically, arbitrators tend to be very experienced attorneys in labor and employment law issues and will be mutually selected by the parties or sit on a regular panel of arbitrators that hear cases between the federal agency and the union. The arbitrator\u2019s fee will generally be split between the union and the federal agency unless there is a clause in a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) that states the losing party must pay the entire fee. Typically, unless there is a dispute about whether an issue can be arbitrated, the parties will interact for the first time with the arbitrator on the day of the hearing.\nIn MSPB appeals, the proceedings are presided by an administrative judge who is assigned to a federal employee's case by the appropriate local or regional office of the MSPB. Unlike arbitration, the parties do not incur a fee for the MSPB appointed administrative judge. At the beginning of the case, the administrative judge will issue an Acknowledgment Order to regulate the timelines for the processing of the appeal. The administrative judge will also meet with the parties, usually by teleconference, to discuss pending motions, settlement negotiations, and pre-hearing issues prior to the hearing.\nAn MSPB hearing is generally held at the MSPB's local regional office; whereas an arbitration hearing can be scheduled at any place that the parties agree upon or which is specified in the CBA. Usually, an arbitration hearing takes place at the federal agency. Some MSPB hearings are held by videoconference with the judge in one location and the parties located in a separate location.\nTypically, both the MSPB and arbitration hearings 1) begin with opening statements; 2) allow for the use of witnesses, examinations, and cross-examinations by counsels; 3) generally allow for the use of court reporters for the taking of testimony; and 4) allow for the introduction of exhibits into the record. While the MSPB tends to have better discovery procedures, arbitrators tend to be more open to reversing disciplinary cases in general. If an appeal involves a technical error, such as an error in due process, the MSPB may potentially be the better forum.\nThe parties in an arbitration proceeding usually file their closing arguments in written submissions known as post-hearing briefs. At the MSPB, we submit post-hearing briefs but closing arguments during the hearing might be used as well. We generally prefer to submit written closing arguments because it maximizes the ability of federal employees to prove their case.\nFinal Decision Timelines at the MSPB and in Arbitration\nGenerally, it takes about 120-150 days, or more depending on the case, from the filing of an MSPB appeal to reach the MSPB hearing date. Following a hearing, it typically takes between two weeks to two months after the hearing date for a federal employee to obtain a final decision from the administrative judge.\nIn arbitration, the timeline can be shorter or longer depending on what procedures the parties have in their CBA and the dates that the arbitrator may have available for the hearing. Sometimes, depending on the CBA, the arbitration process must first begin in the grievance process and will ultimately move to arbitration (unless the grievance resolves the matter), causing the process to run longer. On average, we generally find that it takes longer to reach a final decision in the arbitration process than at the MSPB.\nWe advise federal employees to speak with an attorney to help them determine if arbitration or the MSPB is the right forum for their case. Both types of proceedings can be valuable for a federal employee making a decision to appeal an employer\u2019s disciplinary action. We can be reached by telephone at (703) 668-0070 or www.berrylegal.com for additional information or to set up a consultation.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 9568, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 281.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.betasystems.com/fr/actualites/communiques-de-presse/detail/article/zukunftskongress-staat-verwaltung.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:47Z", "digest": "sha1:JVA6FKEGQPQ4YYENWLHPPASFLFS2YRFF", "length": 811, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.betasystems.com", "title": "Zukunftskongress Staat & Verwaltung", "raw_content": "18-20 Juni 2018, Berlin, Allemagne\n*** The event is in German language. ***\nThe leading congress for digital change, called \"Future Congress State & Administration\" started in summer 2013 under the patronage of the Federal Ministry of the Interior. In the last five years, the Congress managed to become the most impulse giving event in this field of expertise. Next year we are again expecting 1,500 decision makers to taken on organizational and structural challenges in digitizing the state anits administration. Top executives and experts from administration, science and industry will discuss the opportunities offered by the digital revolution in order to find solutions and concrete recommendations for a modern and digital administration of the future.\nBeta Systems has a booth at leven C and a lecture.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 1955, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 322.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bete-nozzles.com/about-bete.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:16Z", "digest": "sha1:BYHPLQFVRWXBTIKJL3GP3H7H4HI5VMXO", "length": 1203, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.bete-nozzles.com", "title": "About Bete\u00ae - BETE Deutschland - nozzles, spray systems and spray technologie - bete-nozzles.com", "raw_content": "About Bete\u00ae\nBETE Deutschland GmbH was founded in 1991 in Bochum (Ruhrgebiet - Middle / west part of germany) as a subsidiary of BETE FOG NOZZLE.\nIn all areas of spray nozzle engineering, manufacturing, and application, BETE is a pioneer. Ever since 1950 when John BETE invented the spiral nozzle (also called corkscrew, \"pigtail\" or helix), our spray nozzle design innovations have gone into deep sea, deep space and everywhere in between.\nIn 1993, we were the first spray nozzle company to have its quality management system registered to ISO 9001. In 2003, we became the first spray nozzle company in the world with a quality management system registered to the demanding ISO 9001:2000 standard.\nBETE makes over 20,000 different spray nozzles. We pioneered the use of Teflon\u00ae (PTFE) and titanium for nozzles and we're the only spray nozzle manufacturer with a complete in-house investment casting foundry. The majority of our products are specially engineered for our customers, and nearly one third of our business is international.\nThe BETE Difference is our unparalleled ability to respond quickly and effectively to any kind of spraying challenge, whether simple or complex, anywhere in the world.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 1682, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 242.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bethmartinbooks.com/2018/04/show-dont-tell.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:51Z", "digest": "sha1:BFNYU3U7QD4RELQF52IZNCW3R3CGXP25", "length": 3637, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.bethmartinbooks.com", "title": "Beth Martin Books: Show, Don't Tell", "raw_content": "One of my goals for the posts I make on this site is not to have three book reviews in a row. This is actually really hard for me. First of all, I read a lot. Second, book reviews are easy content to create. And, finally, they tend to draw a lot of people to my website.\nI know this last fact thanks to Google Analytics. I can see which searches land on this site, so I know what you\u2019re looking for.\nThe reason I\u2019m pointing this all out is because my previous two posts are book reviews, a fact which I forgot when I tore into a new book with plans of posting a review. So, this post is definitely not a book review.\nOne of the perks of my Prime membership is the ability to borrow one book a month from their Prime Reader catalog. I\u2019ve read a bunch of great indie books for free through this program, including first novels in a series, prompting me to buy the rest of them since I can\u2019t wait a month before devouring the next one. I\u2019ve also read a few duds, in which case I shrug and tell myself, \u201cWell, it was free.\u201d\nI\u2019ve seen the novel Meritropolis by Joel Ohman pop up on my recommended list a few times, and figured I\u2019d give it a go. The cover has a strange-looking creature and some sort of hallway, which my mind connected to the minotaur in his labyrinth. I was a little off the mark. The blurb makes it sound like a mostly philosophical tale, including this line:\nCharley vows then and there that he will fight the system because he knows all life is valuable, regardless of what the system dictates.\nI\u2019ve been able to enjoy other books that are heavy-handed when conveying a particular message, and I agree that all life is valuable, so I figured reading it probably wouldn\u2019t make me angry.\nI was right\u2014it didn\u2019t make me angry. Instead, I was bored to tears. I got a whole 20% in (my Kindle tracks reading progress) before I had to give up on it. That entire portion of the book was purely exposition. Instead of experiencing the dystopian setting through the protagonist\u2019s eyes, he sits down and just explains how everything in the city works. I was so sick of seeing the word \u201cSystem\u201d over and over and over as he details all kinds of nuances of the society. When a character is introduced, they get a long inauguration depicting every quirk about that person instead of revealing information on how each person acts by having them act.\nBy the fourth chapter, yet another new character is introduced, and the exposition goes on and on about how he would do anything to protect his family. Then the book jumps to another new character, taking five pages to explain exactly how ugly he is. At that point, I had to call it.\nThe biggest rule that gets parroted around the writing community is \u201cshow, don\u2019t tell.\u201d Now, a lot of people take this way too far and refrain from \u2018telling\u2019 characters\u2019 sensations and emotions. Instead of saying \u201cHe was angry,\u201d they\u2019ll say, \u201cHe balled up his fists and a large vein protruded from his forehead.\u201d But when taken to this extreme, the story starts to read like stage directions. The kind of telling that detracts from a story are things like, \u201cShe was quick to anger, always looking for a fight.\u201d As a reader, I\u2019m slow to believe a summation of how a person acts unless I get to see them act. Show our heroine getting mad over something small, then challenging the closest person to a duel.\nI think every writer is guilty of at least some superfluous telling. Even I am. This is why it\u2019s so important to have other (qualified) people go over your manuscript before publishing. Join a writing group, team up with avid readers of your genre, and for the love of God, hire a competent editor.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 4307, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 303.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bethmartinbooks.com/2018/05/writing-as-parent.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:18Z", "digest": "sha1:ZURLFLAMK7IOFQFPMNFOS4XPQLPIXA4I", "length": 4789, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.bethmartinbooks.com", "title": "Beth Martin Books: Writing as a Parent", "raw_content": "Being a parent is really hard. Last week, I got a call from my son\u2019s school. The nurse informed me that he was sick, and she needed me to come pick him up. However, I had an important meeting in an hour with his teachers. Unable to find anyone to watch him, we tried doing the meeting as a conference call. While I was steam cleaning the sofa (why couldn\u2019t he aim at a bucket, or at least a blanket that could be thrown in the wash?), I get the call from his teachers, ready to discuss my son\u2019s progress in kindergarten.\nUltimately, we had to reschedule, going back and forth for an entire day, trying to find a time when everyone involved was available. We were able to make an appointment later that week, so that was nice. But now my daughter has caught what my son had, so most of my Saturday was spent keeping her company while she watched The Magic School Bus.\nPeople without kids are usually appalled by my tales of parenthood (my best friend says my stories are the best form of birth control), but if you have kids, you\u2019re probably nodding and thinking, Yep, that\u2019s parenting.\nOriginally, I was going to title this post \u201cWriting with Children,\u201d but that sounds a little ambiguous. Does she have children or are there kids writing with her? To be clear, this post is aimed at those who find themselves responsible for another living human 24/7.\nIn my writing group, most of the members either don\u2019t have kids or their children are grown and out of the house. Only a few of us have kids under 18. I\u2019m not sure if this is the case because fewer parents write, or because fewer parents have the time to participate in a writing group. I\u2019m thinking it\u2019s probably the former since a lot of people drop their hobbies as soon as the first baby is born.\nSomething that I think is kind of unique is that only the writers with school-aged children are able to write at home. A lot of people find themselves distracted by cleaning and chores that need to get done, and aren\u2019t able to block out the needs of their household while trying to write. Similar to how Ray Bradbury cranked out the first draft of Fahrenheit 451 on a rental typewriter in a library basement, parents who want to write have to ignore everything going on around them in order to get words on a page. Someone who is already busy with kids, carpools, playdates, work, and chores has to be dedicated to crafting their novel if they ever hope to finish.\nI\u2019ve been writing for three years now, from when my daughter was a squirmy baby to my son attending kindergarten. My first novel was written with a baby on my lap during the toddler's naptime and after everyone had gone to bed at night. My second and fourth were crafted during preschool and in the evenings. I drafted my third and fifth during NaNoWriMo. As the kids have gotten older, it\u2019s been easier to squeeze in writing sessions. I frequently find myself working on book stuff while my daughter eats lunch, while the kids play together somewhat nicely, and during lazy weekend mornings.\nAs a writer/parent, I wanted to share a few things which have made my indie author journey more bearable.\nThis is insanely important. Generally, I try to backup my work to my external hard drive after each writing session. I was really glad I did when my daughter snagged a spray bottle and \u2018cleaned\u2019 my laptop before I could get it away from her.\nRIP laptop\nGet someone else to take the kids\nDuring the summer, having both kids home all day every day is really hard and absolutely kills any productivity. But I found that having a mommy\u2019s helper (basically a younger babysitter to entertain/distract the kids while mom tries to get stuff done) over a few hours each week so I could work on book stuff really helped.\nThis tip may sound ridiculous for someone who\u2019s already too busy to remember what day of the week it is, but hear me out. Yes, the official goal is to write 50k words in 30 days while also hosting Thanksgiving and having your in-laws crash at your place for a week, but that\u2019s not the part of this annual competition I\u2019m focusing on. NaNoWriMo really is a community which encourages people to get together with other writers, network, write, do word sprints, etc. And it\u2019s only a month, so if you can\u2019t dedicate the time to participating in a writing group, you can still meet local writers\u2014and you won\u2019t be asked to critique anyone else's work, which is a whole other time sink.\nDon\u2019t drink while editing\nYou have a lot going on. Sometimes you won\u2019t have any time in a week to write. Sometimes you\u2019ll let a few chores slide to finish that chapter. Sometimes you just need to write a story just for yourself. But only write because you love to write. You\u2019re already a superhero\u2014so if you need to set your novel aside while focusing on your family, that\u2019s okay.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 5543, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 314.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.betternet.co/blog/not-all-vpn-providers-are-trustworthy-heres-why/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:05Z", "digest": "sha1:U4SWB6MNHKA5BFET5QLGXIJ5B3X5674T", "length": 3265, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.betternet.co", "title": "Not all VPN providers are trustworthy \u2014 here\u2019s why", "raw_content": "Not all VPN providers are trustworthy \u2014 here\u2019s why\nVPNs have become popular because of features \u2014 encryption, IP address masking, improved anonymity, content unblocking etc. \u2014 that help improve online safety and privacy for users, not to mention that a lot of providers are offering them for free. But should you really trust them?\nIt\u2019s a well-known fact that users are becoming more worried about their personal privacy and security when visiting websites, downloading files and doing other activities online. In the US, more than 80 percent of users are concerned about their privacy and security, according to a report conducted by Arbor Networks in 2016. The same can be said for users in the UK, where the majority are more concerned about their data privacy than losing their income, according to a report published in January 2016.\nWith malicious attacks becoming more frequent and ubiquitous, an increasing number of Internet users are starting to look for ways to protect their privacy, security, anonymity, and right to information online, and one of these is the use of VPN technology.\nBut not all VPN service providers are trustworthy. If you\u2019re thinking about using a VPN to improve your online privacy and security, here are two important things that you need to know before you download one.\nVPN providers collect and monetize your information\nVPNs are not cheap to operate. They run on servers, and managing and maintaining servers can be expensive. Servers also consume data and electricity, and some components require software licenses. Providers would also need to upgrade existing infrastructures or purchase new ones if they want to accommodate more users. So how can providers of free VPN services stay operational when they don\u2019t even make money? The answer: they use your information as their source of income.\nWhen you use a VPN, your incoming and outgoing traffic go through the provider\u2019s servers. Some providers collect all of these and sell them to advertisers or any third party organization who might be interested in them. So if you\u2019re using a free VPN, you could be paying for what the provider calls a free service with your privacy.\nVPN providers install additional software without your knowledge\nDelivering malicious payloads through file downloads is an effective way to infect a system because it takes advantage of the whole download process. A VPN service provider can install additional software on a user\u2019s device without the latter knowing about it, not just when the application is downloaded for the first time, but also during updates.\nYou might think you\u2019re installing only a single application, when in fact, your download actually includes bloatware or even malware, e.g. adware, spyware, and keylogger software.\nWith both of these in mind, you need to make sure that the VPN service provider that you choose is trustworthy. At Betternet, we are transparent in how we provide our services in terms of how we use your data and how we generate income, aside from providing our users all the benefits of using a VPN.\nIf you want to download or learn more about Betternet, please visit our website. We also have a blog where we provide tips on how you can improve your Internet experience. You can visit the blog here.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 33, "original_length": 3824, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 269.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bible.com/bible/1/2KI.23.11.KJV", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:29Z", "digest": "sha1:IYMPEV4OTACU64UA4NARCUTHZA3N2S7N", "length": 43, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.bible.com", "title": "2 Kings 23:11 And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathan\u2013melech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and bu | King James Version (KJV) | Download The Bible App Now", "raw_content": "https://www.bible.com/bible/1/2KI.23.11.KJV", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 1167, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.53, "perplexity": 220.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bible.com/bible/1204/EXO.9.33.WEBBE", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:33Z", "digest": "sha1:24DII2AYGAEPFUHADXQ5DWIGFHUBKURW", "length": 154, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.bible.com", "title": "Exodus 9:33 Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread out his hands to the LORD; and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured on the earth. | World English Bible British Edition (WEBBE) | Download The Bible App Now", "raw_content": "Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread out his hands to the LORD; and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured on the earth.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 1188, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 239.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bigcommerce.com/ecommerce-answers/how-choose-which-credit-cards-accept-ecommerce/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:34Z", "digest": "sha1:AOA6T4IJO62XZ3IDWAUXSGFDUPP2IJL5", "length": 4320, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.bigcommerce.com", "title": "How to choose which credit cards to accept in ecommerce | BigCommerce", "raw_content": "How to choose which credit cards to accept in ecommerce\nEcommerce businesses must accept credit cards as forms of payment. Online store owners are free to choose which credit cards shoppers can use. This decision is entirely up to the business owner and needs to be based on thorough research and financial status. There are perks to accepting certain cards and drawbacks to accepting others.\nMerchant accounts and payment gateways\nFirst and foremost, ecommerce businesses need a merchant account and a payment gateway to accept credit card payments online (1). Banks provide enterprises with merchant accounts after business owners apply for them, similarly to loans. The bank then extends a line of credit to the company. There are often initiation and monthly fees associated with merchant accounts.\nPayment gateways are corporations that handle online transactions and credit card payments. They connect the buyer's bank account to the business's merchant account. Ecommerce businesses need both to accept credit cards. Payment gateways often charge monthly fees, as well.\nIn fact, fees are the biggest determining factor for ecommerce shop owners when deciding which credit cards to accept.\nVisa and MasterCard are widely accepted, and it is highly recommended that ecommerce businesses allow customers to use these cards as forms of payment. These two corporations are credit card processors (2). They do not issue cards directly. They work with a variety of banks to offer users debit cards, credit cards and checking accounts sponsored by the Visa and MasterCard brands. These companies make money on transactions carried out with their sponsored cards. During a credit card transaction, Visa and MasterCard work with acquiring banks, issuing banks and the network connecting the two to complete payments.\nThe good thing about accepting Visa and MasterCard is that their per-transaction fees, which are small amounts of money charged to the ecommerce merchant, are typically lower than other credit cards. They usually charge vendors about 2 percent of the transaction price.\nAmerican Express is accepted less frequently than Visa and MasterCard. It is a premium rewards cards that falls into a more exclusive card bracket.\nAMEX is a card issuer that does not partner with banks to provide consumers with credit cards, debit cards or checking accounts. AMEX cards are marketed directly to people and businesses. AMEX card holders are typically more secure in their finances and the scope of people with these cards is much narrower than Visa and MasterCard.\nAmerican Express also charges higher per-transaction fees. Merchants are charged closer to 2.89 percent each time a consumer with an AMEX card makes a purchase. This increase can add up to great sums over time and makes a big difference for ecommerce business owners. If an ecommerce business wants to include AMEX card holders in their consumer pool, a monthly fee may be a possibility (3). This way, vendors only pay a flat rate, as opposed to per-transaction fees.\nDiscover is another card ecommerce businesses should consider accepting as a form of payment. Discover is a leading direct bank and payments partner with acceptance at 42 million merchants. It issues the Discover card as well as runs the Discover Global Network, which includes the Discover Network, with millions of merchant and cash access locations; PULSE, one of the nation's leading ATM/debit networks; and Diners Club International, a global payments network with acceptance in more than 185 countries and territories.\nWith more and more payment options available to consumers, it\u2019s critical merchants consider all forms of payment to ensure a positive customer experience. In fact, a previous Discover study found that 24 percent of U.S. consumers abandon their shopping cart when their preferred payment option is not offered, and 50 percent of online shoppers surveyed listed a variety of payment options as an important factor when checking out online.\nIt's important to note that credit card processing fees can fluctuate and come from unexpected places. Debit and credit card processing fees may vary, even if the card processor is the same. Whether a merchant enters a card number manually or swipes it through a machine can affect the fees associated with the transaction.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 125, "original_length": 7751, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 303.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bigcommerce.com/ecommerce-answers/what-google-wallet-and-what-does-it-mean-ecommerce/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:15Z", "digest": "sha1:GE5GCKRFYVTIOZUJPMFLUZLR2K77OL7H", "length": 7238, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "www.bigcommerce.com", "title": "What is Google Wallet and what does it mean for ecommerce? | BigCommerce", "raw_content": "What is Google Wallet and what does it mean for ecommerce?\nGoogle Wallet is a mobile payment system that acts as a virtual wallet, allowing users to make payments and transfer money straight from their phones. The service is free for users and can store credit, debit, gift and loyalty card information. Available to anyone with a newer Android or Apple smartphone, Google Wallet gives users another fast way to make payments at ecommerce stores that accept it.\nMobile payments are a relatively new strategy that has the potential to greatly benefit online sales. Currently, mobile devices account for just under 50 percent of ecommerce traffic, but when it comes time for users to purchase items online, nearly 77 percent of users do so exclusively on a personal computer instead. Customers avoid making actual purchases on mobile devices because of concerns about security and the inherent difficulty of entering bank card information using a touch screen interface.\nElectronic wallets look to sidestep these concerns by streamlining the mobile payment process via a secure service. Customers simply click to buy something and all of their payment info is already entered into the wallet. The fast checkout works both in-app and on participating mobile sites.\nGoogle Wallet also gives merchants the ability to highlight special offers or discounts from their websites or emails directly to the shopper via the app. Customers can also add any gift card balances to their virtual wallets, which helps drive additional sales. According to Forrester Research, payments made with Google Wallet and other services like it are expected to top $140 billion by 2019.\nGoogle Wallet is what is known as a server-side wallet, which means that all of a user's information is stored remotely on Google's system, rather than on the user's device. Transactions take place between Google's servers and the merchant's existing payment processor.\nIt acts somewhat like a gift card: users place a set amount of money into the wallet they can then spend as desired. As far as the user's bank is concerned, the transaction is identical to any other debit or credit, only the transactions go exclusively through Google rather than the merchant's point of sale. Assuming the merchant's point of sale is configured to accept Google Wallet, transactions work the same as any other accepted payment method.\nWhile support for the mobile app is still sketchy, Google Wallet offers a physical card as well that can be used anyplace that accepts debit MasterCard.\nHow does Google Wallet stack up to other options?\nGoogle Wallet's main competitor is Apple, although other companies such as Samsung and PayPal have their own digital payment systems as well (Samsung Pay and PayPal Wallet, respectively). While the products may have a few differences when it comes to the user, they offer similar features from the perspective of an online store owner. Both want to make it as easy as possible to facilitate transactions.\nNeither charge fees.\nLiability rules are the same as regular card transactions.\nBoth can support rewards programs.\nBoth make the purchasing process much faster.\nBoth utilize NFC (near field communications) for in-store purchases.\nThe main difference between the two initiatives is the companies behind them. Google pioneered NFC technology years ago, which allowed users to pay with a mobile device at a point of sale using a secure, short-range signal. However, the technology was not widely adopted at the time, which put Google on the back foot, giving Apple an opening to push their Apple Pay model.\nApple, having an established and loyal user base, was able to roll out its system a great deal more effectively, coupling it with specific technology offerings, such as the Apple Watch. Seeing an opportunity to partner with the high-prestige Apple brand, retailers and banks have been a great deal more eager to adopt the technology now.\nGoogle, however, is retooling its wallet to take advantage of their more flexible and open system. Unlike Apple, Google is allowing other developers access to its API in hopes that other companies will create innovative new ways to use the technology. With 80 percent of global market share for the Android platform, payment processors and merchants have good reason to support Google's initiatives.\nWhen compared with other virtual wallets, Google Wallet and Apple Pay stand above most for online transactions. The focus of many other virtual wallets is in-store purchases. Most of them, like Samsung Pay, can only process offline purchases and PayPal Wallet is not widely supported.\nWhat ecommerce merchants need to know\nGoogle Wallet is becoming more popular, which means more people are going to expect it at their favorite stores. Ecommerce business owners should consider offering digital wallets such as Google Wallet, which provide shoppers with more payment options. While there are several other options out there, Google Wallet and Apple Pay are most likely going to be the big players in the future. According to The New York Times, both services keep adding more features in the hopes that their virtual wallets will catch on quicker. For instance, Google's open API will allow financial institutions to integrate their mobile banking apps with Google Wallet, thereby giving their customers direct access to new rewards programs.\nGoogle Wallet was initially released in 2011, and Apple Pay has only been in existence since 2014, so the mobile wallet industry is still in its infancy. Both companies are jockeying for position in a fragmented marketplace. Consumers, meanwhile, are hesitant to adopt either wholeheartedly. Yet, as mobile commerce is integrated into everyday life, their role in purchasing is inevitable.\n\"They want to be as disruptive to payments as Amazon has been to retail,\" Sucharita Mulpuru, a retail and payments analyst for Forrester Research, told The New York Times. \"By being early, they can shape the customer experience and expectations.\"\nThe Times points out that the reason virtual wallet adoption is still fairly low is because debit and credit cards have almost universal acceptance with merchants and customers. For this reason, Google and Apple are both racing to discover some innovation to give virtual wallets a clear and distinct advantage which bank cards cannot offer. Neither one has yet found that tipping point.\nThe limitations of Google Wallet\nAccording to Business News Daily, Google is discontinuing the processing of payments for certain digital goods such as e-books, subscriptions, online games and music. They are, however, hoping to expand Google Wallet's influence on ecommerce with increased support for physical goods merchants.\nIn conclusion, Google Wallet isn't yet the best payment option for ecommerce; but as time goes on, it is likely to become a viable and even essential financial service. In The Economist, Jennifer Schulz, Visa's global head of ecommerce, thinks that there will be a period of time where virtual wallet companies will pop up and then fail, eventually leaving a few wallet providers left. While there is no way to predict which virtual wallets will endure, there's a good chance Google Wallet will be one of them.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 135, "original_length": 10624, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 325.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bigplay.com/kristaps-porzingas-unhappy-new-york/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:35:46Z", "digest": "sha1:2MYD6BXF5HJEGL3KSILV7OXEDM7RU7E6", "length": 1156, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.bigplay.com", "title": "Kristaps Porzingis Unhappy with New York Knicks?", "raw_content": "While the NBA news cycle has been flooded with news of Anthony Davis\u2019 wishes to be traded, there is a another NBA superstar that is expressing dissatisfaction with his current team.\nAccording to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, Kristaps Porzingis met with the New York Knicks management today and made it know he is not happy with the current status and direction of the team.\nPorzingis has been sidelined for the entire year recovering from an ACL tear that he suffered last February in a game versus the Bucks. It remains to be seen whether he will return at all this season. With New York boasting one of the worst records in the league, it would seem smart to just hold their franchise player out and bring him back healthy and fresh for next season.\nBut apparently, Porzingis isn\u2019t all too thrilled in what he\u2019s seeing out of the team this season and rightfully has some concerns for the future. While there may be some real thoughts that he could have more success elsewhere, I would believe that it has more to do with putting pressure on the front office to acquire key free agent talent this offseason.\nRelated Items:Kristaps Porzingis, New York Knicks", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 247, "original_length": 5009, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 226.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.birminghamdivorcelaw.com/benjamin-y-recommends-steven-eversole-2", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:58Z", "digest": "sha1:AKHOICM63DPHTUDJXCBBFRSDS6OCHZUA", "length": 436, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.birminghamdivorcelaw.com", "title": "I would highly recommend you contact him | Birmingham Divorce Lawyer", "raw_content": "I have known Mr. Eversole for a long time, and I know that he really cares about his clients and works hard for their best outcome. I have recommended him to several people that have needed legal help, always with the confidence that he will give them the best representation they can get. Mr. Eversole is accessible to his clients and truly knows the law. If you need an attorney, I would highly recommend you contact him.\n\u2013 Benjamin Y", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 270, "original_length": 8987, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 339.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bluemountain.com/blog/2013/06/28/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:20Z", "digest": "sha1:RNZUZXFROEE3G4VTFYF3YKONYURYHEB2", "length": 4067, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.bluemountain.com", "title": "June 28, 2013 - Blue Mountain Blog", "raw_content": "MEET THE ARTIST: Tom Page\nThis month, we\u2019re more than happy to introduce you to Tom Page, a very creative designer in his own right and an art director who\u2019s an inspiration to his staff of talented designers and animators here at bluemountain.com.\nHi Tom, when did you first realize you had design abilities or know that you wanted to be an artist?\nI think I have been drawing pictures for as long as I can remember and it has really been the only thing that I have really ever wanted to do. My mom and dad are very artistic so at a young age they were very supportive.\nWhat is your current position at bluemountain.com and can you tell us a little about your background as a designer?\nI am an Art Director with Blue Mountain and have been in the greeting card business for almost 19 years. I started out as an illustrator and over the years worked my way to Art Director.\nCould you tell us a little more about your work?\nAs an Art Director I\u2019m lucky to work with a very talented staff of designers and animators developing concepts and stories that can be turned into digital greetings which people can share with each other for any occasion. So, it\u2019s really not \u201cmy\u201d work but more of a collaborative effort with the team. We are all working toward a common goal and push each other to create amazing that we believe our customers will love.\nWhich is your favorite ecard you\u2019ve created and what makes it special to you?\nWow, this is a tough decision because I have worked on A LOT of cards, a few of which are featured here. I have another favorite I worked on that was a Claymation piece we did for Christmas about 5 years ago. We wanted to create a piece that reminded us of all the Rankin\u2013Bass television shows that we were fans of as kids. This was such a group effort. It was also something that we had never done before, at least a clay piece of this scale. I enjoyed every part of it from planning to the finished piece. Everyone that worked on it did an amazing job. I really grew as a storyteller and leader from that experience.\nWho is the artist that has most influenced you? How do you use that influence in your work?\nIt\u2019s so hard to pin-point just one person but if I had to pick one I love the emotion you feel from an Otto Dix piece, especially the series from the First World War. I try to put some of that emotion in my personal work. At my current job, I\u2019m lucky to be surrounded by so many talented people. I have really pulled so much from many of them.\nWhat types of things do you do to keep yourself motivated?\nThe way people communicate is rapidly changing which of course is so important to our business. Following that and how it effects what I do is very motivating and exciting at the same time.\nI\u2019d like to teach someday. I have learned so much here I would like to think I can help some students out there be better professionals.\nWhat advice would you give an aspiring artist who\u2019s interested in the same career field you\u2019re in?\nThis is one of the reasons why I\u2019d like to teach. Be willing to take on any task then over deliver on it. Build as many positive relationships as you can. Don\u2019t be late with your work, that kills careers. Learn how to take and give feedback. As a creative person feedback is a part of everyday life, if you don\u2019t take it well then this isn\u2019t the career for you. Also learn how to communicate well and speak in front of people. Communicating your vision is important and being able to do it well will give you more opportunities to move up in an organization.\nOn a final note, Tom, what are some things you like to do when you\u2019re away from work?\nI do art when I can but when you\u2019re doing that in some capacity all day it can be challenging to continue at home. So I enjoy playing golf, watching movies, hitting the gym and most of all just being Dad. I\u2019m lucky to have a very supportive family. I have been married to my wife Tina for 20 years this June and have two great kids Dylan and Claudia.\nThanks, Tom, for sharing your background, interests and creative passion with us!\nFiled Under: Meet the Artist", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 655, "original_length": 11421, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 283.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24123/lot/204/?category=list", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:14:26Z", "digest": "sha1:JG4GH5JYQDOT4LRY27RZRLKTO4I3HNPW", "length": 3304, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.bonhams.com", "title": "Bonhams : 1903 Oldsmobile Model R 4\u00bdhp 'Curved Dash' Runabout Chassis no. 1803", "raw_content": "1903 Oldsmobile 4\u00bdhp Model R 'Curved Dash' Runabout\nLondon to Brighton Run Sale, Veteran Motor Cars and Related Automobilia\n1903 Oldsmobile Model R 4\u00bdhp 'Curved Dash' Runabout\nRegistration no. BS 8601\nChassis no. 1803\n* Formerly part of the Pierce A Miller Carriage Collection\n* Engine and transmission rebuilt by NP Veteran Engineering Ltd\n* Completed the LBVCR in 2015\nKnown as the 'Curved Dash' for obvious reasons, Ransom Eli Olds's gasoline-powered runabout set the United States on its way to becoming a nation on wheels. Olds' runabout was first offered for sale in 1901, following a fire at the factory that had destroyed every other prototype. Over 11,000 of the three Curved Dash models ('R', '6C' and 'B') were constructed before production ceased in 1907, making it the first volume produced American automobile. Indeed, Olds' many promotional trips and exhibitions helped create the public image of the automobile as a viable and economical alternative to the horse.\nThe Model 'R' runabout was powered by a single-cylinder, 1.6-litre engine of 114x152mm bore/stroke, mounted horizontally at the rear and producing 4\u00bd horsepower at 600rpm. Later models benefited from a more-powerful engine, and all featured two-speed transmission and chain final drive. At first there was only a transmission brake, but experience soon showed that a mechanical brake on the rear axle was indispensable if the drive chain broke. Several improvements to the design were made during the course of production, but the engine's basic layout remained unchanged.\nFormerly part of the Pierce A Miller Carriage Collection, this Curved Dash Runabout is a later 1903 model with roller chain drive, bolted differential housing, and finned radiator tubes. While the basic Curved Dash was relatively primitive, this example has a number of options, notably the full top and 'dos-\u00e0-dos' rear seat with fold-down footrest, the latter priced at $25. It also features a pair of kerosene sidelights.\nThe current vendor purchased the Oldsmobile at Bonhams' Scottsdale Sale in January 2013 (Lot 383). Having spent its entire life in Northern California the climate has assisted the cars preservation. It still retains its original paintwork and coach-lining on parts of the carriage together with what appears to be original Oldsmobile painted emblems, original coach-lining on the running gear and wheels, original leather upholstery and Rexine roof with traces of the original lining.\nSince the car's acquisition by the vendor, the engine and transmission have been fully reconditioned, and a new water tank and water pump installed by NP Veteran Engineering Ltd of Horam, East Sussex, the rest of the car being maintained in good original condition. While in the vendor's care, the Oldsmobile successfully completed the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run in 2015.\nA highly original and desirable example of America's best known and most readily recognised Veteran car, this delightful Curved Dash is offered with a VCC Veteran Passport (valid until December 2017), V5C Registration Certificate, and NPVE's bills relating to the aforementioned rebuilds of the engine, transmission, etc. There is also a nice email on file from the late Gary Hoonsbeen (founder of the CDO Club in the USA) remarking on how original the car was.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 113, "original_length": 7061, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 322.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bookculture.com/book/9780062662378", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:08Z", "digest": "sha1:BE47WXZSL2UUORVOSUGDLAGBCQ72AVTQ", "length": 819, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.bookculture.com", "title": "Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition (Paperback) | Book Culture", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Hidden Figures Young Readers' Edition (Paperback)\nHidden Figures Young Readers' Edition (Paperback)\nMargot Lee Shetterly grew up in Hampton, Virginia, where she knew many of the women in her book Hidden Figures. She is an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow and the recipient of a Virginia Foundation for the Humanities grant for her research on women in computing. She lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.\n\u201cThe perfect impetus for discussion on a host of important historical themes germane to the 1950s, such as gender roles, racial prejudice and segregation, and scientific exploration\u2026 Middle-schoolers will find their story, here in a young readers\u2019 edition of Shetterly\u2019s 2016 adult book, engaging and inspirational.\u201d\nJuvenile Nonfiction / Mathematics\nLibrary Binding, Large Print (December 6th, 2017): $23.99", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 237, "original_length": 6167, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 175.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bookxcessonline.com/products/palimpsest-a-history-of-the-written-word", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:14Z", "digest": "sha1:4LK5BN5PVCC7TUS4VBMTTJSPWWSTXR5P", "length": 1053, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.bookxcessonline.com", "title": "Palimpsest: A History of the Written Word - BookXcess Sdn. Bhd. 750543-D (BookXcess Online)", "raw_content": "Home / Products / Palimpsest: A History of the Written Word\nPalimpsest: A History of the Written Word\nMatthew Battles explores the questions of why writing exists and what it means to those who write. Born from the interplay of natural and cultural history, the seemingly magical act of writing has continually expanded our consciousness. It has been used as both an instrument of power and a channel of the divine; a means of social bonding and of individual self-definition. Now, as the revolution once wrought by the printed word gives way to the digital age, many fear that the art of writing-and the nuanced thinking nurtured by writing-are under threat. But writing itself, despite striving for permanence, is always in the midst of growth and transfiguration. Celebrating the impulse to record, to invent, to make one's mark, Battles re-enchants the written word for all those susceptible to the power and beauty of writing in all its forms.\nBook Title Palimpsest: A History of the Written Word\nBy Author(s) Matthew Battles\nPublisher W. W. Norton", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 487, "original_length": 9989, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 315.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.borregosolar.com/commercial-solar-systems/massachusetts-water-resources-authority", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:04Z", "digest": "sha1:2XCY22T6NNGZFBDQ2SSDHA4R2ROWDC6X", "length": 2528, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.borregosolar.com", "title": "Massachusetts Water Resources Authority - Borrego Solar", "raw_content": "Partnership Opportunity for MA Roofers\nCommunity Shared Solar Guide\nDartmouth Leads the Way, Boston Globe May 2013\nBorrego Solar Systems completed work for the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) on the design and installation of a roof-mounted photovoltaic system at the Deer Island Treatment Plant, in Boston Harbor.\nThe Deer Island roof-mounted project was conceived in response to Governor Patrick\u2019s Executive Order 484, \u201cLeading By Example \u2013 Clean Energy and Efficient Buildings,\u201d issued April 18, 2007. That Executive Order sets ambitious standards for the reduction of energy use and greenhouse gas emissions by state agencies, as well as increased use of renewable power \u2013 15% of state government energy use by 2015, 30% by 2020.\nThe 100kW DC (STC) roof mounted MWRA project presented some unique design and installation challenges due to the plant\u2019s roof configuration and various shading obstacles. Borrego Solar was able to utilize, now closed, international architecture and engineering firm Cubellis\u2019 innovative designs to overcome these hurdles and make this project a reality. The arrays were installed on top of the Residual/Odor Control Building and this site was selected for its large unobstructed roof section that could easily accommodate photovoltaic arrays. The roof was also ideal because it was resurfaced three years prior to the installation, leaving it in good condition and able to handle substantial wind loads. The energy produced by these solar panels annually will offset the equivalent of 83 metric tons of carbon dioxide.\nBy taking advantage of the MA Commonwealth Solar rebate program the $870,000 Deer Island solar panel project was funded by a $310,000 Clean Renewable Energy Bonds (CREBs) loan and $560,000 from the Division of Energy Resources. Electricity produced by the solar panels will be used on-site to reduce the amount of electricity purchased by Deer Island. The solar installation will be qualified as a Massachusetts Renewable Portfolio Standards Program (RPS) renewable generation unit and MWRA can sell the Renewable Energy Certificates for solar as it currently does for digester gas.\nMWRA has made a major commitment to reduce energy consumption at its facilities in an effort to reduce both operating costs and environmental impacts. Energy audits at the Deer Island Treatment Plant, the Carroll Treatment Plant and the Chelsea facility, along with the new initiative such as the Deer Island solar panels, have provided annual energy savings of about $730,000.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 242, "original_length": 14945, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 278.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2013/07/20/how-live-without-air-conditioning/4DqSdLtDiJ4iAn29lNCjaI/story.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:30Z", "digest": "sha1:6YZW3LEO35TLEPV64QERGF25CRNHCQO6", "length": 10991, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "www.bostonglobe.com", "title": "How to live without air conditioning - The Boston Globe How to live without air conditioning - The Boston Globe", "raw_content": "By Leon Neyfakh Globe Staff July 21, 2013\nScotty Reifsnyder for The Boston Globe\nBeads of sweat are collecting around the small of your back. Your brain feels like it\u2019s suspended in chicken broth. Your eyelids are droopy, and your skin is hot. If only the windows in your office could be opened. If only one of your co-workers had a fan.\nIf only someone would hurry up and fix the air conditioning.\nAs anybody who\u2019s been through this harrowing experience knows, living in most parts of America during the summer these days means being dependent on A/C. With temperatures regularly climbing past 90, we expect to be made thermally comfortable everywhere we go, including in the cars or subways we take to get there.\nBut although there are a handful of anti-A/C crusaders out there, the idea that we need to be using less of it hasn\u2019t become a touchstone of environmental enlightenment, like recycling or hybrid cars. This may well be an indication of how deeply it has shaped our world: While we can imagine giving up plastic bags and Styrofoam, living without climate control seems unfathomable, especially during a heat wave.\nA lot would have to change. We\u2019d wake up earlier, and nap in the middle of the day to make up for it. We\u2019d ride bikes and scooters everywhere, and swimming would replace running as the preferred form of exercise. Maybe we\u2019d see the return of porch culture\u2014of screened-in card games and flowing iced tea. And maybe we\u2019d start taking pride in tricking out our finished basements. After a while we\u2019d get used to it, just like we got used to the artificial indoor chill we take for granted now. And who knows\u2014eventually we might even come to like it.\nWhen experts look at A/C use in America, they immediately see a spot of illogic: We use vast amounts of energy just to let businesspeople do something they\u2019d probably rather not do anyway. \u201cWe are probably overcooling our office buildings by 4 to 6 [degrees] F just so that office workers, particularly the males, can wear their business suits,\u201d wrote Richard de Dear, who is head of architectural design science at the University of Sydney and a researcher on thermal comfort. \u201cThe current clothing behaviour is costing us a fortune in energy and greenhouse emissions!\u201d\nIn Japan every summer, in an environmental initiative called \u201cCool Biz\u201d that started in 2005, government officials encourage building managers to let temperatures climb to 82 degrees and advise employees to loosen their sartorial standards. In 2011, the government even put on a fashion show, with models catwalking in untucked polos, capri pants, and Kariyushis, a Japanese take on the Hawaiian shirt.\nHere in America, it probably wouldn\u2019t require such a hard sell. Many female workers already dress for summer weather, and would likely be delighted not to have to huddle in sweaters against the A/C. Among men, polos are already considered appropriate on casual Fridays, and it\u2019s not hard to imagine that most would happily embrace a breezier style for the rest of the week. Instead of long pants, they could don formal shorts\u2014a concept that has long been embraced in Bermuda, where executives can be seen attending meetings with exposed knees.\nEven a mid-sized building could save considerable amounts every year by operating at shorts temperature. But if modifying what we put on our bodies could help us give up extreme climate control, rethinking buildings themselves\u2014and how we ventilate them\u2014would go even further. Already, some of us live in homes that can be effectively cooled by opening windows in the basement and on the top floor every morning, thus taking advantage of the so-called stack effect to pull cool air up through the house and allow hot air to vent into the street. People can also try \u201cevaporative cooling,\u201d a modest, low-tech form of air conditioning, by hanging wet towels in the window or setting them in front of a basic electric fan.\nOn a more structural level, we can also build houses to offer extra protection against the heat, using principles ignored by most modern architects. According to William Cooper, a professor at Louisiana State University and the coauthor of a two-volume history of the American South, people with the means to do so used to construct homes that stood several feet above the ground, in order to get air circulating under the floor: \u201cThey had long halls through the middle of the house, so if you opened a door at each end, you got a breeze coming through, and you\u2019d have windows on the sides so you\u2019d get cross-ventilation.\u201d\nSoutherners had other tricks, too. In a paper published in 1984 in the Journal of Southern History, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg historian Ray Arsenault lamented the disappearance of architectural traditions that together added up to \u201can ingenious conspiracy of passive cooling.\u201d Some of those traditions, Arsenault said, could make a comeback in a post-A/C future. \u201cWe\u2019d be paying a lot more attention to where our shade trees are,\u201d he said, noting that Southerners would always try to plant theirs on the east and west sides of their homes, to protect from the rays of the rising and setting sun. Those who could afford to built their homes with wide eaves, awnings, and high ceilings, so that hot air could rise and float far above their heads.\nIn a world less reliant on air conditioning, a house\u2019s attic and basement would play far different roles than they do today\u2014the former as a crucial component of a ventilation system, the latter as a place to spend leisure time. Underground space, kept at a constant temperature by the surrounding earth, stays far cooler than any structure that sits above it, which means basements could become central meeting places for friends and family, the way living rooms are today.\nNot that we\u2019d be spending all that much time in our homes. \u201cPeople pour from inside to outside without air conditioning, no matter how hot it is,\u201d said James Goodman, author of a book about the 1977 blackout in New York, which sent thousands of people out into the streets on a sweltering July night. Kids would put away their Playstations and start playing outside again. Outdoor barbecues would become less of a special occasion and more of a routine. Indoor gyms would become unappealing; swimming and crack-of-dawn aerobics would become the rule.\nEven sitting around would be different. With A/C, many people stay indoors as much as possible on hot days, protected from the elements by their hermetically sealed igloos. But without climate control, those elements become a person\u2019s best hope for comfort, which is why porches used to be such an important part of life in the South: Not only could people sleep on them at night, they could also use them as places to hang out during the late afternoons and evenings. If Americans were to stop relying so much on air conditioning, chances are we\u2019d see the emergence of a new kind of porch tradition, even if it did involve more people sitting out with laptops and smartphones than visiting with their friends and neighbors.\nUltimately, what we do might end up being less important than what time we do it. Being intelligent about our daily schedules is one of the best weapons humans have against the heat. Under the current regime, most people go to work in the morning and expect to stay productive until the evening\u2014even during the excruciatingly hot middle part of the day. But in some parts of the world, cultures have simply engineered their days around the climate: think of the Southern European and Latin American custom of leaving work for a midday siesta, and then coming back until evening before eating a late supper. In a 2004 essay published in ID Magazine, design writer Barbara Flanagan described living in Barcelona, with hardly any A/C, and explained how this created not just a unique schedule but a livelier civic culture, with people congregating in the proverbial public square every evening and staying out as late as they could. \u201cThis grand civic agreement\u2014that everyone shall shop, dine, and party during the same windows of coolness\u2014allows even the smallest neighborhood to enjoy a few hours of urban intensity,\u201d Flanagan wrote.\nThere are some parts of life, it must be said, for which air conditioning is not just a luxury but a necessity. The Internet depends on servers that require climate control in order to not go up in flames. Modern skyscrapers depend on it, as well. If we gave up air conditioning, New England would largely be fine, at least for now, but entire swaths of the country would become uninhabitable: Summers in the Sun Belt cities and in parts of the South would be so harsh that millions of people would simply move away. We also would be unwilling to take away A/C from those most sensitive to extreme heat\u2014namely, the sick, the very young, and the elderly.\nThat doesn\u2019t mean that trying to reduce our society\u2019s addiction to A/C is a fool\u2019s errand. The fact is, our bodies are built to adjust to heat\u2014it\u2019s just that we haven\u2019t had to lately, because we\u2019ve become so accustomed to refrigerating ourselves when the weather gets hot. A study in which researchers surveyed 21,000 people, spread out across 160 buildings on four continents, found that \u201cpeople in warmer climates were more comfortable in warmer indoor temperatures than their counterparts in cooler climate zones,\u201d according to Richard de Dear, one of the coauthors.\nThe findings indicate that people actually prefer being in places where the temperature fluctuates, as long as they have some control over it. \u201cIf you have the ability to open or close a window, turn a fan on or off, change the blinds, modify your clothing\u2014it just becomes a natural part of your day-to-day living, and you don\u2019t build these expectations that conditions should be the same all day and all year round, which I would call \u2018thermal monotony,\u2019\u201d said Gail Brager, an architecture professor at UC Berkeley who also worked on the study. \u201cWe not only accept\u2014we actually prefer\u2014a wider range of conditions that float with the natural rhythms of the outdoor climate.\u201d\nNo doubt this is hard to believe, as you sit there in your air-conditioned home, happily soaking up the artificial breeze emanating from the murmuring machine in your window. But is there not something fearful about refrigerating ourselves with such vigilance? We\u2019re not cartons of milk, after all; we will not spoil, even if we do sweat a little. In fact, by taking full advantage of the technology inside our own bodies\u2014technology that makes it possible for us to adapt to a whole spectrum of temperatures\u2014we might discover we\u2019ve been missing out on a way of life that actually feels quite natural.\nLeon Neyfakh is the staff writer for Ideas. E-mail lneyfakh@globe.com.\n\u2022 How America learned to love summer reading\n\u2022 How Boston changes in summer \u2014 by the numbers\n\u2022 Should the school year be longer?\n\u2022 For concrete, climate change may mean a shorter lifespan\n\u2022 Q&A: In the 17th century, a world wrecked by climate", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 121, "original_length": 15300, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 302.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.braingle.com/brainteasers/teaser.php?op=2&id=17704&comm=0", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:41:07Z", "digest": "sha1:OYWQNJU76BOILTEPV7JNHHVD3U2LYBSC", "length": 150, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.braingle.com", "title": "Braingle \u00bb 'What Movie? #4' Brain Teaser", "raw_content": "What Movie? #4\n|M|B|A|O|\n|A|O|R|T|\n|M|L|K|T|\nThis is also a video game in the fighting genre.\n|M|O|R|T|\n|A|L|K|O|\n|M|B|A|T|\nMovie Title: Mortal Kombat", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 92, "original_length": 2113, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.63, "perplexity": 153.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.britainexpress.com/attractions.htm?attraction=3805", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:31Z", "digest": "sha1:SGVTVLSYSZTBKZDPKYELCPD55LNPLOYN", "length": 2673, "nlines": 35, "source_domain": "www.britainexpress.com", "title": "Nash's House - History, Travel, and accommodation information", "raw_content": "Home > England > Warwickshire > Historic Buildings > Nash's House\nNash's House\nA beautiful timber-framed house in the centre of historic Stratford, Nash's House was the home of William Shakespeare's granddaughter, Elizabeth. The house stands immediately beside the site of Shakespeare's own home of New Place. While New Place itself is now little more than foundations and a pretty garden Nash's House is a wonderfully complete and atmospheric historic building.\nThe house contains an extensive museum of local history, focussing very much on Shakespeare's life and works. Learn how the original Complete Works of Shakespeare was produced, and hear the tale of how New Place came to be destroyed.\nNash's House was built around 1500, but the frontage on Chapel Street is a more modern restoration. To the rear of the house, the construction is 17th century, with an original chimney stack. The house is Grade-I listed in recognition of its historical significance, both architecturally and due to its close connection with Shakespeare and his family.\nNash's House is run by the same registered charity that operates most of the Shakespeare properties in Stratford.\nAbout Nash's House\nAddress: Chapel Lane, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, CV37 6EP\nWebsite: Nash's House\nEmail: info@shakespeare.org.uk\nBeinn Alligin & Loch Torridon\nLoch Fada & the Black Cuillins\n17th century (Time Period) - Restoration (Historical Reference) - Shakespeare (Person) -\nNew Place - 0 miles (Historic Building)\nAnne Hathaway's Cottage - 1 miles (Historic Building)\nMary Ardens House - 3 miles (Historic Building)\nNearest Accommodation to Nash's House:\nThe Loft @ Mercer's Croft, Stratford-upon-Avon - 0.1 miles\n4 Masons Court, Stratford-upon-Avon - 0.1 miles\nOne, Masons' Court, Stratford-upon-Avon - 0.1 miles\nMore self catering near Nash's House >>\nThe Arden Hotel - 0.1 miles\nThe White Swan - 0.2 miles\nBest Western Grosvenor Hotel - 0.3 miles\nMore Hotels near Nash's House >>\nVirginia Lodge - 0.1 miles\nQuilt & Croissants - 0.1 miles\nAshgrove House - 0.2 miles\nMore bed and breakfasts near Nash's House >>\nStratford-upon-Avon (Self catering)\nMore cottages in Stratford-upon-Avon >>\nThis terraced cottage is situated in the village of Stratford-upon-Avon, near Warwick, and can sleep six people in three bedrooms.\nStratford-upon-Avon (Hotel)\nThe Best Western Grosvenor Hotel in Stratford upon Avon is a delightful Grade II listed hotel located in the centre of Stratford upon Avon, just 3 minutes walk from the main shopping area, and only a few miles from Warwick, Leamington Spa, Birmingham and the National Exhibition Centre (NEC). This \u2026 more >>\nMore hotels in Warwickshire >>", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 182, "original_length": 6655, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 297.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.brown-forman.com/15220/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:20:38Z", "digest": "sha1:WPX5YWIJ3CVJHRNGMTDGJYVQFFWOQAMJ", "length": 2444, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.brown-forman.com", "title": "Brown-Forman \u2013 Brown-Forman Recognized as Best for Vets: Employers 2018 List; Selection focuses on corporate culture and policy that caters to vets", "raw_content": "\u201cBrown-Forman is honored to be included on the list of best employers for veterans for the second year in a row. It shows that we are committed to implementing programs that are necessary to recruit, hire, support, and develop military veterans and their spouses. Veterans have done so much for all of us and we are proud to do our part in supporting them,\u201d said Mike Keyes, Brown-Forman, chief corporate affairs officer and the executive sponsor of the Veteran\u2019s Employee Resource Group.\nRankings were developed based on the answers that companies provided to questions about their recruiting of people connected to the military; company policies related to veterans, reservists and their families; and the organization\u2019s culture. Military Times invited companies across the U.S. to take part in the rigorous, more-than-90-question survey.\nRankings evaluate companies\u2019 culture, veteran recruiting, veteran policies, and accommodations for members of the National Guard and reserves. The standards are objective, rigorous, and editorially independent. As a result, transitioning service members recognize them as the most trusted veteran job rankings and have come to rely on Best for Vets Employers to aid their transition to civilian life.\n\u201cThe companies on the Military Times Best for Vets list earned their rankings through determined efforts to recruit and support service members, veterans, and military families,\u201d said George Altman, Military Times, editor in charge of the rankings. \u201cThese efforts deserve recognition from the country and should get the attention of veterans looking for a new career.\u201d\nThe rankings are published in a special Military Times magazine and online at MilitaryTimes.com, as well as ArmyTimes.com, NavyTimes.com, AirForceTimes.com and MarineCorpsTimes.com. For the full Best for Vets: Employers 2018 rankings go to https://rebootcamp.militarytimes.com/rankings/.\nThe Military Times digital platforms and newsweeklies are the trusted source for independent news and information for service members and their families. The military community relies on Air Force Times, Army Times, Marine Corps Times, and Navy Times for reporting on everything important to their lives, including: pay, benefits, finance, education, health care, recreational resources, retirement, promotions, product reviews, and entertainment. Military Times is published by Sightline Media Group. To learn more, visit www.militarytimes.com.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 322, "original_length": 8601, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 234.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bsichalets.com/promotions/seven-day-stay", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:43Z", "digest": "sha1:KSUI7QDESDZW7KFII6C4QJ4EGXJ6LJ2K", "length": 88, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.bsichalets.com", "title": "Seven Day Stay - Bauer's Spruce Island Chalets - Evergreen - Colorado", "raw_content": "If you pay for 6 days the 7th is free. Must be reserved in advance and paid at check-in.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 1463, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 133.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.budgetairlineguide.com/flynas/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:10Z", "digest": "sha1:GRFQJRLVN7AUGA7ZZR4AXR4ZMYCQGCY2", "length": 1186, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.budgetairlineguide.com", "title": "Flynas \u2013 Budget Airline Guide", "raw_content": "Flynas (formerly NAS Air) is a low-cost airline based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It is a subsidiary of the country\u2019s National Air Services (NAS). Flynas was founded in 2007 and is Saudi Arabia\u2019s first budget airline.\nFlynas flies to more than 30 destinations in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. Its main bases are King Abdulaziz International Airport and King Khalid International Airport in Saudi Arabia.\nFlynas operates a mixed fleet of Airbus A319, Airbus A320, Embraer 190, and Embraer 195 airplanes. The airline advertises that it has the \u201cyoungest fleet in Saudi Arabia\u201d.\nFlynas News\nCurrent Flynas destinations include:\nSharm el Sheik \u2013 Sharm El Sheik Airport\nSohaj \u2013 Mubarak International Airport\nKozhikode \u2013 Calicut International Airport\nIslamabad \u2013 Benazir Bhutto International Airport\nLahore \u2013 Allama Iqbal International Airport\nDammam \u2013 King Fahad International Airport\nGizan \u2013 Jizan Regional Airport\nJeddah \u2013 King Abdul Aziz International Airport Hub\nMedinah \u2013 Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Airport\nRiyadh \u2013 King Khalid International Airport Hub\nAdana \u2013 Adana Airport\nAntakya \u2013 Hatay Airport\nAbu Dhabi \u2013 Abu Dhabi Airport\nSharjah \u2013 Sharjah International Airport", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 2224, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.82, "perplexity": 263.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.buildgreatfarms.com/hormone-free-pet-food/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:56Z", "digest": "sha1:H24M6PF4P5GQM5BMUGJQJGWSK7B6L66X", "length": 4453, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.buildgreatfarms.com", "title": "Hormone Free Pet Food", "raw_content": "Hormone Free Pet Food\nThe pet food market is flooded with all kinds of organic claims. However, only a few of these claims have been substantiated by a third party. Only organic pet foods provide the assurance of strict regulation, verification, and legal enforcement to support their status as truly organic.\nOrganic claims made without USDA certification are not subject to any kind of regulation. Such claims are based solely on the manufacturer\u2019s word and, as such, may or may not be true. So, as you might guess, abuse of the term \u2018organic\u2019 is unfortunately quite common in the pet food industry.\nWhat you might not realize is that Hormone Free Pet Food are currently subject to the same regulations. All the ingredient choices and manufacturing processes involved in the production of USDA organic pet foods must, therefore, comply with the National Organic Program (NOP) standards established by the USDA. USDA certified organic pet foods must contain at least 95% organic ingredients and all ingredients must be fully traceable from their sources to specific production batches. Furthermore, NOP standards prohibit the use of conventional ingredients if organic versions are available;\nExceptions are made in cases where certain organic ingredients aren\u2019t available and the only options are conventional varieties (e.g., calcium carbonate and fish). NOP standards also prohibit the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). If a conventional, or non-certified organic, ingredient, such as citric acid, is used, a non-GMO certificate must be provided by the organic producer. As well, NOP standards prohibit the use of ingredients which were treated with antibiotics or hormones, as well as the inclusion of potentially toxic synthetics, such as artificial colors, flavors, or preservatives, in certified organic pet foods.\nHow to select the appropriate Hormone Free Pet Food\n\u2022 Choose the food based on your pet activity and breed: Working pets will require more protein than other pets. Some pets naturally have a slower metabolism than others do, which mean they will need to be fed less. If you feed a pet a high protein diet that does not need high protein, you will end up with a fat pet.\n\u2022 Check out the ingredients on the bag:\nWhile the ingredient list is long, the most important ingredients are listed first. The first three ingredients are what you want to look at. This is what is the pet food is primarily made of. You do not want to see any by-product. In fact, you do not want to see any animal by-product listed anywhere on this list. The first ingredient should be a meat product. You do not want to see rice or corn listed as the first ingredient as this is filler. Meat should be the first ingredient.\nWhat you don\u2019t want in the pet food:\n\u2022 Animal by-products.When checking out a pet food company, make sure they do not use animal by-products. Animal by-products are the biodegradable waste parts of animals, which are not intended for human consumption.\n\u2022 Herbicides. Make sure that all the grains contain no herbicides. You do not need your pets eating grains that are covered in herbicides or pesticides.\n\u2022 Preservatives .That should be fresh. Get that fresh and feed it to your pet fresh.\n\u2022 Hormones .Your pet has enough hormones as it is. Why would you need to give your pet more through its meals? Keep the hormones out of the meal by giving your pet fresh and organic hormone free.\nHigh-quality organic pet food is easier to find than you think. All you need to do is shop around. You may not be able to pick it up at your local grocery store but you can find at online. It is what is best for you pet.\nWhen you buy your pet food, do you purchase the cheapest you can find or do you look for the healthiest meal available? The best organic pet food is not always the cheapest one that is on sale.\nYou should not buy foods based on what that is the cheapest. Generally, the cheapest meal is that is the least healthy. That picture on the bag can be very deceiving. Don\u2019t trust it. Unless the pet food is organic, it is not going to be high quality.\nOrganic claims other than those made under the assurance of USDA certification are often used by pet food manufacturers to increase their sales. Even if manufacturers claim to use organic ingredients that are free of hormones, antibiotics, or GMOs, such claims are not verified by an unbiased party and, most importantly of all, cannot be verified by you, the consumer.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 93, "original_length": 5878, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 268.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.building.co.uk/features/in-the-pink-corner-interview-with-angela-brady/5042801.article", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:14:23Z", "digest": "sha1:TGTQTYSZ25GXBBOGJV7P23P627M6RGJ5", "length": 7646, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "www.building.co.uk", "title": "In the pink corner: Interview with Angela Brady | Features | Building", "raw_content": "Source: David Viniter\nLondon has spent the summer splattered with Angela Brady\u2019s favourite colour. The fuchsia pink adorns one wall of her office, her dress and is also the chosen colour of all the Olympic Games signage. \u201cEveryone seemed to love it. I take absolute credit for it,\u201d she says, tongue firmly in cheek.\nIrish-born Londoner Brady is now half way through her two-year term as president of the RIBA. She was elected on three pillars: to internationalise the organisation, improve public procurement, and bring architecture to public attention. But it is when talking about the ongoing bugbear of Olympic marketing restrictions that she becomes most animated.\nFirms that worked on the Olympics have complained all year about the No Marketing Rights Protocol, which prevents them from shouting about their involvement in building the park and venues. The issue was first raised by Peter Murray, chair of New London Architecture, and has been the subject of a campaign by Building since January to get it relaxed.\n\u201cTo stop everyone [from publicising their involvement] who can\u2019t afford to be a sponsor, which is everyone except [architect] Populous and [engineer] Atkins - because they can afford the sponsorship - is a shambles and a shame,\u201d says Brady. \u201cI was so annoyed by that that I was driven to stand up personally.\u201d But given that she only began to speak on the issue in July, following months of campaigning by Building and Murray, why did she wait so long? \u201cI thought that it [the protocol] was until the Games opened,\u201d she says. \u201cI thought it was about not ruining the surprises, like Heatherwick\u2019s wonderful cauldron.\u201d\nTo stop everyone who can\u2019t afford to be a sponsor talking about the Olympics is a shambles and a shame\nBrady may have been late to the Olympic marketing battle but she is a natural campaigner - before becoming president of RIBA, she spent five years campaigning for greater equality for female architects as chair of RIBA\u2019s Women in Architecture group - and has been making up for lost time on an issue which overlaps with her pledge to raise public awareness. Over the summer, she ambushed ministers including then culture secretary Jeremy Hunt and spent three days of the Paralympics personally interviewing 35 architects and engineers for a forthcoming promotional film. She has also had lawyers draw up a potential amendment to the protocol which would give 2012 firms far more freedom to publicise their work, she reveals. Brady insists there is still valuable currency in the Games\u2019 success and hopes the amendment will be adopted by the IOC and by the British Olympic Association, which has taken over responsibility for the issue in the UK from Locog.\nBrady also wants to give the institute, which has been accused in the past of being a poor political operator, renewed voice. \u201cThe RIBA is a sleeping giant and I think I\u2019m awakening it - in quite a startling way,\u201d she says. But whereas the industry as a whole is beginning to unite in order to be heard in Westminster, the RIBA hasn\u2019t always been present. Alongside other consultants\u2019 bodies, its name was absent from the list of organisations attached to the launch of the Construction4Growth campaign. Brady admits the body has in the past been \u201cslow to react\u201d, but says she is keen to be involved in any campaign of this type. \u201cWe want to be involved with as many of these as possible. We are here to help,\u201d she says.\nShe is certainly making a noise. Jack Pringle, former RIBA president and the current chair of the Construction Industry Council, agrees she is doing a \u201cfantastic job\u201d representing the profession but argues greater engagement with the wider industry is needed. He praises the \u201cenergy and communication skills\u201d Brady has brought but adds: \u201cKeeping things integrated is an ongoing task - you have to work at it all the time. I would welcome Angela participating more.\u201d\nAs for reforming public procurement, Brady argues that the OJEU process not only rewards mediocre design but locks out the 90% of architecture practices with fewer than 10 staff. Tackling this could be a game-changer for SME firms, especially those outside the capital hit hard by the downturn.\nBack in May, the RIBA produced a report on the issue, Building Ladders of Opportunity. One of the report\u2019s key findings was that architects as a whole spend \u00a340m a year bidding for public work - around 40% of the total earnings derived from such work. Although generally well received, there were those who criticised it because a number of its 30-plus recommendations were already being pursued by government - a fact Brady claims is down to the engagement between the RIBA and the government while researching the reports.\nBrady acknowledges the government\u2019s efforts but says it is only half-way to solving it. She singles out school procurement, which she says is often \u201clazily\u201d bundled into multi-school lots, locking most architects out.\nWhat\u2019s more, she argues, better procurement could help achieve the 20% saving on construction costs that the government\u2019s outgoing chief construction adviser Paul Morrell is aiming for. \u201cLook at the Virgin [trains] bid - millions of pounds were wasted in people submitting bids,\u201d she says.\nOn internationalisation too there are signs of progress, with the launch of a Hong Kong chapter last week following the opening of chapters in the Gulf and Singapore. This latest outpost is intended to support the more than 600 RIBA members in Hong Kong and mainland China and to foster closer links in the wider Asia Pacific region.\nBrady is planning other changes. She remains keen on the idea of opening another RIBA premises in London which is more member-focused than 66 Portland Place and has commissioned a committee to look once again at making the presidency a paid post - she advocates a system similar to one used by the RICS which has a \u00a350,000 pot which presidents can take or donate to charity.\nThe RIBA is a sleeping giant and I think I\u2019m awakening it - in quite a startling way\nIn many ways, Brady is precisely what the RIBA needs, especially following on from the academic-leaning Ruth Reed. She is a cheerleader who avoids architect jargon and - as a sometime TV presenter as well as practising architect - can boil issues down to a simple message the wider public can understand. They are essentially the skills of a campaigner: \u201cI\u2019ve always been a campaigner. You have to stand up and fight in order to achieve anything. There\u2019s no point talking to the converted. You need to get the ear of the opposition - that\u2019s what\u2019s important.\u201d\nAsked whether her campaigning zeal sometimes comes at the expense of an eye for detail, she says: \u201cI don\u2019t do it alone. I can\u2019t necessarily get into the detail on everything, but I very carefully pick people to do these things who can.\nI am able to delegate to very specific groups of people - as with the fantastic architect Walter Menteth on the procurement campaign - to look at the detail.\u201d\nBrady has proved a formidable champion when she gets her teeth into an issue like Olympic marketing. Now she just needs to bring those communication skills to bear on the industry as a whole.\nAngela Brady becomes RIBA president\nSecond woman to hold post will begin two-year tenure on 1 September\nThe property crash did wonders for women\nAs in wartime, crises allow women to rise to top roles \u2013 and excel there\nPatricia Moore only meant to leave her native Scotland for a couple of years down south, but 24 years later she\u2019s still in London \u2013 and has risen to become Turner Townsend\u2019s UK managing director. She tells Joey Gardiner the secrets of her own and her employer\u2019s success. ...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 354, "original_length": 14308, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 322.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/news/2012/december/wallace-ready-to-strike/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:32Z", "digest": "sha1:WIAZWWXAWCZBOYNEXHTXN7TSAGXODY6G", "length": 2007, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.burnleyfootballclub.com", "title": "Wallace Ready To Strike - News - Burnley Football Club", "raw_content": "Wallace Ready To Strike\nOn-song winger hopes to build on derby showing\nIn-form wingman Ross Wallace is confident his first goal of the season is on the way after finding his range in the Clarets\u2019 recent good run.\nWallace has gone more than a year without finding the back of the net since a run of four goals in as many games made him the first Burnley player for six years to enjoy such a prolific spell.\nHis drought has continued into the current campaign but the former Scotland international remains a key component of the Clarets\u2019 attack.\nAnd Wallace hopes his role will soon expand from creator to finisher after peppering the opponents\u2019 goal in recent weeks.\n\u201cI have been frustrated. It\u2019s not for the want of trying and I have been practising my shooting,\u201d he said.\n\u201cI have been getting shots away and the keepers have been making good saves.\n\u201cI also hit the bar at Hull, so hopefully it\u2019s not too far away and I can get off the mark.\n\u201cI have been getting closer so hopefully if I get one it will continue.\u201d\nWallace stung the palms of Blackburn\u2019s Paul Robinson with a typical left-foot drive in last Sunday\u2019s derby to spark the Clarets\u2019 best spell of the game as he again went close to scoring.\nAnd while it needed a late goal from Sam Vokes to give Burnley a 1-1 draw, Wallace believes Sean Dyche\u2019s side - which has lost just two of its last seven games - is showing the form needed to make progress up the Championship as they prepare for Saturday\u2019s trip to Nottingham Forest.\n\u201cThe first-half performance was probably the best we have played all season,\u201d added the former Preston winger, who is showing some of the best form of his Clarets' career.\n\u201cThat has set the marker for us going into the rest of the season.\n\u201cThat\u2019s the standard we want to keep and if we can repeat that kind of performance to the end of the season hopefully we won\u2019t be too far away.\n\u201cAnd considering the way we played on Sunday hopefully we will start getting the wins in the next few games and start climbing the table.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 162, "original_length": 4295, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 338.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/make-college-application-stand-out-2016-12", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:39:48Z", "digest": "sha1:SOZ7DEZJ24ORZZDZZN4LEVAPRRG5Y2CS", "length": 5095, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "www.businessinsider.com", "title": "How to make a college application stand out - Business Insider", "raw_content": "I graduated from Harvard and MIT \u2014 here's the smartest thing I did on my applications\nJessica Yeager,\n\"I had great grades and test scores, but so did a lot of students who didn\u2019t get into Harvard or MIT,\" says Jessica Yeager, pictured.\nCollege application season is coming to a close.\nFor seniors, your grades and test scores are pretty much set at this point. The question now is how can you make your application stand out among so many qualified applicants.\nWhen I applied to colleges, I had great grades and test scores, but so did a lot of students who didn't get into Harvard or MIT.\nThe smartest thing I did on my college applications was to focus not just on grades and test scores but on the aspects of my profile that made me stand out.\nFor me, this meant emphasizing my social justice side in addition to my STEM side.\nSo where should students focus their college applications to help them stand out from the tens of thousands of applications? I can boil it down to two areas:\nMany students have great leadership experience, but they bury it deep in the application's activity list and don't emphasize it. Some even downplay their contributions. The college application is not a place for modesty. Those leadership positions should be front and center on the application. The best examples of leadership are long-standing and in a field that is of interest to the student. For example, if you started a club, it should be near the top of your list.\nIf you need more leadership experience: For non-seniors looking to increase their leadership opportunities, one of my favorite ways to add leadership experience to the resume is by starting your own club or organization. This usually isn't as hard as it seems. Often, you just need to get a teacher as a sponsor and encourage other students to join you.\nIf it's not possible to start a club at your school, starting an organization outside of school, like a non-profit or meetup group, can be a great way to demonstrate leadership. Again, this is usually easier than you think. Just make sure it's something you really care about or have fun with, because it's a lot of work!\nElite schools like MIT look for evidence of leadership and impact on college applications.\nJust like the leadership experience, colleges love to see that you have made an impact on your community and the world. If you have a project or organization you lead that demonstrates your desire to use your gifts and talents to help others, that should be showcased in your activity list.\nTo really stand out, this should be more than just your typical, occasional volunteer work. That's great, but doesn't show tremendous initiative and a desire to change the world.\nIf you need to have more impact: For non-seniors who are struggling with how to impact their communities, look at incorporating your interests into the activity or organization. Maybe you love chess. You can talk to local schools and community centers to see about starting a chess club for middle schoolers or retirees. This will give you a chance to use your skills to help others.\nAn activity I love that can really showcase a student's passions and impact is creating an event. This can be a resource fair, a conference, a science fair, or anything else that seems like fun to you. Partnering with a local non-profit can really help get an event off the ground. They can be a lot of work, but so rewarding.\nApplying to college can be one of the most stressful times in a student's life, but, by really showcasing the pieces of their applications that make them stand out and exemplify the interests that they really care about, your chances of getting into your dream schools are so much better than if you bury those accomplishments deep in your application.\nRemember: College admissions officers typically spend a matter of minutes reviewing your application, so you need to stand out and catch their attention quickly.\nFor juniors, remember it's not too late to add some really great leadership and service experiences to your resume. Spend some time over this winter break thinking about what you really care about and how you would like to impact your school, your community, and the world beyond. Brainstorm some ideas, and, most importantly, start taking action. The first step can simply be reaching out to an organization or a teacher for support in your endeavors. You will be surprised how much people are willing to help a student with an idea and passion.\nIf you want even more tips for creating your absolute best college application, get my Ultimate Guide to the Common App.\nJessica is a graduate of Harvard and MIT with over ten years of tutoring experience. As a senior in high school, she gained acceptance to Harvard, MIT, Yale, Stanford, Cornell, and Columbia. She is the founder of Impress the Ivies and host of the Dream College Summit. Her students have gotten into elite schools, like Harvard and Carnegie Mellon.\nSEE ALSO: I graduated from Harvard and MIT \u2013 here are the 7 biggest mistakes people make on college applications\nMore: College Admission College Application", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 129, "original_length": 7528, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 287.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/uk-tech-100-slideshow-2016-2?r=UK", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:28:01Z", "digest": "sha1:QBLWKXUFIL7TY5PQELYARWKEBT4NXGEQ", "length": 61147, "nlines": 500, "source_domain": "www.businessinsider.com", "title": "The 100 coolest people in UK tech - Business Insider", "raw_content": "Rob Whitehead (left) and Herman Narula (right) of Improbable.\nThe UK has a thriving technology industry that includes everything from financial technology (fintech) to artificial intelligence and fashion startups.\nWe sorted through the UK's leading technology figures to bring you this list of the coolest people working in UK tech.\nWe looked at who's done cool and interesting things in the past year, including companies that have raised money or been acquired, as well as people who have been promoted.\nThis list includes both startup CEOs and entrepreneurs, as well as venture capitalists, radio presenters and journalists.\nDid we miss anyone? Let us know in the comments \u2014 we want to know about them. Now scroll down to see the 100!\nUK Tech 100 Sponsors:\n100. Martha, Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho\nYouTube/Connecting Homes\nLane Fox launched online travel site Lastminute.com in 1998 during the dotcom bubble. It was one of the few businesses to survive the crash, going on to be purchased for \u00a3577 million in 2005. She entered the House of Lords in 2013, becoming its youngest female member.\nLane Fox continues to campaign for a better technology industry. She launched an initiative called Dot Everyone in April 2015 that aims to bring about a fairer and more equal internet for all. Lane Fox has also joined the Government Digital Service advisory board and signed a letter urging Prime Minister David Cameron not to clamp down on immigration in case it hurts the technology sector.\nTwitter:@Marthalanefox\n99. Rodolfo Rosini of Weave.ai\nWeave.ai has not made any product announcements yet but earlier reports indicate that it was working towards transforming the mobile experience using artificial intelligence (AI), contextual search, and deeplinking, learning from users as it goes and offering them information and services from the other apps on a phone.\nCEO Rodolfo Rosini previously cofounded AI company Storybricks, which used AI in video games. He was also the CEO of security company Cellcrypt.\nTotal amount raised: $118,000 (\u00a380,000)\nTwitter:@rodolfor\n97. Tech City UK CEO Gerard Grech\nGerard Grech is the CEO of government quango Tech City UK, which was unveiled by Prime Minister David Cameron in 2010.\nThe organisation was set up initially to support the thriving startup scene in East London but today it is tasked with supporting startups in tech clusters across the UK, from Edinburgh and Brighton to Manchester and Cambridge.\nOver the last year Grech has launched a number of initiatives at Tech City UK, including Upscale\u2014 a six-month pilot programme designed to accelerate the growth of 25 early stage high-growth digital businesses.\nTwitter:@gerardgrech\n96. Nick Beighton of ASOS\nNick Beighton took over as the CEO of online fashion retailer ASOS last September, having previously been the company's chief operating officer.\nThe online fashion retailer stocks a wide variety of youth-focused fashion labels and is popular with 20-somethings on a budget.\nBeighton has a financial background and was an accountant at KPMG before joining ASOS.\n94. Jay Radia of Yieldify\nJay Radia is CEO of London-based Yieldify, an ecommerce software aims to help online retailers convince people to buy products online.\nThe marketing tech startup attracted investment from Google Ventures in June when it raised an $11.5 million (\u00a38 million) funding round.\nYieldify's software tracks user actions online and sends personalised offers in pop ups if they go to leave the site and in emails if they do leave. The idea is to get people to think again about buying something they decided not to purchase.\nThe London startup also has offices in New York, as well as sites in Berlin, Porto, and Sydney.\nTotal amount raised:$11.5 million (\u00a38 million)\nTwitter:@J_RadiaYieldify\n93. Sagi Shorrer of Peak\nFormer Googler Sagi Shorrer is chief operating officer and cofounder of Peak, a London-based company with a popular brain training app.\nIn April 2015, the company raised a $7 million (\u00a34.8 million) series A round and there are rumours circulating that another big round could be on the horizon.\nOver the last three-and-a-half years, Peak's app, which is underpinned by neuroscience from Cambridge University scientists, has been downloaded over seven million times.\nTotal amount raised:$10 million (\u00a36.9 million)\nTwitter:@Shorrer\n92. Legacy Russell of Artsy\nChristelle deCastro\nLegacy Russell works for Artsy, which is an online platform that aims to provide a way for people to discover art they'll like, featuring work from leading galleries, museums, and private collections around the world.\nRussell \u2014 who bases herself in Rohan Silva's trendy London startup hub, Second Home\u2014 is the UK gallery relations lead at Artsy. Her job involves building Artsy's presence and driving new Artsy initiatives within the UK.\nIn March 2015, the New York headquartered company raised $25 million (\u00a317 million) from a cohort of investors, including IDG Capital partners, Sandy Cass, Catterton Partners, and Thrive Capital.\nTotal amount raised:$50 million (\u00a335 million)\nTwitter:@LegacyRussell\n91. Former hacker Mustafa Al-Bassam\n21-year-old Mustafa Al-Bassam made headlines for all the wrong reasons three years ago \u2014 when he was named as one of the individuals involved in the notorious hacking group LulzSec.\nLulzSec hit everything from Fox to the NHS, and for his part, Al-Bassam was handed down a 20-month suspended sentence by the UK courts.\nHe's now studying computer science at King's College in London (after a two-year internet ban), and is rising in prominence in the UK tech scene \u2014 Forbes recently named him one of its \"30 Under 30\" to watch in European tech.\nTwitter:@musalbas\n90. Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Sajid Javid\nSajid Javid wields considerable power over the UK tech scene: He's the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills.\nThe Conservative Party politician is MP for Bromsgrove, and was appointed in the position a little under a year ago, in May 2015.\nWhile some politicians \u2014 like Conservative Party London Mayoral candidate Zac Goldsmith \u2014 have been critical of ride-hailing app Uber's presence in the city, Javid is more positive about the tech, warning about \"heavy handed\" crackdowns on the service.\nThough he only entered Parliament for the first time in 2010, he's being tipped by some as a potential contender for the Conservative Party leadership when David Cameron stands down.\nTwitter:@sajidjavid\n89. Gadgette editor Holly Brockwell\nTwitter/Holly Brockwell\nHolly Brockwell founded technology news site Gadgette in May. It's a gadget and technology news site that's focused on women, an audience that many tech sites struggle to write for.\nBrockwell has been outspoken about the abuse she has received online by internet trolls. Trolls targeted her after she criticised an iPhone game called \"Stolen\" that let people buy and sell Twitter users.\nRead Business Insider UK's interview with Holly Brockwell about Twitter trolls and online abuse \u00bb\nTwitter:@holly\n88. Gett MD for Western Europe Remo Gerber\nRemo Gerber is the managing director of Western Europe for taxi app Gett, which was founded in New York in 2010 by Shahar Waiser and Roi More.\nGett has raised $220 million (\u00a3152 million) in venture capital funding, with the most recent round taking place in April 2015 when the company raised $20 million (\u00a313.8 million).\nOver the course of the last year Gerber has launched new UK services within the Gett app, including on-demand champagne delivery and an on-demand courier service.\nRead Business Insider UK's full interview with Remo Gerber \u00bb\nTotal amount raised:$220 million (\u00a3152 million)\n87. Emojipedia founder Jeremy Burge\nTo most people, emojis are little more than a curiosity \u2014 a way to inject levity, or flirtation, into otherwise dry text messages. But for Jeremy Burge, they're quite literally his livelihood.\nThe 31-year-Australian is on a mission to catalogue and categorise the pictograms. Over the last three years, he has built a 140-million-pageviews-a-year-business around them almost singlehandedly: Emojipedia, an online encyclopedia of emojis.\nEmojipedia began as a side-project, but after interest exploded, Burge went full-time in 2015. He works out of Google Campus in London, and the site also has a developer working for it nearly full-time, as well as a designer who comes on when required.\nEntirely self-funded, Emojipedia had six-figure revenues in 2015 \u2014 and that's set to double this year.\nRead Business Insider UK's full profile of Jeremy Burge \u00bb\nTotal amount raised: Self-funded, undisclosed\nTwitter:@jeremyburge\n86. ROLI CEO Roland Lamb\nRoland Lamb's startup ROLI wants to revolutionise the piano.\nIt's behind the \"Seaboard\" \u2014 a new kind of musical instrument that looks superficially similar to an electric keyboard, but with far more control and customisability.\nThe former philosophy student's company launched its third instrument\u2014 the Rise 49 \u2014 in January 2016, and it has bagged $20 million (\u00a314 million) in VC money, with backers including Index Ventures and Balderton Capital.\nROLI has multiple design awards under its belt \u2014 most recently the \"Best of Innovation\" award at CES in Las Vegas this year.\nTwitter:@RolandLamb\n85. Alex Depledge\nTwitter/Alex Depledge\nAlex Depledge is the cofounder of on-demand cleaning startup Hassle, which was acquired by German rival Helpling acquired last July for a reported \u20ac32 million (\u00a325 million).\nIn February 2015, Depledge became the chair of The Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec), a policy advisory group started by Mike Butcher, editor of tech news website TechCrunch, and Jeff Lynn, chief executive of equity crowdfunding Seedrs, in 2010.\nThe following month she became a board member of Sharing Economy UK (SEUK), which represents the sharing economy community, and lobbies for changes to protect consumers and sharing economy businesses.\nTotal amount raised:$6.8 million (\u00a34.7 million)\nTwitter:@adepledge\n83. Alex Hern of The Guardian\nAlex Hern is a technology reporter at The Guardian.\nHern, alongside fellow Guardian writer Elena Cresci, launched a weekly tech podcast called \"Updog\" last year that covers the latest internet memes and viral videos.\nHe was named as one of the \"30 to Watch in 2015\" by MHP Communications.\nTwitter:@alexhern\n82. Yavli CEO Tom Yeomans\nTom Yeomans\nYeomans is CEO of London startup Yavli, which first started its life as a software company that served sponsored content to millennial audiences. Around two years ago, the company pivoted in response to the huge rise in consumers using ad blocking software.\nYavli's software allows publishers to specifically target their ad blocker audiences with sponsored content. Last year, the company claimed to have more than 100 publishers on board.\nTwitter:@tyeo86\n81. BT Consumer CEO John Petter\nJohn Petter is the CEO of BT's consumer business, meaning he presides over the company's internet and telecoms products. He's worked at the company since 2004, previously working as BT's COO.\nIt was announced in January that BT's deal to acquire rival telecoms company EE had received regulatory approval. The \u00a312.5 billion deal took over two years to finalise.\nBT also has a growing TV business and in February, its BT Sport division paid out \u00a3960 million to air 42 Premier League football matches per season over three years\u2014 more than half of those in the lucrative Saturday early evening slot. Next season will also see BT Sport exclusively air the Champions League.\nHeadcount: 45,545\n80. Hiroki Takeuchi of GoCardless\nOxford grad Hiroki Takeuchi was so convinced of the idea for GoCardless that he and cofounder Matt Robinson decamped to Silicon Valley's legendary accelerator Y Combinator to get it off the ground. The startup uses smart technology to make it much easier for businesses to accept and process direct debits.\nGoCardless's clients include TripAdvisor, The Guardian, The Financial Times, and Box. The company is currently in the process of raising a big new round of funding, as well as expanding across Europe.\nTotal amount raised: $11.8 million (\u00a38.1 million)\nTwitter:@hirokitakeuchi\n79. Tim Steiner of Ocado\nOcado is a British supermarket without a single store.\nThe 16-year-old publicly-listed British company delivers groceries ordered online, and is led by CEO Tim Steiner, who founded the company.\nEarlier this year, rumours swirled that Amazon \u2014 a key rival \u2014 is interested in a takeover bid, although Steiner claimed to reporters in February 2016 that this is not the case.\nThe company has now hit \u00a31 billion in annual revenue.\nHeadcount: 1750\n78. Jason Trost of Smarkets\nFormer equities trader Jason Trost founded Smarkets in 2008. The site is a peer-to-peer online betting exchange that lets traders agree odds on everything from sports to politics.\nSmarkets charges a base rate of 2% on transactions, which Trost says is 60% cheaper than competitor Betfair's base rate. The Sunday Times reports that Smarkets attracted over \u00a3200 million in trades in 2013.\nTrost told Business Insider that his site did \u00a310 million in revenue in 2015, and is processing around \u00a3140 million per month through the site.\nRead Business Insider UK's full interview with Jason Trost \u00bb\nTwitter:@jasontrost\n77. Rebellion CEO Jason Kingsley OBE\nJason Kingsley is an unconventional CEO.\nFor starters, he's a knight. And not just the run-of-the-mill, honoured-by-the-Queen-for-services-to-industry knight. Kingsley is a real knight. He's a keen jouster, breeds warhorses, and spends tens of thousands on custom suits of armour.\nWhen he's not on horseback, he's running Rebellion, an Oxford-based gaming company he cofounded with his brother in 1992.\nIts main focus is video games, creating titles for a variety of platforms, but also has smaller operations in other areas, including book publishing and comic books. It owns 2000AD, the comic anthology responsible for the famous dystopian Judge Dredd series.\nKingsley is also on the board of TIGA, a games industry body, and Rebellion plans to launch its first virtual reality game this year \u2014 a remake of classic arcade tank-shooter \"Battlezone.\"\nRead Business Insider UK's full profile of Jason Kingsley and Rebellion Games \u00bb\nTwitter:@RebellionJason\n76. Dominic Smales of Gleam Futures\nDominic Smales/Instagram\nDominic Smales is the founder and managing director of Gleam Futures.\nThe company manages big-name social influencers including Zoella, Jim Chapman, and Tanya Burr. The new breed of celebrities that Smales manages have made their names on digital platforms like Snapchat, YouTube, Instagram, and Vine.\nSmales said in October the talent on Gleam's roster will probably drive around \"4 billion views this year on YouTube alone\"\nBefore Gleam Futures, Smales spent 15 years in media and production at USP and Chrysalis Group.\nTwitter:@domsmales\n75. David Jones of You & Mr Jones\nYou & Mr Jones\nDavid Jones, the British former CEO of French advertising agency holding group Havas and a former advisor to Prime Minister David Cameron, founded You & Mr Jones last summer.\nDescribed as \"the world's first brand tech group,\" the firm has raised $350 million (\u00a3242 million) in funding.\nYou & Mr Jones has invested in tech companies including viral news site Mashable, crowd-sourcing company Mofilm, data company Fifty-Five, ad tech company Beeswax, GIF platform Gfycat, and content marketing platform Pixlee.\nRead Business Insider UK's interview with David Jones from July, when he explained why he thinks the traditional advertising agency network model could be dead in 10 years \u00bb\nTwitter: @davidjonesOYW\n74. Jim Killock of the Open Rights Group\nFlickr/Jim Killock\nOpen Rights Group (ORG) is the British equivalent of the Electronic Frontier Foundation \u2014 a famous American advocacy group that protects civil liberties in the digital age.\nAt the helm is Jim Killock, who has served at its executive director since 2009. ORG is now celebrating its tenth birthday, and with the ongoing controversy around the proposed Snoopers' Charter and global debate on encryption, its work is more important than ever.\nTwitter:@jimkillock\n73. Steve O'Hear of TechCrunch\nSteve O'Hear is a writer for TechCrunch, covering European technology companies. He's broken news on subjects like promotions at Balderton Capital, and the closure of meal delivery startup Dine In.\nO'Hear is also working on a tech project of his own, the music discovery site Weekly.fm that shares music through the format of weekly emails. He was previously the CEO and cofounder of Q&A site Beepl.\nTwitter:@sohear\n71. David Buttress of Just Eat\nJust Eat is an online ordering service that lets people search for local restaurants and order takeaway food. CEO David Buttress joined the company in 2006 after working in sales for Coca-Cola for eight years, where he won the account manager of the year award.\nJust Eat announced in February 2016 that it had acquired four online food delivery companies in a \u00a394.7 million deal. It now owns Spain's La Nevera Roja, Italy's PizzaBo/hellofood Italy, Brazil's hellofood Brazil, and Mexico's hellofood Mexico.\nTwitter:@davidjusteat\n70. Sarah Drinkwater of Google Campus\nSarah Drinkwater works for Google as head of Campus London, a seven-storey space operated by Google for entrepreneurs near Old Street Roundabout.\nSince its inception just over three years ago, Campus has developed a community of 45,000 people. It aims to provide open access education, mentorship, working space and events that are of interest to the startup community.\nIn 2015, Drinkwater became a mentor to Girls in Tech London, which aims to help talented young women learn skills for tech roles.\nTwitter:@sarahdrinkwater\n68. Jeff Lynn of Seedrs\nThe downside to crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo is that you don't get any stake in the eventual company your investment helps build. When these companies cash out, it can sometimes leave an bitter taste in supporters' mouths, as was the case for some backers of VR headset Oculus when it sold to Facebook.\nThat's not the case with Seedrs, a London-based equity crowdfunding platform.\nUsers invest (as little as \u00a310), and in return, they get a share of the company. It's clearly an attractive prospect: The company recently recently announced that \u00a3100 million has been invested through its platform.\nIt was cofounded by Jeff Lynn, a former corporate lawyer, who serves as CEO. In June 2015, tennis pro Andy Murray joined as an advisor.\nTwitter:@jeffseedrs\n67. Myke Hurley of Relay FM\nThe bearded and British Myke Hurley is a professional podcaster who lives \"just outside\" of London.\nHe's one of the cofounders \u2014 and hosts \u2014 of Relay FM, a podcast network which launched in 2014, and has a focus on technology.\nIn November 2015, he was featured by Apple in one of its official podcasts, in which explained how he was able to become an independent podcaster and shared tips for other would-be podcasters.\nTwitter: @imyke\n66. Peter Smith and Nic Cary of Blockchain\nBlockchain is a London-based bitcoin startup, with cofounder Peter Smith in the role of CEO and Nic Cary, another cofounder, acting as its public face.\nIt was launched in 2011, and offers a number of bitcoin services, including a tool for exploring transactions on the blockchain (the public ledger of all bitcoin transactions), and a wallet for holding bitcoin.\nIn October 2014, it raised $30 million (\u00a320.7 million) in VC funding, which was then the largest ever raise for a bitcoin startup.\nBack in July 2015, Peter Smith was chosen to accompanying British Prime Minister David Cameron on a trade mission in South-East Asia along with a host of other more conventional companies. Nic Cary is a regular on the conference circuit, speaking publicly on behalf of Blockchain about the possibilities that bitcoin offers.\nTotal amount raised: $30 million (\u00a320.7 million)\nTwitter:@OneMorePeter, @niccary\n64. Doug Monro of Adzuna\nAdzuna, a search engine for classified listings, lets people discover jobs, cars, and houses online. The company's job- and housing-market data is reportedly used by Prime Minister David Cameron to monitor the UK economy.\nThe company brought in \u00a32 million in investment in 2015 using crowdfunding platform Crowdcube. 500 investors brought the company over its \u00a31.5 million target. Monro also signed a letter urging David Cameron not to cut immigration to the UK's tech sector.\nMonro launched Adzuna in 2011, having previously worked as COO of property-listing site Zoopla, managing director of online listing site Gumtree, and a senior manager at eBay.\nTwitter: @dougall\n63. George Spencer of Rentify\nGeorge Spencer, in his late twenties, is CEO of a proptech startup \u2014 Rentify, which provides tools for landlords to manage properties, as well as other rental-focused services. The company takes a cut of a property's rent in return for managing everything to do with it.\nCreated in 2011 (and formally launching in 2012), it's backed by London venture capital firm Balderton Capital, and raised \u00a35.5 million last year.\nTotal amount raised:$16.5 million (\u00a311.4 million)\nTwitter:@probablygeorge\n62. Elizabeth Varley of TechHub\nElizabeth Varley founded TechHub in 2010 after realising that London was lacking in shared workspaces for tech companies. TechHub was one of the first hubs for tech startups in London, situating itself around the Old Street area. In 2012 it opened up office space in Google Campus, a larger workspace for internet startups sponsored by Google.\nIn February 2015 it was announced that TechHub will expand its partnership with Google into three new locations: India, Latvia, and Romania. TechHub members in those countries now have access to Google for Entrepreneurs services.\nVarley also signed a letter in October warning Prime Minister David Cameron not to clamp down on immigration into the UK in case it harms hiring for technology companies and startups.\nTwitter:@evarley\n61. Sherry Coutu of The Scale-Up Institute\nScaleup Institute\nSherry Coutu is an entrepreneur turned angel investor who's keen to promote and support the UK's fastest-growing technology companies.\nIn 2015 Coutu launched The Scale-Up Institute with LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman. Backed by Google, the Business Growth Fund, the London Stock Exchange and several advisory firms, the organisation aims to provide promising startups with advice on leadership, export markets and raising finance alongside, access to a network of advisors.\nTwitter:@scoutu\n60. Alexandra Chong of Lulu\nOnLulu.com\nAlexandra Chong is the founder of Lulu, the app that lets women review and rate the men they date. She started the company in London in 2010. The site launched with $1 million in investment from VC firms Passion Capital and PROfounders Capital. But it changed focus in 2013 to expand to the US and embrace the college culture there that had helped Tinder grow.\nIt was announced in June 2015 that Lulu would re-enter the UK market, and that followed Chong's star-studded wedding which was attended by Google cofounder Sergey Brin and actress Kate Winslet.\nLulu announced in February 2016 that it had been acquired by dating app Badoo, and Chong became the president of that company.\nRead Business Insider UK's full interview with Alexandra Chong \u00bb\nTwitter:@AlexandraCChong\nIn 2010, Hoberman cofounded made.com, an online e-commerce platform providing designer furniture without third party involvement. Today he is chairman of the company. Last July, made.com raised $60 million (\u00a341 million) in a Series C funding round.\nMore recently, Hoberman attracted investment from Guardian Media Group, publisher of The Guardian, for Founders Factory, an incubator/accelerator based in London.\nHoberman was awarded a CBE in the 2015 New Year's Honour's List for his involvement in the UK tech sector.\nIn February 2015 he also backed Onfido's background checking platform in a $4.5 million (\u00a33.1 million) funding round.\n58. Net-a-Porter founder Natalie Massenet MBE\nNatalie Massenet founded online fashion portal Net-a-Porter in 2000 when she was trying to find designer goods for a fashion shoot. The site sells clothes using a layout similar to traditional fashion magazines.\nNet-a-Porter was merged with Italian fashion site YOOX in 2015. Massenet stood to earn \u00a346 million from the deal. However, Massenet left the company in September following the merger. She reportedly received a payoff of over \u20ac100 million (\u00a377 million.)\nBefore starting Net-a-Porter, Massenet worked as a fashion model in Tokyo, assistant at Tatler, fashion stylist, and also worked with photographer Mario Testino. She's Chairman of the British Fashion Council, and received an MBE in 2009 for services to the fashion industry.\nTwitter:@NatalieMassenet\n57. Miniclip CEO Robert Small\nMiniclip is a British gaming company that often flies under the radar.\nIt's 14 years old \u2014 practically ancient by startup standards \u2014 and got started building browser games before moving to platforms like iOS and Android with the rise of the app economy.\nRobert Small, its founder, serves as CEO.\nHis company hit a number of milestones in 2015. It passed half a billion downloads; Agar.io, one of its most popular titles, was Googled more times in 2015 than \"Fallout 4\"; and most significantly, Chinese gaming company Tencent bought a majority stake in the company in February.\n56. Mike Butcher of TechCrunch\nMike Butcher is the editor at large of technology news site TechCrunch and is a high-profile journalist on Europe's technology conference circuit.\nButcher started a movement in 2015 named Techfugees that aims to help Europe's migrant crisis by harnessing technology and startups. It started in London, but has since spread around the world.\nButcher also hosted another Europas conference in June and also helped present TechCrunch's annual Disrupt conference in London in December.\nTwitter:@mikebutcher\n55. Husayn Kassai of Onfido\nOxford graduate Husayn Kassai quit his job at Merrill Lynch in 2012 after just a week to focus on building a startup he'd cofounded at university.\nThat startup was background checking service Onfido, which has now raised over $5 million (\u00a33.5 million) from a wide range of investors, including Spotify backers Wellington Partners and lastminute.com cofounder Brent Hoberman. It is now considered one of Britain's smartest companies.\nOnfido \u2014 which now employs 72 people across offices in London, San Francisco, and Lisbon \u2014 boasts over 625 paying customers, including recruiter Morgan McKinley and Hays, and newspapers like The Daily Mail and the Evening Standard.\nRead Business Insider UK's interview with Hussayn Kassia about how he left investment banking to do a startup here \u00bb\nTwitter: @HusaynKassai\n54. Philosopher Nick Bostrom\nYouTube/Adam Ford\nLikely the smartest person on this list, Nick Bostrom is a philosopher who specialises in artificial intelligence, human enhancement, and other topics relating to the future of humanity.\nThe 42-year-old Swede works as an academic at the University of Oxford, but his writing has mainstream appeal too: Superintelligence, his most recent book, published in 2014, was a New York Times bestseller.\nHe's been been cited as an influence by Elon Musk, the Tesla CEO \u2014 another high-profile tech figure worried about the potentially adverse consequences of creating AI. In 2016, the issues that Bostrom writes about are more relevant than ever before.\n53. Chris Morton of Lyst\nChris Morton is the cofounder and CEO of Lyst, a fashion ecommerce platform that allows people to shop from over 10,000 designers and stores in one place.\nLyst, founded in London in 2010, raised $40 million (\u00a328 million) in April with money coming from well-known investors like Accel, Balderton, and DFJ.\nSince launching, Lyst has expanded its platform, where users reportedly spend an average of $400 (\u00a3277) per order, to over 150 countries.\nTwitter:@chrismorton\n52. George Ergatoudis of Spotify\nErgatoudis is the new head of content programming for the UK at music streaming giant Spotify. He joined the company at the start of 2016 after over 10 years in charge of music at BBC Radio 1. He previously worked as the head of music policy for the BBC's hip hop and grime radio station 1Xtra.\nSpotify is rolling out a lineup of non-music content, including videos from NBC and podcasts from the BBC. It's a good way for the service to set itself apart from competitors like Apple Music, as well as Jay Z's music streaming service Tidal, which prides itself on exclusive content.\nTwitter: @GeorgErgatoudis\n51. Guy Levin of Coadec\nGuy Levin is the executive director of The Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec), a policy advisory group started by Mike Butcher, editor of tech news website TechCrunch, and Jeff Lynn, chief executive of equity crowdfunding Seedrs.\nOver the last year, Levin has put pressure on the government to rethink its proposed immigration policies, which stand to have a negative impact on the UK tech sector, and championed the sharing economy sector.\nHe has also led delegations of startup founders to Brussels, and submitted ideas for the Government's Digital Strategy.\nTwitter:@guy_levin\n50. Minister of State for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries Ed Vaizey\nAlex Lentati/The Evening Standard\nEd Vaizey is the Minister of State for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries \u2014 so if you have anything to do with tech in the UK, his work will likely impact you in some way.\nHis portfolio ranges from the sharing economy (of which he is a strong supporter) to tech infrastructure and cybersecurity, along with culture, media, and the creative industries.\nThe Conservative MP for Wantage, he is a trained barrister and a regular speaker at tech events.\nTwitter:@edvaizey\n49. Zoopla CEO Alex Chesterman\nBritish property listings site Zoopla was founded in 2007 by serial entrepreneur Alex Chesterman, one of the cofounders of movie-streaming service LoveFilm, which was sold to Amazon in 2011. As well as serving as CEO of Zoopla, Chesterman is an active investor; he has investments in sports e-commerce site SportsPursuit and student booking site Uniplaces. In June 2015 Chesterman invested in Farmdrop, a service that lets people buy food direct from farmers.\nZoopla said in August that Chesterman could be in line for \u00a319 million worth of shares as an incentive to keep him involved with the company.\nChesterman is also taking part in the UK's Upscale programme as one its \"scale coaches.\" The scheme is designed to help startups accelerate their growth.\n48. Joanna, Baroness Shields, OBE\nWikipedia/Rsreidphoto\nBaroness Shields was appointed the UK's Minister for Internet Safety and Security in May. And in December she was named a Home Office minister, making her a joint minister at both the Home Office and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.\nShields previously worked as a managing director for Google in Europe, ran Bebo, worked at AOL, and was then recruited by Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg to run Facebook in Europe. She was also the CEO of Tech City UK.\nTwitter:@joannashields\n47. Matt Clifford and Alice Bentinck of Entrepreneur First\nMatt Clifford (left) and Alice Bentinck (right) of Entrepreneur First.\nMatt Clifford and Alice Bentinck are the cofounders of Entrepreneur First (EF), which is a London-based company-building programme for individuals who possess exceptional technical talent.\nIn the last year, EF has raised \u00a36.5 million in funding and expanded its platform to Singapore, which is also home to one of its key investors. It has also expanded the number of places on its course in London from 30 in 2011 to over 200 today.\nEF has helped to create companies like Blaze, famed for its laser bike light, and StreetHub, which allows people to find products on sale at small and independent stores in their local area.\nTwitter:@matthewclifford, @Alicebentinck\n46. Emily Brooke of Blaze\nEmily Brooke is the founder and CEO of Blaze, a London startup that has built a laser bike light that can help save cyclists lives.\nBlaze's \"Laserlight\" is designed to improve rider safety by projecting a green laser image five to six metres in front of the cyclist, thereby making them more visible to drivers, pedestrians, and other cyclists.\nBrooke, who took part in the first ever Entrepreneur First startup building programme, scored a major win for Blaze in December when it was announced that Santander planned to fit every \"Boris bike\" in London with a Blaze Laserlight. The deal is said to be worth close to \u00a31 million.\nTotal amount raised:$500,000 (\u00a3345,000)\nTwitter:@buzzbrooke\n45. Luke Lang and Darren Westlake of Crowdcube\nCo-founders at Crowdcube. Luke Lang (left) and Darren Westlake (right).\nCrowdcube/YouTube\nLuke Lang and Darren Westlake are the cofounders of Crowdcube, Britain's biggest crowdfunding website. Over \u00a3138 million has been invested over the platform into businesses like burrito chain Chillango and Camden Town Brewery.\nOld school City of London stockbroker Numis invested \u00a36 million in the company last July and the pair are working together to do the world's first crowdfunded initial public offering.\nTwitter: @lukelang, @dazwest\n44. Jo Bertram of Uber\nYouTube/Slush\nJo Bertram joined Uber in 2013 after working as a management consultant for McKinsey and Accenture. Now she manages the on-demand ride service's operation in the UK.\n2015 was a big year for Uber in the UK. It became even more of a political topic thanks to comments by London Mayor Boris Johnson and mayoral candidates. It also launched UberPOOL here, which allows strangers to share rides to get a cheaper fare.\nBertram also talked about the amount of abuse she receives on Twitter from cab drivers and internet trolls.\nUber has seen off two major threats to its business in London in recent months: Transport for London dropped plans for a series of harsh proposals that would affect ridesharing apps like Uber, and the company also won a High Court battle against taxi drivers who claimed that its driver app met the legal definition of a taximeter.\nTotal amount raised:$8.6 billion (\u00a35.9 billion)\nTwitter: @jo_bertram\n43. Kate Unsworth of Vinaya\nKate Unsworth is the CEO and cofounder of Vinaya (formerly Kovert Designs), a London-based fashion startup that makes connected jewellery, including rings and necklaces that buzz when you receive a WhatsApp message or email, for example.\nVinaya raised a $3 million (\u00a32 million) seed round in November with Passion Capital's Eileen Burbidge leading the round and Bebo's Michael Birch also taking part.\nVinaya said it was going to use the funding to set up a \"research lab\" in Shoreditch that would provide insights on brain/human habits that could be used in its product design process.\nRead Business Insider UK's review of a Vinaya ring \u00bb\nTotal amount raised:$3 million (\u00a32 million)\nTwitter:@kateuns\n42. Bruce Daisley of Twitter\nBruce Daisley was promoted to become Twitter's vice president of direct sales for Europe in April last year. He was previously the company's UK country manager and is now the company's most senior employee outside the US.\nTwitter represented 1.6% of digital ad spending in the region (or \u00a3129.3 million) in 2015, eMarketer estimates. The region made up 5% of Twitter's monthly active user base in 2015, according to eMarketer.\nPrior to joining Twitter, Daisley was responsible for leading UK sales for YouTube and Google's online display advertising unit.\nTwitter:@brucedaisley\n41. Fred Destin of Accel Partners\n40. Dave Palmer of Darktrace\nDave Palmer is director of technology at cyber security startup Darktrace, which has a platform that can spot unusual email activity and suspicious file uploads.\nOver the last year, Darktrace has raised $40.5 million (\u00a328 million) from a number of investors that see potential in its \"immune system\" technology.\nBefore joining Darktrace, which is backed by Mike Lynch's invoke capital fund, Palmer was a cyber security technical expert at GCHQ and MI5. During his time at Britain's spy agencies, he was tasked with looking after their IT infrastructure and keeping an eye on their networks.\nRead Business Insider UK's interview with Dave Palmer about how Darktrace is finding new talent \u00bb\nTotal amount raised:$40.5 million (\u00a328 million)\nTwitter: @dveplmr\n39. Kieran O'Neill of Thread\nKieran O'Neill is the CEO of Thread, which helps customers make sense of the world of fashion by matching them up with their own personal stylist through its platform. The stylist learns about users and suggests clothes that they think would suit them. Users can then purchase the items through the site. Thread is free to use, but the company takes a cut of any purchases that you make.\nIt was announced in August that Thread had raised $8 million (\u00a35.5 million) from investors including Balderton Capital, Google DeepMind cofounders Demis Hassabis and Mustafa Suleyman, and former Saks Fifth Avenue president Andrew Jennings.\nCEO Kieran O'Neill started his first online business in 2003 when he founded video streaming website HolyLemon.com while studying for his GCSE. He eventually sold the site for $1.25 million (\u00a3814,000).\nRead Business Insider UK's feature testing out Thread for ourselves \u00bb\nTotal amount raised:$10.5 million (\u00a37.3 million)\nTwitter:@KieranO\n38. Former Google Ventures general partner Peter Read\n37. Murad Ahmed of The Financial Times\nYouTube/Web Summit\nMurad Ahmed is the European technology correspondent at The Financial Times. Here he covers tech companies across the UK and Europe, as well as the goings on in Silicon Valley.\nIn November, he was named \"Tech Journalist of the Year\" at the UK Tech Awards, thanks to scoops on Google, Uber, Microsoft, and Europe's startup scene.\nAfter graduating with a degree in law from the University of Cambridge, Ahmed studied journalism at Goldsmith's College. He became a news trainee at The Times, after which he began his focus on the tech sector.\nTwitter:@muradahmed\n36. Former Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti\nFlickr/Southbank Centre\nShami Chakrabarti is a giant of British civil society. She's the director of Liberty, an 82-year-old London human rights organisation.\nLiberty's remit extends well beyond the tech sphere \u2014 but in the years since Edward Snowden's revelations about Western governments' surveillance, Liberty has championed digital rights just as it has traditional civil liberties.\nA former Home Office barrister, she has honourary degrees from Southampon, Glamorgan, and Middlesex universities, and is the chancellor at the University of Essex. She was even a flag-bearer at the 2012 Olympics in London.\nHaving served as Liberty's director since 2003, she announced in January 2016 she is leaving once a successor is found. She hasn't revealed what she plans to do next.\n35. Localglobe founder Robin Klein\n34. Greg Marsh of onefinestay\nGreg Marsh cofounded home swapping service onefinestay in 2009. Marsh, who is CEO of the company, had a busy year in 2015, raising large amounts of funding and bringing in a top hotel executive.\nonefinestay, which allows people to stay in expensive, serviced houses in cities around the world raised $40 million (\u00a325.4 million) in June from a range of well-known investors. Marsh also hired InterContinental's chief finance officer, Tom Singer, in a bid to beef up his management team.\nTwitter:@gregmarsh\n33. Suranga Chandratillake and Rob Moffat of Balderton Capital\n32. The Tab founders George Marangos-Gilks and Jack Rivlin\nGeorge Marangos-Gilks (left) and Jack Rivlin (right) of The Tab.\nThe Tab is a network of student news websites run by editorial teams across the UK and US. It started off as a Cambridge student newspaper, founded in 2009 as the university's first online-only paper. It made headlines after The Sun fell for its April Fool's joke about BNP leader Nick Griffin and for its \"Rear of the Year\" competition.\nThe company announced that it had raised $3 million (\u00a32 million) from Balderton Capital in December, and the money is going towards the expansion of its US site as well as its new general interest site that's not about a specific university.\nEditor-in-chief Jack Rivlin told The Guardian that The Tab's had 3.2 million unique visitors in November 2015.\nTwitter:@marangosgilks, @jackrivlin\n31. Professor Stephen Hawking\nFlickr/Lwp Kommunik\u00e1ci\u00f3\nStephen Hawking is the acclaimed theoretical physicist at Cambridge University who has weighed in on the artificial intelligence debate on multiple occasions over the last year.\nFor example, Hawking, who has the motor neurone disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), signed an open letter in July calling for a ban on autonomous weapons.\nHe also revealed in an interview with the BBC that he believes AI could end mankind. \"The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race,\" he said.\n30. Matt Brittin of Google\nTwitter/Matt Brittin\nIn February 2015, Google appointed Matt Brittin, formerly head of its Northern/Central European operations, its President of EMEA Business and Operations \u2014 the first person to hold the role. In short, he's Google's most senior employee on the continent \u2014 giving him serious influence in tech circles.\nBrittin has taken the helm of Google in Europe during a turbulent time for the company: It is being investigated by the European Commission over antitrust allegations due to its dominance of the European search market. More recently Google has come under fire over a \u00a3130 million UK tax bill, which critics say is too little.\nHe originally studied at Cambridge University, where he was a keen rower \u2014 even competing in the Olympics. He subsequently worked for McKinsey & Co., then Trinity Mirror, before joining the search giant.\nHeadcount: 4,000 (in the UK)\nTwitter:@MattBrittin\n29. Mike Lynch of Invoke Capital\n28. Wikipedia cofounder Jimmy Wales\nJimmy Wales is best known as one of the cofounders of online encyclopedia Wikipedia\u2014 and that recently passed a significant milestone recently, turning 15 years old in January 2016.\nBut the 49-year-old Alabama-born Londoner has had other accomplishments to note over the last months. In July, his latest project, The People's Operator (TPO), launched in the US.\nFor those not in the know, TPO is an \"ethical\" mobile network that gives a cut of its proceeds to charities of its users' choosing. It also launched social networking functionality in 2015, now framing itself as \"a social network with a unique business model\" \u2014 \"an ad-free social space that is supported by a one-of-a-kind mobile network.\"\nWales also has a personal charity under his belt \u2014 The Jimmy Wales Foundation, which focuses on championing freedom of speech causes worldwide.\nTwitter:@jimmy_wales\n27. Tom Blomfield of Mondo\nBlomfield is the CEO and cofounder of Mondo, a new London fintech startup that's building a branchless bank using its debit card and accompanying app. Mondo cards are controlled through the app, and show users information about the purchases they make.\nMondo hasn't fully launched yet, but it has released a version of its card to alpha testers (you can see how we got on with it here).\nBefore founding Mondo, Blomfield was a cofounder of another London fintech startup: GoCardless. He left the company in 2013, and started Mondo in 2015.\nTwitter: @t_blom\n26. Leanne Kemp of Everledger\nYouTube/Leanne Kemp\nEverledger is a startup that wants to make diamond theft a thing of the past.\nIt uses the blockchain \u2014 the ledger of all bitcoin transactions \u2014 to make a public record that valuable diamonds can be registered to, recording their unique characteristics. This should make it harder to pawn stolen diamonds, and help cut down on fraud.\nThe company was created by the Australian Leanne Kemp in 2015, and took part in the Barclays Techstars accelerator in June.\nNearly 900,000 diamonds have been registered to Everledger's platform already, and another 900,000 are queued up. Later down the line, it intends to start registering other luxury goods.\nRead Business Insider UK's profile of Leanne Kemp and Everledger \u00bb\nTwitter:@leanne_kemp\n25. YouTube star Zoella\nZoella is the well-known British YouTube vlogger who shares updates about fashion, make-up, and her life. Earlier in February 2016 it was announced that she has reached 10 million YouTube subscribers, and her videos have been watched over 1 billion times.\nZoella has also released two books, the first of which had the highest first-week sales for a novelist since records began in 1998. And her second book was named one of the highest-selling books of 2015.\nTwitter:@ZozeeBo\n24. Nicola Mendelsohn CBE of Facebook\nTim Whitby/Getty Images for Advertising Week\nNicola Mendelsohn is Facebook's most senior executive outside of the US, and runs the social network's presence in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.\nFacebook opened its first office in Africa in July, and Mendelsohn was there to oversee the company's expansion.\nMendelsohn was given a CBE in the Queen's birthday honours list in June for her work in creative industries. Aside from her work at Facebook, she's also co-chair of the Creative Industries Council, a joint forum between the creative industry and the UK government.\nMendelsohn joined Facebook in July 2013, having previously served as executive chairman of advertising agency Karamarama. She spent 20 years working for advertising agencies before making the move to the social-networking giant.\nRead Business Insider UK's June 2015 interview with Nicola Mendelsohn \u00bb\nTwitter:@nicolamen\n23. Former Index Ventures partner Saul Klein\n22. Claire Valoti of Snapchat\nTwitter/clairevaloti\nClaire Valoti was recently poached from her role as joint head of agency relations at Facebook to head up Snapchat's European operation from London.\nShe works as Snapchat's general manager of UK sales, overseeing the company's first office outside the US. The company has made a series of hires for its European team from rival digital media and tech businesses over the past year.\nTotal amount raised:$1.2 billion (\u00a3830 million)\nTwitter:@clairevaloti\n21. Ismail Ahmed of WorldRemit\nSomali-born Ismail Ahmed worked for the UN to help crackdown on money laundering before setting up WorldRemit in 2010. The startup offers an app that lets migrants send money back to family in places like Africa, India, and Latin America, known as remittance.\nThe company was valued at $500 million (\u00a3345 million) in a $100 million (\u00a369 million) funding round last year, led by Silicon Valley venture capital firm Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV), which has also backed the likes of Facebook, Spotify, and Netflix. WorldRemit recently secured a further $45 million (\u00a331 million) line of credit to fund growth and is processing 400,000 transactions a month.\n20. Julian Assange of WikiLeaks\nIs Julian Assange part of the British tech scene \u2014 or the Ecuadorian?\nBecause while the WikiLeaks founder is geographically located in London, he remains under Ecuador's jurisdiction: In 2012, he took refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy in Knightsbridge to avoid extradition to Sweden for questioning over allegations of sexual assault and rape, and has remained there ever since.\nWikiLeaks, his whistleblowing organisation, has kept busy during his unconventional asylum. Over the last year, it has published drafts of the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, as well as documents from the Saudi Foreign Ministry and details on covert NSA spying.\nIn February 2016, a United Nations panel ruled that his confinement in the embassy amounts to \"arbitrary detention\" \u2014 but British authorities insist they will still arrest him if he steps outside.\nTwitter:@wikileaks\n19. Mustafa Suleyman and Demis Hassabis of Google DeepMind\nOver the course of the last year, both Hassabis and Suleyman have acknowledged the potential impact AI could have on humanity. To ensure they get their message across, they have attended several conferences and given talks about the ethics of AI.\n18. Rob Whitehead and Herman Narula of Improbable\nRob Whitehead (CTO) and Herman Narula (CEO) are the two-man founder team behind Improbable, a London startup that wants to be the \"Google of simulation.\"\nThe duo went to the University of Cambridge together, and in 2012 founded Improbable, which builds software that can power sophisticated simulations done by others. It provides the engine to do the heavy lifting, so you can get on with the business of actually modelling whatever it is you want to model.\nThe company's original focus was on gaming \u2014 massive multiplayer game-worlds \u2014 but it has applications in science, research, defence, and more.\nIt landed a $20 million (\u00a314 million) in venture capital funding from well-respected US firm Andreessen Horowitz in 2015\u2014 its second ever investment in the UK.\nIn November 2015, it officially launched SpatialOS, its operating system. Alongside the launch, it announced an ambitious flagship project \u2014 a virtual city run in collaboration with academics to answer questions about modern urban life. \"We're going to have an oracle for an entire city,\" Narula told Business Insider. \"We'll be able to answer questions like 'what happens when we introduce autonomous vehicles,' or look at interactions between different things that have just been [previously] impossible.\"\nRead Business Insider UK's November 2015 interview with Herman Narula \u00bb\nTwitter:@RJFWhite, @HermanNarula\n17. Eben Upton of Raspberry Pi\nEben Upton is the man behind the Raspberry Pi, the wildly popular \u2014 and crazily cheap \u2014 single-board computer used to promote computer science education and beloved by hobbyists.\nThe company launched its smallest and cheapest computer yet in November 2015: The Raspberry Pi Zero, which retails for just \u00a33.30, or $5. Predictably, it sold out immediately.\nIn February 2016, British astronaut Tim Peake notched up a new first for the Upton's company \u2014 using the \"AstroPi\" in space at the International Space Station.\nTwitter:@EbenUpton\n16. Azmat Yusuf of Citymapper\nFormer Googler Azmat Yusuf founded Citymapper in 2011 as a guide for Londoners to navigate the city's bus network. The app evolved into a multimodal travel platform and today it is used by millions of people worldwide.\nIn January, Citymapper raised $40 million (\u00a328 million) from Index Ventures, Benchmark Capital, and a number of angel investors.\nCitymapper is now available in 31 cities, including Hong Kong, Sydney, New York, Istanbul, Brussels, Tokyo, and San Francisco.\nTwitter:@azmingo\n15. Rohan Silva of Second Home\nSilva is the former government technology advisor who was part of the team that created the Tech City UK initiative. He worked closely with George Osborne since 2006, and oversaw the growth of the UK's startup scene, playing a key role in the government's relationship with the growing tech cluster.\nSilva left government in 2013, and went to work for VC fund Index Ventures. But he quickly decided to launch his own project, and created East London coworking space Second Home.\nIt was announced in January that Second Home had raised \u00a37.5 million from investors including Yuri Milner, Tencent chairman Martin Lau, and venture capital firm Index Ventures, and that it would use the money to expand to Lisbon.\nSilva is also planning to double the size of Second Home, and his plans include a \"huge indoor lake.\"\nTwitter:@silva\n14. Janine Gibson of BuzzFeed UK\nJanine Gibson was appointed editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed UK in summer 2015. She started in the role last September after losing out to Katharine Viner in the race to replace Alan Rusbridger at the helm of The Guardian. Previously she was deputy editor at The Guardian. Prior to that, she was responsible for launching Guardian US, where she was editor-in-chief.\nWhile leading Guardian US, Gibson played a key role in the Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the Edward Snowden leaks. The Oxford graduate began as a reporter in the media trade press, before becoming a media reporter at the Guardian in 1998 and rising within the organisation.\nTwitter:@janinegibson\n13. Gareth Williams of Skyscanner\nGareth Williams is the CEO and cofounder of Skyscanner, the Edinburgh-based company behind one of the world's most popular flight comparison sites.\nWilliams led the Edinburgh company through a \u00a3128 million funding round in January, valuing it at over a billion dollars. He also opened Skyscanner's first London office at the end of 2015, which is home to a team of engineers, led by former Amazon executive Bryan Dove.\nSkyscanner also has offices in Shenzhen, Beijing, Barcelona, Glasgow, Miami, Singapore, and Sofia. During 2015, the company grew the size of its workforce to approximately 800 people.\n12. Sir Martin Sorrell of WPP\nSir Martin Sorrell is the CEO of the world's largest advertising agency holding group, WPP.\nWPP's agencies spend a huge amount on tech platforms, on behalf of their clients. Sorrell told us in January that WPP agencies spent around $4 billion (\u00a32.8 billion) with Google (up 38% from 2014) and $1 billion (\u00a3693 million) with Facebook (up 56% on 2014) last year. WPP predict digital advertising will account for 40-45% of its revenue by 2019.\nOver the past 12 months, WPP has struck a number of technology partnership deals and acquisitions including: acquiring Google's digital media agency Essence; striking a year-long partnership deal between BuzzFeed and WPP's media-buying arm GroupM; launching an ad agency called Truffle Pig in partnership with Snapchat and The Daily Mail; and taking an equity stake in internet audience measurement company comScore.\nWPP was the most prolific acquirer in the media and marketing industry in 2015, according to corporate advisory firm Ciesco.\n11. Jos\u00e9 Neves of Farfetch\nJos\u00e9 Neves/LinkedIn\nJos\u00e9 Neves launched Farfetch in 2008 as a way to marry boutique fashion retailers with customers, many of whom likely didn't know the products existed. The company has taken over $190 million (\u00a3130 million) in funding and is now worth over $1 billion (\u00a3690 million), making it a \"Unicorn.\"\nThe company's investors include Conde Nast and Index Ventures. It's headquartered in London but has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Guimar\u00e3es, Porto, S\u00e3o Paulo, Shanghai and Tokyo.\nThe average users spend over $600 (\u00a3400) on Farfetch in a single session and the company is doing over $160 million (\u00a3110 million) in revenue per year.\nTotal amount raised:$194.5 million (\u00a3135 million)\nTwitter:@Farfetch_jose\n10. Scott Button and Sarah Wood of Unruly\nScott Button (left) and Sarah Wood (right) of Unruly.\nButton and Wood, Unruly co-CEOs, sold their video ad tech company to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp in September last year for $90 million (\u00a362.4 million) in cash, plus up to a further $86 million (\u00a359.6 million) if the London-based startup meets its performance targets.\nUnruly specializes in serving and analysing video advertising and brand videos that appear outside the confines of YouTube and Facebook. Its technology allows marketers to buy \"native\" video ad formats using automated technologies and track their performance across social. The company also offers an analytics tool that predicts whether videos are likely to viral.\nUnruly posted a 35% increase in revenue year-on-year to $45.9 million (\u00a328.7 million) in 2014.\nRead Business Insider UK's interview with Sarah Wood from September 2015, shortly after Unruly was acquired by News Corp \u00bb\nTotal amount raised:$25 million (\u00a317.4 million)\nTwitter: @scottbutton, @sarahfwood\n9. Jon Reynolds of SwiftKey\nJon Reynolds started SwiftKey straight out of Cambridge University. The mission, according to Reynolds, is \"to make it easy for everyone to create and communicate on mobile.\" The app, which is available on iPhone and Android, is used by more than 300 million people and relies heavily on artificial intelligence to predict what, exactly, the user is trying to say.\nMicrosoft was interested and acquired SwiftKey for $250 million (\u00a3175 million) in early 2016. The team will be incorporated into the company, meaning that Reynolds is now an employee of Microsoft who will work on AI, an area that Microsoft is intensely focused on.\nTwitter:@thejonreynolds\n8. Sean Murray of Hello Games\nSean Murray is the CEO of Hello Games, a Guildford company that is building one of the most ambitious video games ever made. \"No Man's Sky\" is an attempt to create an entire universe in an online video game environment, which will contain 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 planets.\nIt's a project of epic scale, and Hello Games has started to show off its progress. Stars like Kanye West, Steven Spielberg, and Elon Musk have all been given demonstrations of the game in 2015.\nAnd the game now has an official launch date: June 2016.\nTwitter:@NoMansSky\n7. Nigel Eccles of FanDuel\nNigel Eccles is the founder and CEO of Edinburgh-based FanDuel, which is a fantasy sports platform that allows people in North America to create one-day fantasy teams and enter them into leagues with cash prizes.\nHigh-profile investors such as Google Capital, Time Warner Investments and Turner Sports backed FanDuel last summer in a $275 million (\u00a3176 million) round, which brought total investment in the company up to $361 million (\u00a3234 million).\nFanDuel is perhaps the only British unicorn company not to offer its product to people in Britain. But that could be about to change as Eccles has hinted at the possibility of launching FanDuel in the UK for Premier League fans in the near future.\nTwitter: @nigeleccles\n6. Riccardo Zacconi of King\nYou have, of course, heard of \"Candy Crush.\" You can't not. It's the insanely popular candy-swiping mobile app made by King Digital Entertainment.\nRiccardo Zacconi is the man at the wheel at King, and he's had a very good year: In November 2015, Activision Blizzard (the gaming megacompany behind \"Call of Duty,\" \"Starcraft,\"\" World of Warcraft,\" and more) acquired King for a massive $5.9 billion (\u00a34.1 billion).\nZacconi, who is Italian and lives in London, cofounded King in 2003, and is its CEO. At the time of the acquisition, the company boasted 330 million monthly active users.\n5. Samir Desai of Funding Circle\nSamir Desai is the founder of peer-to-peer business loan platform Funding Circle. The platform lets savers lend directly to businesses and over \u00a31 billion has been lent over the platform since it launched in 2010. The company was valued at $1 billion (\u00a3690 million) last year.\nFormer management consultant Desai moved to the role of Global CEO last year to oversee expansion into new markets and in October Funding Circle entered Germany, Spain, and the Netherlands with the acquisition of Zencap. Desai had the idea for the business while working on a project at Northern Rock.\nTwitter: @samirdesai01\n4. Kristo Kaarmann and Taavet Hinrikus of TransferWise\nTransferWise founders Kristo Kaarmann (left) and Taavet Hinrikus (right.)\nKristo Kaarmann and Taavet Hinrikus are the Estonian co-founders of low cost online international money transfer service TransferWise. The pair's marketing savvy has helped turn the startup into one of the few London companies valued at $1 billion (\u00a3690 million) after attracting a $58 million (\u00a340 million) investment last year from top Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.\nOther investors include Sir Richard Branson and Paypal founder Peter Thiel. Before TransferWise, Hinrikus was Skype's first employee. TransferWise went global in 2015 and has already passed the $1 billion transferred mark in the US.\nRead Business Insider UK's interview with TransferWise's cofounders \u00bb\nTwitter:@kaarmann, @taavet\n3. Julie Adenuga of Beats 1\nYouTube/HookLDN\nThe tech world was abruptly introduced to 27-year-old Londoner Julie Adenuga in June 2015, when she was announced as one of three global presenters for Beats 1.\nAlong with veteran BBC radio DJ Zane Lowe and New Yorker Ebro Darden, Adenuga is the face of Apple's flagship new internet radio station \u2014 broadcasting from her London studio.\nShe may be a new face to techies, but she has strong roots in London's music scene. In 2010, she joined the city's underground radio station Rinse FM. \"We had no DJ experience, but we just played the music and were talking rubbish,\" she said. \"It worked. Luckily.\"\nAnd let's not forget her family: Alongside Julie, there's also Joseph and Jamie Adenuga \u2014 better known as London grime artists Skepta and JME.\nTwitter: @JulieAdenuga\n2. William Shu of Deliveroo\nWilliam Shu launched his restaurant food delivery company in London in 2012 after realising it was hard to get good quality food delivered to your home or office.\nThe former investment banker has subsequently expanded Deliveroo to more than 30 UK cities and over 20 international cities. The growth has been fuelled with $200 million (\u00a3138 million) in venture capital funding, half of which was raised last November.\nShu has managed to attract popular London restaurants such as Dishoom, Ping Pong, and Dirty Burger to Deliveroo, where they can access an even larger customer base in exchange for approximately 30% of every transaction.\nRead Business Insider UK's interview with Will Shu about how Deliveroo plans to expand \u00bb\nTwitter:@WillShu203\nMore: Features UK Tech 100", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 950, "original_length": 77752, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 293.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.businessnews.com.au/diaryplanner/AmCham-Business-Briefing-with-John-Hughes-Founder-of-The-John-Hughes-Group", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:58Z", "digest": "sha1:S2XBASY6OHNLGXGOZTIP5HH2HFWFUYKY", "length": 989, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.businessnews.com.au", "title": "AmCham Business Briefing with John Hughes, Founder of The John Hughes Group | Business News", "raw_content": "AmCham Business Briefing with John Hughes, Founder of The John Hughes Group\nJoin AmCham as we hear from John Hughes, Founder of The John Hughes Group, as he shares his views on sustaining success in contracting economic times.\nJohn Hughes is recognised for his totally committed approach to \"hands on\" management and total quality customer service. At 24 years of age, John became General Manager of Attwoods Motorama, which was to become the largest used car organisation in Western Australia.\nIn 1969, John launched his own business - Paramotors. Within a few years the company became the leading independent used car organisation in Western Australia, with 13 outlets.\nThe John Hughes Group employs approximately 650 people and sells over 1800 new and used vehicles every month with an annual turnover of $600 million.\nVenue: Pan Pacific Perth\nMembers and their guests: $119.00\nWe hope to welcome you are able to join us.\nFor more information or to book please visit\nwww.amcham.com.au .", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 117, "original_length": 3065, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 231.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.byronnews.com.au/news/jennifer-anistons-ex-tate-donovan-claims-he-was-dy/3515222/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:17:54Z", "digest": "sha1:DWBP62XC443XMIW4KISQNWFPWMSCZIIJ", "length": 3030, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.byronnews.com.au", "title": "Jen Aniston\u2019s ex reveals sad truth about Friends | Byron Shire News", "raw_content": "Tate Donovan has revealed how painful it was working with Jennifer Aniston on hit show Friends.\nJENNIFER Aniston's ex-boyfriend and former Friends co-star has opened up about how \"tough\" it was for the pair to work together on the show.\nTate Donovan, 54, who played Rachel Green's (Aniston) boyfriend Joshua for six episodes in the late '90s told US Weekly how uncomfortable it was pretending to fall for the woman he had just broken up with in real life.\n\"I was just happy to be on the team (of Friends). The only bummer was Jennifer and I were breaking up at the time,\" he told the publication.\n\"And so that was tricky to sort of act, and act like we are just meeting each other, and falling in love, or whatever, interested in each other, when we're sort of breaking up \u2026 That was just tough.\"\nAniston and Donovan had dated for two years, splitting up right before Donovan was due to film his first guest episode on the series.\nBecause of the tricky personal situation, his character Joshua didn't last very long. Fans may remember that Rachel developed a huge crush on Joshua after meeting him at Bloomingdale's, where she was working as a personal shopper. But when her ex-boyfriend Ross (David Schwimmer) became engaged after a whirlwind romance with a British woman, Emily (Helen Baxendale), Rachel scared Joshua off by suggesting they also get married.\nRachel suggested they get married after they\u2019d only been dating for a few weeks.\n\"It was just six episodes. I mean, only because we were breaking up. We were like: 'Hey, can we not keep doing this? Cause this is really painful and tough',\" Donovan remembered.\n\"The people that know that we dated think that we met on Friends. But in fact we had dated for two years before then, and it was over by the time we were on Friends together.\"\nDespite the awkwardness with his ex-girlfriend, Donovan praised the whole cast for welcoming him into the fold.\n\"Those six people were amazing to me. They were fantastic. It wasn't cliquey for me at all. I was lucky,\" he said.\n\"The good thing that came out of it was that everyone was really cool about it, and really as helpful as they could be \u2026 In other words, they were just compassionate, very compassionate about the whole breakup.\"\nThe actor believed that the rest of the cast was impressed that he was able to get on with the job, given the painful circumstances.\n\"It was sort of like I proved that, hey, I guess I'm a pro. If you can go through a tough breakup, and still do your job, then you're a pro,\" he said.\n\"It was good. It was really ultimately a great experience of how people can treat you really well, and you still do your job even though you're sort of dying inside.\"\nDonovan, who is also famous for playing Marissa Cooper's dad Jimmy in hit teen drama The OC, was asked to predict what Joshua's future would have looked like.\n\"Joshua is happily married and has an 18 year-old kid who is about to go to college,\" he guessed. \"He's doing well. He's doing good.\"\ncelebrity friends jennifer aniston tate donovan tv", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 193, "original_length": 5987, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 246.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/video/?320956-3/washington-journal-iraqi-prime-minister", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:41:17Z", "digest": "sha1:PNCA64HFL53BWZADIL4HV6U2FDTGSEN4", "length": 1626, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.c-span.org", "title": "Washington Journal Iraqi Prime Minister, Aug 12 2014 | Video | C-SPAN.org", "raw_content": "New Iraqi Prime Minister\n2014-08-12T07:20:53-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/50c/20140812072329001_hd.jpgColleen McCain Nelson was interviewed by phone about the nomination of Haider al-Abadi as Iraq\u2019s next prime minister. She talked about the political implications of the nomination for the country and for U.S. efforts to stop ISIS.*\nColleen McCain Nelson was interviewed by phone about the nomination of Haider al-Abadi as Iraq\u2019s next prime minister. She talked about the\u2026 read more\nColleen McCain Nelson was interviewed by phone about the nomination of Haider al-Abadi as Iraq\u2019s next prime minister. She talked about the political implications of the nomination for the country and for U.S. efforts to stop ISIS.*\nFilter by Speaker All Speakers Greta Brawner Colleen McCain Nelson\nColleen McCain Nelson Correspondent Wall Street Journal\nPolitical News Review with Bob Cusack\nHIV/AIDS Funding and Advocacy\nPresidential Meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi\nPresident Trump and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi made remarks to reporters before a meeting with Trump Cabinet\u2026\nPresident Obama Meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister\nPresident Obama spoke to reporters following a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi to discuss U.S.\u2026\nIraqi Prime Minister Remarks at Munich Security Conference\nIraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi spoke about combating ISIS* and the parliamentary efforts to bring economic and\u2026\nIraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi U.N. General Assembly Address\nIraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi delivered remarks on the third day of the opening session of the 71st U.N. General\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 153, "original_length": 4861, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 242.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.c-span.org/video/?440628-1/winter-olympics", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:39:27Z", "digest": "sha1:ZTXAAFLVGFOT6TGTIJRSU3EUSRNGW7LZ", "length": 1740, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.c-span.org", "title": "Winter Olympics, Mar 1 1960 | Video | C-SPAN.org", "raw_content": "2018-02-10T22:26:03-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/2c0/20180210224809003_hd.jpgThis is a U.S. Forest Service film about the 1960 Winter Olympic Games held in Squaw Valley, California. Narrated by writer and broadcaster Lowell Thomas, the film documents the construction of facilities at the largely undeveloped location in the Tahoe National Forest, and shows efforts by the Forest Service to prevent avalanches and maintain safety for the athletes. The film also includes highlights of the 1960 Winter Games.\nThis is a U.S. Forest Service film about the 1960 Winter Olympic Games held in Squaw Valley, California. Narrated by writer and broadcaster\u2026 read more\nThis is a U.S. Forest Service film about the 1960 Winter Olympic Games held in Squaw Valley, California. Narrated by writer and broadcaster Lowell Thomas, the film documents the construction of facilities at the largely undeveloped location in the Tahoe National Forest, and shows efforts by the Forest Service to prevent avalanches and maintain safety for the athletes. The film also includes highlights of the 1960 Winter Games. close\nU.S. Forest ServiceU.S. Forest Service\nReel America\nSee all on Sports/Athletes Reel America\nOfficials testified about the U.S. forest plan, including plans to combat and prevent forest fires.\nForest Service Fiscal Year 2017 Budget\nThomas Tidwell testified at a hearing on the Forest Service\u2019s fiscal year 2017 budget proposal. Many of the committee\u2026\nWitnesses testified about forest fires in Colorado and how statutory, regulatory and administrative requirements affect\u2026\nSochi Winter Olympics Security and Politics\nPanelists talked about security threats to the 2014 Olympic games in Sochi, Russia. They also explained the geopolitical\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 111, "original_length": 3836, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 133.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cair.com/cair_fl_helps_needy_students", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:15Z", "digest": "sha1:NR4QSBN2P6B6GYAORL5JAXNHSJCM5NH6", "length": 1684, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.cair.com", "title": "CAIR-FL Helps Needy Students - CAIR", "raw_content": "CAIR-FL Helps Needy Students\nAltaf Ali had a vision that one day he would organize the Muslim community to join in an end-of-summer tradition: distributing school supplies to needy children.\n\u201cI was a student once and noticed a lot of students did not have supplies, and I said one day I'd have to have the Muslim community help out in this,\u201d said Ali. \u201cIt is our moral obligation -- and not only as Muslims but as Americans -- to give.\u201d\nThat day came Aug. 11, when Ali and the South Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Affairs (CAIR-SFL) got together with several Islamic centers to distribute school bags filled with supplies to about 325 children.\nAnother 125 or so children got bags and supplies the next day when the distribution continued at Masjid Miami Gardens, 4305 NW 183rd St., one of the major mosques in the area.\n\u201cI came just to help out,\u201d said Afroza Kashar, 21, of Miramar. \u201cI think it's a good cause. I respect that CAIR is taking money from people who have money and giving it to people who don't.\u201d\nWilliam Clear, 12, of Opa-locka, was among those who got school supplies.\n\u201cNow I don't have to wait in back-to-school lines. It was just nice to get a book bag for free,\u201d said William, who came out on Aug. 12.\nIt was the third annual Muslims Care community outreach for the Pembroke Pines-based CAIR-SFL, a branch of a national organization that promotes Muslim rights and outreach. But it was the first that targeted needy school children; for the previous two, the group handed out food and clothing to the homeless.\n\u201cI was shocked at the amount of people who came,\u201d said Ali, who plans to add the school supplies giveaway to his Muslims Care project.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 179, "original_length": 5195, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 219.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cairounzipped.com/ha-my-3-hotel-saigon/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:37:28Z", "digest": "sha1:M23JAWTP5DB53JBKTWQOPKMIFZHO472Z", "length": 2436, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.cairounzipped.com", "title": "Ha My 3 Hotel Saigon", "raw_content": "Ha My 3 Hotel Saigon\nComments Off on Ha My 3 Hotel Saigon\nEnter Netflix\u2019s \u201cFeaturing a Strong Female Lead\u201d categories, which do much of the difficult. a rebellious teen, or a Vietnam vet. Needless to say, her neighbors don\u2019t exactly flock to her doorstep.\nShe averaged a career-best 9.6 points as a senior for the Blue Devils, while pulling down 6.3 rebounds. away from my home country. Is there a type of food at one/more of these locations that has st.\nPresident Richard Nixon spent New Year\u2019s Eve 1972 watching his beloved Washington Redskins defeat the Dallas Cowboys 26-3. Vietnam War. The Paris Peace Talks began on May 13, 1968, under the crysta.\nPHONG NHA, Vietnam \u2013 Deep. is lined with small hotels, guesthouses and restaurants catering to international clientele. \u201cIt\u2019s been really good for local people because it\u2019s created a lot of jobs,\u201d.\nI\u2019m Gwen Ifill of \"The NewsHour\" and \"Washington Week\" on PBS, and I welcome you to the first and the only vice presidential debate. said in my acceptance speech in New York City at the Republican.\nSep 21, 2017 \u00b7 When the chicken is cooked through, turn off the heat and remove the pot from the burner. Immediately lift and transfer the chicken into a bath of ice water to cool and discard the ginger and green onion.\n(Ha!) She\u2019s so good as she croons \u201cWhen We Were Young,\u201d the guy who ordered her performance tells her she should be on The Vo.\nYou do such good work that my administration has borrowed twenty such minds. Minister Ariel Sharon said to minister of Foreign Affairs Shimon Peres on October 3, 2001, according to Israeli radio Ko.\nThe Vietnam War ground on, a year after Henry Kissinger won a Nobel. Few Democrats anywhere lost\u2014although one who did, by just about 3.7 points to a Republican incumbent, was a young Arkansas comer.\nAn all-time favourite of Jakarta\u2019s nightlife, BATS is the bar of the Shangri-La Hotel in Jakarta. It is the equivalent of BRIX in Grand Hyatt in Singapore. It is very, very popular among expatriates, especially those who are already married.\nWhat to do in Vietnam: Explore the Ho Chi Minh city and Hanoi. If you like motorbiking, you can take a trip across the whole of Vietnam. Check out the limestone islands in Ha Long bay and the My Son H.\nThe Nobel Prize Web site indicates he was born on December 3, 1925. The Kim presidential library lists his birth date as January 5, 1924. He served as president from 1998. During the height of the.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 4879, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 278.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.caledonia.com/people/investment-team-person/id/32", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:42Z", "digest": "sha1:A5FRNQGBNECVR6LIAXEDBLZ5FGX4Z6HL", "length": 628, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.caledonia.com", "title": "Jamie Cayzer-Colvin", "raw_content": "Head of Funds pool\nJamie joined Caledonia in 1995, initially working at Amber, its specialty chemicals subsidiary. He became an investment executive in 1999 and was appointed associate director in 2002 and director in 2005.\nBefore joining, Jamie was commissioned as an Army Officer. This was followed by a spell at Close Brothers, then as a Brand Manager with the Whitbread Beer Company. He was a Business Development Manager at GPT from 1992-1995.\nHe is currently Chairman of The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust and non executive director of Polar Capital Holdings. Jamie has an MBA from Henley Management College.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 119, "original_length": 2652, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 192.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.calvinklein.ee/performance-new-arrivals-mens", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:23Z", "digest": "sha1:M3RCZYKYEIVW75OGKUT77WM5TTIR3ZN7", "length": 52, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.calvinklein.ee", "title": "New Arrivals for Men | CALVIN KLEIN PERFORMANCE", "raw_content": "New Arrivals for Men | CALVIN KLEIN PERFORMANCE", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 556, "original_length": 12343, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.63, "perplexity": 274.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/legalfeeds/author/heather-gardiner/this-week-at-the-scc-5142/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:42Z", "digest": "sha1:QL3SQXO3KBCA5FYZGQ2MW3AL4KAACKLP", "length": 2206, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.canadianlawyermag.com", "title": "This week at the SCC | Canadian Lawyer Mag", "raw_content": "In this short week at the Supreme Court of Canada there are only three appeals scheduled to be heard.\nMay 21 \u2014 Quebec \u2014 R. v. McRae\nCriminal law: While in prison awaiting trial, St\u00e9phane McRae and another inmate conspired to attack the Crown prosecutor, a police investigator, and four witnesses. After finding out about this plan, investigators placed a listening device on a third inmate. McRae was charged with conveying a threat to cause death or bodily harm. The main issue is that the threatening remarks were made in a place where it\u2019s assumed that confidentiality exists.\nRead the Quebec Court of Appeal\u2019s decision.\nMay 22 \u2014 New Brunswick \u2014 A.I. Enterprises Ltd. v. Bram Enterprises Ltd.\nTorts: A family owned and managed an apartment building in Moncton, N.B. In 2000, four of the five family members decided to sell the building but the managing member disagreed with the sale. They were unable to sell the building to interested third parties so the managing member eventually purchased the property. The other members argued the managing member breached their obligations and acted unlawfully, and committed an economic interference that caused losses so they sought damages. The trial judge found the economic tort of interfering with contractual relations by unlawful means had been established and awarded damages. The Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal.\nRead the New Brunswick Court of Appeal\u2019s decision.\nDo equitable ends justify expanding \u201cunlawful means?\u201d The Supreme Court of Canada grants leave in A.I. Enterprises Ltd. v. Bram Enterprises Ltd., Canadian Appeals Monitor\nMay 23 \u2014 Nova Scotia \u2014 MacDonald v. R.\nCriminal law: Erin Lee MacDonald was convicted of several firearms-related offences. He was entertaining friends at his condominium and was repeatedly asked to turn down the volume of his music. When police appeared at his door, he was carrying a loaded restricted firearm. McDonald argued the police\u2019s search violated his Charter rights but the trial judge ruled the search was justified. The Court of Appeal allowed the appeal in part.\nRead the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal\u2019s decision:\nAppeal court overturns gun charge conviction, upholds two others, The Chronicle Herald", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 317, "original_length": 14198, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 271.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.caradvice.com.au/323503/2014-porsche-gt3-going-going-gone/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:34Z", "digest": "sha1:GZOTCAFEH6Q7BO7O4RSTYGIBHFZRGHAO", "length": 2267, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.caradvice.com.au", "title": "2014 Porsche 911 GT3 : going, going, gone | CarAdvice", "raw_content": "2014 Porsche 911 GT3 : going, going, gone\nDespite wearing a price tag of just under $300,000 before on-road costs, Porsche's allocation of 40 911 GT3 models in 2014 is all but sold out.\nThat still leaves plenty of cashed-up enthusiasts who won\u2019t get the opportunity to strap into one of the word\u2019s most revered high-performance machines that lays claim to being equally at home on the track as it is on the road.\nThe news isn\u2019t any better for 2015, according to Porsche Australia\u2019s director of public relations and motorsport, Paul Ellis, who told CarAdvice that next year\u2019s initial allocation will not be sufficient to meet demand for the GT3.\n\u201cTraditionally the GT3 has been a very strong seller in this market; I think we\u2019re probably one of the biggest markets in terms of 911 GT road cars with the likes of GT3, GT3 RS, GT2 RS in relatively high demand,\" he said.\n\"Australia is known internationally as the \u2018enthusiasts market\u2019, so we have a very devoted customer base for these types of 911 GT road cars, but we\u2019ve never been in a position to match supply with demand.\n\u201cNext year we have allocation, but we\u2019ve asked for that to be doubled,\" he added.\nThe latest Porsche 911 GT3 is a new-generation car based on the current 991 chassis and benefits from significant technical highlights including a new direct injection 3.8-litre flat six that produces 350kW of power and 440Nm of torque.\nWhereas the previous engine in the 997 GT3 11 would rev out to 8500rpm, the new version will spin out at a dizzying 9000rpm.\nIt will accelerate from zero to 100km/h in 3.5 seconds and tops out at 315km/h.\nThe previous manual transmission has been replaced by Porsche\u2019s seven-speed dual-clutch (PDK) gearbox coming as standard fitment in the GT3, with no manual option. That makes it the first two-pedal Porsche 911 GT road car.\nThe new GT3 also gets the same electrically assisted steering as the rest of the 911 lineup.\nThere\u2019s also new software and a stiffened-up front end, while the rear of the car gets an active rear-steer system. At low speeds it turns the wheels in the opposite direction to the fronts, while at higher speeds they turn in the same direction for improved agility and response rates.\n2015 Porsche 911 GT3: $293,600 - (Manufacturer\u2019s List Price).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 145, "original_length": 4670, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 197.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.caradvice.com.au/510475/sampling-the-silvercar-hire-service-in-los-angeles/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:42Z", "digest": "sha1:NJG4QOVPEEEG4Z54SCCUSKCCTD5J5AR4", "length": 7231, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "www.caradvice.com.au", "title": "Sampling Silvercar Hire in Los Angeles", "raw_content": "Sampling Silvercar Hire in Los Angeles\nEver had problems with a hire car company? Ever wished you could access a hire car that wasn\u2019t beaten to death, grubby and devoid of any of the comforts of your own car back home?\nWe recently sampled a new service in the United States that might just seem to you like a dream come true. Especially if you own a silver Audi and can\u2019t handle the thought of driving anything else\u2026\nOur discovery came about during a conversation with Audi Australia PR Manager Shaun Cleary, when I mentioned to him that I was stopping through LAX on my way back from an overseas drive. Like many of you, I\u2019ve hired cars out of LAX before and it\u2019s something of a pain in the neck, trying to get from the terminal to the collection area \u2013 and more often than not, there\u2019s a sea of people waiting to collect cars regardless of which company you\u2019ve booked through.\nSilvercar is an impressively simple concept, which, according to the company, is aiming to create the same stir in the hire car market as Uber did in the taxi market around the world. And, if you\u2019re looking for a slightly more premium travel experience, with a more \u2018on-demand\u2019 feel to it, then Silvercar is something you should check out.\nLike many new services, it\u2019s an app-centric system, which means it\u2019s really easy to set up and access via your smartphone.\nOnce you\u2019ve set the app up on your phone and input your contact and billing information, you can reserve your Audi in a few simple steps. Doesn\u2019t take long, either, and Silvercar guarantees a beautifully detailed Audi A4 will be made available to you.\nSilvercar is already running at nine major airports across the United States and, where possible, they will even bring your Audi to the terminal for you at the airport. I reckon the best thing about Silvercar though, is the way it allows you to completely avoid lines at hire car company desks trying to sort your booking out.\nThe booking process is seriously easy, and the homepage will prompt you to select your location, pick-up date and time, return date and time and your email address. If it\u2019s the first time you\u2019ve used the app, you\u2019ll have to add your billing information, but if you\u2019ve booked with Silvercar before all that information will already be in the app.\nPricing is as cheap as $90-$100 for a 24-hour rental period, with various specials offering even cheaper deals if you\u2019re in the right place at the right time.\nWhen you land at your destination, you open the Silvercar app once you have your luggage and you then have two options. You can send a text message to home base to let them know you\u2019ve arrived, or do what I did and ring the number displayed to talk to someone at the depot.\nIn the case of LAX, the Silvercar facility is approximately ten minutes out of the terminals, close to the long term parking facilities.\nI was instructed to head up to the VIP drop-off area at the departure terminal upstairs, which was no more than a five minute walk from where I\u2019d exited the terminal. I waited for no longer than ten minutes once I got there, until a silver A4 rolled up to the curb.\nMy Silvercar concierge then drove me back to the depot/office where we checked my booking details, looked over the car to see that any minor marks or scratches had been noted against the car\u2019s registration details, and then you can even have a detailed orientation of the A4 if you need it.\nYou simply use the app to scan the QR code on the windscreen of the A4 you\u2019ve been assigned, and that activates your booking.\nSome of the little details were most impressive the minute I got into the driver\u2019s seat. There\u2019s satellite navigation and satellite radio included in all Silvercar bookings, but there\u2019s also a wifi hotspot you can tether your phone to and use Silvercar\u2019s data not yours.\nAdded to that, the satellite navigation system already has the return address set into the system so you just have to select home from the menu when it\u2019s time to return the car. Silvercar had also supplied charging cables for both Apple and Android devices, which is handy if you\u2019ve forgotten where you buried yours.\nThe car itself was clean, and in immaculate condition. It was a fully optioned A4 with 28,000 miles on the odometer and it looked like it had been fastidiously maintained. No strange smells, stains, or dirty interior areas as you might have experienced with other hire cars around the world. This fact alone might be reason for some of you to spend a little bit more money per day on the rental cost.\nI know I reckon it\u2019s worth it. My A4 was also equipped with an e-tag for the tollways, and should you need to use any, the cost is added to your bill when you return the car.\nThe concierge also explained Silvercar\u2019s \u2018fair fuel cost\u2019 theory, which means they will fill the A4 up for a nominal fee as well as the actual rate for the fuel if you don\u2019t have time to top it up before you return it. I opted to fill the A4 up myself as I tend to do with all hire cars I rent.\nAfter a day and a half dealing with Los Angeles\u2019 notoriously rubbish traffic, it was time to return the A4. Finding the home address, as I mentioned above, was easy. I\u2019ve often collected a car and forgotten to note the return address, which has resulted in a bit of a panic when the time comes to return it later.\nInternet access and smartphones have obviously made finding this kind of information easier, but it still helps to have access to such a simple process.\nI received a text message earlier in the day to check whether any of my drop-off details had changed or if I needed to keep the car longer, which I think is helpful, especially if you\u2019re travelling for work where plans can change without much notice.\nA different concierge was working when I returned the A4, but the process was just as easy. He quickly checked over the car and was genuinely keen to hear my feedback on the whole experience \u2013 even more so when I informed him we\u2019d be running a story on CarAdvice about it.\nYou simply have to close the booking in the app on your phone and it\u2019s done. Well, not quite. the concierge will then drop you back to your departure terminal, usually in the same A4 you just returned.\nI\u2019ve had plenty of good hire car experiences around the world, but I\u2019ve also had plenty I\u2019d never recommend to anyone. Some of the horrible beaters with wobbly steering and average brakes, don\u2019t bear mentioning.\nSilvercar is one of the smartest, and one of the most enjoyable travel services I\u2019ve accessed. I loved the fact that the A4 was well looked after and clean, the wifi hotspot was handy and the up to date, proprietary satellite navigation was also excellent as opposed to some of the less effective, removable units you can end up with at a hire car company.\nWhile there are cheaper hire car options \u2013 certainly not at the luxury end of the spectrum \u2013 the Silvercar experience weighs in at the same sort of price as any luxury rental car rate. The real benefit is that you know what you\u2019re going to get every time you make a booking \u2013 a beautifully maintained Audi A4. If you\u2019re heading to the States anytime soon, make sure you download the app and check Silvercar out.\nMORE: A4 news, reviews, comparisons and videos\nMORE: all Audi news and reviews", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 165, "original_length": 9364, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 333.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.careersourcetampabay.com/pages/IT_Training", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:43:53Z", "digest": "sha1:FSDQ3YEDDU36PGQ35EQZCMNFEBON2XX7", "length": 3161, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.careersourcetampabay.com", "title": "Sector Strategies IT Training Program \u2014 CareerSource Tampa Bay", "raw_content": "IT programs include:\nNo not the snake, learn about one of the most useful scripting and programming languages in use today. Python is used by all types of companies, from YouTube to NASA. This course will explore and introduce you to the world of programming, including number types, strings, if statement logic, functions, lists, tuples, dictionaries and even and introduction to object-oriented programming concepts.\nJava has become ubiquitous, and runs on over 3 Billion devices. This course will expose you to the language, including types, strings, Lambda Expressions, functional programming, methods, objects, inheritance, recursion, polymorphism and the object-oriented programming paradigm.\nSQL: Introduction to Database Administration\nThe language of databases. This course will introduce the learner to the SQL programming language, including tables, views, inserting data, primary keys, secondary keys, and data modification. The course will cover creating table unions, intersections, and searching queries. Data normalization and preparation of database design is also touched on.\nDevelopment of iOS Apps for the Apple App Store. Learn how to program using Swift, and to design functional apps in the XCode Development Suite. Students will be exposed to scenes, views, accommodation of various devices sizes and features. Students will be able to design an application using these principles.\nLearn about the most widely adopted open source Operating System that is run on many corporate servers and server environments, to submarines and cloud computing environments. Students will be exposed to a few Linux distributions, and learn command line techniques of the Operating System. Students will learn how to manage shared Linux library, file systems and permissions, boot processes, application process management.\nRuby is a lightweight programming language that combines some of the best elements of other diverse programming languages and is great for beginners and intermediate learners alike. New learners will enjoy it\u2019s easy to read syntax. Ruby developers have been behind some of the smoothest functional applications on the web like AirBNB, GitHub, Hulu, and Groupon.\nThe Cisco Certified Network Associate certificate will open the doors to a networking career. Learn about the most widely adopted networking equipment that is used by almost all of the large companies for their network infrastructure. Students will be exposed to subnetting, router and switch configurations, as well as network security. With such knowledge, you will be able to install, set-up, configure, and troubleshoot networks.\nServices under this special grant program are eligibility-based. Therefore, all interested applicants must meet and be able to document general and funding-specific eligibility criteria in order to be considered for enrollment.\nAll eligible applicants must be 18 years of age or older, and meet U.S. citizenship or permanent resident requirements. Additional eligibility requirements apply, please contact us for more information.\nTynesia Henry\nEmail: henryt@careersourcetampabay.com\nSector Strategies \u2013 IT Training program application", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 90, "original_length": 5579, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 299.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.carolsinthedomain.com/artists/ross-wilson", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:42:33Z", "digest": "sha1:ALI3MP2XUPY2E3KUCQEDOUQDGSAPEYKY", "length": 966, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.carolsinthedomain.com", "title": "Ross Wilson | Carols in the Domain", "raw_content": "Give a warm welcome to Ross Wilson - joining us in the Domain in 2018!\nFrom Daddy Cool to Mondo Rock and as a solo artist with no less than 26 ARIA Top 40 hits to his credit as a singer, songwriter and producer, Ross Wilson is one of Australia\u2019s most awarded, respected and well-known artists!\nFrom the legendary band Daddy Cool whose number one anthem Eagle Rock smashed all previous sales records in Australia, to the 1977 formation of Mondo Rock, delivering 80\u2019s hits \u2018Cool World\u2019, \u2018State of The Heart\u2019, \u2018Chemistry\u2019, \u2018No Time\u2019, and \u2018Come Said The Boy\u2019 and into the 21st century as a solo performer, Wilson has never been out of the limelight. Twice inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame, Wilson has written hits for Jimmy Barnes, John Farnham and Joe Cocker, and produced smash hit albums for Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons, Skyhooks and Screaming Jets. 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Organized by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, the exhibition Multitude, Solitude: The Photographs of Dave Heath highlights the photographer\u2019s black-and-white pictures of the 1950s and 1960s and centers around his 1965 photobook A Dialogue with Solitude, which is widely considered a masterwork of the period. The exhibition is on view through September 16; admission is free.\n\u201cThis exhibition introduces the deeply humanist, emotionally charged vision of the artist-photographer Dave Heath,\u201d says John Rohrbach, senior curator of photographs. \u201cInspired by Life magazine, Heath spent his life photographing people on the streets of Philadelphia, New York and cities across the United States, drawing attention to a world framed by solitude, even amidst crowds. Almost entirely self-taught, he was widely acknowledged as a top printer and a respected critic of the photography of his day. He also was renowned as an expert in the art of sequencing for his sensitive poetic explorations of loss, pain, love and hope.\u201d\nHeath\u2019s photographs are a powerful expression of his emotional life and his concern for interpersonal contact and communion. Abandoned by both parents by the age of 4, he grew up in foster homes and an orphanage in Philadelphia. This experience shaped his creative vision, an expression of a profound sense of pain, loneliness, alienation, longing, joy and hope. Guided by an entirely personal expressive need, Heath used the camera to understand himself and the world around him.\n\u201cHeath has always, and instinctively, understood the power of sympathetic vision,\u201d says Keith F. Davis, senior curator of photography at the Nelson-Atkins. \u201cHis photographs of people are infused with a special emotional directness and power. They reflect a fundamental, and almost tactile, need to connect.\u201d\nHeath\u2019s interest in photography was sparked in 1947 when he saw Ralph Crane\u2019s photo essay \u201cBad Boy\u2019s Story\u201d in Life magazine, an article about an alienated boy in an orphanage. He identified with the boy in Crane\u2019s essay and first grasped the power of a photograph to transcend simple reportage. Largely self-taught, Heath studied for a year at the Philadelphia College of Art before working for a commercial photo studio in Chicago. He came to national attention after his move to New York City in 1957, was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1963, and was included in major exhibits at the Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago and elsewhere. Heath was also a teacher, including stints at Dayton Art Institute, Moore College of Art in Philadelphia and 36 years on the faculty of Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. He died on June 27, 2016, his 85th birthday.\nThe exhibition includes a space for visitors to reflect on major themes in Heath\u2019s Dialogue with Solitude book, as well as browse various books that inspired the artist. Digital reproductions of two of Heath\u2019s photobooks and an interactive screen about his photographic process is available for visitors to explore. Large-print labels are also available for use in the galleries.\nThis exhibition has been organized by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, which has the largest holding of Heath\u2019s work in the United States. Local presentation is supported in part by a grant from the Arts Council of Fort Worth. A hardcover, 324-page exhibition catalogue of the same name will sell in the Amon Carter\u2019s Store.\nFree Public Program\nGuest Curator Lecture\nKeith F. Davis, Senior Curator of Photography, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art\nDavis will speak about the life and work of Dave Heath.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 42, "original_length": 4507, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 116.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cbi.eu/market-information/timber-products/value-added-bamboo-products/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:43Z", "digest": "sha1:JSJ7I266FMFUVJCQQNQJ4UNO6BQ5AXFY", "length": 24950, "nlines": 118, "source_domain": "www.cbi.eu", "title": "Exporting value-added bamboo products to Europe | CBI - Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries", "raw_content": "Current: Value-Added Bamboo Products\nExporting value-added bamboo products to Europe\nBamboo has been increasingly used as a substitute for tropical timber on the European market. Value-added bamboo products are becoming popular due to their characteristics of durability and strength, which resemble the qualities of tropical wood while providing an equally sustainable alternative. The European market offers great opportunities to exporters from developing countries and it is recommended that they focus on competitive prices and sustainability certifications.\nWhat makes Europe an interesting market for value-added bamboo products?\nWhich trends offer opportunities on the European market for value-added bamboo products?\nWhich requirements should value-added bamboo products comply with to be allowed on the European market?\nWhat competition do you face on the European market for value-added bamboo products?\nThrough which channels can you get value-added bamboo products on the European market?\nWhat are the end-market prices for value-added bamboo products?\nBamboo is considered a grass with rapid growth. As it is a colony plant, it produces new canes (culms) every year from the root system. After 3 to 5 years, culms are ready for harvest, depending on the species. Every year, 5\u20136 culms can be harvested (from the species that are growing in clumps).\nFigure 1: Bamboo flooring\nSource: MOSO\nIt takes a varying number of years (4\u201315) for the plant to reach its maximum size (depending on the species and the climate). Bamboo combines durability and strength, while being dent resistant and eco-friendly.\nBamboo is native to most tropical and subtropical countries around the equator (such as Ecuador and Colombia), but it is also cultivated in countries such as China, Japan, Chile, Mexico, New Zealand, and so on.\nAdded-value bamboo products are mainly produced in China and purchased in Europe. Bamboo is increasingly used as a substitute for hardwood, since it provides an environmentally sound proposition. In this fact sheet, value-added bamboo products are restricted to flooring, panels and decking made of bamboo, as there are limits to the statistics.\nHowever, many more bamboo products are available on the market nowadays, such as construction beams, kitchen ware, latex-backed flooring on a roll, mouldings and of course the traditional furniture assortment.\nFor the classification of these products, the Eurostat Harmonised System (HS) is used. The following product codes are used: 4409.21 Bamboo, including stripes and friezes for parquet flooring and 4412.10 Veneer panels and similar laminated wood, of bamboo.\nOther product groups (9401.51 and 9403.81) contain the classic bamboo furniture and the more modern furniture made from bamboo panels. This group is not taken into account because it is mixed with rattan, which will not be discussed in this study. Product specifications can be separated into the following characteristics.\nTable 1: Overall specifications\nUses Floors in hotels, houses, schools, offices, restaurants Outdoor spaces such as gardens, swimming pools, terraces, public areas Kitchen cabinets, countertops, ceiling, wall decoration, furniture\nPanels dimensions\nColours Natural, Tiger, Caramel, Chocolate and Grey colour Dark, Black or Caramel colour Natural or Chocolate colour\nGrains Horizontal or Vertical or Strand Woven Strand Woven Horizontal or Vertical or Strand Woven\nHardness Brinell scale: \u22654 kg/mm2 (plain or side pressed) and \u22659.5 kg/mm2 with High Density outer layers Brinell scale: \u22659.5 kg/mm2 with High Density outer layers Brinell scale: \u22654 kg/mm2 (plain or side pressed) and \u22659.5 kg/mm2 with High Density outer layers\nOrders are usually well packed (individually, in bundles or on pallets) and transported and counted by the number of containers (20 ft or 40 ft). Dry Cargo Containers defined as 20'GP (general container), 40'GP and 40'HQ (high cube) are normally used for shipment. If the density of your product is very high and the volume of the order is low, it is recommended that 20'GP containers are used. If the volume is large, it is recommended that 40'GP containers are used.\nFigure 2: Bamboo decking\nLabelling depends on your buyer and your end market. In the event that your product ends up on the retail market, all labels must specify the product\u2019s sizes, certification, function or building instructions (in case of prefab), and the requirements for maintenance.\n2 . What makes Europe an interesting market for value-added bamboo products?\nThis section provides an overview of the market for value-added bamboo products. The trade data on bamboo are extracted from Eurostat.\nImport: stable situation\nThe figure below presents the import of value-added bamboo products to the 28 European Union countries.\nFigure 4: Bamboo panels\nDuring the period between 2013 and 2015, imports to Europe were stable. The evidence of economic recovery is not yet shown in the figures, resulting in an import value of \u20ac 59 million over 2015. Out of the total import, 59% came from other European countries (so-called \u201cintra-European trade\u201d), while the remaining 41% came from developing countries (mainly China).\nBased on the import figures alone, it seems that there is not much activity in the market, but this assumption would be incorrect. The consumption graph below shows a substantial increase, which is good news for bamboo product manufacturers in developing countries. The reason that there is no increase in imports is that more imported products are now sold on the European markets, instead of being re-exported. This development has resulted in decreasing export figures.The strict implementation of the EUTR might still affect imports of bamboo products in the coming period, since Europe has been actively blocking imports of illegal timber and Bamboo as well as non-verifiable products.\nIn 2015, the largest importers were the Netherlands (\u20ac 20 million), France (\u20ac 8 million), the United Kingdom (\u20ac 8 million), Belgium (\u20ac 5 million) and Germany (\u20ac 4 million). The leading supplier from developing countries was China (\u20ac 23 million). Other countries do not play a substantial role (less than \u20ac 0.5 million).\nRe-exports: continued decrease\nThe figure below presents the export of value-added bamboo products from the 28 European Union countries to the rest of the world.\nEuropean exports decreased for the fourth year in a row, amounting to around \u20ac 13 million in 2015. As value-added bamboo products are not produced in Europe, export principally means \u201cre-export\u201d. For 2015, consumption levels increased (see below) and less export was consequently required. Out of the total export, 74% was destined for other European countries (the so-called \u201cintra-European trade\u201d), while the remaining 26% was exported to countries outside Europe.\nIn 2015, the largest exporters were the Netherlands (\u20ac 5 million), Belgium (\u20ac 2 million), Denmark (\u20ac 2 million) and Spain (\u20ac 2 million).\nConsumption: continued increase\nThe figure below presents the consumption of value-added bamboo products in the 28 European Union countries. Consumption is calculated as Imports + Production \u2013 Exports.\nThe consumption continues to increase after a sharp drop in 2012, amounting to \u20ac 45 million over 2015. The GDP and consumer confidence are expected to increase further in 2016 and the popularity of bamboo products in general will not lag behind. These developments will further positively affect consumption. In 2015, the largest consumers were the Netherlands (\u20ac 17 million), France (\u20ac 8 million), the United Kingdom (\u20ac 7 million), Belgium (\u20ac 4 million) and Germany (\u20ac 4 million).\nAs production of bamboo flooring, decking and panels does not take place in Europe, its value is zero.\n3 . Which trends offer opportunities on the European market for value-added bamboo products?\nThe CBI Tropical Timber Trend document provides you with detailed trends on the European market for sustainable tropical timber, timber products and bamboo. The section below gives a short summary of the most important developments and trends on the European Union market.\nThe growing utilisation of bamboo presents a solution to the controversial use of tropical timber. Though the use of tropical timber is associated with some unique features, such as durability and rot resistance, it is also associated with illegal logging and deforestation. In this respect, bamboo is presented as a much more sustainable solution, mainly because of its rapid growing speed. As such, it is considered a renewable material and is being marketed on the European market in this manner.\nSince the 1990s, bamboo products have been successfully substituted for tropical timber products, creating a great demand for bamboo imports. The substitution of tropical timber by bamboo has occurred because of its environmentally friendly features, but also because of its technical properties. Despite the fact that tropical hardwood is considered ideal for outdoor and indoor applications, some Bamboo products have already started competing with these claims.\nIts increasing popularity has resulted in continued research and further improvement of bamboo products. One example of new, innovative bamboo products is the introduction of high-quality Vertical and Strand Woven products. Such products consists of 90\u201395% bamboo, with the remainder being glue. After harvesting, the bamboo is split, the skin is removed, the material is crushed to a rough fibrous kind of strip, impregnated with resin, pressed in moulds and the glue is activated by heat.\nThese products are a perfect fit for outdoor decking. Wood-look recycled plastic or Wood Plastic Composites (WPC; for example, Polywood) are some of the materials that are marketed as close substitutes of tropical timber and bamboo. This development can be a problem in the decking market, where these WPC products are taking over market share rapidly.\nThe rise of demand in emerging economies continues. The rapid development of emerging economies is fuelling demand for bamboo products.\nThe European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR) is meeting expectations only partly. The implementation of the EUTR is still in its infancy. In many European Union Member States, the monitoring of illegal trade is still insufficient.\nThe Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the European Union is expected to grow by 1.8% in 2016 and by 1.6% in 2017 (EU/EFTA Forecast 2015). The growth for 2017 was tempered in the last part of 2016 because of Brexit, the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.\nThe euro has appreciated against the US dollar, from a low of 0.72 euro/US dollar in April 2014 to a high of 0.94 in November 2016. This fact means that the euro is still weak (November 2016), which has influenced prices and price competitiveness. A stronger euro means that European buyers pay relatively lower prices for bamboo from China and other countries that maintain prices in US dollars or have currencies linked to the US dollar.\nBamboo has many applications and its popularity attracts various consumer groups. Industry sources indicate that innovative bamboo products are increasingly preferred by architects who are experimenting with different materials. If you are supplying the higher segments of the market, make sure that you offer innovative solutions such as the one mentioned above.\n4 . Which requirements should value-added bamboo products comply with to be allowed on the European market?\nThe European Union Timber Regulation (EUTR) is the most important requirement that you must meet. Although bamboo is not a wood species, it can be considered as such. This reason is why some bamboo products such as flooring and panels have been included in the EUTR. Nevertheless, several sources indicate that bamboo should not come under the EUTR, which would differentiate it from timber. This discussion is still not finished on the EU/EFTA level.\nFor example, the designated Dutch competent authority and the government share the opinion that \u201cbamboo is not a product that qualifies under the scope of the Regulation\u201d (Source: MOSO).\nHowever, for the moment, all timber and bamboo imported into the European Union needs to come from verifiable legal sources. The implementation of the EUTR is still in its infancy. In many European Union Member States, the monitoring of trade in illegal timber and bamboo is still insufficient.\nSince the implementation of the EUTR, the supply chain of timber and bamboo has become more transparent. It has already resulted in major improvements to the legality control and the overall environmental and social performance of the timber and forestry industries. This process might still take some time, but the European Union will move towards a stricter implementation of the EUTR.\nAt this moment (2017), all bamboo products are included in the EUTR except for the following: products made from plaited or woven bamboo, pulp and paper made from bamboo, and seats (chairs, sofas, and so on) made from bamboo.\nThere is also the European Union General Product Safety Directive, which applies to all consumer products. Products that are permanently incorporated into construction works also have to comply with the Conformit\u00e9 Europ\u00e9ene (CE) requirements. Timber or timber products that are permanently incorporated into construction works will have to be CE marked: this requirement applies to windows, doors, frames, industrial flooring and parquet, stairs, glued laminated timber, panels, cladding and structural timber.\nIn principle, bamboo products are excluded from the CE marking because there are no product standards. At this moment, bamboo flooring is still excluded from the CE standard as well. This situation means that no CE marking is required on bamboo flooring. Nevertheless, experts from MOSO, other bamboo flooring manufacturers from Europe and test institutes have developed a European Harmonised Standard for \u201clignified materials other than wood\u201d (EN 17009), including bamboo flooring.\nIn addition, the development of an ISO standard for bamboo flooring is in progress. Once these two new standards are available, they have to be used as standards for the CE marking of bamboo flooring. At this moment, it is expected to have the European Harmonised Standard published by the end of 2017.\nYou also have to comply with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the European \u201cRegistration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals\u201d (REACh). For packaging material, you have to comply with the International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM).\nSustainable forest management is especially relevant to tropical timber, due to concerns about deforestation and global warming. Bamboo is considered to be one of the most sustainable \u2018lignified material\u2019 species, mostly because its growth speed is more than 10 times quicker than that of hardwood (around 5 years compared to at least 50 years). Bamboo can be harvested without the need to replant, because the root system is left intact when it is harvested.\nAt the same time, its root structure has the ability to hold the soil in place and prevent erosion. Finally, in its natural environment, it will need no irrigation, no pesticides and no fertiliser. Based on the growing market, FSC certification (Forest Stewardship Council) has included bamboo forests and bamboo products in its standards, to confirm their sustainable harvesting and production.\nThe awareness of consumers regarding sustainability issues in general is increasing. As a result, several European companies have started offering FSC certified bamboo products. Moreover, importing companies often need to address other issues than the origin of wood. European buyers pay more and more attention to their corporate responsibilities regarding the social and environmental impact of their business. This aspect also affects traders and processors.\nBelgian building regulations. Public procurement. The Federal Government supports the certification of sustainably managed forests and will use only certified wood in its procurement procedures. The Federal Government advised the 3 \u201cGewesten\u201d (Regions0 to implement similar regulations, which they are doing gradually. The NBN (Bureau for Standardisation) aims to organise and moderate standardisation in Belgium. It currently has 24 standards and specifications in relation to tropical timber.\n5 . What competition do you face on the European market for value-added bamboo products?\nFor a complete and detailed overview of your competition on the European market, you can read our \u201cCompetition in the timber sector\u201d document. With regard to bamboo, take the following into account.\nTimber and composite alternatives compete with the sustainability of bamboo\nBamboo is considered to be a sustainable alternative to timber and is increasingly being used as a substitute for tropical timber on the European market. Nevertheless, some European buyers might turn to bamboo alternatives, replacing it with composite materials or treated temperate timber.\nThe drive for innovation is important on the European market for bamboo products. New products are being developed which combine bamboo with other materials. One example is bamboo/vinyl flooring (FlexBamboo), where thin bamboo strips are pressed onto a latex backing.\nOther innovations are the outdoor cladding and beams that are now entering the market. You can find further examples of innovative bamboo products on the websites of the Dutch MOSO company and the British Bamboo Flooring Company.\nLegality and traceability requirements are considered major barriers for exporters in developing countries. This fact is because of the potential problem with illegal timber. Nevertheless, products with less detailed specifications and less sophisticated design, such as bamboo decking, will enter the European market more easily compared to other timber products such as furniture.\nDespite the increasing popularity of bamboo, its cultivation has only recently been undertaken in other regions outside China such as Mexico, Colombia, Vietnam and Indonesia. Additionally, industrial sources indicate that suppliers outside China often cannot offer the same affordable, high-quality products or provide certifications. This situation is also caused by the fact that only about 50% of each culm can be used, so markets have to be found for the waste products.\nSuch markets are available in China, but often not in other countries. As a result, suppliers have increased power due to the limited supplies available. At the same time, it will be harder for exporters outside China to enter the European market due to high quality demands.\nAs bamboo decking and flooring boards as well as bamboo panels have a standard design, they are not considered a speciality item such as highly designed furniture articles. Consequently, switching between suppliers is more likely for buyers as compared to speciality items. Market rivalry also depends on the various bamboo species available, as different bamboo species can be used for the same application.\nMarket rivalry also depends on the quality, design and prices. Bamboo is sometimes used to make a design statement within companies, public institutions or private homes. In such cases, sustainability and design are often important, with the product ordered as a single item and in a specific, unique size and at a higher price than for standard-sized and conventional designs.\nInnovation is the key to survival and one of the major success factors on the European market for bamboo products. Make sure that you add value to your product by improving its durability, offering flexible sizes, quality and design (colours). Exporters from developing countries are advised to focus on a niche; for example, the high-end market, such as furniture made from bamboo panels. The custom-made market (and related services) is also growing rapidly.\nGeneral prices for timber (and thus bamboo) can change daily, so you depend on your buyers to stay informed of the price developments. For more general information on prices, check the bi-monthly ITTO tropical timber market reports (International Tropical Timber Organization) and the FORDAQ website.\nAs many retailers display their products online, verify whether your styles and price ranges match theirs. Be innovative in proposing new styles, but also be flexible if required in order to adapt to traditional styles.\nSmaller, specialist retailers can be targeted by exporters of high-quality, innovative products.\nOnline orders directly from producers (in developing countries, delivering directly with online delivery tracking) or directly from DIY retailers and wholesalers (for instance, Argos, DecksGo, and Overstock) are increasingly popular. Online market places such as Alibaba and eBay are also popular options for retail and wholesale. In addition, the normal retail showrooms, DIY centres, warehouses and specialist garden centres continue to be traditional channels.\nMake sure to display at relevant trade fairs and on the internet, including a direct sales page on your website with appropriate direct delivery methods.\nAs a result of increased buyer requirements on the European market, European buyers are working towards vertical consolidation of their supply chain. Europe is replacing part of its suppliers due to legality issues. They can do so by sourcing or producing bamboo products directly in the harvesting countries, thus weakening the role of the exporter.\nVertical consolidation is currently taking place on the bamboo market. This development creates the need for long-term cooperation between suppliers and importers. As such, importers indicate that they are building relations with their suppliers in developing countries for many years to come and often visit the exporting companies to make sure that the operations are carried out accordingly.\n6 . Through which channels can you get value-added bamboo products on the European market?\nThe value chain for bamboo does not present significant differences from the general tropical timber sector. Exporters in developing countries mostly sell their products to importers and wholesalers on the European market. The product is distributed via retailers, Do-It-Yourself (DIY) stores (such as B&Q, Homebase, Praxis and Hornbach) and specialist companies, mostly in a finished form.\nTrading channels for bamboo products in general have changed drastically in recent years. First of all, the influence of e-commerce has shifted Bamboo sales towards a much quicker and more open process. More importantly, legality and sustainability demands have resulted in the shortening of supply chains, thereby decreasing the number of agents active in the bamboo trade.\nFigure 7: Trade structure for bamboo products\nSource: Forestry Service Group.\nIf you supply sustainably certified bamboo products, the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany are the ideal countries for you to export your product. These markets offer higher profit margins on products compared to non-certified ones.\nThe Global Forest Trade Network, a WWF initiative which aims to connect sustainable timber and bamboo exporters with European industries, can provide you with an important opportunity to connect to the right buyer.\n7 . What are the end-market prices for value-added bamboo products?\nThere are many factors that influence the prices of value-added bamboo products: popularity of products (demand), durability class/grade, colour consistency, sustainability certification (FSC), innovative design, combination of materials and appearance of the bamboo (clear grain, good machining properties, staining, finishing properties). In general, the correct price/quality combination is key, as well as providing both good services and custom-made products.\nSmall premiums are sometimes paid for products with a sustainability certificate.\nMake sure that you are continuously working on innovative ideas, providing custom-made services, guaranteeing a stable quality (include a quality control system in your production), and ensuring that you can provide quality evidence (certification) and test reports of your products.\nFigure 8: Price breakdown of value-added bamboo products imported to Europe (excluding VAT, average 20%)\nSource: FSG.\nThe table below provides examples of retail prices (including VAT) in the major importing countries.\nBamboo Elite, naturel density, oiled, 3 layers or bamboo\n\u20ac31/m2\nBamboe Vloeren outlet\nThermally treated\nStrand Woven Bamboo Panel Crushed Carbonised\n\u20ac374 per panel\nBamboo Import Europe\nSolid Carbonised Strand Woven (FSC)\nBamboo Worktop 3-Ply Natural Density\n2440 x 1220 x 20mm.\nBamboo supplies limited\nMOSO Industrial Bamboo side press, caramel\nFloorhouse\nKUL Bamboo, tongue & groove\nFroshking\nValue-Added Bamboo Products - Download as PDF\nCertified Tropical Timber Garden Furniture", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 282, "original_length": 31596, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 285.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cbr.com/alien-covenant-michael-fassbender-compares-role-spock/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:50:39Z", "digest": "sha1:TJS6WPI7H2JU5CP52UQZNAW525I7DJX2", "length": 1350, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.cbr.com", "title": "Michael Fassbender Compares His New Alien: Covenant Role to Spock", "raw_content": "Michael Fassbender Compares His New Alien: Covenant Role to Spock\nby Anthony Nash\nIn \"Alien: Covenant,\" the upcoming sequel to 2012's \"Prometheus,\" Michael Fassbender will play two different androids with vastly different attitudes. While he will reprise the role of David (who debuted in \u201cPrometheus\u201d), he\u2019ll play an updated model of the David android, named Walter. The actor recently revealed to Entertainment Weekly a bit of what we can expect from Walter, and how he\u2019s similar to a rather famous \u201cStar Trek\u201d character.\n\"I wanted Walter to be more Spock-like -- devoid of human characteristics or emotional contents that are programmed into David,\u201d Fassbender said of the differences between David and Walter. \"I want him more like a blank canvas one can project things upon.\"\nThis take on the android is a clear switch from how Fassbender played David in \"Prometheus.\" In that film, David had a bit more humanity to him ,and towards the end of the film was shown to be concerned with things like pride, ambition, and greed.\nIt seems like as the androids advance technologically, they also lost some of the humanity that the earlier versions had. How this will play into the upcoming \u201cAlien: Covenant\u201d is unknown, but fans won\u2019t have to wait long -- the film, directed (like \"Alien\" and \"Prometheus\") by Ridley Scott, opens in theaters on May 19.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 106, "original_length": 4384, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 213.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/everybody-knows-with-penelope-cruz-to-open-cannes/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:25Z", "digest": "sha1:XG3TMTEJQDMQSRH7ZCVOKHKWW53DNH7Z", "length": 1386, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.cbsnews.com", "title": "\"Everybody Knows\" with Penelope Cruz to open Cannes - CBS News", "raw_content": "\"Everybody Knows\" with Penelope Cruz to open Cannes\nPARIS -- The Cannes Film Festival is opening with a Spanish-language film -- a psychological thriller starring Penelope Cruz -- the first time since 2004 that the star-studded event is kicking off with a movie that's not in English or French.\nOrganizers announced Thursday that \"Everybody Knows,\" by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, will open the May 8-19 festival.\nCannes director explains decision to ban Netflix from Palme d'Or\nThe film follows family intrigues and the moral dilemmas of a woman whose life is turned upside down when she leaves Argentina for Spain. In addition to Cruz, it stars Spanish actor Javier Bardem and Argentinian actor Ricardo Darin.\nFarhadi won best foreign film Oscars for \"A Separation\" and \"The Salesman.\"\nJessica Chastain slams representation of women at Cannes\nCate Blanchett is leading the jury of this year's festival, which comes as the industry is under upheaval over revelations of sexual misconduct.\nThis year's festival is not without controversy. Top festival official Thierry Fremaux says red carpet-selfies will be banned at this year's star-studded event, saying, \"It's not beautiful. It's grotesque. It's ridiculous .... We want to restore a bit of decency.\"\nFremaux also said recently that Netflix movies will be banned from competition at this year's festival, which runs May 8 to 19.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 201, "original_length": 9381, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 265.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cco.us/best-credential-after-cpc-medical-coding-advice/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:39Z", "digest": "sha1:UTQ5JCHIZW5QDAYSTSP75FLNMQJZ6DK7", "length": 16923, "nlines": 56, "source_domain": "www.cco.us", "title": "Which Credential is the Best After CPC? | Medical Coding Advice", "raw_content": "Q: Which credential is the best after CPC?\nA: Let\u2019s go through a thought process of what you want to talk to yourself about if you want to get a credential after the CPC. The first thing that I like to tell people is to remind them the CPC is a core credential. The AAPC has core credentials and specialty credentials.\nThere\u2019s more than one core credential, but actually the CPC is probably the gold standard, the most widely recognized of all the credentials that the AAPC has. You\u2019ll find people that are CPCs doing all types of coding work \u2013outpatient, inpatient, and specialties because it\u2019s a core credential. So, it\u2019s a great place to start if you\u2019re not sure where to start, we usually advise that you start there.\nNow that you got your CPC, you\u2019re telling yourself, \u201cThat was excellent, I\u2019m so proud of myself,now I want to move on.\u201d Ask yourself these three questions: What area of my CPC training really captured my interest? Was there a particular area that you really enjoyed? Also, what\u2019s the financial responsibility for being multi-credentialed? When you look at me, I have three credentials, but you go and you look at Chandra who has 17 now, I think, working towards 20? You have to pay for CEUs, so it\u2019s something to consider. What credentials are marketable in your area? That\u2019s something very important.\nVIDEO: Which Credential is the Best After CPC? | Medical Coding Advice\nLet\u2019s start with the first question. You took your training or you\u2019ve been coding for a while, what\u2019s something that you really enjoy doing? Is it like me, ICD-10? Everybody knows I love ICD-10. Or, is it like Laureen, CPT, she has so much experience in CPT. Maybe it\u2019s a specific body system. Maybe you really like cardiology, or you really like orthopedics; then, there\u2019s an avenue that you can go for a special credential in that area.\nWhat if you think, \u201cI really did like the coding, but the concept of the payment methodologies I really enjoy that, and I have a brain for numbers, so I enjoy the behind the scenes, the power players in coding, not necessarily the coding and how that is translated into money\u201d then there\u2019s a path for you in that area. So, kind of identify what your interest is.\nAs we move on, let\u2019s look at the second question: What is the financial responsibility for being multi-credentialed? Now, I took the information from the AAPC, but let\u2019s back up for a second. The AAPC is who we predominantly deal with, most of us have our credentials through the AAPC. There are other organizations, AHIMA being one of them, but there\u2019s billing organizations, one for compliance. The two big power players though are the AAPC and AHIMA. If you choose to get credentialed with two separate organizations financially remember that you will be paying dues every year into both organizations. As it stands now I think the AAPC is like $125 every year and I\u2019m not sure what AHIMA\u2019s is, but it\u2019s comparable I\u2019m sure. That\u2019s something to consider.\nBut know that a lot of times when you\u2019re working, your employer will pay for that for you and they\u2019ll often pay for CEUs as well. Not always, but you might consider asking if you have never done that before and you\u2019re working, \u201cWill you pay for my membership? Will you pay for my CEUs? By the way, will you pay for me to go to conference?\u201d Oh, you might be pushing it there.\nWith the AAPC, let\u2019s look at that, if you have one certification, your CPC, every two years you\u2019re going to need to get CEUs. The first two years, you need 36 CEUs. Now, if you\u2019re a brand new CPC and you\u2019re in that first two-year window, sometimes it\u2019s prorated depending on when you got certified. I think when I first got certified, I only needed 27. I said, \u201cOh, what happened?\u201d It\u2019s because I came in in an odd time of the year, I was certified in October.\nSo, 36 CEUs; if you have two certifications, it would be 40 CEUs, not that much more, and 3 is 44, 4 is 48. Then, they did a brilliant thing here about a year or so ago and they kept it at 5; with 5 now if you have 5 or more, you get 52 CEUs every two years which actually is very doable. Don\u2019t let that number intimidate you.\nI did some research, there are a lot of places to get free CEUs, we offer free CEUs, and then we have this webinar charge $5. That\u2019s really unheard of.\nThere are other avenues to get free CEUs. On an average, I would say that one CEU would be anywhere from $30 to $100 per CEU depending on where you\u2019re getting it or if it\u2019s a specialty. You can go to workshops where the AAPC has a lot of specialty workshops. You get 6 CEUs and I think it\u2019s like $189. That gives you an idea. If you go to conference, of course you\u2019re paying to go to conference, but those CEUs are also technically free and you can get quite a few. If you go to conference every year, that pretty well knocks out the CEUs that you need. Again, there are lots of places to get free CEUs. Don\u2019t let that intimidate you, but be aware that that is an ongoing thing, that is a financial responsibility to maintain your certification.\nLast, let\u2019s talk about keeping yourself marketable. You have your CPC, that\u2019s very marketable as I said before it\u2019s widely recognized. But, think to yourself, \u201cwhat\u2019s my past experience?\u201d We have lots of students who are nurses, LPNs, lot of RNs. We have transcriptionists, we have people who were billers or working in the front office and have that skillset that JoAnne was just talking about where all the roles of the person in the front, that they have to be really good at or it messes you up in getting paid, getting your reimbursement. If you have that experience, that could sway you into your next credential.\nAgain, think about what your past experience is, if you can identify something that would be really beneficial to a specific credential, that may be the one you want to pick up next. Then, think about where you live. Is there several medical facilities? I\u2019m in Rochester, Minnesota right now. I can walk to the Mayo Clinic, me, my little fudgy buddy, it\u2019s only like a block and a half. It\u2019s like the Mecca of medical facilities right outside my door. That means if you have something like that, that means you are wide open to credentials that would be beneficial to your area or marketable.\nBut if you are in an area that has maybe only one hospital, or what if you don\u2019t have, what if you are relatively rural. Then, that could make a decision for you right there on what credential to pursue next. Is there a preferred credential in your area? Maybe you are in an area that has a lot of surgery centers, so the COC is very popular. That might answer the question for you.\nLast, ask yourself: Are you willing, or do you have the desire to work remote? A lot more now in the last few years have remote coding blossomed into its own compared to even five years ago. So coders who are new, we used to say, \u201cYou\u2019re not going to get to work remote until you have at least a couple of years on your belt.\u201d They\u2019re not doing that anymore, there\u2019s opportunities available to newer coders working remote. Is it because technology caught up with coding, or is it just there\u2019s demand? Again, ask yourself that, which may lead you into another credential.\nI\u2019ve taken the five probably most popular or most, in my opinion, desirable credentials after the CPC that are pretty much core credentials. Not specialties because mind you, there are lots of specialties, but the next really marketable and valuable credential that you want to consider in a career path.\nThe first, is my favorite of course, that\u2019s why I put it first, CRC. That is really heavy in diagnosis coding, the disease process. If you enjoy that like me, then this is an excellent next credential. It works with risk adjustment. It\u2019s very wide, you can do the money aspect of risk adjustment or the disease process. Still, it\u2019s one that if you enjoy reading documentation and you enjoy the disease process and the diagnosis coding, I would suggest that would be an excellent fit for your next credential.\nAnother one tha\nt is very valuable and moving up in the arena really side by side with the CPC is the COC. This is the outpatient facility and ambulatory surgery. One of the advantage of picking up the COC after you\u2019ve got the CPC is the fact that they\u2019re such a similar board exam, the knowledge base is pretty much the same. So, if you\u2019ve taken the CPC, and I could be off a little bit, 80% of the COC is the same as the CPC; so it\u2019s already fresh in your mind. The additional information is going to be the components that deal with these facilities and payment methodologies that are unique to like surgery centers outpatient facilities.\nIn some of the information I was looking at, there\u2019s not so many independent physicians anymore. They are moving towards working with these hospitals and facilities; and so therefore there\u2019s a higher demand for the COC. Out of all of these, if you want to pick up another credential and not have to really stray from the CPC, knock out the COC and it\u2019s again marketable, it looks very good on your resume.\nNext, I would say if you enjoy that billing aspect, if what JoAnne was talking about just a few moments ago really resonated with you, then the CPB, being a billing specialist is ideal. Very high demand, you can see how, if you don\u2019t have everything working cohesively together, one mistake can knock out like a domino effect and cause a lot of money in lack of reimbursement. So, being a billing specialist is valuable to both physicians and facilities.\nAuditing, if you have a clinical background already, if you\u2019re a clinician, then you might consider going into auditing. They want you to have core credential, the CPC, but go on and get your CPMA because technically they want RNs to audit. It\u2019s like, you got your foot in the door, and so this gives you the education and the training to show that you\u2019re a specialist in auditing for the coding. A lot of times they\u2019ll have you go in and audit charts for coding before they even hit the coders, before the person is relieved from the hospital.\nLast, I would say is the CIC. Mind you it\u2019s not last in choices, it\u2019s just the last one that I put up here. Inpatient is fascinating. It\u2019s diagnosis coding, but not just ICD-10-CM but PCS as well, and the disease process again plays a big role. But there\u2019s a lot of information you need to know about the payment methodologies. If that\u2019s something that you think that you would enjoy, then the CIC makes a huge impact next to the CPC because that says you are knowledgeable working with physician coding, anything the physician touches as well as with the inpatient, the facility, and that\u2019s just about all that\u2019s out there pretty much.\nSo, again, these are the core credentials, the basic credentials that I would consider picking up after the CPC. I think that if you really want to do a good job, hit them all, be like Chandra, and get them all.\nLaureen: A couple of questions you can answer before we move on: \u201cDo you have to have your CPC certification prior to getting your COC certification?\u201d\nAlicia: No, you do not. In fact, some people get their COC and pick up their CPC. Quite honestly, if you have the CPC or the COC, you\u2019re going to see those credentialed people working in lots of areas. What it does do though, it looks fabulous on your resume, it tells physicians, the providers, and the people that you\u2019re working with that you are a specialist in both areas, you actually hold the credential. That is very important. But those two credentials I would say, and probably even the CIC, not really the CIC, doesn\u2019t work with CPT, so it\u2019s kind of niche, but the COC and the CPC they are sisters and they\u2019re twins. So, you could do one or the other; but having both will bump your pay scale up, put it that way.\nLaureen: I normally tell people too, it\u2019s like we know what the credentials mean, but sometimes it\u2019s about how are the credentials perceived by potential employers. You want to think about that as well. I consider the COC like a CPC plus a little bit more; so if I was hiring people, I\u2019d know what skills they have by passing either of those exams. But not all employers are that well versed, they just know you have a coding credential. So, if you\u2019re on a budget and you just want to pick one and you really want to work in an outpatient setting, then go for the COC.\nOne more related question: \u201cAre you able to take the CPB (billing credential) the same time as the CPC?\u201d You don\u2019t need one to take the other. We recommend that you go after one credential at a time, but the order doesn\u2019t matter.\nAlicia: You could do the courses, but I don\u2019t think you\u2019re asking this, but you can\u2019t test for them on the same day. I don\u2019t think you\u2019re asking that.\nLaureen: No. And you don\u2019t want to do that.\nAlicia: It\u2019s 6-hour test a piece, but yeah, you could test for one and then turn around and the next testing event available to you, bam! Knock it out.\nLaureen: Absolutely.\nAlicia: Chandra is just dying to chime in, aren\u2019t you Chandra?\nChandra: I\u2019m looking at some of these questions and I just really, really want to chime in. The one thing that I\u2019ve seen a lot of questions in the chat about that we failed to mention on here is where does the CCS fit into all of these?\nAlicia: That\u2019s a good point.\nChandra: The AAPC credentials.\nAlicia: Before you say something because I know, Chandra has the CCS, I don\u2019t. Laureen had the CCS, so both of them have actually sat for that credential; it\u2019s a well-known inpatient credential with AHIMA. But just real quick, if you\u2019re in an area and you\u2019re looking for employment and you see on the pre-employment they want CCS and they don\u2019t say CPC or CIC, don\u2019t let that stop you from applying for a position. The people that are in HR, that\u2019s just like a format, that\u2019s what they say they want.\nThe AHIMA has been around since the 1920s, some people don\u2019t know anything else exists. They don\u2019t always necessary communicate with the people that you\u2019d be working with. So, don\u2019t let that stop you, apply for it. And maybe they do want a CCS, but don\u2019t let that stop you. Chandra I think wants to say more about the CCS, good credential.\nChandra: It\u2019s a great credential. The CCS is through AHIMA, everything else that we\u2019ve talked about here has been through the AAPC. The difference between the CCS and where it fits in with all of these, there is no one-on-one correlation between the CCS and any credential the AAPC offers. The CCS is truly a combination of the CIC and the COC. You have to know it all for the CCS. Would you say that\u2019s a fair statement, Laureen?\nLaureen: Even more. You need to know pharmacology and other things on the CCS, that isn\u2019t covered, to\nChandra: Right. You got to know the healthcare IT aspect of things, you got to know the data crunching; my knowledge \u2013 but from a code set perspective, you have to know all four code sets. When I say all four \u2013 CPT and HCPCS, ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS. It\u2019s going to test you kind of soup-to-nuts on the whole thing; anything is fair gain.\nLaureen: We normally advise people make that an aim but don\u2019t start with that credential because you\u2019ll get very discouraged. Currently, they have only about 40% pass rate on the CCS and that\u2019s because people are taking it that really shouldn\u2019t be. They\u2019ll tell you upfront this is designed for people who have been doing inpatient coding for two years. It\u2019s not for graduates of a program to go take it to prove that they have the content. Now, it\u2019s about speed and accuracy as well, which comes in time; so it was designed for people who are already working in a hospital just to prove that they had an advanced level of knowledge. It\u2019s not an entry level. So, aspire to it, get a core credential like the CPC or the COC as a launching pad. That way, you have your foot in both, which is how I started out and I highly recommend that.\nChandra: Somebody wanted to know if we have a CCS prep class. Not yet.\nAlicia: It\u2019s coming.\nChandra: Next quarter we\u2019re looking at the CIC, the CCS prep class, so it\u2019s coming very soon.\nLaureen: There are a lot of courses you could be taking now that are going to be in that track, medical terminology, ICD-10, ICD-10-PCS; so email helpdesk@cco.us and they can give you. We have an email, all prepared with a different links, so you could at least get started on that.\nRelated Which Credential is the Best After CPC Posts:\nHow to Become a Certified Professional Coder FAQs?\nCRC Credential | Risk Adjustment Course with CCO\nAfter I pass the CPC most likely to get is on Evaluation and Management.\nMedical Credentialing services December 8, 2017 at 3:01 am\t- Reply\nI never seen this much detail articles on this topic, with Video. Great really great for this articles even I follow capture billing blog for my medical credential services tutor. Thanks for sharing keep post on medical billing articles.\nLaureen December 12, 2017 at 2:14 pm\t- Reply\nThanks for the feedback. \u2013Laureen", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 177, "original_length": 22925, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 306.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/nioshtic-2/00117368.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:29Z", "digest": "sha1:MY24R5FTF66XH6JSV3GTNJSQLR4SAMDQ", "length": 969, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.cdc.gov", "title": "NIOSHTIC-2 Publications Search - 00117368 - Occupational hazard assessment, coal liquefaction, volume 1 - summary.", "raw_content": "Occupational hazard assessment, coal liquefaction, volume 1 - summary.\nCincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 81-131, 1981 Mar; 1:1-22\nHazards associated with the coal liquefaction process are reviewed. Process operations are described and production data is provided. Potential hazards to the skin, liver, kidney, respiratory system, blood, central nervous system, and cardiovascular system are discussed. Guidelines are included for protective measures associated with medical surveillance, exposure monitoring, recordkeeping, engineering controls, operating procedures, workplace design, spill management, personal hygiene, personal protective equipment, and emergency planning.\nNIOSH-Author; Industrial-hygiene; Occupational-medicine; Chemical-processing; Coal-mining; Industrial-processes; Control-methods", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 143, "original_length": 3322, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 225.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cdt-turbo.eng.cam.ac.uk/Applications", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:35Z", "digest": "sha1:XUKVGNUGOHDSOXIHPLRO3M3FVBNAXKBP", "length": 1704, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.cdt-turbo.eng.cam.ac.uk", "title": "Applications \u2014 CDT in Gas Turbine Aerodynamics", "raw_content": "Applications for October 2018 will open at the end of September 2017.\nThe final deadline by which applications must be submitted to the online system is 30 June 2018. However, applications are continuously reviewed and prospective students are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.\nEntry into this exciting new programme is competitive and will take account of qualifications, aspirations and experience. Successful applicants are likely to have an engineering background with some specialisation in fluid mechanics and thermodynamics; students from related fields will also be considered. Students are normally expected to have a 2.1 or 1st class honours degree from a UK University or an equivalent standard from an overseas university. The majority of successful applicants must be eligible for EPSRC funding but a number of places are also available to those who fall outside this category.\nApplications for this programme should be made on the standard graduate admissions form to the University of Cambridge, stating course code EGEGR5 (EPSRC CDT MRes + PhD Gas Turbine Aerodynamics).\nThe MRes in Gas Turbine Aerodynamics is only available as part of the CDT in Gas Turbine Aerodynamics. On successful completion of the MRes, students will begin the PhD phase of the CDT.\nIn the Research Proposal section of the form, please state an order of preference for the university at which you would like to study for the PhD phase of the CDT.\nFor further information on applications to or projects at Oxford and Loughborough, please see:\nLoughborough CDT Website\nOxford CDT Website\nOnce you have submitted your application please email Dr Catherine Taylor so that we can keep track of your application.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 128, "original_length": 4537, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 293.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cederbergbrietzke.com/notices/Patricia-Bruske", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:42Z", "digest": "sha1:4TV3RKA4MO62WZD7EABGE4MKTWSUA2R5", "length": 1002, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.cederbergbrietzke.com", "title": "Obituary for Patricia Ann Bruske | Cederberg Funeral Home", "raw_content": "Patricia Ann Bruske, age 45 passed away January 14, 2019 in Saginaw. Patricia was born September 7, 1973 in Saginaw and was a graduate of Bridgeport High School. She was employed for many years at Merrill Technologies Group in Saginaw as an Administrative Assistant at the time of her death. She was of the Lutheran faith.\nSurviving are 2 brothers, Steve (Raschelle) Bruske and Matthew Bruske; her mother, Judith Brown; her grandfather, Donald Brown; and 4 nieces and nephews, Caiden, Abraham, Silas, and Maeve Bruske.\nShe was preceded in death by her father, Steven G. Bruske in 1986.\nFuneral Service will take place 11:00 a.m. Monday at Peace Lutheran Church, 3427 Adams Ave. in Saginaw with Pastor Matthew Hauser officiating. Friends may visit with the family at Cederberg-Brietzke Funeral Home, 403 N. Michigan Ave. on Sunday from 2:00 to 7:00 P.M. and at the church on Monday from 10:00 a.m. until time of service. Memorials in Patricia\u2019s memory may be made to Peace Lutheran Church Memorial Fund.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 101, "original_length": 2933, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 166.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.certaroof.com/service-areas/roof-inspection-laguna-beach/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:20:48Z", "digest": "sha1:KFTW4WEJHJFCWRMZVB3VSPBGEW5ZI7WS", "length": 4349, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.certaroof.com", "title": "Laguna Beach Roof Inspection Services | Cert-A-Roof", "raw_content": "Roof Inspection and Roof Certification in Laguna Beach\nProfessional Roofing Services in Laguna Beach, Orange County\nHome Roof Inspection in Laguna Beach\nCommercial Roof Services in Laguna Beach\nGuaranteed Roof Repair Services with Warranty in Laguna Beach\nAnyone wanting to live in a beautiful seaside location with a year-round mild climate should head to beautiful Laguna Beach. With its stunning coastline, historical village center, and artistic community, it really is a fantastic place to live. Although the local population only numbers around 23,000 people, the city is incredibly popular with the three million tourists that visit the area every year.\nLaguna Beach Interesting Facts\nLaguna Beach is a really old community, in fact it was founded as long ago as 1870 by farmers who planted fast-growing eucalyptus trees to stake their claim! The beautiful coast and mountain scenery led to the rise of an artists community that is still thriving today, with the resort\u2019s highest point being 1,000 feet above sea level in the San Joaquin hills. Laguna Beach is also known for its surfing and mountain biking culture, with mountain biking legend Hans Rey living in the town. The MTV show Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County was set in the resort, following the lives of several high school leavers for three seasons.\nCert-A-Roof is a high quality roof inspection and roof certification company operating in the Laguna Beach and surrounding areas. Offering a broad range of services including repairs, a re-roof service and help with storm damage to roofing, Cert-A-Roof is certified by NRCIA.\nThere are many different roofing types used in Laguna Beach, which all require regular inspection to ensure that small problems such as leaks or tile slippage do not escalate into a major issue. Tile is among the most popular choice of roofing because it matches the Spanish style housing and architecture of the city. Although it is extremely durable, the roof needs to be inspected at a minimum of every 2 years because the tile can crack, break, or slip from its proper position. Other conditions that can affect your tile roof in Laguna Beach are the Santa Ana winds (high winds of 40 miles per hour), deteriorated felt from the sun\u2019s strong rays if there is broken or cracked tile, debris in valleys and El Nino storms.\nLaguna Beach Climate\nThe climate in Laguna Beach is mild all year round. With average winter temperatures of around 68\u00b0 and highs in the summer of around 80\u00b0 Fahrenheit, there is also minimal rainfall, with only around 13 inches a year. Summers are very dry, with the majority of rain falling between November and March, and it is not unusual to see temperature rise as high as 100\u00b0 Fahrenheit in July and August.\nLaguna Beach Population\nLaguna Beach\u2019s resident population is only around 23,000 people, although the temporary population swells dramatically during the tourist season when up to 3 million people can arrive in the resort. A massive 99.6% of the population lives in households, with the majority being married couples. The population is 50:50 male and female, and there is a broad spectrum of age ranges, although the majority of residents are in the 45-64 age bracket.\nLaguna Beach Housing\nThe median home value in Laguna Beach is $1,412,000, with values having risen by 2.5% in the last 12 months and likely to increase by another 1.3% over the next year. Median rent values in the air rea are around $6,000 and the price per square foot in Laguna Beach is $1,131. All areas of Laguna Beach are popular with purchasers, although beachside and central areas are the most desirable. The hills are also very popular with affluent purchasers.\nLaguna Beach Festivals, Events, Sites and Attractions\nLaguna Beach is home to many popular festivals which attract lots of tourists, including the annual Pagaent of the Masters every summer during which real people portray the characters from famous works of art. The week long Laguna Beach Plein Air Painting Invitational takes place every October and during the winter there is a regular chamber music season. Every year Laguna Beach is home to the U.S. Open for Lawnbowling and the Laguna Open Volleyball Tournament. With local whale watching tours, winery and art galleries, there is plenty to entertain the countless tourists passing through the resort every year.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 5726, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 254.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ces.k12.ct.us/page.cfm?p=3408", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:39:54Z", "digest": "sha1:HAWLUWOOGXCDN46EP663JC4W4WXEUPPK", "length": 1105, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.ces.k12.ct.us", "title": "Cooperative Educational Services: Executive Searches", "raw_content": "C.E.S. offers Connecticut school districts a search service for hiring superintendents, assistant superintendents and central office staff. It is the only one of six regional educational service centers (RESCs) in Connecticut that offers executive search services.\nOur goal is to provide school districts with exceptional services and be on the cutting edge of reform.\nAt C.E.S., we know that selecting a superintendent is one of the most important responsibilities a Board of Education undertakes. For this reason, we offer a comprehensive approach to executive searches.\nIt is imperative that a Board of Education select a qualified candidate who will lead the district and work well with the board, the district staff, and the community. Likewise, we know that selecting the right person to lead a district or school makes a tremendous difference for a school system.\nOur superintendent, administrator, and central office staff searches are distinguished by our approach, our resources, and our commitment to service from beginning through transition with a new administrator.\nView our trifold brochure", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 2931, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 248.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cgdev.org/event/social-enterprise-making-can-private-sector-model-work-poor-women-india?qt-events=1&page=7", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:11Z", "digest": "sha1:6PDYCUSVTBN5UYVVXJKJ4PN52FMGHCPK", "length": 7144, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.cgdev.org", "title": "Turning Trash into Social Value: Can a Private Sector Model Work for Poor Women in India? | Center For Global Development", "raw_content": "New Evidence on Results-Based Funding for Global Health:...\nIn collaboration with the Salud Mesoamerica Initiative (SMI), CGD is pleased to invite you to a two-day conference highlighting lessons learned from SMI and how SMI\u2019s experience can inform other programs in the future of healthcare. CGD has worked on results-based financing for years. From analyzing performance-based incentives to exploring cash on delivery aid to improving value for money for the Global Fund and its partners, we have been examining ways to maximize the impact of funding on health outcomes. We now have rigorous evaluations and evidence from SMI, a large-scale results-based funding program. This model public-private partnership allocates funding at the national level based on measurable improvements in coverage and quality of reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child healthcare. It has brought together international donors, a development bank, regional bodies, national governments, and local stakeholders in an innovative partnership that rewards for health system strengthening and increased equity.\nHow to Measure Development Outcomes Using Geospatial Data...\nAgustina Paglayan\nWhen RCTs are not an option, geospatial data can be a powerful tool for evaluating development projects \u2013 opening up opportunities to understand what works, what doesn\u2019t, and why - at a substantially lower time and cost. Dr. Ariel BenYishay will provide an overview of the growing field of geospatial impact evaluation highlighting how the increasing availability of geo-referenced intervention and outcome data offers many new opportunities for research and evaluation across the development field that can be just as (if not more) effective as randomized control trials (RCTs). Dr. BenYishay will share a recent case study using geospatial data that measured the impacts of Chinese development activities on sensitive forests in Tanzania and Cambodia between 2000 and 2014 that shows how powerful this tool can be.\nBanking on Women Leaders\nThe \u201cglass ceiling\u201d in finance has barely cracked. Compared to the available talent pool, there is still a large gap between the representation of men and women in leadership positions in banks and bank supervision agencies worldwide. In her presentation, Ratna Sahay will summarize new data on banking sector characteristics and performance, as well as the share of women on the boards of directors and banking supervision agency boards. The data indicate that\u2014contrary to common perceptions\u2014many low- and middle-income countries have a higher share of women in bank boards and banking supervision agency boards compared to advanced economies. Together with her IMF colleagues, Sahay uses this new dataset to explore the link between gender and financial stability. She will argue that the presence of women, as well as a higher share of women, on bank boards and banking supervision agencies may contribute to greater bank stability.\nThe Future of Development Finance: A Conversation with...\nWorld Bank Group President Dr. Jim Yong Kim will join CGD President Masood Ahmed to discuss the future of multilateralism, the Bank\u2019s efforts to maximize resources for development, and the critical importance of investing in people to meet tomorrow\u2019s challenges.\nTurning Trash into Social Value: Can a Private Sector...\nWomen are overrepresented in the informal sector worldwide, often stuck in dangerous, insecure, low-paid jobs. Waste picking in particular is a highly vulnerable and risky form of informal employment. In 1995, India\u2019s Self-Employed Women\u2019s Association (SEWA) organized women waste pickers in Ahmedabad into a cooperative to improve their working conditions and livelihoods. Over time, this informal arrangement evolved into Gitanjali \u2013 a women-owned and -run social enterprise, that produces a full range of stationery products for large multinational corporations, including Staples, IBM, and Goldman Sachs. What difference has Gitanjali made to the lives and opportunities of women waste pickers in India? What are the implications for women\u2019s social enterprises in other countries? What are the challenges that remain to be overcome? The Center for Global Development is delighted to bring together some of the key private sector partners that helped Gitanjali generate social value, along with practitioners from the public sector and multilateral financial institutions, for a robust discussion about job options for poor women in low paid, informal occupations, including a model entrepreneurship venture. The event will be informed by the CGD report, The Gitanjali Cooperative: A Social Enterprise in the Making. Copies of the report\u2019s executive summary will be provided. Light refreshments will be available.\nWhat\u2019s the Future of Pay-for-Success Development?...\nThe launch of the Cameroon Cataract Development Impact Loan\u2014a Development Impact Bond (DIB) to provide cataract surgery services via a social enterprise model\u2014marks a key moment in the history of results-based financing.\nThe Impact of Civil Conflict on Child Malnutrition and...\nJustin Sandefur, Nancy Birdsall and Sebastian Bauhoff\nNumerous studies find that child health suffers when children are exposed to conflict, and armed conflicts are more likely to occur in poor countries with weak states. Nigeria is among the most conflict-prone countries in the world, experiencing the highest number of conflict-related deaths of all Sub-Saharan African countries in many of the years since 2000, with a peak in 2012. In this paper, researchers at the Urban Institute and the Center for Global Development are studying the relationship between child health and conflict in Nigeria by combining geo-coded data from the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) of 2013 and the Social Conflict Analysis Database. In both urban and rural areas of Nigeria, they find significant increases in child wasting (acute malnutrition) in 2013 associated with proximity to violent conflict in 2012. In urban areas, infant mortality also increased significantly in 2003-2013, when the mother was exposed to conflict during pregnancy. They will discuss these findings and their implications, as well as some of the challenges to studying health in conflict-torn places.\nVoices of Experience: A Conversation with Former...\nAmanda Glassman and Felice Apter\nPlease join CGD for a conversation with four former directors of USAID\u2019s Office of Population and Reproductive Health. These four leaders served between 1986 and 2013\u2014and their tenures have spanned US administrations from Ronald Reagan to Barack Obama. Since the Office\u2019s inception in 1969, the US government has played a substantial role in supporting expanded access to voluntary family planning around the world through technical assistance, diplomatic and policy engagement, and financial support. But differences in policy across administrations have meant that US leadership in international family planning has often faced periods of uncertainty. CGD is convening this panel to revisit historic experiences and to shed light on lessons learned that may be used to inform stakeholders in the current landscape.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 217, "original_length": 13188, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 236.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.chesapeakervsolutions.com/product/used-2005-four-winds-rv-majestic-28-970650-16", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:18:53Z", "digest": "sha1:VCW4UUJ5ZD5MT4ZTIGSUI5UUBIICYMMB", "length": 626, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.chesapeakervsolutions.com", "title": "Used 2005 Four Winds RV Majestic 28 Motor Home Class C at Chesapeake RV Solutions | Chesapeake, VA | #MJU49936", "raw_content": "Used 2005 Four Winds RV Majestic 28\nNew Tires, New Upgraded Stereo, Inspected and ready to go!\nStock# MJU49936\nFour Winds International is a division of Thor Industries, Inc., the largest manufacturer of recreational vehicles. It was acquired in 1992 by Wade F.B. Thompson and Peter B. Orthwein, the founders of Thor Industries.Four Winds International has been a leading recreational vehicle manufacturer of gas and diesel powered Class A and Class C motorhomes since 1990. The company is dedicated to providing high-quality, high-value recreational vehicles backed by superior customer service and nationwide dealer support.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 177, "original_length": 6486, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 266.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.chicagotribune.com/90minutes/premier/ct-90mins-pochettino-on-allis-availability-its-difficult-to-judge-if-hes-ready-or-not-to-play-20180920-story.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:31Z", "digest": "sha1:5JDRWV6J7AFM6STJGPQL5KRKINSMZW6E", "length": 1616, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.chicagotribune.com", "title": "Pochettino on Alli's availability: 'it's difficult to judge if he's ready or not to play' - Chicago Tribune", "raw_content": "Pochettino on Alli's availability: 'it's difficult to judge if he's ready or not to play'\nTottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino remained coy about the status of midfielder Dele Alli for Saturday's Premier League match against Brighton.\nTottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino remained coy about the status of midfielder Dele Alli for Saturday's Premier League match against Brighton. (Michael Regan / Getty Images)\nMauricio Pochettino will wait until the last minute before deciding whether to bring Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli back from injury for Saturday's Premier League trip to Brighton.\nAlli has returned to training after sustaining a hamstring injury on England duty that ruled him out of Tottenham's last two matches.\nIn his absence, Tottenham's losing streak has extended to three games after losses to Liverpool and Inter Milan, the first time the club have suffered such a sequence under Pochettino.\nThat has piled extra pressure on Pochettino to rush Alli back, but the Tottenham manager is determined not to risk his key midfielder's long-term fitness.\n\"We need to wait until Friday to assess him, to see if he'll be part of the squad,\" Pochettino said.\n\"Thursday was a recovery day for everyone and it's difficult to judge if he's ready or not to play.\n\"We're never going to put ourselves or our interests in front, taking risks with a player. It's impossible.\n\"After four years you know very well we're never going to put a player at risk because we want to win.\n\"We need to win and the most important thing is all the players who are going to be on the pitch, we need to feel they're 100 per cent.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 83, "original_length": 8780, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 228.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/corrections/ct-claris-101318-story.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:36:54Z", "digest": "sha1:RY22K64FLGLU3EBQF4WIEHKPQS3JX3AX", "length": 429, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.chicagotribune.com", "title": "Corrections and clarifications - Chicago Tribune", "raw_content": "News Accuracy & Ethics\nA story Wednesday about Walgreens making changes to its benefits misstated two of the benefit changes. Walgreens will continue to subsidize health care benefits for retirees who, as of March 31, 2019, are at least 64 and have worked at Walgreens for at least 24 years. Also, eligibility for Walgreens\u2019 new paid parental leave benefit begins immediately, but the benefit won\u2019t go into effect until February.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 20, "original_length": 1143, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 287.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/hinsdale/news/chi-sp-hinsdale-district-86-board-oks-new-teacher-contract-20141218-story.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:53Z", "digest": "sha1:RGX4YGYTJB4XJNKMG3IXATFYVMKSNK3T", "length": 3462, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "www.chicagotribune.com", "title": "Hinsdale District 86 Board OKs new teacher contract - The Doings Hinsdale", "raw_content": "Hinsdale District 86 Board OKs new teacher contract\nMore than 250 people attend the District 86 School Board meeting Oct. 20. |\nMore than 250 people attend the District 86 School Board meeting Oct. 20. | (Kimberly Fornek/Chicago Tribune Media Group)\nAfter months of tension that brought the community to the verge of a teachers\u2019 strike, the Hinsdale High School District 86 Board voted Monday to approve a new contract with the Hinsdale High School Teachers Association.\nBoard members Victor Casini, Jennifer Planson, Kay Gallo and Michael Kuhn voted in favor of the agreement.\n\u201cThis was a very difficult decision for me and could have gone either way,\u201d Casini said.\nHe voted to approve the two-year contract because he believes, \u201cit\u2019s in the best interest of the district at this point in time.\u201d His priorities are the financial sustainability of the district, while maintaining the excellence that makes District 86 one of the best in the country, Casini said.\nEdward Corcoran, Claudia Manley and board President Richard Skoda voted against the plan, saying they wanted to vote next week with more time for public input. Following a closed session, Corcoran moved to table a vote until Friday to give the community a chance to review details of the contract, saying the delay may help matters.\nCorcoran\u2019s motion was followed by chants of \u201cvote, vote, vote\u201d by many of the 150 people present at the meeting.\nSkoda said the community does not know what is in the agreement because it was supposed to be confidential. The Doings reported last week on key details after obtaining a copy of the tentative agreement.\nSkoda said he doubted anyone in audience could say what average teacher salary raise is under the plan. He said the agreement could be posted on the district\u2019s website and a news release could be sent out explaining the agreement.\nThe teachers voted on the tentative agreement Oct. 16. Spokesman Michael Palmquist said when a vote was taken, of 354 voting, 315 were in favor of the proposed contract.\nKuhn said reaching the agreement actually started a year ago when the School Board approved a flat tax levy. That decision caused the teachers to look at the board in a different light, Kuhn said. He hopes now they can start to mend the rift that developed between the board and the teachers Association.\nCorcoran voted against the agreement because, he said, the \u201csalary increase is not sustainable. A salary schedule of 19 steps is not sustainable. A career is 34 years.\u201d\nDespite his \u201cno\u201d vote, Corcoran said, \u201cWe do have great teachers. We have two great schools.\u201d\nHowever, Corcoran said, \u201cThere are things we can do locally,\u201d to fix the broken system in Illinois.\nManley voted not to approve the contract, because the two-year term is too short, and she would like a contract that is sustainable for both the district and its employees.\nManley said it\u2019s not clear what average salary increase will be under the new contract terms.\nNegotiations began last year but became tense when the teachers voted in the spring to authorize a strike. After negotiating over the summer with the aid of a mediator but with no breakthroughs, the teachers union set an Oct. 14 strike date.\nThat action led to a School Board meeting Oct. 5 meeting attended by more than 800 people, and led to a change in the board\u2019s negotiating team, with Skoda and Corcoran being replaced by board members Casini and Gallo. The tentative agreement was reached three days later.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 42, "original_length": 4191, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 292.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.childesign.com/en/profile/morissette-paul/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:41Z", "digest": "sha1:FIGCBLJIXXQHAWNJL2BYMMTMUCV2V3OT", "length": 2208, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.childesign.com", "title": "Paul Morissette - CHIL Interior Design", "raw_content": "Global Lead, CHIL Interior Design, Principal\nB.A., B.Arch.\nIt was late one Friday afternoon when Paul Morissette received an unusual call. At the other end was an Australian man who, while staying at the Fairmont Waterfront, had an epiphany: \u201cthe angels were speaking to him\u201d. The experience of staying in a room designed by CHIL was so rewarding to this man that he desired the same experience for his guests. The conversations that followed led to a successful relationship with a riverboat cruise company and the design of several boats in Russia and Southeast Asia. To this day, Paul still laughs as he tells the story knowing that as a designer, he works hard to market his team\u2019s great work but the best marketing comes from optimal guest experiences and memorable designs.\nWho you work with is just as important as what you do and every single person\u2019s contribution to a team can determine its success.\nPaul has the unique perspective of working directly with hotel brands and as an architect, project manager, and designer. This practical experience has shaped his role as global lead for hospitality interior design and provided him with a comprehensive grasp of the design process, development requirements, and contractual obligations associated with major projects. With a firm grasp on the programming, design, documentation, and management of major hospitality and residential projects, he\u2019s well-versed in the world of hospitality and the principles of inspiring interior design.\nWhile the thrill of new experiences is what draws many to travel, for Paul it\u2019s about family, connection, and a focus on quality time. This philosophy has always translated into his management and leadership styles. Paul treats the studio as a family \u2013 a group of people working collaboratively to create collective experiences. He recognizes that his knowledge is an asset and shares through teaching what he\u2019s learned over the years. He\u2019s built a solid network of contacts within the hospitality, consulting, and construction industries. A big proponent of designing with precision and finding efficiencies, you\u2019ll often hear him say, \u201cDo it once. Do it right. Move on.\u201d\nPaul is also a member of B+H Architects.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 30, "original_length": 2963, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 246.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.chironexus.net/2013/07/marathon-runners-knee-healed-by-chiropractor/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:43Z", "digest": "sha1:BFZTU7ANZ7O4BWOJSLOU3DDY72RABIVG", "length": 3637, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.chironexus.net", "title": "Marathon Runner's Knee Healed by Chiropractor - Chiropractic News by ChiroNexus", "raw_content": "Knee pain can be the result of a wide variety of underlying causes. One such cause of knee pain that is often overlooked as even a possibility is entrapment of the saphenous nerve. The saphenous nerve is the largest sensory nerve in the human body, branching from the femoral nerve up the leg into the adductor canal in the hip. Nerve entrapment can happen when the nerve pierces membranes inside the leg or when the nerve is sheered at some point. Some activities are known for stretching or rubbing the nerve, and the repeated friction can result in nerve entrapment.\nMarathon running is one such activity that can cause nerve entrapment. Many runners experience muscle fatigue or excessive tightness in their hip rotators, as well as tension of the saphenous nerve through the adductor canal.\nTypically, nerve entrapment like this means surgery or injections for the patient\u2019s knee pain. In the interest of testing a more conservative, less-invasive approach, a recent case study highlighted the efficacy of manual therapy and exercise rehabilitation on nerve entrapment.\nThe patient was a 29-year-old female runner who competed in ultra-marathons and suffered from constant, nonspecific knee pain. She rated her pain as a 6 on a 10-point pain scale. Unfortunately, she reported that running exacerbated her knee pain. An examination revealed that the woman had hip external rotator fatigue and pelvic instability. Ultimately, she was diagnosed with saphenous nerve entrapment.\nA doctor of chiropractic utilized a conservative treatment called the Active Release Technique (ART). This process is done by actively placing tension on the surrounding tissues and the membrane that is pierced by the nerve. The hope is that this manual therapy on the soft tissues will release the nerve from its entrapment.\nDuring the first ART session, a release was felt and even heard, followed by a brief increase in the patient\u2019s pain. However, the pain almost immediately decreased, and she rated her pain a 2 out of 10 after this treatment session. The effect lasted a week until her next ART session. Again, she felt a release, and this time she reported the pain was fully resolved. The woman was able to return to her ultra-marathon training.\nThe second part of the treatment plan in this case study involved at-home exercise rehabilitation. The patient was instructed and followed through with exercises involving squats with both legs in front of an exercise ball against a wall, standing on one leg with the hip holding an exercise ball against a wall, and squats from a variety of angles on just the left leg, which is where the knee pain was located.\nThe patient continued using these rehabilitative exercises periodically as needed, and at her 16-month follow-up she continued to be free of knee symptoms.\nAlthough this study was limited to a single patient, it was the first of its kind to investigate a noninvasive approach to saphenous nerve entrapment, and its success is good news for knee pain patients with this diagnosis who desire conservative management of the condition.\nOther causes of knee pain have been shown by previous research to respond well to conservative treatment options, such as trigger point therapy, exercise, and a form of acupressure called collateral meridian therapy.\nSettergren R. Conservative management of a saphenous nerve entrapment in a female ultra-marathon runner. Journal of Bodywork & Movement Therapies 2013; 17: 297-301.\nWritten by: Kelly Johnson on July 26, 2013.\nTags: Active Release Technique, chirpractic manual therapy, exercise rehabilitation, knee pain, marathon running, nerve entrapment", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 5289, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 305.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.christiancourier.com/articles/730-mark-11-20-jesus-curses-a-fig-tree", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:48Z", "digest": "sha1:6O4H5FYCXLMEAVAEVXQYKYN7N3ZKJ4F3", "length": 2293, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.christiancourier.com", "title": "Mark 11:20 - Jesus Curses a Fig Tree : Christian Courier", "raw_content": "Mark 11:20 \u2013 Jesus Curses a Fig Tree\nThere is a passage in Mark\u2019s account of the life of Christ that puzzles many people. It reads as follows:\n\u201cAnd as they [Jesus and His disciples] passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots. And Peter calling to remembrance said unto him [Christ], \u2018Rabbi, behold, the fig tree which you cursed is withered away\u2019\u201d (Mark 11:20-21).\nDid Christ, in a burst of temper, actually curse, i.e., use profanity, a fig tree? That simply cannot be the case since the New Testament repeatedly affirms the absolute perfection of the Savior (cf. Hebrews 4:15; 1 Peter 2:22). Some enemies of the Bible, though, have charged the Son of God with intemperance in this matter. But what are the facts of the case?\nFirst of all, \u201ccurse,\u201d as that term is used in the Scriptures, does not carry the same meaning as the modern English word connotes. In ancient times, to \u201ccurse\u201d a person or object was equivalent to pronouncing doom or destruction upon that person or thing. Under the law of Moses, one sentenced to death for a capital crime was said to be \u201caccursed of God\u201d (Deuteronomy 21:22-23). The writer of Hebrews speaks of land that brings forth nothing but thorns and thistles as being worthy of a \u201ccurse,\u201d i.e., whose \u201cend is to be burned\u201d (Hebrews 6:8).\nSecond, a careful consideration of the entire context involving this incident negates that baseless and blasphemous charge against the Savior. Underline the word \u201ccursed\u201d in Mark 11:21, and in your margin write: See verse 14.\nNow look at that verse and read the precise language of the curse: \u201cNo man eat fruit from you henceforth for ever.\u201d Christ simply doomed the fig tree to perpetual fruitlessness, i.e., death. Why did our Lord do that? Because the fig tree was a symbol of the fruitless Jewish nation, and this was a visual aid lesson which prophesied the coming fate of national Israel. Jesus was not implicated in any wrongful activity.\nThe Fig Tree Incident\u2014A Contradiction?\nJesus, Cursed by God\nMark 11:20-21; Hebrews 4:15; 1 Peter 2:22; Deuteronomy 21:22-23; Hebrews 6:8; Mark 11:21\nJackson, Wayne. \"Mark 11:20 - Jesus Curses a Fig Tree.\" ChristianCourier.com. Access date: February 15, 2019. https://www.christiancourier.com/articles/730-mark-11-20-jesus-curses-a-fig-tree", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 35, "original_length": 3004, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 207.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.christiannewsalerts.com/liberal-actress-dont-need-dads/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:13Z", "digest": "sha1:R7EL6CAT3C7HRAD5Y6KBKC7BVZK3MXP3", "length": 3223, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.christiannewsalerts.com", "title": "Famous Liberal Actress: Kids Don't NEED Their Dads", "raw_content": "HomeNewsFamous Liberal Actress: Kids Don\u2019t NEED Their Dads\nJune 23, 2017 Mark Fields News Comments Off on Famous Liberal Actress: Kids Don\u2019t NEED Their Dads\nActress and left-wing provocateur Lena Dunham just picked the worst time to possible to push her liberal views, and the response was immediate.\nOn Father\u2019s Day, Dunham tweeted, \u201cYou don\u2019t need a father- so many families work so many ways- but if you have one, he better werk.\u201d It created such a huge internet backlash that the actress decided to quickly delete it \u2014 but the damage was done.\nDunham is probably most famous for her creating and staring in the TV series \u201cGirls,\u201d which is about a young woman trying to make her way in New York City as an amateur. While it sounds interesting on the surface, the show has received constant criticism for its overly feministic agenda and for Dunham\u2019s character \u201chaving the most depressing, disempowered sexual relationships imaginable,\u201d says Catherine Scott with The Independent.\nEven more troublesome is that she has admitted multiple times that the role created in the show and many of the events that happened were largely based on personal experiences from her own life.\nIn real life, Lena Dunham has been a champion for leftist ideals, primarily abortion and extreme feminism. Be it dressing up as a Planned Parenthood \u201cdoctor\u201d for Halloween or regularly joking about abortion, she has received a lot of flak from conservative and even some liberal media for her troubling pronouncements. So, it\u2019s not terribly surprising she would be the source of criticism on a holiday celebrating arguably the most important roles a man has.\nAnd there\u2019s something else unusual about her Father\u2019s Day statement. Ironically, she often refers to her own father as a good man. In fact, around the same time she posted the controversial tweet, she uploaded a picture of her father sitting in a hospital waiting anxiously while she was in the ER. The text included with the picture spoke lovingly of how much she appreciated the father she had in her life and the sacrifices he went through to make her recovery bearable. It\u2019s odd that for someone so appreciative of fathers that she would send out a tweet that seemingly undercuts them.\nAmong the more notable responses to her tweet was from President Trump\u2019s son, Donald Trump Jr., who fired back: \u201cIt Never ends. Would be great to have just 1 day without the unnecessary SJW [Social Justice Warrior] commentary. Doubt there was a similar comment on Mother\u2019s Day.\u201d\nIt\u2019s unclear whether Donald Jr. was suggesting that such controversial comments wouldn\u2019t be made on a day celebrating women, or if he was referring to this tweet she sent out on Mother\u2019s Day in 2015, \u201cThis Mother\u2019s Day, let\u2019s vow to protect our right to become mothers when and how we want #choice #blessmothers\u201d.\nWhether she\u2019s suggesting fathers aren\u2019t necessary on Father\u2019s Day or using Mother\u2019s Day to promote killing the unborn \u2014 yet another irony \u2014 Dunham always seems to find her way into the harsh limelight of criticism and controversy. Like many millenial liberals, it appears that she really just can\u2019t help herself and has to seek attention however she can get it.\nImage credit: Voyagerix / Shutterstock.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 4778, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 318.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.christiantelegraph.com/category/life/page/3/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:56Z", "digest": "sha1:EXJKNPNBDNDFL7NOMJYBQDTXF53HKDYP", "length": 359, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.christiantelegraph.com", "title": "Life | Christian Telegraph | Page 3", "raw_content": "\u201cAbide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither...\nDiscontentment has forever come in the guise of being a means to get more in life. A lot of people think that...\nCrisis preparation is much more easier said than done. Think about emergency preparation. It\u2019s easy to line up a three-step plan of...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 90, "original_length": 4009, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 217.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.chromebeat.com/ext/view-pictures-design/nglifiegpekcnmjhhhckkmnflggckmmo", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:20:43Z", "digest": "sha1:KVDFTIS3YQP4GA3PDYNNV76RAZDSHPJL", "length": 86, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.chromebeat.com", "title": "View Pictures Design - Chromebeat", "raw_content": "View Pictures Design\nOptimized for collecting and viewing of images from any web page.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 24, "original_length": 518, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.76, "perplexity": 285.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.chron.com/business/energy/article/Natural-gas-legislation-may-be-ripe-for-Pickens-1692799.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:15Z", "digest": "sha1:AWDIKSTMBQE5VIOLVSP7Q3ZKO73FSHIO", "length": 4216, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "www.chron.com", "title": "Natural gas legislation may be ripe for Pickens - Houston Chronicle", "raw_content": "https://www.chron.com/business/energy/article/Natural-gas-legislation-may-be-ripe-for-Pickens-1692799.php\nNatural gas legislation may be ripe for Pickens\nPickens says his plan is bearing fruit\nBillionaire expects natural gas measure to be introduced soon\nBRETT CLANTON\nPublished 5:30 am CDT, Wednesday, March 30, 2011\nAfter spending nearly three years and more than $80 million of his own money to tout his energy plan, T. Boone Pickens says he's finally about to have something to show for his efforts.\nNext week, a natural gas bill he has strongly backed is expected to be introduced again in Congress. And this time, the billionaire Texas oilman said, it has the votes the pass.\n\"I think we got the deal done,\" Pickens told reporters after a luncheon speech Tuesday at the Petroleum Club of Houston, hosted by the Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers and Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists. \"I think we'll get it through the House before the summer recess.\"\nThe measure, called the NAT GAS Act, aims to boost use of natural gas as a fuel in the transportation sector. Lasting five years, it would provide vehicle tax credits to buyers of vehicles powered by natural gas, giving automakers greater incentive to build them.\nThe legislation is scheduled to be introduced on April 6, confirmed a spokesman for its author, U.S. Rep. John Sullivan, R-Okla. Co-sponsors include Rep. Dan Boren, D-Okla.; Kevin Brady, R-The Woodlands; and John Larson, D-Conn.\n\"With our vast domestic natural gas supply, gas prices approaching $4 to $5 per gallon and given major instability in the Middle East, I think members of Congress are starting to look to natural gas vehicles as the bridge fuel we need to lessen our dependence on foreign oil,\" Sullivan said in a statement provided by the spokesman.\nThe legislation could come up in a speech President Barack Obama is giving today on domestic energy policy. But it likely would be a measured embrace, as the administration continues to study possible environmental impacts of the key natural gas extraction method called hydraulic fracturing.\nPriority: heavy vehicles\nAbout 110,000 natural gas vehicles are on U.S. roads today, and more than 12 million are in use worldwide, according to the Natural Gas Vehicles for America, a Washington trade group.\nPickens said his priority is getting heavy vehicles like garbage trucks and city buses, which account for much petroleum use in the U.S., to convert to natural gas. Private passenger cars and trucks are a longer-range goal.\nIn July 2008, Pickens launched an advertising campaign to promote what he called the Pickens Plan. It urged the U.S. to break its dependence on oil from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and achieve energy independence by using homegrown energy sources, including wind power and natural gas.\n\"I want anything American,\" he said Tuesday, even if it's \"our ugly baby,\" corn ethanol. \"I just don't want OPEC oil.\"\nA transfer of wealth\nIf the U.S. continues on its current trajectory \u2014 importing nearly 70 percent of its daily crude oil needs - America could send $10 trillion to other countries over the next 10 years, in what Pickens has called \"the greatest transfer of wealth in the history of mankind.\"\nHis plan has gotten a lift from major discoveries of natural gas in U.S. shale rock formations, which are estimated to hold a 100-year supply.\nWith such a bounty, it is \"stupid\" to keep relying on oil from countries hostile to the U.S, he said, issuing a challenge to Obama to make good on a campaign pledge to get the U.S. off of Middle East oil within 10 years.\n\"If we're going to keep what we've got, we're going to have to get on our own resources,\" he said.\nIn a plain-spoken and often funny speech Tuesday, the 82-year-old oilman stuck close to those now-familiar talking points.\nHe also noted how, along the way in his Pickens Plan campaign, his image has softened a bit from the days when he was best known as a tough businessman and political advocate.\n\"Now,\" he said, \"the way I'm viewed is the old patriotic guy that may have a plan that will work for our country.\"\nbrett.clanton@chron.com\nPickens expects approval of key natural gas legislation", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 231, "original_length": 8797, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 229.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cia-landlords.co.uk/faq/what-is-building-insurance/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:46Z", "digest": "sha1:CPPAL2BSWF745UUPSCF5PUB6YDNH4SCF", "length": 1597, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.cia-landlords.co.uk", "title": "What is building insurance? - CIA Landlord Insurance", "raw_content": "Buildings insurance is protection for the structure of your property, including fixtures and fittings, against unexpected and unavoidable events that may cause damage.\nBuilding insurance is one of the two types of home insurance in which you may need to invest for your property \u2013 the other being contents insurance.\nWhile, as the name suggests, contents insurance protects the actual items in your home such as your furniture, TVs and other personal belongings, buildings insurance is for the building itself, including permanent fixtures and fittings such as the kitchen and bathroom.\nWhile buildings insurance may be purchased as part of a wider home insurance policy that also includes contents cover, you may also buy it separately if you wish.\nHaving the right building insurance policy in place will protect you in the event of damage to your property\u2019s structure, such as its walls, roof and floors, while fixtures and fittings are also likely to be included.\nYou can expect a good standard building insurance policy to cover the full cost of repairing or rebuilding the structure of your home if it is hit by fire, storm damage, falling trees, an earthquake, explosion (such as that caused by a gas leak) or even a vehicle collision, to name just some of the possibilities.\nThe question \u201cWhat is building insurance?\u201d is likely to be different for different insurers, so you should compare policies carefully, including the exact types of events for which the policy will cover you.\nMortgage lenders usually require you to take out a buildings insurance policy to protect their investment.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 70, "original_length": 2898, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 272.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cit.ie/newsarchive?id=248", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:29:44Z", "digest": "sha1:DGV4ATWJHLUCPJYUU7N3MSO366K2TROC", "length": 698, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.cit.ie", "title": "CIT - Cork Institute of Technology - CIT Students prepare for the All Ireland Final", "raw_content": "CIT Students prepare for the All Ireland Final\nCork Institute of Technology is very well represented in the Kerry Team which takes to the field on Sunday in the All-Ireland final against long time rivals, Dublin.\nBrian McGrath, a Business Student in CIT has been named on the Subs Bench, while past students, Brendan Kealy, Marc O S\u00e9, Aidan O\u2019Mahony, Bryan Sheehan, Darren O\u2019Sullivan and Seamus Scanlon will all tog out on the day.\nCIT Registrar and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr Barry O\u2019Connor said, \"We would, of course, prefer if Cork were once again in the Final but CIT has a long history of star footballers from Kerry studying here. We wish \u201cThe Kingdom\u201d all the best in the match.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 199, "original_length": 4552, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 237.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cityguideny.com/Shopping/Macy-s", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:57Z", "digest": "sha1:DO4AA3SKZS24UH2F7ML6KMPMOCMAS3J7", "length": 1388, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.cityguideny.com", "title": "Macy's (City Guide NY)", "raw_content": "Inside Scoop: Macy's Herald Square\nMacy's Herald Square on 34th Street is the flagship Macy's in New York City\u2014and the world!. With good reason: Macy's covers an entire city block, making it America's largest department store. With over two million square feet of shopping space, visitors can spend an entire day in Macy's without even seeing everything it has to offer. The building itself is a National Historic Landmark, added to the register in 1978.\nOpen late seven days a week and selling a wide assortment of the most beloved fashion brands, Macy's will impress anyone in need of a new wardrobe or simply looking for a special new accessory. Macy's is also a great destination for makeup, skincare, and home decor, as well as footwear, with a shoe department that has more square footage than a football field.\nMacy's Herald Square Photos\nImage Source: Mr Hicks46/Flickr\nImage Source: Salon NYC/Flickr\nMacy's Herald Square Video\nWatch this video to learn more about Macy's renovation and distribution practices.\nFollow Macy's on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.\nMacy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon Inflation: Where to Eat and Drink\nThanksgiving Alternatives in NYC\n7 New York Fall Traditions You Don't Want to Miss\nReigning Cats and Dogs: Pet Travel Tips in NYC\nMacy's Thanksgiving Parade Turns 91!\nWhat to Do During the Holidays in NYC 2017\nCelebrating 4th of July 2017 in NYC", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 131, "original_length": 5209, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 260.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cityguideny.com/article/NYC-Spring-Festivals", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:37Z", "digest": "sha1:DFLO5PXUZDEONE4SIMKRXAWSLCWJ267W", "length": 4473, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "www.cityguideny.com", "title": "Top 10 NYC Must-See Spring Festivals", "raw_content": "NYC spring festivals are a great way to join the rest of the city as it comes out of hibernation and back into action. The ten festivals below cover an array of interests, from food and film to music and culture. There\u2019s an event for every type of visitor, and we\u2019re pretty certain that more than one will catch your eye. The winter is finally ending; to enjoy New York City in all its springtime glory catch one of these great 2018 festivals below.\n1. Macy\u2019s Flower Show (March 25\u2014April 8)\nPhoto: John Mincillo\nThe Macy\u2019s Flower Show is known for showcasing some of the most breathtaking blooms in all of New York City. This year\u2019s theme is built on a Once Upon a Springtime story, with original characters brought to life amid vibrant blooms and sculptures. The show offers a one-of-a-kind opportunity to enter a fairy tale world and enjoy hundreds of thousands of live flowers, plants, and trees from around the world. Allot some time to take in the sights, smells, and beauty of the floor-to-ceiling array in Macy\u2019s Herald Square. 151 W. 34th St., 212-695-4400, social.macys.com/flowershow/\n2. Tribeca Film Festival (April 18\u201429)\nCinephiles congregate once a year in Lower Manhattan to get their fix of independent films and Tribeca Talks with world famous directors, actors, and filmmakers. Visitors can purchase ticket packages or tickets to individual screenings and events during the festival. tribecafilm.com/festival\n3. NYC Vegetarian Food Festival (May 20\u2014May 21)\nNot only will you be snacking on vegetables galore at the NYC Vegetarian Food Festival, but you\u2019ll also be learning about sustainability, healthy living, and going green. Attendees can sit in on lectures and get cooking tips from big name chefs during the two-day event. nycvegfoodfest.com\n4. Sakura Matsuri (April 28\u201429)\nCherry Esplanade, photo by Mike Ratliff\nHeld at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, this beloved cherry blossom festival will be celebrating its 37th anniversary this year. Sakura Matsuri incorporates both modern and traditional Japanese culture, and it offers the perfect opportunity to check out the garden\u2019s famous Cherry Esplanade. bbg.org\n5. Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit (May 26, 27, 28 & June 2, 3)\nThe Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit is held right in the heart of Greenwich Village every spring. This eclectic art exhibit was inspired by Jackson Pollock in 1931 when he brought some of his paintings to a sidewalk near the park in hopes of making a few bucks. The event has since grown to become traditional happening in Lower Manhattan with artists requiring a nomination in order to showcase their work. wsoae.org\n6. Five Boro Craft Beer Festival (May 19)\nAs its name suggests, this is the festival craft beer fans won't want to miss. Attendees pay one price for the evening, allowing them to choose between over 100 brews. Catered food is also provided, as well as live music for entertainment. fiveborocraftbeerfest.com\n7. Frieze Art Fair (May 3\u2014May 6)\nphoto/flickr: Kirsteen\nHead over to Randall\u2019s Island Park this spring to experience the contemporary art world in an alfresco environment. Interact with public installations, sit in on \u201cFrieze Talks,\u201d enjoy the Frieze Art Fair\u2019s Reading Room, and of course, lay your eyes on some of the most talked about artwork in the city. friezenewyork.com\n8. The Bloody Mary Festival (April 8)\nCelebrate the most beloved brunch cocktail at biggest bloody mary event of its kind. Local bars and restaurants will compete for the \"Best Bloody Mary\" title at this delicious festival. All the meanwhile, food trucks keep you well fed, DJs will keep you well entertained, and tutorials will keep you well educated on how to make the perfect bloody mary. thebloodymaryfest.com\n9. DanceAfrica (May 25\u2014May 28)\nHosted by BAM, DanceAfrica is the country\u2019s biggest festival dedicated to African dance. This year\u2019s festival will be focusing on West African rhythms, exploring the culture through art, film, performance, and a spectrum of community events for those wanting to learn more about African dance. bam.org\n10. Governors Ball Music Festival (June 1, 2, 3)\nphoto: flickr/c'estlavibe.com\nWhen you have the New York City skyline as your backdrop, it\u2019s hard to think of any other place you\u2019d rather be enjoying a live music lineup. 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Ignoring their remote location the band took inspiration from the punk do it yourself ethic of the burgeoning independent music scene. With a hard-working approach George Cheyne drums, Glenn Roberts guitar and Iain Slater bass and vocals were spotted by Aberdeen's small independent label Oily . In 1981 they were impressed enough by the band's live shows to finance the band's first single Chain Reaction. The band's first single was a two and a half minute punk/pop song with fuzzy distorted guitar and scottish inflected vocals. Already the band was evolving with a sparser and more rhythmical sound. http://www.cityguideny.com/eventinfo.cfm?id=340255 Mercury Lounge Mercury Lounge\nAge Limit: 21 and Over apb formed in 1979 in the small rural town of Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Ignoring their remote location the band took inspiration from the punk do it yourself ethic of the burgeoning independent music scene. 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Already the band was evolving with a sparser and more rhythmical sound.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 151, "original_length": 6172, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 219.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.citylab.com/design/2015/08/new-orleans-the-reluctant-city-laboratory/401144/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:14:55Z", "digest": "sha1:VYGY7QHOOEN3SGWIKWUZAIXUTL3HRI77", "length": 17086, "nlines": 56, "source_domain": "www.citylab.com", "title": "10 Years After Katrina, New Orleans Comes to Terms With Being an Urban Laboratory - CityLab", "raw_content": "A restored home in New Orleans. Shawn Escoffery\nNew Orleans, the Reluctant 'City Laboratory'\nTen years after Katrina, a complicated culture of \u201cexperiments\u201d continues to shape the city.\nReferring to New Orleans as anything like a \u201claboratory\u201d during the first weeks and months after Hurricane Katrina\u2019s floodwaters receded would have been a bad move. As displaced residents trickled back into the city, they were first and foremost seeking help with piecing their old lives back together: How were they going to pay for a new roof? Where could they find their displaced aunts and nephews? How would they soothe their traumatized children back to sleep during rainstorms? Any conversation about \u201cexperimentation\u201d wasn\u2019t going to fly with already rattled residents.\nAnd yet, public hypothesizing about a \u201cnew\u201d New Orleans began nearly immediately. James Reiss, an avatar of Uptown wealth and chairman of the Regional Transit Authority, helicoptered back into New Orleans after the floods to declare, \u201cThose who want to see this city rebuilt want to see it done in a completely different way: demographically, geographically and politically.\u201d\nIf there was any ambiguity about what that meant, the Louisiana state representative Richard Baker was more plainspoken: Katrina had \u201cfinally cleaned up public housing in New Orleans. We couldn\u2019t do it, but God did.\u201d Baker was referring to the city\u2019s shuttering of the \u201cBig Four\u201d federally subsidized housing complexes\u2014even though most endured minimal flood damage. Meanwhile, most of the city\u2019s schools were beyond ruin, leading economist Milton Friedman to call the disaster \u201can opportunity to radically reform the education system.\u201d\n(Shawn Escoffery)\nIndeed, much of the built environment of New Orleans\u2014including City Hall, thousands of private homes, roads and other key pieces of infrastructure\u2014was ravaged during the city\u2019s weeks-long submersion under flood waters. Many of these structures\u2014and institutions\u2014were already disintegrating before Katrina hit, and it was going to take a storm of ideas to revive them. Like it or not, the city needed to experiment with solutions nearly across the board. And 10 years later, looking back at all of the reform policies that were instituted city-wide, it\u2019s difficult to argue that New Orleans didn\u2019t benefit from becoming the world\u2019s learning lab.\nToday, the word \u201claboratory\u201d seems less loaded than it did in those early days. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu recently called the city \u201cthe nation\u2019s leading laboratory for social change.\u201d The New Orleans-based journalist and Floodlines author Jordan Flaherty called it a laboratory for progressive, grassroots organizing.\nStill, it\u2019s important to unpack that word\u2014\u201claboratory\u201d\u2014in terms of rebuilding and recovery because, depending on who\u2019s using it, it still triggers some wincing. Discomfort with the term has not totally subsided in New Orleans, where experiments are still running.\n\u201cPeople ... didn't want their lives experimented with.\u201d\n\u201cI think the city did become a laboratory, notwithstanding the challenged prism through which we see experimentation in the black community,\u201d says Flozell Daniels, president of the Foundation for Louisiana, the entity that in some ways was the laboratory for the larger laboratory of the city itself. Formerly known as the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation, it was the primary hub for granting proposals around economic development, housing, cultural preservation, and neighborhood planning in the wake of Katrina. It also helped channel millions of dollars from philanthropy to charities and nonprofits involved in the recovery effort.\n\u201cBeyond the obvious cultural stigma, laboratories are mysterious spaces for most people,\u201d says Daniels. \u201cComplex science, secluded activities, and secrecy by design \u2026 doesn't bode well for building public confidence that what's being done is in their best interest.\u201d\nThe stigma may not be so obvious to everyone, though. The words \u201cTuskegee Experiment\u201d came up often when I invoked the term \u201claboratory\u201d when speaking with those who lived through Katrina. Tuskegee of course refers to how from the early 1930s through the early 1970s, the federal Public Health Service left hundreds of African-American men infected with syphilis when they thought they were receiving treatment, in order to study how it developed*. Many of them died without learning that they were treated as guinea pigs for these trials.\nThe analogy between this history and what happened after Katrina is real to many: The issue of whether the people of New Orleans understood or handed over \u201cinformed consent\u201d for recovery trials is still widely debated\u2014especially in a city where poverty and illiteracy run much higher than average.\n\u201cWhen looked at from this perspective, it's easier to see why discerning people have, at minimum, questions about this so-called \u2018experimentation\u2019\u2014and, at most, deathly concerns about it based on our collective memories about how this has typically worked out for African Americans, the poor, and the disenfranchised in America,\u201d says Daniels, himself an African American.\nOthers in New Orleans have less quarrel with the \u201claboratory\u201d label.\n\u201cThat's exactly what New Orleans has been\u2014a laboratory for some quite interesting experiments in several sectors,\u201d says Jed Horne, a former news editor of the New Orleans Times-Picayune and the author of Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City.\nLolis Elie, a longtime columnist for the Times-Pic, as it\u2019s still affectionately known, also showed little resistance to the term when I spoke with him. He\u2019s the son of a prominent civil rights attorney who helped spur racial integration in 1960s New Orleans. He was also a story editor on the Katrina-based, David Simon-produced HBO TV drama Treme, which presented a critical view of the forces that shaped New Orleans\u2019s recovery. Given that his name is almost synonymous with the city, you might think Elie would have some sensitivity around the \u201clab\u201d tag. But he only calls it a \u201cfunny term.\u201d\n\u201cI suspect that people's concern with that term had to do with the notion that they didn't want their lives experimented with,\u201d says Elie. \u201cI didn't give much thought to the semantics of it. Rather, knowing how much about our system was not working, not only in New Orleans, but elsewhere, I welcomed the possibility of new approaches.\u201d\nNot all of those new approaches were initiated by city natives, though, which often gave the recovery a pale, lab-coated feel. Some of this was rooted in distrust; some of it came from residents who just wanted their city built back to the way they always knew it, no matter how blemished.\nHorne argues that \u201cthe resistance to various reforms was always noisier than it was widespread.\u201d\n\u201cSome of the opposition was sheer political opportunism\u2014professional naysayers looking for a new way to say nay,\u201d says Horne. \u201cBut there was also a more conscientious concern: that the post-Katrina chaos opened up New Orleans\u2014especially black New Orleans\u2014to exploitation.\u201d\nThat was a concern few could ignore, especially when voices like Friedman and Reiss were talking about complete market-based overhauls to the city.\nSays Daniels of that, \u201cMaybe the most important question is whether one can take a private-experiment-laboratory approach with issues that are clearly a public good and not subject to market pedagogy.\u201d\nOne major trial that emerged in the Katrina recovery that put that question to the test was that of resuscitating local government.\nExperiments in participatory democracy\nPublic participation in the city\u2019s political process was nothing stellar before Katrina. There were few channels that citizens could access to affect the process, and corruption among elected officials was so rampant that it probably wouldn\u2019t have mattered if they could. The Committee for a Better New Orleans had been working to change that culture since before the levees broke. But their efforts really took off when the post-flood recovery chaos forced the committee\u2019s Citizen Participation Program forward.\nA smattering of similar citizen-participation efforts took hold in New Orleans in the years immediately following Katrina, including the city\u2019s own Unified New Orleans Plan (UNOP). But CBNO was one of the few organizations looking at government participation through a citizen-led and neighborhood-led lens before the storm. Many residents hadn\u2019t made it back to their home city between 2006 to 2009 to participate in complex public-comment and input processes for the recovery. But many of them were able to chime in through Skype-like video conferencing equipment, some of them beta-versions of the communications platforms we take for granted today.\nKhalil Shahyd was project manager for CBNO\u2019s Citizen Participation Project back then. In this role, he tried incorporating the lessons he learned while traveling through Brazil and India, where he studied projects like the \u201cKerala experiment.\u201d Kerala implemented a decentralized, village-based planning process that ensured that as many people were able to participate as possible, and that the needs of the poor and disenfranchised weren\u2019t totally eclipsed by the greater good of the whole.\n\u201cIt probably was the largest experiment in participatory democracy this country has ever seen,\u201d says Shahyd of the New Orleans recovery process, \u201cthe way we were able to talk to displaced people from around the country, and the fact neighborhoods were able to drive and guide their own planning efforts.\u201d\nTimolynn Sams Sumter was also intricately involved in these efforts. As a young, African-American single mother and New Orleans native struggling with her own family\u2019s recovery, she helped start the Neighborhood Partnership Network. It is one of the few community-based nonprofits launched during the city\u2019s initial recovery period that still stands today. NPN\u2019s goal was not only to help ignite planning in individual neighborhoods, but to coordinate efforts and share information between those neighborhoods\u2014inter-mural community organizing to complement the intramural.\nLike Shahyd, Sumter is still disturbed by the term \u201claboratory.\u201d She does admit, though, that the city as it existed before Katrina did require some kind of new order.\n\u201cIt needed to happen,\u201d says Sumter. \u201cThere needed to be a dismantling of the civic processes, which weren\u2019t transparent nor open before Katrina.\u201d\nThe \u201claboratory\u201d structure should have been \u201cabout how people spoke to power,\u201d says Sumter. But she doesn\u2019t believe that\u2019s how it ended up\u2014at least not for everyone.\n\u201cI can guarantee you that ... in every city where the word \u2018laboratory\u2019 is being used, it\u2019s where there are large populations of poor and people of color,\u201d she says. \u201cWe\u2019re not experimenting with rich people or well-to-do white people.\u201d\nIt\u2019s true that many of the neighborhoods untouched by Katrina\u2019s floodwaters and levee failures were the high-ground, Uptown neighborhoods full of wealthy, upper-gentry folks like the Reiss family. And yet, those people had plenty of say in terms of how the city would be rebuilt. Meanwhile, working-class families like Sumter\u2019s worked hard to make sure people of more meager resources were still able to influence the recovery.\nThrough the turmoil of these public-participation exercises, New Orleans was able to produce a Master Plan, an official blueprint for urban planning and permitting. Incredibly, the city had never had one of these. With it, New Orleans could finally update and, more importantly, enforce a new Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance\u2014a body of land-use laws that was only finally approved this past May, almost 10 years after the disaster. Without mass-citizen input, these plans might easily have reflected mostly the desires of developers and other elites looking to capitalize on new building in New Orleans.\nA decade on, the lab results are in\nThe avenues used to arrive at such plans were far from perfect, but at least the city would no longer abide by \u201cplanning by surprise.\u201d Here\u2019s how the Dillard University researcher Robert A. Collins chalks up this near-triumph in a recent report for The Data Center in New Orleans:\n[T]he planning process organized neighborhoods and the citizenry in general to a greater extent than ever before. The result has been more citizens involved in the democratic process now than before Katrina. At the beginning of the post-Katrina planning process, most citizen participation was motivated by fear. Citizens felt that if they did not show up at public meetings and voice their opinions, their neighborhoods would be bulldozed and they would not be permitted to return. Many neighborhood residents also believed that the federal funding process was a zero sum game.\nNew Orleans is still a long way from claiming complete satisfaction in the participatory-government experiment, though. The comprehensive mechanism for including residents in planning decisions worked under the circumstances, but it\u2019s still dependent on politics to continue, writes Collins. Not to mention that most, if not all, of the funding provided by philanthropy and the federal government to create those mechanisms is gone now. Which is Sumter\u2019s other problem with the \u201claboratory effect.\u201d\n\u201cYes, we have a master plan, but it has to be amended regularly. So putting together the plan is only step one,\u201d says Sumter. \u201cIf there\u2019s not a plan where both the investors and the participants can continue this engagement and have a conversation around sustainability, then I don\u2019t think it was ever authentic. Engagement cannot be a start-and-stop process, it has to exist at all times.\u201d\nMeaning that, as with many laboratories, when the scientists use up their funding, the experiment stops. Where does that leave the subjects?\nRace and income appear to be the biggest predictors of how New Orleans residents feel about their role in this experiment. A recent survey released by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation finds that African Americans and people of low income today feel like they\u2019ve not been helped as much in the recovery as have whites and the wealthy.\n(Kaiser Family Foundation Katrina Survey Project)\nAll cities are laboratories now\nNew Orleans\u2019 experiment around participatory government was, of course, far from the only one conducted in the city. There were the trials on how to produce, or reproduce, affordable housing\u2014an experiment that had already been replicated in a number of U.S. cities thanks to the federal Hope VI and Section 8 voucher programs. There have not been a great deal of favorable outcomes for low-wage New Orleanians that have come out of this.\nThen there\u2019s the ongoing grand experiment of producing an entirely new K-12 education system for the city. This system-wide charter-ization of public schools in New Orleans is a project that has yet to be replicated at the same scale in any other American city. So far, the experiment has produced mixed results at best.\nBut another that has produced more favorable outcomes is the city\u2019s experimentation with its criminal justice system. New Orleans was once known as the incarceration capital of the nation, in a state with some of the highest incarceration rates in the world. The state is still working on those woes, but New Orleans itself has made some strides in reducing its local jail population. (For more on this, read Jeffrey Goldberg\u2019s \u201cA Matter of Black Lives\u201d in the August issue of The Atlantic.)\n\u201cIn this case, you had people advocating and boldly pushing for efforts to experiment with different strategies to improve the system,\u201d says Daniels, whose Foundation for Louisiana was involved in funding some of those efforts.\nProgress on crime and safety is the one area where black and whites equally agree on the level of progress, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation Katrina Survey Project. That said, it\u2019s also the one area that New Orleanians say has registered the least progress of the eight subject areas offered in the Kaiser survey:\nDaniels says he understands the reluctance to fully embrace the \u201claboratory\u201d term. He offers the term \"inclusive innovation\u201d as an alternative. Meanwhile, almost every major U.S. city is experimenting with how to do criminal justice differently, just as they are with affordable housing, K-12 education, voting reform, and more\u2014with many of them looking to results coming out of New Orleans for answers. Given the way cities now approach climate-change planning alone, we can no longer avoid the fact that we\u2019re all living in laboratories now, regardless of our discomfort with the word\u2019s connotations.\nWhen I proposed this to Sumter, she said that was \u201cabsolutely right\u201d\u2014but that we still had to keep our eyes on \u201cwho is being experimented on, and who\u2019s doing the experiment.\u201d\nAfter all, says Sumter, \u201cIt\u2019s not the word itself that\u2019s problematic, it\u2019s the behavior within the word.\u201d\n*EDITOR\u2019S NOTE: A description of the infamous Tuskegee syphilis experiment has been updated since this story was first published to clarify the U.S. Public Health Service\u2019s role in those experiments.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 140, "original_length": 19897, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 222.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.clarion-defence.com/show-news/bidec-2017-on-good-track", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:26Z", "digest": "sha1:JHPUK542KOEJPBJYCUIKZXH3B2S4GADL", "length": 577, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.clarion-defence.com", "title": "BIDEC 2017 ON GOOD TRACK - Clarion Defence Portal - Clarion Defence Portal", "raw_content": "The three-day event will open on October16, under the patronage of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, the Supreme Commander, at the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Centre (BIECC).\nRoyal Guard Commander, BIDEC 2017 High Committee Chairman Brigadier His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, is following-up preparations for the event. The organizing committee announced that it will be receiving registration applications until October 16. The Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) provides full support to the BIDEC 2017, being organized by Clarion Events.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 94, "original_length": 2389, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 166.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.clearwater-bankruptcy-attorney.net/filing-bankruptcy-in-florida/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:16Z", "digest": "sha1:ML2GLAXICTMRNWC3JLDA23C6H4MT2KL4", "length": 1411, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.clearwater-bankruptcy-attorney.net", "title": "Filing Bankruptcy in Florida | Clearwater Bankruptcy Attorney", "raw_content": "When filing bankruptcy in Florida, there are two very distinct types of bankruptcy that individuals seek shelter under. The first is Chapter 7 bankruptcy which is often called a liquidation bankruptcy. The second type is a Chapter 13 bankruptcy which is often called a repayment or reorganization bankruptcy. Your Clearwater bankruptcy attorney will be able to review your goals and financial situation and offer you guidance on which type of bankruptcy is right for you.\nNot everyone will be eligible to file for a Chapter 7 or a Chapter 13 bankruptcy. The laws have specific rules and guidelines that must be met in order to qualify. For a person to file a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, they will be required to pass a means test.\nWill You Be Filing Bankruptcy in Florida Under Chapter 7 or Chapter 13?\nThe means test is a simple formula that compares a person\u2019s gross and net income to that of the median income of that person\u2019s state. Should their income exceed the state\u2019s median income they will not be eligible to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in most cases. There is a debt threshold that a person cannot exceed if they are seeking to file for bankruptcy under the Chapter 13 codes. Their unsecured debts cannot exceed $336,900, and their secured debts must be under the level of $1,010,650. If your debts exceed these current levels, you will more than likely be ineligible to file for a Chapter 13 bankruptcy.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 12, "original_length": 2034, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 197.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.clevelandmoffettfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Martha-Guffey-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:03Z", "digest": "sha1:62O5KFJ3REE64OWPOHISBJ4WSVTLWSAS", "length": 480, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.clevelandmoffettfuneralhome.com", "title": "Martha Dalrymple Guffey Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information", "raw_content": "Martha Dalrymple Guffey\nMartha Dalrymple Guffey passed away on September 21, 2018 after a long battle with cancer. Martha was born on September 7, 1929, in Amory, Mississippi, to Arch, Jr. and Kathleen Wilbanks Dalrymple. She graduated from Sullins College Academy... View Obituary & Service Information\nThe family of Martha Dalrymple Guffey created this Life Tributes page to make it easy to share your memories.\nMartha Dalrymple Guffey passed away on September 21, 2018 after...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 94, "original_length": 2502, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 270.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/f/the-federalist/summary-and-analysis/section-ix-house-of-representatives-federalists-no-52821161-madison-or-hamilton", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:04:39Z", "digest": "sha1:7NSV2DGKVWFBKMIQ4X3Z63HW53JFEG3I", "length": 6778, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.cliffsnotes.com", "title": "Federalists No. 52\u201361 (Madison or Hamilton)", "raw_content": "Federalists No. 52\u201361 (Madison or Hamilton)\nSummary and Analysis Section IX: House of Representatives: Federalists No. 52\u201361 (Madison or Hamilton)\nThis section of ten chapters deals in some detail with the structure and many powers of the lower house of Congress as proposed by the new Constitution.\nIn Chapter 52, what should be the qualifications of the electors and the elected? The new Constitution laid it down that a representative in the House had to be 25 years old, a United States citizen for seven years, and a resident of the state he was representing. He would hold office for two years. Going back to colonial days, the states had fixed varying periods of election from one to seven years. It had seemed best to make the period uniform \u2014 an election for the House every two years.\nIn Chapter 53, some critics contended that elections to the House should be held annually, quoting the adage that \"where annual elections end, tyranny begins.\"\nPublius disputed this. A one-year term of office was too short. A House member would scarcely have time to learn his duties before he would be faced with the expense and time of standing for election again. Under such a circumstance, no representative could be expected to learn much about national affairs either in the domestic or foreign field.\nIn Chapter 54, as the number of each state's delegates to the House was to be determined by the size of its population, were slaves to be included? The southern states considered their slaves \"in some degree as men.\" In a compromise, the Constitution stipulated that slaves should be counted as inhabitants, but because of their servitude each was to be counted as only three-fifths of a man.\nIn Chapter 55, it was argued against the House of Representatives that, in the beginning at least, it would have too few members to be a safe \"depository of the public interests,\" and could not be trusted with so much power.\nThe states varied greatly in the number of delegates they had in the lower houses of their legislative assemblies. Under the proposed constitution, the number of seats in the House of Representatives at the beginning would be 65. But a census was to be taken within three years, and it might raise the number of representatives to 100. It was estimated that, with population growth, the number would be 200 in 25 years, and 400 in 50 years, which should put an end to all fears about the small size of the body.\nIn Chapter 56, it was also charged that the House of Representatives would be too small to have adequate knowledge of the interests of its constituents.\nRepresentatives should know the needs of their constituents and be responsive to them, of course, but they should have time in office to acquire some perspective on such national problems as regulation of foreign and interstate commerce, taxation, defense, etc. A House representing every 30,000 inhabitants in the country would be \"both a safe and competent guardian of the interests . . . confided to it.\"\nIn Chapter 57, another charge against the House of Representatives was that it would be composed of those with least sympathy for the mass of the people and most likely \"to aim at an ambitious sacrifice of the many to the aggrandizement of the few.\" This would depend on who was entitled to vote for the representatives.\nWho were to be the electors of the federal representatives? They were to be the same as those who elected representatives to the lower legislative chambers in the various states. The electors would be the great body of the American people: \"not the rich more than the poor; not the learned more than the ignorant; not the haughty heirs of distinguished names, more than the humble sons of obscure and unpropitious fortune.\" Such electors could be trusted to choose fitting public-spirited persons to represent them and their various interests in the House of Representatives.\nIn Chapter 58, critics of the Constitution were contending that no assurance was given that the number of members in the House would increase with the growth in population.\nThat was a mistaken view. It was stipulated that within three years, in 1790, a population census was to be taken, and a similar census every ten years thereafter, to determine what adjustments should be made in the number of each \u2014 state's representatives in the House. There would be small chance of organized resistance to such adjustments, for the people would demand changes to secure adequate representation.\nIn Chapter 59, the new Constitution provided that the time, place, and manner of electing United States senators and representatives should be regulated by the state legislatures, but that the Congress could alter such regulations, \"except as to places of choosing senators.\"\nThis provision had been attacked, but nothing was more evident than the \"plain proposition, that every government ought to contain in itself the means of its own preservation.\" If the power of regulating elections for the national government were left entirely in the hands of state legislatures, the latter would have the union entirely at their mercy, and might take off on various divergences and obstructions.\nIn Chapter 60, what would be the danger if the ultimate right of regulating its own elections were left to the union itself? There should be no apprehension on that score. That provision could not be used \"to promote the election of some favourite class of men in exclusion of others.\" There would be no possibility of domination by the \"wealthy and the well born,\" as critics contended. Agriculture and commerce, the landed interests and the mercantile interests, would have weight in national councils proportionate to their strength in the several states, with the bulk of the voters having a predominant voice in each state.\nIn Chapter 61, Hamilton replied to the objection that had been raised that elections were not, by law, required to be held in the counties where the voters resided. He cited the practices in New York, noting that while the objection had some validity, it was not very important. More important was the provision in the Constitution that there should be uniformity in the times of periodically electing members to the House of Representatives and the United States Senate. Such uniformity would be of great benefit to the public welfare, \"both as a security against . . . the same spirit in the body; and as a cure for the diseases of faction.\"\nNo comment is needed on this section, which is simply an exposition and justification of the provisions in the proposed constitution about the House of Representatives: qualifications of members, by whom elected, and tenure of office.\nPrevious Federalists No. 47\u201351 (Madison or Hamilton)\nNext Federalists No. 62\u201366 (Madison or Hamilton)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 180, "original_length": 13486, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 196.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.clothesource.net/tale-two-south-asian-scandals/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:50Z", "digest": "sha1:Z4BJOO3DI2FBQSWSSJENEBP6547RJ4Z3", "length": 1883, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.clothesource.net", "title": "A tale of two South Asian scandals - Clothesource | Clothesource", "raw_content": "Posted in BangladeshPakistanThe Bangladesh Miracle\nDuring April 2018, two five-year old clothing industry scandals involving corrupt South Asian governments played themselves out.\nIn Bangladesh, a campaign to identify and punish the murderers of clothing union activist Aminul Islam in April 2012 finally resulted in the conviction and sentence of at least one of his murderers on April 8.\nThe convicted man was a serving member of the country\u2019s intelligence service, and the Bangladeshi government had suppressed attempted prosecutions in 2014. The subsequent change in the government\u2019s behaviour is largely the result of pressure from Western retailers and unions. And extraordinary heroism from some Bangladeshi workers, and extraordinary altruism from some Bangladeshi manufacturers \u2013 often coordinated by possibly the world\u2019s most discredited politician: Hillary Clinton.\nIn Pakistan, a five-year investigation into an arson attack on a clothing factory in the Karachi suburb of Baldia, burning 259 workers alive, petered out on April 6. Rauf Siddiqui had been Minister of Commerce in the provincial government at the time of the fire: he was forced to resign when it became clear he had planned the arson attack in revenge for the factory\u2019s refusal to pay extortion demands. On April 6, a provincial court discharged Siddiqui on medical grounds.\nThe ailing Siddiqui was not present in court. He was getting married in Mecca that day.\nLater: back in Karachi, Siddiqui was clearly looking a lot better on April 14\nIn fairness to Pakistan, however, investigations into the links between the ruling party and targetted ethnic and sectarian murders have not been entirely abandoned. On April 11, one of Siddiqui\u2019s accomplices in the Baldia murders was brought to trial for an extraordinary series of killings and racketeering. His better-connected accomplices, though, fared better.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 2600, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 273.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cma.ca/cma-code-ethics-and-professionalism", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:42Z", "digest": "sha1:MMALZVL3WLBH7CN62G7CNYC3XP67YVCI", "length": 294, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.cma.ca", "title": "CMA Code of Ethics and Professionalism | Canadian Medical Association", "raw_content": "The CMA Code of Ethics and Professionalism articulates the ethical and professional commitments and responsibilities of the medical profession. It is founded on and affirms the core values and commitments of the profession and outlines responsibilities related to contemporary medical practice.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 159, "original_length": 3453, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 91.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cnb.avocat.fr/en/news/human-business-rights-guide-lawyers", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:18Z", "digest": "sha1:EEDRKD33KBEUOOQS3P2RY6ZQZDPPZQ2K", "length": 2037, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.cnb.avocat.fr", "title": "Human & business rights : a guide for lawyers | Conseil national des barreaux", "raw_content": "Human & business rights : a guide for lawyers\nFreedom & human rights\nHuman rights now have a central place in business. In order to allow French lawyers to work with this new area of law, Conseil national des barreaux have published a dedicated guide.\nA handy guide to understand the changes\nThe responsibilities of businesses in the area of human rights have long been governed by \u201csoft legal\u201d rules, which are now slowly creeping into french substantive legislation (the 2017 law on the duty of vigilance is one such example).\nThe Conseil national des barreaux (french association representing lawyers) have participated actively in this move to place human rights at the forefront of business concerns, and it is an area that offers a new scope of activity for lawyers.\nThis guide recaps the existing rules in terms of business & human rights. Far from being an exhaustive guide, this guide aims to be a practical tool to provide with the key basic concepts of Business and human rights regulations, and help understand the changes.\nContributions from William Bourdon, chairman of the SHERPA association, Xavier Hubert, Ethics & compliance director at Engie, Julie Vallat, head of the Ethics and human rights unit at Total SA, and Fran\u00e7oise Mathe, the chair of the national commission on human rights and freedoms at the Conseil national des barreaux (2015-2017), which are included in the appendix to this guide, provide the balance required to address this topic.\nA participative approach\nWe have produced this accessible guide in a digital version and it has been designed using a \u201cparticipatory\u201d approach to reflect the evolving and changing nature of this field and should not be considered as the enactment of a doctrine. It will be updated regularly to add any new legal elements and allow a dialogue with colleagues who will be able to report on their experiences in this field during their professional practice\nYou can send your remarks or suggestions by writing to international@cnb.avocat.fr.\nGuide Business & human rights", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 101, "original_length": 4183, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 283.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.coastalleader.com.au/story/5635231/german-celebrity-missing-on-canada-cruise/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:45:32Z", "digest": "sha1:VMGBN2OI6FGDVN4VGWFZ3HLSJU7WXYFY", "length": 2942, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.coastalleader.com.au", "title": "German celebrity missing on Canada cruise | Coastal Leader", "raw_content": "A German former TV star and singer, Daniel Kueblboeck, has gone missing from a cruise to Canada and may have gone overboard, the cruise operator says. Aida Cruises says there is reason to believe that the celebrity, who first became well-known as a contestant in Germany's version of Pop Idol in 2003, jumped into the sea on Sunday morning. \"That is our suspicion,\" said spokesman Hansjoerg Kunze. Aida said the ship was stopped and returned to the spot off the coast of Newfoundland where Kueblboeck was believed to have entered the water. The 33-year-old, who tried but failed to be chosen as Germany's Eurovision entry in 2014, was travelling on the vessel in a private capacity, as one of about 2200 passengers on their way to Newfoundland from the northern German port city of Hamburg. The incident occurred about 100 nautical miles (about 185 kilometres) north of the city of St John's on Newfoundland. The water temperature was recorded at about 10.5 degrees Celsius. Kueblboeck's management company could not be reached for comment. The Canadian coastguard confirmed on Sunday that it was using a surveillance plane and helicopter to search the cold Labrador Sea. Two other cruise ships also helped with the search. Kueblboeck, born in Bavarian Hutthurm, made his last big television appearance in the eighth season of the show Let's Dance in 2015 and was studying to be an actor at the European Theatre Institute Berlin. Australian Associated Press\nGerman celebrity missing on Canada cruise\nMarkus Klemm\nA German former TV star and singer, Daniel Kueblboeck, has gone missing from a cruise to Canada and may have gone overboard, the cruise operator says.\nAida Cruises says there is reason to believe that the celebrity, who first became well-known as a contestant in Germany's version of Pop Idol in 2003, jumped into the sea on Sunday morning.\n\"That is our suspicion,\" said spokesman Hansjoerg Kunze.\nAida said the ship was stopped and returned to the spot off the coast of Newfoundland where Kueblboeck was believed to have entered the water.\nThe 33-year-old, who tried but failed to be chosen as Germany's Eurovision entry in 2014, was travelling on the vessel in a private capacity, as one of about 2200 passengers on their way to Newfoundland from the northern German port city of Hamburg.\nThe incident occurred about 100 nautical miles (about 185 kilometres) north of the city of St John's on Newfoundland. The water temperature was recorded at about 10.5 degrees Celsius.\nKueblboeck's management company could not be reached for comment.\nThe Canadian coastguard confirmed on Sunday that it was using a surveillance plane and helicopter to search the cold Labrador Sea. Two other cruise ships also helped with the search.\nKueblboeck, born in Bavarian Hutthurm, made his last big television appearance in the eighth season of the show Let's Dance in 2015 and was studying to be an actor at the European Theatre Institute Berlin.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 117, "original_length": 4767, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 193.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.coinspeaker.com/tag/bchina-largest-economy/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:11Z", "digest": "sha1:5DI6D64X6LTS7UUK4OMVXG3HTCFMSQAC", "length": 593, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.coinspeaker.com", "title": "bchina largest economy Tag (Page 1 of 1) | CoinSpeaker", "raw_content": "bchina largest economy\nThe IMF has reported that China will produce $17.6 trillion this year, ahead of the $17.4 trillion made by the USA, which makes China\u2019s economy be the world\u2019s largest. The question is: \u2018How will that affect Bitcoin?\u2019\nBitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Price, Cryptocurrencies, Investors, News\n\u2018Bitcoin vs Dollar\u2019: China Overtakes the U.S. as World\u2019s Largest Economy\nThe IMF has reported that China will produce $17.6 trillion this year, ahead of the $17.4 trillion made by the USA, which makes China\u2019s economy be the world\u2019s largest. The question is: \u201cHow will that affect Bitcoin?\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 157, "original_length": 3910, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 304.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/397023-first-look-at-liam-neeson-in-run-all-night", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:17Z", "digest": "sha1:NAJDWJ73O5M522JPIELOBBY4YU2Y566W", "length": 1445, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.comingsoon.net", "title": "First Look at Liam Neeson in Run All Night - ComingSoon.net", "raw_content": "First Look at Liam Neeson in Run All Night\nRun All Nightliam neeson Run All Night\nWith Taken 3 opening this week, Warner Bros. (via USA Today) is giving us our first look at Liam Neeson\u2019s next action outing Run All Night, which reunites him with director Jaume Collet-Serra, with whom he previously scored the hits Unknown and Non-Stop. Check out the pics in our gallery below!\nBrooklyn mobster and prolific hit man Jimmy Conlon (Neeson), once known as The Gravedigger, has seen better days. Longtime best friend of mob boss Shawn Maguire (Ed Harris), Jimmy, now 55, is haunted by the sins of his past\u2014as well as a dogged police detective who\u2019s been one step behind Jimmy for 30 years. Lately, it seems Jimmy\u2019s only solace can be found at the bottom of a whiskey glass. But when Jimmy\u2019s estranged son, Mike (Joel Kinnaman), becomes a target, Jimmy must make a choice between the crime family he chose and the real family he abandoned long ago. With Mike on the run, Jimmy\u2019s only penance for his past mistakes may be to keep his son from the same fate Jimmy is certain he\u2019ll face himself\u2026at the wrong end of a gun. Now, with nowhere safe to turn, Jimmy just has one night to figure out exactly where his loyalties lie and to see if he can finally make things right.\nRun All Night co-stars Nick Nolte, Vincent D\u2019Onofrio, Patricia Kalember, Genesis Rodriguez, Boyd Holbrook, Bruce McGill, Holt McCallany and Common. It will be released on April 17.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 66, "original_length": 2681, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 303.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.conceiveabilities.com/about/blog/niaw-2012-have-you-started-the-conversation", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:36Z", "digest": "sha1:OU2JHHHSWRWPT4AN5IRVLJ5JVA6UQFMH", "length": 3053, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.conceiveabilities.com", "title": "NIAW - Have you started the conversation? | ConceiveAbilities", "raw_content": "NIAW - Have you started the conversation?\nApril 22nd, 2012 Category: Fertility News\nNational Infertility Awareness Week is here, and with it comes a plethora of ways to get involved. We touched on a few ideas previously, but now that the week is in full swing we wanted to share some events and activities you can take in \u2013 in your town, or even from your home.\nResolve.org has a running list of events available on their site, but a few highlights include:\nOnline \u2013 Infertility Peer Support Group Google+ Hangout, 7:00PM \u2013 9:00PM\nChicago, IL \u2013 Learn About Fertility Treatment, 7:00PM \u2013 8:30PM \u2013 Learn about Fertility Center of Illinois' state-of-the-art embryology lab and the day-to-day journey from fertilization to implantation with Dr. Christopher Sipe and embryologists Jill Matthews and Elissa Pelts.\nOnline \u2013 Pay It Forward Virtual Education Webinar, 7:00PM 8:30PM \u2013 Join this free 2 night webinar featuring talks from nationally renowned experts on a variety of fertility-related topics, including IVF 101 and PCOS.\nIndianapolis, IN \u2013 Fertility and Family Building Fair, 3:00PM \u2013 9:00PM \u2013 Hosted by the Indiana Collaboration for Families with Infertility, this first annual fair will feature five presentations, vendors, and family building advocates.\nWashington, DC \u2013 RESOLVE Advocacy Day, 8:00AM \u2013 5:00PM \u2013 Come to Washington to tell your elected officials why they must defend family-building options\nCrest Hill, IL \u2013 Infertility Awareness Education Seminar, 6:30PM \u2013 9:00PM \u2013 The Center for Reproductive Health educates the community about available options for infertility treatment and ways to cope.\nBoise, ID \u2013 Patient Education Seminar, 6:00PM \u2013 Meet the staff of Idaho Center for Reproductive Medicine and learn how they can assist patients in their family-building needs.\nFramingham, MA \u2013 Parenting After Infertility: Stories of Hope, 6:30PM \u2013 8:30PM \u2013 A panel discussion with the infertility community.\nJacksonville, FL \u2013 Jacksonville Fertility Awareness Seminar, 9:00AM \u2013 12:00PM \u2013 The annual seminar addressess a variety of topics including acupuncture, stress relief, and nutrition.\nAtlanta, GA \u2013 Walk of Hope, 8:00AM \u2013 11:00AM \u2013 A day to recognize the many ways families are built. Anyone can register as a walker or donor to raise awareness about infertility.\nKansas City, MO \u2013 KC Family Building Conference, 9:00AM \u2013 12:30PM \u2013 This second annual event will feature keynote speakers ranging from doctors to community leaders discussing the many options available for building a family.\nOmaha, NE -5K for Fertility, 9:00AM \u2013 11:00AM \u2013 2BFertile is hosting an annual 5K run/walk to raise awareness about fertility issues.\nWe strongly encourage you to look in to events in your area, and even if you can't be there physically, spread the word. Take to your social media outlets and get infertility on the radar. And be sure to check All Things ConceivAble throughout the week for more conversation-starters. Together, we will ensure that infertility can no longer be ignored.\ninfertility, idaho, florida, missouri, georgia, indiana", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 181, "original_length": 7941, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 301.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.connecttosupporthampshire.org.uk/s4s/WhereILive/Council?pageId=3447", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:42Z", "digest": "sha1:W45ITUERTAMHG2ZV77MCZ56L6MV7RWKV", "length": 4650, "nlines": 40, "source_domain": "www.connecttosupporthampshire.org.uk", "title": "Health and social care roles explained", "raw_content": "Health and social care roles\nHealth care and social care \u2013 what\u2019s the difference?\nMost of us are used to receiving health services from the NHS \u2013 by visiting our GP or dentist or going to hospital.\nSome people who have health needs may also have social care needs. If you are in need of social care support for the first time, it can be confusing trying to understand who is responsible for what care, what services you are entitled to and what has to be paid for.\nThe National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare define health care and social care needs as:\nIn general terms it can be said that a health care need is one related to the treatment, control or prevention of a disease, illness, injury or disability, and the care or aftercare of a person with these needs (whether or not the tasks involved have to be carried out by a health professional).\nIn general terms it can be said that a social care need is one that is focused on providing assistance with activities of daily living, maintaining independence, social interaction, enabling the individual to play a fuller part in society, protecting them in vulnerable situations, helping them to manage complex relationships and (in some circumstances) accessing a care home or other supported accommodation.\nSocial care needs are directly related to the type of welfare services that local authorities have a duty or power to provide. These include:\nPractical assistance in the home\nAssistance with equipment and home adaptations\nVisiting and sitting services\nProvision of meals\nFacilities for occupational, social, cultural and recreational activities outside the home\nAssistance to access educational facilities; and assistance in finding accommodation (such as a extra care housing)\nWho decides what care I get?\nIf you need routine health care services (such as visiting your GP), you will access this in the normal way.\nIf, however, health and social care services need to decide who is responsible for your care, then your care requirements will need to be assessed. This could be, for example, if you are being discharged from hospital and are unable to return home or need some support to return home. See our information page about Hospital stays.\nThe two services will need to decide whether your primary needs are health care needs or social care needs.\nWhat care do I pay for?\nSimplistically put, healthcare is free (paid for by the NHS) and social care costs are met by the individual (or the Local Authority if the individual\u2019s finances fall below the means-testing threshold).\nFor your care to be fully funded by the NHS (known as NHS Continuing Healthcare), your primary need must be a health care need.\nIf you are not eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare, you may be referred to your local authority to see if you are eligible for help from them.\nIf you still have some health needs, then the NHS may pay for part of the package of support.\nIf your primary need is a social care need, and you are eligible for services from your local authority, the local authority will be responsible for your care. You will then have a financial assessment carried out to find out what you may need to pay towards the cost of your care.\nFor further information, see our Paying for care page.\nHealth and social care professionals are increasingly working together to help people in the community with a range of needs. If you have both health and social care needs, you may be looked after by an \u201cIntegrated Care Team\u201d (ICT).\nICTs focus on maintaining the health and wellbeing of people in their community. They include staff from social, community, mental health, primary care and some outreach services provided by secondary care.\nWho are in ICTs?\nICTs include:\nSocial workers (including reablement specialists)\nCondition specific support staff e.g. heart failure, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, diabetes, Parkinson\u2019s, palliative care, Multiple Sclerosis, etc.\nGeriatricians (from secondary care)\nPharmacists \u2022 Psychiatrists\nWho do ICTs support?\nPeople with multiple health and social care needs.\nPeople with complex health needs. This could include people with a high number of GP and/or hospital attendances, people at risk of falling and those showing signs of neglect or who are at risk of abuse.\nOlder people - particularly if they have long-term conditions, complex care needs and/or are approaching the end of their life.\nPeople who would benefit from early help to manage their conditions to avoid them becoming a high user of services.\nEach team develops individual care plans with the patient and their family.\nPage Reference: Health and social care roles explained", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 97, "original_length": 6224, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 262.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.convatec.es/sobre-nosotros/media/2014/fda-classifies-convatec-s-voluntary-global-recall-of-flexi-seal-control-fecal-management-system-fms-as-class-i/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:21:40Z", "digest": "sha1:HRQKZSVIPEPH52KVZDC4G4UNGY4PRELZ", "length": 2826, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.convatec.es", "title": "Menu", "raw_content": "GREENSBORO, NC (July 3, 2014) \u2013 ConvaTec has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has classified the company\u2019s recently initiated voluntary global recall of Flexi-Seal\u2122 CONTROL Fecal Management System (FMS) as a Class I recall.\nThe FDA defines a Class I recall as a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that use of, or exposure to, a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.\nConvaTec began notifying customers in late April that all lots of Flexi-SealCONTROL FMS (Model Number: ICC 411107, SAP codes: 1704335 for U.S. Products) were being urgently recalled. The notification requested that all lots be quarantined immediately and returned to the company as soon as possible. ConvaTec also notified regulatory agencies in all countries where product was distributed.\nFlexi-Seal CONTROL FMS is a temporary containment device used for the management of acute fecal incontinence in patients who are often immobilized and critically ill and have little or no bowel control and liquid or semi-liquid stool.\nIn the U.S., the decision to voluntarily recall was made following the determination that Flexi-Seal CONTROL FMS should have a 510(k) clearance, rather than the use of the current Note to File that was based on existing 510(k) clearance for other Flexi-Seal products.\nThe company received reports from U.S. healthcare facilities of 13 adverse events, including twelve serious injuries and one death for the period February 2013 through March 2014. A causal link has not been established for all reported events.\nThe company also conducted an analysis following reports that the Auto-Valve feature that is unique to Flexi-Seal CONTROL FMS had not been consistently performing relative to the inflation and deflation of the device\u2019s retention balloon.\nInconsistent performance of the Auto-Valve feature may result in the following failure modes of the device:\nAuto-Valve fails to limit inflation to 45mL\nBalloon is unable to be inflated fully\nBalloon is unable to be deflated fully\nAuto-Valve leaks at Inflation Port\nThese failure modes may result in the following health hazards:\nFecal soiling of bed linen/incontinence pads leading to skin deterioration around the anus, peeling skin, and raw, irritated lesions due to skin contact with fecal matter\nIn addition to the above adverse health consequences, death may also occur.\nFor these reasons and to address any potential risk of harm, ConvaTec voluntarily initiated a global recall of all Flexi-Seal CONTROL FMS kits.\nThe recall does not affect any of the other Flexi-Seal products or Flexi-Seal Privacy Collection Bags, which are sold separately.\nCustomers with questions regarding the recall should contact the ConvaTec customer service center at 1-800-422-8811 (Monday-Friday, 8:30am \u2013 7:00pm EST).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 251, "original_length": 11427, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 292.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cookingchanneltv.com/shows/cake-hunters/episodes/a-tale-of-two-cities-wedding-cake", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:54Z", "digest": "sha1:YX4AG2SVWJXOJ6K5UQGK2CS5VWBYAA2F", "length": 546, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.cookingchanneltv.com", "title": "A Tale of Two Cities Wedding Cake | Cake Hunters | Cooking Channel", "raw_content": "A Tale of Two Cities Wedding Cake\nOpposites attract when it comes to one couple's hunt for the perfect salty and sweet wedding cake. Ryan and Noble got married in an intimate wedding ceremony in Charleston, S.C., but now it's time for a second wedding celebration with guests in their hometown of Chicago. Ryan wants to honor their Chicago lives on the cake, but Noble wants to make sure it reflects their Charleston ceremony. The couple challenges bakers to show both cities in one cohesive design for the perfect wedding cake.\nSurprise Sweet 16", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 318, "original_length": 6123, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 274.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cornfordlane.co.uk/the-problems/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:45:13Z", "digest": "sha1:5ZELYNWRCXSH4OU75TZITYK3XH6SCFUW", "length": 1985, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.cornfordlane.co.uk", "title": "Friends of Cornford Lane - The Problems", "raw_content": "Cornford Lane is an archetypal narrow Kentish country lane, single track in places, with traditional (and ancient) hedgerows, lying in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. At a continually increasing rate, and over many years, it has become the favoured 'rat run' for traffic seeking to avoid using the A264 Pembury Road - the major designated route in and out of Tunbridge Wells.\nThe lane is completely unsuitable and incompatible with the speed, volume and size of the traffic now using it, many local people tell us that they will no longer use the lane - either on foot, bicycle or car - it is simply too dangerous.\nSo ironically, a local road is too dangerous for local people to use.\nWe want to reverse this state of affairs. We want to make Cornford Lane a place that local people and others can use in safety.\nThe Friends of Cornford Lane are campaigning to get action taken before there is a serious accident and to enable the lane to once again be able to be used in safety by all.\nBecause of the narrow nature of the lane, vehicles having to pass one-another have continually eroded the earth banks and hedgerows to such an extent that emergency repair works have had to be carried out to prevent the road edge from collapsing and to stop the complete destruction of the hedgerows. See the 'Damage' section or click here.\nThis situation has become exacerbated by the increasing numbers of vans, HGV's and four wheel drive vehicles using the lane.\nGridlocks are now a frequent occurrence as vehicles are unable to pass each other (after first inflicting yet more damage on the earth banks), and the speed of the vehicles negotiating the multiple blind bends and narrow sections has caused multiple vehicle accidents, several pedestrian injuries and most recently, some desperately close near-misses involving pedestrians and children. It is only by the smallest of margins that a serious injury or death has not occurred. See the 'Safety' section or click here.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 3086, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 240.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cornfordlane.co.uk/the-problems/damage/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:43:08Z", "digest": "sha1:GLFIU5BSYDWNHQH5BZTPELCFWLAQSP7A", "length": 2234, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.cornfordlane.co.uk", "title": "Friends of Cornford Lane - Damage", "raw_content": "Over many years Cornford Lane has been, and continues to be, damaged by the traffic using it. The ancient hedgerows have been pushed back with roots exposed and repeatedly driven over, and the earth banks have been eroded such that they are unstable in places - in one place causing a recent land slip which obstructed the lane - and leaving large and dangerous potholes.\nDitches and verges have been eroded and covered in tarmac leading to not only loss of land, but also serious drainage and icing problems.\nIn one section where the road is considerably higher than the adjacent field, the damage had been so extensive that there was a real danger of a vehicle leaving the road completely and rolling down into the adjacent field some 5 feet below. Other similar sections are subsiding rapidly.\nThe scale of damage reached such a level that new kerbs had to be installed to prevent further loss. However vehicles then drove up and over the new kerbs and continued to cause damage to the newly-reinstated earth banks, and heavy wooden posts had to be installed to prevent this.\nIn total these repair works cost over \u00a330,000, over a third of which was paid for directly by residents.\nHowever, budget could only allow the repair work to be carried out on some sections of the lane, and those parts that remain unprotected continue to be damaged and eroded at an ever-increasing rate. These will require further work and expenditure to repair.\nIn one place an oak tree has had a considerable amount of its roots exposed and a area of its bark has been removed by collisions with high-sided vehicles and the exposed wood has now rotted. Its upper branches are now diseased and parts of them fall into the road below. The tree will most probably now die and will require future work to carry out its safe removal. Other trees are suffering a similar fate.\nAnd damage to residents' property is continuous. Parked cars and fences bordering the road are frequently damaged. There have been at least 6 incidents of non-trivial damage to resident's cars, totalling over \u00a35000 in repairs, in all cases the drivers did not stop or leave their details, whilst land supporting gardens with terraces and hedges is collapsing as it becomes undercut.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 3325, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 299.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.corporate-cases.com/2017/12/data-on-india-international-trade-in-services-oct2017.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:27Z", "digest": "sha1:DJWBLUMNV32CBMXKPAHPEE46AIVKX6VF", "length": 586, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.corporate-cases.com", "title": "Data On India\u2019s International Trade In Services: October, 2017", "raw_content": "Data On India\u2019s International Trade In Services: October, 2017\nDec 15, 2017: The Reserve Bank releases monthly data on India\u2019s international trade in services with a lag of around 45 days.\nThe value of exports and imports of services during the month of October 2017 are given in the following Table.\nTable: International Trade in Services\nReceipts (Exports)\nPayments (Imports)\nNote: Data are provisional.\nMonthly data on services are provisional and would undergo revision when the Balance of Payments (BoP) data are released on a quarterly basis.\nTags: International Trade in Services", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 1072, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 275.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.coshoctontribune.com/story/news/local/2019/01/25/local-news-briefs/2671086002/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:33Z", "digest": "sha1:4LJH6CCWIXKFELI5SXM5JVLXPGXJQGO5", "length": 935, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.coshoctontribune.com", "title": "Local News Briefs", "raw_content": "Staff Report Published 12:14 p.m. ET Jan. 25, 2019\nCause of house fire under investigation\nWALHONDING - The Walhonding Valley Fire District has yet to determine the cause of a Wednesday morning fire.\nAssistant Chief Brian Wilson said the blaze was reported about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday near the intersection of Perry Township Road 372 and County Road 367. The structure was fully engulfed when emergency personnel arrived on scene, Wilson said.\nWilson believes five people were home at the time and all escaped without injury. He said the American Red Cross is assisting the family.\nFire crews were on scene for about three hours. Wilson said the fire possibly started in the kitchen, but it is still under investigation. The structure has been deemed a total loss.\nAlso assisting on scene were Coshocton County Emergency Medical Services, the Salvation Army and Jackson Township, Three Rivers, Bladensburg and East Knox fire departments.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 83, "original_length": 2891, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 199.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cotswoldedgeevents.co.uk/ali-bacon-to-host-local-writer-workshop-at-cotswold-edge-literary-festival", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:59Z", "digest": "sha1:3RKVQ5VAIHGYNEB6L3Y3KB4I36TKBT77", "length": 1394, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.cotswoldedgeevents.co.uk", "title": "Ali Bacon to Host Local Writer Workshop at Cotswold Edge Literary Festival | Cotswold Edge Events", "raw_content": "The Cotswold Edge Literary Festival is delighted to announce that Ali Bacon will be holding a Local Writers Workshop.\nAli Bacon was born in Fife and graduated from St Andrews University. She worked briefly in Oxford before qualifying as an academic librarian before moving to the Bristol area where she has lived ever since with her husband and (now grown-up) family.\nAli has been writing full-time for more than ten years and her very first novel won a prize in the A&C Black novel competition. Since then she has been exploring her Scottish roots, first of all with A Kettle of Fish, published in 2012, a contemporary novel set in her home town of Dunfermline, and now with In the Blink of an Eye, which takes place in Victorian Fife and Edinburgh. (Due to be published in April 2018)\nAli also writes short fiction in a variety of genres and she enjoys performing her work at local live events. She is a member of Writers Unchained of Bristol and has helped judge the highly regarded Stroud Short Stories event.\nHer short fiction has been listed in competitions and published in several anthologies. In 2017 she won the Evesham Festival of Words Adult Short Story Competition with The Bird of Wax which forms part of In the Blink of an Eye.\nShe will head a group of local writers who will tell their story and answer your questions at the event to be held at Yate Library on Friday 22nd June.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 30, "original_length": 2237, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 157.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cougarrelationships.com/view-profile,3950357,i-am-looking-for-love-sex-whatever-u-want-i-am-good-in-bed.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:24Z", "digest": "sha1:QW5JRVX22DHOEVSOLXL5G4YNYLTH3YGY", "length": 131, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.cougarrelationships.com", "title": "I am looking for love, sex, whatever u want. I am good in bed, Cougar Relationships", "raw_content": "I am looking for love, sex, whatever u want. I am good in bed\nCub (33) looking for Cougar Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, United States", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 72, "original_length": 1955, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.81, "perplexity": 146.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cougarrelationships.com/view-profile,4106986,young-and-looking-to-lease.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:55Z", "digest": "sha1:PGVXEGFT4NFJBMUE4Q64UOYUBGTQOQJJ", "length": 60, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.cougarrelationships.com", "title": "young and looking to lease ;), Cougar Relationships", "raw_content": "Cub (26) looking for Cougar Anchorage, Alaska, United States", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 72, "original_length": 1862, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.76, "perplexity": 230.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.counterview.net/2016/04/capt-amarinder-singh-denied-permission.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:55Z", "digest": "sha1:DSABZ3HO4J5P7FKD5QJ5QILS3QJXJTID", "length": 3827, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.counterview.net", "title": "Capt Amarinder Singh denied permission to address Canadian diaspora, terms it \"gag order\" in letter to Trudeau", "raw_content": "Capt Amarinder Singh denied permission to address Canadian diaspora, terms it \"gag order\" in letter to Trudeau\nIn a surprise development, senior Congress leader from Punjab, Captain Amarinder Singh, who also happens to be deputy leader of the Congress' parliamentary party, has been denied permission to address Punjabi diaspora in two Canadian cities -- Toronto and Vancouver. Singh says he was informed about this by India's foreign secretary Dr S Jaishankar.\nCalling it a \u201cgag order\u201d, Singh has said in his letter to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, \"Your government has invoked the provisions of some Global Affairs Canada (GAC) policy that forbids foreign governments to conduct election campaigns in Canada or establish foreign political parties and movements in Canada\".\nAhead of the denial to allow him the interaction, the Sikhs for Justice (SFJ) reportedly tried to block Singh.\nA Toronto-based law firm, on behalf of the SFJ, sent a memorandum to foreign minister Stephane Dion, claiming Singh\u2019s visit would \"violate\" a 2011 circular which did not allow foreign governments to conduct election campaigns in Canada or establish foreign political parties or movements in Canada.\n\"I was scheduled to interact with the Punjabi diaspora living in the two cities\u201d, Singh says, adding, \"Needless to say, it has come as a disappointment that someone representing the largest democracy in the world has been refused to reach out to, and interact with, his fellow Punjabis living in a respected democracy like Canada.\"\nSaying that the \"gag order\u201d has left \u201ca very bad taste, more so when issued by a democratic government like the Canadian\", Singh says it is \"surprising and ironical\u201d that the refusal to allow him public interaction has come barely after few weeks of Trudeau's personal regret over the Komagata Maru tragedy (click HERE to read).\nClaiming he had \u201cno intention\u201d to carry election campaign, \u201cas there are no elections right now in Punjab\u201d, Singh says, he does not have \"any plans to set up any political party or movement in Canada\".\nInsisting that India \"has already given\" all such freedoms in letter and spirit\u201d, and \"we really don't need to carry out any such activities anywhere outside\", Singh says, \"Our country extends such freedoms to others as well and we don't restrict it to our citizens alone as we believe that the freedom of expression is a universal right and should be respected by, and guaranteed to, one and all.\"\nPointing out that he had planned to visit Canada to \"interact with fellow Punjabis at personal level to learn about their experiences and seek their opinions\", Singh says, \"They, being the citizens of Canada, do not have any voting rights in India.\"\n\"Hence\", he adds, \"there is no point in carrying out election campaign amongst them, and that too when there are no elections scheduled in Punjab right now or in immediate future.\"\nThe letter reminds the Canadian Prime Minister that he had visited Canada in 2005 when he was the Chief Minister of Punjab and \"addressed gatherings at Vancouver and Toronto, which were attended by the local premiers also.\"\nHe further reminds Trudeau that during the last one year, several political leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and some opposition leaders visited Canada and they addressed public functions and nobody objected, Singh says, \"I am surprised as why I have been singed out for this honour of being denied a similar permission.\"\nInsisting that the Canadian constitution under Section 2 guarantees fundamental freedoms which also include, freedom of expression, freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of association, Singh tells Trudeau that the Canadian government's \"gag order undermines these fundamental freedoms\".\nGovernance Human Rights People Politics\nLabels: Governance Human Rights People Politics", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 351, "original_length": 15426, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 321.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.counterview.net/2017/03/us-scholars-book-argues-aurangzeb-wasnt.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:56:25Z", "digest": "sha1:EUCB5H3TTGX7QB2OG3JHEWAMZYVHR2NN", "length": 4356, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.counterview.net", "title": "US scholar's book argues Aurangzeb wasn't a Hindu-despising Islamic fanatic, gets hatemails \"almost hourly\"", "raw_content": "US scholar's book argues Aurangzeb wasn't a Hindu-despising Islamic fanatic, gets hatemails \"almost hourly\"\nA new book by senior American scholar Audrey Truschke, \u201cAurangzeb: The Man and the Myth\u201d, has stirred a major controversy, as it seeks to contest the strongly-held view across India that last of the six great kings of the powerful Mughal dynasty was a Hindu-despising Islamist fanatic.\nAssistant Professor at Rutgers University, Newark, Truschke has complained that she has been getting a lot of hatemails ever since the book was published. According to her, these days she is \u201cbombarded almost hourly\u201d, adding, \u201cMy Twitter account is a nightmare right now. It hasn\u2019t been fun.\u201d\nReporting on the book and the aftermath, Rutgers University\u2019s news section, which provides information on \u201cfaculty publications, history, India, arts and science\u201d, calls Truschke a \u201cleading scholar of South Asian cultural and intellectual history.\u201d\nIntroducing Aurangzeb as \u201cone of the most hated figures in Indian history\u201d, whose empire \u201cstretched across the Indian subcontinent during the heyday of Muslim rule in the region from the 16th to 18th centuries\u201d, the report states, ever since this year\u2019s publication of the book, \u201cTruschke has been targeted by Hindu-nationalists supporting the ruling BJP and by other groups, whose current anti-Muslim sentiment traces back to medieval times, when Muslims started expanding into the region.\u201d\n\u201cThe popular view in today\u2019s India is that, like other Mughal kings who were hostile to Indian languages, religions and culture, Aurangzeb was a Hindu-despising Islamist fanatic who destroyed Hindu and Jain temples and imposed a military tax on most non-Muslims\u201d, the report claims.\n\u201cBut Truschke, one of the few living scholars who reads pre-modern Persian, Sanskrit and Hindi, had in a prior book argued that the Mughal courts were deeply interested in Indian thinkers and ideas, with elites and intellectuals engaging across cultures\u201d, the report says.\nThus, while researching the monograph, \u201cCulture of Encounters: Sanskrit at the Mughal Court\u201d (2016), says the report, Truschke became \u201cthe first scholar to study texts in Sanskrit and Persian in exploring the courtly life of the Mughals.\u201d\nGoing a step further, according to the report, in her latest work, Truschke \u201cpaints a much more nuanced picture of Aurangzeb, showing how he also protected most Hindu and Jain temples and increased the Hindu share in the Mughal nobility.\u201d\nThe report adds, \u201cRather than hatred of Hindus driving his decisions, Truschke says, more likely Aurangzeb was guided by political reprisals and other practical considerations of rule, along with morality concerns, and a thirst for power and expansion.\u201d\nPointing out that this interpretation hasn\u2019t \u201csat well with some factions in India\u201d, the report quotes Truschke as arguing that \u201cas an academic historian, her project wasn\u2019t to play political football with Aurangzeb to satisfy current agendas. It was to recapture the world of the sixth Mughal king, which operated according to quite different norms and ideas.\u201d\n\u201cMy book looks at Aurangzeb as part of an Indian dynasty in all its complexities and nuances. I don\u2019t ask if he was good or bad; that\u2019s not an interesting historical question,\u201d says Truschke. \u201cI look at him with a purely empirical view, and that has been widely read by Hindu-nationalists as an apology for his Muslim atrocities.\u201d\nTruschke further says that \u201cthe current ethno-religious tensions in India were stoked during the British colonial period, when Britain benefitted by pitting Hindus and Muslims against each another while portraying themselves as neutral saviors who could keep ancient religious conflicts at bay.\u201d\nContending that the Hindu-right \u201clargely ignore the colonial history and see their history through an Indo-Islamic lens only\u201d, Truschke believes, this is one reason why to contradict a narrative or make it more nuanced and complex \u201cis a problem, since their current position in the Indian cultural and political landscape rests on their reading of the past.\u201d\nShe insists, \u201cAurangzeb was a complex king who had a profound impact on the political landscape of 17th- and 18th-century India. As historians, we need to avoid this persistent stance and look at the evidence before us.\u201d\nCulture Justice People Politics\nLabels: Culture Justice People Politics", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 361, "original_length": 16521, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 280.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/south-jersey/2018/11/08/democrat-andy-kim-plans-future-congress-tom-macarthur-3rd-congressional-district-nj-election-2018/1929440002/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:05Z", "digest": "sha1:WAREV7RSDSB4TOVVIOURMLKWDU2VJ3PU", "length": 6718, "nlines": 42, "source_domain": "www.courierpostonline.com", "title": "NJ election 2018: Democrat Andy Kim plans future in Congress", "raw_content": "Andy Kim: Victory is 'reality of the situation' even as ballot counting continues\nIn a New Jersey diner booth, Andy Kim - self proclaimed 3rd Congressional District victor - talked House leadership and North Korea\nAndy Kim: Victory is 'reality of the situation' even as ballot counting continues In a New Jersey diner booth, Andy Kim - self proclaimed 3rd Congressional District victor - talked House leadership and North Korea Check out this story on courierpostonline.com: https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/south-jersey/2018/11/08/democrat-andy-kim-plans-future-congress-tom-macarthur-3rd-congressional-district-nj-election-2018/1929440002/\nCarly Q. Romalino and Andrew Ford, Cherry Hill Courier-Post Published 5:28 p.m. ET Nov. 8, 2018 | Updated 12:44 p.m. ET Nov. 9, 2018\nNancy Mellin, of Burlington Township, approached Andy Kim at Golden Dawn Diner in Edgewater Park Thursday to tell him he had her vote Tuesday.(Photo11: Carly Q. Romalino/ Staff photographer)Buy Photo\nEDGEWATER PARK - Between dropping off his kids to day care in Bordentown and having breakfast at Mastoris Diner with his wife and in-laws, Andy Kim answered a call.\nFormer Vice President Joe Biden was on the line.\n\"He was telling me he was very proud of what I've been able to accomplish here and that I'm able to continue to work in public service,\" Kim said Thursday in a booth at the Golden Dawn Diner during an interview with the Courier-Post.\nTwelve hours before the call, the Democrat from Bordentown proclaimed himself the winner of the ultra-tight race in the 3rd Congressional District. It's a race so tight that his opponent, Republican incumbent Tom MacArthur, has not conceded as the last mail-in and provisional ballots wait to be counted.\n\"I certainly haven't heard from him yet,\" Kim said of MacArthur at lunchtime Thursday.\nNew Jersey Election Results 2018: House Race\nKim led MacArthur, 150,311 votes to 146,887, as of Friday morning, with roughly 7,000 ballots still to be counted.\nAbout 4,000 provisional ballots remained uncounted in Burlington County as of midday Friday and all of the county's mail-in ballots had been counted, officials said.\nIn Ocean County, about 3,000 mail-in and provisional ballots had not been tallied as of early Friday afternoon.\nOcean County Republican Party Chairman George Gilmore said he expects the final vote count to take weeks \u2014 maybe even until January.\nBut Kim maintained his confidence in the victory isn't premature. It's \"simply the reality of the situation,\" he explained.\n\"We have a sizable lead with very few votes left. The vast majority of what is outstanding comes from areas where I've performed extremely well,\" Kim continued.\n\"This isn't something I wanted to rush. I'm a very cautious and pragmatic person when it comes down to it. ... I felt confident about where we were and the ability to win this race. That's when we said we're moving forward.\"\nRe: #NJ03 Anyone know anything about uncounted VBM/provisionals in Ocean? Kim unlikely to win those, but split will be closer to 50/50. Anything left in Burlington should go 3:2 to Kim. @amysrosenberg@wildstein@MattFriedmanNJ\n\u2014 Patrick Murray (@PollsterPatrick) November 7, 2018\nIf Kim ultimately is certified as the winner, he'll be one of four Democrats in New Jersey to wrest away control of a GOP-held seat in Tuesday's election\nMacArthur, who seeks a third term in the House, said in a statement Wednesday night that the integrity of the election must be protected with the transparent counting of every single constituent's ballot. Thousands of ballots remain uncounted, but an exact total has not been released.\nBut Kim is pushing ahead.\nIf the election results stick in Kim's favor, the self-proclaimed congressman-elect will be thrust into the Capitol Hill decision-making in January, starting with his vote on House leadership.\nKim doesn't expect to vote for Nancy Pelosi, the former House speaker from California who's seen by some critics as a symbol of the Democratic Party's past. Instead, he's looking for \"a new generation of leaders on both sides of the aisles,\" Kim said.\n\"These are people I don't have relationships with, so I want to make sure I have that understanding of what they're going to do for the New Jersey 3rd Congressional District, and how they'll work with me for them,\" Kim explained.\n\"That's what I'll use to make my decision.\"\nAndy Kim - self-declared 3rd Congressional District victor - shakes hands with Vicki Treutel of Willingboro at the Golden Dawn Diner Thursday. Treutel - seated across the table from jackie Young, of Cinnaminson - usually sit in the same booth every day. Kim took their seats as he met with press. (Photo11: Carly Q. Romalino/ Staff photographer)\nKim already is eyeing a spot on the House Armed Services Committee, a post he said makes sense considering his time living on a military base in Afghanistan and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst's status as the 3rd District's largest employer.\n\"I've worked in the Pentagon. I've been a national security official,\" he explained, adding the post would work well for his constituents' needs.\nNational security, said Kim, \"is the last place partisan politics belongs.\"\nDemocratic 3rd Congressional District candidate Andy Kim thanks his sup...\nHis views related to peace on the Korean Peninsula and how to achieve it could set him up to be at odds with his party.\n\"Nothing in the world scares me more than the threat of nuclear weapons,\" Kim said, expecting to jump in quickly on North Korea talks.\n\"Even if we have the smallest chance of being able to diminish the threat from the Korean Peninsula or even get peace ... we need to take advantage of that and try to make it work,\" said Kim, who is a Korean-American.\nHe disagrees on several tactics of President Donald Trump's administration, but Kim admits his own stance on North Korea talks is more forward-leaning than his prospective Democratic colleagues in Congress.\n\"I want to work with the Trump administration as much as we can to make those successful,\" Kim said.\n\"I want to approach those issues in the same way I did as a government official, working with Republicans and Democrats.\"\nStaff writer Andrew Ford contributed to this report.\nContact Carly Q. Romalino at: @carlyqromalino; 856-486-2476; cromalino@gannettnj.com\nDemocrat Andy Kim says he has defeated Republican incumbent Tom MacArthur in a district that spans major parts of Burlington and Ocean counties from the Delaware River to the Atlantic Ocean. Erik Larsen\nRead or Share this story: https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/south-jersey/2018/11/08/democrat-andy-kim-plans-future-congress-tom-macarthur-3rd-congressional-district-nj-election-2018/1929440002/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 209, "original_length": 12646, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 338.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.covevillagepa.com/about-us/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:43:10Z", "digest": "sha1:5OMO7GIA5UGWDL6PJV3BY3P2OZKVHJ2D", "length": 359, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.covevillagepa.com", "title": "The Cove at Green Mountain - About Us", "raw_content": "The Cove @ Green Mountain is a beautiful community in the mountains of Northeastern Pennsylvania. 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Medvedev, was a former chairman of the Gazprom board\nSubsidiaries include the Steel Mills run by Alisher B. Usmanov\nbefore spinning off as Gazmetal renamed Metalloinvest\nUsmanov top backer of Digital Sky Technologies, D.S.T., run by Yuri Milner, who met with Zuckerberg\nD.S.T. and Russian Internet company Mail.ru invested in Facebook from 2009-2011\nIn 2012, Usmanov planned to sell his Facebook shares in the IPO to relieve debt from acquisition of iron ore mines in Russia\nA Russian Magnate\u2019s Facebook Bet Pays Off Big NY Times\nBy ANDREW E. KRAMER MAY 15, 2012\n\u201cNow the Russian-led investments of less than $900 million, made through two entities, Mail.ru and Digital Sky Technologies, will be worth more than $6 billion, based on the midpoint of the $34 to $38 price range that Facebook\u2019s bankers have set for the stock.\u201d Alisher B. Usmanov \u201c58, who got his start in the plastic bag business and was reared in a remote part of the Soviet Union, said he learned the benefits of acting boldly during the ruble crisis of 1998.\u201cI have a theory of crisis that you must employ crisis to create additional margin,\u201d he said this week in a telephone interview. \u201cYou need to understand when the moment of growth is coming, and invest just before that.\u201d\nMr. Zuckerberg turned to the Russian investors in 2009 at a meeting quietly brokered by Goldman Sachs\u2026Mr. Usmanov, who is close to the Kremlin, has not hesitated to use his media properties to support the government. Last December, he fired the publisher and editor at one of Russia\u2019s most respected newsmagazines, Kommersant Vlast, after it published detailed accounts of bald falsification in national elections\u2026\nThe precise details of the Russian ownership in Facebook are difficult to assess. The investments were made over two years though the Russian Internet company Mail.ru and the investment fund Digital Sky Technologies, also known as D.S.T., which is run by the venture capitalist Yuri Milner. Although Mr. Usmanov was the leading backer, other investors were involved.\nMr. Milner met with Zuckerberg in 2009 before the first investment, though Mr. Usmanov has never met him.\nMr. Milner said his focus on social networking reflected insights gained from watching the Russian Internet market develop in the last few years. In 2005, D.S.T. began investing in Internet companies in Russia and Eastern Europe\u2026\nMr. Usmanov said that, after the series of investments from 2009 until 2011, he and Mr. Milner owned about 9 percent of Facebook at one point, but now own about 6 percent and will hold about 4.5 percent after the initial public offering.\nMr. Usmanov earned his billions in the post-Soviet business world, managing steel mill subsidiaries for Gazprom before they were spun off as his own businesses, Gazmetal, later renamed Metalloinvest. Mr. Usmanov has said he took on debt in this transaction and others acquiring iron ore mines in Russia.\nHe said he would use money from investors who buy his shares in the Facebook I.P.O. to invest and pay down debt at his other Russian businesses.\nThis year, Russia\u2019s second-largest cellphone company, MegaFon, which Mr. Usmanov partly owns, is expected to issue shares in London in its own I.P.O.\nFrom his work with Gazprom, Mr. Usmanov is said to be close to Russia\u2019s former president and current prime minister, Dmitri A. Medvedev, a former chairman of the Gazprom board. His ties to the Kremlin and Facebook have stirred concerns that he might influence the company\u2019s policies in subtle ways to appease governments in markets where Facebook is also an important tool of political dissent, such as Russia.\nBecause he does not vote Facebook shares, however, Mr. Usmanov has no direct influence on policies for the site in Russia.\u201d NY Times", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 310, "original_length": 8822, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 248.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.creationsbycallis.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:13Z", "digest": "sha1:NYLYMZJVHR2MKICRPJ3D6CEXSGICJPNH", "length": 1355, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.creationsbycallis.com", "title": "Creations By Callis", "raw_content": "\u00a9 Photo by Kristin Renee\nHome Version 5callis2017-12-19T02:46:47+00:00\nCreations By Callis, Inc. is a locally owned family business that has been providing General Contracting services in Santa Barbara for over 44 years. No matter the size, you can count on our commitment to quality.\nOur company was built on the belief that our customers\u2019 needs are of the utmost importance. Our entire team is committed to meeting those needs with innovation, honesty, integrity and hard work.\nOur team is immensely proud of every project that we have completed, from the simplest remodel to the most elaborate new build. Let us show you some of these projects so that you can see what we can do for you.\nCall to discuss your project. 805-331-4748\nCreations By Callis, Inc. is a full-service construction and remodeling company. As a staple in the construction business for over 44 years in Santa Barbara, we create custom homes or remodels in Santa Barbara, its surrounding communities, as far north as Buellton and as far south as Westlake Village. We are well known for kitchen and bathroom remodels and new construction. We are respected for our ethics, workmanship and design understanding.\nWe believe in giving our clients the best service we can with the quality they have come to expect. It\u2019s our goal to keep costs in line and provide the highest quality work.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 1751, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 230.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.crossroadsinitiative.com/category/saints/calendar/february/0202-presentation-of-the-lord/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:58:22Z", "digest": "sha1:ETEZMCIKN5CLTPID7WAOZCSFLMFAENC6", "length": 850, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.crossroadsinitiative.com", "title": "02/02 Presentation of the Lord Archives - Crossroads Initiative", "raw_content": "The Presentation \u2013 Simeon sees the Light \u2013 Podcast\nIn this 15 minute podcast, Dr. Italy discusses the meaning of the ancient feast of the Presentation of the Lord Jesus in the temple by Joseph and Mary. 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It took place 40 days after the feast of the Lord's birth since the Jewish law required a...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 115, "original_length": 2724, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 248.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cs.utexas.edu/node/485", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:45Z", "digest": "sha1:3BQXBG2T7NSY3NFLRGEL2LUHAZ635GL7", "length": 983, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.cs.utexas.edu", "title": "Courses | Department of Computer Science", "raw_content": "Graduate courses are divided into two groups:\nDiversity courses can be used to satisfy the diversity requirements of either the Ph.D. or the Masters degree. They may also be used as part of a student's depth or elective program.\nNon-diversity CS courses can be used to fulfill depth or elective requirements.\nA full listing of all of the department's graduate classes can be found in the CS section of the University's Graduate Catalogue. For a list of the graduate courses being offered now or in the near future, see the teaching plan. One course deserves special mention here: CS 395T is a topics course. Each semester, the faculty offer CS 395T sections on a variety of topics that span their research interests. For examples of recent topics, look at the 395T section of the listing of class home pages. Note that CS 395T is different from CS 395 (Conference Course).\nNOTE: Students who first enrolled prior to January 2006 may choose to graduate under the former Ph.D. Program.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 166, "original_length": 3720, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 253.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.csmonitor.com/Technology/Horizons/2012/1116/Black-Ops-2-blasts-past-500-million-in-sales-in-24-hours", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:16Z", "digest": "sha1:IU7JNYIOUVA3QT5GBWOBYCFDFKR36DW3", "length": 2672, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.csmonitor.com", "title": "Black Ops 2 blasts past $500 million in sales \u2013 in 24 hours - CSMonitor.com", "raw_content": "Black Ops 2 blasts past $500 million in sales \u2013 in 24 hours\nBlack Ops 2, the newest Call of Duty shooter from Activision, is likely to be the most successful game of the 2012 holiday season.\nA screenshot from Black Ops 2, the latest installment in Activision's Call of Duty shooter franchise.\n24 hours. $500 million in sales.\nAccording to publisher Activision, that's the tally from the launch of Black Ops 2, the latest installment in the storied \u2013 and extremely successful \u2013 Call of Duty franchise. In a press release, reps for Activision said \"millions\" of consumers had attended launch events in 16,000 cities worldwide, helping to drive up sales.\n\"With first day sales of over half a billion dollars worldwide, we believe Call of Duty is the biggest entertainment launch of the year for the fourth year in a row,\" Bobby Kotick, the CEO of Activision, said in the statement. \"Life-to-date sales for the Call of Duty franchise have exceeded worldwide theatrical box office receipts for Harry Potter and Star Wars, the two most successful movie franchises of all time.\"\nObviously Mr. Kotick doesn't know for sure that Black Ops 2 will definitely be the most lucrative video game of 2012, but it's hard to think of another title that would rake in the same amount of cash. Some perspective: Microsoft's Halo 4, the other major blockbuster of the season, managed only about $220 million in its first day on shelves. Black Ops 2, in other words, more than doubled Halo 4's haul. Of course, Halo 4 is only available for the Xbox 360. Black Ops 2 released this week on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Windows. The Nintendo Wii U version comes out on Sunday.\nActivision has released a new Call of Duty game every year for the past six years. There are two separate story arcs \u2013 the Modern Warfare arc and the Black Ops arc \u2013 and two different developers: Treyarch, which created the Black Ops games, and Infinity Ward, which did the Modern Warfare titles.\nAs opposed to the original Black Ops, Black Ops 2 is set partially in the future \u2013 there is plenty of next-generation weaponry and drone fighting to be had.\nThe game has received generally positive reviews.\n\"The team at Treyarch could have played it safe and Black Ops II would have sold well, but instead they challenged assumptions and pushed the series forward in awesome new directions,\" writes Anthony Gallegos of IGN. Gallegos went on to call Black Ops 2 \"one of the best shooters of the decade.\"\nSee how a video game outsold the top movie, book, and DVD\nHorizons Black Ops 2 brings the Call of Duty franchise crashing into the future\nHorizons Modern Warfare 3 review roundup\nHorizons Battlefield 3 review roundup", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 173, "original_length": 6103, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 225.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2013/1214/China-moon-landing-Beijing-puts-Jade-Rabbit-on-the-moon", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:46Z", "digest": "sha1:XBGXCK7VF2UL4RJAWKZQYZK6IAVKQWP6", "length": 4864, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "www.csmonitor.com", "title": "China moon landing: Beijing puts Jade Rabbit on the moon. - CSMonitor.com", "raw_content": "China moon landing: Beijing puts Jade Rabbit on the moon.\nChina moon landing: China joined elite company today with the controlled landing of its \"Jade Rabbit\" rover on the moon. China follows the US and Soviet Union as the third country with a controlled - or \"soft\" - landing on the moon.\nChina Stringer Network\nThis is Jade Rabbit to ground control: A picture from the Chinese lander shortly before it safely touched down on the moon today.\nChina became only the third nation to soft-land a spacecraft on the moon, as Chang\u2019e 3 \u2013 the first visitor from earth for over 35 years \u2013 touched down safely on a flat plain facing the Earth today.\nA lunar rover, nicknamed \u201cJade Rabbit,\u201d is due to start exploring the lunar surface by Sunday, burnishing China\u2019s credentials as a space power and bringing it a step closer to putting a man on the moon.\n\u201cThis is a very significant step for their space program,\u201d says Gregory Kulacki, who studies China\u2019s efforts in space for the Union of Concerned Scientists. \u201cIt\u2019s a prospecting mission, their first real chance to test whether there are mineral resources on the moon.\u201d\nMuch of the equipment on the rover, including a radar device that can \u201csee\u201d 300 feet beneath the moon\u2019s surface, is designed to analyze rocks and identify minerals and other potentially useful elements. The prospect of mining the moon still inspires Chinese scientists as it once did American space enthusiasts, though some observers say the scientists are simply seeking justifications for their large budgets.\nThe 1979 United Nations Moon Agreement bans national ownership of lunar resources, but neither China nor the United States has signed it. The US and the former Soviet Union are the only other two nations to complete successful soft - or controlled - lunar landings; the last was the Soviet Union in 1976.\n\u201cJade Rabbit\u201d is named for a pet belonging to Chang\u2019e the goddess of the moon in Chinese legend. It is expected to transmit information back to earth for several months. If it works well, China\u2019s next robotic mission to the moon will try to recover material and return it to earth for closer analysis, officials say.\nA space station by 2020?\nMeanwhile China\u2019s manned space exploration program, run by the military, is aiming to set up an orbiting space station by 2020, though it appears to be somewhat behind schedule. On previous missions, Chinese astronauts, known here as \u2013 \u201ctaikonauts\u201d \u2013 have successfully tested space walk and docking technology.\nChinese policymakers are expected to decide sometime in the next two years whether to merge the manned and lunar probe programs to try a manned moon landing in the next decade. That would make China the second nation, after the United States, to launch such a program.\nThe success of China\u2019s space ventures have translated into \u201cgeostrategic influence and a perception of regional leadership,\u201d says Joan Johnson-Freese, an expert on China\u2019s space program who teaches at the US Naval War College.\nThat has not escaped the notice of regional rival space power India. New Delhi\u2019s own plans for a moon rover have run into trouble and are unlikely to bear fruit for several years, according to the government.\nInstead, Indian scientists have raced to put together a cut-price Mars mission in just 15 months. The Indian Mars probe, dubbed \u201cMangalyaan,\u201d successfully left earth orbit two weeks ago, in a critical maneuver that put it on course to reach the Red Planet next September.\nChina\u2019s own Mars probe burned up two years ago when the Russian rocket that was carrying it failed.\nThough political leaders in Beijing may like China\u2019s space program because \u201cit is helpful in improving China\u2019s international status and boosts Chinese peoples\u2019 confidence,\u201d that is not what motivates scientists working on the lunar probes, says Jiao Weixin, professor of earth and space science at Peking University in Beijing.\nStruggling to catch up with US, Russian, and European space researchers, \u201cwe have made few contributions\u201d to space exploration, says Prof. Jiao. \u201cAs our economy allows, we should do more to expand human knowledge of space.\u201d\nMoon mining \u201cis a very distant prospect,\u201d he adds, and \u201cany moon program requires international cooperation.\u201d\nThat is currently out of the question. The US Congress, through legislation funding NASA, has banned the US space agency from having anything to do with the Chinese, and even made it hard for America\u2019s European partners to share information with their Chinese colleagues.\n\u201cThe scientists on China\u2019s space program are well funded and have a lot of work to do,\u201d says Dr. Kulacki. \u201cBut they feel isolated. For them, prestige and success means their ability to contribute to the development of international space science and exploration.\u201d\nIn one big step for China, 'Jade Rabbit' heads to the moon\nJade Rabbit: Next step in China's space program", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 183, "original_length": 8427, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 321.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/no-change-to-refugee-policy-canada-s-immigration-minister-says-1.3264645", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:04Z", "digest": "sha1:P2VKGOC5UDEU3VKQSQBL3NHOOIU4MHXU", "length": 3204, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.ctvnews.ca", "title": "No change to refugee policy, Canada\u2019s immigration minister says | CTV News", "raw_content": "No change to refugee policy, Canada\u2019s immigration minister says\nPublished Tuesday, January 31, 2017 10:41AM EST\nOTTAWA -- Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen says Canada isn't going to cancel an agreement with the U.S. that blocks refugees in the country from applying for refugee status in Canada.\nHussen spoke to reporters Tuesday following a news conference by New Democrat immigration critic Jenny Kwan, who urged the Liberal government to pull out of the safe third country agreement. The safe third country agreement, which came into force in 2004, blocks applicants already in Canada or the U.S. from applying for refugee status in the other country.\n\"All the parameters of that agreement are in place and there's no change at this time,\" Hussen said following a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill.\nThe immigration minister said the U.S. administration has just started allowing entry to the 850 refugees who were on their way to the country when U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order temporarily blocking entry to anyone from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria or Yemen.\n\"That demonstrates that this is an evolving situation. We intend to be on top of it, continue to update Canadians and make sure we remain engaged with our American counterparts to make sure we have all the implications of the executive order,\" Hussen said.\nThe NDP is also calling on the government to remove a limit on a program that allows groups of five people to privately sponsor refugees. The government introduced the temporary program to assist with resettling Syrian and Iraqi refugees, but in December announced it would be capped at 1,000 applications for 2017. Applicants reached the limit last week.\nHussen has also resisted calls to increase the number of group-of-five sponsorships, referring to a backlog of privately sponsored refugee applications.\n\"Our immigration level plan has an allocation that is historically high for refugees. We intend to maintain that plan, make sure there's room in there for protected persons, government-assisted refugees, [privately sponsored refugees],\" he said.\nAt the NDP's request, MPs will hold an emergency debate tonight on Trump's travel ban.\n\"There is no question that this ban promotes hate and intolerance. This ban will have a disastrous effect for thousands of innocent travelers and refugees,\" Kwan said.\n\"Canada must step up to do its part. We support the government's initial move to provide temporary resident permits to those who intended to return to the U.S. but can no longer do so due to the [ban]. But there is much more that Canada can do and must do.\nAmnesty International and the Canadian Council for Refugees are also calling for the government to leave the safe third country agreement.\nNDP calls for emergency debate on U.S. President Trump's immigration ban\nCanadian refugee limits leave little room for those affected by U.S. ban\nCanadian protesters decry Trump's U.S. travel ban; urge Trudeau action\nTrump communication confusion causes historic policy paralysis in Ottawa\nA Syrian family sit outside their tent, at a Syrian refugee camp, in the eastern town of Kab Elias, Lebanon on Jan. 27, 2016. (Bilal Hussein / AP Photo)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 299, "original_length": 10490, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 276.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cumbria.ac.uk/business/project-management/degree-courses/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:03:37Z", "digest": "sha1:KIWKHQSY2TCLXO5W7KYBCAZ5ZCIVVJNL", "length": 1835, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.cumbria.ac.uk", "title": "Degree courses | University of Cumbria", "raw_content": "Our Project Management degree courses have been specifically designed for professionals who want to enhance their existing project management skills or pursue a career in the IT, engineering, manufacturing, construction or nuclear industries.\nProject management is a fast growing profession with employment opportunities locally, nationally and internationally. These undergraduate programmes develop generic project management skills that are appropriate for projects in all business sectors.\nFdSc Project Management\nYou'll gain a core foundation of knowledge and education to enhance the skills you've already gained as a project manager, building on your experience to attain a graduate level.\nThere will be a blend of face-to-face teaching, carried out through lectures and seminars by experienced industry professionals, and high quality online learning resources. This course is accredited by the Association for Project Management.\nOur course will underpin the knowledge and education needed to help project managers enhance their skills in the field, no matter what their previous experience level may be. You will have the chance to examine project management practice within a specific context, providing real-life examples to enhance your studies further.\nBSc (Hons) Project Management (top up)\nThe focus of the course is on the underpinning of knowledge and education to enable newly appointed project managers, as well as more experienced project managers, to enhance their skills and to build on their experience to take this to graduate level.\nOur collaboration with Sellafield will help facilitate training and development of project management skills in the nuclear industry.\nOur range of short courses are ideal for continuing your professional development in project management\nFind out more about our academic staff", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 217, "original_length": 5672, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 224.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.curriebrown.com/en/locations/middle-east/qatar/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:53Z", "digest": "sha1:6MHCW5G42G7I7KDN5LYTEMKECLJMBEG3", "length": 400, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.curriebrown.com", "title": "\ufeffQatar - Middle East - Locations - Currie & Brown", "raw_content": "Currie & Brown\u2019s long-term commitment to Qatar has seen us continually develop our services to reflect the varied and ever-expanding construction landscape. Our clients include many prominent private and public sector organisations.\nThe inherent flexibility of our approach enables us to apply our experience and expertise to a wide range of differing projects. These include:\nQatar \u2013 Latest projects", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 259, "original_length": 7611, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 254.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cushtie.com/hot-mess-not-enough-steps/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:43Z", "digest": "sha1:AJXIPD3JDW5VMVYMYJUPW3UPLG667P32", "length": 1128, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.cushtie.com", "title": "Hot mess, not enough steps - cushtie.com", "raw_content": "Today I didn\u2019t manage to do 10,000 steps, but I did about half an hour of riding my scooter around (back and forth between the climbing wall and home) and although that doesn\u2019t count on my fitness tracker, surely it\u2019s something. I had a class at the climbing wall, some time spent practicing compressions, and then heel and toe hooking, which demonstrated that I have strong toes, and inflexible hips, so that\u2019s something to work with and something to work on.\nThe class was an hour long, after which, having only done two problems, I was really tired. But then I was up at six thirty this morning, so that probably didn\u2019t help. I got home just as my wife emerged from the girls\u2019 bedroom, it having taken an hour and a half to put them to bed. Why can\u2019t they go easier on us?\nOther than that, little to say about today, except that it\u2019s incredibly hot in the apartment. Our air conditioning is too noisy to sleep with, but if we turn it off we wake up at 2am drenched in sweat. So that is making for an interesting weight loss program, I suppose.\nAnd now to bed, to dream of having greater grip strength and better coordination.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 116, "original_length": 2959, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 247.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cycletourer.co.uk/cycletouring/gear/ticks.shtml", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:40Z", "digest": "sha1:57QZN36EWJQXIB7WQEJUMJF3JJ2URLI5", "length": 4956, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.cycletourer.co.uk", "title": "Animal Tick Bites", "raw_content": "If you are like us and enjoy wild camping or off-road cycling along rough trails or tracks through forests and grassy heaths and also if you enjoy a picnic sitting by the side of the road there is a good chance that you may encounter animal ticks. These ticks are more prevalent in areas where there are livestock such as sheep and areas with wild animals such as foxes, badgers, hedgehogs and deer, each of which carries its own type of tick. These various species of tick can be anything from 3 or 4mm across to as small as a poppy seed.\nThese blood sucking little critters climb up vegetation and wait for any passing animal to then cling on to. Once the tick has found its way onto the host it will move to a warm moist area. On a human this could be the groin, the armpit or the back of the knee although we have removed ticks from our backs. The picture to the right is of a tick that I picked up in Denmark, it was on the inside of my upper right arm. Ticks have a sharp proboscis which they use to bite into the skin to then suck blood off the host. The host is generally unaware of the tick due to the tick injecting a form of natural anaesthetic as it sucks and the tick will stay attached to you until it is fully gorged with blood when it will then fall off.\nIt is important as a cycle tourist to be aware of ticks and remove them immediately as unfortunately some ticks can potentially carry several nasty diseases such as Lyme Disease or Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE).\nLyme Disease is a bacterial infection which is caused by the infected tick passing on the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi to the host. If untreated with antibiotics this infection can cause long term chronic problems such as arthritis, muscle pain and potential nerve damage. If you have been bitten by a tick keep an eye on the area as a red circular rash can appear even after 3 or 4 weeks after the bite. If after you have been bitten you suffer from any flu like symptoms such as a fever, muscle or join pain, headaches or general tiredness you should see your local GP immediately.\nYou can find out more information on Lyme Disease from the following sites:\nhttp://www.lymediseaseaction.org.uk/about-lyme/\nhttps://www.nhs.uk/conditions/lyme-disease/\nhttps://www.webmd.boots.com/travel/guide/ticks\nTick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a viral infection that is normally mild and usually requires no treatment, but in some cases, it can cause a more serious case of encephalitis or meningitis. Currently the virus is not found in the UK, although if you are thinking of travelling to other countries in Europe you will need to consider the risk, you can find a map of the European countries that currently have cases of TBE here. To prevent you catching TBE you can get vaccinated against it with a series of inoculations which will last you for 3 years.\nYou can find out more information on Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) from the following sites:\nhttps://www.tickalert.org\nhttps://travelhealthpro.org.uk/factsheet/22/tick-borne-encephalitis\nHow to prevent getting bitten by ticks\nAvoid contact with vegetation where possible.\nYou could consider wearing long-sleeved shirts as well as long cycling trousers tucked into your cycling socks (if you are cycling in warm temperatures this isn\u2019t always practical).\nYou could choose light-coloured fabrics to make it easier to spot the ticks.\nYou could consider applying insect repellents, DEET containing preparations will deter ticks.\nIf you are cycling off-road in potential tick areas check your skin regularly and make a thorough inspection of the scalp and warm areas such as the back of the neck at the hair line, the arm pits, behind your knees, in the groin area and under folds of skin such as at the waist. It is helpful if you have a partner who can check your back as well.\nCheck your clothes for ticks so they don't pass on to your skin.\nIt is important to use a special tick removal tool or tweezers to remove ticks. Do not try and scrape them off with your finger nails as you do not want to squeeze the tick and force its guts into your skin or leave the ticks proboscis in your skin which could cause infection. There are several inexpensive tick removal tools available from most pharmacies or on the net. We have picked up several ticks on our tours over the years so we always carry a couple of the small plastic tick removal tools in our First Aid kit. They are simple to use and with a quick twist the ticks are easily removed. Once the tick is removed you will need to kill the tick, the simplest way is to shake it off the removal tool into a piece of folded paper or card, then squeeze the paper or card between your fingers or by pressing down onto it on a flat surface. It is a good idea to keep the killed tick as if any symptoms of Lyme Disease or TBE do become apparent later on the GP may want it, so it can be tested.\nA Youtube video showing just how easy it is to remove a Tick with the right tool.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 152, "original_length": 7496, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 298.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cyclingsa.com/transformation-development/2016/5/31/oudtshoorn-youth-festival-anticipates-large-entry-field-for-june", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:17:52Z", "digest": "sha1:EETY3XBFHA2R4XXNO4H56RFA4DSUW3OQ", "length": 2678, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.cyclingsa.com", "title": "Oudtshoorn Youth Festival anticipates large entry field for June \u2014 Cycling South Africa", "raw_content": "Oudtshoorn Youth Festival anticipates large entry field for June\nThe annual Oudtshoorn Youth Festival once again heads to the Western Cape and takes place this year from Monday 27th to Thursday 30th June 2016. The festival encourages all young riders to participate as cycling teams.\nEvent organiser, Corne Bence, says that the regions included in this event are: Western Province, Cape Winelands, West Coast, Eden, Eastern Province and Free State. \u201cPreparations have gone smoothly so far, and we are positive about the number of participants this year,\u201d he added.\nThe turnout of riders and supporters alike has been impressive each year, and is expected to be even more exciting for the 2016 event. \u201cLast year we had something like 165 riders, and this year we are hoping for numbers between 260-270,\u201d he said.\n\u201cThe National Defence Force is also very much involved and will be helping with marshalling and other facilitating as well, it\u2019s great to have them on board,\u201d said Bence.\nThe Oudtshoorn Youth Festival will be used as a selection event for the Western Cape teams competing in the Gariep Youth Festival taking place later in the year. The prime spot in the Garden Route has so much to offer for those making the trip, and the terrain is perfect for many cycling disciplines. Events this year include a Road Race, Hill-climb, Team Time Trial, Criterium races, and Mountain Bike Cross-country racing.\nThe objectives of the Youth Events are to create opportunities for all riders under the age of 18 to compete on a regular basis against other riders in the country with similar abilities. The emphasis is on team and provincial participation. Other objectives include assisting provinces with development and transformation goals, and creating venues for younger age groups to show and develop their potential, as they no longer take part in the annual South African Championships.\nBence was also pleased to announce that there will be a training camp held over the same week as the Oudtshoorn Youth Festival, where pro riders from Team Telkom, as well as Team Ascendis Health\u2019s Robyn de Groot, will be interacting and assisting with the skills development of the young riders.\nEntries for the 2016 Oudtshoorn Youth Festival are open, and close on Friday 17 June. Download the entry form here: http://www.cyclingsa.com/s/20160530_Youth-Festival-entry-form-2016.pdf\nCompleted entry forms and proof of payment need to be emailed to corne.bence@gmail.com.\nMore information about the 2016 Oudtshoorn Youth Festival can be found here: http://www.cyclingsa.com/s/20160530_Letter-Youth-festival-2016.pdf\nRecord-breaking entry field for ...\nDurban cycling youth gets massive ...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 168, "original_length": 6598, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 267.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.dadisp.com/tustin.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:29Z", "digest": "sha1:DZHYGNPAIXRLMS6XVVHFNWDXWBVT6YZZ", "length": 2319, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.dadisp.com", "title": "DSP Development Corporation: News: Teaching Tool", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb News \u00bb Teaching Tool\nTustin Institute\nDADiSP as a Teaching Tool\nDADiSP is a primary tool in demonstrating data acquisition, analysis, and signal processing principles in a series of courses developed and presented by Strether Smith of the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center for the Tustin Technical Institute, in Santa Barbara, California, USA. DADiSP is used to demonstrate aliasing concepts, filtering, spectral analysis, and to perform a variety of other data analysis tasks. DADiSP capabilities in data acquisition, Fourier Transforms, digital filtering, time series analysis, spectral analysis, and power spectral density, combined with its ease of use make it a perfect tool for training both beginner and advanced engineers.\nCourse 196, \"Digital Data Acquisition,\" discusses the hardware and software issues that are involved in making good data measurements. Course 197, \"Digital Signal Processing and Data Analysis,\" presents procedures for time-and spectral-domain data analysis. Course 194, \"Vibration and Shock Test Control Techniques,\" discusses the practical aspects of using the topics discussed in the first two courses in a structural-dynamic-testing laboratory environment.\nAll of the courses minimize the use of mathematics in the development of methods and concepts. The graphical features of DADiSP enable presentation of complex concepts in a manner that is easily understood. As an additional demonstration aid, students are encouraged to bring \"interesting\" data sets to class for analysis and discussion. DADiSP's straightforward data import tools make it easy to display and analyze the contributed data, all with little computer training and programming.\nContributed data sets are used to demonstrate/discuss what good, robust data should look like. DADiSP is used to check for evidence of aliasing and other forms of data corruption and to demonstrate analysis techniques that aid in understanding the character of the data.\nCourse descriptions and outlines:\nVibration and Shock Test Control Techniques\nDigital Data Acquisition\nDigital Signal Processing and Data Analysis\nInformation on these and other courses presented by the Tustin Technical Institute may be found by visiting TTI's web site: http://ttiedu.com, by emailing training@ttiedu.com or by calling (805) 682-7171.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 26, "original_length": 2772, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 337.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.dataversity.net/contributors/n-r-srinivasa-raghavan/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:19:59Z", "digest": "sha1:FPHGPHTOU5LTIOOX4GI4R6DEF3TMOTNI", "length": 1403, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.dataversity.net", "title": "N. R. Srinivasa Raghavan - DATAVERSITY", "raw_content": "N. R. Srinivasa Raghavan\nDr. N. R. Srinivasa Raghavan, Chief Data Scientist \u2013 DNA, Infosys\nDr. N. R. Srinivasa Raghavan has over 23 years of experience in the area of Advanced Analytics, optimization, Machine Learning and Data Science, which includes advising CXO\u2019s on roadmaps for Data Science/Analytics/Data Governance implementation through green and brown field programs. He joined Infosys from Rolta where he was the head of Data Science and Big Data Analytics while leading a large team in creating software based solutions for the Advanced Analytics stack for Oil & Gas, Banking and Defense domains. He has worked in a similar capacity with leading Fortune 100 companies including General Motors, Citibank, and Reliance Industries. His seasoned experience in architecture and organizational model for Data Science, Big Data Analytics, and Data Governance helped him be a Strategic Advisor to CXO\u2019s in Business and to IT heads.\nPrior to his industry stint, he was a tenured Associate Professor with the Indian Institute of Science where he established Decision Sciences Laboratory with funding from leading industrial houses such as Semiconductor Research Corporation (USA), Intel Asia, General Motors USA, SAP Labs India, Unilever, and Indian Government agencies like Department of Science and Technology, Dept of IT, Bharat Electronics, etc.\nFollow Dr. Raghavan and Infosys at: Twitter, LinkedIn", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 2867, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 267.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.dawnsign.com/news-detail/history-of-american-sign-language", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:16Z", "digest": "sha1:E3UT2CO3ZPY2RZ6KQLLC7T36HLAH3OP4", "length": 5835, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "www.dawnsign.com", "title": "History of American Sign Language | DawnSignPress", "raw_content": "Although the first record of a signed language was in the early 17th century, signed languages probably existed as long as there were civilizations. Sign languages had existed whenever there were deaf people.\nEven though American Sign Language (ASL) has strong roots in French Sign Language, it is deeply influenced by many events pceding the more formalized sign languages that flourished since the 1700\u2019s. The most prominent event was the publication of Sign Language Structure in 1965 by William Stokoe, a linguist, showing that ASL was a bona-fide language.\nThe first known book on sign language was published in 1620 by Juan Pablo de Bonet. While a treaty for teaching \u201cmute people to speak,\u201d Bonet\u2019s book also published a manual alphabet to improve communication with deaf students.\nIn 1755, Abbe Charles-Michel de l\u2019Epee of Paris founded the first public (free) school in Paris for deaf students. Many of l\u2019Epee\u2019s disciples founded schools for deaf students in their respective countries throughout Europe using the Langue des Signes Francaise (LSF).\nIn 1815, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet travelled to Europe to study methods for teaching Deaf students. At a public demonstration in England, Gallaudet met Abbe Roch-Ambroise Sicard and Jean Massieu who then invited him to visit their school in Paris.\nWhile in Paris learning the teaching methods using LSF, Gallaudet asked Laurent Clerc \u2013 a deaf teacher who was also a graduate of the school -- to come to America and help him set up a school for deaf students. Laurent Clerc accepted Gallaudet\u2019s invitation to travel to America. During the 60 days of sailing to America, Gallaudet taught Clerc English while Clerc taught Gallaudet LSF. (Laurent Clerc, A Profile)\nIn 1817, Gallaudet and Clerc opened the first of their schools in Connecticut. It was called the Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons (now called the American School for the Deaf) in Hartford. By the end of the first year, there were 31 students from various New England cities which included students from Martha\u2019s Vineyard, Massachusetts and Henniker, New Hampshire.\nMartha\u2019s Vineyard and Henniker were two full-fledged communities where deaf and hearing residents of the island were communicating in a form of signed language. \u201cAmong the possible sources of the psent American Sign Language would be Clerc\u2019s LSF, the homesigns students brought from home and from some small scattered Deaf communities, pantomime, and new signs generated in the setting of the school.\u201d (Journey to the Deaf World).\nToday\u2019s ASL was thus strongly influenced by the American School for the Deaf (ASD). Deaf students who graduated from ASD would go to different states to set up new schools for deaf students and would thus pass down to the next generation of deaf students the \u201ccontact language\u201d that has become today\u2019s ASL.\nBy 1900s, the nationwide network of residential state schools was completed. Deaf people were now given the opportunity to be with other Deaf children and Deaf adults. They could share their sign language and cultural experiences without any communication barriers. The relationships they would form in these residential schools would last a lifetime.\nFirst ten state-supported residential schools in America\nThe American School for the Deaf Hartford, Conn 1817\nNew York Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb New York City 1818\nPennsylvania Institution of the Deaf and Dumb Philadelphia 1820\nKentucky School for the Deaf Danville 1822\nOhio Institution for the Deaf Columbus 1827\nVirginia Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb Staunton 1839\nState of Indiana Institution for the Education of the Deaf Indianapolis 1844\nThe Tennessee Deaf and Dumb School Knoxville 1844\nNorth Carolina Institution for the Deaf and the Blind Raleigh 1845\nGeorgia School for the Deaf Cave Springs 1846\nBy the time of Clerc\u2019s death in 1869, over 1500 students had graduated from the Hartford school, and there were 30 state-supported residential schools. In 1864, Gallaudet University -- the first college for the Deaf in the world \u2013 was founded. The establishment of residential schools and the college ensured that ASL flourished.\nDeaf adults were first hired as teachers as well as sign language models for Deaf children at school. This was changed later, in the early 20th century, when the oralist movement had taken hold in the educational system. Alexander Graham Bell led the movement in opposing the use of sign language in the education of deaf children. As a result, many Deaf adults were forced out of the teaching profession or demoted to being teachers of vocational classes.\nToday, the trend toward dedicated, residential education for deaf children has been replaced by a trend to integrate deaf children into local public schools. This movement became pdominant after the passage of the All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 (today called the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act [IDEA]).\nEven though the long tradition of residential schools as the main centers of cultural transmission has been altered, ASL has still boomed.\nAs a result of Stokoe\u2019s 1965 linguistic study of ASL, within a short time, the perception of ASL changed from that of a broken or simplified version of English to that of a complex and thriving natural language as functional and powerful as any found in the oral languages of the world. The instruction of ASL as a \u201cforeign language\u201d became popular and ASL\u2019s appeal has only grown. Currently, students can take ASL to meet their high school or college requirement of two years of foreign language study.\nThe ASL in use today is a result of 195 years of deaf families and students passing down from one generation to next the language that has become one of the most used languages in the United States of America.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 68, "original_length": 7142, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 201.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.dentistmesquite.com/meet-our-team/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:08Z", "digest": "sha1:T2VHVUPASIUC6V5R2TMTMQRQMMEYDCCI", "length": 1850, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.dentistmesquite.com", "title": "Meet Our Team \u2014 Mesquite Family Dentistry", "raw_content": "From pre-school all the way through dental school, Dr. Nguyen has been a Dallas resident since 1980. He loves everything that Dallas offers. Dr. Nguyen graduated from University of Texas in 1999 and earned his B.S in Neuroscience. In 2004, he graduated from Baylor College of Dentistry and received his Doctor of Dental Surgery.\nDr. Nguyen attends monthly continuing education, rather than mundane yearly lectures, to stay on top of current research and technology. His continuing education is focused on all facets of dentistry. He is a member of Seattle Study Club (a renowned national study club), and he retains current membership with these professional organizations: ADA (American Dental Association) , DCDS ( Dallas County Dental Society), AACD (American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry), AGD ( Academy of General Dentistry), and ICOI (International Congress of Oral Implantologists).\nHis emphasis on patient comfort and dedication to education in the latest advancements in dentistry enable him to provide his patients with the best quality of care in the field. Dr. Nguyen has a wide range of experience in different areas of dentistry, including cosmetic and restorative dentistry, surgical treatments, and comfortable root canals.\nPatricia Hills DDS\nDr. Hills graduated from Baylor College of Dentistry locally in Dallas. Dr Hills and her husband were married in 2012. You can find Dr. Hills and her husband out and about trying new foods and drinks when they aren't chasing their two dogs Max and Maggie. They are also currently welcoming a new addition to the family. Dr Hills is a member of the American Dental Association, Dallas County Dental\nSociety, Academy of General dentistry.\n\"My Goal is to continually strive to earn your loyalty as a patient. It is important to me to build a long-term relationship with the community I serve.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 3631, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 218.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.denverpost.com/2009/07/17/business-theres-rest-for-the-weary-after-all/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:52Z", "digest": "sha1:NHRYL72AHHNRJPGQBJNPWV2JOSDMD4OD", "length": 6338, "nlines": 42, "source_domain": "www.denverpost.com", "title": "BUSINESS: There\u2019s rest for the weary after all \u2013 The Denver Post", "raw_content": "BUSINESS: There\u2019s rest for the weary after all\nBy Colorado Springs Gazette\nCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.\u2014People who need a little TLC often turn to bed-and-breakfast inns for pampering. They want the comforts of home, fresh breakfasts and the personal service they can\u2019t get at hotels and motels.\nBut what about all those hardworking B&B innkeepers? They need getaways, too, yet they may be reluctant to shut down their business for an escape. So where do they turn?\nIn increasing numbers, they\u2019re turning to Colorado Springs residents Lynda and Howard Lerner, who have launched \u201cInnCaring,\u201d a consulting, training and interim-innkeeping business.\nOnce B&B operators themselves, their mission is to help their former colleagues battle \u201cinnkeeper burnout\u201d as well as to prepare aspiring innkeepers for all the challenges they will face. It\u2019s the kind of service they wish had existed when they started innkeeping in 1994.\nLynda, 62, is a former teacher and bookkeeper. Howard, 67, was a certified public accountant at a major Los Angeles accounting firm. They had decided to escape Southern California and began looking for out-of-state real estate. They found an ad for the Red Crags Bed & Breakfast Inn in Manitou Springs.\n\u201cWe loved to entertain and cook,\u201d Lynda said. \u201cWe thought, \u2018We could do that,\u2019 and bought the business.\u201d\nIt was a plunge into the deep end of the world of hospitality.\n\u201cWe didn\u2019t realize how much there was to learn,\u201d Lynda said.\nFor example, the Lerners thought they knew how to make a bed and clean a bathroom.\n\u201cCleaning to hotel/motel standards is different,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd breakfast isn\u2019t just scrambled eggs and bacon. It\u2019s much more than that.\u201d\nLuckily, Lynda and Howard were quick learners. Over the next 10 years running Red Crags, they discovered about every trick to the TLC trade.\n\u201cWe learned a lot just by asking questions,\u201d Howard said.\nThere were constant revelations, as in: There\u2019s an art to taking reservations\u2014you don\u2019t just blurt out room rates to callers. You have to be multitalented beyond cooking and cleaning skills. You have to do bookkeeping and banking, and act as travel agents for guests. And you must be skilled at crisis management and maintenance.\nHoward said the truth is that innkeepers can\u2019t relax.\n\u201cYou\u2019ve got to be on all the time for your guests.\u201d\nBeing \u201con\u201d all the time takes its toll. B&B owners need R&R. But for them, it\u2019s not just a matter of taking a couple of weeks off. Unlike a lot of businesses, innkeeping is very personal, and it can\u2019t be turned over to just anyone. The Lerners faced this issue in their second year at Red Crags.\n\u201cInnkeepers are very territorial because this is their baby,\u201d Lynda said. \u201cIt\u2019s a very expensive property. It is your livelihood. You are leaving your baby in somebody else\u2019s care. You need to turn it over to someone who knows how to run it.\u201d\nThey found relief through word-of-mouth. But the Lerners recognized that with thousands of B&Bs nationwide, there was a lot of need for vacation relief\u2014and for a more structured system for finding help. So, about five years ago, they became founding members of a nonprofit group, the national Interim Innkeepers Network.\nThe group\u2019s Web site is a clearinghouse for about 30 relief innkeepers nationwide. Each member agrees to operate according to a code of ethics. The site promotes training and education for interim innkeepers to enhance the profession.\nAnd the site operates a calendar of availability for its members.\n\u201cInterim innkeepers are not baby sitters,\u201d Howard said.\n\u201cWe are professionals,\u201d Lynda added. \u201cThere is no licensing. But we carry liability insurance. We\u2019re experienced.\u201d\nIn 2004, about the same time the Interim Innkeepers Network was launching, the Lerners sold Red Crags and moved to give themselves more time to travel. They didn\u2019t move far; they still have a view of the Crags from their kitchen window.\n\u201cWe didn\u2019t want to be running this 24/7 anymore,\u201d Lynda said. \u201cOur daughter had gotten married and we wanted to be more flexible and be able to go see our grandchildren.\u201d\nIt was the perfect time to concentrate more on their interim innkeeping work and develop their consulting business to teach prospective innkeepers.\nThey offer a four-day class for aspiring innkeepers, and another four-day session focused on those who just want to be interim innkeepers. Classes cost $500 per person or $700 per couple. The Lerners also offer five-day sessions combining the two curriculums for $700 per person or $900 per couple.\nStudents receive workbooks and other materials that cover cooking, cleaning, taking reservations and deposits, bookkeeping and insurance, cost analysis, record keeping\u2014among other topics.\nThey also talk about their \u201cLerners Lifesaver Box,\u201d a collection of items they take on every assignment; it includes cookbooks, kitchen utensils, amenities for rooms, and a bell they put on doors to ensure they hear people coming in.\nDave Emery, who co-owns the Casa del Gavilan Historic Inn in Cimarron, N.M., hired the Lerners recently to train his new live-in innkeepers, who are new to the industry, and he was impressed with the volume of information the Lerners shared.\n\u201cThe classes are high energy and cover a ton of information,\u201d Emery said. \u201cThere\u2019s so much information coming at you, it\u2019s hard to retain it all.\u201d\nEmery said the Lerners specialize in \u201cteaching things guests appreciate,\u201d as they give tips that help innkeepers \u201cmake the days go a little better.\u201d\nEmery said he doesn\u2019t know of another seminar that compares to the Lerners\u2019 classes.\nWith their jobs as interim innkeepers and consultants, the Lerners are almost as busy as they were before. With one big difference: They are on the road now far more than they are home.\nThey were gone 201 days in 2008, giving training seminars and filling in at various inns around the nation, from North Carolina to New Orleans to San Francisco and places in between.\nBut being busy while seeing the world is a big difference from being tied to the same place, day after day, year after year.\n\u201cThis gives us the opportunity to do a lot of traveling,\u201d Howard said.\n\u201cIt\u2019s a wonderful business,\u201d Lynda said. \u201cWe\u2019ve made friends all over the world.\u201d\nInterim Innkeepers Network: http://www.InterimInnkeepers.net\nProfessional Innkeepers International: http://www.paii.com\nInnCaring: http://www.InnCaring.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 333, "original_length": 12612, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 271.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.denverpost.com/2015/03/13/steve-kerr-sympathetic-to-fans-criticism-of-resting-warriors-stars/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:46Z", "digest": "sha1:AR55T7JV6MWF6ACCNOE74YYUEWDHDHXT", "length": 2094, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.denverpost.com", "title": "Steve Kerr sympathetic to fans\u2019 criticism of resting Warriors stars \u2013 The Denver Post", "raw_content": "Steve Kerr sympathetic to fans\u2019 criticism of\u2026\nSteve Kerr sympathetic to fans\u2019 criticism of resting Warriors stars\nHead coach Steve Kerr of the Golden State Warriors leads his team as Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors reacts to a call as they face the Denver Nuggets at Pepsi Center on March 13, 2015 in Denver, Colorado. The Nuggets defeated the Warriors 114-103.\nThere were many fans in Denver who bought tickets to see Golden State\u2019s only visit to the Pepsi Center this season and were denied the chance to see Warriors stars because they were being rested.\nWarriors coach Steve Kerr, rightfully looking out for the welfare of his best players, could only shrug and offer an apology.\nResting players on random nights has been the biggest growing trend in the NBA, particularly among teams that want key players to be as healthy and energized as possible going into the playoffs.\nStill, there is criticism out there.\nKerr said he understands.\n\u201cIt\u2019s fair criticism,\u201d he said. \u201cIf I had bought tickets for my family, and I wanted to see Steph Curry play and he sat out, I\u2019d be upset. I understand that, but I can\u2019t base my team\u2019s welfare on that. That\u2019s one of the reasons why I do it on the road because we like to look after our own fans.\n\u201cI would like to look out for Denver\u2019s fans, and everybody else\u2019s fans, but the reality is for our team to prosper and for our team to be in the best shape going forward, Steph and Klay (Thompson) really needed a night off.\u201d\nRunning Nurkic. Yes, Nuggets center Jusuf Nurkic is nearly 7 feet tall and 280 pounds. But, no, it does not mean the big man, who returned to the lineup Friday night after missing time with a sprained ankle, cannot join the Nuggets\u2019 fast-breaking party, interim coach Melvin Hunt said.\n\u201cJusuf Nurkic is built to run,\u201d Hunt said. \u201cDon\u2019t let it fool you with the big body he has. He likes a fast-tempo game. Look at the way he guards the pick-and-roll and look how fast his hands are. He has incredible hands and feet. Sometimes he gets a little bored when it\u2019s a slow-tempo game.\u201d Christopher Dempsey, The Denver Post", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 301, "original_length": 8057, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 290.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.derryjournal.com/news/safety-review-call-as-second-vehicle-plunges-into-donemana-lake-1-7665688", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:31Z", "digest": "sha1:N74ZCVUMA3Z7USRGHTQTGUL5ELJLTGQT", "length": 1461, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.derryjournal.com", "title": "Safety review call as second vehicle plunges into Donemana lake - Derry Journal", "raw_content": "Safety review call as second vehicle plunges into Donemana lake\nThe Longlands Road in Donemana.\nA Londonderry MLA has called for a safety review on a stretch of road near Donemana after the second vehicle in as many months plunged into an icy lake on a sharp bend outside the village.\nThe PSNI confirmed it had assisted in a road closure in order to aid the recovery of a van from a lake, known in the area as the \u2018duck pond,\u2019 on the Longlands Road on Friday.\nThe road was closed between 5.15pm and 8.50pm for the recovery operation.\nIt\u2019s understood the vehicle crashed into the lake on Thursday.\nDUP MLA Gary Middleton said he was shocked by the second such incident at the exact same spot in the space of just six weeks.\n\u201cIt think it\u2019s very important that this stretch of road is looked at,\u201d said the local MLA.\n\u201cThankfully on this occasion no-one appears to have been hurt or injured but now that it\u2019s happened twice in the space of such a short period of time I think TransportNI as the road authority might want to review that section of road.\u201d\nMr Middleton referred to how the Longlands Road has unfortunately claimed lives in the past, most recently in July, when a man was tragically killed after the car he was travelling in struck a bridge.\n\u201cUltimately, we don\u2019t want any more fatalities on this stretch of road,\u201d said Mr Middleton.\n\u201cPeople have already died and we need to take steps to ensure there are no further tragedies,\u201d said the local DUP MLA.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 3011, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 328.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.designbyccd.com/tag/service-design/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:19:37Z", "digest": "sha1:4QZ5ZE6C3JLBMNHX4XHGN55G443Z7AP7", "length": 1384, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.designbyccd.com", "title": "service design Archives - CCD DesignCCD Design", "raw_content": "CCD talking about designing for users at Mobility as a Service (MaaS) conference\nMobility as a Service (MaaS) is seen by many as the next area of revolution in the transport sector. A recent report from the Transport Systems Catapult sees it as the next big change in how we travel. On 31st January, IMPART are running a one day conference to discuss the topic with the focus on \u201cdesigning with users at the centre of the proposition\u201d....\nBetter workspaces help drive better customer service\nThe recent UK Customer Service Institute survey showed that, across all sectors, levels of customer satisfaction have fallen in recent years. The economic situation is of course playing a part and this is potentially driving some organisations, as the economy recovers, to push for winning new customers at the expense of focusing on serving existing customers. Consumer expectations are also going upwards, they are more likely to...\nThe future of self-service & customer experience\nThere was news last month that some supermarkets are reviewing the use of self-service checkouts. Research has suggested that they do not save time for customers and that they maybe contributing to an increase in theft. There had previously been an expectation that we would see increasing amounts of self-service in supermarkets because they save on staff costs and were expected to reduce queue lengths....", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 133, "original_length": 6546, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 231.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.deviceinformed.com/medical-devices-global-directory/rehabilitation-equipment/distributors/united-kingdom", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:03Z", "digest": "sha1:ZST7DYM2327PRPW4M3NT25PEXN4NTEDX", "length": 1176, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.deviceinformed.com", "title": "Rehabilitation equipment distributors in United Kingdom | Deviceinformed.com", "raw_content": "Rehabilitation equipment distributors in United Kingdom\nThis page provides all needed information about Rehabilitation equipment distributors in the United Kingdom. These companies can equip your facility with Rehabilitation equipment and other medical gadgets in order to help you achieve the best results when treating patients. We present globally acclaimed and experienced sellers and medical device suppliers from the UK that specialize in providing first class medical equipment for hospitals. The Rehabilitation equipment distributors in the United Kingdom are companies based cities such as London, Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol. These vendors and purveyors have been approved on the international market and provide the medical facilities all around the world with quality equipment, including the X.\nIf you are looking to buy Rehabilitation equipment and other medical equipment in the UK, you can find everything you need on this page. Every dealer and provider presented on this page , can offer a quality cost efficient Rehabilitation equipment and other medical equipment and gadgets designed for hospitals and other medical institutions at a reasonable price.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 6815, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 233.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.dewalt.ca/products/accessories/concrete-and-masonry-accessories/sds-max-masonry-drill-bits/112x31x36-high-impact-4-cutter-sds-max/dw5859", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:03Z", "digest": "sha1:JKHF4CCDN5UYGSFOJRGEMBM62RLM64BG", "length": 31, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.dewalt.ca", "title": "1-1/2\"x31\"x36\" High Impact 4 Cutter SDS Max - DW5859 | DEWALT", "raw_content": "1-1/2\"x31\"x36\" High Impact 4...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 445, "original_length": 9729, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.55, "perplexity": 195.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.dinaglouberman.com/category/blog/whats-new/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:26Z", "digest": "sha1:45KMVL5GN46H7LVYBNHB6M4GP7SZF73W", "length": 30, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.dinaglouberman.com", "title": "What's new Archives - Dina Glouberman Dina Glouberman \u2013 New beginnings", "raw_content": "August 7th, 2012 in What's new", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 68, "original_length": 1289, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 75.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.discovercuencaecuador.com/2011/08/how-do-locals-feel-about-gringos-moving.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:49Z", "digest": "sha1:JCF6MXTX27VVEFXAROQKZMIPJGLMC6RH", "length": 8421, "nlines": 32, "source_domain": "www.discovercuencaecuador.com", "title": "Discover Cuenca Ecuador: How Do the Locals Feel about Gringos Moving to Cuenca Ecuador? UPDATE 2016", "raw_content": "How Do the Locals Feel about Gringos Moving to Cuenca Ecuador? UPDATE 2016\nFour plus years ago and after only seven weeks of living in Cuenca we wrote this article about how Ecuadorians feel about having all of the gringos in their city. And we think it is time to dissect this subject a little bit. All new updates are in red text.\nHow do the locals feel about the gringos moving to Cuenca?\nWe have lived here going on seven weeks and everyone that we have met is very kind and helpful in our quest to live here. Ecuadorians are obliging people and will go out of their way to help you, if they can.\nFortunately Frank speaks enough Spanish to get by and also understands it, and we have not had any problems with meshing into the culture. We do not live gringo style, we live Ecuadorian style. We do not live in a gringo gated community we live in a nice and quiet neighborhood where only Ecuadorians live and we feel comfortable living where we do.\nUpdate 2016 - We still live in the same neighborhood, same house, same rent as in 2011.\nWhat we\u2019ve noticed since being here is that most gringos keep to their local hangouts while enjoying much more for the dollar (Ecuador uses the dollar here). But we are told that many of the gringos don\u2019t speak Spanish and don\u2019t care to learn it. This is one reason why gringos get an English speaking real estate agency to help them find a rental or condo to buy and they pay other gringos to help them go grocery shopping, open a mailing box, get their internet connected, and to open a bank account, and so on and so forth. And because they live in condos with other English speaking people, it makes it much more difficult to learn the local language.\nSo how do the locals feel about this? To answer this question you have to put yourself in their shoes. Perhaps they feel that the gringos don\u2019t respect them or their country because they simply do not care to learn the language. Perhaps they feel that the gringos think they are too good to live in a house in an Ecuadorian neighborhood? This is all stipulation, mind you.\nUpdate 2016 - We have observed that most gringos socialize only with each other but some gringos, usually the younger ones do make friendships with the Ecuadorian people and are trying to speak the language, and do speak the language. What does this do? Well, it shows respect and gratitude towards the country you moved to.\nWhen more and more foreigners move here and continue to hang out only with each other it can cause feeling of resentment with the locals and makes it more difficult to build local friendships and understanding what this new country is all about, except through what bloggers write about and Ecuador news that is translated in English for the gringo population.\nUPDATE: 2014- Gringos now live everywhere in Cuenca and even houses with no problems or fear.\nUpdate 2016 - Although, we do recommended to have electric fencing around the perimeter of your home and a house alarm for when you leave your home, even if you're only going shopping for a few hours.\nWe have only been treated with kindness from the locals since living here. The only negative thing I have heard from the locals about the gringos moving here is some of them aren\u2019t willing to learn Spanish.\nUpdate 2016 - Sometimes we'll get into a taxi and the driver will ask us, \"Why are all the foreigners moving here for?\". We always say the same things, \"They like the mild weather, healthcare, and it's cheaper than USA\". Then they tell us about the higher rents and now since the meters they don't make as much money...we always let them know we rent for $250 a month. Yes, we're proud of that.\nWe\u2019ve noticed the younger gringo generation is more apt to mesh in with the local culture than the older folks. This is just a perception that anyone will notice if they are aware of their surroundings. And this is probably because the younger generation is on a tighter budget than the ones who receive some kind of monthly pension. The younger people stay in the hostels managed and owned by Ecuadorians or they live in the downtown apartments owned by Ecuadorians, and they eat in the traditional Ecuadorian restaurants because they are much cheaper than the gringo restaurants. What this does is it allows for them to have to hear Spanish from the locals and have to learn Spanish to take care of their daily living needs, which makes them have to learn Spanish.\nUpdate 2016 - The only real way to learn to speak Spanish is by getting out there and doing it...hands on. Taking Spanish lessons should only be a supplement to the hands on experience of day to day living in a Spanish speaking country.\nSo basically, if you come here and live in the gringo condos, only eat in the gringo restaurants, and have an English speaking gringo or bilingual help you get settled, you won\u2019t have to know or learn Spanish, but this will keep you disconnected from the locals and the culture. So you see, learning the language is a win-win solution for everyone involved. They do have Spanish classes here at a reasonable price.\nUpdate 2016 - And it's not just about not learning the language either; there are different economic types of Ecuadorians that have something to say about the foreigners moving to their city. In a nutshell, here's what's happening.\nThere is the business owners, real estate agents, tourist service operators, medical tourism doctors and dentists and returning Ecuadorians (gringos too) that love all the gringos moving to Ecuador. In fact, if it were up to them, they'd welcome all of North Americans to move to their city.\nThen there is the Ecuadorian worker or small business owner, which is the majority and they are concerned about prices rising so fast that they will not be able to eke out a living in their own city. Gone is the $180 3 bedroom and $250 4 bedroom. Just get on OLX or other online portal to see that they are getting priced out of their own market. How does this happen? Mostly its the Ecuadorian real estate agents and home owners that work together to price their homes to the gringo market! Some call this \"demand\" however this demand is artificially created by very astute retire abroad marketers, etc.\nUPDATE: June 2014 --- almost 3 years later and many, many more gringos moving to Cuenca, there is some local resentment towards the expats about the higher prices on rentals and goods and services going up. Some of them come here with an attitude and don't want to learn the language. We have witnessed this first hand on several occasions and through other expats that have told us about witnessing it themselves.\nUpdate 2016 - almost five years later and resentment and animosity is showing in crimes against expats. Unfortunately for the gringos, the crime is happening mainly where many gringos flock together. We've touched on this just recently; you can read about it here.\nUntil we write again, you might like these articles too.\nCrimes against Expats in Ecuador vs. Panama - Where is most crime and is there a difference?\nWhy Homes are Walled and Behind Iron Gates in Cuenca Ecuador\nHow to Think Clearly about Retiring and Investing Overseas\nMy husband and I are currently living ( 3 years ) in Costa Rica and have a business here . We do our business in Spanish and our employees are mostly Spanish speaking only. We are not fluent but get by quite well. We don't have any expat friends here only locals and younger. We aren't the Americans that drop 30 lbs as we don't have that to lose. We drink coconut out of cocunuts and love all the year round fresh produce. Our problem will be figuring out what business to have as unfortunately Ecuador seems to be a bit daunting in that respect from the info I have gathered. Enjoy your blog and appreciate all the info. Thanks.\nDavid S March 6, 2016 at 7:44 AM\nGreat update and it's sad to hear that certain expats are not interested at all in learning the lanquage. To me it's an insult to the locals and creates a huge barrier between the locals in a negative sense.\nDavid DiLucca March 6, 2016 at 3:48 PM\n\"The ugly American\" is alive and well. Why, I don't know, but that reluctance to learn the language has been around for a very long time.\nI've experienced that in Italy, Switzerland, and Spain, countries where I have lived for several years. It used to be only the British who refused to integrate, now the Americans are in the lead, from the top down. Too bad.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 90, "original_length": 12655, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 313.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2007/07/29/Annie_Glenn.ART_ART_07-29-07_A1_D27D3IR.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:41Z", "digest": "sha1:WMXK6MGMTMN5BWFLVZFRHA33YMRUOSKK", "length": 14021, "nlines": 75, "source_domain": "www.dispatch.com", "title": "Her own kind of hero - News - The Columbus Dispatch - Columbus, OH", "raw_content": "Her own kind of hero\nAs best reconstructed, the conversation went something like this:\n\"Annie. How are you, honey? How are they treating you?\"\n\"Is the food good?\"\n\"What do you think of Dr. Webster? Is \u2026\"\n\"John, stop! Listen, John.\"\n\"What do you think of Dr. Webster? Is \ufffd\"\nSlowly, concentrating on every vowel and every consonant, Annie Glenn then did something on that January morning in 1973 that she had not done in her 53 years, something John Glenn never imagined hearing over the telephone, \"an instrument of the devil to a stutterer,\" he often said.\nAnnie spoke a complete sentence.\nAnd John wept.\nJohn Glenn, the rugged Marine and national hero who personified a brave nation, was brought to his knees when the woman he had known since they were in diapers merely uttered a sentence without stuttering.\nRemembering that phone call recently in their Downtown condo looking north over the Scioto River, John choked up.\n\"The guts she had for all those years. I don't know if I've ever known anyone more courageous.\"\nContemplating her husband of 64 years, Annie said, simply, \"He loved me even though.\"\nEven though 85 percent of the words she spoke came out stuttered.\nEven though arrangements with neighbors had to be made when John was away so someone could communicate for Annie in an emergency.\nEven though, as fame and celebrity came, she could not speak to the news and only rarely found the likes of Bobby Kennedy and others with the patience to indulge her tortured speech.\nNow 87 and 86, respectively, Annie and John Glenn symbolize more than his place in history. They are a quintessential love story.\n\"To write a story about either one of them, if it doesn't include the other, then it just isn't complete,\" said their daughter, Lyn Glenn, a 60-year-old artist in St. Paul, Minn.\nThirty-five years after learning how to speak without stuttering, Annie described her life with one of Ohio's most famous sons. Annie was a stunning beauty in her youth. Her great black eyebrows have lightened, but her easy and genuine manner remain, and she speaks slowly, knowing that when she is tired or excited the words can become jumbled.\nIn her own right, Annie has become an unintentional heroine to thousands with disabilities. For more than half of her life, she counted on others to speak for her, publicly uncommunicative in a world that wanted ever more from her husband.\n\"She is the light of my life,\" said Patryce Thompson, a retired speech pathologist who coached Annie at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington.\n\"To think that she had so much to share but couldn't speak is just painful. And then to overcome that -- it's a movie script that wouldn't be believed.\"\nGrowing up 60 miles east of Columbus in New Concord, Annie never expected the life she has lived. After graduating from Muskingum College in 1942 with a degree in music, she wanted nothing more than to stay in New Concord and be a homemaker and play the church organ. But World War II and her husband's prowess as a pilot dashed that dream and thrust her into a life of seemingly endless relocations, away from the comfortable cocoon of home, where everyone took her stuttering in stride.\nStill, Annie came to enjoy the Marine Corps life and the friends she made, such as Rene Carpenter, wife of John's fellow astronaut Scott Carpenter, and others who accepted her stuttering.\nBut she did not fathom how Feb. 20, 1962 -- \"the most scared I've ever been\" -- would change things as she and her children, David and Lyn, her parents, her minister and a few close friends gathered around three televisions in the Glenns' Arlington, Va., home to watch John become the first American to orbit Earth.\nAfter the ticker-tape parade in New York City and John's speech to a joint session of Congress, the invitations were ubiquitous and so, too, was the allure of the celebrity world.\n\"We could tell that our life, if we weren't careful, was going to be changed,\" Annie said. \"We have a very close family, and we were getting all kinds of invitations, and we decided to talk it over with our kids. We didn't accept many invitations.\"\nReporters and TV cameras were fixtures outside their home, but John and Annie eventually sneaked away to the Wyoming wilderness with the kids, reconnecting with who they were and who they intended to remain.\n\"All of us expected the attention and acclaim to go away after a while, but it never did go away,\" Lyn said.\nAfter the orbital flight, where the Glenns went, what they saw and who they came to know made the quiet life impossible. Celebrity pursued them relentlessly, and each brush with the famous painfully revealed Annie's stuttering.\nSoon after John's space flight, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was intent on visiting the Glenns. His limo was en route to their Arlington home, with reporters in tow, when John told his bosses at NASA that Annie was in bed with a migraine and it wasn't a good time.\nThey threatened to scrub Glenn from future missions if he did not let Johnson in the house. Standing fast, John said he would call a press conference and expose the threat.\n\"That ended that,\" Annie said, noting that even though Johnson's limo turned around, they eventually became good friends with him and his wife, Lady Bird. Ironically, and unknown to John until years later, President Kennedy had secretly decided to bar John from future flights, fearing that potentially losing him in space might be too much for the nation's psyche.\nLater came the Bob Hope show featuring the wives of the original seven astronauts. All had speaking parts, but Annie declined hers. \"I always regretted that because I let myself down. I should have at least tried.\"\nLyn witnessed the callousness of the celebrity class during a Capitol Rotunda ceremony shortly after the orbital flight when three well-known public figures, whom she declined to name, approached her mother.\n\"When they asked her a question, she tried to answer and they quickly began talking to each other and walked away. It was the beginning of an education for me.\"\nHad celebrity meant anything to her, Annie could have been a shameless name-dropper. But she much prefers talking about the everyday people she has helped with stuttering and other disabilities. It was one hour and 23 minutes into the interview before she happened to mention that Sen. Robert F. Kennedy had been kind to her.\nOffhandedly, Annie referred to an Idaho rafting and camping trip she and John had taken with Bobby and Ethel Kennedy and a few other friends in 1966. Who were the others? Well, Annie recalled, there were singer Andy Williams and his actress wife, Claudine Longet; composer Henry Mancini and his wife; and Jim Whittaker, who in 1963 became the first American to climb to the summit of Mount Everest, and his wife.\nBobby Kennedy was always attentive and patient with her because he was a mild stutterer, Annie said. Around the campfire one night, she asked him whether politics was a lonely life.\n\"He said he could count his good friends, the ones he could really trust, on one hand. And when he was killed, John was one of his pallbearers. I'll always remember that.\"\nThe night in 1968 when Bobby was shot by an assassin after winning the California presidential primary, John and Annie were in the Kennedys' Los Angeles hotel suite. As Bobby lingered near death, Ethel asked John and Annie to fly with her children to Hickory Hill, the Kennedys' home in Virginia. The next night, John told the children that their father was dead.\n\"It's still heart-rending to me,\" said Lyn, who was with her parents that night in Los Angeles. \"I understand why Ethel trusted Dad to do that. He was very gentle and warm and certainly no stranger to the kids.\"\nA spark in New Concord\nGrowing up, John Glenn and Anna Margaret Castor didn't contemplate such an interesting life. In New Concord, John's father had a plumbing shop and Annie's father was a dentist. Not more than 3 years old, John and Annie shared a playpen when their parents and three other couples met once a month for what they called the \"Twice 5 Club.\"\nIn school, Annie was a top student but never had been called upon to speak before classmates until the sixth grade. That's when she learned she was different: \"I got up to recite a poem and one of the boys laughed at me, and I realized I was not normal.\n\"I was lucky to have grown up where I was accepted. When I went out in the world, even to Zanesville and Cambridge, I had a lot of hurt feelings. I knew I was loved and accepted in New Concord.\"\nThe spark between John and Annie ignited in junior high school, and they both stayed home to attend Muskingum College. Annie desperately wanted to be a teacher but pursued a music degree because she played the organ and could sing without stuttering. John's education was interrupted by World War II but, before heading for flight training, he gave her an engagement ring.\n\"My total wealth at that time was about 150 bucks, and it cost $125.\"\nOn her own and in the job market, Annie soon confronted the everyday limitations of stuttering.\n\"I can remember going shopping and I would hunt and hunt and hunt for what I wanted to buy, but I wasn't able to ask a clerk. I can remember graduating from college, and I wanted to leave New Concord and get a job in Dayton. I had to write out where I wanted to go, and I handed it to the bus driver. He thought I was deaf. He wrote back how much money I needed.\n\"Lots of people thought when my jaws sort of started shaking (as she tried to talk) that I was cold. Lots of people would turn their backs and walk away from me. I have been laughed at many times.\"\nShe landed a job out of college as a military secretary in Dayton. Her boss, a colonel, asked her to listen to a phone conversation and take shorthand, which she could do expertly. \"Then he asked me to read it back, and I couldn't do it. The colonel said he wouldn't make me do that again. I kept my job, though.\"\nWhen he was going to be away, John recalled, \"We'd always line up a neighbor she could run over to if something happened, because she couldn't use the telephone.\"\nOn the January morning in 1944 when he shipped out for combat in the South Pacific, John held Annie, searching for something to say.\n\"I'm just going down to the corner store to get a pack of gum,\" he said.\n\"Don't be long,\" she whispered through a kiss. From that day to this, she has kept a gum wrapper in her purse.\nPressed to campaign\nIn 1964, Glenn had announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate but a near-fatal head-banging fall in his Columbus bathroom kept him from campaigning. Annie bravely hit the trail on her husband's behalf, taking along Rene Carpenter as her voice.\nBy 1976, John was a senator and, along with then-Sen. Walter Mondale of Minnesota, a finalist to be Democratic presidential nominee Jimmy Carter's running mate. Later, it was reported that Carter's aides nixed the deal because of Annie's speech impediment. In an interview last month, John refused to discuss it on the record.\nThrough the years, Annie tried different treatment programs, but none worked. One morning, she and John were watching the Today show and on came Dr. Ronald Webster, a psychologist and director of the Communications Research Institute at Hollins College in Roanoke, Va.\nMost therapists viewed stuttering as an emotional disorder and treated it with psychotherapy, but Webster concluded that it might have something to do with actual tissue growth and the way stutterers hear their own voices and transmit sounds to the brain. He developed an intensive three-week course of therapy in which stutterers were taught to speak all over again and in a new way.\n\"John and I looked at each other and he said, 'Honey, do you want to try this? It sounds like what you've been trying to find.' \"\nLyn remembered getting her mother's call from Hollins moments after the one that made her father cry: \"It just took my breath away and I cried, too.\"\nLater in 1973, Annie gave her first public speech to a small group in Chagrin Falls. By 1984, she was delivering speeches across the country on behalf of her husband's presidential candidacy.\nSince overcoming stuttering, Annie has devoted herself to helping other stutterers and people with disabilities.\n\"If I see a person in a wheelchair or with a disability, I always talk to them and explain who I am and that I am a stutterer,\" Annie said. \"I like to encourage people.\"\nA few years ago, she was invited to lecture a speech-and-hearing class at Ohio State University. Facing the students in her 80s, Annie finally was living her dream of being a teacher. \"The tears were rolling down my cheeks.\"\nDuring her interview, Annie spoke wonderingly about her life, curled on a sofa as two Himalayan cats vied for her attention and John prepared \"travel litter boxes\" for a drive to Washington. She still steps sprightly and with energy, belying her age, evident on frequent walks of a mile or more. John often walks with her to buy a green-tea frappuccino at Starbucks in the Brewery District.\nAlthough bad weather had grounded their flight that day, Annie has been John's co-pilot for a half-century. She has logged thousands of hours in their twin-engine Beechcraft Baron, usually en route to their homes in Potomac, Md., and Vail, Colo.; or to St. Paul to visit Lyn; or to Berkeley, Calif., where their son, David, is an anesthesiologist and lives with his wife and two sons.\nThese days, Annie communicates easily with air-traffic controllers and, although she doesn't have a pilot's license, she said she knows how to fly. \"I never landed the plane, but I'm sure, I'm positive, I could land it.\"\nAt 86, John remains a top-flight pilot, Annie said, ever confident in him.\n\"I'm with the best pilot there ever was.\"\n\"If I see a person in a wheelchair or with a disability, I always talk to them and explain who I am and that I am a stutterer. I like to encourage people.\"\nAnnie Glenn On the web Annie Glenn speaks about her life with one of Ohio's most famous sons at Dispatch.com/multimedia.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 290, "original_length": 17144, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 250.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2007/08/30/ncac.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:10Z", "digest": "sha1:YFVCBUYWXFNUV25X5N4TYUGEIRPBBNAR", "length": 2495, "nlines": 91, "source_domain": "www.dispatch.com", "title": "North Coast Athletic Conference schedules - News - The Columbus Dispatch - Columbus, OH", "raw_content": "North Coast Athletic Conference schedules\nSept. 1: Westminster 1 p.m.\nSept. 15: at Hiram 1 p.m.\nSept. 22: at Carnegie Mellon 7 p.m.\nSept. 29: Denison 2 p.m.\nOct. 6: Wabash 1 p.m.\nOct. 13: at Kenyon 2 p.m.\nOct. 20: Wooster 1 p.m.\nOct. 27: at Ohio Wesleyan 1 p.m.\nNov. 3: Wittenberg 1 p.m.\nNov. 10: at Oberlin 1 p.m.\nSept. 1: Randolph-Macon 1 p.m.\nSept. 8: at Case Western 7 p.m.\nSept. 22: Gallaudet 2 p.m.\nSept. 29: at Allegheny 2 p.m.\nOct. 6: Oberlin 1 p.m.\nOct. 20: Hiram 1 p.m.\nNov. 3: at Wabash 1 p.m.\nNov. 10: Earlham 1 p.m.\nSept. 1: Rose-Hulman 1 p.m.\nSept. 8: Manchester 1 p.m.\nSept. 15: at Anderson 1 p.m.\nSept. 29: at Wabash 2 p.m.\nOct. 6: Wittenberg 1 p.m.\nOct. 13: at Oberlin 1 p.m.\nOct. 20: Kenyon 1 p.m.\nOct. 27: at Hiram 1 p.m.\nNov. 3: Wooster 1 p.m.\nNov. 10: at Denison 1 p.m.\nSept. 8: Bethany 1 p.m.\nSept. 15: Allegheny 1 p.m.\nSept. 22: at Manchester 1:30 p.m.\nSept. 29: at Oberlin 1 p.m.\nOct. 6: Kenyon 1 p.m.\nOct. 13: at Wooster 1 p.m.\nOct. 20: at Denison 1 p.m.\nOct. 27: Earlham 1 p.m.\nNov. 3: Ohio Wesleyan 1 p.m.\nNov. 10: at Wittenberg 1 p.m.\nSept. 1: Grinnell 1 p.m.\nSept. 8: Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 1 p.m.\nSept. 15: Case Western 1 p.m.\nSept. 29: Ohio Wesleyan 1 p.m.\nOct. 6: at Hiram 1 p.m.\nOct. 13: Allegheny 2 p.m.\nOct. 20: at Earlham 1 p.m.\nOct. 27: Denison 1 p.m.\nNov. 3: at Oberlin 1 p.m.\nNov. 10: at Wooster 1 p.m.\nSept. 1: Case Western 1 p.m.\nSept. 8: at Heidelberg 1 p.m.\nSept. 22: at Washington & Jefferson 7 p.m.\nSept. 29: Hiram 1 p.m.\nOct. 6: at Denison 1 p.m.\nOct. 20: at Wabash 1 p.m.\nOct. 27: at Wittenberg 1 p.m.\nNov. 3: Kenyon 1 p.m.\nNov. 10: Allegheny 1 p.m.\nSept. 1: Franklin 1 p.m.\nSept. 8: Catholic noon\nSept. 22: Wabash 1 p.m.\nSept. 29: at Kenyon 1 p.m.\nOct. 6: at Wooster 1 p.m.\nOct. 20: at Wittenberg 3:30 p.m.\nNov. 3: at Hiram 1 p.m.\nNov. 10: at Case Western 1 p.m.\nSept. 15: at Millikin 2 p.m.\nSept. 22: at Ohio Wesleyan 1 p.m.\nSept. 29: Earlham 2 p.m.\nOct. 6: at Allegheny 2 p.m.\nOct. 13: Wittenberg 1 p.m.\nOct. 20: Oberlin 1 p.m.\nNov. 3: Denison 1 p.m.\nNov. 10: at DePauw 1:05 p.m.\nSept. 1: Capital 7 p.m.\nSept. 15: at Olivet 1 p.m.\nSept. 22: at Alma 1 p.m.\nSept. 29: Wooster 1 p.m.\nOct. 6: at Earlham 1 p.m.\nOct. 20: Ohio Wesleyan 3:30 p.m.\nNov. 3: at Allegheny 1 p.m.\nNov. 10: Hiram 1 p.m.\nSept. 1: at John Carroll 1:30 p.m.\nSept. 8: Waynesburg 1 p.m.\nSept. 22: at Case Western 7 p.m.\nSept. 29: at Wittenberg 1 p.m.\nOct. 6: Ohio Wesleyan 1 p.m.\nOct. 20: at Allegheny 1 p.m.\nOct. 27: Wabash 1 p.m.\nNov. 3: at Earlham 1 p.m.\nNov. 10: Kenyon 1 p.m.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 314, "original_length": 5721, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.81, "perplexity": 210.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.doctorwaynesuway.com/blog/category/uncategorized/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:50:11Z", "digest": "sha1:XCD5DAHAYDK3PKSBWZJW6FV4G4O2KQ2Y", "length": 369, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.doctorwaynesuway.com", "title": "Uncategorized Archives | Doctor Wayne Suway Blog", "raw_content": "Dr. Wayne Suway reinforces the importance of maintaining good oral health, showing that good dental habits can reduce the risk of serious diseases such as diabetes, respiratory conditions, and others. Marietta, GA \u2013 Dr. Wayne G. Suway emphasizes to his patients at his private Marietta dentistry practice that routine dental care is essential to maintaining \u2026 Read More", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 223, "original_length": 21388, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 337.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.dottyinsuranceservices.com/profession-result/?prof=Civil%20engineer", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:16Z", "digest": "sha1:T3AYSLGHN73BCKU5JGMNMC5EE6TINFLY", "length": 59, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.dottyinsuranceservices.com", "title": "Search Results \u2013 Dotty Insurance Services", "raw_content": "Good news. We can offer Civil engineers insurance policies.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 52, "original_length": 4191, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 318.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.douglasinvegas.com/blog/2018/6/30/zvyzubpx0th4bkpnthnyi0ai8wf016", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:06Z", "digest": "sha1:4XMER65P33QKBV2WPVAXSRSUKSTGOB36", "length": 3580, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.douglasinvegas.com", "title": "Merger Malinvestment \u2014 Douglas in Vegas", "raw_content": "The June 29th edition of Grant\u2019s Interest Rate Observer led with, \u201cTime Warner, Inc. was put on this earth not to produce Game of Thrones but to punctuate the cycles of investment enthusiasm.\u201d Grant\u2019s reminds the forgetful that a few bubbles ago Time Warner and AOL merged and that \u201cannouncement in 2000 rang down the curtain on the dot-com era.\u201d\nThe Time Warner - American Online (AOL) merger was a colossal $111 billion deal. A blink in time later, May 2009, the CEO of Time Warner, Jeff Bewkes, announced the two companies were separating, the merger was but a brief hookup instead of a marriage.\nNow Time-Warner is making merger with AT&T, and Grant\u2019s wonders if the deal \u201cmay epitomize the post-2008 corporate-credit boom.\u201d\n\u201cThe new AT&T is a kind of triptych,\u201d writes Grant\u2019s, \u201cone-third wireless, one-third wireline and one-third entertainment.\u201d\nOf course, anything can work on paper if the guys and gals in the corner office want it to. In a 2011 piece for mises.org, I wrote,\nA former director of Coopers & Lybrand told author Mark Sirower, \"Lotus is the culprit in failed acquisitions. It is too easy to assume anything you want in perpetuity without any understanding of the economics of an industry, and package it in a beautiful report.\"\nIn his book The Synergy Trap, Sirower says valuation models turn on three things: free-cash-flow forecasts, residual value, and a discount rate.\nAnd if anyone is assuming today's Fed-induced microscopic interests rates will last forever, well, now would be the time to be selling instead of buying. Once interest rates go up, these valuation models will be blown up along with the government-employee pension-plan assumptions.\nIt's hard to make something work out economically if you overpay in the first place. And that is most often what happens. Companies overpay for the firms they acquire.\nIt\u2019s the rare business combination that works out. I mentioned,\naccording to Max Landsberg and Dr. Thomas Kell at the consulting firm Heidrick & Struggles, 74 percent of mergers fail. \"Two-thirds of the newly formed companies perform well below the industry average,\" according to the Harvard Management Update. Although \"up to 70 percent [of mergers] failed to create value, it seems clear that the end is not yet in sight,\" claims Financial Executive. And the Journal of Property Management says \"60 percent to 80 percent of all business combinations undergo a slow, painful demise.\"\nIn the AT&T/Time Warner merger there is the additional problem of the debt load. \u201cIf pro forma AT&T were a country,\u201d Craig Moffett tells Grant\u2019s, \u201cit would place 32nd on the list of highest total debt burdens, between Indonesia (at $335 billion) and the UAB ($220 billion). Pro forma leverage, on an adjusted basis, will now be 3.9 times EBITDA,\u201d\n\u201cM&A is now--arguably, always has been--a leap in the dark,\u201d Grant\u2019s writes. The primary problem is size itself. Ludwig von Mises explained that socialism doesn\u2019t work because there was no market to determine prices and thus calculate how resources should be used. Behemoth companies are no more immune than government bureaucracies.\nProfessor Peter Klein furthers the point in his book The Capitalist and the Entrepreneur,\nGrant\u2019s closed the AT&T analysis with, \u201cThere is nothing certain about the new Time Warner corporate marriage, only the time-honored tendencies of governments to inflate, investment bankers to promote, corporate CEOs to deal--and ground-hugging interest rates to addle the brain.\u201d\nIn the end, this latest corporate knot-tying will crumble and destroy capital.\nAT&T, Time-Warner", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 48, "original_length": 5671, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 327.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.dreamscapeab.com/person/4314935", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:42Z", "digest": "sha1:7NHXZJ5GYZM3VW7X5FANKFXHUWAYJD2S", "length": 773, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.dreamscapeab.com", "title": "Welcome to Dreamscape", "raw_content": "Roberto Irace\nRoberto Irace is an illustrator, graphic designer, curator, and art director from Italy. Also known as \"Erre,\" he provided the illustrations for all three titles in the Play on Shakespeare series.\nIllustrated by Roberto Irace\n\"A pleasing and painless way to introduce Shakespeare to young audiences.\" - Booklist\n\"...a lighthearted approach...the overall effect is one of playfulness, complemented by Irace's humorous, colorful, and highly stylized cartoon illustrations.\" - School Library Journal\n\"...the overall effect is one of playfulness, complemented by Irace's humorous, colorful, and highly stylized cartoon illustrations. The Tempest is successful in clarifying its complicated story and defining unfamiliar words in context.\" - School Library Journal", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 2666, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 195.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.drewskillmanracing.com/valvoline", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:37:29Z", "digest": "sha1:TR2IWJLP5VHYPOVIN62CI4OEA2GYKMVC", "length": 849, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.drewskillmanracing.com", "title": "Valvoline \u2014 Drew Skillman Racing", "raw_content": "Valvoline has been a global leader in the motor oil industry for 150 years. From humble beginnings of developing a petroleum-based lubricant for steam engines, to now being a mega company with hundreds of locations and multiple products and services to offer.\nValvoline has been a big name in racing since the beginning. Its development of a motor oil specifically for the fast speeds and long run times of engines changed the game of racing. This #1 selling racing oil provides high zinc for race-level protection in high performance engines on the track. Its exclusive design reduces friction and enhance power for its drivers.\nTo be the best, Valvoline is constantly in the lab testing new oils to provide top quality services for its customers. Find out what\u2019s new here. To stay up to date, make sure to follow Valvoline on Facebook and Twitter.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 38, "original_length": 1573, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 302.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=56781", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:26:42Z", "digest": "sha1:56SABHOX5TAE26TLUBF4BRPOXYCTNTIX", "length": 2337, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "www.drive.com.au", "title": "New car buyers live in the shires", "raw_content": "New car buyers live in the shires\nSurvey finds Sydney\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Sutherland, Hills districts residents more likely to buy a new car.\nA project aimed at pigeon-holing the Australian population has found that new car buyers are more likely to live in outer suburbs than inner-city areas.\nAnd upper-income, lifestyle-focused families are more likely to splash out on a new vehicle than those who closely manage their money.\nRoy Morgan research polled more than 50,000 people before breaking them down into demographic groups under a program dubbed Helix Personas.\n\u201cLeading lifestyle\u201d households with an income of around $117,000 per year were the broad social group most likely to consider new cars.\nDelving deeper into the data, researchers found that \u201cSelf-made lifestylers\u201d, career-focused high-earning professionals with a household income of around $145,000, were the most likely to splash out on new wheels.\nJordan Pakes, automotive account director for Roy Morgan Research, says the group for the most part owned their own homes and had not migrated from overseas.\n\u201cSelf-Made Lifestylers account for 1.6 per cent of the Australian population, but around 2.7 per cent of the new car intender market,\u201d he says.\n\u201cThey can be found in Williamstown, Templestowe and Mount Eliza in Melbourne, and Cherrybrook, Caringbah and Illawong in Sydney.\u201d\nThe group are considered likely to admire \u201cvisible achievements\u201d and social standing over values such as fairness or conservation.\nNicholas Tynan, sales manager at the Tynan Motors group of new car dealers in Sydney\u2019s Sutherland Shire, says the region has \u201calways been an area of growth and an area of boom\u201d.\nTynan says falling new car prices were an added incentive for middle-class suburbs.\n\u201cSome of it would be from the cost of new cars. Cars are becoming much more affordable.\n\u201cI was selling the Jeep Grand Cherokee five or six years ago, when the SRT model was $115,000.\n\u201cThese days that car is $88,000 loaded with everything.\u201d\nPakes says Mazda was on the top of shopping lists for regular cars, while Audi was the premium brand most likely to be considered.\nThe survey data suggests that \u201cSavvy self-starters\u201d, a multicultural group that values education, were considerably less likely to buy a new car compared to the general population.\n(0) Comments on: New car buyers live in the shires\n2v3ed", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 191, "original_length": 5446, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 316.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.dudum.com/lisa-tichenor", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:50Z", "digest": "sha1:Q4TQOJZL524KKKSOGHJYNMHZ66SWEYBP", "length": 1218, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.dudum.com", "title": "LISA TICHENOR - Dudum Real Estate Group", "raw_content": "LISA TICHENOR\n925.285.1093 | CaDRE #: 01478540 | lisa@lisatichenor.com\nWith a ten-year history of buying and selling homes in the East Bay, Lisa Tichenor has more than a few stories to tell. To her, stories are what makes a house a home. She is drawn to the experience of bringing buyers and sellers together to craft a story that helps everyone involved.\nLisa grew up in Walnut Creek and graduated from Saint Mary\u2019s College in Moraga. Prior to entering real estate in 2005, she worked in the ever-changing and demanding world of journalism. As a writer and producer she learned about the power of effective communication and getting the story right. Then as reporter and news anchor in front of the television camera, she honed her communication and presentation talents. Incidentally, some of the high profile stories she covered while working at KTVU Channel 2 and NBC Bay Area included: 9/11 victim family interviews, The Scott Peterson Murder Trial, Barry Bonds #73 Home Run Ball Trial and the San Francisco Dog Mauling Case.\nIn her real estate career she has been widely recognized for:\nIN 2014, TOP 10% CONTRA COSTA AND TOP 3% WALNUT CREEK / LAFAYETTE\nOVER $100 MILLION IN TRANSACTIONS\n15 UNITS PER YEAR AVERAGE", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 70, "original_length": 2254, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 244.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.duncansboats.com/learning-center/what-type-of-boat/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:15Z", "digest": "sha1:AGBSSC6Q33YVU6VJ3BNIRP4CNU3W6LYZ", "length": 3820, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.duncansboats.com", "title": "What Type of Boat? - Duncan's Boats", "raw_content": "Having been boat dealers in the Charleston area since 1970, we\u2019ve helped thousands of families take the plunge into the best pastime in the lowcountry, boating. On a regular basis, we\u2019ll have the man of the house make the first visit to the dealership, primed for that tricked out fishing boat. He\u2019s seen the numerous center consoles cruising the rivers, and dreams of a future of offshore and inshore fishing. Who could resist the call of the salt spray and landing the big one? Eventually, he gets an opportunity to bring in the rest of the family. The plush interior and comfort offered by a runabout or deckboat draws the full attention of the family and the confusion sets in. Which boat is right for the entire family?\nWhile the Charleston market is full of professional dealers selling \u201cfish\u201d boats, and while we certainly offer them as well, the center console may not necessarily be the best fit for the entire family. The choice of a boat that fits the needs of the entire family is of utmost importance. If the buyer forces the issue and the family does not enjoy the chosen boat, it won\u2019t be long before another used boat will find its way to the market.\nBuyers should carefully consider how the boat will be used. How often will the boat be fished, if at all? What kind of fishing will be done? Certainly, if you plan on going offshore, a center console is likely the best choice. But, will the rest of the family be happy? Maybe you want to enjoy watersports, or perhaps you simply want a comfortable boat to enjoy Charleston\u2019s beautiful waterways.\nOf course, more often than not, buyers are looking for a boat that will do it all. I remind them that a ski boat doesn\u2019t make a very good fish boat and vice a versa. If you plan to spend most of the time cruising and enjoying family time, while fishing occasionally, there are many options from which to choose. Consider a runabout with plenty of storage for the fishing gear. It will offer the comfort and ski ability that the family desires while offering the occasional opportunity for fishing. After all, you can fish from a bridge or pier, why not a runabout?\nNow, if your fishing experience will be more frequent in the rivers and lakes, consider a fish and ski combo package or a deckboat with a fishing package option. These boats offer plenty of comfort and water sports amenities, while providing the necessary requirements of the frequent angler. Center consoles and bay boats are built primarily for the avid angler with all of the amenities expected for true inshore and offshore fishing.\nThe size of the boat is often a compromise between budget, use, storage and capacity. If you are going to keep the boat in a garage, you will certainly need a smaller boat, say 16-17 feet. How many people will normally cruise with you? Be sure to consider all of the new friends that you will take along. Also, consider where the boat will be used. Charleston has many rivers and tributaries which can be easily enjoyed with a smaller boat. But, if you want to venture into the harbor or offshore, you are going to need a bigger boat.\nThe most important decision for the potential buyer may just be the choice of a dealer to help navigate the various choices and help find the proper boat that will fill all of the needs of the family. At Duncan\u2019s Boats, we pride ourselves on just that. With a professional staff of salespeople who lived the boating lifestyle their entire lives, we will spend the time to understand how you plan to use your boat and will help you find the right boat of your dreams. After all, if you don\u2019t come to terms with the right boat for the family, you may have to continue fishing from the bridge.\nA fantastic resource to help you decide which type of boat is right for your family is the interactive website, Discover Boating.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 72, "original_length": 4875, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 303.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.durhamworldheritagesite.com/heritage/list", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:23Z", "digest": "sha1:CZM5BZ2O3PNJSSZUYHMKMIS3ZY6NHLWB", "length": 5168, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.durhamworldheritagesite.com", "title": "The World Heritage List - Durham World Heritage Site", "raw_content": "The World Heritage Emblem\nThe World Heritage emblem represents the interdependence of the world\u2019s natural and cultural diversity. It is used to identify properties protected by the World Heritage Convention and inscribed on the official World Heritage List, and represents the universal values for which the Convention stands. The central square symbolizes the results of human skill and inspiration, while the circle celebrates the gifts of nature. The emblem is round, like the world, a symbol of global protection for the heritage of all humankind.\nDesigned by Belgian artist Michel Olyff, it was adopted as the official emblem of the World Heritage Convention in 1978.\nFull list of World Heritage Sites\nMore information about World Heritage\nWhat makes a site worthy of the World Heritage List? Does the List change?\nThe Idea of Outstanding Universal Value\nIf a place is a World Heritage Site, it means that it has been inscribed by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) on its World Heritage List. To qualify, a site must be of outstanding universal cultural or natural value (or both). A site does not necessarily have to be old to be considered worthy. Sydney Opera House, inaugurated in 1973, and the City of Brasilia, designed in the 1950s, are two examples of modern World Heritage Sites.\nThere are currently 911 sites on the World Heritage List, in 151 countries. Of these, 704 are cultural, 180 are natural, and 27 are mixed sites. New sites are added to the List every year.\nLeft: The National Theatre, one of the civic buildings of Brasilia; and, Right: Sydney Opera House, two modern World Heritage Sites.\n\u00a9 (L)UNESCO (Our Place); (R) F. Bandarin\nThe Process of Inscription\nBefore a site can be given World Heritage Site status, it must first be put on a tentative list of prospective World Heritage Sites by the government of the country in which it lies. Every year, each country has the right to put forward one site from its tentative list for consideration for inscription onto the World Heritage List. This requires extensive preparatory work, as the inscription process means that a site has to demonstrate how it meets one or more of UNESCO\u2019s ten criteria for eligibility. If a site is successful, it means that it is recognised as being of outstanding value to humanity as a whole.\nMonitoring and Managing a Site\nSites on the World Heritage List are monitored by UNESCO to ensure that whatever makes them outstanding is preserved. Outstanding value can be tangible or intangible \u2014 for example, Durham Cathedral\u2019s significance as a great historic building is a tangible aspect of its outstanding value, while the fact that the shrine of Saint Cuthbert has been a place of pilgrimage for over 1000 years is an intangible aspect. It is the responsibility of the country in which a site lies to ensure that it is properly preserved.\nIf a site is under threat, for example through neglect, wilful destruction, or natural disasters, to name a few, it can be put on the World Heritage in Danger List. This draws the attention of the international community, and also makes a site eligible for financial support from the World Heritage Fund. In severe circumstances, UNESCO can revoke a site\u2019s World Heritage status if it feels that its integrity has been compromised to the extent that it has lost the qualities that made it outstanding.\nFor example, the Arabian Oryx Sanctuary in Oman, inscribed in 1994, was delisted in 2007 because of the Omani government's decision to reduce the size of the sanctuary by 90%.\nTwo views of one of the Buddhas of Bamiyan in Afghanistan. The image to the left was taken in 1963. The image to the right was taken after the wilful destruction of the Buddhas by the Taliban in 2001. As a result, the cultural landscape and archaeological remains of the Bamiyan Valley were listed and immediately put on the Heritage in Danger List in 2003.\nThe List and New Site Categories\nIn 1994, UNESCO decided that the World Heritage List needed to be balanced, representative, and credible, meaning that it would need to better reflect the diversity of outstanding cultural and natural value across the world in its broadest possible sense. Until then, European sites, historic towns, religious sites and \u2018elitist\u2019 (as opposed to vernacular) buildings were over-represented on the list, while there were very few examples of living cultures, especially traditional cultures, and major gaps in the representation of natural areas such as savannas, lakes, and tundra and polar systems.\nToday, new categories of sites are actively being encouraged. These include cultural landscapes, itineraries, industrial heritage, deserts, coastal and marine sites, and small island states.\nAerial view of La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle, two adjacent watch-making towns in Switzerland, inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2009, because of their value as an urban ensemble entirely dedicated to a single industry. They have been constructed by and for watchmaking, for which Switzerland is world-renowned. They are a good example of the broad way in which UNESCO now defines 'Outstanding Universal Value.'", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 121, "original_length": 14270, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 142.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.dutchvalleyfoods.com/products/details/447743", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:42:17Z", "digest": "sha1:HRLERLBXRW3FZ2IQPSSV73PGJBSNIK5S", "length": 276, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.dutchvalleyfoods.com", "title": "Bulk Foods by Dutch Valley : Bulk Candy, Bulk Spices, Wholesale Bulk Food Distributor, Organic Foods.", "raw_content": "Piccalilli 12/16oz\nA very old family recipe. A unique green tomato product, with peppers, onions, and an assortment of spices. Good with hot dogs, hamburgers, or especially good with a roast or other meats.\nGreen Tomatoes, Peppers, Onions, Water, Vinegar, Sugar, Salt, Spices.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 195, "original_length": 3141, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 189.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.dyingwithdignity.ca/our_new_website", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:21Z", "digest": "sha1:S3RE6H2MAM5ZBU5QVJGKYK4WD5FYYYJ5", "length": 2123, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.dyingwithdignity.ca", "title": "Welcome to DWD Canada's new website - Dying With Dignity Canada", "raw_content": "Welcome to DWD Canada's new website\nWe at DWD Canada are thrilled to give you a glimpse of what will be a keystone in our campaign to protect Canadians\u2019 hard-won right to a peaceful death.\nInteractive, visual and equally accessible by smartphone and laptop, our new website will help us mobilize the 84 per cent of Canadians who support the right to compassionate, physician assisted dying. Armed with powerful, easily shareable content, it will further enable our supporters to engage their communities and speak out for compassion and choice at end of life.\nThis transition couldn\u2019t have come at a more critical time. This summer, we are launching the most ambitious campaign in our 33-year history. Our objective: to ensure physician assisted dying is accessible to all eligible Canadians when the Supreme Court\u2019s decision comes into effect on February 6, 2016.\nBecause compelling personal stories are the key to driving change, they will play an upsized role on our new site. Check out the stories of Barb and Nagui, two people who have inspired us with their fight for compassionate end-of-life choice. We heartily encourage you to tweet these stories, share them on Facebook or e-mail them to your friends \u2014 every little bit counts! And soon enough, you\u2019ll have the opportunity to submit your own testimonials of courage, too.\nThe new website is in its testing phase, meaning we\u2019re still uploading content and working out the kinks. For the moment, it will be housed at engage.dyingwithdignity.ca.\nAs for the old DWD Canada website, it\u2019s still active. You\u2019ll be able to access it for the time being, while we work to build out the new one. There\u2019s a ton of fascinating content \u2014 from eye-opening research from overseas to profiles of our board and council members \u2014 that has yet to find its way to the new page.\nSo please, take a look around to see what\u2019s fresh. Read the stories of people who\u2019ve inspired us. And if you haven\u2019t already, sign up to our mailing list to find out first about the launch of our new campaigns. After all, it\u2019s your participation, not a shiny new gadget or app, that makes change possible.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 70, "original_length": 3757, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 293.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.easinc.co/news/welcome-to-our-new-website/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:04Z", "digest": "sha1:3OS5TQF3L35AMA4LHZR3NWCBD7TRODMV", "length": 752, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.easinc.co", "title": "Welcome to our new website! \u2013 EASi", "raw_content": "Finally, our new website is active.\nThe site enhancements include a News section, a personal Blog, and a user\u2019s support Forum. The News section will contain training and software announcements. I intend on starting and maintaining a blog on occupational exposure assessment issues. However, it is the addition of a user\u2019s forum that is most exciting. In the Support/Forums section users of the IHDataAnalyst (commercial and student versions), as well as users of my other software products, can view a FAQ section, respond to questions, and post questions of their own. I will monitor the forum for new questions and respond as needed.\nOver the next several months I hope to update all of the text and add new sections. Suggestions will be appreciated.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 142, "original_length": 5046, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 262.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.eastwestcenter.org/publications/tibet-china-conflict-history-and-polemics", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:56:38Z", "digest": "sha1:CYT34JABYA54CE62RL3IC37B6Y3VYIQE", "length": 5141, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.eastwestcenter.org", "title": "\ufeff", "raw_content": "The Tibet-China Conflict: History and Polemics | East-West Center | www.eastwestcenter.org\nThe Tibet-China Conflict: History and Polemics\nPages: xi, 62\nThis paper is a guide to the historical arguments made by the primary parties to the Tibet-China conflict. Given the polarization that has characterized this issue for decades, it is surprising that little has been done to analyze or at least disentangle the strands of historical argumentation that the parties have been using. This paper attempts to do this by relying as much as possible on the key assertions as they have been framed in Chinese and Tibetan sources. Chinese- and Tibetan-language materials dealing with the historical status of Tibet are often more detailed and better documented, and hew more closely than English-language materials do to the thinking of the people most directly concerned with (and affected by) the Tibet-China conflict.\nThe status of Tibet is at the core of the dispute, as it has been for all parties drawn into it over the past century. China maintains that Tibet is an inalienable part of China. Tibetans maintain that Tibet has historically been an independent country. In reality, the conflict over Tibet's status has been a conflict over history. When Chinese writers and political figures assert that Tibet is a part of China, they do so not on the basis of Chinese rule being good rule (although they do not hesitate to make that assertion, either), but on the basis of history. As one of China's more well-known spokesmen once put it, \"'Is Tibet, after all, a part of China?' History says it is.\"\nThe fundamental place of history in the Tibet issue is not something imposed by outside parties. Even though the Dalai Lama and his government-in-exile appear quite at ease with accepting Tibet as a part of China, the People's Republic of China (PRC) has pointedly accused the Dalai Lama of duplicity, stating that his unwillingness to recognize Tibet as having been an integral part of China for centuries renders his acquiescence unacceptable. The centrality of history in the question of Tibet's status could not be clearer.\nThis paper looks at the evolution of both Chinese and Tibetan positions, then at the prevailing views currently held by advocates on either side of the issue, and finally at how the major assertions made about Tibet's historical status stand up against the historical record as reflected in relevant primary-source materials in Chinese and Tibetan. Contemporary secondary literature on the Tibet issue has until now not been based on this sort of approach.\nThis paper provides new details and new insights for those concerned with the basic historical arguments that underlie the crucial issue of Tibet's status. It will show that positions on the Tibet issue said to be reflective of centuries of popular consensus are actually very recent constructions often at variance with the history on which they claim to be based. In some areas critical aspects of history have been misconstrued by both sides.\nThus, China's contention that Tibet has been an \"integral\" part of China since the thirteenth century took shape only in the twentieth century. Moreover, as late as the 1950s, Chinese writers were accustomed to describing Tibet's place in the world of imperial China as that of a subordinate vassal state, not an integral part of China, as current Chinese materials put it. Indeed, for quite some time after Tibet was incorporated into the PRC, Chinese narratives of that process were often vague and beset by contradictory chronologies.\nSimilarly, the Tibetan concept of a \"priest-patron\" religious relationship governing Sino-Tibetan relations to the exclusion of concrete political subordination is itself a rather recent construction. Ample evidence shows that Tibetan religious figures entertained religious and spiritual relationships with emperors of several dynasties, sometimes under conditions in which Tibet was politically subordinate to the dynasty in question and at other times under conditions in which Tibet was independent. The priest-patron relationship was simply not a barometer of Tibet's status, in spite of current Tibetan use of it as such.\nIn addition, one of the major contentions of the Tibetan government-in-exile\u2014that Tibet was invaded in 1949\u2014is a complex and ambiguous issue. The Tibetan government signaled it was under attack only in 1950, when PRC forces crossed into the territories under the jurisdiction of the Dalai Lama's government. Tibetan areas outside the Dalai Lama's jurisdiction had already been incorporated into the PRC. The insistence in recent decades on 1949 as the date of Tibet's invasion is an attempt to define these territories as part of Tibet. Complexity is added to the issue by the fact that these territories have been significant in Tibet's conflict with China. Their cultural place in the Tibetan world is important; the present Dalai Lama comes from this part of the Tibetan Plateau.\nIn Asia, hard copies are available from the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS).\nAn Indian Perception of the Tibetan Situation\n2012 Infusing-Presentations", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 477, "original_length": 23972, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 198.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.easycure.com/speciality/prosthodontist", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:06Z", "digest": "sha1:YXDBCKJPMYLUTKTHGBYJZIZSUS4JJJ7U", "length": 1001, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.easycure.com", "title": "Prosthodontist | Easycure : EasyCure", "raw_content": "Best Prosthodontist in India\nAbout Prosthodontist\nProsthodontist is a dentist who has completed dental school plus three additional years of advanced training and education in an ADA-accredited prosthodontic graduate program. They specialize in treating and handling dental and facial problems that involve restoring missing tooth and jaw structures. A prosthodontist is highly trained in cosmetics, dental implants, crowns, bridges, dentures, temporomandibular disorders (TMJ/TMD), and more. The term \u201cprostho\u201d means replacement and \u201cdontist\u201d means dealing with teeth. Essentially, prosthodontists are THE recognized experts when anything needs to be replaced in your mouth. This can range from a single tooth, multiple teeth, or all teeth and gums in the mouth. While many other dentists can do some of these treatments, prosthodontists are the specialists dedicated to this type of care. 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Projects should distribute leadership and decision-making, encourage parents to become involved in the school, and ensure that students and families are connected to the health, human, and social services they need to stay focused on learning. Proposals must be implemented during the 2009-2010 school year. 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You'll learn that creating a memorable brand takes much more than just developing a strong image. Through the concept of brand equity, you will explore the various aspects of a brand's success that are created internally, and influenced externally by consumers.\nUnderstand the concept of branding through a strategic lens\nLearn the factors that contribute to a brand's value\nGain insight into the marketing communication tools and techniques that can be used to build brand equity", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 182, "original_length": 15370, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 227.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/rugby-union/battle-for-places-is-pushing-edinburgh-stars-to-the-limit-1-4263199", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:47Z", "digest": "sha1:BWSEYXRE5OBIGPB35NPLTDAFM7UZPUJC", "length": 2786, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com", "title": "Battle for places is pushing Edinburgh stars to the limit - Edinburgh Evening News", "raw_content": "Battle for places is pushing Edinburgh stars to the limit\nEdinburgh's Sean Kennedy, right, limbers up with team-mate John Hardie\nEdinburgh Rugby scrum-half Sean Kennedy believes the competition for starting places throughout the team is pushing players on to go the extra mile to impress acting head coach Duncan Hodge.\nIn Hodge\u2019s first match in charge at the end of September, Edinburgh lost 28-15 away to Connacht in the Guinness PRO12, but since then they have notched up two wins and scored 16 tries in the process.\nThe first of those victories came at home to Treviso in the league and was followed up by a European Rugby Challenge Cup triumph in Romania last weekend. Kennedy, 25, started in the match against the Italians before being rested for the Timisoara trip \u2013 and now he is itching to take on Harlequins at BT Murrayfield on Saturday in the Challenge Cup.\n\u201cI am enjoying my rugby which is good and I just want to keep getting good game time and moving on,\u201d he said.\n\u201cI think the more you play the more confidence you get in yourself and you try things that you might not have tried before and they start to come off.\n\u201cI don\u2019t think it is a coincidence that guys are starting to try things and create more chances with the competition for spots that there is here now.\n\u201cAt scrum-half, myself, Sam Hidalgo-Clyne and Nathan Fowles are always pushing each other on in training and I think it is the same in positions right across the board. I wouldn\u2019t say you have to try ridiculous stuff when you are out there on the pitch, but you have to be sharp and, if there is a gap to take, you have to be positive.\n\u201cIf you aren\u2019t being pushed for your position you might not see these things because you are comfortable and going through the motions. When being pushed you have to be alert to make sure that you are in the team the following week.\u201d\nKennedy, who won a Scotland \u2018A\u2019 cap three years ago, believes that Hodge has changed the mentality of the squad for the better as they prepare to take on the Aviva Premiership side, who could feature former Capital favourite Tim Visser in their ranks.\nHe explained: \u201cHodgey has drilled it into us from the start of his time in charge last month that we are not changing what we are doing we are just doing it slightly better.\nThat is a mentality thing, I think at times before we have gone through the motions, but he has put more emphasis on our decision making.\n\u201cHe backs us as individuals to make the right decisions at the right time and, if you don\u2019t, then these things have to be looked at.\n\u201cIt is all about being positive in our game and, if there are opportunities to score tries, we want to take them.\n\u201cI think in the past we have coughed up ball and let teams off the hook too easily as well as letting in tries too easily.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 126, "original_length": 4664, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 255.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.edinburghtheatrearts.com/norrie-morton.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:24Z", "digest": "sha1:BTXUEOBDXVYLHPIVU7Q5CPVMJSIFU2TI", "length": 1082, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.edinburghtheatrearts.com", "title": "Norrie Morton", "raw_content": "Norrie Morton\nE.T.A. mourns the passing of\nNorman 'Norrie' Marshall Paterson Morton\nNorman M P Morton - one of the founder members of ETA \u2013 passed away on 31st May 2010.\n\u201cNorrie\u201d, as he was known, was a supremely talented actor who could have reached the heights as a professional, but chose to stay in the amateur arena.\nHe played many memorable roles, notably his definitive portrayal of Eddie Carbone in Arthur Miller\u2019s \u201cA View from the Bridge\u201d which collected awards for Best Production, Best Presentation, Best Actor, and Supporting Actor at Fleetwood Drama Festival. This production went on to win the British All Winners Festival in Stafford in 1988.\nAdditionally, he directed many award-winning productions while giving valuable guidance to the cast and never failed to be tolerant of newcomers. He was a generous player whose stage presence was enhanced by his recognisable ability to \u201chold\u201d a pause.\nHis wicked sense of humour was delivered \u201cdead pan\u201d \u2013 a nod in the direction of Chic Murray - a comedian whose style he admired and often impersonated.\nHe is missed by all.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 22, "original_length": 1322, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 265.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=38052", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:22Z", "digest": "sha1:XSBD3J2KTI4XRYJZKGY4LCTIDGGT4MPH", "length": 4683, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.eia.gov", "title": "EIA expects relatively flat natural gas prices, continued record production through 2020 - Today in Energy - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)", "raw_content": "EIA expects relatively flat natural gas prices, continued record production through 2020\nNote: Confidence interval derived from NYMEX options market information.\nEIA\u2019s January 2019 Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) expects several U.S. natural gas market trends from 2018 to continue into 2019 and 2020, including relatively stable Henry Hub natural gas prices and increasing natural gas production and exports. According to the STEO, total U.S. natural gas consumption is expected to increase slightly through 2020, with increases in the electric and industrial sectors offsetting decreases in the residential and commercial sectors.\nEIA expects the U.S. benchmark Henry Hub natural gas spot price to average $2.89 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) in 2019 and $2.92/MMBtu in 2020, about 25 cents lower than the 2018 average of $3.15/MMBtu. Prices in the forecast are expected to be comparable with recent years as production growth largely keeps pace with demand and export growth. NYMEX trading during the five-day period ending January 10, 2019, suggests that a range of $1.85/MMBtu to $4.80/MMBtu encompasses the market expectation for Henry Hub prices in December 2019 at the 95% confidence level.\nEIA expects record-high dry U.S. natural gas production to continue to grow through 2020, from an estimated 83.3 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2018 to 90.2 Bcf/d in 2019 and 92.2 Bcf/d in 2020. Most U.S. production will come from the Appalachian Basin in the Northeast, followed by the Permian Basin in western Texas and eastern New Mexico and the Haynesville shale formation in eastern Texas. Factors supporting continued production growth include improved drilling efficiency and cost reductions in drilling and well completions, as well as increased takeaway capacity from the highly productive Appalachia and Permian production regions.\nTotal U.S. natural gas consumption remains relatively flat compared with 2018 levels in the STEO forecast, increasing 1.3% in 2019 and 1.1% in 2020 to a total of 83.6 Bcf/d in 2020. Natural gas consumption is projected to decrease slightly in the residential and commercial sectors, as expected milder weather will require less energy for space heating in the winter and air conditioning in the summer, largely based on temperature projections from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Decreases in those sectors will be offset by increased consumption in both the electric power and industrial sectors, both of which have added equipment or changed processes to consume more natural gas.\nEIA expects a net increase in U.S. natural gas use in the electric power sector between 2018 and 2020 as natural gas-fired plant additions continue to displace coal-fired generation. During 2019, natural gas planned capacity additions will total 7.5 gigawatts (GW) in the United States, and 4.5 GW of coal-fired capacity will be taken offline. Natural gas will continue as the primary source of U.S. electricity generation, increasing from 35% in 2018 to 37% in 2020. According to the STEO forecast, coal-fired electricity generation will fall from 28% in 2018 to 24% in 2020.\nNatural gas consumption in the U.S. industrial sector will continue to grow, increasing 2% in 2019 and 1% in 2020. This growth will be supported by new methanol plants that use natural gas feedstock, and these plants are scheduled to come online in 2019 and 2020.\nEIA anticipates that the United States will continue to export more natural gas than it imports during the coming years as production continues to outpace domestic consumption. Most of the increase in natural gas exports will come from additional liquefied natural gas (LNG) capacity additions at the Cameron LNG and Freeport LNG facilities located along the Gulf Coast, and the Elba Island LNG facility in Georgia. EIA expects LNG exports to increase from an estimated 3.0 Bcf/d in 2018 to 5.1 Bcf/d in 2019 and up to 6.8 Bcf/d in 2020, more than double 2018 levels.\nGross exports of natural gas by pipeline will continue to grow according to the STEO, increasing to 8.1 Bcf/d in 2019 and 8.4 Bcf/d in 2020, or 19% higher than 2018 levels. Most of the increase will be driven by increasing natural gas demand and pipeline projects in Mexico that are scheduled to come online by the end of 2020. Imports of LNG are expected to remain flat through 2020, and decreases in imports by pipeline will continue as Appalachian production and takeaway capacity displace Canadian natural gas in the U.S. Midwest markets.\nPrincipal contributors: Steve Hanson, Kristen Tsai\nTags: prices, production/supply, consumption/demand, natural gas, STEO (Short-Term Energy Outlook), exports/imports", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 362, "original_length": 11821, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 178.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ekaterinasgreekexpectations.com/2014/07/21/mediterranean-thalassemia/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:52Z", "digest": "sha1:3QML3E7JDTZ6D7VSSOWYWE5Q52QAYYEK", "length": 4193, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "www.ekaterinasgreekexpectations.com", "title": "Mediterranean Thalassemia - Ekaterina's Greek Expectations", "raw_content": "Ekaterina\t 21st July 2014\nMediterranean Thalassemia\nBefore I was allowed to wed my Greek man, we both had to undergo a very traumatic experience at a Greek hospital in Cyprus. VERY TRAUMATIC. So traumatic that I had to lie down for the rest of the day.\nWe both had to have a blood test.\nThe blood test was to check if we had something called Thalassemia.\nBefore I go on I should state that I am not a doctor (which really disappointed a lot of my Greek relatives) so the information below is from internet sources.\nFirst used in 1932, the term Thalassemia (thal-uh-SEE-me-uh) derives from the Greek Thalassa (\u03b8\u03ac\u03bb\u03b1\u03c3\u03c3\u03b1), sea, and haema (\u03b1\u1f37\u03bc\u03b1), blood. It is an inherited blood disorder characterized by less hemoglobin and fewer red blood cells in your body than normal. Several types of thalassemia exist, including alpha-thalassemia, beta-thalassemia intermedia, Cooley\u2019s anemia and Mediterranean anemia.\nHemoglobin is the substance in your red blood cells that allows them to carry oxygen. The low hemoglobin and fewer red blood cells of thalassemia may cause anemia, leaving you fatigued.\nMild thalassemia may not need treatment, but more serious variations may need regular blood transfusions. The type of thalassemia you have depends on the number of gene mutations you inherit from your parents and which part of the hemoglobin molecule is affected by the mutations.\nThalassemia occurs most often in people of Italian, Greek, Middle Eastern, Asian and African ancestry. A quasi-mandated premarital beta-thalassemia carrier screening programme began in Cyprus in the early 1980s. Cyprus has one of the highest carrier rates in the world, with an estimated carrier rate of one in seven. Among Greek Cypriots, premarital screening is mandated by the Cypriot Orthodox Church. Couples wanting to get married by the Church are required to be screened and issued with a certificate.\nCarrier couples still have the right to get married if they wish, but are highly discouraged from having children in order to try and decrease the incidence of thalassemia.\nWhile I am not Cypriot (my father is from Greece, not Cyprus and my mother is English/European \u2013 they did not have to have the test before they married in Greece 30 years ago), I still had to have the test due to my Greek genes.\nBeing fully Cypriot (although born and raised in the UK), my Greek man felt sure that he carried the gene. One relative even declared that she knew she had thalassemia because she \u2018felt like it\u2019. In fact, most of my Greek man\u2019s relatives were confident that he would be a carrier of the gene.\nTurns out, he was not. (There seemed to be slight disappointment all round when we were both found to be clean \u2013 Greeks love a good drama).\nIn all seriousness, thalassemia can be a life-changing condition for those who carry the more severe gene, but treatments are being developed and prevention is the key. So don\u2019t get too stressed about that blood test (as I did!) \u2013 everything is in the hands of the Gods.\nPrevious Post A Toxic Kind of Love \u2013 Huffington Post\nNext Post Book Two Title Reveal!\nSo Koukla let me share I have Thalassemia-it was not known until I was 21 years old and wanted to donate blood (here in USA) they screen for anemia of course. When I was denied the ability to donate I went to my family Physician and he confirmed the diagnosis. My Paternal heritage is from Crete. No one else in my family (Siblings have it) my Doctors are currently checking to see exactly which type I am? Although, it is hereditary I refuse for it to interfere in my daily life! Piss off a Greek and we come out with both fists! Hugs, Cheryl\nGood for you Cheryl nothing can stop a Greek woman!\nThank you! Glad to meet YOU! Cheryl\nGlad to hear that you and your husband do not have thalassemia. A family friend recently passed away from this genetic disease. It is very common amongst Greek Australians too. However, I have never heard about the wedding test!! Very interesting.\nSorry to hear about your friend Sia. Yes I heard it was common in Australia too \u2013 at least they do more frequent checks now!\n22nd July 2014 / 10:13 pm\nChuckle. Slight disappointmt, huh? I don\u2019t know who\u2019s more dramatic. 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Kensington Palace shared a clip of Queen of the World, a two-part documentary on Queen Elizabeth, that features a special appearance from Meghan and her incredible Givenchy wedding dress.\nIn the clip, Meghan is reunited with her dress ahead of a new palace exhibit that will showcase the gown for public viewing. The dress designed by Claire Waight Keller was paired with Meghan's famous veil, embroidered with 53 flowers from the Commonwealth countries. The Duchess reflects on this meaningful detail, how she surprised Prince Harry and the royal family, and their adorable reactions.\n\"It was important for me, especially as a part of the royal family, to have all 53 of the Commonwealth countries incorporated,\" Markle says in the clip \"And I knew that it would be a fun surprise as well for my now husband, who didn't know. And he was really over the moon to find out that I would make this choice for our day together, and I think the other members of the family had a similar reaction and appreciation for the fact that we understand how important this is for us, and the role that we play, and the work that we're going to continue to do in the Commonwealth countries.\"\n#Repost @theroyalfamily \u30fb\u30fb\u30fb \uf4fa The Duchess of Sussex reveals the special way her wedding dress paid tribute to the Commonwealth in the upcoming documentary series, \u2018Queen of The World.\u2019 Each of the 53 Commonwealth countries were represented in the embroidery of the veil \u2013 a surprise for her now Husband, The Duke of Sussex. The new documentary on @ITV focuses on The Queen\u2019s role as Head of the Commonwealth and reveals how it has been a central focus and passion throughout Her Majesty\u2019s life. Queen of the World will be broadcast on Tuesday evening at 9:15pm on ITV. #QueenOfTheWorld.\nHello Magazine! reported that the two-part series was filmed for over a year and will also feature appearances by Prince Harry, Prince Charles, Prince William, and Kate Middleton. Queen of the World airs September 25 on ITV.\nHow Royal Protocol Will Change for Meghan\nPrince Harry Snuck a Second Kiss With Meghan\nFirst Photo of Meghan & Prince Harry Since Wedding\nMeghan and Harry Spotted Leaving Windsor\nSee Harry and Meghan's Wedding Kiss", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 168, "original_length": 5711, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 303.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.elle.com/fashion/videos/a20668/risd-fashion-next-episode-5-video-615446742001/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:17Z", "digest": "sha1:GNB32XW4P3EZ3AV42T4QKWTQ6FOBA2N2", "length": 135, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.elle.com", "title": "RISD Fashion Next: Episode 5 Video Clip", "raw_content": "RISD Fashion Next: Episode 5 Video\nELLE, Kate Spade New York, and Maybelline New York select the winners at the opening of Fashion Week", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 163, "original_length": 3565, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 335.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ellontimes.co.uk/news/a-tasty-prize-for-kintore-s-aileen-1-3850218", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:20:48Z", "digest": "sha1:UZZF6JFUNNHETTSENEY34FLM6TGFQHYH", "length": 2285, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.ellontimes.co.uk", "title": "A tasty prize for Kintore\u2019s Aileen - Ellon Times", "raw_content": "A tasty prize for Kintore\u2019s Aileen\nJoy Aiken, Community Development Manager at NESCol presenting Aileen Rennie with her prize.\nKintore resident Aileen Rennie got a pleasant surprise after signing up to one of North East Scotland College\u2019s recent \u2018Taste for Learning\u2019 courses.\nNot only did she enjoy a session learning about photography, she was picked at random as the winner of a free prize draw run in association with the event.\n\u2018Get a Taste for Learning\u2019 was a week-long celebration of part-time learning in the North East, run by NESCol in partnership with Aberdeen City Libraries. The event, held earlier in June this year, saw the College touring Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire, visiting public libraries and College centres to deliver free workshops inspired by a trip around Europe.\nThe week, which coincided with the launch of the College\u2019s new 2015-2016 part-time learning guide, saw topics including photography, art, languages and cookery offered free of charge to anyone interested in trying their hand at something new or finding out more about part-time courses available through the College.\nAileen, who is retired, said: \u201cI found out about the course when I saw it in the paper. I\u2019d never done a course at the College before, but I was keen to improve my photography and get some tips from a professional. It was a really great course and I learned a lot. \u201c\nAileen completed an evaluation after finishing the course and was automatically entered into the competition being run which saw the lucky respondent win a Kindle.\nTalking about her prize, Aileen said: \u201cI\u2019m delighted to have won the Kindle \u2013 it was a really pleasant surprise when the College got in touch.\n\u201cI picked up a part time guide when I attended the class at Inverurie Learning Centre and I would definitely think about coming back to do another course.\u201d\nInverurie Learning Centre, which is situated behind West Parish Church on West High Street, offers a range of part-time courses which can be viewed online www.nescol.ac.uk/courses/part-time or by requesting a copy of the NESCol Part-time Guide by telephoning (01467) 623651or emailing inverurie@nescol.ac.uk\nThe Centre is hosting an information session on Wednesday, August 19, from 2 till 7pm where you can find out about the courses available.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 89, "original_length": 3446, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 287.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/buckley-tim", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:15:55Z", "digest": "sha1:M6T5WU2IJ2Z3WSYL4UARN3CRRP446WC5", "length": 12032, "nlines": 45, "source_domain": "www.encyclopedia.com", "title": "Buckley, Tim | Encyclopedia.com", "raw_content": "Home College & Higher Education Pathways News wires white papers and books Buckley, Tim\nA Teenaged Overachiever\nExperimentation and Frustration\nPosthumous Revaluation\nIn a 1974 Sounds interview quoted by his friend and collaborator Lee Underwood in Down Beat, Tim Buckley mused, \u201cSometimes you\u2019re writing, and you know you\u2019re just not going to fit in. But you do it because it\u2019s your heart and your soul, and you gotta say it. It\u2019s the foremost thing in your mind\u2026. It\u2019s hard to play the kind of music that musicians like to play and that the audiences like to hear, too.\u201d Such was the central dilemma of Buckley\u2019s professional life, for his audience\u2019s admiration of his earlier, more straightforward work limited the commercial possibilities of the experimental and deeply heartfelt creations he fashioned later on.\nSigned as a \u201cfolk\u201d artist in the mid-1960s, Buckley was an uncompromising, eternally restless songwriter who melded jazz, pop, and avant-garde musics into a signature sound that showcased his virtuosic, unearthly voice. A five-star 1971 Down Beat review of Starsailor\u2014 arguably Buckley\u2019s most powerful personal statement\u2014proclaimed that \u201cfar too few (if any) pop artists exhibit such expressive control of the resonance and general tone of the voice as does Buckley.\u201d Sadly, he suffered a string of commercial setbacks and died of a drug overdose at age 28; only in the late 1980s and early 1990s were his works re-released and his prodigious talents reassessed.\nBorn in Washington, D.C., Tim Buckley moved with his family to Southern California when he was 12. He spent much of his adolescence experimenting with his voice, struggling to reach the highest and lowest imaginable notes. \u201cSo I practiced, and I screamed and I practiced some more,\u201d he recalled in an interview cited by Underwood, \u201cuntil I finally ended up with a five- to five-and-a-half-octave range.\u201d\nEnamored of folk and country music, he studied banjo and played in a band with friends like Dan Gordon. \u201cI would love to say our roots were [country pioneer] Hank Williams,\u201d Gordon said in a conversation with Scott Isler of Musician, \u201cbut it\u2019s just not true. It\u2019s all [1950s-1960s folk band] the Kingston Trio.\u201d Nonetheless, even as Buckley played in Top 40 bands like the Bohemians, he also explored the anti-establishment beatnik fringes with Harlequins 3 and found himself powerfully drawn to modern jazz luminaries like Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Charles Mingus.\nAfter being introduced to Herb Cohen, who managed Frank Zappa\u2019s anarchistic rock experimentalists the Mothers of Invention, among other acts, Buckley began to perform more intensively. He eloped with high school\nBorn Timothy Charles Buckley III, February 14, 1947, in Washington, DC; died of a drug overdose, June 28, 1975, in Los Angeles, CA; married Mary Guibert, c. 1965 (divorced 1968); married Judy Henske, 1970; children: (first marriage) Jeffrey Scott; (second marriage) Taylor. Education: Attended college briefly.\nPerforming and recording artist, mid-1960s-1975. Signed to Elektra Records and released debut album Tim Buckley, 1966; produced 1970 album Blue Afternoon for Straight Records; signed to Warner Bros, and released Starsailor, 1971; recorded Sefronia for DiscReet, 1973.\nsweetheart Mary Guibert and enrolled in college. Buckley was forced to grow up quickly, attempting to juggle his education with his marriage while building a music career\u2014all before the age of 20. The marriage was rocky, and he and Guibert lived together only sporadically. He dropped out of college before completing his first year and played in L.A. nightspots like the Troubadour as well as far-flung coffee houses and other venues amenable to folk music. Cohen introduced Buckley\u2019s distinctive sound to Elektra Records founder Jac Holzman, who told Isler in Musician: \u201cI loved the writing, I loved the approach, and I loved the fact that he had both folk roots and rock \u2019n\u2019 roll aspirations.\u201d\nThanks to Cohen\u2019s involvement, Buckley landed gigs at a Greenwich Village club, the Night Owl, and there he met and began collaborating with guitarist-keyboardist Lee Underwood. The musician became one of Buckley\u2019s most devoted sidemen and a virtual disciple of his artistic fervor. Playing songs he wrote with poet friend Larry Beckett, Buckley formed a band consisting of Underwood on lead guitar and Jim Fielder on bass.\nElektra released his debut album, Tim Buckley, in 1966; Holzman told Isler that the record \u201chad an air of stridency about it. [Buckley] wasn\u2019t really comfortable in his own musical skin.\u201d Even so, it introduced the young singer\u2019s powerful voice and won some critical praise. That year also saw Guibert give birth to the couple\u2019s son, Jeffrey, but she and Tim had already agreed to divorce. Jeff Buckley would himself later emerge as a rock singer-songwriter and struggle to distinguish his work\u2014and his powerfully familiar voice\u2014from the work of the father he met only once.\nThe year between Buckley\u2019s first and second albums proved to be a transitional period for pop music. With the Beatles\u2019 landmark Sgt Pepper\u2019s Lonely Hearts Club Band\u2014the beginning of the rock album as \u201cart\u201d\u2014and influential recordings by singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix, and an array of psychedelic bands from San Francisco, the creative ante had been upped markedly.\nBuckley, undaunted, became more adventuresome; his Goodbye and Hello, Isler wrote in Musician, \u201csounds as if all concerned were inspired by Sgt. Pepper to create their own overarching statement on pop culture.\u201d With its anti-war sentiments and romantic ballads, it presented Buckley as just the sort of sensitive young troubadour the hippie culture was beginning to demand. \u201cOnce I Was,\u201d his most enduring \u201cfolk\u201d performance, helped make the album his most successful. In addition to developing his striking vocals, Buckley had begun to write lyrics; Beckett, who had contributed to Goodbye and Hello, was fading from the scene.\nBuckley was idolized by many young fans, but Underwood claimed that the singer \u201cresented being set up as a rock \u2019n\u2019 roll savior, insisting that people should learn how to do their own living instead of propping musicians up as \u2019easy gods\u2019 who did the living for them.\u201d Buckley was similarly disgusted by the music business, never understanding the market-based concerns of the labels for which he recorded.\nAt a time when blues-rock guitar was all the rage, Buckley championed jazz; the influence of bop and post-bop styles would appear on his next album, 1968\u2019s Happy/Sad. With only Buckley\u2019s voice and guitar accompanied by vibes, string bass, and congas\u2014Underwood was ousted temporarily due to his excessive drinking\u2014the album eschewed the sonic overkill of mainstream pop for a meditative, nuanced quality. Happy/Sac featured a number of Buckley\u2019s most highly regarded compositions, notably \u201cBuzzin\u2019 Fly\u201d and \u201cGypsy Woman,\u201d and the album marked a quantum leap for him as composer, singer, and lyricist.\nAll the words to each cut on Happy/Sadwere Buckley\u2019s, and the jazzy textures complemented them ideally. Isler called Happy/Sad \u201ca fully realized work\u201d and reminded readers that its creator was amere 21 years of age atthe time of its completion. Buckley subsequently toured the United Kingdom, and his debut concert there was recorded, but it was not released for 22 years.\nBy the late 1960s, Buckley had reached his commercial peak. Ever trying new avenues, he served as producer on his next album, Blue Afternoon, which is generally considered to have been made too quickly and without adequate care. The singer-songwriter next embarked on a more obscure path; the first result was Lorca, named after a Spanish poet and sporting irregular time signatures and some of his most avant-garde singing. The album, Isler commented in Musician, \u201cexploded with musical daring.\u201d\nDropped by Elektra, Buckley moved to Warner Bros., which in 1971 released Starsailor. The album\u2014in part a collaborative effort that reunited him with Beckett\u2014is regarded as the ultimate expression of Buckley\u2019s passionate experimentation. In addition to lavishing praise on Buckley as a \u201cconsummate vocal technician,\u201d Down Beat deemed him \u201ca sincerely eclectic and compassionate artist who, as the adage speaks, must be heard to be believed.\u201d The album\u2019s track \u201cSong to the Siren\u201d\u2014written with Beckett years before\u2014was later covered by the British act This Mortal Coil and then used in a television ad in the United Kingdom.\nBut critical adoration didn\u2019t equal album sales. Fans were often bemused by Buckley\u2019s refusal to perform old favorites live; an often-cited anecdote has an audience member calling out, \u201cHow about \u2019Buzzin\u2019 Fly?,\u201d to which the singer responded, \u201cHow about horseshit.\u201d His in-cantatory, often dissonant vocal excursions tended to leave crowds\u2014like the one observed by Michael Cus-cuna of Rolling Stone \u2014\u201cbaffled and dismayed.\u201d Persuaded to do an album in the blues-rock idiom, Buckley recorded 1972\u2019s Greetings from L.A., which consisted of songs too raunchy for the radio and most record buyers of the time; though it flopped commercially, the album seems truer to the spirit of blues music to many listeners than does most of the work by Buckley\u2019s rock contemporaries.\nBuckley had gone through periods of intense depression and drug and alcohol abuse\u2014particularly after the commercial failure of Starsailor \u2014but he soldiered on, playing gigs, recording a few more rather anticlimactic albums, and writing a semi-autobiographical screenplay. In 1975, at the home of his friend Richard Keeling, he snorted what he thought was cocaine but was in reality a heroin-morphine mix; this, combined with alcohol already in his system, did him in. Ironically, Buckley is said to have kicked his heroin habit prior to the incident; his system was therefore rendered particularly vulnerable to the effects of the drugs.\nBuckley died on June 28, 1975, \u201cin debt, owning only his guitar and his amp,\u201d Underwood noted. Years later Melody Maker lamented that: \u201chis death was premature, pathetic, a terrible waste. But those who have heard him will never forget him.\u201d Keeling was charged with murder for supplying the illegal substances and ended up serving four months in prison for involuntary manslaughter.\nThe ensuing years have seen a continuing reassessment of Buckley\u2019s music, a process that has been aided by the release of his work on CD. Along with the studio albums, Buckley enthusiasts can now enjoy a number of seminal live recordings\u2014notably a 1968 London performance issued in 1990 as Dream Letter, which Folk Roots magazine declared the \u201ctimeless art of a genuine genius. \u201cRolling Stone hailed the re-release of Buckley\u2019s albums and pronounced his catalog \u201ca poignant example of how far one songwriter was willing to go in search of a greater, purer form of musical expression.\u201d\nTim Buckley, Elektra, 1966.\nGoodbye and Hello (includes \u201cOnce I Was\u201d), Elektra, 1967.\nHappy/Sad (includes \u201cBuzzin\u2019 Fly\u201d and \u201cGypsy Woman\u201d), Elektra, 1968.\nBlue Afternoon, Straight, 1970.\nLorca, Elektra, 1970.\nStarsailor (includes \u201cSong to the Siren\u201d), Warner Bros., 1971.\nGreetings from LA., Warner Bros., 1972.\nSefronia, DiscReet, 1973.\nLook at the Fool, DiscReet, 1974.\nDream Letter: Live in London, 1968, Bizarre/Straight, 1990.\nLive at the Troubadour, Bizarre/Straight, 1994.\nChicago Tribune, July 28, 1994.\nDown Beat, March 4, 1971; June 16, 1977.\nFolk Roots, May 1990; October 1990.\nMelody Maker, January 31, 1987; October 24, 1987.\nMusician, July 1991.\nRolling Stone, April 2, 1970; August 14, 1975; December 14, 1989; December 13, 1990.\n\"Buckley, Tim.\" Contemporary Musicians. . Encyclopedia.com. 15 Feb. 2019 .\n\"Buckley, Tim.\" Contemporary Musicians. . Encyclopedia.com. (February 15, 2019). https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/buckley-tim\n\"Buckley, Tim.\" Contemporary Musicians. . 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London, England, 19 November 1672)\ntheology, science, scientific and academic administration and organization.\nWilkins\u2019s career coincides with the most eventful period in modern English history\u2013the years just before the Long Parliament to the decade after the Restoration and the formation of the Royal Society. It was not an easy time for an active man to retain influence and office, but Wilkins managed owing to his habit of prudence and a spirit of moderation and tolerance. In 1643 he subscribed to the Solemn League and Covenant and in 1649 he took the engagement of loyalty to the English Common-wealth. He was trusted by Cromwell, whom he advised on the need for a national church and episcopacy against presbytery. After the return of Charles II in 1660, he submitted to the Act of Uniformity and soon enjoyed the favor of the restored monarchy. Still, only the most unforgiving royalists ever questioned his integrity. Throughout his life, he gained and retained the friendship and respect of men of the most diverse political and religious persuasions. No doubt such personal qualities as charm,ready conversation, and energy played their part in his success, but the deeper reason would seem to lie in his commitment to beliefs that transcended the exclusive interests of any particular faction. From the first to the last, all his writings advocate scientific and religious views that they by the time of his death had proved that represented the temper of the times. The new science had triumphed, and the liberal Anglican theology known as latitudinarianism was, thanks to him, on the rise under such men as John Tillotson, Edward Stillingfleet, and Simon Patrick.\nBoth in print and action, Wilkins was committed to a set of principles and beliefs\u2013generally known as natural theology\u2013which he was the first fully to formulate and advocate in England. He never questioned the importance of the Bible and revelation as sources of faith, and in this respect his thought differs from what later became known as deism. But his writings are devoted to the argument that moral and religious philosophy can be grounded on natural religion, by which he understood what \u201cmen might know, and should be obliged unto, by the mere principles of reason, improved by consideration and experience, without the help of revelation.\u201d1\nOwing to the omnipotence, benevolence, and wisdom of God, both the universe and man are so admirably contrived that man can ensure the welfare of his soul by the mature exercise of the faculty of reason, which is the defining quality of his nature. This faculty reveals to man the natural principles that govern creation, thus providing him with knowledge that \u201cmay conduce to the proving of a God, and making men religious,\u201d by making him understand that \u201csuch a great order and constancy amongst\u201d the heavenly bodies \u201ccould not at first be made but by a wise providence, nor since preserved without a powerful inhabitant, nor so perpetually governed without a skillful guide.\u201d2\nSimilarly, man is endowed with a natural principle that makes him seek moral good \u201cas a rational voluntary free agent,\u201d3 owing to his steady inclination \u201cto seek his own well-being and happiness,\u201d so that \u201cnothing properly is his duty, but what is really his interest,\u201d which is another argument \u201cthat the author of his being must be infinitely wise and powerful.\u201d4 Man\u2019s natural desire for happiness is as certain as the descent of heavy bodies,5 an example that Wilkins also used to illustrate that fixed laws that rule nature. Both man and nature are governed by laws that ensure the harmony of religion and science.\nConsistent with these arguments, Wilkins stated the deistic principle that the salvation of the heathen is not a problem for man to decide; since \u201cGod has not thought fit to tell us how he will be pleased to deal with such persons, it is not fit for us to tell Him how he ought to deal with them.\u201d6 In his writings, Wilkins often used the wise testimony of the ancients to support the knowledge and arguments advanced by the new science. Whether we call some of his writings scientific and others religious is a matter of emphasis; they all have the same aim: to guide man\u2019s conduct toward moral virtue, religious devotion, and ultimately the hope of salvation. The pursuit of happiness, even comfort, in this world is man\u2019s legitimate interest.\nBut reason alone is not sufficient. Man is also naturally \u201ca sociable creature . . . having only these two advantages to his protection, Society and Reason . . . Adam in the state of innocence could not be happy, though in Paradise, without a companion.\u201d7 This is a theme Wilkins stresses again and again; it is the foundation of his constant advocacy of conciliation, moderation, and tolerance, often in contexts that refer to \u201call that confusion and disorder, which seem to be in the affairs of these times.\u201d8 The instrument that ensures the benefits of social intercourse is language: \u201cEvery rational creature, being of an imperfect and dependent happiness, is therefore naturally endowed with an ability to communicate his own thoughts and intentions; that so by mutual services, it might the better promote itself in the prosecution of its own well-being.\u201d9 As useful knowledge, both natural and moral, is a function of cooperation, so successful cooperation is a function of communication; the improvement of natural knowledge and language is the response to the \u201ctwo general curses inflicted on mankind,\u201d after the fall of Adam, \u201cthe one upon their labors, the other upon their language.\u201d10 After the anniversary meeting of the Royal Society on 30 November 1667 (in which the annual election of officers also took place), Pepys recorded that some members went out for dinner, he himself choosing to sit next to Wilkins \u201cand others whom I value.\u201d With his last work, An Essay Towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language, then in the press, Wilkins stated that \u201cman was certainly made for society, he being of all creatures the least armed for defence, and of all creatures in the world the young ones are notable to do anything to help themselves . . . and were it not for speech man would be a very mean creature.\u201d Wilkins is the chief source of the Royal Society doctrines about language and style; knowledge based on mere words and phrases has \u201cin it this intrinsical imperfection, that tis only so far to be esteemed, as it conduces to the knowledge of things,\u201d words themselves being merely \u201cthe images of matter.\u201d To treat them otherwise is to fall into \u201cPygmalion\u2019s phrenzy.\u201d11\nWilkins\u2019 view of useful knowledge determined his attitude toward the three chief sources of authority: the Bible, antiquity, and books. Using arguments that today are perhaps best known from Galileo\u2019s Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina, Wilkins repeatedly rejected scriptural authority in natural philosophy, a principle to which all the new scientists were committed; if theology is allowed interference with philosophy, then the status of the latter is endangered as an independent source of the wisdom of the creator. In his first publication, Wilkins stated the principle in these terms: \u201cIt is not the endeavor of Moses or the prophets to discover any mathematical or philosophical subtleties; but rather to accommodate themselves to vulgar capacities, and ordinary speech, as nurses are wont to use their infants.\u201d12 On scientific matters, he was also fond of citing contradictory scriptural passages, just as he criticized those among his contemporaries \u201cwho upon the invention of any new secret, will presently find out some obscure text or other to father it upon, as if the Holy Ghost must needs take notice of every particular which their partial fancies did over-value.\u201d13\nHe treated classical authors in much the same way as the Bible, using citations to suit his purposes both for and against his own principles, those in the latter category being dismissed as contrary to reason and experience. But he rejected outright the superior authority of antiquity: \u201cIn such learning as may be increased by fresh experiments and new discoveries, it is we are the fathers, and of more authority than former ages, because we have the advantage of more time than they had.\u201d14 He was aware that the vast public structures of the Egyptians, Hebrews, Greeks, and Romans might be used to argue against the inferiority of their mechanical knowledge; he answered that if we have nothing of the sort nowadays, the reason does not lie in our knowledge, for \u201cmechanical discoveries are much more exact now,\u201d but rather in the fact that \u201cwe have not either the same motives to attempt such works, or the same means to effect them as the ancients had.\u201d By this he meant that great wealth and power, then concentrated in the hands of a few, were now more widely diffused. \u201cThere is now a greater equality amongst mankind and the flourishing of arts and sciences has so stirred up the sparks of men\u2019s natural nobility, and made them of such active and industrious spirits, as to free themselves in a great measure from that slavery, which those former and wilder nations were subjected unto.\u201d15\nThe belief in the leveling and ennobling effect of the new knowledge found expression in Wilkins\u2019 attitude toward \u201cbookish\u201d men and mere bookish learning. Antiquity having slighted the mere manual and practical arts as \u201cbase and common,\u201d such studies had come to be neglected for hundreds of years, with grave consequences for the well-being of man. But the mechanical arts are just as worthy as the old and honored liberal arts such as logic and rhetoric, indeed \u201cthat discipline which discovers the general causes, effects, and proprieties of things, may truly be esteemed as a species of philosophy.\u201d Since all studies ought \u201cto conduce to practice as their proper end,\u201d book learning is often rightly considered mere \u201cpedantry.\u201d Wilkins was eager to overcome the prejudice that studies pertaining to the mind deserve greater respect than those that deal with material things. It was in this spirit that he devoted his Mathematical Magick to practical mechanical devices and labor-saving inventions \u201cwhereby nature is in any way quickened or advanced in her defects,\u201d for these are in fact \u201cso many essays, whereby men do naturally attempt to restore themselves from the first general curse inflicted upon their labors.\u201d Wilkins\u2019 scientific writings are all of a popular nature, written not for the learned, but for \u201csuch common artificers, as are well skilled in the practice of these arts, who may be much advantaged by the right understanding of their grounds and theory.\u201d For this reason he wrote in English, referring on the authority of Ramus to the German practice of public lectures given in the vernacular, \u201cfor the capacity of every unlettered ingenious artificer.\u201d16 Though he defended the universities on several occasions, Wilkins was aware that they must justify their teaching in terms of real use and benefit to mankind, a view that made him one of the principal advocates of university reform at Oxford and Cambridge.17\nWilkins\u2019 scientific writings constitute a single, well-conceived educational program to reach a larger audience outside the confines of traditional learning, both to promote natural philosophy and to lend dignity to the practical arts. He announced this program in the opening of his first publication, saying that it was his desire to \u201craise up some more active spirit to a search after other hidden and unknown truths: since it must needs be a great impediment unto the growth of sciences, for men still to plod on upon beaten principles, as to be afraid of entertaining anything that may seem to contradict them.\u201d18 In this task of popular education, Wilkins\u2019 importance can hardly be overestimated. He laid the foundation for the wide participation and interest that the Royal Society enjoyed during its formative years.\nThe means of this success was pedagogical flair, shown both in his capacity for clear and interesting exposition, always without any suggestion of condescension, and in the choice of subjects, which in the context of the times were sensational. Was the moon inhabited? Could man find a means of flying to it? Was it much like the earth with mountains and oceans? Was the earth a planet? Could man navigate under water, lift heavy weights with little effort, or communicate effectively by other means than ordinary speech? The very titles were catchy\u2013he did not shun the title Mathematical Magick, although it was certainly against his principles to suggest that there was any magic in the study of natural philosophy.19 His more serious purpose was to gain acceptance for the new science, to bring the work of Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Gilbert, Mersenne, and others to the attention of his countrymen. Against the authority of the Bible, antiquity, and book learning, he answered that \u201cwe must labor to find out what things are in themselves, by our own experience, and a thorough examination of their natures, not what another says of them.\u201d Natural religion will prevail; disorder, strife, and sectarianism will vanish when disputes are resolved by giving \u201csoft words but hard arguments.\u201d20 There is no important principle in Thomas Sprat\u2019s History of the Royal Society that had not earlier been argued by Wilkins. \u201cThe universal disposition of this age,\u201d wrote Sprat, \u201cis bent upon a rational religion.\u201d In his first work Wilkins said that the opponents of new views too often submitted to authority, a point he enforced by saying that \u201cour opposites . . . too often do jurare in rerba magistri\u201d , thus citing the well\u2013known line in Horace from which the Royal Society drew its motto Nullius in verba.21\nThere is, finally, another aspect of Wilkins\u2019 character that bears some relation to his career and influence: unlike most of his scientific and ecclesiatical associates, he was a man of the world. After their first meeting, Robert Boyle remarked that Wilkins\u2019 \u201centertainment did as well speak him a courtier as his discourse.\u201d Anthony \u00e0 Wood observed that Wilkins was \u201cbred in the court, and was a piece of a traveller, having twice seen the prince of Orange\u2019s court at the Hague, in his journey to, and return from, Heydelburg, whither he went to wait upon the prince elector palatine, whose chaplain he was in England.\u201d22 Without such social attainments, Wilkins\u2019 sphere of activity would hardly have reached so far beyond his humble origins.\nEarly Career. Wilkins was born at the North-amptonshire house of his maternal grandfather, the puritan divine John Dod, who was known for an exposition of the Ten Commandments. His mother, Jane Dod, had four children in her marriage to Walter Wilkins, an Oxford goldsmith who died in 1625. John Aubrey reports that the father was \u201ca very ingenious man with a very mechanical head. He was much for trying experiments, and his head ran much upon the perpetual motion.\u201d In a second marriage, to Francis Pope, Jane Dod had a son, Walter, who remained close to Wilkins.23\nAfter schooling at home, Wilkins began grammar school at the age of nine under the noted Greek and Latin scholar Edward Sylvester, and in May 1627 he matriculated at New Inn Hall, Oxford (later united with Balliol College). He soon transferred to Magdalen Hall, where his tutor was the Baptist divine John Tombes. He graduated B.A. 20 October 1631, and gained the M.A. degree on 11 June 1634; at this time Wilkins was tutor in his college, one of his students being Walter Charleton, who thereby \u201cprofited much beyond his years in logic and philosophy.\u201d24 A few years later he was ordained and became vicar of Fawsley. At this time he is reported to have become chaplain to William Fiennes, first viscount Saye and Seale, who was then a supporter of the Puritans and later sat in the Westminster Assembly. But in 1641 Wilkins dedicated his Mercury to George Lord Berkeley (1601\u20131658), signing himself \u201cyour lordship\u2019s servant and chaplain.\u201d His desire to move in high places was further gratified when he became chaplain to Charles Louis, the prince elector Palatine, the king\u2019s nephew. The elector lived in England during a good part of the 1640\u2019s, befriending the parliamentary party in the hope of securing the restitution of his lost possessions. During the early months of 1646, Wilkins was officially engaged as preacher at Gray\u2019s Inn; during these years he also preached at the Savoy.25\nOn 13 April 1648, the Parliamentary Visitors made Wilkins warden of Wadham College. The holder of this office was required to take the degree of doctor of divinity, but on 5 March 1649, the Visitors gave him a year\u2019s dispensation, since Wilkins was \u201cat this time in attendance on the prince elector, and cannot in regard of that service have time to do his exercise, and all other things necessary unto that degree.\u201d26 He took the degree on 19 December the same year. Since this occurred at the time when Charles Louis was returning to Heidelberg to take possession of the lands that had been restored to him as a consequence of the Peace of Westphalia, we may surmise that it was at this time that Wilkins made his visits to the Continent and to The Hague.27\nBeyond these sparse facts, we have little information about Wilkins\u2019 life during his formative years. No doubt he spent most of them in Oxford and London. It was in London that he participated in the meetings that were devoted, as John Wallis recorded, to \u201cwhat has been called the New Philosophy or Experimental Philosophy,\u201d these meetings having been convened at the suggestion of Theodore Haak. It is an interesting conjunction that they began during the Westminster Assembly, of which Wallis was then secretary. For a better view of Wilkins\u2019 early career, we have his writings and some reasonable conjectures about his associations.\nAlthough published two years apart, the Discovery (1638) and the Discourse (1640) can be considered a single work. Addressed to the common reader, the primary aim was to make known and to defend the new world picture of Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo by showing its agreement with reason and experience against subservience to Aristotelian doctrines and literal biblical interpretation. Kepler and especially Galileo\u2019s Siderius nuncius (1610) and Matthias Bernegger\u2019s Latin translation (1635) of the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems are frequently cited, along with a wealth of other references from the literature that had appeared within the last generation. The work is polemical, but unlike Campanella\u2019s Apologia pro Galileo (1622), which is cited with approval, it constantly turns the reader\u2019s attention to the positive arguments that may be drawn from rational interpretation of observable phenomena. The central argument was borrowed from Galileo: the moon is not a shining disk or whatever else men have imagined, but a world with natural features much like the earth. And if so, then the moon might also be inhabited, although Wilkins does not find sufficient grounds to say what sort of beings the inhabitants are, thus neatly avoiding the touchy question of whether they are descendants of Adam. Further, if the moon shares natural features with the earth, then the argument could be extended to form a uniformitarian view of the constitution of the entire universe, thus breaking down the Aristotelian doctrine of fixed, hierarchical spheres that obey laws other than those of the sublunar world. In both the first and the second work, Wilkins is careful to warn the reader at the outset that he is not pretending to write a precise treatise expounding unquestionable truths; but though much might still be doubtful, he is confident that the hypotheses he defends will, against all prejudice, be granted conformity with observable phenomena and with simplicity of explanation. In the 1640 edition of the Discovery, Wilkins added the sensational idea that it might be possible to contrive a way of flying to the moon, thus taking up a suggestion already known in England from Francis Godwin\u2019s Man in the Moone (1638). In the latter part of the second work, Wilkins supports his argument for the movement of the earth by reference to William Gilbert\u2019s suggestion that the earth is a lodestone. Bacon had argued against Gilbert on that point. Both works make few and only general references to Bacon, quite insufficient to attribute any important inspiration to him.\nThe Discovery and the Discourse have a wealth of references to recent literature\u2013at least some thirty in each, of which nearly a dozen are new in the second work. They suggest that Wilkins found his occasion in the controversy that grew up in the wake of Philip van Lansberge\u2019s Commentationes in motum terrae diurnum et annuum (1630). This work was opposed by Libertus Fromondus both in Anti-Aristarchus, live orbis-terrae immobilis (1631) and in Vesta, live Ant-Aristarchi vindex adversus Jac. Lansbergium (1634), in which he defended the proscription of Copernican doctrine first issued by the congregation of cardinals in 1616 and reiterated in 1633. Fromondus was Wilkins\u2019 chief anti-Copernican opponent in both works; only the second work contains Alexander Ross\u2019s Commentum de terrae motu circulari (1634), which opposes both Lansberge and Nathaniel Carpenter. With a wide and mature command of the literature, Wilkins was engaged in international controversy. There can be no doubt that he succeeded in his aim of gaining acceptance for Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo in England.28\nWe may wonder why Wilkins, still only in his middle twenties, took up the controversy with so much energy and conviction. In the Discovery, the \u201cEpistle to the Reader\u201d states that the work is \u201cbut the fruit of some lighter studies,\u201d finished in a few weeks; but the extensive reading adduced in both works could hardly have been so quickly mastered. The subject must have required longer preparation, perhaps during his student days and while he was tutor in his college. Henry Briggs, who died in 1630, was the first Savilian professor of geometry; in London he had been close to William Gilbert and Edward Wright, and in Oxford he became acquainted with John Pell and Theodore Haak, who was in Oxford during the later 1620\u2019s. Briggs was a strong Copernican and scorned astrology as \u201ca system of groundless conceits,\u201d a view that was shared by his Savilian colleague in the astronomy chair, 1621\u20131643, John Bainbridge, who in London had belonged to the circle of Briggs and Nathaniel Carpenter. Both had been professors at Gresham College before coming to Oxford. It seems reasonable to assume that Wilkins had learned something from either or both of these men, who most closely illustrate the interest and orientation that characterized his career from the beginning.\nOnly a year later, in 1641, Wilkins published another book on a popular subject, entitled Mercury, or the Secret and Swift Messenger, Showing How a Man May With Privacy and Speed Communicate His Thoughts to a Friend at Any Distance. It mentions such old tricks as baking secret messages into loaves of bread, but Wilkins\u2019 chief interest was cryptography, of which he gives a wealth of examples, all ready for use. But he also deals with cryptology or secret communication by speaking, either by involving the sense in metaphors and allegories or by changing old words or inventing new ones as is done by thieves, gypsies, and lovers; and with \u201csemeology,\u201d that is communication by signs and gestures, as used for instance by deaf-mutes. Thus Mercury is not merely a practical guide in the use and decoding of ciphers, but a broadly based discussion of the means of communication, or what today would be called semiotics. The opening chapter states the basic principle that men are born with a natural ability to communicate, capable of learning any language in the same manner as they can master \u201cother arts and sciences\u201d ; but men are not born with a single language that is natural to all mankind, for if this were so men would retain it so that all men would have a \u201cdouble language, which is evidently false.\u201d In other words, like Mersenne, Wilkins rejected the natural-language doctrine then advocated by Robert Fludd. Wilkins ridiculed cabalistic interpretations of the sort that was again to occupy him in controversy with John Webster, who attacked the universities for neglecting Jacob Boehme\u2019s mystical linguistic doctrines. At the same time, Wilkins saw that the Babelistic multiplicity of languages was a great hindrance to the promotion of arts and sciences, men now wasting much time merely learning words instead of addressing themselves directly to the study of things. Citing such well-known instances as Arabic numerals, astronomical and chemical signs, and musical notes, he devoted a chapter to the possibility of creating a universal character as a remedy for the confusion. It outlines the principles he was later to follow in his final work. At the end of Mercury, Wilkins notes that though his work can be used to serve unlawful purposes, it can also be used to uncover them. If the abuse of useful inventions is a reason for suppressing them, he observes, \u201cthere is not any art or science which might be lawfully professed.\u201d29\nAfter dealing with communication and the second curse on mankind in Mercury, Wilkins next turned to the remedies for the first curse, inflicted upon man\u2019s labors. This pattern shows how closely Wilkins, with most of his contemporaries, related his concerns to the biblical story of man\u2019s terrestrial life. His Mathematical Magick (1648) is divided in two parts: \u201cArchimedes or Mechanical Powers\u201d and \u201cDaedalus or Mechanical Motions.\u201d These titles might suggest an emphasis on the theoretical problems that had occupied much of the literature on mechanics during the previous generation, but the work is almost wholly devoted to the practical uses of mechanical devices with only enough theory to give the reader a sense of scientific initiation and understanding. The address \u201cTo the Reader\u201d explains that the present work forms part of the same educational efforts as Wilkins\u2019 previous publications by showing how \u201ca divine power and wisdom might be discerned, even in those common arts which are so much despised.\u201d The book\u2019s aim was \u201creal benefit,\u201d both for gentlemen in the improvement of their estates, as in the draining of mines and coalpits, and for \u201ccommon artificers\u201d in gaining a \u201cright understanding of the grounds and theory\u201d of the arts they practice. It is therefore a short book, a compendium of knowledge otherwise only available in large, expensive volumes in Latin rather than the vernacular, \u201cfor which these mechanical arts of all other are most proper.\u201d\nThe first part deals with the balance, lever, wheel, pulley, wedge, and screw in that order, all illustrated with line drawings and pictures. Then follow chapters that show how the combination of these devices may produce \u201cinfinite strength\u201d so as to \u201cpull up any oak by the roots with a hair, lift it up with a straw, or blow it up with one\u2019s breath,\u201d all illustrated with rather sensational pictures. The second part treats a miscellaneous collection of strange devices and possibilities, such as flying machines, moving and speaking statues, artificial spiders, the imitation of sounds made by birds and man, a land vehicle driven by sails, a submarine, Archimedes\u2019 screw, and perpetual motion. This is a strange, almost baroque assembly, but all of these subjects had already been discussed in the extensive literature on which Wilkins drew and a few years later a speaking statue was among the wonders shown to visitors at Wadham College. Automata were a legitimate scientific interest. There is little theory here, even scant hope of practical success, but much excitement. Learned fancies were being shared with a lay audience. It would be a mistake, however, to think that Wilkins was being frivolous. Even in the 1660\u2019s the Royal Society was not averse to the pursuit of such projects. There was as yet no clear distinction between what we consider good science and technology as opposed to fruitless speculation. The same scientific success that brought about the disenchantment of the universe also raised technological hopes that entered the realm of magic. Wilkins knew that wonder is the chief impulse to serious study and experiment.\nA closer look at the sources of Mathematical Magick yields interesting information both about Wilkins\u2019 orientation and about the dating. It can easily be seen that many of the line drawings and illustrations are taken from other works along with the principles and devices they illustrate. The most recent work cited is John Greaves\u2019s description of the Egyptian pyramids, Pyradomographia (1646). But the works on which he chiefly relied were Guidobaldo del Monte\u2019s Liber mechanicorum (1577) and Marin Mersenne\u2019s Cogitata physicomathematica (1644).30 The use of Mersenne is much too extensive to have been introduced in a late revision; if therefore we take seriously Wilkins\u2019 statement in the dedication to Charles Louis that \u201cthis discourse was composed some years since, at my spare hours in the university,\u201d we must conclude that he devoted a good part of his time to university affairs during the mid-and late 1640\u2019s, a fact that may explain his sudden appointment to the wardenship of Wadham in 1648. Yet those affairs left him time to write the book, perform his official preaching duties in London, attend the early scientific meetings there, and serve as chaplain to the elector. Wilkins clearly managed his diverse functions with considerable energy.\nWilkins\u2019 explanation and illustration of the six traditional mechanical devices relied chiefly on Guidobaldo; a mere visual comparison of the handsome pages of the Liber mechanicorum with Wilkins\u2019 modest book makes this dependence obvious. Following Pappus, Guidobaldo had reduced all these devices to the same working principle as the lever\u2013with the exception of the wedge, which he also discussed in terms of the inclined plane without making a clear choice between the two. Wilkins altogether omitted the inclined plane, but did not reduce the wedge to the lever principle as he did for the balance, wheel, pulley, and screw, presumably because he did not wish to burden his lay readers with the finer points of theory in a work which in any event limited to the barest minimum the mathematical principles offered by his sources.31 In the order of the six devices, however, Wilkins followed Mersenne by treating the wheel before the pulley, but he did not use Mersenne\u2019s somewhat more complicated analyses. Thus the reader of Mathematical Magick would not have gained a sense of the long controversy over the proper understanding of these devices, revived in 1634 by Mersenne\u2019s Les m\u00e9chaniques de Galil\u00e9e32 From Mersenne, Wilkins also borrowed his account of the \u201cglossocomus\u201d or \u201cengine of many wheels,\u201d with the analysis and illustration that show how it works like a series of interlocking levers.33 In addition he cited works other than the Tractatus mechanicus from the Cogitata : on the bending and power of bows,34 on the flattening of a bullet fired against a wall,35 and on the submarine.36\nWilkins\u2019 debt to Mersenne is so heavy that it deserves closer attention. Mersenne is cited in the Discovery, the Discourse, and in Mathematical Magick. He is not mentioned in Mercury, but the general subject of this work forms the very core of Mersenne\u2019s own enquiries: the phenomena of communication, language, and the possibility of creating a philosophical language. It would be correct to say that Wilkins\u2019 scientific writings together present a popular version of Mersenne. The affinity of interests and orientation was too close to stem from common reliance on the same literature. The plurality of worlds was the only subject that separated them, but for Wilkins this was only a tentative suggestion of no systematic importance, confined to the Discovery and not repeated. Mersenne\u2019s position on the Copernican doctrine was sufficiently ambiguous not to create any problem.37\nMersenne and Wilkins shared the conviction that religion and morality have a rational basis, that the grounds of religious belief are not tied to the retention and defense of Aristotelian doctrines, that a rational explanation of nature is possible when firmly based on sense experience and experiment, that this explanation would be mechanical and quantitative, that man is essentially different from the animals by virtue of possessing reason, that man alone is capable of language and communication, and that the growth of knowledge is a function of communication. Both were opposed to magic and the irrational, and for this reason they opposed the belief in the magical and occult powers of words, a doctrine then chiefly associated with Jacob Boehme and Robert Fludd. Language is not part of nature, it can tell us nothing about the essences of things, and thus cannot give \u201creal knowledge\u201d about the things of creation. It is conventional and man-made\u2013 \u201ca man is born without any of them, but yet capable of all,\u201d Wilkins said. If this were not so, then it would not be possible to maintain that reason and experience together form the exclusive source of scientific knowledge. Thus the nature of language is the crucial problem in the epistemology of the new science. This fact explains some evident similarities between Mersenne, Wilkins, and Locke; as Mersenne felt bound to engage in a sustained critique of Fludd, so Locke argued against Boehme and his English disciple John Webster with his doctrine of \u201cinnate notions.\u201d38 On these grounds Mersenne repeatedly argued that only God can know the essences of things and their true causes. Like Locke, he was convinced that certainty cannot be achieved in physics, \u201cfor we do not know the true reason of the effects we clearly see, and which we submit to our uses.\u201d39\nWilkins stated the same principle in 1649: \u201cIn our natural enquiries after the efficient causes of things, when our reason is at a stand, we are fain sometimes to sit down and satisfy ourselves in the notion of occult qualities, and therefore much more should be content to be ignorant of the final cause of things, which lie more deep and obscure than the other.\u201d40 On this central doctrine, Mersenne and Wilkins disagreed with Bacon\u2019s goal of penetrating into \u201cthe nature of things.\u201d This principle severely limits the extent to which Bacon can be said to have guided and informed the new science in England. Bacon in fact played a small role in Wilkins\u2019 thought, in no way comparable to Mersenne\u2019s role. Mersenne and Wilkins also admired Gilbert on points that Bacon did not accept. As Mathematical Magick shows, Wilkins also followed Mersenne in taking an interest in automata; they focused attention on interesting problems. In all their conduct and affairs, both Mersenne and Wilkins showed admirable openness and tolerance, of men as well as of opinions. In spite of the dramatic outward differences of their lives, they offer a beautiful example of the unifying, even irenic effect of the new science, in accordance with their mutual aim.41\nIf with Wilkins\u2019 contemporaries we grant that he was the chief promoter of the new science in England\u2013not only by virtue of his writings, but also owing to his personal encouragement of individuals and his success in the shaping of scientific organization before and after the official formation of the Royal Society\u2013then his alliance with Mersenne has far-reaching consequences for the belief that the Rosicrucian enlightenment was the seed-bed of the sort of natural philosophy that it was the aim of the Royal Society to promote. No attempt to assess Wilkins\u2019 importance can ignore these problems. Fludd and Mersenne do not go together. The groups they represent are not separated by their interest in a philosophy of nature, but they are set apart by their basic methods and principles, and it is this latter criterion that is crucial. Neither does one owe anything to the other regarding the need for formal cooperation and exchange of knowledge in a college (whether invisible or not) or an academy, for this need had been advocated by Mersenne as early as 1623; it was met by Th\u00e9ophraste Renaudot\u2019s conferences as early as 1629 and by Mersenne\u2019s own Academia Parisiensis at least by 1635. The ubiquitous presence of Hartlib and others shows nothing except a shared interest in natural philosophy and its results, although this presence has been the chief prop of the Rosicrucian argument. The wide tolerance of men like Mersenne and Wilkins should not be construed to mean positive approval. It has been argued that Continental influences reached England through The Hague, owing to the presence there of the exiled Queen Elizabeth of Bohemia, who for well-known reasons made some political use of such men as Hartlib and John Dury (Durie) as well as their contacts with circles that may, at least in part, be called Rosicrucian. In these matters the queen relied heavily on the services of the roving ambassador Sir Thomas Roe. On these grounds it has been argued that John Wallis\u2019 account of the first London scientific meetings in 1645 \u201cseems to give a curiously \u2019Palatinate\u2019 coloring to the origins of the Royal Society.\u201d42\nThe weakness of this argument is obvious: it ignores the fact that The Hague was the home of a very different intellectual group that had lively contacts with London. It was through these contacts that Mersenne became more widely known in England. During these years, from 1633 until his death in 1649, the English ambassador at The Hague was Sir William Boswell, whose chief business of course was not with the exiled Palatinate queen, but with the court of the House of Orange. A strong royalist and a Laudian, he was successful in preventing Dutch intervention in the Civil War during the 1640\u2019s. At the center of this group in The Hague was Constantijn Huygens, whose political, cultural, and intellectual importance is well known. Huygens\u2019 correspondence shows that he was on intimate terms with Boswell,43 and they shared many scholarly interests, including musicology. As secretary to Prince Frederic Henry of Orange, Huygens was Boswell\u2019s main contact with the court. He corresponded with both Descartes and Mersenne, as did Boswell although those letters are lost. Huygens regularly transmitted mail from Mersenne in Paris to recipients in Holland, including Descartes; Boswell occasionally did likewise. Between mid-summer of 1639 and August 1640, Boswell lived in London, and it was during this period that Haak initiated his lively correspondence with Mersenne at the encouragement of Boswell, \u201cwith whom Haak seems to have enjoyed a long-lasting and close acquaintance,\u201d beginning in 1638.44 As was to be expected, it is evident that the contents of Mersenne\u2019s letters became widely known in London, just as these contacts were in part responsible for Mersenne\u2019s close English ties during the early 1640\u2019s45\nHaving already cited Mersenne in his first two publications, Wilkins may have written Mercury on a hint from Mersenne transmitted through Haak. At the beginning of this book, Wilkins tells the reader that it was occasioned by a reading of Francis Godwin\u2019s Nuncius inanimatus, or The Mysterious Messenger (1629), which he had mentioned in the Discovery. It is tempting to think that his renewed interest in speedy and secret communication was related to the fact that Haak had sent Mersenne a copy of Godwin\u2019s little book, soon receiving the well-founded judgment that it \u201cwas indeed very animated because it teaches us nothing, saying not a word about its secret of communication. What is the use of writing, \u2019I know such and such things,\u2019 but not tell; that is to make fun of the readers.\u201d46 In line with this critique, Wilkins\u2019 purpose in Mercury was precisely to remove linguistic mystification and the secrecy of ciphers by bringing the technique out in the open. It is no wonder that Wilkins kept informed about Mersenne, so that soon after its publication in 1644 he made the Cogitata physico-mathematica the main source of his Mathematical Magick. It was at this time, in 1645, that Haak called the first London meetings, which not only discussed scientific subjects but also performed experiments. Wallis\u2019 list of the topics shows no Rosicrucian inclination, and the meetings themselves were most likely suggested by the success of Mersenne\u2019s Academia Parisiensis.47 It was the group around Huygens and Boswell at The Hague that exerted a decisive influence in England. The chief foreign vehicle of this influence was Mersenne, its chief beneficiary was Wilkins. The Royal Society is in large measure the record of the nature and success of this influence.48\nThe Oxford Years. In 1648 Wilkins entered upon the second stage of his career. Oxford had come under increasingly severe strains during the 1640\u2019s. College finances were in disarray, new admissions dropped precipitously, teaching duties were only fitfully performed, and the academic community was torn into factions aligning royalists and men of the old stamp against Parliamentarians, feuding over religious observances, the inviolability of college statutes, the curriculum, the proper conduct and morals of students and teachers, and even proper modes of personal appearance and attire. This situation was intensified by the frothy presence of extreme Anabaptist agitators who acknowledged no authority but their own private revelations. The crisis came to a head after the victorious Parliamentary forces under Fairfax entered the town. On 1 May 1647, Parliament passed an ordinance which empowered a committee to look after \u201cthe better regulating and reformation of the University of Oxford, and the several colleges and halls in the same, and for the due correction of offences, abuses, and disorders, especially of late times committed there.\u201d\nWithin the next year the Parliamentary Visitors came to Oxford, ejected the old warden of Wadham College, and appointed Wilkins, who took charge on 13 April 1648. It proved a wise choice. At the young age of thirty-four, he must have impressed the authorities by his accomplishments in the university and in his varied public offices as well as by his forceful advocacy of new learning, his moderation in religious affairs, his energy, and his extensive connections. Under the guidance of a man who was not considered a bigot, the college admissions soon rose steeply, including a large number of country gentlemen and \u201ccavaliers,\u201d a fact that may also have helped improve the finances. It is universally acknowledged that Wadham was a distinguished college during Wilkins\u2019 wardenship. Among the new fellows of Wadham who came to Oxford from Cambridge were Seth Ward and Lawrence Rooke, \u201cwho was much addicted to experimental philosophy.\u201d They were joined by other men migrating from London and the scientific meetings there to continue their work in Oxford. They met at various places, including Wadham, where Wilkins created a laboratory. They included the nucleus of the future Royal Society: John Wallis, Jonathan Goddard, William Petty, Ralph Bathurst, Thomas Willis, and Robert Boyle, to whom Wilkins wrote on 6 September 1653: \u201cI should exceedingly rejoice in your being stayed in England this winter, and the advantage of your conversation at Oxford, where you will be a means to quicken and direct our enquiries.\u201d Not long after, Boyle took up residence in Oxford.49 The meetings were also attended by some of the able students who came to Wadham. The most brilliant was Christopher Wren, Wilkins\u2019 special prot\u00e9g\u00e9 in his early career. Among the others were Wilkins\u2019 half-brother Walter Pope, Thomas Sprat, William Lloyd, William Neile, and Samuel Parker.\nThese men and their activities created an air of modernity and intellectual excitement in the university which suited Wilkins\u2019 desire to introduce the new philosophy in a manner that at the same time demanded discipline and significant achievement. He would hardly have been disturbed that his circle was in low repute among the Aristotelians, Galenists, and \u201cthose of the old stamp, that had been eminent for school and polemical divinity, and disputations and other polite parts of learning, [who] look upon them very inconsiderably, and their experiments as much below their profound learning and the professors of them.\u201d50 This was precisely what reform was about and why so many sought Wilkins\u2019s advice and encouragement. When Oldenburg in the spring of 1656 settled in Oxford for a while, he was glad to find lodgings near Wilkins and Wadham, waxing poetic in his description of the new garden\u2019s \u201cdesign and cultivation, where pleasure rivals utility and ingenuity industry.\u201d51 Created at no small expense, the expansion and layout of this formal garden was one of Wilkins\u2019 first innovations. It was exquisitely executed with various mechanical wonders, a Doric temple, and, on a mound, a statue of Atlas carrying the world on his shoulders. The garden shows a characteristic aspect of Wilkins\u2019 knowledge and orientation, as does his fondness for music.52 When the warden\u2019s friend, the royalist John Evelyn, visited Wadham in July 1654, he was fascinated by the curiosities he was shown. There were not only scientific instruments, but also a \u201chollow statue which gave a voice and uttered words\u201d and transparent, elaborately adorned apiaries built in the shape of castles and palaces, but constructed so as to make it possible to take out the honey without destroying the bees.53 In those days science and ingenuity were visual. While still at the Westminster School, Robert Hooke received a copy of Mathematical Magick as a gift from the author; and when a few years later he became a student at Oxford, he attended the scientific meetings and sought Wilkins\u2019 advice on his experiments on the art of flying and the making of artificial muscles.54 Ten years later Hooke concluded the preface to Micrographia with an eloquent tribute to Wilkins, describing him as many must have seen him during those years:\nThere is scarce any one invention, which this nation has produced in our age, but it has some way or other been set forward by his assistance . . . He is indeed a man born for the good of mankind, and for the honor of his country. In the sweetness of whose behavior,in the calmness of his mind, in the unbounded goodness of his heart, we have an evident instance, what the true and the primitive unpassionate religion was, before it was soured by particular factions. . . . So I may thank God, that Dr. Wilkins was an Englishman. for wherever he had lived, there had been the chief seat of generous knowledge and true philosophy.\nIn the midst of this busy life, Wilkins was also a member of several influential university committees, including the delegacy to which the governance of the university was entrusted by its chancellor, Oliver Cromwell, on 16 October 1652. In this work, Wilkins successfully sought to regain for the university and the colleges their lost autonomy, to mediate between contending factions, and to maintain order and discipline. He especially defended the university against the attacks of radical religious factions, both on the governance of the university and its curriculum. One such attack was Webster\u2019s Academiarum examen (1654), which Wilkins and Ward answered the same year in Vindicae academiarum. It opened with a letter by Wilkins, outlining and rejecting the three main charges. Contrary to Webster\u2019s accusations, the university was not a slavish follower of Aristotle but freely opposed him \u201cas any contrary evidence does engage them, being ready to follow the banner of truth by whomsoever it shall be lifted up.\u201d Further, the university did not intend to direct its teachings according to the mystical linguistic doctrines of Boehme and \u201cthe highly illuminated fraternity of the Rosicrucians.\u201d Webster\u2019s trust in these authorities, said Wilkins, \u201cmay sufficiently convince what a kind of credulous fanatick reformer he is like to prove.\u201d Wilkins remained committed to the principles he shared with Mersenne.55\nThere appears to be good reason to accept Tillotson\u2019s assessment of Wilkins\u2019 achievement in the life of the university: \u201cIt is so well known to many worthy persons yet living, and has been so often acknowledged even by his enemies, that in the late times of confusion, almost all that was preserved and kept up of ingenuity and learning, of good order and government in the University of Oxford, was chiefly owning to his prudent conduct and encouragement.\u201d56\nIn the spring of 1656, Wilkins married Cromwell\u2019s sister, Robina French, which is said to have strengthened his hand with the Lord Protector in the interests of the university.57\nCambridge. In 1659 Wilkins made a sudden change of the sort that energetic men, confident of their powers, are prone to make when they, after success in one place, see an opportunity to apply their talents in new territory. After Cromwell\u2019s death, Wilkins had become a close adviser to Richard Cromwell, who appointed him master of Trinity College, Cambridge, \u201cthinking he would be as serviceable in that, as he had been in the other university.\u201d58 He took possession in late summer, resigning from the wardenship of Wadham on 3 September 1659. His tenure lasted barely a year. After the king\u2019s return to England in May 1660, Henry Ferne was made master, having successfully pressed a claim on the basis of a promise made by Charles I. The reason given was that the statutes did not allow a married master, but without Ferne\u2019s intervention this circumstance would hardly have prevented continuation. In a letter of July 1660, \u201cnumerously signed,\u201d the fellows of Trinity both offered their congratulations on the restoration and requested the reconfirmation of Wilkins, \u201cappointed at their earnest petition, on the death of Dr. Arrowsmith, in 1658.\u201d59\nDuring his brief association with Cambridge, Wilkins entered the circle of a group of men with whom he, in spite of some differences, had so much in common that he came to be considered one of them. With the Cambridge Platonists, he shared the outlook that was just then coming to be known as latitudinarianism: a commitment to tolerance and comprehension in church affairs, respect for learning, and the principle that the right understanding of religion, both revealed and natural, is essentially governed by reason. At the time of the Act of Uniformity a few years later, Richard Baxter wrote a succinct description of these men. He divided the conformists into three groups: the zealots, those who submitted for a variety of personal and other reasons, and\nthose called latitudinarians, who were mostly Cambridge men, Platonists or Cartesians, and many of them Arminians with some additions, having more charitable thoughts than others of the salvation of the heathens and infidels. . . . These were ingenious men and scholars, and of universal principles, and free; abhorring at first the imposition of these little things, but thinking them not great enough to stick at when imposed.60\nWilkins\u2019 departure from Cambridge was felt as a loss by many, one of them being Isaac Barrow, whom Wilkins helped to the geometry professorship at Gresham College in 1662, the year before Barrow assumed the Lucasian chair at Cambridge. With an uncertain future behind him, Wilkins now gravitated to London and the culmination of his career as the energetic center of the Royal Society.\nThe Royal Society and The Last Years. In 1660 began the third and last stage of Wilkins\u2019 career. He did not have to wait long for ecclesiastical preferment. On 28 January 1661, he was again elected preacher at Gray\u2019s inn61and at the end of the year George Lord Berkeley (1628\u20131698) presented him with the living of Cranford, Middlesex.62 On 11 April 1662 he became vicar of St. Lawrence Jewry in London, a living that was in the king\u2019s gift; thus he soon gained royal favor.63 During the 1660\u2019s, he held a plurality of other ecclesiastical offices until in 1668 he became bishop of Chester.64 Wilkins preached regularly at St. Lawrence Jewry, but his main sphere of activity was elsewhere.\nDuring the late 1650\u2019s scientific meetings were held at Gresham College. After attending a lecture by Wren on 28 November 1660, the group gathered to discuss a plan for the founding of \u201ca college for the promoting of physico-mathematical experimental learning.\u201d It is an unmistakable sign of Wilkins\u2019 importance that he was on this occasion appointed to the chair; within the next two weeks, Oldenburg wrote that Wilkins had been elected \u201cpresident of the new English Academy very recently founded here under the patronage of the king for the advancement of the sciences.\u201d65 Wilkins was still styled president in the first months of the new year, but on 6 March 1661 Sir Robert Moray was chosen president, no doubt owing to his close associations with the king, whose favor was eagerly and successfully sought during the first years. The rest is a familiar story. The society gained its first official charter under royal patronage a few years later, many new members joined, and an astonishing and ceaseless round of activities got under way, lasting with undiminished energy until about the time of Wilkins\u2019 death in November 1672, when attendance at meetings began to drop off and a state of seeming exhaustion set in, no doubt in part owing to a financial crisis. It is hard to say whether this decline was related to the loss of Wilkins, but the coincidence is striking.66\nThe records of these years show that Wilkins was busier than any other member in the affairs of the society. From the beginning until his death, he was each year reelected to the council, being also one of the two secretaries, another elective office, until he became bishop of Chester. He was occasionally called vice-president, although the statutes made no provision for such an office. While secretary, he attended practically every meeting and at most of them he was busy doing something: providing recent information, proposing experiments, being put in charge of this and that, appointed to special committees, asked for advice, engaged in fund-raising, and preparing suitably interesting doings for the king\u2019s visits. He proposed a very large number of candidates for membership, suggested that Robert Hooke be made curator of the collections, and proposed Nehemiah Grew as curator for the anatomy of plants.67 At the same time he also supervised the writing of Sprat\u2019s History of the Royal Society (1667).68 During the plague in the summer of 1665, Wilkins, Hooke, and William Petty removed to Durdans near Epsom in Surrey to carry out experiments on \u201cimproved chariots\u201d and other mechanical devices; their results were reported to the society the following year. This was one of the several subjects of Mathematical Magick that occupied the society during the 1660\u2019s.69\nAt the beginning of 1668, Wilkins once more became involved in church affairs. After the fall of Clarendon, during the closing months of the previous year, the way was open for an attempt to bring at least some groups of nonconformists into communion with the church, a policy Wilkins had long supported in accordance with the promise made by the king in the Declaration of Breda shortly before his return to England. It was also advocated by the duke of Buckingham, now the king\u2019s first minister. Richard Baxter was approached, but he found himself unable to accept the initial terms of negotiation and requested instead that \u201ctwo learned peaceable divines\u201d be nominated \u201cto treat with us, till we agreed on the fittest terms.\u201d One of them was Wilkins, who drew up a proposal that was revised during further deliberations. Baxter\u2019s detailed account shows that Wilkins was a skillful negotiator who tried his best to find a compromise that would satisfy all parties. This proved impossible, and when it became known that a bill for comprehension was ready, Parliament refused to accept it.70 But Wilkins had Buckingham\u2019s patronage, and when the see of Chester fell vacant in August, he was soon appointed and duly consecrated on 14 November 1668.71 In a diocese known for its large number of Dissenters, he was an lenient to nonconformists as his predecessor had been severe, many being brought into communion with the church owing to his \u201csoft interpretation of the terms of conformity\u201d, while others who did not conform were still allowed to preach.72 Early in 1669, Pepys heard that Wilkins, \u201cmy friend . . . shall be removed to Winchester and be Lord Treasurer.\u201d Although he discounted this rumor, he added that Wilkins was \u201ca mighty rising man, as being a Latitudinarian, and the Duke of Buckingham\u2019s great friend.\u201d73 In the midst of all his activities during the 1660\u2019s, Wilkins had also found time to prepare his greatest work, An Essay Towards a Real Character and a philosophical Language, which with the official imprimatur of the Royal society was presented to it on 7 May 1668.74\nThe Essay is the largest and most complete work in a long tradition of speculation and effort to create an artificial language that would, in a contemporary phrase, \u201crepair the ruins of Babel.\u201d On one level a mere universal language would accomplish this aim by removing the obstacle that ordinary languages place in the way of common communication, whether in religion, commerce, or science. The universal use of a single language, for example, Latin, would meet this problem, but as Latin lost ground during the early half of the seventeenth century, especially in scientific writings, the need for other solutions was felt with greater urgency. As knowledge grew, in large measure aided by the introduction of common, conceptual, nonverbal symbols (much like Arabic numerals), there seemed to be new hope for the idea of a different sort of language, generally traced back to Ramon Lull, which would refer directly to what knowledge and thought are about, rather than using the imperfect medium of ordinary languages. There was wide agreement with Bacon that in these languages words were a perpetual source of philosophical error, being \u201cframed and applied according to the conceit and capacities of the vulgar sort.\u201d75\nThe traditional model for such a language, often cited in the seventeenth century, was the language Adam spoke when he named the animals in his perfect state of knowledge before the fall. In the cabalist tradition, in Boehme and Fludd, it was believed that this language could somehow be recaptured. It was, for instance, seriously believed by some that it could be found by a sort of etymological distillation from all existing languages of the hitherto hidden but original elements of the Adamic language, on the assumption that this language was Hebrew, that Hebrew was the source of all other languages, and that these elements expressed the natures or essences of things. This was the mystical way, repeatedly rejected by Mersenne as nonsense; only God can know the essences of things.\nBut granting that man can grasp the order of creation by sense experience and reason, it would seem possible for man to comprehend and codify this knowledge in an artificial language based on the study of things. Within the more limited range of fallen man, this language would be a substitute for the lost Adamic language; if complete, it would express all man\u2019s knowledge in a methodical, rationally ordered fashion that mirrored the fabric of nature. It would be philosophical and scientific without error. On the practical level, it could be expressed in written or spoken symbols or both. Unlike a universal language, in which knowledge was still tied to the \u201ccheat or words,\u201d to use another contemporary phrase, it would deal directly with things. This, it was hoped, would not only make knowledge easier and quicker to attain; it would cause a vast increase inknowledge.\nThese hopes were sustained by an optimism for which nothing seemed unattainable, similar to other expectations that strike us as equally chimerical, for instance the perpetuum mobile and the squaring of the circle. During the first half of the seventeenth century, a wealth of texts toyed with the possibility of a philosophical language, most of them on the level of groping speculation which never reached articulate statement of basic principles. In addition to these texts, there were many rumors about men who were working on such projects. They were typically surrounded by great secrecy, and there were several instances of offers to reveal the secret, for great sums of money. The philosophical language was the exact equivalent of the philosopher\u2019s stone. Leibniz brought more conviction, energy, and intelligence to this problem; yet even he never spelled out its full meaning.76\nWilkins based his plan on a few basic principles. He assumed that \u201cas men do generally agree in the same principle of reason, so do they likewise agree in the same internal notion or apprehension of things.\u201d Now, if the common notions of men could be tied to common marks, written or spoken, then mankind would be \u201cfreed from that curse in the confusion of tongues, with all the unhappy consequences of it.\u201d These marks would \u201csignify things, and not words,\u201d conjoined \u201cwith certain invariable rules for all such grammatical derivations and inflexions, and such only, as are natural and necessary,\u201d all contrived so \u201cas to have such a dependence upon, and relation to, one another,as might be suitable to the nature of the things and notions which they represented.\u201d Thus the various marks, with their modifications, would follow an ordered and rational analysis of knowledge. The advantage would be immense, for \u201cbesides [being] the best way to helping the memory by a natural method, the understanding likewise would be highly improved; and we should, by learning the character and the names of things, be instructed likewise in their natures.\u201d77\nWilkins decided, somewhat arbitrarily he admitted, on forty basic genera, which with \u201cdifferences\u201d and \u201cspecies\u201d would produce the marks that would give an inventory of the world, so to speak. Thus \u201cworld\u201d is a genus (in the \u201ceffable\u201d language represented by da), which by addition of the second difference, denoting \u201ccelestial\u201d (with the effable sign d) produces the notion \u201cheaven\u201d (dad). \u201cEarth\u201d has the same elements, but to it must be added the mark for the seventh species, denoting this \u201cglobe of sea and land.\u201d This mark isy, so that the effable sign for earth is dady As was soon obsesrved by several critics, this entire system was after all closely tied kto English words. Yet, postulating that it followed a natural method, Wilkins believed that it could be mastered in one month.78 This belief reveals something about the Essay\u2019s ancestry, for this was precisely the claim being made by mystical projectors, who, however, had the good reason for their claim that they assumed a strict interpretation of the macrocosom-microcosm harmony. For them, once the Babelistic confusion of ordinary words and false concepts was stripped away, man would regain the Adamic nakedness of pure and complete knowledge. With pure intellect thus restored, the need for memory would vanish; the small traces of it still required would be caused by the last imperfections in the system, much as friction cannot be entirely overcome.\nThe Essay was tainted by its ancestry. In Mercury, Wilkins had outlined some of its principles, although only for the creation of a universal language. In the Vindicae academiarum, having ridiculed Webster\u2019s mystical advocacy of a genuinely natural, Adamic language, Seth Ward suddenly, as if unrelated to the subject, had said: \u201cIt did presently occur to me, that by the help of logic and mathematics this might soon receive a mighty advantage.\u201d He then briefly outlined the plan Wilkins executed. \u201cSuch a language as this,\u201d Ward said, \u201cwhere every word were a definition and contained the nature of the thing, might not unjustly be termed a natural language, and would afford that which the cabalists and Rosicrucians have vainly sought for in the Hebrew, and in the names as signed by Adam.\u201d79 The evidence shows that it was soon after and with the help of Ward that Wilkins began work on his philosophical language, as he openly admits in the \u201cEpistle to the Reader\u201d in the Essay. In rather awkward fashion Wilkins straddled two traditions that in the minds of most observers could not be brought together. Mersenne had clearly outlined the plan of such a language, but stayed clear of the mystical implications; and, in the evesnt, he seems not to have had faith in its practically, although he took an interest in its theoretical aspects, much as he did in automata.80 In the Essay Wilkins also modified his optimistic statements with great diffidence about the entire plan and avowals of its tentative, incomplete execution, inviting the Royal Society to appoint a committee to examine it and make suggestions for its improvement. It was fortunate for his reputation that the Essay came at the end of Wilkins\u2019 career.81\nThe publication of the Essay put the Royal Society in a difficult situation. Written by one or its best-known members, encouraged and published under its auspices, it caused a crisis of prestige. It had been much talked about before publication, and it was soon distributed both in England and on the Continent. Yet none of the scientific members of the society had much, if any, faith in it, with the exception of Hooke, who mastered it and continued to take great interest in it.82 Following Wilkins\u2019 wishes, the society immediately set up a committee to report on the Essay, but within in the society this committee was never heard from again.83 It was, however, decided that the society\u2019s \u201crespository\u201d under Hooke would be organized according to the Essay.84 In its outward relations, the society talked up the Essay with much exaggeration. Thus after Christiaan Huygens had voiced his doubts to Moray, the latter quickly wrote back that the character was easy to master; the king had already done so and everyone was now following his example.85\nOutside the Royal Society, a group of men (some of whom were fellows) continued to seek to improve and perfect the philosophical language, but with the exception of Hooke, these were men without scientific prestige in the society.86 Having himself already written on similar plans, Leibniz soon learned about the Essay; he admired it greatly, although he still found it short of his own requirements. In 1680 he wrote of this admiration to Haak, but added that something \u201cmuch greater and more useful could be made of it, insofar as algebraic characters are superior to chemical signs.87 But so far as the Royal Society was concerned, the Essay was quietly forgotten.\nThe Essay did have one important effect; it set John Ray to work on botanical classification. Wilkins had lost all his belongings in the Great Fire of London, including part of the as yet unpublished manuscript of the Essay.88 But eager to finish it, he enlisted the help of Francis Willoughby and John Ray in October 1666. They prepared the zoological and botanical tables. Ray was at the time perhaps Wilkins\u2019 most intimate and devoted friend; he immediately went to work, spending much of the next year helping Wilkins, on several occasions spending extended periods with him at Chester. But he admitted at the same time that the project did not suit him.\nI was constrained in arranging the tables not to follow the lead of nature, but to accommodate the plants to the author\u2019s prescribed system. . . . What possible hope was there that a method of that sort would be satisfactory, and not manifestly imperfect and ridiculous? I frankly and openly admit that it was, for I care for truth more than for my own reputation.89\nIt is a good question whether Wilkins knew of this criticism, which went to the heart of the matter; the Essay did not, as he had intended, follow the \u201cmethod of nature.\u201d After publication, Ray helped Wilkins in amending the tables of natural history, just as he also at Wilkins\u2019 request made a Latin translation.90 Later Ray brought his classifications to a perfection that he had not found it possible to achieve within the system of the Essay.91\nWilkins was now spending most of his time at Chester, with frequent journeys to London. Suffering from \u201cfits of the stone,\u201d he unsuccessfully sought a cure at Scarborough Spa during the summer of 1672. On 10 August 1672, Lord Berkeley, recently arrived from Dublin. was nobly entertained by Wilkins at dinner in the bishop\u2019s palace at Chester.92 On 30 October Wilkins was in London, where he attended, for the last time, a meeting of the Royal Society.93 But the attacks persisted. Hooke and others administered medication, but to no avail. On 19 November 1672, Wilkins died at the house of John Tillotson, who had married his stepdaughter. At his death he is reported to have said that he was \u201cprepared for the great experiment.\u201d The funeral sermon was preached by William Lloyd at the Guildhall Chapel on 12 December; \u201cthough it proved a wet day, yet his corpse was very honorably attended . . . there were above forty coaches with six horses, besides a great number of others.\u201d He was buried in the church of St. Lawrence Jewry.94\nIn his own time Wilkins\u2019 stature and influence were very considerable. He was committed to a policy of tolerance that allowed compromise both in political and ecclesiatical affairs, based on the conviction that natural and revealed religion together with the new science proved a benevolent, providential order which, if rightly understood, ensured that mankind could live happily and peacefully, even prosperously, in this world. For this reason, his influence was divided between such men as Hooke, Boyle, and Ray on the one hand, Tillotson, Stillingfleet, and Patrick on the other. In this sense he shaped the temper of England in the latter half of the seventeenth century and left a signficant impresssion on the eighteenth. His influence was acknowledged by John Ray both in the Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation 1691) and A Persuasive to a Holy life (1700), with the telling subtitle, \u201cFrom the Happiness which Attends It Both in This World and in the World to come.\u201d In science, Hooke\u2019s tribute in the Micrographia leaves no doubt of Wilkins\u2019 importance, although he did not make any direct contribution to science. Even those, like Anthony \u00e0 Wood, whose party loyalties made them caustic critics of men with similar careers, were sparing in their criticism of Wilkins. The age is full of testimonies that are echoed in Gilbert Burnet\u2019s Summary of Wilkins\u2019 character: \u201cHe was naturally ambitious, but was the wisest clergyman I ever knew. He was a lover of mankind, and had a delight indoing good.\u201d\n1.Of the Principles and Duties of Natural Religion, 8th ed. (London, 1722), p. 34; 1st ed. (London 1675). It was published from Wilkins\u2019 papers by his literary executor, John Tillotson, who in the preface explains that the first 12chapters (pp. 1\u2013165) were left ready for the press by Wilkins. They constitute the greater part of bk. I. entitled of the Resasonableness of the Principles and Duties of Natural Religion. The rest was put together by Tillotson from \u201cthe materials left for that purpose,\u201d including all of bk. II. Of the Wisdom of Practicing the Duties of Natural Religion. There are two references (pp. 48, 55) to Tillotson\u2019s Sermon Of the Wisdom of Being Religious (1664), but these may be insertions and thus do not necessarily determine the time of composition. William Lloyd\u2019s Sermon Preach\u2019d at the Funeral of the Right Reverend Father in God, JOhn Wilkins, D.D. Late Bishop of Chester is included.\n2.A Discourse Concerning a New Planet, Tending to Prove, That \u2019Tis Probable Our Earth Is One of the Planets (London, 1640), in The Mathematical and Philosophical Works. 2 vols.(London. 1802). I. 257. The Discourse comprises I . 131\u2013261: it was published anonymously.\n3.Principles and Duties. p. 17.\n4.Ibid., p. 73.\n5.Ibid., p. 17. Marine Mersenne had used the same metaphor: \u201cLes Mechaniques peuvent enseigner a bien vivre, soit en imitant les corps de la terre comme I\u2019essprit de I\u2019homme doit chercher le sien dans I\u2019essence divine qui est la source detous les esprits.\u201d Dedication in Les m\u00e9chaniques de Galil\u00e9e, Bernard Rochot, ed. (Paris, 1966).p. 14.\n6.Ibid., p. 346.\n7.Sermons Preach\u2019d Upon Several Occasions, 2nd ed. (London, 1701), p. 236, 1st ed. (London, 1677, repr. 1680, 1682). There is a preface by the editor, John Tillotson. The axiom that man is a sociable creature is credited to Aristotie and, as often in Wilkins, supported by reference to the Stoics, especially Seneca.\n8.A Discourse Concerning the Beauty of Providence in all the Rugged Passages of It (London, 1649), p.65. Similar references occur in Sermons. The text of the 9th sermon (pp. 263\u2013287) is Ecclesiastes 4:9\u2013 \u201cTwo are better than one.\u201d Its opening words call Ecclesiastes \u201ca discourse from the most profound principles of reason and philosophy.\u201d Like Issac Barrow, Wilkins had a marked preference for the Wisdom Books (see H.R. McAdoo, The spirit of Anglicanism [London, 1965], p.239). The 11th sermon (pp. 327\u2013357)and 12th sermon (pp. 359\u2013350)inculate public spiritedness and cooperation; the theme of the 13th sermon (pp. 391\u2013427)is moderation, followed by a sermon on the evils of vengeance and wrath.\n9.Mercury, or the Secret and Swift Messenger (London, 1641; 2nd ed., 1694). in Mathematical and Philosophical Works,II . 1.Mercury comprises II . 1\u201387: it was published anonymously.\n10.Mercury,II , 53; these are the opening words of ch. 13 \u201cConcerning an Universal Character. That May Be Legible to All Nations and Languages.\u201d\n11.Sermons, p. 184. The nature of language and the sociability of man were discussed in one of Th\u00e9ophraste Renaudot\u2019s conferences, 21 May 1635, with views that agree with Mersenne and Wilkins. Recited g\u00e9n\u00e9ral des questions traict\u00e9es \u00e9s Conf\u00e9rences du Bureau d\u2019Adresse. II(Paris, 1660), 458\u2013463: 1st ed. (paris. 1636). Wilkins had great influence on prose style, both in scientific discourse and in sermons. This is succinctly pointed out by Gilbert Burnet, History of his Own Time.6 vols., 2nd ed. enlarged (Oxford, 1833), I . 347\u2013348. See also Francis Christensen, \u201cJohn Wilkins and the Royal Society Reform of Prose Style,\u201d in Modern Language Ouarterly,7 (1946), 179\u2013187, 279\u2013290, and esp. W.S. Howell, Eighteenth-Century British Logic and Rhetoric (Princeton, 1971), pp. 448\u2013502. Wilkins\u2019 basic stylistic doctrine is already stated in the last section of Ecclesiastes, or a Discourse Concerning the Gift of Preaching as It Falls Under the Rules of Art. This section, \u201cConcerning Expression,\u201d says that \u201cobscurities in the discourse is an argument of ignorance in the mind. The greatest learning is to be seen in the gresatest plainness. The more clearly we understand anything ourselves, the more easily we can expound it to others. When the notion itself is good, the best way to set it off, is in the most obvious plain expression.\u201d 3rd ed. (1651), p. 128; 1st ed. (1646). This was Wilkins\u2019 most popular work, often reprinted and steadily expanded, also after his death, having reached at least ten printings and its 7th ed. by 1693.\n12.The Discovery of a World in the Moon, Or, a Discourse Tending to Prove, That \u2019tis Probable There May Be Another Habitable World in Than Planet (London, 1638). in Mathematical and Philosophical Works,I . 19. The Discovery comprises 1 . 1\u2013130 : it was published anonymously. The 1640 printing contains chapter 14 on the possibility of flying to the moon. Since 1640, the Discovery and the Discourse. have been published together: there was a 5th ed. in 1684, As Wilkins indicated, the words quoted here are taken from Edward Wright\u2019s preface to William Gilbert\u2019s De Magnete (1600). On the same point, Wilkins also refers to john Calvin\u2019s Commentaries on the First Book of Moses, Called Genesis (see the translation by John King [Edinburgh, 1847], pp. 84\u201387, 141, 177,256). I see no evidence that Wilkins knew Galileo\u2019s Letter with its closely similar arguments, first published in Italian with Latin translation in 1636. In 1640 Wilkins devoted chs. 3\u20136 of the Discourse (I, 149\u2013203) to the same issue, again citing Calvin (now including the Commentary on the Psalms), many passages from the Bible and the Church Fathers, and also such modern writers as Girolamo Zanchi, Franciscus Valesius, Christoph Clavius, Gaspar Sanctius, and Mersenne. Their religious and scientific allegiances were diverse : Sanctius and Clavius were Jesuits, the latter a friend of Galileo but opponent of Copernican astronomy : Zanchi studied at Padua and died at Heidelberg where he served the Palatine rulers; Valesius was a Spanish physician; Mersenne, often cited by Wilkins, took an ambiguous attitude toward Copernicus, but found no scriptural evidence for a charge of heresy, as Wilkins pointed out in the Discourse. (I.160). C.f. William s. Hine, \u201cMersenne and Copernicanism,\u201d Isis,64 (1973), 18\u201332. Zanchi (1516\u20131590) was a Reformed theologian of pronounced irenic tendencies. His use by Wilkins at this time is noteworthy because he was also, along with especially Hugo Grotius, an authority with William Chillingworth in the Religion of Protestants (1638). See the excellent study by Robert R. Orr, Reason and Authority, the Thought of William Chillingworth (Oxford, 1967). There are other suggestive similarities between Chilling-worth and Wilkins. Thus Principles and Duties, p. 27, cites the last section in bk. II of Grotius\u2019 De veritate religionis Christianae for the very same purpose as Chillingworth in Religion, ch.6, sect.51.\n13.Discourse,I , 172.\n14.Ibid.,I 138 Cf. Discovery, \u201cTo the Reader\u201d : \u201cit is a flase conceit for us to think that amongst the ancient variety and search of opinions, the best has still prevailed.\u201d (In the Mathematical and Philospical Works [1802] this \u201cTo the Reader\u201d is placed at the front of vol. I, before \u201cThe life of the Author.\u201d) Mersenne makes the same point in Questions inouyes (paris, 1634), pp.144\u2013148.\n15.Mathematical Magick, or the Wonders That May Be Performed by Mechanical Geometry (London, 1648), in Mathematical and Philosophical Works,II ,127,131. Mathematical Magick comprises II , 89\u2013260, but the dedication to the prince elector Palatine and \u201cTo the Reader.\u201d are placed at the very front of vol. 1 . There was a 4th ed. in 1691.\n16.Mathematical Magick, \u201cTo the Reader.\u201d For the other points, often repeated in his writings, see the opening chapters, ibid. (II , 91\u201397); cf. Sermons, p. 254.\n17.Sermons, p. 254.\n18.Discovery, \u201cTo the Reader.\u201d\n19.Mathematical magick, \u201cTo the Reader,\u201d points out that the title was suggested by Cornelius Agrippa, De vanitate scientiarum, ch.42.\n20.Discourse,I 136\u2013137, 134.\n21.Discovery,I , 14. The full line in Epistle I , 14, reads Nullius addictus juare in verba magistri (\u201cNot pledged to echo the opinions of any master\u201d) but the entire context of lines 10\u201318 is relevant. It was John Evelyn who suggested the motto. In \u201cPraefatio ad lectorem\u201d of the Quoestiones in Genesim, Mersenne had recalled the same Horatian passage for precisely the same purpose, against Aristotelian authority and in favour of our own experience of phenomena; Wilkins cited this work in the Discovery and in the Discourse. See Robert Lenoble, Mersenne ou la naissance du m\u00e9canisme (paris. 1943), p. 224; cf. p. 222.\n22. R. E. W. Maddison, The Life of the Honourable Robert Boyle (London, 1969), p. 85(Boyle to Hartlib, 14 September1655); Anthony \u00e0 wood, Athenae Oxonienses, Philip Bliss, ed.,III (London, 1817),col.971. Wood\u2019s information is also in Walter Pope. Life of Seth Ward (London, 1697), p. 29\n23. The information often given that Wilkins was born at Fawsley, Northamptonshire, is not certain; see Barbara J. Shapiro, John Wilkins 1614\u20131672. An Intellectual Biography (Berkeley, 1969), pp. 12\u201313, 254\u2013255.\n24. Wood. op. cit.,IV (1820), col. 752. Edward Sylvester also taught Chillingworth.\n25. Reginald. J. Fletcher, The Pension Book of Gray\u2019s Inn, 1569\u20131669 (London, 1901), PP. 355\u2013357. There is good reason to accept the explanation that it was Wilkins\u2019 \u201cskill in the mathematics that chiefly recommended him\u201d to Charles Louis, \u201chis Electoral highness being a great lover and favourer of those sciences, in which he must needs have been very agreeable to his Chaplain, who was entirely of the same turn and temper.\u201d See vol. VI (1756), 4266, in Biographia Britannica, 7 vols. (London, 1747\u20131766); this very full and well-informed article is the best biographical account of Wilkins (it covers pp. 4266\u20134275 and was most likely the work of Thomas Birch).\n26. Montague Burrows, ed., The Register of the Visitors of the University of Oxford from AD 1647 to AD 1658 (London, 1881),p.22, Camden Society, n.s.29.\n27. It is not clear whether Wilkins made two journeys during 1648\u20131649 or whether one of them occurred earlier or, less likely, later. Charles Louis spent most of the years between 1644 and his return (May 1649) in England. In 1644 he was invited to attend the sessions of the Westminster Assembly (Bulstrode Whitelocke, Memorials [London, 1732], p. 108). Wilkins was formally accepted by the Assembly on 25 September 1643.\n28. It is hard to accept Grant McColley\u2019s argument that Campanella\u2019s Apologia is the main source of both the Discovery and the Discourse. The reason is not merely that the two writers had little in common except their defense of Galileo, but especially that Wilkins used the important literature published since the Apologia (1622). including Galileo\u2019s own Dialogue in the Latin translation (1635), See \u201cThe Debt of Bishop Wilkins to the Apologia pro Galileo of Tomaso Campanella\u201d in Annals of Science,4 (1939). 150\u2013168. Campanella,The Defence of Galiteo, tr. by Grant McColley, in Smith College Studies in History.22, nos. 3\u20134 (April\u2013July 1937), intro. McColley. \u201cThe Ross-Wilkins Controversy,\u201d in Annals of Science,3 (1938), 153\u2013189. All these items have much useful information, although they are committed to a view of conflict between science and religion that is now outmoded. Hartlib\u2019s \u201cEphemerides\u201d indicate that Campanella was in London during 1635. Ross answered Wilkins in The New Planet no Planet (London.1646) The entry on Wilkins in Biographia Britannica plausibly suggests that the Discourse was not merely a treatise on the new astronomy but written as a defense of Galileo: \u201cIt was the first just treatise of its kind, and more effectually exposed the folly and absurdity as well as cruelty of the proceedings in the Inquisition by taking no direct notice of them\u201d (op. cit., p. 4268). It is remarkable that Wilkins\u2019 defense on the question of biblical authority uses the same arguments as Galileo in the Letter to the Grand Duchess, which was presumably not known to Wilkins.\n29. Like his two previous books, Mercury cites a wealth of sources, both ancient and modern, with some fifty in the latter category. Among the most important are Johannes Trithemius, De polygraphia and stenographia, Herman nus Hugo, De origine scribendi (1617),and Gustaphus Selenus, De cryptographia (1624), the name is a pseudonym for the learned Duke August of Braunschweig-L\u00fcneburg. In 1630 John Pell had written \u201c\u2018A Key to Unlock the Meaning of Johannes Trithemius\u2019 in His Steganography; Which Key Mr. Pell the Same Year Imparted to Mr. Samuel Hartlib.\u201d (See Wood. Fastic Oxonienses, Philip Bliss. ed. [London, 1815], I, 463.) Like the Discovery and the Discourse, Mercury was published anonymously, but the dedication is signed \u201cJ. W.\u201d It has five commendatory poems at the front, two of them addressing the author as their friend: Richard Hatton, who entered Magdalen Hall. Oxford, on 7 July 1637; and Richart West, who matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, on 15 February 1633; both presumably knew Wilkins at Oxford, which adds a little to the sparse information we have of Wilkins\u2019 life during those years. Another poem is by Sir Francis Kynaston, the center of a literary coterie at court. who in 1635 founded Musaeum Minerva, an academy for young noblemen. Wilkins was clearly getting known in wider circles.\n30. Among other recent works are Pierre Gassendi, Vita Peireskii (1641), A. Kircher, De magnete (1643), and Mario Bettini, Apiaraia universae philosophia mathematicae, quibus paradoxa et nova pleraque machinamenta ad usus eximios traducta et facillimis demonstrationibus confirmata exhibentur, 2 vols.(Bologna, 1641\u20131642).\n31. Wilkins mentions Guidobaldo among his chief sources. An abbreviated version of the Mechanicorum Liber is in Mechanics in Sixteenth-Century Italy, tr. and annotated by Stillman Drake and I. E. Drabkin (University of Wisconsin Press, 1960), pp. 239\u2013328. It includes, on a reduced scale, the line drawings and illustrations of the original. In the final pages of Mathematical Magick, Wilkins discussed Arichimedes\u2019 screw with reference to Guidobaldo\u2019s De cochlea (1615). This device also interested Mersenne.\n32. The only point on which Wilkins may be indebted to Galileo is the subject \u201cconcerning the proportion of slowness and swiftness in mechanical motions\u201d (Mathematical Magick, II, 146\u2013148), which shows similarity with chapters 1 and 5 of Les m\u00e9chaniques (see Rochot, ed., pp. 23\u201325, 32\u201334), but it is possible that Wilkins could also have found this in some other source. In that work Galileo did not deal with the wedge, but explained the rest on the principle of the lever. The Mersenne work in question is Tractatus mechanicus theoricus et practicus (96 pp.) contained in the Cogitata physico-mathematica, which was ready from the press on 1 April 1644. This collective volume also contains other pieces to which Wilkins refers. Mersenne explained the screw in terms of the inclined plane, the balance and the wheel in terms of the lever, and the pulley and the wedge in terms that combined the lever and the inclined plane. During the 1630\u2019s. Descartes also treated these devices in a number of letters to Mersenne (about August-October 1630 and again at greater length on 13 July 1638)(see C. de Waard et al., Mersenne, Correspondance, II [1937]. 602\u2013620, and VII [1962], 347\u2013375); and in the letter to Constantijn Huygens 5 October 1637 (Descartes. Correspondance. Ch. Adam and G. Milhaud. eds. 11 [Paris, 1939], 31\u201341). These letters do not all offer the same explanations, but Descartes had a low opinion of Guidobaldo\u2019s reduction of the pulley to the lever principle, while Galileo found Guidobaldo the best of all writers on these subjects (see Rochot, ed., p. 77).\n33.Mathematical Magick, II, 137, 135, 138, 148; cf. Tractatus, pp. 39\u201343. Mersenne\u2019s term is glossocomus. With the same name, this device was also discussed and explained on the principle of interlocking levers, with illustration, in Bettini, Apiaria, I, pt. 4. 31\u201334, with reference to the source in bk. VIII of Pappus, Mathematicae collectiones (1588). This book gave an account of the mechanics of Hero of Alexandria, of which the full text was not known until the late nineteenth century. Pappus attributed the term glossocomus to Hero, who is also the source of other terms in the technical vocabulary of mechanics. First published in the late sixteenth century, both his Automata and Pneumatics were very influential, clearly seen, for instance, in Salomon de Caus, Les raisons des forces mouvantes avec diverses machines tant utilles que plaisantes. Aus quelles sont adjoints plusieurs desseings de grottes et fontaines (Frankfurt, 1615), Book I. theorem XVI, on the lifting of heavy burdens by the multiplication of forces, has an illustration that bears a striking resemblance to Wilkins\u2019 illustration in Mathematical Magick, II, 143. De Caus\u2019 garden designs found expression in the garden at Wadham College, for instance the mound with a statue (cf. de Caus, bk. II. problem X; bk. I, problem XII, deals with perpetual motion). In John Bate, The Mysteries of Nature and Art (London. 1634), bk. I, \u201cOf Water Works,\u201d is a popular exposition of Hero\u2019s Pneumatics, with illustrations from the Italian edition, showing how to make mechanical chirping birds and the like, all subjects that also fascinated Mersenne and Wilkins, who was clearly much indebted to this tradition stemming from Hero. De Caus was active in England and Heidelberg in the early seventeenth century. On de Caus, see C. S. Makes, Salomon de Caus 1576\u20131626 (Paris, 1935).\n34.Ibid., II, 162 ; cf. Mersenne, Ballistica et acontismologia in Cogitata.\n35.Ibid., II 174 ; cf. De hydraulicus et pneumaticus phaenomenis, pp. 149\u2013153.\n36.Ibid., II, 188\u2013194, \u201cConcerning the Possibility of Framing an Ark for Submarine Navigations\u201d ; cf. De hydraulicus. pp. 207\u2013208, and Tractatus de magnetis proprietatibus, pp. 251\u2013259. In the former, Mersenne, like Wilkins, referred to the submarine constructed by Cornelis Drebbel, who was also known for his work on other devices, including the perpetuum mobile; the name recurs elsewhere in Mersenne. Already in 1634, Mersenne had asked in question 21 of the Questions inooyes, pp. 84\u201389, \u201cPeut-on faire des navires, et des bateaux qui nagent entre deux eaux.\u201d The same work opened with one of Wilkins\u2019 favorite topics, \u201cA s\u00e7avoir si l\u2019art de voller est possible,\u201d a problem that recurs in the Cogitata (e.g., Tractatus mechanicus, p. 41). It is curious that Wilkins already in the Discovery (I. 118) had discussed why a man under water does not feel the weight of the water above him, a subject Mersenne treated in the De hydraulicus, pp. 204\u2013206. Mathematical Magick (II,192) credits information about an especially accomplished French diver to a note to Tractatus de magnetis, placed in the pagination of Harmoniae liber, p. 368 (also part of the Cogitata). For the greater part of his career, Drebbel was active in England, where he died in 1633 During his stay in London in the early 1620\u2019s Constantijn Huygens was intimately acquainted with Drebbel\u2019s projects and inventions, which were also widely discussed later in the century by Boyle, Wren, and Hooke, in addition to Wilkins. See Gerrit Tierie, Cornelis Drebbel (1572\u20131633) (Paris\u2013Amsterdam, 1932); and L. E. Harris, The Two Netherlanders Huniphrey Bradley and Cornelis Drebbel (Cambridge, 1961), pp. 119\u2013227.\n37. See Hine, cited at end of note 12. Some time around 1660, Isaac Newton took extensive notes from the Mathematical Magick; see Frank E. Manuel, A Portrait of Isaac Newton (Cambridge, Mass., 1968), pp. 11,49. The same notebook also has long excerpts from Bate, Mysteries, bk. III, \u201cOf Drawing, Washing, Limming, Painting, and Engraving.\u201d See E. N. da C. Andrade, \u201cNewton\u2019s Early Notebook,\u201d in Nature135 (1935),360.\n38. The term is in Webster\u2019s Academiarum examen (1654); see Aarsleff, \u201cLeibniz on Locke on Language,\u201d, in Amercian Philosophical Quarterly,1 (1964).180.\n39.Questions inouyes, pp. 69\u201374, where Mersenne also argues that certainty is possible in mathematics since it deals with quantities, it is \u201cune science de l\u2019imagination, ou de pure intelligence, comme la m\u00e9taphysique, qui ne se soucie pas d\u2019autre objet que du possible absolut.\u201d\n40.Discourse concerning the Beauty of Providence, p. 71. Belonging to the year of the king\u2019s execution, this sermon argued that, \u201cwe may infer, how all that confusion and disorder, which seems to be in the affairs of these times, is not so much in the things themselves,. as in our mistake of them\u201d (p.65); it is characteristic of Mersenne and Wilkins that moral and religious arguments jostle statements of scientific principle. In this text Wilkins often cites the Stoics, especially Seneca.\n41. For an excellent introduction to Mersenne, see A. C. Crombie\u2019s article in Dictionary of Scientific Biography,IX (1974). 316\u2013322.\n42. Frances Yates, The Rosicrucian Enlightenment (London, 1972).p. 182; cf. p.183: \u201cWe have thus here a chain of tradition leading from the Rosicrucian movement to the antecedents of the Royal Society.\u201d See also p. 175 and the reference to H.R. Trevor-Roper there.\n43. Boswell has a brief entry in the Dictionary of National Biography; there is a much fuller life in Autobiography of Thomas Raymond and Memoirs of the Family of Guise of Elmore (London, 1917),G. Davis, ed., pp. 69\u201380 (Camden Society, third series, vol. 18). Boswell was one of the literary executors of Bacon\u2019s estate, possessing among other things the important writings edited by Isaac Gruter,Francisci Baconi de Verulamio scripta in naturali et universali philosophi\u00e2 (Amsterdam, 1n 1651, Gruter published another manuscript in Boswell\u2019s possession, William Gilbert. De mundo nostro sublunari philosophia nova, often known as \u201cPhysiologia nova.\u201d Bacon used this work in some of his writings, though without citation. Mersenne knew of this work, writing to John Pell, on 20 January 1640, that Gilbert had written on \u201cSelenography or the geography of the moon, which however has not been published\u201d (Correspondance, IX [1965].52). The most likely source of this information is surely Boswell. Boswell also had a collection of John Dee\u2019s papers, some of which he intended to publish himself (C. H. Josten, ed., Elias Ashmole 1617\u20131692, 5 vols. [Oxford, 1966]. II. 1242; IV, 1372). This was known to Hartlib, who recorded it in the \u201cEphemerides\u201d in 1639; he said there and later repeated (see Davies, p. 77) that Boswell attributed \u201call his proficiency in learning whatever it be, to the goodness\u201d of Dee\u2019s Preface to Euclid. There is no compelling reason to believe that respect for that Preface means commitment to cabalistic doctrines; it is perhaps wiser to accept Leibniz\u2019 opinion that Edward Kelley was an impostor who abused Dee. Boswell was secretary to Lord Herbert of Cherbury in 1620 while the latter was ambassador at Paris. There are references to Boswell in De Briefwisseling van Constantijn Huygens (1608\u20131687), J. A. Worp. ed., 6 vols. (The Hague, 1911\u20131917). (These are vols. XV, XIX, XXI, XXIV, XXVIII, XXXII in the series Rijks geschiedkundige Publicatien.) The Mersenne Correspondance is of primary importance.\n44. Pamela Barnett. Theodore Haak (The Hague, 1962), p. 32. Wood, Athenae Oxonienses, IV, 280, has an instructive list of Haak\u2019s \u201cmany great and learned acquaintance,\u201d including John Williams, John Selden, Henry Briggs, John Pell, Wilkins, and Boswell, \u201cwho encouraged him to keep and continue his correspondence with the learned Mersennus, and others of later time\u201d Wood says of Boswell: \u201cHe was a learned man, a great encourager of learning, zealous for the Church of England, faithful in the execution of his embassy, and highly valued by eminent persons\u201d (Fasti, I, 332), In the 1640\u2019s, Haak and Boswell helped Pell to academic appointments in Holland.\n45. In 1639 and 1640, Hartlib\u2019s \u201cEphemerides\u201d show knowledge of the Mersenne-Haak correspondence; during Boswell\u2019s stay in London at this time, there is also information about him. For information about Haak, see the entry in Dictionary of Scienctific Biography, IV (1972), 606\u2013608.\n46.Correspondance, XI (1970), 412 (to Haak, 4 September 1640). Mersenne also wrote to Haak on other subjects that occur in Wilkins, e.g., universal language, underwater navigation, and flying (XI, 417,408,435). On 16 November 1640, he wrote to Haak: \u201cVous avez raison de dire, que ni Dieu, ni les sciences ne sont point l\u00e9ees aux langues, et en effet, chacune est capable d\u2019dzpliquer toute chose.\u201d This statement expresses both his own and Wilkins\u2019 rejection of mystical linguistic doctrines (XI,420).\n47. Christoph J. Scriba, \u201cThe Autobiography of John Wallis\u201d in Notes and Records of the Royal Society,25 (1970),40.\n48. During the mid-1640\u2019s both Wilkins and Haak, himself a native Palatine, were associated with Charles Louis. Both his mother\u2019s and his own letters have been extensively published; the letters give no indication that Rosicrucian influence could have come from that source, or even that the writers had any interest in it, An informative recent article is G. A. Benrath. \u201cDie konfessionellen Unionsabestre bungen des Kurf\u00fcrsten Karl Ludwigs von der Pfalz (d 1680),\u201d in Zeitschrift f\u00fcr die Geschichte des Oberrheins,116 (1968), 187\u2013252.\n49. Boyle, Works, Thomas Birch, ed., 6 vols. (London, 1772), VI,633; this is one of the few Wilkins letters on record. At this time, Wilkins found a place at Wadham for the instrument maker Christopher Brooke (or Brookes), \u201cpurposely to encourage his ingenuity\u201d (see Wood, Fasti, I, 403; aslo E. G. R. Taylor. The Mathematical Practitioners of Tudor and Stuart England [Cambridge, 1954], p. 234; this book has a valuable alphabetical collection of brief biographies [pp.165\u20133071]. followed by al list of works in chronological order [pp, 311\u2013441]).\n50. Anthony \u00e0 Wood, The History of the Antiquities of the Colleges and Halls in the University of Oxford, John Gutch, ed., 2 vols (Oxford, 1792\u20131796), II.pt.1,633\u2013634. Though seen with a somewhat prejudiced eye, this is one of the chief sources for the history of Oxford in this period, with the relevant material on pp. 501\u2013708. Another important source is Montague Burrows, Register of the Visitors. The handiest narrative source is Charles Edward Mallet,A History of the university of Oxford, 3 vols. (London, 1924\u20131926). See esp, vol. II. The Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (1924).\n51.Correspondence, A. R. and M. B. Hall, eds., I 94 (letter to Edward Lawrence. April 1656).\n52. See T. G. Jackson. Wadham College (Oxford. 1843). on the gardens (with illustration). pp. 211\u2013212, on music. p. 117; there is an account of a famous musical evening at Wadham in \u201cThe Life of Anthony \u00e0 wood,\u201d in Athenae Oxonienses, I (1813),XXXii.\n53.Diary, E. S. de Beer.ed., III. 105\u2013110(1\u201313 July 1654).\n54. R. T. Gunther, Early Science at Oxford. VI (Oxford. 1930). The Life and Work of Robert Hooke. pp. 5\u20139.\n55. The two pieces have been reprinted in Allen G. Debus, Science and Education in the Seventeenth Century; the Webster-Word Debate (London. 1970). In his letter to Ward, Wilkins nearly verbatim repeats some passages from the opening chapter of his Discourse Concerning the Gift of Prayer (1651; 9th ed., 1718) on the three gifts requisite in a minister.\n56. \u201cTo the Reader,\u201d in Sermons. Tillotson was specifically rejecting some critical remarks in Wood\u2019s Historia et Antiquitates Universitatis Oxoniensis (1674), which was a Latin version done by John Fell from Wood\u2019s English manuscript. Wood was much displeased with this version. both because of its bad Latin and because Fell had taken the liberty of inserting his own comments, of which the depreciation of Wilkins was one. In the late summer of 1654. some of the Wadham fellows made official complaint about Wilkins\u2019 conduct of college affairs, but after due consideration the charges were rejected by the Visitors: it is not clear the charges were rejected by the Visitors: it is not clear what the issue was. See Burrows, Register, pp. 394\u2013397.\n57. She had previously been married to Peter French of Christ Church, also a man of some importance in the university. Tillotson married a daughter of that marriage. It is an often repeated error that Wilkins on this occasion gained permission to marry from Cromwell. then chancellor of the university; the Wadham statutes had already been altered in 1651 so as to permit the warden to marry\u2013one wonders whether Wilkins contemplated marriage at that time or whether he was acting on principle. See Jackson. Wadham College p. 116. In June 1670. Wilkins was the only bishop to favor a divorce act. then pending (see Edmund Ludlow. Memoirs. C. H. Firth. ed., 2 vols [Oxford. 1894]. II, 503). Robina Wilkins died in 1689; she and Wilkins had no children.\n58. Mark Noble Memoirs of the Protectoral-House of Cromwell, 2 vols. (London.1787).I,314.\n59.Calendar of State Papers, Domestic, 1660. In preparation for the appointment. Wilkins had been incorporated doctor of divinity at Cambridge on 18 March 1659.\n60.Reliquiae Baxterianae (London,1696), pt. I, p. 386. Baxter especially sought the churches where he \u201cheard a learned minister that had not obtruded himself upon the people, but was chosen by them, and preached well (as Dr. Wilkins, Dr. Tillotson . . .)\u201d (ibid., p. 537). Gilbert Burnet made the same point, counting Benjamin Whichcote, Ralph Cudworth, Henry More,and John Worthington along with Wilkins among \u201cthe divines called Latitudinarians.\u201d \u201cAt Cambridge,\u201d he wrote. Wilkins \u201cjoined with those who studied to propagate better thoughts, to take men off from being in parties, or from narrow notions, from superstitious conceits, and a fierceness about opinions\u201d (History of His Own Time, 1, 340). I see no reason at all for the opinion, heard in the eighteenth century and repeated by John Tulloch, that Wilkins \u201cwas a Calvinist . . . of a somewhat strict type\u201d (Rational Theology and Christian Philosophy in England in the Seventeenth Century, 2 vols. [Edinburgh, 1872]. II, 442). The terms \u201clatitude-men,\u201d \u201clatitudinarianism,\u201d and \u201clatitudinarianism\u201d first occurred in the 1660\u2019s in a pejorative sense, but were soon adopted as the common term. In 1662 the term was used to refer to the men we call the Cambridge Platonists with stress on the connection between them and the mechanical philosophy. (The generic term Cambridge Platonists did not occur until after the middle of the nineteenth century.) see the pamphlet by S. P., A Brief Account of the New Sect of Latitude-Men Together With Some Reflections on the New Philosophy. (S. P. is traditionally identified as Simon Patrick, who was also the first English translator (1680) of Grotius\u2019 De veritate.) There is an illuminating contemporary account in Edward Fowler, The Principles and Practices of Certain Moderate Divines of the Church of England (Greatly Misunderstood) Truly Represented and Defended (London, 1670). Thus this book was published soon after the failure of the bill for comprehension. Fowler calls the latitudinarians \u201cpersons of great moderation\u201d and says they are also called \u201crational preachers\u201d and \u201cmoral preachers.\u201d He names More, CudWorth, John Worthington, Joseph Mede, and Chillingworth. John Beardmore said that Wilkins \u201cwas looked upon as the head of the Latitudinarians, as they were then stiled.\u201d See \u201cSome Memorials of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson . . . Written Upon the News of His Death [1694] by J. B.,\u201d in Thomas Birch. The Life of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, 2nd ed. (London, 1753), p. 390. The term \u201clatitude\u201d is given prominence by Chillingworth: \u201cThis Deifying of our own Interpretations, and tyrannous inforcing them upon others; Restraining of the World of God from that latitude and generality, and the Understandings of Men from that liberty, wherein Christ and the Apostles left of the Church . . . the common Incendiary of Christendom\u201d (Religion of Protestants, ch. 4.sect. 16: in this passage Chillingworth cites the agreement of Zanchi). The two chief influences on Tillotson were Chillingworth and Wilkins. Ernst Cassirer\u2019s Die Platonische Renaissance in England and die Schule von Cambridge (Leipzig-Berlin, 1932), opens with the surprising opinion that the Cambridge Platonists were hostile to the new mechanical philosophy and had little understanding of it. With characteristic misjudgment, R. F. Jones believed that Samuel Parker\u2019s A Free and impartial Censure of the Platonick Philosophy (Oxford, 1666 was \u201ca vigorous attack\u201d on the Cambridge Platonists; in agreement with the common use of the term \u201cPlatonic\u201d at that time, it was a critique of the chief opponents of the new philosophy, i.e., enthusiasts and Rosicrucians of the sort illustrated by John Webster, whose Academiarum Examen Jones, astonishingly, calls \u201cthe most important expression of the new scientific outlook between Bacon and the Restoration\u201d (Ancients and Moderns [paper-back ed., 1965], pp. 188. 108). For reliable information and interpretation, see Marjorie Nicolson, \u201cChrist\u2019s College and the Latitude-Men,\u201d in Modern Philology,27 (1929), 35\u201353, and McAdoo,The Spirit of Anglicanism.\n61. Fletcher, Pension Book, 435\u2013436.\n62. White Kennett, Historical Register (London, 1706), p. 576. Wilkins succeeded Thomas Fuller on 10 December 1661. The appointment shows Wilkins\u2019 life-long association with the Berkeley family, this George Berkeley being the son of the man to whom Mercury was dedicated.\n63. Kennett, p. 658; Wilkins succeeded Seth Ward, who became bishop of Exeter.\n64. Some of these offices are listed in R. B. Gardiner, The Registers of Wadham college, pt. I. 1613\u20131719 (London, 1889),p. 171.\n65.Correspondence, I, 406 (Oldenburg to Boreel, 13 December 1660). The term \u201cphysico-mathematical\u201d may have been heard before, but it brings to mind the title of Mersenne\u2019s Cogitata physico-mathemactica; was it perhaps Wilkins who had brought in the proposal?\n66. Wilkins willed \u00a3400 to the Society.\n67. Among the candidates Wilkins proposed were Haak, John Hoskins, Francis Willoughby, Edward Bysshe, George Smyth, Thomas Sprat, Henry Power, Henry More. John Ray, and Anthony Lowther; they were all elected; he also proposed Ralph Cudworth. who for some reason never joined. The Record of the Royal Society of London, 4th ed.(London,1940), does not list Cudworth among the members contrary to statements in the recent literature, e.g., J. A. Passmore. Ralph Cudworth (Cambridge, 1951), p.2; and McAdoo, p. 121.\n68. I have dealt with that important function in the entry on Thomas Sprat in Dictionary of Scientific Biography, XII (1975), 580\u2013587.\n69. Thomas Birch, History of the Royal Society, 4 vols. (London, 1756\u20131757), II, 30, 41, 60, 66, 74, 89, Durdans was the property of Lord Berkeley. On his return from Oxford on 7 September 1665, Evelyn stopped at \u201cDurdans by the way, where I found Dr. Wilkins, Sir William Petty and Mr. Hooke contriving chariots, new rigs for ships, a wheel for one to run races in, and other mechanical inventions, and perhaps three such persons together were not to be found elsewhere in Europe, for parts and ingenuity.\u201d Samuel Pepys was interested in the same matter; see entries in his Diary under 11 and 22 January 1666. See also letter from Hooke to Boyle, 8 July 1665, in Gunther, Early Science, VI, 248.\n70. Baxter, Reliquiae, pt. III. pp. 23 ff; Burnet, History, I, 477. On the Comprehension scheme, see Norman Sykes, From Sheldon to Seeker. Aspects of English Church History 1660\u20131678 (Cambridge,1959), pp. 71\u201375. At this time Sir Matthew Hale and Wilkins \u201ccame to contract a firm and familiar friendship.\u201d so close that \u201cthere was an intimacy and freedom in [Hale\u2019s] converse with Bishop Wilkins that was singular to him alone.\u201d See Gilbert Burnet, The Life and Death of Sir Matthew Hale, Kt. Sometime Lord Chief Justice of His Majesty\u2019s Court of Kings\u2019s Bench (London, 1700). Hale was also close to James Ussher and Baxter.\n71. Burnet, History, I, 464; Evelyn\u2019s description in Diary under that date. Benjamin Whichcote succeeded Wilkins as vicar of St. Lawrence Jewry.\n72. Kennett, Register, pp.815, 817, 921.\n73. Pepys, Diary, 16 March 1669.\n74. In a meeting of the Royal Society on 29 October 1662, \u201cDr. Wilkins was put in mind to prosecute his design of an universal language\u201d (Birch, History, I, 119).\n75. Aarsleff, \u201cLeibniz on Locke on Language,\u201d p. 178.\n76. Albert Heinekamp, \u201cArs characteristica und nat\u00fcrliche Sprache bei Leibniz,\u201d in Tijdschrift voor Filosofie,34 (1972), 452; this article is an excellent treatment of the subject. The classic treatment is Louis Couturat, La logique de Leibniz (Paris, 1901), esp. chs. 2\u20135. A briefer discussion is found in L. Couturat and L. Leau, Histoire de la langue universells (Paris. 1907), with a section on Wilkins, pp. 19\u201322. Paolo Rossi, Clavis universalis, arti mnemoniche e logica combinatroia da Lullo a Leibmniz (Milan, 1960), is the best history of the subject. In the literature, both primary and secondary, the locus classicus for the philosophical language is Descartes\u2019s letter to Mersenne, 20 November 1629 (Mersenne, Correspondance,11, 323\u2013339), written in response to a project of which Mersenne had sent him a copy. The subject is often mentioned in the Mersenne correspondence, but unfortunately the notes, usually so informative, attached both to the Descartes letter and others on the same subject are very confused; this confusion has gradually been cleared up in recent volumes, It is an index of the low conceptual level of much recent secondary writing on this popular topic that it fails to make the distinction between a merely universal and a philosophical language; this has made it possible for some to argue that the philosophical language came about by a sort of evolutionary growth of stenography.\n77. Wilkins, Essay, pp. 20\u201321.\n78.Ibid., pp. 51\u201352, 398, 454.\n79. Debus. pp. 214\u2013216 (original pagination, also given there, pp. 20\u201322). Ward\u2019s basic outline does not state anything that had not been said earlier.\n80. For the relevant passages in Mersenne, see references given in notes 50\u201351 to the entry on Mersenne in Dictionary of Scientific Biography, IX, 322. Cf. Lenoble, Mersenne, pp. 514\u2013518; Eberhard Knobloch. \u201cMarin Mersenne\u2019s Beitrag zur Kombinatorik,\u201d in S\u00fcdhoffs Archiev,58 (1974) 356\u2013379.\n81. There are useful illustrations in E. N. da C. Andrade, \u201cThe Real Character of Bishop Wilkins,\u201d in Annals of Science, I (1936), 1\u201312. An informative account is Jonathan Cohen, \u201cOn the Project of a Universal Character,\u201d in Mind,63 (1954), 49\u201363. Although weak on the intellectual and philosophical context there is much useful detail on contemporary projects in Vivian Salmon, The Works of Francis Lodwick. A Study of his Writings in the intellectual Context of the Seventeenth Century (London, 1972). In a monograph entitled Zum Weltsprachenproblem in England im 17. Jahrhundert. G. Dalgarno\u2019s \u2018Ars singnorum\u2019 und J. Wilkins\u2019 \u2018Essay\u2019 (1668) (Heidelberg, 1929; Anglistische Forschungen, Heft 69), Otto Funke argued that Bacon was the inspiration for such projects and that Wilkins was in large measure indebted to Dalgarno. Funke does not consider Mersenne. In a useful article on \u201cThe Evolution of Dalgarno\u2019s Ars Signorum,\u201d in Studies in Language and Literature in Honour of Margaret Schlauch (Warsaw, 1966), pp. 353\u2013371, Vivian Salmon, along somewhat similar lines, argued that \u201cwithout Dalgarno, Wilkins would never have begun the task which led to the Essay\u201d (p. 370); the evidence, including troublesome questions of dating and personal relationships, does not warrant that conclusion. Neither Funke nor Salmon considered the cogent contemporary discussion in Robert Plot\u2019s Natural History of Oxfordshire (London, 1677), pp. 282\u2013285, which concludes that the question must be left open. Anthony \u00e0 Wood is the source of the persistent belief that Wilkins cribbed from Dalgarno\u2019s Ars signorum, saying that the author showed it, before it went to press, to Wilkins \u201cwho from thence taking a hint of a greater matter, carried it on, and brought it up to that which you see extant\u201d (Athenae Oxonienses,III , 970; this opinion is repeated in the entry on Wilkins in the Dictionary of National Biography), Benjamin DeMott has unconvincingly argued for strong Comenian influence on Wilkins (\u201cComenius and the Real Character in England,\u201d in Publications of the Modern Language Association,70 [1955], 1068\u20131081; \u201cThe Sources and Development of John Wilkins\u2019 Philosophical Language,\u201d in Journal of English and Germanic Philology,57 [1958], 1\u201313). He rests his argument chiefly on the claim for the irenic religious effect of the philosophical language, but this is a common claim that cannot be used for such identification, but the fundamental difficulty is that what Comenius had to say on this subject was not original. DeMott ignores Mersenne. Salmon argues against DeMott in \u201cLanguage-Planning in Seventeenth-century England,\u201d In Memory of J. R. Firth (London, 1966), pp. 370\u2013397. R.F. Jones, \u201cScience and Language in England of the Mid-Seventeenth Century,\u201d in Jones. The Seventeenth Century (Stanford, 1951; original publ. 1932), was always a poor guide and is now thoroughly outmoded. Jorge Luis Borges\u2019 quaint essay \u201cThe Analytical Language of John Wilkins\u2019 has brought Wilkins and the Essay to the attention of the literati (in Other Inquisitions 1937\u20131952. Ruth L.C. Sims, trans. [New York, 1966], pp. 106\u2013110). See also the entries on Boehme, in Dictionary of Scientific Biography,II (1970). 222\u2013224; and on Comenius, ibid., III (1971), 359\u2013363.\n82. R.T. Gunther. Early Science in Oxford. vol. VIII The Cutler Lectures of Robert Hooke (Oxford, 1931), pp. 150\u2013152, with illustration (reproduced in Andrade). Hooke found it \u201cso truly philosophical, and so perfectly and throughly methodical, that there seems to be nothing wanting to make it have the utmost perfection.\u201d Hooke\u2019s faith in the philosophical language is closely related to his belief in demonstrability in natural science, a belief not shared by his scientific colleagues in the Royal Society.\n83. Since this is true also of other committees appointed by the Society during these years, the failure to report cannot be taken as evidence one way or the other.\n84. This had been suggested by Wilkins in the \u201cEpistle dedicatory\u201d of the Essay. See also Sprat, History of the Royal Society, p. 251. Hooke called memory a \u201crespository.\u201d His conception intimates a link with the mnemonic tradition; in John Willis\u2019 The Art of Memory (London, 1612; later reissued), repository is the word for the memory device of \u201can imaginary house or building.\u201d\n85. Huygens, Oeuvres, VI, 397 (Huygens to Moray, 30 March 1669); ibid., p. 425 (Moray to Huygens, 16 April 1669).\n86. This correspondence is in the Aubrey MSS in the Bodleian Library, Oxford. They have recently been examined by Vivian Salmon in \u201cJohn Wilkins\u2019 Essay (1668): Critics and Continuators,\u201d in Historiographia Linguistica,1 (1974), 147\u2013163. Great efforts were made to elicit a plan from Seth Ward, but when it finally came it was found disappointing, inclining \u201ctoo much to Lullius\u201d (MS Aubrey 13, fol. 113v, Thomas Pigott to Aubrey at Hooke\u2019s Oxford, 14 April 1678).\n87. Leibniz, Philosophische Schriften. C.I. Gerharbt, ed., 7 vols. (Berlin, 1875\u20131890), VII 16.\n88. On this occasion Seth Ward helped Wilkins to a precentorship at Exeter; see Pope, Lie of Seth Ward. p. 56\n89. Ray to Martin Lister (7 May 1669), quoted in Charles E. Raven, John Ray (London, 1950), p. 182. Ray repeats this judgment in several other letters of the same years.\n90. Several Continental scholars, including Leibniz, had called for a translation. Ray\u2019s translation is known to have been in the archives of the Royal Society for more than a century, but has since been lost. As late as May 1678. Aubrey wrote to Ray: \u201cI have at length gotten my desire, viz. an able Frenchman to translate the real Character into French. It is Dr. Lewis du Moulin,\u201d W. Derham, Philosophical Letters of Ray (London, 1718), p. 144.\n91. There is an illuminating discussion of these problems in Phillip R. Sloan, \u201cJohn Locke, John Ray, and the Problems of Natural System,\u201d in Journal of the History of Biology,5 (1972), 1\u201353. Locke said in the Essay: \u201cI am not so vain to think that anyone can pretend to attempt the perfect reforming the languages of the world, no, not so much as of his own country, without making himself ridiculous\u201d (Book III. ch. 11, paragraph 2). This represents the general view of the Royal Society. There is cogent criticism of Wilkins\u2019 Essay in Reflections Upon Learning (1699) by the antiquary and critic of the new science, Thomas Baker; see Reflections, 4th ed. (1708), pp. 21\u201322.\n92.Calendar of State Papers, Domestic, 1672.\n93.Diary of Robert Hooke, 1672\u20131680, Henry W. Robinson and Walter Adams, eds. (London, 1935), p. 11.\n94. The death is reported in Hooke\u2019s Diary under 19 November: \u201cLord Bishop of Chester died about 9 in the morning of a suppression of the Urine.\u201d On the next day, he had more details: \u201cDr. Needham brought in account of Lord Chester\u2019s having no stoppage in his uriters nor defect in the kidneys. There was only found 2 small stones in one kidney and some little gravel in one uriter but neither big enough to stop the water. \u2018Twas believed his opiates and some other medicines killed him, there being no visible cause of his death, he died very quickly and with little pain, lament of all.\u201d The cause of Wilkins\u2019 death continued to be a matter of debate. In 1695, the physician Edward Baynard published \u201cAn Account of the Probable Causes of the Pain in Rheumatisms: as also of the Cure of a Total Suppression of Urine, not caused by a Stone, by the Use of Acids,\u201d in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society,19 (Jan.\u2013Feb. 1695), 19\u201320. Baynard suggests that Wilkins\u2019 case was falsely diagnosed.\nI. Original Works. In addition to the works in the notes. see the following: A Sermon Preached Before the King on March 7, 1669 (London, 1669). A Sermon Preached Before the King on March 19, 1671 (London, 1671). These two sermons are not reprinted in Tillotson\u2019s collection of fifteen sermons.\nWhen the Discovery and the Discourse were first published together, in 1640, they appeared under the title A Discourse Concerning a New World and Another Planet in Two Books. Several of Wilkins\u2019 works have been issued in reprints in recent years. The Mathematical and Philosophical Works (London, 1708) is the first collection of the works covered by that title. They are here placed in chronological order of publication with separate paginations and title pages. This edition opens with a \u201cLife of the Author and an Account of His Writings,\u201d and closes with \u201cAn Abstract of Dr. Wilkins\u2019 Essay Towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language.\u201d The contents are the same as in the 1802 edition\nII. Secondary Literature. This literature is given in the notes. Our knowledge of Wilkins\u2019 life derives chiefly from the early biographical writings: William Lloyd\u2019s funeral sermon; Walter Pope, The Life of Seth Ward . . . With a Brief Account of Bishop Wilkins, Mr. Lawrence Rooke, Dr. Isaac Barrow, Dr. Turberville, and Others (London, 1697); John Aubrey, \u201cJohn Wilkins,\u201d in Aubrey\u2019s Brief Lives, Oliver Lawson Dick, ed., (Ann Arbor, 1957), pp. 319\u2013320; A. \u00e0 Wood, Athenae Oxonienses, Bliss, ed., III (1817), cols. 967\u2013971, but this rich source has much relevant information scattered throughout the four volumes. This is also true of Wood, Fasti Oxonienses, and History of the Antiquities of the Colleges and Halls in the University of Oxford, John Gutch, ed. See also Pierre Bayle, A General Dictionary,Historical and Critical . . . John Peter Bernard, Thomas Birch, John Lockman, eds., 10 vols. (London, 1734\u20131741), X, 160\u2013164. The best biographical entry on Wilkins is the one in Biographia Britannica ; see n. 25. It is much better than the entry in the Dictionary of National Biography. (In the article on Thomas Sprat in the Dictionary of Scientific Biography I attributed independent value to the biographical notice of Wilkins entered at the time of his death in Birch. History of the Royal Society, III 67\u201368; I now believe that this notice was inserted by Birch.) These sources have formed the bases of entries in biographical reference works since the eighteenth century, with the accretion of more or less reliable anecdotal matter from other sources.\nSince Wilkins was so widely known in his own time, he is mentioned in most contemporary records, some published long ago and some only recently, such as the diaries of John Evelyn and Samuel Pepys, Birch\u2019s History of the Royal Society, the correspondence of Henry Oldenburg, and The Diary and Correspondence of Dr. John Worthington, James Crossley, ed., 2 vols in three parts (Manchester, 1855, 1886, with vol. II, part II edited by R. C. Christie). (These are vols. 13, 36 and 114 in the publications of the Chetham Society.)\nOn Wilkins and Wadham College, the most important treatment is Jackson\u2019s Wadham College, but see also J. Wells, Wadham College (London, 1898,) pp. 69\u201387. Patrick A. W. Henderson, The Life and Times of John Wilkins (London, 1910), is chiefly about Wadham College. The best modern biography is Dorothy Stimson, \u201cDr. Wilkins and the Royal Society,\u201d in Journal of Modern History,3 (1931), 539\u2013563. Neither J. G. Crowther, Founders of British Science (London, 1960), nor E. J. Bowen and Sir Harold Hartley, \u201cJohn Wilkins\u201d in The Royal Society, Its Origins and Founders Sir Harold Hartley, ed. (London, 1960), pp. 47\u201356, offer anything new, and they are not reliable. For some reason, the subject of Wilkins at large has proved an open field for guesswork, partisan interpretation, and free anecdotal accretion. The intellectual history of England in the mid\u2013seventeenth century has been treated in a number of recent books that show great diversity of interpretation, e.g., Christopher Hill, Intellectual Origins of the English Revolution (Oxford, 1965), and Frances A. Yates, The Rosicrucian Enlightenment (London, 1972); this literature tends to be occupied with polemics rather than substance. Barbara J. Shapiro, John Wilkins 1614\u20131672 An Intellectual Biography (Berkeley, 1969), has some new biographical information, but does not meet its claim to being an intellectual biography. Based on a small part of the relevant literature, Henry G. van Leeuwen presents an illuminating discussion of his subject in The Problem of Certainty in English Thought 1630\u20131690 (The Hague, 1963). He argues that Chillingworth\u2019s discussion was followed by Tillotson, which is correct, but then postulates that Wilkins and Glanvill, learning from Tillotson, \u201csecularized\u201d the argument for the benefit of science and the Royal Society. Simple chronology is enough to refute that interpretation. The deeper problem. however, is that van Leeuwen ignores Wilkins\u2019 early writings except Mercury, and that he makes a distinction between religion and science (as is also clearly shown in the notion of secularization) that is not warranted by the texts and the intellectual framework of the time; the term \u201cnatural religion\u201d should be a sufficient reminder of that fact. (Van Leeuwen also states that Mathematical Magick was composed, \u201clike most of [Wilkins\u2019] earlier works, during his school days\u201d [p. 56]) Shapiro rightly argues against van Leeuwen (pp. 232\u2013316); see also Shapiro, \u201cLatitudinarianism and Science in Seventeenth-Century England,\u201d in Past and Present, no. 40 (July 1968), 16\u201341. Marjorie Hope Nicolson\u2019s Voyages to the Moon (New York, 1948) is the classic treatment of a subject that has come to be associated with Wilkins. There is an excellent account of Wilkins in H. R. McAdoo, The Spirit of Anglicanism. A Survey of Anglican Theological Method in the Seventeenth Century (London, 1965), esp. pp. 203\u2013231; it is the most important recent treatment of Wilkins. See also the bibliographies under the entries for Theodore Haak and Thomas Sprat in the Dictionary of Scientific Biography\nI have also used material contained in five lectures given under the auspices of the Program in the History and Philosophy of Science at Princeton University in the spring of 1964, entitled \u201cLanguage, Man, and Knowledge in the 16th and 17th Centuries.\u201d\n\"Wilkins, John.\" Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. . Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2019 .\n\"Wilkins, John.\" Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. . Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2019). https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/wilkins-john\n\"Wilkins, John.\" Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. . Retrieved February 11, 2019 from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/wilkins-john\nWILKINS, JOHN (1614\u20131672), an important figure in the history of science, religion, literature, and linguistics. As his many publications suggest, Wilkins possessed a wide-ranging intellect. His contributions to natural philosophy include the popularization of science, development of English scientific organization, creation of a universal language, and demonstration of the compatibility of religion and science. The Discovery of a World in the Moone (1638) and A Discourse concerning a New World and Another Planet (1640) introduced lay readers to Copernicanism and the implications of Galileo's telescopic observations, but literary figures satirized his speculations about the possibility of lunar flight and lunar inhabitants. He also proposed solutions to possible conflicts with Scripture, which he suggested God had \"accommodated\" to the capacity of the common people. Natural knowledge was determined by \"Sensible Experiments and Necessary Demonstration\"; science was an independent body of knowledge verifiable by its own standards of investigation. Mercury, or the Secret and Swift Messenger (1641) explores the nature of codes and secret communications and proposes a \"Universal Character\" and language. Mathematical Magick, or the wonders that may be performed by mechanical geometry (1648) explains fundamental principles of mechanics and suggests both practical and fanciful devices utilizing these principles.\nWhile warden of Wadham College, Oxford, Wilkins defended universities against the attacks of Thomas Hobbes and the radical sects, and insisted that the universities were hospitable to recent developments in natural philosophy. He recruited to Wadham a group of naturalists of differing religious and political persuasions to pursue a wide-ranging, cooperative, and experimental program that was the forerunner of the Royal Society, which he helped to found, serving as one of its secretaries and supervising the composition of Thomas Sprat's The History of the Royal Society (1667). His long-standing interest in language and linguistics culminated in An Essay towards a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language (1668), which describes a universal language he designed to facilitate scientific communication and trade and reduce religious misunderstanding.\nWilkins also made important contributions to religion and wrote frequently reprinted works on the organization and presentation of preaching and prayer. In A Discourse concerning the Beauty of Providence and All the Rugged Passages of It (1649) he advised acceptance of recent political changes. During the Restoration he became a key figure in the development of latitudinarian theology and natural religion and a staunch advocate of comprehension, a policy intended to broaden the established church. His adoption of an epistemology that emphasized the probabilistic nature of human knowledge led him to advocate tentativeness and moderation in both religion and natural philosophy, and he expounded these views from the pulpit of St. Laurence Jewry, London, as Dean of Ripon and as Bishop of Chester, and in his Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions before the King at White-Hall (1677) and Of the Principles and Duties of Natural Religion (1675), completed by his son-in-law, John Tillotson.\nWilkins's diverse interests made him a significant figure in the intellectual and cultural life of his time, and his contributions to Interregnum and Restoration natural philosophy and scientific organization remain important. Historians interested in the relationship between religion and science have investigated his religious views, variously identified as Puritan or latitudinarian, while literary scholars and linguists read his work in connection with the development of prose style and linguistics.\nSee also Academies, Learned ; Astronomy ; Bible: Interpretation ; Copernicus, Nicolaus ; Galileo Galilei ; Hobbes, Thomas ; Philosophy ; Preaching and Sermons ; Scientific Method .\nCohen, I. Bernard. Puritanism and the Rise of Modern Science: The Merton Thesis. New Brunswick, N.J., 1990.\nMoss, Joan Dietz. Novelties in the Heavens: Rhetoric and Science in the Copernican Controversy. Chicago, 1993.\nShapiro, Barbara J. John Wilkins 1614\u20131672: An Intellectual Biography. Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1968.\n\u2014\u2014. Probability and Certainty in Seventeenth-Century England: A Study of the Relationships between Natural Science, Religion, History, Law, and Literature. Princeton, 1983.\nSlaughter, M. M. Universal Languages and Scientific Taxonomy in the Seventeenth Century. Cambridge, U.K., 1982.\nSubbiondo, Joseph L., ed. John Wilkins and 17th-Century British Linguistics. Amsterdam and Philadelphia, 1992.\n\"Wilkins, John (1614\u20131672).\" Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World. . Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2019 .\n\"Wilkins, John (1614\u20131672).\" Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World. . Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2019). https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/wilkins-john-1614-1672\n\"Wilkins, John (1614\u20131672).\" Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World. . Retrieved February 11, 2019 from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/wilkins-john-1614-1672\nWilkins, John (1614\u201372). One of the most prominent of the remarkable group of amateur scientists in the mid-17th cent. He attended Oxford and took holy orders, becoming chaplain to a number of noblemen. In his first book, Discovery of a World in the Moon (1638), he argued that man could reach the moon and that it could be made habitable. The \u2018invisible college\u2019 of scientists which he organized was the forerunner of the Royal Society, established in 1660 with Wilkins as secretary. Joining the parliamentary side in the Civil War, he was appointed warden of Wadham College, Oxford, in 1648 and in 1656 married a sister of Oliver Cromwell, retaining his college headship. In 1659 he transferred to the mastership of Trinity College, Cambridge, and though he lost it at the Restoration, he was made dean of Ripon in 1663 and bishop of Chester in 1668. His reputation was as a conciliator and latitudinarian, anxious not to oppress the dissenters. Though some sneered at him as a time-server and trimmer, it is extraordinary that a man could live in such turbulent times and win such widespread praise. Burnet wrote that Wilkins had \u2018as great a mind and as good a soul\u2019 as any man he had known, and Evelyn, a close friend, thought him \u2018universally beloved by all that know him\u2019. Aubrey wrote that Wilkins was \u2018no great read man, but one of much and deep thinking, and of a working head\u2019.\n\"Wilkins, John.\" The Oxford Companion to British History. . Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2019 .\n\"Wilkins, John.\" The Oxford Companion to British History. . Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2019). https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/wilkins-john\n\"Wilkins, John.\" The Oxford Companion to British History. . 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Its role as entr\u00eapot (distribution center) to the West African coast assured by geography, Lagos attracted Portuguese traders and had become a major center for the slave trade by early seventeenth century. From 1851, the British bombarded the city, seeking to expel Portuguese slave dealers, abolish the slave trade altogether, and establish legitimate trade in its place. In the process, the British set up their own colonial administration and finally annexed the city in 1861. The former city-state would soon become a bridgehead to the conquest of the territories that became Nigeria. In 1914, Lagos was named Nigeria's political capital, retaining that status until 1991 when Abuja formally became Nigeria's new federal capital territory. It has since remained Nigeria's capital, except in name.\nLagos is Nigeria's most cosmopolitan city; it is probably also the most over-populated. At the first census in 1871, the city was home to just over 28,000 people; by 1952, the population stood at over 252,000. In the 1970s, estimates ranged widely from near 600,000 to 1,500,000. These figures are not necessarily accurate, but they do suggest that Lagos is a city of immigrants. From early settlers through slave raiders to colonial officials, the city and its mainland towns had always been a place to move to in search of improved life chances, political power, better living standards, and exposure to the economic opportunities offered by the larger world. One of the city's aliases, \"\u00c8k\u00f3 il\u00e9 ogb\u00f3n,\" reflects these themes. It translates literally to \"\u00c9k\u00f3 fountain of common sense,\" but the metaphorical point is that doom awaits the visitor to the city who is not streetwise or the new migrant slow to adjust to urban and competitive lifestyles in greater Lagos.\nLagos can be reached by air, water, and land transport. However, Nigeria's railroad system, built from the mid-1880s onwards, has not been expanded substantially since. The passenger-carrying ocean liner is no longer popular either. The two best ways to reach Lagos are thus by air and by road.\nThree main bridges connect the city with the mainland. The first is the Carter Bridge, built in 1901. \u00c8k\u00f3 and Third Mainland bridges have been constructed only since the 1970s. All three provide easy and relatively fast access to the island. In general Lagos has by far the highest road density in Nigeria.\nLagos Population Profile\nArea: 69.7 sq km (27 sq mi)\nEthnic composition: About 67% Yor\u00f9b\u00e1; remainder cosmopolitan, including from outside Nigeria\nNicknames: \" \u00c8k\u00f3 ar'omi sa l'egbelegbe \" \u00c8k\u00f3, The Island City; \" \u00c8k\u00f3 il\u00e9 ogb\u00f3n \" Fountain of Common Sense; Gateway to the Federal Republic of Nigeria; Center of Excellence\nDescription: \u00c8b\u00fat\u00e9 M\u00e9tta, Sur\u00f9l\u00e9r\u00e8, \u00c0p\u00e1p\u00e1, Y\u00e1b\u00e3, Mushin, Osh\u00f2d\u00ec, \u00cckej\u00e0, B\u00e0r\u00edg\u00e0\nArea: 264.18 sq km (102 sq mi)\nWorld population rank 1: 7\nPercentage of national population 2: 10.5%\nAverage yearly growth rate: 5.4%\nEthnic composition: 70\u201380% Yor\u00f9b\u00e1; 15% Nigerians; remainder non-Africans\nThe Lagos metropolitan area's rank among the world's urban areas.\nThe percent of Nigeria's total population living in the Lagos metropolitan area.\nBus and Railroad Service\nThere are no train services in the city, the closest train station being at \u00ccdd\u00f3, on the bridgehead to the island. The automobile is thus the best means by which to get to the city. There are traffic tailbacks, or \"go slow\" in Nigerian popular language, in part because large numbers of people and vehicles compete for space. In the city some major streets are estimated to take up to 15,000 pedestrians and 7,500 vehicles per hour. Commercial vehicles, both buses and taxicabs, are available in reasonable number\u2014many in bad shape physically. Parking space can be difficult to find.\nThe Lagos airport lies northwest of the city. Also known as the Murtala Muhammed Airport, it is also a major hub for flights within West Africa and between the sub-region and Europe.\nCargo traffic averaged nearly 725,760 metric tons (800,000 tons) per month in January\u2013March 1980. In the same months during 1983, over half of all outbound passengers in Nigeria's airports (total 498,313) used the Lagos airport. Its average monthly share of inbound passengers (monthly average 190,000) was about 47 percent. In 1986, about 1.1 million international passengers used the Lagos airport; this was 85 percent of the total for all three international airports. The figures for domestic passengers are 2.7 million, or 72 percent of the total. The Lagos airport is thus Nigeria's busiest point for international and local air travel.\nFor long until the eighteenth century, the Lagos creek system provided the only outlet to sea-borne trade on the African West Coast. By 1907, construction work on moles for the \u00c0p\u00e1p\u00e1 harbor had begun using rock brought in by rail from Ab\u00e9\u00f2k\u00fata. Its extension to the northern city of Kano in 1912 assured Lagos' long-term role as important entr\u00eapot to Nigeria.\nLagos ports handle for four-fifths of Nigeria's imports and 70 percent of exports. The \u00c0p\u00e1p\u00e1 port is estimated to be the fifth busiest in West Africa.\nLagos City is a picturesque mix of the modern and the traditional, with skyscrapers and glass houses sitting alongside old residential buildings. Construction activity makes parts of the city seem rather poorly planned physically.\nBus and Commuter Rail Service\nMini-and midi-buses, as well as larger lorries (motortrucks), known as molue, are the most widely used means of transport. The Lagos City Council owned stock in a private transport company until 1974 when the Lagos State Transport Corporation took over its operations. Despite large-scale public investment, commercial vehicles have been and remain largely privately owned. In the late 1970s, according to survey estimates, about 53 percent of all workers depended on the bus to get to their workplaces; one-fifth or 20 percent commuted by private automobile; another 20 percent walked to work while less than one percent traveled to work by train or water transport. The number of private cars has increased over time; in 1960, 8,800 licensed cars existed in the city; between 1970 and 1974, over 42,000 cars were registered. In 1985, nearly 20,000 minibuses, 6,000 midi-buses, and 30,000 taxis were estimated to run in metropolitan Lagos.\nBulk goods\u2014industrial material, foodstuff, and export produce\u2014have traditionally been transported by truck and train; in recent times, the railways have all but paled into insignificance in its share of business in this sector. Still, the trains have often provided very cheap, alternative transport for people commuting to \u00c0p\u00e1p\u00e1 and Y\u00e1b\u00e3 from high-density residential areas, such as Mushin, Osh\u00f2d\u00ec, \u00cckej\u00e0, and Ag\u00e9ge. A metro conceived in the 1980s has yet to be built. Ferries run between Marina and \u00c0p\u00e1p\u00e1 and from Victoria Island to Tarkwa Bay.\nCity Fact Comparison\nIndicator Lagos Cairo Rome Beijing\n(Nigeria) (Egypt) (Italy) (China)\nPopulation of urban area1 13,488,000 10,772,000 2,688,000 12,033,000\nDate the city was founded c. 1450 AD 969 753 BC 723 BC\nDaily costs to visit the city2\nHotel (single occupancy) $232 $193 $172 $129\nMeals (breakfast, lunch, dinner) $57 $56 $59 $62\nIncidentals (laundry, dry cleaning, etc.) $14 $14 $15 $16\nTotal daily costs $303 $173 $246 $207\nMajor Newspapers3\nNumber of newspapers serving the city 8 13 20 11\nLargest newspaper Daily Times/Sunday Times/Evening Times Akhbar El Yom/Al Akhbar La Repubblica Renmin Ribao\nCirculation of largest newspaper 400,000 1,159,339 754,930 3,000,000\nDate largest newspaper was established 1925 1944 1976 1948\n1United Nations population estimates for the year 2000.\n2The maximum amount the U.S. Government reimburses its employees for business travel. The lodging portion of the allowance is based on the cost for a single room at a moderately-priced hotel. The meal portion is based on the costs of an average breakfast, lunch, and dinner including taxes, service charges, and customary tips. Incidental travel expenses include such things as laundry and dry cleaning.\n3David Maddux, ed. Editor&Publisher International Year Book. New York: The Editor&Publisher Company, 1999.\nOrganized commercial sightseeing tours of the city are rare, yet the island is full of historical sites. A major monument is the Iga \u00ccd\u00fang\u00e0nr\u00e0n, official residence of the Oba of Lagos on Upper King Street. Another is The Old Secretariat, built in 1906 to house colonial offices. It still stands a short distance from the Lagos Island Hospital.\nOn the Marina stands NITEL House, Africa's tallest building and home to some magnificent sculpture. Not far off is the State House where colonial governors lived until 1960. The General Post Office building and the Anglican Church, built in the eighteenth century, are worth seeing too. The NEPA building has a bronze statue of Sh\u00e0ng\u00f3, god of thunder, before it. The Elder Dempster building, originally the main office block for the passenger and freight steamship service to London and the West African coast, also stands on the Marina.\nThe Tafawa Balewa Square now stands where once was the racecourse. Nearby are King's College and old Supreme Court buildings. There is also Lagos City Hall, seat of the island's local government. Nearly every street on the island symbolizes history; the interested sightseer cannot want for insights on life past.\nOn the mainland, the National Theatre, main venue of the Second World Black and African Festival held in 1977, stands out among many other monuments. An exhibition on Nigeria's political history runs permanently.\nThe city's population estimates range from over 500,000 to 1,500,000; the number for Greater Lagos is estimated at 6,000,000 (1990). Population densities can also be as high as 20,000 per square mile in some places.\nOver two-thirds or 70 percent of the city's population are Yor\u00f9b\u00e1-speaking, with the remainder divided between non-Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 speaking Nigerians, Africans, and non-African residents. The Yor\u00f9b\u00e1s are also the majority group in Greater Lagos though long-term residence and the urge to partake in available economic opportunities may have encouraged assimilation on the part of non-Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 immigrants. Aj\u00e9g\u00fanl\u00e8 near \u00c0p\u00e1p\u00e1 is the only mainland town in Greater Lagos where ethnic Yor\u00f9b\u00e1s are a numerical minority.\nThe original settlement comprised what is now known as the City and \u00cck\u00f2y\u00ed, both archipelagos divided by a man-made canal. They are bordered to the north by \u00c8b\u00fat\u00e9 M\u00e9tta, Y\u00e1b\u00e3, and Surulere, three mainland suburbs that are home to railway workshops and Army Ordinance Depot, as well as more recently built edifices, such as the University of Lagos and various private industrial and commercial establishments.\nWhat is now Greater Lagos used to be part of Western Region of Nigeria. Among the towns are the high-brow residential areas, like Surulere and \u00cckej\u00e0, as well as densely populated Mushin, Ag\u00e9ge, Osh\u00f2d\u00ec, and Aj\u00e9g\u00fanl\u00e8.\nLagos was settled at various times by hunters and fishermen from the \u00c0w\u00f3r\u00ec sub-nationality. Originally based in Iseri on the \u00d2g\u00f9n River about 20 miles from the island, the initial wave of settlers led by Ar\u00f3mir\u00e9 (\"the one that becomes personable at the sight of a river\"), established a presence in \u00ccdd\u00f3 and \u00c8b\u00fat\u00e9 M\u00e9tta. Ar\u00f3mir\u00e9 also grew vegetables, especially pepper, on a site where Iga \u00ccd\u00fang\u00e0nr\u00e0n, the palace or official residence of the Oba of Lagos now stands. Iga \u00ccd\u00fang\u00e0nr\u00e0n is an \u00c0w\u00f3r\u00ec term meaning house on pepper farm. The palace is thus not only an important symbol of the historical traditions of Lagos; its name also helps keep alive the site's association with vegetable farming by Ar\u00f3mir\u00e9, the city's first settler.\nFrom these bases the \u00c0w\u00f3r\u00ec settlers moved further south, towards the creeks and the sea. One major reason why they moved was because their increasing population created the need for more space. Another was safety and security. Yor\u00f9b\u00e1land, of which Lagos was a part, had become embroiled in the long-running wars involving ethnic groups, communities, chiefdoms, kingdoms, and other political units of the time. The island settlements faced war from the \u00c8gb\u00e1s and the \u00ccj\u00e8b\u00fas, both Yor\u00f9b\u00e1-speaking nationalities. The ancient Benin Empire, in present-day Edo State of Nigeria also invaded the island around the year 1600.\nThere are conflicting accounts of the latter episode. Some have argued that the Binis actually founded the Lagos monarchy or system of rulership, apparently in the image of Benin's. Ashipa, the first Oba of Lagos, was a Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 chief but not a Lagosian. It is known also that between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Benin Empire extended as far as Porto-Novo, west of Lagos. The Oba of Benin did appoint viceroys or representatives on the island and approved all appointees to the office of Oba of Lagos. In return, Lagos Obas paid tribute to Oba of Benin in recognition of the latter's superior status. Other historians have insisted that the Oba of Benin waged war on the island for the same reasons wars were then prevalent.\nOne of these was the desire by reigning monarchs to expand control over weaker, less populous peoples or neighboring communities, kingdoms, and empires. Another reason concerned the new trans-Atlantic slave trade. For those who participated in the trade as middlemen, warfare did provide a quick and sure supply of war captives who could then be sold as slaves and shipped to the New World. By an estimate, some 500,000 people may have been sold as indentured slaves and shipped from Lagos to the Americas and the Carribean, in particular Bahia, Cuba, and St. Helena. Anyway, for Ar\u00f3mir\u00e9 and early settlers of the island, moving further south away from the mainland towards the sea was a mechanism to escape the wars that ravaged Yor\u00f9b\u00e1land from the seventeenth century. The wars and the disruptions associated with them were to become a justification for imposing British colonial control first on the island and later on what is now Nigeria.\nFrom the mid-nineteenth century, freed Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 slaves started returning to Lagos in waves first from Brazil and then from Sierra Leone. In 1847, Oba K\u00f2s\u00f3k\u00f3 of Lagos sent his close friend and adviser Chief Osh\u00f2d\u00ec T\u00e1p\u00e0 to South America to invite slaves with Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 ancestry to return home. The trip yielded results in 1851 when 130 expatriates arrived in Lagos. By 1861 when Lagos formally became a British colony, the number of returnees had risen to about 3,000. The Brazilian expatriates brought with them skills in masonry, carpentry, and tailoring, a strong Catholic faith, and extensive Portuguese cultural traits.\nSierra Leonean expatriates, or Saros, mainly of \u00c8gb\u00e1 origins in present-day Ab\u00e9\u00f2k\u00fata in \u00d2g\u00f9n State of Nigeria, started returning to Lagos in trickles about 1838. The reigning Oba K\u00f2s\u00f3k\u00f3 did very little to make them feel welcome, so it was not until 1852 after Oba K\u00f2s\u00f3k\u00f3 had been deposed by the British and replaced by Oba Ak\u00ednt\u00f3y\u00e8, that Saros returned to Lagos in large numbers. They numbered about 2,500 by 1861 and were granted land in a district on the island still known as Saro Town.\nWith their longer association with English missionaries, Sierra Leonean returnees appeared to enjoy higher standards of material comfort than Lagos indigenes. The Saros were devout Protestants and better educated in the formal sense too. These attributes were to stand them in good stead to play a leading role in the cultural life of Lagos; they also helped infuse their fatherland with a love of education. Their efforts were to help create a class of literate indigenes who led the fight for human dignity under British colonial rule and set the stage for the nationalist struggle that led to Nigeria's independence in 1960.\nThese main groups have since been joined by a more heterogeneous mix of immigrants from far and near. The Vaughan family has American ancestry while the Bickersteth family originated from Porto-Novo in present-day Benin Republic. Lagos is also home to people with Ghanaian ancestry. A much larger number have moved south over the years from other parts of Nigeria\u2014for example, from the Nupe and Benin areas in addition to Yor\u00f9b\u00e1 migrants, especially from \u00ccj\u00e8b\u00fa, \u00c8gb\u00e1, and Badagry areas.\nThe earliest attempt at modern formal government in the city occurred in 1899 with the establishment of a Sanitary Board. In 1917, a Townships Ordinance (or Law) established First, Second, and Third Class Townships. Lagos became a First Class Township and remained Nigeria's only such township for a long time. By 1950, after a series of extensions to the powers of the Township, the Lagos Local Government Ordinance created a fully elected Council, making Lagos a self-governing municipality with its own mayor. The office of mayor was abolished in 1953, and traditional members or chiefs were brought on board. In 1959, on the eve of Nigeria's independence, Lagos City was designated a Federal Territory administered by a Council comprising elected representatives, as well as traditional chiefs appointed by government.\nSince the 1960s, the fortunes of city government had changed along with Nigeria's political climate; its administrative system has thus varied from elected council through sole administrators appointed by military governments.\nCrime is endemic in Lagos. Property crimes, including armed burglaries and car theft, have been particularly high, fueled as much by large-scale unemployment as by wide disparities in income and life chances. Financial fraud is also rampant, the most recent variant being advance fee fraud, the practice of obtaining money by deception and/or false pretense, popularly known as \"419\" after the relevant section of Nigeria's penal code. Traffic accidents are rife too, reflecting competition for space by people and vehicles, as well as disrepair in the latter.\nCrime statistics are wide of the mark: many incidents go unreported or become tangled in influence peddling and corruption networks. There are plans to increase the number of policemen and improve law enforcement generally in and around greater Lagos.\nLagos is Nigeria's single-largest commercial center. Once described as an outpost of the industrialized West in tropical Africa, it has a history of economic well being and relative affluence. The city and its neighborhoods had long attracted upwardly mobile and ambitious people from across the world. As gateway to western sea-borne commerce, and latterly to Nigeria, Lagos had started as fishing resort where fishermen from neighboring areas mended their equipment and rested between fishing expeditions. The fifteenth century brought with it contact with Portuguese traders, and Lagos soon became a major market and depot for slave shipment to South America.\nIn 1862, commercial exports from Lagos stood at \u00a378,000 and imports at \u00a362,000; by 1900 both had risen to \u00a3830,000 and \u00a3885,000 respectively. By 1975, about 55 percent of Nigeria's industrial establishments were based in Lagos; these accounted for over two-thirds of industrial output. At present Lagos State, of which the city is now part, is Nigeria's smallest, occupying just 0.4 percent of the country's land surface. Yet, Lagos State is also Nigeria's most populous. It is perhaps also the only one state capable of generating enough internal revenue to sustain its operations. The city forms the nucleus of this affluence, home to most banks and other financial institutions, including the Stock Exchange.\nThe city lay on a tapestry of islands, lagoons, and creeks interspersed by mangrove. Much of its land surface is barely above sea level; since 1989, parts of Victoria Island had been under threat from a rising tide. Land has been reclaimed to build a road on the Marina, as well as make the Five Cowries Island more functional; the flyovers between \u00cck\u00f2y\u00ed and the island also stand on once-swampy terrain.\nAir pollution is endemic. Local historian Kunle Akinsemoyin has remarked that in present-day Lagos, \"walking is \u2026 a dangerous hazard, cycling a perilous venture, for the motor car, particularly the lorries have grabbed the monopoly of roads from the cyclists.\" This reflects several factors, including overpopulation, weak physical planning enforcement, and emissions by vehicles and industrial plants. Sewage disposal has been long problematic. The Lagos lagoon has long served as dump for refuse and untreated sewage; it is thus extremely polluted.\nGreater Lagos is bordered to the east, west, and north by other towns in Lagos State. Of the 3,577 square kilometers (1,381 square miles) land surface in Lagos State, lagoons constitute about 790 square kilometers (305 square miles) or 22 percent of the total. Much of the state's land surface is just over five meters (15 feet) above sea level.\nLagos is renowned as much for row after row of shops as for its irrepressible street vendors. From dwellings through workshops to road shoulders and space between vehicles in \"go slow,\" hardly a square yard of space knowingly goes to waste without being put to some commercial use.\nThe J\u00e0nkara market offers new or second-hand clothing, jewelry, musical instruments, and hardware; the \u00ccs\u00e0l\u00e8 \u00c8k\u00f3 market is known for food items while the Bal\u00f3gun market specializes in imported and African clothing material. The Bar Beach market on Ahmadu Bello Road offers food products and handi-craft, such as baskets, leather, and batik. Other markets in the city include the \u00d2g\u00f3g\u00f3r\u00f3 market, named after local gin, the main commodity on offer, and the \u00c8b\u00fat\u00e9 \u00c8r\u00f2, \u00ccta F\u00e3j\u00ec, and Sandgrouse markets. The F\u00e1lomo shopping center in \u00cck\u00f2y\u00ed is on Awolowo Road. On the mainland the T\u00e9j\u00faos\u00f3 market in Surulere offers a variety of goods, as do other markets in \u00c0p\u00e1p\u00e1 and Mushin, among others. In all cases, traders are eager to cut deals on prices; a consumer can buy cheap or dear depending on the state of business, the trader's mood, or time of day.\nEducation is traditionally regarded as a means of social mobility, so most parents are willing to invest heavily in children's schooling. Much of the responsibility for providing education rests with the public sector; a large and largely uncontrolled private educational sector has thrived also, suggesting some dissatisfaction with public sector facilities and enabling the rich and powerful to get more value for their money.\nIslamic education had been available since the early nineteenth century. The first secondary school is the CMS Grammar School, founded in 1859 by Rev. T. B. Macauley, a Sierra Leonean expatriate. Known subsequently as Anglican Boys Grammar School, the school still operates today in B\u00e0r\u00edga, one of the several outlying towns around Lagos.\nIn 1960, the city had 112 primary schools and 20 secondary schools. Two years later, 124 primary schools on the island enrolled an estimated 96,152 pupils, divided roughly equally between boys and girls. Fifty secondary schools also catered to about 10,000 students, one-third of them female. Enrollment in all formal educational institutions, including the University of Lagos, totaled 108,140; just over half (52 percent) were male while 48 percent were female.\nThe economic boom of the 1970s and elected civilian government from 1979 brought with them substantial expansion in educational facilities and access. In 1981, about 125,000 pupils, or one-fifth of the population, were enrolled in the city's primary schools; secondary schools on the island also catered to about 26,000 or less than five percent of the population. By 1989, 877 government-owned primary schools in the metropolitan area employed 15,000 teachers; 342 secondary schools had nearly 12,000 teachers. Adult education programs also ran in the rural areas. The sex ratio has been nearly balanced over the years, though more males than females enter higher institutions, including universities. The literacy rate is estimated at 20 percent in greater Lagos. Figures for the city may well be double.\nUp until the early twentieth century, the city featured among West Africa's \"white man's grave,\" with malaria and yellow fever as main killer diseases. Sanitary conditions were among the worst in the sub-region too. Sewage treatment has remained a problem while malaria and yellow fever are under control. Present-day Lagos now boasts excellent health facilities, including numerous state-of-the-art private hospitals and maternity centers, the University of Lagos Teaching Hospital Medical School, a Dental School, an Institute for Child Health, and an orthopedic hospital at Igbobi. In 1988, 14 primary health clinics existed in the city; greater Lagos had an additional 60. The Lagos Island and \u00cckej\u00e0 general hospitals each had between 21,000 and 35,000 outpatients per month in 1989. Outpatients at health centers in \u00c0p\u00e1p\u00e1 and \u00c8b\u00fat\u00e9 M\u00e9tta stood at between 8,000 and 14,000 each month over the same period. The large numbers are as much indicative of the general population's health as the popular response to subsidized health programs in the 1980s. By far the best-known hospital is the private \u00c8k\u00f3 Hospital on Mobolaji Bank-Anthony (formerly Airport) Road in Maryland, \u00cckej\u00e0.\nLagos Times was first published in 1880, starting a tradition of active and diverse debate in the mass media. The Lagos Daily News became the first daily in 1920 and ran until 1936, providing with the West African Pilot an urban perspective on Nigeria's campaign for independence.\nToday Greater Lagos is home to numerous newspapers and magazines, most privately owned and retaining their editorial independence against the odds. Among government-owned newspapers are the Daily Times and the Lagos Horizon, owned by the Federal Government and Lagos State Government respectively. Older privately owned dailies include the Punch, Guardian, Concord, and Vanguard ; all four also publish during weekends. The Post Express and P.M. News (an evening paper) were established in the late 1990s. The list of weekly news and lifestyle magazines published in greater Lagos include Newswatch, African Guardian, African Concord, Tempo, ThisWeek, and Tell. In turn, titles such as Quality and Lagos Life are devoted to soft human stories, gossip, and lifestyles.\nPrivate radio and television stations have been in operation since 1993. At least nine television channels and several radio stations are received with varying clarity in the city and metropolitan Lagos. Some private TV channels are seen to compete effectively with government-owned stations and are relied upon to furnish views not necessarily reflecting official preferences.\nFootball (known as soccer in the United States) was introduced in the 1930s and ping pong in 1949. The first sports stadium was built in 1930 and six years later named after King George V; between 1963 and 1973, it became known as the Lagos City Stadium. The Onikan Stadium, which replaced it, was opened for football and cultural activities in the 1980s. The Racecourse at Tafawa Balewa Square is underutilized. The National Stadium was built in 1976 in Surulere on the Mainland; its sitting capacity is estimated at between 80,000 and 100,000. Smaller facilities are scattered around Greater Lagos, for example in Ag\u00e9ge and in premises owned by large commercial ventures. In the city, as elsewhere, the average secondary school is almost certain to have some facilities for athletics and at least football, the game Nigerians love above anything else. Lagos has been the main venue for several sports fiestas, among them the Second All African Games held in 1972 and the African Cup of Nations Cup tournament, co-hosted with Ghana and concluded in February 2000.\nThe city is well built up, so open space is a rarity. In 1976, according to some estimates, open space amounted to only three percent of the city's land surface, which translates to 0.01 hectare (0.02 acre) for each 1,000 people. A lot of recreation does take place on land not allocated for such purposes; social gatherings or parties also provide opportunities for recreation.\n17. Performing Arts\nThe Yoruba tradition of the traveling theatre, or Al\u00e1r\u00ecnjo, dates back to the sixteenth century, with groups providing live drama, entertainment, satire, and mild social commentary. The English language theatre boasts well-known names like Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, Femi Osofisan, and John Pepper Clark. The Lagos State Government runs a Cultural Standing Troupe, and amateur groups exist in several parts of the city. The Pec Repertoire Theatre is a professional company founded by writer John Pepper Clark. The typical state function or communal gathering often includes some dance and drama by children, women, or other social groups. As an art form, however, critical drama, especially satire, has often caused the odd inconvenience to politically insecure administrations.\n18. Libraries and Museums\nIn 1962, the central library boasted over 7,500 adult members and about 12,000 children subscribers. The Y\u00e1b\u00e3 branch had about 1,950 adults and 1,500 children on its membership. The National Library is on Broad Street; the City also runs its own library. The British Council and the United States Information Service also offer library services from bases on the island.\nThe National Museum is on Awolowo Road. The Onikan National Museum east of Tafawa Balewa Square is home to a variety of local art treasures and handicraft, including the Benin bronzes, the Ife and Owo terracotta busts, and the Igbo-Ukwe bronze castings.\nTourism is not particularly developed in Lagos, yet the city's history resonates in its diverse architecture and in the names given to streets, communities, and districts. For example, Oke Faji, Popo Aguda, Campos Square, Pedro, and Martin Streets are steeped in Brazilian traditions, having been settled originally by Brazilian immigrants who started returning in the 1850s. Saro Town was land assigned by the Oba of Lagos to Sierra Leonean expatriates after the 1850s. The Shitta-Bey Mosque and the Holy Cathedral Church, both in central Lagos, also bear testimony to Brazilian architectural influence.\n20. Holidays and Festivals\nIn Lagos, as elsewhere in Yor\u00f9b\u00e1land, religious festivals including masquerade displays are occasions to commemorate the passing of the great and the good, cement relations between generations, and offer prayers for social peace and the well being of individuals.\n\u00c0d\u00ecm\u00fa \u00d2r\u00ecs\u00e0 or \u00c8y\u00f2 masquerade display\nFestivals to honor Ol\u00f3kun, goddess of the sea (heavily patronized by fishing families)\n\u00ccgunnuk\u00f3 masquerades (a tradition among the Nupe)\n21. Famous Citizens\nAlhaji H. P. Adebola (1920\u201382), a foremost trade unionist and railway worker.\nFel\u00e1 Anikulapo-Kuti (1938\u201397), internationally renowned musician who used his Afro-beat music\u2014a blend of African rhythm, Western instruments, and popular language\u2014to campaign against official corruption and dictatorship at home and for respect for Africa abroad.\nNnamdi Azikwe (b. 1904), politician who took a leading role in the Nigerian nationalist movement, founded a series of newspapers, and became the first president of the Nigerian republic.\nAlhaji Lateef Jakande, the first elected Governor of Lagos State, serving from 1979 to 1983.\nHerbert Macauley (1864\u20131946), leading member of the Saro \u00e9lite and major leader of Nigeria's independence movement who ran the Lagos Daily News, the first daily newspaper from 1920 to 1936.\nOba Adeyinka Oyekan II (b. 1911), the eighteenth Oba of Lagos.\nMadam Efunroye Tinubu (1807\u201385), an \u00c8gb\u00e1 slave trader whose influence meant trouble for the reigning Oba of Lagos.\n22. For Further Study\nAmman, Richard. Lagos Walking Tours. Port-Har-court: Riverside Communications, 1994.\nBarnes, Sandra. Patrons and Power: Creating a Political Community in Metropolitan Lagos. 1986.\nFagbamiye, E. O. ed. Educational Development in Lagos State. Lagos: Okanlawon Publishers, 1990.\nLierberman, Irving. A Survey of the Lagos City Library. Lagos: Lagos City Council, 1964.\nOdumosu, O. Assessing the Quality of Working Life: Case of Lagos and Ibadan Cities. Ibadan: Nigerian Institute for Economic and Social Research, 1996.\nOlajumoke, Remi. The Spring of a Monarch: The Epic Struggle of Oba Adeyinka Oyekan II of Lagos. Lagos: Lawebod (Nig.) Ltd., 1990.\nOlomu, Olukayode A. Lagos State: The Cornerstone of Nigeria's Economic Development. Lagos: International Management and Research Institute Limited, 1983.\nOlowu, Dele. Lagos State: Governance, society and Economy. Lagos: Malthouse Press, 1990.\nOnikoyi, Agboola A. The History of Lagos. Published by author, 1975.\nPeil, Margaret. Lagos: The City is the People. London: Belhaven Press, 1991.\nShitta-Bey, S. A. The Origin and Birth of Lagos State. Lagos: Maybao Enterprises, 1979.\nWatson, G. D. A Human Geography of Nigeria. London: Longman, 1960.\n\"Lagos.\" Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cities. . Encyclopedia.com. 3 Feb. 2019 .\n\"Lagos.\" Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cities. . Encyclopedia.com. (February 3, 2019). https://www.encyclopedia.com/international/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/lagos\n\"Lagos.\" Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cities. . Retrieved February 03, 2019 from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/international/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/lagos\nLagos (city, Nigeria)\nLagos (l\u0101\u00b4g\u014fs, l\u00e4\u00b4g\u00f4s), city (1991 est. pop. 1,274,000), SW Nigeria, on the Gulf of Guinea. It comprises the island of Lagos. Lagos is Nigeria's largest city, its administrative and economic center, and its chief port. Industries include railroad repair, motor vehicle assembly, food processing, and the manufacture of metal products, textiles, beverages, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, soap, and furniture. The city is a road and rail terminus and has an international airport. Among its educational and cultural institutions are Moshood Abiola Univ. (formerly the Univ. of Lagos; 1962), Yaba College of Technology (1947), and the National Museum; the city also has a large, multiuse sports stadium.\nAn old Yoruba town, Lagos, beginning in the 15th cent., grew as a trade center and seaport. From the 1820s until it became a British colony, Lagos was a notorious center of the slave trade. Britain annexed the city in 1861, both to tap the trade in palm products and other goods with the interior and to suppress the slave trade. In 1906, Lagos was joined with the British protectorate of Southern Nigeria, and, in 1914, when Southern and Northern Nigeria were amalgamated, it became part of the small coastal Colony of Nigeria. In 1954 most of the colony was merged with the rest of Nigeria, but Lagos was made a separate federal territory. From the late 19th cent. to independence in 1960, Lagos was the center of the Nigerian nationalist movement. Lagos was the capital of Nigeria from independence until 1991, when the capital was moved to Abuja.\n\"Lagos (city, Nigeria).\" The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. . Encyclopedia.com. 3 Feb. 2019 .\n\"Lagos (city, Nigeria).\" The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. . Encyclopedia.com. (February 3, 2019). https://www.encyclopedia.com/reference/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/lagos-city-nigeria\n\"Lagos (city, Nigeria).\" The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. . Retrieved February 03, 2019 from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/reference/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/lagos-city-nigeria\nLagos Largest city and chief port of Nigeria, in the s of the country, on the Gulf of Guinea. From the 17th to the 19th centuries, Lagos grew as a Yoruba settlement. It came under British control in 1861, after years of Portuguese exploitation through the slave trade. It became the capital of independent Nigeria in 1960, but was replaced by Abuja in 1982. UN estimates suggests that by 2015, Lagos will be the world's third-largest metropolis with a population of 24.5 million. Industries: brewing, ship repairing, textiles, crafts. Pop. (2002) 8,029,200.\n\"Lagos.\" World Encyclopedia. . Encyclopedia.com. 3 Feb. 2019 .\n\"Lagos.\" World Encyclopedia. . Encyclopedia.com. (February 3, 2019). https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/lagos\n\"Lagos.\" World Encyclopedia. . Retrieved February 03, 2019 from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/lagos\nLagos \u2022across, boss, Bros, cos, cross, crosse, doss, dross, emboss, en brosse, floss, fosse, gloss, Goss, joss, Kos, lacrosse, loss, moss, MS-DOS, Ross, toss \u2022Laos \u2022\u00c1yios Nik\u00f3laos, chaos \u2022Eos \u2022 Helios \u2022Chios, Kh\u00edos \u2022Lesbos \u2022 straw boss \u2022 Phobos \u2022 rooibos \u2022extrados \u2022 kudos \u2022 reredos \u2022 intrados \u2022Calvados \u2022 Argos \u2022 Lagos \u2022 logos \u2022Marcos \u2022 telos \u2022Delos, Melos \u2022Byblos \u2022 candyfloss \u2022tholos, V\u00f3los \u2022bugloss \u2022 omphalos \u2022 P\u00e1tmos \u2022Amos, Deimos, S\u00e1mos \u2022Demos \u2022 peatmoss \u2022 cosmos \u2022 Los Alamos \u2022 Lemnos \u2022 Hypnos \u2022 Minos \u2022Mykonos \u2022 tripos \u2022 topos \u2022 Atropos \u2022Ballesteros, pharos, Saros \u2022Imbros \u2022 criss-cross \u2022 rallycross \u2022 Eros \u2022albatross \u2022 monopteros \u2022 Dos Passos \u2022N\u00e1xos \u2022 Hyksos \u2022 Knossos \u2022 Santos \u2022benthos \u2022bathos, pathos \u2022ethos \u2022 K\u00f3rinthos\n\"Lagos.\" Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. . Encyclopedia.com. 3 Feb. 2019 .\n\"Lagos.\" Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. . Encyclopedia.com. (February 3, 2019). https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/lagos\n\"Lagos.\" Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. . Retrieved February 03, 2019 from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/lagos\nLAGOS , principal port city of Algarve province, S. Portugal. During the period when Algarve was a separate kingdom \u2013 founded in 1253 by King Afonso iii \u2013 and into the 1400s, the Jewish inhabitants were organized into an official community (kehillah) which was empowered to regulate and represent them in every way. The kehillah paid an annual tax to the crown which covered the entire Jewish population. Lagos was the most important Jewish center in the western half of Algarve. From there Henry the Navigator (1394\u20131460) launched his African expeditions, and a number of Lagos Jews were among his geographers and navigators. After the expulsion of the Jews from Portugal, Lagos remained a center for *Conversos. The city was destroyed by an earthquake in 1755. In nearby Loul\u00e9, the principal Jewish center in eastern Algarve, Jews were restricted to a quarter known as the Val de Judeo.\nM. Kayserling, Geschichte der Juden in Portugal (1867), 7, 183; J. Mendes dos Remedios, Os Judeus em Portugal (1895), chs. 8\u20139. add. bibliography: A. Iria, in: Mem\u00f3rias da Academia das Ciencias de Lisboa, 25 (1986), 293\u2013438.\n\"Lagos.\" Encyclopaedia Judaica. . Encyclopedia.com. 3 Feb. 2019 .\n\"Lagos.\" Encyclopaedia Judaica. . Encyclopedia.com. (February 3, 2019). https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/lagos\n\"Lagos.\" Encyclopaedia Judaica. . Retrieved February 03, 2019 from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/lagos", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 362, "original_length": 51385, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 222.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/goldenberg-baerish", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:45Z", "digest": "sha1:MYEWB3BLYSUCJABT724CIOWZ77LRBWCA", "length": 1474, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.encyclopedia.com", "title": "Goldenberg, Baerish | Encyclopedia.com", "raw_content": "Home Religion Encyclopedias almanacs transcripts and maps Goldenberg, Baerish\nGoldenberg, Baerish\nGOLDENBERG, BAERISH (1825\u20131898), Hebrew scholar, teacher, and poet. Born in Vishnevets (Volhynia), he studied in Tarnopol in the school established by Joseph *Perl, and in 1850 opened his own school there. The rest of his life was devoted to teaching, mainly in Tarnopol, but also for some time in other towns in Galicia and Romania. He published many linguistic studies in the Hebrew journals of his time, articles and books (in German) on ancient Jewish history, and Hebrew poetry. His two major Hebrew books are Ohel Yosef (a biography of Joseph Perl and a history of his Tarnopol school, 1860) and Or \u1e24adash (biblical commentaries and linguistic studies, 10 vols., 1889\u201397). He also edited the journal Nogahha-Yare'a\u1e25 (1872\u201380).\nG. Bader, Medinah va-\u1e24akhameha (1934), 59\u201360; N.M. Gelber, Toledot ha-Tenu'ah ha-\u1e92iyyonit be-Gali\u1e93yah (1958), 261; Sefer Tarnopol (1955), 94\u201395.\n\"Goldenberg, Baerish.\" Encyclopaedia Judaica. . Encyclopedia.com. 15 Feb. 2019 .\n\"Goldenberg, Baerish.\" Encyclopaedia Judaica. . Encyclopedia.com. (February 15, 2019). https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/goldenberg-baerish\n\"Goldenberg, Baerish.\" Encyclopaedia Judaica. . Retrieved February 15, 2019 from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/goldenberg-baerish", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 3896, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.84, "perplexity": 210.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/ribes", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:15Z", "digest": "sha1:OBHEWXNILHB7D6T4DQXMQ3IJELHBRVQ7", "length": 1111, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.encyclopedia.com", "title": "Ribes | Encyclopedia.com", "raw_content": "Home Science Dictionaries thesauruses pictures and press releases Ribes\nRibes (family Grossulariaceae) A genus of shrubs with simple, alternate, usually palmately lobed leaves, and flowers in racemes. These are regular, with 4 or 5 sepals, petals, and stamens, and an inferior ovary of 2 carpels which forms a berry on top, of which the calyx persists. Many species are grown for their edible fruits (e.g. R. rubrum, redcurrant; R. nigrum, blackcurrant; and R. uva-crispa, gooseberry), or for their ornamental flowers. There are about 150 species, occurring in the northern temperate zone, and on the mountains of Central and S. America.\n\"Ribes.\" A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. . Encyclopedia.com. 15 Feb. 2019 .\n\"Ribes.\" A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. . Encyclopedia.com. (February 15, 2019). https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/ribes\n\"Ribes.\" A Dictionary of Plant Sciences. . Retrieved February 15, 2019 from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/ribes", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 55, "original_length": 3529, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 131.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.enn.com/articles/55709-iiasa-contributes-to-ipcc-special-report-on-global-warming-of-1-5-c", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:16Z", "digest": "sha1:PJPGNL7LNCMX3U6NCYRF2AMCXIDT3HWD", "length": 1326, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.enn.com", "title": "Environmental News Network - IIASA contributes to IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5\u00b0C", "raw_content": "IIASA contributes to IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5\u00b0C\nPrevious Article NASA Sees the Development of Eastern Atlantic Tropical Storm Nadine\nNext Article Arctic ice cap destabilizes at \u2018unprecedented\u2019 speed\nThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has published its Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5\u00b0C, a new assessment on minimizing global warming, and multiple IIASA researchers were involved in its production.\nThe report was approved by the IPCC at a meeting on 6 October in Incheon in South Korea and highlights the strong benefits to humanity and ecosystems of keeping global warming to 1.5\u00b0C above pre-industrial levels, rather than 2\u00b0C. Governments will meet in Poland in December for the 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24) to review the Paris Agreement to tackle climate change, and the special report will provide important scientific input.\nThe world is currently on track for 3-4\u00b0C of warming, far off the Paris Agreement targets. If climate change is limited to 1.5\u00b0C, rather than 2\u00b0C, the global sea level rise would be 10cm lower, hundreds of million fewer people would be exposed to severe heatwaves, ocean acidification would be reduced, protecting the ecosystems, and irreversible impacts on polar ice sheets would be avoided.\nTop Stories Environmental Policy Sustainability", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 81, "original_length": 2784, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 249.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.equalexperts.com/blog/our-thinking/the-importance-of-mistakes/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:40Z", "digest": "sha1:OLVURR5CWBRMIHZYX7POS64HJDHTDM7Q", "length": 4674, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "www.equalexperts.com", "title": "The importance of mistakes | Equal Experts", "raw_content": "Pete Smith Associate\nOur Thinking Wed 22nd February, 2017\nThere\u2019s a lot to master in any job, but with software engineering particularly the learning never ends.\nSo how do we know when we\u2019ve learned enough to do our job properly, and consider ourselves fully qualified? What level of knowledge divides a master from a merely competent beginner?\nThat\u2019s a tricky one to answer, but one thing\u2019s for sure; to be effective in one\u2019s job as a developer, it\u2019s vitally important to enjoy learning. All of us involved in developing software are on a journey, acquiring knowledge and (hopefully) experiencing success. But more important than the successes are the failures \u2013 because we always learn the most when we make mistakes.\nNot too long ago, I presented a talk at the \u00d8redev conference, in which I shared some of the mistakes I\u2019ve made over the years and what I learned in the process. If you want the full gory detail, do check it out:\n\u00d8redev 2016 \u2013 Pete Smith \u2013 The myth of the qualified developer from \u00d8redev Conference on Vimeo.\nFor everyone else, I\u2019ve condensed the talk into a sort of cheat sheet of mistakes that made me who I am today. There\u2019s no substitute for experiencing them first hand, but perhaps this list might make it less painful for you if you\u2019re in a similar situation:\nZero investment will always yield zero return\nFor me, this mistake came early in my career, when I found myself languishing in a cushy \u2018temporary job\u2019 that became a lot less temporary than I\u2019d originally envisaged.\nIt\u2019s easy to miss an opportunity when we only have the vantage point of our own comfort zone. If and when we find ourselves in a situation where we\u2019re coasting, it can often feel like others are holding us back; \u201cif only the situation were different, things would be easier\u201d...\nTo keep moving forward and develop your skills, you need to leave that comfortable world you know and try something new. And, since you are the only person who is in control of your own destiny, you are the only one that can make that happen.\nTime spent is not important relative to actual progress\nAnother classic mistake is to compare our own journey in software development, and all the failures and successes we experience, to those of others. We can\u2019t control what other people do, but we can control our own actions.\nComparing your journey to others is like apples vs. oranges\u2026 if you start doing this you\u2019re going to have a hard time.\nConversely, if someone is not as far along the journey as you, that doesn\u2019t make them not as good, or unproficient. We all learn differently; never forget how hard it was to learn things when you first started.\nDon\u2019t perpetuate the status quo\nI think we\u2019re all guilty of this at some points in our careers. Don\u2019t do things just because everyone else is, or because \u201cit\u2019s always been done that way\u201d. I\u2019ve heard this line from consultants, directors, and other people who really should know better.\nWe can only improve our industry by continually questioning things, pushing the boundaries to find out where things break and working out new ways to do things better. If you don\u2019t know why something is done a certain way, ask the question. You might find there\u2019s a good reason, but you should never be afraid to ask.\nThe personal touch is key\nWhen you\u2019re trying to change things, or improve upon work that\u2019s already been done, it\u2019s very easy to hurt people\u2019s feelings. Criticising code can also insult the person/organisation responsible for it, even if it\u2019s unintentional.\nIt\u2019s easy to think you are being objective and still offend someone\u2019s feelings \u2013 the fact is that observations can come across very differently than what is intended. So always remember the people you are working with are people and have a connection to the things they have created. And more often than not, there was probably some information relevant to an apparently \u2018bad decision\u2019 that made it worthwhile \u2013 but is not obvious from the outside.\nAnd finally, always expect to fail\nThis is the big one. Failure is inevitable, yet it always hits us hardest when we least expect it. If we can learn to expect it, to always have failure in the back of our mind as a possibility, then we\u2019re ready for it when it happens. This way we can react to correct things more quickly, hopefully minimising the impact on ourselves and others.\nMistakes are always going to happen; it\u2019s just a matter of time, regardless of how good you are or how much support you have from those around you. But the experience needn\u2019t be negative if you can use it to improve and prepare for next time.\nSo my parting advice\u2026 relish your mistakes \u2013 they\u2019re key to your development, and the rest of your journey.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 174, "original_length": 7363, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 283.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.erinlongworthvt.com/blog/2018/11/26/cyber-monday-2018", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:52Z", "digest": "sha1:F7BK46IQ6PWXRABB4VCYDNUPJHHOWSTF", "length": 107, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.erinlongworthvt.com", "title": "Cyber Monday 2018", "raw_content": "$100 Gift Certificate for $50!!! This deal can be used for lessons, camp, birthday parties, and Theraplate!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 1751, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.77, "perplexity": 315.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.eschatonblog.com/2018/09/americas-worst-newspaper.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:31Z", "digest": "sha1:4WABSMFNKGDW6ZT56IZNP6G2Q2EWVOO3", "length": 286, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.eschatonblog.com", "title": "Eschaton: America's Worst Newspaper", "raw_content": "America's Worst Newspaper\nAs is always the case, liberalish critiques of the paper of record will be chalked up to \"you just want us to be propagandists for your side,\" which has never been the liberal critique of the media, just a comforting bothsides critique from shitty journalists.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 21645, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 314.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.esri.com/about/newsroom/insider/its-the-law-really/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:20:24Z", "digest": "sha1:6XE5UAWM6VWCC2KAVG3RGGSC3XHP4RE5", "length": 4766, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.esri.com", "title": "It\u2019s the Law! Really?", "raw_content": "It\u2019s the Law! Really?\nUtility Pros, Don\u2019t Be Afraid to Challenge the Status Quo\u2014the ArcGIS Platform Has Your Back\nTwenty-five years ago, when I worked for a power company, I was the champion of the GIS project. As champion, I had a mission to get the most use out of the company\u2019s investment in geospatial tools. We didn\u2019t talk about GIS as a platform back then, but the idea was to share authoritative network data with everyone who could benefit from it. It was often a battle. Why? People were so used to using paper maps that anything different was frowned on by the field users. In fairness, they were concerned about safety. If one of their primary tools, like their operating maps, looked different, it might cause someone to be confused. Confusion, of course can, lead to accidents.\nThe GIS Pole Champion\nWhile in the role of GIS champion, I was convinced that the technology could modernize many of our workflows. One workflow I wanted to improve was how we obtained rights to install poles. When the company wanted to install a new pole in public places\u2014mostly in sidewalks\u2014the city or town needed to grant us (the utility) permission. We didn\u2019t need an easement, but in the state where I worked, the power company needed what was called a grant of location.\nTo get a grant of location, the power company had to submit a request to the city council or board of selectmen. The municipality would then hold a public meeting before giving us permission to install a pole. At the public meeting, residents could offer their comments and suggestions. In the vast majority of cases, permission was granted and nobody seemed to have an issue with the installation. While it often felt like we were going through the motions with the approval process, it was the law.\nFor us, getting government approval wasn\u2019t the hard part. The real time-consuming part was in the initial phase of the process: developing a pole petition plan.\nBusiness as Usual\u2014Or Not?\nThe pole petition plan had been around for decades. The plan was made up of a printed map showing the location of the proposed pole, along with notes such as the height of the pole and sometimes facts about the surroundings. It was a perfect application for GIS. (In fact, today, the pole petition plan would be an extremely simple configuration of one of the ArcGIS for Electric Utilities applications.)\nHowever, there was a problem. The pole petition plan was not simply a map. It was an official plan that required a specific format, which included a border, a title block, a revision block, and\u2014get this\u2014an original signature from someone in charge at the power company. So that meant we would have to keep an original plot or PDF of the plan on file somewhere, which was a pain. The plan was also an odd size, so plotting these plans was awkward. After a number of failed attempts to figure out how we could create an up-to-date signature in the GIS, we gave up trying to replicate the pole petition plan.\nThen I revisited what sparked the idea of using GIS in the first place: the grant of location process. I started to ask my colleagues about how we could get the grant of location without submitting the pole petition plan. My colleagues assured me that submitting a pole petition plan in the exact format was the law, period. I probed a bit further. Which law was it?\nI asked for a copy of the law. No one could locate it\u2014the rule or the regulation. I then asked what phone company staff did to get a grant of location. It turned out they submitted a sketch, with no title block or signature.\nSo it wasn\u2019t a law after all. It was a legend.\nLesson learned: your company may be creating custom maps and applications based on false assumptions. Rather than going to great lengths to replicate legends or old rituals, you can turn to ArcGIS as your collaboration platform. You could get together with the city government and figure out a way to communicate a need for an easement, a permit, or a grant of location, using ready-to-go ArcGIS solutions.\nI wonder how many custom applications are the result of someone trying to comply with some kind of red tape. (Remember how the term \u201cred tape\u201d came about? In the sixteenth century, people used red ribbons to wrap stacks of documents to be filed. The notion of dealing with stacks of paper still often hampers us from streamlining operations.)\nSo the next time coworkers say that you have to do some kind of process that requires a custom map or app, tell them to cite the law. I bet what they will find instead of a law is red tape. You can simplify the process with an easy configuration in the ArcGIS platform.\nTo learn more about how you can cut though the red tape and avoid costly and unnecessary custom apps, visit solutions.arcgis.com/utilities.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 5099, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 289.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.esri.com/esri-news/releases/14-2qtr/esri-geospatial-technology-speeds-analysis-for-us-army", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:17Z", "digest": "sha1:ICJUS3EKNCW3F4CZG5EEOI6MYSKPZDQY", "length": 2807, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.esri.com", "title": "Esri Geospatial Technology Speeds Analysis for US Army", "raw_content": "Ready-to-Use Templates Quickly Deliver Critical Information to the Field\nRedlands, California\u2014Esri has provided a recently revised set of customized templates to the US Army for its Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGS-A). These easy-to-use templates come with maps, analytic capabilities, and other visualization tools, as well as a simple information model for creating geospatial products.\nThe templates will help geospatial engineers, intelligence analysts, and geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) imagery analysts using DCGS-A to rapidly make products to support requests from commanders for operations around the world. DCGS-A is the US Army's main system for processing and posting data; providing mapping and weather information; and sharing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) information with army units.\n\"Esri technology, such as the templates, gives the army an easy-to-use, technical advantage that helps soldiers optimize GEOINT capability resident in DCGS-A,\" said Colonel Ed Riehle, the US Army Training and Doctrine Command's Capability Manager for Sensor Processing.\n\"Esri is pleased to have partnered closely with the staff who work with the DCGS-A to deliver these important and innovative templates and tools for the US Army,\" said Esri president Jack Dangermond. \"We designed them so the analysts can be more productive in what is a very fast-paced operational tempo. We also believe that by adopting these tools, the value of the US Army's investment in Esri technology will be maximized.\"\nThe templates were customized to match the DCGS-A workflows. Esri staff worked with analysts and specialists at the US Army Intelligence Center of Excellence at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, to refine the template requirements.\nThese new resources will help analysts do everything from creating sketches of military compounds to making maps that show safe and suitable areas for landing helicopters. The revised templates include\nIncident analysis to map improvised explosive device (IED) incidents or other significant events.\nCross-country mobility analysis to identify key terrain and sketch approach routes.\nIntervisibility analysis to identify areas of cover and concealment.\nThe templates will be available on a variety of army websites including the DCGS-A Portal and the Intelligence Knowledge Network as well as in ArcGIS for the Military\u2014Land Operations, an Esri product optimized to provide an interoperable platform to manage, visualize, analyze, and share geospatial information for land-based missions.\nEsri will demonstrate ArcGIS for the Military\u2014Land Operations at the GEOINT Symposium April 14\u201317, in Tampa, Florida, in booth #5036.\nTo learn more about ArcGIS for the Military\u2014Land Operations templates and other resources, visit solutions.arcgis.com/military/.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 23, "original_length": 3203, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 295.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.eugenenorthrop.com/washington-d-c/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:58:53Z", "digest": "sha1:C57ECZLU3ZXFBMVCUHR3D4SVIN56OHS2", "length": 1615, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.eugenenorthrop.com", "title": "Washington, D.C. \u2013 Residential Real Estate | Commercial Real Estate | Real Estate Sales | Real Estate Listings | Real Estate Leases | Real Estate Negotiations | A Re/Max Company", "raw_content": "Washington, D.C.is steeped in history and culture, and the neighborhoods in the DC area are remarkably diverse, and home to a wide variety of people from different ethnic backgrounds, nationalities, religions, and economic levels.\nThe Washington D.C. territory including Georgetown and Dupont Circle offers many types of homes for sale. From condos and apartments to suburban townhomes and single-family homes to rural farmland, you\u2019re sure to find a home that best suits your lifestyle and needs in D.C.\nIf you don\u2019t work for the Government, or in politics, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman are among the city\u2019s largest private-sector employers. Inova Health System and MedStar Health represent the biggest employers in the healthcare industry. Microsoft and Marriott have a large base in the city, so there are lots of opportunities for both white collar and blue collar jobs and careers.\nThe Washington, DC area has lots of cultural activities, entertainment, shopping, festivals, outdoor recreation, and great restaurants. You can enjoy a day trip or weekend getaway at the beach, the mountains, or several cities including DC, Baltimore, Annapolis, Wilmington, Philadelphia, and New York.\nAnd not to forget that Washington, D.C. is home to some of our country\u2019s most prized cultural treasures including the National Zoological Park, The Smithsonian Institute, Lincoln Memorial, The Capital, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to name just a few.\nIf you\u2019re ready to research properties and schedule a few open houses in the area, contact us, we\u2019d love to give you a personal tour of the Washington D.C. area.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 2566, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 110.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/jamaica-and-panama-one-game-away-from-women-s-world-cup-debut_sto6968950/story.shtml", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:02Z", "digest": "sha1:PE5EWJXI3OLR26NTRXDFAWU4FZAHGTXS", "length": 1755, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.eurosport.co.uk", "title": "Jamaica and Panama one game away from Women's World Cup debut - Football - Eurosport UK", "raw_content": "Jamaica and Panama one game away from Women's World Cup debut\nOct 12 (Reuters) - Jamaica and Panama are both one match away from a guaranteed appearance at their first Women's World Cup after reaching the semi-finals of the CONCACAF championship, the qualifying tournament for next year's showpiece.\nJamaica thrashed Cuba 9-0 in Edinburg, Texas on Thursday, with Jody Brown scoring three, to seal second spot in Group B behind Canada and their place in the last four.\nA day earlier, Panama reached the knockout stage with a 2-0 win over Mexico. The victory meant Panama finished second in Group B behind world champions the United States.\nThe two tournament finalists automatically qualify for next year's World Cup in France, while the other two teams will contest a playoff to determine a third qualifier.\n\"I feel like I have done some things in my career, but I haven't gone to a World Cup before and that is every player's dream. So it would mean lot for me personally, but more so knowing that it would be the first time in history for this programme,\" Jamaica's Chinyelu Asher told the Jamaica Observer.\n\"Also, knowing what it would have taken for a country like ours to even reach the World Cup would be more rewarding, as it relates to the amount of resources that we have.\"\nJamaica, looking to become the first Caribbean nation to play at the Women's World Cup, take on the U.S. on Sunday, while Panama face Canada in the other semi-final on the same day.\nThe third-place playoff and final are scheduled to take place three days later in Frisco.\nWhichever team misses out on an automatic qualification place can still reach the World Cup by beating Argentina in an intercontinental playoff. (Reporting by Christian Radnedge Editing by Toby Davis)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 348, "original_length": 6672, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 158.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.eveningtribune.com/x231962711/100th-House-District-preview-Brauer-has-an-opponent", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:02Z", "digest": "sha1:TILXVK2C5GISDZTZWLW376KQFB5O7JO5", "length": 2029, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.eveningtribune.com", "title": "100th House District preview: Brauer has an opponent - News - The Evening Tribune - Hornell, NY", "raw_content": "100th House District preview: Brauer has an opponent\nFor the first time, Rep. Rich Brauer, R-Petersburg, has a primary election opponent, Bill Hinrichs of Rochester. Here's a rundown of the race in the 100th House District.\nBrauer, 55, is completing his fourth term as a House member in a heavily Republican district.\nLike virtually all candidates for public office in Illinois, Brauer said the primary issue is dealing with the state's financial mess. He has not ruled out support for an income tax hike if certain conditions are met.\n\"The first thing is to make cuts and see how deep they are,\" Brauer said. \"You don't cut you way out (of the financial problems), but you don't spend you way out either.\"\nDespite the state's budget deficit, Brauer said he wants to work to ensure adequate funding for agricultural programs, for autism treatment programs and for historic preservation.\nLincoln's New Salem Historic Site is in Brauer's district.\nHinrichs, 60, is a retired employee of the state Board of Education. He has never run for public office before.\n\"I'm pretty fed up with everything going on in this country,\" Hinrichs said. \"I complain about stuff all of the time. I thought I'd run and do something about it.\"\nHinrichs said he would cut taxes on business, but could support a temporary income tax hike.\n\"Anybody that says they will be forever against a tax increase is either very naive or misleading people,\" Hinrichs said.\nHe believes House members should be placed under a two-term limit.\nHinrichs focused on school finance at the Board of Education. He said swapping property taxes for income taxes to fund education isn't a panacea.\n\"A swap doesn't do anything for education,\" he said. \"It changes the burden of who pays the tax.\"\nSpecifically, away from corporations that pay comparatively less in income taxes than property taxes.\nHinrichs refers people to his Web site -- www.billhinrichs.com - for details about his campaign.\n\"I'm not going to spend a lot here,\" he said. \"I just felt I had to do something.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 146, "original_length": 4204, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 253.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mcas-a-night-of-music-tickets-52417567355?aff=utm_source%3Deb_email%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dnew_event_email&utm_term=eventurl_text", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:53:49Z", "digest": "sha1:SUWIUHZ743E7GYFWVBP77GA6B3Q3TPD6", "length": 1176, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.eventbrite.com", "title": "MCA's A Night of Music Tickets, Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 7:00 PM | Eventbrite", "raw_content": "MCA's A Night of Music\nby McClain Christian Academy\nA night when some of music's best come together to perform for a great night of entertainment. February 26, 2019 THE CAPITOL THEATRE\nAN ACOUSTIC EVENING\nMcClain Christian Academy is a non-profit, private school located at 3521 Lebanon Road, Lebanon, Tennessee serving students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. Unlike public schools, private schools receive no funding from federal, state, or county governments. The operating budget for each school year comes from monies received from student tuition, donations, and fundraisers.\nOur greatest mission is to provide our students with a quality curriculum that encourages and challenges the application and expansion of knowledge and interests with an emphasis on Christ. Each student enrolls in a Bible course each year and Christ is at the center of who we are and why we are still operating today!\nWe have been putting on this amazing music event for over 10 years and have had many wonderful, talented artists donate their time and talents to raise money for our school.\nThings to do in Lebanon, TN Performance Music\nMCA's A Night of Music at The Capitol Theatre", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 118, "original_length": 3291, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 209.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.eventfinda.com.au/artist/ben-hurley", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:30Z", "digest": "sha1:N3FMY3MIBSEICU5NBUUCIT7XNOQR4NH6", "length": 597, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.eventfinda.com.au", "title": "Ben Hurley tickets, concerts, tour dates, upcoming gigs - Eventfinda", "raw_content": "Ben Hurley started his comedy career in Wellington as resident host of The Wellington Comedy Club. After winning the Billy T Award he moved to London and worked on the comedy circuit there between 2005 and 2008. He has supported the likes of Andy Parsons, Stewart Lee and Ed Byrne on their UK Tours. He is a popular act in New Zealand where he has performed 5 different solo shows as part of the New Zealand International Comedy Festival.\nBen is currently working on a TV3 panel show called \"7 Days\" as a writer and core cast member. Ben is on a new TV3 show, @Seven, which is similar to \"7 Days\".", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 149, "original_length": 3824, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 114.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.eweek.com/news/microsoft-accuses-ibm-of-limiting-choice-for-interop-standards", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:53Z", "digest": "sha1:RBJKW4N6VYZHEUZLZCWFIMGMY4LHCVCQ", "length": 2977, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.eweek.com", "title": "Microsoft Accuses IBM of Limiting Choice for Interop, Standards", "raw_content": "Microsoft Accuses IBM of Limiting Choice for Interop, Standards\nMicrosoft has released an open letter accusing IBM of driving the effort to force the OpenDocument Format on users, thereby restricting choice and limiting adoption of its Office Open XML format.\nMicrosoft has released an open letter that accuses IBM of driving the effort to force the OpenDocument Format on users through public procurement mandates, which the Redmond, Wash., software maker views as an attempt to restrict choice and limit adoption of its Office Open XML format.\nMicrosoft is also speaking out against what it sees as Big Blues coordinated and resource-intensive campaign to limit choice in the marketplace for interoperability and standards, regardless of the impact of those moves on customers and the broader ecosystem.\nThe full text of the four-page open letter issued Feb. 14 can be viewed here.\nThe open letter, signed by Tom Robertson, Microsofts general manager of interoperability and standards, and Jean Paoli, its general manager of interoperability and XML architecture, addresses what Microsoft refers to as all the hype\u2014and smoke and mirrors obfuscation\u2014that it believes surrounds interoperability.\n/zimages/6/28571.gifThe use of ODF has been a controversial subject in Massachusetts. Click here to read more.\n\"In XML-based file formats, which can easily interoperate through translators and be implemented side by side in productivity software, this exclusivity makes no sense\u2014except to those who lack confidence in their ability to compete in the marketplace on the technical merits of their alternative standard. This campaign to limit choice and force their single standard on consumers should be resisted,\" they say in the letter.\nWhile Microsoft realizes that it needs to do a better job of explaining its interoperability vision, and has started doing so, it also believes it has a duty to highlight what IBM is doing and how that has a fundamentally negative implication for customers and the industry as a whole, Robertson told eWEEK in an interview.\n\"The open letter is the first step in our decision to shine a bright light on IBM, which is taking concrete steps against choice in the marketplace. It was the only company in Ecma to try and stop the standardization of Open XML and to try and stop Ecma from forwarding the standard onto ISO, the International Standards Organization, for ratification,\" he said.\n/zimages/6/28571.gifMicrosofts Open XML format recently hit roadblocks in the United States and abroad. Click here to read more.\nIBM is also driving a well-coordinated and resource-intensive effort around the world to stop the consideration of Open XML in ISO.\n\"We also see IBM trying to promote government procurement mandates that would eliminate competition against ODF in the government procurement markets around the world,\" he said.\nNext Page: Choice.\nPrevious Technology Improves Telecommuting\nNext Vista Will Have Little Impact on Mac Sales: Analyst", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 279, "original_length": 16400, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 304.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.eweek.com/pc-hardware/ice-cream-sandwich-tablet-debuts-in-china-for-100", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:52Z", "digest": "sha1:BWKBMVDB5N7BJL7UO2WBFRWGXTCUE6EF", "length": 2768, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.eweek.com", "title": "Ice Cream Sandwich Tablet Debuts in China for $100", "raw_content": "Ice Cream Sandwich Tablet Debuts in China for $100\nMIPS, Ingenic and Ainol join forces to market and sell the Novo7, a 7-inch tablet that is reportedly the first Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich slate on the market.\nTwo computer chip companies have joined forces to build what they claim is the first tablet computer based on Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system.\nLaunched initially in China by Ainol Electronics Co. for just $100, the Novo7 tablet has a 7-inch display powered by a 1GHz CPU built by MIPS Technologies (NASDAQ: MIPS) and an application processor from Ingenic Semiconductor.\nThe slate, which will soon be offered with 8-inch and 9-inch displays, will be available in the U.S. within several months, branded by Leader International and OMG Electronics, among others. MIPs will show the tablet off at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next month.\nOther specifications of the new slate include front- and rear-facing cameras with 1,080p video decoding support, as well as support for WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, USB 2.0, High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) and microSD cards.\nThe machine even has an endorsement from Andy Rubin, senior vice president of mobile at Google and the face of Android at Google.\n\"I'm thrilled to see the entrance of MIPS-based Android 4.0 tablets into the market,\" Rubin said in a statement. \"Low-cost, high-performance tablets are a big win for mobile consumers and a strong illustration of how Android's openness drives innovation and competition for the benefit of consumers around the world.\"\nThe real draws here are the OS and the price. ICS, a merging of the Android 2.x smartphone branch and Android 3.x Honeycomb branch for tablets, includes software navigation keys, a holographic user interface and several other UI improvements.\nThe first ICS phone is the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, which has drawn rave reviews as the best Android phone yet by many gadget geeks.\nWhile the Novo7 won't be available in the U.S. in time to challenge the popular new Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) Kindle Fire for this holiday season, the low-cost slate could be an attractive wallet-pleaser when it arrives in the U.S. next year.\nIt's hard to beat $100-the price HP's TouchPad was marked down to in a fire sale that helped it fly off shelves-and most companies simply can't afford to offer one without losing money.\nIt's not clear how Ainol, MIPS and Ingenic will make much money from the new ICS tablet at its current price. But if enough consumers buy the slate, enjoy it, and spread the word to their friends and other consumers, it will raise the profile of those companies.\nPrevious Rebit, Carbonite Team for Cloud-Based Backup for Desktop...\nNext HP, Box Partner on Cloud Content Management Platform", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 273, "original_length": 16227, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 273.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.eximargentina.com.ar/english/licenses/my-melody/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:31Z", "digest": "sha1:M5T4YQ74R4V7ARO7Z2RNVNM6NRVV4F3L", "length": 413, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.eximargentina.com.ar", "title": "MY MELODY - EXIM | Licensing | Argentina . Paraguay . Uruguay", "raw_content": "Created in 1974, My Melody is one of the oldest characters and one of the most representative properties of the Sanrio brand.\nMy Melody products have had a consecutive presence in their stores for over 30 years and the character is one of the favorite for girls.\nPrimary Target: girls 4-10 years old and occasionally young adults\nMost popular products: stationery, accessories, stuffed animals, toys and clothing.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 1190, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 247.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.exploreasheville.com/listings/b-adams-art/6736/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:11Z", "digest": "sha1:JG6LTKSSYALBKD2Q4ZTWFMFKJ4DSACM4", "length": 127, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.exploreasheville.com", "title": "B Adams Art | Asheville, NC's Arts Portal", "raw_content": "B Adams Art\nI am a visual artist. I paint primarily in Acrylics on canvas. I have been a professional artist for over 30 years.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 561, "original_length": 10142, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 181.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.eyesonline.com.au/when-can-children-wear-contact-lenses-s/1882.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:50Z", "digest": "sha1:CAHTXK7AUF35E5DHTDMU2ENDCH5FP3KG", "length": 3400, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.eyesonline.com.au", "title": "When can a child wear contact lenses?", "raw_content": "Home > Information > Blog > When Can a Child Wear Contact Lenses?\nWhen can children wear contact lenses?\nParents of children with vision problems often worry that they may not be ready for contact lenses, or think that they are only suitable for adults. But the truth is that contact lenses can be worn at any age. You may be surprised to learn that even some infants and toddlers wear contact lenses because of congenital cataracts or eye conditions discovered at birth.\nAge does not determine whether a person can or should wear contact lenses; instead, contact lens wear is determined on a case-by-case basis.\nSo if you\u2019re worried about your child wanting to wear contact lenses instead of glasses, you needn\u2019t be; in fact, there are many benefits for children who wear contact lenses, including the ability to participate in sports and increased self-esteem\u2014just make sure they\u2019re ready for the added responsibility.\nPlaying sport is easier with contact lenses\nWearing contact lenses is not only safer, but children often feel more comfortable participating in sports when they don\u2019t have to worry about something happening to their glasses.\nIf your child\u2019s glasses break during sports, it can be very costly. Not only that, if the frames snap they can potentially injure your child\u2019s face and eyes. Glasses also tend to get foggy during intense sport, making it harder for your child to see.\nContact lenses give children a sense of freedom and normality, removing any barriers to participation in sports.\nSelf esteem for children and teenagers\nChildren\u2014and especially teenagers\u2014are concerned about the way they look and don\u2019t like to look \u2018different\u2019 to their peers. If your child feels self-conscious in glasses or simply doesn\u2019t like the way they look, it\u2019s a good idea to consider switching to contact lenses.\nChildren who display self-esteem issues when they are given glasses will often return to normal when they have contact lenses, improving the way they act and perform at school.\nAs contact lenses are practically invisible, they are a great way to correct sight in young people that feel uncomfortable in glasses or are teased for wearing them.\nIf you are still unsure, remember that you can trial contact lenses with your child, and if it\u2019s not working out you can always switch back to glasses.\nYoung children are more than capable of handling the responsibility of wearing and looking after their contact lenses. Most children from age 8 onwards don\u2019t need any help from their parents to insert or remove contact lenses.\nWearing contact lenses requires a bit more care and responsibility, and there is a routine that needs to be followed that doesn\u2019t apply to kids who wear glasses. If your child is good with other responsibilities, chances are they will be the same with contact lenses.\nGiven the choice of glasses or contact lenses, children are often naturally motivated to be responsible for their lenses. But every child is different; so before deciding to buy contact lenses, make sure you discuss the options with your child and explain to them that if they switch from glasses to contact lenses they will need to accept the added responsibility. This includes being careful when inserting and removing their lenses and being diligent not to get particles underneath them.\nVisit EYESONLINE\u2019s store and browse our full range of contacts, including daily and coloured lenses.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 200, "original_length": 14661, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 303.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fair-point.com/event/2019/gitex/request/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:30Z", "digest": "sha1:C7H4U46ABKMPOUGFOTHTDFWXXUMVK47K", "length": 1210, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.fair-point.com", "title": "GITEX in 2019 Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 06.10 - 09.10 - Trade Show Library - Fair Point GmbH", "raw_content": "GITEX 2019 \u203a\nGITEX 2019 serves as a presentation platform for information and communication technology for the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. The future edition of the event will run between the 6th to 9th of October at Dubai World Trade Center, UAE. This expo will exceed the success of the previous editions by improving the guests\u2019 experience at the event.\nThis leading platform contributes for an extensive view of the fastest-developing and profitable ICT and telecommunications markets**. Previous editions of the show have gathered more than 147,000 international visitors, 25,000 decision makers and more than 3,700 exhibitors from around the world.\nA year-round tourist destination such as Dubai, has a constant tourist flow \u2013 for both work and leisure time. The travel agents from Fair Point GmbH advise you to arrange your business trip ahead of time, so you can have the most suitable accommodation near Dubai World Trade Center, UAE. Give us a call and we will send you a personalized offer for your GITEX 2019 experience. Or, you can reach us by simply filling the form below and we will send a tailored quote, according to your business needs.\nI wish to receive accommodation news for GITEX", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 51, "original_length": 5733, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 318.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fairbankschamber.org/artist-of-the-year", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:18:13Z", "digest": "sha1:V4LBGF5SDFGCWJGLXITQ2HHZJFNY5FI7", "length": 1423, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.fairbankschamber.org", "title": "Artist of the Year - Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce, AK", "raw_content": "2019 ARTIST OF THE YEAR- KATIE GANLEY\nAt this year\u2019s Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards Banquet, Katie Ganley was selected as the 2019 Artist of the Year for her piece titled, \u201cCrane.\u201d\n\"It\u2019s surreal. A year ago I didn\u2019t even know I was capable of anything like this, I just knew I\u2019d found something I loved doing and wanted to see where it would take me. To finish my first year as an artist and begin my second with this award is just an amazing feeling. I\u2019m looking forward to working closely with the Chamber in 2019 and can\u2019t wait to see what the year brings!\" -Katie\nKatie's Facebook\nKatie's Instagram\nKatie's Email\nAbout the Artist of the Year Contest\nThe contest provides local artists in the Fairbanks/North Pole community the opportunity to be showcased to thousands of Fairbanks residents and tourists...\nThe winning artwork will be featured on the Chamber's marketing materials throughout the year, including, but not limited to, the membership postcard, the Chamber's website, and the Fairbanks and North Pole vicinity map.\nThe winner is recognized in the Chamber's eNews and showcased at a special First Friday event hosted by the Chamber. The artist will also be provided multiple opportunities to display and sell their artwork at events throughout the year.\nHarrison Carpenter - 2018\nBrianna Reagan - 2015\nChelsea Roehl - 2017\nTrevor Gridley - 2014\nHannah Foss - 2016\nLucas Elliott - 2013\nMatt Moberly - 2012", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 92, "original_length": 2749, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 267.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fairvote.org/presidential-visits-a-return-to-ohio", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:48Z", "digest": "sha1:T5RD5LVZ334WZCIZPQGWXHZIQJ4DZQGR", "length": 5698, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.fairvote.org", "title": "Presidential Visits: A Return to Ohio and the Influence of the Electoral System on Presidential Attention - FairVote", "raw_content": "Presidential Visits: A Return to Ohio and the Influence of the Electoral System on Presidential Attention\nKatherine Sicienski\nThis blog is one of a series which tracks the movements of the President using data from the Washington Post's \u2018POTUS Tracker' to examine the effect of battleground status on presidential attention. If you are interested in examining the data, a copy of our compiled data (as of June 14th, 2011) can be downloaded here.\nWhat's new since our last blog: President Obama has held events for the first time in Puerto Rico, but still has yet to visit South Carolina, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Utah, Nebraska, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, or Vermont.\nTen states with the most presidential events, during the Obama presidency: New York, Virginia, Maryland, Florida, California, Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Massachusetts. This remains unchanged since our last entry.\nStates with 5 or more visits in 2011: California, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, and Virginia.\nOn Friday, June 3rd, President Barack Obama delivered remarks at the Chrysler Group Supplier Park in Toledo, Ohio. This was his 22nd event in the state of Ohio since assuming the presidency. Yet since his inauguration in 2009, the President has yet to hold a single event in ten states: South Carolina, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Utah, Nebraska, Idaho, North Dakota, South Dakota, or Vermont. Of these 10 states, all but Vermont went strongly Republican in the 2008 presidential election.All but South Carolina (8.9%), North Dakota (8.6%), and South Dakota (8.5%) were decided by lopsided margins of 15% or greater.\nRanked 6th for the number of events attended by the president, Ohio is joined in the Top Ten for presidential attention by such 2008 swing states as Virginia (2nd), Florida (4th) and Pennsylvania (8th). These four states - each won by Obama in 2008 by less than 11% - are seen by some analysts as representing the key to the president's re-election bid in 2012, with a sweep for the president making it nearly impossible for a Republican to win. So far in the President's first term they account for 25% of his total events.\nCarried by President Obama by only 2.5% in 2008, Florida continues to receive prominent attention in other ways as well. The New York Times notes that the 848,000 Puerto Rican residents of Florida may be the reason for the President's June 14th visit to Puerto Rico. This will be the first official Presidential visit to Puerto Rico since John F. Kennedy's in 1961, and it is possibly due to the fact that the Florida residents \"are not avowed Democrats. This has turned them into pivotal swing voters in a crucial swing state.\" Simon Rosenberg, president of the New Democratic Network , suggests that, \"the large and growing Puerto Rican population in central Florida will be key to winning the state in 2012.\"\nThe other six states receiving the most attention from the President are New York (1st), Maryland (3rd), California (5th), Illinois (7th), Massachusetts (9th), and Wisconsin (10th). While won by Obama by 13% in 2008, Wisconsin remains a potential swing state.It is traditionally hard-fought, and Wisconsin's manufacturing economy was hit hard by the economic recession. As to Maryland, it is within a few miles of the White House, making it an easy state for events showcasing new polices, while Illinois was represented by Obama in the Senate and is a relatively reliable fundraising source.\nSo, you might ask, why has Obama been to the firmly Democratic states of New York, Massachusetts and California a combined 76 times? Notably, 23 of those 76 events were fundraisers and these three states donated a total of $276,896,336 during the 2008 election cycle, 34.3% of nationwide donations. This calculation for the entire top ten among presidential visits makes that percentage 60.9%.\nThe President's political team seems to be doing similar math to many political analysts, and has been allocating Presidential visits and prestige to areas based on whether its electoral votes are in play in 2012. In January 2011, the Cook Political Report narrowed down the highly competitive swing states to a list of just seven: Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Four of the seven are among the President's ten most visited states, and the other three are in the top 25. The visits to these seven states (only 14% of the states and 20% of the voting eligible population in 2008) amount to 99 visits or 26.8% of the total visits. The bottom 25 states received 34 presidential visits or 9.2% of the total visits. That works out to 1.36 visits for every state in the bottom 25, with each of the battleground states receiving an average of 14.14 visits.\nAs the 2012 election approaches, it is likely that President Obama will continue his electoral focus, visiting swing states where his 2008 margin of victory was within reach of Republicans. Our nation's previous president George Bush showed similar travel patterns in his first presidential term, and his senior strategist Matthew Dowd admitted that the 2004 re-election campaign had not polled a single American living outside of 18 potential swing states in the final two and a half years of Bush's first-term. We have no doubt that states like South Carolina, Arkansas, or Kansas matter to presidents, but given our state-by-state, winner-take-all method of electing the president, political incentives for spending energy on these states are nil. Until we have a national popular vote for president in which every vote in every corner of the nation is equally meaningful, expect to see White House political teams making similar calculations.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 162, "original_length": 9011, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 176.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.faithfamilyamerica.com/meet_the_man_who_has_a_grizzly_bear_for_a_best_friend", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:24Z", "digest": "sha1:OYB6OS6TG2LVW3POP733NUYVXWRBMFKV", "length": 1964, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.faithfamilyamerica.com", "title": "Meet the Man Who Has a Grizzly Bear for a Best Friend - Faith Family America", "raw_content": "Meet the Man Who Has a Grizzly Bear for a Best Friend\nGrizzly bears are some of the most amazing creatures on the entire planet. They are such strong, and powerful animals that we rarely associate them with hanging out with human beings.\nHowever, one man is seeking to change all of that. Casey Anderson has formed an unlikely bond with a wonderful grizzly named Brutus. Together, the pair is seeking to accomplish his mission: make the wild cool.\nhttps://twitter.com/ABC/status/1634754251\n\"Brutus was born in an overpopulated wildlife park. Casey rescued him from being euthanized and built a new sanctuary just for Brutus. A natural performer, Brutus was comfortable around people, making him a perfect assistant to teach park visitors about grizzly anatomy and conservation \u2014 and starring in educational videos and even feature films and television shows,\" reported the Grizzly Encounter.\nhttps://twitter.com/NESASK/status/913988641772380160\n\u201cBrutus has been a huge part of my life. He\u2019s sort of like, well he actually was, my best man,\" said Casey.\nhttps://twitter.com/HuffPostWeird/status/746363287000977408\nWatch this amazing video to learn about how grizzly bears need our help in the wild. The footage of Casey walking Brutus is simply incredible.\n\"Together they have worked on feature films, television shows, and commercials. When they are not on set they spend their days at Montana Grizzly Encounter, a bear rescue and education facility that Casey founded in 2004, located in Bozeman, Montana. Whether they are educating the public on grizzly conservation, wrestling in the grass, or on a location, this tandem loves what they do,\" reads a bio on the Grizzly Encounter site.\nWhat do you think about this? Let us know your thoughts and please comment on our Facebook page. Also, read our latest article about the famous celebrity who just had a 10th child.\nNext: 57-Year-Old Famous Comedy Actor Stuns Fans, Confirms 10th Child is on the WayAug 28, 2018", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 140, "original_length": 5240, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 285.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.faithwriters.com/article-details.php?id=190535", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:04Z", "digest": "sha1:WATRPB653KBIEOYM65OC2DNZSXAMKBTS", "length": 2623, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.faithwriters.com", "title": "FaithWriters.com-Christian Faith - Serving the Lord with All My Being", "raw_content": "The story of Joshua in the Bible is a great reminder that God expects 100% of us and from us, not just a part. In this part of the Bible, the Israelites promised to follow God only and to give up on their idolatry; however, Joshua told them that they were not up to the task. He had seen them turn away from God many times before, such as when they felt that He wasn't enough to protect and provide for them. The Israelites were \"hedging bets\" by worshiping God and also their foreign \"gods.\" After scolding them, Joshua, knowing that their hearts were still not 100% focused on God, said the following,\nGod doesn't want us to be lukewarm with Him; He wants us to make a firm decision to solidly follow or not follow Him. He wants total dedication from those who choose to do His will and serve Him. The verse above should, therefore, not be taken lightly. It is a covenant statement, a promise that not only will the head of the household follow Him, but also the entire household! They all belong to Him!\nI do have one of those plaques on my wall (\"As for me and my family...\") at home, hanging just in view as I enter my house, but I have to confess that I rarely even look at it. In fact, I debated whether I wanted people who entered into my home to see it. I was afraid to take a stand for God and allow people to know whose I really am. I was withholding part of myself from God!\nI realize now that I do need to pay more attention to that plaque and allow myself to be influenced by those powerful words. I need to get my home together so that it becomes more of a refuge from the stresses of life, so it is a place of joy, so that people who come to visit will feel God's love and want to return because of it, so that I will be living a life that begs the question-- and then I can speak to people about my faith, because they asked me. That is something that I know has been missing in my home for a long time.\nThere are so many ways to apply this to my life right now. I need to dedicate everything that I do to the Lord. First, I am starting with de-cluttering and cleaning up my house so that it is somewhere where my family and I want to return to and where guests will feel comfortable. This will be the first way that I intend to serve the Lord-- by making my home a haven and safe place, a place where God is honored.\nAfter I get the house cleaned up, I will tackle some other areas in my life where I have not been honoring God - my finances, my family life, and my marriage. I am not sure how I will do this yet, but I have renewed hope and resolve to give my ALL, my whole being, to God and only to Him!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 5359, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 204.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/news/crime/police-hunt-maddiston-post-office-raiders-1-4870758", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:26Z", "digest": "sha1:IWYQ6UEIXPI5EDTSP4YKL43TEIQ7MW4B", "length": 663, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.falkirkherald.co.uk", "title": "Police hunt Maddiston Post Office raiders - Falkirk Herald", "raw_content": "A door and window shutter were smashed during today\u2019s early hours break-in at Maddiston Post Office, which sparked a major police response.\nA spokesman for the business said he is relieved nobody was hurt in the incident, but it isn\u2019t known whether cash or goods were stolen in the raid.\nPost Office services will not be available at the Main Road outlet today, but should be resumed on Monday.\nThe business\u2019s shop remains open.\nAt least half a dozen police vehicles are said to have been on the scene this morning, and investigations are continuing locally.\nAnyone with information on the raid, which happened some time before 4am, should contact police via 101.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 109, "original_length": 2156, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 261.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fanpass.co.uk/justin-bieber-tickets/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:09:07Z", "digest": "sha1:U4UU6SNSOMZ7TY5AZBJXQA4EDWJAOBDN", "length": 3421, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.fanpass.co.uk", "title": "Justin Bieber tickets - FanPass Concert", "raw_content": "Your Justin Bieber tickets\nIf you are a fan and would like to see the Justin Bieber in concert, do not miss your chance to get your Justin Bieber tickets right now! To participate in this unforgettable event, announced as one of the musical events of the year, go on FanPass! Justin Bieber is in concert! You can not miss this appointment! Do not hesitate and buy your Justin Bieber tickets before it\u2019s too late!\nThe beginnig of his carrer\nYou can get your Justin Bieber tickets right now on FanPass! Great news Beliebers: Justin Bieber is on tour again! Therefore you have to repare yourself for an unforgettable experience. The singer is going to perform in the best venues all around the world! You don\u2019t want to miss that!\nThe young artist is the crush of a whole generation. A storm who shaked the entire planet. He started with video on Youtube at 12 years old. The teenage boy is rapidly noticed. Then the artist released his first album My World 2.0 with the single Baby. He became immediately a worldwide phenomenon.\nIndeed every teenage girl around the world fell in love with him. After his first world tour, Justin Bieber became one of the famous name of the Canada. It crossed the borders. His reputation has grown at an incredible speed. Thanks to the high degree of interest for this young singer, Justin Bieber has created an amazing fan base, called \u201cBelieber\u201d.\nBorn on March 1, 1994 at St. Joseph\u2019s Hospital in London, Ontario, Justin Drew Bieber grew up in Stratford. He is the only child of Patricia \u201cPattie\u201d Mallette, of French Canadian origin, who gave birth to him at 18 years, and of Jeremy Jack Bieber. Her mother raised her with the help of her mother Diane and her stepfather Bruce. Justin went to a French immersion class at Jeanne Sauv\u00e9 Catholic School in Stratford.\nAs a child, Justin Bieber is interested in hockey, football and chess; He kept his passion for music for him. Growing up, Justin learns to play the guitar, the drums, the piano and the trumpet. In 2007, at the age of twelve, he sang the song of Ne-Yo So Sick during a local singing competition in Stratford and finished second. His mother, Pattie, then posts all the videos of his son singing on YouTube so that the rest of his family and friends can see him. She then continues to post videos of Justin singing and the popularity of it increases\nAfter a hardworking from the artist and with the ambition to reinvent himself, Justin Bieber has shown to the world his value. He won plenty of awards such as the Brit Awards or the NRJ Music Awards. The singer was also nominated a lot of times. He\u2019s created for himself a strong reputation in world of pop. Finally, Justin Bieber tickets are one of the most popular products around the world.\nJustin Bieber tickets and FanPass\nIf you\u2019ve been a part of this large community, don\u2019t miss your chance to see him on stage! Go right now on FanPass to buy your Justin Bieber tickets. You\u2019re going to attend to the show of the year! And if you have tickets and you can\u2019t go there, don\u2019t forget to sell them for free on the platform. Stop thinking anymore and find out all your favourites artists on FanPass!\nStop thinking anymore and find out artists tickets !\nUseful informations about Justin Bieber :\n1994 1st March (23)\nsongwriter, singer, dancer\nvoice, piano, guitar, drums, trumpet\nMichael Jackson, Usher, Justin Timberlake, Ne-Yo, Boyz II Men, Tracy Chapman, Tupac, Stevie Wonder", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 127, "original_length": 6432, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 271.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fanschoice.tv/component/contushdvideoshare/player/nascar/2018-nascar-k-n-pro-series-west-sunrise-ford-150-presented-by-napa-auto-parts-orange-show-speedway-may-19-201813018", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:10:37Z", "digest": "sha1:WSBK3Z7APE3PZPE2BBRSPOE6PJADPGRX", "length": 114, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.fanschoice.tv", "title": "2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, Sunrise Ford 150 Presented by NAPA Auto Parts, Orange Show Speedway, May 19, 2018", "raw_content": "2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, Sunrise Ford 150 Presented by NAPA Auto Parts, Orange Show Speedway, May 19, 2018", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 815, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 75.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.feed2know.com/2013/07/the-subway-in-zion-national-park.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:35Z", "digest": "sha1:DM2NR6JCM5I6S5ZRG2SR7PKCVR5MZVCU", "length": 372, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.feed2know.com", "title": "The Subway in Zion National Park - feed2know", "raw_content": "Zion National Park is situated in the South western part of the US in Utah near Springdale. A notable characteristic of the 229 sq. mile park is definitely Zion Canyon that is Fifteen miles in length and up to half a mile in depth, slice from the crimson and brownish Navajo Sandstone from the Northern Fork of the Virgin River.\nFull post: The Subway in Zion National Park", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 50, "original_length": 1326, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 228.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/healthcare/ihi-2017-patient-safety-efforts-must-move-beyond-hospital-and-encompass-ambulatory-home", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:04:20Z", "digest": "sha1:QB4EVNF726QE46IYOQBIRF3PTSX3PD3G", "length": 3265, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.fiercehealthcare.com", "title": "IHI 2017: Patient safety efforts must move beyond the hospital to encompass ambulatory, home settings | FierceHealthcare", "raw_content": "IHI 2017: Patient safety efforts must move beyond the hospital to encompass ambulatory, home settings\nPatient safety initiatives have primarily focused on hospitals, but it's time to expand best practices to other areas as hospitals shift care to outpatient settings, says Tejal Gandhi, M.D. (Getty/byryo)\nORLANDO, Fla.\u2014Patient safety efforts have come a long way since the publication of the 1999 landmark report, \u201cTo Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System.\u201d But they're still a work in progress.\nAlthough hospitals have seen declines in medication errors, hospital-acquired infection rates and readmissions, it's time to focus on settings such as primary care practices, ambulatory surgical centers, dialysis and home settings, said Tejal Gandhi, M.D., chief clinical and safety officer at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, during a press briefing Monday at the organization\u2019s 29th annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Healthcare.\n\u201cI\u2019m asked a lot, \u2018are we safer than we were back in 1999?\u2019 and experts in the field say 'yes' because of activity that didn\u2019t exist 20 years ago,\u201d said Gandhi, noting that hospitals now have patient safety teams, and established education and training programs.\nRELATED: Time for practices to improve patient safety, says American College of Physicians\nBut those patient safety initiatives must now expand to other areas, especially as hospitals shift care to outpatient settings, she said.\nThe American College of Physicians also supports that call to action. In a recent paper, the organization offered a set of recommendations to improve patient safety in office-based practices.\nThe IHI, an independent, not-for-profit organization focused on healthcare improvement, aims to drive the patient safety movement. The organization recently merged with the National Patient Safety Foundation and aims to be a leader in patient safety. One of the first actions the organizations took after they joined forces was a call to action that declared patient safety a public health issue.\nGandhi said the IHI is working on a strategic plan to advance the patient safety agenda, which will focus on leadership and culture.\nThe organization is looking for new ways to engage boards and CEOs through education and certifying professionals in patient safety. It's also developing new best practices in patient safety to include the care provided in patients\u2019 homes, a setting they charge has been ignored.\nThere is also a need to address diagnostic errors, a patient safety concern that wasn\u2019t mentioned in the To Err is Human report. Recent research finds that 20% of patients who sought a second opinion from specialists were misdiagnosed by primary care providers.\nGandhi said that developing best practices to reduce these errors will be a big challenge because it doesn\u2019t just involve managing test results. The issue also includes cognitive errors made when someone didn\u2019t think to order a test or was too tired, busy or distracted to catch the errors, she said.\nPatient Safety Infection Control Readmissions Primary Care Outpatient Care Physician Practice Ambulatory Surgery Centers home healthcare Fierce Exclusive C-suite Culture Tejal Gandhi Institute for Healthcare Improvement American College of Physicians", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 4251, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 251.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.filmbioskopxxi.com/director/herman-yau/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:59Z", "digest": "sha1:WDZWTJGFOZKPMGOUNBHKBE2RBNMN7NVU", "length": 26, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.filmbioskopxxi.com", "title": "Herman Yau Archives - Nonton Film Bioskop XXI Online", "raw_content": "Horror, Mystery, Hong Kong", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 130, "original_length": 3052, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.74, "perplexity": 193.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.filmtotaal.nl/video/465581", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:49Z", "digest": "sha1:XFXRSL6OM5LFLTVUI7YGOQAAEGJQIE3Z", "length": 35, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.filmtotaal.nl", "title": "Trailer What Will People Say (2017) | Video op FILMTOTAAL", "raw_content": "What Will People Say Trailer (2017)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 89, "original_length": 1363, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.8, "perplexity": 151.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.findaphd.com/phds/liverpool/law/?O0goCCMY300", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:35Z", "digest": "sha1:7SMWE5OJTGFADGSE7Y6RQ2OKREXVKT7R", "length": 361, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.findaphd.com", "title": "Law PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships in Liverpool", "raw_content": "Law PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships in Liverpool\nWe have 1 Law PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships in Liverpool\nSchool of Law and Social Justice\nThe University of Liverpool's School of Law and Social Justice, within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, is a unique collaboration of experts in Law, and Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 803, "original_length": 14445, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 228.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fionasimpson.com.au/news/page/60/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:23Z", "digest": "sha1:7V6N7VCPKPHINW3YI7JFQ7THRESAIARQ", "length": 388, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.fionasimpson.com.au", "title": "News \u2013 Page 60 \u2013 Fiona Simpson MP", "raw_content": "Employment opportunities booming on the Sunshine Coast\nThe Sunshine Coast has become Queensland\u2019s employment powerhouse, with the latest ABS data showing more jobs were created on the Sunshine Coast in the last year than any other region. Treasurer Tim Nicholls said this was a sign of confidence in the local economy. \u201cThe employment growth experienced on the Sunshine Coast in the year\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 107, "original_length": 6599, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 244.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fireandiceva.com/blog/page/2/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:13Z", "digest": "sha1:NU2R74HT2GLETXI7AMN6LMEJ4T7S6P6S", "length": 1255, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.fireandiceva.com", "title": "Fire and Ice Northern Virginia HVAC Blog", "raw_content": "HVAC Maintenance: 4 Tips for Pet Owners...\nPets make everything in life better except for one thing: HVAC maintenance. They\u2019re a moving source of indoor pollutants, such hair and animal dander. 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For most people, ...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 181, "original_length": 4979, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 282.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.firsthomebuyersdirect.com.au/Resource-Centre/Blog/December-2018/Property-Market-Recap-What-Has-2018-Held-For-First", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:53Z", "digest": "sha1:WA3PEM4CQL7QPMKYOO6HZIN3R572FBSV", "length": 2925, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.firsthomebuyersdirect.com.au", "title": "Property Market Recap: What Has 2018 Held For First Home Buyers? - First Home Buyers Direct", "raw_content": "Property Market Recap: What Has 2018 Held For First Home Buyers?\nIf you\u2019ve been paying attention to the news over the past year then you\u2019ve probably heard that things have been pretty grim in the Perth property market. Things have descended from the dizzy heights of the mining boom and reality has well and truly set in.\nAll of this has been pretty bad news if you bought your house 10 or more years ago, but what about if you\u2019re looking at getting into your first home? Well, it turns out that 2018 has been pretty fantastic for first home buyers.\nFirst we\u2019ll have a look at the current condition of the market. It\u2019s no secret that property prices have dropped in recent years. According to propertyupdate.com.au, \u201cthe three months ending in July saw Perth values fall by 1.5%\u201d. Similarly, The ABC reported in September that, \u201chouse prices across the Perth metropolitan area have dropped in real terms by 24% over the past ten years.\u201d\nIn addition to this, prices are unlikely to rise sharply any time soon. According to the same report from propertyreport.com.au, \u201cwe remain of the view that the Perth housing market is either at the bottom of its downturn or very close to it.\u201d It also went on to say that \u201crecent negative movements highlight that this market remains fragile and growth drivers are scarce.\u201d\nWhat Does This Mean For First Home Buyers?\nWhen it comes to market competition, there are always winners and losers. In this case, existing homeowner losses are first home buyer gains. A combination of low interest rates and falling property values has meant that 2018 has seen ideal conditions for those looking to break into the property market for the first time.\nAn underperforming property market has also reduced the upward pressure on prices created by property investors seen in the Melbourne and Sydney markets. It turns out things are a lot easier when you\u2019re not competing against cashed up baby boomers and property tycoons after all!\nThe extra good news is that these conditions also look like carrying on into 2019.\n\u201cBut wait!\u201d, we hear you ask. \u201cIf Perth property conditions are so awful in Perth, why would I want to sink all of my money into buying a house there?\u201d\nThat\u2019s an excellent question, and the short answer is because things won\u2019t be this bad forever. According propertyreport.com.au \u201cthe good news is that our housing markets won\u2019t crash...there should be some \u201cupside\u201d from 2021 as high net overseas migration inflows are likely to be sustained...and economic conditions begin to strengthen and supply fall back below underlying demand.\u201d\nWhat\u2019s the upshot of all of this info? Well, if you take advantage of Perth\u2019s post mining boom property slump to get into the market now, then chances are you\u2019ll be ideally placed to benefit when economic conditions improve in the future.\nAt First Home Buyers Direct, we can help you make this happen. 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Spherical initially develops, then changes in classical barrel form, but often cultivates pollen forming groups. It flowers when it reaches about 30 cm in diameter. A unique feature of this plant is the production of juicy fruits of white color that make it very attractive and exclusive.\nTemperature: It can withstand temperatures up to -5 / -6 \u00b0 C, while it does not pose a problem with high temperatures as it originates in Mexico.\nIrrigation: Every day from March to September, reducing almost completely in the winter months. It must be suspended even if the minimum night time is above 22/23 \u00b0 C.\nFertilization: Once a month, with poor fertilizer in nitrogen but rich in microelements.\nPeriodo fioritura Spring - Summer", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 305, "original_length": 6476, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 253.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.flushyourfat4good.com/before-afters/melanie/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:45Z", "digest": "sha1:Q74K6HGKAXJUNH4IDOTRBST2JQIIVEZK", "length": 805, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.flushyourfat4good.com", "title": "Melanie | FLUSH YOUR FAT 4GOOD", "raw_content": "Eleven months ago, I went on a mule ride into the High Camps at Yosemite. One of my friends posted a picture of me and my mule\u2026.I was horrified!!! Please excuse my language, but\u2026 my ass was bigger than my asses\u2019 ass!!!! What a wake-up call!!!! So, I started dieting the next day. Within a month, I was on the FYF4Good program in the first beta testing group. Thank you Dr. Vicky and Jackie!!!!!! I\u2019d still like to lose a few more, but I\u2019ve lost close to 60 lbs. I just got back from going on the mule ride again this year and I was able to ride the same mule \u2013 here are my comparison pictures. I find that I don\u2019t have any more sugar cravings and that if there\u2019s a lapse in food protocol, it\u2019s very easy to get back on track. Please know, that you are ALL so very inspiring!!!! You CAN reach your goals!!!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 18, "original_length": 1080, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 212.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fodors.com/news/trip-ideas/mexicos-most-surreal-destination-is-a-magical-town-in-the-jungle", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:40Z", "digest": "sha1:FDTA3JBZJE2YGHPV2XMNLDLDWCER43M5", "length": 5062, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "www.fodors.com", "title": "Magical Xilitla, Mexico's Most Surreal Destination", "raw_content": "Mexico\u2019s Most Surreal Destination Is a Magical Town in the Jungle\nLauren Cocking | November 21, 2017\nHome > Arts & Culture \u2022 Trip Ideas\nFans of surrealism can\u2019t miss its remote sculpture park.\nFor art fans in particular, Mexico has always been an especially surrealist destination, or at the very least, an environment in which the peculiarities of surrealism have historically flourished. In fact, Mexico is known for having offered refuge to some of the finest surrealist artists of the 20th century at one point or another, from Leonora Carrington to Remedios Varo and Andr\u00e9 Breton.\nHowever, it\u2019s arguably a Salvador Dal\u00ed quote that sealed the figurative deal regarding Mexico\u2019s surrealism par excellence, when he commented after a short visit to the country that, \u201cThere is no way I\u2019m going back to Mexico. I can\u2019t stand to be in a country that is more surrealist than my paintings\u201d.\n\u201cThere is no way I\u2019m going back to Mexico. I can\u2019t stand to be in a country that is more surrealist than my paintings.\u201d \u2014 Salvador Dal\u00ed\nEven for a country with such a rich tapestry of surrealist heritage, there is arguably no place in Mexico more surreal than Xilitla, a tiny town with a tricky to pronounce name, nestled into the southernmost extremes of San Luis Potos\u00ed state. Clinging tightly to the hillside, its concrete buildings, some in unappealing shades of grey and others painted in pleasant pastel hues, contrast comically with the nearby natural beauty of the Sierra Gorda, Quer\u00e9taro, which has some of Mexico\u2019s most panoramic and spectacularly scenic vistas and an almost baffling number of butterflies.\nYet while Xilitla remains a rightly recognizable name and has a flourishing reputation as one of Mexico\u2019s coolest places to visit, it is nowhere near the area\u2019s main attraction. In fact, that accolade lies with Mexico\u2019s iconic surrealist sculpture park, Las Pozas, located in the heart of the San Luis Potos\u00ed jungle, just five minutes outside of Xilitla\u2019s unassuming town center.\nThe brainchild of British eccentric Edward James, Las Pozas is a fantastical fantasy world with a history just as expansive and intriguing as the present-day site itself, and this overly-ambitious project has been drawing national and international tourism at a slow but steady rate to Xilitla and the surrounding areas since 2007.\nLas Pozas was originally envisaged as what some might consider an oversized adventure playground.\nConstructed by James and his long-time friend and collaborator Plutarco Gast\u00e9lum Esquer (to whom the plot reverted upon James\u2019 death in 1984, alongside 68 local tradesmen), Las Pozas was originally envisaged as what some might consider an oversized adventure playground for its creator. Between the years of 1944 and 1960, the land was earmarked for the cultivation of his beloved orchid collection, as well as a home for his many exotic animals, with James and Gast\u00e9lum somewhat slapdashedly constructing pens for the latter across the 40-hectares of the former coffee plantation that makes up the modern-day Las Pozas.\nHowever, in 1960 the tide changed on James\u2019 creative vision and he began to dot the landscape with what at first glance appear to be half-finished edifices bearing no apparent purpose. Instead, the castles feature staircases that lead nowhere, walls that reach out tentatively into the jungle beyond before abruptly coming to a stop, and doors which remain ostensibly shut.\nIt does seem that there was, perhaps, some method to the madness of Las Pozas, which is known for giving each sculpture deliberately tricksy, nonsensical nomenclatures such as The House on Three Floors Which Will in Fact Have Five or Four or Six.\nShutterstock; iStock\nThe walkways, lined by huge concrete hands, ubiquitous giant ferns, or tall poles of bamboo, are threaded through and around pools and naturally formed waterfalls. Time has helped add coherence to the place, as nowadays, vine-covered structures, archways, and bridges which would likely once have looked out of place now give the illusion of having sprouted from the ground.\nINSIDER TIPVisit during the Mexican summer holidays at your peril, as rather than having the place to yourself, you\u2019ll find yourself surrounded by visitors with selfie sticks.\nWhile Las Pozas steals the surrealist headlines in this tiny San Luis Potos\u00ed town, Xilitla itself shouldn\u2019t be overlooked. Despite a drab grey exterior, with the odd pastel tone thrown in to liven up the place, Xilitla has its own peculiar brand of surrealist charm. In fact, many of the half-constructed buildings, with iron rods that peep into the clouds and roof terraces that climb towards the heavens, are reminiscent of the Edward James sculptures themselves: unfinished, juxtaposed against the backdrop of lush jungle which hides the magic of Las Pozas in its mi(d)st.\nObjectively austere and secretly surreal then, Xilitla is more than meets the eye, making it a must-see for any surrealist fan in Mexico, the country to which even Dal\u00ed couldn\u2019t bear to return.\nArt,Gardens,Mexico,Nature,Sculpture,Surreal Landscapes,Xilitla", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 114, "original_length": 8132, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 285.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.foodsforbetterhealth.com/anthony-bourdains-appetites-a-cookbook-released-chefs-new-cookbook-focuses-home-foods-21783", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:40:48Z", "digest": "sha1:OI7PYNMMGBWBSHZYTTWYVXLQEFQRNSPT", "length": 3775, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.foodsforbetterhealth.com", "title": "Anthony Bourdain\u2019s \u201cAppetites: A Cookbook\u201d Released, Chef\u2019s New Cookbook Focuses on His Home Foods", "raw_content": "https://www.foodsforbetterhealth.com/anthony-bourdains-appetites-a-cookbook-released-chefs-new-cookbook-focuses-home-foods-21783 Anthony Bourdain\u2019s \u201cAppetites: A Cookbook\u201d Released, Chef\u2019s New Cookbook Focuses on His Home Foods Emily Lunardo Foods 4 Better Health 2016-11-02T10:00:56Z 2016-11-02 10:04:04 Food News https://www.foodsforbetterhealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Lunardo_Anthony-Bourdain_021116-150x100.jpg\nHome > Food News > Anthony Bourdain\u2019s \u201cAppetites: A Cookbook\u201d Released, Chef\u2019s New Cookbook Focuses on His Home Foods\nAnthony Bourdain\u2019s \u201cAppetites: A Cookbook\u201d Released, Chef\u2019s New Cookbook Focuses on His Home Foods\nPhoto Credit: Slaven Vlasic / Stringer / Getty\nChef Anthony Bourdain recently released a new cookbook titled Appetites: A Cookbook. Bourdain has travelled the world for his show Parts Unknown, where he experiences the everyday lives of the people who live in the places he visits.\nThe book focuses on food that he eats with his nine-year-old daughter, which include anything from mac and cheese to more refined Asian dishes like Korean stew.\nAppetites is the second cookbook for Bourdain, and it follows his first book Kitchen Confidential. Bourdain expressed that the main difference between his first and second book had to do with time. He noted that when completing Kitchen Confidential, he had very little time to sit and think because he was constantly taken away from writing to attend to his day job. By the time he got around to Appetites, he was too busy with his life to worry about whether or not anyone would read it.\nBourdain got into the restaurant industry as a dishwasher, and he noted that\u2019s where he learned some very important life lessons. Bourdain keeps his nine-year-old daughter and her friends in mind when he cooks. He has stated that if she isn\u2019t happy, than he isn\u2019t happy either.\nUnlike many other chefs who write cookbooks based on their professional careers, Bourdain wanted his second book to be a reflection of being a dad and cooking for his daughter. He wanted his cookbook to not only be beautiful, but to also be creative, honest, straightforward, casual, and allow the reader to have reasonable expectations.\nHis new book is also reflective of his many years spent working in restaurants, and he compiled together recipes that would evoke emotion in those who cook them.\nBourdain\u2019s Thoughts on Cooking Shows\nWith the high influx in cooking shows, Bourdain was asked about his thoughts and feelings on them. He expressed that with so many fresh chefs making their way out of cooking school, it\u2019s hard not to think that they just want to get on TV. On the other hand, he believes that it has created more focused and goal-oriented chefs. These individuals coming out of cooking school are those who have a strong passion for cooking. They are are more educated than ever\u2014becoming a chef is now a path that people are choosing rather than being forced into.\nFurthermore, Bourdain has also seen a huge shift in what people care about when it comes to food. People now want to know the opinions of the chefs who prepare their meals. They want to know their specialties and what they are good at. When patrons visit restaurants, it has less to do with what food they\u2019re eating and more to do with how the chef can make that item special.\nAs you can see, there is a shift in the food industry, and Anthony Bourdain\u2019s new cookbook touches on these changes. His goal is to inspire others to not only cook well, but to be satisfied in what they are cooking.\n\u201cIn Appetites, Bourdain pleases the toughest critic (his 9-year-old),\u201d The Salt web site, http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/10/27/499308031/in-appetites-bourdain-pleases-the-toughest-food-critic-his-9-year-old, last accessed October 31, 2016.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 95, "original_length": 5379, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 244.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.football.london/tottenham-hotspur-fc/players/kane-salah-liverpool-spurs-latest-14502776", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:22Z", "digest": "sha1:BQ36OARUCZCJSNKXOEHSSDNLSP2YNQU3", "length": 2112, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.football.london", "title": "'Golden boot incoming' - Mohamed Salah injury worry has Spurs fans excited over Harry Kane - football.london", "raw_content": "'Golden boot incoming' - Mohamed Salah injury worry has Spurs fans excited over Harry Kane\nThe Liverpool winger limped off against Manchester City on Wednesday night\nLiverpool's Mohamed Salah was left out of the Merseyside derby against Everton on Saturday, to the excitement of Tottenham Hotspur supporters.\nThe Egypt international limped off early in the second half of the Reds' Champions League quarter-final first leg win over Manchester City on Wednesday night and manager Jurgen Klopp was hopeful it wasn't a serious groin problem.\nWhen speaking to BT Sport, the German tactician said: \"I hope not\u2026 he said to me immediately after the game: \u201call fine, all good\u201d. I hope that\u2019s the case, we need to wait and hope.\"\nHowever, at his press conference on Friday, Klopp admitted he would not take any risks with Salah for the Merseyside derby on Saturday.\nEriksen or Kane? - Tottenham ace reveals who should be awarded the dubious winner at Stoke City\n\"I cannot make Mo available just because it is a derby,\" said Klopp.\n\"I would never do that. It is impossible. You cannot push a player into the game just because [it is a derby]. I don't even think our supporters would want us to do that.\n\"If he is a doubt, he will not be involved. That is how it is with all our players. If they are not 100 per cent fit, they cannot be involved.\"\nDespite having to play the majority of the second period without their leading scorer, Liverpool held on to their 3-0 lead from the first-half and will fancy themselves to get the job done at the Etihad Stadium next Tuesday.\nBut what is likely to be playing on the minds of supporters' is will the winger be available for the game.\nWell, Salah hasn't made the squad for the game at Goodison Park, leading some Spurs fans to believe his absence will give Harry Kane the advantage in the golden boot race.\nThe Englishman is currently arguing over who gets the credit for his side's second goal in their 2-1 win over Stoke City at the weekend. He wants every goal he can get while Salah may be stuck on the sidelines.\nTake a look at what supporters are saying on social media...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 184, "original_length": 10674, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 313.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonynitti/2013/04/29/overview-of-the-new-3-8-investment-income-tax-part-2-passive-activities/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:02Z", "digest": "sha1:7JXKXVDK2N75RCRTQ5EHMZXJZ433QPDO", "length": 14235, "nlines": 53, "source_domain": "www.forbes.com", "title": "Overview Of The New 3.8% Investment Income Tax, Part 2: Passive Activities", "raw_content": "Overview Of The New 3.8% Investment Income Tax, Part 2: Passive Activities\nIt's been 72 hours since we posted Part 1 of my dutiful overview of the new 3.8% investment income tax, and since I can't imagine anyone had anything better to do over the weekend than read 2,000 words on recent tax changes, we're ready to give Part 2 a go.\nIf you remember, Part 1 started by taking a look at the basic mechanics of Section 1411. More importantly, we analyzed the first of the three types of income that are included within the definition of \u201cnet investment income\u201d by the recently issued proposed regulations. As a reminder, those three types of income are:\n(i) Gross income from interest, dividends, annuities, royalties, rents, substitute interest payments, and substitute dividend payment. (\"one little i\" income)\n(ii) Gross derived from a trade or business described in Prop. Reg. Section 1.1411-5 (\"two little i\" income); and\n(iii) Net gain attributable to the disposition of property (\"three little i\" income).\nWith our review of \u201cone little i income\u201d behind us, this post will focus on Prop. Reg. Section 1.1411-4(a)(1)(ii), or \u201ctwo little i income.\u201d\nTwo Little i Income, In General\nAs we discussed in the previous post, the interest, dividends, rent and royalty income included within the definition of \u201cnet investment income\u201d was an intuitive, anticipated aspect of the proposed regulations. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of \u201ctwo little i income,\u201d as this subparagraph represents the first hurdle in understanding and implementing these new rules.\nSubparagraph \u201ctwo little i\u201d of Prop. Reg. Section 1.1411-4(a)(1) operates by reference to Prop. Reg. Section 1.1411-5, stating that net investment income includes all other gross income derived from a trade or business described within that regulation section.\nBut what does that really mean? Let\u2019s look at it this way: Assume you operate a business as an S corporation, partnership, or sole proprietorship. Any interest or dividends generated by the business will be separately stated and allocated to you on a Schedule K-1. As discussed in Part 1, this separately stated income will be included within the definition of net investment income by virtue of Prop. Reg. Section 1.1411-4(a)(1)(i) unless the \u201cordinary course of trade or business exception\u201d applies and the activity is not a passive one to you within the definition of Section 469. Again, the inclusion of this Schedule K-1 interest and dividend income within your net investment income was a completely predictable result of the proposed regulations.\nBut what about the ordinary income generated by the business and allocated to you on Line 1 of the K-1? Before the issuance of the proposed regulations, few would have imagined that the operating income of a business could be included within the definition of net investment income, but as the ensuing review reveals, this is unfortunately not the case.\nProp. Reg. Section 1.1411-5 includes within net investment income all the income of two types of businesses:\nThe trade or business of trading in financial instruments or commodities, or\nA passive activity.\nFor simplicity's sake, these two types of net investment income are what the tax community now refers to as \u201ctwo little i income.\u201d The first type is fairly straightforward; any and all income earned from the trading in financial instruments or commodities will be included in net investment income, regardless of whether the individual owner materially participates in the business. For these purposes, the proposed regulations define \u201cfinancial instruments\u201d as stocks and other equity interests, evidences of indebtedness, options, forward or futures contracts, notional principal contracts, or any other derivatives.\nIt is the second type of \u201ctwo little i income,\u201d \u2013 income from a passive activity \u2013 that will prove more vexing to tax advisors. Under this provision, all of the income allocated to an individual owner from a business \u2013 even if the income represents normal, operating income rather than items that we normally associate with investment income, such as dividends and interest \u2013 will be included in net investment income if the activity is passive to the individual.\nI find it more helpful to look at these rules from the opposite perspective: the income earned by an S corporation, partnership or sole proprietorship and allocated to an individual owner will be \u201ctwo little i\u201d income unless all three of the following tests are met:\nThe S corporation, partnership or sole proprietorship is engaged in a \u201ctrade or business,\u201d under the meaning of the tax law. For a discussion of what causes an activity to rise to the level of a trade or business, see Part 1 of this overview.\nThe income must be earned in the \u201cordinary course of the trade or business.\u201d This test speaks to the underlying nature of the business in question. As we discussed in Part 1, interest and dividends and other investment type income is not earned in the ordinary course of say, a dental practice. Income from cleaning teeth and filling cavities, however, is earned in the ordinary course of a dental practice\u2019s business, and would satisfy this test.\nThe income must not be passive to the individual owner. It is this third test to which we now turn our attention.\nPassive Activities, In General\nUnlike the first two test enumerated above, which are measured at the business level, whether an activity is passive to an individual owner is determined at the owner level. While a full discussion of the passive activity rules is beyond the scope of this post, in general, the regulations under Section 469 provide that an activity is passive to an individual unless that individual \u201cmaterially participates\u201d in the activity. The regulations further provide seven tests an individual can use to measure material participation; should any of the tests be met, the activity will not be passive to the taxpayer. (Note, however, that rental activities are treated as passive regardless of an individual\u2019s level of participation, unless they meet the standard of a \u201creal estate professional.\u201d This will be discussed in detail in Part 4 of this overview.)\nYou participate in the activity for more than 500 hours during the year,\nYour participation in the activity constitutes substantially all of the participation by all individuals (including nonowners) in the activity for the year,\nYour participation is more than 100 hours during the year, and no other individual (including nonowners) participates more hours than the taxpayer,\nThe activity is a significant participation activity in which you participate for more than 100 hours during the year and your annual participation in all significant participation activities is more than 500 hours. [A significant participation activity is generally a trade or business activity (other than a rental activity) that you participate in for more than 100 hours during the year but do not materially participate in (under any of the material participation tests other than this test),]\nYou materially participated in the activity for any five tax years (whether or not consecutive) during the 10 immediately preceding tax years,\nFor a personal service activity, you materially participated for any three tax years (whether or not consecutive) preceding the current tax year, or\nA generic facts and circumstances test.\nAs you can see, the tests are largely based on the hours spent by the individual participating in the activity. To illustrate the impact of material participation, let\u2019s run through an example:\nWalter and Jesse each own 50% of the stock of an S corporation, a dental practice. Walter works 2000 hours during 2013, while Jesse, who is winding down his career, only works 70 hours. The S corporation earns $400,000 in income from cleaning teeth and filling cavities, and $20,000 of interest income from investing some excess cash. On Walter\u2019s and Jesse\u2019s respective Schedule K-1s, they are each allocated $200,000 of ordinary income on Line 1 and $10,000 of interest income.\nHow do Walter and Jesse treat their respective shares of income?\nLet\u2019s start by addressing the $10,000 of interest income allocated to each shareholder. We know, courtesy of Part 1 of this overview, that interest income is included in net investment income unless it is earned in the ordinary course of business. Here, while the dental practice certainly constitutes a trade or business, it is the business of cleaning teeth, not investing money. As a result, the exception does not apply, and the interest income allocated to both Walter and Jesse will be included in their net investment income as \u201cone little i\u201d income regardless of each individual\u2019s level of participation.\nWith regards to the $200,000 of ordinary income allocated to each individual, three separate tests must be applied.\nFirst, the S corporation must conduct an activity which rises to the level of a trade or business, a test this dental practice easily satisfies.\nNext, the income must be earned in the ordinary course of the trade or business. Again, because a dental practice is in the business of cleaning teeth and filling cavities, this test is satisfied with regards to the $400,000 of ordinary income, but not with regards to the $20,000 of interest income.\nLastly, we must look to the individual owners and determine if the dental practice is passive to either shareholder.\nWalter contributes 2,000 hours to the activity in 2012. Thus, he materially participates in the activity by virtue of the fact that he worked more than 500 hours during the year, satisfying the first test of the Section 469 regulations. As a result, the $200,000 of ordinary income allocated to Walter has satisfied all three tests, and is not included in his computation of net investment income.\nJesse, however, contributed only 70 hours to the dental practice in 2013. Assuming none of the tests accounting for previous year participation are satisfied, Jesse will not have materially participated in the dental practice in 2013, and the activity will be passive to him. As a result, despite the fact that Jesse is engaged in the same business as Walter and owns 50% of the stock, the $200,000 of income allocated to Jesse will constitute net investment income.\nAs you can imagine, this disparate treatment of equal shareholders will create no shortage of headaches for tax advisors in 2013 and beyond, as we are left to explain to our clients how similarly situated individuals can wind up with drastically different tax results.\nMeeting the standard of material participation, and thereby turning an activity from passive to nonpassive, is obviously a critical consideration, for if an activity is passive, all of the income allocated to the individual owner will constitute net investment income under Prop. Reg. Section 1.1411-4(a)(1)(ii).\nAnd while satisfying one of the seven tests seems fairly straightforward if you only own one S corporation or partnership interest, what if you own five, or ten, or twenty?\nRecognizing that it\u2019s logistically impossible to contribute 200 or more hours to twenty different activities, the Section 469 regulations allow an individual to \u201cgroup\u201d certain activities for purposes of the material participation test. These regulations are often referred to as the \u201cslice and dice\u201d grouping rules, as they permit a taxpayer, within limits, to group certain similar activities together and test the hours contributed on a combined basis.\nTo illustrate the usefulness of such a grouping election, consider the following example:\nA owns an interest in PRS, a partnership. PRS is engaged in two activities, X and Y. Both X and Y constitute trades or businesses, and they are not engaged in the trading of financial instruments. Pursuant to Treas. Reg. Section 1.469-4, A has elected to group X and Y. A participates in X for 620 hours and Y for only 50 hours during 2013. Because the activities are grouped together, A materially participates in the combined activities and neither X nor Y is passive to A. Thus, income allocated to A by PRS is not included in net investment income (unless it\u2019s \u201cone little i\u201d income).\nHere\u2019s the kicker: these grouping elections are generally irrevocable, and cannot be changed without IRS consent. However, in light of the impact of the Section 1411 tax, the IRS has decided to grant all taxpayers who will be subject to Section 1411 in 2013 or 2014 a \u201cfresh start\u201d with respect to these grouping elections.\nThis is an opportunity that is not to be missed. If you have found that your grouping elections are no longer efficient or effective, provided that you will have sufficient AGI and net investment income in 2013 or 2014 to subject you to the net investment income tax, you may make new grouping elections in one \u2013 but not both \u2013 of the two years.\nA word of caution, however. It may appear that ramping up your hours to materially participate in an activity is a no-brainer, because by converting the activity from passive to nonpassive, you can pull the resulting income out of the computation of net investment income and save an extra 3.8% in tax.\nBut you must be careful and pay special attention to the type of entity you are considering contributing extra hours to.\nFor example, if the activity is an S corporation, you can have your cake and eat it too. By materially participating, the ordinary income of the corporation will not be included in your net investment income, and by virtue of Rev. Ruling 59-221, it will also not be included in your self-employment income.\nIf the activity is an LLC, however, increasing your hours may prove costly. Because while materially participating may well spare you the 3.8% tax under Section 1411, by contributing more than 500 hours to an LLC, you may find that you are required to include the resulting income in your self-employment income under the temporary Section 1402 regulations. As a result, you would have swapped 3.8% tax for 15.3% tax. Ouch.\nIn Part 3, we'll take a look at \"three little i income,\" which covers the inclusion of gains from the sale of property within the definition of \"net investment income.\" Difficult as it may be, try not to let the anticipation keep you up tonight.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 198, "original_length": 17011, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 271.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/gurufocus/2018/12/05/warren-buffetts-top-5-holdings/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:04:59Z", "digest": "sha1:4OQ3TRZV3CRNN46SNYCALQXJWXY7DGHX", "length": 8922, "nlines": 39, "source_domain": "www.forbes.com", "title": "Warren Buffett's Top 5 Holdings", "raw_content": "Warren Buffett's Top 5 Holdings\nWarren Buffett\u2019s favorite holding period may theoretically be \u201cforever,\u201d but he shuffles the stalwarts of his portfolio from time to time, including in the third quarter.\nWarren Buffett, chairman and chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., is a legendary investor and has altered his strategy this year as he holds on to longtime favorites. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg\u00a9 2018 Bloomberg Finance LP\nAfter nine months of Apple and Wells Fargo commanding first and second spots in Buffett\u2019s portfolio, Wells in the third quarter was replaced by Bank of America, catapulting from fourth place. Coke, the pillar of Buffett\u2019s holdings until the end of 2012, bumped to fourth place from fifth place, while Kraft Heinz was relegated to fifth place from third.\nBuffett\u2019s largest positions shed significant light on his thinking because they occupy almost 65% of his $221.02 billion portfolio. Though their arrangement has changed, the stocks selected to lead the portfolio remained the same since the middle of 2017, when American Express appeared in the lineup for the last time. And, while the shift toward technology is writ large with the ascendance of his Apple position, the investor continues to favor financials and consumer staples heading into 2019 as he has for decades. The positioning may also indicate how the heirs of the portfolio, fellow managers Ted Weschler and Todd Combs, will move in the future as they help shape it today.\nBuffett, who has said he buys great companies at good prices, has poured the most money into the following stocks as of the third quarter.\nApple may fill a bracing 25.79% of the portfolio, up from 14.41% a year earlier, but it is not unusual for Buffett to invest so much in one company. The last time a holding compared was in mid-2015, when Wells Fargo made up 24.16%. About five years earlier, Coca-Cola expanded to 25.03% of holdings. In the past two decades, Buffett\u2019s top positions have tended to represent between 15-25% of holdings.\nBerkshire Hathaway at the end of the third quarter owned about 252.5 million shares of the company, giving it a 9.5% stake. It has purchased shares in almost every quarter since the first of 2016. The price has since risen from about $100 to $208 per share on average, and GuruFocus estimates Berkshire\u2019s gain around 26.7% so far.\nBoth Buffett and Weschler purchased shares of the Apple stake. Weschler discussed why he liked it in a 2016 interview with Germany\u2019s Manager Magazin, emphasizing the economic \u201cmoat\u201d that distinguished it from former competitors such as Nokia and Blackberry.\n\u201cIt is cleaner to make the argument on Apple versus the past names that there is a subscription element to it,\u201d Weschler said.\nHe also underscored Apple\u2019s innovations in apps and cloud computing.\n\u201cAs network speed has gotten faster and faster, and with it the information that people can absorb on the network, things like photo applications, and apps, they create a stickier ecosystem,\u201d he said. \u201cOnce you are fully invested in the App ecosystem and you have got your thousands of photographs up in the cloud and you are used to the keystrokes and functionality and where everything is, you become a sticky consumer.\u201d\nThe stock has gained 7.29% overall in choppy trading year to date, but investors and analysts have worried about its lack of new products and announcement that it would no longer report quarterly iPhone sales figures.\nIn the third quarter, Buffett boosted his Bank of America position by 29.2%, adding 198.3 million shares. By quarter-end, he held 877.3 million shares, or 5.32% of the company.\nBuffett started the holding back in 2011 when he invested $5 billion into the struggling company with a right to buy 700 million shares by warrant conversion. He purchased the shares around $7.14 per share, well below their trading price of $26.99 per share at close Tuesday.\nIn October 2017, Buffett told CNBC that he would own the stock for a \u201clong, long, long time.\u201d\n\"Bank of America has done a sensational job under [CEO] Brian Moynihan,\" he said.\nOver the past five years, the bank has grown revenue at a rate of 1%, earnings at a rate of 40% and book value at 3.8% on average. Yet it trades with its lowest price-book ratio in a year at 1.17.\nIn the third quarter, Bank of America grew revenue by 4% to $22.8 billion, with diluted earnings per share up 42% to 66 cents.\n\u201cResponsible growth, backed by a solid U.S. economy and a healthy U.S. consumer, combined to deliver the highest quarterly pre-tax earnings in our company\u2019s history. This marks the 15th consecutive quarter of positive operating leverage, driven by continued growth in deposits, client balances in wealth management, solid loan growth, and disciplined expense management,\u201d Moynihan said in a third-quarter earnings release.\nBuffett reduced his holding of Wells Fargo by 2.14% in the third quarter, keeping it at 9.4% of the bank and within his 10% limit. He held 442.36 million shares at quarter-end.\nThe holding dates back to 1989, when the price traded under $3 per share. Wells closed Tuesday at $51.78, down 11.15% year to date.\nThe bank delivered nearly flat revenue growth in the third quarter, at $21.9 billion compared to $21.8 billion a year earlier. Net income rose to $6 billion from $4.5 billion. CEO Tim Sloan attributed the results to \u201ctransformational changes\u201d it is making, such as lowering expenses, and better business trends, such as increased consumer checking customers, debit and credit card use and loan origination.\nWells\u2019 price-book ratio also declined to its lowest level in two years at 1.46. It price-earnings ratio of 12.82 and price-sales ratio of 3.1 both hover near two-year lows.\nAt third quarter-end, Buffett\u2019s Coca-Cola holding spanned 9.4% of the portfolio as he resisted adding to or subtracting from the holding.\nThe sugary beverage giant has struggled to adapt to changing tastes and increasing health consciousness among consumers. This year, investors have approved of its efforts, sending the stock up 9.11% to $49.58 per share Tuesday.\nSome of the company\u2019s moves include forging a strategic partnership with Bodyarmor, a fast-growing sports nutrition and drink company, and expanding its offerings of kombucha and fruit-flavored beverages. In the first half of 2019, it expects to close on a deal with Costa Limited that will give it a global reach in coffee. It also announced several leadership changes, including electing a new president and chief operating officer to guide its transition.\nIn the third quarter, Coca-Cola announced a 9% drop in revenue largely due to refranchising its bottling operations, while organic revenues grew 6%. Margins expanded 600 basis points, while earnings per share from continuing operations improved 62% to 54 cents.\nGuruFocus data shows that the company trades near a 10-year high, with a price-book ratio of 11.75 and price-sales ratio of 6.71, both near their respective 10-year highs as well.\nA Buffett stock since 1988, Coca-Cola appears to continue to hold his seal of approval despite the changing landscape, at least for now.\nThe Kraft Heinz Co.\nBuffett held 325.6 million shares of Kraft Heinz Co., or 26.7% of the company, in a position untouched since the third quarter of 2015. Unlike his other stakes in public companies, Buffett took a hands-on roll at Kraft Heinz, who backed the merger between Kraft Foods and Heinz that created it and served on its board until April.\nThe packaged food giant has faced headwinds of changing consumer preferences and increased commodity costs as well as stronger competition from newer brands. Consequently, its shares tumbled 33% year to date, closing Tuesday at $49.98.\nIn the third quarter, Kraft booked a 1.6% increase in net sales to $6.4 billion, with net income down 33.8% year-over-year to $630 million, or 51 cents a share. The maker of Jello and Heinz ketchup attributed the results to its efforts to fight back against changing currents with commercial investments and marketing.\nKraft Heinz furthered its shift in focus last week when it acquired Primal Kitchen, which it called a \u201cyoung, vibrant, better-for-you brand\u201d of condiments and oils. The company will join Kraft\u2019s modish Springboard initiative, designed to partner with brands that will \u201cdisrupt\u201d the food industry. The third quarter also saw the introduction of a slew of other creations including Heinz Mayochup and the acquisition of Ethical Bean Coffee.\nThe company trades at historical low valuations, though they did not entice Buffett to purchase more shares in the third quarter. In addition to a five-year low share price, Kraft Heinz has a price-earnings ratio of 6.05, price-book ratio of 0.95 and price-sales ratio of 2.37, each near a five-year low.\nWarren Buffett and Bill Gates: Making More Money Than God\nUS Market Starts December Significantly Overvalued\nPhil Fisher: Scuttlebutt, Then and Now", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 188, "original_length": 11667, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 274.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fortismere.haringey.sch.uk/page/?title=Art+and+Photography&pid=73", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:35:34Z", "digest": "sha1:2DBCAEZFJ3B55N44KWDOU27WVE7IAXSA", "length": 607, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.fortismere.haringey.sch.uk", "title": "Fortismere - Transition from Primary School", "raw_content": "Our transition programmes last for three days, so students can fully immerse themselves in school life. We show students our fantastic range of exciting and stimulating curriculum experiences.\nWhilst the curriculum is clearly a key focus for each of the three days, we also see the project as a critical opportunity to help the students to get to know the school, feel comfortable and confident in their new environment.\nEach student is assigned to a tutor group during our transition programme, and they also meet their form tutor. Parents also meet their child's tutor as part of the transition programme.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 2126, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 317.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.foundrygroup.com/blog/2017/09/our-investment-in-boundless/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:43Z", "digest": "sha1:YJSCQ4GRGYRXC7PYUMTQ3SLPGGDWGRES", "length": 2022, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.foundrygroup.com", "title": "Our Investment in Boundless | Foundry Group", "raw_content": "Our Investment in Boundless\nWe are pleased to announce that Foundry Venture Capital 2016, L.P. has completed its initial investment in Boundless as part of a $3.5 million financing. Based in Seattle, Boundless helps families navigate the legal immigration system with confidence.\nBoundless was spun-out from Pioneer Square Labs in April. Boundless was co-founded by CEO Xiao Wang, a Chinese immigrant who previously held strategic roles at Amazon and the New York City Department of Education; President Doug Rand, a serial entrepreneur and former Assistant Director for Entrepreneurship in the Obama White House; and CTO Serdar Sutay, a Turkish immigrant who led engineering teams at Microsoft and Chef.\nThe company\u2019s first product dramatically simplifies the application process for a marriage-based green card, which provides a legal path to employment, travel, and ultimately U.S. citizenship. Boundless\u2019 web-based application translates forms and instructions into easily understood questions, helping couples complete their green card application in under two hours and for $500, including a comprehensive review by an independent immigration attorney and a ready-to-submit package arranged according to the government\u2019s precise preferences. Boundless then supports the couple with interview preparation, follow-on forms, online guides, and tracking of every important deadline along the way.\nWe have been long-time supporters of legal immigration, going back to 2009 and our efforts around the Startup Visa. Our philanthropic activities, including Global EIR, have helped numerous immigrants navigate the complex US immigration system. When we first heard about the idea for Boundless from Pioneer Square Labs, we quickly introduced Doug Rand, who we\u2019d worked closely with when he was at the Obama administration, to the team.\nIt\u2019s a delight to continue to invest in Seattle-based companies, especially with our friends at Pioneer Square Labs. And, we are excited to be part of the team with Xiao, Doug, and Serdar.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 3948, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 243.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/better-buy-the-home-depot-inc-vs-target-inc", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:37:19Z", "digest": "sha1:7A23745EOFKI73P3O2WXYLHW3ECAIDTR", "length": 4356, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.foxbusiness.com", "title": "Better Buy: The Home Depot, Inc. vs. Target, Inc. | Fox Business", "raw_content": "Better Buy: The Home Depot, Inc. vs. Target, Inc.\nBy Jeremy Bowman Published August 12, 2016 MarketsFool.com\nWith retail's earnings season now upon us, this is an excellent time to compare two of the biggest heavyweights in the industry -- Home Depot, Inc.(NYSE: HD) andTarget, Inc.(NYSE: TGT).\nIn recent years, Home Depot has been one of the best-performing stocks in retail, riding a bullish wave in the building materials and home improvement sector. Target, on the other hand, has confronted many of the problems plaguing other brick-and-mortar retailers, such as the rise ofAmazon.comand e-commerce and concerns that the country is \"overstored.\" As the chart below shows, Home Depot has been the clear winner over the past five years.\nHD data by YCharts\nHowever, past performance is not an indicator of future results, as they say. Let's take a look what each of these companies has to offer investors today.\nThe leading home improvement retailer has boomed in recent years thanks to a growing housing market, which has led it and rivalLowe'sto more than quadruple in the last five years. Home improvement retail offers the benefit of being protected from the growth of Amazon and e-commerce, as building materials are often big and heavy and cannot be delivered through the mail.\nUnlike most retailers, Home Depot has also resisted opening new stores in recent years, choosing instead to add new services to current locations, invest in its e-commerce platform, and buy back stock. Home Depot has essentially the same store count it did 2008, at 2,274, when the housing crisis was in full force.\nRevenue has grown 30% since the recession as same-store sales and e-commerce growth have gone almost directly to the bottom line. Looking ahead, Home Depot is targeting revenue growth from $88 billion last year to $101 billion in 2018, and operating margin improvement from 13% to 14.5%. As a result, operating profits should grow at a compound rate of 9%, which should deliver healthy EPS growth when the company's share buyback program is factored in.\nReturning to Tar-zhet\nWhile Home Depot's same-store sales growth has been consistently strong recently, Target's growth has been more muted, with the company growing 2.1% last year and 2.3% in the first quarter of 2016. The retailer has suffered from poor management decisions in the past, including entering Canada, which it pulled out of in 2015 at a cost of $5.4 billion. The company also allowed Amazon to run its website for 10 years until 2011, a misguided partnership that gave its rival crucial data and left Target with a late start in building its own e-commerce platform.\nSince Brian Cornell became CEO in 2014, the company has refocused itself, pulling out of Canada, doubling down on e-commerce with a $25 free-shipping minimum, and leaning on \"signature\" segments, which includes baby, children, design and style, and wellness. The strategy is key for Target to distinguish itself from an increasingly competitive field, especially with Amazon's rapid growth, andWal-Mart'sefforts to spruce up its stores with higher wages and other investments.\nThat strategy has paid off, as comparable sales grew triple the companywide metric in the company's most recent report. Profit growth, meanwhile, was solid, as adjusted EPS increased just 11% last year.\nTarget appears to be on track with its new strategy under Cornell -- the company delivered e-commerce growth above 25% last year. The stock is also nearly twice as cheap as Home Depot's on a P/E basis, as Target trades at a P/E of less than 14.\nStill, Home Depot has the much better track record of the two, and a clear plan to deliver earnings growth. Though a slowdown in the housing sector would present a setback to the company, Target still seems to face more challenges. While both companies have what it takes to beat the market in the coming years, Home Depot is the better bet of the two.\nJeremy Bowman has no position in any stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool owns shares of and recommends Amazon.com. The Motley Fool recommends Home Depot. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 86, "original_length": 6592, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 327.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/how-north-koreas-existence-depends-on-chinas-economic-support", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:29Z", "digest": "sha1:N3X2PDZTT524QFCTQ4LH55JBCL7TJPXI", "length": 3893, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.foxbusiness.com", "title": "How North Korea's Existence Depends on China's Economic Support | Fox Business", "raw_content": "How North Korea's Existence Depends on China's Economic Support\nBy Brittany De Lea Published April 17, 2017 DefenseFOXBusiness\nAs North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attempted another missile test during this weekend\u2019s Day of the Sun military celebration, Vice President Mike Pence warned Pyongyang Monday not to test U.S. resolve during a trip to South Korea.\n\"Since 1992, the United States and our allies have stood together for a denuclearized Korean Peninsula. We hope to achieve this objective through peaceable means. But all options are on the table,\" he said during a press conference.\nHowever, the country with the best position\u2014at least economically\u2014to talk North Korea down from provoking an international conflict might be China.\nMissing the tax deadline? Here\u2019s what you need to know\nIowa Passes Massive Expansion of Gun Rights, More States to Follow?\nTrump vs. Planned Parenthood: Showdown Over Funding\nPresident Trump has called on China for help in dealing with North Korea, and the administration has insisted the two world powers are working together to quell what the president has called \u201cthe North Korea problem.\u201d That could be a smart move considering North Korea is almost completely reliant on China for trade.\n\u201cWith minimal exception of Russia, China is [North Korea\u2019s] only window into [the] outside world and provides it much of its fuel, food and technical goods. It is vital to NK's existence,\u201d Ambassador James F. Jeffrey, the Washington Institute fellow and former assistant to the president and deputy national security advisor in the George W. Bush administration, told FOX Business.\nChina is North Korea\u2019s single most important trading partner. China accounts for an estimated 70% of Pyongyang\u2019s total trade, including essential goods and services like food and energy, according to 2016 data from the Congressional Research Service. In 2015 North Korea imported $2.95 billion worth of goods from China, and exported $2.83 billion there, according to data from the Observatory of Economic Complexity.\n\u201cChina clearly can, and has from time to time, used its economic leverage to persuade North Korea's leader. Last decade, when China's financial institutions were named as potential money laundering concerns by the U.S. Treasury, China halted fuel shipments to [North Korea] in order to get them to return to multilateral talks,\u201d Stephen Yates, former deputy assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs and D.C. Intel Advisory CEO, told FOX Business.\nHowever, as Ambassador Jeffrey pointed out, the problem for the Trump administration will likely be motivating the Chinese to put pressure on North Korea.\n\u201cChina claims \u2026 if it pressures [North Korea, the] latter will implode and China will have to deal with a huge mess or South Korea and the U.S. Army on its borders. But this argument is self-serving. China sees North Korea as diplomatic and military leverage to drive help [the] U.S. out of the Western Pacific,\u201d he said.\nTrump, who campaigned on tough rhetoric including insisting Beijing should answer to currency manipulation claims, has been criticized in recent weeks for what some call \u201cflip-flopping.\u201d After meeting with Chinese President Xi at the White House earlier this month, Trump reversed that position, saying \u201cthey\u2019re not currency manipulators\u201d in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.\nHowever, Yates, who views China as North Korea\u2019s \u201cenabler,\u201d said the president is not putting off China\u2019s economic abuses, he is simply prioritizing threats.\n\u201cPresident Trump placed the challenge presented by North Korea as both more immediate and more strategically significant for the United States in his discussion with China's president,\u201d Yates said. \u201cThe Chinese will be in a better position to make a deal with him if they were to help reduce the threat posed by North Korea under its present leadership.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 83, "original_length": 5754, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 285.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.foxnews.com/politics/de-blasio-pitches-plan-to-seize-private-property-of-problem-landlords-opponents-cry-communism", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:24Z", "digest": "sha1:D5TU36VE5QTX5EJ2YRJT3WZPWNUKUN5P", "length": 5180, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "www.foxnews.com", "title": "De Blasio pitches plan to seize private property of problem landlords, opponents cry \u2018communism\u2019 | Fox News", "raw_content": "De Blasio pitches plan to seize private property of problem landlords, opponents cry \u2018communism\u2019\nBy Adam Shaw | Fox News\nTaking a hard left: State and local leaders push liberal agendas\nFrom New York Mayor Bill de Blasio to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Democrats push progressive issues amid shutdown; Bryan Llenas reports from New York.\nLiberal New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is rolling out a new plan that would potentially allow the city government to seize buildings of landlords who force tenants out -- a plan his opponents say amounts to \u201cstraight communism.\u201d\nDe Blasio, in his State of the City address on Thursday, announced he wants to take action against landlords who try to force tenants out by making the property unliveable -- and pulled out an executive order to create a Mayor\u2019s Office to Protect Tenants. He said that in the event the government intervenes, the buildings would then be controlled by a \u201ccommunity nonprofit.\u201d\nDE BLASIO SAYS MODERATES NEVER LEARNED 'LESSONS OF 2016,' URGES BOLD LIBERAL AGENDA\n\u201cWhen a landlord tries to push out a tenant by making their home unlivable, a team of inspectors and law enforcement agents will be on the ground to stop it in time,\u201d he said, according to the New York Daily News. \u201cIf the fines and the penalties don\u2019t cut it, we will seize their buildings and we will put them in the hands of a community nonprofit that will treat tenants with the respect they deserve.\u201d\nAccording to the mayor\u2019s website, the city is \u201cpursuing new local law to seize upwards of 40 of the most distressed multiple dwelling buildings annually and transition them to responsible, mission driven ownership.\u201d\nThe city reportedly has gone easy on problem landlords in the past. The New York Times reported last year that officials have taken a \"gentle hand with landlords who deprive tenants of basic services, declining to enforce the maximum penalties for even the worst offenders,\" detailing how \"neglected repairs\" end up forcing tenants out.\nRepublicans, though, were disturbed by the extent of Hizzoner's plan and charged the idea was more suited to communist dictatorships where land and property seizures are commonplace.\n\u201cMy first reaction was: Is this communist Cuba?\u201d state Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis, who ran against De Blasio in the 2017 mayoral race, told Fox News. \u201c I can say that as a daughter of Cuban refugees who fled Castro\u2019s Cuba in 1959, this is what happened to her family, she had her home taken, my grandfather had his gas station taken.\u201d\n\u201cThis is extreme even for Mayor de Blasio, because we know that he has socialist leanings, but this is straight communism and I think it\u2019s very scary to America-loving, democracy-loving people.\u201d\nMalliotakis said the proposal was also hypocritical of the mayor, as she says the city runs some of the worst housing via the NYC Housing Authority. She also expressed some doubt as to how his plan to seize property would fare.\n\u201cAny attempt to seize property will face a court challenge and the mayor himself comes up with these ideas, throws stuff out there and doesn\u2019t know how he intends to make it happen,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s all rhetoric.\u201d\nBILL DE BLASIO ANNOUNCES GUARANTEED HEALTH CARE FOR ALL NEW YORKERS, INCLUDING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS\nThe proposal is the latest big-government pitch from the mayor. Earlier this month, he announced plans to launch \u201cthe largest, most comprehensive plan in the nation\u201d to guarantee health care coverage for all city residents, including those in the country illegally.\u201d\n\u201cHealth care is a right, not a privilege reserved for those who can afford it,\u201d de Blasio said in a statement. \u201cWhile the federal government works to gut health care for millions of Americans, New York City is leading the way by guaranteeing that every New Yorker has access to quality, comprehensive access to care, regardless of immigration status or their ability to pay.\u201d\nIn an interview with New York Magazine in 2017, he also expressed a desire for much more government control in development and rents, and cited a \u201csocialist impulse.\u201d\nMOST DEMOCRATS IDENTIFY AS LIBERAL FOR FIRST TIME, UNDERSCORING LEFTWARD TILT OF PARTY\n\"I think people all over this city, of every background, would like to have the city government be able to determine which building goes where, how high it will be, who gets to live in it, what the rent will be,\" he said. \"Look, if I had my druthers, the city government would determine every single plot of land, how development would proceed. And there would be very stringent requirements around income levels and rents.\"\nOn Sunday, he said in an interview that he wouldn\u2019t rule out running for president in 2020, and urged the Democratic Party to take \u201cbolder\u201d positions similar to his own.\n\u201cThere is still a lot of moderate voices in the party that did not learn the lessons of 2016 and are not listening to what people need in this country,\u201d de Blasio said. \u201cSo I want to push this whole party, and I want to inform this debate in this country about the fact that we could go a lot further, we could be a lot bolder than what we\u2019re doing now.\u201d\nFox News\u2019 Brooke Singman and Alex Pappas contributed to this report.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 273, "original_length": 8761, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 334.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/news/rose-mcgowans-former-manager-dead-by-suicide-the-m/3330939/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:20:06Z", "digest": "sha1:U7ET3FRTYCDC4HFO2OKPKFPRFMXYWJAW", "length": 8212, "nlines": 34, "source_domain": "www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au", "title": "Rose McGowan's former manager takes her own life | Fraser Coast Chronicle", "raw_content": "The actor and activist has spearheaded the campaign against Weinstein. Picture: AFP Photo/Rena Laverty\nRose McGowan's former manager takes her own life\nTHE former manager of actor and activist Rose McGowan has taken her own life at the age of 50.\nJill Messick was a Hollywood producer and former manager to McGowan, and had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and had been battling depression for years, according to The Hollywood Reporter.\nMessick had worked as an exec at Miramax and at Lorne Michaels Productions, and had been McGowan's manager in January 1997, during the time McGowan alleges she was raped by Harvey Weinstein during the Sundance Film Festival.\nMessick found herself in the headlines recently when Weinstein's lawyer publicly released an email attributed to her defending the disgraced Hollywood boss against the allegations. Weinstein denied McGowan's allegations, insisting their hotel room sexual encounter had been consensual.\nIn her newly-published memoir Brave, McGowan describes her alleged rape by Weinstein in vivid detail, claiming that it was Messick who suggested the two meet. \"Jill told me this man wielded an incredible amount of 'power in Hollywood'; I could sense it by the way she was breathlessly talking about him,\" writes McGowan, saying that the meeting was in fact a \"trap.\"\nAfter the alleged rape, McGowan said she called Messick.\n\"It was so f**ked up, she counselled me to see it as something that would help my career in the long run,\" she alleged.\nIn a devastating statement released in the wake of her death, Messick's family slammed both Weinstein and McGowan for dragging her name into the headlines.\n\"Seeing her name in headlines again and again, as part of one person's attempt to gain more attention for her personal cause, along with Harvey's desperate attempt to vindicate himself, was devastating for her,\" the family said.\nRose McGowan. Picture: AP\nMesisick is survived by two children, Jackson and Ava, and her partner, Dan Schuck.\nHere is the family's statement in full:\n\"The Movement\" just lost one of its own.\nJill Messick was a mother of two children, a loving wife and partner, a dear friend to many and a smart entertainment executive. She was also a survivor, privately battling depression which had been her nemesis for years.\nToday she did not survive. Jill took her own life.\nJill was victimised by our new culture of unlimited information sharing and a willingness to accept statement as fact. The speed of disseminating information has carried mistruths about Jill as a person, which she was unable and unwilling to challenge. She became collateral damage in an already horrific story.\nJill believed in the Movement. She supported every woman finally coming forward to share their dark truths and expose those who had committed previously unspeakable deeds. She was loyal. She was strong. Jill was many things, but she was not a liar.\nOver the past few months, many women have come out with allegations against Harvey Weinstein, including Rose McGowan, who has repeatedly spoken with the press, striking out against not only her alleged attacker, but a great many others. One of them was Jill, who chose to remain silent in the face of Rose's slanderous statements against her for fear of undermining the many individuals who came forward in truth. She opted not to add to the feeding frenzy, allowing her name and her reputation to be sullied despite having done nothing wrong. She never chose to be a public figure, that choice was taken away from her.\nNow that Jill can no longer speak for herself, it's time to set the record straight.\nIn January 1997, Jill was an entry level manager at Addis Wechsler. One of her first clients was Rose McGowan, and one of Jill's first duties was to set up a breakfast meeting with Harvey Weinstein during the Sundance Film Festival. Following the meeting, Rose told Jill what had happened - that she made the decision to remove her clothes and get in the hot tub with him - a mistake which Rose immediately regretted. Rose never once used the word rape in that conversation. Despite this, Jill recognised that Harvey had done something untoward to Rose, if not illegal. She immediately went to her bosses, the partners of Addis Wechsler, to recount Rose's story and to insist that they address the situation. They told Jill that they would take care of it. The ensuing arrangements between Rose and Harvey were then negotiated, completely without Jill's knowledge. At that time, all Jill knew was that the matter was settled and that Rose continued making films with the Weinsteins. She never knew any details until recently, when Rose elected to make them public.\nTen months later, in November of 1997, Jill received a call from the Miramax exec VP of\nproduction, recruiting her for a job as an executive at Miramax Films working in production in Los Angeles. Jill was hired based on merit and her excellent work of over two years as a young development executive working with Woods Entertainment, (prior to her time at Addis Wechsler).\nRose's most recent round of press to promote her book have included new stories involving Jill. The constant press attention Rose has garnered in print and on National TV led to Harvey Weinstein releasing two documents. One of these was an email which Jill wrote to him months prior to the first NY Times piece coming out, and at his request. In this e-mail, Jill offered the truth based on what she remembers Rose telling her about the Sundance account. In the face of Rose's continued and embellished accusations last week, Harvey took it upon himself to release the e-mail without her consent.\nFive years ago, Jill suffered a manic episode. Anyone familiar with bipolar disorder knows that it is a cruel and vicious disease. With the help of doctors, her family and friends, Jill rebounded. Jill had fought to put her life back together. After a long job search, she was in negotiations to run the production division for a new entertainment company.\nSeeing her name in headlines again and again, as part of one person's attempt to gain more attention for her personal cause, along with Harvey's desperate attempt to vindicate himself, was devastating for her. It broke Jill, who was just starting to get her life back on track.\nWhat makes Rose's inaccurate accusations and insinuations against Jill ironic was that she was the first person who stood up on Rose's behalf, and alerted her bosses to the horrific experience which Rose suffered. Twenty years ago, as a very junior person in a management company hierarchy, Jill exhibited her integrity in doing the right thing - she raised the red flag with the heads of her firm. In the face of inappropriate behaviour, Jill handled the situation appropriately. Hers is one of the only stories that has stayed consistent over time as we watch other media reported tales morph to beget further attention.\nWhile journalists serve an important role in exposing predatory behaviour, we are seeing\nirresponsible choices and an addiction to sensationalism which leads to inconsistent storytelling. The media is a powerful tool not to be taken lightly. Most individuals would be horrified to have their name spotlighted in a major international news story - let alone their photograph. We cannot forget that the media is a fearsome tool which cannot be used indiscriminately or even inadvertently to create further victims. There is a responsibility when using a platform to accurately expose criminals, predators, mistruths and misdeeds while protecting the actual truth of third parties.\nAs we collectively seek to take action in an effort to right the wrongs so brazenly and inhumanely repeated for a generation, we must not forget one simple truth: words have power. While we illuminate the dark corners for hidden truths, we must remember that what we say, particularly in the media, can have just as much impact if not more than our actions. We must ask more of ourselves, and of each other. We must take a moment to consider the ramifications and consequences of what we say and what we do.\nSomeone's life may depend on it.\nHarvey Weinstein. 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Stark also said that the two sides could talk about a deal involving Padres pitchers, with Andrew Cashner and Tyson Ross being the two he pointed out.\nSources: #Padres & #Orioles have discussed deal to send Justin Upton to Bal. Possibly could expand it to include SD starters (Ross/Cashner)\nSan Diego is trying to unload some of their expensive players that they added this offseason. The team added big name players like Upton, Craig Kimbrel, Matt Kemp and Wil Myers. Out of those four players Upton and Kimbrel are the most likely to be moved before the deadline, as the team looks to rebuild a farm system that took a hit. The Padres are currently 47-52 and set 8.5 games out of first place in the NL West.\nThe Orioles aren\u2019t in a much better situation and have a record of 48-49 and set 7 games out of first. Most people think they should be sellers at the deadline and try and improve their farm system, which currently ranks at 17th in our rankings, but it looks as if they will take a hit when we update our rankings in a few weeks. Other teams have shown interest in impending free agents like Matt Wieters, Chris Davis, Tommy Hunter and Wei-Yin Chen. The team should be able to move Wieters and receive a top prospect in return.\nUpton would be an expensive short-term rental and would deplete the farm system even more and give the Orioles something that they don\u2019t need in more offense. The 27-year-old is also having one of the worse seasons of his career, hitting a slash of .251/.330/.429 with 16 homers and 50 RBIs in 383 plate appearances. The All-Star outfielder is in the prime of his career, but this could be a bad deal for the Orioles with this being the last year of his contract.\nA deal for Cashner or Ross makes more sense, as both players are controlled past this season. Ross is under team control through 2017 and Cashner through 2016. Both pitchers have struggled to get run support this season, which Baltimore could give them plenty of.\nBaltimore starters are ranked 20th in the majors with a team ERA of 4.24. Both San Diego starters would give the Orioles an instant upgrade. The Orioles may have enough talent to make the trade, but it will most likely require former first-round pick Kevin Gausman.\nWho do you think the Orioles should make a trade for?\nTyson Ross and Andrew Cashner", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 214, "original_length": 5195, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 309.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fundacionmapfre.org/fundacion/en/programs/road-safety/mobility-safe-health/did-you-know/sports-injuries-muscle-relaxants.jsp", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:50Z", "digest": "sha1:FXRUSLLVVQAH6ODUKINTYMXRT6ZQN56B", "length": 5797, "nlines": 48, "source_domain": "www.fundacionmapfre.org", "title": "Sports injuries and muscle relaxants - Fundaci\u00f3n MAPFRE", "raw_content": "Sports injuries and muscle relaxants\n23-year-old woman.\nNon-pathological history: no drug allergies, no toxic habits.\nPathological history: no medical or surgical history of interest.\nPain during the previous 24 hours when moving the left leg following repetitive exercise at the gym.\nGood general state, eupneic, afebrile, normally hydrated skin and mucous membranes, and normal coloring.\nCardiovascular: Rhythmic, no extra heart sounds.\nRespiratory: Vesicular murmur present. No sound of fluid or wheezing.\nAbdomen: Soft and palpable, no pain on palpation, no lumps or visceromegaly. Peristalsis.\nLower extremities: Integral, symmetrical with no color changes or bruising, pain on palpating the internal left gemellus muscle with passive stretching; active contraction and counter-resistance movement extremely painful. No loss of strength or other neurovascular impairments.\nDiagnostic impression:\nPulled left internal gemellus muscle.\nSummer is approaching and an increasing number of people are engaging in sporting activities, but it is during these months that the number of sports-related injuries also increases; some of the most common of these are pulled muscles and sprains.\nPeople should be aware that muscle injuries are very common in sportspeople with an incidence rate ranging from 10% to 55%; of these, almost 90% occur to the lower extremities, especially the ankles and the quadriceps muscles.\nWhen talking about a pulled muscle, we are referring to the over-stretching (distension) or breakage of muscle fibers. A pulled muscle occurs when the elasticity of the muscle is exceeded and it mainly affects the superficial muscles between two joints.\nA pulled or torn muscle occurs when the fibers contract suddenly at a point of fast muscle tension on a fatigued muscle, especially at the myotendinous junction.\nThe severity of injury of a pulled muscle is graded according to the damage to the muscle fibers:\nGrade 1 (contractures or pulled muscles): this is a mild strain with just a few muscle fibers affected. The affected muscle is painful but contraction is normal.\nGrade 2 (partially torn muscle): this is a moderate strain in which a large number of fibers are affected and it causes quite a lot of pain. There may be moderate swelling and a significant loss of strength.\nGrade 3 (completely torn muscle): this occurs when the muscle is completely torn.\nThere are various risk factors in play when it comes to muscle injuries, most notably:\nInsufficient training and/or warming-up.\nInadequate material or equipment.\nPoor re-hydration.\nRepeated exercises (traumas).\nLack of sleep/rest.\nCold, humid atmospheres.\nMetabolic or infectious diseases or medication.\nDiagnosis is made in the clinic, and doctors should make a point of asking the patient about the injury mechanism, the presence of risk factors and the characteristics of the pain.\nIn some cases it may be necessary to conduct additional examinations such as a blood test, an X-ray and an ultrasound scan of the soft tissues if there is any doubt about the diagnosis.\nTreatment can be pharmacological or non-pharmacological, depending on the grade and severity of the injury.\nCompletely torn muscle: this generally requires surgery.\nPartially torn muscle: complete rest during the first few hours, locally applied ice-pack, elevation of the limb, compression, active and progressive muscle exercises.\nContractures or pulled muscles: Relative rest, local heat, massage and a gradual and progressive return to physical exercis\nPharmacological: Pharmacological treatment is usually based on analgesics, preferably nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (e.g. Paracetamol, Ibuprofen, Naproxen) and in some cases the use of muscle relaxants (for short periods).\nWhen treating a patient with a muscle injury for whom muscle relaxants have been prescribed in addition to anti-inflammatories, it is important to remember that the former can have a very strong effect on driving ability.\nOn this issue, the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices has made an anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification for the groups of drugs with the greatest impact on driving ability; muscle relaxants are classified as Group M, corresponding to the musculoskeletal system, the most commonly ones used in clinical practice for the treatment of pulled muscles being subgroup M03 which includes carbamic acid esters such as Carisoprodol and Methocarbamol (BA) and central nervous system relaxants such as Baclofen and Cyclobenzaprine (BX).\nDoctors should remember to warn patients about road safety, especially if they are prescribing muscle relaxants:\nWith regard to carbamic acid esters, patients must be informed about the possibility of drowsiness during treatment, which should be taken into account by patients whose tasks require vigilance.\nIn the case of muscle relaxants that act on the central nervous system, patients should be informed that they can cause drowsiness in certain people and that they should take extra care when using vehicles or dangerous machinery and doing other tasks that require them to be particularly alert.\nThe most important thing is prevention, and this is why patients should be given certain basic recommendations to protect them from sports-related injuries, such as:\nAdopting healthy habits, learning the correct sports techniques and using the right protective equipment.\nUndergoing a medical aptitude test to indicate the most suitable physical activity or sport for each individual\u2019s physical constitution.\nMaintaining the optimal level of hydration and nutrition.\nStretching and warming-up before and after any physical activity.\nProper training in the techniques of the sport concerned.\nAdvice on outdoor sports during the summer months\nPhysical exercise for improving health", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 196, "original_length": 9009, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 315.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.gadsdentimes.com/article/DA/20070627/Lifestyle/603219012/GT/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:57Z", "digest": "sha1:XDH737EUEIU4QXGV4E2XQ33IEJ35XXJG", "length": 1168, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.gadsdentimes.com", "title": "Free clinic opens - Lifestyle - Gadsden Times - Gadsden, AL", "raw_content": "Free clinic opens\nThe Etowah Free Community Clinic celebrated the opening of its new offices at 423 S. Fourth St. June 21.\n\"This is an expansion that will help the lives of many citizens of Etowah County,\" Steve Scharfenberg, expansion director, said. \"With more than 22,000 residents of Etowah County uninsured, this expansion will help the lives of many citizens that wouldn't be able to receive health care.\"\n\"The people that come here are at the bottom economically, and have no health insurance, no Medicare, nor Medicaid, (and) most of the time they have no way get to the doctor's office,\" Dr. Larry Grimes, the clinic's medical director, said. \"But our new look and operations will offer a better level of convenience for our patients.\"\n\"We are in a prime location,\" Scharfenberg said.\n\"We are located in the middle of town and conveniently at a trolley stop.\"\nJoanne Hightower, executive director of United Way of Etowah County, said the clinic was established in the mid-1990s when the United Way's First Call for Help noticed the increased number of health- and prescription-related needs.\nThe clinic's hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 142, "original_length": 3190, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 163.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.gainesville.com/news/20070528/serena-wills-herself-to-french-open-comeback-win", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:18:21Z", "digest": "sha1:KKYYHSZLZNZ5GQZGRJCM7NPLCEGEJC53", "length": 4303, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.gainesville.com", "title": "Serena wills herself to French Open comeback win - News - Gainesville Sun - Gainesville, FL", "raw_content": "Serena wills herself to French Open comeback win\nPARIS - Serena Williams' \"Come on!'' count was rising rapidly.\nHer first French Open match since 2004 hardly went according to plan at the outset Sunday, and Williams kept grimacing and admonishing herself as each shaky shot helped her 91st-ranked opponent race ahead by a set and a service break.\nThen, suddenly, the eight-time major champion's strokes began heeding her shouts. Williams ran off 12 of the last 13 games to beat Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria 5-7, 6-1, 6-1 in a match interrupted 6 hours, 16 minutes by rain.\n\"I often get upset. I usually just hide it, but I guess I didn't do too well hiding it today,'' Williams said after improving to 30-0 in the first round of Grand Slam tournaments. \"I'm always fighting, you know? I'm thinking, 'I've got to fight.' If I'm going to go down, I'm going to go down screaming and kicking.''\nHers was one of only seven matches played on a wet Day 1 at Roland Garros, and the short list of women's winners included No. 1 Justine Henin - Williams' possible quarterfinal foe - No. 10 Dinara Safina and unseeded Tamira Paszek of Austria.\nSafina's older brother, No. 22 Marat Safin, was the only seeded man who played, and the two-time major winner easily got past Fernando Vicente of Spain 6-1, 6-3, 6-1. It was the only match completed before the lengthy rain delay.\n\"I was lucky to finish,'' Safin said.\nSteady drizzles throughout the afternoon prompted organizers to postpone 17 scheduled matches.\n\"It just kept raining,'' the eighth-seeded Williams said. \"It didn't bother me. I think I fell asleep at some point.''\nPerhaps that explains why she seemed as out of sorts right after the rain delay as she did when play began under a ceiling of charcoal clouds at Court Suzanne Lenglen.\nWilliams won the 2002 French Open, but she missed the last two editions because of injuries, and Pironkova didn't exactly provide a proper welcome: The 19-year-old broke the American's serve in the first game.\nWhen Williams fell behind 5-2 by dumping a forehand into the net for one of her 26 unforced errors in the first set - eight more than in the last two sets combined - she dropped to a knee, lowered her chin and slowly walked to the changeover chair.\nNo way anyone counts out Williams anymore, not after so many comebacks, most recently when she entered the Australian Open ranked 81st and emerged with a championship. Still, the way she was playing and gasping for air after some of the lengthier exchanges didn't look good.\nEven after Williams tied the first set at 5-5, she was immediately broken back, and she kept talking to herself as raindrops fell. One ill-advised sliced forehand into the net was followed by a \"Come on, Serena!'' A backhand into the net drew an audible sigh.\nWith Pironkova leading 6-5 and about to try to serve for the set a third time, Williams indicated to the chair umpire she didn't think they should keep playing. Williams went over to the sideline and put on her pink-and-purple jacket, while Pironkova stood at the baseline, waiting to see what would happen. Eventually, play was halted - even though Safin's match and others around the grounds would continue for more than 20 minutes before all action stopped.\n\"It would be better for me if it didn't rain today, because I was in a rhythm already,'' Pironkova said, \"and when it started to rain, I lost it.''\nDuring the break, Williams' father, Richard, figured his daughter would be OK, because, he said, \"Chances are, Serena can't keep playing that bad, and (Pironkova) can't keep playing that good.''\nTurned out he was right - eventually. When the players went back on court, both now wearing long sleeves, Williams made four consecutive unforced errors to drop the first set. Four more miscues by the American handed a 1-0 lead in the second set to Pironkova, whose career highlight was knocking off Williams' older sister Venus in the first round of the 2006 Australian Open.\nWilliams broke back to 1-1, then really began to find the range at deuce in the next game. She skidded across the clay and bent way down for a volley winner, then hit a cross-court backhand that touched a line.\nThat was part of a run of nine consecutive games for Williams, a span in which she claimed 39 of 56 points to take complete control.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 158, "original_length": 6327, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 308.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.gallowaygazette.co.uk/lifestyle/chance-to-give-blood-in-girvan-1-4165088", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:26Z", "digest": "sha1:TEIFB3IRBET5DWIYKUDZ7MRYMNFP2RFQ", "length": 864, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.gallowaygazette.co.uk", "title": "Chance to give blood in Girvan - The Galloway Gazette", "raw_content": "Chance to give blood in Girvan\nThe Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) will be inviting your local residents to donate blood.\nThe service will be in Girvan Community Centre in Dalrymple Street on Tuesday, July 26 from 2.30-3.45pm and from 5.15-7.30pm.\nA statement from the service said: \u201cEvery minute of every day someone in Scotland receives blood as part of a life-saving or life-enhancing treatment. Only 4% of the population are active blood donors.\n\u201cWe aim to have 6 days supply of each blood group at all times to continue to meet hospital requirements. Whether you\u2019re a new donor; returning donor or a regular donor, SNBTS would like to invite you to your local blood donating session.\u201d\nFor more information please visit www.scotblood.co.uk or connect with SNBTS on Facebook www.facebook.com/givebloodforscotland and Twitter @givebloodscot.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 2157, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 305.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.geisteswissenschaften.fu-berlin.de/en/we02/didaktik/index.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:57Z", "digest": "sha1:Q2UYGUSHRA3WIJGKQEWUQYIX3FDXNXSJ", "length": 560, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.geisteswissenschaften.fu-berlin.de", "title": "Didactics \u2022 Institute of Greek and Latin Languages and Literatures \u2022 Department of Philosophy and Humanities", "raw_content": "The instructional and research unit Didactics of Classical Languages (Latin/Greek) has been a part of the Institute for Greek and Latin Language and Literature since January 1st, 1999. This institution is an academic institution within the newly formed Department of Philosophy and Humanities at Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin.\nThe Didactics of Classical Languages research group is responsible for the specific teaching-related studies undertaken as part of degree courses also aimed at obtaining German teaching credentials (Lehramt courses) in Greek and/or Latin.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 40, "original_length": 1375, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 154.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.geminidata.com/solutions/utilities/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:21:06Z", "digest": "sha1:V4FEBFIWCSXGKMHKB2HQ72USFT4FPRJC", "length": 1086, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.geminidata.com", "title": "Gemini for Utilities - Gemini Data: Autonomous Data Cloud", "raw_content": "Gemini for Utilities\nEnergy and natural gas companies have realized incredible results through the adoption of IoT. By utilizing best practices in smart grid and critical operations technologies, data collection is at an all-time high and will only continue to grow over the coming years. The challenge is being able to analyze and sift through the mountains of data to provide valuable results.\nGemini Data\u2019s Autonomous Data Infrastructure provides a platform to unify enterprise data regardless of how it is collected. Instead of investing in ETL providers to implement costly and time-consuming processes, utility organizations can now get real-time analysis across data platforms with ADI.\nIn an industry where the customer experience is directly linked to uptime, predicting failure and reducing non-technical loss in transmission can be the difference maker for growing and retaining a customer base. Implementing a data infrastructure that is optimized for scale and utilizing industry-leading AI and machine learning trends will be a key driver of success over the coming years.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 96, "original_length": 3060, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 252.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.genovaburns.com/news/firm-news/2019-01-25-genova-burns-of-counsel-greg-nagy-dies-at-78", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:28Z", "digest": "sha1:I2YS2XO47N6HIGBFZQAI2QGBYKYDULAU", "length": 2222, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.genovaburns.com", "title": "Genova Burns Of Counsel Greg Nagy Dies at 78 | Genova Burns LLC", "raw_content": "Genova Burns Of Counsel Greg Nagy Dies at 78\nOn January 25th, Genova Burns lost a valuable member of its team. Firm Of Counsel Greg E. Nagy died that day at 78 years of age, after a very successful career in law and politics.\nMr. Nagy specialized in corporate political activity and campaign finance law at Genova Burns. From 1978 to 2002, Mr. Nagy served as the Legal Director (the first in-house General Counsel) of the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission, where he received the lifetime achievement award. Also, from 1974 to 1978, he served as Deputy Attorney General for the Department of Law and Public Safety of the State of New Jersey.\nFirm Chairman Angelo J. Genova said, \u201cGenova Burns was fortunate to enlist Greg as a member of our team. His sage wisdom, spot-on judgment and institutional knowledge about campaign finance law, government ethics and the ways of state government proved always a safe harbor to those of us who sought his advice and counsel. He made us a better law firm and he contributed greatly to the present day prestige we enjoy in the election law space.\u201d\nMr. Genova added that Mr. Nagy was a \u201cprime architect\u201d of the laws and policies that have defined the New Jersey ELEC since its inception, touching two generations of lawyers and public officials.\nNew Jersey ELEC executive director Jeff Brindle said, \u201cI worked along with him for many years and admired him for his professionalism and dedication to the work we do here at ELEC. His death is a loss to the state of New Jersey.\u201d\nIn addition, Mr. Nagy lectured for the Institute of Continuing Legal Education on topics such as \u201cElection Law and the Election Process,\u201d \u201cLobbying for Lawyers: Update 2006\u201d and \u201cPay-to-Play: The Current State of the Law.\u201d He also wrote an article, \u201cWhat Every Lawyer Should Know About ELEC\u201d for New Jersey Lawyer magazine.\nMr. Nagy received his Juris Doctor degree from the Beasley School of Law in 1973, a Master of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania in 1964 and his Bachelor of Arts from Middlebury College in 1962. His bar admissions were in New Jersey and the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, both in 1973.\nFor an article about Mr. Nagy\u2019s passing, please click here.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 3194, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 158.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.georgefwhite.co.uk/news-events/tag/andrew-rollo/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:10:05Z", "digest": "sha1:N4YCJUA3WJDOXFWPKWUWP7DJHIZDTFH3", "length": 2108, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.georgefwhite.co.uk", "title": "Andrew Rollo Archives - George F White", "raw_content": "Tag Archive: Andrew Rollo\nGeorge F. White Appoints Head of Energy in New Role\nAs a Chartered Mechanical Engineer, Andrew brings with him a wealth of experience across the energy, engineering and construction sectors. He has a track record of establishing and managing multi-disciplined teams with proven ability to deliver multiple major infrastructure projects in challenging environments from concept to completion, to time and budget.\nKey areas of Andrew\u2019s expertise include energy portfolio management; design, construction and management of major mechanical and civil engineering projects, environmental permitting and overall process maintenance and improvement.\nMike Young, a partner at George F. White, said: \u201cAndrew has vast experience in the industrial sector where he has demonstrated great acumen in managing large-scale projects delivered to time on a tight budget to secure maximum profitability. This is why we\u2019ve created a brand new role for him at the consultancy, as Head of Energy, as we believe he can expand our current energy agenda to include clients based in industrial and commercial sectors. It\u2019s a great coup to have such a motivated and talented professional join us during a period of growth for the business.\u201d\nPrevious to his new role at George F. White, Andrew worked at a number of blue chip companies including Nissan Motor Manufacturing, Tarmac and Hope Cement Limited. Andrew spent four years at Hope Cement where, as Engineering Manager, he was responsible for the optimisation of plant and machinery, managing the company\u2019s energy portfolio to reduce cost and carbon footprint, the development of new green and brownfield sites throughout the UK and provision of engineering solutions to ensure safe and efficient operation of equipment.\nTalking about his position at George F. White, Andrew said: \u201cMy new role gives me a huge opportunity to develop the offering of our energy team both through expansion, but also by applying our skills and experience to wider projects outside of energy generation technology to deliver exceptional value to a broader range of clients.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 3289, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 221.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.german-african-entrepreneurship.org/2017/11/14/7th-annual-conference-universities-entrepreneurship-enterprise-development-africa/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:40Z", "digest": "sha1:2ZXMWGKP7XAFDSUZT7EZEQNYCH33SFRE", "length": 2311, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.german-african-entrepreneurship.org", "title": "7th Annual Conference \"Universities, Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development in Africa\" - German-African Entrepreneurship", "raw_content": "The conference was complemented by a varied programme as well as scientific and practical exchange between the sessions, thus promoting a constant exchange between business theory and practice.\nWith participants from 20 countries, the 1.5-day conference continued the successful tradition of the past years and offered a unique platform for the exchange between business and science in Germany and Africa, especially with regard to entrepreneurship in Africa, the promotion of African and German SMEs in Africa, and the training and recruitment of qualified personnel.\nThe participants actively exchanged their specific experiences and needs and discussed the further successful cooperation between Africa and Germany.\nWorkshops, World Caf\u00e9s, panel discussions, fish bowls and presentations on topics such as start-up promotion, tourism, social entrepreneurship, renewable energies and best practices of German companies active in Africa provided all participants with plenty of space and time for networking and joint exchange.\nThe conference was part of the project \u201cGerman-African University Partnership Platform for the Development of Entrepreneurship and SMEs\u201d, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and jointly conducted by the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, the University of Cape Coast in Ghana and the University of Nairobi in Kenya.\nIf you have any questions, please contact the project manager Christine Freitag (christine.freitag@h-brs.de).\nPicture Gallery 1 (password: entrepreneur2018)\nIf you wish to publish pictures from Gallery 1, kindly indicate that the pictures were made by Ayseg\u00fcl Yasari.\nHandbook of Applied Teaching and Research and Single Articles of the Handbook\nAs a result of the conference all submitted papers will be published in a collected edition. Please notice the following Guidelines for submitting a paper:\nSubmission email address: info@german-african-entrepreneurship.org\nMaximum length of paper: 7,500 words\nonly papers inserted in the Full Paper Submission Template will be accepted!\nConference Brochure (detailed program)\nConference Flyer (short Version)\nConference Program (short Version)\nFull Paper Submission Template\nList of Accommodation 2018", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 85, "original_length": 4794, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 283.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/heathrow-campaigners-fail-high-court-12528391", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:35Z", "digest": "sha1:DH5SP4JW36EEAEA6Y3TX2VOLZAQBJECU", "length": 3703, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "www.getsurrey.co.uk", "title": "Heathrow campaigners fail in High Court third runway challenge - Get Surrey", "raw_content": "Heathrow campaigners fail in High Court third runway challenge\nA coalition of councils and Greenpeace had sought action against the backing of a third runway, claiming it was 'unlawful'\nAn attempt by campaigners to bring a High Court challenge against a third runway at Heathrow Airport has failed.\nA coalition of local councils, including Hillingdon , Richmond, Wandsworth and Windsor and Maidenhead, together with Greenpeace UK and a Hillingdon resident, claimed the government's October 2016 decision to back plans for the runway is unlawful.\nIt alleges there was a failure to consult before resiling from unequivocal promises that it would never be built and that the government has failed to recognise the project's unlawful air quality impacts.\nBut lawyers for the Transport Secretary argued that the judicial review could not proceed - saying it should not be heard until after the consultation on the National Policy Statement (NPS) on aviation is published in 2017/18.\nHeathrow Airport expansion\nNew runway could go over M25\nConsultation 'flawed'\nNo reduction in night flights\nDirect trains from Woking and Weybridge?\nOn Monday in London, Mr Justice Cranston struck out the case on the basis that the court had no jurisdiction to hear the claim.\nHeathrow Airport prepares third runway planning application but residents 'can shape proposals'\nRay Puddifoot, leader of Hillingdon Council, said: \"People right across London have repeatedly voiced their opposition to any expansion at Heathrow, and our job has always been, and continues to be, to represent our residents' views and to challenge this terrible decision to allow a third runway.\n\"Today's ruling is not the end of Heathrow's problems, it is just the first step in what will be a losing battle for them and the government, neither of which can get around the problem of unlawful air quality impacts, let alone all of the other issues it faces.\n\"The blatant waste of public money by the government at this time is lamentable.\"\nNew Heathrow runway 'could be built on ramp over M25'\nLord True, leader of Richmond Council, said: \"The government has delayed the inevitable.\n\"The expansion of Heathrow would be the worst environmental decision of any government in modern times.\n\"And the process in which ministers have made their decision is now proven to be inadequate, incompetent and goes back on a six-year commitment never to expand the airport.\n\"We will be a thorn in the government's side until sense prevails.\"\nGreenpeace UK executive director John Sauven said: \"Today's ruling was about the timing of our legal challenge, not its merit.\n\"It doesn't change the fact that ministers have no solution to the huge air and noise pollution problems caused by a third runway.\n\"By forging ahead with a flawed consultation, ministers are just delaying an inevitable legal challenge, wasting more time, energy and public money in the process.\n\"Expanding Heathrow will heap more misery on thousands of Londoners already breathing illegal levels of air pollution and make it impossible for the government to comply with air quality laws.\n\"The government should ditch this project as they have promised to do many times in the past.\"\nFollowing the High Court decision, a Back Heathrow spokesperson said: \"Today's decision is welcome news for the majority of local communities near Heathrow who back the airport's expansion.\n\"A new runway has significant public and parliamentary support and can be safely delivered in the national interest. We urge the leaders of the four councils to immediately stop wasting any more taxpayers' money on legal challenges that are doomed to failure.\"\nDownload now from the App Store or Google Play for Android .", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 190, "original_length": 10690, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 338.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.girlsnotbrides.org/child-marriage/kazakhstan/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:50Z", "digest": "sha1:JJ5SQNJXJQGO6ABWCECNOGS7KEUMHC3H", "length": 3229, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "www.girlsnotbrides.org", "title": "Kazakhstan - Child Marriage Around The World. Girls Not Brides", "raw_content": "7% of girls in Kazakhstan are married before their 18th birthday.\nChild marriage is most prevalent in Zhambyl, Pavlodar and North Kazakhstan, where 11% of women aged 20-49 were married before the age of 18.\nReliable statistics are only available for formally registered marriages and do not include informal or religious unions that take place.\nChild marriage is driven by gender inequality and the belief that women and girls are somehow inferior to men and boys. In Kazakhstan, child marriage is also driven by:\nLevel of education: 27% of women with lower secondary education were married before the age of 18, compared to only 3% with higher education.\nPoverty: Girls in Kazakhstan\u2019s poorest households are twice more likely to marry before the age of 18 than those in the richest households.\nEthnicity: Child marriages are more common among Russian and other minority groups rather than majority Kazakhs. This is often due to less awareness on sexual and reproductive health and more tolerant attitudes towards pre-marital sex, cohabitation and informal unions.\nPower dynamics: 40% of currently married 15-19 year old girls have a spouse who is between five and nine years older than them, suggesting a high value placed on young girls.\nGender norms: In districts with high ethnic minority communities, including Turks, Uighurs and Dungans, stereotypes regarding women\u2019s subordinate status and the practice of bride price drives some families to marry off their daughters.\nKazakhstan has committed to eliminate child, early and forced marriage by 2030 in line with target 5.3 of the Sustainable Development Goals.\nKazakhstan co-sponsored the 2013 and 2014 UN General Assembly resolutions on child, early and forced marriage, and signed a joint statement at the 2014 Human Rights Council calling for a resolution on child marriage.\nKazakhstan ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1994, which sets a minimum age of marriage of 18, and acceded to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in 1998, which obligates states to ensure free and full consent to marriage.\nDuring its 2014 Universal Periodic Review, Kazakhstan supported recommendations to address child marriage by encouraging girls to continue education beyond secondary level, and establishing laws to eliminate the practice.\nUnder the Marriage and Family Code 2011, the minimum legal age of marriage is 18 years.\nHowever civil registration authorities can marry individuals at 16 years in cases of pregnancy or bearing a child, with the agreement of those entering the marriage and that of their parents or guardians.\nThe Statistics Committee of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 2015 Kazakhstan Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, Final Report, 2016, (accessed May 2018)\nUNFPA, Child marriage in Kazakhstan (Overview), 2014, (accessed May 2018)\nUN General Assembly, Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, Kazakhstan, 2014, p.16, (accessed May 2018)\nMembers In Kazakhstan\nWomen\u2019s League of Creative Initiative (WLCI)\nResources related to Kazakhstan\nChild marriage in Kazakhstan (overview)\n4.5% of underage girls get married in Kazakhstan (Tengri News)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 117, "original_length": 6485, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 199.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.gistmattaz.com/2017/02/u-17-world-cup-games-may-be-pulled-out.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:24Z", "digest": "sha1:7DNX62ZPRXACLNORI547STX5WRVSC5MM", "length": 1791, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.gistmattaz.com", "title": "U-17 World Cup Games may be pulled out of New Delhi - FIFA - Gistmattaz", "raw_content": "Home latest News sport U-17 World Cup Games may be pulled out of New Delhi - FIFA\nU-17 World Cup Games may be pulled out of New Delhi - FIFA\nAfolabi Folorunsho - February 22, 2017 latest, News, sport,\nfifa, under 17 world cup, new delhi, india, gianni infantino, javier ceppi, Diwali,\nThere is likelihood FIFA would pull the Under 17 World Cup matches out of New Delhi because of the quality of air in the world most polluted City. said, the Tournament Director.\nJavier Ceppi said that air quality in Delhi was a \"genuine concern\", especially after the Diwali celebration which this year falls in October \u2014 the month the competition will be held.\n\"The match timetable is not finished yet. One reason for that, is the pollution. What is more, pollution in Delhi is a genuine concern,\" the FIFA official told the Indian Express daily, in comments published Wednesday.\n\"You can't decrease pollution starting from one day onto the next, to the amount that need to be reduced for hosting matches,\" Ceppi included.\nFIFA declared in 2013 that India would be the host country for the U-17 World Cup, which would be held in six States of the nation including New Delhi.\nA year ago saw a record pollution levels in Delhi around Diwali, The Hindu festival of lights amid which a huge number of revelers let off fireworks.\nThe issue is exacerbated by the burning of crop stubble after the harvest in the neighboring agricultural areas at the same time of year.\nIn 2016, schools in the Indian capital were compelled to close as authorities requested a series of emergency measure to lessen this crisis, which includes permanent ban on construction in the state\nA 2014 World Health Organization (W.H.O) analysis of more than 1,600 cities ranked Delhi as the most polluted city in the world.\nsource Punchng", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 127, "original_length": 6186, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 319.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.glamour.com/story/can-kanye-wests-new-fashion-li", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:29:46Z", "digest": "sha1:QIBABBKEFAZ6PKJWJFM3WCZDAGL3WBRY", "length": 2133, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.glamour.com", "title": "Keeping Up With Kanye: The Rapper, Designer, Reality-TV Papa Is (Once Again) Trying His Hand at Fashion Week - Glamour", "raw_content": "Keeping Up With Kanye: The Rapper, Designer, Reality-TV Papa Is (Once Again) Trying His Hand at Fashion Week\nKanye West's three-piece collab with French label A.P.C. sold out just about as soon as it hit stores (yes, even that plain white $120 T-shirt went quickly!), so it's no surprise that Kim Kardashian's baby daddy has his eyes set on another foray into fashion. He's working on a new collection, under his own name, that will be shown at New York Fashion Week in September! Kanye didn't have much luck designing his own label in the past, with it getting universally panned by fashion critics, but he probably has a little extra swing in his step following the success of his A.P.C. line. So, what can we expect from Kanye this time around? Will he stick to the tees and hoodies that served him so well from his most recent collab? According to published reports, he is creating a unisex collection of 100 pieces. So maybe T-shirts that he AND Kim can wear together? To be honest, I'm kind of excited to see what he comes up with. What do you want to see from Kanye's new fashion line?\nKanye West's three-piece collab with French label A.P.C. sold out just about as soon as it hit stores (yes, even that plain white $120 T-shirt went quickly!), so it's no surprise that Kim Kardashian's baby daddy has his eyes set on another foray into fashion. He's working on a new collection, under his own name, that will be shown at New York Fashion Week in September!\nKanye didn't have much luck designing his own label in the past, with it getting universally panned by fashion critics, but he probably has a little extra swing in his step following the success of his A.P.C. line.\nSo, what can we expect from Kanye this time around? Will he stick to the tees and hoodies that served him so well from his most recent collab? According to published reports, he is creating a unisex collection of 100 pieces. So maybe T-shirts that he AND Kim can wear together?\nTo be honest, I'm kind of excited to see what he comes up with.\nWhat do you want to see from Kanye's new fashion line?\nTopicsAPCfashion designerkanye westkim kardashiant-shirt", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 4018, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 254.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.globalcapital.com/article/k3nk1dcxpw7q/banks-have-90-days-to-buy-back-securities", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:00Z", "digest": "sha1:P5YQB5GQDTFYVV3JBOOUWHKJITM7EK62", "length": 644, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.globalcapital.com", "title": "Banks Have 90 Days To Buy Back Securities | GlobalCapital", "raw_content": "Banks Have 90 Days To Buy Back Securities\nBanks have a 90-day window during which to buy back $118 billion in so-called \u201ctrust preferred securities,\u201d under the recently passed Dodd-Frank reform act.\nBanks have a 90-day window during which to buy back $118 billion in so-called \u201ctrust preferred securities,\u201d under the recently passed Dodd-Frank reform act. Financial institutions reportedly have expressed interest in the buybacks because they offer higher interest rates to attract investors. However, the bill bars firms from counting these securities as tier 1 capital beginning in 2013.\nClick here to read the story from The Financial Times.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 455, "original_length": 11075, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 277.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.gloucester.gov.uk/about-the-council/news/latest-news/giant-bumblebee-creating-a-buzz-at-kings-square/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:20Z", "digest": "sha1:M236DPS4BPNL6LE3GNN2CPGA3TZQKOEF", "length": 1815, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.gloucester.gov.uk", "title": "Giant bumblebee creating a buzz at Kings Square - Gloucester City Council", "raw_content": "Giant bumblebee creating a buzz at Kings Square\nOn Friday 17th August, Gloucester City Council will display a Bee Hotel outside Debenhams on Kings Square, Gloucester.\nA giant wooden bumblebee has been made by the Fairshares community group with support from Gloucester City Council and funding from Grow Wild. The Bee Hotel is part of a project to get local people involved with nature conservation, an incentive led by the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust.\nIn the spring, wild flowers will be planted by volunteers, bringing bursts of colour to the centre of the city and a source of food for important insects, including bees. Homes for bees and other insects have also been created, by simply drilling into logs.\nThe fitting of the Bee Hotel will begin at 12:30pm on Friday 17th August and will take approximately two hours to complete.\nCllr Richard Cook, cabinet member for environment at Gloucester City Council said: \u201cThis is a fantastic opportunity to help the environment and enhance the appearance of Kings Square. It is so important to the environment that we provide a habitat for bees and other pollinating insects to thrive as they form a crucial part of the food chain.\u201d\nFairshares community group, said: \u201cIt has been a privilege for our participants and volunteers to work in partnership with Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust and Gloucester City Council to create a unique piece for the city centre, which, not only will become a focal point on King Square, but deliver such an important environmental message.\u201d\nGrow Wild brings thousands of people together each year to transform urban and unloved spaces with UK native plants and fungi. Supported by National Lottery funding, and through private and public contributions, Grow Wild is the national outreach initiative of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 2835, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 260.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.goldingyoung.com/about/team/colin-young/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:16Z", "digest": "sha1:57QGUNPYLU3LI7P354JWDF4V3ED67JTJ", "length": 1547, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.goldingyoung.com", "title": "Colin Young | Golding Young", "raw_content": "Tel: +44 (0) 1778 422686 Mobile: +44 (0) 7976 977169 Email: cry@goldingyoung.com LinkedIn: Connect on LinkedIn Download VCard\nWith over 30 years experience Colin has sold over two million lots with an A-Z of items ranging from Antiques to Zoo Animals.\nColin joined the profession in 1986 with Lyall & Co at The Bourne Auction Rooms.\nIn 1989 he joined Golding's as Manager at The Grantham Auction Rooms at the age of 21. Since 1994 he has been the firm's Principal Auctioneer & Valuer.\nHe qualified as an auctioneer in 1991 as an Associate member of the National Association of Valuers & Auctioneers and in 1992 became a Fellow. Colin had the honour of being National President of NAVA Propertymark for 2017/18.\nIn 1996 he became the ISVA Young Auctioneer of the Year. The coveted title was won on the back of an impressive 8 victories in 9 years in the regional heats. He also delivered a further 3 runner-up trophies in the national finals over the period.\nColin is a Professional Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, qualifying as a Chartered Art & Antiques Surveyor.\nColin is also an Associate member of The Society of Fine Art Auctioneers.\nSince 2002 Colin has been an Expert on the multi-award-winning BBC antiques show - BARGAIN HUNT. A regular contributor to Prime-Time, Day-Time & Live programmes.\nwww.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/4SDmBgpC91LknLNVy8z3nfH/colin-young\nColin is currently engaged as a member of the team undertaking a world-wide antiques valuation program including collections in Vienna, Rome and Madrid.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 94, "original_length": 3735, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 202.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.goldlineexecutivetravel.co.uk/Special-Services", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:45Z", "digest": "sha1:TD5K4SJYN63DMJEF6VU5GHPB4IE7WOIR", "length": 217, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.goldlineexecutivetravel.co.uk", "title": "Coach Hire Driver London, Cheap Coach Hire Company London", "raw_content": "service to your meet requirements.\nFor instance, some couples prefer to be able to transport their\nfriends to the reception in one vehicle, whereas others may prefer a more flexible shuttle service for smaller groups.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 3482, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 310.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.golocalprov.com/live/dont-punish-pain-opioid-awareness-rally-taking-place-saturday-in-ri-nationa", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:30:29Z", "digest": "sha1:XU3TNDJYSSCCTELL5R4IP2QND7GU3IPQ", "length": 1977, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.golocalprov.com", "title": "GoLocalProv | \u201cDon\u2019t Punish Pain\u201d Opioid-Awareness Rally Taking Place Saturday in RI\u2014& Nationally", "raw_content": "\u201cDon\u2019t Punish Pain\u201d Opioid-Awareness Rally Taking Place Saturday in RI\u2014& Nationally\nClaudia Merandi\nClaudia Merandi appeared on GoLocal LIVE where she spoke to her involvement in orchestrating the \u201cDon\u2019t Punish Pain Nationwide Rally\u201d on Saturday, April 7, 2018, at 12:00 p.m at the Rhode Island State House.\nAccording to Merandi, the CDC Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain were released in 2016. After the release of the CDC Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain, millions of chronic pain patients went to follow-up appointments and discovered that their providers would no longer treat chronic pain due to the CDC Guidelines.\n\"These patients were compliant patients, who were not abusing their legitimate prescription medications,\" said Merandi, who said this left millions who suffer from chronic illnesses, such as Crohn\u2019s Disease, Colitis, Sickle Cell, Fibromyalgia, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Chiari Malformation, Arachnoiditis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Degenerative Disc Disease, Degenerative Joint Disease and thousands of other painful illnesses, \u201chomeless\u201d in the medical community.\n\"Many in the chronically ill community are disabled from the pain they endure every second, every minute, every hour and every day of their lives. The chronically ill have been expunged from medical care. The CDC guidelines were meant to only to provide recommendations for primary care clinicians who prescribe opioids for chronic pain outside of active cancer treatment, palliative care, and end-of-life care,\" said Merandi. \"Media hype and false information have the public confused about the difference in legitimate prescribed opioid pain medications and the illegal street drugs, such as illicit fentanyl.\"\n\"This is a large step in our fight to have the CDC guidelines modified to fit the needs of all Americans,\" said Merandi. \"Together we can make a change and help those in need.\"\nLIVE: Upcoming Theater Hair & Wig Workshop with Artisan Christofferson", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 315, "original_length": 11677, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 297.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.gongfuacademy.com/blog/the-real-meaning-of-kung-fu-2-of-3-mastering-a-skill", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:19Z", "digest": "sha1:2X3POSW6RZ7BKSWQQQKZV3SFRMZFEWTD", "length": 4794, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "www.gongfuacademy.com", "title": "The Real Meaning of Kung Fu (2 of 3): Mastering a Skill - Gongfu \u200bAcademy", "raw_content": "There is a process to developing any skill. That is through breaking it down into its key components, the essential few instead of the trivial many. There can be many ways to do something, but there are few essential things that can be done that will account for most of your success. When you break it down into the essential few, it is about practice, practice, practice. It is through this way that it will become a part of you.\nThe amateur is good at a technique, but a master is the technique, meaning it becomes expressed through him at the right time. This is the height of developing a skill. When you can reach a level that you are so proficient that it becomes expressed, this is when it becomes elevated to an art form.\nIn Chinese Kung fu, what matters the most is the practice, the expression of the technique and they look at the end result as \"mere skill\". This way they are looking at the practice itself as the ultimate aim to excel at, rather than focused on the end result. The end result is still valued, but they put the emphasis on the practice and being able to express themselves through the medium or method they choose.\nIf you look at art from the west and art from the east, you will notice that it is quite different. In the west, they typically try recreate what they see, in the east they try recreate what they feel.\nIf you look at a mountain, a western painting will paint the beauty of the landscape in very great detail and it will be a masterpiece. In Chinese art, they will look at a landscape and feel something inside and they will try recreate that expressed in the landscape. This is what you could say, \"Being one with nature\".\nThis isn't to say that one is better than the other, it's just pointing out the different aims of art.\nThis video below explains it quite well.\nHere are some examples of different kung fu forms and what they may try express.\nCalligraphy is a form of gongfu:\nA good calligrapher can write very well and have good technique. A masterful calligrapher will express energy into the word, not the mechanical representation of the word.\n\u200bCalligraphy is an expression. A master calligrapher will express his movements through qi, or an inner feeling.\nCooking is a form of gongfu:\nKung Fu Cook\n\u200bCooking is the art of choosing, cooking, and eating good food. Chinese cooking revolves around the five elements and so they connect it with five flavors and five basic herbs.\nSomeone who is a good cook can make a dish, but someone who is a master puts that part of them in it. Hence the expression, \"cook with love\", because it is the nuances that make a dish go from average to elevated.\nWriting is a form of gongfu:\nGreat writing is about capturing truth and not painting a beautiful scene in flowery language. Beginners use adjectives, great writers use descriptions. It is the details and the verbs that create resonance.\nFor example, take the beginning of the book, \"The Glass Magician\":\n\"A late summer breeze wafted through the open kitchen window, making the twenty tiny flames upon Ceony\u2019s cake dance back and forth on their candlewicks.\"\nThe writer describes the scene with vivid description.\nDifferent writers have different expression styles. But these styles are not necessarily created, they can be, but often it is their preferred way of expressing themselves.\nMaking good judgement is a form of gongfu:\nGood judgement comes from a clear mind. A good kung fu master can clear his/her mind to more accurately perceive reality, while the opposite - confusion - hangs over the head like a cloud preventing good judgement.\n\u200bSometimes a situation may call for someone to be tough or someone to be kind, but it is knowing when it is appropriate.\nInteracting with people is a form of gongfu\nPresence is one of the keys to charisma. Through being alert, you are paying attention, listening and understanding the other person. This makes them feel valued.\nLearn and look for their subtle behaviors and moods, there is a lot that we miss because we aren't paying attention. Be aware of their subtle behaviors and moods. Notice what excites them, where they get their energy from. Establish patterns about them. Learn to read their emotions. You can also learn to direct a conversation through good questions. From this, you will know how to respond to them. Observe them and you will know them.\nBasically any area that is an art, you can apply the concepts of gongfu to. Develop the skills and develop the mental abilities to acquire more skills faster and with more ease.\nOnce you have the learn the rudimentary skills, you can begin to elevate them to become your own form of expression. Eventually, you want to get to a point where it become effortless.\nRead (1 of 3): The Quest for True Fulfillment\nRead (3 of 3): Mastering the Way", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 90, "original_length": 6666, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 292.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.goodcleansing.com/privacy-policy/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:09:10Z", "digest": "sha1:2X5FXU6XJFSXCYCF352V62QT7JHWE6SD", "length": 10537, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "www.goodcleansing.com", "title": "Privacy Policy | Good Cleansing.com", "raw_content": "Privacy Policy for goodcleansing.com Website\nYour privacy on the Internet is of utmost importance to us. 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[Read more]\nChoose France: a summit for showcasing France's economic appeal\nOn 21 January 2019 Ch\u00e2teau de Versailles hosted the \u201cChoose France\u201d summit. Aim: to promote France's economic appeal among foreign... [Read more]\nGAFA tax: a bill is expected to be presented to the Council of Ministers in February\nBruno Le Maire has clarified the scope of the future tax on the tech giants, which is \"a major issue for the 21st century and a qu... [Read more]\nTreaty of Aachen: a new treaty to strengthen Franco-German cooperation and facilitate convergence between the two countries.\nOn the 56th anniversary of the Elys\u00e9e Treaty, the President of the Republic and the German Chancellor signed a new treaty in the c... [Read more]\nNo-deal Brexit: France will be ready\nOn 18 January 2019, the Prime Minister, \u00c9douard Philippe, travelled to Pas-de-Calais as part of the contingency planning should th... [Read more]\nFrance triggers contingency plan in the event of no-deal Brexit\nOn Thursday 17 January 2019, two days after the British Parliament rejected the UK's withdrawal agreement from the European Union ... [Read more]\nDefence: a new phase of development for the Rafale\nThe State is investing \u20ac1.9 billion to modernise the Rafale fighter jet.... [Read more]\nAddress before the Cologne Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK)\nThe Prime Minister travelled to North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) to attend the annual dinner of the Cologne Chamber of Commerce an... [Read more]\nAerospace research: new investments announced for medal-winning ONERA\nThe National Office for Aerospace Studies and Research (ONERA), which has just received the Aeronautical Medal from Florence Parly... [Read more]\nFrench Tech out in force at the Las Vegas CES\nAs from 8 January, almost 420 startups and established companies will be representing France at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES... [Read more]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 104, "original_length": 3457, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 295.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.gpwlaw.com/toxic-exposure/benzene/toxic-exposures-threaten-superfund-sites/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:31:34Z", "digest": "sha1:YXM2K3QDVRCDXSREOJDOBANYY4CKRIV2", "length": 3274, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.gpwlaw.com", "title": "Toxic Exposures Threaten Superfund Sites - GPW Law", "raw_content": "Toxic Exposures Threaten Superfund Sites\nPublished in Benzene, Harmful Chemical Exposure, Occupational Diseases, PCBs, Personal Injury, Property Damage, Toxic Torts\nIn 1980, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) was enacted in response to a growing numbers of hazardous waste sites that were releasing toxic chemicals and polluting the environment. The program known as Superfund was designed to clean up these hazardous sites by having the responsible parties pay for the clean-up of contamination, unless the responsible party is unable to do so. Even though over the years the majority of funding comes from the tax payers, Superfund sites play an important role in keeping toxic chemicals and hazardous waste under control and out of civilian life.\nLate last week in Houston and the surrounding area, aerial images confirmed 13 of the 41 Superfund sites were flooded by Hurricane Harvey, raising the threat to possible pollution and damage from contaminated waters .Oil refineries, chemical plants, oil and gas wells, and steel mills all have the potential to release toxic chemicals if these Superfund sites become too damaged. The rising flood water may carry away and spread toxic materials over an area that was not previously contaminated, or contaminated groundwater could filter into the system, exposing people to dangerous levels of benzene, creosote, toxic dioxins, and PCBs. Residents are concerned that soil from waste pits that contain toxins and dioxins that are linked to some birth defects and cancer, is now exposed.\nExposure to benzene can be incredibly dangerous and lead to several forms of cancer including Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) which is a cancer that originates in the bone marrow. It grows quickly and renders the body useless in being able to fight off other infections. Water may become contaminated with benzene when underground storage tanks from hazardous waste sites are damaged and begin leaking. The ExxonMobil plant damaged by Hurricane Harvey has released more than 12,500 lbs. of chemicals, including benzene, into the atmosphere.\nThe water may now be receding in Houston, but that does not mean the threat of toxic chemical exposure is over. The receding water is now full of contaminates like pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which can cause skin infections, liver damage, neurological effects, and damage to the immune and reproductive system. Injuries caused by toxic exposures can take months, years, or even decades to develop and while exposures due to natural disasters often cannot be helped, thousands of people have been injured by toxic exposure at the workplace.\nSince the 1970s, the lawyers at Goldberg, Persky & White, P.C., have been protecting the rights of those injured by toxic exposures. Our clients have been injured by these toxic products on the job, through secondary exposure, and through contact with seemingly harmless household products. We have helped many people who have been injured themselves, but also many families who\u2019ve lost loved ones to toxic exposures. Contact us today to find out how our toxic tort lawyers can help you.\nJason Dearen, \u201cAP Exclusive: Toxic Waste Sties Flooded Houston Area,\u201d AP (September 3, 2017). [Link]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 159, "original_length": 7261, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 244.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.gq.com/story/exclusive-a-first-look-at-uniqlos-new-flagship-store", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:20Z", "digest": "sha1:JXEVKYKE5E5HJUFCDUWOPTX5MJCGMD24", "length": 2608, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.gq.com", "title": "EXCLUSIVE: A First Look at Uniqlo's New Flagship Store | GQ", "raw_content": "EXCLUSIVE: A First Look at Uniqlo's New Flagship Store\n[#image: /photos/5583520d3655c24c6c96284f]||||||See the slideshow\nSince Uniqlo first arrived in the U.S. in 2006, people have strained to classify it. \"It\u2019s the Japanese version of the Gap.\" \"It\u2019s best for basics.\" \"It\u2019s like Hollister, without the shirtless dudes.\" After an exclusive tour of their Fifth Avenue global flagship store in New York City\u2014set to open this Friday at noon\u2014Uniqlo is defying easy-to-define labels.\nOnce inside, we were overwhelmed by mountains of colorful cashmere, stacks of denim piled so high you might mistake them for wallpaper, 60-foot escalators lit with neon LED steps, and 300 mannequins that recalled Janet Jackson\u2019s \"Rhythm Nation\" music video. That\u2019s the store we expected, and more. And as we walked through it we were excited, not exhausted; enticed, not dizzy. Everything is so impeccably merchandised that you travel from room to room, focused only on the individual jacket or oord shirt at hand.\nWhat really stands out about this space, other than it being larger than a small airport, is Uniqlo\u2019s relentless commitment to customer service. Emphasis on service is clich\u00e9 in the clothing business, we know. For most stores, service starts and stops with a \"warm greeting\" and not making the customer bag their own purchases. However, Uniqlo has the magical formula of feel-good figured out. They\u2019ve hired and trained 650 employees, just for the flagship store, with 400 employees in the store at all times (President Obama should thank them). But it\u2019s the little things that stand out: Uniqlo hems all of their pants under $20, including the jeans and trousers they sell for $9.90, for $5. And, they\u2019ve installed a concierge station on the store\u2019s third floor. If you need to ask about a size, get something tailored, or find your missing eight-year-old son lost in a pile of flannel shirts, they\u2019ve got you covered.\nDuring the walk-through, Uniqlo USA CEO Shin Odake said it best. When asked what makes this store special, he replied, \"It\u2019s the future of Uniqlo.\" Uniqlo is focused and infatuated with the future. This store isn\u2019t just meant to be the future of Uniqlo, but shopping as a whole: Great prices, quality merchandize, customer engagement. Odake wasn\u2019t shy about their aspirations either. After speaking about Uniqlo Founder Tadashi Yanai\u2019s \"inspiring\" leadership, he said the company\u2019s goal is to change the way we see the world, comparing the brand to Apple. This mammoth planet of clothing is a damn good step.\nSee a sneak-peek slideshow of the new Uniqlo flagship\nOpens Friday, October 14, 12pm", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 67, "original_length": 4309, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 267.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/local/door-co/2018/07/26/cutters-escanaba-neah-bay-visit-sturgeon-bay-offer-tours/845543002/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:37Z", "digest": "sha1:FMIQEJ6CBYSUFQUFHXOQADT6DGMGX5G3", "length": 2538, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.greenbaypressgazette.com", "title": "Cutters Escanaba, Neah Bay to visit Sturgeon Bay, offer tours", "raw_content": "Cutters Escanaba, Neah Bay to visit Sturgeon Bay, offer tours\nA public memorial for the men lost on the original Escanaba is set for 10:30 a.m. on Aug. 6. Attending relatives will be recognized at the ceremony.\nCutters Escanaba, Neah Bay to visit Sturgeon Bay, offer tours A public memorial for the men lost on the original Escanaba is set for 10:30 a.m. on Aug. 6. Attending relatives will be recognized at the ceremony. Check out this story on greenbaypressgazette.com: https://gbpg.net/2NPZtOD\nU.S.Coast Guard cutter Escanaba(Photo11: Photo courtesy U.S. Coast Guard District 1)\nSTURGEON BAY - Two cutters will visit Sturgeon Bay in early August, as a part of the city's Maritime Week festivities.\nThe Escanaba will arrive on Aug. 5 and depart Aug. 7, while the Neah Bay will arrive Aug. 6 and stay until Aug. 12. Both ships will be open for public tours while in port.\nThe Escanaba is a 270-foot United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter, according to a news release from the Door County Maritime Museum. It is based in Boston, Massachusetts, but was named for the river and city of Escanaba in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.\nIt is not the first U.S. Coast Guard ship to bear its name \u2014 that honor goes to a cutter which was stationed in Grand Haven, Michigan until it was sunk by either a mine or an enemy torpedo on June 13, 1943, while escorting a convoy between Greenland and Newfoundland during WWII.\nRELATED: From the archives: Memorial service held in 1943 for 4 Door Co. men on cutter Escanaba\nRELATED: Sturgeon Bay's story in new book: 'Wail of Anguish,' KKK, boat crashes, murdered editor\nWhen it sank, it took all but two of its more than 100-person crew with, including four men from Door County. Those men were Clarence E. \u201cBud\u201d Christensen of Sturgeon Bay, Leonard Delsart of Maplewood, George W. Larson of Ellison Bay and Victor J. Londo, Jr. of Sturgeon Bay.\nA public memorial for those lost men is planned for 10:30 a.m. on Aug. 6. All attending relatives of the men will be recognized during the ceremony.\nU.S. Coast Guard Cutter Neah Bay. (Photo11: Courtesy of Marc Pich\u00e9)\nThe Neah Bay is a 140-foot Bay Class Icebreaking tug, based in Cleveland, Ohio. She can proceed continuously through ice up to 20 inches thick, and break ice up to 3 feet thick by backing and ramming, according to the museum. Her missions include maritime security and law enforcement, ice -breaking and lighthouse maintenance.\nFor more information, call 920-743-5958 or visit dcmm.org.\nRead or Share this story: https://gbpg.net/2NPZtOD", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 105, "original_length": 4507, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 252.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.greenemusic.com/new-pianos/new-instruments?page=branding&brand=bosendorfer", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:18:35Z", "digest": "sha1:WU6MUHDR3CX47RSAR7DPZ57IIOE52PCV", "length": 1435, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.greenemusic.com", "title": "Greene Music | New Pianos | Upright, Grand, & Baby Grand Pianos", "raw_content": "Bosendorfer - The touching sound\nThe tradition of B\u00f6sendorfer goes back to 1828 and the city of Vienna, Austria, still the company's home. Quickly after Ignaz B\u00f6sendorfer began production of the high-quality, hand-crafted pianos, they began winning awards and orders poured in from across Europe, Russia and Egypt.\nThe artists who believed in B\u00f6sendorfer instruments have been invaluable in building up the company's reputation. Legendary performer and composer Franz Liszt, in his time known as the \"King of Pianists,\" was a friend and reliable supporter of B\u00f6sendorfer. In the past 175 years, countless other leading pianists and performers have chosen B\u00f6sendorfer.\nOne mark of an excellent piano is that its tone possesses a \"singing\" quality. Legendary tenor Placido Domingo puts a twist on that when he writes, \"Sometimes pianists try to sound like singers: Me personally, I try to sound like a B\u00f6sendorfer.\"\nAfter browsing through our site, please send us an e-mail or give us a call. We will be delighted to hear from you and to learn about your interest in the world's most coveted piano-the B\u00f6sendorfer.\n\"Diversity of tone, richness of colour, the possibilities of differentiation from the finest pianissimo to the orchestral fortissimo, exactness and control in the touch. I expect all this from a piano. Inspiration and in-depth interpretations... for this I need the 'ideal tool,' a B\u00f6sendorfer grand piano!\"\n- Roland Batik", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 3007, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 206.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.gregmitchell7thward.org/events/2017/7/31/7th-ward-constituent-night-brefx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:41Z", "digest": "sha1:DL6X6U2AZMQJN6XJQXTVTQUJMAXUR6I3", "length": 217, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.gregmitchell7thward.org", "title": "7th Ward Constituent Night \u2014 Building a Better 7th Together", "raw_content": "Alderman Greg Mitchell makes himself available to constituents every Monday night starting at 3:00 pm. Come to the 7th Ward Service Center (2249 E 95th St) to schedule a 1-on-1 meeting with the alderman and his staff.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 65, "original_length": 1471, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 322.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.gross.co.uk/2019/01/cliff-richard-divorce-spike/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:57Z", "digest": "sha1:ANTL6KFSSU3KBYLMZJ6K4QF3IMX55HMS", "length": 3078, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.gross.co.uk", "title": "Cliff Richard and the Divorce Spike", "raw_content": "HomeNewsNewsFamily LawCliff Richard and the Divorce Spike\nJanuary is traditionally associated with a divorce spike. The tabloids are full of it every year, making us even more blue than we already are.\nThe Government is currently trying to encourage couples to do DIY online divorce. Government statistics indicate that since April 2018, there have been 23,000 online divorce applications. 13 of these were filed on Christmas Day 2018. What is it about Christmas / New Year which causes a \u201cspike\u201d in the divorce rate?\nWhen I was a trainee Solicitor, my Principal told me the following story. On the first day that his office re-opened after the Christmas break (this would have been 27 December in those days), an elderly lady was waiting on his doorstep at 9am. She asked to see my Principal, in connection with divorce. She said she had been married for 30 years. Out of curiosity, he asked what had driven her to consider divorce, firstly after such a long marriage, but also on the first available date after Christmas.\nHer answer was this; on Christmas Day, the gift she received from her husband was a Cliff Richard album. Now, Cliff Richard in his many manifestations may not be everyone\u2019s ideal Christmas gift, but is he really grounds for divorce? The aggrieved lady went on to explain that if, after 30 years of marriage, her husband had failed to appreciate that she did not like Cliff Richard, then her husband did not know her at all.\nNow this is a sentiment that I am sure we can all relate to, and thus one can understand where the lady was coming from. So, on 25 December 2018, perhaps 13 other poor souls were gifted Cliff Richard albums, which caused the recipients to fire up the PC and apply for an online divorce. Sometimes the tipping point is much more than a simple vinyl disc. In the years since I completed my training, I have helped my clients petition for divorce for a vast array of reasons; some of which we could all identify with, but many unique to the couple concerned. A common denominator for the post-Christmas divorce spike does seem to be the fact that couples are spending more time with each other than would normally be the case. If there are already cracks in the relationship, those cracks will be exposed under the weight of extra time the couple spend together over the long Bank Holiday, and the usual pressures of a 21st century high- expectation and high- spending festive period. Add to this mix house-guests/relations who are only seen once a year (possibly with good reason), and you have a cocktail for stress. And then of course in January, the credit card bills come home to roost.\nAlthough it is billed as the season of good cheer, walking round car parks and checkout queues and looking at frazzled couples, it can seem quite the opposite. When I was in HMV on Christmas Eve to buy some Christmas carols, I spotted a Cliff Richard CD. And no: I did not run the risk of buying it.\nElizabeth A Hodder\nSolicitor and Collaborative Lawyer\nPartner and Head of Gross & Co Family Department\nEmail: eah@gross.co.uk\nwww.gross.co.uk", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 216, "original_length": 7148, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 298.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.guitarpedalsonline.com/2017/12/15/how-to-get-the-phil-manzanera-and-roxy-music-guitar-tone-on-a-budget/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:06Z", "digest": "sha1:K2NLMCFYABCDKYNSHWH2FTC2KLAFU5HD", "length": 3287, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.guitarpedalsonline.com", "title": "How to get the Phil Manzanera and Roxy Music Guitar Tone (on a budget) \u2013 Guitar Pedals Online", "raw_content": "How to get the Phil Manzanera and Roxy Music Guitar Tone (on a budget)\nRoxy Music is one of the most sick and cool Glam Rock Bands that existed. Featuring the vocal stylings of Bryan Ferry and also Brian Eno (before he left), there was also a very sick and original guitarist in the band whose name was not Brian. It was Phil Manzanera. His unique rock guitar tone took the world by storm on classic records suck as Country Life, Siren and For Your Pleasure. You may think it would be difficult to achieve the Phil-tone on guitar without spending lots of money, however that\u2019s not true. Using this simple guide you can sound like Phil & Roxy music on a budget.\nThe first step to sounding like Phil is to get the right guitar. He plays expensive guitars such as a Gibson Les Paul, a Fender Stratocaster along with his signature Gibson Firebird VII. These guitars likely cost over $500 each and are clearly out of the price range for the aspiring guitarist on a budget who wants to sound like Phil. So why not go for something a little cheaper? All guitars sound the same, so it won\u2019t make a difference if you get a cheaper one.\nWhy not try this 38\u2033 Black Acoustic Guitar Starter Package from Best Choice Products. It\u2019s a cool looking sleek black guitar that looks like something Phil would probably play. It is small, only 38\u2033 which is less than 4 feet, so you can carry it around with you. It also comes with a great set of accessories, including a Pitch Pipe which is a thing you blow on to find the notes you supposed to tune to. It\u2019s much easier and more convenient than a digital tuner and doesn\u2019t require batteries or power. For less than $40 you can sound alot like Phil Manzanera.\nRock guitarists need amps to make the loud rock sounds and amplify the guitar signal to make it loud and fill the stadium with their noise. Everyone from Phil to Steve Vai and Eddie Van Halen has used amps to amplify the guitar sound they made.\nWhy not go for the classic, the Marshall JCM800\nIt\u2019s the classic \u201cPhil\u201d sound in a box, and at under $3000 that\u2019s a price that cannot be beat. This is the amp, but you will also need to get a cab for this too. But once you get it you will sound very, very loud and fill out all the rooms with the Roxy Music songs you are playing.\nPhil\u2019s guitars are always nice and shiny so you\u2019ll want yours to be that way too.\nGet the Ernie Ball guitar polish to make your new Best Choice Products acoustic shiny all year round. Don\u2019t embarass yourself with a dusty guitar facade. This is a big no-no among people in the music industry.\nIf you want to be like Phil, part of that will involve eating foods similar to what he would eat. Since he\u2019s an Englishman from London, why don\u2019t you get your hands on some Baked Beans, Hot Dogs, Tomatoes and Eggs (and that\u2019s for breakfast).\nFor dinner, you should have either Fish and Chips or a Yorkshire pudding\nAll of this and more can be found in the recipe books on British cooking.\nFollowing these steps and picking up this gear will help you to be more like Phil and sound like a Roxy Music type of sound.\nOne thought on \u201cHow to get the Phil Manzanera and Roxy Music Guitar Tone (on a budget)\u201d\nlborl says:\nPrevious Previous post: How to Sound Like KYUSS on guitar (on a budget)\nNext Next post: Chase Bliss Warped Vinyl Hifi", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 127, "original_length": 4831, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 327.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/show-and-tell", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:01Z", "digest": "sha1:L6KE2WUZO5ZTDM6RDYRQZOA3YKMQNVN7", "length": 4716, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.guitarplayer.com", "title": "Show and Tell - GuitarPlayer.com", "raw_content": "With 'The Red Guitar,' Bruce Forman tackles a musician's obsessions.\nBruce Forman developed his bebop chops over the decades he spent playing alongside jazz legends such as Ray Brown, Bobby Hutcherson and Roger Kellaway. These days, he employs those skills in his straight-ahead jazz trio as well as with his western swing band, Cow Bop, and Junkyard Duo, where he plays National steel guitar alongside a drummer who bangs found objects. Forman also has a podcast, Guitar Wank, which he cohosts with jazz-fusion guitarist Scott Henderson.\nBut the project closest to his heart is The Red Guitar, Forman\u2019s one-man show based upon his life as a musician and his fixation on one particular instrument.\n\u201cI was performing at a guitar show in Wales, and there was this red archtop with a white mother-of-toilet-seat pickguard,\u201d he explains. \u201cAll the jazz players snubbed it because it was too rockabilly. Out of spite, I picked it up and started playing. It was so full of sound that the entire hall went quiet.\u201d\nStefan Sonntag, the guitar\u2019s builder, let Forman use the instrument for his performances, and by the end of the show the guitarist was in love. The archtop was promised to another customer, but the luthier agreed to make one even nicer for Forman.\nOne day, following a concert where he performed with his new axe, Forman overheard two people talking. \u201cDid you hear that guy last night?\u201d asked one. \u201cWho?\u201d the acquaintance replied. \u201cThe guy with the red guitar,\u201d came the answer. When, some time later, Forman was asked to play at a performing arts center, he recalled that conversation and was inspired to create a show based on the Sonntag. Over the next three months, he developed The Red Guitar, a musical monolog in which he explains what it\u2019s like to be possessed by music. Forman calls the show \u201ca psychological libretto where I narrate and play at the same time.\u201d\nGreg Vorboriov\nThe Red Guitar began as a trio performance that included bass and drums. \u201cBut after about a year, I realized that every time there was a bass or drum solo, I was losing the audience,\u201d Forman says. \u201cI did a solo show at a house concert to see if I could pull it off, because there\u2019s lots of me talking while playing. It turned out it was no problem.\u201d\nWhile anyone can enjoy the show\u2019s humorous and often poetic storytelling, guitarists, in particular, will marvel at Forman\u2019s ability to casually tell his tales while simultaneously playing intricate jazz lines and chords. \u201cI\u2019ve always been able to talk and play,\u201d he reveals. \u201cIt\u2019s a skillset I took into account when I created The Red Guitar. It\u2019s almost like a parlor trick, where I\u2019m playing over \u2018Giant Steps\u2019 and talking about John Coltrane. It conclusively proves there are two people locked inside my head.\u201d\nWhat does he talk about in the show? \u201cThe work that goes into a musician\u2019s craft, the vulnerability of baring your soul and prostrating yourself business-wise are all part of the narrative,\u201d the guitarist says. \u201cIt is not all literal. I talk about meeting the Red Guitar as a metaphor for how I met music and jazz. I play the music of the artists who influenced me and explain what aspects of their playing I found inspirational.\u201d\nThose musicians include Wes Montgomery, Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and Django Reinhardt. During the show, Forman brilliantly demonstrates the playing style of Reinhardt, who lost the use of his left hand\u2019s fourth and fifth fingers in a fire, by deftly playing with just two digits. Like any jazz performance, the show differs from night to night. \u201cIf I feel the audience has had enough of the influences section, I\u2019ll move on,\u201d Forman says. \u201cI go with my natural entertainer\u2019s intuition.\u201d\nIn a way, The Red Guitar is ultimately about the power we give objects. It\u2019s a theme also explored in Hans Christian Andersen\u2019s tale The Red Shoes, a favorite of Forman\u2019s. In the story, a young woman becomes enamored of a pair of magic shoes, but upon wearing them, she discovers they will not let her stop dancing, leading to her death. Though The Red Guitar is not tragic, Forman see parallels to Andersen\u2019s story. \u201cIt\u2019s not really my show anymore \u2014 it\u2019s me,\u201d he explains. \u201cI am The Red Guitar. It\u2019s taken over my life completely. A lot of people think it\u2019s revolutionary, but what is older than a guy with a guitar telling a story? Maybe my way of doing it has never been done, but we all tell stories with our playing.\u201d\nForman hopes his story will offer his audiences a deeper understanding and appreciation of jazz and jazz musicians. \u201cThat would be great,\u201d he says. \u201cBut more important, I\u2019d like them to walk away asking themselves, \u2018What\u2019s my Red Guitar?\u2019\u201d\nmichael rossBruce FormanThe Red GuitarJunkyard DuoCow Bop", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 98, "original_length": 6068, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 220.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hagerty.com/apps/valuationtools/1963-buick-wildcat", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:06Z", "digest": "sha1:A2YZ4DSEYAJQOYL7P4ARTGN34BCTMMRE", "length": 2022, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.hagerty.com", "title": "1963 buick wildcat Values | Hagerty Valuation Tool\u00ae", "raw_content": "The Buick Wildcat first appeared in 1962 as the full-size Invicta\u2019s sporty two-door hardtop and came with bucket seats, a vinyl top, special side trim, a tachometer, and dual exhaust. The standard engine was Buick\u2019s 325-hp, 401-cid V-8, and the whole package costing $3,927, making it the most expensive Invicta. The trim line was popular enough that Buick made it a standalone model in 1963, when the Wildcat virtually replaced the Invicta line. In fact, the Wildcat line featured two-and four-door hardtop and a convertible, while the only Invicta body style left was a station wagon.\nThe Wildcat became even sportier and more heavily optioned for 1963, and was easily recognizable by their unique grille and side trim, which involved a wide brushed aluminum panel on the front fenders and doors. Bucket seats were standard on the coupe and convertible, optional on the four-door hardtop and the cars had a center console. Automatic transmission was standard, as was a tachometer unless the car was ordered with a bench seat.\nLike all Buicks in 1964, the Wildcat gained some size and its body became crisper, with more character lines and a vee grille. Two optional engines were also added to the catalog, with 340-hp and 360-hp versions of the 425-cid V-8 joining the standard 325-hp motor. A pillared four-door sedan also joined the lineup, and unit sales of the model more than doubled from the previous year.\nEarly Buick Wildcats are an interesting mix of performance and comfort, with engines that are more than ample for these full-sized cars, and a size that is actually smaller than a lot of other big offerings on the market during their time. Enthusiasts will want to look for a 360-hp two-door hardtop from 1965, though the first-year status and rarity of the 1962 model is also a great choice. All Wildcats are very solid examples of 1960s GM engineering, and they are very practical to own. Sound original examples still turn up in the market today, and they represent a great value.\n1963 buick wildcat Info", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 181, "original_length": 5751, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 292.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hannonlaw.com/environmental-case-experience/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:18:21Z", "digest": "sha1:WKEA3DXBJMA7P3W2IJAV55HRRRTTPCJD", "length": 6098, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.hannonlaw.com", "title": "Environmental Case Experience - The Hannon Law Firm, LLC", "raw_content": "Home / Environmental Case Experience\nHoery v. U.S. Air Force \u2013 Solvent Gas Contamination\nIn 2003, The Hannon Law Firm, LLC obtained a landmark decision from the Colorado Supreme Court, en banc, establishing the law of continuing trespass in toxic chemical cases. The case arises out of the Firm\u2019s commitment to represent a individual homeowner for the groundwater contamination in the East Montclair Neighborhood coming from the Lowry Air Force Base. In Hoery v. USA, on referral from the United States 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, the Colorado Supreme Court stated:\n\u201c\u2026 the ongoing presence and continued migration of toxic chemicals on the plaintiff\u2019s property, allegedly caused by toxic chemicals released by the United States, each constitutes a continuing trespass and nuisance. \u2026 [T]he tortious conduct of the United States is not limited to its initial release of those chemicals into the ground, but also includes its failure to remove the toxic chemicals and to abate the spread of toxic pollution onto the plaintiff\u2019s property.\u201d\nThis decision protects those who are initially misled by the polluter and government agencies that the contamination is of no concern and that they will take steps to clean it up, to their detriment, allowing the statute of limitations to pass. This new law is consistent with interpretation of the law the Firm developed ten years before.\nEscamilla v. Asarco \u2013 Cadmium Smelter Contamination Class Action\nThe Hannon Law Firm, LLC was trial counsel in Escamilla et al. v. Asarco, one of the largest verdicts in Colorado in an environmental damage case at the time of verdict. In Escamilla, the Firm represented the Denver community of Globeville in a class action suit for contamination of its air and soil by cadmium and arsenic. The six-week trial resulted in a jury verdict and the court entering judgment for $28.1 million. This case was the first jury trial in Colorado to award the cost of cleaning up the contamination as part of the damage award, and was pioneering nationally for that remedy. The settlement reached after trial provided for remediation of the Globeville community, and payment of money damages to the residents. The Firm was part of the team that oversaw implementation and completion of the five year soil cleanup.\nBrown v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corporation \u2013 Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) Groundwater Contamination Class Action\nThe Firm currently serves as co-counsel representing the communities of Merrimack and Litchfield, New Hampshire against Saint-Gobain in a property damage and medical monitoring class action for contamination of ground water wells by PFOAs.\nEagle County School District v. Paramount Communications \u2013 Mine Waste Contamination\nIn 1996, the Firm served as co-counsel in claims on behalf of the Eagle County School District against Paramount Communications which owned the environmental liabilities at the Eagle Mine in Minturn, Colorado. The School District operated a middle school which was located directly adjacent to mine tailings piles. The case resulted in a payment of $1.5 million and indemnification for environmental liabilities to the school district. In 1995, the Firm obtained a $1.1 million dollar payment, six year clean-up plan, and penalties for non-compliance with the plan, in settlement of a case arising out of groundwater contamination from an above-ground storage tank farm operated by a subsidiary of Amoco Oil.\nFortner v. Public Service\nIn 1994, the Firm represented the owners of the historic Denver Gas and Electric Building in downtown Denver in an action against Public Service Company for PCB contamination of the Building. The case resulted in a $5.325 million settlement for the owners.\nWilks v. Inspiration \u2013 Mine Waste Contamination Class Action\nThe Firm has served as lead counsel in environmental class actions outside the state of Colorado. For example, the Firm led Wilks v. Inspiration, a case for groundwater contamination for property and well owners impacted by mining waste in Globe, Arizona against Cyprus, Magma, and Inspiration mining companies. Five years of litigation resulted in a settlement which included replacement drinking water wells, a cash payment to the class, and establishment of a rarely achieved medical monitoring program for those using the contaminated water in October, 2000.\nAllen v. Burlington Northern \u2013 Locomotive Diesel Groundwater Contamination Class Action\nThe Firm successfully obtained certification of a class action in La Crosse, Wisconsin for a community of over 200 homes for property damage and remediation of groundwater contamination caused by a Burlington Northern Railroad locomotive facility. That case was settled resulting in a significant damage award to the class.\nCrawford v. Hamilton Sunstrand \u2013 Underground Storage Tank Groundwater Contamination\nThe Hannon Law Firm, LLC has successfully tried and settled underground storage tank leakage cases against Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, and against Bradley Petroleum Company, and other gas station operators representing both businesses and homeowners; a soil contamination case against Coastal Petroleum in Fort Morgan; and a case involving an anhydrous ammonia spill against Arkansas Valley Co-op. The Law Firm has represented and continues to represent businesses and individuals for personal injury and property damage from mold, heavy metals, pesticides, petroleum products, and other substances, indoor air contamination and noise.\nKramer v. Wyco Pipeline \u2013 Above Ground Storage Tank Contamination\nIn 1995, the Firm completed a case representing groundwater contamination from an above-ground storage tank farm operated by a subsidiary of Amoco Oil. The tanks were overfilled on a number of occasions, causing the spillage of jet fuel, kerosene, gasoline and other fuels. Our clients had suffered property and crop damage from the resulting groundwater contamination. We obtained a $1.1 million payment, a six year clean-up plan which including additional monitoring wells, penalties for non-compliance with the clean-up plan, and other benefits.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 73, "original_length": 13260, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 241.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.harnett.k12.nc.us/domain/1445", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:53:26Z", "digest": "sha1:JX3AQYF4U3FMY3TLZERO4NUUO4X7UGYD", "length": 595, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.harnett.k12.nc.us", "title": "Winans, Lori / Meet the Teacher", "raw_content": "Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Physical Education (UNCP)\nMrs. Lori Winans\nMy name is Mrs. Lori Winans. I married the love of my life, Justin Winans, in 2006. We have two kids, Jordan and Asher, that keep us busy with church and sports (especially travel softball). I have been teaching Health and Physical Education since 2007. I am passionate about my content and have extremely high expectations for my kids. Don't be surprised when they come home with homework for my class, but know that it is designed to make them happier and healthier. If you have any questions, feel free to email me.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 193, "original_length": 4377, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 213.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.harnishchiro.com/car-accident-tips-chiropractor/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:54Z", "digest": "sha1:I54BFWHTGHQ4FCP3XD4JPGNG5XZ5IXNM", "length": 908, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.harnishchiro.com", "title": "Car Accident Tips from a Bellville Chiropractor", "raw_content": "Car accidents are an unfortunate part of life that many of us have to experience, and while the vast majority are not serious, they can still cause lasting effects. Back pain, neck pain and shoulder pain can linger and transform into chronic conditions that last for years. Follow these car accident tips from a Bellville chiropractor to minimize the effects.\nWhether you are in great shape, poor shape, or somewhere in between, it\u2019s important to get your injuries checked out as soon as possible after a car accident. If you wait, scar tissue can become a permanent part of your muscles and tendons, reducing your range of motion and causing pain. If you don\u2019t feel that your injuries warrant a trip to the emergency room, at least book and appointment with our Bellville chiropractic team at Harnish Family Chiropractic to ensure you don\u2019t have injuries that may turn into chronic conditions in the future.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 141, "original_length": 4702, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 257.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.healthhype.com/probiotics-myths-and-facts-for-digestive-health.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:38Z", "digest": "sha1:DMGCY4WKTO6NZPTQGJXWNF5UEBMS7ALD", "length": 6358, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "www.healthhype.com", "title": "Probiotics Myths And Facts For Digestive Health | Healthhype.com", "raw_content": "Probiotics are any foods or products which contain different types of microbes that are needed in the digestive tract. Most of us think that all microbes are bad but this is not so. There are many different species of bacteria that are needed in our gut to maintain a healthy digestive system. There is now more evidence that this optimal balance of different gut microbes may in fact help with extra-intestinal conditions like allergies and respiratory infections. While our body does its utmost to maintain these microbes, sometimes it needs help in the form of probiotics.\nAlways consult with a doctor before starting any product known to be a probiotic. Repeated use may not be beneficial for your health. Sometimes probiotics can be a problem especially if the wrong types are used, if used in excess and if a person has a weak immune system. Below are some of the myths and facts about probiotics.\nA healthy gut is free of microbes\nBabies are born with a sterile gut but this lasts for only a short period. A healthy human gut has about 100 trillion microorganisms. In fact about 30% of the weight of the feces that you pass is due to bacteria and other microbes. Cell for cell, you have 10 times more microbes in your gut than all the cells that make up your body. And these microbes are not there for no reason. It plays a role in the absorption of some nutrients and for the growth of the inner lining of your bowels. A healthy balance of these naturally occurring microbes can also keep harmful microbes at bay and thereby prevent intestinal infections.\nProbiotics are a gimmick\nSome consider probiotics as a alternative health gimmick or quackery. They believe that it is just the health product industry and natural health practitioners trying to promote these products without any scientific evidence to back their claims. But this is untrue. Probiotics are not just helpful but actually essential for digestive health, especially in this day and age where a modern lifestyle and regular antibiotic use affects the optimal balance of microbes in the gut. Overgrowth of some of these good microbes can be a problem. Nevertheless there are times when the benefits of probiotics are not scientifically substantiated and may in fact be exaggerated.\nProbiotics are the same as prebiotics\nProbiotics and prebiotics are two terms that are sometimes confused with each other. A probiotic contains the good microbes and its spores which can the colonize the human gut. The main microbes found within effective probiotics, be it foods or products, are Lactobacillus species, Bifidobacterium species and Saccharomyces boulardii. Prebiotics contain substances which are helpful for the microbes to grow and thrive within the gut in proportions that are beneficial to health. These prebiotics are non-digestible meaning that it is not digested in the gut or absorbed into the body. It remains in the gut. Unrefined barley, raw oats and acacia gum are some natural food sources of prebiotics.\nYogurt is the only probiotic food\nThere are several different types of foods that contain these good bowel microbes. Yogurt is only one source and is probably the best known and most widely consumed globally. Certain cheeses, miso, sauerkraut and acidophilus milk are some of the other natural food probiotics. Foods that are heavily processed, laden with preservatives and not fermented usually do not contain these microbes. However, if you prefer to go with a non-food item then you can purchase probiotic capsules or liquids from a pharmacy. It is important to purchase a reputable product. Many products on the market claiming to be probiotics are not effective for its intended purpose.\nDaily use of probiotics are necessary\nThe microbes that are healthy for your gut can maintain itself once properly established and not disturbed by certain foods, lifestyle factors, drugs and diseases. You do not have to replace it daily. While most probiotics may not be harmful if consumed daily, it is not necessary to do so specifically for your digestive health.\nHowever, if you have antibiotic associated diarrhea or other illnesses caused by an imbalance of your good bowel bacteria, then you may have to use a probiotic daily for just a few days. Usually 5 days of probiotics is sufficient but in severe cases a longer period of probiotic use may be necessary. Always speak to your doctor or pharmacist about a reputable brand of probiotic and how to to use it properly.\nDiarrhea is a sign of an imbalance\nThere are several different causes of diarrhea but it is one symptom of a disturbance of the bacteria in your bowels. You may also experience bloating, excessive flatulence and abnormally loud stomach noises. There is one specific type of gut problem that occurs as a result of your bowel bacteria being disturbed. This is known as antibiotic associated diarrhea or pseudomembranous colitis.\nIt occurs in people who use antibiotics and is more likely to happen when you use stronger antibiotics or take antibiotics for long periods of time. The antibiotics destroy your good bowel bacteria. It may sometimes allow \u2018bad\u2019 microbes to temporarily colonize your gut or some of the good microbes to overgrow. A probiotic will restore the balance and the diarrhea will then resolve shortly thereafter.\nProbiotics help with disease prevention\nProbiotics have been shown to be helpful in preventing, treating and even managing a number of different diseases. It has an obvious benefit when it comes to your digestive health. But probiotics may be beneficial for other disease outside of the gut as well. The research is still ongoing but there is more evidence to suggest that the bowel bacteria are in fact important for your overall health.\nIt seems that probiotics are beneficial for your immunity in general and can help with allergic conditions like asthma and eczema. There is also some evidence to suggest that it can play a role in preventing repeated respiratory tract infections and other common childhood infections. However, it is interesting to note that probiotics may not be helpful for all digestive tract conditions.\nHeartburn, Bloating, Gas and Diarrhea After Antibiotics\nPseudomembranous Colitis (Clostridium difficile Infection)\nDiarrhea Induced by Drugs, Remedies or Other Mediaction\nExplosive Diarrhea Immediately After Eating, Using Antibiotics", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 97, "original_length": 8191, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 317.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/innovation/embracing-innovation-beyond-emr-value-based-care", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:07Z", "digest": "sha1:YDDXFRIH3VKZ6MEQE476ZYYBFWCIUICM", "length": 6226, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "www.healthleadersmedia.com", "title": "Embracing Innovation Beyond the EMR for Value-Based Care", "raw_content": "Embracing Innovation Beyond the EMR for Value-Based Care\nBy InterSystems\nWhether you\u2019re on the provider or payer side, or both, making a successful transition from fee-for-service to coordinated, value-based care requires innovative solutions for communication, interoperability, and information sharing.\nWhy? Consider these familiar statistics: One study1 showed that a typical Medicare patient sees an average of two primary care providers and five specialists, from four different organizations each year. Another study2 determined that, for a panel of patients with four or more chronic conditions, primary care physicians need to coordinate care with 86 physicians in 36 different practices. Despite the shared care responsibilities, your organization may be the one financially or clinically accountable for all of it.\nHow will your organization innovate to succeed in this environment, where the information it needs is diverse, dispersed, and frequently changing? Using your electronic medical record (EMR) or claims system is only the starting point. Success in value-based care requires real-time access to all of the information for an individual or a population, from across multiple systems, as a single, unified health record.\nThe Secret Power of FHIR\nIt\u2019s rare for healthcare leadership to get down into the weeds of information sharing standards. But support for the FHIR\u00ae (Fast Healthcare Information Resources) standard, from the HL7\u00ae organization, is critical for rapid innovation.\nThe key to understanding FHIR and its importance for your organization is to think about the web-based applications you use. E-commerce, airline flight price comparisons, social media, and others rely on accessing data in multiple systems from one point, one client, in real time. FHIR is based on the same technology as these applications and on the definition of data elements and concepts in healthcare. FHIR makes healthcare data truly portable.\nFHIR-based applications such as an interactive growth chart for pediatricians and parents, guided data entry for clinicians, or a visual differential diagnosis tool can plug in to a FHIR-enabled unified health record to rapidly deliver new capabilities in a way that the EMR cannot. Gaining this flexibility in how your information can be used to enhance care delivery and outcomes is the secret power of FHIR.\nFHIR Accelerant \u2013 A Unified Health Record is the Foundation for Innovation\nA unified health record is one that brings together patient and population data from EMRs, insurance claim systems, and other sources across the healthcare ecosystem. It makes this complete picture of the patient available as FHIR \u201cresources,\u201d and updates it in real time to serve as the foundation for innovative value-based care solutions.\nInterSystems HealthShare customers, for example, are making the transition to value-based care using its unified health record as an innovation environment. Their projects include:\nCreating a longitudinal health record from multiple EMRs to coordinate care among providers and improve care transitions\nIdentifying strategic performance advantages and network contracting opportunities for a Clinically Integrated Network\nOptimizing workflow and care team communication\nNotifying family and friends in real time when a loved one is admitted in the emergency room or hospital, or is transitioned from one care setting to another\nInnovate, While Run-the-Business Systems Remain Up and Stable\nWhile deploying new solutions based on the unified health record, the run-the-business EMR or claims systems in these organizations remain up, stable, and secure. For example, Northwell Health, the 14th largest health system in the U.S., has many different EMRs in use across the organization. It leverages a unified health record to bring all this information together to drive better care and lower costs. One such project is Care Tool.\n\u201cPrior to the rollout of Care Tool,\u201d said John Bosco, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Northwell Health, \u201ccare managers had to be trained on five different EMRs to be able to manually locate and integrate patient data. Now they have all the information in one place, pre-populated for them on one screen.\u201d\nCare Tool results included:\n6% fewer readmissions for cardiac valve replacement patients\n10-18% more patients discharged to home instead of skilled nursing\nUp to 56% increase in patients using in-network home care, enabling better control of quality\nA Perfect Storm for Value-Based Care\nFHIR is more than a pun-worthy, hot new interoperability standard. A unified health record is more than an extra cost you\u2019d rather avoid. Combined, they will enable you to bring together all of the information that matters the most for value-based care, and securely use it to improve clinical and business performance. While FHIR and community-wide unified health records are the future, the systems you have in use now and the standards they depend on will be in place for years to come. New systems you bring on must recognize this fact and, in addition to supporting FHIR, also support the older standards that have brought healthcare information technology this far.\n1. New England Journal of Medicine. March 15, 2007. Care Patterns in Medicare and Their Implications for Pay for Performance. Hoangmai H. Pham, M.D., M.P.H., Deborah Schrag, M.D., M.P.H., Ann S. O'Malley, M.D., M.P.H., Beny Wu, M.S., and Peter B. Bach, M.D., M.A.P.P. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa063979\n2. Ann Intern Med. 2009 Feb 17; 150(4): 236\u2013242. Primary Care Physicians' Links to Other Physicians through Medicare Patients: The Scope of Care Coordination. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3718023/\nInterSystems is the engine behind the world\u2019s most important applications. In healthcare, finance, government, and other sectors where lives and livelihoods are at stake, InterSystems is the power behind what mattersTM. Founded in 1978, InterSystems is a privately held company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA), with offices worldwide, and its software products are used daily by millions of people in more than 80 countries.\nApple lets veterans track their health records on the iPhone", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 123, "original_length": 8713, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 256.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.healthline.com/health/prostate-cancer/prostate-biopsy-alternatives", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:13Z", "digest": "sha1:KUXE24V56LX3TROZGTX64X237SOROGQT", "length": 7832, "nlines": 55, "source_domain": "www.healthline.com", "title": "Prostate Biopsy Alternatives: Understand Your Options", "raw_content": "Alternatives to a Prostate Biopsy: 4 Tests to Identify Your Risk of Prostate Cancer\nMedically reviewed by Seunggu Jude Han, MD on April 14, 2017 \u2014 Written by Ann Pietrangelo\nGetting to a definite diagnosis of prostate cancer takes a few steps. You might notice a few symptoms, or the idea might not show up on your radar until a routine screening test produces abnormal results. If that\u2019s already happened, it doesn\u2019t always mean you have prostate cancer.\nThe only way to confirm prostate cancer is with a biopsy. But it\u2019s possible to rule out prostate cancer and eliminate your need for a biopsy through other screening tests, including:\nfree prostate specific antigen (PSA) test\nurine test to determine your Mi-prostate score (MiPS)\nContinue reading to learn more about prostate cancer testing and when a biopsy might be necessary.\nIsn\u2019t a PSA test enough?\nThe prostate specific antigen (PSA) test is a common screening test for prostate cancer. PSA is a protein that comes from the prostate gland. The test measures the amount of PSA in your blood. It\u2019s a simple blood test, and for some men, it turns out to be a lifesaver.\nOn the other hand, its value as a diagnostic tool is fairly limited. High PSA levels may be a sign of prostate cancer, but it\u2019s not enough to diagnose the disease with certainty. That\u2019s because there are other reasons your PSA levels could be high, including urinary tract infection and inflammation of the prostate.\nRead more: PSA levels and prostate cancer staging \u00bb\nAlso, a single abnormally high PSA test result can\u2019t tell you if the high level is temporary or rising over time.\nLow PSA levels cannot definitively rule out prostate cancer, either. The fact is that PSA tests can result in both false positives and false negatives.\nPSA tests can be useful during and after treatment for prostate cancer. Rising PSA levels may signal that treatment is not effective or there is a recurrence of the cancer. If your PSA levels are decreasing, your current treatment is probably doing its job.\nWhat does a digital rectal exam do?\nIn a digital rectal exam (DRE), the doctor inserts a gloved finger into your rectum to feel for irregularities of the prostate. It\u2019s a common part of a man\u2019s routine physical examination.\nYour doctor might perform a DRE alone or with a PSA test for routine screening. It\u2019s a quick and simple test. Although a DRE can signal a problem, such as an enlarged prostate, it cannot determine if it\u2019s due to prostate cancer.\nProstate cancer is diagnosed 15 to 25 percent of the time when abnormal findings on a DRE lead to biopsy.\nWhat is free PSA?\nThe routine PSA test measures total PSA in your blood. But there are two types of PSA. Bound PSA is attached to a protein. Free PSA is not. The free PSA test breaks the results down and provides your doctor with a ratio. Men with prostate cancer tend to have lower levels of free PSA than men who don\u2019t have prostate cancer.\nIt\u2019s a simple blood test, but there\u2019s no consensus among doctors on the ideal ratio of free to bound PSA. The free PSA test is valuable in that it gathers more information, which can help in the biopsy decision.\nOn its own, the free PSA test can\u2019t confirm or rule out a prostate cancer diagnosis.\nWhat\u2019s the purpose of a transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)?\nA transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) is a procedure that produces an image of the prostate. It\u2019s usually ordered after an abnormal PSA and DRE. For the test, a small probe is inserted into the rectum. The probe then uses sound waves to produce a picture on a computer screen.\nThe test is uncomfortable, but not painful. It can be done in your doctor\u2019s office or on an outpatient basis in about 10 minutes. It can help estimate the size of the prostate and spot abnormalities that may indicate cancer. However, a TRUS can\u2019t confirm the diagnosis of prostate cancer.\nA TRUS can also be used to guide a biopsy.\nWhat is a Mi-prostate score (MiPS)?\nThe MiPS score helps to evaluate your risk of prostate cancer and aggressive prostate cancer. It\u2019s usually performed after you have abnormal results from a PSA test and DRE.\nThis test involves a DRE, after which you\u2019ll provide a urine sample. The Mi-prostate score (MiPS) combines three markers:\nTMPRSS2:ERG (T2:ERG)\nPCA3 and T2:ERG are genes found in the urine. It\u2019s rare for men without prostate cancer to have high amounts of these markers in their urine. The higher your levels, the more likely it is that you have prostate cancer.\nA MiPS provides more information than a PSA test alone. It\u2019s a valuable risk assessment tool and may be helpful in deciding whether or not to go ahead with a biopsy. Like other tests, a MiPS test alone cannot confirm prostate cancer.\nAbout the biopsy\nDRE, TRUS, and blood and urine tests are all used to evaluate the likelihood that you have prostate cancer. Along with knowing your family history, symptoms, and personal health history, these tools can help your doctor make a recommendation regarding biopsy. It\u2019s important that you discuss all these factors with your doctor.\nThe only way to confirm prostate cancer is with a biopsy, but most men who have a prostate biopsy after screening exams do not have cancer.\nA biopsy can be done in a doctor\u2019s office or as an outpatient procedure. It doesn\u2019t take long, but it is an invasive procedure. Side effects may include:\nsoreness or difficulty urinating for a few days following the procedure\nsmall amounts of blood in your semen, urine, and bowel movements for a few days to a few weeks\ninfection, though you\u2019ll be given antibiotics to reduce your risk\nEven though your doctor will take several tissue samples, it\u2019s still possible to miss the area that contains cancerous cells. A biopsy like this would produce a false-negative result. Depending on your other test results, your doctor may want to follow up with repeat PSA tests or another biopsy.\nMRI-guided prostate biopsy can help doctors locate suspicious tissue and lower the chance of a false-negative result, however.\nIf you have prostate cancer, the pathology report will include a Gleason score from 2 to 10. A lower number means the cancer is slow-growing and less likely to spread.\nImaging tests such as MRI and bone scans can help determine if cancer has already spread outside the prostate.\nA biopsy is the only way to confirm prostate cancer.\nBiopsy results can be used to determine how quickly your cancer is likely to spread.\nThis invasive procedure can have side effects, though most clear up within a few days to a few weeks.\nFalse-negatives are possible, so you may need to have additional tests and biopsies.\nIf you choose not to have a biopsy, or if a biopsy produces a negative result, your doctor can continue to monitor your health using some of these tests.\nIf the biopsy is positive, your prognosis depends on many factors, such as:\nwhether or not it\u2019s a recurrence\nhow you respond to various treatments\nMost men who have prostate cancer don\u2019t die from it, however, according to the National Cancer Institute.\nWhen it comes to deciding whether or not to have a biopsy, consider your risk factors, such as age, race, and family history.\nYour risk of prostate cancer increases as you age. Almost two-thirds of prostate cancers occur in men who are older than 65. In the United States, prostate cancer is also more common among African-Americans than Caucasians. Your risk doubles if you have a father or brother with prostate cancer, and the risk increases more if you have several relatives who\u2019ve had it. This is especially true if your relative was young at the time of their diagnosis.\nDiscuss your risk factors and the pros and cons of prostate biopsy with your doctor. There are several ways to screen for cancer. If you had abnormal test results and are concerned about prostate cancer, however, a biopsy is the only way to confirm the diagnosis.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 117, "original_length": 10764, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 279.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.healthylifetricks.com/best-marriage-advice-ever-dad-son-gold/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:08Z", "digest": "sha1:ERMLYP3EDKFV6B4ID4AJH3CVYJRSCGYX", "length": 4599, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "www.healthylifetricks.com", "title": "Best Marriage Advice Ever By A Dad To His Son. This Is Gold!", "raw_content": "Unfortunately, we live in a cruel world, where most people measure the success of a man with how much money he makes. Yes, but there are other things too that could be used to measure a man\u2019s success. This is the main reason why in this article we\u2019re going to share some words of wisdom written by a dad for his son on how to have a successful marriage. Just sit back and enjoy this article. And yes, I almost forget \u2013 don\u2019t forget to click the share button at the end of the article.\nMy son, good marriage can be the most powerful thing in your life. This partnership can give you stability and comfort in life like no one else.\nMy son, you should never marry a woman who only enjoys when you are spending money on her pleasures and never asks you are you saving or investing money!\nMy son, you need to find a woman that will be good wife for you and even better mother for your children. And, never let go a woman that can be like a mother to you, your children and your family.\nMy son, if someone tells you that you are the head of the house, don\u2019t look in your pockets. Just make sure that your wife has a smile on her face.\nMy son, the secret for long life is to allow your woman to work with your salary. This means that when she\u2019s paying all the bills and food for the family, it would be difficult for her to spend money on something else. But, if you pay the bills and the food, she\u2019ll be asking even when and where you have spent all the money you have.\nMy son, don\u2019t ever beat your woman! The pain in her body is nothing to be compared to the wound on her heart and that means you may be in trouble living with a wounded woman.\nMy son, when you\u2019re married, if you live a bachelor kind of life with your wife, you will soon be a bachelor (again).\nMy son, in our days, we had many wives and many children because of our large farm-lands and many harvests, there are hardly any land for farming anymore, so take care of your woman.\nMy son, don\u2019t be carried away when you start making more money. And, instead of spending on those tiny legs that never knew how hard you worked to get it, spend it on that woman that stood by you all along.\nMy son, when I was young and was throwing rocks to the windows of your mother\u2019s house- that was never call for sex, but just to see her because I missed her so much.\nMy son, before you say that your wife has changed, you should think twice! Yes, maybe you have stopped doing something that changed her.\nMy son, every woman that is not ready to enjoy with your little beginnings, never let her to enjoy your riches, remember your mother rode with me on the bike even before I bought the car that we have now.\nMy son, never compare your wife to other women, because she has never compered you to another man.\nMy son, have you ever heard about that thing called feminism \u2013 you should show your woman how you can be equal, divide the bills on half and all other households needs and ask her to start paying the other part.\nMy son, when I met your mother, she was a virgin. So, I took more yams to her father. But, if you don\u2019t meet your wife a virgin, don\u2019t blame her, what I didn\u2019t tell you is that our women had prestige.\nMy son, never make the mistake as did with your sisters and never send them to school, thought that female child won\u2019t extend my family name. Nowadays there are women that have accomplished more than men.\nMy son, in our days, our women had more natural beauty and they didn\u2019t expose any part of their body like the women nowadays.\nMy son, me and you mother are not interested what happens in your marriage. Yes, what happens in your marriage \u2013 stays in your marriage. And, try not to come always when you have problem, solve your issues with your wife.\nMy son, help your wife to achieve her dreams like you are fighting for yours, remember I bought your mother\u2019s sewing machine.\nMy son, don\u2019t forget about me and your mother when we get old. That\u2019s the biggest secret- to grow old and your children to take care of you.\nMy son, remember to pray the God every day with your family, you never know what will tomorrow bring and God knows everything. Thank you for your time and don\u2019t forget t share this article with your friends and family. Thank you and have a good one.\nNext story Connect Your Thumb With The Little Finger, If You Can See This Tendon, It Means Something Very Special\nPrevious story Your 2017 Horoscope Is Here, It\u2019s Said To Be Accurate, It\u2019s Scary!\nEvery Morning, drink a Glass of This Water and the Cancer Will Disappear!\nWhen He Got Diagnosed with Stage 4 Cancer, His Son Suggested That He Try THIS and It Worked!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 70, "original_length": 6297, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 316.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/environmental-health/national-snapshot", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:38Z", "digest": "sha1:5KEOGWHQLROGACHUUJVUYUVU3PPEBC3H", "length": 1363, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.healthypeople.gov", "title": "Environmental Health | Healthy People 2020", "raw_content": "EH-20.2 Exposure to cadmium (\u00b5g/L, 1+ years)\n2020 Target = 1.12 \u2193Decrease desired\nAt baseline, 1.60 \u00b5g/L: Concentration level of cadmium in blood samples at which 95 percent of the population aged 1 year and over is below the measured level in 2003\u201304. The target is 1.12 \u00b5g/L, based on a target-setting method of Maintain consistency with national programs, regulations, policies, and laws..\nData Source: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC/NCHS; National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals, CDC/NCEH\nEH-20.3 Exposure to lead (\u00b5g/dL, 1+ years)\nAt baseline, 4.20 \u00b5g/L: Concentration level of lead in blood samples at which 95 percent of the population aged 1 year and over is below the measured level in 2003\u201304. The target is 2.94 \u00b5g/dL, based on a target-setting method of Maintain consistency with national programs, regulations, policies, and laws.. ##ebr_link##\nEH-20.15 Exposure to Bisphenol A (\u00b5g/g of creatinine, 6+ years)\nAt baseline, 11.20 \u00b5g/g of creatinine: Concentration level of bisphenol A (2,2-bis[4-hydroxyphenyl] propane) (creatinine corrected) in urine samples at which 95 percent of the population aged 6 years and over is below the measured level in 2003\u201304. The target is 7.84 \u00b5g/g, based on a target-setting method of Maintain consistency with national programs, regulations, policies, and laws..", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 115, "original_length": 7096, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 326.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hearthandhometeam.com/agent/ryan-ligeza/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:44Z", "digest": "sha1:HXVHSPTY6TKMA5CRTCZSZDA5CF3L5K4D", "length": 973, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.hearthandhometeam.com", "title": "Ryan Ligeza - Keller Williams Edge Hearth & Home Realty", "raw_content": "Ryan Ligeza\nRyan Ligeza has been involved in real estate since 2002 when he purchased his first investment property. He became a Realtor\u00ae to offer a higher level of service and customer service through knowledge, transparency and commitment to his client's best interests.\nWhether buying or selling or investing in real estate, Ryan\u2019s experience with evaluating the value of a home, researching the market and area, and negotiating the deal, will help you achieve your goals in real estate.\nRyan believes real estate is more than just a business. It is about the trust and relationships you build. It is because of this, that his level of service is exceptional.\nAs Ryan comes from a marketing and sales background with extensive training and experience in each, this allows him to market your property effectively if you are selling, or find the perfect property if you are buying. When it comes time for negotiations, you\u2019ll be grateful Ryan is on your side of the table.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 98, "original_length": 2780, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 183.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.heifer.org/join-the-conversation/photos-videos/heifer-bulletin/home-is-where-her-heart-is.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:05Z", "digest": "sha1:LWEIQQZRNZPAKE4HR2LORKIRU55X6LEV", "length": 2385, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.heifer.org", "title": "Home is Where Her Heart Is", "raw_content": "Writer: Jessica Ford, World Ark contributor\nJessica Ford serves as the Global Communications Manager for Heifer International at its headquarters in Little Rock, Ark. Ford joined Heifer in 2007 and soon transitioned into the executive office as Manager of Operations and Assistant to the COO. In July of 2012, she was relocated to Heifer's country office in Lima, Peru, as part of Heifer's first leadership development program giving her the unique opportunity to dive head first into Heifer's program work \"in the field\", where she met Sofia. Now she is back in Arkansas with her husband and 10-year-old son where she loves watching baseball, reading, rowing crew and drinking Dr Pepper.\nAnnie Griffiths, photographer and Executive Director of Ripple Effect Images\nAnnie Griffiths was one of the first women photographers to work for National Geographic. She has covered women\u2019s issues on six continents, and her award-winning work has also been featured in LIFE, Geo, Smithsonian, Time, Stern, and many other publications. Her books include A Camera, Two Kids and a Camel and Last Stand: America\u2019s Virgin Lands, done in partnership with acclaimed author Barbara Kingsolver. Proceeds from the book have raised more than $250,000 for land conservation. Annie is deeply committed to photographing innovative aid programs around the world. For more than two decades, she has dedicated a portion of each year to documenting the important work of aid organizations.\nhttp://rippleeffectimages.org/\nRipple Effect Images is a team of journalists dedicated to documenting the plight of poor women and girls around the world and highlighting the programs that are helping to empower them, especially as they deal with the devastating effects of climate change. Working closely with scientists and NGOs to identify both the needs and the innovative programs that are helping women and girls, Ripple Effect journalists travel to document these programs. They then donate their photographs, video and stories to the Ripple Effect Images Archive. This archive is made available, at no cost, to our partner aid organizations and to policymakers who are working to help poor women as they deal with the tremendous challenges caused by climate change. The extraordinary Ripple Effect team includes a MacArthur Genius Fellow as well as Pulitzer Prize, Emmy Award, and National Humanities Medal winners.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 397, "original_length": 19721, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 184.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/2007/09/18/jamie-fox-will-smith/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:55Z", "digest": "sha1:2G4FQOUZNPBL26HII2VNCVQX3MNT6BS2", "length": 1398, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.hellomagazine.com", "title": "Will helps Jamie unveil his latest big screen adventure", "raw_content": "The Independence Day actor was on hand to support his pal at the LA premiere of FBI thriller The Kingdom\nJoining the boys on the red carpet were Will's wife Jada Pinkett Smith and stylish tennis star Serena Williams\nWill helps Jamie unveil his latest big screen adventure\nHe's already made the transition from stand-up comedy to starring in big screen music dramas, now it seems Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx is set to become the newest action hero on the block with his new FBI thriller, The Kingdom. So who better then to give the 39-year-old actor support at the film's American premiere than firmly established man of the high octane blockbuster, Will Smith.\nThe Independence Day actor joined his pal - who earlier this week was honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame - on the red carpet in LA this week for the unveiling of Jamie's latest silver screen offering. And the pair revealed they've got more in common than genre of films undertaken, when they both posed for snappers wearing identical sunglasses, highlighting a similar taste in eyewear.\nIt wasn't just a night for the boys, though. While Will was accompanied by his wife Jada Pinkett Smith, striking in a fuchsia pink jacket and shorts combo, Jamie chatted to tennis star Serena Williams. Also on the celebrity guest list was the Texas-born actor's co-star Jennifer Garner, who was a vision in a floor-length red gown.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 68, "original_length": 2577, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 336.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.heremagazine.com/articles/boxing-for-peace-in-northern-nigeria", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:42Z", "digest": "sha1:JAL4SYZE4IYCQVKBELCY376WOYP7ZRX2", "length": 6991, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "www.heremagazine.com", "title": "How Peace Direct Combats Boko Haram in Northern Nigeria | Here", "raw_content": "Boxing for Peace in Northern Nigeria\nMusa, 10, trains at the Kano Amateur Boxing Association.\nThe streets are wide, lined with flowering trees, and crowded.\nThey\u2019re full of auto rickshaws plastered with images of the likes of Justin Bieber and Michael Jackson; children pressing their wares\u2014fruits, toiletries, drinking water packaged in plastic bags, even inflatable flamingos\u2014up against car windows in an attempt to make a sale; and the occasional delivery bike laden with loaves of bread or boxes of instant noodles. As we near our destination, however, paved streets turn into narrower and bumpier dirt roads, and instead of large storefronts with bold, acrylic signs we see dark, makeshift roadside stalls.\nKano from above.\nWe\u2019re in hot, dusty Kano, West Africa\u2019s oldest city and northern Nigeria\u2019s commercial hub. Set in the country\u2019s most populous state, it is home to more than 10 million people. The majority-Muslim city is also the heartland of Boko Haram, making it both a major target of attacks and a source for new recruits. The group is responsible for the kidnapping of some 200 schoolgirls in 2014\u2014their disappearance spawned the international #BringBackOurGirls campaign\u2014as well as for regular attacks against civilians. More than 15,000 people have died since 2011. But you\u2019re much less likely to have heard about the important work done to counter the group and prevent its growth. That work is what deserves the spotlight.\nA boy looks out from Dala Hill, considered to be the first site of settlement in Kano that provides views of the entire city.\nThe part of town we\u2019re now in has been particularly affected by the crisis. Poverty, little access to education, rampant early marriage, and high birth rates have led to many children with parents who can\u2019t take care of them. These children often end up on the streets, ready to be picked up and groomed by gangs, including Boko Haram, whose intents vary from perpetuating petty crime and providing security for corrupt politicians to advancing extremist ideology.\nWe pull up outside a large compound that encloses a shabby field and a few one-room buildings. This is the home of the Kano Amateur Boxing Association, a training center with a twist: the club hinders gang recruitment in the area and rehabilitates ex-gang members through boxing. It gives at-risk children and young men skills, a community, and a new purpose. The one key tenet all participants must adhere to is: No fighting of any form outside the boxing club.\nShehu, 35, an ex-gang member who now voluntarily runs the Kano Amateur Boxing Association.\nThe project is the brainchild of Peace Initiative Network (PIN), a grassroots organization based in Kano that develops and supports projects that build peace in the northeastern part of the country. The fact that PIN is run entirely by Nigerians, who have an understanding of the nuanced cultural context they\u2019re working within, is its key strength. Local groups are able to build trust with community leaders and vulnerable groups in a way that international organizations, however well-meaning, cannot.\nIn the case of the boxing club, PIN coordinator Michael Sodipo discovered ex-Boko Haram member-turned-boxer Shehu through his network, introduced him to the concept of peacebuilding, and mentored him as he transformed his newfound passion into a way to help his community. Shehu was recruited off the street into Boko Haram when he was just five years old and brainwashed to make a life of violence feel purposeful. However, driven by a desire to return to school, he left the group when he was 17, handing over the names of commanders of the terrorist group to security forces in exchange for protection. After being inspired and educated on social work methods by PIN, Shehu now runs the boxing club to deter others from going down the path he was on and to create a safe space where ex-combatants know they\u2019ll be accepted.\nShehu (center), runs and coaches at the Kano Amateur Boxing Association where boxers Auwal, 20 (left), and Rabiu (right), 20, train. All three are former gang members.\nDuring Away\u2019s time in Nigeria, PIN introduced us to several other similarly powerful and effective projects. We visited schools that teach unbiased journalism as a way to challenge violence, soccer clubs that put Christians and Muslims on the same teams, and training centers that equip enrollees with skills so they can earn incomes without engaging in criminal activity.\nAway\u2019s nonprofit partner Peace Direct identifies and provides ongoing financial and managerial support to local organizations like PIN in other conflict and post-conflict regions around the world, including the Congo, Somalia, Syria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Israel/Palestine.\nPeacebuilding is an important, and often underfunded type of international development. Without peace, life may go on, but people and places will never thrive. While Kano residents generally feel safe, attacks are unpredictable\u2014so they often leave the house knowing there is a chance they might not return home that evening. An indication of the validity of these fears is found in the very visible security presence around the city: People are searched before entering malls and major department stores, and, after a 2014 attack that left hundreds dead, cars are no longer allowed within two kilometers of the Central Mosque during Friday prayers.\nChildren looking up at Dala Hill.\nMembers of the PIN-supported Peace Club at the Abdulkareem Arabic Primary School sing songs to warm up before Peace Club activities begin.\nMohamed, 18, a member of the PIN-supported Peace Club at the Government Arabic Secondary School (GASS) Kura.\nThe conflict has also led to an economic downturn in the region as businesses have relocated to more stable parts of the country, and tourism has trickled to a halt. We found that Kano had much to offer, but almost all the places we visited\u2014from the Chinese restaurant serving unexpectedly authentic (and delicious!) food to the 500-year-old indigo dye pits that were once a busy heritage site\u2014were empty save for us. That would change, however, if enough projects like the ones supported by PIN were funded and scaled to lead to lasting peace.\nBoxers Auwal, 20, and Nura, 22, who train at the Kano Amateur Boxing Association.\nBack at the club, two ex-gang members are training, their footwork not only throwing up dirt with each move but also holding the attention of neighborhood children\u2014and inspiring them. Shehu circles the boxers, watching them carefully and shouting out occasional critiques of their technique or words of motivation. Earlier he\u2019d told us: \u201cWe have to start from somewhere small so we can find ourselves out from this hardship of life. Maybe I can be exemplary to my community. Maybe someone watches me, and I can be a role model to someone. That\u2019s why I decided to live a life like this.\u201d\nVisit impact.awaytravel.com to learn more about Away\u2019s partnership with Peace Direct.\nChildren on Dala Hill.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 8266, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 285.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hhrjournal.org/2009/12/south-africa-revives-commitment-to-combating-aids/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:29:12Z", "digest": "sha1:CC3U73GGS2ZFTZ6SLWJI4PDAMQ2RQT4C", "length": 3724, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.hhrjournal.org", "title": "South Africa revives commitment to combating AIDS \u2013 Health and Human Rights Journal", "raw_content": "South Africa revives commitment to combating AIDS\nDuring his speech on World AIDS Day, South African President Jacob Zuma promised to ramp up HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programs for children and high-risk groups. The new plan calls for treating all HIV-infected babies in a country whose child mortality rate has risen since 1990. \u201cOur message is simple,\u201d President Zuma said, \u201cwe have to stop the spread of HIV. We must reduce the rate of new infections. Prevention is our most powerful weapon against the epidemic.\u201d\nPresident Zuma\u2019s commitments set a new ideological standard in South Africa that breaks from previous conceptions of the disease. Former President Thabo Mbeki received widespread criticism for his ideas about the nature and treatment of the epidemic. He is often noted as a denialist of the viral cause of AIDS and the effectiveness of antiretroviral treatment. A Harvard University study reported in The New York Times found that more than 330,000 premature deaths could have been prevented if Mbeki\u2019s administration had backed the provision of antiretroviral drugs to AIDS patients.\nDespite Mbeki\u2019s misguided stance, that Jacob Zuma reversed his predecessor\u2019s rhetoric on HIV/AIDS came as somewhat of a surprise. A husband to three wives \u2013 an acceptable facet of his Zulu heritage but a risk factor for contracting HIV \u2013 and the defendant in a 2006 criminal case for the rape of an HIV-positive friend, he is an improbable leader in the AIDS movement.\nBut the public announcement of his policy overhaul stands to salvage his reputation and, of course, countless lives. South Africa has the highest prevalence of HIV in the world: UNAIDS/WHO estimate that 5.7 million are infected with HIV, including 3.2 million women and 280,000 children aged 0\u201314. Zuma\u2019s particular focus on women and children heralds a concrete and strategic approach to curbing the spread of HIV/AIDS. He said that the policy changes to take effect next April would include treatment for all children under one year old who test positive for HIV, with no regard for their CD4 count. Treatment is expanding for other high-risk groups, such as people with tuberculosis and HIV, as well as pregnant women who are HIV positive. Counseling, testing, and treatment would all be part of the care package.\nUNAIDS executive director Michel Sidib\u00e9 spoke at the event before President Zuma took the stage. In his speech he correlated health and human rights, emphasizing in particular the position of women and children. He remarked, \u201cAIDS reveals many fundamental injustices. While mother-to-child transmission is now part of the history books in the North, 390,000 African babies were born infected in 2008. Only half of pregnant women living with HIV in South Africa received treatment to prevent transmission of the virus to their child, even though evidence shows that with full access, we can virtually eliminate HIV infection in newborn babies.\u201d\nPresident Zuma hopes to cut infections in half and provide treatment to at least 80% of HIV/AIDS patients by 2011. It\u2019s a tall order but not insurmountable, especially with aid from countries like the United States, which will give South Africa an additional $120 million over the next two years for AIDS treatments. Zuma\u2019s policy reforms are a milestone in South Africa\u2019s battle with HIV/AIDS, but his ultimate success lies in their translation into practice and implementation. Only then can a more ambitious goal be sought: universal access to treatment.\nPrevious PostPrevious Informed consent at the nexus of health and human rights, as reported by Special Rapporteur Anand Grover to the UN General Assembly\nNext PostNext Uganda\u2019s draft HIV/AIDS bill alarms human rights community", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 73, "original_length": 6952, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 176.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hinduismtoday.com/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=1154", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:42Z", "digest": "sha1:P6YPMPWRLYXX2M5Y4W53CRG3CT7F2YIE", "length": 4559, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.hinduismtoday.com", "title": "Yogis Throng To Argentina - Magazine Web Edition July 1990 - Publications - Hinduism Today Magazine", "raw_content": "Yogis Throng To Argentina\nDevita, Graciela Norma\n\"We are showing yoga as an art and science of living,\" 91-old-Mataji Indra Devi told me at her April yoga conference in Buenos Aries, Argentina, where this popular teacher of Hollywood stars now makes her home.\n\"Practicing yoga postures without the backing of yama [moral restraints] and niyama [spiritual observances] is mere acrobatics. The qualities requested are discipline, faith, tenacity and perseverance. In this congress we have teachers and students share thoughts on yoga and remember always its fundamentals,\" she said.\nTen years ago in this 96% Catholic country even talking publically about yoga was barely possible. It was considered an occult science, an unknown religion or even something from the devil. For example, in 1982, I worked for an organization called \"Fat Anonymous\" which helped people lose weight. In a short time, I realized that the medical and psychological treatments weren't sufficient to aid the patients and suggested to the staff that they incorporate hatha yoga in the rehabilitation plan. Although the benefits were understood, the doctors were frightened off because the institution was under the scrutiny of the Catholic Church. Nevertheless, yoga has today spread across this country, thanks to the benefits it carries and to is own truth. Doctors now not only recommend yoga, they are looking into the Hindu Ayurveda medical systems as well.\nMataji's long-time personal friend, Swami Satchidananda of Yogaville, Virginia, was the conference's guest of honor. Nearly five hundred people participated in workshops such as people participated in workshops such as \"Pranayama and the Door of Consciousness,\" \"The Art and Sport of Yoga,\" \"Symbols of the Chakras\" and \"Yoga for Down's Syndrome Children.\" In addition to Mataji's Foundation, participants included, among others, Argentina Association of Yoga Teachers, European Union of Yoga Federation, the Uruguay Association of Yoga, Institute of Classical Yoga of Brazil and Brahma Kumaris.\nThe conference took place April 20th and 21st at a large school rented for the purpose. Mornings began with guided meditation, followed by the workshops with breaks for gourmet vegetarian lunches and dinners. The event's young organizer, David Liftzyc, said he got the idea the Congress of Yoga held in 1987 in Montevideo, Uruguay. \"I asked, why could we not do it here? In the last three years the number of yoga adepts had steadily increased.\nOur task is done without technology or money, yet, participants are happy. I would never have imagined this success.\"\nThe participants I met each had a different story to tell of how they found their way to the practice of yoga. Mrs. Mayte Fernandez de Bobadilla, president of the Argentina Association of Teachers. I was a dancer and in the moment of my practices I got subtle vibrations and marvelous feelings inside me. I did not know that divinity is hidden in my soul, but I found explanations about in Hinduism.\" Marta Sucheli, a 38-year-old yoga student remembered when she \"went to the doctor because I had a great pain in my back, but he could not solve my problem. I began to do asanas and it disappeared, and my bad character too is getting more tranquil. Now I enjoy life. I am not afraid anymore.\" Her friend, Monica Aguilar, 37, said, \"I got the same impression. I did these exercises looking for something new. Since the first class I have felt very well, plunging into an infinite peace, a source of joy and light without end.\"\nHoracio Guido Purcaro, 40, credited yoga with making him a calm, tolerant and successful person. \"I realized yoga is a very serious science.\" A near-fatal car accident affirmed 42-year old Daniel Sbampato's faith in his yoga practice. \"Even though we could have died, I became serene, calming my wife and orienting my mind to God. It is very positive for me. Earlier in my life, I couldn't have done it.\"\nMaria Esther Defisella practiced yoga as a child, but it wasn't until she studied with Mataji that she understood that the obstacles, trials and tribulations in the path of yoga can be removed with the help of a guru.\nMataji summed up for me both the means and goal of yoga: \"It is the dedicated votive offering of man who brings himself to the altar, alone and clean in body and mind, focused in attention and will, offering in simplicity and innocence not a burnt sacrifice, but simply himself raised to his own highest potential.\"\nAddress: The Indra Devi Foundation, Azcu[?]naga 762 (1029) Buenos Aires, Argentina, phone 962-3112.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 123, "original_length": 6957, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 325.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/cop-s-son-in-dock-over-sale-of-land/story-y0JP9Qdd4hZVbPJHW9a1yJ.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:14Z", "digest": "sha1:YLP7BD2AWADHFQDNYH5BHNU6PMHJZQLY", "length": 2083, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.hindustantimes.com", "title": "Cop's son in dock over sale of land | punjab | Hindustan Times", "raw_content": "Cop's son in dock over sale of land\nThe son of Patiala senior superintendent of police (vigilance) Shiv Kumar Sharma in is trouble for allegedly selling land illegally.\nNavrajdeeep Singh\nAccording to a complaint filed by members of Revenue Patwar Union of Punjab to the Patiala circle tehsildar AS Thind on Thursday, Mohit Sharma, the SSP's son, allegedly submitted false affidavits at the sub-registrar office to sell 300 square yards worth 4.83 lakh at Alipur Raiya village near here.\nUnion members, who attached the document with the complaint, a copy of which is available with HT, said Mohit got the power of attorney of the land owned by his friend Satpal, a resident of Chajju Pat village in Nabha tehsil, on April 7, 2008.\nFollowing Satpal's death on September 10, 2009, on the basis of power of attorney, Mohit sold the land to three persons -Karnail Singh, a resident of Teja village, Zora Singh of Shekhupura village and Sujit Singh, a resident of Jhujar Nagar - on May 31, 2010.\nIn the affidavit submitted to the sub-registrar's office on May 31, 2010, Mohit stated that Satpal, who had given him the power of attorney of the land, was alive and had not cancelled the attorney.\nThe death certificate issued by the assistant registrar (birth and death) on September 13, 2010 - a copy of which is with HT - proves that the owner of the land was dead before the land was sold.\nAccording to law, in case of death of executioner, the power of attorney on any name stands cancelled and ownership of the land automatically shift to the legal heirs. Only the legal heirs have the right to sell the land.\nMohit has claimed that Satpal, in his will, made him the caretaker of the property and the authorised him to sell it.\nHowever, he failed to give a satisfactory reply to why he had submitted a wrong affidavit. \"I had sold the land on the basis of the will on my name declared by Satpal.\" he said. He could not recollect to whom he sold the land.\nThind said \"Though the complaint is from a third party, it would be sent to DC and action taken after scrutinising the documents.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 166, "original_length": 4451, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 264.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hisinscriptions.com/his-inscriptions-blog-deborah-perkins/war-declared-intelligence-needed", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:54Z", "digest": "sha1:ST57ETPLYCPB6LREQIZC5AO4HJGRB4CK", "length": 4677, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.hisinscriptions.com", "title": "War Declared - Intelligence Needed!", "raw_content": "Those who are familiar with the events of World War II will remember that Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire, England, was the secret location where the German \u201cEnigma\u201d and \u201cLorenz\u201d ciphers, in particular, were decoded. At its peak, a team of nearly 10,000 codebreakers was employed here, which included mathematicians, linguists, computer and logic scientists, chess players and even high-society women.\nWithout the efforts of those who had the ability to decipher and discern the movements of the enemy, battles would have been lost. Between 1942 and 1945, as the German onslaught intensified, the number of people required at Bletchley increased, resulting in an international team of very diverse people. The codebreakers\u2019 efforts were essential to the winning of the war.\nNot One But Many\nWithout question, knowing the anticipated movements of the enemy is a key to winning battles, whether natural or spiritual. Like the sons of Issachar who came to Hebron to assist David in becoming king instead of Saul, we need men and women who understand the times and \u201cknow what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chronicles 12:32.)\nWe learn what to do by listening to the Savior as He gives us His commands. The Body of Christ is made up of many parts, each with their unique function. While I may be a linguist in the Kingdom, you might have math or logic skills, and someone else might have the engineering know-how to put into place the things we understand only on paper. ALL ARE NECESSARY to the Kingdom war effort! All function best when working with the fresh revelation Christ gives us to overcome enemy tactics.\nThe chiefs of Issachar who came to David numbered \u201c200, with all their relatives under their command,\u201d according to 1 Chronicles 12:32 (NIV). There were thousands of men from this tribe who came to assist in the war effort. Not only did Issachar\u2019s sons agree to serve voluntarily, but they also came bringing provisions to feed the armies who had gathered at Hebron \u2013 sensing the need before it even became an issue. That\u2019s the kind of wisdom we still need!\nFor while Christ has defeated our enemy, Satan has not yet given up the fight against Christ\u2019s allies. He continues to attack, deceive, and strategize on various fronts. I believe this is why I saw the vision: we need many people who are on the alert against the enemy, not just one!\nTraditionally, heaven\u2019s \u201cdecoders\u201d were the prophets. But since the resurrection of Christ, ALL believers have the amazing promise that they can hear God\u2019s strategies for themselves. (John 10:27.)\nOne pastor cannot discern strategies for every battle in his congregation. We need believers, prophets and prayer warriors who are at their \u201clistening stations\u201d on a regular basis, connecting with both God and each other to put the pieces of the puzzle together. To understand our times.\nIt is the combined, unified efforts of believers in our own churches and across the world that give us a clear picture of where the enemy is moving and how God wants to counter those moves. When we collectively discern God\u2019s strategies for this time and season, we enforce the victory He has already won!\nIt is a paradox: we are victorious \u2013 yet we are still at war. Heaven knows this. Just as I needed to be reminded of the importance of my personal contribution, so I believe the Body at large needs reminders of theirs.\nYou do not need a vision of heaven to see that the enemy is on the offensive. Look around: notice the battles raging in your area and then ask the Lord: \u201cWhat would you have me do?\u201d\nIt is in our alignment with our Commander and unified alliance with our brothers and sisters that our battles are won. Believers still on earth need timely, accurate military intelligence. Heaven\u2019s revelation is breaking the codes. Will you convey Christ\u2019s messages?\nSign up for the Destiny Conference, June 8-9th\nOnline Registration for this prayer and prophetic conference extends through June 6th. Sign up today to reserve your place! $30 Registration includes a catered lunch and a full day of anointed speakers, prophetic ministry and personal prayer. Don't miss this important gathering - come and receive strategies for YOUR future!\nDeborah Perkins is an author and the founder of His Inscriptions, a ministry focused on life-giving communication with God. Through her website, inspired teaching and a weekly blog, Deborah offers discipleship to those who want to grow their relationship with God. A ministry leader for over 30 years, Deborah is an experienced prophetic counselor, marriage mentor, and prayer warrior. She's also fond of her hubby, 3 sons, and dark chocolate - in that order! \u200b To purchase her Bible Study, click here.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 198, "original_length": 9533, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 310.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryMagazine/DestinationsUK/The-Battle-of-Marston-Moor/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:55Z", "digest": "sha1:RPSC5OVZZSLYEWQWWJY4FABXQ7VYJXXD", "length": 1658, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.historic-uk.com", "title": "The Battle of Marston Moor", "raw_content": "One of the largest battles ever fought on English soil took place in the evening of the 2nd July 1644 during the English Civil War.\nPrince Rupert of the Rhine had only just relieved the siege on the Royalist stronghold of York when he took up his position on Marston Moor against a combined force of around 22,000 Parliamentarians and Scottish Covenanters.\nAt 7pm the Parliamentarian army launched a surprise attack and following a confused fight lasting just two hours, Parliamentarian cavalry under Oliver Cromwell routed Prince Rupert\u2019s Royalist cavalry and decimated their infantry.\nThe battle confirmed how a well-equipped and trained army could win the war and established Cromwell\u2019s reputation as a great commander. The Royalists effectively abandoned all control in the north of England.\nDate: 2nd July, 1644\nLocation: Long Marston, North Yorkshire\nBelligerents: Royalists and Parliamentarians (including Scottish Covenanters)\nVictors: Parliamentarians and Scottish Covenanters\nNumbers: Royalists 17,000, Parliamentarians and Scottish Covenanters 22,000\nCasualties: Royalists 5,000, Parliamentarians around 300.\nCommanders: Prince Rupert of the Rhine and the Marquess of Newcastle (Royalists), Lord Fairfax and the Earl of Manchester (Parliamentarians)\nThe Battle of Cropredy Bridge\nFollowing their defeat at Cheriton, King Charles\u2019s wartime capital at Oxford was now under threat. To avoid being surrounded the\u2026\nThe Battle of Naseby was fought on the foggy morning of 14th June 1645 and is considered one of the\u2026\nThe Battle of Cheriton\nThe start of the 1644 campaigning season in the English Civil War found Sir Ralph Hopton\u2019s 6,000 strong Royalist\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 140, "original_length": 4727, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 164.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.historynet.com/learned-u-n-peacekeepers-congo.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:53Z", "digest": "sha1:BO3BVNB2JQN2NF5P4GSNHDW3DMXML4QJ", "length": 3704, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.historynet.com", "title": "What We Learned From... U.N. Peacekeepers in the Congo | HistoryNet", "raw_content": "What We Learned From\u2026 U.N. Peacekeepers in the Congo\nPeacekeeping is a relatively recent concept in military operations. It emerged in the wake of World War II as an aspect of the nascent United Nations\u2019 principle of \u201ccollective security.\u201d The idea behind the \u201cBlue Helmet\u201d operations\u2014named for the color of peacekeepers\u2019 headgear\u2014was that whenever and wherever armed conflict threatened, U.N. member nations would band together to stabilize the situation and then maintain the peace. It was a laudable concept, but like many other idealistic theories it soon ran up against ugly reality. One obstacle was the global polarization brought about by the Cold War and the resulting gridlock in the U.N. Security Council. Another was that military forces are equipped, trained and organized to fight wars, while peacekeeping operations require wholly different skills and operational procedures.\nIn 1960 the U.N. launched its first large-scale peacekeeping operation, addressing civil strife in the newly formed Republic of the Congo. Marked by costly trial and error, the mission served as an eye-opening object lesson and very nearly brought about the collapse of the international organization.\nThe Congo had gained its independence from Belgium that June with virtually no preparation or transition period. Still commanded by Belgian officers, the republic\u2019s rank-and-file soldiers mutinied, while black nationalists fomented widespread rioting and racial violence against white civilians. At that point the Belgian government sent its own troops back in to protect the latter. The U.N. then intervened at the request of Mo\u00efse Tshomb\u00e9, governor of mineral-rich Katanga province. A political rival of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, Tshomb\u00e9 sought U.N. recognition of an independent Katanga.\nThe U.N. deployed a multinational peacekeeping force\u2014the Organisation des Nations Unies au Congo, or ONUC\u2014that within a year totaled nearly 20,000 troops from more than 30 countries. Lacking training, common equipment and an operational doctrine, the peacekeepers soon found themselves embroiled in a violent civil war, each side bringing in large numbers of mercenaries from Western countries. ONUC ultimately had to resort to heavy-handed military force to prevent Katanga from seceding. Along the way, Lumumba was captured and executed, U.N. Secretary General Dag Hammarskj\u00f6ld died when his plane crashed en route to cease-fire negotiations, and the Congo became a proxy battleground between the United States and the Soviet Union.\nBy the time ONUC left the Congo in 1964, it had restored a fragile semblance of stability, but it was a Pyrrhic victory at best. One hundred twenty-six peacekeepers lost their lives, as did hundreds of Congolese, and the fighting resumed even as the Blue Helmets pulled out. The U.N. has since developed governing principles and guidelines for its peacekeeping operations, but its mission failures outnumber its successes.\nPeace enforcement and peacekeeping are different. Peace enforcement more closely resembles traditional military operations, while peacekeeping, like civilian policing, must stress the use of minimum\nnecessary force.\nHave a plan. The 30-plus nations\nof the Congo operation lacked com-\nmon gear, guidelines and goals.\nConsent is mandatory. Peace-\nkeeping only works if all parties to\nthe dispute want it to work.\nNeutrality is also essential. The opposing factions in the Congo each accused the U.N. of \u201cchoosing sides.\u201d\nSpeed is not of the essence. Peacekeeping is most definitely not\na quick fix. It takes time\u2014years or even decades\u2014to bear fruit.\nFirst published in Military History Magazine\u2019s May 2017 issue.\n20th - 21st Century, Congo, U.N. Peacekeepers", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 185, "original_length": 8000, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 210.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hobbsgiroday.com/creditors-remedies/creditors-remedies-articles/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:27Z", "digest": "sha1:EL3R3XK27ZHZSSFJLDT66AO4AU7PNRF5", "length": 1215, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.hobbsgiroday.com", "title": "Creditor's Remedies Articles | Hobbs Giroday", "raw_content": "This article provides a brief introduction to secured transactions and attachment. Knowledge of secured transactions is integral to the practice of commercial law and attachment is a concept central to secured transactions. A secured transaction is an arrangement whereby a creditor obtains an interest in\u2026\nThis article describes when British Columbia courts will recognize and enforce a foreign (i.e. non-B.C.) judgment. The first step is to determine whether the foreign judgment is from a reciprocating jurisdiction. A judgment obtained in a reciprocating jurisdiction will be enforceable in B.C. upon registration,\u2026\nJudgments from reciprocating states may be recognized in B.C. under the Court Order Enforcement Act (\u201cCOEA\u201d), the Canada \u2013 United Kingdom Convention for the Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (\u201cConvention\u201d) and the Supreme Court Rules (\u2018Rules of Court\u201d). \u201cJudgment\u201d\u2026\nWhat is Garnishment? June 6, 2012\nGarnishment is a legal procedure to cause money owed to a debtor by a third party to be paid into Court. The third party is called the \u201cgarnishee\u201d and is often the debtor\u2019s employer or a financial institution that holds money on deposit for the\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 96, "original_length": 4015, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 133.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hobbsgiroday.com/directors-liability-shareholder-litigation/directors-liability-shareholder-litigation-articles/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:03Z", "digest": "sha1:GT7ATNG3FQOQODMRCRNJQU2IDFXOHPH2", "length": 2466, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.hobbsgiroday.com", "title": "Director's Liability & Shareholder Litigation Articles | Hobbs Giroday", "raw_content": "By David Hobbs Shareholders have various possible sources of legal rights. Statutory duties of the corporation, officers and directors owed to shareholders are one source. The duty of directors is generally owed to the corporation and, in proper circumstances, may lawfully conflict with and override\u2026\nBy David Hobbs Shareholder agreements are usually entered into by all the shareholders, though not always. The agreement is usually in writing and signed by the shareholders. Shareholder agreements vary from corporation to corporation as to their terms but, usually deal with certain basic issues\u2026\nBy David Hobbs The share structure of a corporation is established by the terms of the corporation\u2019s articles. The structure may change after incorporation by appropriate resolution of the shareholders and other implementation steps. Articles are required to specify classes of shares and the maximum\u2026\nBy David Hobbs The word \u201ccorporation\u201d derives from the Latin term \u201ccorpus\u201d meaning body. Roman law recognized a range of corporate entities. Churches and local governments incorporated to exist in perpetuity (indefinitely). Some say the oldest commercial corporation is Stora Kopparberg mining community in Falun,\u2026\nA registered shareholder of common voting shares is legally entitled to notice of shareholder meetings, an opportunity to vote in person or by proxy and his or her proportionate share of the capital if the company is liquidated. A shareholder may also have other expectations\u2026\nSupreme Court of Canada \u2013 Oppression Ruling August 31, 2012\nIn BCE Inc. v. 1976 Debentureholders, the Supreme Court of Canada clarified, to some extent, the laws governing change of control transactions in a corporate setting. The deal underlying the litigation was a proposed $51.7 billion privatization of BCE Inc. that was opposed by debenture\u2026\nDirector\u2019s Alerts June 7, 2012\nOne would think there are enough risks being a director of a private or public BC company but, here\u2019s one more you need to be aware of - Workers Compensation Act. Most directors will be aware of WorkSafeBC and legislation whereby workers and employers do\u2026\nAbout Examinations for Discovery June 5, 2012\nExamination for Discovery (E. for D.) is a procedure whereby each party is examined under oath before a Court Reporter by the opposing counsel. The Court Reporter transcribes the testimony. 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And an infected pregnant woman can pass it to her fetus.\nThe transmission of the parasite puts the fetus at risk for severe birth defects and death, so tests for the infection during pregnancy are crucial. But current blood tests are expensive and require special equipment that may not be available in developing countries.\nResearchers tested the new blood test on 205 women in Chicago and Morocco who were known to be infected with the parasite. The test was highly accurate in detecting infection, even in those with low levels of antibodies to the parasite, the findings showed.\nHowever, the test could not distinguish between acute and chronic infections, according to the study, which was published Aug. 16 in the journal PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.\n\"Our work establishes a new point-of-care test in the outpatient setting at very low cost, enabling diagnosis and prompt treatment for toxoplasma infections acquired for the first time during pregnancy,\" Rima McLeod, from the University of Chicago, and colleagues wrote in a journal news release.\n\"This enables life-, sight- and cognition-saving treatments. If combined with multiplexed testing for other congenital infections and markers associated with premature birth, it will markedly improve maternal-child outcomes and save lives,\" the study authors concluded.\nThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more on toxoplasmosis.\nSOURCE: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, news release, Aug. 16, 2018", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 3578, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 261.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hongkongfp.com/tag/the-asian-feminist/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:50Z", "digest": "sha1:IDF5YPIOWLISMMYFRJFP2PSXAZDZJEYB", "length": 176, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.hongkongfp.com", "title": "The Asian Feminist Archives | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP", "raw_content": "Tag - The Asian Feminist\nOne page says it all: Reflections on the 19th National Congress\nHong Kong\u2019s Basic Law does not ban ideas, and universities are not for one-way learning", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 190, "original_length": 5530, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.85, "perplexity": 321.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hooklawcenter.com/newsletter/news-2014/when-minors-live-with-grandparents-public-school-considerations/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:23:13Z", "digest": "sha1:HOWM4UEPOCTXV2XU3HIRBVHL52HTUJDN", "length": 6680, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.hooklawcenter.com", "title": "When Minors Live With Grandparents: Public School Considerations | Hook Law Center", "raw_content": "When Minors Live With Grandparents: Public School Considerations\nSituations occasionally arise for our senior clients when it becomes necessary for them to take in and care for minor grandchildren. This may occur when the parent becomes ill or dies, when the parent feels they can no longer care for the minor, or when other family dynamics would make living with the grandparent the best option for the minor. If the grandparent lives in a different school district as the parent, there are several factors to consider in determining where the minor will attend school and how the minor will be enrolled. If the child will be attending a public school in Virginia, state law will govern these determinations.\nVirginia Code \u00a7 22.1-3 provides that the public schools in each school division shall be free to each child of school age who resides within the school division. Circumstances in which a child shall be deemed to reside in a school division include:\nWhen the child is living with a natural parent or a parent by legal adoption;\nWhen the child is living with a noncustodial parent or other person standing in loco parentis (in the place of a parent), not solely for school purposes, pursuant to a Military Power of Attorney;\nWhen the parents of the child are dead and the child is living with a person in loco parentis who actually resides within the school division;\nWhen the parents of the child are unable to care for the child and the child is living, not solely for school purposes, with another person who resides in the school division and is (a) the court-appointed guardian, or has legal custody of the child, (b) acting in loco parentis pursuant to placement of the person for adoption, or (c) an adult relative providing temporary kinship care (full-time care, nurturing, and protection) of the child;\nWhen the child is emancipated and living in the school division not solely for school purposes; and\nWhen the child is homeless, meaning that he or she lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence. (As this will most likely not be the case for the purposes of this article, I will not go into further detail here).\nIn situations where the child is living with the grandparent as a temporary arrangement not relating to military service, or when the parent does not want the grandparent to become the legal guardian of the child, option 4(c) will most likely apply. The school division, in its discretion, may require one or both parents and the relative providing kinship care to submit affidavits explaining why the parents are unable to care for the child, detailing the kinship care arrangement, and agreeing to notify the school within 30 days when the arrangement ends, as well as a power of attorney authorizing the adult relative to make educational decisions regarding the child. The school division may also require a written verification from the department of social services that the kinship arrangement serves a legitimate purpose that is in the best interest of the child other than school enrollment. If the kinship care arrangement lasts more than one year, a school division may require continued verification directly from the department of social services.\nIf the child wants to live with the grandparent solely for the purpose of attending school in the grandparent\u2019s school district, or when none of the above situations apply, the child may pay tuition in order to attend the public school, pursuant to Virginia Code \u00a7 22.1-5. Each school district sets the cost of tuition on its own. Virginia Beach, for example, has set nonresident student tuition for the 2014-2015 school year at $4,200 for elementary level schools and $5,150 for secondary level schools, for children who would otherwise be eligible to attend school in another Virginia school district, and $12,200 for children who would not otherwise be eligible to attend school in Virginia.\nIf you find yourself caring for a grandchild or other relative from a different school district, give us a call. The Hook Law Center can assist you and your loved ones in determining which of the above options to pursue, and can assist you in getting a guardian appointed, creating affidavits and powers of attorney for educational decisions, and successfully navigating this legal maze to obtain the best result for you and your loved ones.\nWonders of Felines \u2013 Part II\nHook Law Center: Kit Kat, what else can you tell us about the wonders of felines?\nKit Kat: Yes, there\u2019s more to the story that I started last week. The study done recently by the BBC and the Royal Veterinary College has indeed found out a lot of interesting things. In addition to their excellent vision and flexible spines which I discussed last week, cats also possess exceptional hearing. They can detect 11 octaves which is 2 more than humans. This ability allows them to detect squeaks from smaller animals like voles. My sister Misty was especially good at hunting them, and then would deposit them on our driveway near the house as a gift for our parents. Their ears also have the ability to move independently of each other, rotating to angles as much as 180\u00b0. This enables them to catch more sound waves.\nAnother physical trait cats possess is a superb sense of smell. Their sense of smell is at least 100% more powerful than humans. Their noses contains small \u201cscrolled bones covered in hundreds of millions of receptors which quickly pick up all the scent information and take it to a highly-developed part of the brain for processing.\u201d\nThe British researchers also say that cats have become very adaptable to city life. They cooperate with their fellow felines and have learned to share territory. They also appear to be killing less prey and exhibiting better communications skills with people and other felines. So stay tuned as scientists continue to learn more about these wonderful, complicated creatures. (www.bbc.com/news/magazine-28795300)\nNovember 13, 2014 \u2013 Andrew Hook will speak to the Central Virginia Estate Planning Council in Charlottesville, Virginia regarding Elder Health Care-What will it look like tomorrow and how much will it cost\nDecember 2, 2014 -Hook Law Center is sponsoring Senior Advocate\u2019s Active Aging Series at Westminster Canterbury, 3100 Shore Drive, Virginia Beach VA 23451. HLC Attorney Shannon Laymon-Pecoraro will provide an overview of Hook Law Center\u2019s Practice Areas at the meeting which begins at 10:00 a.m. To RSVP, please call Senior Advocate at 757-645-6364. RSVP responses will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis. For a list of speakers, please click here. Each session includes a complimentary lunch. 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This book is a new look at the hoof, focusing on a detailed look at its morphology (shape) and function, and discussing implications for how the hoof should be trimmed and cared for. The information is backed up with the presentation of accurate measurements from thousands of horses' hooves, as well as examples painstakingly collected over the author's 20 year involvement with trimming the hoof. This book contains over 300 color images, many with measurements and annotations, and will be an excellent addition to your hoof care resources.\nBook Title: A Modern Look At ... The Hoof\nAuthor Notes: Monique Craig is a hoof researcher, farrier, consultant to farriers, rider, author, and founder of EponaTech (www.Metron-Imaging.com) and EponaShoe (www.EponaShoe.com) and the Epona-Institute (www.Epona-Institute.org). 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Magazine", "raw_content": "Home Features Features Pridefest of the Palm Beaches Celebrates Community Super Heroes\nPridefest of the Palm Beaches Celebrates Community Super Heroes\nCompass Palm Beach presents the Seventeenth annual PrideFest of the Palm Beaches at Bryant Park in Lake Worth on Saturday and Sunday, March 27th and 28th, from noon to 6 pm. PrideFest 2010 is celebrating community super heroes and will feature great live music, exceptional food, fabulous merchandise and non-stop entertainment. The Grand Parade is Sunday at 11:30 am down Lake Avenue and ends right at the festival gate. Admission to the festival is $5 in advance per day and $7 at the park.\nCompass Palm Beach presents the Seventeenth annual PrideFest of the Palm Beaches at Bryant Park in Lake Worth on Saturday and Sunday, March 27th and 28th, from noon to 6 pm. PrideFest 2010 is celebrating community super heroes and will feature great live music, exceptional food, fabulous merchandise and non-stop entertainment. The Grand Parade is Sunday at 11:30 am down Lake Avenue and ends right at the festival gate. Admission to the festival is $5 in advance per day and $7 at the park. Unfortunately no pets are allowed. For more information call 561-533-9699.\nCompass was founded in 1988 as the Stop AIDS Project of South Florida; Compass\u2019 foundation was built on HIV Prevention services. Modeled after the Stop AIDS Project in San Francisco, the goal of the new organization was to educate gay and bisexual men in the prevention of HIV and AIDS. Funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the organization quickly established itself as a recognized leader in South Florida\u2019s HIV prevention efforts. In its fourth year of service it had successfully helped reduce the rate of new HIV infections in South Florida, prompting the Board of Directors to further serve the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. They established Compass as a community center to provide a range of support services to promote pride, diversity and public awareness of, for and by the LGBT community in Palm Beach County. Through a series of grants and awards from the Children\u2019s Services Council, the Ryan White CARE Act, the State of Florida Department of Health, the Palm Beach County Health Department, and the Palm Beach County Health Care District, Compass enhanced its mission with a range of programs to benefit individuals of all ages, races and genders. These grants have enabled Compass to continuously provide much-needed services such as HIV/AIDS case management, HIV/AIDS education and prevention, counseling and youth services tailored to meet the needs of LGBT youth and their families. In 1997, a local philanthropist donated a building to Compass, where it provided services until 2001, prompting the center to move to a highly visible 5,000-square-foot facility on South Dixie Highway in West Palm Beach, where it offered easy access via public transportation. In June 2002, Compass was recognized as the largest gay and lesbian center in the Southeast United States and the seventh largest in the nation in budget size, program diversity and staff size. Last year Compass moved into its new location at 201 N. Dixie Hwy / Lake Worth in what is a historic private/public partnership with a municipality and a gay & lesbian community center. Respected as one of the leaders in the LGBT movement, Compass aims to diminish stereotypes by challenging long-standing misconceptions about the character of the LGBT community.\n\u201cPrideFest is about identity and positive representation,\u201d said Tony Plakas, Compass\u2019 CEO. \u201cThis year we want to honor community heroes who have been true to themselves and others; in result making Palm Beach County one of the best places in Florida for all people to live.\u201d\nCompass would like to thank all their PrideFest sponsors, including Wild 95.5, FPL, Wal-Mart, McGladrey & Pullen, The Mad Hatter Lounge, Farmacia las Americas, Malakor, Don Todorich with Illustrated Properties, Gay Community Yellow Pages, Panache, Dr. Watren with MDVip, ADT, Girl Magazine, Walgreen\u2019s, Commerce Pharmacy, Adult Video Warehouse, In the Loop, Mark\u2019s List, Grandview Gardens, ID Lube, She Magazine, HG Roosters, Javi Productions, Latino Boys Magazine and Hotspots Magazine.\nFor more information on Compass or PrideFest please visit their website at CompassGLCC.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 194, "original_length": 8713, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 186.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.htc.com/ie/about/corporate-responsibility/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:06Z", "digest": "sha1:RLUDYX3GEA75VOSRWDZB2HVKAR7WTDTI", "length": 13244, "nlines": 47, "source_domain": "www.htc.com", "title": "Corporate Responsibility | About | HTC Ireland", "raw_content": "At HTC, we are committed to making innovative products in a responsible manner \u2013 respecting people, the communities in which we operate and the environment. 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Our respect for the protection and preservation of human rights is guided by the principles set forth in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Our relationship with our employees, customers and suppliers, and with the countries and communities in which we operate, reflect the principles, policies, code and accords set forth and referred to in this Human Rights Statement. Additionally, we promote freely chosen employment, and prohibit harassment, unfair treatment, discrimination, and workplace trafficking in persons.\nProviding a balanced work schedule consistent with local labor practices is our commitment to our employees. We comply with all local labor laws and follow standards established by the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) to limit excessive overtime. Suppliers are required to follow our Supplier Code of Conduct and implement at least 24 consecutive hours of rest in every seven-day period. All overtime work is voluntary and our employees are appropriately compensated.\nCreating healthy and safe working environments is our commitment to our employees and we work closely with our suppliers to ensure they meet the same high standards. Employees receive ongoing health and safety training as required for their jobs and our manufacturing facilities are closely managed through proper design, engineering and administrative controls, preventative maintenance, safe work procedures, and ongoing safety training. Inspections are performed on a regular basis.\nA workplace safety and accident prevention plan is updated on an annual basis to reflect current health and safety conditions. The plan includes managing hazardous materials, and reducing workplace injuries and hazardous materials. Certified under OHSAS18001:2007 for occupational health and safety management system, we have also implemented automation in certain parts of the assembly process in our own factories to reduce risk of repetitive strain injuries.\nKey components of our Health and Safety guidelines:\nComplying with all applicable laws and regulations\nProviding appropriate controls, safe work procedures, preventative maintenance, safety equipment, and other protective measures to mitigate health and safety risks in the workplace\nDeveloping an emergency response policy to train, notify and evacuate employees in the event of an emergency\nEncouraging employees to participate in company-sponsored wellness programs. At our manufacturing facilities in Taiwan and China we offer gym membership, onsite health consultations and wellness screening services\nNon-discrimination and Harassment\nDiversity is a core value of our global corporate culture and it helps us meet the changing needs of our customers, communities and partners. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate in employment and personnel practices on the basis of race, sex, age, handicap, religion, national origin or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Hiring, transferring and promotion practices are performed without regard to the above listed items.\nChild labor is a very serious issue and we take proactive measures to prevent the use of under-aged labor in both our own facilities as well as those of our suppliers. We mandate proof of age for employment to ensure we meet all local labor laws and requirements. Our Supplier Code of Conduct for suppliers restricts any form of unfair labor practices and clearly articulates our expectation that all factory workers are of the legal working age. In addition, we regularly conduct labor audits and communicate our expectations on fair labor practices to our suppliers.\nTogether with our employees, business partners, suppliers and customers, we aim to continuously find innovative ways to reduce energy consumption, eliminate waste, and reuse materials to minimize our impact on the environment and develop a sustainable footprint.\nEnergy Use and Emissions\nTo reduce our environmental impact we adhere to all applicable local and international environmental laws and standards, including the ISO 5001 energy management standards, and effectively manage our carbon emissions, waste and greenhouse gas. We also monitor our greenhouse gas sources and emissions in compliance with ISO 14064-1 standards.\nTo reduce our emissions and lower our carbon footprint we have designed a very short supply chain and most of our suppliers\u2019 factories are located close to our main manufacturing sites in Taoyuan, Taiwan, and Shanghai, China. We have a dedicated R&D team that is responsible for developing green designs and packaging with reduced toxicity and increased energy efficiency and recyclability. In addition, we enforce the standards in our Supplier Code of Conduct and conduct audits on meeting local environmental laws.\nDisposal of Hazardous Materials and Waste\nThe proper management of waste, chemicals and other materials is critical to the protection of the environment and the health and safety of our employees. We require our suppliers to comply with applicable laws and industry standards, such as the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (EU WEEE) and the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS), to safely and responsibly collect, treat and dispose general industrial waste materials. We have several programs dedicated to assuring proper management and control of waste materials, including supplier compliance audits, factory inspections, and the safe handling and storage of chemicals and waste materials. For example, in response to the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami, we rapidly implemented radioactive screening of inbound materials sourced from affected areas to eliminate any potential radiation exposure.\nFor us waste reduction begins with reducing waste production at the source. We are committed to reducing the volume of industrial waste from our manufacturing processes and increasing resource recycling. This commitment has resulted in us maintaining an average annual recycling rate of 60 percent, which exceeds the standard of the EU WEEE. All packaging and waste materials such as cardboard boxes, containers and plastic packaging material are collected and separated for recycling. Further, we look for ways to reduce waste by introducing a pilot program to remove device charger from our sales packaging.\nEnvironmental Management and Reporting\nWe have obtained the ISO 14000 series of certifications for environmental management standards and other certifications to continually minimize our environmental impact and comply with applicable laws, regulations, and other environmental standards. Our certifications include:\nISO 14001:2004 to set out the criteria for an environmental management system, which includes reducing cost of waste management and saving in consumption of energy and materials.\nISO 14064-1:2006 to report greenhouse gas emissions and removals, which includes requirements for the design, development, management, reporting and verification of our greenhouse gas inventory.\nISO 50001:2011 to promote continual improvement for energy saving, which includes legal and regulatory requirements compliance and best practices for energy efficiency measures.\nIECQ QC 080000 HSPM to maintain hazardous substance-free product design and manufacturing processes, which includes compliance with laws and industry standards and minimal impact on the environment.\nAs a condition of working with us, we require our suppliers to adhere to the principles and standards of HTC\u2019s Supplier Code of Conduct with respect to people, health and safety and the environment. Download our Supplier Code of Conduct for more details. We conduct regular audits of suppliers to ensure compliance and closely monitor any supplier that is deemed to be at risk of breaching our Code of Conduct.\nHTC\u2019s Supplier Code of Conduct (Code) describes our corporate and social responsibility requirements for suppliers. As a condition of doing business with HTC, we expect our suppliers (and their suppliers) to acknowledge and implement these requirements and ensure responsible business practices. We regularly assess compliance to these requirements and factor adherence to these requirements when making partnership selections.\nThe labor, environment, health and safety and ethics requirements outlined in the Code are consistent with internationally-recognized standards established by the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC), the United Nations, the International Labor Organization (ILO). Our Code covers:\nLabor and human rights, including the prevention of child and involuntary labor, fair treatment and regulatory compliance.\nHealth and Safety practices, including emergency preparedness planning and occupational safety policies.\nEnvironmental policies, including pollution prevention, waste management, recycling and regulatory compliance.\nEthics and integrity, including conflict-free mineral sourcing policy, privacy and fair business practices.\nManagement system, including legal and regulatory compliance, audits and assessment and documentation.\nSupplier audits are a critical component of ensuring the integrity of our supply chain. Therefore, we actively manage the auditing process and have a dedicated supplier audit team that travels to suppliers\u2019 sites to ensure they are meeting local regulatory requirements and adhering to our Supplier Code of Conduct. Our supplier audit team is responsible for auditing our suppliers on a regular basis, including labor, environment and health and safety compliance. We follow industry-recognized and internationally-accepted standards such as the guidelines established for electronic companies by the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC). Suppliers that are identified as having compliance issues are informed and are immediately tasked to create remediation plans that address the identified issues.\nOur sourcing policy requires raw materials used in our products to be extracted, processed and produced in a responsible manner consistent with our environmental and ethical policies. The use of conflict minerals in the electronics industry is a significant issue, and since traceability remains difficult HTC has stopped sourcing minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African region altogether. As a member of the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC), we subscribe to the EICC Code of Conduct, which includes certification criteria on sourcing tantalum (also known as coltan), tin, tungsten and gold minerals in our supply chain. As a condition of doing business with HTC, our suppliers must also undergo regular reporting and auditing processes to demonstrate their full commitment to our responsible sourcing policy.\nBeing a good global citizen starts with being a good local citizen. We support a range of programs in our communities that include academics and education, environmental protection, culture and arts and volunteer services. For example:\nIn Taiwan, through the HTC Foundation, our headquarters\u2019 employees promote character-building programs and classes for children and young adults, as part of an effort to encourage civic participation. Since 2008, the foundation\u2019s Pan Shi (translation \u201cBedrock\u201d) Education Project has provided a total of NT$ 24 million in funding, training and scholarships for 100 different schools, and 68,000 teachers and students throughout Taiwan.\nWe partner with World Vision Taiwan to provide education funding for children from low-income households in Central America and Africa.\nIn North America, our US headquarters sponsors the Bellevue Boys and Girls Club and contributes to the TXL (Teen Excellence) Center which provides middle and high school students with technology-related skills and creativity.\nWe also provide a number of scholarships for students from low-income households in China's remote northwest regions, Sichuan Province, Liaoning Province and Qinghai Province, and have done so since 2007.\nHTC Corporate Responsibility Contact\nIf you have questions or comments about our Corporate Responsibility, please contact Corporate_Responsibility@htc.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 138, "original_length": 15237, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 311.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/01/27/the-whole-tooth-and-nothi_n_6556278.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:58:08Z", "digest": "sha1:4XC3PO3H4OJFVVZ45PQFU2M3V4NKFCU6", "length": 3367, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "www.huffingtonpost.ca", "title": "The whole tooth and nothing but the tooth: Tiger Woods recounts his Italian dental adventure | HuffPost Canada", "raw_content": "The whole tooth and nothing but the tooth: Tiger Woods recounts his Italian dental adventure\nSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Tiger Woods was all smiles Tuesday \u2014 and with a full set of teeth.\nWoods gave a play-by-play account of how his front tooth was knocked out in Italy on Jan. 19 to celebrate girlfriend Lindsey Vonn's record 63rd World Cup victory. He said one tooth was chipped and the other was cracked. Both were replaced before he arrived to start his season at the Phoenix Open.\nHe said he wore a skeleton-patterned scarf over his face to avoid being recognized, making a crack about how difficult that can be for a man of black heritage at a World Cup ski race in Italy.\n\"Not a lot of brown dudes at ski races, OK?\" he said with a laugh, as cameras clicked at his smile.\nWoods said when the race was completed, the podium presentation was moved up on a hill for the photographers. He went to the top of the hill, behind the cameras.\n\"All the camera guys are below me on their knees or moving all around, trying to get a picture because she's hugging people, saying congratulations to the other racers as they are coming down,\" he said. \"Some already finished, some are there already in the changing area. Dude with a video camera on his shoulder right in front me, kneeling, stood up and turned and caught me square on the mouth.\"\nWoods said he tried to keep his mask on \"so the blood is not all over the place.\" He said the videographer hit the tooth on which he had root canal, chipping it. He said the other tooth had to be fixed, too, because it had cracks through it.\"\nThe photo of Woods missing a tooth became as big a sensation as Vonn's record victory. There did not appear to be any swelling on Woods' mouth when a photographer captured the image of his mouth slightly open and the scarf lowered.\nNicola Colli, the secretary general of the race organizing committee, told The Associated Press he was among those who escorted Woods from the tent to a snowmobile for him to leave \"and there was no such incident.\"\n\"When he arrived he asked for more security and we rounded up police to look after both him and Lindsey,\" Colli had said.\nWhether anyone believed the story from a week ago was not his concern.\n\"Dude, you guys ... it's just the way the media is,\" he said. \"It is what it is.\"\nWoods is playing his first official PGA Tour event since he missed the cut at the PGA Championship in August. But the biggest topic after he played nine holes under a cloudy sky Tuesday morning was the mystery of his missing tooth.\nExcept that Woods said there was no mystery at all \u2014 except for the attention it received.\n\"It's a new world,\" he said. \"We need to talk about something. Have to fill up space. The story is about Lindsey breaking the record. That's the story. I mean, geez, every sport you get teeth knocked out, and unfortunately I wasn't actually competing and got my teeth knocked out.\"\nAsked if his tooth was a cap to begin with, Woods said, \"These are permanent, yeah.\"\nWoods said the flight home to Florida was the most painful.\n\"I couldn't eat, couldn't drink until he fixed them, put the temporaries on,\" Woods said. \"I couldn't have anything touch it. Even breathing hurt, because any kind of air over the nerve ... the tooth was still alive, was cracked.\"\nWhen asked if the photographer realized what he had done, Woods replied, \"He didn't care.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 146, "original_length": 8145, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 276.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.i4u.com/2014/06/77285/matt-damon-will-not-be-doing-next-bourne-movie", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:35Z", "digest": "sha1:X76YRIXMOP6R4GYFLABM377IWQUUM2YO", "length": 1939, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.i4u.com", "title": "Matt Damon Will Not be Doing Next Bourne Movie", "raw_content": "Matt Damon Will Not Be Doing Next Bourne Movie\nPosted: Jun 21 2014, 11:49am CDT | by Susan McGlaun, in Latest Movie News\nIt is very disappointing\nYou know the rumor about Matt Damon possibly returning for the next film in the Bourne franchise?\nJust a rumor, sorry.\n\"It's simply not true,\" executive producer Frank Marshall told the Hollywood Reporter, bursting the bubble of those who were hoping that Damon didn't want to sit back and let Jeremy Remmer have all the super-spy fun.\nThe fifth movie in the series, first based on and now inspired by the novel series by the late Robert Ludlum, will instead again focus on the Aaron Cross character played by Renner in The Bourne Legacy.\nMeanwhile, the \"news\" that Damon will not be reprising the role of Jason Bourne comes on the heels of Universal Pictures' announcement that the release date for the as-yet untitled next chapter in the saga has been bumped from Aug. 14, 2015, to July 15, 2016. Justin Lin (Fast & Furious 6) is on board to direct the screenplay from Andrew Baldwin.\n\"I talk to Justin all the time and the script is not ready,\" Marshall also told THR, refuting the speculation that the date was pushed back to accommodate Damon's schedule. \"It's a summer movie, and if we don't start preproduction now, we can't make next summer.\nTherefore, it's a wise decision to move to 2016.\"\nDamon had previously said that he was \"open\" to another Bourne movie if Paul Greengrass, who directed the sequels The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, was once again behind the camera.\nAnd the British filmmaker, who most recently helmed Captain Phillips, told Deadline in December about the possibility of returning to the franchise: \"I can't speak for Matt, but I agonized for a long period of time about it. In the end I felt I had given it my all in two films\nI'm very proud of and didn't want to make another if I didn't believe it could be as good if not better reports E News.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 90, "original_length": 4944, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 229.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ibelieve.com/blogs/wendy-van-eyck/how-im-learning-to-live-well.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:38Z", "digest": "sha1:4L24XO2XUL7YUQE5JH4FIV2HUOYSK4HO", "length": 29, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.ibelieve.com", "title": "How I'm learning to live well", "raw_content": "How I'm learning to live well", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 126, "original_length": 6676, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 185.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/avera-mengistu-israel-working-return-israeli-ethiopian-hamas-captive-who-wandered-off-gaza-1510122", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:43Z", "digest": "sha1:WDBWJTFGLYIBF2SXCON3L4PWLKHP4U4N", "length": 4718, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "www.ibtimes.co.uk", "title": "Avera Mengistu: Israel \\'working to return\\' Israeli-Ethiopian Hamas captive who wandered off to Gaza Strip", "raw_content": "Avera Mengistu: Israel \\'working to return\\' Israeli-Ethiopian Hamas captive who wandered off to Gaza Strip\nIsraeli-Ethiopian Avera Mengitsu, 28, is believed to be held captive by Hamas Facebook\nIsraeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his government is working to return the two Israelis who crossed the border with the Gaza Strip, including one who is believed to be held captive by Palestinian militant group Hamas.\nNews of the disappearance of two Israelis broke out after an Israeli court lifted a long-standing gag order. Avera Mengistu, a 28-year-old Israeli-Ethiopian, apparently climbed over a fence into Gaza in September 2014. Hamas said the man, who has suffered mental health issues in the past, was detained, questioned and then released.\nThe second is an Israeli-Arab who crossed at Erez in April and is still being held by Hamas.\n\"We hold Hamas responsible for their welfare,\" Netanyahu said. \"I spoke with the family of Avraham [Avera] Mengistu and told them that as soon as the incident was known we spared no effort to return them to Israel.\"\n\"I expect the international community, which expresses concern over the humanitarian situation in Gaza, to call for the return and release of our citizens,\" he said.\nHaaretz newspaper, which challenged the gag order and first broke the story, said Mengistu's family had harshly criticised the Israeli government for its poor handling of the case. The family had not met Netanyahu and he had allegedly not responded to a letter sent after the incident.\nFurther to his psychological problems, Mengistu, who is from the coastal city of Ashkelon, had reportedly been drinking on the day he went missing.\nSecurity cameras recorded him carrying a bag and approaching the Gaza fence. He had already climbed over when soldiers arrived to approach him. Mengistu left behind the bag which had a copy of the Hebrew Bible in it.\nA Palestinian official said that Mengistu was released by Hamas after a short interrogation. According to the official, Mengistu left the Gaza Strip via a tunnel to Sinai, in an attempt to reach Ethiopia.\nHowever, the coordinator of government activities in the territories said Mengisto is still being held \"against his will\" by Hamas. \"Israel has appealed to international and regional interlocutors to demand his immediate release and verify his well-being,\" the coordinator told AP.\n\"This is a humanitarian matter and I expect those holding him to treat him properly and to return him in full health,\"said Israeli President Reuven Rivlin in a statement.\nA spokesman for Hamas, Salah Bardawil, declined to comment. \"We don't have any information about it. Even if is true, we don't have instructions to talk about it,\" he said.\nOn Wednesday 8 July, Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal had told reporters in Doha that Israel had approached his party via a European mediator to negotiate the release of the bodies of soldiers Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul, who went missing and were later declared dead during Operation Protective Edge.\nHe also alluded to Mengistu and the Israeli-Arab hostage, claiming that Hamas could not agree on any negotiations until Israel releases Palestinian prisoners from the 2014 war.\nMengistu's brother spoke to Haaretz voicing their family's frustration at the ordeal before Israel lifted the gag order.\n\"We are fed up. We want to go public with his story,\" Yalo told Haaretz. \"The day it happened, a person from the Shin Bet security service or the police called me and said my brother was in Gaza. I told my parents and my siblings, and that's how we found out. But no one came to see us at our home.\"\n\"Two weeks after I contacted [an Israeli MP], the commander of the Gaza division came to see us for the first time,\" Yalo told the paper. \"He told me they knew my brother was in Gaza, and that they have people who are keeping track of him and will bring him back \u2013 but that we should not tell people.\"\nHe said Israel's reaction would have been different had a white person walked into the Strip.\n\"It's more than racism \u2013 I call it 'anti-blackism,'\" he said. \"I am one million percent certain that if he were white, we would not have come to a situation like this.\"\nMore about Gaza\nIsrael: If Hamas is allowed to wage warfare through international courts then Islamic State will be next\nGaza War one year on: Israel \\'asked for bodies of killed soldiers\\' says Hamas leader\nIsrael and Gaza War one year on: Interactive photos show scenes then and now\nGaza War one year on: BDS boycott and Islamic extremism \\'prevent peace with Palestine\\'\nIsis in Gaza: Israel merges elite commando units to combat growing Islamist threats\nGaza War one year on: How the bloody conflict between Israel and Hamas escalated", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 5281, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 317.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.icsuk.com/ics-responds-to-the-autumn-statement/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:42:51Z", "digest": "sha1:EVX3DRIKOCPAISSG7K5TCFDMNFPX6U2V", "length": 1594, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.icsuk.com", "title": "ICS Responds to the Autumn Statement | ICS", "raw_content": "Yesterday the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, gave his Autumn Statement. There were be a number of changes announced that will affect our industry. ICS Head of Compliance, Martin Hall, discusses these changes;\nICS Head of Compliance and Risk,\n\u201cThe Government confirmed in the Autumn Statement yesterday that the proposed IR35 reforms in the public sector have the green light and will be implemented from April 2017. The changes mean that it will be up to those who pay personal service companies to assume responsibility for confirming IR35 status, rather than the PSC themselves.\n\u201cAs expected, the details were quite general and we will have to wait until 5 December when the draft legislation is set to be released to find out more. We expect to see a version of the proposed online tool in the near future which is intended to assist the engager with making that decision.\n\u201cAnother important development from the Autumn Statement for contractors working in the public sector is that the 5% tax-free allowance will be withdrawn. The government will also be introducing a new 16.5% VAT flat rate scheme from 1 April 2017 for businesses with limited costs, such as many labour-only businesses.\u201d\nWe\u2019ll keep you updated here on our blog with regards to the details released in the draft legislation for the Finance Bill 2017.\nIf you are a contractor working in the public sector and have any questions or concerns regarding the implications of the IR35 reforms, then feel free to contact ICS for more information regarding your accountancy options as a public sector contractor.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 300, "original_length": 10271, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 281.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.idisciple.org/post/a-new-garment", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:33Z", "digest": "sha1:4C7HVQHQIAFUFOPRCQQFB463MVX5JQIZ", "length": 3122, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.idisciple.org", "title": "A New Garment - iDisciple", "raw_content": "A New Garment\nJesus came to give us a new coat, not just any coat. He came to give us His very own garment of righteousness.\nGood Friday. The one day on time's calendar that all of creation had been waiting for. Mankind needed a way back to God. For years, the Law of Moses, with its many rules and requirements, amendments and legalities, was the standard by which man could approach God. But even then, it was from a distance. Now, I have to admit, my knowledge of \u201cThe Law\u201d had gotten a little rusty (okay, a lot rusty). So, as a refresher, I pulled off the shelf one of my old trusty university books entitled, The Old Testament Speaks \u2013 Third Edition (maybe if I'd read the first two, I wouldn\u2019t be so rusty).\nThis book is a complete survey of Old Testament history and literature. And it has a lot to say about \u201cThe Law.\u201d For instance, the children of Israel were required to present offerings to God. But not just any offerings. At various times, they had to bring a Burnt Offering, a Peace or Fellowship Offering, a Sin Offering, a Trespass or Guilt Offering, or a Grain Offering. All of these, but the last one, involved the blood of an animal. But even that one was never presented on its own, but as a part of one of the others. Blood had to be shed in the payment for sin. The rules seemed endless, and there was no cutting corners. These guidelines had to be followed to the letter, all in hopes of being acceptable to God.\nAnd that's where Good Friday came in. It was on this day, that the ultimate Sacrifice was made, the final sin-offering was presented. It was on this day that Almighty God made a way for mankind to come to Him... by becoming \u201cthe Way\u201d Himself. Sin had a penalty. The debt against us was high. Jesus, through the Cross, paid it for us. And it\u2019s important to note that He didn\u2019t do it by adding to the system of Moses \u2013 patching up an old garment \u2013 but by giving us a new one.\nOur reading for today is the last half of Mark chapter two. At first glance, it doesn\u2019t seem to fit in with the Easter story. But let's look closer. Jesus was talking, making some very good points about the Sabbath, and about who really needed \u201ca doctor.\u201d But tucked in the middle of these verses is a gem, especially in the light of His death and resurrection.\n\"No one cuts up a fine silk scarf to patch old work clothes; you want fabrics that match. And you don't put your wine in cracked bottles.\" Mark 2:21-22 (The Message Bible)\nJesus had come to offer us something new. His mission wasn\u2019t to help us patch up our old system \u2013 our old coat. No, He came to give to us a new one. And not just any new coat, but His very own garment of righteousness.\nAll things new\u2026 (Rev. 21:5). New wine goes into new bottles. A new garment goes onto a new person. Through the work of the Cross, Jesus has now made us acceptable to our Holy God. No more sacrifices need to be made.\nHis was the best. And the last.\nJesus came to give us a new coat, not just any coat. He came to give us His very own garment of righteousness. By Ann Mainse via iDisciple\nBeating Up Yourself\nParenting Your Dating Teen\nFrom Skeptic to Preacher", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 88, "original_length": 5076, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 272.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ie3media.com/companys-buried-expense-regulations/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:50Z", "digest": "sha1:NECRMBITQSMS3433EBKSTB3TCJVAM7B7", "length": 4949, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.ie3media.com", "title": "What Is Your Company's Buried Expense From Regulations? - IE3: Business Tools for HVAC & Plumbing Contractors", "raw_content": "What Is Your Company\u2019s Buried Expense From Regulations?\nEPA Regulations Cost 4X As Much Per Employee For Small Contractors As For Large Ones\nThe ripple effect of unnecessary regulation is a perennial cause of concern for ACCA. We realize regulations are particularly burdensome to our members, many of whom lack the resources and personnel to keep up. Despite a change in political leadership in Washington, D.C. the regulatory burden on the HVACR industry continues to grow from years of standards and rulemakings, which are still being implemented. Congress and the administration must do more to curtail the ripple effect of costly regulations, particularly those that disproportionately impact small businesses.\nEvery one of us is probably a criminal, having violated some obscure regulation on the books of federal, state, and local municipalities at some point in our life. These regulations, once put in place, are rarely reviewed, and even more rarely removed when outdated. More often than not they expanded before any analysis is completed on the impact. In 2015, the pages of the Federal Register grew by a record 81,611 pages covering 3,378 final rules and regulations, nearly 600 of which directly impact small businesses. Most of these costs are \u201cburied,\u201d not showing up directly in your company\u2019s books as a regulatory expense, but buried in the cost of new and misallocated labor, supplies purchased, legal costs, outside professional services, paperwork, and the like. For some contractors, these \u201cburied\u201d costs are estimated to be as high as nine times the observed cost of compliance.\nThe negative impact of these regulatory burdens varies significantly by a contractor\u2019s size. Regulations do not have the same economic impact on a large contractor as a small contractor, the latter being less well-staffed and resourced to deal with the regulatory avalanche. It is estimated that compliance with EPA regulations cost four times as much per employee for small contractor as for large ones. Many employee hours are spent managing this process. None of this shows up in any contractor\u2019s \u201ccost of compliance,\u201d including lost profits and jobs in the never-ending battle to become the successful bidder on job.\nIn a 2016 ACCA survey, the need for reduced regulations surfaced as a very serious concern for our members. The extra paperwork is the single greatest compliance problem, this was followed by the complexity of compliance, and understanding what is required. I think all of you would agree time delays caused by regulations is the egregious of all the negative effects.\nWe all know ignorance of the law is no excuse, and unfortunately neither is not being able to understand what a regulation means. This problem is compounded by each agency of our federal government operating as if it is the only one issuing regulations. Unfortunately, most contractors are still learning about regulations from interaction with regulators, inspectors, or notices. Trade publications like IE3 and ACCA\u2019s other communication tools, like the weekly Insider and Standing Guard, as well as ACCA\u2019s social media (If you and your company are not following ACCA on Facebook I strongly encourage it) are a major source of HVACR specific information on regulations, but the flood of new regulations that could impact your businesses makes it impossible for contractors to know if they are impacted, short of reading and understanding 80,000 pages of the Federal Register yearly.\nComplying with the regulations or paying fines when caught up in the sporadic enforcement of regulations is very expensive relative to the resources of the contractor. Multiply these numbers by 650,000 HVACR contractors across the country, with the majority of those businesses having far fewer than 20 employees and the costs are staggering. That is why ACCA is based in Washington, D.C. and is on Capitol Hill each day and working across the Trump Administration fighting for you and your bottom-line, and shinning a spotlight on the need for significant regulatory reform.\nFor too long, the regulations you deal with have consumed immense amounts of your financial capital that could otherwise be productively deployed. They also drain millions of hours of the most valuable asset a contractor has, the owners\u2019 time, diverting them from their primary function of providing quality service to your customers and jobs to the economy.\nACCA is committed to ensuring our government seriously addresses the question of whether the value of these regulations exceeds the costs imposed and the value of missed opportunities. As it stands, the presumption by far too many regulators is that by definition their regulatory activities are beneficial. The price we pay for this presumption is slower economic growth and job creation, all while impacting you, your employees, and the consumer.\nPrevious : Do You Need a Private Accountant?\nNext : Service Management System Dynamics", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 148, "original_length": 8157, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 289.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ifes.org/news/promoting-electoral-integrity-and-rights-persons-disabilities-pacific", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:35Z", "digest": "sha1:OJKVH6MDG4J2VTIFKEBVOZ6766J5YFXG", "length": 3235, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.ifes.org", "title": "Promoting Electoral Integrity and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Pacific | IFES", "raw_content": "Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities, Electoral Integrity Assessments\nInternational Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) Regional Director for Asia-Pacific Vasu Mohan represented IFES at the Pacific Electoral Networks Meeting in Fiji from May 9-11, 2016. Organized jointly by the Pacific Islands, Australia and New Zealand Electoral Administrators Network, the Commonwealth Electoral Network, and hosts the Fijian Elections Office, the theme of the meeting was electoral integrity.\nElection officials from Australia, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Palau, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu attended. Also in attendance were representatives from the United Nations Electoral Assistance Division, the United Nations Development Programme, International IDEA, and the Commonwealth Secretariat.\nMohan presented on IFES\u2019 Electoral Integrity Assessment and highlighted the tool and its use in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Georgia, Burma and Sri Lanka.\nIFES coordinated with the Pacific Electoral Networks Meeting organizers to hold the Pacific Disabilities Rights Dialogue from May 11-13, 2016 overlapping with the meeting of election officials. This dialogue, funded through the generous support of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, aims to cultivate consultative discussions among disabled persons\u2019 organizations (DPOs) and election management bodies (EMBs) in the region and increase awareness of election access issues.\nThe last day of the dialogue featured the new Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections (BRIDGE) electoral access module training for election officials and DPOs. Senior Access and Inclusion Specialist Virginia Atkinson, Inclusion Officer Rebecca Aaberg, and Asia-Pacific Program Manager Melika Atic provided technical assistance for the regional dialogue held in collaboration with the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat and the Pacific Disabilities Forum.\nOn May 11, representatives of Pacific DPOs sent a delegation to the Pacific Electoral Networks Meeting. These delegates spoke to the election officials about barriers to accessing democratic rights and shared priority recommendations with the election officials. In response the EMB representatives said in their outcome statement: \"We received a delegation from the disabled people\u2019s organizations from the Pacific regional dialogue on disabilities rights. We affirm the political rights of people with disabilities and our role as election management bodies in promoting these rights.\"\nOn May 12 and 13, EMBs participated in the regional dialogue and training. This synergy between the EMB regional meeting and regional dialogue on political rights of people with disabilities is patterned after recent success in South Asia. On the second day, Fiji announced their commitment to formation of an election access working group comprised of DPOs and election office staff. Palau announced its commitment to establishing an inclusion focal point.\nAs one participant put it, \u201cPeople with disabilities should be in politics because they best know what the barriers are for persons with disabilities.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 106, "original_length": 6214, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 291.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ifmusic.co.uk/shopping_cart.php?sort=5d&page=1&osCsid=7ff661df760c7baa69f1ceb2931e0378", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:14Z", "digest": "sha1:GCX3LO2IECUP2MZOEG2ILZUE6VNK6KGW", "length": 61, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.ifmusic.co.uk", "title": "IF MUSIC... ONLINE - Your Basket", "raw_content": "The Nite-Liters \u200e\t I've Got Dreams To Remember\t 7 INCH \u00a310.00", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 4192, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.66, "perplexity": 273.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/06/29/spider-man-2-9", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:39Z", "digest": "sha1:DSWZOE4KFPNWN54NJDMSLIYGUPTLHENO", "length": 4369, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.ign.com", "title": "Spider-Man 2 - IGN", "raw_content": "Call it Grand Theft Spider-Man. And call it damn fine.\nAlthough both Rockstar Games and Treyarch will probably cringe at the sound of the phrase, Spider-Man 2, the fourth game in Activision's comic-book based series, is, without a doubt, Grand Theft Spider-Man -- a clear fusion of the ideas in Grand Theft Auto and the Spider-Man series. That's a good thing; a very good thing. Critics and gamers alike have been calling for something like this since the day GTA III stole Christmas in 2001, and now Activision and Treyarch have done something wonderful.\nThe reason this is such a big deal isn't because someone else made an \"open-style\" game or that you can wander or rather web sling around town doing anything you want at any time. And it's not that the game is based on the second Spider-Man movie, with all the stars, villains, and story developments that follow. That's all fine and dandy. It's how incredible the web-slinging feels, and what you can do with it that adds a gameplay dynamic that's so different than any other game it's hard to put into words. What Treyarch has done, in actuality, is to blend in that nearly unattainable addiction so inherent in Neversoft's Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series and meld it with Spider-Man's web slinging in a Grand Theft Auto-style open city. It's one hell of an achievement, and it works. Outdoors anyways.\nSure, there is the dull repetition of the Hero missions, the missions drag down, and the boss fights range from stupid to incredibly annoying -- especially the Doctor Octopus...and well, even the Mysterio fights -- and the voice acting is downright shameful. But the game's integral factors ascend above the fray, giving players a huge, multifaceted game that's rich in skill-based gameplay and replay value. It's fat with a massive array of challenges, and it delivery a distinct Spider-Man style of fun previously unmatched in the action genre.\nVideo Head-to-Head\nWith our Spider-Man 2 Video comparison you will be able to get the best possible idea how the GCN, PS2, and Xbox versions differ. You won't find this anywhere else. Plus, we throw in a look at the PC version, which as far as we're concerned, is easily worth the price of admission on its own. Get it at IGN Insider now. And check out our other Spidey coverage too!\nLinks :: Video Head-to-Head | Video Review | Head-to-Head | Guide |\nComing off a relatively successful first effort with Spider-Man for Xbox, PS2, and GameCube in April 2002, Treyarch's first attempt (Neversoft originated the series on PlayStation and Vicarious Visions handled the forgettable second PS game) left some gamers with a headache. The indoor levels and the fidgety camera bugged enough critics so much they stopped talking about anything else. That version, however, introduced interesting aerial combat including the likes of Vulture and the Green Goblin, which felt like it was on the cusp of something, but wasn't quite there. This Spider-Man is the best kind of sequel. Treyarch didn't just put a band-aid on the problems; it drastically changed the game's structure and environments, thus providing the athletic, skyscraper-friendly Spider-Man with an entirely different set of dynamics. No band-aid was needed, Treyarch changed the template.\nSpider-Man 2 is drastically expanded. Drastically is subtle for what's happened. The whole island of Manhattan is available for players to explore. Not just in square mileage, mind you, but in volume too. You can swing across the Brooklyn Bridge, walk through the Garment district, swing through Mid-Town, Central Park, and climb from the pavement to the highest building in the city with no load times, few barriers, no problems. You can climb up to the top of the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building. In a classy move, Treyarch put in two beams of light at Ground Zero.\nThe city details remain vivid for the most part and players can swing as fast as they can through it without a single hiccup in the technology -- i.e. no glitches, no stuttering, no massive pop-ups (there is a little here and there). The Xbox version fares better than the PS2 version here, but both deliver a seamless technical experience. 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Those who did try the game, however, found themselves in a fascinatingly designed world with perhaps one of the finest game scores of all time.\nPlaying to perfection its role of supporting the colorful experience of Viva Pi\u00f1ata and even going a long way towards defining it, the music imparted a brilliantly serene mood to the game. And outside the game, the music was a sublime example of light classical music that could easily stand beside the best in that category. But despite its warm reception that included a British Academy award nomination for best original score, the music seemed headed for obscurity \u2013 until now, that is.\nDeveloper Rare has been quietly working on a follow-up in the form of a new game that's scheduled for release on September 2nd for Xbox 360. Viva Pi\u00f1ata: Trouble in Paradise features a new story campaign, arctic and desert regions to go with the original tropical location for the first time, and many more updates and features as well. And best of all, composer Grant Kirkhope has returned with almost an hour's worth of new music to bring everything to life.\nA Rare Musician\nIt may be surprising to hear such peaceful and eloquent music from an ex-heavy metal rocker whose band once toured with Eddie Van Halen, but Kirkhope has always loved orchestral music as well, having grown up playing trumpet in school orchestras and later studying music at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England.\n\"I remember playing in Elgar's Cockaigne Overture and Enigma Variations, Walton's Crown Imperial and Delius' La Calinda and being amazed by the melodic content in the pieces \u2013 those times for me were amazing,\" he says. \"I really developed a love of that English-sounding music. Later I discovered Vaughan Williams and adored his works, especially his 5th Symphony. The Sibelius symphonies as well were very influential on me. Of course when I wasn't playing in orchestra I was playing metal!\"\nAs it happened, it was heavy metal that introduced Kirkhope to fellow trumpeter Robin Beanland, who encouraged him to join Rare in 1995. Kirkhope went on to spend twelve years at the company, writing some of the best-loved music for titles like Donkey Kong 64, GoldenEye, Perfect Dark, and the Banjo-Kazooie series. But it's his work on Viva Pi\u00f1ata that Kirkhope remains fondest of. \"I really let my emotions out in those pieces,\" he says. \"It's the kind of music I would compose if I was just composing for myself for pleasure.\"\nViva Pi\u00f1ata: Trouble in Paradise Released Sep. 2nd, 2008", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 134, "original_length": 5686, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 259.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.indiaeducare.com/services/franchise-development/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:13Z", "digest": "sha1:IDK74JS3HYU5XTXCJIMDRHJEL4RYYMPX", "length": 1654, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.indiaeducare.com", "title": "Franchise Development", "raw_content": "/Franchise Development/\nBuying a franchise is a life-changing experience that should only be done, after plenty of research and planning. In addition to due diligence is the need for guidance, because the reality is no research can take the place of experience.\nThe franchise consultant team has been through the process of buying a franchise many times and they will be able to help you avoid all the common mistakes that often mean the difference between success and failure.\nHaving the option of buying into a franchise business opportunity has really encouraged more and more people to take on the challenge of entrepreneurship in recent years, because franchise businesses tend to level the playing the field a little bit for franchisees.\nOne of the hardest things that any new School has to deal with is getting known and trusted by their target People. Buying into a franchise with a strong brand name can help School owners immediately, because Parents already know what to expect from the new School.\nFranchise schools tend to have a uniform design and layout to every aspect of their business.\nMost franchisors have experts on staff that help the new franchise owner through every step of the process. This makes it easy to find the right mix of equipment, furniture and space to maximize return on investment.\nFranchisors have the experience and skill to make sure you hire the right people and take the right steps to open your School in as a legal, cost effective, and hassle-free manner as possible.\nEducare has an expertise to find a right franchise as per your need and we find solutions to set up the franchise at your location or arena.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 94, "original_length": 3388, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 280.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.innovation.ca/story/looking-answers-human-development", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:10Z", "digest": "sha1:CRLL3PMWQY67MWLBN6EF4BL6ZCEUQVOV", "length": 2204, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.innovation.ca", "title": "Looking for answers in human development | Innovation.ca", "raw_content": "Looking for answers in human development\nHow do families care for ill, elderly family members who can no longer take care of themselves? What role do early family characteristics play in determining how a child will cope with the demands of adulthood? What are the processes and elements that enable people to be healthy, competent, productive, and independent members of society?\nThese are just some of the questions and issues they're considering at Concordia University's Centre for Research in Human Development. First created in 1981, the centre encourages and supports research that focuses on patterns of human social, emotional, and cognitive functioning. The centre's research programs include basic studies to better understand the developmental processes in both normal and atypical populations, as well as research on applied issues relating to social problems. It also promotes new research methodologies for studying human development in the context of social environments.\nNow with infrastructure support from the CFI and its partners, the centre is continuing its work armed with the equipment it needs: an integrated network of lab-based micro-computers and accompanying software for data entry, processing, and communications; and an upgrade of video recording, editing, and processing equipment used in lab-based behavioural observation. The equipment improves the centre's capacity for data collection, coding, processing, and the management and statistical analysis of data. It allows the centre's researchers to have direct access to data banks and archives located at other research institutes and government centres, and enables the centre to better communicate the results of its research with other researchers and policy-making agencies.\nWith the infrastructure in place, the centre is helping to train researchers in the educational, health, and social service areas concerned with helping individuals attain and maintain competent adult functioning and health. It's also allowing the CRDH to link and collaborate with researchers and practitioners in a variety of disciplines, both nationally and internationally.\nCracking the hypertension code\nMicro view; macro applications", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 160, "original_length": 6359, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 173.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.innovyze.com/en-us/webinars/whats-new-in-microdrainage-2018-1", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:30Z", "digest": "sha1:W2XCPHLQS74LRJUBYOHL2M3SG32UMSHB", "length": 497, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.innovyze.com", "title": "What's New in MicroDrainage 2018-1", "raw_content": "What's New in MicroDrainage 2018.1\nMicroDrainage 2018.1 has been carefully engineered to simplify and enhance processes, workflows and interoperability essential to comply with the latest industry best practice. It enables you to build more resilient, compliant and sustainable drainage solutions for our communities, with ease.\nMax Anderson covers all the new features and how to use the software in a webinar, which you can watch on demand. Simply complete the short form to watch the recording.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 146, "original_length": 3095, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 305.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.insurancetimes.co.uk/pandi-club-calls-to-resist-ec/1355503.article", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:53Z", "digest": "sha1:5GSQ733MAYACXXFO5I226FXALFI4R75O", "length": 971, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.insurancetimes.co.uk", "title": "P&I club calls to resist EC | Archive | Insurance Times", "raw_content": "P&I club calls to resist EC\nProtection and indemnity club managers must rally against the European Commission's (EC) push for regional maritime legislation, London P&I Club chairman John Lyras has said.\nThe EC has called for separate European legislation on marine pollution compensation, following the sinking of the tanker Erica off the French coast in December 1999.\nLyras said it was appropriate for the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to make changes on an international level, rather than for the EC to act on a European basis.\n\u201cThe lobbying skills provided by club managers will be vital if this danger is to be avoided,\u201d he said.\n\u201cThe club considers that the EC should leave any required changes to the compensation regime to be implemented by the IMO at an international level.\u201d\nLyras alerted his members of the issue in the recent edition of the London P&I Club News, which also highlighted problems for mem-bers in the recent Middle Eastern conflict.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 153, "original_length": 4207, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 277.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.interface.edu.pk/students/May-13/HEC-degree-verifying-status-AIOU-exams.asp", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:42Z", "digest": "sha1:JYKQYK74ZWCDSHYYPTDD3UBGRCQTUAZO", "length": 8532, "nlines": 43, "source_domain": "www.interface.edu.pk", "title": "HEC degree-verifying status | AIOU exams", "raw_content": "HEC degree-verifying status | AIOU exams\nHEC gets degree-verifying status back\nIslamabad, May 16: The blame game between the Ministry of Education and Training (MET) and Higher Education Commission (HEC) has finally come to an end.\nThe caretaker Minister of Education and Training Sania Nishtar told the HEC chairman on Wednesday that her ministry respected the autonomy of the commission, an initiative which was appreciated by the chairman.\nShe made a telephone call to the HEC Chairman and assured him that the commission would continue verifying degrees and that the ministry would not interfere in this regard.\nThe recent dispute between the ministry and the commission arose after the issuance of a notification by the government on May 9.\nAccording to the notification, standards of higher education and external examination including equivalence of degree and diploma had been transferred to newly established Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination (MNHSRC).\nBesides, Ministry of National Health Services was instructed to get all the relevant record transferred from the HEC to its office.\nShe then sent an Email to chairman HEC which said that there was misunderstanding due to an inadvertent lack of clarity in the notification.\nOn the other hand, former HEC chairman, Dr Atta-ur-Rahman has decided to move Supreme Court for the commission's autonomy, Dawn has learnt.\nAn officer of HEC requesting not to be identified said because of the previous experiences the HEC took that notification seriously.\nHe said HEC Chairman Dr Javaid R. Laghari, written a letter to Prime Minister Justice (R) Mir Hazar Khan Khoso, on May 13, stating that notification was against the rules and also contempt of court.\nThe official said although the government had established the HEC as an autonomous organisation, three futile attempts had been made since 2010 to bring the HEC under a ministry. Supreme Court and Sindh High Court had come to the rescue of the HEC, he added.\nThe minister in the email said: \"To give you a background, the caretaker government decided to consolidate health functions at the federal level under a unified division and renamed the National Services Regulations Division (NRS) as the National Health\nServices, Regulations and Coordination Division (NHSRCD) on May 3.\n\"When the division was renamed, it was noted that there were three businesses under the new NHSRCD, which did not belong to health and therefore they were moved out from this ministry.\n\"These included film censor board, external examination and equivalence of degrees, and commission for standards of higher\n\"The censor board was given under the administrative control of the Cabinet Division and the latter two businesses were moved from NHSRCD to the education ministry,\" she said.\n\"Since the mandate of 'higher education' and 'degree equivalence' is already with the HEC, and HEC is presently attached to the Ministry of Education, there is no change in the status. Let me reiterate that we respect HEC's autonomous status,\" she said.\nWhile talking to Dawn, Ms Sania Nishtar said that she made a phone call to chairman HEC and said that HEC would continue\nverifying degrees and its autonomy would not be disturbed.\nDr Atta-ur-Rahman told Dawn that he respected the intention of the minister for education but the fact was that the Cabinet Division had approved to hand over the department of degree verification to MNHSRC so she (minister) could not do anything about it. Dawn\nDr Atta urges suo moto by SC on HEC issue\nIslamabad: Expressing grave concern over caretaker government's shocking move to withdraw degree verification powers from the Higher Education Commission (HEC), noted scholar and founding former Chairman of the Commission Professor Attaur Rahman has appealed to the Supreme Court to take suo moto notice of the issue\nIn his application to the chief justice of Pakistan, a copy of which is available with The News, the former HEC chairman maintained that the caretaker government's notification is not only a violation of the Supreme Court orders but also against the provisions of HEC Ordinance 2002.\nThe noted scholar urged the apex court to revoke the government notification and all such orders and communiqu\u00e9s of the ministries and divisions that interfere with the autonomy and functioning of HEC in a manner other than prescribed by the Supreme Court. He also called for action against those responsible for defying the apex court orders.\nThe former minister said the move is aimed at stopping the HEC from verifying degrees of politicians as the commission had exposed dozens of fake degree holders in the former Parliament. \"Misinterpreted and unwarranted rearrangement has been added to the prevailing uncertainty and perplexity looming over this premium and proven public sector organization,\" he said.\nThe Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination issued an office memorandum (OM) on May 9 regarding transfer of degree verification function from the HEC to the ministry and creation of another body named Commission for Standards of Higher Education.\nAccording to Dr Rehman, the caretaker government's move was in violation of a Supreme Court order dated April 12, 2011, which says that HEC's functions could not be allocated to another organisation until a fresh legislation is promulgated.The apex court has also declared that HEC is the only body in the country which can verify the veracity of educational degrees.\nApparently unhappy with the HEC for exposing fake degree holders in Parliament, the former government of Pakistan People's Party had also tried to clip the HEC's wing by a similar move, but the same was challenged in the Supreme Court.\nThe apex court in its order dated April 12, 2011 under CP Nos 33-35 of 2011 directed that \"HEC shall continue discharging its functions and duties as it has been doing in the past unless and until a fresh legislation is promulgated\". But the caretaker government has ignored this clear order and modified HEC's functions without any amendment moved in Parliament.\nIn his application, Attaur Rahman said the OM issued by the government regarding HEC's autonomy is clearly in conflict with the section 10 (o) of HEC ordinance which explicitly says that the function of determining the equivalence and recognition of degrees, diplomas and certificates awarded by institutions within the country and abroad to the HEC.\nThe Government of Pakistan established the Higher Education Commission in 2002 as an autonomous organisation under Ordinance No LIII of 2002. Under the ordinance, the prime minister is controlling Authority of HEC and the Commission's chairman has the status of a federal minister.\nIn view of its self-governing status, it is neither an attached department nor a subordinate office of any ministry or division. The previous attempts by the government to undermine HEC autonomy had been strongly opposed by vice chancellors and faculty associations of various universities throughout the country. The news\nAIOU schedules exams from 22nd\nIslamabad: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) has scheduled the final exams for PGD, MA and M Sc level programmes for the semester Autumn, 2012 which will start from Wednesday May 22 across the country simultaneously.\nThe schedule was announced by Controller exams Dr Hamid Khan Niazi. The Roll no. slips, he said, have already been sent to all the enrolled students. The students who have not received their roll no slips so far, are advised to contact the nearest regional office of the university or Deputy Controller exams Abid Hussain Satti.\nFor duplicate roll no slip students are required to bring two attested passport size photographs. Roll no slips along with date sheet have also been available on AIOU website for the convenience of students. All students are also advised to read the instructions mentioned on roll no. slip carefully before entering into the examination centre.\nOUP event to promote reading habit\nKarachi: The Oxford University Press (OUP), Pakistan, will organise a programme \"Dosti Kitabon Sey\" here on May 17.\nAn official of OUP Pakistan said here on Wednesday that the event is meant for youngsters in the age group of four to 10 years and aimed at promoting reading habit among the children.\nThe programme would be held from 4.30 pm to 6.00 pm at the Oxford Bookshop, Park Towers, in Clifton.\nIt includes story telling, book readings, story-building games, singing songs with stories and puppet shows. Daily times", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 81, "original_length": 9170, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 287.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.invermerevalleyecho.com/obituaries/michael-gabry/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:51Z", "digest": "sha1:UX3LDPB7WJVDCL6UXBWDIG2SIAB76GI5", "length": 1908, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.invermerevalleyecho.com", "title": "Michael Gabry \u2013 Invermere Valley Echo", "raw_content": "Michael Gabry\nIt is with great sadness we announce the passing of Michael Gabry, February 3, 2009 at the Golden Hospital.\nMike was born May 11, 1916 on a farm near Brandon, MB. At the age of 20, he came to the Columbia Valley, first settling in Spillimacheen and then later moving to Brisco where he spent many years of his life. The past three years, he resided in Golden. Mike left the valley in 1942 to serve in the Canadian Army. Upon his discharge, he returned to Brisco. He guided hunters for over 40 years, ran his own trapline and at 92 years old, he still held an active hunting and trapping licence. Mike spent some time working for Parks Canada at Kootenay National Park. He also worked as a miner, eventually buying a gravel truck to haul ore. When construction began on Highway 95 to widen and pave it, he hauled gravel. In the mid to late 70s, he worked as a ranch hand.\nMike had a wealth of knowledge about the valley\u2019s history and loved to share his stories. In the earlier years, he could be heard playing his banjo at the community dances. Mike was also known as the community barber and could play a good game of crib.\nMike will be deeply missed by his brother Alex (Bernice) of Camrose, AB; several nieces and nephews; his dearest friend and companion Betty Dryer and her family; and many friends. Mike was predeceased by three brothers and three sisters.\nIn lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Kootenay Wildlife Heritage Fund, PO Box 100, Kimberley, B.C. V1A 2Y5.\nA graveside service will be held at the Galena Church cemetary Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 11:30 a.m. A luncheon will follow at the Brisco Hall.\nThe Dreyer family would like to sincerely thank everyone for their support through kind words, flowers, cards and food. To the Golden doctors, nurses, and home support workers, \u201cTHANK-YOU\u201d for all the TLC given to Mike the past few months. It was all greatly appreciated.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 202, "original_length": 4448, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 183.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.inverness-chamber.co.uk/directory/listing/castle-gallery", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:40Z", "digest": "sha1:SB3TQ354OH436XUA6EYSWTE44ZL7ULZS", "length": 585, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.inverness-chamber.co.uk", "title": "Castle Gallery \u00b7 The Inverness Chamber of Commerce", "raw_content": "Castle Gallery Back to Directory\nArts & Culture (Art Galleries, Arts & Crafts, Art Prints)\nThe Castle Gallery was described in The Independent Newspaper as 'one of the best reasons to visit Inverness'. It shows landscape, figurative and abstract work by artists from Scotland and throughout Britain, with pieces by established artists and emerging talent. Exhibitions of contemporary paintings, hand-made prints, sculpture, crafts and designer jewellery are organised on a regular basis. The staff are friendly and informative. OPEN MONDAY - SATURDAY 9.00-5.00.\nwww.castlegallery.co.uk", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 129, "original_length": 2527, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 273.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.iowacityschools.org/domain/2971", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:05Z", "digest": "sha1:TK6CYM2UBQGKPG4FIMURL22ZNRDVRFG7", "length": 709, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.iowacityschools.org", "title": "Charney, Karen / Welcome", "raw_content": "I am excited to begin my 8th year as the School Counselor at Lincoln! I look forward to a year filled with learning many life lessons and supporting your children in many different ways. I have lived in Iowa City for seventeen years with my husband and our two daughters. I was born in Brooklyn New York and raised on Long Island. I was also fortunate to live in Belo Horizonte Brazil and Bloomington Indiana before coming to Iowa. When I am not at Lincoln you will probably find me playing music, reading, exercising or enjoying time with my family.\nLincoln Lions Hear Us Roar!!\nThis curriculum has been implemented in the ICCSD schools for several years. It is designed to decrease school bullying problems.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 309, "original_length": 43208, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 287.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ipso.co.uk/rulings-and-resolution-statements/ruling/?id=06720-18", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:15Z", "digest": "sha1:U7TDYVPWIAOC5AKK7EROVFIFZ3MPRLKP", "length": 3296, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.ipso.co.uk", "title": "Ruling", "raw_content": "06720-18 Johnson v express.co.uk\nDecision of the Complaints Committee Johnson v 06720-18 express.co.uk\n1. Thomas Johnson complained to the Independent Press Standards Organisation that express.co.uk breached Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors\u2019 Code of Practice in an article headlined \u201cCorbyn accused of wanting to \u2018brainwash school kids into hating UK\u2019 with colonial history\u201d, published on 12 October 2018.\n2. The article reported on the response to suggestions by Jeremy Corbyn that \u201cBritain\u2019s colonial legacy\u201d be taught in schools. The article reported that \u201cIn 2008, Mr Corbyn backed Saddam Hussain [sic] against British troops saying: \u2018Socialists should unconditionally stand with the oppressed against the oppressor, even if the people who run the oppressed country are undemocratic and persecute minorities, like Saddam Hussein.\u2019\u201d\n3. The complainant said that this quotation had been inaccurately attributed to Mr Corbyn; in fact, it had been made by a different individual.\n4. The publication accepted that the article was inaccurate in attributing the quotation to Mr Corbyn. On receipt of the complaint, it promptly offered to amend the article to remove the reference to the quotation, and to append the following footnote to the article:\nAn earlier version of this article reported that Jeremy Corbyn had backed Saddam Hussein in 2008 saying, \u201cSocialists should unconditionally stand with the oppressed against the oppressor, even if the people who run the oppressed country are undemocratic and persecute minorities, like Saddam Hussein.\u201d In fact this statement was made by the political activist John Rees, a national officer of the Stop the War Coalition, and not by Jeremy Corbyn.\n5. The complainant said that this did not resolve the complaint to his satisfaction.\n7. While the alleged inaccuracy in this article related to Jeremy Corbyn, sources in the public domain indicated that the quotation was incorrectly attributed to him, and this was accepted by the publication. The publication failed to provide any details relating to the care taken over the accuracy of this claim, and this represented a breach of Clause 1(i). The attribution of the quotation to Mr Corbyn gave the impression that he had expressed views which he had not expressed, and the publication had not sought to argue that Mr Corbyn shared such views. Where the article was a critique of Mr Corbyn\u2019s political views, and the misattributed quotation formed part of the basis for these criticism, this was a significant inaccuracy that required correction to avoid a breach of Clause 1(ii). On receipt of the complaint, the publication had promptly amended the article and appended a footnote which made clear the inaccuracy the article had contained, and the correct position. Where the article remained online in its amended form, a footnote correction was sufficient to address the inaccuracy; this action was adequately prompt and prominent to avoid a breach of Clause 1(ii).\n9. The publication had promptly published a correction which made clear the inaccuracy in the article, and made the correct position clear. Where the article remained online and had been amended, a footnote correction was sufficiently prominent. There was no breach of Clause 1(ii), and no further remedial action was required.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 55, "original_length": 5209, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 279.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/ethnic-strife-blurs-burmas-first-census-30-years.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:48Z", "digest": "sha1:P45JL3S25IUY56MC6BEG54T3ZYOUXX5J", "length": 2499, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.irrawaddy.com", "title": "Ethnic Strife Blurs Myanmar\u2019s First Census in 30 Years", "raw_content": "Provisional findings show the population to be 51.4 million, some 10 million less than expected, though an estimated 1.2 million people were not counted.\nBy Paul Mooney 1 September 2014\nRANGOON \u2014 Following an incomplete count due to ethnic conflicts in parts of the country, Burma said on Saturday that its first census in 30 years shows the population to be 51.4 million, some 10 million less than expected.\nThe provisional findings of the census, taken between March and April with support from the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), was released by Minister of Immigration and Population U Khin Yi.\nThe census was mired in controversy from the outset, as the government and UNFPA were criticized for basing the counting on 135 officially recognized ethnic groups, a classification that critics say is outdated and inaccurate.\nEthnic groups said their political representation and claims to ethnicity would be compromised if they were undercounted.\nThe estimated population included some 1.2 million people who were not counted in three areas affected by ethnic conflicts: northern Arakan, and Kachin and Karen states.\nThe government said that the estimate of 1.09 million uncounted people in northern Arakan State was based on pre-census mapping of households by immigration officers.\nMuch of the controversy surrounded the counting of the Rohingya\u2014Muslims who live in western Arakan State and who are often described by the United Nations as one of the most persecuted minorities in the world.\nThe government had promised international sponsors that ethnic groups could choose their classification. But a day before the census kicked off, presidential spokesman Ye Htut indicated that use of the term Rohingya would be prohibited, so those who wanted to identify themselves as Rohingya were excluded from the count.\nThe government describes the Rohingya as Bengalis, a term that implies they are illegal immigrants from neighboring Bangladesh. However, most have lived in Burma for centuries.\nPreliminary findings from the census also found a gender gap, with 26.6 million females and 24.8 million males, and it also showed the population pressures building up in the country\u2019s cities.\n\u201cFor the first time in decades, the country will have data it needs to put roads, schools, health facilities and other essential infrastructure where people need them most,\u201d Janet Jackson, the UNFPA representative in Burma, said in a news release. More detailed data will be released in May 2015.\nPaul Mooney Reuters", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 144, "original_length": 6767, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 265.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.iselectfund.com/selection/don-imholz/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:56:31Z", "digest": "sha1:D3MYYFNKLH7PG7S2OYWBBBJHR2W2VP3W", "length": 1948, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.iselectfund.com", "title": "Don Imholz \u00bb iSelect Fund", "raw_content": "Mr. Don Imholz is a business executive/leader with diverse experience in Operations and IT, extensive Board involvement, and a strong track record of creating sustainable competitive advantage. His expertise in cybersecurity, big data, digital transformation, and lean thinking has informed much of his work. He has led organizations that consistently benchmarked in the top quartile, created competitive/breakthrough strategies for high-growth, embryonic, and large-scale turn-around environments, anticipated future consequences and identified technology trend inflection points.\nAs Director of Casenet, Mr. Imholz steered the Company from early stage to maturity, helping with Centene\u2019s acquisition. As founding Board member of Centurion, he steered it from start-up with zero revenue to a foot print in 5 states and a revenue of several hundred million dollars. He currently serves on boards of several non-profit organizations and is a Member of the Leadership Council for the UMSL Business School.\nAs EVP, Operations and CIO for Centene, he supported business growth from $3B to $21B+ in 7 years, moving it from niche to industry-leader position, and helping Centene become a leader in digital engagement, business analytics, and cybersecurity.\nEarlier, he founded/led his own consulting firm, serving education, health care, technology, and finance-sector clients.\nPreviously, Mr. Imholz worked for The Boeing Company in diverse executive roles in management, finance, manufacturing, engineering, and all IT areas. Originally part of McDonnell Douglas, he was made CIO of the Defense business post merger and advanced to the number two person in IT, leading a 5,000+ people organization and a $1b+ budget.\nHe earned a BS in Business Administration from the University of Missouri, a Master in IS as well as an MBA from Washington University, and completed executive training courses at Wharton, the Kellogg School, and Washington University.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 3451, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 239.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ishcsf.com/governance/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:25Z", "digest": "sha1:WVUUM5ZJQLO4KIAXPRJETYZVL2TSQRU5", "length": 1917, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.ishcsf.com", "title": "Mission statement 2008 \u2013 ISHCSF", "raw_content": "Mission statement, 2008\nTraditionally, hydrocephalus has been the \u201cAschenputtel\u201d of Neurosurgery. The old school of investigators created a wide corpus of knowledge, often not formalized or synthesized in the peer-reviewed literature. Much has been reported in various international meetings, where the main mission may not have been hydrocephalus and related CSF disorders.\nSince 2001, more focused meetings have been held, and it is now appreciated that a consistent international scientific assembly and forum is required to bridge between the junior and senior, and the clinical and basic scientists interested in this fascinating and multidisciplinary field to the potential benefit of patients and families.\nWe suggest that a new society whose mission is the pursuit of both clinical and basic research of the CSF circulation and its related disorders would be complementary to the existing societies, which are more clinically-oriented. On behalf of our colleagues worldwide, we are honored to propose that the new society should be called the INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR HYDROCEPHALUS AND CEREBROSPINAL FLUID DISORDERS with the following aims:\nPromoting international exchanges and encouraging worldwide representation and stimulating research and debate.\nProviding and promoting excellence in professional education and research by offering a variety of programs in both the clinical aspects of hydrocephalus and the basic sciences to physicians, young researchers and allied health professionals\nSupporting and advocating an environment which ensures ethical, high quality, care for hydrocephalus both in the developed and developing world by advancing public education and awareness.\nSupporting guidelines, standardized methods and ethically conducted clinical and basic research in the hydrocephalus, CSF disorders and related fields\nInternational Society for Hydrocephalus and Cerebrospinal Fluid Disorders", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 73, "original_length": 3126, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 195.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.islecap.com/portfolio-companies/real-capital-markets", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:39:57Z", "digest": "sha1:NLJGTSUEEE55CFNBUQVSFHZ7IISW76GH", "length": 74, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.islecap.com", "title": "ICG > Portfolio Companies > Real Capital Markets", "raw_content": "Real Capital Markets (RCM)\nFor more information please visit www.rcm1.com.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 50, "original_length": 1719, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.73, "perplexity": 202.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.itnewsafrica.com/2017/06/artificial-intelligence-heading-for-the-clouds/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:04:06Z", "digest": "sha1:FBTHR6WTSG73SS6SCNF7PY4U3EH5OR6K", "length": 4718, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.itnewsafrica.com", "title": "Artificial Intelligence \u2013 heading for The Cloud(s) |IT News Africa \u2013 Up to date technology news, IT news, Digital news, Telecom news, Mobile news, Gadgets news, Analysis and Reports | Africa's Technology News Leader Artificial Intelligence \u2013 heading for The Cloud(s) \u2013 IT News Africa \u2013 Up to date technology news, IT news, Digital news, Telecom news, Mobile news, Gadgets news, Analysis and Reports", "raw_content": "Artificial Intelligence \u2013 heading for The Cloud(s)\nJune 2, 2017 \u2022 Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing\nSaurabh Kumar, Managing CEO at In2IT Technologies \u2013 South Africa.\nArtificial Intelligence (AI) and the Cloud are making an impact in everyone\u2019s business and personal lives. The sheer volume of data being generated daily, by billions across the globe, has accelerated the development of both, and prompted the need for them to be put to best use \u2013 collaboratively.\nAt its most basic level, AI leverages the ability to use historical data and identify patterns, to predict future behaviours. The applications for this capability extend far and wide, enabling business\u2019 to improve their decision-making capabilities by automating processes and removing the human element where errors are considered harmfully high. Organisations can use AI and intelligent analytics to reduce costs, improve customer satisfaction, enhance productivity and increase profitability.\nCloud migration in South Africa is still, relatively speaking, in its infancy. However, cloud adoption is becoming more and more prevalent and expected to become the norm by 2020. The fact that cloud adoption is still on the rise in South Africa while AI being properly introduced, however, is to be considered a boon for South African enterprises \u2013 these two, together, can combine to further grow cloud as a medium, while simplifying the deployment of AI solutions.\nCloud for AI\nFor business\u2019 to transition their cloud platforms from a basic level of support for AI capabilities, to a model in which AI programs are as widely supported as web and databases are today, they need to get back to the fundamentals. While generic, standardised cloud platforms address existing IT and AI needs, this may not be true as we move forward. AI requires more individualisation than most other applications, which is prompting the need for \u2018AI First\u2019 cloud solutions.\nAI First Cloud Solutions give priority to AI data and requests. When AI is prioritised by the cloud solution, business\u2019 start enjoying real value. The underlying cognitive capabilities of AI rely a lot on repetitive behaviours, where machines learn from repetition to become more accurate. In turn, this enables better planning and decision making across the business, as their data is automated and automatically customised for their specific requirements. Productivity is improved, better decisions are made, and overall efficiency and effectiveness is heightened.\nRands and Sense\nThe last few years have seen a tremendous level of investment into AI capabilities on cloud platforms. With companies like Google, Amazon, Microsoft and IBM leading the charge, many Platform as a Service (PaaS) solutions have started incorporating AI into their solutions.\nCloud service providers who have set up platforms that can be accessed anywhere and billed on a pay-per-use basis, benefit from easy integration via the standard API programming interface. For any organisation wishing to invest in AI, such platforms offer an effective means to do so without involving significant investment. These business\u2019 can also integrate the solutions with whatever they are needing to achieve in the business \u2013 simply and cost effectively. However, AI in the cloud tends to be considered a stand-alone system, and is typically used only in specific cases when dealing with customers. More customised offerings would require more private cloud, or AI First, cloud solutions.\nIt is key to note, however, that AI may not always be applicable to every industry or sector, and the pros and cons need to be weighed up to ensure that this technology is implemented for the right reasons \u2013 contributing to the growth of the business. Organisations need to take careful stock of what they hope to achieve with AI and match it up with the solution that best fits their need.\nOn top of this, in a country sensitive to the possible threat of AI on employment levels, organisations should be placing emphasis on leveraging AI to supplement their workforce, helping to upskill their staff while supporting their functions and, thus, improving productivity. AI can effectively be used to address those functions which are laborious, freeing up employee time to address those tasks which require critical thinking.\nWith the right cloud platform, and the right AI solution, business\u2019 can vastly spur on their growth and development, while contributing positively to their employees and reaping the benefits of improved efficiencies and decision making.\nBy Saurabh Kumar, CEO at In2IT Tech PTY LTD\nAIcloudOpinion\n\u00ab Gartner: Mobile app development is not accelerating IoT network to provide reliable machine connectivity to Nigeria \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 183, "original_length": 9582, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 266.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.iwcc.edu/academic_programs/guide.asp?id=musicaa", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:39Z", "digest": "sha1:YT7ULJB5IXRY2HLY3HKL7HWTOOZGW3QY", "length": 1901, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.iwcc.edu", "title": "Program Guide Page", "raw_content": "The Loess Hills around Iowa Western come alive with the sound of music from students who choose Iowa Western\u2019s Music program.\nAs a student, you will learn about all phases of music, including theory fundamentals and performance skills. You can also be versed in sight singing and ear training while working toward an Associate of Arts degree.\nRegardless of whether your specialty is vocal or instrumental music, Iowa Western offers a wide range of ensembles for students to participate in, including concert choir, show choir, marching band, pep band, and several different jazz ensembles. Vocal and instrument lessons are part of the program, something few other community colleges offer. In this program, you\u2019ll get the best training possible from professional choreographers and working musicians. Many of our students participate in trips to Toronto for the International Association for Jazz Educators.\nThe Arts Center at Iowa Western is perhaps the highlight of the program, featuring an auditorium with amazing sound quality, rehearsal rooms, and high-tech practice rooms featuring V-Room Technology allowing you to adjust the acoustics for maximum sound control and quality.\nThis program is designed for students intending to transfer to a four-year institution upon completion of this two-year degree. Students with a music degree can take the skills they learn in the music program and apply them to music education or another area of fine arts. They can also become professional musicians. For a professional musician, earnings vary widely and often depend on a performer\u2019s professional reputation, place of employment, and on the number of hours worked. Even when employed, many musicians work part-time and may give private lessons to supplement their earnings as performers. If you choose music education, you can teach at any age level from elementary school to high school and college.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 32, "original_length": 2611, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 217.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.iwes.fraunhofer.de/en/press---media/suction-buckets--large-scale-test-reveals-increased-tensile-capa.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:38Z", "digest": "sha1:VDGDJEJLOY56GMZRRC33JZJMYSS5AA7M", "length": 4365, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.iwes.fraunhofer.de", "title": "Suction Buckets: Large-Scale Test Reveals Increased Tensile Capacity During Storms", "raw_content": "Fraunhofer IWES tested two large-scale suction buckets in a 1:5 scale in early 2018. The physical experiments at the Test Center for Support Structures in Hanover (TTH) are the first of their kind in Germany. The test results confirmed the enormous potential of this foundation concept for reliable and cost-effective deployment in offshore wind farms. Within the experimental work the IWES researchers were also able to quantify an effective temporary increase in tensile capacity during storms. For manufacturers, this means the possibility of material savings for the entire construction without compromising stability.\nThe so-called \u201csuction buckets\u201d have been used successfully in the oil and gas industry. The offshore wind energy sector will see this year the first commercial wind farm with substructures comprising multiple buckets. Numerous questions regarding the dimensioning and the operational behavior of the bucket-foundations still remain open. For this reason, Fraunhofer IWES investigates the potential for optimization for offshore wind energy in a research demonstration project.\nObject of the study is the behavior of the bucket foundations during the suction-assisted installation and its axial behavior when subjected to extreme wave loads. The large-scale experimental investigations are carried out at the TTH, an installation of the Leibniz University Hannover. As jacket substructures for offshore turbines have to stand harsh weather conditions, the focus was on tensile load tests replicating the effect of extreme waves on the structure. This allowed the IWES researchers to confirm that the pull-out capacity of suction buckets increases temporarily during extreme weather conditions. This is caused by the negative pressure generated inside the bucket when the foundation is struck by particularly extreme waves. This increases the load-bearing capacity of the foundations significantly.\n\u201cWe were able to observe that the tensile capacity of the foundation increases temporarily by a percentage in the two-digit range during a typical storm,\u201d said IWES project manager Tulio Quiroz. \u201cThe increase can be even higher in the case of extreme storm events.\u201d\nToday\u2019s offshore foundations are designed very conservatively. One of the reasons for that is the still not well-known foundation behavior when subjected to cyclic loading. The realistic assessment of the foundation response can result in considerable material and logistic savings without compromising the structure stability. The IWES researchers are now one step closer to this quantification. This increases the cost-efficiency of this innovative application, which already offers a whole range of advantages for the environment and wind farm operators. These include for example the installation of the substructure and the foundations in one step, low noise installation and the possibility of complete one-step removal of the substructure and foundation elements after the end of the operational life.\nBucket foundations are composed of a closed steel cylinder reminiscent of a bucket, hence the name. The cylinder is lowered to the seabed by crane and then pumped empty. This creates a negative pressure in the cylinder and the hydrostatic pressure acting upon it from above drives the foundation into the sediment.\nFor offshore jackets, buckets have commonly a diameter of 6 to 9 meters. In their tests, the IWES scientists used a bucket with a diameter of 1.4 meters designed for a jacket support structure.The exceptional test set-up ensured homogeneous and realistic test conditions. The TTH\u2019s foundations test pit is 14 meters long, nine meters wide, ten meters deep and was filled for the tests with sandy sediment, typical of the North Sea.\n\u201cThe suction bucket foundation displays a great deal of potential for an even more reliable and cost-effective deployment in the North Sea. However, the installation requires considerable expertise and validated prediction models,\u201d said Tulio Quiroz.\nIn order to drive forward research in this field, Fraunhofer IWES plans to assemble a research cluster comprising industry partners, research institutions and approval authorities.\nGraphical representation of a bucket foundation\nOnline in Internet; URL: https://www.iwes.fraunhofer.de/en/press---media/suction-buckets--large-scale-test-reveals-increased-tensile-capa.html", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 117, "original_length": 7387, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 296.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.jdjournal.com/2009/01/23/bingham-sees-increased-profits-revenue-credits-downsizing/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:41Z", "digest": "sha1:5OORU5UH5H3FT4P4JHGNSYPERF7PKFJQ", "length": 1906, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.jdjournal.com", "title": "Bingham McCutchen, Jay Zimmerman, Revenue And Profits Rise, Credits Downsizing | JDJournal", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Home \u00bb Bingham Sees Increased Profits, Revenue \u2014 Credits Downsizing\nBingham Sees Increased Profits, Revenue \u2014 Credits Downsizing\nBingham McCutchen saw both revenue and profits rise in 2008, the firm reports.\nGross revenue for the Boston-based firm totaled $767 million in 2008, a 3.2% increase over 2007; profits per partner went up 6.4% to $1.42 million.\nThe firm reports a 5.5% increase in revenue per lawyer, to $950,000; and a 6.7% increase in compensation for all partners, to $960,000.\nFirm Chairman Jay Zimmerman points to the firm\u2019s reduced head count, down 2.2% in 2008, as an important factor that contributed to this increase. The reduction allowed lawyers to maintain a high level of work, he said.\nBingham made several significant lateral hires in the second half of the year, beefing up its securities, antitrust and restructuring practices. The additions include securities lawyer Geoffrey Aranow, most recently the managing partner of Heller Ehrman\u2019s Washington, DC, office; as well as restructuring partner Jeffrey Sabin from Schulte Roth & Zabel. The firm also brought on three antitrust partners from Clifford Chance\nBingham McCutchen LLP is an international law firm with approximately 1,000 attorneys in 11 US offices and three international offices. It represents clients in corporate litigation, cross-border restructurings and insolvencies, financing and securities, government affairs and a wide variety of corporate and technology transactions.\nThe law firm was named 41st best company to work for in 2008 by Fortune.\nRelated Items:Bingham McCutchen, Boston, Clifford Chance, credits downsizing, Geoffrey Aranow, Heller Ehrman, Jay Zimmerman, Jeffrey Sabin, profits, revenues, rise revenue and profits, Schulte Roth & Zabel\nSome Law Firms Giving Out Year-End Bonuses with Billable Hour Stipulations\nVenable Partner Recalls Landing in Hudson River\nSkadden Selects 28 Fellows", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 463, "original_length": 18534, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 330.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/pro-te-solutio-vol-10-no-2-spring-2017-19862/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:09:32Z", "digest": "sha1:MEK3FVYMJ4GRBBJZXHWSKPNR5IVGMMJC", "length": 64285, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.jdsupra.com", "title": "Pro Te: Solutio - Vol. 10 No. 2 \u2013 Spring 2017 | Butler Snow LLP - JDSupra", "raw_content": "It\u2019s Spring! In this issue of Pro Te, we do a little a \u201cspring cleaning\u201d to brush the dust off some familiar topics that we consider in day-to-day pharmaceutical litigation. In The Forgotten Element? Warnings Proximate Causation in Trial Practice, we take a fresh look at proximate cause, including how best to maximize testimony from prescribing physicians to reveal why a plaintiff has failed to satisfy this critical element of a products liability claim.\nWARNINGS PROXIMATE CAUSATION CURES ACT WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY NEW AND NOTEWORTHY VOL. 10 NO. 2 SPRING 2017 DE AR C LI EN T, It\u2019s Spring! In this issue of Pro Te, we do a little a \u201cspring cleaning\u201d to brush the dust off some familiar topics that we consider in day-to-day pharmaceutical litigation. In The Forgotten Element? Warnings Proximate Causation in Trial Practice, we take a fresh look at proximate cause, including how best to maximize testimony from prescribing physicians to reveal why a plaintiff has failed to satisfy this critical element of a products liability claim. We also raise the shades to illuminate the new Cures Act with a two-part look at how the new law intends to enhance medical care and pave the way for new pathways to develop drugs and medical devices. Consistent with the notion of spring cleaning, we all know how great it feels to find something you didn\u2019t know you had. In Wearable Technology Discovery in Personal Injury Cases: How Data From a Plaintiff\u2019s Wrist Can Make a Difference in the Courtroom, we discuss how electronics and technology (think FitBit\u00ae) can uncover data about plaintiffs\u2014and how that evidence may be admissible in court. Finally, we do some deep cleaning on an old topic: personal jurisdiction! This is one of the hot topics in law right now, with important decisions looming in several courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court. We highlight some of these important cases in Norfolk Southern Ry. Co. v. Dolan: The end to litigation tourism in the City of St. Louis? So: let\u2019s brush off some of those legal cobwebs and embrace Spring! THE FORGOTTEN ELEMENT? WARNINGS PROXIMATE CAUSATION IN TRIAL PRACTICE THE CURES ACT WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY IN PERSONAL INJURY CASES: HOW DATA FROM A PLAINTIFF\u2019S WRIST CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE COURTROOM NEW AND NOTEWORTHY CHRISTY D. JONES Co-Chair Litigation CHARLES F. JOHNSON Co-Chair Business and Corporate Healthcare 3 11 25 31 Copyright \u00a9 2017 by Butler Snow LLP. All rights reserved.1 2 THE FORGOTTEN ELEMENT? WARNINGS PROXIMATE CAUSATION IN TRIAL PRACTICE THE BEGINNING. Stereotypes begin with a kernel of truth. Admit it, you\u2019ve seen them within your virtual firm. Maybe it\u2019s the science wonk, convinced that no jury could award damages if they could only be made to truly understand the esoteric biological principle\u2014the one that can only be described via acronym. Perhaps it\u2019s the detail-oriented associate or nurse analyst, uncovering the pivotal blip in the plaintiff\u2019s timeline that calls the entire injury claim into question. Then, of course, there\u2019s the Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. \u2014 Einstein 3 4 Plotted this way, the elements fall into two pairs of concepts: (1) causation and warnings along one axis; and (2) general and specific along the other. Now, look again at our stereotypes on the previous page. Three of these elements are described, but the fourth\u2014proximate causation\u2014is not. Why? One possible explanation for this discrepancy is the nearly unconscious deference to an insurmountable piece of evidence. In every failure- to-warn claim, inevitably the plaintiff will be asked by her attorney: if you had known that using this product would result in this injury, would you have ever used it? It\u2019s a hindsight question, of course, and one loaded with assumptions, but the answer is typically automatic and emphatic. Of course not. If this ultimate question is so firmly within the direct control of the plaintiff, then it makes sense to marshal the defense elsewhere. Advantage, plaintiff? THE MIDDLE. At the same time, attend any drug and device seminar, approach an attendee at random, and pose the question: What does the \u201clearned intermediary\u201d doctrine mean? The answer is rote: Why, the manufacturer\u2019s duty to warn runs to the doctor, not the patient. That is the undeniably correct answer. It is also, as a practical matter, incomplete. It doesn\u2019t mean what you think it means, at least, not entirely. From a trial defense perspective, the learned intermediary doctrine should mean that the proximate cause element of a failure-to-warn claim is properly satisfied not by the plaintiff, but by the prescriber. Because drug and device manufacturers warn these specialized- knowledge-wielding proxies, rather than the ultimate consumers of their products, then any weary \u201chandler,\u201d charged with preparing your company witness or regulatory expert. A handler\u2019s job is to anticipate any possible critique of the client\u2019s conduct from the time of its founding, and to defend a product warning against a myriad of attacks, like a careless internal email, an unfavorable\u2014but isolated\u2014scientific finding, or even so-called \u201ccommon sense.\u201d These stereotypes may ring familiar because the driver of so many drug and device products cases is the warnings claim. Plaintiffs routinely allege that drug and device manufacturers withheld critical risk information\u2014information that, if properly shared, would have made all the difference to an unsuspecting and vulnerable plaintiff. And, while the substantive law on failure-to-warn across jurisdictions can vary\u2014in some instances, widely\u2014 there is a prevailing pattern to the elements of proof in a warnings claim. Using a matrix to illustrate a concept in a section touting simplicity is, admittedly, cringe-worthy. It is also valid. Virtually all failure-to-warn or inadequate warnings claims begin with four elements to be proven: 1. general medical causation \u2014 can the offending product cause (or, in some jurisdictions, merely contribute to) the alleged injury; 2. specific medical causation \u2014 did the product cause this plaintiff\u2019s injury; 3. warnings adequacy \u2014 are the product warnings in effect at the time of the plaintiff\u2019s use consistent with reasonable practice; and 4. proximate cause \u2014 if the warnings are deemed inadequate or unreasonable, are those failings responsible for the outcome. PLAINTIFFS ROUTINELY ALLEGE THAT DRUG AND DEVICE MANUFACTURERS WITHHELD CRITICAL RISK INFORMATION THAT WOULD HAVE MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE TO AN UNSUSPECTING AND VULNERABLE PLAINTIFF. CAUSATION GENERAL General Medical Causation Specific Medical Causation Warnings Adequacy \u201cPROXIMATE CAUSE\u201dSPECIFIC WARNING You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. \u2014 Inigo Montoya, The Princess Bride 5 6 failings in the product warnings are assessed against the prescriber\u2019s knowledge and decision to use, not the plaintiff\u2019s. Taken to its logical end, the application of the learned intermediary doctrine should render the plaintiff\u2019s ultimate question above ineffectual, even irrelevant. This tension\u2014between competing interpretations of proximate causation in the learned intermediary context\u2014has played out in multiple jurisdictions. One effect is a distinction between the \u201cprescribing decision\u201d and the \u201cpatient discussion\u201d as the determinative facts for a proximate causation analysis. That is, there are competing positions for what satisfies the elemental burden of proximate cause: whether the doctor (or other healthcare provider) would have continued to prescribe the product, or whether the interaction and discussion with the patient regarding the product would have changed. Plaintiffs prefer the latter, because any admission by a prescriber that different information would alter the interaction with the patient funnels the decision point toward the ultimate, plaintiff-controlled question. By contrast, defendants prefer the former, and not merely as an \u201canti-plaintiff\u201d position. Prescribers are being asked to confirm and reinforce their own judgment regarding the decision they previously made with respect to this individual patient, i.e., the decision to use the product. In Gaghan v. Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc., et al.,1 the New Jersey Appellate Division reversed a verdict awarded to an Accutane user on the basis of California\u2019s interpretation of the proper scope of the proximate cause inquiry: The question of law is whether the conduct of the doctor that would be altered by a stronger warning is limited to the doctor\u2019s prescribing decision or, as the trial court concluded here, also includes the doctor\u2019s decision to provide a stronger warning to the patient. In the absence of a decision by a California appellate court contradicting the holdings of the federal courts, we conclude that California law focuses on the prescribing decision of the doctor as the learned intermediary. A number of other jurisdictions have held similarly that the relevant conduct that would be altered by a stronger warning is the doctor\u2019s decision to prescribe the drug. See Ackermann v. Wyeth Pharms., 526 F.3d 203, 213-14 (5th Cir. 2008) (Texas law); Ralston v. Smith & Nephew Richards, Inc., 275 F.3d 965, 976-77 (10th Cir. 2001) (Kansas law); Wheat v. Pfizer, Inc., 31 F.3d 340, 343 (5th Cir. 1994) (Louisiana law); Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. v. Mason, 27 So.3d 75, 77 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009) (Florida law), review denied, 37 So.3d 848 (Fla. 2010). Our own Supreme Court in New Jersey has reached the same conclusion. See Strumph v. Schering Corp., 133 N.J. 33, 626 A.2d 1090 (1993), rev\u2019ing on dissent, 256 N.J. 309, 323, 606 A.2d 1140 (App. Div. 1992) (Skillman, J.A.D., dissenting) (under New Jersey law, plaintiff must show adequate warnings would have altered physician\u2019s prescribing decision). But cf. Niemiera v. Schneider, 114 N.J. 550, 565-66, 555 A.2d 1112 (1989) (under New Jersey\u2019s learned intermediary doctrine, doctor\u2019s responsibility is to inform patient about information that enables patient to use product safely); In re: Diet Drug Litig., 384 N.J. Super. 525, 541, 895 A.2d 480 (Law Div. 2005) (leaving prescribing decision solely in hands of learned intermediary runs afoul of New Jersey\u2019s public policy). (emphasis added) Other states, like Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia, have also adopted the \u201cprescribing decision\u201d interpretation of warnings proximate causation.2 However, the issue is not fully settled. \u201cPatient discussion\u201d advocates do find legal support, as some courts are reluctant to cede all decision-making authority to the prescribers, when the plaintiff ultimately decides to use a product now claimed to have caused harm.3 THE END. The takeaway from all of this is the importance of the prescriber\u2019s testimony on this issue, which makes the available prescriber\u2019s deposition critical in any drug or device products case. Defense counsel should never approach a prescriber deposition seeking only to regurgitate a treatment EVEN IN \u201cPATIENT DISCUSSION\u201d JURISDICTIONS WHERE CASE-ENDING TESTIMONY IS DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN, COUNSEL SHOULD BE AWARE OF AND SEEK TO FRAME FAVORABLE PROXIMATE CAUSE TESTIMONY. Do, or do not. There is no try. \u2014 Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back 7 8 timeline. Nor should they settle for favorable, but ultimately derivative or cumulative proof on elements of medical causation. Even in \u201cpatient discussion\u201d jurisdictions where case-ending testimony is difficult to obtain, counsel should be aware of and seek to frame favorable proximate cause testimony. A dispositive element of plaintiff\u2019s claim hinges on the results. As this is a lawyerly piece, disclaimers apply. Rules beget exceptions, and individual judgment should always trump checklists in defending products cases. Perhaps the prescriber consults regularly for plaintiffs\u2019 lawyers, or has a known bias against manufacturers, or has suspect credentials or a vast litigation history. There are a variety of reasons to modify an approach to a prescriber deposition. However, the very fact that the product was prescribed is a powerful indicator in many cases that favorable testimony on proximate cause can be had. As a result, consider the following as potential lines of inquiry for prescribers. \u2022 Establish \u201clearned-ness.\u201d As noted, in some cases, perhaps qualifying the prescriber as a pseudo-expert is not the preferred course. But where favorable testimony is anticipated, tracking the highlights of the prescriber\u2019s education, training, and experience reinforces the specialized knowledge the learned intermediary doctrine represents. As a corollary, determine whether the prescriber has contributed to key opinions for industry, participated in sponsored clinical trials, or developed new products in the field as an indicator of alignment. \u2022 Sources of information. Plaintiffs\u2019 warnings claims hinge on poking holes in specific labeling materials, such as package inserts or instructions for use. Expect that opposing counsel will put before the prescriber some piece of information that is not set out in the labeling. As such, it is important to establish other sources of information, often ranging from experience to professional associations/discussions with colleagues to literature as a means of shoring up the prescriber\u2019s knowledge of either the potential for injury or its alleged relationship with the product. \u2022 Give the indication its due. Plaintiffs tend to focus on one medical condition\u2014the alleged injury. In fact, drug and device products cases always involve (at least) two. The underlying condition for which the product was prescribed should be explored, in part to establish the ramifications of non-treatment. Put another way: establish the benefits of the use of the product where available. \u2022 Product usage. Similarly, look for opportunities to establish safe, effective use of the product with other patients both before the plaintiff\u2019s use and after, including present and ongoing use where possible. This is one of the signals of potential favorable testimony with the ultimate question. \u2022 Reinforce the prescriber\u2019s judgment. A by- product of plaintiff\u2019s warnings claim is an inference that the prescriber\u2019s judgment was impaired by insufficient knowledge. Many prescribers inherently reject challenges to their medical judgment. Mine that tendency. \u2022 Establish \u201cstandard\u201d and \u201ccase-by-case\u201d warnings practice. It may be the case that the prescriber did not warn the plaintiff of the specific alleged injury. And it is typical for prescribers to acknowledge that, as between less information and more information, they prefer the latter: they would \u201cwant to know.\u201d Plaintiffs\u2019 lawyers tend to pivot from these questions to low-risk, general questions like, And if you had additional information, you would pass that on to your patients? Prescribers often agree, leaving plaintiff\u2019s counsel one step away from setting up their ultimate question. One hedge against that is to test the notion that prescribers deliver certain \u201cstandard\u201d warnings for products (most common side effects, e.g.) as well as warning on a case-by-case basis (certain patients tolerate certain amounts of risk information). \u2022 Test the alternate warning. To the extent plaintiffs have developed a proposed alternate warning addressing the alleged deficiencies in the product warnings, consider directly confronting the prescriber with loaded questions: E.g., plaintiff\u2019s expert has opined that if this warning had been available when you prescribed to the plaintiff, then your understanding of the risks and benefits of the product would have been so altered that you would not have prescribed. Is that true? Recognize that these are high-risk, high-reward questions; judgment is critical. \u2022 Ultimate question. Similarly, information obtained over the course of a deposition can signal whether to attempt a \u201cprescribing decision\u201d ultimate proximate cause question. If successful, consider a series of questions designed to satisfy the \u201cpatient discussion\u201d prong as well, e.g., if plaintiff presented to you in [original date of use], would your approach and course of treatment have been the same, with or without this additional information?\u201d Warnings proximate causation is an essential element of a plaintiff\u2019s warnings claim. Under the learned intermediary doctrine, that proof comes from the prescriber\u2019s understanding of the warning and any alleged flaws, in conjunction with the prescriber\u2019s general knowledge as a physician. Defense counsel should recognize the parameters of the doctrine where an action is pending and should be deliberate in their approach to prescriber depositions. And who knows? Perhaps with consistent and heightened attention to this element of proof, a new defense lawyer stereotype will emerge. 1. 2014 WL 3798338, *15 (N.J. App. Div. 2014). 2. See, e.g., Janssen Pharmaceutia, Inc. v. Bailey, 878 So.2d 31, 58 (Miss. 2004) (\u201cThe Plaintiffs bear the burden of establishing that Propulsid was the cause of their injuries and that \u2018an adequate warning would have convinced the treating physician not to prescribe the product for the [P]laintiff[s].\u2019\u201d) (Miss. law); Wyeth v. Weeks, 159 So.3d 649, 673-74 (Ala. 2014) (\u201cIn short, the patient must show that, but for the false representation made in the warning, the prescribing physician would not have prescribed the medication to his patient.\u201d) (Ala. law); Porter v. Eli Lilly & Co., 291 Fed. Appx. 963 (11th Cir. 2008) (\u201cUnder Georgia law, Porter was required to prove that, but for the alleged inadequate warning, Dr. Wolfberg, decedent\u2019s physician, would not have prescribed Prozac to decedent.\u201d) (Ga. law) (emphasis added). 3. See, e.g., Giles v. Wyeth, Inc., 500 F. Supp. 2d 1063 (S.D. Ill. 2007) (Ill. law); Gilliland v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., 34 F. Supp.3d 960 (S.D. Iowa 2014) (Iowa law); Rossitto v. Hoffmann-LaRoche, Inc., et al., 2016 WL 3943335, *24 (N.J. App. Div. 2016) (\u201cThe \u2018prescribing decision\u2019\u2014insofar as it logically entails both a physician\u2019s recommendation and a patient\u2019s assent to follow that recommendation after being apprised of the pertinent risks\u2014could have been affected by the absence of a stronger warning. Although a physician can function as a \u2018learned intermediary,\u2019 Niemiera v. Schneider, 114 N.J. 550, 559 (1989), it should not be assumed that a doctor will issue a prescription to an informed patient who is unwilling to risk a drug\u2019s side effects.\u201d) (N.J. law). MARK A. DREHER 9 10 The 21st Century Cures Act (the \u201cAct\u201d), a sweeping piece of legislation with overwhelming bipartisan support, was signed into law on December 13, 2016. Focused on advancing and accelerating medical research, combating America\u2019s opioid abuse epidemic, and improving mental health care, the 21st Century Cures Act will unquestionably affect patients, healthcare providers, medical researchers, and pharmaceutical and device manufacturers. This feature explores two sections of the Act that will specifically impact healthcare providers and manufacturers. Healthcare providers will want to take note of the first article, which examines mandates to improve medical care through better access to and interoperability among electronic health records. The second article, which details plans for opening new drug and device development pathways, will be of particular interest to pharmaceutical and device manufacturers. 1. https://energycommerce.house.gov/sites/republicans.energycommerce.house.gov/files/ documents/114/analysis/20161128%20Cures%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf INTRODUCTION TO THE CURES ACT KIMBERLY S. COGGIN While these articles discuss only a fraction of the Act\u2019s scope, they clearly convey the message that the Act is \u201c[a]n innovation game-changer, a once- in-a-generation, transformational opportunity to change the way we treat disease.\u201d1 FOCUSED ON ADVANCING AND ACCELERATING MEDICAL RESEARCH, COMBATING AMERICA\u2019S OPIOID ABUSE EPIDEMIC, AND IMPROVING MENTAL HEALTH CARE, THE 21ST CENTURY CURES ACT WILL UNQUESTIONABLY AFFECT PATIENTS, HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS, MEDICAL RESEARCHERS, AND PHARMACEUTICAL AND DEVICE MANUFACTURERS. 11 12 THE STAGE IS SET The 21st Century Cures Act1 (the \u201cAct\u201d) is a multifaceted piece of healthcare and life sciences legislation designed to accelerate discovery, development, and delivery of innovative cures and treatments. Title IV of the Act focuses on the delivery of medical care and includes some notable mandates to improve access and interoperability2 of healthcare information technology (HIT). Sec. 4003(b) establishes new requirements and supports interoperability among disparate electronic health records (EHRs). The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is the principal federal entity designated to implement and advance HIT and the electronic exchange of health information under the Act.3 Rapidly driving network-to-network interoperability forward, the ONC is directed to convene, within six months of enactment,4 a public-private stakeholder convention to develop a trusted exchange framework for trust policies and practices and a common agreement for use among existing health information networks nationally (i.e., a \u201cnetwork of networks\u201d). The Act ambitiously provides that the trusted exchange framework and common agreement will be established and published within one year after the convention of the stakeholders. The ONC is instructed to work with the National Institute of Standards and Technology and other relevant agencies within HHS to pilot test and provide technical assistance on how to implement the trusted exchange network and common agreement. The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall, through notice and comment rulemaking, establish a process for health information networks that voluntarily elect to adopt the trusted exchange framework and common agreement to attest to such adoption of the framework and agreement.5 The ONC will publish a list of health information networks that have adopted the voluntary model exchange framework and are capable of trusted exchange pursuant to the common agreement, and the HHS Secretary will set up a comprehensive digital index for health professionals and health facilities that have adopted the agreement and exchange standards.6 A new federal HIT Advisory Committee is established in Section 4003(e)7 to address issues related to achieving an interoperable health technology infrastructure (nationally and locally). The new HIT Advisory Committee is directed to work with private and public stakeholders and make recommendations to the ONC in targeted areas regarding: \u2022 Technology that provides accurate patient information for the correct patient, including exchanging such information, and avoids the duplication of patient records. \u2022 Privacy and security of health information in HIT, including technologies that allow for an accounting of disclosures and protections against disclosures of individually identifiable health information made by a covered entity for purposes of treatment, payment, and healthcare operations pursuant to HIPAA, as well as segmentation and protection from disclosure of specific and sensitive individually identifiable health information. \u2022 The facilitation of secure access by an individual to his/her protected health information, and access to such health information by a family member, caregiver, or guardian acting on behalf of a patient (including due to age-related and other disability, cognitive impairment, or dementia). SETTING PRIORITIES FOR ADOPTION OF STANDARDS8 The ONC is required to convene the HIT Advisory Committee, not later than six months after the date on which the HIT Advisory Committee first meets, to identify priority uses of HIT and standards and implementation specifications that support such HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (HIT) INOPERABILITY UNDER THE 21ST CENTURY CURES ACT 13 14 uses of HIT,9 and publish a report of findings and recommendations regarding priorities, focusing on uses of HIT arising from/related to: \u2022 The implementation of incentive programs to promote the adoption and meaningful use of certified EHR technology (CEHRT), the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), Alternative Payment Models (APMs), the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program (HVBP), and any other value-based payment program determined appropriate by the HHS Secretary; \u2022 Quality of patient care \u2022 Public health \u2022 Clinical research \u2022 Privacy and security of electronic health information \u2022 Innovation in the field of HIT \u2022 Patient safety \u2022 Usability of HIT \u2022 Individuals\u2019 access to electronic health information \u2022 Other priorities determined appropriate by the HHS Secretary \u2022 if conducted by a healthcare provider, such provider knows that such practice is unreasonable and likely to interfere with, prevent, or materially discourage access, exchange, or use of electronic health information. Specific descriptions of \u201cinformation blocking\u201d practices include: \u2022 Practices that restrict the authorized access, exchange, or use of electronic health information for treatment or other permitted purposes under applicable state/federal law, including transitions between certified HIT systems. \u2022 Implementing HIT in nonstandard ways likely to substantially increase the complexity or burden of accessing, exchanging, or using electronic health information. \u2022 Implementing HIT in ways likely to: \u2666 restrict access, exchange, or use of electronic health information with respect to exporting complete information sets or in transitioning between HIT systems, or THE 21ST CENTURY CURES ACT HAS SET THE STAGE FOR INDUSTRY-WIDE INTEROPERABILITY THAT WILL MODERNIZE AND PERSONALIZE HEALTHCARE. Beginning five years after the enactment of the Act, and every three years after that, the ONC must convene stakeholders to review and make recommendations with respect to maintaining or phasing out adopted standards and implementation specifications. BAN ON INFORMATION BLOCKING Notably, Sec. 4004 of the Act10 explicitly prohibits \u201cinformation blocking,\u201d which is defined as a practice that, except as required by law or specified by HHS Secretary rulemaking, is likely to interfere with, prevent, or materially discourage access, exchange, or use of electronic health information; and \u2022 if conducted by a health information technology developer, exchange, or network, such developer, exchange, or network knows, or should know, that such practice is likely to interfere with, prevent, or materially discourage the access, exchange, or use of electronic health information; or \u2666 lead to fraud, waste, or abuse, or impede innovations and advancements in health information access, exchange, and use, including care delivery enabled by HIT. The Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) is authorized to investigate information blocking claims. Health- information vendors found to have committed information blocking (including false attestations) will be subject to civil monetary penalties up to $1 million per violation. Health providers determined 15 16 1. Pub. L. No 114-255, 130 Stat. 1033 (2016). 2. The Act defines interoperability with respect to HIT, as technology that: \u2022 enables the secure exchange of electronic health information with, and use of electronic health information from, other health information technology without special effort on the part of the user; \u2022 allows for complete access, exchange, and use of all electronically accessible health information for authorized use under applicable state or federal law; and \u2022 does not constitute information blocking (as defined in the Act). Sec. 4003(a) (to be codified at 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 300jj). 3. Sec. 4003(b) (to be codified at 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 300jj-11(c)). 4. The 21st Century Cures Act was signed into law on December 13, 2016. 5. While no health information network will be required to adopt the trusted exchange framework, federal agencies may require adoption within their networks. 6. See Sec. 4003(c) (to be codified at 42 U.S.C. 300jj-11). 7. The HIT Advisory Committee combines and replaces the previous HIT Policy Committee and the HIT Standards Committee. The new HIT Advisory Committee will consist of at least 25 members who represent a balance among various sectors of the healthcare system so that no single sector unduly influences the recommendations of the Committee. Members must include providers, ancillary healthcare workers, consumers, purchasers, health plans, health information technology developers, researchers, patients, relevant federal agencies, and individuals with technical expertise on healthcare quality, system functions, privacy, security, and on the electronic exchange and use of health information), eight of whom shall be appointed by Congress, three appointed by the HHS Secretary, and the remainder will be appointed by the Comptroller General of the US Government Accountability Office (GAO). See Sec. 4003(e) (to be codified at 42 U.S.C. \u00a7300jj). 8. See Sec. 4003(f) (to be codified at 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 300jj-13). 9. In identifying such standards and implementation specifications, the HIT Advisory Committee must give deference to standards and implementation specifications developed by consensus-based standards development organizations in the private sector. 10. Sec. 4004 (to be codified at 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 300jj-51 et seq.). 11. Sec. 4006 (b) (to be codified at 21 U.S.C. \u00a7 17935(e)(2)). HOLLIE A. SMITH to have committed information blocking will be subject to other \u201cappropriate disincentives,\u201d as the HHS Secretary sets forth through notice and comment rulemaking. The Cures Act legislation also promotes patient access to secure and up-to-date electronic health information through interoperable health information exchanges. Pursuant to Section 4006, the HHS Secretary is tasked to encourage partnerships among health information exchanges, healthcare providers, and health plans to offer patients access to their electronic information in \u201ca single longitudinal format that is easy to understand, secure, and may be updated automatically.\u201d Further, Section 4006 amends the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) providing that business associates may directly transmit or grant designee(s) access to an individual\u2019s Protected Health Information (PHI) in response to a request from the individual.11 WHAT NOW? The 21st Century Cures Act has set the stage for industry-wide interoperability that will modernize and personalize healthcare. The exchange of accurate and complete electronic health information and advanced technology may be leveraged in ways that improve patient care and outcomes, enable patients to access and use their health data to collaborate in their care, advance precision medicine tailored to individual patients, reduce errors, increase efficiency, lower costs, and optimize reimbursements for healthcare providers. The health information technology provisions in the Cures Act should stimulate the rapid advancement of such interoperability and exchange. Once new HHS leadership and essential rulemaking take shape this year, compliance will be the name of the game! 1817 \u201cTitle III \u2014 Development\u201d of the 21st Century Cures Act (the \u201cAct\u201d) contains several significant provisions devoted to facilitating new pathways for both drug and medical device development. Patient-focused drug development, new drug development tools, new approaches to clinical trial design, and the use of real-world evidence for certain clinical purposes all represent a theme in the Act to allow for new and flexible approaches to research, testing, and approval of drugs in appropriate circumstances. PATIENT-FOCUSED DRUG DEVELOPMENT Section 3002 of the Act establishes a framework to collect and use \u201cpatient experience data\u201d and related information in support of applications submitted under Section 569C of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the \u201cFDCA\u201d) or Section 351(a) of the Public Health Service Act (the \u201cPHSA\u201d). Patient experience data is intended to provide information about patient experiences with a health condition, including the impact of the health condition or related therapy on patients\u2019 lives, and patient preferences with respect to treatment of a health condition. Patient experience data may be collected from patients, family members and caregivers of patients, patient advocacy organizations, disease research foundations, researchers, and drug manufacturers. The Secretary of Health and Human Services (the \u201cSecretary\u201d) is required, pursuant to Section 3002 of the Act, to develop a plan to issue draft and final guidance documents, over a period of five years, regarding collection of patient experience data and the use of such data in drug development. A draft version of at least one such guidance document must be issued within 18 months after the enactment of the Act, and no later than 18 months following the end of the public comment period, either revised draft guidance or final guidance must be issued. 21ST CENTURY CURES ACT: NEW CLINICAL RESEARCH TOOLS 19 20 or accelerated approval of a drug or biological product. A \u201cclinical outcome assessment\u201d means \u201ca measurement of a patient\u2019s symptoms, overall mental state, or the effects of a disease or condition on how the patient functions and includes a patient-reported outcome.\u201d A patient- reported outcome is reported by the patient regarding a health condition without interpretation by a clinician or other person. The Act directs that drug development tools be approved by the Secretary through a defined process of qualification whereby the drug development tool is deemed a \u201cqualified\u201d drug development tool. A drug development tool is \u201cqualified\u201d if in its proposed context of use the tool can be relied upon to have a specific interpretation and application in drug development and review under the Act. The qualification process will consist of several steps, beginning with submission of a letter of intent by a requestor to the Secretary for review. Upon acceptance of a letter of intent by the Secretary, the requestor would then submit a qualification plan to the Secretary for review, and upon acceptance, a full qualification package would be submitted. The Secretary is required to develop draft guidance on the implementation of this section not later than three years following enactment of the Act, and final guidance must be developed not later than six months following closing of the comment period for the draft guidance. NOVEL CLINICAL TRIAL DESIGNS Section 3021 of the Act requires the Secretary to conduct a public meeting and issue guidance that addresses the use of complex adaptive and other novel trial designs in the development and regulatory review and approval or licensure for drugs and biological products. The guidance must specifically include how such proposed clinical trials help satisfy the substantial evidence standard under section 505(d) of the FDCA. Additionally, the guidance must address The guidance is intended to be used by any person seeking to collect patient experience data for submission to and proposed use by the Secretary in regulatory decision-making. The guidance documents must, among other requirements, address specific methodological approaches that are relevant and objective and ensure that data is accurate and representative of the intended population. The guidance documents must include methods to collect meaningful patient input throughout the drug development process and methodological considerations for data collection reporting, management, and analysis. Finally, at least 180 days following enactment of the Act, the Secretary is required to provide a brief public statement regarding the patient experience data and related information, if any, submitted and reviewed as part of an application. ADVANCING NEW DRUG THERAPIES Section 3011 of the Act amends Chapter V of the FDCA to include a new Section 507 addressing a process of qualification for \u201cdrug development tools.\u201d A drug development tool is intended to be used for supporting or obtaining approval or licensure (as applicable) of a drug or biological product, or supporting the investigational use of a drug or biological product under section 505(i) of the FDCA or section 351(a)(3) of PHSA. The term \u201cdrug development tool\u201d is defined to include a biomarker, a clinical outcome assessment, and any other method, material, or measure that the Secretary determines aids drug development and regulatory review. The term \u201cbiomarker\u201d means \u201ca characteristic that is objectively measured as an indicator of normal biologic processes, pathologic processes, or biological responses to a therapeutic intervention, and includes a surrogate endpoint.\u201d A surrogate endpoint is a marker such as a laboratory measurement, radiographic image, physical sign, or other measure that is known to predict or reasonably likely to predict clinical benefit and could be used to support traditional approval 21 22 how sponsors can obtain feedback from the Secretary on technical issues related to modeling and simulations prior to (i) completion of the modeling or simulations, or (ii) the submission of resulting information to the Secretary. Finally the guidance must include the provisions for the types of quantitative and qualitative information that should be submitted for review and recommended analysis methodologies. Before issuing the described guidance, the Secretary must hold a public meeting no later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the Act, for consultation and discussion with representatives of regulated industry, academia, patient advocacy organizations, consumer groups, and disease research foundations. Draft guidance must be issued no later than 18 months following the date of the public meeting and final guidance no later than one year after the close of the public comment period for the draft guidance. REAL-WORLD EVIDENCE Section 3022 of the Act amends Chapter V of the FDCA to include a new section 505F, dealing with \u201creal-world evidence,\u201d defined as \u201cdata regarding the usage, or the potential benefits or risks, of a drug derived from sources other than randomized clinical trials.\u201d The potential use of real-world evidence would be in the context of helping support the approval of a new indication for an approved drug and supporting or satisfying post-approval study requirements. The Secretary is charged with developing a draft framework to implement the program concerning real-world evidence within two years after the date of enactment of the Act. The framework must be developed in consultation with stakeholders in the field including the regulated industry, academia, medical professional organizations, representatives of patient advocacy organizations, consumer organizations, disease research foundations, and other interested parties. The framework must include information describing sources of real-world evidence, including ongoing safety surveillance, observational studies, registries, claims, and patient-centered outcomes research activities. It must also address gaps in data collection activities and the standards and methodologies for collection and analysis of real- world evidence. This framework is designed to provide a foundation for industry guidance on the proper circumstances under which drug sponsors and the Secretary may rely on real-world evidence to help support approval of a new indication for an approved drug and to help support or satisfy post- approval study requirements. Guidance must also provide appropriate standards and methodologies for collection and analysis of real-world evidence. The Secretary is required to issue draft guidance no later than five years following enactment of the Act. Within 18 months of the close of the comment period for draft guidance, either revised draft guidance or final guidance must be published. VIRGINIA B. WILSON EVEN THOUGH GUIDANCE AND IMPLEMENTATION WILL NOT BE FULLY IN PLACE FOR SOME TIME, THE NEXT TWO TO THREE YEARS PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STAKEHOLDERS IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF DRUGS OR BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS TO ACTIVELY FIND HOW THEY MIGHT POTENTIALLY PROPOSE AND USE DRUG DEVELOPMENT TOOLS... CONCLUSION The provisions of the Act that are discussed above will not take on concrete form immediately, but are designed to evolve over the next three to five years. Even though guidance and implementation will not be fully in place for some time, the next two to three years provide an opportunity for stakeholders in research and development of drugs or biological products to actively find how they might potentially propose and use drug development tools, novel clinical trial designs, real- world evidence, and/or patient experience data to expand the potential of research and development, and ultimately approval, of new treatments. While these innovations will not replace the need for traditional clinical trial structure, they potentially can enhance clinical trials and expand the general methodologies available for research. 23 24 WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY IN PERSONAL INJURY CASES: HOW DATA FROM A PLAINTIFF\u2019S WRIST CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE COURTROOM Defense counsel should consider calling a new, wearable witness to the stand in personal injury cases. One in six American consumers currently owns and uses wearable technology1\u2014smart devices such as watches and fitness monitors that allow compilation and exchange of data without the user\u2019s involvement. Activity monitors such as Fitbit\u00ae are capable of tracking nearly every facet of the human body. The devices compile extensive information on bodily systems\u2014including activity levels, exercise attainment, food consumption, weight, sleep, heart rate, skin temperature, and respiratory rate. They can compile data on location using GPS functionality. And they can even measure vital signs, stress levels, and hydration levels, as well as be used to monitor diseases and chronic conditions. As the proliferation of these devices\u2014and their capabilities\u2014 increases, so also does the potential for their use in litigation. Production of this information will constitute the next wave of discovery challenges in personal injury lawsuits. The use of fitness tracker data in personal injury litigation is obvious: A plaintiff claiming injury could have his claim undermined by Fitbit\u00ae data showing that he ran his customary four-mile jog, even after his alleged back injury. The wearable device compiles an extensive track record of objective data entries that can be used to undermine a claimant\u2019s case. On the plaintiff\u2019s side, one Canadian law firm has already called on Fitbit\u00ae data to buttress a plaintiff\u2019s claim that her activity levels drastically declined due to a car accident. The plaintiff used this evidence to show that her activity levels had decreased lower than is typical of someone of her age and profession, and thus entitling her to compensation.2 And in the criminal investigation context, at least one Pennsylvania court has upheld use of Fitbit\u00ae data to contradict a 911 caller\u2019s assault claim.3 In that case, Fitbit\u00ae data showed that the alleged victim was actually walking around the house at the time of the alleged attack, and not sleeping, as she had claimed. Currently, no federal statute regulates Fitbit\u00ae or other wearable devices. HIPAA does not safeguard the information stored on these devices because they do not qualify as \u201ccovered entities\u201d under the statute.4 Moreover, it is unlikely that the FDA will ever regulate wearables, as they are advertised as promoting health instead of serving purely medical purposes.5 Additionally, while the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (ECPA) might enable federal regulation in this space, the statute has a carve-out that allows companies to produce customer records, as long as they are not 25 26 deemed communications. Data from wearables would not constitute a communication because there is no intent to convey information. Therefore, the information would more properly be classified as customer records, leaving them unregulated.6 Although personal injury litigants have no federal statutory concerns, there are still issues presented by federal and state rules of civil procedure and evidence. REQUEST A LITIGATION HOLD IMMEDIATELY Fitbit\u00ae data may be a form of \u201cinitial required disclosure\u201d under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(1).7 The information stored there relates directly to the allegations in a personal injury complaint. Such information could easily support a plaintiff\u2019s or defendant\u2019s claims or defenses by either strengthening or undermining the asserted facts pertaining to injury. Because the Fitbit\u00ae user has control over the data, per company policy, discovery requests should be served directly on the user. And because a Fitbit\u00ae user can delete his data at any time, defense counsel should request a litigation hold as soon as possible.8 The deletion of wearable technology data by a personal injury plaintiff could constitute spoliation of evidence. In addition, defense counsel should include in discovery requests information from such wearable devices that may have been submitted to a plaintiff\u2019s employer in conjunction with a health insurance wellness program. Any such evidence of physical wellness and activity can undercut claims of permanent or pervasive injury, and GPS data can establish a plaintiff who claims to have been debilitated was traveling or on vacation during the pertinent time period. WEARABLES DATA IS ESI Fitbit\u00ae data also qualifies as appropriate ESI under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34, which allows for production of data stored in any medium that can be obtained directly from the opposing party.9 Because a Fitbit\u00ae user can access the information on her personal computer, direct access would be present here and entitle the opposing party to production. Defense counsel should, however, narrowly tailor the time frame of requested information in order to satisfy Rule 26(b)(1) proportionality requirements. Additionally, a defendant might avoid a Rule 26(b)(1) challenge by paying for collection of the data by a third-party service, thus minimizing the burden on the plaintiff. Rule 34 also allows for objection if the party requesting the ESI fails to specify the form or fails to state the intended use of the information.10 Accordingly, a defendant must give particular reasons for requesting the plaintiff\u2019s Fitbit\u00ae data and concretely describe the intended use of this information. A blanket request for this data\u2014 merely hoping to find something to undermine plaintiff\u2019s claim\u2014is insufficient.11 Defense counsel must specify the medium by which they want the ESI data produced\u2014whether via email, screenshots, printouts, etc.12 Rule 34(b) (2)(E)(ii) requires production in the form in which the data is usually maintained, if no other form is specified. As such, the data by default would come from printouts or screenshots from the plaintiff\u2019s computer, where the data is typically displayed for the Fitbit\u00ae user.13 ADMISSION OF WEARABLES DATA AT TRIAL A defendant asking for admission of Fitbit\u00ae information must also demonstrate the touchstone requirements of relevance, authenticity, and reliability. Relevance should be fairly straightforward. Data on activity levels tends to strengthen or weaken the facts establishing injury. And because some wearables can even measure emotional states or stress levels, there is potential to have this data admitted for claims of emotional and psychological injury, as well. 27 28 CLINT COWAN, JR. Authenticity may be established through several channels.14 Federal Rule of Evidence 901(b)(1) allows the Fitbit\u00ae owner to authenticate the data through questioning on the stand. Such a person appropriately qualifies as a witness with knowledge under the rule.15 Rule 901(b)(4) can provide for authenticity through distinctive features of the data\u2014the Fitbit\u00ae information may, for example, refer to a particular exercise location uniquely associated with the plaintiff, thus proving its genuine tie to that individual. Rule 901(b)(9) could potentially allow evidence about the Fitbit\u00ae device\u2019s data collection method and accuracy rate to be presented in order to establish authenticity. Under this rule, the proponent may need to present evidence that users do not commonly falsify Fitbit\u00ae data, for example, by having another individual wear the device in their stead. Finally, Rule 901(b)(3) allows for authentication through a computer forensics expert, who could verify the data\u2019s origin.16 Within the authenticity concern lies the issue of reliability. Fitbit\u00ae and other similar devices sometimes erroneously track steps while a user travels by car. Other devices do not easily track cycling as an activity or will sometimes falsely count arm-waving as walking.17 The proponent of this evidence must show that its data collection methods are sound by presenting evidence from the manufacturer on error rates or possibly collecting information on subsequent remedial measures taken to correct earlier malfunctions in the devices. Even if the raw data itself cannot be admitted, the proponent may still get its broad strokes admitted through the testimony of an expert witness, who herself need not rely on admissible evidence in preparing a report or testifying at trial.18 The surest way of getting wearable device data before the jury may indeed be to have the expert review it and rely upon it as the basis for an expert opinion.19 Depending on the case, an expert witness could also rely upon such data to establish that a plaintiff did not suffer from an alleged condition and discredit causation, based on the physical metrics shown from the data (i.e., a plaintiff claiming a particular injury would not exhibit the physical data demonstrated from such metrics). It is also worth mention that wearable technology data should be sought in discovery from spouses with consortium claims. Plaintiff spouses claiming they were forced to work more or \u201cfill in\u201d for their injured spouses for income or at home, or that they suffered debilitating depression rendering them unable to work or go about their usual activities, can be impeached with data from such devices showing facts to the contrary. Defense counsel may also consider employing a third-party data analytics service to handle the Fitbit\u00ae ESI. In the Canadian case mentioned above, the plaintiff proponent of the Fitbit\u00ae information employed an analytics company to compare her activity levels to those of her demographic using industry and public research.20 This comparison aided her claim that her activity levels had dropped to abnormal levels as a result of the defendant\u2019s negligence. On the defense side, an analytics company could compare a personal injury plaintiff\u2019s activity levels to the general population to establish the opposite point\u2014that no meaningful decrease in energy or capacity had occurred as a result of the accident, thus undermining any claim for damages. As wearables continue to grow in popularity, defense counsel must realize their evidentiary value and strategically request production of this type of ESI. Fitbit\u00ae may be the surprise witness to seal a defense victory. 1. Bernard Marr, 15 Noteworthy Facts About Wearables in 2016, FORBES (Mar. 18, 2016, 2:16 AM), https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2016/03/18/15-mind-boggling-facts- about-wearables-in-2016/#27323cc72732. 2. Parmy Olson, Fitbit Data Now Being Used in the Courtroom, FORBES (Nov. 16, 2014, 4:10 PM), http://onforb.es/1TSzwJJ. 3. Jacob Gershman, Prosecutors Say Fitbit Device Exposed Fibbing in Rape Case, WSJ LAW BLOG (Apr. 21, 2016, 1:53 PM), http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2016/04/21/prosecutors- say-fitbit-device-exposed-fibbing-in-rape-case/. 4. See 45 C.F.R. \u00a7 160.102(a) (2015); Matthew R. Langley, Hide Your Health: Addressing the New Privacy Problem of Consumer Wearables, 103 GEO. L.J. 1641, 1648 (2015). 5. Langley, supra note 1, at 1649-50. 6. Id. at 1642-43. 7. Nicole Chauriye, Wearable Devices As Admissible Evidence: Technology Is Killing Our Opportunities to Lie, 24 CATH. U.J.L. & TECH. 495, 520 (2016). 8. Carol Michel & Rick Sager, Wearable Fitness Devices: A New Frontier in Discovery, LAW 360 (Mar. 28, 2016, 10:10 AM), https://www.law360.com/articles/775527/wearable- fitness-devices-a-new-frontier-in-discovery. 9. FED. R. CIV. P. 34(a)(a)(A). 10. Id. (b)(2)(D). 11. Chauriye, supra note 4, at 519. 12. Id. at 520. 13. Id. at 519-20. 14. John G. Browning, Fitbit Data Brings Another Dimension to Evidence, IADC COMMITTEE NEWSLETTER: TECHNOLOGY, July 2015. 15. FED. R. EVID. 901(b)(1). 16. Browning, supra note 10. 17. Kate Crawford, When Fitbit is the Expert Witness, THE ATLANTIC (Nov. 19, 2014), https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/11/when-fitbit-is-the-expert- witness/382936/. 18. See FED. R. EVID. 703. 19. Laura P. Paton, Sarah E. Wetmore & Clinton T. Magill, How Wearable Fitness Devices Could Impact Personal Injury Litigation in South Carolina, 27 S.C. LAW. 44, 48 (2016); Michel & Sager, supra note 8. 20. Id. *CLINT COWAN AND THE PRO TE EDITORIAL BOARD WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS ARTICLE BY LIZ SMITHHART, OUR LATE PARTNER AND FRIEND. 29 30 In recent years, the City of St. Louis has been a plaintiffs\u2019 favorite for litigation tourism, particularly in drug and medical device cases. And for good reason: By September of 2016, three of the year\u2019s six-largest products liability verdicts in the United States\u2014totaling $173.5 million\u2014were from the St. Louis City circuit court.1 This earned the City of St. Louis its status as the #1 \u201cjudicial hellhole\u201d in the United States in the American Tort Reform Foundation\u2019s most recent report.2 Plaintiffs\u2019 tactic is to join together multiple plaintiffs from across the country with one or more unrelated St. Louis plaintiffs. The only commonality is typically that the plaintiffs were prescribed the same drug or device. This practice developed because Missouri federal courts have disallowed removals based on fraudulent misjoinder or lack of personal jurisdiction under Ruhrgas v. Marathon Oil Co. and Daimler AG v. Bauman,3 and Missouri state courts have denied motions to sever and motions to dismiss based on lack of venue, lack of personal jurisdiction, and forum non conveniens. But a recent Missouri Supreme Court decision may put an end to this practice. On February 28, 2017, the Missouri Supreme Court decided State ex rel. Norfolk Southern Ry. Co. v. Dolan (\u201cNorfolk\u201d).4 In that case, an Indiana resident who worked for Norfolk in Indiana brought suit for injury allegedly sustained during his employment under the Federal Employer\u2019s Liability Act (FELA). Norfolk is a Virginia corporation. The plaintiff never worked in Missouri and did not allege any action by Norfolk in Missouri caused him harm. Rather, he claimed there was jurisdiction over his claim in Missouri because Norfolk did business in that state (by maintaining train tracks running through Missouri and having employees in Missouri) and because Norfolk complied with Missouri\u2019s business registration statutes (by registering with the state and designating a registered agent for service of process in the state). Granting a writ of prohibition, the Missouri Supreme Court rejected plaintiff\u2019s argument. In its opinion, the Missouri Supreme Court found: 1. General personal jurisdiction cannot be based on the mere fact that a company does business continuously or systematically in the state. \u201cPrior to Daimler, this would have been a valid argument. But it is no longer the law.\u201d Under Daimler, general jurisdiction would exist in Missouri only (i) if the corporation is incorporated in Missouri, (ii) if the corporation has its principal place of business in Missouri, or (iii) \u201cin the exceptional case when [the corporation\u2019s] contacts with Missouri are so extensive and all-encompassing that Missouri, in effect, becomes another home state.\u201d As to the last ground, that would only exist if the state became the \u201csurrogate for place of incorporation or home office.\u201d That was obviously not the case in Norfolk, where only about 2% of the company\u2019s train tracks and employees were in the State of Missouri. 2. There can be specific jurisdiction only if the plaintiff\u2019s claims arise out of the defendant\u2019s contacts with Missouri. It is not enough that the Indiana injuries arose from the same \u201ctype\u201d of activities as Norfolk\u2019s Missouri activities. Nor did FELA itself provide for specific jurisdiction in any place a railroad corporation has tracks. 3. A company does not consent to personal jurisdiction by complying with a state\u2019s foreign corporation registration statute. Implied consent is a question of statutory interpretation, and nothing in the Missouri registration statutes gives any indication that compliance would constitute consent to NORFOLK SOUTHERN RY. CO. V. DOLAN: THE END TO LITIGATION TOURISM IN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS? NEW AND NOTEWORTHY: 1. See Margaret Cronin Fisk, Welcome to St. Louis, the New Hot Spot for Litigation Tourists, BloombergBusinessweek (Sept. 29, 2016), available at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/ articles/2016-09-29/plaintiffs-lawyers-st-louis (last accessed Mar. 10, 2017). 2. American Tort Reform Foundation, 2016-2017 Judicial Hellholes, available at http:// www.judicialhellholes.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/JudicialHellholes-2016.pdf (last accessed Mar. 10, 2017). 3. Ruhrgas v. Marathon Oil Co., 526 U.S. 574, 588 (1999); Daimler AG v. Bauman, 134 S. Ct. 746 (2014). 4. State ex rel. Norfolk Southern Ry. Co. v. Dolan, 2017 WL 770977 (Mo. banc Feb. 28, 2017). 5. See Mo. HB 460, HB 461, HB 462, HB 463, SB 258, SB 259, SB 260, SB 261, SB 262. 6. See Supreme Court Dkt. No. 16-466. 7. See Barron v. Abbott Labs., Case No. SC96151. 8. See, e.g., Fox v. Johnson & Johnson, Case No. ED104580. 9. Robinson v. Pfizer, Inc., Case No. 16-2524 (8th Cir.). personal jurisdiction. In fact, the statutes do not mention consent at all. The court found that to the extent any holdings or dicta in other cases suggested otherwise, \u201cthey go beyond the language of the relevant statutes and should no longer be followed.\u201d Thus, Norfolk held unequivocally that a plaintiff whose claim arises out of state does not have any business filing suit in Missouri if Missouri is not the defendant corporation\u2019s home state or \u201csurrogate\u201d home state. Although Norfolk did not explicitly address the issue of joinder, the Missouri Supreme Court indicated that joinder cannot extend personal jurisdiction when it acknowledged that doing business in Missouri can subject a corporation to specific jurisdiction in Missouri, \u201c[b]ut that jurisdiction would exist only over claims that are related to those contacts\u201d and that jurisdiction could not be extended simply because they are the same \u201ctype\u201d of activities. The court provided an example that perfectly illustrates the problem with the plaintiffs\u2019 jurisdiction-by-joinder theory: Just because a company like Ford, for example, sells cars in Iowa and in California, does not mean there is jurisdiction in California for injuries that occurred in Iowa simply because Ford engages in the same \u201ctype\u201d of activity\u2014 selling cars\u2014in both states. Such an argument goes even further than the pre-Daimler approach to general jurisdiction that Daimler rejected as providing no authority for general jurisdiction over a company. To say this same conduct confers specific jurisdiction over suits the facts of which have no relationship to the forum state would be to turn specific jurisdiction on its head. And even if Norfolk did not put the last nail in the coffin for multi-plaintiff pharmaceutical litigation tourism in Missouri, there are a number of other developments on the horizon that might: \u2022 Bills pending in the Missouri House and Senate, which would put an end to the practice by requiring that joinder or intervention cannot establish venue or personal jurisdiction if the party could not establish it independently, and conversely, that joinder or intervention is improper if the party cannot independently establish venue or jurisdiction.5 \u2022 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, which is scheduled for oral argument in the United States Supreme Court on April 25, 2017, and should be decided before the end of the Court\u2019s term in June of this year. That case addresses whether there is personal jurisdiction over the claims of multiple out-of-state plaintiffs who joined with California plaintiffs to file suit in California.6 \u2022 A products liability appeal in the Missouri Supreme Court, which challenges whether joinder can extend venue.7 The appeal is set for oral argument on May 11, 2017. \u2022 Appeals from the talc products liability verdicts in the Missouri Court of Appeals, which address whether joinder can extend personal jurisdiction.8 Oral argument is set for May 10, 2017. \u2022 An appeal in the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, which addresses the propriety of the removal of a case involving 64 unrelated plaintiffs from 29 different states\u2014only four from the State of Missouri\u2014under Ruhrgas and Daimler. Oral argument is scheduled in that case for April 5, 2017.9 Defense counsel across the country are closely watching these developments, because to the extent Norfolk has not already done it, any one of these events could be the final death knell for litigation tourism in the City of St. Louis. SUSANNA M. MOLDOVEANU 31 32 THE FORGOTTEN ELEMENT, WARNINGS PROXIMATE CAUSATION MARK A. DREHER Mark\u2019s practice focuses on complex and mass tort litigation, with an emphasis on defending pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers in federal and state courts across the country. He also has experience in a range of chemical exposure, product liability, and commercial cases. Additionally, Mark has been recognized as a Mid- South Super Lawyers\u00ae Rising Star for his work in personal injury defense - products. BIOS: THE 21ST CENTURY CURES ACT KIMBERLY S. COGGIN Kim Coggin focuses her practice on healthcare transactional and regulatory matters. She advises pharmaceutical and medical device companies, as well as healthcare providers, on matters involving clinical trial agreements, grants, sponsorships, publications, marketing, and commercial transactions. HOLLIE A. SMITH Hollie Smith has more than 20 years of experience representing clients across the pharmaceutical, life sciences, healthcare, high technology, software, and entertainment industries. She counsels companies with respect to the acquisition, use, and disposition of materials, technologies, and other intellectual properties, and negotiates and drafts related license agreements, sponsored research agreements, joint development agreements, manufacturing and commercial supply agreements, outsourcing services, consulting services, and marketing services agreements. Hollie also has extensive experience in trademark and copyright protection and enforcement. VIRGINIA B. WILSON Virginia has over 25 years\u2019 experience managing an array of corporate matters for clients, including banking, bank regulatory issues, wealth transfer planning, healthcare regulatory and transactional issues, mergers and acquisitions, public finance, and corporate finance and securities. She is AV- rated by Martindale-Hubbell, and her work has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America\u00ae and Mid-South Super Lawyers\u00ae. WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY IN PERSONAL INJURY CASES: HOW DATA FROM A PLAINTIFF\u2019S WRIST CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE COURTROOM S. CLINT COWAN, JR., CO-AUTHOR Clint is a member of the Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, and Healthcare Litigation Group. He focuses his practice on drug and device litigation and product liability litigation. NORFOLK SOUTHERN RY. CO. V. DOLAN: THE END TO LITIGATION TOURISM IN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS? SUSANNA M. MOLDOVEANU Susanna Moldoveanu focuses her practice on drug and device litigation and appellate matters. She assisted the motions team in state and federal product liability actions involving pelvic mesh and also assisted the trial team in a six-week jury trial. She has appeared in appeals in the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Circuit Courts of Appeals. 3433\nPro Te: Solutio - Vol. 10 No. 3 \u2013 Summer 2017", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 241, "original_length": 93090, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 252.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.jerrysartarama.com/blog/tag/maryland-institute-college-of-art/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:15Z", "digest": "sha1:CW3PJ34CUJT4MKGS7HCTHTQ6W5KDVIWO", "length": 406, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.jerrysartarama.com", "title": "Maryland Institute College of Art Archives - Jerry's Artarama Online Art Blog", "raw_content": "Tag: Maryland Institute College of Art\nMaryland Institute College of Art \u2013 #8 Art Schools in Jerry\u2019s Top 10\n#8 Maryland Institute College of Art Jerry\u2019s Artarama has always supported art education and so this year we wanted to show our support of some of the finest in higher art education available in the United States by honoring some of the best schools in our list of the 10 Best Art Schools in the\u2026..", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 187, "original_length": 2874, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 141.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.jfk-assassination.eu/warren/wch/vol5/page120.php", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:53Z", "digest": "sha1:3U26SHJBM2FS3CBBKW6TGZD4AB4KTIVO", "length": 3373, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "www.jfk-assassination.eu", "title": "John F. Kennedy Assassination Homepage :: Warren Commission :: Hearings :: Volume V :: Page 120", "raw_content": "(Testimony of J. Edgar Hoover)\nhave the number 866 assigned to the memo that Mr. Hoover is going to send about protection of the President, and have it admitted to this record under that number.\nYes; it may be.\nAlso a number for this letter Mr. Hoover is going to submit.\nMay I assign 867?\nTestimony of Richard M. Helms\n(Commission Exhibit Nos. 866 and 867 were marked for identification and received in evidence.)\nJohn A. McCone and Richard M. Helms\nTESTIMONY OF JOHN A. McCONE AND RICHARD M. HELMS\nDirector McCone, it is customary for the Chairman to make a short statement to the witness as to the testimony that is expected to be given. I will read it at this time.\nMr. McCone will be asked to testify on whether Lee Harvey Oswald was ever an agent, directly or indirectly, or an informer or acting on behalf of the Central Intelligence Agency in any capacity at any time, and whether he knows of any credible evidence or of any conspiracy either domestic or foreign involved in the assassination of President Kennedy, also with regard to any suggestions and recommendations he may have concerning improvements or changes in provisions for the protection of the President of the United States.\nWould you please rise and be sworn? Do you solemnly swear the testimony you are about to give before this Commission shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?\nMr. Mccone.\nWill you be seated, please? Mr. Rankin will conduct the examination.\nMr. McCone, will you state your name?\nMy name is John Alex McCone.\nDo you have an official position with the U.S. Government?\nYes, sir; I am Director of Central Intelligence.\nHave you been Director for some time?\nYes; a little over 2 1/2 years.\nWhere do you live, Mr. McCone?\nI live at 3025 Whitehaven Street in Washington.\nAre you familiar with the records and how they are kept by the Central Intelligence Agency as to whether a man is acting as an informer, agent, employee, or in any other capacity for that Agency?\nYes; I am generally familiar with the procedures and the records that are maintained by the Central Intelligence Agency. Quite naturally, I am not familiar with all of the records because they are very extensive.\nHave you determined whether or not Lee Harvey Oswald, the suspect in connection with the assassination of President Kennedy, had any connection with the Central Intelligence Agency, informer or indirectly as an employee, or any other capacity?\nYes; I have determined to my satisfaction that he had no such connection, and I would like to read for the record----\nWill you tell us briefly the extent of your inquiry?\nIn a form of affidavit, I have gone into the matter in considerable detail personally, in my inquiry with the appropriate people within the Agency, examined all records in our files relating to Lee Harvey Oswald. We had knowledge of him, of course, because of his having gone to the Soviet Union, as he did, putting him in a situation where his name would appear in our name file. However, my examination has resulted in the conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald was not an agent, employee, or informant of the Central Intelligence Agency. The Agency never contacted him, interviewed him, talked with him, or received or solicited any reports or information from him, or communicated with him directly or in any other manner. The Agency never furnished", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 84, "original_length": 4495, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 226.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.jobsboard.hispanicpro.com/company/17/bmo-harris-bank/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:16Z", "digest": "sha1:4LUOZ2EWOR4R6E3ZNQL4XEU63LGDGMXT", "length": 640, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.jobsboard.hispanicpro.com", "title": "Jobs at BMO Harris Bank | HispanicPro Jobs Board", "raw_content": "https://bmoharriscareers.com/\nTHERE\u2019S NEVER BEEN A BETTER TIME TO BE PART OF BMO\nWe\u2019ve set our sights on being the bank that defines great customer experience. Our customers\u2019 needs are changing and so are we.\nEveryone who works here has a role to play in making a difference for our customers. Every day.\nIt\u2019s an amazing feeling when you know you\u2019re making a customer\u2019s life better, and you can do it at BMO \u2013 whether you\u2019re imagining a new product, designing a customer experience, streamlining an application, launching a marketing campaign or just being there in a very human way with the right answer.\nEmail me jobs from BMO Harris Bank", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 43, "original_length": 1189, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 278.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.jotform.com/answers/4425-How-can-I-remove-the-Back-button-page-break-", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:18Z", "digest": "sha1:SQKGEPYRNFRYZBLXU3WRUPGBC2WWS2R3", "length": 449, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.jotform.com", "title": "How can I remove the \"Back\" button (page break) ?", "raw_content": "How can I remove the \"Back\" button (page break) ?\nrimes0310\nBecause there is a lot of pages in my questionnaire,\nand I don't want my subjects to revert to previous page,\nthat is to say, I don't want the \"Back\" button (in page break).\nIs there anything I can do to solve this problem?\nThank you for your answering!!\nCopy the full source code for your form to your web site and then use a text editor to edit the HTML code and remove the back buttons.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 150, "original_length": 3178, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 301.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.journalducameroun.com/en/cameroons-womens-military-football-team-blocked-travelling-us/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:32Z", "digest": "sha1:MAXQ3HBRSST3DWR3X6VW4OVF5TIWV6KZ", "length": 861, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.journalducameroun.com", "title": "Cameroon women's military football team denied US visas? - Journal du Cameroun", "raw_content": "Cameroon women\u2019s military football team denied US visas?\nThe Cameroon military women\u2019s football team have failed to travel to Texas in the United States of America where they were supposed to take part in the 2018 military women\u2019s football championships.\nSources say the team failed to travel to the United States of America after the entire delegation was denied visas by the Embassy of the United States in Cameroon though no official statement has been issued.\nThe Lionesses were lodged in Group B of the competition alongside Germany, Brazil, France as well Bahrain who they were supposed to face in their first game on Friday.\nHowever, organisers of the competition have immediately wiped off Cameroon\u2019s name from the competition and group B now hosts only four teams as opposed to five in group A of the competition.\nTags : cameroon | military cup | texas", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 428, "original_length": 12575, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 226.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.joyofillinois.com/reserve-livestock/products/free-range-geese", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:37Z", "digest": "sha1:FCJXWREBYDBITM7UKFDSPKYTSJGIV6JL", "length": 140, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.joyofillinois.com", "title": "FREE-RANGE GEESE \u2014 Joy of Illinois Farm", "raw_content": "You are making a deposit on a LIVE goose. They are $4 per pound live; the balance is due when you pick up your goose\u2014November 26 or earlier.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 65, "original_length": 1428, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 325.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.jpost.com/printarticle.aspx?id=76679", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:43Z", "digest": "sha1:KBZ6QKWPFJSB2WDCDJ547K4DALOGQEDG", "length": 518, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.jpost.com", "title": "Man allegedly involved in fatal Yom Kippur incident turns himself in", "raw_content": "Man allegedly involved in fatal Yom Kippur incident turns himself in\nA man who was allegedly involved in an incident on Yom Kippur in which a nine-year-old girl was killed after she was hit by an all-terrain vehicle gave himself up to police on Friday. The 21-year-old man, from the Lower Galilee village of Shibli, will be brought for a remand extension later Friday afternoon. He is suspected of traveling in the vehicle alongside the driver who was arrested immediate after the incident which occured in Kfar Tavor.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 7, "original_length": 898, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 201.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.jspvisa.com/blog/2002/09/09102002-national-security-entry-exit-regulation", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:24:59Z", "digest": "sha1:HNZ3ETPLZHBYDPIGTT3AQW2EWBZJDVLN", "length": 4715, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.jspvisa.com", "title": "National security entry-exit regulation \u2014 Jewell Stewart & Pratt PC", "raw_content": "National security entry-exit regulation\nNews Release from Jewell & Associates - September 10, 2002 In the wake of the September 11 attacks, the Immigration & Naturalization Service (INS) has mandated new reporting requirements for certain nonimmigrants, aliens who hold temporary visas (i.e. not Legal Permanent Residents or U.S. Citizens), through the National Security Entry-Exit Regulation (NSEER; 8 C.F.R., Parts 214 & 264). These requirements become effective on a limited basis on September 11, 2002 and are effective at all ports of entry on October 1, 2002.\nThese requirements apply to non-immigrants [1] from INS designated countries, which currently include Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, and Syria; [2] who consular officials or inspection officers have reason to believe are citizens or natives of designated countries; and [3] who require \u201ccloser monitoring\u201d to uphold the \u201cnational security or law enforcement interests of the United States.\u201d Although the specific criteria used to determine the final ground of eligibility are being kept secret (New York Times, September 9, 2002), INS has indicated that the latter criteria concerns the prevention of criminal activity and the enforcement of national immigration laws, including a determination if the nonimmigrant is at risk for violating the terms of his/her nonimmigrant visa or exceeding the period of authorized stay. A and G visa holders (i.e. ambassadors, public ministers, career diplomats, and representatives of international organizations) are exempt from these requirements.\nUpon entry, designated nonimmigrants must be fingerprinted and photographed and provide expanded information on a form which may include name; passport country of issuance and number; identification and description of a second form of identification; date of birth; country of birth; nationality and citizenship; height; weight; color of eyes; address of residence in U.S. and in country of origin; names, addresses and dates of birth for both parents; points of contact in home country; name and address of school or employer in U.S.; name and employer of former school and employer in home country; intended activities in U.S.; and e-mail address. Initial registration is a condition of admission to the U.S.\nAt certain intervals thereafter, designated aliens are required to submit an additional form of photographic identification; proof of tenancy at the listed residential address; and proof of enrollment in school (enrollment forms) or employment (contracts or pay stubs), if applicable. A designated nonimmigrant who did not already have a residential address at his/her initial entry, may acquire an address and report it to INS at the first reporting interval. All designated nonimmigrants must report to an INS office after thirty, but before forty days in the U.S. to verify information provided at the initial entry. In addition, designated nonimmigrants admitted to the U.S. for a year or longer must re-register on an annual basis on or within 10 days from the anniversary of entry into the U.S. Furthermore, within 10 days of a change of residential address, employment, or educational institution, designated nonimmigrants must report said change(s) to INS.\nUpon departure from the U.S., designated nonimmigrants must report to a departure control officer. Because a system for departure reporting requirements is still being developed, INS may restrict ports of departure as \u201cfacilities are developed.\u201d\nA nonimmigrant may apply for an exemption from these requirements from the INS district director for reasons that include exigent or unusual circumstances that prevent reasonable fulfillment of requirements.\nINS regulations provide for civil and criminals penalties for failure to comply with NSEER. Failure to register or making a false statement upon registration is punishable by a fine of up to $1,000.00 or by imprisonment for up to 6 months. Failure to report a change of address or provide other required information is punishable for a fine of up to $200.00; imprisonment for 30 days; and removal, the execution of which does not require criminal prosecution. Failure to comply with registration or to provide full and truthful information is considered a failure to maintain nonimmigrant status and renders the alien removable whether or not the information requested was material. Failure to notify INS of departure is considered a failure to register, an unlawful activity, and therefore a ground of inadmissibility to U.S. This bar may be overcome by making a showing that satisfies INS or the State Department.\nNewer PostSpecial Registration (NSEERS) update\nOlder PostState Department notice on visa delays at U.S. Consulates abroad", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 104, "original_length": 6290, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 216.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.jspvisa.com/blog/2017/01/01302017-new-developments-following-executive-order-of-1272017-banning-entries-into-united-states-by-nationals-of-seven-countries", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:31:46Z", "digest": "sha1:D5MP3DEPLAXZJHMWN2BP4L3WRZYFPBAJ", "length": 5368, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.jspvisa.com", "title": "New developments following Executive Order of 1/27/2017 banning entries into United States by nationals of seven countries \u2014 Jewell Stewart & Pratt PC", "raw_content": "New developments following Executive Order of 1/27/2017 banning entries into United States by nationals of seven countries\nNews Release from Jewell Stewart & Pratt \u2013 January 30, 2017 As reported in our most recent post, an Executive Order signed by President Trump on Friday, January 27, 2017 bans immigrant and nonimmigrant entries into the United States, for at least 90 days, by nationals of seven countries \u2013 Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. Other countries may be added to the list and adjudications of other immigration benefits could be affected. (The Executive Order is also targeted at refugee admissions, with longer bans; however, our posts for the time being are focused on immigrant and nonimmigrant visa provisions.) The Executive Order has been challenged on legal and constitutional grounds, and further lawsuits are expected, as well as legislation that will be introduced in both houses of Congress to overturn the bans.\nThe ACLU obtained a court order staying enforcement of the Executive Order on Saturday 1/29/2017. However, the stay only applies to a narrow class of migrants and news reports suggest that not all Customs & Border Protection personnel are complying with it. Meanwhile, there are unconfirmed reports circulating that adjudication by USCIS of applications for visa-related \u201cbenefits\u201d may have been halted for applicants and beneficiaries from the seven countries. This would include naturalization applications, adjustment-of-status applications, I-140 immigrant petitions, H-1B petitions, and other applications and petitions within USCIS\u2019s jurisdiction. Although the Executive Order of 1/27/2017 appeared to be potentially expandable to \"benefits,\" not just entries, it did not order a ban on adjudications of benefits applications. That this appears to be happening anyway suggests that another, more comprehensive policy statement may be imminent.\nBecause of the Executive Order, we strongly advise that individuals with past or present citizenship or birth ties to any of the listed countries who live, study, or work in the U.S. not travel outside the U.S. without first consulting an immigration expert. The Department of Homeland Security clarified on Sunday 1/29/2017 that lawful permanent residents of the United States (i.e., green card holders) would qualify for a \u201cnational interest\u201d exception in the Executive Order; however, having a green card still does not guarantee admission back into the United States of citizens from the seven countries. Green card holders (which the administration apparently intends to mean only those individuals who are already U.S. permanent residents and are in physical possession of unexpired green cards) reportedly are being allowed to board U.S.-bound aircraft, but on arrival at the U.S. port of entry, they are being \u201cassessed\u201d for national security concerns and granted a \u201cwaiver\u201d of the executive order on a case-by-case basis.\nIndividuals who are from of one of the seven countries and who wish to enter the United States in nonimmigrant status (e.g., B, F, H, I, J, L, O, TN, etc.) are not being allowed to board flights to the United States. If they had visa appointments at U.S. consulates, those appointments have been cancelled. Their visa applications will not be processed, even if the application is for a visa classification the individual already held in the United States and the visa is needed only to return from a trip abroad.\nThis is a rapidly evolving situation, and there is a lack of clarity regarding key terms. For example, the ban refers to individuals \u201cfrom\u201d the seven countries, and this could include citizens and nationals of those countries, holders of passports from those countries, and individuals who are dual citizens of one of the seven countries and any other country outside the United States (or, in an extreme scenario apparently not contemplated by the Executive Order \u2013 though it could be \u2013 dual citizens of one of the listed countries and the United States itself). The ambiguous drafting of the Executive Order and the reported differences in how it is being applied by CBP at ports of entry have made it difficult to say with certainty who \u201cfrom\u201d one of the listed countries will be allowed entry.\nThere is a chance the list of seven countries will be expanded, and that the bans will be not only to entry, but \u2013 as already appears to be happening \u2013 to other immigration \u201cbenefits,\u201d which could include extensions-of-stay, change-of-status, adjustment of status, etc. Moreover, it is important not to forget that a federal regulation pre-dating the Executive Order bars the entry of visitors to the United States under the Visa Waiver Program (ESTA) to anyone who travels to the designated countries, even if they are not a citizen or national of those countries.\nThe ambiguities in the Executive Order\u2019s language and the changing and inconsistent application are cause to get advice from an immigration expert regarding questions about whether one\u2019s nationality, country of birth, country of residence, or travel history would make them subject to the ban on entry, or eligible for relief from the ban.\nNewer PostDHS clarifications regarding Executive Order banning U.S. entries by citizens of seven countries\nOlder PostExecutive Order bans entries into United States, for 90 days, by nationals of seven countries", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 104, "original_length": 7100, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 154.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.jtarnoldlaw.com/Criminal-Defense-FAQs/Rights-Of-Crime-Victims.shtml", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:19Z", "digest": "sha1:SY5XQSZKZH72DEJORD2JNKAI4OKHDBFX", "length": 3203, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.jtarnoldlaw.com", "title": "Rights Of Crime Victims | Arnold Law Office |", "raw_content": "Many aspects of criminal law focus on the rights of the criminal. However, recent attention has been focused on the rights of the victims of crimes, who often suffer great emotional and physical injuries at the hands of the criminal. All fifty states and the federal government have laws that protect victims. In many states, a victim is considered to be the person who directly suffers the effects of the crimes (such as the person who is murdered) and immediate family members who suffer the secondary effects of the crime (such as the loss of a loved one). If you have been a victim of a crime, know your rights.\nYou have the right to seek a criminal complaint against the criminal. As soon as you can, you should contact your local law enforcement agency and report the crime to them. After the police investigate the matter, they may choose to arrest the individual. A prosecutor will then determine what crimes should be charged.\nYou have the right to ask for issuance of a criminal complaint if the police decide not to arrest the alleged criminal. You can usually file an application for such a complaint with the court in the jurisdiction (location) where the crime occurred. If the prosecutor, following an investigation, decides not to file the complaint, you can appeal that decision.\nYou have the right to testify in a probable cause hearing to determine if a criminal complaint should be transferred to another court to be heard. In a probable cause hearing, you will be required to answer questions posed by both the prosecutor and the defendant's attorney.\nYou may be called as a witness at trial. If so, you will be required to testify under oath concerning the crime and will be asked questions by both the prosecutor and the defendant's attorney. You have the right to be present in the courtroom during the trial of the defendant.\nIf the defendant is found guilty, you have the right to address the court and jury in person or in writing describing the impact of the crime upon you and your family. You will be allowed to make an \"impact statement\" regarding what punishment you feel would be appropriate for the defendant. Your victim impact statement is important. It will be used prior to the sentencing phase, and it may be reviewed on appeal. It will also be referenced in any later parole hearings.\nYou may have rights in some states to receive victim services and protections. These rights may include the right to the assistance of a victim's rights worker, personal security and protection services, crisis counseling, emergency transportation services, assistance in the return of recovered personal property, and other rights.\nYou have the right, before, during, and after a trial, to be free from harassment about the case. If you feel that you are being harassed, tell the prosecutor or check to see whether the court has a victim witness representative to help you.\nIn many states, you have the right to be notified if the defendant is going to be released. You may also have the right to be notified if the defendant escapes from prison or jail.\nYou have the right to access to the courts to file a lawsuit if your rights and protections as a victim are not respected.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 55, "original_length": 4749, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 127.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.jupitermed.com/wellness/cary-grossman-health-wellness-center/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:13Z", "digest": "sha1:HOOAQZHDK4Z33KO3UIO3CG3HDJAYDSH3", "length": 1476, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.jupitermed.com", "title": "Cary Grossman Health & Wellness Center | Jupiter Health & Wellness", "raw_content": "Go to Home PageWellness > Cary Grossman Health & Wellness Center\nThe Cary Grossman Health and Wellness Center is a newly renovated, state-of-the-art facility designed to go beyond aerobics and weight lifting to encompass total wellness. We are uniquely designed to meet the needs of the community with facilities and programs for patients working their way back from an injury or illness, as well as anyone looking to improve or maintain their health and prevent disease. As part of our approach to keeping you healthy, our center offers a variety of fitness classes, personal training options, massage therapy, health coaching, as well as full memberships.\nBecause no two people have the same needs and goals, as a member of the Cary Grossman Health and Wellness Center, you will work with an experienced, caring team including personal trainers and exercise physiologists who can create a personalized fitness plan for you. Please stop by anytime for a tour of the center to help you determine the best membership option for your health and wellness needs.\nCardiovascular and strength training equipment\nFree weights, kettle bells, TRX suspension equipment and functional training equipment\nIndoor, heated pool (available during open swim times)\nComplimentary wellness seminars\nClick here to view membership rates\nMonday-Friday: 6:30 a.m. \u2013 7 p.m.\nTake an inside look into Jupiter's Cary Grossman Health & Wellness Center located at 1004 South Old Dixe Highway, Jupiter, FL.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 194, "original_length": 4824, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 266.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.kabulpress.org/article1897.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:17:05Z", "digest": "sha1:ABV5DIHXSAKMUETTNP2TXP4AZXPYIZLY", "length": 10336, "nlines": 82, "source_domain": "www.kabulpress.org", "title": "Ex-Taliban fighter tells of training, cash, orders from Pakistani (...) - Kabul Press \u06a9\u0627\u0628\u0644 \u067e\u0631\u0633", "raw_content": "Home > English > Ex-Taliban fighter tells of training, cash, orders from Pakistani (...)\nEx-Taliban fighter tells of training, cash, orders from Pakistani military\nDetailed testimony poses deep questions about Pakistan Military\u2019s committment to peace and stability in Afghanistan\nMonday 30 June 2008, by A.R. Khan\nKANDAHAR, Afghanistan \u2014 A former Taliban fighter has provided a gripping first-hand account of being secretly trained by members of the Pakistani military, paid $500 a month and ordered to kill foreigners in Afghanistan.\nMullah Mohammed Zaher offered a vivid description of a bomb-making apprenticeship at a Pakistani army compound where he says he learned to blow up NATO convoys.\nHe\u2019s one of three former Taliban fighters introduced to The Canadian Press by an Afghan government agency that works at getting rebels to renounce the insurgency.\nZaher insists he was neither forced to go public with his story nor coached by Afghan officials, whose routine response to terrorism on their soil is to blame neighbouring Pakistan.\nPakistan officially sides with the West against the insurgents and vigorously denies mounting accusations that it is a two-faced participant in the war on terror.\nA report produced for the Pentagon and released this month by the Rand Corp., a U.S. think-tank, claims individuals in the Pakistani government are involved in helping the insurgents.\nAn illiterate, career warrior, Zaher has not seen the 177-page report. But he made a series of claims in a 90-minute interview that supported its broad conclusions - and offered a deluge of new details.\nHe described how men in khaki army fatigues housed, fed, paid and finally threatened insurgents into carrying out attacks on foreign troops.\nPerhaps most startling of all was his description of the repeated warning from Pakistani soldiers about where trainees would be sent if they refused to fight: Guantanamo Bay.\nHe said there was an inside joke among insurgents whenever the Pakistanis turned over a high-profile rebel to the Americans for detention at the U.S.-run prison camp in Cuba.\n\"Whenever we heard on the news that Pakistan caught a Taliban commander, we used to say: \u2019He stopped obeying them\u2019,\" Zaher said through a Pashto-language interpreter.\nTwo other former insurgents interviewed by The Canadian Press said they were aware of colleagues being trained in Pakistan, but said such fighters were part of an elite minority.\nMullah Janan said he heard that some of his Taliban comrades had received training in Pakistan, with many more receiving shelter or medical treatment across the border.\nWhen infighting broke out between Taliban factions, Janan said, mediators from Pakistan even came across the border to help settle the dispute.\nZaher said he was among the elite.\nHe said he arrived in 2003 for his first of several training sessions at a walled military compound in the Nawakilli area outside Quetta, Pakistan.\nHe said he was greeted warmly by men in military fatigues, introduced to his fellow trainees and taken to a single-storey white building where for the next 20 days he would eat, sleep and learn the finer points of waging jihad.\nOn his first day there he quietly sipped tea and gobbled down a hearty meal of chicken curry, and said he was brought to a classroom the next morning.\nHe said he remembers only the last name of the man in the khaki uniform, Khattak, who presided over the orientation session.\nThe man told his pupils their homeland had been invaded again by non-Muslims, just as it had been by the Soviets in the 20th century and the British in the 19th.\nZaher said the group was told that the infidels had been stopped before and they must be stopped again.\n\"You are supposed to get good training here - and you are supposed to go and kill them there,\" Zaher recalled being told.\n\"We have to kick their asses out of Afghanistan and send them back to their own country ... We have to fix mines for them, destroy them and get them out of Afghanistan.\"\nZaher said he learned to produce a variety of explosives. They ranged from a crude bomb with wiring and fertilizer stuffed into a plastic jug, to more sophisticated remote-contolled devices.\n\"I can even make a bomb by buying stuff at the bazaar - for $10.\"\nZaher said he attended three sessions at the compound, lasting from 20 days to two months.\nA half-dozen trainees would sleep on the floor in a common dormitory in the single-storey white building, he said.\nOn a typical day, they had breakfast at 10 a.m., lunch at 2 p.m., and spent every other waking hour learning how to kill foreigners.\nZaher said he doesn\u2019t know how many soldiers died from the bombs he planted on roads in Zhari, Panjwaii, Khakrez and Maywand districts of Kandahar province. And he said he has no idea whether the vehicles he blew up were Canadian, American or British.\nHe showed no remorse.\nOn the contrary, his dark eyes softened, his smile sparkled and his nasally voice quivered with excitement as he listed the places where he had ended enemies\u2019 lives.\n\"Sure, I\u2019ve killed many foreigners,\" he said. \"I was very happy when I killed people. That was supposed to be my task - and it made me very happy.\"\nZaher said he doesn\u2019t know much about Canada except that it\u2019s a foreign country.\nThe Canadian military began moving operations from Kabul to Kandahar in August 2005, initially establishing a provincial reconstruction team. By February 2006, some 2,000 Canadian troops had arrived and taken charge of security in Kandahar province.\nZaher said he left the insurgency about two-and-a-half years ago - around the time the Canadians entered Kandahar in force.\nHe wanted to come back home.\nUpon being offered amnesty under the Afghan government\u2019s reconciliation program, he crammed his family and a few possessions into their Mazda minivan, rolled out of Pakistan in the middle of the night and moved into Kandahar city\u2019s District Six.\nZaher has since trimmed his once-bountiful beard and turfed his turban in favour of a white skull cap.\nBut he eagerly showed off old pictures of himself holding rocket launchers, AK-47 assault rifles and dressed in trademark Taliban garb.\nZaher said he was a district commander outside the capital under the former Taliban regime in Afghanistan. After the Taliban were ousted by U.S.-led forces in the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, he returned to Kandahar and struggled to adapt to the changed life.\nHe said he grew tired of being harassed, threatened and extorted by corrupt officials in the new Afghan government.\nLike many of his friends, he fled to Pakistan in 2003.\nAlmost immediately upon arriving in Quetta, he said he received phone calls from his old allies offering him a lucrative opportunity to work with the Pakistanis.\nHe called them generous employers.\nThey gave him a motorbike and later upgraded it to the minivan. He said he lived in a rent-free house in Quetta big enough to accommodate him, his wife and their 10 children.\nAnd he said he could ask anytime for an advance of up to three months on his salary.\nBecause he was illiterate, Zaher said the soldier who handed over the cash accepted an ink thumbprint as proof of payment.\nBut the generosity came with strings attached.\nHe was expected to spend about half the year fighting in Afghanistan.\nIf he wanted to see his family in Pakistan, he had to find someone to replace him in Afghanistan. It was like shift work. \"He would come from Pakistan, replace me, and I would go home to Quetta. It was very important for me to find a replacement.\"\nThere was another catch.\nEach time he received his payment, and every time he went for training, soldiers would remind him about what happened to trainees who refused to fight in Afghanistan.\n\"\u2019If you don\u2019t go there, you will go to Guantanamo\u2019,\" Zaher said.\n\"People who were saying they didn\u2019t want to do the training ... they were sent to Guantanamo. They were accused of being Talibs and they\u2019re getting punished over there.\"\nThe Pakistani government has strongly denied allegations that hardline Islamist factions within its security forces have been helping the Taliban.\nHow could the army possibly be aiding the insurgency, Pakistani officials argue, when pro-Taliban rebels have killed far more soldiers from Pakistan than any other country?\nThe Rand Corp. report offered several possible reasons why certain elements in the Pakistani government would support the Taliban.\nIslamic militancy is only one of those factors, wrote Seth Jones, the report\u2019s author.\nHis report said Pakistanis want to continue exerting more influence in Afghanistan than their arch-nemesis, India - an emerging economic superpower that has helped bankroll a number of construction projects including Afghanistan\u2019s new parliament building.\nJones suggested some people in Pakistan may want to hedge their bets in Afghanistan in case of a NATO defeat, maintaining close ties to the rebels as a backup plan.\nFinally, Jones said they want to keep Pakistan\u2019s Pashtun population loyal - an unstable Afghanistan next door will solidify their sense of belonging to Pakistan.\nAmong former insurgents, Pakistan\u2019s involvement is described as a matter of fact.\nMullah Mirza Akhun said he met some of his old friends two months ago when he travelled to Quetta to get medical treatment for his mother.\n\"I met some Taliban there - and they offered me a job,\" said the Kandahar resident, a self-described former Taliban commander.\n\"I was told by some of my friends that the Pakistani government can give you training to destroy Afghanistan.\"\n\"But I refused.\"\nA.R. Khan, a Kandahar-based journalist, did additional reporting and provided translation during the interviews.\nArticle from The Canadian Press 6/26/08\nPakistan on Brink of Political Change\nWorld Refugee Day: For the Right to Life\nSahar Parniyan, forced to go into hiding symbolizes plight of Afghan women and neglect of the West\nNT Human Rights award winner in Hobart for Australia Day\nGreece: Rare Hate Crime Trial Opens\nImplementation of the Elimination of Violence against Women law in Afghanistan has a long way to go\nAfghanistan Istanbul conference: Regional cooperation urged to defend rights\nAfghanistan: Key Conference Sidelining Women\nLEADING HEALTH ORGANISATIONS DEMAND IMMEDIATE ACTION ON MENTAL HEALTH STANDARDS IN IMMIGRATION DETENTION\nNavy SEALs \u201cTake Out\u201d 12 Year Old Afghan Girl", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 155, "original_length": 14439, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 338.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.karikatur-museum.de/en/ronald-searle-archiv_englisch/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:13Z", "digest": "sha1:QHZZHDHACA2L4RNPP76N4MGLJ67C5E3R", "length": 4652, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.karikatur-museum.de", "title": "The Ronald Searle Archive \u00b7 Museum Wilhelm Busch", "raw_content": "Historical Collection and Library of Monica & Ronald Searle\nThe foundations for today\u2019s Ronald Searle Archive in the Wilhelm Busch Museum were laid in 1996. The patron Rudolf Ensmann provided the Museum with the funding to exhibit 40 drawings from the artist\u2019s personal collection of historical caricatures at the great Ronald Searle Retrospective of that year. In 1998, with the help of the DePfa Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG in Wiesbaden, the Museum succeeded in acquiring the second part of the historical collection as well as the large special library devoted to the history and theory of caricature.\nThe origin of the historical Searle Collection is closely tied to the artist\u2019s biography. One year after his return from a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp, Ronald Searle bought a drawing attributed to Annibale Carracci for \u00a360 \u2013 quite a large sum at the time for a young artist. The sum was especially significant, however, for \u00a360 was precisely the amount that the British state had granted to Searle as \u201ccompensation\u201d for three and a half years of wartime captivity \u2013 and he decided that buying the Carracci was the best way to spend it. But it did not stop with this item. Over the next years and decades Searle systematically purchased rare ink drawings and watercolours by the great, and mostly English, caricaturists he most admired, such as H. W. Bunbury, James Gillray and Richard Newton. Searle was especially fascinated by George Cruikshank and acquired not only drawings and numerous sketches but also a wealth of material on his life and work, including a large number of letters that Cruikshank wrote and received. Searle was meanwhile accumulating a library dedicated to the history and theory of caricature. Beginning with such valuable incunabula of caricature theory as A Book of Caricaturas, on Sixty Copper-Plates, with ye Principles of Designing, in that Droll & pleasing manner by Mary Darly, published in 1762, the library contained every important standard work of theory concerning caricature. The library collection is richly enhanced with satirical magazines from the early 19th century with fold-out caricature prints, with much literature, some of it rare, about historical caricaturists mostly associated with the English illustrated book, with first editions, and with standard works on the art of illustration.\nThe Searle Collection and the personal archive\nSimultaneously with the 1998 purchase of the Monica and Ronald Searle Library, the Museum received from the artist an initial gift of 18 drawings, including one from his St. Trinian\u2019s series about an English girls\u2019 boarding school full of rebellious schoolgirls, which Ronald Searle had made famous in England during the post-war years. Searle\u2019s creativity goes far beyond St. Trinian\u2019s, however. As well as comic drawings, his oeuvre includes political caricatures, designs for coins, cartoon films, and painting in the widest sense, a large proportion of which the Wilhelm Busch Museum either owns or has on permanent loan.\nIn the course of the 2001 Searle & Searle exhibition, the Wilhelm Busch Museum was honoured with the gift of a veritable treasure: the first part of Ronald Searle\u2019s personal archive, containing not only correspondence with publishers, artists, and museums but also numerous sketches and drawings, including the very first St. Trinian\u2019s drawing.\nRonald Searle\u2019s pre-death legacy, which was to be left to the Wilhelm Busch Museum on permanent loan to be made accessible for study and organized for museum exhibition, was purchased in 2010, one year before Searle\u2019s death, by the Stiftung Niedersachsen with the help of the State of Lower Saxony, the Kulturb\u00fcro of the State capital, Hannover, the Kulturstiftung der L\u00e4nder, the VGH Versicherungen, the VGH-Stiftung, the Nord/LB Hannover, the Sparkasse Hannover and the Nieders\u00e4chsischen Sparkassenstiftung. This was a spectacular coup, consisting of 41 boxes with over 2,100 drawings and sketch books from every period of Searle\u2019s creative life, as well as documents and other items connected with his life and work. Amongst all this were drawings of the trial of Adolf Eichmann in 1961, which Ronald Searle observed for the American Life magazine.\nAfter Searle\u2019s death in 2011, the material on permanent loan was augmented in 2012 with the second part of the personal archive: more than 60 boxes and folders filled with letters, documents related to book publications, more literature about caricature, drawing equipment, and posters.\nThe Ronald Searle Archive is available to researchers and other interested people by prior appointment.\nElisabeth Reich M.A.\nTelefon +49 511 16 9999 30", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 5588, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 212.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.katecrowbert.com/shop-1/frontier", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:34Z", "digest": "sha1:SVWPL3FSVTVY36VMSKVGJI3IEW6JERZE", "length": 365, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.katecrowbert.com", "title": "Frontier \u2014 Kate Crowbert", "raw_content": "Each flag is an original piece of art, hand-painted with textile paint on soft, unbleached muslin fabric. 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We want to take this figure to 1,500,000 in the next two years.\n\u201cPower is our next priority because it is the major infrastructure to drive industrialisation. We now have many companies investing to restore stability evident in the number of power projects executed in the last four years.\n\u201cFinancial aid for petty traders through the Trader-Moni initiative has recorded unprecedented success going by the amount of beneficiaries so far,\u201d he said.\nThe vice-president, however, appealed to the market men and women, who were Trader-Moni beneficiaries to ensure timely repayment so that others could benefit.\nHe assured them that the funds were interest-free, designed to ensure affordability for beneficiaries in meeting up with their various projects.\nAlso speaking, Ogunba urged her colleagues to come out en-masse to cast their vote for Buhari and Osinbajo.\nThe News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the vice president earlier had a closed-door meeting with the monarch, Oba Yinusa Adekoya, at his palace in Odogbolu Local Government Area.\nNAN also reports that the vice president\u2019s visit formed part of activities for his ward-to-ward campaign in Ogun.\nPrevious Oyo 2019: Alao-Akala calls for change of government\nNext ASUP suspends strike two months strike\nBreaking: Supreme court bars APC from Fielding candidates for polls", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 211, "original_length": 6892, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 301.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.keele-conference.com/keele-hall/sneyd-room", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:44Z", "digest": "sha1:3NV77MITKPFEIZK6NAUXBSCK754WPQ7C", "length": 299, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.keele-conference.com", "title": "Hire The Sneyd Room - Keele Hall - Keele University Conferences & Events", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb The Sneyd Room\nThe Sneyd Room, formerly the Study of Ralph Sneyd, feature a single boardroom table capable of hosting up to 18 guests.\nWith an ante room, ideal for refreshments and welcoming guests, the Sneyd Room is located on the upper level of Keele Hall with views of the Italian Gardens.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 55, "original_length": 1461, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 273.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.kelloggs.co.uk/en_GB/legal-notices.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:32Z", "digest": "sha1:TSTKOWJPAOMNGKYH5L6HB4OOE6FX4IYT", "length": 1664, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.kelloggs.co.uk", "title": "Legal Notices | Kellogg's", "raw_content": "The brand names, slogans, characters and other trademarks, as well as the package designs of all Kellogg's\u00ae products and promotions belong exclusively to Kellogg Company and /or its subsidiary companies, and are protected from copying and simulation under national and international trademark and copyright laws and treaties throughout the world.\nThe contents of the Kellogg Company web site are protected from copying and distribution under national and international copyright laws and treaties throughout the world. 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Kellogg Company may make changes to these materials, or to the products described therein, at any time without notice. Kellogg Company makes no commitment to update the information contained herein.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 120, "original_length": 4085, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 223.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.kelownacapnews.com/obituaries/valerie-rosa-waterhouse-nee-woodgate/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:04Z", "digest": "sha1:ZZKZHLWMG66JXD5B5GBOF6N3RM34BRLG", "length": 1093, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.kelownacapnews.com", "title": "VALERIE Rosa WATERHOUSE (nee Woodgate) \u2013 Kelowna Capital News", "raw_content": "VALERIE Rosa WATERHOUSE (nee Woodgate)\nIt is with great sadness that we announce Valerie went to be with the Lord on February 20, 2009. She passed away peacefully with her daughter by her side. She was born in Montreal, Quebec on October 21, 1916. Valerie will be sadly missed and forever loved by her daughter Kathy (Gary) Hayes of Kelowna; grandson John (Jannel) Hayes of Kelowna, grandson and granddaughter Douglas and Laura Findlay of Pointe Claire, Quebec. Sadly predeceased by her husband Jack (1983), daughter Carol Findlay (1991) and granddaughter Tammy Hayes (2003). The family would like to give a very big thank you to all the wonderful staff members at Sun Pointe Village (Reids Corner) who gave her such loving care for the past four years and especially during her final days with us. There will be no service by request. Her ashes will be placed next to her husbands inWest Vancouver. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the BC Alzheimer Society or Canadian Cancer Society. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.springfieldfuneralhome.com, 250-860-7077.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 211, "original_length": 3988, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 329.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.kennardlaw.com/blog/2013/09/texas-woman-sues-former-employer-for-disability-discrimination.shtml", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:27Z", "digest": "sha1:IUO2NHMRTA6R77MSAIOZDJD523SFZMEE", "length": 1201, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.kennardlaw.com", "title": "Texas woman sues former employer for disability discrimination", "raw_content": "A woman in Marshall, Texas, has filed a lawsuit accusing her former employer of refusing to make reasonable accommodations after she broke her leg.\nThe woman had been working for the company as an accounting manager since April 2006 when, in March 2012, she was injured when a horse fell on top of her. 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These terms may be changed or updated so we encourage you to check this page regularly. We do not guarantee that information on our website is accurate, complete, or current. This includes pricing and availability of products. We reserve the right to correct any errors and to change information at any time without prior notice.\nALL SALE ITEMS FINAL, DISCOUNTED & SEASONAL (NO RETURNS or EXCHANGES)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 1851, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 329.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.komu.com/news/columbia-city-council-to-make-final-vote-on-cosmo-bethel-park", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:09:04Z", "digest": "sha1:HK6LSEBC57ST6RJIVOLDDZC6BBXETPQ6", "length": 1440, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.komu.com", "title": "Columbia City Council to make final vote on Cosmo-Bethel Park", "raw_content": "Columbia City Council to make final vote on Cosmo-Bethel Park\nBy: Eric Kelly, KOMU 8 Reporter\nCOLUMBIA - About a month after the first public hearing, Columbia City Council members will vote Monday night at 7 pm on whether or not to proceed with the additions to Cosmo-Bethel Park.\nAmong the additions to the park would be lights for four more of the park's tennis courts, along with trail and walkway improvements with more general lighting for the entire park.\nCurrently, only four of the twelve tennis courts at the park have lights that shine down on them. If the council members approve the addition, all eight of the original tennis courts at the park would have lighting necessary for playing at night. Adding lights for the four newest courts would be addressed sometime in the future.\nWhen it comes to trail improvements, the new additions would include changing much of the .46 mile gravel trail into a 6-foot wide cement trail.\nThe total project budget is $150,000 and is funded by the 2010 Park Sales Tax. If the council approves the additions, construction would begin in the fall of 2014 and completed somewhere around the summer of 2015.\nSome other major topics that will be discussed at Monday's city council meeting include a public comment on why it is against city ordinance to let the Uber ride sharing service operate in Columbia and an inital vote on a bill to decriminalize the planting of small amounts of marijuana.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 392, "original_length": 14899, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 268.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.komu.com/news/former-lincoln-president-named-to-state-board", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:05Z", "digest": "sha1:SJXOJLL2JMN75FW7DII3CJE3XQILSTIL", "length": 812, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.komu.com", "title": "Former Lincoln President Named To State Board", "raw_content": "Former Lincoln President Named To State Board\n6 years 1 month 2 weeks ago Friday, December 28 2012 Dec 28, 2012 Friday, December 28, 2012 7:13:25 AM CST December 28, 2012 in News\nJEFFERSON CITY (AP) - Gov. Jay Nixon has named the retired president of Lincoln University to the board that oversees the Missouri Department of Higher Education.\nNixon announced the appointment of Carolyn Mahoney to the nine-member Coordinating Board for Higher Education on Thursday. If confirmed by the state Senate, she will serve until June 2018.\nMahoney was president of Lincoln University, a public institution in Jefferson City, from 2005 until her retirement this summer.\nShe holds a doctorate in mathematics from Ohio State University and has also been an administrator at Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 391, "original_length": 14169, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 138.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.komu.com/news/parents-urded-to-follow-new-car-seats-guidelines", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:36:16Z", "digest": "sha1:WEOMLIQKVFDXS25T5XRI3VITTXKLOWQA", "length": 1983, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.komu.com", "title": "New Guidelines For Car Seats", "raw_content": "New Guidelines For Car Seats\n7 years 10 months 3 weeks ago Tuesday, March 22 2011 Mar 22, 2011 Tuesday, March 22, 2011 9:21:00 PM CDT March 22, 2011 in News\nBy: Jennifer Meckles\nCOLUMBIA - The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued new guidelines for car seats. The recommendations keep children strapped into seats longer and use age and weight criteria to guide transistions.\nPrior to the change, parents were advised to keep infant car seats facing backward until the child reached 12 months of age. Now, the AAP urges parents to keep their children in rear-facing seats until the child is two years old.\nThe guidelines recommend children too large for a carseat remain in booster seats until the child is 4 feet, 9 inches tall or between eight and 12 years old. Pediatricians say, before that milestone, a child isn't tall enough for a proper seatbelt.\nFinally, the AAP recommend parents keep all children under the age of 13 in the backseat.\nWhile most parents understand the safety reasons for the guidelines, implementing the new policies may prove difficult. Columbia mom Jessica Hughes has a four year old and an eight-year old who both use booster seats. She says, with her older child, the booster can cause a few headaches.\n\"She wants to ride in the front seat,\" Hughes said. \"Its (the booster seat) not as comfortable. Its hard plastic that you're sitting on versus the carseat.\"\nHughes also mentioned how expensive proper car seats can be, sometimes running several hundred dollars. Regardless of cost, however, she said safety is worth the trouble.\n\"We're all for keeping our kids safe. And if its a little inconvenient, well, I would rather be inconvenienced that have my kid, my child, hurt or - God forbid - something more serious happen to them. You do what you have to do as a parent.\"\nCar accidents are the leading cause of death in children four years of age and older. The AAP says following the new guidelines reduces the risk of injury by 40-70 percent.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 395, "original_length": 15272, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 333.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.komu.com/news/snow-and-cold-weather-make-for-slick-roads", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:17Z", "digest": "sha1:42PMBBT4DE4EHDQB73FYXRBBNL2KFBYT", "length": 804, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.komu.com", "title": "Snow and cold weather make for slick roads", "raw_content": "Snow and cold weather make for slick roads\n4 years 1 week 3 days ago Wednesday, February 04 2015 Feb 4, 2015 Wednesday, February 04, 2015 5:53:00 PM CST February 04, 2015 in News\nBy: Quinn Cochran, KOMU 8 Reporter\nCOLUMBIA - The Missouri State Highway Patrol said it had roughly two dozen accident reports today due to winter weather and icy road conditions.\nMost areas throughout mid-Missouri accumulated roughly 1-2\" of snow throughout the day. Although the snow has stopped, the cold weather could lead to icy road conditions throughout the area.\nAccording to the MoDOT map mid-Missouri roads are partially covered in spots throughout the area. There appears to be no trouble with roads in the southern part of the state, but the roads appear to get worse as your travel east on I-70 toward St. Louis.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 389, "original_length": 14113, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 273.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.lakeforest.edu/live/news/7183-miguel-de-baca-quoted-in-nyt-magazine", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:33Z", "digest": "sha1:5EXXAYQRVTBG5WBENRBEK5FERXO66CRK", "length": 259, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.lakeforest.edu", "title": "Miguel de Baca quoted in NYT Magazine | Communications and Marketing | Lake Forest College", "raw_content": "Miguel de Baca quoted in NYT Magazine\nAssociate Professor of Art History Miguel de Baca was quoted in The New York Times Magazine for his thoughts on the minimalism movement.\n\u201cMinimalism in the 1960s was very much along the lines of taking LSD,\u201d de Baca said.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 131, "original_length": 2858, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 231.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.landmarkinteractive.com/about-us/franchises-business-for-sale/businessbroker-net/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:41:44Z", "digest": "sha1:KGSMQXFQDS6OAV3YF3XNL66THZ3JG2IJ", "length": 731, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.landmarkinteractive.com", "title": "BusinessBroker.net - Landmark Interactive", "raw_content": "BusinessBroker.net is one of the most heavily-trafficked marketplaces of businesses for sale on the Internet. Every month, hundreds of thousands of prospective buyers, sellers and brokers visit the company\u2019s online network looking for the perfect opportunity. The marketplace consists of 30,000 business and commercial real estate for sale ads that have been placed by member brokerage offices and independent business owners.\nBusinessBroker.net also publishes the industry-leading BizOpp Journal email newsletter which informs subscribers of the latest business opportunities and provides valuable resources to help buyers and sellers make the right decisions.\nFor more information on BusinessBroker.net, visit BusinessBroker.net.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 2220, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 269.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-grand-theft-auto-v-800-million-20130918-story.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:44Z", "digest": "sha1:Z5Q6TZXCJ4XWNLGBONK4MD5J24W5CMAZ", "length": 2825, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.latimes.com", "title": "'Grand Theft Auto V' generates $800 million in first-day sales - Los Angeles Times", "raw_content": "'Grand Theft Auto V' generates $800 million in first-day sales\nA screen shot from the video game \"Grand Theft Auto V.\" (Associated Press / Rockstar Games)\n\"Grand Theft Auto V,\" the latest installment in Rockstar Games' hit video game series, reaped an eye-popping $800 million in worldwide retail sales on its first day of release Tuesday.\nThe hotly anticipated game appears to have blown past the one-day retail sales record set by Activision Blizzard Inc., whose \"Call of Duty: Black Ops II\" brought in $500 million in its fist 24 hours of release. That game went on to reach $1 billion in sales in 15 days -- faster, many observed, than the box office record-holder \"Avatar.\"\nTake-Two Interactive Software said \"Grand Theft Auto V\" delivered the highest first-day retail sales of any title in the company's history. Some fans flocked to stores at midnight to buy the game, which received widespread critical acclaim. About 8,300 stores in North America held midnight openings to meet demand.\n\"All of us at Take-Two are thrilled with the initial response to 'Grand Theft Auto V,'\" said Strauss Zelnick, chairman and chief executive of Take-Two, parent company of Rockstar Games.\nSome media analysts projected that \"Grand Theft Auto V\" would cross the $1-billion retail sales threshold soon, selling roughly 18 million copies of the game.\nThe $1-billion retail milestone would rank \"Grand Theft Auto V\" alongside Hollywood's top box office performers for the year, including Walt Disney Studio's and Marvel Entertainment's \"Iron Man 3\" and Universal Pictures' \"Despicable Me 2.\"\nCowen and Co. media analyst Doug Creutz said the game franchise has seen sustained popularity since \"Grand Theft Auto III,\" which represented a milestone in open-ended game play and storytelling.\n\"It felt like you were in a Quentin Tarantino film,\" Creutz said. \"It had memorable characters and an engaging story line. It was a big step forward in writing for video games and the idea that this could be truly interactive entertainment.\"\n\"Grand Theft Auto V\" is set in modern day Southern California, where players can explore the fictional city of Los Santos, as well as the countryside of Blaine County, plan and execute heists, and engage in a range of activities, from golf to arms trafficking.\nThe game franchise has been assailed by watchdog groups and others, concerned with its depictions of violence.\nThe Guardian reports that teachers in Britain criticized the game for a brutal interrogation scene, in which one character torture another by choosing among coercion methods that include pulling out the victim's teeth, waterboarding and electrocution.\nA Rockstar Games spokesman did not respond to a request seeking comment.\n\"Dr. Who,\" other BBC shows added to Hulu Plus\nMPAA says Google, other search engines a major gateway to piracy", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 205, "original_length": 5860, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 230.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.latimes.com/os-ucf-theater-profile-daniel-jones-20151129-story.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:34Z", "digest": "sha1:UM6Z6I7C2PRIK2EY4YO4T27TOB6F6WII", "length": 4584, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "www.latimes.com", "title": "Pushing theater boundaries at UCF - Los Angeles Times", "raw_content": "Pushing theater boundaries at UCF\nBy Gabrielle Russon\nAs the manager of the UCF theater costume shop, Dan Jones creates dresses from scratch that look like Marie Antoinette might have worn them. He sews a fat suit for a slender actress who needs to transform. He builds corsets and wedding dresses and knows the complexity when an actor needs a lizard suit for the musical \"Side Show.\"\nThe veteran costume designer also teachers a popular transgender entertainment class at UCF. Guest speakers are often drag queens and a typical homework assignment is to go to a female impersonator's show and write a review.\n\"I feel really lucky that I have a job that I'm passionate about,\" says Jones, who has worked at UCF since 2006. \"I don't think I would last very long in a world where I had to sit behind the desk all day and do the same thing every day for years on end. Every day is different.\"\nJones has been hooked on theater since he uttered his single line when he was cast in a local production of \"Music Man\" as a boy in Nebraska. He also grew up watching his mother sew.\nSo when it came time for a career, Jones combined making clothes with theater to tell stories through the costumes the performers wore.\nJones, 43, who has his master's degree in costume design and technology from the University of Nebraska, managed the costume shop at the University of Nebraska at Kearney before he came to UCF.\nThere is the feeling of fantasmic in UCF's airy costume theater shop. The plastic tubs on the wall shelves are filled with things like glitter, cowboy hats, lost gloves, cummerbunds. There are sequins, colorful threads and sewing machines in a line.\nThe theater students like the vibe. They often hang out at the shop in between classes when they have an hour or two on their hands.\nThey laugh and talk about birthdays and graduate school options and life as they sew and listen to show tunes.\nJones wants the atmosphere relaxed even though his team usually juggles several shows at one time under a barrage of tight deadlines that never go away. Occasionally, Jones arrives at 8 a.m. and won't leave until midnight. He can spend hours sewing a beautiful dress the audience only sees for a minute.\n\"We're constantly in production mode,\" said Earl Weaver, the theater department's artistic director. \"He works on a very pressure cooker schedule all year-round. It takes a very special person to handle all that.\"\nBut on a recent day, there was no panic. Jones and his students finished the last bit of work, like the final stitches in a hat, before the full dress rehearsal a few hours later.\nUCF student Gabriella Napolitano put on the hat she spent 20 hours making and posed in the mirror to take a selfie.\nJones inspected Katie Whittemore, 19, of New York, who worried about a tiny piece of tape showing on the jacket she was finishing.\n\"If they're looking at this tape on the corner, the show is not very good,\" the costume shop manager assured her.\nSome of his students dream of designing costumes for the theme parks. Others, like Whittemore, spend time in the costume shop but want to end up on stage.\nWhen the play opens, Whittemore plans to sit in the audience and whisper to her friends, pointing out the pieces \u2013 even if it's just the trim on the coat - that she sewed.\n\"It's not much,\" she said. \"But I notice them.\"\nAbout five years ago, Jones added to his workload and began teaching the transgender entertainment class.\n\"It's definitely a little outside the box for a college course,\" said one of Jones' students, Gray Bigler, 18, of New Port Richey.\nIt's a lesson of human acceptance.\n\"It forces you to get out of your comfort zone a little bit,\" Bigler said. \"It helps you grow your world view.\"\nJones teaches about the history of female impersonators, how they existed centuries ago in Shakespeare's time and earlier. The students study the media's portrayal up to the present with Caitlyn Jenner, who made headlines this year for her transition as a transgender woman.\n\"I want them to see what a rich history there is. It's not just lip-syncing and makeup,\" Jones says.\nDuring one class, the guest speaker was Robert Martin, who dressed in demure jeans and a black shirt sans make up.\nHe sat on a stool like he was giving a one-man Broadway show as he told his story of growing up in Iowa, how he found his passion in transforming into the beautiful and glamorous Chantel Reshae, and his family's reactions when they found out.\n\"This is an unfiltered conversation,\" Martin warned the students. \"Nothing is off-limits.\"\ngrusson@orlandosentinel.com or 407-420-5470", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 191, "original_length": 6946, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 319.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.laylagrainger.com/foster-partners", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:05Z", "digest": "sha1:RKBVGC7VUDJIF2BSPVWXP7ST6P4MPFCR", "length": 361, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.laylagrainger.com", "title": "Foster + Partners \u2014 Layla Grainger", "raw_content": "During my time working at Foster + Partners I worked on their project brochures. This involved the creation of hundereds of different page layouts with a consistent look and feel. These were then compiled into themes, printed and bound, and are now being used to show to clients.\nI also worked on a digital version of these project brochures using InDesign DPS.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 20, "original_length": 575, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 241.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.lazoi.com/Member/frmBook_AppoinmentGuest.aspx?S_ID=104974&Doc_Id=413&Doc=Dr.%20Bhavna%20Banga-Sector%2019-Noida", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:21Z", "digest": "sha1:CM5Q55XAHYYL63VYWLCM2TLFBFW45US2", "length": 45, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.lazoi.com", "title": "Dr. Bhavna Banga, Gynecologist in Saket | book online appointment, view fees", "raw_content": "(Gynecologist)\nMon,Wed,Fri (12:00PM - 2:00PM)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 71, "original_length": 1397, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 196.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.lbhf.gov.uk/articles/news/2018/09/exhibition-honour-role-muslims-first-world-war", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:49Z", "digest": "sha1:XBVYZTWR5EKMAX454AN4LXVBPBRE2F7C", "length": 3046, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.lbhf.gov.uk", "title": "Exhibition to honour the role of Muslims in First World War | LBHF", "raw_content": "HomeExhibition to honour the role of Muslims in First World War\nExhibition to honour the role of Muslims in First World War\nPhoto from Luc Ferrier's book, The Unknown Fallen\nAs the centenary of the First World War armistice approaches, a Hammersmith exhibition takes a timely look at the forgotten role of Muslims in the devastating conflict\u2026 and there\u2019s still time for artists of all faiths to contribute works.\nThe \u2018Singularity of Peace\u2019 exhibition runs at the Riverside Building in Manbre Road from 13 September to 4 October, with part of the show giving a free platform to 100 emerging artists.\nUp to three million Muslims contributed to the Allied cause in the war, as soldiers and labourers, drawn from across Africa, India, the Far East, Middle East, Russia and the USA.\nArt submissions are being welcomed right up to Tuesday 11 September, with Luc Ferrier, a 54-year-old Belgian researcher and founder of the Forgotten Heroes 14-19 Foundation, urging artists from all cultures and faiths to contribute.\n\u201cIt was previously estimated that less than half a million Muslim soldiers participated in the conflict, but new research puts the figure closer to three million,\u201d he said.\n\u201cWith the simultaneous rise of the Far Right and Muslim extremism, and at a time when Europe and much of the world is besieged with conflict, we believe our exhibition has the potential to build new bridges, mend broken ones and open new dialogues.\u201d\nThe Unknown Fallen: Image taken in West Africa\nThe exhibition, organised with HF ArtsFest and the charity Uthink, has two parts. The first gives artists under 30 a chance to display work via the website www.singularityofpeace.com. The second draws on Ferrier\u2019s book, The Unknown Fallen, to document the role of forgotten soldiers in the bloody conflict.\nFerrier began his research seven years ago after stumbling upon his grandfather\u2019s war journal. The trail took him to 19 countries, unearthing a total of 850,000 letters and reports telling the tale of Muslims\u2019 part in the war.\nWWI contribution\nH&F Council Deputy Leader Cllr Sue Fennimore, said she hoped that as many residents as possible would get to the exhibition.\n\u201cThis show recognises the contribution made by so many Muslim soldiers in the First World War, and as the 100th anniversary of the end of the conflict approaches it makes it all the more important to mark their largely overlooked role,\u201d she said.\nMuslim graves appear in many of the war cemeteries which dot northern France; the headstones distinguishable from others as they tilt eastwards towards Mecca.\nArtists under 30 who want to submit works should do so digitally by emailing images to info@forgottenheroes1419.com, with one work per artist. While there are no restrictions on themes, aspects of war, peace, conflict, dialogue and inclusion should be present.\nHammersmith is the first location in a worldwide tour planned around Ferrier\u2019s new book. The exhibition at the Riverside Building, Manbre Wharf, Manbre Road, W6, is free, and is open daily until 4 October from 10am-5.30pm.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 119, "original_length": 5436, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 303.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.learningfromchina.net/blog/a-train-that-proclaims-chinas-global-ambition-strengths-and-weaknesses-of-philip-stephens-financial-times-analysis-of-chinas-one-belt-one-road", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:24Z", "digest": "sha1:ADXT4PFXJ6MRLA4CHU6LIBDIHAIYSK4J", "length": 4038, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.learningfromchina.net", "title": "'A train that proclaims China\u2019s global ambition' - strengths and weaknesses of Philip Stephens Financial Times analysis of China's 'One Belt One Road' - Learning from China", "raw_content": "'A train that proclaims China\u2019s global ambition' - strengths and weaknesses of Philip Stephens Financial Times analysis of China's 'One Belt One Road'\nMuch analysis in the Western media very much underestimates the significance of China's One Belt One Road (B&R). The reason for this is that it is difficult for the West to adjust to a reality whereby the main locomotives of world growth are not in the US or Europe but in Asia and developing in connection with China. Therefore it is worthy of attention that a leading Western journalist, Philip Stephens, chief political commentator of the Financial Times, under the title 'A train that proclaims China\u2019s global ambition', has made an analysis of B&R that cannot in any way be accused of underestimating it. On the contrary Stephens accurately assesses the great impact of B&R.\u200b\u200b Looking at Stephens article therefore allows an assessment of both the strengths and weaknesses of serious Western analysis of B&R.\nThe great strength of Stephens analysis, as already noted, is that it in no way underestimates the global impact of B&R. Indeed the subtitle of the article is: 'the Atlantic century makes way for a new Eurasian age.'\nStephens specifically notes the considerable underestimation of B&R in much of the Western media: 'Among this year\u2019s under-reported events was the opening of a new rail freight route. A locomotive, pulling wagons loaded with Chinese manufactures, set out in early January from Yiwu in Zhejiang province. Some 18 days and seven countries later it arrived at a goods depot almost 7,500 miles away on the eastern edge of London.'\nIf correction of underestimation of B&R in the Western media is the very substantial strength of Stephens article its weakness is underestimation of the economics of B&R, and therefore a resulting tendency to see it in too geopolitical terms - in the worst case, citing Zbigniew Brzezinski, as almost a 'geopolitical conspiracy'. Stephens write: 'The jury is out on the economics of this latest reincarnation of the ancient silk routes. That is beside the point. The journey above all else was a statement of China\u2019s geopolitical intent.'\nHe notes: 'Zbigniew Brzezinski, the former national security adviser to president Jimmy Carter who until his death this year was Washington\u2019s sharpest strategic thinker, long ago grasped the significance of what he called the \u201caxial supercontinent\u201d. \u201cA power that dominated Eurasia\u201d, he wrote as far back as 1997, \u201cwould exercise decisive influence over two of the world\u2019s three most economically productive regions, western Europe and East Asia\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u201d... As the US retreats, China makes its presence felt. Quite suddenly, the Eurasian century has a certain ring to it.'\nThe weakness of Stephens analysis, which gives rise to the implication that B&R is really simply, or overwhelmingly, only about geopolitics is (implicit) underestimation of the economics involved.\nThe B&R region is now by far the most powerful locomotive not only of the regional but of the global economy.\nMeasured at current exchange rates projections from IMF data from 2016-2021 shows that in the next five years the B&R region will account for 46% of world economic growth - compared to 24% for North America and 10% for the European Union.\n\u200bAs the average growth rates in countries in the B&R region are much faster than those in either North America or the EU within five years the structure of the world economy will be sharply changed. By 2021 the GDP of the B&R region, calculated from IMF data, will be $29.7 trillion, compared to $21.1 trillion for North America and $18.3 trillion for the EU. In percentage terms the B&R region will be 31.3% of world GDP - compared to 27.3% for North America and 19.2% for the EU.\nPhilip Stephens article is therefore noteworthy as indicating a Western analysis by a leading journalist in a major Western publication which fully understands the impact of B&R. Further dialogue with Chinese economists will be valuable as they can help correct one-sidedness's which remain.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 278, "original_length": 15401, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 228.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.lecostantine.eu/administrative-commitee/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:25Z", "digest": "sha1:A5H7KITJB2U772MXLWYFJ74BAUEG6434", "length": 178, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.lecostantine.eu", "title": "Administrative Commitee \u2014 Le Costantine - Fondazione", "raw_content": "Each member of the board has to guarantee his availability to contribute in a continuous, operative and impartial way to the purpose of the Foundation (section 6 of the Statute).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 97, "original_length": 1692, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 235.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.lewisu.edu/experts/wordpress/index.php/faculty-experts/vicky-weidling/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:18Z", "digest": "sha1:NSYG55NNQGTTZGJINOOUBNUKIURA5WGH", "length": 40, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.lewisu.edu", "title": "Vicky Weidling | Faculty Forum", "raw_content": "M.S.N., Olivet Nazarene University, 2011", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 309, "original_length": 7564, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.56, "perplexity": 40.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.leylandguardian.co.uk/sport/football/lancashire-sunday-league-chiefs-want-ex-players-to-become-whistle-blowers-1-9550979", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:13Z", "digest": "sha1:ULJG3VIYBHXE5YQHVD5JY6FOIZ47RN7U", "length": 2051, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.leylandguardian.co.uk", "title": "Lancashire Sunday League chiefs want ex-players to become \u2018whistle blowers\u2019 - Leyland Guardian", "raw_content": "Lancashire Sunday League chiefs want ex-players to become \u2018whistle blowers\u2019\nFormer Premier League referee Neil Swarbrick played for Bamber Bridge Wanderers before taking up the whistle (photo: Getty Images)\nThe Lancashire Sunday Football League has launched an initiative to persuade their ex-players to take up refereeing.\nFor decades, ex-players were the main source of referees for local football leagues and countless former local league footballers turned to refereeing when their playing careers were over.\nSeveral of them progressed to higher leagues, most notably Neil Swarbrick who took up refereeing after finishing playing for Bamber Bridge Wanderers in this league and he went on to spend seven years as a Premier League referee before retiring in 2018.\nMore recently the Football Association and County FAs have embarked on a successful recruitment programme resulting in a significant increase in the number of new refs, albeit only a small number are ex-players.\nThe league plans to supply former footballers who take up the whistle with a discounted referee kit, whistle and assistant referee flags, referees\u2019 notebook and cards.\nThey also offer a reimbursement of 50% of the cost of the referee course on completion of 10 fixtures, plus a year\u2019s membership of Preston Referees\u2019 Society.\nTo ensure all new starters are given the best chance to enhance their knowledge, experience and skill-set, the LSFL operates a mentoring and coaching system by aligning newly qualified referees with the more experienced officials within the league so they can learn their trade.\nThis initiative has the full support of the Lancashire Football Association (LFA) and Preston Referees\u2019 Society.\nLeague chairman Eamonn McNamara said: \u201cThis is a great opportunity for some of our ex-players to keep an active involvement and at the same time put something back into the game.\u201d\nAnyone interested in taking up refereeing is asked to contact the Lancashire Sunday League referee manager Mark Moore on 07765 668045 or e-mail him at lsflreferees@outlook.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 86, "original_length": 3400, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 288.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.lgaq.asn.au/web/guest/news/-/asset_publisher/pG32/content/id/7810589", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:26Z", "digest": "sha1:AO6ZH272SHNKO3CB3ZFVW4EKI54SUMUD", "length": 684, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.lgaq.asn.au", "title": "A how-to guide for Annual Conference motions - News Release Archives - Local Government Association of Queensland", "raw_content": "A how-to guide for Annual Conference motions\nPrint A how-to guide for Annual Conference motions\nA reminder that the LGAQ is calling for motions from councils to be debated at the upcoming 121th Annual Conference in October.\nAs motions give councils a direct say in the LGAQ\u2019s policy agenda and priorities for local government in Queensland, it\u2019s important that councils have all the information they need to compose and submit a motion for discussion and debate at Annual Conference.\nTo assist you with the process, please click here to download a handy checklist and guide for submitting a motion for the 2017 Annual Conference. The deadline for submission is Friday, 25 August 2017.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 1909, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 337.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.liberationnews.org/after-decades-of-struggle-civilian-review-board-victory-in-new-haven-ct/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:02Z", "digest": "sha1:RBMJKP434QGFW5HLPG45DUWLO3NC5EW4", "length": 7768, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.liberationnews.org", "title": "After decades of struggle, Civilian Review Board victory in New Haven, Ct. | Liberation News", "raw_content": "After decades of struggle, Civilian Review Board victory in New Haven, Ct.\nOn January 7, at its first meeting of the year, the New Haven Board of Alders passed an ordinance that creates a new independent Civilian Review Board to investigate police misconduct. This a victory for the people of New Haven. It is the result of an organized movement for police accountability and it is a significant step forward in a fight for justice that has been led by the families and victims of police brutality, along with community organizers throughout the city.\nThe creation of an independent civilian review board has been decades in the making and led by Emma Jones since 1997 when her son Malik was murdered by East Haven, Connecticut, police, who chased Malik into New Haven and executed him near her home. The matriarch of the movement, Jones, has been at the forefront of pushing the city for a Civilian Review Board. Because of her many years of struggle and efforts from the New Haven and Yale communities, in 2013 a referendum was passed to amend the New Haven City Charter to require the city to establish a CRB, but there has been much opposition from the police union and from many elected officials that have delayed its creation.\nOne of the major points of contention has been whether the CRB would have the ability to independently investigate and have subpoena power \u2013 the ability to legally require witnesses, including police officers, to testify or produce material evidence. At Board of Alder meetings in November and December of 2018, elected officials attempted to push through a weak ordinance that gave the CRB neither. Multiple legal opinions from a variety of sources \u2013 including the City\u2019s own attorney and precedents of CRBs created in other cities \u2013 said this was legal, but the Alders used supposedly unclear legality to make this a sticking point. But thanks to united community organizing and pushback, these efforts to weaken the CRB were defeated and overcome.\nA coalition of community organizations and activists, who have been working on this issue for years, developed a media campaign, conducted street outreach, collected petitions in key neighborhoods and online, delivered powerful personal testimony at public meetings and protested at City Hall and at the Board of Alders meetings. Community members also held press conferences and encouraged constituents to call their alders, which dozens of people did. Ongoing advocacy by the community for a strong CRB was met with pushback from the Board, up to community members being illegally barred from entering City Hall during open hours on November 30, 2018. Despite this initial attempt to block organizers from exercising their rights to enter, the community was able to occupy city hall and finally win a meeting with key representatives of the city government to advocate for a strong CRB. On December 17, 2018, in a beautiful moment of unity, the movement took over the chamber at the Board of Alders with an original song and a powerful rendition of \u201cWhich Side Are you On,\u201d chanting the names of those murdered by police in Connecticut. The vote was successfully delayed until the review board included some of the key items the community demanded. (See video by Travis Carbonella)\nThe new CRB is intended to provide an opportunity for police misconduct complaints to be viewed by an independent entity besides Internal Affairs. While language including subpoena power was not explicitly included in the ordinance, the ordinance did reference state law that allows the Board to have subpoena power. Also, some members of Board of Alders went on record and stated the newly created Board does in fact wield the power of subpoena. The full independence of the review board has been a crucial point for the community organizing on this initiative.\nKerry Ellington, an organizer with People Against Police Brutality, stated at one press conference that people should be able to come to a review board with their complaints and be treated with respect. \u201cAt Internal Affairs they don\u2019t treat people with integrity,\u201d Ellington said. \u201cThey treat them as if they are a joke.\u201d She continued, explaining the interconnected issues facing overpoliced communities in New Haven today: \u201cSo it is important that we stand together, not only on the issue of the homeless bill of rights, but also on the issue of police violence and the CRB. Also on the issue of the sanctuary city.\u201d\nEllington also gave credit to Emma Jones for being a tireless leader in the struggle. \u201cThis was Emma Jones\u2019 vision after that horrific tragedy of losing her son to police violence, this is her vision and she saw it through,\u201d Ellington said. \u201cTo be in this moment is really significant. This was a people\u2019s movement.\u201d\nThe City of New Haven and the state of Connecticut has a long history of police brutality and has failed to hold the cops accountable and deliver justice for victims and their families. The creation of an independent CRB comes at no better moment. Less than 24 hours after the passage of the CRB, New Haven Police shot and critically wounded 22-year-old Marcus Rivera. Days before its passage, on January 4, state officials said in an outrageous announcement that an investigation cleared police officers in nearby New Britain of any wrongdoing in the reckless police shooting that killed 20-year-old Zoe Dowdell and wounded two other youth on December 17, 2017. In early 2018, the state refused to press charges against officer James Boulay of Bridgeport, who killed unarmed 15-year-old Jayson Negron.\nOrganizers in New Haven have made it clear throughout this struggle that the New Haven Civilian Review Board isn\u2019t just about New Haven. It can and should serve as a model for the rest of the state, and ultimately the country: first, for what a united and militant and principled struggle of the people can win, and second as an actual model of civilian control over police in oppressed communities.\nThe language passed by the Board of Alders is a victory, but is not without issues. The final language with amendments was only released 30 minutes before the Aldermanic meeting, giving organizers very little time to review it and give any feedback to their Alders before the vote. Important provisions, including tying the CRB\u2019s budget to the ever-increasing Police Department budget, the ability for the CRB to receive complaints independent of Internal Affairs (part of the Police Department), and a ban on having former police officers or direct family members of officers being eligible to be on the board, were all removed at the last minute. These setbacks cannot be viewed, however, as permanent blows to the movement: it was the movement that won the Board and it will be the movement that makes sure it works for the people.\nUltimately, a Civilian Review Board is an important step towards addressing the issues of police terror that plague New Haven and so many other cities, but it is not a cure. The same movement of the people that struggled for years and decades will be the decisive force in this struggle.\nIn the labor movement, an important guiding principle has been \u201cif you\u2019re not in a union, fight to get one; if you\u2019re in a union, fight to make it fight.\u201d The Party for Socialism and Liberation has been proud to be part of the movement against police terror in Connecticut and we congratulate all those involved in this important victory and we look forward to continuing this movement and building a civilian review board that fights for all the victims of police misconduct, past and present. The struggle to end racist police brutality and for justice for victims and their families will continue \u2013 join us, the fight is not over!\nconnecticut, new haven, police brutality", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 72, "original_length": 9855, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 219.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.like.sg/cat/human-and-civil-rights-ngos/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:45Z", "digest": "sha1:BRTAYGKOZFPJRIAAOJLU4DPQCED3AK7T", "length": 1926, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.like.sg", "title": "Human and Civil Rights NGOs Archives - Like! 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From early intervention programmes to special\u2026\nAddress: 9 Lorong Napiri, Singapore 547531\nWeb: http://www.awwa.org.sg/\nThe Breastfeeding Mothers\u2019 Support Group Singapore (BMSG) is a non-profit, mother-to-mother support organization. We offer emotional support and education for pregnant & breastfeeding mothers & families. We also aim to create public\u2026\nAddress: 96 Waterloo Street #02-04 SCWO Centre Singapore 187967\nWeb: http://breastfeeding.org.sg/\nCoalition Against Bullying for Children & Youth (CABCY)\nCoalition Against Bullying for Children & Youth (CABCY) is a voluntary society set up to help children, youth and adults recognize the different forms of bullying, its effects on the targets of bullying and what can be done to help reduce or\u2026\nAddress: 10 Anson Road, International Plaza #27-04 Singapore 079903\nEagles Mediation & Counselling Centre\nEagles Mediation & Counselling Centre (EMCC) is one of the region\u2019s foremost organisations that pioneered family mediation and training, and is one of the few agencies with expertise to provide integrative services in mediation and psychotherapy\u2026\nWeb: http://emcc.org.sg/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 15848, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 287.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.lindo.com/index.php/archives/application-archives?id=223:archives-telecommunuications&catid=95", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:57Z", "digest": "sha1:BP46VSCIKZC7XK4F2557VJE57K2NOUTG", "length": 2569, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.lindo.com", "title": "ARCHIVES - Telecommunuications...", "raw_content": "ARCHIVES - Telecommunuications...\nTelecommunications Network Design\nThere have been a number of applications of optimization in the rapidly growing telecommunications industry. Two general types of applications are: a) the design of network structure, in particular, the extent to which hubs are used; and b) the design of fail-soft redundancy into a network.\nFor example, A. Dutta of George Mason University and Peter Kubat of GTE Laboratories, in a paper entitled \"Design of Partially Survivable Networks for Cellular Telecommunication Systems\" (European Journal of Operational Research, 1999), developed a model for deciding how cell sites in a cellular phone system should be connected to a land based network. The objective was to minimize cost while achieving a certain specified level of redundancy in the network, and not exceeding installed capacity. They used the LINGO optimization system to find optimal network designs.\nAn early application of LINDO in telecommunication network design was finding a least cost set of links to use in a network, so, for every pair of nodes, there are at least two paths between them with each path containing at most two links. An interesting feature of solutions to this problem is that, as the number of nodes become large, the optimal design tends to be a two hub network with each node connected directly to each of the two hubs. A generic model of this problem is the model DUPLEX that can be found in the Model Library on this website.\nRecently a large telecommunications company used LINGO to look at the problem of how many T1 and T3 lines to install between pairs of nodes and from each node to a single given hub. Two nodes that have a lot of traffic between them will tend to get a direct line; whereas, a node with no exceptionally high traffic to any specific other hub will tend to get only a high capacity connection to the hub. A generic version of a model for this problem appears as model TELEHUB3 in the LINDO model library.\nAnother generic application is the call or traffic routing problem. Given an existing network structure and demand volumes between every pair of nodes, the traffic routing problem is to select a route for each call pair, so the traffic over each link in the network does not exceed that link's capacity. A generic model for this problem appears in the LINDO library under the name NETUND.\nFor more information on LINDO and LINGO, please see the product pages. You can also download a demo version from our download page or order a full blown version directly from our order page.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 3374, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 281.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.linkielist.com/artificial-intelligence/an-a-i-says-there-are-six-main-kinds-of-stories/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:39Z", "digest": "sha1:TJ4ANNCIPQ5S6LIAMKQ7YWWATBW6LWJC", "length": 1019, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.linkielist.com", "title": "An A.I. Says There Are Six Main Kinds of Stories \u2013 The Linkielist", "raw_content": "An A.I. Says There Are Six Main Kinds of Stories\nThat\u2019s what a group of researchers, from the University of Vermont and the University of Adelaide, set out to do. They collected computer-generated story arcs for nearly 2,000 works of fiction, classifying each into one of six core types of narratives (based on what happens to the protagonist):\nTheir focus was on the emotional trajectory of a story, not merely its plot. They also analyzed which emotional structure writers used most, and how that contrasted with the ones readers liked best, then published a preprint paper of their findings on the scholarship website arXiv.org. More on that in a minute.\nFirst, the researchers had to find a workable dataset. Using a collection of fiction from the digital library Project Gutenberg, they selected 1,737 English-language works of fiction between 10,000 and 200,000 words long.\nSource: An A.I. Says There Are Six Main Kinds of Stories\n\u2190 NASA Image and Video Library\nExperts excited by brain \u2018wonder-drug\u2019 \u2013 BBC News \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 73, "original_length": 5296, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 272.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.linlithgowgazette.co.uk/news/wullie-wins-the-coveted-green-jacket-for-the-fourth-time-1-4543832", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:19Z", "digest": "sha1:5YSYSLVZQWUFUPX3P5KY35LHVEZGOP55", "length": 809, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.linlithgowgazette.co.uk", "title": "Wullie wins the coveted Green Jacket for the fourth time - Linlithgow Journal and Gazette", "raw_content": "Wullie wins the coveted Green Jacket for the fourth time\nSome golfers treasure elaborate trophies emblazoned with a record of their greatest successes.\nBut for Dalmeny Estate Golf Club secretary Wullie Ruffle - and the 59 other players in last week\u2019s Dalmeny Masters \u2013 the ultimate prize is the fiercely-contested Green Jacket.\nIt was the 25th anniversary of this unique Dalmeny event, and 60 players took part - but it was Wullie, with a 56, who took the honours (and the jacket) by two shots.\nThis was something of a historic occasion for the club, as the result means he has won it for an unprecedented fourth time.\nWullie is pictured here being helped into the jacket by last year\u2019s winner, Jimmy Simpson - this being part of the ceremony - and in the other picture with the previous winners of the title.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 82, "original_length": 2040, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 238.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/news/county-news-update-victims-of-sussex-sea-tragedy-young-adults-from-london-1-7543221", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:29:06Z", "digest": "sha1:AFW3NLIKICEI3VQFQXT2TOJCW42S5UWE", "length": 2455, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk", "title": "COUNTY NEWS UPDATE: Victims of Sussex sea tragedy \u2018young adults from London\u2019 - Littlehampton Gazette", "raw_content": "COUNTY NEWS UPDATE: Victims of Sussex sea tragedy \u2018young adults from London\u2019\nCamber Sands emergency incident. Photo by Tracey Mills/SWNS.com\nThe five men who died at a Sussex beauty spot yesterday (Wednesday, August 24) came to the beach together from London and were all young adults, police said.\nThree men were pulled from the sea at Camber Sands around 2pm before two others were found at about 8.15pm.\nEmergency services are no longer searching for anyone else with no one else reported missing.\nChief Superintendent Di Roskilly said: \u201cWe believe we now know who the men are and that they came to the beach together for the day.\n\u201cWe believe they are all in their late teens and early 20s and come from the Greater London area.\n\u201cThese men were not fully clothed when they were pulled from the sea but wearing clothes appropriate for being at the beach for the day.\n\u201cWe have no further reports of anyone else missing from Camber and there are no on-going searches related to this incident.\n\u201cThis has been an incredibly tragic incident and we are offering their next of kin support at this difficult time and our thoughts are with them.\u201d\nEmergency services were called to the beach at 2.10pm to reports of a person in the sea.\nWhile they were on scene another person was seen in difficulty at 2.20pm and 15 minutes later a third person was rescued.\nDespite best efforts to save them, they all died.\nThe bodies of a further two men were found in the water by members of the public between 8.15pm and 8.45pm.\nDavid Walker, RoSPA\u2019s leisure safety manager, said: \u201cWe are terribly sorry to hear of the tragedy at Camber Sands, and our thoughts are with those involved and their families. It\u2019s too early in the investigation for us to comment on what happened, but we can point people towards our general water safety advice, particularly ahead of the bank holiday weekend.\n\u201cThe most positive choice you can take is to go to a lifeguarded beach \u2013 check out the Marine Conservation Society\u2019s www.goodbeachguide.co.uk for where these are.\n\u201cBe aware of tides, even if you are not intending to be in the water, as a quick-turning tide can catch out walkers, climbers, and others enjoying the shore. Strong currents are a danger, so make sure you know how to spot rip currents and know how to escape them.\n\u201cBear in mind that the water can be colder than you expect, even in the summer months, and can lead even the strongest swimmers into trouble at any location.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 113, "original_length": 4446, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 277.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/kHWD81AQuJzkQQghwaQWzI/Pocket-library.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:03Z", "digest": "sha1:C7B5IQU6XLDEVCFPCNM2PT4NVWQKEM2K", "length": 6720, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "www.livemint.com", "title": "Pocket library", "raw_content": "5 min read . Updated: 30 Nov 2010, 07:48 PM IST Vikramaditya Singh\nE-booksAmazonKindleepubLITPDFAldikoStanzaLaputaKoboBusiness of LifeTechnology for you\nThe waves of publicity generated first by Amazon\u2019s Kindle and follow-up devices such as the Nook and Galapagos, and now by tablet devices such as Samsung\u2019s Galaxy Tab and the upcoming BlackBerry Playbook, have made e-book readers among the most discussed (and debated) tech items of the last couple of years. Although e-books are undoubtedly going mainstream, there\u2019s still a debate that centres on whether the portability, storage capacity and sheer convenience of e-book readers makes them a viable alternative to real books.\nIf you\u2019re undecided on whether to buy a dedicated e-book device, we suggest you use your smartphone to dip your toes into the digital reading experience. There are a number of free apps that will convert your smartphone into an e-book reader, and with the increased clarity and bigger displays on smartphones, you\u2019ll be surprised at the quality of the reading experience. We were.\nE-books come in different formats, such as epub, LIT and PDF, and most apps will allow you to read books only in certain formats. When picking an e-Reader app, look out for its compatibility with the common e-book formats to ensure you have access to a large library of digital content.\nTested on: HTC Desire\nAldiko gets its name from the Swahili word for book, \u2018andiko\u2019, and if you\u2019re part of the growing legion of Android users, then this is currently the best e-book app for you. Downloadable directly from the Android Market, this nifty little app reads books in the epub format, the free and open e-book standard championed by the International Digital Publishing Forum, and lets you import books directly from your phone\u2019s memory card slot. The reader also gives you access to the Feedbooks store, which has a library of thousands of free e-books.\nThe main menu is basically a bookshelf that displays the covers of your recently read books on the top shelf, your library in the middle, and an option to download books in the third. Once you open an e-book, you have the option of rotating your device to read in either portrait or landscape (this feature can be switched off, so you\u2019re no longer a slave to your phone\u2019s accelerometer). You can customize the size and colour of nine different fonts, and there\u2019s a particularly useful night mode to provide optimum conditions for reading in low light. You can also access a dictionary (or Google) if you want to look up a word.\nAldiko is simple and hassle free, and looks good to boot. It\u2019s a winner\nAlso See | Screens that work\nTested on: iPhone 3GS\nIf you\u2019re an iPhone or iPod touch owner, this e-Reader app is an excellent alternative to the standard iBooks.\nThe first thing you notice about Stanza is how clutter-free and easy it is to use. It may look a bit bare bones, but don\u2019t be deceived\u2014Stanza is packed with most of the features you\u2019d need in an e-Reader app. Visually, we liked the styling, especially the cover flow feature mode, similar to the one seen in iTunes (here you flip through book covers instead of albums).\nLike with most competent e-Readers, you can play around at will with the font, size and colour of the text you\u2019re reading. Stanza plays on the iPhone screen\u2019s multi-touch capability and lets you zip around the text, pinching to zoom in and out. You\u2019ve also got the option of bookmarking pages within a book and Stanza also includes a feature that automatically takes you back to the last page you were reading when you restart the app.\nStanza works with non-digital rights managment (DRM) content and handles a number of formats, including epub, PDF, etc. To stock up your library, you\u2019re can download from free book download sources, such as the Project Gutenberg Library and Feedbooks.\nPlatforms: Android, iOS and BlackBerry OS\nTested on:HTC Desire, BlackBerry Curve\nThis e-Reader app is made in collaboration with the American book store Borders (another fruit of that collaboration is the mildly successful Kobo e-Reader device). Kobo\u2019s motto is to allow users to \u201cread anything, anywhere\" and importantly, on \u201cany device of their choice\". The app is already available on multiple smartphone platforms as well as the iPad (it also has a highly avoidable PC avatar). Research in Motion\u2019s (RIM\u2019s) new tablet, PlayBook, will feature it as a pre-loaded app.\nWe got a chance to test it on both BlackBerry and Android, although the experience is vastly superior on the HTC Desire\u2019s larger, higher resolution screen. The lack of landscape mode, however, is a glaring miss, given some of the 4 inch-plus smartphone devices currently in the market.\nKobo\u2019s global book store gives you access to around 2.2 million books, and handily organizes them into best-seller and recommended-reading lists. A couple of hundred free books are available in the store as well.\nAs a reader app, the present Kobo is a massive improvement on the Shortcovers app it replaces, but it still falls short of being a standout program, partially due to the lack of customizable options and the fact that you\u2019re locked in to the Kobo store for purchases.\nKobo\u2019s greatest strength is its multiplatform availability, but to make the most of that, its developers need to urgently improve its cross-device syncing.\nSimilar in its design to Aldiko (and by extension, Apple\u2019s iBooks), Laputa claims to offer the most \u201crealistic\" reading experience out of any of the apps (if by realistic you mean access to the most illegal content). It\u2019s easiest to directly access free, non-legal content through the app (mostly through the supported Blaze book store), and the Android app scores in this regard. Otherwise, its tacky page-flip animation doesn\u2019t quite qualify as the \u201creal\" reading experience.\nBut you can turn off the page-flips, and that aside, this is quite a handy little app to have around: Like the Aldiko, you can upload your DRM-free epub content, and download from free online book sources such as ManyBooks, Feedbooks and the Project Gutenberg Library. The wooden bookshelf that serves as the main page isn\u2019t the most appealing, but it\u2019s functional: You can easily sort and rearrange your books by criteria such as the latest read or author\u2019s name.\nWe\u2019re still undecided about the utility of a day/night reading mode (especially when compared with the option of manually changing the background colour option), but Laputa, again like Aldiko, has one if you want it. It isn\u2019t a star app, and we read about other users having stability issues, with the reader crashing often. Still if you\u2019re the kind of person who doesn\u2019t want to buy too many e-books (yet still access them) this is the app for you.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 133, "original_length": 8287, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 318.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.livenewschat.eu/2017/02/israel-pm-netanhayu-trump-to-meet-on-wednesday-video/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:36:19Z", "digest": "sha1:4QZOVGGSPF66VF6Y267WWPKWKXURRICQ", "length": 1253, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.livenewschat.eu", "title": "Israel PM Netanhayu & Trump To Meet On Wednesday [VIDEO] | LNC \u2013 Live Stream News Chat \u26c5\ufe0f", "raw_content": "Israel PM Netanhayu & Trump To Meet On Wednesday [VIDEO]\nPM Benjamin Netanhayu it\u2019s on his way to Washington, where he plans to present Trump with Israel\u2019s position on issues of vital interest, including Iran, Syria and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.\n\u201cI am going to Washington to have a very important meeting with President Trump and I will also be meeting with Vice President [Mike] Pence and with Secretary of State [Rex] Tillerson and with Republican and Democratic leaders on capitol hill.\u201d\n\u201cThe alliance between Israel and America has always been extremely strong and it is about to get even stronger,\u201d he said. \u201cPresident Trump and I see eye to eye on the dangers in the region, but also about the opportunities. We will talk about both as well as upgrading the relationship between Israel and the US in many, many fields.\u201d\nOn eve of trip to meet President Trump, Israeli PM Netanyahu says he and Trump see 'eye-to-eye.' See more: https://t.co/z4ZNa753FW pic.twitter.com/M7DQ2b3pxu\nTags: Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Israel, Middle East\nThis entry was posted on February 13th 2017 at 11:21am/11:21 and is filed under Elections, Live News Column 2, Politics, World News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 90, "original_length": 4936, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 297.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.livingeveryminuteofit.com/essays/2017/11/08/cynicism-stand-down", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:47Z", "digest": "sha1:FJ5Q2EDSDTOTTUJ574NNSJT5XFE42SWH", "length": 2137, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.livingeveryminuteofit.com", "title": "Cynicism \u2013 Stand Down! \u2014 Living Every Minute Of It", "raw_content": "They are composting at Ax\u2019s school. We are composting at Ax\u2019s school. Starting soon. I\u2019m cautiously optimistic that we will create earth from what are now landfill food scraps. I don\u2019t think our plan for collecting food scraps and bringing them to the composter and mixing the scraps with the mulch and turning it and all that is perfect. I told the two other moms on the Green Team that I was concerned that what we planned would not work. Wanda said, \u201cWell let\u2019s give it a try and if it doesn\u2019t work we\u2019ll change it.\u201d\nShe was so cool about it, so willing to give something a whirl I got a little envious of that kind of risk-taking fearlessness. I\u2019m all, \u201cWhat if the stuff doesn\u2019t decompose, what if we can\u2019t find the right mulch, what if the kids put the wrong stuff in?\u201d And she\u2019s like, \u201cI don\u2019t know why any of that would happen. And if it does I guess we\u2019ll deal with it then.\u201d\n\u201cWhat if the composter thingy doesn\u2019t work?\u201d\n\u201cI feel like it probably does work since it\u2019s the one that the city is promoting.\u201d\n\u201cOk.\u201d I say. And inside, deep skepticism, fear, doubt.\nI don\u2019t know. When I was in law school I remember this craggy old securities law professor looking out at us the first day and bellowing, \u201cWho here is a natural cynic?\u201d And a bunch of us raised our hands. \u201cGood!\u201d he proclaimed, \u201cCultivate that. It is your most useful quality.\u201d And so then yeah, I did take that natural cynicism and kind of hone it in school and practice, polish it up.\nI\u2019m trained to sniff out the problems in a situation, the potential problems, the what-if-scenarios, the worst-case-scenarios. And even though I\u2019ve been working on myself for years to un-train that learning, to take life at face value, to see things as essentially okay if not grand most of the time, that disaster-cizing is still the default. And it makes life less fun.\nIt\u2019s useful for some stuff, but not for things like working in a team to do compost at Ax\u2019s school. I\u2019d like to get better at regulating when I activate that particular skill set and when I don\u2019t. Turn the knob on the dial and go into hammer-mode or not as I choose. I can do it, I think. I\u2019m gonna keep going.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 3147, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 270.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.localexpertlocksmith.co.uk/northfield", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:40:53Z", "digest": "sha1:P2SBK3Q4IAU6NX6D3U6QEZY47MD7R27I", "length": 3027, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.localexpertlocksmith.co.uk", "title": "Locksmith Northfield | 0121 400 0288", "raw_content": "Locksmith in Northfield\nHave you ever found yourself locked out of your house, car or office? Getting locked out of a residence or vehicle is not only frustrating; it can be a very serious situation. In fact, the situation can become even more complicated if the lock out occurs overnight or on the weekend. This means that the situation will require an immediate response to assist customers. Emergency locksmith Northfield services can help you if you are facing a lock out related situation.\nCustomers can enjoy several benefits that are associated with hiring emergency locksmith services in Northfield. If you are locked out of your office, home or car, you can contact a technician who specializes in handling the locking systems on residential properties, business properties, safes and vehicles. There are a few advantages to utilizing emergency locksmith Northfield services.\nThe biggest advantage has to be the 24 hour availability of the service. An emergency lock out situation can occur at any time of the day or night, and it is reassuring to know that there is a locksmith technician in Northfield who can respond to your service call even if you call at 2 a.m. This type of service considers the security and safety of their customers as one of their main responsibilities.\nThe companies that offer these services must be bonded and/or insured. This coverage protects you in case anything happens to your locking system during repair. If damages do occur, the company will bear the brunt of the loss.\nWhen you contact emergency locksmith services, you will be pleasantly surprised by the quick response time. It does not matter where you are located, you will receive the assistance you need quickly. These services are also very reliable, so you can be certain that you are receiving top quality services.\nThe worst case scenario is to contact a locksmith service in Northfield, and they do not have any skilled, professional technicians. Fortunately, this is not the case. The emergency service companies that you contact in Northfield only hire technicians who have been trained to handle emergency locksmith cases.\nThey are also equipped with updated equipment and tools that are necessary for different types of lock out situations. They are knowledgeable about the different types of locking systems that are used in houses, cars, safes and office buildings.\nThe technicians are certified, skilled and experienced. They know how to make new keys and they know how to solve mechanically related issues.\nHome burglaries and car break ins is some common crimes that are committed against a person\u2019s property. The good news is that you can reduce your risks of becoming a victim by hiring a locksmith service to install a safe locking system not only for your doors, but also for your safes and drawers.\nEmergency locksmith Northfield services are important services when you find yourself in a situation where you are locked out of your home or car. Do your research to find a reputable company in Northfield", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 50, "original_length": 4039, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 278.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.localmilfs.org/eulalia/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:21Z", "digest": "sha1:YVAL6NPIDKAWUSHT5I2OE2OQFG2BRTVX", "length": 154, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.localmilfs.org", "title": "eulalia's Profile at Local Milfs", "raw_content": "eulalia, 36\nMy husband and I are looking for a man for us to play with. I'm very tan, tall and well endowed on top and shaved below. I love to dress sexy.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 23, "original_length": 833, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 224.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.londonofficespace.com/pall-mall/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:18:57Z", "digest": "sha1:OOXPWSPS324F4PVE2CAXIBM3IJDMVBOO", "length": 3153, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.londonofficespace.com", "title": "Serviced Offices for Rent near Pall Mall, St James's SW1", "raw_content": "Home > Central London > South > Pall Mall\nServiced Offices for Rent near Pall Mall SW1\nWe offer a comprehensive range of Pall Mall office space options. This includes serviced offices in business centres, shared office space and desk rentals, short term office space, industrial units and warehousing, virtual offices and conventional commercial property leasing. Our Central London office search service is completely free to use, and our advisors are on hand to go that extra mile in finding the perfect business address at cost effective rates.\nBusinesses near Pall Mall\nPall Mall is known for its private members and gentlemen's clubs. The street has been the historic base for these clubs since the nineteenth century. Clubs along Pall Mall include the Athenaeum Club, the Oxford and Cambridge Club, the Royal Automobile Club, and the Travellers Club.\nThe street is within the St James's area of central London, a popular location for businesses that work with government departments based in and around Westminster. Media, fashion and retail companies based in the area also have easy access to Soho and other areas of the West End.\nOffice Buildings near Pall Mall\nMany office spaces along Pall Mall were once residences or purpose-built clubhouses. There are a number of institutes and non-profit organisations operating in the area including the Institute of Directors (IoD), which has its offices on Pall Mall at the former clubhouse for the United Service Club. The Commonwealth Secretariat and the Commonwealth Foundation are also based at Pall Mall in Marlborough House, a building that was built between 1709 and 1711 as a royal residence. Other businesses with offices along Pall Mall include cigarette manufacturer Rothmans at Number 65 and P&O Ferries at Number 79.\nModern offices are found at 100 Pall Mall, which includes a serviced business centre with meeting rooms and on-site parking. Offices for the investment firm London Business Angels are also hosted at the site.\nAbout Pall Mall\nPall Mall connects St James's Street and Trafalgar Square, one of London's most famous sites. It is within the City of Westminster's St James's area, an exclusive part of central London close to Buckingham Palace and St James's Park.\nPall Mall was built in 1661, although a road may have been present in the same location since Saxon times. It was named after a ball game similar to croquet that was brought to England from Scotland and France in the early years of the seventeenth century.\nPall Mall emerged as a fashionable place to live during the reign of Charles II and became a shopping destination for the rich in the following century. Many grand houses were built along Pall Mall and it was one of London's first streets to be illuminated by gas.\nIt was a place for fine arts during the early eighteenth century when the Royal Academy, the National Gallery and Christie's were all located on Pall Mall. Several gentlemen's clubs established themselves on Pall Mall during the nineteenth century, and the Athenaeum, Reform and Travellers clubs continue to be active. The Royal Automobile Club has also been based on the street since 1908.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 157, "original_length": 11110, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 172.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.longevitylive.com/anti-aging-beauty/beyond-making-beyond-river/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:24Z", "digest": "sha1:JNA3LO4DMJATIPD2NFBEKC7BCYNOVPTC", "length": 4142, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.longevitylive.com", "title": "Beyond The Making Of 'Beyond The River' - Longevity LIVE", "raw_content": "Beyond The Making Of \u2018Beyond The River\u2019\nOne late February evening in 2013, I stood at the edge of Blue Lagoon in Durban, staring at the smashed remnants of an incomplete sporting career. 39 years old, soaking wet, scratched, bruised, beyond exhausted and \u2013 worst of all \u2013 last to finish the Dusi Canoe Marathon. I was not so much disheartened as finished \u2013 klaar.\nBut before I tell that story, it needs some contextualising.\nSouth Africa, in particular, has a fascination with mass-participation, long-distance events: The Comrades, The Midmar Mile, The Argus, The Dusi. These events offer the average Joe \u2013 or Josephine, for that matter \u2013 their own personal Olympics.\nThe great conservationist and pioneer, Ian Player, said of his first ventures down the Umsindusi and Umgeni rivers, on which the Dusi is run, that \u201cno man can ever be the same again\u201d after this experience. That truth may have been somewhat diluted by convenient water points offering the latest sporty hydration products, and shower tents to cool aching muscles at the top of a hill.\nBut the fact remains that, for a day, I can be a hero.\nFor weeks, and in some cases months, in the lead-up to and aftermath of an event, you or I can be a hero. And these events are within the capability of most people; we can don our running shoes and set our sights on an event months (or sometimes years) beyond the here and now, and make our way steadily towards it.\n\u201cI\u2019m not a natural athlete\u201d or \u201cI never did like sport much and it\u2019s too late to start now\u201d, I hear the nay-sayers argue. Well, this is just not an excuse. In 2009, at the age of 77, South African Deidre Larkin began her own running career in response to her frustration with osteoporosis medication that made her feel ill. While the Comrades Marathon might not be on her agenda, she is now a multiple age-group South African and world record-holder. At 85, she still competes in half-marathons. The \u201cgalloping granny\u2019s\u201d response to questions about her prior sporting history? \u201cI had never really been interested, so I began by alternating running and walking three steps.\u201d\nAnd a quick Google search will reveal that Deidre is not alone.\nWhether it\u2019s a 70-plus-year-old climbing Kilimanjaro or a 100-year-old water-skier (for real \u2013 look up Frank Shearer), age need not be a hindrance.\nSo, what does any of this have to do with that self-absorbed 39-year-old standing at the side of a river feeling sorry for himself? I was at the end of a sporting career. Only too aware that most of my competitors were between the ages of 20 and 30, I had just failed (so I thought) in my attempt to win a 10th gold medal (for a top 10 finish) in the Dusi Canoe Marathon. I had smashed my boat and walked the last 18km through what seemed a thorn and stray dog-infested valley to find the organizers packing up. (To their credit, they had sent a chopper to look for me.) Emerging from the dusk, a 19-year-old Sowetan paddler, who had finished 11th and had waited that whole afternoon for me, asked me to compete with him the following year. And so, a new journey began. The following year \u2013 2014 \u2013 we overcame injury and broken equipment during the first day of the race to achieve that 10th gold medal (and Siseko Ntondini\u2019s first).\nYes, that was the end of a journey for me and, yes, I hope I passed on the baton \u2013 Siseko has already achieved his third gold medal and much more. But it was the start of a new journey: the making of the film Beyond the River, which told a fictionalized version of our story; the opportunity to write the book Confluence, which tells the true story; and a demanding public-speaking roadshow. Find the trailer for the movie below and click on the link to find out more about it.\nWe have the climate, the outdoor culture and the events on our doorstep. The challenges are waiting. You will \u201cnever be the same again\u201d.\nNot sure how to stay fit through holiday? Click on the link to find out how easy it can be. Fitness can be yours \u2013 now and beyond.\nTags:athleteBeyond The RiverDusi ChallengeHealthy Livingmarathonmovierowing\nhttps://www.longevitylive.com/anti-aging-beauty/beyond-making-beyond-river\">", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 121, "original_length": 6400, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 247.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.loveyourpostcode.com/property-prices/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:22:59Z", "digest": "sha1:COQ3ASUAKIYXWKYT62XHXHKVBRYQZQ6Z", "length": 1916, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.loveyourpostcode.com", "title": "Marketing price makes all the difference | Love Your Postcode\u2122", "raw_content": "Houses prices in numbers\nProperty prices rose from 2% in June to 2.5%, which is great for sellers, but it\u2019s important to be realistic about what price you\u2019ll be selling for. One of the most overlooked factors when selling your home is ensuring you put your property on the market for what it is actually worth \u2013 not what you think it\u2019s worth.\nA realistic, competitive valuation will serve you well with the current high demand for property. It\u2019ll mean you can move quickly, but ensure you get the right price and are able to afford your next home. Our property experts take many factors into account to ensure you get the most accurate valuation possible.\nDuring the valuation process, the estate agent will look at the evidence of:\nSimilar properties in the area that have recently sold;\nAgreed sales currently on the market;\nProperties on the market that aren\u2019t sold;\nProperties that have been on the market and withdrawn;\nThe number of bedrooms, size of the interior and exterior, the location and the condition of the property.\nProperty A went on market at the same time as another property on an adjacent street. Both properties had exactly the same number of rooms, same amount of floor space, and both had south facing gardens. Property A went on the market for \u00a3300k and Property B for \u00a3325k. Which do you think got more interest?\nYou guessed it \u2013 Property A. It\u2019s going to get more interest because it\u2019s priced accurately. The buzz around the property meant people entered into a bidding war, and it sold for \u00a3330k \u2013 \u00a330k more than the asking price, and \u00a35K more than Property B\u2019s original price. Property B took much longer to sell.\nThis is a clear example of where a lot of people go wrong when selling their property.\nChoose an estate agent who conducts an excellent valuation that will help your property sell for the right price. Call Love Your Postcode on 0800 862 0870 or book a free valuation today.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 117, "original_length": 4715, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 305.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.lowyinstitute.org/about/programs-and-projects/global-issues/page/2", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:25Z", "digest": "sha1:EGDCS3CB7OQIWU7X53JOJZ5DAWFSWDZ2", "length": 17053, "nlines": 103, "source_domain": "www.lowyinstitute.org", "title": "Global Issues | Lowy Institute", "raw_content": "The Global Issues program examines themes that lie at the intersection of global political trends and Australia\u2019s interests, specifically US foreign policy, global migration & multilateral institutions.\nThe program has published ground-breaking papers on diasporas, the provision of consular assistance to Australians overseas, and Australia\u2019s asylum-seeker policy.\nOwen Harries\nLondon: Was it terrorism?\nI'm not surprised to see a debate flaring up over the weekend about whether to call the brutal murder of British Army Drummer Lee Rigby an act of terrorism. See in particular the discussion between Andrew Sullivan and Glenn Greenwald, and this and this. There are arguments on both sides. My\nMonday links: UK, Sweden, Syria, Sahara, Afghanistan, China and more\nThings I did not know: the British Government has no equivalent to our Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet. Sweden joining NATO? The Economist has a helpful guide to Syria's various rebel groups. Related: is Assad winning? Chinese humour explained. Beautiful photos of surely the world's\nReader riposte: More on pro-US media bias\nSinclaire Prowse, a Lowy Institute intern and post-graduate student with the US Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, writes: There is definitely an uneven distortion towards the US in Australian international news coverage, but it is interesting to note that this isn't an issue in\nTwo documentary trailers\nApproved for Adoption tells the story of Jung Henin, a Korean boy adopted by Belgian parents who becomes obsessed with Japanese pop culture. The story is told partly in live action and partly animated, and will screen at this year's Melbourne International Film Festival. The second trailer,\nReader riposte: Pro-American news bias\nRob McKay responds to Sam Roggeveen's post about the Australian media's bias towards American stories: While no doubt there is a cultural bias and it is one of the main drivers for the amount of US news Australia gets, a supply aspect is also at play and the two are connected. Also it comes\nA man, the state and war: The legacy of Kenneth Waltz (1924-2013)\nIan Hall is a Senior Fellow at the Australian National University. Every student of international relations has, at some point, been required to read Kenneth Waltz, who died on 13 May aged 88. He was the preeminent international theorist of the post-war period, a thinker who produced not just one\nThursday links: Coca Cola, Arctic Council, mobility, Russian history more\n'No President of the Fifth Republic has become so unpopular, so fast.' Francois Hollande, one year on. When Americans meet, one of the first questions they ask is 'Where are you from?' That's because Americans move a lot (though not as much as Kiwis, interestingly). Softball Ian Bremmer\nChina and the Arctic: What's the fuss?\nFor a few hours this evening Australian time, media outlets from around the world will zoom in on Kiruna, Sweden's northernmost city of 18,000 inhabitants and host to the Arctic Council ministerial meeting. The foreign ministers of the eight Arctic Council member states \u2013 Canada, Denmark, Finland\nConsular Conundrum: The Swiss solution\nDr Daniel Woker is the former Swiss Ambassador to Australia and now a Senior Lecturer at the University of St Gallen. Gar Pardy, formerly with the Canadian MFA, has just added Canadian solutions to the exchange of best national practices on the growing consular affairs problem. The Lowy\n10 tips for writing op-eds\nThe Lowy Institute has launched its first-ever undergraduate op-ed competition (the deadline is 24 May, so plenty of time to enter; you could win a $500 Westfield voucher), so I thought this would be a good time to reflect on what I think makes a good opinion piece, having written several dozen\nTuesday links: Obama scandals, Kenneth Waltz, budget, Iran and more\nThe famously scandal-free Obama Administration suddenly has two to deal with: one involving the Justice Department obtaining journalists' phone records, and the other about tax authorities targeting the Tea Party. Kenneth Waltz, one of the greats of international relations theory, has died.\nMonday links: Taiwan and China, Syria and Israel, Abenomics and more\nDespite the growth of China's armed forces, the defence of Taiwan is not a lost cause. Abenomics is working, says Matthew Yglesias. As for Shinzo Abe's foreign and security policy, his penchant for being photographed with military hardware is being noted by some critics. Worth bookmarking:\nReader riposte: The Asian Century in one map\nMichael responds to an item in Wednesday's links: I looked at, and liked, the visual representation of the Asian Century, but then thought a bit more, and asked myself two questions: For how long could we have drawn the circle that way? (I imagine the bulk of the world's population has\nSay goodbye to your afternoon\nVia Kottke, a totally addictive game that makes ingenious use of Google Street View to test your world geography knowledge. Geoguessr places you at a random Google Street View location and asks you to take your best guess of where you are by placing a pin on a world map. After five turns, you'\nModernising the world of consular affairs\nGar Pardy was the Director General of the Consular Affairs Bureau in the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs for more than a decade until he retired in 2003. The Lowy Institute's Alex Oliver is one of only two or three researchers and commentators in the world of foreign policy who broadens\nMore on art and politics\nA footnote to the recent exchange between Rodger Shanahan and myself on whether politicians could do their job better if they made art. Take it away, Hollywood director Steven Soderbergh (who made Contagion, above), speaking at the San Francisco International Film Festival last Saturday:\nAfter the MDGs: What's next for Asia?\nLater this month, a high level panel convened by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will deliver its recommendations on what should come after the 2015 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It's no ordinary panel. Co-chaired by UK Prime Minister David Cameron, Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf\nReader riposte: The politician at play\nSteve Weintz comments on our thread about political leaders as recreational painters: The psychological underpinnings of those who attain the 'commanding heights' are always of great interest, and play in all its forms provides a special window into the mind. An anecdote: Churchill also\nThe politician as painter\nSam Roggeveen's post raises an interesting question as to whether George W Bush would have been more inquisitive (and hence made better decisions) if he had taken up painting before his presidency. The argument being that the painter's need to determine perspective is a good grounding for\nMore on George W Bush, artist\nMy piece got a Twitter reaction from Nasya Bahfen, a Senior Lecturer in Journalism at UNSW: Thanks Nasya; extra points for the '90s movie reference. But how about some other artistic depictions of the Bush Administration? Thomas Cole's landscape series, The Course of Empire, perhaps? Or one\nSyria and the chemical weapons norm\nThere's no easier way to demonstrate the appalling standard of online political debate than to cite comment threads: abusive, intolerant, disrespectful, rude, inflammatory etc. That's true, but it's not the whole truth. I give occasional seminars here at the Lowy Institute for groups of public\nMonday links: ASIO, Game of Thrones, Japan, unemployment and more\nAfghanistan: the CIA is delivering bags of cash 'to maintain access to Mr. Karzai and his inner circle'. (Thanks Michael.) A US Congressional Research Service report on global internet freedom. (Thanks Fergus.) US Ambassador to Canberra wants Australians to stop pirating Game of Thrones. (Thanks\nWe stood by the U.S. as it erred grievously in Iraq\nIn an opinion piece in The Australian, Lowy Institute Executive Director Dr Michael Fullilove examines the costs of the war in Iraq to the United States and the implications for the Australia-US alliance\nShining a light on wartime sexual violence\nPaul Madden is the British High Commissioner to Australia. Important issues can sometimes be neglected by the popular media until a celebrity gets involved. So Angelina Jolie's visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, together with British Foreign Secretary William Hague, helped to shine a\nSocial media to the forefront in Boston\nSo unfolded the abhorrent events on the Boston Police Twitter feed today. The feed \u2013 with its updates, instructions and attempts to crowd source \u2014 went out to the Police Department's 110,000 followers. Through Twitter's network effect, many, many more were able to see the Boston\nDeconstructing reconstruction (part II)\nNaima Lynch was a researcher for MSNBC and worked in media and communications in Yemen and Afghanistan. She is currently an intern in the Lowy Institute's West Asia Program. My previous post on The Interpreter unpacked some of the vocabulary used to discuss reconstruction. In that piece I\nFilming Thatcherism\nThe Guardian's film blog has a couple of excellent posts on the impact Thatcher and Thatcherism had on British films. Two films from the late 90s come to my mind as interesting depictions of Thatcherism. Brassed Off (1996) and The Full Monty (1997) both depict life in towns struggling with\nWednesday links: South China Sea, IEA, Bakrie, sequestration and more\nTaiwan and China continue to enhance their presence in the disputed waters of the South China Sea. (Thanks Malcolm.) The International Energy Agency is proposing the biggest change to its direction since it was founded. A week old now, but still worth noting this FT piece about Aburizal\nIn the room with Margaret Thatcher\nSandy Hollway is a former senior public servant and diplomat, and was CEO of the Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. From my time working for Prime Minister Bob Hawke as Chief of Staff and as the head of International Division in the Prime Minister's Department, two memories of\nThatcherism: Up North and Down Under\nA quick addendum to my earlier post. In that piece, the penultimate para is my best go at an objective (or at least as close as I can manage) assessment of the economic legacy of Thatcherism. It's also a classic economist's two-hander. My own personal opinions on Thatcher's legacy have been\nStrong, stubborn, defiant: The Iron Lady indeed\nProfessor Don Markwell is Executive Director of the Menzies Research Centre, and was formerly Warden of Rhodes House, Oxford. As an Australian living in Britain for most of the Thatcher years, I watched at close hand the remarkable performance in foreign affairs, as in economic policy, of this\nThatcherism and economic leadership\nIn the years of economic turbulence that have followed the onset of the global financial crisis, a common lament has been the absence of effective economic leadership and an unwillingness to take tough decisions. The early obituaries and assessments of Margaret Thatcher offer a potent reminder\nThatcher links: Economic legacy, diplomacy, Tories, Falklands and more\nThe facts on Thatcher: 'Poverty, unemployment and crime all increased during Thatcher\u2019s time in office, as did GDP per capita and life expectancy.' Gulf war multilateralism: Thatcher unsuccessfully resisted George HW Bush's attempts to put the UN at the centre of world diplomacy. The 'Yes,\nAid from traditional donors continues to fall\nPhilippa Brant is a Lowy Institute Research Associate. Foreign aid from 'traditional' donors slipped another 4% in real terms in 2012, according to the latest statistics released by the OECD's Development Assistance Committee (DAC). This comes on top of a 2% fall in 2011. The ongoing financial\nReader ripostes: Zombie institutions and Iraq\nBelow, Iraq commentary from Alison Broinowski and Richard Broinowski. But first, Tony Grey responds to Malcolm Cook's post on Zombie-like international institutions: According to Greg Sheridan the Commonwealth is a zombie-like international institution that has no future \u2014 but is it? Since\nConsular services in death spiral as trivial demands increase\nIn an opinion piece in The Australian, Research Fellow Alex Oliver writes that a huge increase in overseas travel by Australians is putting unsustainable pressure on Australia\u2019s consular services. This comes at a time with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is stretched to the\nAustralian Diplomacy\nDocumentary trailer: We Steal Secrets\nJudging by the trailer, We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks is an admirably balanced treatment of the subject. If I have a concern, it's that it sounds like there's a lot of splicing in the audio. Understandable, on one level, since the people who put together these trailers need snappy\nConsular conundrum: the rising demands and diminishing means for assisting Australians overseas\nDemands on Australia\u2019s consular service are becoming increasingly difficult to meet. How can DFAT manage the increased consular workload in a tight fiscal environment, without neglecting Australia\u2019s other foreign policy priorities\nWednesday links: human rights, Iraq, Afghanistan, Japan, ASEAN and more\nOnce again the Vanuatu parliament is in turmoil... (Thanks Danielle.) Stephen Walt: the US lost in Afghanistan 'because it didn't go all-out to win, and it shouldn't have. Indeed, an all-out effort would have been a huge mistake, because the stakes were in fact rather modest.' 'In the past, the\nThe decline of consent in international law\nMarie-Eve Loiselle is a member of the Security Council Analysis Network, a research group focused on the work of the UN Security Council during the period of Australia's membership 2013\u20132014. International scrutiny of the North Korean and Iranian nuclear programs always has a strong legal\nWhaling: Japan does conduct research\nI thank Mr Watson for his response to my recent post. Unfortunately, space doesn't allow me to respond in kind to everything he has said, so in my final response I'll focus on the following: 1. I'll begin by affording Mr Watson the same qualifier he graciously afforded me. That is, he has a\nPope Francis I, economic crusader\nCrispin Rovere has done research on Australia-Holy See relations and is now a PhD candidate at ANU's Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. He recently wrote on Ratzinger the Reformer. The past few weeks have been a persistent break with Vatican tradition. Pope Benedict retired, being the first to\nThe Conclave in the Vatican surprised with its election as Pontiff Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires. Pope Francis represents a number of firsts for the Roman Catholic Church. He is the first Pope from South America, the first non-European in 1200 years, the first Jesuit, and the\nWhy the papal election matters\nWhy should international policy observers care about the election of a new pope? If you're a realist, the answer is not obvious. The Catholic Church, after all, has no divisions. But Dan Drezner offers a realist answer: ...the biggest reason the Pope matters from a power perspective is that,\nWhaling: A sanctuary is a sanctuary\nCaptain Paul Watson is founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Michael Heazle proclaims both Rear Admiral Goldrick and myself to be wrong. That is his right. Like everyone else, he has an opinion and the freedom to express it. His viewpoint is that Sea Shepherd is not upholding\nMovie trailer: No\nSynopsis: After fifteen years of military dictatorship, the public are being asked to vote in the national plebiscite of 1988 on whether General Augusto Pinochet should stay in power or whether there should be an open presidential election a year after. Ren\u00e9 works as part of a team to create\nWhaling: Watson and Goldrick are both wrong\nWhile I certainly support Rear Admiral Goldrick's condemnation of Sea Shepherd's actions in the Antarctic, I do not agree with either his representation of Japan's whaling ambitions or the link he makes between whaling and Japan's territorial tensions with China. Japan's refusal to stop whaling is\nIn defence of the UK Justice and Security Bill\nPaul Madden is the British High Commissioner to Australia. Cynthia Banham's Interpreter article yesterday about the UK's Justice and Security Bill was rather one-sided. It's not an easy policy area. Any liberal democracy wants to uphold justice and the rule of law, but also safeguard our most\nThe Cameron Government's secret courts\nCynthia Banham is a former diplomatic correspondent for Fairfax and a PhD candidate at the ANU. This is part 3 of her series on counter-terrorism after the 9/11 decade. Part 1 here; part 2 here. To get an idea of the level of concern in the UK over the Cameron Government's proposed Justice\nRealism with a Hedley Bull twist\nPrompted by Hugh White's latest Fairfax op-ed, I read DFAT Secretary Peter Varghese's recent AsiaLink speech today. 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The app we will be used to not only showcase our amazing students and staff, but also to send out important information.\nThe attached guides will walk you through how to download and setup the app. There is a guide for iPhones and a guide for Android.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 96, "original_length": 2465, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 221.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.magplus.com/clients/central-state-university/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:26:28Z", "digest": "sha1:A3LARMS2UQZQFDYADBPOUR7W4A3YPJJ4", "length": 200, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.magplus.com", "title": "\ufeff Central State University on iPad | mag+", "raw_content": "Since the university\u2019s founding 127 years ago, Central State has been in the business of transforming lives through higher education. This course view book provides guidance to undergraduate students.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 1199, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 121.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.mapquest.com/us/florida/business-new-port-richey/winn-dixie-4783086", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:29Z", "digest": "sha1:FJIWQETLBZL3LLPLXNM5RAGXHTDU3ZQ7", "length": 1924, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.mapquest.com", "title": "Winn-Dixie 12120 Moon Lake Rd New Port Richey, FL Pharmacies - MapQuest", "raw_content": "Seafood on sale was grossly out of date & (deliberately?) not marked w sale price. Other pricing also wrong in store favor. Mgr didnt care that i was unhappy. Store dirty. In 3 yrs publix has...\nI worked here, Brenda's a cunt, Dave's a asshole and dons the fucking goat. Don't buy meat, seafood, or produce, matter of fact, you really should only buy everything that's already boxed unless...\nP Y.\nThe store is good in some ways. However, the cashiers (some of them) are not very friendly. They bunch up and smush/crush your items even when you ask them not to. So most of the problems seem...\nIrvin G.\nI dont like to bring race into any of the reviews, but this place is one for the books, I walked in and not a single employee talked to me. I said excuse me to one and he seemed to get upset and...\nAwesome store! I am new to this area but I've shopped at a lot of Winn-Dixie stores and this one, by far, is at the top of the list. The store is clean and organized and you never have to look...\nWinn-Dixie Stores, established in 1925, is a food retail company that operates more than 200 stores throughout the United States. The company s stores offer a range of products that includes grocery supplies, dairy items and food products. It operates meat, seafood and deli departments. Its bakery specializes in cakes, pies, cookies and desserts. The company s stores also operate a floral division that offers flower and accessory arrangements for parties and special occasions. In addition, it provides a variety of baby care products, such as diapers, lotions, soaps and ointments. Winn-Dixie Stores additional products include coupons and gift cards. The company operates a pharmacy that provides prescription refills and consultation services. It also conducts fundraising activities and supports nonprofit organizations. Winn-Dixie Stores employs over 55,000 associates and maintains a presence in New Port Richey, Fla.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 58, "original_length": 2858, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 236.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.marist.edu/student-life/services/transportation", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:12Z", "digest": "sha1:QD4OI4WJJJERCXTVFXND37NZ5FFRSJKJ", "length": 2266, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.marist.edu", "title": "Student Services | Transportation - Marist College", "raw_content": "Department Student Activities\nEmail college.activities@marist.edu\nDutchess County Public Transit\nMarist College, Dutchess Community College and the County Loop Bus System have a bus route which provides Marist and DCC students access to many businesses, restaurants, grocery stores as well as the train station and the Residence Inn on a regular basis. The bus runs daily Monday through Sunday. This is part of Marist\u2019s efforts to provide affordable transportation to students to vital local services (train station, grocery stores, galleria mall, etc) and to contribute to the College\u2019s support of sustainability efforts.\nThis route, identified as Route H, is available to all students for FREE by showing their Marist ID card. It also allows you to ride for free on any other county bus which you can access at the Poughkeepsie Transportation Hub located across from the Civic Center on Market Street.\nThe bus can be picked up on Fulton Street (the Starbucks side of the street) directly across from the road access to Beck Place. Drop off is at the same location on the Beck Place side of the street.\nSpecial thanks to the Office of Safety and Security, The County Loop Bus System, members of Student Government for their input and support, and the Student Activities Office.\nZipcars\nZipcars are available to all Marist students 18+, faculty and staff. With our two Zipcars parked in the McCann Recreation Lot, all you have to do is decide where you want to go and when. Zipcars To reserve, you can go on-line, or on your mobile device, 24/7. Low hourly and daily rates include gas, insurance, and 180 miles per day.\nSpecial thanks to Student Affairs, Student Government Association, Campus Sustainability Advisory Committee, Purchasing, Physical Plant and Safety and Security.\nMetro-North station runs commuter trains on the Hudson Line to New York City, as well as Amtrak trains, located at 41 Main St. in downtown Poughkeepsie.\nThe Poughkeepsie train station is a stop on Amtrak's national service. 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The USDA reported that in the first four weeks of 2019 754,609 tonnes of soya beans were ready to be shipped in China, up from only 25,347 tonnes in December.In addition to the ready shipments, on February 5 and 6, the USDA reported sales totaling 3.2 million tonnes of soya beans to China, the majority of which is to be delivered between now and September 1\u2026\nBaltic Index [Finally] Gains on Higher Capesize Demand\nThe Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships transporting dry bulk commodities, snapped its 12-day losing streak on Thursday, powered by a rise in demand for capesize vessels.The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax and supramax shipping vessels, gained 11 points or 1.1 percent - after falling 12 sessions in a row - to 1,020 points.The capesize index marked its first gain in 12 days, rising 7.1 percent, or 67 points, to 1,007 points.\nUS Crude Oil Exports to China Stalled\nThe development that saw no U.S. seaborne exports of crude oil to China in August has continued into September, according to BIMCO. This is despite crude oil not being a part of the \u2018official trade war\u2019.\u201cThe trade war between the U.S. and China is now impacting trade in both tariffed and some un-tariffed goods with both countries looking elsewhere for alternative buyers and sellers,\u201d said Peter Sand, BIMCO\u2019s Chief Shipping Analyst.\u201cTon mile demand generated by total U.S. crude oil exports has risen 17 percent from August to September\u2026\nBoxships Buffeted by Competing Calamities\nOvercapacity, Fleet Supply, Weakened Earnings, Consolidation \u2013 and now \u2013 fears of trade wars fuel further uncertainties for an already unsteady boxship climate. MLPro\u2019s Barry Parker digs in to get to the bottom of all of it.The report season for 2018 Q1 corporate results saw an \u201cearnings miss\u201d (reported earnings below consensus forecasts of analysts) for the bellwether of listed container equities, A.P. Moller (APM), with its largest portfolio holding being Maersk Line. In a media telephone interview\u2026\nBIMCO: Shipping in the Line of Trade War Crossfire\nBIMCO, the world\u2019s largest international shipping association, issued a stern warning today as once again, the already long list of tariffed goods has been made even longer.Many more commodities were hit on 23 August, but September is likely to dwarf it all, as the US has proposed tariffs on goods worth USD 200 billion. According to BIMCO, The tariffed goods\u2019 share of global trade is largely underestimating the overall negative impact of this trade war on globalisation and international shipping.BIMCO\u2019s chief shipping analyst Peter Sand remarked\u2026\nBIMCO: US soya bean exports to China down 97%\nThe trade war and particularly the Chinese tariffs on imports of U.S. soya beans can now clearly be seen with the start of the soya bean peak exporting period in the U.S. In the first eight weeks of the 2018/19 marketing year accumulated U.S. exports are down 39%, from 12.2 million tonnes on 26 October 2017 to 7.5 million tonnes on 25 October 2018.\u201cWhile weekly exports this season have been consistently lower than last season, the week to 18 October marked the single biggest decrease, from 2.5 million tonnes in the corresponding week last year, to just 1.1 million tonnes.\nBaltic Index Hits More Than 3-year High on Strong Capesize Rates\nThe Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, rose to its highest in three-and-a-half years on Friday, boosted by strong capesize rates. The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax, supramax and handysize shipping vessels, rose 32 points, or 2.18 percent, to end at 1,502 points, its highest since March 2014. The capesize index was up 199 points, or 6.75 percent, at 3,147 points, its highest level since November 2014.\nChina, Australia Ports Clogged as Coal, Ore Demand Soars\nAround 300 ships caught in jam that would stretch 40 miles; freight rates for biggest coal, ore carrier hit 3-yr high. More than 300 large dry cargo ships are having to wait outside Chinese and Australian ports in a maritime traffic jam that spotlights bottlenecks in China's huge and global commodity supply chain as demand peaks this winter. With some vessels waiting to load coal and iron ore outside Australian ports for over a month, key charter rates have jumped to their highest in more than three years.\nTrade Wars Clearly Bad for Global Shipping - BIMCO\nOn March 1, 2018, President Trump pushed through a metals tariff plan that puts 25 percent tariff on imports of steel and a 10 percent tariff on imports of aluminium. They are set to enter into force on March 23, 2018. The Trump administration seems positive towards protectionism and that picture became clear when the pro-trade U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s chief economic adviser Gary Cohn resigned on March 6 because of the tariffs imposed on steel and aluminium. Although the tariffs on steel and aluminium are expected to have a limited impact on most international bulk trades\u2026\nBIMCO\u2019s Market Analysis Team launches a graph section, where BIMCO members can get an overview of a specific sector and how the supply side of that sector develops. \u201cWe have structured the data and made it easily available through our website. In this way our members will follow the most recent developments affecting their core interest. This gives them an unbiased and transparent tool for their decision-making process. The goal is to ease the way to rational strategic business decisions,\u201d says BIMCO\u2019s Chief Shipping Analyst Peter Sand.\nBIMCO: Trade War may change Soya Bean Trade Lanes\nSoya bean trade lanes may change due to the ongoing trade war. The shipping of soya beans from the US to China is one of the most significant \u2018one commodity\u2019 cargoes that may become affected by the trade war between the US and China. Soya bean trade lanes will be affected if the Chinese buyers shy away their traditional suppliers because of the extra cost from the proposed tariff on US soya beans. A move that may favour Brazilian ones further, which also hold a higher protein content.\nTrade War All About the Eastbound Transpacific -BIMCO\nWhen two of the world\u2019s top trading partners get entangled in a stand-off, where the outbreak of a trade war could become the extended tool of intense negotiations, BIMCO says we\u2019d better prepare for what may come while hoping that it will never take place.The U.S. is China\u2019s largest trading partner measured by value \u2013 and China is the largest one-country trading partner that the U.S. has.\u201cThe global shipping industry naturally gets concerned when two nations of huge importance to most shipping sectors get in the ring to fight a trade war \u2013 gloves off\u2026\nDry Bulk Fleet Grows as Supply Surges -BIMCO\nAs the dry bulk fleet grew by 2.6 percent year on year in January 2017 it exceeded 800 million DWT. This was due to dry bulk demolition being half of what is was in January 2016, while total dry bulk deliveries reached its highest level since January 2013. In February 2017, fleet growth reached 2.8 percent. If the fleet growth remains above 2 percent, the dry bulk shipping industry cannot rely on global demand to cure the oversupply caused by this fundamental imbalance in the market.\nEconomic Indicators Pointing Up -BIMCO\nThe recent months\u2019 uptick in global indicators, which implies a strengthening in the global economy, is not sufficient for the patient to be discharged yet. The state of the global economy is still uncertain, despite stronger growth dynamics in advanced economies, and not least in China. When the IMF updated its outlook for advanced economies for 2017 and 2018 in January, it was the first time since 2007 that an IMF January update lifted expectations for the present and coming years.\nContainer Shipping: New Networks in Focus\nThe most recent available data show that demand for the container shipping grew by 2.7 percent in 2016. With the supply side growing by only 1.3 percent, this meant that the fundamental market balance improved for the first time since 2011. This development is primarily due to decisive actions by ship owners who sold excess tonnage for demolition. Hopefully, improved earnings will also follow soon. The metric-ton-mile demand side has grown by an average of 3.4 percent annually during 2012-2016. This is a new and lower growth level that has taken some time for the industry to get used to.\n\u2018Vintage\u2019 Converted VLOCs Still Profitable -BIMCO\nWith an average age of 23.8 years, the fleet of very large ore carriers (VLOC) converted from very large crude carriers (VLCC) is vintage compared to the average age of 5.7 years for non-converted ore carriers above 200,000 DWT, according to BIMCO. But despite the huge 18.1 years age gap between converted VLOCs and normal VLOCs, the age itself is not the all-important explanatory factor behind a demolition decision. Naturally safety is a paramount issue, but also the fact that the vessels are still employed on a contract.\nDry Bulk, Tanker Newbuilds on the Rise -BIMCO\nTanker and dry bulk vessel newbuild contracts have been signed at an increasing pace so far in 2017, with newbuild activity for the first half of 2017 surpassing the same period last year by 20 percent. According to BIMCO, 5.9 million DWT was contracted in May 2017 and 3.1 million DWT so far in June 2017, which brings the total amount of newbuild orders up to 19.6 million DWT for 2017. So far for June 2017, 22 tankers have been contracted amounting to a total of 2.6 million DWT. For the crude oil tanker segment, this has been entirely for suezmax ships with 1.9 million DWT ordered.\nBaltic Index Hits near 3-year High\nThe Baltic Exchange's main sea freight index, tracking rates for ships carrying dry bulk commodities, touched a near three-year high on Monday, supported by higher rates across all vessel segments. The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax, supramax and handysize shipping vessels, gained 23 points, or 1.73 percent, at 1,355 points - the highest since Nov. 2014. \"The market has been solely driven forward by the capesize shipping segment this year. Only recently have we seen panamax and handysize climb to profitable freight rates\u2026\nBIMCO: Containership Scrapping Heats Up\ndemolition of containerships almost tripled in the first five months of 2016 in comparison to the same period of 2015. This illustrates the efforts carried out by shipowners to counter the fundamental imbalance between supply and demand under poor container shipping market conditions. However, more needs to be done to lift the charter market. The demolition of capacity in the panamax segment (3-5,999 TEUs), since the start of January 2016 till the year to date, has been especially significant.\nNewbuild Contracts at Lowest Level in 20 Years -BIMCO\nShipyards have become the next victim of the deteriorating conditions in the dry bulk, container and offshore markets as 2016 looks to set the record for the lowest newbuilding contracts in more than 20 years, according to international shipping association Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO). After a decline from 2010 to 2012, shipbuilding had a rebound in 2013 and was expected to level out over the next few years. The reality was a slight decline in 2014 and 2015, but still high levels of contracting measured by compensated gross tonnage (CGT).\nPlunging UK Coal Imports Starts \u2018Concerning Trend\u2019 -BIMCO\nThe main exporters of thermal coal for coal-fired power plants to the U.K. have experienced a heavy decline in seaborne cargo volumes in 2016. This comes as a result of the U.K. starting a concerning trend for the dry bulk shipping industry, by close to doubling its Carbon Price Floor (CPF), says the Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO). Russia, Colombia and the U.S. have been the top coal exporters to the U.K. for the previous three years. The long hauls from the U.S.\nShip Breaking Activity Grows Slowly but Steadily -BIMCO\nGlobal ship demolition activity rose by 16 percent in the first nine months of 2016 in comparison to the same period of 2015, showcasing shipping industry action to counter the imbalance between supply and demand in the market, according to BIMCO. However, diminishing demolition activity from March through July was bad for the recovery of the market. But could the recent increase in August and September be seen as a mild sign of hope? From a broader perspective, a total of 36.2 million DWT was demolished in the first nine months of 2016\u2026\nBig Slowdown for US Coal Exports -BIMCO\nSince Q1 2013, the significance of U.S. coal exports has seen a considerable setback, with 2016 achieving the same levels as 2009. 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Nieto\nJagdev Singh 1,* , Devendra Kumar 2\nand Juan J. Nieto 3,4\nDepartment of Mathematics, Jagan Nath University, Jaipur 303901, India\nDepartment of Mathematics, JECRC University, Jaipur 303905, India\nDepartamento de An\u00e1lise Matem\u00e1tica, Facultade de Matem\u00e1ticas, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela 15782, Spain\nFaculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80203, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia\nThe pivotal proposal of this work is to present a reliable algorithm based on the local fractional homotopy perturbation Sumudu transform technique for solving a local fractional Tricomi equation occurring in fractal transonic flow. The proposed technique provides the results without any transformation of the equation into discrete counterparts or imposing restrictive assumptions and is completely free of round-off errors. The results of the scheme show that the approach is straightforward to apply and computationally very user-friendly and accurate.\nTricomi equation; fractal transonic flow; local fractional derivative; homotopy perturbation method; local fractional Sumudu transform method\nPartial differential equations of mixed type with boundary conditions have played an important role in describing real world problems such as in elementary research conducted by Tricomi [1]. Mixed type partial differential equations [2,3] are used to investigate transonic flow and they produce special boundary value problems, known as Tricomi and Frankl problems [1,4]. Transonic flows include a change from the subsonic to the hypersonic region [4,5] via the sonic curve. Consequently, transonic flows are very attractive phenomena occurring in aeronautics and hydraulics. The familiar mixed type partial differential equation is known as a Tricomi equation, y u x x + u y y = 0 , because of Tricomi, who found this mathematical model, for the function u = u ( x , y ) of two variables x and y. It acts as a basis for the mathematical modelling of the transonic flows, since it is of elliptic and hyperbolic type, where the coefficient y of the second order partial differential coefficient of the required function u = u ( x , y ) with respect to x changes sign. This mathematical equation is also parabolic at the points where y vanishes.\nThe Tricomi equation [1] is a mixed type of linear partial differential equation of the second order, which has been used to narrate the theory of plane transonic flow [6,7,8,9]. The Tricomi equation was used to recount differentiable problems for the theory of plane transonic flow. However, for the fractal theory of plane transonic flow with non-differentiable expressions, the Tricomi equation is not registered to report them. Recently, local fractional calculus [10] was tried for non-differentiable problems, for instance fractal heat conduction [10,11], damped and dissipative wave equations in fractal strings [12], local fractional Laplace equations [13], the Helmholtz equation associated with local fractional derivatives [14], the wave equation on Cantor sets [15], Navier\u2013Stokes equations on Cantor sets [16], local fractional Schr\u00f6dinger equations [17], Korteweg\u2013de Vries equations involving local fractional derivative [18], etc. In recent times, the local fractional model of the Tricomi equation in fractal transonic flows was recommended in the form [19,20]\ny \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + \u03b2 ) \u2202 2 \u03b2 u ( x , y ) \u2202 x 2 \u03b2 + \u2202 2 \u03b2 u ( x , y ) \u2202 y 2 \u03b2 = 0 ,\nwhere the size u ( x , y ) is the non-differentiable function, and the local fractional operator indicates [10]\n\u2202 \u03b2 u ( x , t ) \u2202 t \u03b2 = \u0394 \u03b2 ( u ( x , t ) \u2212 u ( x , t 0 ) ) ( t \u2212 t 0 ) ,\n\u0394 \u03b2 ( u ( x , t ) \u2212 u ( x , t 0 ) ) \u2245 \u0393 ( 1 + \u03b2 ) [ u ( x , t ) \u2212 u ( x , t 0 ) ]\nThe Tricomi equation finds its application in modeling transonic flow [21,22,23]. Inspired and motivated by the ongoing research in this area and wide applications of local fractional differential equations, we propose the local fractional homotopy perturbation Sumudu transform method (LFHPSTM) to solve the local fractional model of the Tricomi equation appearing in fractal transonic flow pertaining to the local fractional derivative boundary value conditions. The LFHPSTM is a conjunction of the classical homotopy perturbation method (HPM) [24,25,26] and the local fractional Sumudu transform technique. The formation of this article is as developed. In Section 2, the local fractional integrals and derivatives are initiated. In Section 3, the local fractional homotopy perturbation Sumudu transform method is proposed. In Section 4, the non-differentiable numerical solutions for local fractional Tricomi equation along the local fractional derivative boundary value conditions are specified. Finally, in Section 5, the conclusions are discussed.\n2. Local Fractional Integrals and Derivatives\nIn this section, we review the basic theory of local fractional calculus, which is applied in this research article.\n([10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20]). For the relation | x \u2212 x 0 | < \u03b4 , when \u03b5 , \u03b4 > 0 and \u03b5 > R , we permit the function f ( x ) \u2208 C \u03b2 ( a , b ) , while\n| f ( x ) \u2212 f ( x 0 ) | < \u03b5 \u03b2 , 0 < \u03b2 \u2264 1 ,\n([10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20]). Consider the interval [a, b] and ( t j , t j + 1 ) , j = 0 , \u2026 , N \u2212 1 , t 0 = a , and t N = b with \u0394 t j = t j + 1 \u2212 t j , \u0394 t = max { \u0394 t 0 , \u0394 t 1 , \u0394 t 2 , \u2026 } a partition of this interval. Then, the local fractional integral of f ( x ) is explained as\nI b a ( \u03b2 ) f ( x ) = 1 \u0393 ( 1 + \u03b2 ) \u222b a b f ( t ) ( d t ) \u03b2 = 1 \u0393 ( 1 + \u03b2 ) lim \u0394 t \u2192 0 \u2211 j = 0 j = N \u2212 1 f ( t j ) ( \u0394 t j ) \u03b2 ,\n([10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20]). Suppose the function f ( x ) fulfill state in Equation (4), then the inverse formula of Equation (5) is defined as follows:\nd \u03b2 f ( x 0 ) d x \u03b2 = D x ( \u03b2 ) f ( x 0 ) = \u0394 \u03b2 ( f ( x ) \u2212 f ( x 0 ) ) ( x \u2212 x 0 ) \u03b2 ,\n\u0394 \u03b2 ( f ( x ) \u2212 f ( x 0 ) ) \u2245 \u0393 ( 1 + \u03b2 ) [ f ( x ) \u2212 f ( x 0 ) ] .\nThe formula of the local fractional derivative, employed in this paper, is given as follows [10]:\nd \u03b2 d x \u03b2 x n \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + n \u03b2 ) = x ( n \u2212 1 ) \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + ( n \u2212 1 ) \u03b2 ) , n \u2208 N .\n3. Local Fractional Sumudu Transform\nThe Sumudu transform was initially proposed and developed by Watugala [27] and some of its important properties were discovered and investigated by Belgacem et al. [28] and Belgacem and Karaballi [29]. Katatbeh and Belgacem [30] employed the Sumudu transform to solve fractional differential equations. Gupta et al. [31] used the Sumudu transform to solve generalized fractional kinetic equations. Belgacem [32] investigated the applications of the Sumudu transform to Bessel functions and equations. Belgacem [33] introduced and analyzed deeper Sumudu properties. Bulut et al. [34] obtained the analytical solutions of some fractional ordinary differential equations by using the Sumudu transform technique. The Sumudu transform method is also coupled with HPM to investigate the fractional biological population model [35]. The local fractional Sumudu transform of a function f ( x ) is first introduced and defined by Srivastava et al. [36] in the following manner:\nL F S \u03b2 { f ( x ) } = F \u03b2 ( z ) = 1 \u0393 ( 1 + \u03b2 ) \u222b 0 \u221e E \u03b2 ( \u2212 z \u2212 \u03b2 x \u03b2 ) f ( x ) z \u03b2 ( d x ) \u03b2 , 0 < \u03b2 \u2264 1\nand the inverse formula is expressed as follows\nL F S \u03b2 \u2212 1 { F \u03b2 ( z ) } = f ( x ) , 0 < \u03b2 \u2264 1 .\n4. Local Fractional Homotopy Perturbation Sumudu Transform Method\nIn order to establish the basic idea of the LFHPSTM, we assume the following linear differential equation with a local fractional derivative\nL \u03b2 u ( x , t ) + R \u03b2 u ( x , t ) = h ( x , t ) ,\nwhere L \u03b2 denotes the linear local fractional differential operator, R \u03b2 is the remaining linear operator and h ( x , t ) is a source term.\nUsing the local Sumudu transform on Equation (11) yields\nU \u03b2 ( x , z ) = u ( x , 0 ) + z \u03b2 u \u03b2 ( x , 0 ) + z 2 \u03b2 u 2 \u03b2 ( x , 0 ) + \u2026 + z ( k \u2212 1 ) \u03b2 u ( k \u2212 1 ) \u03b2 ( x , 0 ) \u2212 z k \u03b2 L F S \u03b2 [ R \u03b2 u ( x , t ) ] + z k \u03b2 L F S \u03b2 [ h ( x , t ) ] .\nApplying the inverse of the local fractional Sumudu transform on Equation (12), we have the following result\nu ( x , t ) = u ( x , 0 ) + t \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + \u03b2 ) u \u03b2 ( x , 0 ) + t 2 \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + 2 \u03b2 ) u 2 \u03b2 ( x , 0 ) + \u2026 + t ( k \u2212 1 ) \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + ( k \u2212 1 ) \u03b2 ) u ( k \u2212 1 ) \u03b2 ( x , 0 ) \u2212 L F S \u03b2 \u2212 1 [ z k \u03b2 L F S \u03b2 [ R \u03b2 u ( x , t ) ] ] + L F S \u03b2 \u2212 1 [ z k \u03b2 L F S \u03b2 [ h ( x , t ) ] ] .\nNow we use the HPM [24,25,26]\nu ( x , t ) = \u2211 n = 0 \u221e p n u n ( x , t ) .\nSubstituting Equation (14) in Equation (13), we get the following result:\n\u2211 n = 0 \u221e p n u n ( x , t ) = u ( x , 0 ) + t \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + \u03b2 ) u \u03b2 ( x , 0 ) + t 2 \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + 2 \u03b2 ) u 2 \u03b2 ( x , 0 ) + \u2026 + t ( k \u2212 1 ) \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + ( k \u2212 1 ) \u03b2 ) u ( k \u2212 1 ) \u03b2 ( x , 0 ) \u2212 p L F S \u03b2 \u2212 1 [ z k \u03b2 L F S \u03b2 [ R \u03b2 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e p n u n ( x , t ) ] ] + L F S \u03b2 \u2212 1 [ z k \u03b2 L F S \u03b2 [ h ( x , t ) ] ] .\nwhich is a mixture of the local fractional Sumudu transform technique and HPM. Comparing the coefficients of like powers of p, we get\np 0 : u 0 ( x , t ) = u ( x , 0 ) + t \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + \u03b2 ) u \u03b2 ( x , 0 ) + t 2 \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + 2 \u03b2 ) u 2 \u03b2 ( x , 0 ) + \u2026 + t ( k \u2212 1 ) \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + ( k \u2212 1 ) \u03b2 ) u ( k \u2212 1 ) \u03b2 u ( x , 0 ) + L F S \u03b2 \u2212 1 [ z k \u03b2 L F S \u03b2 [ h ( x , t ) ] ] , p 1 : u 1 ( x , t ) = \u2212 L F S \u03b1 \u2212 1 [ z k \u03b2 L F S \u03b2 [ R \u03b2 u 0 ( x , t ) ] ] , p 2 : u 2 ( x , t ) = \u2212 L F S \u03b2 \u2212 1 [ z k \u03b2 L F S \u03b2 [ R \u03b2 u 1 ( x , t ) ] ] , \u22ee\nTherefore, the solution of Equation (11) is given by\nu ( x , t ) = lim N \u2192 \u221e \u2211 n = 0 N u n ( x , t )\n5. Nondifferential Solutions for the Local Fractional Tricomi Equation\nIn this section, we present the nondifferential solutions for the Tricomi equation pertaining to the local fractional derivative occurring in fractal transonic flow with local fractional derivative boundary value conditions.\nFirstly, we investigate the following local fractional Tricomi equation\ny \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + \u03b2 ) \u2202 2 \u03b2 u ( x , y ) \u2202 x 2 \u03b2 + \u2202 2 \u03b2 u ( x , y ) \u2202 y 2 \u03b2 = 0\nsubject to the initial-boundary value conditions\nu ( x , 0 ) = 0 , u ( h , l ) = 0 , u ( x , 0 ) = x 2 \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + 2 \u03b2 ) , \u2202 \u03b2 u ( x , 0 ) \u2202 y \u03b2 = 0 .\nApplying the local fractional Sumudu transform on Equation (18), we get\nU \u03b2 ( x , z ) = u ( x , 0 ) + z \u03b2 u \u03b2 ( x , 0 ) + z 2 \u03b2 L F S \u03b2 [ \u2212 y \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + \u03b2 ) \u2202 2 \u03b2 u ( x , y ) \u2202 x 2 \u03b2 ]\nU \u03b2 ( x , z ) = x 2 \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + 2 \u03b2 ) + z 2 \u03b2 L F S \u03b2 [ \u2212 y \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + \u03b2 ) \u2202 2 \u03b2 u ( x , y ) \u2202 x 2 \u03b2 ]\nApplying the inverse local fractional Sumudu transform to Equation (21) gives\nu ( x , y ) = x 2 \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + 2 \u03b2 ) + L F S \u03b2 \u2212 1 [ z 2 \u03b2 L F S \u03b2 [ \u2212 y \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + \u03b2 ) \u2202 2 \u03b2 u ( x , y ) \u2202 x 2 \u03b2 ] ]\nNow using HPM [24,25,26] we get\n\u2211 n = 0 \u221e p n u n ( x , y ) = x 2 \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + 2 \u03b2 ) + p L F S \u03b2 \u2212 1 [ z 2 \u03b2 L F S \u03b2 [ \u2212 y \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + \u03b2 ) \u2202 2 \u03b2 ( \u2211 n = 0 \u221e p n u n ( x , y ) ) \u2202 x 2 \u03b2 ] ]\nComparing the like powers of p, we get the following components of the series solution\np 0 : u 0 ( x , y ) = x 2 \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + 2 \u03b2 ) , p 1 : u 1 ( x , y ) = \u2212 y 3 \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + 3 \u03b2 ) , p 2 : u 2 ( x , y ) = 0 , \u22ee\nFinally, we get the exact solution of Equation (18) with the local fractional derivative boundary value conditions Equation (19), namely\nu ( x , y ) = lim N \u2192 \u221e \u2211 n = 0 N u n ( x , y ) = x 2 \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + 2 \u03b2 ) \u2212 y 3 \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + 3 \u03b2 )\nNext, we study the local fractional Tricomi equation of the form\nand the initial conditions are presented as\nu ( x , 0 ) = x \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + \u03b2 ) , \u2202 \u03b2 u ( x , 0 ) \u2202 y \u03b2 = x \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + \u03b2 ) ,\nApplying the local fractional Sumudu transform to Equation (26), we get\nU \u03b2 ( x , z ) = x \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + \u03b2 ) + z \u03b2 x \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + \u03b2 ) + z 2 \u03b2 L F S \u03b2 [ \u2212 y \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + \u03b2 ) \u2202 2 \u03b2 u ( x , y ) \u2202 x 2 \u03b2 ]\nApplying the inverse local fractional Sumudu transform to Equation (29), we have\nu ( x , y ) = x \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + \u03b2 ) [ 1 + y \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + \u03b2 ) ] + L F S \u03b2 \u2212 1 [ z 2 \u03b2 L F S \u03b2 [ \u2212 y \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + \u03b2 ) \u2202 2 \u03b2 u ( x , y ) \u2202 x 2 \u03b2 ] ]\nNow using HPM [24,25,26], we get\n\u2211 n = 0 \u221e p n u n ( x , y ) = x \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + \u03b2 ) [ 1 + y \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + \u03b2 ) ] + p L F S \u03b2 \u2212 1 [ z 2 \u03b2 L F S \u03b2 [ \u2212 y \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + \u03b2 ) \u2202 2 \u03b2 ( \u2211 n = 0 \u221e p n u n ( x , y ) ) \u2202 x 2 \u03b2 ] ]\nComparing the coefficients of like powers of p provides\np 0 : u 0 ( x , y ) = x \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + \u03b2 ) [ 1 + y \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + \u03b2 ) ] , p 1 : u 1 ( x , y ) = 0 , p 2 : u 2 ( x , y ) = 0 , \u22ee\nHence, we get the exact solution with non-differential term, as follows:\nu ( x , y ) = lim N \u2192 \u221e \u2211 n = 0 N u n ( x , y ) = x \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + \u03b2 ) [ 1 + y \u03b2 \u0393 ( 1 + \u03b2 ) ]\nIn the present paper, the local fractional Tricomi equation with its applications in fractal transonic flow is discussed by using the local fractional homotopy perturbation Sumudu transform technique. 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Palmira, Cuernavaca 62490, Mexico\nUnidad Acad\u00e9mica de Matem\u00e1ticas, Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Guerrero, Av. L\u00e1zaro C\u00e1rdenas S/N, Cd. Universitaria, Chilpancingo 39087, Mexico\nDepartment of Mathematics and Computer Science, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Cankaya University, Ankara 06530, Turkey\nInstitute of Space Sciences, P.O. Box MG-23, Magurele-Bucharest RO-76900, Romania\nCentro Nacional de Investigaci\u00f3n y Desarrollo Tecnol\u00f3gico, Tecnol\u00f3gico Nacional de M\u00e9xico, Interior Internado Palmira S/N, Col. Palmira, Cuernavaca 62490, Mexico\nMathematics Department, King Saud University, Riyadh 12364, Saudi Arabia\nIn this work we obtain analytical solutions for the electrical RLC circuit model defined with Liouville\u2013Caputo, Caputo\u2013Fabrizio and the new fractional derivative based in the Mittag-Leffler function. Numerical simulations of alternative models are presented for evaluating the effectiveness of these representations. Different source terms are considered in the fractional differential equations. The classical behaviors are recovered when the fractional order \u03b1 is equal to 1.\nfractional-order circuits; Liouville\u2013Caputo fractional operator; Caputo\u2013Fabrizio fractional operator; Atangana\u2013Baleanu fractional operator\nIn several works, fractional order operators are used to represent the behavior of electrical circuits; for example, fractional differential models serve to design analog and digital filters of fractional-order, and some works concern the fractional-order description of magnetically-coupled coils or the behavior of circuits and systems with memristors, meminductors or memcapacitors [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16]. These research works address the study of the described electrical systems. These models have been extended to the scope of fractional derivatives using Riemann\u2013Liouville and Liouville\u2013Caputo derivatives with fractional order; however, these two derivatives have a kernel with singularity [17]. Caputo and Fabrizio proposed a novel definition without singular kernel. The resulting fractional operator is based on the exponential function [18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27]; however, the derivative proposed by Caputo and Fabrizio it is not a fractional derivative, its corresponding kernel is local. To solve the problem, Atangana and Baleanu suggested two news derivatives with Mittag-Leffler kernel, these operators in Liouville\u2013Caputo and Riemann\u2013Liouville have non-singular and non-local kernel and preserve the benefits of the Riemann\u2013Liouville, Liouville\u2013Caputo and Caputo\u2013Fabrizio fractional operators [28,29,30,31,32,33].\nThis work aims to represent the fractional electrical RLC circuit with the Liouville\u2013Caputo, Caputo\u2013Fabrizio and the new representation with Mittag-Leffler kernel in the Liouville\u2013Caputo sense, considering different sources terms in order to assess and compare their efficacy to describe a real world problem.\n2. Fractional Derivatives\nThe Liouville\u2013Caputo operator (C) with fractional order is defined for ( \u03b3 > 0 ) as [34]\n0 C D t \u03b1 f ( t ) = 1 \u0393 ( n \u2212 \u03b1 ) \u222b 0 t ( t \u2212 s ) n \u2212 \u03b1 \u2212 1 f ( n ) ( s ) d s .\nThe Laplace transform of (1) has the form\nL [ 0 C D t \u03b1 f ( t ) ] = s \u03b1 F ( s ) \u2212 \u2211 k = 0 n \u2212 1 s \u03b1 \u2212 k \u2212 1 f ( k ) ( 0 ) ,\nwhere n = [ \u211c ( \u03b1 ) ] + 1 . From this expression we have two particular cases\nL [ 0 C D t \u03b1 f ( t ) ] = s \u03b1 F ( s ) \u2212 s \u03b1 \u2212 1 f ( 0 ) 0 < \u03b1 \u2264 1 ,\nL [ 0 C D t \u03b1 f ( t ) ] = s \u03b1 F ( s ) \u2212 s \u03b1 \u2212 1 f ( 0 ) \u2212 s \u03b1 \u2212 2 f \u2032 ( 0 ) 1 < \u03b1 \u2264 2 .\nThe Mittag-Leffler function is defined as\nE \u03b1 , \u03b8 ( t ) = \u2211 m = 0 \u221e t m \u0393 ( \u03b1 m + \u03b8 ) , ( \u03b1 > 0 ) , ( \u03b8 > 0 ) .\nSome common Mittag-Leffler functions are described in [34]\nE 1 / 2 , 1 ( \u00b1 \u03b1 ) = exp ( \u03b1 2 ) [ 1 \u00b1 erfc ( \u03b1 ) ] ,\nE 1 , 1 ( \u00b1 \u03b1 ) = exp ( \u00b1 \u03b1 ) ,\nE 2 , 1 ( \u2212 \u03b1 2 ) = cos ( \u03b1 ) ,\nE 3 , 1 ( \u03b1 ) = 1 2 exp ( \u03b1 1 / 3 ) + 2 exp ( \u2212 ( 1 / 2 ) \u03b1 1 / 3 ) cos 3 2 \u03b1 1 / 3 .\nThe Caputo\u2013Fabrizio fractional operator (CF) is defined as follows [18,19]\n0 C F D t \u03b1 f ( t ) = B ( \u03b1 ) 1 \u2212 \u03b1 \u222b 0 t f \u02d9 ( \u03b8 ) exp \u2212 \u03b1 ( t \u2212 \u03b8 ) 1 \u2212 \u03b1 d \u03b8 ,\nwhere B ( \u03b1 ) is a normalization function such that M ( 0 ) = M ( 1 ) = 1 .\nIf n \u2265 1 and \u03b1 \u2208 [ 0 , 1 ] , CF operator of order ( n + \u03b1 ) is defined by\n0 C F D t ( \u03b1 + n ) f ( t ) = 0 C F D t ( \u03b1 ) ( 0 C F D t ( n ) f ( t ) ) .\nThe Laplace transform of (11) is defined as follows\nL [ 0 C F D t ( \u03b1 + n ) f ( t ) ] = s n + 1 L [ f ( t ) ] \u2212 s n f ( 0 ) \u2212 s n \u2212 1 f \u2032 ( 0 ) \u2026 \u2212 f ( n ) ( 0 ) s + \u03b1 ( 1 \u2212 s ) .\nFrom this expression we have\nL [ 0 C F D t \u03b1 f ( t ) ] = s L [ f ( t ) ] \u2212 f ( 0 ) s + \u03b1 ( 1 \u2212 s ) , n = 0 ,\nL [ 0 C F D t ( \u03b1 + 1 ) f ( t ) ] = s 2 L [ f ( t ) ] \u2212 s f ( 0 ) \u2212 f \u02d9 ( 0 ) s + \u03b1 ( 1 \u2212 s ) , n = 1 .\nThe Atangana\u2013Baleanu fractional operator in Liouville\u2013Caputo sense (ABC) is defined as follows [28,29,30,31,32,33]\na A B C D t \u03b1 f ( t ) = B ( \u03b1 ) 1 \u2212 \u03b1 \u222b a t f \u02d9 ( \u03b8 ) E \u03b1 \u2212 \u03b1 ( t \u2212 \u03b8 ) \u03b1 1 \u2212 \u03b1 d \u03b8 ,\nwhere B ( \u03b1 ) has the same properties as in the above case.\nL [ a A B C D t \u03b1 f ( t ) ] ( s ) = B ( \u03b1 ) 1 \u2212 \u03b1 L \u222b a t f \u02d9 ( \u03b8 ) E \u03b1 \u2212 \u03b1 ( t \u2212 \u03b8 ) \u03b1 1 \u2212 \u03b1 d \u03b8 = B ( \u03b1 ) 1 \u2212 \u03b1 s \u03b1 L [ f ( t ) ] ( s ) \u2212 s \u03b1 \u2212 1 f ( 0 ) s \u03b1 + \u03b1 1 \u2212 \u03b1 .\nAtangana and Baleanu also suggest another fractional derivative in Riemann\u2013Liouville sense (ABR) [28,29,30,31,32,33]:\na A B R D t \u03b1 f ( t ) = B ( \u03b1 ) 1 \u2212 \u03b1 d d t \u222b b t f ( \u03b8 ) E \u03b1 \u2212 \u03b1 ( t \u2212 \u03b8 ) \u03b1 1 \u2212 \u03b1 d \u03b8 ,\nwhere B ( \u03b1 ) is a normalization function as in the previous definition.\nL [ a A B R D t \u03b1 f ( t ) ] ( s ) = B ( \u03b1 ) 1 \u2212 \u03b1 L d d t \u222b a t f ( \u03b8 ) E \u03b1 \u2212 \u03b1 ( t \u2212 \u03b8 ) \u03b1 1 \u2212 \u03b1 d \u03b8 = B ( \u03b1 ) 1 \u2212 \u03b1 s \u03b1 L [ f ( t ) ] ( s ) s \u03b1 + \u03b1 1 \u2212 \u03b1 .\n3. RLC Electrical Circuit\nIn this work, an auxiliary parameter \u03c3 was introduced with the finality to preserve the dimensionality of the temporal operator [14]\nd d t \u2192 1 \u03c3 1 \u2212 \u03b1 \u00b7 D t \u03b1 , \u03bd \u2212 1 < \u03b1 \u2264 \u03bd , \u03bd = 1 , 2 , 3 , \u2026\nd 2 d t 2 \u2192 1 \u03c3 2 ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) \u00b7 D t 2 \u03b1 , \u03bd \u2212 1 < \u03b1 \u2264 \u03bd , \u03bd = 1 , 2 , 3 , \u2026\nwhere \u03c3 has the dimension of seconds. This parameter is associated with the temporal components of the system [14], when \u03b1 = 1 the expressions (19) and (20) are recovered in the traditional sense. Applying Kirchhoff\u2019s laws, the equation of the RLC circuit represented in Figure 1 is given by\nD t 2 I ( t ) + R L D t I ( t ) + 1 L C I ( t ) = 1 L E ( t ) ,\nwhere L is the inductance, R is the resistance and the source voltage is E ( t ) .\n3.1. RLC Electrical Circuit via Liouville\u2013Caputo Fractional Operator\nConsidering (19) and (20), the fractional equation corresponding to (21) in the Liouville\u2013Caputo sense is given by:\n0 C D t 2 \u03b1 I ( t ) + A 0 C D t \u03b1 I ( t ) = B C E ( t ) \u2212 B I ( t ) , 0 < \u03b1 \u2264 1 ,\nwhere A = R L \u03c3 1 \u2212 \u03b1 and B = \u03c3 2 ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) L C . Now we obtain the analytical solution of Equation (22) considering different source terms E ( t ) .\nUnit step source, E ( t ) = u ( t , I ( 0 ) = I 0 , ( I 0 > 0 ) , I \u02d9 ( 0 ) = 0 , (22) is defined as follows\n0 C D t 2 \u03b1 I ( t ) + A 0 C D t \u03b1 I ( t ) = B C u ( t ) \u2212 B I ( t ) .\nApplying the Laplace transform (12) to (23), we have\nI \u02dc ( s ) = s 2 \u03b1 \u2212 1 I 0 + A s \u03b1 \u2212 1 I 0 + B C ( 1 / s ) s 2 + A s \u03b1 + B .\nTaking the inverse Laplace transform of (24), we obtain:\nI ( t ) = I 0 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e \u2211 k = 0 \u221e ( \u2212 B ) n ( \u2212 A ) k n + k k \u0393 ( \u03b1 k + 2 \u03b1 ( n + 1 ) \u2212 2 \u03b1 + 1 ) \u00b7 \u03c4 \u03b1 ( k + 2 n ) + A I 0 t \u03b1 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e \u2211 k = 0 \u221e ( \u2212 B ) n ( \u2212 A ) k n + k k \u0393 ( \u03b1 k + 2 \u03b1 ( n + 1 ) \u2212 2 \u03b1 + 1 ) \u00b7 \u03c4 \u03b1 ( k + 2 n ) + B C \u0393 ( \u03b1 + 1 ) \u222b 0 t ( t \u2212 \u03c4 ) \u03b1 \u03c4 \u03b1 \u2212 1 \u00b7 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e \u2211 k = 0 \u221e ( \u2212 B ) n ( \u2212 A ) k n + k k \u0393 ( \u03b1 k + 2 \u03b1 ( n + 1 ) \u2212 \u03b1 + 1 ) \u00b7 \u03c4 \u03b1 ( k + 2 n ) .\nExponential source, E ( t ) = e \u2212 a t , I ( 0 ) = I 0 , ( I 0 > 0 ) , I \u02d9 ( 0 ) = 0 , (22) is defined as follows\n0 C D t 2 \u03b1 I ( t ) + A 0 C D t \u03b1 I ( t ) = B C e \u2212 a t \u2212 B I ( t ) .\nApplying the Laplace transform (12) to (26), the expression for the current is\nI \u02dc ( s ) = s 2 \u03b1 \u2212 1 I 0 + A s \u03b1 \u2212 1 I 0 + B C ( 1 / s + c ) s 2 + A s \u03b1 + B .\nTaking the inverse Laplace transform to (27), the analytical solution is:\nI ( t ) = B C \u222b 0 t \u03c4 \u03b1 \u2212 1 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e \u2211 k = 0 \u221e ( \u2212 B ) n ( \u2212 A ) k n + k k \u0393 ( \u03b1 k + 2 \u03b1 ( n + 1 ) \u2212 \u03b1 ) \u00b7 \u03c4 \u03b1 ( k + 2 n ) \u00b7 E \u03b1 , 1 ( \u2212 c ( t \u2212 \u03c4 ) ) d \u03c4 + I 0 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e \u2211 k = 0 \u221e ( \u2212 B ) n ( \u2212 A ) k n + k k \u0393 ( \u03b1 k + 2 \u03b1 ( n + 1 ) \u2212 2 \u03b1 + 1 ) \u00b7 \u03c4 \u03b1 ( k + 2 n ) + A I 0 t \u03b1 \u00b7 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e \u2211 k = 0 \u221e ( \u2212 B ) n ( \u2212 A ) k n + k k \u0393 ( \u03b1 k + 2 \u03b1 ( n + 1 ) \u2212 \u03b1 + 1 ) \u00b7 \u03c4 \u03b1 ( k + 2 n ) .\nPeriodic source, E ( t ) = sin ( \u03c6 t ) , I ( 0 ) = I 0 , ( I 0 > 0 ) , I \u02d9 ( 0 ) = 0 , (32) is defined as follows\n0 C D t 2 \u03b1 I ( t ) + A 0 C D t \u03b1 I ( t ) = B C sin ( \u03c6 t ) \u2212 B I ( t ) .\nI \u02dc ( s ) = B C s 2 \u03b1 + A s \u03b1 + B \u00b7 \u03c6 s 2 + \u03c6 2 + I 0 s 2 \u03b1 \u2212 1 s 2 \u03b1 + A s \u03b1 + B + A I 0 s \u03b1 \u2212 1 s 2 \u03b1 + A s \u03b1 + B .\nI ( t ) = B C \u222b 0 t \u03c4 \u03b1 \u2212 1 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e \u2211 k = 0 \u221e ( \u2212 B ) n ( \u2212 A ) k n + k k \u0393 ( \u03b1 k + 2 \u03b1 ( n + 1 ) \u2212 \u03b1 ) \u00b7 \u03c4 \u03b1 ( k + 2 n ) \u00b7 sin ( \u03c6 ( t \u2212 \u03c4 ) ) d \u03c4 + I 0 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e \u2211 k = 0 \u221e ( \u2212 B ) n ( \u2212 A ) k n + k k \u0393 ( \u03b1 k + 2 \u03b1 ( n + 1 ) \u2212 2 \u03b1 + 1 ) \u00b7 \u03c4 \u03b1 ( k + 2 n ) + A I 0 t \u03b1 \u00b7 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e \u2211 k = 0 \u221e ( \u2212 B ) n ( \u2212 A ) k n + k k \u0393 ( \u03b1 k + 2 \u03b1 ( n + 1 ) \u2212 \u03b1 + 1 ) \u00b7 \u03c4 \u03b1 ( k + 2 n ) .\n3.2. RLC Electrical Circuit via Caputo\u2013Fabrizio Fractional Operator\nConsidering (19) and (20), the fractional equation corresponding to (21) in the Caputo\u2013Fabrizio sense is given by:\n0 C F D t 2 \u03b1 I ( t ) + A 0 C F D t \u03b1 I ( t ) = B C E ( t ) \u2212 B I ( t ) , 0 < \u03b1 \u2264 1 ,\nwe obtain the analytical solutions of Equation (32) considering different source terms.\nUnit step source, E ( t ) = u ( t ) , I ( 0 ) = I 0 , ( I 0 > 0 ) , I \u02d9 ( 0 ) = 0 , (32) is defined as follows\n0 C F D t 2 \u03b1 I ( t ) + A 0 C F D t \u03b1 I ( t ) = B C u ( t ) \u2212 B I ( t ) .\nApplying the Laplace transform (12) to (33), the expression for the current is:\nI \u02dc ( s ) = s I 0 s 2 K + s L + M + A I 0 ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) s s 2 K + s L + M + A I 0 \u03b1 s 2 K + s L + M + s ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) 2 B C s 2 K + s L + M + 2 \u03b1 ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) B C s 2 K + s L + M + B C \u03b1 2 s 2 K + s L + M \u00b7 1 s .\nTaking the inverse Laplace transform of (34), we obtain the following solution:\nI ( t ) = [ I 0 + A I 0 ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) ] \u00b7 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e \u2211 k = 0 \u221e ( \u2212 M ) n ( \u2212 L ) k n + k k \u0393 ( \u03b1 K + 2 \u03b1 ( n + 1 ) \u2212 1 ) \u00b7 \u03c4 ( k + 2 n ) + [ A I 0 \u03b1 + 2 \u03b1 ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) B C ] t \u00b7 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e \u2211 k = 0 \u221e ( \u2212 M ) n ( \u2212 L ) k n + k k \u0393 ( \u03b1 K + 2 \u03b1 ( n + 1 ) ) \u00b7 \u03c4 ( k + 2 n ) + ( B C ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) 2 ) \u00b7 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e \u2211 k = 0 \u221e ( \u2212 M ) n ( \u2212 L ) k n + k k \u0393 ( \u03b1 K + 2 \u03b1 ( n + 1 ) \u2212 1 ) \u00b7 \u03c4 ( k + 2 n ) + B C \u03b1 2 \u222b 0 t ( t \u2212 \u03c4 ) \u00b7 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e \u2211 k = 0 \u221e ( \u2212 M ) n ( \u2212 L ) k n + k k \u0393 ( \u03b1 K + 2 \u03b1 ( n + 1 ) \u2212 1 ) \u00b7 ( t \u2212 \u03c4 ) ( k + 2 n ) d \u03c4 ,\nM = \u03b1 2 B , K = 1 + A ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) + B \u2212 2 \u03b1 B + \u03b1 2 B , L = A \u03b1 + 2 \u03b1 B \u2212 2 \u03b1 2 B .\n0 C F D t 2 \u03b1 I ( t ) + A 0 C F D t \u03b1 I ( t ) = B C e \u2212 a t \u2212 B I ( t ) .\nI \u02dc ( s ) = s I 0 s 2 K + s L + M + A I 0 ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) s s 2 K + s L + M + A I 0 \u03b1 s 2 K + s L + M + s ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) 2 B C s 2 K + s L + M + B C ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) 2 s 2 s 2 K + s L + M \u00b7 1 s + a + 2 \u03b1 ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) s s 2 K + s L + M \u00b7 B C s + a + B C ( \u03b1 ) 2 s 2 K + s L + M \u00b7 1 s + a .\nI ( t ) = [ I 0 + A I 0 ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) ] \u00b7 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e \u2211 k = 0 \u221e ( \u2212 M ) n ( \u2212 L ) k n + k k \u0393 ( K + 2 \u03b1 ( n + 1 ) \u2212 1 ) \u00b7 \u03c4 ( k + 2 n ) + ( A I 0 \u03b1 ) t \u00b7 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e \u2211 k = 0 \u221e ( \u2212 M ) n ( \u2212 L ) k n + k k \u0393 ( K + 2 \u03b1 ( n + 1 ) ) \u00b7 \u03c4 k + 2 n + B C ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) 2 \u00b7 \u222b 0 t ( t \u2212 \u03c4 ) \u2212 1 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e \u2211 k = 0 \u221e ( \u2212 M ) n ( \u2212 L ) k n + k k \u0393 ( K + 2 \u03b1 ( n + 1 ) \u2212 2 ) \u00b7 ( t \u2212 \u03c4 ) ( k + 2 n ) \u00b7 E \u03b1 , 1 ( \u2212 a \u03c4 ) d \u03c4 + 2 B C \u03b1 ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) \u222b 0 t ( t \u2212 \u03c4 ) \u00b7 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e \u2211 k = 0 \u221e ( \u2212 M ) n ( \u2212 L ) k n + k k \u0393 ( K + 2 \u03b1 ( n + 1 ) ) \u00b7 ( t \u2212 \u03c4 ) ( k + 2 n ) \u00b7 E \u03b1 , 1 ( \u2212 a \u03c4 ) d \u03c4 ,\nwhere M, K and L are given by (36).\n0 C F D t 2 \u03b1 I ( t ) + A 0 C F D t \u03b1 I ( t ) = B C sin ( \u03c6 t ) \u2212 B I ( t ) .\nI \u02dc ( s ) = s I 0 s 2 K + s L + M + A I 0 ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) s s 2 K + s L + M + A I 0 \u03b1 s 2 K + s L + M + s ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) 2 B C s 2 K + s L + M + B C ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) 2 s 2 s 2 K + s L + M \u00b7 \u03c6 s 2 + \u03c6 + 2 \u03b1 ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) s s 2 K + s L + M \u00b7 B C \u03c6 s 2 + \u03c6 + B C ( \u03b1 ) 2 s 2 K + s L + M \u00b7 \u03c6 s 2 + \u03c6 .\nI ( t ) = [ I 0 + A I 0 ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) ] \u00b7 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e \u2211 k = 0 \u221e ( \u2212 M ) n ( \u2212 L ) k n + k k \u0393 ( K + 2 \u03b1 ( n + 1 ) \u2212 1 ) \u00b7 \u03c4 ( k + 2 n ) + ( A I 0 \u03b1 ) t \u00b7 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e \u2211 k = 0 \u221e ( \u2212 M ) n ( \u2212 L ) k n + k k \u0393 ( K + 2 \u03b1 ( n + 1 ) ) \u00b7 \u03c4 k + 2 n + B C ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) 2 \u00b7 \u222b 0 t ( t \u2212 \u03c4 ) \u2212 1 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e \u2211 k = 0 \u221e ( \u2212 M ) n ( \u2212 L ) k n + k k \u0393 ( K + 2 \u03b1 ( n + 1 ) \u2212 2 ) \u00b7 ( t \u2212 \u03c4 ) ( k + 2 n ) \u00b7 sin ( \u03c6 ( t \u2212 \u03c4 ) ) d \u03c4 + 2 B C \u03b1 ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) \u222b 0 t ( t \u2212 \u03c4 ) \u00b7 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e \u2211 k = 0 \u221e ( \u2212 M ) n ( \u2212 L ) k n + k k \u0393 ( K + 2 \u03b1 ( n + 1 ) ) \u00b7 ( t \u2212 \u03c4 ) ( k + 2 n ) \u00b7 sin ( \u03c6 ( t \u2212 \u03c4 ) ) d \u03c4 ,\n3.3. RLC Electrical Circuit Involving the Fractional Operator with Mittag-Leffler Kernel\nConsidering (19) and (20), the fractional equation corresponding to (21) via the fractional operator with Mittag-Leffler kernel is given by\n0 A B C D t 2 \u03b1 I ( t ) + A 0 A B C D t \u03b1 I ( t ) = B C E ( t ) \u2212 B I ( t ) , 0 < \u03b1 \u2264 1 ,\nwe obtain the analytical solutions of (43) considering different source terms.\nUnit step source, E ( t ) = u ( t ) , I ( 0 ) = I 0 , ( I 0 > 0 ) , I \u02d9 ( 0 ) = 0 , (43) is defined as follows:\n0 A B C D t 2 \u03b1 I ( t ) + A 0 A B C D t \u03b1 I ( t ) = B C u ( t ) \u2212 B I ( t ) .\nI \u02dc ( s ) = B \u00b7 ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) s 2 \u03b1 \u2212 1 s 2 \u03b1 K + s \u03b1 L + M + 2 \u03b1 ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) s \u03b1 \u2212 1 s 2 \u03b1 K + s \u03b1 L + M + \u03b1 2 s 2 \u03b1 K + s \u03b1 L + M \u00b7 1 s + B ( \u03b1 ) 2 \u00b7 s 2 \u03b1 \u2212 1 I 0 s 2 \u03b1 K + s \u03b1 L + M + A B ( \u03b1 ) I 0 \u00b7 s \u03b1 \u2212 1 ( s \u03b1 ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) + \u03b1 ) s 2 \u03b1 K + s \u03b1 L + M .\nTaking the inverse Laplace transform of (45), the solution is:\nI ( t ) = B ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) + B ( \u03b1 ) 2 I 0 K + A B ( \u03b1 ) 2 I 0 ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) K \u00b7 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e \u2211 k = 0 \u221e ( \u2212 C ) n ( \u2212 H ) k n + k k \u0393 [ k \u03b1 + ( n + 1 ) 2 \u03b1 \u2212 2 \u03b1 + 1 ] t \u03b1 ( k + 2 n ) + t \u03b1 \u00b7 2 \u03b1 ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) + A B ( \u03b1 ) I 0 \u03b1 K \u00b7 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e \u2211 k = 0 \u221e ( \u2212 C ) n ( \u2212 H ) k n + k k \u0393 [ k \u03b1 + ( n + 1 ) 2 \u03b1 \u2212 2 \u03b1 + 1 ] t \u03b1 ( k + 2 n ) + \u03b1 2 K \u222b 0 t \u03c4 2 \u03b1 ( n + 1 ) \u2212 1 \u00b7 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e \u2211 k = 0 \u221e ( \u2212 C ) n ( \u2212 H ) k n + k k \u0393 [ k \u03b1 + ( n + 1 ) 2 \u03b1 ] \u03c4 k \u03b1 d \u03c4 ,\nK = B ( \u03b1 ) 2 + A B ( \u03b1 ) ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) + D ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) 2 , L = A B ( \u03b1 ) + 2 D ( \u03b1 ) ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) , M = D ( \u03b1 ) 2 , C = M K , H = L K .\nExponential source, E ( t ) = e \u2212 a t , I ( 0 ) = I 0 , ( I 0 > 0 ) , I \u02d9 ( 0 ) = 0 , (43) is defined as follows:\n0 A B C D t 2 \u03b1 I ( t ) + A 0 A B C D t \u03b1 I ( t ) = B C e \u2212 a t \u2212 B I ( t ) .\nI \u02dc ( s ) = B \u00b7 1 s + a \u00b7 ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) s 2 \u03b1 \u2212 1 s 2 \u03b1 K + s \u03b1 L + M + 2 \u03b1 ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) s \u03b1 s 2 \u03b1 K + s \u03b1 L + M + \u03b1 2 s 2 \u03b1 K + s \u03b1 L + M + B ( \u03b1 ) 2 s 2 \u03b1 \u2212 1 I 0 s 2 \u03b1 K + s \u03b1 L + M + A B ( \u03b1 ) I 0 s \u03b1 \u2212 1 ( s \u03b1 ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) + \u03b1 ) s 2 \u03b1 K + s \u03b1 L + M .\nTaking the inverse Laplace transform to (49), the solution is:\nI ( t ) = B ( \u03b1 ) 2 I 0 K + A B ( \u03b1 ) I 0 ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) K \u00b7 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e \u2211 k = 0 \u221e ( \u2212 C ) n ( \u2212 H ) k n + k k \u0393 [ k \u03b1 + ( n + 1 ) 2 \u03b1 \u2212 2 \u03b1 + 1 ] t \u03b1 ( k + 2 n ) + A B ( \u03b1 ) I 0 ( \u03b1 ) K t \u03b1 \u00b7 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e \u2211 k = 0 \u221e ( \u2212 C ) n ( \u2212 H ) k n + k k \u0393 [ k \u03b1 + ( n + 1 ) 2 \u03b1 \u2212 2 \u03b1 + 1 ] t \u03b1 ( k + 2 n ) + 2 B \u03b1 ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) K \u222b 0 t E \u03b1 , \u03b1 ( \u2212 a ( t \u2212 \u03c4 ) ) \u03c4 \u03b1 \u2212 1 \u00b7 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e \u2211 k = 0 \u221e ( \u2212 C ) n ( \u2212 H ) k n + k k \u0393 [ k \u03b1 + ( n + 1 ) 2 \u03b1 ] \u03c4 \u03b1 ( k + 2 n ) d \u03c4 + B ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) K \u222b 0 t E \u03b1 , \u03b1 ( \u2212 a ( t \u2212 \u03c4 ) ) \u03c4 \u2212 1 \u00b7 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e \u2211 k = 0 \u221e ( \u2212 C ) n ( \u2212 H ) k n + k k \u0393 [ k \u03b1 + ( n + 1 ) 2 \u03b1 ] \u03c4 \u03b1 ( k + 2 n ) d \u03c4 + B ( \u03b1 ) 2 K \u222b 0 t E \u03b1 , \u03b1 ( \u2212 a ( t \u2212 \u03c4 ) ) \u03c4 2 \u03b1 ( n + 1 ) \u2212 1 \u00b7 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e \u2211 k = 0 \u221e ( \u2212 C ) n ( \u2212 H ) k n + k k \u0393 [ k \u03b1 + ( n + 1 ) 2 \u03b1 ] \u03c4 k \u03b1 d \u03c4 ,\nwhere K , L , M , C and H are given by (47).\nPeriodic source, E ( t ) = sin ( \u03c6 t ) , I ( 0 ) = I 0 , ( I 0 > 0 ) , I \u02d9 ( 0 ) = 0 , (43) is defined as follows:\n0 A B C D t 2 \u03b1 I ( t ) + A 0 A B C D t \u03b1 I ( t ) = B C sin ( \u03c6 t ) \u2212 B I ( t ) .\nI \u02dc ( s ) = s 2 \u03b1 ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) 2 + 2 \u03b1 ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) s \u03b1 + \u03b1 2 s 2 \u03b1 K + s \u03b1 L + M \u00b7 \u03c6 s 2 + \u03c6 2 + B ( \u03b1 ) 2 \u00b7 s 2 \u03b1 \u2212 1 I 0 s 2 \u03b1 K + s \u03b1 L + M + A B ( \u03b1 ) \u00b7 s \u03b1 \u2212 1 I 0 ( s \u03b1 ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) + \u03b1 ) s 2 \u03b1 K + s \u03b1 L + M .\nI ( t ) = ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) 2 K \u00b7 \u222b 0 t sin ( \u03c6 ( t \u2212 \u03c4 ) ) \u03c4 \u03b1 \u2212 1 \u00b7 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e \u2211 k = 0 \u221e ( \u2212 C ) n ( \u2212 H ) k n + k k \u0393 [ k \u03b1 + ( n + 1 ) 2 \u03b1 \u2212 2 \u03b1 + 1 ] t \u03b1 ( k + 2 n ) d \u03c4 + 2 \u03b1 ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) K \u00b7 \u222b 0 t sin ( \u03c6 ( t \u2212 \u03c4 ) ) \u03c4 \u2212 1 \u00b7 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e \u2211 k = 0 \u221e ( \u2212 C ) n ( \u2212 H ) k n + k k \u0393 [ k \u03b1 + ( n + 1 ) 2 \u03b1 \u2212 2 \u03b1 + 1 ] t \u03b1 ( k + 2 n ) d \u03c4 + \u03b1 2 K \u00b7 \u222b 0 t sin ( \u03c6 ( t \u2212 \u03c4 ) ) \u03c4 2 \u03b1 ( n + 1 ) \u2212 1 \u00b7 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e \u2211 k = 0 \u221e ( \u2212 C ) n ( \u2212 H ) k n + k k \u0393 [ k \u03b1 + ( n + 1 ) 2 \u03b1 \u2212 2 \u03b1 + 1 ] t k \u03b1 d \u03c4 + B ( \u03b1 ) 2 I 0 K + A B ( \u03b1 ) I 0 ( 1 \u2212 \u03b1 ) K + A B ( \u03b1 ) I 0 \u03b1 K t \u03b1 \u00b7 \u2211 n = 0 \u221e \u2211 k = 0 \u221e ( \u2212 C ) n ( \u2212 H ) k n + k k \u0393 [ k \u03b1 + ( n + 1 ) 2 \u03b1 \u2212 2 \u03b1 + 1 ] t \u03b1 ( k + 2 n ) ,\nConsider the electrical circuit RLC with R = 100 \u03a9, L = 10 H, C = 0.1 F and V ( 0 ) = 10 V. Figure 2, Figure 3 and Figure 4 show numerical simulations for the current in the inductor, for different particular cases of \u03b1 using the Liouville\u2013Caputo, Caputo\u2013Fabrizio and the Atangana\u2013Baleanu\u2013Caputo fractional operator, respectively.\nIn the present paper, analytical solutions of the electrical RLC circuit using the Liouville\u2013Caputo, Caputo\u2013Fabrizio and the Atangana\u2013Baleanu\u2013Caputo fractional operators were presented. The solutions obtained preserve the dimensionality of the studied system for any value of the exponent of the fractional derivative.\nWe can conclude that the decreasing value of \u03b1 provides an attenuation of the amplitudes of the oscillations, the system increases its \u201cdamping capacity\u201d and the current changes due to the order derivative (causing irreversible dissipative effects such as ohmic friction), the response of the system evolves from an under-damped behavior into an over-damped behavior. The fractional differentiation with respect to the time represents a non-local effect of dissipation of energy (internal friction) represented by the fractional order \u03b1. The electrical circuit RLC exhibits fractality in time to different scales and shows the existence of heterogeneities in the electrical components (resistance, capacitance and inductance). Due to the physical process involved (i.e., magnetic hysteresis), these components can present signs of nonlinear phenomena and non-locality in time, it is clear that the approximate solutions continuously depend on the time-fractional derivative \u03b1. In the classical case, where \u03b1 = 1 , due to the absence of damping, the amplitude is maintained and the system displays the Markovian nature.\nFor the Liouville\u2013Caputo fractional operator the solutions incorporate and describe long term memory effects (attenuation or dissipation), these effects are related to an algebraic decay related to the Mittag-Leffler function. However, this fractional operator involves a kernel with singularity. The Caputo\u2013Fabrizio fractional operator is based on the exponential function; thus, the used kernel is local and may not be able to portray more accurately some systems. Nevertheless, due to their properties, some researchers have concluded that this operator can be viewed as a filter regulator [28]. Atangana and Baleanu presented a fractional derivative with Mittag-Leffler kernel. This derivative is the average of the given function and its Riemann\u2013Liouville fractional integral. The Figures show that the system presents dissipative effects that correspond to the nonlinear situation of the physical process (realistic behavior that is non-local in time). Furthermore, the Figures show that the Liouville\u2013Caputo fractional derivative is more affected by the past compared with the new fractional operator based on the Mittag-Leffler function which shows a rapid stabilization. Finally, the Caputo\u2013Fabrizio approach is a particular case of the representation obtained using the fractional operator with thw Mittag-Leffler kernel in the Liouville\u2013Caputo sense.\nThis methodology can be applied in the analysis of electromagnetic transients problems in electrical systems, machine windings, modeling of surface discharge in electrical equipment, transmission lines, power electronics, underground cables or partial discharge in insulation systems and control theory.\nThe authors appreciate the constructive remarks and suggestions of the anonymous referees that helped to improve the paper. We would like to thank to Mayra Mart\u00ednez for the interesting discussions. Jos\u00e9 Francisco G\u00f3mez-Aguilar acknowledges the support provided by CONACYT: c\u00e1tedras CONACYT para jovenes investigadores 2014. 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Numerical simulation for RLC electrical circuit via Caputo\u2013Fabrizio fractional operator, in (a) Equation (35), corresponding to unit step source; in (b) Equation (39), corresponding to exponential source; in (c) Equation (42), corresponding to periodic source; for all figures I ( t ) is measured at Amperes and t is measured at seconds.\nFigure 4. 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Milacron is backed by its private equity investor CCMP Capital Advisors.\nAccording to the press release announcing the news, the transformative transaction will create a rapidly growing company with world-class capabilities across five businesses: Milacron (plastics machinery), Mold-Masters (hot runners), DME (mould base technologies), Aftermarket (parts and service) and Cimcool Fluid Technology (metalworking fluids and services). This structure will continue following the transaction.\nThe press release goes on to say that the combined entity will \"provide its customers with market-leading technologies, superb global engineering and R&D leadership\". It adds: \"Through their complementary product lines, Milacron and Mold-Masters will be able to offer a broader portfolio of exceptional products and services, providing solutions for customers\u2019 complex plastics needs.\"\nThe companies also expect that with enhanced financial and operational strength, reduced cyclicality, and a diverse international footprint with a strong market position in hot runners in Asia, the combined company will have greater opportunities for global expansion.\nUnder the terms of the transaction, Milacron will acquire 100% of the shares of Mold-Masters for an enterprise value of US$975 mn. Tom Goeke, chief executive officer of Milacron, will lead the combined entity with the support of a management team and global team of employees. Bill Barker, president and CEO of Mold Masters will continue to lead that business.\nGoeke said, \u201cThe acquisition creates a global leader in the plastics industry with the scale, technological leadership, international presence and competitive positioning to deliver a wide range of products and services to more customers in more markets around the world. Mold-Masters\u2019 expertise in the high-growth hot-runner market is second to none, and we are excited by the unique customer value proposition and numerous opportunities for growth that will result from this combination. Bill Barker, his management team and all of his employees share our commitment to excellence. We are thrilled that they will continue to lead the Mold-Masters business going forward and are excited to welcome them to our team.\u201d\nBarker said: \u201cWe are also very excited to join Milacron and become part of an industry-leading company known for providing high-quality plastics processing equipment and products, as well as exceptional customer service and aftermarket support. We have developed deep relationships with our customers over the course of many years and will continue to work closely with them to deliver the products and services they rely on, just as we do today. I am confident that combining Mold-Masters\u2019 unique capabilities with Milacron\u2019s will position the new company to provide even greater benefits to customers. I look forward to working closely with Tom and his team to realise the incredible growth potential of our combined organisation. We were privileged to have [US private equity firm] 3i as a partner over the last five years with their strong support for our global growth goals and continued investments in technology. We are equally excited to be at Milacron where we will have another world class investor like CCMP to support our continued growth.\u201d\nTim Walsh, a managing director of CCMP Capital Advisors, said: \u201cThis transaction is a major step in Milacron\u2019s strategic growth plan which reinforces our support of the company\u2019s exciting prospects and our commitment to leveraging our extensive experience in the plastics industry to help Milacron maximize its global market opportunities and increase its value to customers.\u201d\nThe transaction, subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close in the first half of 2013.\nOn January 24, 2013, Milacron announced that the former president of AndersonBrecon pharmaceutical packaging, Shawn Reilley, had joined Milacron as group president sales and marketing.\nSpeaking exclusively to Medical Plastics News, when commenting on Shawn's appointment, Shawn's boss and president of Milacron's global plastics machinery division, Dave Lawrence, said: \u201cI am excited to bring Shawn to Milacron\u2019s global leadership team for many reasons, foremost among them his demonstrated prowess in the area of sales and marketing.\"\nHe added: Additionally, Shawn\u2019s extensive experience in pharmaceutical packaging strengthens our own efforts to bring innovative products and processes to our customers. Shawn\u2019s customer perspective promises to be invaluable in allowing us to collaborate in earlier stages of design and development in medical and packaging products.\u201d\nMergers and acquisitions Extrusion Injection moulding", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 5906, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 323.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.medicinemangallery.com/rio-grande-blanket-20360.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:07Z", "digest": "sha1:L6XJIDL7RNIL7DN6YFFISVYFCPYXBTIY", "length": 38, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.medicinemangallery.com", "title": "Rio Grande Blanket, c. 1870, 70\" x 42\" | Mexican Weavings Saltillos | Medicine Man Gallery", "raw_content": "Rio Grande Blanket, c. 1870, 70\" x 42\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 98, "original_length": 2158, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.53, "perplexity": 94.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.medinfotech.com/articles/web-hosting-services.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:23Z", "digest": "sha1:XUALRQWFKDB6MUAALIKAJ4HC4B6ZTWGA", "length": 2347, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.medinfotech.com", "title": "Web design and development | Website and branding design", "raw_content": "As a physician, it's not enough just to get a professionally designed website; there's a lot to consider in the process, including what web server hosting options you have. Luckily, a professional web design agency takes care of all the questions you might have about web hosting services. What exactly is it? What are the price points? How reliable is web server hosting? These are just some of the things you might be asking as you navigate the world of medical web advertising and it's something the experts can help you understand.\nSo what is web server hosting, anyway?\nEssentially, your site needs to live somewhere. In New York City, web hosting is what makes your website accessible to patients seeking it out. Web hosting services can be owned or leased, depending on what you need. You can have as little or as much control over your web server hosting as you want, depending on how comfortable you are with the technical aspect of hosting.\nYou want to use web hosting services you can trust\u2014that's where a web design agency comes in the picture. These experts make New York City web hosting accessible to you as a client and will provide services you can trust to stay running.\nWhat can you expect to pay for web hosting services?\nWeb design companies want to make web server hosting affordable for you, so they offer different price points depending on how much involvement you want. There are different levels of web hosting services; you can pick one you fancy and how much help you'll need based on your experience working with the technology. New York City web hosting hotspots are reliable no matter which level of service you're using, and you won't have to worry about your site being down for days due to technical problems.\nWeb design agency hosting\nRather than go from company to company for each advertising service you require, website design companies want to ensure the process is as easy as possible. Using one hosting and web design agency for everything gives you less to keep track of, and you'll hopefully even save a little money by bundling the services together. Again, New York City web hosting aims to be accessible and reasonably priced, and it's something accomplished via their experience and contacts in the industry. You can trust their technology and resources to keep your site running for your patients.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 82, "original_length": 3887, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 317.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/news/ascend-trial-results-announced-bleeds-and-benefit-with-aspirin-balanced-in-patients-with-diabetes-and-no-effect-on-cancer", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:24Z", "digest": "sha1:WPBIRA3XWHHZFG4TXXPNR7H4XDD47TOL", "length": 1014, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.medsci.ox.ac.uk", "title": "ASCEND trial results announced: bleeds and benefit with aspirin balanced in patients with diabetes and no effect on cancer \u2014 University of Oxford, Medical Sciences Division", "raw_content": "ASCEND trial results announced: bleeds and benefit with aspirin balanced in patients with diabetes and no effect on cancer\nAspirin prevented serious vascular events in patients with diabetes who did not already have cardiovascular disease, but it caused almost as many major bleeds and there was no effect on cancers. These are the late breaking findings presented today in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress 2018 and published in the New England Journal of Medicine.\nProfessor Jane Armitage (CTSU) discusses the trial\nPatients with diabetes are, on average, at increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Aspirin reduces the risk of second cardiovascular events and is recommended for patients who have evidence of cardiovascular disease. However, its role in preventing first events (primary prevention) is less clear because of the increase in bleeding. It has therefore been unclear whether aspirin should be recommended for cardiovascular prevention in diabetic patients without existing cardiovascular disease.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 52, "original_length": 2884, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 332.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.memorialparkfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Barbara-O-Malley/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:13Z", "digest": "sha1:MTCGGLXBMAGEDZQOHWLHVD5JZHEZLDOA", "length": 518, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.memorialparkfuneralhome.com", "title": "Barbara Jean O'Malley Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information", "raw_content": "Barbara Jean O'Malley\nO’Malley, Barbara Jean Lowry, 87 of St. Petersburg, Fl., passed peacefully into the presence of the Lord on Tuesday, October 9th, 2018. Born in Knoxville, Tenn., she was the daughter of Ruth and Frank Lowry. Barbara, “Bobbi”,... View Obituary & Service Information\nThe family of Barbara Jean O'Malley created this Life Tributes page to make it easy to share your memories.\nO\u2019Malley, Barbara Jean Lowry, 87 of St. Petersburg, Fl., passed...\nSend flowers to the O'Malley's family.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 103, "original_length": 2393, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 212.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.menshealth.com.au/living-near-a-forest-linked-to-improved-nutrition?category=fatherhood", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:42:16Z", "digest": "sha1:F7TVHSCHYNRJMVA5QCEEUYSBNNXTOWND", "length": 3342, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.menshealth.com.au", "title": "Living Near A Forest Linked To Improved Nutrition In Kids | Men's Health Magazine Australia", "raw_content": "Brown Rice Vs White Rice: Who Is King Of The Grains?\nMeet The Main Players For Healthy Aussie Men\nThinking of Going Gluten-Free? It Might Not Be As Healthy As You Think\nHere's why living near the bush could be the best place to raise kids - by Scott Henderson\nBig bonus points to Mother Nature today. In a mammoth study of 27 countries across the globe, scientists have suggested that children have significantly better nutrition when they live closer to forests.\nThe results could have a huge impact for global forest conservation efforts, directly refuting the belief that forest areas need to be cleared for farmland in order to provide poorer communities with greater nutrition.\n\"The data show that forests aren't just correlated with improvements in people's diets,\" says Ranaivo Rasolofoson, leading researcher on the study, and a scientist at the University of Vermont. \"We show that forests cause these improvements.\"\nThe study, focused on developing countries, showed that 2 billion people from these areas suffered from malnutrition, however those in close proximity to a forest had at least 25 per cent greater variety in their diet. The data, obtained from from 43000 families across 4 continents, holds significant weight in the fight against world hunger and deforestation; a huge statement, but one that the scientists are willing to back.\n\"This is a powerful, actionable result,\" says Taylor Ricketts, director of University\u2019s Gund Institute and senior author on the paper. \"It's comparable to the impacts of some nutrition-focused agricultural programs.\"\nAs a generally accepted school of thought, solutions to mass hunger and malnutrition have all involved plans to increase farming and farm land. Those solutions do make sense; increased farming equals increased variety and quantity of food, not to mention economic booms for local economy. However these new results throw an exciting spanner in the works, providing a possible sustainable solution to nutrition problems faced by billions worldwide whilst simultaneously conserving the planet\u2019s lungs.\n\"We discovered that the positive effect of forests is greater for poor communities,\" says Rasolofoson. \"But communities need at least some access to roads, markets, and education in order to get the most benefit from their forests.\"\nIn addition to an increased diversity in diet, the study suggests that there is a direct link between forest living and a reduction in vitamin A and iron deficiencies, which can lead to brain damage and stunted growth in children.\nA nutritional study of this size hasn\u2019t been undertaken before, with researchers conducting a meta-data analysis of household nutrition in the Caribbean, South America, sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Europe, Nepal, Bangladesh, Cambodia and the Philippines.\nThe beneficial links between the forest and the health of children could provide a clear demonstration that conservation and human health go hand in hand.\n\"This study is a wake-up call that people who work on forest conservation and those that work on improving children's health should be working together and coordinating what they do,\" added another co-author and professor from the University, Brendan Fisher. \"We are now seeing a lot more examples of how an integrated approach to some of the world's most pressing problems pays double dividends.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 125, "original_length": 6190, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 259.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/09/10/is-ben-afflecks-rehab-ok-with-shauna-sexton-being-in-his-life-right-now/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:58Z", "digest": "sha1:4N2ME62G6NYOAF6B7P4J3IKCR5JC44NP", "length": 7841, "nlines": 38, "source_domain": "www.mercurynews.com", "title": "Is Ben Affleck's rehab OK with Shauna Sexton being around?", "raw_content": "Is Ben Affleck\u2019s rehab OK with Shauna Sexton\u2026\nIs Ben Affleck\u2019s rehab OK with Shauna Sexton being in his life right now?\nActor Ben Affleck attends the 'Justice League' photocall at The College on November 4, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images)\n(L-R) Playboy Playmates Tiffany Toth, Amberleigh West, Cassandra Dawn, Shauna Sexton, Chief Creative Officer of Playboy Cooper Hefner, Alexandra Tyler, Heather Rae Young, Crystal McCahill, Kristy Garrett, Carly Lauren and Kayla Collins arrive at Playboy's Midsummer Night's Dream at the Marquee Nightclub at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on July 28, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images for Playboy)\n(L-R) Playboy Playmates Amberleigh West, Shauna Sexton, Cassandra Dawn, Heather Rae Young and Crystal McCahill arrive at Playboy's Midsummer Night's Dream at the Marquee Nightclub at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on July 28, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by David Becker/Getty Images for Playboy)\nLindsay Shookus, winner of outstanding variety/sketch series for \"Saturday Night Live\", right, and Ben Affleck attend the 69th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Eric Jamison/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Images)\n(L-R) Producers Erin Doyle, Lindsay Shookus, Lorne Michaels, Steve Higgins, and Erik Kenward, winners of Outstanding Variety/Sketch Series for 'Saturday Night Live,' pose in the press room during the 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 17, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)\nJennifer Garner attends the Photo Call for STX Films' \"Peppermint\" at Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills on August 17, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)\nActress Jennifer Garner attends the Hollywood Foreign Press Associations Annual Grants Banquet in Beverly Hills, California, on August 9, 2018. (Photo by LISA O'CONNOR/AFP)\nPUBLISHED: September 10, 2018 at 10:37 am | UPDATED: October 9, 2018 at 3:31 pm\nBen Affleck isn\u2019t letting what should be an intensive program at an exclusive Malibu rehab center interfere with his regular home workouts \u2014 or his new friendship with 22-year-old Playboy model Shauna Sexton.\nOver the past week, the Oscar winner, who has long been vocal about his struggles with alcohol addiction, has been spotted multiple times returning to his Pacific Palisades home from The Canyon rehab facility, People reported.\nAffleck, 46, has enjoyed daily workouts with personal trainers and a basketball coach at his no-doubt well-equipped private gym. For these visits, he\u2019s always accompanied by a therapist, before he presumably returns to The Canyon for individual or group therapy, classes, meditation and other treatment for his drinking issues, an insider told People.\nBut it also looks like Affleck has had visits at his mansion and at The Canyon from Sexton, who quickly stepped into the role as Affleck\u2019s female companion after he broke up with longtime girlfriend Lindsay Shookus last month.\nPlayboy model spotted with Affleck before rehab claps back at those saying she\u2019s to blame (via @toofab)https://t.co/7zyTgxl6dj\nSexton was first spotted in Affleck\u2019s company in the week before Jennifer Garner, his soon-to-be ex-wife, staged an intervention on Aug. 22. Garner herself drove Affleck up to The Canyon so he could check himself in and get a handle on his drinking.\nSexton\u2019s most recent visit with Affleck was Sunday. People and other outlets have reported that Sexton was spotted leaving The Canyon in Affleck\u2019s Ford SUV. She also was spotted driving his vehicle in the past week.\nBut if Affleck is pursuing a friendship with Sexton \u2014 or more \u2014 it raises the question of whether doing so is in his best interest, given the long-held belief that people should avoid new romantic or sexual relationships in the first year of sobriety.\nSure, there are no hard-and-fast rules when it comes to how recovery works for any one individual. But even Affleck\u2019s rehab center advises against jumping into new relationships at this stage of recovery.\nOn its website, The Canyon offers these thoughts on the wisdom of avoiding new entanglements.\n\u201cYou\u2019ve completed treatment, and you\u2019ve spent time thinking about your future and what you want. Longing for a relationship is not a sign of weakness or a red flag that you\u2019re just seeking someone to depend on; it is basic human nature.\n\u201cHowever, the general rule of not getting involved in any new intimate relationships during the first year of recovery still holds true. The primary focus of your time and energy should be on rebuilding a relationship with yourself during this time period.\u201d\nOf course, The Canyon is not going comment on Affleck\u2019s specific situation out of concern for confidentiality.\nBut like other recovery programs, The Canyon agrees that it\u2019s important for people in recovery to have strong, positive and healthy relationships with family and friends. The \u201cright partner\u201d can help the struggle to stay sober \u201csomewhat easier,\u201d The Canyon said.\nThat right partner \u201cshould be encouraging, acting as your soft place to fall, and their love and support isn\u2019t conditional.\u201d\nBut for some clients, they sometimes have to make tough decisions about altering or cutting off contact with those who are \u201ctoxic,\u201d The Canyon states.\nAccording to The Canyon: \u201cThere are certainly risk factors for relapse, and likewise, there are protective factors, too. One of the most important protective factors against relapsing involves with whom you spend your time.\u201d\nThe Canyon then offers tips for avoiding the \u201cwrong\u201d partner or a bad relationship. They include not pursuing sex too fast, avoiding sexual relationships with peers in treatment, and veering away from friends, or friends of friends who still engage in substance abuse.\nWho knows what Sexton means to Affleck at this point in his life, and whether she is appropriately supportive of his recovery \u2014 or a distraction?\nSexton turned up in his life around the time it was learned that he and Shookus had broken up after a year of public dating.\nThere were various accounts offered for why things didn\u2019t work out with Shookus. Maybe Affleck was never \u201cfully committed\u201d to the \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d producer, according to People, or maybe Garner found it hard to accept Shookus being around their three children, given that Affleck and Shookus may have begun seeing each other in 2013 or 2014 \u2014 when he was still married to Garner. There also are reports that Affleck and Shookus, who are based on opposite coasts and are parents to young children, simply couldn\u2019t find time to be together.\nSexton has had to take to social media to defend herself against Affleck\u2019s fans who think she\u2019s bad for him and who blame her for his spiral back into heavy drinking.\nOn Instagram, she responded to a fan\u2019s comment on her Instagram photo that showed her smiling as she held a glass of red wine. After the fan asked if she had gotten Affleck \u201cthrown into rehab,\u201d Sexton insisted she \u201cnever drank around or with him for the record.\u201d\nHappy as shit man\nA post shared by Shauna Sexton (@shaunasexton_) on Aug 25, 2018 at 6:34pm PDT\nSexton also admitted that she had previously gotten into trouble for underage drinking and public intoxication but that she likes to drink and to party. \u201cMost 22 years do,\u201d she said.\n\u201cDo these mistakes mean I would disrespect someone\u2019s hard-earned sobriety by drinking with them or in front of them?\u201d she wrote. \u201cHell no. I have limitless respect for those who take action and actually do something about it.\u201d\n\u201cWith that being said, Ben is a grown ass man, baby,\u201d Sexton continued. \u201cHe makes his own decisions. Blaming a 22-year-old for someone\u2019s 3rd time in rehab is just ridiculous. He is human. I am human.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 305, "original_length": 14024, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 326.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.meticulousresearch.com/microencapsulation-market/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:14:34Z", "digest": "sha1:7SGVRER56ZJROL3ON4KNFO6Z5NTDFOBC", "length": 4748, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.meticulousresearch.com", "title": "Global Microencapsulation Market Worth USD 9,241.1 Million By 2022", "raw_content": "Global Microencapsulation Market Worth USD 9,241.1 Million By 2022\nThe global microencapsulation market will grow at a CAGR of 10.0% from 2017 to 2022 to reach USD 9,241.1 million by 2022, according to the latest publication from Meticulous Research\u00ae. The global microencapsulation market is primarily driven by the growing demand from the functional food industry, pharmaceutical industry for controlled release & targeted release of active compounds (sustained or delayed release), and agrochemical sector. In addition, reduction in capsule size and increasing bioavailability, growing need of multicomponent delivery systems, and emerging economies such as Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East & Africa region further provides significant opportunities for the various stakeholders in this market. However, factors such as high cost of microencapsulation process, and increasing demand for nano-encapsulation technology, especially in the pharmaceutical application are expected to hinder the growth of this market to some extent.\nThe global microencapsulation market is segmented on the basis of coating material, technology, application, and geography. Based on coating material, the market is divided into polysaccharides, lipids & waxes, resins, proteins, and others; whereas, based on technology, the market is divided into atomization, emulsion based, spray coating, coextrusion, and others. The atomization segment commanded the largest share in the overall microencapsulation market in 2016, owing to the factors such as its ability to handle thermolabile materials, low process cost, a wide choice of coating material, good encapsulation efficiency, good stability of the finished product, and the possibility of large-scale production in continuous mode.\nOn the basis of application, the market is divided into pharmaceutical, food and feed, home and personal care, industrial and chemical, agriculture, and others. The pharmaceutical application segment held the largest share in the global microencapsulation market in 2016, owing to the growing use of microencapsulation in the industry for protection of drug from the environment, stabilization of sensitive drug substances, elimination of incompatibilities, or masking of unpleasant taste, conversion of liquid drugs in a free-flowing powder, and prevention of vaporization of many volatile drugs.\nGeographically, the global microencapsulation market is mainly divided into North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and Middle East & Africa. North America accounted for the major share of the global microencapsulation market in 2016, followed by Europe and Asia-Pacific region. The major share of the North American region is mainly attributed to the presence of a large number of microencapsulation technology providers, and well established functional food, pharmaceutical, and agrochemical sectors. However, Asia Pacific market slated to register the fastest growth during the forecast period, primarily due to its growing economy & industrialization, and booming pharmaceutical, food, and agriculture industries.\nThe leading companies have employed various strategies to expand their product and application offerings, global footprint, and augment their market shares. The key strategies followed by most companies in the global microencapsulation market were mergers & acquisitions, new product launches, and partnership and expansions. The key players in the global microencapsulation market are Encapsys, LLC, Reed Pacific Pty Limited, Ronald T Dodge Company, GAT Microencapsulation GmbH, Capsulae, Microtek Laboratories, Inc., Balchem Corporation, Lycored, AVEKA, Inc., TasteTech Ltd, INNOBIO CORPORATION LIMITED, FrieslandCampina Kievit, Symrise AG, Koehler Innovative Solutions, Givaudan SA, and International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.\nWhich are the high growth market segments in terms of coating material, technology, application, and regions/countries?\nWhat is the historical market for microencapsulation across the globe?\nWhat are the major drivers, challenges, opportunities and trends in the global microencapsulation market?\nWho are the major players in the global microencapsulation market and what share of the market do they hold?\nWhat are the competitive landscapes and who are the market leaders by sub-region in the global microencapsulation market?\nWhat are the recent developments in the global microencapsulation market?\nWhat are the different strategies adopted by the major players in the global microencapsulation market?\nWho are the local emerging players in the global microencapsulation market and how do they compete with the global players?\nMicroencapsulation Market- Global Opportunity Analysis And Industry Forecast (2017-2022)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 111, "original_length": 16660, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 201.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/article1957173.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:15:29Z", "digest": "sha1:RARIS2AXPT4VAJPIO2AM2MQOQY55ZV5G", "length": 3657, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.miamiherald.com", "title": "State draws heat for allowing dog and horse tracks to ignore rules | Miami Herald", "raw_content": "The Division of Parimutuel Wagering said it is in the midst of an investigation into the Sarasota Kennel Club and could not comment. Diamond said it is only one in a string of recent examples in which the governor\u2019s agency has ignored rules, failed to regulate or changed rules without following the proper procedures.\nAccording to the Spectrum report:\n\u2022 The Pompano Park harness track overstated its purses by 30 percent in its report to the state last year, and regulators told the Herald/Times Wednesday it has no authority to do anything about it.\n\u2022 Horse and dog tracks consistently understate their revenues from simulcasts, resulting in millions in unaccounted for and unregulated wagering. Gulfstream Racetrack in Hallandale Beach, for example, reported $102 million in simulcast and intertrack wagering in 2012 but failed to report another $605 million, the report said. Regulators said that since these wagers are not taxable, it doesn\u2019t regulate them.\n\u2022 The failure to regulate costs taxpayers money. Although the division is supposed to be self-sufficient, making up in fines and fees what it spends in oversight, lawyers and investigations, Spectrum found that the net cost to taxpayers to regulate dogs is $4 million.\nDiamond said he spent six months looking at the agency and concluded the regulation is \u201cinadequate\u201d in part because of the way the state laws are structured and in part because of the agency\u2019s reluctance to enforce the laws.\nBut if the lax oversight by the governor\u2019s agency was news to legislators, it didn\u2019t seem to matter. The reaction from the committee to Diamond\u2019s report was silence.\nWhen pressed after the meeting by a reporter, Committee Chairman Rep. Robert Schenck, R-Spring Hill, said the examples are evidence \u201cwhy we\u2019re taking a look at it comprehensively and why we\u2019re talking about regulatory structure.\u201d\nWhat will he do about the department ignoring the dog crates rule now? Schenck hesitated, then said: \u201cI\u2019m going to talk to the agency.\u2019\u2019\nMeanwhile, animal rights advocates are not happy.\n\u201cThe track should not be given a special favor,\u2019\u2019 said Carey Theil of Grey2k, the advocacy group opposed to dog racing that persuaded the Division of Parimutuel Wagering to adopt the rule. \u201cIf these rules are not enforced in this case, it\u2019s going to send a message that these rules mean nothing.\u201d\nThe Sarasota Kennel Club is the only dog track in the state that continues to use the wooden crates, while every other track in Florida uses metal crates, Theil said.\n\u201cWood is a haven for ticks. It absorbs urine and it\u2019s a perfect environment for bacteria to grow,\u2019\u2019 he said.\nBut Gary Rutledge, a lobbyist for the Sarasota Kennel Club, petitioned the department on the day that track was set to open its racing season, and asked for a waiver from the rule until July of next year.\nHe said that even though the rules were in development for a long time, \u201cSarasota was not aware that change was being made or they would have raised and objected to it.\u201d\nHe called Diamond\u2019s suggestion that the agency is allowing the industry to ignore the rule \u201cludicrous.\u201d The track is willing to replace the crates, has attempted to purchase metal ones, but the enormous expense is too much to endure now, he said, especially since legislators may allow the dog track to end live racing and continue to operate as a poker room.\n\u201cWe\u2019ve been trying to work with all the affected parties to bring this to a satisfactory conclusion as expeditiously as possible,\u2019\u2019 he said.\nThe division could impose a fine or suspend or revoke its license or permits, Rutledge said. It has instead called for comments to be submitted over the next two weeks.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 98, "original_length": 6438, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 250.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.miamisportsday.com/2017/09/16/asleep-at-the-wheel-hail-mary-dooms-vols-at-florida-26-20/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:20:19Z", "digest": "sha1:5OYKNEZFYL2AIOUB6YBT6SQKZBIXSRME", "length": 5681, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "www.miamisportsday.com", "title": "Asleep at the Wheel; Hail Mary Dooms Vols at Florida, 26-20 \u2013 Miami Sports Day", "raw_content": "Home / Football / Asleep at the Wheel; Hail Mary Dooms Vols at Florida, 26-20\nAsleep at the Wheel; Hail Mary Dooms Vols at Florida, 26-20\nRUNNING BACK TY CHANDLER #3 OF THE TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERs. PHOTO BY AUSTIN PERRYMAN/TENNESSEE ATHLETICS\nGAINESVILLE, Fla. \u2013\u2013 No. 23 Tennessee fought back from a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter to tie the game, but No. 24/25 Florida\u2019s Hail Mary pass gave the Gators a 26-20 win on Saturday at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.\n\u201cWe\u2019ve been through some things and you know what, they just keep going. It obviously was not pretty but sometimes as you go through this business, it\u2019s about finding a way to win, and our guys figured out a way to win.\u201d said Florida coach Jim McElwain.\nTennessee (2-1, 0-1 SEC) entered the second half trailing, 6-3, and fell behind by as much as 10 points before tying the game up with less than a minute to play. Florida\u2019s final offensive drive resulted in a game-winning Hail Mary for the Gators.\nLinebacker Quart\u00d5e Sapp #14 of the Tennessee Volunteers. Photo By Kyle Zedaker/Tennessee Athletics\nVols QB Quinten Dormady completed 21-of-39 passes for 259 yards and three interceptions while John Kelly rushed for 141 yards and caught six passes for 96 yards. Kelly averaged 7.4 yards per carry and 16 yards per reception.\nFlorida quarterback Feleipe Franks finished 18-of-28 for 212 yards, two touchdowns and one interception.\n\u201cThe offensive line did a great job giving me protection, and Tyrie (Cleveland) did a great job getting to his landmark and his spot and made a ballhawk play. We were blessed to come out with a win and it\u2019s great for our players,\u201d Franks said of the winning TD.\nUF\u2019s Kadarius Toney recorded a career-high 40 yards on four receptions. The Gators\u2019 Malik Davis rushed for a career-high 94 yards on four carries.\nWide receiver Josh Palmer #5 of the Tennessee Volunteer. Photo By Austin Perryman/Tennessee Athletics\nFlorida wasted no time getting on the scoreboard as the Gators went 65 yards down the field in 15 plays, but were held to a 27-yard field goal by Tennessee\u2019s defense.\nThe SEC rivals exchanged punts the remainder of the first quarter and for the first two drives of the second before Florida settled for another field goal to move ahead, 6-0.\nOn the ensuing possession, the Vols answered with a 51-yard field goal by freshman Brent Cimaglia to pull within three points and close out the first half. It marked Cimaglia\u2019s first career field goal and the longest by a Tennessee kicker since Michael Palardy made a 51-yarder at Missouri in 2013.\nSophomore defensive back Nigel Warrior then forced a fumble that was recovered by Darrell Taylor on Florida\u2019s first drive of the second half. Tennessee went 43 yards on 12 plays, including a 22-yard pass from Dormady to Callaway, but an interception at the one-yard line ended the Vols\u2019 possession.\nThe Tennessee Volunteers during the game between the Florida Gators and theVolunteers. Photo By Kyle Zedaker/Tennessee Athletics\nFollowing the turnover, UT\u2019s defense forced a three-and-out punt which Callaway returned for 39 yards to the UF-36. Tennessee then attempted its second 51-yard field of the night, but Cimaglia missed wide right.\nThe Gators scored the first touchdown of the game in the fourth quarter on a pick-six by CJ Henderson, furthering their advantage to 13-3.\nJustin Martin then forced a fumble at the goal line that resulted in a touchback and kick started Tennessee\u2019s scoring drive. Dormady directed a five-play, 80-yard possession that ended with a 34-yard touchdown run by John Kelly. After an extra point, the Vols cut Florida\u2019s lead to 13-10.\nWith 5:13 left in the game, UF\u2019s Franks threw a five-yard pass for a touchdown, giving the Gator\u2019s a 20-10 edge.\nRunning back John Kelly #4 of the Tennessee Volunteers during the game between the Florida Gators and Tennessee. Photo By Austin Perryman/Tennessee Athletics\nOn the next drive, Dormady found Kelly for a 52-yard pass before connecting with Ethan Wolf for a 28-yard touchdown. Aaron Medley\u2019s PAT pulled the Vols within three, 20-17.\nMedley then made a 27-yard field goal to tie the game up, 20-20, with less than a minute to play.\nAs time expired, Florida\u2019s Franks hurled a 63-yard, Hail Mary pass to Tyrie Cleveland for a touchdown, sealing the Gators\u2019 26-20 victory.\n\u201cI like this football team. I like these guys in our locker room. With what they\u2019ve been through, it was great to see the joy on their face,\u201d McElwain said.\nUF\u2019s Eddy Pineiro was a perfect two-for-two on field goals of 27 and 41 yards. Cleveland recorded a 46-yard kickoff return in the fourth quarter to put the Gators at Tennessee\u2019s 44-yard line.\nD-NOTES: David Reese, Duke Dawson and C.J. Henderson accounted for UF\u2019s third consecutive multi-interception game. The trio gave the Gators their 31st multi-interception game against an FBS team since 2010, which is the most in the SEC during that span. Reese recorded his first career interception during the first quarter at Florida\u2019s 34-yard line. First interception by a Gator linebacker since Daniel McMillian recorded one against Iowa in the Outback Bowl. Dawson recorded the fourth interception of his career in the third quarter, picking off Tennessee\u2019s Dormady at UF\u2019s 1-yard line in a 3rd-and-goal situation.\nNUMBERS GAME: C.J. Henderson has recorded a pick-six in back-to-back games, the first Gator player to do so since 1996. Jabari Zuniga recorded a career-high with six tackles. Marco Wilson set a new career-high with seven tackles. Henderson also set a new career-high with five tackles.\n\u2190 Previous Story USF Racks Up 680 Yards, Rolls Past Illinois, 47-23\nNext Story \u2192 NFL: Miami Dolphins Use Parkey\u2019s Leg to Unplug Chargers", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 109, "original_length": 7136, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 318.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.michaelslimousineservice.com/tag/limousine-service-ct/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:54Z", "digest": "sha1:F4WAHS2OW2DT72543WWCXJOAY6ASGI4A", "length": 130, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.michaelslimousineservice.com", "title": "limousine service CT Archives - CT Limousine Service", "raw_content": "Limousine is such a vehicle which knows how to serve its clients in the most efficient manner. 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He said: \u201cWe\u2019re all incredibly grateful to everyone who went out of their way to help us on Saturday. This was so appreciated by everyone from Network Rail and the emergency services who attended this difficult incident.\n\u201cPeople brought us cups of tea and biscuits and provided welfare facilities. I know it might seem like a small thing, but it really made a difference on what was a very tough day for everyone involved.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 94, "original_length": 3105, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 253.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.miningoilandgasjobs.com/minisites/riotinto/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:44Z", "digest": "sha1:UIPLBLFJMXPPF2GOIIFRJA4JAXY2XOJN", "length": 513, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.miningoilandgasjobs.com", "title": "Rio Tinto | Rio Tinto \u2013 Mining Oil and Gas Jobs Dot Com Pty Ltd", "raw_content": "Rio Tinto is a global mining and metals group, dedicated to the smartest discovery, extraction and processing of the earth\u2019s natural resources.\nFrom our operations to our community involvement, everything we do is done with the future firmly in mind. We\u2019re committed to the most sustainable, most efficient and most forward-looking ways to do business and deliver results. So we reward our employees with a responsible, open and diverse culture of opportunity \u2013 a working environment in which they can go further.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 139, "original_length": 2542, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 226.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.minube.net/what-to-see/france/lorena/bure", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:12Z", "digest": "sha1:D4WTLFLWOKZVMJTUR3LFH5KEY5VFDRNF", "length": 709, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.minube.net", "title": "Things to do in Bure - Attractions in Bure", "raw_content": "Do you like Bure?\nThings to do in Bure\nTop attractions in Bure\nLorraine France Mosa\nThings to do in Domr\u00e9my-la-Pucelle Things to do in Bar-le-Duc Things to do in Chaumont Things to do in Faverolles Things to do in Metz Things to do in Langres Things to do in Verdun Things to do in Ch\u00e2lons-en-Champagne Things to do in Metz Nancy Things to do in Troyes Things to do in \u00c9pernay Things to do in Gray Things to do in Tonnerre Things to do in Flavigny-sur-Ozerain Things to do in Reims Things to do in Dijon Things to do in Sedan Things to do in Semur-en-Auxois Things to do in Charleville-M\u00e9zi\u00e8res Things to do in Riquewihr\nQu\u00e9 ver en Bure\nCosa vedere Bure\nO que fazer em Bure\nA voir \u00e0 Bure\nThings to see in Bure", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 1825, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.7, "perplexity": 287.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.mlb.com/news/brewers-sign-2nd-round-draft-pick-joe-gray/c-282422242", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:55Z", "digest": "sha1:FPNGORXB4TJJFB533MDTYEYY2WP5UZWH", "length": 4112, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "www.mlb.com", "title": "Brewers sign 2nd-round Draft pick Joe Gray | MLB.com", "raw_content": "2nd-rounder Gray signs with Crew, meets idol\nOutfielder, 18, plays catch alongside Yelich before game\nBy Stephen Cohn MLB.com\nMILWAUKEE -- Joe Gray Jr. signed a contract to play professional baseball on Friday, and when he came to Miller Park, the thing he was most excited for was to meet Brewers left fielder Christian Yelich.\n\"That's my favorite guy, no offense to anyone else on the team, but that's my guy,\" said Gray, the Brewers' second-round pick in the 2018 MLB Draft. \"When I got to the park, I really wanted to make sure I met Yelich and [Lorenzo] Cain before I left.\"\nWhen Gray was playing catch in foul ground on the first-base side of the field before Friday's game between the Cardinals and Brewers, Yelich was right beside him.\nOn if that was cool, Gray nodded and smiled, \"That's, mm-hmm, yeah.\"\nTweet from @stephen__cohn: Introducing Joe Gray Jr. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd the #Brewers\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd 2nd round pick. pic.twitter.com/cSVIXf3K5N\nGray's goal is to one day be manning the outfield at Miller Park alongside Yelich, but the 18-year-old -- the Brewers' first Draft pick born in the 2000s -- has a way to go.\n\"I had a little bit of knowledge about the Brewers,\" Gray said. \"It's a phenomenal organization, they're really playing well this year, and I hope I can be a part of that the next few years.\"\n\u2022 2018 Draft Tracker: Every Brewers pick\nThe Hattiesburg, Miss., native made the trip to Milwaukee on Friday with his mother, father and younger sister, but he is headed to Arizona to begin his professional career Saturday. He had been committed to Ole Miss to play college baseball. Gray, the 60th overall pick, signed for the full slot value at $1,113,500, according to MLB.com's Jim Callis.\nTweet from @Brewers: #Brewers 2nd round pick @JoJo2Gray took BP at Miller Park for the 1st time today. He also got to wear some pretty sweet threads. #ThisIsMyCrew pic.twitter.com/c66sZvsN8M\nAt 6-foot-1, 195 pounds, Gray hit .474 with seven home runs and 45 RBIs last season, and comes from the same high school program that has produced five Major Leaguers, including former outfielder Wendell Magee.\n\"It's always a great day when there's an opportunity for somebody to start their dream,\" said Brewers scouting director Tod Johnson. \"We're happy it came together for us.\"\nVideo: Draft 2018: Brewers draft OF Joe Gray No. 60\nBefore heading off to Maryvale, Gray is just a kid soaking it in and standing next to his idol.\n\"It's an unreal situation right here,\" Gray said. \"It's what every kid would dream of, and I can't be any happier.\"\nMilwaukee's first-round pick, shortstop Brice Turang, has not signed, but Johnson said the organization is \"still working through the process.\" Ninth-round pick Arbert Cipion also remains unsigned inside the top 10 rounds. The deadline for players to sign is July 6.\nVideo: STL@MIL: Stearns on Draft picks, team's defense\nBarnes continues to attack\nJacob Barnes was a fixture in the Brewers' bullpen a season ago, but he was optioned to Triple-A Colorado Springs on May 12. Since being recalled May 28, he has appeared in nine games and allowed zero runs over 9 1/3 innings.\n\"Jacob has been really good since he got back,\" said manager Craig Counsell. \"For him it's all about attacking hitters, go after the hitters. When he does that, he always gets good results.\"\nThe strikeout numbers are down for Barnes -- he had eight since returning from Triple-A and just one multi-strikeout appearance after having six such outings over his first 10 appearances -- but his ERA is down to 1.91 after reaching 2.84 at the time of the demotion.\n\"When he's on the attack, making them swing the bat or offering pitches right on the end of the strike zone, he's going to have success,\" Counsell said.\nAmid a stretch of 24 games in 24 days leading into the All-Star break, the Brewers need options in the bullpen, especially because no starter has worked into the eighth inning this season. Brent Suter has lasted seven innings twice in his past two starts, and Jhoulys Chacin finished seven frames once.\nStephen Cohn is a reporter for MLB.com based in Milwaukee. Follow him on Twitter @Stephen__Cohn.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 375, "original_length": 10103, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 318.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.mnn.com/money/sustainable-business-practices/stories/cruise-control", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:02Z", "digest": "sha1:7XEEA7PROGVUYPYOA6JQ35TEWY77CX2J", "length": 6446, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "www.mnn.com", "title": "Cruise control | MNN - Mother Nature Network", "raw_content": "Big cruise ship companies like Royal Caribbean are taking steps to clean up their act. But is it enough?\nPhoto: Steve Allen/JupiterImages.com\nMuch has been made of the carbon emissions of commercial airlines. Comparatively little has been said about the pollution coming from cruise ships, though a recent study found that the large boats emit more pollutants per passenger than planes. Of course, there aren't as many ships in Royal Caribbean's fleet as there are planes in American Airlines hangars. It's only natural that airplanes get the majority of the press when it comes to pollution.\nBut air travel is (quite arguably) a necessity of modern life. It's a practice in logistics: getting from point A to point B. Judging by the usual demeanor of fellow economy class passengers, no one is relaxed or filled with enjoyment when traveling on an airplane. Cruises, on the other hand, have an element of frivolity. No one takes a cruise to get somewhere. People take a cruise to take a cruise. The dirty diesel fumes and sewage dumped into the ocean are unfortunate side effects of that frivolity. Despite the cruising industry doing more than ever to lessen its impact on the environment, some of its critics have arguments that are hard to ignore.\nAt the same time, it would be difficult to contend that the cruising industry is completely unnecessary. You wouldn't walk around the Cayman Islands telling local hospitality workers and shop owners that cruise ships are evil. Without these floating cities docking regularly, the local economy would slump drastically.\nIndustry heavyweight Royal Caribbean and other smaller lines have made moves toward greening their ships and procedures. Environmental advocates are skeptical, pointing to practices like the dumping of waste at sea and the continued use of diesel engines, which run on low-grade fuel with high carbon and particle emissions.\nBut Royal Caribbean and Holland America still contend that they're taking serious steps in a green direction. Is there any truth behind their statements, or are they merely applying cosmetics to the surface of the problem to hide what's going on beneath?\nCruise ship engines are notorious for their emissions. While swapping out old engines for new ones is not possible, there are other alternatives. Cruise line Holland America is at the forefront of the green engine movement. Its newest cruise ship, the Zaandam, has an advanced exhaust \"scrubbing system\" that uses sea water to reduce the amount of sulfur and particles that leave the smokestack. The sea water is then treated to remove any harmful byproducts. This process, once further developed, can be used on cruise ships as well as other large maritime vessels.\nGreening like hotels\nRoyal Caribbean's fleet has adopted energy-saving practices similar to those used by hotels. It opts for fluorescent lights, high-efficiency appliances and low-flow showers and faucets. As many hotels have discovered, these practices are also money savers. For Royal Caribbean, consuming less electricity means less reliance on its fuel-powered generators.\nOther cruise lines are taking small steps as well. Norwegian Cruise lines started a unique recycling program two years ago. Its used cooking oil is unloaded on shore and sent to a refinery where it's used to make biodiesel.\nOne of the biggest problems is that it's hard to police cruise ships when they're traveling the open seas. Industry behemoth Carnival Cruises watches itself, to a point. An environmental protection officer is on board to ensure the company's green policies are implemented by crew and cruisers. This will become more important as regulations regarding sewage come into effect over the next two years.\nOne of the loudest criticisms of the industry stems from its sometimes casual treatment of sewage. While it's still legal to dump raw sewage and pulped food waste 12 miles offshore, new measures set for 2010 will make sure all ships have either a sewage holding tank that can be emptied once the ship comes into port or an onboard sewage treatment plant that will purify waste before it's dumped. At least one large company, Royal Caribbean, already boasts state-of-the-art wastewater treatment systems onboard its vessels. Other lines are balking at the new rules. Alaska's government approved five-year waivers for ships that currently don't have proper wastewater treatment facilities.\nLess pollution in port\nSome lines have begun to plug into shore electricity while in port. This allows them to only run their engines and generators while at sea. The process of shutting off engines and plugging into the port's electrical network is known as \"cold ironing.\"\nBut there are several problems with this approach. Plugging into land-based power grids is much more costly for cruise companies than continuing to power the boat with generators while in port. In addition, older ships have to be retrofitted with different electrical systems so they can actually plug into land-based sources. Princess Cruises was the first company to rely on cold ironing whenever possible. West Coast ports like Seattle and Los Angeles have facilities for cold ironing, and there's a major movement to mandate the practice on the East Coast, where pollution in some ports is a cause for concern among citizens in nearby neighborhoods.\nSmaller is (usually) greener\nSmaller cruise lines are generally greener than the big boys. Of course, going completely green is a near impossibility unless you can afford to charter a private, wind-powered yacht and choose to forgo fuel-powered generators. Unfortunately, it's a case of going greener only if you can afford it. Some commercial companies toy with the use of wind power. Luxury cruise company Windstar has a fleet of three vessels powered by an advanced, computer-controlled sailing system. Of course, fuel is still necessary to provide electricity.\nEcoventura, a tiny cruise company that specializes in trips between Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, recently launched a ship that's powered \u2014 partially \u2014 by 40 solar panels and two wind turbines. Even with this technology, the ship still relies mainly on gas power to get from point A to point B. In a way, Ecoventura's environmentally friendly developments characterize those of the cruise industry as a whole: definitely welcome, even a bit dramatic, but there's still a long way to go.\nRelated topics: Energy Efficiency, Water Pollution", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 177, "original_length": 9474, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 309.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.monex.com/value-ataglance/will-government-use-creative-accounting-to-purport-a-reduction-of-deficits-by-spending-more/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:58Z", "digest": "sha1:PYGXX3TRIVDSYUDIJC3ZUMM6JFQ3XYQB", "length": 2155, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.monex.com", "title": "Will government use creative accounting to purport a reduction of deficits by spending more?", "raw_content": "Will government use creative accounting to purport a reduction of deficits by spending more?\n*Wall Street Journal, by Naftali Bendavid & Greg Hitt, April 30, 2009\n\u201cCongress passed a $3.5 trillion budget outline for 2010, handing President Barack Obama a victory on the 100th day of his presidency and helping set the stage for a significant shift in national priorities.\nThe new budget, which aims to reverse the Bush administration approach of limited government, would set up special funds to pay for sweeping changes in health care, energy and education. Democrats said the plan would cut the federal deficit-which is projected to total $1.2 trillion in fiscal year 2010 beginning Oct. 1 \u2014 by more than half in five years. Republicans disputed the assertion.\nHouse Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, left, talks with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as they leave a news conference Wednesday at the Capitol.\nIn voting Wednesday, the House approved the budget outline by a 233-193 vote, with no Republicans voting for it and 17 Democrats voting against it. The Senate vote was 53-43 with four Democratic defections, including Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter, who announced Tuesday he was switching from the Republican to the Democratic Party.\nThe vote marked a key step in the launching of a new Democratic era in which government would take a more activist role.\nThe budget outline includes $530 billion in basic spending for domestic programs, from support for farmers to the space program. Mr. Obama will release a more-detailed budget plan next week, building on Congress\u2019s action on Wednesday.\nDebate in both chambers was heated. House Minority Leader John Boehner (R., Ohio) said the budget was \u2018nothing short of the most audacious move to a big socialist government in Washington, D.C., than anything I could have ever dreamed about before I ran for Congress, or for that matter, anytime in the last 18 years that I\u2019ve been here.\u2019\nDecrying the debt that he said Democrats were piling on future generations, Mr. Boehner brandished a plastic card that House members use to cast their votes. \u2018Right here is the most expensive credit card in American history.\u2019 \u201c", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 65, "original_length": 5367, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 292.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.monex.com/value-ataglance/will-we-see-the-fed-substantially-increase-fiscal-and-monetary-stimulus/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:00Z", "digest": "sha1:CSEZGJGHH6R62MNQP4UQ37JAKFCRVEVU", "length": 1802, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.monex.com", "title": "Will we see the Fed substantially increase fiscal and monetary stimulus?", "raw_content": "Will we see the Fed substantially increase fiscal and monetary stimulus?\n*The Economist, October 9, 2008\n\u201cDEPRIVE a person of oxygen and he will turn blue, collapse and eventually die. Deprive economies of credit and a similar process kicks in. As the financial crisis has broadened and intensified, the global economy has begun to suffocate. That is why the world\u2019s central banks have been administering emergency measures, including a round of co-ordinated interest-rate cuts on Wednesday October 8th. With luck they will prevent catastrophe. They are unlikely to avert a global recession.\nAccording to the IMF\u2019s most recent World Economic Outlook, published on Wednesday, the world economy is \u2018entering a major downturn\u2019 in the face of \u2018the most dangerous shock\u2019 to rich-country financial markets since the 1930s. The fund expects global growth, measured on the basis of purchasing-power parity (PPP), to come down to 3% in 2009, the slowest pace since 2002 and on the verge of what it considers to be a global recession. (The fund\u2019s definition of global recession takes many factors into account, including the rate of population growth.) Given the scale of the financial freeze, the fund\u2019s forecast looks optimistic. Other forecasters are convinced that a global recession is inevitable. Economists at UBS, for instance, expect global growth of only 2.2% in 2009.\nThe rich world\u2019s economies were either shrinking, or close to it, long before September. Recent weeks have made a rich-world recession all but inevitable. America\u2019s economy lost steam throughout the summer. Temporarily buoyed by fiscal stimulus and strong exports, output grew at a solid 2.8% annualised rate between April and June. But as the stimulus wore off, the job market worsened, credit tightened and consumer spending slid.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 5005, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 295.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.moneycactus.com/category/business-wealth/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:24:17Z", "digest": "sha1:TXKF6BNVRCHIAB3NPXY67I3HHNV56YKL", "length": 1551, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.moneycactus.com", "title": "Business Wealth | Wealth Creation", "raw_content": "How 3D Printing Can Take Your Business to New Heights\n3D printing is a type of additive manufacturing by which a digital file is translated into a physical object. To be more specific, it is the process of making solid 3 dimensional objects from a simple digital file. This is done by layering materials until a product of related dimensions and size is achieved. [\u2026]\n4 Reasons to Rely on VoIP\nIn this era of Globalization, communication across borders has become increasingly popular. International business and long-distance communication without aid of internet would cost thousands of dollars. Thanks to the technological advancement and introduction of VoIP, now individuals can contact each over the internet at minimum expense. Voice over Internet Protocol, also known as VoIP, is [\u2026]\nDrowning in Cash: 5 Unusual Ways to Fund Your Business\nUnless you\u2019re fortunate enough to have been born with a silver spoon in your mouth, funding a new business venture is likely to involve a seemingly endless struggle with the green stuff.\nBusiness Wealth Tagged: Entrepreneurship, Make money, Risk Taking\nCrucial Elements of a Successful Trade Show Experience\nThis is a guest post You are going to your first trade show and it is the first time you are exhibiting. You\u2019ve probably already been to thedisplayoutlet.com and gotten all your convention display gear and paraphernalia, but understandably you have a small case of nerves and are wondering if you are prepared. After all, [\u2026]\nBusiness Wealth Tagged: Entrepreneurship, Making Money, working wealth", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 41, "original_length": 2609, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 294.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/essar-steel-vs-rbi-gujarat-high-court-postpones-hearing-case-to-july-12-2321043.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:19Z", "digest": "sha1:NM3JL6ATXNDUUCSTOIYHPFORJN3KLNWT", "length": 4134, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.moneycontrol.com", "title": "Essar Steel vs RBI: Gujarat High Court postpones hearing case to July 12 - Moneycontrol.com", "raw_content": "Lawyers say order may be in favour of RBI as the bankruptcy code is clear that no civil court shall entertain any such matter.\nThe Gujarat High Court has adjourned the Essar Steel vs Reserve Bank of India (RBI) case by five days to July 12.\nThis is the second time that the high court has adjourned the case.\nThe RBI had directed Essar Steel lenders to refer the debt-laden steel firm to National Company Law Tribunal for insolvency proceedings. Essar had moved the court against proceedings. and a special bench on July 4 had posted the cast for hearing on July 7. The RBI was also ordered to file its reply by then.\nThe debt-ridden steel producer had questioned the cut-off date of March 31, 2016 fixed by the RBI for selecting the 12 accounts to be filed at the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) under the insolvency and bankruptcy code (IBC).\nMeanwhile, foreign lender Standard Chartered Bank had also demanded that the Essar's request to stay the proceedings be quashed.\nHowever, on July 4, adjourning the hearing till July 7, the high court's single-judge bench had asked the RBI to submit its reply on the matter even as it ordered the NCLT to hold back insolvency proceedings until the next hearing.\nEssar Steel argued its case on Friday while the RBI will now respond on July 12.\nOn June 13, the RBI\u2019s internal advisory committee (IAC) recommended for IBC reference all accounts with fund and non-fund based outstanding amount greater than Rs 5000 crore, with 60 percent or more classified as non-performing by banks as of March 31, 2016.\nLawyers say that this will have to be fast-tracked and the order may be in favour of the RBI because it has been said that the bankruptcy code is clear that no civil court shall entertain any such matter. As per the ordinance, if NCLT (National Company Law Tribunal) admits it, it can only further be contested with the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) and further to the Supreme Court.\n\"High courts under writ or supervisory jurisdiction have no power to interfere in such matters. All these efforts have been tried by borrowers previously,\" said Manoj K Singh, founding partner of law firm Singh & Associates.\nEssar Steel, with a debt of about Rs 42,000 crore, had contended before the court that after months of negotiations with its lenders, the company had reached a settlement with the creditors.\nThe company was trying to restructure the package approved by its board of directors but before any concrete decision was arrived at with the creditors, a notification in the form of a press release on June 13 by the RBI classified a few companies whose accounts are disclosed as non-performing assets (NPAs).\nEssar Steel has demanded that the overseeing committee (independent 5-member panel set up by RBI) take into account its interest payments of Rs 3,500 crore to the lenders, higher capacity utilisation at 80 percent in its steel plant and a resultant 42 percent rise in its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (Ebitda) in FY17.\nThe steel producer has also stated before the court that RBI has given six months\u2019 time to many other large defaulters to come clean and that they should also be given the same opportunity. The company has over Rs 37,300 crore debt that was first restructured under CDR (corporate debt restructuring) in 2016 and then under the Joint Lenders Forum in January 2017.\n\u201cTechnically, it is a good line of argument. RBI/banks cannot take 31 March 2016 date as the cut-off date and ignore the fact that the company has repaid Rs 3,467 crore in one financial year\u201d said Prem Rajani, managing partner at law firm Rajani Associates.\n\"As regards the powers of the RBI to identify 12 companies, in my view, because there has been an amendment pursuant to the banking regulation ordinance, the RBI has the prerogative to cherry-pick an account. It empowers the RBI to do so to direct banks to file cases against defaulters. A defaulter cannot say 'Why me? There are other defaulters too',\" he added.\ntags #bankruptcy #Business #Essar #NPAs #RBI\nEssar Steel vs RBI: Gujarat High Court postpones hearing case to July...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 361, "original_length": 10294, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 297.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.monster.com/career-advice/article/get-better-at-small-talk", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:37:37Z", "digest": "sha1:I6BDAZ3N3KKTEUUSM3CBFRKDE3V7AKR3", "length": 5652, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "www.monster.com", "title": "Mastering Small Talk | Monster.com", "raw_content": "How to get better at small talk\nMaster the art of casual conversation and you could talk your way into your next job.\nSmall talk your way to a new job.\nSmall talk has a bad reputation for being superficial\u2014so much so that some people avoid it at all costs. But if you can make small talk meaningful and genuine (read: not about the weather) it can be the starting ground for a new relationship, and maybe even a meaningful professional contact.\n\u201cDon\u2019t be a small talk hater,\u201d says Emily Merrell, founder of the New York City\u2013based networking group Six Degrees Society. \u201cEvery day is filled with networking opportunities and you don\u2019t know where they could lead. Small talk is an easy way to fill 25 seconds of silence and might lead to a new best friend, business partner, or workout buddy,\u201d she says.\nMonster spoke with experts to get their tips for mastering small talk, so you can practice your networking skills whether you\u2019re at the dentist\u2019s office, on a first date, or yes, even at a job interview.\nIt\u2019s not just introverts who cringe when they\u2019re forced to make small talk with strangers. It can be intimidating for anyone to start a conversation out of nothing and keep it going\u2014especially if you have some degree of social anxiety.\nDr. Elizabeth Cohen, a New York City\u2013based clinical psychologist, says if you\u2019re someone who truly loathes making conversation with strangers, try understanding why you don\u2019t like small talk. Are you afraid of what the other person might think of you? Are you worried it will be awkward? Are you uninterested in speaking to someone that you might never see again?\n\u201cOnce you highlight the reason you dislike small talk you can make an action plan to conquer your fear or avoidance,\u201d she explains.\nIf you worry you\u2019ll embarrass yourself by saying something awkward, remember that it won\u2019t seem like a big deal for long. What\u2019s the worst thing that can happen? You don\u2019t talk again or they whisper about your encounter? You\u2019ll get over it. And if you think talking to strangers is totally pointless, Cohen suggests asking your friends about small talk experiences they\u2019ve had that sparked a valuable relationship, so you\u2019ll have something to inspire you as you begin your small talk training.\nCreate a pitch to start the conversation\nFinding the courage to make the first move is hard, but someone\u2019s got to do it. Plus, the person you\u2019re speaking with probably doesn\u2019t want to deal with the awkward silence either. So you can break the ice.\n\u201cCreate a 30-second introduction that you can use anywhere,\u201d says Jennifer Braganza, founder of the North Carolina career coaching company Exponential Success. \u201cIt doesn't have to be all about work. In fact, I recommend including your hobbies and passions. For example, I often mention that I am proud of my two furkids which automatically kicks off a lively conversation about pets,\u201d she says.\nThis doesn\u2019t mean that you walk up to someone and immediately introduce yourself with this \u201cpersonal pitch.\u201d Start by showing interest in them: why they\u2019re there, what they think of whatever common experience you\u2019re sharing, and once the focus shifts to you, you\u2019ll have a personal pitch at the ready.\nIf you\u2019re small-talking with someone who may have professional potential, you can weave in your elevator pitch too, but try to start personal, because that\u2019s where the fertile common ground may be to create a foundation for something more.\nAsk questions and be engaged\nWhether you\u2019re in a larger group or a one-on-one conversation , shift the focus to the person you don\u2019t know, and ask questions, so the conversation doesn\u2019t come to a screeching halt.\n\u201cPeople love to talk about themselves and are flattered when you take an interest in them, says Brisky. Along with asking questions, listen to people's responses. \u201cDon't just jump into your own story that is sort of similar to what they are saying. Ask follow up questions,\u201d she says.\nVolleying off what people share will help you get into a conversational flow like the one you\u2019d have with a friend and it leads to a more memorable conversation.\n\u201cAfter the event, it will make a more lasting impression on the person that you didn't just ask one question and move on\u2014they'll remember that you engaged them on a deeper level,\u201d she explains. If you want to follow up or you see the person again, you\u2019re well on your way to creating a \u201creal\u201d relationship and not one that feels surface-level.\nUse a wingperson\nTo fine-tune your small talk skills, it might help to start with a friend. If you have to go to a networking event or even an acquaintance\u2019s party with people you don\u2019t know well, bring reinforcements.\n\u201cBring someone who is a bit more extroverted than you, as they may be more comfortable with starting up conversations and finding a way to pull you into them,\u201d says Carolyn Birsky, founder of the Massachusettes-based career coaching firm Compass Maven.\nAn easy trick for you to start small talk is to introduce them to your friend. For instance, if you\u2019re seated next to someone else or waiting in line to get a drink with your friend, introduce the stranger to your friend and fill them in on what you were speaking about when they join the conversation.\nRemember the old saying, \u2018practice makes perfect\u2019? Well, it\u2019s true about mastering the art of small talk. And what better way to put your new skills to action than to line up some job interviews. When you join Monster you can upload up to five versions of your resume, so recruiters can find you as soon as the jobs become available. We\u2019ll also send you weekly job alerts by email, as well as expert tips on networking, negotiating, and career advancement.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 174, "original_length": 8505, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 289.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.mormon.org/me/H315", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:17Z", "digest": "sha1:Y34LALOS75HNKK2DGW5Y7XELT54JJIMN", "length": 514, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.mormon.org", "title": "Anthony Condie | Mormon.org", "raw_content": "Anthony Condie\nHi I'm Anthony Condie\nMissionary going to Brisbane, Australia!!!\nPreparing for my mission. Love to play Basketball and Football, but willing to play anything with a ball.\nThere is no denying the power of the Holy Ghost. I know that Joseph Smith Jr. had a vision with God and Jesus Christ. I know that Heavenly Father has a plan for all of us, we just need to be willing to follow His plan!\nI am happily serving an LDS Mission for the next two years. I will b serving the Lord in Brisbane, Australia.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 125, "original_length": 3218, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 221.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.mormon.org/me/JD8M", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:14Z", "digest": "sha1:HEM3RZ5UL36ZY2WQXYXGKJRF5N3G2YEG", "length": 1515, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.mormon.org", "title": "Ashtyn | Mormon.org", "raw_content": "Hi I'm Ashtyn\nI am 18 years old and am currently attending college and loving it! I absolutely love to draw and am planning on majoring in animation. I love reading and video games, and playing with my dog. I currently have my mission call to the Brazil Porto Alegre North Mission, and I am set to leave on May 4th (May the Fourth be with you).\nI was raised in the church, so for a long time, I only went because it was what was expected of me and it was just how I was raised. Once I was a teenager, I really had to decide for myself if I wanted to be a part of this religion, and after much personal study and prayer, I felt in my heart that this is the true church. I know that there is a Savior, and that He personally knows each and every one of us and every struggle, disappointment, and heartache that we have been through. I know that He chose to die for us, because He loves us and wants us to return to live with our Father in Heaven. I know that through the temple, families can last forever. I know that Joseph Smith and all following prophets were called of God to lead this church. I know that because Joseph Smith is a true prophet, that the Book of Mormon is also true, and I know these things to be true, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.\nIn my home ward, I have a calling to teach the 9 year old girls. It is such a blast to be able to get to know them and I really learn a lot from them. My calling helps me to learn how to effectively teach the gospel, which is great to prepare for my mission.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 128, "original_length": 4487, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 239.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.mountsinai.org/clinical-trials/what-is", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:09Z", "digest": "sha1:CSTSTKMKJCEYX3QJFKZLEB3NFCIPGVLW", "length": 1221, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.mountsinai.org", "title": "What is a Clinical Trial? | Mount Sinai - New York", "raw_content": "A clinical trial is a research study that answers specific health questions. It also adds to medical knowledge. Researchers carefully conduct clinical trials. The goals are to develop and evaluate treatments and interventions that can fight disease and improve health. We also perform observational studies.\nClinical or interventional trials determine whether experimental treatments, such as drugs, devices, and procedures, or new ways of using known therapies are safe and effective under controlled environments that follow strict rules to protect study participants. Clinical trials are conducted in steps called phases. Each phase entails a new study aimed at answering a progressive set of questions:\nPhase I: Is it safe?\nPhase II: Does it work?\nPhase III: Is it better than what we have now?\nPhase IV: What are possible long-term effects?\nObservational trials address health issues in large groups of people. They take place in natural settings. For example, researchers may want to learn about the effect of lifestyle on heart health. So, we may observe a group of older adults over time. We may also look at the long-term outcome of participants who have received various treatments during routine clinical care.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 210, "original_length": 9519, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 229.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.msh.on.ca/areas-of-care/biopsies", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:31Z", "digest": "sha1:GHRLXJHZFRRCA7XJXURVAW2GVMS36P7Q", "length": 4133, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "www.msh.on.ca", "title": "Biopsies | Markham Stouffville Hospital", "raw_content": "A biopsy is the removal of tissue in order to examine it for disease. The tissue samples can be taken from any part of the body. Biopsies are performed in several different ways. Some biopsies involve removing a small amount of tissue with a needle while others involve surgically removing an entire lump, or nodule, that is suspicious.\nOften, the tissue is removed by placing a needle through the skin to the area of abnormality. Biopsies can be safely performed with imaging guidance such as ultrasound, X-ray,computed tomography (CT), or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). These types of imaging are used to determine exactly where to place the needle and perform the biopsy.\nMost needle biopsies are performed as an \u201coutpatient\u201d, which means you go home after the procedure and are not admitted to the hospital.\nThe preparations for a biopsy vary and it is important that you follow the instructions necessary for the kind of appointment you will be having. Please be sure to confirm which instructions apply to you, as some important ones include:\nYou may be instructed to not eat or drink for eight hours before your biopsy.\nSome medications such as blood thinners should not be used for seven days before your biopsy date. Aspirin and non-steroidal anti-inflammatories such as Advil or Motrin should not be used for seven days before your biopsy.\nIf taking your routine medications is allowed. If you are diabetic and take insulin, you should talk to your physician as your usual insulin dose may need to be adjusted.\nThe length of time it will involve you being at the hospital, from your necessary arrival time until we have completed all post-procedural monitoring and discharge you home. Some biopsies (such as lung, liver and kidney) require bloodwork also be taken on the morning of the procedure upon arriving at the hospital.\nFor any biopsies involving sedation we do require that you make arrangements to be driven home by someone else. If you cannot make alternate driving arrangements we will require that you remain at the hospital until all sedative effects have worn off before driving yourself home. For some biopsies that involve local tissue freezing we may still recommend that someone else drive you home when possible.\nBefore you go home you will be given the after care instructions that are important for the kind of biopsy you had. Some of these may include directions on how long you should rest after the biopsy, how long to leave on any bandages/dressings, when you can resume taking your medications, when you can eat and drink afterwards, etc.\nIf pain medication is needed, you may take acetaminophen (Tylenol only; do not take aspirin for two days after the procedure.\nCall your physician if you experience severe bleeding, pain, swelling, excessive bruising or significant redness and heat.\nCall your physician for results and follow up; it may take 7 to 10 working days for your physician to receive your results.\nDownload the general biopsy brochure\nImaging-guided needle biopsies are most often performed by a specially trained radiologist or interventional radiologist, assisted by an imaging technologist and/or a nurse. To learn more about these health professionals please see:\nOntario Association of Radiologists - What is a radiologist\nCollege of Medical Radiation Technologists of Ontario - About MRTs\nSonographycanada.ca - Sonographers are medical professionals\nCanadian-nurse.com - The changing image of radiology nursing\nWhy are biopsies performed?\nWhen a nodule is detected, imaging tests may be performed to help determine if it is benign (non-cancerous) or malignant (cancerous). If imaging studies cannot clearly define the abnormality, a biopsy may be necessary.\nWhat body parts are usually biopsied?\nBiopsies are performed in many areas of the body and for many reasons. The following is a list of common biopsy types: bone, breast, kidneys, liver, lung, thyroid and prostate.\nThe procedure is usually completed within one hour. You may be required to stay in an area for observation for several hours after the biopsy, depending on the type of biopsy performed.\nBiopsy brochure", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 185, "original_length": 7758, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 310.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.msknyc.com/information/dance/1", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:09Z", "digest": "sha1:LW22HBF36DM3A7AS4QLI6KSPQ54BTA2Q", "length": 401, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.msknyc.com", "title": "mark stephen kornbluth :: photography | dance | 1", "raw_content": "I have worked closely with choreographers, dancers, and dance teachers to help me to learn what makes a great dance photograph. I have worked extensively, both in the studio, as well as in the theatre, photographing dancers. And I've taken classes. Lots of classes. I might not have learned how to dance, but I've received a vocabulary to help you create an image while working in front of the camera.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 4, "original_length": 1275, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 122.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.music.af.mil/Concerts/News/Article-Display/Article/1658555/a-celtic-celebration-in-the-keystone-state/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:53:53Z", "digest": "sha1:X2GTYOWWJLXNMQSX6DXSYTX633MIZFY6", "length": 2917, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.music.af.mil", "title": "A Celtic Celebration in the Keystone State > Air Force Bands > Article Display", "raw_content": "A Celtic Celebration in the Keystone State\nBy Master Sgt. Joe Haughton, The United States Air Force Band / Published October 10, 2018\nMembers of Celtic Aire during their main stage performance at the 2018 Celtic Classic Festival in Bethlehem, PA\nCeltic Aire with world-renowned Irish singer/comedian Seamus Kennedy at the Celtic Heritage Hollow Stage during the 2018 Celtic Classic Festival. (Photo Credit Technical Sgt. Hillary Grobe/Released)\nThe view from Master Sgt. Mark Hannah\u2019s soundboard during Celtic Aire\u2019s Saturday performance\nCeltic Aire was joined by Technical Sgt. Jilian McGreen from the Air Force Singing Sergeants\nJoint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C. -- In addition to the six official ensembles of The United States Air Force Band, there are a number of small, musical groups within the Band that perform around Washington, D.C., and occasionally across the country. Last weekend, Celtic Aire, a subset of the Singing Sergeants, had the opportunity to share their music in the Keystone State.\nThe premier folk ensemble of the Air Force, Celtic Aire, gave three separate performances during the 31st Annual Celtic Classic Highland Games and Festival in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, a free festival hosted by the Celtic Cultural Alliance. Celtic Aire kicked off the beginning of the festival with a rousing performance of the National Anthem, opening the event for a crowd of over 20,000.\n\u201cThis is by far the best rendition of the national anthem I have ever heard at the Celtic Classics!\u201d claimed Marcie Mulligan, the Cultural Outreach Coordinator for the Festival.\nLater in the afternoon, the group performed for an enthusiastic crowd at the Festival\u2019s cultural events stage, Heritage Hollow. This performance was a mix of songs from around the world and a question and answer session.\nCeltic Aire invited three members of the Singing Sergeants to join them for the main stage show at Foy Concert Hall, on the Moravian College campus.\n\u201cPerforming with Celtic Aire for the Celtic Classic was a fantastic experience,\u201d said Technical Sgt. Jilian McGreen, a vocalist in the Singing Sergeants who joined Celtic Aire for this trip. \u201cIt was wonderful to play for an audience that was so responsive to both the music and veteran recognition.\u201d\nThe audience response was overwhelming. The 400-seat concert hall was at capacity and the audience lined up over an hour before the performance. Many festival-goers went out of their way to thank the members of Celtic Aire for their service and music.\n\u201cThis was the most anticipated event of the festival, and I really hope we can have you back in future seasons,\u201d stated Mulligan.\nThis was Celtic Aire\u2019s first time performing at the Celtic Classic Highland Games and Festival, one of the largest Celtic festivals in the world that is still free and open to the public. Hopefully, it's the beginning of a long-lasting tradition.\nCeltic Aire Singing Sergeants", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 293, "original_length": 7587, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 290.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.myeventflo.com/event_profile.asp?evid=2048&cclid=537773558", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:14:46Z", "digest": "sha1:VDNCVY3H7B7IQGGKMUOI4WI3CKQZCSOB", "length": 818, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.myeventflo.com", "title": "eventflo - Dr Chrisophe Eizaguirre", "raw_content": "Reader in Evolutionary and Conservation Genetics\nSession: Ecological Parasitology: Ecological Modelling\nProfile of Dr Chrisophe Eizaguirre\nOver the last years, I have developed an interdisciplinary research program based on evolutionary and conservation genetics. Particularly, my research interests include host-parasite interactions,eco-evo dynamics, the evolution of endangered species and population genomics.\nMy research group uses laboratory and field experiments in combination with next generation sequencing. We use the three-spined stickleback as a model species to, for instance, understand the effects of parasites on gene expression and their epigenetics modulations.\nThe gained knowledge then helps us understand patterns in endangered species, such as the European eel or even the loggerhead sea turtle.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 41, "original_length": 1775, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 329.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.myjobmag.co.ke/job/83467/administrative-secretary-national-council-of-churches-of-kenya-ncck", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:08Z", "digest": "sha1:7Z4SKXWJ5ETB2MKK5CSO7EQEK6BU2PLY", "length": 320, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.myjobmag.co.ke", "title": "Administrative Secretary at National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK)", "raw_content": "I think you may be interested in this position - Job Openings at National Council of Churches of Kenya. This is the link: https://www.myjobmag.co.ke/job/83467/administrative-secretary-national-council-of-churches-of-kenya-ncck?utm_source=email_friend. Copy and paste link on browser if link is not working. Check it out!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 167, "original_length": 9663, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 240.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.mynevadacounty.com/148/Departments-A---B", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:23:22Z", "digest": "sha1:WASNCI4B7SGTHX6OIN5XXDYVDUWGC33N", "length": 1261, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.mynevadacounty.com", "title": "Departments A - B | Nevada County, CA", "raw_content": "The mission of Adult Services under the Department of Social Services (DSS) is opening doors, building community, and being of service to County citizens needing social, eligibility, or employment training services.\nCalifornia\u2019s County Agricultural Commissioners serve as the primary local enforcement agents for state agricultural laws and regulations.\nThe airport is home to many types of aircraft including homebuilt, commercial charter, ultralight, and private. Additionally, the airport is home to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and US Forest Service Grass Valley Air Attack Base.\nNevada County Animal Control Division oversees Animal Control Operations and the Sammie's Friends Animal Shelter Contract. The goal of animal control officers is to gain compliance through education and, if needed, through the enforcement of applicable laws.\nThe Auditor-Controller is the chief accounting officer of the County, responsible for budget control, disbursements, receipts and the accounting and reporting functions of the county's budget.\nThe Building Department's goal is to provide services that result in compliance with minimum housing, building and safety laws, and to serve customers in a timely, efficient, and effective manner.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 89, "original_length": 2714, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 185.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article75096887.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:44Z", "digest": "sha1:DEIPI34BZBKGWZS4LBFY3RVRT63BPZTN", "length": 4200, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.myrtlebeachonline.com", "title": "NC controversy offers chance to embrace an expansion of self-determination | Myrtle Beach Sun News", "raw_content": "Turns out the rock upon which my pal\u2019s identity has been built is turning to sand. In modern America, those workhorse pronouns \u2013 he, she, him and her \u2013 are no longer sufficient or held to be self-evident.\nInstead, we are creating a fluid landscape where the simple male-female dichotomy is being replaced by a complex menu of individualized choices. Facebook users, for example, can select from more than 50 gender identifications, including agender, bigender, pangender, gender fluid and, when those don\u2019t capture it, other.\n\u201cZe\u201d is the gender pronoun of choice at Wesleyan University\u2019s student newspaper. \u201cE\u201d is accepted at Harvard and \u201cey\u201d at American University. The New York Times reports that \u201cMx\u201d (pronounced mix) is a substitute for Mr. and Mrs.\nTo the horror of red pencil grammarians, the 127-year-old American Dialect Society recently transformed \u201cthey\u201d into a gender-neutral singular pronoun and named it Word of the Year for 2015.\nThis slightly amusing trend now seems deadly serious given the controversy regarding North Carolina\u2019s House Bill 2. While I oppose every aspect of that law \u2013 including the requirement that transgender people must use bathrooms that correspond with the sex designated on their birth certificates \u2013 it suggests far more complicated questions about new ideas that are transforming our culture.\nIf you aren\u2019t an academic, or someone connected to the LGBT community, you probably haven\u2019t thought much about gender identity.\nMost of us are not deep thinkers or revolutionaries. We tend to see issues through the beliefs given us by the culture that reared us.\nWhat are your deeply held views on race and justice? If you had been born a century ago, with your same heart and soul, they would be very different.\nMany Americans hold views on same-sex marriage that never would have occurred to them a few decades ago. They didn\u2019t change their minds through deep contemplation. Instead, thanks to complex systems of social cues and signs, they saw and heard new attitudes that others were embracing. So they did, too. Sometimes the crowd is a force for good.\nNew ideas are often espoused by the young, who always remake the world.\nThis can be unsettling for older people because the mind tends to fall back on established patterns. This is one reason we have generation gaps \u2013 and why it\u2019s said that science advances one funeral at a time. Young people, remember this!\nI am a middle-aged man who is libertarian on most social issues, and my nascent efforts to process these newfangled issues of identity leave me heartened because they seem to align with my existing beliefs.\nI embrace the freedom of self-determination. This is my core principle. We get one chance at life, and no one should be denied pursuit of happiness if it does not do real harm to others.\nMy views on gender \u2013 how we are taught to act based on our sex \u2013 were shaped during the freewheeling 1970s. Now, they seem passe. Hey, it happens. Recall that towering genius Sigmund Freud who had the misfortune of asking \u201cwhat do women want?\u201d just as the millennia of evidence he was using to answer that question was being overturned.\nBut then, at least at first reckoning, it strikes me that the new ideas about gender don\u2019t go far enough. Fifty identity boxes may be better than two, but they are still boxes. I understand that people want anchors for their identity, but I hope we are transitioning to the point where just one label defines us: human being.\nMany people have thoughtful concerns about these changes \u2013 concerns that should be invited, not shouted down. Few of us have thought through the implications of these developments that do not strike on the margins but at the core of our culture and our selves. How will they affect relations between the sexes? What impact will they have on the workplace? On federal programs and benefits? Will they offer adolescents more possibilities or awful uncertainty during an already confusing time in their lives?\nI don\u2019t know. So, for now, I follow my instincts and embrace what looks like another expansion of freedom.\nJ. Peder Zane is a columnist for The (Raleigh, N.C.) News & Observer. Readers may send him email at jpederzane@jpederzane.com.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 96, "original_length": 6722, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 317.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/suez-canal-zone", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:49Z", "digest": "sha1:4PRECY7TZ35RVMMMCJATWCYMHKPYUBPO", "length": 4970, "nlines": 33, "source_domain": "www.nam.ac.uk", "title": "Suez Canal Zone | National Army Museum", "raw_content": "Suez Canal Zone\nBetween 1945 and 1956, British soldiers garrisoned bases on the Suez Canal in Egypt. As well as being subjected to regular attacks by local nationalists, they endured disease and a harsh climate. All of this made Suez one of the most unpopular Army postings.\nMen of 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment searching for snipers, 1951\nBritish presence\nThe Suez Canal was an economically and strategically vital route for both Middle Eastern oil and trade with the Far East. Britain maintained a military presence in Egypt to protect the canal under the terms of a treaty signed in 1936.\nHowever, Egyptian nationalists resented the British presence in their country. As early as 1945, riots had broken out and the first British soldier was killed there.\nMap of Egypt, 1956\nWithdrawing from the cities, British forces concentrated in the area immediately adjacent to the canal, known as \u2018the Canal Zone\u2019.\nThen, in October 1951, the Egyptian government increased pressure on the British and repealed the 1936 treaty.\nBuilding wrecked during civil unrest in the Canal Zone, October 1951\nBetween 1950 and 1956, violence escalated: 54 servicemen were killed and many others injured. An operation to disarm the police in Ismailia in January 1952 resulted in the deaths of 40 Egyptian paramilitaries, and the death and wounding of several British soldiers.\nThe 2nd and 3rd Battalions of The Parachute Regiment had cordoned off the town, while the 1st Battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers stormed the Bureau Sanitaire on 25 January.\nMembers of 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment, guarding a water filtration plant near Suez, December 1951\nThe destroyed windows of the Bureau Sanitaire barracks, Ismailia, 25 January 1952\n\u2018In January 1952 we were told we were going to Ismailia. Word had come through from Special Branch that\u2026 it was the police who were sniping at us. So we were going down to the Bureau Sanitaire, which the police were occupying. As we were going in the lad aside of me, he just went \u201cooh\u201d and down he went. So I looked and all his side was out and he was dead\u2026 He was a new draft, he came over to Egypt and I think he\u2019d done about six weeks\u2019 intensive training in the desert and then he copped it. A nice lad. I don\u2019t know what he was hit with, but we were told afterwards that the police were using dum-dum bullets so that would rip up rather then just going in.\n\u2018I think the best way to explain how I felt was in a daze really, it was something I just can\u2019t pinpoint how I felt, but I know I was shi*ting myself, I was frightened. I think anybody that says that they weren\u2019t is telling lies. The old soldiers knew what it was about, but I was bewildered.\u2019\nPrivate Eric Pearson, Canal Zone, 1951-52\nEntrance to the Suez Canal, looking south, 1956\nBy 1954, the garrison in the Canal Zone numbered 70,000 troops. This was difficult to supply without the support of the Egyptian government.\nIn April 1954, Colonel Gamal Abdel Nasser became the leader of Egypt. He was one of a group of Egyptian Army officers who had overthrown King Farouk in 1952, and had a strong nationalistic vision.\nNegotiations began and an agreement was reached on 19 October 1954 ending the British occupation. Britain was given 20 months to withdraw.\nThis agreement led to a reduction in tension. British troops were able to leave the Canal Zone and move about more freely.\nThe first troops departed in May 1955. The last British unit to leave was 2nd Battalion The Grenadier Guards, which departed Port Said on 24 March 1956.\nBarracks at the Sweet Water Canal in Suez, 1952\n\u2018Gippy tummy\u2019\nSuez was an unpopular posting for both regular soldiers and National Servicemen. The climate was regarded as unhealthy, disease was common, accommodation poor and the local population overwhelmingly hostile.\n\u2018It really was an open sewer - it was pretty filthy. If anybody fell in the Sweetwater Canal\u2026 they had to have the full treatment for rabies, injections in the tummy and everything. It was the early days of anti-mosquito spraying of their breeding grounds in canals, swamps etc and all the waters around were being constantly sprayed by the public health people. So nobody got the traditional malaria. But there was a lot of \u2018gippy tummy\u2019 [diarrhoea] - that was a fairly constant thing.\u2019\nSecond Lieutenant Kenneth Baker, Canal Zone, 1953-54\nIn June 2003, following a campaign by ex-servicemen and women and their relatives, the British prime minister Tony Blair announced the award of a Suez Canal Zone Clasp to the General Service Medal.\nThis was for anyone who had served in the Canal Zone for a minimum of 30 consecutive days between 1951 and 1954.\nGeneral Service Medal 1918-62 with Canal Zone clasp awarded to Sergeant J Pringle, Royal Army Educational Corps\nMiddle East Empire 1900s\nIn 1956, British and French forces invaded Egypt in collusion with Israel. Although the military operation was a success, the political storm it caused led to a humiliating withdrawal.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 119, "original_length": 7507, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 233.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nar.realtor/realtor-university-speaker-series/realtor-university-speaker-series-affordable-rental-housing-in-the-us-where-does-it-come-from-and", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:01Z", "digest": "sha1:J4YTB2FHP35VLHTX5KQQIVD57W4LX2KO", "length": 374, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.nar.realtor", "title": "REALTOR\u00ae University Speaker Series: Affordable Rental Housing in the U.S.: Where does it come from and what happens to it? | www.nar.realtor", "raw_content": "REALTOR\u00ae University Speaker Series: Affordable Rental Housing in the U.S.: Where does it come from and what happens to it?\nIn this video, Dr. John Weicher, Director, Center for Housing & Financial Markets at the Hudson Institute, takes a 20-year look at affordable rental housing. His analysis spans 1985-2005 and discusses how that housing availability has changed and why.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 473, "original_length": 10791, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 333.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nasscancelliere.com/practice-areas/work-related/types/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:19Z", "digest": "sha1:AXYEI5N6GTUYVAUA4S3CEFUSRGAYHIFH", "length": 2963, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.nasscancelliere.com", "title": "Types of Workers Comp Injuries | Nass Cancelliere in PA & NJ", "raw_content": "The Philadelphia workers comp law firm of Nass Cancelliere outline and explain the types of injuries that are covered by workers\u2019 compensation, including slip & fall, construction, motor vehicle, and industrial accidents, and carpal tunnel syndrome.\nWorkers comp law provides coverage for a wide variety of on-the-job related illnesses and injuries. Some of the most commonly-occurring claims are detailed below.\nThese are exactly what they sound like \u2013 injuries that result when a worker slips on a spilled liquid, on an inadequately maintained staircase, or any other job site obstruction that results in a fall with injuries.\nIf you are driving either your car or a company-owned vehicle and are injured in an accident while in the act of performing your job (making a delivery, transporting building materials, etc.), you are entitled to compensatory damages under workers\u2019 comp.\nThese are often the most damaging of accidents, resulting in severe bodily harm or even death. Construction is a high-risk job, at which you can be injured by falling off a beam, being struck by falling building material, or by machinery failure. Workers comp is responsible for covering any and all expenses that you or your family incurs as a result.\nThese often involve machinery or equipment failures, electrical accidents, or falls while on the job. Again, workers compensation covers these types of accidents.\nChemical and Toxic Exposures, Including Asbestos\nConsidered a subset of industrial accidents, these exposures may be harmful or fatal although, particularly in the case of asbestos, the full damage may not become known until years after exposure. Workers comp can help cover your medical bills, current and future, as well as any lost wages following exposure.\nWhile any kind of work inevitably involves stressful situations, workplace stress involves long-term damage and treatment for stress-related disorders such as depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other psychological or physical stress disorders. While workers comp insurance should cover treatment and provide other benefits, you may need an attorney to help prove your condition was caused by workplace stress.\nA painful and usually chronic condition caused by repetitive motions such as typing, repetitive factory line work, or similar activities. Carpal tunnel may be relieved by surgery in some cases, in others, it may be permanently disabling. Again, workers\u2019 comp insurance is required to cover this condition and its associated costs to you.\nContact the dedicated attorneys at Nass Cancelliere in Philadelphia today\nIf you need help with these or any other workers comp claims, contact the Philadelphia workers compensation attorneys of Nass Cancelliere. They will fight for your rights and see to it that you receive the full compensation for your illness or injury to which you are legally entitled. Call us at 215-546-8200, or contact us through our web form at any time.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 149, "original_length": 6699, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 333.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/nobel-narcissism-yuval-levin/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:49Z", "digest": "sha1:XAGU645F45T3OLNLXIK4WRNSRS2T3CB5", "length": 2207, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.nationalreview.com", "title": "The Nobel for Narcissism | National Review", "raw_content": "The Nobel for Narcissism\nThe White House must be a bit perplexed about how to respond to the bizarre decision of the Nobel committee today. It carries risks for them, because it seems to be causing everyone to say \u201cfor what?\u201d which is not a question they want asked just now. As last weekend\u2019s Saturday Night Live showed, it\u2019s a question that\u2019s beginning to nag some on the left.\nThe prize, and the question, also risk awakening with a vengeance the notorious good sense of the American public, and its democratic intolerance for pompous arrogance and nonsense. In its fatigue with Republicans, and its unease with John McCain\u2019s erratic and empty campaign, the voting public gave Obama a comfortable victory last year, but only the young and the silly really went in for the whole cult of personality. It has seemed at several telling moments this year, however, as though Obama himself and his circle were among those that believed it all, and remain so: Their enormous faith in the power of Obama as a messenger and presence, the sense that the world would change its attitude about America simply because he was there, the endless stream of first person pronouns. We might have thought the falling poll ratings would check this attitude somewhat, but Obama\u2019s words and deeds \u2014 the Olympics fiasco, for instance \u2014 suggest otherwise. Now this odd moment could force the administration to face the matter one way or another. It compels all reasonably sensible people to say \u201ccome on, really?!\u201d and it challenges Obama and his circle to assure the country that they are not delusional. It\u2019s hard to know quite what the right response would be, but it would probably require a self-effacing show of humility (including declining the prize) that our president may not even be able to fake, let alone actually exhibit. It is a dangerous thing for a president to become a joke, and between his Olympic Committee trip and this peculiar honor, he\u2019s getting there fast, and in a way that could do him real harm.\nI wonder if any commentator, anywhere on the political spectrum, will offer a genuine straight-faced defense or case for this prize. Whoever does will no-doubt win next year\u2019s Nobel Prize for literature.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 211, "original_length": 6805, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 329.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nbaset.org/the-unh-iol-and-nbase-t-alliance-working-together-to-advance-ethernet-technologies/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:37Z", "digest": "sha1:CSOSNK6SLWPSKME2DRND73BSKAVMXHPX", "length": 2581, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.nbaset.org", "title": "The UNH-IOL and NBASE-T Alliance: Working Together to Advance Ethernet Technologies - NBASE-T", "raw_content": "Author: Michael Klempa, Technical Manager Ethernet & Storage, UNH-IOL\nFor more than three decades, the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Lab (UNH-IOL), has served as an independent provider of broad-based testing and standards conformance solutions for the networking industry. During this time, it has become one of the world\u2019s recognized leading testing facilities for data and networking communications products, as well as a pioneer in providing custom testing solutions. In addition, the UNH-IOL is dedicated to training future engineers in a hands-on, collaborative work environment where students are doing all the in-house testing while attending UNH.\nThat training is how I started working for the UNH-IOL eight years ago \u2013 first as a Test Engineer during my electrical engineering undergrad days, and then continuing as the Ethernet and Storage Technical Manager while I completed my master\u2019s and beyond. This experience at UNH-IOL had a direct impact on the knowledge, understanding and interest I had in the networking field when I graduated.\nThe UNH-IOL provides me the opportunity to work with industry associations and standards bodies related to the technologies in which they support. We provide critical interoperability and performance testing for vendors and their customers and we\u2019ve been working with the NBASE-T Alliance since 2016 to increase awareness of the technology. Our BASE-T plugfest events allow companies to test products with other partners in realistic environments on a neutral playing field. Why does this matter? In the Ethernet world, equipment is expected to work and interop testing like this is a key component of delivering this value to the market.\nInteroperability was the first focus, but standard conformance testing for EEE, downshift, and noise rejection testing, typically performed at the UNH-IOL by student test engineers, was also key in bringing a standardization across the various Test & Measurement vendors. UNH-IOL also has a successful record of leading the technical work for interoperability demonstrations, including for the NBASE-T Alliance at the 2017 and 2018 Interop ITX events.\nMost recently, NBASE-T Alliance chair, Peter Jones, and I recorded a short, 20-minute webinar discussing how the UNH-IOL and NBASE-T work together to help move NBASE-T technologies forward. Check out Testing & Interoperability : How the UNH-IOL Continues to Impact NBASE-T Success. Peter and I can talk about Ethernet for hours (or days), but we had to stop somewhere. Reach out to either of us to continue the conversation.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 3667, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 259.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nbc26.com/news/community-members-learn-how-maple-syrup-is-made", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:07Z", "digest": "sha1:XXJTVAF7ZKEFMCDM2CNOSOLB2W3Q36ML", "length": 737, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.nbc26.com", "title": "Community members learn how maple syrup is made", "raw_content": "Community members learn how maple syrup is made\nOn Saturday morning, people celebrated spring as part of Public Maple Syrup Day.\nIt was held at the Barkhausen Waterfowl Preserve in Suamico. People learned how maple syrup is made. While it's a way for families to come together and have fun, organizers say it's a great learning experience as well.\n\"We might go to our grocery store and buy syrup, whether it's maple syrup or corn syrup, put it on our pancakes, and that's great, but teaching the community that we can still gather food straight from our trees, really add nothing to it, really cooking a product and add nothing to it, it's a healthy alternative,\u201d said Matt Kriese.\nThe program has been around for more than twenty years.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 92, "original_length": 2189, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 269.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcbayarea.com/the-scene/real-estate/Buy-San-Francisco-Bays-Only-Privately-Owned-Island-115031579.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:33:09Z", "digest": "sha1:UH6W7HUH2PYXMVFQNSPNA7GDQON5O7S5", "length": 1334, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.nbcbayarea.com", "title": "Buy San Francisco Bay's Only Privately Owned Island - NBC Bay Area", "raw_content": "Buy San Francisco Bay's Only Privately Owned Island\nPublished Feb 1, 2011 at 11:24 AM | Updated at 12:50 PM PST on Feb 1, 2011\nA shot of Red Rock Island.\nHave you ever dreamed of living in the middle of the San Francisco Bay? Now you have your chance, sort of.\nThe only privately held island in the bay has officially hit the market for a mere $22 million. The price will get you the right to say you own Red Rock Island near the Richmond/San Rafael bridge.\nThe 4.114 acre island sits in the middle of the bay and is vacant land that is part of four counties.\nThe Zillow.com listing for the island does not say whether the owner would be allowed to build on the uninhabited island but $22 million will guarantee you \"the mineral rights and bragging rights.\"\nIntrigued by the uniqueness of the real estate, Mission Mission dug into the island's past and found that it once was used by Russian and Aluet fur hunters, who camped on the island, while hunting sea otters in the 1800s.\nBut perhaps even better is the rumor that pirate gold could be buried on the island\nSea Kayaker and Explorer writes on his blog that on \"old charts the island was called Treasure Rock and Golden Rock because of such (pirate) tales.\"\nWith a monthly payment of only $90,000, Red Rock Island may be worth the price in bragging rights and cool stories alone.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 105, "original_length": 2854, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 216.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/Internal_Matter_in_Boston_s_Fort_Point_Has_Closed-409768425.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:45Z", "digest": "sha1:KQPNTZQ5FDHS7ZSTUW3XSCAXN2YMSFQN", "length": 959, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.nbcboston.com", "title": "Internal Matter in Boston's Fort Point Has Closed - NBC10 Boston", "raw_content": "Internal Matter in Boston's Fort Point Has Closed\nASAblanca via Getty Images\nA Fort Point restaurant, wine bar, and cafe that was popular with artists has very quietly closed its doors.\nAccording to several sources, Internal Matter on Channel Center Street appears to be out of business, with one source confirming that it has indeed shut down. The dining spot, which was owned by local photographer and artist Brian Bresnahan, was a coffeehouse in the morning and a dinner spot and wine bar in the evening and was known in part for its live music and hosting of various events. The place first opened in March of 2015, nearly three years after plans for the spot were initially announced.\nThe address for this now-closed restaurant in Boston's Fort Point is: Internal Matter, 35 Channel Center Street, Boston, MA, 02210. The website for the place can be found at http://www.internalmatter.com/\nOriginal Post: Internal Matter in Boston's Fort Point Has Closed", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 85, "original_length": 2623, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 236.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/western-wildfires/burning-air-attack-lifesaver-during-fire-season-n388776", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:31Z", "digest": "sha1:WGBVG7V6XHMBSCPR33O5K7FEGEYXI7ZX", "length": 3539, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "www.nbcnews.com", "title": "Help From Above: Air Attack Is a Lifesaver During Fire Season", "raw_content": "Help From Above: Air Attack Is a Lifesaver During Fire Season\nHelicopters Take Aim at California\u2019s Wildfires From the Air\nBy Miguel Almaguer\nAs wildfire season heats up in the western United States, communities on the front lines are relying on aircraft \u2014 from nimble helicopters with night vision to lumbering tankers that date back to World War II \u2014 to keep conflagrations from morphing into catastrophes.\nAir attacks are often the fastest and sometimes the only way to fight the blazes that are threatening countless homes and lives during this dry, hot beginning to the summer.\nBut crucial as they are, many of these firefighting planes aren't exactly state-of-the-art. Some of the air tankers \u2014 which dump water or flame retardant on fires \u2014 are more than a half-century old.\n\"This is the third generation of old military aircraft that have ended up causing multiple deaths,\" Jim Hall, former head of the National Transportation Safety Board, said in 2012.\nA C-130 battling a California blaze in 2002 went down after its wings separated from the body, killing all three on board. Last year, a CalFire air tanker, made in 2001, crashed in a canyon in Yosemite National Park.\nA plane drops fire retardant over a hot spot on May 14, 2014, in San Marcos, Calif.Uncredited / AP\nThe Orange County Fire Authority in southern California relies on a more nimble fleet \u2014 a squadron of four helicopters that hold 375 gallons of water and come with a $2 million annual budget.\n\"These helicopters are worth their weight in gold because they can get up quickly and they can suppress a fire within minutes,\" said Capt. Steve Concialdi, a spokesman for the agency.\n\"If it saves one or two homes from burning, it has basically paid for itself for the entire year,\" Concialdi said. \"Because when we get a fire that starts burning homes, the price tag to fight that fire gets into the millions of dollars.\"\nThe authority green-lighted a pilot program this year to keep helicopter crews staffed around the clock. Pilot Ethan Jensen said that gives Orange County a big edge.\n\"If a fire starts at 1 a.m. in the morning, traditionally there wouldn't be any aircraft on it until 7 or 8 o'clock in the morning and it's already had six or seven hours to get a head of steam on it,\" he said. \"Now with the initial attack on it being at night, we can be on the fire hopefully while it's still small.\n\"If we can get on the scene when the fire's still relatively small, less than an acre or two ... that can make a huge difference in whether it stays small or if it becomes a large extended attack fire that can do days or even weeks.\"\nMiguel Almaguer\nMiguel Almaguer was named NBC News correspondent in April 2009 and is based in Burbank, California. He contributes to all NBC News properties, including \u201cNightly News with Brian Williams,\u201d \u201cTODAY\u201d and MSNBC.\nPrior to NBC News, Almaguer was a general assignment reporter specializing in breaking news coverage at WRC in Washington, DC since 2006. Before joining WRC, Almaguer was a reporter for KCRA in Sacramento from 2003-2006. His first job in television was with KSBW-TV in Salinas, California from 2000-2003.\nAlmaguer received an Emmy Award for coverage of the San Diego wild fires in 2007, and was an Edward R. Murrow Spot News Award Winner in 2004. In addition, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists has honored Almaguer with awards and scholarships.\nA native of Berkeley, Calif., Almaguer graduated with high honors from San Francisco State University with a degree in broadcast communications.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 51, "original_length": 4104, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 193.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/San-Diego-Stem-Cell-Clinics-in-National-Spotlight-504240911.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:21:29Z", "digest": "sha1:IBPEJHZPKLC6Y4GOZXBISRNODWNIPKMR", "length": 3067, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.nbcsandiego.com", "title": "San Diego Stem Cell Clinics in National Spotlight - NBC 7 San Diego", "raw_content": "San Diego Stem Cell Clinics in National Spotlight\nOn Friday, NBC\u2019s Today show featured NBC 7 Investigates\u2019 reporting on the rise of stem cell clinics across the country.\nBy Mari Payton, Tom Jones and JW August\nSome see stem cell therapy as the future of medicine, but not all of the treatments have been proven to work. Yet the treatments cost patients tens of thousands of dollars.\nNBC 7 Investigates has been looking into stem cell clinics and treatments offered across San Diego County for nearly a year. On Friday, NBC\u2019s Today show featured NBC 7\u2019s work in a report on stem cell treatments.\nToday Show Segment on Rise in Stem Cell Clinics\nThe Food and Drug Administration confirmed to NBC News that 12 patients became seriously ill after getting injections that supposedly contained stem cells that were contaminated. That\u2019s why some are warning about the rise in unregulated stem cell clinics and procedures popping across the country.\n\u201cThe pitch was basically that stem cells could cure anything,\u201d said stem cell therapy patient Tonya Woodward, speaking with Today\u2019s Gabe Gutierrez.\nStem cell therapies have been used to treat a wide range of conditions, including arthritis, Parkinson's disease, and lung problems. The treatments are marketed as being able to cure or help with ailments, discomfort, and disease but there is no proof that they work or are safe. Very few treatments are FDA approved.\n\u201cThere are now a large number of free-standing clinics that are offering stem cell therapies and these are therapies that have not been fully investigated,\u201d said Jeffrey Cohen, M.D. with the Cleveland Clinic. \u201cThey have not yet been shown to work and they are therapies for which we don't yet know if they are safe.\u201d\nTonya and Allen Woodward spent $30,000 on stem cell therapy to treat Tonya\u2019s skeletal deformities, including scoliosis and Allen\u2019s spine and neck pains. The therapy produced no results.\nAllen said he even urged his elderly father to give stem cell therapy a try but after the treatment, his father became even sicker.\n\u201cIt broke my heart,\u201d Allen said. \u201cEspecially because I'm the one that introduced him to it.\u201d\nNBC 7 Investigates first went undercover in May at a seminar put on by a clinic in Carlsbad where a Chiropractor pitched stem cell treatment to potential patients.\nInvestigating Claims Made By Local Stem Cell Clinic\nNBC 7 Investigates went undercover at a stem cell clinic to see if the clinics are promising legitimate results. NBC 7's Mari Payton reports.\nDuring the seminar, the Chiropractor did not tell the audience that the treatments offered were not F.D.A. approved.\nIn December, the F.D.A. wrote to 20 clinics that offer unapproved stem cell treatments, encouraging the clinics to contact federal regulators by November 2020, when enforcement will tighten. The F.D.A. has not released the names of those clinics.\nThe claims made by this clinic and others got the attention of the California Medical Board, which led to the creation of a task force last year to review the practices of clinics offering stem cell treatments.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 95, "original_length": 4485, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 255.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ncpedia.org/anchor/stringbands-bluesmen-african", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:32Z", "digest": "sha1:ZWZPSKWFBXFDIHX2RH2HWNCJAU4G3MD2", "length": 4277, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.ncpedia.org", "title": "NCpedia | NCpedia", "raw_content": "\u2039 Asheville Reacts to Look Homeward, Angel\nHillbillies and Mountain Folk: Early Stringband Recordings \u203a\nIn this video, Renowned Piedmont blues artist John Dee Holeman performs \"I Feel So Good\" at the 2009 Tobacco Harvest and Hornworm Arts Festival at Duke Homestead in Durham, North Carolina. A video transcript is available.\nDuring the industrial period, changes were afoot in African American music. In the early 20th century, there was a movement from a collaborative approach to music between blacks and whites, as seen in the stringband tradition, to a more distinctively African American approach and sound, as seen in the blues.\nThe rise of the tobacco industry in urban centers like Winston-Salem and Durham brought African Americans from all over the South in the early 20th century.\nIn Winston-Salem a vibrant blues scene was emerging. With the boom of Reynolds Tobacco and other smaller tobacco companies, Winston-Salem was becoming part of the magnetic field of the tobacco industry that attracted African American bluesmen from all over the South, just as had occurred in the eastern tobacco town of Durham. Southern bluesmen would follow the harvest, and when farmers brought their tobacco to sell at auction houses in downtown Winston-Salem, bluesmen such as Blind Boy Fuller were there, playing on streets such as Old Town Street, now Trade Street. Farmers had money in their pockets, and for the bluesmen, there was profit to be made -- from coins tossed into their hats to getting hired by farmers to play at their house parties. According to Winston-Salem blues performer Peter May, these bluesmen had versatile musical repertoires: \"For whites, blacks... played mostly ragtime, popular songs of the day. [If] they went to record, their records would sell to blacks, and they recorded blues.\"1\nSome of these bluesmen who played on the streets of downtown Winston-Salem were residents of the northwest Piedmont. One such local bluesman was Preston Fulp.\nFulp, born in Stokes County in 1915, did not start his musical life as a blues musician. Rooted in a family string band tradition, Fulp represents an archetype of the transitional African American secular folk musician who moved from stringband to blues. Coming from one of the oldest African American families in the region, Fulp was the great grandson of an African American woman named Suckie and a white planter and doctor named Fulp.\nAccording to folklorist Bob Carlin's research, African American banjo players Jospeh and Bill Fulp, grandsons of Suckie and Dr. Fulp, were born near Walnut Cove shortly after the Civil War. Joseph played banjo in the down picking or \"frailing\" style, and Bill played guitar. The next generation of Fulp family musicians included Preston and Robert, concentrating on the guitar, and Clifton, playing mostly banjo. In addition to guitar, Preston Fulp played some fiddle and banjo and supplemented income earned at local sawmills by playing at house parties for both blacks and whites.\nFulp's musical horizons began to broaden when he became part of a pool of street musicians who played for clientele of tobacco warehouses in Winston-Salem. In Fulp's own words, \"In 1937, I started to go to Winston and play at the tobacco warehouses and would pass around the hat, and I would get a little change. Sometimes I would make $100. I would go about once a week.\"2\nIt was in Winston-Salem where Fulp came under the influence of the blues. He became familiar with recordings of North Carolina blues giant Blind Blake. He also states that he learned to play in the key of C from watching Blind Willie McTell. Even in this new urban environment of African American blues, however, Fulp also had contact with white hillbilly artists, such as Matt Simmons from Stokes County, as well as Ernest Thompson.\n1. From phone conversation with local blues musician Peter May, May 10, 2002.\n2. Duffy, T. (1993) \"North Carolina Blues, Winston-Salem, Part One\" Living Blues. 107, p.36.\nThe emergence of blues music in Winston-Salem, 1860-1940.\nIn this video, Renowned Piedmont blues artist John Dee Holeman performs \"I Feel So Good\" at the 2009 Tobacco Harvest and Hornworm Arts Festival at Duke Homestead in Durham, North Carolina. A video transcript is available.\" data-share-imageurl=\"\">", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 1177, "original_length": 43209, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 277.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nethervoice.com/tag/sexual-confidence/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:28Z", "digest": "sha1:CREBAUALMSJZFPKW3Z645BJK7YCVXW3Q", "length": 8413, "nlines": 48, "source_domain": "www.nethervoice.com", "title": "sexual confidence | Nethervoice", "raw_content": "Home / nethervoice / sexual confidence\nThe Confident Skills of a Sex God\nby Paul Strikwerda in Articles, Personal Comments Off on The Confident Skills of a Sex God\nDear Prudence:\nI am a bit of a prude, and that\u2019s a problem. You see, I work as a voice actor, and recently I was asked to narrate a script that turned out to be very erotic. There were certain words in the story I just couldn\u2019t pronounce. It was too embarrassing. The trouble is: I already committed to the project. What am I to do?\nThat voice actor could have been me, not so long ago. Do you want to hear the story?\nWell, a client from an Eastern-European country approached me, because he was looking for someone with a hypnotic voice. Since I\u2019m also a certified trainer of hypnotherapy, I thought this was right up my alley.\nThe client explained that I would be recording a 5-session audio program that could trance-form a shy wallflower of a man into a confident guy who had no trouble approaching women.\nBefore I tell you more, there\u2019s something you should know.\nMany, many years ago, I was that man: rather nerdy, and terrified of the opposite sex. Every time I liked a girl, I got this burning feeling of \u201cmove away closer.\u201d It was a strange mix of being fascinated and frightened at the same time. I never dared to take the first step, paralyzed by an intense fear of rejection.\nOf course I blamed my parents. They weren\u2019t very touchy-feely people, and they rarely showed their affection in public. When my dad tried to explain the principles of procreation, he did it in a way only a Dutch Reformed minister could illuminate the miracle of life: in technical terms. He might as well have read me the manual of motorcycle maintenance.\nEven though Dutch society is often seen as liberal and open, I grew up with the notion that nudity was naughty, and that sex revolved around dirty deeds taking place behind closed bedroom doors. I should stay away from it as long as possible. And that\u2019s exactly what I did. At age 20, the sex life of a missionary might have been more exciting than mine.\nWe all know that repression leads to rebellion, and eventually the hidden hedonist in me won over from the conflicted Calvinist. These days everybody knows me as the uber-confident, outrageously charismatic chick magnet I am; the guy who turned down the lead in Fifty Shades Of Grey. I beat myself up over it, and it was quite enjoyable.\nBut seriously, I\u2019m a big believer in the benefits of hypnosis, and I really want to improve the life of my fellow-man. So, when the offer of narrating a self-help program came to me, I said to myself: \u201cWhy not?\u201d\nIf you\u2019re at all familiar with hypnosis, you know that it\u2019s based on the power of suggestion. A simple phrase like \u201cImagine being in a beautiful place where you can totally relax,\u201d will elicit a certain state in certain people. It\u2019s nothing mysterious. Words have the power to evoke images, sounds, and feelings. Why else would so many people be hooked on audio books?\nMost hypnotic scripts begin something like this:\n\u201cSit in a comfortable chair or just lie on a couch or a bed with your hands resting in your lap or by your side. When you are ready, begin.\nDraw in three slow deep breaths\u2026 and another \u2026 still another. Each time you inhale, focus on filling your lungs with clean fresh air. As you exhale feel all the tension leave your lungs and your entire body. You feel so good. Perfectly relaxed.\u201d\nOnce the listener reaches a deeper state of relaxation, the idea is to bypass all critical thinking, which increases the openness to, and acceptance of more direct suggestions. And so the self-help script I was working on continued\u2026.\n\u201cYou can achieve anything when you use your own power of mind. You will find yourself sleeping better. When it\u2019s time to sleep, you\u2019ll dream pleasant guiding dreams about becoming the guy with all the girls around him, and it\u2019s a great dream that you enjoy having regularly. This dream further empowers you to be the Sex God you truly desire to be. That\u2019s because you are now the guy that all the girls love. You possess the qualities that women look for and want to have a sexual relationship with.\u201d\nAt this point I could see where this was going, and the prude in me started to protest, but the script went on:\n\u201cAs of this moment, you can successfully flirt a woman into a \u2018more\u2019 situation, and then provide the best nights\u2019 entertainment, and an amazing night or weekend of shagging, and she will always beg for more.\u201d\nI had to stop the recording, and wondered: \u201cAm I really saying this? I would never use the word shagging. It\u2019s vulgar. Do I really want to go on?\n\u201c10\u2026 going deeper, deeper and deeper\u2026\n9\u2026 more and more relaxed\u2026\n8\u2026 deeper and deeper, than before\u2026\u201d\nThe temperature in my sound booth began to rise, and I took my sweater off. It felt like there wasn\u2019t enough air in the small space. What on earth had I gotten myself into?\nAfter taking a deep breath, my inner voice started reading the words in front of me:\n\u201cImagine that you are with a lover, in a hot tub, and you are still making love and feeling her pleasure because you are very sensitive, caring\u2026 slow when she needs slow, fast when she needs fast, deep when she needs deep, just stimulating the first 1\u201d of the entrance near the G-spot, and sometimes throbbing and contracting to bring her greater pleasure, and you KNOW that being a gentle and caring lover is more important, and by practicing what you are doing with care and gentle warmth you enhance your own sexual talents, enhance your penis\u2019 awareness of how to make love, and she can feel it and it thrills her.\u201d\nHere\u2019s where I completely lost it. This wasn\u2019t a hypnotic self-help induction. This was pure, unadulterated porn, and my awareness of it didn\u2019t need to be enhanced. It made me utterly uncomfortable, and I had to ask myself one question:\n\u201cDo I want to be known as the Ron Jeremy of voice-overs?\u201d\nTo make matters worse, my mind decided to convey this message to my muscles, and my lips responded appropriately by refusing to say the p-word. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn\u2019t pronounce it.\nIt was as if I had regressed. That sometimes occurs when people are under hypnosis. My prude, Protestant self was penalizing me for what I was doing. I\u2019ve had this happen once before, when I had to read a short story filled with brutal, gratuitous violence. It was too graphic. I just couldn\u2019t do it.\nThe problem with this job was that I was working on session five. I had recorded the previous four, and the illustrious Uncle Roy Yokelson had already added hypnotic music, and mixed and mastered the audio. The finish line was in sight. I\u2019d also signed a contract, and it would be silly of me to back down because of a stupid two-syllable word.\nI decided to leave my studio and walk around the block. Once I had cooled down a bit, I zoomed in on the heart of the matter: I was taking this way too personally.\nThese weren\u2019t my words. This wasn\u2019t my script. I was just an unidentified voice, whispering in someone\u2019s horny ear.\n\u201cGet yourself out of the way,\u201d I said. \u201cBe a man, and do the job you were hired to do. You\u2019re a voice actor. You get paid because you\u2019re good at pretending. Now, get in front of that microphone, and finish what you started!\u201d\nThese were almost self-hypnotic suggestions, and they did the trick. I was only a few pages away from completing this project, when I spoke the following words:\n\u201cYour subconscious now hears these special suggestions deeply and profoundly: I am sure and confident about myself. I know what a woman wants and I have the skills to deliver it. So, hold that image of successfully flirting with her in your mind. No Fear \u2013 No Intimidation. You walk tall and proud, shoulders back with total and complete self-confidence and purposely walk up to this woman who is everything you have always wanted and here she is in body and soul. You visualize being her lover, and her going absolutely wild with you and for you.\nYour own mind reaffirms: I am a wild sexual tiger, hear me roar.\u201d\nA few minutes after I was done recording, my wonderful, gorgeous wife came home.\n\u201cHow was your day, honey?\u201d she asked.\n\u201cFine,\u201d I said with a smile. \u201cTotally fine.\u201d\nShe stared at me for a moment.\n\u201cWhat\u2019s that look in your eyes,\u201d she wanted to know. \u201cIs there something on your mind?\u201d\n\u201cSweetie, you look absolutely amazing,\u201d I said. \u201cLet\u2019s go upstairs.\u201d\n\u201cRight now?\u201d she asked.\n\u201cRight now!\u201d I roared.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 121, "original_length": 10967, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 305.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.newbyhouseinteriors.co.uk/about-us", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:21:21Z", "digest": "sha1:LV5J37UYUA6FLXXSEDLGA3CJUBXR3SZZ", "length": 2462, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.newbyhouseinteriors.co.uk", "title": "About Us", "raw_content": "Newby House Interiors History & About Us....\nNewby House interiors is a family business operating from the North East of England in the quiet village of Newby in North Yorkshire. With over 80 years combined experience in the furniture trade we are able to source the finest furniture from some of the top manufacturers.\nJohn Lloyd the founder of Newby House Interiors has been in the furniture trade almost all his life. He started as an apprentice french polisher in 1960 restoring some of England's finest antique and reproduction furniture. In 1969 John opened his first furniture store in Oxford Road, Middlesbrough. John quickly gained a reputation for excellent customer service and furniture knowledge. John's wife Ann joined the business in 1978 as our interior design consultant. The business rapidly expanded until we had to make the decision to move to a larger premises. With business booming we moved to an 18000 square foot store on Portrack Lane, Stockton-on-Tees.\nWith the revolution of the internet John saw an opportunity to appeal to a wider audience and by setting up an online store in 2000 we were one of the first e-commerce furniture websites. In 2008 we made the leap to selling solely online and set up the newbyhouseinteriors.co.uk website. This gives us the opportunity to sell at prices once thought impossible due to no longer having the massive overheads of running a store. Our online store also enables us to offer thousands of products for sale to customers all over the UK.\nNewby House Interiors can help you create the perfect look. From lavish accessories to full contemporary dining sets, we have created this online store for you to easily add that special, personal touch to your home that is sometimes hard to find in regular high street stores. Because this e-store is created by furniture experts, you can be assured that every product sourced for sale is of the highest quality. All items come with a full 12 months manufacturers guarantee for your peace of mind.\nIf you can't find what you're looking for please call us, we have many products still to add to our website and can source many more products. With our wealth of furniture and retail knowledge as well as supplying furniture to interior designers and house builders we are sure to find the perfect furniture for you. If you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact us via the online form on the contact us page or call us on 01642 321748.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 666, "original_length": 17365, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 261.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.newhavenmed.com/shoulder-pain--dysfunction", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:38Z", "digest": "sha1:OBVGAVPOFZ6VUC2BKCYWH7E5EH5UUCSK", "length": 1762, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.newhavenmed.com", "title": "Shoulder Pain & Dysfunction - New Haven, Connecticut Chiropractor - New Haven Medical Sports & Occupational Health", "raw_content": "The Four Joints of the Shoulder\nThe shoulder joint is made up of four joints. 1) Glenohumeral joint (GH), 2) Acromioclavicular (AC), 3) Sternoclavicular (SC), 4) Scapulothroacic.\nThe process of evaluation of the shoulder joint must include all the joints as individual as well as how they work collectively to make up the \u201cshoulder joint\u201d. Proper assessment should also include the cervical spine to rule out any referred symptoms. The shoulder assessment and location of the lesion is a complex one due to the amount of structures they are involved. The lesion can be inside or outside the joint and depending on the nature of the injury or the clinical findings will determine the exact location.\nThe shoulder joint is the least stable joint in the body. It requires all of its stability to come from the four major muscles, the rotator cuff muscles. There are many minor muscles as well. The four rotator cuff muscles are; 1) Supraspinatus, 2) Infraspinatus, 3) Teres minor, 4) Subscpularis. Some of the accessory or minor muscles include the pectoral major/minor, serratus anterior, deltoid, trapezium, latissimus dorsi and bicep tendon. There is also the capsular ligament that plays an integral role in the shoulder.\nAfter orthopedic intervention which would include, NSAIDs, Cortisone injection(s) and surgery and symptoms still persist a proper assessment needs to be made. It must include the four joints, the primary and secondary muscles to locate the lingering symptoms and loss of full use.\nTreatment would include; Myofascial release, joint mobilizations, and in office rehabilitation. The emphasis in most cases is Myofascial Release, which tends to uncover the root of the problem.\nCall today for your consult and exam, you will be happy you did.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 129, "original_length": 3849, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 230.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.newschief.com/sports/20180308/sexton-lifts-alabama-over-texas-aampm-70-69", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:00Z", "digest": "sha1:VKJ3MVU4VZKQZX6EH6KFIG7X7BB2ILDA", "length": 3840, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.newschief.com", "title": "Sexton lifts Alabama over Texas A&M 70-69 - Sports - News Chief - Winter Haven, FL", "raw_content": "Sexton lifts Alabama over Texas A&M 70-69\nST. LOUIS \u2014 Collin Sexton wasn't quite ready to put Alabama's postseason chances in the hands of the NCAA Tournament selection committee.\nInstead, the standout freshman took the Crimson Tide's fate into his own hands \u2014 a plan that kept the school's NCAA hopes alive for another day.\nSexton drove the length of the court in the final seconds and hit a floater at the buzzer to give ninth-seeded Alabama (18-14) a 71-70 win over Texas A&M on Thursday. He did so just moments after T.J. Starks hit a 3-pointer to put the Aggies up 70-69 with 4.4 seconds remaining, taking the inbounds pass following a timeout and racing up the court for the game winner.\n\"Coach (Avery Johnson) just told me to race it up the floor to get to the basket,\" Sexton said. \"He knew how fast I could get there so he said, 'Just get to the basket, get a layup for us.' \"\nSexton finished with 27 points, none bigger than his final two. Alabama led by as many as 12 points in the second half, but the No. 8-seed Aggies (20-12) rallied and went up by one point after Starks' 3-pointer.\nThat's when Sexton took the inbounds pass and raced up the court for his winning shot. Dazon Ingram scored 13 points for the Crimson Tide, and Donta Hall added 11.\nThe win snaps a five-game losing streak for the Crimson Tide, and it provides a much-needed boost for school's case for a bid to the NCAA Tournament \u2014 which it is trying to reach for the first time since 2012.\nST. LOUIS \u2014 With the Southeastern Conference tournament in St. Louis and heralded freshman Michael Porter Jr. returning, Missouri fans were hoping to be treated to a weekend-long show from the Tigers.\nYante Maten and the Georgia Bulldogs did their best job to prevent that from happening.\nMaten scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Georgia squeaked out a 62-60 victory over Missouri in the second round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament on Thursday.\nGeorgia, the 12th seed, led throughout the second half, but fifth-seeded Missouri narrowed the Bulldogs' lead to just two points with seven seconds left. The Tigers drew up a play for their leading scorer, Kassius Robertson. But Robertson's 3-point attempt went long and Georgia secured the victory.\nAfter starting the game down 10-0, the Bulldogs (18-14), who face fourth-seeded Kentucky in today's second quarterfinal, charged back with a 12-0 run of their own. The trend continued throughout the contest: Missouri makes a run, Georgia responds.\n\"I felt like we got off to a very slow start but eventually found a rhythm defensively in the first half,\" Georgia coach Mark Fox said. \"(We) were able to just kind of grind to the finish.\"\nMaten and the Bulldogs put Missouri in foul trouble early. Missouri bigs Jeremiah Tilmon and Kevin Puryear fouled out and Jontay Porter finished with four fouls.\nLouisiana State 77\nST. LOUIS \u2014 Lamar Peters scored 24 points and Mississippi State hit 10 3-pointers in defeating LSU 80-77 in the second round of the Southeastern Conference Tournament on Thursday.\nLeading by seven with 34 seconds left, the Bulldogs allowed the Tigers to hit two consecutive 3s to close to 78-77. But with nine seconds to play, Mississippi State inbounded the ball, avoided foul attempts and escaped with victory after Nick Weatherspoon's dunk.\nPeters led an unlikely charge from 3 for the seventh-seeded Bulldogs, who came into the contest the 15th-worst team at 30.7 percent shooting from beyond the arc. Mississippi State (22-10), which faces Tennessee in today's third quarterfinal, shot 9-of-12 from 3 in the first half and finished the game 10-for-17.\nTenth-seeded LSU (17-14) trimmed a once 19-point Bulldogs' lead to just two with 5:52 remaining. The game stayed close until the end, but the Tigers never retook the lead.\nTremont Waters led LSU with 28 points and six assists.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 142, "original_length": 5780, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 266.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21528734-500-the-fish-with-its-genitals-on-its-head/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:42Z", "digest": "sha1:3PCUF5CFPJ25R7BNYIDWAXYXVB4ZEP6K", "length": 1539, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.newscientist.com", "title": "The fish with its genitals on its head | New Scientist", "raw_content": "The fish with its genitals on its head\nHERE\u2019S a literal way to get a head start in the reproduction game. The Phallostethus cuulong fish wears its genitals just beneath its mouth (see picture).\nP. cuulong is a newly discovered species of priapiumfish, a little-known group of Asian fish all similarly endowed. It was discovered in July 2009 by Koichi Shibukawa of the Nagao Natural Environment Foundation in Tokyo, Japan. He saw one swimming alone in a canal near the Mekong river in Vietnam, and managed to catch it in a net (Zootaxa, vol 3363, p 45).\nMale priapiumfish don\u2019t have a penis. Instead they have a unique organ called a priapium, which faces backwards and looks like a muscular nozzle. It is actually a modification of the fish\u2019s pectoral and pelvic fins.\nWe don\u2019t know why priapiumfish evolved their peculiar gonads, says Lynne Parenti of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. They belong to a big group called the Atherinomorpha, which includes many other species with modified fins that transfer sperm. In most cases, like guppies and splitfins, it\u2019s the anal fin that\u2019s modified. The priapiumfish are a variation on this theme.\nIt\u2019s not just the reproductive organs that are attached to the priapiumfish\u2019s head: so too is its bottom. The fish\u2019s anus is on its priapium, slightly forward from the genital opening. Its guts perform a U-turn to reach it. \u201cThere\u2019s not much going on at the back of these fish,\u201d Parenti says.\nAmericas saw three waves of ancient settlers\nParents less likely to catch colds and flu", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 97, "original_length": 4040, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 283.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/castle-goes-up-for-sale-for-2-3m-1-8497133", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:30Z", "digest": "sha1:JE6L7H3QAP7VL56EOM5KICNYZQLXYZD4", "length": 2351, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.newsletter.co.uk", "title": "Castle goes up for sale for \u00a32.3m - Belfast Newsletter", "raw_content": "Castle goes up for sale for \u00a32.3m\nFor sale: Gilford Castle Estate, Co Down.\nThe historic Gilford Castle Estate in Co Down has been put up for sale, with an asking price of \u00a32.3 million.\nThe 207-acre property, described by estate agents Savills as an \u201cexceptional residential, agricultural and sporting estate\u201d, includes a \u2018B1\u2019 listed castle dating from around 1865, traditional outbuildings, a sawmill, two flats, 127 acres of farmland and 63 acres of woods.\nThe drawing room at Gilford Castle.\nThe estate on the banks of the River Bann, which was last sold over 100 years ago, is being offered for sale as a whole or in five lots.\nJames Butler, Head of Country Agency at Savills, commented: \u201cIt is extremely rare for an estate with such an impressive castle and over 200 acres to be offered for sale in Northern Ireland.\n\u201cGiven the range of assets at Gilford Castle Estate, I anticipate interest to come from local and international buyers looking to purchase an estate for a variety of purposes.\u201d\nIn the 1860s a portion of the estate was purchased by Benjamin Dickson, a partner in the prosperous local linen thread company of Dunbar McMaster. He engaged Glasgow-based architect William Spence to design the present day country house in the Scottish Baronial-style.\nThe B1 listed Scottish Baronial-style country house is set among woodland overlooking the River Bann.\nThe estate was purchased by James F. Wright in 1913 and has remained in the family\u2019s ownership ever since.\nJames Wright was the son of a mill owner from Co Monagan who had become a successful Hong Kong and Manila merchant and stockbroker. His wife, Mary Menary, was the niece of Sir Thomas Jackson, third Chief Manager of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (now known as HSBC), who was responsible for financing the development of Colonial Hong Kong under the first large scale bank. James and Mary furnished their Gilford home with memories of Manila and Hong Kong.\nThe castle comprises a kitchen, hall, four reception rooms and six bedrooms. It also has two flats with seven bedrooms and three reception rooms between the two.\nInternal period features include decorative cornicing and ceiling roses, sash windows, hardwood floors, marble and oak fireplaces and a staircase overlooked by a detailed stained-glass window.\nFor further information log on to www.savills.ie", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 121, "original_length": 3964, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 185.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.newstalk.com/news/cannabis-and-cocaine-worth-estimated-14m-seized-in-dublin-511267", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:51Z", "digest": "sha1:TTRNLVK37PBJINHR43RBNJEKT3PLZFNC", "length": 691, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.newstalk.com", "title": "Cannabis and cocaine worth estimated \u20ac1.4m seized in Dublin | Newstalk", "raw_content": "Cannabis and cocaine worth estimated \u20ac1.4m seized in Dublin\nDrugs worth an estimated \u20ac1.4 million have been seized in Dublin.\nTwo people have been arrested in connection with the investigation.\nThe drugs were discovered as part of an ongoing investigation targeting criminal activity in the Dublin region.\nGarda\u00ed - including members of the National Drugs & Organised Crime Bureau - searched a property in the Kings House apartment complex at Bow Lane, Dublin 8 yesterday.\nCannabis and cocaine worth \u20ac1.4 million was found at the address.\nA man (48) and a woman (32) were arrested.\nThey are being held under Section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act at Kevin Street and Kilmainham Garda stations.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 108, "original_length": 2493, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 201.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.newyorkapologetics.com/apostles-creed/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:23:07Z", "digest": "sha1:JPVC76EI53R4Z7SYIXWWANOG7IUEURUY", "length": 1539, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.newyorkapologetics.com", "title": "The Apostles Creed - New York Apologetics", "raw_content": "Apologetics, Apostles Creed, belief, Docrtine, historical, history, In God We Trust\nPhilip Schaff, in his Creeds of Christendom, writes of the Apostles Creed, \u201cAs the Lord\u2019s Prayer is the Prayer of prayers, the Decalogue is the Law of laws, so the Apostles Creed is the Creed of creeds. It contains all the fundamental articles of the Christian faith necessary to salvation, in the form of facts, in simple Scripture language, and in the most natural order\u2014the order of revelation\u2014from God and the creation down to the resurrection and life everlasting.\u201d The simple doctrinal statements within this creed are clear and concise, and their meaning cannot be misconstrued.\nI believe in God the Father, Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth\nAnd in Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, our Lord\nSuffered under Pontius Pilate; was crucified, dead and buried; He descended into hell\nFrom thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead\nI believe in the Holy Ghost\nI believe a holy catholic church; the communion of saints\nA brief summary of what the Apostles believed.\nThe Isaiah 44:6, \u201cThus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.\u201d;\nIsaiah 45:5, \u201cI am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:\u201d\nJesus Suffered under Pilate\nLuke 23:24, \u201cAnd Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.\u201d\nAdapted from Historic Creeds and Confessions. (1997).\nDare to Defend Christianity!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 189, "original_length": 6714, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 278.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.newyorker.com/cartoon/a14183", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:04Z", "digest": "sha1:WON7JII3MEJTBOIKV5LBMTULF2I5KABG", "length": 50, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.newyorker.com", "title": "A Cartoon from The New Yorker", "raw_content": "\u201cWe need to talk\u2014let\u2019s have conversation No. 52A.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 118, "original_length": 2451, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 97.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/06/02/cruising", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:21Z", "digest": "sha1:VNBQ25UA5NIEMFMD7MHQYSXIC2KG4KO2", "length": 8845, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.newyorker.com", "title": "Cruising | The New Yorker", "raw_content": "Edgar Oliver\u2019s park stories.\nEdgar Oliver\u2019s one-man show, \u201cIn the Park,\u201d is a love story about moments.\nPhotograph by Alice O\u2019Malley\nI\u2019m afraid it was the limited, prejudiced part of my nature that prevented me from acknowledging, before now, the writer and performer Edgar Oliver and his emotionally grand work. Although Oliver and I are both gay and share similar interests\u2014he has been a ubiquitous presence on New York\u2019s downtown theatre scene for almost thirty years\u2014I tended to dismiss his earlier performances as affected and self-conscious, camp that built on camp. But his current monologue, \u201cIn the Park\u201d (respectfully directed by Randy Sharp, at the Axis), is so beautiful\u2014so enthralling in its undisguised but never tedious self-absorption, in its command of the spoken word, and in its demand for love\u2014that to remain unmoved by it, or to dismiss it as fairy folderol, begs the question: Why?\nMy list of grievances against Oliver as an artist was long. First, there was his voice, that stately and sonorous bass that made him sound like a mannered stage actor in an early talking picture, enunciating so carefully you just wanted the words to stop. Then there was his cultivated look\u2014the russet-colored hair and the enormous flashing eyes that brought to mind that perverse fantasist Daddy Carroll, from Gus Van Sant\u2019s 1991 film, \u201cMy Own Private Idaho,\u201d or Cecil Beaton\u2019s portraits of the British aesthete Stephen Tennant, who spent much of the latter part of his life in bed, for no reason other than that he preferred it. I didn\u2019t want Oliver, with his precious affect and his Ronald Firbank airs, to matter in my seemingly tougher, more \u201creal\u201d gay world.\nBut soon after Oliver, dressed all in black, unceremoniously took the stage in the Axis\u2019s low-ceilinged performance space and looked out at the audience with a tender expression, my smugness began to shift. Oliver was so clearly used to being confronted with intolerance like mine, and yet he was able to keep moving bravely, expansively forward. Still, he confesses, at the start of his hour-long piece, \u201cI am a hesitant man. It seems to me that I have spent my life half lost in some rapturous dream I dreamt as a child, from which I have never awakened. Perhaps I don\u2019t want to wake up. If I woke\u2014I would find that I have failed to live.\u201d As he goes on, Oliver slowly makes his audience understand that theatre, once stripped of its standard smoke and mirrors, is a storytelling medium, wonderfully reducible to two or three essentials: actor and text and that unidentifiable something which visionaries such as Artaud call magic.\nOliver, who is fifty-seven, stands at the front of the stage and addresses the audience directly. After a while, the lights behind him, delicately designed by David Zeffren, dim and then come up again\u2014and do so throughout the piece, whenever he pauses between anecdotes or thoughts. (Paul Carbonara\u2019s musical interludes punctuate the monologue as well.) There are no props, no lamppost or bench to help us visualize what Oliver describes: the days and occasional nights that he spends in Brooklyn\u2019s Prospect Park, which he loves, especially the areas that are largely unexplored by others. In the verdant, run-down spaces he seeks out, he finds a refuge where he can write the story that he\u2019s telling us now. (Oliver\u2019s bohemianism\u2014that is, his ability to make do with little, and then make more\u2014is entirely genuine.)\nOliver fills the stage with gestures: with one hand, he draws a chair or a patch of grass or a person, and the atmosphere that he creates with his astonishing sentences is an extension of his body\u2014which is integral to the story of his isolation. As a boy growing up in Savannah, Georgia, Oliver would go to Maryland in the summers, to visit his grandmother, with his sister and his eccentric mother. (He never mentions his father.) In Baltimore, Oliver was entranced by a statue in a fountain. He explains:\nAt its center sprouts a thicket of bronze bulrushes. Amidst the bulrushes a naked boy of bronze laughs and dances on a turtle\u2019s back. He seems in the midst of leaping. . . . I loved this statue. The music of the fountain\u2019s waters was for me the music of the rain. I loved rain above all things. It was as though this naked dancing boy lived in a world of eternal rain. In Savannah, when it rained . . . I felt myself go wandering through in the rain\u2014as though I were some other boy\u2014some wild boy out there wandering.\nOliver identifies not with other people but with objects, like that fountain, like the water. Human beings are a danger. From a bridge in Prospect Park, he notices some \u201cblack boys on bicycles.\u201d He stands, \u201cfrozen with terror, thinking, They are going to kill me.\u201d He feels himself \u201cso murderable there among the woods\u2014on the black side of the park\u2014so murderable by teen-aged black boys on bicycles. How could they resist murdering me?\u201d With this, the piece takes an enormous leap into autobiographical brilliance. Oliver\u2019s panic about his difference from those boys is a way of being proud of it, too; imagining his imminent victimhood allows him to star in the drama of being, on a stage constructed by those living, flesh-and-blood boys. But Oliver doesn\u2019t, like Jean Genet, equate violence or degradation with eroticism. There\u2019s no real system to his revelations. As a performer, he is as vulnerable to his audience as we are to him. (The night I saw the show, the audience collectively held its breath when Oliver brought up those \u201cblack boys\u201d and his terror of them. We didn\u2019t know where he was going with the story. Or, more specifically, we didn\u2019t want him to go to the predictable place. And he didn\u2019t. He even pre\u00ebmpted our response by admitting, \u201cIt seems strange to me now that I could have been so convinced those boys were going to kill me. They were just teen-aged boys on bicycles playing in the park.\u201d)\nAs the evening continues, it becomes increasingly clear that \u201cIn the Park\u201d is a love story about moments and sensations: Oliver rhapsodizes about rain and darkness and the sun and the soul music that he hears at a McDonald\u2019s where he sometimes goes to write. He ends his meditation with a scene of shared human emotion. One evening, as he is leaving the park, where he was \u201ctrying to write something about the end of summer\u2014trying to write, well . . . this,\u201d a young black man asks, as he passes, \u201cWere there many pretty boys?\u201d The young man, who is called Durrance, then stops to make a suggestion: \u201cLet\u2019s go somewhere and make love. Then I can get some money. You see\u2014I say what I mean. And when I see something I like I say it.\u201d Oliver tells us, \u201cI felt flattered\u2014because he had said when he looked at me he saw something he liked. Also I felt deeply flustered and troubled by desire.\u201d Desire is an emotion that no artist can control\u2014until it fades and its vapors become part of the story. Oliver doesn\u2019t gloss over his excitement at Durrance\u2019s proposition. He has felt invisible for much of his life, an invisibility that he relished: it freed him to feel more like an element\u2014like the rain he loves, like the night that is his friend\u2014than like a person, something he understands less than he understands statues. But now, in the park, he has been noticed, as a man.\nAt one point in his 2008 monologue \u201cEast 10th Street: Self-Portrait with Empty House,\u201d Oliver tells of his love for a boy named Jason. One night, they get drunk and quarrel. Then comes this extraordinary\u2014and extraordinarily described\u2014moment:\nSuddenly I jolted awake on the bed. It was broad daylight. . . . I looked around in a panic for Jason, and, thank God, there he was lying on the bed beside me, curled up with his back to me, sleeping. I had to talk to him. I reached over and took him by the shoulder to shake him, to wake him. But his shoulder came off in my hand. His entire arm came away. In horror, I dropped it. I grabbed at his back, but his whole back disintegrated at my touch. I began clawing for him\u2014clawing at the bedclothes\u2014but piece by piece Jason came apart in my hands\u2014unravelled and disappeared into thin air until I was down to the bare mattress. . . . What I had thought was Jason was just a pile of bedclothes.\nFor gay men of Oliver\u2019s generation\u2014gay men who survived AIDS\u2014romanticism, and not sex, became the dominant mode: dreaming about a man wouldn\u2019t kill you. And yet there was still the need to connect physically; we are all bodies. Oliver is constantly clawing his way through absence to get to something that he doesn\u2019t immediately recognize: that satisfying moment when heartbeat meets heartbeat. He doesn\u2019t take Durrance up on his offer, but both men are changed by the conversation. Durrance kisses Oliver, then wanders off into the post-twilight rain, leaving Oliver, ever the artist, to give shape to this shared experience of love in another shadow world\u2014the theatre. \u2666", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 184, "original_length": 13246, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 298.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.niforos.fr/blog/cryolipolyse-technologie.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:59Z", "digest": "sha1:43FIZW3Y67VMTKHYGLVKSGIOVJRKQKMG", "length": 1693, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.niforos.fr", "title": "Cryolipolyse traitement des amas graisseux \u00e0 Lyon Dr Niforos", "raw_content": "Stevens WG, Pietrzak LK, Spring MA.\nAesthet Surg J. 2013 Aug 1;33(6):835-46. doi: 10.1177/1090820X13494757. Epub 2013 Jul 15.\nBACKGROUND: Cryolipolysis has been shown to be a safe and effective noninvasive procedure for the reduction of localized subcutaneous fat.\nOBJECTIVES: The authors examine the safety, efficacy, and procedural growth of cryolipolysis in a single plastic surgery practice.\nMETHODS: A retrospective chart review was conducted for 528 consecutive patients who underwent cryolipolysis treatment from January 2010 to December 2012. The number of patients, the number of treatment cycles, the average number of cycles per patient, all treatment areas, and all procedural complications were recorded and analyzed. Overall practice growth with the device was also analyzed.\nRESULTS: Over the study period, 1785 anatomic sites were treated with 2729 cycles, primarily in the lower abdomen (28%, n = 490 cycles), upper abdomen (11%, n = 189), left flank (19%, n = 333), right flank (19%, n = 333), inner thigh (6%, n = 111), outer thigh (5%, n = 87), and back (6%, n = 99). The age distribution for men and women was similar (46.6 \u00b1 12.8 years for women and 46.5 \u00b1 12.3 years for men; overall range, 18-79 years). Only 3 cases of mild or moderate pain/neuralgia were reported and resolved in 4 or fewer days. No adverse events were reported. Procedure volume showed consistent growth, with treatment cycles increasing by 823% by 2012.\nCONCLUSIONS: Based on the results in this single plastic surgery practice, cryolipolysis is a safe and effective nonsurgical body contouring method associated with high patient satisfaction that can generate steady, significant business growth.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 173, "original_length": 34130, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 303.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2006/Bills/S2000/1680_I1.HTM", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:14Z", "digest": "sha1:KPLPAU7H733SZM44KHBKK3ZVVEVLZPWH", "length": 3021, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.njleg.state.nj.us", "title": "S1680", "raw_content": "An Act concerning the authority of members of fish and game protective associations and game protective societies, and amending R.S.23:10-3 and R.S.23:10-5.\n23:10-3. Proceedings for the recovery of penalties for the violation of any provision of [this] Title 23 of the Revised Statutes, [any provision of] any law supplementary thereto, or [any provision of] the State Fish and Game Code shall be brought in the name of the State [,] by a [duly commissioned warden, deputy warden, police officer, constable or a member of any regularly incorporated fish and game protective association, or the fish and game protector] conservation officer, deputy conservation officer, police officer, or other person authorized to make arrests for such violations as prosecutor, and no such proceeding shall be instituted by any other person unless specifically authorized by law.\n23:10-5. [Any constable, police officer, fish and game warden, protector, or deputy warden, or any officer or member of any incorporated game protective society may, for a violation of any provision of this Title, or any provision of any law supplementary thereto, or of any provision of the State Fish and Game Code] A conservation officer, deputy conservation officer, police officer, or other person authorized to make arrests for the violation of any provision of Title 23 of the Revised Statutes, any law supplementary thereto, or the State Fish and Game Code may, for any such violation committed within the view of [any such] the officer or person, arrest, without warrant, the offender and [carry] bring [him] the offender before a court in the county wherein [such] the arrest is made. [Any person or persons] A person who shall, by threat, menace or force, or in any manner, attempt to deter or prevent [any fish and game warden] a conservation officer, deputy conservation officer, police officer, or other person authorized to make such arrests [for violation of the fish and game laws of this State, or any provision of any law supplementary thereto, or any provision of the State Fish and Game Code] or who shall resist arrest or the seizure of boats or nets or other apparatus illegally used, shall be subject to a fine of [one hundred dollars\n($100.00)] between $200 and $500 for each offense .\nThis bill would remove the authority of members of an incorporated fish and game protective association or an incorporated game protective society to enforce the State's fish and game laws and regulations. The bill would also increase the amount of the fine for a violation of the law from the current $100 to between $200 and $500 for each offense.\nThis bill would thus ensure that only individuals who have appropriate training in law enforcement, natural resource management, environmental enforcement activities, and wildlife sciences would have the power to enforce laws concerning natural resource protection. It is in the best interest of the State that only professionally trained and specialized individuals enforce fish and game laws.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 24, "original_length": 3636, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 258.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/end-of-the-white-australia-policy", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:07Z", "digest": "sha1:LAJVN3UNOQV5BFFWLAHNT7MUAB5O35EY", "length": 6023, "nlines": 33, "source_domain": "www.nma.gov.au", "title": "End of the White Australia policy | National Museum of Australia", "raw_content": "1966: End of White Australia policy\nPrime Minister Harold Holt (second from left), with other Southeast Asia Treaty Organization leaders in Manila, the Philippines, in 1966. Photo: Frank Wolfe, White House Photo Office, LBJ Library C3638-6\nThe Migration Act 1966 established legal equality between British, European and non-European migrants to Australia.\nThese changes to immigration policy were some of the most significant steps towards the formation of multicultural Australia.\nUnder the new legislation, all potential migrants were now subject to the same rules and restrictions surrounding visas, and were eligible to become citizens of Australia after the same waiting period. People were selected based on what they might offer Australian society, rather than their race or nationality.\nSir Keith Cameron Wilson MP, House of Representatives debate, 24 March 1966:\nFrom now on there will not be in any of our laws or in any of our regulations anything that discriminates against migrants on the grounds of colour or race.\nOne of the first pieces of legislation enacted by the parliament of the newly federated Australian nation was the Immigration Restriction Act 1901. This Act, known as the \u2018White Australia policy\u2019, aimed to not only restrict numbers of non-white migrants to Australia, but also to deport \u2018undesirable\u2019 migrants who were already in the country.\nThe policy was openly racist, and was designed to support the ideal of Australia as a \u2018purely\u2019 white nation, untroubled by the threats non-white populations were thought to pose to the country\u2019s social, political and moral standards.\nThe Australian government actively enforced the White Australia policy. British migration was favoured and encouraged, and a dictation test \u2014 in any language a potential migrant was unable to speak \u2014 was administered as a way of stopping migrants from outside the United Kingdom from entering Australia.\nAs a result, non-white people \u2014 including Australia\u2019s Indigenous population \u2013 made up only about two per cent of the overall population in the early 1940s.\n\u2018Populate or perish\u2019\nAfter the devastation of the Second World War, Arthur Calwell, the Australian immigration minister, revived the idea that Australia must \u2018populate or perish\u2019. British migrants were sought, but government policy in the UK discouraged the emigration of people Britain needed to rebuild its cities and infrastructure.\nWith insufficient numbers relocating from the UK, Calwell made the controversial decision to circumvent the British bias of the \u2018White Australia policy\u2019 and allow the migration of displaced persons from Europe. The \u2018beautiful Balts\u2019, who arrived in 1947, were the first group chosen as they were reassuringly fair skinned, and fitted Australian aesthetic ideals.\nThis was the first step in the gradual move away from the British migration model that had dominated Australian policy.\nIn the years after the arrival of the \u2018beautiful Balts\u2019, migration policies slowly changed to first allow migrants from southern and eastern Europe, and then (from the late 1940s and early 1950s) carefully selected temporary migration from the Middle East and Asia.\nThe late 1950s saw more positive changes of attitude towards non-European migrants. In 1957, the Liberal government relaxed restrictions on ongoing temporary visas and made non-European migrants eligible for citizenship after 15 years in the country (as opposed to five years for Europeans).\nIn the Migration Act 1958, the government introduced legislation that abolished the dictation test as part of a simpler permit migration system.\nThe Australian Citizenship Quilt is made from 140 individually designed squares that represent the many ways Australians understand citizenship, through personal stories of migration and identity. Department of Immigration and Citizenship Australian Citizenship Quilt collection, National Museum of Australia\nA migration review in 1966 led to the most significant step towards the abolition of the White Australia policy.\nUnder the Migration Act 1966, introduced by the Holt Government and given bipartisan support in Parliament, all potential migrants were subject to the same rules and restrictions with regard to acquiring visas, and were eligible to become Australian citizens after the same waiting period of five years. Migrants to Australia were to be selected for their skills and ability to contribute to Australian society, rather than their race or national affiliation.\nThe Holt government promoted the introduction of the new Act as a way to further engage with our close geographical neighbours and create trade, tourism and development relationships between Australia and other nations, particularly in Asia.\nWhile the creation of legislative equality for all migrants was a defining moment in the Australian migration story, there was still a way to go to make such equality a reality. The Holt government, despite passing the 1966 Act, did not attempt to establish Australian migration offices in Asian countries or offer assistance for Asian migrants.\nIn 1973, the Whitlam Labor government definitively renounced the White Australia policy and established in its place a policy of multiculturalism in a nation that is now home to migrants from about 200 different countries.\nEnd of the White Australia policy videos\nDr Tim Soutphommasane 0:38\nTasneem Chopra 0:30\nWhite Australia has a black historyA circular white metal badge with black printed text reading 'White Australia / has a / black history'. There is a drawing of the Aboriginal Flag beneath the text.\nFounding of the UN\nNSW Department of Education & Communities\u2019 online teaching resource: Racism No Way; The \u201cWhite Australia\u201d Policy\nTransforming a 'White Australia': Issues of Racism and Immigration, Laksiri Jayasuriya, SSS Publications, New Delhi, 2012\nThe Long, Slow Death of White Australia, Gwenda Tavan, Scribe Publications, Carlton North, 2005\nThe Administration of the White Australia Policy, AC Palfreeman, Melbourne University Press, London, 1967", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 141, "original_length": 8094, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 246.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nola.com/300/2018/06/pere_antoine_new_orleans_st_lo.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:29Z", "digest": "sha1:XUPYE5OYWDZS5QRKD2DP32DUOQH5OTF3", "length": 5321, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "www.nola.com", "title": "The beloved but controversial priest who is forever linked with St. Louis Cathedral | NOLA.com", "raw_content": "The beloved but controversial priest who is forever linked with St. Louis Cathedral\nA portrait of Pere Antoine by artist Alexandra Kilburn of Where Y'Art, as commissioned by NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune for its \"300 for 300\" celebration of New Orleans' tricentennial. (NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)\nThe Times-Picayune is marking the tricentennial of New Orleans with its ongoing 300 for 300 project, running through 2018 and highlighting 300 people who have made New Orleans New Orleans, featuring original artwork commissioned by NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune with Where Y'Art gallery. Today: Francisco Idelfonso Mareno, better known as Pere Antoine.\nThe icon: Pere Antoine.\nThe legacy: His birth name was Francisco Idelfonso Mareno, but the Capuchin friar who for years served as the rector at St. Louis Cathedral was known by everyone in the city -- and still is -- as Pere Antoine, no other name necessary. Pere Antoine was as devout as he was strong-willed, so much as to be controversial, as with his attempt to import the Spanish Inquisition to Louisiana in 1789, an effort that saw him exiled from the city for a time. He would return, mellowed but devout as ever, and he would end up earning the enduring affection of his flock for his willingness to minister to everyone, be they poor, enslaved or imprisoned. When church officials tried to unseat him a second time in 1805, his congregation had enough, electing him their parish priest -- the people's priest -- and an office he held the rest of his life.\nThe artist: Alexandra Kilburn.\nThe quote: \"Among the Catholic clergy, Father Antoine, a Capuchin, stands out and highly deserves the esteem in which he is held by the Catholics as well as by the Protestants. He is a true father of the sick, the helpless and the forsaken.\" -- author and traveler Charles Sidons, in 1827, after visiting New Orleans\nExplore more of Alexandra Kilburn's work online at WhereYart.net and in person at the Where Y'Art gallery, 1901 Royal St.\nHe was born in Sedella, Spain, in 1748. Upon becoming a priest as a young man, he took the religious name Antonio.\nPadre Antonio de Sedella arrived in New Orleans around 1779, which was 11 years before Spain ceded Louisiana back to France in the Treaty of San Ildefonso. In the then-still-heavily-French city, he became known as Pere Antoine.\nHe lived a Spartan existence in a small unadorned cabin on Cloister Alley -- later named St. Anthony Alley and, as it is known today, Pere Antoine Alley -- containing a bare floor, a rough table, a chair, a crucifix and a small pallet for sleeping.\nTen years after his arrival, Pere Antoine informed Gov. Esteban Rodriguez Miro that he had been appointed Commissary of the Inquisition, that his \"preparations were complete\" and that he intended to immediately begin arresting heretics and enforcing strict Catholic orthodoxy. Miro expelled him to Spain the following day.\n\"When I read the communication of that Capuchin, I shuddered,\" Miro would later write to Madrid. \"The very name of Inquisition uttered in New Orleans would be sufficient not only to check immigration ... but would be capable of driving away those who have recently come here.\"\nAccording to historian Grace King, when the old Spanish jail -- behind the Cabildo -- was demolished five decades after Pere Antoine's expulsion, secret dungeons containing what was described as torture devices were discovered. The supposition: That it represented the \"preparations\" referenced by Pere Antoine.\nAn apparently more rational Antoine returned to the city about 1795. Talk of the Inquisition stayed behind in Spain.\nHe is said to have presided over the baptism and first marriage of Marie Laveau, the city's famous voodoo queen. Laveau and Antoine are believed to have become something between friends and professional acquaintances as they both ministered to the city's sick and dying during the same the same era.\nAs legend holds, he refused to allow the bells at St. Louis Cathedral to be sounded as an alarm during the Great Fire of 1788 because it was Good Friday. An estimated two-thirds of the city burned as a result of that fire.\nSpeaking of bells, Pere Antoine in 1819 christened the bell in a rebuilt St. Louis Cathedral, naming it \"Victoire\" -- or \"victory\" -- after Gen. Andrew Jackson's defeat of the British in the Battle of New Orleans four years prior.\nPere Antoine died Jan. 19, 1829, at the age of 80 or 81 and was buried beneath St. Louis Cathedral.\nWhen he died, the City Council passed a measure in which they pledged to wear black crepe on their arms for 30 days in his honor.\nIn addition to Pere Antoine Alley, St. Anthony's Garden, behind the cathedral, was named after Pere Antoine's patron saint and dedicated in his memory.\nThere are those who say the ghost of Pere Antoine still walks his namesake alley and can sometimes be spotted inside the cathedral itself.\nA palm tree on Orleans Street was for years known as the Pere Antoine Palm, and -- for reasons not really clear -- it was rumored that bad fortune would befall anyone who harmed the tree. It was cut down in 1887, but not before Thomas Bailey Aldrich stoked the legend with his 1873 short story titled \"Pere Antoine's Date-Palm.\"\nSource: The Times-Picayune archives; \"New Orleans: The Place and the People,\" by Grace King; staff research", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 261, "original_length": 9542, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 299.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/forum/gforum.cgi?post=580294;guest=283738923", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:20Z", "digest": "sha1:SIW5UPUKP4WAEWPJYBK73JLPLQJEZHGS", "length": 389, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.nonleaguematters.co.uk", "title": "Tony's Non-League Forum: Archive: Other British Isles Football: Irish League thinks about summer football...", "raw_content": "Home: Archive: Other British Isles Football:\nIrish League thinks about summer football...\nIrish League thinks about summer football... Can't Post or Reply Privately\n...but doesn't really decide anything.\nA consultation process over the last few months provided no clear consensus on the idea with a majority of fans in favour but clubs opposed.\nhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/.../0/football/27032837", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 23, "original_length": 1720, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 336.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/sport/saints-centre-stephenson-savours-emotional-gardens-moment-1-8100517", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:42Z", "digest": "sha1:KYRC2JJJJLBO6OTNPHX7BCDHSEOJPF3F", "length": 1972, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.northantstelegraph.co.uk", "title": "Saints centre Stephenson savours emotional Gardens moment - Northamptonshire Telegraph", "raw_content": "Saints centre Stephenson savours emotional Gardens moment\nTom Stephenson opened the scoring against the Dragons (picture: Kirsty Edmonds)\nTom Stephenson admits it was an emotional moment when he scored for Saints against the Dragons on Saturday.\nThe talented centre was making his first 15-a-side appearance at Franklin's Gardens since suffering a broken leg in the friendly against Rotherham Titans last August.\nAnd it looked as though Stephenson had never been away as he impressed in midfield, scoring Saints' first try of the game in a 71-21 pre-season demolition of the Dragons.\n\"I wasn't expecting it, but getting over the whitewash, the emotion hit me,\" Stephenson said.\n\"I was pretty happy!\n\"It was reminiscent of my try against Gloucester four or five years ago so it was pretty good.\"\nStephenson spent the early part of the summer playing for Randwick Greens in Sydney.\nAnd he and Tom Collins, who also scored against the Dragons, have clearly benefited from their Australian experience.\n\"Especially for TC, out at Randwick he got a huge amount of confidence there,\" Stephenson said.\n\"He's definitely brought that back here and he's looking really good here.\n\"For me it was just about getting game time there (in Sydney) and it's definitely been worthwhile.\n\"Hopefully it showed today.\"\nStephenson and Collins know they must continue to impress during pre-season if they are to be in contention to face Saracens in the Aviva Premiership opener at Twickenham on September 2.\nAnd the fixtures continue to come thick and fast as Saints host Nottingham on Thursday before travelling to face Glasgow Warriors in Stirling next Saturday.\n\"It's Nottingham and Glasgow next week so whoever I play against I've just got to back it up again,\" Stephenson said.\n\"Especially in pre-season games, they come around quick and you've got to be on the ball all the time.\n\"One good game doesn't mean you're in the team so I've got to be backing it up each week ahead of the season.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 115, "original_length": 3370, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 327.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/garfield/2019/01/25/garfield-nj-homicide-victim-remembered-loving-father-his-family/2664063002/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:15Z", "digest": "sha1:GZ6VYOVYWJPR7NBQWXO3YI7GXEBABVOO", "length": 6388, "nlines": 46, "source_domain": "www.northjersey.com", "title": "Garfield NJ homicide victim remembered as loving father by his family", "raw_content": "Garfield homicide victim remembered as loving father, hard worker by his family\nManuel Buri, 25, was killed and found with blunt force-trauma to his head.\nGarfield homicide victim remembered as loving father, hard worker by his family Manuel Buri, 25, was killed and found with blunt force-trauma to his head. Check out this story on northjersey.com: https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/garfield/2019/01/25/garfield-nj-homicide-victim-remembered-loving-father-his-family/2664063002/\nJoshua Jongsma, North Jersey Record Published 6:18 a.m. ET Jan. 25, 2019 | Updated 5:32 p.m. ET Jan. 25, 2019\nManuel Buri, 25, was found dead in his Garfield apartment Jan. 19, 2019. Authorities have ruled his death a homicide. Joshua Jongsma, Staff Writer, @jongsmjo\nManuel Buri had big plans for his future before his life was cut short.\nBuri, 25, planned to expand his photography business and possibly go back to school. He would have done it all while watching his young daughter, 5-year-old Julia, grow up.\nInstead, Buri was the victim of a homicide in Garfield on Jan. 19. He was found with blunt-force trauma to his head, hours after his roommate, Manuel Ortega-Pimentel, died by suicide, authorities said. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office said their deaths are linked but have not released further details.\nBuri's family came to the United States in 2002 from Ecuador. He graduated from Dover High School, where he played soccer, and lived in Wayne before moving to the Garfield apartment on MacArthur Avenue a month or two ago.\n\"It's so hard to believe that this could have happened to a person that you love a lot,\" his older sister Maria Buri said. \"We\u2019re heartbroken. It\u2019s like we are having a dream, a bad dream.\"\nAssault: Nurse allegedly assaulted at Bergen New Bridge Medical Center\nTaxes: Here's how much tax money local officials spent on hotels, limo rides in Atlantic City\nA devoted dad\nMaria Buri said her brother was always loyal to his family. He was the second youngest of six siblings with three older sisters and a brother, and one younger sister.\nHis affection was most evident with Julia.\n\"I\u2019d always melt when I saw him taking care of her,\" Maria Buri said.\nJulia's mother, Fergie Romero, said their daughter believed her dad could fix anything and saw him as the unstoppable \"superdad.\"\n\"I am glad that during his life my daughter really got to enjoy him, and him her,\" Romero said. \"I will strive for her to always remember him that way.\"\nThe life of Manuel Buri of Garfield\nManuel Buri, 25, was a father, brother, son and photographer. The Garfield resident died Jan. 19, 2019. Courtesy of the Buri family\nManuel Buri with his daughter Julia Courtesy of Buri family\nMaria Buri also remembered her brother as someone who tried to fix everyone's problems.\nSince her father's death Julia has seen a counselor at home.\n\"She was very proud of Manny,\" Romero said. \"She was showing her grief counselor a photo album she has full of pictures of him, her and me.\"\nA budding photographer\nManuel Buri was there for some of people's most memorable moments as a photographer for weddings, parties and other events. His brother-in-law taught him about video editing years ago, while he upgraded his equipment and became more serious about his craft.\nHe shared his videos and photography on a Facebook page called Manny Exibit.\nPhotography was his side project while he worked in quality control at H.B. Fuller construction company in Wayne. He dreamed of photography, though, and thought of using his savings to launch his own business, his sister said. He moved to the Garfield basement apartment so he could save more money, she said.\n\"Manuel would always talk about his job, what he was doing,\" Maria Buri said. \"Everything that he did, it was very, very important and he did his best. He wouldn\u2019t even eat when he started to talk.\"\nHe was passionate, driven and motivated, Romero said.\n\"I really believed that he thought he could achieve anything,\" she said, \"and everything he wanted to and always worked very hard toward where he wanted to be.\"\nThat enthusiasm showed at H.B. Fuller where he worked for about five years. Plant manager Ken Vara said Buri moved up the ranks quickly at the company.\nBuri was well-mannered, outgoing and great to work with, Vara said.\n\"A lot of people have been kind of in a fog,\" Vara said of the workplace since Buri's death. \"He touched everybody in their own different way.\"\nA life lost\nMaria Buri, Romero and Vara could not speak much to Manuel Buri's living situation. They did not know Ortega-Pimentel, his roommate that was more than twice his age.\nHis sister said Manuel Buri never spoke to her about it. She heard from a family friend, though, that the basement apartment often looked messy and had a hole in the wall. She did not know anything further but said she has faith in authorities to sort it out.\nVara said people at work have run through scenarios in their heads of what could have happened but they don't know definitively.\n\"That\u2019s a very big mystery to all of us,\" Vara said of what happened to Buri. \"Nobody here can even think about how [Buri] put somebody in a position to do what they did to him.\"\n\u201cWe\u2019re heartbroken. It\u2019s like we are having a dream, a bad dream.\u201d\nMaria Buri, Manuel's sister\nRomero said she mainly spoke to Buri about their daughter and never discussed his roommate. Only days before Buri's death, their daughter, Julia, spent the night at the apartment. When Julia told her mother of the other man she saw there, Romero told Buri she did not feel comfortable with their daughter staying the night again with people she did not know.\nRomero said she spoke to Buri's cousin who had met Ortega-Pimentel, though, and he said Ortega-Pimentel \"seemed like a nice guy.\"\nIt all left Buri's loved ones trying to make sense of it all. Maria Buri said the family found solace in their faith, and all the kind words they heard from her brother's friends.\n\"I believe he was brave and I believe that he didn\u2019t want to die,\" she said of her brother. \"He had a lot of things [to live for] but we have a little peace in our heart that he believed in God. One thing mom said was that this person who did that to him didn\u2019t believe in God.\"\nRead or Share this story: https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/garfield/2019/01/25/garfield-nj-homicide-victim-remembered-loving-father-his-family/2664063002/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 209, "original_length": 10491, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 307.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nottinghamshire.police.uk/node/685", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:56Z", "digest": "sha1:I6CZ4GEQILENQ2HVOIRSGFPATINQ3NME", "length": 3286, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "www.nottinghamshire.police.uk", "title": "Witnesses: What to do if you witness a crime | Nottinghamshire Police", "raw_content": "If you have witnessed a crime it's important that you come forward to us at the earliest opportunity. Your information may help solve a crime or prevent others being put in danger.\nThe criminal justice system couldn't work without witnesses - you are the most important element in bringing offenders to justice.\nWhat to do if you witness a crime\nIf the crime is happening contact us on 999 immediately to report it.\nIf it's a crime that has already happened and no one is in immediate danger, or you know something about a crime and want to tell us, call us on 101 or tell Crimestoppers what you know anonymously on 0800 555 111.\nIf you've already come forward, thank you. We value your help and will do everything we can to support and help you through the witness process.\nI've made a witness statement to the police what happens now?\nOnce you've made a statement you may be asked to give evidence in court, but this may be some time afterwards as cases take time to prepare. You'll be kept updated on progress during the investigation.\nWhat happens to my statement?\nEveryone involved in the case will read your statement, including the police, the Crown Prosecution Service, the solicitors and magistrates or judge.\nIf a suspect is charged with an offence in relation to the incident you witnessed, your statement - along with all other evidence - will be provided to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) who are responsible for prosecuting people who have been charged with criminal offences in England and Wales.\nWill anyone be given my address?\nNo, your address is recorded on the back of the witness statement and the suspect (the defendant) and his or her solicitor are only given a copy of the front of the statement.\nWitnesses are not usually asked to give their address out loud in court.\nWhat happens if someone is charged?\nIf you are a witness to an offence in which someone is later charged, we will tell you what the defendant has been charged with, whether they have been released on bail to attend court or held in custody and what bail conditions have been imposed (if any).\nYou will be kept updated until the case has been dealt with.\nWhat if someone tries to intimidate me?\nIt is a criminal offence to intimidate (frighten) a witness or anyone helping the police with an investigation.\nIf you're harassed or threatened in any way you should tell us immediately.\nHow often will I be kept updated?\nThe Witness Charter sets out the standards of service that you can expect as a witness to receive at every stage of the criminal justice process from the police, lawyers and other criminal justice agencies.\nAfter you give a statement, if the offence is of a very serious nature and we have told you that you are likely to be asked to give evidence in court, we will seek to update you: at least once a month on the progress of the case until the investigation is closed; or at the point at which someone is charged, summonsed or dealt with out of court.\nIs there anything else I should do during the investigation?\nYes, it is important to tell us:\nIf you left anything out of your statement that you later remember or if it's incorrect\nIf your address or phone number changes\nDates, when you may not be available for court, for example, holidays and hospital appointments", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 159, "original_length": 6355, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 266.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.novaparks.com/parks/tinner-hill-historic-park/history", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:58:13Z", "digest": "sha1:FJ4QM2T5NXAFAE7Z4B6KD64R74XECEIO", "length": 2370, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.novaparks.com", "title": "History | Nova Parks", "raw_content": "This historic site\u2019s story is one of persistence, ingenuity, courage, survival, and triumph. It is a story remarkable for its reflection of key junctures and crises in the American past. It is pivotal in revealing the changing fortunes faced by local African Americans and in featuring how effectively and bravely they fought for rights and equality.\nThe Tinner Hill community was founded in the late 1880\u2019s when Joseph Tinner and his wife, Elizabeth bought a dozen acres to make it possible for their family and others to become landowners, allowing them to pursue the freedom and equality promised at the end of the Civil War. Records reveal that Tinner Hill community members were educated, employed in a variety of professions and trades, and active in the social and political arenas.\nIn 1887, a line gerrymandered a significant number of African American residents into Fairfax County was drawn, dividing the Tinner Hill community. Although the homes were side by side, the line left some family members as residents of Falls Church, and others as residents of Fairfax County. It made little difference to the community, who continued to thrive in spite of the political distinction. However, in 1915, the Falls Church Town Council proposed a law that would segregate the town, forcing African Americans to live in a small \u201ccolored only\u201d zone. The black community reacted swiftly, risking their lives by resolutely opposing the ordinance.\nOn January 8, 1915, Mr. Joseph Tinner and Dr. E.B. Henderson convened a meeting at the Tinner\u2019s home. Joining Tinner and his wife Mary at the meeting were Mr. William Carpenter, Rev. John Colbert, Mr. Robert Evans, Rev. George Powell, Mr. George Simmons, Mr. Lewis Summerall and Mr. Melvin Tinner. They formed the \u201cColored Citizens Protective League\u201d to fight the ordinance, pooled their resources, hired attorneys, and were able to file a law suit claiming that the law was unconstitutional. These local leaders and those who joined them went on to fight against the Jim Crow segregation laws in Virginia and for equal educational and economic opportunities for all people.\nThe \u201cColored Citizens Protective League\u201d eventually became the first rural chapter of the NAACP. The Tinner Hill community survives today as a testament to the struggles and the triumphs of its past residents and other Falls Church African Americans.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 260, "original_length": 8924, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 170.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nuhotelbrooklyn.com/nu-perspective-rooms/steven-weinberg/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:09Z", "digest": "sha1:TDQUXC6CEHPK2AKMC37J2GYOVJCVFLHB", "length": 407, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.nuhotelbrooklyn.com", "title": "Steven Weinberg | Nu Hotel", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Steven Weinberg\nSteven Weinberg is an artist in Brooklyn, NY. He illustrated To Timbuktu: Nine Countries, Two People, One True Story with his girlfriend/writer/regular collaborator Casey Scieszka about the two years they lived around the world from Beijing to Timbuktu. He also does a variety of freelance illustration, cartoons and paintings for individuals, bars, restaurants, ad agencies and more.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 2534, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 262.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nuneslaw.com/privacy-policy/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:23:34Z", "digest": "sha1:SXH3356B46YU5QFAV5NKHQ2QMHRQVKQU", "length": 444, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.nuneslaw.com", "title": "Privacy Policy \u00b7 Law Offices of Frank M. Nunes", "raw_content": "Your privacy is important to Law Offices of Frank M. Nunes (\u201cwe\u201d). This privacy policy is intended both to: 1) describe how our website may collect and use information from your Internet enabled device (i.e. your computer, tablet, smartphone or other device \u2014 and browsers or apps used to access the Internet), and 2) describe how you may opt out of any such collection and use. Please contact us if you have questions about our privacy policy.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 64, "original_length": 4379, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 229.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/obituaries/daniel-michael-mayerik/article_a1b6bd88-23c1-5664-834b-a62ce43b3b77.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:01Z", "digest": "sha1:HOZDUDVUIWFW44FGISPKWOVWPP77W3P5", "length": 2348, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.nwitimes.com", "title": "Daniel Michael Mayerik | Local Obituaries | nwitimes.com", "raw_content": "Daniel Michael Mayerik\nPORTAGE, IN - Daniel Michael Mayerik, 74, of Portage, IN passed away on Tuesday, February 12, 2019. He was born on January 8, 1945 to Michael B. Mayerik, Jr. and Helen (nee Cochron) Mayerik. On November 21, 1987 he married Theresa A. (Nedza) Mayerik who survives along with their children, Kari (Russell) Thirsk and Nicholas (Jennifer) Mayerik; grandchildren: Evan and Anna Thirsk and Edward, Kevin and Kelly Mayerik; his brother, Richard (Elaine) Mayerik, honorary sister, Ardyne Kirn, as well as dear cousins, nieces, nephews and godchildren. Dan was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, teacher and friend. He lived his life for his family and friends, was the kindest soul you could ever meet, and will forever leave a mark in the hearts of all that knew him. Dan was strong in his faith and was a founding member of Resurrection Ev. Lutheran Church of Crown Point. He was a core member of Dr. Martin Luther Ev. Lutheran Church in Gary, where he was a youth counselor for Luther League, a Sunday School teacher and Superintendent of the Sunday School. He also served as the scholarship chairman of the International Luther League.He also was active in SOKOL USA as a youth and continued his membership as an adult in the SOKOL. Dan graduated from Froebel High School in 1963. He received both a BS and an MS degree in Education from Ball State University. He was an Industrial Arts teacher for 39 years. Thirty-three of those years were spent at Morton HS in Hammond, IN. Dan enjoyed teaching. He also sponsored the Booster Club, was a class sponsor and Activities Director. Dan served as treasurer of District I of the Indiana Industrial Education Association for a number of years.\nFamily and friends may call at PRUZIN BROTHERS FUNERAL SERVICE, 2700 Willowcreek Rd., Portage on Friday, February 15, 2019 from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. Funeral service will be Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. DIRECTLY from Resurrection Ev. Lutheran Church, 8061 E. Lincoln Highway (US 30 and Randolph St.), Crown Point with Rev. Dr. Carl Krueger and Rev. Gary Nagy officiating. At rest Calumet Park Cemetery, Merrillville. There will be one hour of visitation at church prior to services. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to Resurrection Ev. Lutheran Church or the Ronald McDonald House.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 247, "original_length": 7120, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 222.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nworthopedic.com/dr-mannion", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:46Z", "digest": "sha1:VNQP5AJKHJD5XICXO57W3YVDPB3G3CVV", "length": 2127, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.nworthopedic.com", "title": "Richard Mannion, M.D., F.A.C.S. \u2014 Northwest Orthopedic Surgery, S.C.", "raw_content": "< Return To Physicians\nSpine & Total Joints\nClick here to learn more about Dr. Mannion's co-surgeon\nDr. Richard A. Mannion, born in Indiana, received his B.S. from the University of Notre Dame in 1979 and his M.D. from Howard University College of Medicine in 1983. He served as Assistant Resident of Surgery at Loyola University and Hines VA Hospital from 1983 to 1986, and as Senior Resident of Orthopedic Surgery at Loyola University, Hines VA Hospital and Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children from 1986 to 1988, serving also as Chief Resident at Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children in 1987 and Chief Resident at Loyola University in 1988.\nHis many honors include the Lawrence M. Marshall Biochemistry Award in 1980 for a distinguished record in medical curriculum, the Academic Achievement Award for excellence in first and second year of medical curriculum in 1981, and the Indiana Medical Student Scholarship Award in 1982. He has been a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society since 1982 and served as President of the Gamma Chapter in 1983. He received the prestigious Dumas Prize for graduating first in class of the college of medicine and the Medical Alumni Award for the highest scolastic record of 1983.\nDr. Mannion is Certified with the National Board of Examiners and the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, and is a Fellow with the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, the American College of Surgeons and the North American Spine Society.\nHe is a member of the American Medical Association, the Illinois State Medical Society, the Chicago Orthopedic Society, the AMA/AOA Medical Honor Society and the American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons.\nDr. Mannion joined Northwest Orthopedic Surgery, SC in 1988. He practices General Orthopedic Surgery with an emphasis on Lumbar Spine Injuries and disc problems. He is also a member of the faculty at Loyola University as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopedics.\nDr. Mannion sees patients in his office on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. He enjoys spending time with his family, boating and playing basketball with friends.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 2987, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 89.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2013/05/23/insult-king-and-go-directly-jail/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:31Z", "digest": "sha1:S2LZFBZCNQWSR5DF3MFPVMBBVBFKFGD4", "length": 3185, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.nybooks.com", "title": "Insult the King and... Go Directly to Jail | by Timothy Garton Ash | The New York Review of Books", "raw_content": "Insult the King and\u2026 Go Directly to Jail\nTruth on Trial in Thailand: Defamation, Treason, and L\u00e8se-Majest\u00e9\nby David Streckfuss\nRoutledge, 494 pp., $49.95 (paper)\nThai royal nurses holding candles at a celebration of King Bhumibol Adulyadej\u2019s eighty-fifth birthday, Bangkok, December 2012\nShe sits calmly smiling at me across the lunch table: quiet, matter-of-fact, professional. Yet just a week ago, Joop\u2019s husband, Somyot Pruksakasemsuk, was condemned to ten years in prison for l\u00e8se-majest\u00e9\u2014plus a further year on a related defamation charge. What was Somyot\u2019s mortal insult to Thailand\u2019s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world\u2019s longest-reigning monarch?\nA magazine he edited had published two articles: one, a tale about an unnamed family that kills millions of people to maintain itself in power, the other, a fictional story about a ghost that haunts Thailand and plots massacres. The court held that both referred to the king and his Chakri dynasty, and that merely publishing them merited ten years in prison under Article 112 of Thailand\u2019s criminal code. As the Good Soldier \u0160vejk exclaims in Jaroslav Ha\u0161ek\u2019s classic novel: \u201cI never imagined that they\u2019d sentence an innocent man to ten years. Sentencing an innocent man to five years, that\u2019s something I\u2019ve heard of, but ten, that\u2019s a bit too much.\u201d\nAt first it might be tempting to view Thailand\u2019s l\u00e8se-majest\u00e9 laws as a minor eccentricity in the exotic setting of The King and I, the self-styled \u201cland of smiles,\u201d a favored holiday destination for millions of Western tourists. But when you meet someone whose husband has been unjustly sentenced to more than a decade in prison, the smile is wiped off your face. As you look a little closer, you realize that all this is deathly serious. In a sense, the political future of an important Southeast Asian country hinges on that one small article of the criminal code. And these days, Anna, the governess in The King and I, might be locked up just for singing \u201cShall We Dance?\u201d\u2014let alone \u201cShall I Tell You What I Think of You?\u201d\u2014on a YouTube video.\nAs David Streckfuss explains in Truth on Trial in Thailand, his richly informative book on l\u00e8se-majest\u00e9 in Thailand, early-twentieth-century edicts to protect the absolute monarch of Siam were originally inspired by European examples\u2014notably that of Wilhelmine Germany. But over the last one hundred years, European and Thai law and practice have evolved in opposite directions. While l\u00e8se-majest\u00e9 laws remain nominally on the statute books of some European countries, including Belgium, the Netherlands, and Spain, you can in practice say whatever you like about the queen of the Netherlands, who earlier this year announced her abdication, or the king of Spain\u2014not to mention his son-in-law, the Duke of Palma, currently on trial for corruption. (Try that on the crown prince of Thailand.)\nThey order things differently in Thailand. Article 112 of the 1957 criminal code prescribed imprisonment \u201cnot exceeding seven years\u201d for \u201cwhosoever defames, insults or threatens the King, the Queen, the Heir-Apparent or the Regent.\u201d In a 1976 amendment, the\u2026\nMoMA\u2019s Act of Destruction\nAn Original Thinker\nMandelbrot\u2019s Genius\nOn Sylvia Plath", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 90, "original_length": 4936, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 206.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/24/movies/24dave.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:30Z", "digest": "sha1:ANBWAKCJDI7URGXB6PQVGG225MC3EZFQ", "length": 9705, "nlines": 35, "source_domain": "www.nytimes.com", "title": "Alex Kurtzman - Roberto Orci - Movies - The New York Times", "raw_content": "Movies|Character-Driven Films (but Keep the Kaboom)\nCharacter-Driven Films (but Keep the Kaboom)\nBy DAVE ITZKOFF JUNE 24, 2007\nA battle scene from \u0093Transformers,\u0094 whose screenplay was written by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. Credit Industrial Light & Magic/DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures\nWHEN they befriended each other in a high school class on French New Wave cinema, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci vowed that some day they would write intimate, character-driven films in the style of Jean-Luc Godard. \u201cWe were totally gung-ho to make really revolutionary independent movies,\u201d Mr. Kurtzman said in a recent conversation. \u201cWe wanted to throw $50,000 into some movie and just make it.\u201d\nSure enough, Mr. Kurtzman and Mr. Orci, both 33, ended up as screenwriters \u2014 for movies that cost roughly 1,000 to 3,000 times as much. And while their scripts may deal with the knotty details of relationships, they are usually concerned with, say, the bonds between on-the-lam lovers who discover that they\u2019re clones, or a squad of hulking robots able to transform themselves into all manner of motor vehicles.\nIn Hollywood Mr. Kurtzman and Mr. Orci have become the go-to screenwriters for mega-budget fare like \u201cMission: Impossible III\u201d and \u201cThe Island,\u201d as well as this week\u2019s film adaptation of \u201cTransformers,\u201d based on the Hasbro toy franchise. And they have recently completed a \u201cStar Trek\u201d prequel intended to rejuvenate that venerable science-fiction franchise.\nYet while these screenwriters concede with laughter that their careers may have strayed somewhat from their youthful auteurist tendencies, \u201cthat spirit,\u201d Mr. Orci said, \u201clives on.\u201d\nWhether they are writing about suave secret agents or androids from the planet Cybertron, the men said they still applied certain principles in their work, lessons that can be traced back to their formative experiences watching \u201cWeek End\u201d and \u201cPierrot le Fou.\u201d\n\u201cThe emphasis we were given was in viewpoint and living inside the mind of your characters,\u201d Mr. Kurtzman said, speaking from the production office he shares with Mr. Orci on DreamWorks\u2019 portion of the Universal back lot in Studio City, Calif.\n\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter if people think what you\u2019re doing is camp,\u201d he said. \u201cYou have to take your genre seriously. If you write it tongue-in-cheek, the audience will see it, and they\u2019ll feel they\u2019re being talked down to.\u201d\n\u201cAnd,\u201d he added, \u201cthey\u2019ll kill you.\u201d\nThat tension between the desires of a general moviegoing audience and the demands of more passionate, opinionated fans, they said, is one they have been acutely aware of since before they began writing professionally.\nAs teenagers Mr. Kurtzman, a native of Santa Monica, Calif., and Mr. Orci, who was born in Mexico City, bonded over their shared love of blockbuster movies like \u201cBack to the Future\u201d and \u201cClose Encounters of the Third Kind,\u201d as they studied avant-garde cinema at the nonconformist Crossroads School in Santa Monica. (\u201cBy the time we were in the 11th grade,\u201d Mr. Kurtzman said, \u201cwe were doing Marxist analysis of \u2018Robocop.\u2019 \u201d)\nDuring their college years, as Mr. Kurtzman transferred from New York University to Wesleyan and Mr. Orci bounced from Bard College to the University of Texas, the two remained in contact and used their free time to collaborate (in Mr. Kurtzman\u2019s words) on \u201cterrible, awful\u201d relationship dramas, written at various coffee shops around Southern California.\nIn 1997 Mr. Kurtzman was hired as an assistant at Renaissance Pictures, the company of Sam Raimi and the producer Rob Tapert, which produced the television adventure series \u201cHercules: The Legendary Journeys\u201d and \u201cXena: Warrior Princess.\u201d Before starting work Mr. Kurtzman was assigned to watch 40 episodes of these shows. \u201cAt about Episode 25,\u201d he said, \u201cI called Bob, and I was like, \u2018Look, I have no idea what the rules of these shows are, but I swear to God, we can write one.\u2019 \u201d\nAfter writing a sample script for \u201cHercules,\u201d Mr. Kurtzman and Mr. Orci were assigned two freelance episodes of the show. The following season, at the age of 24, they were named the show\u2019s head writers. Soon the pair became a hot commodity. They joined the writing staff of \u201cAlias,\u201d J. J. Abrams\u2019s spy-thriller television series, in its debut season. And they became favorites of Walter F. Parkes, a DreamWorks production executive, who employed them to write adventure films like \u201cThe Legend of Zorro.\u201d\nYet for Mr. Kurtzman, raised on comic books and science fiction, and Mr. Orci, who once owned a telephone shaped like the Starship Enterprise from \u201cStar Trek,\u201d the passage into legitimacy was bittersweet. Where they had been mere consumers of geek entertainment, now they bore the responsibility of creating it.\n\u201cYou can never be just a fanboy in the eyes of other fanboys,\u201d Mr. Orci said. \u201cBecause you\u2019re also, in a way, the establishment. You\u2019re like, \u2018No, but I\u2019m you.\u2019 But you\u2019re accountable for all your decisions, and inevitably you can\u2019t please everybody.\u201d\nTheir script for \u201cMission: Impossible III\u201d (which Mr. Kurtzman and Mr. Orci wrote with Mr. Abrams, who directed the film) was criticized for overemphasizing the civilian life of its secret-agent hero. \u201cThe domestication of Ethan Hunt may have seemed like a good idea, a humanizing touch, perhaps, but it only bogs down the action,\u201d Manohla Dargis wrote in her review for The New York Times.\nAnd \u201cThe Island,\u201d a futuristic thriller about fugitive clones for which they shared screenwriting credit with Caspian Tredwell-Owen, was a costly misfire for DreamWorks in the summer of 2005 and could have seriously derailed Mr. Kurtzman and Mr. Orci\u2019s career.\nBut their mixed movie performance hasn\u2019t hurt their standing in the eyes of their peers or of studio executives. \u201cIt\u2019s easy to dump on anyone who helps create something that can be seen as a commodity for a company,\u201d said Mr. Abrams, who\u2019s directing the \u201cStar Trek\u201d prequel. \u201cAt the same time you can tell that their movies are no less full of passion just because they\u2019re meant to be crowd-pleasing.\u201d\nStill, Mr. Orci and Mr. Kurtzman were cautious about taking on \u201cTransformers,\u201d after being offered the assignment by Steven Spielberg. \u201cWe wanted to make sure that he really wanted a character story,\u201d Mr. Orci said, \u201cand it wouldn\u2019t just be a giant toy commercial.\u201d\nEven after writing a first draft of the script, they had to take the unusual step of wooing the director, Michael Bay, who was sensitive to the kiddie connotations of \u201cTransformers.\u201d \u201cIt wasn\u2019t cool for me to play with Transformers when I was buying my first car,\u201d said Mr. Bay, who also directed \u201cThe Island\u201d and is best known for blow-them-up extravaganzas like \u201cArmageddon\u201d and \u201cPearl Harbor.\u201d What ultimately sold Mr. Kurtzman and Mr. Orci (who share a story credit on the film with John Rogers) on \u201cTransformers,\u201d and Mr. Bay as well, was the opportunity to tell a story about a boy and his car \u2014 a car that just happens to be a robot in disguise.\n\u201cIt\u2019s all the things that a car represents in this country,\u201d Mr. Orci said. \u201cThat\u2019s a story of stepping into adulthood, stepping into responsibility, possibly a gateway to sex. That is a story \u2014 with or without a giant robot.\u201d\nIn writing about warring factions of heroic Autobots and villainous Decepticons, Mr. Orci and Mr. Kurtzman also faced the challenge of reconciling three separate strains of the 23-year-old Transformers franchise \u2014 the toy line, a comic-book series and a television cartoon \u2014 each with its own lore and chronology.\n\u201cWhy are they even called Autobots if there are no cars on their planet?\u201d Mr. Orci said. \u201cYou try to question everything, and if you can come up with a good reason to do it as it was originally, fine. If not, you come up with something different.\u201d\nIt is their ability, colleagues say, to put themselves in the roles of viewers without surrendering their authority as screenwriters that make Mr. Kurtzman and Mr. Orci so valuable.\n\u201cAlex and Bob are both geeks and nongeeks at the same time,\u201d said Damon Lindelof, a creator of the television series \u201cLost,\u201d and a producer on the \u201cStar Trek\u201d prequel. \u201cThey can have a tremendous amount of respect for the source material, but they know that a studio is bringing them in because they can make it understandable to an audience that has no comprehension of that source material whatsoever.\u201d\nIn the case of \u201cStar Trek,\u201d Mr. Lindelof said, the screenplay was well served by the push and pull between Mr. Orci, a die-hard fan of the original television show, movies and the syndicated spinoff \u201cStar Trek: The Next Generation,\u201d and Mr. Kurtzman, who gave up on the franchise after \u201cStar Trek IV: The Voyage Home.\u201d\n\u201cIt\u2019s like talking to a priest and a casual churchgoer about Catholicism,\u201d Mr. Lindelof said. \u201cThe story is being cooked up by someone who is aware of every shred of arcane Trekkery, and someone who isn\u2019t hampered by decades of canon.\u201d\nCompared to \u201cTransformers\u201d \u201cStar Trek\u201d is a miles-long minefield of established chronology, laid down over four decades, one that Mr. Orci and Mr. Kurtzman must be careful not to tamper with or contradict. But they say that by focusing their film (already scheduled for a Christmas 2008 release) on the earliest adventures of Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock, they can avoid most of these perils.\n\u201cWhat was a little daunting,\u201d Mr. Kurtzman said, \u201cwas while we were writing it, they sent over a poster with the release date on it. We hadn\u2019t written \u2018fade in\u2019 yet.\u201d\nMr. Orci added: \u201cWe\u2019ve never had a movie poster before we\u2019ve had a script. That\u2019s pressure.\u201d\nA version of this article appears in print on , on Page AR9 of the New York edition with the headline: Character-Driven Films (but Keep the Kaboom). Order Reprints| Today's Paper|Subscribe", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 184, "original_length": 12911, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 212.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/16/us/politics/trump-undocumented-immigrants-animals.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:46Z", "digest": "sha1:II2XLS6FISMBWQPB262SIABWKHEA5QWP", "length": 5997, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "www.nytimes.com", "title": "Trump Calls Some Unauthorized Immigrants \u2018Animals\u2019 in Rant - The New York Times", "raw_content": "Politics|Trump Calls Some Unauthorized Immigrants \u2018Animals\u2019 in Rant\nPresident Trump at the California Sanctuary State Roundtable in the Cabinet Room on Wednesday.CreditCreditDoug Mills/The New York Times\nWASHINGTON \u2014 President Trump lashed out at undocumented immigrants during a White House meeting on Wednesday, warning in front of news cameras that dangerous people were clamoring to breach the country\u2019s borders and branding such people \u201canimals.\u201d\nMr. Trump\u2019s comments came during a round-table discussion with state and local leaders on California\u2019s so-called sanctuary laws, which strictly limit communication between local law enforcement and federal immigration officers, and which the Trump administration is suing to invalidate. It was hardly the first time the president has spoken in racially fraught terms about immigrants, but it underscored his anger about unchecked immigration \u2014 the animating issue of his campaign and his tenure so far \u2014 and his frustration that he has not been able to do more to seal the nation\u2019s borders.\nAs he has in numerous private meetings with his advisers at the White House, Mr. Trump used the session to vent about the nation\u2019s immigration laws, calling them \u201cthe dumbest laws on immigration in the world.\u201d He exhorted his administration to \u201cdo much better\u201d in keeping out undesirable people, including members of transnational gangs like MS-13.\n\u201cWe have people coming into the country, or trying to come in \u2014 we\u2019re stopping a lot of them,\u201d Mr. Trump said in the Cabinet Room during an hourlong meeting that reporters were allowed to document. \u201cYou wouldn\u2019t believe how bad these people are. These aren\u2019t people, these are animals, and we\u2019re taking them out of the country at a level and at a rate that\u2019s never happened before.\u201d\nMr. Trump\u2019s remarks came as the local officials invited for the event took turns praising his immigration policies and lamenting California\u2019s law, arguing that it was making it more difficult for their communities to find and deport criminals.\nSheriff Margaret Mims of Fresno County said the statute barred Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities from using her databases \u201cto find the bad guys,\u201d or from entering prisons to locate people who might be in the country illegally.\n\u201cIt\u2019s really put us in a very bad position,\u201d Sheriff Mims said.\n\u201cIt\u2019s a disgrace,\u201d Mr. Trump answered, \u201cand we\u2019re suing on that.\u201d\nThe president\u2019s language and his focus on California drew a sharp rebuke from Jerry Brown, the state\u2019s Democratic governor.\n\u201cTrump is lying on immigration, lying about crime and lying about the laws of California,\u201d Mr. Brown said in a statement. \u201cFlying in a dozen Republican politicians to flatter him and praise his reckless policies changes nothing. We, the citizens of the fifth-largest economy in the world, are not impressed.\u201d\nDuring the session, Mr. Trump suggested that the mayor of Oakland, Calif., should be charged with obstruction of justice for warning her constituents in February of an impending large-scale immigration raid and arrests.\n\u201cYou talk about obstruction of justice,\u201d said the president, who is himself the subject of a special counsel\u2019s investigation into whether he sought to thwart a federal examination of Russia\u2019s meddling in the 2016 elections. \u201cI would recommend that you look into obstruction of justice for the mayor of Oakland.\u201d\nTurning to Jeff Sessions, his attorney general, who sat at the other end of the large wooden conference table, Mr. Trump said: \u201cPerhaps the Department of Justice can look into that.\u201d\nThe round table took place exactly one week after Mr. Trump used a closed-door cabinet meeting to castigate Kirstjen Nielsen, the secretary of homeland security, for failing to do enough to crack down at the border. On Wednesday, Ms. Nielsen said little when called upon to speak, other than to thank Mr. Trump for his leadership on the issue.\n\u201cYou\u2019re doing a good job, and it\u2019s not an easy job,\u201d Mr. Trump told Ms. Nielsen.\nHe alluded to a recent push by his administration that parents be separated from their children when families cross illegally into the United States, but blamed Democrats \u2014 many of whom have vehemently opposed the practice \u2014 for the new policy.\n\u201cI know what you\u2019re going through right now with families is very tough, but those are the bad laws that the Democrats gave us,\u201d Mr. Trump said. \u201cWe have to break up families. The Democrats gave us that law.\u201d\nThe president also took aim at Mexico as unhelpful on immigration.\n\u201cMexico does nothing for us,\u201d Mr. Trump said. \u201cMexico talks, but they do nothing for us, especially at the border. Certainly don\u2019t help us much on trade, but especially at the border, they do nothing for us.\u201d\nHis harsh criticism came as American and Mexican officials were at a critical stage in their efforts to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.\nMr. Trump\u2019s heated remarks on immigration, both private and public, appear to have resonated with his advisers, who have been moving to put in place ever-stricter policies in line with the president\u2019s vision. Mr. Sessions said the Department of Justice would be adding immigration judges and prosecuting twice as many immigration cases this year.\n\u201cThe president has made clear to all of us that we have to do better,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are going to do better.\u201d\nThe attorney general, a former senator who helped to derail previous attempts at revamping immigration laws, also expressed hope that a legislative overhaul could be enacted this year, although Republicans on Capitol Hill have shown little appetite for undertaking one.\n\u201cThis is the year that we have to move Congress,\u201d Mr. Sessions said.\nA version of this article appears in print on , on Page A13 of the New York edition with the headline: Trump Rants on Unauthorized Migrants: \u2018These Aren\u2019t People, These Are Animals\u2019. Order Reprints | Today\u2019s Paper | Subscribe\nTrump Tirade Is Culmination of Immigration Frustration\nTrump Signs Memo Ordering End to \u2018Catch and Release\u2019 Immigration Policy", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 201, "original_length": 8303, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 271.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.oawhealth.com/condition/lead-poisoning/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:20Z", "digest": "sha1:IABBFMAGSK7OPVKMF42KJOGL6DSW7ZEU", "length": 9761, "nlines": 32, "source_domain": "www.oawhealth.com", "title": "Lead Poisoning - OAWHealthLead Poisoning - OAWHealth", "raw_content": "Lead poisoning is an issue that many folks think was dealt with almost thirty years ago. After all, didn\u2019t we finally come to our senses and get the lead out of house paint and gasoline? Yes we did, but unfortunately, like a lot of environmental issues, it\u2019s just not that easy. Lead is a substance that doesn\u2019t just disappear over night. The effects from this pollutant are still very present today, and unfortunately there are many children and adults that are currently at risk from the many health hazards of this destructive poison.\nLead poisoning, also known in the medical world as saturnism, occurs when a person absorbs lead in any form into their body, most often through swallowing or inhaling it. Lead is a heavy metal that is toxic to many parts of the body, including the brain and nervous system. Lead attacks the body\u2019s tissues, as well as many enzymes. Most lead poisoning is of a chronic nature, and this type is especially dangerous to children. Acute lead poisoning is rare, but it can be life threatening.\nChildren\u2019s brains and bodies are particularly susceptible to damage from lead that accumulates in their system as they grow and develop. Toddlers from the age of 12 to 36 months are in the highest risk group because they tend to commonly put objects into their mouths. Even fetuses can get lead poisoning if their mother\u2019s are exposed to lead while they are in the womb. Lead poisoning causes learning disabilities and behavior problems in children, and many health problems in adults as well, such as hypertension (high blood pressure). Lead cannot be seen, smelled, or tasted, so the only way to know for sure if you or your children have lead poisoning is to be tested for it. Estimates place the number of children in the United States under the age of five with lead poisoning at more than 400,000.\nWhat Are the Signs and Symptoms of Lead Poisoning?\nLead poisoning can be difficult to diagnose, because even individuals with high levels may not show any outward signs, at least initially. Even in children, symptoms are often hard to see. Lead tends to build up slowly, and symptoms may not exhibit themselves for years. However, certain signs are associated with lead poisoning, and some of them are different for kids and adults. Typical symptoms for children include:\nPaleness from anemia\nMany of these signs can be associated with a multitude of other conditions, which makes identification of lead poisoning even more difficult.\nAdults with lead poisoning often exhibit symptoms that are different from those of children:\nPain and/or tingling in the extremities\nAcute lead poisoning is rather rare, but it can occur when an individual is exposed to a large amount of lead in a short period of time. Acute lead poisoning is very dangerous, and can be fatal in some cases. Acute symptoms include:\nMuscle weakness, especially in the limbs\nWhat Causes Lead Poisoning?\nMany sources of lead have been eliminated since its dangers were discovered several decades ago, but lead in the environment does not break down easily, as it is not biodegradable. There are many sources of lead contamination that can cause unhealthy levels of exposure, especially in children, but often in adults as well. Some of the more common ones are:\nEven though leaded gasoline was outlawed in 1978, the consequences are still being felt today, almost 30 years later. Lead in the soil near major highways and in some urban areas is a real problem. Children who play near such areas, especially those that put lead- contaminated soil into their mouths, are still being exposed to its dangerous effects. Lead does not deteriorate easily, and will be in the soil for many years to come. Besides pollution from leaded gasoline, lead from some industrial applications, abandoned or active, can add lead to the soil as well.\nCertain laws were enacted in the 1980\u2019s, as a result of the Safe Drinking Water Act, that have banned the use of lead in public water systems, including the pipes, solder, and fixtures. Many homes built before 1930 had lead pipes to handle their running water. Even today, some modern homes have brass faucets or fittings that contain a certain amount of lead.\nLead-based paint is still a huge problem in this country, even though paint with lead in it was outlawed in 1978. Leaded paint is still on the walls and woodwork of many homes and apartments, both on the interior and exterior. Children especially can be easily exposed to harmful lead levels by eating leaded paint chips or breathing lead paint dust. Lead paint is the number one cause for lead poisoning in children. If your home was built before 1940, there is about a 66% chance that lead paint is present. If built between 1940 and 1960, the percentage drops to about 50%. From 1960-1978, significantly less lead paint was used. Statistics tell us that there are about 24 million dwellings in the United States where lead paint is present, and over four million of them are home to at least one young child. Lead paint can also be disturbed during remodeling in a home, and this can create dangerous levels of lead dust and chips.\nCanned food was allowed to be soldered with lead compounds here in the US until 1995. However, some imported canned food may still contain lead solder, so be careful of foreign canned goods.\nCertain traditional remedies that are used in alternative medicine have been tagged as sources of lead contamination. Many of these come from India and other Asian countries. One example is a substance known as litargirio. This peach-colored powder is often recommended as a treatment for burns and wounds, as a deodorant, and as a foot fungicide, and is very popular in the Dominican Republic. It has dangerously high amounts of lead, and should be avoided. Another substance called Kohl is a traditional cosmetic, and it too is laced with lead. Kohl is often used as eyeliner.\nHobbies or occupations that can contribute to lead exposure include furniture repair or refinishing, toy repair (especially antiques), stained glass, art restoration, home remodeling, battery recycling, radiator repair, indoor target shooting, and handling glazed pottery.\nWhat Are the Possible Complications of Lead Poisoning?\nThe developing bodies of children are the most susceptible to the damaging effects of lead poisoning. Lead can cause lasting irreversible damage to their growing nervous systems. But often, even a child with high levels of lead in their system, will show no noticeable symptoms in the early stages. However, slowly over time, children can exhibit such serious signs as:\nBehavior problems, including hyperactivity\nIn severe cases, seizures, coma, and death.\nAdults are not quite as sensitive to the effects of lead in their bodies, but definite health problems can and do arise for those who have high levels in their system. Some of the more common complications include:\nReproductive problems, including damaged ability to produce sperm in men.\nHow Do I Know if I Have Lead Poisoning?\nThere is only one way to know for sure if you or one of your children has dangerous levels of lead in their body: a simple blood test. The good news is that the test is very accurate, and does not usually yield false readings. Blood can be drawn from a vein or sampled through a finger prick (a bit less traumatic for most kids). The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has set the threshold at 10 micrograms per deciliter (mcg/dL). Results that show up to this amount are considered the lowest level of lead intoxication (Class I). The scale goes all the way up to 70 mcg/dL (Class V), which is considered severe lead intoxication.\nIt is recommended that you be tested often (yearly) if you are an adult in a high-risk occupation or environment. Children up to three years old who are at increased risk, such as living in a home with lead paint or plumbing fixtures, should be tested every six months.\nWhat Treatments Are Available for Lead Poisoning?\nThere are several medical treatments available to folks with lead poisoning, most of them involving drugs that have questionable side effects. Chelation is a process that involves an agent that bonds with the lead, and eliminates it from the body. Chelation is a controversial subject, even in natural medicine circles. One of the issues to be concerned about is that during the process of chelation, other minerals that the body needs can be leached along with the lead. These include magnesium, zinc, and calcium. If you have dangerous levels of lead, you must weigh the risks and benefits of using any treatment. Educate yourself, and apply that knowledge as best as you can to your situation. Times like these really drive home the importance of having a good natural medicine health practitioner (or team) that you know and trust to help you make quality decisions regarding your health.\nThe most important issue regarding lead poisoning is to identify the source of the lead, and to take whatever steps necessary to remove the lead, or to remove yourself from the environment.\nDealing with lead in a home environment definitely calls for wisdom. If you suspect the presence of lead in your home, the first step to take is to have a professional risk assessment done. Using that information, a decision can be made as to how to deal with lead removal, whether it be paint or plumbing. It is best not to handle removal yourself, but again to have a professional that is trained in safely and affectively removing lead. In some cases, it may be best to seal in and paint over the lead paint. In other cases, removal of the lead paint might be in your best interest. Just make sure that whomever you have handle the job has the necessary level of expertise and experience to handle the job correctly.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 177, "original_length": 14395, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 202.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.oddities123.com/mysterious-crop-circle-in-california/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:24Z", "digest": "sha1:7YFUQ6XYE2WR4B5SQB7FKHIQDIZNT3Z3", "length": 1681, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.oddities123.com", "title": "Mysterious crop circle in California | Oddities", "raw_content": "Mysterious crop circle in California\nWhen talking about the crop circles to mind is a relatively recent phenomenon, however, manuscripts of the eighteenth century and the Middle Ages already mentioned the appearance of crop circles throughout Europe. But it was not until the early 80\u2019s when it really got to know. Around the 90s were a large number of these mysterious circles worldwide (only in southern England were identified around 400).\nThe mysterious crop circle appeared out of nowhere in a barley field about nine miles southeast of Salinas, California, on Monday 30 December. As discussed above, there is also a YouTube video that appears to show strange luminous balls on the field.\nLocated in the center of the field of barley, the design covers about 5,000 square meters and resembles a computer chip with a strange point in the center, which some experts have interpreted as a form of Braille or Morse code.\nAt first it was thought that the elaborate circle was a simple hoax, but after the owner Scott Anthony claimed he did not know how it happened, quickly theories about the mysterious appearance multiplied across the Internet.\nDue to the large number of people were interested in the crop circle mystery, Scott has had to hire private security for the curious will not damage your property. The security guards told the media that had been hired for the area does not \u201cturn into a circus.\u201d\nCuriosityOddities\nPrevious article Amazing glowing portraits\nNext article Picdump: The world\u2019s funniest, curious and weirdest pictures #15\nMore From: Mysteries\nby Dogguie noviembre 18, 2014, 10:11 am\nInsanely cool pictures made without photoshop\nAmazing glowing portraits", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 134, "original_length": 6272, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 297.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.oeclaw.co.uk/our-expertise/sports-gaming-and-licensing", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:52Z", "digest": "sha1:BCNKNYJS23FHV5ZMKT5FR7SXHBB77ZHU", "length": 2919, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.oeclaw.co.uk", "title": "Sports, Gaming and Licensing | One Essex Court | OEC", "raw_content": "Home Our Expertise Sports, Gaming and Licensing\nExpertise at One Essex Court covers a wide range of sports and their applicable rules, laws and regulations as well as the functions of related tribunals and disciplinary and governing bodies. Members act for and advise a broad spectrum of associations, affiliates, clubs, teams, competitors, societies, players, agents, promoters and sponsors.\nAs well as commercial disputes, we are also able to field specialist expertise in related areas such Intellectual Property, Employment and Competition law.\nNotable cases include Force India Formula 1 Team v Rodriguez for the sponsor in a sponsorship dispute involving one of the F1 racing teams; appearing before a Rugby World Cup disciplinary tribunal on behalf of South Africa flanker, Schalk Burger and reducing his four-match ban to just two games after appealing against the original decision; in Fulham FC v Richards a dispute arising out of the transfer of Peter Crouch to Tottenham Hotspur FC; and in International Wheelchair Basketball Federation v UK Anti-doping & Simon Gibbs in the IWBF\u2019s appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which was described by the CAS as a \"frontal assault\" on anti-doping rules in reliance on EU, competition and domestic public law.\nIn addition to representing clients before a range of courts and tribunals, members have accepted appointments to adjudicate on disputes before the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the Football Association Premier League Disciplinary Panel and a number of ad hoc tribunals set up around major sporting events.\nBarristers at One Essex Court also have experience of e-commerce internet gambling in the UK and offshore, liquor licensing, regulated entertainment and gambling law, lotteries and prize competitions. We represent and advise many of the major leisure and gambling operators, retail liquor outlets, outdoor festival promoters, the Gambling Commission, television companies, and licensing authorities.\nInvolvements for barristers here in this field include successfully resisting a judicial review brought by Camelot, challenging the Gambling Commission\u2019s decision to licence the Health Lottery under the Gambling Act 2005, Camelot UK Lotteries Ltd v The Gambling Commission, The Health Lottery Elm Ltd & Ors. [2012] EWHC 2391 (Admin); and in Greene King v The Gambling Commission [GA/2014/0001/2] where the First-Tier Tribunal gave judgment on Greene King\u2019s appeal against the Gambling Commission\u2019s refusal to grant it bingo operating licences. The Judge allowed the appeal and remitted the applications to the Gambling Commission with a direction that the applications be allowed.\nA team from One Essex Court was also successful in defending a claim for \u00a310s of millions of damages for alleged loss of profits relating to a software development and licensing agreement for an online betting exchange in MatchBet v Openbet [2013] EWHC 3067.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 520, "original_length": 15060, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 267.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.omicsdi.org/dataset/arrayexpress-repository/E-MEXP-1013", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:49Z", "digest": "sha1:6AL4G4X7Q7KL5P6MQBFFGSBT3D6WLXOC", "length": 279, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.omicsdi.org", "title": "OmicsDI: Home", "raw_content": "An error has occurred !!!\nSorry, this is not working properly. 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In the meantime, here is what you can do:\nRefresh the page (sometimes this helps)\nTry again in 30 minutes\nReport this error by click here\nGet back to homepage", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 594, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 307.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.onedayswages.org/transform-village-world-concern/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:13Z", "digest": "sha1:YA2SG2G2UA4MIDZXPVNRXN3PJXYTSY33", "length": 3258, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.onedayswages.org", "title": "Transform a Village in South Sudan | World Concern", "raw_content": "Transform a Village in South Sudan\nOF OUR $180,000 GOAL\nWe invite you to join us and our partner World Concern to provide long-term holistic development for 700 residents of Ranguo Village in South Sudan. This partnership will empower families with clean water, food, education, and income earning opportunities.\nWhy South Sudan?\nAs the world\u2019s youngest nation, South Sudan is currently facing one of the greatest humanitarian crises in decades. It\u2019s economy is built around abundant natural resources and high agricultural potential, however civil conflict, a worsening drought, and skyrocketing inflation is creating an environment where mothers and fathers can no longer provide for themselves or their children.\nFor those living in rural Ranguo Village, life is especially difficult. Here, 700 families do not have access to clean water or enough food to eat. Mothers and children walk hours each day to collect water from a dirty pond that often makes them sick, and farmers produce barely enough food for their families to have one meal a day. Children regularly go hungry and become sick from malnourishment and water borne diseases, all of which cause high rates of child mortality.\nODW + World Concern\nWe\u2019re coming alongside our trusted and long-standing partner World Concern, to invest in a three year plan to provide lasting health and stability for families in Ranguo Village.\nYour donation will support people in Ranguo Village by addressing issues of water-borne disease, food production, education, and income earning opportunities in the community.\nWith your investment, our partner World Concern will work alongside the people of Ranguo to provide access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene training to prevent the spread of disease. Additionally, your partnership will address education by providing opportunities for children to learn and go to school, as well as literacy training for adults. Their team will work with the community to provide training, tools and materials for farmers to ensure sufficient food production in the community. In conjunction with this, savings groups and small business loans will provide income generating opportunities and increased income.\nJoin us as we partner to empower families in Ranguo Village with clean water, food, and opportunities for improved health and well-being. ODW will match every gift, up to 90K, for a total grant of $180,000.\nMary lives in Ranguo village with her large family of nine. As a farmer and a midwife, Mary sees the issues that keep her community in the cycle of poverty. Although Mary knows that feeding her children foods like vegetables and eggs will keep them healthy, she is unable to produce enough to feed her family once a day. Her children are often sick and Mary has already lost four of her young children to preventable diseases such as malaria, malnourishment, and waterborne illnesses.\nMary has seen the challenges of poverty but she says, \u201cI look forward to seeing the children in my community become healthy when they have clean water to drink and enough food to eat.\u201d Mary and the rest of her community look forward to holistic development that improves their health, opportunities, and access to basic needs.\nGive now to help transform Ranguo Village", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 4397, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 317.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.onlinecasinoarchives.com/sports/2013/07/07/wimbledon-final-betting-roundup/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:21:33Z", "digest": "sha1:6DDK2PTDL4NYSWI4VRUFKSH55GUSMN7E", "length": 1400, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.onlinecasinoarchives.com", "title": "Wimbledon Final \u2013 Betting Roundup", "raw_content": "Tags: Andy Murray, Betting Odds, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer, Sports Betting, Tennis Betting\nAndy Murray and Novak Djokovic will face each other in the Wimbledon final this Sunday. Murray is hoping to become the first British man to win the men\u2019s singles since Fred Perry in 1936, however, he is in for a tough match.\nWill Andy Murray become the first Brit to win Wimbledon since 1936 or will Djokovic deny him the chance?\nMurray just missed out last year, he lost a four set final to seven time champion Roger Federer.\nHowever, since then he has won against Djokovic twice, once on grass in the semi-final at the Olympics and in the final of the US Open.\nHowever, the bookies are favouring Djokovic for the title, there are odds of 8/13 available on Djokovic while the best on Murray are 6/4.\nWhile on paper Djokovic is the favourite, Murray will have the home advantage and the full backing of the crowd.\nHe has had a great year since last Wimbledon, having won Olympic gold, the US Open and has risen to number two in the world rankings. Furthermore, Djokovic had a physically gruelling semi-final and he is likely to still be feeling the effects of it.\nOne thing is for sure, it is going to be a fantastic match with some great tennis on display.\nSilva is Set on Barcelona, Ibrahimovi? and Ancelotti Reunite, De Rossi Makes his Move\nA Selection Of The Greatest Sporting Achievements of All Time", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 153, "original_length": 3813, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 256.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.onlineceucredit.com/ceus-online/guabb4-hiv/secGUAbb404.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:36:56Z", "digest": "sha1:TB2E2A4RJTRK32JTYK2C36MEODPW3RLE", "length": 11332, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.onlineceucredit.com", "title": "2 CEUs - Treating Multiple Bereavement in HIV Positive Gay Men", "raw_content": "Home > CEU courses > HIV/AIDS > HIV: Therapeutic Strategies for Guilt, Uncertainty, and Taking Control > Treating Multiple Bereavement in HIV Positive Gay Men\nTreating Multiple Bereavement in HIV Positive Gay Men\nFew attempts have been made to address how to assist clients who are grieving multiple AIDS-related deaths. However, a recent book by Nord (1997) has provided thoughtful guidelines for counseling individuals who have experienced multiple losses to AIDS. According to Nord (1997), grief responses vary widely, and how one copes with multiple loss will depend on a number of factors including one's level of social support, availability and use of resources, what one deems as supportive and unsupportive, and how one relates to others (Nord, 1997). In addition, it is important that individuals who have experienced multiple losses realize that the disaster is something that will not go away. If later losses are being submerged due to the grieving for an earlier important loss, gentle encouragement by the counselor to recognize and resolve additional losses might be necessary. It may even be useful to grieve the fact that there is so much to grieve.\nOf the factors that affect coping with AIDS and AIDS-related loss, social support is an integral variable (Cherney & Verhey, 1996; Nord, 1997). Those who tend to isolate themselves from others will have a much more difficult time adjusting to the loss. Thus, individuals who are grieving multiple losses should be encouraged to seek support. There are many potential sources of support, including counseling and social support networks in the gay community. Clients may be unaware of these resources, and it is the counselor's role to be comfortable with the community resources and knowledgeable about how to access them. Counselors' levels of comfort raises another important issue. Counselors who work with gay clients experiencing AIDS-related losses must examine their own belief systems about gay men and HIV and ascertain whether they are working on the basis of misinformation; stereotypes about the sexuality of gay men, especially minority gay men (Nettles & Scott-Jones, 1989); or religious or moral beliefs (Holt, Houg, & Romano, 1999; House & Walker, 1993) that would be counterproductive to their work with clients (Croteau, Nero, & Prosser, 1993). Counselors must also prepare themselves to address themes of death and dying, topics that are often difficult for many counselors (Britton, Cimini, & Rak, 1999; Gutierrez & Perlstein, 1992).\nClients may also have to address their own internalized homoprejudice, homophobia, and beliefs about HIV and AIDS. HIV-related illnesses continue to bear a social stigma (Herek & Glunt, 1988; Holt et al., 1999) and clients, even those who have lost loved ones to the disease, may blame their friends for not being \"careful enough\" and then feel guilt over their anger. Clients who are HIV- may experience guilt over their own continued health (McKusick, 1988). It is important that counselors facilitate the client's acknowledgment of these emotions and assist the client in recognizing them as reasonable reactions to the situation so clients' emotional reactions do not undermine their own health-related behaviors. HIV+ gay men might also need to explore feelings of guilt or shame over earlier behaviors and the societally prevalent belief that they are responsible for the disease (Barrett, 1989). If clients are mourning former lovers, they may be suffering guilt over the possibility that they infected their lovers (Dworkin & Pincu, 1993) and will need to resolve this issue as well as concerns over their own health status. Gay relationships are often not recognized and validated in the same manner as heterosexual relationships. Therefore, the loss of a partner is often not marked by the same societal rituals designed to aid the resolution of grief (i.e., memorial services, time off from work, support from family and friends) experienced by a heterosexual individual whose spouse dies. The survivor will require support and validation of his loss (Schoen & Schindelman, 1989).\nFamilies of origin can also be a supportive system (Winiarski, 1991) but may not always be a viable source of support, particularly for those whose families have rejected them (Nord, 1996). Again, counselors may be of assistance in providing family counseling to help rejoin families or to facilitate grieving the loss of family support if that has not previously been resolved (Holt et al., 1999; Nord, 1996; Strommen, 1990).\nAlthough seeking individual counseling may be beneficial in providing support and validation of the survivor's feelings, Nord (1996,1997) suggested that because AIDS and AIDS-related loss is a community problem, adaptation to multiple loss can only occur if there is a community effort. Thus, counselors might take an advocacy role in facilitating the development of social support networks that can help the survivors realize that they are not alone. In addition, promoting involvement in community activities such as making a Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt la quilt composed of panels, each commemorating someone who died from AIDS) and promoting participation in community gatherings that commemorate collective losses is important (Nord, 1996). Ironically, those who do become involved with social support networks are also putting themselves at risk for exposure to additional losses (Nord, 1997). However, the benefits of becoming connected to others in the community help to buffer the impact of loss and lead to better adaptation than would isolation in order to avoid loss.\nAnother way survivors can help themselves adapt to loss is to help others (Nord, 1997). There are many AIDS-related volunteer opportunities that will assist survivors in further developing their social support network. These activities may also result in a decrease in feelings of depression and learned helplessness and an increase in sense of empowerment and self-esteem. Furthermore, volunteer work might help ameliorate survivor guilt. Certainly, these activities will not be appropriate for all clients or at all stages of grief. When clients are experiencing intense grief emotions, they will be unlikely to be beneficial as supportive volunteers. However, in later stages of the grieving process, the sense of giving back to the community and taking a proactive stance against the disease that has caused so much pain can be a powerful healing experience. Thus, counselors can inform appropriate clients about community activities.\nThe process of grief resolution often includes helping individuals deal with the emotions they have about the losses (Holt et al., 1999; Nord, 1997). It is common for individuals to experience rage about the loss of so many close friends, and this rage may manifest itself in inappropriate behaviors. Although anger may be a positive response, it is important to help individuals learn to express anger in appropriate ways. It is also important to assist survivors in recognizing and dealing with emotions other than anger. Anger is often an easier emotion to recognize and express and may be used to avoid other emotions such as fear, sadness, grief, helplessness, and loss of control (Britton et al. 1999; Nord, 1997). Survivors need to recognize and express these emotions in a safe and validating environment. Counselors can be helpful in assisting survivors to deal with the emotional consequences of multiple losses through imagery, journaling, art, movement therapy, and various other expressive techniques.\nBecause the loss of loved ones can result in feelings of depression, worthlessness, and withdrawal (Jansen, 1985), counselors must be alert for symptoms of self-destructive behaviors and attitudes and assist clients in changing these behaviors and attitudes (Nord, 1997). Among the behaviors exhibited by individuals who experience multiple loss are alcohol/drug use, suicidal behavior, aggressive behavior, and risky sexual practices. Self-destructive attitudes might include bitterness, rage, self-hatred, or hatred directed at others. Alcohol and other drug use and engaging in risky sexual behaviors increases the client's own chances of being infected or reinfected. These behaviors and their implications must be discussed with clients because they, too, can be a way of expressing hopelessness and suicidal intent. Counselors can assist survivors in understanding the reasons for and negative consequences of their self-destructive behaviors and attitudes and assist clients in overcoming them through cognitive behavioral approaches (Nord, 1997). Of course, counselors should assess for suicidal ideation as appropriate and take necessary steps to ensure the safety of their clients.\nFinally, clients must be assisted in accepting the experience of multiple loss as irrevocable. Although it is common to attempt to avoid feelings of being overwhelmed by denying the experience of multiple loss, survivors often benefit from a direct confrontation of the reality of the loss (Nord, 1997) that precedes the grieving process. Bower, Kemeny, Taylor, and Fahey (1998) studied the effects of finding meaning in the experience of bereavement through deliberate processing of the loss. They reported that recently bereaved HIV+ men who discovered personal meaning in their loss showed a plateau in the decline of CD4T cell levels (an immunological marker of HIV progression) and had a lower rate of AIDS-related mortality over a 4- to 9-year follow-up period. When working with survivors of multiple loss, support should be provided, and clients should be encouraged to express emotions associated with the loss and be empowered to find a way to regain a sense of control and mastery in order to prevent feelings of helplessness or \"shattered meaning\" (i.e., an inability to find meaning in the losses or impact of AIDS on the gay community, Schwartzberg, 1993). Many of the suggested counseling techniques discussed here are equally applicable to group settings. Supportive group therapy has been found to be an effective technique for addressing the emotional impact of AIDS-related concerns, both for those who are HIV seropositive and for bereaved survivors who may or may not be HIV+ (McKusick, 1988).\nUnfortunately, clients are likely to be faced with additional losses (Nord, 1997). Grief work will be interrupted by new losses, inhibiting the process of working through accumulated grief. However, anticipating these losses can be reframed as an opportunity to start the grieving process early. Proper good-byes can be said and unfinished business can be resolved. Thus, although the grief process never actually \"ends,\" survivors can find a sense of peace in knowing they took a proactive stance in dealing with loss rather than a passive, helpless stance.\n- Springer, Carrie and Suzanne Lease; The Impact of Multiple AIDS-Related Bereavement in the Gay Male Population; Journal of Counseling & Development; Summer 2000; Vol. 78 Issue 3\nThe preceding section contained information about treating multiple bereavement in HIV positive gay men. Write three case study examples regarding how you might use the content of this section in your practice.\nWhat did Bowler et al discover about HIV+ men who discovered personal meaning in their losses?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 120, "original_length": 15865, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 253.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.operasense.com/kathleen-battle/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:44Z", "digest": "sha1:SZJVJZKEHKFOHKOEMDSU64BLCTO7YZ3S", "length": 1537, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.operasense.com", "title": "Kathleen Battle, soprano, Diva of the Day at Opera Sense", "raw_content": "Home Divi of the DayKathleen Battle\nThe opera world loves a good controversy, and Kathleen Battle certainly provided one! Born in 1948, Battle first appeared on the operatic stage as Rosina in Michigan Opera Theater\u2019s 1975 production of Rossini\u2019s Il barbiere di Siviglia. Two years later she made her Met debut, playing the Shepherd in Wagner\u2019s Tannh\u00e4user. During the 1980s, Battle became a renowned interpreter of lyric and coloratura soprano roles.\nIn 1994, Kathleen Battle was fired from the Met by General Manager Joseph Volpe during rehearsals for an upcoming performance of Donizetti\u2019s La fille du r\u00e9giment. The Met cited \u201cunprofessional actions\u201d as the cause, and Volpe went on record saying her actions were \u201cprofoundly detrimental to the artistic collaboration among all the cast members.\u201d Stardom, unfortunately, seemed to have made Battle difficult and demanding to work with. According to her Wikipedia page\u2026\n\u201cIn February 1994, during rehearsals for an upcoming production of La fille du r\u00e9giment at the Metropolitan Opera, Battle was said to have subjected her fellow performers to \u2018withering criticism\u2019 and made \u2018almost paranoid demands that they not look at her.\u2019\nWhatever her faults, Battle has a beautiful, light, and responsive voice that can navigate runs and leaps like nobody\u2019s business. Just listen to her sing Zerbinetta\u2019s famous coloratura aria from Strauss\u2019s Ariadne auf Naxos.\nPrevious Post Previous post:Romeo & Juliet @ Minnesota Opera, In Review\nNext Post 5 free resources \u2013 Das Rheingold, Opera of the Month", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 137, "original_length": 9530, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 237.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.opposingviews.com/sports/nfl-players-still-locked-out", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:09Z", "digest": "sha1:UYEAI22RPCVL5Q5BHXE6EX2WMMS3JIMX", "length": 3248, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.opposingviews.com", "title": "NFL Players Still Locked Out - Opposing Views", "raw_content": "NFL Players Still Locked Out\nThe NFL owners and players were back in court on June 3 to try and make some headway in the three-month-old lockout. Lawyers for both sides were given 30 minutes to state each side\u2019s case in the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis. The basic argument was whether or not the league-imposed lockout that began in March is legal.\nBack on April 25, Minnesota U.S. District Court Judge Susan Nelson ruled the lockout illegal and said the players were subject to irreparable harm as a result of it. However, the appeals court has twice ruled in favour of the NFL owners since then, which means the lockout will carry on during the during the appeals process.\nLawyer Ted Olson, who represents the players, said things might change after the court reads all of the briefs and listens to oral arguments concerning the case. He feels they\u2019re pretty persuasive and the court could eventually side with the players and Judge Nelson. Olson also blamed the NFL for the situation by saying the league cancelled the collective-bargaining agreement and locked the players out. He added that the players didn\u2019t do it, the league did.\nPaul Clement, lawyer for the NFL, said the court doesn\u2019t have the jurisdiction to call an end to the lockout. He said lockouts are actually pretty common during labor disputes and they\u2019re also legal. He also pointed to the Norris-LaGuardia Act, which says federal district courts aren\u2019t allowed to issue an injunction when it comes to labor disputes.\nOlson argued that the players dissolved the NFL Players Association following talks on March 11 and the collective bargaining relationship was ended, which means the situation should be considered an anti-trust issue, not a labor dispute.\nClement said the quickest way to come to an agreement is to simply get back to the negotiating table as soon as possible and to forget about anti-trust laws. He said both parties have to be interested in getting a deal done as a labor settlement and not an anti-trust settlement.\nJudge Kermit Bye asked Clement if he thought the NFL players were suffering irreparable harm and Clement answered, \u201cNo.\u201d Clement then added that he\u2019s heard a lot of players are happy with the current situation since it allows them to spend more time with their families.\nJudge Bye also asked if the players were suffering financially and Clement said any financial damage can\u2019t be classified as irreparable. He said losing out on money may put pressure on the players to come to an agreement and that\u2019s what a lockout is designed to do.\nThe owners and players association got together without their lawyers before the court hearing, but neither side would say what was discussed in the meetings. Judge Bye said it was a complex case and a decision will come in due course. He added that the courts wouldn\u2019t have a problem if the players and league settled the issue themselves, and said, \u201cBut that\u2019s up to you.\u201d\nNHL to Lock Players Out on September 15?\nGood Times Ahead for NFL, Players?\nRacial Issues in NFL - Player Comparisons\nGood News: NFL and Players Close to New CBA\nEvery Defeat for the Owners in Court is a Victory for Players, NFL Fans\nJudge Orders NFL\u2019s Billionaire Owners to Lift Lockout on Millionaire Players", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 149, "original_length": 4663, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 303.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.orlandosentinel.com/la-fi-tn-google-solar-20131115-story.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:18:09Z", "digest": "sha1:J7LVCEQDHM3IP6REMAEW76PV7WOLIRGS", "length": 2307, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.orlandosentinel.com", "title": "Google to invest in solar farms in California and Arizona - Orlando Sentinel", "raw_content": "Google to invest in solar farms in California and Arizona\nGoogle is investing in six solar farms in Arizona and California, including this solar project in San Bernardino County.\nGoogle is investing in six solar farms in Arizona and California, including this solar project in San Bernardino County. (Google Inc.)\nGoogle Inc. plans to invest $80 million in six utility-scale solar facilities in California and Arizona as the tech behemoth continues to put money toward alternative energy projects.\nThe Mountain View, Calif., company will partner with solar developer Recurrent Energy and private equity firm KKR & Co. on the projects, which are estimated to generate enough combined electricity to power more than 17,000 homes, Google said in a blog post.\n\"You'd think the thrill might wear off this whole renewable energy investing thing after a while,\" Google wrote on its official blog. \"Nope -- we're still as into it as ever, which is why we're so pleased to announce our 14th investment.\"\nIn 2011, Google hooked up with KKR and Recurrent on four solar facilities south of Sacramento that have since started generating power. The tech giant said it has committed more than $1 billion in total on green energy projects around the globe.\nThe Wall Street Journal, which first reported the deal, said five of the new solar plants will be located in Southern California and the sixth will be in Arizona. Recurrent, based in San Francisco, will act as the operator and also already reached agreements with three electricity buyers who will purchase the power that is generated, the Journal said.\nCalifornia is one of several states that have mandated renewable energy targets for its utility companies -- 33% of its electricity must come from green sources by 2020. Those mandates combined with the abundant sunshine makes the state a prime market for solar companies.\n[For the record, 2:08 p.m. Nov. 15: An earlier version of this post incorrectly said Google is headquartered in Menlo Park. Its headquarters are in Mountain View.]\nBrazil poised to become a top oil producer by 2035\nIncome inequality is linked to depression, study finds\nVenezuela president orders 'occupation' of electronics chain\nFollow Shan Li on Twitter @ShanLi\nMost dangerous jobs: 10 professions with the highest fatalities in America", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 42, "original_length": 3167, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 271.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.orovillemr.com/2017/10/04/new-england-patriots-show-off-customized-boeing-767/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:21Z", "digest": "sha1:EADHJ4FGLFQXHID3H6F6VCTALYV7LL6G", "length": 914, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.orovillemr.com", "title": "New England Patriots show off customized Boeing 767 \u2013 Oroville Mercury-Register", "raw_content": "New England Patriots show off customized Boeing\u2026\nNew England Patriots show off customized Boeing 767\nWARWICK, R.I. (AP) \u0097 The New England Patriots are celebrating the inaugural flight of their very own Boeing 767.\nThe team will be at T.F. Green Airport in Rhode Island on Wednesday before heading to Florida, where they play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Thursday.\nThey\u2019ll take their customized aircraft, which is painted with the team\u2019s logo and red-white-and-blue colors, and includes the Pats\u2019 five Lombardi trophies painted on the tail.\nIn a video the team posted online , Jim Nolan, chief operating officer of Gillette Stadium, explains the team can now bring all their people and equipment on every trip. He says they\u2019ve installed the widest and largest seats the plane can handle, and added five inches of legroom beyond a typical first-class seat.\nThe team has two of the planes and will use one as a backup.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 155, "original_length": 3531, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 276.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.osce.org/forum-for-security-cooperation/391886", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:37Z", "digest": "sha1:CENM3QQMOTFQS423LALQO3XY5WLM3PFR", "length": 151, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.osce.org", "title": "391st Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation | OSCE", "raw_content": "Home Resources 391st Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation\nJournal of the 391st Plenary Meeting of the Forum for Security Co-operation", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 224, "original_length": 4795, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.82, "perplexity": 174.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.otomatik.com.tr/EN/48-Projects/300-Park-Point-Nisantasi/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:21Z", "digest": "sha1:DYC3GXGFUC4GPCC7B5JRTNQBRWSLAQDU", "length": 867, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.otomatik.com.tr", "title": "Parkolay | Park Point, Ni\u015fanta\u015f\u0131", "raw_content": "NISANTASI PARK POINT\nThe project, which was made by the Regional Directorate of Foundations, located in \u015ei\u015fli-Abdi \u0130pek\u00e7i Str., has reached a parking capacity of 276 vehicles in 360 m2 area and 25 m height.\nPARK POINT, NISANTASI FULLY AUTOMATED CAR PARKING SYSTEM, PUBLIC\nThe project, which was made by the Regional Directorate of Foundations, located in \u015ei\u015fli-Abdi \u0130pek\u00e7i Str., has reached a parking capacity of 276 vehicles in 360 m2 area and 25 m height. Thanks to the Parksafe 580 fully automated car parking system applied in the project, 580 car / day capacity is provided.\nParkolay | Park Point, Ni\u015fanta\u015f\u0131, The project, which was made by the Regional Directorate of Foundations, located in \u015ei\u015fli-Abdi \u0130pek\u00e7i Str., has reached a parking capac..., Parking Systems, Fully-Automated, Semi-Automated, Mechanical, Parking Lifts, Hydraulic and Electric, Manufacturing", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 89, "original_length": 2530, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 295.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ourstate.com/suttons-drug-store/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:29Z", "digest": "sha1:OCOPKOAZARQTBGDX64Y2XDSD35ZYGBUB", "length": 10889, "nlines": 47, "source_domain": "www.ourstate.com", "title": "Tar Heel Tradition: Sutton\u2019s Drug Store | Our State Magazine", "raw_content": "Tar Heel Tradition: Sutton\u2019s Drug Store\nFor decades, the flavors coming off the flattop grill in the back of Sutton\u2019s Drug Store have been reason enough to stop in for a bite. But it\u2019s the family feel of the place that brings most customers back on a regular basis.\nIt\u2019s a little boy\u2019s dream \u2014 to move to Chapel Hill, suit up in Carolina blue, toe the free throw line in the Dean Dome, and say, \u201cYes, I\u2019m a Tar Heel.\u201d\nEven if that little boy doesn\u2019t quite reach six feet tall. Or finds his skills better suited to the junior varsity team. He can step into Sutton\u2019s Drug Store in Chapel Hill and say, \u201cYes, I\u2019m a Tar Heel.\u201d\nHe can find his picture on the wall among such Tar Heel elites as Tyler Hansbrough, Michael Jordan, and Lennie Rosenbluth. He can sit on one of the old, squeaky barstools around the lunch counter, and he might even rub elbows or strike up a conversation with one of the legends.\nSince 1923, Sutton\u2019s Drug Store has occupied an old brick building \u2014 now designated \u201cA Town Heritage Site\u201d \u2014 on Franklin Street, just a few hundred feet from the grassy quad of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\u2019s north campus. It sits street level, between Players nightclub above and Bandido\u2019s Mexican Cafe below. On pleasant fall days, its open glass doors beckon from underneath the orange-and-white-striped awning, inviting passersby to step in and step back in time.\nA drugstore grill\nWalk past the short aisles filled with college-town staples \u2014 energy drinks, candy bars, Solo cups, Skoal cans, and CliffsNotes \u2014 and you\u2019ll find an anomaly in today\u2019s world of generic, drive-through drugstores. There, in the back of the store, right beside the pharmacy, a grill sizzles as cooks fry hamburgers and customers eat and socialize at the counter, close enough to watch every detail of preparation that makes the food at Sutton\u2019s taste just a little bit better.\n\u201cIt\u2019s amazing how many people come in here and say, \u2018Why do they have a restaurant in a drugstore?\u2019\u201d manager Don Pinney says. \u201cAnd I\u2019m like, \u2018Where have you been?\u2019 There\u2019s people my age who\u2019ve never eaten in a drugstore.\u201d\nPinney, 46, has a hard time getting over that fact. He\u2019s been a part of Sutton\u2019s since he was 13 years old, when he started helping clean up around the store. His father, Jan, worked in Sutton\u2019s toy store downstairs, and his mother, Jean, worked at Sutton\u2019s cosmetic counter.\nYes, Don Pinney is a Tar Heel.\nPinney has done it all at Sutton\u2019s: cleaning, waiting on customers, cooking, and now managing. He learned his cooking skills from a Sutton\u2019s staple, Willie Mae Houk, who made him grilled cheeses as a child. Pinney points to a bent frying pan mounted on the wall behind the counter.\n\u201cShe cooked in that same pan for 32 years,\u201d Pinney says. The plaque beneath it reads: \u201cIn memory, Willie Mae Houk, 32 years of service, Sutton\u2019s Drug Store, 1956-1988.\u201d\nYes, Willie Mae Houk is a Tar Heel.\nWell-seasoned grill\nCustomers dine at the counter or at one of the red-and-yellow booths; seating maxes out at 60. The laminated menu lists items that remind you you\u2019re in a Chapel Hill institution. There\u2019s the Dean Dome Deluxe (chicken salad, Swiss cheese, lettuce, and spicy mustard) or My Blue Heaven (roast beef, Provolone cheese, lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise). One of the best sellers is Roy\u2019s Reuben with corned beef, Swiss cheese, sauerkraut, and Thousand Island dressing. Maybe it\u2019s because people love corned beef, or maybe it\u2019s that basketball coach Roy Williams\u2019s way is the law of the land around here. But it\u2019s the burgers that keep Sutton\u2019s staff hopping.\n\u201cWe\u2019re really here for breakfast just to get prepared for lunch \u2019cause it takes a long time to patty up 300 hamburgers,\u201d Pinney says, explaining that each one is precisely 6.2 ounces. And by lunchtime, the flattop grill is well seasoned, having soaked up 15 pounds worth of bacon flavor from the morning rush. Many restaurants slant their grill tops, so the grease runs into a trough. But Pinney keeps his level, so the grease cooks into the grill and then into the food. \u201cWe\u2019ve had to replace the grill four times since I\u2019ve been here,\u201d he says. \u201cWe wear them out.\u201d\nMost days, hamburgers are the big draw, but this is Thursday \u2014 hot dog day \u2014 and the line stretches out the door. Every Tuesday and Thursday, $3.25 will get you two dogs and crinkle-cut fries \u2014 served in the signature red plastic basket lined with parchment paper.\nBill Hargrove walks up to the counter and doesn\u2019t have to say a word. Waitress Hollie Brown knows that on Tuesdays and Thursdays Hargrove has the special, and any other day he\u2019ll have grilled chicken. He sits at the counter as Brown pours his sweet tea \u2014 served with crushed ice.\n\u201cI\u2019ve got a diet coach who\u2019s really after me for eating this,\u201d Hargrove says as he squirts a pile of ketchup beside his fries. Hargrove moved to Chapel Hill in 1973. Yes, Bill Hargrove is a Tar Heel. And his picture\u2019s on the wall at Sutton\u2019s to prove it. There he is, a retiree with gray hair and glasses. Pictures of Carolina athletes \u2014 guards Wes Miller and Ivory Latta and a booth full of football players \u2014 surround the smiling Hargrove.\nOwner John Woodard, 66, started taking customers\u2019 pictures in 1983. Houk suggested framing some 8-by-10-inch photographs Woodard had and hanging them on the wall to decorate a blank spot above the booths. The idea took off.\n\u201cThe day we hung them up on the wall, when people started coming in for lunch, and every day after that, people started asking, \u2018Hey, how do we get our picture on the wall?\u2019\u201d Woodard says. \u201cI didn\u2019t have to advertise any more.\u201d\nInstead, he takes customers\u2019 pictures and hangs them on the wall. The patrons then invite friends to come see their photos at Sutton\u2019s. Naturally, they\u2019ll also have lunch.\n\u201cIt makes them feel like they\u2019re part of the Sutton\u2019s family,\u201d Woodard says. And that\u2019s been one of Woodard\u2019s goals since he bought the store in 1977.\nYes, John Woodard is a Tar Heel.\nPhotos now cover every surface available. They hang on poster board from the ceiling. During the school semester, a TV in the store\u2019s front window plays a slideshow of photos, so students can watch for their faces as they wait in line for the nightclub. Taking that first picture \u2014 a snapshot of the regular breakfast crowd gathered around the counter \u2014 and hanging it on the wall was one of the best things Woodard ever did for the business. Making Pinney manager was another smart move.\n\u201cHe always tells everybody that I\u2019m his adopted Dad,\u201d Woodard says of Pinney. \u201cHe adopted me.\u201d\nHectic but happy\nSutton\u2019s is known more for its food than for the drugs, Woodard relents. Even though his customer service and personality behind the pharmacy counter mean a lot, he knows the lunch counter, under Pinney\u2019s lead, is the store\u2019s main attraction. \u201cPeople appreciate the fact that they can go get a hamburger and then get something for their cholesterol at the same place,\u201d Woodard says.\nPinney seems in his element at the lunch counter\u2019s most hectic moments. His eyes dance and his voice quickens as he describes Saturdays in October when Carolina\u2019s football team is on the field in Kenan Stadium.\n\u201cIt\u2019s hustle and bustle at that point,\u201d Pinney says. \u201cIt\u2019s lively. It\u2019s still warm enough we can leave the front doors open. It invites people in. \u2026 Can you imagine the radio going and 80, 90 people in this small area, bustling and talking and laughing? Sometimes we\u2019ll get hysterical in here, and the whole place will just bust out laughing.\u201d With only 1,800 square feet of space, Sutton\u2019s swells with students and alumni.\nHollie Brown knows those days well. She\u2019s been working at Sutton\u2019s for two years. Wearing a Sutton\u2019s T-shirt, shorts, and tennis shoes, Brown takes orders, runs the register, and makes milk shakes \u2014 sometimes doing all three at once. She reaches deep into the Universal ice cream freezer, scoops PET ice cream into metal cups, pours in whole milk and the desired goodies \u2014 syrup, fruit, or candy pieces \u2014 and mixes it together with the old-fashioned Hamilton Beach milk shake blender that\u2019s been sitting on the same storage cabinet for 50 years.\nYes, Hollie Brown is a Tar Heel.\n\u201cWhen it\u2019s game days, there\u2019s like five of us over here on this one side,\u201d she says, motioning to the narrow opening behind the counter that\u2019s barely wide enough for two employees to squeeze through. \u201cThere are five hands reaching for the drink machine. It\u2019s crazy.\u201d\nIt may be crazy, but Brown, just like the other staff members and regular customers, keeps coming back. \u201cI don\u2019t have any turnover,\u201d Pinney says. \u201cAnd the reason being, it\u2019s fast paced, but the rewards are great. The people that come to Sutton\u2019s are not uptight people. This is a perfect environment for a perfect type of customer \u2014 patient, understanding.\u201d\nEnduring connections\nPinney is one of the reasons Casey Putnam, a senior at UNC, frequents Sutton\u2019s three or four times a week. Pinney\u2019s sure to shoot her a smile and stop by her seat to catch up. The affordable comfort food \u2014 just right for a student budget \u2014 also attracts Putnam. Her favorite: a corn dog with ketchup and mustard.\n\u201cThis would be the one place I would bring my family,\u201d Putnam says. \u201cWhen I have people come visit, I always come here.\u201d\nYes, Casey Putnam is a Tar Heel.\nSutton\u2019s is addictive. Whether it\u2019s the flavored sodas that are just a little bit sweeter, or the hamburger that\u2019s just a little bit juicier, or the staff that\u2019s just a little bit friendlier, once customers experience Sutton\u2019s, they can\u2019t seem to let go.\nThe jerseys hanging from the ceiling reflect the connection. Basketball player Deon Thompson scribbled across his number 21 jersey, \u201cThanks for all the great food and memories! Sutton\u2019s will always have a special place in my heart and stomach!\u201d\nWoodard and Pinney delight in second- and third-generation customers coming through the doors. \u201cRecent students now will bring their kids in as babies and say, \u2018OK, it\u2019s time for their first Sutton\u2019s burger.\u2019 And they\u2019ll buy them a little T-shirt,\u201d Pinney says.\nA copy of the April 7, 2009, front page of the student newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel, hangs above the cash register. It was the day after UNC won its fifth NCAA Men\u2019s Basketball Championship. The headline reads, \u201cA Legacy Fulfilled.\u201d It\u2019s a fitting headline for Sutton\u2019s, too. Woodard hopes Sutton\u2019s legacy will continue in Chapel Hill for many generations of Tar Heels to come.\nWhen Woodard bought the store, the previous owner had one request. \u201cHe said, \u2018The only thing I ask of you is when you sell the store, you do the same thing that I\u2019m doing with you. Find a young man that wants to run his own store, so we can keep the independently owned tradition going on Franklin Street,\u2019\u201d Woodard says.\nWith Pinney poised to step up, that\u2019s exactly what will happen. 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It has trapped India just like Article 28 has trapped Pakistan.\nAakar Patel\t10 February 2019\nSo far Pakistan has had three constitutions. All three have one thing in common, and it is the dislike of interest and the modern banking system. The history of this is not particularly Islamic alone. The Old Testament book of Leviticus specifically says that interest should not be charged on loans. Jesus was very angry with money changers and money lenders and threw them out of the temple in Jerusalem.\nArticle 28 of Pakistan\u2019s 1956 constitution says that Riba (which is the Arabic word for interest) should be eradicated as early as possible. This feature was carried in all later constitutions, including those written in the terms of President Ayub Khan in the 1960s, Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in the 1970s and then modified under President Zia ul Haq in the 1980s and President Musharraf in the 2000s.\nIn 1991, the Shariah Appellate Bench of the Pakistan Supreme Court decided that interest charged by banks in Pakistan was illegal. In 1999, the court decided it had to implement the order. Of course, interest is at the root of the modern banking system and Pakistan\u2019s economy would totally collapse if the order had been passed. But the idea that interest is something wrong that God does not want, runs strong in that society.\nPakistan was then under the rule of a dictator, Musharraf, and he was able to get the court to back off at that time. But the sentiment remains. In 2015, another bill was prepared to do the same thing. As long as it remains in the constitution, there will always be an attempt by someone to implement it.\nIndia has the only non-majoritarian constitution in South Asia, meaning it does not privilege the rights of any one religion or its followers.\nArticle 48 of our constitution says \u201cThe State shall endeavour to organise agriculture and animal husbandry on modern and scientific lines and shall, in particular, take steps for preserving and improving the breeds, and prohibiting the slaughter, of cows and calves and other milch and draught cattle.\u201d There are two things to note here: first, the assumption that this is a scientific and economic endeavour and not a religious one. Second, that it is all milch cattle, including buffalo. Draught cattle means those that are used to pull ploughs.\nThe wording may be scientific and economic but of course, this is a religious act. It has trapped India just like Article 28 has trapped Pakistan.\nOn February 5 it was reported that three Muslim men in Madhya Pradesh had been arrested and booked under the National Security Act (NSA Act) for alleged cow slaughter. The NSA allows for preventive detention, meaning that the individuals can be kept in jail without any crime being committed and only on the suspicion that they will in future commit a crime. They can be jailed in this fashion without trial for one year. Some Congress leaders were upset by this and asked if there was any difference between their party and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). When Rahul Gandhi was asked about this, he avoided a direct response and said that Congress would remove RSS people from positions of power.\nOn February 8, it was again reported from Madhya Pradesh that two men, one Hindu and one Muslim, had been arrested and jailed under the NSA, not for cattle slaughter but for its illegal transportation. A few things should be understood here. First, that the Congress does not have full control over its administration and it will be difficult to do what Rahul Gandhi is saying he will do. The change in government will not have the full effect some of us thought it would. The laws exist and the sentiment exists and the officers will act. The fact that they are invoking extreme laws for relatively minor offences is incidental.\nOnce the prime minister and the chief ministers of Maharashtra and Haryana pushed for this in 2014 and 2015, we have been trapped in a cycle of violence that gives India a bad name around the world. It will be difficult to get out of this and we should all worry because we come across on this subject as unhinged and fanatical.\nMost Indians, including judges, do not take the scientific and economic reading of Article 48. It is a religious reading and therefore prone to provoke religious sentiment and rioting and therefore worthy of the NSA. We cannot use the argument that the scientific and economic principles have outlived themselves or that farmers themselves are suffering, as we are seeing with recent reports of stray cattle. Our judges have held that even old cows are economically productive because they give dung.\nJust like in Pakistan, we will have to live with this element of extremism forever. For us it is the sword of vigilantism and state tyranny on the weak, while Pakistan\u2019s sacred cow is the ban on bank interest.\nAakar Patel\tDelhi\tCow Slaughter\tInterest Rates\tConstitution\tIndia-Pakistan\tNational", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 227, "original_length": 10135, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 231.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.pace.edu/counseling/wellness-challenge", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:20Z", "digest": "sha1:B2V43GKNNH4LQT3HNPASOIIBHBZFQJIL", "length": 2613, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.pace.edu", "title": "Counseling Center | PACE UNIVERSITY", "raw_content": "The Fall 2017 Wellness Challenge runs from October 1 - October 29 and is designed to encourage participants to increase their well-being through engaging in wellness and self-care practices. 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The Spring 2018 Wellness Challenge will focus on Physical and Spiritual Well-Being.\nSocial Well-Being: October 1 - 14\nEmotional Well-Being: October 15 - 29\nFor each phase of well-being, participants will choose at least 3 programs from the list of programs being offered for that two week period and at least 2 activities to practice at least three times a week, when, where and with whom they like for each two week period. So, during the Social Well-Being Challenge (Oct 1 - 14), participants will choose at least 3 programs to attend and 2 activities to practice at least three times a week. During the Emotional Well-Being Challenge (Oct 15 - 29), participants will receive a new menu of programs and activies to choose from and will choose at least 3 programs to attend and 2 activities to practice at least three times a week. There are a broad range of programs and activities to choose from, so everyone can find something that is interesting and enjoyable to them. 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You will find valuable information about dyslexia, and additional links to resources.\nAct 69 of 2014, the Dyslexia and Early Literacy Intervention Pilot Program became effective on June 26, 2014. As a result of the Act, the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has established a three-year dyslexia screening and early literacy intervention pilot program that is being executed from 2015-2018. The purpose of the pilot is to provide evidence-based early screening and multitier support systems, using evidence-based intervention services for students with potential risk factors for early reading deficiencies and dyslexia, such as low phonemic awareness, low letter and symbol naming and inability to remember sequences.\nAs part of this program, each participating school has selected at least one parent to serve as a Parent Liaison. The role of the Parent Liaison is to promote effective communication between the school district and the parents, to understand communication between the school district and the Pennsylvania Department of Education, and to participate in any activities throughout this 3-year project to aid in maintaining a clear focus and purpose of the pilot program. Parent Liaisons across all the pilot districts will collaborate with each other in order to provide quality assistance to their own districts and schools.\nTips for Supporting Reading Skills at Home:\nhttps://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Docs/practiceguide/wwc_fr_tips_022118.pdf?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term\nEvidence on Tips for Supporting Reading Skills at Home\nhttps://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Docs/practiceguide/wwc_fr_tips_summary_022118.pdf?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term\nPennsylvania Dyslexia Literacy Coalition\nhttps://www.pennadlc.org/\nDecoding Dyslexia Pennsylvania\nhttp://www.helpingeverychildtoread.com/index.php/find-help/useful-links/dyslexia-associatons/decoding-dyslexia-pennsylvania\nLearning to Read: A Fact Sheet for Parents\nhttp://www.pattan.net/category/Resources/Misc.%20Materials/Browse/Single/?id=5613fcf4150ba05f3a8b4584\nRethinking Dyslexia Video\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzp8FUZm5_M\nTalking to Students and Parents About Dyslexia\nhttp://www.pattan.net/category/Resources/Misc.%20Materials/Browse/Single/?id=565c893b150ba0d2118b457c\nStarfall Educational Foundation\nTop 10 Links for Parents of Students with Dyslexia\nhttps://dyslexiaida.org/around-the-web-roundup-top-10-links-for-parents-of-students-with-dyslexia/\nDyslexia and Early Literacy Intervention \u2013 Parent Fact Sheet\nwww.pattan.net/category/Resources/Misc.%20Materials/Browse/Single/?id=566eefee150ba011368b456c\nReferences for Dyslexia Parent Fact Sheet\nwww.pattan.net/category/Resources/PaTTAN%20Publications/Browse/Single/?id=58becf5e140ba085268b4571\nEarly Literacy Grant\nwww.pattan.net/category/Resources/Instructional%20Materials/Browse/Single/?id=5785419b140ba062428b4578\nEffective Early Literacy Practices: What We\u2019ve Learned and How to Replicate in Your District\nwww.pattan.net/category/Resources/Instructional%20Materials/Browse/Single/?id=597787ab140ba0094a8b4573\nLRI_Literacy Resources, Inc. - https://www.literacyresourcesinc.com/\nDialogic Reading: An Effective Way to Read to Preschoolers - http://www.readingrockets.org/article/dialogic-reading-effective-way-read-aloud-young-children\nBio and Interview with _Dialogic Reading_technique creator Dr. Grover (Russ) Whitehurst -https://childrenofthecode.org/interviews/whitehurst.htm#PersonalBackground\nThe Best Literacy Apps for Preschool and Kindergarten Children - https://dyslexiaida.org/dr-cheesmans-app-chat-find-the-best-literacy-apps-for-preschool-and-kindergarten-children/\nTHE RAI READING CORPS: An AmeriCorps Partner Program - http://www.readingassist.org/get-involved/rai-reading-corps\nDecodable Literature Library from Flyleaf Publishing - https://flyleafpublishing.com/Decodable-Literature\nPhonics Resources - https://www.literacyresourcesinc.com/resources/phonics-aids/\nDecodable Books and Phonics Lessons - https://www.readinga-z.com/books/decodable-books/\nTools 4 Reading - https://www.tools4reading.com/\nLiteracyhow - http://www.literacyhow.com/\nRead, Write, Think - http://www.readwritethink.org/\nOG Card Deck - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/og-card-deck/id709418432?mt=8\n2015: A Banner Year for Dyslexia - http://dyslexia.yale.edu/articles_directors/2015-a-banner-year/\nPennsylvania\u2019s Branch of the IDA - http://www.pbida.org/resources/fact-sheets/#875\nThe National Center for Learning Disabilities \u2013 https://www.ncld.org/\nThe New Education Law: 6 Things to Know - https://www.ncld.org/archives/action-center/what-we-ve-done/the-new-education-law-6-things-to-know\nEvery Student Succeeds Act - https://www.ncld.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/REVISED-Post-ESSA-one-pager-on-Comp-Center-1.5.16.pdf\nLiteracy Education for All, Results for the Nation (LEARN) Act - https://www.ncld.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/LEARN-Act.pdf\nDyslexia articles on Reading Rockets web page- http://www.readingrockets.org/atoz/1124/all\nPower UP What Works - https://powerupwhatworks.org/\nCenter for Dyslexia, Middle Tennessee State University - http://mtsu.edu/dyslexia/\nA Primer on Dyslexia \u2013 Research in recent years has contributed to our knowledge about dyslexia. As a result, there is now a wealth of information about dyslexia designed specifically IDA (interdys.org) and local IDA branch. - http://www.pbs.org/parents/readinglanguage/articles/dyslexia/main.html\nTeaching Meta-Cognition Skills /Dyslexia Help at the University of Michigan \u2013 Resources, tools, a blog, and further contact information. - http://dyslexiahelp.umich.edu/professionals/dyslexia-school/teaching-meta-cognition-skills\nSpecial Education Advisor \u2013 Information on related topics, app reviews, tools and resources. - http://www.specialeducationadvisor.com/\nReadworks \u2013 ReadWorks provides research-based units, lessons, and authentic, leveled non-fiction and literary passages directly to educators online, for free, to be shared broadly. - https://www.readworks.org/\nFree Reading - http://www.freereading.net/\nFree Reading \u2013 Decodable Passages - http://www.freereading.net/wiki/Decodable_passages.html\nNewslea \u2013 Newlea is an innovative way to support students in their development of reading comprehension skills of non-fiction text by accessing current expository text articles at five different lexile levels. - https://newsela.com/\nReading before 4th grade is critical, and educators can make it happen \u2013 Philadelphia Public Schools/The Notebook - http://thenotebook.org/articles/2016/01/27/reading-before-4th-grade-is-critical-and-educators-can-make-it-happen/\nTo Wait in Tier 1 or Intervene Immediately - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0014402914532234\nDyslexia Help \u2013 University of Michigan - http://dyslexiahelp.umich.edu/\nThe Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity - http://dyslexia.yale.edu/resources/tools-technology/\nUnderstood: For Learning and Attention Issues \u2013 For the first time ever, 15 nonprofit organizations have joined forces to support parents of the one in five children with learning and attention issues throughout their journey. - https://www.understood.org/en\nNeuhaus Classes for Teachers - https://www.neuhaus.org/Home\nBookshare: An Accessible Online Library for people with print disabilities - https://www.bookshare.org/cms/\nWhat is dyslexia? \u2013 Kelli Sandman-Hurley - https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-dyslexia-kelli-sandman-hurley\nApps and educational games for students by grade level - http://www.abcya.com/\nDigital Promise: Accelerating Innovation in Education - https://researchmap.digitalpromise.org/\nHelp for all students, using auditory, visual and tactile techniques designed to teach students with dyslexia - http://www.dailyitem.com/news/local_news/kids-get-hooked-on-phonics/article_a5144b8c-ab93-57c0-bd1b-b1c5bf7fa4aa.html\nSupporting Early Vocabulary Development within an RTI Framework - https://vocablog-plc.blogspot.com/2011/04/supporting-early-vocabulary-development.html\nFixing the Failure Model - https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/uk/16/06/fixing-failure-model\nProject CRISS:Creating Independence through Student-owned Strategies - http://www.projectcriss.com/\nireadwith: ebooks that make children talk! - https://www.youtube.com/user/ireadwith\nMrs. Perkins\u2019 Dolch Words:Helping Your Children Read- http://www.mrsperkins.com/dolch.htm\nLearning Ally: dedicated to empowering blind, visually impaired, or dyslexic students achieve their goals - http://www.learningally.org/\nFocus: The newsletter of the PA and DE Branch of the IDA - https://view.joomag.com/focus-summer-2016/0781792001465056579\nInternational Dyslexia Association - http://www.pattan.net/category/Projects/page/International_Dyslexia_Association_IDA.html\nIDA Fact Sheets on Dyslexia and Related Language-Based Learning Disabilities - https://dyslexiaida.org/fact-sheets/\nFrequently Asked Questions about Dyslexia - https://dyslexiaida.org/frequently-asked-questions-2/\nIDA Dyslexia Handbook: What Every Family Should Know - https://s3.amazonaws.com/pattan-live/pattan.net-website/images/file/2015/01/15/IDA_DyslexiaHdbkWEFSK.pdf\nDyslexia \u2013 Interdisciplinary Assessment and Instruction in Reading \u2013 Part 1\nhttp://www.pattan.net/Videos/Browse/Single/?code_name=dyslexia_-_interdisciplinary_assessment\nhttp://www.pattan.net/Videos/Browse/Single/?code_name=dyslexia_-_interdisciplinary_assessment1\nUpdate on the Dyslexia Pilot Project\nhttp://www.pattan.net/Videos/Browse/Single/?code_name=update_on_the_dyslexia_pilot_project\nStudents Referred for Suspected SLD in the Dyslexia Pilot Program: Where Do We Go From Here?\nhttp://www.pattan.net/Videos/Browse/Single/?code_name=students_referred_for_suspected_sld_in_t\nThe Other 3-Tier Model for Reading, Writing, Oral Language, and Math\nhttp://www.pattan.net/Videos/Browse/Single/?code_name=the_other_3-tier_model_for_reading_writ\nEvidence-Based vs Research Based Programs for Dyslexics - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbQ9wAtTxlU\nFundations: First Grade Lesson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfbkDHEjG1o\nFundations: Tapping Out Sounds - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g5v8G_X9go\nFundations: Sentence Frames in the Classroom - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBpeznGmnVU\nDr. Grover (Russ) Whitehurst talks about his Dialogic Reading technique on ReadingRockets.org \u2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-XlbJuCi3c\nA Dyslexic Student\u2019s Perspective: Which Tablet Works Best for Dyslexics? 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What's this?\nConfrontation The War with Indonesia\u2026 Paperback Add to Basket \u00a314.99\nConfrontation The War with Indonesia\u2026 ePub (3.3 MB) Add to Basket \u00a34.99\nFor over four years in the 'Swinging Sixties' the armed forces of the UK were engaged in a little publicised but crucial jungle war against communist aggressive on the vast island of Borneo.\nAt any one time up to 50,000 troops (half of the Army's strength today) were deployed along a 1,000 mile front. Their enemy were the communist led Indonesians whose leaders were determined to seize the states of Sarawak, Sabah and the oil rich Brunei, all of whom for their part wished to maintain their Commonwealth links. The catalyst for the war was the 1962 uprising in Brunei which was quickly crushed by the bold intervention of British army units.\nThe arrival of Major General Walter Walker, himself a controversial figure, gave the subsequent campaign a clear direction. 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The outcome was a text book military victory thus avoiding a British 'Vietnam' debacle.\nThe author joined the Intelligence Corps in 1970 but since retiring from the British Army has been responsible for other books including \"Nine Battles to Stanley\".\nThis book describes a period with which I'm unfamiliar, and occurring after the Malay problems, but prior to the problems in Vietnam.\nIt sets out in some detail both the immediate history of the problems in terms of the population and the politics of the time in setting up the loose federation of Malaysia.\nThe author follows the campaign through in rough chronology with very little overlap and he appears to have access to many documents and individuals who were involved including Peter de la Billiere, Paddy Ashdown and Julian Thompson. Many wished to remain anonymous, but he has collected them together into a narrative.\nThis is not a book recounting personal exploits, recollections and endeavours. It is much more akin to a collection of the diaries of the battalions involved in the conflict which provides an overview with details added. It is, however, scattered with some personal anecdotes which act as comedy relief.\nThe book is quite intense, but I'm guessing the author didn't have much access to the aggressors diaries, and for those people wishing information to set up skirmish or jungle battles they should find sufficient information in this volume to do so because he quotes actual service people involved, their numbers, weapons, uniform and support available.\nThis book should definitely be seen as \"bigging up\" the British Army, as there is a lot of drum thumping, but he does mention the lack of support and spares from Whitehall occasionally and the lack of journalistic scrutiny.\nHe does also recount all the battles where soldiers were mentioned in despatches or awarded medals. 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You can land a starring role on our website and national Public Relations efforts.\nTake a peek at what Alex Velez is up to:\nTo become a featured Flavor Artist:\nCreate an original beverage, savory or dessert recipe containing a Perfect Pur\u00e9e flavor\nProvide in the form below:\nYour biography and your experience with the Perfect Pur\u00e9e\nA video on how to prepare your recipe (Optional)\nMust be a foodservice professional\nRead the Submission Guidelines below for complete requirements\nClick Here for the Flavor Artist Form\nEligibility: To submit your biography, recipe and/or video to the The Perfect Pur\u00e9e, the entrant (\u201cYou\u201d and \u201cYour\u201d) must be 21 years of age or older on the date of entry. You must also be a foodservice trade professional (which includes chefs and bartenders) who works for a restaurant, bar, or other establishment that is an existing customer of The Perfect Pur\u00e9e (the \u201cEstablishment\u201d), and You must have received permission from the Establishment (a) to use the Establishment\u2019s products in your Video (as defined below), and (b) to feature or include in the Video any reference to the Establishment, including its image, name, logo, trademark, or any other proprietary classification. The Perfect Pur\u00e9e of Napa Valley, LLC (\u201cThe Perfect Pur\u00e9e\u201d) reserves the right to determine Your eligibility based on these criteria. Employees, officers, and directors of The Perfect Pur\u00e9e, its subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, and anyone involved in the production or administration of the The Perfect Pur\u00e9e, and any member of the immediate family or household of any such persons, are not eligible. 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The $200 credit is only good for 90 days, valid in the US only, and you must sign up by Jan 15 07.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 35, "original_length": 1638, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 275.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.pharmasalmanac.com/articles/first-trial-launches-to-test-effectiveness-of-male-contraceptive-gel", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:34Z", "digest": "sha1:VCUUYF2PLW5XTZ3VA4YWF4TERS7V3UPO", "length": 6831, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "www.pharmasalmanac.com", "title": "First Trial Launches to Test Effectiveness of Male Contraceptive Gel", "raw_content": "NEW YORK /PRNewswire/ -- The Population Council, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute, and University of WashingtonSchool of Medicine today announced the launch of the first clinical trial to test the safety and efficacy of a gel for men to prevent unintended pregnancy. Three trial sites in the U.S. are now enrolling couples.\nWorldwide, 85 million pregnancies (40 percent of all pregnancies) per year are unplanned, contributing to a higher incidence of adverse health outcomes for women and infants. Apart from condom use, withdrawal during sex, and vasectomy, no other contraceptive options exist for men.\nThe gel being tested is composed of Nestorone\u00ae (segesterone acetate), a progestin hormone used for female contraception, and testosterone. NES/T is a novel, reversible contraceptive for men designed to be absorbed through the skin on the upper arms and shoulders.\n\"Expanding male contraceptive options could help make family planning more of a shared responsibility between women and men,\" said Regine Sitruk-Ware, MD, distinguished scientist at the Population Council's nonprofit Center for Biomedical Research, co-director of the trial, and member of Time Magazine's 50 Most Influential People in Health Care of 2018. \"Safe, effective, and reversible tools for men to control their own fertility gives new meaning and significance to the term 'family planning.' No matter the challenge, we must continue to innovate and develop new products to improve lives.\"\nThe Phase IIb trial, sponsored by the NICHD, part of the National Institutes of Health, and co-directed by the Population Council and NICHD, is the first to test the product for contraceptive efficacy, or pregnancy prevention, in the female partner. More than 400 couples are anticipated to enroll in the trial. Once the male partner has been shown to have responded to the gel, the couple agrees to use the product as their contraceptive method for one full year. The trial is recruiting couples throughout the NICHD's Contraceptive Clinical Trials Network (CCTN). It is first launching at sites in Los Angeles, Seattle, and Kansas City in the US, and later will include sites in Chile, England, Italy, Kenya, Scotland, and Sweden.\n\"We have been developing this product for more than a decade,\" said Diana Blithe, PhD, chief of NICHD's Contraceptive Development Program and director of the CCTN. \"We are hopeful that the NES/T gel study will demonstrate effectiveness of a male method for use by couples. A successful result may lead to additional scientific discovery around contraceptive products for men.\"\nThe NES/T gel is a transparent gel designed to decrease a man's sperm production without reducing his sexual drive or enjoyment. The trial will also test the acceptability of the daily gel application as a contraceptive among the participating couples\u2014a critical measure for real-world use.\n\"The success of a reversible contraceptive for men requires an approach that reduces the production of sperm without impacting a man's testosterone levels or ability to produce sperm at a later date,\" said Christina Wang, MD, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute lead researcher and a principal investigator of the trial. \"The challenge is achieving the right combination of Nestorone and testosterone at the right time.\"\nMen and their female partners are both active participants in the study. Men will apply the gel once every day. Once the man's sperm count reaches an appropriate level to prevent pregnancy\u2014a process anticipated to take 8 to 16 weeks, the couple will be informed that they should begin to use the gel as their only form of contraception for one year. During this phase, the man's sperm count will be checked regularly to help minimize the possibility of pregnancy.\n\"The potential of this new gel is huge,\" said William Bremner, MD, PhD, professor of medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine and CCTN site director in Seattle. \"There is a misperception that men are not interested in, or are even afraid of, tools to control their own fertility. We know that's not the case.\"\nPrevious multinational surveys have shown that more than half of men say they would use a male contraceptive if it is reversible and uncomplicated. Proving efficacy and acceptability is essential to overcoming misperceptions that men aren't interested in new contraceptive options.\n\"We hope that results from this trial will help pave the way for renewed interest in male contraceptive development and propel this important public health work forward,\" said Stephanie Page, MD, PhD, a professor of medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine and a study principal investigator.\nResults from the NES/T gel trial are expected in 2022 and will help determine whether it should be evaluated in a separate, larger-scale Phase III contraceptive efficacy clinical trial, with the aim of obtaining approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market the product as a male contraceptive.\nAbout the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute\nLA BioMed is an incubator of innovation with a global reach and a 66-year reputation of improving and saving lives. Driven by the positive social impacts of breakthrough therapies, the Southern California-based research institute and incubator\u2014with over 100 principal investigators (PhDs, MDs, and MD/PhDs) working on over 600 research studies, including therapies for multiple orphan diseases\u2014is an essential element to one of the nation's top-ten biotech clusters. Find out more at https://labiomed.org.\nAbout the University of Washington School of Medicine\nThe University of Washington School of Medicine is recognized for excellence in training physicians and for advancing medical knowledge through scientific research. For 23 of the past 24 years, it has been ranked No. 1 in the United States for primary-care education. The school also is the leading public institution in the amount of federal research funding received, based on the U.S. News accounting of National Institutes of Health funding. Find out more at https://www.uwmedicine.org/education/about.\nMolly Grodin\nmgrodin@popcouncil.org\nThe Population Council confronts critical health and development issues\u2014from stopping the spread of HIV to improving reproductive health and ensuring that young people lead full and productive lives. Through biomedical, social science, and public health research in 50 countries, we work with our partners to deliver solutions that lead to more effective policies, programs, and technologies that improve lives around the world. Established in 1952 and headquartered in New York, the Council is a nongovernmental, nonprofit organization governed by an international board of trustees.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 206, "original_length": 11675, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 174.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.phillyvoice.com/building-collapse-5th-and-race-fox29/?utm_campaign=pv-site&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=building-collapse", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:04Z", "digest": "sha1:6Q3N3MIB6UUH5H4MFTBHZKAW2F4UPM4A", "length": 3037, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "www.phillyvoice.com", "title": "Building collapses at Fifth and Race in Old City | PhillyVoice", "raw_content": "Building collapses at Fifth and Race in Old City\nDebris crashes down on school bus that minutes before had dropped off students across street at Constitution Center\nAccidents Building Collapse\nThe scene of a building collapse at 5th and Race Streets in Philadelphia, Thursday, March 17, 2016.\nUPDATE: Shortly after 4 p.m., Philadelphia police announced the 400 block of Race Street had reopened to traffic. The street had been closed since about 9 a.m. when a portion of a building being demolished on the northeast corner of Fifth and Race streets collapsed and debris struck a passing school bus.\nA portion of an Old City building at Fifth and Race streets that is being demolished collapsed Thursday morning, causing concrete debris to fall onto a passing school bus.\nThe structure, the last Whitman Chocolates building in Philadelphia, is located across the street from the United States Mint. The site is under development and the vacant building has been partially demolished.\nRelated story: Worker dies in plummet from Los Angeles skyscraper\nThe collapse was reported by Philadelphia police officers on patrol who saw the cloud of dust, Philadelphia Police Lt. John Wood said, and they called in the incident at about 9:07 a.m.\nA large chunk of debris fell off the building's Race Street side, onto a tree and street light, and then onto a school bus. The tree and the street light also collapsed onto the bus.\nPolice at the scene said only the driver, Spencer Reynolds, of Harleysville, Montgomery County, was in the bus at the time of the incident. Wood said Reynolds had just dropped off a group of fifth-grade students on a field trip to the National Constitution Center, located across the street from the collapse, and was driving east on Race Street when the bus was struck.\nReynolds said he was \"at the wrong place at the wrong time\" and described pieces of building about the size of a football hitting his vehicle.\nThe driver walked away from the incident unharmed and there were no other reports of injuries..\nThe 400 block of Race Street is expected to be closed to traffic for a \"significant\" amount of time, Wood said. At 10:15 a.m., officials were waiting for PECO to come shut off the power supply to the street light.\nPolice have since reopened all roads in the area.\nTraffic Advisory: traffic restrictions around the earlier building collapse, 5th & Race Sts. have been lifted.\n\u2014 Brian Korn (@PPDBrianKorn) March 17, 2016\nDuring the clean up, Race Street is closed between Fifth and Sixth streets, and Sixth Street is closed north of Arch Street to the entrance of the Ben Franklin Bridge.\nThe site is being redeveloped as a condominium complex.\nJon Tuleya/PhillyVoice\nPhoto from the scene of a building collapse at 5th and Race streets.\nPhoto of the scene of a building collapse at 5th and Race streets.\nAn OSHA employee takes photographs at the scene of a building collapse at 5th and Race Streets in Philadelphia, Thursday, March 17, 2016.\nRead more Accidents Building Collapse Center City Police Philadelphia", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 159, "original_length": 6106, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 260.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.plantbasednews.org/post/horse-drawn-carriages-to-be-banned-in-montreal", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:45:36Z", "digest": "sha1:XWXK2NZIOVZPPR6SYCBXURIETLTBWK5I", "length": 1368, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.plantbasednews.org", "title": "Horse-Drawn Carriages To Be Banned In Montreal", "raw_content": "Horse-Drawn Carriages To Be Banned In Montreal\nThe local SPCA called the industry 'antiquated and inhumane'\nThe ban will be in effect from 2020\nHorse-drawn carriages will be banned in Montreal from 2020 as a result of animal welfare concerns.\nThe ban on the popular tourist attraction was officially announced on Thursday following years of campaigning on the part of animal advocates.\nThe two-year delay is intended to give those who profit from the carriages - and animal exploitation - an opportunity to determine an alternative plan.\nAccording to one city councillor, a number of horses have died pulling carriages\n'Inhumane'\nCity Councillor Craig Sauv\u00e9 said: \"We see there have been a lot of cases of horses being mistreated, horses dying while doing their cal\u00e8che activities.\"\nSauv\u00e9 also explained that despite increased regulation, horses continue to be hurt in what the Montreal SPCA describes as a 'antiquated and inhumane industry'.\nThe organization's Director of Animal Advocacy Alanna Devine added: \"The end of this industry represents an important victory for our organization, and demonstrates just how much our relationship with animals is evolving.\"\nFurther evidence of said 'evolution' includes the ban of horse-drawn carriages in Barcelona late last year, and the animal cruelty investigation launched last month after the death of 13 Ontario horses.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 55, "original_length": 4203, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 328.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/apr/23/ted-nugent/ted-nugent-says-four-supreme-court-justices-declar/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:23:55Z", "digest": "sha1:JDM3QZ7EHNWYEAEAPQEDJVTW6HZ6X7RO", "length": 9734, "nlines": 57, "source_domain": "www.politifact.com", "title": "Ted Nugent says four justices declared Americans have 'no fundamental right to self-defense' | PolitiFact", "raw_content": "\"We\u2019ve got four Supreme Court justices who \u2026 signed their name to a declaration that Americans have no fundamental right to self-defense.\"\n\u2014 Ted Nugent on Saturday, April 14th, 2012 in a speech at the annual convention of the National Rifle Association\nTed Nugent says four justices declared Americans have 'no fundamental right to self-defense'\nBy Becky Bowers on Monday, April 23rd, 2012 at 11:18 a.m.\nTed Nugent's comments to an NRA convention on April 14, 2012, caught the attention of the Secret Service. People for the American Way's Right Wing Watch published excerpts on YouTube.\nConservative rocker Ted Nugent, a board member of the National Rifle Association since 1995, throws his \"fire-breathing intensity\" behind his guitar \u2014 and the Second Amendment.\nOn April 14, 2012, his NRA convention rhetoric caught the attention of the Secret Service, but the provocative speech \u2014 which was largely a call to action to get out the vote for Mitt Romney \u2014 also included some checkable facts about gun rights.\nOne that caught our eye: \"We\u2019ve got four Supreme Court justices who \u2026 signed their name to a declaration that Americans have no fundamental right to self-defense.\"\nWe\u2019ve got four Supreme Court justices who don\u2019t believe in the Constitution. Does everybody know here that four of the Supreme Court justices not only determined you don\u2019t have the right to keep and bear arms, four Supreme Court justices signed their name to a declaration that Americans have no fundamental right to self-defense. That sounds like a stoned hippie. That doesn\u2019t sound like a Supreme Court anything. It sounds like a supremely intellectually vacuous punk. To think that a human could think that humans don't have a basic right to self-defense is so bizarre to me \u2014 as to \u2014 my brain can't accept the information. And if you want more of those kinds of evil, anti-American people on the Supreme Court, then don't get involved, and let Obama take office again.\nIs the \"Motor City Madman\" correct about Supreme Court jurisprudence?\nDistrict of Columbia vs. Heller\nWe reached out to Nugent\u2019s press contact and the NRA, but didn\u2019t get a response. Still, we found a case with dissenting opinions signed by four justices that appears to be what he's referring to. (If Nugent offers us some other \"declaration,\" we\u2019ll be happy to update our item.)\nA quick refresher on the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: It says: \"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.\"\nThe 2008 case District of Columbia vs. Heller struck down the District of Columbia\u2019s handgun-ownership ban. It also marked the first time the Supreme Court said the Second Amendment secures an individual right to gun ownership. But the decision was split 5-4 \u2014 and justices who didn\u2019t side with the majority offered two dissenting opinions.\nThe dissents offered two views about self-defense.\nJustice John Paul Stevens wrote, \"There is no indication that the Framers of the Amendment intended to enshrine the common-law right of self-defense in the Constitution.\"\nSo, Stevens acknowledged a \"common-law right,\" but not necessarily a constitutional right.\nJustice Stephen Breyer wrote:\n\"Thus I here assume that one objective (but, as the majority concedes ... not the primary objective) of those who wrote the Second Amendment was to help assure citizens that they would have arms available for purposes of self-defense. ...\n\"I shall, as I said, assume with the majority that the Amendment, in addition to furthering a militia-related purpose, also furthers an interest in possessing guns for purposes of self-defense, at least to some degree. ... Although I adopt for present purposes the majority's position that the Second Amendment embodies a general concern about self- defense, I shall not assume that the Amendment contains a specific untouchable right to keep guns in the house to shoot burglars. \u2026\n\"(T)he self-defense interest in maintaining loaded handguns in the home to shoot intruders is not the primary interest, but at most a subsidiary interest, that the Second Amendment seeks to serve.\"\nSo, Breyer acknowledges that one objective of the Second Amendment -- but not the primary objective -- is to allow citizens guns for self-defense, along with \"a general concern about self-defense,\" and \"a subsidiary interest\" in keeping loaded handguns at home.\nStevens and Breyer, along with Justice David Souter and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, joined both dissenting opinions.\nThat's four justices. But we should note that Stevens and Souter are no longer on the court, replaced in recent years by Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor. Nugent's phrase, \"We've got four Supreme Court justices who ...\" suggests he meant four current justices. Still, Sotomayor sided with the minority in a 2010 case, McDonald vs. Chicago, which affirmed the decision in District of Columbia vs. Heller, and Kagan hasn't yet tipped her hand.\nAbout the opinions themselves: We contacted a few attorneys who have argued before the Supreme Court to help us weigh whether those they could reasonably be described as \"a declaration that Americans have no fundamental right to self-defense.\"\n\u2018Fundamental right\u2019\nIt turns out \"fundamental right\" has a fairly specific meaning in constitutional law. Justices divide constitutional rights into categories, such as fundamental and nonfundamental.\nFundamental rights, as you might have guessed, trigger a higher level of protection from the court. Laws that might infringe on such rights face \"strict scrutiny.\" But regulations that infringe on nonfundamental rights have a much easier burden to pass constitutional muster. They just have to have \"a rational basis.\"\nClark Neily, an attorney who helped represent security guard Dick Anthony Heller in District of Columbia vs. Heller, says it looks to him like the dissenting judges treated self-defense more like the court typically treats nonfundamental rights than fundamental rights.\nIn other words, Nugent's characterization was reasonably accurate.\nTom Goldstein, the publisher of SCOTUSblog who has argued 25 cases before the Supreme Court, agrees.\n\"I think Ted is correctly describing what the dissenters \u2026 believe,\" he said.\nBut Erwin Chemerinsky, the founding dean of University of California at Irvine School of Law, whose most recent book was The Conservative Assault on the Constitution, found Nugent\u2019s statement misleading.\n\"The statement from Justice Stevens was about whether the Second Amendment right to bear arms includes a right to have firearms in the home,\" he said. \"The justices did not deny that self-defense is available as a defense in criminal cases in all 50 states. The Nugent statement made it seem that the justices were questioning that.\"\nIn other words, Nugent\u2019s use of the legal phrase \"fundamental right\" might make lay people think those justices disagree with self-defense as protection in criminal cases.\nWe\u2019re willing to give Nugent credit for using the correct term of art, in this case \"fundamental right.\" Still, we\u2019ll ding him for saying the justices signed their name to a \"declaration,\" when he meant dissenting opinions in a court case \u2014 especially since they didn\u2019t make it explicitly clear that self-defense was a nonfundamental right. Even Neily found that a stretch.\nNugent, an NRA board member for almost 20 years, told a crowd that, \"We\u2019ve got four Supreme Court justices who \u2026 signed their name to a declaration that Americans have no fundamental right to self-defense.\" We find the phrase \"a declaration\" an exaggeration, along with the suggestion that all four justices are still on the court. But he\u2019s correct that four justices signed on to dissenting opinions in District of Columbia vs. Heller that find some right to self-defense \u2014 but arguably not a fundamental right earning the Supreme Court\u2019s highest level of protection. He used the right phrase. Still, \"a declaration\" and \"four justices\" make the statement just partially accurate. We rate it Half True.\nPublished: Monday, April 23rd, 2012 at 11:18 a.m.\nResearched by: Becky Bowers\nSubjects: Guns, Legal Issues, Supreme Court\nRight Wing Watch, \"Ted Nugent Stumps for Mitt Romney at NRA Convention: 'Chop their heads off in November,'\" April 16, 2012, via YouTube\nPolitiFact, \"In Context: Ted Nugent saying if Obama wins, 'I will either be dead or in jail,'\" April 19, 2012\nTedNugent.com, \"The NRA party rocked,\" April 19, 2012\nTedNugent.com, Biography: The Musician, accessed April 20, 2012\nTedNugent.com, Biography: The Man, accessed April 20, 2012\nCornell University Law School, U.S. Constitution: Second Amendment, accessed April 19, 2012\nCornell University Law School, District of Columbia vs. Heller, Justice Scalia, Opinion of the Court, accessed April 19, 2012\nCornell University Law School, District of Columbia vs. Heller, Justice Stevens, Dissenting, accessed April 19, 2012\nCornell University Law School, District of Columbia vs. Heller, Justice Breyer, Dissenting, accessed April 19, 2012\nCornell University Law School, \"McDonald vs. Chicago, Justice Breyer, Dissenting,\" June 28, 2010\nEmail interview with Erwin Chemerinsky, founding dean, University of California at Irvine School of Law, April 19, 2012\nEmail interview with Tom Goldstein, partner, Goldstein & Russell, April 19, 2012\nEmail interview with Clark Neily, senior attorney, Institute for Justice, April 19, 2012\nWashington Post, \"Supreme Court affirms fundamental right to bear arms,\" June 29, 2010\nWashington Post, \"Historic Decision Renews Old Debate,\" June 27, 2008\nWashington Post, \"High Court To Announce Ruling on D.C. 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Young had spent much of the year traveling around the world on tour with Crazy Horse. When touring on his own, he recharged and focused on songs that would not surface in recorded form for several years. Of the albums many treasures, \"No One Seems To Know\" would not see the light of day until now and it remains unreleased in any other iteration. The raw versions of the tracks found on Songs For Judy reflect an artist completely unvarnished and unafraid to allow the songs to breath and to find their own shape when performed in a solo setting. Songs written in that era would come into focus and then seemingly disappear only to re-enter Young's orbit somewhere down the road. \"White Line\" and \"Give Me Strength\" are such examples of finding the light in 1990 and 2017 respectively. 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Two of the three escapees were recaptured a day later driving a stolen car. The third escapee was captured two days after escaping. The men climbed over electric fences and razor wire to escape.\nArizona: On September 8, 2005, Maricopa county police shot and killed probationer Darnell Clement, 26, when he showed up at a probation office in Scottsdale where he had been told to report to have his probation revoked. Clement was on probation for beating his wife and was having his probation revoked for a similar domestic violence incident.\nArkansas: On October 7, 2005, Glen Andis, 30, a prisoner at the Cummins Unit in Varner fell into a corn filled silo and suffocated. Andis had been repairing a hole in the side of the bin when he fell into the corn and could not get out.\nCalifornia: On September 22, 2005, over 200 prisoners at the Reception Center-East facility in Chino rioted in a cell block and smashed windows, destroyed cell doors, light fixtures and toilets in their cells. Guards abandoned the unit during the uprising. Guards eventually subdued the prisoners using tear gas and pepper spray, eight prisoners were hospitalized afterwards. Several dozen of the rebellious prisoners were then shipped to the Kern Valley State Prison in Delano where 19 began an uprising in a holding cell. The unit in Chino required a week of repair. Media reports gave no reason for the rebellion.\nColorado: In early September, 2005, Solomon Mikael, 34, a guard at the Denver jail, was arrested and charged with three counts of bribery and three counts of selling contraband. Prosecutors allege Mikael sold marijuana and cigarettes to jail prisoners.\nFlorida: On September 28, 2005, Sarasota county jail prisoner George Dupree was pat searched before entering county judge Judith Goldman's courtroom and a sheriff's deputy discovered a .38 caliber snub nosed revolver loaded with hollow point bullets concealed in his underwear. Police were investigating to determine how Dupree got the gun and how it was missed when he was pat searched upon leaving the jail for court. Dupree has been charged with assorted felonies related to the gun incident. He had originally been arrested on outstanding warrants from another county for resisting arrest and heroin possession.\nFlorida: On September 30, 2005, Hernando county jail guard Nathaniel Pullings, 33, was fired after he entered a female housing unit in the jail and ordered the prisoners to strip naked. Pullings was working in the jail laundry when he entered the women's unit and announced You bitches strip and wrap a towel around you.\" Ostensibly so he could wash their laundry. The comment was heard by the husband of a prisoner who was speaking on the phone at the time. Corrections Corporation of America runs the jail.\nGeorgia: After 30 years on death row, Jack Potts, succumbed to liver cancer and died on September 2, 2005. Potts was convicted of murder in 1975 and sentenced to death for kidnapping and killing an auto mechanic. He was retried on the charges in 1988 and again sentenced to death.\nHawaii: On October 3, 2005, three prisoners escaped from the Hawaii Community Correctional Center by removing a screen and louver from a restroom window and climbing down 30 feet of bed sheets.\nIllinois: On September 9, 2005, the Jacksonville Correctional Facility was locked down for four days after an unnamed assistant warden at the prison lost his set of master keys to the cells and prison wings of the facility.\nIndiana: On September 6, 2005, James Pridmore, 36, and Delbert Tompkins, 30, escaped from the Porter county jail in Valparaiso by climbing into the ceiling of their jail cell and leaving through the roof. It was the first escape since the jail opened three years ago. Sheriff Dave Reynolds said the escape was the result of an architectural flaw.\" What they did wasn't supposed to happen,\" Reynolds said. Both men were recaptured a few hours later and have been charged with escape.\nJapan: The Japan Federation of Bar Associations has asked the Justice Ministry to investigate the deaths of seven mentally ill prisoners who died after being placed in solitary confinement between 1999 and 2003 and being denied medical treatment.\nKansas: On October 7, 2005, the Kansas Supreme Court ordered the removal of Saline county district judge George Robertson, 56, for viewing adult web sites on his courthouse computer. Robertson had been a judge for ten years.\nMassachusetts: On October 5, 2005, Suffolk county jail guard Paul Davis, 38, was sentenced to 30 months in prison after pleading guilty to bringing heroin, cocaine, marijuana and Oxycontin into the jail to sell to prisoners.\nNew York: In October, 2005, the New York court of appeals, 2nd Department, suspended Queens prosecutor Claude Stuart for three years after he lied to the trial judge in the 2002 murder trial of Tyrone Johnson by claiming he did not know the whereabouts of a witness whose testimony contradicted the story of a key prosecution witness to the alleged murder. This appears to be the first time in memory that a New York prosecutor has been suspended or disbarred for lying or other misconduct carried out in the course of their duties. Stuart now works, or worked, at the law firm of Brand, Glick and Brand in Garden City, NY. Johnson was granted a new trial, convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison.\nNew York: On August 30, 2005, Nassau District judge David Gross, 43, was arrested by FBI agents after telling undercover police, on tape, that he would gladly launder money and sell their stolen diamonds. Which he apparently did. 14 others were also arrested on charges related to illegal gambling operations allegedly run by the Genovese crime family. Gross has been a judge since 1999 and was suspended when the arrest was announced.\nNew York: On October 2, 2005, Kimberly Dwyer, 16, was arrested by state police on charges she was smuggling heroin into the Gouverneur Correctional Facility.\nNew York: On September 15, 2005, criminal defense attorney Dawn Florio, 42, was arrested by guards at the 100 Centre Street jail in Manhattan after they saw her attempt to give her client, Jose Marrero, an accordion folder containing 300 assorted unidentified pills, a turkey sandwich, two sticks of deodorant, three bars of soap, cigarette rolling papers and a copy of the magazine Felon. She was arraigned and allowed to continue practicing law and representing clients, including Marrero, while her case is pending. She is charged with two counts of promoting prison contraband. While a district attorney in the Bronx, Florio was fired when she provided a fake alibi for a boyfriend being investigated on burglary charges. Marrero is awaiting trial on drug charges.\nNorth Carolina: On September 16, 2005, Dennis Toole, a guard at the Johnston county jail was arrested after he sold an ounce of marijuana to an undercover police officer. Police claimed Toole was going to sell drugs to jail prisoners which seems a leap given he was selling drugs to police.\nNorth Carolina: The Department of Corrections announced that on January 1, 2006, it would ban indoor smoking in all of its facilities by staff and prisoners alike.\nOhio: On September 1, 2005, Jamey Vincent, 29, a guard at the Lebanon Correctional Facility was arrested on charges he was smuggling marijuana into the prison to sell to prisoners.\nOhio: On September 8, 2005, jail prisoner Shawn Booker, 24, hanged himself in the Warren county jail. On September 11, 2005, Larry Spurlock, 35, hanged himself as well.\nOklahoma: On September 6, 2005, Juston Cox and his brother Jayson escaped from the McIntosh County jail by chiseling through the jail's ceiling and leaving through an air vent. Jayson was recaptured 20 minutes after the escape, Juston was captured on September 22, 2005, after crashing a stolen pick up truck near a golf course.\nPennsylvania: On October 4, 2005, Allegheny county prosecutors dropped criminal solicitation charges against Jason Korey, 23, Keilan Walls, 29, and Shawn Davis when Rayco Saunders, the man the three defendants were accused of conspiring to kill, showed up at the courthouse wearing a t shirt that said Stop Snitching.\" Saunders had refused to cooperate with police during their investigation. The murder plot stemmed from a fight over a girlfriend. Korey is already serving a 33 year sentence for murder. District attorney spokesman Mike Manko stated: As part of our community outreach efforts, this office frequently lets both adults and young people alike know that the Stop Snitching' message is counter productive to the work that law enforcement on all levels does each and every day.\" How true.\nPennsylvania: On September 22, 2005, Bonita Kirby, a guard at the Lebanon County jail, was sentenced to five years probation for allowing jail prisoner Tina Proudfoot Myerhoffer escape while Kirby was transporting her back to the jail in a van. Myerhoffer claimed Kirby gave her the van keys after she told Kirby she was concerned about her health and wanted to see her husband. Myerhoffer was recaptured two days later.\nPennsylvania: On September 23, 2005, James Brown, 49, was sentenced to 12 to 36 months in state prison for possessing a cell phone in the Northampton county jail. Brown had pleaded guilty to the charge of possession of a telecommunications device by an inmate.\nPennsylvania: On September 26, 2005, Thomas Gildard, 43, was charged with resisting arrest and disorderly conduct when he refused to leave a bar in Jeannette and harassed patrons. Gildard, a Westmoreland county jail guard, had called in sick to work at the time he was at the bar drinking. Jail warden John Walton ordered Gildard to reimburse the county for the day of sick leave and took two days of pay form him.\nPennsylvania: On September 28, 2005, Jose Orejuela and Jorge Figueroa, prisoners at the Federal Correctional Center in Allenwood were arrested along with 20 other people and charged with conspiring to import cocaine into the United States. Both men are already serving sentenced related to drug importation. They are accused of supervising a drug smuggling operation that brought cocaine into the US via ports from their prison cells.\nSri Lanka: On October 4, 2005, guerrillas from the Tamil Tigers of Tamil Elam ambushed a prison van, wounding one guard and allowing four prisoners to escape. The Tamil Tigers seek an independent nation for the Tamil minority.\nTanzania: On September 21, 2005, nine Ukonga prison guards were charged in the Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court with beating two journalists who had been detained.\nTennessee: On August 25, 2005, Joseph Krist, 34, a prisoner in the Wilson county jail locked himself in a cell with 8 female prisoners for 11 hours while getting cleaning supplies. Chief deputy Johnie Deagen said Everyone says nothing happened, they only talked.\nTexas: On September 7, 2005, protestors gathered outside the home of attorney Ron Mock to confront him over the botched defense of death row prisoner Frances Newton, who was executed later that day. Mock has the unique distinction of having represented the largest number of defendants convicted and executed in the United States. The state bar of Texas has suspended Mock from practicing law for 35 months for disciplinary issues in a different case.\nVenezuela: The nation continues with it's unenviable record of the deadliest prisons in the Americas. As of October 4, 2005, 314 prisoners had been murdered in the nation's 32 prisons which hold 20,000 prisons and 517 had been seriously injured. In 2004 327 prisoners were killed and 655 seriously injured.\nVermont: On September 7, 2005, Windham County court clerk Christine Murray, 37, was charged with fraudulently converting court funds by stealing $17,925 from the court's bail fund over a two year period. The theft was discovered when two defendants sought the return of their bail money on a day that Murray was not at work and co-workers could find no record of the defendant's bail. When confronted by a supervisor Murray confessed.\nVirginia: Seeking to conserve water, officials at the Wallens Ridge State Prison, a 1,200 bed maximum security prison, have limited prisoners to three showers a week, four toilet flushes per day and is providing prisoners with bottled drinking water. The restrictions were imposed when the town of Big Stone Gap declared a water emergency and prohibited all non essential water use such as car washing and lawn watering due to low water levels in Big Cherry lake, the water supply for the town and prison. Human Rights Watch has complained to Virginia prison officials that the conservation efforts endanger prisoners' health and exposes them to the risk of dehydration. The prison responded it was ordered by the town to reduce water use by 50 percent.\nWisconsin: On October 3, 2005, Lucas Gardner, 20, was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to reckless homicide after he provided Anthony Ray, 27, with heroin and cocaine which Ray ingested and overdosed on. Both men were prisoners in Rock County jail. Frank Perez, 20, another prisoner who pleaded guilty to smuggling the drugs Ray overdosed on was sentenced to six years in prison. Gardner and Perez were on work release where Perez obtained the drugs which Gardner brought into the jail concealed in his rectum.\nModern Slavery In North Carolina: Another Peculiar Institution\nProblems Mount In Maryland Prisons\nBringing Down The Brotherhood\nCalifornia County Jail Quietly Settles\nGuards Rape, Sexually Harass and Smuggle at Colorado Prisons\nOklahoma Civil Action Timely\nPennsylvania Control Unit Newspaper, Magazine and Photo Ban Invalidated; Supreme Court Grants Review\nGrand Jury Finds Criminal Conduct In Chicago Jail Prisoner Abuse Scandal, by Matthew T. 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We have an office in every state and territory, as well as in the Hunter and Illawarra regions, dedicated to championing local advocacy priorities.\nOur industry is the biggest contributor to GDP at $182.5 billion annually, it is the second largest direct employer creating jobs for 1.1 million people and it generates $72 billion in government tax revenue. The property industry\u2019s significant contribution to the economy and communities requires strong local advocacy to ensure the industry receives a \u2018fair-go\u2019 from lawmakers across Australia.\nThe Property Council\u2019s state and territory offices are staffed by professional advocates who confidently represent the interests of members to their governments and public agencies.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 206, "original_length": 4614, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 299.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.prospects.ac.uk/universities/university-of-glasgow-3769/college-of-medical-veterinary-and-life-sciences-16932/courses/oral-and-maxillofacial-surgery-16494", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:31Z", "digest": "sha1:QDGALVGJHSZHCWWNTVCDMPV3PP5PZ66X", "length": 1539, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.prospects.ac.uk", "title": "Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | Prospects.ac.uk", "raw_content": "University of Glasgow \u00b7 College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences\nApplicants should have a universally recognised dental qualification and two years post-qualifying, relevant experience.\nThis Masters programme is designed for dental graduates who wish to develop clinical and research skills in oral and maxillofacial surgery. 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It will also provide you with a solid grounding in research methodologies.\nYou will have access to patients and opportunities to carry out oral and maxillofacial surgical procedures under supervision.\nThe University is well recognised as a centre of excellence for research in the fields of 3D imaging, bone bioengineering and orthognathic surgery.\nOral and Maxillofacial surgery are special interests in the surgical specialties, linked with the renowned oral and maxillofacial surgical service in the city and regional hospitals in the west of Scotland.\nYou will have the opportunity to attend all postgraduate lectures in the Dental School which includes invited speakers from the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons in Glasgow and from dental companies.\nThis programme is designed for dental graduates who wish to develop clinical and research skills in oral and maxillofacial surgery. 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Goodwin bill would make available lower-cost alternatives to the GED\nThe cost of a high school equivalency test in Rhode\ufffdIsland has\ufffdmore than doubled, from $55\ufffdto $120. New regulations that became\ufffdeffective last April have also eliminated the option of a fee waiver for those who can prove financial hardship.\nPROVIDENCE, R.I. \ufffd Senate Majority Whip Maryellen Goodwin has submitted a bill that would require the Department of Education to consider alternative, lower-cost tests to the General Equivalency Diploma. It would also allow the state to adopt fee waivers to make the test more affordable.\nThe proposal was a recommendation of the Senate\ufffds \ufffdRhode to Work\ufffd legislative action plan that describes some of the actions other states are taking.\nPartly in response to the cost increase in the GED, a number of states have developed lower-cost alternatives that remain aligned with the Common Core State Standards.\nThe cost of a high school equivalency test in Rhode Island has more than doubled, from $55 to $120. New regulations that became effective last April have also eliminated the option of a fee waiver for those who can prove financial hardship.\n\ufffdTo someone in need of their high school equivalency, $120 may present a real barrier to obtaining the credential,\ufffd said Goodwin, (D \ufffd Providence). \ufffdMany Rhode Islanders struggled to afford the test at its previous cost. The higher cost, with no option for a hardship waiver, presents a difficult obstacle for low-income individuals.\ufffd\nShe said, \ufffdWe should be doing everything we can to facilitate Rhode Islanders success, but this newly increased cost hinders their attainment of a credential that can open many doors on the road to work.\ufffd", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 145, "original_length": 3960, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 230.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20140228-kerry-kennedy-acquitted-of-drugged-driving-in-ny.ece", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:28Z", "digest": "sha1:BGESJ7Q7M5WVX7TFOHSGMJQMH7UUKZYC", "length": 3711, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.providencejournal.com", "title": "Kerry Kennedy acquitted of drugged driving in NY - News - providencejournal.com - Providence, RI", "raw_content": "Kerry Kennedy acquitted of drugged driving in NY\nWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) \ufffd Kerry Kennedy was acquitted Friday of drugged driving after she accidentally took a sleeping pill and then sideswiped a truck in a wild highway drive she said she didn\ufffdt remember.\nKennedy hugged and clasped hands with her lawyers as a six-person jury cleared her of driving while impaired, a misdemeanor. It had carried the potential for up to a year in jail, though that would be unlikely for a first-time offender.\n\ufffdI\ufffdm incredibly grateful to the jury for working so hard on this case \ufffd and to my lawyers \ufffd and to my family and friends and so many other people who supported me,\ufffd Kennedy said afterward. \ufffdI\ufffdm happy justice was done.\ufffd\nA human-rights advocate, Kennedy is a scion of one political dynasty \ufffd a daughter of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and niece of President John F. Kennedy \ufffd and a onetime member of another, as the former wife of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Her 85-year-old mother, Ethel Kennedy, and other members of their famous family attended the trial, which drew so much attention that it was moved from a small-town courtroom to a bigger courthouse in White Plains.\nProsecutors and Kennedy\ufffds defense lawyers agreed the 54-year-old took the sleeping drug zolpidem unintentionally, mistaking it for her daily thyroid medication, before heading off to her suburban New York gym on July 13, 2012. The trial centered on whether or not she realized she was impaired and should have stopped.\nDespite the pill mix-up, \ufffdshe is responsible for the chain of events that happened after that,\ufffd prosecutor Doreen Lloyd said in her summation. She argued that Kennedy shrugged off the symptoms because she was busy.\nKennedy\ufffds defense said what happened was an accident, not a crime.\n\ufffdThe DA never should have brought this case in the first place,\ufffd defense attorney William Aronwald said afterward. \ufffdKerry Kennedy has the resources\ufffd to defend herself, he said. \ufffdWhat about the person who doesn\ufffdt?\ufffd\nKennedy said she didn\ufffdt remember anything that happened as she drove her Lexus on a New York interstate \ufffd swerving out of her lane, hitting a tractor-trailer, blowing a tire and continuing to the next exit, where she was found disoriented and slumped at the steering wheel, according to witnesses. Police said she failed several sobriety tests at the scene but passed several tests a few hours later at a police station.\n\ufffdIf I realized I was impaired, I would have pulled over,\ufffd Kennedy testified.\nA few days after the accident, Kennedy said her doctors believed it was caused by a seizure, stemming from a brain injury early in her life. Then blood tests found a small amount of zolpidem, sometimes sold under the brand name Ambien.\nKennedy\ufffds defense introduced a medical journal article saying that people who take zolpidem frequently don\ufffdt recognize their impairment, and even the prosecution\ufffds toxicology expert acknowledged the medication could lead to someone \ufffdsleep-driving\ufffd without knowing it. Another Kennedy lawyer, Gerald Lefcourt, said the drug \ufffdhijacks your ability to make decisions.\ufffd\nBut the prosecutor said Kennedy\ufffds testimony contradicted science showing the drug works gradually. 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We manage the risk posed by explosive hazards so that our clients\u2019 can get on with their business.\nQSI provides a range of independent services to reduce the risk posed by ERW to our clients\u2019 projects and programmes, including: risk assessments, project design and tender development, project design and management, operational monitoring, quality management, and training.\nIf your project is impacted by explosive ordnance contact us today.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 18, "original_length": 900, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 274.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.qub.ac.uk/Yourstudentguide/Studentprofiles/HannahsBlog/Atypicalweekfora1styearBiomedicalscienceHumanBiologystudent.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:17:35Z", "digest": "sha1:6JG24QPARIMPJRORWUJAT5XOQW3ZE6P7", "length": 3337, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "www.qub.ac.uk", "title": "Hannah's Blog | A typical week for a 1st year Biomedical science/Human Biology student | Your student guide | Queen's University Belfast", "raw_content": "Hannah Badger, BSc (Hons) Human Biology | 23 March, 2018\nHannah is here to give you the inside track on Biomedical Science and Human Biology at Queen's...\nA-levels are over, you\u2019re ready to relax but you realise September isn\u2019t so far away. Thoughts turn to university and you perhaps realise that you\u2019re not quite sure what you\u2019ve signed yourself up for\u2026\nAs part of the course you\u2019ll take on 3 modules \u2013 Human Structure and Function (HSF), World of Microorganisms (WOM) and Molecular Basis of Life (MBL).\nWOM and MBL are part of the School of Biological Sciences \u2013 in these modules you\u2019ll be seated alongside Biologists, Zoologists, Medicinal Chemists and many others. These are also the bigger modules with 300 in each!\nThese modules have lectures on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. In addition to this you\u2019ll also sit a 3 hour lab once a week.\nHSF happens on Tuesday and Thursday (so yes\u2026 you\u2019ll be in everyday of the week). The class is a lot smaller \u2013 115 people. The content here is pretty varied and you\u2019ll have a mixture of lectures, practicals (anatomy and physiology) and tutorials.\nHere\u2019s a sample of a typical week from my timetable:\nAs a whole the lecturers are very accessible. You can easily contact them by their email \u2013 either to get an answer to your question or arrange to meet with them if you\u2019re have particular difficulty with something. You can just as easily approach them at the end of the lecture.\nExtra studying\nYou are expected to work outside the lecture hours but how much or how little you do is up to you. They give you estimates for how long you should spend (we were told at the start we should expect 9-5 days) but work it into a schedule that suits you. I know from experience that going over a lecture can take me from 1 to 3 hours!\nAlmost all lecturers will also provide you with additional reading to go alongside the lecture \u2013 it\u2019s great for learning more about a topic\u2026 especially if it\u2019s an area you are specifically interested in.\nWhat is a practical?\nAll practicals are timetabled and are carried out in one of Queen's many labs. You\u2019ll learn many techniques that are used in professional laboratories. They also give you the opportunity to visualise what you have been learning in lectures.\nWhat is a tutorial?\nTutorials are part of the HSF module. They provide an opportunity to apply what you have been learning in lectures to real life situations. I definitely find them challenging as sometimes the answer isn\u2019t always clear so they\u2019re a great opportunity to ask questions too.\nThey\u2019re also great for interacting with the lecturer who\u2019ll be able to guide the direction of your thoughts to help you answer the question.\nAssessments and examination\nThroughout the year you will sit a number of assessments across all three modules. The marks from the assessments are included in your final module mark. Assessments can take very different forms \u2013 computer multiple choice, written or group work!\nIn the case of WOM and MBL weekly labs also make up part of your final mark. At the end of the year you each module requires you to sit a written exam.\nOnce you\u2019ve got through all this you\u2019re more than ready for the weekend to come!\nFind out more about studying Human Biology or Biomedical Science at Queen's.\n*In first year Human Biologists and Biomedical Scientists have an identical timetable.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 299, "original_length": 9151, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 289.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.queenrecordings.com/audio-list/12466", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:55Z", "digest": "sha1:74QNYESY3FBDEWG65DBAKPR2EFFDVDJW", "length": 534, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.queenrecordings.com", "title": "Queen 22.07.1986 Vienna, Austria", "raw_content": "Live In Vienna Part II\nThis is the second night of the two Vienna concerts during the Magic Tour. The sound quality is almost exactly the same as on the first night, which is simply excellent. It seems that they didn't play In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited as Freddie starts straight after Tie Your Mother Down with the Seven Seas Of Rhye intro. Again a nice Mustapha intro, but this time before the start of Crazy Little Thing Called Love. Wonderful and complete concert. CD copy from master cassette. No copy errors. 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The plot revolves ...more\nBest John Boyega Movies The Best Horror Movie Remakes The Best Olivia Wilde Movies Mythical Creatures That Were Found in Real Life Famous People From Fresno Historic Sporting Events You'd Have to See If You Had a Time Machine The Best Movies Directed by John Lyde The Best Single Season Canceled Shows How To Tell If You\u2019re A Natural-Born Witch Black Panther Movie Quotes Famous Female Archaeologists 14 Famous People Who Have PhDs 29 Celebrities Who Quit Being Famous The Best John Landis Movies The Best 14A Drama Movies The Hottest Rachel Riley Photos The 20 Most Epic Wedding FAILs of All Time List of Famous Researchers Barry Sonnenfeld: Movies Directed By Barry Sonnenfeld Movies Directed By Pier Paolo Pasolini Movies Directed By Harold Ramis The Top Ten Guy Movies To Watch On St. Patrick's Day The Best Movies Directed by Brett Ratner Movies Directed By Bryan Singer\nactors named steve in the kitchen song monsters inc monsters viking wedding vows 2008 cleveland browns most corrupt countries list michael jackson collection power rangers power rangers underground rap artists list lethal weapon cast", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 9719, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 140.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.raredr.com/news/first-human-trial-evaluate-qr313-dystrophic-epidermolysis-bullosa-initiated", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:09Z", "digest": "sha1:47UPW424UOBFRPRXWYVZHXMANQON3FSW", "length": 3866, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.raredr.com", "title": "First Human Trial to Evaluate QR-313 for Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Initiated", "raw_content": "First Human Trial to Evaluate QR-313 for Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Initiated\nKnown as \u201cbutterfly children,\u201d patients with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) suffer from a debilitating and painful genetic skin condition characterized by extremely fragile skin and persistent blistering. Aggravated by the slightest bump or rub, RDEB is caused by a mutation in the gene COL7A1, which fails to produce the necessary protein collagen VII, the anchoring fibers that hold the skin together.\nWhile there are currently no approved treatments for the rare skin disease, there are therapies in development, such as ProQR\u2019s RNA therapy, QR-313, which is now being evaluated in its first human clinical trial, dubbed \u201cWINGS.\u201d This past May, Rare Disease Report\u00ae spoke with Daniel de Boer, CEO of ProQR, in an exclusive interview on the novel RNA therapy in development about its promising preclinical display.\n\u201cQR-313 is a new therapeutic that is investigational and in clinical studies,\u201d de Boer to Rare Disease Report\u00ae. \u201cIt aims to restore normal skin in patients by closing the wounds and restoring normal skin strength. We are developing a so-called oligonucleotide, an RNA therapy; this oligonucleotide is topically applied. It is, basically, a cream that patients put on the skin.\"\nHe added that the drug is formulated in that cream, and that the drug gets taken up into the skin where it targets the underlying genetic defect at the RNA level with the goal of restoring normal protein expression, and thus, restore normal, intact skin.\nAccording to de Boer, QR-313 exhibited efficacious behavior in both cellular and in vivo models studied by independent groups and ProQR through its ability to target exon 73 and restore normal COL7A1 function.\nWINGS, a double-blind, randomized, intra-subject, placebo-controlled phase 1/2 clinical trial will evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of QR-313 in patients with RDEB due to mutation(s) in exon 73 of the COL7A1 gene.\nAside from assessing the drug\u2019s safety, tolerability, and efficacy, the trial\u2019s primary objectives will include an assessment of the proof of mechanism (exclusion, or skipping, of exon 73 from COL7A1 mRNA assessed by polymerase chain reaction).\nSecondary objectives will include quantifying blood levels of QR-313 and assessing effects on wound healing, skin strength, the presence of the collagen type VII protein, and anchoring fibrils in the skin.\nParticipating patients at specialized centers in the United States and select European countries will be administered the gel on their wounds approximately every other day for up to 4 weeks with a subsequent 8-week observation period. Additionally, a maximum of 4 small skin biopsies will be performed and tissue will be analyzed for molecular endpoints.\n\u201cThe initiation of our first human clinical trial for QR-313 is an exciting next step in the development of this novel investigational therapy for DEB,\u201d commented David M. Rodman, MD, executive vice president of research and development at ProQR, in a recent statement.\n\u201cWINGS is designed to initially provide molecular proof of mechanism and subsequently clinical proof of concept for QR-313. Now that the study is initiated we expect to dose the first set of adult and pediatric patients over the next few months and provide interim proof of mechanism results late this year,\u201d he added.\nInterim proof of mechanism results from the trial are anticipated in 2018, and full clinical proof of concept results from the study are anticipated in 2019. Currently, 8 patients are expected to receive either active gel or placebo on 2 separate wounds. The frequency and/or method of topical delivery may be adjusted depending on the interim analysis results. The rate, strength, and stability of wounds treated with active gel will be compared with those treated with placebo.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 78, "original_length": 5342, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 302.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.rateyournandos.com/restaurant/stratford-westfield/review-6", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:26:13Z", "digest": "sha1:OT33JHVYJ6VZMVIOS5RELY67XJT6YC7K", "length": 719, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.rateyournandos.com", "title": "Stratford - Westfield - DanB Review | Rate YOUR Nando's - The Nando's Review Website", "raw_content": "Quick after work visit as we couldn't be bothered to cook. The restaurant itself was very busy and I think we were fortunate to get a table straight away because 10 minutes later the queue was starting to build up at the door.\nThe food took a little bit longer than I would have liked but it's understandable when the restaurant is this big and busy. The chicken was nicely prepared but I think it had been waiting for a while as it wasn't as hot as I would have liked. The chips were nice though.\nI was a little disappointed with this visit, I may leave it a little while until I go back to this branch during busy periods. I might just go to the other branch which is only 5 minutes away and is normally much quieter.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 3055, "language": "en", "language_score": 1.0, "perplexity": 221.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.rawhorizons.co.uk/2018/01/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:10Z", "digest": "sha1:YMJIVJOGPJR445MC6PKIYDYYKO3HP2XF", "length": 313, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.rawhorizons.co.uk", "title": "Month: January 2018 | Raw Horizons Retreat", "raw_content": "Happy New Year! Welcome to a new chapter\u2026 We wish you a year of health, happiness and success\u2026 With many of us feeling like the festive period came and went in a mad haze, we\u2019re now looking forward to an exciting, full-of-possibility and fresh new year\u2026 Whether you love or hate making resolutions, there\u2019s no [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 151, "original_length": 3979, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 156.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.rbhmanagement.com/news/work-begins-on-aloft-aberdeen-exhibition-and-conference-centre/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:28Z", "digest": "sha1:D7UJC3H5E6VWNKLOACNAJZLAIXCWOSV7", "length": 2315, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.rbhmanagement.com", "title": "Work Begins On Aloft Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre", "raw_content": "Construction of a 150-bedroom Aloft Hotel on the site of the new Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre ('AECC') has commenced.\nThe hotel will be managed by the UK's leading independent hotel management company, RBH , and represents the company's second management agreement with Aloft.\nIt will join RBH's 75-strong portfolio, which has welcomed new openings over the past year including Courtyard by Marriott Edinburgh West and Hotel Indigo Cardiff.\nDesigned by architects Cooper Cromar, with interiors by Twenty2Degrees, the new Aloft Hotel will be the first of its kind in Scotland and will include a signature WXYZ\ufffd bar, Re:mixSM lounge and gym. Designed to appeal to savvy next-gen travellers, the property will also feature contemporary urban-style interiors, tech-forward amenities and live-music programming.\nThe hotel will be the first building in phase 2 of the AECC masterplan at Bucksburn, and will be located just north of the Hilton Hotel that adjoins the new AECC, which is currently under construction.\nThe multi-million pound AECC project, which is being delivered by Aberdeen City Council and its development partner, Henry Boot Developments Limited, and being constructed by Robertson Group, will provide a new world-class facility for Scotland. The 12,500-capacity arena will host major events including conferences, exhibitions and music concerts.\nThe new facility is expected to contribute an additional 4.5 million visitors, \u00a3113 million of visitor spend and \u00a363 million net Gross Value Added to the Scottish economy. It will also result in the creation of 352 full-time-equivalent permanent positions by year 10 of operations. \"\nAndrew Robb, Chief Business Development Officer for RBH and who hails from Aberdeen, said: \"We're delighted to be involved in introducing Aloft to Aberdeen - and indeed to Scotland - as part of the exciting AECC project. We already count Aloft Liverpool within our growing portfolio, so this represents our second management agreement with the Aloft brand, further strengthening our partnership.\n\"The start of work on the hotel is a huge milestone, and represents another step in the journey towards bringing visitors to Aberdeen, and locals, the quality accommodation and food and beverage offering that has become synonymous with contemporary Aloft Hotels.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 34, "original_length": 3129, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 253.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.readthesequences.com/The-Second-Law-Of-Thermodynamics-And-Engines-Of-Cognition", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:28Z", "digest": "sha1:EN3EDZSRM7WG6OQW5NGZ2V2DTVXB4L77", "length": 15605, "nlines": 55, "source_domain": "www.readthesequences.com", "title": "The Second Law of Thermodynamics, and Engines of Cognition", "raw_content": "The First Law of Thermodynamics, better known as Conservation of Energy, says that you can\u2019t create energy from nothing: it prohibits perpetual motion machines of the first type, which run and run indefinitely without consuming fuel or any other resource. According to our modern view of physics, energy is conserved in each individual interaction of particles. By mathematical induction, we see that no matter how large an assemblage of particles may be, it cannot produce energy from nothing\u2014not without violating what we presently believe to be the laws of physics.\nThis is why the US Patent Office will summarily reject your amazingly clever proposal for an assemblage of wheels and gears that cause one spring to wind up another as the first runs down, and so continue to do work forever, according to your calculations. There\u2019s a fully general proof that at least one wheel must violate (our standard model of) the laws of physics for this to happen. So unless you can explain how one wheel violates the laws of physics, the assembly of wheels can\u2019t do it either.\nA similar argument applies to a \u201creactionless drive,\u201d a propulsion system that violates Conservation of Momentum. In standard physics, momentum is conserved for all individual particles and their interactions; by mathematical induction, momentum is conserved for physical systems whatever their size. If you can visualize two particles knocking into each other and always coming out with the same total momentum that they started with, then you can see how scaling it up from particles to a gigantic complicated collection of gears won\u2019t change anything. Even if there\u2019s a trillion quadrillion atoms involved, 0 + 0 + \u2026 + 0 = 0.\nBut Conservation of Energy, as such, cannot prohibit converting heat into work. You can, in fact, build a sealed box that converts ice cubes and stored electricity into warm water. It isn\u2019t even difficult. Energy cannot be created or destroyed: the net change in energy, from transforming (ice cubes + electricity) to (warm water), must be 0. So it couldn\u2019t violate Conservation of Energy, as such, if you did it the other way around\u2026\nPerpetual motion machines of the second type, which convert warm water into electrical current and ice cubes, are prohibited by the Second Law of Thermodynamics.\nThe second law is a bit harder to understand, as it is essentially Bayesian in nature.\nThe essential physical law underlying the Second Law of Thermodynamics is a theorem which can be proven within the standard model of physics: In the development over time of any closed system, phase space volume is conserved.\nLet\u2019s say you\u2019re holding a ball high above the ground. We can describe this state of affairs as a point in a multidimensional space, at least one of whose dimensions is \u201cheight of ball above the ground.\u201d Then, when you drop the ball, it moves, and so does the dimensionless point in phase space that describes the entire system that includes you and the ball. \u201cPhase space,\u201d in physics-speak, means that there are dimensions for the momentum of the particles, not just their position\u2014e.g., a system of 2 particles would have 12 dimensions, 3 dimensions for each particle\u2019s position, and 3 dimensions for each particle\u2019s momentum.\nIf you had a multidimensional space, each of whose dimensions described the position of a gear in a huge assemblage of gears, then as you turned the gears a single point would swoop and dart around in a rather high-dimensional phase space. Which is to say, just as you can view a great big complex machine as a single point in a very-high-dimensional space, so too you can view the laws of physics describing the behavior of this machine over time as describing the trajectory of its point through the phase space.\nThe Second Law of Thermodynamics is a consequence of a theorem which can be proven in the standard model of physics: If you take a volume of phase space, and develop it forward in time using standard physics, the total volume of the phase space is conserved.\nFor example, let there be two systems, X and Y, where X has 8 possible states, Y has 4 possible states, and the joint system (X,Y) has 32 possible states.\nThe development of the joint system over time can be described as a rule that maps initial points onto future points. For example, the system could start out in X7Y2, then develop (under some set of physical laws) into the state X3Y3 a minute later. Which is to say: if X started in state X7, and Y started in state Y2, and we watched it for 1 minute, we would see X go to X3 and Y go to Y3. Such are the laws of physics.\nNext, let\u2019s carve out a subspace S of the joint system state. The space S will be the subspace bounded by X being in state X1 and Y being in states Y1 through Y4. So the total volume of S is 4 states.\nAnd let\u2019s suppose that, under the laws of physics governing (X, Y), the states initially in S behave as follows:\nX1Y1 \u2192 X2Y1\nX1Y4 \u2192 X8Y1 .\nThat, in a nutshell, is how a refrigerator works.\nThe X subsystem began in a narrow region of state space\u2014the single state X1, in fact\u2014and Y began distributed over a wider region of space, states Y1 through Y4. By interacting with each other, Y went into a narrow region, and X ended up in a wide region; but the total phase space volume was conserved. Four initial states mapped to four end states.\nClearly, so long as total phase space volume is conserved by physics over time, you can\u2019t squeeze Y harder than X expands, or vice versa\u2014for every subsystem you squeeze into a narrower region of state space, some other subsystem has to expand into a wider region of state space.\nNow let\u2019s say that we\u2019re uncertain about the joint system (X,Y), and our uncertainty is described by an equiprobable distribution over S. That is, we\u2019re pretty sure X is in state X1, but Y is equally likely to be in any of the states Y1 through Y4. If we shut our eyes for a minute and then open them again, we will expect to see Y in state Y1, but X might be in any of the states X2 through X8. Actually, X can only be in some of the states X2 through X8, but it would be too costly to think out exactly which states these might be, so we\u2019ll just say X2 through X8.\nIf you consider the Shannon entropy of our uncertainty about X and Y as individual systems, X began with 0 bits of entropy because it had a single definite state, and Y began with 2 bits of entropy because it was equally likely to be in any of 4 possible states. (There\u2019s no mutual information between X and Y. ) A bit of physics occurred, and lo, the entropy of Y went to 0, but the entropy of X went to log2(7) = 2.8 bits. So entropy was transferred from one system to another, and decreased within the Y subsystem; but due to the cost of bookkeeping, we didn\u2019t bother to track some information, and hence (from our perspective) the overall entropy increased.\nSuppose there was a physical process that mapped past states onto future states like this:\nThen you could have a physical process that would actually decrease entropy, because no matter where you started out, you would end up at the same place. The laws of physics, developing over time, would compress the phase space.\nBut there is a theorem, Liouville\u2019s Theorem, which can be proven true of our laws of physics, which says that this never happens: phase space is conserved.\nThe Second Law of Thermodynamics is a corollary of Liouville\u2019s Theorem: no matter how clever your configuration of wheels and gears, you\u2019ll never be able to decrease entropy in one subsystem without increasing it somewhere else. When the phase space of one subsystem narrows, the phase space of another subsystem must widen, and the joint space keeps the same volume.\nExcept that what was initially a compact phase space, may develop squiggles and wiggles and convolutions; so that to draw a simple boundary around the whole mess, you must draw a much larger boundary than before\u2014this is what gives the appearance of entropy increasing. (And in quantum systems, where different universes go different ways, entropy actually does increase in any local universe. But omit this complication for now.)\nThe Second Law of Thermodynamics is actually probabilistic in nature\u2014if you ask about the probability of hot water spontaneously entering the \u201ccold water and electricity\u201d state, the probability does exist, it\u2019s just very small. This doesn\u2019t mean Liouville\u2019s Theorem is violated with small probability; a theorem\u2019s a theorem, after all. It means that if you\u2019re in a great big phase space volume at the start, but you don\u2019t know where, you may assess a tiny little probability of ending up in some particular phase space volume. So far as you know, with infinitesimal probability, this particular glass of hot water may be the kind that spontaneously transforms itself to electrical current and ice cubes. (Neglecting, as usual, quantum effects.)\nSo the Second Law really is inherently Bayesian. When it comes to any real thermodynamic system, it\u2019s a strictly lawful statement of your beliefs about the system, but only a probabilistic statement about the system itself.\n\u201cHold on,\u201d you say. \u201cThat\u2019s not what I learned in physics class,\u201d you say. \u201cIn the lectures I heard, thermodynamics is about, you know, temperatures. Uncertainty is a subjective state of mind! The temperature of a glass of water is an objective property of the water! What does heat have to do with probability?\u201d\nOh ye of little trust.\nIn one direction, the connection between heat and probability is relatively straightforward: If the only fact you know about a glass of water is its temperature, then you are much more uncertain about a hot glass of water than a cold glass of water.\nHeat is the zipping around of lots of tiny molecules; the hotter they are, the faster they can go. Not all the molecules in hot water are travelling at the same speed\u2014the \u201ctemperature\u201d isn\u2019t a uniform speed of all the molecules, it\u2019s an average speed of the molecules, which in turn corresponds to a predictable statistical distribution of speeds\u2014anyway, the point is that, the hotter the water, the faster the water molecules could be going, and hence, the more uncertain you are about the velocity (not just speed) of any individual molecule. When you multiply together your uncertainties about all the individual molecules, you will be exponentially more uncertain about the whole glass of water.\nWe take the logarithm of this exponential volume of uncertainty, and call that the entropy. So it all works out, you see.\nThe connection in the other direction is less obvious. Suppose there was a glass of water, about which, initially, you knew only that its temperature was 72 degrees. Then, suddenly, Saint Laplace reveals to you the exact locations and velocities of all the atoms in the water. You now know perfectly the state of the water, so, by the information-theoretic definition of entropy, its entropy is zero. Does that make its thermodynamic entropy zero? Is the water colder, because we know more about it?\nIgnoring quantumness for the moment, the answer is: Yes! Yes it is!\nMaxwell once asked: Why can\u2019t we take a uniformly hot gas, and partition it into two volumes A and B, and let only fast-moving molecules pass from B to A, while only slow-moving molecules are allowed to pass from A to B? If you could build a gate like this, soon you would have hot gas on the A side, and cold gas on the B side. That would be a cheap way to refrigerate food, right?\nThe agent who inspects each gas molecule, and decides whether to let it through, is known as \u201cMaxwell\u2019s Demon.\u201d And the reason you can\u2019t build an efficient refrigerator this way, is that Maxwell\u2019s Demon generates entropy in the process of inspecting the gas molecules and deciding which ones to let through.\nBut suppose you already knew where all the gas molecules were?\nThen you actually could run Maxwell\u2019s Demon and extract useful work.\nSo (again ignoring quantum effects for the moment), if you know the states of all the molecules in a glass of hot water, it is cold in a genuinely thermodynamic sense: you can take electricity out of it and leave behind an ice cube.\nThis doesn\u2019t violate Liouville\u2019s Theorem, because if Y is the water, and you are Maxwell\u2019s Demon (denoted M), the physical process behaves as:\nM1Y1 \u2192 M1Y1\nM4Y4 \u2192 M4Y1 .\nBecause Maxwell\u2019s demon knows the exact state of Y, this is mutual information between M and Y. The mutual information decreases the joint entropy of (M,Y): we have H(M,Y) = H(M) + H(Y) \u2212 I(M;Y). The demon M has 2 bits of entropy, Y has two bits of entropy, and their mutual information is 2 bits, so (M,Y) has a total of 2 + 2 \u2212 2 = 2 bits of entropy. The physical process just transforms the \u201ccoldness\u201d (negative entropy, or negentropy) of the mutual information to make the actual water cold\u2014afterward, M has 2 bits of entropy, Y has 0 bits of entropy, and the mutual information is 0. Nothing wrong with that!\nAnd don\u2019t tell me that knowledge is \u201csubjective.\u201d Knowledge has to be represented in a brain, and that makes it as physical as anything else. For M to physically represent an accurate picture of the state of Y, it must be that M \u2019s physical state correlates with the state of Y. You can take thermodynamic advantage of that\u2014it\u2019s called a Szil\u00e1rd engine.\nOr as E. T. Jaynes put it, \u201cThe old adage \u2018knowledge is power\u2019 is a very cogent truth, both in human relations and in thermodynamics.\u201d\nAnd conversely, one subsystem cannot increase in mutual information with another subsystem, without (a) interacting with it and (b) doing thermodynamic work.\nOtherwise you could build a Maxwell\u2019s Demon and violate the Second Law of Thermodynamics\u2014which in turn would violate Liouville\u2019s Theorem\u2014which is prohibited in the standard model of physics.\nWhich is to say: To form accurate beliefs about something, you really do have to observe it. It\u2019s a very physical, very real process: any rational mind does \u201cwork\u201d in the thermodynamic sense, not just the sense of mental effort.\n(It is sometimes said that it is erasing bits in order to prepare for the next observation that takes the thermodynamic work\u2014but that distinction is just a matter of words and perspective; the math is unambiguous.)\n(Discovering logical \u201ctruths\u201d is a complication which I will not, for now, consider\u2014at least in part because I am still thinking through the exact formalism myself. In thermodynamics, knowledge of logical truths does not count as negentropy; as would be expected, since a reversible computer can compute logical truths at arbitrarily low cost. All this that I have said is true of the logically omniscient: any lesser mind will necessarily be less efficient.)\n\u201cForming accurate beliefs requires a corresponding amount of evidence\u201d is a very cogent truth both in human relations and in thermodynamics: if blind faith actually worked as a method of investigation, you could turn warm water into electricity and ice cubes. Just build a Maxwell\u2019s Demon that has blind faith in molecule velocities.\nEngines of cognition are not so different from heat engines, though they manipulate entropy in a more subtle form than burning gasoline. For example, to the extent that an engine of cognition is not perfectly efficient, it must radiate waste heat, just like a car engine or refrigerator.\n\u201cCold rationality\u201d is true in a sense that Hollywood scriptwriters never dreamed (and false in the sense that they did dream).\nSo unless you can tell me which specific step in your argument violates the laws of physics by giving you true knowledge of the unseen, don\u2019t expect me to believe that a big, elaborate clever argument can do it either.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 73, "original_length": 16183, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 279.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/ginnifer-goodwin-appear-on-the-twilight-zone-episode-1070053.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:53Z", "digest": "sha1:JDNW3UU3TJLD362SCRSMIH54VJBDDZSB", "length": 1007, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.realitytvworld.com", "title": "Ginnifer Goodwin to appear on 'The Twilight Zone' episode - Reality TV World", "raw_content": "Ginnifer Goodwin is the latest celebrity to sign up for a role in the new version of the sci-fi anthology \"The Twilight Zone.\"\n\"She joins the CBS All Access original series as the star of an upcoming episode titled 'Point of Origin,' which will also feature James Frain and Zabryna Guevara,\" a press release said of the \"Once Upon a Time\" and \"Big Love\" alum.\nPreviously announced are host and narrator Jordan Peele, as well as guest stars Ike Barinholtz, John Cho, Taissa Farmiga, Greg Kinnear, Luke Kirby, Sanaa Lathan, Kumail Nanjiani, Adam Scott, Rhea Seehorn, Alison Tolman, Jacob Tremblay, Jessica Williams, DeWanda Wise and Steven Yeun.\nThe reboot is scheduled to debut April 1.\nThe streaming service offered its first glimpse of Peele as the show's star during a Super Bowl commercial last Sunday.\nThe original \"The Twilight Zone\" premiered on Oct. 2, 1959 on CBS, with Rod Serling as host.\nIt ran until 1964 and the brand has been revived several times since then in the form of films and TV shows.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 92, "original_length": 7955, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 126.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.realitytvworld.com/pophollywood/godzilla-1998-film/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:22Z", "digest": "sha1:C4TGRPF27NVEGR2A67PNTZ4ZAQ37GN3I", "length": 2590, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.realitytvworld.com", "title": "Godzilla", "raw_content": "HOME > POP Hollywood > Godzilla\nGodzilla Overview\nGodzilla Information\nGodzilla News\nGodzilla Brief Information\nGodzilla is a 1998 military science fiction monster movie co-written and directed by Roland Emmerich. It is a loose remake of the 1954 giant monster classic Godzilla. The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by Emmerich and Dean Devlin. The film relates to a fictional tale involving a nuclear incident in the South Pacific which causes an abnormal mutation to occur in a reptile. The beast migrates to North America and wreaks havoc on Manhattan. Incorporated in the plot is the character of Dr. Niko Tatopoulos, played by actor Matthew Broderick. Tatopoulos, an American scientist whose work involves the effects of exposed nuclear radiation on species, is recruited by the military to help contain and subdue the creature referred to as \"Godzilla\". The ensemble cast also features Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria, Kevin Dunn, along with French actor Jean Reno in principal supporting roles.\nThe film was a co-production between the motion picture studios of Centropolis Entertainment and TriStar Pictures. It was commercially distributed by TriStar Pictures theatrically, and by Sony Pictures Entertainment for home media. Godzilla explores nuclear mutation, crisis management and military warfare. Following its wide release in theaters, the film won and was nominated for multiple mainstream awards, including Saturn Award nominations for Best Special Effects, Best Fantasy Film, and Best Director. The film also won the People's Choice Award in the category of Best European Director for Emmerich from the European Film Awards. On May 19, 1998, the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released by the Epic Records label. It features songs written by several recording artists including The Wallflowers, Rage Against the Machine, Silverchair, and the Foo Fighters. The film score was composed and orchestrated by musicians David Arnold and Nicholas Dodd.\nFull Godzilla Information\n\u2022 Millie Bobby Brown cancels appearance due to health\n\u2022 Vera Farmiga joins Millie Bobby Brown in 'Godzilla' movie sequel\n\u2022 Millie Bobby Brown joins 'Godzilla' movie sequel\n\u2022 Monster gator recorded at Florida reserve compared to 'dinosaur' and 'Godzilla'\nMore Godzilla News\nThis webpage uses material from the Wikipedia article \"Godzilla_%281998_film%29\" and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. 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Listen to Doctrine of Christ (Part 6) online now. | Reasonable Faith Reasonable Faith", "raw_content": "Last time I began to describe a proposed model for understanding the deity and humanity of Christ. I emphasized that this is just a possibility. I don\u2019t think anyone can pretend to know how God managed to become incarnate in Christ. But if we can provide a coherent model, one that is logically consistent and biblically faithful, then this will defeat the attacks or objections of Muslims, secularists, and cultists that it is impossible for Jesus Christ to be truly God and truly man.\nThe first plank of the proposed model is that with the Council of Chalcedon we postulate that in Christ there are two natures \u2013 one human and one divine \u2013 each complete and united in one person.\nThe second plank in my proposed model is that we postulate with Apollinarius that the Logos (the second person of the Trinity) was the rational soul of Jesus of Nazareth. What Apollinarius maintained was that if we are to avoid a duality of persons in Christ, the man Jesus of Nazareth and the divine Logos must share some common constituent that unites those two individual natures.\nThe orthodox Christological view is that there is a single hypostasis (or property-bearer or individual) which exemplifies or bears those two natures. That hypostasis is identified as the person that Christ is. There is a person who exemplifies or has these two individual natures \u2013 one divine and one human. The question is: how can this be? How can there be two complete individual natures that are possessed by one person? If there exists a complete individual human nature in Christ and a complete individual divine nature who is the Logos then how can there not be two persons \u2013 one human person and the other the divine person? You will remember that Apollinarius proposed that the Logos replaced the human mind of Jesus so that there was in Christ a single person \u2013 the Logos \u2013 who was united with a human body, much in the same way that a soul is united with its body in an ordinary human being. On Apollinarius\u2019 view it is easy to see, I think, how a single hypostasis or person can exemplify the properties which are proper to each nature \u2013 the human mind of Christ just was the Logos.\nUnfortunately, as you\u2019ll recall from our survey of church history, Apollinarius\u2019 view was defective as it stood. A complete human nature requires more than just a hominid body. On Apollinarius\u2019 view the incarnation seemed to be a matter of Christ\u2019s assuming not humanity but mere animality \u2013 he assumed an animal nature but not a human nature. Moreover you will remember that the opponents of Apollinarius rightly charged that such a view also undercuts the work of Christ as well as his person. Because if Christ did not have a truly human nature then he could not have redeemed humanity. If he had merely an animal nature then he could not have represented humanity before God and so redeemed humanity.[1] So Apollinarius\u2019 view is defective and was condemned as heretical. But the question is: are these defects irremediable? Or could Apollinarius\u2019 view be reformulated in some way so as to meet the canons of orthodoxy set down at the Council of Chalcedon? I think that these defects are remediable.\nApollinarius may have been misunderstood when his critics charged him with giving Christ a truncated human nature \u2013 a mere animal nature. Apollinarius argued that the Logos was not only the image of God but he was also the \u201carchetype of man.\u201d The Logos was the archetypal man. In this sense he already possessed human nature in his pre-incarnate state. Apollinarius\u2019 opponents like Gregory of Nazianzus understood Apollinarius to mean that the flesh of Christ was pre-existent \u2013 that in his pre-incarnate state Christ somehow already possessed human flesh, which would be absurd. But Apollinarius might have been more subtle than this. That may not have been what he meant. What he may have meant is that the Logos contained perfect human personhood archetypally in his own divine nature. The result of this was that by assuming a hominid body the Logos brought to Christ\u2019s animal nature just those properties which would serve to make it a complete human nature. Thus the human nature of Christ became complete precisely in virtue of the union of the flesh with the Logos. As a result of the union, Christ did indeed have a complete human nature comprised of body and soul, for that nature was made complete by the union of the flesh with the Logos who is the archetype of humanity.\nThis understanding of the incarnation draws strong support, I think, from the doctrine that man is created in the image of God, or as the Latin theologians put it the imago dei (the image of God). Man is created in God\u2019s image. Clearly that is not a reference to our animal bodies. Human beings do not bear God\u2019s image in virtue of our animal bodies because we share these sorts of bodies with other members of the biosphere \u2013 the animal kingdom. Rather, it is in virtue of being persons that human beings uniquely reflect God\u2019s nature. God himself is personal, as we\u2019ve seen in our discussion of the Trinity and of the attributes of God. So insofar as we are persons we resemble God. We reflect his nature. Thus God already possesses the properties necessary for human personhood even prior to the incarnation. All he lacks is corporeality. The Logos already possessed in his pre-incarnate state all of the properties necessary for being a human self. In assuming a hominid body he brought to it all that was necessary for a complete human nature. For this reason, in Christ the one self-conscious subject who is the Logos possessed both divine and human natures which were each complete.\nI think that this reformulation or rehabilitation, if you will, of Apollinarius\u2019 view nullifies the traditional objections brought against Apollinarius\u2019 original formulation of it. For on this view, Christ is both truly God and truly man.[2] That is to say, he is all that God is and he is all that man is or ought to be. All he lacks is sin since his individual human nature, like Adam\u2019s, is uncorrupted by sin.\nTo ward off any misunderstanding of what I am saying, let me underscore that what the Council of Chalcedon affirmed is that Christ has a complete human nature which is composed of body and soul. Christ had a rational soul and a human body. But it does not affirm that Christ had a merely human soul. From the fact that Jesus\u2019 soul is not a created substance but is the divine Logos himself, it doesn\u2019t follow that Christ\u2019s human nature is not a created substance. If Christ\u2019s individual human nature is, as Christian orthodoxy affirms, that body-soul composite that walked the hills of Galilee, that uttered the Sermon on the Mount, that was crucified, then the fact that Jesus\u2019 soul is uncreated in no way implies that Jesus\u2019 individual human nature was uncreated. On the view that I\u2019m suggesting, the Logos, by assuming flesh in the virginal conception in Mary\u2019s womb, brings into being a new substance, namely, Christ\u2019s human nature which did not exist before \u2013 a substance which is contingent, created, finite, and all the rest.\nBecause Christ has a complete human nature and thus has fully identified with our humanity, then his atoning work on behalf of mankind is efficacious.\nSo I think that this rehabilitated Apollinarian Christology does lie safely within the bounds of orthodoxy that are marked out by the Council of Chalcedon even if it differs from what some of the framers of the Council of Chalcedon themselves may have held.\nThat is the second plank of the model.\nStudent: What you are saying is that he is the first and only creature, shall we say, of this kind that is wholly divine and wholly human?\nStudent: Would it be wrong to consider that when Christ took on the heavenly body that then he . . . was he the same or different than prior to his incarnation?\nDr. Craig: By heavenly body, do you mean the resurrection body?\nStudent: The resurrection body \u2013 was that really God prior to his taking on the human flesh or something different?\nDr. Craig: We alluded to this a little bit last time we met. What I emphasized there was when you read 1 Corinthians 15 about our present earthly mortal body and the resurrection body that we will someday have, these are not two bodies. These are the identical historically continuous body. The way we get the resurrection body is by a transformation of the earthly body. Paul says that this mortal nature must become immortal. This corruptible nature must become incorruptible. This sin-oriented and dominated nature must be freed from the domination of sin and be under the power of the Spirit. So we must not think of the earthly body and the resurrection body that we will have as non-identical. They are identical in the sense that it is the same substance. But it undergoes a radical transformation. The clearest proof of that is the empty tomb. Jesus did not rise from the dead in a non-identical distinct body from the body that was crucified and lay in the tomb. When he appeared to the disciples he showed them the wounds in his hands and the spear wound in his side. These were markers to them that this is the same body \u2013 the same Jesus \u2013 that was crucified and buried that now appeared before them.[3] I would just say that this heavenly body is this body transformed.\nStudent: Speaking of Christ, prior to the incarnation and then post-incarnation and his resurrection, we have a different nature, I guess.\nDr. Craig: Well, yes, I think that is right, in that prior to the virginal conception in Mary\u2019s womb, the second person of the Trinity had no human nature. He had a divine nature which, I think, archetypally, as I say, is an archetype of humanity in that it contains rationality, freedom of the will, self-consciousness, and all the rest. But he had no human nature. That came into being at the moment of the conception and then continues on into the resurrection and ascension.\nStudent: Jesus\u2019 soul is uncreated. And then when he becomes incarnate he takes on a human nature. If the soul is uncreated what exactly is the human nature?\nDr. Craig: It is the body-soul composite.\nStudent: The body-soul composite?\nDr. Craig: Yes. Remember that is what the classical view of man is, according to Aristotle. Man is a rational animal composed of body and soul. That is the view that Chalcedon affirms as well \u2013 that Christ was like us in our humanity in that he had a rational soul and body.\nStudent: So the idea being that defined soul by taking on a human body then he gets all the things that we as humans have like why he hungers, thirsts, and sleeps.\nStudent: OK. I guess that ties in a little bit with what was being said earlier. When he was resurrected then he still has the human nature but it is, for lack of a better word, perfected?\nDr. Craig: Yes! You got it! The resurrection is the glorification of the human nature. It is freed from sin, it becomes immortal, incorruptible, dominated by the Spirit. In heaven our human nature is glorified.\nStudent: Does the second person of the Trinity \u2013 Jesus Christ \u2013 have a human nature right now?\nDr. Craig: Yes. This is a good point. The lesson of the ascension is that the incarnation (this is a remarkable fact, maybe you haven\u2019t thought about this before) is a permanent status taken on by the second person of the Trinity. It isn\u2019t a temporary incarnation for thirty years or so here on Earth and then he goes back to being the way he was before. The incarnation and resurrection and ascension are God\u2019s most powerful expression of ratifying the value of our human bodily material existence \u2013 that he would take this into his glorified and eternal state permanently. This is why orthodox Christianity never devalues the material and the physical in favor of the spiritual regarding the material and the physical as evil or somehow less worthy than the spiritual. The physical is created by God, it is affirmed and taken on by Christ in the incarnation, and taken into heaven in his resurrection and ascension.\nStudent: So he is in his glorified body today, and therefore no change really occurs for him when he comes back and we come behind him for the thousand-year reign on Earth?\nDr. Craig: Well, now this is a little more subtle question. Your first question was: does he have a human nature today? I would say yes. Then the question would be: then where is his body? Is it somewhere in outer space? Is it maybe in another dimension like in heaven or something?[4]\nStudent: He would need to reacquire it when he comes back to Earth for his thousand year reign.\nDr. Craig: Unless he\u2019s got it in some other dimension or something of that sort. I know Christians who do believe that. They think that heaven is sort of like another dimension. We have three spatial dimensions and one temporal dimension, but there could be higher dimensions, other dimensions. Maybe Christ has his physical body in that way. I find that answer not very plausible.\nHere is a possibility. These are all conjectures, but I think it is possible and would therefore remove any objection. Suppose that in the ascension of Christ, Christ leaves our spacetime continuum. He exits our spacetime manifold in which we exist. In that case, his human nature would not manifest itself as a physical body because he is not in space. Here\u2019s an analogy. Think of a tuning fork. When you pluck the tuning fork it sets up vibrations that make a hum as you hear the sound waves reverberated. But if you take that tuning fork and you place it inside of a vacuum jar, even though the fork is still vibrating there won\u2019t be any humming. It won\u2019t manifest itself as sound because there is no medium to carry the sound waves. There is no change in the tuning fork, but the medium is gone for it to be expressed as sound. So suppose that Christ has a human nature but he doesn\u2019t exist in space and therefore it isn\u2019t manifested as a three dimensional body. But the return of Christ when he comes back again to Earth he will re-enter our three dimensional spatial manifold \u2013 spacetime continuum \u2013 and therefore his body will be manifested, and every eye shall see him. Everyone that crucified him \u2013 he will be manifested to all. I think that makes good sense of where Christ\u2019s body is today.\nI would just say this. One more thing. Support for this idea, I think, would come from the intermediate state in which we find ourselves when we die. When we die we go into a disembodied condition as souls that await our eventual resurrection does that mean we are no longer human? I think not at all. We don\u2019t become angels during the intermediate state. We are still human beings because we had a human body. Our souls once were united with a human body. That would suggest that the soul doesn\u2019t cease to be human in virtue of the body being temporarily stripped away. That would be rather similar to Christ\u2019s disembodied state insofar as he exists outside our spacetime.\nStudent: Just for clarification, you made a statement earlier where you said Christ possessed all that was necessary for human nature.\nDr. Craig: Save corporeality.\nStudent: OK. I understand. Are you saying that Christ was a human being always?\nDr. Craig: No. Because to be a human being you have to have a human body. There are rational substances that are not human, like angels and demons. There could be extraterrestrials, like Klingons or something, that are not human even though they are rational substances. So Christ would not be a human being prior to the incarnation. But I am saying that he is the archetypal man in that he possesses these properties that are sufficient for human personhood like rationality, self-consciousness, freedom of the will, and so forth when conjoined with a human body.\nStudent: In regards to his body, after the resurrection he was here on Earth in his resurrected body. Why would it be any different? What I\u2019m saying is . . .\nDr. Craig: Be different from what?\nStudent: Basically the same as you were saying that he is in the same resurrected body, that he didn\u2019t quit being human incarnate but it was a resurrected body so he still has the same resurrected body in heaven. He would come back with the same resurrected body.\nDr. Craig: Yes. That is correct. The question is: is Christ in a bodily state right now?[5] As I say, one way to do this would be to say there is another dimension where his body is located. I find that implausible because the souls of the deceased which are disembodied (as we just said) go to be with Christ. Paul said in Philippians 2, My desire is to depart and be with Christ for that is far better. Yet in 2 Corinthians 5 he talks about when this earthly tent (this body) is destroyed we go into this state of nakedness which is the soul stripped of its body. Paul finds that state of nakedness uncomfortable. He\u2019d rather not go through this disembodied condition. He would rather live until the return of Christ and receive his resurrection body immediately as those will who are alive at the time of Christ\u2019s return. If that is right it is hard for me to see how disembodied souls can be communing with Christ if he\u2019s physically present in a bodily condition. That would be really bizarre. Not impossible, maybe they have telepathic powers and can do something like that, but it would seem strange. So I\u2019d rather prefer the suggestion I made earlier. But if you like that view better, that\u2019s great.\nStudent: The thing for me that speaks to this is in Acts when Stephen is being stoned in Acts 7:55. It says, \u201cBut Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.\u201d That would seem like that would be the resurrection body and that he is physically in heaven.\nDr. Craig: This is in Acts 7 \u2013 the vision that Stephen sees. Here\u2019s what I would say. I don\u2019t think what Stephen saw was literally the resurrection body; it was a vision such as you have in the book of Revelation where John sees visions of the heavenly throne room. The reason I say that is Stephen\u2019s experience isn\u2019t counted as a resurrection appearance in the New Testament. When Paul lists the resurrection appearances or the witnesses he doesn\u2019t list Stephen. It is not presented here as a resurrection appearance story. Paul had a resurrection appearance on the road to Damascus. He says it was to one born out of time because the resurrection appearances had ceased with the ascension. There weren\u2019t supposed to be any more resurrection appearances. This experience that Stephen had I think was a heavenly vision of the Son of Man. Notice that the other people around him didn\u2019t see anything whereas with the resurrection appearances, if you\u2019d been there you would have seen him because he was physically present and light rays bounce off his body and sound waves come from his mouth when he speaks. So I don\u2019t think that the appearance to Stephen is a resurrection appearance.\nStudent: After the resurrection of Christ, as some point (I think before the ascension) disappeared and then he would appear in the middle of a room where the disciples were. It doesn\u2019t say necessarily that he walked through walls.\nDr. Craig: Very good. Did you notice what he just said? So often you hear preachers or people say Jesus walked through the door or through the walls. It doesn\u2019t say that. It just says he appeared in the midst of the room with the doors locked.\nStudent: So would this seem to say he maybe was in another dimension and simply came back to this one? Or is there a better explanation?\nDr. Craig: Either that or what I suggested earlier. He could step in and out of our spacetime continuum at different locations. So he can exit our spacetime continuum in Emmaus and step back in in Jerusalem without traversing the distance in between. Right? So I think this makes great sense of the idea that these resurrection appearances were miles apart and Jesus wasn\u2019t walking in between them. He would vanish, he would appear. It has this sort of notion of him stepping in and out of space. So I think it fits either model. But that is a great example or illustration of what I\u2019m talking about.\nStudent: I heard you mention earlier that in Mary\u2019s womb that his nature was a new creation. Did I hear you say that correctly?\nDr. Craig: Yes.[6]\nStudent: Can you speak to the difference between this immaculate conception and a typical conception and are you breaking with a Traducian view of the creation of the rational soul here?\nDr. Craig: Yeah, I am. Let\u2019s tease out the background of this question. First, we are not talking about the immaculate conception. We are talking about the virginal conception. Remember the immaculate conception concerns the Catholic doctrine that Mary was conceived without original sin and that is why Jesus did not have original sin \u2013 because Mary was immaculately conceived. In Jesus\u2019 case we are talking about a virginal conception.\nOn my Apollinarian model you are quite right to say that the soul of Jesus was not the product of Mary\u2019s soul much less Joseph\u2019s. Mary gave him at most his physical body \u2013 her genetic material. But the soul would be the second person of the Trinity. This would be more in line with what is called a creationist model of the soul. The soul is a special creation of God at the moment of conception rather than is the causal effect of the souls of the parents which is the view that you alluded to called Traducianism. Traducianism holds that the parents\u2019 souls beget the soul of their child.\nSaying that this was an exception in Jesus\u2019 case doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t be a Traducian about other people. This would be a miraculous event \u2013 a virginal conception. It could be a special creation of the human nature of Jesus. It wouldn\u2019t be the creation of his soul because the soul would be pre-existent as the Logos. But it wouldn\u2019t be Traducian.\nIn the interest of time, let me wrap up this section.\nThe principal problem with the proposal as I\u2019ve described it thus far is that it seems to founder upon the human limitations evinced by Jesus of Nazareth according to the Gospel accounts. The church has typically dealt with the problem of Christ\u2019s evident limitations by means of the device of reduplicative predication. As I explained last time, according to reduplicative predication properties are predicated of the person with respect to his individual natures.\nThis, I think, makes good sense with respect to some of the attributes. For example, you can say that Christ is omnipotent with respect to his divine nature but he\u2019s limited in power with respect to his human nature. That seems to make perfectly good sense. Or you could say that Christ is eternal and necessary with respect to his divine nature, but he is mortal and contingent with respect to his human nature. So I think this device of reduplicative predication makes good sense for many of these attributes.\nBut for other attributes, reduplicative predication especially on the Apollinarian model that I\u2019ve offered, doesn\u2019t seem to work so well. For example, take omniscience. How can Christ be both omniscient and yet limited in knowledge if there is a single self-conscious subject in Christ? Or take his impeccability or his sinlessness. How can Christ be impeccable (that is to say, incapable of sin) with respect to his divine nature and yet be peccable (capable of sin) with respect to his human nature? It just doesn\u2019t seem to make sense to use that device with respect to some of these properties.\nThe Scottish theologian A. B. Bruce objected concerning Apollinarianism,\nThere is no human nous [that\u2019s the Greek word for \u201cmind\u201d], no freedom, no struggle; . . . the so-called temptations and struggles recorded in the Gospels are reduced to a show and a sham, and a cheap virtue results, devoid of all human interest, and scarcely deserving the name.[7]\nIf you just stop with the model as I\u2019ve described it so far then I think A. B. Bruce\u2019s objection will surely prove to be decisive. But as we\u2019ll see next week, I think the model can be enhanced in such a way as to turn back this criticism. That will be the subject that we will explore together next Sunday.[8]\n[7] A. B. Bruce, The Humiliation of Christ (New York: George H. 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We've got to look at our state cricket. I'm not sure that is as strong as we need it to be. We've got to look at the reasons why.\n\"We've got to look further back to club cricket and junior cricket to find out what has caused us to end up in this position.\n\"There are a lot of things we can look at, but right at the moment it appears as though we're not producing enough high quality Test cricketers.\"\n'I still believe I am one of the best six batters in Australia'\nPonting said he accepted that his own position as captain, and as batsmen would be closely examined as would that of his vice-captain Michael Clarke after both failed with the bat during the series.\n\"I certainly expect my performances as captain and batsman to be heavily scrutinised,\" he said. \"You've got to expect that after the disappointing series I've had.\n\"Michael and I both understood going into this series that if we didn't contribute heavily with the bat that there would be a lot of questions asked about us as players and leaders and that's the way it has turned out.\nPonting, 36, said he was still keen to continue playing at the highest level but added the decision was out of his hands.\n\"I want to keep playing. 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Medina, Washington Heights Expert\nNew York City is the world's greatest city. Of course, that is open to debate in many parts of the world, but among the residents long and new, there is simply no contest. Whether you seek gourmet dining, legendary Broadway shows, luxury brands, or more humble interests; you'll certainly find what you are looking for somewhere within the five boroughs of NYC.\nProbably the most difficult part of living in New York is actually moving here, both because of the difficulty in finding NYC\u2026\nProbably the most difficult part of living in New York is actually moving here, both because of the difficulty in finding NYC apartments for rent and the notoriously high price tags that come with living in the city (or even anywhere within a few miles from the city). Fear not, there are always neighborhoods with great deals, new housing stock being constructed year after year, and an expansive, albeit aging, public transportation system that serves well over a million commuters per day.\nAmong many other things, New York is home to the world's financial and fashion capitals. Paul Graham infamously wrote that all great cities send a message in 100 subtle ways, and here in NYC the message is to make more money. There are other admirable messages too, to dress better and be more hip, but by and large the city seems to offer an unlimited number of ways to spend. Friends and strangers alike remind us that we should jog harder on the financial treadmill, a phenomenon only outsiders like Robert Kiyosaki could declare an endless Rat Race.\nDespite all the price and consumption shock, New Yorkers still love the city, and for great reason. It's all worth it!! In almost every industry, career prospects for young millennials are better working in Manhattan than anywhere else in the world. Finance, Law, and Marketing immediately come to mind, but in just the past decade NYC has made even greater strides as a technology hub. Engineering jobs were once relegated to back office positions in large non-tech firms, but with Google's solid headquarters in Cheslea, the rapid startup scene growth in DUMBO, and the impressive expansion of WeWork and other co-working spaces, New York now easily rivals Silicon Valley and SF as the country's destination for software engineers.\nAnd while a city of over-achievers and over-spenders might seem too intense for relaxation, New York City actually sets the standard for world class entertainment and museums. One can admire the Matisse collection at the Museum of Modern Art, stroll through the old Sheep Meadow at Central Park, have afternoon tea overlooking Columbus Circle, and watch a Broadway matinee all in one afternoon; leaving the evening free for more adventurous journeys.\nMayor Michael Bloomberg's decade in office saw a dramatic increase in NYC support for bikers. Countless miles of new bike lanes, some separated by medians. Citibike also came online in 2013 providing short term rental bikes and docking stations all over the city (just don't keep it for longer than 45 minutes). While biking alongside seemingly wreckless cab drivers, aggressive bus drivers, and blind-spot laden delivery trucks is not for everyone, a bike during rush hour traffic can often be faster than any other mode of transportation, especially when there is no direct subway line to your destination.\nTake a walk on Highline Park; best to start in Chelsea and head north an hour before sunset.\nThirsty for a cocktail? Find one of the legendary NY speakeasy bars; you can cheat now using Yelp.\nShopping in Manhattan is good in almost any neighborhood, but SoHo and 5th Avenue are especially noteworthy for luxury brands.\nEveryone loves the big museums, from MET to MOMA. For something a bit different, check out the Museum of Chinese in the Americas, or the Tenement Museum in lower east side.\nLike every tourist or new New Yorker, walk the Brooklyn Bridge, grab a pizza from Grimaldi's once you reach the other side, and treat yourself to a cab or subway ride back.\nEveryone knows to look for Chinatown and Little Italy by Canal Street, but for more authentic fare, try to find Chinatown in 8th Ave Brooklyn or Little Italy in the Bronx.\nNoteworthy Universities and Colleges in NYC\nNew York University (aka NYU)\nColumbia University and Barnard University\nBaruch College (CUNY)\nSnapshot and Facts\nNew York is America\u2019s biggest city. Its population is larger than the populations of LA, Chicago and Houston combined. It\u2019s got bright lights, tall buildings, wide streets and glamorous people. It also has amazing diversity of food, culture, ethnicities, and anything else you can think of. If you want it, New York has it.\nLiving in New York is an amazing experience. There\u2019s always something going on, with new people to meet and new things to try. Residential areas are mixed together and around commercial and retail areas, and you can navigate the whole thing quickly and easily using mass transit (which runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week).\nNew York City has five boroughs Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx and Staten Island. Most of the city\u2019s rental homes and apartments are concentrated in four boroughs Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and The Bronx. Each borough has its own personality and a wide variety of neighborhoods to match. We\u2019ve got guides to help you learn more about the boroughs and the neighborhoods so you can make an informed decision about where you want to live. 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Firmly rooted in the past, with its beginning in 1877 with Thomas Edison\u2019s invention of the phonograph, its popularity has never waned.\nIt gained in popularity in 1890 when Louis Glass and William Arnold took the idea and created the nickel in the slot phonograph, a machine that once your nickel was deposited you would hand crank the device and be able to listen to a song. These machines were capable of only playing one song so many different machines were needed if a variety of music was to be available.\nIn 1918, Hobart Niblack designed a turntable that was capable of handling multiple records which lead to the first selective jukebox being available in 1927. Over time, more improvements were made with the quality of music being played as well as the ability to hear the music more clearly. This was truly when the popularity and demand of the jukebox started to rise.\nIn the 1940\u2019s the term Jukebox came to be used in the U.S. stemming from the \u201cjuke joint\u201d which was a place people would gather and drink, play music and generally be rabblerousing. Within these jukeboxes were automated counters which would allow the owners of the machine to see what songs were popular with guests and to change out the less popular selections.\nWith all the popularity and demand of the full sized jukeboxes came the need to devise a method of making a machine that would sit on the table of a booth and allow patrons to select their own music. These boxes had built in speakers and offered diners an experience that was all their own.\nIn the 1950\u2019s is when the Jukebox really came into its own. This is when the 45 rpm vinyl records were introduced and used, giving a great variety of options for owners and diners alike. The 45\u2019s were small and light weight and many were able to be put into a machine giving a much wider choice for many listening styles. The jukebox\u2019s history has gone through many changes and improvements and has followed the wave of technology with improvements in reproduction and distribution. With the improvement in speakers, offering a much higher quality of sound than many people could even have at home, the low frequency rhythm and large amplifiers, the machines were said to play music with a \u201cbeat.\u201d\nJukeboxes were most popular between the 1940\u2019s and 1960\u2019s with the 1950\u2019s being the most popular time. In the 40\u2019s, three quarters of the records being made were made for use in jukeboxes. Originally they were used for Classical music, Opera and Swing music although the 50\u2019s Rock and Roll made its popularity sore.\nStyling also progressed over the years from the wooden frame machines to the psychedelic light shows while the music plays. They started off offering visual attractions, waves, bubbles, circles of changing colors, all aligned with the beat of the music, stimulating both the ears and eyes. Machines made later on have become much less ornate because of the need for extra space to hold more records.\nIn the late 1950\u2019s the invention of the transistor would prove to be the most important factor of the jukeboxes demise. The transistor made it possible to make radios and people could have music with them at all times.\nWhile jukeboxes remained popular in bars, they lost their popularity in places like diners, restaurants, military bases, Laundromats and video arcades.\nIn 1995, the U.S. Postal service issued a commemorative 25 cent stamp to forever recognize the popularity of the jukebox.\nToday, retro jukeboxes are becoming increasingly hard to find. Retro Outlet takes great pride in restoring these icons to their former beauty. 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Martell Foundation at the City Winery Monday, January 26, 2015 \u2014 Richlynn Group", "raw_content": "Musics Promise For A cure\nFirst Special Guests Ashley Monroe and Brett Eldredge Announced\nCelebration of DVD release \"Another Good Road\"\nNASHVILLE, Tenn. (November 10, 2014) -- An Evening With John Oates & Special Guests at the City Winery in Nashville, benefitting the T.J. Martell Foundation, will be held Monday, January 26, 2015. The first special guests, Warner Brothers' recording artists, Ashley Monroe and Brett Eldredge have just been announced with more artists to be added. The evening will also celebrate the release of Oates' upcoming DVD release Another Good Road, which in addition, is scheduled to debut as a special on Palladia January 24, 2015.\nOates will perform a selection of songs from his recent release Good Road To Follow as well as classic Hall & Oates hits. Additional guest artists will be announced closer to the event date.\nTo purchase tickets visitwww.CityWinery.com\n* This event has been previously rescheduled. All tickets purchased prior will be honored for the January 26 show. For more information please visit www.tjmartell.org.\nJohn Oates is one half of one of rock's most successful duos of all time, Hall & Oates, as well as an accomplished solo artist. He has sold over 80 million albums, is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and a BMI Icon. In addition to his continuing touring with Daryl Hall, John just completed a world solo tour with J.O.B. (John Oates Band) and has been producing and writing with some of the most well known artists in the pop, R&B, and Americana genres. In 2014 he was inducted in to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, along with Daryl Hall, and released his fifth solo album Good Road To Follow.\nABOUT THE T.J. MARTELL FOUNDATION:\nFounded in 1975 by music industry executive, Tony Martell, the T.J. 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We brought in six new clients, increasing the total rent roll of managed property by over 10% and the size of our managed portfolio by over 15% to around 2.6 million square feet.\nWith our extensive property knowledge and ability to utilise the expertise from our in house departments such as \u2018Building Surveying\u2019, \u2018Landlord and Tenant\u2019 and \u2018Agency\u2019 we have helped both existing and new clients to increase their rental income by an average of 16% where renewals have been negotiated. One new Client, who has a nationwide portfolio where we were appointed in the late Summer, has already benefited from an increase of 15% in rents from two of their properties where a nil increase was anticipated by the client.\n\u201cI strongly believe that we are better equipped than some of our competitors to deal with all types of property matters. We can quickly call upon our in house team of property surveyors to deal with Rent Reviews, Lease renewals, Dilapidation claims and both property disposals and acquisitions without the need for going to 3rd party advisers. With our combined expertise and ability we can provide all required information both quickly and efficiently.\nRoger Hannah & Co Property Management Department are suited to deal with all Health & Safety requirements and repairs that are necessary to meet the needs of any prospective Tenants, to attain the best outcome for that property and our Clients, while maintaining practical performance to the maximum standard.\nWe are proud to offer the same level of service to all of our Clients, whether they are private individuals, family run or corporate with a portfolio of properties or one single property. 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From busy markets to peaceful art galleries, Newcastle is a varied city and whether you\u2019re a family, couple, or business person, you\u2019ll find more than enough to keep you occupied on your stay here\u2026\nTake a stroll through Jesmond Dene, along the Ouseburn River, and enjoy a walk in the urban countryside. As well as gorgeous greenery throughout this 1-mile walk, there\u2019s also a pets corner where you\u2019ll find pot-bellied pigs, goats, sheep, and alpacas. It takes around 90 minutes to complete but if you do fancy a break along the way, there\u2019s a coffee shop where you can enjoy a refreshment.\nThe Baltic is the imposing building on the Gateshead side of the River Tyne. Cross the Millennium Bridge and enter this centre of contemporary art to see installations from artists such as Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley, and Jenny Holzer. It\u2019s free to visit and is open daily meaning whenever you visit Roomzzz Newcastle, The Baltic is waiting for you.\nBlyth Beach\nHead 30 minutes out of the city centre to the gorgeous beach location of Blyth. Here you\u2019ll find a long, wide, stretch of sandy beach which is backed by sand dunes. It\u2019s a haven for wildlife here and that\u2019s why Blyth is a designated area of Special Nature Conservation. In the winter months, the beach provides many fishing opportunities and in the summer, the beach is a prime spot for jet-skiing and water sports. You\u2019ll find a caf\u00e9, toilets, and a children\u2019s play area here, plus beach hut rentals are the perfect spot to rent out when the sun is shining.\nQuayside Market\nIf you\u2019re in Newcastle on a Sunday, visit Quayside Market between 9.30am and 4pm for a whole array of local, handcrafted goods. Here you\u2019ll find unique jewellery, art, food, and fashion and everything looks much more stunning against the backdrop of the Tyne Bridge.\nAre you looking to make the most of your stay in Newcastle? A bus tour around the city is a great way to see the sights and get your bearings around this gorgeous destination. The tour, which sets off just around the corner from Roomzzz Newcastle on Neville Street, stops at 18 places over 60 minutes and you\u2019re free to hop on and off as you wish. St James\u2019 Park, The Sage Gateshead, and Newcastle Castle are all top spots so allow plenty of time for taking in all the sights of Newcastle. You\u2019ll probably also find a big selection of other things to do in Newcastle on this tour too!\nDid you ever think you\u2019d be able to visit a working farm right in the heart of Newcastle? Well, Ouseburn Farm is just that. 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In short, a critical, scientific and multi-disciplinary professional journal, providing top-quality, relevant information for legal practitioners.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 307, "original_length": 6066, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 232.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Complex-Real-Property-Rights-Series/book-series/CRPRS", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:53Z", "digest": "sha1:BBTNMZPLTQ7FMGETD3P2WTTQ7FM6RL3W", "length": 2753, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.routledge.com", "title": "Routledge Complex Real Property Rights Series - Routledge", "raw_content": "Spike Boydell\nformerly of University of Technology, Sydney, Australia and Co-founder of Customary Land Solutions\nReal Property Rights are central to the global economy and provide a legal framework for how society (be it developed or customary) relates to land and buildings. We need to better understand property rights to ensure sustainable societies, careful use of limited resources and sound ecological stewardship of our land and water. Contemporary property rights theory is dynamic and needs to engage thinkers who are prepared to think outside their disciplinary limitations.\nThe Routledge Complex Real Property Rights Series strives to take a transdisciplinary approach to understanding property rights and specifically encourages heterodox thinking. Through rich international case studies, the goal of the series is to build models to connect theory to observed reality, informing potential policy outcomes. This series is both an ideal forum and reference for students and scholars of property rights and land issues.\nVideo interviews with the series authors and editors can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm6WmSmaP8spLX0GlFRiSjw\nProperty, Place and Piracy\nEdited by Martin Fredriksson, James Arvanitakis\nThis book takes the concept of piracy as a starting point to discuss the instability of property as a social construction and how this is spatially situated. Piracy is understood as acts and practices that emerge in zones where the construction and definition of property is ambiguous. Media piracy\u2026\nProperty Rights and Climate Change\nLand use under changing environmental conditions, 1st Edition\nEdited by Fennie van Straalen, Thomas Hartmann, John Sheehan\nProperty Rights and Climate Change explores the multifarious relationships between different types of climate-driven environmental changes and property rights. This original contribution to the literature examines such climate changes through the lens of property rights, rather than through the\u2026\nLand, Indigenous Peoples and Conflict\nEdited by Alan C. Tidwell, Barry Scott Zellen\nLand, Indigenous Peoples and Conflict presents an original comparative study of indigenous land and property rights worldwide. The book explores how the ongoing constitutional, legal and political integration of indigenous peoples into contemporary society has impacted on indigenous institutions\u2026\nStrata Title Property Rights\nPrivate governance of multi-owned properties, 1st Edition\nMulti-owned properties make up an ever-increasing proportion of commercial, tourist and residential development, in both urban and rural landscapes around the world. This book critically analyses the legal, social and economic complexities of strata or community title schemes. At a time when\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 202, "original_length": 10345, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 303.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.rsc.org.uk/romeo-and-juliet/the-plot", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:31Z", "digest": "sha1:QMLJGFUGM5N5IPQIHWLCFNGTUUBTTNE7", "length": 5693, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.rsc.org.uk", "title": "The plot | Romeo and Juliet | Royal Shakespeare Company", "raw_content": "This play was written in 1595-6 and is set in Verona, Italy, at a time when a long standing feud between two noble families - the Montagues and the Capulets - constantly breaks out into brawling on the streets. Prince Escalus, ruler of Verona, threatens terrible punishment on anyone who takes part in further violence.\nRomeo Montague is hopelessly in love with the unattainable Rosaline and, in an attempt to cure his lovesick misery, his friends persuade him to go disguised to a party at the home of his family's sworn enemies, the Capulets. Romeo reluctantly agrees to go when he learns that Rosaline has been invited.\nAt the party, he meets Juliet, only daughter of the Capulets, and not even knowing each other's names, they fall instantly in love. Juliet's hot-headed cousin, Tybalt, has spotted Romeo and his friends but is prevented from challenging them by her father, Old Capulet. He does not wish to see his party disrupted, and speaks well of Romeo's reputation in Verona.\nDuring the preparations for the party, however, Juliet's mother has told her that Count Paris, a suitable young nobleman (who is also at the party) has asked her father for permission to marry her. Even though shocked by the discovery that their families are sworn enemies, both Romeo and Juliet are determined to marry, and choose go-betweens to help them arrange a secret wedding. Romeo asks his friend and mentor, Friar Laurence, to conduct the ceremony, while Juliet sends her elderly nurse to meet Romeo and learn the arrangements he has made.\nFriar Lawrence is amazed by Romeo's sudden rejection of his love for Rosaline but reluctantly agrees to marry them, believing that such a marriage might bring an end to the ancient feud. As arranged, Romeo meets the Nurse, who is instructed to make sure that Juliet arrives at the Friar's the following morning ready to be married.\nOld feuds, new casualties\nNow secretly married to Juliet, Romeo encounters her aggressive cousin, Tybalt, who challenges him to a duel. Romeo is unwilling to fight with him for Juliet's sake, but his closest friend, Mercutio takes up the challenge instead. When Romeo steps between them in an effort to stop the fight, Mercutio is stabbed to death. Romeo then kills Tybalt in a rage and is forced to fly the scene.\nAngry that his laws have been broken, but accepting that Tybalt started the fight, Prince Escalus banishes Romeo to Mantua. Romeo is distraught and runs to the Friar for advice and help.\nAlone in her room on her wedding night, Juliet, unaware of the death of her cousin or her new husband's banishment, eagerly awaits Romeo's arrival. When she learns what has happened, Juliet is so distraught that the Nurse promises to arrange one night together for the newly-weds before Romeo must leave Verona. The following morning at dawn, the couple part sadly, promising each other that they will find a way to be together forever and that their current problems will be solved.\nJuliet's parents believe that her grief is caused by Tybalt's death so, in attempt to cheer her, they suggest she should marry Count Paris immediately. When she refuses, her father threatens to disown and abandon her, so she too seeks advice from the Friar, who has also been approached by Paris to marry him to Juliet.\nRealising that she is so desperate that she might commit suicide (and perhaps fearful of the consequences for himself if he allows her to commit bigamy), the Friar advises her to go home and make peace with her parents. He then gives her a potion that is guaranteed to make it appear that she has died in her sleep. He explains that the effects will wear off within 42 hours, by which time she will be buried in her family's crypt.\nHe promises to send a letter to Romeo immediately, explaining the situation and asking him to return in time to be with Juliet when she awakes.\nJuliet takes the potion and is discovered 'dead' when her nurse and mother try to wake her for her marriage to Paris. Her 'corpse' is then taken to the crypt where it is laid beside that of the dead Tybalt. The Friar's messenger leaves to find Romeo in Mantua.\nThe Friar's messenger is delayed on the way and, instead of learning of the Friar's plan, Romeo's servant, Balthasar, returns to Mantua from Verona bringing news of Juliet's supposed death. Devastated, Romeo purchases poison with which to kill himself and hurries back to Verona, planning to die by Juliet's side.\nAttempting to break into the crypt, he is interrupted by Paris and they fight. Romeo kills Paris and, reaching Juliet's body at last, embraces her and drinks the poison, kissing her as he dies.\nHaving learned that his messenger had not reached Romeo, the Friar runs to the crypt, discovers Paris's body and reaches Juliet's side just as she revives. Unable to persuade Juliet to leave her dead husband, and fearing for himself if he is discovered there, the Friar runs away, leaving Juliet alone with Romeo's body. Realising that all their plans have failed, she pulls his dagger, stabs herself in the chest and dies.\nOnce the bodies are discovered, the Friar confesses everything he knows and is pardoned by Prince Escalus. Knowing that their feud has brought about the deaths of their children, the warring families are reconciled and agree to build a monument to the young lovers.\nExplore the Romeo and Juliet timeline in our Shakespeare Learning Zone.\nStudying Romeo and Juliet? Then you'll love our new SHAKESPEARE LEARNING ZONE!\nDiscover loads of facts, videos and in-depth information about the play.\nGet to grips with the stories, settings and characters in Romeo and Juliet. Unlock Shakespeare's language using the same techniques our actors use in rehearsals.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 201, "original_length": 10412, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 334.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.rugbyworld.com/tournaments/gallagher-premiership/all-black-lock-ross-filipo-signs-for-wasps-10395", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:04Z", "digest": "sha1:SKIEV4XIJPLIKELJD2RTBEDBTELKKMFA", "length": 2038, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.rugbyworld.com", "title": "All Black lock Ross Filipo signs for Wasps - Rugby World", "raw_content": "All Black lock Ross Filipo signs for Wasps\nLondon Wasps are delighted to announce the signing of former All Black lock Ross Filipo from Bayonne on a two-year contract.\nFilipo joins Wasps with a wealth of top level rugby experience in the second row.\nCapped by the All Blacks and for the New Zealand Maori team, the lock has featured in three Super Rugby Championship winning teams during his time with the Crusaders in 2005, 2006 and 2008.\nThe New Zealander also featured in the Maori side that beat the touring British and Irish Lions in Hamilton in 2005, a moment he says remains the highlight of his career. Filipo made his test debut against Canada in Hamilton in 2007 and went on to feature in All Black teams who played South Africa, Australia, Scotland and Munster.\nThe lock, who is renowned for his mobility and ball carrying skills, has also played at blindside flanker and at number eight growing up, coming through the Hurricanes development squad before he gained a place in the draft with the Crusaders franchise.\nAs well as his time with the Crusaders, Filipo was a key figure for Wellington at NPC level. He joined Bayonne at the end of the 2009 Super 14 season.\nLondon Wasps interim Director of Rugby Leon Holden said: \u201cThis is another sign of our desire to strengthen our squad for next season, especially in the pack. Ross\u2019s size, mobility and level of experience will be a great asset to the squad. He is a strong ball carrier and an excellent set-piece operator so we look forward to him joining us in the summer.\u201d\nRoss Filipo said: \u201cI am really looking forward to joining Wasps who have exciting plans for next season. I know they have been one of England\u2019s most successful clubs and I hope I can play a role in helping them to getting back to the top of their game.\u201d\nFilipo is the fifth player to be signed by the club in recent weeks following announcements that Jeremy Castex (Narbonne), Nicky Robinson (from Gloucester), Ryan Davis (from Exeter) and Chris Bell (from Sale) will also join London Wasps next season.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 108, "original_length": 4368, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 199.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.rwkijal.com/other-links/disclaimer/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:34Z", "digest": "sha1:6ZJL546WXJE7D4GX5K7IIEJTJZ3OXG7X", "length": 990, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.rwkijal.com", "title": "Resorts World Kijal - Disclaimer", "raw_content": "Whilst care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information on this website, Genting Group can accept no responsibility for errors or omissions.\nGenting Group does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the materials or the reliability of any advice, opinion, statement or other information displayed or distributed through the site. You acknowledge that any reliance on any such opinion, advice, statement, memorandum, or information shall be at your sole risk. Genting Group reserves the right at any time and without notice to enhance, modify, alter, suspend or permanently discontinue all or any part of this website and to restrict or prohibit access to it.\nYou may not offer for sale or sell or distribute over any medium, any part of this website or its content.\nYou may not make any part of the website available as part of another website, whether by hyperlink framing on the Internet or otherwise unless you have been authorised to do so in writing by Genting Group.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 99, "original_length": 3871, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 332.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article222733345.html?via=webuproar", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:51Z", "digest": "sha1:YRHX4ZQVC3ABEDOCWI5DXVRF7IIXW7JF", "length": 6470, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "www.sacbee.com", "title": "El Dorado County Sheriff has opened an investigation regarding an incident at Guiding Hands School after an autistic student died Friday | The Sacramento Bee", "raw_content": "A source familiar with the incident said a teacher at Guiding Hands School is under investigation after a \u2018prone restraint\u2019 was used to subdue the child for roughly an hour.\nA prone restraint involves immobilizing a student in a face down position.\nEl Dorado County Sheriff\u2019s Office spokesman Sgt. Anthony Prencipe said the student who died was severely autistic and allegedly became violent, prompting school staff to put him in a restraint hold. Principe said staff began CPR and called for medical assistance after the boy became unresponsive.\nThe student was transferred to Mercy Hospital of Folsom, and later transferred to UC Davis Medical Center where he died, Principe said. The sheriff\u2019s office was not notified of the death until Nov. 30, but it is unclear what day the student died.\nPrincipe said that in the initial emergency call, which both deputies and medical personnel responded to, the student was described as 6 feet tall and weighing 280 pounds. Authorities have not identified the student.\nBill Ainsworth, spokesman for the California Department of Education, said, \u201cThe suspension means the school will not be able to accept additional students. In the meantime, the department is continuing its investigation to see if further action is necessary.\u201d\nPrincipe, the sheriff\u2019s spokesman, said the incident is not currently being examined as a criminal investigation.\n\u201cWe are going to look at the totality of the circumstances, and make a decision based on what\u2019s there,\u201d Principe said.\nThursday afternoon, the school issued a written statement through public relations firm Runyon Saltzman.\n\u201cIt is with heavy hearts that we share the very difficult news that a beloved member of our school community has passed away. Out of respect for the family, and the ongoing investigation, we are unable to share full details at this time,\u201d the statement read in part.\nSchool principal Staranne Meyers, also listed in state records as a corporate officer of Guiding Hands, did not return calls for comment.\nIn 2018, Principe said the department has been called to respond to incidents at Guiding Hands School a total of 27 times. He said the calls have been for a variety of reasons, from ringing alarms to mental health related concerns.\nThe K-12 school provides special education and related services to children with special needs, according to its website. State records show the school had 137 students and 16 full-time staff as of the 2017-2018 school year.\nGuiding Hands School has been sued before for restraining a student. In 2002 and 2003, the school staff forcibly restrained another teenage student, Tracee Lamerson, multiple times, according to court records.\nIn 2004, Lamerson\u2019s mother, Deborah Lamerson, sued Guiding Hands, and Sacramento City Unified School District, which contracted with the school at the time to provide services for special needs students. SCUSD spokesman Alex Barrios said the district no longer has a relationship with Guiding Hands.\nIn a phone interview Thursday with The Bee, Deborah and Tracee Lamerson said that in one instance, Tracee had broken her arm in an accident while riding the bus to the school from her home in Rancho Cordova. The younger Lamerson has Williams Syndrome, which caused developmental delays.\nWhen she arrived at Guiding Hands, she repeatedly asked to call her mother, but staff would not allow her, Deborah Lamerson said. She said school staff did not provide medical care but placed her daughter in a physical restraint hold as she became agitated.\nTracee Lamerson, now 29, was eventually placed in a four point restraint, with four staff members holding her down, according to court records. While being held down, Tracee Lamerson, who was around 13 at the time, vomited. Staff personnel made her clean it up, according to court records.\n\u201cI was so afraid to go back,\u201d Tracee Lamerson said Thursday. \u201cI don\u2019t like that they are still open and that they can restrain anyone.\u201d\nThe attorney for the Lamerson family in the case, Andrea Tytell, said the school became a private institution around that time. Articles of incorporation for Guiding Hands School were filed with the state in 2002.\nCandis Bowles, a lawyer with advocacy group Disability Rights California, said while prone restraints are legal in certain circumstances in California, the technique can be risky if it is applied incorrectly.\n\u201c(Restraints) can cause trauma and death, and more importantly there are better ways to respond to behavior, particularly disability behavior,\u201d Bowles said. \u201cIt\u2019s not inconsistent that they used an approved restraint technique and this happened, but it might not have been implemented correctly, and obviously it wasn\u2019t because he died,\u201d she said.\nProne restraint is banned for use in schools in several other states.\nA 2002 investigation by Disability Rights California into the use of restraint holds in schools and other institutions found that \u201cprone restraint,\u201d is a \u201chazardous and potentially lethal restraint position\u201d and, even when done correctly, puts people at risk of asphyxia. The report cautioned against its use.\n\u201cSimply restraining an individual prone restricts the ability to breath, thereby lessening the supply of oxygen to meet the body\u2019s demands\u201d the report said.\nIn one case study Disability Rights examined, a 16-year-old girl who weighed 293 pounds was put in a prone restraint after she argued with another student and struggled with staff. After 30 minutes of being restrained face-down, the girl stopped breathing.\nAn autopsy report later showed the cause of death to be lack of oxygen to the brain due to asphyxia caused by the position of her restraint, the report said.\nThis year, Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB 2657 which prohibits educators from using \u201cdangerous restraint practices\u201d and locking students in seclusion. The new law does not entirely put an end to the use of prone restraint, but prohibits it in circumstances where a student is known to have heart disease or a respiratory condition like asthma that restricts breathing.\nThe mother of an 8-year-old special needs child with autism in North Texas filed a federal lawsuit against Felty Elementary School and police after he was handcuffed and held down by teachers and police two years ago.\nSacramento Bee reporter Benjy Egel contributed to this report.\nAn autistic teenager died after being placed in a restraint hold at Guiding Hands School in El Dorado Hills, authorities said Thursday.Sawsan Morrar", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 114, "original_length": 9359, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 311.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/article202608154.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:40:15Z", "digest": "sha1:RJYJQZIJFS46SRKBE425WF3HR42TMBVL", "length": 7579, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.sacbee.com", "title": "Jared Kushner has been humiliated. Will Trump now throw him under the bus? | The Sacramento Bee", "raw_content": "It was never clear why Kushner reportedly requested more access to intelligence materials than any other White House official outside the National Security Council, but whatever the reason, the power that comes with access to information has now been sharply curtailed. (\u201cFriday\u2019s downgrade represents a significant loss of access for Kushner, who routinely attended classified briefings, received access to the President\u2019s Daily Brief intelligence report and issue[d] requests for information to the intelligence community.\u201d) The move also raises questions as to why Kushner wasn\u2019t granted a permanent clearance (Was it Russia? His ongoing financial woes? Omissions on his request for a top-secret clearance?). Moreover, it is important to establish the level of risk he posed while he operated on an interim clearance for more than a year.\n\u201cThe fact that a compromised individual who is a huge potential blackmail target had consistent access to our nation\u2019s most closely held secrets for more than a year is just unconscionable,\u201d Max Bergmann, a former State Department official now at the Center for American Progress, tells me. \u201cIf this was any other administration, Kushner would have been out long ago. Anyone else would not be allowed back in the White House.\u201d\nPerhaps not coincidentally, news surfaced on Tuesday hinting at just how great a liability Kushner may be for the president. The Post reports:\n\u201cOfficials in at least four countries have privately discussed ways they can manipulate Jared Kushner, the president\u2019s son-in-law and senior adviser, by taking advantage of his complex business arrangements, financial difficulties and lack of foreign policy experience, according to current and former U.S. officials familiar with intelligence reports on the matter.\n\u201cAmong those nations discussing ways to influence Kushner to their advantage were the United Arab Emirates, China, Israel and Mexico, the current and former officials said.\u201d\nThis should come as no surprise given Kushner\u2019s retention of his business holdings (Trump didn\u2019t bother divesting himself, so why should he force Kushner to do so?) and his mounting financial woes. (This comes on top of previous news that Kushner met during the transition with the head of a sanctioned Russian bank.) \u201cChina, the UAE, Russia and reportedly Qatar and Turkey all present issues of split loyalties, indebtedness and simply too much contact with bad actors for someone who sees Top Secret [information] everyday,\u201d says former FBI official Frank Figliuzzi. \u201cWhy is he still there when you and I would have totally been denied all access to both Secret and Top Secret?\u201d He adds, \u201cIt remains to be seen how long he can maintain an Interim Secret level clearance and we are on new ground here with the length of an interim even at Secret level when such substantive issues still exist.\u201d\nIt is becoming increasingly clear that one or more White House officials have the long knives out for Kushner. According to The Post:\n\u201cH.R. McMaster, President Trump\u2019s national security adviser, learned that Kushner had contacts with foreign officials that he did not coordinate through the National Security Council or officially report. The issue of foreign officials talking about their meetings with Kushner and their perceptions of his vulnerabilities was a subject raised in McMaster\u2019s daily intelligence briefings, according to the current and former officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.\n\u201cWithin the White House, Kushner\u2019s lack of government experience and his business debt were seen from the beginning of his tenure as potential points of leverage that foreign governments could use to influence him, the current and former officials said.\u201d\nThere are several takeaways from the latest revelations.\nFirst, the reason Kushner was denied a clearance is critical and goes to whether he should be in the White House at all. Three Democratic congressmen - Rep. Jerrold Nadler, N.Y., ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Reps. Ted Lieu, Calif., and Jamie Raskin, Md., put out a written statement:\n\u201cIt\u2019s about time that the security needs of our country were put ahead of the nepotism of President Trump and his willingness to have unqualified individuals in the White House. The fact that, for over a year, unqualified individuals around the President were permitted high levels of classified information access is astonishing, and we will continue to press the Administration for answers to these and other national security questions. While downgrading Jared Kushner\u2019s security clearance is a good first step, it does not go far enough. Mr. Kushner should not have any type of clearance so long as his application remains under review for security concerns.\u201d\nSecond, it is stunning that Kushner has been in the White House for so long. If not for the Rob Porter scandal, attention might never have focused on Kushner - or on Kelly\u2019s negligence in allowing him access to the president\u2019s daily intelligence briefing for so long.\nNorm Eisen, counsel for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, which filed suit seeking to challenge Kushner\u2019s security clearance, remarks, \u201cIt is shocking that this was not done long ago, as is highlighted by the allegations that multiple countries attempted to exploit Kushner\u2019s financial desperation, ego and na\u00efvet\u00e9.\u201d He argues, \u201cNow his days on the job should be numbered. Kushner may assert that he can do his job with a downgraded security clearance but, having worked in the White House and in diplomacy, I think that is false. He will be hampered in his work. He will have to get up and leave some meetings where highly classified documents or information need to be discussed, or cannot even attend them in the first place.\u201d\nThird, Trump\u2019s decision not to intercede on Kushner\u2019s behalf should set off alarm bells in the Kushner household. If Trump is not inclined to go out on a limb to protect Kushner\u2019s security clearance, would he risk a firestorm by, for example, pardoning Kushner if he is ever indicted? It seems more likely that Trump, if push comes to shove, will protect himself and claim ignorance (truthfully or not) of Kushner\u2019s business conflicts and any inappropriate contacts with Russians. One might conclude that from Trump\u2019s perspective, Kushner is expendable.\nFinally, once more we see the downside of Trump\u2019s failure to abide by norms that have guided presidents of both parties (e.g., don\u2019t hire unqualified relatives for top posts). We also see the consequences of Republicans\u2019 refusal to take their oversight responsibilities seriously with regard to massive conflicts of interest for the entire Trump clan. In the end, Republicans\u2019 indulgence of Trump and his family may prove to be the president\u2019s undoing. Had Trump at the outset been forced to separate himself from his financial holdings and require Kushner to do the same, Trump might have avoided what we now have - the appearance of a corrupt family more akin to a Third World autocracy than a democratic government.\nWe don\u2019t know whether Kushner traded influence for financial gain. We don\u2019t know whether he had any role during the campaign in soliciting help from or working in concert with Russians to sway the election, although he did attend - along with Paul Manafort and Donald Trump Jr. - the June 2016 meeting in Trump Tower with a Kremlin-linked lawyer. We do know that he has turned into a liability for his father-in-law. He shouldn\u2019t count on any help from one of the least altruistic men ever to occupy the Oval Office.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 98, "original_length": 10267, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 254.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.sacerdotus.com/2013/06/book-review-beyond-gay-by-david-morrison.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:45:54Z", "digest": "sha1:RJHFSIWQMSMFMEDT2BPKU2QOZNHOP7BF", "length": 5260, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.sacerdotus.com", "title": "Sacerdotus: Book Review: Beyond Gay, by David Morrison", "raw_content": "The book \"Beyond Gay,\" by David Morrison is a unique book. The book tells the story of the author who was once a prominent gay activist in the LGBT community. Morrison, a journalist participated in gay rights marches, pride events, and pushed for the acceptance of homosexuality as a norm in society.\nAs a gay man, he had partners and experienced the gay lifestyle. One day he just began to question all things about the LGBT lifestyle. He was not happy. A subculture that uses the word \"gay\" would naturally be thought of as producing happiness right? Moreover, the gay lifestyle is pushed as fun, sexy, and adventurous. However, Morrison saw something else. It was a destructive life. A life of sin, hedonism, reckless behavior and apathy towards one another in the gay community. He had enough of it and wanted more - something better.\nAs St Augustine so eloquently expressed, \"Our hearts are restless, until they rest in you,\" so too did Morrison feel this restlessness and wanted to rest. He realized that this rest can only be found in God. After facing the same hardships in the LGBT community as others today face, Morrison sought God. He converted to Catholicism and dedicated his life to chastity. Morrison, in his book, gives a charitable picture of what it means to be gay and how the LGBT agenda works. He shows us his pains, struggles and confusion in thinking he was \"born gay\" and had to adhere to the demands of the LGBT subculture. He hints at how the LGBT movement is a product of the Sexual Revolution of the 50's, 60's and 70's. This is true indeed. I found it correlating to stories I read in the book: \"The Hite Report on Male Sexuality,\" by Shere Hite which presents graphic personal accounts of how men and boys explored their sexuality. Many of the stories are from men born during the Sexual Revolution who shared them with Hite.\nMorrison's book is a great read for anyone who is struggling with homosexuality and for anyone just looking to learn what it is like. This book can prepare clergy and others on how to be more pastoral with homosexuals in their parishes or groups in the church. Pope Francis and the popes before him have always stressed the importance of human dignity and how the Church must be welcoming. This book will help those reading it realize that gays are human just like all of us; unfortunately, they are bound by this subculture that presents a colorful fun life when in reality it is dreadful. It is no wonder why homosexuals have the highest rates of mental illness.\nDavid Morrison with Bl. John Paul II\nThis lifestyle is not healthy and Morrison gives us a first hand account of why by sharing his story. He also gives homosexuals hope in the One can do anything in Him who strengthens. (Philippians 4:13) Homosexuality is not the be all and end all of life. A homosexual does not have to be a slave to homosexuality. Christ can set you free and Morrison is an example of this.\nI recommend the book to all those seeking to learn more about homosexuality and how God can break the hardships that it brings to homosexuals. It will also inspire readers to live a chaste life and seek God for a better understanding of human sexuality whether homosexual or not. A few years ago, I recommended the book to a Lesbian radio host I met and she is now completely transformed. The book helped her a great deal. There are also other gay friends who are reading the book and are on their way. Pray for them and all homosexuals. God loves them too and has not forgotten them.\nRead this interview with Morrison - http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/learning-to-live-chastely-with-same-sex-attractions\nLabels: Beyond Gay, David Morrison, Gay Activist, gay marriage, gay rights, homosexual, Homosexuality, Homosexuals, LGBT\nJohn Farrell February 24, 2017 at 11:00 PM\nVery odd and self-hating message, one that poor David Morrison has been preaching for twenty five years. While he may have a point that marriage sacramentally enshrines the act of creation, he ignores the joy that gays couples find in mutual comfort and support and in sexual relations as an expression of love and intimacy. In defending his own paucity of emotion and his hatred of self and sex, he attempts to apply his standards of Roman doctrine to all gay couples. And one question: no one I know has ever heard of a former \"gay activist\" named David Morrison. It's about time he published his resume or we'll assume his claim as an obvious and self-serving canard, like so much of what he writes and claims.\nSacerdotus February 26, 2017 at 2:09 PM\nHello John, thanks for your comment. David is not here to defend himself, so may I suggest directing your criticism on him directly to him. Perhaps he may address your concerns. As for your claim about \"the joy that gay couples find..\" do you have evidence to support this? I have many gay friends who say the opposite. They decry how the gay lifestyle is full of infidelity and \"games.\" Gay people rely on apps to find \"love\" but instead are met with hook ups, disease and escorts using the title to mask their intention: prostitution. From what I have read and have been told from gays directly, the gay lifestyle is not one of love and joy. It is one of hedonism, egoism, lookism and licentiousness.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 248, "original_length": 14447, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 261.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.sairapture.com/sai-baba-dream-march-9-2012.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:19:36Z", "digest": "sha1:XYVLHUVJNNGKJ5BIVDKCJMK5FXYZAEN6", "length": 2284, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.sairapture.com", "title": "Sai Baba Dream, March 9, 2012 - Sai Rapture", "raw_content": "Swami was in my dreams this morning (Monday). I remember a stage and Swami taking this man's musical instrument and playing on it. I thought to myself how wonderful to have an instrument that Swami played on! Then He asked two people to play the Three Kings song. They started playing it. But I think they didn't really know it so I and someone else I think one of my brothers started singing the melody of the Three Kings song. Then dream started fading with the song in my ears.\nThree Kings were at the birth of Christ.....could it be that Swami is taking birth now or soon..?\nWouldn't that be magnificent!!!\nA week after this dream I received an email from an old friend who happened to see the dream posted on facebook. She had the following dream:\n\"There was a buzz in the ashram. It was as if everyone was on fire with excitement. Swami was back. He said He had come back to give His devotees darshan and to materialize vibhuti for us. This was very poignant for me, because of the experience I was having in the dream of being very happy to be in India and being able to be with Swami.\"\nAfter Swami passed away, I went through a lot of hard feelings. Our Sadhana group had planned a trip to India in July and I did not want to go. For me, going to India was fruitless if Swami was not there. My husband went on the trip. He really felt he needed to go, but I had no desire and as it turned out, we didn't have the money for all of us to go, so in the end he was the only one who went.\nAgain in this dream, just like the others. I was very free with Swami, going right up to Him as he was walking, talking to him. He told me to tell a friend of mine to come speak with Him because he wanted to give her some vibhuti.\nA few days later, I saw your post about your dream and it confirmed for me what I already knew from my dream. I once heard Phyllis Krystal say at a talk she gave in my region a few months before Swami died, that Swami would not take 8 years in between incarnations this time. She said (and I'm not sure if He told her directly or whether she heard it from some college boys so please forgive me), but the gist of it was that Swami would incarnate immediately.\"\nWho truly knows but perhaps the Divine Mystery that is our Lord Sai may just be in our midst again ~", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 297, "original_length": 9967, "language": "en", "language_score": 1.0, "perplexity": 308.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.samoyedhealthfoundation.org/diseases/keratoconjunctivitis-sicca-kcs-or-dry-eye/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:17:14Z", "digest": "sha1:AADGXIBBX5HPSYBIGF6GJJMUVBJ6CGBO", "length": 7852, "nlines": 42, "source_domain": "www.samoyedhealthfoundation.org", "title": "Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca (KCS) or Dry Eye", "raw_content": "Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca (KCS) or Dry Eye - go to homepage\nKeratoconjunctivitis Sicca (\u201cKCS\u201d) or Dry Eye is an eye disease. Keratoconjunctivitis sicca is a latin term. \u201cKerato\u201d refers to the cornea or clear covering of the eye. \u201cConjunctivae\u201d are the moist pink membranes of the eye socket. \u201cItis\u201d means inflammation. \u201cSicca\u201d means dry. KCS means inflamed, dry cornea and conjunctiva. Generally, it occurs when there is a deficiency in the water portion of the tear film which normally accounts for 95% of the tear volume.\nClick here to show/hide more detail What is KCS or Dry Eye? It is an eye disease. Keratoconjunctivitis sicca is a latin term. \u201cKerato\u201d refers to the cornea or clear covering of the eye. \u201cConjunctivae\u201d are the moist pink membranes of the eye socket. \u201cItis\u201d means inflammation. \u201cSicca\u201d means dry. KCS means inflamed, dry cornea and conjunctiva. Generally, it occurs when there is a deficiency in the water portion of the tear film which normally accounts for 95% of the tear volume.* Without the water, the eye is left with oil and mucus; hence, the gooey yellow eye discharge characteristic of this condition.\nUnderstanding Dry Eye/Why Tears are Good. Tears are important. They do more than just lubricate the eye. Tears flush away irritants and infectious agents and carry nutrients. Because the outer portion of the eye, or the cornea, does not have a blood supply, the antibacterial proteins, salts, sugars and even oxygen necessary to nourish the cornea are supplied through the three-layered \u201ctear film.\u201d\nThe outermost layer of the tear film is an oily layer supplied by glands in the eyelids. This layer helps prevent evaporation of the middle layer. The middle layer is the liquid aqueous layer produced by two lacrimal glands (one gland is above the eye and the other is in the third eyelid or \u201cnictating membrane\u201d). This is the layer that is decreased in \u201cquantitative\u201d KCS. The innermost layer in direct contact with the cornea is a mucous layer produced by glands located in the folds of the eyelid. The mucus layer helps the aqueous layer adhere to the surface of the cornea.\nWithout tears, eyes become dry and irritated and sting constantly. A dog with \u201cdry eye\u201d is uncomfortable almost all the time and much more prone to corneal ulcerations.\n*A deficiency in the water portion of the tear film is referred to as \u201cquantitative\u201d KCS. A deficiency in the mucus and oil portion of the tear film is referred to as \u201cqualitative\u201d KCS. This discussion concerns \u201cquantitative\u201d KCS.\nDogs show their discomfort by rubbing their eyes, squinting and being sensitive to light. Their eyes may become red and inflamed and/or the cornea may appear dull and dry. There is commonly a thick, mucoid (or gooey) discharge in the eye or adhered to the eyelashes and hairs around the eye.\nIn time (if left untreated), the cornea will undergo destructive changes in an effort to protect the eye. These changes result in brown pigmentation, scar tissue growth, ulcer development and blood vessel growth across the eye. Blindness can result.\nBy far, the most common cause appears to be an immune mediated destruction of the tear producing gland tissue. (The cause is unknown, but certain breeds, the Samoyed being one, are predisposed.)\nChronic conjunctivitis (It is recommended that dogs exhibiting chronic recurring conjunctivitis be tested for adequate tear production to determine if they are suffering from early stages of chronic \u201cdry eye.\u201d)\nInfections of the tear glands (e.g., Canine Distemper)\nLoss of nerve impulses because of long-standing ear infections and other nerve disorders\nExposure to sulfa containing antibiotics and the NSAID Etogesic (etodolac)\nAnesthesia (temporary). It is a good idea to ask your veterinarian to lubricate your Sammy\u2019s eyes with ointment prior to surgery.\nRemoval of the nictating membrane (instead of replacement) during surgery for Cherry Eye\nThe mode is unknown.\nThe \u201cSchirmer Tear Test\u201d (STT) is used to measure tear production. A measurement of 15mm or more is normal. A measurement of 11-14mm is borderline. A measurement of less than 10mm is dry. A measurement of less than 5mm is very dry. Fluorescein stain is used to define possible breaks in the corneal surface and the rate of the tear break up. Rose Bengal stain may be used to evaluate the health of the cornea\u2019s epithelium.\nMany dogs with STT measurements of less than 10mm may not show clinical signs of KCS.\nThere are several objectives in treating \u201cdry eye.\u201d These include:\nTear replacement\nReduce bacterial overgrowth\nStimulate natural tear production\nBecause the aqueous layer of the tear film is deficient, tear replacement (artificial tears) is very important but requires an impractical frequency of administration. A breakthrough came with the discovery of cyclosporine topical therapy to control the immune mediated gland destruction (see below).\nArtificial tears alone do not lubricate as well as natural tears, so the addition of a lubricant is recommended.\nThe \u201cdry eye\u201d patient frequently has a buildup of mucus in the folds of the eyelids that is no longer being washed away by tears. This mucus buildup is food for bacterial growth. An antibiotic and acetylcysteine are either added to or in combination therapy with the artificial tear solution to help keep the mucus discharge and bacterial overgrowth under control.\nTopical anti-inflammatory drugs are indicated when the flourescein dye test shows no ulceration. Corticosteroids cannot used when ulcers are present because they delay healing.\nStimulate natural tear production:\nPilocarpine: Patients with nerve loss are treated with pilocarpine. Pilocarpine is a \u201ccholinergic\u201d drug \u2013 it stimulates the lacrimal glands to produce tears, but may have undesirable side effects (diarrhea, drooling, vomiting, drop in heart rate).\nCyclosporine: This is the primary treatment for \u201cdry eye\u201d because of its efficiency at stimulating tear production (dogs with Schirmer tear tests as low as 2mm still have an 80% chance of responding to cyclosporine), the need for fewer applications and the lack of undesirable side effects with long term use.\nCyclosporine is an immunomodulating drug that, when applied as an eye drop or ointment, suppresses the immune destruction that is the most common cause of \u201cdry eye\u201d and restores tear production.\nShering-Plough developed Optimmune\u00ae Ophthalmic Ointment, an eye ointment containing 0.2% cyclosporine.\nTacrolimus: Tacrolimus is one of a group of relatively new drugs called calcineuron inhibitors. These drugs are anti-inflammatory, and immunosuppressive or immunomodulatory. At the present time, tacrolimus is primarily used in the treatment of KCS and immune-mediated dermatologic diseases. Although cyclosporine has been the standard drug used to stimulate tear production, topical tacrolimus is thought to be considerably more effective and as a result may be useful for use in dogs that are unresponsive to cyclosporine.\nParotid Duct Transposition\nThe parotid duct is the salivary gland on either side of the facial cheek. It produces saliva which is carried to the mouth via a duct. This duct can be dissected and moved so to deliver saliva over the eye. Saliva is a reasonable substitute for tears although, in time, some mineral deposits will form on the eye surface and eye drops may be required to control this. The dog\u2019s eyes will water when fed and facial wetting may be undesirable.\nIf the surface of the cornea becomes pigmented and interferes with a dog\u2019s vision, the pigmented surface can sometimes be surgically removed. This procedure is rarely performed unless the primary underlying condition is well controlled to help prevent recurrence.\nwww.eyevet.ca\nwww.marvistavet.com\nwww.eyevetclinic.co.uk\nhttp://www.eyevet.ca/kcs.html\nhttp://www.marvistavet.com/dry-eye.pml\nhttp://www.medi-vet.com/dog-eye-care-s/1831.htm", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 89, "original_length": 9206, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 322.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.sandiegohairrestorationmedicalcenter.com/our-practice/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:04Z", "digest": "sha1:342FNAANJS3DCQBK5QC27IKLWZIMWDQC", "length": 2854, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.sandiegohairrestorationmedicalcenter.com", "title": "Hair Grafts La Jolla", "raw_content": "Founded in 1995, La Jolla Hair Restoration Medical Center continues its tradition of unparalleled excellence, delivering the highest quality surgical care utilizing the most advanced hair transplant methods available today.\nFor us, at La Jolla Hair Restoration Medical Center there is but one truly satisfying definition for a hair transplant: \u201cthe artful application of science.\u201d The physician must be medically qualified as well as artistically talented. This is what separates one transplant surgeon from the other. Our promise is to provide you with a level of artistry uncommon in the hair transplant profession.\nWe are not about the obvious. The true artistry of the transplant is to make it virtually undetectable\u2026 to avoid being obvious. Thankfully, the days of \u201ccorn rows\u201d and \u201cplugs\u201d are long gone. Today, a truly accomplished transplant surgeon, such as Dr. Timothy Carman M.D., can deftly create an undetectable work of art. Talent and experience make the difference, along with an additional component unique to our practice setting: we do not allow compromise to the artistic integrity of each procedure, an event that too often occurs in \u201cassembly line\u201d surgery. Each and every patient deserves the time and care required to make his or her hair transplant as natural as possible. As you will come to understand, the critical difference between hair transplant surgeons is not only their proficiency, but also how they interact with patients. At La Jolla Hair Restoration Medical Center personal attention to detail and the natural development of the doctor-patient relationship are crucial to the ultimate success of the surgical plan.\nPrior to performing any transplant, a thorough final plan must be created. This requires time and attention to detail. This is an indispensable part of the artistry of the process. For us, every patient potentially represents a unique work of art. First we concentrate on the general hair pattern and hair graft type that is most appropriate to the individual\u2019s head, age and hair characteristics. How deep should the zone of feathered scalp line be? How much density is attainable and desired? How should the density be distributed? How many hairs should the multi-haired minigraft have in the various areas of the scalp? Our goal is to roll back the balding process\u2026 to restore your hairline and/or to achieve a fuller look. Hence, every session is carefully planned. Accordingly, the number of sessions required depends upon the final result being sought. At La Jolla Hair Restoration, we perform only one case per day and, consequently, we are able to give the undivided attention of Dr. Reed, Dr. Carman and their experienced staff to each and every patient we treat. As a team, we appreciate and enjoy the responsibility given us in carrying out one of the more satisfying decisions of your life.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 95, "original_length": 4950, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 296.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.sasinia.org/ambigu/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:37:49Z", "digest": "sha1:TTFMRH5MZYDD7W2WPJ3BSHRKYMWIDNFM", "length": 31, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.sasinia.org", "title": "Ambig\u00fa - Sa Sinia", "raw_content": "https://www.sasinia.org/ambigu/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 1406, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.52, "perplexity": 178.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.savivets.org/2018/12/04/how-to-use-your-military-leadership-to-be-effective-in-business/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:31Z", "digest": "sha1:YJKMNHDVAGOWHCICIDMCBVLPFGOQ5HOB", "length": 2772, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.savivets.org", "title": "How to Use Your Military Leadership to be Effective in Business - SAVI", "raw_content": "In many ways, the military prepares its members for service well beyond the parameters of its branches. The leadership skills alone that are pushed upon soldiers are unparalleled in the civilian world. And with a quick Google search, it\u2019s easy to see how these particular skills can specifically translate to the world of big business. Just type in \u201cUS military has more training than CEOs\u201d and you\u2019ll find studies and stories of former military personnel who have gone on to become highly successful in the world of business \u2014 mostly due to their military leadership training.\nYou, as a Veteran, are among this crowd of elite leaders. Here are a few ways in which the military taught you to be a leader in business.\nBe, Know, Do.\nThough the Be-Know-Do method is an Army-specific leadership mantra, this mentality can apply to military training across the board. In the service, you are taught that your subordinates will follow what you do far before they\u2019ll follow what you say. The same rules apply to business. As a leader, if you set the precedent of being late to meetings, talking negatively about company leaders, or dress below standard, the rest of your team will follow suit. If your objective is to motivate, you must first become what you want them to emulate, know the right thing to do, and then do it.\nLead instead of manage.\nThe military is run with a top-down organizational approach, meaning there is one centralized leader who is responsible for all successes and failures of the team. Often, the civilian workplace runs in a bottom-up capacity, which also comes with its pros and cons. Though you aren\u2019t there to revamp the company hierarchy, your top-down experience gave you valuable lessons in leading others that can still translate well on business teams. When tasked with leadership, you\u2019ve been trained to develop your team members both professionally and personally. If one is failing personally it often affects their ability to succeed professionally. When that happens, you take the heat as their leader. Mentoring them to succeed in all aspects of their lives, not just the one at work, is also a true relationship-building technique that will win you trust and respect.\nYour time in service has bred in you a sense of pride and loyalty to your order of business. You were a part of something big, whether fun or not, and you knew where your commitments stood. Use this mindset in the business world. No matter what you do, do it with all your attention. That\u2019s what the military taught you and it will serve you well with your civilian peers.\nIt\u2019s impossible to cover all the ways in which Veteran skills are translatable to the \u201creal\u201d world. Visit SAVI to learn more about how we can help you reach your full potential on the other side.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 541, "original_length": 42768, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 285.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.scan4jobs.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:33Z", "digest": "sha1:IFF7VPRBBAGF7UQAT2ANELJXGEN3G5GQ", "length": 1365, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "www.scan4jobs.com", "title": "George Bernard Shaw's Quotes", "raw_content": "Buddha Good\nGeorge Bernard Shaw's Quotes 116\nThe British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office.\nThe truth is\thardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one...\nThe man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes...\nSuccess does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the...\nDo not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor...\nThere is only one religion\tthough there are a hundred versions of it.\nNo man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always...\nThe trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the...\nThe power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who...\nCapitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self...\nPeace is not only better than war\tbut infinitely more arduous.\nYou'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the...\nPatriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others...\nExcept during the nine months before he draws his first breath\tno man...\nHell is full of musical amateurs.\nWe are the only real aristocracy in the world: the aristocracy of money.\nWhen a man says money can do anything\tthat settles it: he hasn't got any.\nNothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 99, "original_length": 2575, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 297.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.schmidtkramer.com/blog/four-good-reasons-to-apply-for-social-security-disability.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:48Z", "digest": "sha1:5XT6CVOEAETBPJ24ASWGH6S3JWHI2KL7", "length": 1910, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.schmidtkramer.com", "title": "Four Good Reasons to Apply for Social Security Disability | Schmidt Kramer", "raw_content": "Four Good Reasons to Apply for Social Security Disability\nPosted On Behalf of Schmidt Kramer Injury Lawyers on Nov 13, 2012 in Social Security Disability\nSocial Security Disability (SSD) is a financial safety net for workers who are sick or injured and unable to work. In order to apply for SSD, workers must have worked long enough to be eligible, generally five out of the last ten years. They also must expect to be unable to work for the next twelve months.\nThere are four very good reasons to apply for SSD:\nSSD benefits provide income if you are unable to work. Most people do not have private long-term disability policies to augment their income if they are sick or injured and unable to work.\nDependent children may automatically qualify for benefits if your SSD benefit application is approved. This includes children under age 18, full-time high school students under age 20 and disabled children over age 18.\nSSD benefit approval automatically qualifies you for Medicare after a 24-month waiting period. You are not required to take Medicare if you are already covered under another medical plan.\nThe disability freeze goes into effect if you are awarded SSD benefits. This has the effect of freezing your earnings record during your disability. The freeze prevents years of little or no earnings from negatively affecting your future retirement benefit.\nAt Schmidt Kramer, our attorneys regularly help disabled workers obtain the SSD benefits they deserve. It can be difficult to obtain SSD benefits because the process is complicated and the rules make it difficult to qualify. Our lawyers have a great deal of experience with SSD law. We know how to gather evidence to make the best possible case. If you are disabled and the Social Security Administration has denied your SSD benefit application, contact a Harrisburg Social Security Disability lawyer at (888) 476-0807 for a free consultation.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 4373, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 289.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.schweitzer-online.de/buch/Lorenz/Development-Standard-Report-for-Signal-Verification-Public-Adverse-Event-Databases/9783838204321/A19098525/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:58Z", "digest": "sha1:MT3UARLTDTIILAM3ERWXFGGWH76JPZ3S", "length": 2130, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.schweitzer-online.de", "title": "Schriftenreihe Masterstudiengang Consumer Health Care - Development of a Standard Report for Signal Verification on Public Adverse Event Databases. - Denny Lorenz - 9783838204321 - Schweitzer Online", "raw_content": "Development of a Standard Report for Signal Verification on Public Adverse Event Databases.\nDenny Lorenz (Autor)\nIbidem (Verlag)\nPublically available external pharmacovigilance databases, such as the American FDA's Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS) and the VigiBase database of the Uppsala Monitoring Centre (UMC), are currently not obligatorily taken into account by the pharmaceutical product manufacturers regarding potential drug safety signals. The value of this information on adverse events that is revealed in these databases is well acknowledged by product experts. These external data sources are now being evaluated for their suitability to at least support signal verification for signals which have been detected within a pharmaceutical company. The appropriate software tools needed to support the integration of this information into the commonly used statistical methods of signal detection have been developed.\nIn his study, Denny Lorenz evaluates the benefit of the reports that the market leading software 'Empirica Signal' generates for common questions during the signal verification process. The major external databases and statistical methods are described and structurally assessed. Besides the selection of reports, contrary opinions on the hierarchy levels of drug and event on which the statistical scores are calculated, are discussed. The study demonstrates that the decision on these levels and the depths of the external analyses itself is a trade-off between scientific ambitions and the limits of time and money that companies are willing to invest in this endeavor.\nSchriftenreihe Masterstudiengang Consumer Health Care\nmit zahlr. farb. Abb.\nVigiBase\nsignal verification\nEmpirica Signal\nDenny Lorenz, born in 1982, studied business informatics at the Berlin School of Economics (University of Applied Science) from 2002 to 2005 and Consumer Health Care at the Charit\u00e9 Universit\u00e4tsmedizin Berlin from 2009 to 2011. Currently the author is working for the pharmacovigilance department of one of the leading German research-based pharmaceutical companies.\nPharmazeutische Chemie und Technologie", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 250, "original_length": 6995, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 321.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.scienceabc.com/eyeopeners/why-is-the-wreck-of-rms-titanic-disappearing.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:16Z", "digest": "sha1:67XWJR6WTZ7Y4G2BKI5LESVPIUD5HQ2X", "length": 3649, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.scienceabc.com", "title": "What Is Halomonas titanicae? How Is It Affecting The Wreck Of The Titanic?", "raw_content": "Why Is The Wreck Of RMS Titanic Disappearing?\nMahak Jalan 5 months ago\nIn the wee hours of April 15th, 1912, the RMS Titanic, a British passenger liner, met an untimely fate on her maiden voyage. The news made headlines, and is, to date, one of the most talked about maritime disasters, although it is not the worst. The sinking of the German ship Wilhelm Gustloff is the worst tragedy, as it resulted in the death of over 9,000 people. That, however, is a story for another day.\nThe wreck of the Titanic was found in 1985, quite by accident. Researchers have now found that the shipwreck, over 100 years after its ill-fated sinking, is deteriorating rather quickly. In fact, it only has an estimated 20-30 years before it is completely gone\nWhy is the wreck disappearing?\nThe massive wreck lies on the seabed at a depth of almost 4000 meters. With numerous sources reporting cave ins and other forms of damage to the wreck, most people now estimate that the wreck will be gone in about 15-20 years, 30 at most. The main cause behind this is the microorganism Halomonas titanicae. When wrecks reach the seabed, they are colonized by a large number of microbes. It usually starts with one or two species, which establishes a base for the further invasion of other species. This myriad of microbes form an oily layer over the wreck called a biofilm. This actually slows down the corrosion and damage caused by the water and chemicals, as it reduces the direct contact between the surface of the wreck and the water. However, in the case of the Titanic, H. titanicae seems to have a particular liking for iron. This organism is slowly eating away the iron that forms the wreck, thus leading to the deterioration of the ship.\nWreck of the RMS Titanic (Photo Credit : Wikimedia Commons)\nHalomonas titanicae\nThese are gram-negative bacillus that were discovered in 2010. The strain was isolated from rusticles obtained from the wreck of the Titanic, which explains the name. These microbes are halophiles, meaning that they like environments with high salt concentration, and metal is their main source of energy. They have a strong preference for iron, and they derive their energy from iron rust, which is the main reason for their effect on the Titanic. The microbe is motile, due to the presence of a flagella. They are usually colorless or have a yellowish tint. H. titanicae are non-endospore-forming microbes and are also known as \u201csteel-munching bacteria\u201d.\nThe depths of the ocean usually make it hard for most microbes to survive, due to the high salt concentrations. However, H. titanicae have their own mechanism to work through that. These microbes pose a threat not just to the wreck of the Titanic, but also to other metallic structures in the oceans, such as oil rigs or pillars. Due to their harsh favorable conditions, it\u2019s not that easy to culture and study them in the lab. However, studying them will shed some light on how the damage they cause can be minimized. While it may not be possible to prevent the Titanic\u2019s eventual disappearance, it can be used to protect other structures.\nRusticles on the Titanic from which H. titanicea was isolated (Photo Credit : Flickr)\nHowever, these microbes aren\u2019t always the bad guys. They could be used to recycle metal from other wrecks and structures, when required, if we manage to harness their metal-corroding property. Preservation of the wreck of the Titanic would be incredibly expensive, and may be impossible. However, it will continue to live on in the minds of countless people even after the ruins are no longer there.\nThe short URL of the present article is: http://sciabc.us/ZvWKV", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 87, "original_length": 6181, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 184.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.scientology.org/scientology-today/events/ias-event-2018.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:57Z", "digest": "sha1:DCPJEGISFNS6ACDETJUNSRJDM3W6CZZB", "length": 20234, "nlines": 65, "source_domain": "www.scientology.org", "title": "Astonishing Accomplishments: Humanitarian Success Celebrated for Magnificent IAS Weekend", "raw_content": "Scientologists from around the world gather inside the giant marquee Friday, October 5, to mark the evening\u2019s epic event\u2014the first of three nights of festivities toasting the humanitarian help and accomplishments supported by the International Association of Scientologists (IAS).\nA standing ovation greets Mr. David Miscavige, Chairman of the Board Religious Technology Center, as he prepares to host the first of three days and nights celebrating the IAS.\n\u201cAs is traditional, tonight\u2019s the night we traverse 24,000 miles of IAS country and thereby track every vector of planetary salvage,\u201d begins Mr. David Miscavige, the ecclesiastical leader of the Scientology religion: \u201cOur pledge to rid this world of drug abuse, our human rights mandate, the same again for morality as promulgated by the 21 precepts of The Way to Happiness and the tools of Scientology itself as delivered by our Volunteer Ministers. In other words, trace any compass direction to the ends of Earth and there stands the IAS for the dignity of Man.\u201d\nMr. Miscavige presides over the annual gathering at Saint Hill in honor of the IAS legacy\u2014a legacy with the enduring purpose: \u201cTo unite, advance, support and protect the Scientology religion and Scientologists in all parts of the world so as to achieve the Aims of Scientology as originated by L. Ron Hubbard.\u201d\nThe night continues on an upward trajectory, soaring over a landscape filled with humanitarian accomplishment over the past 12 months and courtesy of the legendary IAS-sponsored initiatives.\nDEFENDING PARENTAL RIGHTS IN DETROIT The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), in partnership with Civil Rights Attorney Allison Folmar, fought injustice on behalf of parents\u2019 rights, taking on 29 cases and winning all of them.\nCUTTING CHILD DRUGGING ACROSS THE ITALIAN BOOT In Italy, CCHR\u2019s fight against a screening drive aimed at spiking child mental illness diagnoses resulted in a Supreme Court mandate declaring that no child may be screened without parental consent.\nPROTECTING MISDIAGNOSED UKRAINIAN YOUTH In the Ukraine, CCHR exposed and changed the law against falsely labeling youth as \u201clegally incompetent,\u201d restoring both their freedom and their human rights.\nFIGHTING FOR A FAIR AND FREE WORLD United for Human Rights held rallies and events in locations worldwide, including Mexico, The Gambia, India, Taiwan, Washington, D.C. and at the UN Headquarters in New York City\u2014representing a global movement dedicated to building \u201ca fair and free world.\u201d\nSCORING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN COSTA RICA In Costa Rica, the Youth for Human Rights booklet became an official publication of the country\u2019s World Cup soccer team, spawning a movement through all 82 districts and reaching 2 million people.\nEMPOWERING THE PRECEPTS FOR NEPAL The Way to Happiness Nepal empowered over 100,000 students with the 21 precepts, effecting a significant drop in school bullying and resulting in a governmental partnership with the nation\u2019s schools.\nMAKING MUSIC FOR A DRUG-FREE MALAYSIA Drug-Free World Malaysia toured under a Punk Rock anthem, \u201cDo Music, Not Drugs,\u201d and replayed to thousands of local students and 1.2 million citizens, altogether inspiring a plunge in drug-related crime.\nA GLOBAL TOUR FOR A DRUG-FREE EARTH Drug-Free World events throughout the African continent distributed nearly 140,000 booklets; pledge drives amassed 50,000 signatures in Colombia; teams blanketed Super Bowl 52 in Minnesota, USA, with 230,000 booklets; and at the FIFA World Cup volunteers spread over half a million booklets across Russia\u2014some 15 million The Truth About Drugs booklets were distributed in the past year.\nVOLUNTEER MINISTER AID\u2014NO MATTER WHAT The Scientology Volunteer Ministers aided in disasters around the world, including at earthquakes in Taiwan, monsoons in Nepal, typhoons in Japan and fires in Greece as well as across California.\nPOWERING UP PUERTO RICO In Puerto Rico, after the deadly hurricane Maria hit the island dead-on, Volunteer Ministers arrived immediately to deliver more than 150,000 vital supplies and subsequently drove a \u201cdo-it-yourself\u201d solar power movement that lit up some 300,000 homes.\nIMMEDIATE RELIEF IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC After a 7.5-magnitude earthquake rocked Papua New Guinea, Volunteer Ministers flew a search and recovery program dropping five tons of food and supplies, aiding 18,000 islanders at 19 rescue centers.\nANSWERING THE CALL IN SOUTH AMERICA\u2019S RING OF FIRE In the wake of Guatemala\u2019s \u201cMother of Volcanoes\u201d erupting, Volunteer Ministers distributed more than 10 tons of clothing, food, hygiene kits and medical supplies to its base, constructed nearly 200 houses and trained local disaster personnel to restore their region.\nVOLUNTEER MINISTERS GOING THE DISTANCE In the past year alone, Scientology Volunteer Ministers traveled 640,000 miles to bring succor to over 5 million people hit by natural and man-made disasters.\nUnderscoring the evening\u2019s theme of relentless devotion toward the achievement of peace, education, decency, social justice and a drug-free and crime-free existence across the planet, the 2018 IAS Freedom Medal Winners stood tall. Each provided a stellar example of unflinching commitment to humanity.\nExecutive Director of CCHR Texas, Lee Spiller, ran an unending drive to stop psychiatric abuse across the state\u2019s mental health system. He ultimately saw to the closing of 172 criminal mental health facilities and the passage of 43 legislative actions protecting individuals\u2014all in the name of upholding human rights. \u201cI myself interviewed shock treatment survivors. And yes, their lives were ruined. Since that time, it has not been a question of doing anything else. Something is wrong, we need to fix it and for the last 21 years, that\u2019s what my life has been about!\u201d\nFilipino native Jorge Perez de Tagle introduced the Davao Police Chief to the 21 precepts of The Way to Happiness. He continued on, bringing his moral message to thousands of local police officers as well as the nation\u2019s military. All told, de Tagle engendered a movement reaching millions throughout his nation, helping achieve a 38 percent drop in crime in the Philippines. \u201cTonight is a lifelong honor. This is an honor for the Filipino people, The Way to Happiness volunteers, for the indomitable human spirit and the technology of L. Ron Hubbard!\u201d\nTwin brothers Dan and Ari Agami worked to change an alarming national drop-out rate by introducing L. Ron Hubbard\u2019s Study Technology into Mexican schools. Altogether, Dan and Ari trained 33,000 individuals, empowered 60,000 teachers and permanently paved the path to new futures for over 1.6 million students. \u201cOnce upon a time there was a pair of twins and they had a dream\u2014to change the world together. We were just kids back then, but dreams do come true and we did it!\u201d\nThe first night of a weekend-long f\u00eate that commemorated and celebrated the IAS and its evergreen expansion.\nMr. Miscavige at Friday evening\u2019s pulsating event had Scientologists and guests from 65 nations cheering in jubilation.\nCHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY STUTTGART The September grand opening of the stunning Church of Scientology in Stuttgart, Germany, was highlighted during the night\u2019s moving presentation.\nMr. Miscavige, Chairman of the Board Religious Technology Center, leads the celebration of the unrivaled successes of the past 12 months with diverse stories, film presentations and honored guests.\nA night packed full with purpose and passion hits maximum volume as Mr. Miscavige previews the Scientology Network\u2019s bold new chapter with the announcement of the Fall Season premiere, Monday, October 8.\nSCIENTOLOGY NETWORK FALL SEASON Dozens of new episodes will showcase every aspect of the world\u2019s youngest major religion and its global humanitarian mission over the coming months. In fact, since launch on March 12, 2018, the Scientology Network has been viewed across 237 countries and territories worldwide in 17 languages.\nThe standing ovations keep coming as Mr. Miscavige underlines each success, with thousands of Scientologists rising to their feet again and again.\nWE ARE THE IAS. Attendees from six continents descended upon Saint Hill Manor for the weekend gala, celebrating their united purpose. Following the event, one attendee declared: \u201cTonight was fabulous, informative, energizing and enlightening!\u201d\n\u201cWe are experiencing such massive expansion you really get the message that \u2018something can be done about it,\u2019\u201d said one Scientologist attending Friday night\u2019s event.\nAnother Scientologist encapsulated the evening\u2019s spirit when they said: \u201cWhat came through was this strong, compelling appeal to the individual to make his or her mark on history. And we not only have the tools, but the team and the support to do so.\u201d\nBLACK TIES AND BRIGHT SMILES. The spirit of the first night\u2019s festivities rolls right on over into Saturday evening as the grand marquee transforms into the annual IAS Patrons Ball. The traditional black-tie dinner and entertainment gala recognizes ever-expanding numbers of members supporting the year\u2019s humanitarian triumphs as revelers fill the dance floor into the evening.\nAN OCCASION TO CELEBRATE. The weekend concludes with the annual IAS Charity Concert, a joyous musical event that welcomes some 1,500 local residents. The concert features TV and recording stars, internationally known performers and various music genres from swing to jazz.\nCHEERS FOR CHARITY. The night of dance and celebration sees the true superstars of the evening, five local charities, receiving donations to strengthen their community activities in keeping with the tradition first instilled by L. Ron Hubbard, here at his home.\nThe 34th annual celebration of the International Association of Scientologists (IAS) fits a year of historic heights into three days of delight in Southern England.\nThe town of East Grinstead appears as if from a storybook, a medieval marketplace in the northeast corner of West Sussex\u2014south of London, north of Brighton, lush with farmland, trees and botanical gardens. It is after all a town whose name means \u201cgreen place,\u201d and borders a nationally recognized Area of Natural Beauty (AONB) that includes the Ashdown Forest of ancient lore.\nThe destination is off the beaten path, just enough to be blissfully tranquil, but still within hopping distance of Piccadilly Circus. So it was a train of lights flowed through the twisting country roads and arrived at the grand gates, pouring forth wave upon wave of attendees, their anticipation abounding.\nThis is Saint Hill Manor, home of Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard, and once again center stage for the annual gathering of the International Association of Scientologists. The weekend-long gala is an opportunity for parishioners from all corners of England and more than 65 nations the world over to celebrate humanitarian purpose and accomplishment. And as the crunch of stone and gravel below boots and high heels echoed down the drive, dusk turned to night and an evening of wonder was now poised to begin.\n\u201cAs is traditional, tonight\u2019s the night we traverse 24,000 miles of our IAS country and thereby track every vector of planetary salvage,\u201d began Mr. David Miscavige, the ecclesiastical leader of the Scientology religion. \u201cOur bid to rid this world of drug abuse, our human rights mandate, and the same again for morality as promulgated by the 21 precepts of The Way to Happiness. The point being, do you honestly believe that history must always rhyme with misery? And that conflict and injustice are inevitable? Well, L. Ron Hubbard never thought so and nor does the IAS.\u201d\nIndeed, the IAS began in 1984, and was founded at Saint Hill to unite, advance, support and protect Scientologists and the Scientology religion so as to achieve the Aims of Scientology. In honor of that tradition, this year Mr. Miscavige outlined a year of outstanding successes powered by an irrepressible force where all advances are aligned toward humanitarian salvage and expansion.\nChief among those successes was the historic grand opening of a stunning new Church of Scientology in Stuttgart, Germany. At the beginning of September, a ribbon fell on the 78,000-square-foot facility in the center of the industrial capital. Attendees of Friday evening\u2019s anniversary celebration in East Grinstead were presented highlights of the dedication ceremony, featuring captivating speeches of dignitaries honoring the occasion as monumental for the past, present and future of not only Germany but all of Europe.\nThe night continued on an upward trajectory, soaring over a landscape filled with humanitarian accomplishment over the past 12 months and courtesy of the legendary IAS-sponsored initiatives. All began with life-saving efforts to eradicate abuses in the field of mental health through the Citizens Commission on Human Rights.\nMiraculous accounts of help, support and human brotherhood, further showcased Foundation for a Drug-Free World, and its never-ending drive to deliver The Truth About Drugs; United for Human Rights, championing the fact that all men, women and children are protected by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; The Way to Happiness, the worldwide phenomenon containing the non-religious moral code written by L. Ron Hubbard restoring basic decency and trust in Mankind; and the unrelenting wave of Scientology Volunteer Minister support providing assistance at 19 different calamitous locations in the past year.\nEach campaign achieved unequaled levels of accomplishment, reaching new locations and assisting thousands of people worldwide. Mr. Miscavige\u2019s detailed review of the past 12 months included:\nUnited for Human Rights staging rallies and events in locations worldwide, including Mexico, The Gambia, India, Taiwan, Washington, D.C. and at the UN Headquarters in New York City\u2014representing a global movement dedicated to building \u201ca fair and free world.\u201d\nIn Costa Rica, where the Youth for Human Rights booklet became an official publication of the country\u2019s World Cup soccer team, spawning a movement through all 82 districts, reaching 2 million people in totality.\nThe Way to Happiness Nepal empowering over 100,000 students with the 21 precepts, effecting a significant drop in school bullying and resulting in a governmental partnership with the nation\u2019s schools.\nDrug-Free World Malaysia touring under a Punk Rock anthem, \u201cDo Music, Not Drugs,\u201d and replaying to thousands of local students and 1.2 million citizens, altogether inspiring a plunge in drug-related crime.\nDrug-Free World marches and events in South Africa and across the continent distributing nearly 140,000 The Truth About Drugs booklets; drug-free pledge drives amassing 50,000 signatures in Colombia; Drug-Free World teams blanketing Super Bowl 52 in Minnesota, USA, with 230,000 booklets; and at the FIFA World Cup in Russia spreading over half a million booklets from the Black Sea to the Red Square; altogether disseminating more than 15 million The Truth About Drugs booklets across 19 time zones of Earth in the past year.\nThe Scientology Volunteer Ministers (VMs) aiding in disasters around the world, including at earthquakes in Taiwan, monsoons in Nepal, typhoons in Japan and fires in Greece as well as across California.\nIn Puerto Rico, after the deadly Hurricane Maria hit the island dead-on, Volunteer Ministers arrived immediately to deliver more than 150,000 vital supplies and subsequently drove a \u201cdo-it-yourself\u201d solar power movement to light up some 300,000 homes.\nAfter a 7.5-magnitude earthquake rocked Papua New Guinea, Volunteer Ministers flew a search and recovery program dropping five tons of food and supplies, aiding 18,000 islanders at 19 rescue centers.\nAnd in the wake of Guatemala\u2019s \u201cMother of Volcanoes\u201d erupting, Volunteer Ministers distributed more than 10 tons of clothing, food, hygiene kits and medical supplies to its base, constructed nearly 200 houses and trained local disaster personnel to restore their region.\nIn total, Scientology Volunteer Ministers traveled 640,000 miles to bring succor to over 5 million people hit by natural and man-made disasters.\nThis year\u2019s recipients of the three IAS Freedom Medals stood tall, underscoring the evening\u2019s theme of relentless devotion toward the achievement of peace, education, decency, social justice and a drug-free and crime-free existence across the planet. Mr. Miscavige introduced each one individually, and a special video presentation punctuated their unflinching commitment to humanity:\nIn Austin, Freedom Medal recipient and Executive Director of CCHR Texas, Lee Spiller, ran an unending drive to stop psychiatric abuse within the state\u2019s mental health system. Lee zeroed in on multiple incidents of torture and inhumane treatment of foster children and seniors, subsequently exposing a grand scheme of handouts to line doctors\u2019 pockets. He ultimately saw to the closing of 172 criminal mental health facilities and the passage of 43 legislative actions protecting individuals\u2014all in the name of upholding human rights.\nIn the Philippines, Jorge Perez de Tagle introduced the Davao Police Chief to the 21 precepts of The Way to Happiness and then ran a pilot program with police officers knocking on doors and giving the booklet to suspected drug dealers, inspiring a significant drop in murders. Jorge subsequently took the program to Manila and personally taught the precepts to thousands more police officers. After which, he continued on to bring his moral education message to the National Military. All told, de Tagle engendered a movement reaching millions throughout his nation and helping achieve a 38 percent drop in crime in the Philippines.\nAnd in Mexico, where twin brothers Dan and Ari Agami worked to change an alarming national drop-out rate by introducing L. Ron Hubbard\u2019s Study Technology into local schools. The immediate impact saw teachers trained in 600 schools\u2014with one Mexican state surging to the top of National Education Rankings. They channeled their momentum into the production of 21 educational films for students across 17 nations. Altogether, Dan and Ari trained 33,000 individuals, empowered 60,000 teachers and permanently paved the path to new futures for over 1.6 million students.\nAt which point, a night packed full with purpose and passion hit maximum volume as Mr. Miscavige previewed the Scientology Network\u2019s bold new chapter with the announcement of the Fall Season premiere, Monday, October 8. Dozens of new episodes will showcase every aspect of the world\u2019s youngest major religion and its global humanitarian mission over the coming months. In fact, since launch on March 12, 2018, the Scientology Network has been viewed across 237 countries and territories worldwide in 17 languages.\nThe spirit of the first night\u2019s festivities rolled right on over into Saturday evening as the grand marquee transformed into the annual IAS Patrons Ball. The traditional black-tie dinner and entertainment gala recognized ever-expanding numbers of members supporting the year\u2019s humanitarian triumphs as revelers filled the dance floor into the evening.\nThe weekend concluded with the annual Charity Concert, a joyous musical event welcoming some 1,500 local residents. The concert featured TV and recording stars, internationally known performers and various music genres from swing to jazz. But the true superstars of the evening were the five local charities awarded donations to strengthen their local activities, in keeping with the tradition first instilled by L. Ron Hubbard, here at his home.\nThe IAS, the official membership organization of Scientology, open to all Scientologists from every nation, was formed in 1984. The purpose of the IAS is to unite, advance, support and protect the Scientology religion and Scientologists in all parts of the world so as to achieve the Aims of Scientology as originated by L. Ron Hubbard: \u201cA civilization without insanity, without criminals and without war, where the able can prosper and honest beings can have rights, and where Man is free to rise to greater heights.\u201d\nDavid Miscavige Saint Hill IAS International Association of Scientologists International Event\nInternational Association of Scientologists Marks Year of Incomparable Global Impact", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 282, "original_length": 28173, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 308.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.scmp.com/culture/film-tv/article/2132262/hong-kong-film-awards-nominations-2018-ann-huis-our-time-will-come", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:24:24Z", "digest": "sha1:FGPXNVQLVGQE5PWF442ZTQSP6UFITCVW", "length": 4312, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "www.scmp.com", "title": "Hong Kong Film Awards nominations 2018: Ann Hui\u2019s Our Time Will Come leads race with 11 nods | South China Morning Post", "raw_content": "Hong Kong Film Awards nominations 2018: Ann Hui\u2019s Our Time Will Come leads race with 11 nods\nVeteran director Ann Hui\u2019s wartime drama Our Time Will Come picked up 11 nominations, including best picture, while Love Education and Paradox were nominated for nine awards each\nLouis Koo receives best actor nomination at the Asian Film Awards\nAfter two consecutive years in which the eventual best picture winners were prohibited from being mentioned in Chinese media, the Hong Kong Film Awards has found a considerable sense of restored order as it announced the nominations for its 37th ceremony on Tuesday.\nWhy so sensitive? A closer look at Trivisa, the Hong Kong Film Awards best picture banned in China \u2013 just like Ten Years\nAmong the five best picture nominees \u2013 all of which are directed by veteran filmmakers, unlike last year \u2013 Ann Hui On-wah\u2019s Our Time Will Come leads the race with 11 nominations. The wartime drama was named the best local film of 2017 by the Hong Kong Film Critics Society in January, after topping a list compiled by the Post in December, which ranked every major Hong Kong film released in 2017.\nStill, observers of China\u2019s censorship patterns should keep an eye on the best supporting actress category: it will be interesting to see if Deanie Ip Tak-han (Our Time Will Come) \u2013 a pro-democracy singer-actress who was rumoured to be a factor behind her film losing the Shanghai film festival opening slot last year \u2013 will be hidden from the Chinese broadcast of the awards, the way best picture winners Trivisa and Ten Years did in previous years.\nRanking every Hong Kong film released in 2017, from worst to best\nNine nominations, respectively, went to Sylvia Chang Ai-chia\u2019s multigenerational relationship drama Love Education and Wilson Yip Wai-shun\u2019s brutal action thriller Paradox , which earned Louis Koo Tin-lok his third best actor nod at the awards, having also been nominated in 2009 for Run Papa Run and 2014 for The White Storm.\nThe award winners will be announced on Sunday April 15 at a ceremony at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui.\nThe full list of nominations is as follows:\nShock Wave, Our Time Will Come, Love Education, Chasing the Dragon, Paradox\nKearen Pang (29+1), Herman Yau (Shock Wave), Ann Hui (Our Time Will Come), Sylvia Chang (Love Education), Wilson Yip (Paradox)\n29+1, Our Time Will Come, Love Off the Cuff, Love Education, Somewhere Beyond the Mist\nRonald Cheng (Concerto of the Bully), Andy Lau (Shock Wave), Tian Zhuangzhuang (Love Education), Louis Koo (Paradox), Ling Man-lung (Tomorrow Is Another Day)\nChrissie Chau (29+1), Zhou Xun (Our Time Will Come), Stephy Tang (The Empty Hands), Sylvia Chang (Love Education), Teresa Mo (Tomorrow Is Another Day)\nPhilip Keung (Concerto of the Bully), Philip Keung (Shock Wave), Yasuaki Kurata (The Empty Hands), Paul Chun (Love Off the Cuff), Lam Ka-tung (Paradox), Yasuaki Kurata (God of War)\nJoyce Cheng (29+1), Deanie Ip (Our Time Will Come), Wu Yanshu (Love Education), Susan Shaw (Vampire Cleanup Department), Baby Bo (Somewhere Beyond the Mist)\nLarine Tang (The Yuppie Fantasia 3), Stephanie Au (Love Off the Cuff), Hanna Chan (Paradox), Ling Man-lung (Tomorrow Is Another Day), Rachel Leung (Somewhere Beyond the Mist)\nOur Time Will Come, The Empty Hands, Love Education, Chasing the Dragon, Paradox\nIn Your Dreams, Shock Wave, Our Time Will Come, Chasing the Dragon, Paradox\nJourney to the West: The Demons Strike Back, Our Time Will Come, The Empty Hands, Wukong, Chasing the Dragon\nBest costume and make-up design\nJourney to the West: The Demons Strike Back, Our Time Will Come, Wukong, Chasing the Dragon, This Is Not What I Expected\nThe Brink, The Thousand Faces of Dunjia, Wukong, Chasing the Dragon, Paradox\n29+1, Concerto of the Bully, Our Time Will Come, The Empty Hands, Love Education\n29+1, Concerto of the Bully, Love Education, Vampire Cleanup Department, This Is Not What I Expected\nJourney to the West: The Demons Strike Back, Shock Wave, Our Time Will Come, Wukong, Paradox\nJourney to the West: The Demons Strike Back, The Thousand Faces of Dunjia, Shock Wave, The Founding of an Army, Wukong\n29+1, The Brink, The Empty Hands, This Is Not What I Expected, Tomorrow Is Another Day\nThe Great Buddha+, The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful, Youth, Duckweed, Wolf Warrior 2", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 448, "original_length": 11459, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 320.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/books/article/1768435/book-review-fine-romance-candice-bergen-love-all-its-aspects", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:30:04Z", "digest": "sha1:CYFOZIQ4ZREIV62RPT45DBVOEWFQWWM6", "length": 2069, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.scmp.com", "title": "Book review: A Fine Romance by Candice Bergen - love in all its aspects | South China Morning Post", "raw_content": "Book review: A Fine Romance by Candice Bergen - love in all its aspects\nPUBLISHED : Saturday, 18 April, 2015, 10:38pm\nby Candice Bergen\nIn her new memoir, Candice Bergen shares intimate details surrounding the loves of her life. A Fine Romance describes her marriage to an effervescent French director, depicts a deep bond with her daughter, provides an intricate look into the talented cast of her TV show, Murphy Brown, and concludes by celebrating a new chapter with a new man in New York.\nHailing from Hollywood, Bergen is well-equipped to manoeuvre the sometimes treacherous waters of celebrity life. Her fortunate upbringing enables her to adapt to the jet-setting ways of renowned director Louis Malle. While he is immersed in all aspects of the film world, Bergen focuses on being the best wife, homemaker and stepmother she can be. It's obvious she adores Malle.\nBergen's perspective changes after her daughter, Chloe, is born. Chloe travels to Los Angeles, New York and France as Bergen juggles motherhood and a hectic television career as a 1980s icon in fabulous shoulder pads. Unfortunately, she feels like a single mum as Malle spends most of his time working in Europe. It's no wonder Chloe later shines as Bergen's light after Malle loses his battle with cancer. Bergen's story embraces the good and the bad in her 15-year marriage, but the loss of her husband is devastating.\nBergen submerges herself in family life, movie roles and watching Chloe blossom into a beautiful young woman.\nShe even finds love again with real estate magnate Marshall Rose. Her life soon revolves around rescue animals, planning Chloe's wedding and fending off those stubborn extra pounds.\nA Fine Romance is full of heart. Even though Bergen is surrounded by celebrity friends at the turn of every page, it's evident she is about as down-to-earth as they come. There is an honesty in her writing that is both refreshing and encouraging.\nAt the end of the day, she's the one who will laugh with you, cry with you and punch someone in the throat for you should the need arise.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 387, "original_length": 8135, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 321.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.searchtruth.com/hijri/hijriCalendar.php?year=2057&idHijri=VGh1cnNkYXlATWFyY2ggMTUsICAyMDU3QFJhbWFkYW4gMTAsIDE0Nzk=", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:45Z", "digest": "sha1:UESHCROYP67DRSK6VLLMEGQWXO3SRD3Q", "length": 44, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.searchtruth.com", "title": "Thursday, March 15, 2057 is Ramadan 10, 1479 - Hijri Islamic Calendar 2057 - 1479 \u0627\u0644\u062a\u0642\u0648\u064a\u0645 \u0627\u0644\u0647\u062c\u0631\u064a \u0648\u0627\u0644\u0645\u064a\u0644\u0627\u062f\u064a st", "raw_content": "Thursday, March 15, 2057 is Ramadan 10, 1479", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 1189, "original_length": 19745, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 235.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.seattlespermbank.com/the-emotional-side-of-using-a-sperm-donor-to-conceive/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:38Z", "digest": "sha1:C2ZTBHH7YD6PNLPF6GHOBIJVC4DPF66V", "length": 4584, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "www.seattlespermbank.com", "title": "The Emotional Side Of Using A Sperm Donor To Conceive", "raw_content": "The Emotional Side Of Using A Sperm Donor To Conceive\nUsing a sperm donor to have a child is an effective and affordable option for many women and couples. But it\u2019s important to recognize that this process may bring up complex emotional issues for you and your partner. These issues can range from disappointment over not being able to conceive on your own to concerns about what to tell friends and family.\nPerhaps the biggest concern is how and when \u2013 or whether \u2013 to tell your child when he or she begins asking questions about their origins. These are all reasonable and normal concerns worthy of serious consideration. After all, this is a major life decision. It\u2019s also a highly personal one.\nThe best time to talk about these feelings is before starting the insemination process. We strongly advise our clients to discuss any issues with their partners, a professional counselor, or other trusted advisor. This blog post is designed to help you start that important conversation.\nExamining your feelings about donor conception\nIf you have a spouse or partner, the best first step is to honestly discuss your feelings and concerns about using a sperm donor. Possible questions to ask include:\nAre you both completely comfortable with the decision?\nIf you are heterosexual, are you in denial or grieving the fact that you can\u2019t conceive together biologically? If one of you is infertile, have you fully discussed how that makes you feel? Is it a source of tension between you?\nHow comfortable are you discussing your choice of conception with friends and family?\nIf you\u2019re male, are you comfortable and willing to raise a child that you aren\u2019t genetically related to?\nOnce you answer these, there is one more critical question to ask: Do we tell the child?\nExplaining to your child that they were donor conceived\nThere are two common reasons people tell their child the truth about their conception. The first concerns the importance of open and honest communication between parents and children. Secrets can strain family relationships and cause serious harm if the child accidentally finds out later in life. And as is often the case with secrets, it\u2019s rare for them to stay secret forever. That\u2019s why so many counselors and child psychologists advise parents to tell children as early in life as possible in order to avoid feelings of betrayal or confusion when they are older and asking normal questions about their background.\nThe second most commonly cited reason in support of disclosure is the child\u2019s right to know their biological origins. This may be for health reasons, such as wanting to know about genetic dispositions to certain diseases, or simply to satisfy the human desire to know where we came from.\nHow to explain the choice you made\nYou can explain that your child\u2019s donor (often a better word choice than father or dad, which can be confusing in this context) was selected with great care. You may mention that they picked a donor with special traits \u2013 intelligence, sensitivity, talent, a great sense of humor, etc. \u2013 and that that is exactly what you got in your child! This may help you explain to your child why you picked the particular donor you did.\nAll children have their own unique characteristics of course. So it\u2019s important to remember that regardless of donor choice, the main influence on the child\u2019s life will be you, your spouse or partner, and the larger network of family and friend surrounding you. Nature certainly matters, but so does nurture. The child may have some of the personality traits of the donor, but ultimately you will be the greatest influence on their growth and development. And in that way, there\u2019s no wrong choice of donor. They will be your child. No matter how the child was conceived, they must know that they are wanted and loved.\nThe benefits of open identity donors\nWhether or not to tell your child about their origins is a personal question that must be addressed by each parent. However, for those who are certain they will disclose this fact to their child in the future, an open identity donor is a better option than the anonymous donor route.\nAn open identity donor refers to a donor who has contractually agreed to at least one form of contact with any donation-born offspring once the child turns 18. This makes it easier for prospective children to contact their donors at the appropriate time should they wish to do so. And only the child can initiate the contact, not the donor. Seattle Sperm Bank specializes in working with open identity donors, and we are happy to answer any questions you have.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 114, "original_length": 6577, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 316.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.secureidnews.com/news-item/canada-ramping-up-biometric-security-programs/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:39Z", "digest": "sha1:SPKOX264VGKDSYFQYINQHZCXBHX32RQ7", "length": 1755, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.secureidnews.com", "title": "Canada ramping up biometric security programs - SecureIDNews", "raw_content": "Canada ramping up biometric security programs\nCitizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has announced its plans to implement mandatory digital fingerprint collection from foreigners applying for temporary citizenship, work visas and student visas, according to a University World News article.\nThe program for Canada is nothing new to various other world governments. The U.S. has had a similar program for five years as well as France, the UK, Australia and New Zealand all either have a system in place or in planning.\nThe news came on the heels of the Canadian Bureau for International Education annual conference where university professionals were already tackling a problem of getting more international students at their schools. Many officials from various universities have expressed worry about the new biometric program in that it will further hinder their ability to get new international students in their schools.\nFurther, they cited worries surrounding the logistics of the program that, in its current plan, would require those seeking visas to submit fingerprint data with their application not upon entry. The overarching worry here is that many students would not be able to obtain digital fingerprints to submit due to availability in their country.\nDespite these worries, CIC asserts that other countries who have implemented similar programs have not seen significant drops in international student enrollment. Additionally, they push that such a system is necessary to ramp Canada\u2019s national security and safety up and better protect those in Canada from identity fraud.\nConcerns mount over new Canadian bi... Canada announces new biometric immi... Concerns over UK biometric visa pro...\nTags: Border Control / ePassport, Fingerprint", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 81, "original_length": 2932, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 335.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.seeingspots.co.uk/2016/11/the-joy-of-pan.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:44Z", "digest": "sha1:QGXFL3D6MKV6TURLTWJ6O5XR3POJGIQK", "length": 2005, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.seeingspots.co.uk", "title": "The Joy of Pan - Seeing Spots", "raw_content": "I finally picked up the courage to start my YouTube channel by joining the panning community. This year I set myself the goal of panning 16 specific products but as the year as gone on, i've lost a little bit of focus and I don't even know which of those products I'm still working on.\nHowever I know I have used / decluttered more than 16 items of make up this year and as I've switched my focus to trying different open products every couple of week and find out what I like. Making sure I get rid of things I'm really not like. Not forcing myself to use things up If I really hate them.\nSaying all this I still get a little spark of joy when I hit pan on things. Before trying to pan products I don't think I ever really got to the end of a product but now I am getting through products and it's a great feeling.\nOver the last month I hit Pan one two products I wasn't trying to use up, I'm just using because I've bought them.\nThe first it the L'Oreal BB Powder. I don't love this product but I keep reaching for it and it was such a good feeling to see the initial tiny glimmer of pan. I've now used more than the photo shows with all the centre square being clear.\nI don't think I'd buy this again but it does the job well but I don't really know what it is about this that I don't like. I guess there is nothing really but I can never say it's a favourite.\nWith the powered I knew it was only a matter of time before I hit pan as you could see the shadow of pan (that's what I call it but it's the metal ridge in the pan you can just see in the picture)\nWith the Tanya Burr pallet I was shocked when I hit pan, I really didn't see it coming and It made me wonder If I could try and pan the whole thing in 2017.\nI adore this pallet which is called fairy tale. Three matte shades and one shimmer, it works really well for work looks and I also use it for nights out. The only colour I don't use is the black but I'm sure with practice I could try and use it. (note to self - Do a YT search for ideas)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 144, "original_length": 4500, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 285.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.sentara.com/charlottesville-virginia/findadoctor/healthcare-provider/nikpey-pari-4508.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:33Z", "digest": "sha1:D2WIOKW4IFLV6HVFKUJL3KUR4ILEC6QX", "length": 367, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.sentara.com", "title": "Pari Nikpey, M.D. | Sentara Healthcare", "raw_content": "Pari Nikpey, M.D.\nBack Pain, Botox, Epilepsy, Migraines, Neck Pain, Parkinson's Disease\nInternship: U of PA Health System-Presbyterian Med Ctr (January 01, 1993 - January 01, 1994)\nResidency: MCV (Medical College of Virginia) Hospitals (January 01, 1994 - January 01, 1997)\nFellowship: MCV (Medical College of Virginia) Hospitals (January 01, 1997 - January 01, 1998)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 35, "original_length": 1416, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 175.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.sequimwa.gov/353/Reclaimed-Water", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:52Z", "digest": "sha1:3NAXZLCOWFH3PUOJUG4D7YBLJHDHGH4O", "length": 5894, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "www.sequimwa.gov", "title": "Reclaimed Water | Sequim, WA - Official Website", "raw_content": "Reclaimed water or recycled water is former wastewater that is treated to remove solids and impurities, and used in sustainable landscaping and agricultural irrigation, to recharge groundwater aquifers, and to meet commercial and industrial water needs. Reclaimed water is an element of the City's strategy to extend potable water reserves. It is also an important component of wise water management.\nReclaimed water is derived from domestic wastewater, industrial process water, and inadvertent stormwater flows in the wet season. The process involves a highly engineered, multi-step treatment process that speeds up nature's restoration of water quality. The process requires a high level of disinfection and reliability to assure that only water meeting stringent State permit requirements leaves the reclamation facility.\nWhen you see purple pipes or fire hydrants, they signify that carefully-treated reclaimed water is being delivered!\nSequim Class A Reclaimed Water Facility\nThe City of Sequim's water reclamation facility (\"WRF\") is a state of the art plant designed to treat wastewater to a high level so it can be used for all beneficial uses other than drinking. The \"Class A\" title is a high standard of classification that requires at a minimum, that the reclaimed water is at all times oxidized, coagulated, filtered, and disinfected. The process mimics nature by using microorganisms to break down the waste and remove it from the water. The water is then filtered and disinfected with Ultra Violet Light (UV) before distribution into the purple pipe system.\nThe facility is located east of the City on a four-acre site just north of Bell Creek and west of Schmuck Road. It was converted from a secondary wastewater treatment plant to a water reclamation facility producing reclaimed water in 1998. The conversion included construction of a clarifier and installing coagulation equipment, filters, ultraviolet disinfection facilities, backup power, and alarm systems to ensure the wastewater is always treated to the highest standards. Soon after, the distribution line into town was built (in 2000), along with the development of the City's Water Reuse Demonstration Site adjacent to Carrie Blake Park.\nThe City expanded the facility in 2008-10. This project doubled capacity, installed redundant aeration blowers, and converted an oxidation ditch to a conventional activated sludge plant with computer-based control for enhanced nitrogen removal.\nPutting Reclaimed Water to Good Use\nWater reclamation is using treated wastewater for beneficial purposes such as agricultural and landscape irrigation, industrial processes, toilet flushing, and replenishing ground water (referred to as aquifer recharge). Water recycling offers a resource and financial savings. Wastewater treatment can be tailored to meet the water quality requirements of a planned reclaimed water use.\nIf you\u2019ve ever been to Carrie Blake Park then you have seen Sequim\u2019s reclaimed water in use. The Class A Water Reuse Demonstration Site on the north half of the park uses it in the fish pond and toilets as well as for irrigation of the play fields and landscaping-and note the purple fire hydrants!\nIn summer, Bell Creek is replenished with reclaimed water at the Carrie Blake Park Friendship Pond. Sequim\u2019s reclaimed water is also used for watering the City's hanging flower baskets and landscaping throughout downtown and for dust control on construction sites.\nBenefits of Reclaimed Water\nReclaimed water can help mitigate impacts on fresh water supply from needs such as irrigation. For example, it can be used to decrease diversion of freshwater from sensitive ecosystems, such as the Dungeness River. During the late summer months the snow pack in the Olympics can be very low or non-existent. The result is typically very low flows on the Dungeness River.\nDuring these low flows the salmon are running; this is also a time when agriculture demands for water can be at their peak. Reclaimed water can play an essential role to help alleviate the strain on the Dungeness watershed areas. Plants, wildlife, and fish depend on sufficient water flows in their habitat to ensure a healthy ecosystem.\nNext to water conservation, water recycling is the only significant, readily available practice that can help meet the domestic, industrial and environmental water demands that are increasing on a daily basis.\nRegulations & Permits for Using Reclaimed Water\nIn 1992 the Washington State Legislature passed the Reclaimed Water Act, Chapter 90.46 RCW, directing the Departments of Health and Ecology to develop standards for reclaimed water use and to jointly administer a reclaimed water program. The goals of the Reclaimed Water Act are to:\nEncourage and facilitate reclaimed water use\nAssist in meeting future water requirements of the state by\nReplacing potable water with reclaimed water for non-potable uses\nExpanding the use of reclaimed water for non-potable uses\nSupplementing existing surface and ground water supplies\nEnsure public health and safety\nEncourage environmental protection\nGain public confidence and support for reclaimed water\nDevelop and expand financial support and incentives for water reclamation facilities and address current barriers to the use of reclaimed water\nWashington State standards are some of the most comprehensive and technically sound in the United States. Reclaimed water facilities are subject to stringent regulations set by the Departments of Ecology and Health. The generator of the reclaimed water shall have an Ecology-delegated industrial wastewater pre-treatment program and all industries discharging into the generator's wastewater collection system shall have a current waste discharge permit issued by Ecology.\nMore information on Sequim's reclaimed water process, plans, and projects may be found in Chapter 4 of the City's General Sewer Plan (PDF).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 95, "original_length": 7038, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 251.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.sermsang.com/news/detail/3", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:01Z", "digest": "sha1:S47FIBDYB247T7W333TCRKFLPEUSP7EP", "length": 1257, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.sermsang.com", "title": "SSP - News", "raw_content": "SSP GEARED UP FOR IPO THIS YEAR\nSermsang Power Corporation Public Company Limited (SSP) filed to go public by the end of 2017 under Market for Alternative Investment. Kasikorn Securities is the financial advisor of SSP. The Securities and Exchange Commission has approved SSP an initial public offering (IPO) of more than 276 million shares. The shared issued will be 30% of SSP\u2019s post IPO paid-up ordinary shares.\nCurrently, SSP has an operational 40-MW solar farm of small power producer scale in Lopburi, Thailand since February 2015 and a 17-MW solar farm project in Hokkaido, Japan under construction and is expected to operate by the first quarter of 2018.\nMr. Varut Tummavaranukub, Chief Executive Officer of SSP explained that we are a new generation of management who are capable of adapting and thriving under competitive and ever changing market conditions. SSP is able to stay ahead of competitions by venturing into new markets to capitalize on first-mover advantage. With an absolute goal of 200 MW by 2020, SSP has been doing due diligence on multiple projects across Asia, including solar rooftop opportunities. SSP plans to grow by developing projects organically and acquiring projects that have passed through rigorous evaluation process.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 2431, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 289.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.shearman.com/news-and-events/news/2015/10/benchmark-litigation-recognizes-shearman-sterling", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:25:25Z", "digest": "sha1:7EXXEHJ6EE7DZJFHO2HSKQNNNV7SVKUU", "length": 931, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.shearman.com", "title": "Benchmark Litigation Recognizes Shearman & Sterling\u2019s Excellence in Litigation | Shearman & Sterling", "raw_content": "Shearman & Sterling's Litigation Group has once again been designated one of the leading practices in Benchmark Litigation\u2019s 2016 edition, which focuses on the top litigation firms and litigators in the United States.\nThe firm\u2019s Securities litigation practice is one of ten firms in the world ranked in Tier 1 for the US, and the White Collar and General Commercial litigation practices were also highly ranked. In New York, Shearman & Sterling\u2019s litigation practice was ranked \"Highly Recommended,\u201d which is the highest designation. In addition, more than a dozen of the firm\u2019s partners were designated as national, local or future \u201cstars.\u201d\nThe guide notes the prominence of Shearman & Sterling's litigation practice, which is at the forefront of \"headline-making litigation on a global basis\u201d and further recognizes the group\u2019s \u201cexperience and acumen with matters of the securities and white-collar and FCPA enforcement variety.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 88, "original_length": 2751, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 121.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.sherylcrowauction.com/6275/weed-for-sale-online-view-our-site-today-to-seek-out-further-details/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:17:40Z", "digest": "sha1:VFZZZLYJLTMX3YNCJYGXQE4W7MGJOBW2", "length": 5110, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.sherylcrowauction.com", "title": "Weed For Sale Online - View Our Site Today To Seek Out Further Details.. - Sherylcrowauction", "raw_content": "Weed For Sale Online \u2013 View Our Site Today To Seek Out Further Details..\nWith California joining the pot of states legalizing usage of recreational marijuana, a lot of companies inch closer to offering full online sales and delivery of cannabis. Meanwhile, other services use the web to facilitate marijuana distribution differently.\nIn terms of e-commerce and cannabis, there\u2019s lots of gray mixed in with the green.\nThe rapid and quickly spreading legalization of cannabis is leading savvy entrepreneurs to produce services which make it easier for shoppers to choose from a variety of strains, compare costs and order their indulgences or medicine from your convenience their couch, and for dispensaries to discover and purchase the merchandise they will resell.\nHowever, marijuana sales are largely stuck at \u201calmost e-commerce,\u201d says Alan Brochstein, founder of 420 Investor, a subscription-based portal for investors offering data on marijuana companies, as well as New Cannabis Ventures, a content aggregation site for your cannabis industry. Which means consumers can order online for get in a dispensary or get cannabis delivered however must pay cash at the door.\nAn Amazon-like site for cannabis is a good idea, and it\u2019s not new, however the current federal illegality of the herb makes the idea hard to execute, says Brochstein. Each state has different laws all around the purchase and use of buy cannabis oil in USA. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to scale when you are state by state by state,\u201d he says. \u201cWho opens an e-commerce site only targeting Chicago? It\u2019s very tough.\u201d\nIt might be just a little herb, but marijuana is a big-and increasingly legal-business in the Usa Since 2018, eight states and also the District of Columbia have enacted laws legalizing marijuana for recreational use.\nRecently, California joined the pot on Jan. 1. In Massachusetts, retail sales of cannabis are required to start in July, in accordance with Governing.com, a media site covering politics, policy and management for state and local government leaders. Meanwhile, the vast majority of states allow for limited use of medical marijuana under certain circumstances, Governing.com says.\nIt\u2019s hard to scale when you find yourself state by state by state. Legal cannabis, hemp and marijuana sales in The United States grew 34% this past year, and they\u2019re slated to develop by around 26% annually through 2021, in accordance with ArcView, a study group for that legal marijuana industry. Shelling out for legal cannabis inside the United states will reach $20.8 billion by 2021 and definately will generate $39.6 billion in overall economic impact, 414,000 jobs, and over $4 billion in tax receipts, ArcView says.\nFor the time being, the vast majority of that spending by consumers is paid for personally, not online. Beyond complex state-by-state regulations, full-on weed e-commerce is also stalled because many cannabis retailers will simply accept cash payments. Banks, many of which are federally insured, don\u2019t desire to risk legal woes from your U.S. government, which regulates banking. Cannabis remains illegal under federal law. This will make charge card payments for cannabis rare.\n\u201cFederal illegality impacts [online] payment processing,\u201d Brochstein says. \u201cIt\u2019s possible that cannabis could remain federally illegal but that Congress could create a safe harbor for non-cash payments, but there is no sign of that happening anytime soon. Until there is a payment solution, we will only have almost e-commerce.\u201d\nCannabis-related e-commerce websites are growing inside the Usa, but online sales of marijuana remain unattainable for the time being. Online purchasing, payment, shipping and delivery of the plant is illegal, however many cannabis dispensaries are putting together order online to allow shoppers to peruse inventory before getting into a store.\nLaws vary by state, but eight states and also the District of Columbia have laws that allow for recreational usage of marijuana and 29 states as well as D.C., Puerto Rico and Guam have laws allowing medical marijuana use, according lqcwre the Marijuana Policy Project, a professional-legalization organization.\nThere is not any law that explicitly prohibits online sales, but a majority of states have laws that restrict selling and buying to specific licensed locations, says Taylor West, deputy director in the National Cannabis Industry Association. West estimates that the majority of its 1,200 members have some kind of online presence despite not being able to sell online.\nDispensary Diego Pellicer Washington, as an example, lists its location, hours and pricing online, plus it sells cannabis-related products online, including pipes in which to smoke marijuana. Diego Pellicer started selling medical and recreational cannabis in their Seattle dispensary inside the fourth quarter of 2016 and expects to create $10 million in sales in its 1st year of operation, says co-founder Alejandro Canto. The retailer is ahead of schedule on meeting that goal, he says. 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General email: info@sidewinderlures.co.uk", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 266, "original_length": 49803, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 311.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.simonandschuster.biz/authors/Lillian-Too/457088931", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:18:20Z", "digest": "sha1:TMV3CJSO5WV2AIZBH4YB4P2ZJBJ3Q3PI", "length": 2034, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.simonandschuster.biz", "title": "Lillian Too | Official Publisher Page | Simon & Schuster", "raw_content": "Grand Master Lillian Too is undoubtedly the world's most prolific and popular writer and advocate on living with good feng shui. She has written over 100 books that have been translated into 31 different languages, and over 10 million copies of her books have been sold worldwide. After graduating with an MBA from Harvard Business School, Lillian went on to pursue a highly successful business career in banking and finance in the 1980's in Hong Kong. Her business acumen, drive and abundant energy soon led her from the finance world to the world of luxury department stores and boutiques where, through a leveraged buy out, she became Chairman and shareholder of The Dragon Seed Group. All the while she was guided and taught by her feng shui masters in Hong Kong and China-and she attributes much of her monumental and quick rise to success in Hong Kong directly to them. Lillian soon decided to retire from active corporate life and return to Malaysia to raise her beautiful daughter, Jennifer, and spend more time with her family. It was at this time she began to devote her energy to writing and furthering her study of feng shui. She published her first book in Malaysia in1995 that quickly became a best seller and the rest is history. Today she is Chairman of Wofs.com, a feng shui franchise and merchandising company run by her daughter, Jennifer Too. She trains feng shui students and future consultants at her Certified Consulting Institute in Malaysia and is much loved by her readers, associates and students for the way she teaches practical feng shui in a user-friendly way, using ordinary situations and circumstances that interest people and affect their everyday lives. In November 2009, at the International Feng Shui Convention in Singapore, the well-deserved title of Grand Master of Feng Shui was conferred upon Lillian Too. Immediately following this accolade, in early January 2010, she received the prestigious Brand Laureate Personality of The Year Award presented by the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 65, "original_length": 4935, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 129.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.simplystacie.net/2010/09/tinker-bell-and-the-great-fairy-rescue-dvd-review/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:34Z", "digest": "sha1:VINEUKN6OUORSB752LRP5PUWD2CSZLUG", "length": 3816, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.simplystacie.net", "title": "Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue DVD Review - Simply Stacie", "raw_content": "Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue DVD Review\nTitle: Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue (Two-Disc Blu-ray/ DVD Combo)\nRelease Date: September 21, 2010 on Blu-Ray Combo Pack (includes Blu-ray and bonus DVD of the film and movie download).\nWhat would you do if you met a fairy? Witness the historic moment when Tinker Bell first meets a human being\u2026and it\u2019s not who you think.\nYears before meeting Wendy and the Lost Boys, Tinker Bell met Lizzy, a little girl with a steadfast belief in the power of pixie dust and the magic land of fairies. During the fairies\u2019 summer visit to flowering meadows of England, two very different worlds unite for the first time and Tink develops a special bond with a curious child in need of a friend. As her fellow fairies launch a daring rescue, Tinker Bell takes a huge risk, putting her own safety and the future of all fairykind in jeopardy.\nExperience Disney\u2019s astonishing all-new movie about the true power of faith and friendship. Bursting with excitement and imagination. Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue is magical entertainment for the whole family. You might even learn to fly.\nHow could I have never seen the original Tinker Bell movie? I love fairies and Peter Pan was one of my favourite stories growing up. Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue was FANTASTIC! I was blown away by it and loved every second! The story, the music, the characters (love those fairies) and especially the animation- WOW!\nThis was not a typical Disney movie and the animation was so amazing! We watched it on our big screen TV and it was so vivid and detailed. It was like 3D, but without the glasses. The scenery was beautiful. It was exactly what I would expect from a fairytale- the places that dreams are made.\nI was captivated right from the beginning. The best parts were when Tinker Bell was teaching the little girl, Lizzie, how to fly. I remember how badly I wanted to be able to fly when I was a little girl. I used to imagine what it would be like and this scene in the movie brought back those fond childhood memories for me. Imagine the freedom! You could feel Lizzie\u2019s delight and excitement when she discovered she was flying! Ohhh those pink clouds- how breathtaking they were!\nI felt sorry for the little girl, Lizzie, because she was so lonely. Her dad was too busy with his work and didn\u2019t pay much attention to her. She wanted so badly for her dad to listen to her and believe her when she told him that fairies were real. It broke my heart when she tried to get him to read her \u201cscientific research\u201d on fairies and he just brushed her aside. I was happy that she had found a new friend in Tinker Bell. It was cute to see them try to communicate since Lizzie only heard bells jingling when Tinker Bell spoke!\nI also enjoyed the scenes where the fairies were coming to rescue Tinker Bell from the \u201chuman house\u201d. They were at a disadvantage with the rain because they couldn\u2019t fly! It reminded me of that movie, \u201cHoney I Shrunk the Kids\u201d, where everything appears huge and is treacherous when you are only pint sized like the fairies. Their adventures down the \u201criver\u201d, in the mud and with the house cat were exciting! I laughed so hard at the scenes with the cat!! How smart those fairies were to get it to leave them alone and what they did had me cracking up. I am chuckling now just thinking about it.\nThis is a wonderful movie for the whole family to enjoy. I know that both Bridget and Olivia will definitely get a kick out of it\u2026especially Bridget since she is mischievous just like a fairy. This one is a keeper and well worth buying it in the stores.\nNicobella Dark Chocolate Truffles Review\nMelissa \u2014 September 17, 2010 at 9:43 am Reply\nYa! I\u2019m so happy this movie is coming out. I\u2019m 24 and i\u2019m still going to be buying it. ^^ I loved the other two.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 94, "original_length": 5532, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 283.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.slashfilm.com/tag/12-years-a-slave/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:43:49Z", "digest": "sha1:YZRHZVNROXTKWULGXJ3WP6ONHVSJ3JPG", "length": 7855, "nlines": 36, "source_domain": "www.slashfilm.com", "title": "12 Years a Slave 12 Years a Slave", "raw_content": "What Are the Most Pirated Movies of 2014?\nGuardians of the Galaxy and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay \u2013 Part 1 are shaping up to be the biggest hits of the year at the global box office. But in terms of the year\u2019s most pirated films, they don\u2019t even make the top 20.\nInstead, the most popular movies among illegal downloaders in 2014 were some of the best loved films from 2013. Perhaps the biggest surprise is that this is the one popularity contest Frozen didn\u2019t manage to win \u2014 it comes in at #2. So what was #1? Get the top 20 most pirated movies of 2014 after the jump. Read More \u00bb\n2014 MTV Movie Award Nominations\nThe 2014 MTV Movie Award nominations have been announced, and the list could be the perfect medicine to anyone a little upset with how the Oscars turned out. Best Picture winner 12 Years a Slave is among the nominees for Best Movie of the Year, but it\u2019s joined by The Hobbit: The Desoluation of Smaug and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (along with fellow Oscar nominees American Hustle and The Wolf of Wall Street). Those last two led all nominees with eight apiece, followed closely by Hunger Games and\u2026wait for it\u2026We\u2019re The Millers with six a piece.\nAs usual though, there are some fun categories and nominations for films Oscar ignored such as This Is The End, Anchorman 2, Spring Breakers, The Spectacular Now, Fruitvale Station and others. Below, check out the full list of 2014 MTV Movie Award Nominations. Read More \u00bb\n2014 Oscar Winners: \u201912 Years A Slave,\u2019 \u2018Gravity\u2019 And \u2018Dallas Buyers Club\u2019\nPosted on Sunday, March 2nd, 2014 by Germain Lussier\nHere are your 2014 Oscar Winners from the 86th Annual Academy Awards.\nEllen DeGeneres hosted the big event, which featured one of the tightest Best Picture races in years. In the end 12 Years A Slave took home the big prize, but the rest of the awards were spread between Gravity (which won 7 Oscars total) and Dallas Buyers Club, which took home the two male acting awards. Other multiple winners included Frozen and The Great Gatsby; you can read the full list as well as our live blog below.\n2014 Independent Spirit Awards Winners: \u201912 Years A Slave\u2019 Dominates\n12 Years A Slave, Fox Searchlight\u2019s major Oscar contender, had a great Saturday leading into Oscar Sunday. The film won five Film Independent Spirit Awards including Best Picture, Best Director Steve McQueen, Best Supporting Actress Lupita Nyong\u2019o and Best Screenplay John Ridley. Dallas Buyers Club was also a big winner, taking home trophies for its two male leads: Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto for Best Actor and Supporting Actor respectively. Find out the other 2014 Independent Spirit Awards Winners below.\nSee Posters for the 2014 Best Picture Nominees Redone in LEGO\nEven before we found out \u201ceverything is awesome\u201d in The LEGO Movie, LEGO movie stuff was pretty \u201cawesome\u201d on the internet. The LEGO video games made new fans, and reimagined posters using the construction toys are fairly common place. Huge trailers are regularly adapted into stop motion LEGO versions. Even so, those adaptations are usually for \u201cblockbuster\u201d cinema, big summer and superhero movies.\nNow the gang over at Old Red Jalopy have remade the posters for all 9 Oscar nominees for Best Picture with LEGO. It makes sense for some, like Gravity, but 12 Years A Slave? Nebraska? The fricking Dallas Buyers Club in LEGO? Check them out below. Read More \u00bb\n\u2018Gravity\u2019, \u201812 Years a Slave\u2019 Are Big Winners at 2014 BAFTA Awards\nThe British Academy of Film and Television Arts unveiled the winners of their 2014 awards this weekend, just two weeks ahead of the Academy Awards. The biggest winner of the night was Gravity, which took home six awards, but Best Film remained out of Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n\u2018s grasp. That prize went instead to 12 Years a Slave, which secured only one other win last night, for lead actor Chiwetel Ejiofor.\nElsewhere, American Hustle, widely considered this season\u2019s other Best Picture frontrunner, nabbed three prizes including one for supporting actress Jennifer Lawrence. The corresponding male category offered perhaps the biggest surprise of the night \u2014 a win for Captain Phillips\u2018 Barkhad Abdi, who beat out the likes of Bradley Cooper and Michael Fassbender.\nHit the jump for the list of winners.\n\u201812 Years a Slave\u2019 and \u2018Gravity\u2019 Tie at Producers Guild Awards\nAmerican Hustle took home the big prize at the SAG Awards on Saturday night, but as it turned out, its moment in the sun was fleeting. 12 Years a Slave and Gravity regained their awards season momentum at the Producers Guild of America Awards on Sunday night, as both won the top trophy in a tie \u2014 the first ever in PGA history.\nThe results are a blow to American Hustle\u2018s Oscar odds, since the PGA Awards are a fairly reliable predictor of the Best Picture trophy. Of the past 24 Darryl F. Zanuck Award winners, 17 have gone on to win Best Picture. The last time the two awards didn\u2019t match up was 2006, when the PGA chose Little Miss Sunshine over The Departed.\nElsewhere, Frozen and We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks won prizes for best animated picture and best documentary, respectively, while Behind the Candelabra and Breaking Bad continued to steamroll the competition in the long-form TV and TV drama categories. Hit the jump for the full list of results.\nThe /Filmcast Speaks to Armond White About Heckling Claims: \u201cIt\u2019s a Smear Campaign\u201d\nPosted on Wednesday, January 8th, 2014 by David Chen\n12 Years a Slave was my favorite film of the year, so I was pretty disappointed when I read in outlets such as The Guardian and Variety that former /Filmcast guest Armond White had heckled Steve McQueen during the New York Film Critics Circle Awards. Sure, White was no fan of 12 Years a Slave, as demonstrated in our /Filmcast review of the film with him. But shouting down a man during an evening meant to praise him? It struck me as wildly inappropriate. The Chair of the NYFCC, Joshua Rothkopf, agreed and issued a public apology.\nYou can listen to some low-quality audio of the incident at Filmlinc.\nI asked Armond White to respond to the allegations. I have recorded our conversation and I am releasing it in its entirety as a bonus /Filmcast episode. After the jump, you can download the episode and find some transcribed excerpts from our conversation. Note that this audio file is a combination of two separate recorded files, but none of Armond\u2019s remarks were abridged. You can read Armond\u2019s latest \u201cBetter Than\u201d list at CityArts. See also Luke O\u2019Neill\u2019s essay on \u201cThe Year We Broke The Internet.\u201d\nBest Movies of 2013, According to IMDb Users\nPosted on Tuesday, December 31st, 2013 by Germain Lussier\nOver the past few weeks, and for the next few months, discussions will center on the best films of 2013. I did a list, the /Filmcast did a list and innumerable others will do the same leading up to the moment the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences crowns their best film of the year with the Best Picture Oscar.\nBut what do even bigger audiences think? Many film fans don\u2019t have a blog, paper or podcast to spout off on. Many of those people turn to the Internet Movie Database to vote on the films they loved best in any given year. Now, the IMDB has published their top 50 films of 2013 according to over 10,000 users. Check it out below. Read More \u00bb\nThe /Filmcast\u2019s Top 10 Films of 2013\nPosted on Sunday, December 29th, 2013 by David Chen\nIn this episode (#255) of the /Filmcast, Dave and Devindra run down their top 10 films of 2013, discuss the movies they\u2019re looking forward to in 2014, and argue about how terrible The Lone Ranger was, relatively speaking. Be sure to check out this piece by Scott Mendelson on his worst films of 2013.\nYou can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, like us on Facebook! Download or listen to the episode after the jump.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 180, "original_length": 11448, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 266.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.sleafordstandard.co.uk/lifestyle/lions-are-hosting-a-picnic-in-the-park-1-8510915", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:15Z", "digest": "sha1:DTSB5XLD4NHPJWQQLRUOHQAIWC2VLH5W", "length": 299, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.sleafordstandard.co.uk", "title": "Lions are hosting a picnic in the park - Sleaford Standard", "raw_content": "Lions are hosting a picnic in the park\nSleaford and District Lions Club is celebrating 100 years of the Lions Club movement worldwide with a Picnic in the Park on Sunday June 10.\nFrom 11am to 4pm there will be fun for all the family at Boston Road Recreation Ground, just bring a picnic and join in.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 1608, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 312.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.smartpropertyinvestment.com.au/finance/14430-special-report-apra-changes-to-meet-with-mixed-success", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:28Z", "digest": "sha1:HZXQEA32HDVBSE2TI7N4MCTXPW5AIUOI", "length": 5186, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "www.smartpropertyinvestment.com.au", "title": "Special report: APRA changes to meet with mixed success - Smart Property Investment", "raw_content": "by Jack Needham | July 31, 2015 | 1 minute read\nThe jury is out on whether APRA-instigated changes to investor lending will influence market values, but if they do, Smart Property Investment\u2019s panel of property experts warn investors to expect mixed results.\nProperty professionals predict that new apartment stock and house-and-land packages are set to be the hardest hit by changes to lender borrowing, but existing houses in established suburbs are unlikely to be affected.\nRachel Mangalon, director of Ace Lending Solutions, is sceptical of the lending changes\u2019 ability to cool the market.\n\u201cThe market is definitely heated and something has to be done to slow it down, but I don\u2019t know whether getting involved with percentages and LVRs and stuff like that is going to be enough of a slowdown.\"\nAssessing the effectiveness of any changes will also largely depend upon the method of analysis used, she said, citing the nature of lending enquiries her office has fielded in 2015.\n\u201cI think it\u2019s going to depend on where the statistics are taken from \u2013 if it\u2019s based purely on sales versus lending then maybe not.\n\u201cI think that\u2019s a simple solution, statistically the majority of the lending that we\u2019ve done this year has been refinancing and top-ups, not new property purchases so I don\u2019t know whether the heat in the lending market as such is from property purchases \u2013 whether that\u2019s the main driver,\u201d she added.\nIt\u2019s a sentiment echoed by Jason Back, managing director at the Australian Lending and Investment Centre.\nHe believes that for any pricing impact to be felt, market intervention will need to stem far beyond investor lending.\n\u201cI don\u2019t necessarily see prices being impacted by the prudential overlays they\u2019re putting in place at the moment. So that\u2019s one of the challenges.\n\u201cLending is only one part of that equation, there are still a number of investors out there using equity and cash to purchase property so if this pricing of housing is to be reduced, it\u2019s not just going to be solved by this prudential overlay,\u201d he said.\nHe did, however, predict that house-and-land packages, which are already struggling to meet buyer expectations, will take a further dip following the changes.\n\u201cWe\u2019re certainly concerned about the oversupply in that area and the quality of the underlying asset. Some of the house-and-land packages at the moment, I think, are starting to struggle when it comes to valuations.\n\u201cI think what you\u2019ll find is there has been increased prices on these properties so they\u2019re selling for high prices but there\u2019s no ... increased value. So a lot of the house-and-land packages are now coming in under-value when they\u2019ve been heading towards settlement so that you\u2019ve got to keep a close eye on that market,\u201d he said.\nCate Bakos, director of Cate Bakos Property, believes that apartment stock in all capital cities will take a major hit to values following the changes.\n\u201cObviously it will minimise the number of investors will have a knock on effect in the investment grade stock, namely apartments, and I think that will have an impact in all of our major capital cities where we'll have more stock to choose from because there'll be less movement and less buyers.\n\u201cIt could have an impact on price in terms of not necessarily adversely affecting unit prices but it will adversely affect the rates of growth that units have been experiencing so maybe the differential between house prices and unit prices will become quite a lot more noticeable, even more so that it already is,\u201d she said.\nRoss Le Quesne, owner of Aussie Parramatta, also believes that the changes will have a clear impact on market values.\n\u201cI definitely think that it will have the desired effect and I think they will continue to implement changes until they see it flow off.\n\u201cI don\u2019t have a crystal ball, I definitely don\u2019t think we\u2019re in a bubble and I don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to burst, but I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if the market came off 5 to 10 per cent of its peak at the time when it happens,\u201d he predicted.\nMomentum Wealth managing director Damian Collins believes that while Sydney and Melbourne will likely take a hit following the changes, an undersupply of established property in Sydney means the impact of the changes will be vary in severity.\n\u201cI think again it will have the biggest impact where investors were most active and that was in Sydney first and Melbourne second. It will have a smaller effect on prices in Brisbane in the medium level, in PerthPerth, TAS Perth, WA and Darwin it will have a moderate impact but investors weren\u2019t that much in the market anyway.\n\u201cThere\u2019s still a shortage of homes in Sydney so that will probably chug along okay particularly if there\u2019s owner occupiers competing for those as well, but anything particularly targeted to investors in Sydney I\u2019m expecting will see a pretty reasonable drop off over the next 6 months in terms of investor demand,\u201d he said.\nAPRA Special Report:\nSpecial report: APRA tries to take the heat out of the market\nSpecial report: first-time investors hit the hardest\nSpecial report: pain and gain for existing investors\nSpecial report: investors unfazed by lending changes\nNo change predicted for RBA cash rate", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 266, "original_length": 10436, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 282.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.smithmcghee.com/practice-areas/criminal-defense/college-student-arrests/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:12Z", "digest": "sha1:OIFI7KVWQDXET2RC5PP6FINPINYVNDE5", "length": 2867, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.smithmcghee.com", "title": "College Student Arrests | Dothan DUI Attorneys | Smith & McGhee", "raw_content": ">College Student Arrests>\nLegal Assistance for College Students in Alabama and Florida\nPanama City, Florida has long been Spring Break headquarters for tens of thousands of college students each year who flock to Florida\u2019s Gulf Coast from all over the country. If you drive the area around Dothan regularly, you know about the many small town speed traps, just waiting to catch a speeder and issue a ticket. For out-of-town college students traveling down U.S. Highway 231 or 431 on their way to Panama City, however, getting caught in a speed trap can mean more than just a ticket and a hefty fine. The police stop may evolve into a search of the car or a test of the driver\u2019s blood alcohol, and potential arrests for DUI and drug offenses for everyone in the car. A stop like this can do more than put a damper on a teen\u2019s spring break plans; it can derail one\u2019s entire future with the potential for jail time, expulsion from school and the many negative consequences that follow from having a criminal record at a young age.\nA person arrested under these circumstances may have many defenses available to avoid a serious conviction. If your college student has been arrested in Alabama on the way to or from Spring Break, the criminal defense attorneys at Smith & McGhee, PC are here to provide strong, aggressive defense on their behalf. We represent teens and young adults charged with some of the most common offenses, including:\nHelp is available for college student arrests in Alabama\nYoung drivers are especially vulnerable to police intimidation. They are less likely to be aware of their rights when confronted by the police, and more likely to be too scared of \u201cgetting into trouble\u201d to stand up for themselves. The police know this and use it to their advantage to get young drivers to consent to searches of their belongings and their person, or to make them take nonscientific field sobriety tests. Police are also more likely to get college students to make incriminating statements without a lawyer present, or to quickly plead guilty believing they are better off avoiding a trial.\nYour child may not know whether his or her rights were violated, but we will. Our experienced Alabama criminal defense lawyers look at every aspect of the arrest from the initial stop through booking and interrogation to see if they were unfairly taken advantage of. We will advise you and your child about your options and provide a strong defense geared to achieving the best result under the circumstances.\nCall Smith & McGhee in Dothan for Help with College Student Arrests in Alabama and Florida\nIf your college student was arrested in Dothan, Troy, Ozark, Headland, Eufaula or other areas in southern Alabama, call Smith & McGhee at 334-708-3158 for immediate assistance from qualified, experienced and successful Alabama and Florida criminal defense attorneys.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 332, "original_length": 9944, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 266.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.snowboard-zezula.com/baby-miller", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:47Z", "digest": "sha1:GROUQBOVQ5I6CMMBAKDU7N4Y4TT5PGXD", "length": 258, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.snowboard-zezula.com", "title": "Baby Miller | Snowboard Zezula", "raw_content": "Product Categories Baby Miller\nOur way of life, our friends, everything that surrounds and inspires us: the beach, surfing, snow sports, art, mountains, the sea, music and most of all, skateboarding \u2013 all of these elements are the essence and soul of Miller.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 629, "original_length": 9323, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.85, "perplexity": 278.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.sonomaacademy.org/Page/Request-Login", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:46Z", "digest": "sha1:QLGEWELQ6YKBYCW32WX2GLEGZQ44EK4C", "length": 226, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.sonomaacademy.org", "title": "Request Login | Sonoma Academy", "raw_content": "Find out how amazing high school can be\nIf you would like to access our online application system, please fill out the information below. You will be sent a username and password, with instructions about how to use the system.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 198, "original_length": 3868, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 261.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.sos-music.co.uk/2014/02/coldplay-midnight.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:31:09Z", "digest": "sha1:MPAER2HCCCEN2OI5CQGD6DB3ZXLJRIAT", "length": 478, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.sos-music.co.uk", "title": "Scientists of Sound: Coldplay | Midnight", "raw_content": "Coldplay | Midnight\nYep. I'm totally posting Coldplay. I had to check the title 3 times just to make sure I hadn't misread but Midnight is most definitely by them. Produced by Jon Hopkins this is probably the most radical change we've seen (or rather heard) from the band in recent years as Chris Martin opts for Bon Iver inspired vocals over a swirling and dazzling synth soundscape. Is this a taste of what's to come on their forthcoming album? Who knows. Have a listen above.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 2344, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 322.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.southwestwriters.com/contest/sww-annual-international-writing-contest/?shared=email&msg=fail", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:56:29Z", "digest": "sha1:6ANU4Q74RWZEDL4AS52GWMLF3T5PYX5D", "length": 1646, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.southwestwriters.com", "title": "Annual Writing Contest \u2013 SouthWest Writers", "raw_content": "The Decision to Eliminate Contests\nFor decades, the Southwest Writers annual contest was one of the leading writer\u2019s contests in the country. The contest provided training wheels for new writers to learn the arcane submission procedures for the publishing world. The contest played an essential role on the path to publication.\nNow everything has changed. There are hundreds, probably thousands, of contests available to aspiring writers. The small publishing world has exploded with contests. You can find hundreds listed at Poets and Writers, Writer\u2019s Digest, and FreelanceWriting.com. Many of them offer the one thing SWW is not able to offer \u2013 publication.\nSo, when the 2015 board found that the preliminary work had not been completed for a 2015 annual contest (we begin advertising in the early fall), we decided this may be an opportunity to re-think the contest. With all of the contests on the writing scene, what do we have to offer for all the time and risk involved?\nWe\u2019re not in a position to move forward with a strong 2015 contest, and maybe that\u2019s fortuitous. The old paradigm for an annual contest has passed. Perhaps a member will approach the board with an idea for a contest that will satisfy unfilled member needs in a way that existing contests don\u2019t. As for now, the risk involved and the army of volunteers required doesn\u2019t make sense.\nBrowse Previous Annual Contest Winners\n0 comments on \u201cAnnual Writing Contest\u201d\n1 Pings/Trackbacks for \"Annual Writing Contest\"\nFinish the Book Already! 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By using our website, www.spieplumbing.com, you are accepting the practices described in this policy.\nIf you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately via telephone at (909) 343-5701 or via mail Attn: Privacy Officer, , Yucaipa, CA 92399.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 111, "original_length": 7350, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 331.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/auston-matthews-skates-maple-leafs-first-time-since-injury/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:55Z", "digest": "sha1:QKIYTGHDP5DLY55QXUXHSUGQ5HWM2MQO", "length": 2509, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.sportsnet.ca", "title": "Auston Matthews skates with Maple Leafs for first time since injury - Sportsnet.ca", "raw_content": "Auston Matthews took the ice with the Maple Leafs for the first time since sitting out with injury.\nMike Johnston | @MikeyJ_MMA November 15, 2018, 3:09 PM\nMike Johnston @MikeyJ_MMA November 15, 2018, 3:09 PM\nAuston Matthews skated with his Toronto Maple Leafs teammates Thursday for the first time since sustaining a shoulder injury more than two weeks ago.\nMatthews hasn\u2019t played since being on the receiving end of a Jacob Trouba hit early in a 3-2 Maple Leafs win over the Winnipeg Jets on Oct. 27. The team at the time expected Matthews to miss four weeks due to the injury, which means it shouldn\u2019t be much longer before he sees game action \u2013 barring any setbacks, of course.\nThe star centre did not take part in line rushes while his teammates prepared for a Thursday showdown against the San Jose Sharks, but did participate in some drills.\nThat\u2019s Auston Matthews in white, getting closer to return. pic.twitter.com/BkKinoVvi3\n\u2014 Lance Hornby (@sunhornby) November 15, 2018\nMatthews missed time during the 2017-18 season with a shoulder injury, too, and he skated with the team for more than a full week before he was ready to finally get back into a game. The next step for Matthews will be to participate in a full-blown practice session and then to start taking contact again.\nThat the 2016 first-overall pick even accompanied his teammates on a West Coast road trip when injured is relatively uncommon, but Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock thought it would be beneficial.\n\u201cIf you\u2019re a married guy and you\u2019ve got three kids and you can be at home with your family and skate at home why wouldn\u2019t you do that? But if you\u2019re a young guy and you\u2019re sitting in Toronto in your condo what do you do?\u201d Babcock told reporters Tuesday. \u201cI mean these are your buddies, this is what you do. Why wouldn\u2019t you hang out with your guys? I think mental health is so important in getting better as well as the physical part.\u201d\nCentre Nazem Kadri added: \u201cAs a player when you get hurt, I think the mental side of not being around the team and kind of feeling a little on the outside looking in is the most frustrating part. And not being around the guys all the time, 24/7, practising. It\u2019s nice to have him involved and he\u2019s a big piece of our team and we miss him. 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While there seems to be no consensus from the various opinions I've heard of the new album, I feel like I can offer a theory as to why this album hasn't quite rated with the rest: sequencing. Perhaps taking a queue from My Morning Jacket's Evil Urges, Pearl Jam jumbles the song order in a manner that makes it feel much less like a Pearl Jam album, and more like just another album from some band. However, I feel that taking this album and reconstructing it in the order and feel of a proper Pearl Jam album lends a new perspective on the entire album \u2014 it stands up there with the rest.\nSo try this order out for size. If it elevates your experience of the new disc, awesome. If not, well, you didn't lose anything trying.\n1. Gonna See My Friend: Just like real thing. Admit it, you need some rockin' PJ to get the blood flowing on a new album, and this track does the trick.\n2. Supersonic: Continues the momentum from the prior track without adding too much weight. Also, the hardest rocking track on the album deserves a bit more prominence than buried in the middle-end.\n3. Got Some: I am a big proponent of placing the best songs on the album at 3-4 to give them their feature spot. These are the songs that drive in the proverbial RBIs and ultimately define an album.\n4. Amongst the Waves: I feel like this song will get a bad rap because it is nestled next to \"Unthought Known\" on the original tracklist, and they sound kind of similar. Instead, it belongs here where it can breathe by itself. Speaking of breathing...\n5. Just Breathe: After a few listens, it\u2019s a really beautiful ballad. Take it away from its obvious Into the Wild origins and on its own, and it stands as a very well-done song. Belongs here to close out the first arc in the new tracklisting and to break the album in half.\n6. The Fixer: Catchy, light and easy to listen to. Exactly what you need after the combined weight of \"Amongst the Waves\" and \"Just Breathe.\u201d\n7. Unthought Known: This track will contrast wonderfully with \"The Fixer,\" and gains a new place of prominence on the second half. Unattached to \"Amongst the Waves,\u201d it may secretly become your favorite track on the album, even if you never expected Vedder to yelp \"gems and rhinestones!\u201d\n8. Force of Nature: After \"Unthought Known,\u201d some nice riffage will fit in nicely, and the momentum from the prior two tracks will keep you foot tapping to this one as well.\n9. Speed of Sound: The secret to this particular track is its sequencing \u2014 what it follows and what follows it. It has some complexity and some good imagery, but it suffers on the original album of being after the loudest song, making it seem boring. It's not, and placed here after \"Force of Nature\" allows its layers to be appreciated a little more.\n10. Johnny Guitar: A theme like this on a Pearl Jam song, coupled with its continual and almost uncomfortable shifts feels best near the end. Like letting Stone sing, or some real experiments by the band (see \"Push Me Pull Me,\u201d \"Aye Davanita,\u201d or \"Soon Forget.\u201d, it just fits better near the close of the album to give it a jolt of different energy.\n11. The End: Fantastic album closer, especially with the abrupt ending to the song, as well as the theme it covers. It will also benefit from the contrast of \"Johnny Guitar.\u201d\nSo give it a shot, and maybe you'll be giving Backspacer the five-star review you've been dying to give it since you heard they were recording with Brendan O'Brien again. 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Apart from the final, there will be no extra-time, with games tied at 90 minutes going straight to a penalty shoot-out.\nShoot-outs will revert to the traditional format, after the recently trialled ABBA format has come to an end. In later rounds, VAR will also be used in games at Premier League stadiums.\nThe full draw can be viewed below.\nNorwich City V Stevenage\nWest Bromwich Albion V Luton Town", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 165, "original_length": 3757, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 194.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.stormylong.com/Travel/Washington-DC", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:36Z", "digest": "sha1:4SXRVTEUUFJMUWWOBJJDCXQH3UR7KXYT", "length": 610, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.stormylong.com", "title": "Washington D.C - stormylong", "raw_content": "Washington, D.C. - is the capital of the United States. It is coterminous with the District of Columbia (abbreviated as \"D.C.\"). The city and the district are located on the banks of the Potomac River and bordered by the Commonwealth of Virginia (to the southwest) and the State of Maryland (to the northwest, northeast and southeast). The city was planned and developed in the late 18th century to serve as the permanent national capital; the federal district was formed to keep the national capital distinct from the states.\nGerorge Mason\nWashington D.C.geroge masonmemorialmemorialshistoryamericaamericanUSA", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 35, "original_length": 1126, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 69.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.stots.edu/news_161205_2.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:56:41Z", "digest": "sha1:HC4HEYDWPL3QCPCUOYH4UKWLTZQPQ6ZW", "length": 703, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.stots.edu", "title": "St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary - Bishop Thomas meets with Antiochian Seminarians", "raw_content": "During the recent ATS re-accreditation site visit, The Right Reverend Thomas, Bishop of Charleston, Oakland and the Mid-Atlantic Diocese of the The Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, met with his seminarians currently studying at St. Tikhon's Seminary on Tuesday, November 22nd. Bishop Thomas is also a member of the Board of Trustees.\nAntiochian Seminarians seated include Marshall Goodge, Joseph Clark, and they were joined by Yazen Fakhouri. Sitting with them during lunch was Archpriest David Cowan, who participated in the Alumni Session, and has been integrally involved in the Self Study over the past two years.\nBishop Thomas Meets with Antiochian Seminarians - 11/16/16", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 67, "original_length": 3057, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 191.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.stpaul.gov/departments/police/step-forward/community-engagement-unit-programs/police-internships", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:22:00Z", "digest": "sha1:XFLOVKL6V7UPQ23TKALNYVYRUOKO66VN", "length": 2556, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.stpaul.gov", "title": "Police Internships | Saint Paul, Minnesota", "raw_content": "The Internship Program is a great opportunity for students who wish to experience the internal operations of a major police department before entering the competitive world of law enforcement. The Saint Paul Police Department offers a limited number of non-paying internships throughout the year which are open to college level students who wish to pursue a career in law enforcement and who must complete an internship as part of a law enforcement degree program.\nSPPD works with each student to structure the internship based on each student intern\u2019s area of interest and the academic requirements of their degree program, and the needs of department. Intern duties and responsibilities will vary from student to student, and may include some clerical duties. In addition, we will ascertain what type of skills and abilities the student has to offer in order to utilize them in a manner that benefits them as well as the Department.\nStudents wishing to apply must be 18 years old, and be currently enrolled in Criminal Justice or Criminology studies. Interns must complete all of their required hours to satisfy the internship requirements. Most important of all, students must agree to a criminal history record check. Each student must have a clear record in order to be eligible. Failure to comply with this requirement will be reason for no acceptance.\nTo be considered for an internship with the Saint Paul Police Department, you should complete the following:\nSubmit a request in writing to the Chief\u2019s Office stating your interest with the Saint Paul Police Department to, SPPD 367 Grove Street, Saint Paul, MN 55101.\nSubmit a letter to the Community Services Unit 367 Grove St, Saint Paul, MN 55101 from your school Advisor or Department Head stating that you are required to complete an internship for school credits. This letter should be written on letter head paper from your college and state how many hours are required to complete your internship.\nBe willing to submit to a background investigation. This process may take up to 3 months. Note* All students should apply 3-4 months prior to the desired start date.\nThe Community Engagement Unit will call you to schedule an interview if you meet the criteria.\nWe have a limited amount of space so your acceptance will be based on qualifications and when you turn in your application. Please note that the maximum time allowed to complete your internship is 12 weeks (approximately 480 hours, full time).\nContact the Community Engagement Unit for questions about the program at 651-266-5485.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 116, "original_length": 4304, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 246.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.streeterlaw.com.au/how-to-ensure-your-will-is-valid/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:25Z", "digest": "sha1:BZZX5QZ6JQPTRSFFOCWLBTCTEB3UZQGL", "length": 4322, "nlines": 32, "source_domain": "www.streeterlaw.com.au", "title": "How to ensure your will is valid", "raw_content": "6-December-2014 Guardianship,Contested Wills By admin\nHomemade documents, such as do-it-yourself will kits or handwritten notes, are often inadequate in clearly stipulating what you wish to happen to your assets after you die. A properly laid out and executed will can avoid unintended consequences, including legal delays, disputes and costs.\nTo ensure that your will is legally valid, it\u2019s important that the following factors are included:\nit is in writing;\nit is signed by the person making the will (\u2018the Testator\u2019);\nthe signature is made by the Testator in the presence of at least two witnesses;\nthe witnesses are present at the same time; and\nthe witnesses attest and sign the will in the presence of the Testator.\nThe more the document departs from the formalities for execution, the more difficult it is to prove that the deceased person intended the document to be a will.\nNevertheless, a document may still be regarded as being a will even if it doesn\u2019t comply with the formal requirements. Such a document is commonly referred to as an \u201cinformal will\u201d, although there is no definition of an informal will in the Succession Act.\nWhat does an \u201cinformal will\u201d look like?\nThe Succession Act gives the Supreme Court the power to dispense with the formal requirements relating to wills (and their alteration or revocation) if the following essential elements are included:\nThere must be a document.\nThe document must record the testamentary intentions of the deceased.\nThe evidence must satisfy the Court that at the time the document was brought into existence, the deceased intended the document, without anything more, to constitute his or her will.\nInformal wills can be printed documents, audio files or digital files\nA document is legally defined as any record of information, including:\nanything on which there is writing, or\nanything on which there are marks, figures, symbols or perforations having a meaning for persons qualified to interpret them, or\nanything from which sounds, images or writings can be reproduced, or\na map, plan, drawing or photograph.\nIt is clear that a \u2018document\u2019 is not limited to a piece of paper.\nIn Treacey v Edwards (2000) 49 NSWLR 739, the Court held that an audio tape was a \u2018document\u2019 as sound could be reproduced with the aid of a cassette player. The audio tape was admitted into probate.\nIn Yazbek v Yazbek (2012) NSWSC 594, the Court held that a Microsoft Word file named \u2018Will.doc\u2019, created on the deceased\u2019s laptop, was a \u2018document\u2019 for the purposes of section 8 of the Act.\nThe Supreme Court of Queensland in In Re Yu (2013) QSC 322, accepted an iPhone will that had been created and stored by the deceased in the notes application of his phone as a valid will.\nIn all of the above cases, a considerable amount of evidence was provided to the Court before it was able to determine that the \u2018document\u2019 in question was an informal will.\nDespite the Court\u2019s ability to interpret such \u2018documents\u2019 as informal wills, the delays and costs that can arise from the uncertainty of these wills, along with the potential for disputes among family members is a big cost indeed.\nStreeterlaw Principal Solicitor of Property and Estates, Mr Ron Moss, said informal wills should only be used as a last resort.\n\u201cThere are occasions, such as when you go on an urgent overseas trip or perilous adventure where you may not have thought of a will until the last minute and simply write down some details in an email or document at home,\u201d Mr Moss said. \u201cBut if at all possible, it is far wiser to consult a solicitor and prepare a proper will, together with any other appropriate estate planning documentation.\n\u201cThis will give you and those who may be left behind, some peace of mind about your intentions for any assets you hold.\u201d\nThe existence of informal wills usually becomes apparent only after the deceased\u2019s death, when no formal will can be found. 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Under the Succession Act, parties now have much greater flexibility with the design\nof their Estate Plan to incorporate Testamentary Discretionary Trusts.\nA Trust is a legal entity where one person holds the title of a property for the benefit of another person. A trustee is a person who takes the\nownership in \u201ctrust\u201d for another person (the beneficiary). A Testamentary Discretionary Trust is created in a will, which gives trustees\ncontrol over the distribution of assets to beneficiaries.\nThe advantages of setting up a Testamentary Discretionary Trust in your will include:\nProtecting assets in the event your nominated beneficiaries become bankrupt or lose mental or legal capacity.\nReducing the tax paid by beneficiaries (and their children) from income earned from their inheritance.\nIncome tax and capital gains tax advantages.\nensuring assets are passed on to children even if a surviving spouse commences a new relationship.\nproviding for children with disabilities.\nThere are many types of Testamentary Trusts, a couple of common examples include:\nDiscretionary Testamentary Trusts\nThis type of trust allows the beneficiary the option to take part or all of their inheritance via the trust. The primary beneficiary also\nhas the power to remove and appoint the trustee and can also appoint themselves or a company they control as trustee to manage the inheritance\ninside the trust.\nProtective Testamentary Trusts\nUnder this type of trust, the beneficiary must take all of their inheritance via the testamentary trust and the primary beneficiary does\nnot have the power to appoint or remove trustees.\nIt is important to recognise that testamentary trusts are not suitable in all circumstances. But if you wish to set up a testamentary trust or\nwant to learn more, contact Streeterlaw Sydney lawyers, who have the expertise to set up a trust tailored to your individual circumstances.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 239, "original_length": 7339, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 291.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.studiosoundsradio.com/tocadisco/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:03Z", "digest": "sha1:LKOTAXS3AQCQW6T3CVPR2B3V3QJYJDP6", "length": 3605, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "www.studiosoundsradio.com", "title": "Tocadisco - StudioSounds Radio", "raw_content": "Dj/Host Tocadisco\nTocacabana Radioshow\nThe Tocacabana Radio show has been around since 2013 and is broadcasting in over 60 countries on over 70 radio stations.\nThe weekly show features Tocadisco`s eclectic music taste.\neverything from Deep House, House, Tech House and Techno finds it place in the one hour long mix.\nBesides a short introduction there is no moderation during the mix so you can really enjoy the music.\nAfter more than 300 international remixes, four artist albums and 30 successful worldwide singles, his success continues to grow with every gig, every record spun and every high profile remix.\nIn his long career he headlined the world`s famous nightclubs like Pacha, Space, Amnesia, Privilege in Ibiza. Ministry of Sound & Fabric / London, Green Valley, Sirene & D- Edge / Brazil, Bootshaus / Germany, Zouk / Singapore, Avalon & Club Space / USA, Rex Club / Paris and many more\u2026 And festivals like Nature One & Mayday / Germany, Sensation ( 13 x around the globe ), Future Music / Australia, Ten Days Off, I love Techno & Pukkelpop / Belgium, Mysteryland, Ultra Music and the list goes on\u2026\nThere\u2019s no other producer in the current dance scene that\u2019s been able to produce as many wide-ranging, crossover hits as Tocadisco. Be it the much lauded remixes for Robin Schulz, Steve Aoki, David Guetta, M.A.N.D.Y. & Booka Shade, Laidback Luke, Moby, Tiga, Pet Shop Boys, Swedish House Mafia, Axwell, Steve Angello or New Order amongst many others, or even the production, writing and execution of music for David Guetta, Kelis or Fischerspooner. Toca\u2019s work is far ranging, reaching and tickling the taste buds of DJ\u2019s from across the musical spectrum, even gaining coveted spots on TV adverts broadcast across Europe.\nBack in 2008, Toca released his first solo album \u2018Solo\u2019 and won an MTV Europe Music Award for Best Dance International.\nTocadisco\u2019s also a smitten, proud label owner of his imprint TOCA45 Recordings.\nThe Tocacabana Radio Show see\u2019s his renowned House & Techno sound spread across weekly slots on stations around the world. Now confirmed to the schedule are more than 60 territories and stations within the big German\u2019s sights! It\u2019s represented perfectly within Toca\u2019s own booking agency: MORUMBI BOOKING & TOCACABANA event night. A fun fuel- led, hot adventure that serves as a perfect remedy to those clubbers lacking summery, tech-drenched beats and bars. Celebrating their eighth year anniversary of TOCACABANA in 2017 the people enjoying and following the project are continually growing.\nBesides his releases on his own label TOCA45, Tocadisco releases and remixes are found on such high profile underground labels as Skint, Toolroom Records, D:Vision, Tonspiel, Steve Aoki\u2019s label DIM MAK and all major labels like Warner, Sony and Universal. Tocadisco produced THE 2012 summer hit with his remix of Milk&Sugar\u2019s \u201cLet the sunshine\u201d.\nIn 2013 Tocadisco\u2019s track \u201cBat3ria\u201d has been sampled by Fatboy Slim and Riva Starr for their smash hit \u201cEat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat\u201d which climbed up to no.3 in the UK sales charts and has been found in the top ten all over the globe.\nIn 2014 Toca earned a gold record for his remix of \u201eSun goes down\u201c \u2013 Robin Schulz feat Jasmine Thomson and a platin record for his remix of \u201eChanges\u201c by Faul & Wad Ad.\n2015 Tocadisco released various singles and EPs. 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Click here to access it. \u2014 The Summit Church", "raw_content": "The audio for this sermon is being restored due to poor quality. It will be up shortly. In the mean time, click on the link below to access a transcript. Thank you for your patience.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 1128, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 146.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.surfertoday.com/surf-books/surfing-in-the-movies-a-critical-history", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:16Z", "digest": "sha1:3MYRLFRS7ASIW7PQ5ZR6EJ5IUG3I6IYO", "length": 969, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.surfertoday.com", "title": "Surfing in the Movies: A Critical History", "raw_content": "Author: John Engle\nSurfing has fascinated filmmakers since Thomas Edison shot footage of Waikiki beach boys in 1906. Before the 1950s surf craze, surfing showed up in travelogues or as exotic background for studio features.\nThe arrival of \"Gidget\" (1959) on the big screen swept the sport into popular culture, but surfer-filmmakers were already featuring the day's best surfers in self-narrated two-reelers.\nHollywood and independent filmmakers have produced about three dozen surf films in the last half-century, including the frothy beach party movies, \"Point Break\" (1991) and \"Chasing Mavericks\" (2012).\nFrom Bud Browne's earliest efforts to \"The Endless Summer\" (1966), \"Riding Giants\" (2004) and today's brilliant videos, over 1,000 surfing movies have celebrated the stoke.\nThis first full-length study of surf movies gives critical attention to hundreds of the most important films.\nJohn Engle is a professor of literature and film at the Universite de Toulon.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 86, "original_length": 2316, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 261.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/sport/football/albion/former-brighton-player-just-90-minutes-away-from-world-cup-final-1-8561646", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:36Z", "digest": "sha1:GRIXJUSIN3WAQN32FVSIW2IO2AALGCX2", "length": 2284, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.sussexexpress.co.uk", "title": "Former Brighton player just 90 minutes away from World Cup final - Sussex Express", "raw_content": "Former Brighton player just 90 minutes away from World Cup final\nJesse Lingard in action for Brighton in 2014. Picture by Angela Brinkhurst\nFormer Albion loanee Jesse Lingard is just 90 minutes away from a World Cup final as attentions turn to England's semi-final clash with Croatia tomorrow evening.\nThe Manchester United midfielder has featured in all but one of Gareth Southgate's starting line-ups during the tournament in Russia, while scoring a goal-of-the-tournament contender in England's 6-1 win over Panama in the group stages.\nLingard, 25, has made significant strides since his 17-game loan spell at the Albion in 2014. Despite scoring four times for Oscar Garcia's side, most notably one in the play-off semi final against Derby, few Brighton fans would have predicted the success Lingard has since had.\nLingard spent time on loan at Leicester and Birmingham before his move to the Amex and was then loaned to Derby in 2015.\nAfter his fourth loan spell in the Championship, he finally broke into the United first team under Jose Mourinho and the attacking midfielder has not looked back. 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It covers all aspects of road safety on walking, cycling and using public transport for the new journey to secondary school, and provides some useful tips on personal safety too.\nBehaving responsibly and courteously\nThere are places to record school details, important numbers, useful web links and a thought provoking quiz. It all folds down to fit in a handy luggage tag which can hold travel passes or other information, and can be secured to the inside or outside of a school bag.\nIf you think you would make use of this resource, please make use of the free download or contact us to discuss the how to get your class the printed version.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 43, "original_length": 1478, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 299.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.sutliffstout.com/community/want-to-be-a-lawyer-program/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:15Z", "digest": "sha1:MBWH5G4AMVXYF6VU2ZEJDY2BISTBRKVZ", "length": 1514, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.sutliffstout.com", "title": "\"So You Want To Be a Lawyer\" Program [Sutliff & Stout, Injury & Accident Law Firm ]", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb In the Community \u00bb \u201cSo You Want To Be a\u2026\n\u201cSo You Want To Be a Lawyer\u201d Program\nThe lawyers at Sutliff & Stout chose to pursue careers in law because we were and are passionate about helping people effectively navigate the justice system. All of the legal professionals at Sutliff & Stout feel extreme gratitude to be able to do the work that they do.\nNow, they want to help students in Houston who dream of working in law by offering a first hand understanding into the practice of law. That\u2019s what the \u201cSo you want to be a lawyer\u201d series is all about.\nWe will be offering monthly, hour-long sessions at our Houston law office.\nThese sessions are especially relevant to high school and college students in the Houston area who are considering law as their course of study (or students who are currently studying law).\nEach session will be attended by Attorneys Hank Stout or Graham Sutliff, and will give students a chance to explore the following questions:\nWhat is the typical day like for an attorney?\nWhat does it take to be a successful lawyer?\nWhat are the different fields of law and what should I know about them?\nWhat can I do now to prepare for a career in law?\nIn addition to being able to ask questions, students will be able to network with the other students in the group, and with legal professionals at the firm.\nThe office hours sessions take place at our office in Houston, Texas:\nTo register for an upcoming session, please head over to our Meetup page. Space is limited so register today!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 89, "original_length": 4095, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 251.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.svvsd.org/updates/foundations-success-preschool-registration-begins", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:53Z", "digest": "sha1:R2HTSMHESOKM24YNSXCFTAKU274L3CSK", "length": 4051, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.svvsd.org", "title": "Foundations for Success - Preschool Registration Begins | St Vrain Valley School District", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb News \u00bb Foundations for Success - Preschool Registration Begins\nSt. Vrain Valley Schools offers high-quality preschool programs in every communiy across the district. We are committed to shaping today\u2019s children to be tomorrow\u2019s young adults, parents, business owners, industry leaders and senior citizens. Studies have shown that children participating in preschool programs are more likely to graduate high school, go to college and earn more in their careers. The purpose of the district's Preschool Program is to provide a high-quality early childhood experience for our youngest learners in a safe, supportive, and stimulating environment. We believe family partnership\u2019s are vital to a student\u2019s success in our program. Ongoing opportunities for parent involvement are offered throughout the school year and strongly encouraged.\nPreschool Website >>\nFind a Preschool Program in St. Vrain\nThe Early Grades Matter\nDeveloping skills at an early age is critical to a child\u2019s educational success. Language skills at the age of one or two can predict literacy skills at age five. Most research today indicates that children participating in rigorous preschool programming exhibit more positive health, social-emotional and cognitive outcomes than those that do not.\n\u201cQuality preschool programs and positive relationships with caring adults provides a strong foundation for children and increases their chances of being successful,\u201d says Edwina Salazar, Executive Director of the OUR Center, a local basic needs provider that maintains its own four-star rated child development center. Roughly 60 to 75 percent of families utilizing these services are part of low-income households.\nAt Spark! Discovery Preschool, a stand-alone STEM preschool facility within St. Vrain, students regularly engage in design thinking challenges that build upon teamwork, problem solving and social development. Keeping Humpty Dumpty protected from falling off a wall or devising a way to keep the family dog from chewing on shoes are clever scenarios to engage even the youngest preschool students.\n\u201cBy facilitating design thinking challenges, we achieve a higher level of rigor within our coursework,\u201d says Spark! Discovery teacher, Jess Harbison. \u201cWe are setting them up to be better problem solvers, collaborators and critical thinkers. That is what the jobs of tomorrow will call upon.\u201d\nMountain View Elementary\u2019s STEM Discovery Preschool is another program within St. Vrain using these techniques. By incorporating iPads, makerspaces, prototyping resources and guest speakers, teachers are able to integrate STEM and the arts seamlessly. Mountain View parent Liz Lasher says she is impressed by the growth her daughter, Marilyn, has shown.\n\u201cMountain View does a great job of integrating STEM curriculum and developing emotional intelligence in the classroom,\u201d says Lasher. \u201cMarilyn consistently surprises us at home with new terms and phrases she has learned. She is more outgoing, asks more questions and is more independent.\u201d\nSt. Vrain Valley Schools is committed to shaping today\u2019s children to be tomorrow\u2019s young adults, parents, business owners, industry leaders and senior citizens. Studies have shown that children participating in preschool programs are more likely to graduate high school, go to college and earn more in their careers. In 2014, the White House Council of Economic Advisors reported that for every $1 invested in preschool education, our economy sees a return of $8.60. This is largely based on increased earnings as students enter the U.S. workforce.\nChris Barge of the Community Foundation of Boulder County directs the organization\u2019s School Readiness Initiative and feels St. Vrain is performing head and shoulders above many school districts in the state and across the country.\n\u201cAs a school district, St. Vrain manages its finances very well, especially in a state where resources are scarce,\u201d says Barge. \u201cPlacing emphasis on early learning and performing above expectations is why St. Vrain Valley Schools continues to succeed.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 276, "original_length": 10180, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 310.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.swamh.com/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=29707&cn=10", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:29Z", "digest": "sha1:6I3DJJWNOUUAJ3HM5TUQBZC3XFECROOV", "length": 4715, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.swamh.com", "title": "Southwest Alabama Behavioral Health Care Systems", "raw_content": "As mentioned throughout our discussion on sexual dysfunction, it is not uncommon for a couple come to a professional and be eagerly seeking a quick fix to their sexual difficulties. Many men come in alone, without ever having discussed their quest for treatment with their partner. They often return frustrated, as the quick fix to the sexual problems did not resolve their relationship conflicts. It is important to be aware that while there is an individual component to sexuality, for most people there is also a partnered component. Because of this, sexual problems or concerns are best approached from a \"couple's\" perspective as it affects both people in the relationship.\nWincze, Bach, and Barlow (2008) discuss several risk factors for the development of sexual dysfunction and certainly these risk factors can contribute to the maintenance or worsening of sexual symptoms. These factors include:\ncouple distress\nlack of physical attraction\nrestricted sexual repertoire\nIt may be useful to think of these factors as being in a circle, instead of on a line. The presence of sexual dysfunction can negatively impact a couple's relationship by causing distress and poor communication. But the opposite is also true: couple distress and poor communication can lead to sexual problems.\nSexual problems may result from couple distress within the relationship. Oftentimes couples seeking help will say that their primary issue is a sexual one. Upon further investigation, it becomes clear that there are a many relationship difficulties and that the sexual concern is just one expression of those relationship difficulties. If you and your partner are experiencing sexual problems, ask yourselves if there are other problems within the relationship that might be contributing to the sexual problem. Explore how these other issues may be impacting the sexual aspect of your relationship. On the other hand, experiencing a sexual dysfunction can certainly cause distress within the relationship. Sexual dysfunction can cause frustration and feelings of failure within the individual and the partner. It is not uncommon for some tension to be present when a sexual disorder surfaces.\nPoor communication can create big problems in the relationship overall, and certainly the sexual aspect of the relationship can also be impacted. People who cannot effectively communicate their feelings may feel angry, resentful, or hostile. Negative feelings can interfere with sexual functioning. If the communication difficulties are general and not specific to sexual issues, it may be helpful to review your communication style or attend couple's therapy with your partner to develop better communication skills. Assertiveness is a necessary component for effective communication. Assertiveness happens when both people communicate their own thoughts and feelings while showing mutual respect for their partner's thoughts and feelings. This is particularly important when differences come up.\nAnother important aspect of communication is empathy, which is being able to put yourself in another's shoes. You can show empathy by expressing compassion and understanding toward your partner. Many times, when we feel attacked, we immediately go on the defensive. The problem with is that it does not allow us to listen. Effective communication is about being able to express ourselves and being able to listen. An excellent communication exercise is to focus on what your partner is saying and then repeat it back to them. For example, \"It sounds as though you are saying\u2026.\" Avoid interpreting what they are saying, or defining what you think they meant to say. Instead, simply try to repeat what it is that they are saying. While this exercise seems incredibly simple, it is quite difficult and many couples take a long time to master it.\nWhen the difficulty with communication is specifically related to sex, it may be helpful for you to think about why it is difficult to communicate about sex. Many of us live in a fairly conservative society where talking about sexuality is still somewhat taboo. Because of this, it is not a complete surprise that some couples have a hard time talking about sex. If you are having trouble talking to your partner about sex, you may want to ask yourself if it is because you are uncomfortable with the topic or are afraid of hurting your partner's feelings. In either case, couple's therapy can be helpful as it provides a safe place to practice effective communication about a sensitive topic. Previously we described an exercise called sensate focus. Sensate focus is another technique that may assist couples to become more comfortable about discussing their sexual relationship in general.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 107, "original_length": 9885, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 254.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.sweeps-takes.com/search/tag/tags/f250", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:04Z", "digest": "sha1:MOD3ZLLA3ERXN42PRRVWEJT6MH53W637", "length": 473, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.sweeps-takes.com", "title": "List of F250 sweepstakes 2018 - Sweeps-Takes", "raw_content": "List of F250 sweepstakes 2018\nEnter to win new F250 sweepstakes for 2018. Below is a list that includes some of the best sweepstakes you will find on the internet. With chances to win great prizes, you do not want to miss out. Be sure to check back to this page every day to enter the fresh new 2018 F250 sweepstakes as they are added. For daily entry giveaways, each day you enter to win is one more chance to get the prize of your dreams, and you do not want to miss out.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 96, "original_length": 2915, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 231.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.sweetwaterreporter.com/content/five-jailed-after-true-pleas-district-court", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:57Z", "digest": "sha1:5HHJREZG5IQZSYL3SJJLEXAYOMLAWLKX", "length": 3645, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.sweetwaterreporter.com", "title": "Five jailed after true pleas in district court | The Sweetwater Reporter", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Five jailed after true pleas in district court\nFive jailed after true pleas in district court\nFive people were jailed on Tuesday after pleading true to revoking their probation during 32nd Judicial District Court.Dalton James Dauel was sentenced to five years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice after revoking his probation. He was originally put on probation on Dec. 20, 2012, after he pled guilty to engaging in organized criminal activity, a first degree felony. The charge stems from an incident on Jan. 6, 2012, in which 400 grams or more of methamphetamine were possessed with the intent to deliver. Dauel was also ordered to pay a $3,000 fine, $418 in court costs and $500 in attorney's fees. He will receive 65 days credit towards his sentence for time already served in jail.Dauel also pled true to revoking his probation on another charge of engaging in organized criminal activity, a third degree felony stemming from a burglary of a habitation. For his plea, Dauel was sentenced to five years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. He will pay no fine, $343 in court costs, $500 in attorney's fees and $11,770.60 in restitution to Malcolm Kill ($1,870.00), Kenny Landfried ($953.18), Jimmy Scott ($3,232.42), James Fullwood ($1,570.00), Eric Robinson ($2,030.00) and Ronald Williams ($2,115.00). He will receive 194 days credit towards his sentence for time already served in jail. He will serve his sentences concurrently.Stephanie Marie Hill was sentenced to five years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for revoking her probation. She was originally put on probation on Sept. 14. 2010 for assault on a public servant, a third degree felony. She was also ordered to pay a $500 fine, $309 in court costs, $1,000 in attorney's fees and $500 in restitution to the Nolan County Sheriff's Department. She will receive 567 days credit towards her sentence for time already served in jail.Isaiah Zachary Gongora was sentenced to 14 months confinement in the State Jail Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for revoking his probation. He was originally put on probation on Sept. 27, 2011 for unauthorized use of a vehicle, a state jail felony. He was also ordered to pay a $1,500 fine, $309 in court costs, $1,200 in restitution and $1,000 in attorney's fees. He will receive 291 days credit towards his sentence for time already served in jail.Rebekah Dianne Hogan was sentenced to 14 months confinement in the State Jail Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for revoking her probation. She was originally put on probation on March 30, 2009 for debit card abuse, a state jail felony. Hogan was also ordered to pay a $500 fine, $370 in court costs and $1,000 in attorney's fees. She will receive 449 days credit towards her sentence for time already served in jail.Clifton Dwayne Forbes II was sentenced to 13 months confinement in the State Jail Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for revoking his probation. He was originally put on probation on April 8, 2008 for burglary of a building, a state jail felony. Forbes was also ordered to pay a $1,500 fine, $305 in court costs, $1,000 in attorney's fees and $3,733.12 in restitution to Skinny's ($599.08), Wes-T-Go ($133.26), Town and Country ($818.93), TA Travel Center ($211.48), Short Stop ($106.54), Doris' Sweet Shop ($175.76), Chillerz ($596.76), Wendy's ($98.31), Shamrock Liquor ($46.27), Jack's Liquor ($130.49), Pizza Hut ($19.71) and Longhorn Liquor ($46.50) with a $750 collection fee for the County Attorney. He will receive 390 days credit towards his sentence for time already served in jail.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 58, "original_length": 5109, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 171.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.sweetwaterreporter.com/content/have-you-been-keeping-year%E2%80%99s-olympics", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:35Z", "digest": "sha1:S2466T5XMGLPIPB4ONCIELHNK7QEXXWC", "length": 135, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.sweetwaterreporter.com", "title": "Have you been keeping up with this year\u2019s Olympics? | The Sweetwater Reporter", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Have you been keeping up with this year\u2019s Olympics?\nHave you been keeping up with this year\u2019s Olympics?\nI watch it when I can...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 65, "original_length": 1728, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 271.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.taconic.com/knockout-mouse/map3k13-targeted", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:38Z", "digest": "sha1:5UTBBIQCHXMDJPDT6AJOLO74I5FFKXDM", "length": 91, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.taconic.com", "title": "Map3k13 | Knockout Mouse | Research Models | Taconic Biosciences", "raw_content": "Gene Description: mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase 13\nSynonyms: C130026N12Rik", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 291, "original_length": 6944, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.69, "perplexity": 281.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/lake-tahoe-comedy-scene-with-howie-nave-alycia-cooper-performs-at-the-improv/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:43:01Z", "digest": "sha1:4KMO47S7S3RPAQDSMLTUABFFS3HYNUV2", "length": 3192, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.tahoedailytribune.com", "title": "Lake Tahoe comedy scene with Howie Nave: Alycia Cooper performs at The Improv | TahoeDailyTribune.com", "raw_content": "Lake Tahoe comedy scene with Howie Nave: Alycia Cooper performs at The Improv\nAlycia Cooper takes the stage at The Improv this weekend.\nRon Morey was dubbed \"the whitest white man I have ever seen\" by Snoop Dog.\nKeith Nelson performs at the Carson Nugget.\nIn the time it took her to reach NBC's \"Last Comic Standing\" (where judge Roseanne called her \"brilliant\") it feels as if it's been a lifetime with comedian Alycia Cooper from then until now.\nShe recently wrapped up her latest project, the thriller called \"Do Not Be Deceived.\" While it doesn't have a release date yet, Alycia has a host of other credits that could gag a yak.\nSome of those include \"Byron Allen's Comics Unleashed,\" \"America's Got Talent,\" \"The Mo'Nique Show,\" \"The Ricki Lake Show,\" \"Wanda Does It,\" \"Gossip Queens,\" \"Nick's Mom's Night Out,\" \"Stand Up & Deliver\" and \"Stand Up in Stilettos.\"\nShe taped her first DVD in 2002 for a Christian Comedy Show called, \"The Spirit of Comedy\" and since then has taped two hour-long DVDs (directed and produced by herself) called \"Paper Chasin'\" and \"Stimulus Package,\" has five comedy albums out on the market, a YouTube channel and a killer podcast called \"A Hot 10 with Alycia Cooper,\" where she interviews the hottest 10 comics each month.\nShe's a member of SAG, after having been on \"Grounded for Life,\" \"The Parkers\" and \"Raising Hope.\"\nOf all her credits though, Alycia said that performing overseas for our men and women in uniform ranks as her most memorable. She's been to Japan, Korea, Guam, Oman, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Djibouti Africa performing in some pretty hot spots to entertain and meet some of the most courageous Americans in the world.\nIt's good to have her back before the year closes. One can only imagine what she'll be accomplishing when she returns next year.\nRon Morey\nRon Morey also is on the bill with Alycia. Pound for pound, he's one of the best. Ron has worked with a lot of well known entertainers and even appeared on the Snoop Dogg MTV show, \"DoggyFizzle Televizzle.\"\nSnoop was looking to cast a nerdy white guy for one of his music videos. He went through piles and piles of professional headshots from actors, musicians and comedians and stopped immediately once he saw Ron Morey's mugshot. Snoop declared, \"Damn! This dude is the whitest white man I have ever seen!\" and Morey got the call.\nRon has the honor of being mentioned as \"a stand out kind of guy,\" and does in fact stand out as he's one of the few comics out there who still wears a three-piece suit onstage. He's old school classy that way.\nKeith Nelson at Carson Nugget\nPerforming this weekend at the Carson Nugget is comedian Keith Nelson. I remember him when I first came up here to the lake. He's been doing comedy for over 25 years and has the dubious distinction of having performed in all 50 states and all over the world.\nHe won the Portland Comedy Competition back in 2005 and was featured in The Best of the Best at the Burbank Comedy Festival just a few years ago. He was a finalist in the Ventura Comedy Festival Comedy Competition in 2014.\nKeith is obviously a seasoned professional so seeing him up here is a rare treat \u2014 this is a show well worth checking out.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 222, "original_length": 7873, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 244.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.tanks.net/vietnam-war-tanks/t-54t-55-main-battle-tank.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:04:26Z", "digest": "sha1:EHKAHG7WLKUVGTEPT6WTI2WMHI5CFYQG", "length": 3446, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "www.tanks.net", "title": "T-54/T-55 Main Battle Tank", "raw_content": "Weapons: Main \u2013 3.94in (100mm) gun, Secondary \u2013 1 x 0.3in (7.62mm) coaxial machine gun, 1 x 0.3 in(7.62mm) machine gun in bow, 1 x 0.5 in(12.7mm) anti-aircraft gun\nEngine: V-12 diesel, 520hp\nT-54 and T-55 main battle tanks have been among the most widely used tanks in the world. The USSR supplied the North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong with T-54 and T-55 tanks during the Vietnam War.\nIn1947, the Soviets built the first prototype of the T-54 main battle tank. This was based on the T-44 medium tank, a tank that entered service toward the end of World War II. The T-44 itself was based on the T-34 medium tank, the Soviet Union\u2019s main World War II medium tank.\nThe T-54 entered service in 1950.\nIt weighs 35 tons (36,000 kg) and has armor with 7.99 inches (203mm) maximum thickness.\nThe hull is all-welded and the turret is cast iron.\nThe T-54 main battle tank has a torsion-bar type suspension, with five road wheels on each side of the tank. The drive sprocket is at the front and the idler is in the rear. The top of the track rests on the top of the road wheels, so there are no return rollers.\nIt is powered by a 520 hp V12 diesel engine.\nFour crewmen operate the T-54: a driver, a commander, a gunner and a loader. The driver sits at the front of the hull, on the right side. The commander and the gunner sit in the left side of the turret, and the loader sits in the turret on the right.\nMain armament on the T-54 is a 3.94 inch (100mm) gun. Secondary armament includes a 0.3 inch (7.62mm) coaxial machine gun, a 0.3 inch (7.62mm) machine gun in the bow, which the driver operates, and a 0.5 inch (12.7mm) anti-aircraft gun that is mounted on the loader\u2019s hatch.\nThe T-54 can lay a smoke screen by injecting diesel fuel into the exhaust outlet on the left of the hull.\nWith the aid of a snorkel, the T-54 can ford bodies of water 18 feet (5.5 meters) deep.\nThe T-55 first appeared in 1960. It had a more powerful 580 hp engine\nIn 1963, the T-55A appeared. It had shielding to protect the tank from radiation.\nMost versions of the T-54 and the T-55 main battle tank have infrared night vision equipment.\nMany variants of the T-54/T-55 have been built. These include command versions, bridgelayers, armored recovery vehicles, combat engineering vehicles, firefighters, mine clearers, flame throwers, self-propelled guns and an armored personnel carrier.\nVersions T-55M and the T-55MV can each fire an AT-10 Stabber laser-guided anti-tank missile. The T-55MV has explosive reactive armor as well.\nThe Soviets used the T-54 main battle tank when they invaded Hungary in 1956.\nThe Soviet Union stopped producing the T-54/T-55 main battle tank in the 1980s.\nAlthough the T54/T55 is not in service in Russia, it remains in service with many countries around the world. Some of these countries have developed their own variants.\nCurrently (early 2011), the T-55 main battle tank is being used by both Gadaffi\u2019s forces and by rebel forces during the uprisings in Libya.\nT-54s and T-55s were used by Egypt and Syria during the 1967 Six Day War and during the 1973 Yom Kippur War.\nIndia used the T-55 during the 1971 war between India and Pakistan.\nYugoslavia and Macedonia used the T-55 during the War in Kosovo in the late 1990s and during the 2001 conflict in Macedonia.\nIraq used the Type 69 main battle tank, a Chinese variant of the T-54, during the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, during the 1990/1991 Gulf War and during the 2003 Gulf War.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 5652, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 114.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120816/07425320074/us-uk-betray-basic-values-to-get-assange-any-cost.shtml?cid=750", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:41Z", "digest": "sha1:7NVMR3AHEDJLYMRSVRCSLC4EWQSU6T6Z", "length": 9908, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "www.techdirt.com", "title": "US, UK Betray Basic Values To Get Assange At Any Cost | Techdirt", "raw_content": "Hachette Tells Authors And Tor To Use DRM Because It Is Awesome Or Something\nfrom the sad-day dept\nWhile I've covered numerous aspects of Wikileaks, I've shied almost entirely away from the arrest of Julian Assange and the extradition fight to have him sent to Sweden, as well as the questions involving asylum in Ecuador. For the most part, I considered those things to be outside the scope of what's normally interesting around here. Whether or not you think the claims of what he did in Sweden were legitimate or trumped up, it was wholly separate from what he did with Wikileaks. That said, with the news today that Ecuador has, in fact, granted asylum to Assange, there are a few tidbits that have made the story extra interesting.\nFirst up, is the absolutely astounding and shocking news -- as released to the public by the Ecuadorian embassy -- that the UK literally threatened to enter the embassy in order to get Assange and ship him to Sweden:\n\"You need to be aware that there is a legal base in the UK, the Diplomatic and Consular Premises Act 1987, that would allow us to take actions in order to arrest Mr Assange in the current premises of the embassy. We sincerely hope that we do not reach that point, but if you are not capable of resolving this matter of Mr Assange's presence in your premises, this is an open option for us.\"\nIf you don't follow diplomatic and embassy issues, this might not seem like a big deal, but it's huge. While it's mostly a myth that embassies are considered the sovereign territory of the countries they represent, under the Vienna Convention, the UK has agreed that such premises \"shall be inviolable\" and that its agents \"may not enter them, except with the consent of the head of the mission.\" The UK's very direct threat here s that it would ignore that international agreement just to get Assange. That the UK would be willing to take such an incredibly drastic step to extradite Assange seems completely disconnected from the nature of the accusations against him. It would also put UK diplomats at risk around the globe, as other countries would note that it did not respect the Vienna Convention, so why should they?\nThen there's a deeply disturbing, but quite compelling, argument by Mark Weisbrot at The Guardian, that even if these things seem disconnected, it's pretty clear that the driving force behind all of this is the plan for the US to prosecute Assange under the Espionage Act for his role in Wikileaks -- and this moment is particularly stunning. Historically, those who were being persecuted on human rights issues fled to the United States for asylum. Not the other way around. But here's a case where the exact opposite is true. And while many people have gotten past the point of believing that the US is a beacon of light on human rights issues, the fact that Assange had to take this action, combined with the UK's response, really acts as a distinct (and tremendously embarrassing) marker for a clear point in time in which the US turned from being a protector of human rights, to a persecutor against human rights.\nThe points raised by Weisbrot include the fact that Assange still hasn't actually been charged in Sweden. He notes that Swedish officials have been offered, multiple times, the opportunity to come to the UK to question him, and they've refused each time, including a recent offer from the Ecuadorian embassy to question him there:\nWe can infer that the Swedes have no legitimate reason for the extradition, since they were repeatedly offered the opportunity to question him in the UK, but rejected it, and have also refused to even put forth a reason for this refusal. A few weeks ago the Ecuadorian government offered to allow Assange to be questioned in its London embassy, where Assange has been residing since 19 June, but the Swedish government refused \u2013 again without offering a reason. This was an act of bad faith in the negotiating process that has taken place between governments to resolve the situation.\nFormer Stockholm chief district prosecutor Sven-Erik Alhem also made it clear that the Swedish government had no legitimate reason to seek Assange's extradition when he testified that the decision of the Swedish government to extradite Assange is \"unreasonable and unprofessional, as well as unfair and disproportionate\", because he could be easily questioned in the UK.\nI'm not willing to go quite that far, in that I'll grant the possibility that there is a legitimate reason for Assange to be extradited -- but the failure of the Swedish government to take easy steps to prove those legitimate reasons or to obtain the necessary evidence is concerning.\nAnd that's where Weisbrot connects the US to the whole thing. While we've talked about UK-US extradition in other contexts, apparently Assange could not be extradited to the US from the UK based on any of the possible charges against him. But that wouldn't be true in Sweden. Which gives rise to plenty of reasons why Sweden and the UK might be under heavy diplomatic pressure to get Assange to Sweden -- even to the point of threatening to enter the embassy to get him. Weisbrot points out that there's plenty of evidence that the US is sitting on an indictment for Assange:\nBut, most importantly, the government of Ecuador agreed with Assange that he had a reasonable fear of a second extradition to the United States, and persecution here for his activities as a journalist. The evidence for this was strong. Some examples: an ongoing investigation of Assange and WikiLeaks in the US; evidence that an indictment had already been prepared; statements by important public officials such as Democratic senator Diane Feinstein that he should be prosecuted for espionage, which carries a potential death penalty or life imprisonment.\nThis, by itself, is quite troubling, as we've discussed in the past. No matter what you think of Assange (and, personally, I don't think too highly of his methods or his grandstanding), it's a massive stretch to think that he should even be subject to an Espionage Act claim. However, as we've detailed multiple times, the Obama administration has turned the Espionage Act from a law against spying into a law against whistleblowers who embarrass them. The administration has used the Espionage Act twice as many times as all other Presidents combined to go after journalists and whistleblowers. Even if you disagree with Assange's methods, or the way that Wikileaks has operated, this should concern you. What Wikileaks did was not \"espionage.\"\nThis will have massive ramifications for US foreign policy on human rights issues.\nWhy is this case so significant? It is probably the first time that a citizen fleeing political persecution by the US has been granted political asylum by a democratic government seeking to uphold international human rights conventions. This is a pretty big deal, because for more than 60 years the US has portrayed itself as a proponent of human rights internationally \u2013 especially during the cold war. And many people have sought and received asylum in the US.\n[...] Today, the US claims the legal right to indefinitely detain its citizens; the president can order the assassination of a citizen without so much as even a hearing; the government can spy on its citizens without a court order; and its officials are immune from prosecution for war crimes. It doesn't help that the US has less than 5% of the world's population but almost a quarter of its prison inmates, many of them victims of a \"war on drugs\" that is rapidly losing legitimacy in the rest of the world. Assange's successful pursuit of asylum from the US is another blow to Washington's international reputation. At the same time, it shows how important it is to have democratic governments that are independent of the US and \u2013 unlike Sweden and the UK \u2013 will not collaborate in the persecution of a journalist for the sake of expediency. Hopefully other governments will let the UK know that threats to invade another country's embassy put them outside the bounds of law-abiding nations.\nYes, others will claim that the US was never the beacon of human rights it set itself out to be. There are numerous examples of where the US has failed to live up to its own stated standards. But this case and all of the details around it seem to take things to a new level, and the idea that someone needs to seek asylum in Ecuador out of fear of being put to death for trying to increase transparency by releasing government records? That's going to wake more people up to these questions.\nAnd even if we believe that the US is actually mostly good on human rights issues, these moves all make it significantly harder to have any semblance of a moral high ground in dealing with other nations around the globe. We have failed, quite publicly, to live up to our own set of ideals, and that makes it nearly impossible for our own diplomats to carry out any sort of human rights mission around the globe. It's one thing to be ashamed of specific actions by my own government. That happens. But, what horrifies me about this situation is that we've now built up this perfectly handy tool to make the job of US diplomats focused on human rights issues almost impossible. Any effort to seek better human rights elsewhere will be met with pushback as foreign governments point to the US's own awful track record on these particular items. It's really quite a shame.\nFiled Under: ecuador, embassy, espionage act, julian assange, uk\nSomeone in the uk government is either\nA) being pressured\nB) trying to get some browny points\nC) or misusing their position in order to showoff\nD) really beleives this is right\nA) Possible leniency if they help expose the \"nature\" of the pressure\nB) Fired and fined considerably\nC) Fired and Life, behind bars\nD) Slapped, and THEN fired\nGet back to me when politicians start thinking along those lines", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 125, "original_length": 13281, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 227.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.techlearning.com/the-wire/itslearning-imsglobal-bronze-waynetownship", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:50:56Z", "digest": "sha1:45ZIDWXAGOCINIT5MNGJM2ZKLCXUGLDO", "length": 3501, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.techlearning.com", "title": "Wayne Township Metropolitan School District and itslearning Take Bronze Medal in 2018 IMS Global Learning Consortium\u2019s LearningImpact Awards | Tech & Learning", "raw_content": "Wayne Township Metropolitan School District and itslearning Take Bronze Medal in 2018 IMS Global Learning Consortium\u2019s LearningImpact Awards\nBOSTON \u2014 June 20, 2018\u2014 Wayne Township Metropolitan School District and itslearning,an internationally acclaimed learning management system (LMS), have been awarded a bronze medal in the 2018 IMS Global Consortium\u2019s Learning Impact Awards program. Their entry in the Established Projects Category, Using LMS Interoperability to Power and Drive Student-Centered Learning, was recognized at this year\u2019s annual Learning Impact Leadership Institute held in Baltimore, Maryland.\nAn expert panel of judges used eight criteria for determining the learning impact of entries. Out of the 26 projects that competed as finalists in this year\u2019s competition,eight medalists were selected for their outstanding achievement. The award aligned to the theme Evolution to Next Generation Digital Learning Environmentsand was chosen among applications and platforms to manage the creation and delivery of learning experiences, including personalization, accessibility and mobility.\n\u201cAs a major urban school district, Wayne Township had a challenge: to provide equitable access to quality digital content to enable students to take control of their learning. Further, these needed to be available anytime and anywhere to all students, including their large population of low-income students. They selected itslearning as their partner to meet that challenge,\u201d said Arne Bergby, CEO of itslearning. \u201cIn doing so, Wayne Township has created a rebranded LMS, the Wayne Learning Hub, that now serves as a hub for 21st-century collaboration, personalization, instruction, and student, teacher and parent communication.\u201d\nIn their submission to the awards program, Wayne Township and itslearning highlighted five key goals of their LMS partnership, the Wayne Learning Hub: Curated Resources; Digital Community; Safe, Collaborative Learning Spaces; Individual Learning Paths; andReadily Available Access.\n\u201cIt is so important to allow students to have a voice in their own learning,\u201d said Michele Eaton, director of virtual and blended learning at Wayne Township. \u201cCreating the Wayne Learning Hub with itslearning has allowed our students to engage in personalized, blended learning experiences using digital tools, resources and strategies.\u201d\nBergby concluded, \u201cThe success of this program through the curated online resources available in a readily accessible online learning space is what can be accomplished when organizations work together on a single mission and vision.\u201d\nThe 2018 IMS Global Consortium\u2019s Learning Impact Awards programheld even more good news for itslearning. Beatriz Arnillas, senior educational advisor for itslearning, was recognized as one of the two recipients of the IMS Global 2018 William H. (Bill) Graves Leadership Award. Arnillas received the award alongside fellow educator and itslearning customer Lenny Schad, chief technology information officer (CTIO) for the Houston Independent School District (HISD), for the extraordinary improvement in student outcomes as a result a similar implementation of itslearning at HISD.\nAn analysis of the 2018 winning projects will be provided in the annual Learning Impact Report, which will be released in the fall.\nAbout itslearning\nEstablished in 1999, itslearning is headquartered in Boston, MA and Bergen, Norway and serves more than 7 million users worldwide. For more information, visit https://itslearning.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 52, "original_length": 4789, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 298.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.techrepublic.com/article/why-companies-need-to-implement-a-zero-trust-approach-to-their-cybersecurity-model/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:42Z", "digest": "sha1:T7B37YYTJT42WCV575GVAOVQQ2U7QLQS", "length": 9789, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "www.techrepublic.com", "title": "Why companies need to implement a 'zero trust' approach to their cybersecurity model - TechRepublic", "raw_content": "Why companies need to implement a 'zero trust' approach to their cybersecurity model\nInstead of implicitly trusting, SMBs and enterprises must start explicitly trusting if they want to improve their security.\nBy Dan Patterson | February 5, 2018, 11:59 AM PST\nPeople tend to trust too much, and that's especially true when it comes to security. TechRepublic's Dan Patterson spoke with Centrify chief product officer Bill Mann to discuss why companies need to adopt a zero trust model if they want to protect against today's cyberthreats. Below is a transcript of the interview.\nPatterson: As the cybersecurity landscape changes, as new threats evolve and emerge, companies need to do a lot to stay on the bleeding edge. One of the things companies need to do is forget trust. For TechRepublic and ZDNet, I'm Dan Patterson, with Bill Mann. He is the chief product officer at Centrify.\nBill, thanks a lot for your time today. I wonder if we could start with the zero trust model. That sounds a little counterintuitive, but I wonder if you could bring us in. Help us understand what zero trust means, and how this keeps organizations secure in the future.\nMann:\tHi Dan, thanks for the time. Yeah, it does sound odd, the zero trust model, because we all think about trust and trust is so important for all of us. And just the name of this thing kind of is an oxymoron in terms of making sure people understand what it is.\nBut let me explain what zero trust is in very simple terms. We inherently trust too much in our environment and our inclination to trust too many things has really led to us relying upon forms of security which are really not helping us in the new world order. Think of it in the old world order, you had a firewall which was a perimeter. We used to trust that the firewall was going to keep the bad guys out, but the reality is that the bad guys are already in our environment. Also, the reality is that we've got a lot of mobile workers and outsourced IT and we're using stats and infrastructure as a service so a danger is also not residing within the walls that the firewalls were previously protecting.\nSo that model has got to change. And going back to the word trust, we cannot trust a firewall anymore, and we've got to now really think of a world where we can't trust these elements of security and we've go to go to a model where we explicitly trust things. So instead of implicitly trusting, we've got to go to explicitly trusting.\nLet me give you a kind of a funny example, but it may help the audience. When you're at home and you're sleeping in bed, you inherently trust your environment because the front door's locked, the windows are locked, and so forth. But just imagine now that the windows were open and the doors were open. How would you think about security at home? And I'd like to think that we'd probably put a lock on our bedroom door, right? And that's kind of the mindset that the IT professional has to think about now as well. Instead of relying on that firewall, which I'm not saying get rid of the firewall, but instead of relying on that firewall, we have to start explicitly trusting things within our environment.\nSo, having explained what zero trust is, I can walk you through kind of the major elements of zero trust. But let me hand it over to you.\nPatterson: Yeah, in fact I'd love to hear the elements of zero trust, and coupled with, we'll get to in just a moment, but coupled with how this sounds great on paper, but how we can get organizations at large scale and large scale organizations, like enterprise companies, to institute something that is kind of fundamentally different than how we have practiced cyber in the past.\nMann:\tSure. So let me first walk you through the key components of zero trust. So the first component of zero trust is knowing the user, really understanding who the user is in your environment. And as you know, we typically understand users today by their username and password, which is a really primitive way of understanding who a user is. What we really need to implement within our environment is better ways of understanding who that user is. Technology is like multi-factor authentication. It can help us understand who this particular person is coming into the environment. So that's the first element of zero trust, understanding the user. All about identity.\nThe second element is knowing their device that they're using to connect into the network. So typically we use one of these things to access our network. So it's coupling knowing the user and knowing their device. So when I say know their device, understand the security posture of their device. So if you're using a mobile phone, let's make sure it belongs to Bill. Let's make sure it hasn't got any kind of vulnerabilities on it. If you're using a Windows machine, let's make sure it hasn't got a virus on it.\nSo fundamentally it's about making sure that that end point that's used to connect in to your environment is got a certain amount of security posture, and it's worthy within the environment. So that's the second element. First one, knowing the user, second, knowing the device.\nThe third element is once the person has access to something, let's say this person Bill has access to Salesforce.com, or let's say this person Jane has access to a Unix machine running on AWS, let's make sure that there's least amount of access and privilege on that said resource. So if Bill's a salesperson and he's just a salesperson, that he's not a regional manager, he should not be able to see everything within Salesforce. Similarly, if Jane is an IT developer and she only has scope to do management for Oracle, she should only be able to do management for Oracle. She should not be able to log in to a route account and make other changes and so forth.\nBut it's a very simple concept. It's a concept that most security professionals understand from, kind of, like from university courses, the concept of least privilege. Giving people the least amount of access to do their job.\nAnd then lastly is learning from all these three elements - the user, the device, the least privilege, and adapting your policies. So it's a constant learning and adapting, changing the policies. For instance, if Jane never executes certain commands on a Unix machine, let's dial down the policies so she can never run them. If Bill never accesses certain reports on Salesforce.com, let's dial them down as well. So it's really a concept of least privilege. And going back to trust, that's what you need to have in an environment because the world we're living in today, as we all know, is very heterogeneous, it's very cloud, it's very mobile, and the only way to have some semblance of security and trust, right, is to start making these kind of shifts in organizations.\nNow, the second question was how do organizations shift to this model. So unfortunately, a lot of organizations are spending a lot of their IT security dollars on classic security technologies, you know, firewalls, anti-virus, intrusion detection, et cetera, vulnerability management, and so forth. But if you look at all the data out there, Verizon breach report states that 80% of most breaches are due to compromised credentials. In other words, like stealing our passwords to log in to an environment and then steal information and so forth.\nSEE: Cyberwar and the Future of Cybersecurity (ZDNet special report) | Download the report as a PDF (TechRepublic)\nSo the fundamental first part of what I talked about was knowing the user, was implementing controls around the user. And a lot of large organizations understand this problem, but have not really implemented it throughout their whole organization. And a lot of mid-size companies are still grappling with just simple passwords. So that's the first thing I would recommend everybody needs to do within their organization is implement least privilege. And then secondly, implement the least privilege model where you really limit access and privilege within the environment.\nPatterson: Bill Mann is the chief product officer at Centrify. Bill, thanks for your time today. I wonder if you could leave us with some advice. As we look into the 2018 threat landscape, there's a lot of shifting sand. How should companies, whether they're SMBs or enterprise companies, prepare for threats that may not exist yet, or they could be underprepared for?\nMann: Security is a complicated landscape, and trying to answer the question of what to prepare for, which we don't even know about, is even more difficult. I mean, just look at the news over the last couple of weeks about the microprocessor threat.\nSo I think the only pragmatic approach that organizations really need to apply today is to follow the zero trust model. It's a very prescriptive model. It's based upon real data in the marketplace, from companies like Verizon and others which are really assessing a lot of vulnerabilities and a lot of breaches, and are fundamentally coming down and trying to say to the industry that they need to focus on the identity problem. So I think that if I was a security professional out there, I would look at my budget for 2018 and I would start allocating more of my IT investment dollars towards identity and identity-based security, and making that shift as soon as possible this year is probably the best advice I can give to anybody.\n2017 was 'worst year ever' in data breaches and cyberattacks, thanks to ransomware (TechRepublic)\nRansomware: Why the crooks are ditching bitcoin and where they are going next (ZDNet)\nRansomware: A cheat sheet for professionals (TechRepublic)\nRansomware customer service: Negotiation is always on the table (ZDNet)\nHow to make your employees care about cybersecurity: 10 tips (TechRepublic)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 183, "original_length": 13514, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 313.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.techrepublic.com/resource-library/webcasts/live-webcast-this-year-s-must-have-gadgets-for-techies/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:56Z", "digest": "sha1:NT54ZB6EXT7K4O43YSOR35JKASCJYP7X", "length": 1372, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.techrepublic.com", "title": "Live Webcast: This Year's Must-Have Gadgets for Techies - TechRepublic", "raw_content": "Live Webcast: This Year's Must-Have Gadgets for Techies\nProvided by: Citrix Online\nJoin us for this LIVE event! 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Today many of us will attend Remembrance Day services. I am playing the organ at the service in our village church in the East Riding, and I have played for many of them for the last 25 years or so in Yorkshire and Co. Durham.\nAs I write, ahead of me in a display case are the medals of my great uncle. Sergeant William Woodward 21605, served in the 13th Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry. He was killed on 7 October 1916 in the Battle of the Somme, and is buried in the military cemetery in Bazentin- le-Petit. (Pictured above) I have visited his grave on two occasions - and on both occasions I have stayed in Amiens, a 40-minute drive away from William\u2019s final resting place.\nAs you leave the historic city of Amiens, with its striking cathedral, you enter some of the most beautiful countryside in France. As you look around you admiring the view, it is hard to believe that so many men lost their lives in the battle which started in the heat of summer on 1 July 1916. But you are not allowed to forget - there are constant reminders along the way such as the town of Albert, with its Mus\u00e9e Somme, and the Pozieres Memorial. The Thiepval Memorial is not far away.\nThe military cemetery at Bazentin-le-Petit has 168 graves, all beautifully kept under the auspices of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC). One thing our great country does very well is looking after the final resting places of our war dead. I have visited many memorials and graves in the Somme and Normandy, and the standards of the CWGC are always impeccably high. Those who died for their country are the true heroes - those who are truly brave.\nAlthough I have never had this story corroborated, I have been told that William was injured during the battle and was taken away in a field ambulance - which was not an ambulance as we would think of it now. It was a was a mobile front-line medical unit manned by troops of the Royal Army Medical Corps. As they were taking him to safety, they took a hit and he was killed.\nHe was a regular soldier, joining the army when he was 18 years old in 1908. During the Battle of the Somme, because of the mounting casualties, he was quickly promoted from Lance Corporal, to Corporal, to Lance Sergeant. Like so many of his generation he had never travelled far away from home as he was growing up. I don\u2019t know why he joined the army, but many of his school friends would have become miners in the many pits surrounding Bishop Auckland. I suspect he didn\u2019t want to do follow suit, and the army gave him the opportunity to avoid a life working underground.\nBut although he joined the army rather than going down the pit, many of his school friends will have joined him in the trenches. They knew that their way of life was threatened if the country didn\u2019t fight Germany. Forget the lions led by donkeys analogy, too. Seventy-eight generals were killed in the First World War (which includes the former rank of Brigadier General). Being a second lieutenant was a death sentence - the life expectancy of a junior officer on the Western Front was just six weeks. Almost everyone knew someone who had lost a loved one - or had lost a loved one themselves. I am enormously proud of my great uncle and the men he led during days which must have been a living hell.\nI am also enormously proud of my country. When an aggressive Germany was on the rampage, we stepped up to the plate - twice. So when I hear the EU demanding more and more of us, the more determined I am not to give in to bullies. Our country was on its knees in 1945. For over two years from 1939 to 1941 we battled Nazi Germany singlehandedly on the Western Front. If it wasn\u2019t for this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the map of Europe wouldn\u2019t look the same as it does today. They may try to bully us, but they should know that we don\u2019t give in to bullies.\nThose who fought and died gave their today for our tomorrow. I know my country - your country - has a great future. We owe it to those who sacrificed everything to make sure we make a success of Brexit and move our country forward to a brighter tomorrow. Unlike my great uncle, we are unlikely to have to fight for freedom with our blood. We are lucky. He was not.\nWe may have a Government that limps from one crisis to another, but collectively we are bigger than that. Today I wear my poppy with humble pride. I am sure the same applies to you, too.\nPhoto Credit: Wernervc\nRemembrance Sunday 11 November Bazentin-le-Petit Battle of the Somme William Woodward", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 81, "original_length": 6475, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 174.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.thebestof.co.uk/local/barrow-and-furness/community-hub/blog/view/increased-demand-for-private-tuition/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:39:34Z", "digest": "sha1:BHYC5NOXHC6WHNLUF6ETWEVZR4DZ7K66", "length": 1943, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.thebestof.co.uk", "title": "Increased demand for private tuition", "raw_content": "Increased demand for private tuition\nMore than a quarter of 11 to 18-year-olds have had some form of private tutoring at some point during their schooling, according to research published by the Institute of Education, London, whilst a recent poll for the education charity the Sutton Trust showed a 4% increase in the numbers of parents seeking tuition compared with a similar poll in 2005. Most reported seeking help for maths with the fastest growing market now being at key stages 1 and 2.\nWith increasing numbers of parents looking for effective ways to improve their children\u2019s academic skills, confidence and performance at school, it is not surprising that companies like Kip McGrath continue to expand. Founded by former school principal Kip McGrath in Australia 30 years ago, Kip McGrath Education Centres has become an internationally trusted name in the field of private tutoring and supplementary education through its 600+ franchises around the world. The Barrow-in-Furness centre in Furness Park Road, opened in January 2009 since when its owner tutors, Elaine and Michael Oakes, have helped over seventy students between the ages of 5 and 16 move forward with their learning.\nThe centre caters for all abilities and aims to meet each student\u2019s particular learning needs whether they are struggling with reading, writing, spelling or mathematics, wanting help in preparing for tests and exams (up to GCSE standard), or just needing to be stretched a little more. By making full use of Kip McGrath\u2019s unique worksheets, text books and bespoke computer software, students are encouraged to learn independently and at their own pace whilst knowing that expert help is at hand to guide and teach them directly when necessary.\nTo find out more about the Barrow-in-Furness centre and book your FREE ASSESSMENT, call Elaine or Michael on 01229-828150.\nFor more information about Kip McGrath Tuition, Barrow-in-Furness, please click here", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 141, "original_length": 3927, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 220.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.thecustomerservicenumber.com/qantas-airlines-customer-service/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:56Z", "digest": "sha1:MU3S2IVSY645PTZ4SPPMSSN6K25FPCCG", "length": 734, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.thecustomerservicenumber.com", "title": "Qantas Airlines Customer Service Phone Number 1-844-869-8462", "raw_content": "The phone number of Qantas Airlines Customer Service is 1800-227-4500. Deaf, hearing or speech impaired customers can dial 711 for TTY services. The customer service center phone number is the same for Canada, Mexico, and the USA and the phone line is open 24 hours, throughout the year. If for some reason, this customer service is not available/busy and you have got a text message regarding the flight change in timing, you can contact the Qantas Airlines customer service in Australia and immediate help will be available. The customer service phone number for the rest of the world is provided in the list below. For more information or queries with your flight, you can also contact Qantas Airlines via their social media pages.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 358, "original_length": 12331, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 237.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.thecut.com/2009/01/60_minutes_is_doing_a_story_on.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:35Z", "digest": "sha1:YO2EVHNLXFYIXFF5LGPWM5HFIECYQFIZ", "length": 1475, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.thecut.com", "title": "60 Minutes Is Doing a Story on Anna Wintour", "raw_content": "wintour wonderland Jan. 22, 2009\n60 Minutes Is Doing a Story on Anna Wintour\nRumor has it 60 Minutes is doing a story on Anna Wintour. A 60 Minutes spokesman told us he was unable to comment on stories in the works. But Cut spies have spotted 60 Minutes cameras following Wintour at the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund awards dinner in November, and at the panel discussion she partook in last month with David Remnick and Graydon Carter. So it\u2019s been in the works for at least two months. A-Dubs allowed R.J. Cutler\u2019s documentary film crew to follow her and her Vogue team for nine months for The September Issue, so who knows how long we\u2019ll have to wait for the 60 Minutes piece to come out.\nWhile Gawker speculates Wintour will \u201cemerge puffed up,\u201d we hear they\u2019re not giving her any special treatment. Just because The September Issue was admiring, doesn\u2019t mean the 60 Minutes piece will be. That said, we hear Morley Safer is doing the story, and he\u2019s pretty genial with his interview subjects (you can\u2019t expect them to sic Mike Wallace on her). At any rate, our fascination with Anna is unquenchable. Whether she comes off as a saint or a she-devil, any footage would excite us. Watching her sit on a couch and drink tea would keep us on the edge of our seats. Not even drinking tea \u2014 just sitting there. Like Andy Warhol\u2019s Empire State Building, but replace the Empire State Building with Anna. That\u2019s all we need.\nWill 60 Minutes Help Anna Wintour Keep Hold of Vogue? [Gawker]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 209, "original_length": 7093, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 328.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.theepochtimes.com/april-declared-confederate-heritage-month-in-mississippi_1976089.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:19Z", "digest": "sha1:5UFTJKTGPUTP5L5LFTGGJYQEQCQ3H4QY", "length": 1945, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.theepochtimes.com", "title": "April Declared \u2018Confederate Heritage Month\u2019 in Mississippi", "raw_content": "A man waves a Confederate battle flag as he drives away from Roseburg Regional Airport in Roseburg, Ore., on Oct. 9. (AP Photo/Ryan Kang)\nApril Declared \u2018Confederate Heritage Month\u2019 in Mississippi\nIn a low key move, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant has signed a document declaring that the month of April be \u201cConfederate Heritage Month,\u201d the The Times-Picayune reports.\n\u201cLike his predecessors\u2014both Republican and Democrat\u2014who issued similar proclamations, Gov. Bryant believes Mississippi\u2019s history deserves study and reflection, no matter how unpleasant or complicated parts of it may be,\u201d Clay Chandler, the governor office\u2019s communications director, said in a statement.\nMississippi\u2019s history deserves study and reflection, no matter how unpleasant or complicated parts of it may be.\nIt\u2019s a common tradition among states like Alabama, Virginia, Texas, and Louisiana to observe April as Confederate History Month, according to the Chicago Tribune, although it has tapered off in recent years, especially after the Dylan Roof shooting, which prompted many stores shuttering the sale of the Confederate flag.\nThe document concludes with the statement:\n\u201cWHEREAS, it is important for all Americans to reflect upon our nation\u2019s past, to gain insight from our mistakes and successes, and to come to a full understanding that the lessons learned yesterday and today will carry us through tomorrow if we carefully and earnestly strive to understand and appreciate our heritage and our opportunities which lie before us.\u201d\nThe governor said that he made the same declarations in 2012 and 2013. This year, the statement was not posted on the official state website.\nWith Confederate Flag Gone, King Day Rally Shifts Focus\nEarlier this week, the Mississippi legislature shelved plans to redesign the state flag, which has elements borrowed from the Confederate flag, because a majority vote couldn\u2019t be gathered for any redesign, the Associated Press reports.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 445, "original_length": 16648, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 280.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.theepochtimes.com/ny-philharmonic-thrills-with-brahms-and-tchaikovsky_103057.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:48Z", "digest": "sha1:X7ERG7VFONPRXS4KRGWAZZM2YUUJJ6MA", "length": 5923, "nlines": 35, "source_domain": "www.theepochtimes.com", "title": "NY Philharmonic Thrills With Brahms and Tchaikovsky", "raw_content": "New York Philharmonic members (Clockwise from left) Sheryl Staples, Alan Gilbert, Carter Brey, Rebecca Young, and Cynthia Phelps, play the Brahms String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111. at Avery Fisher Hall on June 8. (Courtesy of Chris Lee)\nNY Philharmonic Thrills With Brahms and Tchaikovsky\nClassical traditions with a few surprises\nNEW YORK\u2014If Joshua Bell is known for the sweetness of his tone, and Sarah Chang is remembered for the strength in her sound, we could say that Sheryl Staples brings both qualities to her playing: her tone is one with a strong core, coated by softer, feminine elegance. Her performance was so enchanting that we could forget she was just stepping in last minute for an injured violinist.\nSheryl Staples is the Principal Associate Concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic, who took the plunge when renowned violinist Lisa Batiashvili announced last minute that she could not perform due to muscular problems in her right arm and shoulder.\nAnd that is the magic of the New York Philharmonic. It never ceases to surprise you even if they are playing age-old classics; in fact, they move you precisely because of their continuation of the classics.\nOn June 8, The New York Philharmonic quintet played the Brahms String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111.\nThere is no other sound quite like the richness of a classical harmony played by not only talented, but veteran musicians.\nThe ensemble members included Cynthia Phelps, the Philharmonic\u2019s Principal Viola; violist Rebecca Young who joined the New York Philharmonic in 1986 as its youngest member; the philharmonic\u2019s Principal Cello Carter Brey; Staples; and the one and only Alan Gilbert playing violin counterparts.\nIt was a change of pace to watch the celebrated conductor return to his first love\u2014the violin.\nThe ensemble captured the intensity of the opening notes, with vast, synchronized crescendo and decrescendo tremolos.\nAccording to the New York Philharmonic website, as Brahms was sending this very string quintet to his publisher in 1890, he also sent a note saying \u201cThe time has now come for you to say good-bye to any further compositions from me.\u201d\nThe note showed that Brahms was facing an internal conflict when creating this piece. Though he did continue to compose masterpieces for another decade.\nThe New York Philharmonic quintet did a dynamic job conveying this powerful moment of history; they seemed to capture the intensity of Brahms\u2019s internal struggles when he composed the quintet.\nDuring the second half, the whole New York Philharmonic gathered to play Tchaikovsky\u2019s Symphony No. 6, \u201cPath\u00e9tique.\u201d The name \u201cPath\u00e9tique\u201d means emotional, not pathetic.\nTchaikovsky once described the piece as a program that \u201cwill be left as an enigma\u2014let people guess it for themselves. [It] is so intensely personal that as I was mentally composing it, I frequently wept copiously,\u201d according to the New York Philharmonic website.\nIn 1892, before Tchaikovsky began writing the symphony\u2019s notes on manuscript, he jotted down ideas for the movements. He wrote in notes that he wanted the piece to capture \u201cthe ultimate essence of the thirst for activity,\u201d according to the New York Philharmonic.\nThe second movement was originally supposed to be about love; the third, disappointment, and the fourth ends with the act of dying away.\nDespite the initial intention was for the piece, Tchaikovsky seemed to find hope in life as he was writing the final version, and it was this \u201cthirst for activity,\u201d or life, that truly came through during the New York Philharmonic performance.\nFrom their powerful brass section, to the full on forte fortissimo of the strings, the orchestra conveyed a sense of celebration of life and all the potential achievements a human being can reach within a life time.\nTchaikovsky conducted the premiere of \u201cPath\u00e9tique\u201d nine days before his death.\nAt the end of the incredibly moving performance, Gilbert turned around to face the audience. He did not look proud; instead, he had the look of a man who had just given a part of the essence of his heart\u2014to not only the orchestra, but the listeners. He looked happy, and slightly weary, as if had just been fighting to understand and convey what Tchaikovsky had meant to say.\nNew Lives Embrace Classical Music\nThe last surprise of the evening was another \u201cthirst for activity,\u201d the thirst to maintain classical music activities for future generations.\nThere was a post-concert performance by individuals of the New York Philharmonic who played songs composed by the Very Young Composers.\nCredit Suisse Very Young Composers is a series of after school programs around the world that exposes students to orchestral instruments and composition.\nThe program was developed by Jon Deak, noted composer and former New York Philharmonic Associate Principal Bass.\nThe young composers were in elementary and middle school. Young composers from New York included Jake O\u2019Brien, Charlotte Pinney, Julia Arancio, Elli Choi, and Austin Celestin.\nInternational young composers included Alejandro Zarzuelo from Spain, Max and Sam Baraitser-Smith from England, and Arttu Jauhiainen from Finland.\nZarzuelo composed a piece with movements to symbolize a child who is panicking because he is late for school, followed by a calm movement when he successfully arrives on time, followed by another movement he becomes bored in class, and ends with an exhilarating note to symbolize the end of a school day.\nThe young composers wrote every note, including the orchestration.\nThe Spirit of Mahler Lives On, With Vim\nNEW YORK\u2014The ensemble finished the last note of the Scherzo Allegro movement of Brahm's Piano Quintet in F minor with resounding energy at the very moment when ...\nTheater Review: \u2018Enemies: A Love Story\u2019\nNEW YORK\u2014Based on a novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer and adapted by Yevgeny Arye (director and also artistic director of the Gesher Theatre of Israel) and Roy ...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 452, "original_length": 19826, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 301.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.thefencepost.com/news/usda-awards-agricultural-trade-promotion-program-funding/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:47Z", "digest": "sha1:QSFZ6IDIERNSC76E6AMYMH3OUN5RGKM5", "length": 1982, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.thefencepost.com", "title": "USDA awards Agricultural Trade Promotion Program funding | TheFencePost.com", "raw_content": "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded $200 million to 57 organizations through the Agricultural Trade Promotion Program to help U.S. farmers and ranchers identify and access new export markets. The ATP is one of three USDA programs created to mitigate the effects of unjustified trade retaliation against U.S. farmers and exporters. USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service accepted ATP applications between Sept. 4 and Nov. 2 \u2014 totaling nearly $600 million \u2014 from U.S. trade associations, cooperatives and other industry-affiliated organizations. USDA has released a list of the ATP funding recipients.\nPresident Donald J. Trump authorized up to $12 billion in programs to provide assistance to U.S. agriculture through a trade mitigation package announced by Secretary Perdue on Sept. 4, 2018. In addition to the $200 million allocated to the ATP, the package also included the Market Facilitation Program to provide payments to farmers harmed by retaliatory tariffs, and a food purchase and distribution program to assist producers of targeted commodities.\n\"At USDA, we are always looking to expand existing markets or open new ones, so we are proud to make good on the third leg of the president's promise to America's farmers,\" Secretary Perdue said. \"This infusion will help us develop other markets and move us away from being dependent on one large customer for our agricultural products. This is seed money, leveraged by hundreds of millions of dollars from the private sector, that will help to increase our agricultural exports.\"\n\"We were pleased to see the large demand for participation in the program, and truly got some out-of-the-box ideas that we are hopeful will expand our global footprint,\" Perdue said. \"We examined all applications carefully, considered our ranking criteria, and awarded the funds in order to make the best use of taxpayer dollars in growing agricultural trade.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 267, "original_length": 7250, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 179.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.thefirstgroup.com/en/news/2017/10/global-investors-eye-dubai/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:22Z", "digest": "sha1:3LPRKE3HLQ4HLF2WAUDKBTAQIBGOZF7L", "length": 5172, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "www.thefirstgroup.com", "title": "Global investors eye Dubai", "raw_content": "GLOBAL INVESTORS EYE DUBAI\nThe city remains a preferred destination for overseas investors, with US$6.94bn-worth of FDI reported in 2016, according to new data issued by government authorities\nDubai\u2019s reputation as a preferred international investment destination is gaining further traction as ambitious long-term development plans for the emirate start to come to fruition.\nThe Dubai Investment Week, a five-day conference currently being staged in Dubai, aims to reaffirm the emirate\u2019s status as a top choice for overseas investors.\nFahad Al Gergawi, CEO of Dubai FDI, revealed ahead of the event that the city attracted 247 new investment projects and US$6.94 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2016.\nDubai ranks seventh worldwide in terms of FDI, Al Gergawi recently told local media. At the same time, the city ranks third globally in terms of its new investment initiatives.\nHe attributes Dubai\u2019s ability to attract foreign investment to its world-class infrastructure, combined with the government\u2019s progressive and innovative approach to diversifying its economy.\nDubai Investment Week aims to provide the global investor community with insight into the future of investment in all vital sectors that support the objectives of the UAE National Agenda 2021 and the Dubai 2021 Plan, says Al Gergawi.\nMore than 1,000 delegates from around the world are expected to attend this week\u2019s event, which builds on the success of the one-day Dubai Investment Forum, which has been organised by Dubai FDI over the last two years.\n\u201cThe Dubai Investment Forum attracted 450 participants in its first year and more than 600 in its second year in 2016. The feedback we received from participants convinced us that we need a wider format, to focus on each of the critical aspects of investment attraction, including investor awareness, opportunities, promising sectors, policy reforms and public-private partnerships,\u201d explains Al Gergawi.\n\u201cInvestment happens in the longer term and our goal is to provide a platform for productive outcomes rather than creating a transactional forum. The Dubai Investment Week will bring together public and private sector leaders, policy-makers, market watchers, innovators and investment enablers to exchange ideas on strategic approaches towards bringing in foreign capital. The goal is to establish a sustainable pipeline of investments into Dubai.\u201d\nInvestment is a major driver of the bilateral engagement between the UAE and the world\u2019s fastest growing economies, stresses Al Gergawi.\nThe US, UK and India are among the top FDI source markets for Dubai, while China has rapidly emerged as one of the UAE\u2019s most important trading partners.\n\u201cThe Dubai Investment Week will draw on the existing as well as emerging pattern of bilateral engagement. In fact, the penultimate day of the week is dedicated to a Dubai-China Investment Forum to allow the sides take a close look at leveraging Dubai as a hub and gateway for regional and global expansion,\u201d Al Gergawi explains.\nOne of Dubai\u2019s biggest investment markets is real estate, with residential, hospitality and commercial property holding strong appeal for the global investment community.\nIndians remain the most prolific foreign investors in Dubai realty in terms of volume and value, with 6,263 Indian buyers making $3.27 billion-worth of property transactions in 2016, according Dubai Land Department (DLD) figures. This is a sizeable chunk of total investment in Dubai real estate last year, which reached $24.77 billion from 55,928 investors, DLD figures reveal.\n\u201cThe UAE's safe-haven status and stable economic growth have been the key factors for attracting Indian realty investments in Dubai. In addition, many Indians find Dubai as their base for business between India and the wider Europe and Middle East,\u201d explains Dawood Al Shezawi, CEO, Strategic Marketing & Exhibitions, which organises the International Property Show.\nIndia was one of the key source markets for investors at this year\u2019s Cityscape Global, where total sales of off-plan properties hit $236.8 million, according to the DLD.\nA steady stream of sales is anticipated over the next few months off the back of the show\u2019s success.\nMore than 45,500 delegates attended Cityscape Global 2017, up 20 percent year on year, according to event organiser Informa.\nAt this year\u2019s event, which ran over three days (September 10-13), developers were allowed to sell their UAE-based projects, marking the first time this had been permitted in the event\u2019s 10-year history.\nIn previous years, local and international developers could showcase their projects, but sales were prohibited until after the event.\nExhibitors recorded their sales in accordance with the rules and regulations of the DLD and municipality authorities.\n\u201cIt was encouraging to see such an influx of participants this year, and with the number of deals being made on-site,\u201d says Cityscape Global exhibition director Tom Rhodes.\n\u201cIt was evident to see that the attractive offers, and flexible payment plans being promoted by exhibitors appealed to all visitors at the show.\u201d\nDLD launches project progress app for investors and developers 25/09/2017", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 110, "original_length": 6906, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 262.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.thefive15.com/blogposts/2015/8/25/yg7e7baqnbr5y3jwpvg4ksx1ecr7qs", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:59Z", "digest": "sha1:MTYZJ2O4BOHVCJG3GYVRNFLG7XH33THB", "length": 526, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.thefive15.com", "title": "Dictionary For (recovering) Perfectionists \u2014 The Five15", "raw_content": "FREEDOM: The state of fully embracing and celebrating the crap out of who we are without pretending, trying to please others, shame, ignoring or judging.\nPROGRESS: Believing that where we are is ok and what we're doing is just right.\nACCEPTANCE: Letting go of the picture we have in our head of what \"success\" looks like and focus on enjoying the journey, living and loving intentionally, one day at a time.\nAngie Coates October 19, 2015 Acceptance, Inspiration, Recovering Perfectionist, Song Of The Day, Creative LifeComment", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 32, "original_length": 1657, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 309.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/may/15/design-oracles-review-paris-gaite-lyrique", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:31Z", "digest": "sha1:NMJHOHK276JSZIEQLQ52GPMUOYQKRJDD", "length": 5683, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.theguardian.com", "title": "Skip to main content", "raw_content": "Design of the times \u2013 classic pieces reflect evolving lifestyles in a changing world\nThe Design Oracles exhibition at the Ga\u00eet\u00e9 Lyrique theatre in Paris explores the influences, doubts and inspiration behind 30 years of trend-setting\nV\u00e9ronique Lorelle\nMarc Newson's Fireside Orgone II chair. Design Oracles exhibits emblematic sofas, stools, chests of drawers and other emblematic accessories from the past 30 years. Photograph: CNAP/Marc Newson\nThe exhibits stand on a concrete dais, like stars. And stars they are, having been selected for their divinatory gifts to feature in the Design Oracles show at the Ga\u00eet\u00e9 Lyrique theatre in Paris. Curator Lidewij Edelkoort has borrowed these emblematic pieces from the collection at France\u2019s Centre National d\u2019Arts Plastiques (CNAP): 225 items from the past 30 years \u2013 sofas, stools, chests of drawers and other accessories. Not so long ago they set new trends, but they also reflect our doubts about the new millennium.\nAbout 20 pieces await us at the entrance to the exhibition, all painted black. Standing in the foyer of this Italian-style theatre, they are instantly prophetic, archetypal messengers of our relation to the rest of the world. Fredrikson Stallard\u2019s Ming vases are perfectly matched, just as the yin and yang that inspired them. Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec\u2019s suspended Lianes are deep in conversation. \u201cWe work as a family,\u201d they seem to whisper. Meanwhile, the Baguette dress designed by Issey Miyake, a second-skin tunic, echoes the shy tones of a young Japanese woman. Taken as a whole this makes a discordant, yet fascinating installation.\nDesign for a changing world - in pictures\nAt the bottom of a flight of stairs other objects tell a story, without saying a word, simply expressed by their respective positions. Edelkoort has arranged them according to 10 themes: naive, abstract, humble, curious, simple, organic, archaic, mutant, inflated and nomadic.\nGathered round a camp fire \u2013 represented by a free-standing lamp by 5.5 Designers \u2013 are an electric V\u00e9lo Solex, a Backpack bench by Hella Jongerius, with cushions, blankets and built-in storage lockers, and the first outdoor folding armchair, also by the brothers Bouroullec, prefiguring a nomadic humankind, itching to pack its bags with just the bare essentials.\nThe Banquette sofa, to which Fernando and Humberto Campana have sewn soft toys and other comforters, the garden-dwarf stool by Philippe Starck, and Maarten Baas\u2019s weird, day-glo green clay floor fan, akin to a blob of potty-putty, all bear out a very fin-de-si\u00e8cle yearning for warped infancy. The cocoon-house cradles and reassures adults who prefer to play and, increasingly, eat their food with a spoon.\nThough it is not altogether convincing \u2013 as a foretaste of what the future holds, of course \u2013 the selection of objects on the 50-metre platform running through the theatre\u2019s basement is utterly amazing. It is testimony to the multifaceted experimentation and thinking \u2013 sometimes contradictory but always fecund \u2013 that ushered in the new millennium in the design world.\nEttore Sottsass\u2019s multicolour Carlton room-divider. Photograph: Vinciane Verguethen\nIt\u2019s all here, from Ettore Sottsass\u2019s multicolour Carlton room-divider, which we do not often have the opportunity to see \u201cfor real\u201d, to the bronze objects wrought by Garouste and Bonetti; from Quasar\u2019s white PVC Chester armchair, the first inflatable furniture dating from 1968, to Philippe Starck\u2019s Gun Lamp, one of the first \u201cirritating\u201d objects of the period (due to the sense of guilt they inspired). \u201cI chose the Kalashnikov, the biggest success story in industrial design,\u201d the Frenchman explained in 2012. \u201cIt\u2019s painted gold to highlight the collision of war and money. It has a black shade to evoke death, with little crosses on the inside to show that individual deaths are not abstract entities.\u201d\nAlongside this furniture which seeks to reveal our secret doubts or bring out a new domestic landscape, others project ways forward into the future. Take for instance the Flight 815 hanging lamp by C\u00e9dric Ragot, the Solid C2 chair by Patrick Jouin, or Fran\u00e7ois Brument\u2019s vases, which feature previously unimagined shapes, generated by machines that were still in their infancy in the early-2000s, such as the first 3D printers. They are innovatory, but also reminiscent of how plant or animal cells grow.\n\u201cThe 3D-printer and digital files are giving a hallucinatory tone to creation, as if forms started growing of their own free will. With organic design, something ecologically very promising has appeared on the horizon,\u201d Edelkoort asserts. She is largely optimistic about the future: \u201cHumans are capable of great creativity and we\u2019ll find a way out.\u201d\nJ\u00e9r\u00f4me Delormas, head of the Ga\u00eet\u00e9 Lyrique, is more cautious. He hopes to \u201cmake the 15-to-35 age group, which frequents the venue, more aware of the power of design in an increasingly interfaced world\u201d. \u201cEverything is conceptualised as part of a design process: not just the object, but the algorithms inside. The best example is the smartphone. It\u2019s becoming an issue in the power game to grasp the collective or political decisions taken using these interfaces, which are shaped by others,\u201d he adds with concern.\nTo put humans back in the centre of things, there is an object assembled by a member of the public using drawings available online: the 5-30 Minute chair by AtFAB , the first collaborative item of furniture to be shown in a museum. So the collection at the CNAP, tasked with collecting tomorrow\u2019s heritage, does not only consist of \u201cmerchant\u201d objects. It is indeed a sort of oracle.\nDesign Oracles is at the Ga\u00eet\u00e9 Lyrique theatre, Paris, until 16 August", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 208, "original_length": 9100, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 337.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/feb/25/theairlineindustry", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:59Z", "digest": "sha1:5CONANUCEKRG5P3I75RLV4TDCEYU43IU", "length": 6140, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.theguardian.com", "title": "Skip to main content", "raw_content": "Bmi heads for new routes, new owners\nAviation Airline's exotic destinations make it an attractive target for the big players\nA bmi Airbus plane flying past the moon through a cloudy sky over London in 2006. Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA\nDriving through Aberdeen with bmi chief executive Nigel Turner, you don't expect to see armed UN guards, dirt roads or a tropical seascape. But this is an upmarket district in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, not the Scottish oil hub.\nThe airline's future success depends, in part, on more people visiting this west African city, one of the destinations featured in bmi's biggest ever expansion. The \u00a330m acquisition of the former British Airways franchise BMED has given the airline 17 new destinations including Freetown, Tehran and Beirut. Turner is doing the rounds of government ministers, travel agents and airport bosses in Sierra Leone as he seeks to drum up more business for a route that will go from three weekly flights to four in the summer.\nSome industry observers have questioned whether Iran, Lebanon and Sierra Leone are lucrative enough destinations - Georgia and Kazakhstan are also on the list - for Heathrow's second largest carrier. Indeed, bumping along Freetown's inconsistent road network, it is clear that the country needs a lot more infrastructure investment before it can compete with the likes of the Gambia and Ghana for tourist spending.\nTurner is confident that the routes are a good investment, with Freetown benefiting from the considerable Sierra Leone diaspora in the US and Europe who regularly visit a country recovering from a decade-long civil conflict.\n\"They are classic niche routes. For a major carrier they would be number 314 or 315 on their agenda, but for bmi they are right at the top of our agenda and we see them as fundamental to our strategy - flying mid- and long-haul routes out of Heathrow.\" He refuses to accept the argument that these routes are a good buy because there is relatively little competition and they are untouched by low-cost carriers due to their flying times of more than five hours.\n\"There are a number of ways of getting from London to Freetown, and if that wasn't the case we should be worried. Competition brings out the best in people.\"\nTakeover speculation is just as likely to keep Turner on his toes this year, however. Bmi's Heathrow slots and the forthcoming liberalisation of the UK-US market make the airline an attractive target for any carrier with transatlantic ambitions, or an established player wanting to protect its business, such as British Airways or Virgin Atlantic.\nAsked if bmi will change hands over the next year, Turner says: \"People have been speculating on the future of bmi for as long as I have been at the company, and that was 20 years ago.\"\nBut an end to the uncertainty is close. Bmi ownership is divided between the chairman and co-founder, Sir Michael Bishop, who has 50% plus one share, German flag carrier Lufthansa holding 30% minus one share and Scandinavian airline SAS with 20%.\nUnder the terms of an agreement struck when Lufthansa made its investment in 1999, the bmi chairman has until June next year to exercise a put option to sell his stake to the German airline. Lufthansa, in turn, has a shorter window from December 2008 until then to acquire Bishop's holding. In the meantime, it can set the ball rolling by acquiring the 20% stake, which SAS has put up for sale.\nAccording to analysts, doing nothing is not an option.\n\"There has to be a change,\" says Andrew Lobbenberg, an analyst at ABN Amro. \"Given the value of the bmi slot portfolio at Heathrow, it would be very surprising to see Lufthansa let the option lapse without taking advantage of it. And that does not necessarily mean taking over bmi. It could mean selling it on to another airline.\"\nIf Turner refuses to be drawn on the ownership issue, which is sensible given his chairman's majority stake, he is certain about one thing: \"Whatever the ownership is, the strategy is the same. Would it be foolish to change it? Yes.\"\nA new owner might be willing to play the fool, however. Bmi is split into three businesses: bmi mainline, which operates out of Heathrow and is switching from short-haul domestic and European routes to concentrate on mid- and long-haul destinations; bmi regional, and bmibaby, the low-cost carrier that operates from Birmingham, Manchester, Nottingham and Cardiff. It is widely expected that the new owner, be it Lufthansa, Virgin Atlantic or BA, will focus on the mainline activities and shrink or sell off the rest, with bmibaby a possible target for Exeter-based flybe.\n\"It is unlikely that the three businesses will stay together because none of the potential future owners of bmi - and there are several - will be attracted to the two secondary businesses. Anyone buying bmi would be doing it for the Heathrow slots rather than anything else,\" Lobbenberg says.\nBmi is also under pressure from the expiry last year of the European Cooperation Agreement, which pools the profits and losses from bmi's short-haul business with SAS and Lufthansa's UK flights. According to ABN, bmi's underlying business will be loss-making without the contribution of the ECA. Bmi generated a pre-tax profit of \u00a329.7m in 2006 on revenues of \u00a3905m.\nIt is understood that the shareholder agreement values bmi at \u00a3480m, although ownership of up to 90 Heathrow slot pairs could give it an even greater market value. That also excludes the further attraction of the Open Skies agreement, which opens the Heathrow-New York route to newcomers, provided they can find the take-off and landing slots, to which a bmi acquisition is the easiest solution.\nIt means that the most important factor in bmi's future over the next 18 months is not whether a major hotel group sets up shop in Freetown - although that would be helpful given the miles of beautiful beaches - but whether Lufthansa follows through on its stated ambition of taking control of bmi.\nAt a press conference unveiling bmi to Sierra Leone's media, Turner promises the assembled journalists that bmi is \"here to stay\". Its biggest shareholder may not be.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 165, "original_length": 8265, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 292.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/apr/11/sarahryle.theobserver", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:23:41Z", "digest": "sha1:VHXEVBLBTOO6YFEDG7TR2B2SMLSXLRJ2", "length": 3779, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.theguardian.com", "title": "Skip to main content", "raw_content": "Insurers balk at risks of phones\nBy Sarah Ryle, Consumer Affairs Correspondent\nConcern about the safety of mobile phones has prompted a leading Lloyd's underwriter to refuse to insure phone manufacturers against the risk of damage to users' health.\nThe move comes amid mounting concern about the industry's influence on research into the long-term effects of using a mobile.\nThe London market provides insurance for everything from aircraft to footballers' legs. But fears that mobile phones will be linked to illnesses such as cancer and Alzheimer's disease have prompted John Fenn, of underwriting group Stirling, to refuse to cover manufacturers against the risk of being sued if mobiles turn out to cause long-term damage.\nNew research published last week by Bristol University scientist Dr Alan Preece showed a 'highly significant' effect from mobile phone signals on brain function. Some previous studies linked mobiles to increased tumours in rodents, but they have been contradicted by other research.\nThe Government has ordered the National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB) - responsible for monitoring radiation safety standards in everything from Sellafield to sunlight - to set up an independent group to identify possible areas for research.\nLiberal Democrat MP Phil Willis, who is pressing for a fuller parliamentary debate on the issue, condemned the initiative as 'a sop to the public and a sop to the industry'.\nHe said: 'I have asked three network operators if they will give insurance against future health risk, and they have all said they cannot.'\nThe Federation of the Electronics Industry, which represents mobile phone manufacturers and networks, said there was no proven reason for insurers to refuse cover. Spokesman Tom Wills Sandford said: 'I am surprised. I would be confident that there would be people who would cover that risk, because there is no scientific proof of health risk.'\nBut Fenn said: 'There are people in the insurance market who close their eyes to the issue because they say there is no scientific proof of a problem. If you go back to asbestos, it \"wasn't a problem\" at one time either.' Asbestos claims helped bring the Lloyd's market to its knees in the early 1990s.\nExperts at the NRPB say they cannot give mobile phones a clean bill of health until comprehensive research has been carried out into the non-thermal effects of microwave radiation emitted by handsets.\nUntil now, the vast majority of research has been funded by the industry: there are 78 industry-sponsored studies under way worldwide, while governments fund only 14.\nThe Department of Health says a new working group will be established, including industry and consumer group representatives, but its membership has yet to be agreed.\nConcerns are increasing about the industry's involvement in research. Some of the NRPB's conclusions have been based on research by Dr Camelia Gabriel, a technical adviser to network operator Orange and head of private consultancy Microwave.\nHer colleague, Professor Ted Grant - who, with Gabriel, helped draw up Orange's health and safety brochure - was until recently a board member of the NRPB. There is no suggestion that Gabriel or Grant's findings have been biased as a result of their industry links.\nBut Willis, who has won the support of more than 108 other MPs, said he was 'extremely worried'. 'The Government needs to fund proper, independent empirical research into the biological, non-heating effects of mobile phones,' he said. 'I am concerned about the potential influence of multinational companies on these studies.'\nThe NRPB's budget for mobile phone research is currently just \u00a3300,000 per year. The Department of Health has not yet indicated how much funding will be made available for future research.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 170, "original_length": 5803, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 254.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.theinterpretedrock.com/2011/03/analysis-of-effect-of-redcliff-ascent.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:18Z", "digest": "sha1:QMFRELC6Y64S427WVFMT2RFSUGGEZYIW", "length": 933, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.theinterpretedrock.com", "title": "An Analysis of the Effect of the RedCliff Ascent Wilderness Program", "raw_content": "An Analysis of the Effect of the RedCliff Ascent Wilderness Program\nThis is a link to some third party research on the effectiveness of RedCliff Ascent; a wilderness treatment program for troubled teens.\nIf you are a parent or a referring professional, it's important for you to know that the treatment being used is research informed. You would want to know that the gear being used is the safest and most reliable. You need to know that the therapists and staff are trained and what they are trained on. It's important to know that if there is an incident of illness, a sprained ankle or a cut that the incident is reviewed, discussed in a committee and documented for research purposes!\nCheck out this link...I think you will find that wilderness therapy isn't what everyone thinks it is!\nhttp://www.redcliffascent.com/constantly-improving-wilderness-program-current-research/\nRedCliff Ascent Self Esteem Troubled Teens Wilderness", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 262, "original_length": 7392, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 263.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.thelocal.no/20180309/tv-series-to-tell-story-of-scandinavian-star-disaster", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:39:08Z", "digest": "sha1:PDSCXJZERQLD5XEDOLWGMQ4GQ4AQBYJP", "length": 2083, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.thelocal.no", "title": "TV series to tell story of Scandinavian Star disaster - The Local", "raw_content": "scandinavian startelevisionhistory\nA file photo showing the Scandinavian Star ferry on April 8th 1990. Photo: Peter Dejong/AP Photo/Ritzau Scanpix\nA six-episode series about the 1990 Scandinavian Star ferry disaster will be produced, in a collaboration between Nordisk Film and Danish Documentary, it was announced in a press statement on Friday.\nThe series will tell the story of the ferry accident as the focus of a Scandinavian modern history spanning three decades.\nIt is expected to be broadcasted by state broadcasters DR, NRK and SVT in the three Scandinavian countries - Denmark, Norway and Sweden respectively - in 2020.\nThat year marks the thirtieth anniversary of the disaster, which occurred on the night of April 7th, 1990.\n159 people of the ferry's 383 passengers and 99 crew died after a fire broke out on the ship, which was en route from Oslo to Frederikshavn.\nMany of the passengers were on their way from Norway to Denmark for the Easter holidays.\nInformation later emerged revealing sub-standard safety aboard the ship and that the fire had been set deliberately.\nThe case remains unsolved today.\nThe television series will shed light on the incident, with producers describing it as 'Scandinavia's biggest murder mystery'.\nPersonal stories of survivors and families of the victims will be an important element of the series, as will attempts by authorities to investigate the case, political intrigue and three decades of speculation over passengers, crew, and the ship's owners and insurers.\nPolitiken journalist Lars Halskov, who wrote the well-received book Branden - G\u00e5den om Scandinavian Star (Fire: the Scandinavian Star Mystery) has been brought in to work on the series, as have documentary director Mikala Krogh and script writer Nikolaj Scherfig, known for his work on popular crime series The Bridge.\nREAD ALSO: Scandinavian Star inspector: 'I remember clearly'\nHere's how to view a Google map of Oslo in the 1700s\nWho were the first Scandinavians? Ancient DNA sheds light on mysterious origins\nNorwegian series 'better than Game of Thrones': BBC list", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 146, "original_length": 5957, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 273.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.thelocal.se/20120213/39068", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:04:04Z", "digest": "sha1:O2KPQPKNDTGZ7YYLTE7UORGPYKTDD4O3", "length": 1709, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.thelocal.se", "title": "One in five Swedes 'believes in ghosts' - The Local", "raw_content": "One in five Swedes 'believes in ghosts'\nreligionghostsspiritssupernatural\nOne in five Swedes believes that people rise from the grave after they've died, a new survey has shown.\nAccording to a survey carried out by the Sifo polling firm at the request of newspaper Svenska Dagbladet (SvD), 21 percent of respondents said they believed people become ghosts after they've died.\nReligion experts say that Sweden is the meddle of a supernatural \u201crenaissance\u201d.\nThe survey also found that 20 percent or respondents indicated they had been in contact with or had felt the presence of someone who is dead.\nMore women than men indicated they had had such experiences \u2013 20 percent compared to 11 percent.\nIn addition, people over the age of 65 are the least likely to believe in ghosts, with only 13 percent indicating that they believe the dead can rise from the grave.\nLiselotte Frisk, a professor of religious studies at Dalarna University in central Sweden, said the country is in the middle of a \u201crenaissance\u201d with supernatural phenomena.\n\u201cMany television programmes address the supernatural and strengthen the beliefs that exist in our culture. It's also the case that there are fewer participants in different rituals such as sermons and confirmation and that creates space that allows for these notions to take hold,\u201d she told SvD.\nThe responses come from a survey of 1,000 people carried out in January.\nIn a similar study by Sifo conducted in 1998, 17 percent said they believed the dead became ghosts.\n'Tradition, culture, and religion are not a Swedish Bermuda triangle'\nFile-sharing recognized as a religion in Sweden\n'Ice mosque' to be built near Sweden's Ice Hotel\nNine spooky spots around haunted Sweden", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 187, "original_length": 6552, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 286.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/tag/tom-sellers/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:14Z", "digest": "sha1:H7OC53ID65IWXDXYACYKE5UBLTEYSAKM", "length": 50, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.thelondoneconomic.com", "title": "Tom Sellers Archives | The London Economic Widgets Magazine", "raw_content": "London\u2019s Best New Restaurant Openings \u2013 March 2016", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 267, "original_length": 5993, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.82, "perplexity": 133.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.thelpi.org/about/advisory-board/josh-bersin/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:21:34Z", "digest": "sha1:DQYCPGOLKQR6LRLVOKWPER5STGCZFEKZ", "length": 766, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.thelpi.org", "title": "Josh Bersin - Learning and Performance Institute", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb About \u00bb Advisory Board \u00bb Josh Bersin\nFounder and Principal at Bersin by Deloitte, leading provider of research-based membership programs in human resources (HR), talent and learning. Josh is a global research analyst, public speaker, and writer on the topics of corporate human resources, talent management, recruiting, leadership, technology, and the intersection between work and life.\nHe has spent much of his career in technology, sales, marketing, and business leadership and actively writes about major global trends in leadership, management, HR and talent management technologies. He lives in the San Francisco area, close enough to Silicon Valley to keep up with new technology and its impact on the business of talent.\nConnect with Josh on LinkedIn.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 3126, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 153.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.themiamihurricane.com/2004/09/17/no-letdown/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:30Z", "digest": "sha1:JBIRQSTAHYGDSEK7W34GTDZXHAUWOPEN", "length": 3194, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.themiamihurricane.com", "title": "No Letdown \u2013 The Miami Hurricane", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb No Letdown\nNo Letdown\nThe Miami Hurricanes hurdled a major obstacle last week in their come-from-behind victory over Florida State. This week, the \u2018Canes will look to avoid a letdown against the undefeated Louisiana Tech Bulldogs.\nThe key to beating the Bulldogs will be to contain Ryan Moats, the nation\u2019s leading rusher. Moats has 67 carries for 514 yards and four touchdowns in only two games this season.\n\u201cThey have the leading rusher in the nation, but we will play our defensive scheme and just hope to tackle well,\u201d Head Coach Larry Coker said.\nLouisiana Tech\u2019s two victories came against Nevada and La.-Lafayette. If the Hurricanes take the Bulldogs lightly, the latter could sneak up on them.\n\u201cWe are looking at them as if they are the No. 1 team in the nation so they are going to play us hard, just like everyone else,\u201d safety Brandon Meriweather said.\nOne of the changes for this game is that Sinorice Moss will get an opportunity to play with the first team. Wide receiver Ryan Moore, who struggled mightily against Florida State, will see time in the Hurricanes rotation but at least for now, seems to have been unseated as the starter.\n\u201cWe are going to give Sinorice an opportunity to work with the first team,\u201d Coker said. \u201cSinorice played better on Friday, and he deserves a chance. If you don\u2019t do that, why play better?\u201d\nThe defense was stingy against Florida State, allowing just 165 yards of total offense. However, Miami struggled offensively, putting zero points on the board until its late fourth quarter rally.\n\u201cWe knew they would pull through, we practice against them everyday,\u201d Meriweather said. \u201cIt was just a matter of time before they delivered.\u201d\nPart of the offensive struggles against the Seminoles was inconsistency from the receivers. While Coker hopes Moss will continue his superb play, he wants the offense to tighten up and make more plays.\n\u201cWe have to be more consistent. That means we can\u2019t drop passes and when we have opportunities to make plays, we have to make them,\u201d Coker said.\nBrock Berlin was scrutinized against Florida State for his early struggles, but Coker was quick to point out that all the responsibility on offense does not fall solely on Berlin.\n\u201d If Brock throws a perfect pass and the guy drops it, it goes against Brock\u2019s statistics but it\u2019s not his fault,\u201d Coker said. \u201cGuys have to catch passes when they are thrown to them.\u201d\nIf Miami can avoid a letdown, it should beat the Bulldogs. While the Bulldogs are 2-0, they have beaten two weak opponents and play in the Western Athletic Conference. This game will be the first real test for Tech QB Donald Allen.\n\u201cWe are going to play our game, it is not about La. Tech, it is about UM,\u201d Meriweather said. \u201cNo one can beat us but us.\u201d\nAlthough many think the road is now clear to the national title, the Hurricanes are not looking at it that way. They want to play one game at a time.\n\u201cThe road to the national title is not clear. We still got La. Tech to play,\u201d Meriweather said. \u201cRight now, that\u2019s the best team in the nation.\u201d\nDarren Grossman can be contacted at d.grossman@umiami.edu.\nButcher leads new teammates on field\nFASHION Aura gives off the aura for designer fashion", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 179, "original_length": 7696, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 334.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.thenation.com/article/last-chance-peace-syria/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:03Z", "digest": "sha1:YBFPWY3DXH2IKI6FZATHTN7M3NIFQIV7", "length": 5620, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.thenation.com", "title": "Last Chance for Peace in Syria? | The Nation", "raw_content": "Last Chance for Peace in Syria?\nThe new UN envoy has a near impossible task. But Washington must support it\u2014arming the rebels will only prolong the civil war.\nA man reacts in front of houses destroyed during a recent Syrian Air Force air strike in Azaz, some 47 km (29 miles) north of Aleppo, August 15, 2012. Reuters/Goran Tomasevic\nIn Syria, our worst fears are becoming a reality. Over the past few months, the conflict has descended into an ever more violent civil war, fueled increasingly by foreign-supported Sunni Islamists on the one hand, and by ruthless pro-regime militia groups on the other. The Assad government is still able to deploy a large military force, but other state structures are collapsing, and the danger of \u201cLebanonization\u201d\u2014with different parts of the country controlled by different militias, as occurred with Syria\u2019s western neighbor in the 1970s and \u201980s\u2014is growing.\nEven more worrying, Syria has become the epicenter of a regional Sunni-Shia conflict, with Saudi Arabia and Qatar facing off against Iran, Syria and Hezbollah, now the dominant force in Lebanon. Adding to this explosive mix on the Sunni side are a resurgent Turkey, which seeks to expand its influence in the Middle East by emphasizing its Islamic credentials, and an Iraq that has been tilting toward Iran and Syria. If this conflict is not curbed, it could engulf all of Syria\u2019s neighbors, including Jordan and Israel.\nIt is under these alarming conditions that the new UN special envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, will assume what some are calling the mission impossible of finding an end to the crisis. If Brahimi is to have any chance of success, he will need a less divided Security Council and the cooperation of regional powers like Turkey, Iran and Saudi Arabia. In announcing his resignation, Brahimi\u2019s predecessor, Kofi Annan, argued that Security Council divisions had prevented the kind of united approach needed to halt the fighting.\nThe appointment of Brahimi would be an appropriate time for the Obama administration to re-examine its flawed strategy of ever more actively and unconditionally supporting the Syrian rebels\u2014one that has been pushed by a chorus of both conservative and liberal hawks. Obama has signed an intelligence finding authorizing the CIA and other agencies to assist the rebels, and the administration has been working with the Saudis to channel money and supplies to rebel groups. More recently, it has created an operational center with Turkey to aid the Syrian opposition and is reportedly considering the establishment, also with Turkey, of a no-fly zone to protect Syrian civilians and help the opposition overthrow the Assad regime, much as it did to help the Libyan rebels topple Qaddafi.\nSome advocates of a no-fly zone may honestly believe we would be able to replicate the air campaign in Libya, but the evidence increasingly suggests that rather than paving the way for a democratically determined replacement of Assad, we would only push Syria further down the road of prolonged civil war, with radicalization of all sides on the scale of Afghanistan or Lebanon in the 1980s.\nRather than weakening the resolve of the Assad regime, the American-Saudi-Turkish approach has hardened its determination. And as the conflict has taken on a more sectarian character, the sides have become locked into all-or-nothing positions, with the more extremist Sunni groups determined to wipe out the regime and its supporters, and the regime\u2019s constituent groups\u2014the Alawites, primarily, along with some Druze, Christians and Sunni bourgeoisie\u2014ever more fearful of rebel reprisals and therefore convinced that they have no choice but to fight to the finish. This zero-sum tendency has been reinforced by the Saudi agenda, which is to bring about a sectarian reordering of Syria with a view to changing the balance of power in the Middle East.\nIt will be very difficult for the Brahimi mission to halt this drift toward greater violence. But given the stakes for the region, it is incumbent upon the United States to give the UN effort its full support. Much of the US media blamed Russian and Chinese intransigence for the collapse of the Annan mission. But as veteran Guardian reporter and Syrian observer Jonathan Steele has pointed out, it was US, Turkish and Saudi policy as much as Russian and Chinese vetoes that led to the collapse of the Annan plan. The US demand that Assad be removed and sanctions be imposed before negotiations could seriously begin, along with the refusal to include Iran in the process, doomed that mission. Any diplomatic approach that excludes Russia and Iran will be similarly condemned to failure.\nFor many years, Washington has sought to undermine the Iran-Syria-Hezbollah \u201caxis,\u201d but it has been a mistake for the Obama administration to tie its Syria policy so closely to the Saudi and Turkish positions. Saudi Arabia, in particular, has an anti-Shia Islamist agenda that is antithetical to democracy, open government and the rights of minorities everywhere. American policy should be to curb the extremist tendencies of our \u201callies\u201d and soften sectarian divisions, not exacerbate them. In Syria, that means working toward a cease-fire, followed by a power-sharing arrangement that avoids retribution and provides guarantees for the rights of minorities.\nHaving worked in Iraq and Afghanistan, and more importantly having negotiated the 1989 Taif Accords that ended the Lebanese civil war, Brahimi understands the importance of these basic principles. The United States must give him the support he needs to pull Syria back from the path of destruction.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 148, "original_length": 8877, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 252.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.thenational.ae/uae/social-media-addiction-could-harm-emotional-development-experts-warn-1.751342", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:59Z", "digest": "sha1:SU73ZWWZPTNVCZ7QPMBDZJK2SQASG6WY", "length": 3159, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.thenational.ae", "title": "Social media addiction could harm emotional development, experts warn - The National", "raw_content": "Social media addiction could harm emotional development, experts warn\nDoctors at Erada Rehabilitation centre reveal new department to help treat those affected\nYoung people are putting their mental health in danger to get their social media fix. Reuters\nChildren as young as 10 are becoming addicted to social media and may need treatment to prevent lasting damage, experts have warned.\nDr Abdulqader Al Khayyat, chairman of the Erada Rehabilitation Centre, said over-exposure to games, apps and other web platforms could impact emotional development.\nIn an interview with The National, Dr Al Khayyat said recent studies had linked significant social media use to sleep deprivation, anxiety and depression.\nHe urged parents to be more wary of the potential problems of online use and confirmed a new department at his centre had been established to help treat those affected.\n\"Children's exposure to social media, online programmes and violent games can be severely damaging to their development,\" he said.\n\"Limiting their exposure gives them the opportunity to explore their hobbies and become more socially active with their peers.\"\nThe Erada Rehabilitation and Treatment Centre was opened in Al Khawaneej in Dubai in January last year. Since then, officials have not only treated drug addicts and alcoholics, but have also dealt with those suffering from overexposure to online tools.\nAccording to a recent survey conducted by the UAE National Media Council, 48 per cent of Emiratis use social networking apps, with 42 per cent of Arab expats and 37.4 per cent of all other nationalities also admitting to being subscribers.\nAnd out of the 3,133 responses, 71 per cent of young people in the UAE said they used social media on a daily basis.\nDr Al Khayyat confirmed several issues lie behind social media addiction, including weak family ties.\n\u201cYoungsters need to be educated about social media platforms and its risks in schools,\" he said.\n\"It must be part of their curriculum, especially seeing as misuse of social media platforms can land a person in jail.\n\u201cFamily members need to talk to each other more. Can you imagine that some families actually communicate with each other via WhatsApp while they're at home?\u201d\nClaudio Marianti di Pergola, Chairman and Co-Founder of Vibe, a new rehabilitation centre in Tuscany, Italy, which helps treats addictions and mental health disorders, added: \u201cWe would classify social media addiction as a behavioural disorder rather than a psychiatric disorder.\n\"Conscious thought and decision-making contribute to the condition which sets it apart from other mental disorders. It can be compared more closely to substance abuse or an eating disorder.\n\u201cDepending on how serious the individual is affected by their use of social media, a person might suffer from sleep deprivation and anxiety.\n\"It has the potential to develop into a full-blown anxiety disorder, bringing with it a host of different issues including panic attacks, chest pains and exacerbated or irrational fears.\"\nUnder UAE law, those found guilty of committing cybercrime could face up to life imprisonment or a fine of between Dh50,000 and Dh3 million.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 311, "original_length": 7459, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 287.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.thenews.mx/world/the-latest-un-repeats-call-for-syria-cease-fire/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:17Z", "digest": "sha1:F2CMDTSL7L5YC2WGUOM4AN7DUHPR5773", "length": 7942, "nlines": 40, "source_domain": "www.thenews.mx", "title": "The News", "raw_content": "The Latest: UN repeats call for Syria cease-fire\nThe U.N. Security Council is reiterating its call for implementation of its Feb. 24 resolution demanding a cease-fire throughout Syria for at least 30 days without delay to deliver humanitarian aid and evacuate the wounded and critically ill. Council president Karel Van Oosterom of the Netherlands tells reporters that members expressed concern about the humanitarian situation.\n, This photo released by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a member of the Syrian Civil Defense group searching for victims under the rubble of a destroyed building after airstrikes and shelling hit in Ghouta, a suburb of Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, March. 7, 2018. Government forces carried out punishing airstrikes against an opposition-held suburb of Damascus, seeking to divide the besieged enclave in two and further squeeze rebels and tens of thousands of civilians trapped inside, state-run media and opposition activists reported. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)\nBEIRUT (AP) \u2014 The latest on Syria's civil war (all times local):\nThe U.N. Security Council is reiterating its call for implementation of its Feb. 24 resolution demanding a cease-fire throughout Syria for at least 30 days without delay to deliver humanitarian aid and evacuate the wounded and critically ill.\nCouncil president Karel Van Oosterom of the Netherlands told reporters after Wednesday's closed meeting that members expressed concern about the humanitarian situation.\nThe council heard briefings from U.N. special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura and senior U.N. humanitarian official Lisa Doughten.\nSecretary-General Antonio Guterres is scheduled to brief the council on implementation of the resolution on Monday.\nGuterres urged all parties on Tuesday to implement the cease-fire and expressed serious concern at attacks throughout the besieged Damascus suburbs of eastern Ghouta as well as reported shelling of the capital, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.\nA Syria war monitor says that Syrian government troops and allied militias have seized half of the territory held by rebels in the Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta.\nThe Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says Wednesday that troops have effectively split the besieged enclave in two halves after seizing the town of Beit Sawa and surround farmland and reaching the outskirts of Madeira and Hammouriyeh.\nBy slicing the territory in two halves \u2014 a southern and northern part \u2014 the Syrian government succeeds in further squeezing rebels and tens of thousands of civilians trapped inside.\nThe Syrian troops are backed in their massive air and ground assault on eastern Ghouta by Russian air cover. Around 400,000 people are believed to be trapped in eastern Ghouta.\nSweden's U.N. Ambassador Olof Skoog is demanding immediate implementation of the U.N. resolution that his country sponsored with Kuwait demanding a cease-fire throughout Syria, calling the effort so far \"totally and completely inadequate.\"\nHe told reporters Wednesday before heading into a closed Security Council meeting to discuss the failure of the cease-fire resolution adopted unanimously on Feb. 24 that \"we see minimal signs from the Syrian authorities to implement the resolution.\"\nHe said Sweden is particularly appalled by \"the continued indiscriminate attacks, including airstrikes,\" in the rebel-held Damascus suburbs of eastern Ghouta, and demands an immediate halt.\nAt the least, Skoog said, Sweden wants the government to immediate sign letters allowing another aid convoy to go to eastern Ghouta \"preferably tomorrow.\"\nThe U.N. Security Council is meeting behind closed doors to discuss the failure of the cease-fire it demanded throughout Syria on Feb. 24.\nCouncil members are especially concerned about the continued bombing of the eastern Damascus suburbs and inability to deliver aid to all in need and evacuate the wounded and critically ill.\nFrance's U.N. Ambassador Francois Delattre, who called Wednesday's meeting with Britain, pointed to Syrian government interference with a U.N. convoy it authorized to deliver aid to a town in eastern Ghouta. He said it was \"completely unacceptable\" and another example of the \"extreme cynicism of the Syrian regime.\"\nDelattre said \"France is mobilized at the highest level to pressure all those who have leverage on the Syrian regime.\"\nThe U.N. human rights chief has denounced as \"frankly ridiculous\" claims by Syria's government that it's doing all it can to protect civilians as its forces lead \"indiscriminate, brutal attacks\" in eastern Ghouta.\nZeid Ra'ad al-Hussein said Syria's war has entered a \"new phase of horror\" in Syria \u2014 notably in the eastern Ghouta region east of Damascus, rebel-held Idlib province in the northwest, and around northern Afrin, where he said a Turkish offensive is threatening many civilians.\nThe rights chief, delivering his annual report to the Human Rights Council, was referring Wednesday in part to a Syrian government-led offensive on eastern Ghouta that began Feb. 18.\nShelling killed dozens of people over the last day as President Bashar Assad's government, supported by the Russian military, pressed on with the assault.\nSyrian state media says government forces have advanced against rebels in the eastern Ghouta suburbs of Damascus and will try to divide the besieged enclave in two.\nSANA news agency says troops are on the outskirts of Misraba, a rebel-held town in the heart of the enclave. The state-affiliated al-Ikhbariya TV station on Wednesday broadcast live shots from the region, showing dense columns of smoke rising above the town as rockets could be heard flying overhead.\nRussia's military announced Monday it was offering safe passage for rebels and their families out of eastern Ghouta, where some 400,000 people have been trapped under a relentless government campaign of shelling and airstrikes.\nA rebel spokesman dismissed the offer on Tuesday, saying it was \"psychological warfare.\"\nAt least 800 civilians have been killed since Feb. 18, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.\nU.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged all parties to abide by a 30-day cease-fire ordered by the Security Council on Feb. 24 to allow humanitarian aid to reach civilians in desperate need.\nThe Russian military says a general was among 39 people killed in the crash of a Russian military transport plane in Syria.\nThe Russian Defense Ministry said the An-26 twin-engine turboprop crashed Tuesday while preparing to land at the Hemeimeem air base in Syria, killing all 33 passengers and six crew on board. It later said a general was among those killed, and Russian media identified him as Maj. Gen. Vladimir Yeremeyev.\nThe ministry said late Tuesday that the plane was flying from the Kweires air base near Aleppo in northern Syria to Hemeimeem, which serves as the main hub for the Russian campaign in Syria. It said the plane did not come under fire and that the crash was likely caused by a technical failure.\nTurkey is calling on the United States to prevent U.S.-backed Kurdish forces from sending fighters deployed against the Islamic State group to shore up Kurdish forces battling a Turkish offensive in an enclave in northwest Syria.\nPresident Recep Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman said Wednesday that Turkey wants the United States to \"step in and prevent\" the redeployment.\nA spokesman for Arab militias within the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said Tuesday that as many as 1,700 fighters would be redeployed.\nTurkey sent troops into the Afrin enclave on Jan. 20 to drive out Syrian Kurdish fighters it considers to be terrorists.\nU.S. officials have warned that Turkey's offensive could undermine the fight against the IS.\nErdogan's spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, rejected that, saying the aim was to clear Syria of all terror groups.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 136, "original_length": 9276, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 287.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.thenews.mx/world/us-embassy-in-turkey-to-resume-service-after-security-threat/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:50Z", "digest": "sha1:3DUYHJTGJ2NW6GMYJSJFVTWXFNDDSPW4", "length": 1588, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.thenews.mx", "title": "The News", "raw_content": "US Embassy in Turkey to resume service after security threat\nThe U.S. Embassy in Turkey says it is preparing to resume regular services after a security threat forced it to close for a day. The embassy in Ankara was closed on Monday as police in the Turkish Black Sea coastal city of Samsun detained four Islamic State suspects while investigating a possible attack plot involving the American facility.\n, Turkish security members check the ID of a man as they stand outside the U.S. embassy in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, March 5, 2018. Turkish police detained four Islamic State suspects as part of an investigation into a possible attack on the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, the country's state-run news agency reported on Monday. The U.S. Embassy was closed on Monday over an unspecified security threat. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)\nANKARA, Turkey (AP) \u2014 The U.S. Embassy in Turkey says it is preparing to resume regular services after a security threat forced it to close for a day.\nThe embassy in Ankara was closed on Monday as police in the Turkish Black Sea coastal city of Samsun detained four Islamic State suspects while investigating a possible attack plot involving the American facility.\nOnly limited services were provided on Tuesday, but spokesman David Gainer says the embassy \"will be operating as normal\" on Wednesday.\nPolice had stepped up security, searching pedestrians before allowing them to enter the street where the U.S. Embassy and other buildings are located.\nIn 2013, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive in front of the embassy, killing himself and a Turkish guard.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 89, "original_length": 2803, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 207.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.therugbypaper.co.uk/domestic-club-rugby-union/31977/maro-itoje-commits-long-term-future-to-saracens/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:10Z", "digest": "sha1:3EJZ3EJO5BHH6EN5QFW3WDYUM3N5QNYW", "length": 1689, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.therugbypaper.co.uk", "title": "Maro Itoje commits long-term future to Saracens", "raw_content": "Home / Club Rugby / Maro Itoje commits long-term future to Saracens\nSaracens talisman Maro Itoje has signed a new three-and-a-half year contract to commit his future to the reigning Premiership champions.\nItoje has established his presence in the Saracens pack since progressing through the club\u2019s academy to make his debut in 2014, amassing more than 100 senior appearances.\nLess than six months remained on the lock\u2019s previous contract, but he will now stay at Allianz Park where he has won three Premiership titles and two Champions Cups.\n\u201cSaracens is delighted to announce Maro Itoje has committed his future to the club,\u2019 read a statement on their official website.\n\u201cI\u2019m really pleased to be staying on at Saracens,\u201d Itoje added. \u201cI\u2019ve been at the club for 10 years now so I\u2019m really excited to see what the future holds for this great team.\u201d\nMarked as a future captain of his country, the 24-year-old was part of England\u2019s Six Nations triumphs in 2016 and 2017.\nItoje has won 29 caps and starred for the British & Irish Lions on their tour of New Zealand in 2017.\nSaracens director of rugby Mark McCall revealed his desire to continue working with Itoje with his new contract running until 2022.\n\u201cEvery time there has been a new challenge, he has risen to it,\u201d said director of rugby Mark McCall.\n\u201cHe is an incredible player but his consistency around the training ground is the most impressive thing. He comes in every day wanting to improve.\n\u201cEvery training session, he sets an incredible example vocally and with his actions,\u201d he told BBC Radio London.\n\u201cHe is the kind of person you want around your club and is a great example to our younger players.\u201d\nTagged Maro Itoje, Saracens", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 97, "original_length": 4447, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 231.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.thesourceartscentre.ie/about/news/just-announced-panti-blis-is-coming-to-the-source", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:31:47Z", "digest": "sha1:N57SMGV2PZ3RPEGPV4XCOYGXOKONLEW5", "length": 1602, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.thesourceartscentre.ie", "title": "Panti - High Heels in Low Places - live at The Source Thurles - The Source Arts Centre", "raw_content": "just announced - panti bliss is coming to the source!\nFormer Tokyo club scene doyenne, PANTI is Ireland's foremost gender illusionist. She has run some of Dublin's most seminal club nights, and hosted and produced the legendary Alternative Miss Ireland pageant, which raised money over 18 years for HIV/AIDS charities in Ireland. She is landlady of Pantibar in Dublin, where she performs a weekly drag show -\u00adThe Pantishow.\nPanti made her theatrical debut in 2007 with the critically acclaimed, sold-\u00adout In These Shoes? From there, she was invited to create All Dolled Up for The Dublin Fringe Festival. As a direct result, Panti was commissioned by Project Arts Centre and THISISPOPBABY to create a new piece for the Dublin Theatre Festival called A Woman in Progress. In July 2013 All Dolled Up Restitched was created, a reimagining of her three hit shows, which played at the Peacock Theatre in the Abbey, and went on to tour Australia. Panti\u2019s latest collaboration with THISISPOPBABY \u2013 High Heels in Low Places is a response to the social, political and media maelstrom that erupted earlier this year known as \u2018Pantigate\u2019 and the ensuing Marriage Equality Referendum in Ireland. The show has played to packed houses throughout Ireland and the UK, as well as Sydney, Paris, New York and Sarejevo. High Heels in Low Places is not about Pantigate, it is more about life after Pantigate, making movies and making history along with other brushes with infamy that Panti has had in a life well lived. It\u2019s a comedy.\nA wise, hilarious, foul-mouthed jolt to the system Time Out\nComplete Bliss The Guardian", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 101, "original_length": 3467, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 316.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.thewellingtoncentre.com/therapists/julia-bennett", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:07Z", "digest": "sha1:7SLMBQI52YJCBLNNW7Q63SX7MDOI3VRH", "length": 3377, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.thewellingtoncentre.com", "title": "Julia Bennett \u2014 The Wellington Health and Wellbeing Centre", "raw_content": "I am a counsellor working with individuals, couples and groups on a variety of issues including:\nLife Stage Issues such as Mid Life Crisis and Aging\nI believe that counselling can help you make a positive change in your life or support you through a particularly stressful or emotional time. Many of us experience moments when our problems feel overwhelming, when what we need most is to talk to someone confidentially, someone who will not judge us, who will listen, someone objective yet warm, empathic and accepting.\nYou may want a safe place to explore an issue that has been troubling you for years, a specific problem which is on-going or has happened recently (such as a divorce or bereavement), or indeed worries about the future. Perhaps you have a desire to change \u2013 sometimes you may not even know exactly what it is that you want to change, but you have a sense that you want more confidence or happiness or fulfilment.\nCounselling can help with all of these issues and it can help you find clarity, peace of mind and understanding.\nThe humanistic approach to therapy that I use means that I believe that you are the expert in yourself, and our work together is designed to help you uncover your own answers. We are all unique and consequently, I approach each client afresh, drawing on Person Centred Counselling, Gestalt and Transactional Analysis in my work.\nMy interest in counselling, personal development and therapy started over 20 years ago and I initially trained in body therapies such as holistic massage and continue to be interested in the connection between mind and body.\nI studied counselling at Wealden College of Counselling and Psychotherapy where I qualified with a Diploma in Humanistic Integrative Counselling and since then, I have qualified to work with couples and groups. I continue to develop professionally and regularly attend trainings in specific areas.\nI am a qualified Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction teacher and I am excited about its effects on anxiety, stress, depression and self-esteem. If you are interested in learning mindfulness, I run groups and can also teach it one to one. I can also bring aspects of it into my counselling work. This can be particularly (although not exclusively) helpful for anyone who has already been learning or practicing mindfulness, but would also find counselling beneficial.\nI also have a background in performance and enjoy working creatively with those who favour that approach.\nAs well as working from The Wellington Centre, I have a private practice in Kent and worked for New Romney Counselling Services for many years where I gained a broad experience of working with a variety of issues and age groups.\nI am a fully registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and I abide by their Ethical Framework and Code of Practice.\nIndividuals \u00a350 per 50 minutes session (although I offer a sliding scale from \u00a340 depending on your circumstances). Couples from \u00a360 per 60 minute session. Initial session of 50 minutes is \u00a325 for Individuals and \u00a330 for Couples. This gives us a chance to meet and work out if I\u2019m the right counsellor for you.\nPlease call 07580102758 to make an appointment. You are welcome to call if you have any questions or would like to discuss an initial session. Alternatively email: juliasbennett@gmail.com\nwww.touchstonetherapy.co.uk", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 104, "original_length": 9329, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 296.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.thezoereport.com/culture/celebrities/prince-harry-gets-real-womens-rights", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:43:42Z", "digest": "sha1:X4TCQVS6AY2J4EJS7SJ2QBMXAF4XLABL", "length": 1254, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.thezoereport.com", "title": "Prince Harry Gets Real About Women\u2019s Rights", "raw_content": "Prince Harry Gets Real About Women\u2019s Rights\nFollowing on the heels of Michelle Obama\u2019s moving essay for Lenny Letter on girls\u2019 education, Prince Harry furthered the cause on his recent trip to Nepal. Standing next to the nation\u2019s female president, Bidhya Devi Bhandari, Harry addressed the crowd at the Nepal Girl Summit in a pro-feminist speech on women\u2019s rights.\nSpeaking to the resounding good he\u2019s witnessed in giving children proper education, he noted that females in particular are not afforded equal access: \u201cThere are too many obstacles between girls and the opportunities they deserve,\u201d he said. He went on to note, \u201cWe need to acknowledge that so many countries and cultures are failing to protect the opportunities of young women and girls in the way they do for boys.\u201d\nTo incite change, he\u2019s calling on all people\u2014not just women\u2014to use their voices for the cause: \u201cWe won\u2019t unlock these opportunities for young women and girls unless we can change the mindset of every family and community. To achieve this, it cannot just be women who speak up for girls.\u201d\nHarry\u2019s speech was powerful in message, made all the more impactful that he, as a male, has adopted a sense of responsibility on the issue. Bravo, Harry. Read the full transcript here.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 22, "original_length": 1544, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 240.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.thingelstad.com/2006/save-some-birds", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:15:45Z", "digest": "sha1:7WSP6ZV7LHO47546DUY7LTWCSWHEYLMY", "length": 1150, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.thingelstad.com", "title": "Save Some Birds - thingelstad.com", "raw_content": "Save Some Birds\nOver this past weekend I applied some bird protection to our house. We live in an area with a lot of birds, and we have large parts of our house where we have a lot of windows. On top of that, I like to feed birds and with the landscaping work that we\u2019ve done over the last three years we\u2019ve seen a marked increase in the number of songbirds that frequent our yard.\nHowever, we\u2019ve also seen a huge increase in \u201cbird strikes\u201d. Almost everyday birds would hit our windows, and sometimes the hit would be fatal. I searched for a while to find a solution to this problem and finally found Window Alert.\nI\u2019ve applied these decals to the major windows where we were having problems and so far it\u2019s been great. No hits that we\u2019ve heard since then. They don\u2019t ruin the view\u2009\u2014\u2009and while you can see them they are not annoying. They work by reflecting ultraviolet light which birds can see, but we cannot. If you have a problem with \u201cbird strikes\u201d you should give these a try.\nSolar Panels Started Our solar heat project completed today! Just before 2:00 pm today Innovative Power Systems turned on the collectors and started to bring heat down", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 12, "original_length": 1514, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 302.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.thisamericanlife.org/about/announcements/a-holiday-playlist", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:44Z", "digest": "sha1:66AQNYCZLT7KCAHQPUVTPZGUOUEQC6HK", "length": 2796, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.thisamericanlife.org", "title": "A Holiday Playlist - This American Life", "raw_content": "A Holiday Playlist\nTo help you get you into the spirit\u2014or to help you get through it\u2014here are some of our past holiday shows. One small note: there are a lot of different ideas here about Santa, so keep that in mind as you listen with kids.\nNo Christmas can ever be as good as the ones you had as a kid. In this episode, we go all in and bring the joy, the spontaneity, the sense that anything can happen back to the holiday. We've got a live Christmas performance from some of the best improvisers in the country including Mike Birbiglia, Chris Gethard, and SNL's Aidy Bryant and Sasheer Zamata. Also holiday meals \u2013 on fire.\nSo true. Unfortunately, sometimes it's not always so clear what that thought was. And sometimes, when it is clear, we wish it wasn't. During this season of giving, we turn our spotlight on the givers and exactly whatever it was they could've possibly been thinking.\nA show filled with stories of people going to great lengths to throw a special Christmas for their families. Including tales of Luna the guinea pig, Bambi the reindeer, and Jeko the super-powerful (and somewhat-scary) Christmas elf.\nComedians of Christmas Comedy Special\nThe holidays are stressful so here\u2019s a seasonal pick-me-up: an hour of comedy. Including comedians Wyatt Cenac, Mike Birbiglia, Julian McCullough, Jenny Slate, Gabe Liedman and Edith Zimmerman. Musical guests: Dave Hill and Doug Gillard.\nWe spent several days in a mall in suburban Tennessee to document life during the run-up to Christmas. Also, a rift in a national association of professional Santas\u2014the Amalgamated Order of Real Bearded Santas (yes, there is such a group).\nThe This American Life Holiday Spectacular\nA full-throttle, show-stopping, no-holds-barred Christmas Spectacular! Shedding the crusty old Christmas stories of yore, we bring you new holiday classics. With special musical guest Marah!\nThe vexing difficulty of finding the perfect gift, illustrated in three acts.\nStories of faith: losing it, talking about it, constructing it, and working within it.\nIt was in America, in New York, that people started believing in the modern idea of Santa\u2014a guy who comes down the chimney with a sack of goodies. But America has invented a few other Santas as well.\nA Very Special Sedaris Christmas\nStories from David Sedaris's book of Christmas stories, Holidays on Ice, read onstage by David, Julia Sweeney, and actor Matt Malloy.\nChristmas and Commerce\nStories about the intersection of Christmas and retail, including David Sedaris's story \"Santaland Diaries,\" which was first broadcast on NPR's Morning Edition many years ago in a much shorter version.\nIn our first holiday show, a Christmas radio play by David Sedaris and the Pinetree Gang, as well as stories by Beau O\u2019Reilly, Reginald Gibbins, and Peter Clowney.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 100, "original_length": 3886, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 289.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.tiffanysquare.com/tiffany-square-rehabilitation-care-center-recognized-outstanding-team-satisfaction/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:50Z", "digest": "sha1:5Q3AQJDCYDSJIMIVNKIKKFJDL34GDTZ3", "length": 3159, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.tiffanysquare.com", "title": "Tiffany Square Rehabilitation & Care Center recognized for outstanding team satisfaction - Tiffany Square", "raw_content": "Excellence in Action award recognizes exemplary commitment to quality.\nGrand Island, NE \u2014 October 22, 2014 \u2014 Tiffany Square Rehabilitation & Care Center has received the Excellent in Action award from My InnerView by National Research Corporation. This honor recognizes skilled nursing and rehabilitation centers, in addition to assisted living and independent living communities that achieve the highest levels of satisfaction excellence, as demonstrated by overall resident or team member satisfaction scores that fall within the top 10 percent of the My InnerView product database.\n\u201cWe are very honored to award these exemplary organizations for their excellent quality of care, resident experiences, and team engagement, as recognized by their customers and team members,\u201d said Mary Oakes, Vice President of Post-Acute at National Research. \u201cEvery day, these providers are making a difference in the lives of residents and caregivers across all facets of the long term care and senior living spectrum to ensure they are receiving the utmost quality of care. We congratulate our clients for taking the proactive initiative to measure quality by listening to the feedback of their customers and caregivers.\u201d\n\u201cThe Excellence in Action Award inspires so many long term care and senior living communities to really step up their game in an era where quality performance defines customer-centric healthcare,\u201d said Jason Stevens, Vice President of Business Development at National Research. \u201cWe are thrilled to see repeat winners and new organizations alike earning a well-deserved spot on the awards list.\u201d\nThe Excellence in Action awards are presented exclusively to National Research clients who use My InnerView products. Qualifying skilled nursing and rehabilitation care centers, in addition to assisted living and independent living communities, over 8,500, must have completed a team satisfaction survey in 2013. Winners must have also achieved a minimum of 10 responses with a minimum 30 percent response rate and scored in the top 10 percent of qualifying facilities on the question \u201cWhat is your recommendation of this facility as a place to work\u201d in terms of the percentage of respondents rating the facility as \u201cexcellent.\u201d\nFor more than 30 years, National Research Corporation has been at the forefront of patient-centered care. Today the company\u2019s focus on empowering customer-centric healthcare across the continuum extends patient-centered care to incorporate families, communities, employees, senior housing residents, and other stakeholders. My InnerView programs are the premier solutions to help improve quality, resident and family experiences, and employee engagement for skilled nursing & care centers, assisted living communities, independent living communities, and continuing care retirement communities. This integration of cross-continuum metrics and analytics uncovers insights for effective performance improvement, quality measurement, care transitions, and many other factors that impact population health management.\nFor more information, call 800-388-4264, write to info@nationalresearch.com, or visit www.nationalresearch.com.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 124, "original_length": 5377, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 288.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/news/soon-youll-be-able-to-soar-over-the-las-vegas-strip-on-an-1-100-foot-zipline-091118/amp", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:14:41Z", "digest": "sha1:ALAW5KYP74TUYHJR2OETADLYAFCWOPYD", "length": 2150, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.timeout.com", "title": "Soon you\u2019ll be able to soar above the Las Vegas Strip on an 1,100-foot zipline", "raw_content": "Soon you\u2019ll be able to soar above the Las Vegas Strip on an 1,100-foot zipline\nBy Stephanie BPosted: Tuesday September 11 2018, 12:30pm\nPhotograph: Courtesy The LINQ Promenade\nWhat better way to take in the Las Vegas Strip\u2019s kaleidoscopic beauty than from the air? Adrenaline junkies: Get ready for your next road trip, because the Strip\u2019s first permanent zipline experience is ready to launch.\nStarting November 9, the FLY LINQ Zipline promises to rocket as many as 10 brave participants at a time over LINQ Hotel & Casino Promenade, the hotel\u2019s open-air shopping stretch. Before you can shoot through the air 12 stories above ground, however, you\u2019ll embark from a tower that\u2019s 114 feet tall. It\u2019s not exactly ideal for those who fear heights, but it seems like a rush for thrill seekers.\nThere are two ways to ride: seated and upright, or \u201csuperhero,\u201d where you\u2019re strapped into your harness lying down, facing the ground. (Um, no thank you.) And yes, there are two similar ziplines nearby\u2014SlotZilla\u2019s Zipline and Zoomline, which also allow you to sit or fly \u201csuperhero-style,\u201d respectively\u2014though both are located in Downtown Las Vegas, a few miles from the actual Strip.\nAt LINQ, the attraction will run all day and night, meaning one can, theoretically, stumble out of the casino as late as 2:30am and make a spur-of-the-moment decision to ride. Worse choices have been made in Vegas, we\u2019re sure.\nPhotographs: Courtesy FLY LINQ Zipline\nJust look at how much fun they\u2019re having.\nTickets for riding in the \u201csuperhero\u201d position run $10 more than the seated option, and because the LINQ knows the Strip\u2019s twinkling lights are possibly the biggest draw of it all, there\u2019s a price increase for all evening rides.\nTickets for the FLY LINQ Zipline are already on sale, and run $25 per seated and $35 per \u201csuperhero\u201d in the daytime, and $30 per seated and $40 per \u201csuperhero\u201d at night; tickets purchased online and in advance can net you some discounts, which means a little planning can save you on the Strip\u2014though in Vegas, impulse is usually half the fun.\nThe LINQ Hotel & Casino\u2019s new zipline experience launches November 9 at 3535 S Las Vegas Blvd.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 32, "original_length": 3555, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 326.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/nikki-haley-slams-disgusting-rumor-of-affair-with-trump/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:14Z", "digest": "sha1:JBP7VAY24VX5OL5LTHMZB4NWWPQMWQKL", "length": 2483, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.timesofisrael.com", "title": "Nikki Haley slams 'disgusting' rumor of affair with Trump | The Times of Israel", "raw_content": "Nikki Haley slams \u2018disgusting\u2019 rumor of affair with Trump\nUS envoy to UN says speculation she is involved with president is being pushed by a \u2018small group\u2019 of sexist men uneasy with strong-willed women\nBy TOI staff and AFP\t26 January 2018, 10:36 pm 3 Edit\nUS President Donald Trump, sitting next to US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, speaks during a working lunch with ambassadors of countries on the United Nations Security Council and their spouses, April 24, 2017, in the State Dining Room of the White House. (AP/Susan Walsh)\nUS Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley vehemently denied having an affair with President Donald Trump, calling the rumors \u201cdisgusting\u201d and \u201chighly offensive.\u201d\n\u201cIt is absolutely not true,\u201d Haley said on Politico\u2019s \u201cWomen Rule\u201d podcast, which aired Thursday.\nThe rumor spread after Michael Wolff, the author of the controversial tome on the Trump presidency \u201cFire and Fury,\u201d told HBO\u2019s Bill Maher he was sure Trump was having an affair, but did not have enough proof to publish the allegation in his book.\nMany people then pointed to a line in the book that Haley had been spending time alone with Trump on Air Force One.\n\u201cI have literally been on Air Force One once and there were several people in the room when I was there,\u201d said Haley. \u201c[Wolff] says that I\u2019ve been talking a lot with the president in the Oval about my political future. I\u2019ve never talked once to the president about my future and I am never alone with him.\u201d\nMichael Wolff (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)\nHaley attributed the rumors to sexism from a \u201csmall group of men\u201d uneasy with strong-willed women.\n\u201cMost men respect women but there is a small group of men, that if you just do your job and you try and do it well and you are outspoken about it, they resent it. And they think the only option is to bring you down,\u201d she said.\nUS ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks during a brief press availability at UN headquarters in New York City on January 2, 2018. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)\nHaley also addressed her interview with CBS last month in which she said that women who have accused Trump of sexual harassment should feel comfortable to come forward with the allegations. Trump \u201csaid I did a good job,\u201d said Haley.\nThe former South Carolina governor, who backed Trump rival Marco Rubio for the Republican nomination, said she and Trump are in agreement on almost all policy issues.\n\u201cWe get along great, and I agree with almost everything that he has done,\u201d she said.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 382, "original_length": 17268, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 307.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.tmj4.com/sports/green-bay-packers/the-gravedigger-is-back-on-the-gridiron-hosting-13th-annual-football-camp", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:18Z", "digest": "sha1:2V6SG4CR7MGLE5TAAGKCS7MP2VKHMZ2X", "length": 1550, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.tmj4.com", "title": "The 'Gravedigger' is back on the gridiron hosting 13th annual football camp", "raw_content": "The 'Gravedigger' is back on the gridiron hosting 13th annual football camp\nBy: Lauren Winfrey\nMILWAUKEE, WI - The NFL season kickoff is more than 50 days away, but if you drive past North Division High School this week you may see a former Green Bay Packers back on the gridiron.\nGilbert Brown is hosting his annual All-Pro Football Camp teaching young athletes the fundamentals of football and a few life lessons along the way.\nPHOTOS: Kids flock to Gilbert Brown's Football Camp\n\u201cA lot of these kids don\u2019t have fathers at home,\" Gilbert Brown said. \"And today I\u2019m going to be your father for three days and I\u2019m trying to leave a lasting impression on these kids.\"\nThat kind of lasting impression is something Masaeo Wooden said he knows all too well. Not too long ago Wooden was one of the young athletes running the field. Now he\u2019s in high school volunteering as one of the camp coaches this year.\n\u201cIt\u2019s great,\" Wooden said. \"I get to help the kids in the process and give them a little guidance that I learned when I was younger.\"\nWooden helped Brown kick off the 13th year of the three day camp early this morning with warm-ups and drills, but Brown said football is just a catalyst for engagement because his camp is about so much more.\n\u201cIt ain\u2019t just about football,\" Brown said. \"We\u2019re using football to get these kids to come together in the community.\"\nThe camp is made possible, in part, each year through a $1,000 donation from the AT&T Wisconsin Pioneers to the Gilbert Brown Foundation as well as donations from other local businesses.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 114, "original_length": 3282, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 288.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.topcoder.com/blog/accelerating-science-topcoder-sped-gwas-analysis/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:13Z", "digest": "sha1:3YQYIBLLNCBIMQXSIOGGY4A7HEFVBCKZ", "length": 3876, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.topcoder.com", "title": "Accelerating Science with Crowdsourcing: How Topcoder Sped up GWAS Analysis - Topcoder", "raw_content": "Accelerating Science with Crowdsourcing: How Topcoder Sped up GWAS Analysis\nBy Andy LaMora in Crowdsourcing Success, Innovation Tales\tJune 6, 2017\nPrecision medicine is one of the brightest stars rising in medicine and technology today. Simply put, precision medicine the practice of tying the treatment decisions for a patient to their genetic characteristics. Practitioners use tests and analytics (not just age, weight, history and gender) to understand how a patient is going to progress through a disease, and then treat that process. Patients are organized into treatment classes based on similarities in how their genes vary. Although it sounds futuristic, this approach to healthcare has been around for years. The main roadblocks to expanding precision medicine have been the availability both of tests and of the knowledge bases that power treatment.\nGenome-wide association studies (GWAS) are used to create knowledge bases. GWAS relates genetic variants in individuals with specific phenotypes (e.g., disease status). This association of differing genotypes (i.e., your cell\u2019s manufacturing templates) with disease-related phenotypic traits (i.e., the actual products made from those templates) can help identify new therapeutic targets and support the stratification of patients who would most benefit from specific drug classes. Whereas it was once complicated just to collect the necessary data, the challenge has since shifted to data analysis.\nMore speed, more science\nOne of the most popular software tools for analyzing GWAS results is the open source software PLINK 1.07. But for today\u2019s large genotype-phenotype data sets, association analyses can take several hours for a single phenotype. Recently, the Pfizer Business Technology High Performance Compute group, collaborators from the Crowd Innovation Lab at Harvard University, and Topcoder were able to speed up this analysis. Through crowdsourcing, the logistic regression in PLINK 1.07 was accelerated by 591 fold. (The full case study is available from Gigascience.) What once took 4.8 hours now takes 29 seconds \u2014 an entire afternoon spent on a single study now reduced to a half-time commercial.\nNow researchers can quite literally do more science \u2014 try more, experiment more, get more insight \u2014 in less time. Scientific discovery has moved from the rate at which a few pairs of hands can work to the speed of insight powered by CPUs. In this particular contest, the Topcoder Community acted as a paid Wikipedia of sorts; the best minds from around the world (none with knowledge specific to this field) came to compete and, as a result, solved this problem. Not only did they solve it, but they also boosted the quality of an open source package.\nOpen innovation and challenge-based crowdsourcing\nThrough open innovation and data science challenges on the Topcoder platform, the logistic regression for GWAS analysis has accelerated exponentially. Contestants from Topcoder\u2019s 1.1M+ member base around the world competed to outscore one another over the course of the challenge. They submitted code that was automatically run and scored by Topcoder, and posted to a real-time leaderboard. Ultimately, the contest portion of this optimization in data science took place in two rounds of only two weeks each, and the results are in use today. The code was donated, incorporated, and is currently available in the PLINK2 open source project, where it\u2019s available to the greater computational biology community. This project enables more complex analyses of phenotype-genotype data sets, and further extends precision medicine\u2019s reach.\nGet more from your data through crowdsourcing. Learn how you can turn big data into big insights with Topcoder.\nCAB 2016 In Review\n2016 saw many changes here at Topcoder from new scorecards to a new TCO Bonus Stage to the Wipro acquisition! There was a particular\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 126, "original_length": 5899, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 335.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.topgear.com/car-news/interview/my-life-cars-terry-grant?amp", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:40Z", "digest": "sha1:KY3L635WWRFM6YA2BKEYPERKRYDBJD6V", "length": 3186, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.topgear.com", "title": "My life in cars: Terry Grant | Top Gear", "raw_content": "My life in cars: Terry Grant\nTG\u2019s favourite stunt driver has been pushing the envelope for years, and he still hasn\u2019t become a car anorak...\nm0i0254.jpg\nMy very first driving experience was when I was eight years old. I was on the road, and my dad was sitting next to me. It was in a big, old Rover \u2013 not sure of the model \u2013 and I couldn\u2019t sit on the seat because I wasn\u2019t big enough. So I used to do the steering, and when I changed gear I lifted myself up using the steering wheel, put my foot on the clutch and changed gear, so I was standing all the time. We got stopped by the police, and the policeman couldn\u2019t believe it at first. He told my dad off a lot more than me\u2026\nI bought my first actual road car when I was about 13. I saved up all the money, I think it cost me something like \u00a325. It was an Austin 1300, so it was a really old car anyway. It had a broken gearbox so it didn\u2019t actually drive, and it was about a mile and a half from where I lived, so I used to ride my bike there with my mates, then we used to just sit in it and listen to the radio and mess about, then ride back home. Eventually it got taken away for scrap somewhere, but all the time I owned it, it never turned a wheel. It was just a place to go, my man cave. I can\u2019t remember the first car I properly drove around in, it may have been a Ford Escort or something like that. I can\u2019t really remember what it was, to be honest.\nIt was very easy to pass my test. I\u2019m sure it\u2019s very different now to what it was when I passed it, but it was all about the driving back then. You had to answer a few questions and read a number plate and that was it. And I could already drive, so it wasn\u2019t a problem.\nI was in my early twenties when I started [racing cars]. I used to mess about while I was doing it \u2013 do a few donuts, a bit of drifting. And those were the days before drifting was even called drifting. I kind of got a bit of a name for myself. So one thing led to another, and I was asked to do a display. And it just went on from there. In the end I just gave up racing, because I was too busy, and now I\u2019ve been doing this for many, many, many years.\nBelieve it or not, I\u2019m not really into cars. I know it\u2019s what my job is \u2013 we counted last week I\u2019ve got 32 cars I use for stunt work, at my house. Then I\u2019ve got my motorhome, my van and my road cars. I have a big car collection, but I\u2019m not into cars. I mean I obviously like cars. But some things go straight over my head. I understand the dynamics and how they work, but if someone goes, \u201cOh, what engine is that? Is it the one with the variable valve\u2026\u201d, I don\u2019t know!\nTVR \u2013 back in the heyday \u2013 was the first real manufacturer I was [affiliated] with, when it brought out the Tuscan, the Speed 6 and the Tamora. I still have one. Those cars were great. Now I have the new Range Rover Sport SVR. I had the choice of the blue or the orange, so of course I went for the orange. And it actually looks really cool, and I\u2019ve fallen in love with it. Before that I had an F-Type V8 four-wheel-drive. I have a full range of JLR products as stunt cars. I kept the F-Pace that I did the loop in. One\u2019s in a museum in Gaydon, and the other they\u2019ve given to me.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 4360, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 208.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.trinitychapelclt.org/ministries/small-groups/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:31:47Z", "digest": "sha1:U2GCZCJGMEEKBSLWJDTCQCROLNBOBEJT", "length": 587, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.trinitychapelclt.org", "title": "Small Groups \u2013 Trinity Chapel Charlotte (ARP) | A Reformed Church in Weddington NC", "raw_content": "HomeMinistriesSmall Groups\nWe were never meant to live the Christian life alone, and so God has designed the church to be a gathering of people who share their lives with one another. A Community Group is a small gathering of men & women who meet weekly to spend time together, share their lives, study the scriptures, worship, feast, serve, and pray. If you are looking for ways to connect with others and develop significant relationships, this is a great place to start.\nYou can visit or join a Community Group at any time! Contact the office for group locations and more information.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 94, "original_length": 2890, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 214.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.truthinsideofyou.org/family-manipulation-recognize-signs/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:15Z", "digest": "sha1:WJ6JBQPOQWVPEAL52M65V2LPPUV5DLIK", "length": 2813, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.truthinsideofyou.org", "title": "What Is Family Manipulation And How to Recognize Its Warning Signs", "raw_content": "What Is Family Manipulation And How to Recognize Its Warning Signs\nFamily manipulation might not sound like a real thing to many people. But the fact is, wherever there are relations, there is a chance that one person would try to manipulate the other.\nPartner abuse and manipulation have been talked about quite often and thus many people are aware of it and are able to get away from such relationships. But, everyone needs to know that it is possible to be manipulated by those people too with whom you grew up and spent your life with.\nWhenever a family member, be it the mother, father or siblings tries to control another family member, it is a clear case of family manipulation. Many times a person wouldn\u2019t even realize they have been manipulated by family members until they move away and realize that their situation was less than ideal.\nSo here are a few signs that will help you recognize family manipulation.\nA family member who is trying to control another would lie a lot to them. Most of these lies are feeble and won\u2019t stand a tough scrutiny. So if any of your family members are being untruthful to you, it is a good idea to try and find their reasons behind such a behavior.\nIf a Narcissist family member is trying to control you, one of the tools they will readily use is the silent treatment. This is easy for them as they don\u2019t have to do anything and you will be pleading with them for their time. This is a very common manipulative technique and isn\u2019t healthy at all.\n3. Selfless facade\nAnyone who is truly selfless will never parade the fact in front of others. If someone is making it a point that you should know exactly how selfless they are being and how proud you should be of them, then they are definitely being manipulative.\nGaslighting is a prevalent, however unhealthy habits. If someone tries to make the other person think that they are going out of their mind, without any cause is gas lighting. This is just one attempt at trying to completely control another human.\nFamily members might be intimidating without resorting to outright threats. They are covert threats and at such times the language and the words they use are indicative of their manipulation.\n6. Guilt trips\nThis is a common habit of many people, especially when they are being called out for their unfairness. If you ask them to take certain measures about something, they will take it entirely off the table. This will make you want to apologize to them even though your demand wasn\u2019t unreasonable, their response was.\n7. Shaming\nYour family members are supposed to support you. Instead, if they are pointing out and highlighting your insecurities especially in front of others then it is a very cruel manipulative tactic. By making you feel bad about yourself, they are trying to show you who the boss is.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 234, "original_length": 7579, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 267.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.tumblr.com/widgets/share/tool/preview?shareSource=legacy&canonicalUrl=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fscannain.com%2Fmovie-news%2Fblack-swan-poster-and-trailer%2F&title=Black+Swan+%E2%80%93+Poster+and+Trailer", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:51Z", "digest": "sha1:NZKTVFPWJNENLTEZUCCE6NOIH2KVGAJO", "length": 338, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.tumblr.com", "title": "Post to Tumblr - Preview", "raw_content": "Black Swan \u2013 Poster and Trailer - Scannain\nBlack Swan is a movie that I would ordinarily not be interested in at all - I mean it's about ballet - except for the involvement of one Mr. Darren Aronofsky. You see Aronofsky is really quite brilliant having given us the wonderful Requiem For A Dream, as well as last years The Wrestler. Plus\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 4, "original_length": 396, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 320.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.twincities.com/2007/12/15/midwest-775/?shared=email&msg=fail", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:25:01Z", "digest": "sha1:XEWWCFMXB2N7LLA3GUZKNZIBDBWIXDYX", "length": 105, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.twincities.com", "title": "MIDWEST \u2013 Twin Cities", "raw_content": "PUBLISHED: December 15, 2007 at 1:44 pm | UPDATED: November 14, 2015 at 6:32 am\nWinona St. 72, Waldorf 48", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 140, "original_length": 6110, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 137.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ubergizmo.com/2010/04/ipad-review/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:48Z", "digest": "sha1:WMJVJPHFIW3MJL5NTRGM4BNFDBOZPNXV", "length": 27311, "nlines": 146, "source_domain": "www.ubergizmo.com", "title": "iPad Review | Ubergizmo", "raw_content": "If you are reading this iPad review, you are probably still wondering if you should spend $499 or more on an iPad, and you are looking for answers. In this post, I will try to tell you what the iPad does (or does not), and how good (I think) it really is. Many aspects of the iPad are covered: design, display, books, videos, cool apps, productivity, gaming, web, battery life\u2026 you name it. After reading this, you should have a good idea of whether or not the iPad is for you and what it will really bring on the table. If not, well\u2026 you can leave a comment! Let\u2019s dive in\u2026\nUpdate: if you are looking for the iPad 2 Review, we\u2019ve posted it on 3/14/2011.\nWe all perceive the usefulness of these devices differently depending on our lifestyle, so let me tell you where I come from. I spend most of my time using a powerful desktop computer (a PC) with a very large display. If I need to get some real work done outside of the office, I use a laptop (Sony Vaio, or Macbook Pro + Win7). On the go, I keep track of emails with a smartphone, but I tend to reply only moderately from a cellphone because typing long emails is painful (even more so on a touchscreen phone). I check news websites a lot, and I often use a laptop in my couch. Now you know\u2026\nExternal design (Beautiful)\nI won\u2019t spend a whole lot of time describing what the device looks like (check our iPad unboxing photo gallery). There are a few highlights:\nThe build quality is excellent. The aluminium back feels great under the finger and nothing feels cheap. There is an audio jack connector for headphones, and a microphone for apps that need it. The speaker is on the bottom of the device where the \u201cHome\u201d button is. The audio quality is so-so and the maximum speaker volume is too soft for my taste. My advice: use headphones whenever possible. The volume button is accessible and active whenever the iPad is playing something.\nOther than the standard 3.5mm audio jack, the only external connector is the proprietary Apple connector, which seems similar to the one found on the iPhone.A number of accessories can be connected to that, and this is the only wired way to connect to the outside world. Update: I\u2019ve spotted an iPad to VGA connector at the Apple Store.\nThe iPad is heavier than most people expect: at 1.5lbs to 1.6lbs (3G), it is heavy enough so that my wrist would get tired after less than 30mn of firmly holding it. $499 is a good amount of money, but making something with this build quality at that price is not easy. iPad technical specifications on Apple\u2019s website\nDisplay (Very good)\nApple has made sure that the display is a high-quality one\nThe display deserves its own section: with a resolution of 1024\u00d7768, it has a seemingly low pixel density compared to select high-end smartphones. That said, everything looks sharp and colorful. The contrast and colors are very nice (dare I say \u201cAmazing\u201d?). Plus, the brightness distribution is very stable regardless of the viewing angle.\nThe iPad display in an \u201coutdoor\u201d simulation\nIn direct sunlight, you will get a good amount of reflections, but overall, the iPad display does OK, especially if you are looking at an image with bright colors. If you are watching a dark movie, only a trans-reflective display could help you in that situation. Note that the iPhone 3GS display is slightly better in direct sunlight.\nThe thick bezel is useful after all\nI\u2019ve heard many complaints about the thick bezel around the screen. There\u2019s no question that thinner is better, but the bezel is currently needed because your thumb or another finger will land on it while firmly holding the device. If it wasn\u2019t for the bezel, your fingers would be on an active touch surface and that would interfere with the user interface (UI).\nDoes the iPad cause eye strain? Not for me\nEye strain: some fear that reading from an LCD display would cause headaches and eyestrain. I can only speak for myself, but I have not experienced any eyestrain, and you can imagine that I\u2019ve been spending a lot of time on the device to write this review. However, remember that I\u2019m looking at a computer LCD most of the time anyway\u2026\nUser Interface (Easy)\nFor those who have used an iPhone or an iPod touch, there is no learning curve whatsoever. It\u2019s the same look (with many additions) and feel and you\u2019ll be productive right away. If you are not familiar with it, this is arguably one of the best touch interface out there, and I expect most people to be able to ramp up fairly quickly.\nThere is a lot of: \u201cgrand parents would love it\u201d. May be so, but this is largely unproven. I think that most people who believe this have never actually tested it on their tech-averse relatives. If you have, feel free to drop a comment at the end of the review. Anyway, if you are thinking about getting one for an elderly person, just keep in mind that: 1/ it might not be as easy as you think it is. 2/ A computer is still required to register and setup the device. As a side note, Gartner forcasts that by 2015, the majority of computer purchased for kids under 15 will have a touch screen.\nMedia Consumption (Very good)\nThe iPad promises to \u201crevolutionize\u201d how we consume media, in a \u201cmagical\u201d way, according to Apple. \u201cMagic\u201d is an exaggeration, but yes, this is going to shake some habits.\nColorful books are nice\u2026\niBooks: I like the user interface of the Apple book reader, it\u2019s simple and readable, it has a search feature and most importantly, most books (if not all) come with a free sample. Overall, I don\u2019t think that there is such a big difference between the Apple book reader and the Kindle reader when it comes to the act of reading but\u2026 Amazon seems to be a better book provider.\nKindle for iPad : Amazon has done a good job of making its Kindle app available on many platforms. As a result, it is possible to buy a book from Amazon on the iPad (on amazon.com) and bypass Apple completely. The great thing about the Kindle app is that\nonce you own a book, you can re-download it on as many devices as you want (PC, iPhone, etc\u2026). Kindle also lets you take notes, if you care about that. Finally, Amazon has about 450k book versus Apple\u2019s 60k \u2013 oh and Amazon eBooks are getting cheaper too.\nBut comics are Amazing!\nComics: the Marvel comics look fantastic! This is really a great demonstration of what\u2019s possible on a nice color display and why black and white is not a sustainable value proposition. The Marvel app is a must-see and there are free comics for you to try it with. Now, I would *love it* if Marvel would make the old comics available\u2026\nReading colorful comics and magazines on the iPad (Watch in HD)\nGQ: I\u2019ve never seen a magazine with so much ads in it\nMagazines: I\u2019m a big fan of magazines and I had high expectations for them on the iPad. At the moment, it\u2019s promising, but I don\u2019t think that I\u2019ll buy them by the dozen each month. First, you don\u2019t know what you\u2019re getting before you pay. Secondly, some are really overpriced. Time Magazine (which has a 2.5/5 rating in the app store) sells for $4.99 while you can get the 12-issues subscription for less than $10 on amazon: this is lame. Others (3D Artist) will sell you the app that is needed to download the magazine itself\u2026 For the sake of this review, I bought GQ and one issue of 3D Artist (this one is messy). Overall, they are visually very promising but not quite there yet: it\u2019s buggy and often slow. Also, while there is only one way to read a paper magazine, each e-mag has its own set of user interface rules\u2026 not good.\nPDF files: the iPad has great support for .PDF files. It is much faster than the Kindle to handle those and the rendering is much better. If you are reading complex PDF files, this is a no-brainer.\nThe iPad crushes the Kindle at handling PDFs (Watch in HD)\nUSA Today is my favorite news app: clear and fast\nThe arrival of the iPad got many publishers excited. Thanks to the \u201cpad\u201d form-factor, many have dedicated applications to access their content. There are many out there, but I tried three to give you a sense of what was out there.\nThis is what e-Newspapers look like (Watch in HD)\nUSA Today: This is my favorite implementation of a news app. It is well laid out and very fast to load and navigate. Unfortunately, it does not offer video playback. Content is free.\nBBC: BBC is fast and clear. It looks more like a mobile website than a \u201cnewspaper\u201d, but I don\u2019t think that the \u201cnewspaper feel\u201d is really what I\u2019m looking for. I want good and readable news, that\u2019s it. BBC features video as well. Content is free.\nWall Street Journal: WSJ is mostly a subscription/paid content service. They arguably have a great design that looks the most like a \u201cnewspaper\u201d, but I was disappointed after using it. It\u2019s slow, seem buggy and freezes for a few seconds after each page turn, this is annoying.\nBloomberg: I usually go to Yahoo Finance to keep track of the markets, but the Bloomberg App is very well done and lets me follow a bunch of things (indices, news, currencies..) better and more clearly than I would on their website. Because there is less display surface, the developers had to prioritize the important content. The result is a no-nonsense information access. It\u2019s free too.\nAn episode of \u201cV\u201d from iTunes (Watch in HD)\nNetflix: I tried watching a few movies on Netflix and it worked beautifully. The streaming movie resolution is slightly inferior to the iPad\u2019s 1024\u00d7768 display, so things are not as sharp as they could be, but it\u2019s enjoyable enough to have a good time.\nYouTube: Youtube has more high-resolution content, so we tried watching a few movie trailers and they all came out looking smooth and sharp \u2013 much better than anything we\u2019ve seen on Netflix anyway. Can\u2019t wait for the Hulu app\u2026\nMovie Trailer from YouTube ( in HD)\nDLNA: If you don\u2019t know what DLNA is, skip this paragraph. Apple doesn\u2019t support DLNA network access out of the box, but I spotted at least one app that brings DLNA support to the iPad: http://plugplayer.com/. Remember that you are still limited to whatever formats the iPad player supports.\nThe user interface is a little different from the iPhone version, but music playback basically works well, there\u2019s not much to report on that front. it\u2019s an iPod after all.\nProductivity (Below average)\nAt 60 words per minute, this is much better than a smartphone,\nless than a netbook\nVirtual keyboard: after typing on it for some time, here\u2019s my feedback: it is so much better than a smartphone in either portrait or landscape mode. However, this is not as fast as a 10\u2033 Netbook keyboard, or a full-sized keyboard. Here\u2019s my own typing speed: 60 words per minute (wpm) with the iPad, 70wpm on a Netbook and around 80wpm with a full-size keyboard. Personally, I think that the iPad is great for casual typing (one paragraph email replies), but I don\u2019t like sustained typing (10mn+) on the virtual keyboard.\nEmail is comfy is efficient, I like it a lot\nEmail: The email experience is comfortable, in some ways, more so than on a Netbook. Because the Mail application user interface is tailored to a small display, it is better than it would be on a 10\u2033 Netbook with Outlook or Gmail. Emails are easy to read and it\u2019s also easy to switch from one account to the next.\nThe calendar are easy to glance at and very readable\nCalendar: the calendar is another element that benefits from an increased display size. Looking at a week\u2019s worth of appointments can be done easily. In two taps, you can ener in Edit Mode and change the time and other properties of an event. Cool stuff.\nI use Memeo Connect to check on Google Docs and to sync files (free)\nFile management: Outside of iTunes, there\u2019s little to no way to manage files. Apps are so sandboxed that their access to files are severely limited. If you email yourself a PDF file, you will be able to open it, but not save it. I don\u2019t think that you can even create a folder to dump stuff. Photos from emails can be saved in the \u201cphotos\u201d directory, but not elsewhere. Whether it is for security (sandbox) or simplicity reasons, I don\u2019t like it. I want a \u201cuser\u201d folder that I can organize the way I want, and access it like a USB key \u2013 most other devices work that way. In the meantime, I use Memeo Connect Reader (free) and Google Doc files to work around this. It works pretty well, but it\u2019s a little more work than just dragging and dropping to a folder.\niWorks: Microsoft has announced that there would not be a version of Microsoft Office for iPad, but Apple has its own productivity suite, that is getting rave reviews. In the end, I think that the question is: how much typing can you really do on this platform? For me, the answer is \u201cnot much\u201d, so regardless of how good the software is, you ultimately are the limit.\nGaming (Getting better, but\u2026)\nGameloft\u2019s Asphalt 5 for iPad (Watch in HD)\nHardcore gamers might consider the iPhone platform to be a sub-par gaming system, but commercially, it is quickly becoming huge. I\u2019m probably a hardcore gamer but I try to stay open-minded: recent 3D games do look great on the iPad and this is only the beginning. The thing that I dislike about iPad gaming is the tactile controls. I just prefer a game controller, a keyboard+mouse or a wheel. You might or might not like it better \u2013 there\u2019s only one way to find out: try playing on an iPhone or an iPad.\nThere have been reports of iPad overheating, but at the moment, I have not experienced any issues, despite playing 3D games for more than 30mn \u2013 45mn.\nWeb browsing (Good but incomplete)\nThere are a few Ajax issues and it lacks Flash support, but it\u2019s good enough\nThe web browsing experience is very like the one on the iPhone/iPod touch, but a little faster, and with a much more comfortable display. Now, there is no need to zoom much and this feels very much like browsing on a computer but, they are some significant hiccups:\n1/ Page loading is still noticeably slower than on a computer\n2/ There\u2019s no flash, and many flash-heavy sites like local restaurants or entertainment sites won\u2019t work properly (if at all). See: fleurdelyssf.com, jpchocolates.com and starz.com/originals/spartacus\n3/ Google docs won\u2019t let you edit documents, and I\u2019ve noticed issues with some Facebook widgets as well. Expect some difficulties with edgy Web 2.0 sites.\nOverall, it\u2019s not a real problem but I want to make sure that you realize that these issues do exist, and that they might not be fixed in the near future.\nSocial Media (Effective)\nI ditched the iPhone Facebook app in favor of the Facebook website\nTweetdeck is pretty awesome \u2013 check it out, it\u2019s free\nThere are a ton of apps to use Twitter more efficiently. I have tested TweetDeck, and I like their clean and clear interface. As for Facebook, it\u2019s nice that you can use the website directly to get the whole experience (minus Flash video). When chatting with AIM, the screen is a little small when the virtual keyboard is on, but switching to portrait mode made it work. Overall, there\u2019s usually \u201can (iPhone) app for that\u201d, or you can head to your favorite social networking site directly. The apps let you get notified when something happened, that\u2019s why I keep using the Facebook app for iPhone. Can\u2019t wait to see the iPad version\u2026\nThis is probably the largest (in surface) implementation of AOL IM\nMisc Apps\nAdobe ideas (free): There is a ton of apps, but this one caught my eyes. It\u2019s a fun finger painting program that lets you sketch things. Autodesk has a much fancier, but paid application that does something like this too.\nMemeo Connect Reader: lets you synchronize Google Docs files to the iPad. Because built-in iPad file management could be improved, this little program can be very handy.\nWiFi chip faster than the iPhone 3GS\nThe 3G model isn\u2019t available yet, but the good news is that the WiFi chip of the iPad is faster than the iPhone\u2019s \u2013 if you can find a network fast enough to saturate both chips\u2026 It is not surprising thought, because Apple has less power and thermal constraints with the iPad WiFi chip, they can crank it up.\nJust as we predicted, the $499 iPad is the one that has been selling out, but some folks that we know have been buying MiFi or Sprint Overdrive (read our complete overdrive review) wireless modems to create a WiFi \u201cbubble\u201d that the iPad can connect with.\nHow is the iPad at 3G speeds?\nWhile waiting for the 3G version, folks have been using wireless modems\nTo figure out how the 3G model would behave, we have played with our iPad and the Sprint Overdrive in 3G mode. Of course, this means that we didn\u2019t use the AT&T network (!), but that will give us an idea.\nObviously, things do slow down quite a bit when going from WiFi to 3G. In general it\u2019s OK for text-based applications such as email. Websites do slow down noticeably, but things are still fast enough to enjoy Netflix movies \u2013 at a lower resolution. The Maps application still works very well. In fact, it is almost as fast as it is with WiFi. Content download is the part that should suffer the most under 3G, and of course, there\u2019s the general reliability of the AT&T network remains to be proven. By the way, AT&T has confirmed that for the iPad \u201cunlimited\u201d really means \u201cunlimited\u201d and not 5GB.\nNote that using a MiFi or an Overdrive works perfectly, but both devices have a battery life of about 3 hours, which is a far cry from the 10+ hours of the iPad. Download speed as tested: 803kbps (3/5 bars, Sprint network with Sprint Overdrive)\nBattery Life (Excellent)\nThe iPad battery life is simply excellent\nThanks to progress in low-power designs, testing the battery life of computers is becoming seriously long. The custom iPad A4 processor consumes very little power, so in most cases, the display will be the largest drain factor on the battery.\nLocal storage video: 10+ hours\nStreaming video (Netflix): 10+ hours\nBook reading:11-12hrs\nMusic (display off): (too long, if I want to publish this week)\nA typical day: For my personal use, the iPad will stay alive for about 1.5 days, and possibly 2 days if I stop trying all the apps with shiny icons.\nSleep mode: most gadgets continue to drain power when they are in sleep mode. In the case of the iPad, I noticed that it lost about 1% per night (7hr), which is quite low. This might be a positive effect of not having too much stuff running in the background\u2026\nUSB charging incompatibility: although it is mentioned that the iPad can be charged from a computer USB ports, it turns out that this is true mainly for Mac computer USB ports because they have a little more juice. It doesn\u2019t work on most PC computers, or USB HUBs. More details about the iPad USB topic.\nBattery replacement: the battery is not user replaceable, and like most batteries, it might lose its charge capabilities or simply die (after a while). Right now, the cost of replacement is $105.95. For more info head to Apple\u2019s iPad battery replacement page.\nWhat could be better? (Plenty)\nAs good as the iPad is, it is not perfect. Here\u2019s a short list of things that iPad critics usually complain about:\nWe\u2019re stuck with that iPhone port for everything\nNo background execution (multi-tasking) for third party applications\nNo always-on IM\nNo app-based music in the background\nNo data crunching in the background\n*This should be addressed by the iPhone OS 4.0, due to be released for the iPad in the Fall.\nVirtual keyboard is not as productive as a real one\nNo Flash (see our Web Browsing section)\nAT&T-only (in practice)\nNo widescreen\nClosed application market (iPad has been jailbroken)\nCan\u2019t create a list of apps/files to buy/download\nMost of the critics are pretty legitimate, but many people don\u2019t factor in the cost that they would induce in terms of form factor, power consumption or dollars. The reality is that there\u2019s not a whole lot of competitors out there and by and large, the iPad is \u201cgood enough\u201d for a certain crowd. Joojoo, a Tablet that supports Flash in the browser has apparently pre-sold 90 units\u2026\nHow bad is it to not have multitasking? Not being able to leave apps running in the background is annoying sometimes\u2026 Personally, I\u2019d like to get some sort of notification if someone sends me an Instant Message (IM). Right now, even that is not possible. This is really the only thing that bugs me, although I do understand that others will want to do more things that require multi-tasking. I suspect that iPhone OS 4.0 might address that, to some extent.\nIs this a Netbook/laptop killer? (No)\nWhy are people so polarized? These gadgets became friends in 2 seconds\nIn general, the iPad it\u2019s not a Netbook killer, but it will take away revenues from that market. From a hardware and functionality standpoint, there\u2019s no argument that the iPad only performs a subset of the things that one could do with a classic computer. If you currently use your laptop for doing things that exactly overlap with the iPad functionalities, then yes, the iPad could be a Netbook replacement, but I would not generalize this. It\u2019s just \u201cdifferent\u201d, let\u2019s accept it.\nLimitations listed in the \u201cWhat could be better?\u201d paragraph show that the iPad can\u2019t do things that most people take for granted like leaving your IM client in the background, going to Flash-based websites, copy data with a USB key, or simply type comfortably for extended periods of time. Many observers also forget how important Microsoft Windows is for the large majority of Netbook buyers. Linux Netbooks failed because of that. Being able to install Windows apps is still very high on people\u2019s list of \u201cmust have\u201d.\nBtw, the first thing that happens when you turn the iPad on is that it is asking you to plug it to a computer to initialize it (PC or Mac).\nA computer is required to activate the iPad\nWhat is the iPad great for?\nI\u2019ll speak for myself, and you have to realize that I have not tried every possible applications on the platform, but in my case here\u2019s what the iPad is great for:\nWeb browsing, Email: I tend to use my laptop in my couch/bed, and for most of the web browsing and email that I do, the iPad is great. The battery lasts much longer, it\u2019s lighter and most importantly, it is \u201cinstant-on\u201d \u2013 no boot, no shut down. As I said earlier, some sites aren\u2019t accessible because Flash is not supported, but 95% of the time it\u2019s not a problem.\nBrowse my Netflix account: Add DVDs or instant-on movies to the queue and check new releases. Watching streaming video works great too.\nTurning me into a couch potatoe, one swipe at a time\u2026\nRead news & comics: Reading comic books is truly awesome, it is so much better to me than the paper experience\u2026 Some news apps are great too. They are faster than going to the website, although I\u2019m not quite sure if the web won\u2019t win in the long run. It\u2019s too early to tell. Books are good too, but I feel that the display could use a higher resolution and a higher size before I can truly love it. That said, I would chose the iPad over the Kindle any day.\nWatching movies on a plane: Because of its size, the iPad is very good at displaying movies in cramped environments like airplanes but you will need some kind of stand, because it is not comfortable to hold it for a while. Movie playback is something that recent netbooks can deal with, but most of them will run out of battery after 3-6 hours while the iPad can go on for 10 hours.\nMaps: the Map application looks great on the iPad. At the moment, we have not tested it on the 3G+GPS enabled, but it would be interesting to take it for a ride. Using the iPad as a personal navigation sounds cool, especially if we had a good way to mount it in a car (like this one). Is there an accessory for that?\nWatching photo, videos: I like to play with the photo gallery, and I like to watch a trailer quickly to decide if I should record something on my video recorder, or rent a movie on my PS3 or Netflix.\nIt\u2019s (really) instant-on: unlike my laptop, the iPad turns on and off instantly and in situation where I would turn things on and off a lot (in my couch) it\u2019s pretty handy and convenient. Plus, it prolongs the battery life.\nWhat the iPad is not great at\nThis is my personal preferences, but here\u2019s what I don\u2019t like to use the iPad for:\nWriting reviews: it\u2019s just painful to write for an extended period of time on the iPad. Yesterday, I had a 10mn IM session with a friend and I was getting tired by then. There\u2019s no way that this would be my primary text input system.\nGaming: I know, the App Store game content is exploding these days, but I\u2019m a hardcore gamer, I like game consoles, I like to play on PC, and I\u2019m just having a hard time to be entertained with iPad games. The controls aren\u2019t that great \u2013 although they are getting better and more creative. In the end, it\u2019s just not my type of games. Maybe this would work better for me: iPad arcade cabinet\nProductivity apps: While the iPad is capable of doing things like Word Processing, Presentations or even Spreadsheets, I would rather do that on a classic computer. In a pinch, it\u2019s great that you can get some stuff done, but I don\u2019t buy the argument that productivity apps are a \u201cpleasure\u201d to work with.\nInstant Messaging: the iPad isn\u2019t great at instant messaging for two reasons: 1/ I get tired quickly when I type. 2/When i put it to sleep, the IM app is closed and I won\u2019t get any notifications (my Blackberry does notify me of incoming IM). 3/Each time I switch to another app, IM is closed too.\nThis list of \u201cnot so great at\u201d is limited to things that I would do with my laptop while sitting in my couch. The conclusion is: the laptop won\u2019t be too far.\nConclusion (Very good, but not for everyone)\nBtw, are you an Ubergizmo Fan on Facebook?\nWhat the iPad is \u201cuseful for\u201d will evolve with new apps and ideas, but in the end, it is just a tool that should help you do what you usually do\u2026 more easily and in a better way. You have to ask yourself why it would be useful to you. Actually, if you think \u201cwhat is the purpose of this?\u201d, then there\u2019s probably no reason for you to get one.\nFor those who know what they will use it for, I hope that this review has clarified some things and provided enough information to make an educated decision.\nLet\u2019s be real: most people currently don\u2019t *need* an iPad in the way they do \u201cneed\u201d a phone or a computer. Right now, it is an entertainment device that could make one\u2019s computing life a little better if you find the right apps. It has a lot of great qualities: \u00c3\u0153ber-portable, pretty, responsive, tons of apps, great display, excellent battery life\u2026 But it also costs $499 in its simplest form, and this is not pocket change (people are buying the 16GB for $700+ on eBay). If you can afford it, and if your usage model is compatible with its design, the iPad is a great device. Love it or hate it, but let\u2019s all live in peace.\nAs usual, if you have questions or remarks, please drop a comment below. I\u2019ll try to address them ASAP.\niPad homepage, iPad User Manual, iPad Support Page, More Ubergizmo stories about the iPad, more Tablets stories\nCompeting Tablets\nYou may be interested by these: Galaxy Tab 10.1 review, Blackberry Playbook review, Motorola Xoom review, iPad review, iPad review, Dell Streak 7 review, Galaxy Tab Review, Galaxy Tab 8.9 Preview\nFiled in Apple >Computers >Featured >Reviews. Read more about Apple Inc, Apple Review, Hands-On, iPad, Review, Slate and Tablet.\niPad 2 Photograph Frame is expensive\nSpeck iGuy keeps your iPad safe", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 224, "original_length": 29092, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 324.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ubergizmo.com/2018/05/monster-hunter-movie-enters-production-in-september/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:16Z", "digest": "sha1:JRCJI4XYTUWD5DTJKYHEBE5WLAH5BY5E", "length": 1584, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.ubergizmo.com", "title": "Monster Hunter Movie Enters Production In September | Ubergizmo", "raw_content": "Monster Hunter Movie Enters Production In September\nFans of the Monster Hunter game will be interested in finding out that there\u2019s going to be a movie based on this title and that it\u2019s going to star Milla Jovovich. According to a new report, the upcoming Monster Hunter film will be going into production this September. It\u2019s going to be directed by Paul W. S. Anderson and just as Resident Evil: The Final Chapter was filmed in Cape Town, South Africa, this new movie will be filmed in that city as well.\nVariety reports that the Monster Hunter film has a budget of around $60 million with Paul W. S. Anderson in the director\u2019s chair and Jeremy Bolt in the producer\u2019s. Milla Jovovich, who has previously starred in the Resident Evil film, is going to be cast in this movie as well.\nThe Monster Hunter movie is going to be filmed in and around Cape Town. Paul W. S. Anderson has written the script for this movie which is going to be the subject of a worldwide studio deal. Foreign distributors will not be able to pick it up on the open market.\nIn other Monster Hunter news, Capcom recently confirmed that the title is going to be released for the Nintendo Switch. Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate for Nintendo Switch is going to be released in North America on August 28th.\nFiled in General. Read more about Entertainment and Monster Hunter.\nMonster Hunter World: Iceborne Expansion Announced For 2019\nMonster Hunter Movie Will Feature Characters From The Game\nCapcom Confirms Live-Action Monster Hunter Movie Is In The Works\nMonster Hunter Stories Now Available On iOS & Android", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 2955, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 143.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ulster.ac.uk/ulster-life/events/faculty-of-social-sciences/the-scottish-referendum-what-happens-after", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:51Z", "digest": "sha1:JGPKYM6EL6JKZA6CIKMZ7KB4KCF74CC5", "length": 1210, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.ulster.ac.uk", "title": "The Scottish Referendum: What Happens After? - Ulster University", "raw_content": "The Scottish Referendum: What Happens After?\nConnor Lecture Theatre\nProfessor Alan Trench\nz.lennon@ulster.ac.uk\nSeptember's referendum on Scottish independence will have far-reaching implications no matter what the result. A Yes vote will not just lead to negotiations for Scotland to become a separate state, but further changes to institutions and public policies in the remaining parts of the UK. A No vote will lead to further devolution for Scotland, with implications for Wales and Northern Ireland, including a possible constitutional convention. This lecture will examine what happens in either case, and particularly what it might mean for Northern Ireland.\nAlan Trench is Professor of Politics, School of Criminology, Politics and Social Policy, University of Ulster, and one of the UK\u2019s leading authorities of devolution. He is an Honorary Fellow, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh ; an Honorary senior research associate, The Constitution Unit, University College London; a Specialist adviser, House of Commons Welsh Affairs Committee; and the author of the 'Devolution Matters' blog: http://devolutionmatters.wordpress.com/\nA drinks reception will follow the lecture.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 213, "original_length": 5973, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 197.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ultimatedir.biz/benefits-of-installing-residential-awnings-orland-park", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:41:04Z", "digest": "sha1:VH3ULWXOPT2YA7CAYPZKFWKIVSJF6R3R", "length": 2125, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.ultimatedir.biz", "title": "Benefits of Installing Residential Awnings Orland Park | Ultimate dir", "raw_content": "Benefits of Installing Residential Awnings Orland Park\nMany homeowners are constantly searching for ways to enhance the exterior style and beauty of their home. If this is the situation, then one option to consider is to install residential Awnings, Orland Park. The right awnings can help to increase the style, beauty, and living space of any home while reducing cooling costs. Learn more about these benefits here.\nImprove the Exterior Style and Color of the Home\nResidential Awnings in Orland Park are offered in a wide array of styles, shapes, and colors. When attempting to select an awning for a home, it is important to choose a style and look that complements the exterior of a home. Since there are so many options to choose from when it comes to awnings, a homeowner can easily find them for all areas including windows, entryways, patios, and virtually any other area of the home.\nAwnings Provide Energy Savings\nIf a homeowner is searching for a way to save more money on their energy costs, installing Awnings Orland Park is a smart option. Awnings can help to lower energy costs because they offer shade for the home\u2019s windows and prevent moisture and heat from getting trapped into the home. In fact, quality awnings can reduce interior heat in homes by as much as 65 percent when the windows face south and up to 77 percent when the windows face west.\nAwnings can Protect the Residential Property\nWhen an awning is used to protect vulnerable areas outside a home, such as a patio, they can help to protect the residential property. For example, the awnings can prevent UV damage to furnishings, interior carpeting, patio furniture, damage to decks.\nIf a homeowner is searching for a way to enhance the exterior of their home, while protecting it, then they should look into residential awnings. More information about these awnings can be found by contacting the staff at A Better Door & Window. Those who are interested can also Visit the website. Being informed and knowing the many benefits will pay off in the long run and help ensure that a homeowner protects the investment they have made in their home.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 40, "original_length": 7917, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 205.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ultimatedir.biz/the-worst-corporate-mergers-of-all-time", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:44Z", "digest": "sha1:KVGRYFEO6MJKSF37LDFKKXVZW7URZEQZ", "length": 3094, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.ultimatedir.biz", "title": "The Worst Corporate Mergers Of All Time | Ultimate dir", "raw_content": "The Worst Corporate Mergers Of All Time\nBigger is always better, right? That\u2019s the prevalent idea in the corporate world. Companies strive to achieve more market share and get a loyal customer base to dominate the industry. They acquire businesses and use mergers with powerful corporations as a way to the top. The grander the union, the more fruitful are the results. We tend to think the same about mergers. Some mergers are successful and benefit the reputation of both the companies. But not all mergers achieve such high standards. Studies indicate that 83% of mergers fail \u2013 but does this signify that all mergers are doomed to fail?\nUnder expert guidance, you can avoid mistakes that result in merger failure and proceed with your plans. Advisory Consultants for Business Mergers & Acquisitions In Minnesota aim to provide you their services based on your specifications.\nWhy Mergers Fail?\nMany mergers fail to live up to the expectations of stockholders. The newly created company goes bankrupt, employees are fired, and eventually, the companies end up getting a divorce. But why is that so? Well, there are many factors that prompted the failure of a seemingly profitable merger, for example;\n* Poor strategic fit;\n* Clash of organizational cultures;\n* Sudden changes in market conditions;\n* Payment of an overinflated price to acquire the company.\nThis article presents a few examples of deals gone bad (worse in some cases).\n* America OnLine & Time Warner\nConsidered to be the most prominent merger failure of all time, Time Warner consolidated with American OnLine to capitalize on the convergence of mass media with the internet. AOL refused to give up dial-up access (which was declining rapidly) and so the technological advances proved more than these corporations could handle. Time Warner\u2019s stock dropped 80%, and they suffered a whooping loss of $99 billion, the largest annual net loss ever reported by a company. The expected synergy of these two different companies never occurred and finally after eight years they split up.\n* Quacker Oats & Snapple Beverage Company\nQuaker Oats managed the widely popular Gatorade drink and thought they could do the same with Snapple and purchased it for $1.7 billion, in 1994. They dove headfirst into making a new marketing campaign and to get Snapple to every store and restaurant they could. However, they failed miserably. Not only did they pay above the market price for the acquisition, they also lacked the skill sets to run the operations. The retaliation from competitors like Pepsi and Coca-Cola forced them to sell Snapple after just 27 months.\nWhile contemplating a merger, managers at both sides should aim to eliminate the barriers of enhanced shareholder value. When it comes to the smooth merger of a business, it\u2019s better to get an expert opinion from advisory service providers for Business Mergers & Acquisitions in Minnesota. 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Made in Italy, the stainless steel material makes it long-lasting and easy to clean. Make sure to have one on hand for sharing alcoholic beverages or soft drinks with friends. It can also be used when cooking with bottled beverages such as beer.\nBuy Pedrini Cap Lifter Stainless Steel 18cm at Rs. 310.00 in India", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 866, "original_length": 17396, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.78, "perplexity": 305.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/christian-bale-tears-up-gushes-about-wife-sibi/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:57Z", "digest": "sha1:QRDKCNNDHYSUJWVOMXB5KJCWRO2K5GZK", "length": 2148, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.usmagazine.com", "title": "Christian Bale Tears Up, Gushes About Wife Sibi", "raw_content": "Christian Bale Tears Up While Gushing About His Wife Sibi: She\u2019s the \u2018Most Strong Woman\u2019\nChristian Bale and Sibi Blazic attends the premiere of Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures' \"Hostiles\" at Samuel Goldwyn Theater on December 14, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images\nBatman has a soft spot! Christian Bale got choked up while talking to Us Weekly about his wife, Sibi, on Thursday, December 14.\n\u201c[My wife] likes to be very private. And of course, I want to maintain that \u2026 but we have a great private life\u201d the English actor, 43, told Us at the Hostiles premiere in Beverly Hills. \u201cShe\u2019s probably the most strong woman I\u2019ve ever come across in my life,\u201d he gushed while his love stood beside him. \u201cAnd I \u2014 You\u2019re making me all tearful! I\u2019m too much of a softie! I don\u2019t think I am, but then you got me with that!\u201d\nThe couple, who tied the knot in January 2000, share two children together, ages 12 and 3. Though he\u2019s often reserved when it comes to speaking about his clan, the Big Short actor shared admiration for them in a 2010 interview with Esquire. \u201cI\u2019ve got incredible pride for my family,\u201d he said at the time.\nHe added, \u201cI\u2019ve absolutely fallen into that clich\u00e9 of a dad who could just happily talk about my daughter endlessly, but it\u2019s not what I\u2019m about in terms of being an actor. I don\u2019t want people to know about that.\u201d\nBale also opened up to Us about his latest role as Captain Joseph J. Blocker in the upcoming Western drama. \u201cEven if [Americans] are not aware of hostiles,\u201d he began. \u201cThey\u2019re shocked to see the hatred and division that has occurred within America. That attitudes towards people of different opinions, attitudes towards refugees, it\u2019s stunning how relevant this has become. I can\u2019t say I\u2019m happy about it, of course, it\u2019s a genuine tragedy. But we have been here before. We can learn from that.\u201d\nThe film, which is set in 1892, takes viewers through the journey where a legendary Army captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory, according to IMDb.\nHostiles is set to hit theaters on Friday, December 22.\nReporting by Taylor Ferber", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 99, "original_length": 4540, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 242.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.uwlaw.com/insights/consultant-colby-nichols-support-tasa-governmental-relations-staff/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:53:09Z", "digest": "sha1:NSK6H56DP2QMR37S7SFW6NZOT2YMDRIE", "length": 1266, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.uwlaw.com", "title": "Consultant Colby Nichols to Support TASA Governmental Relations Staff - Underwood Law Firm, P.C.", "raw_content": "TASA Governmental Relations welcomes to the team Colby Nichols of the Underwood Law Firm.\nColby will assist TASA Governmental Relations staff \u2014 as a consultant on contract \u2014 on issues related to school finance, special education, property taxation, tax ratification elections, bond elections, and school discipline, among other issues. Along with providing expert testimony on these subjects, he will assist the association in legislative strategy and advocating for the 2019 TASA Legislative Priorities.\nColby grew up in rural East Texas and is both a son and grandson of Texas school superintendents. He graduated from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, then earned his J.D. from South Texas College of Law in Houston.\nColby began his career as an aide to former Texas House Public Education Committee Chair Jimmie Don Aycock, serving as an education policy advisor and district director. Later, he worked for the Region VI Education Service Center, where he assisted school districts in grant writing, school improvement, and data analysis.\nSince 2013, Colby has advocated for public education professionally as a legislative consultant. He also serves as general counsel to several Texas school districts. Colby\u2019s wife is a teacher at Lake Travis High School.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 183, "original_length": 5146, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 208.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/01/mario-cuomo-dead-1984-speech", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:11Z", "digest": "sha1:XHFQAYML2LJQIILACTC3JWPV5LALUJFG", "length": 2297, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.vanityfair.com", "title": "Mario Cuomo's 1984 Convention Speech Is Worth Revisiting | Vanity Fair", "raw_content": "Remember Mario Cuomo with His Landmark Speech on Equality\nMario Cuomo, who was the governor of New York for three terms, from 1983 to 1994, passed away Thursday at the age of 82. Cuomo was a towering figure in the Democratic Party, whose progressive rhetoric and rebuke of Reagan-era conservatism was most famously expressed in the keynote speech he delivered at the 1984 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco.\nThe speech, which is embedded below, was a stirring appeal to a progressive vision of America that stood not only in contrast to the trickle-down philosophy of Reaganites, but makes many of today\u2019s Democrats pale in comparison. Cuomo used the \u201cTale of Two Cities\u201d as a conceit, playing off Reagan\u2019s description of America as \u201ca shining city on a hill.\u201d Cuomo noted that while a \u201cshining city is perhaps all the President sees from the portico of the White House and the veranda of his ranch, where everyone seems to be doing well,\u201d there exists \u201canother part to the shining the city; the part where some people can\u2019t pay their mortgages, and most young people can\u2019t afford one; where students can\u2019t afford the education they need, and middle-class parents watch the dreams they hold for their children evaporate.\u201d\nCuomo\u2019s vision of a we\u2019re-all-in-this-together America is almost hard to recognize from the vantage point of today\u2019s national politics. Income inequality has skyrocketed since Cuomo\u2019s speech, and a statement such as the below passage from his speech would likely be dismissed as \u201csocialism.\u201d\nWe believe we must be the family of America, recognizing that at the heart of the matter, we are bound one to another; that the problems of a retired school teacher in Duluth are our problems; that the future of the child\u2014that the future of the child in Buffalo is our future; that the struggle of a disabled man in Boston to survive and live decently is our struggle; that the hunger of a woman in Little Rock is our hunger; that the failure anywhere to provide what reasonably we might, to avoid pain, is our failure.\nCuomo is survived by his wife, Matilda, and his children, Andrew, Margaret, and Chris Cuomo, and Maria Cuomo Cole. Andrew Cuomo was sworn in for his second term as New York\u2019s governor on the morning of New Year\u2019s Day, hours before his father\u2019s death.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 93, "original_length": 4456, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 203.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/09/how-sir-philip-green-outraged-an-entire-nation", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:45Z", "digest": "sha1:BJDKMKTUWP3CMOX5H6K4PT7LTCATIGP2", "length": 24212, "nlines": 63, "source_domain": "www.vanityfair.com", "title": "How Sir Philip Green Made an Outrageous Fortune and Outraged an Entire | Vanity Fair", "raw_content": "How Sir Philip Green Made an Outrageous Fortune and Outraged an Entir\u2026\nHow Sir Philip Green Made an Outrageous Fortune and Outraged an Entire Nation\nWhen Topshop tycoon Sir Philip Green, the U.K.\u2019s answer to Donald Trump, off-loaded the struggling retail chain BHS for just one pound, Britons cried foul. Now, with thousands of BHS jobs and pensions at risk, many in the nation are rooting for his demise. But he believes he\u2019s being persecuted out of envy.\nBATTEN DOWN!\nSir Philip Green on his speedboat Lion Cub in 2012. He also owns three yachts, including the 295-foot-long Lionheart.\n\u00a9 Flynetpictures.com\nThree big stories captured the attention of the British this past summer: the shocking vote in favor of Brexit, the country\u2019s departure from the European Union; the Queen\u2019s 90th-birthday celebration; and the senseless assassination of Jo Cox, a 41-year-old member of Parliament from West Yorkshire, by a deranged 52-year-old constituent.\nBut, off the radar screen of most Americans, a fourth story also galvanized the country: the case of Sir Philip Green, a self-made retail multi-billionaire. With flowing white curly locks, a perma-tan, and unshakable brashness, the 64-year-old Green is the British Donald Trump (without the political aspirations). For months he has been front-page news, thanks to an irresistible combination of flamboyance and arrogance.\nAt issue was Green\u2019s March 2015 decision to sell for $1.50\u2014that\u2019s not a typo\u2014the retailer British Home Stores, known as BHS, to an investor group led by Dominic Chappell, a 49-year-old former racecar driver with a history of bankruptcy, little money, and virtually no retailing experience.\nThe demise of BHS, which was something of a national institution, struck a raw nerve with the British people. Modeled after Woolworths, the BHS chain was founded in 1928, and it sold at discount prices everything from electronics and furniture to perfume and groceries. Samantha Brick, a writer from Birmingham, recalls she used to go to BHS with her grandmother for tea. They\u2019d sit together at the Formica-topped tables in the cafeteria. \u201cIt was really comforting and very reassuring,\u201d she says.\nThe $1.50 purchase price not only smacked of farce but was also suspicious. According to a July parliamentary report about the deal, Chappell and Retail Acquisition Ltd., Chappell\u2019s company, \u201cwere manifestly unsuitable owners of BHS. It is inconceivable that someone with Sir Philip Green\u2019s experience seriously considered otherwise.\u201d\nGreen said that the chain\u2019s problems were becoming too much for his company to keep it. BHS was an increasingly small part of his overall financial empire\u2014the privately held Taveta Investments Ltd., of which his retail business Arcadia Group is a subsidiary. Arcadia includes such well-known British retail names as Topshop and Topman; Miss Selfridge; Burton; Evans; Wallis; and Dorothy Perkins. Topshop, in particular, with its focus on fashionable young women, had become Green\u2019s flagship (and has a large store on New York\u2019s Fifth Avenue).\nFrom John Frost Newspapers.\nBut the plot thickened considerably in April 2016 when BHS filed for \u201cadministration,\u201d the U.K. equivalent of Chapter 11, throwing many of its 11,000 employees out of work and threatening the pensions of 20,000 current and former employees. Suddenly it seemed clear to the British people why Green might have been so eager to get rid of BHS: the gaping financial shortfall in the pension plan\u2014said to be around $800 million and growing. Where once the British press referred to Green as the \u201cKing of the High Street [the British term for mid-level fashion retail],\u201d suddenly he was known, in the pages of the Daily Mail, as \u201cSir Shifty.\u201d\nLast spring Parliament held a series of extraordinary public hearings to investigate how the collapse of BHS affected the company\u2019s pension fund. The committee\u2019s first report, released on July 25, was ruthless in its criticism of Green. What happened to BHS is \u201cthe unacceptable face of capitalism,\u201d it concluded. According to the committee, Green \u201csystematically extracted hundreds of millions of pounds from BHS, paying very little tax and fantastically enriching himself and his family, leaving the company and its pension fund weakened to the point of the inevitable collapse of both.\u201d Furthermore, the report stated, \u201cBHS declined to make the employer contributions necessary to maintain the sustainability of the pension schemes over the duration of Sir Philip Green\u2019s period in charge.\u201d Now the plan\u2019s 20,000 pensioners are facing reductions of up to 77 percent of their expected payouts.\nResponding to the report\u2019s conclusions, a spokesperson for Theresa May, Britain\u2019s new prime minister, said that May intended to \u201cprevent irresponsible and reckless behavior.\u201d Frank Field, the chairman of the parliamentary inquiry, characterized Green as \u201cmuch worse\u201d than the disgraced former newspaper baron Robert Maxwell\u2014who left an $800 million \u201cblack hole\u201d in his company\u2019s pension plan before he fell off his yacht to his death in November 1991\u2014a remark that prompted Green to threaten Field with a libel suit.\nWhat made appearances even worse for Green is that the companies he runs had sent billions in dividends from BHS and his other U.K. companies to his wife, Tina. Now the principal beneficial owner of her husband\u2019s businesses, she officially resides in Monaco, and so she legally did not pay taxes on the dividends received. The precise amount of the dividends remains unclear. Field said on Sky News that, if you added up the dividends, the incurment of debt, and the repayment of loans, the Greens had extracted about $2.7 billion from BHS and Taveta. When I asked Green to explain the sum, he declined to do so. My question was \u201ctoo personal,\u201d he said. The parliamentary report clarified that the \u201cGreen family\u201d had received roughly $500 million in dividends from BHS between 2002 and 2004 and, in 2005, almost $2.2 billion in dividends from Taveta.\nIn this era of austerity the British people seem to have had quite enough of the retailing tycoon, with his legal tax dodges, his complicated corporate structure, and his hyperinflated lifestyle, replete with a helicopter, a Gulfstream G550 jet, and three yachts\u2014including one, Lionheart, which is 295 feet long and reportedly has a swimming pool, a helipad, and a beauty salon.\nGreen and Kate Moss during London\u2019s fall 2013 Fashion Week.\nGreen socializes with Kate Moss and Beyonc\u00e9, the latter of whom sang at his son Brandon\u2019s Bar Mitzvah, in 2005, which took place in the gardens of Len Blavatnik\u2019s Grand-H\u00f4tel du Cap-Ferrat, on the Riviera, at an estimated cost of $6.4 million. For Green\u2019s 50th birthday, in 2002, he held a toga party on Cyprus, which cost a reported $7 million and featured Tom Jones and Rod Stewart. His 60th-birthday party, held over four days at the Rosewood Mayakoba resort, south of Cancun, reportedly cost $10 million. The guests included Naomi Campbell, Leonardo DiCaprio, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Kate Hudson. Robbie Williams, Stevie Wonder, and CeeLo Green performed, and the Beach Boys sang at an outdoor barbecue.\nFor a while, Green\u2019s gallivanting amused British tabloid readers. \u201cHe\u2019s the only person I know who has both Tony Blair and Kate Moss on speed dial,\u201d gushed Michael Gove, the former British secretary of state for education, in 2014. Samantha Brick says, \u201cWe didn\u2019t mind reading about him in the gossip pages and about how his wife would organize these six-figure-, seven-figure-sum parties for his birthday, where Kate Moss and Gwyneth Paltrow would show up.\u201d But, she continues, since the pension issue, \u201cthere\u2019s no return for him.\u201d\nGreen chalks up all the criticisms to the insecurities of others, and he is not shy about berating those he regards as his persecutors. Last year, Ian Grabiner, chief executive of Arcadia, told the Financial Times that \u201cthe volcanoes erupt frequently. He\u2019s very sensitive but I think that for all people like Philip, insecurity is a factor, because in their minds they have got to continue to be successful. . . . There\u2019s a very childish side to Philip that looks for affection.\u201d\nThe June 15 parliamentary hearing, which lasted for nearly six hours, showed Green in all his volatility. At first, he threatened not to appear, because, he claimed, Field, who demanded that he write a check to fill the pension hole, was biased against him. Field asked me, in an interview, to convey to Green that a $460 million payment over time to the BHS pensioners would do the trick. But in the end, amid calls from members of Parliament and other public figures to have him stripped of his knighthood, Green relented.\nHe arrived at the cramped hearing in a feisty mood. A few days earlier, doctors had placed a ninth stent into his coronary arteries. He was bombastic. He was disrespectful. He was charming. He contradicted himself. At one point, seemingly out of the blue, he turned to Richard Fuller, a Conservative Party M.P. from Bedford, and blurted out, \u201cSir, do you mind not looking at me like that all the time? It\u2019s really disturbing. . . . You just want to stare at me?\u201d\nAs for the gap in the pension plan, Green said, \u201cIt\u2019s my fault. The answer is: it wasn\u2019t dealt with. We\u2019re here, and we have to find a solution. It\u2019s not my style to blame anybody else.\u201d He then proceeded to blame all sorts of people for not letting him know the extent of the problem and suggested that somehow a micro-manager such as himself\u2014when he took over BHS, he claims, he saved $600,000 by ordering new clothes hangers\u2014had not been informed.\nGreen also blamed Goldman Sachs, for not warning him off Chappell as the buyer for BHS. \u201cWe one-million percent would not have done business with him,\u201d Green told the M.P.\u2019s. \u201cIf [Goldman Sachs] had said, \u2018Don\u2019t deal with this guy,\u2019 that would have been the end of it.\u201d\nThe BHS store on London\u2019s Oxford Street, in 2013.\nBy Mark Richardson/Alamy Stock Photo.\nThis bit of finger-pointing seemed odd, since Green never actually hired Goldman Sachs to represent him in the sale of BHS. Instead, he said at the hearing, he had asked Michael Sherwood, his longtime friend and a London-based Goldman Sachs vice chairman, if Anthony Gutman, the firm\u2019s co-head of European investment banking, could \u201cdo a favor\u201d and \u201clook over a few of the people\u201d interested in buying BHS.\nGutman testified that the bank had turned down the BHS-sale assignment because it was \u201ctoo small.\u201d Gutman did, at Green\u2019s insistence, \u201cprovide informal assistance\u201d on the initial BHS-purchase proposals \u201crelated to funding and intentions.\u201d\nThe M.P.\u2019s report found that Goldman Sachs had \u201cprovided free advice to Sir Philip on the transaction, having turned down the opportunity to be formally engaged. In doing so, they hoped to maintain a longstanding and lucrative relationship with a wealthy client.\u201d (Goldman\u2019s relationship with Green is now \u201cunder review,\u201d according to a Goldman spokesperson.)\nAlthough Green did not commit to fixing the pension problem at the hearing, he did allow, \u201cIt\u2019s going to get my best shot to find a solution as quickly as we can.\u201d But weeks after the June 15 hearing, there remained no proposal from him. Field, for one, has had enough of Green. \u201cThat family could sort the pension out now if it wished to,\u201d he said at a June 29 hearing. \u201cIt just has to come up with some money, money it has already taken out fivefold, this sum, from these companies. . . . We are fed up with hearing, \u2018I am about to fix it.\u2019 He does not fix it. What is required is a very large check from the Green family, who have done so well out of the whole of this.\u201d\n\u201cEngland, unfortunately, is a place where you get a lot of jealous, envious, you know, negative people. That\u2019s how it is,\u201d says Green.\nIn a July 30 letter to Field, Green wrote, \u201cI have tried to stay silent in the face of your regular outbursts and to focus on the important task of working towards a solution for the Bhs pensioners. But I am not prepared to continue to allow your abuse to go unanswered. . . . We are working towards a voluntary solution for the Bhs pension schemes because we want to help the Bhs pensioners. I will not be bullied by your press campaign and political grandstanding into supporting the Bhs pension schemes.\u201d\nOn July 31, the London Sunday Times reported that Green had finally put forth a plan featuring a new pension fund \u201crejuvenated with a cash injection from Arcadia\u201d\u2014instead of from Green or his family. By this point, however, the British pensions regulator was looking into a nearly $300 million shortfall in Arcadia\u2019s pension fund, so, as the Times noted, it was possibly \u201cunsuitable to shoulder the burden\u201d of bailing out the BHS pension fund.\nField told me in June that \u201cthe story has turned out to be a tragedy for Green, when he could have actually at the very beginning shaped events. His greed has allowed events to shape him. . . . I can\u2019t understand the man, who needs to pay up, and each day witnesses his reputation [getting] further shredded, but does nothing but moan. It\u2019s an Icarus story, isn\u2019t it? Of seeing a way to make riches and then thinking you are immune from the power of the sun.\u201d\nAdds one prominent businessman, \u201cIt\u2019s really the character of Philip Green that makes it so completely interesting. And he is the most vain man ever, and pugnacious, and it\u2019s just terribly interesting to find him sort of on the ropes for a bit. . . . If you\u2019re consistently flashy, consistently rude, and very rich, you can\u2019t then be surprised if nobody likes you.\u201d\nThe Lionheart off the coast of Malta in August.\n\u00a9 Fameflynet.uk.com\nHere\u2019s the Deals\nBefore I had a single conversation about him, Green called my cell phone\u2014\u201cNo Caller ID\u201d showed up\u2014and told me that he was worried that Graydon Carter, this magazine\u2019s editor, was out to get him. He claimed that I had already started making calls seeking dirt on him. I told him I hadn\u2019t spoken to anybody. \u201cYou\u2019re on trial,\u201d he told me. \u201cLet\u2019s see how well behaved you are.\u201d He also threatened to sue.\nGreen\u2019s r\u00e9sum\u00e9 makes clear that he very well may be the most successful leveraged-buyout aficionado to ever take on the retail industry, at least if accumulating vast wealth is the sole criterion. He grew up prosperous in Croydon, in South London. His father, a small-businessman, died of a heart attack when Green was 12.\nGreen attended Carmel College, an expensive, now defunct boarding school west of London known as the \u201cJewish Eton,\u201d until he was 16, when he left without graduating. He told the Financial Times in a 2015 interview that he \u201cwasn\u2019t a good school pupil\u201d and preferred business, the tenets of which he had picked up by watching his mother, who had taken over the family business, which came to include auto shops, gasoline stations, and car showrooms.\nAccording to a 1992 article by Chris Blackhurst in The Independent, Green remained close to his mother and set up \u201ca string of companies with her\u2014none of which was especially successful.\u201d In fact four of them\u2014Cupcraft; Tarbrook, a clothing importer; Buzzville, a women\u2019s-clothing maker; and Joan Collins Jeans, intended to be the British answer to Gloria Vanderbilt jeans\u2014went bust.\nWhat Green excelled at, he soon found out, was risky, scrappy deal-making. In 1985, he bought a bankrupt clothing company, Bonanza Jeans. One of its customers, Jean Jeanie, owed Bonanza about $350,000, he says. So the owner of Jean Jeanie offered to sell Green the company for $5.5 million. Green\u2019s accountants took a look at Jean Jeanie\u2019s books, only to discover that it was bankrupt, too, owing Barclays bank more than $4.8 million and another $4.8 million to its suppliers. Green persuaded Barclays to hold off for six months on calling in its Jean Jeanie loan. Then he went back to the owner and told him there was good news and bad news. The man was bankrupt, but Green would still be happy to do a deal with him. He offered $90,000 for the option to buy the owner\u2019s 65 shops, and he promised an additional $600,000 in six months. After the owner agreed, Green flew to Paris and Hong Kong, where he convinced wholesalers to give him new inventory on a \u201cpay on sale\u201d basis. Three days before his deal with Barclays was set to expire, Green says, he sold his Jean Jeanie option to Lee Cooper, a British jeans brand\u2014for $4.3 million, he told The Independent in 1992, a figure which over the years has increased to $10 million in the telling. He was off to the races.\nA few months earlier, he had met his future wife, Christina Palos, who is known by her nickname, Tina. Brought up in the Far East by wine merchant parents, she had her own Sloane Street boutique, Harabels. At the time she was married to businessman Robert Palos, with whom she had two children. The first time she met Green, she thought he was \u201cdreadful\u201d and \u201can arrogant pig,\u201d she told a Daily Mail reporter in 2005. The second time she met him she fell in love with him. They were married in 1990, after she proposed, according to Top Man, a 2005 biography of Green by Stewart Lansley and Andy Forrester.\nGreen and wife Tina at the wedding of Monaco\u2019s Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene, 2011.\nBy Dan Kitwood/Getty Images.\nIn 1988 Green invested most of his profits from Jean Jeanie and Bonanza Jeans\u2014and millions more, solicited from his friends and business associates\u2014in Amber Day, a struggling publicly traded retail group, of which he became C.E.O. According to Top Man, Green bought a house in St. John\u2019s Wood and a vacation house in Marbella, and he started throwing lavish parties for his friends.\nUnder his leadership, Amber Day bought Woodhouse, an upmarket men\u2019s-wear retailer, and What Everyone Wants, a Scottish chain, and ratcheted up the company\u2019s profits from $5.4 million to $18 million. The stock price more than doubled.\nBut in September 1992, with a missed earnings forecast and the stock plummeting, Amber Day\u2019s board of directors fired him. \u201cGreen\u2019s ousting was all about the kind of person he is and the company he keeps,\u201d one observer claimed in The Sunday Times. \u201cIn the past he walked on the wild side, and his enemies would not let him forget it.\u201d Top Man explains that the traditionalists in the City (London\u2019s financial district) disapproved of Green\u2019s brashness and his unorthodox way of running his business, and regarded him as \u201can untamed polecat who needed reining in. The anti-Green camp found they had plenty of ammunition in what was to become an increasingly dirty war.\u201d The satirical magazine Private Eye ran several unflattering stories that focused on \u201cGreen\u2019s close friendship with men associated with the very public financial scandals of the time,\u201d Top Man observes.\nAccording to the biography, the Amber Day experience was \u201cshattering\u201d for Green, who pledged never to run a public company again. But Green now claims the opposite: that Amber Day was the best thing that ever happened to him, opening up the way for bigger conquests. But first he had to focus on his health. In 1995 he had a series of heart problems that ultimately resulted in the nine stents being implanted in his chest. In 1998, he says, he was threatened by a mugger with a sword, near his London home.\nTina insisted they take a time-out. The family moved to Monaco. Green now says that he chose the principality because someone told him it was a nice place to live. When pressed, he also mentions its lack of taxes on income, capital gains, and dividends. While Tina continues to live in Monaco, Green flies back and forth to London.\nIn 2000, Green turned his attention to BHS, acquiring the chain for $300 million. It soon became clear that he had made a fabulous deal. Two years after the purchase, BHS was valued at $2.1 billion and had already paid its new owners $240 million in dividends. Green now says he should have sold the company at that point but he had fallen into a romance with BHS. He held on to it. In 2002, Green bought Arcadia Group, a collection of retail brands that now forms the basis of his fortune, for $1.3 billion. To do so he put in $15 million of his own money and borrowed the rest. In 2005, a group of banks refinanced the Arcadia debt, permitting Tina to take out the $2.2 billion dividend. Green\u2019s retail empire continued to thrive in the years after the financial crisis\u2014with the exception of BHS, which started to face steep challenges from Internet retailers and other competitors.\nIn 2006, Green was knighted for his \u201cservices to the retail industry.\u201d In August 2010, Prime Minister David Cameron asked Sir Philip to undertake \u201can efficiency review\u201d of government spending. His report, though light on details and heavy on bullet points, found much waste across departments and spending categories.\nI asked Green to allow his British friends, including Simon Cowell, businessman Richard Caring, and fashion entrepreneur Sir David Tang, to speak with me, but I never heard from them. Instead, he suggested I speak with the American retailers Mickey Drexler, chairman and C.E.O. of the J. Crew Group; Pete Nordstrom, co-president of Nordstrom, Inc.; and Richard Baker, the governor and executive chairman of the Hudson\u2019s Bay Company (which owns Saks). Drexler tells me that Green \u201cis an out-there brash guy,\u201d who has become \u201ca juicy target\u201d for the British press and Parliament because he\u2019s an \u201cenormously successful, wealthy guy.\u201d\nRichard Baker says, \u201cWe call him a triple threat. He\u2019s a merchant, an operator, and he has enough design savvy to be dangerous.\u201d\nLike Baker, Nordstrom says Green is a man of his word: \u201cHe\u2019s not always an easy guy to sit across the table from if you\u2019re trying to negotiate something . . . but what we find refreshing and constructive is that he\u2019s very transparent and honest.\u201d\nElizabeth Hurley, Green, Jackie Caring, and President Bill Clinton at a party in St. Petersburg, Russia, 2005.\nWith Green\u2019s extraordinary financial success came extraordinary hubris. He thinks nothing of picking up the phone and lambasting journalists. For instance, in 2008, the writer Alice B-B (a Vanity Fair contributor) questioned in a Daily Mail column whether Topshop was still a relevant shopping experience for women after they moved beyond young adulthood. Green called her out of the blue. They had never met before. She was at home. \u201cHe basically said, \u2018Who the fuck are you? I don\u2019t even know who the fuck you are. Are you fat? Are you thin? I don\u2019t even know what you look like. I could get you banned from Topshop,\u2019 \u201d she recalls. (Green declined to comment.)\nNear the very end of the June 15 hearing, Green wrote something on his notepad, he said, because he was afraid he might forget it. He wasn\u2019t sure he should say it out loud to the M.P.\u2019s, but then he blurted it out anyway: \u201cEnvy and jealousy, my doctor told me, are two incurable diseases.\u201d The audience in the hearing room gasped audibly.\nHe told the M.P.\u2019s he could have structured his companies \u201cmuch, much more aggressively\u201d for his own gain than he did. He claimed he has paid every bit of the taxes\u2014hundreds of millions of pounds\u2014he owed to the U.K. government. He was done apologizing. \u201cI have a very clear conscience,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have run these companies properly. We have paid everything that was due.\u201d As if to prove his point, a few days after the June 15 hearing, the press reported that he had taken delivery of a new, $66.5 million, top-of-the-line Gulfstream G650. Described as the \u201choly grail of private jets,\u201d the G650 seats up to 19 passengers and sleeps 10. Lady Tina reportedly planned to spend $400,000 re-decorating the interior. One observer told The Sun, \u201cIt\u2019s the most luxurious private jet on the planet, the fastest of its kind.\u201d\nGreen likes to point out that he is not the only businessman in the world with a boat and a plane, and he blames his country for what he considers unfair\u2014and anti-Semitic\u2014persecution. \u201cListen, all I can tell you is this,\u201d Green said to me in May. \u201cYou can phone as many people as you like that know me, and they\u2019ll tell you I don\u2019t tell lies. I say it how it is. I\u2019m reliable. If I say 9:00, it\u2019s 9:00. If I say I\u2019m going to do something, I do it. You\u2019re going to find England, unfortunately, is a place where you get a lot of jealous, envious, you know, negative people. That\u2019s how it is.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 158, "original_length": 26808, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 198.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.veteransforward.org/2017/11/11/every-sailor-at-sea-has-a-story-to-tell/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:23:03Z", "digest": "sha1:CX4O3LWEDXE3IPPNNSWGRA54FMPBV4KV", "length": 2717, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.veteransforward.org", "title": "\u201cEvery Sailor at Sea Has a Story to Tell.\u201d | Veterans Forward", "raw_content": "Veterans Day is a great time to reflect on the service and sacrifices of all veterans who have served our country. The men and women who serve in our military make sacrifices big and small almost every day. I would argue to say most service members wouldn\u2019t even consider their sacrifices a big deal.\nWhile serving in the Navy, most of my days at sea included eight hours of work and another six to eight hours of standing bridge watch or some other type of \u201cwatch.\u201d Watches are manned in every part of the ship that requires someone to be there 24 hours a day. Sometimes, watches would include part of your work responsibilities, but often times they were in additional duties. Twelve-hour days or longer are routine Monday through Saturday. Sundays at sea have a slightly different routine called \u201choliday routine\u201d, which allows sailors to sleep in on Sunday morning, if not on watch.\nI crossed the Pacific Ocean several times, which includes crossing the International Date Line. When heading west, we would lose a day, which was always Sunday. When sailing east we would always gain an extra weekday, never gaining back the Sunday we lost when we first went west five to six months earlier.\nAll veterans have their own stories of what their typical working days were. Seldom is a typical workday limited to eight-hour days, five days a week, and never with extra pay for overtime.\nWorking long days, six days a week with no overtime and losing your Sunday when crossing the International Date Line may seem like little things, little sacrifices that are normal and expected of sailors at sea. They add up when done week after week, month after month, and continue to accumulate over a four-year enlistment (or a 20+-year career). These little sacrifices become a way of life, accepted without thinking twice.\nWhen transitioning to civilian life, these little sacrifices are no longer acceptable. There are rules, regulations and guidelines to ensure that workers do not have to endure extended working hours without due compensation. These requirements are in place for good reason. Discussing this little sacrifice of time is just one of the many sacrifices accepted by military service members when they serve their country.\nWhen you thank a veteran for their service this Veterans Day, ask them what they did to serve our country. If you ask about their sacrifices, most will probably just shrug their shoulders and not reply. Nevertheless, given an opportunity to share with you a story about what they did would be appreciated. I know from my own experience, every sailor has a sea story to share.\n\u2190 Veterans Day: Make Hiring Veterans a Priority\tAir Force Veteran\u2019s Career Soars with National Able Network! \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 100, "original_length": 12233, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 319.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.visitokc.com/listings/oklahoma-opera-%26-music-theater/838/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:20Z", "digest": "sha1:B43COCAIRCS72OZ5FIYGO6UFVPWAIPYL", "length": 340, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.visitokc.com", "title": "Oklahoma Opera & Music Theater", "raw_content": "Oklahoma Opera & Music Theater\nThere is no \u201cnight on the town\u201d like an evening in the Kirkpatrick Auditorium at Oklahoma City University. From September to May, you\u2019ll experience magnificent music, lavish costumes, spectacular sets and unforgettable theatrical performances from the University\u2019s acclaimed opera and musical theater company.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 361, "original_length": 6160, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 322.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.volunteermatch.org/search/org783324.jsp", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:01Z", "digest": "sha1:OM62ZWTZWFD7N75VQFWDHHPAPYX7FJTF", "length": 2514, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.volunteermatch.org", "title": "New Women New Yorkers Inc. Volunteer Opportunities - VolunteerMatch", "raw_content": "New Women New Yorkers Inc. New Women New Yorkers Inc.\nNew Women New Yorkers (NWNY) is a cross-community nonprofit organization empowering young women immigrants from underserved communities in New York City. Through our programs we provide these young women immigrants with the knowledge, skills, and sup... Read more\nc/o Centre for Social Innovation601 W 26th Street, Suite 325NEW YORK, NY 10001\nNew Women New Yorkers (NWNY) is a cross-community nonprofit organization empowering young women immigrants from underserved communities in New York City.\nThrough our programs we provide these young women immigrants with the knowledge, skills, and support they need to pursue better educational and professional opportunities, and to become agents of change in and for their communities.\nNWNY is a cross-community organization\nOne of the organization\u2019s key goals is to build strong bonds between young women immigrants coming from different national, ethnic, and religious backgrounds.\nCross-community projects and activities help reduce inter-group prejudice and promote community relations.\nAlso, an environment where women do not share the same native language will stimulate the use of English to communicate, while making it less intimidating.Although New Women New Yorkers will not offer ESL classes, it will incorporate the English language component in all projects and activities in an innovative and effective way.\nNWNY\u2019s target audience are young women immigrants in the 16-35 age range\nThe 16-35 age range is a key period in the life of any woman, a time of significant identity development and decision-making, both in the personal and family realms, as well as with regard to educational and professional advancement. There are gaps in providing services to women immigrants in this age range, particularly for young mothers.\nNWNY\u2019s current and upcoming programs are guided by the concept of transformative leadership\nMany young women immigrants suffer from discrimination and abuse, but they shouldn\u2019t be seen only as victims.\nThey can be important and positive contributors to their family and children, community, and host society, if only given the opportunity and support they need to explore and realize their talents and aspirations.\nThe key goals of NWNY\u2019s current and upcoming programs are to help young women immigrants develop their potential, and become mentors and role-models for other young women immigrants.\nhttp://www.nywomenimmigrants.org\nWould you recommend New Women New Yorkers Inc.?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 109, "original_length": 3986, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 251.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.warwickandwarwick.com/resources/articles-library/ewens-archive-philatelic-trading-100-years-ago", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:43Z", "digest": "sha1:KEAIDO3DP6KKKDGO6XJOMWGSBEI764LJ", "length": 2529, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.warwickandwarwick.com", "title": "Search | Register", "raw_content": "A philatelic trading company, Ewen\u2019s Colonial Stamp Market Ltd., was trading around the time of the First World War and an archive of correspondence and ephemera, relating to the company, was auctioned by Warwick and Warwick, in August 2009. It gave a fascinating insight into the trade in those turbulent times.\nIn the archive was an advertisement for German stamps overprinted \u201cBelgien\u201d and surcharged in Belgian currency, that were issued for use by the invading German troops. The advert states \u201cA Belgian acquisition brought through the fighting line. You can at the moment secure at moderate cost what a collector risked his life in obtaining.\u201d The Evening News published a report on October 22nd 1914 accusing Ewens of trading with the enemy, which was illegal. \u201cNone of these stamps have gone through the post, but by buying them stamp dealers and collectors are trading with the enemy.\u201d However the Evening News published a retraction on January 25th 1915, when Ewens assured the paper that the stamps had been obtained from 2 Belgian refugees. Ewens\u2019 attitude towards the weekly stamp magazine Stamp Collecting was not as benevolent. In the issue dated December 11th 1915, an article accuses Ewens of being unpatriotic and refers to the scandal of the Hun labels. However Ewens issued a writ against Stamp Collecting and this lead to a withdrawal and apology in Stamp Collecting, dated January 22nd 1916.\nElsewhere in this fascinating archive was a flyer published by the British Antarctic Expedition, which it distributed to stamp dealers wishing to sell Victoria Land stamps on behalf of the expedition. These stamps had been overprinted on the authority of the New Zealand Postal Department, primarily to raise revenue from collectors to help pay for Scott\u2019s 1911 expedition to the South Pole. The \u00bd d could be purchased either mint or used with the expedition postmark at 25/- each and the 1d at 5/- each. The flyer bears the sentence \u201cDealers and the Expedition have agreed not to sell at lower prices.\u201d\nThere was clearly an outcry from the collecting public at being asked to pay 600 times face value for the \u00bd d and 60 times for the 1d., as a circular from the Antarctic Stamp Department, addressed to the stamp trade, explained that the retail prices could not be lowered as they had been fixed by Commander Evans. However the stamp trade could purchase the stamps on a sale or return basis, with a moderate discount.\nThe milking of the stamp collector by stamp issuing authorities is a time-honoured tradition.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 85, "original_length": 4259, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 248.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/nationals-journal/wp/2017/07/16/nationals-acquire-sean-doolittle-and-ryan-madson-from-athletics-in-exchange-for-blake-treinen-two-others/?utm_term=.c465dd9bb048", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:08Z", "digest": "sha1:4OX42XR2VRFLFNPPJDIR2SPKUEVX5QSC", "length": 7304, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "www.washingtonpost.com", "title": "Nationals acquire Sean Doolittle and Ryan Madson from Athletics in exchange for Blake Treinen, two others - The Washington Post", "raw_content": "Nationals acquire Sean Doolittle and Ryan Madson from Athletics in exchange for Blake Treinen, two others\nSean Doolittle, right, with catcher Bruce Maxwell, comes from Oakland along with Ryan Madson to boost the Nationals\u2019 bullpen. (Stan Szeto/USA Today Sports)\nFor months, a deal to repair the Washington Nationals\u2019 broken bullpen seemed inevitable, and Sunday, after months of frustration and speculation, they finally made one. The Nationals acquired right-hander Ryan Madson and left-hander Sean Doolittle from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for Blake Treinen, left-handed pitching prospect Jesus Luzardo, and 2016 second-round pick Sheldon Neuse.\nThe move immediately adds two experienced relievers to the Nationals\u2019 bullpen for the rest of this season and at least all of next, though the team will have a club option for Doolittle in 2019 and 2020, too. In other words, this is not just a patch \u2014 it is a legitimate upgrade around which the Nationals can build next season, too.\n\u201cThat\u2019s always important for us,\u201d Nationals General Manager Mike Rizzo said. \u201cLast year, we did a rental deal with [Mark] Melancon that worked out great for us. He was terrific. But it\u2019s often nice if at all possible to get guys who will be with you for a while. It makes the sting of trading off prospects a little easier to handle.\u201d\n[Career statistics for Ryan Madson and Sean Doolittle]\nRizzo said initial talks with the Athletics centered on one of the two relievers for a couple weeks before expanding over the previous day. The price the Nationals paid for both signals an unprecedented willingness to absorb salary at the trade deadline.\nWhile the Nationals paid Melancon the rest of his 2016 salary after they acquired him at the deadline, they will now owe Madson the rest of his $7.5 million, as well as the $7.5 million he will make in 2018. Doolittle, meanwhile, is owed the remainder of his $2.6 million salary for this season, $4.35 million in 2018 and would be owed $6 million in 2019 and $6.5 million 2020.\nIn other words, the Nationals are adding around $5.6 million in prorated salary this season, while also committing to nearly $12 million next year. While the package they sent to Oakland is undoubtedly substantial, it likely would have required one of the Nationals\u2019 elite prospects \u2014 Erick Fedde, Juan Soto or Victor Robles perhaps \u2014 to get the Athletics to chip in any additional money to surrender two quality relievers under team control beyond 2017.\nBlake Treinen pitches in the eighth inning against the New York Mets on July 4. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post)\nThe centerpiece of the package is Treinen, the enigmatic right-hander who perplexed the Nationals with a combination of promise and inconsistency. He showed so much promise that they made him their closer to start the season. He then showed so much inconsistency he forced them to remove him from that role and even from high-leverage innings. Teammates, scouts and coaches raved about his 98 mph sinker and said repeatedly he had some of the best stuff on the team. But he struggled to command his arsenal in key situations, especially this season, when the 29-year-old pitched to a 5.73 ERA in 37 appearances with a troubling 1.619 WHIP.\nLuzardo, meanwhile, was the Nationals\u2019 third-round choice in the 2016 draft, a first-round talent who fell because of Tommy John surgery but was returning to form (and climbing internal and external rankings) this season. Neuse hit .291 for Class A Hagerstown as a shortstop.\nRyan Madson pitched in the 2015 World Series for the Kansas City Royals and in the postseason for the Philadelphia Phillies from 2008 through 2011. (Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)\nWhat the Nationals get in exchange is two veterans with long and impressive relief resumes. Madson was on the Phillies\u2019 2008 World Series team with Jayson Werth and Joe Blanton, and has a 3.40 ERA over 12 big league seasons. After the Nationals faced him in Oakland (and after Ryan Zimmerman hit a game-tying home run against him in an eventual win), Zimmerman called him \u201can uncomfortable at-bat\u201d and praised his stuff. The 36-year-old is in the midst of a particularly impressive season, pitching to a 2.06 ERA with a .788 WHIP \u2014 both of which are better than any reliever in the Nationals bullpen.\n\u201cDoggie is a great competitor,\u201d Werth said. \u201cLike [Max Scherzer], he can really lock it in on the field. He\u2019s battle tested and a two-time champion. In the clubhouse and away from the field, he\u2019s someone that\u2019s a real joy to be around. He\u2019s a hoot.\u201d\nDoolittle has been injury prone, but when he pitches, he does so well. He missed part of this season with a left shoulder strain, but has a .656 WHIP in 21 1/3 innings and a 3.09 ERA in 254 career appearances. He was a teammate of Zimmerman\u2019s at the University of Virginia in 2005 and is known for being particularly tough on left-handed hitters. This season, for example, lefties are 0 for 23 with 12 strikeouts against him.\n\u201cHe\u2019s done that for the majority of his career,\u201d Rizzo said. \u201cWe like the fact that he can get left-handers and right-handers out and fills up the strike zone and attacks hitters. I think that\u2019s important for both Ryan and Sean. It\u2019s part of the reason they\u2019re so appealing to us.\u201d\n[Interactive: How many MLB ballparks have you visited?]\nBoth Doolittle and Madson are considered positive clubhouse presences, the kind of veterans who should slide into the Nationals\u2019 clubhouse and not disrupt it. They will join a bullpen in desperate need of their assistance that will probably look far different when they arrive than it did even earlier this month. Doolittle probably will join Oliver Perez and Enny Romero in the bullpen, as Matt Grace, who has pitched well, is the only left-hander with options. Madson likely will join Matt Albers, Joe Blanton, Austin Adams and Trevor Gott. Either Grace, Gott or Adams will head back to Syracuse when the Nationals activate Edwin Jackson to start Tuesday\u2019s game.\nOnce Shawn Kelley and Koda Glover return, the Nationals can build a bullpen with seven of eight (or eight of eight, in the playoffs) of Doolittle, Romero, and Perez from the left side, and Madson, Albers, Blanton, Kelley and Glover from the right. They also could continue to add.\n\u201cI think we\u2019ve done what we came to do at the trade deadline,\u201d Rizzo said. \u201cThat\u2019s not to say that we\u2019re going to stop scouting. As we\u2019ve shown in the past, if there\u2019s an opportunity to improve the ballclub, we\u2019ll certainly continue to be aggressive and try to help us out any way we can.\u201d\nWhatever the Nationals do or do not do from here, they have made the big deal, chocked up the cash fans grumble for and added to the bullpen that has desperately needed help all season. Who will close is, for now, unclear. Dusty Baker has been mixing and matching and now has more options from which to choose. But the bullpen is better today than it was yesterday, and the Nationals playoff prognosis has improved along with it.\nJorge Castillo in Cincinnati contributed to this report.\nMore Nationals:\nZimmerman is struggling, sure a surge is right around the corner\nNats score enough to avoid another bullpen disaster, hang on to beat Reds\nFive questions for the second half, starting with one about the bullpen\nMore Nats | MLB News | Post Sports | Post Sports on Facebook", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 64, "original_length": 8524, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 318.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/10/02/homeland-is-the-most-bigoted-show-on-television/?tid=a_inl", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:49Z", "digest": "sha1:Q2Y2AZVZR4CAQWMYGRJCDGORLFENBFRM", "length": 5238, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.washingtonpost.com", "title": "'Homeland' is the most bigoted show on television - The Washington Post", "raw_content": "'Homeland' is the most bigoted show on television\nA promotional poster for season four. (Jim Fiscus/Showtime)\nBy Laura Durkay\nLaura Durkay is a New York City-based writer, filmmaker and activist. Her writing has appeared in AlterNet, Gay City News, and Socialist Worker, among others.\nA blonde, white Red Riding Hood lost in a forest of faceless Muslim wolves: This is how \u201cHomeland\u2019s\u201d creators have chosen to represent their show as it begins its fourth season, which sees CIA officer Carrie Mathison stationed in Pakistan. It is also the perfect encapsulation of everything that\u2019s wrong with this show.\nSince its first episode, \u201cHomeland,\u201d which returns Sunday, has churned out Islamophobic stereotypes as if its writers were getting paid by the clich\u00e9. Yet the show, created by \u201c24\u201d veterans Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa and former Israeli paratrooper Gideon Raff, continues to rack up awards, critical praise and millions of viewers.\nFor starters, the show is riddled with basic errors about Islam and the Middle East. Laila Al Arian points out some of the more obvious ones: You don\u2019t need to bury the Koran after someone\u2019s dropped it on the ground; Issa, the son of terrorist leader Abu Nazir, has his name mispronounced by everyone on the show; Roya Hammad \u2014 there to remind us that even a Westernized, business-suit-wearing Arab is not to be trusted \u2014 is supposedly Palestinian but has a Persian first name.\nMore broadly, \u201cHomeland\u201d carelessly traffics in absurd and damaging stereotypes. The show hit peak idiocy, for instance, at the beginning of season two, when Beirut\u2019s posh Hamra Street was depicted as a grubby generic videogame universe of Scary Muslims in which Mathison must disguise herself to avoid detection. The real Hamra Street is a cosmopolitan, expat-filled area near the American University, where Western chains like Starbucks and Gloria Jean\u2019s compete for customers and no one would look twice at a blonde, blue-eyed white woman with uncovered hair. Islam itself is presented as sinister and suspicious: Brody secretly prays in his garage to foreboding music, and an imam who\u2019s outraged that worshippers were shot during a police operation at his mosque turns out to be hiding information about Brody\u2019s fellow POW-turned-terrorist Tom Walker.\nThese errors all add up to something important: The entire structure of \u201cHomeland\u201d is built on mashing together every manifestation of political Islam, Arabs, Muslims and the whole Middle East into a Frankenstein-monster global terrorist threat that simply doesn\u2019t exist.\nThe arch villain of season one is Abu Nazir, a member of al-Qaeda (and obvious bin Laden stand-in) who\u2019s plotting an attack on the United States with the possible help of Marine-turned-terrorist Nicholas Brody. At the beginning of season two, we see Abu Nazir meeting with a Hezbollah leader (who\u2019s also a wife-beater, naturally) in Beirut. And in season three we learn that a deadly bomb attack on CIA headquarters was in fact financed by the Iranian government, and that terrorism suspect Brody is being hidden in rogue state Venezuela.\nIn just a few steps, the show has neatly stitched together all the current bogeymen of U.S. foreign policy. (The ISIS tie-in is presumably coming in season five.)\nThere\u2019s just one small problem: Al-Qaeda and Hezbollah don\u2019t actually like each other. Hezbollah is currently fighting the al-Nusra Front, the al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria. Iran and al-Qaeda were on opposite side of the sectarian war in Iraq in the mid-2000s. And at the moment, the United States is de facto cooperating with Iran to prop up the Shia central government of Iraq against the Sunni forces of ISIS.\nBut all of this is way too nuanced for \u201cHomeland,\u201d in which Muslims can play one of exactly two roles: terrorists or willing collaborators with U.S. intelligence forces. (This latter role is repeatedly filled by women on the show, who of course need the CIA\u2019s protection from their violent Muslim husbands, epitomized by the murderous Majid Javadi in season three.) When Brody\u2019s wife discovers he\u2019s a Secret Muslim and waves the Koran at him, shouting, \u201cThese are the people who tortured you!\u201d she\u2019s not just being melodramatic. She\u2019s expressing the show\u2019s core philosophy. Muslims \u2014 be they Arab, Iranian or Pakistani \u2014 are brutal terrorists who can\u2019t be trusted, and they\u2019re all out to get us.\nIt\u2019s easy to argue that \u201cHomeland\u201d is just a TV show, a thriller that naturally demands diabolical villains and high stakes. But these same stereotypes about Arabs and Muslims are used politically to justify actions in the real world \u2014 U.S. wars, covert operations and drone strikes; CIA detention and torture; racist policing, domestic surveillance and militarized borders. In this context, \u201cHomeland\u201d is not just mindless entertainment, but a device that perpetuates racist ideas that have real consequences for ordinary people\u2019s lives.\n(1) I\u2019m a 14-year-old Yazidi girl given as a gift to an ISIS commander. Here\u2019s how I used a meat cleaver to escape.\n(2) \u2018Homeland\u2019 and other TV shows set in Washington\nLaura Durkay Laura Durkay is a New York City-based writer, filmmaker and activist. Her writing has appeared in AlterNet, Gay City News, and Socialist Worker, among others. Follow", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 89, "original_length": 7195, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 297.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.watcherswatch.com/venom-box-office-100920181", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:27Z", "digest": "sha1:HAZGWFUD6TWA6B74U4DDZOLJAEOUPOIB", "length": 975, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.watcherswatch.com", "title": "Venom Tops Box Office With $80 Million Opening Weekend", "raw_content": "Venom won the box office this weekend with an $80 million opening. The impressive debut set a box office record for an opening weekend in October. The film stars Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock/Venom. It also stars Michelle Williams and Riz Ahmed. Venom has a B+ CinemaScore.\nVenom was followed by A Star is Born, which also had a great opening weekend. The film starring Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper made $42.9 million. It has an A CinemaScore.\nA Star is Born was followed by Smallfoot, Night School and The House With a Clock in Its Walls. Smallfoot fell just 37.5% from its opening weekend. It has now made $42 million after two weekends in theaters.\nA Simple Favor, The Nun, Crazy Rich Asians and Hell Fest took the 6, 7, 8 and 9th positions on the chart. The remaining films did make more than a $1 million during the weekend.\nVenom will be up against First Man starring Ryan Gosling this coming weekend. Other opening films include Goosebumps 2 and Bad Times at the El Royale.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 1605, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 223.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.wearethemighty.com/news/isis-last-town-in-iraq-falls-to-iraqi-security-forces", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:52Z", "digest": "sha1:KNVS4LDTUXDWFGU2KNOQSQNMENPI6FVM", "length": 2324, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.wearethemighty.com", "title": "ISIS' last town in Iraq falls to Iraqi security forces - We Are The Mighty", "raw_content": "ISIS' last town in Iraq falls to Iraqi security forces\nOn Nov. 17, Iraqi forces backed by the U.S.-led coalition retook the last town in the country that was held by the Islamic State group, more than three years after the militants stormed nearly a third of Iraq's territory, the Defense Ministry said.\nAt dawn, military units and local tribal fighters pushed into the western neighborhoods of Rawah in western Anbar province, and after just five hours of fighting, they retook the town, according to Brig. Gen. Yahya Rasool, the ministry's spokesman.\nRelated: Defeating ISIS is hard; preventing ISIS 3.0 could be harder\nIraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi congratulated his forces on retaking Rawah. In a statement released on the afternoon of Nov. 17, Al-Abadi said Iraqi forces liberated Rawah in record time and were continuing operations to retake control of Iraq's western desert and the border area with Syria.\nThe city of Rawah, Iraq. (Photo from Flickr user Jayel Aheram)\nU.S.-led coalition forces supported the operations to retake Rawah and Qaim with intelligence, airstrikes, and advisers, coalition spokesman Ryan Dillon said.\nIS blitzed across Iraq's north and west in the summer of 2014, capturing Iraq's second-largest city of Mosul and advancing to the edges of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. Later that year, the United States began a campaign of airstrikes against the militants that fueled Iraqi territorial gains, allowing the military to retake Mosul in July this year.\nAlso Read: Iraq to ISIS: surrender or die\nAll that now remains of IS-held Iraq are patches of rural territory in the country's vast western desert along the border with Syria.\nIS has steadily been losing ground across the border in Syria as well where its so-called \"caliphate\" has basically crumbled with the loss of the city of Raqqa, the former Islamic State group's capital, which fell to the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in October.\nRussian President Vladimir Putin (right) meets with Syrian President Assad. (Photo from Moscow Kremlin)\nDespite IS' significant territorial losses, the group's media arm remains intact, allowing it to still recruit supporters and inspire new attacks. 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This is especially important if your contractual agreement designates that you\u2019ll continue to provide updates on an as-needed basis. That kind of agreement indicates an ongoing relationship, which means you can be held responsible for data breaches, data loss, and other damages at any time.\nWhen an end to the relationship is outlined, your liability has an expiration date. Though, if ongoing relationships with your clients are what you want, website security should be your number one priority. This starts with securing the computer you use to do the work.\nOn the server, backing up files and databases is only part of the safety equation. If the files you back up are infected with malware, encrypted by ransomware, or damaged, your client can hold you responsible for any losses they suffer as a result.\nHere are 5 reasons to bump security to the top of your list for every client, past, present, and future:\n1. You\u2019re more responsible than you might think\nFreelancing is a good solution when you don\u2019t want to work for a corporation. You set your own schedule, charge your preferred rate, and can work from just about anywhere. Working for a corporation has drawbacks, but there are benefits you\u2019ll miss out on. The absence of personal liability is a big one.\nIf a client\u2019s site gets hacked or compromised in any way, including loss of data, as an employee you\u2019ll be reprimanded (or fired) while the corporation takes the hit of larger responsibility. As a freelancer, however, you\u2019re responsible for all damages that can be linked to your negligence, even if it\u2019s not technically your fault.\nWebhosting liability\nFor example, say you\u2019re reselling hosting to your client, as opposed to your client signing up for their own account directly with the host. Unless your agreement says otherwise, you can be held liable for data loss caused by the host.\nWhile not as profitable, most professional website developers ask their clients to sign up for their own hosting account to avoid the liability that comes with being a reseller.\n2. Security experts don\u2019t advocate the use of freelancers\nIf you\u2019ve formed a corporate entity for your business, you\u2019re in a better position than most freelancers. However, you should be aware that security professionals like Tripwire, Inc. advise small businesses not to hire freelance web developers. This means you\u2019ve got to up your security game to land contracts from clients who have been educated on the security risks of hiring freelancers.\nThere\u2019s no way for clients to know you\u2019re not careless (or clueless) with security like the freelancers tested in the article linked above.\nRegardless of how long you\u2019ve been a web developer, stay up to date on security issues and solutions related to the software and applications you use.\n3. You can get sued for many reasons\nDon\u2019t believe for a second that frivolous claims made by clients won\u2019t make it to the courtroom. It happens all the time because that\u2019s how the justice system works. Everyone has the right to file a claim when they believe they\u2019ve been wronged. You might have enough evidence to present an open and shut case, but if you get sued, you still have to go to court and spend time and money to prove it.\nClients sue web developers for a variety of reasons, not all of which are logical.\nSome valid reasons clients sue developers are fairly obvious. If you don\u2019t deliver on your agreement, that\u2019s a breach of contract. Despite the near impossibility of setting and meeting exact deadlines, clients have sued for delays and incomplete deliveries.\n4. Data security is your responsibility\nYou might only be responsible for setting up a basic email account for your clients, but they deserve to be informed of the need for securing their email communications. Clients operate under the assumption that you\u2019re securing their project from top to bottom, so you need to be clear about where they need to implement their own security measures.\nFor instance, if they need to encrypt emails, they\u2019ll need to use a third party encryption service like what\u2019s offered by Microsoft 365.\nThey may already subscribe to this service. However, if your client\u2019s electronic communications are bound by special regulations like HIPAA, it\u2019s your duty to let them know they\u2019ll need to add another layer of encryption like Virtru\u2019s data protection for Microsoft. Reason being, Microsoft sends unencrypted emails to its server to be scanned. That one unencrypted transmission violates HIPAA and other regulations.\nIf you fail to tell your client they need more protection to comply with regulations, they probably won\u2019t sue you, but you don\u2019t want to be the exception to the rule.\n5. Copyright infringement is serious business\nWhat designer hasn\u2019t been asked to add copyrighted images to a client\u2019s website (without permission)? Millions of images are shared online every day without being credited to the original owner, and it seems like nobody gets in trouble, so it\u2019s no big deal, right? You can just credit the author and call it fair use, right?\nNot so fast. That\u2019s exactly the misconception that cost The Content Factory $8,000 for posting an unauthorized image to a client\u2019s website.\nLike most people, The Content Factory was under the incorrect impression that what they were doing was considered \u201cfair use.\u201d You\u2019ll want to read the article linked above because they detail what fair use covers, and it\u2019s not what you think. In fact, copyright law is so strict, you can be held financially liable for damages even if you share a copyrighted image by accident.\nDon\u2019t let clients push you into using images without permission\nIf a client instructs you to add copyrighted images to their website, protect yourself by requiring a copy of the license before implementing the content. Better yet, add a clause to your contract that outlines this requirement.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 98, "original_length": 8141, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 287.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.webernz.co.nz/weber-accessories/drip-pans-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:21:32Z", "digest": "sha1:GN33MD7CRVCMZ6AGDNPC55WIRENGH77N", "length": 329, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.webernz.co.nz", "title": "Drip Pans - Large | BBQ Accessories | Weber New Zealand", "raw_content": "These large gauge pans (small ones are available as well) are specially designed for barbecue use. Made of the highest quality without any sharp edges, these versatile drip pans can be cleaned and reused. Suitable either as drip pans or for cooking vegetables and desserts.\nNote: For use as a drip pan in the Weber Kettle series.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 80, "original_length": 1647, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 217.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.webwandtattoo.com/de/aufkleber/produkt/rallye-415/camel-trophy-21651", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:51Z", "digest": "sha1:RMYLPGW5U2L25NPRPMLXFYSJE3XZKV3Y", "length": 396, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.webwandtattoo.com", "title": "Aufkleber Camel Trophy | WebWandtattoo.com", "raw_content": "Aufkleber Camel Trophy\nCamel Adventure Travels sticker of the old stickers of the world of rallies. Ideal for lovers of SUVs. This brand has sponsored for many years the vehicles of major events such as the Paris - Dakar.\n8 x 4 cm. 10 x 5 cm. 12 x 6 cm. 15 x 7 cm. 20 x 10 cm. 25 x 12 cm. 30 x 15 cm. 35 x 17 cm. 40 x 20 cm. 45 x 22 cm. 50 x 25 cm. 55 x 27 cm. 60 x 30 cm. 65 x 32 cm. 70 x 35 cm.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 272, "original_length": 6832, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.75, "perplexity": 181.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.weddingvendors.com/baby-names/meaning/aibne/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:45Z", "digest": "sha1:3DTNBUSYP6N5BYGOGIX3YKNU4JGNSAYE", "length": 36, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.weddingvendors.com", "title": "Origin and Meaning of the Name Aibne", "raw_content": "Origin and Meaning of the Name Aibne", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 81, "original_length": 3232, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.8, "perplexity": 251.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.weisbachchurch.com/sermon-topic/christian-life/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:18:41Z", "digest": "sha1:X3ZX6VCN6JSFDO6CPBIY4RAY7X77ULSY", "length": 265, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.weisbachchurch.com", "title": "Christian Life \u2013 Weisbach Church", "raw_content": "Home > Sermons > Christian Life\nSermons on Christian Life\nLessons from the Widow\u2019s Mite\nA sermon by John Zeigler on \u201cLessons from the Widow\u2019s Mite\u201d from Luke 21:1-4\nA message by John Zeigler on \u201cChristian Living.\u201d Texts used were: 1 Pet. 2:25; 2:1-3; 1:14 and 2:11.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 333, "original_length": 6539, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.71, "perplexity": 260.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.wemystic.com/mercury-in-aquarius/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:39:12Z", "digest": "sha1:MT2YQSOMSCNLTFZ2YW62LRSNWUYHFTRI", "length": 3179, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.wemystic.com", "title": "Mercury in Aquarius: coming from the future - WeMystic", "raw_content": "Mercury in Aquarius: coming from the future - WeMystic\nMercury in Aquarius: coming from the future\nThe intellect and reasoning are ruled by the planet Mercury. Its positioning on our birth chart tells about how we communicate with others in general. Let\u2019s see what Mercury in Aquarius says.\nAir is the element of Aquarius (just as Gemini and Libra) and Uranus is its ruling planet. This combination brings lots of creativity allied to the rational side. These people will have incredible invention capabilities.\nAquarius is the sign of the future and whoever has Mercury in Aquarius will be presented with this facet in the mind. They will be people who will be able to see beyond and hit their predictions. It is as if they have a real connection to the future and can draw from it what they need.\nThis feature is perfect for professions involving risk and planning. Economists and consultants will get better jobs if they own Mercury in Aquarius. Their mind is very analytical, but dynamic at the same time. They like strategy but do not walk slowly like those who have Mercury on an earth sign, for example.\nThey will also be great artists and inventors because the original and creative side is very developed. You can expect breathtaking pieces of art and works that show something that no one had thought of before. These people love to shock and surprise others with their ideas.\nMercury in Aquarius: universal mind\nIn astrology, we say that Mercury in Aquarius is a very positive positioning. They are bold, do not fear the new, and are free from any social ties. Those are people who flow well in any environment.\nThey do not have any kind of prejudice and see people as equals, respecting their differences. For them, forming a society is vital to the human condition and they will think and do everything to make it work as a perfect machine.\nThese people have an ability to engage with people but in an impersonal way. The way Mercury in Aquarius communicates with others is very interesting. They are genuinely concerned with the interests of others, but keep a certain distance from the individual itself.\nThis facet gives them the reputation of being cold-hearted. Yes, because as for them there is no attachment to the \u201cindividual soul\u201d of the person in question, they can cut ties more easily. They do not like to waste time and from a minute to another, they are already thinking about new things.\nMercury in Aquarius: we are one\nInsensitivity can also bring a bit of arrogance. Because they are naturally intellectual beings, they may think they know more than others. When it came time to pass on their knowledge, it would be nice if they did so with a little more humility.\nIt is also important to have a little more patience with those who can not keep up with the speed of their mind.\nThis will only bring more flavor to their life, since they do not like being alone and social relationships are necessary. As they prefer to be in the midst of large groups, if there is a deeper connection to their fellows it will be even more fruitful.\nSun in Aquarius: what does it mean?\nMoon in Aquarius is the voice of your heart\nMercury in Pisces: brain in the heart", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 209, "original_length": 6776, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 281.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.wesleysst.org/category/pastor/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:18Z", "digest": "sha1:6IFU75TMIW5QGQROWRNW674UXTRPVHQ2", "length": 1169, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.wesleysst.org", "title": "Category Archive for \"Pastor\u2019s Blog\" | Wesley United Methodist Church", "raw_content": "You are invited to come worship with us as the Chancel Choir, Children and Youth present \u201cThe Christmas Story\u201d this Sunday, December 23 at 10:00 A.M. This is the traditional Christmas Story told in song and drama. We look forward to seeing you and your family. Please note the service time is different: 10:00 A.M....\nYou are invited to our Christmas Eve service on December 24 at 6 p.m. We will sing our favorite Christmas carols and share Communion. It is a perfect time for your family to be together as we celebrate the birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ.\nWorship in the Park Sunday, September 30, 2018 10:00 A.M.\nOnline Registration is now open for VBS 2018: Shipwrecked. We are excited to see your child or grandchild at VBS. Get ahead of the crowd and register online. You can go here to take care of that detail: http://www.myvbs.org/Wesleysst.\nSunday, April 1 is Easter! This time for this service is 10:00 a.m. (please note that!!!). There will be special music by the Chancel Choir, we will celebrate The Lord\u2019s Supper and the Pastor\u2019s message is entitled, \u201cRise Up and Follow!\u201d Invite your family and friends to share this special time of the Christian year...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 116, "original_length": 4034, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 166.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.wessexscene.co.uk/features/2016/07/08/achieving-the-employable-southampton-language-opportunity/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:36Z", "digest": "sha1:BQRTO7Z57RLCV6JPYGWX6NWUKDDUAE65", "length": 3384, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.wessexscene.co.uk", "title": "Achieving the Employable: Southampton Language Opportunity", "raw_content": "By Natalia Jopling Tanser on\t July 8, 2016 Features International Travel\nIt\u2019s no secret that employers LOVE an applicant who can speak a language, but the prospect of language learning is more than daunting for most. It\u2019s worth it though!\nLearning a language is difficult, especially mastering one. But, you don\u2019t need to have the fluency of a native for your language skills to be valued by an employer. There\u2019s always the option of taking a language as a minor at the University of Southampton, but often the prospect of taking an official exam can take the fun out of language learning.\nWhy not take up Polish? Photo Credit \u2013 Pixabay.\nSo, if you\u2019re looking to make yourself more employable and increase your chances of getting a competitive position you\u2019ve applied for, you\u2019ll need something to stand out. A survey conducted by CILT, the National Centre for Languages, discovered that employers rank language skills among potential employees second ONLY to computer skills. So, having some knowledge of a language could be your way in.\nIt goes without saying that some languages are considered more useful than others, but that doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t learn an obscure language. Liv Tyler taught herself Elvish for the Lord of the Rings film trilogy. So, there\u2019s no reason why you can\u2019t do the same (although something else might be more useful).\nAccording to The Telegraph, the top 10 languages soon-to-be graduates should be looking to learn are:\nGerman flag. Photo Credit \u2013 pixabay.\nBut, if you don\u2019t fancy yourself as a linguist and really wish you could speak a language, here are a list of some of the languages considered easier to learn for English speakers:\nC\u2019est La Vie. Photo Credit \u2013 pixabay.\nThere are lots of intensive courses you can do to get your language skills up to scratch, such as those done abroad through Erasmus. But, if you can\u2019t spare the cash or are looking for something a bit closer to home, the University of Southampton offers weekly language courses during the term AND intensive courses in both Easter and Summer, free of charge! There\u2019s no exam and the class atmosphere is relaxed and friendly.\nSo, if you don\u2019t have fond memories of taking your French GCSE and are apprehensive about getting your head back in the languages game, this might be the perfect opportunity for you.\nI did the Easter intensive course, because I had applied for a Chinese government scholarship and had won it, so will be taking a year out to study intensive Mandarin in China! [With Southampton Language Opportunity] I learnt meet and greets and intonation differences (so important in Mandarin, as horse and mum are the same word, but it\u2019s literally the way you say it which makes the difference. I think it will be helpful in the future and has made me a lot more confident going forward on my year abroad! I was taught in many different ways, so it suits a wide variety of people. I would definitely recommend an intensive course if anyone needs a confidence boost or wants to get started with a language!\nBA History and Politics Student\nPhoto Credit \u2013 pixabay.\nSo, if this hasn\u2019t convinced you to get started in any way with a language, even with Rosetta Stone, I don\u2019t know what will.\n#ResistRestructuring: Are Cuts To Language Teaching Threatening Britain\u2019s Future As A Globalised State?\nThe Year To Learn A Language?\nTags: EmployabilityLanguage Learninglanguages", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 131, "original_length": 7172, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 327.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.westga.edu:8443/academics/coah/english/academic_courses.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:30Z", "digest": "sha1:H2JVVKCV4YOQFXYKSYTA4O57ZDE3Y77L", "length": 23348, "nlines": 112, "source_domain": "www.westga.edu:8443", "title": "UWG | Academic Courses", "raw_content": "ENGL-1101 English Composition I\nA composition course focusing on skills required for both effective writing for various rhetorical situations and critical reading of texts. In writing, students must demonstrate competency in argumentation, and writing that is strengthened by the use of multiple textual sources.\nENGL-1102 English Composition II\nThe course serves as a continuation of English 1101 and as an introduction to more sophisticated study of argument and textual analysis, focusing on the composition of increasingly and complex analytical essays about written and visual texts. 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They will also investigate the convergence of creative personal experience and creativity and the reception of literary arts in the public domain. May count for credit in Core Area C.\nENGL-2080 Introduction to the Art of Film\nA consideration of the primary visual, aural, and narrative conventions by which motion pictures create and comment upon significant social experience. This is an introductory course that assumes no prior knowledge of film.\nENGL-2110 World Literature\nA survey of important works of world literature. Required for English majors. Course equivalents ENGL 2111 and ENGL 2112.\nENGL-2120 British Literature\nA survey of important works of British literature. Required for English majors.\nENGL-2130 American Literature\nA survey of important works of American Literature. Required for English majors. Course equivalents ENGL 2131 and ENGL 2132.\nENGL-2180 Studies in African-American Literature\nAn examination of representative African-American literary texts, with particular attention to the defining aesthetic principles of the tradition.\nENGL-2190 Studies in Literature by Women\nAn exploration of significant literary texts by female authors, with particular attention to the emergence of what might be called a female aesthetic and issues of gender identity.\nENGL-3000 Research and Methodology\nA gateway course that introduces students to representative critical approaches that they will encounter in the major. Emphasis will be given to research skills, methodology and analytical writing. Required for the major and minor in English. Only six hours of upper division work may be taken before the completion of this course. Enrollment requires permission of academic coordinator. Not offered in the summer session.\nENGL-3160 Philosophy in Literature and Film\nAn examination of significant philosophical, literary, and filmic texts in terms of their thematic and/or conceptual interconnections. Same as PHIL 3160.\nENGL-3200 Intermediate Creative Writing\nAn introduction to the genre-specific workshop in either fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, screenwriting, or play writing. May be repeated up to 6 hours as topics vary. No more than 2 courses may be counted toward the major in English. Pre-requisites: ENGL 2060 or XIDS 2100 (The Creative Process).\nENGL-3300 Studies in American Culture\nAn introduction to American studies as an area of critical inquiry, including a study of the theories and methods used in the field and readings of significant works that have shaped it. Required for the minor in American Studies. Same as HIST 3300. 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Students will also learn how to make effective business-related presentations supported with appropriate documentary and visual aids.\nENGL-3410 Technology for Editors and Writers\nThis course is designed to help students become proficient in the technologies useful in classrooms and in the work world that editors and writers will encounter. As such, its content will change as new technologies develop and are adopted in these arenas. Students in the course will demonstrate familiarity with the kind of technologies useful to editors and writers in the classroom and work world; apply these technologies to common tasks, such as creating a document, editing a file, developing a slide show, building a simple website, populating a spreadsheet, developing a web page, sending an email, or flowing a manuscript into a proof; and choose the correct technology for the task assigned.\nENGL-4000 Studies in British Literature I\nTopics rotate: Medieval Literature: An examination of medieval English literature in its various aspects, considering texts intheir historical context. Renaissance Literature: An investigation of Renaissance literature in its various aspects, including, but not limited to, poetry, prose, and drama, and a consideration of that literature as a part and product of its historical period. Seventeenth Century British Literature: An investigation of significant issues, themes, and ideologies in selections of seventeenth-century British literature studied in terms of their original cultural context. Eighteenth Century British Literature: A topic-centered examination of drama, fiction, poetry and other textual expression from Restoration and eighteenth-century Britain. Works may be studies in their historical, political, cultural and aesthetic context.\nENGL-4002 Studies in British Literature II\nTopics rotate: British Romanticism: An investigation of issues, themes, and ideologies in selections of British Romantic literature studies in terms of their original cultural context. Victorian Literature: An in-depth analysis of Victorian literature in its original historical, political, cultural and aesthetic contexts. Twentieth-Century British Literature: An in-depth examination of selected twentieth-century texts from the British Isles studied in the context of relevant social, political and cultural issues. Contemporary British and American Literature: An examination of selected texts produced in the last thirty years in the British Isles and the United States.\nENGL-4003 Studies in American Literature I\nTopics rotate: Colonial and Early American Literature: An examination of representative literary works from exploration and discovery through the era of the new American republic. American Romanticism: An examination of representative American literary works from the nineteenth century through the Civil War. American Realism and Naturalism: An examination of the American literary arts based in an aesthetic of accurate, unromanticized observation/representation of life and nature that flourished in the post-Civil War era.\nENGL-4005 Studies in American Literature II\nTopics Rotate: Twentieth-Century American Literature: An in-depth examination of ideas and issues prevalent in twentieth-century American literature in its historical, political, cultural and aesthic context. Contemporary British and American Literature: An examination of selected texts produced in the last thirty years in the Brish Isles and the United States.\nENGL-4106 Studies in Genre\nAn intensive examination of the formal, social, cultural and historical contexts of a single literary genre as well as the theoretical concerns that underlie its analysis. May be repeated for credit as genre or topic varies. Students may enroll up to three semesters.\nENGL-4108 Studies in the Novel\nThis course will emphasize the development of the British novel from the seventeenth century through the present or the American novel from the late eighteenth century through the present in relation to literary, cultural, intellectual, technological, and aesthetic changes in Britain or America.\nENGL-4109 Film as Literature\nAn examination of films as texts through historical, aesthetic, thematic, and/or cultural questioning and analysis. Typical offerings may include Film and the Novel; Representations of Women in Film, Teen Cultures in Film, etc. May be repeated for credit as topic varies.\nAn examination of the African-American tradition in literature.\nENGL-4180 Studies in Regional Literature\nAn examination of the literature of a specific region and the forces that shape its regional literary identity within the larger national contexts of the British Isles or the United States. Frequent offerings in Southern literature will rotate with other topics. May be repeated for credit as topic varies.\nAn investigation of aesthetic and cultural issues pertinent to the production of literature by women. Typical offerings will rotate among topics related to literature by women in the United States, the British Isles, or other parts of the world. May be repeated for credit as topic varies.\nENGL-4188 Studies in Individual Authors\nAn examination of the career of a single literary figure in the context of literary history. Frequent offerings in Shakespeare and Chaucer will rotate with courses in a variety of other figures from several literary traditions. May be repeated for credit as topic varies. Shakespeare may be taken for up to six (6) hours, if topic varies, with department chair's permission.\nENGL-4210 Advanced Creative Writing\nAn intensive writing experience in one of the following genres: fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, screenwriting, or playwriting. May be repeated for credit as topic varies.\nENGL-4238 Methods for Teaching Secondary English\nThis compulsory course, taught by English Department faculty, unites theory and practice to produce sound pedagogical strategies for the teaching of English. In it, teachers-in-training will learn refined instructional strategies and deepen their understanding of the foundation from which such approaches develop. As a result, they will begin to fashion teaching selves through recursive discussion, concentrated research, analytical writing, repeated field observation, and practical implementation.\nENGL-4286 Teaching Internship\nThis course involves teaching one semester in the public schools at the secondary level in English under the supervision of an experienced, qualified English teacher. Seminars in English secondary education are scheduled as an integral part of the student teaching experience and will provide students with numerous and varied opportunities to plan, deliver, evaluate, and revise secondary English educational strategies. Such a learning environment, based on developing best practices and sound pedagogical modeling in the field, serve as part of an ongoing and comprehensive portfolio assessment process.\nENGL-4295 Studies in Young Adult Literature\nAn examination of a wide range of literary texts appropriate for use in grades 7-12, focused so that students will develop an understanding of the basic reading processes, including reading assessment, comprehension strategies, and techniques for corrective reading, as well as a series of effective methodologies for promoting the critical appreciation of literature. Also covered are issues relating to the rights and responsibilities of various groups (including teachers, school administrators, and parents) involved in designing and implementing a literature curriculum. Cross-listed with SEED 4295. Only counts toward the major in English for students seeking teacher certification.\nENGL-4300 Studies In English Language\nA sustained analysis of a particular linguistic theme, an approach to, or a regional expression of the English language. Regular offerings in the history of the English language and its development from Anglo-Saxon to contemporary varieties of world English and in English grammar will rotate with other topics. May be repeated for credit as topic varies.\nENGL-4310 Studies in Literary Theory\nAn examination of a particular facet of or approach to literary theory and/or criticism. Typical offerings may include History of Literary Theory, Cultural Studies, Feminist Theory, Comparative Literature, etc. May be repeated for credit as topic varies.\nENGL-4381 Independent Study\nGuided investigation of a topic not addressed by regularly scheduled courses. Students must propose a detailed plan of readings, articulating precise learning objectives, and secure the written consent of both a supervising instructor and of the department chair. Not more than one (1) Independent Study may count toward the major in English without the chair's permission.\nENGL-4384 Senior Seminar\nA capstone seminar designed to integrate students' learning in the discipline. Required for the English major. Not offered during the summer session.\nENGL-4385 Special Topics\nAn examination of a topic in literature, theory, and/or writing that transcends the boundaries of the fixed curriculum. Typical offerings might include Literary Representations of the War in Vietnam, Nature Writing and the Environment, and Representations of Aging in Literature. Requires permission of the department chair to repeat.\nENGL-4386 Internship\nA supervised practicum within a career-related setting that is writing-, editing-, tutoring-, and/or teaching-intensive. Enrollment is contingent on approval of proposed internship activities by both instructor and department chair.\nENGL-4405 Publishing and Editing\nThis course is focused on introducing students to the world of publishing and professionalizing students as editors, helping students learn or hone the skills they'll need to edit (at all levels--content, sentence, punctuation) their own and others' work, and assisting them to develop documents and credentials to present to a potential employer.\nFILM-1000 Georgia Film Academy I\nThis course is the first of a two-course certificate program which will provide an introduction to the skills used in on-set film production, including all forms of narrative media which utilize film-industry standard organizational structure, professional equipment and on-set procedures. In addition to the use of topical lectures, PowerPoint presentations, videos and hand-outs, the course will include demonstrations of equipment and set operations as well as hands-on learning experiences. Students will: 1. Identify and describe film production organizational structure. 2. Define job descriptions in various film craft areas, names, uses, and protocols. 3. Explain the connections between these areas, names, uses, and protocols on-set. 4. Operate full lighting and grip equipment. 5. Summarize the above knowledge for purposes of self-marketing.\nFILM-2000 Georgia Film Academy II\nThis course is the second of a two-course certificate program designed specifically to provide students with a basic level of on-set film production skills, knowledge and experience with film-industry standard organizational structure, professional equipment and on-set procedures. The skills and knowledge gained in Course I will form a foundation for students to be able to perform at an entry-level on working productions. This course will focus on professional-level productions, on which students will have roles in on-set and pre-production crafts. Students will: 1. Demonstrate knowledge of on-set protocols and relationships. 2. Demonstrate basic abilities in multiple entry-level on-set jobs.* 3. Interpret and apply instructions from on-set supervisors. 4. Summarize the above experiences for purposes of self-marketing. *May include Camera, Lighting, Electrical, Security, Second Unit Director/Assistant Director, Art Department (Set Decorator/dressing, Production Design, Props), Set Construction, Makeup/Hair Department, Wardrobe Department, Sound Department, Post-Production (editing), Production Assistant, Locations, Script Supervisor (Continuity), Production Office, Production Accounting.\nFILM-2080 Introduction to the Art of Film\nStudents will consider the primary visual, aural, and narrative conventions by which motion pictures create and comment upon significant social experience. Students will watch a wide range of films from a variety of countries and historical moments in film history and will have the chance to explore many issues such as framing, photographic space, film shot, editing, sound, genre, narrative form, acting style, and lighting in the context of wider discussions of the weekly films. This is an introductory course and assumes no prior knowledge of film. Students will be evaluated primarily on the basis of weekly postings, a shot-by-shot analysis, and exams. Weekly screening on Monday nights.\nFILM-2100 History and Theory of Film\nThis course will explore major developments in film history, theory and criticism. Students will become familiar with several different film movements in the development of the art form and will be introduced to basic ideas in film theory. Through a variety of film movements and historical periods, students will develop an understanding of the cultural, industrial, and political contexts for some of the most significant debates about film. Specific topics covered will include Russian formalism, the history of classic Hollywood cinema, the French new wave, recent global cinemas, as well as alternatives to Hollywood in the United States. Class time will be divided between the discussion of the historical movements and critical texts and the application of those texts to a primary cinematic text. Students will be evaluated on the basis of weekly postings, participation in discussion, essay exams and formal writing opportunities.\nFILM-3200 Screenwriting\nA study of the genres, structures and mechanics of screenwriting as well as the experience of writing, reading and revising a screenplay.\nFILM-4081 Independent Study\nGuided investigation of a topic not addressed by regularly scheduled courses. Students must propose a detailed plan of readings, articulating precise learning objectives, and secure the written consent of both a supervising instructor and of the department chair.\nAn intensive examination of the formal, social, cultural and historical contexts of a single literary genre as well as the theoretical concerns that underlie its analysis. May be repeated for credit as genre or topic varies.\nThis course will emphasize the development of the British novel from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries or the American novel from the late eighteenth through the twentieth centuries in relation to literary, cultural, intellectual, technological, and aesthetic changes in Britain or America.\nAn examination of films as texts through historical, aesthetic, thematic, and/or cultural questioning and analysis. Typical offerings may include Film and the Novel; Representations of War in Film; Film Censorship and the Marketplace; etc. May be repeated for credit as topic varies.\nAn intensive writing experience in one of the following genres: fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, screenwriting, or playwriting. May be repeated for credit as topic varies.\nAn advanced examination of a wide range of literary texts appropriate for use in grades 7-12, focused so that students will develop an understanding of the basic reading processes, including reading assessment, comprehension strategies, and techniques for corrective reading, as well as a series of effective methodologies for promoting the critical appreciation of literature. Also covered are issues relating to the rights and responsibilities of various groups including teachers, school administrators, and parents involved in designing and implementing a literature curriculum.\nGuided investigation of a topic not addressed by regularly scheduled courses. Students must propose a detailed plan of readings, articulating precise learning objectives, and secure the written consent of both a supervising instructor and of the department chair. Not more than one (1) Independent Study may count toward the M.A. in English without the chair's permission.\nENGL-5383 Reading for the Comprehensive Exam\nThis course allows students to participate in regular colloquia conducted by faculty and in one-on-one study sessions with faculty in preparation for the comprehensive oral exam which is based on a reading list approved by the graduate faculty in English. Designed to supplement the student's independent reading for the comprehensive exam, this course may be taken as often as the student chooses, but does not count toward the M.A. English degree. Students must see Director of Graduate Studies for permission to register.\nENGL-6105 Seminar in British Literature I\nA tightly focused examination of some aspect of pre-nineteenth-century British literature in its historical, ideological, and/or cultural context. The topic for this course varies. May be repeated for credit as topic varies.\nENGL-6110 Seminar in American Literature I\nA tightly focused examination of some aspect of pre-Civil War American literature in its historical, ideological, and/or cultural context. The topic for this course varies. May be repeated for credit as topic varies.\nENGL-6115 Seminar in British Literature II\nA tightly focused examination of some aspect of post-nineteenth-century British literature in its historical, ideological, and/or cultural context. The topic for this course varies. May be repeated for credit as topic varies.\nENGL-6120 Seminar in American Literature II\nA tightly focused examination of some aspect of post-Civil War American literature in its historical, ideological, and/or cultural context. The topic for this course varies. May be repeated for credit as topic varies.\nENGL-6385 Seminar in Special Topics\nStudy of a specific theme, critical approach, and/or concept that transcends boundaries established by the other 6000-level offerings in the program. Typical offerings may include Transatlantic Influences in Modernist Literature, Literature of Migration and Settlement, and Theory and Praxis of Creative Writing. May be repeated for credit as topic varies.\nENGL-6399 Thesis\nResearch and preparation of an M.A. thesis under the supervision of an approved faculty advisor.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 3816, "original_length": 106670, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 316.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.westga.edu:8443/academics/cosm/biology/academic_courses.php", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:29Z", "digest": "sha1:ODDKGR6BJJDPIZTF666PHVEMXTGE2VR5", "length": 31993, "nlines": 161, "source_domain": "www.westga.edu:8443", "title": "UWG | Biology Courses", "raw_content": "BIOL-1010 Fundamentals of Biology\nFundamentals of Biology will instruct students in basic biological phenomena and how organisms interact with their environments. Emphasis will be placed on humans and processes within the human biology. Topics will include: biological diversity, biological molecules, cells, organ systems, genetics and the interaction of man with his environment.\nBIOL-1010L Fundamentals of Biology Laboratory\nLaboratory component of the Fundamentals of Biology course (BIOL 1010). The lecture and lab courses must be taken during the same term.\nBIOL-1011 Biology of Human Reproduction\nThe Biology of Human Reproduction is designed to familiarize students with the basic structure and function of the reproductive tract, developmental biology, the genetics of reproduction and disease and dysfunctions of the reproductive tract. Topics of general interest such as birth control, sexually transmitted diseases, infertility and means of overcoming infertility will be discussed.\nBIOL-1012 Ecology and Environmental Biology\nEcology and Environmental Biology is designed to familiarize non-major students with the basic structures and functions of populations, communities, and ecosystems. Based on this foundation, emphasis will be placed on ecological assessments of many current and pressing environmental issues that threaten the air, water and soil resources of earth. Same as ENVS 1012.\nBIOL-1013 Biology of AIDS and Infectious Disease\nThe Biology of AIDS and Infectious Disease is designed to inform students about infectious diseases, how microorganisms cause diseases and how humans resist and fight infection. It will introduce students to several human organ systems and the common infections for those systems. The course will particularly focus on AIDS and HIV, the history, epidemiology, biology, diagnosis, and treatment of this particular disease.\nBIOL-1014 Nutrition\nA course designed to introduce students to the science of nutrition and how it impacts their lives.\nBIOL-1015 The Unseen World of Microbes\nDesigned to introduce non-science majors to the diversity and importance of microorganisms and the role of these organisms play in the environment, industry, and out health. Designed for on-line delivery and contains an associated laboratory component.\nBIOL-1015L The Unseen World of Microorganisms Lab\nThis laboratory is designed to accompany BIOL 1015. Students may take lecture without lab, however the lecture portion is a co-requisite or pre-requisite to this lab course. The lab modules consist of hands-on and virtual labs that are shipped to off-campus students.\nBIOL-1101 Freshman Biology Seminar\nThis course surveys the University of West Georgia, the Biology Department, and the discipline of Biology, including opportunities for post graduate studies and careers. Students will be engaged by active learning assignments in critical thinking, scientific information retrieval, practical computer skills, and oral and written communication. Students will be introduced to resources and practices that can assist success in the classroom. Students are expected to attend and report on assigned presentations outside of class.\nBIOL-1107 Principles of Biology I\nThis course is designed for the biology major, other science majors, and secondary science majors. An integrated plant- animal approach, including form, function, and development of organisms, their systematics, ecology and evolution. Students must enroll in BIOL 1107L in the same term.\nBIOL-1107L Principles of Biology I Laboratory\nThe laboratory component for BIOL 1107. Lecture and lab must be taken in the same term.\nBIOL-1108 Principles of Biology II\nA continuation of BIOL 1107. Students must enroll in BIOL 1108L in the same term.\nBIOL-1108L Principles of Biology II Laboratory\nBIOL-1110 Biological Diversity\nThis course is an Introductory foundation-building course for Biology majors. It is designed to familiarize students with the distinguishing characteristics, taxonomy, evolutionary relationships, and economic importance of all domains of life. For Biology majors only. Does not fulfill core requirements.\nBIOL-2021 Human Anatomy and Physiology I\nAn introduction to the structural and functional relationships in the human body. This course will introduce the student to the background material and the organ systems associated with protection, support, and movement, as well as, the systems which control and integrate body functions. Course is designed to be taken before Biology 2022. This course is not intended for biology or other laboratory science majors and cannot be used for credit toward those degrees. Students must enroll in BIOL 2021L in the same term.\nBIOL-2021L Human Anatomy and Physiology I Laboratory\nThe laboratory component of BIOL 2021. Students must enroll in BIOL 2021 in the same term.\nBIOL-2022 Human Anatomy and Physiology II\nA continuation of the study of the structural and functional relationships in the human body. This course will introduce the student to the structure and function of the organ systems associated with blood production, blood flow, respiration, digestion, excretion, reproduction and immunity. This course is designed to follow Biology 2021. This course is not intended for biology or other laboratory science majors and cannot be used for credit toward those degrees.\nBIOL-2022L Human Anatomy and Physiology II Laboratory\nBIOL-2030 Medical Microbiology\nMedical microbiology is a course designed for nursing and other allied health persons and is intended to introduce the student to the basic concepts and practices of microbiology, especially with regard to health and human disease. Lecture portions of the course will address the basic biology of microorganisms, pathogenic mechanisms, host defense and immunity, and microorganisms and human diseases. This course is not intended for biology or other laboratory science majors and cannot be used for credit toward those degrees. Students must enroll in BIOL 2030L in the same term.\nBIOL-2030L Medical Microbiology Laboratory\nThe laboratory component of BIOL 2030. Students must enroll in BIOL 2030L in the same term.\nBIOL-2107 Principles of Biology I for Biology Majors\nThis is the first of a two semester course designed for biology majors requiring a survey of fundamental topics in modern biology. Lectures build on a foundation of chemistry to develop current concepts of cell and molecular biology, genetics, evolution, and biological diversity. This course satisfies a core requirement of the Biology Major, but does not fulfill any of the requirements for general education.\nBIOL-2107L Principles of Biology I Lab for Biology Majors\nThis is the laboratory component for the lecture course, BIOL 2017. Lecture and lab must be taken in the same semester.\nBIOL-2108 Principles of Biology II for Biology Majors\nThis is the second of a two semester course designed for biology majors requiring a survey of fundamental topics in modern biology. Lectures build on a foundation of chemistry to develop current concepts of the form and function of plants and animals and of ecology. This course satisfies a core requirement of the Biology major but does not fulfill any of the requirements for general education.\nBIOL-2108L Principles of Biology II Lab for Biology Majors\nBIOL-2983 Undergraduate Biology Research\nA course designed to allow students to conduct faculty-directed, independent research projects in areas of the biological sciences. The course may be repeated, but credit for BIOL 2983 may not apply toward biology degree requirements.\nBIOL-2985 Special Topics in Biology\nThis course will cover various topics in biology at the lower division level. The topics will change from term to term. Courses may or may not involve laboratory instruction. Non-laboratory courses will offer 3 credit hours and laboratory courses will offer 4 credit hours.\nBIOL-3134 Cell and Molecular Biology\nThis course deals with the molecular aspects of cell structure and function,, emphasizing the chemical and molecular basis of cellular physiology. It also addresses genetic functions at the chromosomal and molecular levels, gene expression, and regulation.\nBIOL-3135 Ecology\nThis course is designed to familiarize Biology majors with the factors controlling the structure and function of populations, communities, and ecosystems. The role of evolutionary processes in the structure and function of these systems will also be explored. Basic concepts will be synthesized and reinforced by investigating the dynamics of the aquatic life zones and terrestrial biomes on earth.\nBIOL-3221 Taxonomy of Flowering Plants and Ferns\nTaxonomy of flowering plants and ferns is designed to familiarize students with the important botanical features and methods used to identify vascular plant species. Emphasis will be placed on recognizing the distinguishing characteristics, taxonomic relationships, and ecological distribution of plant families common to Northwest Georgia.\nBIOL-3223 Vascular Plants\nDesigned to familiarize students with four basic areas of plant biology: diversity, anatomy, physiology and ecology. Ferns, fern allies, gymnosperms, and angiosperms will be compared and contrasted through lecture and lab-based exercises.\nBIOL-3226 Natural History of Vertebrates\nVertebrate natural history is studied in lecture, lab, and field. The taxonomy, phylogeny, identification, and general aspects of the behavior and ecology of freshwater fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals of the Southeast are studied. Local species are emphasized.\nBIOL-3231 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy\nA lab oriented (dissection) course in the organogenesis and gross morphology of animal structure with an emphasis on functional and evolutionary modifications. Gross dissection and techniques used in morphology.\nBIOL-3242 Evolution\nThe principles and mechanisms of evolution in plants and animals, covering population phenomena, specification, sexual selection, life history strategies, behavior, adaption, systematics and biogeography.\nBIOL-3310 Microbiology\nMicrobiology is the study of biological organisms and agents too small to be seen with the unaided eye. This course will introduce students to the diversity, physiology, anatomy, and genetics of microorganisms, with particular emphasis on the bacteria. It will also introduce students to key areas of microbiology, including medical microbiology, microbial ecology, food microbiology, and biotechnology.\nBIOL-3513 Human Physiology\nA survey of the mechanisms involved in the function of the human body. Study is approached from the organ system level to address muscular, neural, hormonal, cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, renal, and reproductive functions. Correlation will be made to the similarity between the demands placed on living systems regardless of whether the organism is multicellular or a single cell.\nBIOL-3526 Vertebrate Histology\nA microanatomical study of cell and tissue structure. Emphasis is on the complex nature of tissues and how the cellular associations within the tissue contribute to the overall functions of the tissues. Laboratory is devoted to preparation and interpretation of tissue samples.\nBIOL-3621 Genetics and Medical Genetics\nThe major emphasis of this course is the study of both basic and advanced genetic principles and genetic analysis methods that can be applied to all eukaryotic organisms. The secondary emphasis of this course will be the study of human medical genetics.\nBIOL-3825 Research Methods\nSpecially designed to meet the needs of future teachers, students design and carry out four independent inquiries, which they write up and present in the manner that is common in the scientific community. Course is restricted to UTEACH students.\nBIOL-4241 Entomology\nThe study of insects. This course is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of insect taxonomy, morphology, physiology, behavior, and evolution. The relationships between insects and humans, other animals, and plants will be examined. The influences of insects on culture, religion, art, history, and colonization will be discussed. The laboratory will be devoted primarily to developing an understanding of insect identification.\nBIOL-4242 Invertebrate Zoology\nThis course is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of taxonomy, morphology, physiology, and evolution of the more common invertebrate phyla. The distribution and interspecific relationships among invertebrates and other forms of life will be presented and discussed. The laboratory will be devoted primarily to developing an understanding of invertebrate morphology and classification.\nBIOL-4245 Ichthyology\nThe biology, systematics and taxonomy of fishes with an emphasis on the biodiversity/biogeography of fishes in the state of Georgia.\nBIOL-4266 Molecular Ecology\nThis course examines the use of molecular genetic data to the understanding of ecological and evolutionary processes in the natural populations such as genetic diversity, dispersal, gene flow and phylogeography. This course will also examine how molecular genetic data is utilized to study behavioral mechanism such as mate selection and foraging. Application of molecular ecology principles to conversation will also be explored.\nBIOL-4315 Bacterial Genetics\nBacterial Genetics is an advanced microbiology course which focuses on the molecular genetics of the bacterium Escherichia coli. Topics addressed include the nature of the bacterial chromosome, the multi-step process of DNA replication, DNA damaging agents and mutations, DNA repair systems, mechanisms of gene transfer and antibiotic resistance, and the regulation of gene expression. The laboratory component reinforces concepts learned in lecture and familiarizes students with modern techniques used in genetic engineering and biotechnology.\nBIOL-4321 Applied and Environmental Microbiology\nCourse is designed to expose students to the importance of micro organisms in industry and in the environment. Lab exercises focus on microbial growth, interactions with environmental factors and use in industrial applications such as treatment of sewage. Same as ENVS 4321.\nBIOL-4325 Advanced Medical Microbiology\nAdvanced medical microbiology is designed to inform students of current developments in the areas of clinical and medical microbiology. The course will focus on mechanisms of pathogenesis and host defense. Discussion of new and emerging infectious agents will be addressed.\nBIOL-4424 Wildlife Habitat Ecology\nThis course is designed to familiarize biology majors with the ecology and management of terrestrial wildlife habitats. Ecological concepts and principles relevant to wildlife habitat structure and function will be evaluated from the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and landscape levels of organization. Management practices that affect the structure and function of wildlife habitats will be evaluated for agricultural and forest ecosystems. Concepts will be synthesized and reinforced by investigating the habitat requirements for a variety of wildlife species in the southwestern United States.\nBIOL-4440 Aquatic Ecology\nA study of biological, chemical, and physical components and interactions in freshwater systems. Field labs include a study of reservoirs and streams in west Georgia. A three-day field trip to the Georgia coast or the Okefenokee Swamp is required.\nBIOL-4441 Animal Behavior\nA study of the mechanisms and adaptive functions of behaviors. The genetics, development, physiology, and ecology of behaviors are investigated with an evolutionary approach.\nBIOL-4445 Marine Biology\nThe biology, systematics and taxonomy of marine organisms with an emphasis on the ecological principles that influence their biogeography.\nBIOL-4450 Terrestrial Ecology\nThis course provides an in-dept study of the processes controlling the structure and function of terrestrial ecosystems. Basic concepts will be synthesized and applied comparing and contrasting the dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems in the Coastal Plain, Piedmont, and Mountain Regions of the Southeastern United States.\nBIOL-4503 Biological Perspectives: Biochemistry\nThis course is designed to study the interactions of biochemical pathways and the control systems that function to regulate cell and whole body metabolism. This course emphasizes the regulation of biochemical pathways as opposed to the mechanisms involved in each enzymatic step within a given pathway.\nBIOL-4520 Developmental Biology and Embryology\nA course combining the fundamentals of embryology with the genetic and molecular analysis of embryonic development.\nBIOL-4539 Comparative Physiology\nThis course is designed to study the similarities and differences in how various animals have solved a wide variety of physiological problems imposed by the natural world in which they exist. The student will investigate the functions of the different organ systems in invertebrates and vertebrates. The main goal of this class is to focus on the observation of how problems in nature are solved by various organisms. A complete understanding of the physiology of the human is an absolute prerequisite for this course as this will be the point of reference for most discussions.\nBIOL-4541 Plant Physiology\nThis course is designed to give students a hands-on approach to understanding the metabolic activities of how plants grow develop throughout their lifecycles. Emphasis will be placed on plant environmental interactions, stress physiology, growth regulators, mineral nutrition, translocation, photosynthesis/respiration, and root/shoot physiology.\nBIOL-4666 Evolutionary Genomics\nThis course covers the techniques by which genome sequences and genome functions are analyzed. This course also examines topics in evolutionary genomics such as comparative genomics, evolution of duplicate genes, evolution of genome structure and organization, evolution of protein function and evolution of gene expression.\nBIOL-4727 Essentials of Immunology\nEssentials of immunology is designed as an introduction to the immune response. The student will obtain a broad, comprehensive understanding of the principles of immunology. The course will focus on a detailed study of antigen-antibody interactions, humoral immunity, and cell-mediated immunity. Medically important syndromes, including AIDS, will be discussed to reinforce the principles of immunology. A laboratory component is included to support the exploration of immuno-diagnostic techniques.\nBIOL-4728 Bacterial Pathogenesis\nBacterial Pathogenesis introduces students to the field of medical microbiology and the study of infectious disease. Topics covered include a discussion of environmental and host factors involved in bacterial infection and disease, an introduction to epidemiology and nosocomial infections, an overview of innate and acquired host defenses, and an extensive survey of bacterial pathogens with special emphasis on virulence factors and molecular mechanisms underlying disease processes. The laboratory component will focus on methods routinely used to isolate, culture, and identify bacterial pathogens.\nBIOL-4729 Medical Virology\nMedical virology is designed as an introduction to viruses that are involved in human disease. The student will obtain a broad, comprehensive understanding of the principles of virology using specific medical examples. The course will focus on a detailed study of the viral structure, replication gene expression, pathogenesis, and host defense. A laboratory component is included for the exploration of clinical virology techniques.\nBIOL-4730 Emerging Pathogens\nThe emerging pathogen course is designed to inform students of the dramatic changes and current developments in the area of infectious disease. The course will focus on the evolving microorganisms and the reasons that the pathogens emerged. Also the course will include discussions on the mechanisms of pathogenesis and the host defense.\nBIOL-4731 Introduction to Toxicology\nThe primary objective of the course is to present students with the concepts and practical applications of the science of toxicology. This course is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of the principles of toxicology, focusing on the biochemical, physiological, and ecological effects of various toxicants. The use of toxicology in biomedical, pharmaceutical, agrochemical, and environmental research will be examined and discussed.\nBIOL-4732 Biology of Aging\nSince the beginning of time , the fear of aging has preoccupied mankind. Only recently we are gaining insights into important clues about biological process of aging. In this course we will focus on some of the ideas about aging put forward by early alchemists to modern molecular biologists. Biological principles behind anti-aging, aging intervention agents, and life-style options will be discussed.\nBiology 4733 is a general science course for science majors. This course provides a basic understanding of the fundamentals of human nutrition and builds from what biology majors already know about physiology, biochemistry and general biology. It uses a scientific approach to apply the logic of sciences in understanding the individual's diet so that they are prepared to make decisions about health and nutrition. Emphases are placed on digestion, absorption and functions of carbohydrates, proteins, fats, nucleic acids, vitamins, minerals, water, and accessory nutrients. This course also integrates energy balance, weight control, health, diseases, metabolism, and cultural diversity. This course is only for those who have learned metabolic pathways and chemistry, which set it apart from the lower level core curriculum course, Biology 1014.\nBIOL-4734 Neuroscience\nBiology 4734W is an upper level Discipline-Specific Writing science course. This course will provide an understanding of human neuroanatomy, physiology and pharmacology of the nervous system and its voluntary and autonomic target and sensory organs. Other topics will include cognition, neural disorders and disorders of movement. Students taking this course should have passed BIOL 3513 (Physiology) CGEN 2411 (Organic Chemistry I) or BIOL 4503 (Biochemistry).\nBIOL-4981 Independent Study\nIndependent study of topics not offered in the current term. Independent study is only available for topics addressed by current courses if the topical course will not be offered during the academic year, or if the scheduling of the topical course is such that it will require a delay in timely completion of the degree for the student.\nBIOL-4983 Advanced Undergraduate Biology Research\nA course designed to allow students to conduct faculty-directed, independent research projects in areas of the biological sciences. The course may be repeated, but credit for BIOL 4983 may be applied toward biology degree requirements for a maximum of 4 credit hours.\nBIOL-4984 Senior Biology Seminar\nThe senior biology seminar is designed to prepare students for oral presentation of biological research and concepts and to allow a mechanism for feedback on presentation skills. Biology majors are required to first enroll in sophomore biology seminar. Students who have conducted research projects may present their own research results. Students who have conducted research projects may present their own research results. Others may present information from current biological research literature.\nSpecific titles will be announced for each term in class schedules and will be entered on transcripts.\nBIOL-4986 Biological Internship\nStudents wishing to enter an internship experience will be provided with a written statement of understanding, defining the nature of the experience and the expectations for student performance. The degree of involvement for the particular experience will be used to determine credit hours received. Variable Credit Course 1-6 hours. May be repeated for up to 12 hours.\nThis course is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of taxonomy, morphology, physiology, and evolution of the more common invertebrate phyla. The distribution and interspecific relationships among invertebrates and other forms of life will be presented and discussed. The laboratory will be devoted primarily to developing an understanding of insect identification.\nThis course examines the use of molecular genetic data to the understanding of ecological and evolutionary processes in natural populations such as genetic diversity, dispersal, gene flow and phylogeography. This course will also examine how molecular genetic data is utilized to study behavioral mechanism such as mate selection and foraging. Application of molecular ecology principles to conservation will also be explored.\nThe applied and environmental microbiology course is designed to expose students to the importance of microorganisms in industry and in the environment.\nThis course is designed to familiarize biology graduate students with the ecology and management of terrestrial wildlife habitats. Ecological concepts and principles relevant to wildlife habitat structure and function will be evaluated from the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and landscape levels of organization. Management practices that affect the structure and function of wildlife habitats will be evaluated for agriculture and forest ecosystems. Concepts will be synthesized and reinforced by investigating the habitat requirements for a variety of wildlife species in the southwestern United States.\nThe biology, systematics and taxonomy of marine organisms with an emphasis on the ecological principles that influence their biogeography and distribution.\nTerrestrial ecology is designed to give the student an overview of the structures and functions of populations, communities, and ecosystems in the major terrestrial biomes on Earth. Emphasis will be placed on ecological analyses and disturbance impact assessments in the dominant terrestrial ecosystems of the southeastern United States.\nPlant Physiology is intended to give students an overview of the processes which allow plants to function as living organisms. Emphasis will be placed on how plants interact with their environments.\nBIOL-5631 Eukaryotic Molecular Genetics\nThis course thoroughly examines the molecular aspects of nuclear structure and function. A special emphasis will be placed on understanding the experimental methods and interpretation of data on which current understanding is based.\nThis course covers the techniques by which genome sequences and genome functions are analyzed. This course also examines topics in evolutionary genomics such as comparative genomics, evolution or duplicate genes, evolution of genome structure and organization, evolution of protein function, and evolution of gene expression.\nEssentials of immunology is designed as an introduction to the immune response. The student will obtain a broad, comprehensive understanding of the principles of immunology. The course will focus on a detailed study of antigen-antibody interactions, humoral immunity, and cell-mediated immunity. Medically important syndromes, including AIDS, will be discussed to reinforce the principles of immunology. A laboratory component is included for the exploration of clinical immuno-diagnostic techniques.\nBacterial Pathogenesis is intended to familiarize graduate students with advanced topics in medical microbiology and the study of infectious disease. The course includes detailed discussions of factors involved in the infectious disease process, epidemiology, host defenses, and bacterial virulence factors. In addition, graduate students will be required to analyze and critique articles from the scientific literature, to compose a synopsis of their literature research, and orally present their work to the class. The laboratory component will focus on methods routinely used to isolate, culture, and identify bacterial pathogens. Graduate students will be required to present articles from microbiology journals and lead classroom discussions.\nMedical virology is designed as an introduction to viruses that are involved in human disease. The student will obtain a broad, comprehensive understanding of the principles of virology using specific medical examples. The course will focus on a detailed study of the viral structure, replication, gene expression, pathogenesis, and host defense. A laboratory component is included for the exploration of clinical techniques.\nCourse will focus on some of the ideas about aging put forward by early alchemists to modern molecular biologists. Will discuss the biological principles behind anti-aging and aging intervention agents, as well as life-style options.\nBIOL-6150 Scientific Integrity and Propriety\nA course designed to inform students of the ethical and professional obligations of scientific investigation and communication. Students will be instructed in proper methods for record keeping and for reporting scientific discoveries. Topics such as scientific integrity, authorship, peer review, ethical use of animals in research, conflict of interest, ownership of data, and intellectual property will also be addressed. Case studies will be used heavily as teaching tools. This course is recommended for all graduate students conducting research in the department, and is required for all students who are supported from federal funds for their research or degree program.\nBIOL-6325 Procaryotic Biology\nThis course is intended to introduce graduate students to the complexity and diversity of procaryotic organisms, including the eubacteria and archaea. The course will involve both lecture and laboratory learning, will engage problem solving skills, and will require extensive written and oral communication components.\nBIOL-6526 Histology\nBIOL-6981 Graduate Independent Study\nBIOL-6982 Directed Readings\nDirected readings are available for graduate students who need to conduct an independent review of the literature in a topic not addressed by the curriculum of the department. Students must complete a statement of understanding and expectation and must have the topic approved by their major professor and either the graduate coordinator or the department chair. Selected readings are appropriate for topics related to thesis research or for topics that provide a foundation for comprehensive examinations for non-thesis track students.\nBIOL-6983 Graduate Research\nThe research course is designed to teach students methods for biological research. Student will conduct research under the supervision of a faculty mentor and will learn proper methods for record keeping and report writing. Each student will work on a unique research project to be selected by the faculty mentor and the student. The research conducted is expected to provide the basis for the thesis for students in a thesis track degree program.\nBIOL-6984 Graduate Biology Seminar\nGraduate seminar will meet each term. Each offering will have a different topical focus, to be determined by the faculty discussion leader. All students will select an area to present that is consistent with the topic for the term. Students are also expected to fully participate in the discussions generated by student presentations. Graduate students should enroll in graduate seminar each term.\nBIOL-6985 Graduate Special Topics in Biology\nBIOL-6995 Comprehensive Exam\nComprehensive examination should be taken by all students in a non-thesis track program during the last term in their graduate degree program. The student will complete an examination of a body of biological work as determined by the graduate committee. The student must submit to an examination to be coordinated by the student's major professor and composed by the graduate committee. The examination will generally be an oral format, however, the graduate committee and student may elect an alternative format with sufficient justification.\nBIOL-6999 Thesis", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 3907, "original_length": 116803, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 318.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.whatsontv.co.uk/read-all-about-the-50-barmaids-in-the-latest-issue-of-tv-times-on-sale-now/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:39:05Z", "digest": "sha1:NNKAATRQXZC5ICERLIWUG2KLMJ4UBZ7S", "length": 76, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.whatsontv.co.uk", "title": "Read all about the 50 barmaids in the latest issue of TV Times, on sale now! - What' s on TV", "raw_content": "Read all about the 50 barmaids in the latest issue of TV Times, on sale now!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 140, "original_length": 3908, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 239.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.whimn.com.au/strength/fitness/ellia-green-on-why-we-need-to-see-different-bodies-in-womens-sport/news-story/SPP-192761", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:22Z", "digest": "sha1:XV5EBTDQ26QFKMIJJNX2YCI5HOKH3HGW", "length": 2627, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.whimn.com.au", "title": "Ellia Green On Why We Need To See Different Bodies In Women\u2019s Sport | whimn", "raw_content": "\"If you look back five or so years ago it was very different.\"\nWhimn February 7, 2019\t6:00PM\nLast updated February 7, 2019 3:17PM AEDT\nImage: Instagram/@elliagreen\nThe past few years have seen us come leaps and bounds in how we promote and champion women\u2019s sport, and no one knows this more than Australian Rugby Sevens player Ellia Green.\nOriginally a track star for Australia, Green traded her Olympic sprinting ambitions to Rugby and has never looked back.\n\u201cI can remember when I started playing rugby back in 2012, not many people like had interest in it or nowhere near as much as they do now,\u201d Green tells whimn.\nA member of Australia\u2019s team at the 2016 Olympics, defeating New Zealand in the final to win the inaugural Olympic gold medal in the sport, the Fiji-born Australian has ticked off major career goals \u2013 in a traditionally male dominated field \u2013 while being given a platform to encourage other girls to do the same.\n\u201cThere\u2019s been big shift here in the past few years where being strong, fit and healthy has become the new sexy and successful. If you look back five or so years ago it was very different.\u201d\nAnd while the increased interest in the sport can largely be credited to their Olympic win, it has had a ripple effect of more females playing team sports, which is important when you consider that young women in Australia are twice as likely as boys to be inactive and that they experience more barriers preventing them from being as physically active.\n\u201cHonestly it\u2019s an amazing thing to see. If you take a look at my teammates next to each other, we all have completely different bodies, and we all play different positions and have different skill sets,\u201d the 25-year-old explains.\n\u201cIn the end though, it kind of joins up like a puzzle, and we all put our piece together and create something really great and that individuality is what makes every woman\u2019s figure unique.\u201d\nGreen\u2019s work in championing her sport has not gone unrecognised on a national scale either, with the player announced as a National Champion for UN Women National Committee Australia in July last year, shortly before her mum, Yolanta, sadly passed away after a long battle with cancer.\n\u201cI\u2019m always playing for the lady above, my mum. But I also play for the girls day in, day out, I love them to bits,\u201d she said after beating Ireland 24-12 in the HSBC World Rugby Sevens semi-final last week.\nSo what advice does she have for women considering putting on the boots? Give it a shot.\n\u201cMake sure you love whatever fitness you\u2019re doing and just give it a try because you never know what might happen.\u201d\nEllia Green on why she loves rugby", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 89, "original_length": 3940, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 298.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.whipradiotu.com/kavanaugh-vote-moves-forward-indonesia-devastated-by-disasters-whip-news-crackdown/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:08Z", "digest": "sha1:DZGUDV7KRFYZ3ZM2MSEGF6QHT5DR5L5F", "length": 1098, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.whipradiotu.com", "title": "Kavanaugh Vote Moves Forward, Indonesia Devastated by Disasters | WHIP News Crackdown", "raw_content": "It\u2019s been a long newsweek \u2013 join Tony for a short version. 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The diecast vehicle!\nAs far back as you can possibly remember, you\u2019ll know that the sound of little boys vrooming their way around the floor, with vehicles at the ready has been a favourite past time. And let\u2019s not forget, there are plenty of girls who like diecast models too!\nIn fact, some children have hundreds of diecast cars, fire engines and racing cars but farm machinery (especially tractors) is usually somewhere in the box.\nHere at Wicken Toys, we stock a range of diecast farm machinery that is very strong and therefore long-lasting.\nThe realism in some of these miniature models is amazing and for creativity and use of imagination they are absolutely perfect for any young child who wants to pretend they are plowing the fields or feeding the animals.\nObviously as well as making excellent toys diecast models also have a collectable value to people \u2013 making them a great investment for your children\u2019s children too.\nIf you are looking to buy a tractor (and any farm without one of these would not be a farm) then the very realistic SIKU Massey Ferguson 5455 is a fantastic option.\nIt has a removable cab, steering front wheels and a front and rear hitch too.\nThis lovely tractor is what real farmers would use for jobs around the farm such as pulling. And for young children who like to take a look inside, it also has a fully opening engine cover so they can tinker to their heart\u2019s content!\nFor any farmer, there\u2019s definitely times when the hay needs to be collected. So the SIKU Flat Bed Trailer with Round Bales is a perfect choice!\nThis will fit right on the back of all SIKU 1:32 scale tractors and is full of charm to keep the children amused and entertained.\nTo assist with co-ordination this flat bed trailer has twin axles and attaches on to the tractor via a hitch.\nThere are also 15 bales of hay included which can be taken off the trailer for unloading!\nAnd finally, what about a tractor with a front loader? This has to be every child\u2019s dream toy.\nThe SIKU Massey Ferguson with Front Loader combines both tractor and front-loading options.\nAnd when it comes to imagination, this tractor will encourage it.\nThe real tractor would be used to move bales of hay, clear up animal enclosure muck, load grain and just about every other job you can think of, so for your child\u2019s very own farm, it could be a perfect piece of machinery!\nTo see all the diecast farm models we stock that you would find on a working farm, see our main page for information.\nThis entry was posted in diecast models, Models, General and tagged diecast toys, farm diecast toys, diecast models on November 7, 2012 by cyberil.\t\u2190 Previous Post Next Post \u2192\n2225 thoughts on \u201cLittle boys (and girls) and their favourite toys\u201d\n[...]below you\u2019ll find the link to some web-sites that we believe you ought to visit[...]...\n[...]Here are a number of the internet sites we recommend for our visitors[...]...\n[...]Here are several of the internet sites we advise for our visitors[...]...\ncredit check free July 12, 2013 at 9:56 pm\n[...]we came across a cool web page that you just could possibly take pleasure in. 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VoIP customers in Bruce, SD find many advantages to using the service. One top advantage is that VoIP works wherever the user has a broadband connection. Consumers are not limited to only one location for using VoIP. The mobility factor of the VoIP is particularly convenient for people who travel or who need a portable service for business purposes.\nThe ability to customize VoIP service package in Bruce, SD provides another advantage. With traditional landline phone services and wireless services, the consumer has no say on the area code number for their telephone number. The geographic location of the consumer typically determines which area code the provider assigns to them. With VoIP, the area code is chosen by the consumer instead of preset for them. This unique customized benefit makes VoIP an appealing choice for consumers with businesses.\nDSL Phone Service in Bruce, SD\nCopper lines facilitate DSL phone services in Bruce, SD. They are similar to the traditional telephone services. However, DSL phone services have higher speeds and are more convenient than traditional phone services. The service is used with a modem that allows customers to access the internet and have telephone line services concurrently. In most cases, DSL providers combine telephone and internet services.\nDSL service is better than traditional residential phone service in Bruce, SD, because it allows the clients to get internet connectivity. Moreover, DSL service is faster than dial-up service. DSL service seems like a step forward due to advancement in modern technology. Traditional phone service cannot match the features of DSL service.\nBruce, SD Landline Home Telephone Service\nEach landline account is only accessible in one house or apartment. Another drawback is that this option costs more than VoIP. Although basic local-only service is cheaper, most Bruce, SD subscribers spend around $50 per month. They can add basic dial-up Internet for about $10 more. A significant advantage of landline service is that it delivers the clearest audio, especially when both parties are using corded phones. This proves desirable for people who spend many hours on the telephone or need to make particularly important calls. For example, a traditional landline is best for radio interviews.\nWireless Home Phone Service in Bruce, SD\nThe most commonly used phone service today is one that consumers in Bruce, SD can use at home and on the go. Wireless home phone service, or as you may know it, cell phone service, is available from an incredible number of providers to choose from. With a variety of different prepaid and contract plans to choose from, consumers can have calling, texting, and mobile data to use all their favorite forms of contacting friends and family everywhere they have a cell phone service signal. Check out Wirefly's nifty wireless plan comparison tool to compare cell phone plans in Bruce, SD and find the best cell plan for your needs.\nWireless phone service in Bruce, SD has all the best features of traditional landline service, as well. Caller ID, voicemail, call forwarding, call waiting, are all typical cell phone capabilities; and some phones, like smartphones with a capable plan, are able to serve as a high speed Wi-Fi hotspot.\nWireless phone service can be expensive. Depending on the amount of minutes, texts, services and features, the provider, a prepaid or contract plan, and the type of phone a customer wants to use, monthly bills can range from $30 to over $100; however, it is important to remember all the capabilities a wireless phone can provide a consumer in Bruce, SD. It is also important to note that cell-service is not available reliably in all areas; and though it is a reliable method for most, one that can go anywhere with you, it is absolutely one of the most expensive options.\nCompare Other Services in Bruce, SD\nInternet Providers in Bruce, SD\nBusiness Phone Service in Bruce, SD\nMortgage Rates in Bruce, SD\nCell Phone Plans in Bruce, SD\nBusiness Internet Providers in Bruce, SD\nHome Security Systems in Bruce, SD\nAuto Insurance Quotes in Bruce, SD\nHealth Insurance Plans in Bruce, SD\nMoving Companies in Bruce, SD\nArea Codes for Bruce, SD\nCable TV Providers in Bruce, SD", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 251, "original_length": 12552, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 292.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.wirefly.com/compare-home-phone-service/south-dakota/sioux-falls", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:25:28Z", "digest": "sha1:ONV3D4RLKIAWAXLCVL2RD5ZFG7W3W63S", "length": 5373, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "www.wirefly.com", "title": "Home Phone Service Providers in Sioux Falls, SD | Wirefly", "raw_content": "Home Phone Service Providers in Sioux Falls, SD\nComparing services offered by several different home phone service providers is the most effective way for a consumer to find the home phone service in Sioux Falls, SD that is right for them. Pricing, service features and included benefits, as well as overall reliability are the main factors to consider. Consumers looking for a home phone service want a plan that is affordable, yet includes the features they need. Service reliability is important for home users as well, as nobody wants a phone service that they constantly run into problems with. Anyone considering residential VoIP service should first make sure that their current Internet connection is fast and reliable enough to support it. Compare residential phone service companies in Sioux Falls, SD using Wirefly's table below.\nTraditional Landline Telephone Service and Long Distance Phone Service in Sioux Falls, SD\nResidential VoIP Services in Sioux Falls, SD\nVoIP is an acronym for Voice Over Internet Protocol. It is an advanced technology that enables people to use Internet Protocol (IP) networks in the transmission of voice and multimedia content. VoIP differs from Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) because it uses methodologies that deliver voice communication over enterprise local area networks, the internet, or wide area networks. A broadband connection enables customers in Sioux Falls, SD, to enjoy VoIP services anywhere. Therefore, frequent travelers and visitors can use VoIP without any troubles.\nVoIP is also advantageous for clients in Sioux Falls, SD, because of customization. The use of VoIP allows the customers to choose an area code that they prefer without necessarily being there. In traditional telephone and wireless services, the client is not at liberty to choose their area code. The provider selects the area code of the customer depending on their geographical location. Therefore, VoIP avails the customers with other options that might be useful for business calls.\nDSL Phone Service in Sioux Falls, SD\nWhen compared with the alternatives, DSL phone service in Sioux Falls, SD offers a key advantage. Unlike traditional phone services, DSL makes it possible to simultaneously talk and use the Internet. DSL is also a much faster option than traditional dial-up service.\nTraditional Sioux Falls, SD Home Phone Service Providers\nTraditional home phone service, also known as landline service, has been around for a very long time. This system uses a series of underground wires to connect to a jack inside a customer's home in Sioux Falls, SD. While traditional service was very popular for many years, many consumers are moving toward wireless phone connections and other alternative options.\nThe primary advantage of having traditional phone service in Sioux Falls, SD is that it creates a clear, stable connection. Unfortunately, this connection comes with two major drawbacks. The biggest drawback is its immobility. Traditional phone service is not portable and cannot move with the customer to a store or their place of employment. The user must be home to make or receive calls on a landline. Also, traditional phone service can be far more expensive than other types of residential phone service. On average, landline service from a top provider starts at $49.99.\nWireless Home Phone Service in Sioux Falls, SD\nThe most commonly used phone service today is one that consumers in Sioux Falls, SD can use at home and on the go. Wireless home phone service, or as you may know it, cell phone service, is available from an incredible number of providers to choose from. With a variety of different prepaid and contract plans to choose from, consumers can have calling, texting, and mobile data to use all their favorite forms of contacting friends and family everywhere they have a cell phone service signal. Check out Wirefly's nifty wireless plan comparison tool to compare cell phone plans in Sioux Falls, SD and find the best cell plan for your needs.\nWireless phone service in Sioux Falls, SD has all the best features of traditional landline service, as well. Caller ID, voicemail, call forwarding, call waiting, are all typical cell phone capabilities; and some phones, like smartphones with a capable plan, are able to serve as a high speed Wi-Fi hotspot.\nWireless phone service can be expensive. Depending on the amount of minutes, texts, services and features, the provider, a prepaid or contract plan, and the type of phone a customer wants to use, monthly bills can range from $30 to over $100; however, it is important to remember all the capabilities a wireless phone can provide a consumer in Sioux Falls, SD. It is also important to note that cell-service is not available reliably in all areas; and though it is a reliable method for most, one that can go anywhere with you, it is absolutely one of the most expensive options.\nCompare Other Services in Sioux Falls, SD\nInternet Providers in Sioux Falls, SD\nBusiness Phone Service in Sioux Falls, SD\nMortgage Rates in Sioux Falls, SD\nCell Phone Plans in Sioux Falls, SD\nBusiness Internet Providers in Sioux Falls, SD\nHome Security Systems in Sioux Falls, SD\nAuto Insurance Quotes in Sioux Falls, SD\nHealth Insurance Plans in Sioux Falls, SD\nMoving Companies in Sioux Falls, SD\nArea Codes for Sioux Falls, SD\nCable TV Providers in Sioux Falls, SD", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 282, "original_length": 12510, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 197.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.wirefly.com/compare-insurance-rates-quotes/auto-car-insurance/pennsylvania/breinigsville", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:42Z", "digest": "sha1:TO5BIIUJWOY2PCWUIV35LYYIWK5BCOU5", "length": 6876, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.wirefly.com", "title": "Cheapest Auto Insurance Rates in Breinigsville, PA | Wirefly", "raw_content": "Cheapest Auto Insurance Rates in Breinigsville, PA\nOnline Quotes for Auto Insurance in Breinigsville, PA\nThe best way to find the right car insurance policy is to compare rates in Breinigsville, PA from all the top companies. That's where Wirefly can help, as its comparison tool drastically simplifies the comparison process.\nSelecting the right policy requires drivers to know about the items they're comparing and how they can evaluate the results. Drivers can read on to find plenty of information about getting the cheapest auto insurance in Breinigsville, PA. Those who would rather get rate quotes immediately can plug their ZIP codes into the area provided for a free chart comparing rate quotes from a range of insurance providers.\nFree Online Car Insurance Quotes for Breinigsville, PA Drivers\nInstead, it is better to weigh all the options that are available to you in Breinigsville, PA. Many companies offer affordable car insurance. The goal is determining what makes one policy more affordable than the other. A low quote may also come with missing coverage features that protects you and your family.\nVarying levels of coverage options, discounts and incentives are other determinants to getting a good car insurance policy in Breinigsville, PA. This is where comparing insurance companies' offers a clearer view of what you truly receive behind the price quote. Starting this process online in the comfort of your home is an eye-opening experience. The final cost of car insurance will vary. However, the following factors play a tremendous role: coverage amounts and limits, type of policy (liability, collision, etc.), vehicle make and model, where you live, insurance company. All you need to do at this point is enter your ZIP code and you will begin receiving free online quotes from leading car insurance providers in Breinigsville, PA.\nGetting the Cheapest Online Car Insurance Rates in Breinigsville, PA\nGetting the most accurate and affordable online car insurance quotes in Breinigsville, PA will require an honest assessment of several things. Shoppers will need to realistically determine how much they can afford to pay for insurance; it's important have affordable payments in order to not become strapped for cash. Those who haven't many assets may find that a policy that provides only the state minimums for basic liability may be satisfactory. Others may need a platinum-type policy that provides ample coverage for many vehicles and all contingencies. Usually, policies lie between these two extremes.\nDriving habits and the type of environment in which the car is driven and garaged are equally important; for those who have a substantial number of violations, insurance is going to be expensive. Those drivers in Breinigsville, PA who have a good driving record get a much better insurance rate. The driving environment, such as city streets, freeways, and so forth, can also affect the policy rates. Those who have a vehicle with special equipment, such as a wheelchair lift or electronic controls, will need to indicate that on the quote. Our free rate-comparison tool helps shoppers to compare rates but be sure to compare all aspects of a policy in order to get the best rate and coverage for your situation.\nOther factors are used to determine the risk rating for a policy in Breinigsville, PA, such as whether the car is parked on the street or in a garage at night. Those who live in an area with a high rate of auto theft may benefit from installation of an anti-theft device or an alarm system. This will usually result in a credit on a policy premium and can help offset an elevated risk rating.\nAnother important consideration when looking for a car insurance policy in Breinigsville, PA is the reputation of the insurance company. It's best to opt for an insurance provider that is reliable and provides quality service. Hopefully, there will never be a need to file a claim, but if there is, it's important to know that the insurance company will not add to an already-high stress level. Be sure to research the company's online reputation: do their customers indicate that they receive good service or are payments delayed and adjusters unavailable? Policyholders should be able to unhesitatingly recommend their insurance provider to their family and friends.\nWhat is the Best Auto Insurance in Breinigsville, PA?\nBefore choosing the best car insurance for you, you must decide on a few things: the type of company you want your insurance with, the amount of coverage you want, and your personal spending limits. Once you know this data, you can accurately gather and compare data from auto insurance provides in Breinigsville, PA that meet the requirements you have found from your research. You can then use our comparison tool to see which company has the best valuation based on your results. Plus, you can view the information side-by-side to make it easier to choose.\nWhile looking at the comparison, you will be able to focus on your priorities. You will be able to view the comparison based on several factors and see how they rank in service, price, brand stability, and coverage. This will help you to narrow down your choice of auto insurance providers in Breinigsville, PA. This will give you assurance that you are choosing the best possible choice that will suit your personal needs.\nFinally, it is important to remember that auto insurance rates are known to change frequently in Breinigsville, PA, and due to this, a lot of companies provide different incentives for customers who choose to switch their policy to work with them. Therefore, after a few months, it is important to go back to your list and make sure the terms have not change. Sometimes, you can save a lot of money by switching back to your previous carrier. It's recommended to shop policies at least every six months.\nHow Smart Home Automation in Breinigsville, PA Can Help Protect Your Home\nYears ago, smart home automation was a futuristic idea that had not yet come to fruition. Today, this technology has become a reality. Home automation is a simple and cost-effective way to add smart features to any home. Thanks to huge advancements in technology, consumers now have more control over their home than ever before. Even when homeowners are gone, they are able to ensure that doors are locked and appliances are off using their computer, smartphone or other web-enabled devices. Homeowners can even remotely lock their doors with the tap of a button. Automated security systems allow customers to create email or text notifications for specific events such as children entering or exiting the home. They can also alert Breinigsville, PA homeowners of a security breach no matter where they are. No matter where a homeowner is, home automation puts them in complete control.\nCheapest Auto Insurance Rates in Breinigsville, PA ZIP Codes", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 275, "original_length": 13931, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 258.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.wnd.com/2018/02/taxpayers-paying-for-more-va-corruption/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:21Z", "digest": "sha1:UKOBCWNGAGCHMZAD7COKYFELCP7GVJTF", "length": 5576, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "www.wnd.com", "title": "Taxpayers paying for more VA corruption - WND", "raw_content": "Hundreds of thousands of dollars being lost over illegal contracts\nWashington Watchdog Judicial Watch has been digging into the activities of the Los Angeles Veterans Affairs facility for months now.\nIt found that one veteran was being prosecuted for putting a flag on a fence there.\nAnd it found out that the land was being used for purposes that violated the terms under which it was donated to the government.\nAnd it found one of the officials running the center had to be prosecuted for taking \u201chundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from a vendor that defrauded the VA out of millions.\u201d\nThe newest report reveals that taxpayers are having to pay out sizeable chunks of cash to get rid of contracts with private groups that were illegal to have in the first place.\nThe investigative team at Judicial Watch reported Tuesday that the controversy is all around the 338-acre Los Angeles Veterans Affairs facility in west Los Angeles.\nIt includes a National Veterans Park and Veterans Home.\nIt was donated to the government, with limits, in 1888, and \u201cthousands of disabled veterans once lived on the property, which also had churches, theaters, a library and post office.\u201d\nHowever, the VA, in the years after Vietnam, shut down those services and \u201cousted\u201d mentally disabled veterans.\n\u201cPolice State USA: How Orwell\u2019s Nightmare is Becoming Our Reality,\u201d marshals the terrifying evidence to show the world of Big Brother is much closer than we want to admit.\nIt changed over to using the property for other purposes: the UCLA baseball stadium, a high school athletic complex, laundry facilities, a storage area for 20th Century Fox, the Brentwood Theatre, soccer fields and a farmers\u2019 market.\nBecause the VA had violated the terms of the donation, there was a lawsuit that charged the agency misused the land and illegally leased the facilities, and so to settle the VA said it would return the property to the use of \u201cveterans in need.\u201d\nReported Judicial Watch, \u201cThe legal settlement also compelled the VA to terminate leases with private businesses that were never supposed to be there in the first place. In fact, in 2013 a federal judge struck down the leases, ruling that the VA misused the West L.A. property by engaging in them. The same judge, S. James Otero, halted construction of an amphitheater on the property. It was partially constructed by the Veterans Parks Conservancy (VPC) on the north side of the grounds, a site that was ordered to be restored to a neat, safe and clean condition by May 6, 2016,\u201d Judicial Watch reported.\nBut in order for the VA to repair the damage it inflicted, it\u2019s going to cost taxpayers, the report said.\n\u201cRecords obtained by Judicial Watch show that the VPC got a big check from the VA to tear down the illegal amphitheater. \u2018Within thirty (30) days from the date of this Revocable License, VA will remit to VPC not less than $287,318 to reimburse VPC for its expenses in planning and partially constructing the existing amphitheater,\u2019 state the records, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) as part of an ongoing Judicial Watch investigation into corruption at the L.A. VA. \u2018In addition, within thirty (30) days following the parties\u2019 execution of the Acknowledgement Letter, VA will remit not less than $106,096 to VPC to reimburse VPC for its expenses to remove the partially-constructed amphitheater off the North Side of the Campus.'\u201d\nAnd the VA turned over to 20th Century Fox $435,000 to end its \u201cillicit\u201d agreement to use more than 72,000 square feet of land for storage.\n\u201cThe same batch of VA records reveal that for years UCLA failed to pay for utilities at its baseball field, officially known as Jackie Robinson Stadium, on the VA property. This amounted to $108,278, according to invoices included in the documents,\u201d the report said.\nIt was the VA\u2019s Ralph Tillman that most recently was in the headlines.\n\u201cWhile the feds went on a witch hunt against the 75-year-old vet for affixing Old Glory at a site honoring those who served their country, the VA director was committing the real crime,\u201d Judicial Watch said. \u201cThe corrupt VA official, Ralph Tillman, agreed to plead guilty to two felony offenses for taking over a quarter of a million dollars in bribes from a parking lot operator at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System.\u201d\nJustice Department officials confirmed Tillman, a former contract officer with the Department of Veterans Affairs, was charged with filing a false federal tax return and lying to VA investigators.\nA government statement said Tillman agreed to plead guilty and admit \u201che took well over $250,000 in bribes from the parking lot operator, Richard Scott, the owner of Westside Services LLC.\u201d\nThe company for years had a contract to run parking lots there.\nThe government said Scott allegedly paid bribes to Tillman to conceal a scheme in which he allegedly failed to pay the VA more than $11 million generated by his operation of parking facilities.\nTillman was responsible for managing those types of contracts.\nIn return for cash payments, Tillman overlooked inaccuracies on annual statements about the parking revenue, the government said.\nIt was Robert Rosebrock who originally got into trouble because of the VA. He\u2019s an elderly Army vet who got criminally charged for posting a pair of four-by-six-inch American flags on the outside fence on Memorial Day in 2016.\nJudicial Watch represented Rosebrock in the federal case, which was tried in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. He was found not guilty of violating federal law in the case.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 204, "original_length": 10519, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 242.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.woodholls.co.uk/properties/11510426/sales", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:04Z", "digest": "sha1:H2E4EMNPYF7U344QL3UVOHQWYRK6TLFL", "length": 445, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.woodholls.co.uk", "title": "2 bedroom property for sale in Old Stoke Road, Aylesbury - \u00a3190,000 {% endunless %}", "raw_content": "If space is what you are looking for then look no further.\nThis larger than average two or three bedroom ground floor apartment has plenty of room and more. With garage included and priva\u2026\nJust \u00a380 service charge per month\nThis larger than average two or three bedroom ground floor apartment has plenty of room and more. With garage included and private decked area to the rear. Its also just a short walk from the town centre and train station.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 206, "original_length": 8832, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 324.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/contributor/charles-la-shure", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:04:42Z", "digest": "sha1:3D7FBZEOIOUZ74NE6VI5AEBIAXL7OWDQ", "length": 545, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.wordswithoutborders.org", "title": "Charles La Shure - Words Without Borders", "raw_content": "Charles La Shure has lived in Korea, where he studies and translates Korean literature, among other things, since 1995. In 2011 he completed his doctoral studies at Seoul National University in classical Korean literature, specializing in oral literature, and he has been teaching Korean-English translation in the Graduate School of Interpretation and Translation at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies since 2008. His literary translations include Black Flower, an historical novel by Kim Young-ha.\nCharles La Shure's work\nThe Chef\u2019s Nail", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 58, "original_length": 1670, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 122.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.wordswithoutborders.org/dispatches/article/pen-world-voices-festival-mark-z.-danielewski-and-rick-moody", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:04:10Z", "digest": "sha1:N4UMT7UAD67M2DVLTFEIKEQGSAI3G7VU", "length": 4372, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.wordswithoutborders.org", "title": "PEN World Voices Festival: Mark Z. Danielewski and Rick Moody - Words Without Borders", "raw_content": "PEN World Voices Festival: Mark Z. Danielewski and Rick Moody\nI haven't yet read House of Leaves, the ambitious experimental novel that Mark Z. Danielewski published in 2000. I am unlikely to read Only Revolutions, the even quirkier second novel that Danielewski published in 2006. In his interview with Rick Moody, Danielewski said that Only Revolutions is the book he expects to be remembered by. He also said that it is \u00edvirtually impenetrable,\u00eb and after leafing through it at St. Mark's Book Shop, I have to agree. Only Revolutions makes Finnegans Wake look like beach reading.\nA few days ago, however, I did read Danielewski's slim volume The Whalestoe Letters, a spinoff from House of Leaves that incorporates some additional material. Whalestoe is an epistolary novella told through the letters that Pelefina Li\u00e8vre, a woman in her fifties, sends to her son Johnny Truant from the mental institution where she is confined.\nPelefina is highly intelligent and highly literate (unlike the self-satisfied Whalestoe functionary Walden D. Wyrhta \u2014 a name too peculiar not to have a hidden meaning \u2014 who mentions in his foreword to the book that he was puzzled by her reference to \u00edsomeone named Mulligan who was apparently quite plump\u00eb). Her son, to judge from clues in his letters, is a troubled young man who is constantly being moved from one foster home to another, and constantly involved in fistfights.\nIn its verbal (and typographical) gymnastics, high-level cultural cross-referencing, coded messages, and its framing by an unreliable narrator, The Whalestoe Letters reminded me of Nabokov's Pale Fire. As in Pale Fire , powerful emotions constantly threaten to break through the artful surface. Pelefina is lonely, feels trapped and controlled by the institution's staff, and cannot trust her own mind and memories.\nOddly, in an interview largely devoted to influences on House of Leaves, Nabokov was a name that never came up. The book was influenced by everyone from Homer to Steve Erickson, Danielewski said. The experiments with styles and colors of type derived from Apollinaire and Mallarm\u00e9, and although he hadn't read David Foster Wallace when he wrote the book, he knew about his work with footnotes and endnotes. House of Leaves is in some ways a haunted-house story, and in answer to a audience member's question, Danielewski threw out Poe, Shirley Jackson, Hitchcock, and Stephen King as additional and equally valuable influences.\n\u00edI don't know what literature is,\u00eb he said. Genre itself is a \u00edlabile, malleable, amorphous thing.\u00eb\nRick Moody was a relaxed but well-informed interviewer, willing to lean back in his chair while Danielewski unwound a response, and rarely if ever interrupting. This was definitely an interview, not a dialogue, and Moody was perfectly willing to keep the spotlight on the other man. Danielewski is rarely interviewed, so Moody began by saying he would like to explore Danielewski's biography.\n\u00edI'm out of here,\u00eb Danielewski joked, rising half-out of his chair, but proceeded to tell quite a lot. His parents were both in the theater. His father, who died in 1993, was a Polish Jew who took part in the Warsaw Uprising. He and his American wife filled their home with art and literature, and when Mark and his sister (now the singer known as Poe ) were small, he would come into their bedroom and recite Shakespeare monologues.\nThe first real book Danielewski read was Charlotte's Web. At age five or six, he was deeply into the James Bond novels, especially Thunderball. Between seven and twelve he was reading Dostoyevsky and becoming aware of Homer, and at age ten he wrote a novel called The Hell Hole, a lurid tale of drug addiction, prison, sodomy, and revenge. His parents were concerned. At Yale he majored in English, explored Pynchon, Vonnegut, Heller, was rejected from the few creative-writing courses, and had secondhand exposure to the French department's preoccupation with Derrida and the other deconstructionists. Danielewski cited Glas by Derrida as an important influence on House of Leaves.\nWhat's next? Danielewski said he has been working on a project for about three years, but would say nothing about it. Writing Only Revolutions, he said, was a way of \u00edwriting my own freedom,\u00eb he said. After writing that, he felt free to try anything at all.\nPublished May 4, 2009 Copyright 2009 Geoff Wisner", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 6102, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 299.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.worksopguardian.co.uk/lifestyle/community-aptcoo-bassetlaw-1-8048813", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:40:35Z", "digest": "sha1:VRRBIEZ4JADEKLG6LXYZ45EREHB7DKXY", "length": 810, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.worksopguardian.co.uk", "title": "COMMUNITY: APTCOO Bassetlaw - Worksop Guardian", "raw_content": "COMMUNITY: APTCOO Bassetlaw\nFamily fun day at Clumber Park\nAugust 15 and 22, 10am to 12noon for under tens and 1pm to 3pm for 11 years plus at a cost of \u00a35 per family.\nPop along with the whole family for games and laughter. Light refreshments provided. Take along a packed lunch, snacks and drinks (please note there will be a small charge for the car park). Meet in the main car park opposite the cycle hire centre, Clumber Lane, Worksop, S80 3AZ.\nBee B&B Making\nAugust 10 and 17, at Stephen House, Chapel Gate, Retford, 10am to 12noon for under tens and 1pm to 3pm for 11 years plus at a cost of \u00a34 per person.\nBird Box and Bee B&B Making\nAugust 11 and 18, at the Oasis Centre, Longfellow Drive, Worksop, S81 0DE, 12.30pm to 2.30pm for under tens and 3pm to 5pm for 11 years plus, at a cost of \u00a34 per person.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 2151, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 290.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/list-of-countries-who-drive-on-the-left.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:28Z", "digest": "sha1:ZKFNV4UDYY6KPPSJPQ7B2YW6GJY4MOOA", "length": 3731, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.worldatlas.com", "title": "Countries That Drive on the Left - WorldAtlas.com", "raw_content": "Countries That Drive on the Left\nThis is a summary of countries who drive on the left side of the road.\nA photo of a highway in England, showing traffic driving on the left hand side.\nNearly 75% of countries in the world require drivers to drive on the right side of traffic. Although the majority drive on the right, there is no global standard driving system which causes some countries to require driving on the left. Left side drivers include the majority of former British colonies and the right drivers include US, Latin America and most European nations. The following is a summary of countries who drive on the left.\nList of Countries Who Drive on the Left\n15 Asian nations drive on the left. These countries include Hong Kong, India, Brunei, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka. The history of driving on the left in Japan began during the Edo Period (1603-1867). In 1872, the British laid out the first railway line in the country. It was left-sided and laid the foundation for left-sided driving in Japan. East Timor started driving on the left in 1976 under Indonesian rule and continues to do so today.Macau and Hong Kong, unlike Mainland China, drive on the left. Thailand was never colonized but also drives on the left.\nAfrican countries have left-sided traffic including the former British colonies of Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Botswana, Malawi, Zambia, Namibia, Swaziland, Uganda, and Tanzania. Other former British colonies including Sierra Leone and Nigeria changed to right-sided driving because they border former French colonies. Mozambique, having been colonized by the Portuguese, drives on the left even though its former European power switched to right-sided traffic in the 1920s. Mozambique borders nations which drive on the left as well. Mauritius also adheres to left-handed traffic.\nAustralia and its territories (including Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, and Norfolk Island) all drive on the left. New Zealand and its territories (The Cook Islands and Tokelau) are also included in the list of left-handed drivers. Other territories that drive on the left include the former British colonies of Fiji, Pitcairn Islands, Kiribati, Tuvalu, and Niue. Nauru, Samoa, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, and Solomon Islands also have left-sided traffic.\nThe first legislation to make traffic left-sided in the UK was made in 18th century in London. This law required that traffic on the London Bridge keep left. The Highway Act of 1835 made this law applicable in the British Empire. Although most European countries switched to right-sided traffic in the 20th century, the UK still continues to drive on the left. Guernsey, the Isle of Man in addition to Jersey, being Crown Dependencies of the UK, also keep left. Ireland, Malta, and Cyprus have left-sided traffic as well.\nThe UK Overseas Territories in the West Indies keep left which are Anguilla, Turks and Caicos Islands, Montserrat, Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands. Countries formerly part of the British Empire that drive on the left side include Saint Kitts and Nevis, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Saint Lucia, Bahamas, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, and Grenada. The U.S. Virgin Islands also have left-sided traffic.\nHistory of Left-Sided Traffic\nHistorically, the majority of the human population has always been right-handed. It is theorized that left-handed traffic began in the days of horse travel. The left-sided position but them at the advantage of having easy access to their sword with their right-handed in case of an enemy encounter.\n\ufeffPlaces With Left-Hand Drive\nCan Left- Or Right-Handedness Influence Personality And Behavior?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 208, "original_length": 6574, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 144.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.worldatlas.com/na/us/ia/c-jackson-county-iowa.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:02Z", "digest": "sha1:THAQIWWQARUKFTW4WT5HY3PGE7YEDF6U", "length": 788, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.worldatlas.com", "title": "Jackson County, Iowa / Map of Jackson County, IA / Where is Jackson County?", "raw_content": "Where is Jackson County, Iowa?\nLocation of Jackson County within the state of Iowa\nJackson County is a county equivalent area found in Iowa, USA. The county government of Jackson is found in the county seat of Maquoketa.\nWith a total 1,682.47 sq. km of land and water area, Jackson County, Iowa is the 1578th largest county equivalent area in the United States. Home to 19,482 people, Jackson County has a total 9412 households earning 46467 on average per year.\nJackson County, Iowa - Quick Facts\nMajor Cities Maquoketa (population: 8,598), Bellevue (population: 5,095), Preston (population: 1,597), Sabula (population: 1,120), La Motte (population: 935), Miles (population: 841), Zwingle (population: 783), Andrew (population: 431), Monmouth (population: 394), Baldwin (population: 380)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 137, "original_length": 3299, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 191.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.worldofchemicals.com/Chemicals/Pharmaceutical/id-21.html?lst=trt&page=190", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:50Z", "digest": "sha1:UAYAUH55WUFQFYM652D2IDPLPLVREMRV", "length": 3016, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.worldofchemicals.com", "title": "Buy pharmaceutical chemicals online | pharmaceutical chemicals manufacturers | pharmaceutical chemicals suppliers - Worldofchemicals", "raw_content": "Lauroyl Chloride\nLauroyl chloride is used for making aroma compounds, surfactants, pesticides pharmaceuticals and other organic compounds such as textile auxiliaries, emulsifiers.\nLauryl Alcohol is an oleochemical, produced industrially from coconut oil, palm kernel oil. Hydrogenation of methyl esters, Ziegler process are the other industrial methods to produce lauryl alcohol. Chemically it is a 12 carbon atom chain saturated fatty acid and used to make emollient in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, food additive, surfactants and lubricating oils\nLavender oil is an essential oil obtained by distillation from the flower spikes of certain species of lavender. Lavender flower oil is a designation of the National Formulary and the British Pharmacopoeia. Like all essential oils, it is not a pure compound; it is a complex mixture of naturally occurring phytochemicals, including linalool and linalyl acetate. Kashmir Lavender oil is famous for being produced from lavender at the foothills of the Himalayas. As of 2011, the biggest lavender oil producer in the world is Bulgaria. Lavender oil, which has long been used in the production of perfume, can also be used in aromatherapy. It may also be used as a mosquito repellent when worn as perfume or when added to lotions or hair products. It is also said to treat a variety of common ailments, such as sunburn and sunstroke. It can also be used in massage oil mixtures, which may be effective in the relief of joint and muscle pain, or in chest rub mixtures for the relief of asthmatic and bronchitic spasm. It is also said to treat head lice when used in a hair rinse mixture, or on a fine comb to eliminate nits.\nLazabemide is a reversible and selective inhibitor of monoamine oxidase B which is used as an antiparkinsonian agent.\nLead Acetate Trihydrate is used in cosmetics.It is used to detect the poisonous gas hydrogen sulfide.It is used as an astringent, in the form of Goulard's Extract.\nLecithin is a generic term to designate any group of yellow-brownish fatty substances occurring in animal and plant tissues, and in egg yolk, composed of phosphoric acid, choline, fatty acids, glycerol, glycolipids, triglycerides, and phospholipids. It is sold as a food supplement and for medical uses. In cooking, it is sometimes used as an emulsifier and to prevent sticking.\nLedipasvir CP >99%\nLedipasvir is in the treatment of HCV and mixed use with Sofosbuvir\nLemongrass Oil is extracted from Cymbopogon citratus commonly known as lemongrass It is used in food flavoring, Pharmaceutical aid, health tonics, as a natural insecticide, ayurvedic and herbal preparations.\nLenalidomide is used for immunomodulatory drug, analog of Thalidomide.\nLeonurine is one of the chemical constituents of the South African plant Leonotis leonurus. It is a psychoactive alkaloid found in species Leonotis nepetifolia, Leonotis artemisia as well as other plants of family Lamiaceae. It is easily extracted into water, as well as from the effective component of Leonurus sibiricus.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 99, "original_length": 4847, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 178.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.worldpipelines.com/business-news/11062018/eia-predicts-gas-infrastructure-problems-this-summer-in-southern-california/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:23:09Z", "digest": "sha1:ZFBZPF4YSTX2YD4QKCDBGLKO6KMM7ABB", "length": 3496, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.worldpipelines.com", "title": "EIA predicts gas infrastructure problems this summer in southern California | World Pipelines", "raw_content": "EIA predicts gas infrastructure problems this summer in southern California\nWorld Pipelines, Monday, 11 June 2018 10:00\nRegional natural gas infrastructure issues in southern California could affect electricity reliability this summer, according to separate studies recently released by the Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) and the Aliso Canyon Technical Assessment Group. Depending on natural gas infrastructure changes and storage operations this summer, these issues could also have implications for the upcoming winter.\nThe Aliso Canyon Technical Assessment Group, which includes the California Public Utility Commission, the California Energy Commission, the California Independent System Operator, and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, concluded that base case total system deliverability capacity \u2013 a combination of the natural gas pipeline system and the deliverability capacity of non-Aliso storage working gas \u2013 is slightly lower than 3.6 billion ft3/d this summer, or 0.2 billion ft3/d lower than last summer when pipeline outages curtailed deliverability.\nIf daily natural gas demand exceeds 3.6 billion ft3/d \u2013 which is relatively common in winter months but has occurred only once in the past five summers\u2014some natural gas deliveries to electric generators may need to be curtailed.\nSince October 2017, SoCalGas has experienced a series of planned and unplanned natural gas pipeline outages that have reduced the ability to bring natural gas into southern California. According to the 7 May 2018 SoCalGas maintenance schedule, pipeline repairs are not expected to be completed until the end of summer, with key pipelines \u2013 Lines 4000, 235-2, and 2000 \u2013 showing no scheduled completion date. Pipeline capacity for summer 2018 is about 0.53 billion ft3/d lower than at this time last summer, but storage deliverability is about 0.4 billion ft3/d higher.\nNatural gas inventories in southern California are typically refilled over the summer months. However, electricity demand is higher in the summer months, and natural gas is a key fuel source for electric power generation in southern California. According to SoCalGas, the current outages leave the company with insufficient capacity to both serve customer demand and to refill storage inventories.\nThe timing and extent of refilling natural gas at SoCalGas\u2019 storage fields have changed since a leak at the Aliso Canyon storage complex was discovered in October 2015. Aliso Canyon, previously the second-largest natural gas storage facility in the US, had its capacity reduced from 86 billion ft3 to about 25 billion ft3 as a result of the leak. The total capacity of the four storage facilities in the SoCalGas service territory declined from 136 billion ft3 to 74 billion ft3.\nThe Assessment Group\u2019s report issued a series of recommendations to help Southern California address reliability challenges, including:\nImporting LNG through the Otay Mesa receipt point at the San Diego-Mexico border.\nCo-ordinating with natural gas customers to ensure they are prepared to respond to high and low operational flow orders to maintain system balance.\nExpediting any pending electricity transmission upgrades.\nTaking advantage of demand response pilot projects.\nExploring an increase in the maximum target inventory \u2013 or storage capacity \u2013 at Aliso Canyon.\nRead the article online at: https://www.worldpipelines.com/business-news/11062018/eia-predicts-gas-infrastructure-problems-this-summer-in-southern-california/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 99, "original_length": 5406, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 289.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.worldsoccer.com/features/european-championships-france-1960-334888", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:47Z", "digest": "sha1:PTD7A7HD2RIW7V4O4DALVSBK2JSLC4EH", "length": 2745, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.worldsoccer.com", "title": "European Championships retrospective: France 1960 - World Soccer", "raw_content": "European Championships retrospective: France 1960\nTAGS: European Championships: France 1960\nSoviets claim first title\nThe first European Nations Cup, as it was originally known, was by no means a resounding success. Only 17 countries entered, with England, Italy and West Germany being among the absentees.\nSpain were the early favourites and they thrashed Poland 7-2 on aggregate in the qualifying round, with two goals apiece from Luis Suarez and Alfredo Di Stefano. They were then drawn against the USSR in the quarter-finals, which were due to be played over home-and-away legs, but Spain\u2019s dictatorial leader, General Franco, barred the Soviets from entering the country. The tie was therefore awarded to the Soviet Union by default and they travelled to France for the finals tournament.\nFrance was an appropriate host of the first finals as it was a Frenchman, Henri Delaunay, who had originally proposed the idea of a European Championship to FIFA, back in 1927. However, the world governing body preferred to pursue its plan for a World Cup and Delaunay, who was UEFA\u2019s first general secretary, died in 1955 before he could see his idea come to fruition.\nFrance, who had beaten Austria 9-4 on aggregate in the quarter-finals, met Yugoslavia in the semis without Just Fontaine, top scorer at the 1958 World Cup, and playmaker Raymond Kopa, and led 4-2 with 15 minutes to play. But Yugoslavia scored three times in an amazing last quarter of an hour to reach the Final.\nIn the other semi, the USSR, led by legendary goalkeeper Lev Yashin, beat Czechoslovakia 3-0 in Marseille.\nThe Final, played at the Parc des Princes, was a tight affair, with Yashin in outstanding form. The match went to extra time and Viktor Ponedelnik snatched the winner late in the game.\nGeneral Franco refused to let Spain compete against the USSR in the quarter-finals due to the Soviet Union\u2019s support of the Second Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil War.\nSpain\u2019s withdrawal from the competition therefore left three communist countries in the finals tournament, along with hosts France.\nThere may have been less than 18,000 in the Parc des Princes to see the USSR win the first Final, but when they set out on the road to Paris \u2013 beating Hungary 3-1 in 1958 in the home leg of their first-round game \u2013 they were watched by 100,572 people at the Lenin Stadium in Moscow.\nRef is a knockout\nEnglish referee Arthur Ellis, who took charge of the Nations Cup Final at the Parc des Princes, also officiated in the first European Cup Final, at the same venue, in 1956.\nAfter retiring from football, Ellis later found fame as a referee on the TV gameshow It\u2019s a Knockout.\nJuly 10 \u2013 Paris\nUSSR 2 (Metreveli 49, Ponedelnik 114)\nYugoslavia 1 (Galic 41)\nRef: Ellis (Eng)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 123, "original_length": 5555, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 175.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.wrestlingexpress.net/uncategorized/why-patience-as-wrestling-fan-is-important", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:05Z", "digest": "sha1:HG7CNFEEW2QSKP3XA5AHR5LBIW7HPROK", "length": 2285, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.wrestlingexpress.net", "title": "Why Patience as Wrestling Fan is Important - WRESTLING EXPRESS", "raw_content": "Why Patience as Wrestling Fan is Important\nOver the years wrestling has had a tendency to depend on the storytelling and patience that a feud would always reach a plateau and an end. In recent years the WWE has really made it seem like the fans make it difficult to allow for long term booking. Often over the last few months a lot of us have been hearing opinions from legends like Edge who has put over how important long term booking can be. On an episode of Edge & Christian's podcast Edge would bring up the booking of Samoa Joe and how it is clear that the WWE do not have a long term booking plan in place.\n\u200bFact of the matter is that some fans would attribute the lack of long term planning to the fact that no companies are in direct competition with one another warranting the concept of long term planning. I also will say that this isn't just about the WWE either as every company other than New Japan Pro-Wrestling. The booking decisions made by United States wrestling promotions nowadays is an indication of how the world has changed over the years. The reason I use that logic is because people today in particular young people don't have the attention span of the previous generation and a lot of fans look as wrestling as a joke more than a serious profession.\n\u200bIn my opinion, I think that the reason why long term booking has went away in the world of wrestling is because it allows companies to now change plans on a dime rather than having to work harder to make new plans. This is not my way of saying the writers today are lazy it's more the idea of that they may not have enough of a background in wrestling or certain people are micro-managing their companies a little bit too much.\n\u200bHowever, there is a reason that Daniel Bryan's push to the World Title heading into WrestleMania 30 was amazing. There is a reason why Kevin Steen vs El Generico in Ring of Honor was the greatest feud in ROH history. One last one and that is there is a reason why the Invasion is considered such a flop and that is because it felt like it was rushed. But the first two have one thing in common and that is how long in advanced they were booked and how the patience in booking was rewarded. Those first two are the reason why long term booking does actually work if done right.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 103, "original_length": 3649, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 272.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.writemysite.co.uk/measure-effectiveness-content-marketing/2017/11/06/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:33Z", "digest": "sha1:L74TCBPTWHE75HX6CTP4ULRY5EAGUHU6", "length": 4541, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "www.writemysite.co.uk", "title": "Measure the effectiveness of your content marketing - Blogs | Write My Site", "raw_content": "One big quibble people have is that it can be tricky to measure the effectiveness of your content marketing. Because of this, many believe the entire concept isn\u2019t worthwhile. However, this is far from true!\nIt\u2019s easier than ever before to measure the effectiveness of your content marketing efforts. You just need to know how to go about it \u2026 That\u2019s where we come in! So, pencils at the ready, let\u2019s go!\nWhy do you need to measure the effectiveness of your content marketing?\nIf you measure the effectiveness of your content marketing, you can prove the impact it has. This will make it easier for people to appreciate its power. It might also help you win a bigger budget for next year!\nAccurate measurement can identify where you should make changes in your content strategy. If a certain style or type of content isn\u2019t effective, then ditch it. If another kind comes up trumps, create more content like it and add it to your list for repurposing!\nIn a nutshell, if you measure the effectiveness of your content marketing you can make informed decisions and gain valuable insights into visitor behaviour. You\u2019ll also increase brand awareness and (eventually) overall revenue \u2026 who could refuse that?\n1. Identify the goal of your content marketing\nBefore you do anything, you need to work out what your goal is. Otherwise, you won\u2019t know if your content has been effective or, in fact, if you\u2019ve achieved anything at all.\nYour goal should be:\n2. Choose the key metrics you need to measure\nEvery content marketer will have a different idea about which KPIs are most important. Luckily for you, HubSpot has created a handy infographic showing the ones you should try to measure the effectiveness of your content marketing.\nLinks and authority\nOnce you have those basics covered, you can pick more specific KPIs that relate to your goal.\nFor example, imagine your goal is to get 10% more returning visitors to your page. Here, you will need to look specifically at (and measure) returning visitors\u2019 stats.\nOnce you\u2019ve established your key metrics to measure the effectiveness of your content marketing, create a spreadsheet that lists them. This will come in handy later.\n3. Work out how you\u2019re going to measure them\nYour first port of call should be Google Analytics \u2013 it\u2019s a great source of information. It will give you a wealth of information about your site in an easy-to-read format. Unfortunately, it doesn\u2019t cover everything, so you\u2019ll need to look in other places too.\nMost major social media sites have their own in-built analytics platforms. Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn certainly do, but sadly they don\u2019t talk to each other. This means you\u2019ll have to manually add your social KPIs together, or find an app to do it for you.\nPlugins can be used to assess links and authority, so shop around for the best one.\nYour CMS should be able to track leads, especially if it has user analytics capabilities and talks to Google Analytics. However, if your system isn\u2019t up to scratch (or you don\u2019t have one), this can all be done by hand.\n4. Create a baseline\nYou can\u2019t measure something if you don\u2019t have a starting-point. So, go back to the spreadsheet you created and start filling in the KPI information as it stands today.\nThis can be in numeric form, or you can include charts and graphs to make it easier to understand. However, remember you\u2019ll have to follow the same format every time you measure the effectiveness of your content marketing, so don\u2019t do overdo it! It can become quite time-consuming.\nYour baseline will form the first page in the report where you measure the effectiveness of your content marketing. See, it was pretty simple, right?\n5. Measure the effectiveness of your content marketing regularly\nThere\u2019s no magic formula for how often you should measure the effectiveness of your content marketing. However, you should always keep an eye on your stats, even if you\u2019re not actively reporting on them that day.\nWe\u2019d suggest doing an official report once a month. That way you\u2019ll gain an accurate overview of how your content is performing and it won\u2019t take up too much of your time.\nAfter a few months, you can collate it all into a neat presentation, show your boss and prove how worthwhile your content marketing strategy is. You can easily measure the effectiveness of your content marketing and you don\u2019t need a degree in statistics to do it! Why not try it today?\nUse top-notch written content to improve the user experience\nContent Marketing, content marketing ROI, Content Strategy, Effectiveness, KPI, ROI", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 156, "original_length": 8248, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 262.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.wtf.com/threads/spring-fucking-break.132/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:18:51Z", "digest": "sha1:IHB624KVRQFBELRAJWDTXWWYLG4QIIEZ", "length": 1456, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.wtf.com", "title": "Spring Fucking Break!!!!!!!!!!!! | WTF!?", "raw_content": "Spring Fucking Break!!!!!!!!!!!!\nIt\"s Time To Party, Get Drunk, Get Boobs In Your Face, And Run Around Naked Like It\"s 1969!!!!!!!!!! Wooo Hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\nToo bad you don't get spring break in real life.\nthis spring is really broken ... FU\nI live in Florida, Spring Break is a year 'round event.Then one week out of the year we have a bunch of party crashers arrive to help out with the festivities\nNo shit. I want to take the week off, and not burn 50% of my vacation. Hell, having a couple months off in the summer wouldn't be bad, either.\nAmen... !! Fuck I still think they should just add another day to the week. You work ten hour day. 4 on and 4 off.. Then you at least have half a life..\ntotally. That goes into the \"how things would (will) be different if (when) I ruled (rule) the world\" category. Mwuhahahaha\nThat said, I have gotten no work done since that last post. No, instead I've been sitting in my cube staring out the window (staring at the squirrels - and they are merry), wondering how one could make the \"take the summers off\" thing work. Obviously all businesses couldn't just shut down for 3 months. With that in mind, I'll gladly volunteer to take November - January off (such the team player I am). I want my 3 month sabatacle now. Should never have left Intel dammit (tho I hear they've done away with the sabatacles)\nspring fucking break alright... time to do... absolutely nothing. whee", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 139, "original_length": 4500, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 303.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ymca-berkscounty.org/news/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:16Z", "digest": "sha1:ES3IFI63RUELCZWMEYWY7K6GAHENZTS7", "length": 273, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.ymca-berkscounty.org", "title": "News / Events \u2013 YMCA Berks County", "raw_content": "Tuesday, April 30, 2019 \u2013 Program begins at 7:30 AM Honoring\u20262019 Champion for Youth John H. 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We serve approximately 665,000 customers.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 101, "original_length": 2431, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 290.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://yesmeansyesblog.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/on-mr-foxs-application-for-a-security-position-at-the-poultry-facility/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:32Z", "digest": "sha1:7LBP4IX7UXT5CFHEDCY5PJV2QB664TXG", "length": 6566, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "yesmeansyesblog.wordpress.com", "title": "On Mr. Fox\u2019s Application For A Security Position At The Poultry Facility |", "raw_content": "On Mr. Fox\u2019s Application For A Security Position At The Poultry Facility\nSo a US Army NCO in charge of a sexual assault prevention program has been suspended and is being investigated for sexually abusive conduct. No name has been released, but the conduct is being investigated as a criminal matter, and involves \u201cpandering\u201d and abuse of a subordinate. This comes just days after the Air Force officer in charge of the entire branch\u2019s sexual assault prevention program, Lt. Col. Jeff Krusinski, was arrested for sexually assaulting a woman in a parking lot.\nThere are several ways to read this. One, of course, is that since the US armed forces have such pervasive problems with rape, rape reporting and rape prosecution, it isn\u2019t particularly noteworthy. If you assume that the armed forces are basically a pack of rapists and rape-apologists, then it even a completely random selection of people to staff anti-rape positions would end up with a lot of rapists and rape apologists. Weighing against that is that psychologist Stephanie McWhorter, studying US Navy entrants in 2009, found rates of undetected rapists and repeat rapists not too different from a similar study of a civilian population. (As an aside, I hope someone on Senator Gillibrand\u2019s staff has a well-thumbed copy of this. It would seem to me to be an indispensable piece of information in dealing with sexual assault in the armed forces.)\nAnother way to read this is that the people in sexual assault prevention positions get there because many commanders are rape apologists and they want to put people who share their attitudes in positions to control antirape work within the armed forces. That is supported somewhat by the history of commanders reversing jury convictions for sexual assault (see the end of the first linked article, which recounts in brief the stories both about Lt. Gen. Craig Franklin in Aviano, Italy, and Lt. Gen. Susan Helms, whose appointment to Space Command is being held up by Sen. McCaskill for just this reason.)\nThere\u2019s a third way to read this, and perhaps I\u2019m being uncharacteristically charitable to the brass by saying it\u2019s plausible, but it\u2019s a real problem. Anyone who has read a spy novel knows that the safest place for a mole is to be tasked with finding the mole. This isn\u2019t just in fiction. Remember Robert Hanssen? In the 1980s, he gave the KGB the names of three of its agents that the FBI had flipped; two were executed. He was then tasked with figuring out where the leak came from; he was supposed to find himself. His spy career lasted 22 years.\nTo bring this from the realm of spy versus spy back to sexual assault, one thing that those of us who write about and work on sexual assault issues in kinky communities discuss is that some of the predators seek to clothe themselves in as much \u201csocial proof\u201d as possible. Some of this is just the prosaic stuff of being a joiner and a presenter and having lots of friends. As M. Lunas at Disrupting Dinner Parties recently wrote, looking at data from one anonymous database of allegations of consent violations among Fetlife accountholders (the tool I wrote about here, all caveats apply), that paid supporters appeared to be significantly overrepresented among those with complaints against them. This is itself evidence that can mean a lot of things; but it is a piece of the overall puzzle. I\u2019ve talked at some length about scene reputation and social proof and the predators\u2019 use of it in the There\u2019s A War On series, particularly Part 3.\nBut more than just general social proof, the folks who have a pattern and practice of various kinds of predatory conduct might specifically seek to portray themselves as the biggest opponents of the predators. We\u2019ve seen that before. See also the long cautionary tale epitomized by this person.\nIt\u2019s a grim and mistrustful thing to say, but when someone says, \u201cI really want to guard the henhouse,\u201d it is necessary to evaluate whether they\u2019re the fox. To the extent that\u2019s what is at work, I can\u2019t particularly fault the armed forces, because it\u2019s a social reality that catches us unaware in so many aspects of human life.\n\u2190 The Scarlet D: The Accusation of Deviance\nPaglia: If You Can\u2019t Stand Her, Come Sit By Me.* \u2192\nMegpie71 permalink\nDon\u2019t we see this sort of thing happening in a lot of other areas as well? Things like paedophiles becoming sporting coaches or youth group leaders (supplies them firstly with ready access to victims, and secondly with that cloak of social respectability), or even in some cases, priests in a notoriously celibate religious grouping (again, more social camouflage). Habitual bullies tend to seek out areas where they\u2019re going to find themselves a supply of people to be bullied (eg the police force and the army, business middle management roles) and where their status or authority will act as a counter-lever in any accusations of bullying.\nIt ties in to Predator Theory, and it ties into general psychology as a whole: people will tend to repeat behaviours which give them satisfaction. People also tend to prefer to operate within a space where their activities are socially sanctioned. This means people will do their best to get into places where they can repeat those behaviours which satisfy them without social criticism. Finding a social role in which (certain aspects of) their satisfying behaviours are lauded, encouraged and respected is a real plus.\nThanks for the link! Great post; very insightful.\nAccording to Thomas Ricks, a well-regarded defense reporter, \u201cFor years, the services have been dumping non-performers into EO and sexual harassment billets.\u201d\nhttp://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/05/16/mchales_pentagon\nAs a former military member, I can say that this has been a huge problem. People are trained about sexual harassment and rape prevention, but it doesn\u2019t seem to do any good. We had sexual harasser in our unit, but nobody called him out on it and nobody reported him. Here is how the silencing process works: The guys in the unit will make comments like, \u201cI don\u2019t dare tell a woman that her uniform looks sharp these days, because she\u2019ll report me for sexual harassment!\u201d \u201cYou\u2019d better not make any jokes when women are around, or you\u2019ll get reported for sexual harassment!\u201d \u201cSome women just report guys for sexual harassment out of spite!\u201d\nOkay, ladies, show of hands! Who wants to be the Spiteful Bitch who ruins some poor guys career with sexual harassment charges?\nAnd The OTHER War \u2013 On Women, Continues A-pace in Ectopia | herlander-walking\nRape Chronicles | herlander-walking", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 209, "original_length": 10426, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 324.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://yinkahdinay.wordpress.com/tag/hermeneutics/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:43:28Z", "digest": "sha1:ZBI6P7DAIIKTWZUJ3JKWBKU4DY72T7FA", "length": 26307, "nlines": 56, "source_domain": "yinkahdinay.wordpress.com", "title": "Hermeneutics | YINKAHDINAY", "raw_content": "Look at the picture above. What do you see? Some of you will automatically see a beautiful young woman from a different era. Others will see a decrepit old lady. If you look long enough, you will soon see both. This is a powerful illustration of how different people will see the same picture and see different things. Though you see something different from the next person, you\u2019re both right. People can reach different conclusions and no one is wrong. We\u2019re just seeing the same thing from different perspectives. Similarly, people will read the same Bible passage and reach different conclusions. Yet, no one is wrong. Two readers can reach two different conclusions and they can both be right. Just like with the illustration above, parts of the Bible lend themselves to more than one correct conclusion. As we come to see that, we come to embrace one another and live in unity together, not merely tolerating one another, but actually affirming one another.\nReally? If you think that Bredenhof has finally come to his senses, you need to read further. If you think that I\u2019m buying into that manner of thinking, I can assure you I\u2019m not.\nTo begin with, we need to recognize something about that illustration above. It was designed so that people would reach two different conclusions. Whoever created it did so with the intention of portraying both a young woman and an old lady. This illusion was no accident. Because of the intention of the creator, the person who says that it only portrays a young woman is just as wrong as the person who says that it only portrays an old lady. The person who says that it portrays a young woman is just as correct as the person who says that it portrays an old lady, but neither is as correct as the person who says that it portrays both. The intention was to get people to see both.\nBut what if the person who created a portrait only intended it to be understood one way? What if his intention was to portray one thing and one thing only? Now, what if a vast majority of people had an eye-defect which prevented them from seeing only the one thing that the creator intended to portray? This eye-defect is what creates illusions. But then, further, what if the artist had a pair of corrective lenses that he could give to viewers of his portrait, so that, with these lenses, they see only what he wants them to see? With these corrective lenses, viewers would comprehend the sole correct meaning of the portrait. That changes the situation quite drastically, doesn\u2019t it?\nLet\u2019s go to the Bible for an illustration. In 1 Thessalonians 1:10, the apostle Paul writes that the Thessalonian Christians are waiting for the return of Jesus from heaven. He adds that this Jesus is the one whom God raised from the dead: \u201c\u2026whom he raised from the dead\u2026\u201d Now someone might approach that passage and say, \u201cIt\u2019s like the illustration of the old lady and the young woman\u2026\u201d To which we must immediately reply, \u201cOh, you mean the illusion of the old lady and the young woman?\u201d Someone might say, \u201cYou could take this literally and say that Paul believes that the heart of Jesus started pumping blood again on Easter Sunday, but you could equally say that Paul is teaching that Jesus came to life again in the hearts of his disciples. Both could be correct.\u201d Really? What this fails to see is that we are not dealing merely with the words of man, but the infallible Word of God. The nature of God must factor into this. The God of truth does not lie or create illusions. The problem is with man. The problem is that we have not only an \u201ceye-defect,\u201d but also a heart-defect. Since we are inclined to hate God, we are inclined also to misread his Word and see what we want to see.\nGod corrects our heart-defect with his Spirit. His Holy Spirit, who inspired the Word in the first place, gives us the desire to understand God\u2019s Word as he intends it to be understood. God has promised that the Spirit of Truth will lead us to his truth (John 16:13). Therefore, the Christian says, \u201cFather, help me with your Spirit to understand what you mean in your Word. Help me not to see illusions, but the true reality.\u201d This is a prayer that pleases God and will be heard by him.\nGod answers our prayer and helps us to see the true reality with his \u201ccorrective lenses.\u201d His Spirit leads his children to put on these corrective lenses so that our \u201ceye-defect\u201d can be addressed. What are these corrective lenses? It\u2019s the rest of his Word. If we\u2019re looking at 1 Thessalonians 1:10, a faithful Christian is going to go elsewhere in Scripture to help us understand this teaching in the correct way. For example, we go to 1 Corinthians 15. In that passage, the Holy Spirit is adamant that Jesus rose from the dead and this was not felt in the hearts of his followers, but seen with their eyes (1 Cor. 15:3-8). In John\u2019s gospel, the disciples touch Jesus and he eats with them \u2014 this did not happen in their hearts. There is only one correct understanding of 1 Thessalonians 1:10 \u2014 Jesus physically rose from the dead on Easter Sunday. This was history. This is no illusion. It really happened as plainly described by God in his Word.\nThere are still difficult passages in Scripture where we struggle to reach the correct conclusion. As a preacher, I have occasionally encountered passages where I have to honestly say, \u201cI\u2019m not sure.\u201d There are some passages where faithful Christians do reach different conclusions, even with the Spirit filling them and leading them to put on the corrective lenses. But that still does not mean that all the different conclusions are equally legitimate. Some are wrong and some are right or some are more wrong and some are more right. Even if we can\u2019t perceive it, this is the way things are. The God of truth is still speaking in this Word and his intention is not to offer illusions to confuse us, but absolute truth to encourage us (John 17:17).\nThe most important thing to realize is that the Bible is ultimately not a human book. In the final analysis, this is God\u2019s book. Yes, there are 66 books where various human authors were involved, but behind them all was one Author. In every chapter, every verse, even every word, this one Author has his intentions. The unregenerate will not discern those intentions, certainly not with any consistency. Christians can and will. Our calling as Christians is to prayerfully follow the Spirit by putting on the corrective lenses of the Word, comparing Scripture with Scripture, and thereby striving to faithfully discern what our Father intends to say. The inerrant Word must always be our guide, also when it comes to understanding the Word.\n\u201cFor with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light.\u201d Psalm 36:9\nComments Off on Seeing Clearly\t| tags: Hermeneutics, old lady young woman illusion, truth\t| posted in Scripture\nAdvice of Dr. J. Van Bruggen to Synod Ede 2014 on Women in Office\nI have written recently about the decisions made by the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands at Synod Ede 2014, specifically decisions relating to women in office. As part of the decision-making process, the synod asked a number of experts for advice. One of those experts was the retired professor of New Testament, Dr. J. Van Bruggen. Jaap and Arjen Vreugdenhil have translated this letter and, thanks to their efforts, I can share it with you here. It\u2019s definitely worth a read. Dr. Van Bruggen is certainly not alone in his protest against these developments in our Dutch sister churches.\nTo the General Synod of the Gereformeerde Kerken in Nederland, Ede 2014.\nYour assembly asked me to comment on the report, Men And Women In The Service Of The Gospel. It should be short, I was told. It can only be short if we focus on the essentials.\nIt is certainly tempting for your assembly at this time to go along with the committee and to adopt their proposal: \u201cThe view that beside men, women also may serve in the offices of the church, as described in this report, fits within the spectrum of what may be characterized as biblical and Reformed\u201d. By taking this decision, you would meet the sentiments of many and remove difficulties in the relations with the NGK, and in approving of some missionary projects. (The report also repeatedly stresses these benefits.)\nBut before these \u2018benefits\u2019 move you to consent to this report, you should consider what price you will have to pay.\nAfter all, it cannot be denied that our Apostle Paul, guided by the Holy Spirit, requires of us, in the organization of congregational life, to take into account the different creation of man and woman (1 Timothy 2:13; compare the reference to the Law [in this case Genesis 1-2] in 1 Corinthians 14:34b, and 1 Corinthians 11:8-9:12), as well as the reality of the history of sin in paradise (1 Timothy 2:14).\nIt is our responsibility to account for this in later times with very different organization of congregations in various times and countries. Worldwide and through all earlier centuries, this brought the churches to distinguish between offices that man ought to fulfill, and other tasks that belong specifically to the woman, or to man and woman together.\nTraditionally, the Reformed Churches also aligned to this custom and practice of all congregations (for such alignment, compare 1 Corinthians 11:16, 14:33, 36). The Reformed Churches (liberated) reaffirmed that alignment in 1993, when at the introduction of women\u2019s right to vote they stated in the grounds that this does not concern an act of government.\nThe committee does not justify their departure from this argument in this fairly recent decision of a synod of their own federation. That is odd, but not incomprehensible. Underlying the decision of the Synod of Ommen 1993 was a consideration of how the Bible speaks to us today concerning the offices in the Church. It was summarized as \u201cgoverning\u201d. The committees no longer enter into a discussion of this kind, because they deem the Apostle\u2019s instruction on this matter not directly relevant for us today.\nPaul, an apostle of our Lord Jesus Christ, was convinced that \u201cevery Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable to teach, to refute errors and mistakes and to educate a virtuous life\u201d (2 Tim. 3:16). On the basis of this conviction he also wrote, using Genesis 1-3, about the organization of church life. He reasoned from the Holy Scriptures to the congregations that they should be trained in piety and virtue (see Acts 20:28-32).\nThe committee report presents a very different picture. Paul allegedly used the Scriptures as a source for arguments when describing what impression the congregations make on their surroundings. If this were true, we modern Christians, through a similar reasoning, might arrive at very different conclusion, to adjust to what our culture perceives as normal.\nPage 24 of the report shows how detrimental this concept of \u2018context\u2019 may be for the unity of God\u2019s redemptive history and for the authority of the apostolic word. There we read the following:\nIn 1 Timothy 2 [Paul] does not appeal to a specific given from Scripture (\u201cScripture says\u2026\u201d), but he reminds us of the story of Adam and Eve as a historic event: creation, fall, redemption. Such a reminder of a historic event, even at the beginning of history, is not a normative appeal to the precepts of God. In a similar way, Peter confronts his female readers with the example of Sarah, who addressed her husband as \u2018my master\u2019 (1 Peter 3:5-6; see Genesis 18:12). In 1 Timothy 2:13 (\u201cFor Adam was formed first, then Eve\u201d), Paul uses the situation in Paradise to point Timothy and his church in their situation in the right direction. In doing so, he interprets the order of creation events as an order of rank. While the notion of a created order of rank, in which each person was assigned his or her proper position, fit well with the existing social patterns of the day, in our situation such an idea feels foreign. Thus the use of this argument, too, is coloured by its context.\n1. The beginning of this quotation immediately raises questions. Why would an appeal to God\u2019s history in creation and redemption not be a \u2018given from Scripture\u2019? Why would a reminder of a \u2018historical event\u2019 have no normative value? God\u2019s history with his people \u201ctook place as an example, for us\u201d, Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 10:6. Paul and Peter point to the examples of Adam and Eve and Sarah because they provided men and women with models for their own behavior. The work of the Creator and the attitude of Sarah are instructive for us, Christians\u2014according to the apostles of Jesus Christ!\n2. Precisely because Paul writes as \u201ccommissioned by God\u201d (1 Timothy 1:1), it is strange that the quotation speaks about his words to Timothy and Ephesus in such a humanistic and limited way. They write that Paul \u201cuses the situation in paradise to point Timothy in the right direction\u201d. Paul would be \u2018interpreting\u2019 the creation sequence as an order of rank. That is, in 1 Timothy 2:13 we are dealing with an example from creation, but with an interpretation by Paul that is not in the Bible (Genesis), but which he adds to adjust to what \u201cfits well with the existing social pattern\u201d. In other words, we owe the example of \u2018rank\u2019 not to Genesis 2, but to society in the first century A.D., and Paul employs Genesis 2 to suggest that this \u2018ranking\u2019 was actually created! This means that the apostle of our Lord Jesus Christ, in fact, would have abused Scripture in his reference to Genesis 2.\n3. Despite all the good words in the report on the authority of Scripture, the quotation above implies that 1 Timothy 2:13 has no authority for us, because it is Paul who \u2018interpreted\u2019 the creation order \u2018as a ranking\u2019, and because this interpretation was well-suited to his own time but no longer to ours. Just as the prevalence of a certain view inspired Paul to make a specific use of a past situation (Paradise), so the \u2018foreignness\u2019 of this idea in our own time might move us to dismiss the word of Paul, as something that has only been valuable in the past.\nWhen we leave these words of our apostle behind us, in the context of his own time, and focus on the context in which we live ourselves, we arrive at a dead end. For which culture becomes our norm? That of D-66 [politically bland, AVr] Netherlands, or certain subcultures of Amsterdam or Utrecht? The Kampen ethics professor recently wrote that churches in Muslim countries might have to deal very differently with women in office, in order to obtain the same effect of giving no offense. But what impression does the church give to the 16.9% Muslims in the Netherlands?\nThankfully the Lord through the Scriptures puts us on the continuing road of his own history, and his goal is to express this in his church. In the eyes of the world she will share in their attitude to the gospel: foolishness to Greeks! How good it is that we, Christians, precisely on the basis of the special characteristics of the church, can tell about the reality of Adam and Eve, of creation and fall of man, of love and mercy.\nAs I write this, I but wonder with some dismay whether I this write for a synod of Reformed Churches. Who would carry coals to Newcastle? Am I off-track in this letter because I fail to discuss in-depth the hermeneutics developed in the report? After all, is not this hermeneutics the justification for no longer applying the Pauline statements about Adam and Eve, creation and fall of man?\nIt was indeed first my intention to write a note about that hermeneutics, but it gradually dawned on me that this would really get my advice off-track.\n1. The elaborations presented in the report, complete with charts, do not belong in an ecclesiastical and pastoral document. This would also apply to an analytical discussion of them.\n2. One may fill many or few pages with arguments, but in the end we believers read what Paul writes, without theoretical considerations and diagrams. And then we cannot escape the fact that he urges the churches to account for Genesis 1-3 in the organization of congregational life. He never says that he uses the texts of Genesis merely as an occasional argument to remain in line with the social position of women and men in his time. How could he do so? So many centuries later, the narrative of Genesis is still decisive for the churches of the New Testament, because it is God\u2019s work and our history! Therefore, the apostle appeals to it, even though the new Christians in Ephesus were not familiar with the stories from Genesis, which sounded foreign in their culture. That is why Paul also commands the preacher Timothy to \u201ccommunicate this in his teaching\u201d at Ephesus (1 Timothy 4:11). We should therefore take his arguments seriously and allow ourselves to be taught by it (whether we find this is difficult or easy). If we fail to do so, we will not only push Paul aside, but Genesis as well! And we miss the fact that Paul is not concerned with the removal of potential offenses to unbelievers, but rather with the teaching of what is proper for women who claim to worship God (1 Timothy 2:10). Are we not descendants of our ancestors Adam and Eve in the same way as our brothers and sisters in Ephesus?\n3. When I asked your clerk what exactly was involved in this request for an advice from me as an exegete, because the report takes a decisive position on hermeneutics for the reading of Scripture, he kindly wrote back that I\u2019ve taught Hermeneutics in Kampen. Indeed, in the line of Van Andel and Greijdanus I have taught the rules for the interpretation of the Bible (classical hermeneutics) for 35 years, and over and again I have refuted the new hermeneutic: it considers the Bible as a document from the past, which must continually be infused with new meaning in new contexts. I have also written about it in Het Kompas van het Christendom and other publications. This is not so much about knowledge or information, but rather about choices and decisions.\nThe committee suggests that the line of their report is in line with the Reformed tradition (p. 20). For proof of this they mention my name. Unrightfully so: in the article cited by the committee, I was dealing with the relationship between the meaning of words and the cultural and social context. The view of the deputies has to do with a different issue, namely: the meaning of text and cultural and social context.\n4. Do I accuse the committee of bad faith? No, but rather of rashness. Perhaps some people imagine that we can say goodbye to some Pauline texts merely on the matter of men and women, and nothing else. But that is quite na\u00efve. There are at least two major shipwrecks on the beach that should be beacons to us. When the Gereformeerde Kerken (synodaal) opened up all offices for women, with an argumentation very similar to that of your committee, they really had no intention to introduce higher criticism or make the Bible inoperative. The outcry was great when Prof. Dr. H.M. Kuitert immediately declared that his synod had now legalized higher criticism. Yet he was proven right: this rash decision was later regretted by many. The same process was repeated with the Christian Reformed Churches. I am unwilling to believe that any of the committee members or synodical delegates wants this. But I do say: look at those beacons and think again! Surely you don\u2019t want this?\nAt the end of the day, it should not be difficult for your assembly to decide about the report.\na. You may declare that this report has not shown convincingly that in the organization of our church life we need no longer take into account the decisions of our apostle Paul about the difference between Adam and Eve and the significance of the fall.\nb. Furthermore, your synod may state that the report rightly devoted many good words to the service of men and women for the sake of the gospel, but that it wrongly ignored what Scripture says about what we call \u201cthe office of government\u201d (recently confirmed by the synod of Ommen, 1993).\nc. If you want to complete the discussion about this entire issue, as was the intention of the previous Synod, you may decide that no compelling reasons have been found to deviate from the practice of many centuries and of most of the churches, based on 1 Timothy 2, to assign the offices of teaching and oversight to the responsibility of the man.\nMuch more difficult than taking a decision, is a return to instructing the congregations about the importance of the history of creation and salvation in general, and about these scriptural data in particular. We have become desensitized to these realities and become more sensitive to the world around us. However, it is very important to regain this sensitivity. Only through education and example will reappear the love towards the story of Adam and Eve and the respect for what the Lord attaches to it. I\u2019m not sure if synods can decide anything about that. In any case, they cannot execute or accomplish it. The responsibility lies with those who as shepherds must lead the flock to be citizens of a kingdom this is above, and with all Christians who would persevere in their desire for a heavenly kingdom, that is not of this world.\nThe decision-making about the report takes place in an ecclesiastical reality that is adrift. I pray therefore for all of you, that you may have wisdom and courage. You will not be able to take a decision to change reality. But you can make a decision that is responsible. And the Lord can make that decision in his time and manner into a blessing for the church and the gospel, for men and women.\nWith regards and brotherly greetings,\nJ. van Bruggen\nComments Off on Advice of Dr. J. Van Bruggen to Synod Ede 2014 on Women in Office\t| tags: Hermeneutics, Jakob Van Bruggen, Reformed Churches in the Netherlands, Synod Ede 2014, Women in office, women's ordination\t| posted in Church life, Ecumenicity, Scripture\nBook Review: Gospel-Centered Hermeneutics\nThe other day I mentioned this book by Graeme Goldsworthy. Today I\u2019m reposting my review from 2007. Going through the book again, I\u2019m impressed by Goldsworthy\u2019s commitment to starting with what the Word of God says when it comes to developing principles of biblical interpretation. He doesn\u2019t call it that, but this is a Reformed approach because it honours the crucial principle of sola Scriptura. Whether it comes to apologetics, worship, ethics, hermeneutics (or anything!), we have to begin with the Bible \u2014 and the Bible alone. It\u2019s so basic to being Reformed \u2014 and it\u2019s in danger of being lost.\nGospel-Centered Hermeneutics: Foundations and Principles of Evangelical Biblical Interpretation, Graeme Goldsworthy. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2006. Hardcover, 341 pages, $20.15.\nThere is nothing more important than rightly understanding the Bible. In its essence, we believe that the Bible is a clear revelation from God. Yet because of the fall, what should be clear is many times clouded by human sin and weakness. For this reason, when there are difficulties in understanding the Scriptures, it is the divine Scriptures themselves that must shed light and lead the way.\nOne man from our own tradition who understood this was Dr. Seakle Greijdanus (1871-1948). Greijdanus was a professor of New Testament in the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands. In 1946 he published his most important work, Scripture Principles for Scripture Interpretation. In this book (a summary of which can be found here), Greijdanus drew out in detail what it means to believe that \u201cScripture interprets Scripture.\u201d We call this a presuppositional approach to hermeneutics; this approach to the science of Scripture interpretation says that we have to begin with the presupposition that the Bible is the authoritative Word of God that also speaks to this science.\nIn Gospel-Centered Hermeneutics, Graeme Goldsworthy (a retired lecturer from Moore Theological College in Sydney, Australia) follows the same presuppositional method of Greijdanus, develops it further, and applies it to our contemporary situation. In the first four chapters, Goldsworthy lays out the presuppositions for a biblical way of interpreting the Bible. While not mentioning Greijdanus, he does give credit to another Reformed theologian from our tradition who promoted presuppositional methodology, Cornelius VanTil. In the following section, the author goes through the history of hermeneutics and illustrates the various ways in which the gospel has been eclipsed through different theological and philosophical developments. In the final section, using what he developed in the first section and taking the cautions of history to heart, Goldsworthy proposes a reconstruction of \u201cevangelical hermeneutics\u201d along biblical, gospel-centered lines. He concludes with a helpful section on \u201chands-on hermeneutics,\u201d a \u201cproposed list of some important ingredients in understanding the Bible.\u201d\nThis is an important book for our age, an age (not unlike others) in which proper understanding of the Scriptures is under attack. While it is a technical book that would serve well as a text for college and seminary students, informed \u201claypeople\u201d would also benefit from Goldsworthy\u2019s gold. This is the third Goldsworthy book that I\u2019ve read in the last year (According to Plan & Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture being the others) and while the other two are also worth recommending, Gospel-Centered Hermeneutics is the best.\nComments Off on Book Review: Gospel-Centered Hermeneutics\t| tags: Cornelius Van Til, Graeme Goldsworthy, Hermeneutics, Seakle Greijdanus\t| posted in Book Reviews, Scripture\nLast night I did a brief introduction to Biblical Interpretation (hermeneutics) for my congregation. A lot of what I said was based on an excellent book by Dr. S. Greijdanus, Schriftbeginselen ter Schriftverklaring (Scripture Principles for Scripture Interpretation). Back in 2006, I blogged through this material. Eventually I put it all into a .pdf and it\u2019s been available on my resource site ever since. For last night I revised the document, improving here and there, and eliminating the typos. The new and improved edition is now available for download under \u201cTeaching Tools\u201d on the right hand side of this page. You can also get it directly by clicking here.\nLeave a comment\t| tags: Hermeneutics\t| posted in Resources, Scripture", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 247, "original_length": 35914, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 229.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://yourhumanmanual.com/b-2-11-family/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:33Z", "digest": "sha1:AI3VENWNX6GSBEMUS422NAC4R5VU5VVW", "length": 5209, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "yourhumanmanual.com", "title": "B.2.11 \u2013 Family \u2013 Your Human Manual", "raw_content": "B.2.11 \u2013 Family\nDefined Words: family\nHumans, among other animals, have developed love as an adaptation to ensure the safety of an entire group. Those individuals who had a strong attachment to the others in their group were better able to survive since a group is stronger than the sum of its parts.\nThe feeling is especially strong for an organism\u2019s offspring since a strong attachment is beneficial for survival. You inherently know that the survival of your genetic code depends on the survival of your offspring and every parent knows that their child\u2019s life is worth more than their own. Those who felt love toward their offspring were less likely to want to eat it or abandon it when it got annoying, thus giving a better chance to the survival of the child.\nMost of us are born into a small group, called a family, made up of our parents and possibly other children that our parents have made. When we are born, we see ourselves as the center of the universe and believe that time began with us.\nIt\u2019s understandable; we don\u2019t start out knowing anything beyond ourselves. We create characters of \u201cMom\u201d and \u201cDad\u201d and possibly siblings. Since this is your first experience with people, those characters are often given embellished traits. You might think that your mom is all-knowing or that your dad is the strongest man in the world! This happens because you are not yet developed enough to realize the flaws in other people; your caregivers seem all-powerful to you.\nThe characters that you created early of your parents and siblings are often maintained with exaggerated information since they formed in that way. If you grew up with a younger sibling who you thought always needed to be defended, you might continue to treat them as though you are their protector even if they grow stronger than you.\nSimilarly, if you think that every conversation you have with your parents is one where they are telling you what to do, you\u2019ll synapse the idea that this character will always tell you what to do. It\u2019s why we\u2019re so quick to revert back to our childhood roles when we are around the people we knew best during our childhood.\nAs the entertainment industry grew in popularity, television shows and other storytelling media began to utilize the social dynamics of a family. The majority of the audiences for those shows were families so the shows that related to the audience had the best chance of surviving. In this case, that meant remaining on the air. It\u2019s fine to have a family structure for the audience to relate to but when there is such a huge collection of shows and movies that have family structure, a problem arises.\nTelevision shows tend to show only the good parts of a family. Audiences didn\u2019t originally want to watch dysfunctional families, though that\u2019s changed over time. With a huge amount of model families with nice sentimental moments filling TV screens, the audience raised their expectations of how their family should behave.\nIn reality, there is no way your family can compare to a made up version that you watch through a screen. Your family is real, meaning there are bound to be at least a few negative experiences. The difference between reality and expectation causes dissatisfaction with your own family. This can also happen if you were to only observe the good parts of a family in real life, you\u2019ll compare your own family to this one and you\u2019ll most certainly be dissatisfied because you don\u2019t see the negative in them. The people who are most dissatisfied with their family are the people who have synapsed too many bad experiences or are unable to reconcile that their family expectations cannot be achieved in reality.\nIt\u2019s actually okay if you feel as though you\u2019re on the outside of your family looking in. When you try to see what it is that binds you together, you\u2019ll first think of your similar DNA; you and your siblings are made from your parents after all. But when you take a step back, you\u2019ll see that the similarities between you and your family aren\u2019t that significant compared to the similarities between you and every other human on the planet.\nHave you ever felt close enough to a friend that you think of them as a brother or sister? Have you ever felt as though a mentor took over the role of your mother or father? It is not necessary for your family, the group of people that you love, to only include your parents and their other offspring. You have the freedom to choose any human to be part of your family.\nFamily should be thought of as a fluid concept, one that welcomes new people and says goodbye to others. The most successful groups of people see themselves as family: military groups, sports teams, urban gangs, even people in some businesses.\nGiven enough time and cooperation, you can feel a family bond with just about any group of people. Your parents have a Basic Function drive to love you and want to protect and provide for you; nobody is going to change that automated function. I\u2019m sure that they would very much appreciate some love in return but they not the only family that you have. We are all human, we want to love and we want to be loved and you have the potential to form those bonds with anybody and everybody.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 5752, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 240.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://youtube.googleblog.com/2010/07/life-in-day.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:21Z", "digest": "sha1:CDRCG5DUI7BU4BZQMH343O6XKQRU6VAM", "length": 2681, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "youtube.googleblog.com", "title": "Official YouTube Blog: Life in a Day", "raw_content": "Today, we\u2019re excited to announce the launch of \u201cLife in a Day,\u201d a historic cinematic experiment that will attempt to do just that: document one day, as seen through the eyes of people around the world. On July 24, you have 24 hours to capture a snapshot of your life on camera. You can film the ordinary -- a sunrise, the commute to work, a neighborhood soccer match, or the extraordinary -- a baby\u2019s first steps, your reaction to the passing of a loved one, or even a marriage.\nKevin Macdonald, the Oscar-winning director of films such as The Last King of Scotland, Touching the Void and One Day in September, will then edit the most compelling footage into a feature documentary film, to be executive produced by Ridley Scott, the director behind films like Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, Thelma & Louise, Blade Runner and Robin Hood. LG Electronics is supporting \u201cLife in a Day\u201d as a key part of its long-standing Life\u2019s Good campaign and to support the creation of quality online content that can be shared and enjoyed by all.\nBe a part of history.\nTim Partridge, Product Marketing Manager, recently watched \u201cLife in a Day trailer.\u201d\nEvery day, 6.7 billion people view the world through their own unique lens. Imagine if there was a way to collect all of these perspectives, to aggregate and mold them into the cohesive story of a single day on earth.\nLabels: citizen journalism , film , life in a day , movies\nMobile Screenfest July 9, 2010 at 7:58 PM\nHey guys anyone who films a clip for Life in a Day on a mobile phone can also enter them into Australia's First Mobile Screenfest 2010! It's a film festival where all entries are shot on mobiles. You can win\ufeff over $10,000 worth of prizes and be part of another historic event. Look up Mobile Screenfest for more info! Entries close August 22nd.\nTumeX July 10, 2010 at 10:16 AM\nThis crashed my Firefox... Great. I lost all of my tabs and they were important!\nsounds like it would be a very fun project to do on that day and it's also my birthday..\nBetty July 22, 2010 at 7:38 AM\nI think this is a great idea! People have a chance to document and leave behind something positive for their children, community, and fellow man, all in the midst of one of the most historically horrendous times this nation has ever gone through.\nneetu September 9, 2010 at 2:53 AM\nNice post. This project is sounding great. Your blog is amazing. Keep updating with some more news and events. movie downloads\n.:FArdin1999[BRs]:. October 24, 2011 at 8:53 AM\nbadgum i just saw dis aww man i soo wanned to be in dis :((\nBeaGoa November 30, 2011 at 4:10 PM\nPLEASEEEEEEEEE!!, the name of the last song?\ntima vataf June 8, 2012 at 6:50 AM\n\"mi online cinema", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00080.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 300, "original_length": 8615, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 270.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://100experiencepoints.com/day-53/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:01Z", "digest": "sha1:IV3FZWZ7K5QFDLL42X5PVVEBMFMHE7ZZ", "length": 2608, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "100experiencepoints.com", "title": "\u00bb Day 53: 27 March 2013", "raw_content": "I\u2019ve got some real information populating the infocards now. You should see things like your ship\u2019s health and what it\u2019s trying to do. There\u2019s definitely some cleanup that needs to be done still, but I thought it would be worth a new daily build anyway. (After all, you guys who are downloading the daily builds know that it\u2019s not intended to be functioning correctly, necessarily.)\nHere it is: http://rbwhitaker.wikidot.com/local\u2013files/sprint-review/100XP-Daily.ccgame\nFor those of you not so interested in actually downloading this, here\u2019s a quick screenshot:\nI feel like I\u2019m doing way too much \u201chere\u2019s what I did\u201d/status update kinds of things, and not enough of the other things that I had intended to do with this blog. So here\u2019s a quick glimpse into the emotional side of things right now.\nOver the last few weeks, I\u2019ve slowly come to the firm realization that I\u2019m not going to have a complete game, in any sense of the word, by the end of the 100 days. At first, I was depressed about that. I had hoped things would come together. These days, I spend a lot of time sitting here thinking about what I actually want to accomplish instead, knowing I\u2019m going to fall far short of my original goal.\nAnd I find myself thinking about what happens after the 100 days.\nI specifically chose a time limit because I wanted to be sure that this game wasn\u2019t going to absorb the rest of my life. Can I imagine working on this game two years from now? Probably only if it is bringing in enough money for it to be my full time job, but I\u2019ll be surprised if that happens. So what does happen to the game at the end of 100 days? Is there another 100 days? Do I change gears and do a Kickstarter? Do I put it up for sale and see if people will pay for it while it\u2019s still in development like Kerbal Space Program? Do I say, \u201cThat was an awesome game I made, even if it was incomplete, but now it\u2019s time to move on to the next great adventure\u201d?\nI honestly don\u2019t know, though it fills up a lot of my mental power. I don\u2019t worry about it too much. I just think about it a lot. There are so many possible ways for this to turn out, right now, and I think it has been kind of fun to see how it unfolds.\nWoo, bug report: I apparently ordered my ship to attack itself, and the infocard only displayed \u201cAttacking ShipName\u201d, no movement or position data.\nAlso, for what it\u2019s worth, I was attracted to this thing not by the idea of a finished product, or being able to play an RTS in 100 days, but to read from the point of view of making a game. Honestly, it\u2019s your project. Do with it what you will\u2026 just keep writing about it. \ud83d\ude1b", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 50, "original_length": 3356, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 207.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://11thstory.com/interviews/dehaene", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:14:17Z", "digest": "sha1:HJ4C72BOQT7BFFJ6T2655XINYWO4IR4O", "length": 746, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "11thstory.com", "title": "Spotlighted interviews with top neurologists, philosophers, scholars, scientists and spiritualists that dig a bit deeper into the science of consciousness and the origins of belief.", "raw_content": "Stan Dehaene\nFrequency One with Stanislas Dehaene: There's nothing magical about consciousness!\nCognitive Neuroscientist and Author, Stanislas Dehaene argues against the philosophical dualism of mind and brain and believes that consciousness is not a magical property but evolved for flexibility and adaptation. 2017 Geschwind Honor and Lecturer 2015 The APA Awards for Distinguished Scientific Contributions 2014 The Brain Prize award by the Grete Lundbeck European Brain Research Foundation. His latest book is \"Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts\"\nDehaena is featured in The Deeper You Go, a short documentary on the science of consciousness produced by 11th Story. Watch it by clicking on the link below.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 10, "original_length": 1050, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 304.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://27leggies.blogspot.com/2009/03/stompie-on-sunday.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:28:27Z", "digest": "sha1:FK5KDI6KUGU5VWDMC2Q56TMZUV6C2CU7", "length": 1219, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "27leggies.blogspot.com", "title": "27 Leggies: Stompie on Sunday", "raw_content": "To provide a bridge between the Tsonga disco yesterday and Mpharanyana tomorrow I thought I would post some South African jazz.\nJazz has been very popular among the black and Cape Coloured population of South Africa since at least the 1950s, with many of its performers gaining an international reputation - Hugh Masekela and Abdullah Ibrahim being the most prominent.\nNormally I have no time for jazz at all, and a lot of the stuff produced by South African musicians is the usual self-indulgent noodling I can't stand. But when they mix it up with traditional tunes and chants it becomes something very appealing on mellow days like Sundays.\nUntil his death last year Stompie Mavi was one of the big name jazz and traditional Xhosa vocalists domestically. He was first noticed in the early 1970s with his hit songs, Mother Africa and Umbongo. In 1987 he was attacked and stabbed in the back. The incident left him disabled and reliant on crutches, and occasionally confined him to a wheelchair.\nToday's selection is \"Bayombela\", from his 2002 album \"Ithongo\":\nhttp://www.box.net/shared/yy3vkvtq4m\nAnd here is a clip of him performing the slightly more traditional sounding \"Ulele\" (warning, it stops rather suddenly):", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 205, "original_length": 5056, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 266.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://2pawsandrelax.co.uk/video/best-movie-mini-actress-chris-beachum-rob-licuria-slugfest-about-who-wins-this-2018-emmy/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:08Z", "digest": "sha1:RXKOPEY77VVZMVYY32ZLYSXW2W2KGRYM", "length": 2819, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "2pawsandrelax.co.uk", "title": "Best Movie/Mini Actress: Chris Beachum, Rob Licuria on who wins Emmy - GoldDerby", "raw_content": "\u201cWe can probably say that there\u2019s a frontrunner and not a lot to argue about,\u201d Gold Derby senior editor Rob Licuria declares about the Emmy for Best Movie/Mini Lead Actress. \u201cLaura Dern is absolutely out front here\u201d. Licuria recently teamed up with managing editor Chris Beachum, the original Gold Derby duo, in a series of slugfests this week about all six lead acting races at the Emmys. Watch their lively discussion about Best Movie/Mini Actress above. Also watch our recently-published videos about Best Movie/Mini Actor, Best Drama Actor, Best Drama Actress, Best Comedy Actor and Best Comedy Actress.\nDern received her seventh Emmy nod this year after winning last year in the supporting category for \u201cBig Little Lies.\u201d Jessica Biel is an Emmy debutante this year for her intense performance in USA Network\u2019s \u201cThe Sinner.\u201d Michelle Dockery is back at the Emmys for her work on \u201cGodless,\u201d after three consecutive nods for her most well-known role on \u201cDownton Abbey.\u201d Edie Falco returns to the Emmys an impressive 14th time, this time for her role on NBC\u2019s \u201cLaw & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders,\u201d having already won four Emmys and being the only performer to win as a lead actress in a drama (\u201cThe Sopranos\u201d in 1999, 2001 and 2003 and \u201cNurse Jackie\u201d in 2010). Regina King continues her impressive late-career Emmy streak with her nomination for her role as a grieving mother on \u201cSeven Seconds,\u201d her fourth consecutive Emmy nod after three straight nods for \u201cAmerican Crime\u201d (winning in 2015 and 2016), and Sarah Paulson is back for her impressive seventh nod this year for \u201cAmerican Horror Story: Cult,\u201d winning in 2016 for her iconic role as Marcia Clark on \u201cThe People vs. OJ Simpson.\u201d\n\u201cIt\u2019s a combination of factors. She\u2019s the biggest movie star,\u201d Beachum agrees about Dern being way out in front in this category. \u201cShe just won last year for \u2018Big Little Lies,\u2019 so she\u2019s having almost a year-long moment,\u201d he adds. \u201cAnd \u2018The Tale\u2019 and \u2018Godless\u2019 where the only nominees that are also program nominees. So that usually indicates some sort of signal of strength, although you don\u2019t have to be in a program nominee to win acting. It\u2019s such a heartfelt performance and difficult performance that I feel like there\u2019s some weight to it.\u201d\n\u201cIt helps that she has those things going for her,\u201d Licuria agrees. \u201cBut if we are going to make arguments for others, despite the fact that it is quite telling that \u2018The Sinner,\u2019 \u2018Law & Order\u2019 and \u2018Seven Seconds\u2019 received no other nominations across the board,\u201d he argues. \u201cFor Jessica Biel, I thought it was, for her a real breakthrough performance in her career. If they wanted to reward a younger actress who really did some amazing work that they probably weren\u2019t expecting from her, I think she would be the person that would probably pick up votes for that reason.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 537, "original_length": 13709, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 276.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://911debunkers.blogspot.com/2017/10/loose-change-911-2015.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:40Z", "digest": "sha1:ZRM57ZBP43OLIRFU7WXLWX6UTIKAZ2KJ", "length": 75, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "911debunkers.blogspot.com", "title": "Debunking the Debunkers: Loose Change 9/11 (2015)", "raw_content": "Loose Change 9/11 (2015) by debunkerbuster\nLabels: Loose Change 9/11 (2015)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 346, "original_length": 15199, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.6, "perplexity": 203.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://aaii.info/?cat=3", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:03Z", "digest": "sha1:AVSGUI22HC2TOKMN3I5PNRJ3VUXJVREM", "length": 21881, "nlines": 87, "source_domain": "aaii.info", "title": "African American Islamic Institute \u00bb news", "raw_content": "Welcome to AAII News and Views, an online newsletter of the African American Islamic Institute. This feature is devoted to articles that focus on AAII's activities and accomplishments and highlight AAII's Founder and Chairman's leadership and participation in international events that support AAII's mission. Subscribers to AAII News and Views will receive information as soon as it is reported.\nNASRUL ILM AMERICA LAUNCHES AAII QUR\u2019ANIC SCHOOL RENOVATION PROJECT WEBSITE\nWith the permission of Shaykh Mouhammadou Mahy Cisse, Vice President of the African American Islamic Institute (AAII) and Director of AAII\u201ds International Islamic Schools, Nasrul Ilm America has launched a website to raise funds for the AAII Qur\u2019an School Renovation Project.\nThe intention of Nasrul Ilm America is to continue the tradition that AAII\u2019s Founder and Chairman, Shaykh Hassan Cisse (RA) established in Medina Baye, Senegal and that the pioneering students, parents and elders have supported over more than a quarter of a century.\nThe Qur\u2019an School is in need of structural renovation from its foundation to its roof, to include floors, walls and windows. Donations are sought for the Renovation Project to attain a goal of $100,000 USD, but once the renovations have been made, ongoing monthly support will be essential to maintain the facilities.\nPlease visit http://www.gofundme.com/62sfw to learn about the proposed renovations and to support AAII\u2019s Qur\u2019an School.\nAAII FEATURED IN AMERICA\u2019S UNOFFICIAL AMBASSADORS DIRECTORY OF RECOMMENDED ORGANIZATIONS\nAmerica\u2019s Unofficial Ambassadors (AUA) promotes American volunteerism and international exchange in the Muslim world. Following an extensive review of African American Islamic Institute(AAII) programs, policies and opportunities for volunteerism, America\u2019s Unofficial Ambassadors has chosen AAII for inclusion in its forthcoming \u201cDirectory of Recommended Organizations.\u201d In January, 2011, the AUA will launch its online Directory of approximately 40 organizations that offer \u201cnon-specialist opportunities for Americans to volunteer in Muslim-majority countries.\u201d\nBased upon a review that included interviews with AAII\u2019s Vice President of Global Affairs, Ayisha R. Jeffries, and several returned AAII volunteers, the AUA is recommending AAII as a \u201cquality organization that provides meaningful opportunities for service.\u201d\nAAII looks forward to welcoming new volunteers as a result of this significant endorsement of the opportunities it offers. Those interested in volunteering with AAII may complete the form on www.aaii.info or www.shifaal-asqam.com to volunteer within the Shifa-al-Asqam Socio-Medical Center.\nAAII\u2019S SHIFA-AL ASQAM SOCIO MEDICAL CENTER LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE\nIn an effort to introduce the work of the Shifa-Al-Asqam Socio\nMedical Center to a broader audience and keep the Center\u2019s partners\nand supporters informed of its activities, AAII\u2019s President, Imam\nCheikh Tidiane Cisse, authorized the development of a new website\nfor the Center.\nOn October 13, 2010, the new Shifa-Al Aqsam Socio Medical Center\nWebsite was launched at http://shifaalasqam.org\nIn a telephone interview, Dr. Karimah Joseph, Medical Director of\nthe Shifa-al-Asqam Socio Medical Center, talked about the Center\u2019s\nAAII N&V: What services does the Center offer?\nDR. JOSEPH: The Center provides preventive health care in the\nform of prenatal and obstetrical services, early childhood\nexaminations and immunizations, patient education, as well as\n24 hr. urgent care for injured or critically ill patients.\nAAII N&V: What would you say has been the Center\u2019s most\nsignificant achievement since it began serving this medically\nunderserved community in the mid 1990\u2019s?\nDR. JOSEPH: Clearly, the significant reduction in maternal\nand infant mortality rates in the Kaolack Region has been the\nCenter\u2019s most significant achievement. We have also made\nimportant strides in improving infectious and chronic disease\noutcomes for our patients.\nAAII N&V: To what do you attribute the success of the Center\nin carrying out its mission?\nDR. JOSEPH: In addition to the vision of its founder and the\ndedication of its staff, a large measure of the Center\u2019s success\nis due to its collaborative relationships with local, national and international partners. In addition, an international volunteer\nbase continues to make meaningful contributuons to the\nachievement of our goals.\nAAII N&V: How can people who wish to support the work of\nthe Shifa al-Asqam Socio Medical Center contribute?\nDR. JOSEPH: Those wishing to contribute to our work can\ndo so by making a donation to AAII\u2019s PayPal account on\nwww.aaii.info and specifying it is for the Shifa al-Aqsam\nSocio Medical Center.\nAAII PROJECT ENABLES SENEGALESE TEENAGER TO RECEIVE PROSTHETIC HANDS\nThe African American Islamic Institute (AAII) African Children\u2019s Medical Network project arranged for a 16 year old Senegalese girl with severe upper orthopedic deformities to receive pro bono care at the Shriners\u2019 Hospital for Children in Springfield, Massachussettes. In addition to arranging the medical care, AAII found a Senegalese host family to accommodate the patient and her adult traveling companion for the six month stay in the United States from June 4-November 25, 2009.\nThe team of physicians at the Shriners\u2019 Hospital for Children determined that surgery would not be in the best interest of the patient, and opted instead to provide passive prosthetics and occupational therapy to increase the number of daily living tasks she can perform independently.\nAAII\u2019s African Children\u2019s Medial Network project continues to develop relationships with medical institutions to provide pro bono medical interventions for children whose conditions require care not available in their home countries, or that are so expensive as to not be feasible. In order to do so, AAII contnues to seek support for the African Children\u2019s Medical Network project to cover the cost of airfare, visa application fees and support for the child and accompanying adult while they are in the United States.\nAAII FACILITATES PRO BONO MEDICAL INTERVENTION FOR TWELVE YEAR OLD SENEGALESE BOY\nA twelve year old Senegalese boy named Mamadou emerged from the Children\u2019s Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York with a huge smile and the absence of the large nasal encephlocele that has marred his face since birth. The transformation was the generous gift of Dr. James T. Goodrich, Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery and Dr. David A. Staffenberg, Director of Craniofacial Surgery at Montefiore Medical Center in New York. Celebrated as the leaders of the medical team that successfully separated conjoined twins in 2005, the world renowned physicians donated their services to remove the encephlocele, insert a bone taken from the skull to construct the bridge of Mamadou\u2019s nose and remove residual excess skin.\nThis pro bono medical intervention was made possible through the networking activities of the African American Islamic Institute\u2019s (AAII\u2019s) African Children\u2019s Medical Network project, an outgrowth of AAII\u2019s earlier strategic partnership with Children\u2019s Chance through which the initial contact with Dr. Goodrich was made by Mrs. Dorita Urrata. The hospital costs associated with Mamadou\u2019s care were contributed by the First Hand Foundation. AAII successfully interacted with the U.S. Embassy in Dakar to facilitate the issuance of their visas to come to the U.S. for medical treatment, raised the funds required to purchase their visa applications and round trip air fare and identified a host for Mamadou and his mother, in whose home they are staying until Mamadou is able to return to Senegal.\nMamadou\u2019s medical condition was brought to the attention of AAII\u2019s African Children\u2019s Medical Network by Cheikh Saite Sall, President of Assidq Wa Sadiqin, an NGO in Dakar. Once Mamadou has been medically cleared to return to Senegal, he will attend school for the very first time. An American donor has made a commitment to pay his tuition at the Assidq Wa Sadiqin Islamic School in Dakar, where he will receive both academic and religious education. This family will always be grateful to Drs. Goodrich and Staffenberg and to the Children\u2019s Hospital at Montefiore.\nAAII\u2019s MOBILE CLINIC PRESENTED TO THE ST. CHRISTOPHER/IBA MAR DIOP MEDICAL SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITYOF EL HADJ SHEIKH IBRAHIMA NIASS AS A GIFT TO THE PEOPLE OF SENEGAL FROM SHAYKH HASSAN ALI CISSE\nOn Wednesday, August 13, 2008, the last day of his extraordinary life in this world, Shaykh Hassan Ali Cisse, Founder/Chairman of the African American Islamic Institute(AAII), completed all of his religious duties as Chief Imam of the Grand Mosque of Medina-Baye. Most of the rest of that day was spent on the telephone urging his devoted helpers to raise the necessary funds and make the necessary arrangements to ship the fully equipped Mobile Clinic to Senegal that had been donated to AAII by US Doctors for Africa to provide medical care to people in rural communities. None of us fully understood the urgency in his tone as he pressed us to move quickly toward the completion of each assigned task.\nOn Monday, May 11, 2009, AAII\u2019s President and Chief Imam of the Grand Mosque of Medina-Baye, Imam Cheikh Tidiane Ali Cisse, presented the Mobile Clinic to the St. Christopher/ Iba Mar Diop Medical School of the University of El Hadj Sheikh Ibrahim Niass in Dakar, Senegal as a gift from Shaykh Hassan Ali Cisse.\nThe ceremony was presided over by Imam CheikhTidiane Ali Cisse. This significant occasion was attended by Shaykh Mouhamadou Mahy Cisse, Director of AAII and Director of AAII\u2019s International Islamic Studies Program; Cheikh Diery Cisse, Executive Secretary to Shaykh Hassan Cisse; Mustapha Sane, AAII Secretary, Ayisha R. Jeffries, AAII Vice President of External Affairs; Moussa Mbaye, Cabinet Director of the Senegalese Ministry of Health; foamed Mbaye, General Secretary of the Senegalese Ministry of Health, Prevention and Public Hygiene; Professor Pierre Ndiaye, Dean of the Universityof Elhadj Sheikh Ibrahim University; Professor Elhadj Ibrahima Diop, Prinical Administrator, St. Christopher/Iba Mar Diop Medical School; Allassane Dialy Ndiaye of the Academy of Science; Mauritanian scholars, members of the American community in Medina-Baye and many of Shaykh Hassan Cisse\u2019s family members and disciples.\nCheikh Diery Cisse served as the Master of Ceremonies. In his remarks, he stated that the Mobile Clinic ws the last project Shaykh Hassan Cisse finalized through AAII\u2019s strategic partnership with US Doctors for Africa (USDFA), and described his efforts to assure its timely shipment to Senegal. Cheikh Diery Cisse expressed his sincere appreciation to USDFA for the donation of the fully equipped Mobile Clinic and to AmeriCares for providing medicine to AAII for distribution throughout the nation of Senegal. He said that the combined monetary value of the Mobile Clinic and the medication for its pharmacy is approximately $500,000, but that the value to the people of Senegal is immeasurable. Cheikh Diery Cisse thanked Imam Cheikh Tidiane Cisse for his vision, practicality and humility as President of AAII in entrusting the management of teh Mobile Clinic to the University of Elhadj Sheikh Ibrahim Niass for use by its St. Christopher/Iba Mar Diop Medical School. Under the leadership of Professor Pierre Ndiaye and Professor El Hadj Ibrahima Diop, medical students and Senegalese physicians will be able to utilize the Mobile Clinic to train in the use of the state of the art equipment and to provide primary and preventive health care to children, adults and elders in rural areas of the country. Cheikh Diery thanked Ayisha Jeffries for her work to make AAII\u2019s commitment to accessible health care in Senegal a reality by initiating and maintaining AAII\u2019s stategic partnerships with both USDFA and AmeriCares.\nProfessor Pierre Ndiaye paid a great tribute to Shaykh Hassan Ali Cisse, who was revered in all respects as a religious leader and a great Islamic scholar, and who served the international community without regard to race, ethnicity or nationality with a clear understanding that health and education are the keys to the sustainable development of any nation. Professor Ndiaye spoke of the significance of the Mobile Clinic as a means of reaching thousands of people throughout Senegal who would not otherwise have access to medical care.\nProfessor El Hadj Ibrahim Diop discussed the use of the Mobile Clinic, appealing to administrative leaders, city councils and rural communities to make good use of what he referred to as a \u201cjewel\u201d.He pledged to work closely with them to develop a plan for regularly scheduled visits.\nAyisha R. Jeffries thanked US Doctors for Africa for the Mobile Clinic, and spoke about the strategic partnership between AII and AmeriCares that channels millions of dollars of medication throughout the nation of Senegal. She thanked both of them on behalf of AAII\u2019s President and prayed for the strengthening of their good relations in the future to benefit those in Senegal in need of medical care and medicine as a significant way to keep Shaykh Hassan Ali Cisse\u2019s legacy alive.\nAAII\u2019s President, Imam Cheikh Tidiane Cisse concluded the ceremony by expressing his appreciation to all the people in Senegal and America who have worked for the achievement of Shaykh Hassan Ali Cisse\u2019s goal of providing a Mobile Clinic to the people of Senegal, and prayed for the successful continuation of Shaykh Hassan Ali Cisse\u2019s legacy for the benefit of humanity. He thanked the officials of the Senegalese Ministry of Health and those present and not present who had worked to assist Shaykh Hassan Ali Cisse. Finally, he said that Shaykh Hassan Ali Cisse was in perfect harmony with the recommendations of the Prophet (SAW).\nThis article is based upon an article by Momar Cise of Walfadjri newspaper distributed by All Africa Global Media and information provided by AAII staff who were present at the ceremony.\nAAII INITIATIVE ON BEHALF OF AFRICAN CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL MEDICAL NEEDS EXPANDS\nIn the autumn of 2008, AAII entered into a strategic partnership with Children\u2019s Chance for the purpose of obtaining free medical care for African children in need of treatment that is not available in their countries. Thus far, we have been able to obtain commitments for free medical care and covered hospital expenses for three patients from Senegal. The first was from the Yale University Hand and Comprehensive Microsurgery Center in New Haven, Connecticut to provide multiple surgeries to correct congental bilateral hand deformities. The next was from the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York to operate on a boy diagnosed with Frontal Nasal Encephalocele. The most recent is from Pediatric Specialty Care/Orthopedics of the Shriners Hospitals for Children to perform surgery on a girl with bilateral upper extremity deformities.\nAs the opportunity for medical care in the United States became known, requests for care for children from numerous African nations began to arrive, making it clear that AAII would have to expand its efforts to develop relationships with medical facilities and physicians willing to provide pro bono services. At the same time, other human and financial resources would have to be developed in order to meet the need.\nAAII is working to expand its roster of physicans and medical institutions throughout the United States to provide free medical care to African children who would not otherwise have a chance for a normal life. At the same time, we are developing alliances with other organizations to support this vital work. In addtion to financial support to cover the cost of air fare and visa applications for the child and an accompanying parent, AAII is working to develop a network of host organizations and families to house the children and their parents during their stay in the U.S.\nAAII FOUNDER/CHAIRMAN HONORED AT NASRUL ILM AMERICA, INC. 1st ANNUAL SHAYKH HASSAN CISSE(RA) HONORING BANQUET\nOn February 7, 2009, AAII\u2019s Founder/Chairman was honored for his spiritual leadership and humanitarian work during the Nasrul Ilm America, Inc. First Annual Shaykh Hassan Cisse (RA) Honoring Banquet. The banquet was held at Windows Over Harlem Restaurant in the Adam Clayton Powell State Office Building in the Village of Harlem in New York City.\nThe Keynote Address was delivered by Shaykh Mouhammadou Mahy Cisse, Director of AAII\u2019s international Islamic Schools Program, beloved brother of Shaykh Hassan Cisse(RA) and one of his closest companions, during which he spoke about Shaykh Hassan\u2019s (RA) love of Islam and generosity.\nAn Awards Ceremony was held to honor individuals who served Shaykh Hassan Cisse (RA) for the Sake of Allah by helping him to establish the Tariqa Tijaniyya in America as far back as 1976 and for working to fulfill AAII\u2019s mission. Recipients of a Certificate of Appreciation for Pioneering Service that reads, \u201d In recognition of your devotion, dedication and service to Shaykh Hassan Cisse (RA)\u201d include: Alhajji Ahmad Dimson (RA), Imam Yusuf Imam (RA), Imam Sayed Abdus-Sallaam, Alh. Abdul Azeem Shabazz, Alh. Abdul Majid Muhammad, Alh. Amin Sharif, Alh. Mustafa Abdul-Azeem, Alh. Babacar Konte, Alh. Aboubacar Cisse, Hajja Kareema Abdul-Kareem and Hajja Ashaki Taha-Cisse.\nShaykh Hassan Cisse\u2019s (RA) humanitarian work as the Founder/Chairman of AAII was presented by Hajja Ashaki Taha-Cisse in a speech that reviewed the organization\u2019s accomplishment under his (RA) leadership in the twenty two years since it was founded. AAII\u2019s commitment to universal education, access to health care, empowerment of women, protection of children, alleviation and extreme hunger and poverty and promotion of peace, and its successful initiatives in each aspect of its mission and the pivotol role Shaykh Hassan Cisse (RA) played in them were recounted.\nMany of Shaykh Hassan Cisse\u2019s (RA) American students from New York, Detroit, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Chicago, Memphis, Colorado, as well as those originally from Ghana, Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania now living in the U.S., and the well wishes of those who were unable to attend from the United States, Trinidad and various countries in Africa, bore witness to the extraordinary life and great work of this extraordinary man.\n*(RA) indicates a person is deceased and means, \u201cMay God be pleased with him.\u201d\nAAII PRESIDENT WELCOMES THE PRESIDENT OF SENEGAL IN MEDINA-BAYE\nOn November 12, 2008, AAII\u2019s President, Shaykh Tidiane Ali Cisse, received the President of the Republic of Senegal, His Excellency Abdoulaye Wade, in his home in Medina-Baye Kaolack. President Wade presented his personal condolences and those of the nation of Senegal to Shaykh Tidiane Ali Cisse for the loss of his brother, AAII\u2019s Founder, Shaykh Hassan Ali Cisse, in August of this year, and of his brother Seydina Oumar Cisse shortly thereafter.\nIn expressing his condolences and friendship, President Wade said that although he had dispatched high level representatives to convey his deep sympathy to Shaykh Tidiani Ali Cisse for these profound losses, he wished to present his sentiments personally.\nPresident Wade offered his congratulations and best wishes to Shaykh Tidiane Ali Cisse in recognition of his selection as the Chief Imam of the Grand Mosque of Medina, and President of AAII. The Senegalese President acknowledged the many ways in which AAII contributes to the health and well being of the people of Senegal through its medicine distribution program and other health initiatives, to include immunization, promotion of breastfeeding, and the provision of access to care in rural areas.\nAAII\u2019s President expressed his appreciation to President Wade for his gracious visit and reiterated AAII\u2019s commitment to work toward universal education, access to health care, empowerment of women, protection of children, alleviation of hunger and poverty and promotion of peace.\nThe cordial meeting concluded with the President of AAII and the President of the Republic of Senegal pledging their continued cooperation on behalf of the people of Senegal.\nAAII PARTNERS WITH CHILDREN\u2019S CHANCE TO HELP CHILDREN IN NEED OF MEDICAL INTERVENTION\nAAII has entered into a strategic partnership with Children\u2019s Chance, a U.S. humanitarian organization devoted to bringing children in developing nations with severe illnesses or deformities to the United States for medical treatment .\nThrough the tireless efforts of its Director, Mrs. Dorita Urrata, an extensive network of committed hospitals and a multidisciplinary cadre of physicians, Children\u2019s Chance arranges for free medical care for children of the global South that would not be available in their home countries.\nIn partnering with AAII, Children\u2019s Chance is opening an opportunity for Senegalese children to be treated for life threatening illness and debilitating conditions through an established process of referral . AAII\u2019s role is to raise funds to support the travel and living expenses of each child and an accompanying parent and to help with the coordination of their living accommodations.\nTo meet this challenge, AAII has named AbdulMalik Negedu \u201d Director of Inter-Organizational Relations.\u201d His primary responsibilities are to serve as a liaison between AAII and Children\u2019s Chance and to develop and implement fundraising presentations to charitable organizations to support a shared commitment to bringing sick children to the U.S. for medical care.\nAAII\u2019s strategic partnership with Children\u2019s Chance reflects the vision of AAII\u2019s Founder for collaboration between Americans and Africans for the benefit of those most in need. 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The body makes every effort to produce more insulin to overcome this resistance and when it fails to cope with the higher demands Type 2 Diabetes is the outcome.\nHeredity also plays a major role in Type 2 diabetes. Let's look at a few causes these are, high blood triglyceride levels, high blood pressure, high fat diet, gestational diabetes, high alcohol intake, obesity (especially around the waist region), sedentary lifestyle and aging.\nCornerstones4Care TM\nCornerstones4Care(TM) is a program aimed at giving people with diabetes the tools and resources they need to actively manage their day-to-day care.\nNovo Nordisk, a world leader in patient-centered diabetes care, is proud to announce a new support program for people with diabetes and those who care for them. When someone enrolls in Cornerstones4Care(TM), he or she will have access to tools and resources that can help them be an active participant in the care plan you prescribe.\nPeople who are actively engaged in disease education are more likely to follow treatment recommendations. And Cornerstones4Care(TM) engages people like never before, personalizing each person's experience over time. 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If you prefer, you can visit Cornerstones4Care.com to see the program for yourself.\nTo learn more about type 2 Diabetes and Cariovascular diesease click here.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 3611, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 291.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://aggarwalpayinguest.blogspot.com/2016/12/dont-worry-about-getting-safe-place-to.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:16Z", "digest": "sha1:ESGUR4BG6PNRKTELPKQAUYAUJPAVNJX6", "length": 2196, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "aggarwalpayinguest.blogspot.com", "title": "Aggarwal Paying Guest: Don\u2019t Worry About Getting a Safe Place to Rent in Delhi Anymore", "raw_content": "Don\u2019t Worry About Getting a Safe Place to Rent in Delhi Anymore\nThousands of people arrive in the capital every day. Out of them, a major share of people is young students and job seekers who come from rural areas or other cities in search of a better life. This trend hasn\u2019t changed for years, no matter what the condition of the city may be, people will still come to Delhi.\nIt is responsible for a catalog of opportunties, yes, but the major problem that people face as soon as they set foot in the city is having a place to spend the night. It is okay for people who have relatives or know someone who could help them, but for those who are on their own, the city bites. It swallows every last drop of pride and throws back what\u2019s left of them.\nOne name in the hospitality business that\u2019s been changing all the rules and helping students no end is Aggarwal PG - a Delhi-based residential service which has been active in the city for many years. Aggarwal PG and everyone working with the service is highly motivated and dedicated to providing the clients with the best quality accommodations and meals so that they don\u2019t have to go anywhere else.\nAny business which is earning from their customers is hardly considered to be noble, but the fact that they are charging a minimal rate for their rooms, meals, and other peripheral services says a lot about Agarwal PG as a whole. For getting Pg Accomodation Near NSP in Delhi , they are the safest bet and have been for a long time now.\nThe problem of getting a proper place to stay while you search for jobs or look for getting admission in schools and colleges can\u2019t be overemphasized, but the fact that there are still places that help such people in getting a hiding place and meals to eat comes as a relief.\nWidely considered as the best Pg For Boys in Rani Bagh , Aggarwal PG provides a wide range of luxury rooms for the students and travelers who are looking for staying a while in the city. 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With more transactions in the pipeline across many African markets, and more African funds seeking partners for their international allocations, the need for pension fund and SWF professionals to share information and network with each other is more important than ever.\u201d\nHe continued, \u201cThe exclusive Ai CEO Institutional Investment Summit has established itself as a unique platform for global institutional investors to identify and interrogate co-investment opportunities and build invaluable relationships with African pension and sovereign wealth fund investors.\u201d\nThis Summit builds on a series of engagements hosted by Ai to provide the international investment community with a convenient and efficient means to engage leaders of influential African institutions in a lasting and meaningful manner. 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The conference will run from late afternoon April 9th through mid-afternoon April 11th in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.\nThe conference is a great opportunity to meet peers and industry professionals from across the world, gain new perspectives, expand your professional skillset, and make lasting friendships! Professional events and luncheons bring students together, and friendly competitions give them the opportunity to learn and grow together. In the evenings, students have the opportunity to enjoy a vibrant night life and explore the town together.\nThe 2015 AIS Student Chapter Leadership Conference and Competition features noted speakers from industry leaders, executives, and fellow students. It will promote leading practices for organizing and successfully operating student chapters. The conference will also provide professional networking to some of the nation's leading MIS executives and their firms. 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The Airbnb management, however, is one of the kind of business management activities that involves the control or managing of various rentals and also space sharing ideas during a tour or any other kind of a vacation. Airbnb management can, however, be taken as a form of business that most of the property owners are focusing on in the current world. Airbnb is known as a rental business since it involves management of the various rental properties.\nAirbnb management is however very much recommended to any person who would like his or her business to grow and generate a maximum amount of income and returns. Airbnb management is however preferred by most of the people because of the many important benefits that the management is able to provide to your Airbnb property business. 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Students transferring from other Australian or overseas institutions may still be eligible to receive this Scholarship;\nIs successful or will be successful in receiving an offer of admission into a single or double undergraduate degree program offered by the ANU College of Business & Economics.\nImportant note: students applying for a double degree will not be eligible to receive the full program tuition unless both qualifications within the double degree are convened by the ANU College of Business & Economics. 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Applicants from all other countries and Australian permanent residents will usually be required to supply evidence of English language capability which meets the ANU requirements. The ANU English language requirements are:\nTOEFL 570 (230 CBT) with TWE 4.5, or IBT 80 with a minimum of 20 in Reading and Writing and 18 in Speaking and Listening.\nHow to Apply: Applications can be made via the prescribed online application form. Applicants only need to complete one online application form to register for consideration for both the College of Business & Economics International Undergraduate Scholarship and the College of Business & Economics International Undergraduate Award. All eligible applicants will firstly be considered for the International Undergraduate Scholarship. 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They have been trying to find several methods in being able to do so, and think they have finally found a lucrative way.\n\u201cNow a team led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has invented a method for rapidly identifying venoms that strike a specific target in the body\u2014and optimizing such venoms for therapeutic use.\nThe researchers demonstrated the new method by using it to identify venoms that block a certain protein on T cells\u2014a protein implicated in multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory disorders. The researchers then used their method to find an optimized, long-acting variant of a venom that blocks this protein and showed that the new molecule powerfully reduces inflammation in mice.\n\u201cUntil now we haven\u2019t had a way to seriously harness venoms\u2019 vast therapeutic potential,\u201d said principal investigator Richard A. 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This could harbor distressing consequences for both doctors and patients, including the delay of necessary medical access and other services to seriously ill patients.\nThe Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (MCARE), enacted in 2001, mandates that \u201ca patient\u2019s informed consent be obtained before a medical procedure\u201d, and was the center of controversy surrounding a brain tumor suffered by Megan Shinal, in which an initial surgery performed by a Dr. Steven A. Toms only removed a portion of it, fearing an entire removal would result in a full regrowth. This decision ultimately lead to an increase in size and following complications like severe headaches suffered by Shinal. Six years later, a surgery performed under informed-consent went underway, where Shinal\u2019s carotid artery was pierced, leading to \u201chemorrhage, stroke, brain injury and partial blindness\u201d.\nPAMED, or the Pennsylvania Medical Society, discussed \u201cdismissed arguments\u201d that \u201cpredated a 2002 Pennsylvania Supreme Court case that held that the duty to obtain informed consent rests with the physician performing a procedure and not the hospital where it will be performed\u201d, leading to serious consequences for PA physicians. Angela Boateng, the PAMEd General Council, weighed in, saying \u201cIt was not uncommon for other qualified staff to assist a physician in providing the requisite information or answering follow-up questions a patient may have had. The Medical Practice Act and other professional regulations permitted this level of assistance\u2026.. 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The second-round picks are in 2021 and 2023.\nStauskas and Baldwin both have expiring contracts, meaning they will be unrestricted free agents after the season.\nUPDATE: The Blazers have officially announced the trade.\nThe 26-year-old was acquired by Cleveland at the trade deadline last season. He averaged 12.2 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 27.4 minutes in 45 games (all starts) this season for the Cavaliers, shooting 42.7 percent from the field, 36.2 percent from deep and 91.2 percent from the free-throw line.\nThe 6-foot-8, 206-pound Hood was selected by the Jazz with the 23rd overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft out of Duke.\nStauskas, 25, has averaged 6.1 points, 1.6 boards and 1.4 assists in 15.3 minutes in 44 games, all off the bench, for the Blazers this season, with a shooting line of 41.9/34.4/88.9. His 42 percent from the field is a career best.\nThe 6-6, 205-pound guard was taken with the eighth overall pick in the 2014 draft by the Sacramento Kings out of Michigan. He was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers in July 2015, with the Sixers dealing him to the Brooklyn Nets on Dec. 7, 2017. He signed as a free agent with the Trail Blazers on July 5 last summer.\nBaldwin, 22, saw only limited duty in Portland this season, averaging 1.9 points in 5.9 minutes in 16 games, also spending time with its G-League affiliate, the Texas Legends.\nThe 6-4, 200-pounder was the 17th overall pick of the 2016 draft out of Vanderbilt by the Memphis Grizzlies, who waived him Oct. 16, 2017. Baldwin signed a two-way deal with Portland on Oct. 20, 2017, then a multi-year deal with the team March 12, 2018.\nColton Jones contributed to this report.\n1 Comment on \"Cavaliers send Hood to Blazers for Baldwin, Stauskas, picks\"\nVhill | February 3, 2019 at 6:38 pm |\nSo we trade our trade bust for two first round busts and 2nd round picks which we may keep.\nThe Gilbert/Altman team legacy continues to circle the drain.\nRockets trade Stauskas, Baldwin; Pacers to waive both \u2013 Amico Hoops", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 157, "original_length": 6070, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 181.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://andreaspeed.com/2004/memento-mori-one-psychopomp-and-circumstances/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:26Z", "digest": "sha1:ZM4OQQPVVPGMX4TIM6I2I2LNXFHMOCFZ", "length": 16014, "nlines": 83, "source_domain": "andreaspeed.com", "title": "Memento Mori: One \u2013 Psychopomp and Circumstances | In Absentia", "raw_content": "One \u2013 Psychopomp and Circumstances\nThe first night into his trip, Gryphon realized it was hurricane season in Florida.He was in a bar where they inexplicably had the Weather Channel on the t.v. over the bar, even though the weather outside was pretty typical. But some guy with bad hair and an unfortunate jacket was talking about how Florida hadn\u2019t finished cleaning up from the last hurricane, yet there was another one coming in.\nIt was mutually decided that they would wait until hurricane season was over before going to Florida. Mr. Aronofsky had spent most of his life in Philadelphia, and had no desire to experience a hurricane, and Gryph wasn\u2019t thrilled with the prospect either. He could just imagine getting possessed by a someone who had been killed by a falling tree or a flying toilet, and it seemed like a joy he should save. Good things came to those who waited, right?\nHe was in Portland, Oregon by this time, and thought he might hang around another day or two. It was another good, artsy fartsy liberal city that tried to add a touch of the bohemian to its otherwise anonymous cityscape. It was like Seattle, but farther from the Canadian border. Besides, he felt better wherever there was a boho touch, as that was the atmosphere he grew up in.\nHe thought about going back to Seattle, back to Naheed but he just told her he was going, and it might seem stalkerish. He couldn\u2019t afford to get his hopes up anyways; relationships were for normal people, not people full of dead people gifted with erratic telekinesis.\nGosh, that sounded sane.\nAs it turned out, Portland had its own ugly weather system to deal with. A big storm blew in while he decided to loiter, not a hurricane but something with strong winds and buckets of rain \u2013 an American version of a mild typhoon \u2013 and he found it difficult to sleep in his car while it was being buffeted by the angry winds, and pelted with fat drops of rain that struck with the force of pebbles. Also, there was apparently a minor leak in one of the back windows, getting him splashed a bit. The others convinced him to use some of his cash to get a cheap motel room, at least for the night.\nSo that\u2019s why he was in a Motel 6, eating microwave popcorn and drinking diet Pepsi, and watching a repeat of Buffy The Vampire Slayer as rain lashed the window like hail, and branches slapped against the siding like a drunken man punching at shadows. Gryphon had to admit it was kind of a novelty to have his own room, and watch a t.v. that wasn\u2019t in a bar.\nAnd strip down to your shorts while doing it, Ruby noted. Do that in a bar, and they\u2019d kick you out. Or, some skeevy guy would shove a five down your jockeys .\n\u201cThanks for the mental imagery,\u201d he said, taking a gulp of his pop. \u201cAlthough, it would be more action than I\u2019ve had \u2026 well, ever.\u201d\nAnd there goes the shirt, Hugh said, as the actor playing Angel showed up shirtless. If this were a drinking game, he could take a shot now.\nHe could bite me anytime, Ruby said. For free even.\nMe too, Hugh agreed.\nI get nervous when they agree on anything, Mr. Aronofsky said.\n\u201cMe too,\u201d Gryphon said, shoving a handful of popcorn in his mouth. It was too salty, and had some of that weird butter flavored stuff on it, but the more he ate, the hungrier he realized he was.\nCause you haven\u2019t eaten in what, two days, you stupid cracker, Taneesha said helpfully. You\u2019ve spent all your food money on booze. You\u2019re a punk ass drunk.\n\u201cI am not! And stop calling me cracker.\u201d\nWhy can\u2019t you look like that? Ruby complained.\n\u201cHe\u2019s an actor who can work out for weeks in advance of his shirtless scene. You can\u2019t compare me to him.\u201d\nYeah, I guess you\u2019re right, she agreed, far too readily. I mean, you\u2019re a busy guy \u2026 busy being homeless, drunk, and self-pitying \u2026\n\u201cOkay, now it\u2019s quiet time. Everybody shut up.\u201d\nWhy? Taneesha asked, clearly combative. When was she not combative?\n\u201c\u2019Cause I\u2019m watching this, okay?\u201d\nYou\u2019ve seen this one, Ruby pointed out. We\u2019ve all seen this one.\n\u201cI don\u2019t care.\u201d But quiet time, it seemed, came just in time for the commercial break, and there was an ad for what must have been a local talk show, as he\u2019d never heard of it before. This woman with a frighteningly botox\u2019ed face (it looked like you could bounce a quarter off her skin and send it straight over the roof) and hair that looked like a well groomed badger crouched on her scalp, talked about their guest on the next show, Madam Paula, a \u201cspiritualist\u201d who claimed to talk to the dead. \u201cBullshit,\u201d Gryphon snapped irritably, lobbing an unpopped kernel at the screen. It hit it square and bounced off, getting lost in the carpet.\nThese people just crawl out of the woodwork, don\u2019t they? Mr. Aronofsky mused.\nWhy don\u2019t you do that? Hugh suddenly asked. You actually know dead people. Go make some money off it already.\n\u201cI don\u2019t think so,\u201d he scoffed. \u201cBesides, I don\u2019t talk to dead people. I just get possessed by poltergeists, who never know when to shut up, and occasionally use me to kill the people who killed them. I really don\u2019t want to carry a business card to that effect.\u201d\nYou can do more than that, Mr. Aronofsky insisted. Remember at that show? You knew that woman\u2019s son was dead.\n\u201cEveryone in that audience had a dead someone. That\u2019s why they were there, and that\u2019s how that fuck makes his money, by exploiting their grief. I\u2019m not gonna do that; I don\u2019t care how broke I am. That\u2019s just fucking sick.\u201d\nYou knew things you couldn\u2019t have known, Mr. Aronofsky continued. You knew his name, you knew how he died, you knew that putz was lying to that woman about him. You sense the dead, you sense where the bodies are buried \u2013 isn\u2019t it possible you\u2019re picking up much more than you ever realized?\nHe shrugged and searched the popcorn bag for another edible piece, but there was nothing left but the unpopped remnants. Not only did he not want to talk about it, he didn\u2019t want to think about it. The lamp on the bedside table flickered, and he said, \u201cKnock it off.\u201d\nI don\u2019t think we did that, Hugh replied.\nThe rain was pounding against the window like it was desperate to get in, and the wind was a dull and angry roar, making the siding creak like it was scared. There was another flicker in the bedside lamp, and then the power died all at once, the lamp and t.v. shutting themselves off, leaving him sitting on the bed in the dark, listening to the storm rage outside. \u201cFuck.\u201d\nThe good thing about living in a car is you don\u2019t have to worry about power outages, Ruby said. He supposed that was sarcastic.\nHe sat there for a few minutes, finishing his soda and waiting for the storm to abate or the power to come back on, but neither appeared to be a possibility. He sighed heavily, then slid off the bed, aware of where he\u2019d left his clothes. He hardly had to feel around much at all.\nWhat do you think you\u2019re doing? Ruby asked suspiciously.\n\u201cThere\u2019s a bar up the street. It looks like a real dive, but if I\u2019m going to be waiting in the dark, I\u2019d rather do it with beer.\u201d\nSee, what did I tell you? Taneesha snapped. Punk ass drunk.\nWell, at least he\u2019s clean, Ruby replied.\nAnd he was too. The first thing he did, after getting over having a bathroom all his own, was take a very long shower. His fingers were still a bit pruney.\nThe sun had only recently set \u2013 it wasn\u2019t quite seven yet \u2013 but it seemed dead (no pun intended) outside, the violent storm having chased everyone sensible inside. It was dark too, as all the blocks he could see had no lights whatsoever, and he thought this was what a nighttime world would be like; it would be this contained, this quiet, and only the dead or their rides would be walking the street.\nYou sound drunk already, Ruby interjected. Sure you feel well?\n\u201cHonestly? I\u2019m a little dizzy.\u201d And he was, he had been for a while, but he assumed it was a general giddiness in not sleeping in the Buick for once, or the sickly sweet floral room freshener they used at the motel. That stuff could strip paint off the walls.\nMaybe you should eat dinner instead of drinking it, Mr. Aronofsky suggested.\nThe wind was strong enough that he could lean into it and have it hold him up, but the rain was hitting him like gravel, and it really wasn\u2019t that pleasant. As he reached the corner, he saw a fluorescent green flyer hanging on to a crosswalk pole for dear life, a ragged corner flapping violently in the breeze. He caught the letters \u201cP-S-Y\u201d in big letters, and just had to look.\nIt was an ad for a \u201cpsychic fair\u201d (fourth annual), taking place at something called the Brenmer Pavilion. The name and address meant nothing to him, as he didn\u2019t know Portland at all, but the \u201cfair\u201d started today, and went until Sunday. There was a truly goofy illustration of a floating pyramid and a meditating guy with his two eyes closed and his third eye open, and he ripped it off the pole.\nHey, there\u2019s a place to start, Ruby said. Go there and say you talk to dead people. People will probably line up to talk to you.\n\u201cI was hoping people who claimed to speak to the dead were already there,\u201d he admitted, shoving the wet piece of paper into his pocket. \u201cI wanted to go chew them a new one.\u201d\nOh good, you have a crusade now, Hugh said acidly.\nThe bar was indeed a tiny little dive, a small wooden frame place that looked like it may have once been a convenience store, and inside it was almost comically dark, much darker than outside. But there were several people inside, all men, and there were many lit candles \u2013 mostly those citronella types in glass jars \u2013 scattered about, tiny puddles of illumination that hardly cut the gloom. Still, a couple of guys were playing pool by candlelight.\nThe bartender was a bald mixed race man, with dark skin and Asian eyes, who also had a nose ring that was connected to his earring by a slender golden chain, and seemed to have a tattoo on the top of his head, but in the darkness it was almost impossible to tell what it was.\nHe had a couple of beers that tasted little better than piss, but it gave him a small but pleasant feeling that wasn\u2019t quite a buzz, but was close enough. He also ate all the peanuts in the basket on the bar, but there weren\u2019t that many left, so he didn\u2019t feel like a pig. He ordered a vodka, just to mix things up, and then, because this place was so quiet and depressing, he asked the bartender how to get to the Brenmer Pavilion.\nThe guy, fearsome appearance aside, was actually very nice, and drew him a little map on a cocktail napkin. It was a couple of miles from here, and the guy at the end of the bar suddenly said, \u201cThey might have power in that quadrant.\u201d\nThe bartender looked down at him, chain shaking and shimmering. \u201cWhy\u2019s that?\u201d\nThe guy, who was just a lumpy shadow, sighed wearily. \u201cFrom Brook Street to Madison Court, this is Portland Pacific Power territory. From Rose Avenue to 28th Street, it\u2019s Columbia Power & Water territory. Just \u2018cause Portland Pacific\u2019s had an outage doesn\u2019t mean Columbia\u2019s had one too.\u201d\n\u201cHuh,\u201d the bartender said, an acknowledgement that what the guy said was kind of interesting, but only if you were absolutely starved for company. Gryphon assumed the guy was some sort of Cliff Claven wannabe, or he actually worked for one of those power companies. Which begged the question why he wasn\u2019t out there helping restore power.\nWould you want to be out there working? Hugh said.\nA damn good point.\nHe thanked the bartender, gulped down his vodka, and ventured out into the storm again, returning to the motel to get his car. Hitting the vodka had improved his mood measurably; he almost felt like he was floating as he walked down the empty, rain lashed streets to the motel parking lot.\nYou really shouldn\u2019t drive in this condition, Mr. Aronfosky said. Let me do it.\nSays the guy who died in a car crash, Taneesha commented.\nThat wasn\u2019t my fault, he replied archly. I was hit by some schmuck who didn\u2019t know red meant stop.\n\u201cI\u2019m fine, guys, don\u2019t worry about it.\u201d He didn\u2019t know if that was true or not, but he felt so good he didn\u2019t care. After having died \u2013 well, at least in memories \u2013 about a dozen times, it was hard to be afraid of anything.\nHe managed to get there just fine, in spite of all the nagging going on in his head, and the Brenmer Pavilion turned out to be not so much a concert hall as a place where you had boat shows \u2013 tiny boat shows. And the guy at the bar had been right, this \u201cquadrant\u201d still had electricity, as the streetlights were still functioning, as were the traffic lights at the main intersection. But by the way the lights swung in the breeze, it would be a lucky thing if they kept the power for much longer.\nIn spite of that \u2013 or perhaps because of it \u2013 the parking lot was surprisingly full, and he had to park far away from the Pavilion and walk in. But by that point he felt like he was drifting, being blown along like a dried leaf. Are you sure you haven\u2019t been smoking pot behind our backs? Ruby asked. That made Gryphon laugh.\nYou had to pay eight bucks to get in, which seemed unfair, but as soon as he was inside the slightly drafty pavilion, he was approached by a heavy set woman in a floral patterned dress. She had wavy, dyed blonde hair and an open face, and wore what looked like a crown of knotty twigs. If she had been fifteen years older, brunette, and a bit thinner, she could have been his mother. \u201cWelcome, truth seeker,\u201d she said, then held out a fan towards him. \u201cPick a card.\u201d\nOh boy, did every entrant get a complimentary magic trick? He chose a card at random and looked at it, a little surprised at what was on the face. It was roughly the size and shape of a regular playing card, but instead of the three of clubs or something else expected and mundane, it had on it that dog headed Egyptian god. \u201cUh, what\u2019s this?\u201d He asked, giving her back the card.\nShe took it, guileless blue eyes wide with wonder. \u201cOh, you got Anubis, the psychopomp.\u201d\n\u201cPsychopomp, it means conductor of souls,\u201d she explained. \u201cNot many people choose this one.\u201d\nConductor of souls? Ruby piped up. Hey, we have a new name for you.\n\u201cIs that bad or good?\u201d\nThe way she paused made him suspect she was lying, or simply forgot. \u201cOh, it\u2019s good. It means you\u2019re a generous and old soul, very protective of others.\u201d\nHe gave her a weak smile. \u201cNot by choice, honey. Trust me.\u201d He then walked away, before her puzzled look could morph into a question.\nThe \u201cpsychic fair\u201d was a sea of tables and booths, loosely arranged in a grid work pattern for maximum occupancy and density, and ran the gamut of people selling odd products and services, to your more traditional astrological forecasting, Tarot card and palm reading tables. It was really hard to know where to start.\nYou\u2019re not going to cause a scene, are you? Mr. Aronofsky asked.\n\u201cMe? No,\u201d he whispered under his breath. But not nearly quietly enough, as a couple passing by turned and gave him a funny look. He smiled at them, and said, \u201cConversing with the spirits.\u201d\nYou stop this now, Mr. Aronofsky scolded. If I have to take you over and walk you out of here, I will.\n\u201cLighten up. I don\u2019t have a lot of fun.\u201d He scanned the crowd, looking for \u2026 well, hell, he wasn\u2019t sure exactly \u2026 but his eyes settled on a fairly large sign that read : \u201cSpirit Guides\u201d. \u201cAnd that looks like a good place to start.\u201d\nMr. Aronofsky groaned. There are times when I\u2019m glad I\u2019m dead.\nGryphon could sympathize. But it wasn\u2019t about to keep him from biting those bastard\u2019s heads off.\nHe wended his way through the tables, through the people having their runes cast and chakras read, and made his way towards the Spirit Guides booth, his mild buzz building up to a small yet palpable belligerence. About ten feet from the table, he saw a guy in jeans and a plaid shirt holding some kind of electronic device in his hands. Gryphon wasn\u2019t sure what it was, especially since it was too big to be a cell phone. \u201cHey Shane,\u201d the guy said, looking over at his shoulder at whoever was manning the table. \u201cI think we got a ghost in here.\u201d\nHe moved the machine around, and then looked up and stared Gryphon straight in the eyes", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 149, "original_length": 17751, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 318.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://andreaspeed.com/2017/clarion-west-write-a-thon/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:51Z", "digest": "sha1:GULBN6NE2G3RFHCV6DUBHQIKSX4Y44HH", "length": 73, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "andreaspeed.com", "title": "Clarion West Write-A-Thon! | In Absentia", "raw_content": "I\u2019m doing it! 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Both of those people are some of the worse people I have ever had the displeasure of interacting with. They act condescending, holier-than-thou, have no self-awareness whatsoever, and act like certain people in the fandom are inherently worse than other people just because they like certain characters, even though bluewalltack and hanndigo have both done terrible things in the name of their favourite characters.\nI\u2019ve seen them treat people terribly when they\u2019ve said things they didn\u2019t like. I\u2019ve seen them turn on their own friends the moment they \u201cstep out of line\u201d. I\u2019ve seen them bully mentally ill people and kids just because they may or may not have said some bad things. But then they turn around and act like they\u2019re warriors of social justice, and a large portion of the fandom treats them like they\u2019re good people that others should look up to.\nI suffer from depression, and when they went after me, my depression got so much worse. They didn\u2019t care about my mental health. One of them pretended to apologize by basically saying that they were \u201csorry\u201d that I made her lash out at me (and this was after she gaslighted and doxxed me), and the other said she had nothing to apologize for at all. They made me develop anxiety issues, and I almost killed myself because of them.\nI want justice, not just for myself, but for everyone they\u2019ve ever hurt. I want everyone to see how awful bluewalltack and hanndigo really are. Maybe I\u2019ll never get to see it myself, but one day karma will get the both of them. You can\u2019t be that awful without consequences.\nBut I am so tired of keeping all of this to myself. I\u2019m so tired of seeing them in the fandom and seeing them act like they\u2019re good people who haven\u2019t hurt others as badly as they have. I\u2019m tired of never seeing them get what they deserve. I still feel like killing myself sometimes, and they\u2019re still part of the reason why. I really hope this actually gets posted, because I want the world to know what those two did to so many people, and I\u2019m tired of them getting away with everything that they\u2019ve done. The actions of bullies should be brought to the light.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 5017, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 288.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://antigrain.com/links/index.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:24Z", "digest": "sha1:HKJZHMUELORG2BZF42H3K7NK2CPQA7DV", "length": 1264, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "antigrain.com", "title": "Anti-Grain Geometry - Links", "raw_content": "An excellent software font engine. Actually Anti-Grain Geometry renderer is based on the ideas of the Anti-Aliased glyph rendering. David Turner and his group, the authors of FreeType, provided me invaluable help and support.\nAnatoly Kuznetsov (TLK). He is my colleague who started working on Anti-Grain Geometry with me long ago and made a great contribution writing Xtras for Macromedia Director. Because of him I still have enthusiasm for the research.\nSourceForge.net. A great place for any open source developer. It really is a Forge of Source Code.\nVector Graphics Foundry at SourceForge.\nC++ BOOST. A group of the most experienced in C++ people I've ever seen. If you don't feel comfortable enough with C++ Standard Template Library you'd better keep out :).\nScalable Vector Graphics standard proposed by W3C committee. Particulary it's dedicated to Web Development.\nPaul Bourke. A brilliant scientist from Australia. His works and his collection of algorithms and methods, particulary in Graphics, is a must to study.\nGPC General Polygon Clipper by Alan Murta. This is the most reliable implemantation of the Boolean Operations on polygons. Free for non-commercial use.\nQuasimondo - Mario Kingellmann's Flash Blog. Very interesting ideas and demo examples.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 14, "original_length": 1425, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 293.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://apctt.org/nis/what-is-nis", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:24Z", "digest": "sha1:PHBHPMD4UXIG6LKC4PHRRQLWNQCGOFOJ", "length": 3173, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "apctt.org", "title": "What is NIS? | Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb About Online Resource Centre \u00bb What is NIS?\nNational Innovation Systems (NIS)\nThe term \u2018National Innovation System\u2019 was first used by Christopher Freeman in his book \u2018Innovation in Japan\u2019 in 1987. While there are several definitions of NIS there is no single universally accepted definition. One definition is, \u2018 NIS is a set of distinct institutions which jointly and individually contribute to the development and diffusion of new technologies, and which provide the framework within which governments form and implement policies to influence the innovation process\u2019. The various elements of NIS would be Government policies, research and development organizations, the education system, the financial support system and others.\nA few definitions of NIS are:\n\u201c\u2026the elements and relationships which interact in the production, diffusion and use of new, economically useful knowledge \u2026 and are either located within or rooted inside the borders of a nation state\u201d Lundwall 1992\n\u201c\u2026 a set of institutions where interactions determine the innovative performance\u2026of national firms\u201d Nelson1993\n\u201c\u2026 the network of institutions in the public and private sectors whose activities and interactions initiate, import, modify and diffuse new technologies\u2026\u201d Freeman 1987\n\u201c\u2026 the national institutions, their incentive structures and their competencies, that determine the rate and direction of technological learning (or the value and composition of change generating activities) in a country.\u201d Patel and Pavitt\n\u201c\u2026 that set of distinct institutions which jointly and individually contribute to the development and diffusion of new technologies and which provide the framework within which governments form and implement policies to influence the innovation process. As such it is a system of interconnected institutions to create, store and transfer the knowledge, skills and artifacts which define new technologies.\u201d Metcalfe 1995\nDynamics of NIS is also very important. Continuous improvements are a must for all innovation related activities. Without continuous improvement even the most striking innovation strategy will become uncompetitive in due course of time. And without innovation, any effort to improvement in a knowledge-based economy may end up at a dead-end. There is a great deal of innovative work behind continuous improvements and NIS framers require a firm understanding of the changing situation and make continuous modifications in the NIS.\nVarious elements of NIS would be Government policies, Research and Development organizations, education system, the financial support system and others.\nAccording to a study by OECD, the concept of National Innovation Systems rests on the premise that understanding the linkages amongst the actors involved in the innovation process is key to improving technology performance. The innovative performance of a country depends to a large extent on how these actors relate to each other as elements of collective system of knowledge creation and use, as well as the technologies they use. (http://www.oecd.org)\nhttp://ideas.repec.org/p/aug/augsbe/0254.html\nhttp://www.druid.dk/conferences/summer2005/papers/ds2005-423.pdf", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 5426, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 284.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://apeconcerts.com/events/shannon-and-the-clams/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:48Z", "digest": "sha1:IC2ORCIBEMV3NI2Y5EWXFJCWIMBS7LWB", "length": 541, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "apeconcerts.com", "title": "Shannon and the Clams | Another Planet Entertainment Shannon and the Clams | Another Planet Entertainment", "raw_content": "KALX presents\n\u201cIt\u2019s okay for people to interpret the songs,\u201d Shannon says. \u201cYou can put your own story into it if that helps you heal. I just want people to feel something, whatever it is. When I\u2019m performing I make a point to always go back to the place emotionally of when I wrote the song and tap back into it. I try to stay really connected to the original feeling and I hope people can see that. I feel like people appreciate our genuineness. That\u2019s the thread we\u2019ve been able to keep this whole time and we\u2019ll always stay true to that.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 147, "original_length": 6242, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 276.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://appa.creditcardprocessing.com/2014/05/many-companies-compete-merchant-account-business/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:34Z", "digest": "sha1:C645HMFZCZYAVVEI44TGPMXBFOR5B34B", "length": 2463, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "appa.creditcardprocessing.com", "title": "Why Many Companies Compete for Your Merchant Account Business", "raw_content": "Why Many Companies Compete for Your Merchant Account Business\nWhen running a business, a new entrepreneur will need to choose a reliable merchant account provider. While looking for a company to work with, one will quickly realize that there are plenty of options in this industry. Here are three reasons why so many merchant account companies compete for the customer\u2019s business.\nWhen looking to start a profitable corporation, one can look no further than credit card processing. By providing payment services, an entrepreneur can bring in revenue within a few weeks of incorporating. Since it\u2019s a low barrier to entry, people without outside funds can build their business fast. To start, one will need to incorporate, build a website, advertise and sign up customers. Then, after a few months, an established provider can start bringing in revenue easily. This is in stark contrast to other companies that require months of planning and plenty of funds.\nClients all over:\nPeople love to start their own business and try to avoid working in a corporate office. When doing so, one needs to receive payments without anxiety or fear. Since providers like PayPal don\u2019t always come through, one needs to think about other options. While PayPal is easy to use, people don\u2019t want to use this service all the time as they receive poor marks from customers. On the other hand, when signing up for a credit card processing account, one can bring in clients and start taking in revenue without worry. The trend will only continue as people want to accept payments with ease.\nEasy to run:\nWhen running a business, it\u2019s difficult to keep it in order from month-to-month. Whether running a restaurant or an e-commerce site, one will need to worry about a host of potential issues. While that\u2019s true, it is possible to run a simple and profitable business. One way to enjoy an excellent income is to run a credit card processing company as an entrepreneur can hire a few employees, set up a website and find clients. Then, every month, the owner will enjoy a decent profit as it is a simple and profitable business to run.\nWhen starting out as an entrepreneur, one will notice that plenty of people compete for their business. It\u2019s wise to take advantage of this and look for the lowest prices from providers offering quality service.\nThis entry was posted in Article and tagged merchant account business, merchant account services, merchant accounts. Bookmark the permalink.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 4245, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 248.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://arap.so36.net/pas/text/textSeymour.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:28Z", "digest": "sha1:P7DXYJW7EMWYZ2LGJ5KIC47HWUXKZQ4Z", "length": 4685, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "arap.so36.net", "title": "against repression - against prisons", "raw_content": "Alternatives to Custody in Ireland by Dr. Mairead Seymour\nIreland is a country with a strong orientation towards custody and with a largely underdeveloped scheme of community alternatives.\nAlthough we are mid-league in an international context in terms of our \"stock\" of prisoners or our average daily population (85 per 100,000 population), the \"flow\" of people into prison or rate of prison entry places us considerably further up the international league. The disparity between these two figures is due to our reliance on short terms of imprisonment. This would suggest that we are a country with great potential for the use of non-custodial sanctions as a means of reducing the prison population.\nThe aim of the Report is to explore this potential by examining those alternatives to custody which have proved successful in other jurisdictions and evaluating their applicability to an Irish context.\nIn its opening Chapter, the Report locates the issue in a contemporary context. It observes that three fifths of all those sentenced to imprisonment in Ireland are sent to prison for periods of under six months. The vast majority of those committed to prison are sentenced to custody for non-violent offences against property or road traffic offences. Indeed, a significant proportion of committals to prison relate to fine default. This would suggest that greater use can be made of community sentences without seriously jeopardizing public safety. This would also make fiscal sense given that the average cost of keeping an individual in custody for one year is \u20ac87,950, which makes the Irish penal system one of the most costly in Europe.\nThe second and third sections of the Report examine penal reforms in countries such as Canada, Finland and Germany with a view to their adoption or indeed adaptation in Ireland. All three jurisdictions have succeeded in significantly reducing their reliance on imprisonment as a sanction (Finland; Canada) or have maintained their penal population at a steady rate, despite increases in the crime rate (Germany). Experience in all of these countries suggests that short terms of imprisonment (up to two years) can be successfully replaced with community sanctions such as suspended sentences without endangering public safety.\nApplying this to Ireland, the Report suggests that all offenders should be sentenced to a community sanction for one year or less, a measure would drastically reduce the number of prison committalsIn relation to medium risk offenders, this could be achieved through greater use of suspended sentences for those sentenced to prison for one year or less. These offenders would be under supervision from the Probation Service and would be required to adhere to certain conditions such as attendance at a treatment programme or compensation of the victim. Another of the main recommendations of the Report for reform is greater use of community service orders which have assisted in the reduction of the prison population in Finland but which are declining in use in this jurisdiction. Care should be taken, however, to ensure that they are used only for offenders who would have received a term of imprisonment to avoid a phenomenon known as \"up-tariffing\".\nFor low risk offenders the Report proposes that consideration should be given to the adoption of a scheme of prosecutorial dismissal as a means of diverting individuals away from the court system. This scheme has worked well in Germany and Scotland and basically involves the dismissal of the case by a prosecutor if the defendant is willing to make the appropriate payment. This comes with the important caveat, however, that the incentive to enter a plea of guilty should not be so great as to place pressure on an innocent defendant to plead guilty.\nOther specific initiatives advocated by the Report include increasing the use of fines while decreasing the numbers imprisoned for fine default; promoting the use of appropriately targeted probation orders; and, significantly, the adoption of the Law Reform Commission's recommendation that District Court judges give written reasons before sentencing someone to a custodial sentence. In this regard, it is of note that in Germany the Penal Code discourages the use of short sentences requiring written justification from a judge for not suspending a sentence of less than a year. More generally, the Report calls for a new legislative framework for community sanctions, increased investment in the Probation and Welfare Service, a greater commitment by the Government to sentencing research and judicial training in tandem with the development of a sentencing database.\n[ Download full document\n[ iprt.ie", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 15, "original_length": 4783, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 217.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://archive.boston.com/ae/food/restaurants/articles/2008/12/03/the_greenest_of_them_all/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:26:55Z", "digest": "sha1:R5I4AWE5EOBXPA2JKPVHXCD5EH235SF5", "length": 8995, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "archive.boston.com", "title": "Boston restaurants act to reduce their environmental impact - The Boston Globe", "raw_content": "1. Sinks Lumiere uses low-flow spray nozzles to save water. 2. Lights Fluorescents do the trick in the kitchen, and use a lot less energy than standard bulbs. 3. Grease Waste not, want not. Used frying oil gets picked up and passed on to people who fuel their cars with it. 4. Local food Fish and meat don't travel far. During the growing season, the fare at Lumiere is almost entirely local. (Wiqan Ang for The Boston Globe)\nThe greenest of them all\nBoston restaurants think locally and act innovatively to reduce their environmental impact\nBy Devra First\nAmericans love restaurants. This year it's estimated we'll spend $558 billion dining out. But restaurants also eat resources. They account for 33 percent of all US retail electricity use, and the average restaurant goes through 300,000 gallons of water a year.\nIncreasingly, owners are trying to reduce this environmental impact, implementing rigorous recycling and composting programs, installing energy- and water-saving devices, relying on local ingredients, and more. The Green Restaurant Association, started in 1990 with the goal of forging an ecologically sustainable restaurant industry, offers an ongoing certification program to help restaurateurs go green.\n\"In the beginning, people said 'What is this?' \" says executive director Michael Oshman. \"But it's now gone from 'Should we do this?' to 'How should we do it?' \" The establishments adopting these measures are increasingly mainstream. \"You've got Batali, Tavern on the Green. You've got Microsoft. These are not hippie, crunchy-granola restaurants.\"\nBoston is the GRA's second-most active city in terms of certification, after New York. Restaurants from the upscale bistro Lumiere to the wrap-and-smoothie chain Boloco have the association's seal of approval. Many others are taking action on their own.\nIn part, they're doing so because it makes business sense. That's why Jose Duarte, chef-owner of Taranta in the North End, took his first green steps. The cost of diesel was going up, and he realized he could save money by converting his truck to run on cooking grease recycled from the kitchen. \"I was thinking about saving money, No. 1, and then helping the environment. What could I do as a restaurant owner to maximize profit and minimize cost by going green?\"\nA lot, it turned out. Composting and recycling, for example, costs him 30 percent less than traditional trash service. It also saves large amounts of energy. By composting 63.7 tons per year, Duarte figures, he saves 10.19 metric tons of carbon equivalent, or 422 trips from Boston to New York in a Prius. By replacing one conventional light bulb with a compact fluorescent one, he says, he can save $35-$45 a year. \"Do you know how many light bulbs a restaurant has?\"\nCaring for the environment also brings in customers, a point Oshman makes when he's trying to get a restaurant on board for certification. According to the National Restaurant Association, 62 percent of adults surveyed say they are likely to choose a restaurant based on how environmentally friendly it is.\nOf course, it's not just about business. \"People want to make change,\" Oshman says. \"They think about their kids or their grandkids. They really want to do something for very human reasons.\"\nHere are some of Boston's greenest restaurants, and what they're doing to earn that distinction. All are GRA certified.\nDrink up. At Jose Duarte's North End restaurant, the wine list is biodynamic, sustainable, and organic. The restaurant is also eliminating bottled water, putting in its own carbonation and bottling system. And the straws are green - they're made from a corn-based polymer.\nThis is just the beginning. Even the business cards are made from 100 percent post-consumer recycled paper and printed with soy ink. But you can eat at Taranta without being aware of it. \"It's a green restaurant, that's the way we do business,\" Duarte says. \"If you want to know about it, we'll go the extra mile and let you know. But we mostly want you to come, have a great time, and enjoy yourself.\"\nDuarte wears an organic chef's coat, uses LED candles (below) instead of wax, and composts. In doing the last, he sets an example for other restaurants. \"You cannot say you cannot do it if this guy is doing it in 7 feet.\" He did manage to gain some room when his old water heater broke - he installed tankless water heaters. \"It's on average $100 less in my gas bill consumption. I have a work space now where the old tank was. It's super win-win. That's how people have to look at this,\" he says.\nThe New England chain is opening its 15th store this month. That's a lot of carnitas burritos and Bangkok chicken wraps. All of Boloco's meat comes from animals that have been treated humanely, fed a vegetarian diet, and kept free of hormones and antibiotics. This is good for health-conscious customers, and it's also environmentally sound. \"You don't have the impact of feedlots. Hog confinement areas are huge producers of animal waste that leaches into groundwater,\" says president and chief operating officer Michael Harder.\nIn its stores, Boloco uses highly renewable bamboo, paints low in or without volatile organic compounds, and PaperStone, a material with the hardness of concrete but made from recycled paper and an earth-friendly resin. Sinks feature water-restriction valves, and compact fluorescents light new stores. Boloco is working with manufacturers on other lighting solutions. New stores also get Energy Star refrigeration and heating systems where possible. Boloco has eliminated Styrofoam; instead of plastic, the restaurants use cups made from corn (above) and bowls made from bamboo fiber. Harder says they're trying to find an affordable alternative to plastic flatware, which would enable them to compost: Then they won't have to worry about customers tossing plastic forks in the wrong bin.\n\"Our mission is to buy from local farmers and fishermen,\" says Jim Solomon, chef-owner of the Brookline restaurant. \"Our products are not trucked long distances. We've got mushroom foragers coming in the back door (below right, with Benjamin Maleson); Pat Woodbury is our clam digger from Wellfleet. We use produce from Ward's and other local farms. We buy really just from New England.\"\nSolomon's father wrote speeches for George McGovern, and Solomon says he's always believed in social and corporate responsibility. An eco-friendly restaurant was a natural extension of that. He began by eliminating Styrofoam, getting serious about recycling, and adopting energy-efficient lighting. Some lights are on timers or motion detectors. The Fireplace recycles its frying oil, which is picked up by a company that uses it for fuel.\nSolomon had film installed on the restaurant windows that blocks out UVA and UVB rays; it traps heat inside during the winter and keeps it out in the summer. In the spring, they'll paint the roof with reflective paint, which will deflect heat and lower air conditioning costs.\nUPSTAIRS ON THE SQUARE\nCo-owners Mary-Catherine Deibel (left) and Deborah Hughes believe their guests can share. They frequently host private events at their Harvard Square restaurant, and they used to print a special menu for each guest. \"It was so much menu paper,\" Deibel says. Now they print one for every two or three guests, with a note at the bottom explaining that they're part of the GRA.\n\"The GRA does a lot of research and legwork for you,\" she says. \"They make it seem possible instead of overwhelming.\"\nUpStairs on the Square is going to be producing its own bottled water, and the restaurant is moving toward composting. As Deibel and Hughes replace equipment, they're installing more energy-efficient versions. \"Everybody is starting to think in more green ways,\" Deibel says.\nOne thing that isn't new is their local sourcing. \"My partner always had relationships with farmers, way before it was so in vogue,\" Deibel says. \"Now everybody's doing it. That's because it tastes better.\"\nThe menu here is environmentally friendly. Literally - it's printed on paper high in post-consumer content. Chef Michael Leviton has always showcased local, sustainable ingredients at his West Newton bistro. \"During the height of the growing season, we're almost entirely local,\" he says. Fish doesn't come from any farther than Chesapeake Bay, meat comes from North-east Family Farms (below), and chickens come from southern Quebec.\nLumiere also uses recycled paper towels and environmentally friendly to-go containers (above). Fryer oil is picked up by a company called Green Grease Monkey, which converts vehicles to run on waste vegetable oil. And the restaurant composts. \"We compost and recycle everything, so our trash footprint is pretty small,\" Leviton says.\nAs for lighting, it's fluorescent, but not in the dining room. At a restaurant called Lumiere, some green measures just won't fly.\nBoston restaurants act to reduce their environmental impact\nFOOD & TRAVEL Being green comes naturally to bakery owners", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 162, "original_length": 10934, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 303.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://archive.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2007/06/17/joint_failure/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:12Z", "digest": "sha1:TH3Q5J5MLQAD4BFEEVIJG24G6RBECHZI", "length": 627, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "archive.boston.com", "title": "Joint failure - The Boston Globe", "raw_content": "Joint Failure\nResponsibility for the disaster of Iraq lies not only with the President of the United States, but also with the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The president needs expert and candid military counsel. Not yes-men in uniform.\nWashington was briefly abuzz last week with the news that Secretary of Defense Robert Gates will not recommend the reappointment of General Peter Pace for a second two-year term as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Gates is instead nominating Admiral Michael Mullen for the post. The political classes reacted first with surprise and then with approval. The New ... (Full article: 1950 words)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 145, "original_length": 3030, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 269.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs080/1101447498990/archive/1105371755276.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:23Z", "digest": "sha1:KCNHBS2RLCLSFU6MA6OJPMOHDVPSRIBX", "length": 12519, "nlines": 75, "source_domain": "archive.constantcontact.com", "title": "June 2011, Business Connection", "raw_content": "Try It Local\nNeedham Bank Small Business Seminar Series\nThomas O'Rourke Elected President of MACCE\nEdward Jones - Sharon\nFallon Associates - Milton\nGreater Boston Home Health Care Services - Norwood\nLynn Tokarczyk, Government Incentives Consultant, was elected to the Executive Committee of Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM), at the organization's 96th Annual Meeting on Friday, May 13th at the Waltham Westin Hotel.\nTokarczyk, a long time AIM member and a Board of Directors member, is President of Business Development Strategies, Inc. (BDS), a Medway-based company that provides government incentives consulting services to some of the state's most prestigious businesses. She has been an integral contributor to AIM's efforts to support legislative amendments to enhance the state's business climate. Tokarczyk's ability to effectively negotiate tax incentives and nurture relations between business and government has generated millions of dollars worth of economic advantages and expansion opportunities for growing businesses in Massachusetts.\nFor the latest Member News click here\nYou can save hundreds of dollars by taking advantage of our Member Affinity programs. Just click on the links below for details.\nComcast Business Class Chamber Rewards Program\n2011 Chairman's Circle\nNVCC Office\nSpeaker Series with State Treasurer, Steve Grossman\nJune 10, 2011 7:45-9:15am\n\"Let's Talk About Driving\"\nNorwood Senior Center\nTo register for June events click here\nDid you know that the Chamber offers FREE business counseling services at our offices?\nThe Massachusetts Small Business Development Center (MSBDC) Network (MSBDC) provides free and confidential business advisory services. For more information on the MSBDC or to make an appointment to meet with a counselor at the NVCC Office, visit their website or call (508) 673-9783.\nNVCC offers free SCORE COUNSELING at the NVCC office on Thursdays, by appointment.\nA Community of Businesses\nI had the opportunity to speak before the Neponset Valley Sunrise Rotary Club recently, and it reminded me why I enjoy what I get to do everyday. As a former Rotarian I am very familiar with the role that clubs like Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions and others play in our society. However, hearing of the activities of the NVSRC (and last month the Canton Rotary) brought back just how important and impactful these organizations are to our communities. Many of these clubs today are unfortunately rather small (10 - 50 members) yet they are a great example of the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. From pancake breakfasts to duck races, to community auctions their activities bring people together and raise money for the neediest of the needy right in our backyards. And of course they do it all as volunteers.\nIt's no coincidence that many members of these service clubs are also members of the Neponset Valley Chamber of Commerce. For we too are a community organization. In fact, we are a community of businesses. Businesses that are no doubt interested in building and growing their business, but also interested in supporting their local community.\nConsequently, I am very pleased to share two new community-minded initiatives we recently began here at the NVCC. Our Board of Directors has agreed that for each of our major events (Golf Outing, Flavors of the Neponset Valley, Annual Meeting) we will partner with a local non-profit organization in order to provide some component of giving back as part of the event. For example, Flavors is all about food, so we may host a food drive in conjunction with that event. At another event, it could be a clothing drive or like our Golf Outing last year and this year it is simply a cash donation to a deserving organization. Of course we are not the United Way, in fact we too are a non-profit, but we recognize that we can still contribute time, money, or other resources regularly. I do hope that you will support us in those efforts.\nThe other way we can help our local non-profits is through our new online Community Calendar. If you go to the Calendar section of nvcc.com you will find a link to the Community Calendar on the right hand side of the page. Here, local non-profits can submit their own events (at no cost) directly onto the website to be viewed by the entire community. Since non-profits are one of the largest sectors of members we have, we are very pleased to offer this service. We hope you will check it often to see what's happening.\nAs a member of the NVCC you are a part of a local \"Community of Businesses\" that supports each other and supports the important organizations that make our communities as strong and vibrant as they are. Go ahead, give yourself a pat on the back!\nL. A. Rubini\nhttp://www.ScrivoCommunications.com\nSpeaker Series - State Treasurer, Steve Grossman\nMassachusetts State Treasurer, Steven Grossman will speak at the Four Points Sheraton on June 1 0, 2011 7:45am in the second of the NVCC's Annual Speaker Series.\nTreasurer Grossman is committed to using the full potential of the Treasurer's office to protect the public's money, help create jobs, boost small businesses, and bring new standards of transparency and disclosure to state government.\nThroughout his career, he has had an unshakable commitment to recruiting, hiring, and retaining the most qualified people, based on merit, and will be on hand to discuss the state of the Commonwealth's economy and its effects on business and individuals' everyday lives.\nThe Neponset Valley Chamber of Commerce is launching Try It Local, an online discount program where businesses can generate revenue and drive new customers to their door with no risk. Try It Local brings together Chamber members and local consumers with one deeply discounted offer at a time.\nThe Chamber features an offer from a member business that has a discount of 40% off or more for a product or service.\nThe offer is delivered to Try It Local subscribers via email, the Chamber's Facebook page, Twitter page and TryItLocal.com.\nThe featured member business collects 70% of each day's total sales and is charged no fees for the promotion.\nSee how it works by clicking the video.\nTo feature your own business deal, simply fill out this form by clicking here and a representative will contact you to iron out the details regarding your offer.\nWe hope you're as excited as we are about this new program. For more information about Try It Local contact the Chamber at 781.769.1126 or email Tom O'Rourke at tom@nvcc.com.\nNeedham Bank Small Business Seminar Series - Department of Justice Criminal Information Services\nAttorney Critsley joins us to discuss all the recent changes to Massachusetts law and how they directly affect you and your business on July 12, 2011 at the offices of Gray, Gray & Gray.\nAttorney Georgia K. Critsley has been the General Counsel of the Department of Criminal Justice Information Services (DCJIS) since 2008. As General Counsel, she provides guidance to the organization on public policy, substantive legal issues, legislative matters and general agency administrative issues. She also was a member of the team that drafted the CORI Reform provisions that Governor Patrick signed into law in August 2010.\nAttorney Critsley is currently working on implementing the provisions of CORI Reform and redrafting DCJIS' regulations within the Massachusetts Business Community and will share with you the changes mandated by the reform and be on hand to answer your questions and address any concerns.\nPlease join us for this very important seminar; this is one you cannot afford to miss.\nGray, Gray & Gray\n34 Southwest Park\nNVCC President to lead State Organization\nNeponset Valley Chamber of Commerce president, Thomas O'Rourke was recently elected to serve as president of the Massachusetts Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives (MACCE). MACCE is a volunteer led association that represents over 100 chambers of commerce throughout the Commonwealth.\nThe main purposes of MACCE are to develop and encourage high standards of service and conduct by Chamber executives; to broaden public understanding of the importanc e of Chambers of Commerce in the local as well as national economy; to advance professional growth of chamber professionals; to strengthen the voice of business in Massachusetts by encouraging the adoption of a legislative agenda that has a positive impact on business.\n\"It's an honor to be chosen by my colleagues to lead MACCE. I know I've learned a great deal from my involvement in the organization and look forward to increasing the collective voice of the business community through our work at MACCE,\" said O'Rourke.\nO'Rourke, a Norwood native, has been in the chamber of commerce profession for over 15 years. Prior to coming to the Neponset Valley Chamber he served as president of the Newton-Needham and Plymouth Area Chambers.\nThe Last Hurrah for Norwood High School\nRecognizing that many NVCC members may have attended Norwood High School we wanted to share the following information with you about the upcoming farewell event for the old high school.\nAdditionally, Cha mber members have been asked to serve as guest bartenders for the evening. I plan to do this myself and invite any other Norwood High grads to join me. Your admission is free and you will be serving just beer and wine for a two hour shift. It's a great way to see people, enjoy the evening and get the Chamber's name out there in a positive way.\nThe proceeds from the event, as well as from the souvenir items that will be offered, will go to help build the concession stand that was not in the plans to be rebuilt with the new school.\n7-11:30pm ticketed night event *must be 21 or over\nFor more information or to purchase tickets click here. If you would like to attend for free as a bartender, please let me know at tom@nvcc.com.\nUPS wants to be a valued partner in your business - a partner that takes complexity and cost out of your shipping.\nA UPS shipping relationship goes beyond simple shipping. Our process-improvement solutions can bring significant value to your business and your customers. What we do best - reliably and efficiently move time-sensitive shipments from one place to another - frees you to focus on what you do best.\nServing customers. Growing your business.\nReliability and speed matter to your business. UPS has built our reputation with fast, dependable ground, air and international shipments. We deliver more packages overnight by 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. to more businesses and ZIP Codes than anyone else. With outstanding overnight reliability and broader network coverage, we're a better shipping resource, here or abroad.\nYou'll benefit from our innovative tools. You can see your shipments anywhere in the UPS system, any hour. You and your staff can personally control and administer shipments from their desktops, with parameters on who ships. You can allocate billing by user or department, and cut time spent reconciling monthly bills.\nWith UPS, you're more responsive, with more speed and flexibility. You have better insight, for better decisions. You save precious time. You can sustain your growth.\nSave more with UPS by taking advantage of the Affinity program between NVCC and UPS. For more details and to sign up, please visit www.savewithups.com/nvcc.\nTrip to Portugal Information Session - Tuesday, August 9, 2011\nThe Neponset Valley Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that it will be sponsoring a trip to sunny Portugal from April 13 - 22, 2012. This exclusive travel opportunity is open to all Chamber members, their employees, families and the general public.\nThe trip will take you to the Estoril Coast and the Algarve regions of Portugal. Also included are a Folkloric Dinner Show, Jeronimo's Monastery, Lisbon, Evora and an optional trip to Fatima. Per person rates start at $2,799 double occupancy and include round-trip airfare from Logan, air taxes, fees and surcharges, hotel and 14 meals (8 breakfasts, 6 dinners).\nThere will be an information session on Tuesday, August 9, 2011 at 5:30pm at the NVCC Office. Representatives from Collette Tours will be on hand to make a presentation and answer questions.\nFor trip details click here\nReach hundreds of business owners by placing your ad in future issues of the Chamber's E-newsletter.\nE-newsletter Month (1x) Quarter (2x) Year (6x)Small $ 250 $ 400 $1,200\n(198px wide by 207px height, 150dpi)\nLarge $ 300 $ 500 $ 1,400\nFor more information please contact Tom O'Rourke at tom@nvcc.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 142, "original_length": 13747, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 306.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://archive.economonitor.com/blog/2008/12/how-to-generate-a-new-wave-of-prosperity-the-formula-of-mixed-government-and-private-investments-to-reform-the-world-part-ii/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:02Z", "digest": "sha1:SQU6B6BY3QCL7WWAG7DLHKRFPPNTMCKJ", "length": 12744, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "archive.economonitor.com", "title": "\ufeff How to Generate a New Wave of Prosperity. The formula of mixed government and private investments to reform the world, Part II | EconoMonitor", "raw_content": "How to Generate a New Wave of Prosperity. The formula of mixed government and private investments to reform the world, Part II\nBy Carlo Resta on December 18, 2008\nThis article is the continuation of: How to Generate a New Wave of Prosperity. The formula of mixed government and private investments to reform the world. RGE Monitor, 26 Nov 08\nNever in the Dark Again. Central Banks face the challenge of recovering global financial stability. Their opportunity is to gain a higher information level, establishing proactive targeted exchanges with a comprehensive pool of players, starting from Sovereign Wealth Funds. * * *\nNew thinking and action by Central Banks are need and opportunity\nThis crisis has shown the information failure of existing regulatory and supervisory framework nationally and internationally. It is now clear that new thinking and action by Central Banks are needed, thus opening up a powerful opportunity.\nIt is now commonly agreed that the global financial system and its architecture require major improvements in the designing of regulation, in the assessment of systemic risk, and in the global coordination of action before and during crisis. The \u201cPerimeter of Regulation\u201d, as it was called by the IMF, proved to be misleading and highly inadequate at national and international level. Central Banks information level must highly improve, their action must change to be more targeted and effective, with no boundaries and without the risk of suffocating or impeding financial innovation. The latter was not the cause of the current problems, which were instead created by a serious lack of information, a misuse of financial instruments and by a total loss of common sense.\nFor achieving the necessary improvements, Financial Authorities need to make substantial changes in three main areas.\nThe first area is the creation of western Sovereign Wealth Funds. That is the evolution of Central Banks\u2019 and governments function in their more direct support to bolster national economies in addition to a much needed fiscal stimulus. By taking over, or by being ready to take over, ailing financial institutions (namely banks, insurance companies and soon key industrial players), leading western governments are adjusting \u201cde facto\u201d the function of central banks reserve managers in that of national wealth managers. This is quite similar to the model of the existing Sovereign Wealth Funds. The link between markets and financial authorities needs to evolve quickly. Central governments are seeking to generate stability and growth for their national economies and they also need business partners to help them to deliver on this categorical necessity (Pls. see: Development of Central Banks and Governments policy for the Creation of a New Breed of Sovereign Funds with strategic function to rescue and rebuild: The Economic Reconstruction Institutions; 10 Nov 08).\nEach nation will have to take its share to support its economy. Some western countries like France have announced the creation or their own Sovereign Fund established with the purpose of grouping the forced recapitalizations, supporting the financial system and restarting the economic growth in their own country. The UK has already the opportunity of the existing \u2018Shareholders Executive\u2019 and it recently set up the UK Financial Investments. The Irish government just announced the creation of its fund with a substantial investment in the country\u2019s banks in partnership with private investors.\nA second and related area will be the evolution of the reserves portfolio management, asset allocation and investment strategies employed directly by Central Banks. Changes in this area are due to the fundamental shift that this unprecedented crisis brought and that radically changed the meaning of asset allocation and the dynamics of market intervention. This will be the subject of further and separate analysis.\nI focus here on a third and possibly most important area that requires improvement. The information factor area which strongly affects the previous two mentioned. This is the opportunity for Financial Authorities to gain a higher level of information and exchange. To develop an active level of awareness and \u201cenlightened\u201d communication and cooperation in scope and space between Authorities and all major market world players.\nThis new dynamic of targeted relationships will be a primary key to gain precious information and market intelligence, the main base to achieve the key function and objective of Central Banks: to recover the health and stability of the financial system. The latter can be reached only through a real global exchange that Central Banks and authorities will have to achieve with a largest pool of major market participants. Global consensus on international cooperation it is an opportunity and it must now be productively used. The scope of that cooperation will have to be broader in terms of policies, countries and most of all type of financial players to include SWFs, Hedge Funds, Endowments, and all major investors. This will allow Financial Authorities to develop a higher and much needed information gathering and awareness level.\nShortly the USA will materialize its plans, but what done already from their authorities and what announced by their next President, confirms the strong need to elaborate a better and comprehensive information and action plan on financial markets, their variables, and main players.\nThe world may have gone too fast and beyond its limits but it is now time to catch up. Not just more information but of superior quality will help Central Banks and financial authorities to improve evaluation and awareness of systemic risks. This undoubtedly requires the active coverage of the most comprehensive pool of market participants among which the very important category of the SWFs. It does not mean stringent and/or impossible regulation or excessive transparency and burden, but control through effective relationship, targeted participation, thus achieving true global knowledge.\nSharing informally this thoughts and analysis with Central banks and supranational institutions, we find confirmation of the need to create a new communication function of link, knowledge and information sharing with the relevant market participants beginning with SWFs. The latter are an \u201cextension\u201d of their own Central Banks and through these institutions as well, we perceive interest in a new information exchange with mutual added value. The stability of global markets it is also something that affects them closely. Not only that. The action of SWFs is often misunderstood, while the positive way in which their role could be guided seems not perceived. In this respect, an active exchange between Central Banks and SWFs would be of great assistance. This is what it is necessary and not just strict and forced transparency. As Andrew Rozanov, leading expert in this field and creator of the word \u2018Sovereign Wealth Funds\u2019, observed at a recent forum on the subject of SWFs: \u201cIncreased transparency is a highly delicate matter. If imposed too quickly or without proper consideration for portfolio and market issues, it can actually be detrimental to both SWFs and broader market\u201d.\nThe same applies to Central Banks in their internal portfolio management of reserves. Is it really necessary that they tell the rest of the world how in strict detail and real time they manage their reserves?\nThe SWFs are in reality a precious resource and a potential blessing especially in the current and in the post crisis world. Having a long term investment horizon, providing liquidity and capital to global financial markets, SWFs enhance the optimization of markets operations, lowering the cost of capital and supporting equity valuations. Generating wealth as \u201cSovereign Alpha\u201d, their pool of free capital seems to be a crucial element in a much needed national and international reconstruction and economic bolstering process. I define \u2018Sovereign Alpha\u2019 as the part of the company\u2019s extra value generated simply by the organization and positive presence of the State among the shareholders. (How to Generate a New Wave of Prosperity. The formula of mixed government and private investments to reform the world; 26 Nov 08). Central Banks and SWFs are united in many ways but foremost for the goal of achieving global financial Stability and growth. New Central Banks Coverage of SWFs and Important Institutions\nThus, Central Banks need to achieve a comprehensive and higher level of information, and in each respective country need to create a function responsible for the relationship and exchanges with the mentioned institutions. With the purpose of reaching the goals outlined below, it is necessary the development of an \u201cobservatory point\u201d, a center of information integration and of active exchange between Central Banks, SWFs and of all those market players and forces that is today no more possible to ignore.\nStart research on these global institutions\nStart a program of regular exchanges and targeted communications\nExchange market views, key information and strategic economic data\nWhere proper share asset allocation strategies, co-investment opportunities or cooperation in the case of interest from a SWF in investing in a national firm\nGlobal coordination on these functions and findings with other Central Banks\nThe above is the most effective way to augment the information and knowledge base to support Central Banks decision process. To establish global governance and to create mechanisms for effective international action, to reduce the risk of crisis by preventing them and by addressing the problems when they occur. Enhanced information provision and global coordination will be a key for any systemic risk assessment. Our global world has in fact no more perimeters; financial innovation is based on interconnection and generates multidimensional levels. Major barriers have been knocked down, the speed and extent to which shocks are transmitted across asset classes and countries increased. The design of regulation must be different, as the new role of Financial Authorities.\nThe mentioned interconnection boundaries are blurred between systemic and non \u2013systemic institutions, between different asset classes. Central Banks must adopt a more targeted, hands on role that the above mention functions will start to provide. Conclusion\nIn summary, the current regulatory set up revealed to be inadequate and lacking crucial market intelligence. While action across a range of areas is needed to help the global economy and financial system regain their footing, information enhancement through active targeted relationships with major market world players will be of key importance for Central Banks. The latter can no longer just rely on setting interest rates, monetary policy and setting a \u201cPerimeter of Regulation\u201d to be in their comfort zone.\nTo perform their fundamental function of establishing financial stability, Central Banks will have to recur to a new kind of active presence. \u201cPerimeter of Regulation\u201d was the past. In the post crisis world, and in the transition period as well, Monetary Authorities will have to be out in the marketplace to properly interpret their role in a new global order. They will engage in new functions, to effectively gain key information with important market players and engaging them in a process of cooperation and exchange, restoring confidence, financial markets soundness and achieving global governance.\nThe new world will seal a radical change that is taking place in the evolution of the global economy and of the political order. The emerging economies will play a crescent role and a bipolar era will open to a multi-polar one. To properly solve the equation of balance and growth in the future, the variables to be solved will be a multiple to include the growing economies. Central Banks are now challenged in a different way and new targeted exchanges, key information gathering and global coordination are necessary. The first G-20 summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy that took place last month in Washington is a confirmation of the need for a new Central Banks presence. That the world authorities had a sense of fear and they showed up with a strong response is a positive thing. The world has changed and so the role of Monetary Authority. The near and long term challenges are really of difficult and unprecedented nature. Yet, in an ever interconnected world each of us has an interest that the unbalances be resolved.\nHow to Generate a New Wave of Prosperity. The formula of mixed government and private investments to reform the world, Part II added by Carlo Resta on December 18, 2008", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 128, "original_length": 14978, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 328.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://archive.vcstar.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-agreement-on-monitoring-groundwater-unique-for-this-state-2abc7ccf-5654-3e06-e053-0100007f-367291021.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:41Z", "digest": "sha1:IE5IY3POEIJQXSOTKAF3JATV5ZI3SFNQ", "length": 2287, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "archive.vcstar.com", "title": "Editorial: Agreement on monitoring groundwater unique for this state", "raw_content": "Editorial: Agreement on monitoring groundwater unique for this state\nCalifornia is a state whose history is driven by fights over water. In many cases, the battles were won by those who had the water and simply refused to acknowledge how they got it, or who they took it from.\nThat's one of the reasons why last week's vote by the Fox Canyon Groundwater Management Agency to approve metering of groundwater pumping was remarkable.\nThe agency, which regulates groundwater basins that serve agricultural, industrial and some domestic uses in the Ventura, Camarillo, Oxnard, Port Hueneme and Moorpark areas, has been wrestling with development of a plan for the water for some time.\nThe agency put meters on municipal and industrial users and asked agricultural users to self-report their usage. The problem was the inconsistency of the self-reports in the past year.\nSo the agency board has agreed to go gather pumping data by installing automated meters throughout the region. That will give everyone accurate data on what is being pumped out of the various basins under the Fox Canyon agency control and where it's going.\nGetting real information will then allow the agency, its members and partners to develop realistic plans for managing the basins, regardless of whether they are full or suffering the ravages of drought.\nThe core argument is whether the agency, or \"the government,\" is going to end up taking away water now used by farmers to grow the crops that keep Ventura County such a productive part of the food belt. The fears are not unfounded, as California's history has proven that water always flows downhill to money and power.\nWithout a proper water supply, the farmers will be greatly limited in the choices they can make for what to do with their land. That will impact their profits, and the great diversity of crops that we proudly celebrate growing in our county.\nThe first step, of course, is to know who is drawing what amount of water and when. Without that knowledge, it's impossible to develop any plan for the future. All the parties involved recognized that we have to develop such a plan to assure the future and stability of this region.\nThanks to all those involved. It showed a sense of cooperation about water that is rare, if not unique, in our state.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 95, "original_length": 3993, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 276.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://archives.adventistworld.org/2008/august/into-myanmar.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:22Z", "digest": "sha1:VRBQUR7Q4AZVSJQ67OJA2F3ER3TFMWZR", "length": 3209, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "archives.adventistworld.org", "title": "Into Myanmar - Adventist World Magazine", "raw_content": "Into Myanmar\nS ituated south of China and west of Thailand, Myanmar is a beautiful country with rolling hills and a rich cultural heritage. There are 12 main ethnic groups throughout the country, but the government recognizes nearly 135 different tribes. This country, also known as Burma, is reknowned for its many picturesque Buddhist pagodas. People flock from around the world to see these beautiful tapered structures, which are often painted white or gilded in gold, and to worship Buddha. Because nearly 90 percent of Myanmar\u2019s population is Theravada Buddhist, monks walking down the street in their brightly colored robes are a common sight.\nMyanmar\u2019s history dates back to the mid-900s BC. Various kingdoms rose and fell until 1824, when Great Britain launched a 62-year war, which ended with England incorporating Burma (as it was called at that time) into the Indian Empire in 1886. In 1948, Myanmar gained its independence and became a self-governing democratic republic.\nIn 1902, Hebert B. Meyers and A. G. Watson traveled throughout Myanmar to sell Adventist literature. Meyers stayed for several years, eventually giving Bible studies and holding an evangelistic series. Five years later the first Adventist church was organized in Myanmar\u2019s capital, Yangon. Australian missionary Eric B. Hare and his wife, Agnes, helped establish the Karen Mission Station in Ohndaw in 1915.\nThe Adventist Church grew, and by 1939 there were 25 schools, 43 teachers, and nearly 1,000 students in Myanmar. Adventist missionaries stayed in the country during World War II until early 1942, when they had to flee to India. Following the war, cross-cultural missionaries returned until 1962, when the military junta took over Myanmar. At that time the 26 missionaries left the country.\nCAPITAL Yangon (Rangoon)\nBuddhist, 89%; Christian, 4%; Muslim, 4%; animist, 1%; other, 2%.\nPOPULATION 51 million*\nADVENTIST MEMBERSHIP 25,000*\nADVENTIST TO POPULATION RATIO 1:2,040*\n* General Conference Office of Archives and Statistics, 144th Annual Statistical Report\nThe diversity of the country makes modern Myanmar a very difficult place to share the gospel. Because of this the Adventist Church\u2019s frontline mission arm, Global Mission, is vital to church growth. Global Mission sends lay church members, called pioneers, to serve as frontline missionaries within their own people group. In countries such as Myanmar, Christians are often misunderstood and are often considered a Western aberration. Through their work people groups are being reached that have never before heard the gospel.\nWhen Cyclone Nargis swept through Myanmar on May 3, leaving more than 134,000 people dead or missing, and at least 2.4 million homeless, the Adventist Church\u2019s global humanitarian organization, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), took action. Since then they\u2019ve met the needs of survivors in southern Myanmar\u2019s Irrawaddy Delta region and provided food aid, shelter materials, hygiene kits, medicines, and improved access to water and sanitation.\nTo learn more about the Seventh-day Adventist Church\u2019s work in Myanmar please visit: www.AdventistMission.org.\nMore in this category: \u00ab Help Along the Way Mind Cure? \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 70, "original_length": 5037, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 209.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://archives.adventistworld.org/2014/october/god-the-designer.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:31Z", "digest": "sha1:WAH7VFNOEYJP3HBCZJQUZMWPOKEE26FB", "length": 6234, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "archives.adventistworld.org", "title": "God, the Designer - Adventist World Magazine", "raw_content": "Life is precious; without it there is no existence or experience. It only seems natural, therefore, for human beings to ask the fundamental question of how we got to this remarkable state of things.\nGod, the Designer\nLife is precious; without it there is no existence or experience. It only seems natural, therefore, for human beings to ask the fundamental question of how we got to this remarkable state of things. Why is it that you and I have the possibility of being?\nThe Bible provides a very straightforward answer to this question. Not only we, but also the world in which we live, are the result of a divine plan. God took the initiative to create the heavens and the earth (Gen. 1:1; 2:4), and He decided to make humanity (Gen. 1:26, 27).\nSeventh-day Adventists embrace this message of divine creative activity. There are many, however, who think the universe and its inhabitants are just the result of a random concatenation of events, governed by natural laws that just happen to be the way they are. This view, known as naturalism, excludes that reality is the manifestation of a plan of God.\nA Planned Creation?\nThe question of origins is intimately connected with a search for meaning and context. There is a radical difference between seeing life as an accident or by-product and considering it the result of intentional design. The Bible not only indicates God as the Creator of the world but also suggests that this creation followed the pattern of a well-planned project.\nThe implicit suggestion of design is evident in the structure of the Creation account of Genesis 1. The initial condition of the earth is presented as toh\u00fb (\u201cunformed\u201d) and boh\u00fb (\u201cunfilled\u201d) (Gen. 1:2). The narration continues, showing how God orderly changed this original state first by \u201cforming\u201d a structured environment (day 1: light; day 2: sky and seas; day 3: land with its vegetation), then by \u201cfilling\u201d the partitions established in the first three days (day 4: luminaries; day 5: flying and water creatures; day 6: land creatures and humans). The internal correlation between the days of Creation and the methodical approach described in the text clearly convey the message of a planned manner of divine activity.\nFingerprints of Design\nIf the Bible is clear in revealing that creation was originated by the deliberate will of God, what is the witness of nature itself? Is it possible to infer the existence of a designer just by studying the properties of natural systems?\nDesigned objects are built in a way that conforms to a preexisting pattern developed by the designer. One can be sure that a certain object is truly designed if it cannot be built by unguided natural processes. Let\u2019s use the example of a pyramid to clarify these concepts. Suppose an Egyptian architect plans to build a structure with a pyramidal shape. Following the directions of the architect, an actual pyramid made of bricks is erected. The preexisting pattern in the mind of the designer is the abstract pyramid, the implementation of the design is the material pyramidal edifice. Several centuries later a tourist looking at the building can be sure that it was designed, because nothing in nature requires bricks to arrange themselves in a pyramidal shape.\nLike the pyramid, some of the features we observe in the natural world conform to patterns that bear the impression of the fingerprint of a designer. Consider, for instance, the chemical elements, the atoms, which make up compounds and substances. The properties of the elements are determined by the laws of physics. But why are these laws such that they would determine the aggregation of matter in discrete elements that exhibit orderly, predictable, and periodic properties?\nFingerprints of design can also be identified in living organisms. Consider the DNA, for example. This molecule contains the information needed to build the parts that make us function. Like the sentences of this article, which are intelligible because they consist of a specific succession of letters, the sequence of \u201cletters\u201d in the DNA acts as precise instructions.. No natural law required the \u201cletters\u201d of the DNA to be originally arranged in a meaningful way. Nevertheless, we find that our cells contain pages and pages of meaningful \u201ctext,\u201d allowing us to be complex and beautiful living beings.\nEven if the study of nature leads some to recognize the existence of a designer, others interpret the same observable patterns in different ways.\nInstead of seeing the complexity and organization detected in natural systems as the fruit of intentionality, some ascribe them to the intrinsic properties of matter. Some physical systems, such as the regular lattice of a crystal, have indeed the ability to spontaneously self-organize and produce ordered structures. Additionally, processes observed in nature can also be regular and predictable because of the constancy of the laws of physics.\nHowever, when natural laws bring to existence intelligible arrangements, we are still left wondering why natural laws are the way they are. When the assembly of a system does not require the direct involvement of a designer, the rules that regulate the assembly can still be the product of design.\nAnother mechanism invoked to explain why things exist without the action of a designer is chance. This view sees the universe as the theater of innumerable random and undirected events, which result in chance combinations of processes and materials. One of these combinations was responsible for the origin of life on Planet Earth. Proponents of chance do recognize the very low probability of life emerging this way. However, they maintain the problem is mitigated by the immensity of time and space.\nA Reasonable Choice\nWe live in a society in which great value is placed upon scientific observations of the physical world. For some, contemplation of the physical world suggests a strictly naturalistic explanation to the question of our existence. Conversely, the believer finds encouragement for faith when considering the patterns revealed by the study of nature, because they confirm that the biblical revelation of God as designer is a reasonable choice.\nMore in this category: \u00ab Prodigal Grace Real Family Talk \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 8303, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 226.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://archives.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005136660&var_Year=2011&var_Month=05&var_Day=18", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:13Z", "digest": "sha1:NTIYBUUWNDU2PA6ZXA6W7E2J777OKRIJ", "length": 1800, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "archives.mtexpress.com", "title": "Idaho Mountain Express: New airport important over long term - May 18, 2011", "raw_content": "New airport important over long term\nWe are about halfway through what will turn out to be a 25-year project for a long-term solution for community air transportation in Blaine County.\nCurrently, a new airport is scheduled to be open in fall 2019. The preferred location of the new airport is about 22 miles south of Hailey on the east side of Highway 75. A milestone in the process should be reached this August: the release of the draft environmental impact statement, which is a comprehensive study of our airport relocation, being conducted by the federal government.\nExperts in the aviation industry estimate the cost of construction for a turnkey operational airport, including all the extra private infrastructure and a 10 percent contingency, at about $326 million in year 2019 dollars. We don't know how much our local contribution will be yet, but it is estimated to be between $10 million and $25 million dollars, not counting what we will eventually get back from the sale of existing airport land. No local property or sales tax money has been or will be used on this project without a two-thirds voter approval. If there are no other insurmountable obstacles discovered in the interim, this vote could be scheduled as soon as November 2012.\nWhat will a new airport do for us? It will be much more reliable, especially in the winter, than Friedman Memorial Airport. It will meet all FAA safety design standards. And it will allow for room, now and into the future, for as much expansion as we would need for the next 100 years. And as has been previously stated, it will create other economic benefits.\nFor anyone who has questions or a desire to have a meaningful discussion about airport issues, I encourage you to give me a call at 788-5500.\nChair, Friedman Memorial Airport Authority", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 19, "original_length": 2611, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 171.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://archives.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005137299&var_Year=2011&var_Month=06&var_Day=29", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:00Z", "digest": "sha1:FEH7LT6QLYBGWHVDATDUUEKIV3ZS6C5S", "length": 3274, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "archives.mtexpress.com", "title": "Idaho Mountain Express: Hailey takes stand against box stores - June 29, 2011", "raw_content": "Hailey takes stand against box stores\nAirport development plan criticized\nWhen and if the airport in Hailey is relocated to the south, there will be 210 acres in Hailey ripe for development. The Hailey City Council is open to fresh ideas for building on the property, as long as those ideas do not include stores like Target and Home Depot.\n\"Box stores of any kind will kill the downtown,\" said Jane Drussell, the owner of Jane's Artifacts on Main Street in Hailey, during a City Council meeting Monday. \"All the little towns that put them in have had their downtowns destroyed. If people want them, they should move to the city.\"\nThe Hailey City Council was reviewing a master plan for the redevelopment of the Friedman Memorial Airport site, but did not agree to sign a resolution supporting it until provisions allowing for large-format retail, or big box stores, were removed.\nThe council also left the door open to receiving new ideas for the property.\n\"A creative citizen could come in with a plan for the site and we would consider it,\" Councilman Fritz Haemmerle said.\n\"No question about it,\" added Councilman Don Keirn.\nCommunity Development Director Beth Robrahn presented the master plan, which could establish long-term goals for the site, including a multi-use area that includes a 200-room hotel and conference center, a retail-residential \"village\" and a sprinkling of \"research and development\" centers.\nThe southernmost parcel in the site plan called for up to four large-format retail stores such as Home Depot and Target, totaling 160,000 square feet of commercial floor space.\nConsultant Rick Hill with Village Solutions, a real estate development marketing firm in Anchorage, Ky., told the Idaho Mountain Express earlier this month that he was in talks with large-format retailers to see if they would be interested in building on the airport site. He declined to specify which businesses he was in contact with.\nCouncilwoman Martha Burke said consultants working on the master plan gave \"misleading\" information with regard to the effect of big box stores on local businesses. She said the consultants said Hailey only has \"specialty stores\" at present and could therefore benefit from the availability of larger stores.\n\"L.L. Green's is not a specialty store, it is a hardware store. Jane's is not a specialty store, it is an office supply store,\" Burke said.\nBurke said three times more money is kept in a local community if it does not have big box stores, because box store profits are taken out of the community.\n\"The money goes to their corporate offices,\" she said.\nThe resolution will be reconsidered on July 11.\nIn other Hailey news:\n( The council approved a final design plan for the redevelopment of Woodside Boulevard, including bike lanes and sidewalks on both sides of the road. Construction will begin next summer.\n( Ken Sangha was granted a rezone of his lot at 960 S. Main St., across from the rodeo grounds, from Limited Industrial to Limited Business zoning, but was restricted from developing a residential unit on the property due to safety concerns stemming from proximity to the airport. The city staff report states that Sangha plans to develop a business geared toward tourism and the hosting of special events on the property.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 33, "original_length": 4149, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 271.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://archives.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005147298&var_Year=2013&var_Month=05&var_Day=15", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:14:40Z", "digest": "sha1:XAH5S4MGYXO727Z5DSDKENTTYWA2P23S", "length": 9987, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "archives.mtexpress.com", "title": "Idaho Mountain Express: The right stuff - May 15, 2013", "raw_content": "Former drug addict teaches yoga as a means to recovery\nTommy Rosen is a Los Angeles-based yoga teacher trained in both Hatha and Kundalini yoga, which he proposes can aid in recovery from addiction, breakup, family issues, loss, or grief.\nAnyone who throws around four-letter words knows their power, but Tommy Rosen wants you to add one more to your traditional arsenal, this one in the name of recovery: yoga.\nRosen, a recovered drug addict, will demonstrate how to wield the word for good when he comes to the Sun Valley Wellness Festival on Memorial Day weekend, May 23-27. His presentation, \u201cRecovery 2.0,\u201d will be Saturday, May 25, from 2-3:15 p.m. His workshop, \u201cGetting High: Yoga, Meditation and The Infinite Pharmacy Within,\u201d will be Monday, May 27, from 1:30-4:30 p.m. His is just some of the frank discussion on overall wellness being offered in Sun Valley in the coming weeks. Tickets vary according to how you plan to attend the festival and start at as low as $25 and go up to $495 for the whole event. Seventeen local practitioners of the healing arts will be presenting. The event will also offer a children\u2019s festival, hands-on exhibit and an exposition hall.\nThe Wood River Valley is home to many forms of recovery support groups for conditions ranging from grief to breast cancer, food issues to substance abuse. Rosen is excited to add another tool to the recovery community. He answered a few pre-conference questions.\nIME) Is there anything yoga can\u2019t cure, or at least, contribute towards a cure?\nYoga is a practice that creates conditions for transformation and healing to take place, and even though certain predictions can be made, yoga\u2019s effects are unique to each individual. If we are talking about physical ailments, the correct application of yoga, pranayam and meditation will be a valuable tool on the path to recovery, but incomplete. Without rest, proper nutrition and, in some cases, medicine/herbs, yoga will be ineffective.\nYet, I do believe yoga is a contributing factor in the healing process from most any disease. Of course, there are mental handicaps that may prevent or limit the application of yoga\u2014schizophrenia, for example\u2014unless these conditions are first brought under control.\nWith regard to healing addiction, yoga is certainly a contributing factor, especially when it is added alongside the spiritual path known as the 12 Steps. These two spiritual paths are tremendous compliments for so many reasons. I\u2019ll be speaking a lot during the conference about why that is. In my personal case, I do not believe I could have gotten beyond drug addiction through the practice of yoga alone. I needed a level of community support and group engagement. To quote my essay from the book, \u201c21st Century Yoga\u201d: \u2018I\u2019ve never seen a person in acute addiction recover without two things: a spiritual path and a community to support it every single day.\u2019 The 12 Step program provides both. Yoga\u2014at least as we practice it today\u2014does not. Yoga is a practice of self-inquiry. It is largely an internal process. We go inside to observe and learn about ourselves. Part of the problem with the application of yoga to addiction is that with addiction, people are already stuck inside themselves. Addiction is a disease of isolation. The first thing we need to do in order to recover is to come into community.\nThis is a notable recovery community, but it\u2019s still in the shadows, largely due to the 12-step principles of anonymity. How do you reach people with your message?\nI am not a spokesperson or representative for any particular fellowship or program. When I speak, I share my personal experiences and the insights that have been given me through my 20-plus years of exploration of this path. The 12 Steps are part of my story, so they figure into my presentations and writing when there is a reason to bring them up. The only reason to bring them up is because I feel in my heart that someone else can benefit from them.\nThe dark ages are ending. As a society, we recognize that addiction is a disease. We recognize there is a treatment for it. Unfortunately, as you have noted, the treatment is largely hidden away and misunderstood. It is accessed only by a certain kind of person who is so desperate for help that they must be practically cornered before resorting to the court of last resort known as the 12 Steps.\nNow, thank God, you have pioneers like Christopher Kennedy Lawford, Gabrielle Bernstein and others who have written openly about their addictions and their recoveries and are advocating to put an end to the associated shame and stigma. Things are shifting and, of course, there will be struggles between those who want to preserve the way things have been and those who feel there is need for change. Obviously, I feel it is important for recovery success stories to be heard far and wide. The simple fact for me is that if you are fortunate enough to work through the 12 steps with a solid sponsor and participate in a fellowship, you have hit one of the biggest jackpots down here on Planet Earth.\nHow long does it take for a person who is \u201cstuck,\u201d as you put it, to get into a rhythm so they can see results and stick with it?\nIf there were some way to answer this question with certainty, I might be able to fly to Sun Valley in my new private jet. Seriously, different people need different things at different times. There are so many factors that determine the unfolding of a person\u2019s recovery and life. It\u2019s a mystery of course. What I notice is that people who apply the principles of the Recovery 2.0 lifestyle tend to get \u201cbetter\u201d faster. It requires work\u2014attending meetings, working with a sponsor, practicing yoga, total overhaul of one\u2019s diet. developing a sadhana practice, journaling and rigorous honesty. And it takes patience. The most important thing for people who are stuck to realize is that there is a way through every block. It takes a willingness to pursue answers and healing and freedom from the things that bind us. How long this takes depends on the individual.\nDo you find that yoga helps people manage through the ups and downs better?\nYes. Yoga is an amazing aid to help a person go through challenges. In fact, what is yoga asana if not the practice of seeking centeredness and presence despite challenging situations. Also, because yoga, Kundalini yoga in particular, works to heal and strengthen the nervous and endocrine systems, an individual can become protected against stresses and circumstances that would have otherwise overwhelmed him or her.\nWhat is the bigger obstacle to wellness, hopelessness or helplessness?\nEmmet Fox reminds us that in the doctrines of divine metaphysics, all causation is mental. In other words, our thoughts\u2014conscious and subconscious\u2014create our reality and circumstances. In my opinion, no one is, in actuality, helpless because whether realized or not we are inseparable from each other and from the source of all things. However, to believe oneself helpless creates thoughts that perpetuate suffering and disease. Hopelessness is more personal, internal. Help is something we get from outside us. Hope comes from within. To be without hope is utterly debilitating, and requires inspiration (think Breath/Inhale/Prana.)\nIs this practice that you preach and teach accessible, or do I have to be able to touch my toes to do it?\nThis practice is for all levels, from total beginners to advanced experts and everyone in between. Those who are currently using drugs or alcohol and those who are detoxing should wait until they get past that phase, feel physically healthy and able to focus on the practice.\nUsually, avid practitioners have a backstory that led them to the method. What is yours?\nThe story is a long one and a bit circuitous. In short form, it went like this: I cornered myself through acute drug addiction, went to rehab and got sober, relapsed one year later and remained \u201cout there\u201d for a year. I then found recovery, worked the 12 Steps and over the next 12 years realized freedom from drug addiction while still being stuck in what I refer to as \u201cthe Addiction Frequency.\u201d I began yoga practice, but was on and off, in and out of it for the first 12 years of my recovery. My approach to yoga was flawed, based in ego and misunderstanding. It brought some bliss into my life, though, and planted seeds for the future.\nLiving in the \u201caddiction frequency\u201d took its toll on my body and I developed a debilitating back condition in 2003. I was told that I would have to take pain meds for the rest of my life and eventually we would look to surgery. Through the strangest twists of fate, I was led to the door of my life teacher, Guru Prem Singh Khalsa, who taught me how to breathe, how to move through time and space, how to relate to others. He taught me Kundalini yoga and everything changed. I would become a certified Kundalini yoga teacher and then got a second certification, this time Hatha yoga, and began to teach yoga and recovery combining elements of all that I have learned into in a package that helps people to transcend the Addiction Frequency altogether.\nSuicide has hit this community hard. It occurs to me that nearly everyone within arm\u2019s reach is surviving a trauma on a given day. Does that prospect overwhelm you?\nFirst of all, I am so sorry to hear about this. I\u2019d like to know more. Addiction is a horrible disease. It can kill quickly or slowly and I am not sure which is worse. When a person is in the throes of addiction, it is common to come to a place of hopelessness and to feel that things will never get better and get to the mindset of \u201cWhat\u2019s the point?\u201d This is a hard place to be. That is why it is so important that people actually see and hear about examples of victories.\nIf someone has overcome this terrible disease, then that person\u2019s story is valuable to someone who needs the help. As Thomas Merton wrote, what we need are \u201cwheels of fire, cosmic, rich, full-bodied honest victories over desperation.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 12572, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 266.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://archives.statelegals.staradvertiser.com/content/ads/results_all/0000034002-01", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:21Z", "digest": "sha1:UQSFZZ5ZAEZQAYIX7WCFDWDLWUYPYMIU", "length": 776, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "archives.statelegals.staradvertiser.com", "title": "Notices to Bidders | Hawaii State And County Government Notices | statelegals.staradvertiser.com", "raw_content": "BID FORMS for IFB No. 08-137, with plans, PHYSICAL SCIENCE BUILDING, REPLACE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM, will be available from and received in the OFFICE OF PROCUREMENT AND REAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT (OPRPM), UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, 1400 LOWER CAMPUS ROAD, ROOM 15, HONOLULU, HAWAII 96822.\nRequests for Substitution/Clarification must be submitted to the Technical Representative, Vernon Shiroma, Facilities Planning & Management Office, 2002 East-West Road, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96822, no later than 4:00 p.m., June 10, 2008.\nBids must be submitted no later than 2:30 p.m., June 24, 2008. Bids received after the stated due time and date(s) will not be considered.\nThe project shall generally consist of demolition and providing a new, complete, addressable, programmable fire alarm system.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 120, "original_length": 2644, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 190.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://arinkom.anadolu.edu.tr/en/hakkimizda.php?tab=kimdir", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:00Z", "digest": "sha1:47IKXP5L7AZ5TQAZTESZF5Y3C23MO2OJ", "length": 1095, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "arinkom.anadolu.edu.tr", "title": "Hakk\u0131m\u0131zda | AR\u0130NKOM TTO | ESK\u0130\u015eEH\u0130R", "raw_content": "ARINKOM was established at Anadolu University as R&D and Innovation Coordination Center on March 13, 2013. Then in 2014 ARINKOM was supported by Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), and became a Technology Transfer Office under 1513 Technology Transfer Offices Grant Programme.\nARINKOM TTO is supported by TUBITAK 1513 Technology Transfer Offices Grant Programme. This programme is aiming at commercialization of knowledge in universities and transferring it to the industry. Only the top 50 universities, which are listed in the Entrepreneurial and Innovative University Index, are eligible for the support. Anadolu University is among the first 20 universities that was fully supported under the 1513 TTO Grant Programme.\nARINKOM TTO is an interface between university and industry, aiming at fostering research, technology development, innovation and technopreneurship in Eskisehir and adjacent regions as well as offering technology transfer and commercialization of knowledge potential of Anadolu University for the benefit of its region, Turkey and the world.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 20, "original_length": 1352, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 186.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://armarchitecture.com.au/news/known-unknowns-and-unknown-unknowns/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:35Z", "digest": "sha1:BZVQ7DMMBHJYA2YXVRRM6KW64ZMPVK3R", "length": 2184, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "armarchitecture.com.au", "title": "Known unknowns and unknown unknowns / ARM Architecture", "raw_content": "Known unknowns and unknown unknowns\nAs part of our long-standing involvement with the RMIT University School of Architecture and Design, ARM runs an annual design studio for Master of Architecture students. It\u2019s called Skunkworks, and is a single-semester industry-connected subject. Students have a choice of studios run by various architectural practices, individual architects and RMIT staff. We have run a different one annually for eight years.\nThe current studio focuses on unknowns of the city\u2014those unseen things that interact to create our built environment. ARM Director Mark Raggatt and Associate Tim Pyke are leading it.\nAt last week\u2019s mid-semester studio symposium, students exhibited works in progress. All are the products of ongoing research and as such are necessarily uncertain: in other words, we are certain about the things we\u2019re uncertain of.\nThe pink model above is a proposition for the Richmond-Flinders Street Rail Corridor by Holly Zhang, Michael Strack, Monty Balding and Yang Zemin.\nEmmi Wegener, Emily Wu and Yingjie Xu\u2019s propositions for the Mernda Rail Corridor\nMark and Tim say the students have been working as a think tank, or a skunk works at the periphery of ARM\u2019s current practice and thinking. \u201cThey\u2019re operating on infrastructural, commercial and residential typologies with the public realm as the common denominator to all exercises. They\u2019re investigating questions such as what unseen structures affect the city\u2019s physical structures, and what the cultural, political and economic DNA of the city is.\n\u201cWe know that good cities are the product of good governance, good business and good design. We are certain that more than this, good cities are hotbeds of contentions, ideas and cultural production. With knowledge of these things in hand what futures can we predict for Melbourne?\u201d\nAaron Gust, Jingyi How, Lauren Crocket and Lucas Macmillan\u2019s propositions for the new Western Distributor\n\u201cThere are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we now know we don\u2019t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don\u2019t know we don\u2019t know.\u201d\n\u2014Donald Rumsfeld, former US Secretary of Defense, George W Bush Government.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 22, "original_length": 2355, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 319.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://artalivegallery.com/artists.php?cat=artists&scat=39", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:57Z", "digest": "sha1:NZZACSDKMG7A265HCNLXP76QLEUFWDWV", "length": 680, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "artalivegallery.com", "title": "Page Loading ...", "raw_content": "22nd September 2007 - 3rd October 2007\nBorn in 1957,Mumbai and did his Masters in Fine Art, Print Making from Faculty of Fine Arts, Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda in 1983. He was a visiting Faculty at School of Architecture, K.L.Campus, Ahmedabad, during 1988-2003 and meanwhile continued his exhibitions in India and abroad. His major solo exhibitions have been in Ahmedabad in 1999, Mumbai in 1995 and 1999 in New Delhi in 1991. Among his participation in several group shows, those held recently were in Kolkata in 2003, New Delhi in 2003 and 2000 besides showing up in the 7th International Print Triennial, Finland in 1993.Walter lives and works in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 65, "original_length": 1933, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 105.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://artelibre.net/obras/26031", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:19Z", "digest": "sha1:A5RCGCUHTRVTLLLPQ372LCIRIII7T4LE", "length": 57, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "artelibre.net", "title": "Self as St. Catherine of Bologna, Patron Saint of Artists | Galer\u00eda artelibre", "raw_content": "Self as St. Catherine of Bologna, Patron Saint of Artists", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 50, "original_length": 870, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 270.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://articles.latimes.com/1998/nov/19/local/me-44486", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:36:38Z", "digest": "sha1:G34EKPTMRPL7XKEKG5CF3ZHDKM6PGMTJ", "length": 4884, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "articles.latimes.com", "title": "Another Problematic Extradition Question - latimes", "raw_content": "Commentary | PERSPECTIVE ON TURKEY\nAnother Problematic Extradition Question\nSometimes peace and human rights must take precedence over the strict imposition of justice.\nNovember 19, 1998|JOHN TIRMAN | John Tirman, executive director of the Winston Foundation for World Peace in Washington, is the author of \"Spoils of War: The Human Cost of America's Arms Trade\" (Free Press, 1997)\nEurope now faces two perplexing extradition cases. The first and more famous is that of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, accused of thousands of murders during his 17-year dictatorship in Chile. The second involves Abdullah Ocalan, the Kurdish guerrilla leader who fought an authoritarian regime in Turkey for almost 15 years. Both cases present wrenching questions for human rights and peace.\nWhile the Pinochet case is not easy to resolve, it looks simple compared with Ocalan's. The prosecution of Pinochet, for example, might have a divisive impact on a healing Chilean society. In Ocalan's case, a bitter civil war still rages.\nThe 49-year-old Kurd has conducted a violent guerrilla campaign against the Turks since 1984. He was based in Syria, which protected him until Turkey threatened war this autumn. Ocalan fled to Russia and was arrested after flying to Rome last week. Turkey has demanded extradition. Italy, which will not extradite for political prosecutions or if the accused may be executed, is studying the matter.\nThe cause of the rebellion by Ocalan's Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, is indeed political--namely, the savage treatment of the Kurdish population in Turkey for 70 years. The Kurdish people, settled in southeastern Anatolia long before the Turks arrived from Central Asia, lived peacefully under the Ottoman Empire. But under the Turkish Republic created by Kemal Ataturk in 1923, Kurds have been subjected to repeated pogroms. They have been forbidden from using their language and customs. The southeast is impoverished and shortchanged by the central government in Ankara.\nThese indignities stirred several uprisings, but the PKK's is the most serious. It has led the Turkish military to crack down on all expressions of dissent over its Kurdish policy. No Kurdish political parties can function. Several Kurdish members of Parliament, including the dissident Leyla Zana, are jailed. More than 3,200 Kurdish villages have been evacuated by the military, with 2 million villagers forced out of their homes. Some 35,000 people have died in the fighting between the PKK and the military since 1984. The military will not consider any political solution to the uprising, such as granting full language rights or permitting Kurdish parties, because of its rigid Turkish nationalism.\nThe evacuation policy and continuing repression are among the worst human rights violations in the world. The extradition of Ocalan to Turkey, which would certainly result in his execution, would reinforce the Turkish military's belligerence. Without some conditions on extradition, Ocalan's trial and death would accomplish nothing.\nHere is where the application of law must be flexible. To their credit, the Italians recognize this. But how to proceed? To flatly deny extradition is wrong: Ocalan almost certainly ordered many executions of noncombatants like Turkish teachers in the southeast. These are vicious, criminal acts. But before sending him back, the Italians should insist on certain conditions.\nThe most ambitious condition would be an actual end to the civil war, with the Turks granting full political and social rights to Kurds and the PKK demobilizing. Truth commissions and war crimes investigations could follow. But that might be too much to hope for.\nInstead, the Italians may choose a less dramatic course: Demand the release of political prisoners such as Zana in exchange for Ocalan. This would be momentous and symbolic, because Zana and other dissidents represent the nonviolent path of reform. By prosecuting Ocalan only for criminal acts of violence and by not imposing a death sentence, Turkey would in effect be saying it, too, is choosing the path of peaceful reform. Ocalan could be persuaded by the Italians to guarantee a permanent cease-fire.\nIt would then be time for Turkey's friends, like the United States, to insist on the political reforms that would satisfy Kurdish grievances. In fact, the U.S. is crucial to overcoming Turkish resistance to such a bargain.\nIn these volatile political cases, extradition can be a tool to achieve something larger. For Pinochet, it might be possible to prosecute without imprisonment, establishing an important standard of accountability. For Ocalan, the real goal is to prevent more deaths and refugees and to broaden human rights. In both cases, justice is served imperfectly so that peace is served more generously.\nHuman Rights: Let Criticism Start at Home\nKurds Seethe at Turkey's Isolation of Former Separatist...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 37, "original_length": 5357, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 286.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://articles.latimes.com/2013/jan/27/nation/la-na-nn-casey-anthony-bankruptcy-20130127", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:12Z", "digest": "sha1:NCGTCS25O2DDVWXTO6BY4RZLBSBCCGDG", "length": 3648, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "articles.latimes.com", "title": "Casey Anthony, nearly $800,000 in debt, files for bankruptcy - latimes", "raw_content": "Casey Anthony, pictured before her sentencing in 2011, owes almost $800,000,\u2026 (Joe Burbank / Associated\u2026)\nCasey Anthony is broke.\nThe Orlando, Fla., woman -- acquitted of killing her 2-year-old daughter in a trial that riveted the nation -- has $1,084 in assets and at least $792,119 in debt, according to bankruptcy documents filed in a Florida federal court and obtained by local media.\nThe bankruptcy documents were filed Friday, the same day an appellate court threw out two of Anthony's four misdemeanor convictions.\nThe remains of Anthony's daughter, Caylee, were found inside a trash bag near the family home in December 2008. Anthony, now 26, was acquitted of the killing but convicted of multiple counts of lying to investigators.\nAnthony's petition for bankruptcy laid out a financial situation drained by her trial, which became a media fixation. At one point, ABC News paid Anthony $200,000 for photographs, with the money then reportedly going toward Anthony's pricey legal defense.\nThat money is gone now, replaced by debts to scores of people and businesses, many for unspecified legal fees and \"consulting fees\" from medical and forensic services, according to the disclosure.\nMost of the amounts owed were listed as \"unknown,\" with the largest specified debt -- $500,000 -- belonging to Jose Baez, one of her defense attorneys.\nIn September 2011, the filing notes cryptically, Anthony \"may have relinquished rights\" to photographs of herself to Baez, adding that their value was \"unknown.\" Further details were not immediately available, and Baez's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.\nAnthony, whose petition used her parents' Orlando address, also owes $145,660 to the Orange County Sheriff's Office for investigative fees, $61,505 in court costs to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and more than $68,000 in taxes and penalties to the Internal Revenue Service, according to the filing.\nAnthony's assets include $474 in cash and a \"watch, pearl necklace, sapphire and opal rings, and miscellaneous sterling silver and costume jewelry\" worth $200, the documents said. Anthony stated she had been unemployed for four years and listed no income.\nHer bankruptcy attorney was listed as David L. Schrader.\nAnthony is also the target of multiple lawsuits, according to the filing: Two defamation suits from Roy Kronk and Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez; two lawsuits for \"unjust enrichment,\" including for a Texas horseback search group that accused Anthony of lying to them about her daughter still being alive; and the state of Florida, seeking to recoup investigative costs.\nKronk, who found Caylee's remains, is suing because Anthony's attorneys raised the possibility that he had killed the girl.\nFernandez-Gonzalez claimed distress after Anthony made up a fake babysitter with her name and accused that babysitter of kidnapping Caylee.\nDuring Anthony's trial, however, Anthony's defense said Caylee had accidentally drowned in the family pool.\nFernandez-Gonzalez's attorney, Matt Morgan, called the bankruptcy filing a \"calculated delay tactic.\"\n\"We are not deterred and will stay the course,\" Morgan told the Orlando Sentinel.\nAbortion protest marks 40th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade\nNew Mexico sheriff gets a brand new deputy -- Steven Seagal\nOak Harbor, Wash., councilman walks out in concealed gun dispute\nCasey Anthony asks bankruptcy court to block sale of life...\nReview: 'Prosecuting Casey Anthony' on Lifetime doesn't...\nCasey Anthony attorney Jose Baez drops his infamous client\nJury begins deliberating in Casey Anthony murder trial\nHeart-shaped sticker was found on Caylee Anthony, reports...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 52, "original_length": 4293, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 339.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://artspicegallery.com/profile.php?artist_name=N.%20Manoharan&user_id=manoharan@artspicegallery.com", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:41Z", "digest": "sha1:ZSNNPUE3KY3YUG7QWRDMHL7APW3HLHGL", "length": 1108, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "artspicegallery.com", "title": "Art Spice Gallery | Profile", "raw_content": "Born in 1957, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.\n2010 \u2013 D.F.A Govt. College of Fine Arts, Kumabakonam.\n2010 \u2013 P.D.F.A Govt. College of Fine Arts, Kumabakonam.\n1978: Annual Exhibitions College of Fine Arts, Kumbakonam\n1978: Annual Exhibitions Upa, Trichy/ Dasara Festival, Mysore\n2005:Tamilnadu Ovia Nun Kalai Kuzhu for the past 20 years, National Exhibitions, Lalit Kala Academy, New Delhi.\n2006: Solo Show - Ayya Art Gallaries 2011: The Lines, An exhibition of drawings featuring 8 eminent artists\n2010: Central Level Senior Category, State Lalit Kala Academy.\n2010: State Level Student Award - Lalit Kala Academy, Chennai.\nN. Manoharan is currently the Principal of the historic Government College of Arts & Crafts in Chennai.\nCollectors of Manoharan's artworks include the Modern Art Gallery (New Delhi), the Chennai Airport Authority, the Indian Overseas Bank (Chennai), Hotel Royal Park in Thiruvavur, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Art Society, and many private art appreciators in the U.S.A. Manoharan is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Painting at the Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 1963, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.85, "perplexity": 320.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://asgindy.com/toyota-repair/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:03Z", "digest": "sha1:B2R2QXDSQ7BGHY4TMS7GVKKACPIOGV5S", "length": 2312, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "asgindy.com", "title": "Indianapolis Toyota Repair & Service - ASG Indy", "raw_content": "Home/Toyota Repair\nToyota Repair\tdeveloper\t2017-07-27T21:25:13+00:00\nEverytime I go this service center, I feel like I am treated fairly & honorably. Corie is always very cordial & professional. I always appreciate how well I am treated. ~ Regina S. 5/2014\nDo you own a Toyota and are searching for excellent auto repair in Indianapolis? Good news! The ASE-Certified Auto mechanics at ASG Automotive are ready to help you. It\u2019s uncommon to find an auto repair shop in the region that has the skills and expertise required to service your Toyota as thoroughly and accurately as we do. ASG Automotive is the trusted choice for automobile owners in Indianapolis and the surrounding areas.\nYour Toyota is usually is a car that is dependable. However, it is not always going to be free and clear of problems, and the auto mechanics at ASG Automotive are here to assist you. We will communicate with you through the entire process of Toyota repair. If there is a problem with your Toyota, we will notify you right away. Depending on your lifestyle and budget, we will work together to determine the best plan of action to get you back on the Indianapolis roads, knowing that you and your family are safe.\nWe are so proud of the excellent reputation our auto mechanics have earned for auto repair among Indianapolis drivers. Here\u2019s what Coire F. had to say about Toyota repair at ASG Automotive:\n\u201cI recently inherited a 1999 Toyota 4Runner \u2014 a truck I have wanted since I was little. The truck had been mostly sitting around for the past 5 years. I wouldn\u2019t trust anyone else to help me restore it and protect my truck\u2019s longevity. They are very committed to figuring out the source of EACH problem rather than throwing parts at it or saying \u201creplace the whole system.\u201d They are ALSO committed to making sure I am a satisfied customer, and when things don\u2019t go as planned, they take care of me!\u201d\nNowadays, it may seem as if you have to make a choice between personable customer service and excellent auto repair. At ASG Automotive, you won\u2019t have to compromise on convenience, transparent communication, or quality auto service. With us, you can have it all. To schedule an appointment for service for Toyota repair, call us at (317) 826-2906. We are located at 5841 Thunderbird Road, Suite 3 in Indianapolis, IN 46236.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 208, "original_length": 5507, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 330.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://augustafreepress.com/becker-global-america-invest-new-equipment-washington-county/amp/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:43:50Z", "digest": "sha1:HEE3BMV6UEZP6URACZQSU3OOUTV4AF6B", "length": 4801, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "augustafreepress.com", "title": "Becker Global-America to invest in new equipment in Washington County", "raw_content": "Becker Global-America to invest in new equipment in Washington County\nBecker Global-America, a designer and manufacturer of custom electrical equipment for mining, industrial military, and export markets, will invest $150,000 to purchase new equipment and diversify its manufacturing operation in Washington County. Virginia successfully competed against Colorado and West Virginia for the project. In addition, 63 existing employees will be retrained to operate the new equipment with support from the Virginia Jobs Investment Program (VJIP).\n\u201cBecker Global-America\u2019s decision to reinvest in its manufacturing operation and retrain more than 60 employees on new equipment demonstrates a firm commitment to Washington County and the Commonwealth,\u201d said Governor Northam. \u201cAdvanced manufacturing is booming, and a growing sector demands new technology\u2014which is why equipping employees with skills of the 21st century is critical. We are proud Becker Global-America will benefit from our dynamic jobs training services, and thank the company for aiding our efforts to diversify Virginia\u2019s economy.\u201d\nBecker Global-America is wholly owned by Becker Mining Systems, headquartered in Friedrichsthal, Germany. Becker Mining Systems is the largest worldwide supplier of energy distribution, automation, communication, and transportation infrastructure for the underground mining industry. The company reinvests more capital annually in technology than any other electrical provider, and the products are used in the extraction of coal, trona, gold, gypsum, platinum, salt, and all other minerals and aggregates.\n\u201cHaving the capacity to adapt to an ever-evolving industry will help ensure Becker Global-America\u2019s future success in Washington County and the Commonwealth,\u201d said Secretary of Commerce and Trade Esther Lee. \u201cHome to more than 5,500 advanced manufacturing companies, Virginia will continue to support this key industry and the workforce that helps it thrive. Becker Global-America is a great example of the success manufacturers can achieve in Virginia, and we look forward to a continued partnership as the company diversifies in Washington County.\u201d\n\u201cBecker Global-America aims to provide the industry with the best quality products and services at an affordable price. We pride ourselves on offering products that are advanced in technology and work hand in hand with like-minded customers and employees,\u201d said Greg Sanders, President and CEO of Becker Global-America. \u201cThe secret to our success is our talented employees who understand that in order to succeed, one must be passionate about the company they work for, its products, and the customer base it serves. As we looked to transition our business, we focused on communities that instill this belief through government, institutions of learning and generational population. We performed an exhaustive search and it was clear that Washington County fit these core values. We are excited that this community will be our home for the next evolution of Becker Global-America and will provide an environment where the company and our employees could flourish.\u201d\nThe Virginia Economic Development Partnership will support Becker Global-America\u2019s job retraining through its Virginia Jobs Investment Program. VJIP provides consultative services and funding to companies creating new jobs or experiencing technological change to support employee training activities. As a business incentive supporting economic development, VJIP reduces the human resource costs of new and expanding companies. VJIP is state-funded, demonstrating Virginia\u2019s commitment to enhancing job opportunities for its citizens.\n\u201cBecker Global-America\u2019s training investments highlight the importance of a highly-skilled and adaptable workforce for supporting growth opportunities in today\u2019s advanced manufacturing firms,\u201d said Washington County Board of Supervisors Chairman Saul Hernandez. \u201cWe are very pleased to start 2018 with this good news of existing business investments in our community.\u201d\n\u201cI could not be more pleased to see Washington County successfully competing for opportunity, growth, and investment in the field of advanced manufacturing,\u201d said Senator Bill Carrico. \u201cThe people of Washington County are a truly talented and dedicated workforce, and the Virginia Jobs Investment Program is ensuring that these folks stay on the forefront of innovation and are prepared for the jobs of tomorrow.\u201d\n\u201cToday\u2019s news is a vote of confidence in Washington County and the people of Southwest Virginia,\u201d said Delegate Israel O\u2019Quinn. \u201cWe are grateful to Becker for choosing to make additional investments in the area, and offering local workers the opportunity to learn new skills in connection with the new equipment being implemented. It\u2019s truly a win-win situation.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 18, "original_length": 5066, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 290.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://augustafreepress.com/northam-slams-trump-administration-move-expand-offshore-drilling-off-virginia-coast/amp/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:08Z", "digest": "sha1:3KAQPMTCIQ7OEDG74HZUACS7X76A3TID", "length": 1541, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "augustafreepress.com", "title": "Northam slams Trump administration move to expand offshore drilling off Virginia coast", "raw_content": "Northam slams Trump administration move to expand offshore drilling off Virginia coast\nThe Trump administration confirmed it is moving to expand offshore drilling by undoing President Obama\u2019s December executive order designating the bulk of U.S.-owned waters in the Arctic Ocean and certain areas in the Atlantic Ocean, including Virginia, as indefinitely off limits to future oil and gas leasing.\nThe order comes one week after the seventh anniversary of the BP oil spill, one of the worst in U.S. history.\nExpanding offshore drilling into now-restricted areas in the Atlantic would pose unacceptable risks to tourism, aquaculture, military operations, and NASA\u2019s Wallops flight facility. Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam spoke critically of the Trump administration moves on Tuesday.\n\u201cOpening up the Virginia coast for drilling would hurt our environment, economy, and people\u2014but President Trump would do it anyway,\u201d said Northam. \u201cThe only thing Donald Trump has accomplished in the most lackluster first one hundred days of any modern presidency is making his disdain for environmental conservation loud and clear. Virginia must take the lead on ensuring our natural resources and landscape can be enjoyed for generations to come, and continue to provide economic benefits to the communities where they are located. As governor, I\u2019ll continue standing up to the threat of polluting our waters and preserving the health of our environment for years to come.\u201d\nTags: AFP, Augusta Free Press, governor, news, offshore drilling, Ralph Northam, Virginia", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 14, "original_length": 1771, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 242.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://aviewfromthebooth.blogspot.com/2013/10/pre-game-report-giants-at-thunderbirds.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:51Z", "digest": "sha1:SLMUWWY6OTX3ESNJ66PWWU5ZSRJXSNL6", "length": 1239, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "aviewfromthebooth.blogspot.com", "title": "A View From The Booth: Pre-Game Report: Giants at Thunderbirds", "raw_content": "The Vancouver Giants (3-8-1-1) will begin a four game road trip when they visit the Seattle Thunderbirds (9-3-0-2) on Saturday evening for the second of four meetings between the two teams this season. The T-Birds won the first game 6-0 back on September 25th.\nThe Giants are coming off a disappointing 6-5 loss to the Everett Silvertips on Friday night. Cain Franson and Brett Kulak each had two goals in the game. Franson, who missed some time earlier in the season due to injury, has three goals in the last two games after going without a goal in his first seven games of the season. Kulak leads the Giants in points with four goals and seven assists in 11 games and has six points in his last three games as well.\nThe T-Birds are coming off a Friday night loss as well after dropping a 3-2 decision in a shootout to the Tri-City Americans. Seattle was part of a big trade earlier this week when General Manager Russ Farwell acquired forwards Jaimen Yakubowski and Sam Mckechnie from the Lethbridge Hurricanes in exchange for Riley Sheen and Carter Folk. Yakubowski and Mckechnie, who didn't play in the Friday night game against Tri-City, combined for 93 points with the Hurricanes last season.\nWhere: ShoWare Centre; Kent, Washington", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 3250, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 230.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://bahamabobsrumstyles.blogspot.com/2014/04/2014-miami-rum-festival-review-in.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:12Z", "digest": "sha1:VBQGKNMNNFZBFQ66HCCAAQ3GYAD2LMW7", "length": 718, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "bahamabobsrumstyles.blogspot.com", "title": "Bahama Bob's Rumstyles: 2014 Miami Rum Festival a Review in Pictures", "raw_content": "2014 Miami Rum Festival a Review in Pictures\nAfter seven days in Miami I was ready for some rest, tastings, informative meetings and parties. This year was no exception to the rule, it was a chance to get together with so many friends in the world of rum. It was a chance for some fun and to become aware of what all is happening with so many of the rum producers from all of over the world. Here is a review of the week in just a few of the thousand or so pictures that I took last week. Enjoy the week at the Airport Doubletree Hotel in Miami.\nThis was such a special week for all of us that were involved, and I hope you enjoy the chance to see all of the pictures of the fun and the people that make it so special.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 3023, "original_length": 46714, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 245.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://balance180.org/thank-you-kinetix-physical-therapy/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:42Z", "digest": "sha1:4TSWEOU5EFQS2X2TFNZYPSHMU63NEBEG", "length": 923, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "balance180.org", "title": "Thank you, Kinetix Physical Therapy! - Balance 180 Gymnastics and Sports Academy in Gainesville, FL", "raw_content": "Thank you, Kinetix Physical Therapy!\nBalance 180 would like to give a special thank you to Tony and Melissa Cere for their generosity in naming us the beneficiary of the Kinetix Fitness Extravaganza and 5k Race, held on April 5th. The event included delicious food such as fried fish, pizza, fresh fruit and cookies. The event featured a live band and special guest visits from Albert and Alberta as well as the University of Florida Dazzlers.\nDifferent local vendors set up booths for runners and attendees to visit. Balance 180 set up a booth complete with an obstacle course for children to participate in. The main event included a 5k where nearly 100 participants registered to race or walk to the finish line. A silent auction was held and many different packages were auctioned off. The event was a great success with over 300 people attending, and we are so grateful for all the support of Kinetix Physical Therapy.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 1918, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 286.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://barerecord.blogspot.com/2015/04/314-sustaining-of-church-officers.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:46Z", "digest": "sha1:WX3ZPUEPETJVCSS43K4SZYLDWLFZYZBL", "length": 6772, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "barerecord.blogspot.com", "title": "BARE RECORD OF TRUTH: 313: THE SUSTAINING OF CHURCH OFFICERS", "raw_content": "313: THE SUSTAINING OF CHURCH OFFICERS\nIn the April 1979 General Conference, the vote of Church Officers consisted of sustaining 16 men as prophets, seers and revelators. The Patriarch to the Church, Eldred Smith was always sustained as a prophet, seer and revelator along with the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve. I came across this calendar that was given to members prior to Conference. It states, \"As you listen to or watch general conference with your family, see if you can identify each General Authority who speaks by referring to the photographs on this calendar page.\"\nThat was the last General Conference that Eldred was sustained as a prophet, seer and revelator. In October of 1979, Eldred Smith was \"honorably relieved of all duties and responsibilities pertaining to the office of the Patriarch\".\nHere is the transcript of the sustaining vote:\nIt is proposed that we sustain President Spencer W. Kimball as prophet, seer, and revelator, and President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All in favor, please make it manifest. Contrary, if there be any, by the same sign.\nNathan Eldon Tanner as First Counselor in the First Presidency and Marion G. Romney as Second Counselor in the First Presidency. All in favor, please manifest it. Contrary, if there be any, by the same sign.\nIt is proposed that we sustain as President of the Council of the Twelve, Elder Ezra Taft Benson. All in favor, please manifest it. Contrary, if there be any, by the same sign.\nAs the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: Ezra Taft Benson, Mark E. Petersen, LeGrand Richards, Howard W. Hunter, Gordon B. Hinckley, Thomas S. Monson, Boyd K. Packer, Marvin J. Ashton, Bruce R. McConkie, L. Tom Perry, David B. Haight, and James E. Faust. All in favor, please manifest it. Contrary, if there be any, by the same sign.\nThe counselors in the First Presidency and the Twelve Apostles as prophets, seers, and revelators. All in favor, please manifest it. Contrary, if there be any, by the same sign.\nSpencer W. Kimball as trustee-in-trust for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All in favor, please manifest it. Contrary, if there be any, by the same sign.\nAs Patriarch Emeritus, Eldred G. Smith. All in favor, please manifest it. Contrary, if there be any, by the same sign.\nThe following year in the October 1980 General Conference, an interesting thing happened. There were some in the Tabernacle who did not raise their hands to sustain President Kimball, but opposed using the same sign. Here is the transcript.\n\"It is proposed that we sustain President Spencer W. Kimball as prophet, seer, and revelator, and President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. All in favor, please manifest it. Contrary, by the same sign.\n[A call of \u201cno\u201d from several in the congregation]\nElder McConkie: President Romney, it appears that there are three negative votes. This is to advise those so voting that they may meet with Elder Gordon B. Hinckley of the Council of the Twelve following this session. Thank you.\nPresident Romney: Thank you.\"\nElder McConkie continued to read the rest of the sustaining for the remaining Church officers, and then said. \"It seems, President Kimball, that the voting has been unanimous, with the exceptions already noted, in favor of these officers and the General Authorities.\"\nWhat is really interesting, that after there were votes of dissent in that conference, the next SEVEN conferences the sustaining votes did not name President Kimball, nor his counselors, nor the Quorum of the Twelve... but only a vote for those who were newly called or released,.. This is how the sustaining was read:\n\"With the exception of these brethren whom we have just sustained, there have been no other changes is the General Authorities since the last conference. It is proposed, therefore, that we sustain all of the General Authorities and general officers of the Church as at present constituted. Those in favor please manifest it. Those opposed by the same sign. Thank you.\"\nIt wasn't until April 1984 Conference that we again sustained Spencer W Kimball by name and the rest of the Brethern . By then, President Kimball's health was failing. However, in the following conference in October, when the sustaining vote was read, the following \"disclaimer\" was given which I find it very interesting... especially with the situation we find ourselves today with the health of President Monson:\n\"Some people, most of them not members of the Church, worry because the President of the Church is an elderly man. I want to assure you that, under the organization put in place by the Lord himself, there is no need to worry. The President has two counselors. So long as either of them is able to function, there will be an active First Presidency with full powers of decision in all matters affecting the Church.\nAssociated with the Presidency is the Council of the Twelve Apostles. At times in the history of the Church, when there was no First Presidency, the Council of the Twelve governed its affairs. As a matter of fact, these were some of the most difficult and demanding times in the history of the Church, notably, when our people left Nauvoo, crossed Iowa, established Winter Quarters on the Missouri, and then made their historic odyssey to this valley in 1847. It was not until Brigham Young returned to Winter Quarters that he was sustained as the President of the Church.\nThe Lord will not allow his work to suffer. He will not allow it to be led astray. He has made that clear. There is much of flexibility and resiliency in this inspired organization. It can accommodate almost any imaginable set of circumstances. It is moving forward in a remarkable and wonderful way. The priesthood of God is upon the earth, and the strength of the Church lies in the power that comes therefrom and in the personal faith and testimony which reside in the hearts of its members.\"\nTomorrow there will be another sustaining vote most likely in the Saturday Afternoon session. I know that there has been alot of concerns of the current leadership lately. Local Bishops and Stake Presidents have disciplined members for not sustaining the Brethren. To combat the problem that have found ways to help their congregations understand the importance for doing so.. including wearing button that say I Choose as written on this blog. Or including quotes in the Sacrament Meeting Program. Below is a the backside of the Sacrament Program from a ward in our area.\nWhether you choose to sustain, or to oppose or avoid voting all together in the Saturday Afternoon Session of Conference... use your agency and vote your conscious. While the votes might not be written down here on earth, or even noticed.. I think it is noticed in Heaven.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 597, "original_length": 15661, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 220.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://baykeeper.org/node/90667", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:04Z", "digest": "sha1:NL5N3LR47PBJWLPHBGZN4FV7KRYT63XL", "length": 3131, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "baykeeper.org", "title": "Attorney General Joins In With Concerns About Oil Facility Expansion Along Bay", "raw_content": "Attorney General Joins In With Concerns About Oil Facility Expansion Along Bay\nThe office of California Attorney General Kamala Harris recently raised concerns about environmental damage to San Francisco Bay and shoreline communities that could result from a proposed expansion of a Pittsburg oil transfer and storage facility.\nThe Attorney General\u2019s office responded to the environmental impact report on the WesPac Pittsburg Energy Infrastructure Project, citing failures to analyze the risk of oil spills and potential air pollution. These criticisms echo the objections Baykeeper and other community groups have recently raised. In addition, a recently released report highlights the increased danger of oil spills from expanded oil transport by rail.\nThe WesPac project would reactivate and expand a now-closed marine shipping terminal in Pittsburg on the shore of Suisun Bay, a San Francisco Bay inlet. The facility would receive crude oil and partially refined crude oil from trains, ships, and pipelines and then transfer the oil to nearby refineries. Expanded oil storage capacity is a link in the oil industry\u2019s plans for a major expansion of Bay Area oil refineries, in order to process millions of barrels of oil for export to other states and countries.\nBefore the WesPac oil facility can be approved, Pittsburg is required by California law to certify an environmental impact report informing the public of any adverse impacts the project may have. The report must also describe actions that the developers must take to mitigate adverse impacts.\nAn 11-page letter from Attorney General Harris' office says that the WesPac facility\u2019s draft environmental impact report does not adequately disclose and analyze impacts on local air quality and does not address the risk of accidents that could result from moving and storing new varieties of crude oil, among other objections, according to the Contra Costa Times.\nIn addition to agreeing with Harris\u2019s objections, Baykeeper strongly opposes both the WesPac facility and the expansion of Bay Area oil refineries. A significant increase in oil storage and processing along the Bay\u2019s shores could drastically raise the risk of oil spills into the Bay and its watershed. Moreover, the expanded refineries and storage facilities could be flooded by rising Bay water levels due to global climate change, causing even more pollution in the Bay.\nOne consequence of expanding the Bay Area\u2019s oil refineries would be more oil coming into the Bay Area by rail. A recent analysis of federal data shows the danger this poses to the Bay and surrounding communities. The amount of oil being shipped through the US by rail is on the rise. As a result, more crude oil has been spilled in rail accidents in the past year than during the previous 38 years combined.\nThe Pittsburg city council will consider the environmental impact report for the WesPac oil storage and transfer facility soon. Baykeeper will continue to advocate for prevention of contamination of San Francisco Bay and shoreline communities from the WesPac facility and other planned expansions of Bay Area oil refineries.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 78, "original_length": 4876, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 306.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://bcreativenotcrazy.blogspot.com/2008/06/seasons.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:29Z", "digest": "sha1:J3J7WO2B52JMFCJHGZU56RO3ELRRKRVH", "length": 555, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "bcreativenotcrazy.blogspot.com", "title": "keep calm and carry on: Seasons......", "raw_content": "I'm thinking of my lovely friend E today. E's mother passed away after a lengthy illness. This Great Grandmother was in her 90s and led an amazing life - she will be dearly missed. Her family published a book of her life which I read in one sitting; living in Singapore during the Japanese occupation, raising children and trying to keep them fed and healthy in very trying conditions, a move to Australia and a life committed to her family and her job as a teacher.\nThings haven't been easy for E between one thing and another, so, I'm thinking of you...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 126, "original_length": 3163, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 147.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://becartstudio.weebly.com/portfolio.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:34Z", "digest": "sha1:UJXZOCJC2RGFBBCMEBJU43OJ4N72SONQ", "length": 276, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "becartstudio.weebly.com", "title": "Portfolio - becky sorrentino studio", "raw_content": "bec art\nBecky has an extensive fine art portfolio of work outside of her pet art.\nBecky has done a number of commissioned pieces in the past, several of which are included in this gallery. If you are interested in more information about commissioned work please contact Becky.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 13, "original_length": 483, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 271.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://bedihospital.com/gynaecologist-lady-doctor-bedi-nursing-home.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:59Z", "digest": "sha1:BS5LD6OWMQ77SQ5S7BIEMEYUCMEBPSHY", "length": 6079, "nlines": 32, "source_domain": "bedihospital.com", "title": "Gynaecologist/Lady Doctor | Bedi Hospital", "raw_content": "GYNAE - SERVICES & FACILITIES\nBeing a mother is perhaps the most significant event in a woman\u2019s life and a milestone for any family. The department provides a modern, safe and friendly environment for \u2018mothers to be\u2019 with full multispecialty backup. The department is staffed by full-time Doctors and post graduate registrars round-the-clock. Provision of labour analgesia is available. Routine and high-risk pregnancies are managed with results similar to developed countries.\nBedi Hospital, with its team of experts, offers a compassionate and convenient destination for the assessment and treatment of various female problems either conventionally or laparoscopically.\nBenign breast disorders management\nMenopause disorders management\nAdvanced pelvic endoscopy surgery\nPainless Normal Delivery\nHeavy, prolonged and painful periods can be due to some abnormality in the uterus. An abdominal hysterectomy is the procedure of removing the uterus through a cut in the lower abdomen, which offers a reliable solution to the problem.\nThe operation may include removal of the cervix; this is called a total abdominal hysterectomy or TAH. Sometimes the cervix is not removed; this is called a sub-total abdominal hysterectomy.\nPap Smear And Colposcopy\nPap smear is a diagnostic test of a sample of cells collected from the surface of a woman\u2019s cervix (the lower, narrow end of a woman\u2019s uterus) to check for inflammation, infection or abnormalities that may develop into cancer. A Colposcopy is a procedure in which a special magnifying device with a light called a colposcope is used to visually examine the vagina and cervix.\nThis procedure is normally carried out after a smear result is found to be abnormal as it gives more information about abnormal cells that could lead to cancer.\nEndometriosis is a chronic disease involving endometrial tissue. Normally, endometrial tissue is found only inside the uterus, the reproductive organ where a foetus develops. In endometriosis, endometrial-like tissue is found outside the uterus. It may be found on organs in the abdomen, pelvis, or another location.\nOutside the uterus, the tissue continues to respond to hormones. It swells, breaks down, and bleeds, but it is unable to pass from the body during menstruation. Thus surrounding tissue becomes inflamed, often with scarring.\nFibroids are growths that form in the uterus (womb). They are benign (not cancerous) and are made up of muscle fiber. Fibroids can be as small as a pea and can grow as large as a melon.\nFibroids are most common in women in their 30s and 40s, and tend to shrink after the menopause. The experts at Cloudnine hospitals have removed fibroids as big as 8 Kgs without blood transfusion!\nUrinary incontinence \u2014 the loss of bladder control \u2014 is a common and often embarrassing problem. It can be temporary or chronic. Incontinence is a symptom, not a condition in itself and may have several different causes.\nThe severity of urinary incontinence ranges from occasionally leaking urine when you cough or sneeze to having an urge to urinate that\u2019s so sudden and strong you don\u2019t get to a toilet in time. If urinary incontinence affects your day-to-day activities, don\u2019t hesitate to see your doctor.\nInfections (UTI, Pelvic Inflammatory Disease) Treatment\nUrinary tract infections (UTIs) are caused by bacteria that invade the urinary system and multiply. The infection can occur in any part of the urinary system, but usually starts in the urethra (a tube that carries the urine out of the body).\nPelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a serious infection of the female reproductive organs. These include the uterus, ovaries, and fallopian tubes. PID can cause scar tissue to form in the pelvis and fallopian tubes. This damage may result in infertility, a future tubal pregnancy, or chronic pelvic pain.\nUterine prolapse occurs when pelvic floor muscles and ligaments stretch and weaken, providing inadequate support for the uterus. The uterus then slips down into or protrudes out of the vagina.\nUterine prolapse can happen to women of any age, but it often affects postmenopausal women who\u2019ve had one or more vaginal deliveries. Damage to supportive tissues during pregnancy and childbirth, effects of gravity, loss of estrogen, and repeated straining over the years all can weaken your pelvic floor and lead to uterine prolapse.\nPremenstrual syndrome (PMS) is a disorder marked by physical and emotional symptoms. It affects women one or two weeks before the beginning of their menstrual period. The cause of PMS is unknown.\nIt may be that a complex combination of environmental, metabolic, and behavioural factors causes vulnerability to the hormonal changes associated with menstruation. A brain chemical, serotonin, may play a role in severe forms of PMS.\nWomen need contraception for most of their reproductive life and their needs differ at different stages \u2013 teenage, early (20 to 35 years old), late reproductive (36 to 45 years old) and premenopausal.\nAll methods of contraception including surgical, pills, patches, injections, implants, vaginal diaphragm and various coils (namely copper IUCD and Mirena) are provided, tailored to your individual needs.\nHuman Papilloma Virus (HPV) is the virus which causes genital warts and cervical cancer. The HPV vaccine, which now has its Indian license, gives excellent protection for teenagers and women who have never been infected with the virus before.\nAll girls aged 12 to 13 are offered HPV (human papilloma virus) vaccination as part of the NHS childhood vaccination programme. The vaccine protects against cervical cancer. Research has shown that the HPV vaccine provides effective protection for at least eight years after completion of the three-dose course.\nSexual Health Counselling\nThese services are dedicated to helping women, and their partners, care for and enjoy their sexual health. Seeing a specialist assures expert treatment and confidential advice.\nWe listen with respect, thus giving you the confidence to discuss even the most embarrassing concerns with ease, care and confidentiality.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 106, "original_length": 7693, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 247.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://beechamresearch.com/article.aspx?id=41", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:14Z", "digest": "sha1:CCHIUAKTU3T25T4V4QNGRJBED3ZKURHN", "length": 1161, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "beechamresearch.com", "title": "NB-IoT: See Just How Broad the Opportunities Are", "raw_content": "There are many more \u201cthings\u201d in the world that are stationary or not in constant motion than those that are moving. The vast majority of the many billions of stationary things that have the ability to create data are nevertheless not connected to the Internet.\nAs a result, that data is lost and not converted into useful information having value and therefore able to generate revenue, however small.\nThe main reason why these many stationary things have not been connected is essentially down to cost versus the perceived benefit. This is what NB-IoT and other LPWA technologies have been designed to address. As a result, the many billions of connected things that are often predicted for IoT are most likely to come from LPWA technologies in general, and NB-IoT in particular.\nFor each of the 8 sectors included in our new chart, several application examples are identified. At the outer edge, over 70 different types of connected assets are also identified and there are many more possibilities. The sheer number of applications for NB-IoT suggests a much greater potential for the total number of connections than those for existing cellular technologies.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 2031, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 185.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://benpeoples.com/buy-the-paperback/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:44Z", "digest": "sha1:OYN6QVCWP2XV2QMKWN2EZEEAGUNW2DQM", "length": 382, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "benpeoples.com", "title": "Buy the Paperback :: $39.95 \u2013 Ben Peoples Industries", "raw_content": "Buy the Paperback :: $39.95\nJust fill out the form below to buy the 248-page paperback edition of Embedded Electronics for Theatre.\nAll of our credit card payments are processed securely through Stripe, and we ship anywhere in the US via Priority Mail for $6.\nIf you\u2019re outside of the US, or if you\u2019d like to expedite shipping, just drop us a line and we\u2019d be happy to help you out!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 1128, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 334.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://bernaucapital.com/team-member/matt-wittkop/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:29Z", "digest": "sha1:LQ37NZDDBB7RVF5Q3FML43HZGHYJLD3N", "length": 724, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "bernaucapital.com", "title": "\u00bb Matt Wittkop", "raw_content": "Matt Wittkop joined Bernau Capital Partners in December of 2015 as the Corporate Controller. Matt comes to BCP after having served as the Corporate Accounting Manager for Weitz Construction headquartered in Des Moines. Prior to Weitz, Matt spent almost seven years managing and conducting financial statements audits for \u201cCliftonLarsonAllen,\u201d primarily working with commercial companies in the construction and manufacturing industries.\nMatt is a licensed CPA in the state of Iowa and graduated from Iowa State University with Bachelor\u2019s degrees in Accounting and Spanish.\nMatt and his wife Sarah live in Urbandale and enjoy spending time with family, walking their dog Norway, and following Iowa State University athletics.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 71, "original_length": 1817, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 313.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://bestride.com/news/rc-oscar-mayer-wienermobile", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:11Z", "digest": "sha1:RHWANJYYH6C3RX5ONY7LRXTLZRRCOFBA", "length": 2292, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "bestride.com", "title": "Buy Your Very Own Oscar Mayer Wienermobile | BestRide", "raw_content": "Buy Your Very Own Oscar Mayer Wienermobile\nThe Oscar Mayer Wienermobile is both ridiculous and fantastic at the same time. It\u2019s likely one of the most famous cars out there, even if it\u2019s not one that any regular Joe could ever hope to buy. It has nothing to do with how expensive it is, but with the fact that it isn\u2019t a production car and exists only as a promotional tool for the people at Oscar Mayer. Now, you can own one, albeit slightly smaller than the original.\nIt was back in July when the company showed off an off-road RC version of their famous car. It was glorious, but it was just a one-off. We all got to watch it in videos, but we were deprived of the privilege of owning one of these and sending it off home-built ramps in our backyards.\nThe world was sad and Oscar Mayer felt our pain. They\u2019re hoping to ease it with the release of an RC Wienermobile that you can buy. Finally. It\u2019s like an early Christmas, but without the whole having tolerate out-of-town family that drives you nuts.\nSince it\u2019s an ode to hot dogs, it has a special hot dog compartment. It will hold two hot dogs that you can pilot across the yard to your buddy, or through the house to the living room, or wherever there is a pressing need for hot dogs.\nYou can buy your Mini Wiener Rover for $25 on the Oscar Mayer website. It\u2019s being made in limited numbers and in small batches so it\u2019s not going to be easy to snag. The only way to know when they\u2019re available is to follow the Oscar Mayer Twitter feed. That\u2019s where they\u2019ll be announcing new availability along with a link to purchase.\nIt might seem like a lot of work having to stalk a company\u2019s twitter feed just to get your hands on an RC car, but this isn\u2019t any old RC car. How could you not want to have one of these things? All the other kids will be jealous and so will their parents. Just imagine how much fun it could be sending this out across the yard for summer hot dog delivers.\nIts lure is irresistible, and if we buy them out, who knows what Oscar Mayer might do next. Could sales of a full-size Wienermobile be in our future? One can only hope.\nRed Bull LEGO Batmobile Soapbox Racer is Ready to Roll\nConfederate Flag Controversy Means No More General Lee\nGorgeous New Book Celebrates the Glory of Airline Advertising in the Mad Men Era", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 159, "original_length": 5197, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 285.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://betweenthepages.co/2016/11/book-review-a-torch-against-the-night-sabaa-tahir/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:32Z", "digest": "sha1:K5KDQTSZBEM3G443XCMM4OQD65FF5TJ2", "length": 2872, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "betweenthepages.co", "title": "BOOK REVIEW | A TORCH AGAINST THE NIGHT, SABAA TAHIR \u2013 between the pages", "raw_content": "my an ember in the ashes review can be found here.\na torch against the night is easily one of the best books i\u2019ve read this year. it\u2019s so beautifully written and such a step up from an ember in the ashes (which i liked, but i felt was a disappointment compared to my expectations/the hype). a torch against the night went above and beyond any and all expectations i had.\none of the issues i had with an ember in the ashes was that i didn\u2019t like many of the characters. the only one i really liked was helene, and a little bit of keenan. in a torch against the night, however, i found i really enjoyed elias and laia\u2019s characters a whole lot more. i found them more relatable and developed than the previous book. helene was still a favourite of mine, although i didn\u2019t like her as much (probably due to her storyline, and what she was trying to achieve). i found that keenan was really out of character a lot more during this book. he was quite interesting in an ember in the ashes, however in a torch against the night he was all moody and jealous of elias. it made him unlikable. i can see why he was written like this, but i felt it didn\u2019t flow as easily from an ember in the ashes into a torch against the night.\nthis book is written in first person, much like an ember in the ashes does. except, in this book there\u2019s an added pov for helene. this ended up getting quite confusing for me because of the extra person to keep up with. plus, both elias and laia were together for majority of the book, meaning it was harder to tell their chapters apart. i often stop reading part way through a chapter, and it got difficult when i went to pick it back up and couldn\u2019t remember whose chapter i was in. mostly it was a little disorientating, and probably my own fault rather than anything to do with the actual book.\none thing i absolutely love about a torch against the night is the plot twists. i wasn\u2019t expecting any of them, and it really kept me on edge wondering what was going to happen next. i also really like how this book was very intense right up until the last page. so many books finish 50 \u2013 100 pages from the ending and use those last pages to wrap everything up, where i usually get bored. i\u2019m very happy that this didn\u2019t happen with a torch against the night.\nan ember in the ashes was a very violent book in terms of the way laia was treated. i found that this book was a whole lot less violent for the most part, but still had some brutal scenes.\nhaving finished the book, the only thing that i keep thinking about is the soul catcher storyline. obviously it\u2019ll become more important throughout the series, but for now it really just felt random and unrelated to the story.\ni rated this book five stars and it is easily one of the best books i\u2019ve read this year.\na torch against the nightan ember in the asheseliasfantasyhelenelaiasabaa tahiryoung adult", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 109, "original_length": 6552, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 229.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://biblestudy.cbn.com/BibleINAYear.aspx?day=44&plan=1", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:21Z", "digest": "sha1:6SE3BLNJ26JLQJHOWO2SOPXPGRGN55LG", "length": 12507, "nlines": 43, "source_domain": "biblestudy.cbn.com", "title": "CBN.com - Bible In A Year", "raw_content": "Old Testament: Leviticus 14\nCleansing from Skin Diseases\n1 And the LORD said to Moses, 2 \"The following instructions are for those seeking ceremonial purification from a skin disease. [2] Those who have been healed must be brought to the priest, 3 who will examine them at a place outside the camp. If the priest finds that someone has been healed of a serious skin disease, 4 he will perform a purification ceremony, using two live birds that are ceremonially clean, a stick of cedar, [4] some scarlet yarn, and a hyssop branch. 5 The priest will order that one bird be slaughtered over a clay pot filled with fresh water. 6 He will take the live bird, the cedar stick, the scarlet yarn, and the hyssop branch, and dip them into the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over the fresh water. 7 The priest will then sprinkle the blood of the dead bird seven times on the person being purified of the skin disease. When the priest has purified the person, he will release the live bird in the open field to fly away.\n8 \"The persons being purified must then wash their clothes, shave off all their hair, and bathe themselves in water. Then they will be ceremonially clean and may return to the camp. However, they must remain outside their tents for seven days. 9 On the seventh day they must again shave all the hair from their heads, including the hair of the beard and eyebrows. They must also wash their clothes and bathe themselves in water. Then they will be ceremonially clean.\n10 \"On the eighth day each person being purified must bring two male lambs and a one-year-old female lamb, all with no defects, along with a grain offering of six quarts [10] of choice flour moistened with olive oil, and a cup [10] of olive oil. 11 Then the officiating priest will present that person for purification, along with the offerings, before the LORD at the entrance of the Tabernacle. [11] 12 The priest will take one of the male lambs and the olive oil and present them as a guilt offering, lifting them up as a special offering before the LORD. 13 He will then slaughter the male lamb in the sacred area where sin offerings and burnt offerings are slaughtered. As with the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest. It is a most holy offering. 14 The priest will then take some of the blood of the guilt offering and apply it to the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified.\n15 \"Then the priest will pour some of the olive oil into the palm of his own left hand. 16 He will dip his right finger into the oil in his palm and sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the LORD. 17 The priest will then apply some of the oil in his palm over the blood from the guilt offering that is on the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified. 18 The priest will apply the oil remaining in his hand to the head of the person being purified. Through this process, the priest will purify [18] the person before the LORD.\n19 \"Then the priest must present the sin offering to purify the person who was cured of the skin disease. After that, the priest will slaughter the burnt offering 20 and offer it on the altar along with the grain offering. Through this process, the priest will purify the person who was healed, and the person will be ceremonially clean.\n21 \"But anyone who is too poor and cannot afford these offerings may bring one male lamb for a guilt offering, to be lifted up as a special offering for purification. The person must also bring two quarts [21] of choice flour moistened with olive oil for the grain offering and a cup of olive oil. 22 The offering must also include two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whichever the person can afford. One of the pair must be used for the sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. 23 On the eighth day of the purification ceremony, the person being purified must bring the offerings to the priest in the LORD's presence at the entrance of the Tabernacle. 24 The priest will take the lamb for the guilt offering, along with the olive oil, and lift them up as a special offering to the LORD. 25 Then the priest will slaughter the lamb for the guilt offering. He will take some of its blood and apply it to the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified.\n26 \"The priest will also pour some of the olive oil into the palm of his own left hand. 27 He will dip his right finger into the oil in his palm and sprinkle some of it seven times before the LORD. 28 The priest will then apply some of the oil in his palm over the blood from the guilt offering that is on the lobe of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the big toe of the right foot of the person being purified. 29 The priest will apply the oil remaining in his hand to the head of the person being purified. Through this process, the priest will purify the person before the LORD.\n30 \"Then the priest will offer the two turtledoves or the two young pigeons, whichever the person can afford. 31 One of them is for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, to be presented along with the grain offering. Through this process, the priest will purify the person before the LORD. 32 These are the instructions for purification for those who have recovered from a serious skin disease but who cannot afford to bring the offerings normally required for the ceremony of purification.\"\nTreatment of Contaminated Houses\n33 Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, 34 \"When you arrive in Canaan, the land I am giving you as your own possession, I may contaminate some of the houses in your land with mildew. [34] 35 The owner of such a house must then go to the priest and say, `It appears that my house has some kind of mildew.' 36 Before the priest goes in to inspect the house, he must have the house emptied so nothing inside will be pronounced ceremonially unclean. 37 Then the priest will go in and examine the mildew on the walls. If he finds greenish or reddish streaks and the contamination appears to go deeper than the wall's surface, 38 the priest will step outside the door and put the house in quarantine for seven days. 39 On the seventh day the priest must return for another inspection. If he finds that the mildew on the walls of the house has spread, 40 the priest must order that the stones from those areas be removed. The contaminated material will then be taken outside the town to an area designated as ceremonially unclean. 41 Next the inside walls of the entire house must be scraped thoroughly and the scrapings dumped in the unclean place outside the town. 42 Other stones will be brought in to replace the ones that were removed, and the walls will be replastered.\n43 \"But if the mildew reappears after all the stones have been replaced and the house has been scraped and replastered, 44 the priest must return and inspect the house again. If he finds that the mildew has spread, the walls are clearly contaminated with a serious mildew, and the house is defiled. 45 It must be torn down, and all its stones, timbers, and plaster must be carried out of town to the place designated as ceremonially unclean. 46 Those who enter the house during the period of quarantine will be ceremonially unclean until evening, 47 and all who sleep or eat in the house must wash their clothing.\n48 \"But if the priest returns for his inspection and finds that the mildew has not reappeared in the house after the fresh plastering, he will pronounce it clean because the mildew is clearly gone. 49 To purify the house the priest must take two birds, a stick of cedar, some scarlet yarn, and a hyssop branch. 50 He will slaughter one of the birds over a clay pot filled with fresh water. 51 He will take the cedar stick, the hyssop branch, the scarlet yarn, and the live bird, and dip them into the blood of the slaughtered bird and into the fresh water. Then he will sprinkle the house seven times. 52 When the priest has purified the house in exactly this way, 53 he will release the live bird in the open fields outside the town. Through this process, the priest will purify the house, and it will be ceremonially clean.\n54 \"These are the instructions for dealing with serious skin diseases, [54] including scabby sores; 55 and mildew, [55] whether on clothing or in a house; 56 and a swelling on the skin, a rash, or discolored skin. 57 This procedure will determine whether a person or object is ceremonially clean or unclean.\n\"These are the instructions regarding skin diseases and mildew.\"\n<< 14:2 Traditionally rendered leprosy; see note on 13:2a.\n<< 14:4 Or juniper; also in 14:6, 49, 51.\n<< 14:10a Hebrew \u00a5 of an ephah [6.6 liters]. 14:10b Hebrew 1 log [0.3 liters]; also in 14:21.\n<< 14:11 Hebrew Tent of Meeting; also in 14:23.\n<< 14:18 Or will make atonement for; similarly in 14:19, 20, 21, 29, 31, 53.\n<< 14:21 Hebrew \u00ac of an ephah [2.2 liters].\n<< 14:34 Traditionally rendered leprosy; see note on 13:47.\n<< 14:54 Traditionally rendered leprosy; see note on 13:2a.\n51 But one of the men with Jesus pulled out his sword and struck the high priest's slave, slashing off his ear.\n52 \"Put away your sword,\" Jesus told him. \"Those who use the sword will die by the sword. 53 \"Don't you realize that I could ask my Father for thousands of angels to protect us, and he would send them instantly?\" 54 But if I did, how would the Scriptures be fulfilled that describe what must happen now?\"\n55 Then Jesus said to the crowd, \"Am I some dangerous revolutionary, that you come with swords and clubs to arrest me? Why didn't you arrest me in the Temple? I was there teaching every day. 56 But this is all happening to fulfill the words of the prophets as recorded in the Scriptures.\" At that point, all the disciples deserted him and fled.\n57 Then the people who had arrested Jesus led him to the home of Caiaphas, the high priest, where the teachers of religious law and the elders had gathered. 58 Meanwhile, Peter followed him at a distance and came to the high priest's courtyard. He went in and sat with the guards and waited to see how it would all end.\n59 Inside, the leading priests and the entire high council [59] were trying to find witnesses who would lie about Jesus, so they could put him to death. 60 But even though they found many who agreed to give false witness, they could not use anyone's testimony. Finally, two men came forward 61 who declared, \"This man said, `I am able to destroy the Temple of God and rebuild it in three days.'\"\n62 Then the high priest stood up and said to Jesus, \"Well, aren't you going to answer these charges? What do you have to say for yourself?\" 63 But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to him, \"I demand in the name of the living God\u2014tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.\"\n64 Jesus replied, \"You have said it. And in the future you will see the Son of Man seated in the place of power at God's right hand and coming on the clouds of heaven.\" 65 Then the high priest tore his clothing to show his horror and said, \"Blasphemy! Why do we need other witnesses? You have all heard his blasphemy. 66 What is your verdict?\"\n\"Guilty!\" they shouted. \"He deserves to die!\"\n67 Then they began to spit in Jesus' face and beat him with their fists. And some slapped him, 68 jeering, \"Prophesy to us, you Messiah! Who hit you that time?\"\n69 Meanwhile, Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A servant girl came over and said to him, \"You were one of those with Jesus the Galilean.\"\n70 But Peter denied it in front of everyone. \"I don't know what you're talking about,\" he said.\n71 Later, out by the gate, another servant girl noticed him and said to those standing around, \"This man was with Jesus of Nazareth. [71] \"\n72 Again Peter denied it, this time with an oath. \"I don't even know the man,\" he said.\n73 A little later some of the other bystanders came over to Peter and said, \"You must be one of them; we can tell by your Galilean accent.\"\n74 Peter swore, \"A curse on me if I'm lying\u2014I don't know the man!\" And immediately the rooster crowed.\n75 Suddenly, Jesus' words flashed through Peter's mind: \"Before the rooster crows, you will deny three times that you even know me.\" And he went away, weeping bitterly.\n<< 26:53 Greek twelve legions.\n<< 26:59 Greek the Sanhedrin.\n<< 26:64a Greek seated at the right hand of the power. 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Tomorrow night we are playing at BARBOZA in Seattle with The Paul Collins Beat and The Knast. Doors are at 7pm and we play at 8pm sharp. We will be playing some brand new songs that we haven't played in front of people\nyet! Very excited to debut some new material, and can't wait to record and get some new records out! Here's the facebook event for tmrw: https://www.facebook.com/events/657526690968242/\nOh yea, you can finally get your hands on our new split with our buds POST TEENS available from NO IDEA RECORDS here: http://store.noidearecords.com/\nAnd you can hear one of our songs, called \"ASKING YOU TO STAY,\" from this 7 inch thanks to PITCHFORK: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/16907-big-eyes-asking-you-to-stay/\nWe are also playing an awesome show later this month in Tacoma with THE THERMALS. It's on SATURDAY JUNE 21st at the NEW FRONTIER. Doors are at 9pm and it's 21+, $14 tickets available at the door! Here's the facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1478020732431535/\n- El-Dridge\njasmine nile June 14, 2014 at 10:23 PM\nthanks ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 1755, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 244.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://billyfuryuk.com/artist/ray-lamontagne-21917595.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:05Z", "digest": "sha1:5IQVLUPE4GCJSFEP6OKJFVLYDFCI6NUQ", "length": 4745, "nlines": 47, "source_domain": "billyfuryuk.com", "title": "Ray LaMontagne Songs \u00bb billy fury years", "raw_content": "Ray LaMontagne Songs\nWith a voice that recalls a huskier, sandpapery version of Van Morrison and Tim Buckley, Ray LaMontagne joins such artists as Iron & Wine in creating folk songs that are alternately lush and intimately earthy. The songwriter was born in Nashua, New Hampshire in 1973; his parents split up shortly aft ...\nWith a voice that recalls a huskier, sandpapery version of Van Morrison and Tim Buckley, Ray LaMontagne joins such artists as Iron & Wine in creating folk songs that are alternately lush and intimately earthy. The songwriter was born in Nashua, New Hampshire in 1973; his parents split up shortly after his birth, and his mother began a pattern of moving her six children to any locale that could offer her employment and housing. As a result, LaMontagne grew up as the perennial new kid in school (when he went to school at all). He did graduate high school, however, and found himself working in a shoe factory in Maine when he heard Stephen Stills' \"Tree Top Flyer\" on the radio. The song amounted to an epiphany for LaMontagne, who made up his mind on the spot to become a singer and musician.\nBy the summer of 1999, he had put together a ten-song demo tape that soon found its way into the hands of Jamie Ceretta at Chrysalis. The publishing house signed the young songwriter and teamed him with producer Ethan Johns, resulting in LaMontagne's debut album, Trouble. The record was picked up by RCA and released in the fall of 2004, impressing critics with such songs as the title tune, \"Trouble,\" and the cinematic style of pieces like \"Narrow Escape.\" A follow-up album for the RCA label, Til the Sun Turns Black, appeared in 2006 and widened LaMontagne's palette by incorporating horns and strings. He also placed songs in multiple American television shows, including ER, Bones, and One Tree Hill. Gossip in the Grain followed in 2008, also with Johns in the production chair. LaMontagne's biggest commercial success to that point, it debuted at number three on the American charts and featured several songs later heard on television shows.\nIn 2012, LaMontagne returned with his fourth studio album, God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise. His first album without producer Ethan Johns, the session was produced by LaMontagne at his home studio and was the first with a billing for his backing band the Pariah Dogs, which included bassist Jennifer Condos, guitarist Eric Heywood, and drummer Jay Bellerose. It peaked at number three on the American album charts, and earned LaMontagne his first Grammy win, for Best Contemporary Folk Album. Produced and recorded by the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach, LaMontagne's fifth LP, Supernova, was released in the spring of 2014. The album fared well critically and reached number one on Billboard's Top Rock Albums chart and number three on the Billboard Top 200. In May of 2015, one of LaMontagne's early songs, \"Please,\" was given a major boost when it was covered by Sawyer Fredericks, the Season 8 winner of NBC's The Voice. Fredericks' version of \"Please\" became a hit, reaching number two on the iTunes singles chart. Teasing a change of direction in a note to a group of fans, LaMontagne worked with My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James on his next outing, Ouroboros. Designed for full-album play and immersed in blues guitar and vintage instrument-rich psychedelia, it arrived in March of 2016. 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Subject\ncollections include autobiographies, works in the humanities,\nsocial sciences, and hard sciences, mathematical literature, North\nAmerican literature (mostly in German), Sibirica, travel literature,\nand zoologica. The contents are searchable and browsable.\nIncluded in the digital collection is the magnificent Gutenberg Bible.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 27, "original_length": 1656, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.85, "perplexity": 244.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blog.brooklinepolice.com/2014_04_20_archive.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:18Z", "digest": "sha1:BF5IT2XY5OK3R5UCM36KSGRW2OZZCGFK", "length": 4988, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "blog.brooklinepolice.com", "title": "Brookline Police News: 2014-04-20", "raw_content": "On April 24, an officer observed a vehicle travelling on Washington St. drive through a red light, make an illegal U-turn, and drive on the wrong side of the road against the flow of traffic. The officer conducted a traffic stop and found that the driver was operating with a suspended license. The driver was placed under arrest.\nOn April 24, an officer conducted a motor vehicle stop for a car driving above the speed limit on Hammond Street. The officer found that the driver had a suspended license and he was placed under arrest.\nOn April 24, an officer responded to Colchester St. for a report of breaking and entering and larceny of a motor vehicle. The victim stated that while parked in her driveway overnight, several items were taken from her vehicle. The matter is under investigation.\nOn April 24, a woman came into the Police Station to report that her car had been broken into sometime the night before. The woman stated that her car had been parked on Carlton St. and she noticed a couple of items were missing. The matter is under investigation.\nOn April 24, an officer responded to Washington St. for a report of a man chasing a shoplifter from his store. The owner of the store stated that he observed a male take items and leave the store without paying, at which time he chased the suspect on foot and lost him at Holden Street. The matter is under investigation.\nOn April 23, an officer travelling on Beacon St. observed a vehicle operating with a defective brake light. The officer initiated a traffic stop and found that the driver had a suspended license. The driver was placed under arrest and cited for defective equipment and operating after suspension.\nOn April 23, a woman came into the Police Station to report a breaking and entering and larceny of her motor vehicle. The woman stated that she had parked her car at her residence on Adams St. and during the night someone had rifled through it. The matter is under investigation.\nOn April 23, officers were dispatched to Commonwealth Ave. and Babcock St. for a fight in progress. Officers spoke to one party who stated that a man had been attempting to steal parts from his moped when he interfered. The man stated that he and his friends had stopped the suspect from fleeing which caused a scuffle. The suspect was able to flee and the matter is being investigated.\nOn April 22, a man reported that sometime between April 19 and April 22, his apartment on Beacon St. was broken into. The victim stated that a couple of items were missing from his apartment. The matter is under investigation.\nOn April 22, officers responded to a bank on Harvard St. for a report of a customer being aggressive and swearing at the staff. While speaking to the suspect outside, the officers observed him yelling profanities and assuming a fighter\u2019s stance while drawing lots of attention from passerby. The suspect was placed under arrest for disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace. He is also being charged with resisting arrest and trespassing.\nOn April 18, an officer observed a vehicle speeding on Boylston St. and initiated a traffic stop. The officer found that the driver was operating with a revoked license and he was placed under arrest.\nOn April 18, an officer observed a vehicle travelling on Harvard St. drive in the bike lane for approximately one block and then straddle the double solid lines on the left. The officer conducted a motor vehicle stop and could detect an odor of unburnt marijuana while speaking with the driver and passenger. The driver was placed under arrest for operating with an expired license, marked lanes violations and open containers of alcohol. The passenger was issued a citation for possession of less than one ounce of marijuana and sent on his way.\nOn April 19, officers responded to Princeton Rd. for a report of an attempted larceny that had just occurred. The reporting party stated that while doing yard work he had seen a vehicle double parked next to his work trailer and had seen a man exit the passenger side and take a leaf blower from the trailer and place it into his own vehicle. The reporting party approached the suspect who then removed the leaf blower from his car, threw it into the road, and fled in the vehicle. The matter is under investigation.\nOn April 20, an officer responded to Centre St. for a report of breaking and entering. The victim reported waking up to a rustling noise and seeing an unidentified man in her apartment. The victim stated that the man fled when she screamed and she believed only some cash was missing. The matter is being investigated.\nOn April 20, an officer observed a male on High St. who had a no trespassing order for Brookline Housing Authority property. Officers spoke with the man and his companion. The man with the no trespassing order was asked to leave the premises and will be summoned to court. Dispatch ran a check of the companion and found that he had active warrants in effect. He was placed under arrest.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 674, "original_length": 19899, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 270.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blog.david.ulevitch.com/yahoo", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:20:33Z", "digest": "sha1:6QZ3IOX2GH2YDAB3WVL6MXQF6O22KRMU", "length": 814, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "blog.david.ulevitch.com", "title": "Yahoo!", "raw_content": "By now, you\u2019ve read the news, Marissa Meyer is Yahoo!\u2018s new CEO.\nYahoo is many things to many people, but it only needs to be one thing \u2013 A viable alternative to Google: Ads, Search, Gmail. The rest is noise.\nI put ads first, before search, because I think it\u2019s an area where Yahoo! has a real shot at taking some market share. It\u2019s also a space where you can buy market share, and not rely on end-users to pick you over Google. And if it works, then you have an oil well of ad money coming in and you can do anything.\nMarissa, good luck. I\u2019m rooting for you. We all are.\nIt\u2019s Monday, July 2nd. OpenDNS is absolutely on fire. By 8am this morning, I think there were at least a dozen folks buzzing around the office hard at work. We had an amazing second quarter, and our customers love us. 90% of our... Continue \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 31, "original_length": 1173, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 266.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blog.jillcorddry.com/2015/06/19/twitter-pitch-madness/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:51Z", "digest": "sha1:L5ZQMAURJMC2I44NIEZYSFXRWJMQCAQV", "length": 3124, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "blog.jillcorddry.com", "title": "Twitter Pitch Madness! \u2013 Ramblings on Writing", "raw_content": "Written by jillcorddry in Book updates, Helping other authors and writers, Submissions!\nEvery now and then, some wonderful person \u2013 usually a writer or agent \u2013 hosts a twitter pitch party. \u201cWhat is that?\u201d you may ask\u2026 Well, they assign a hashtag to it, and then aspiring authors have less than 140 characters to summarize their book (as if a 1-page synopsis isn\u2019t hard enough!). It usually runs for 12 hours, and etiquette recommends no more than 2-3 tweets per hour. Then, any number of agents and publishing houses can use the hashtag to search for participants. Fellow writers and friends are encouraged to retweet, but favoriting is really supposed to be saved for the agents and publishers. It\u2019s how they let the writer know they\u2019re interested.\nNot everyone follows that rule (or maybe they just don\u2019t know). As someone who has participated before, let me tell you \u2026 there is nothing more disheartening to think that an agent is interested, only to find out that it\u2019s just someone trying to be supportive.\nEND ASIDE\nI\u2019ve attended twitter pitch parties in the past, maybe two or three times, and never had anything to show for it other than a few RTs (retweets), and those were mostly from people who know me. Because of this, I had no intention of participating in the one on June 18th. Except \u2026 well, it was specifically for sci-fi and fantasy writers. So the day before I decided to play along again, but I wasn\u2019t going to use the pitches from before. They\u2019d obviously not worked. I didn\u2019t even open the document, instead starting fresh. And with the help of a fellow writer friend, created nine new pitches to be rotated through the twelve hour pitch party.\nIt started at 8am (EST), so thank goodness for tweetdeck! I scheduled all my tweets in advance, and let \u2018em out into the world every 30 minutes. By the time I got up that morning, and dealt with the potty training Double Trouble, #SFFpit had been going on for almost four hours. And I had a handful of RTs and a couple new followers.\nAs the day went on, I amassed dozens of RTs \u2013 almost all of them from people I DON\u2019T EVEN KNOW! And I got three favorites from small presses!! One favorited almost every one of my tweets. By the time 8pm (EST) rolled around, I had more than 30 new followers. I know, I know, that\u2019s not so many, but considering I only had about 130 to start with, adding another 30 is a big jump.Many thanks to all the new followers, and for anyone who gave me an RT! It\u2019s all really appreciated. The #SFFpit community is really supportive.\nMe, on twitter!\nNow \u2026 what to do with the favorites because I\u2019ve already started querying my novel to agents. \u201cWhy does this matter?\u201d you ask. Well, the preferred method by most in the publishing industry is to follow either the small press route OR the agent route, not both simultaneously. For now, I\u2019ll tuck those three names in my back pocket and see where this agent thing goes, but it\u2019s nice to know that I have a couple other options should this pan out for me in a few months.\nAll in all, it was a good day!\ntwitter: @JillCorddry\nFB: facebook.com/jillcorddryauthor\nBlog: blog.jillcorddry.com/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 5106, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 318.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2017/05/abc-upfront-2017-18-fall-2017-schedule.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:50:57Z", "digest": "sha1:ABPL5LRU6S2HNGLLFI3FZZIL5O3FIGBQ", "length": 6465, "nlines": 45, "source_domain": "blog.sitcomsonline.com", "title": "ABC Upfront 2017-18: Fall 2017 Schedule; ABC Mid-Season Pilot Review: Downward Dog - Premieres Wednesday (May 17) - SitcomsOnline.com News Blog", "raw_content": "ABC Upfront 2017-18: Fall 2017 Schedule; ABC Mid-Season Pilot Review: Downward Dog - Premieres Wednesday (May 17)\n10:00PM The Good Doctor (NEW!)\n8:30PM Fresh Off the Boat\n9:00PM black-ish\n9:30PM The Mayor (NEW!)\n10:00PM The Gospel of Kevin (NEW!)\n8:30PM Speechless\n9:30PM American Housewife\n10:00PM Designated Survivor\n10:00PM How to Get Away with Murder\n9:00PM Marvel's Inhumans (NEW!)\n8:00PM Saturday Night Football\n8:00PM To Tell the Truth\n10:00PM Ten Days in the Valley (NEW!)\nNew unscheduled, Mid-Season 2017:\nDRAMA: The Crossing, Deception, For the People\nCOMEDY: Alex, Inc., Splitting Up Together, Roseanne revival\nREALITY: American Idol, The Bachelor Winter Games, Dancing with the Stars Junior\nDRAMA: Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, Quantico\nREALITY: The Bachelor, The Bachelorette\nNotes: Two Live Musical Event Specials, The Wonderful World of Disney: The Little Mermaid Live! and Rolling Stone 50, along with new alternative series The Bachelor Winter Games and Dancing with the Stars Junior have also been announced for the 2017-2018 Season.\nDiscuss ABC's 2017-18 lineup and also you can view complete program information.\nDownward Dog - Tuesdays at 8:00PM ET/PT on ABC\nSpecial Preview Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 9:30PM ET/PT\nDownward Dog follows the day-to-day life of Nan, as told by her increasingly lonely and philosophical dog, Martin. Nan attempts to juggle her tumultuous personal life with a stressful career, unjustly supervised by her self-obsessed boss. Having her story told from the canine perspective provides a uniquely unfiltered point of view that helps us laugh and cry about what it means to be a human being in the twenty-first century. It's a show about a dog and the girl he adores, and even at their worst, Nan and Martin just might be best for one another.\nAllison Tolman as Nan\nBarry Rothbart as Kevin\nKirby Howell-Baptiste as Jenn\nLucas Neff as Jason\nMo Collins as Kim\nSamm Hodges as the voice of Martin\nAllison Tolman (Nan) is an actress best known for her role in FX's acclaimed drama series Fargo. She has also appeared in shows such as Drunk History and Review. Barry Rothbart (Kevin) is a comic actor who has appeared in television shows such as Punk'd, @midnight and Adam Devine's House Party.\nKirby Howell-Baptise (Jenn) is a comedic actress who has appeared in shows such as Love, House of Lies and The UCB Show.\nLucas Neff (Jason) is an actor best known for his lead role on the cult favorite sitcom Raising Hope.\nMo Collins (Kim) is a comedic actress best known for her long-running stint on the sketch comedy series MAD TV, as well as her recurring roles on beloved comedy series Arrested Development and Parks and Recreation. She has also appeared on Curb Your Enthusiasm, Lady Dynamite and According to Jim.\nSamm Hodges (the voice of Martin) is a writer, filmmaker, and actor. He is known for his editing work on the TV documentary Footnote and for writing the documentary short Illusions.\n\"Pilot\" (Airs Wednesday, May 17 at 9:30PM ET)\nMartin battles loneliness and the need for Nan's unconditional attention, while she struggles with a breakup and Martin's recent bad behavior as he reacts to her newly busy work schedule.\nI'll just put it bluntly: Downward Dog is a really, really weird show. Weird isn't a bad thing, and Downward Dog certainly distinguishes itself from the pack \u2013 mockumentaary sitcom from the perspective of a dog is certainly a concept that no one has thought of before. I was fairly engaged with the show through-out each episode, just because there's nothing on TV quite like it. It terms of originality, the show certainly gets a few brownie points just for being fresh and original. Still, a show needs to have more than just an original concept to totally work and, frankly, if your concept is reading the thoughts of a dog as if he's a character on The Office, you need to sell it. So does Downward Dog sell it? Sometimes it does, but much of the time the show's tone feels a bit too muddled and confused to land as much as it could.\nThe biggest problem with Downward Dog is that it feels a little bit like three different shows in one. One part of the show is a silly, almost children's programming level of light-heartedness, following the adventures and inner thoughts of a dog whose mouth literally moves when he talks. Another part of it is a quirky workplace sitcom, focusing on a dysfunctional workplace with parodies of millennials and modern corporate culture that we've seen on countless shows in the past five years or so. And the last part \u2013 and perhaps the most successful \u2013 is one that feels like an indie movie made for TV, about a troubled woman's relationship with herself, her ex-boyfriend, and her dog \u2013 and how all of those relate. This is, frankly, when the show seems the most comfortable, and when it wrings the best performances out of its talented cast. Considering the show got a run at Sundance this year, it's clear that indie movi may be what the show is most aiming for. And it's that tone that does the concept of dog mockumentary most justice. If the show can tone down the quirkiness of the talking dog (who right now feels a little bit too much like isn't it weird that a dog is saying these things?!), include as little of the frankly grating workplace scenes as possible, and continue to nail the emotional beats of its main (human) character and her relationship with her dog in a way that feels honest and mirrors her relationship with everyone else in her life, Downward Dog could be a winner. That's a tall order, especially for a summer sitcom on network TV, but if it could pull it off, it could be something quite unique indeed. Conclusion:\nDownward Dog gets considerable points for originality, and there are moments when the show feels honest, heartfelt, and interesting. The show's cast is incredibly talented and when they get great moments to work with, they do excellent work. However, there's a sort of cartoonish and ironic detachment to parts of the show that sometimes threaten to drag it down, most notably in the workplace scenes and in the characterization of Martin the dog. If the show can better integrate its more sensitive indie side into the rest of the series, it has the potential to live up to its fun and intriguing premise.\nDiscuss the show after you watch it on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 9:30PM ET/PT on our message board.\nABC Official Site\nDownward Dog Photo Gallery\nLabels: ABC, Downward Dog, Pilot Reviews, Upfront", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 421, "original_length": 17129, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 246.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blog.supersonicsoul.com/2013/02/not-on-this-date-in-sonic-history-but.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:56:18Z", "digest": "sha1:FBKBBF74CDEFVIPOLTI2WCA6MJWCYGYM", "length": 1041, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "blog.supersonicsoul.com", "title": "Supersonicsoul - The Sonics Blog!: Not on This Date in Seattle Sonics History, But Why Not", "raw_content": "Not on This Date in Seattle Sonics History, But Why Not\nEverybody knows about Phil Jackson and his long-suffering back. But did you know that Jackson once missed game action because his back acted up on a bus ride from Seattle to Vancouver, BC?\nI sure didn't, until I read this article in the Google news archives. In late December 1968, Jackson and the Knicks were en route from Seattle to Vancouver for a game with the Sonics (the two clubs met first in Seattle, then traveled by I-5 into Canada for a rematch the next day).\nApparently, the bus ride was too much for Jackson, sending him to the hospital (or, as they say in Canada, to hospital). It's worth noting that Jackson played in the Vancouver game, and in fact didn't miss any time until the middle of January, but his pain was enough to eventually sideline him for almost half of the 68/69 season.\nI have no idea whether Jackson's now legendary back problems were around before the bus trip to Vancouver, but wouldn't it be something if that trip was what started the whole thing?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 183, "original_length": 4634, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 227.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/early_years/2015/02/word_gap_exists_among_early_educators_too.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:58Z", "digest": "sha1:Q7GGQRHRC4JXYJOM7FUP2JZLVVZVMA5Q", "length": 3227, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "blogs.edweek.org", "title": "Word Gap Exists Among Early Educators Too, Says Workforce Expert - Early Years - Education Week", "raw_content": "\u00ab Report: States Increase Preschool Funding Again in 2014-15 Budgets | Main | U.S. Education Secretary Says ESEA Should Expand Focus to Early Learning \u00bb\nWord Gap Exists Among Early Educators Too, Says Workforce Expert\nBy Lillian Mongeau on February 20, 2015 1:00 PM\nIf President Barack Obama's call for universal preschool is going to be answered effectively, it is time to turn attention to educating the early-educator workforce, according to a Washington Post column by Elizabeth A. Gilbert of the University of Massachusetts Amhurst.\nWriting as a guest columnist on Valerie Strauss' The Answer Sheet, Gilbert explains the results of a survey she and her colleagues delivered to a sample of Massachusetts early educators:\nThere are approximately 10,000 early-childhood educators in Massachusetts who would benefit from baseline literacy testing; these early-childhood educators have not enrolled in college programs. We have tested 120, the majority scoring at 4th-, 5th- and 6th-grade equivalence in all areas. Eighty-five percent knew little about computers (all have smartphones). Most had no e-mail address, had never done an Internet search or used Microsoft Word.\nTo further assess their skill levels and interest in the field, we asked the educators to complete a career survey. Even we were surprised to learn that 97 percent had little or no interest in early education and 98 percent had little knowledge or skill needed for the job.\nMost states do not require a college degree for certification or licensure as an early-childhood educator, which leads Gilbert to speculate that a large portion of the national early-educator workforce is functionally illiterate.\nDebates about whether or not a bachelor's degree should be a requirement to teach preschool and care for young children have been ongoing for years among early educators. Education levels of those providing care vary widely from a high school diploma and a basic certification to a master's degree in early childhood development. Gilbert's group only surveyed educators who had not attended college.\nThe Head Start Act of 2007 called for 50 percent of its teachers to hold a bachelor's degree by September 2013, a requirement that exceeds most state guidelines. According to the 2014 Head Start Program Fact Sheet, 71 percent of HS teachers have a BA or higher.\nSome have argued that such requirements are misplaced and that professional training for preschool teachers is more important than an advanced degree. Since many programs are privately run and don't file data on their workers to any single agency, it is difficult to ascertain early educators' education levels on a broad scale.\nGilbert calls for investments in educating and training the existing low-literacy early childhood educators currently in the workforce and then raising their wages to keep them in the field. Such a strategy, she argues, would be the best way to meet the growing demand for high quality early education programs in states across the country.\n\"If we're serious about closing the word gap for low-income children, we must also be serious about closing the word gap for functionally illiterate early childhood educators,\" Gilbert writes.\nEarly Childhood Workforce", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 169, "original_length": 10533, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 302.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blounttn.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=101", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:35Z", "digest": "sha1:N3HII5HJONRGOJ6LZ7ZMIAKVVAZ5EC6H", "length": 2820, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "blounttn.org", "title": "Blount County, TN", "raw_content": "The Commission passed an agreement with the City of Townsend giving them control and responsibility of the one lane bridge that crosses Little River at Sunshine and Kinzel Springs, also known as the old Wilson Bridge because of the Wilson Restaurant sign painted across it for so many years. The bridge has been repaired and will be able to be used for walking and bicycle traffic. With the City of Townsend taking the bridge for the next 99 years, they can now begin working with private investors to design and build an attractive covered bridge to accent the already beautiful entrance into the Tuckaleechee Valley on both Highway 321 and from Little River Road. I am excited to see this completed.\nThe Commission also voted to implement the recommended Compensation System by Evergreen Solutions to bring our employees up to the 70th percentile of market. This allows us to pay our employees at a competitive rate that reduces turnover. We are very fortunate at Blount County Government to have great, hard-working employees and we have to ensure they stay with us. Turnover can be a lot more expensive than paying a competitive rate of salary to ensure we keep a great workforce. By bringing this information to Commission, we are advocating on behalf of our employees. With this approval, our HR staff is already at work to get the information finalized and reported out to our employees. Our employees deserve a fair wage for a fair day\u2019s work.\nThe item on the agenda that brought the most discussion was the Commission appointment of two board members to the Blount Memorial Board of Directors. This item was postponed to next month. As I stated last night, we have been in discussion with the hospital administration concerning the fact that we can find no resolution that identifies the actual relationship that exists between Blount County Government and Blount Memorial Hospital. This in no way was an attack on the hospital by me or any other members of Blount County Government. We simply want to put some confusion to rest. We recognize the role the hospital has played over the last 75 years in making Blount County the great community it is. Our only intent is to get a true understanding of our relationship, and if no documents are found, the Commission can move forward with a resolution that clearly sets those parameters, one that is clear to understand for everyone. There are many factors that play into this issue that affect everything from county debt to property being removed from the tax roll, some of which have a direct impact on our financial health.\nComplete minutes from all items on the Commission Agenda can be found at: http://www.blounttn.org/1462/Meeting-Packets-January-2017-to-Present\n\u21d0Previous Clean Audit Report AND No Findings - 4th Year in a RowNext\u21d2 Diversity Business Expo", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 68, "original_length": 4209, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 284.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://braddockheritage.org/items/show/155", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:42Z", "digest": "sha1:OHJ6JCZSMO4F3XFWKOLPI7UISBEVWEEH", "length": 398, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "braddockheritage.org", "title": "braddockheritage.org/ | Members of the Simpson Family, circa 1937", "raw_content": "Members of the Simpson Family, circa 1937\nCh12-149-OldCar2Women_b599a227e7.jpg (image/jpeg)\n\u201cMembers of the Simpson Family, circa 1937,\u201d braddockheritage.org/, accessed February 15, 2019, http://braddockheritage.org/items/show/155.\nThe Simpson family lived in the Silas Burke House, also known as Top o' the Hill. Two members of the family pose on a car bumper in 1937.\nCourtesy Suzanne Fowler Neal", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 34, "original_length": 1031, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 334.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://bradfordsupplycompany.com/specials.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:41Z", "digest": "sha1:RSRP4LA63TA3GHITRFCPXHSRHBW3ZTUQ", "length": 55, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "bradfordsupplycompany.com", "title": "Bradford Supply Company - Specials", "raw_content": "No specials at this time. Please check back again soon.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 22, "original_length": 444, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 249.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://brooksweldinginc.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:36Z", "digest": "sha1:VDXEEYLTEKVJ7TAP46WOKB75OSCSSID5", "length": 1424, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "brooksweldinginc.com", "title": "Brooks Welding | Valdosta, GA", "raw_content": "Founded by Bobbie J. Brooks to offer repair and welding services to the local community, the company grew rapidly into a full-service organization with the personnel, equipment, facilities, and knowledge to meet the requirements of most metal-related projects in the region. more\n\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\u25aa\nFabrication and Forming\nFeatures a wide assortment of technically advanced . . .\nHoused in a new 12,000 square foot building . . .\nWe maintain a large fleet of cranes, tractor trailers, . . .\nBrooks Welding maintains a large fleet of cranes, tractor trailers, forklifts and trucks to assist you with all your moving and lifting requirements including fabrication and assembly of chokers to 1 1/2 inches in diameter at any length the job requires.\nIt takes great people to deliver great service. If you have what it takes to be part of a great team, download and complete our Application for Employment.\nYou will need the free Adobe Acrobat viewer to open the file. Download it at adobe.com.\n\u201cOur people are what makes us strong.\u201d\nOur staff have more than 400 years of combined experience in steel forming and fabrication, erection, machining, and industrial maintenance.\nThey are committed to providing you with quality, cost-effective service. Call us today for a quote on your project.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 55, "original_length": 4169, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 297.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://brownk29.blogspot.com/2015/09/kings-of-war-kickstarter-package.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:34Z", "digest": "sha1:Q33Q2XOQEBAT6PG2ZAJ2BP76JDJEV42P", "length": 6382, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "brownk29.blogspot.com", "title": "Keith's Tabletop Gaming / Painting Blog: Kings Of War Kickstarter Package", "raw_content": "The first wave stuff from my Kings Of War kickstarter from Mantic games has arrived, I've been looking forward to this ever since I pledged and with the untimely death of Warhammer fantasy the quality of the package suddenly seemed more vital. Lets see what we've got then....\nHardback Rulebook\nThe most important item is of course the second edition hardback rulebook, containing background, rules and army lists. The book clocks in at around 200 pages and is in full colour throughout, with lots of art and photos (some of the art is recycled, but this is the first KoW book I own so I'm not bothered), the first 50 pages are background to the world of Mantica, then you get the rules, and then finally 11 complete army lists, all of which contain more background for the different armies.\nIt's all well done, the background was nice to read, all pretty general stuff, but after reading it all I'm starting to see Mantica as it's own place, which before I didn't. Inevitably it does share the usual influences that all fantasy worlds do, but this isn't all a bad thing, afterall we all want Dwarves, Elves, Orcs etc. It's also designed so that there is plenty of space to do your own thing, with lots of different kingdoms per race and no intention of describing them all. It's nice to be in a world near it's genesis as well, I'm curious to see how Mantic are going to grow it in the coming years.\nThe rules themselves are quite short and relatively simple. Lots of nice diagrams as well, we found them intuitive enough that even in our first game we hardly had to refer to them at all.\nSoftback Rulebook, bigger than GW's\nThe pledge also came with the softback 'gamers' edition, a stripped down cheaper version with none of the background material, just the rules and army lists. It's bigger that expected, I was very much expecting a book like the GW mini-rulebooks, but as you can see it's bigger than that. I wasn't sure at first if having both books was going to be of any use, but actually I really like having this condensed version for use during the actual gaming, as well as having the nice fancy hardback book for the shelf.\nOnto the miniatures, I didn't go overboard with this kickstarter and this initial package contains a mere six miniatures! However, they're all rather good. First off is that exclusive Blaine miniature that mantic always do with each kickstarter, this time he's found himself a pet dinosaur. Initially I was ecstatic when I got this mini, it's really good, I love the styling and general pose, the resin holds the detail really well and I was looking forward to getting him painted. However............\nAfter taking the pics for this post I undercoated Blaine and then left him on the shelf for a few days before coming back to find him like this. The single ankle joint can't hold the weight of the mini and mine has slowly bent down until the hands are touching the base. I tried using the hot water method to return him to the original pose, which worked briefly, but then he nose-dived again. I'm a bit gutted to be honest. Hopefully it's just mine and not something that will affect all of them and I can get a new one.\nThe second exclusive mini was this 'Ronaldo the Bard'. Nothing wrong with this chap, just a characterful little mini to add to the collection.\nThe one add-on I bought that came with the first wave are these Ogre minis, a Warlock and a regiment of three Berserker Braves. The Warlock is OK, if nothing special, the Braves on the other hand are some of the best minis that I've yet seen from Mantic, I'm really pleased with these and will be looking to expand my Ogre collection further.\nThe pack of nerve counters is quite cleverly done giving you the option of using a dice holder or stacking 'hits'. The hard plastic nature of the kit allows you to paint them up to match your army as well.\nAnd finally we have a pack of game counters. These are simple, but do the job fine, except that I'm not entirely sure what all the symbols are meant to mean, a little sheet explaining which is which would have been of massive help, but no doubt we'll be able to come up with a system that works.\nThe vital question though... is the game any good?\nWell I've got three games in so far, and I can report that both I and my opponents thoroughly enjoyed all three. They were all quite close as well, with the game still in the balance up to at least the end of turn five and in one case coming down to the last dice roll! My current KoW record stands at one win, one loss and one draw how's that for balance.\nWhilst playing it really felt like our manoeuvring was the key to winning or loosing the game, not some dirty little army building trick, flank and rear charges are deadly in this game, but can often leave you exposed yourself. It's early days, but the lists seem very balanced as well, everything in it has a use and even the big monsters aren't dominating the way they are in some games. Magic, which can be my pet hate in many fantasy games, seems to be at the right level for me, it has an influence and is useful, but it's not overpowering.\nThe lists are really rather flexible as well and with each one there are many different ways you could use it and have a successful force. The Kingdoms of men lists deserves a special mention here, as well as being useful for representing any human fantasy force you can think of it also opens up a huge range of historical games you could play straight from this book, and with only the slightest bit of modification you can basically fight any battle from Ancient Egypt up to the late 19th century.\nIt looks like Kings of War is going to be my large scale game of choice for some time to come.\nPainted Ogres\nThat's it for now, I can't wait for my Forces of Nature starter army and the campaign book which are due some point later in the year to arrive. In the meantime, I can see a Kingdom of Men project on the horizon that wants me to start moving toward it.\nParadox0n 5 September 2015 at 13:05\nYou lucky guy! Still waiting for my stuff :(\nBut enjoy the game, imo its really worth it.\nObsidian3D 5 September 2015 at 17:20\nMy rulebooks have arrived but I haven't had a chance to sit down with them yet.\nmust invest in the rule book\nTalarius 11 October 2015 at 17:33\nYou and I made the exact same pledge and add-ons! I agree on the Ogre Berserkers, they are really top-notch.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 594, "original_length": 20017, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 304.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://bucarotechelp.com/search/88100102.asp", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:27Z", "digest": "sha1:P2OOEIWMJQ3YAQRUIBEMGRS542VMVEHP", "length": 1503, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "bucarotechelp.com", "title": "Online Grammar Checker - Confusables", "raw_content": "Online Grammar Checker - Confusables\nA confusable is a word that sounds similar to another word but has a different meaning, or a word that doesn't sound the same, but whose meaning is frequently confused with another word. A spell-checker won't find a confusable. Type or paste your text in the top text area and click on the [Find Confusable] button. 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Even the grandest of cascades is, after all, a simple case of physics \u2013 the raw effect of gravity on one of the most intrinsic elements of life in our world, no more remarkable than a summer raindrop, the first splatters of drizzle on a car windscreen, or a persistently leaky roof.\nAnd yet to reduce these roaring \u201clandmarks\u201d to examples of cause and effect is to ignore their majesty. The waterfall has always captured the imagination \u2013 the sparkling vision of a river dashing over a high precipice leading early civilisations to engage in talk of gods and heroes, and later travellers to reach out for cameras and effusive superlatives.\nWitness the words of David Livingstone \u2013 not a man given to hyperbole \u2013 on seeing what he would call Victoria Falls, on November 16 1855: \u201cCreeping with awe to the verge, I peered down into a large rent which had been made from bank to bank of the broad Zambezi\u2026 No one can imagine the beauty of the view from anything witnessed in England. It had never been seen before by European eyes, but scenes so lovely must have been gazed upon by angels in their flight.\u201d\nIn short, a major waterfall is likely to be the centrepoint of any holiday journey. The joy is that while you can travel to Zimbabwe or Zambia to see Victoria Falls for yourself, you can also find epic alternatives on every continent \u2013 a happy consequence of the waterfall\u2019s ordinariness.\nThe following selection of watery wonders includes some of the global classics, but also less eulogised natural marvels a little closer to home...\n1. Kaieteur Falls, Guyana\nIf you could custom-build the perfect waterfall, it might resemble Kaieteur Falls. Tucked away at the heart of Guyana, on the north-east shoulder of South America, this is the waterfall as supermodel \u2013 a single curtain of liquid where the River Potaro slips 741ft (226m) into a forested chasm. Remoteness only adds to its splendour \u2013 it is most easily reached via a nearby airstrip (the alternative is a three-day overland journey). Yet it is not so jungle-clad as to be beyond approach.\nWilderness Explorers (00592 227 7698; wilderness-explorers.com) features Kaieteur in several itineraries, including the Guyana Nature Experience \u2013 a 15-day group odyssey which costs from $4,990 (\u00a33,249) per person (excluding international flights).\nJust 215 miles separate Kaieteur and Angel Falls, though the latter has the bigger profile. Rearing proud in Canaima National Park, in the easterly Gran Sabana area of Venezuela, it is considered the world\u2019s tallest waterfall \u2013 a spectacle where the River Kerep plunges 3,212ft (979m) (2,648ft/807m of this as an uninterrupted drop). This is thanks to the drama of a landscape where vast tepuis (tabletop mountains, in this case the noble Auyantepui) throw out a series of sheer faces. The whole scene is best viewed between June and December, when both waterfall and river are at their fullest.\nLast Frontiers (01296 653000; lastfrontiers.com) offers a 16-day Classic Venezuela tour which includes a chance to fly over the falls, as well as days on Caribbean beaches. From \u00a33,760 per person, with flights.\n3. Iguassu Falls, Brazil and Argentina\nSouth America also works its magic farther south, where the renowned Iguassu Falls are among the planet\u2019s most spectacular border spots \u2013 foaming furiously to help the River Iguassu split Brazil from Argentina. Here, the prescient factor is not height (269ft/82m) but width, this spray-soaked showpiece stretching out for 1.7 miles. The focal point is the Garganta del Diablo (Devil\u2019s Throat) \u2013 a 2,297ft (700m) U-shaped half-bowl where the relentless power of the river is almost unnerving.\nJourney Latin America (020 3553 7886; journeylatinamerica.co.uk) has an 11-day Natural Brazil tour which spends two days at the falls \u2013 while also visiting Rio and the Pantanal wildlife wetlands. From \u00a32,338 per person (without international flights).\n4. Tugela Falls, South Africa\nThis column of water crashes 3,110ft (948m) in Royal Natal National Park, a highlight of KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. Officially, this makes it 102ft (31m) shorter than the Angel Falls in Venezuela, though doubts have been raised by some about the exact measurements of the latter. What is not debated, however, is the sheer glory of this African vista as the River Tugela pours over The Amphitheatre \u2013 a cliff face in the Drakensberg range that can be hiked by those of decent fitness (see royalnatal.info).\nAudley Travel (01993 838500; audleytravel.com) offers a Classic KwaZulu-Natal self-drive tour which includes the national park as well as the battle sites of the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War. From \u00a32,025 per person, with flights and car hire.\n5. Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe and Zambia\nAs in Livingstone\u2019s day, Victoria Falls is Africa\u2019s A-list waterfall. It is also the world\u2019s biggest, if you take into account a combination of height (354ft/108m) and width (5,604ft/1,708m). Its aura is encapsulated by its indigenous name (in the Tonga language), Mosi-oa-Tunya \u2013 The Smoke That Thunders. Brave souls can go further than Livingstone by swimming in the Devil\u2019s Pool \u2013 a pocket of water on the edge of the abyss where a rock ledge and a lull in the currents keep you safe. Others may prefer to watch from a discreet distance \u2013 especially from February to May, when the Zambezi is at its most swollen.\nCox & Kings (020 7873 5000; coxandkings.co.uk) is offering a 10-night Best of Zimbabwe & Zambia private tour which starts and ends at the falls, from \u00a36,395 per person, with flights.\nRead more: Zambia essential guide.\n6. Niagara Falls, US and Canada\nNorth America\u2019s most recognisable waterfall may also be the world\u2019s most famous \u2013 even if its size cannot match its reputation. In relation to other water icons, Niagara Falls is a stripling of 167ft (51m) in height \u2013 so small that, on visiting Iguassu Falls, the then-US First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt reputedly exclaimed, \u201cPoor Niagara!\u201d However, issues of stature do not damage the visual experience: the River Niagara zipping over the falls\u2019 three distinct cascades in a place that is as crucial to the US soul as the Statue of Liberty. That said, the view from Canada is prettier.\nAmerica As You Like It (020 8742 8299; americaasyoulikeit.co.uk) has a 13-night Canada: Eastern Spirit Fly-Drive which calls at the Falls plusToronto and Montreal, from \u00a31,185 per person, with flights and car hire.\n7. Browne Falls, New Zealand\nIn most cases, a waterfall dominates its location. But Browne Falls is the garnish on an already tasty dish, spooling down the flank of Doubtful Sound \u2013 that king of the fjords on New Zealand\u2019s South Island. This is not to say, however, that the waterfall is a footnote. Though narrow, it dips 2,743ft (836m) from its source (a tarn on the fjord\u2019s lip) \u2013 as the tallest waterfall in Australasia.\nGo Orange (0064 3 249 7700; www.goorangekayaks.co.nz) is offering a five-day Doubtful Sound kayaking and camping adventure for \u00a3342 per person, with departures on January 4, February 1 and March 1.\n8. Vinnufossen, Norway\nPicture: Carl S Bj / Wikimedia\nEurope also proffers some of the planet\u2019s most striking waterfalls. The continent\u2019s tallest is Vinnufossen, an elegant giant, fed by the Vinnufonna glacier, which drops 2,820ft (860m) in central Norway, 330 miles north-east of Bergen. More a tapering stream than a raging torrent, it is easily combined with its boisterous ally Mardalsfossen, which lies a 50-mile drive away, near Eikesdalen. The latter requires a visit between June and August \u2013 for the rest of the year, its 2,313ft (705m) motion is channelled for hydroelectricity.\nNorwegian firm Authentic Scandinavia (0047 22 941370; authentic-scandinavia.com) is offering a 10-day Majestic Fjords road trip which explores the area around Vinnufossen and Mardalsfossen, and can be crafted to visit both falls \u2013 from a flat \u20ac789 (\u00a3568) per person, including hotels and breakfast (but no flights or car hire).\nWith its craggy contours, Iceland might be the spiritual home of the waterfall. So it seems in the form of Dettifoss, an unstoppable force in the north-east of the country whose height of a mere 148ft (45m) does not hinder its reputation for being Europe\u2019s most powerful waterfall \u2013 the River J\u00f6kuls\u00e1 \u00e1 Fj\u00f6llum rushing down at a rate of 212 tonnes of water per second.\nIt has friends too \u2013 the lovely 105ft (32m) Gullfoss, in the south-west of the country, where rainbows dance on the River Hv\u00edt\u00e1; Sk\u00f3gafoss, in the south, where the River Sk\u00f3g\u00e1 barrels 200ft (60m) over ancient coastal cliffs left marooned by the receding Atlantic.\nDiscover the World (01737 214250; discover-the-world.co.uk) can arrange a 10-night National Parks and Natural Wonders trip which visits the full trio. From \u00a31,167 per person with car hire (but no flights).\n10. Eas a\u2019 Chual Aluinn, UK\nPicture: colin price / Wikimedia\nA star also shines in Scotland, where Eas a\u2019 Chual Aluinn \u2013 near Kylesku, in Sutherland, in the Highlands \u2013 dives down more than 658ft (200m). That this statistic makes the waterfall more than three times taller than Niagara is often unheralded, but intrigued parties can discover more. A six-mile trail winds to the head of the falls over rough (but accessible) terrain (details at walkhighlands.co.uk).\nThe Kylesku Hotel (01971 502231; kyleskuhotel.co.uk), offers boat trips to the falls. Double rooms cost from \u00a3100, with breakfast.\nWritten by Chris Leadbeater. This article originally appeared on telegraph.co.uk.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 221, "original_length": 12717, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 314.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://business.masonchamber.org/events/details/mason-area-historical-society-meeting-3840", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:15Z", "digest": "sha1:B25YKZMND2B6WYYT6DAQ6IZ4EGWWUPTX", "length": 442, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "business.masonchamber.org", "title": "Mason Area Historical Society Meeting - Mar 16, 2019 - Mason Area Chamber of Commerce", "raw_content": "Saturday 3/16/19 at 1 PM\nFREE - No admission charge\nDouglas J. Klein\nPlease join the Mason Area Historical Society at their monthly meeting on Saturday March 16, 2019 at 1:00 PM for a presentation and discussion about Dr. Gertrude Dart Campbell O'Sullivan, the first female physician in Mason. The meeting will be at the Mason Area Historical Museum, 200 E. Oak Street. The public is encouraged to attend and there is no charge for admission.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 1939, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 166.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://businessbvi.com/business/legal/item/1159-new-partner-appointment-in-the-bedell-cristin-singapore-office", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:00Z", "digest": "sha1:VHDPXYF5GAGUK54AMVP5IXLFWVN75Z5G", "length": 2366, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "businessbvi.com", "title": "New partner appointment in the Bedell Cristin Singapore office", "raw_content": "Written by Bedell Group\nKristian who joined the firm in June 2013, is an experienced commercial lawyer having worked and qualified as a solicitor (England and Wales) at Slaughter and May in both London and Paris before practising offshore law in Jersey and the BVI. Kristian is also a qualified BVI lawyer and his practice includes corporate and financial matters, with a focus on joint ventures, private equity and cross-border transactions.\nAs a member of the Bedell Cristin Singapore team, Kristian has acted on a number of notable deals including:\nacting for a listed Hong Kong group with a billion-dollar portfolio in respect of a group restructure;\nacting for leading Chinese and Singaporean banks in respect of debt financing and related security issues;\nacting for a South East Asian property management group in respect of shareholder disputes and subsequent corporate restructuring;\nacting as lead counsel to establish a private equity fund to invest in PRC start-up companies; and\nacting for the Asian shareholders of a US based producer of manufactured wood products in respect of a group restructure.\nKristian's experience covers the full range of corporate, finance and funds practice areas, and he is frequently instructed where there are complex legal and factual issues which require pragmatic and commercial advice.\nA member of the BVI Bar Association, Kristian speaks English and is competent in French and Mandarin Chinese. He is often invited to speak at industry events and has authored a number of articles focusing on key offshore legal developments. Kristian has been recognised by the Legal 500 as a \"well regarded adviser\" in the BVI.\nAlasdair Hunter, head of the Bedell Cristin BVI practice, commented:\n\"Kristian's appointment as partner is in recognition of his extensive BVI commercial legal expertise, coupled with his significant knowledge of the Asian region. It also coincides with the accelerated growth in demand we are witnessing from our Asian clients who are increasingly wishing to access capital markets in Europe. We are delighted to have made this appointment and look forward to continuing to grow our business in Asia under the leadership of Kristian.\"\nMore in this category: \u00ab O\u2019Neal Webster scores landmark win for BVI companies\u2019 right to privacy and confidentiality of information Conyers celebrated 90th anniversary \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 98, "original_length": 4286, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 259.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://bythebrooke.blogspot.com/2017/07/moving.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:14Z", "digest": "sha1:4RPLC4GCSUAGF2NJF5YCWDWHRRXWCYZN", "length": 8604, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "bythebrooke.blogspot.com", "title": "by the brooke: Moving", "raw_content": "So it looks like we're doing this.\nWe moved into our current house a little over four years ago. I said at the time that I didn't know if we'd be here forever, but I knew we could be. The neighborhood is lovely. The house is charming. The yard is small, but we're two blocks from a beautiful park. We moved just about five minutes from our first house, and only because we outgrew the two-bed, one-bath bungalow. We live in the city and we feel close to everything (even if there are a zillion slow stop lights between us and Forest Park). There was no reason to go anywhere.\nBut now we're moving.\nI mentioned a while back that David got a new job at a school district nearer to us, which cut his commute in half. But you know the \"give a mouse a cookie\" thing? He started looking at neighborhoods that would cut his commute down to the 10-15 minute range. And after the hours and miles that he's logged in the past seven years, I couldn't really blame him.\n(You might remember that my commute is also substantial--I drove over to Illinois, so it takes me 35-40 minutes to get to work. Even though I would say I don't particularly like to drive, for some reason I can't explain, this commute has never bothered me! I think it's because I rarely sit in traffic--I drive several miles, but I'm always driving rather than sitting. In fact, I've missed my commute this summer because it's the only time of the day that I can listen to podcasts or music or audio books without interruption. I do a lot of thinking and planning in the car, and I have genuinely missed having that half hour to myself in the morning and evening! But I'm not complaining about summer break--I also think the fact that I drive to work nine months rather than twelve makes the commute feel less burdensome.)\nAnyway, we started talking about it with some seriousness when talking about where Zuzu will go to elementary school, and David made the case for the convenience of them all being in the same school district. As much I resisted the idea of moving, I couldn't deny that the simplification of everyone having similar schedules and David being super close to his work sounded pretty good for all of us. Plus, we'd be closer to the preschool where the girls go now, which means that my commute time would also be reduced since I have to drive slightly out of my way right now to drop them off.\nLong story short, after much discussion and thought and some arguing and what I am pretty sure was a middle of the night panic attack, we decided to list our house.\n(A big part of my reluctance had to do with the terrible time we had last time we decided to move--the sale of our house last time seemed to be great as we got an offer the day of our open house, but it fell through three days before closing and we'd already committed to buying our new house, which meant things were financially tight. But now our old house was back on the market, empty and unstaged, we had to keep up the yard work and utilities all summer, not to mention paying a second mortgage, and after six months of that madness, we ended up breaking up with our realtor and working with someone else who agreed with me we should stage the house, then got it sold within two weeks, which was just before Christmas, and a week AFTER I found out I was surprise pregnant with Coco, the same week as Eliza's birthday... It was a stressful time. I'm not kidding when I say that just seeing real estate signs on the lawn of any house as I drove or walked by would make my stomach churn.)\nThis time, our house sold in a week, which was great. The area we want to move to had houses selling really fast, so we put in a contingency offer because there was ZERO chance that I was going to pay two mortgages again. It was accepted, so now we close on both properties at the end of this month. I hesitated to write about it for a long time because I felt like I would jinx it, but everything seems to be in place this time.\nThe thing is, I don't actually handle transition or uncertainty very well at all. I mean, I felt ridiculous having a panic attack about moving neighborhoods in the same metro area, but I was still awake at two in the morning feeling like I couldn't breathe. I knew I was overreacting--this was not a crisis! We're not in a refugee situation! We're doing this on purpose and for good reasons!--but I couldn't control my anxiety about it. Now that things are set and the dates are finalized and the papers are signed, I'm feeling better about looking forward and thinking about paint colors and a new couch. I do love the idea of decorating a new place, especially a house that's so different from this one in terms of layout and design.\nI'm still really conflicted about leaving our current house and our lovely neighborhood, especially the neighbors we've gotten to know, who really love our girls. I also just thought that we'd be in the city forever, and as a non-native St. Louisan, I kind of came to identify myself as a City Resident (rather than County), so that is another shift that I'm getting used to. I am looking forward to a house that has a more user-friendly kitchen and more outdoor space, and I do love the way the new house is surrounded by trees. It feels very peaceful and secluded even though it's just a long curving driveway (and a big hill!) that separates us from a cul-de-sac neighborhood.\nI hope it will be a good change for our family, and the \"right\" choice for us, but it has felt very fraught. Sometimes it feels like every decision we make has so much at stake, especially when it comes to where our kids will go to school. I do like the idea of paying taxes in and being part of the school district where David works, and I do like the idea of my kids going to public schools, so I'm glad that we are able to move in that direction. I will absolutely miss being in the city, but I've been google mapping all of our favorite hangouts and discovering that while we have to drive a few more miles to get there, it won't take much longer in terms of minutes--it's just highway miles instead of city streets. My friends promise to come visit me, and this house does have space for a fire pit and a living room for game nights, so I hope that people will be willing to drive out to see us.\nI'm not saying that this new house is our \"forever home\" because I'm starting to roll my eyes at that idea as much as the idea of a soul mate. Life is big, and there are lots of houses and neighborhoods to love. I do hope that we are happily settled for the next several years. Well wishes and pep talks appreciated!\nOh, I'm excited for your adventure! I just moved with my daughters (7 and 9). Let me know if they have any moving-related adjustment anxiety, and I can suggest a book or two. That has been our biggest struggle...but your girls' youth should help a lot.\nMama Bear July 6, 2017 at 7:42 PM\nYay! Congrats! I hope it's a really good move for your family. We are house hunting in a crazy expensive market with historically low inventory and the schools absolutely feel like the biggest thing at stake. We definitely want a nice house but choosing the entire makeup of our kids' childhood and education feels huge and stressful! Sorry, I'm sure I'm not helping de-stress. But I'm with ya.\nHow exciting!! Congrats! What area did you move to? We are listing our house next month and starting to house hunt too!\nIm having commenting issues, anyway, I love your new house posts! I can't wait to see what you've chosen and what you'll do!! Yahoo!!\nOh wow! I was thinking you were going top say that you guys has really decided to move, lol, not that it's essentially a done fall! How exciting for you guys! I'm ready to move - we've been in this house for three years and it's the longest we've ever stayed in one place in 18 years. I'm fully stir crazy. Nothing wrong with where we are, I just need a new place to explore. So I'm looking forward to your new place and new decorating posts and all that stuff! Congratulations!!\nAlso, damn you, auto-correct! ;)\nLaura Jane July 7, 2017 at 11:40 AM\nI second that! What?! Congrats, but I want pictures!!\nF\u00e9licitations! I too want to see pictures.\nCongratulations!! And yes, pictures, please! :) Moving itself is a huge pain (I know...!) but it sounds like the new location is a win-win all round for everyone. I too find myself rolling my eyes when I hear friends announce that they have found their \"forever home\" (especially because I know more than a few of them who have moved again a few years later...!). But I hope you & your family will enjoy many happy years there. :)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 260, "original_length": 13319, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 309.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://cafechairsmelbourne.com.au/what-makes-a-good-barista/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:32:08Z", "digest": "sha1:PNQGOF5RRARFRSPIMIH7T56BSQIMG3ZH", "length": 2449, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "cafechairsmelbourne.com.au", "title": "What Makes A Good Barista? \u2013 Cafe Chairs Melbourne", "raw_content": "Home/Blog/What Makes A Good Barista?\nWhat Makes A Good Barista?\nIf you\u2019re starting from scratch or looking at ways to get more customers through your doors, then it might be a good idea to take long hard look at your barista. Now I don\u2019t mean eye them up or down to see if their shoes match their trousers or whether they\u2019re due a hair cut, but look at how they connect with customers and, more importantly, how they brew their coffee.\nYou see, as a lover of coffee, I expect to walk into a coffee shop and be served a really good of coffee. I also know that the owner of the shop would expect me to so pleased with the coffee and the service, that I would return and bring my friends with me. So, who do you think this responsibility lies with? You\u2019ve guessed it \u2013 the barista.\nSo how do you recognise a good barista? Let\u2019s take a look at a few pointers:\nWell, he or she doesn\u2019t have to be a particular age or nationality\nThey\u2019re sure to be found behind the counter waiting to prepare any one of a number of varieties for you.\nA skilled barista, which would be the ideal choice for you, would have several years of experience in the industry.\nA good barista should have mastered to near perfection the four processes of dosing, tamping, pulling and steaming.\nGreat attention should be paid both to the quality of the coffee as well as the presentation by the barista\nA truly skilled barista will be juggling several tasks at the same time.\nThe barista you find yourself warming to is the one that interacts well with customers.\nA good barista can turn a floundering business into a thriving one\nA barista isn\u2019t like you or me. Instead they\u2019re totally focused, geeky, and obsessed with coffee. Their world is full of valves and steam, beans and aromas and they scribble down weird codes such a SFW skimmed milk, flat white to you and me, or SC \u2013 a strong cappuccino.\nSo now you know what to look for in a barista, what about your caf\u00e9 furniture? We\u2019d recommend commercial grade only, comfortable, durable, well made, and above all affordable. Sounds just like what we have waiting in our showroom. We\u2019ve got an expansive range of caf\u00e9 furniture in an assortment of materials and colours. So why not take a look and get inspired. If you\u2019re in the Brendale area you could visit our showroom and see first-hand, alternatively why not visit our online store atwww.cafesolutions.com.au or contact us on 07 3205 1616 and we\u2019ll help in whatever way we can.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 211, "original_length": 11296, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 328.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://caflicks.net/?s=The%20Coming%20Home%20Network&search=Search", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:09Z", "digest": "sha1:OF5GLSYPD5VTPZFXYDMKKWD4OLHAHOTP", "length": 344, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "caflicks.net", "title": "The Coming Home Network \u00ab Search Results \u00ab Caflicks", "raw_content": "Search Results for: The Coming Home Network\nAn Evangelical Christian shares his discovery of Christ in the Eucharist. The Coming Home Network seeks to assist non-Catholic clergy who often face acute difficulties and struggles during their journeys. If your advanced studies of scripture and the writings of the earliest Church Fathers are b[..]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 900, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 291.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://canadianrestaurantnews.com/canada/latest-news/high-liner-canadian-president-and-coo-to-retire", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:39Z", "digest": "sha1:LK66HBIFJLYUN5GQLZJBAWUD7EKFWS75", "length": 949, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "canadianrestaurantnews.com", "title": "Restaurant News", "raw_content": "High Liner Canadian president and COO to retire\nLUNENBURG, NS\u2014Mario Marino, president and chief operating officer of High Liner Foods\u2019 Canadian operations, will retire from his position in April 2015, remaining with the company as an advisor until the end of the year. Marino, who has been with High Liner for 34 years, announced his retirement on Nov. 7.\nJeff O\u2019Neill, who currently holds the position of vice-president retail sales and marketing for the company\u2019s Canadian operations, will fill Marino's position of president and COO, beginning in April 2015.\nMarino joined High Liner in 1981 as a sales representative, and took over retail sales and marketing for Canada in 1991. In 2003, Marino became president and COO.\nHigh Liner Foods Incorporated is a North American processor of frozen seafood, selling items to foodservice under the High Liner, Icelandic Seafood, FPI, Viking, Mirabel, Samband of Iceland and American Pride Seafood labels.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 2313, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 202.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://carsyeah.libsyn.com/514-peter-yorke-is-the-ceo-and-co-founder-of-voyomotive-maker-of-advanced-iot-systems-for-automobiles", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:25Z", "digest": "sha1:IUYBO3CS3K664YCBOQ26X65JLYLXZNKU", "length": 596, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "carsyeah.libsyn.com", "title": "Cars Yeah with Mark Greene : 514: Peter Yorke is the CEO and co-founder of Voyomotive maker of advanced IOT systems for automobiles.", "raw_content": "514: Peter Yorke is the CEO and co-founder of Voyomotive maker of advanced IOT systems for automobiles.\nPeter Yorke is the CEO and co-founder of Voyomotive, where he and his team are developing an advanced IOT systems for automobiles and trucks. Peter\u2019s professional experience includes working as a scientist, venture capitalist, and entrepreneur. He has both domestic and international experience and has started companies and operations in the USA, Europe and the Middle East. 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Observed annually on the second Thursday of October, it is a global event meant to draw attention on blindness and vision impairment. On this day, the World Blind Union (WBU) in collaboration with other organizations provide information through awareness raising regarding eye care. One of the priorities of WBU is to ensure the prevention of sight loss through advocacy for affordable and accessible eye health services as well as providing referrals.\nAround 253 million people live with vision impairment worldwide, of which 36 million are blind. The vast majority live in low-income settings. More than 80% are aged 50 years or above. Globally, uncorrected refractive errors and un-operated cataract are the top two causes of vision impairment. More than 80% of all visual impairment can be prevented or cured. Measures to do so should focus on increasing access to quality, comprehensive eye care services, especially at the community level (WHO)\nThe World Sight Day is therefore significant to raise public awareness of blindness and vision impairment, influence governments to participate in and designate funds for national blindness prevention programmes and educate the public about blindness prevention.\nGlobally, cataracts and glaucoma are the leading causes of blindness. The defects include: long sightedness, short sightedness, low vision, most of which defects can be corrected through eye health interventions recommended by the world health organization, vision 2020\u200b among others. The right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health stipulated under the CRPD (UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities) includes provision of accessible eye care services nearer to the community. This obligation has been accepted by about 174 states parties that ratified the Convention. However, this right manifests several challenges: There are very few eye care doctors, ophthalmologists and optometrists that provide eye care services in the communities across the world; Most of the families in the communities at both national and regional levels are not aware of the existing eye care services; These services are under funded by governments and are not available, accessible and affordable to the entire communities that need them; Eye glasses are too expensive for our communities to afford yet they need them.\nDuring this World Sight Day celebrations, on October 11, the World blind Union provides the following advice and call for action:\nIt is important for all children and adults to have their eyes screened once a year in order to avoid preventable causes of blindness.\nGovernments should allocate appropriate budgets across the world to conduct the following activities: Construct vision corridors in the communities to enable village health teams and nurses to conduct eye health screening; conduct eye health services in schools to ensure that children receive them; conduct outreach clinics to provide eye care services; provide eye glasses at a subsidized cost; provide medical examination equipment in all hospitals and health centers; as well as encourage trainings of doctors, optometrists and ophthalmologists to improve their skills in eye health.\nIf this is done, we are sure that governments would have met their obligation of providing eye care services to blind and partially sighted persons across the globe.\nTerry.Mutuku@wbu.ngo\u200b\u200b", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 86, "original_length": 6872, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 204.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://cecilbuffington.com/custom3_28.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:33Z", "digest": "sha1:LSSCIFJTJ77SVUQB6VPEYZNDE5VTGILU", "length": 183, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "cecilbuffington.com", "title": "New Georgia Bulldogs Football Uniforms For Boise State in 2011", "raw_content": "NEW GEORGIA BULLDOGS UNIFORMS FOR BOISE STATE IN 2011\nBelow is the NEW Georgia Bulldog look when they meet Boise State at the Georgia Dome on September 3, 2011 in their season opener.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 9, "original_length": 427, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 227.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://chambreblanche.qc.ca/en/chambreblanche/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:04Z", "digest": "sha1:3GUTU2UE465O7RDHL2OVRAMQEK4OHRS3", "length": 848, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "chambreblanche.qc.ca", "title": "Chambre Blanche", "raw_content": "Official Programming\nLa Chambre Blanche Gallery\nCreation and diffusion center\nFill-up your membership adhesion online\nLA CHAMBRE BLANCHE programming\nOpening on February 16, 2019 from 13pm to 5pm\nAs part of Manif d'art\nNovember 1st, 2018 to January 15, 2019\nOpenings on January 24, 2019 at 5pm and on February 16, 2019 at 8pm at M\u00e9duse\nAs part of Mois Multi\nIn collaboration with l'OEil de Poisson and Avatar\nl@ch@mbrebl@nche prize\n\u200bOpening on August 29, 2018 at 5pm\nPresentation on September 20, 2018 at 5pm\n\u200bOpening on May 18, 2018 at 5pm\n\u200bExhibition from May 19 to June 10, 2018\nLaunch and concert on May 3, 2018 at 5pm\nPublic presentation of the projects on February 2, 2018 at 5pm\nPresentation of the work in progress on February 15, 2018 at 5pm\nClosing on March 2, 2018 at 5 pm\nOpen Gallery from February 16 to March 4, 2018\nmore programming \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 139, "original_length": 3198, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 252.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://cheapisthenewclassy.com/2012/03/international-stand-up-to-bullying-day-bullying.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:43Z", "digest": "sha1:SUEHL4OXEM2TLKX4SHA4PGG3E6MJYT6E", "length": 2557, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "cheapisthenewclassy.com", "title": "Stand Up To Bullying Day | Cheap Is The New Classy", "raw_content": "Image Credit: StandUpDay.com\nToday I was reading over Our Family World Blog and learned that today is International Stand Up To Bullying Day. I had never heard of this before, but I find anything to do with stopping bullying a worthy cause. It is so sad how many children get bullied everyday \u2013 especially when they are bullied for things that they really can not help, like out of style clothing and poor housing because their parents can not afford better. Children are so vulnerable and they just don\u2019t understand that when they are the subjects of bullying that it isn\u2019t really about them, it\u2019s because of the insecurities of the bully.\nWhat is really sad is that I have met parents who condone this. Some even instigate and encourage this behavior. For instance, when my daughter was in kindergarten, several older children surrounded her one time when she was playing outside and began throwing rocks at her. Are you kidding me? I promptly went and told one of the kid\u2019s parents (as I feel it isn\u2019t my place to discipline others\u2019 children). That child\u2019s mother looked me straight in the eye and said that my child needed to learn to defend herself. Seriously? Against several bigger children. I quickly realized that there was no reasoning with this woman when she started threatening me.\nI even called the police and they said that there was nothing they could do unless my child actually got hurt! How can children grow up to be responsible adults when their parents lack compassion, maturity and reasoning skills? How can we defend ourselves when people in positions of authority don\u2019t always do something until it is too late?\nI realized there was only one thing I knew to do. Although it wasn\u2019t the best alternative, the next time the children surrounded my daughter, I came outside on the porch and told them if they wanted to throw rocks, perhaps I should play, too. After all, most bullies are really just chickens picking on smaller children (as these were). They left her alone after that.\nHowever, there are too many times when no one steps in. Please, stand up if you see someone getting bullied. Don\u2019t stand there and watch. You may not get the chance to stand up for that person later.\n*See also \u2013 No One Likes A Bully\nIt\u2019s very troubling and unbelievable how far and hateful bullying has come. The lengths people go to and the amount of torture \u2013 yes, torture. Often the behavior is even overlooked or accepted. I hate that we have to have a day dedicated to speaking out against it but I\u2019m sure glad there is one. 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The process is quick and easy and can definitely get your lower premiums in most cases.\nThe first step is to take some time and search online for the top companies that can provide you with the services that you are looking for. Simply searching for life insurance in Smithville, TN will surely give you a host of the top companies that provide this service in the country. It is important to decide what company you feel is worthy of your business. Each company is different in the kind of service they provide as well as how much effort they take to inform their clients.\nFirst you must get quotes from the various companies that are available in Smithville, TN. When you get these quotes you must think about the fact that the price is not the only thing to consider. While a great deal is regulated by law, every company has the choice to decide to some degree what they are willing to offer.\nIf you want to find the best in Smithville life insurance quote possible you must do the research necessary. Take the time to understand what the investment you make means to you as well as those around you. In essence, we are all so very lucky to live this life. 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Holick said they offered the packets to individuals as they exited services at the mosque. When offering the packets, members of Holick's group said, \u201cWe have a free gift for you.\u201d\nHolick went on to explain that some took the packets and there did not appear to be any tension between the groups. After several minutes men who appeared to be Imams and other leaders in the mosque began telling members not to take the packets. Once the Imams came out, mosque members began to pass out copies of the Koran and debate with Holick's group. He said at no time was there any anger between the groups.\nEventually a police captain arrived and told Holick he would need to be walking while on the sidewalk. Holick said he walked across the sidewalk in front of a 40 foot driveway and when he walked back he was arrested for loitering. He claims he was not blocking traffic in any way.\nAfter spending half a day in jail, Holick was released until his case came to trial. Holick, who chose to defend himself, said the judge told him it was rare for cases like this to come to trial. During the trial Holick was found in contempt of court after expressing frustration over court restrictions on his attempts to question the arresting officer and the trial was halted. The next court date is Dec. 7 where he will respond to the contempt charge.\nThe Wichita Police Department did not respond to inquiries regarding the case.\nHolick was previously arrested for passing out tracts during a gay pride event at a local park. He advised the police that a group from his church would be on the sidewalk passing out literature. During the event he was confronted by eight to ten officers who told him he would have to go across the street as the sidewalk was closed to the public. After refusing to move across the street, he was arrested for trespassing.\nOfficials dismissed the case when a video of the arrest was posted on YouTube. When officials refused to provide assurances Holick would not face similar harassment in the future, the Alliance Defense Fund sued the city. The case was dismissed as part of a consent decree by U.S. District Judge Thomas Martin after officials admitted to violating Holick\u2019s civil rights.\nThis case bears similarities to a case in Dearborn, Michigan where a group of Christians were arrested for passing out literature at an Arab Festival that was open to the public.\nhttp://www.greeleygazette.com/press/?p=6893", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 3527, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 308.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://cmkp.gov.pk/news_detail_news.php?nId=1202", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:56Z", "digest": "sha1:SB6O7HIYQFBSJLAVS7QE6WIQAHMJEA5E", "length": 6841, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "cmkp.gov.pk", "title": "\ufeff", "raw_content": "Seven member joint investigation team to investigate the Bannu remote controlled bomb blast.\nCaretaker Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Justice (R) Dost Muhammad Khan formed a seven member joint investigation team to investigate the Bannu remote controlled bomb blast and asked the investigation team to move immediately to Bannu to discover the actual motives and nab the criminals as soon as possible. The terrorists and criminals would not escape punishment. They should be brought to justice, he directed. He was presiding over a hurriedly convened emergency meeting of the provincial caretaker cabinet at Chief Minister Secretariat Peshawar. Members of the provincial cabinet attended. He directed against anything obstructing the security routinization anywhere throughout the province. He condemned the bomb attack on the convoy of former Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Akram Khan Durrani. The cabinet prayed for the departed soul and early recovery of injured. Mr. Justice \u00ae Dost Muhammad Khan directed against any delay in the investigation in order to unearth criminals and the enemies of the state and people. Directing the Secretary Health and DG Health for providing all healthcare facilities, ambulances and taking all necessary steps, the Caretaker Chief Minister directed for immediate steps to complete the burn centre Peshawar in order to provide efficient healthcare to the injured of terrorism and bomb blasts. The cabinet reviewed the pace of progress and the stage of implementation of the decisions of the caretaker previous cabinet meeting. The meeting discussed, evaluated and examined the information gathered about the Peshawar suicide attack, the Bannu bomb blast, the level of threat alert and decided to sensitize the relevant quarters to both their allocative and dedicated responsibilities for enhanced security in the changing environment. Caretaker Chief Minister directed to be watchful about the sensitive areas and make matching arrangements for the polling stations in those areas. The security to the political leadership and candidates including their rallies, gatherings and corner meetings should be enhanced. The caretaker set up, he directed wanted to give an even playing field to all and that he added was prerequisite for the impartiality of the caretaker set up, its administration and more importantly is a prerequisite for the peaceful, impartial and free conduction of elections in the province. He also directed to be in contact with the political leaderships and the contesting candidates for securing their routes and places of meetings and gatherings. Justice \u00ae Dost Muhammad Khan stressed for advance intelligence gathering from the organizers of public gatherings and rallies in order to arrange the requisite level of security and secure the places. However, he wished to formally request the political leaderships to decide on their own not to conduct more than one engagement in view of the growing security concerns. The holding of more meetings means the thinning out of security resources that could weaken the overall security shield. He directed to put on ground the SOP for elections in letter and spirit urging both the political leadership and the administration to be responsive to the call of action to the security related responsibilities. Being responsible is more important when we have multiple security challenges therefore we could not afford creating any space for the trigger happy elements to exploit the situation, create fear and frighten the people into submission. Caretaker Chief Minister sensitized the police to be fully watchful in the given situation when the enemy was out there to exploit the situation causing loss of precious human lives. The SHOs should be aware of the all doubtful elements in their areas. The cabinet was briefed about the investigation of the Yakatoot bomb blast. The caretaker Chief Minister directed to immediately complete the geo fencing of both the Yakatoot Peshawar suicide attack and Bannu bomb blast. He stressed the need to further enhance coordination amongst the intelligence gatherings outfits adding that efficient intelligent gatherings could foil the nefarious designs of terrorists. Enhanced security is a national concern and therefore there should be no lethargic attitude otherwise such laxity and lethargy could lead to national catastrophes. We could not compromise the state security and the security of the people. Mr. Justice \u00ae Dost Muhammad Khan said that establishing peace is the ultimate goal. The peaceful conduct is a national obligation and the caretaker set up would never allow any obstruction that he added was very much necessary for the impartiality of the caretaker government. He said that power should never be exercised at whims nor should be for personal motives. The professional use of powers for the public welfare is the essence of professionalism. He directed for the geo-fencing and discovering different dimensions of both the incidents, directing to intercept the communications used in the terrorism related incidents that would not only give clues to bring the perpetrators to justice but would also identify the level of threat. Once we know the level of threats, we would be in a better position for security related measures. Such communications would also expose the abnormal activities adding that investigation from multidimensional directions would identify the factors behind the terrorism and the motives the terrorists wanted to achieve. However, these investigations could be used to avert the danger of such terrorist acts in future. Caretaker Chief Minister said that the provision of resources for equipping the law enforcing agencies and giving them force multipliers should never be a problem when faced with abnormal security situation. He stressed for effective monitoring and surveillance adding that the law for the land-owners should be fully implemented. He has given some tips for modern investigation that could lead to better security in the province, he added. He said that on his insistence the federal government agreed to the repatriation of 86 platoons of Frontier Constabulary that constitute 3338 security personnel. Another 500 trained police Jawans of AJK police ordered by the federal caretaker interior minister would boost the security situation in the province. The caretaker provincial set up was committed to the provision of enhanced security to the political leadership and the contesting candidates. The repatriated Frontier Constabulary and the additional police force of AJK would be deployed in the sensitive areas throughout the province. However, he called upon the law enforcing agencies to bring the handlers and facilitators of terrorists in order to uproot terrorism and bring the terrorists to justice, he concluded.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 44, "original_length": 7572, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 337.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://coffeefranchisereviews.com/listings/einstein-bros-bagels-franchise/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:50Z", "digest": "sha1:5GW3MMUEEENYE5PRJBKB7Z4YOZJJURMV", "length": 3048, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "coffeefranchisereviews.com", "title": "Einstein Bros Bagels Franchise", "raw_content": "Einstein Bros Bagels Franchise\nThe Einstein Bros. Bagel company is known for providing healthy but yet tasty food options for people on the go. The Einstein Bros. Bagel Company is for the most part franchise owned, and is consistently looking to expand their brand through creating new and exciting franchise opportunities in a number of growing and changing markets. Depending on a number of different variables, the process of opening a franchise through Einstein Bros. can take between six and twelve months, from the date of initial application until the day of store opening. The initial term for an Einstein Bros. Bagels franchise agreement is ten years, and there is also an additional ten-year option for renewal.\nThe estimated initial investment for potential franchisees looking to develop Einstein Bros. bagel franchise locations ranges from between $492,050 and $883,350. The franchise fee for a single restaurant is $35,000. Additionally, franchisees are required to pay up to a 5% of gross sales royalty to cover additional costs including promotion and advertising. The minimum net worth and asset liquidity that are required of potential franchisees who want to own and operate Einstein Bros Bagel business franchises is $1,000,000 in worth with a minimum of $400,000 in available asset liquidity. Potential franchisees need to be aware of the fact that Einstein Bros. does not offer financing of any kind at this time, which means it is the duty of the franchisee him or herself to seek out and find franchising prior to applying for a franchise consideration.\nThe Einstein Bros. Bagel Company currently operates franchises in all fifty states, with franchise opportunities available in 49 of 50 states, and the District of Columbia. Initially the Einstein Bros. Bagel company is geo-targeting specific regions in the United States, but will eventually be branching out to include all states in the Nation, and possibly even expanding from that point. While the current development for the Einstein Bros. Bagel company does not include international offerings of any kind, there is no doubt that the company will eventually explore business franchise opportunities in other countries as well, including Canada and Mexico, for example.\nEinstein Bros. Bagel restaurants does not make it mandatory that you work in the store on a daily basis, though it is recommended that you play a significant part in your business, as each restaurant needs to have a full-time operating partner, who is a qualified general manager and can pass the Einstein Bros. certification requirements. You or someone you partner with should be able to and prepared to manage the business at all times. Additionally, the average Einstein Bros. Bagels franchise location requires a staff of between 15 and 20 full time and part time employees.\nCoffee Franchise Reviews is not actively submitting franchise applications to this company at this time. Please browse our other top franchises, which are currently accepting new franchising opportunity applications.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 17, "original_length": 3658, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 266.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://collections.si.edu/search/detail/edanmdm:siris_arc_163366?print=yes", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:49Z", "digest": "sha1:N43ERIFAWL4RGUXMZ6IJ73J2OJYT263D", "length": 494, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "collections.si.edu", "title": "Record Queenstown, its quay and big Cathedral, N.W. from the harbor. [Active no. 395 : interpositive,] 1903 | Collections Search Center, Smithsonian Institution", "raw_content": "Queenstown, its quay and big Cathedral, N.W. from the harbor. [Active no. 395 : interpositive,] 1903\nCobh (Ireland)\nCompany catalog card included.\nSimilar to RSN 25501.\nCurrently stored in box 3.2.44 [123], moved from [58].\nOrig. no. 129-1/2?\nSmithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History : Archives Center. P.O. Box 37012, Suite 1100, MRC 601, Constitution Ave., between 12th and 14th Sts., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20013-7012. Call 202-633-3270 for appointment. Fax: 202-786-2453", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 1571, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.83, "perplexity": 291.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://collegepridepress.com/american/uconn/thank-you-kevin-ollie-but-thats-enough/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:50Z", "digest": "sha1:4Y6YXSI6WPWG2MYWTI2RKH7RKWYCBBEZ", "length": 4360, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "collegepridepress.com", "title": "Thank You, Kevin Ollie. But That\u2019s Enough. \u2013 College Pride Press", "raw_content": "Home > American Athletic Conference > UConn > Thank You, Kevin Ollie. But That\u2019s Enough.\nOn Thursday afternoon, the 2017-18 season for the UConn Huskies ended not with a bang, but a sad, sad whimper. The Huskies trailed by nineteen at the half against an SMU team missing its best player and multiple key reserves due to injury. A half-hearted second half rally at one point cut the margin to four, but it was always going to be too little, too late. As Jeff Jacobs of Connecticut Heart Media put it, UConn basketball has hit rock bottom. The only plausible play for the beleaguered program is to remove Kevin Ollie.\nTrue UConn fans will be forever grateful to Ollie for his many contributions. He gave them four great years as a player, then served as a prime example of hard work in Husky blue paying off during his long NBA career. Following his playing days, he returned as an assistant coach, during which his stint was marked by a 2011 national championship. When Jim Calhoun, arguably the greatest coach in college basketball history, retired, Ollie was tabbed to replace him.\nThis was during a rocky period marred by NCAA penalties, including a postseason ban, and a wave of conference realignment that left UConn behind. Still, Ollie persisted during those first two years, keeping the program respectable in the last year of the real Big East, then doing the unthinkable: cutting down the nets in 2014. Ollie, and UConn, were once again on top of the college basketball world.\nFirst, it was the Los Angeles Lakers. Then, the Oklahoma City Thunder. Kevin Ollie became one of the hottest names on the NBA coaching carousel. To preserve their hero, UConn extended Ollie with a lucrative contract that paid him over $3 million dollars annually. It seemed like the Huskies had done the impossible: replaced a legendary coach with another legendary coach, if only in his infancy. What has followed is nothing short of a travesty.\nUConn mightily underachieved in 2014-15, ending up in the NIT, despite being the defending national champion. The program entered 2015-16 with high expectations, but largely failed to deliver on those promises, instead flaming out in the round of 32 against Kansas. Then, the last two years happened: utter failure in all facets of the program. Recruiting. Player retention. Development. Teaching. Winning games. Between 2016 and 2018, UConn basketball, a legitimate blue blood and owner of four national championships in the last twenty years, went 30-35.\nInjuries most definitely played a part. Alterique Gilbert was a 2016 McDonald\u2019s All-American who has not played a game in December or later in either of the last two seasons. Terry Larrier missed most of 2016-17 with a torn ACL. Nearly every player on the team the last two seasons has missed at least some games due to an injury. But injuries did not cause three potential rotation pieces to transfer out in the spring of 2017. Injuries are not the reason top 2017 and 2018 recruits have avoided the Huskies like the plague. For most players, injuries are not the reason they and their coach continue to make the same, stupid mistakes every game. And injuries surely aren\u2019t to blame for an NCAA investigation into the program for recruiting practices, though it is not believed that the results of this investigation will produce heavy punishments.\nIt is now clear after six seasons that Kevin Ollie is in over his head as the head coach of UConn basketball. This is not the same man, the same program, that guided them through those first two seasons with incredible results. There are a multitude of different theories tossed around by Husky fans as to why Ollie and the program have declined so starkly, though these are nothing more than conspiracy. The truth of the matter is that UConn basketball has hit rock bottom under the watch of Kevin Ollie. Paying his $10 million buyout will certainly be difficult for a cash-strapped state. But it must be done. Keeping Ollie and the current status quo will in the long run cost the university several times that amount.\nSo, once again, thank you Kevin Ollie. There have been unimaginable good times. But it is in the best interest of everyone that the program moves forward under different leadership.\nPhoto Link: https://www.si.com/college-basketball/2015/01/02/ap-bkc-uconn-ollie-divorce\nRecap: UConn Defeats Memphis", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 71, "original_length": 6292, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 278.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://commercial-song.net/2018/10/2019-acura-rdx-commercial-song/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:56Z", "digest": "sha1:GVORODZN6W72Q36QVLXS6KRHUVM6N2SY", "length": 1656, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "commercial-song.net", "title": "2019 Acura RDX Commercial Song", "raw_content": "by Chupa Cabra \u00b7 11th October 2018\nAcura showcases the all-new Acura RDX in a new ad, highlighting that \u201cIt\u2019s everything we ever imagined. And then some\u201d.\nThe 30-second spot features a man in a test lab, getting at the wheel of the 2019 RDX and imagining, after starting the engine, that he goes around the Earth, in the outer space, at the speed of light. When he gets out of the car, a specialist tells him \u201cWelcome back!\u201d as if he knows where the \u201cdriver\u2019s\u201d turbocharged imagination had taken him.\nThe song used in the ad is Metallica\u2019s version of \u201cDyers Eve\u201d (originally by Revocation), released in 1988 and included on their fourth studio album, \u201c\u2026And Justice for All\u201d.\nThe automaker states that,\u201dWith its powerful 272-hp, turbocharged, VTEC engine, Integrated Dynamics System with Sport+ mode, and available Super Handling All-Wheel Drive, the RDX delivers a whole new level of Precision Crafted Performance\u201d.\nEarlier this year, the legendary rock band has revealed the contents of the 30th anniversary edition \u201c\u2026And Justice for All\u201d box set, which includes a remastered version of \u201cDyers Eve\u201d and a live recording of \u201cEye of the Beholder\u201d from an October 10, 1988 performance at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, England. The box set also includes the original album remastered on CD and 180G vinyl, six live CDs, a 120-page book filled with never-before-seen photos and more.\nTags: Acura RDX 2019Acura RDX Song\nToyota Corolla Hybrid Advert Song \u2013 Move Ahead\nAllstate Insurance Christmas Commercial Song \u2013 12 Days of Mayhem\nNext story HBO Series: Sally4Ever (Trailer Song)\nPrevious story 2019 Mitsubishi Outlander Commercial \u2013 Girl Singing in the Car", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 3539, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 196.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://community.mis.temple.edu/mis2101sec701fall17/course-structure/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:26Z", "digest": "sha1:BDH7XT45FMF3CZDM6KTIPJC4DFCRFYRL", "length": 2342, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "community.mis.temple.edu", "title": "Course Structure | Information Systems in Organizations", "raw_content": "This course applies an activity based learning model which relies heavily on your active participation in the classroom. You are expected to complete the assigned readings, watch the assigned videos and come prepared to engage the class in meaningful conversation and activities. You are encouraged to use your knowledge and experiences to build, test, and modify your own concepts through dialogues with the instructor and fellow students. Much of your learning will occur as you prepare for and participation in discussions about the course material. The course material has been carefully chosen to bring the real world into class discussion while also illustrating fundamental concepts.\nClass will be a mixture of class discussions and class activities. Do not expect to be taught the material in the assigned readings. We will assume that you have completed the assigned readings, watched the assigned videos and are prepared to discuss the readings/videos intelligently. Through this discussion you will gain a deeper and more meaningful understanding of the core concepts. If you do not complete the assigned readings and watch the assigned videos you will have trouble following along with the class discussion; you will not get as much out of class and you may find the exams more challenging. In-class activities provide the core of our activity based learning model. These activities are designed to be completed in 50 minutes or less and help a student develop a more genuine understanding of the class materials. Each activity has a corresponding worksheet. Each student must hand in a completed worksheet to receive credit for completing the activity. Worksheets are graded based on displaying due diligence. If the student hands in a completed worksheet and has clearly been engaged in the activity they receive full credit. If a student is absent from class, does not hand in a worksheet or clearly had not done their due diligence, they receive zero credit for the activity.\nPreparation for Class\nComplete all of the assigned reading and watch all assigned videos. There will be no study guides created by the instructor. Instead, week by week, students are strongly encouraged to create their own study guide from the readings and the videos which they will use during both in-class discussions and in preparation for exams.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 51, "original_length": 3432, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 290.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://community.scoop.co.nz/2012/03/robertson-scholars-off-to-duke-university/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:36Z", "digest": "sha1:TOOFQUCFPF7O44ADB7BSOIXZUPAYK6LT", "length": 5490, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "community.scoop.co.nz", "title": "Community Scoop \u00bb Robertson Scholars Off To Duke University", "raw_content": "Robertson Scholars Off To Duke University\nPress Release \u2013 Universities New Zealand \u2013 Te Pokai Tara\nThree exceptional students with a strong desire to create a better world have won valuable scholarships to prestigious Duke University in the United States. Their scholarships, each worth $100,000 a year, are funded by New York philanthropist Julian \u202627 March 2012\nThree exceptional students with a strong desire to create a better world have won valuable scholarships to prestigious Duke University in the United States.\nTheir scholarships, each worth $100,000 a year, are funded by New York philanthropist Julian Robertson.\nThe winners are Jamie Band from Dunedin who will be studying biology, Tom Prebble from Auckland who plans to take a bachelor of science majoring in economics, and Sarah Wright from Rangiora whose degree will be in genetics, molecular biology and biochemistry.\nSince moving from London in 2007, Jamie Band has topped all his subjects every year at John McGlashan College, and was Dux and Head Academic Prefect last year. He went on to score a near maximum score in the International Baccalaureate Diploma, and a score of 2340 in the SATs.\nThe elected student representative on the school\u2019s board of trustees, he instigated a peer tutoring programme and spent many hours tutoring younger students in a wide range of subjects. Jamie has been involved in rugby, cricket and cross-country, and is an accomplished public speaker.\nWith his passion for the life sciences and medicine Jamie believes a degree from such an esteemed university as Duke will enable him to \u201cmake the greatest difference that I am capable of doing. I aspire to work both in countries like New Zealand as well as those less fortunate, spreading my time between the two so as to improve the well-being of others.\u201d\nTom Prebble gained numerous academic distinctions at King\u2019s College including his full academic colours and membership of the Scholars\u2019 Common Room. In his Scholarship examinations he achieved Scholarships in English and Statistics and Modelling while in the Cambridge International Examinations he attained four A-Level A* grades and an A in Further Mathematics, and was Top in the World for A-Level Thinking Skills.\nTom was Deputy Head Prefect and School Captain of Orienteering. He has also represented his school at athletics, cricket, hockey, rugby, rowing, tennis and water polo. He was awarded his full cultural colours, playing a prominent part in drama (Glee Club), debating and the school concert band.\nStudying economics at Duke will be \u201ca life-changing experience\u201d, says Tom. \u201cI want to be exposed to mind-boggling ideas that disturb my world view and make me question my thoughts and values.\u201d His ambition is to \u201cinfluence global events in a positive way on an international stage as either a leader in a field or for my country. Studying at Duke will only allow me to do this better.\u201d\nSarah Wright was Dux of St Andrew\u2019s College in 2011, receiving school prizes in seven subjects. In the Scholarship exams she came top in New Zealand in Biology and gained a Premier Award with outstanding Scholarships in Physics, Calculus and Statistics and Modelling, and Scholarship in Geography and Chemistry. In NCEA she gained 155 excellence credits out of a possible 155 at Level 3.\nLast year Sarah was Academic Captain, a College Prefect, and organised the school\u2019s reading assistance and peer tutoring programmes. She captained the school shooting team and has represented New Zealand in smallbore target shooting in junior through to open levels. In hockey she was in the school second eleven for five years. Sarah was involved in cultural and community activities including post-earthquake relief as a member of the Student Volunteer Army and helping distribute food and supplies to families in need.\nShe relishes being taught by academics at the forefront of their fields at a selective university such as Duke and being party to ground-breaking research. \u201cAs well as being stimulating it will help me develop to my full potential.\u201d Sarah aims to do research that will benefit society in such areas as biomedicine, genetics or biotechnology. \u201cI want to be involved in work that is both rewarding and challenging, and has the potential to make a difference to the world.\u201d\nUp to three Robertson Scholarships, covering free tuition and board and a living allowance for up to four years, are offered annually in New Zealand, two in Australia, one in Sweden and 24 in the United States. Selection is based on academic ability, leadership potential, commitment to community service, courage, collaborative spirit and a strongly ethical outlook.\nJulian Robertson, who has long spent part of each year in New Zealand, and his late wife Jose established the Robertson Programme in 2000 with a $US24 million gift. Mr Robertson founded the Tiger Management hedge fund, and their generosity has benefited other causes in this country including the Auckland Art Gallery.\nThe Robertson Scholars Programme is administered by Universities New Zealand \u2014 Te P\u014dkai Tara. The deadline for applications is 1 December. More information on the scholarship can be found at www.universitiesnz.ac.nz\nDuke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina founded in 1838. It has nearly 18,000 students on an 8600-acre campus. Its research expenditure is among the ten highest of any United States university. 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This spectacular building is not only fascinating to see and be in, but also provides a beautiful panorama view over Munich. The planning of this palatial building was started in 1850 through an international architecture competition as a place for particularly gifted students to live in order to help bring institutions of higher learning to Munich. The funding came from the Bavarian King Maximilian II, who reigned from 1848 to his sudden death in 1864 and the location is at the end of the luxurious boulevard \"Maximilianstrasse\" (Maximilian Street) and right next to the Maximilian Bridge, notice a pattern? Maximilian II was the father of Ludwig II of Bavaria (known for having created the (Disney-like) \"Neuschwanstein\" castle near Fassen, ) and some other impressive castles in Bavaria.\nThe Maximilianeum now houses the Parliament of the state of Bavaria.\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilianeum\nA nice video from outside http://www.panorama-cities.net/munich/maximilianeum_5c.html\nA video from inside http://www.landtagsgaststaette.de/360_tour/360tour_landtagsgaststaette.html\nhttp://www.tourist-attractions-guide.com/maximilianeum-munich.html\nhttp://www.aviewoncities.com/munich/maximilianeum.htm\nBanquet on Wednesday, July 20 in a typical Bavarian Beer Hall\nThe COMPSAC 2011 banquet will be held in a typical Bavarian Beer Hall, the Augustinerkeller. Splendid old paintings, imposing chandeliers and a wooden ceiling with numerous carvings make the room \u201cFestsaal\u201d something special. It is also one of the few remaining halls with barrel vaults in Munich. The brewery Augustiner is widely known for its beer. And the best thing? In the Augustinerkeller you can enjoy Edelstoff beer freshly tapped from the barrel all year round, both in the beer garden and in the various corners of the restaurant as well as on the terraces. That\u2019s pretty special.\nDress up in your Dirndl dress or your Lederhosen (leather shorts) and enjoy the evening!\nhttp://www.augustinerkeller.de/en/Restaurant/The_Festsaal.htm\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_hall\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_in_Germany\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavaria\nPublic Transportation in Munich\nTravel from Munich Airport to the Conference Location Holiday Inn Munich City Centre Hotel\nWhich train to take: The S-Bahn Lines S1 and S8 commute to downtown Munich. There is a stop near the Holiday Inn Munich City Centre Hotel which is called: \u2018Rosenheimer Platz\u2019. S1 takes 51 minutes, S8 takes 35 minutes from the Airport. We recommend S8. The airport is the end-of-the-line so (from the airport) you can\u2019t go in the wrong direction, but S8 will get you to the hotel faster. Once you get to Rosenheimer Platz (where the hotel is) look for the exit named \u201cHochstrasse/Gasteig\u201d. Follow the signs to the hotel Holiday Inn Munich - City Centre. At the very end of the arcade, some stairs and an elevator lead directly to our hotel lobby.\nHow to find the public transportation: Watch for and follow signs for a big green circle with a white \u201cS\u201d in it (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-Bahn). In a courtyard area between Terminal 1 and 2 there are escalators going down to the S-Bahn platform.\nKind of ticket to get: We recommend to buy an Airport-City-Day-Pass that costs 10.80 Euro and comes pre-validated. This allows you to travel anywhere between the airport and the city (and also within the city) any time until 6 a.m. the next morning. You can also buy a \u201cSingle Day Ticket\u201d for the whole network for the same price and validate it yourself in one of the small blue boxes on the train platform). If there are more than one in your group and you are travelling together, it is highly recommended to get the \u201cPartner\u201d version of these cards. That costs 19,80 and is good for up to 5 persons!\nWhere to buy the ticket: If you have change or small bills, you can buy the public transportation ticket from machines on the train platform\nMany of the ticket machines at the airport do allow payment with credit card. See: http://www.mvv-muenchen.de/en/home/tickets/creditcardpayment/index.html\nWeb Page of Public Transportation in Munich\nhttp://www.mvv-muenchen.de/en/home/index.html\nThe main locations you are likely to want to look for are\nFlughafen Manchen (airport)\nRosenheimer Platz (Holiday Inn Munich City Centre Hotel)\nMarienplatz (central square / City Hall)\nTheoretically, one can also take a taxi, but that is very expensive (about 70 \u20ac).\nIt's not only fun at Oktoberfest and Hofbrauhaus, but also at the Deutsche Museum and BMW. In 2006 the FIFA world cup was inaugurated at the newly built Allianz Arena formerly the Olympia Stadium in the heart of the Olympic Park in Munich - a bluely-wafered brilliant piece of architecture by star architects Herzog & De Meuron who also built the new shopping mall at the Marienplatz named \"5 Hafe\".\nNext to the \"5 Hafe\" and its spectacular splendour you will find the Feldherrnhalle near the Residenz where \"Adolf Hitler\" himself led an assault of riflemen against the local government of the German Reich - the German Reich that was struggeling hard after the catastrophy of World War I to turn from a thousand year old Kaiser-Reich into a modernized republic.\nWorld War II left Munich in ruins. Few buildings were left untouched by the Allies' bomber fleet. However, Munich is way beyond the \"post war brutality\" of many German cities that were eradicated during the air raids. One of the best examples of the preserved medieval feel is the Frauenkirche, a symbol of town. Not very far from Frauenkirche is another, astounding sacred building, a church in an almost metaphysical baroque style - the Asamkirche. It was built as a private church in the middle of a street.\nIf you ever have been astounded by lp-covers of \"Pink Floyd\" - that famous rock group of the 70ies - you might not want to miss Glyptothek, Pinakothek and Propylaen where legendary and \"crazy\" Bavarian kings tried to resurrect classical Greece in an attempt to stop the final countdown of the Bavarian monarchy. There you will see a mysterious black monolith that seems to have landed from outer space.\nFor cultural education you can visit the Deutsch Museum, Tollwood and the National Garden Festival in Munich.\nYou can reach all destinations by our sophisticated infrastructure - by train, bus and/or subway with the head node Main Station in the middle of Munich.\n\u2022 English Garden\n\u2022 Deutsche Museum - (Science and Technology Museum, on island in the Isar River just west (walking distance) of hotel)\n\u2022 Allianz Arena Munich\n\u2022\tOlympia Park Munich\n\u2022\tHofbrauhaus Munich (only parts in English)\n\u2022 Deutsch Museum Munich\n\u2022\tBMW-Museum Munich\n\u2022\tMarienplatz - (St. Mary's Square, heart of downtown)\n\u2022\tKanigsplatz: Glyptothek & Propylaen\n\u2022\tBavarian Palaces and Castles\n\u2022\tGasteig - cultural center very close to hotel.\n\u2022\tBavarian State Parliament\n\u2022 The best Biergartens in Munich\nThe Isar and Munich's Lakes\nUnbelievable - but you can go swimming outdoors within the city limits. Lakes and particularly the Isar River are very popular spots all year round for locals and tourists. Although the majority of Bavaria's larger lakes lies outside of Munich, the city also has some beautiful lakes and rivers within its boundaries. The main attraction for most city dwellers is by far the Isar River.\nThe Isar River, which runs directly through Munich, is a favourite of both children and adults during the warmer months. Its key location makes it ideal for sunbathing, picnicking, studying, and countless other activities. At the southern end of the English Garden (near Prinzregentenstrasse 1, Haus der Kunst) you can see one of the locations where people on surf boards surf on the waves of the Eisbach stream that flows into the Isar River. See link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisbach\nLakes in Munich - if it's calmer water you're searching for, Feringasee, Fasaneriesee, Feldmochinger See and Lerchenauer See are also just within your reach.\nIf we've caught your interest, get further insight on Munich's lakes by clicking on the links.\nFeringasee\nFeldmochinger See\nFasanerie See\nSightseeing tours Munich Bavaria, the Alps\nBavarian Palace Department | Gardens | Munich\nThe Bavarian Alps offer some of Germany's most breathtaking views. From the slops of these ancient mountains, one can survey the German landscape in all of its glory.\nhttp://www.destination360.com/europe/germany/bavarian-alps\nThere is a small shopping center in the underground area under the hotel, including also a grocery store and a drug store. The main shopping areas are Neuhauserstrasse and Kaufingerstrasse, both lined with large department stores and international chains. Smaller, more exclusive boutiques can be found around Maximilianstrasse and Theatinerstrasse. http://www.locationsite.de/muenchen/shoppinge.htm\nMehrwertsteuer - VAT\nHere you can find background information which will help you to spend a pleasant shopping day in Munich. Please note that tax refund and duty free shopping are only for non-EU citizens going back to a non-EU country. If you are coming to Munich from another EU country or are going to another EU country after your stay in Germany, you will not have to declare anything.\nDepending on what you buy, Mehrwertsteuer (abbreviation: MwSt.), meaning Value Added Tax, can be either 7% or 19%. This tax is always included in the price you pay and appears on the bill and receipt, respecitively. If you are a non-EU citizen and buy something that you're going to take outside the European Union, you can claim a tax refund once you're back home. Below you'll find a link to a detailed description of how to do this.\nOpening hours vary according to where the store is located and the type of shop. In general, shops are open from Monday to Saturday. Smaller shops, such as bakeries, open very early in the morning and may close a bit earlier, especially on Saturdays. All shops except petrol stations and bakeries are closed on Sundays. In general, the following opening times apply, although it is up to every individual shopkeeper how long they want to keep their shop open.\nDepartment stores: Mon - Sat 10am - 8pm\nSupermarkets: Mon - Sat 8am - 8pm\nBakeries: Mon - Sat 7am - 6pm, Sun 7am - 12pm\nGrocery stores, butchers, small shops, etc. have individual opening hours which, by and large, correspond to the following scheme. Please note that this is only an estimation and that you should check with the individual shop. Mon - Fri 8am - 12:30pm and 3pm - 6pm Sat 8am - 12:30pm. Petrol stations are allowed to be open 24/7.\nDuty-free sale of alcohol and tobacco products to people travelling within the European Union was abolished in 1999. A few alcoholic beverages are still offered in airport shops at lower prices, but not duty-free. Tax-free purchases are still possible; see above at \"VAT\" for more detail.\nIf you are coming from a non-EU country, you are allowed to take the following items to Germany with you: 200 cigarettes or 100 cigarillios or 50 cigars or 250g of tobacco; 1 litre of a beverage with more than 22% of alcohol or 2 litres of an alcoholic beverage with up to 22% of alcohol or 2 litres of sparkling wine; 2 litres of table wine; 500g of coffee or 200g of coffee extracts; 50g of perfume or 250ml of Eau de Toilette; Gifts with a value of up to \u20ac178.95.\nN.B.: Tobacco products and alcohol may only be imported by persons of 17 years or over; coffee only by persons of 15 years or over. Wine exceeding the limit of alcohol percentage will be taxed by 16%.\nGlobal Refund - Tax Free Shopping\nYOUR TRAVEL GUIDE TO GERMANY\nhttp://www.justgermany.org/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 111, "original_length": 12520, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 288.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://concussionpolicyandthelaw.com/2017/06/09/virginia-tech-helmet-lab-announces-first-four-star-rating-for-new-hockey-helmet/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:44Z", "digest": "sha1:2YSRIICKWCFMMAWVFVNHR5BXT76VQMZG", "length": 3986, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "concussionpolicyandthelaw.com", "title": "Virginia Tech Helmet Lab Announces First Four-Star Rating for New Hockey Helmet | Concussion Policy & the Law", "raw_content": "\u2190 June 2017 issue of Concussion Litigation Reporter Is Out, See the Table of Contents\nHow Blows to the Head Cause Numerous Small Swellings Along the Length of Neuronal Axons \u2192\nA newly released hockey helmet has earned four out of five stars from the Virginia Tech Helmet Ratings, scoring higher than any other helmet since the first hockey ratings were released two years ago.\nThe new helmet, the Bauer RE-AKT 200, is the first to earn more than three stars. The star rating system, developed by researchers in the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab, rates a helmet\u2019s ability to reduce the risk of concussion in the event of a head impact. All sports helmets, including those for hockey, must meet an impact-protection standard that evaluates the ability of helmets to minimize catastrophic head injury on a pass-fail basis.\n\u201cWe supplement the standard by providing additional data so consumers can see the relative differences between helmets,\u201d said Steve Rowson, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering and mechanics in the College of Engineering and director of the Helmet Lab. \u201cWe make that data available and release our testing methodology, which then becomes an additional design tool for the manufacturers.\u201d\nUsing a headform instrumented with sensors, the Helmet Lab team simulates a range of impacts that a player might experience during a game, and measures how much the helmet reduces the head\u2019s linear and rotational acceleration.\nRowson and Stefan Duma, the Harry Wyatt Professor of Engineering and interim director of the Institute for Critical Technology and Applied Science, began evaluating football helmets in 2011, designing the test methods based on millions of impacts they recorded from Virginia Tech football players.\nThe Helmet Lab team started testing hockey helmets a few years later, and has since rated more than 40 models.\nHockey players hit their heads on the ice, the glass around the rink, or each other; these surfaces can be rigid and players are typically traveling at high speeds, so impacts may be more severe than in other contact sports.\nAnd hockey helmets tend to be light and thin, which limits their ability to reduce the force of a hit. In order to effectively absorb energy during an impact, thinner foam must be stiff. Thicker, softer foam that has more time to compress can cushion a broader range of impacts. The new Bauer helmet has slightly thicker padding than other models.\n\u201cI think this is the first example of the hockey helmet manufacturers using this test methodology and ratings protocol to influence the design,\u201d Rowson said. \u201cWhat we wanted to do was set a framework for improvement in protective design.\u201d\nThe team\u2019s methods have already contributed to improvements in football helmet design. When the first batch of ratings was released, only one helmet earned five stars. Today, 16 do, and virtually all new helmets get high marks.\n\u201cWith the helmet ratings, we provide unbiased data and a transparent process that manufacturers can use to inform their design process and consumers can use to guide their choices,\u201d Duma said. \u201cWe\u2019ve been glad to have the opportunity to work with helmet companies to drive innovation, because we all have the same goal: to keep athletes as safe as possible.\u201d\nThe team is also developing five-star ratings for bicycle and lacrosse helmets and soccer headgear.\nRowson says that helmets are just one piece of the equation in eliminating concussions. Behavioral changes in sports \u2014 for example, banning body-checking in youth hockey \u2014 can make an even more significant difference in reducing the number of injuries.\n\u201cYou want to eliminate as many head impacts as you can, and then have the very best head protection in the event that you do hit your head,\u201d he said.\nThe team\u2019s current ratings are available online, and updated on a rolling basis.\nThis entry was posted in College, Football, General, High School, Hockey, Other Sports, Products and tagged helmet, safer, test. 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They may have actually lived on the continent for a while.\n\u201cThis new site could reveal whether Vikings were the first Europeans to briefly live in North America and show that they explored much further into the New World than we ever thought,\u201d Parcak said.\nParcak says she found the settlement by identifying uneven structures on Earth using satellite images. Subsequent excavations at the settlement made her believe that Vikings had lived there.\nA test excavation uncovered an \u201ciron-working hearth partially surrounded by the remains of what appears to have been a turf wall\u201d, reported National Geographic. None of the indigenous people from that region used such tools or structures.\nThe team said they can\u2019t yet say for certain that the Vikings built the hearth, but the signs are encouraging.\nREAD MORE: Vikings\u2019 claim to the Faroe Islands in doubt\nProfessor Dagfinn Skre from Oslo\u2019s cultural history museum said it will be extremely important if this turns out to be a Viking settlement.\n\u201cIt will be a leap forward in the research of Scandinavia\u2019s early presence in North America,\u201d he told the news agency NTB.\n1,100-year-old amulet confirms hammer of Thor theory\nNew Viking fortress found near K\u00f8ge\nViking treasure found in Scotland\nOldest Danish town possibly older\nMuseum sending ship to China for country\u2019s first Viking exhibition\nDanish Vikings invading China\nDanish researchers debunk Norse settler myth\nResearch: First Danish kings were pirates\nSea monster rescued from the Baltic Sea\nArchaeological breakthrough can unravel the mystery of Viking trips to Greenland\nArchaeologists to uncover secrets of Viking fortress\nImmortalised on stone forever, the founding rock of the nation\nHow Christianity portrayed Jesus as a warrior to woo the Vikings\nKing Cnut and the rise and fall of the North Sea Empire\nFrom wild winter wilderness to Bronze Age bog bodies", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 48, "original_length": 4029, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 309.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://createhistory.nuskin.com/corpcom/en_US/newsroom/press_releases1/2018.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:24:44Z", "digest": "sha1:PIDUDYNZOMFYYLKRGUD6LP74GDHAJGA7", "length": 8016, "nlines": 35, "source_domain": "createhistory.nuskin.com", "title": "2018", "raw_content": "PROVO, Utah \u2014 Nov. 29, 2018 \u2014 Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: NUS) today announced it will hold an investor day event at its corporate headquarters in Provo, Utah, on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019. Key members of Nu Skin's management team will elaborate on the company\u2019s plans for 2019 and share longer-term initiatives.\nPROVO, Utah \u2014 Nov. 7, 2018 \u2014 Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: NUS) today announced strong third-quarter financial results with revenue of $675.3 million, an increase of 20 percent over the prior-year period. Earnings per share were $0.94, an increase of 24 percent over the prior-year period, or $1.01, an increase of 33 percent, when excluding a foreign currency translation loss of $0.07.\nPROVO, Utah \u2014 Nov. 7, 2018 \u2014 Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: NUS) today announced its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.365 per share, which will be paid on Dec. 12, 2018, to stockholders of record on Nov. 30, 2018.\nPROVO, Utah \u2014 Oct. 2, 2018 \u2014 Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: NUS) will release third-quarter results after the market closes on Wednesday, Nov. 7. The Nu Skin management team will host a conference call with the investment community later that same day beginning at 5 p.m. (ET). During the call, management will discuss past results and upcoming business initiatives.\nNu Skin Rings The Closing Bell At New York Stock Exchange\nPROVO, Utah \u2014 Aug. 30, 2018 \u2014 Executives and sales leaders from Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. will visit the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) today to commemorate the company\u2019s 10-year anniversary of ageLOC, its flagship line of innovative products. In honor of the occasion, Nu Skin sales leaders will ring the NYSE Closing Bell.\nPROVO, Utah \u2014 Aug. 14, 2018 \u2014 Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. today is celebrating the milestone of 600 million meals purchased and donated through its Nourish the Children (NTC) initiative since its founding in 2002. Malnourished children receive VitaMeal\u00ae, a nutrient-dense food from one of NTC\u2019s third-party charity partners after Nu Skin sales leaders, customers and employees purchase and donate the b...\nNu Skin Enterprises Reports 28 Percent Second-Quarter Revenue Growth And Raises Annual Guidance\nPROVO, Utah \u2014 Aug. 2, 2018 \u2014 Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: NUS) today announced strong second-quarter financial results with revenue of $704.2 million, up 28 percent over the prior-year period, and earnings per share of $0.90, a 17 percent increase over the prior-year period. Quarterly earnings were negatively impacted by a foreign currency translation loss of $0.13 and a $0.05 purchase account...\nNu Skin Enterprises Increases Stock Repurchase Authorization\nPROVO, Utah \u2014 Aug. 2, 2018 \u2014 Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: NUS) today announced that its board of directors has increased its stock repurchase authorization to $500 million, an approximate $408 million increase.\nPROVO, Utah \u2014 Aug. 2, 2018 \u2014 Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: NUS) today announced its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.365 per share which will be paid on Sep. 12, 2018, to stockholders of record on Aug. 31, 2018.\nPROVO, Utah \u2014 July 2, 2018 \u2014 Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: NUS) will release second-quarter results after the market closes on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018. The Nu Skin management team will host a conference call with the investment community later that same day beginning at 5 p.m. (ET). During the call, management will discuss past results and upcoming business initiatives.\nNu Skin Enterprises To Present At Jefferies Global Consumer Conference\nPROVO, Utah \u2014 June 15, 2018 \u2014 Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: NUS) today announced Vice President of Investor Relations Scott Pond will present at Jefferies Global Consumer Conference in Nantucket, Mass., on Wednesday, June 20, 2018.\nNu Skin Celebrates Global Humanitarian Efforts At 15th Annual Force For Good Day\nNu Skin to Present at Bairds Conference\nPROVO, Utah \u2014 June 1, 2018 \u2014 Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: NUS) today announced Vice President of Investor Relations Scott Pond will present at Baird\u2019s 2018 Global Consumer, Technology & Services Conference in New York on Wednesday, June 6, 2018.\nNu Skin Enterprises To Present At RBC Capital Markets Consumer And Retail Conference\nPROVO, Utah \u2014 May 24, 2018 \u2014 Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: NUS) today announced Chief Financial Officer Mark Lawrence will present at the RBC Capital Markets Consumer and Retail Conference in Boston on Wednesday, May 30, 2018.\nNu Skin Receives Multiple Honors For Company Growth, Culture And Product Innovation\nPROVO, Utah \u2014 May 10, 2018 \u2014 Nu Skin Enterprises received two separate awards from Direct Selling News (DSN) at the publication\u2019s annual awards banquet in Dallas. The company was ranked #9 in the DSN Global 100 list of the top revenue-generating direct selling companies. In addition, the company was honored as a best company to work for in the direct selling industry.\nNu Skin Enterprises Reports Strong First-Quarter Results And Increases Annual Guidance\nPROVO, Utah \u2014 April 26, 2018 \u2014 Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: NUS) today announced first-quarter financial results and increased its annual guidance.\nPROVO, Utah \u2014 April 26, 2018 \u2014 Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: NUS) today announced its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.365 per share which will be paid on June 13, 2018, to stockholders of record on May 25, 2018.\nPROVO, Utah \u2014 March 26, 2018 \u2014 Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: NUS) will release first-quarter results after the market closes on Thursday, April 26. The Nu Skin management team will host a conference call with the investment community later that same day beginning at 5 p.m. (ET). During the call, management will discuss past results and upcoming business initiatives.\nNu Skin Enterprises To Present At Bank Of America Merrill Lynch 2018 Consumer And Retail Technology Conference\nPROVO, Utah \u2014 March 8, 2018 \u2014 Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: NUS) today announced Chief Executive Officer Ritch Wood and Chief Financial Officer Mark Lawrence will present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2018 Consumer and Retail Technology Conference in New York on Wednesday, March 14, 2018.\nPROVO, Utah \u2014 Feb. 15, 2018 \u2014 Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: NUS) today announced its board of directors has increased the quarterly cash dividend to $0.365 from the previous $0.36 per share. The quarterly dividend will be paid on March 14, 2018, to shareholders of record on Feb. 26, 2018.\nNu Skin Enterprises Reports Fourth-quarter and 2017 Results and Provides Initial 2018 Guidance\n\u201cWe concluded 2017 on a high note with solid quarterly results driven by customer and sales leader growth,\u201d said Ritch Wood, chief executive officer. \u201cOur growth strategy, which remains focused on three key elements \u2013 engaging platforms, enabling products and empowering programs, continues to drive our positive results. According to plan, we introduced ageLOC LumiSpa during the fourth quarter, whi...\nNew Dual-Action Skin Care Device From Nu Skin Provides Softer, More Radiant Skin in Two Minutes\nPROVO, Utah \u2013 Jan. 25, 2018 \u2013 Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: NUS) today announced the consumer launch of ageLOC LumiSpa, the first-of-its-kind, dual-action skin care device that treats and cleanses the skin. Following successful market previews, ageLOC LumiSpa is now available in the Americas and EMEA regions with launches to follow in North Asia, Greater China and Southeast Asia over the next t...\nNu Skin Enterprises To Report Fourth Quarter And 2017 Results And Provide 2018 Financial Guidance\nPROVO, Utah \u2014 Jan. 4, 2018 \u2014 Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: NUS) will release fourth-quarter and full-year 2017 results after the market closes on Thursday, Feb. 15. The company will also provide 2018 financial guidance. The Nu Skin management team will host a conference call with the investment community later that same day beginning at 5 p.m. (ET). During the call, management will discuss past...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 126, "original_length": 26047, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 190.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://crewpharm.com/pages/en/unternehmen/standort-en.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:09:23Z", "digest": "sha1:LQPA3542AOIZVG25TGBZBJFJG6IAUDMM", "length": 1040, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "crewpharm.com", "title": "crewpharm GmbH", "raw_content": "Home >> Company >> Location\nGerman high quality standards and production know how are considered to be leading in terms of security and reliability. Therefore, products and services of crewpharm Ltd. are highly interesting and worthwhile, for European and international markets.\nHaving its base in the University town of Halle (Saale) in the centre of Germany, Crewpharm has got direct access to the center of science and research represented by the University of Martin-Luther Halle-Wittenberg as well as to professional partners, networks and scientific staff.\nConcerning logistics, Crewpharm GmbH is perfectly located in the center of Germany, allowing direct access to the highways A2, A9, A14, A38 and the Berliner Ring A10.\nThe Intercontinental airport of Halle-Leipzig is only about 25 km away and presents the most modern reloading point for freight within Europe.\nHalle represents an important logistical point of rail intersection. Currently, the railway system is being extended to one of the biggest marshaling yards in Germany.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 204, "original_length": 3974, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 206.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://crisscrosseurope.eu/?page_id=712", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:21:02Z", "digest": "sha1:2I4UQ5XYQ4ABLX7L7V5REYEIBQPG5YR4", "length": 1946, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "crisscrosseurope.eu", "title": "PEEDU KASS \u2013 BASS (EST) \u2013 Criss Cross Europe", "raw_content": "PEEDU KASS \u2013 BASS (EST)\nBassist Peedu Kass moves and grooves with the top names in the Estonian jazz scene. Awarded with the prestigious Elion Young Jazz Talent prize, Peedu\u2019s reputation as Tallinn\u2019s first call bassplayer has grown rapidly. His short career has taken him to share the stage with grammy award winners Mark Gross and Antonio Hart, as well as Django Bates, Lonnie Liston Smith, Tony Allen and the European Jazz Orchestra 2011.\nKass studied double bass at the Tallinn Georg Ots Music College as well as the Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences. He received his Bachelor degree at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and completed his Master\u2019s in 2014 at the renowned Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland. Besides lessons with Estonian and Scandinavian greats, Peedu has been coached by Matt Penman, Mats Eilertsen, Thomas Morgan, Ulf Krokfors and Anders Jormin among many others.\nWith multiple influences, Kass has been an active member of the European jazz and contemporary music scene since winning the acclaimed 2006 Sony Jazz Stage Competition at the age of 20, held in Riga, Latvia. Renown for his double bass skills, working from small groups to numerous bigbands and orchestras, session and studio work \u2013 Kass has also been active as a composer. Studies with composer T\u00f5nu K\u00f5rvits, led him to writing for chamber ensembles and arranging for strings and horns. The Estonian National Symphony Orchestra (ERSO) commissioned a piece from Kass, which was premiered in March 2012 at the \u00ab Estonian Music Days \u00bb.\nKass leads several bands, including his piano trio \u00ab Peedu Kass Momentum \u00bb, which is often summoned to represent Estonian contemporary jazz music. His first solo album \u00ab Home \u00bb was released in April 2010. The 2nd one \u2013 \u00ab Armada \u00bb, followed shortly in January 2012.\nPeedu is a teacher at the T\u00dc Viljandi Culture Academy and the Chairman of the Estonian Jazz Union.\nhttp://www.peedukass.com/media.html", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 2952, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 231.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://criticaldance.org/l-dance-project-korbes-taylor-together/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:41Z", "digest": "sha1:BH6FLX7EUJDKW3NPU3EPWNDQUZNLRKPI", "length": 10851, "nlines": 33, "source_domain": "criticaldance.org", "title": "L.A. Dance Project: Korbes and Taylor Together - CriticalDance", "raw_content": "L.A. Dance Project: Korbes and Taylor Together\nProgram B: Murder Ballades, MinEvent, In Silence We Speak, Orpheus Highway\nCarla Korbes and Janie Taylor have long since retired from the companies with which they cemented their enviable reputations (Pacific Northwest Ballet and New York City Ballet, respectively), so anytime one has the opportunity to see either one of them performing on stage again is cause for celebration. And the possibility of seeing them on stage together is enough to make a balletomaniac drool. As part of L.A. Dance Project\u2019s two-week return engagement at the Joyce Theater, Korbes and Taylor are doing exactly that, performing in a duet created for them by Artistic Director Benjamin Millepied: In Silence We Speak.\nCarla Ko\u0308rbes and Janie Taylor\nin Benjamin Millepied\u2019s\n\u201cIn Silence We Speak\u201d\nIt was indeed great to see them on stage together. But it would have been even greater had the piece been worth their talents. Indeed, unless you enjoy Merce Cunningham\u2019s ascetic choreography, and with the possible exception of the final dance on the program, Millepied\u2019s Orpheus Highway, none of Program B\u2019s four pieces is worth a second view.\nJustin Peck\u2019s Murder Ballades, which opened the evening\u2019s program, has been around the block a few times since its 2013 LADP premiere in Lyon, France, including stints at BAM in 2014 and Jacobs Pillow in 2015. Although the program is silent as to Peck\u2019s intent, the accompanying score of the same name by Bryce Dessner (who also composed the commissioned score for Peck\u2019s disappointing The Most Incredible Thing, created last year for NYCB) is based on folk songs that relate to certain colonial or westward-expansion real or imagined murders. I\u2019m not familiar with the songs, but my understanding is that the original songs include lyrics that are not a component of Dessner\u2019s score.\nBe that as it may, in the absence of any reference in the program notes to the composition being inspired by and/or adaptations of folk songs, or to the fact that specific folk songs are the names given to the distinct movements of the composition, the music as it is does not bring to mind folk songs \u2013 relating to murder or anything else. The score simply comes across as a compendium of music without focus \u2013 which is also an apt description of the dance to which it\u2019s choreographed.\nLA Dance Project dancers\nin Justin Peck\u2019s \u201cMurder Ballades\u201d\nPhoto by Rose Eichenbaum\nPeck\u2019s dance is an additional degree removed from whatever connection there may have been to the murder-inspired folk songs, and consequently the connection to real or imagined murder, if there\u2019s supposed to be one, is essentially non-existent. I briefly thought that the opening moments of the piece, when dancers race onto the stage from the wings to inhabit sneakers that had been strewn on the stage floor (a nice, very Peck-like opening image), might have been intended to direct the audience to view the dancers about to perform as \u201cstanding in the shoes\u201d of the murder victims, but nothing that I could discern in the piece thereafter supported that.\nThe dance is roughly divided into relatively seamlessly flowing segments reflecting the movements of the composition. But in nothing on stage could I see any sort of connection from one to the other. Following the opening moments when they find their sneakers, the six dancers assemble as pairs, lay on the floor, get up, whirl around, coalesce again into pairs or groups or for an occasional brief solo, but there\u2019s nothing unusual here; none of Peck\u2019s sparkle or staging ingenuity is present. That being said, Peck\u2019s exuberant choreography was wonderfully executed by all six dancers \u2013 Stephanie Amurao, Aaron Carr, Julia Eichten, Nathan Makolandra, Robbie Moore, and Rachelle Rafailedes (and the duet with Makolandra and Rafailedes was a standout).\nA MinEvent, according to the program notes, is an uninterrupted sequence of excerpts drawn from the work of Merce Cunningham. Essentially, it\u2019s a Cunningham tasting menu in which the dishes aren\u2019t miniature versions of larger originals, but bits and pieces of them. This particular MinEvent, with excerpts from what are described as \u201cearly\u201d Cunningham dances, was staged for LADP by Silas Riener and first performed in 2016. Some of the dances from which the excerpts were drawn are identified in the program, but unless the viewer is a Cunningham aficionado there is no way to connect any particular excerpt with any particular dance source.\nBut that\u2019s not necessarily a bad thing in terms of the presentation itself. Essentially the MinEvent quickly morphs into a free-standing piece of its own, albeit comprised of unidentified excerpts from the original Cunningham dances.\nI liked certain of the passages presented (I don\u2019t know if the \u201cpassages\u201d were complete excerpts or portions of an excerpt), usually in those rare instances in which the dancers acknowledged each other\u2019s existence, even if only by connecting physically. The portions of the MinEvent that appear to focus exclusively on bodies moving in space, sometimes interestingly, sometimes not, I could appreciate on an academic level, as if reading a visual movement dictionary, but was otherwise valuable only to the extent the dancers demonstrated their command of and commitment to the style, which in the case of the eight LADP dancers (the six already named, plus Lilja Ruriksdottir and David Adrian Freeland, Jr.) was exceptional. I also spent considerable time eyeing the piano manipulations of Adam Tendler, who played John Cage\u2019s Music for Piano live. Tendler\u2019s show was at least as interesting as the dance \u2013 at times more so.\nL.A. Dance Project dancers\nThe evening concluded with what might have been the program\u2019s best piece, the world premiere of Millepied\u2019s Orpheus Highway. With a title like that, one expects a dance relating to the Orpheus myth that takes place on a highway, and indeed, that\u2019s what you get. But that\u2019s not really what the piece is about. The dance\u2019s apparent reason for being is to take video and choreographic integration to a new level. And in that respect, it succeeds.\nEssentially, there is a film displayed on a large upstage screen, and action in front of it on stage. It\u2019s integrated \u2013 by that I mean that the dancers shown in the pre-recorded video and the dancers performing live on stage are the same, and much of the time the choreography on stage either mirrors the action on the screen, or, alternatively, the action flows from one medium to the other seamlessly.\nI\u2019ve seen this before, many times \u2013 indeed, an early conception of the idea of integrating dancers on stage with a projected video of them was presented during a recent Joyce retrospective of the work of Lucinda Childs, in her landmark 1979 piece, Dance. In recent years I\u2019ve seen several other examples, including Mats Eks 2011 Bye for Sylvie Guillem\u2019s extended \u201cfarewell\u201d performances, and emerging companies that attempt to merge video with complementary action on stage with varying results. But Orpheus Highway does indeed take this concept to a significantly more refined artistic level. Kudos to all involved, including the video system designer, Eamonn Farrell, and Millepied for his direction of the integrated video and stage choreography (to Steve Reich\u2019s Triple Quartet, played live by PUBLIQuartet).\nBut the piece\u2019s technical accomplishment is only part of the presentation; other parts of the dance, including its subject, are contrived and just silly.\nOrpheus Highway is a retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, with the mythological pair played by contemporary dancers (Rafailedes and Freeland) seemingly playing themselves, with an additional seven dancers functioning as a sort of dancing Greek Chorus. So far, so good.\nIn the original myth, upon his wife Eurydice\u2019s death resulting from falling into a nest of vipers (or, alternatively, being bitten by a serpent) while trying to escape from malevolent Satyrs, Orpheus convinces the gods to let him travel to the underworld and bring her back, to which the gods agree on the condition that Orpheus not look at Eurydice until they\u2019ve both exited the underworld. Of course, Orpheus turns to look at Eurydice too soon, thereupon losing her forever. [Orpheus\u2019s Lot in life thereafter, whether out of loyalty to his dead wife or for some other reason, was to eschew women (but not men), leading to his being torn to pieces by scornful women followers of Dionysus, reportedly during a Dionysian orgy. I can see a new iteration of Walpurgis Nacht, with Orpheus as its chosen sacrifice, just around the choreographic corner.]\nThat Millepied intends in this piece to adapt the Orpheus/Eurydice myth is incontrovertible. But by using a somewhat barren highway as representing some sort of highway to Hades; and by having Eurydice, in the course of a frolicsome romp with Orpheus, intentionally (and inexplicably) separate herself from him, run through a dreary, seemingly abandoned highway truck stop, and then, off-screen, get hit and killed by something (presumably a truck), Millepied reduces the myth to the mundane, and the piece from a success to a puzzlement. Couldn\u2019t he have found another way to give the Orpheus/Eurydice myth a contemporary update without also eliminating its more cosmic significance?\nThe penultimate piece on the program was the dance I mentioned at the outset of this review, In Silence We Speak (which premiered the previous night). As opposed to what he did with Orpheus Highway, Millepied tries to elevate this duet into something more special and spiritual than it is (essentially, two women coming together, separating, coming together again, separating again\u2026and in the process displaying deep affection for each other), abetted by the accompanying score (three compositions \u2013 or excerpts therefrom \u2013 by David Lang: oscillation and sweetness; you will love me; and you will return). And indeed, from time to time there are isolated images and sequences that are lovely. But In Silence We Speak is nothing more than a glorified female buddy dance that\u2019s taken to a higher level by the presence of two former NYCB ballerinas who can still connect with an audience whenever they step on stage.\nAlthough In Silence We Speak (which is included in both of the LADP programs) is weak, the opportunity to see Korbes and Taylor (who are both now listed as members of the company) together on stage dancing anything at all is worth the pilgrimage to the Joyce. The company\u2019s engagement at the Joyce continues through June 25.\nTags: Benjamin Millepied, Carla Korbes, Janie Taylor, Justin Peck, L.A. Dance Project\nWolf Trap Opera in Philip Glass\u2019s The Fall of the House of Usher\nNew York City Ballet: Fresh Fall Air\nAmerican Ballet Theatre: Mixed Bill\nNew York City Ballet at Kennedy Center, Program 2\nAmerican Ballet Theatre: Steps Forward and Back", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 102, "original_length": 15564, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 285.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://crystalheiden.com/ongoing/blood-meridian/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:07Z", "digest": "sha1:H5RYYSPD6RSK7QEDDNUSR4LTONMVAPNF", "length": 19484, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "crystalheiden.com", "title": "blood meridian : crystalheiden.com", "raw_content": "Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West: landscape is an American term.\nThe fog sinks lower; a haze. I am stock-still, between the fields. Mopeds with young farmers are rattling past. Further to the right, towards the horizon, many cars because the soccer match is still in progress. I hear the ravens, but a denial is building up inside me. By all means do not glance upwards! Don\u2019t look at them, don\u2019t lift your gaze from the paper! No, don\u2019t. Let them go, those ravens! I won\u2019t look up there now! A glove in the field, soaking wet, and cold water lying in the tractor tracks. The teenagers on their mopeds are moving towards death in synchronized motion. I think of unharvested turnips but, by God, there are no unharvested turnips around.\n-Werner Herzog, Of Walking in Ice: Munich \u2013 Paris 23 November \u2013 14 December 1974\nThe above passage is from Werner Herzog\u2019s \u201cOf Walking in Ice\u201d which is the journal he kept during his walk from Munich to Paris from the 23rd of November to the 14th of December in 1974. The writing at the beginning of his journal is fragmented and disordered through the first few days of his journey. Though the more he walks through the landscape the more his sanity appears to return. The trials and hardships of the journey are what draws him out of his emotional turmoil and brings him back to a more composed reality. Each step across the German and French countryside is a step out of madness.\nLandscape in European terms is one in which the wild has been tamed. One that has been culled of all madness. One that can, in turn, calm mankind. It is a place of rest and relaxation. It is a location of sublime highs and placid pastoral lows. One that is comfortable and comforting and never to be feared. All that was untamed has been stamped out and made to fit within aesthetic conventions. The image of Nature forced to fit within the view of the painter became landscape. \u201cThe works of Claude Lorrain, which were regarded during the eighteenth century as the acme of landscape painting, do not show Nature as it is, but beautified, harmonized, and idealized. If we classify Nature according to aesthetic points of view, we call it landscape.\u201d (1)\nIn this view landscape is still, it is stagnant. It is doped up on its own perfection and not allowed to move, much like hair under a thick blanket of Aqua-net. This is the complete opposite to how landscape is for Cormac McCarthy. It is madness, it is wind and rain and heat and cold and sweat and blood and death and selfish and screaming and silence and evisceration all in equal portions wrapped up in a messy package of life. These are such distinct opposite views of landscape because McCarthy is speaking of an American landscape. One that is a frontier, one that is not tamed in an aesthetic way, one in which Nature still exists with a capital N. Landscape which includes man and is not separate from man. A landscape where form follows function, where there is no false beauty, where there are no gilded edges and lace curtains. It is about efficiency and survival. It is a world in which beauty is not one that is constructed and polished but one that exists and to discover it amongst the harsh ugly reality is worth more than anything that can be made.\nIn Blood Meridian McCarthy slips these moments into the narrative and the startling visceral beauty within the descriptions are such that they cannot be forgotten. When reading these moments they leap off the page and become images that play in the minds eye.\nthe animals dropping silently as martyrs, turning sedately in the empty air and exploding on the rocks below in startling bursts of blood and sliver as the flasks broke open and the mercury loomed wobbling in the air in great sheets and lobes and small trembling satellites and all its forms grouping below and racing in the stone arroyos like the imbreachment of some ultimate alchemic work decocted from out of the secret dark of the earths heart. (2)\nThis slowly moving moment is beauty that we are not preconditioned to enjoy. And perhaps just because of this the moment will not let go and fall into the background. It dwarfs without being large and it invokes the infinite without occupying it. It has an emptiness that is so full it is practically brimming with mass. Like the deserts, which are the primary landscape in which the book is set, there is so much that exists below the surface it is pregnant with anticipation. It is truly disconcerting as this moment which has so much to it is one that lives in silence. No human chatter interrupts the violence. There is no dialogue, only description. If this scene was in a film it would be a silent moment. Not even the sound of the hooves of the riders that forced the mules off that cliff would be heard. Just the silent bodies of the pack animals plummeting off of and into the rocks below. The vibrant splashes of color and light would be all the sound needed to fill the scene.\nSilence or the lack of human dialogue is one of the ways in which it could be seen that humanity is not separate from the landscape for McCarthy. The complete lack of quotation marks in the book keeps the dialogue from being special or separate from the rest of the actions. In this way perhaps disassociation from the prescribed emotional response to the described action is the wrong way to look at it. Hyper connectivity is likely a better term. The distinct separation from all understood normative cultural morals is perhaps indicating that in this narrative, in this location, there is no culture. Or at least there is no culture that has ever been known before. That culture is being constructed and formed, it is wholly malleable and plastic, but the structures that are forming it are unfamiliar and unclear hence the beauty that we are not conditioned to find pleasurable.\nIn looking at the time in which McCarthy is writing this narrative it is clear that he is rooted in a place that is also is some ways without culture. Normative constraints of society were falling about his ears. Modernism was dead. Video killed the radio star. The cold war was at its height and it was a material world. The very language around him was changing and this new culture, which was springing up around him, was growing out of the decimation of the previous one. Perhaps McCarthy started to see that disregard for the past and projection towards the horizon, or violence and death, were the defining characteristics of American history not the liberty and justice that were widely proscribed. Melville saw this and was disturbed by it. Yet nearly 100 years after Melville, McCarthy is seemingly unconcerned. It is just a fact. McCarthy is simply recording the failed utopia of the west as he sees it to be. The frantic rushing outward from the center has been confirmed by history and that history is concurrent with the present in which McCarthy himself resides. That man and nature have ceased to be separated by the known civility that existed elsewhere and they live in a tense, equal relationship on the frontier.\nBut the question remains how and why does the location of the narrative exist in an apparent vacuum of culture. Why is there no moral barometer that is guiding the hand of men, or at least the men in the narrative? What is it allowing them to be placed in the same brutal category of the landscapes in which they reside? The land that \u201cswallowed them up\u201d like the great blond bear which seized one of the Delaware scouts like a doll. Or the sentient hoses that \u201chid his face in the web of his dams flank\u201d for fear of the luminosity of the men who were \u201cbeings so endarkened\u201d . This lack of culture could be attributed to the consistent one directional movement of the narrative. There is little or no reflection only a consistent marching forward towards a distant horizon that cannot be seen. The men leaving only a path of death and destruction in their wake. Or it could be attributed to the vacuum that they themselves were creating through the shear amount of deaths they were plying upon the resident culture. They, like the harbingers of the apocalypse, were destroying the old and making way for the new. In the way a forest fire destroys the forest of old this band of men were the flash fire that was to bring new growth. But it was not a natural fire it was one set and whipped up by fury and fear. By greed and materialism. In a way similar to how a black hole operates. When a void needs to be filled the heaviest darkest matter falls first into the vacuum.\nBut if the men in Blood Meridian are the fire, the dark matter, what is creating them, what has created this place for them to fill? Perhaps it can be rerouted back to the idea that landscape is a tame and aesthetic place and for the West to fall within such an ideal it must be forced into it. Nature, capital, must be reduced to nature lowercase. If it is to be made safe it must first be perceived as dangerous and therefore must be beaten down and tamed into all submission. Man must rule over the landscape and place constrictions upon it. Though this is an impossibility particularly in the desert landscape which is one that resists all civility. It is a place that has a life and a language that is alien to the pastoral in which the civilized world is familiar. It has a harshness that grinds away on all good intentions and like the Colorado river has hollowed out the grand canyon it whittles away at all that are within it.\nI should like to speak now of external space. The space in which we live, which draws us out of ourselves, in which the erosion of our lives, our time and our history occurs, the space that claws and gnaws at us, is also, in itself, a heterogeneous space. In other words, we do not live in a kind of void, inside of which we could place individuals and things. We do not live inside a void that could be coloured with diverse shades of light, live inside a set of relations that delineate sites which are irreducible to one another and absolutely not superimposable on one another (3)\nIt is something that must be accepted as a living breathing space. Though it is in all appearances, a place that can be tamed, the landscape of Blood Meridian is the same as that of the ocean. The men and their horses or mules are traveling across the sea that is the desert. They exist in a \u201cplace without a place \u201d(4) the small band of them are simply a ship sailing from port to port or village to village. Though there is one defining difference between the salt-water desert and that of the land-based desert. While men on the sea can reflect and muse on the past because they are in actuality traveling without moving, men on land must constantly be on alert and this does not allow them to live in any place other than the present. They do not have time to muse on the nature of the landscape or the hubris of man. So they exist without conscience, they live outside of morality and they are swept up in a wave of there own actions. When on the frontier the men which reside there are so far away from morals and the dominant culture they are existing without it. In a way similar to how men on the front lines of a war can allow themselves to do things that they would never do when they are home, as long as they do not turn their gaze back towards the center they can exist without the structure that is imposed their.\nWhile the location-less location is one which is an unknown even by those that occupy it, it is a landscape nonetheless and one that has a dispassionate view of the trials of man. The sameness of the violence, which is contained within the narrative, is broken up by strange moments of observation. Gods eye views of the futility of men and the insignificance of them. Momentary blips of their struggles, which are erased quite easily.\nall about her the dead lay with their peeled skulls like polyps bluely wet or luminescent melons cooling on some mesa of the moon in the days to come the frail black rebuses of blood in those sands would crack and break and drift away so that in the circuit of few suns all trace of the destruction of these people would be erased. The desert wind would salt their ruins and there would be nothing, nor ghost nor scribe, to tell to any pilgrim in his passing how it was that people had lived in this place and in this place died (5)\nThis is one of these moments that Foucault is speaking of. These spaces that claw and gnaw upon us. These things that need not have been mentioned but since they are and in such a casual way since none of the character seem to notice them are seemingly asking for the reader to have empathy with the scene which is painted for them. These sympathetic insightful moments are perhaps the ones that can bring about the new culture that can fill the destruction of the old. A culture of the now. A present tense that has no history beyond a generation, and perhaps no future beyond the current one. For while we do not know who the narrator is or of whom he is speaking to we are the ones that are listening. We are hearing these descriptions, which are so visually full. The grotesque beauty and the sadness within the silence are perhaps heard only by us or are meant only for us.\nAnother scene that is pulled away from the relentless progression of the now and is existing in the abstract of silence is the one in which the Kid is on the rim of the plateau looking down on the clash between Glantons gang and the Sonoran Calvary.\nThe distant horsemen rode and parried and a faint drift of smoke passed over them and they moved on up the deepening shade of the valley floor leaving behind them the shapes of mortal men who had lost their lives in that place. He watched this pass below him mute and ordered and senseless until the warring horsemen were gone in the sudden rush of dark that fell over the desert. (6)\nIn this moment the Kid is exiled from the action because of physical distance between him and it. The kid is separated from the frontier. He is not at the edge. And though he is not at the center, he is closer to it then the men below him are. This can allow him to see the way in which the madness exists on the plain below and in this reflection he is standing side by side with the narrator or the same as the narrator. He is separated from the action and is allowed to regard the events objectively. The use of the word senseless in the above passage is an indicator that he has stepped back from the very edge and exists in the cultured landscape. He can pass judgment on the scene below him.\nDistance becomes a strange individual in the narrative in this way. While physical distance is important surface distance has become flattened out. There is no separation between language and description and language is presented without translation. In a way the language is presented a just a description. This could be regarded as an anthropological take on the events that are unfolding but more likely this can be traced back to the unfamiliarity with the language of the novel. In the constant destruction of what has been termed culture previously this now cultureless void that has begun to exist on the edge. It is one that cannot be understood. The constant rolling forward is one thing that is consistent in the narrative. The distance from home, the distance to the next mountain range, the distance from the quarry, the distance between the pursers. While there is not a lot of conversation in this novel the space is a language unto itself\nThough much of Blood Meridian falls within the prescripts of existing only in the Now once the kid reaches the pacific there is a stop, a death of sorts. The kid sees the consistent line he has followed continue to advance yet he is stopped at the shore. Again a colt and a horse appear, though this time it is the horse that can see \u201cout there past men\u2019s knowing, where the stars are drowning and whales ferry their vast souls through the black and seamless sea\u201d(7) It is the end of his bloody and violent youth. He is soon to be referred to as the man and no longer as the kid, and he will confess his deeds to the dried up husk of a woman he finds huddled in the rocks in the desert shrouded in a shawl woven with \u201cthe figures of stars and quarter moons and other insignia of a provenance unknown to him.\u201d (8) And soon decay seeps in, he meets the buffalo hunter who tells him of the rotting meat that stretched for miles, of the \u201ceight million carcasses\u201d (9) , of mourning the loss of the buffalo. Regret. The man once more exists on a ship, a horse in the desert plains, though this time he is alone. But since he is solitary and he has looped back on his own passage through space he has time to reflect. The \u201ccreaking bone carts passed in the night like darkened ships\u201d (10) he sees visions of himself in the young bone picker and kills him for he \u201cwouldn\u2019t have lived anyway\u201d . The boy was then borne off by his fellows \u201coff over the bonestrewn waste towards a naked horizon.\u201d The man exists in the bones of the deeds of his life and he is passing through this physical manifestation of them. It is at this point he meet up with the judge. The \u201cgreat shambling mutant\u201d (11) of a man who had shadowed him from his landfall in Texas. The man that would end him. In a way the Judge is simply time catching up with the man. Time for the last destroyer of culture and language to be destroyed. The haunting specter of the history of the kid, now called man, had made his move and like the stars that the man observed \u201cspeeding along brief vectors from their origin in night to there destines in dust and nothingness.\u201d(12) The kid met his end in the shit and piss strewn pit of the jakes.\nIn this there is order once again. Language has been allowed to catch up. Violence isn\u2019t violent if it is Nature. And the man from the edge of culture is never welcome into the center. In the realization that the west can never be edged and bordered and fit within constraints, that it can only be killed and left to rot in its ocean of distance, the ones that were sent to reign it in must be removed to allow it to be the madness the rain and heat and cold and sweat and blood and death and selfish and screaming and silence and evisceration that it can only ever be. For the landscape in McCarthy\u2019s Blood Meridian is one that where one finds oneself is where they are. There is no past and or future. There is only action reaction in a place with no markers and a road with no end. It is like the end scene from the Sophia Coppola film Somewhere (13). In this scene Stephen Dorff's character gets out of his incredibly expensive car on a road that has no visible end and just starts walking.\n(1) Hans von Trotha, The English Garden: A Journey Through its History\n(2) Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West (New York: Vintage International, 1992), 195.\n(3) Michel Foucault \u201cOther Spaces\u201d 1967 Utopias: Documents of Contemporary Art MIT Press Cambridge Massachusetts 2009 p62\n(4) Foucault 68\n(5) McCarthy 174\n(7-12) McCarthy\n(13) This film when I saw it I did not like it and I still don\u2019t think I do like it even now but I keep thinking about it in relationship to Blood Meridian. And also the twin strippers doing wholly unenthusiastic yet perfectly precise routines to clich\u00e9 music is at the same enthusiasm that I imagine some of the men had when they were scalping which is strange but I think there is a simile there nonetheless.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 66, "original_length": 20023, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 323.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ctpapickleball.com/2082/Meet-Our-Teachers", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:57Z", "digest": "sha1:6OOGTD565IV23IOWANHDDGB4TJWPGF2H", "length": 7334, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "ctpapickleball.com", "title": "Meet Our Teachers | Cranberry Township - Official Website", "raw_content": "I am Valerie Murphy, the Recreation Program Coordinator. I have been an employee with Cranberry Township for seven years, working in a variety of roles with the Parks and Recreation Department, including the Before and After School Kid\u2019s Club program as well as the Community Waterpark. I graduated in 2010 with a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in K-12 Health and Physical Education from Slippery Rock University. Before coming to Cranberry Township I taught part-time for two private schools and was involved in various roles at the local YMCAs. Our goal is to help children to become independent, self-confident, curious learners who can work well with others. We do this by creating purposeful and productive play experiences that help children grow in all areas. We are looking forward to another great year full of learning!\nLead Teacher: Laura Wise\nClass: Pre-K and 2 \u00bd year olds\nI am Laura Wise, and I teach Pre-Kindergarten as well as 2 \u00bd year old preschool. This is my 8th year teaching for the Early Learning Center. I have a Bachelor of Science Degree in Speech/Language Pathology and a Master\u2019s Degree in Deaf Education. Before becoming a pre-school teacher, I was an interpreter for the deaf; a Speech/Language Pathologist; a substitute teacher with the Seneca Valley School District; a private speech tutor; and a Mom. Currently, I am the Head Varsity Coach for the S.V. Cheer and Dance teams. A Township resident for 13 years, my husband Bob and I have three children, Megan, Sean, and Katie. Megan is a senior at Clarion University, Sean is a sophomore at Slippery Rock and Katie is a sophomore at IUP. In addition to teaching and coaching, I enjoy running, reading, and spending time with family and friends.\nLead Teacher: Carol Crunick\nClass: 3-4 year old Preschool\nI am Carol Crunick, and I teach 3 and 4 year old Preschool at the Early Learning Center. This is my fourth year with the Center, where I have worked as a preschool aide in the past. I have a degree in Elementary Education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and prior teaching experiences in preschool, elementary, and middle school levels, as well as directing after school programs. My family has lived in Cranberry for 15 years. Our son Jack is a sophomore at IUP, studying to be a teacher. Our daughter Olivia is a sophomore at SV, where she cheers for the JV squad. In my free time I enjoy swimming, traveling with my family, and playing with our three cats!\nLead Teacher: Susan Dlouhy\nClass: Pre-K\nMy name is Susan Dlouhy. My husband and I moved to Cranberry Township in January 2016. I have over 25 years of experience working with children, in a variety of roles. I have 2 children of my own ages 21, and 23. In my free time I love reading, the ocean, chocolate, as well as taking my three dogs on walks! I grew up on the beaches of Massachusetts, but have lived all over. I look forward to getting to know your children!\nLead Teacher: Jenn Steele\nClass: Friday, 2 1/2 year olds\nI am Jenn Steele, a lead teacher in my fourth year with the Early Learning Center. I have a degree in Elementary/Special Education from Slippery Rock University as well as a Master\u2019s in Educational Leadership from George Mason University. I taught elementary school in Virginia for seven years before returning to Cranberry with my husband Ryan, my 5-year old son Matthew, 2-year old daughter Delaney, and our dog Holly. In my free time, I enjoy teaching art classes, hiking, camping, and going to amusement parks.\nAssistant Teacher: Debbie Lucci\nI am Debbie Lucci, an assistant teacher in my eighth year teaching for the Early Learning Center. I have a management degree from West Virginia University. Previously, I worked as an instructor for various programs in the Parks and Recreation Department for four years. I have lived in Cranberry Township for 23 years with my husband and three daughters - Kailey, a nurse at Children's Hospital ; Meghan, a Junior at Edinboro; and Emma, a Senior at Seneca Valley. In my free time I enjoy reading and spending time with family.\nAssistant Teacher: Kristin Watt\nMy name is Kristin Watt and I am an aide for the 3 and 4 year old preschool class. I have a degree in Psychology from Kent State University and have spent the last 3 years working as a preschool teacher's aide in Erie, Pennsylvania. My family and I just moved to Cranberry this past June. My husband, Eric and I have been married for 9 years and we have an awesome 8 year old son, named Kian, who is a third grader at Haine Elementary. In my free time, I enjoy baking and crafting things I find on Pinterest and exploring Pittsburgh with my family. I'm so very excited to be a part of the Early Learning Center Team!\nAssistant Teacher: Pam Kuhn\nHello, my name is Pam Kuhn. This will be my first year working with the Early Learning Center. I have lived in Cranberry Township for 28 years. Prior to having my family, I worked as a registered nurse at a hospital in Pittsburgh. After taking time off from my nursing career to raise my family, I realized how much I missed having little ones around. At that time, I was fortunate to join the Cranberry Township Playcenter to care for our community\u2019s children. I have been there for 18+ years. I am excited to join the Early Learning Center to be with the children in a more formal educational setting. I have also been an active volunteer at The Caring Place, a center for grieving children, for the last 15 years. My husband Rick and I love spending time with our 3 adult children, their spouses and our seven grandchildren. I also love animals, reading and traveling. I\u2019m looking forward to a wonderful year with your children.\nAssistant Teacher: Cathy Dowler\nHello my name is Cathy Dowler. This is my second year with The Early Learning Center. My husband and I have lived in Cranberry Township for 3 \u00bd years. I have a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Elementary Education and a Master\u2019s degree in Early Childhood education. My husband and I grew up in West Virginia and attended WVU. I have had several years of teaching experience in a variety of situations. We have three great children and a daughter-in-law that we love to go visit. In my spare time I enjoy walking, cooking, reading and ice cream! It is a joy to watch and guide these sweet children as they grow and learn. I am thrilled to be part of such a wonderful preschool program!\nAssistant Teacher: Melissa Pindroh\nHello, my name is Melissa Pindroh and I am so very excited to be part of such a wonderful preschool program! This is my second year as an assistant teacher with the Early Learning Center. I have a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Elementary Education (K-6) and a Middle Level Reading and Language Arts Degree from Edinboro University of PA. I have taught students in preschool, elementary, and middle school levels within the greater Pittsburgh area. I also am a substitute teacher in several area school districts in my spare time. I have lived in Cranberry Township for forty years and graduated from Seneca Valley High School as well as all of our grown children. In my spare time, I teach skiing and snowboarding at the Community College. I love the ocean, reading, camping, swimming, skiing, cheering on Pittsburgh sport teams and travelling with my husband, Gerry, and family. I am truly looking forward to getting to know you and your children this year!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 8336, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 225.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://curtisrumrill.com/wiltmold/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:45:29Z", "digest": "sha1:YSUUZ4GJIAVTTDYCJL6YMQLBSADTVF7H", "length": 999, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "curtisrumrill.com", "title": "The Passion of the Wilt-Mold Mothers \u2013 Curtis Rumrill", "raw_content": "The Passion of the Wilt-Mold Mothers is the story of a mother and her children, animals of indeterminate species. At the opening of the piece a blight of mold comes that wipes out her their only source of food for the winter, the Ilex, or winterberry as it is commonly known. Unable to produce milk, and starving together as they hibernate in their burrow, the mother, our protagonist, eventually makes the decision, conscious or not, to eat her children. She emerges from the ordeal a survivor, and speaking a new language acquired while in the throes of a starving sleep and amidst blood dreams. The Passion of the Wilt-Mold Mothers is a story of apocalypse, suffering, starvation, motherhood, murder, survival, and ultimately of a salvation of sorts. The work, a concert-length musical drama in eight parts, was commissioned by Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble, and composed based on text written by Zachary Webber.\nExcerpts of the piece are posted below, followed by the piece in its entirety.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 64, "original_length": 3454, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 297.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://dailybruin.com/2018/06/03/california-2018-primary-election-yes-on-proposition-68/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:41:47Z", "digest": "sha1:5AUEFMB56S6IYP2J4Q56WLH7DSNCZCE2", "length": 1236, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "dailybruin.com", "title": "California 2018 primary election: Yes on Proposition 68 | Daily Bruin", "raw_content": "California 2018 primary election: Yes on Proposition 68\nProposition 68 authorizes the allocation of $4 billion to state parks and water quality projects. These projects will serve the more than 100 California state parks as well as other park- and environment-related projects, including conservation and waterway cleanup efforts.\nAbout a third of the bond revenue will go to funding park projects. Park-poor neighborhoods will receive the majority of funding to provide and expand parks in their communities. Additionally, the proposition stipulates that of the allocated funds, at least 15 percent must be used for projects serving disadvantaged communities.\nAnother third will be dedicated to water-related projects, such as flood protection and drought preparedness efforts. The final third will fund conservation projects, including up to $10 million that can be allotted to the University of California Natural Reserve System, which does research in protected landscapes.\nThe board endorses Proposition 68 because it will help ensure California\u2019s natural areas will continue to thrive and that underserved communities will be able to enjoy these natural resources and spaces.\nCalifornia 2018 primary election: No on Proposition 70", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 87, "original_length": 4010, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 222.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://danceconnectionnb.com/classes/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:56:35Z", "digest": "sha1:RVTNZSYRRRWRFKIAWESE72PDV2DYUHAF", "length": 35, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "danceconnectionnb.com", "title": "Classes - Dance Connection", "raw_content": "Get in touch with us for more info!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 33, "original_length": 477, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 282.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://delongewrites.com/2018/05/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:26Z", "digest": "sha1:P6MW4JDQ7RFD63LN2P5LMN4SKV7L3KGJ", "length": 23561, "nlines": 50, "source_domain": "delongewrites.com", "title": "May 2018 \u2013 Delonge Writes", "raw_content": "Heather Russell is a professional with vast knowledge of financial, legal services. She has been in the field pursuing legal finance for over two decades. Russell has experiences and expertise in the following areas; mergers and acquisition, consumer financial services, data security and privacy, and government relations. Recently, TransUnion released a statement that indicated they would be incorporating a new talent of Heather Russell. She will officially join the firm on June 4th where she will be handling matters related to legal issues, consumer privacy, corporate governance, and government relations. Moreover, she will be contributing to the TransUnion Executive committee where she will be projecting on the progress of the firm. Heather will be reporting her work to the TransUnion\u2019s Chief Executive Officer Jim Peck\nHeather Russell indicated that she aims to bring her legal and financial expertise that will benefit TransUnion in the best way. She added that TransUnion is the best company to work with due to their commitment and objective in providing useful information solutions to their clients in regard to product and services access. She stated that she is happy to be among the team that will bring prospectus and growth in TransUnion.\nWhen the CEO of TransUnion, Jim Peck, was asked about his sentiments regarding the incorporation of Heather Russell, she stated that great talent was joining their team. Jim believes that Heather Russell has great financial and legal services that will help register growth at TransUnion. He added that Heather is a great leader who will impact the operations of the Firm.\nHeather worked at a law firm of Buckley Sandler before he opted for TransUnion. Here, she was a leader and supervised all operations related to financial institution regulations and FinTech. Heather Russell has also worked with other firms including Fifth Third Bank where she was the vice president and Chief Legal Officer of the Firm.\nHelpful webpost: https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2018/05/01/1494394/0/en/Heather-Russell-Joins-TransUnion-as-Chief-Legal-Officer.html\nDr. Eric Forsthoefel has been working in the field of medicine for well over two decades. He currently works in Florida in a medical emergency unit as an emergency room doctor. Because of the vast array of patients he sees on a daily basis, Dr. Eric Forsthoefel is more than equipped to handle any medical problem thrown his way. His career is one that is full of expertise and continuing education, as he is constantly trying to work on and improve his practices so that people are able to receive the best quality care that they can when visiting his facility.\nAlong with working in Florida as an emergency room doctor, Dr. Eric Forsthoefel has gone to school extensively to improve upon his knowledge, skills and craft. This has given him an edge when compared to other doctors and many within the Florida facility look up to Dr. Eric Forsthoefel when they are in need of help or care. Because of the work that Dr. Eric Forsthoefel has done for people, it is no wonder that he is one of the leading ER doctors and physicians in Florida at the current moment.\nThe hundreds of patients who have been seen by Dr. Eric Forsthoefel are all in agreement that this expert is there to help them feel better about their situation. Dealing with a medical emergency can be difficult and traumatizing, but it is always nice to know that you have a doctor like Dr. Eric Forsthoefel who is going to be there to see you through to the end of the ordeal so that you can be better and feel your best. If you would like more information on Dr. Eric Forsthoefel, make sure to visit his site or check him out on social media to get a feel for what he is currently up to and what you need to know when hiring him for his many services. Now is the time to give Dr. Eric Forsthoefel a try and to see why so many people have chosen him when they are in need of expert medical care.\nhttps://www.md.com/doctor/eric-forsthoefel-md\nJed McCaleb yesterday told CNBC that his vision is that of a global payment system that is Blockchain powered. He is the Chief Trading Officer of Stellar, an international payment and Blockchain powered setup which uses digital token. McCaleb, Mt. Gox\u2019s creator, added that he foresees a hybrid system which will use Blockchain to enhance fiat currencies\u2019 payment.\nJed said that to him, it was evident that in future, a system that enables universal payments will operate. According to McCaleb, by 2028, the Blockchain of Stellar could back up a \u201cUniversal Payments System\u201d to process traditional assets and payments.\nWoon Bank of South Korea has lined up Ripple for commercial basis implementation later on in 2018. Legitimate financial institutions are considering Stellar and Ripple, also an international payment system that is powered by blockchain technology, to facilitate a significant change in their models of remittance.\nStellar Lumens has been doing well for a while, and this trend has been interrupted by yesterday\u2019s drop to $0.2512. The token has experienced press coverage recently owing to the lightning network that aids in mitigating future challenges.\nAs an experienced crypto developer, McCaleb predicts that the technology Stellar has adopted will lead to a shake-up in international financial markets such as the stock markets, fundraising, and payments by 2028. Jed McCaleb further says that the current economic system is not tapping the full potential of the market, given the present situation of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). Autonomous Next, a financial research company, reports that the ICOs have in around four years raised almost $ 9 billion.\nThe new technology has also attracted fraudsters who leave investors stranded after taking off with their cash, which has called to attention financial institutions from all over the world though token sales supporters claim they are a new fundraising model.\nIn 2014, Jed McCaleb together with Joyce Kim co-founded Stellar Development Foundation, where he now heads technical development. Before this, he made eDonkey2000 which was a network to share files. Jed serves as an advisor to Machine Intelligence Research Institution (MIRI), accompany that researches on artificial intelligence to enable positive impact.\nMcCaleb and his Newest Venture: http://analystoffinance.com/2018/02/jed-mccaleb-newest-venture-stellar/\nThe gift of financial literacy is one of the most valuable investments a parent can make in the future of their children. Many parents delay discussing financial issues with their children for fear they will be uninterested. But the sooner a child begins to learn and think about financial matters the more it can positively benefit his or her future. To this end, the registered financial advisory firm, HCR Wealth Advisors has compiled a short list of topics that every parent should be sure to discuss with their children.\nAllowances for Doing Chores\nLearning that money is earned is a major life lesson for any child. Requiring children to perform chores around the house assures that they will understand that money does not come freely. When a child wants more money, he will begin to make the connection that performing more chores is necessary.\nPreach Budgeting\nOnce an allowance is established, children can now learn the benefits of budgeting their money. This budget can be as simple as a single, handwritten piece of paper containing income and expenses. This will give children a true understanding of how budgeting is done and make them aware of the things they can afford to buy and those which they cannot.\nCompetent banking is a skill that every child must possess in today\u2019s society. Open an account with your child and begin to teach them the process. Children that get used to making bank deposits and using debit cards are likely to grow up to be more financially responsible than their peers that do not get this early training.\nTeach Investment Basics\nBecoming a knowledgeable investor is something that can greatly benefit children as they grow into adulthood. This lesson can be learned by purchasing for the child a share or two of an inexpensive stock. Parent and child can then monitor the progress of the stock together and discuss the why and when price can fluctuate. Use current news and magazine articles that help to explain the performance of the stock. Need help in financial planning? Go to https://www.brightscope.com/financial-planning/firm/9605/Hcr-Wealth-Advisors/.\nCommittee members all over the country are looking for ways to increase student test scores and secure school attendance. There are principles and other types of school administrators that want to do the best possible work they can for their students. The problem is that many of them do not have the specific training necessary to advance their school systems or they are in a rut when it comes to the advancement of their institution. It can be tough to push for change and to increase the influence that a school has in a given community, but many schools are earning reputations that are less than favorable. When it comes to standardized testing, students are finding that they are completely unprepared for that process. It becomes a discouraging event and sometimes leads to even worse test performances. The problem was schools is not always the teachers that practice within them, but it\u2019s with the actual policies that govern them.\nNew Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos saw a gap between these policies and their implementation long before she was ever selected for her post. She has campaigned against the type of blanket teaching going on in public school systems for many years. She knows what it takes to raise a child in a school system, and she wants to be sure that she is helping parents all over America discover the best options that they have available to them. In fact, Betsy DeVos is so dedicated to the education process that she even helped found a magnet school with her husband in Michigan. The best thing about this magnet school is that it features an extensive aviation program and it is actually located within an airport. This gives students an exciting backdrop for their education with programs that tailor to their needs. While they are able to still obtain core education classes, there is a bit of excitement available to them with the free elective programs. This is true of a lot of private institutions and that is why Betsy DeVos has been such an outspoken advocate for such places.\nEven parents that cannot afford a higher cost is associated with these types of educational institutions, there is a lower cost option. Increasingly more public-school systems are electing to send their children to virtual environments. These virtual environments allow the students to glean knowledge from the material they presented with at their own pace. The self-paced work can actually benefit students because they are able to absorb the information in their own way. The best person to ask about the way that you learn is going to be you, why wouldn\u2019t that be accurate for a student in the public-school system? In addition to all this work, Betsy DeVos does tell Philanthropy Roundtable in a recent interview that she has plans for the actual public-school system itself. She wants to help foster a new wave of growth within that system and help create lasting partnerships between these institutions that will ultimately help increase the educational experience of the American youths.\nThe city of Hamilton is home to the largest companies in Canada, and one of them is the National Steel Car. The rolling stock manufacturing company is a subsidiary of National Industries Inc. and is considered as one of the largest employers in the city, and so many people wanted to get in because of the benefits that are being offered by the management. The current head of the National Steel Car is Gregory James Aziz, and he wanted to help the local population by opening jobs inside the company. Gregory J Aziz is from London, Ontario, and his experience in the field of doing business helped Aziz transform the company into one of the fastest growing business in the country.\nThe National Steel Car has more than 3,000 employees today. When Gregory James Aziz purchased the National Steel Car in 1994, there were only 500 people were working at the manufacturing plant. With Gregory James Aziz\u2019s efforts to recruit more people, the number slowly rose to a thousand, and it keeps on growing as the demand for rolling stocks rises. According to Gregory James Aziz, hiring more people bears positive results. For example, the number of rolling stocks produced by the company was only 3,500 per year, especially when he first bought the company in 1994 from its previous owner DOFASCO. However, the production rate skyrocketed to 12,500 units per year after more employees were given a chance to work with the company.\nEvery year, the National Steel Car is also sponsoring a job fair for the locals. This year, the company needs 200 people who would be assigned to the welding department. The organizers of the event set up early in the morning, waiting for people to arrive. Applicants come in every minute, and after a few hours, there are already hundreds of locals who are taking their chances to become a part of the National Steel Car. What\u2019s great about the job fair sponsored by the National Steel Car is that they are not looking for the employee\u2019s past experiences. They are looking for welders, but Greg Aziz does not care about the applicant\u2019s experience in welding. Rather, what he is looking for is the dedication of the applicant to get the job.\nThe local people of Hamilton would like to express their gratitude towards the National Steel Car for doing their best to provide jobs for the public. They stated that as more people are being hired by the company, the city\u2019s unemployment rate decreases. See This Page for additional information.\nThere are so many positions that Jim Toner has held, and in the same roles he has offered the best services that he can give, he has been a real estate investor, a speaker at a radio show and consultant in the path of his career. The main thing that people know him for is the fact that he has played a crucial role when it comes to ensuring that the real estate will be set in a way that will be user-friendly. That\u2019s the reason why on so many different occasions when he gets a chance then he speaks to people about how one can intelligently invest in real estate to gain the benefits. In the talk that he had over the years will be attended by people all over the world. The real estate programs that he usually has held people pay $2,000-$15,000 to be part of the program. Once in while he will offer his services to the people by accepting to couch the private clients on the things they need to know about real estate investment and issues that will affect the business.\nThere is a lot that he has been able to achieve in his career path from when he started 25 years ago. The main thing that he does is teach the people on the way they can follow so that at the end of the day they will get the freedom of being their boss. Jim makes sure that he gives back to the community by being involved with the Frank and Nilsa McKinney that he supports their cause in taking care of families. Thus, making him an active philanthropist over the years. Jim does not like to see a person suffering and if he can help he will always do that. In the Salvation Army branch, he offers his services to the company as the advisory board chair.\nJim Toner has been an author of so many books, there is one that talks about real estate in depth, and that is the \u201cthe consumer guide to investment real estate will discover.\u201d The book is so detailed out about what to expect in the real estate investment. For the gurus, they hate Jim for writing the book because in the book there is a chapter that talks about all the tricks scammers will use to trick people.\nIn the book, the readers will be overwhelmed with all the success stories of people that have made good use of the Jim Toner book and gained the best. The ways reader can make good use of the opportunities that they get in the real estate world. In the real estate world, it\u2019s filled with opportunities that if someone is keen on they will make good use of them.\nGrab a copy of Jim Toner\u2019s \u201cSend in the Wolf\u201d at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Send-Wolf-Good-Guys-Mr/dp/0991252004\nDr. Sameer Jejurikar is a qualified American surgeon who has certification to conduct operations on cosmetic surgery. He is also one of the leading surgeons of Dallas based Dallas Plastic Surgery Institute. This institution gives training to surgeons who are interested in taking a career in the plastic surgery line. Some of the cosmetic surgeries that they perform on their clients include face, body and breast operations. This renowned doctor is very experienced in this field having performed successful transformative surgeries on numerous clients. Dr. Sameer is also very passionate about his job. This has made him a favorite surgeon to many people requiring plastic surgery services.\nDr. Sameer is unique due to his dedication towards giving the best service to the patients by the application of the most modern technologies in the field. Numerous people stream into Dr. Sameer\u2019s clinic with a desire to change their appearance. Dr. Sameer gives the patients their wish and also provides advice on what is best for them. Dr. Sameer also handles each patients issue independently from the other. This is after realizing that people who visit his clinic have different tastes and thus having a general procedure of operating them will leave most of them disgruntled. He, therefore, makes a customized procedure that meets the client\u2019s needs. Dr. Sameer also pays close attention to detail, and this is\nOwing to his expertise in plastic surgery, Dr. Sameer\u2019s services have been sought after by many people. Dr. Sameer doesn\u2019t keep the talent all to himself. He has taken part in medical missions especially in countries where access to medical care is limited. He always has a desire to help the needy people, especially, the children who are impoverished. Even at his Dallas clinic, Dr. Sameer helps people who are in need.\nDr. Sameer performs all the plastic surgery procedures. Some of the services that Dr. Sameer offers to his patients include breast augmentation, mommy makeover, facelifts, and rhinoplasty. He has performed these operations repeatedly making variations to suit the patient\u2019s demands. He is, therefore, an expert in this field that is receiving more patients currently than before.\nJed McCaleb is a professional cryptologist who believes that crypto assets will run the world in the near future. In addition to this, he also acknowledges that distributed solutions and blockchain technologies will upset vital services such as stock markets, accessing fundraising and world payments.\nJed McCaleb is one of the pioneers of cryptocurrency and he believes that the emerging phenomenon will gain momentum in the mainstream way of transacting. The crypto expert is also the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of the Stellar project and Mt. Gox exchange. Mr.McCaleb believes that blockchain technology will alter the network of universal payments in the future. In that, there will exist an open ledger that will be visible to everyone. However, they will not be able to change it randomly. This new trend will not stop people from using the cash tender they are used to such as Euros and dollars.\nAlthough Jed McCaleb is the founder of Mt.Gox, he later sold it to Mark Karpelles in 2011. However, it was under the new owner that the crypto exchange platform was hacked and bot trading was carried out before it subsequently crashed. This crash negatively affected the crypto-coin industry. Subsequently, the value of Bitcoin also depreciated from the value of more than 1000 dollars to almost 100 dollars. This led the world of crypto coins into a depression. Mr. Karpelles operated the crypto assets platform until 2013.\nJed McCaleb co-founded the Stellar platform because he saw a gap in the global financial infrastructure world. The popular platform provides reliable services of creating new tokens and distributing applications. The role of the crypto assets platform is to scale blockchain functions to the level of conventional transaction methods of finances. In addition to this, it also allows the exchange of conventional financial currencies, bonds, assets, and stocks into to tokens. The platform is being used by reputable companies to perform international transactions. XLM which is Stellar\u2019s digital asset is one of the top 10 market capitalization crypto assets.\nBlockchain platforms are continuing to provide a financial transactions revolution in all trading areas as there are no barriers in performing various functions. Jed McCaleb holds the opinion that decentralized exchanges will ensure that various trading exchanges grow fairly.\nThe latest business and real estate awards ceremony hosted by the Arabian Business Committee featured many of the UAE\u2019s brightest business minds and CEOs who have made huge investments in Dubai and Abu Dhabi with great returns. But a central figure who took the title of \u201cReal Estate Legend\u201d was DAMAC owner Hussain Sajwani, a man who found one business idea after another till he made it huge with his real estate investment company and other major stocks he\u2019s owned. According to the Arabian Business magazine who interviewed him, he saw how his father would constantly change inventory and prices to adapt to changes in the market and had his own way of making deals at a trade shop that Sajwani learned a lot from. Even though Sajwani\u2019s company is far bigger than his father\u2019s, he still points to him as his first inspiration.\nHussain Sajwani had a vision for Dubai back when he went to Seattle to study at the University of Washington in 1978. He didn\u2019t go immediately into real estate, but the idea for it began there. His first job was with an Abu Dhabi oil company, but then he began his own business in catering. He ran this business for more than 10 years, but then he started buying stocks and later small hotels by 1997. He founded DAMAC Properties in 2002 and began his venture with buildings in Marina Terrace and Park Towers which were completed by 2006. The company suffered a setback during the 2008 global housing crisis, but Sajwani had cash reserves in escrow that he used to keep the company afloat. After the market recovered, DAMAC Properties became bigger than ever. Big luxury housing and hotels now line across Dubai, London and soon the Republic of Maldives.\nHussain Sajwani has been the proud partner of Versace, the AKOYA Oxygen partner of Just Cavalli and also the Trump brand. The Hussain Sajwani family often visits with the Trumps and not just to conduct business such as opening the Trump Estates and the Trump World Golf Club, but also for social calls. Sajwani supported Trump\u2019s run for president and understands what he says even where the media says his statements are too controversial. But rarely do their conversations ever go into heavy political decisions. Sajwani also supports non-profits such as the One Million Coders initiative that former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates runs, and the Red Crescent\u2019s refugee programs.\nFor Twitter updates, follow Hussain Sajwani: https://twitter.com/hussainsajwani", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 176, "original_length": 27179, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 229.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://delusionresistance.org/wp8/?page_id=44", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:37:08Z", "digest": "sha1:7OMWQGWQJ6O2QBMZGPGWYNZ7NAIFH4YB", "length": 2455, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "delusionresistance.org", "title": "OTM Disclaimer | OPPOSING THE MATRIX", "raw_content": "YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE FOLLOWING\nYou will find that our radio show airs guests and topics that are sort of out of the box; not all of them, but some of them. With this known, bear in mind that the views of some of our guests are not necessarily the views of the hosts of Opposing The Matrix nor the producer.\nFor the most part, we have as guests people who claim to be believers in Yeshua Ha Mashiach (Jesus Christ) and their fruit will be manifest in their interview. We do reserve the right to have as guests people who do not have a relationship with Yahweh (The LORD) especially if their knowledge of a particular subject is not promoted, researched by or understood by the Christian community, but can be shown to corroborate scripture and/or end-time events.\nIf you do not agree with the views or opinions of a guest we ask you to be mature Believers in Mashiach (Messiah or Christ) and to either turn off the show, or to listen and pray for the individual that is being interviewed. We will not tolerate hostile callers and you will be taken off of the air should you call in with hostile or abusive talk and/or threats or if you\u2019re calling to \u201cdebate\u201d a point. Discussion is allowed, debating is not allowed. The same is true with the broadcast chatroom. If a person cannot behave they will be removed. We\u2019re on the air to present information which you are free to accept or reject. We just ask you to be objective, ponder and pray.\nWe ask that you do not take things out of context as seems to be the custom of so many people in these last days. If you come into the broadcast late and disagree with a guest or hosts then please download the entire show when it is over to see if you missed what was said before you came into the show. Also, if you\u2019re going to quote a guest or the hosts in conversation or in print we ask that you take the entire context of the guest\u2019s or that of the host into consideration. Remember that taking things out of context and \u201csharing\u201d it with others violates the \u201cthou shall not bear false witness\u201d clause of the Ten Commandments of the Torah!\nWe post the websites for all of our guests, and will post contact information for those who do not have websites should the guest request it. We do ask that if you do contact a guest via their website or their information, that you obey the Golden Rule, and treat them like you would want to be treated.\nThank you and Yahweh bless you!\nThe Opposing The Matrix Staff", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 3313, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 263.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://desertwizards.com/2016/05/29/our-mission-make-a-positive-impact-on-science-literacy/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:10:56Z", "digest": "sha1:AIQK7R6H3ITNEAN3MZAD6QR7LNMVHAWA", "length": 34, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "desertwizards.com", "title": "Our Mission: Make a Positive Impact on Science Literacy | Desert Wizards of Mars", "raw_content": "Posted on May 29, 2016 by Pat Rapp", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 19, "original_length": 1639, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 297.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://devtoday.no/magazine/Frontpage/4110", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:13Z", "digest": "sha1:LOQDGYFHW4G4YKBJLYYZGFTBG2PBJRLJ", "length": 439, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "devtoday.no", "title": "Development Today | 'New' Nordic Development Fund: EUR 90m for climate projects", "raw_content": "Three and a half years ago, the owners decided to close down the Nordic Development Fund, which had provided soft loans amounting to EUR 1 billion for infrastructure projects in developing countries.\nThe Nordic governments have now changed their minds and will continue the Helsinki-based fund, following strong pressure from Finland and Nordic institutions. In future, NDF will provide climate grants for projects in developing countries.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 826, "original_length": 88743, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 149.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://digitalcollections.northern.edu/index.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:55Z", "digest": "sha1:Y76XQJIHHICL6GVOWQ36NI4Y37B5DAX2", "length": 1908, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "digitalcollections.northern.edu", "title": "Northern State University Digital Collections", "raw_content": "Northern State University Digital Collections\nDonated by Harriet Montgomery, an Aberdeen resident who was very active in politics and as an environmentalist, this collection contains various items relating to water resources in South Dakota. Included in the collection are maps, government reports, photographs, magazines, books and newspaper clippings. Also included are papers \u2026\nThis collection was donated by the Roesch family, whose ancestors came to the United States from Russia in 1898 and settled in Roscoe, S.D. The collection includes many letters from family back in Russia, as well as German books, photographs and miscellaneous artifacts. Spanning about 80 years, the collection offers insight into what \u2026\nConstantly updated and augmented, the NSU History collection contains items from every aspect of Northern\u2019s past. It contains photos, news clippings, Northern publications, and programs from events that happened here. Also included is a collection of memorabilia such as letter jackets, bumpers stickers, Gypsy Day costumes and \u2026\nThe NSU Photo Collection contains photographs relating to and taken by Northern State University. Subjects include athletics, campus maps and scenery, clubs and activities, commencement, events, faculty and staff, orientation, and students, as well as the Aberdeen area.\nThe dates of the photographs currently being added are 2004 to 2011, \u2026\nThis is the entire collection of NSU Yearbooks, also known as the Pasque. The collection starts in 1910 and runs through 2001 when publication ceased.\nOur digital library contains scans and images of selected items in our collections. Although at present they represent only small pieces of the complete collections, the digital collections offer a general overview of the kinds of items that can be found in the physical collection. These online collections will grow over time as additional materials are digitized.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 129, "original_length": 3925, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 208.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://dirtyallstars.co.za/review-of-the-play-the-road-to-mecca-by-athol-fugard/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:34:37Z", "digest": "sha1:4CCKA33V67S77CN625Q36OJHP7ZZLPJQ", "length": 2630, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "dirtyallstars.co.za", "title": "Review of the play The Road to Mecca by Athol Fugard | Dirty All Stars", "raw_content": "Review of the play The Road to Mecca by Athol Fugard\nFiled under book reviews, News\nThe Road to Mecca, Athol Fugard\n(A play in To Acts; suggested by the life and work of Helen Martins in New Bethesda)\nAthol Fugard, born Harold Athol Lanigan Fugard in Middleburg, Eastern Cape, South Africa 11 June 1932 is a South African playwright, novelist, actor and director, best known for his political plays opposing the South African system of Apartheid, with notable work (s) Master Harold and the Boys (1982), The Blood knot (1961 and later revised in 1987) and Sizwe Bansi is Dead (1972).\nThe Road to Mecca is a play set in the autumn of 1974 in a small isolated Karoo village, Nieu Bethedsa in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. The main character being Miss Helen (Helen Martins, an Artist), her friend Elsa Barlow a restless young urban school teacher from Cape Town, disgusted with the state of South Africa at the time and Marius Bylveld, a provincial minister in the New Bethesda for whom the status quo is a as sacred as holy writ. The play is set in two acts.\nThe play is about Miss Helen, an artist, approaching a very frail stage in her life, where the community is not only concerned about the strange individual she is, because of the odd art (statues) in her garden, but has also grow to be concerned about her ability to continue to take care of herself. Athol covers various issues that were happening in the South African context at the time, especially in the other two characters, Elsa Barlow, a controversial teacher at the time whom was against the Apartheid system and wasn\u2019t fearful of airing her opinion and the Minister, Marius Bylveld, whom believes everything should be done as per the system. As one reads the play, one begins to realise that the play not only encompasses the darkness of Apartheid South Africa, but the darkness in which we all carry in ourselves. Athol Fugard, illustrates how Miss Helen, although literally becoming blind, is slowly withering away into darkness, in her frail hands, the house she lives in and how little she takes physical care of herself and the darkness of the people in the community in which she resides against her.\nA short read, but bares volumes of insight into the history of South Africa and the different perceptions and experiences of it, be it religion, art or confining to the norm, which Athol Fugard successfully portrays throughout this play.\nFirst published in 1985 in Great Britain by Whitstable Litho Ltd., Whitstable, Kent\nIBN 0-571-13691-5\nMody Khabele\nAthol Fugard Athol Fugard books Athol Fugard plays book reviews Review of the play The Road to Mecca", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 4364, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 211.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://discountedweddingdresses.us/a-quick-overlook-of-your-cheatsheet-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:46Z", "digest": "sha1:P6EPNRXGL2X6QJXHE6WBPEHWL5VAYSEY", "length": 2386, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "discountedweddingdresses.us", "title": "A Quick Overlook of \u2013 Your Cheatsheet | Discounted Wedding Dresses", "raw_content": "Visiting Venice for a Trip? Then Here are a Few Things You Can Do There\nAs a tourist, you can expect to have an amazing experience when visiting Venice no matter the time of the year. Especailly if it is your first time travelling to such a place, getting some much needed guidance can significantly improve the experience that you get with your trip. So for those of you that may be planning to tour Venice in the near future, here are a few examples of the things that you should do.\nRiding the world famous Gondola is definitely one of the most important experiences that you should never miss out on, if you plan to visit Venice for a trip. It is after all, one of the best ways for you to experience the many views that the city can offer, although the ride in itself is also an amazing experience by its own rights. Of course, if you have budget constraints, you should spend some time looking for a service provider that can offer you the price that is reasonable enough for your preferences.\nSecondly, since the place does offer a lot of opportunities for it, be sure to take a food tour when you finally have your visit to Venice. As a visitor, you should never pass up on the food that Venice has to offer, especially since they are also considered one of the best culinary experiences that you can get in the world. If you have a budget to follow, then you shouldnt worry at all because you will find plenty of food tour destinations that will be ideal for what you are working with.\nExploring the city during the evenings is another very important thing that you should consider doing during your trip to this amazing place. Since it does provide a very different mood during the night, you really need to experience what it feels like to explore Venice during the night time Compared to exploring the city during the day, you will definitely be able to see it in a more different light if you decide to also explore during the night.\nThese are nothing more but a few examples of the many things that you can do, once you decide to take a trip to Venice. Since it can greatly affect the overall experience that you will have during your trip, be sure to spend enough time planning your visit there. Lastly, for those that seek even further guidance about this matter, then you can read more here for further tips and information.\nPrevious Post:Doing Businesses The Right Way", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 3488, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 258.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://distorted-loop.com/hbo-shows-on-itunes-in-uk/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:58Z", "digest": "sha1:ERDK3O3VDLVALMC5X5LJI23APVRZP7NG", "length": 981, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "distorted-loop.com", "title": "HBO shows on iTunes in UK | Distorted-Loop.com", "raw_content": "HBO shows on iTunes in UK\nHBO has made some of its television shows available through Apple\u2019s iTunes Store in the UK.\nAvailable shows include \u2018Entourage\u2019, \u2018The Sopranos\u2019, \u2018The Wire\u2019, \u2018Sex and the City\u2019 and \u2018Rome\u2019. The broadcaster made its debut on iTunes in the US earlier this year, when it first made its shows available in the US.\nAt that time Henry McGee, president of HBO Video, said: \u201cWe\u2019re very excited to make these legendary HBO programs available on the iTunes Store.\n\u201cWhether catching up on \u2018Sex and the City\u2019 in anticipation of its upcoming movie release or reliving a favorite \u2018Sopranos\u2019 episode, we think viewers will love being able to watch these shows on their iPod or iPhone.\u201d\nThis entry was posted in News and tagged broadcasting, digital media, digital tv, HBO, itunes, online tv, online video, Rome, Sex and the City, Sopranos, The Wire on September 16, 2008 by Jonny.\n\u2190 Michael Grade: YouTube is a \u2018parasite\u2019 7digital.com announces European and US expansion \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 27, "original_length": 1525, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 335.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://dmolsen.com/2010/10/11/the-state-of-mobile-web-osp-looking-for-questions/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:07Z", "digest": "sha1:L3E4JULIHHT5XPSKU7GLQAAI4YS2LNRS", "length": 1150, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "dmolsen.com", "title": "The State of Mobile Web OSP: Looking for Questions - dmolsen.com", "raw_content": "The State of Mobile Web OSP: Looking for Questions\nOver the next few weeks I'd like to put together a post entitled \"State of Mobile Web OSP.\" I figure it'll come out after my trip next week to Las Vegas for the SIM Tech 2010 conference.\nFor those who are new to this blog, Mobile Web OSP is a PHP-based framework that I maintain. It is designed to make it easier for universities and colleges to deliver mobile portals. It has been open sourced under the MIT license. The code for my project is a fork of v0.9 of MIT's original MIT Mobile Web product.\nWhile I definitely have ideas about what I'd like to talk about regarding the state of the project and the future direction I expect it to take I'm sure I'm not going to cover everything that folks would like to hear about. So with that in mind, \"What are your questions regarding the state of the project?\" Feel free to drop me a line via the contact form or via the comments.\nUpdate November 17, 2010: The State of Mobile Web OSP post is now available.\nPrevious post: Two New Groups to Help You Keep Up With Mobile\nNext post: Presentation: How to Leverage the Social Graph with Facebook Platform", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 2343, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 207.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://doingdrugs-darta.blogspot.com/2019/02/every-parents-dilemma-knowing-when-to.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:24Z", "digest": "sha1:IRHD32BIEVTPPO656PYNLKCZNR3SV4PR", "length": 7919, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "doingdrugs-darta.blogspot.com", "title": "Every parent's dilemma: Knowing when to allow 'kids to be kids' and take some risks and knowing when to draw the line to ensure they stay safe", "raw_content": "We give young people very mixed messages when it comes to 'risk taking' behaviour. From a very early age we encourage children to get out there and push themselves out of their comfort zone (e.g., taking their first steps unassisted, riding a bike without training wheels, swimming across a pool) and think nothing of it. In fact, parents take great pride in this type of behaviour. We know that's how kids learn, by taking risks and doing things they have never done before - that's simply a part of child development. Now of course, for so many of these type of activities, someone is there to catch them if they stumble, to ensure that they don't hit their head, scrape their knees or swallow too much water, but as they get older, that's not always going to be possible.\nOne of the greatest challenges parents of adolescents face is knowing when to allow their teen to take a risk (e.g., saying 'yes' to them attending a party where you know some of their friends will be drinking alcohol) and when to draw the line and say 'no' to ensure their safety. It's a constant juggling act and there are no easy answers but before I share my thoughts on the issue, here is an edited version of a message I recently received from Rena, a 16-year-old young woman:\n\"You've presented at my school a couple of times and my Mum has heard you speak as well and she always talks about the things you have said ... Our relationship is getting so bad because she just won't let me do anything. She thinks all the parties I get invited to are full of drunk people and that I am going to drink and terrible things will happen to me. I'm not going to lie and say that none of my friends drink alcohol but I haven't and I don't think I really want to but Mum won't believe me. I haven't been allowed to go to a party since Year 9 and she wouldn't even let me go on the school camp because she had heard that last year some people smuggled alcohol onto the site. I just want her to trust me a little \u2026\"\nI ended up speaking to Rena's mother, a delightful woman, who was simply terrified about her daughter's safety. Alcohol and parties were of great concern to her but it went much further than that, with the girl not even being able to use public transport to school or go to a shopping centre without one of her parents present. In an attempt to protect her from any risks, she was actually 'suffocating' her daughter and potentially irreparably damaging their relationship.\nWhen your child hits adolescence, they are more likely to take part in a wider range of risk taking behaviours and the possibility of something going wrong becomes a much greater concern. Parents suddenly find themselves dealing with complex issues such as sex, alcohol and other drugs, driving and so much more, with many having little idea of how best to respond. Some choose to 'clamp down' and be restrictive in an effort to protect their child the best they can (like Rena's mother), while others find it all too difficult, throwing their hands into the air and letting their teen do whatever they want. As with most things, the most effective response is likely to be somewhere in the middle \u2026\nWhen it comes to parties and gatherings and making a decision about whether your child can attend or not (i.e., allowing them to take that risk and 'be a teenager'), the image above says it all. If you're going to allow your child to take a risk, make sure it's an 'intelligent risk'. As far as a parent is concerned, make sure you know as much as possible about the event your child wants to attend. I've written many times about the four questions I believe parents need to have answered to ensure they can make an informed decision about the relative safety of a party and they are as follows:\nWhen it comes to your teen, the party they want to attend is more likely to be an intelligent risk when they are armed with information and skills that can help ensure their safety (note the helmet on the mouse's head - if you're going to allow your child to put themselves out-there, make sure they're as protected as possible, e.g., they know what to do if something goes wrong). Some of the things you should talk through with your child could include the following:\ndecide on a code word or the like just in case they want to leave but want to save face. They can then call you or send a text secretly and then 5 minutes later you call them (when they're now in front of everyone) and tell them that they have to come home for whatever reason\ndownload the 'Emergency +' app onto their smartphone. When opened it provides key emergency numbers, as well as activating their GPS, providing not only their latitude and longitude but also their street address of where they are\nensure they know that 000 can be accessed even if the phone does not have any credit or the phone is locked, i.e., you can pick up anyone's mobile and call 000 even if it locked. Show them that when the keypad is locked the option for 'emergency call' is always there\nmake sure they understand that they have your permission to call an ambulance if anything goes wrong. They can call for help and then call you straight afterwards \u2013 they need to know they have your 100% support in this area\nmake it clear to them that they can call you at anytime and you will be available on the other end of the phone to pick them up, give advice or whatever. If they're going to call anyone for help, you want it to be you. They need to understand that there will be no judgment made when they call and no questions will be asked ... then! There may be lots of questions the next day - but at the time they call, you won't ask any! You just want them to be safe, no matter what ...\nEvery parent wants their child to become a fully-functioning adult, capable of standing on their own feet and thriving. For that to happen, they need to be able to be a teenager and allowed to take some risks. Encouraging intelligent risk taking is the key. Don't get me wrong - they'll still bound to make mistakes and undoubtedly get themselves into trouble at times but hopefully because you've done your homework as a parent and your child is armed and ready, those risks won't be as great.\nOf course, there are those times where the risks are just too great and you are going to have to just say 'no'. As far as parties are concerned, if you have a good relationship with your child and you're able to arm them well, there are few scenarios where I believe parents have no choice. If you can find a way of letting them go, I believe you should. If you have made your rules clear and what the consequences are should those rules be broken, at some point you have to trust them to do the right thing. However, here is a classic example of a situation that there is just no way that you could possibly come close to ensuring your child's safety:\nyour 14-year-old daughter wants to go to a party where you know there will be 18-year-old young men drinking alcohol present\nThis is just plain dangerous and there's really nothing you can do to reduce that risk. Now I have highlighted young women here but realistically, the same applies to 14-year-old boys. It's just that in my experience it's the parents of girls of this age who are more likely to face this issue. Girls mature faster and they're more likely to want to hang out with older guys. Year 9 girls at a party with drunk boys of their own age is risky enough, but when those guys are able to drive and have greater access to alcohol and entry into licensed venues, it's a disaster waiting to happen. I believe, in this case, you have to say 'no'! Now, how you decide to enforce your decision and, whether you are able to, is another issue (the number of parents who contact me who are struggling with enforcing rules around parties with their Year 9 son or daughter amazes me) but it's vital that you know where your 'line in the sand' is and stick to it.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 130, "original_length": 14269, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 211.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://dolson.cbrvcg.com/for-sale/8101-county-road-11-breezy-point-mn-56472/52-772473", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:04:15Z", "digest": "sha1:7LQS54WYG3C2KAD22AEY54GCNVMLGRL2", "length": 496, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "dolson.cbrvcg.com", "title": "8101 County Road 11, Breezy Point, MN 56472 | MLS#: 4959939 | Breezy Point Real Estate", "raw_content": "Incredible location for this newly remodeled commercial property with a golf course view. It's 3 commercial Breezy Point lots with a 1000+ sq ft. building on one of the lots, situated directly in the heart of Breezy Point. It's 2 blocks to the Breezy Gates, Ace Hardware, and Pelican gas station.The Commander Restaurant is across the street. Currently it's a successful beauty salon, but many possibilities: condos, timeshares, strip malls, clinics, etc. The wide open floor plan makes it great.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 210, "original_length": 6985, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 255.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://dontcodetired.com/blog/post/Maintaining-Energy-with-the-Pomodoro-Technique", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:49Z", "digest": "sha1:J7WAIJHYI7MNVTH2CRC4RLI5RWHZA4PC", "length": 2715, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "dontcodetired.com", "title": "Don't Code Tired | Maintaining Energy with the Pomodoro Technique", "raw_content": "(The below is an extract from the \u201cTime Management and Motivation\u201d chapter of my book Keeping Software Soft)\nThe Pomodoro Technique is a simple time management system developed by Francesco Cirillo.\nA \"Pomodoro\" is an indivisible, all-or-nothing unit of time that is exactly 25 minutes long. A Pomodoro is ether completed or not, for example there is no concept of a completing a half-Pomodoro.\nThe basics of the technique are:\nWork for a 25 minutes (one Pomodoro)\nRecord the completion of a Pomodoro\nTake a 5 minute rest break\nAfter every 4th Pomodoro, take a longer rest break of between 15-30 minutes\nThe splitting up of time into 25 minute chunks helps to focus the mind on what small tasks(s) can be accomplished next. If a Pomodoro is horribly interrupted to the point where it is considered void, then a short break can be taken and a new one started. The recording of every completed Pomodoro contributes to the feeling of a sense of progress and can further enhance motivation and energy. During the 5 minute rest break the mind should be allowed to rest; the current task should not be thought about but rather: go for walk, get a drink, stretch, gaze out of the window, etc.\nOn top of this basic idea, the technique also suggests recording the number of interruptions that occur during a Pomodoro.\nInterruptions are classified as either:\nInternal: things that pop into a person's head that are unrelated to the current task, e.g. \"what shall I have for lunch today\"\nExternal: things that occur from outside influences such as phone calls, instant message notifications, etc.\nBy recording the types and number of interruptions, the data can be used to reduce or eliminate them over time. This can involve turning off telephones, email, and instant messaging during a Pomodoro and having dedicated Pomodoro(s) to responding to emails, etc.\nThe technique, when applied correctly can result in less tiredness while programming and an overall increase in productivity. There are some programmers who do not like the forced \"interruption\" of a rest break every 25 minutes and feel that it interrupts their concentration. It is a technique that should be trialled by each individual for a reasonable period of time to see if it can be of benefit.\nThere are many electronic Pomodo timers available for a whole host of platforms to help time the 25 minutes.\nFor more detail about the technique, see the official website.\nTags : time management, pomodoro, energy\n(The below is an extract from the \u201cTime Management and Motivation\u201d chapter of my book Keeping Softwa...\nMaintaining Basic State With jQuery And CSS\nWhen working on the client, you may have a number of HTML elements that have some form of logical st...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 98, "original_length": 6290, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 271.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://e-istanbulemlak.com/the-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-international-investment-and-diversification-essay", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:43Z", "digest": "sha1:VWK2SFYOR7PF6PXYTFLDMWZH6KUIUNOJ", "length": 226, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "e-istanbulemlak.com", "title": "The advantages and disadvantages of international investment and diversification Essay Example for Free", "raw_content": "The advantages and disadvantages of international investment and diversification. (2016, Sep 30). Retrieved from http://e-istanbulemlak.com/the-advantages-and-disadvantages-of-international-investment-and-diversification-essay", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 121, "original_length": 10669, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.75, "perplexity": 110.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ece-ireland.com/?page_id=105", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:41:12Z", "digest": "sha1:66NUCFC3SBCSANSFFPPKRGWIJFIDHJCM", "length": 2513, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "ece-ireland.com", "title": "European Career Evolution \u2013 Identity", "raw_content": "E.C.E. is an Irish organisation, founded thanks to the desire of some professionals who have significant experience within the human resource environment, that promote and carry out professional training projects for foreign people in Ireland.\nThe main objective of E.C.E. is to help young people to understand and optimise new innovations in the labour market, turning them into skills which will improve their professional qualities. E.C.E.\u2019s professional and experienced team of dedicated workers are there to provide guidance and support to provide trainees and organisations with contracts in any required sector.\nAs a leader in managing educational and professional mobility training projects to a wide range of people, E.C.E.\u2018s role is to achieve excellence by building synergy between those who learn and those who teach/train, by proactively anticipating and meeting the changing needs of twenty-first century young people as well as businesses, and by actively participating in the full educational path of youth.\nE.C.E. provides educational and training\u2019s organizational services, solutions and advice through its direct and indirect personnel, agents, local partners, companies and many others.\nE.C.E. was founded in 2001 by some professional educational trainers with a vision of raising the bar of excellence in the European professional Training programmes. E.C.E. was created to be different.\nMany agencies \u2013 offering a hosting organisation service \u2013 failed to deliver on the most basic aspect of consulting: dedicated and specialised mobility project trainers/assessors.\nWe provide tailor-made solutions for educational and training organisations involved in managing the mobility projects for their students / beneficiaries. E.C.E. receives candidates both from EU Training Programmes (i.e. Leonardo da Vinci, Erasmus, others) and from Private & Public Education Training Programmes planned by various Schools, Institutes, Universities, Training Organisations, City and County Halls, Banks, others.\nOur success is maintained by the talent, skill, and experience of our consulting and management teams. We invest heavily in keeping high quality procedures, in training our staff, which has given us one of the best skilled and expert teams in the sector.\nOur company management maintain a level of customer satisfaction rarely matched.\nWhen E.C.E. is brought in for a project, we are able to provide to our sending organisation partners and their beneficiaries the service and attention expected.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 3534, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 277.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://elderlycaremoo.blogspot.com/2015/11/alzheimer-care-at-home-miami-dade.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:56Z", "digest": "sha1:KEHVWF7B6AWTITAZDNX5X7RI57PKQAVQ", "length": 63, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "elderlycaremoo.blogspot.com", "title": "Elderly Care: Alzheimer Care At Home Miami-Dade County And The Associated Benefits", "raw_content": "Posted by Elderly Care at 2:44 AM | Saturday, November 21, 2015", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 144, "original_length": 6351, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 112.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://en.businesstimes.cn/articles/104624/20181105/remembering-typhoon-haiyan-award-winning-video-journalists-recalls-the-horror-of-one-of-biggest-tropical-cyclones.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:59Z", "digest": "sha1:KXES3DRE6JWPJXQM7CYHBRUERIZI55RU", "length": 2799, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "en.businesstimes.cn", "title": "Remembering Typhoon Haiyan: Award-Winning Video Journalists Recalls The Horror Of One Of Biggest Tropical Cyclones : Lifestyle : Business Times", "raw_content": "Remembering Typhoon Haiyan: Award-Winning Video Journalists Recalls The Horror Of One Of Biggest Tropical Cyclones\nIt brought horrifying winds and heavy rains that caused the deadly, high-speed flood that killed more than 6,000 people. (Photo: DFID - UK Department for International Development/Flickr)\nIt was one of the biggest tropical cyclones that hit the land; Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines on November 8, 2013. It took a lot of lives and created great devastation in the country's island of Visayas -- especially Tacloban. The award-winning video journalist Agnes Bun recalled the horror of the storm's aftermath, and wrote her devastating experience in her upcoming book, \"There's No Poetry in a Typhoon,\" translated originally from French by Melanie Ho.\n\"It was November 2013, and we had disembarked from the military plane just after Typhoon Haiyan,\" Agnes Bun, who works for Agence France-Presse (AFP), narrated about her arrival in the Philippines. The journalist along with Filipino military personnel and other members of the press got welcomed by a completely destroyed island with roofless cars, fallen trees, and gaping walls. The group was about to land at Tacloban airport, but they settled down in the middle of a wrecked landing field, where the only thing left was a Philippines Airlines' sign.\n\"The process of covering a typhoon requires a careful balance, a certain responsibility,\" Agnes Bun added, via South China Morning Post. Being a video journalist in the middle of a great storm makes her see moments of \"grace and unexpected beauty,\" but it is mostly \"grim and dire.\" In her profession, she needs to create a unique story that has good meaning and context. So capturing Typhoon Haiyan's aftermath takes her to undergo a process of \"a poetic composition\" of what she sees and films from what is edited and told.\nPBS: Public Broadcasting Services noted that Typhoon Haiyan was the strongest cyclone in recorded history. It slammed the country with 200 mph winds, a 20-foot high storm surge, and great floods that wiped villages and devastated cities. It got its strength from the ocean and air and became a monster typhoon about 300 miles across.\nTyphoon Haiyan resulted in a large tragedy. It brought horrifying winds and heavy rains that caused the deadly, high-speed flood that killed more than 6,000 people, mostly died from drowning. Tens of thousands of houses got destroyed, dead bodies piled up, people mourned -- not just because of their dearly departed relatives and friends, but also their gone livelihood and homes.\nAgnes Bun has been covering major stories and current events all over Asia for AFP. She covered the Rohingya refugee crisis and the 2015 Nepal earthquake. Her book, \"There's No Poetry in a Typhoon,\" is published by Abbreviated Press.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 81, "original_length": 5344, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 230.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://en.hawzahnews.com/detail/News/353277", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:11Z", "digest": "sha1:IKRPXFVTFDJN7XBBLKYDNHJOGNXVZHCW", "length": 4598, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "en.hawzahnews.com", "title": "News Agency of Hawzah :The necessity of the 'isma of the Imam HAWZAH NEWS AGANSY :: - The necessity of the 'isma of the Imam", "raw_content": "Doctrines of Shi'i Islam/ IMAMATE (IMAMA) part \u06f1\u06f1\nThe necessity of the 'isma of the Imam\nThe Imams of the ahl al-bayt are ranged alongside the Qur'an. The Holy Prophet likened his ahl al-bayt to Noah's ark: 'Truly the People of my House (ahl bayt\u00ed) in my community (ummati) is like Noah\u2019s ark: whoever takes refuge therein is saved and whoever opposes it is drowned.'\nHawzah News Agency \u00ad\u2013 In the previous articles we have pointed out that an Imam is not an ordinary leader who simply has to rule a country and protect its borders; rather, in addition to this duty, he has other weighty responsibilities, alluded to above. The fulfilment of these tasks\u2014such as commenting on the Qur\u2019an, explaining religious rulings, replying to theological questions, and forestalling all forms of doctrinal deviation and legal confusion\u2014all of this presupposes a comprehensive and inerrant knowledge; for an ordinary person trying to carry out such responsibilities would not be immune from sin and error.\nOf course, \u2018isma (inerrancy) is not to be identified exclusively with prophethood, for a person may be ma\u2019sum, protected against sin and error, while not having the rank of a Prophet. A shining example of this is the Virgin Mary, whom we mentioned earlier in the discussion of the \u2018isma of the Prophets. In addition to the intellectual arguments already given for the necessity of the \u2018isma of the Imam, there are other reasons, some of which we mention below.\n1. The explicit and definite desire, on the part of God, to purify and cleanse the ahl al-bayt of all defilement, as the Qur'an says:\nGod\u2019s desire is but to remove impurity far from you, O people of the household (ahl al-bayt), and purify you with an utter purification. (Sura al-Ahzab, XXXIII:33)\nThis verse indicates the \u2018isma of the ahl al-bayt in that this special divine will to purify the ahl al-bayt of all impurity is tantamount to their being protected against the commission of all sin. The meaning of impurity (rijs) in this verse might be understood as pertaining to all forms of mental, moral and spiritual impurity, for sin flows forth as a result of these impurities.\nAlso, since this divine will is specifically related to these people and not to all members of the umma, it follows that God\u2019s universal desire for all people to be pure must be distinguished from this particular mode of the expression of this will. The universal divine will for the purification of all Muslims is a religious (tashri\u2019i) will [that is, one that operates through the religion itself], and it is possible that through disobedience certain people will not accept this [divine will that they be purified].\nOn the other hand, the will to purify the ahl al-bayt is a creative or existentiating (takwini) will, and this kind of will or desire on the part of God is inseparable from the object desired\u2014purity from all sin. It should be noted that this creative will to establish the \u2018isma of the ahl al-bayt does not deprive them of their free will, any more than the \u2018isma of the Prophets deprives them of theirs (as was discussed earlier).\n2. According to the hadith Thaqalayn, which says 'I am verily leaving with you two precious things, the Book of God and my progeny,\u2019 the Imams of the ahl al-bayt are ranged alongside the Qur'an; this means that, just as the Qur'an is immune against all types of error, so are the Imams immune from all mental and volitional sin. This can be seen more clearly in the light of the rest of this hadith: (a) \u2018... for as long as you cling to these two, you will never go astray'; (b) \u2018... and truly they will not be parted from each other until they join me at the Pool.' It is perfectly clear then, that to which one must hold fast for guidance, dispelling all error, and which will not be separated from the Qur'an, must definitely be protected against all type of sin.\n3. The Holy Prophet likened his ahl al-bayt to Noah's ark: 'Truly the People of my House (ahl bayt\u00ed) in my community (ummati) is like Noah\u2019s ark: whoever takes refuge therein is saved and whoever opposes it is drowned.' Taking into account these reasons\u2014which we have presented here in summarized form\u2014the \u2018isma of the ahl al-bayt is a clear and proven reality; needless to say, the traditional grounds for upholding this principle are by no means exhausted by what we have mentioned here.\nAyatollah Jafar Sobhani, Doctrines of Shi'i Islam, A Compendium of Imami Beliefs and Practices, Translated and Edited by Reza Shah-Kazemi, published by I.B.Tauris Publishers, London \u2022 New York 2003.\n\u2018isma (inerrancy)\nThe necessity of the \u2018isma of the Imam", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 6549, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 262.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://en.newyork.mfa.ir/index.aspx?fkeyid=&siteid=227&pageid=5451&newsview=536250", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:30Z", "digest": "sha1:G5ZRC456FN7GSGEQKVEXOWINBO4BCKJO", "length": 4744, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "en.newyork.mfa.ir", "title": "Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations - New York", "raw_content": "News > Inclusion of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) in the Agenda of 73th Session of the General assembly\nInclusion of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) in the Agenda of 73th Session of the General assembly\nAli Nasimfar , Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran\nThank you, Madam. President.\nThe Islamic Republic of Iran shall vote against the inclusion of the R2P in the Agenda of the 73rd Session of the General Assembly not because we are opposing the basic ideas contained in the concept but to draw the attention of the Member States to the serious risk of a biased interpretation and application of the R2P.\nWe would like to reaffirm Iran\u2019s unwavering commitments to the noble goal of the protection of civilians. Needless to say that every State shall embrace this responsibility vis-a-vis its population. This, by no means whatsoever, may imply a permit to use force against other States under any pretext, such as humanitarian or pre-emptive intervention.\nActually, the actions and inactions of the proponents of the R2P in the past, have not been consistent with the alleged objectives and purposes of this initiative. In theory, it seems that the protection of populations should be at the center of the R2P. however, we are witnessing that in practice, the R2P is guided by the politicized interests of states rather than human dignity and human rights and therefore has been applied in a selective manner. Its selective application has put into question its legitimacy and validity as a principle of international law.\nOn the other hand, the abuse of the R2P on political grounds in the past has brought disastrous results and therefore has diminished this initiative to a tool at the service of certain powers. As such this abuse has increased doubts regarding its future applicability and success.\nIt is obvious that the inaction of international community toward humanitarian tragedies should not be attributed to the absence of normative framework or lack of the R2P implementation. The horrible genocide in Rwanda serves as a clear example of such inaction by the Security Council due to a lack of political will among some of its Permanent Members.\nWith that in mind, the question arises as to how some R2P proponents, who recognize the R2P as a legal principle, are going to fulfill their obligations pertaining to the protection of the population while simultaneously selling their arms having prior knowledge or experience being almost certain that those arms will eventually end up being used to target civilians and civilian objects and will ultimately lead to war crimes and crimes against humanity killing innocent civilians. Tens of thousands of civilian populations have been victimized by those so-called \u201cbeautiful arms\u201d in recent years, either in their homes or in public ceremonies, such as funerals or weddings and even schools, school buses and hospitals. The conduct of the arms exporter R2P proponents raises profound skepticism on their seriousness and honesty concerning the noble objective of protection of civilians.\nOne thing is abundantly clear: \"favorable ones\" have always been granted impunity and their atrocities have always been overlooked, no matter how serious and grave they are. Particularly, it becomes a matter of grave concern when disastrous atrocities committed against civilians, by a friendly country are covered up in a systematic manner, in order to avoid attracting the attention of the world public opinion. Sadly, the R2P proponents prefer to keep silent and avoid confronting the world worst humanitarian disasters to appease their allies.\nLast year the proponents of the inclusion of the R2P in the agenda of 72 session, aware of the profound differences among Member States, told us in this hall that this request would be a one-time opportunity. We are witnessing quite the opposite.\nNotwithstanding the formal discussion took place in the General Assembly, we are still far from a consensual understanding of the R2P implementation. The formal discussion in the General Assembly is not an appropriate format to address existing conceptual differences among Member States. We reiterate our call that prior to the implementation of the R2P, it is crucial to define its normative contents as well as its scope of applications through holding informal interactive dialogue as agreed in 2009.\nFinally, the only way to restore the R2P and its legitimacy is to abolish the selectivity in a way that genuinely addresses the plight of mankind, whenever they face atrocity crimes, in full conformity with the principles and objectives of the UN Charter. Addressing the misery of people under foreign occupation is the most immediate litmus tests for the R2P.\nair.ir/ZsqTkJp", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 32, "original_length": 6224, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 164.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://eng.chauthiduniya.com/neo-addiction-a-new-health-concern-a-big-threat-for-india/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:41Z", "digest": "sha1:A537HQQU5UH73D5AMG3VLFN2EKJCOW6Q", "length": 7736, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "eng.chauthiduniya.com", "title": "Neo-Addiction A New Health Concern : A Big Threat For India \u2013 Chauthi Duniya(Eng)", "raw_content": "Neo-Addiction A New Health Concern : A Big Threat For India\nKundan Pandey 0 Comments\nRecent researches show that battery-powered electronic or e-cigarettes are doing more harm than good by getting youngsters addicted to nicotine\u2026\nElectronic or e-cigarettes are smartly marketed as a healthier alternative to smoking because they are smokeless\u2014a liquid solution containing nicotine and flavourings is vaporised to simulate tobacco smoking in them. Recent researches, however, show that these battery-powered cigarettes are doing more harm than good by getting youngsters addicted to nicotine. The studies have also not found any proof to substantiate e-cigarette manufacturers\u2019 claim that their product helps quit smoking.\nUS researchers have found that ecigarette advertisements are acting as a catalyst for adolescents in Korea to start smoking. They analysed the 2011 data from the annual Korea Youth Risk Behavior Web based Survey that is conducted by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The sample included 75,643 youngsters from grades 7 to 12. They found that over nine per cent of e-cigarette users in Korea in 2011 were adolescents. It was less than a per cent in 2008, when the product was introduced in Korea. This despite industry claims that it markets e-cigarettes only to adults. The study was published in the Journal of Adolescents Health on July 24, 2013.\n\u201cWe are witnessing the beginning of a new phase of the nicotine epidemic and a new route to nicotine addiction for kids,\u201d says Stanton A Glantz, senior author of the research and director of the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education (CTCRE) at the University of California, San Francisco.\nAnother study by CTCRE said the use of e-cigarettes is associated with quitting attempts but not with successful quitting. Researchers Lucy Popova and Pamela surveyed 1,836 US adult smokers in November 2011. They found that 38 per cent smokers had tried an alternative tobacco product, mostly e-cigarettes. \u201cAlternative tobacco products are attractive to smokers who want to quit smoking, but these data did not indicate that alternative tobacco products promote cessation. Unsubstantiated overt and implied claims that alternative tobacco products aid smoking cessation should be prohibited,\u201d stated the study published in the American Journal of Public Health in May 2013.\nE-cigarette is just shifting the addiction from one form to another, says Monika Arora, director of the health promotion and tobacco control division of the public-private initiative Health Foundation of India. Even the claim of e-cigarette manufacturers that the product curbs passive smoking is not completely correct. A research, published in the International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health in December 2013, found that ecigarettes impaired indoor air quality. Use of the product released substantial amounts of 1,2-propanediol, glycerine and nicotine in the air, along with particulate matter PM2.5. The research concluded that e-cigarettes are not emission-free and their pollutants could be a health concern for users and second hand smokers. The researchers suggested e-cigarettes should be officially labeled with appropriate warnings of potential health effects.\nBig threat for India\nIn the absence of regulation, e-cigarettes are becoming increasingly popular in India. A google search for the product returns results showing almost all popular shopping portals selling them. Websites like www.electroniccigarettesreview. in review different e-cigarette brands in India and has buyer guides. The popularity of the product, health experts believe, will adversely impact India that has a sizable young population. Over 55 per cent Indians are less than 25 years of age and extremely susceptible to such products. Realising the potential problem, the World Health Organization called for a declaration to ban e-cigarettes during its Framework Convention on Tobacco Control for South-East Asia Region meet in July, 2013. India participated in it. Eight months on, the Centre is yet to take any action.\nAmal Pushp, Director, Tobacco Control Department, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, says the ministry is considering a decision on e-cigarettes, but admits there has been no significant development. Punjab was the first state to ban ecigarettes. Through a notification in September 2013, the Punjab State Drug Controller declared e-cigarettes illegal because they contain nicotine, which is an unapproved drug and contravenes the Drugs and Cosmetics Act. Maharashtra is also planning to ban them.\nHealth experts suggest that the product should be regulated either by recognising it as a drug or by putting checks similar to that on cigarettes. Pankaj Chaturvedi, associate professor of Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, says e-cigarettes need to be registered with the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) because they are being sold as a cure for smoking and contain nicotine. The government body, he says, has only approved nicotine lozenges and gums of 2 mg and 4 mg, and nicotine transdermal therapeutic patches. \u201cIts supporters argue that this is the same as nicotine gum, but they need to understand that it needs registration. And once it goes to DCGI for registration, evidences in its favour or against would be discussed,\u201d he says.\nSome say manufacturers are taking advantage of the absence of a clear-cut policy on e-cigarettes. \u201cThe Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Act of 2003 does not talk about non-tobacco products. This potentially opens the way for tobacco companies to advertise and distribute e-cigarettes alongside other tobacco products,\u201d says Bhavna Mukhopadhyay, executive director of Voluntary Health Association of India.\nGovernments world over are considering ways to deal with e-cigarettes, with experts calling for strict regulations and industry lobbies pushing for relaxations. On September 5, 2013, a group of US Senate Democrats demanded federal probe into the tactics used by the industry to sell e-cigarettes to children. They wrote a letter to the Federal Trade Commission in the light of data released by Centers for Disease Control showing that use of e-cigarettes has more than doubled among middle and high school students since 2011-12. The data showed that around 1.78 million students have used e-cigarettes in the US. New York banned the use of e-cigarettes at public places in December, 2013. As per media reports, New Jersey, Utah and North Dakota have already banned the product, while Los Angeles and Chicago are considering bans. Even Canada has not approved e-cigarettes.\nThe UK, which registered e-cigarettes as a drug in June 2013, has been criticised for not properly regulating the product. The British Medical Journal (BMJ) on October 16, 2013, said that the government has allowed different flavours of e-cigarettes, which is one of the major reasons the product attracts children. The BMJ article has also criticised the government draft which reads it should \u201censure that they can be made available as widely as tobacco products\u201d. Even Glantz, who carried out the research on Korean adolescents, has criticised the UK decision to legalise ecigarettes.\n\u201cAmazingly, the amendments justify this give-away to the tobacco companies,\u201d he wrote on the website of CTCRE. Taking its cue from other countries and research, India should check the ever-increasing popularity of the product before it is too late.\n\u2190 HUGE TOBACCO USE IN INDIA SEEN KILLING 1.5 MILLION A YEAR\nArnab Interview Is A Nasty Burn For Rahul Gandhi : The Interview That Bombed \u2192\nHigh Demand For Skilled IT Professionals In India : Focus On Non-Traditional Skills\nObama To World: Bad News. 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The only survivor of the expedition and British authorities attempt to capture a mysterious but beautiful alien woman who appears responsible....\nStar Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, Richard Marquand, 1983\nThe Final Conflict, Graham Baker, 1981\nSuperman, Richard Donner, 1978\nAn alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest super-hero....\nThe Omen, Richard Donner, 1976\nRobert and Katherine Thorn seem to have it all. They are happily married and he is the US Ambassador to Great Britain, but they want more than to have children. When Katharine has a stillborn child, Robert is approached by a priest at the hospital who suggests that they take a healthy newborn whose mother has just died in childbirth. Without telling his wife he agrees. After relocating to London, strange events - and the ominous warnings of a...\nTutti i colori del buio, Sergio Martino, 1972\nJane lives in London with Richard, her boyfriend. When she was five, her mother was murdered, and she recently lost a baby in a car crash. She's plagued by nightmares of a knife-wielding, blue-eyed man. Richard, a pharmaceutical salesman, thinks the cure is vitamins; Jane's sister Barbara, who works for a psychiatrist, recommends analysis; a neighbor Jane's just met promises that if Jane participates in a Black Mass, all her fears will...\nThe Abominable Dr. Phibes, Robert Fuest, 1971\nDoctors are being murdered in a bizarre manner: bats, bees, killer frog masks, etc., which represent the nine Biblical plagues. The crimes are orchestrated by a demented organ player with the help of his mute assistant. The detective is stumped until he finds that all of the doctors being killed assisted a Dr. Vesalius on an unsuccessful operation involving the wife of Dr. Phibes, but he couldn't be the culprit, could he? He was killed in a car...\nIsland of Terror, Terence Fisher, 1966\nThe Road to Hong Kong, Norman Panama, 1962\nBob Hope and Bing Crosby return as Con-men Chester Babcock and Harry Turner, in the last of their road movies. 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Unfortunately, there is no antidote, so, while working on a method to regain his visibility, he undertakes missions for his government stopping bad guys....\nBehemoth the Sea Monster, Douglas Hickox, Eug\u00e8ne Louri\u00e9 (as Eugene Lourie), 1959\nMarine atomic tests cause changes in the ocean's ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of radiation and the resurrection of a dormant dinosaur which threatens London....\nThe Quatermass Xperiment, Val Guest, 1955\nA missile, launched by the team led by Prof. Quatermass, lands in the English countryside. Of the three members of the crew, two have mysteriously disappeared. The third one, barely alive, undergoes an horrible metamorphosis turning into a monstrous \"thing\". 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Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 6 Nay: 0.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 34, "original_length": 2409, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 329.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://eteachershub.com/5-best-places-for-teaching-english-abroad/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:11Z", "digest": "sha1:XVQ7TQK7PAQJXM6YOBJVLGYPJ6EJCXBR", "length": 4438, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "eteachershub.com", "title": "5 Best Places for Teaching English Abroad", "raw_content": "You are at:Home\u00bbESL | TEFL\u00bb5 Best Places for Teaching English Abroad\nBy admin on\t October 14, 2016 ESL | TEFL, ESL General, Featured, Find ESL Job, TEFL in China, TESOL\nAre you seeking to live a life full of travel and adventure and earn money at the same time? Yes? Then teaching can be the right career for you. The number of people speaking and learning English language globally has crossed 1.7 billion. The statistics outnumbers the supply of English teachers by a huge difference. This proofs that international job market for teaching English is stronger than ever.\nThe career offers numerous opportunities to earn, live and travel anywhere you want. Moreover, many countries don\u2019t require you to have a prior teaching experience and some even help you with Visa formalities. Hence, all you need is to take an accredited TEFL certification course to gain skills and qualification to get hired and get your passport ready. There are millions of places where you can start your career in teaching English, but we have prepared a list of five places that offer the best opportunities in terms of finding well-paying jobs. Have a look:\n1- Brazil\nAfter hosting the FIFA World Cup 2014 and Summer Olympiad in 2016, Brazil\u2019s economy is rapidly growing and the nation has now become a major international economic force. Post the major sporting events, Brazil has made its mark on the world map leading to an increase in the demand for English language instruction. If you have a TEFL certification, you can easily start your career teaching English in Brazil. The best places to get hired are Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Most schools hire even if you just have a tourist Visa. You can also try your luck finding a job at private language schools or take on private tuition to earn extra income. This can be an opportunity to fulfill your travel dreams and experience all that Brazil has to offer.\nVietnam is one of the most preferred destinations for those looking to teach English abroad as the economy continues to open and the cost of living is low. Natives of English speaking nations are highly preferred and you need a four-year bachelor\u2019s degree in addition to an accredited TEFL certification to apply for the position of an English teacher. The cities with most job opportunities are Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.\nChina continues to rise in its global stature. Hence, the demand for English teachers is growing as more and more citizens are required to know the language for performing their jobs well. Besides, the culture puts emphasis on learning English. It is the easiest to find work as an English teacher in China and you can make good money, while doing so. Teachers are entitled to free housing, completion bonuses, airfare reimbursement and even free lunch.\n4- Dubai\nDubai is the business hub and the oil capital of the world. It is also exploring other fields to establish itself by opening up the economy. Moreover, the schools and universities lay emphasis on knowledge of English language in order to prepare students for the global market. Hence, the demand for English teachers is very high. The pay is really good. However, you need to have at least 5 years of experience to be eligible for teaching jobs in Dubai. You need to obtain a work Visa for which the employers help with the paperwork.\nDespite the economic slump, Spain continues to be at the top for its demand for English teachers across Europe. It has plenty of teaching jobs, especially in Madrid and Barcelona. The great thing is that even the government is involved in attracting more and more teachers to come and teach English. There is a great scope for teaching private lessons on the side to sponsor your travel as once you have the visa, you can freely travel all across Europe.\nWho says you have to choose between your career and your love for travelling across the globe? You can make enough money by teaching English abroad to finance your travel dreams. At the same time, gain the ultimate experience of living a life of a native in a foreign land.\nAbout Megha Raizada \u2013\nMegha Raizada is a professional writer working with the premium job portal Naukrigulf.com. She has a keen interest in the global job market, but also loves to keep a track of everything interesting happening around the globe. When not writing or browsing the Internet, you will find her creating furniture out of used tires. 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Fiberglass with acoustic foam, black leather upholster y, plexiglass, and electronic equipment. 100 x 60 x 38 inches (254 x 152.4 x 96.52 cm). Collection of the artist.\nLive Forever installation at The Fabric Workshop and Museum, 2001.\nLive Forever is a multi-media installation consisting of three karaoke pods in the form of futuristic race cars, and three original videos. This ambitious project continues Lee\u2019s investigation of karaoke, a form of entertainment that has been wildly popular in Asian urban centers for over a decade. Her earlier project exploring the subject was Gravity Greater Than Velocity, an installation first exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 1999.\nEach karaoke pod in Live Forever was first carved in Styrofoam, which was then used to cast the forms in fiberglass. The interiors are upholstered in leather, and equipped with sound systems and a small video monitor that plays one of three videos\u2014Amateurs, Anthem, or Live Forever\u2014while the words of the chosen song scroll by. The enclosed pods are comfortable and private, allowing individual participants to sing their favorite song at full volume should they desire to do so. While the audio is not played outside the karaoke booths, the video and lyrics are projected onto the wall opposite each pod, a gesture that heightens the ambivalence between public and private that characterizes each participant\u2019s performance.\nThe exhibition of Live Forever was produced collaboratively with the FW+M and the San Francisco Art Institute. While the FW+M worked with Lee to produce the karaoke pods, the San Francisco Art Institute assisted the artist with the production of the video by the same name, filmed in the Tonga Room of the historic Fairmount Hotel.\nKorean, born 1964, lives in Seoul\nLee Bul earned her BFA in sculpture from Hong Ik University in Seoul (1987). She has become known for her sculptural and multi-media installations that explore trends in popular culture, themes of feminine identity, and science fiction fantasies such as her series of female cyborgs, which were included in the 1998 Hugo Boss Prize Exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum SoHo, New York. Organized by the FW+M and the San Francisco Art Institute, her one-person exhibition Live Forever traveled to numerous North American venues in 2002 including the Orange County Museum of Art in Newport Beach, CA and the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City. 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This is the element that brings different groups of people with a common purpose together. In the olden times, sending of letters was the most popular means of communication. With the advent of new technology and Business Phone & Internet Providers Los Angeles, people are given more options to reach out to others in the form of cellular phones, landlines, and internet.\nThe release of more gadgets to enhance the activity of communication carries both personal and business benefits. Not to mention that doing business today oftentimes calls for a personal touch to attain the trust and confidence of associates. You need to establish constant communication with partners to coordinate properly and execute plans according to instructions.\nThe technology of voip harbours the feature of transmission of sound into audio signals and then sending them across the network with the help of fiber optics. This system is very cheap and also is extremely economical. The performance is of course fast and therefore voip is making its presence felt all over the world.\nThe technology is also useful because of the versatility in its nature and hence it can be used in a multiple number of ways. The world all over sees VoIP carrier services being established and also getting customers, the number of which keeps on growing with every day. There is our Commercial Voip & Internet Service Providers which give lots of services to their customers and hence they have quite a high degree of demand.\nThese services hence are now being used in a major way not only for the purpose of personal communication but also for the purpose of commercial and business communication. Hence corporate establishments have started to utilize the advantages of this technology and therefore business communication has changed completely.\nIn today's competitive times, getting the right business internet banking services plays a crucial role in your business success. 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Most of the ideas that are provided by these websites are most effective on small businesses.\nThe Commercial Internet Serviceis a global system of various interconnected networks that use the standard internet protocol suite to provide services. It has grown tremendously within the years. This is due to the development of technology and an increase in the number of computer users. An increase in the number of internet users has brought about an increase in internet service. It can now be accessed through satellite, mobile, dial up and broadband methods.\nPeople these days find it extremely hard to determine which Voip service provider is the best considering that the number of service providers has increased a good deal in the past few years. This technology is extremely famous not just amongst commercial users, but amongst home based users also. 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We aim to cater for everyone and our prices vary from ten pence to hundreds of pounds. We have a wide variety of silver, glass, ceramics, records, tins, books, postcards, luggage, militaria, costume jewellery, vintage clothing and accessories. We are delighted to also be an approved Moorcroft stockist.\nPriding ourselves on the fact that we are serious collectors and we run our own shop, you can rely upon a mature approach and personal service from friendly people who love their trade. We've got music from the twenties, thirties and forties piped through to every room. 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Georgia was No. 1 for the fifth year in a row. North Carolina ranked sixth.\nSouth Carolina is a perennial inhabitant of the magazine\u2019s top 10, having finished second in 2017, 2016, 2013 and 2012, and third in 2015 and 2014.\n\u201cRegular appearances at or near the top are a reflection of success, and the ongoing success that builds upon past wins and positive reputations,\u201d Area Development wrote in announcing this year\u2019s rankings.\nThe magazine used 11 categories by which to compare states.\n\u201cWhen you look at the number of categories where we were in the top five, that\u2019s pretty impressive,\u201d said Mark Warner, president of the S.C. Economic Developers\u2019 Association.\nThe Palmetto State made the top five states in seven of the categories and was top 10 in nine categories. It was No. 1 under \u201cbusiness incentive programs.\u201d\n\u201cIts menu of incentives is long and diverse \u2013 many focus on lowering corporate income, sales or local property taxes,\u201d Area Development wrote. \u201cBut many of its economic development successes are also driven by job development credits, workforce development incentives, and grants from such discretionary funds as the Set-Aside Program, the Rural Infrastructure Fund, and the Governor\u2019s Closing Fund, all of which can be tailored to an individual company\u2019s needs.\u201d\nRichard Blackwell, a Southeast region vice president with industrial developer Agracel Inc., agreed that South Carolina is known for its incentive programs.\n\u201cWe are very aggressive when it comes to the economic development approach, and that includes incentives,\u201d said Blackwell, who is based in Greenville.\nSouth Carolina was the No. 2 state behind Georgia under \u201ccooperative and responsive state government.\u201d\n\u201cIts services are similarly geared toward easing the location/expansion process, but the state also recognizes that all partners need to be at the top of their game in providing a cooperative and responsive effort,\u201d Area Development wrote. \u201cThat\u2019s why the state offers consultation assistance to its local governments to help them improve their own economic development responsiveness and professionalism.\u201d\nWarner said the cooperation comes from the \u201cTeam South Carolina\u201d approach fostered by the S.C. 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CNA ENGLISH NEWS", "raw_content": "SEF reiterates it has final say on cross-strait matters\nTaipei, Jan. 16 (CNA) Following a proposal by China's Fujian Province that was welcomed by Kinmen's county magistrate, the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) reiterated Wednesday only it has the authority to negotiate with China.\nThe proposal was made Monday by Fujian Governor Tang Dengjie (\u5510\u767b\u5091), when delivering a government work report to the annual session of the provincial people's congress, according to Chinese media.\nAccording to the proposal, Tang will seek to promote exchanges and cooperation between the two sides, including bridge links, and plans to supply water, electricity and gas.\nIn response to the proposal, Kinmen County Magistrate Yang Cheng-wu (\u694a\u93ae\u6d6f) of the Kuomintang, who was elected county head in the Nov. 24 local elections, said the county government will organize a delegation to visit Fujian in late January to discuss related matters.\nHowever, SEF spokesperson Kuan An-lu (\u7ba1\u5b89\u9732) said Wednesday that the words of a local authority should not be considered final in any cross-strait agreement.\nMeanwhile, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) issued a statement Tuesday saying the proposal falls under the jurisdiction of the central government and therefore needs to be carefully assessed.\nReferencing plans by Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Wu Den-yih (\u5433\u6566\u7fa9) to visit Beijing with 15 heads of KMT-governed cities and counties, Kuan said local governments can certainly visit China, but are not authorized to sign agreements.\nShe also noted that the SEF, a semi-official intermediary body responsible for cross-strait affairs, is the only agency authorized to conduct cross-strait negotiations.\nOnly agreements signed between the SEF and the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), an organization set up by Beijing to handle technical or business matters with Taiwan, can safeguard people's lawful rights. she added.\nKuan urged local authorities to respect the central government and deal with related matters through the SEF.\nFujian has provided water to Kinmen since last August, following a \"water link\" deal between China and Taiwan to provide the county with water for 30 years, signed in 2015.\nUnder the deal, Kinmen agreed to import an average of 34,000 tons of water a day from Fujian at a cost of NT$9.86 (US$0.32) per cubic meter, with daily supply able to rise to 55,000 tons a day, according to Kinmen County Waterworks.\nTaiwan spent NT$1.35 billion to build the 16-kilometer-long underground and underwater pipeline that runs from Kinmen's Tianbu Reservoir to the coastal city of Jinjiang in Fujian that made the deal possible.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 199, "original_length": 9421, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 250.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://focustaiwan.tw/news/acs/201901240012.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:03Z", "digest": "sha1:CAUHSYMSLTBQE246CYVCBJFQSIR3PTQE", "length": 2307, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "focustaiwan.tw", "title": "Taiwan considering allowing entry of 2 Chinese asylum seekers | Cross-Strait Affairs | FOCUS TAIWAN - CNA ENGLISH NEWS", "raw_content": "Taiwan considering allowing entry of 2 Chinese asylum seekers\nMainland Affairs Council Deputy Minister and spokesman Chiu Chui-cheng (\u90b1\u5782\u6b63) / CNA file photo\nTaipei, Jan. 24 (CNA) Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) said Thursday that is it mulling a plan to permit two Chinese asylum seekers to enter Taiwan for \"professional exchanges\".\nThe proposal is still under discussion among the relevant government agencies and will require the cooperation of the two Chinese men, who have been in a restricted area at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport for the past four months, said MAC Deputy Minister Chiu Chui-cheng (\u90b1\u5782\u6b63).\nMeanwhile, in a written statement, the MAC said the matter will have to be handled in accordance with Taiwan's laws and regulations, taking into consideration international precedent in similar cases and human rights protections.\nThe MAC, the main government agency responsible for cross-Taiwan Strait affairs, said Taiwan does not yet have an adequate mechanism to deal with refugee claims.\nHowever, the MAC and other government agencies are committed to upholding human rights and protecting the safety of the two Chinese nationals while seeking appropriate solutions, according to the statement.\nThe two Chinese men, 43-year-old Yan Kefen (\u984f\u514b\u82ac) and 63-year-old Liu Xinglian (\u5289\u8208\u806f), arrived at the Taoyuan airport on Sept. 27 last year on a flight from Thailand and were scheduled to continue onward to Beijing but did not get on the outbound flight.\nInstead, they put in a claim for asylum on grounds of political persecution in China but they could not provide any supporting evidence, the MAC said at the time.\nImmigration officers later found that Yan and Liu were holding refugee certificates issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees but the officers could not immediately ascertain whether the men had applied for asylum elsewhere.\nSince then, the two men have been in a restricted area at the Taoyuan airport, the MAC said, adding that they do not have the required documents to enter Taiwan.\nThey are being monitored around the clock and assisted by the National Immigration Agency's Border Affairs Corps and appear to be emotionally stable, according to the MAC.\nLiu, however, suffers from diabetes, high blood pressure and adrenal tumors, the MAC said.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 197, "original_length": 9081, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 276.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aedu/201902100016.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:54Z", "digest": "sha1:YF7UJV3GRKO6PWES5FA7RD6OVMDJZ2XK", "length": 1895, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "focustaiwan.tw", "title": "Slovakia to promote its children's books at Taipei book fair | Culture | FOCUS TAIWAN - CNA ENGLISH NEWS", "raw_content": "Photo courtesy of Chen Liang Podstavek (\u6881\u6668)\nTaipei, Feb. 10 (CNA) The national booth Slovakia is setting up at the upcoming 2019 Taipei International Book Exhibition (TIBE) will feature children's books, as the landlocked country in Central Europe seeks to boost interaction between the children's literature sectors of Slovakia and Taiwan.\nAbout 70 Slovakian children's books, including collections of folk songs, poems, riddles and fairy tales, will be exhibited at the annual book fair, which will be held Feb. 12-17 at the Taipei World Trade Center, according to Chen Liang Podstavek (\u6881\u6668), the key person orchestrating the installation of the Slovakia booth.\nThe Chinese Slovakian, who holds a Slovakian doctorate in linguistics and literature, is the wife of Martin Podstavek, the representative of the Slovak Economic and Cultural Office Taipei.\nChen Liang Podstavek, who goes by her Slovakian name Lidka, has been devoted to translating children's books published in Taiwan and Slovakia since late 2017 when she began life in Taiwan along with her diplomat husband.\nLidka told CNA in a recent interview that she hopes to promote bilateral exchanges in the children's literature of the two nations.\nThanks to her fondness for translation work, each children's book to be exhibited at the Slovakia booth in the Taipei fair will have a synopsis in both Chinese and English, even though they are all written in Slovakian.\nIn this way, she hopes young Taiwanese readers and publishers will have the chance to become acquainted with the children's literature of Slovakia, Lidka said.\nIn addition, more than 200 Taiwanese students from seven elementary schools around the country will visit the Slovakia booth at the fair, Lidka said.\nShe will host the young visitors in person and will tell them some classic Slovakian fairy tales in the hope of piquing their interest in Slovakia, Lidka added.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 196, "original_length": 8718, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 303.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://folktaxonomy.com/writing/software-requirements", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:23Z", "digest": "sha1:TVUGWWLGXJOTARKBJIRYA2SJ5DQOET4F", "length": 1170, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "folktaxonomy.com", "title": "Software Requirements | Folk Taxonomy", "raw_content": "The Alliance for a Healthier Generation works with schools, companies, community organizations, healthcare professionals and families to transform the conditions and systems that lead to healthier kids.\nHealthier Generation's digital products serve the diverse needs of the organizations and systems with which they work. Each product has its own ecosystem of needs, challenges, and stakeholders.\nDeveloping requirements for products involves working closely with all departments and end users to understand their needs, identify barriers, innovate solutions, prioritize the work, facilitate production, assist with quality assurance, and iterate the products post-launch.\nThis work requires competence in a variety of disciplines and techniques such as user-centered design, user experience design, graphic design, prototyping, focus groups, usability testing, multivariate testing, technical writing, front-end development and project management.\nIn more than five years of working on these challenges, I've developed a deep knowledge of public health interventions, school and district organizations, and how digital products can best meet the needs of our end users.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 37, "original_length": 1709, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 208.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://followingfirstgradeparker.blogspot.com/2012/02/something-new.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:55Z", "digest": "sha1:SXQ4L6ICIKIGI4NPIZDKTPK36TSHMQQI", "length": 1135, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "followingfirstgradeparker.blogspot.com", "title": "Following First Grade With Mrs. Parker: Something New!", "raw_content": "There are so many times I wish I could have better communication with all of you about all the fun things we are doing each week. If your child is anything like mine you have a hard time getting anything out of them about what they did in school each day. Hopefully this blog will give you a better idea! My goal is to post each week and to provide even a few pictures if everything all works out. I am somewhat new to the blogging world. Sometimes those pictures and links just make me feel my age! My blog design will hopefully change as soon as I figure out how! Any experts out there? I would love some advice.\nI am not planning to post pictures of your children on this site, just examples of their work.\nThis is a great way to have family members follow what is going on in the classroom as well. There is an option to follow my blog so you will be updated with all new postings.\nI do have another blog where you can catch up on first grade math I have been teaching in the classroom. This blog was created as a teacher resource, but everything I post I am teaching in the classroom. That site is ecasdfirstgrademath.blogspot.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 2527, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 338.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://forum.lastchaos.gamigo.com/index.php?page=Thread&postID=725476&l=4&s=9102a9e8d4db9d9a350970e3b530ca8ba249afcd", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:17Z", "digest": "sha1:S3VER4TPSNH7TZXJOTQQICKUCK2SD76V", "length": 230, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "forum.lastchaos.gamigo.com", "title": "Countdown to Christmas post thread! - Page 2 - Biggest Fan - Last Chaos Forum", "raw_content": "Date of registration: 10. December 2017\nStarry has attached the following image:\nThis post \"My Xmas story\" by \"HaloCobra\" (Friday, 22. December 2017, 23:22) has been deleted by the author himself (Friday, 22. December 2017, 23:23)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 157, "original_length": 6337, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 236.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://forum.tnbcfoundation.org/topic11610&OB=DESC.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:10Z", "digest": "sha1:P5GA63U6VRKZZCWC7GOK6YVQHHVJHNCB", "length": 31731, "nlines": 125, "source_domain": "forum.tnbcfoundation.org", "title": "Nanoparticles and TNBC - TNBC Foundation Forum", "raw_content": "Nanoparticles and TNBC\nQuote Reply Topic: Nanoparticles and TNBC\nHave you heard of cryoablation being done on tnbc patients at all? I am looking at a trial but they don't have tnbc as a prerequisite. I contacted them and sent my scans, waiting to hear what they have to say? So scared of surgery and rads. Almost done with chemo.\nNew approach delivers drugs to cancer cells while protecting healthy tissues\nCancer treatments, including chemotherapy, have helped many people with the disease to go on to live healthy lives.\nNevertheless, chemotherapy takes a toll on the body. During treatment, chemotherapy attacks all of the body's cells, not just cancer cells. The result destroys healthy cells, causing many patients to suffer major side effects during and after treatment.\nAnd because current treatments aren't specifically targeted to cancer cells, only 0.01 per cent of chemotherapy drugs actually reach the tumor and its diseased cells.\n\"I'm working on figuring out how we can deliver more of the chemotherapy drugs to the tumor and less to healthy cells,\" says Sofie Snipstad, who recently graduated from the Department of Physics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Last year, she won a Norwegian science communication competition for PhD candidates called Researcher Grand Prix. When she made her winning presentation about her research during the competition finals, she was in the middle of testing a new method of cancer treatment on mice.\nNow her research has shown that the method can cure cancer in mice.\nHer study, Ultrasound Improves the Delivery and Therapeutic Effect of Nanoparticle-Stabilized Microbubbles in Breast Cancer Xenografts has just been published in the academic journal Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology.\nSnipstad's method targets cancerous tumors with chemotherapy so that more of the drug reaches cancer cells while protecting healthy cells. The experiments were conducted in mice with an aggressive breast cancer type (triple negative).\nResearchers undertook many laboratory experiments before conducting their tests with mice \u2014 which were the first actual tests using this delivery method for chemotherapy. In addition to causing the tumors to disappear during treatment, the cancer has not returned in the trial animals.\n\"This is an exciting technology that has shown very promising results. That the first results from our tests in mice are so good, and that the medicine does such a good job right from the start is very promising,\" Snipstad says.\nInstead of being injected straight into the bloodstream and transported randomly to both sick and healthy cells, the chemotherapy medicine is encapsulated in nanoparticles. When nanoparticles containing the cancer drugs are injected into the bloodstream, the nanoparticles are so large that they remain in the blood vessels in most types of healthy tissues. This prevents the chemotherapy from harming healthy cells.\nBlood vessels in the tumor, however, have porous walls, so that the nanoparticles containing the chemotherapy can work their way into the cancerous cells.\n\"My research shows that this method allows us to supply 100 times more chemotherapy to the tumor compared to chemotherapy alone. That's good,\" Snipstad says.\nHowever, the nanoparticles can only reach cells that are closest to the blood vessels that carry the drug-laden particles, she said. That means that cancer cells that are far from the blood vessels that supply the tumor do not get the chemotherapy drugs.\n\"For the treatment to be effective, it has to reach all parts of the tumor. So our nanoparticles need help to deliver the medicine,\" she said.\nThe nanoparticles used by Snipstad and her research team were developed at SINTEF in Trondheim. The particles are unusual because they can form small bubbles. The nanoparticles are in the surface of the bubbles.\nThese bubbles are an important part of the cancer treatment. Another essential part is the use of ultrasound, which is Snipstad's area of research.\nThe bubbles that contain the chemotherapy-laden nanoparticles are injected into the bloodstream. Ultrasound is then applied to the tumor. The ultrasound causes the bubbles to vibrate and eventually burst, so that the nanoparticles are released. The vibrations also massage the blood vessels and tissues to make them more porous. This helps push the nanoparticles further into the cancerous tumor, instead of only reaching the cancer cells closest to the blood vessels.\n\"By using ultrasound to transport the chemotherapy-laden nanoparticles into the tumors, our research on mice has shown that we can deliver about 250 times more of the drug to the tumor compared to just injecting chemotherapy into the bloodstream alone,\" she says.\nThe mice were divided into three groups:\nGroup 1 received no treatment, and the tumor continued to grow.\nGroup 2 received the treatment using drug-laden nanoparticles. The growth of the tumor stagnated after time, but the tumor did not disappear.\nGroup 3 received the treatment using drug-laden nanoparticles, bubbles and ultrasound. In this group, the tumor shrank until it disappeared. One hundred days after the treatment was discontinued, the mice were still cancer-free.\n\"For the treatment to be effective, we have to trick the cancer cells to take up the nanoparticles so that the chemotherapy reaches its target,\" Snipstad says.\nTo study this process, she has grown cancer cells and examined them under a microscope. Here, she has seen that the nanoparticles camouflage the chemotherapy drug, allowing the cancer cells to take them up. But for the treatment to work, the nanoparticles have to release the cancer drug exactly when and where it is needed.\n\"We can do that by changing the chemical composition of the nanoparticles so that we can tailor properties, including determining how quickly the nanoparticles break down. After the cell takes up the nanoparticle, the nanoparticle dissolves and releases the cancer drug inside the cell. That causes the cancer cell to stop die.\nhttps://www.news-medical.net/news/20170826/New-approach-delivers-drugs-to-cancer-cells-while-protecting-healthy-tissues.aspx\nEdited by 123Donna - Aug 31 2017 at 8:54pm\nDrug candidate delivered by plant-virus-based carrier shows promise for triple-negative breast cancer\nIn a pair of firsts, researchers at Case Western Reserve University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have shown that the drug candidate phenanthriplatin can be more effective than an approved drug in vivo, and that a plant-virus-based carrier successfully delivers a drug in vivo.\nTriple-negative breast cancer tumors of mice treated with the phenanthriplatin -carrying nanoparticles were four times smaller than those treated either with cisplatin, a common and related chemotherapy drug, or free phenanthriplatin injected intravenously into circulation.\nhttp://www.news-medical.net/news/20160609/Drug-candidate-delivered-by-plant-virus-based-carrier-shows-promise-for-triple-negative-breast-cancer.aspx\nDonna - Thanks for sharing the article. It was very interesting and does sound very promising for those of us with metastatic TNBC. With all the articles I've read, along with trials, hopefully TNBC will have a cure within a few short years. I'm hopeful our daughters and grandchildren will be spared the harsh treatments we are enduring.\nTriple-stage vehicles for platinum-based drugs.\nScientists have devised a triple-stage \"cluster bomb\" system for delivering the chemotherapy drug cisplatin, via tiny nanoparticles designed to break up when they reach a tumor.\nDetails of the particles' design and their potency against cancer in mice were published March 28 in PNAS. They have not been tested in humans, although similar ways of packaging cisplatin have been in clinical trials.\nWhat makes these particles distinctive is that they start out relatively large -- 100 nanometers wide - to enable smooth transport into the tumor through leaky blood vessels. Then, in acidic conditions found close to tumors, the particles discharge \"bomblets\" just 5 nanometers in size.\nInside tumor cells, a second chemical step activates the platinum-based cisplatin, which kills by crosslinking and damaging DNA. Doctors have used cisplatin to fight several types of cancer for decades, but toxic side effects - to the kidneys, nerves and inner ear -- can limit its effectiveness.\nDonna- thanks for the post, if they can combine a cancer drug with a polymer nano infusion, where it gets released around/with a cancerous tumor, this is really promising. The pharma companies use polemers/ some kind of binding agent for all \"time-releaseing\" of drugs, so this makes lots of sense if it can be targeted.\nQuote smurfs73\nThanks so much for sharing all these articles with us Donna. It's so exciting to see the advances researcher make everyday!\nDX IDC TNBC 01/16 age 61, Stage 1, Grade 3, 1.5cm, 0/3Nodes, lumpectomy 02/16, DD A/C x4, Taxol x12, rads x33 Finished 10/16 BRCA \u2013\nNano-balls filled with poison wipe out metastatic cancer in mice\nFor most cancer patients, it\u2019s not the original tumor that poses the greatest risk. It\u2019s the metastases that invade the lung, liver, and other tissues. Now, researchers have come up with an approach that tricks these spinoff tumors into swallowing poison. So far the strategy has only been tested in mice, where it proved highly effective. But the results are promising enough that the researchers are planning to launch clinical trials in cancer patients within a year.\nThe new work is \u201cvery innovative stuff,\u201d says Steven Libutti, a geneticist and cancer surgeon at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City, who was not involved in the study. The treatment, he explains, works in three steps to place a conventional chemotherapeutic agent near the nucleus (or nuclei) of a metastatic cancer cell where the drug molecules are most lethal. \u201cIt\u2019s almost like a multistage rocket\u201d that lifts astronauts off Earth, sends them to the moon, and returns them safely, he says.\nAt the heart of the new therapy is a chemotherapeutic agent called doxorubicin (dox). The drug has been a mainstay of cancer treatment for years, as it jams up DNA in the cell nucleus and prevents tumor cells from dividing. But when it\u2019s injected into the bloodstream, the drug can also kill heart muscle cells and cause heart failure, which often forces oncologists to either dial back the dose or discontinue it altogether. Delivering dox only to tumor cells is therefore highly desirable, but it has been a major challenge.\nHoping to provide such cell specificity, researchers led by Mauro Ferrari, a nanomedicine expert, as well as president and CEO of the Houston Methodist Research Institute in Texas, have spent years developing porous silicon particles as drug carriers. The particles\u2019 micrometer-scale size and disklike shape allows them travel unimpeded through normal blood vessels. But when they hit blood vessels around tumors, which are typically malformed and leaky, the particles fall out of the circulation and pool near the tumor. That was step one in delivering chemotherapeutic drugs to their target. But just filling such particles with dox doesn\u2019t do much good, Ferrari says. Even if a small amount of the drug finds its way inside tumor cells, those cells often have membrane proteins that act as tiny pumps to push the drug back outside the cell before it can do any damage.\nSilicon particles act as nanoparticle generators (iNPG) that carry stringlike polymers loaded with a chemotherapy compound called doxorubicin (p-Dox).\nTo get large amounts of dox inside the metastatic tumor cells and then past the protein pumps, Ferrari and colleagues linked numerous dox molecules to stringlike molecules called polymers. They then infused the dox-carrying polymers into their silicon microparticles and injected them into mice that had been implanted with human metastatic liver and lung tumors. As with the previous studies, the researchers found that the silicon particles congregated in and around tumor sites, and once there the particles slowly degraded over 2 to 4 weeks.\nAs they did so, the silicon particles released the dox-carrying polymer strands. In the watery environment around tumor cells, the strands coiled up into tiny balls, each just 20\u201380 nanometers across. That size, Ferrari says, is ideal, because it\u2019s the same size as tiny vesicles that are commonly exchanged between neighboring cells as part of their normal chemical communication. In this case, the dox-polymer balls were readily taken up by tumor cells. Once there, a large fraction was carried internally away from the dox-exporting pumps at cell membrane and toward the nucleus. Ferrari says at this point his team isn\u2019t sure exactly why the dox-laden balls are ferried toward the nucleus, though this is exactly what they wanted.\nNot only is the region around the nucleus devoid of dox-removing pumps, but it typically has a more acidic environment than near the cell membrane. And Ferrari\u2019s team used this to their advantage as well. They designed the chemical links between dox molecules and the polymer to dissolve under acidic conditions. This releases the dox at the site where its cell killing potency is highest.\nUp to 50% of cancer-bearing mice given the treatment showed no signs of metastatic tumors 8 months later, the researchers report today in Nature Biotechnology. In humans, Ferrari says, that\u2019s equivalent to being cancer-free for 24 years. \u201cIf this research bears out in humans and we see even a fraction of this survival time, we are still talking about dramatically extending life for many years,\u201d Ferrari says. \u201cThat\u2019s essentially providing a cure in a patient population that is now being told there is none.\u201d\nThe new treatment isn\u2019t the first nanomedicine to show promise. According to a recent nanotechnology working group study published in The Lancet, more than 50 nanomedicine compounds are now in clinical trials. However, the new work is promising, Libutti says, because the silicon microparticles tend to target tumors in the liver and lung, common destinations of metastatic tumor cells.\nThe new work holds out hope for improving the effectiveness of other chemotherapy drugs as well, Libutti says. \u201cThere\u2019s no reason to believe you couldn\u2019t make a version of these particles with any chemotherapeutic agent.\u201d\nhttp://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/03/nano-balls-filled-poison-wipe-out-metastatic-cancer-mice\nNanoparticles Prevent Spread of Breast Cancer\nResearchers at Case Western Reserve University combined finely crafted nanoparticles with one of nature\u2019s potent disrupters to prevent the spread of triple-negative breast cancer in mouse models.\nThe highly aggressive cancer subtype is difficult to manage and, currently, the FDA has no approved targeted treatments. But striking results from a new study published in the journalCancer Research make the researchers optimistic they have a potential game-changer for triple negative cancer and more.\n\u201cThere are multiple targets within a cell,\u201d says William Schiemann, professor of oncology at the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine and the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, and a leader of the research. \u201cWith this technology, we can target any gene or any location, for other cancers, more diseases\u2014potentially even immunology-based diseases.\u201d\nRegular injections of nanoparticles carrying siRNA silenced the gene that regulates expression of the protein \u03b23 integrin. Expression of \u03b23 integrin in the cell-development process called the endothelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), is essential for the cancer to spread from its primary tumor.\nNearly 15 percent of breast cancers in the United States are triple negative, and the subtype is most prevalent among African-American women in their 20s and 30s\nAccording to the National Cancer Institute, the five-year survival rate for women whose cancer is discovered early and contained to a primary tumor is 98 percent. But, the survival rate for those diagnosed with distant metastases plummets to less than 25 percent.\nTo try to tackle metastasis, Schiemann teamed with Zheng-Rong Lu, the M. Frank and Margaret Domiter Rudy Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve, Jenny Parvani, now a postdoctoral investigator, PhD student Maneesh Gujrati and undergraduate student Margaret Mack.\nLu\u2019s lab has been developing lipid-based nanoparticles to deliver medicines to specific targets in the body for a decade. Lipids include fats and oils, but these organic molecules are also building blocks in cell structures and functions.\nSchieman\u2019s lab investigates ways to manipulate the EMT process. He suggested they target the \u03b23 integrin gene with siRNA, short for small interfering RNA or silencing RNA.\nThe nanoparticle, which Lu labeled ECO, navigates a number of roadblocks. It crosses the blood-brain barrier, which is key to effective therapy. Metastatic cells from this type of cancer often lodge in the brain.\nECO withstands degradation and remains cloaked from the body\u2019s immune system while circulating in the blood. ECO induces endosomes to wrap and transport it inside a cancer cell. The particle\u2019s makeup prevents entrapment in the endosomal membrane and digestion by enzyme-packed lysosomes.\nThe nanoparticles are coated with RGD peptide that draws them to the gene that controls expression of \u03b23 integrin. When attached to the gene, TGF-\u03b2, the nanoparticle releases siRNA, which jams the machinery.\nThe study adds to growing evidence that a lack of \u03b23 integrin stops production of migrating cancer cells.\nIn this study, five mice with a mouse version of triple-negative breast cancer were injected with particles every five days for 14 weeks. Compared to control mice, the treated mice\u2019s tumors shrunk significantly, but more importantly, the treatment significantly inhibited metastasis.\nFive mice with human triple-negative breast cancer received the same treatment, which produced the same results.\n\u201cThe results were really, really surprising,\u201d Lu says.\n\u201cI was shocked, actually,\u201d Schiemann said. \u201cWe can do most anything in vitro in the lab, but to do this in the live body of a mouse is a huge hurdle to clear.\u201d\nFour weeks after treatment was stopped, the treated mice remained tumor free while cancer continued to grow in untreated controls.\nNo significant difference in body weight across treatment groups and controls were found, indicating low toxicity of the treatments.\nThe researchers are further testing whether the delivery system is safe and seeking grants for dosing experiments and other steps toward clinical trials.\n\u201cWe\u2019re also looking at different genes, different therapies and more delivery platforms,\u201d Lu says.\nThe work is funded by National Institutes of Health grants EB00489, CA129359, CA177069, National Science Foundation grant DGE-0951783, and Department of Defense grant BC133808.\nhttp://www.cemag.us/news/2015/05/nanoparticles-prevent-spread-breast-cancer\nThis sounds like science fiction! I hope they will move on to clinical trials on this soon.\nNew nanodevice defeats drug resistance\nChemotherapy often shrinks tumors at first, but as cancer cells become resistant to drug treatment, tumors can grow back. A new nanodevice developed by MIT researchers can help overcome that by first blocking the gene that confers drug resistance, then launching a new chemotherapy attack against the disarmed tumors.\nThe device, which consists of gold nanoparticles embedded in a hydrogel that can be injected or implanted at a tumor site, could also be used more broadly to disrupt any gene involved in cancer.\n\"You can target any genetic marker and deliver a drug, including those that don't necessarily involve drug-resistance pathways. It's a universal platform for dual therapy,\" says Natalie Artzi, a research scientist at MIT's Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES), an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, and senior author of a paper describing the device in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences the week of March 2.\nTo demonstrate the effectiveness of the new approach, Artzi and colleagues tested it in mice implanted with a type of human breast tumor known as a triple negative tumor. Such tumors, which lack any of the three most common breast cancer markers -- estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, and Her2 -- are usually very difficult to treat. Using the new device to block the gene for multidrug resistant protein 1 (MRP1) and then deliver the chemotherapy drug 5-fluorouracil, the researchers were able to shrink tumors by 90 percent in two weeks.\nhttp://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-03/miot-nnd030215.php\nI had my other Dr. check on them at my appt today, and the system shows that they are still awaiting results. She said they should have been in by now. This particular test was done in the investigation med lab at MDA so it wasn't even sent out of the city. I know they do some with Foundation One, but I guess not mine. Thanks and hope your treatment is going well!\nQuote Linda428\nI'm sure your results are back----MDA is notorious for just letting them lay around. If you call Foundation One I'm sure they will tell you that they're back.\nWow thanks for posting the above article Donna. Very interesting to hear about the tumor microenvironment. This must be what is going on with my cancer, because chemo doesn't seem to beat mine down:\n\u201cTumors create bad neighborhoods,\u201d said William Zamboni, PhD, the study's senior author and an associate professor at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. \u201cThey spawn leaky, jumbled blood vessels that are like broken streets, blind alleys, and busted sewers. There are vacant lots densely overgrown with collagen fibers. Immune-system cells patrolling the streets might be good guys turned bad, actually working for the tumor. And we're trying to get a large truckload of medicine through all of that.\u201d\nWish I had some kind of results back from my MD Anderson molecular testing. It was supposed to only take 2 weeks to get results, but is now a month late. Maybe results will come in next week...\nEffectiveness of nanoparticle drugs was hindered by tumor microenvironment in triple-negative breast cancer\nNanoparticle drugs, which are medications packed into tiny containers with the potential to travel straight to tumors, were considered to be a potential silver bullet against cancer. However, new cancer drugs based on nanoparticle technology have not produced the anticipated improvement in overall survival rates.\nScientists at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill now believe that failure may more to do with the tumor's immediate surroundings rather than the drugs and tumors.\nThe work, published in Clinical Cancer Research (2014; doi:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-14-0493), merges relatively old and new ideas in cancer treatment, on one hand underscoring the importance of personalized medicine and on the other, reinforcing a relatively new idea that the tumor microenvironment might affect the delivery of drugs to tumors.\nThe tumor microenvironment is a factor that may alter drug delivery from person to person, from cancer to cancer, and even from tumor to tumor.\nIn their work, Zamboni and colleagues from the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and the UNC School of Medicine joined forces to see how much of the standard small-molecule cancer drug doxorubicin and its nanoparticle version, Doxil, actually made it into two varieties of triple-negative breast cancer tumor models. Triple-negative breast cancer accounts for 10% to 17% of cases and has a poorer prognosis than other types of breast cancer.\nAt first, what they saw was no surprise: significantly more of the nanodrug Doxil made it into both triple-negative breast cancer tumors compared with the standard small-molecule doxorubicin. \u201cThat's nothing new,\u201d Zamboni said. \u201cWe've seen that for 20 years.\u201d They also saw the same amount of doxorubicin in both tumors.\nWhat did surprise them was that significantly more of the nanodrug Doxil, twice as much, was delivered to the C3-TAg triple-negative breast cancer tumor than to the T11 triple-negative breast cancer tumor.\n\u201cThese tumors are subtypes of a subtype of one kind of cancer and are relatively closely related,\u201d said Zamboni. \u201cIf the differences in delivering nanoagents to these two tumors are so significant, we can only imagine what the differences might be between breast cancer and lung cancer.\u201d\nZamboni and his team suggest that better profiling of tumors and their microenvironments would allow doctors not only to better identify patients who would most benefit from nanoparticle-based cancer therapy, but also that clinicians may need to learn more about a patient's tumor before prescribing treatment with one of the newer nanoparticle drugs.\n\u201cIt looks like the tumor microenvironment could play a big role in cancer treatment,\u201d said Zamboni. \u201cIt may be the factor that could point us in the right direction for personalized care not only for triple-negative breast cancer but for any type.\u201d\nhttp://www.oncologynurseadvisor.com/effectiveness-of-nanoparticle-drugs-was-hindered-by-tumor-microenvironment-in-triple-negative-breast-cancer/article/395278/\nMore research being done in the lab. Hopefully this will be trialed soon.\nNew nanoscale method developed to fight cancer\nResearchers from UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed an innovative cancer-fighting technique in which custom-designed nanoparticles carrychemotherapy drugs directly to tumor cells and release their cargo when triggered by a two-photon laser in the infrared red wavelength.\nThe research findings by UCLA's Jeffrey Zink, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry, and Fuyu Tamanoi, a professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics, and their colleagues were published online in the journal Small and will appear in a later print edition.\nLight-activated drug delivery holds promise for treating cancerbecause it give doctors control over precisely when and where in the body drugs are released. Delivering and releasing chemotherapy drugs so that they hit only tumor cells and not surrounding healthy tissues can greatly reduce treatment side effects and increase the drugs' cancer-killing effect. But the development of a drug-delivery system that responds to tissue-penetrating light has been a major challenge.\nTo address this, the teams of Tamanoi and Zink, which included scientists from the Jonsson Cancer Center's cancer nanotechnology and signal transduction and therapeutics programs, collaborated with Jean-Olivier Durand from France's University of Montpellier to develop a new type of nanoparticle that can absorb energy from tissue-penetrating light.\nThese new nanoparticles are equipped with thousands of pores, or tiny tubes, that can hold chemotherapy drugs. The ends of the pores are capped with nanovalves that keep the drugs in, like a cork in a bottle. The nanovalves contain special molecules that respond to energy from two-photon light exposure, which prompts the valves to open and release the drugs.\nThe operation of the nanoparticles was demonstrated in the laboratory using human breast cancer cells.\nBecause the effective range of the two-photon laser in the infrared red wavelength is 4 centimeters from the skin surface, this delivery system would work best for tumors within that range, which possibly include breast, stomach, colon and ovarian tumors, the researchers said.\nIn addition to their light sensitivity, the new nanoparticles are fluorescent and can be monitored in the body using molecular imaging techniques. This allows researchers to track the progress of the nanoparticle into the targeted cancer cell before light activation. The ability to track a targeted therapy in this way has been given the name \"theranostics\" - a portmanteau of therapy and diagnostics - in the scientific literature.\n\"We have a wonderful collaboration,\" Zink said. \"When the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center brings together totally diverse fields - in this case, a physical chemist and a cell signaling scientist - we can do things that neither one could do alone.\"\n\"Our collaboration with scientists at Charles Gerhardt Institute was important to the success of this two-photon-activated technique, which provides controls over drug delivery to allow local treatment that dramatically reduces side effects,\" said Tammanoi.\nI seem to remember that the nano particle research has been ongoing for as long as I've been here, but this is the first time I've seen it targeting Tneg. For us, the personalized treatment and the ability to target cells and their escape hatches seems all the more important. Now if we could just get the Komen CEO to donate a few cocktail dresses to the research fund...\nSounds like real progress!!\nDrug-resistant breast tumors' defenses lowered by stealth nanoparticles\nSome of the most dangerous cancers are those that can outmaneuver the very drugs designed to defeat them, but researchers are now reporting a new Trojan-horse approach. In a preliminary study in the journal ACS Nano focusing on a type of breast cancer that is highly resistant to current therapies, they describe a way to sneak small particles intotumor cells, lower their defenses and attack them with drugs, potentially making the therapy much more effective.\nPaula T. Hammond and colleagues at the Koch Institute of Integrative Cancer Research at MIT note that triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive disease that is difficult to treat with standard-of-care therapy, and patients' prognoses are poor. These cancer cells evade treatment by ramping up the production of certain proteins that protect tumors fromchemotherapy drugs. Interfering with this process could give anticancer drugs a better chance at killing resistant tumors. Recent research into molecules called small interfering RNAs, or siRNAs, is opening doors into possible new treatments using this approach. These molecules can halt the production of particular proteins, so they are ideal candidates for dialing down the levels of protective proteins in tumors. But there are challenges to using siRNAs as part of a cancer therapy, so Hammond's team set out to address them with novel molecular engineering approaches.\nThey designed a two-stage, \"stealth\" drug delivery system to attack TNBC cells in mice, often used as stand-ins for humans in research. They created \"layer-by-layer\" nanoparticles through assembly of components in a certain order around a nano-sized core. 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In her short 39 years, on this earth, she wanted nothing more than to raise a large and faithful family and serve other people. Mary was an accomplished pianist who chose to be a mother of nine children rather than to pursue higher education. Through the years, she performed most of her service in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from behind the piano. She found pleasure in writing sacred music and sharing her music and talent with all who needed her. Mary had a style that touched eternity. Her music penetrates the heart. In 1993, Mary's father, Ronald B. Higginbotham, encouraged Mary and her sisters to record her music at Jim Brady Recording Studios in Tucson, AZ. In December of 2002, about a year and a half after Mary's passing, Mary's family went back to the same recording studio and recorded the rest of her music. The MP3 recordings contain music from both recordings. Her family also published a book, that we are now sharing freely for non-commercial use, via the internet. We hope that you will be touched as you listen to Mary's beautiful music.\nA Covenant Is a Promise was written in 1997 for Mary's daughter, Camille for her baptism. It was recordend in 2002 sung by Mary's daughters, solo by Camille. 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After our arrival, we drove to our hotel, Samothrace Village on the main road, next to the sea.\nSamothrace is located in the northeast Aegean, opposite Alexandroupoli, 29 nautical miles distant. It belong to the Perfecture of Evros and covers an area of 178 sg. km, with population of 5,000. It is still relatively untouched by mass tourism. It was first inhabited in the Neolithic era, in around 1000 BC Thracian colonisers came here, intermarrying with the indigenous population.\nAfte we woke up the next morning, we drove to the Samothrace Museum for a tour and also visited the sanctuary, which attained its zenith in Hellenistic times. Then we drove to Therma for lunch and refreshment, after which we went to a small waterfall and met some locals who advised us to go to see the big waterfalls.\nWe drove for around 15 minutes, then walked for another 45 minutes into a forest where we came upon amazing waterfalls. We had our swim in sweet cold water, which was really good after the walk. The place is unique, specially for people coming from Arabia. The people in the area was surprised to see a car from Bahrain and we had a good chat with some of them and informed them about our expedition.\nThen we drove to Kipi beach and had another swim and drove back. In the hotel we met the Mayor of Ferres, who was in Samothrake for a holiday. He asked us to visit his town \u2013 a 20 minute drive from Alexandroupli \u2013 and be his guest. We promised to try and make it.\nLater at night we drove to Chora, the capital and had an excellent meal in a restaurant called Sotiros. You have to drive off road to get to it, it is only open in July and August.\nLater we headed to our hotel and had a good sleep. Samothrace was a real discovery for our expedition and we know that we will be back for another visit.\nWhile our trip to Greece is almost at an end, we know that we will be back soon. 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I admit it has been many years since I\u2019ve found myself in that situation, yet I still remember the sinking feeling from the times it happened.\nThese days I get that same feeling when I find my \u2018spiritual tank\u2019 approaching Empty. I become most aware of it when I am digging around in the Word. It usually comes about when I\u2019m cross-referencing.\nFor example, the following scriptures recently caught my attention.\nCol 1:3-5 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints, because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. I asked myself\u2026when was the last time I thanked God like that\u2026 expressing my appreciation for what God is doing in another\u2019s life because of their faith and hope? I do pray for and try to encourage others, but read the verse again. Can\u2019t you almost hear the excitement in Paul\u2019s voice-\u201cWe always thank God\u201d.\nWhen I read in 2 Peter 1:3-11\u2026I am in awe\u2026and I challenge you to read it and consider the following words again. God\u2019s divine power, everything, life and godliness, his glory and goodness, very great and precious promises, so that through them, we may participate in the divine nature, and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires. Make every effort, add to your faith, goodness, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, godliness, brotherly kindness, love.\nNow read on\u2026For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins. That\u2019s powerful!!\nAnd finally\u2026 be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.\nI may start out on Empty\u2026but after spending time in the garden my spiritual tank starts to fill. 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That was until very recently, about the mid-point of two seasons ago, when the Rangers faced a critical decision with Girardi.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 67, "original_length": 6055, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 315.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://greatfashionideas.com/emily-vs-bear-raises-awareness-of-human-rights-abuses-in-the-fashion-industry", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:55Z", "digest": "sha1:JQECFCHAAI4JDAMJ2ACMJRBNNIIEDQJS", "length": 1799, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "greatfashionideas.com", "title": "EMILY VS BEAR Raises Awareness of Human Rights Abuses in the Fashion Industry | Great Fashion Ideas", "raw_content": "JustLuxe\t July 7, 2017 0 Contributor\nPhotos Credit: EmilyVsBear\nCreated by millennial fashion designer and activist Emily Bell, EVB donates 20 percent of its proceeds from every purchase towards a charity of the consumer\u2019s choice. When it comes to deciding whether to buy clothing, accessories or shoes, there\u2019s plenty to consider about style, color, quality, and price. Yet, there is one aspect that most consumers rarely factor into their buying decisions: the working conditions of those people who are producing the clothing.\nMany of today\u2019s largest fashion brands outsource their manufacturing to countries where factory workers are effectively treated as slave labor, subject to physical and sexual abuse as well as unsafe and unsanitary working conditions. In order to provide consumers with an alternative to supporting companies that place corporate greed above basic human rights for all and the environment, Boston-based fashion designer, activist, and entrepreneur Emily Bell decided to launch EMILYVSBEAR, a luxury American-made fashion brand. All of the EMILY VS BEAR pieces are made with a focus on sustainable practices.\n\u201cEMILY VS BEAR is intended to inspire all of us to do better for our communities, society, and the environment,\u201d says Bell. \u201cFor instance, we know that many of our clothes are made by slave labor in horrendous working conditions, yet we continue to live in this manner because change is hard and we don\u2019t know how to do it. To help change our thinking and buying habits, EMILY VS BEAR strives to raise awareness on today\u2019s most critical social, economic, and political issues.\u201d\nShop EMILY VS BEAR at their online store.\nBella Hadid and Winnie Harlow Had an Epic Photo Shoot in the Backseat of a Car\nWilliam and Harry Say Diana Was \u201cOne of the Naughtiest Parents\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 4353, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 284.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://groundedtravel.com/destinations/europe/germany/d%C3%BCsseldorf", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:45:14Z", "digest": "sha1:SNXBDM2PVAULOI5JN4FN6X5ZARNCT2NZ", "length": 429, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "groundedtravel.com", "title": "How to get to D\u00fcsseldorf by Train, Coach or Ferry | Destinations | Grounded Travel", "raw_content": "Dusseldorf is situated at the centre of the Rhine-Ruhr region, and is a respected financial centre. 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Overall, there is about a 10.9 month supply of properties. Lilburn is actually mid-pack among cities in Gwinnett County. The Absorption Rates had been getting worse since August, but December clocked an improvement from 11.8 months of inventory in November. In March there were 15.3 months of inventory.\nIn the sub-$200k arena, there are 244 listings, with about an 8.0 month supply. This represents most of the sales in the market area, and reflects the same improvement in inventory levels, continuously since March, until October. Sales were drastically higher than December 2009 (31 v 22). Oddly, the Absorption Rate is exactly the same as a year ago.\nBetween $200k and $400k, there are 114 listings for sale, and about 28.5 months of supply. This segment has been quite weak for months. Having 0 sales in December, and only 6 each on November and October didn't help. For comparison, in 2009 there were 18 sales in October, 9 in November and 7 in December. The expected end of the tax credit last year started pushing sales down in Nov. 2009. While the Absorption Rate got slightly better compared to last month, the change was marginal.\nFrom $400k to $600k, there are 16 homes on the market. The absorption rate is around 48 months. There were no sales in this segment in May, June, July, October or December this year. There were only 4 sales in August and September(combined). November had 1 sale (2 last year). Last summer was much stronger overall. With just a few sales, just one or two can make a huge difference.\nFrom $600k to $800k, $800k to $1M and Above $1M, there are 5 listings (combined), but too few sales to have any sort of reliable number of months of inventory. There has been one sale in the last five months, but prior, there had only been a few other sales in 2010 (January, March and August). One of the listings is above $1M (none between $800k and $1M), and there is no market activity in the last 12 months for that range\u2026\nLilburn is in Gwinnett County, GA, just outside of Atlanta. As of the 2000 Census, there were 11,307 people in Lilburn, but that is only including people in the city limits, and there has been a lot of growth since 2000 in Gwinnett County. It was incorporated in 1910. Lilburn is home to Parkview High School, and also has students that the Brookwood, Berkmar and Meadowcreek clusters. It is also home to Killian Hill Christian School, Providence Chrisian Academy, St. John Neumann Catholic School and Parkview Christian School. Possibly the most famous resident of Lilburn is General Beauregard Lee, a groundhog with a better winter prediction record that Puxatawnee Phil up in PA. Dominique Wilkins, formerly of the Atlanta Hawks also lives in Lilburn.\nI have a page dedicated to Lilburn Market Data.\nLilburn, GA Market Report, November 2010 (lanebailey.com)\nLilburn, GA Market Report, October 2010 (lanebailey.com)\nInteresting Homes Around Lilburn GA (lanebailey.com)\nThere is a new City Hall coming to Lilburn, GA... (lilburndwellings.com)\nLilburn Market Data on LaneBailey.com\n0 comments \u2022 Lane Bailey \u2022 January 16 2011 09:55PM\nPhoto Friday\u2026 Driving on the Ice\nEven if you don't live around Atlanta, you'd have to be hiding under a rock not to have heard about our weather this week. It has been pretty wild. Snow and Ice\u2026 We got ice, followed by snow\u2026 followed by ice. Then melt and refreeze. \u2026 more\nWinter Driving Tips\u2026 Georgia Style\u2026\nImage via Wikipedia I will admit that I am a transplanted Northerner. I grew up in Michigan (and Virginia)\u2026 and moved here from Minnesota, 21 years ago. After 6 winters in MN, I learned a few things about driving in the snow\u2026 more\n53 Cool Concept Cars\u2026 Part XXXVII\u2026\nImage by Chad Horwedel via Flickr Son, you're going to drive me to drinkin' if you don't stop drivin' that Hot Rod Lincoln. Back before World War II, the hottest, most powerful cars were luxury cars. Cadillac and\u2026 more\nPhoto Friday\u2026 Hiking in the Sky\nTesting his fear of heights\u2026 This is the new thing. Each Friday, I will feature a photo. Many will be local. Some may be real estate related. Others will be definately not local, and might not be related to real estate. Cars, people,\u2026 more", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 901, "original_length": 24179, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 294.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://healthiernv.org/texas-college-students-fearing-opioid-deaths-teach-reverse-overdoses/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:37:11Z", "digest": "sha1:TUZVRHQ4WBPCPGXYX7UATIV6UAQ5EB5W", "length": 8990, "nlines": 48, "source_domain": "healthiernv.org", "title": "Texas college students, fearing opioid deaths, teach each other to reverse overdoses - Healthier Nevada", "raw_content": "A new network of college students is hoping to ward off a terrifying prospect: Discovering a friend, blue lipped with shallow breathing, dying from an opioid overdose.\nStudents at the University of Texas at Austin began learning to use naloxone, the medication often known by the brand name Narcan that rapidly reverses an overdose, more than a year ago.\nBut this semester, the peer-to-peer network of students and faculty training one another plans to expand to the University of Houston and Texas A&M University at Kingsville.\nThe goal is to give students naloxone and teach them how to use it, so that they can save a life if they encounter a peer showing symptoms of an overdose. The new training comes even as many Texas public universities lack written policies on naloxone distribution, though the state has made the drug available over the counter thanks to 2015 legislation.\nSupporters of the program compare the availability of Narcan to fire extinguishers or automated external defibrillators that are mainstays of campus and other buildings.\n\u201cThe majority of the doses are likely going to go unused \u2014 that\u2019s a good thing,\u201d said Lucas Hill, a UT-Austin pharmacy professor who directs a program called Operation Naloxone that UH students plan to expand into Houston this semester. \u201cMost fire extinguishers get tossed out without being used. This is similar.\u201d\nOpioid abuse in Texas hasn\u2019t resulted in the overwhelming frequency of overdose deaths seen in West Virginia, Pennsylvania or New Hampshire, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\nBut recent rises are statistically significant, CDC data show. In 2015, 2,588 people overdosed from drugs in Texas, the center said, and the figure rose to 2,831 in 2016. Harris County had between 14 and 15.9 deaths from drug poisoning per 100,000 residents in 2016, slightly higher than most other Texas counties, according to the CDC. That figure has increased since 2010.\nFour percent of Texas college students misused opioids in 2017, including codeine, according to the state\u2019s Health and Human Services Department.\nDespite this, and despite state law passed by the Legislature in 2015 to increase the availability of the drug, at least 24 of 35 four-year Texas public universities do not have written policies related to the distribution of naloxone, according to a Houston Chronicle review of university policies from open records requests.\nTexas A&M and Rice University allow EMS and student health services to use naloxone when needed, university representatives said.\nAt least 50 A&M medical and nursing staff members were trained this fall for the first time to treat overdosing students, and EMS staff have long carried naloxone, said Martha Dannenbaum, who directs A&M\u2019s student health services.\n\u201cWe felt as a medical organization that it was best for us to ensure that everyone who might encounter this within our facility be trained,\u201d Dannenbaum said. \u201cDrug use, misuse and abuse exists everywhere. It\u2019s not just the homeless population or the poor, it\u2019s everyone from the highest administrative areas to young people that are functional.\u201d\nHill said it\u2019s difficult to know how widespread the issue is on Texas campuses, as families often keep overdoses private.\nJoy Alonzo, a clinical assistant pharmacy professor at A&M\u2019s health science center, said she hopes networks like Operation Naloxone get ahead of the issue before deaths in Texas spike.\nBut she acknowledges that pushback is possible as some perceive naloxone is enabling an addiction.\nSome critics, including Mike Gimbel \u2014 a former \u201cdrug czar\u201d for Baltimore County, Md., who now talks to college athletes about drug use \u2014 say addicts will simply overdose again without long-term treatment.\nGimbel, a former heroin addict who has been clean for more than 40 years, praises Narcan as a \u201cmiracle drug\u201d but said distributing naloxone to friends and family of addicts is an expensive \u201cquick-fix solution.\u201d\nAlonzo said this idea is naive, as there are already too few treatment facilities in the state.\nAlso, a person needs to be alive to move to long-term care, she added. \u201cI can\u2019t treat somebody who\u2019s dead.\u201d\n\u2018Less intimidating\u2019\nTrainings at UT-Austin started in small groups. Residence advisers \u2014 supervisors of each floor of UT-Austin dorms \u2014 received one-hour training sessions on how to respond to opioid overdoses with naloxone.\nThey asked key questions: Can you give someone too much? If you take this with other drugs, what happens? And they learned that they would have 24-7 access to naloxone in each residential facility.\nThen, Hill said, he began training pharmacy students to lead their own overdose prevention training sessions. About 300 students in pharmacy, medicine and social work have received this training, he said, and they have taught more than 600 people in student and community groups to use naloxone.\nHill and instructors distribute naloxone, which is funded by grants and donations, at these sessions.\nIn the fall semester, Hill went to UH and trained dozens of pharmacy students, leaving behind 20 boxes of the drug to start outreach.\nGoran Flajc, a UH doctoral pharmacy student, said his student organization is planning to train more students and distribute naloxone this semester.\nThey\u2019ll start, he said, with meeting Cougars in Recovery, a support group for students who are recovering from addiction.\nUH spokesman Mike Rosen said the university\u2019s police chief reviews cases frequently and cannot remember the last overdose officers observed.\nFlajc, of Houston, said peer-to-peer distribution and training sessions can make the information easier for students to absorb.\n\u201cIt\u2019s phrasing it in a way students understand, speaking to a population you\u2019re a part of,\u201d he said. \u201cIt helps. It\u2019s less intimidating.\u201d\nDavid Persse, city of Houston EMS physician director, said the drug is relatively easy to administer and cannot do harm if it is mistakenly administered on someone who is not overdosing.\n\u201cThere\u2019s really not a problem putting it in the hands of laypeople,\u201d he said, noting, however, that the drug can be expensive.\nAlonzo said putting the drug in students\u2019 hands can save time \u2014 and potentially lives. The time that spans between an overdose and a student\u2019s trip to a health center could prove fatal, she said.\nTwo Texas A&M at Kingsville students said they want Alonzo to train pharmacy students this semester. Then, the students hope to train resident advisers and others in early March.\n\u201cIt\u2019s an unfortunate problem to have, but it is a risk reduction strategy,\u201d said third-year pharmacy student Austin Bridges, of The Woodlands. \u201cAnd for now, it\u2019s the best strategy we have in taking on this challenge.\u201d\nState law, campus policies\nAnti-overdose drugs became more easily accessible in Texas after Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law Senate Bill 1462 in 2015. The bill allows for naloxone to be prescribed through a standing order to anyone at risk of overdose as well as family, friends or others in a position to assist those people, and a provision in the law allows nonprofits and other organizations to distribute the drug to people who may be able to use it to save lives.\nIt also indicates that people who act in good faith in deciding whether or not to prescribe or use the drug do not face criminal or civil liability. Not one lawmaker voted against the bill.\nIt\u2019s a significant step as many college students indicate that they would not know how to help an overdosing peer. A survey commissioned by the Hazelden Betty Ford Institute for Recovery Advocacy and The Christie Foundation found that more than 37 percent of 1,200 college-age adults surveyed said they would not know where to go for help in event of an overdose.\nUniversities say known opioid overdoses are rare on their campuses. UH police officers do not carry naloxone with them, Rosen said, in part due to the infrequency.\nHill said that to his knowledge one dose of the drug has been opened from the dorm distribution sites. A University of Texas police officer withdrew the drug for a person who became responsive without needing it, he said.\nAt A&M, alcohol is still the biggest problem in drug misuse, said Mike Middleton, A&M\u2019s EMS manager.\n\u201cNew Hampshire, Virginia \u2026 that\u2019s an epidemic,\u201d he said. \u201cHere on campus, we\u2019re seeing alcohol and other types of abuse. It doesn\u2019t mean it doesn\u2019t happen here, (but) we don\u2019t see it.\u201d\nAlec Mohr, a Texas A&M junior who leads a new Aggies in Recovery group, said A&M\u2019s ability to distribute naloxone aren\u2019t well known.\nBut he said he\u2019s intrigued by the possibility of training students more widely, comparing the drug to defibrillators.\n\u201cIf it\u2019s something that simple,\u201d he said, \u201cI don\u2019t see why people shouldn\u2019t know how to use it.\u201d\n[su_button url=\u201dhttps://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Texas-college-students-fearing-opioid-deaths-12727260.php\u201d target=\u201dblank\u201d background=\u201d#0a3853\u2033 icon=\u201dicon: adjust\u201d icon_color=\u201d#ffffff\u201d]Click Here To Read More[/su_button]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 70, "original_length": 10155, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 290.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://healthresourcespress.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:41Z", "digest": "sha1:R3VMTWH62Y6AAOL2PE2ODZAEUMM2KLYE", "length": 4431, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "healthresourcespress.com", "title": "Robert Fulford at Health Resources Press", "raw_content": "Interview with Dr. Robert Fulford D.O.\nIn March, 1996 I spent several days interviewing Doctor Robert Fulford about his life and work. 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Read more...\nThere may be a link between asthma and bone loss. The American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology reported in May, 2014 that this loss of bone mineral density may affect about 26 million asthmatic Americans. Read more...\nAccording to the National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF), approximately nine million adults in the U.S. have osteoporosis and more than 48 million have low bone mass, which can lead to osteoporosis and broken bones. 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Healthy St. Lucie promotes health where we live, learn, work, and play.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 83, "original_length": 3542, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 332.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://hedstromassociates.com/project/sustainability-goals-metrics-and-kpis/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:46Z", "digest": "sha1:4VPB4J5Z7WDZVDRBCX4ASRRYJC5KF7UO", "length": 1744, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "hedstromassociates.com", "title": "Sustainability Goals, Metrics and KPIs | Hedstrom Associates", "raw_content": "At Hedstrom Associates, we continue to benchmark leading practices in sustainability goals and we work closely with about 100 companies as they consider new 2020 (or beyond) sustainability goals. Examples include\u2026\nCrafting 2020 Sustainability Goals \u2013 80 Leading Companies\nFor The Conference Board, we designed and facilitated a two-hour workshop with about 80 companies to identify best practices in designing long-term sustainability goals. Many of the companies were in the midst of generating a new set of five- to ten-year goals. The output was a detailed set of notes for members of the three member-only councils.\nScience-Based Sustainability Goals\nHedstrom Associates is working with several clients to review and revise their (sometimes very recently launched) 2020 sustainability goals. An underlying objective is to bring their carbon reduction goals in line with \u201cscience-based\u201d principles. We are also engaging ~80 VPs and directors of sustainability who are members of the Conference Board councils that we direct in discussions about science-based goals.\nReputation Metrics\nWe advised a multinational company on measuring and enhancing its environmental performance in a way that met the needs of key stakeholders; and we helped the company build on this guidance to improve the management of corporate reputation.\nLong-Term Sustainability Goals\nA Fortune 250 company asked Hedstrom Associates to participate in an internal team developing new five-year sustainability goals. Drawing on our experience as a founding member of the Global Reporting Initiative and our insights gained from working with many other companies, we provided what the client called \u201cextremely valuable\u201d support. The CEO accepted the team\u2019s proposed goals.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 2892, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 294.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://henism.com/9075994612", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:37:08Z", "digest": "sha1:5WMRNNVOO4GPR4YN7ODXL3Y2WAYWGNKW", "length": 2069, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "henism.com", "title": "907-599-4612", "raw_content": "I'm not very disappointed. Benjamin looked at the ring Daren gave her.\nSpeak to the manager. Can we do some work now? Laura left his car unlocked. Bea doesn't know whether Thuan is happy or not. He is what is called a gentleman. We need a tool to open it with.\nFinally, I found the answer to your question. Let me go first. Please have a drink.\nOpen the safe. I intend to do that for you. We used to meet at a coffee shop in Shinjuku after work. Wolfgang is flush with money since he got paid today.\nDeirdre stood stiffly. It just stopped working. His voice sounds better than yours. Tran wants to do something special for Adlai's birthday. I beat my wife. I saw a town in the distance.\nWere you flirting with him? Mother tells me not to study so hard. Do you think you could make it before lunch? When did he fall ill? Six months have passed since the author was killed in an accident. He doesn't know the name of the chemical element Yb. I didn't even think that was possible. You need to stick to a diet. My town is surrounded by tall mountains. I want to move to Boston.\nTreat her well. Can't we break it? I didn't go fishing with Radek last weekend. It's something I have to do. I just can't understand you sometimes. Not now! Caleb is going to think I was behind this. Learning Finnish takes time. Gordon and Nelken both work for me.\nChina is the world's leading producer of rice. Viking Lander 1 was the first U.S. spacecraft to successfully touch down on any planet other than Earth. There's something you should see. I agree with what you say to some extent. I'm here on my own. I just need to know you're OK. Is this pure gold? Taking a walk in the park, I was spoken to by an old couple. I do what I'm told.\nIt's about three meters away.\nShe is excellent in English. Let me know where you're staying, OK? Mike doesn't play basketball on Mondays. She doesn't like wearing heels. Do not take your mind off work. You're a wonderful guy. That's exactly what we did. That's worth repeating. Believing in God is not evil in itself. Look, there's a cat on the roof.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 20, "original_length": 2213, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 250.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://herbadmother.blogspot.com/2006/12/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:40Z", "digest": "sha1:ORNCWMR5GKZIRTW2A7LSEXCEWYDJW6KF", "length": 11165, "nlines": 41, "source_domain": "herbadmother.blogspot.com", "title": "Her Bad Mother's Basement: December 2006", "raw_content": "Posted by Gidge.\nTony\u2019s Party Pizzas have always made me horny.\nWhen I was in my twenties and in a torrid love affair of dubious quality, we were broke. We spent all of our money on booze, clothes to wear to clubs, cover charges to clubs and what was left went to food. Ramen noodles and Tony\u2019s party pizza were staples. The pizza was preferred. It went better with beer, and was easier to eat sitting snuggled up on the loveseat we\u2019d drug up from the Goodwill down the street.\nWe declared our love for each other constantly, and with huge grins would fall onto each other as if it would be the last time we ever said the words. A lot of party pizza would get smashed into the couch when the moment would strike us.\nIt wasn\u2019t love, but we didn\u2019t know it. It was lust. We had both found that first person you can be uninhibited with. The someone you can do anything to or with, and they stare back at you smiling\u2026\u2026willing to do whatever you want. Nothing was off limits, nothing was wrong or a sin\u2026\u2026.and everything began or ended with beer and party pizza.\nI worked a second job to subsidize airfare to keep this relationship going. I spent every extra dime I made on airfare, sometimes flying 2000 miles just for a two day visit. The fact that he didn\u2019t reciprocate was probably a sign, but I didn\u2019t notice it at the time.\nArrival, sex, dinner \u2013 Party Pizza, after dinner, sex, go to club \u2013 contemplate further sex, go home \u2013 possibly covert sex in cab or on bus, get home, more sex, go to sleep, wake up in the middle of the night, more sex, wake up for the day, more sex, shower \u2013 sex during shower, breakfast \u2013 party pizza left? Eat if so, if not, go out to Denny\u2019s and flirt voraciously so that you have to go back to the apartment for more sex rather than go do whatever you intended to do.\nTony\u2019s Party Pizza punctuated with passion filled sex.\nOne of the best combinations ever.\nWe have to be REMINDED to be considerate, now?\nPosted by Kim (Braiding Mommy ).\nYesterday I received an email from my BIL titled, \"[SIL]'s Birthday!\". His wife, my SIL's birthday is Saturday. I consider myself pretty close to SIL, so a few weeks ago, I got her a birthday card, a gift card, and got a birthday card for Pippi to send to her aunt. I was waiting to send them, because sometimes we see her around her birthday (though this year, I was doubting it due to some family circumstances,\netc). So when I got the email, my first response was that maybe BIL was having a party for her. Cool.\nNot quite... he was, and I quote, soliciting me, and other friends he had emailed, to send her cards for her birthday. Something he said is called a \"card shower\" (an idea he credited to his mother... my MIL... oy).\nI've never heard of such an idea, and frankly, it sounds absurd. I was so mystified that I googled it, and yep, I found links to people requesting \"card showers\". Ok, now, I understand for Aunt Bessie who is turning 99 in the nursing home. Or for a family member who is very ill... or something of the like. But for my SIL? Who is turning a rather uneventful age? I'm confused.\nMy main point of confusion is why people have to be asked, reminded, or even \"solicited\" to be considerate and thoughtful. Sure - people forget birthdays. They forget cards and they forget to call. My best bud has mixed up my birthday a time or two - but I would never want to think that my nearest and dearest have to be point blank asked to remember me.\nI already had a card for her. I sent her a card when she went back to work after her baby came. I sent her a card for mother's day (ok, I guess I am a card person). I was tempted to hit reply and say \"yeah, got it covered...\". Because you don't have to ASK me to do what family SHOULD do. And... I almost get a little offended at that idea.\nI know, this is trivial. But things like this make me concerned about things like human decency. Maybe it's the type of people they are (my SIL did send out a rather business-like email to me and her other various friends asking them to join them at a pumpkin patch on Saturday in Oct... surprise, no 'friends' turned up).\nCall me casual. Call me not 'with-it'. Call me old-fashioned. I'm not rsvp'ing to the card shower. (And thanks for letting me vent in a safe place!)\nPosted by Lara David.\n[This is the first in a series of posts about some recent struggles I've been having. There are seven posts in total, all up at my blog (see the link at the bottom), and I would be grateful for any and all feedback, thoughts, suggestions, or general comments you have, either on this post or, if you have the time to read it, the series as a whole.]\nI was trying to think of an easy way to introduce the topic of where I had disappeared to since Iggy's obituary, and found myself thwarted at every turn. But then I read this Mocha post, and it gave me the perfect opening:\nYou wouldn't know by just looking at me, but I just spent a week in the hospital psych ward.\nBig news, I know. Surprising news? Probably not so much. For one thing, many of you out there reading this already knew, and, in fact, even came to see me. But even those of you finding out for the first time had a lot of warning (here, here, and here, for example). For all that I've lived through some serious stuff, I just was not handling recent events well at all. I was cutting again - something I've struggled with for years - and it was getting really out of hand. And for the last few days leading up to my hospitalization, things had gotten drastically worse.\nWhen things first started almost a month ago, my emotions were all over the place. I was crazy upset, but I still had moments where I could laugh and feel mostly normal. And in the midst of the up-and-down roller coaster of emotions, I was relying on my friends for support.\nBut then the roller coaster stopped. The good moments went away, and even the bad moments became infrequent. Mostly there was just... nothing. I just felt numb. Unless I was in a sobbing fit of absolute despair and hopelessness, I pretty much didn't care about anything at all. And worst of all, I stopped talking to just about all my friends and family.\nIt's strange for me to remember now, that complete and utter lack of emotion. It's just so unlike me, to genuinely feel nothing - to genuinely not care about anything. I was in that state for most of that weekend and the early part of the week. And that was the state I was in Wednesday night.\nNot too long after mourning Iggy's death (no, that's not what pushed me over the edge, sad though I was), I found myself curled in a ball, sobbing. J. came in to ask if there was anything he could do, but I pretty much told him to go away and leave me alone. He did, and I eventually stopped crying and found myself back in the numb, fog-like state in which I often found myself in those days. And in that state, I began to consider suicide.\nIt's hard to explain the confused jumble of thoughts I experienced in those two hours - yes, I pretty much just thought about life, death, and the options each presented for close to two hours. First in my room, lying in bed staring at the wall. Then standing in the bathroom staring at myself in the mirror holding the bottle of pills (left over from my last ER visit). Then finally sitting back in my bed, this time looking back and forth between the pile of pills I'd poured into my right hand and the glass of water in my left.\nWhen the doctors asked me later if I'd been trying to kill myself when I took the pills, I told them, \"Not as such,\" or, \"It wasn't as explicit as that.\" And those answers are true. I really didn't take the pills so that I would die. I knew it was possible, but I deemed it a low risk. I mostly just didn't care either way anymore, so with sort of a morbid (and completely irrational) curiosity, I took the pills just to see what would happen.\nIt didn't take long for fear to kick in and me to decide I didn't *actually* want to wait it out and \"see what would happen.\" I went to J., who was watching TV in the office. He could tell by my sort of stricken and scared face that something was up.\nJ: What's wrong?\nJ: Tell me - what is it?\nMe: Um... Hypothetically speaking, how many of my anti-nausea pills do you think I could take and still be okay?\nJ: ...I have no idea. How many did you take?\nSo I told him, and he called Poison Control to ask for advice. They said there could be some \"serious side effects,\" and he should get me to an ER. So, almost exactly a month later, we headed back to the ER.\nInitial burst of fear aside, I actually still didn't care much about what was happening. I sort of stared blankly out the window in silence the whole car ride there, then responded with one- or two-word answers to almost everything I was asked in the ER. The first thing that got a real reaction from me was the liquid charcoal they made me drink. That stuff is NASTY. I was convinced all their talk of its \"binding to the medication\" was a lie, and it was really just to make me throw up. I couldn't even finish it, though the threat of having it fed to me through a tube in my nose was scary enough to get me to choke down a lot more than I would have otherwise.\nEventually they put me in a room and started taking blood and monitoring my vitals and all that fun stuff. They also apparently flagged me as a major risk of some sort (okay, with good reason, since I'd been brought in on a purposeful overdose with huge gashes up and down my wrists and forearms) - when I opened the door to go use the bathroom, a security guard watching my room stood up and gruffly asked, \"Where are you going?\" \"The bathroom?\" I responded quite timidly. He sort of nodded his permission and I walked past him warily. But then I apparently took too long in the bathroom, because I heard my nurse ask where I was and if anyone had checked on me, and suddenly the guard was knocking loudly on the bathroom door. \"What are you doing? Are you okay?\" \"I'm fine,\" I squeaked. \"I'm just going to the bathroom...\" From then on, when I went, I made an effort to be much quicker.\nAfter some number of hours, one of the psychiatrists came to talk to me. He asked me lots of questions, listened carefully to both my answers and my silences (as all good listeners do), and eventually said, \"Well, I think it might be good for you to come up and check in for a few days so we can work on finding some solutions. Would you be okay with that?\" I nodded and sort of mumbled an assent. \"Okay,\" he said. \"Well, we'll get you registered and everything. You'll be in the voluntary wing, which is good, 'cause if you'd said no I just would have put you in the involuntary wing anyway.\"\nWha- ? Huh? Interesting illusion of choice you gave me there, Doc. Apparently I was coming to the looney bin whether I wanted to or not (although being here voluntarily changes my privileges, which I'll address in a later post). But either way, I was looking at multiple days in the hospital - my first time ever staying overnight in the hospital as a patient...\nIf you'd like to read the rest of this series, Post #2 is here and you can follow the links at the bottom of each post from there. 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Sicario was a beautiful, haunting, and violent look at the war on\u2026\nTrailerTown \u2013 Avengers: Infinity War\nNov 29th, 2017 Bonus Features, TrailerTown J\nWe\u2019ve been waiting nearly 10 years, but the first official TrailerTown for Avengers: Infinity War is here, and we couldn\u2019t be more excited! After the colossal let-down that was Justice League (check out our episode this Friday for more on that) we needed a palette-cleanser, so we turn to the comic studio that seems to have their shit together, Marvel, for some cosmic epicness. Pretty much everything you could\u2026\nWell holy f*cking sh*tnuts, did anyone else know we were getting a Deadpool 2 teaser TrailerTown drop today? We sure didn\u2019t, but crap on a cracker we got one and it\u2019s beautiful! If you can\u2019t tell, we really like Deadpool at High Five: The Podcast. 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He was the third child among the six of father Damodardas hMulchand Modi and mother Hiraben Modi.\nIntroduction Shaili Chopra is the leading female Indian business journalist, who has nearly 12 years of experience in the field of Tv anchoring, reporting and writing column. She was born\nby HighlightDecember 1, 2016no comment\nIntroduction Anjana Om Kashyap, one of the most famous female TV journalist in India. She started her career in media in the year 2003 by joining Zee News. She is\nIs Patanjali having issue in Nepal in it\u2019s product and who runs Pathanjali\n2005 was the date when Patanjali was introduced to the world by the famous yoga Guru Swami Ramdev with a common view to developing the food and hygiene habit of", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 1806, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 222.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://highlightsindia.com/tag/vj/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:21:24Z", "digest": "sha1:THYMMISUW2AMDQQLWRJLNZWEWKV7SSTF", "length": 1678, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "highlightsindia.com", "title": "VJ Archives - Highlights India", "raw_content": "Sarah-Jane Dias-Biography, Early Life, Career, Award and Net Worth\nby Rabin Shrestha11 months ago1 comment\nSarah-Jane Dias is an Indian actress, musician, VJ, and TV host. She came to limelight after winning the Femina Miss India 2007. She then appeared in Channel V as Video Jockey\nSyra Shehroz is a rising star of Pakistani cinema. She is an actress, model, and a VJ, who appears in movies and TV series. She is famous for her role\nSanam Jung-Biography, Early Life, Career, Award and Net Worth\nSanam Jung is a sensational multitalented star of Pakistan. She is an actress, VJ, model and a TV host by profession. She is a beautiful actress rose to fame from the\nUrwa Hocane-Biography, Early Life, Career, Award and Net Worth\nUrwa Hocane is a Pakistani actress and VJ, who appears in Pakistani movies and TV series. She is a sister of popular actress, Mawra Hocane.Likewise, she is famous for her\nNauheed Cyrusi-Biography, Early Life, Career, Award and Net Worth\nNauheed Cyrusi is a former Indian actress-model and a VJ. She is a beautiful and talented actress with all the personality like good looks, pleasing personality and strong acting caliber. Born\nSushama Reddy-Biography, Early Life, Career, Award and Net Worth\nSushama Reddy is an Indian model turned actress. She is also a VJ and movie producer who made her acting debut from \u201cChocolate: Deep Dark Secrets\u201d opposite to Anil Kapoor.Likewise,\nSiddharth Bhardwaj-Early Life and Education, Career, Personal Details and Net Worth\nSiddharth Bhardwaj is a famous MTV VJ, model, actor and the winner of Nikhil Chinappa\u2019s hosted dating reality show, MTV Splitsvilla 2. Moreover, he is famous for his role Himanshu in the movie", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 67, "original_length": 3343, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 196.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://history.billbrinkley.com/individual.php?pid=I10744&ged=BillBrinkley", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:19Z", "digest": "sha1:QGZ36URZODISQ7HX2TZYWOQADPYWPERQ", "length": 5948, "nlines": 48, "source_domain": "history.billbrinkley.com", "title": "Bennett Whidden 1841\u20131921 \u2013 webtrees", "raw_content": "Bennett WhiddenAge: 80 years1841\u20131921\nBennet Whidden\nMarriage Laurinda Corbitt \u2014 View this family\nMarriage Emily Jane Durrance \u2014 View this family\nDeath of a sister Tempie Whidden\nBurial of a sister Tempie Whidden\nDeath of a brother James Lawrence Whidden\nBurial of a brother James Lawrence Whidden\nDeath of a sister Nancy Whidden\nBurial of a sister Nancy Whidden\nDeath of a wife Emily Jane Durrance\nTiger Bay, Florida, USA\nFamily with Emily Jane Durrance - View this family\nFamily with Laurinda Corbitt - View this family\nBy Spessard Stone\nBennett Whidden, a pioneer settler of Old Tiger Bay in Polk, Florida, USA, was a Confederate soldier and farmer.\nBennett Whidden was born July 1, 1841, Columbia, Florida, USA. With his parents, James W. Whidden and Mary (Altman) Whidden, Bennett moved in 1843 to Alafia in Hillsborough, Florida, USA.\nBennett Whidden enlisted as a private in Company B, 7th Florida, USA Infantry, Confederate States Army on March 16, 1862. He was captured December 4, 1864 at Murfreesboro, Tennessee and released June 12, 1865 from Camp Chase, Ohio on taking the oath of allegiance. At the time of his enlistment, James Gettis was captain of County B and at his discharge W. E. Sweat was captain.\nIn Polk, Florida, USA on March 8, 1866, Bennett married Emily Jane Durrance, born March 20, 1847 at Columbia, Florida, USA, daughter of William Hutto and Sarah Harriet (Robertson) Durrance, pioneer settlers of (now) Polk County.\nBennett was a farmer and citrus grower at Old Tiger Bay in Polk County. There the couple lived for 45 years until Emily's death in 1911. Bennett then lived with his son W. J. J. Whidden.\nOn November 7, 1888, Bennett Whidden of Fort Meade, Florida, USA applied for a pension from his service in Company B. He stated he was on the \"5th day of January 1864 at Murfreesborough, Tenn. wounded by being shot through the right thigh being in the line of battle when wounded and that as a direct result of said wound, he is now unable to perform manual labor.\" John Whidden gave an affidavit supporting his brother. On January 11, 1889, his claim was allowed by the Commissioners of Pensions under the law of 1887, paid from July 1887 to Jan. (?) 8, 1889 $186.13.\nOn September 2, 1907, Bennett Whidden of Tiger Bay, Polk, Florida, USA, applied under the Act of 1907 for a pension based on his Confederate service. He stated at Murfreesborough, he was wounded in the right thigh \"which disables right leg and foot.\" G. R. Langford of DeSoto, late Capt. County F, 4th Fla. Vols., and A. S. Campbell of Torrey, DeSoto, gave supporting affidavits. Campbell, who had served with Bennett in County B, had also been a prisoner of war at Camp Chase, Ohio. Dr. M. L. Crundun [?] described Bennett's disability thusly: \"The bullet entered the middle third of right thigh from the rear and escaped above patella of same leg. The first sciata nerve was injured. As a result there is considerable atrophy of right foot, considerable sensory disturbance and an impaired control of the muscles of this limb.\" His claim was approved December 28, 1907, with pay from September 4, 1907 at the rate of $120 per annum. On September 6, 1909, he reapplied under the Act of 1909. His pension was continued at the rate of $120 per annum, being approved September 2, 1909, with pay from July 1, 1909.\nEmily Durrance Whidden died September 14, 1911 at home at Old Tiger Bay. Bennett Whidden died October 10, 1921 at Bartow, Fla. They are buried in Wildwood Cemetery, Bartow.\nIssue of Bennett and Emily (Durrance) Whidden, all born at Old Tiger Ba\nWilliam James Joseph Whidden, born Nov. 28, 1866; died June 17, 1943; married (1) Lillie Wingate (1867-1897), Dec. 4, 1887 ; (2) Ida Rosa Colding (1876-1933).\nEdward Kirby Whidden, born Feb. 5, 1868; lived near Hendersville, N. C.; married on Dec. 31, 1890 Stella E. Norton.\nEldridge Saxton Whidden, born Jan. 9, 1869; died June 9, 1936, Mulberry, Fla.; married on Dec. 19, 1898 Susie A. Holland.\nHarriet Elinor Whidden, born Dec. 9, 1870; died July 1, 1950; married on Feb. 12, 1888 Robert Caul Langford.\nJosephine Whidden, born June 8, 1872; died Feb. 10, 1952, Plant City, Fla.; never married.\nJulia Mable Whidden, born Feb. 6, 1874; lived in Indiantown, Fla.; married Dec. 1, 1896 William S. Parker.\nSusan Adeline Whidden, born May 21, 1876; lived in Indiantown, Fla.; married (1) James C. Rowell; (2) D. Bowers.\nSidney C. Whidden, born August 24, 1877; lived in Punta Gorda, Fla.; married on June 4, 1902 Florence M. Young.\nEmily Estelle Whidden, born March 9, 1879; died Sept. 17, 1941, Zolfo Springs, Fla.; married on Jan. 2, 1898 Frank M. Hough.\nNannie May Whidden, born Nov. 2, 1880; died 1958; married on Jan. 25, 1899 Joseph N. McCree.\nDolly Lee Whidden, born June 2, 1883; married on June 1, 1902 Hervey Baxter Curry.\nBennett Cleveland Whidden, born November 25, 1884; died March 25, 1932, Bartow, Fla.; married on Oct. 7, 1922 Mrs. Annie Langford.\nSamuel Paul Whidden, born April 11, 1886; died on Oct. 10, 1947, Tampa, Fla.; married (1) on Nov. 15, 1903 Dora Lee Carlton; (2) Nettie Hall.\nFlossie L. Whidden, born Sept. 29, 1888; died on July 23, 1977 at Avon Park, Fla.; married Walter Sherertz.\nGrady DeWitt Whidden, born Feb. 15, 1891; died Jan. 11, 1957; married Lula Haines.\nBennett Whidden in his Confederate uniform, Polk County Historical Quarterly, March 1986, page 4\nBennett Whidden family, 1890, Polk County Historical Quarterly, March 1986, page 5\nReferences: Margaret Durrance and Ann Folk Durrance, Lineage of Joseph Durrance; \"The Bennett Whidden Family,\" Polk County Historical Quarterly, March, 1986, pp. 4-6; pension application of Bennett Whidden, courtesy of Denton Cash.\nThis profile is adapted from the author's feature in The Herald-Advocate (Wauchula, Fla.) of August 15, 1996.\nFebruary 10, 2001, January 18, 2002, June 4, 2004 (photos)\nFamily with Emily Jane Durrance\nFamily with Laurinda Corbitt\nBennett Whidden(1841\u20131921)\nEmily Jane Durrance1866", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 727, "original_length": 17368, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 211.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://hitribune.com/category/opinion/page/9/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:41Z", "digest": "sha1:ZIZCJSZFLOE37XEXZ3OHQAR6TSZI3BFW", "length": 323, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "hitribune.com", "title": "Opinion Archives - Page 9 of 9 - HITribune", "raw_content": "Tracey Wilkins Staff Writer Alyssa Heftman Editor-in-Chief It is Southern California so it is summertime year round. For some students they might take advantage of the summer weather and take it as permission to wear short shorts for places inside of the classroom, in the cafeteria, when it is raining, and even at night\u2026.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 3237, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 271.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://hoiantown.org/220/long-chu-festival/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:09Z", "digest": "sha1:2RO5YKXAVJQPMUZJC4SBKH6F25NOIGEP", "length": 2650, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "hoiantown.org", "title": "Long Chu Festival | Hoiantown.org", "raw_content": "Long Chu Festival is a festival that concentrates on the warding off of ghosts and evil from the villages. Long Chu is a boat in the shape of a dragon which was traditionally a luxurious transport mean for the kings in the old times, used on their sight-seeing or patrolling tours.\nLike many festivals in the small town of Hoi An, the Long Chu Festival is steeped as much in cultural concerns as it in religion. Long Chu festival is celebrated on the 15th of the lunar January and July, when the new season is coming and the old one is leaving, and the entire climat is uncertain. It is held in the summer months, when plagues and other types of epidemics are most likely to break out in the fishing villages. As a result, religious ceremonies are carried out to fight the diseases.\nThe name of the festival, \u201cLong Chu\u201d, translates as \u2018Royal Barge\u2019. It is a festival that concentrates on the warding off of ghosts and evil from the villages. Long Chu is a boat in the shape of a dragon (once one of the four religious animals \u2013 dragon unicorn, turtle, and phoenix \u2013 worshipped by the elders). This was traditionally a luxurious transport mean for the kings in the old times, used on their sight-seeing or patrolling tours.\nThe Long Chu Festival in Hoi An is considered a religious firewall meant to keep away epidemics from afflicting the members of the village. In this respect, the festival can almost be seen as as a precaution with a religious flavor against all these ailments. Keeping this in mind, the rituals are performed mostly by Priest Doctors or \u2018Shamans\u2019, and they involve burning of incense and putting of amulets and talismans in the \u2018ghost\u2019s\u2019 abode, with the accompaniment of an entire community chanting prayer songs. An important part of the rituals is the casting of magic spells on the \u2018ghosts\u2019 that carry these ailments. These ghosts are then cast into the river, to be later discarded into the sea. One day before the festival, the sorcerers go around the village ticking superstitious charms on those places where bad sprites are suspected to hide and threaten people\u2019 s lives.\nAfter these rituals are over, the parades and processions begin. Amidst plenty of songs, drama and dance, the community finally gets together to share a common meal, enjoying themselves after hard days of work. After the ritual festivities, the participants in the festival enjoy a variety of games and other attractions, out of which the highlight is the \u2018Procession of Long Chu\u2019. In this procession, the \u2018King Boat\u2019 (in the form of a dragon) is carried from the house of the people to the sea, and then set afloat to be carried away by the waves.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 100, "original_length": 5166, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 249.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://holly-ferraro.squarespace.com/getting-involved/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:09:00Z", "digest": "sha1:H6VEY4PEACR2RPT6ESYCO44JB5H2W3LY", "length": 2679, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "holly-ferraro.squarespace.com", "title": "Getting Involved \u2014 Holly Slay Ferraro, PhD", "raw_content": "There are a number of ways that you can be involved in the research.\nSeeking Participants for a Research Study:\nCareer decision making after 55: exploring the determination of work paths near/after retirement age\nDescription of Project: I am researching how people make decisions concerning their careers after the age of 55. Your participation will take between 1-2 hours. I will ask you to participate in an interview to answer questions concerning your career.\nTo participate: You must be at least 55 years old and working full or part-time.\nTo learn more, contact the principle investigator of the study, Holly Ferraro, at 206-296-5719 or ferraroh@seattleu.edu.\nThis research has been reviewed and approved by the Seattle University Institutional Review Board.\nAre you in a multi-generational family business?\nSuccessful Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Practices (STEP case study)\nYou are invited to participate in a research study about the transfer of entrepreneurship practices within family businesses. This research project is being conducted by Holly Slay Ferraro of Seattle University\u2019s Albers School of Business and Economics. The purpose of this study is to develop a better understanding of how family businesses pass on \u201centrepreneurial thought and action across generations\u201d. For the purposes of this study, family businesses are self-identified and have the following two characteristics (1) is in at least the 2nd generation of family ownership; and (2) family holds the largest or dominant block of voting shares.\nParticipation in the study involves interviews with 4-6 (or more if possible) strategically relevant members of the family business who are involved in decision making. Interviews will be conducted by the primary researcher (Holly Ferraro) and will typically take between 1-2 hours. If you choose to participate, please contact me through email at ferraroh@seattleu.edu or by phone at 206-296-5719.\nAre you an undergraduate or graduate student interested in serving as a research assistant or gaining research experience?\nEach quarter, there are opportunities to work with Dr. Ferraro. Please contact me at ferraroh@seattleu.ed or call me at 206-296-5719 if you are interested in an independent study or serving as a research assistant where you can gain experience conducting qualitative research and exploring great research books/articles.\nAre you interested in hearing Dr. Ferraro speak?\nPeriodically, I have the opportunity to speak at events in the Pacific Northwest. If you are interested in learning more about my next speaking engagement, please feel free contact me through email at ferraroh@seattleu.edu or by phone at 206-296-5719.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 32, "original_length": 3186, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 311.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://hugesportz.com/blog/auto-racing/2014/05/12/eric-wedge-greg-tubbs-bob-miske-elected-buffalo-baseball-hall-fame", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:53Z", "digest": "sha1:X76LZDACMLSGNK3KCPSRYEGXTZ4C26SH", "length": 1615, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "hugesportz.com", "title": "Eric Wedge, Greg Tubbs, Bob Miske elected to the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame | Huge Sportz", "raw_content": "Eric Wedge, Greg Tubbs, Bob Miske elected to the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame\nSubmitted by Joe Kirchmyer on May 12, 2014 - 12:23pm\nWedge managed for two seasons in Buffalo, leading the Bisons to the International League playoffs in both 2001 and 2002. His first Bisons club set a modern era record with 91 wins (91-51) and won an IL North Division title by 13.5 games. The 2001 Bisons were amazingly consistent, losing more than two games in a row just once during the span of a 142-game campaign. Wedge\u2019s 2002 Bisons went 87-57 and qualified for the playoffs as the IL\u2019s Wild Card team. After a first round sweep of division-winning Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, the Bisons fell in the 2002 Governors\u2019 Cup finals to the Durham Bulls. In his two seasons, Wedge was 178-108 for a modern-era best .622 winning percentage. He was also the manager of the International League at the 2002 All-Star Game.\nTubbs played three years with the Bisons, 1991-1992 and 1994. In 364 games, the outfielder hit .283 (370-1,307) with 60 doubles, 19 triples, 12 home runs, 121 RBI and 67 stolen bases. He\u2019s third in the modern era in total hits (370) and is one of only two Bisons players since 1985 to have 100-plus hits in three separate seasons.\nAn Amherst native, Miske is entering his 50th season as a pro scout, having worked for the Los Angeles Dodgers, the New York Yankees and the Seattle Mariners organizations. He is a member of the Mid-Atlantic Scouts Hall of Fame (2000), the Professional Baseball Scouts Hall of Fame (2010), the Western New York Baseball Hall of Fame (2000) and the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame (2004).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 116, "original_length": 3719, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 73.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ianmarchant.com/2010/10/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:35Z", "digest": "sha1:66L2CIZJV5UBDCZBAWISQJEJS6E2UXQN", "length": 214, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "ianmarchant.com", "title": "October, 2010 | Ian Marchant: Writer and Broadcaster", "raw_content": "Books / Night / Radio\n\u2026 which, famously, was Auberon Waugh\u2019s advice to anyone thinking of writing a book. And sometimes, you can\u2019t help but agree. But I have at last finished my new book, Something of the Night....", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 144, "original_length": 3863, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 213.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://icas.my/index.php/proceedings/133-corporate-governance-and-sustainability-practices-evidence-from-nigeria", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:19Z", "digest": "sha1:HT25LLVMYX7UXGQQDPXSMGNXNZOOWIQV", "length": 1385, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "icas.my", "title": "ICAS Online Proceedings Library - ICAS 2015 Proceedings - Corporate governance and sustainability practices: Evidence from Nigeria", "raw_content": "Author: Abubakar M. Dembo, Syamarlah Rasaratnam\nThis paper strives to explore the relationships between corporate governance (CG) and sustainability practices (SP): both two concepts have continued to draw attention due to their importance for the continued operation of businesses. In view of that, the paper seeks out to investigate the interrelationship between them using a sample of top oil companies in Nigeria. In-depth interviews were conducted with the management of the six oil companies in Nigeria. The interviews sought to elicit more information on corporate governance practices, ideas and opinion from the respondents on the sustainability practices. The interviews were based on both close-ended and open-ended questions and included questions about corporate governance and sustainability practices and the link between the two. The findings suggest that the popular view of the managers perceive CG as essential for sustainable development practices in businesses. The findings shows all the companies are into philanthropic social responsibility practices. The study suggests that the relationship between the two is overlapping as such there is need to exercise conscientious efforts on their agendas, though the finding is limited to a small sample size and it comes from one industry.\nKeywords: Corporate Governance, Sustainability Practices, Stakeholder, Nigeria", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 72, "original_length": 2744, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 278.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://icctrack.com/terms/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:06Z", "digest": "sha1:PHO5ZAPKK7ZO2BGZHXE57LZVEBD6EH2E", "length": 872, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "icctrack.com", "title": "Terms Of Use | icctrack.com", "raw_content": "Icctrack.com (the \u201dSite\u201c) provides articles, photos and video hosting/blogging service to you (the \u201dService(s)\u201c), subject to the following Terms of Service (\u201dTOS\u201c), which may be updated from time to time without notice to you. Your use of the Service constitutes acceptance of these TOS and creates a binding legal agreement, so read them carefully. Please note, you must be 13 years or older to use this Service. Any reference to us, our, we or similar words shall refer to this Site and its affiliates thereto.\nIn the event that you are a registered user of the Site, you may terminate such registration by notifying the Site by sending e-mail to info@icctrack.com. After receipt of your termination notice, we will terminate your account.\nPlease report any violations of the TOS to abuse@icctrack.com, titled: Abuse/Violation; or make any comments to info@icctrack.com.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 142, "original_length": 20432, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 326.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ifco.info/2015-board-elections/carrie-wilson", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:56Z", "digest": "sha1:SXA5JBI5WXKADRZLGUQT4HQC22ZU4LCB", "length": 1627, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "ifco.info", "title": "Carrie Wilson | IFCO", "raw_content": "\u00bb Carrie Wilson\n\"My main role is at the CLA, coordinating and running the Young Peoples Project, a project aimed at supporting Care Youth and improving the transitions of Care Leavers in England. I am a trustee for the Institute for the Recovery of Childhood Trauma, a charity dedicated to reduce the trauma and help recovery from childhood trauma, with specific interest with those who enter the care system. I also sit on the strategic board for NNECL (National Network for the Education of Care Leavers) of which I have been a member since its creation over 3 years ago. I bring my skills of working within the charity sector as a worker, but also as a trustee. I believe networking between organisations and institutions is vital to the success of any work, a skill in which I excel in. If selected as trustee from the UK I would like to expand the name and knowledge if IFCO in England, to ensure that the great work IFCO does is continued and expanded. I would also like to help to ensure that the youth voice is expanded here. I have started to pull together voices of young people of England using the WHWH model, and have collected data from over 10 areas. As a trustee I would be able to speak on the behalf of IFCO at National conferences to help push the global knowledge of issues, which I believe the UK government currently does not use to create positive policy changes. I am also trained in \u2018Training the Trainer\u2019, so able to create and run training packages, this includes working with Youth and Professionals. I am currently undertaking a CBT Diploma which will mean I can work as a qualified CBT Therapist.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 109, "original_length": 5290, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 306.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://iloveblackpeople.net/2017/05/teenagers-mysterious-death-evokes-painful-imagery-in-north-carolina-its-in-the-dna-of-america/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:56:19Z", "digest": "sha1:DTW6MQ62TJPV65O2F3R6H5ZPI7NRHX5F", "length": 1754, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "iloveblackpeople.net", "title": "Teenager\u2019s mysterious death evokes painful imagery in North Carolina: \u2018It\u2019s in the DNA of America\u2019 \u2013 I Love Black People", "raw_content": "Teenager\u2019s mysterious death evokes painful imagery in North Carolina: \u2018It\u2019s in the DNA of America\u2019\nFriday 29 August was a big day for Lennon Lacy. His high school football team, the West Bladen Knights, were taking on the West Columbus Vikings and Lacy, 17, was determined to make his mark. He\u2019d been training all summer for the start of the season, running up and down the bleachers at the school stadium wearing a 65lb exercise jacket. Whenever his mother could afford it, he borrowed $7 and spent the day working out at the Bladenboro gym, building himself up to more than 200lbs. As for the future, he had it all planned out: this year he\u2019d become a starting linebacker on the varsity team, next year he\u2019d earn a scholarship to play football in college, and four years after that he\u2019d achieve the dream he\u2019d harboured since he was a child \u2013 to make it in the NFL.\n\u201cHe was real excited,\u201d said his Knights team-mate Anthony White, also 17, recalling the days leading up to the game. \u201cHe said he was looking forward to doing good in the game.\u201d\nThe night before the game, Lacy did what he always did: he washed and laid out his football clothes in a neat row. He was a meticulous, friendly kid who made a point of always greeting people and asking them how they were doing. Everybody in his neighbourhood appears to have a story about how he would make a beeline to shake their hand, or offer to help them out by moving furniture or anything else that needed doing. \u201cHe was in the best sense a good kid,\u201d said his pastor, Barry Galyean.\nPrevious Previous post: St. Louis Protests: \u2018Just Because They Have a Badge\u2019 Doesn\u2019t Mean That They Can Kill Us\nNext Next post: Filmmaker Darius Clark Monroe Revisits His Past In His New Film \u2018Evolution Of A Criminal\u2019", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 3141, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 293.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://imprentapronto.blogspot.com/2008/08/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:41Z", "digest": "sha1:HL34ZTLUB3ZWAB6YHBA4EU6MAD6K5KMI", "length": 10183, "nlines": 50, "source_domain": "imprentapronto.blogspot.com", "title": "IP Blog: 01/08/08 - 01/09/08", "raw_content": "Great Free Desktop Wallpapers\nA round of applause for the Beijing logo!\nCreative Car Park!\nWe love design! - Design Classics\nOk, ladies and gentlemen, this week we have a treat for you! It's all about spreading the love.\nEver been trawling the Internet for hours to find a decent desktop wallpaper? Fed up of finding advertisement-heavy websites with nothing but cheesey celeb wallpapers and poorly-designed cartoons? Want to make your computer look beautiful? Well here at Imprenta Pronto we have done the hard graft for you! We have carefully and painstakingly searched and searched for free desktop wallpapers that you all can enjoy.\nThere's something for everyone - we have put them all on one site!\nTo download click on your screen size of choice, then drag the loaded image to your selected desktop file.\nscreen size (in pixels)\nNature/Foliage Wallpapers\nPlease enjoy the wallpapers as much as we have!\ndesktopography.net\nendeffect.com\n555design.org\nflickr.com/photos/benadamson\nDon't forget to go to imprentapronto.com for some great design ideas\n(hopefully wallpaper designs coming soon!)\nLabels: best desktop wallpaper, cartoon, Cool wallpapers, creative, design, designer, fun, graphic design, great wallpapers, Imprenta Pronto, mac, nature foliage\nWell, as the Olympics are upon us and the excitement is buzzing around the studio, it is only natural that the Olympics would be entering our blog too.\nSo, the Beijing logo; what do we all think? Politics aside, it's a refreshing logo, well designed and thought out. The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games emblem's official statement on the logo:\n\"Chinese Seal, Dancing Beijing\" is filled with Beijing's hospitality and hopes, and carries the city's commitment to the world.\"\nIf we break down the logo, one of the most striking parts is the bright red, which obviously has strong links with China and it symbolism for prosperity, good luck and happiness.\nThe actual logo (which at first glance I thought was a running man!) is the Chinese symbol for \"jing\" beautifully created in calligraphy/style strokes, which are followed through to the \"Beijing 2008\" writing below. The simplicity of the red background with the connotations of stone brings notions of history, which obviously is inherent to the Olympics.\nOverall the logo unifies the Olympics with Chinese culture beautifully, it says a lot, without saying too much. It's simple, but has a certain depth. Very well constructed, and a thumbs up from the Imprenta Pronto team!\nI can't leave the blog without mentioning one of the most long/lasting logos of all time...\nThe results of a survey carried out in six countries (Australia, Germany, India, Japan, Great Britain and the USA) in 1995 showed that 92% of those questioned correctly identified the Olympic rings, which made them the most-recognised symbol. They were followed by the McDonald's and Shell emblems (88%), Mercedes (74%) and the United Nations (36%). (SRI Sponsorship Research International).\nThe logo was designed by Baron Pierre de Coubertin (founder of the modern Olympic Movement) in 1913 after he saw a similar design on an artifact from ancient Greece. These five rings -- blue, yellow, black, green and red -- represent the five parts of the world now encompassed by Olympism and ready to compete against each other. Moreover, the six colours (including the white background) thus combined represent those of all nations, without exception. The blue and yellow of Sweden, the blue and white of Greece, the French, English, American, German, Belgian, Italian and Hungarian tricolors, the yellow and red of Spain are side by side with the new Brazilian and Australian flags, the old Japan and the new China. It is a true international emblem.\"\nAs an image of Olympism, Coubertin thought the rings had deep significance: that of the union between men. He multiplied the image to create a total of five rings and designed and commissioned the Olympic flag to mark the 20th anniversary of the IOC's founding, on 23rd June 1914 in Paris. Coubertin never said nor wrote that he saw a link between the colours of the rings and the continents. For him, the five rings represented the union of the five continents but the colours were merely those that appeared in all the different national flags at the time.\nThanks to IOC for the info!\nGood luck to your countries\nHow many times have you finished your shopping excited about what you've bought, enjoyed your day with that warm fuzzy feeling inside and then, just as quickly as you\u2019ve spent your last pay cheque, WHAM! you're hit with the realisation of having to navigate the car park. Your heart sinks and your blood pressure rises! No-one likes facing the poorly-lit concrete eyesore that, to add insult to injury, will drive you crazy trying to navigate through looking for the exit sign that takes you right back to where you came from!\nWell, whilst I was having a similar experience last week I was talking with my friend about why no-one has really done anything about this. Surely shopping centres don't want your last experience to be this! Then my friend told me about Axel Peemoeller, who is the award-winning designer of a way-finding-system for the Eureka Tower Car Park in Melbourne, Australia (which at the time only added to my frustration!). So when I got home I had to look into this car park. And sure enough, it is fantastically creative! Well lit, bright, clear, and puts a smile on your face! I just had to add it to the blog, so take a look, sit back and enjoy!\nThe distorted letters on the wall can be read perfectly when standing in the right position and when you're not they look like colourful blocks of colour brightening up your day!\nTo view some creative solutions, don't forget to go to ImprentaPronto.com\nLabels: australia, Axel Peemoeller, car park, colourful, creative, creative design, Eureka Tower, frustrating, hate car parks, love car parks, melbourne\nThis week we\u2019ve decided to go Retro, because we were discussing what it is, exactly, that makes something a Design Classic. There are certain items which have become trend-setters, bench-marks, that have made a before-and-after in design, at least of their particular article. Of course everyone has their list of personal favourites but we have tried to select a few (the magic Imprenta Pronto 5!) that almost no-one would argue with.\nSo what is it about these particular articles that makes them classics? What produces the \u2018gut reaction\u2019 when we see them? Well, one thing they all seem to have in common is clean-ness of line. No frills (without the low-cost airline overtones!) No decoration. They are what they are. They\u2019re functional, they do their job. But of course it\u2019s not just that. There\u2019s something immensely satisfying about them, something that speaks to you. You feel an irresistible urge to touch them, handle them, try them. They stay in your mind. They\u2019re instantly recognisable. You don\u2019t have to be an expert to know that \u201chere is a great piece of design.\u201d\nSo here\u2019s Number One,\nPhilippe Starck lemon squeezer.\nDoes it look like a lemon squeezer? Or like a three-legged spider? A rocket? And yet it is the perfect lemon squeezer. It\u2019s simple. The glass fits underneath, you squeeze the lemon and the juice runs down and into the glass. No mess. No fiddling. Solid. Easy to clean. It works. And it looks wonderful. There\u2019s something special about it. You want to pick it up. Actually, you want to put it in your pocket and take it home. You want to own it.\nThe VW Beetle, designer Ferdinand Porsche\nEverybody knows the Beetle, though not everyone remembers that it was actually designed by Ferdinand Porsche. Yes, Ferdinand Porsche, your actual Porsche. Ah well, no wonder there\u2019s something about it. It follows the basic rules we mentioned: clean lines, functional yet immensely satisfying. (So is a Porsche, of course.) At a time when enormous and extravagant American cars were supposed to be setting the standard for what a car should look like, the Beetle arrived and took over.\nThe Wassily Chair, designer Marcel Breuer.\nWhat an odd shape for a chair. That\u2019s not the shape anybody would draw if you asked them to draw a chair. And yet there it is, the perfect chair. I\u2019ve seen an active two-year-old sit down in one and fall comfortably asleep in five minutes. How many of you have seen one somewhere, maybe in some swish office, and been unable to resist the temptation to sit down in it, even if no-one else is sitting down, even if it looks as if it\u2019s only there for decoration. It begs to be sat in, and once you\u2019re there, you\u2019re in no hurry to get up again. And the design? Clean, smooth lines, functional, memorable \u2026 (are we boring you?)\nThe iMac, designer Jonathan Ive.\nWell, yes. There was a trend-setter for you. After the iMac came a whole range of copy-cats, see-through calculators, telephones, etc. BUT THEY DIDN\u2019T HAVE THE LINES!! They didn\u2019t have what it takes. They came and went but the iMac has its place in history.\nLondon Underground Map, designer Harry Beck\nAnd finally (we could go on, but we won\u2019t. Not today, anyway) the London Underground Map. The Underground Map?? Well, yes. Look at it. Revolutionary in its time, so much so that at first it was rejected outright. But the trend-setter. The Design Standard. Think of other underground maps you\u2019ve seen, from other cities, other countries. What do they look like? Well, they look pretty similar to the London underground map (designed in 1931 by Harry Beck, who was actually an employee of the Underground system.) 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Consequently, in his book Quiet Leadership, he uses a brain-based approach to explain in detail one very simple question: As a leader, what is the most efficient way to help someone improve their performance at work?\nWhen a leader enters a conversation with the intent of managing someone better at work, they tend to focus on the performance itself and rarely discuss which habits might be driving the employee\u2019s performance and even less often have a conversation about the person\u2019s feelings or thinking. As a result, they keep going in circles with no sign of progress or better performance at work.\nA practical six-step guide is presented in this book on how to have an effective conversation in a few minutes with a person who needs to change in a way. If the \u201ceffective\u201d conversation is managed as detailed in the book, an improvement on their performance could be certainly expected.\nHow does it happen? Leaders do not assume that people come to them for a solution. A quiet leader improve people\u2019s thinking around them\u2013literally by developing the way their brains process information\u2013without telling anyone what to do.\nIn summary, it is proven that as leaders we need to become masters at helping people create new insights for themselves, new habits they could develop to bring solutions closer when facing a challenge at work. Once people have new insights for themselves, our job as quiet leaders is to provide the encouragement, ongoing support and belief in people, over time, to ensure that the new habits they developed are there to stay.\nI was sceptical of a new leadership approach given the several articles and books about this topic in the market. Nonetheless, I can truly say from personal experience that David\u2019s brain-based methodology saves time, creates more energy and transforms performance. Moreover, I have become more effective at inspiring high-quality thinking in my project team. 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The award is decided by a vote of ITWA\u2019s 120-plus members.\nThe Yale Club of New York again hosted the party, which was attended by a wide range of people involved in tennis, including former players, communications staff and tour and tournament officials.\nThe evening was sponsored by the International Tennis Hall of Fame, the Association of Tennis Professionals and the Women\u2019s Tennis Association.\nChris Kermode, the ATP\u2019s Executive Chairman and President, Steve Simon, the CEO of the WTA, and Todd Martin, the Hall of Fame\u2019s CEO, were among those who attended the party.\nSteve Flink, a long-time ITWA member who was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame earlier this year, was also honoured at the event. He was presented with his Hall of Fame ring by Todd Martin.\nNicola Arzani (centre) with ITWA\u2019s Alix\nRamsay and Paul Newman after receiving\nthe Bud Collins Award. 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The Prince's views, expressed shortly after he absorbed Arab views on a visit to Saudi Arabia, may well have changed since, and it is indisputable that the Prince has been a staunch supporter of Jewish organisations and causes in the UK. See my comment below:\nHere is the report in The Independent:\n\"Prince Charles has come under fire after it came to light that he blamed the \u201cinflux of foreign Jews\u201d for causing unrest in the Middle East and called on the US to \u201ctake on the Jewish lobby\u201d in a letter penned in 1986.\nWriting to his friend Laurens van der Post, the Prince argued that the exodus of European Jews in the middle of the last century \u201chelped to cause the great problems\u201d in the Middle East.\n\u201cI now appreciate that Arabs and Jews were all a Semitic people originally and it is the influx of foreign, European Jews (especially from Poland, they say) which has helped to cause the great problems,\u201d the Prince wrote in a letter published by the Daily Mail.\n\u201cI know there are so many complex issues, but how can there ever be an end to terrorism unless the causes are eliminated?\u201d he added.\n\u201cSurely some US president has to have the courage to stand up and take on the Jewish lobby in the US? I must be naive, I suppose!\u201d\nThe letter was found in a public archive and was written on 24 November 1986, following an official visit the then-38-year-old Prince made to Saudia Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar with the late Princess Diana.\nMy Comment: The Prince's comments betray an ignorance of Jews, both as indigenous to Palestine and to what is now the 'Arab' Middle East and North Africa. The assumption that Jews are foreign and European bolsters the canard that Israel is a colonial settler state. Yet Jews predated the Arab conquest and Islam by 1,000 years. Today they constitute over 50 percent of the Israeli Jewish population.\nHis comment that the US ought to stand up to the Jewish lobby, however, crosses a red line into outright antisemitism. The idea that Jews exercise disproportionate power and influence is a classic conspiracy theory popular among antisemites.\nUnder pressure from the Arabists of the Foreign Office, the British royal family has never paid an official visit to Israel. The best way that the prince might show that he no longer holds his controversial views, say his critics, is by paying such a visit.\nPosted by bataween at Wednesday, November 15, 2017\nLabels: Indigenous Jews\nNationality, identity, and origin are not clear-cut. Look at the Prince's own German roots, lost a bit in the shuffle of anglicized and changed names.\nhttps://www.britannica.com/topic/house-of-Windsor\nThe prince's grandfather, King George VI, was not sympathetic to Jews being persecuted by the German Nazis or in danger of such persecution. The book Holocaust Conspiracy by William Perl, contains a copy of a message that George sent to the Colonial Office in about 1939. 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I went into my consultation conversation not knowing what I needed but knowing that I needed direction for the creative funk I was in. By the end of the call, I had a plan for the first 3 months of my new year. Not because she laid out a plan for me, but you gave me the tools to discover what I needed for myself. Shortly after, I wrote my most popular blog to date. I look forward to my follow up for the next season of my life! \u201c - Paula Gillison, Author & Poet", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 1317, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 275.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://jonathanstill.com/2014/09/15/goffman-and-the-office/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:34Z", "digest": "sha1:G5XC5SUPCXVPLP7TIAIXC34FBPONA6LU", "length": 3878, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "jonathanstill.com", "title": "Goffman and the office | Jonathan Still, ballet pianist", "raw_content": "Goffman and the office\nThe Guardian has published two articles on contemporary office design in the last two days \u2013 the first a diatribe by Jeremy Paxman, \u201cIf I were king for a day, I would ban open-plan offices,\u201d the second a glowing vision of the future as if Paxman had never spoken: \u201cDeath of the desk: the architects shaping offices of the future.\u201d Paxman cites the satirical programme W1A as an extreme, hilarious-if-it-weren\u2019t-actually-true example of office design gone mad, the second article offers the architect\u2019s defence. With no hint of irony, it also describes new offices that will have a running track for employees, because with longer hours, workers need somewhere to \u201clet off steam,\u201d as if Google and others are doing their employees a favour. So much for the future envisioned in the 1970s where we\u2019d have so much leisure, we wouldn\u2019t know what to do with it.\nThe bit that really caught my eye was this: Philip Tidd of design and architecture firm Gensler says things are changing, and that \u201c[y]our seniority in the organisation, your status in the organisation, does not need to be reinforced by how much space you get.\u201d If that is the case, then I can only wonder at the ways in which seniority and status are reinforced in a building where all the stage and props have been removed. In The presentation of self in everyday life, Erving Goffman brilliantly describes and analyses how people use props, costumes, \u201cstage\u201d and \u201cbackstage\u201d areas in their workplaces to \u201cperform\u201d their role. Once you\u2019ve read that, it seems hard to believe that you could take away the conventional material expressions of status and not see new ones resurface somewhere else.\nWhen I temped in offices in between music jobs, I was staggered at the way people in apparently un-theatrical professions were prone to unwitting displays of ego (a point I have to make constantly to people who think that the theatre is a place of unbridled egotism \u2013 it isn\u2019t, you can\u2019t get theatre made that way). You always know which are the consultants in hospitals: they\u2019re the ones dressed like something out of Jeeves and Wooster (the circus and medicine are two of the few remaining professional arenas where loud shirts and bow ties are still acceptable costume). The executive may not have the corner office any more, but their status is probably even more prominently displayed in the car-park, where they\u2019ll have one of the only allocated spaces. Or they\u2019ll have a Brompton folding bike, and bring it into the office (something which would be frowned upon lower down the food chain, I suspect). In 2012, the intern is given the problem of storing the executive\u2019s Brompton in a building that has no useful space to store stuff away discreetly, frittering away his time, or forcing him to leave the bike somewhere awkward.\nThe Presentation of Self in Everyday Life amazingly timeless, such good observation and analysis that you have no sense that it was written 60 years ago. It encourages you to look out for precisely those activities and accoutrements of a perfomer (i.e. a normal person, performing their everyday life) that are either designed to be missed, or of which the performer is themselves unaware. It\u2019s not in Goffman\u2019s book, but one situation that fascinates me is the so-called \u201copen door\u201d policy that some managers operate. Can there be anything more terrifying or status-affirming than having to judge whether it\u2019s really OK to enter a manager or director\u2019s office when the door is always open?\nSee also: great article on the pain of having to dress \u201cappropriately\u201d by Lauren Laverne.\nThis entry was posted in Personal and tagged Goffman, Personal, offices, sociology of work, work on September 15, 2014 7:24 am by Jonathan Still.\n\u2190 Oh so it\u2019s not just me then \u2013 Facebook saturation point Meter vs subdivision: An easy solution to the ballet and time signature problem? \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 144, "original_length": 9439, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 272.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://jonesbahamas.com/crawfish-season-opens-aug-1/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:05Z", "digest": "sha1:CMJVBOBQMYJ6FZUGHG5HMRK6PTWV5M7E", "length": 2403, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "jonesbahamas.com", "title": "Crawfish Season Opens Aug. 1 | The Bahama Journal - Jones Communications Network", "raw_content": "Crawfish Season Opens Aug. 1\nThe Department of Marine Resources announced yesterday that the local crawfish season begins on August 1 and runs through March 31, 2015.\nIn a press release issued Tuesday, the department reminded fishermen and the public that harvesting of undersized crawfish is against the law and encouraged persons to cease and desist the practice of illegally harvesting these resources.\n\u201cFishermen are also cautioned against capturing egg-bearing crawfish as this practice further aids in the depletion of the crawfish stock in The Bahamas,\u201d the release read.\n\u201dFishermen are to take note of the minimum size limit for whole crawfish is size of three and a quarter inches carapace length. The minimum legal size limit on the crawfish tail is five and a half inches length. All fishers capturing crawfish are required to have a measuring gauge to ensure that they are able to confirm full compliance with the legal size requirements.\u201d\nThe release further advised that those desirous of using an air compressor to harvest marine resources must first obtain a permit from the Department of Marine Resources. Applicants must provide proof of Bahamian citizenship, i.e. a Bahamian passport, along with proof that they have received adequate training in safely diving while using compressed air.\nThe air compressor permit allows the device to be used only between 30 feet to 60 feet and its legal use is to assist in the harvesting of marine resources from August 1 to March 31 inclusive.\nApplication forms for air compressor permits may be obtain from the website of the Department of Marine Resources at www.bahamas.gov.bs/marine resources, at the office of the Department of Marine Resources, East Bay Street or the extension officers in the Family Islands.\nFishers are reminded of the important role the crawfish industry plays in employing thousands of Bahamians and contributing millions of dollars to the economy of The Bahamas. Compliance to the Fisheries Regulations helps to ensure that these benefits will be available for further generations of Bahamians.\nThe public is advised to report all suspected violations to the Department of Marine Resources at telephone 393-1014, 393-1015 or 393-1777. All violators of the Fisheries Regulations can expect to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.\n\u2190 BTC Fined $240K\nLocal Writer Featured In International Travel Publications \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 143, "original_length": 5321, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 320.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://jonesbahamas.com/elnet-maritime-breaks-ground-for-new-center-in-grand-bahama/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:27Z", "digest": "sha1:C4252XZLRM5BAHKG3YFS4QVRNAVFWWD5", "length": 4858, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "jonesbahamas.com", "title": "Elnet Maritime Breaks Ground for New Center in Grand Bahama | The Bahama Journal - Jones Communications Network", "raw_content": "Elnet Maritime Breaks Ground for New Center in Grand Bahama\nMinister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Senator Kwasi Thompson, said both foreign and local investors continue to display confidence in the Grand Bahamian economy by starting new businesses or expanding existing ones.\nMinister Thompson, who was the keynote speaker at the groundbreaking ceremony for Elnet Maritime Center on Monday, August 27, 2018, noted that CEO of Elnet Maritime Ltd., Elbert Hepburn is a real example of what the spirit of Grand Bahama represents.\n\u201cThe government has seen restored investor interest among foreign investors, as well as among Bahamians, right here in Grand Bahama,\u201d added Minister Thompson. \u201cIn fact, over the past year or so, there have been a number of new businesses started in Grand Bahama, as well as expansion of existing businesses.\n\u201cIf there is anyone who says that Grand Bahama is dead, I tell them to open their eyes and they will see,\u201d added Minister Thompson. \u201cI am in no way suggesting that business is booming. I am in no way saying that we are doing all that we can and should do, but what I am saying is that there are Bahamians and other investors who are pushing their way through in Grand Bahama and they ought to be commended for contributing to the kind of economy that we would like to see.\u201d\nHe noted that by virtue of Grand Bahama\u2019s deep waters, its climate and proximity to the United States and its open geographical path to the rest of the world, Grand Bahama has proven perfect for the maritime industry. \u201cWhile we also seek to expand other industries such as tourism, technology and others, we want to continue to capitalize on maritime and ensure that Grand Bahama maintains its status as a major maritime and industrial hub in the region,\u201d he said.\nDuring the construction phase of Elnet\u2019s new Maritime Center, Elnet intends to engage some 125 people through self-contractors. Post construction, there will be opportunities for 80 to 100 new jobs in Grand Bahama.\nMinister Thompson said he was excited to see Bahamian-owned businesses investing further into the local economy.\nMinister Thompson said Elnet Maritime, which has been around for over 10 years, is a testament to what Bahamians can achieve through hard work, faith, innovation and dedication, and that innovation and entrepreneurship are key to Grand Bahama\u2019s economy.\nSince taking office, Minister Thompson pointed out that the government has committed to creating an environment that is conducive to the creation and growth of small businesses by way of providing funding, training programs and mentorship from other professions.\n\u201cThe government has allocated 25 million dollars over the next few years \u2013 five million dollars this year. I\u2019m sure that a great portion of that five million dollars, when it comes to small businesses development, will be spent right here in Grand Bahama.\u201d\nDeputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Hon. K. Peter Turnquest also congratulated the CEO of Elnet, and the principals on the success of the business over the past 10 years.\n\u201cWe know, based upon the history of this company and based upon your vision for Elnet, that this new endeavor will be very successful, and will continue to contribute to this island in a significant way,\u201d said Minister Turnquest. \u201cThis expansion, I believe, demonstrates to Grand Bahama and to The Bahamas that there is life here in Grand Bahama. As a government we have intense discussions at least once a week about the future of Grand Bahama and what should be our response as a government and what initiative we should take to help develop this island.\u201d\nThe Deputy Prime Minister noted that the step by the government to purchase the Grand Lucayan resort was one of those initiatives or steps the government has taken to help develop the island\u2019s economy, and that it was a demonstration of the government\u2019s commitment to the economy of Grand Bahama and ensuring opportunities for the people of Grand Bahama and throughout The Bahamas.\n\u201cThe story of Grand Bahama is in the success of entrepreneurship,\u201d said Minister Turnquest. \u201cBahamians, like Mr. Hepburn and others who have made the decision to invest in their own country. Every day we fight to ensure that Grand Bahama gets the resources and attention that it needs.\n\u201cBut, in order for the government to be successful, we need the private sector to step up and take its rightful place.\n\u201cThrough the small business development center that we are developing here, through the Bahamas Development Bank, through BAIC and all of the other entrepreneurial initiatives that we have, as well as the commitment of the government to put its money where its mouth is, there is opportunity, capital and even training for genuine, well-thought out businesses.\u201d\n\u2190 FERREIRA: 9 OF 60 LOT APPLICANTS QUALIFY\nIMMIGRATION GOING PAPERLESS \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 150, "original_length": 7857, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 217.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://jonesbahamas.com/mortimer-troubled-over-govts-response-to-wynn/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:29Z", "digest": "sha1:ZWQBLES7JNXYZTAKNFHNXDY4MAOBSMYL", "length": 3425, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "jonesbahamas.com", "title": "Mortimer Troubled Over Govt\u2019s Response to Wynn | The Bahama Journal - Jones Communications Network", "raw_content": "Mortimer Troubled Over Govt\u2019s Response to Wynn\nPosted on 28 August 2017. Tags: Bahamas Government, bahamas news, Chris Mortimer, the journal by Jones Bahamas\nDemocratic National Alliance (DNA) Deputy Leader Chris Mortimer came to the defense of Grand Bahama, stating that the government\u2019s response to the withdrawal of the Wynn Group\u2019s bid to purchase the Grand Lucayan Resort is forcing history to repeat itself with Grand Bahamians.\nIn a press release yesterday, the deputy leader referenced \u2018unfortunate events\u2019 the island has seen in recent years including several major hurricanes that hit the island.\n\u201cThe recent media reports surrounding the breakdown of negotiations for the sale of hotels on the Lucayan Strip on Grand Bahama are just the latest in series of unfortunate events for the island and its residents,\u201d Mr. Mortimer said.\n\u201cThe passage of the hurricanes in 2004 and 2005 did irreparable damage to the Grand Bahama economy, sending thousands of Bahamians to the unemployment line when the Royal Oasis resort closed its doors.\n\u201cSince then, the island has struggled to regain its footing and its residents though promised help and hope by successive governments have for the most part, been left to fend for themselves.\n\u201cNow, under this new administration \u2013 five members of which represent Grand Bahama \u2013 it appears that history is once again about to repeat itself.\u201d\nAs the Wynn Group recently revealed that it was pulling out of the bid to purchase the Grand Lucayan, Mr. Mortimer said that in itself raised questions that need answers.\n\u201cThe withdrawal of the Wynn Group from the ongoing talks is telling in many ways and raises some very important questions including one obvious one: Why would the front runner for the purchase suddenly abandon the negotiations in which it has invested so much time and money into over the past many months?\nMr. Mortimer suggested in his statement, the government\u2019s lack of transparency regarding the sale of the resort.\n\u201cEqually troubling has been the government\u2019s response,\u201d he said.\n\u201cWhen speculation about the viability of the talks broke last week, the Minnis administration, whose entire campaign was run on transparency, missed an opportunity to frankly and honestly address the situation.\n\u201cInstead, they attempted to deflect from the ensuing complications by promising an announcement soon.\u201d\nMr. Mortimer further suggested that because the Free National Movement (FNM) was victorious at the polls in Grand Bahama, every effort should be made to protect the people\u2019s interest.\n\u201cDuring the last electoral cycle, Grand Bahama showed overwhelming support for the Free National Movement sending all five of its nominated candidates to Parliament,\u201d he said.\n\u201cIt is the responsibility of these five individuals to do everything in their power to protect the interests of the men and women who voted for them.\n\u201cNow, more than ever, Grand Bahamians deserve honest, transparent communication. They deserve a road map detailing the government\u2019s plans to rescue GB from the precipice of economic decline. They deserve real help and hope and not just more empty promises.\u201d\nLast Wednesday, Paul Wynn, CEO of the Wynn Group, a company based in Toronto, Canada pulled out of the bid to purchase the Grand Lucayan Resort.\nThe Wynn Group\u2019s negotiation came under the Christie administration earlier this year.\n\u2190 Bahamians in Texas Safe after Harvey\n$3.2 Million Drug Bust in Exuma \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 152, "original_length": 6372, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 293.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://jordandrivingschoolcharlotte.com/how_register.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:12Z", "digest": "sha1:R2CTCLYGWQVUR7ZS27RKNUJXLZY35WUR", "length": 2929, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "jordandrivingschoolcharlotte.com", "title": "Jordan Driving School Charlotte", "raw_content": "If your student is at least 14 \u00bd years old and attends a Mecklenburg County public school, private school, charter school, or home school, they may register to take Driver Education through Jordan Driving School Charlotte. For students who attend schools outside Mecklenburg County, they will need to contact the closest public school to the school they attend and inquire about the Driver Education program for that county. Residency in Mecklenburg County does not determine Driver Education eligibility; where the student attends school is the determining factor. Mecklenburg County students who are older than 18 years old, but are still in high school are eligible to take Driver Education, but will need to read the \u201cover 18\u201d Driver Education policy.\nIt will be the choice of each high school as to what sessions they actually choose to hold. Click here to see the list of scheduled Driver Education sessions in Mecklenburg County. Click here to see the list of Driver Education Site Coordinators and their contact information.\nTo guarantee a spot in any of our sessions, you may register and pay online BEFORE the first day of class with a credit card by clicking on the \u201cRegister and Pay Now\u201d link found under each session that is open for registration. To show that a student has pre-registered, they will need to take a receipt of payment with them on the first day of class and give it to the Driver Education teacher. If you do not have access to the Internet, you can still guarantee a spot in a session and receive a receipt by coming by the Jordan Driving School offices before the first day of class and pre-registering. Please call the Jordan Driving School offices at 704-566-9900 before coming to the office to see if space is available for the class that you are interested in. Payment can be made in person with a certified check, money order, or cash. Certified checks or money orders should be made payable to, \u201cJordan Driving School Charlotte\u201d. PERSONAL CHECKS CANNOT BE ACCEPTED. Learn more about why there is a fee for driver education.\nThe maximum number of students for a class is 35. Should all 35 spots be pre-paid, then no students will be added to the class on the first day of class. If space is available, students may be added to the class, and can pay the $65 fee on the first day of class by cash, certified check, or money order. Certified checks or money orders should be made payable to, \u201cJordan Driving School Charlotte\u201d. PERSONAL CHECKS CANNOT BE ACCEPTED.\nThere must be a minimum of 30 students paid on the first day of class, or the class will be cancelled. If a class is cancelled because of insufficient numbers, those students who have already paid the fee will need to call the Jordan Driving School office to be moved to another class session. There will be no refunds should a student begin the class and then drop-out or fail.\nTo begin, please click to view the Class Categories.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 44, "original_length": 3849, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 285.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://journey2megingeratlarge.blogspot.com/2004/09/to-busy-writing-to-write.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:28Z", "digest": "sha1:NZAKJWQX5WK3KW2R2TER4WLLRTTTD2XK", "length": 5504, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "journey2megingeratlarge.blogspot.com", "title": "Ginger@Large: To Busy Writing to Write", "raw_content": "But I have to tell you I'm extremely jazzed.\nLast week I sent my script, \"My Immortal\", over to a writing peer of mine who promptly tore it to shreads and told me what a pretentious bore I was being, muddling down a script that should read fast and crisp with too much prose.\nIt may sound like he was being mean but in fact he was using what he's learned as a screenwriter as tough love to make that script better. That's what critiques are for.\nUndaunted I sent him \"Comic Squad\", and though he felt the first act suffered the same verbosity that \"My Immortal\" did, but after the first act break things started moving like they should and it's a really strong script. So strong, he offered to sign onto the project, help me clean it up, tighten it up and pass it along to some of his contacts.\nThis is very good news - and so I've been busting my hump with a rewrite off of his notes and his suggestions. We still have a long way to go, but he wants a pretty polished product in two weeks so we can start getting this puppy in circulation. I worked through the first act (first 20-30) pages yesterday, only to come up with another plot point that needs to change some things around yet again.\nHe also read the sitcom script I wrote and sang nothing but praises so far... so that's a very VERY good thing. I ended up tearing it myself and switching it around because the more I read the more I realize I don't know what I'm doing. And I want this to be the very best it can be.\nMy best friend Jeff has agreed to sign onto the project, so like Jerry and George we are going to tackle the arduous task of sitcom writing as a team. The more we go along the more Costanza-ish I become.\nAnd to top it all off I'm trying my hand at pitching, entering a contest that would garner me a free entry into a screenwriting contest. I got so ambitious I sent them a pitch for a story that isn't even done yet (hey, they offered). If it wins an entry that means I'll be plunged into another project.\nBut I gotta tell you I just couldn't be happier. This is what I want to do - this is what I feel I was meant to do. I lose myself in the process, I get high from the challenges, I love getting my hands dirty and walking away with something that makes other people excited, happy, laugh, cry, scared, etc.\nSo I'm determined to win this sitcom contest. This is a foot in the door that would open up the world for me. I was so excited to get up and write I nearly hopped out of bed at 4am this morning.\nThis is not to suggest that the weight loss has taken a backburner. Not in the least. I've made the walk every day this week. I spaced the Pilates completely, through work or writing. I get the house to myself during the day while Steven is at work and the kids are at school, so I've enjoyed being able to do these things in peace. By the time I think about Pilates, the kids are generally home already. So next week, I promise.\nI've also been doing well on the food, generally not even getting to 1800 calories a day. I have to wonder if that's good for me or not because the weight loss is stagnant again. I wonder if eating MORE would help me lose more. My body is burning up a ton of calories in exercise - maybe if I ate more it would speed up the metabolism process.\nTruthfully I'm seriously under what I should be eating. They say not to shave more than 1000 calories off of the calories you burn, and according to fit day I burn about 3800 a day. So that would suggest I should eat 2800 calories a day, and I've been aiming for 1800.\nI think what I'm going to do is to buy salad stuff and eat a lot more frequently. I know I always say I'm going to do this and never do, but I'm just going to have to force myself. If I cut all the stuff up and put it in tupperware over the weekend, maybe it won't be such a pain in the you know where to prepare it all week. If I had a personal chef I'd be thin by now - I just hate to get in there and cook. And I'm a good cook too, so go figure.\nBut I figure if I get stuff like chicken and cheese to use as protein, and just eat till I'm content on stuff that won't really affect my totals all that much. Maybe raise the bar to 2000 calories on the \"real\" food. The idea of eating more than 1800 calories seriously bothers me. I feel like I'm going to undo what I've done.\nHowever if I keep up the walking, and up the weight training, it really shouldn't affect the weight. Active people require more calories.\nI've got a TV show to prepare for - I am in serious training not only in writing, but in personal appearance also.\nI'm going to succeed. Bottom line.\nOh, and I know it's the first but since I can't get to GNC till the weekend, I'll do the photo update on Saturday.\n**side note, Journey2Sarah asked about the people in Las Vegas I met, and it was that couple of independent filmmakers who were shooting a documentary. One of the ladies was kind enough to offer a read of one of my scripts, so I have her email but I'm sitting on which project I should send her - knowing I'm going to have to go in and clean it up to be extra professional looking by the time I send it. It will probably be My Immortal or another drama I have, Dirty Little Secrets. I'll just have to read through both with a fine tooth comb to figure out which one is stronger.\nI am pulling for you to succeed, both in the weight loss and in your writing. I just know there are alot of us out here all rooting for your success. Best luck to you!\nSend her dirty little secrets you won't be sorry.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 97, "original_length": 7507, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 319.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://juanfontanive.com/movement-3/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:14Z", "digest": "sha1:KG37SETAGGZFAPDPSAPAJZ6LTZEDZN4E", "length": 125, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "juanfontanive.com", "title": "Movement 3 : JUAN FONTANIVE", "raw_content": "-enamel on aluminum, brass, stainless steel, roller bearings, cord, motor and electronics. 15 x 18 x 1.5 ft. (variable). 2014", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 58, "original_length": 688, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.69, "perplexity": 274.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://juliepowell.com/what-you-cant-see/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:03Z", "digest": "sha1:KRAJAGF5PVYACSBTW6R2MQACAQ6TRYG3", "length": 730, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "juliepowell.com", "title": "What You Can\u2019t See \u2026 | Julie Powell", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Blog \u00bb What You Can\u2019t See \u2026\nWhat You Can\u2019t See \u2026\nPosted by Julie_admin on Oct 1, 2012 in Blog | 1 comment\nWhen you read the subject line what did your think of immediately? Some would say \u201cWhat you can\u2019t see won\u2019t hurt you,\u201d but when I read that line, I think of the air. We never see it, but the air is always there. We breathe in and out unconsciously for the better part of our lives, yet our lives depend on it. There is much contained in the air. It is not only life sustaining but very powerful when taken in slowly and deeply than exhaled gradually and fully. Try breathing deeply for a few moments and see how you feel immediately afterwards.\nThis reminds me of my favorite teaching over the years\u2026 God is the wind!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 2093, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 314.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://jwf.org/social-inclusion-of-refugees-internally-displaced-persons-and-migrants-from-the-gender-perspective/2018/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:02Z", "digest": "sha1:KR2PES2B6JT4ZU2CB3NMYVAGNF7D3QTP", "length": 7336, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "jwf.org", "title": "Social Inclusion of Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons and Migrants from the Gender Perspective - The Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF)", "raw_content": "Social Inclusion of Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons and Migrants from the Gender Perspective\nPREPARATION AND CONSULTATION MEETING\n9th November 2017- Haus am Dom\nWomen`s Development Summit, under the theme of \u201cSocial Integration of Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons and Migrants from the Gender Perspective\u201d, gathered academics, activists and representatives of civil society at the ,,Haus am Dom\u201d on 9th November 2017 in Frankfurt am Main.\nThis consultation meeting of Women \u0301s Development Summit (WDS) was co-organized by the Forum for Intercultural Dialogue (FID), the German Association for Dialogue Institutions (BDDI), the Journalists and Writers Foundation (JWF), and was supported by the humanitarian aid organization Time To Help e.V.\nThe Women\u2019s Development Summit is the continuation of the Istanbul Summit (www.istanbulsummit.org), which has been held annually since 2014. The Summit, as now called the \u201cWomen \u0301s Development Summit\u201d, is an international, multi-sectoral forum that brings together stakeholders from different regions of the international community and sets a platform to discuss the Global Agenda in a gender-based approach.\nThe participants of the WDS consultation event, \u201cSocial Inclusion of Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons and Migrants from the Gender Perspective\u201d declare herewith:\nWOMEN \u0301S DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT\nThe current refugee issue is an undeniable global challenge that can only be tackled together with all international and national decision-makers, civil society and the private sector.\nThe UN Global Sustainable Development Agenda calls for \u201creaching the furthest behind first.\u201d We welcome this approach and accordingly urge for a greater awareness of the particular importance of gender mainstreaming in the inclusion of refugees. There is no question that the women among the wards are a particular vulnerable and excluded group.\nWe note with regret that there is a great lack of consideration and recognition of gender specific reasons of migration. We must put an end to it. We urge all decision makers, multipliers, and actors to focus on gender-specific approaches and to ensure the inclusion of this vulnerable group.\nThe communities of asylum seekers and refugees must be actively involved in gender-sensitive education. Prevention workshops, on the dissemination of dissemination of legal framework conditions, and protective measures are necessary both for staff working in refugee care centers as well as for those seeking protection.\nWe remind and underline that violence and discrimination against women have historically increased and been observed in all countries and are not a specific problem of the refugees. However, the specific situation of those seeking protection requires specific measures:\nIn the context of gender, flight and asylum, anti-sexist and anti-racist approaches and measures for sustainable prevention are needed. Diversity should not be treated separately from gender, racism and discrimination, so that sustainable participation in society can be promoted.\nSecuring escape routes plays a crucial role: Fleeing women experience violence, exploitation and sexual harassment. In particular, we call on international bodies and national policymakers to ensure that women and their children have safe and legal routes.\nPost traumatic stress disorder (PTPS) and post-migration stress \u2013 specifically resulting from experiences of war and flight, but also due to the conditions in the host countries \u2013 must be taken into account. Both the caregivers and the administration need to be trained in gender-sensitivity as well as transcultural competence. Mother tongue therapists in refugee camps and care facilities are essential. The possibility of overcoming the trauma must be secured so that active participation in society is really possible.\nWe welcome and underline the United Nations \u0301 recommendations on the prevention of violence in refugee camps, but at the same time note that they are under-exploited and urge the relevant authorities to actively implement them.\nWe call for a standardized intervention procedures for the protection of female refugees and their children who are victims of violence. National and international standards must be established to protect female refugees and children, ensuring that victims are safe from further attacks and trauma. In particular, we call for the suspension of the Dublin Regulation regarding women affected by violence along with their children.\nLong waiting times during the asylum procedure without access to education and work, especially language courses, lead to exclusion and lack of perspectives. National policymakers must actively counteract this situation and promote inclusion as early as possible.\nActive participation in society can only be achieved through self- determination. This in turn is only possible if economic independence exists. In this regard, we draw attention to the importance of labour market integration:\nThere are many barriers to labour market integration: inadequate language skills, inadequate and/or non-certified education, lack of work experience and ignorance of the social system. Our experience has shown that the personal trust relationship in counseling and support is very effective. Assistance/support gives security. The learning of the different perspectives regarding the social interaction should not be imposed, but promoted by self-motivation.\nIt is important in the policies and initiatives aiming labour market integration that there is no coercion. One\u2019s own motivation is a very important factor for successful and, above all, sustainable labour market integration. The measures and initiatives should strengthen problem solving skills, self-efficacy and teamwork.\nThe lack of prospects and especially the loss of hope for decently paid work lead to a lack of motivation which causes to isolation- Appropriately paid work should be enshrined as a right in order to ensure inclusion in society. The current labour market situation promotes segregation rather than integration.\nCivil society initiatives, such as the Austrian 10000 Chances Initiative, provide a role model for successful support and self-help. Promoting such civil society initiatives by state institutions is necessary for engaging more people and make them participate in such success stories. We emphasize the importance of the bridging function of civil society between the refugees and the state.\nIn this spirit, we would like to draw attention to the initiatives of refugees for refugees, such as the Initiative for Human Rights and Freedom in Frankfurt. We welcome these self-help organizations and acknowledge that these organized forms of initiatives will facilitate inclusion in the host societies. The experiential knowledge of those affected represents an important expertise and should accordingly be incorporated into the aid and integration work.\nIn particular, we call on the media and civil society to pay close attention to the social inclusion of refugees, IDPs and migrants. The discriminatory media coverage leads to exclusion and a distorted image, especially with regard to violence against women, which also poses a massive problem within the EU. Coping with the inclusion challenge can only be possible if we mobilize society and take action.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 99, "original_length": 9069, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 236.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://kapatiran.nl/index.php/en/about-en/volunteers", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:08Z", "digest": "sha1:SFTGJLAUM6WAAZ2RPGRPE2EHJVZ4GWWR", "length": 665, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "kapatiran.nl", "title": "Stichting Kapatiran - Volunteers", "raw_content": "Activities cannot be done without the help of a great number of volunteers. Each activity, however, brings new enthusiastic volunteers. Thanks to the Xplore Project in 2006/2007 quite a lot of youth has seen the need for awareness and fundraising campaigns.\nXplore Project 2006/2007\nJun Carino\nJun Carino created and maintains the website. He joined Kapatiran as volunteer in 2005.\nMost of these volunteers are spread all over the country. Recent activities show that most of them can be found in the area of Doetinchem, The Hague, Rotterdam, Utrecht, and Willemstad (NB).\nIf you wish to be a volunteer of Kapatiran as well, please contact one of the Board members.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 105, "original_length": 3357, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 175.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://kashmirnarrator.com/will-disaster-go-losing-land-like-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:15Z", "digest": "sha1:HCWGCKTLPUFWC5BLRBKJO5YKWQ5EU2CE", "length": 4298, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "kashmirnarrator.com", "title": "\u2018It will be a disaster if we go on losing land like this\u2019 - Kashmir Narrator", "raw_content": "\u2018It will be a disaster if we go on losing land like this\u2019\nZahoor Ahmad Dar is the first Kashmiri Muslim to crack the IIM exam. He is currently Associate Professor in Dry Land Agriculture Research Station, Sheri-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST). He spoke to Aasif Sultan on his profession, agriculture in Kashmir and other issues\nYou made it to the prestigious Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad in 2003. Tell us more about that.\nWhen I qualified for the IIM, my family didn\u2019t realize what I had done. Even I didn\u2019t realize it. People are often hitched to this programme with big salaries at the back of their mind. This was not the case with me. I knew that two- year course at IIM Ahmedabad is a rigorous course. At that time there was no coaching centre for such courses in the Valley. I sought some help from the internet and contacted some friends who were outside the Valley. I cracke d the exams and was selected in Post Graduate Diploma in Agricultural Business Management. But my mother fell sick and I had to make a decision: either to go for MBA or to look after my mother. I chose the latter.\nHow important is research in agricultural sciences with respect to Kashmir economy?\nTremendous potential exists for agricultural research in Kashmir. We produce 70% of our own food grains. But unfortunately from the past three decades, there has been unplanned urbanization. It is a misnomer that if the Srinagar-Jammu highway gets closed for two days we will starve. We produce vegetables when there is off-season outside. But the issue is we are losing land rapidly. There is another thing. Lot of land has gone to horticulture. This should not have happened normally. In the name of earning money we should not sacrifice our sustainability. The government should bring in a law that completely bans conversion of agricultural land.\nWhat is the agricultural status of the Valley?\nWe contribute Rs 5000 crore to the state exchequer through horticulture. If we can only produce more maize for our poultry then we can save a lot of money from the state exchequer, which otherwise is being diverted to outside states.\nAgricultural land conversion, as you pointed out, continues unabated. What will be its repercussions on our economy?\nIt will be a disaster if we go on losing land like this. We once produced rice that was sufficient to sustain the population for ten months. But when you remove even 25% of that agricultural land, the sustainability goes from ten months to seven months. There needs to be a well-planned programme to stop it. We can survive on our agricultural production provided we plan accordingly.\nWays through which we can enhance our agricultural production?\nBy using more and more advanced technologies. The crops we grow here are quality-wise, taste-wise superior to the same crops grown outside.\nTraditionally Valley was an agricultural society. But now we are moving away from it. What are\nthe reasons for this?\nThe reasons are: very low capital formation in agriculture, no planning on the part of people concerned, low diffusion of technologies generated by SKUAST and, last but not the least, the non-seriousness of the government.\nA different question. You wrote an article in 2011 where you criticized parents who force their children to choose a profession of their (parents) choice. Do you still share the same views?\nYes. You must realize that because of peer pressure and parental pressure, our youth are getting into professions that they neither appreciate nor have any aptitude for.\nI will list IAS, KAS in it. Everybody wants to do IAS or KAS irrespective whether he or she can do justice to that profession. It is a kind of wildfire. There is a hidden force behind it that is social in nature rather than academic. Had it been academic or technical, then it would have been justified.\nCareer options are wide and varied in the world. Technology, law, management, administration, research and others \u2014 these are fields that have great potential. We must introduce these fields at school levels so that children are exposed to these possibilities as a career choice. In fact, I would say that we need to educate the teachers first. I still believe in the ad- age: teacher\u2019s mistake is reflected in the nation.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 90, "original_length": 6385, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 321.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://kath-reads.com/2017/05/audiobook-review-hidden-boddies/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:28Z", "digest": "sha1:2SZOE7EK5KSXMUKFGSODYZCCZ5L4ZYWN", "length": 3865, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "kath-reads.com", "title": "Audiobook Review : Hidden Boddies", "raw_content": "Genre : Mystery, Thriller, Fiction Joe Goldberg is no stranger to hiding bodies. In the past ten years, this thirty-something has buried four of them, collateral damage in his quest for love. Now he\u2019s heading west to Los Angeles, the city of second chances, determined to put his past behind him.\nIn Hollywood, Joe blends in effortlessly with the other young upstarts. He eats guac, works in a bookstore, and flirts with a journalist neighbor. But while others seem fixated on their own reflections, Joe can\u2019t stop looking over his shoulder. The problem with hidden bodies is that they don\u2019t always stay that way. They re-emerge, like dark thoughts, multiplying and threatening to destroy what Joe wants most: true love. And when he finds it in a darkened room in Soho House, he\u2019s more desperate than ever to keep his secrets buried. He doesn\u2019t want to hurt his new girlfriend\u2014he wants to be with her forever. But if she ever finds out what he\u2019s done, he may not have a choice. (via Goodreads)\n\u201d . . . the real horror of my life is not that I\u2019ve killed some terrible people. The real horror is that the people I\u2019ve loved didn\u2019t love me back.\u201d\nOur hopeless romantic pyscho is back!\nJoe is now with his new girlfriend Amy and he is more than happy. They are perfect together and Joe thinks that he had finally found the right girl for him until Amy did a very terrible thing. Knowing Joe (yes I feel like I personally know him which is weird), he will not let this pass. If you\u2019ve read the first book, YOU, then you should know by now that you don\u2019t want to mess with Joe!\nYOU was in my Top Ten Favorite Reads in 2016 and Joe became one of my favorite characters. He\u2019s hilarious and charming that you can\u2019t help not liking him. I read the book and listen to the audiobook as well and it was a great experience. My expectations for Hidden Bodies was so high (can you blame me?) eventhough I was quite hesitant at first because majority of my friends weren\u2019t pleased about it but I wanted to see (or hear) it for myself. I chose to listen to the audiobook version because I really enjoyed Santino Fontana\u2019s narration in YOU. It took me a month to finish Hidden Bodies. A month and 3 days to be exact. (I finished YOU in 4 days.) Sadly, I ended up not loving this book as much as I loved YOU.\nThe beginning got me so hooked but I got bored after Joe moves to LA. It is still beautifully written (no doubt about that) but in my opinion, it wasn\u2019t thrilling like how I was expecting it to be. The surprise factor was somehow not there. Probably because Joe became too predictable (and annoying at times) or maybe there were just too many unnecessary things (and characters too) happening in the story that I didn\u2019t know what\u2019s going on anymore. I enjoyed some parts of the story but some are quite dull and unbelievable. I also didn\u2019t buy Joe\u2019s new LOVE interest in this book. Their romance felt force and boring. I didn\u2019t care if they\u2019ll end up together or not.\nThe story picked up towards the end which made my heart skip a beat and with that ending, I think I will most likely read (without expecting too much) the third book when it comes out. I want to find out what will happen to Joe.\nOverall, I enjoyed reading Hidden Bodies and Joe is still my favorite character. If you love YOU then I think you will still enjoy Hidden Bodies but just don\u2019t expect too much.\nAudiobook Review \u2013 5 out 5 stars\nRead by : Santino Fontana\nLength : 13 hours 4 minutes\nPublished by : Simon & Schuster\nHANDS DOWN to Santino Fontana for bringing Joe to life. He perfectly captured Joe\u2019s crazy and charming character. Honestly, I decided listening to the audiobook version of Hidden Bodies because of Santino\u2019s narration. It\u2019s addicting! Also, I\u2019m using Audiobooks app and really enjoying it. You can try the 30-day free trial here.\nAudiobook ReviewBook ReviewCaroline KepnesHidden Bodies", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 101, "original_length": 7524, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 322.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://kayheatherly.com/meet-kay-heatherly/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:03Z", "digest": "sha1:HJWP3QEAWLWMTWQLYRRUFVH4BLBWPEW2", "length": 1367, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "kayheatherly.com", "title": "Meet Kay B. Heatherly \u2013 Kay B. Heatherly", "raw_content": "Kay Heatherly decided that she wanted to make a career change when she moved to San Francisco from the Midwest. She soon met some interesting people who had just completed hypnotherapy training at the Palo Alto School of Hypnotherapy. She thought that San Francisco hypnosis therapy sounded quite interesting for a new career, so she did the same and soon became a Certified Hypnotherapist.\nAlso, she found that all her formal education in the Liberal Arts and Comparative Literature in particular \u2013\u2013 BA, MA, PhD \u2013\u2013 had well prepared her to deeply understand a lot about human nature and that her vast personal life experience was an additional bonus.\nKay discovered that hypnotherapy was a perfect fit because she enjoys working one-to-one with people and is totally committed to helping clients move out of negative, uncomfortable situations and move on quickly to lead balanced, harmonious lives.\nKay Heatherly achieved certification in hypnotherapy from the Palo Alto School of Hypnotherapy in 1988 by meeting their educational requirements and is certified by the National Guild of Hypnotists in Merrimack, NH. Kay Heatherly has been a Certified Hypnotherapist now for 30 years on Union Street, offering San Francisco hypnosis therapy to her clients in person or by phone.\nShe is proud to be listed for \u201cBest Hypnotherapy in San Francisco\u201d by Best Rated Docs.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 43, "original_length": 2775, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 272.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://keywaystrategies.com/coaching/wellness-quick-start-coaching/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:15:58Z", "digest": "sha1:YAMILUAGUEP2N4QHWJNYN7Q5PNMWRUGG", "length": 849, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "keywaystrategies.com", "title": "Wellness Quick-Start Coaching | Keyway Strategies, LLC", "raw_content": "Wellness Quick-Start Coaching\nAre you interested in creating an integrated strategy for wellness and fitness that will work?\nIt\u2019s important not just to consider the \u201cdoing\u201d part of getting in shape, but the \u201cbeing\u201d part of it as well. Accountability and support as you begin to create new habits are also a critical component to your jump start.\nLet\u2019s partner to create awareness around the mindsets that are keeping you where you are and responsibility to move to where you\u2019d like to be instead!\nWellness Quick-Start Coaching includes six weeks of half-hour strategy sessions to make sure you\u2019ve got the right plan for your fitness and that you\u2019re beginning to implement it. Special introductory pricing is available for Wellness Quick-Start Coaching if you\u2019ve been referred by one of our strategic partners. Please contact us for more information.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 35, "original_length": 1357, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 339.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://khosq.am/en/2016/09/02/introduction-of-the-e-health-system-and-the-need-to-safeguard-the-confidential-medical-information/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:47Z", "digest": "sha1:OGHW6M7HE4HHXAX7XMAQQNYO6GSLAJI5", "length": 13195, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "khosq.am", "title": "Introduction of the e-Health system and the need to safeguard the confidential medical information | \u053d\u0531\u054a\u053f/CPFE/\u041a\u0417\u0421\u0421", "raw_content": "Introduction of the e-Health system and the need to safeguard the confidential medical information\nTogether with the advancement of digital technologies a number of key issues of the healthcare sector, such as the right to confidentiality of patient\u2019s data and introduction of the e-Health system, have grown into issues of high social importance and need oversight by the society. In particular, the protection of the right to confidentiality of patients\u2019 data is highly imperative but not fully safeguarded due to the lack of explicit legislative regulation. The issue becomes even more urgent in the light of introducing the e-Health system which is aimed at improving the level of public healthcare.\nWith the support of \u201cOpen Society Foundations \u2013 Armenia\u201d the Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression organized a public discussion on 30 August 2016 concerning the \u201cProtection of Patients\u2019 Personal Data in Medical Institutions and Introduction of E-Health System in Armenia\u201d for the purpose of addressing the above-mentioned issues and making clear about the progress achieved in introducing the e-Health system.\nIn his opening speech Ashot Melikyan, Chairman of CPFE, noted that this was the second round-table meeting concerning personal data protection and digital rights, and for covering the issue specialists were invited both from the healthcare and information technologies sectors, independent experts, and representatives of non-governmental organizations, international institutions and journalists.\nGreeting the participants David Amiryan, Deputy Director for Programs in Open Society Foundations \u2013 Armenia, noted that the introduction of the e-Health system may all the more jeopardize the right to confidentiality of personal information. David Amiryan highlighted that, \u201cTaking into account that almost everything in Armenia is implemented in a non-transparent manner and without any discussions with the expert community, these discussions initiated by the organization pursue the goal to raise the concerns related to the introduction of the e-Health system, the problems regarding the protection of personal data in this field, prevent the possible adverse developments and, in the result, assist in gaining some better understanding of the issues which may further grow into legislative initiatives or regulatory norms.\u201d\nIn her report on \u201cProtection of the patients\u2019 personal data in the medical institutions\u201d Violeta Zopunyan, Director of the Center for Rights Development NGO, presented the findings of the research she had conducted, the problems encountered in practice and related conclusions. First, she noted that the key issues concerning the right to confidentiality of information on patients became very imperative, but were not sufficiently addressed by the field specialists and lawyers. These issues have also remained beyond clear legislative regulation. Moreover, cases connected to violations of the right to confidentiality of information on patients most often occur in \u201cvulnerable\u201d population groups, such as people living with HIV/AIDS, drug users, persons with mental health problems, persons having disabilities and others.\nThe speaker indicated the gaps existing in the Armenian legislation and also noted that the issues regarding the confidentiality of information on patients\u2019 state of health are comprehensively regulated in international legal practice. In particular, term \u201cmedical secret\u201d is not explicitly distinguished in the Armenian legislation, while according to the European Charter of Patients\u2019 Rights, even the fact of applying to any healthcare institution constitutes a secret, not speaking about the information regarding his or her state of health and diagnostic or therapeutic procedures.\nAccording to legal acts regulating the activities of law enforcement agencies, information constituting medical secret may be disclosed only upon the request of the courts, the prosecutor\u2019s office and authorities carrying out inquest and preliminary investigation, as well as other competent entities. However, the legislation fails to explicitly stipulate, in which specific situations and under which circumstances, if any, and to what extent the mentioned agencies may request information about the patient\u2019s personal data.\nAccording to Violeta Zopunyan, breaches of confidentiality of medical information mostly occur in the case of patients with cancer; most of the patients are not aware of their diagnosis and have no idea of what they receive treatment for, while all this information is available to the family and neighbors. According to the law, the patient is the only person who has the right to determine the fate of his or her medical secret. Instead, it is the doctor who actually makes this decision for the patient by communicating this information not to the patient but to other interested persons.\nHealthcare institutions, as a rule, have no internal regulations to stipulate the rules of circulation of data on the patient and the requirement of ensuring their confidentiality. According to the survey, the information on the patient is, in general, available to all employees of the healthcare institution. Even nurses have free access to registers and may circulate them in the healthcare institution.\nInformation concerning the disease of persons receiving treatment also becomes available to other doctors in the hospital, since the diseases and the course of the treatment of all patients are discussed during consultations and visits. Any doctor, nurse, students undergoing educational and practical internship in the healthcare institution and resident medical officers may freely have access to the medical record books.\nVioleta Zopunyan also presented recommendations following from the survey with the main focus of making necessary legislative amendments, development and application of internal regulations in healthcare institutions concerning the circulation of patients\u2019 personal data, safeguarding the confidentiality of information relating to the state of health of persons regardless of established individual traditional practices and stereotypes. Particular attention was attached to the fact that a differentiated approach should be used for accessing the personal data of ordinary citizens and high-ranking officials. To some extent information on high-ranking officials should be more publicly open since it is in the public interest.\nIn a report on the \u201cProcess of introducing the e-Health system and protection of patients\u2019 personal data within the integrated health information system\u201d Hovhannes Minasyan, Project Manager in \u201cGovernance Infrastructure Implementation Unit\u201d CJSC (EKENG) presented the essence of the common healthcare electronic system, its benefits, implementation phases and achievements. Implementation of the project started in 2011 when a survey was conducted with the participation of foreign experts for deciding upon the feasibility of introducing such a system in Armenia. In 27 September 2013, the Government signed a contract with the winner, Ericsson Nikola Tesla d.d and Masys Apahov LLC joint venture. The project was implemented within the World Bank loan program of USD 2 million.\nThe key objectives of introducing the e-Health system in Armenia include improvement of the quality of healthcare services, optimization of processes, reliability of patients\u2019 data storage, cost-effectiveness, collection of statistics and accessibility of information. Hovhannes Minasyan informed that the common healthcare electronic system will be used to fully replace the current paper-based system. A separate entity-operator is planned to be created to carry out the operation of the system. Old data about the patient will not be input into the system; patients\u2019 medical record history will begin upon inputting the current electronic data regarding the state of health. A common electronic medical record will be opened for each patient, which will be available to the appropriate specialist irrespective of place and time. The entering into the system will be possible by an ID card; the patient will enter own personal page by his or her ID card and will allow the doctor to access the page. The doctor will use his or her ID card to enter into the system. Only in exceptional cases it will be possible to access the system without the patient\u2019s consent.\nAfter completion of the technical work on development of the software, in October 2015, the system was piloted in five medical institutions operating in Yerevan and in marzes. These institutions included \u201cHeratsi\u201d and \u201cMuratsan\u201d Hospital Complexes, Medical Center of Goris, Outpatient Clinic No 1 in Vanadzor, Ambulance Station of Balahovit, Abovyan Medical Center and \u201cIngo Armenia\u201d insurance company.\nMore than 60 healthcare professionals were trained to use the software appropriately. During this pilot phase, more than 100 patients were provided with services in an online mode.\nAfter the successful testing it was decided to introduce the system throughout the territory of the country. It is expected to make a phased transition to the electronic healthcare system within a period extending from 1 to 1,5 years. During the first phase each medical institution will need to input their data into the business register, including data on the medical staff, assets and equipment of the medical institution. The second phase implies management of the patient enrollment process, and the third phase implies introduction of electronic medical records.\nAccording to Hovhannes Minasyan, currently discussions are held between the RA Government, Ministry of Health and EKENG to decide upon the strategy, the timetable and the funds needed for the implementation of the system.\nThe necessary prerequisites for fully implementing the system include attracting of funds and bringing the current legislative framework in line with the contemporary requirements.\nOne of the most important issues identified during the \u201cround table\u201d discussion was the issue of creating guarantees for the confidentiality of personal data of citizens having applied to healthcare institutions and accessibility of these data for other government agencies as long as there are no relevant legal regulations, norms and standards, the existence of which will enable ensuring the confidentiality of patients\u2019 data.\nDuring the discussion, Gevorg Hayrapetyan, Head of Administrative Proceedings Unit of the Personal Data Protection Agency of the RA Ministry of Justice, informed that circulars were sent to the RA Ministry of Health, Yerevan Municipality and marz administration offices for them to notify medical institutions under their jurisdiction to comply with the requirements of the RA Laws \u201cOn protection of personal data\u201d, \u201cMedical aid and services provided to population\u201d and other legal acts. As to communication by the patient of his or her personal data to others, Gevorg Hayrapetyan noted that pursuant to the Law \u201cOn protection of personal data\u201d a contract entered into by the citizen and the medical institution is also considered as consent to use personal data.\nParticipants of the \u201cround table\u201d discussion raised a number of other issues related to the introduction of the e-Health system, particularly as regards technical implementation of the project given that many of the medical staff lack computer skills. Besides, the discussion also covered some issues related to professional training of healthcare professionals, non-availability of internet connection in medical institutions located in remote marzes, security protection of the e-system based on Internet connection, potential difficulties in the use of the system by patients (taking into account patients\u2019 age and specific conditions of health), as well as raising awareness of the population.\nNotably, the discussion was not attended by the representatives of the decision-making authority in this sector, i.e. the RA Ministry of Health, and in particular Deputy Minister Sergey Khachatryan, who should have delivered a report according to prior agreement. Moreover, Armen Karapetyan, Head of Staff of the Ministry had confirmed the participation of three representatives of the Ministry, including the Deputy Minister, in a letter sent to the CPFE. However, none of them was present, and Khachatryan did not even consider it necessary to notify about his absence in advance. This behavior fails to fit into the rules and standards of neither human nor business ethics and quite obviously portrays the given government authority. It is only to be hoped that in the future, when there is a new opportunity for cooperation, the Ministry of Health will behave in a more civilized manner and show willingness to communicate with the representatives of the civil society.\nOne Response to Introduction of the e-Health system and the need to safeguard the confidential medical information\nLatesha January 2, 2017 at 6:22 pm #\nOh my these\u00ef\u00bb\u00bf were good! Pancakes are best served 1 or just 2.. Your guests may say they want a short stack or big stack but 1/2 way thru they will be SICK OF THEM! so give them eggs, bacon, 2 small pancakes and these are faictstnao!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 72, "original_length": 14945, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 209.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://kickthemallout.com/index.php?topic=Intel_Agencies&page=2", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:31Z", "digest": "sha1:UAUCWZDCKVQ7HVV3SKSYVHJ2X44K6CBY", "length": 24593, "nlines": 117, "source_domain": "kickthemallout.com", "title": "Intel Agencies: CIA, NSA - Kick Them All Out Project", "raw_content": "Video: William Binney, Former Technical Director of NSA Goes Over The Proof That The DNC Emails Were Not HACKED.\nBinney takes us back to the chaos of the summer of 2016, during the height of the presidential campaign, with leaks and hacks being reported and published virtually every week. Binney says, \u201cFirst of all, the original Guccifer was Romanian hacker who was picked up and arrested\u2026then, in July [2016], when WikiLeaks was getting ready to publish a lot of the emails, all of a sudden, Guccifer 2.0 appeared. The original Guccifer thought that this Guccifer 2.0 was a fabrication\u2026\n\u201cGuccifer 2.0 started claiming that he hacked the DNC and he had data from the DNC and he was doing it for the Russians. So he then later on, put this data out on the web as the data that he\u2019d hacked from Russia from the DNC.\u201d\nBinney continues, \u201cSo, he [Guccifer 2.0] claimed that. So now we had some data to look at, forensically to look and see exactly what we could tell from the data, itself; what it meant and whether or not it was really a hack \u2013 and that\u2019s exactly what we did.\u201d\nAudio: Devin Nunes Unplugged\nHouse Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes sat for an interview with his Wisconsin colleague Sean Duffy. The interview was recorded for Rep. Duffy\u2019s Plaidcast. Adam Kredo reports on the interview for the Washington Free Beacon in \u201cIntel Chair: FBI, DOJ Obstructing Trump Probe in Hope of Dem Takeover in Congress.\u201d I have tracked down an embeddable version of the podcast and posted it below (about 30 minutes).\nI have found Rep. Nunes to be a reliable guide to the issues culminating in the appointment of Robert Mueller as Special Counsel. Although the interview covers some of the same ground that Nunes went over with Maria Bartiromo on FNC\u2019s Sunday Morning Futures earlier this week, I think this is also worth your time.\nQuotable quote: \u201cAfter seven or eight months of stonewalling, we realized they\n[the FBI and DOJ] had no intelligence in the opening of that\n[counterintelligence] investigation.\u201d\nPeter Strzok Was CIA And FBI At The Same Time, Say Experts\nWashington is still reeling from Peter Strzok\u2019s testimony on Capitol Hill, where House lawmakers grilled him about his efforts to use FBI government power to try to stop President Donald Trump\u2019s campaign and current presidency.\nStrzok was the main operative in \u201cOperation Crossfire Hurricane,\u201d a Deep State plot to run legal attacks on President Trump\u2019s team.\nNow we know that Strzok was really a CIA agent. He only held a ceremonial title in the Bureau, but was really operating under the leadership of the CIA, including Obama\u2019s vindictive CIA director John Brennan.\nintellihub reports: \u201cA sheep-dipped Peter Strzok has been covertly operating as the Section Chief of the Central Intelligence Agency\u2019s Counterespionage Group during his secret 24 year tenure with the agency while masquerading as Deputy Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation\u2019s Counterintelligence Division where he was in charge of investigating Hillary Clinton\u2019s use of a personal email server along with the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections.\nA unclassified document printed on FBI letterhead dated January 20, 2016, which contains the subject line \u201cSupplemental Classification Review and Determination\u201d was addressed to the Bureau of National Security\u2019s\nAssistant Secretary Gregory B. Starr from Peter Strzok who is listed as \u201cSection Chief\u201d of the \u201cCounterespionage Section\u201d in reference to Strzok\u2019s CIA post. Keep in mind, this is not an FBI post as Strzok\u2019s position at the FBI is \u201cDeputy Assistant Director Counterintelligence Division\u201d not \u201cSection Chief\u201d which is a CIA post.\nHERE IS THE ORIGINAL SOURCE DOCUMENT:\nhttps://www.scribd.com/document/320564549/FBI-and-State-Letters-Clinton-Top-Secret-Emails#from_embed\nVideo: FBI Spied On Trump With Former CIA Criminal\nPosted in Deep State , Intel Agencies: CIA, NSA\nGlenn Greenwald helps unpack the Intelligence Agencies spying on the Trump campaign BEFORE RussiaGate.\nJames Clapper Admits to \u2018Spying\u2019 from Inside the Trump Campaign\nDuring a Tuesday appearance on the View, no less than the former Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper described what was done by the Obama administration to Donald\u2019s Trump campaign as \u201cspying.\u201d\nAlthough Clapper said he does not like the word \u201cspying\u201d (considering how the disclosure of this spying has blown up in the Obama administration\u2019s face, who can blame him?), he still used the word twice \u2014 because there is no other word.\nSounding rattled and defensive, even though he was among friends, Clapper, a left-wing partisan who served as DNI during the Obama administration, attempted to spin the \u201cspying\u201d into something that was for Trump\u2019s own good and the good of the country.\n\u201cWith the informant business, well, the point here is the Russians,\u201d Clapper volunteered. \u201cNot spying on the campaign but what are the Russians doing? And in a sense, unfortunately, what they were trying to do is protect our political system and protect the campaign.\u201d\nFEDS DROP BOMBSHELL: Comey & Lynch Colluded with Clinton Campaign to Entrap, Wiretap Trump\nIllegal Scheme Involved Entire U.S. Intel Community\nLoretta Lynch\u2019s Justice Department and James Comey\u2019s FBI worked together with the Hillary Clinton campaign to entrap Donald Trump and associates \u2014 including his eldest son \u2014 prior to the 2016 presidential election, according to records and testimony of federal law enforcement insiders.\nOne high ranking official in the Justice Department called it a sweeping \u201chighly illegal\u201d scheme to ensure Hillary Clinton\u2019s election to the White House.\n\u201cThis was clearly a scheme using Justice (Department) resources and State (Department) resources to get the Russian lawyer into the United States,\u201d one Justice Department insider said. \u201cWho has the power to do this? Only the people at the very top.\u201d\nLynch. Comey. Andrew McCabe. Preet Bhahara. Sally Yates.\nAnd according to high ranking FBI sources, the Bureau played a definitive role in plotting this sweeping privacy breach. But the FBI had much help from the NSA, CIA, the Office of of the Director of National Intelligence, Treasury financial crimes division under DHS, and the Justice Department, federal law enforcement sources confirmed.\nJohn Brennan. James Clapper. Jeh Johnson.\nThat places the Barack Obama administration directly into this illegal soup, led by Lynch, Yates, Comey and the FBI\u2019s McCabe and associates.\nIn fact, Hillary Clinton along with the DNC bankrolled Fusion GPS to set up Donald Trump Jr. in the large scheme to undercut his father\u2019s path to the presidency, sources said.\nThe Russian lawyer who set up Donald Trump Jr. \u2014 Natalia Veselnitskaya \u2014 was paid by Fusion GPS. Fusion GPS was paid by Hillary Clinton and the DNC.\nVeselnitskaya and Fusion GPS worked together on another caper in 2014, two years before the Trump Jr. operation. In Russia.\nVeselnitskaya was barred from entering the United States. Federal law enforcement sources said Lynch and Comey \u2014 using Preet Bhahara\u2019s clout in the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office in the southern district of New York \u2014 ensured she was granted a special visa for entry, just to set up the Trump inner circle.\nA Justice Department official said Clinton likely never expected her campaign\u2019s role and finances to be uncovered and broke a host of federal laws while trying to get elected in 2016, including bringing Veselnitskaya \u2014 who was previously barred from entering the United Stated \u2014 into Manhattan for the Trump sit down.\nUsing research firm Fusion GPS as a buffer, Clinton and associates are now linked to financing a scheme to set up the controversial Trump Jr. meeting at Trump Tower before the 2016 presidential election.\nFusion GPS is already on the legal hot seat for commissioning the Dodgy Dossier on Trump, hiring former British spy Christopher Steele to compile the bogus manifesto with the financial backing of the DNC and Hillary Clinton campaign, as well as the FBI.\nBut these new revelations \u2014 that Fusion GPS played a key role in setting up President Trump\u2019s elder son to make it look like he was colluding with the Russians to beat Hillary \u2014 pushes this scandal into a new and more troubling orbit.\nSoon after the meeting, Clinton and her campaign flunkies began slamming Trump for his links to Russia and Vladimir Putin, a chorus that continues to this day.\nBut it appears now this loud chorus was a manufactured arrangement of lies from a paid choir.\nEspecially since this scheme was backed by Hillary-Clinton dollars which implicates Clinton and her campaign in helping orchestrate the Russian sit down to entrap members of the Trump family.\nPerhaps even more alarming, it is now alleged Barack Obama\u2019s Justice Department and FBI helped sneak the Russian lawyer into the United States for the Trump Tower meeting, the insider said. She was previously banned from entering the country (more on that below).\nIf you are paying attention, this scandal is shaping up into a serious and disturbing criminal plot.\nThe Democrats and Clinton herself lambasted Trump Jr. for meeting with Russian lawyer The Democrats alleged Trump Jr. was working a backroom and illegal deal at the behest of his father. The meeting has been part of U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller\u2019s criminal investigation and Trump Jr. has testified at the Senate level to explain the meeting. Trump Jr., corroborated by evidence since the investigation began, met with the Russian delegation for anything but illegal reasons.\nNo collusion, as the Democrats have cried out for, has been proven on Trump Jr.\u2019s part or that of his father. Nor does it appear it ever will be.\nFusion GPS has been fighting Congress in federal court to keep its banking records private, battling a federal subpoena to turn over the details of money coming in and flowing out of the Virginia-based research firm.\nFollowing the Trump Tower sit down with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, investigators began digitally wiretapping Paul Manafort, Trump Jr., and Jared Kushner who were also at the meeting.\nFederal agents previously disclosed to True Pundit that after the concocted Russian meeting, the British spy agency GCHQ could officially justify wiretapping Trump associates as an intelligence front for NSA because Russian lawyer Veselnitskaya was considered an international security risk and prior to the June sit down was not even allowed entry into the United States or the UK, federal sources said.\nVeselnitskaya, the Russian lawyer who spearheaded the Trump Tower meeting with the Trump campaign trio, was previously barred from entering the United Sates due to her alleged connections to the Russian FSB (the modern replacement of the cold-war-era KGB).\nYet mere days before the June meeting, Veselnitskaya was granted a rare visa to enter the United States from Preet Bharara, the then U.S. Attorney for the southern district of New York. Bharara could not be reached for comment and did not respond the a Twitter inquiry on the Russian\u2019s visa by True Pundit.\nNow, according to new Intel gems from a White House insider, Fusion GPS may have played a role in paying Veselnitskaya\u2019s way into the United States as well as a possible stipend, travel expenses and accommodations.\nVeselnitskaya returned to Russia after the meeting, sources confirmed.\nFederal law enforcement sources said Bharara was simply following the orders of Attorney General Loretta Lynch, who lobbied the State Department to issue the disavowed Russian a B1/B2 non-immigrant visa. This permitted Veselnitskaya entry into the United States for the sole purpose of entrapping Trump associates to use as fuel to commission wiretaps, federal sources said.\nVeselnitskaya may have been paid as well by the U.S. government, FBI sources said. It was reported previously by True Pundit that Steele, who compiled the Trump dossier was paid at least $100,000 from FBI funds as well. But that came later, after the wiretapping was well underway.\nThe illegal eavesdropping started long before Steele\u2019s dossier. Federal sources said the wiretaps on Trump insiders began in late 2015, almost a year before the 2016 election. The targets then were Flynn and Page, sources confirmed. When no smoking gun was recovered from those initial taps, U.S. intelligence agencies moved to broaden the scope through their newly-formed alliance.\nVideo: Mollie Hemingway: The Extent Of Obama Intel Agencies Spying Busting Wide Open\nThe Federalist's Mollie Hemingway is interviewed by FOX News' Tucker Carlson on surveillance of the Trump presidential campaign, the extent that former CIA director John Brennan was involved, and how far it goes.\nTUCKER CARLSON, FOX NEWS: Well, on Twitter, you may read former CIA head John Brennan spouting off about the political news of the day, attacking the president's dishonesty, he says.\nBut it turns out Brennan himself is a liar. He's been caught lying, odd for a government official. Last year, for example, Brennan told Congress that the infamous Steele dossier had no influence at all on the intel community's claim that Russia interfered in the 2016 election.\nREP. TREY GOWDY (R), SOUTH CAROLINA: Do you know who commissioned the Steele dossier?\nJOHN BRENNAN, FORMER HEAD OF THE CIA: I don't.\nGOWDY: Did the CIA rely on it?\nGOWDY: Why not?\nBRENNAN: Because it wasn't part of the corpus of intelligence information that we had. It was not in any way used as a basis for the intel community assessment that was done.\nCARLSON: Busted! Liar! By the way, Brennan, you should know this, is an NBC and MSNBC paid contributor now, needless to say.\nTwo top former intel officials, though, dispute his claim, the one you just heard that the dossier formed no part of the corpus of intelligence used by our government to spy on the Trump campaign.\nRetired National Security Agency Director Michael Rogers and Former Director of National Intelligence Jim Clapper both admit now that the Steele dossier and its Clinton campaign-funded allegations did, in fact, influence the intel community assessment. We knew that, but it's nice to hear it confirmed.\nMollie Hemingway is senior editor of \"The Federalist\" and she joins us tonight.\nMollie, I know you've been following this carefully. A lot of these stories seem to lead back to this guy, John Brennan. And you would think, as the former head of the CIA, he is someone you'd be able to trust, but he seems not only a liar, but an inept one. Am I misreading this?\nMOLLIE HEMINGWAY, \"THE FEDERALIST\" SENIOR EDITOR: We have a problem with multiple heads of intelligence agencies, and that does include Brennan, who has a history of lying, specifically about spying on American citizens.\nSo, it's difficult to hold him - take him seriously.\nBut we've also had problems with falsehoods being set also by James Clapper, who gave inconsistent testimony about his leaking to the media.\nAnd we have also had problems with James Comey himself, whether he understands what a leak is and how he has been involved in it.\nBut one of the things that's interesting is Clapper and Comey have been so much a part of this story, and we've seen their names a great deal, but Brennan has been able to kind of stay out of the limelight until recently where people are starting to piece together just how integral he was to the entire Russia narrative.\nSo, for instance -\nCARLSON: Please go ahead.\nHEMINGWAY: Yes. He actually launched the investigation. He has bragged about how he was involved in launching the investigation.\nHe also was really key in briefing Harry Reid, which Harry Reid has said he understood that he was being briefed by Brennan specifically so he would leak that information and get it out to the media and also pressure James Comey.\nAnd then, these other things that are interesting that are coming out now about how he claimed that the dossier wasn't used, which made no sense already because we know the dossier was used to secure a wiretap against someone in the Russia investigation.\nAnd also, it just stands to reason that it would have been included, but now we actually have people who do have a little bit more integrity, particularly Mike Rogers saying that, of course, it was used in the intelligence community assessment.\nCARLSON: It's becoming clear that a lot of the secrecy surrounding these activities is designed not to protect the United States from foreign threats, but to protect the misdeeds of the people gathering the intelligence. It's CYA.\nHEMINGWAY: Yes. It does seem that that has become a big part of the operation. Whether people got in over their heads, whether they were led astray by Brennan and they did things that maybe they shouldn't have done, it does seem that a lot of what we've seen in the last few months is about attempting to keep people from finding out the full extent of what was happening.\nToday, \"The New York Times\" did report based on just a widespread leaking from people who were involved in the investigation that, yes, people are now admitting they were spying on the Trump campaign in a fairly widespread fashion.\nIt wasn't just Carter Page. It was four top officials. They weren't just using FISA wiretaps. They were also using national security letters and human intelligence. At least one human intelligence source.\nSo, this is busting wide open and I think people will start demanding a little bit more in terms of just what the FBI and other intelligence agencies were thinking when they began spying on the political campaign of a major party.\nCARLSON: Liberals used to be worried about things like this. Not anymore.\nMollie Hemingway, thank you. Thanks for that.\nTwo Colleagues Contradict Brennan's Denial of Reliance on Dossier\nRealClearInvestigations\nFormer CIA Director John Brennan\u2019s insistence that the salacious and unverified Steele dossier was not part of the official Intelligence Community Assessment on Russian interference in the 2016 election is being contradicted by two top former officials.\nRecently retired National Security Agency Director Michael Rogers stated in a classified letter to Congress that the Clinton campaign-funded memos did factor into the ICA. And James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence under President Obama, conceded in a recent CNN interview that the assessment was based on \u201csome of the substantive content of the dossier.\u201d Without elaborating, he maintained that \u201cwe were able to corroborate\u201d certain allegations.\nThese accounts are at odds with Brennan\u2019s May 2017 testimony before the House Intelligence Committee that the Steele dossier was \"not in any way used as the basis for the intelligence community's assessment\" that Russia interfered in the election to help elect Donald Trump. Brennan has repeated this claim numerous times, including in February on \u201cMeet the Press.\u201d\nIn a March 5, 2018, letter to House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, Adm. Rogers informed the committee that a two-page summary of the dossier \u2014 described as \u201cthe Christopher Steele information\u201d \u2014 was \u201cadded\u201d as an \u201cappendix to the ICA draft,\u201d and that consideration of that appendix was \u201cpart of the overall ICA review/approval process.\u201d\nHis skepticism of the dossier may explain why the NSA parted company with other intelligence agencies and cast doubt on one of its crucial conclusions: that Vladimir Putin personally ordered a cyberattack on Hillary Clinton\u2019s campaign to help Donald Trump win the White House.\nRogers has testified that while he was sure the Russians wanted to hurt Clinton, he wasn't as confident as CIA and FBI officials that their actions were designed to help Trump, explaining that such as assessment \"didn't have the same level of sourcing and the same level of multiple sources.\u201d\nBuried within a newly declassified congressional report on Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. elections is a shocking revelation: former Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper not only leaked information about the infamous Steele dossier and high-level government briefings about it to CNN, he also may have lied to Congress about the matter.\nIn one of the findings within the 253-page report, the House intelligence committee wrote that Clapper leaked details of a dossier briefing given to then-President-elect Donald Trump to CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper, lied to Congress about the leak, and was rewarded with a CNN contract a few months later.\n\u201cClapper flatly denied \u2018discussing[ing] the dossier [compiled by Steele] or any other intelligence related to Russia hacking of the 2016 election with journalists,'\u201d the committee found.\nWhen asked directly whether he had ever discussed the dossier with any journalists, Clapper replied that he had not, according to a transcript of the proceedings:\nMR. ROONEY: Did you discuss the dossier or any other intelligence related to Russia hacking of the 2016 election with journalists?\nMR. CLAPPER: No.\nThe former DNI later changed his story after he was confronted specifically about his communications with Jake Tapper of CNN.\n\u201cClapper subsequently acknowledged discussing the \u2018dossier with CNN journalist Jake Tapper,\u2019 and admitted that he might have spoken with other journalists about the same topic,\u201d the report continued. \u201cClapper\u2019s discussion with Tapper took place in early January 2017, around the time IC leaders briefed President Obama and President-elect Trump, on \u2018the Christopher Steele information,\u2019 a two-page summary of which was \u2018enclosed in\u2019 the highly-classified version of the ICA,\u201d or intelligence community assessment.\nThe briefing of Trump by U.S. intelligence chiefs was held on January 6. CNN published its story on the briefing, based on anonymous leaks from \u201ctwo national security officials,\u201d on January 10. BuzzFeed published the full dossier, which was jointly funded by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee, minutes after the CNN story was published.\nThe revelation that Clapper was responsible for leaking details of both the dossier and briefings to two presidents on the matter is significant, because former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director James Comey wrote in one of four memos that he leaked that the briefing of Trump on salacious and unverified allegations from the dossier was necessary because \u201cCNN had them and were looking for a news hook.\u201d\nThe congressional report on Russian interference noted that it was this very briefing of Trump that multiple media organizations used as an excuse to publish the unverified dossier.\n\u201cThe Committee assesses that leaks to CNN about the dossier were especially significant, since CNN\u2019s report \u2018 that a two-page synopsis of the report was given to President Obama and Trump\u2019 was the proximate cause of BuzzFeed News\u2019 decision to publish the dossier for the first time just a few hours later,\u201d the report stated. \u201cUntil that point, the dossier had been \u2018circulating among elected official, intelligence agents, and journalists,\u2019 but remained unpublished. As the accompanying article explained, \u2018[n]ow BuzzFeed News is publishing the full document so that Americans can make up their own minds about allegations about the president-elect that have circulated at the highest levels of government.\u201d\nAs The Federalist\u2018s Mollie Hemingway noted after Comey\u2019s memos were finally made available to the public, the fired FBI director\u2019s account of the briefing of Trump suggested that the entire briefing was a setup from the beginning, and that it was scheduled and held just so it could be leaked to journalists who wanted an excuse to publish a dossier nobody had verified.\nIn their coordinated response to the full intelligence committee\u2019s findings, committee Democrats defended Clapper, claiming that he broke no laws while acknowledging that he did leak information about the dossier to CNN\u2019s Jake Tapper.\n\u201cEvaluated in context, Clapper denied leaking classified information, while acknowledging that, as DNI, he engaged in legitimate discussion of unclassified, non-intelligence information with Tapper,\u201d they concluded.\nClapper, who previously lied to Congress about whether the U.S. government was electronically spying on millions of Americans, was subsequently hired by CNN just months after his leak. Although he eventually apologized to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) for lying to Congress about government mass surveillance of American citizens, he subsequently told MSNBC that the question to which he responded\u2013\u201cDoes the NSA collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of Americans?\u201d\u2013was a gotcha question similar to, \u201cWhen did you stop beating your wife?\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 558, "original_length": 40658, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 317.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://killingernest.com/the-kids-arent-alright/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:58:45Z", "digest": "sha1:JG2ZRLAMLDO2X7FGX3OHIAEACPLVJE5Z", "length": 4943, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "killingernest.com", "title": "The kids aren\u2019t alright | Killing Ernest", "raw_content": "The question I get most often now is: \u201cSo what do the kids think about moving to Alaska?\u201d The second most common question is: \u201cHow are the kids handling the move?\u201d\nThose are fair questions, but as a parent, I find it tough to answer for the kids. So I asked them about how they feel about the move.\nMy oldest son, Cole, answers that he does not wish to leave Missoula. When pressed for reasons, he\u2019ll say that he\u2019ll miss his best friend Grant, running cross country and his school friends.\nCole is a focused kid. When he was born, people would remark about how calm he was. As he grew up, we realized we had a little man on our hands and not a toddler. He always prefers to hang out with the adults. He likes to be part of the conversation, and he hates to be left out.\nHe wants to attend Stanford University, after which he plans to get a master\u2019s degree in computer design. His goal is to be the next CEO of Apple Computers. To that end, he works very hard at school and serves on the student council. I sometimes wonder where on earth this kid came from.\nAlaska is all right, he says. He\u2019s looking forward to the adventure, but he\u2019s sad to be leaving all that he put so much energy into these last three years.\nAs a parent it\u2019s sometimes difficult to quantify all that a child has seen and done in the same period of time. I have to learn to value those things that my kids value in order to assess the cost of moving them away.\nOur middle child, Carson, is a dreamer who lives inside his imagination at least 10 hours a day. He doesn\u2019t vocalize things well, so I can only assume he\u2019s struggling with the idea of moving. He\u2019s 52-pounds soaking wet, and he dreams of playing football for the Griz, because his best friend Dylan has the same dreams. Carson plays flag football and absolutely lives for the game.\nWhen I\u2019ve asked him how he feels about moving, he shrugs his shoulders and throws his surfer-length blond hair out of his eyes. \u201cUmmm, I don\u2019t know. It will be cool,\u201d he says.\nThat\u2019s about as far as I\u2019ve progressed with him. But I can see other signs of nervousness there. He\u2019s struggling with leaving what he\u2019s become comfortable with. Carson has huge dreams, but he, more than any of us, needs a firm foundation on which to have those dreams. Unstable ground means he lives more in the here and now, and when you live in the here and now, it\u2019s very difficult to fly. I know this, because Carson is me. I was once the very 9-year-old he is. I dreamed the same dreams and lived in my imagination as much as possible.\nIn some ways, I empathize more with Carson than anyone else, because I see some of this through his eyes. I can remember how he feels, and I feel bad that he can\u2019t express himself through what adults consider normal pathways of expression.\nGabrielle is, like most four-year-olds, along for the ride. She doesn\u2019t seem to show any anxiety, and she\u2019s legitimately excited about some of the things she\u2019s heard about. Almost every park in Anchorage has a frozen field for hockey and ice skating. She\u2019s excited to see moose in town, and this will be her first airplane ride.\nMostly she just asks questions about those things that affect her day. \u201cMom, what are we doing today?\u201d I don\u2019t think she has a concept of leaving friends behind. She certainly didn\u2019t when we moved to Montana three years ago. It bothers me a bit that this move will teach her about the pain of losing friends.\nMostly I tell people that the kids are doing just fine. Fine is a relative term when considering that we\u2019re packing up our lives, leaving our own house and moving to the last frontier, a place from which we have to fly to visit family instead of the one-day trips we used to be able to do under cover of darkness so I could drive in peace.\nThe easiest explanation, and the one I struggle with the most is this: The kids aren\u2019t alright.\nAs the Offspring song says:\nChances thrown, nothing\u2019s free\nLonging for, used to be\nStill it\u2019s hard, hard to see\nBut kids are resilient in a way that adults are not. Those shattered dreams change up a little bit. Everyone wants to be a garbage man, an astronaut and a firefighter at some point in their lives. Relocating can push dreams around a bit, like puzzle pieces, but kids are nothing if not masters of putting those puzzle pieces back together. And often as not, they\u2019ll get a new picture and a new dream out of the deal.\nThis is my chance to learn something about rebuilding from those little master craftsman of dreams.\nPrevious PostThe neighborsNext PostA sense of place\nOne thought on \u201cThe kids aren\u2019t alright\u201d\nHeathcote Safari says:\nLove your openness and can totally imagine the melting pot of emotions you are all dipping into right now. Thinking of you all and trusting for key moments of connecting with each of the kids, in a way that lets you know that your togetherness on this journey will give them the resilience they need for all the changes. Standing with you all from afar \ud83d\ude42", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 7928, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 266.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://kirche-sydney.org.au/2010/06/24/grundsteinlegung-der-martin-luther-kirche/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:40Z", "digest": "sha1:ISEK7RENKUUD63N4S5WTEULDTWQO4BTD", "length": 7917, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "kirche-sydney.org.au", "title": "Grundsteinlegung der Martin-Luther-Kirche \u2013 Deutsche Evangelisch-Lutherische Kirche Sydney", "raw_content": "Grundsteinlegung der Martin-Luther-Kirche\nVer\u00f6ffentlicht am 24. Juni 2010 Von: Hermann SimonKategorien: Kirchengeschichte\nBericht aus dem Sydney Morning Herald vom 30. Januar 1882\nThe foundation-stone of the first German Evangelical Lutheran church to be erected in Sydney, was laid in North Goulburn Street on Saturday last by Mrs. R Krauel, wife of the German Consul-General. The building, part of is up, will be in accordance with designs prepared by Mr. T. Dixon Chater. It will cost about \u00a32000 and accommodate 220 persons comfortable. In length it will be 45 feet, in breadth 25; and it will contain a chancel 13 feet by 9, and a small vestry. The walls will be of brick and cemented. Entrance to the building will be effected through a porch, which will be approached on either side of a flight of steps. Five windows on each side will light the building during the daytime, and gas in bracket and pendant lamps at night. The roof will be open timber work, and the seats and pulpit of varnished colonial pine, and sittings will also be provide for the choir. An iron railing will be placed in front of the building. In appearance the church will be rather plain, but it is likely to meet the requirements of the Lutheran body for some time to come, and it will certainly be an acquisition to the neighbourhood, much of which is occupied with indifferent looking domiciles. Mr. B.Rhodes had undertaken the brickwork, and Mr John Stuart the finishing work.\nIt seems that the German residents of Sydney as far back as 1866, were encouraged by the sermons of several German clergymen to form themselves into a congregation. They accordingly placed themselves under the guidance of Mr. A J. Heide, a young theological student; but as he was obliged to leave Sydney in 1868, they found themselves once more without a spiritual leader, yet anxious to secure one. in the year 1873 they were fortunate enough to obtain the services of the Rev. G. W. Warner, who previous to that period had been officiating in Ballarat. The rev gentleman fulfilled his duties with great ability and zeal, but unfortunately died after a prolonged illness in 1879, and a second time the the congregation had to encounter the difficulty of obtaining a pastor. During the pastorate of Mr. Warner that gentleman repeatedly urged them to build a church for themselves especially as he had to preach in a hired room in the Protestant Hall, and they acted upon his recommendations. The piece of ground in Goulburn-street they purchased for \u00a3464m but although Divine service was continued every Sunday under the direction of Mr. J. A. Engel, the erection of the church was delayed for a considerable time. The building will now be proceeded with and probably finished within five months.\nAmongst those present at the laying of the foundation-stone were Herr Pastor H. Herlitz, president of the Lutheran Synod of Victoria; the Rev. Dr. Ellis of the Anglican Church, the Rev. Dr. W. M. White of the Presbyterian Church, the Rev. G. Brown and Moore of the Wesleyan Church, Dr R. Kraue, Messrs. E. Knox, J. Walther, C.L. Sahl, J.A. Engel, Otto Meyer, C.F. Meuer, H. Sippel, A. Parrot, W.C. Bartels, Pluss, C. Busse, Dr. A.Libius and several ladies. The German Liedertafel also attended and sang with impressive effect \u201eThe Lord\u2019s Own Day,\u201c and \u201eThe Chapel\u201c by Kreutzer, and \u201c A Strong Fort is our Belief\u201c (ein feste Burg), by Luther. Some garlands of flowers were festooned about the building and scaffolding, and the British insignia was placed side by side with the Prussian eagle and the black, white and red striped German flag of Germany.\nPrevious to the commencement of the ceremony Pastor Herlitz delivered a short address in English. He expressed heartfelt thanks for the generous sympathy for the new church English persons exhibited in being present. The work seemed to commend itself to them, and they appeared to wish it to prosper. Some persons might ask why a Lutheran church should be erected in Sydney, where the Germans were only a handful, and where Protestant churches were numerous and beautiful. The congregations prayed to the same Saviour, and hoped to go to heaven the same way. Why not could they not worship together? Knowing the English as he did, knowing also how in every climate they loved their country, and that they do not forget its customs and the services of its churches, and knowing also that they planted their churches everywhere, he felt that they would scarcely ask such questions. He had been in Berlin, Munich, and other Continental cities, in which numbers of English people lived, and he was pleased to say that in each they formed congregations, built churches, and had sacred services in their mother tongue. The nation who did these things would scarcely inquire of Germans who were in a strange land why they wanted Lutheran churches, and opportunities for praising God in their own language. Knowing how the English esteemed the memory of Martin Luther, he was sure they would not regret having in their midst a church bearing the name of such a great and noble man. The pastor then delivered an address in German, during which he congratulated his countrymen on undertaking the erection of the church, and he expressed the hope that the Creator would bless their efforts. He read in conclusion a portion of the Scripture, after which Mrs. Krauel laid the stone.\nThe proceedings were marked with only the slightest formalities. Dr. Ellis said he would like to give the right hand of fellowship to the members of the church. He felt a pride in the manly, noble, deep character of the Teutonic race. A danger existed of religion becoming a matter of millinery and ceremonies, and he thought one place at least should be provided in which the religion should be a solid thing that one could grapple with without strangling it \u2013 a thing that would last to all eternity. The religion they derived from Dr. Matin Luther to his mind, was such a thing. The Revs. G. Brown, Dr. White, and Mr. Moore wished the undertaking God-speed, and also made reference in laudatory terms to the noble work which Luther had inaugurated and which preached religious liberty to all classes that those to accept it, while it released them from bigotry and intolerance. Pastor Herlitz, in the name of the congregation, thanked the reverend gentlemen for their expressions of sympathy, and after a good round sum had been offered in aid of the building fund, the proceedings terminated.\nThe Sydney Morning Herald 13. September 1883\n\u201cTHE DEUTSCHE Evangelische Kirche, in Goulburn-street, will be consecrated on SUNDAY MORNING, the 10th instant, at 11 o\u2019clock. The Rev. H. HERLITZ, of the German Lutheran Church, Eastern Hill, Melbourne , will officiate.\u201d\nPeter Keedasagt\nI am wondering from where the original furniture came, in particular the wood panelling under the organ loft and the pulpit, all with Stars of David. As the York Street Synagogue was demolished in 1878 a few years before the church was built I am wondering if perhaps these pieces were bought or gifted from the synagogue?\nMargaret Stricklandsagt\n17. November 2017beim0:10\nFor some years I have been trying to discover whether the German side of my family came from a Lutheran or Catholic tradition. Now I know\u2026 here is my great-great-grandfather John Walther present at the laying of the foundation stone of the Martin Luther Church in 1882 in Sydney. This provides a full circle connection for me, as I have just spent 15 years teaching in Lutheran secondary schools in South Australia. Thank-you!\nRobyn Peeksagt\nI am researching my husbands great grandparents, Johann Petersohn and Carolina (Lina) Dagenbach and have found that they were married in this church on January 28th 1886. Are there church records still held at the church? I do not live in Sydney, but would like to look inside. Is the church always open or do I need to make an appointment?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 109, "original_length": 9570, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 274.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://koldfront.dk/archive/2004/08/29-001110.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:18:46Z", "digest": "sha1:WECQ754ITK6QZF7YPNSFDXAOAK6JRNWE", "length": 421, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "koldfront.dk", "title": "Converse All Stars, only for north americans", "raw_content": "Converse All Stars, only for north americans\nI would love a pair of these Converse All Stars - but unfortunately they are exclusively sold on the web.\nWhat?! Unfortunately?! What are you talking about, the web, that is perfect!\nNo, it's not, because Converse has decided that they will only sell the stuff on their website to people who live in the USA. 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Kotzwinkle won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel for DOCTOR RAT in 1977, and he has also won the National Magazine Award for fiction.", "raw_content": "Jack in the Box (Collectibles \u2013 for Young Adults)\nRe-Released as Book of Love to coincide with the movie", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 15, "original_length": 640, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 161.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://kryptostreet.com/index.php/tag/ico/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:58Z", "digest": "sha1:BWKO5X2KVU63RDDTMIXRIYCE7S3SVA3F", "length": 181, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "kryptostreet.com", "title": "ICO \u2013 The Wall Street of Crypto Currencies", "raw_content": "HomeICO\nIn case you have not heard of the term ICO, it stands for Initial Coin Offering and is used as a tool for crowd funding. It is different from IPO as here no ownership or [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 66, "original_length": 3127, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 197.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://kslegislature.org/li_2018/b2017_18/statute/066_000_0000_chapter/066_001_0000_article/066_001_0001a_section/066_001_0001a_k/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:18:52Z", "digest": "sha1:M7GDXUWEVPK6MTQ4D72HM3XVQUV4NW3Q", "length": 252, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "kslegislature.org", "title": "Statute | Kansas State Legislature", "raw_content": "66-101a.\u2003Same; definitions. As used in this act:\n(a)\u2003\"Electric public utility\" means any public utility, as defined in K.S.A. 66-104, and amendments thereto, which generates or sells electricity.\n(b)\u2003\"Commission\" means the state corporation commission.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 120, "original_length": 2583, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 260.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://kyssfm.com/intersection-at-reserve-and-brooks-closed-for-repairs-sunday-april-8/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:29Z", "digest": "sha1:QZ6XIAEQ3JCWEMIVLQWTR2IVBQCDZ2TM", "length": 1181, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "kyssfm.com", "title": "Intersection at Reserve and Brooks Closed for Repairs Sunday, Apr", "raw_content": "Intersection at Reserve and Brooks Closed for Repairs Sunday, April 8\nThis coming Sunday, Montana Rail Link will be doing work on the tracks that cross the intersection of Brooks and Reserve Street.\n\"That crossing was last upgraded with rubber crossing mats in 1992, these mats are nearing the end of their lifespan after having millions of cars and trucks pass over them in the past 26 years,\" said Montana Rail Link Chief Information Officer Jim Lewis. \"The project will run on Sunday, April 8 from from 5:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m.\"\nLewis says the work should provide a smoother service for commuters, but will force people to find alternative routes through one of Missoula\u2019s busiest intersections.\n\"The city of Missoula and the Montana Department of Transportation will have clearly visible detours around the work area,\" Lewis said. \"It will lead to longer transit times for motorists in the area, so it is the recommendation, if at all possible, for motorists to stay out of the area.\"\nMontana Rail Link rarely uses the track that runs through the intersection these days, much of the rail line down the Bitterroot is filled with empty coal cars.\nFiled Under: missoula, traffic", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 92, "original_length": 2449, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 233.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://laurasmiscmusings.blogspot.com/2016/01/tonights-movie-hitlers-children-1943.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:29Z", "digest": "sha1:A2RBC2HDEJFKJO6T4GK7WY2L7IWZ4C6D", "length": 5719, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "laurasmiscmusings.blogspot.com", "title": "Laura's Miscellaneous Musings: Tonight's Movie: Hitler's Children (1943) - A Warner Archive DVD Review", "raw_content": "Tonight's Movie: Dial Red O (1955) - A Warner Arch...\nTonight's Movie: Pillow to Post (1945) - A Warner ...\nTonight's Movie: Iron Man 3 (2013)\nTonight's Movie: Creed (2015)\nTonight's Movie: Death on the Diamond (1934) - A W...\nTonight's Movie: Die Hard (1988)\nTonight's Movie: Hitler's Children (1943) - A Warner Archive DVD Review\nTim Holt and Bonita Granville star in the engrossing WWII propaganda film HITLER'S CHILDREN (1943), just released by the Warner Archive.\nAnna Muller (Granville) and Karl Bruner (Holt) first meet in Germany as teenagers. Anna, an American citizen with grandparents in Germany, attends the American Colony School for expatriate children run by Professor Nichols (Kent Smith of CAT PEOPLE), while Karl is being indoctrinated into Naziism at the school next door.\nAnna and Karl like each other but lose touch as they mature. 20-year-old Anna becomes Professor Nichols' assistant at the school, while Karl joins the army.\nOne day soldiers show up at the American school to remove Polish and Jewish students. They also take away Anna, whose U.S. citizenship is declared null and void because she was born in Germany to German parents, who only later became U.S. citizens.\nAnna is not happy about her new German \"citizenship\" and is sent to a labor camp, where she eventually becomes quite the political rabble-rouser. Since the uncooperative Anna is obviously not going to bear obedient little Nazi children, she is scheduled for sterilization by the government.\nKarl, who has crossed paths with Anna again and loves her, tries to help her by convincing her to have a baby for the state with him, but Anna refuses. Anna escapes but is caught, and Karl ends up in trouble as well when he prevents Anna from being whipped as an example to others. Professor Nichols must stand by helplessly as the two young people suffer, but he is encouraged by a German reporter friend (Lloyd Corrigan) to flee Germany and tell the world what is happening there.\nAdmittedly this isn't a very cheery film to start off a new year of movie viewing, but I was drawn to see it by the stars. Holt and Granville are each very good in their roles, with Holt's last scene particularly fine. He was quite a good actor, with his rigid young Nazi being worlds away from either his spoiled George in THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (1941) or the genial cowboy he played in so many RKO Westerns. The moments where love leads to cracks in his Nazi facade are quite moving. The spirited Granville was perfectly cast as a young woman who refuses to \"go along to get along.\"\nDue to the subject matter, this isn't a movie with what I call \"rewatch value,\" but it's a worthwhile film in terms of both its depiction of wartime horrors and for the performances of the lead actors. Kudos to the Warner Archive for making it available, as it's an interesting piece of cinematic and WWII history.\nThe film might have been propaganda intended to help encourage U.S. citizens in the fight against the Nazis in the darkest days of the war, but given things we know now about the horrors inflicted on so many by the Nazi regime, it doesn't seem exaggerated in the least; if anything it underplays the horror, or we wouldn't be able to stand watching it.\nThe supporting cast includes Otto Kruger, H.B. Warner, and Hans Conreid. Look for a teenaged Nancy Gates as one of the American students in the early scenes.\nHITLER'S CHILDREN was directed by Edward Dmytryk, who replaced the original director, Irving Reis. It was filmed in black and white by Russell Metty. The movie runs 82 minutes.\nHITLER'S CHILDREN is a good print. There are no extras.\nIt's been quite a while since I saw 'Hitler's Children' and it's great that WA have made it available. Must make sure I get a copy soon. We share our great liking for Tim Holt and the film is graced with a fine cast generally. As you so rightly say, this might have seemed far-fetched to 1943 audiences but we now know just how under-stated it actually was.\nThe hubby and I came across this unexpectedly a couple of years ago and I think we expected over-the-top propaganda, but instead found ourselves totally engrossed and quite moved. Bonita Granville and Tim Holt touched our hearts.\nClayton Walter said...\nThank God for the Warner archives, wot? So much to get, and though I wish they were pressed discs, beggars can't be choosers! :) I'll have to check this out; it sounds just my kind of thing.\nClayton @ Phantom Empires\nSo glad to hear of others who know this compelling film and to get your feedback, Jerry and Caftan Woman. I was just a bit apprehensive about watching it, due to the subject matter, but Tim and Bonita were so good, it was really worthwhile and interesting. Clayton, I think you might like this one -- if you are able to see it please share your thoughts.\nToo funny. I was looking for this film on Youtube, and I found a chilling little picture called HITLER'S MADMAN, from the same year, starring John Carradine. Totally worth the watch! I'll hunt down you suggestion post haste!\nHi Clay! HITLER'S MADMAN was released by the Warner Archive at the same time as HITLER'S CHILDREN, and I'll be reviewing it soon as well! I was intrigued as it stars Patricia Morison, who was my most-watched actress of 2015. It's apparently loosely based on a true story, which was also the inspiration for Fritz Lang's HANGMEN ALSO DIE! (1943).\nThanks for sharing the tip and your impressions of it with everyone here!\nOf course! I love your blog; whenever I get any time to go blog cruising, yours is one I make sure not to miss.\nThat's very kind of you to say, Clayton! (Please forgive the typo on your name in the previous comment!) 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This piece also modeled after the Western Sonata form and the use of several themes found in Chinese opera.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 1825, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 219.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://legacy.aintitcool.com/node/67559", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:52Z", "digest": "sha1:4RHNFGC73NHW372LZUGAFXR3NDCXWD3S", "length": 15786, "nlines": 53, "source_domain": "legacy.aintitcool.com", "title": "AICN COMICS Q&@: Corey Michael Dalton talks with the folks behind AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE!", "raw_content": "AICN COMICS Q&@: Corey Michael Dalton talks about Riverdale terrors with Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa & Francesco Francavilla from AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE!\nPublished at: June 5, 2014, 12:48 a.m. CST by ambush bug\nQ\u2019s by Corey Michael Dalton!\n@\u2019s by AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE\u2019s\nRoberto Aguirre-Sacasa & Francesco Francavilla!!!\nCorey Michael Dalton here. I know, I know. I thought AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE was a joke when I first heard about it, too. The concept of combining teen pop-culture icons with a hardcore zombie horror story seemed like someone\u2019s idea of an April Fool\u2019s prank. It was such a bizarre notion, however, that I just had to check out the first issue\u2014and (surprise, surprise) I loved it. Thank goodness the good folks at Archie Comics have more vision that I do!\nOf course, what makes the off-the-wall concept come alive is the superb execution. The suspenseful and emotionally honest writing of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (THE SENSATIONAL SPIDER-MAN, MARVEL DIVAS, BIG LOVE, GLEE) works in tandem with the moody, decidedly un-Archie-esque artwork by Francesco Francavilla (DETECTIVE COMICS, THE BLACK BEETLE), creating a fully realized world populated by characters worth rooting for. The series recently ended its first story arc with issue 5, which makes this the perfect time to catch up with the comic\u2019s creators to find out how the series came to be, what the reception has been like, and what they have planned next for the Riverdale gang.\nCOREY MICHAEL DALTON (CMD): Francesco, I\u2019ve read that your zombie-centric variant cover for an issue of LIFE WITH ARCHIE inspired Roberto to pitch AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE, so I guess we have you to thank for this delightfully bizarre series. Were you surprised when he contacted you and suggested the two of you collaborate on a non-jokey, horror comic set in Riverdale?\nFRANCESCO FRANCAVILLA (FF): [President of Archie Comics] Mike Pellerito had tried to get me to draw some interiors on an Archie book for a while; we were just waiting for the right time and the right project. So when he approached me telling me that a series was spinning off that variant cover I did for LIFE WITH ARCHIE, and that Roberto and everyone at Archie wanted me to illustrate it, I was surprised [about a full Archie zombie series] and excited and honored all at the same time. Of course I said yes right away and of course I wasn\u2019t expecting all the success the book would get.\nCMD: Aside from Francesco\u2019s awesome cover image, what made you think the concept of Archie zombies would lend itself to an ongoing series, Roberto?\nROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA (RAS): I\u2019ve said this before, but to me, Archie is pop culture. And I think that as a brand, it\u2019s strongest when it\u2019s in dialogue with pop culture, current trends, that sort of thing. So it felt, instinctually, like a strong, simple concept: What if the zombie apocalypse started in Riverdale? It\u2019s only in retrospect, a year later, that the combination of teenagers and horror seems like such a no-brainer.\nCMD: Did you encounter any resistance from the Archie Comics\u2019 higher-ups when you pitched the series? Seeing Jughead eat Ethel Muggs could warp a kid for life!\nRAS: Everyone at Archie is incredibly invested in the series and overwhelmingly supportive. After we came up with the idea for this series, rather than give them an outline or pitch them what the first issue would be, I said, \u201cHey, can I just write it? It\u2019s all going to be about tone, and I won\u2019t know what that tone should be until I actually write it.\u201d And [Archie CEO] Jon Goldwater said, \u201cStart writing.\u201d And it\u2019s been full-steam ahead ever since. I think every so often [Archie Editor-in-Chief] Victor [Gorelick] is like, \u201cWhat did Sabrina ever do to Roberto to deserve this kind of treatment?\u201d but it\u2019s all in good, gory fun.\nCMD: The response to the series seems to be overwhelmingly positive with sell-out issues and glowing reviews. Has there been any backlash? Any upset old-school Archie fans? Has \u201cOne Million Moms\u201d weighed in?\nRAS: Not that I know of. And I think fans are appreciating the fact that though these characters are in extremis, they\u2019re still who they\u2019ve always been. Archie is Archie, Reggie is Reggie (oh, boy, is Reggie still Reggie), just amped up. So far, we haven\u2019t betrayed their essences (I hope). That\u2019s the magic trick of the series.\nFF: None that I know of either. I was actually surprised to see how quickly everyone embraced my more realistic take on the Riverdale crew.\nCMD: The series begins with Jughead\u2019s beloved pooch, Hot Dog, dying from getting hit by a car. Then Sabrina brings him back to life via black magic, which starts the zombie plague (and gets her banished to the Nether-Realm by her freaky, scary aunts). What made you decide that the inciting incident should involve an animal and not one of the human characters?\nRAS: Full-disclosure, it came out of a conversation I had with one of my friends who\u2019s a writer on GLEE, Ross Maxwell. I was trying to decide between Dilton and Sabrina\u2014is the origin of the zombie apocalypse science-based or supernatural-based? And Ross said, \u201cWhat if something happens to [Sabrina\u2019s cat] Salem and Sabrina has to bring him back from the dead?\u201d I thought that was a great idea, but that it should be one of our core characters, Jughead, and that it should involve the most iconic pet in Archie lore, Hotdog. To me, it gave the series instant emotional stakes: How far would you go to save the life of a beloved pet?\nCMD: We, the readers, later learn that Reggie was driving the car that killed Hot Dog. Even for someone as self-centered as Reggie, that has to require some soul searching. Is his guilt over kind-of-sort-of causing the zombie apocalypse part of what led him to foolishly attempt to free undead Midge from the pool in issue 5?\nRAS: Absolutely. I love issue 5 because it finally starts to scratch the surface of Reggie\u2019s guilt. He is so tormented\u2014he\u2019s always been tormented, playing second fiddle to Archie, being in love with Midge\u2014now he\u2019s colossally guilt-ridden, as well. And carrying a huge secret: that it\u2019s really his fault the zombie apocalypse happened. We are definitely going to explore that more in our second arc. And it\u2019s going to get a lot worse for Reggie. And he\u2019s going to make some truly horrific decisions. He\u2019s going to get his own issue, and I know how it\u2019s going to end for him, I just haven\u2019t figure out what the story is, exactly.\nCMD: Back in 2003, Archie Comics tried to stop your play ARCHIE\u2019S WEIRD FANTASY, in which Archie comes out as gay, from being performed. Now you\u2019re the chief creative officer for the company, and openly gay Kevin Keller (who is a total badass in this series, by the way) is one of Archie\u2019s most popular characters. How does it feel to see such a reversal in just one decade?\nRAS: Surreal, when you put it that way. But honestly, Archie\u2019s such a different company now from what it was even seven years ago\u2014even as a fan I feel that\u2014that I don\u2019t really think about it that much. ARCHIE\u2019S WEIRD FANTASY was a play I wrote in school that kind of became this thing. I\u2019m much happier being legitimately employed by Archie, let me say that. (It is strange when I go back to my apartment in New York \u2013 I have a poster from ARCHIE\u2019S WEIRD FANTASY on a wall, in my office. It feels like\u2026 a time capsule, almost.)\nCMD: On the subject of gay characters, has it ever been hinted at before AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE that Ginger Lopez and Nancy Woods are secretly more than friends? If not, why did you feel like that was an important element to introduce?\nRAS: As far as I know, it\u2019s never been hinted at, but when I went to include Nancy and Ginger, I wanted to do something different with them. And maybe it\u2019s \u2018cause I\u2019d been writing for \u201cGlee,\u201d which had Santana and Brittany as these two cheerleaders in a relationship, that I thought: \u201cWell, this could be interesting.\u201d I also thought, Kevin\u2019s been so accepted and assimilated in Riverdale, would it be different for two women? What about two women of color? And then I remembered [Nancy\u2019s boyfriend] Chuck, of course, and I thought, \u201cWell, this would be an interesting love-triangle\u2026\u201d\nCMD: Speaking of surprising relationships, what\u2019s the deal with Cheryl Blossom and her brother Jason? They seem awfully close for siblings \u2026.\nRAS: Oh, the Blossoms, yeah, they\u2019re upsetting, aren\u2019t they? Again, I thought if we were going to include them, what spin could we give them? Growing up, I\u2019d been obsessed with the FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC series of books, and I thought, \u201cWell, what if that\u2019s what it\u2019s like for Cheryl and Jason? And Jason sees the zombie apocalypse as an opportunity to solidify their perfect, insular world, and Cheryl sees it as an opportunity to break free?\u201d Again, it\u2019s story possibilities driving the choice. And I wanted them to give the entire series a creep vibe that had nothing to do with zombies.\nCMD: Francesco, given Roberto\u2019s long fascination with the property, he is obviously a huge fan of Archie. But, being raised in Italy, how aware of the characters were you growing up? Do you have that same kind of nostalgic connection to them?\nFF: Unfortunately, there were no Archie comics on the newsstands or in comic shops in Italy growing up. But once I got access to the Internet and to worldwide pop-culture icons, I became aware of the property, and once I moved here in US (more than a decade ago) I started to randomly read them too. So I didn\u2019t have the knowledge and memories that Roberto has, but I was still pretty aware of most of the citizens of Riverdale and their dynamics when we started this.\nCMD: Do you have any input into the writing of the series or its general direction? Are the two of you collaborating on the plot or specific scenes?\nFF: The general direction is all in that beautiful place that is Roberto\u2019s mind. We do collaborate on each single issue in terms of telling that specific story. In brief: Roberto sends over the script, I lay out the pages, sometimes changing this or that or adding a few panels or whatever makes the reading experience better. Changes are discussed and most of the time approved. I do the final art while Roberto reworks (if needed) dialogue based on the final art (i.e., sometimes things are shown so clearly in the art so there is no longer any need for that balloon or caption).\nRAS: Francesco\u2019s sensibility and aesthetic influences every single issue\u2014and my writing of every issue. Sometimes subconsciously, or\u2014as was the case with issue 6\u2014directly, by him telling me what he wants to draw. And me doing my best to get it in there. Issue 6 comes from Francesco\u2019s very specific, profound love of H.P. Lovecraft. Mine, too, but it\u2019s Francesco\u2019s issue.\nCMD: How are you adapting your pulp-inspired style to fit the world of Archie, Francesco? Is it difficult to maintain the iconic look of these characters while also giving them a new, darker spin?\nFF: Not as difficult as I initially thought. The thing with icons is that you can render them in different styles and they are still very recognizable.\nCMD: So far, the story has been contained to Riverdale, but as of the end of issue 5, that looks to be changing. Will we see more of this world and how it\u2019s being affected as the zombie plague begins to spread?\nRAS: Oh, yes. Issue 6 is its own thing, but then we\u2019re back with the gang in issue 7, and they\u2019ve hit the road in a big way. And they\u2019re facing their first winter post-apocalypse\u2026\nCMD: What has been your favorite scene to write or draw so far?\nRAS: Hard question. I think issue 6, as a complete story, as a horror story from first sentence to last, if we can pull it off, will be my favorite of the series so far. I\u2019m also really happy with the way Smithers came off in issue 5. That character, especially his relationship with Veronica, was super-fun to write.\nFF: Yep, issue 6 is shaping up to be one of the most FUN to draw, but definitely I have a soft spot for #4 (both Vegas and the sequences with Archie\u2019s dad) and several scenes from #1 (the burial and return of Hotdog, the first appearances of \u201cJugdead\u201d).\nCMD: I know that issue 6 will finally show us what Sabrina\u2019s been up to since she was banished to the Nether-Realm in issue 1, which I can\u2019t wait to see. Any hints about what\u2019s coming after that? Any particular scene or visual that will blow readers\u2019 minds? Will we get to see a certain Josie and her fellow Pussycats, perhaps?\nRAS: The last two pages of issue 6 will be, I hope, mind-blowing. Francesco wanted to draw a two-page spread; hopefully, this scene more than justifies the allotted real estate. (Honestly, it\u2019s the most upsetting thing I\u2019ve ever written, comics-wise.) As for Josie and the Pussycats, I like to imagine that they were on tour when the apocalypse happened, flying in their private jet when the outbreak first occurred. And that they\u2019re still up there, somewhere, in the night-sky\u2026\nCMD: Is this a story that you can see continuing indefinitely or do you already have the ending in mind? Surely Sabrina\u2019s exactly one-year banishment provides a ticking clock of some sort.\nRAS: Wait until you read issue 6. Sabrina will be in no position to help anyone. At least, not for a while. As for the ending of the series, which is long, long, long way off, I have an image in mind, although I haven\u2019t a clue how we\u2019re going to get there.\nCMD: Are you both in this for the long hall? The combination of your two specific skill sets is what\u2019s making the series work for me, so I certainly hope so!\nRAS: I don\u2019t ever want to stop writing this book. And Francesco can\u2019t ever stop drawing it. That\u2019s the only way I can put it.\nFF: Anyone who knows me, knows I am always juggling multiple projects, but yes, this is a book I would love to stick with for as long as I can.\nCMD: I am loving the vintage \u201cFrom the Vault\u201d black-and-white back-up stories in each issue, too. Who chooses those? Any rhyme or reason to which back up goes in which issue?\nRAS: Every issue I get a couple to pick from, but then I narrow the options down to one. I try to choose something that speaks to the issue at hand\u2014or I have a personal connection to\u2014though it doesn\u2019t always work out that way. They\u2019re gems, though, aren\u2019t they? The dream would be to keep reprinting them in the pages of AFTERLIFE, then collect them all in one massive trade or hard cover.\nCMD: Archie Comics just announced a new, horror-tinged SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH series. Will that be taking place in the world of AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE or will it be something else entirely?\nRAS: Totally different beast. Sabrina\u2019s got enough going on in AFTERLIFE. And her series is, among other things, an origin story, so it felt like it should be its own thing. Oh, and it\u2019s a period piece, so that wouldn\u2019t work with AFTERLIFE. Though there will be echoes. Really, they\u2019re sister-books. The big question no one\u2019s asked is: Will Archie, Betty, and Veronica be in the SABRINA book? Hmmm\u2026\nCMD: Roberto, you worked on the book for SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK and revised the book for IT\u2019S A BIRD... IT\u2019S A PLANE... IT\u2019S SUPERMAN. Five words\u2014 AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE: THE MUSICAL. How \u2019bout it?\nRAS: I\u2019d do it in a heartbeat. I mean, if there can be an EVIL DEAD, THE MUSICAL, there can be an AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE musical, for sure. But only if Francesco designs the sets and draws the poster.\nCMD: Thanks to Roberto and Francesco for their time. AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE\u2019s first collection (containing issues 1-5) will be available June 7. If you haven\u2019t yet given the series a try, I highly recommend it!\nCorey Michael Dalton has written and/or edited trade books, magazine articles, short stories, novels, comics, plays, radio shows, reviews, websites, blogs, and more. You name it, he's probably written it. Except religious scriptures. He hasn't gotten around to those just yet. 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The story was virtually never covered. By the late 1970s, however, the government began to be concerned about a couple of things.\nOne was that Somoza, the dictator of Nicaragua, was losing control. The US was losing a major base for its exercise of force in the region. A second danger was even more threatening. In El Salvador in the 1970s, there was a growth of what were called \"popular organisations\" - peasant associations, cooperatives, unions, Church-based Bible study groups that evolved into self-help groups, etc. That raised the threat of democracy.\nIn February 1980, the Archbishop [libcom \u2013 though nominally part of the Catholic Church, they did not receive the backing of the Vatican] of El Salvador, Oscar Romero, sent a letter to President Carter in which he begged him not to send military aid to the junta that ran the country. He said such aid would be used to \"sharpen injustice and repression against the people's organisations\" which were struggling \"for respect for their most basic human rights\" (hardly news to Washington, needless to say).\nA few weeks later, Archbishop Romero was assassinated while saying a mass. The neo-Nazi Roberto d'Aubuisson is generally assumed to be responsible for this assassination (among countless other atrocities). D'Aubuisson was \"leader-for-life\" of the ARENA party, which now governs El Salvador; members of the party, like current Salvadoran president Alfredo Cristiani, had to take a blood oath of loyalty to him.\nThousands of peasants and urban poor took part in a commemorative mass a decade later, along with many foreign bishops, but the US was notable by its absence. The Salvadoran Church formally proposed Romero for sainthood.\nAll of this passed with scarcely a mention in the country that funded and trained Romero's assassins. The New York Times, the \"newspaper of record,\" published no editorial on the assassination when it occurred or in the years that followed, and no editorial or news report on the commemoration.\nOn March 7, 1980, two weeks before the assassination, a state of siege had been instituted in El Salvador, and the war against the population began in force (with continued US support and involvement). The first major attack was a big massacre at the Rio Sumpul, a coordinated military operation of the Honduran and Salvadoran armies in which at least 600 people were butchered. Infants were cut to pieces with machetes, and women were tortured and drowned. Pieces of bodies were found in the river for days afterwards. There were church observers, so the information came out immediately, but the mainstream US media didn't think it was worth reporting.\nPeasants were the main victims of this war, along with labour organisers, students, priests or anyone suspected of working for the interests of the people]. In Carter's last year, 1980, the death toll reached about 10,000, rising to about 13,000 for 1981 as the Reaganites took command.\nIn October 1980, the new archbishop condemned the \"war of extermination and genocide against a defenceless civilian population\" waged by the security forces. Two months later they were hailed for their \"valiant service alongside the people against subversion\" by the favourite US \"moderate,\" Jos\u00e9 Napole\u00f3n Duarte, as he was appointed civilian president of the junta.\nThe role of the \"moderate\" Duarte was to provide a fig leaf for the military rulers and ensure them a continuing flow of US funding after the armed forces had raped and murdered four churchwomen from the US. That had aroused some protest here; slaughtering Salvadorans is one thing, but raping and killing American nuns is a definite PR mistake. The media evaded and downplayed the story, following the lead of the Carter Administration and its investigative commission.\nThe incoming Reaganites went much further, seeking to justify the atrocity, notably Secretary of State Alexander Haig and UN Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick. But it was still deemed worthwhile to have a show trial a few years later, while exculpating the murderous junta - and, of course, the paymaster.\nThe independent newspapers in El Salvador, which might have reported these atrocities, had been destroyed. Although they were mainstream and pro-business, they were still too undisciplined for the military's taste. The problem was taken care of in 1980-81, when the editor of one was murdered by the security forces; the other fled into exile. As usual, these events were considered too insignificant to merit more than a few words in US newspapers.\nIn November 1989, six Jesuit priests, their cook and her daughter, were murdered by the army. That same week, at least 28 other Salvadoran civilians were murdered, including the head of a major union, the leader of the organisation of university women, nine members of an Indian farming cooperative and ten university students.\nThe news wires carried a story by AP correspondent Douglas Grant Mine, reporting how soldiers had entered a working-class neighbourhood in the capital city of San Salvador, captured six men, added a 14-year-old boy for good measure, then lined them all up against a wall and shot them. They \"were not priests or human rights campaigners,\" Mine wrote, \"so their deaths have gone largely unnoticed\" - as did his story.\nThe Jesuits were murdered by the Atlacatl Battalion, an elite unit created, trained and equipped by the United States. It was formed in March 1981, when fifteen specialists in counterinsurgency were sent to El Salvador from the US Army School of Special Forces. From the start, the Battalion was engaged in mass murder. A US trainer described its soldiers as \"particularly ferocious....We've always had a hard time getting [them] to take prisoners instead of ears.\"\nIn December 1981, the Battalion took part in an operation in which over a thousand civilians were killed in an orgy of murder, rape and burning. Later it was involved in the bombing of villages and murder of hundreds of civilians by shooting, drowning and other methods. The vast majority of victims were women, children and the elderly.\nThe Atlacatl Battalion was being trained by US Special Forces shortly before murdering the Jesuits. This has been a pattern throughout the Battalion's existence -- some of its worst massacres have occurred when it was fresh from US training.\nIn the \"fledgling democracy\" that was El Salvador, teenagers as young as 13 were scooped up in sweeps of slums and refugee camps and forced to become soldiers. They were indoctrinated with rituals adopted from the Nazi SS, including brutalisation and rape, to prepare them for killings that often have sexual and satanic overtones.\nThe nature of Salvadoran army training was described by a deserter who received political asylum in Texas in 1990, despite the State Department's request that he be sent back to El Salvador. (His name was withheld by the court to protect him from Salvadoran death squads.)\nAccording to this deserter, draftees were made to kill dogs and vultures by biting their throats and twisting off their heads, and had to watch as soldiers tortured and killed suspected dissidents -- tearing out their fingernails, cutting off their heads, chopping their bodies to pieces and playing with the dismembered arms for fun.\nIn another case, an admitted member of a Salvadoran death squad associated with the Atlacatl Battalion, C\u00e9sar Vielman Joya Mart\u00ednez, detailed the involvement of US advisers and the Salvadoran government in death-squad activity. The Bush administration has made every effort to silence him and ship him back to probable death in El Salvador, despite the pleas of human rights organisations and requests from Congress that his testimony be heard. (The treatment of the main witness to the assassination of the Jesuits was similar.)\nThe results of Salvadoran military training are graphically described in the Jesuit journal America by Daniel Santiago, a Catholic priest working in El Salvador. He tells of a peasant woman who returned home one day to find her three children, her mother and her sister sitting around a table, each with its own decapitated head placed carefully on the table in front of the body, the hands arranged on top \"as if each body was stroking its own head.\"\nThe assassins, from the Salvadoran National Guard, had found it hard to keep the head of an 18-month-old baby in place, so they nailed the hands onto it. A large plastic bowl filled with blood was tastefully displayed in the centre of the table. According to Rev. Santiago, macabre scenes of this kind aren't uncommon.\nPeople are not just killed by death squads in El Salvador -- they are decapitated and then their heads are placed on pikes and used to dot the landscape. Men are not just disembowelled by the Salvadoran Treasury Police; their severed genitalia are stuffed into their mouths. Salvadoran women are not just raped by the National Guard; their wombs are cut from their bodies and used to cover their faces. It is not enough to kill children; they are dragged over barbed wire until the flesh falls from their bones, while parents are forced to watch.\nRev. Santiago goes on to point out that violence of this sort greatly increased when the Church began forming peasant associations and self-help groups in an attempt to organise the poor.\nBy and large, the US approach in El Salvador has been successful. The popular organisations have been decimated, just as Archbishop Romero predicted. Tens of thousands have been slaughtered and more than a million have become refugees. This is one of the most sordid episodes in US history - and it's got a lot of competition.\nFrom What Uncle Sam Really Wants, by Noam Chomsky.\nChomsky is of course an American citizen, and so \u201cwe\u201d and \u201cour\u201d refers to the US. The article has been edited slightly by libcom \u2013 US to UK spellings and a few small details have been added for the reader new to the topic.\n1970-1990 The war of counter-insurgency in El Salvador.pdf 285.71 KB\nBehind the Death Squads: An exclusive report on the US role in El Salvador's official terror\nFMLN: In the Footsteps of the Bolivarian Revolution\nCIA Death Squads: Allan Nairn\n1970-1990 The war of counter-insurgency in El Salvador.pdf (285.71 KB)\nAlejandro Eller...\nAs a Salvadoran citizen, I must stand against Mr. Chomsky`s comments on the Salvadoran government of that time. All those stories of atrocities are completely bogus and, depending from the perspective seen, bias.\nOscar Romero was an instigator who encouraged the people to raise against the government saying, and I quote: \"Grab sticks and stones, unite as a whole against this bourgeoisie and fight to death\"... Sorry words coming from a priest.\nRoberto d`Abuisson was not the demon Mr. Chomsky has tried ridiculously to portrait.\nHe was no different than Facundo Guardado (former guerrilla leader), Salvador Sanchez Ceren (former commander of the guerrilla and CURRENT vice president of El Salvador) and many others who committed genocide as well.\nJust as the Military established the compulsory military service the guerrilla did the same thing only that they showed no respect nor consideration toward the age of the recruits, forcing kids as young as 10 years old to join them or else they would be executed on the spot. At least the government would recruit people 18 years old or older and after a few days if they chose not to stay, they would be released to their parents.\nIn conclusion, It is my opinion that Mr. Chomsky as well as Douglas Grant Mine should not have made all these statements based on his own political taste, especially the last one after having left El Salvador once the peace treaties were signed, just as a scavenger beast would do after finishing a prey.\n\"Alejandro Ellerbrock Soley\" is ex-El Salvadoran military and I claim my \u00a35.\n\"Oscar Romero was an instigator who encouraged the people to raise against the government saying, and I quote: \"Grab sticks and stones, unite as a whole against this bourgeoisie and fight to death\"\"\nOh really? well then I guess murdering him was perfectly fine then. You know its at this point were you are officially full of your own \"Bias\". On the one hand you deny the crimes of the Salvadoran government whilst justifying its most famous crime, you are either a very dishonest person or a very stupid one. Given your ability to name drop and good English I'll put money down for dishonest.\nRomero could of been giving step by step instructions on how to make land mines for what little it matters. If the case against Romero was as strong as you claim then why didn't the government whom in your later comments claim is completely benign just arrest him and put him on trial? Either the evidence was flimsy or the actual \"crimes\" the man was guilty of wouldn't be so impressive. So if arrest is off the table then why didn't the Salvadoran government move to get the Vatican to censure or expel him? The Catholic church was very explicitly holding to a \"don't get involved\" line at this time and given his public opposition to the government it would be easy to build a case against him. Is it perhaps because doing such a thing would give Romero and his grievances international attention?\nBut this is all chicken feed here's my favourite part of your double think.\n\"Roberto d`Abuisson was not the demon Mr. Chomsky has tried ridiculously to portrait.\nHe was no different than Facundo Guardado (former guerrilla leader), Salvador Sanchez Ceren (former commander of the guerrilla and CURRENT vice president of El Salvador) and many others who committed genocide as well.\"\nOn the one hand we have you asserting that Roberto d'Abuisson wasn't a bad man, you then state that this is because he was just like two other people whom you accuse of committing genocide. So what you're saying is genocide isn't a monstrous thing. 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Bailey.\u201d\nLocal Format 12.25 x 12.125 page with 11.125 x 12.125 newspaper clipping\nPublisher Dayton Sunday Times (Dayton, Ohio)\nBailey, James Anthony, 1847-1906\nGeonames Koln, Innenstadt, Cologne, Cologne, Cologne, Urban District, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, http://www.geona\nRome, Rome, Latium, Italy, http://www.geonames.org/3169070/rome.html, 41.89193, 12.51133\nGeographic Location Cologne (Germany)\nAdd tags for Clipping: \"From the Irish Sea to the Golden Horn With Buffalo Bill\u2019s Wild West Show\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 288, "original_length": 10909, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.79, "perplexity": 229.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://lifechurchtexas.org/?page_id=240", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:32Z", "digest": "sha1:F7IWPLKIPITAFJ3MADWV2XZVVUPS63VK", "length": 331, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "lifechurchtexas.org", "title": "Life Community Church", "raw_content": "LCC is honored and blessed to help support the incredible efforts of the Troup Family as they bring the love and mercy of our Lord to the orphans of APOHA. Please visit there website or Facebook page and follow God\u2019s call to tack care of the orphan. 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Roads were flooded, power lines were knocked over, and homes were destroyed. In most cases, the damage has been repaired \u2014 but not in all.\nState Route 878, also known as the Nassau Expressway, links Rockaway Turnpike and the western portion of the Five Towns to the Atlantic Beach barrier island via the Atlantic Beach Bridge. Commuters have complained that streetlights, particularly along the northbound side, have been out for a long time, and officials in local municipalities say the problem dates back to Sandy.\nBarry Ringelheim lives in Atlantic Beach and takes 878 nearly every day on his way to work in Garden City. On a drive home during the week of Jan. 22, he said he counted three non-working lights on the west side of the highway heading south, and nine non-working lights on the eastern side by the northbound lanes between the Atlantic Beach Bridge and Rock Hall Road, about a mile north of the bridge.\nRingelheim said that he has written letters to officials at all levels of government about the issue since 2014. He worries about the possibility of a catastrophe the likes of Sandy. Route 878 is \u201can emergency evacuation route,\u201d he explained. \u201cIf there were an emergency at 3 a.m. \u2026 or a huge storm \u2026 [or] if, God forbid, there were an accident, people wouldn\u2019t be able to escape.\u201d\nThe unrepaired streetlights are in the Village of Lawrence, but because 878 is a state road, the thoroughfare is under New York\u2019s jurisdiction, so the village is limited in its ability to fix the problem.\n\u201cThe lights are on a state road, but the village maintains the lights. We change bulbs and fuses,\u201d said Gerry Castro, Lawrence\u2019s deputy administrator. \u201cAdditionally, the section on the northbound side is adjacent to the water, and [State Department of Environmental Conservation] jurisdiction makes it harder to fix because of their regulations. We\u2019re really asking for help beyond maintenance.\u201d\nCastro said the village electrician noticed that erosion, accelerated by Sandy, has exposed some of the underground lighting infrastructure, and the village is not equipped to handle the repair effort on its own.\nAt a legislative transportation budget hearing in Albany on Jan. 25, State Sen. Todd Kaminsky (D-Long Beach) proposed to the State Department of Transportation that it include repair of the streetlights in the proposed nearly $125 million overhaul of 878. The work is scheduled to begin this spring.\n\u201cIt\u2019s a real safety hazard to be so dark on such a big stretch of highway,\u201d Kaminsky said. \u201cThe average driver or pedestrian doesn\u2019t care about the reasons why. They just don\u2019t want to be hit by a car. They just want it to be safe.\u201d The senator added that he would stay on top of the DOT to make sure that the lights are repaired.\nSandy didn\u2019t immediately damage the streetlights, Castro said. Rather, they slowly wore out as saltwater eroded the wires. State help has more than quadrupled the number of lights that are now working, according to Stephen Canzoneri, the Long Island DOT spokesman.\n\u201cNYSDOT has been giving assistance to the Village of Lawrence for street lighting and is always ready to continue to do so as requested,\u201d Canzoneri said. \u201cThis assistance has helped the village\u2019s lights go from 20 percent operational to 90 percent already.\u201d\nStill, the fact that lights remain out this long after Sandy concerns Ringelheim. \u201cAll emergency exits should be in perfect working conditions 24/7,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd now were going back five years, and everyone says, \u2018I\u2019m going to look into it.\u2019 Where is our government?\u201d\nHave an opinion about streetlights on Nassau Expressway? 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In the 1850s, Franz Xaver von Sch\u00f6nwerth traversed the forests, lowlands, and mountains of northern Bavaria to record fairy tales, gaining the admiration of even the Brothers Grimm. Most of Sch\u00f6nwerth's work was lost - until a few years ago, when thirty boxes of manu-scripts were uncovered in a German municipal archive.\nNow, for the first time, Sch\u00f6nwerth's lost fairy tales are available in English. Violent, dark, and full of action, and upending the relationship between damsels in distress and their dragon-slaying heroes, these more than seventy stories bring us closer than ever to the unadorned oral tradition in which fairy tales are rooted, revolutionizing our understanding of a hallowed genre.\nAccustomed to tidier versions of fairy tales, as told by Hollywood, The Turnip Princess collection is a tad heavier in its telling. The stories are collected from various sources within the Upper Palatinate region of Bavaria, which are detailed in the back of the book, and a commentary is included, as well, for each story. Translated from German, and broken down into 6 different parts, such as Tales of Magic and Romance, or Otherworldly Creatures, there are 70+ stories included.\nI sadly admit, this was not a good fit for me. While I appreciate the storytelling culture lost in this instant gratification society that has no time for its elders stories, I found them dark and usually pointless. There are moral lessons within them, and its fair share of princes and princesses in disguise, as well as mythical creatures. The hardest part for me was the endings of most stories were abrupt, leaving me feeling as if the stories were not finished, or wondering if I just missed the point. I may be too \"modern\" to appreciate these stories, however, I did appreciate the ideas and people behind them, as referenced in the commentaries.\nIF you are a fancier of the dark, twisted fairy tale world, I am confident you will enjoy the stories within The Turnip Princess. 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Of course, Realtors can still give factual information about the properties they list for sale without providing you with this additional documentation. This, however, would change if you wanted to ask them for advice or to reveal any personal information, e.g. your situation; what you\u2019d like to buy or sell, why; etc.\nThere may also be times under the new rules when your Realtor is unable to represent you because they\u2019re already representing another client in the transaction. In these situations, there are some options you can consider, and a Realtor would be happy to explain them to you.\n\u201cThese new rules and forms change processes and documentation that have been in place in our province for decades. Our more than 14,000 Realtor members are working hard to comply with these regulatory changes,\u201d Phil Moore, Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver president said. \u201cWe ask for the public\u2019s patience during this adjustment period. 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Major movies currently in production in the UK include such upcoming blockbusters as the next Star Wars instalment, and Tim Burton\u2019s live-action reboot of Disney\u2019s Dumbo \u2013 both filming at Pinewood Studios (itself in the process of major expansion).\nAnd coupled with this healthy growth in the production sector, cinemas themselves are experiencing high tides of audience figures. UK and Ireland gross box office takings from January to June this year were \u00a3679m \u2013 up 12 per cent on the same period in 2016. In both creating and consuming movies, it appears the UK at this moment is at an all time high.\nAs such, jobs are also booming in the film sector, with the Department for Culture, Media and port announcing that employment in the creative industries is growing at four times the rate of the UK workforce as a whole \u2013 with the sector now employing close to two million people.\nAnd it doesn\u2019t stop at film. The TV production industry also appears to be in rude health, receiving a particular windfall from wealthy new platforms. Netflix offered an unprecedented sum to produce The Crown \u2013 one of the most lavish series yet seen \u2013 while Amazon Prime Video brazenly splashed out on The Grand Tour, with Jeff Bezos confessing it was a \u201cvery very very expensive\u201d investment, but that Clarkson and co are \u201cworth a lot of money and they know it\u201d. Meanwhile, Northern Ireland has played host to much of HBO\u2019s staggeringly successful Game of Thrones franchise.\nPart of this growth may certainly be attributed to Brexit \u2013 the weaker pound has resulted in attractive investment opportunities, particularly for Hollywood \u2013 so the question remains as to whether this current boom will continue as the delicate political process staggers on. 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When it comes to invoicing, it is advisable that you consider the online invoicing because it is more economical than the traditional model of invoicing.Online invoicing solves a lot of problems that are associated with the traditional invoicing. If you want to send invoices easily and also have a way of tracking them, ensure that you use the online invoicing. Companies that use the traditional method of invoicing spend more as compared to those that use online invoicing.Here are some of the benefits of online invoicing to your business.\nOnline invoicing allows you to send your invoices immediately.The essence of a quick-service is that you are paid when you deliver an invoice.it is important to note that you can put your settings on your software so that invoices are automatically sent on specific dates and times. It is possible to set up your accounting software so that it will send invoices automatically without you being there to operate your computer. 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Various online payments method can be used together with the online invoicing software so that you get paid faster.\nOnline invoicing ensures that you save on time and money.This is because you will not waste time in going through cumbersome paperwork because everything is stored electronically.\nOnline invoicing also plays a big part in ensuring that your office becomes paperless.This is because everything is filed and stored electronically. One of the ways of saving on office space is using online invoicing as most of the things that would be put on paper will be stored up electronically.\nIt is also vital to know that online invoicing gives you a client an easy way of payment. 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It delves into food safety issues ranging from foodborne illness outbreaks, allergens, food additives, and color additives, to hormones, antibiotics, and Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations. The book explores the authority and restraints government faces regulating food marketing and labeling, including on restaurant menus. These chapters discuss the First Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, food industry self-regulation, and the various federal agencies\u2019 regulatory authority to address both truthful and deceptive food marketing and labeling practices. The book tackles controversial legal issues related to genetic engineering and country of origin labeling, as well as food marketing to children. Food Law for Public Health explores the vast amount of litigation relevant to food, including consumer protection litigation by private persons and state attorneys general, and industry litigation under the Lanham Act and food libel laws. 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I had read good things about the race and as I love running in Argyll, it was only a matter of time before I took this one on. As well as the 10 mile run, there is also the...\nSt. Annes 10 Miler\nby Gordon Curran | Mar 18, 2012 | Race Reports\nAs part of Strathclyde Fire and Rescue\u2019s athletics section, I travelled down to St. Annes with some others to take part in this annual Fire Service 10 mile championships. 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To represent their interests, most species maintain embassies on the Presidium, the Citadel\"s inner ring.\nThe Citadel Tower, in the center of the Presidium, holds the Citadel Council chambers. Council affairs often have far-reaching effects on the rest of the galactic community. Five arms, known as wards, extend from the Presidium. Their inner surfaces have been built into cities, populated by millions of inhabitants from across the galaxy.\nThe Citadel is virtually indestructible. If attacked, the station can close its arms to form a solid, impregnable shell. For as long as the station has existed, an enigmatic race called the keepers has maintained it.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 441, "original_length": 10681, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 282.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://matt.cuthbert.ws/2003/10/im-outnumbered.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:24Z", "digest": "sha1:RIHLUQJ2D4TVEZDCWIYBJYUSSHWKZOEC", "length": 493, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "matt.cuthbert.ws", "title": "Impending Distractions: I'm outnumbered", "raw_content": "Sugar, Mr. Poon? directed me to an interesting survey...\nAccording to Perseus, women outnumber men in the blogging world by about 10%. The same survey indicates that men are more likely to abandon their blogs than women. Blogs in general are abandoned at a very high rate \u0097 around 66% that have been created haven't been updated for at least two months. Of those who do maintain their blogs, most only post updates at an average of once every two weeks.\nI hope I don't join these demographics.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 184, "original_length": 3642, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 270.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mbacademy.eu/h", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:23:36Z", "digest": "sha1:CTWIES5PFTTKOHG6J5SJL7HX23XQ3NVK", "length": 1246, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "mbacademy.eu", "title": "H", "raw_content": "Specific, teachable abilities that can be defined and measured. By contrast, soft skills are less tangible and harder to quantify. Examples of hard skills include job skills like typing, writing, math, reading and the ability to use software programs; soft skills are personality-driven skills like etiquette, getting along with others, listening and engaging in small talk. In business, hard skills most often refer to accounting and financial modeling.\nAn aggressively managed portfolio of investments that uses advanced investment strategies such as leveraged, long, short and derivative positions in both domestic and international markets with the goal of generating high returns (either in an absolute sense or over a specified market benchmark).\nLegally, hedge funds are most often set up as private investment partnerships that are open to a limited number of investors and require a very large initial minimum investment. Investments in hedge funds are illiquid as they often require investors keep their money in the fund for at least one year.\"\nMaking an investment to reduce the risk of adverse price movements in an asset. 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The close coordination of our high-impact academic research in our core areas has broad influence on our global society. Delaware is a small state, but we think BIG!\nThe broadest of the engineering disciplines, mechanical engineering offers a wide range of research and career opportunities for those committed to advancing innovations to enhance quality of life. The University of Delaware\u2019s Ph.D. program in mechanical engineering is regarded for our solid technical curriculum, our internationally recognized faculty and world-class high-impact research in nearly every aspect of modern mechanical engineering. Reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of our research, many of our faculty members hold joint or affiliated appointments in other departments. An annual budget of more than $9 million allows us to constantly strive to expand knowledge of the world around us.\nThe Department of Mechanical Engineering houses the Center for Biomechanical Engineering Research (CBER), and the Center for Fuel Cell Research (CFCR). Other affiliated research centers and institutes include the Center for Composites Materials (CCM), Delaware Rehabilitation Institute (DRI), University of Delaware Energy Institute (UDEI).\nLearn more about our core research areas\nVisit the faculty research matrix to identify key faculty and their research that fits your interests and visit their research group websites to learn more\nView the course requirements\nLearn about admission requirements and apply online\nExceptionally qualified US citizens who apply to the Ph.D.program are automatically considered for one of our prestigious Helwig Fellowships which includes tuition and a $35,000 annual stipend. Application deadline for consideration for a Helwig Fellowship is February 15th.\nUD has a tradition of excellence, from our roots extending back to a small private academy started in 1743, to the research-intensive technologically advanced institution of today. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching classifies UD as a research university with very high research activity \u2014 a designation accorded fewer than 3 percent of U.S. colleges and universities.\nMany of our Ph.D. graduates are now world-recognized leaders in academia, government and industry. Global, green and engaged. Our job is not finished until our ideas, our expertise and our people make a real and significant difference in the world. Our multidisciplinary research focuses on the most compelling scientific and technical challenges of our age. Reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of our research, many of our faculty members hold joint or affiliated appointments in other departments.\nThe following minimum criteria apply:\nA baccalaureate degree in mechanical engineering or in a closely allied field of science or mathematics.\nAn undergraduate grade point average in engineering, science and mathematics courses of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.\nThe Graduate Record Examination (GRE) combined Quantitative and Verbal score of 308 (1200).\nInternational applicants: The TOEFL with a minimum of 100 on the IBT and a speaking score of 20. IELTS with a minimum score of 6.5 with no individual sub-score below 6.0 on the IELTS alternative.\nThree letters of recommendation from former teachers or supervisors.\nComplete the graduate supplemental document\nAll items should be uploaded into your graduate application. Admission is selective and competitive based on the number of well qualified applicants and the research opportunities available with the faculty. Meeting the stated minimum academic requirements does not guarantee admission. The acceptance of applicants who have already received a Master\u2019s degree in engineering will be based on the above minimum criteria and the results of their graduate work.\nAwards of financial assistantships, which includes graduate tuition and a competitive stipend, are made to applicants of the PhD program on the basis of merit. For information on current tuition and fees please visit Student Financial Services.\nPhD Fall admission:\nJanuary 15: Priority consideration for admission and to be considered for departmental funding.\nMarch 1: Final deadline to apply.\na. At least five courses (15 credits) at the 600 or higher level in Mechanical Engineering (MEEG). At least three of these courses shall be selected from the following list:\nMEEG 690 Intermediate Engineering Mathematics\nMEEG 610 Intermediate Solid Mechanics\nMEEG 620 Intermediate Dynamics\nMEEG 630 Intermediate Fluid Mechanics\nMEEG 640 Intermediate Heat Transfer\nMEEG 683 Orthopedic Biomechanics\nMEEG 624 Control of Dynamical Systems\nb. Five graduate level courses (15 credits) in engineering, mathematics, or science of\nwhich at least three courses (9 credits) must be at the 800 level\nc. At least one course (3 credits) in mathematics (other than MEEG690).\nd. At least three semesters of MEEG 600 Seminar (0 credits). Special arrangements can be made for part-time students to fulfill this requirement.\ne. 9 credits of MEEG 969 Doctoral Dissertation.\nAn individual course can be used to meet more than one of the requirements provided the total number of credits is at least 33. Requirements a and c may be fully or partially waived for a student who has been awarded a Master\u2019s degree in Mechanical Engineering (up to a maximum of 12 credits).\nII. Dissertation Requirements\nA dissertation is required which demonstrates the student\u2019s ability to conduct independent research. A Dissertation Committee is selected by the advisor and approved by the Department Chairperson. This committee will also serve as the student\u2019s Candidacy Examination Committee. The Committee will be chaired by the research advisor. During the course of the research, the student will periodically review progress with the Committee.\nIII. Qualifying Examination\nThe purpose of the qualifying examination is to assess the aptitude of a doctoral student in the early stages of the program.\nThe qualifying exam will consist of three parts\nResearch aptitude exam based on the student\u2019s research interest area\nOne math exam (based on the content in MEEG 690)\nOne mechanical engineering topic exam (based on undergraduate-level mechanical engineering and the content in one of the core courses, MEEG 610, MEEG 620, MEEG 630, MEEG 640)\nIV. Candidacy Examination\nThe Ph.D. Candidacy Examination must be taken within one and a half years of successful completion of the Qualifying Examination and at least one year prior to the dissertation defense. The student will prepare a comprehensive, written research proposal and defend it orally before the Candidacy Examination Committee. The Candidacy Examination is intended to test the student\u2019s ability to synthesize knowledge in the formulation of an independent research proposal.\nV. Teaching Requirement\nThe ability to communicate effectively is an essential skill for all PhD graduates. Therefore, all PhD students are required to fulfill a teaching requirement, which consists of serving as a Teaching Assistant (TA) for one or two semesters, depending on the assignment. Students are expected to continue to be actively involved in their research while serving as a TA.\nResearch at UD\u2019s Mechanical Engineering\nAcademics Graduate Programs Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 164, "original_length": 11328, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 281.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://michmarkers.com/default?page=L0198", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:17Z", "digest": "sha1:3DGYGJRQYJ6UQO6NKA3YLQE2SAEUZ7LG", "length": 452, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "michmarkers.com", "title": "Home Page - MichMarkers", "raw_content": "Ketchum Park\nIn 1831, Sidney and George Ketchum located here on Rice Creek. This first settlement in Marshall consisted of a water-powered sawmill and log cabins. Until the twentieth century this was an important industrial area, containing at various times a malt house, plow foundry, and flour mill. The later was in operation until 1960. 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My style of illustration pairs-back this complex process and illustrates it in a basic step-by-step method that children can digest and understand \u2013 perfect for childrens book illustration.\nThe quirky illustrated characters resonate well with children as they are human characters \u2013 a lot of similar books in the genre choose to use animals as the main character, but my children\u2019s book illustrations allow them to connect more with the main characters.\nMuch of my work takes the form of spot illustrations that can be used in children\u2019s books.\nI have a loose, cartoon-style and my work is bright, fun and can convey quite complex information in a simplified format for younger readers.\nI work on paper with marker pens to keep the illustration style quick and lively, moving finalised illustrations into Illustrator where they are coloured and art worked. This way of working makes my illustrations easy to use for children\u2019s books, websites and other materials.\nIf you\u2019re looking for a children\u2019s book illustrator for your next project, I\u2019d love the opportunity to talk to you about how I work and what I can do for you.\nPop over to my contact page and send me a message.\nChildrens book illustration \u00a9 Mightyisland 2013. All rights reserved.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 30, "original_length": 2224, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 267.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mikikokudo.com/artevents/publicList?page=2", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:21Z", "digest": "sha1:T2XCMUKAB7MOSYSTLLLJBCJV2NCLYR5W", "length": 4469, "nlines": 36, "source_domain": "mikikokudo.com", "title": "Mikiko Kudo Art", "raw_content": "\"Hydrangea\" and \"Big Bend National Park\" are displayed at the Wimberley Medical Plaza. September - December 2017.\nTwo paintings \"Jon Playing A Guitar\" and \"Roses And Pomegranate Blooms\" were selected for the Wimberley Valley Art League Juried Art Exhibition. The opening reception is on Friday (May 19) 5 - 7 PM at the Wimberley Community Center. The exhibition is through July 18, 2017\nApril through July, 2017 at Hays County Government Center in San Marcos, TX. My ten paintings are in the exhibition. Opening reception: April 6th (Thursday) 6 -8 PM\n\"Agave At Big Bend National Park\" and \"Rose Garden\" are displayed at the Kyle Public Library and \"Roses In Glass Vases\" is displayed at the Kyle City Hall, Kyle, TX. March to September 2017.\n\"River of Life\" First Lutheran Lent Art Exhibition\n\"Winter\" and \"Reflection\" were selected for \"River of Life\" First Lutheran Lent Art Exhibition at First Lutheran Church in San Marcos, TX. February 28 to April 16, 2017.\nflcsm.org\n\"Adrian With His Cello\" and \"Lotus Flowers\" were selected for the exhibition. \"Adrian With His Cello\" received an Honorable Mention. February 21 through April 10, 2017 at the Wimberley Community Center, Wimberley, TX. Opening and Artist's Champagne Reception on Friday, February 24, 2017 (5:00 to 7:00 P.M.) \"Of the artists who\u2019s subject is drawn from their own life, there is a sense of order if not serenity in the painting of a garden by Mikiko Kudo, and an arresting undertone of unease or vulnerability in the \u201cCello Player\u201d, by the same artist.\" - Excerpt from juror Mona J. Marshall's statement, .\nArt on 12 Gallery Guest Artist Exhibition, February - March\nFebruary 4 - April 1, 2017 at Art on 12 Gallery, Wimberley, TX. \"Big Bend National Park\", \"Hydrangea\", and \"Lotus Flower\" are in the show. Reception is on Saturday, February 11, 2017 (4-7 P.M.)\narton12.com\nArt on 12 Gallery Special Holiday Guest Artist Exhibition\nNovember 4, 2016 - January 1, 2017 at Art on 12 Gallery, Wimberley, TX. My three paintings are in the show. Reception is on Saturday, November 13, 2016 (3-5 P.M.)\nWimberley Valley Art League Regional Juried Exhibition\n\"Sophia Dancing In Kimono\" was selected for the exhibition. November 1, 2016 through January 3, 2017 at the Wimberley Community Center, Wimberley, TX. Opening and Artist's Champagne Reception on Friday, November 4, 2016 (5:00 to 7:00 P.M.)\nHoliday \"Art Wall\" Show at Presbyterian Church\nAll the art works are priced at $100 or less. My three paintings are in the show. November - December 2016 at the Dripping Springs Presbyterian Church, Dripping Springs, TX.\nwww.dspres.org\n\"Butterflies\", \"Lilies\", and \"Peonies\" are displayed at the City Hall in Kyle, TX (September 2016 - January 2017)\nSeptember, 2016 through January, 2017 at Hays County Government Center in San Marcos, TX. My ten paintings are in the exhibition. Opening reception: September 8th (Thursday) 6 -8 PM\nArt on 12 Gallery Guest Artist Exhibition, September\nSeptember 2- 30, 2016 at Art on 12 Gallery in Wimberley, TX. Reception on September 10th, (4-7 P.M.) My three paintings are in the exhibition.\nSolo Art Exhibition at Presbyterian Church\nMy paintings are on display in a solo exhibition at the Presbyterian Church hallway in Dripping Springs, TX, August - September, 2016\nMay through August 2016 at Hays County Government Center in San Marcos, TX. My ten paintings are in the exhibition. Opening reception on May 12th 6 - 8 P.M.\nArt on 12 Gallery Guest Artist Exhibition, May\nMay 1 - 29, 2016 at Art on 12 Gallery in Wimberley, TX. Reception on May 14th, (4-7 P.M.) My five paintings are in the exhibition. \"Eggs\" received a People's Choice 3rd Place.\n\"Sunflower Field\", \"Red Tulips\", and \"Gladiolus\" are displayed at the Kyle Public Library, TX (April - August 2016)\nwww.cityofkyle.com/library\nArt on 12 Gallery Guest Artist Exhibition March Show\nMarch 3 - 28 at Art on 12 Gallery in Wimberley, TX. Reception on 12th (4-7 P.M.) \"Butterflies\" received a People's Choice 3rd Place.\nArt on 12 Gallery Guest Artist Exhibition November Show\nNovember 1 to 29 at Art on 12 Gallery in Wimberley, TX. Reception on 14th (4-7 P.M.)\nMy three paintings are in the exhibition.\nJuried Exhibition (National and State Parks theme)\n\"Agave at Big Bend National Park\" and \"Santa Elena Canyon at Big Bend National Park\" are in Juried Exhibition (National and State Parks theme) at Art on 12 Gallery in Wimberley. The show is open October 1 to 26. 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This is not a good thing for you.\u201d\n\u201cThere\u2019s a rumor going around that you\u2019re don\u2019t wear any panties and you have a piercing down below,\u201d he says.\n\u201cAnd did you start that rumor?\u201d Luna asks. The guy thinks he\u2019s in deep shit, but Luna is turned on. \u201cYou know what?\u201d she says. \u201cI think you\u2019re kind of hot. Would you say I\u2019m a cougar? Maybe a MILF? Even a GILF? \u2018Cause I think you should explore and find out whether I have a piercing.\u201d\n\u201cRight here? In the copy room?\u201d\nRight there. In the copy room. 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News of the World by Paulette Jiles has, at its center, a man who is seeking to make the world a bit less difficult by reading the news.\nIn the late 1800s, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd has carved out a niche for himself. He travels through Texas giving readings of newspapers to otherwise news-starved locals. He selects the stories to be read carefully, mindful of the prejudices and mindset of his audience. For a few coins, townspeople can be connected to the wider world.\nWhen he arrives in Wichita Falls, he is presented with a proposition. He is asked by a freighter to take unusual cargo home---a ten year old girl who was captured four years earlier by the Kiowa. Offered a great deal of money, Captain Kidd agrees to take Johanna Leonberger, who speaks no English and wants to return to the tribe, to be reunited with her original white family.\nWhat follows is a grueling journey for both the Captain and Johanna. The Captain, who has some experience with children, works to communicate and bond Johanna. He offers her protection from both the clash of her two worlds, as well as from natural dangers. During their journey, he must also be prepared to keep her safe against those who would wish her harm. Floods, mercenaries, and homesickness are just some of the challenges of the trail. And when they finally arrive at the Leonberger home, the Captain proves that he has been transformed from a solitary man to a loving one.\nJiles knows how to create a sense of time and place. Referencing the Civil War and the struggles of America after its end, she manages to convey the sense of bleakness and lawlessness that prevailed. She is able to create a visceral sense of place and does so with an eye for detail and poetry.\nBoth the Captain and Johanna unfold as characters as they develop their relationship to each other. With each struggle and hardship, they learn to trust each other and to understand each other. While covering the seemingly endless landscape with nothing else to do, the two of them develop a way to communicate. He understands her desire to return to the Kiowa. She comes to understand the Captain\u2019s loneliness.\nNews of the World is a delightful book about hardship, struggle, and connection. It reminded me of the old Westerns on TV, where you could count on the hero and you rooted for his success. The spare details about the characters really encourages the reader to pay attention to this compelling and touching story.\nHighly recommended for historical fiction lovers and those who love a character driven tale.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 42, "original_length": 12514, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 197.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mitchsiegal.com/song/48", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:23Z", "digest": "sha1:OJ2O6R4VNNBOZFJCARRBNRYFSZNWIXOJ", "length": 1368, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "mitchsiegal.com", "title": "Mitch Siegal Music", "raw_content": "Someday |\nSomeday Words & Music By Mitch Siegal\nIntro: power chords with melody chords in A\nLive in the here....live in the now...Looking too far....where there's no cure\nLive for today...live with the hope you'll find...Somehow to give...someway to show you're kind.\nSomeday...somewhere down the road...we can find a way...A way to make the changes meant for yesterday...\nOpen your eyes...look all around...See how the weary...have all but drowned...\nSo tell your people...how to survive...When there's no faith in justice...when there's no hope in pride...\nToo late...when bombs are answers...a word to the wise is...Don't lie to me...and tell us everything's all right...\nIntro tag: to meld into bridge. (1x)\nStarving children roam the street, every single night...While oil moguls tell themselves what I do must be right...\nIt's easy when your silver spoon is filled with good intension...Feed the world with that same spoon...\nnow that's something worth mention...someday...\nTag (build it up crescendo melody notes at first played on the left side only first measure.)\nTag (2x) full with power chords to End.\nResponsibility and accountability of not only the average person, but the people in this world with the means to change it for the better. This song was written for people like Brad Pitt and the efforts made by people like him all over the world.\nNot jus", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 41, "original_length": 2205, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 225.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mofabros.com/social-proof/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:50Z", "digest": "sha1:TMEQRQZALQUTFCZJ5BHOAI6KWDQRS2CJ", "length": 2879, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "mofabros.com", "title": "Social Proof - Mofabros", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Mofabros \u00bb Social Proof\nYesterday, I was speaking with a colleague about the value of social proof. When we talk about marketing, there\u2019s an infinite number of ways to reach out to your customers. You can start by asking friends, going door-to-door, making phone calls, or putting up a website.\nSo why is social proof so powerful? Especially when you have the power of the internet and reaching millions, you say?\nYour friends and your family are the primary filters of information in your life. We vest the people closest to us with the greatest trust. We place value on their judgement when we need to make decisions because we know them well. We can use them as a reference point for what\u2019s good and what\u2019s rubbish.\nWe don\u2019t always have time to become an expert in a given field, so it\u2019s natural to want to ask someone more knowledgeable for help. We tend to use our friends as our first point of reference for this mental shortcut.\nCase in point: I was looking to buy a bike last weekend. I went to a bike shop and braced myself for a sales pitch. In the shop, I could feel the salesman peering at me: I knew his pattern, I knew he was following me and when he would pop his head around the corner. I knew he would come and tell me the benefits of different models and finally show me some prices.\nAfterwards, I went hiking in the mountains and asked a bicyclist his thoughts on what bike I should buy. Because all I wanted was an unbaised, \u201chonest\u201d opinion on bikes. I\u2019m not a bike expert. I don\u2019t know if a steel frame is going to be too heavy for me, or if 28\u2033 wheels are that much better than 26\u2033. Bikes are a commodity for me.\nBut if I had a friend who came up to me and said, listen \u2013 you can buy the $250 bike on the cheap end, but there\u2019s this great bike I tried and used that cost me $450 \u2013 it rode great, never had any problems, and maintenance was a breeze \u2013 I\u2019d take the recommendation in a hearbeat.\nThus, just as in Who Wants to be A Millionaire , we like to \u201cphone a friend\u201d regarding new purchases or new ideas. The vetting process is very important in human psychology. In order to get through the day, we must filter out information from noise.\nThat\u2019s why your business\u2019s Yelp score is so important. When your customers have third-party references on you, they feel more comfortable making a purchase, because Yelp\u2019s users aren\u2019t paid to review any single business, so they have less incentive to exaggerate the quality of products & services.\nHow can you help your business grow? Simple. Put testimonials \u2013 with REAL faces and names \u2013 on your webpage. It\u2019s the perfect form of social proof.\nSee \u201cWhat is the Monkeysphere\u201d for an explanation on why we only care about the opinions of the 150 people closest to us.\nAnd for a more scientific approach\u2026 The Dunbar number.\n\u2190 Top 10 Email Marketing Tips that WORK\nHow to Choose an Effective Company Name \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 4030, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 332.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mosteklaw.com/epa-department-interior-gold-king-mine-disaster-afterword/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:56Z", "digest": "sha1:5VFUITMQZV4AMWBRIUOGN5T4Y3N544QK", "length": 4571, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "mosteklaw.com", "title": "EPA, the Department of the Interior, and the Gold King Mine Disaster - Afterword - Mostek Law", "raw_content": "HomepageJournalEPA, the Department of the Interior, and the Gold King Mine Disaster \u2014 Afterword\nIf you read Part 4 and Part 5 of this series EPA, the Department of the Interior, and the Gold King Mine Disaster, you are aware that retired geologist Dave Taylor predicted a potential mine blowout one week BEFORE the disaster occurred. And following the wastewater spill, as Taylor predicted, EPA was finally successful with obtaining clearance for the Superfund designation it had sought for over 25 years.\nEPA Superfund Program Lacks Transparency\nEverything should be fine and dandy, right? However, through the entire term of Former-President Barack Obama and EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy the EPA refused to answer questions or release information about its Superfund program or how it spends about $1 billion annually from more than 1,300 slush fund-like accounts. \u201cAn Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) public relations official is blocking interviews sought by The Daily Caller News Foundation with employees believed to have vital information about the federal government\u2019s $1 billion Superfund program.\u201d [1]\nEthan Barton reported on June 21, 2016 \u201cThe DCNF is seeking information on how EPA tracks numerous aspects concerning contracts for the EPA\u2019s Superfund program \u2013 an extremely complex operation that typically is only understood by officials working within the contracting office. Tracking Superfund contracts is especially important on public health and environmental issues as they can provide a window into how the EPA spends billions of dollars from the program\u2019s thousands of slush funds.\u201d Rather than answering Barton\u2019s questions and granting requests for interviews, EPA determined his requests \u201cwould best be answered via a FOIA request\u201d. [1]\nBarton previously reported that EPA officials conduct closed-door meetings twice a year to decide how to spend Superfund money while keeping all reports and meeting minutes secret. In fact, Superfund accounting isn\u2019t the only secret the EPA keeps from the public. They don\u2019t release information or reports on the priority of the sites, even though 329 Superfund sites could expose humans to dangerous contaminants. \u201cThat revelation is crucial, considering EPA withholds details about the special accounts, as well as sites endangering humans, from Congress. Not having such information effectively prevents Congress from exercising its constitutionally mandated oversight of executive branch agencies like EPA\u201d said Barton. [2]\nEPA Superfund Sites Out of Control\nMore than 25 million Americans live within 10 miles of 114 sites that the federal government says are \u201cnot under control\u201d and contain toxic waste that is not only considered dangerous, but sometimes carcinogenic. EPA lists more than 260 pollutants at these sites. These 114 sites are among 1,623 currently or formerly included or proposed for Superfund action. An additional 224 Superfund sites have uncontained migration of contaminated groundwater. [3]\nConsidering the public health danger posed by these locations and the huge sums of taxpayer money involved, why is the EPA so reluctant to release information on: (1) the ranking of the most dangerous sites; plans for addressing the health risks posed by exposure to contaminated soil, water and/or air; (2) timetables for clean-up of the sites; and (3) funding needs or use of funds?\nAlex Fidis is a Superfund attorney for the public interest group U.S. PIRG. \u201c[This] is ridiculous,\u201d he said. \u201cThe fact that information as paramount as making sure that humans are not being exposed to contamination is being withheld from the [Senate] Environment and Public Works Committee is outrageous.\u201d [3]\nThe EPA website states \u201cOur mission is to protect human health and the environment.\u201d [4] Apparently providing information on how it plans to do that is not part of its mission. And EPA also wants it\u2019s checkbook to be off-limits to the public \u2013 even though the American taxpayers are making all the deposits. It is time for the new administration under President Donald Trump and EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to be more transparent in how the EPA operates and spends tax-payer dollars.\nPhoto by: Fabian Blank\n1 http://dailycaller.com/2016/06/21/feds-obstruct-media-probe-by-blocking-interviews-with-key-officials/#ixzz4CKQx2naF\n2 http://dailycaller.com/2016/05/22/epa-conducts-two-secret-meetings-a-year-to-decide-how-to-dole-out-billions-in-slush-fund-money/\n3 https://www.publicintegrity.org/2007/05/18/5612/human-exposure-uncontrolled-114-superfund-sites\n4 https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 5671, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 259.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mountmessenger.msmc.edu/columns/a-must-see-fincher-and-affleck-strike-gold-with-gone-girl/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:58Z", "digest": "sha1:QLFKGTD5WOP652WYQPT3CSXT3GLLVKWT", "length": 2641, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "mountmessenger.msmc.edu", "title": "Mount Messenger \u00bb A Must See: Fincher and Affleck Strike Gold With \u201cGone Girl\u201d", "raw_content": "Nick Dunne played by Ben Affleck, sharing with a tender moment with his wife in \u201cGone Girl.\u201d (Photo courtesy of screenrant.com)\nThe suspenseful drama, \u201cGone Girl,\u201d is the latest box-office success starring Ben Affleck. Helmed by David Fincher (\u201cSe7en,\u201d \u201cFight Club,\u201d \u201cThe Social Network\u201d), Gone Girl continued his trend of dark and tense story telling, while also incorporating tastefully placed wit and humor.\n\u201cGone Girl\u201d is also just one of many Affleck vehicles this decade that have replenished his career with both audience and critical praise, following several \u201cbombs\u201d that received negative press over the years prior to his strings of recent successes.\nAffleck, whose accolades recent include earning the Oscar for Best Picture in 2012 for his film \u201cArgo,\u201d plays a writer named Nick Dunne in \u201cGone Girl.\u201d Nick\u2019s wife Amy goes missing on the morning of their fifth anniversary. What transpires over the course of the film is nearly two-and-a-half hours of bizarre twists and turns that drastically affect the ongoing investigation of Amy\u2019s disappearance.\nFlashbacks are utilized with great poise by an experienced director in Fincher, who captures the abily time has on magnifying the progression of sheer emotion (or lack thereof).\nAffleck deserves Oscar consideration for this role. He plays a man that is picked apart by the media. The media, along with the police, point their fingers at Nick Dunne as the prime suspect in his wife\u2019s disappearance. Somewhat mirroring his own status as a figure fixated upon incessantly by the tabloids, Affleck sends aspects of his persona into his Nick Dunne character, exhausting all his efforts into convincing viewers (and himself) that his epic flaws do not necessarily prove his guilt. Fincher\u2019s challenge for Affleck paid off, as his central character must finally learn to welcome in close confidants (his sister and his lawyer) if he ever wants to free himself from impending prosecution.\nThe supporting cast includes Rosemund Pike as Nick\u2019s intelligent, Harvard-educated missing wife, Amy. Comedian Tyler Perry stepped out of his comfort zone to deliver a humorous, drag-less portrayal of Dunne\u2019s criminal defense lawyer. Neil Patrick Harris also gave a commendable performance as one of Amy\u2019s obsessive ex-boyfriends.\nI recommend this film to those who adore mysteries. Film viewers easily entertained by narratives that christen those in the audience with a \u201cdeputy detective\u201d title will experience unprecedented commentary on the genre; most of which includes thorough analysis and outlining of the effects social media and modern technology have on shaping criminal investigations.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 129, "original_length": 4786, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 327.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mountmessenger.msmc.edu/columns/lana-del-rey-born-to-die/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:31Z", "digest": "sha1:UCZ2BOIGEM4G2XRNPZOF24ILM3R5XRI7", "length": 2004, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "mountmessenger.msmc.edu", "title": "Mount Messenger \u00bb Lana Del Rey: Born To Die", "raw_content": "Song To Look Out For: Video Games\nLana Del Rey has been the topic of internet bloggers and hipsters for the past few years. Breaking out into the music scene as an Indie artist, her avid followers have been waiting with bated breath for the long awaited release of Lana\u2019s debut LP, Born To Die. And now that its here, many wish it remained a distant dream rather than a reality.\nLana Del Rey ventures far out of her comfort zone delivering what is more of a Trip-Hop album, rather than her usual acoustic modus operandi. While giving credit for being bold for such a monumental achievement, the release of one\u2019s first LP, it\u2019s difficult to see any cohesive vision within the album. Each song plainly blends into the next making this album seem like you are trapped in an episode of the Twilight Zone; it never ends.\nLana\u2019s vocals are often strained, as her range is narrow, while she again steps far out of her comfort zone. In \u201cNational Anthem,\u201d we are given a short reprieve when Lana raps her lyrics sparing listeners from pinched vocals. Almost every vocal track is reverbed, making what Lana\u2019s voice truly sounds like still a mystery.\nDespite its drawbacks, there is at least one positive to this album. \u201cVideo Games\u201d is a song reminiscent of Lana Del Rey\u2019s original sound that gave her such a loyal fan base. An acoustic love song with unconventional lyrics give this song a different character and feel compared to the rest of the album. \u201cVideo Games\u201d is not overly complicated with synths and double tracking or other instrumentations, it is just Lana doing what she does best: being honest.\nFor all of the hype leading up to its release, Born To Die is severely underwhelming. Lana\u2019s producer released an album that sounds like it was a collection of demo tapes placed in arbitration, wishing for the best. Lana Del Rey\u2019s career is far from over, and hopefully as time goes on, her sound will be identified and fine-tuned in the studio. It will surely be interesting to hear the follow-up album.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 128, "original_length": 4043, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 229.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://moviematics.com/2018/02/22/pm-inaugurates-up-investors-summit.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:17Z", "digest": "sha1:UUKEUUYTUFPYNUVEMNG5SHC2QZEWJWGI", "length": 2058, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "moviematics.com", "title": "PM inaugurates UP Investors Summit", "raw_content": "The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi addresses the gathering on the Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, in New Delhi on October 31, 2017.\nPM Modi inaugurated two-day global acme UP Investors Summit 2018.\nPrime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Lucknow today to inaugurate the two-day Uttar Pradesh Investors' Summit, which is being attended by around 5,000 people, including industry leaders from India and overseas, chief ministers, union ministers, policy makers and academics.\nThe event aims at attracting investment in Uttar Pradesh and making it an ideal destination for investment.\nLauding chief minister Yogi Adityanath, Rajnath Singh said, \"The state government must be congratulated for its zero tolerance to crime and criminals, which has brought significant improvement in the confidence level of the people about the improvement in law and order scene\".\n\"Can Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh compete with each other to become the trillion dollar economy?\"\nInvestors will see red carpet instead of red tapeism.\n\"Tourism is a multiplier for growth\". He said after the agriculture sector, MSME's are the one who opened the highest opportunities in terms of employment in Uttar Pradesh.\nThe Prime Minister will spend over four hours at the summit on Wednesday.\nHe said the State is blessed with an abundance of resources and capabilities. Aditya Birla group will invest about Rs25,000 crore in the state across sectors over the next five years, he said.\nReliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani also stressed that Uttar Pradesh is \"not rising, but racing ahead in development\".\n\"I will personally monitor all MoUs (memorandums of understanding) to ensure their proper roll-out and to make sure that no industrialist faces any problem in setting up his unit\", the chief minister said.\nAdani Group Chairman Gautam Adani too spoke at the summit. Ambani said Reliance would invest Rs 10,000 crore in the state over the next three years.\nThe size of state gives huge opportunities to investors to expand their business and invest in UP.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 114, "original_length": 11114, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 321.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mporcius.blogspot.com/2014/04/roger-zelazny-three-1960s-stories.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:23Z", "digest": "sha1:URANLDWZJIVAHHSBL7VRQLWAH3ZUTF7K", "length": 5022, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "mporcius.blogspot.com", "title": "MPorcius Fiction Log: Roger Zelazny: Three 1960s stories", "raw_content": "Today I continued my reading of the 2001 edition of The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth, a collection of stories by Roger Zelazny first published in the 1960s.\n\"Rose for Ecclesiastes\" (1963)\nI feel like this is one of Zelazny's more famous stories, that I hear about it all the time. It got the cover of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, an elaborate painting by Hannes Bok. I read \"Rose for Ecclesiastes\" many years ago, but forgot what went on in it, so this was almost like reading it for the first time.\nOur protagonist is Gallinger, a famous and arrogant poet, a child prodigy raised by a fundamentalist father from whom he escaped to bohemian New York City. Gallinger is also the first Earthman allowed into a room where the Martians keep their annals, the first Earthman to learn the old \"High Tongue\" of the Martians. Zelazny slings lots of learned references at us, Dante, Shakespeare, Sartre, Havelock Ellis, the Bible, and more, but also reminds the reader of Edgar Rice Burroughs; the first person narrator tells us that a \"Carter\" was on the first expedition to Mars, and on the very next page Zelazny uses the word \"bugs\" to describe alphabetical characters, just like Burroughs did when Tarzan was learning to read.\nThe arrogant poet charms the Martians, and like in an orientalist fantasy (Zelazny explicitly compares the Martians to East Asians and South Asians) he falls in love and has a sexual relationship with a dancing girl. Gallinger also learns that the Martians are doomed - some kind of environmental event has sterilized the Martian population, and the Martians he knows will be the last generation of the red planet's people. If the Martian civilization is to be remembered, it will be remembered by Earth people through Gallinger's poetry and his translations of Mars's historical and holy books.\nBut wait! By impregnating the dancing girl, and then beating a hulking Martian fighting man in hand to hand combat, Gallinger has fulfilled an ancient Martian prophecy and saved the Martian race! I was a little surprised by this turn of events, though perhaps the reference to \"Carter\" was a foreshadowing of the pulpish way the plot would be resolved.\n(Isn't This Immortal also full of sophisticated literary references, but have as the resolution of its plot a brutal hand to hand fight between a genius and a colossus?)\nI have to admit I think the story would have been better if the Martians went extinct and Gallinger's life's work was to be their Homer, preserving their spirit for the ages. Zelazny tries to keep the tone tragic by revealing that the dancing girl doesn't love Gallinger, but was only having sex with him because the prophecy said to. Gallinger attempts suicide with sleeping pills as a result, but fails.\nIt would be easy to criticize \"Rose for Ecclesiastes\" for being some kind of male fantasy about sex with an exotic woman, and as a vehicle for Zelazny to brag about how familiar he is with major poets. But the heartbreak of cross-cultural romance is a classic theme, and if Zelazny helped introduce SF readers to W. H. Auden, Ezra Pound and Rainer Maria Rilke it is no doubt to the good. Most importantly, \"Rose for Ecclesiastes\" is well-written and well-paced, and so I quite enjoyed it, even though I would have preferred a more tragic and less heroic ending.\nI've focused on the exotic love affair, poetical, and adventure aspects of the story, but \"Rose for Ecclesiastes\" is also about attitudes towards religion, about being able to embrace the literary value of holy books while remaining skeptical of their mythical and philosophical aspects. One of the strong points of the story is that Zelazny packs lots of stuff into it, and yet it doesn't feel dense, it flows smoothly.\nOn a down note, in this edition (The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth, ibooks, 2001), \"Rose for Ecclesiastes\" has quite a few irritating typos. I don't recall the first three stories in this edition suffering in this way.\n\"The Monster and the Maiden\" (1964)\nThis is a gimmicky two-page joke switcheroo story: it depicts a world in which dragons tie up a virgin female dragon and sacrifice her to a knight in shining armor.\nI don't like this kind of thing.\n\"Collector's Fever\" (1964)\nLike \"The Monster and the Maiden\" this is a brief joke story which first appeared in Galaxy. This one is better, as there is some novelty to it, and actual characters. A man tries to capture an intelligent rock, he and the rock trade one-liners, and then the human blunders and is killed.\nThis one I would judge acceptable.\n\"Rose for Ecclesiastes\" is a superior piece of work, and I won't hold the two 1964 gag stories against Zelazny.\nI'm just one third of the way through my 2001 edition of The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth, and expect that there is more good reading ahead.\nLabels: negative reviews, positive reviews, zelazny\nIt has been decades since I read this collection, but if memory serves me correctly, you have some very rewarding reading ahead.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 689, "original_length": 12067, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 270.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://muellerfuneralhomeinc.com/obit-old.cfm?myrange=8-2013", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:06Z", "digest": "sha1:L3TTRMNLYFF4G7YU6RYVNAQDXHCHZIHD", "length": 593, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "muellerfuneralhomeinc.com", "title": "Mueller Funeral Home", "raw_content": "John P. Calhoun - December 13, 1938 - August 31, 2013\nArdene Starr - February 13, 1925 - August 29, 2013\nCharles L. Mente - July 3, 1925 - August 21, 2013\nMayme Mildred (Knapp) Kent - August 17, 1919 - August 17, 2013\nRobert F. Waters - July 20, 1917 - August 12, 2013\nDavid Edward Falk - January 13, 1956 - August 11, 2013\nNancy Marie (Close) Amundson - May 12, 1947 - August 10, 2013\nJill M. Karn - November 22, 1956 - August 7, 2013\nTruitt Lee Beal II - April 22, 1986 - August 7, 2013\nMarlin \"Babe\" A. Tonn - February 6, 1925 - August 6, 2013\nPaul W. Babka - April 7, 1957 - August 4, 2013", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 23, "original_length": 983, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 86.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mulyan.com.au/canning-future-under-threat-farmers-say/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:50Z", "digest": "sha1:DT7YXC2QHVSNSNH4TI3HJCQ3F5CBTT54", "length": 3462, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "mulyan.com.au", "title": "Canning Future Under Threat, Farmers Say - Mulyan Farm Cowra", "raw_content": "Jock\t2017-11-01T22:19:20+00:00\tFebruary 2nd, 2014|\nSource: SMH \u2013 Lucy Carroll\nAustralian farmers predict the production of locally grown vegetables for canning will come to an end within two years, as cheap imports and demand for fresh food \u201ddecimate\u201d the market. As the federal government rejected a multimillion-dollar assistance package for food processor SPC Ardmona, Cowra farmer Ed Fagan said this year would be the first in more than five generations his farm would not harvest beetroot for canning.\n\u201dWe\u2019ve run out of people to grow for,\u201d said Mr Fagan, one of the country\u2019s last beetroot growers. \u201dYou walk into the supermarket and realise the canned food is not what it used to be. The industry is a shadow of what it was 15 years ago.\u201d\nHe said high labour costs, the decision by major supermarkets to sell more imported goods and an overwhelming demand for fresh, organic vegetables had forced him to find new methods of processing commercial crops. His answer is to vacuum seal beetroot in Cryovac bags, applying a similar technology used to pack meat.\n\u201dThe beetroot is cooked and packed but uses no preservatives,\u201d he said. \u201dIt\u2019s the bridge between canned and fresh food.\u201d A spokesman for AusVeg, the industry body representing 9000 growers, said more farmers would be forced to find alternative methods of production as the \u201dcrisis\u201d facing the processing industry escalated.\nFigures supplied by AusVeg show imports of canned tomatoes have almost tripled in the past two decades, from 23 million kilograms in 1996 to almost 62 million kilograms last year. The value of imported canned peas has risen from about $500,000 in 1996 to more than $3 million last year.\nThe government\u2019s rejection of SPC Ardmona\u2019s bid for $25 million to help keep its Victorian canneries operating could cost up to 3000 jobs. MP Sharman Stone, whose electorate includes the SPC factory, said the rejection could wipe out Australian processing of fruit, tomatoes and baked beans. \u201dThe factory has already done major restructuring,\u201d Dr Stone said. \u201dIt\u2019s brought its workforce down by 30 per cent and they have shut two of their factories.\n\u201dThis isn\u2019t a wage issue, it\u2019s a problem of the cheap imported fruit which is flooding our supermarket shelves. Nothing has been done in the way of tariffs or duties to level up that dumping situation.\u201d Last year, Simplot, which produces Edgell canned corn and beetroot, threatened to close processing plants in Bathurst and Devonport because of \u201dcompetitive pressures\u201d. The plants will remain open, but only for a guaranteed three years.\n\u201dIf the next review isn\u2019t favourable, it will be the end of food processing in Australia,\u201d said Bathurst farmer Jeff McSpedden. \u201dIt will put Australian consumers at risk because everything will be imported. \u201dSupermarkets claim they want to stock Australian-grown vegetables but it won\u2019t make a difference unless they push the price of imported products up \u2026 People don\u2019t know what they\u2019re buying. They want to support Australians but when it comes to money they want to save.\u201d\nColes and Woolworths source their private-label canned fruit locally \u2013 from SPC \u2013 but many canned mushrooms come from China, tomatoes from Italy, beetroot from New Zealand and asparagus from Peru. Mr McSpedden, who grows about 2000 tonnes of sweet corn for Simplot each year, has been forced to cut staff. \u201dEight years ago we were growing 500 tonnes of red, green cabbage and sauerkraut for canning. Now that\u2019s all gone.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 40, "original_length": 4523, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 307.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://murphywerx.com/about-us/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:46Z", "digest": "sha1:FWB55D56QU5G5DNWNZADSEHX5W6N5T7O", "length": 4295, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "murphywerx.com", "title": "About Us - MurphyWerx Productions", "raw_content": "Video Production & Photography Services\nAbout MurphyWerx Productions\nIn The Business of Visuals.\nMurphyWerx Productions was originally named Murphy Marketing Solutions, a company founded in August of 2011 by husband and wife team, Benjamin and Cherylyn Murphy. The company\u2019s intent was to provide a full range of marketing services to their clients. After a few years of being in business, Ben and Cherylyn reevaluated their business and choose to focus on the services that were best received by their customer base.\nIn February of 2016, Murphy Marketing Solutions morphed into MurphyWerx Productions. They choose to focus on photography and video, working alongside their customers to help develop their brands through MurphyWerx\u2019s services. Their business and corporate photography and video creation services are very well received by their clients and have helped to establish MurphyWerx as a notable company for those looking to create visual content for their business. They create visuals for real estate, yacht and many commercial companies as well as content for websites and catalogs for those companies. They make sure to provide all their clients superior service and quality content, all the while working hard to ensure that each client is informed and approves of their work every step of the way.\nIf you\u2019re looking to create visibly better visuals for your business to make you stand out, you\u2019ve come to the right place. Whether you\u2019re a real estate broker, marketing manager, production manager or business owner, MurphyWerx will surely meet all of your needs and create the quality content that you\u2019ve been searching for. Don\u2019t hesitate to get in touch today.\nBenjamin Murphy - Director | Director of Photography\nBenjamin Murphy, co-owner of MurphyWerx Productions, was introduced to photography at an early age. He didn\u2019t know it then, but it would become his passion and his life\u2019s work. He gravitated more towards computers during his high school years and found that he loved the technology side of creative programs. Ben got into web design, but quickly found the repetition of coding didn\u2019t give him the creative stimulus that he was expecting. But he loved the design and creative part of the job and combined that with his rediscovered passion for photography, which slowly evolved into a love of video. Ben has self-taught the skills he now uses to create high quality videos for his clients. He has been married to Cherylyn since 2010 and the pair run MurphyWerx together. He is passionate, charismatic and is quite often caught speaking in puns. He\u2019s also a lover of the outdoors and finds great enjoyment in flying drones.\nCherylyn Murphy - Business Operations | Photographer\nCherylyn\u2019s love for photography was largely a hobby before she co-founded MurphyWerx Productions with Benjamin Murphy, her husband of now eight years. She used to photograph race, drift and drag cars for shows and client profiles as a hobby. Her switch to real estate photography and video began when she worked as a Realtor\u2019s Assistant and then Sales Manager of a top producing real estate company. Her passion for photography came together with her real estate background when she founded MurphyWerx. She loves to tell a story through her work and believes that there is heart in anything, whether it be house or car or handcrafted product. She works to make this a reality through the photography and video services provided at MurphyWerx. Cherylyn is a strong, creative visionary who loves bringing people together to create something bigger than everyone involved.\nCaressa 'Rez' Hechanova - Production Coordinator & Social Media Marketing Manager\nAs our Production Coordinator, Rez is often behind the scenes ensuring that our crew has the proper information, and logistics to make our projects a success. She\u2019s been able to grow within her role, and also help MurphyWerx Productions make sure their online marketing is constant with the quality of product that they produce. Her passion for continuing to grow personally & professionally has made her an invaluable resource among the team, and allowed her the opportunity to make her role her own. When Rez isn\u2019t hard at work, she\u2019s out enjoying time with her family, frequenting her favorite local restaurants, or traveling around!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 50, "original_length": 5248, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 277.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://murphywerx.com/services/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:50:47Z", "digest": "sha1:V2PY3IYXIPC4HEE6G76LZC2R2HGEUKUU", "length": 1854, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "murphywerx.com", "title": "Services - MurphyWerx Productions", "raw_content": "Commercial photography refers to photos taken for commercial use, and often used to help market a product or service. No matter the size of your business, commercial photography can be very beneficial when promoting your company. The experienced commercial photographers at MurphyWerx Productions are hands-on and ready to help you grow your business.\nProfessional Video Creation Services\nVideos are proven to be fantastic ways to directly and effectively communicate with customers. Videos are fast becoming a reliable and powerful tool in marketing that can be used by both big and small businesses. Cost of video creation or production becomes more affordable not to mention the accessibility of videos online. This simply means that these greater marketing tools can now be easily accessed by business owners at reasonable prices. High percentage of video viewers usually shares contents to other viewers. This is a clear indication that videos are perfect ways to reach out for thousands of potential customers.\nDrone Photography & Video Services\nTaking photos and videos has evolved over the years. This has made it easier for professionals to capture incredible and dynamic views. MurphyWerx Productions utilizes these unmanned aerial systems (UAS) or drones as they are sometimes called, to create amazing aerial photo and video productions. These light weight remote control aircrafts give up the opportunity to capture images & video using on-board cameras systems. This technology has made it possible for companies to use this aerial photo and video in their marketing. It has also allowed for these companies to stand apart from their competition. Shots that would have required a helicopter in the past, can now be filmed by a single remote pilot operator. Have you thought of how you might use aerial footage in your next video production?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 2506, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 278.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://myblankpaper.com/blog/2015/5/12/grimm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:52Z", "digest": "sha1:2UOGIJYJQ5IFGOZEJBUBZNBJL4ARVHVG", "length": 1498, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "myblankpaper.com", "title": "GRIMM \u2014 Rebecca Green", "raw_content": "This week I finished my piece for the group exhibition, GRIMM: Visions of the Brother's Grimm Fairy Tales. The show opens June 5 at Helikon Gallery and will feature a ton of really talented illustrators. I am so excited and honored to be part of this show. If you're in Denver, you should definitely come and check this one out.\nI illustrated the story, Jorinda and Joringel which was one that was new to me. The story begins with a witch who lives in a castle in the forest and by day takes shape of a cat or an owl. When a girl comes in front of the castle, she turns them into a bird and cages them in her castle. She has 7000 (or 700 depending on which version) birds hanging in wicker cages. Later in the story, we are introduced to the couple, Jorinda and Joringel who are to be married. Jorinda gets kidnapped by the witch and Joringel has to find a red flower with a pearl to set her free.\nI chose to illustrate the beginning of the story, because the thought of thousands of bird cages in the castle was visually stunning. Placing the witch inside of the castle, I was able to show the interior and exterior. As you can see, the witch is not only a woman, but has cat ears and stands in front of a tower which resembles an owl.\nMy friend Toby and I went Castle hunting in Denver and I got lots of great photos of castles and architecture, which I was able to use in the final. I love finding magic and calling it research.\nYAY! If you come to the show, come say hello! I'll see you there\u2026.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 37, "original_length": 1826, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 244.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://myblankpaper.com/city-of-lumbourge", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:43Z", "digest": "sha1:ACHBC34HDAIZL3QCO3HQFDQ57GV5V6IY", "length": 419, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "myblankpaper.com", "title": "Rebecca Green - City of Lumbourge", "raw_content": "City of Lumbourge\n\u200bThe City of Lumbourge is a 96 line poem that follows an odd family, as they come head to head with their fellow townspeople. The family lives under a clockshop, where they eat the town's animals and pets. In the end, there's only one way to fix it - a haunting dinner party where the guests shouldn't ask what's on the menu.\n\u200bStory, set and characters by Rebecca Green. Photography by Ryan Pavlovich.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 31, "original_length": 676, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 248.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://myjewelpearl.blogspot.com/2014/06/earrings-vogue-miss-selfie-are-you.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:47Z", "digest": "sha1:2V57YF7IDHOYOSRN6RR45ZYVYQWB3SKY", "length": 1272, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "myjewelpearl.blogspot.com", "title": "Pearl Earrings and Jewelry Vogue: Earrings Vogue - Miss \"Selfie,\" are you?", "raw_content": "Recently, I do believe majority are talking about \"selfies\"....\nBy now, I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve heard of \"selfies.\" Yes, it is a simply pictures you take, a new type of self-portrait (uploaded & post) of yourself to a social media website. \u201cSelfie\u201d is now Merriam-Webster approved. A perfect word of the year that says all we need to know about our techno narcissism. It has transformed into a global phenomenon.\nWe take \"selfies\" with our friends when we are out having fun at the clubs, lounges, gatherings... we take \"selfies\" when we are wearing an eye-catchy pearl earrings, diamonds, designer jewelry, wearing a cute or stunning outfits that you want to share with your girl friends... capturing yourself in the moment, in the absence of someone else to take the picture for you...\nI heard a friend said: It's hard to miss you when you post a \"selfie\" everyday! Occasional \"selfies\" are acceptable, but posting a new picture of yourself every day isn\u2019t necessary, it is pure unadulterated vanity...don't you agree?\nAnyways, are you in the \"selfie\" culture yet? Boys & girls, take a \"selfie\". Grab your favorite mobile camera and get snapping...... sharing your precious moments with friends! :)\nA party look with a pearl necklace \"selfie\"\nGirl with a pearl earring \"selfie.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 2413, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 267.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mysweetnhealthylife.com/important-message-for-healthcare-workers.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:47Z", "digest": "sha1:SBOED5AKM6KVHUWODPFY6WJFM5KA5WEN", "length": 2248, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "mysweetnhealthylife.com", "title": "Important Message For Healthcare Workers | My Sweet Healthy Life", "raw_content": "February 8, 2019 SayidaAsidiq Healthcare Systems 0\nWith the number of joint replacement procedures growing at extraordinary rates, putting extreme pressure on already rising healthcare costs, the healthcare community must ensure that it is adequately equipped to meet the demand by preparing for the rising costs and making sure that there are enough orthopedic surgeons to handle new cases. He is taking into account every single lazy or malpractice error that you make while caring for patients. Healthcare is a business today and like any other business the major motto is profit. The Anti-Kickback statute is concerned about improper financial incentives that often lead to abuses, such as overutilization, increased program costs, corruption of medical-decision making, and unfair competition.\nThere will also be an end to clients being pestered by insurance information about treatment, which has yet to arrive from the doctor\u2019s office. Under the new healthcare reform bill, physicians will be rewarded for high quality, efficient care. Emergency ambulances cannot be seen in the country and instead volunteer organizations provide the rescue services.\nIt is fully supported that a patient\u2019s financial need is not a barrier to health care. The outcome of the Risk Analysis is critical to discovering and mitigating actual and potential vulnerabilities from your information systems and workflow practices. Social medicine, however, looks at these interactions in a systematic way and seeks to understand how health, disease and social conditions are interrelated.\nImagine adding a patient in one application and having that patient synchronized in all other systems without specific point-to-point interfaces and files being generated. Technology has proven to be extremely critical to home healthcare. Alerts, reminders, and recommendations are built into the system allowing automatic clinical decision making with information in the database.\nThe role of technology is not just limited to reducing response times but also towards improving overall patient-care experience. The epidemiologist at the health department is reviewing relevant data with the group so that any decisions about the goals of the strategic plan will be data driven.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 144, "original_length": 4715, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 282.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://nationalgallery.bg/exhibitions/70-years-national-gallery-european-dialogues/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:17Z", "digest": "sha1:S2NPAZ2COLY7EBLNERSW35AAQJRXRF56", "length": 4599, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "nationalgallery.bg", "title": "70 Years National Gallery. European Dialogues \u2013 National Gallery", "raw_content": "The exhibition marks the 70th anniversary of the foundation of the National Gallery. During that period, it established itself as a leading cultural institute through carrying out a rich and diverse range of activities, and as a centre for the collection, research and presentation of fine arts. The gallery underwent various internal transformations: the separation of its branches into independent establishments, such as the National Gallery for Foreign Art and the Museum of Applied and Decorative Arts, and their subsequent reunification within the general structure of the National Gallery. Despite these changes, however, the desire to expand contacts with European cultural institutions remains constant and is realised through various forms and at different scales, from an overall and independent presentation of collections owned by the gallery to the inclusion of works from its collections in joint national and international exhibitions outside the country. The exhibition illustrates the \u2018geography\u2019 and the intensity of the gallery\u2019s participation in the broad spectrum of European cultural relations over the past 70 years. From over 200 presentations outside the country of collections and works owned by the gallery, we selected 76 artefacts from 40 exhibitions that exemplify our contacts with different European cultural institutions.\nThe first exhibitions abroad were organised in the 1950s in the countries of Eastern Europe. In them, artworks by National Revival masters were shown for the first time, along with examples that were \u2018realistic\u2019 in form, and created mainly in the 1940s and 1950s. Thus, the presentation of Bulgarian art as a constant and ascending line of \u2018realism\u2019\u2014from the National Revival portrait, through the genre composition, to the examples of the then-contemporary art\u2014was established.\nChanges took place around 1960. The National Gallery became the initiator and organiser of major representative exhibitions such as \u20182,500 Years of Art on the Bulgarian Lands\u2019 and \u2018The Treasures of Bulgarian Museums\u2019 in France and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG). They acquainted the European public with a virtually unknown culture, which stretches back into prehistory and antiquity, marking its apogee in the Middle Ages, and attaining the diversity of the creative leanings of modern times.\nThe tendency to present Bulgarian art in all its varieties was particularly strong in the 1970s and 1980s. The exhibition of Vladimir Dimitrov\u2013The Master in 1973 was the first presentation of a Bulgarian artist at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris. During those two decades, the National Gallery displayed its collections in the galleries in Prague and Belgrade, Athens, Ankara, Vienna, Bonn, Bratislava, Warsaw, and Lisbon\u2026 Although different in character, they revealed the wealth of Bulgarian art: the National Revival print and the advanced professionalism of our contemporary graphic artists, the mastery of the Bulgarian artists of the 1930s and 1940s, and the establishment by the younger generation of a new modern plastic language and aesthetic.\nA particular focus of the gallery\u2019s international activity during those decades was the exhibition \u20181,000 Years of the Bulgarian Icon\u2019, included in the programme of all the national museums on the continent, from Moscow to Edinburgh. The Bulgarian presence in Europe\u2019s cultural calendar was also marked by large-scale exhibitions of decorative art, highlighting the connection between tradition and contemporaneity.\nThe first appearance, in 1972, of Franz von Stuck\u2019s painting, \u2018Lucifer\u2019, in an international exhibition in Berlin, should certainly be mentioned. Increased interest in the issues of Symbolism and the creativity of the artist has predetermined its inclusion in numerous exhibitions in different European countries, even today.\nThe intensity of the international activity of the National Gallery may have diminished since 1990, but continues to inspire the European public with the high quality of the exhibited works\u2014icons, paintings, graphics, posters, installations, video art, digital collage\nEach decade has its own preferences regarding the selection of the works to be displayed abroad. For \u2018European Dialogues\u2019, we have chosen exhibitions and works that not only mark our presence on the European art scene, but also reveal the changes in attitude towards the past and present (for that stage) artistic processes in our country. They afford another opportunity for a new, contemporaneous understanding of the artistic connections of Bulgarian art and European practice.\nBistra Rangelova", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 5727, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 185.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://naturalhomes.org/blackhouse.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:23Z", "digest": "sha1:R2VBKDPYKDAKDHILTWORUKO3OW74KWOI", "length": 2047, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "naturalhomes.org", "title": "How to build a Blackhouse", "raw_content": "How to build a Scottish Blackhouse.\nVernacular architecture evolves reflecting the characteristics of the local environment, climate, culture, natural materials, technology and the experience of centuries of community building.\nThis is the blackhouse at Arnol, Lewis, Scotland. It's one of the few blackhouses that survive in the settlement which saw the demise of blackhouses, which were then called taighean (\ufffdhouses\ufffd), when people were moved to stone and lime mortar homes that were referred to as whitehouses. This blackhouse was built in 1880 and was occupied until 1966.\nThe blackhouse is built on clay where the base stones of the wall stand on pebbles to prevent movement [1]. The thick insulated walls of the home are built from two layers of dry stone with an infill of peat [2] topped off with a layer of clay to prevent water getting in to the wall and then capped with turf which absorbs any excess water [3].\nThe timbers of the home were generally made from driftwood and in some cases whale bone [4]. Over the timber roof a layer of turf was placed but leaving an unturfed region on the ridge of the roof to allow smoke from the central fire [5] to escape through the oat straw thatch [6].\nThe Isle of Lewis is a very windy place so the thatch needs to be secured by a rope netting and weighed down with stones [7].\nIn the pictures above (left and right) you can see how the oat straw thatch is fixed to the stonework and kept in place by ropes and stone. The oat straw was replaced regularly and the old thatch was used for fertiliser. Above (middle) is the central open fire with a bed alcove (Pattern No. 188) in the background.\nThe home (right) is a modern blackhouse built in Canada. The house was built using 126 tons of stone on a farm near Grand Valley, ON.\nThe structure isn't traditionally built with two walls filled with peat, and untypically it has windows in the wall rather than the roof, which is green rather than the warmer thatch.\nNotice steps are built into the wall leading up to the chimney and the green roof.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 11, "original_length": 2084, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 294.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2017/april-2017-navy-naval-forces-defense-industry-technology-maritime-security-global-news/5160-hii-christens-virginia-class-block-iii-submarine-indiana-at-newport-news-shipbuilding.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:15Z", "digest": "sha1:JS4TRPUOPD25H5BKGEV7C54HZ5ZGKD5A", "length": 2235, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "navyrecognition.com", "title": "HII Christens Virginia-Class Block III Submarine Indiana at Newport News Shipbuilding", "raw_content": "HII Christens Virginia-Class Block III Submarine Indiana at Newport News Shipbuilding\nHuntington Ingalls Industries\u2019 (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division today celebrated the christening of Indiana (SSN 789), the 16th Virginia-class submarine. With a single swing, ship\u2019s sponsor Diane Donald performed the traditional honor of breaking a bottle of American sparkling wine across the submarine's hull. Donald is the wife of Adm. Kirkland Donald (U.S. Navy, Ret.), former director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion.\nCrest of USS Indiana. Image: US Navy\n\u201cIt\u2019s the honor of a lifetime to be here today,\u201d said Donald. \u201cWhile the size of the submarine alone is stunning, the complexity inside sets it apart from any other machine ever built. These ships are second to none, made in America by truly remarkable Americans.\u201d\nVice President Mike Pence, former governor of Indiana, served as the ceremony\u2019s keynote speaker. Today is the 100th day since he and President Donald Trump assumed office.\n\u201cHe sent me here today on this historic occasion as a sign of his deep commitment to the Armed Forces of the United States of America, and to his commitment to make the strongest fighting force in the world even stronger still,\u201d Pence said of Trump. Speaking to the shipbuilders, he acknowledged their dedication and skill. \u201cYou have the gratitude of the commander in chief for your unwavering commitment to your country, your patriotism, your craftsmanship, and rest assured, President Trump will honor your commitment with historic investments in our national defense.\u201d\nIndiana is the 16th submarine of the Virginia class and the sixth of the eight ship Block III construction contract. Virginia-class submarines, a class of nuclear-powered fast attack submarines, are designed for a broad spectrum of open-ocean and littoral missions to replace the Navy\u2019s Los Angeles-class submarines as they are retired. Virginia-class submarines incorporate dozens of new technologies and innovations that increase firepower, maneuverability and stealth, and significantly enhance their warfighting capabilities. These submarines are capable of supporting multiple mission packages and can operate at submerged speeds of more than 25 knots for months at a time.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 520, "original_length": 8367, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 208.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ne.ucsd.edu/news-events?page=0%2C7", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:22Z", "digest": "sha1:M5OJ5GDPJML3ILJDMZP5EB5TACBYZXYB", "length": 2706, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "ne.ucsd.edu", "title": "News & Events | NanoEngineering", "raw_content": "Congratulations to Professor Lipomi for receiving the Hellman Fellowship\nThe Hellman Fellowship is awarded to early-career faculty members as they progress toward tenure. Congratulations Darren! read more\nGel filled with nanosponges cleans up MRSA infections published in Advanced Materials by Prof. Liangfang Zhang\nNanoengineers at the University of California, San Diego developed a gel filled with toxin-absorbing nanosponges that could lead to an effective treatment for skin and wound infections caused by MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), an antibiotic-resistant bacteria.\nUnlocking Battery Mysteries at UC San Diego, an insiders look from Prof. Shirley Meng\nSan Diego, CA, March 31, 2015 -- Unless you are directly involved in the hard work of improving battery performance while reducing costs, here is a detail you probably don\u2019t know: in many ways, batteries are still a black box.\nProf. Andrea Tao selected as 2015 Sloan Fellow\nCongratulations Dr. Tao! 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It is also the largest city of the traditional region of Lower Styria and the seat of the City Municipality of Maribor.\nMaribor was attested in historical sources as Marpurch circa 1145 (and later as Marchburch, Marburc, and Marchpurch), and is a compound of Middle High German march 'march (borderland)' + burc 'fortress'. In modern times, the town's German name was Marburg an der Drau (literally, 'Marburg on the Drava River'). The Slovene name Maribor is an artificial Slovenized creation, coined by Stanko Vraz in 1836. Vraz created the name in the spirit of Illyrianism by analogy with the name Brandenburg (cf. Lower Sorbian Bramborska). Locally, the town is known in Slovene as Marprk or Marprog. In addition to its Slovene and German names, the city is also known as Marburgum in Latin and Marburgo in Italian.\nMediaeval and early modern history\nIn 1164, a castle known as Castrum Marchburch (\"March Castle\") was documented in the March of Drava. The castle was originally built on Piramida Hill, which is located just above the city. Maribor was first mentioned as a market near the castle in 1204, and received town privileges in 1254. It began to grow rapidly after the victory of Rudolf I of the Habsburg dynasty over King Otakar II of Bohemia in 1278. Maribor withstood sieges by Matthias Corvinus in 1480/1481 and by the Ottoman Empire in 1532 and 1683.\nIn 1900 the city had a population that was 82.3% Austrian Germans and 17.3% Slovenes (based on the language spoken at home); most of the city's capital and public life was in Austrian German hands. Thus, it was mainly known by its Austrian name Marburg an der Drau. According to the last Austro-Hungarian census in 1910, the city of Maribor and the suburbs Studenci (Brunndorf), Pobre\u00c5\u00beje (Pobersch), Tezno (Thesen), Radvanje (Rothwein), Kr\u00c4\u008devina (Kartschowin), and Ko\u00c5\u00a1aki (Leitersberg) was inhabited by 31,995 Austrian Germans (including German-speaking Jews) and only 6,151 ethnic Slovenes. The surrounding area however was populated almost entirely by Slovenes, although many Austrian Germans lived in smaller towns like Ptuj.\nDuring World War I many Slovenes in the Carinthia and Styria were detained on suspicion of being enemies of the Austrian Empire. This led to distrust between Austrian Germans and Slovenes. After the collapse of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire in 1918, Maribor was claimed by both the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs and German Austria. On 1 November 1918, a meeting was held by Colonel Anton Holik in the Melje barracks, where it was decided that the German-speaking city should be part of German Austria. Ethnic Slovene Major Rudolf Maister, who was present at the meeting, denounced the decision and organised Slovenian military units that were able to seize control of the city. All Austrian officers and soldiers were disarmed and demobilised to the new German Austria state. The city council then held a secret meeting, where it was decided to do whatever possible to regain Maribor for German Austria. They organised a military unit called the Green Guard (Schutzwehr), and approximately 40\n0 well-armed soldiers of this unit opposed the pro-Slovenian and pro-Yugoslav Major Maister. Slovenian troops surprised and disarmed the Green Guard early in the morning of 23 November. Thereafter, there was no threat to the authority of Rudolf Maister in the city.\nOn 27 January 1919 Austrian Germans gathered to await the United States peace delegation at the city's marketplace were fired upon by Slovenian troops, who apparently feared the thousands of ethnic German citizens. Nine citizens were killed and some eighteen were seriously wounded; who had actually ordered the shooting has never been unequivocally established. German sources accused Maister's troops of shooting without cause. In turn Slovene witnesses such as Maks Pohar claimed that the Austrian Germans attacked the Slovenian soldiers guarding the Maribor city hall. Regardless of who was responsible, the Austrian German victims all had been without any arms. The German-language media called the incident Marburg's Bloody Sunday.\nAs Maribor was now firmly in the hands of the Slovenian forces and surrounded completely by Slovenian territory; the city had been recognised as part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes without a plebiscite in the Treaty of Saint-Germain of 10 September 1919 between the victors and German Austria.\nAfter 1918 most of Maribor's Austrian Germans left the Kingdom of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs for Austria. These included the German-speaking officials who had not been from the region. Austrian German schools, clubs, and organizations were ordered closed by the new state of Yugoslavia, even though ethnic Germans still made up more than 25% of the city's total population as late as the 1930s. A policy of cultural assimilation was pursued in Yugoslavia against the Austrian German minority similar to the Germanization policy followed by Austria against its Slovene minority in Carinthia. However, in the late 1930s the policy was abandoned and the Austrian German minority's position improved significantly in an attempt to gain better diplomatic relations with Nazi Germany.\nWorld War II and aftermath\nIn 1941 Lower Styria, the predominantly Yugoslav part of Styria, was annexed by Nazi Germany. German troops marched into the town at 9 pm on 8 April 1941.\nOn 26 April Adolf Hitler, who encouraged his followers to \"make this land German again\", visited Maribor and a grand reception was organised in the city castle by the local Germans. Immediately after the occupation, Nazi Germany began mass expulsions of Slovenes to the Independent State of Croatia, Serbia, and later to the concentration and work camps in Germany. The Nazi goal was to re-Germanize the population of Lower Styria after the war. Many Slovene patriots were taken hostage and some are believed to have been shot later in the prisons of Maribor and Graz. This led to organised partisans resistance.. Maribor was the site of a German prisoner-of-war camp from 1941 to 1945 for many British, Australian, and New Zealand troops who had been captured in Crete in 1941.\nThe city, a major industrial centre with an extensive armament industry, was systematically bombed by the Allies in the closing years of World War II. A total of 29 bombing raids devastated some 47% of the city area, killing 483 civilians and leaving over 4,200 people homeless. Over 2,600 people died in Maribor during the war.\nBy the end of the war, Maribor was the most war-damaged major town of Yugoslavia. The remaining German-speaking population, except those who had actively supported the resistance during the war, was summarily expelled at the end of the war in May 1945. At the same time Croatian Home Guard members and their relatives who tried to escape from Yugoslavia were executed by the Yugoslav Army. The existence of nine mass graves in and near Maribor was revealed after Slovenia's independence.\nAfter the Second World War, Maribor made good use of its proximity to Austria and its workforce, and developed into a major transit- and cultural centre of northern Slovenia, which had been enabled by Tito's decision not to build an Iron Curtain at the borders with Austria and Italy and to provide passports to all Yugoslav citizens.\nWhen Slovenia seceded from Yugoslavia in 1991, the loss of the Yugoslav market severely strained the city's economy, which was based on heavy industry. The city saw a record unemployment rate of nearly 25%. After Slovenia entered the European Union in 2004, introduced the Euro currency in 2007, and joined the Schengen treaty, all of the border controls between Slovenia and Austria ceased on 25 December 2007. The economic situation of Maribor after the mid-1990s crisis worsened again with the onset of global economic crisis combined with the European sovereign-debt crisis.\nIn 2012, Maribor saw the beginning of 2012\u00e2\u0080\"13 Maribor protests which spread into 2012\u00e2\u0080\"2013 Slovenian protests. During the year 2012 Maribor was one of two European Capitals of Culture. The following year Maribor was the European Youth Capital.\nOn the Drava River lies Maribor Island (Mariborski otok). The oldest public bath, still important and much visited place in Maribor, is located there.\nThere are two hills in Maribor: Calvary Hill and Pyramid Hill, both surrounded by vineyards. The latter dominates the northern border of the city. Ruins of the first Maribor castle from the 11th century and a chapel from the 19th century also stand there. The hill offers an easily accessible scenic overlook of Maribor and the countryside to the south over the Drava River.\nMaribor has a humid continental climate (K\u00c3\u00b6ppen climate classification: Dfb), bordering on oceanic climate (K\u00c3\u00b6ppen: Cfb). Average temperatures hover around zero degrees Celsius during the winter. Summers are generally warm. Average temperatures during the city's warmest month (July) exceed 20 degrees Celsius, which is one of the main reasons for the Maribor wine tradition. The city sees on average roughly 900 mm (35.4 in) of precipitation annually and it's one of the sunniest Slovene cities, with an average of 266 sunny days throughout the course of the year. The most recent temperature heatwave record for August is 40.6 \u00c2\u00b0C, measured at the Maribor\u00e2\u0080\"Tabor weather station by the Slovenian Environment Agency (ARSO) on 8 August 2013.\nMany historical structures stand in Maribor. Of the remains of city walls surrounding the old downtown, the most prominent are the Judgement Tower, the Water Tower, and the Jewish Tower. Maribor Cathedral was built in the Gothic style in the 13th century. Maribor Synagogue was built in the 14th century, and is the second oldest synagogue of Europe. Today it serves as a centre for cultural activities. Other prominent Medieval buildings are Maribor Castle, Betnava Castle, and the ruins of Upper Maribor Castle on Pyramid Hill. Town Hall was constructed in the Renaissance style, and the Plague Column in the Baroque style.\nAt the start of the 21st century, plans were made for a new modern business, residential and entertainment district, called the Drava Gate (Dravska vrata) and nicknamed the Maribor Manhattan. The project includes many new exclusive residential apartments, offices and conference halls, a green and recreational space, and other structures. It also includes a 111 m (364 ft) tall skyscraper that would be the tallest building in Slovenia. Due to lack of finances, the project has been postponed.\nIn 2008, the Studenci Footbridge (Studen\u00c5\u00a1ka brv) was renovated according to the design of the Ponting company. The same year, at the 3rd International Footbridge Conference in Porto, this design was awarded the prestigious Footbridge Award.\nIn 2010, Maribor organised an international architectural competition ECC Maribor 2012 \u00e2\u0080\" Drava 2012 to gather proposals for the design and reconstruction of the Drava banks, the construction of a new art gallery, and for a new footbridge. Its jury received about 400 proposals for the three different projects. The footbridge and the river embankments will be built in the near future, but the art gallery was replaced with a cultural center MAKS, which is currently under construction.\nThe construction of a new modern Faculty of Medicine started in 2011 near the Drava River. It was designed by architect Boris Podrecca and is expected to be completed in 2013.\nThere are plans to renovate the Maribor Public Library and Town Hall Square (Rotov\u00c5\u00a1ki trg). In addition, the renovation of Maribor Island (Mariborski otok) in the Drava River has been planned.\nParks and other green spaces\nThe main park of the city is Maribor City Park, with the City Aquarium and Terrarium, and a wide promenade leading to the Three Ponds (Trije ribniki), containing over 100 local and foreign species of deciduous and coniferous trees.\nDemographics and religion\nMaribor, previously in the Catholic Diocese of Graz-Seckau, became part of the Diocese of Lavant on 1 June 1859, and the seat of its Prince-Bishop. The name of the diocese (after a river in Carinthia) was later changed to the Diocese of Maribor on 5 March 1962. It was elevated to an archdiocese by Pope Benedict XVI on 7 April 2006.\nJewish people living in Maribor were first mentioned in 1277. It is suggested that at that time there was already a Jewish quarter in the city. The Jewish ghetto was located in the southeastern part of the city and it comprised, at its peak, several main streets in the city centre including part of the main city square. The ghetto had a synagogue, a Jewish cemetery and also a Talmud school. The Jewish community of Maribor was numerically at its apex around 1410. After 1450 the circumstances changed dramatically: increasing competition that coincided with an economic crisis dealt a severe blow to the economic activities that were crucial to their economic success. According to a decree issued by Emperor Maximilian I in 1496, Jews were forced to leave the city of Maribor. Restrictions on settlement and business for Jews remained in power until 1861. From late spring 1941, after Lower Styria was annexed by the Third Reich, the Jews of Maribor were deported to concentration camps.\nThe city hosts the University of Maribor, established in 1975, and many other schools.\nEvery June, the two-week Lent Festival (named after the waterfront district called Lent) is held, with hundreds of musical, theatrical and other events. Every year the festival attracts theatre, opera, ballet performers, classical, modern, and jazz musicians and dancers from all over the world, and of course many visitors. There is also mime, magic shows are being held and acrobats perform during the festival.\nMaribor is known for wine and culinary specialities of international and Slovene cuisine (mushroom soup with buckwheat mush, tripe, sour soup, sausages with Sauerkraut, cheese dumplings, apple strudel, special cheese cake called gibanica). There are also many popular restaurants with Serbian cuisine. The Vinag Wine Cellar (Vinagova vinska klet), with the area of 20.000 m2 (215.28 sq ft) and the length of 2 kilometres (1 mi), keeps 5,5 millions litres of wine. The house of the oldest grapevine in the world (Hi\u00c5\u00a1a stare trte) at Lent grows the world's oldest grapevine, which was in 2004 recorded in Guinness World Records. The grapevine of \u00c5\u00bdametovka is about 440 years old.\nThe most listened radio stations transmitting from Maribor are the commercial radio stations Radio City and Radio Net FM. They are followed by the national non-commercial Radio Maribor.\nThe alternative scene of Maribor is situated in the Pekarna (Bakery; former squat) area next to Magdalena Park.\nMaribor is the hometown of the association football club NK Maribor, playing in the Slovenian PrvaLiga league. The club participated in the UEFA Champions League in the 1999\u00e2\u0080\"2000 and 2014\u00e2\u0080\"15 seasons, and in the UEFA Europa League in the 2011\u00e2\u0080\"12, 2012\u00e2\u0080\"13 and 2013\u00e2\u0080\"14 seasons. NK Maribor plays its home matches at the Ljudski Vrt Stadium in Maribor.\nMaribor's handball club is RK Maribor Branik. Maribor Branik competes in the Slovenian First League of Handball and play their matches at Tabor Hall.\nEvery January the Maribor Pohorje Ski Resort, situated on the outskirts of the city on the slopes of the Pohorje mountain range, hosts the women's slalom and giant slalom races for the Alpine Skiing World Cup known as Zlata lisica (The Golden Fox).\nIn November 2012, Maribor hosted the World Youth Chess Championship, with Garry Kasparov as the guest-of-honour. It was presumed that Maribor would also host the XXVI 2013 Winter Universiade, but the Government of Slovenia refused any financial support for this project due to major financial problems. 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Chennai Patrika - Tamil Cinema News | Kollywood News | Latest Tamil Movie News | Tamil Film News | Breaking News | India News | Sports News", "raw_content": "Sikh-American girl mistook as a Middle-Easterner, harassed in U\nSikh American girl mistook as Middle Easterner harassed in US\nWASHINGTON: A Sikh-American girl was harassed on a subway train here by a man who mistook her as a Middle-Easterner and told her to \"go back to Lebanon\" and \"you don't belong in this country\", a media report said.\nRajpreet Heir recalled her ordeal in a video for a New York Times section, This Week in Hate, that tracks hate crimes and harassment around the country since the election of Donald Trump.\nHeir, a Sikh girl born in Indiana, was taking a subway train to a friend's birthday party in Manhattan earlier this month when a white man began shouting at her, reported the Times on Friday.\nThe girl says in the video that she was looking at her phone when the man standing next to her yelled saying, \"Do you even know what a Marine looks like? Do you know what they have to see? What they do for this country? Because of people like you.\"\nThe man told Heir that he hoped she was sent \"back to Lebanon\" and said, \"You don't belong in this country\".\nTwo fellow passengers stepped in to help Heir after the incident on the train.\nOne woman tapped her on the shoulder and asked if she was all right. \"That meant something,\" Heir said, \"because when you're a minority, you're so used to just experiencing things on your own.\"\nAnother woman reported the incident to a police officer at a subway station, said the report.\nAs New York City works to respond to a rise in reports of discrimination and harassment, subways have emerged as a source of special concern, the Times reported.\nHarassment has long been a problem on subways, in part because many strangers are packed together in narrow cars, sometimes for long periods, it said.\n\"Even in a park, you're not going to be quite that close together,\" said Emily May, the executive director of the anti-harassment group Hollaback.\nBut since the election, the group has received nearly double the usual number of reports of harassment on the subway, and more than usual involve racist, Islamophobic or anti-immigrant comments, said the report.\nJayalalithaa sacks Natham Viswanathan from two party posts, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister...\nGovernment wants foolproof coastal security system: Rajnath\nThe National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government wants to ensure a foolproof coastal...\nBhushan tears into Kejriwal over Jan Lokpal\nFormer Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) member and activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan on Saturday...\nTamil Nadu govt fixes sugarcane price\nTamil Nadu govt fixes sugarcane price, Tamil Nadu chief minister O Panneerselvam...\n\u0b8e\u0bb8\u0bcd \u0bb5\u0bbf \u0b9a\u0bc7\u0b95\u0bb0\u0bc8 \u0b95\u0bc8\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b9a\u0bc6\u0baf\u0bcd\u0baf \u0ba4\u0b9f\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd\u0bb2\u0bc8\n\u0baa\u0bc6\u0ba3\u0bcd \u0baa\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0b95\u0bc8\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb3\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bb3\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bb1\u0bbf\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9c\u0b95\u0bb5\u0bbf\u0ba9\u0bcd \u0b8e\u0bb8\u0bcd.\u0bb5\u0bbf.\u0b9a\u0bc7\u0b95\u0bb0\u0bcd \u0b83\u0baa\u0bc7\u0bb8\u0bcd\u0baa\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bcd \u0baa\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b87\u0bb4\u0bbf\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0ba9...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 154, "original_length": 6672, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 302.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://news.majorleaguelacrosse.com/laxdraft-laxstat-of-the-week-9", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:31:34Z", "digest": "sha1:FHJI2GKF3C6HBSBJBYRC4ZQEPGXRHV3R", "length": 1324, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "news.majorleaguelacrosse.com", "title": "LaxDraft LaxStat of the Week: 9", "raw_content": "Chesapeake Bayhawks midfielder Myles Jones\u2019s third straight three-point performance is the LaxDraft LaxStat for Week 9. After a slow start against the Charlotte Hounds this past Friday, Jones contributed to the Bayhawks' momentum and comeback with his second goal finding the back of the net with 14.4 seconds left leading into the second half. Although the Bayhawks ultimately fell to the Hounds 15-14, Jones ended the game tallying three goals.\nJones has been the leading scorer for Chesapeake with 27 points (17 goals, 2 two-point goals, 8 assists) this season and is currently tied with Rochester\u2019s Jordan Wolf as the fifth leading scorer in the league. In his second game of the season, Jones became the first player in MLL to score double-digit points in a single game this season when he tallied a career-high ten points (5 goals, 1 two-point goal and 4 assists) and earned the Warrior Offensive Player of the Week for Week 3. Jones has continued to prove his offensive strength by earning at least two points in every game this season.\nThe Duke product was selected as the first-overall draft pick but the Atlanta Blaze in the 2016 MLL Collegiate Draft. After completing two games and earning three points in his professional debut against Boston, Jones was traded to the Bayhawks where he has continued his success.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 52, "original_length": 2304, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 200.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://news.uis.edu/2013/03/uis-named-to-presidents-higher.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:53Z", "digest": "sha1:PBS45Y66M66BY2PUDWJXBVYLYN6FZL2D", "length": 3699, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "news.uis.edu", "title": "UIS News: UIS named to President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for fifth year in a row", "raw_content": "UIS named to President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for fifth year in a row\nThe University of Illinois Springfield has been named to the President\u2019s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for a fifth consecutive year. The award is one of the highest federal recognitions a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement.\n\u201cWe\u2019re very proud that UIS has been named to the Honor Roll for the fifth time in a row,\u201d said UIS Chancellor Susan J. Koch. \u201cThis accomplishment is another great example of \u2018Leadership lived\u2019 on this campus. Our students take advantage of the abundance of opportunities presented to them and are making a difference.\u201d\nDuring 2011-12 academic year, UIS students spent 65,181 hours engaged in community service. A total of 830 students engaged in some type of community service, with 476 students volunteering at least 20 hours.\n\u201c65,000 hours of service is an impressive number, but the impact and leadership that number represents is even more extraordinary,\u201d said Mark Dochterman, director of the UIS Volunteer and Civic Engagement Center.\nUIS students spent over 3,000 hours volunteering with the Springfield Public School District\u2019s AVID Program during the academic year 2011-12. The program is dedicated to helping students achieve their goals of going to college. The AVID class, held within the regular school day, provides support, academic monitoring and tutoring to nearly 700 middle and high school students in Springfield.\nOver 150 UIS students participated in the annual Holiday Stars Project, a month-long food drive benefiting the Central Illinois Foodbank. Through the project, the UIS community provided 5,600 meals to central Illinois community members. Additionally, over 200 students, staff, and faculty members planted 3,000 trees at two Springfield parks on Arbor Day 2012 as part of the annual Springfest service project.\n\u201cHouses were built, students were tutored, families were fed, trees were planted, tornado victims were aided, and the list goes on,\u201d said Dochterman. \u201cThis list and the recognition UIS has received today are a testament to the importance of the roles our students, faculty and staff take in the Springfield community and beyond.\u201d\nThe Corporation for National and Community Service, which has administered the Honor Roll since 2006, annually highlights the role colleges and universities play in solving community problems and placing more students on a lifelong path of civic engagement by recognizing institutions that achieve meaningful, measureable outcomes in the communities they serve.\nHonorees are chosen based on a series of selection factors, including the scope and innovation of service projects, the extent to which service-learning is embedded in the curriculum, the school\u2019s commitment to long-term campus-community partnerships, and measurable community outcomes as a result of the service.\nThe corporation oversees the Honor Roll in collaboration with the U.S. Departments of Education and Housing and Urban Development, Campus Compact, and the American Council on Education.\nFor more information on the award, contact Mark Dochterman, director of the UIS Volunteer and Civic Engagement Center at 217/206-8448 or email mdoch2@uis.edu.\nPosted by Blake Wood at Tuesday, March 05, 2013\nLabels: Awards, Chancellor, Graduate, Staff, Students, Undergraduate, Volunteer\nIllinois Innocence Project at UIS helps free Peggy...\nDr. Hanfu Mi named Dean of the UIS College of Edu...\nUIS Alternative Spring Break students help restore...\nUIS partners with community groups to measure qual...\nUIS students to spend Alternative Spring Break cle...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 224, "original_length": 7486, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 266.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://newseurope.info/banksys-subversive-art-draws-tourists-and-locals-in-paris/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:43Z", "digest": "sha1:J3KQM4MVQKPSPA472NQ4Q645ZTDIJYBF", "length": 3032, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "newseurope.info", "title": "Banksy's subversive art draws tourists and locals in Paris - News from EuropeNews from Europe", "raw_content": "Banksy\u2019s subversive art draws tourists and locals in Paris\nPARIS (Reuters) \u2013 British graffiti artist Banksy, known for his politically charged sketches on walls from London to New York to Gaza City, has descended on Paris, painting a series of murals that are sparking debate among residents and tourists.\nThe satirical images, tackling issues such as migration and poverty, began popping up late last month. The secretive artist has since posted photographs of them on his Instagram account and added comments, confirming his authorship.\nOne mural, on a street in northern Paris where migrants often sleep rough, shows a black girl spray-painting pink wallpaper over a swastika. The painting has since been defaced to make it look like she is drawing the swastika herself.\nOthers depict rats, a common Banksy motif, including one flying through the air on the back of a champagne cork, and a pair walking under a parasol near the Eiffel Tower.\nOne of the most provocative, painted near the Sorbonne, on the trendy Left Bank, shows a stern man with a hand-saw hidden behind his back offering a bone to a pleading dog that has had part of its front leg sawn off.\nVincent, the director of an art foundation in Paris, stopped to take a picture as he headed for lunch.\n\u201cThis painting is of an unspeakable cruelty which is representative of the times in which we live, times of wantonness,\u201d said the 49-year-old.\n\u201cThe man\u2019s stare is empty and cold, while the dog is weak and full of humanity. I think it is a clear representation of the European context and the migration crisis.\u201d\nThis year marks the 50th anniversary of the May 1968 uprisings, when French students and unionists mounted violent protests across Paris and its surrounding area, bringing much of the country to a standstill for weeks.\nReferencing the anniversary, Banksy painted a picture of a rat holding a stencil pen and wearing a bandana over its face on the side of a building near the Pompidou Center. Another showed a rat dressed as Mini Mouse perched on the numbers 1968.\nWhile two of the nine murals have been defaced, most of the others have been covered by plexiglass to protect them.\nBanksy concluded his series with a mural on an emergency escape door to the Bataclan, the music venue where 89 people were shot dead by Islamist militants in November 2015.\nThe image depicts a woman in mourning, wearing what looks like a hijab, the head scarf worn by Muslim women, although the picture also has echoes of Mother Theresa.\n\u201cThis one is my favorite,\u201d said an American tourist. \u201cI can feel that her sadness is deep and palpable.\u201d\nSource: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-life-paris-banksy/banksys-subversive-art-draws-tourists-and-locals-in-paris-idUSKBN1JZ1CB\nTags: Art, Asylum / Immigration / Refugees, Banksy, Civil Unrest, Europe, France, Government / Politics, Human Rights / Civil Rights, International / National Security, LIFE, Living / Lifestyle, PARIS, Race Relations / Ethnic Issues, Tourism / Travel, United Kingdom, US, Western Europe\tPrint article", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 5927, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 316.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://newsroom.heart.org/news/men-more-likely-to-receive-bystander-cpr-in-public-than-women", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:17:58Z", "digest": "sha1:4C6VVT6C4IZC3US7TCU2VKOKEJB42GX7", "length": 4161, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "newsroom.heart.org", "title": "Men more likely to receive bystander CPR in public than women | American Heart Association", "raw_content": "Men more likely to receive bystander CPR in public than women\nResuscitation Science Symposium News Tip Abstract 17 \u2013 Session: RESS.AOS.11A\nNovember 11, 2017 Categories: Scientific Conferences & Meetings, Heart News\nEmbargoed until 8 a.m. PT/ 11 a.m. ET, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017\nANAHEIM, California, Nov. 11, 2017 \u2014 Men are more likely to receive bystander CPR in public locations compared to women, and they are more likely to survive after the life-saving measure, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association\u2019s Scientific Sessions 2017, a premier global exchange of the latest advances in cardiovascular science for researchers and clinicians.\nUsing data from the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium, a network of regional clinical centers in the United States and Canada studying out-of-hospital treatments of cardiac arrest and trauma, researchers analyzed 19,331 cardiac events in the home and in public.\nOverall, bystanders administered CPR in 37 percent of cardiac events in varied locations.\n35 percent of women and 36 percent of men received CPR in the home, showing no significant difference in the likelihood of one gender getting assistance over the other in this setting.\nIn public settings, 45 percent of men got assistance compared to 39 percent of women.\nMen were 1.23 times more likely to receive bystander CPR in public settings, and they had 23 percent increased odds of survival compared to women.\n\u201cCPR involves pushing on the chest so that could make people less certain whether they can or should do CPR in public on women,\u201d said Audrey Blewer, M.P.H., the study\u2019s first author and assistant director for educational programs at the Center for Resuscitation Science at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.\nThese findings identify a gap in bystander CPR delivery that can help improve future messaging and training to lay responders, health care providers and dispatchers.\n\u201cWe\u2019re only beginning to understand how to deliver CPR in public, although it's been around for 50 years,\u201d said Benjamin Abella, M.D., M.Phil., the study\u2019s senior author and director of Penn\u2019s Center for Resuscitation Science. \u201cOur work highlights the fact that there's still so much to learn about who learns CPR, who delivers CPR and how best to train people to respond to emergencies.\u201d\nThe American Heart Association and the National Institutes of Health funded the study.\nAccording to the American Heart Association, over 350,000 cardiac arrests occur outside of the hospital each year. CPR, especially if administered immediately after cardiac arrest, can double or triple a person\u2019s chance of survival. About 90 percent of people who experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest die.\nAudrey Blewer, M.P.H., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.\nNote: Scientific presentation time is 3:15 p.m. PT, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017.\nPresentation location: Room 151/ACC North\nAvailable downloadable B-roll, animation and images related to this news tip are on the right column of the link https://newsroom.heart.org/news/men-more-likely-to-receive-bystander-cpr-in-public-than-women?preview=74b14b0062cd765de2ddfbbe031a4961\nSpanish release: https://newsroom.heart.org/news/los-varones-tienen-mas-probabilidades-que-las-mujeres-de-recibir-la-rcp-en-publico-por-parte-de-un-testigo-presencial?preview=66d25947eeeebff54f449acccf1e65dd\nAHA News Media Office, Nov. 11-15, 2017 at the Anaheim Convention Center: 714-765-2004\nAudrey Blewer M.P.H.\nAudrey Blewer M.P.H., Assistant director for educational programs, The Center for Resuscitation Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia\ncopyright University of Pennsylvania\nLearn the two steps to help save a life!\nHands-Only\u2122 CPR has just two easy steps: If you see a teen or adult suddenly collapse, (1) Call 9-1-1 and (2) Push hard and fast in the center of the chest to the beat of the disco song \u201cStayin\u2019 Alive.\u201d The American Heart Association\u2019s Hands-Only\u2122 CPR at this beat can more than double or triple a person\u2019s chances of survival. copyright American Heart Association \u2013 CPR & First Aid\nAmerican Heart Association Hands-Only CPR Mobile tour stop in Lexington, Kentucky.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 139, "original_length": 8908, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 279.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://nhne-pulse.org/5-million-grant-awarded-by-private-foundation-to-study-immortality/?replytocom=32408", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:25:08Z", "digest": "sha1:KKDZT5GJEIIO5NMQSLYCU4KGDFEGDZ7N", "length": 8853, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "nhne-pulse.org", "title": "$5 Million Grant Awarded by Private Foundation to Study Immortality | NHNE Pulse", "raw_content": "$5 Million Grant Awarded by Private Foundation to Study Immortality\nUC Riverside philosopher John Fischer\nBy Bettye Miller\nFor millennia, humans have pondered their mortality and whether death is the end of existence or a gateway to an afterlife. Millions of Americans have reported near-death or out-of-body experiences. And adherents of the world\u2019s major religions believe in an afterlife, from reincarnation to resurrection and immortality.\nAnecdotal reports of glimpses of an afterlife abound, but there has been no comprehensive and rigorous, scientific study of global reports about near-death and other experiences, or of how belief in immortality influences human behavior. That will change with the award of a three-year, $5 million grant by the John Templeton Foundation to John Martin Fischer, distinguished professor of philosophy at the University of California, Riverside, to undertake a rigorous examination of a wide range of issues related to immortality. It is the largest grant ever awarded to a humanities professor at UC Riverside, and one of the largest given to an individual at the university.\n\u201cPeople have been thinking about immortality throughout history. We have a deep human need to figure out what happens to us after death,\u201d said Fischer, the principal investigator of The Immortality Project. \u201cMuch of the discussion has been in literature, especially in fantasy and science fiction, and in theology in the context of an afterlife, heaven, hell, purgatory and karma. No one has taken a comprehensive and sustained look at immortality that brings together the science, theology and philosophy.\u201d\nThe John Templeton Foundation, located near Philadelphia, supports research on subjects ranging from complexity, evolution and infinity to creativity, forgiveness, love, and free will.\nHalf of the $5 million grant will be awarded for research projects. The grant will also fund two conferences, the first of which will be held at the end of the project\u2019s second year and the second at the end of the grant period. A website will include a variety of resources, from glossaries and bibliographies to announcements of research conferences and links to published research. Some recent work in Anglo-American philosophy will be translated for German philosophers who, in the last 30 years, have been increasingly studying the work of American philosophers.\nUC Riverside Chancellor Timothy P. White said Fischer\u2019s research \u201ctakes a universal concern and subjects it to rigorous examination to sift fact from fiction. His work will provide guidance for discussion of immortality and the human experience for generations to come. We are extremely proud that he is leading the investigation of this critical area of knowledge.\u201d\nNoting Fischer\u2019s renown as a scholar of free will and moral responsibility, Stephen Cullenberg, dean of the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, said, \u201cThere is perhaps no one better suited to lead a multidisciplinary research project on the question of immortality and its social implications. The Templeton Foundation\u2019s generous support will enable scholars from across the world to come to UCR to investigate how the question of immortality affects all cultures, albeit in different ways.\u201d\nAnecdotal reports of near-death experiences, out-of-body experiences and past lives are plentiful, but it is important to subject these reports to careful analysis, Fischer said. The Immortality Project will solicit research proposals from eminent scientists, philosophers and theologians whose work will be reviewed by respected leaders in their fields and published in academic and popular journals.\n\u201cWe will be very careful in documenting near-death experiences and other phenomena, trying to figure out if these offer plausible glimpses of an afterlife or are biologically induced illusions,\u201d Fischer said. \u201cOur approach will be uncompromisingly scientifically rigorous. We\u2019re not going to spend money to study alien-abduction reports. We will look at near-death experiences and try to find out what\u2019s going on there \u2014 what is promising, what is nonsense, and what is scientifically debunked. We may find something important about our lives and our values, even if not glimpses into an afterlife.\u201d\nFischer noted that while philosophers and theologians have pondered questions of immortality and life after death for millennia, scientific research into immortality and longevity are very recent. The Immortality Project will promote collaborative research between scientists, philosophers and theologians. A major goal will be to encourage interdisciplinary inquiry into the family of issues relating to immortality \u2014 and how these bear on the way we conceptualize our own (finite) lives.\nOne of the questions he hopes researchers will address is cultural variations in reports of near-death experiences. For example, the millions of Americans who have experienced the phenomenon consistently report a tunnel with a bright light at the end. In Japan, reports often find the individual tending a garden.\n\u201cIs there something in our culture that leads people to see tunnels while the Japanese see gardens?\u201d he asked. \u201cAre there variations in other cultures?\u201d What can we learn about our own values and the meanings of our finite lives by studying near-death experiences cross-culturally (as well as within our own culture)?\nOther questions philosophers may consider are: Is immortality potentially worthwhile or not? Would existence in an afterlife be repetitive or boring? Does death give meaning to life? Could we still have virtues like courage if we knew we couldn\u2019t die? What can we learn about the meaning of our lives by thinking about immortality?\nTheologians and philosophers who examine various concepts of an afterlife may delve into the relationship between belief in life after death and individual behavior, and how individuals could survive death as the same person.\n\u201cMany people and religions hold there is an afterlife, and that often gives people consolation when faced with death,\u201d Fischer said. \u201cPhilosophy and theology are slightly different ways to bring reason to beliefs about religion to evaluate their rationality. If you believe we exist as immortal beings, you could ask how we could survive death as the very same person in an afterlife. If you believe in reincarnation, how can the very same person exist if you start over with no memories?\n\u201cWe hope to bring to the general public a greater awareness of some of the complexities involved in simple beliefs about heaven, hell and reincarnation, and encourage people to better understand and evaluate their own beliefs about an afterlife and the role of those beliefs in their lives.\u201d\nFor example, \u201cWe think that free will is very important to us theologically and philosophically. And heaven in the Judeo-Christian tradition is supposed to be the best place. Yet we arguably wouldn\u2019t have free will in heaven. How do you fit these ideas together?\u201d\nAt the end of the project Fischer will analyze findings from the Immortality Project and write a book with the working title \u201cImmortality and the Meaning of Death,\u201d slated for publication by Oxford University Press.\nThe John Templeton Foundation serves as a philanthropic catalyst for discoveries relating to the Big Questions of human purpose and ultimate reality. The foundation supports research on subjects ranging from complexity, evolution and infinity to creativity, forgiveness, love, and free will. It encourages civil, informed dialogue among scientists, philosophers and theologians, and between such experts and the public at large, for the purposes of definitional clarity and new insights. The foundation\u2019s vision is derived from the late Sir John Templeton\u2019s optimism about the possibility of acquiring \u201cnew spiritual information\u201d and from his commitment to rigorous scientific research and related scholarship. The foundation\u2019s motto, \u201cHow little we know, how eager to learn,\u201d exemplifies its support for open-minded inquiry and its hope for advancing human progress through breakthrough discoveries.\nPosted by David Sunfellow\tin after-death communications, featured, nature of reality, near-death experiences, news, shared-death experiences 2\nThe questions here are incredibly simplistic not to mention plain dumb.\nForget spending millions of dollars on NDE\u2019s (the Japanese and their gardens sound interesting), and any brief accounts stretched out into an entire book. In Nanci Danison\u2019s case, THREE! And study the Baghavad Ghita, Upanishads,and Tibetan Book Of The Dead.\nThe West has so much catching up to do. Oh, and Quantum Physics/Buddhism.\nJon Donnis\nI am a psychic medium, best in m class. I am alos gay.\nI have never talked to a dead person, not once.\nI use super-psi which is what is happening with these NDErs.\nAkashic record lookups, that is all.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 149, "original_length": 13423, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 238.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://nickabraham.net/category/dr-nick-on-weekends-with-whitney/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:45Z", "digest": "sha1:Z4CE4EM5LWWTQ4BYRSLJ2BQFLQPVQMSJ", "length": 32, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "nickabraham.net", "title": "Dr Nick on Weekends With Whitney Archives - Building A Better You", "raw_content": "This video is about Nov. 8, 2015", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 150, "original_length": 4667, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.6, "perplexity": 112.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://nikki-international.weebly.com/cattle-station-life-in-the-australian-outback-2012.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:16Z", "digest": "sha1:WEXBFLXAGWYBLP64FGK6HVQNXBP3GJRQ", "length": 11090, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "nikki-international.weebly.com", "title": "Cattle Station Life in the Australian Outback 2012 - \"Live life simply so that others may simply live\" Gandhi", "raw_content": "Isolation in the Outback\nWhat words or feelings come to mind when you think of the word Isolation? Growing up in a small place I thought of isolation meaning minimal opportunity, being bored because there is nothing to do or no where to go (silly really, anyone can make the most out of any situation). However, after leaving home and travelling around the world and spending time in remote places and small towns my view and thoughts on this word 'isolation' have changed very much.\nThe way into Gilnockie Station is a 60km drive from the main highway-- which is only one lane and a bit scary to drive on at night time. You have to be cautious of roo's and cattle as this it is cattle country. On the way in about 40km is another station called Providence, which means they are our neighbour (who is 20km away). There are two other stations that surround us but again they are about 20-30km away as well. Therefore, we are some what isolated from our neighbours... no need for curtains really!\nIsolation isn't all bad. There is something I have come to love about being out here and so far away from everyone and everything. There is something about this country out here that I fell in love with-- the clean air, the beautiful night sky which has millions upon millions of stars, the sound of the crickets at night, the beautiful sunrise and sunsets, the sounds of the birds, the warmth of the sun and the red dust that fills the air as you drive down the roads through the bush... It is peaceful, quiet and a place that becomes home.\nBeing out here on these stations (this station) is a lifestyle... depending on the size the lifestyles can vary. For example, the cattle station I am presently on has its own airstrip because we get our mail delivered by a small plane. Most the time the people here don't leave the station unless needed. When I am out here for these months I will probably get to town once... sometimes that is hard because there are moments you want to know what being in society feels like again, you want to go to the shop and eat ice cream or buy chocolate, you want to see another human being! These are all things you say goodbye to when you come out here, unless I make a shopping list and get Helen (my boss's wife) to get something for me when she gets to town... however ice cream can be a bit hard unless she brings an eskie with her to town. In many ways I love it, but sometimes I just want the freedom of eating whatever I want or getting dressed up to look pretty-- little things really. The simple pleasures in life that we take for granted everyday in life.\nI think that's the important thing to understand about station life is that it is a lifestyle. Many of the children don't go to school. Their school is called the \"School of The Air.\" Many of the stations also hire governesses that look after and teach the children. When my bosses son was younger they only had a HF radio out here for communication, so things have developed over time. For medical emergencies you contact the RFDS, \"Royal Flying Doctor Service.\" Some stations have stuff on hand such as soft drink and chocolate for the staff to buy as you might not get to town for weeks or months especially when you are working cattle. There are no power lines out here therefore, stations rely on the consumption of diesel for power. The cattle station I am on runs a generator at night and because they like to use it economically they shut it off during the day (not all stations do this). Not only does diesel give us power but water as well. Much of the water has to be generated from the water holes especially during the dry season when there is no rain. Without diesel it would be a very different way of life-- you'd be going back to how it used to be. There are big trucks that deliver the fuel to all the stations... sometimes they are not so reliable though so you have to keep an eye on things constantly.\nThis earth, I never damage.\nI look after. Fire is nothing, just clean up.\nWhen you burn, new grass coming up.\nThat means good animal soon,\nmight be goanna, possum, wallaby.\nBurn him off, new grass coming up, new life all over\nBill Neidjie, Aboriginal traditional owner.\nHere is Australia bush fires can occur, they can be devastating and deadly-- such as the \"Black Saturday bushfires,\" that ignited across the state of Victoria killing 173 people in 2009. 1 However the term 'burning off' is quite common, especially here in the NT where many land owners and mangers burn off bush for the management of the land. The Savanna Explorer website on information on North Australia explains the practices of burning off. \"Prime responsibility for fire management lies with the people on the ground, and for the two groups that manage the largest areas of land \u2013 Aboriginal people and pastoralists\u2013 fire management can be very important.\nFor Aboriginal people, burning practices have long been an integral part of their culture and are used for a variety of purposes. The recent changes in burning patterns are of great concern to many aboriginal people. See the Aboriginal fire management section. For pastoralists, good fire management can have significant implications for the financial viability of their cattle stations. If a wildfire burns out their fodder financial hardship can follow, and on fire can be used to manage pastures, weeds. The consequences of fire management, good or bad, tend to affect the people on the ground, the remote land managers before they affect others \u2013 and those impacts may be profound.\nFire is often a cheap and effective way of managing vast landscapes for remote land managers , however problems are arising because their numbers have diminished over wide areas in recent times. Not only are there often too few people to manage fire effectively, but valuable knowledge and experience are lost as people depart. For example, cattle stations are operating with fewer hands than ever before, and burning for protection against wildfires and for pasture renewal and weed control is often neglected, or even actively resisted. Concerns include the loss of valuable late dry-season pasture and fear of legal action if deliberately lit fires escape onto neighbours' land. On Aboriginal land people have been moved into communities, leaving large areas essentially unmanaged. National park rangers often transfer from one park to another too frequently to develop an adequate understanding of the fire needs of particular areas and institute appropriate management regimes. Vacant Crown Land is mostly just that: vacant\" (Savanna Expolrer).\nAs I was driving from Katherine on my day off one Saturday on my way back to the station you could smell and see the smoke. It was actually quite interesting to see... somewhat beautiful. I did some further reading on the matter as I wanted to make sure I explained why burning off is an important part of owning/ managing a station. But I also wanted to cover the environmental side of it as well. On the Australian Government site for the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities they discuss the role of fire management in 'Kakadu National Park' in the Northern Territory.\n\"The role of the fire has a major influence on the Australian environment and has shaped many of the plant communities we see today. Before the arrival of non-Aboriginal people, Bininj/Mungguy managed their country with fire. Fires were lit all year round, although mostly in the early dry season. They were lit for many reasons: to make travelling easier; to flush out animals when hunting; to protect food resources such as yams from later fires; to clear around camp sites; to signal to others; and to fulfil spiritual and cultural obligations. These burning practices had the effect of promoting suitable habitats for a range of different plants and animals.\nFires lit by Bininj/Mungguy as they travelled to different parts of the country created a patchwork of burnt and unburnt areas.\nWith the arrival of non-Aboriginal people, the Bininj/Mungguy population decreased. Many people died of disease, others moved off their land to towns and settlements. With fewer people on the land, less burning was carried out so hot, late dry season wildfires became more common. These hot fires were often large and destructive, changing the distribution of plants and animals .\nEach wet season monsoonal rains prompt rapid plant growth. During the dry season the vegetation dries out and large quantities of fuel accumulate. Since proclamation of the park, Bininj/Mungguy and park managers have worked together to reduce the number of hot fires at the end of the dry season.\nIn the fire-sensitive stone country burning is used to reduce the amount of fuel along creeks. Firebreaks burnt around fire-sensitive communities such as monsoon forest, sandstone heath and mature paperbark forest help to protect the communities from later, hot wildfires.\nEarly in the dry season firebreaks are also burnt around art sites, buildings, camping areas and other permanent structures. parts of the park boundary are burnt to reduce the risk of fires entering or leaving the park.\nIn the woodland areas traditional owners and park staff light many cool fires from the ground and the air in the early dry season. This creates a patchwork of burnt and unburnt areas, which breaks up the country, helping to prevent large, destructive wildfires later in the season.\nAs the floodplains dry out burning is done to reduce fuel loads. Bininj/Mungguy hunting goannas and turtles also light fires on the floodplains late in the dry season.\nResearch and monitoring are integral to fire management in Kakadu. Much research has already been done at Munmarlary and Kapalga; future research will look at the effects of burning in fire-sensitive communities and in the wet season. Continuing monitoring of the park's fire-management program and its effectiveness involves ground observation, photographic points that show the effect of burning over time, and satellite mapping of fire scars\" (Australian Government). There are a lot of things I have learned about during my time in Australia, first living and working here for 2 years and then visiting a second time for 3 months and again this time for 4 months. This country plays an important role in Food Production which I will be having a look at while I am here. There are things I learn about and in the beginning I think... \"this is awful and so bad,\" but then I learn the reasoning behind it. I learn of its purpose and it makes a bit more sense. It doesn't necessarily mean its great or good but these things play an important role in the system, just as burning off plays an important role to agriculture, food production and the land here in Australia. Again I don't claim to know everything about the topic, but here are some different angles to approaching the topic of 'burning off.'\n1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Saturday_bushfires\nhttp://www.savanna.org.au/all/fire_people.html\nhttp://www.environment.gov.au/parks/kakadu/management/programs/fire.html", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 42, "original_length": 11551, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 315.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://northscottpress.com/stories/obituary-albert-morris,46783", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:49Z", "digest": "sha1:SLZK7D36GTIY6R53MCHJW4KGEZ6J76BR", "length": 1312, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "northscottpress.com", "title": "Obituary: Albert Morris | North Scott Press", "raw_content": "Obituary: Albert Morris\nA graveside funeral service for Albert W. Morris, 88, of Muscatine, was held at 11 a.m. Friday, May 11, in the Durant Cemetery. Visitation was Friday from 9-10:45 a.m. at the Bentley Funeral Home, Durant.\nMr. Morris died Monday, May 7, 2018, at Unity Point Health \u2013 St. Luke\u2019s Hospital, Cedar Rapids.\nAlbert Morris was born Feb. 6, 1930, in Chicago, the son of Albert and Etta (Phillips) Morris. He graduated from Seymour (Iowa) High School.\nHe married Marian Bernauer on Sept. 28, 1951, in Davenport. She died Aug. 8, 2005.\nHe retired from John Deere Harvester, East Moline, in 1989. He also farmed in Muscatine County and drove semi for various companies.\nHis hobbies were fishing, raising goats, and traveling.\nSurvivors include his daughters, Vickie (Roger) Clark, Muscatine, Shirley (David) Dierickx, Fulton, Texas, and Cindy (Keith) Plett, Blue Grass; his sons, Albert Morris, Muscatine, Charles (Patty) Morris of South Dakota, and Richard Morris, Nichols; 12 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and a brother, James Morris, Tipton.\nIn addition to his wife, he was preceded in death by a son, Douglas Morris; a sister, Elizabeth Fiers; and his brothers, Robert, Delbert, and Donald Morris.\nMemorials may be made to The Jesus Mission.\nAlbert Morris,\tBentley Funeral Home,\tobituary", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 190, "original_length": 5425, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 261.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://now977.com/taylor-swift-bluebird-cafe-surprise-performance/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:32Z", "digest": "sha1:ARIHIMWEEA2WMC55NEDCDWKPJTQFUFJ4", "length": 1749, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "now977.com", "title": "Taylor Swift Returns to Bluebird Cafe for Special Show", "raw_content": "Taylor Swift Returns to Nashville\u2019s Bluebird Cafe for Surprise Performance (WATCH)\nTheo Wargo, Getty Images for iHeartMedia\nTaylor Swift toured her old stomping grounds for a personal occasion last night.\nThe \"Delicate\" superstar stunned a group of 40 listeners when she stopped by Nashville's Bluebird Cafe Saturday night (March 31) to deliver an intimate showcase with songwriter Craig Wiseman, who invited Swift to perform to mark the cafe's 35th-anniversary.\nFor the 28-year-old singer, the coffee shop holds a distinctive place in her heart as it was one of the venues Swift would perform before her rise to musical stardom.\n\u201cI wanted to say a big thank you to the Bluebird Cafe,\" she told the crowd. \"I think any songwriter in town would echo my sentiments and say that this is kind of the only place where this exists \u2014 this particular place where you get to come and hear the writer\u2019s take on the songs they\u2019ve put out into the world.\u201d\nBoth performers shared the stage to give a live set of the Reputation musician's most well-known hits like \"Shake It Off\" and \"Love Story,\" as captured on video by an attendee in the crowd who posted clips from the private concert on Twitter.\nIn another clip, the Pennsylvania-born, Nashville-bred star can be seen delivering a rare execution of Little Big Town's \"Better Man,\" which Swift originally wrote for the American country music band.\nAccording to The Tennessean, who broke the news of the exclusive showing, shortly after their performance, the \"End Game\" vocalist supposedly topped off her night by downing a shot of Fireball Whisky with the songwriter to celebrate.\nTaylor Swift's Best Live Vocals\nSource: Taylor Swift Returns to Nashville\u2019s Bluebird Cafe for Surprise Performance (WATCH)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 135, "original_length": 3868, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 338.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://noweddingnowomb.com/arrested-development-lead-speech-thomas-to-write-produce-and-perform-original-score-for-nwnw/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:16Z", "digest": "sha1:TKW6P5EE6GTRGFDIBMHWAUWUSQ4VE6PZ", "length": 1002, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "noweddingnowomb.com", "title": "Arrested Development Lead, Speech Thomas, to Write, Produce and Perform Original Score for NWNW \u2013 No Wedding No Womb", "raw_content": "Two-time Grammy winning artist and No Wedding No Womb advisory board member, Speech Thomas has agreed to write, produce and perform an original score for the second annual blog-a-thon on September 22, 2011. \u00c2 The song, along with a video, available on You Tube.\nAbout Speech:\nWith this background, Speech started the music group, Arrested Development. The group is based in Georgia, from humble and rural beginnings; they became a pioneering force in the music world. Arrested Development won two Grammy Awards (Best new artists & Best rap single 1993)with songs that Speech wrote and produced from the album, 3 years, 5 months and 2 days in the life of\u2026\u201d They released a second, \u201cZingalamaduni\u201d which was met with critical acclaim and was nominated for another Grammy award. After some internal strife, the group went on hiatus in 1995.\nManagement & Booking Contact: Joe Lamont \u2013 pipelineent@aol.com\nPrevious Things Must Change\nNext The MadLab: Out of Wedlock Births on Film that Play Out in Real Life", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 6693, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 222.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://nwcvietnamconsulting.com/local-goods-should-have-global-market-president/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:52Z", "digest": "sha1:UKDRSK6MNXDXBCD7L444BKH7GPLGKLZB", "length": 1301, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "nwcvietnamconsulting.com", "title": "Local goods should have global market: President - NWC Vietnam Consulting", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Press \u00bb Local goods should have global market: President\nHA NOI\u2014 Vietnamese enterprises should strive to promote Vietnamese products in the global market and improve their share in the home market, President Tran Quang Dai said on Saturday at a meeting with 115 businessmen in Ha Noi.\nThe State leader stressed that global integration was a consistent policy of the Party and State, adding that it had helped attract foreign resources to Vietnam, expand export markets and improve the country\u2019s economic competitiveness.\nHe acknowledged the important role of the business community in the past 30 years of the nation\u2019s renewal process, which has created jobs, contributed to the State\u2019s budget and promoted Vietnam\u2019s image in the global arena.\nHe encouraged Vietnamese enterprises to take the lead in socio-economic development.\nRegarding a wide range of free trade agreements Vietnam has signed, he advised the business community to devise plans suitable to these pacts.\nClose collaboration between businessman and scientists, and the application of advanced technologies, are necessary, the President added.\nHe said Vietnamese firms should update their knowledge of economics and intellectual property law, make an effort to protect domestic consumers, and join trade organisations worldwide.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 117, "original_length": 4386, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 261.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://oceanrep.geomar.de/29198/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:29:09Z", "digest": "sha1:NZTVPU3KZHS6JHIHTBB66BFOXADTU6NW", "length": 709, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "oceanrep.geomar.de", "title": "Paleoenvironment in the Laptev Sea region during the Quaternary inferred from Bolshoy Lyakhovsky Island (Arctic Siberia) paleoenvironmental records: Part 1. 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(For example, the direct object of a sentence always follows the subject, the partitive will be followed by the plural indefinite article, indicating \"some\" or \"any\", and the locative will have a preposition.)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 30, "original_length": 1014, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.82, "perplexity": 331.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://onecallam.co.uk/warnings-issued-over-frantic-friday/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:04Z", "digest": "sha1:R3BOB36UCXKVDY45TKJIIC3A6XY5MG3U", "length": 2986, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "onecallam.co.uk", "title": "Warnings issued over \u2018Frantic Friday\u2019 | Accident Management | Best Car Breakdown Cover Call 08009994042", "raw_content": "Motorists are being urged to approach the roads with caution tomorrow, with so-called \u2018Frantic Friday\u2019 set to see droves of motorists share the road with last-day commuters. Around 1.25 million leisure journeys are set to occur on Friday alongside final pre-Christmas journeys from work. The RAC is advising those planning to embark on lengthy journeys to avoid the clash if they can. 11.5 million getway journeys are set to take place prior to Christmas Day, with vast amounts of congestion also set for Christmas Eve.\n1.87 million leisure journeys are due to take place on Christmas Eve, with the hours between 10am and 2pm set to be incredibly busy according to RAC Traffic Watch data. 99% of the motorways and major A-roads in England will be free of roadworks in the days leading up to Christmas. Nonetheless, Rod Dennis, a spokesman for RAC said \u201cit only takes a single accident or breakdown in some locations to bring traffic grinding to a halt\u201d, advising drivers to plan ahead and avoid peak times if possible. He also suggested that motorists could quickly check the condition of the vehicles to avoid breaking down en route to their destination.\nA substantial amount of traffic is also set to be seen on Boxing Day thanks to sales events, football matches and visits to see family and friends. It\u2019s predicted that 5.3 million journeys will take place on December 26th. 17.5 million leisure trips are due to occur between Christmas Day and New Year\u2019s Eve.\nAt One Call Accident Management, we can come to your assistance if you do have an accident out on the roads over the festive period. We are one of the most well-known and best-regarded companies in our field and are passionate about putting solutions in place so you can get back on the road in no time at all. We have the experience, expertise and resources needed to provide all the assistance and advice you need following a road traffic accident, and can clear up much of the confusion and inconvenience caused by a traffic collision.\nWe provide UK-wide assistance around the clock and can transport your damaged vehicle across the UK and even mainland Europe. We can arrange immediate delivery of an alternative suitable replacement for your vehicle, and can direct you to an approved bodyshop in your local area so the repair process can get underway quickly. What\u2019s more is that we have robust relationships with a series of excellent lawyers who may be able to take on your case if your accident wasn\u2019t your fault.\nThere is a great deal of useful information on our site, and our blog is regularly updated with reports on the latest issues affecting motorists including relay theft, the various functions of speed cameras and the benefits of winter tyres. Why not get in touch today if you have had an accident on the roads that wasn\u2019t your fault and require swift assistance? You can reach us right now by using the contact form on the site, calling 0800 999 4042 or sending an e-mail to contact@onecallam.co.uk.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 5148, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 281.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://openscience.org/software/mathematics/optimization/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:30Z", "digest": "sha1:4R4ANLKVQFR7KNVXY5OZLKQZ3PF4VDWE", "length": 1607, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "openscience.org", "title": "Optimization | The OpenScience Project", "raw_content": "OpenScience / Software / Mathematics / Optimization\nEASY! is an easy to use fortran code for constrained and unconstrained non-linear optimization. Very large problems can be handled. Find EASY! at: http://www.ime.unicamp.br/~martinez/software.html\nLP_Solve\nWhat is lp_solve and what is it not? The simple answer is, lp_solve is a Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) solver. It is a free (see LGPL for the GNU lesser general public license) linear (integer) programming solver based on \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\nA C++ library on graph optimization. The GUI includes a graph editor and can be used to run and to visualize the library algorithms. Find GOBLIN Graph Library at: http://www.math.uni-augsburg.de/opt/goblin.html\nThe Computational Infrastructure for Operations Research (COIN-OR) project is an initiative to spur the development of open-source software for the operations research community. Projects include linear and nonlinear optimization solvers and a tabu search framework. Find COIN-OR at: http://www.coin-or.org/\nGLPK (GNU Linear Programming Kit) is intended for solving large-scale linear programming (LP), mixed integer programming (MIP), and other related problems. It is a set of routines written in ANSI C and organized in the form of a callable library. \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\nQUick ALmost EXact Maximum Weight Clique/Independent Set Solver based on the Motzkin-Straus QP formulation Find QUALEX-MS at: http://www.stasbusygin.org/\nA reusable iterative optimization library for combinatorial problems with fuzzy constraints Find StarFLIP++ at: http://www.dbai.tuwien.ac.at/proj/StarFLIP/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 175, "original_length": 6102, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.79, "perplexity": 337.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://orenstein6.blogspot.com/2012/11/robot-love.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:22:49Z", "digest": "sha1:2BY5RAVNTYYHK22IGO3K5MPW7GUFP2AP", "length": 1043, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "orenstein6.blogspot.com", "title": "JEFF ORENSTEIN'S WEBLOG: Robot Love", "raw_content": "Chrome Dinette a San Francisco synth band from the early 1980s or right about when I was tuning into music. In 1982 they put out a 12\u201d single (Robot Love and Can\u2019t Live Without You) and tried to get a record contract. When the label didn\u2019t come, the band broke up, never to be heard from again.\nChrome Dinette played Berkeley's long-gone Key Stone theatre, which I consider whenever driving along University Ave towards campus and my parent's house. It was a big night when the band in town, across the bay, no ID for alcohol. Robot Love a pretty good song, too, which holds up even now : there are traces of the Police's Zenyatt\u00e0 Mondatta or the Comateens. But I was too young for permission to concerts so I listened to my friends' enthusiasms (they being sophomores and juniors in HS). Getting older couldn't come fast enough.\nAnd now, thx to the Internets, I can listen to Chrome Dinette again. The music hasn't changed, either, but everything else has.\nSonnet, Friday night: \"This is the centre of excitement. 45 York Avenue, rock'n out.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 155, "original_length": 3237, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 244.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://orgvolve.com/we-the-corporations-how-american-businesses-won-their-civil-rights/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:06Z", "digest": "sha1:GZT3AW5Y5Y2RZ246XWISPXCPYTWTLXFX", "length": 2679, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "orgvolve.com", "title": "We the Corporations: How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights - Orgvolve Orgvolve", "raw_content": "We the Corporations chronicles the astonishing story of one of the most successful yet least well-known \u201ccivil rights movements\u201d in American history. Hardly oppressed like women and minorities, business corporations, too, have fought since the nation\u2019s earliest days to gain equal rights under the Constitution\u2015and today have nearly all the same rights as ordinary people.\nExposing the historical origins of Citizens United and Hobby Lobby, Adam Winkler explains how those controversial Supreme Court decisions extending free speech and religious liberty to corporations were the capstone of a centuries-long struggle over corporate personhood and constitutional protections for business. Beginning his account in the colonial era, Winkler reveals the profound influence corporations had on the birth of democracy and on the shape of the Constitution itself. Once the Constitution was ratified, corporations quickly sought to gain the rights it guaranteed. The first Supreme Court case on the rights of corporations was decided in 1809, a half-century before the first comparable cases on the rights of African Americans or women. Ever since, corporations have waged a persistent and remarkably fruitful campaign to win an ever-greater share of individual rights.\nAlthough corporations never marched on Washington, they employed many of the same strategies of more familiar civil rights struggles: civil disobedience, test cases, and novel legal claims made in a purposeful effort to reshape the law. Indeed, corporations have often been unheralded innovators in constitutional law, and several of the individual rights Americans hold most dear were first secured in lawsuits brought by businesses.\nWinkler enlivens his narrative with a flair for storytelling and a colorful cast of characters: among others, Daniel Webster, America\u2019s greatest advocate, who argued some of the earliest corporate rights cases on behalf of his business clients; Roger Taney, the reviled Chief Justice, who surprisingly fought to limit protections for corporations\u2015in part to protect slavery; and Roscoe Conkling, a renowned politician who deceived the Supreme Court in a brazen effort to win for corporations the rights added to the Constitution for the freed slaves. Alexander Hamilton, Teddy Roosevelt, Huey Long, Ralph Nader, Louis Brandeis, and even Thurgood Marshall all played starring roles in the story of the corporate rights movement.\nIn this heated political age, nothing can be timelier than Winkler\u2019s tour de force, which shows how America\u2019s most powerful corporations won our most fundamental rights and turned the Constitution into a weapon to impede the regulation of big business.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 55, "original_length": 4931, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 298.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://oropezalaw.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:14Z", "digest": "sha1:5X7QCUT6RIRM2QN3TI4U2HOAVMN4ALRW", "length": 6546, "nlines": 34, "source_domain": "oropezalaw.com", "title": "Personal Injury & Family Law Attorney | Rockville, MD & Washington, DC", "raw_content": "oropeza law firm, pllc. in Rockville, MD & Washington, DC\nPersonal Injury and Criminal Law Attorney in Washington, D.C. & Rockville, MD\nCar accidents in Washington, DC involve a number of issues including insurance laws, overlapping jurisdiction and other complex [...]\nThroughout Washington DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia hundreds of car accidents occur every day. Being involved in an car [...]\nEveryone who decides to take a walk is at risk of being involved in a pedestrian accident. According to the National Highway [...]\nAccording to the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), medical negligence is the third leading cause of death [...]\nUnfortunately, neglect can sometimes occur in nursing home facilities, breaking the trust that was placed in the nursing home facility [...]\nThe National Safety Council reports that falls are the number one cause of injury for adults 65 years and older. [...]\nThere is no greater loss than the loss of a loved one or a family member. If the death was caused by the negligent actions of another party [...]\nOther Litigation Areas\nYou will be speaking with an attorney who has represented individuals in the D.C. and Maryland who have Petitioned for the [...]\n\"A Personal Approach to Law is what we strive for because in every case that we work on, we know a life will be affected by the outcome of that case.\"\nThe Attorneys at Oropeza Law Firm, PLLC. represent clients in the Metropolitan D.C. area, including Rockville, MD and Washington, D.C. We are a full-service law firm with a focus on Personal Injury and Criminal Law matters. Our Attorneys are also experienced in Workers Compensation Claims, Business Litigation, Family Law, Trademark and Entertainment Law.\nAt Oropeza Law Firm, PLLC. , we pride ourselves in providing each of our clients personalized and effective client and legal service. We know that your case is important to you.\nHector Oropeza is admitted to practice law in Maryland, Washington, DC, and New York\nHector Z. Oropeza is the founding owner of Oropeza Law Firm, PLLC in Washington, D.C. and Rockville, MD. Mr. Oropeza's personal injury practice is concentrated in the areas of medical malpractice, automobile accidents, pedestrian accidents, products liability, and other personal injury accidents. Mr. Oropeza's criminal defense practice is concentrated, but not limited to, DUI/DWI, driving with a suspended license, Civil Protection Orders, Peace Orders, Possession, CDS Possession and Assault.\nMr. Oropeza has been listed on the Continental Who's Who Registry of National Business Leaders and is a member of the Hispanic Bar Association of the District of Columbia (\"HBA-DC\"), Maryland State Bar Association (\"MSBA\"), and the Bar Association of the District of Columbia (\"BADC\"). Mr. Oropeza also serves as a Good Samaritan Advocate at Covenant Life Church in Gaithersburg, MD. As a Good Samaritan Advocate he represents indigent members of Montgomery County who have various legal needs for free. Mr. Oropeza also acts as an Appointed Attorney in Montgomery County and Baltimore City where he advocates for the rights of indigent defendants in their Bail Hearings before Judicial Officers\nMr. Oropeza assisted me when I was accused of a crime I didn't commit. He represented me at trial and he was able to have the case dismissed halfway through trial. I am so grateful that I hired him. I can go on living my life without repercussions from these false allegations.\nMr. Oropeza was a Godsend to me at a time of great trouble and fear. He represented me flawlessly and achieved an outcome in court much better than I expected. He also was very kind and respectful of me which meant as much as the great outcome.\nMr. Oropeza is unarguably the best attorney I've worked with. He perfectly understood what I was going through and ensured my interest was well represented. Highly recommended and would definitely be using his services again.\nI had a case that was quite complicated and was at a loss to who to turn to until a friend recommended Hector to me. Hector had a high understanding of client satisfaction and he went the extra length to ensure I got a favorable judgment. Highly recommend.\nMr. Oropeza assisted a family member who was injured in a serious truck accident that was on the news. He did such a wonderful job that I also hired him for my car accident. He helped us to navigate through several obstacles and now I have not only physically recovered, but I am able to put a down payment on my first home.\nMr. Oropeza as my attorney was absolutely the best representation I could have imagined. His help and timeliness was exceptional and he was so kind and reassuring to me. I am a surgeon and I know Excellence and professionalism and Mr. Oropeza clearly has both.\nHector is just amazing, such an understanding man who knows how to strike a balance between professionalism and client satisfaction. Took time to listen to me without minding how gibberish what I was saying seemed and picked out all he needed to help me win the case. And did he win it- of course he did. Highly recommended.\nAmeh Adams\nIn October 2016, I had a terrible accident in Greenbelt, Maryland, caused by a negligent driver who felt I was at fault for not driving as fast as he wanted. With no one else to run to, Hector Oropeza came to my aid when I had lost hope of getting a lawyer that understood my plight. He acted very professionally and ensured I got a great settlement. Highly recommended and would recommend him to anyone who needs his service on any matter of personal injury.\ngig rejig\nHad a driving offense in Hyattsville, I was nervous as I have never been in trouble before. The Oropeza Law Firm, PLLC was calm and soothed my fears and they were able to take control of my case and we have reached a better result than I could have expected.\nYele Odumade\nMontgomery County, Prince George's County, Baltimore City, Takoma Park, Wheaton, College Park, Langley Park, Columbia, Silver Spring, Hyattsville, Upper Marlboro and Rockville, Bethesda, Friendship Heights, Kensington, Chevy Chase, Four Corners, and Gaithersburg.\nColumbia heights, Dupont Circle, Navy yard, Northwest, South East, Anacostia, Downtown, Northeast, Southwest, Thomas Circle, Adams Morgan, Mount Pleasant, Shaw, U Street, and H Street\nFairfax, Alexandria, Arlington, Shirlington, Manassas, Tysons Corner, Seven Corners, Rosslyn, Leesburg, Vienna, Mclean, Fairfax County and Arlington County *Serving VA with co-counsel licensed in Virginia.\nGoogle Listing- DC\nGoogle Listing- MD", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 115, "original_length": 8426, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 245.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://outfaith.squarespace.com/entertainment/tag/korean-american", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:17Z", "digest": "sha1:NVVAZKLZEIBHP6HY53MEP66LDMRSAA36", "length": 30, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "outfaith.squarespace.com", "title": "The LGBT World of Faith - ENTERTAINMENT", "raw_content": "Entries in Korean-American (1)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 119, "original_length": 2026, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 234.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://oxfordleadershipprize.org/news/photographers-who-found-beauty-zaatari-refugee-camp", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:46Z", "digest": "sha1:FZAMMSBBUAVRINUU5NQP2ZAJRY5EUOTR", "length": 7203, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "oxfordleadershipprize.org", "title": "The photographers who found beauty in the Zaatari refugee camp", "raw_content": "The photographers who found beauty in the Zaatari refugee camp\nContrasting Arabia juxtaposes Sir Wilfred Thesiger\u2019s photographs of 1940s Arabia with contemporary images by Anthony Dawton and Jim McFarlane.\nZaatari is a refugee camp in Jordan, created to host Syrians fleeing the violence of the civil war. Now with the dubious honour of being the largest refugee camp in the world, it has a population of about a quarter of a million and is evolving into a permanent settlement.\nIn 2013 Anthony Dawton and Jim McFarlane entered the camp to photograph it for Save the Children. Oxford Sa\u00efd\u2019s curator Lizzie Collins asked them about the experience and what they were aiming to achieve.\nHow did you come to work on this project?\nJim: It was through a contact that Anthony had, who was interested in Syrian refugees. It was an issue that wasn\u2019t being covered much by the press at that time, and she wanted to give it more attention and let the rest of the world know.\nAnthony: Yes, it was an Egyptian patron. She had seen our previous work [in Gaza] and wanted to do something about what was going on in the Zaatari camp. So we had funding, and then Save the Children managed the logistics of getting us into the camp. We were out there for about eight or nine days. You need to get in and out as quickly as possible because you are absorbing resources \u2013 they have to give you a guide; they have to give you a car; they have to get you in and out of the camp each day and have to feed you \u2013so you don\u2019t want to hang around.\nHow did it feel to be in the privileged position of being able to go in and out of the camp?\nAnthony: It makes you more aware of the difference of their lives to ours, and how fortunate we are to go and see the kind of life they lead. None of them knows how long they are going to be there for and quite a few that we photographed had been there for over a year and a half.\nWith that privilege comes a responsibility to go out and tell the story as much as we can. It may sound odd but when we were there we couldn\u2019t wait to get in each morning. For all the heat, the dust and the so called hardship \u2013nothing like them of course \u2013 we didn\u2019t want to go home. We found that in Gaza and we found that in Zaatari: it is strangely uplifting work.\nHow did you choose your subjects?\nAnthony: We would walk sector by sector and we would search out what we thought would be interesting. Often that didn\u2019t work because people didn\u2019t want to be photographed. But then we would come across somebody who had something to say and did want to be photographed. But we didn\u2019t meet people again and that bothered us; it bothers us that these people won\u2019t see the pictures either.\nJim: A lot of them didn\u2019t want to be photographed because they were frightened that the images would get back to Syria in some way, and they would be linked to their families, and their families would be put in danger. They were very frightened people, and that is why you will see in a number of the pictures that people have their hands covering their faces.\nWhat distinguishes your work from photojournalism? What makes it art?\nAnthony: I hope it is because we try to make art. We try to reference our work to photographers that have come before us that are important. In particular, we owe a lot to the Farm Security Administration photographs of the depression era in the USA, and photographers such as Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, and Russell Lee. The FSA project established photography as both useful and historical legacy, and many or all of the pictures are iconic and reflective of injustice.\nSo our photographs need to stand for something beyond being specifically refugees in the Zaatari camp; they need to stand for something that has gone wrong globally and within mankind \u2013 they need to be able to stand alone.\nI think the big difference between press photography and our photography is that press photography is telling you a story and telling you something that is trying to convince you of that particular political line, whereas we try not to tell a lot with our pictures. We like to encourage people when they see our photos to ask questions: why are these people here? What is this situation? Why does it look as if that person feels a particular way? So it is a much softer approach.\nYou have very distinctive individual styles. What differentiates them?\nJim: Technically they are different because I use flash. The reason I do that is that it nicely lights the subject from the background very clearly. It is a tradition that I borrowed from press photography actually: back in the old days they used flash all the time because the reproduction and printing were very poor, and flash gave clarity.\nSo if you saw a press photograph that was black and white and had flash, it was believable. It was a documentation of a situation that actually happened so with that it had a kind of gravity. I use that to give my subjects a heightened effect.\nAnthony: I use flash very rarely and certainly not in the way that Jim uses it. I have to say that I am quite jealous of the way that Jim uses flash. I think it is clear that his photos are harder, and I think that in some ways they are more truthful. When I look at these people I find mostly an inherent beauty, an inherent strength and I feel that I should be using all my camera skills and understanding of lighting to make them look as beautiful as I can in the circumstances.\nI try to make my pictures very kind and I know that is in some ways a cop out. They probably sell better \u2013 we do need to sell pictures to raise money. But I sometimes think that beauty is not the right virtue to try to extract from these situations.\nWhat are your thoughts about being exhibited alongside someone like Thesiger?\nAnthony: One member of the audience pointed out to me the extraordinary contrast. I think the difference is that the Arabs in the Thesiger pictures are free. This is before their environments have been destroyed, before they have been pushed out, and before they have been forced to join the army to fight in the Iraqi wars. I do think there is an extraordinary freshness about the images \u2013 I don\u2019t think the word is happiness but definitely a self-respect \u2013 and I think it contrasts with our work because it has all been taken away. Everything wonderful that they had there in the Middle East has simply been taken away by war and politics, and it is sobering.\nIt brings me back to the point that the images that we take are historical and they stand as witness to what has been. Once these photographs have been taken you cannot say that it wasn\u2019t like that. You cannot say the marshes were never that beautiful, people were never like that.\nYou can never say that these people never lived and occupied land if there is photograph of them living on occupied land, and no one can say in 50 years\u2019 time that there was never this tragedy. It is as good a reason as any to take a photo.\nContrasting Arabia is in the Link Gallery and Cloister Corridor at Sa\u00efd Business School until the end of December 2018. 40% of the proceeds from sales goes to Save the Children.\nArt at Oxford Sa\u00efd\nArt at Oxford Sa\u00efd: Anthony Dawton & Jim MacFarlane - 25.09.18", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 150, "original_length": 9473, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 236.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://parallaxpower.com/breaking-news/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:30Z", "digest": "sha1:E2OOBYLANT3EK2DZXAD6MTNZF35NBGTB", "length": 58, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "parallaxpower.com", "title": "breaking news \u2013 Parallax Power Supply", "raw_content": "Published November 30, 2018 at 771 \u00d7 276 in breaking news.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 55, "original_length": 1286, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 70.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://paranormalteams.com/directory/team-directory/international/australia/228-ghost-research-international", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:23:39Z", "digest": "sha1:MD7NZ3L2UCLGS6DXT6EZBQSR25RCGA3G", "length": 1160, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "paranormalteams.com", "title": "Ghost Research International - Paranormal Teams Directory", "raw_content": "We approach each case with the view of rationalizing the results. We do not assume the existence or non-existence of ghosts and prefer to base our results on the facts at hand, often taking on both roles of \"believer\" and \"skeptic\" in an effort to examine data from all angles. Having said that many members of the team have had experiences which cannot readily be explained, experiences which have led to their interest in the subject. We record all results, whether considered normal or abnormal, in order to present an unbiased view. Whether caused by incorrect interpretation of environmental conditions such as infra-sound, carbon monoxide poisoning, changes in barometric pressure and electromagnetic fields or indeed are paranormal events, it can be said that many witnesses have indeed experienced \"something\". We examine as much data as we can and search for any clues which may assist to provide answers. Events have been reported throughout history and we believe this is cause enough for research to be conducted to try and determine the true origins of those events be they natural or supernatural ... as our motto says it's \"time to get serious!\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 67, "original_length": 2261, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 232.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://payasyouthrow.org/tools-studies-and-publications/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:31:23Z", "digest": "sha1:42KRTIIN42KXYUQ2U6KN5QCDYLN6WW5V", "length": 2954, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "payasyouthrow.org", "title": "Tools, Studies, and Publications \u2013 PayAsYouThrow.org", "raw_content": "Pay-as-You-Throw: Briefing Document\nConcise 2-page document outlining the types of PAYT, how they work, and their relative impact\nPay-as-You-Throw: Waste Reduction at Its Best!\nThe Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection\u2019s presentation on the benefits of pay-as-you-throw and best practices for implementing it\nWaste Reduction: Strategies for Cities\nGuidance from the National League of Cities on best practices for municipal waste reduction, including pay-as-you-throw\nAnalysis of PAYT Impact in Southern Maine (ecomaine)\nHead-to-head comparison of trash volumes generated by PAYT towns and non-PAYT towns in southern Maine, 2018\nCountries That Recycle The Most\nReport from MSN.com detailing which countries have the highest recycling rates and what they\u2019re doing to achieve them\nDo Not Trash the Incentive! 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Legaspi, former SEAPA Alerts and Communications Officer, as new SEAPA executive director.\nLegaspi formally takes over as executive director on July 1, 2015.\nHe succeeds Gayathry Venkiteswaran from Malaysia, who had served creditably well as executive director for over three years, a period which marked SEAPA\u2019s implementation of its \u201cJournalism for Change\u201d program for journalists, Netizens, and media lawyers across the region.\nThe SEAPA Trustees conducted rigorous interviews with Legaspi and four other short-listed candidates in Bangkok last month. In all, 12 persons from several countries vied for the position and submitted written application letters on their vision and plans for SEAPA.\nSEAPA has full and associate members from the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, Timor-Leste, and Myanmar.\nThe Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), the Center for Media Freedom and responsibility (CMFR), the Thai Journalists Association, and Indonesia\u2019s Association of Independent Journalists (AJI) and Institute for Studies on the Free Flow of Information (ISAI) are founding members of SEAPA.\n\u201cI am very happy to hand over the baton to Ed, with whom I\u2019ve had a good working relationship for the last three years. I hope you will extend to him your support and cooperation as you have to me during my tenure,\u201d Venkiteswaran said.\nIn response, Legaspi said: \u201cThank you especially to Gaya, who encouraged me to apply. The challenges ahead for SEAPA are daunting, but have been made considerably smoother because of her work. Those are certainly higher standards to meet, but with your help, together, the tasks shall be easier. I am humbled by this.\u201d\nBefore joining SEAPA in March 2012, Legaspi had worked from 2006 to 2011 as manager of the Information, Communications, and Publications Department of the Asian Forum for Human Rights and development (FORUM-ASIA), and as consultant and coordinator for its Ethnic Minorities and Indigenous Peoples Programs and Peace and Human Security Program.\nIn 2009, he served as ASEAN Program Associate of the Southeast Asian Committee for Advocacy (SEACA) where he managed and implemented project to promote civil society engagement with the ASEAN.\nIn the Philippines from 1988 to 2004, Legaspi had worked variably as writer, editor, assistant manager, advocacy officer, and program coordinator of the Gazton Z. Ortigas Peace Institute, Asian Social Institute, and TABAK (Alliance of Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Rights Advocates).\nFrom October 2007 to November 2008, Legaspi had also worked with the Nonviolence International Southeast Asia (NISEA) as manager and trainer on human rights monitoring and conflict management strategy and development in Southern Thailand, as well as advisor and advocacy officer on disarmament (control of small arms and light weapons and banning landmines and cluster munitions)\nLegaspi holds an Economics degree from St. Joseph\u2019s College in Quezon City, and has done course work for Master\u2019s degrees in economics and human rights from the Asian Social Institute in the Philippines and the Mahidol University in Thailand.\nAs SEAPA Alerts and Communications Officer in the last three years, Legaspi had worked as lead writer of reports on cases of free expression violations; led the development and implementation of SEAPA\u2019s communication strategy; managed the alliance\u2019s social media accounts, developed databases and a monitoring system for cases of free expression violations in Southeast Asia; and conducted research, orientation and training for SEAPA staff and network members on press freedom, Internet governance, media law and impunity, and secure communication tools.\nBefore Legaspi and Venkiteswaran, another Filipino, Roby Alampay, had served as SEAPA\u2019s first executive director.\nThe six-person SEAPA secretariat based in Bangkok has staff personnel from Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar.\n\u00ab VIDEO: The \u2018promised land\u2019\nBongbong & BBL: Father-son act? \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 5334, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 215.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://pearlgallery-bielek.hu/en/custom-fine-jewellery/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:44Z", "digest": "sha1:JHQ7S4HDTNKC4FIETF46J3IWPDWPU2MI", "length": 2719, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "pearlgallery-bielek.hu", "title": "Custom fine jewellery - PearlGallery Bielek", "raw_content": "Despite the passing of time and changing fashions the pearls in fine jewellery continue their popularity. They are best suited for formal engagements in evening dresses at wedding, gala reception or opera. They are worn both by queens, first ladies and particular everyday persons. Their ageless beauty and classic elegancy can determine the appearance of their wearer. Due to their different colours and shapes the appropriate pearl jewellery can be chosen to any kind of clothes.\nThe application of pearls in a jewellery is versatile, they are used most frequently as a pearl strand necklace or a solitaire pearl surrounded by an exciting design. Simplicity is the characteristic feature of a pearl strand necklace. Perhaps a particular clasp can refer to the hight of perfection of craftsmanship. Sometimes rondels are placed between the pearls. These are usually round disks of platinum or gold often adorned with diamonds or other gems. Valuable pearl necklaces are strung on thin silk or nylon strands with knotting between the pearls in order to ensure that due to an inadvertent rip the pearls could not roll away. It is advisable to have the pearl strand necklaces restrung every one to two years.\nSolitaire pearls can be set in brooches, pendants, earrings, bracelets and rings. In the later two cases the pearls are more subject to some physical impacts than pearls set in any other piece of jewellery. Usually the pearl is simply set onto the ring protruding with her beauty however it can be easily damaged. In the designing phase this possibility should be taken into account and the protection of the pearl can be ensured. Rarely it happens that the pearls without being drilled are placed in a cage though in most of the cases the pearls are half-drilled or better up to 60% of the pearl diameter. The drilled hole should be as deep as the length of the stem that sticks out of the jewellery. Unfortunately in the majority of cases these stems are too short and made of plane metal, it refers to very poor craftmanship since it results in poor fit. Even if the pearl is fixed on the stem with glue, during normal wear the pearl can be bumped until it breaks off. The perfect solution it the use of a threaded stem, of course in most of the cases the use of a special epoxy glue is inevitable.\nWe are committed to producing custom designed jewellery suiting the appearance, personality, lifestyle and last but not least the wishes of the wearer. The process begins with sketching the design on paper or making a CAD drawing then upon approval of the customer the piece of jewellery is being made mainly by manual labor and partly by using CAM.\nYou can find some of our custom fine jewelleries as follows:", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 70, "original_length": 3837, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 334.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/Europe/Italy/Umbria/Perugia/Trevi/Cannaiola/churches/S.Michele/home.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:51Z", "digest": "sha1:CGEOKFMUSKQ5I64GKXL2JJK7BKVVSKDB", "length": 4164, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "penelope.uchicago.edu", "title": "Cannaiola di Trevi \u2022 Church of S. Michele Arcangelo", "raw_content": "Few of us do so well!\nHow a Simple Parish Priest\nCame to Displace the Archangel Michael\nThe Sanctuary of Blessed Father Pietro Bonilli\n\u2014 originally and more formally, the church of S. Michele Arcangelo.\nOn March 15, 1841, in S. Lorenzo di Trevi, Pietro Bonilli1 was born into a family of Umbrian farmers. Ordained on December 19, 1863, he immediately took charge of the parish church of S. Michele.\nFr. Bonilli had very early on developed a particular devotion to the Holy Family. Though he was following a popular tradition going back to the 17c, it was he who, thru years of work and the foundation of several associations (among which a Holy Family Missionary Society and an Association of Families consecrated to the Holy Family) finally won over Pope Leo XIII, who gave official approval to the cult of the Holy Family in 1893; it was extended to the Church worldwide by Benedict XV in 1921.2\nDon Pietro was mostly, however, a man of his time, deeply concerned with the problems facing his flock, farm communities and the working class: working conditions, illiteracy, and, logically, the plight of orphans. In 1887 he founded the Nazarene Institute for Orphan Girls; in 1888 the Congregation of the Sisters of the Holy Family, who worked to provide family counseling. Somewhere in all that, he also found time to write Cannaiola, Memorie storiche raccolte negli anni 1873\u201174, a valuable historical record of life in the plain of Trevi and its traditions and buildings, some of which have since disappeared.\nLike many people with a social conscience, he was also, refreshingly, somewhat of an eccentric: among his five cardinal principles of a Christian life, #4 was that every family should post in their living room or some similarly prominent place in their home, a large sign stating that In this house we don't swear. He gave another example of his different mindset when in 1889 he commissioned a statue group for this church, showing the Holy Family alright, but not Joseph, Mary and a Baby Jesus as is almost universal: rather, Jesus is depicted as a teenager. Now most of us who know teenagers will find this almost antithetical \u2014 yet again, it's only good logic: Jesus was once an adolescent, facing the same problems as any of us.\nThe success of the associations he founded led Fr. Bonilli to move the 29 km to Spoleto, a larger, more convenient place from which to manage them. He died there on Jan. 5, 1935; Pope John Paul II beatified him on Apr. 24, 1988; and after the beatification, the church of St. Michael, while still retaining its dedication to that saint, also became the Sanctuary of Father Pietro Bonilli, the name almost always used for it today.\n\u16ed\nThe church of S. Michele Arcangelo, as built around 1602, was much smaller, in the shape of a Greek cross, but has since been much reworked: extensions have given it the form of a Latin cross, and a major modernization in the 20c saw the original ogival vaults replaced, as occasionally elsewhere in Umbria, by a Franciscan-style wooden truss and tile ceiling.\nThe belfry you saw above, however, has remained substantially the same as when it was completed in 1606.\nAs a result of these many changes, the interior of the church is now best described as streamlined provincial baroque. In addition to the new ceiling, the photograph shows over the altar the 1889 statue group commissioned by Fr. Bonilli.\nIn April 1998 the body of Don Pietro was moved here from its first resting-place, the church of S. Filippo in Spoleto; it lies in a glass casket in the grilled chapel on the left, along with his manifesto of the principles of a Christian life.\n1 For considerably fuller biographical sketches of him, see Key to Umbria; also Preghiere a Ges\u00f9 e Maria (in Italian).\n2 As stated, Catholic devotion to the Holy Family is much older. The 1910 edition of the Catholic Encyclopedia has no entry on the cult per se, but its article Congregations of the Holy Family lists seven such orders, all of them founded earlier than that established by Fr. 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No time for much else at present as we are in the final hectic 10-day countdown to heading off for more than 6 weeks.\nFirst stop London where Diane and I will be taking part in a symposium at the New Zealand Studies Network at Birkbeck College on Saturday 29 September, starting at 10 a.m. So if you are reading this from the London area, go to http://www.nzstudies.com and book in. I'll be talking about the Wakefield Literary Tradition (with a Dickens connection) and Diane about 'Addiction to Narrative'.\nWe arrive in Berlin on 1 October for interviews and events around the new German edition of my novel To Each His Own - Jedem das Seine - and my other German novels. The highlight looks like a literary cruise on a restaurant ship on the Havel on Sunday 7 October.\nWe get to Frankfurt in time for the official opening of the Book Fair and on Wednesday 10th I'll be in the NZ Pavilion with Witi Ihimaera and Cath Dunsford talking to the topic 'Aotearoa New Zealand - Traditions and Landscape in Contemporary NZ Fiction.' The title is almost as long as the mere 5 minutes each we'll have to address this weighty topic!! Watch out for the T shirt.\nThen on Friday 12th I'll be flying solo in the Focus on Travel Gallery in the Main exhibition hall, talking about Natural New Zealand: 10 - 11a.m. Hall 3.1, L691. Lots of pictures.\nOn 15 October, Diane and I will escape the super-heated air of the Frankfurt Book Fair for the warm waters of Crete. New book? New poems for sure.\nwww.philiptemple.co.nz", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 2139, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 306.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://phoenix.standuplive.com/artist.cfm?id=9478", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:39Z", "digest": "sha1:LLGZ7FZ6QOCZX24HSXS2R3ZTZ2UZ3YG4", "length": 775, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "phoenix.standuplive.com", "title": "StandUpLive :: Artists", "raw_content": "Originally from Atlanta, Clayton English is a stand-up comedian, actor and writer based in Los Angeles. Most recently known as the winner of NBC\u2019s LAST COMIC STANDING in 2015, Clayton is currently headlining clubs, colleges, and festivals non-stop throughout the country. Clayton has also featured for comedy greats including Dave Chappelle and Bill Burr and was named a New Face at the Montreal JFL Comedy Festival. Clayton made his late night stand-up debut on LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS, is recurring on LOVE for Netflix, and recently guest starred on shows such as BROOKLYN 99 and AP BIO. Clayton recently wrapped production on THE WAR WITH GRANDPA, starring Robert De Niro, Uma Thurman, and Christopher Walken.\nClayton English's Upcoming Events\nClayton English's Videos", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 1731, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 160.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://phpcantho.com/an-interview-with-steve-liguori-serial-innovator/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:57Z", "digest": "sha1:FZ6PQJDCLWUYCKMJQMDUHRJG2YSBOXD6", "length": 11720, "nlines": 39, "source_domain": "phpcantho.com", "title": "An Interview with Steve Liguori, Serial Innovator | Premium Blog! | Development code, Android, Ios anh Tranning IT", "raw_content": "Home General News An Interview with Steve Liguori, Serial Innovator\nAn Interview with Steve Liguori, Serial Innovator\nI first met Steve Liguori when we were both working at GE, where he was heading up a lot of their innovation efforts. But he\u2019s been a change agent for much longer than that. We spoke recently about his path as a serial innovator, his beginnings in marketing, and what he\u2019s been doing lately with his experience in teaching big companies how to transform themselves from the inside out. I\u2019m a partner in his latest venture, the Corporate Entrepreneur Community (CEC), the newest addition to his long history of reinvention work that spans industries ranging from football to banking. I hope you\u2019ll enjoy the conversation as much as I did.\nYour first big innovation was also a huge cultural moment. What was it, and how did it come about?\nWhen I was at PepsiCo, I started the Super Bowl halftime show with Michael Jackson. This was in 1993, and I was the chief marketing officer at Frito-Lay North America. The first Super Bowl halftime show was sponsored by Lay\u2019s Potato Chips, which we were re-launching. We were trying to do something dramatically new and innovative from a marketing standpoint, and being owned by Pepsi, which had done Michael Jackson, and was legendary for commercials and crazy marketing, we thought, \u201cWhy can\u2019t we do something crazy and innovative?\u201d So we came up with the idea of disrupting the Super Bowl by doing, basically, what\u2019s now the Super Bowl halftime show\u2013something crazy during halftime that we could own as a marketing vehicle. Before that\u2013you can go back and look at old tape\u2013half-time was the same thing from high school football to college football to NFL football. The marching band came out and did a marching thing and then at home everyone turned off the TV or went and got snacks because the announcers came on and talked football. We knew someone who knew Michael Jackson\u2019s agent and that\u2019s how it came together. I just always had that gene to make change. We called it \u201cbusiness not as usual.\u201d\nWhere did that gene take you next?\nI got lured away to run a small, private cookie company, and from there I went to Citibank. Going from potato chips and cookies to work at Citibank may seem kind of strange, but I got recruited there because they were looking to reinvent the consumer bank. I was president first of Citibank New York, then Citibank Federal Savings Bank, which is all the U.S. branches. I introduced brokerage services into the branches, which was a huge business innovation because for the first time you could go buy stocks and bonds in the bank branch. The other innovation I headed up there was basically putting Citibank online. I personally bought the citibank.com URL and introduced the first internet-based online banking.\nWere people calling this kind of reinvention innovation at the time?\nThis was during the internet explosion, so I\u2019d say it was called the digital revolution 1.0. In 2001, I moved from Citibank to become the CMO of Morgan Stanley\u2019s brokerage business, where I was tasked with modernizing and reviving the brokerage business there. Everyone needed to get everything online right away and didn\u2019t know what the heck to do. I was there to help put Morgan Stanley online, but also to integrate the very broker-centric aspect of the business. Doing both was a really complicated endeavor and I helped reinvent it. We didn\u2019t call it innovation, but it was, because it was about how to transform a purely human-based business into a combination of human and online and get the best of both. Because I\u2019d made a name for myself as an innovative marketer in consumer financing, I was then recruited by GE, which still had a consumer finance brand at the time called GE Money.\nCan you talk about how you went from finance marketing to the kinds of innovation projects GE started taking on eventually, which was when we first got acquainted? Clearly there\u2019s a through-line of a willingness to take risks, right?\nGE Money ended up being significantly scaled back during the recession in 2008, and as that was happening I met with Beth Comstock, who was the CMO at that time. She said to me, \u201cWe\u2019ve got all these industrial divisions at GE: GE Medical, GE Aviation, GE Energy. Do you think that the basic principles of marketing are the same there as in the consumer world?\u201d And I said, \u201cIs that supposed to be a trick question?\u201d Marketing is marketing, whatever you\u2019re talking about. Two weeks later, I was named the executive director of global marketing for GE at the corporate level, working for Beth Comstock. My charge was to modernize all the marketing departments across the GE divisions. But it wasn\u2019t long before GE realized they had to get moving on digitalization at the business level\u2013that everything that was going on at the consumer level was becoming really important for business as well. They knew they needed to get into industrial software and data. My role migrated over to that, and I was put on a task force to figure out how GE could begin to digitize itself and the industrial internet.\nWhat that means is that If you\u2019re running a utility company, an airline, or let\u2019s say, even a railroad, the data that comes off of your equipment is invaluable to running your operation more efficiently. In fact, there\u2019s a term now, it\u2019s called, \u201cOT,\u201d as in operations technology. So as opposed to just having data on how well your accounting\u2019s doing, an airline wants to know what its fuel efficiency is. A hospital wants to know what percentage of up time it has on its CAT scan machines. A power company wants to know whether they should be burning natural gas or taking power off of the solar grid because it\u2019s sunny in Southern California. We started all these change projects\u2013sensors in airliner engines, or in CAT scan machines, so we could tell management how valuable that data is for them to help run the business better. It innovation of the product lines in businesses, and I was put in charge of coming up with new ways to do things around digitizing GE and modernizing the company. It was another example of me being a serial change agent.\nThis was around the time when we met, because all that change was getting stuck and I came along to try to help move it forward.\nYes. The teams would be all fired up. They\u2019d start their journey. We\u2019d get back to them in, say 60 days or so, and they\u2019d say, \u201cWe didn\u2019t make any progress.\u201d And we\u2019d say, \u201cWhat do you mean you didn\u2019t do any work?\u201d And they\u2019d say, \u201cWe didn\u2019t say we didn\u2019t do any work. We said we made no progress.\u201d Why did they make no progress? It was because of people saying, \u201cThat\u2019s not the way we do business.\u201d The change agents were getting eaten by the business-as-usual.\nSo we decided we needed to go and attack head on how to do innovation from a cultural perspective, which turned out to be the Lean Startup methodology. With you, we eventually created a whole new cultural methodology at GE to get this new way of working kicked off. That was FastWorks, which you wrote about in The Startup Way.\nHow did that experience carry over into new projects?\nI was getting asked very frequently to go present GE\u2019s story about how they were figuring out how to do innovation completely differently. People were realizing they needed to change but didn\u2019t know how to get started doing it in a big company. So I became sort of a pied piper both within GE and external to GE. At some point the light bulb went off and I thought there was a really broad need for this kind of information. I decided I wanted to teach big companies how to implement their own reinvention, by using Lean Startup as the core for updating their culture and leadership. So I launched Liguori Innovation to do that.\nAbout a year and a half into the new venture, I had another realization\u2013which you\u2019d also had\u2013which was that people in every industry were calling me all the time with the same questions. It didn\u2019t matter if it was a tech company, a finance company, or a manufacturing company. They were all struggling with figuring out how to make change in a large company. There are very few people doing it, just a core, small contingent of folks trying it. So I thought maybe the best way to help people figure out how to do it is to get those who are learning about it together with each other. The idea was to create a community of practitioners and let peers jump in and actually help each other as another part of the ecosystem they need to succeed at it. That\u2019s what the Corporate Entrepreneur Community (CEC) is for. It\u2019s a very intimate setting where people can ask very specific questions of their counterparts at other companies that are similar to them in size and structure, but not in purpose, so there\u2019s no competition. Things like, \u201cWhat do you do when an executive comes in and says, \u2018Well, this seems great, but I\u2019m still not buying into the process.\u201d Or \u201cWe\u2019re having a really hard time getting entrepreneurial people to stay in the company\u2013how are you doing it?\u201d It\u2019s hard to have that conversation with anyone who hasn\u2019t really lived inside a company of this size. There are several meetings a year, but it\u2019s also a little bit of a matchmaker situation because people can call up and ask specifically to talk with someone we know has dealt with whatever their issue is.\nIs the motivation behind your current work the same as it was when you started out at Frito-Lay or has it evolved in ways?\nI really believe this is a huge need in society. These large companies have brought tremendous value to society from transportation, to electricity, to healthcare, to clean water.. And whether I love or hate Facebook, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to cure cancer, and I don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to get clean water to the billions of people that don\u2019t have clean water. These large, multi-national companies have global reach, and scale, but they are absolutely risking becoming dinosaurs because they\u2019re victims of the bureaucracy that they have created. That bureaucracy is necessary\u2013they need regulations and controls on what they\u2019re doing that affects people so much. But while you\u2019re making your quarterly numbers and doing all the things regulatory you need to do to pay the bills and stay out of jail, how do you at the same time completely reinvent yourself from the inside out? The specialty of what I do is to help answer the question: \u201cHow do you break all the rules safely?\u201d That\u2019s an intentional oxymoron, and that\u2019s what these companies need to do.\n( http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/startup/lessons/learned/~3/9e7xYQMfGdY/an-interview-with-steve-ligouri-serial.html)\nTags: Innovator, Interview, Liguori, Serial, Steve\nPrevious articleFacebook Announces AR Support For Messenger & Instagram, Updates To AR Studio\nNext articleStories are about to surpass feed sharing. Now what? \u2013 TechCrunch\nIntroduction to Wallets and how to store your Crypto\nJune 2, 2018 Do you store your crypto funds on a wallet? 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For many, this would be hell, and not just because of the limited collection of songs endlessly repeated in stores. The days are short, the nights are cold, and according to the Mental Health Foundation, 1 in 15 people will find their days filled with a void of winter-related depression rather than merriment.\nDepression can occur for many reasons, and the Christmas period can be filled with lots of unhelpful emotional triggers, such as the consistently-advertised \u2018perfect family\u2019, or the gift that you have to buy that\u2019s \u2018just right\u2019. These unrealistic expectations and added pressures to achieve perfection are applied to many of us though, so why do only 1 in 15 suffer? Well, it probably depends on how biologically susceptible we are to Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).\nA somewhat insensitive acronym, SAD is a form of depression that occurs due to the changing seasons. The symptoms of SAD are like many other forms of depression: long periods of low mood, lack of interest in previously enjoyable activities, suicidal thoughts, and so on. However, it is unlike most other forms of depression due to its cyclic nature, where a person\u2019s mood will drop between the months of September and April (though it is generally at its most severe between December and February).\nSAD is often associated with bipolar disorder, a separate disorder where a person\u2019s mood and energy levels can swing uncontrollably between extreme highs, where they can lose any sense of danger, to extreme lows, where they can instead become suicidal. However, SAD can occur on its own, and is a recognised disorder in its own right. Whilst different, both do occur in cycles and seem to have some underlying genetic components, so it is not shocking that people have questioned if SAD is merely a variant of bipolar disorder.\nThe primary cause of SAD is thought to be that winter is accompanied by a lack of sunlight. Sunlight is a key regulator of sleep via the release of two chemicals: the hormone melatonin, and its precursor, serotonin. Specifically, melatonin is produced over the course of the night, and its production is stopped when the eye detects sunlight and sends a signal to the brain. This detection of sunlight prevents the conversion of serotonin to melatonin, leading to an increase in serotonin throughout the day.\nExcess melatonin or reduced serotonin during daylight hours have both been implicated in SAD, and two of the major treatments currently available try to target this balance. The first treatment involves being exposed to a \u2018sun lamp\u2019. These specially designed lamps mimic natural light, reducing melatonin production and therefore allowing the user to compensate for the hours lost during winter.\nThe other major treatment available is medication. Although a host of anti-depressants are available, those that inhibit the re-uptake of serotonin in the brain, allowing serotonin to remain active for longer, seem to be especially effective at dealing with SAD. Overall, both treatments aim to restore the balance of serotonin and melatonin, which is disrupted during the winter months.\nWhile sun lamps and medication can be helpful, they are unlikely to completely alleviate any issues alone, and an individual is likely to need additional forms of support. Two other types of treatment that are frequently recommended are more general: lifestyle alterations, such as reducing alcohol consumption, and counselling. These can make huge differences in allowing an affected individual to cope during the winter months, and tackle some of the deeper issues that they may be facing.\nIn summary, if you are feeling depressed or suicidal, please do seek help from a qualified professional, or if you find yourself with a friend who is dealing with depression, remember to give them time, patience and reassurance.\nThe UK Samaritans operates a 24-hour service available every day of the year (their phone number is 116 123). Instead, if you prefer to write down how you\u2019re feeling, or if you\u2019re worried about being overheard on the phone, you can email Samaritans at jo@samaritans.org.\nPrevious Post IONIS-HTTRx: A New Hope for Huntington\u2019s Disease\nNext Post \u2018We are pivoting at a pivotal moment\u2019: understanding the Fox-Disney deal", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 5125, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 231.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://pinergy.co.uk/our-constitution/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:56:08Z", "digest": "sha1:BXONHSMHGXALPCXPPXBXQ5NERP4KK3DO", "length": 5810, "nlines": 55, "source_domain": "pinergy.co.uk", "title": "Our Constitution \u2013 PiNergy", "raw_content": "The Name of this investment club is PiNergy\nThe aims of PiNergy are:\nMembership is open to all who:\nHave an interest in property and real estate\u2019s investment\nWant to have access to our identified and researched property investments\nSupport charitable projects proposed by the investment club\nSupports the aims and objectives of PiNergy\nMembership will begin as soon as a Welcome email has been received.\nThere will be an annual membership contribution which will be agreed at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) and will be payable by all members.\nA list of all members will be kept by the membership secretary.\nCeasing to be a member\nMembers may resign at any time in writing to the secretary.\nAny member who fails to pay his/her membership fee in one year will be contacted by the committee, who will then decide if the member is deemed to have resigned.\nAny offensive behaviour, including racist, sexist or inflammatory remarks, will not be permitted.\nAny offensive behaviour or breaking the equal opportunities policy may result in suspension from further meetings or resignation from the group, especially if an apology is not given or the behaviour is repeated.\nThe individual concerned shall have the right to be heard by the management committee, accompanied by a friend, before a final decision is made.\nPiNergy does not discriminate on the grounds of gender, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexuality, disability, religious or political belief, marital status or age.\nThe business of the Club will be carried out by a Board of Trustees. The officers\u2019 roles are as follows:\nChair Board of Trustees, who shall chair both general and committee meetings\nClub General Secretary and Trustee, who shall be responsible for the taking of minutes and the distribution of all papers\nMember Trustee, who shall be responsible for keeping records of members\nTreasurer who shall be responsible for maintaining accounts\nAny committee member not attending a meeting without apology for three months will be contacted by the committee and asked if they wish to resign.\nThe Committee meetings will be open to any member of PiNergy wishing to attend, who may speak but not vote.\nAn Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held within twelve months of the previous AGM.\nAll members will be notified in writing at least 3 weeks before the date of the meeting, giving the venue, date and time.\nAt the AGM:\nThe Committee will present a report on the work of PiNergy over the year.\nThe Committee will present the accounts of PiNergy for the previous year.\nAny proposals given to the Secretary at least 7 days in advance of the meeting will be discussed.\nThe Secretary will call a Special General Meeting at the request of the majority of the committee or other members giving a written request to the Chair or Secretary stating the reason for their request.\nThe meeting will take place within thirty days of the request.\nAll members will be given two weeks\u2019 notice of such a meeting, giving the venue, date, time and agenda, and notice may be by telephone, email or post.\nThe quorum for the Special General Meeting will be 10% of the membership or 10 members, whichever is the greater number.\nGeneral Meetings are open to all members and will be held at least once every 3 months or more often if necessary.\nThe required member for a General Meeting shall be 10% of the membership or 5 members, whichever is the greater number.\nCommittee meetings may be called by the Chair or Secretary. Committee members must receive notice of meetings at least 7 days before the meeting.\nThe quorum for Committee meetings is three Committee members.\nRules of Procedure for meetings\nAll questions that arise at any meeting will be discussed openly and the meeting will seek to find general agreement that everyone present can agree to.\nIf a consensus cannot be reached a vote will be taken and a decision will be made by a simple majority of members present. If the number of votes cast on each side is equal, the chair of the meeting shall have an additional casting vote.\nAn account will be maintained on behalf of the Association at a bank agreed by the committee. Cheque signatories will be nominated by the Committee (one to be the Treasurer). The signatories must not be related nor members of the same household.\nAll payments will be signed by two of the signatories.\nFor cheque payments, the signatories will sign the cheque.\nFor other payments (such as BACS payments, cash withdrawals, debit card payments or cash payments), a requisition note will be signed by two signatories, and held by the treasurer.\nRecords of income and expenditure will be maintained by the Treasurer and a financial statement given at each meeting.\nAll money raised by or on behalf of PiNergy is only to be used to further the aims of the group, as specified in item 2 of this constitution.\nAmendments to the constitution may only be made at the Annual General Meeting or a Special General Meeting.\nAny proposal to amend the constitution must be given to the Secretary in writing. The proposal must then be circulated with the notice of meeting.\nAny proposal to amend the constitution will require a two thirds majority of those present and entitled to vote.\nIf a meeting, by simple majority, decides that it is necessary to close down the group it may call a Special General Meeting to do so. The sole business of this meeting will be to dissolve the group.\nIf it is agreed to dissolve the group, all remaining money and other assets, once outstanding debts have been paid, will be donated to a local charitable organisation. The organisation will be agreed at the meeting which agrees the dissolution.\nThis constitution was agreed at the Inaugural General Meeting of the PiNergy on: \u2013\nDate \u2026\u2026\u2026/\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026/\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.\nName and position in group \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 98, "original_length": 7176, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 201.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://playanon.blogspot.com/2010/01/he-likes-us.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:13Z", "digest": "sha1:YUVRTVQJQHIQKUEFI6ZJBVSVBEX6UKUF", "length": 1967, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "playanon.blogspot.com", "title": "Play Anon: He Likes Us", "raw_content": "I love this montage of press junkets put together by filmmaker Jason Reitman during his Up In The Air interview rounds. The fun, punchy style of the piece is in stark contrast to the dreary, true nature of junkets.\nHaving interviewed a few people during TIFF, you do feel as though you're one in a long assembly-line of reporters armed with microphones, recorders, and the standard line of questioning. More than once, I've actually felt bad for the interview subject -if only because they spend their days answering the same, inane questions. Time must surely stop at such moments. I can only imagine how many times Reitman was asked \"what was it like to work with George Clooney?\" It's easy to forget, amidst the hype, that there is a real human being sitting in front of you. That person has real thoughts, feelings, ideas and perceptions.\nIt's nice to see Reitman thinks the same of journalists; there's a curiosity about these people, inherent in the fast edits of this clip, that they have lives, too, and those lives aren't always strictly defined by livelihood. The Joe Strummer soundtrack also hints at a punk ethos that doesn't quite gel with the promotional duties outlined by Hollywood, that leaving the human out of such marketing-based interaction robs one of experiencing the true joy of the moment. It's also neat to see Reitman using social media with such flair and creativity; maybe it's a sign of his (our) generation that we understand its deep ability to share and connect in ways that weren't possible years ago. I wonder what directors like Frank Capra or Alfred Hitchcock would do, would that they had today's technological tools at their disposal. It's too easy to forget the humans amidst machines -that there's a real person on the other side of the microphone, the tweet, the status update. Reitman's junket montage, with its myriad of faces and smiles, is a wonderful reminder of the power of connection in today's techno-obsessed world.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 3192, "original_length": 52488, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 295.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://plymouthnewsroom.co.uk/6410-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:36:37Z", "digest": "sha1:R2WMJ75ODACPYQK77ZQPDI7D3U2N5LHR", "length": 5108, "nlines": 32, "source_domain": "plymouthnewsroom.co.uk", "title": "Plymouth City Council to fly the flag for World Aids Day for first time - Plymouth News Room", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Plymouth City Council to fly the flag for World Aids Day for first time\nPlymouth City Council to fly the flag for World Aids Day for first time\nThis entry was posted in News and tagged HIV Testing Week World AIDS Day on 25/11/2016 .\nAs we mark HIV Testing Week, Plymouth will soon be flying the flag to mark World Aids Day for the first time.\nFor the first time ever, Plymouth City Council will be flying a flag to mark World Aids Day on Thursday 1 December, along with a number of other councils in the South West.\nWorking in partnership with the Eddystone Trust, the Council aims to raise awareness of Aids and show solidarity for people living with Aids and HIV, as well as promoting safe sex.\nIn 2015 there were an estimated 103,700 people living with HIV and an estimated 17% of those undiagnosed and unaware of their condition \u2013 therefore not receiving treatment and at risk of onward transmission. In the UK in 2015 there were 6,095 new diagnoses.\nThe aim of National HIV Testing week 2016 is to further build on the \u2018It Starts With Me\u2019 campaign, getting individuals to play their part in HIV testing and stand up to say that they are testing.\nCouncillor Lynda Bowyer, Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care for Plymouth City Council, said: \u201cWe are pleased to be able to support World Aids Day and the Eddystone Trust by flying the World Aids Day flag.\n\u201cWe are also supporting HIV Testing Week. Everyone needs to look after all aspects of their health, and sexual health is no exception.\u201d\nThe World Aids Day flag will be flying on Plymouth Guildhall for the first time on 1 December.\nDr Ruth Harrell, Interim Director of Public Health said: \u201cNearly a third of new cases of HIV diagnosed in our city are diagnosed at a late stage in the illness. Earlier diagnosis means that a person can get earlier treatment which in turn increases their likelihood of a healthier and longer life.\n\u201cUltimately though prevention is better than cure and I would urge people to always practice safe sex by using a condom correctly.\u201d\nAndrew Evans, Director of Operations of The Eddystone Trust, the local HIV and sexual health charity said \u201cWe aim to promote and increase HIV testing in all areas, it is better to test sooner as a late diagnosis can damage your body and even shorten your life. We want to expand rapid HIV testing across the South West, working with our partner organisations on testing and HIV, to promote and increase professionals access to training and seminars on the topics of sexual health and HIV.\n\u201cFor a number of years Gloucestershire County Council have flown a flag for World AIDS Day on the 1st December, this year for the 1st time we will have these flags displayed across the South West, in Truro, Plymouth, Exeter, Taunton and Gloucester. All these County Councils have agreed to fly the flags in support of a bid to make stigma history for HIV.\n\u201cWe also want you join us in pledging to wear a red ribbon, to continue to challenge the stigma and discrimination associated with HIV. The website www.redribbonpledge.co.uk gives people the opportunity to record their pledge to wear a ribbon and on twitter people can share their reasons using #YourRibbonReasons\nAnyone can register their pledge to wear a red ribbon and make a donation to support World AIDS Day and HIV Testing Week\nMore information on the Eddystone Trust website\nFacts about HIV:\n88,769 HIV+ people in the UK are engaged with healthcare in 2015\n41.1% of those diagnosed in 2015 in the South West were diagnosed late\n1 in 6 of those diagnosed are aged over 55\n1/3rd of those people living with HIV in the UK have experienced discrimination\nA late diagnosis creates a 10fold increased risk of death with the 1st year of diagnosis\nA late diagnosis is those with a CD4 count of less than 350. A CD4 count is a lab test that measures the number of CD4 T lymphocytes (CD4 cells) in a sample of your blood. In people with HIV, it is the most important laboratory indicator of how well your immune system is working and the strongest predictor of HIV progression.\nWorld AIDS Day \u2013 World AIDS Day is held on 1 December each year and is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate people who have died. World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day and the first one was held in 1988. http://www.worldaidsday.org/\nIt Starts With Me\u2013 HIV Prevention England runs the \u2018It Starts With Me\u2019 campaign which promotes safe sex and HIV testing to all, but also with materials targeted to specific audiences such as gay men and African men. For more information go to https://www.startswithme.org.uk/\nMore information about Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trusts\u2019 HIV services is available at http://www.plymouthhospitals.nhs.uk/ourservices/clinicaldepartments/GUM/Pages/HIVTesting.aspx\nFurther details about home HIV testing are available here: https://www.yourship.uk/\nFor more information on HIV services across the city, visit web.plymouth.gov.uk/hiv\n\u2190 Upgrade for digital bus shelter displays\nPlans to modernise parking in Plymouth \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 84, "original_length": 8114, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 250.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://portfoliocatalog.com/Thiago-Romero", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:53Z", "digest": "sha1:BKVG4QM53I6DPJEWUXIOMMNB2IILX6DK", "length": 3689, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "portfoliocatalog.com", "title": "Thiago Romero Portfolio Catalog - Painting Painting Abstract", "raw_content": "Thiago Romero, born in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil, is a contemporary artist, writer, journalist and skydiver. He is most recognized for his unique and distinctive technique of \"abstract expressionism\", often-utilizing waves, flags, geometric shapes, letters, and numbers in his paintings. His style is characterized by a vibrant, expressive, and spontaneous approach, obtained by the rapid application of different shades of acrylic paint, water, and other elements. His work has been exhibited and sold internationally, with his most recent North American exhibitions in Miami, Orlando, and New Mexico.\nWhile developing his artistic career, Thiago also worked as a journalist for 15 years, with some of the most influential media companies in Brazil (including TV Globo, TV Cultura, Folha de S. Paulo and FAPESP (The State of S\u00e3o Paulo Research Foundation). He is credited for writing more than 1,200 articles about science, technology and innovation for the FAPESP agency and magazines such as \"\u00c9poca\", \"Superinteressante\" and \"Revista Trip\".\nWhile reporting on the arts for the \"Metropolis\" show in TV Cultura, he was introduced to artists of different styles and schools when they visited the studio for live interviews, to promote the exhibition of their works. Exposure to these new artistic concepts and processes proved to be a great influence on his artistic pursuits.\nThiago balances his passion for painting with action sports. While he paints almost every day in Florida, he finds creative inspiration while skydiving, surfing, wake boarding, running, snowboarding, biking and scuba diving.\n\"Thiago Romero Fine Arts\" is currently represented by the Hyder Gallery Center for Fine Art located at 5250 International Drive, Orlando-FL, USA.\nInventory ID TR_0005\nBlack Letters - By Thiago Romero\nThiago Romero Professional Artist Thiago Romero, born in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil, is a contemporary artist, writer, journalist and skydiver. He is most recognized for his unique and distinctive technique of \"abstract expressionism\", often-utilizing waves, flags, geometric shapes, letters, and numbers in his paintings. His style is characterized by a vibrant, expressive, and spontaneous approach, obtained by the rapid application of different shades of acrylic paint, water, and other elements. His work has been exhibited and sold internationally, with his most recent North American exhibitions in Miami, Orlando, and New Mexico. While developing his artistic career, Thiago also worked as a journalist for 15 years, with some of the most influential media companies in Brazil (including TV Globo, TV Cultura, Folha de S. Paulo and FAPESP (The State of S\u00e3o Paulo Research Foundation). He is credited for writing more than 1,200 articles about science, technology and innovation for the FAPESP agency and magazines such as \"\u00c9poca\", \"Superinteressante\" and \"Revista Trip\". While reporting on the arts for the \"Metropolis\" show in TV Cultura, he was introduced to artists of different styles and schools when they visited the studio for live interviews, to promote the exhibition of their works. Exposure to these new artistic concepts and processes proved to be a great influence on his artistic pursuits. Thiago balances his passion for painting with action sports. While he paints almost every day in Florida, he finds creative inspiration while skydiving, surfing, wake boarding, running, snowboarding, biking and scuba diving. \"Thiago Romero Fine Arts\" is currently represented by the Hyder Gallery Center for Fine Art located at 5250 International Drive, Orlando-FL, USA.\nUpdate Black Letters Information Text:\nBuy Black Letters from a gallery near you:\nBlack Letters - Limited Edition Details", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 71, "original_length": 6608, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 139.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://post.mainelymediallc.com/news/2014-07-25/Community/Little_Red_Wagon_Theatre_Group_to_visit_library.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:35:17Z", "digest": "sha1:ULX7ZJCDQTRZ3NUYL4PZAORX56CFSIYT", "length": 1426, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "post.mainelymediallc.com", "title": "Little Red Wagon Theatre Group to visit library | post.mainelymediallc.com | Kennebunk Post", "raw_content": "Little Red Wagon Theatre Group to visit library\nKennebunk Free Library will host the Little Red Wagon Theatre Troupe performance of Hans Christian Andersen\u2019s \u201cThe Nightingale\u201d 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5.\nThrough movement and music, Little Red Wagon\u2019s \u201cNightingale\u201d portrays an emperor who neglects the beauty of his faithful, real nightingale in favor of a bejeweled, mechanical one.\nThe Little Red Wagon Theatre Troupe performs for children and family audiences at schools, libraries, festivals, banquets, hospitals, recreation centers, state parks and churches. It is the longest running nonprofit, children\u2019s theater touring the U.S., and performs at nearly 70 locations in New England each summer.\nFounded in 1971, The Little Red Wagon became a grassroots model program for the state of New Hampshire and was instrumental to the introduction of theater education into the public school system as a supportive tool for reading and learning. Little Red Wagon is part of the University of New Hampshire Department of Theatre and Dance ArtsREACH, an education and outreach division of the department.\nThe program will be held outside the library, weather permitting, inside the Unitarian Universalist Church next door if necessary. The event is free, wheelchair accessible and open to all. Kennebunk Free Library is located at 112 Main St., Kennebunk.\nFor more information, call 985-2173, ext. 5 or visit www.KennebunkLibrary.org.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 2003, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 149.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://potential-me.com/potential-me-to-open-new-headquarters-in-port-covington", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:42:39Z", "digest": "sha1:HZVK73GQSM6PAOZZN46VFJL7EO4VGPFD", "length": 3360, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "potential-me.com", "title": "Potential Me to Open New Headquarters in Port Covington", "raw_content": "Baltimore, Md. \u2013 Potential Me, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to providing disadvantaged young women with the tools they need to envision and cultivate their ultimate potential, today announced it will open its new headquarters in Port Covington.\nPotential Me sells donated items on eBay and uses the proceeds to support women in Baltimore who lack the means to make their dreams a reality independently. From providing clothing for job interviews to hosting workshops for young women in Baltimore City schools, Potential Me aims to help women build financial independence and self-worth.\nLocated at 240 W. Dickman Street, Potential Me\u2019s new 1,272 square-foot headquarters will offer the nonprofit more space for clothing storage and operations. The new space has been leased to Potential Me free of charge by the property\u2019s owner, Sagamore Development Company.\nPotential Me will open its new headquarters and begin accepting donations at 240 W. Dickman Street on April 10, 2017.\n\u201cAs a teenager, I was unable to see a future for myself as I struggled with low self-esteem,\u201d said Kimberly Klacik, Executive Director of Potential Me. \u201cOvercoming that experience, I was inspired to found Potential Me and work to help other young women who find themselves unaware of their potential. We are thrilled to announce our growth and grateful to Sagamore Development for donating the space for us to expand and build on our mission to help women in Baltimore dream.\u201d\nCombining her passion for serving others and her favorite hobby of selling clothes on eBay, Klacik founded Potential Me in 2014 and offered two programs: \u201cThe Prom Program,\u201d providing prom dresses for young women who could not afford a dress for their high school prom; and, the \u201cBack to Work Program,\u201d providing suits, dresses, shoes, makeup and accessories for women attempting to get back into or join the workforce.\nSince then, Potential Me has grown organically with the support of Baltimore City community organizations and valuable partnerships with like-minded groups, including Sharp Dressed Man.\nPotential Me\u2019s programming has evolved to feature workshops and events designed to help empower young women and build self-esteem. Earlier this year, Potential Me began hosting weekly \u201cDress for Success\u201d workshops at the Cherry Hill branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, for students aged 12 to 17-years-old. Potential Me has also partnered with Baltimore City Public Schools to host monthly roundtables focusing on appropriate attire, behavior, and values as students prepare for life after high school.\nFor more information on Potential Me and its programs to lift up young women in Baltimore, visit www.potential-me.com.\nAbout Potential Me: Potential Me, based in Baltimore, Md., is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to providing disadvantaged young women with the tools they need to envision and cultivate their ultimate potential. Founded in 2014 by Kimberly Klacik, Potential Me sells donated items including clothing, from socks and shoes to dresses and suits, on eBay. Proceeds are then used to provide clothing and host workshops and events for young women who lack the means to make their dreams a reality independently. For more information on Potential Me, visit www.potential-me.com.\nCONTACT: Kimberly Klacik\nExecutive Director, Potential Me\nPublished in PR", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 43, "original_length": 4294, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 271.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://powwowhawaii.com/participants/daleast/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:41:59Z", "digest": "sha1:X3WIJBQK3IJMW4JGKR57KF6CYYK74PC6", "length": 518, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "powwowhawaii.com", "title": "DAL | POW! WOW! HawaiiPOW! WOW! Hawaii", "raw_content": "Participants > DAL\nwww.daleast.com\nDAL landed on this planet in 1984 in China. It was then he decided to live as an artist in this world. He dropped out of the Institute of Fine Arts, began doing art on public space from 2004 under the alias DAL.\nHe is inspired by the way the material world revolves, how the spiritual world unfolds, life\u2019s emotions and the infinite space around us. 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The N95 respirator meets the guidelines as established by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) (CDC, 2013).\nA personal respirator as defined by NIOSH is a device worn on the face and the device must at least cover the mouth and nose. A respirator when worn properly will reduce the users\u2019 risk of inhaling hazardous airborne particles such as dust particles, infectious agents, gases, or vapors (NIOSH, 2012).\nOne of several types and models of an N95 respirator available and it is important that you know what type you are using and when purchasing one ensure it meets your requirements. You must know the limitations of any protective device you are carrying.\nThis information is presented for informational purposes only. It should not be considered medical advice it is merely presented to indicate the level of protection you might expect\nWhy Carry an N95 Respirator in Your Bug-Out-Bag\nBiological attacks are a possibility and if your area, city or community came under attack and agents of this type were used you would have to evacuate the area. Biological agents can be dispersed in various ways and initially you will not have knowledge of the method. You must evacuate quickly before the area is quarantined, and to protect yourself and others you will need a protective mask. You do not want to flee with your family and friends only to spread the disease or contaminates, so wear your N95 respirator as you evacuate the area.\nDamage from any natural or manmade disaster will put airborne particles, fumes, liquid aerosols and bacteria into the air. Particles such as mold spoors, glass shards, plaster/sheetrock dust, bits of insulation, smoke and ash and any number of things are left floating in the air after a disaster strikes.\nYou cannot safely evacuate (bug-out) without respirators, because you simply do not know what you will encounter as you make your way out of the area. Have protection with you so there is one less thing to worry about as you make your way to safety.\nDisasters bring people together, and of course, the more people in a confined area the more infectious diseases are spread from person to person. The N95 respirator has been proven effective in helping to prevent the spread of the H1N1virus as well as other infectious diseases to include tuberculosis.\nPandemics can create panic in any community, city, country or even the world. A pandemic can be called a disaster and in some cases, you may feel you would be safer if you evacuate from heavily populated areas. Obviously the less people you meet reduces your exposure to a disease. Having protection if you have to be around others is important so always have a sufficient supply of N95 respirators available for you and every member of your family or group.\nThe longer a crisis extends the more people become sick from infectious diseases. People are in closer contact in emergency shelters, in lines where emergency supplies are passed out and in ad hoc medical facilities where proper sanitation and other safety procedures cannot be followed. Infectious diseases always follow major disasters.\nMake sure you understand how long your N95 respirator will protect you and does a particular contaminate affect the level of protection. When purchasing carefully read all labeling to ensure it states it is an N95, the 95 stands for 95 percent filtration of airborne particulates when the mask is properly fitted to your face. Persons with facial hair are cautioned when using the N95 because the facial hair will not allow the respirator to fit properly.\nSeek the advice of your health care professional if you family members with breathing problems before fitting them with any type of facial mask.\nCDC. (2013, May 9th). Retrieved 2013, from http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/topics/respirators/disp_part/n95list1.html\nNIOSH. (2012). 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Moist aluminum powder may ignite in air, with the formation of flammable hydrogen gas.\nAluminum powder (uncoated) is also known as aluminum powder, aluminum, aluminum flake, aluminum metal, metana.\nAtomization is the process used commercially to produce the largest tonnage of metal powders.\nAtomisation methods include Rotating Electrode, Vibrating Electrode (arc), Centrifugal (from a melt) and Rapid Solidification (eg aluminium ribbon). However, by far the most commonly used methods are either water or gas atomisation.\nAtomisation processes, involving the conversion of a melt into a spray of liquid metal droplets and the subsequent (or simultaneous) solidification and collection of these droplets as a powder, are used extensively powder manufacture.\nAluminum powders are used in paints, pigments, protective coatings, printing inks, rocket fuel, explosives, abrasives and ceramics; production of inorganic and organic aluminum chemicals; and as catalysts. Pyro powder is mixed with carbon and used in the manufacture of fireworks. The coarse powder is used in aluminothermics.\nThe global market for powder metallurgy products is currently estimated to be worth in excess of $5 billion per year and is growing at an annual rate of approximately 8-10%. Central to this growth is the need to develop better methods of manufacture and improved understanding of the processes involved in powder production.\nEntrepreneur who want the information on General, Manufacturing Process, Company Profiles, Products, Material Safety Data Sheet, Market, Consultants, Patent, Technology can email us to informer@eth.net , primaryinfo@gmail.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 18, "original_length": 2397, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 320.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://projectedletters.com/hunting-the-duberrys/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:35Z", "digest": "sha1:XS62NBHVCKO3NYG4ND23BONSFAJ56DS6", "length": 9235, "nlines": 71, "source_domain": "projectedletters.com", "title": "Hunting The Duberrys | PROJECTED LETTERS", "raw_content": "He\u2019d wound up pretty well and delivered a hell of a punch. It hurt a lot and I banged my head hard on the ground when I went down. I was seeing racing shapes in the darkness and tasting blood swirling around my gums. I could hear feet scuffing on the ground beside me and opened my eyes to see Katherine holding John back. He was ready to kick me to death.\nI was aware that this injury could be a good thing, an opportunity to stick around for a while, but I didn\u2019t need to pretend that I was in pain. I could move around a little and make a few noises but I couldn\u2019t get up. I needed to know what was going on. Someone had gone somewhere and come back.\n\u201cJohn. What are you going to do with that?\u201d said Katherine.\nHe threw a bucket of cold water over me. It hurt as much as the punch and I shrieked like a child, but it did the job.\n\u201cChrist Almighty.\u201d I sat up and then got onto my knees. Then I was sick.\n\u201cGet him some water John.\u201d\nHe brought a big glass of water. I swilled out my mouth a few times, drank some and finally stood up. John was looking the other way but Katherine watched me, serious but not quite sympathetic.\n\u201cYou\u2019d better come in.\u201d\nWe drank lemonade. The house was a lot more comfortable-looking inside than out, pretty much like an apartment in a city would look. I hadn\u2019t noticed any outhouses or machinery, no chickens or slavering dogs running round. There was no sense of it being a working farm at all. The two homesteaders, the tall angular man and the soulful woman, said nothing as I drank. It was homemade lemonade and I didn\u2019t like it much.\n\u201cThanks for this,\u201d I said, raising my glass a little.\n\u201cHow are you feeling?\u201d said Katherine.\n\u201cDizzy. It\u2019s okay, I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll be sick again.\u201d\n\u201cYou can rest a while and then you\u2019ll go,\u201d said John.\nI waited but Katherine didn\u2019t contradict him.\n\u201cWhat about the interview?\u201d\n\u201cThere is no interview!\u201d He was angry again, really wild all of a sudden with no build-up. \u201cYou will go.\u201d\n\u201cIt\u2019s a serious piece I want to do. I\u2019m not looking for anything scandalous.\u201d\n\u201cYou keep saying that,\u201d said Katherine. \u201cBut John isn\u2019t doing an interview, not of any kind. He has his right to privacy.\u201d\n\u201cThere\u2019s a public interest. You publish books and that\u2019s what happens. That\u2019s what you want even.\u201d\n\u201cBut no-one has a right to know about our life,\u201d she said.\nI didn\u2019t know where the argument was leading me. I\u2019d had it a thousand times before and it never made a difference. If I got a good story then I was going to publish it whatever, that had always been the way and it was everyone else\u2019s way too.\nI realised that Katherine was still talking but I hadn\u2019t heard what she said. I felt like I was terribly drunk; for a second I imagined that they\u2019d drugged the lemonade which had made it taste so strange. I passed out.\nI spent the afternoon on the long sofa, sleeping or passing out again , I didn\u2019t know which.\n\u201cShould we get a doctor?\u201d\nIt was John\u2019s voice. It still sounded angry and reluctant. He was worried; I held onto that.\n\u201cIt\u2019s alright.\u201d I raised my head a little. \u201cI don\u2019t need a doctor, I\u2019ve just got a thick head.\nI\u2019ve been punched before, I know what it feels like.\u201d\n\u201cI\u2019m sure you have.\u201d John\u2019s voice again, just before I went back into the dark.\nBy the time I had managed to raise myself from the sofa it was getting on for what they probably called sundown. I stood up and went to the door and looked out at the dull acres and the dry trees. It was still warm and John and Katherine were standing together, holding hands, looking like they were waiting for me.\n\u201cBeen out ploughing?\u201d I said.\nThey didn\u2019t smile.\n\u201cAre you sure you don\u2019t need a doctor?\u201d said Katherine.\n\u201cNo I don\u2019t. But thanks, it\u2019s kind of you.\u201d\n\u201cIt\u2019s your own fault,\u201d said John.\n\u201cJohn.\u201d Katherine stroked his arm. She wasn\u2019t on my side, but they weren\u2019t speaking as one.\n\u201cI could do with something to eat though.\u201d\n\u201cWe were going to give you something anyway,\u201d said John. \u201cYou can eat, then go.\u201d\n\u201cWe\u2019re eating outside. We\u2019ll cook on the fire,\u201d said Katherine.\nSo there we were in the great outdoors, but it was all pretty classy as far as I could see. The meat had been cut into strips and been marinated in something and the fire was a brick barbecue with two grilling levels. There was wine as well and home-baked bread. They looked convincing as rural folk, John with his hard-wearing clothes and Katherine with her blouse and wide skirt, but I knew too much about them. John whose books sold in all the city bookstores and who got reviewed in the big papers. Katherine who had been photographed on the arms of a few of America\u2019s most eligible and walked down carpets at premieres looking unreal and fabulous.\nBut the food was terrific. The meat was tender and full of juice and I ate more slowly than I\u2019d ever done. Everything else, the potato salad, the green beans, things I never usually bothered with, was a treat. If it had been Sonia and me, we would have been eating Italian and drinking beer as quickly as we could and then watching a film. This was a much slower affair and there wasn\u2019t going to be any TV afterwards, though there was at least one in the house. I wondered if there was one in their bedroom as well and if I\u2019d be able to get a look.\n\u201cGreat wine.\u201d\n\u201cIt\u2019s a Bordeaux.\u201d\n\u201cSo you\u2019ve got supermarkets around here?\u201d\nKatherine just nodded and John sat there, eating his meat with stern efficiency. With the darkening fields behind him and then the vague shapes of the hills, he looked like he could be part of the landscape, like an outcrop of hard stone.\nThere was no suggestion of me having to leave yet, so over the next hour I drank more wine. Then Katherine rolled a joint. I was half-surprised, but they both took long drags and passed it to me without a word. It was good and strong and it went well with the wine.\n\u201cSo what\u2019s out here?\u201d I asked and as soon as I had, I realised I was lying back and the sky was clearer than I\u2019d ever seen it. The stars were everywhere and the moon was a sharp perfect crescent. I breathed in the cooling air and looked out at the approaching night world. It was inevitable and huge; it felt beautiful for at least a minute.\n\u201cWhat\u2019s the matter?\u201d said John. It was the first time he\u2019d not sounded angry.\n\u201cIt\u2019s incredible out here.\u201d\n\u201cIt is. You see why we came?\u201d\n\u201cYeah. Oh yeah.\u201d I drank.\nI sat back again and Katherine got up and took the wine bottle.\nWhen I nodded she smiled at me and then she walked back to the house, in her loose blouse and with her long hair swaying. It could have been a movie if I hadn\u2019t been there.\nJohn looked at her and he looked at me and I tried to close off my thoughts. His famous novel, his first, seemed to be too simple to be a great book but years after reading it I could still remember the characters and the voices. It was the kind of novel I had always thought I could write if he hadn\u2019t got there first. He was a writer who understood enough about people to know what I was thinking about his wife and about him.\n\u201cIs the baby asleep?\u201d\nJohn just looked at me. He didn\u2019t need to please me or pretend to be polite.\nWe drank more but I felt like I was sobering up a little. We went inside.\n\u201cYou can sleep down here.\u201d\nKatherine made up a bed with cushions on the floor but I stayed awake for hours. My head was alright now and I\u2019d had enough sleep. I thought of exploring some of the house but I\u2019d probably seen all I needed to. I dozed off finally and dreamed about farming.\nWe had breakfast early and I made it clear that I\u2019d be going so that I might get some conversation out of them. We ate ham and eggs and more of John\u2019s home-baked bread.\n\u201cIt\u2019s a nice life you have here.\u201d\n\u201cNice?\u201d said John.\n\u201cWell, nice, why not? Pleasant, tranquil.\u201d\n\u201cIt\u2019s an honest life.\u201d\nHe said it like he meant it and I didn\u2019t believe him. Sitting there in his workingman\u2019s jeans and checked shirt.\n\u201cIt\u2019s not too much of a struggle though is it?\u201d I felt a lot more sarcastic than I must have sounded.\n\u201cWe do our work and we get by.\u201d\nWhat work? Collecting royalties from a book he wrote when he was barely into his twenties. Had he ever struggled like Sonia and me, watching the money come and go for years on end?\nSo they sat there in a saintly kind of way and they talked a little about their life, about the vegetables and the fruit trees and bringing up the baby who was hanging off Katherine now. His integrity, her deep soul and this sense of bullshit combined to confuse me. I had the material but it needed sorting out.\nI said goodbye but we didn\u2019t shake hands. I walked up the driveway and when I was far enough away to run I took out my little camera and zoomed in on them, walking round the garden. They didn\u2019t see me, though I wouldn\u2019t have cared too much if they had. I got a dozen rapid shots and went back to the car.\nWhen I was out of the wilderness I thought about going back to the diner and seeing if the waitress was there. I could make her think again about me \u2014 \u201cactually, I had dinner with him\u201d \u2014 but then she might see my article in a month or two, so there was no point. I decide to drive straight through without a break. I wasn\u2019t in the mood for thinking, so I put a cassette recorder on the passenger seat and started talking. John and Katherine Duberry\u2014just the facts.\nView all posts by Louis Malloy \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 104, "original_length": 10205, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 289.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://prose-press.com/james-weakley-author", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:07Z", "digest": "sha1:DR3FXDTQSHVPVOOUDHRQDAM6IKCDUR3L", "length": 513, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "prose-press.com", "title": "James Weakley- Author \u2014 Pro Se Productions", "raw_content": "James Weakley- Author\nJames Weakley is an Memphis-area educator, specializing in elementary English as a Second Language. When not teaching or writing, James participates in local conventions, facilitating panels on the connections between our society and those of the fandoms we love. His philosophy is that understanding that which entertains us aids in understanding ourselves. He is a frequent presenter at Nerd Nite Memphis, and his first short story \"Plasma's Bomb\" is available in Origins & Endings Vol. 1.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 70, "original_length": 3270, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 312.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://proverbhunter.com/word/hindmost/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:47Z", "digest": "sha1:BFZTJYYNP2AZZTZ66O6BAT7CQP7KM73Q", "length": 333, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "proverbhunter.com", "title": "Proverbs on 'Hindmost' \u2039 Proverb Hunter", "raw_content": "Proverbs containing the word Hindmost\nEvery man for himself, and the devil take the hindmost\nThis is a doctrine of self-preservation, which is said to be the first law of nature. As the French say, 'Sauve qui peut' ('Save himself who... Read more \u2192\nThis is the short version of EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF, AND THE DEVIL TAKE THE HINDMOST.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 53, "original_length": 794, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 146.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://proxy.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/25948016/following-tournament-tension-ceo-gaming-founder-urges-daytona-city-council-change-panhandling-policy", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:23:58Z", "digest": "sha1:I7QBDXPAP5R3JGEO75WUDFGIK3K2KF67", "length": 3397, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "proxy.espn.com", "title": "Following tournament tension, CEO Gaming founder urges Daytona city council to change panhandling policy", "raw_content": "CEO tourney founder pleased with Daytona's change to panhandling policy\nCEO Gaming founder Alex Jebailey spoke at a Daytona Beach, Florida, city commission meeting on Wednesday, where he urged local lawmakers to take action against panhandling following issues at his CEO event in June 2018.\nNisqy, Rush return to North America stronger\nTime away from the League of Legends Championship Series has given Cloud9 mid laner Yasin \"Nisqy\" Din\u00e7er and Echo Fox jungler Lee \"Rush\" Yoon-jae better perspective on the game.\nCity commissioners voted 7-0 to approve a new ordinance that restricts panhandling in certain areas, including within 20 feet of a commercially zoned property and on the boardwalk area where many CEO attendees spent time in June. Panhandlers will also be restricted from soliciting after dark and while they are under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs.\nSeveral high-profile CEO participants, including multitime fighting game world champion Dominique \"SonicFox\" McLean, spoke out in July about issues, including ethnic slurs, that some attendees faced in the area during the weekend of the event.\n\"I do definitely think the area should be addressed next year,\" SonicFox wrote on Twitter. \"The area as a black man made me highly uncomfortable with the amount of openly racist s--- there. The venue is 10/10 but something should be done here.\"\nJebailey, who moved CEO from his home of Orlando, Florida, to Daytona Beach for the first time in 2018, was one of several small-business owners who spoke at the meeting. Each person who spoke was given roughly 2\u00bd minutes to talk. In the months following his event, Jebailey met with both local police and staff of the Ocean Center, where CEO took place in 2018 and is contracted to do so again from June 28 to 30 this summer.\n\"I really think this is going to be a better year,\" Jebailey told ESPN on Thursday. \"I can't guarantee anything -- every city has their bad apples, right? Never go out alone; always have people to go with. The city of Daytona is specifically keeping their eyes on CEO to make sure we have the best possible event, and there's going to be eyes all around looking out for our best interest.\"\nFollowing the conclusion of the event in June, Jebailey and CEO staff wrote a letter to the city explaining how these issues could prevent attendees from participating again, especially if they occurred once more in 2019.\nIn 2018, players from more than 40 countries, including the United States, Canada, Japan, South Korea and others, attended the event, according to registration website Smash.gg. And for the first time ever, CEO partnered with New Japan Pro Wrestling to host a wrestling show at the Ocean Center on the Friday of the event. That show attracted many spectators who were not participating in the esports portion of the event.\nThe panhandling ordinance had already been discussed prior to CEO 2018 and is based on a similar one that was spearheaded by attorney Michael Kahn in St. Augustine, Florida, a town that is about one-seventh the size of Daytona Beach and located an hour north of the city. 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(Ithaca, New York, London: Cornell University Press, 2013, with Ethan Kleinberg).\nhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctt32b58z\n\u2018Humanists will find fascinating and compelling ways in Presence to identify and understand an array of effects produced by historians\u2019, historical actors\u2019, and readers\u2019 contact with the \u2018real\u2019. And by accounting for this contact, humanists may increase the explanatory power of their work. Presence is also an enormously complex volume\u2026.Presence opens paths for future research as well as demonstrates the wider purchase the postlinguistic or postdiscursive theory of presence has for those seeking to explain and explore the existential aspects of the condition humaine. Humanists will hopefully rejoice at the prospect of using the category of presence to, as Roger I. Simon, examine how material objects can conjure the past\u2019s immediacy, or, as Ranjan Ghosh, glimpse the ground of cultural phenomena. Hopefully, more work that accounts for presence will be forthcoming.' History of European Ideas, 2014, Routledge http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01916599.2014.893122?journalCode=rhei20#.UysMWfmSygU\nWhile my logic may be in error, it seems somewhat unlikely to me that the past defined as the time before now and history that is a narrative created about it can be squeezed into the same ontological category. In arguing this I do not doubt the clarity and commitment to the idea of the contributors. It is merely that (for me) the arguments made in defence of the idea of presence and its elucidation lack any logic that convinces me. But I have to say all the contributors to the collection make the very best of such a bizarre idea\u2026.History is nothing more substantial than a series of differential acts of aesthesis. Or, if you prefer, a massively important and significant set of differential acts of aesthesis. How important historying is to the historian varies I assume. In the Epilogue to the collection Ghosh addresses \u2018presence\u2019 in terms of the return of the aesthetic and expends time on the concept of catachresis. This seems a reasonable way to end a text such as this \u2013 a text that is never just a text but an industrial strength investment in preferred sets of judgements about how is the \u2018best way\u2019 to engage with the time before now. Review by Alun Munslow, Rethinking History, Vol 18, Issue 4, 2014, 633-37\n\u2018The volume is an important intervention in the most fundamental debates within the humanities today.\u2019 History and Theory, 53 (February 2014), 151.\nhttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hith.10701/pdf\n11. Aesthetics, Politics, Pedagogy and Tagore: Towards a Transcultural Philosophy of Education (London & New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017)\n12. Lover's Quarrel with the Past: Romance, Representation, Reading (Oxford and New York: Berghahn Books, 2012). http://www.berghahnbooks.com/title.php?rowtag=GhoshLovers\nRanjan Ghosh\u2019s slender volume suggests, the last 150 years have turned history on its head, compelling practitioners and theorists alike to ask hard questions about the politics of collective memory, the limits and possibilities of secularism and above all, the pressure of the contemporary present on the fate of \u2018History\u2019 as an arbiter of outcomes that matter well beyond the discipline itself. Quarrels abound, and the stakes are high, even, and perhaps especially, for those enthralled by the philosophical parameters of the project of narrating the past.... Review by Antoinette Burton, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, Routledge, 2014.\nhttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00856401.2014.932480#.VB2SFf5O7IU http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00856401.2014.932480\n\u2018Ghosh has written an original, intriguing, even passionate book and, for the most part it is written in an appealing style, with interesting images and quirky turns of phrase.\u2019 Paul Doolan The Review 19, No. 67, Spring 2014, International Institute of Asian Studies, Netherlands\nhttp://www.iias.nl/sites/default/files/IIAS_NL67_19.pdf\n\u2018A Lover\u2019s Quarrel With The Past is informed, informative, thoughtful and thought provoking, making it a highly recommended study for academicians and non-professional general readers with an interest in history and the representation of history.\u2019 Midwest Book Review\n\u2018Ghosh (English, U. of North Bengal) brings a fresh non-historian perspective to the study of history, exploring in his central conceit, culture's romance and frustrations with the past in relation to the present. Focussing primarily on India, this slim but rich work addresses how history and analysis connect, and how history simultaneously transcends and acts as foundation for a complex understanding of the world in a variety of contexts such as ethics, religion, and global politics.\u2019 (Annotation 2012 Books News Inc. Portland, OR)\nAlso see this link:\nhttp://berghahnbooks.com/blog/an-excerpt-from-a-lovers-quarrel-with-the-past-romance-representation-reading\n13. Making Sense of the Secular: Critical Perspectives from Europe to Asia, ed. (New York & London: Routledge, 2012).\nThis book offers a wide range of critical perspectives on how secularism unfolds and has been made sense of across Europe and Asia. The book evaluates secularism as it exists today \u2013 its formations and discontents within contemporary discourses of power, terror, religion and cosmopolitanism \u2013 and the focus on these two continents gives critical attention to recent political and cultural developments where secularism and multiculturalism have impinged in deeply problematical ways, raising bristling ideological debates within the functioning of modern state bureaucracies.\nExamining issues as controversial as the state of Islam in Europe and China\u2019s encounters with religion, secularism, and modernization provides incisive and broader perspectives on how we negotiate secularism within the contemporary threats of terrorism and other forms of fundamentalism and state-politics. However, amidst the discussions of various versions of secularism in different countries and cultural contexts, this book also raises several other issues relevant to the antitheocratic and theocratic alike, such as: Is secularism is merely a nonreligious establishment? Is secularism a kind of cultural war? How is it related to \"terror\"? The book at once makes sense of secularism across cultural, religious, and national borders and puts several relevant issues on the anvil for further investigations and understanding.\nReviewed in: Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture (Routledge, 2014) http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13504630.2014.892216?journalCode=csid20#.UxH6hvmSzuU\nReviewed in The Heythrop Journal (Wiley Blackwell, 2015) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/heyj.12249_65/abstract\n\u2018It is a refreshing and needed salve to a discussion that is often disapprovingly myopic and Eurocentric or one that merely gestures at Asia (perhaps with a nod to Turkey and India). If any critique could be levelled at the book\u2019s clear structure and aims, it may be why the work was not also expanded to Africa as well, but constraints and other issues may have prevented such a move. Regardless, works on the secular and sacred need to become ever more globalized and far reaching to begin to do those terms justice if seeking to move through and beyond the provincial and local. Ghosh\u2019s edited collection is important in this regard\u2026\u2019 Peter Admirand, The Heythrop Journal, Vol. 56, Issue 3, May, 2015.\n14. Edward Said, the Literary, Social and the Political World ed. (New York & London: Routledge, 2009). http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415963237/\nEdward Said is widely recognized for his work as a critic and theorist of Orientalism and the Palestine crisis, but far less attention has been devoted to his considerable body of literary and cultural criticism. In this edited collection, the contributors - many among the foremost Said scholars in the world - examine Said as the literary critic; his relationship to other major contemporary thinkers (including Derrida, Ricoeur, Barthes and Bloom); and his involvement with major movements and concerns of his time (such as music, Feminism, New Humanism, and Marxism). Featuring freshly carved out essays on new areas of intervention, the volume is an indispensable addition for those interested in Edward Said and the many areas in which his legacy looms.\nThis volume consists of 14 short essays, all of high quality. Though each essay briefly engages only a part of Said's large, influential oeuvre, the inevitable variety of perspectives does not detract from the whole. Ghosh (Univ. of North Bengal, India) and his fellow contributors are respectful of Said's achievement even as they engage oversights in his work: Elleke Boehmer on the absence of women in Said's postcolonialism and Parry on Said's incomplete engagement with Marxism are the two strongest of many such essays. Shaobo Xie and others contribute long overdue analyses of Said's debt to Antonio Gramsci's penetrating work on Italy; Graham Allen looks at Said and Giambattista Vico. Nicholas Harrison's nuanced account of the \u2018literary\u2019 in Said\u2019s Orientalism (CH, Apr'79) and Caroline Rooney's exceptionally learned and elegant essay on Jacques Derrida and Said will be among those scholars cite. Though new works on Said continue to appear with regularity the present volume stands out. Summing Up: Essential. **** Graduate students, researchers, faculty. CHOICE, American Library Association\n\u2018In a characteristically ill-mannered obituary on Daniel Pipes\u2019s \u201cCampus Watch\u201d website, David Frum (the conservative journalist and former scriptwriter for George Bush, Jr.), not content with smearing Said as a liar and an anti-Semite, declared that \u201cif the United States was caught unawares on 9/11, Edward Said\u2019s name belongs high on the list of those responsible\u201d. The contributors to Ranjan Ghosh\u2019s stimulating new collection have nothing to do with this risible nonsense. Nonetheless, they approach Said\u2019s work with the kind of critical consciousness that he always entreated. They are at once respectful and sceptical, prepared to applaud Said\u2019s passionate political commitments and his pathbreaking analyses of the relationship between culture and empire, but unwilling to overlook his omissions, blind spots and exaggerations. Others limit themselves to summaries of what Said thought about, say, humanism, American foreign policy, and, in a characteristically puckish essay by Ghosh himself, the role of the intellectual: skilful summaries without question, although Said\u2019s thoughts must be familiar enough by now to the kind of audience reached by such books\u2026.These essays are \u201cbeginnings\u201d in Said\u2019s sense: improvised departures from (and not obedient ratifications of or, for that matter, clean breaks with) established ideas and practices. If origins require slavish compliance from those who are required to perpetuate their rulings, then beginnings, by contrast, necessitate an innovative and even subversive willingness to deviate intentionally from customary ways of thinking and acting. One might say of Said,having read this invigorating book, what the young Wordsworth said of Toussaint l\u2019Ouverture: \u201cthou hast left behind powers that will work for thee\u201d, powers that continue the conversations which Said stimulated and that cultivate his distrust of received truth.\u2019\nReview by Robert Spencer, Journal of Postcolonial Writing Vol. 46, No. 2, May 2010, 225\u2013239 (Routledge)\n15. Globalizing Dissent: Essays on Arundhati Roy ed. (New York, London: Routledge, 2008, with Antonia Navarro Tejero). http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415995597/\nArundhati Roy is not only an accomplished novelist, but equally gifted in unraveling the politics of globalization, the power and ideology of corporate culture, fundamentalism, terrorism, and other issues gripping today\u2019s world. This volume \u2013 featuring prominent scholars from throughout the world \u2013 examines Roy beyond the aesthetic parameters of her fiction, focusing also on her creative activism and struggles in global politics. The chapters travel to and fro between her non-fictional works \u2013 engaging activism on the streets and global forums \u2013 and its underlying roots in her novel. Roy is examined as a novelist, non-fiction writer, journalist, activist, feminist, screenwriter, ideologist, and architect. This volume presents Roy's interlocking network of the ideas, attitudes and ideologies that emerge from the contemporary social and the political world.\n16. (In)fusion Approach: Theory, Contestation, Limits ed. (Lanham: New York: Oxford, University Press of America, 2006, Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group).\nhttps://rowman.com/Action/Search/RL/Ranjan%20Ghosh\nOpposing all claims that theory has come to an end, this book presents a fresh perspective on our reading, understanding, and application of theory and its affect on our interpretation of texts. (In)fusion theory challenges efforts to see theory as inhibiting by presenting an approach that is innovative, eclectic, and subtle in order to draw out competing and constellating ideas and opinions. This collected volume of essays examines (In)fusion theory and demonstrates how the theory can be applied to the reading of various works of Indian English novelists such as Salman Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh, Anita Desai, and Vikram Seth.\nWe have heard about the death of theory for a decade, but of course the real question is what are the possibilities of theory now. This volume, with its sterling cast of contributors, offers some answers. It argues for a programmatic heterogeneity, fusing theories without disciplinary prejudice.\n\u2014 Jeffrey J. Williams, Editor, Editor,The Minnesota Review; Co-Editor The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism\nTheory has always been interdisciplinary in its aims and purposes. But with the proliferation of Theory in the last decades, theories tended to degenerate into mere variants of the outmoded disciplinary approaches. So what we presently need, above all, is an interdisciplinary approach to Theory. This is what the (In)fusion paradigm proposed in this volume admirably realizes. It does so not only by means of theoretical reflection, but by also giving convincing examples of what the new paradigm may bring\n\u2014 Frank Ankersmit, Groningen University\n17. Romancing Theory, Riding Interpretation: (In)fusion Approach, Salman Rushdie ed. (New York: Peter Lang, 2012).\nhttps://secure.peterlang.com/index.cfm?event=cmp.ccc.seitenstruktur.detailseiten&seitentyp=produkt&pk=58405&cid=564\nRomancing Theory, Riding Interpretation reaffirms the need to look into the productive inventiveness of theoretical approaches and the consequences that this might have on our understanding of literature. (In)fusion Approach is one deeply provocative example, pregnant with possibilities. Through an innovative cluster of essays, this book shows the romance that theory can bring into our interpretation of literature within the terrain of Salman Rushdie\u2019s fiction. It challenges the conventional, the reified, and the institutional ways of thinking and evaluation, leading to a fusion and frission of critical thought and traditions of ideas. Romancing Theory, Riding Interpretation, in its border-crossed, concerted, and compelling arguments, is sure to find its niche in courses on theory, reading habits of literature, postcolonial seminars, as well as in modules of interdisciplinary studies.\n'Asserting that theory has consequences and requires responsiveness, Ranjan Ghosh gives us a volume that persuasively demonstrates the consequences of an (in)fusion approach to literary interpretation partly through the invited responses of critics who challenge, extend, and apply this hermeneutic theory. Ghosh skillfully sets up the demonstration with a provocative introduction that explains his (in)fusion approach as a creative cross-cultural appropriation of interpretive concepts and ideational correspondences. The collected essays then enact the very cross-cultural critical engagement Ghosh advocates, as they move from theory to practice beginning with theoretical comparisons to Foucauldean reception study and ending with an array of applied readings of Salman Rushdie\u2019s novels. Romancing Theory, Riding Interpretation definitely shows that theory is alive and well in the so-called post-theory age.' (Steven Mailloux, President\u2019s Professor of Rhetoric, Loyola Marymount University)\n18. In Dialogue with Godot: Waiting and Other Thoughts ed. (Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, Rowman and Littlefield, 2013)\nGhosh (Univ. of North Bengal, India) has assembled 13 outstanding essays that review Beckett's most popular drama. The volume's contributors engage the play in meaningful contexts that have important implications for performance, production, and scholarship. Standout essays explore the political contexts of site-specific productions in Sarajevo and post-Katrina New Orleans; the affinities and contrasts of Godot to classical Greek tragedy; Beckett and allegory; and the psychodynamics of friendship and coupling. Beckett's attempt to redefine theater in postwar Europe is also explored, as are the ways in which Beckett's experiences in the French resistance suffuse this play and his other postwar writing. The essays contemplate the drama within a range of political and philosophical contexts, including issues of torture and human rights, Marxist and psychoanalytic thought, philosophical reflections on the eternal return, Aristotle's Poetics, poststructuralism, and Hindu philosophy. Taken together they shed contemporary light on this drama in ways that are suggestive for actors, directors, and scholars, and provide valuable insights into the criticism and practices of this most popular of Beckett\u2019s plays. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. -- CHOICE, American Library Association, J. S. Baggett, Lander University\nGodot\u2019s 'Underground Ancestry,' 'Vladimir\u2019s Tragic Recognition,' 'The Feminine' in play, motifs of 'Speculation' and 'Infantile Politics,' editor\u2019s Ghosh\u2019s own placing the theme of work and play within what he has called elsewhere 'the wordling of the drama'\u2014what a rich collection of approaches to Waiting for Godot! And as someone who works in the theatre, I also find this commentary wonderfully suggestive for both actors and directors.\n\u2014 Sidney Homan, University of Florida\nThis varied and provocative collection of essays on Beckett's most famous play animates new and productive dialogues with an extraordinary array of thinkers. Situating the writing and performance of Godot in a range of historical contexts, the essays involve Marx, Freud, Benjamin, Hindu philosophy, Adorno, Gramsci, Brecht, Derrida, Sontag, Foucauld, Aristotle and Agamben in intertextual engagement with this profoundly though perversely allusive drama.\n\u2014 Robert Gordon, Goldsmith College, University of London\n8. Thinking Literature Across Continents (co-authored with J. Hillis Miller, Durham, London: Duke University Press, Fall, 2016)\nhttps://www.dukeupress.edu/thinking-literature-across-continents?viewby=author&lastname=Ghosh&firstname=Ranjan&middlename=&sort=newest&aID=3479600\n\"This collaborative, explicitly dialogical volume is a most important intervention in comparative and world literature studies. Its five sections provide vital new perspectives on transcultural entanglement within and across Asia, Europe, and beyond. Ranjan Ghosh's explorations in '(in)fusion,' his transnational, transcontinental theory of literature, combined with J. Hillis Miller's 'unmasking' of ideological distortions via rhetorical readings of individual works offer timely challenges to past and present configurations of both 'world literature' and 'comparative literature.' Thinking Literature across Continents rightly urges and itself provides an expert example of continued rigor and broader outlooks in our study of literature in all its myriad forms.\" \u2014 Karen Thornber, Professor of Comparative Literature and of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University.\n\"Rejecting any easy binaries between East and West, Ranjan Ghosh and J. Hillis Miller read across not just continents but languages, traditions, cultures, texts, philosophies, and pedagogies. For Ghosh, method comes before text; for Miller, text comes before method. Working both ends to the middle, the authors elegantly demonstrate a new, powerful, and generous way to do critique, inviting readers directly into their conversation to tease out its productive ruptures, surprising convergences, and thorny entanglements. A highly readable, wonderfully inventive, and deeply satisfying book.\" \u2014 Diana Fuss, Louis W. Fairchild '24 Professor of English, Princeton University\nMORE ABOUT THE BOOK HERE...\n4. Trans(in)fusion: Reflections for Critical Thinking (New York: Routledge, 2019).\n9. Philosophy and Poetry: Continental Perspectives ed. (New York: Columbia University Press, 2019).\n6. Transcultural Poetics and the Concept of the Poet: Philip Sidney to T. S. Eliot (London & New York: Routledge, 2017).\n'Ranjan Ghosh poses a series of challenging questions about poetry, its methods and its manners, drawing on a striking range of intellectual and spiritual contexts, both eastern and western, and moving with enviable fluency between many of the greatest figures of the English literary tradition. A ranging and inclusive writer, Ghosh exemplifies in a highly individual way the imagination he singles out for notice in Coleridge -- 'a syncopation of contrary elements'. Professor Seamus Perry, University of Oxford\n\u2018The book is structured like a spiderweb, hazarding hundreds of filament-like connections between passages of books that often have only a little history in common. The \u201cimpassioned discontinuous continuity\u201d that Ghosh finds in Coleridge sets out the structure and ethos of this book. It shows that \u201cmeaningful communication\u201d across cultures does not have to be a matter of common denominators and agreed-upon terms. Ghosh seeks \u201cthe way and mechanism to overcome the blinkered, absolutist, nonpluralist relativism that incommensurability legitimizes.\u201d He finds it in something he calls \u201ctrans-habit.\u201d\u2026 Spiderweb, after all, is stronger than an equal volume of steel\u2014and the measure of this book is not its \u201csolidity\u201d (a term that seeks to reward predictability; \u201csolid\u201d often means \u201cboring\u201d) but its tensile strength.\nQuoted from the Preface to the book by Haun Saussy, University Professor, University of Chicago.\nYuan Shu, Review of \"Thinking Literature across Continents\" by Ranjan Ghosh and J. Hillis Miller,\" Choice 54:10 (June 2017): 1350.\nReview in Foreign Literature Studies (China): Click here for more details.\nReview, Journal of Postcolonial Writing, 2017: Click here for more details.\nReview in Postcolonial Text, Vol 13, No 1 (2018): Click here for more details.\nSpecial Number on Thinking Literature across Continents in CounterText, Vol 3, Issue 3 (2017): Click here for more details.\nForum on Thinking Literature across Continents in Symploke Vol 25, Nos-1-2, 2017: Click here for more details.\nSpecial Number on Thinking Literature across Continents in Interdisciplinary Literary Studies, Vol 20, Number 2, 2018 Click here for more details.\nReview essay by Jean Bessi\u00e8re on Thinking Literature across Continents in Recherche Litt\u00e9raire (Summer, 2018): Click here for more details.\nCritical Forum on Thinking Literature across Continents (titled 'Thinking From and Within Continents') in College Literature, Vol. 45, No. 4, Fall 2018 Project MUSE - Introduction: Indexing Thinking, Thinking Index: Sahitya\nMy Plastic Trilogy:\n1. The Plastic Turn [under preparation]\n2. Plastic Thinking, Thinking Plastic [currently under review]\n3. Plastic Figures [under preparation]\n7. Grounding of the Global: The Politics & Poetics of More (under preparation)\nReview essay by Emily Apter on Thinking Literature across Continents in Wallace Stevens Journal, 42.12, Fall, 2018: http://muse.jhu.edu/article/707913\nForum on Thinking Literature across Continents in Comparative Literature Studies, Vol. 55, No. 4, 2018 (Penn State University Press) https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/39696\nForum on Thinking Literature across Continents in Literary Imagination, Vol 20, Issue 3, 2018, (Oxford University Press),\nhttps://academic.oup.com/litimag/issue/20/3\nPhilosophy and Poetry | Columbia University Press\nMy trans-trilogy from Routledge (New York)\n5. Transpoesis: Stopping by Robert Frost (New York: Routledge, 2020)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 93, "original_length": 25460, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 338.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://rasterweb.net/raster/2004/11/12/20041112121447/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:42:11Z", "digest": "sha1:ABKN7UELGU7GDOGC2C6R7KD3ZBGCHLFD", "length": 2160, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "rasterweb.net", "title": "RasterWeb! New Phones (Part III)", "raw_content": "New Phones (Part III)\nSMS, Baby! Also known as text messaging\u2026\nThe Nokia 2260 arrived. It\u2019s an ok phone, nowhere near as nice as the diminutive Nokia 6585 that the female has, but it will suit me fine. (Did I mention I\u2019m cheap?) Actually, the arrival was quite amusing. Seems we missed the Fedex guy while we were checking the status of the delivery in the basement by not hearing the front door, but as luck would have it, we saw the Fedex truck 20 minutes later at the Piggly Wiggly. But! Wrong Fedex guy\u2026 :( But! He sent a message to the other guy to swing back around and drop it off, so all was well, and I don\u2019t have to complain about Fedex. ( Not today anyway.)\nI\u2019ve made like two calls, seems to work fine. I dunno, I don\u2019t talk much. Like I said\u2026 SMS!\nYes, this text messaging thing has opened up a whole new world. I\u2019ve hacked up a bit of perl, added some cron jobs, and we\u2019re on our way. I get updates on the weather. I get notified if the server stops responding. I set up a form for the kids to send me messages. It\u2019s just plain neato. I know, this stuff is old hat to people who have been using smartphones for years, or any teens in the audience, but it\u2019s new to me, and it\u2019s fun.\nHere\u2019s the part I like. This SMS stuff is free for incoming messages. I got a prepaid plan from AT&T Wireless, which means if I don\u2019t make many calls, I could enjoy this wireless notification appliance for less than $4 per month. Pretty much every plan you see advertised is for 1000000 minutes each day for $39.99 per month (roughly) and I didn\u2019t want to pay $39.99 per month or need 1000000 minutes, or even 1000.\nI can see why Russell gets so jazzed about the mobile thing, and why Scoble shows off his phone.\nI saw a post on some forum where some guy said \u201cIt would be cool if you could get a text message when your Google PageRank changed.\u201d And you know what? While it might or might not be cool, it\u2019s entirely possible, and pretty darn easy too! ;)\nPosted on Friday, November 12th, 2004 at 12:14 pm. 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Post on your own blog.\n\u00ab New Phones (Part II)| The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 2859, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 312.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://realscreen.com/2014/02/11/history-to-debut-no-mans-land-in-march/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:05Z", "digest": "sha1:YUDYOOGZZ7UCGOFJJL7TLWN5LMSR23EM", "length": 1180, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "realscreen.com", "title": "Realscreen \u00bb Archive \u00bb History to debut \u201cNo Man\u2019s Land\u201d in March", "raw_content": "History to debut \u201cNo Man\u2019s Land\u201d in March\nThe series (pictured), produced for the U.S. network by Warm Springs Productions, follows five men living in various American deserts as they contend with hostile environmental conditions and live off the land.\nU.S. cable network is to begin airing the survival series No Man\u2019s Land (pictured) on March 9.\nProduced by Warm Springs Productions, the series follows a group of five desert dwellers who live off the land amidst hostile environmental conditions.\nThe cast includes Jason, who lives with his family in Arizona\u2019s Sonoran Desert; David and his family, who harvest rocks in Utah\u2019s Red Rock Canyon Country; Charlie Acu\u00f1a, who lives in New Mexico\u2019s northern desert; Howdy, a cowboy living in Texas\u2019 Chihuahuan desert; and Rick Gibson, a former Navy officer who left his life in the city to live in California\u2019s Death Valley.\nNo Man\u2019s Land is exec produced by Elaine Frontain Bryant and Russ McCarroll for History and Chris Richardson and Marc Pierce for Warm Springs Productions. The series will premiere on March 9 at 10 p.m. EST/PST.\nHistory, No Man's Land, Warm Springs Productions\nHistory orders self-shot survival series \u201cAlone\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 278, "original_length": 6399, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 197.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://reconfly.com/blog/flower-futures-reviewed-in-all-about-jazz/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:16Z", "digest": "sha1:MMBEKWIMUZF2V3KPUW434OXALSNICUYV", "length": 166, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "reconfly.com", "title": "Reconnaissance Fly | Flower Futures reviewed in All About Jazz", "raw_content": "Flower Futures reviewed in All About Jazz\nWe're really pleased with this one! Thanks Glenn Astarita!\nhttp://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=46849#.UzyD7ahdWo-", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 40, "original_length": 1207, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.79, "perplexity": 266.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://regulatoryreform.com/project/improving-the-business-environment-in-jordan-sabeq/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:18Z", "digest": "sha1:ECPUSEDCSNMEI7KBR5LH2K4ELH2QEPVM", "length": 2492, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "regulatoryreform.com", "title": "Jordan: Improving the Business Environment (SABEQ) - JCA", "raw_content": "Jordan: Improving the Business Environment (SABEQ)\nJacobs, Cordova & Associates worked with Deloitte as the main technical experts for the better business environment component in the USAID Sustainable Achievement of Business Expansion and Quality (SABEQ) project in Jordan. We worked to improve Jordan\u2019s performance in the doing business indicators, to improve legal transparency and security in Jordan through better legal publication and consultation practices, and to boost the capacities of private sector trade associations to participate constructively in policymaking. Our broad-ranging work to build capacities in the Ministries for trade and market friendly regulation included:\nDesigning Jordan\u2019s first public consultation unit in the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and writing the country\u2019s first consultation manual, with training;\nCarrying out Jordan\u2019s first pilot Regulatory Impact\nThe RIA changed a major policy decision in the Ministry of Environment, and was used in a series of RIA trainings in Jordan.\nWorking with the Development Zone Committee, we adapted the regulatory guillotine approach to a complete review and reform of Jordan\u2019s policies on investment promotion. The team recommended changes to policy, regulatory documents, fee structures, and operational authorities to remove inconsistencies and inefficient elements of the country\u2019s investment promotion program as part of a complete revision of the law. The reforms were completely implemented.\nIn 2011, we headed up a reform aimed at improving business processes on which Jordan had low rankings in the Doing Business indicators. A set of public-private working groups worked for four months, and recommended substantial changes to the government\u2019s steering group. For example, reform of the Vocational Licensing and Construction Permitting procedures to reduce unnecessary time and excessive fees would save Jordan\u2019s businesses JD 0.9 billion over 5 years and, in addition, would permit faster business start-ups and commercial activities. These cost savings would go directly into business profits, wages, and lower prices for consumers. They are equivalent to 74% of the FDI inflows and over 4.7% of the GDP in 2010. The recommendations were adopted by the Government Steering Group in early 2012, and are currently in front of the Government for implementation.\nJordan, Government of Jordan\u2019s Ministry of Trade and Industry SABEQ Program (USAID funded project) under contract to BearingPoint, 2006-2012.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 51, "original_length": 3480, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 304.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://religiousaffections.org/articles/articles-on-culture/all-things-to-all-men-part-4-what-the-passage-means-vv21-22a/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:11Z", "digest": "sha1:L6XFJJW5AULNCDZHPGCWFCAKSBTBP4SO", "length": 9397, "nlines": 43, "source_domain": "religiousaffections.org", "title": "All Things to All Men | Part 4: What the Passage Means (vv21-22) | Religious Affections Ministries: Conservative Christianity, Worship, Culture, Aesthetics, Classical Education, Homeschooling, Family", "raw_content": "\"All Things to All Men\"\nI am writing a series of posts on the meaning of 1 Cor 9:19-23, in particular his comment in verse 22, \u201cI have become all things to all people.\u201d The first post in the series looked at the broader context in chapters 8 and 9. Then I explored some interpretative principles in Paul\u2019s greater writings that I believe must govern the interpretation of his rather heightened language in 9:19-23. A third entry explained the meaning of verses 19-20. I stressed that Paul\u2019s words in verse 19 control Paul\u2019s meaning throughout the paragraph. Indeed, in verse 19, Paul is summarizing his discourse on giving up his Apostolic rights and freedoms and became a servant to all so that he could win some to the Savior. Like Christ, Paul gave up his rights, like the right to receive a living compensation from the Corinthians, in order to minister more effectively. He explains in verse 20 that this is how he ministered to Jews. Though Paul was not under the Law because of his union to Christ, Paul at times voluntarily followed the Law in order that every obstacle to the Gospel would be removed.\nA Gentile to Gentiles (v21-22a)\nIn verses 21-22a, Paul writes, To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law. 22 To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. Paul came to Gentiles, those outside the law, as one outside the law. In other context, the word for outside the law means lawless, but it clearly means something more innocuous here, as it\u2019s translated. Paul immediately notes that it does not mean \u201clawless.\u201d He says, as one outside the law, not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ. Paul is not under the Mosaic law, but he regarded himself as one who submitted to God\u2019s law under Christ\u2019s law.1 One might say that Paul regarded himself to be neither Jew nor Gentile, but as under the law of Christ, which means that he serves others for the sake of the Gospel.\nSo how did Paul specifically come as one outside the law? Well, it certainly was not something like \u201cwhen in Corinth, do as the Corinthians do.\u201d For example, just a few chapters later in 15:32, Paul shows no great fondness for the Epicurean attitude that prized earthly pleasure. Commentator David Garland is right: Paul\u2019s \u201caccommodation has nothing to do with watering down the gospel message, soft-pedaling its ethical demands, or compromising its absolute monotheism.\u201d2 No, Paul lived among those outside the law as a Christian. He says it himself, he lived under the law of Christ which was for such Gentiles who saw him as one outside the law.3 To be specific, out of a burning heart of holy love Paul made continued personal sacrifices so that the Gospel of Jesus Christ would be advanced (cf. 1 Thess 2:6).\nThe Church Assembles For Worship, Part 2 by Ryan Martin\nI think Paul means something similar when he says that he came to the weak. I don\u2019t think Paul has in mind the references to the weak he speaks of in chapter 8. Here Paul speaks about winning them (i.e., seeing them converted), and in chapter 8 the weak are Christian brothers. It\u2019s difficult to get at Paul\u2019s specific idea with the word \u201cweak,\u201d but I take the weak to mean those who are helplessly weak before God. Rom 5:6 says, For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. Paul identified with such sinners: while we were still weak, he says in Rom 5:6. Paul referenced such broken human weakness earlier: God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong (1 Cor 1:27). In giving up his rights, especially the right to receive, Paul was weak. For this reason, Paul breaks the pattern he\u2019s been using previously in this paragraph: as a Jew, as under the law, as outside the law; here he comes to the weak, not as weak, but weak. In 2 Cor 12:10, he says, For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong. Paul came to the weak weak, so that, through God\u2019s power, he might by the surpassing power of God win the weak to Christ.\nIn I have become all things to all men, Paul returns to the thought that began the paragraph. This paragraph is chiastic (or symmetrical in a cascading-kind-of-way), and so it is best to see verse 22 as a reiteration of Paul\u2019s thought in v 19.\nWrested . . . from churchly control\nA For though I am free from all,\nI have made myself a servant to all,\nthat I might win more of them.\nB To the Jews I became as a Jew,\nin order to win Jews.\nTo those under the law I became as one under the law\n(though not being myself under the law)\nthat I might win those under the law.\nB\u2019 To those outside the law I became as one outside the law\n(not being outside the law of God\nbut under the law of Christ)\nthat I might win those outside the law.\nTo the weak I became weak,\nthat I might win the weak.\nA\u2019 I have become all things to all people,\nthat by all means I might save some.4\nAgain, in becoming all things to all men that he might by all means save some, Paul is reemphasizing his Christ-like sacrificial renunciation of his rights (expressed in verse 19) as a servant of all men for the Gospel\u2019s sake with a sweeping statement emphasizing his zeal in this mission. Paul is reemphasizing that he, as a freeman, has voluntarily embraced slavery to others for Christ\u2019s sake. Augustine helpfully illustrates the idea in v 22 like this: A person who nurses a sick man, becomes, in a sense, sick himself, not by pretending to have a fever, but by thinking sympathetically how he would wish to be treated if he were sick himself.5\nAgain, Paul does not compromise any part of his submission to the law of Christ (v 21). Paul is happily identifying with the suffering servant, Jesus Christ. His words in 2 Cor 8:9 come to mind here: For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich. In a way very similar to how he viewed Christ\u2019s ministry to sinners, Paul became all things to all men by renouncing his rights. Death is at work in us, but life in you. Winning souls in evangelism is not so important that we hazard holiness to obtain it, but winning souls in evangelism is so important that we hazard riches, rights, reputation, comforts, rights, and liberties, that we may win the more to Christ.\nMore on the Hymnal vs. Screen thing\nThe next post in this series will make some concluding observations on verse 23, and also suggest a couple parallel passages that provide an interesting way of understanding Paul\u2019s words here in 1 Cor 9:19-23.\nPaul and the law is a huge, complex topic outside the scope and focus of these blog posts. If I could suggest a quick, deliberately simple way of understanding Paul\u2019s teaching on the law in verse 20, it\u2019d be that believers should not think of themselves as under the Mosaic Law. Yet, as verse 21 adds, we are under the law of Christ, which means that we through the indwelling Spirit follow Jesus\u2019s teachings\u2014the New Testament\u2014best encapsulated in the two great commandments, to love the Lord with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, and our neighbor as ourselves. At the same time, as the New Testament teaches elsewhere, the law still provides us with valuable instruction. Paul is saying here that he is controlled by the overarching impulse of love encapsulated in the \u201claw of Christ.\u201d [\u21a9]\nDavid E. Garland, 1 Corinthians (BECNT; Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2003), 435. [\u21a9]\nI believe I picked up this idea from one of Mark Minnick\u2019s sermons on 1 Corinthians 9:19-23. [\u21a9]\nThis is loosely based on the chiastic structure in Ciampa & Rosner\u2019s commentary (PNTC; Crossway). [\u21a9]\nDavid Garland is one of the commentators who provide this quotation from Augustine\u2019s Letters (1 Corinthians, 450). [\u21a9]\n1 Corinthians, All Things to All Men, Articles on Church, Articles on Culture, Christ, Christianity, Christians, Corinthians, D. A. Carson, evangelism, exegesis, Mark Minnick, Paul, Servanthood\n2 Responses to All Things to All Men | Part 4: What the Passage Means (vv21-22)\nThanks Ryan \u2013 this makes a lot of sense, even though at first sight one is tempted to say Paul spoke about restrictions in the Jew/law case but freedoms when he wrote about those without the law.\nQuestion remains, if he meant the same thing, what on earth would he have to have renounced? Which Christian rights did he have to give up to reach the pagans? Did they have certain social laws he would abide by? There is no hint in the text, so we are left to wonder what privileges he would give up to reach the Greeks.\nThanks, Martin, for the interaction.\nYou ask, \u201cWhich Christian rights did [Paul] have to give up to reach the pagans?\u201d Unless I misunderstand your question, it seems clear to me in the text, even immediately throughout all of chapter 9, he makes the point that he gave up the right of receiving from the Corinthians to whom he ministered, even though he had that right as an Apostle.\nI don\u2019t want to assume you haven\u2019t read the other installments, but that might begin to shed some light on it. Even so, in a future post, I\u2019ll show what I think how Paul became a servant of all that he might save some.\nAll Things to All Men | Part 1: The Context\nAll Things to All Men | Part 6: A Couple More Parallel Passages", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 204, "original_length": 16573, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 335.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://religiousaffections.org/articles/articles-on-culture/multiculturalism-veiled-missional/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:03Z", "digest": "sha1:6B3N5HVHRJZPG6CXENWBVA4L6TKFFKML", "length": 37246, "nlines": 129, "source_domain": "religiousaffections.org", "title": "Multiculturalism veiled as \"Missional\" | Religious Affections Ministries: Conservative Christianity, Worship, Culture, Aesthetics, Classical Education, Homeschooling, Family", "raw_content": "Multiculturalism veiled as \"Missional\"\nScott Aniol | December 1st, 2010 | 13 Comments\nI thought I\u2019d post a helpful discourse by Dave Doran in his journal article on \u201cMarket-Driven Ministry,\u201d which answers well recent justification of a neutral view of culture and music by a claim to being \u201cmissional.\u201d Doran describes the market-driven philosophy as one that is pragmatic in several crucial areas, one of which is their view of culture.\nStated simply, cultural relativism believes that because cultural matters have no absolute moral value, they cannot be considered to be normative. Since they are not normative, they may be treated with indifference. Few people, either secular or religious, doubt that cultural relativism has captured our day. Allan Bloom, a secular university professor laments that our educational system, because of its acceptance of cultural relativism, is driven to teach us the history of men\u2019s prejudices \u201cnot to correct the mistakes and really be right; rather it is not to think you are right at all.\u201d1\nAs reflected in [Rick] Warren\u2019s argument about music, the vast array of cultural differences leads to the conclusion that it is impossible to assert the superiority of any culture\u2014he calls it \u201ccultural elitism.\u201d Bloom speaks eloquently to this type of argument,\nThe fact that there have been different opinions about good and bad in different times and places in no way proves that none is superior to others.\u2026 On the face of it, the difference of opinion would seem to raise the question as to which is true or right than to banish it. The natural reaction is to try to resolve the difference, to examine the claims and reasons for each opinion.2\nWhether intentional or not, the marketing movement practices a non-thinking, popular form of cultural relativism and multiculturalism. As James Davison Hunter points out, one of the first steps in multiculturalism is to redefine culture so that it no longer refers to norms and values which serve as the \u201cshoulds\u201d and \u201cshould nots\u201d of our society. In the multicultural framework, \u201cculture is essentially reduced to life-style (choices about how one lives) or, at best, customs (practices that have the sanction of tradition but are not insisted upon as inviolable) or possibly collective experiences.\u201d3\nThese are precisely the descriptions of culture found in the marketing literature and conferences. In fact, Douglas Webster goes as far as to suggest that \u201cthe church marketer\u2019s analysis of culture is so superficial that it is deceptive.\u201d4\nThese ideas clearly form the basis of the quest for cultural relevance. Culture, in the marketing orientation, is merely a life-style factor, not an ethical or moral issue. That is why Murren can refer to their worship philosophy as striving to \u201cbe inclusive and intelligible to the baby boomer culture.\u201d5 Working from this life-style premise, arguments are marshaled that cultural adaptation is an essential part of communicating the biblical message. For instance, Ed Dobson, defends the idea of a seeker sensitive service that utilizes \u201cculturally relevant\u201d forms by comparing it to the work of missionaries,\nWe understand this principle when we send missionaries to other countries. These missionaries seek first to learn the language and the culture of the places to which they go. Only then do they attempt to communicate the gospel.\nWe would never send an English-speaking missionary to a Spanish-speaking county [sic] to minister exclusively in English. That would be irrational, not to mention stupid.6\nIgnoring the glaring flaws in the analogy,7 Dobson\u2019s use of the term culture confirms the fact that it is being used to mean life-style or common experiences. He further confirms this by drawing a comparison between using basketball marathons to reach teenagers and the start of a seeker sensitive service. Again, the argument reveals that culture is viewed in terms of life-style, not as a value system.\nIt is not a long way from basketball to rock music, drama, and the good news about Jesus Christ. A seeker-sensitive service is an attempt to place the gospel in a culturally relevant context. The language of contemporary music, drama that engages, talks that are relevant, and answers that are honest make up the language of secular America. Just as the gospel was not compromised at a basketball marathon, neither is it compromised in a seeker-sensitive service.8\nDavid Wells has written at great length to demonstrate that this very problem, assuming that culture is merely a matter of life-style versus a matter of moral significance, is causing great harm to the health of evangelicalism. The force of his arguments is compelling,\nEvangelicals are antimodern only across a narrow front; I write from a position that is antimodern across the entire front. It is only where assumptions in culture directly and obviously contradict articles of faith that most evangelicals become aroused and rise up to battle \u201csecular humanism\u201d; aside from these specific matters, they tend to view culture as neutral and harmless. More than that, they often view culture as a partner amenable to being coopted in the cause of celebrating Christian truth. I cannot share such naivet\u00e9; indeed, I consider it dangerous. Culture is laden with values, many of which work to rearrange the substance of faith.\u2026 It is because many evangelicals believe in the innocence of modern culture and for that reason exploit it and are exploited by it that they are unable to believe in all of the truth that once characterized the Protestant orthodoxy.\u2026 The stream of historic orthodoxy that once watered the evangelical soul is now dammed by a worldliness that many fail to recognize as worldliness because of the cultural innocence with which it presents itself.\u2026 We now have less biblical fidelity, less interest in truth, less seriousness, less depth, and less capacity to speak the Word of God to our own generation in a way that offers an alternative to what it already thinks.9\nAre NT \"Race\"-related Terms Equivalent to \"Culture\"?\nThe sting of these words is only exceeded by their perceptiveness. Yet, due to its fundamental principles, the marketing movement is bound to offer the consumer exactly what he or she wants. In some senses, its pragmatic use of cultural marries well to the mindset of the baby boomers, the most commonly chosen target for ministry. Douglas Webster describes the typical baby boomer as, \u201cindoctrinated in this collegiate atmosphere, [they] feel comfortable with cultural relativism (everyone is entitled to his or her opinion) and satisfied with spiritual relationism (inspirational feelings about oneself, others and God).\u201d10\nThis viewpoint cannot stand unchallenged by those who operate within a God-centered world view. Culture is not amoral. Myers speaks well to this issue,\nAs Christians, we insist that there are permanent standards for culture. Culture is the human effort to give structure to life. But human nature does not exist as a law unto itself. Human nature is, as part of God\u2019s creation, a permanent standard. Men and women cannot act against their own nature without violating the standards God has established in their very being. Moreover, the rest of creation, in which culture is established and with which culture must contend, has a divinely established order. Cultural institutions, artifacts, and expressions that deny, suppress, or distort that order ought to be recognized as inferior to those that acknowledge, honor, and enjoy it.11\nThe most important question, however, cannot be answered by the marketing movement because it is one of truth, not pragmatics\u2014Is the use of contemporary cultural forms consistent with the message of the gospel? or, Are those forms so value-laden that they distort the message? Pragmatism can only answer these questions based on the consequences that result from using them. The great danger is that these forms, because of their popularity in our culture, may actually yield positive results by the marketer\u2019s standard\u2014an increase in numbers. But this may be a short-term gain which turns to long-term losses. One writer warns of this problem,\nWorship practices that only evoke good feelings and thereby foster a character that seeks instant gratification might be enormously successful at first, but the costs, though not immediately obvious, may be high. The very methods that attract crowds might also prevent the development of habits of reflection and learning. A focus on self and feelings limits the nurturing of a godly and outreaching character.12\nThe Movement Has Surrendered To Popular Culture\nThe willingness of the market-driven churches to adopt rock music as the primary tool by which they position their churches in order to be relevant clearly evidences the cultural surrender that results from pragmatic ministry.13 This choice is faulty for at least three reasons.\nFirst, it disregards the plain fact that rock music cannot be separated from its cultural context and values. Even a cursory reading of secular and religious writings on the history of rock music and the philosophy which undergirds it reveals that rock music is a culture carrier, not merely a neutral form of cultural expression. For Rick Warren to flatly deny that there is any moral significance to music is either woefully naive or culpably negligent spiritual leadership.14 Some Christian analysts of this question acknowledge the significant role of culture in evaluating the use of rock music for ministry. Kenneth Myers calls shallow thinking on this issue into question when he writes,\nIn assessing rock \u2018n\u2019 roll, for example, it\u2019s not enough to read the lyrics and find out on what beat of each measure the accent falls. We also need to consider what relationship rock has with other aspects of pop culture, what social role it plays for its fans, and how it compares with other musical options available to listeners. We need to look at the culture of rock, not just the words and music.15\nPeter Wicke, a sociologist, writes, \u201cRock music is a mass medium through which cultural values and meanings circulate, through which social experiences are passed on which reach far beyond the material nature of the music.\u201d16 Rock music not only springs from a particular cultural matrix, it helps establish it. The authors of Dancing in the Dark help us see this,\nWhile neat dichotomies are dangerous, it is safe to say that for the most part rock and roll features feeling and experience more than thought and analysis; it cares more about identity and intimacy than knowledge and intellect; it celebrates the here and now, focusing on the experiential rather than the ideological\u2026it appeals and functions primarily on broad emotional and attitudinal levels, as psycho-emotional map and mentor for many. In laying out such a generalized, affective map for great numbers of teens, it establishes for teen culture a supportive atmosphere, an ambiance with guidelines for acceptable expression and behavior, at least as far as other teens are concerned.\u2026 It is a self-contained world in which sensory experience and emotional involvement take precedence over verbal content and rational analysis.17\nContrary to the shallow viewpoint of the marketing advocates, rock music is far more than a life-style choice. It embodies and establishes a culture loaded with meaning and values, and the culture of rock music is antithetical, not neutral, to Christlike living. The fact that it can be embraced within the church for worship purposes is a tell-tale sign of contemporary evangelicalism\u2019s inability to sense its own worldliness. At least Richard Quebedeaux recognized what was taking place,\nIndeed, rock is inherently a form of music that made its way by outrage against taboo, and there are no taboos left. It is profoundly significant that evangelicals, even the more conservative among them have accepted the rock mode. The acceptance, obviously, indicates a further chapter in the death of self-denial and world rejection among them [emphasis added].18\nHarold Best sums up well the curious combination of rock, worldliness, and pragmatism,\nOur borrowing of rock is evidence of a loosening life-style among evangelicals. We can use anything we want to in witnessing now. That\u2019s both a virtue and a vice. We\u2019re in this whole pragmatic mishmash that says, If it works, it\u2019s good. If it\u2019ll bring souls to Jesus, it\u2019s good. As far as I\u2019m concerned it\u2019s just pietized pragmatism.19\nSecond, and developing from the first, by adopting a stance of moral neutrality on music, the marketing movement ignores the destructive character of rock music. Allan Bloom, cited above for his warning against surrendering to cultural relativism, argues that all music is value-laden. His assessment of the character of rock music ought to jolt those who so quickly embrace it as a ministry vehicle,\nThis is the significance of rock music. I do not suggest that it has any high intellectual sources. But it has risen to its current heights in the education of the young on the ashes of classical music, and in an atmosphere in which there is no intellectual resistance to attempts to tap the rawest passions\u2026rock music has one appeal only, a barbaric appeal, to sexual desire\u2014not love, not eros, but sexual desire undeveloped and untutored. It acknowledges the first emanations of children\u2019s emerging sensuality and addresses them seriously, eliciting them and legitimating them\u2026Rock gives children, on a silver platter, with all the public authority of the entertainment industry, everything their parents always used to tell them they had to wait for until they grew up and would understand later.20\nThird, beyond the question of rock\u2019s moral worth, the marketing movement fails to question if the musical character of rock music is compatible with the message of the gospel. Many are concluding that it is not. At the heart of this conclusion is the realization that the gospel is a message with content to be believed about a Person to be received. Rock music is inadequate for communicating the content of this message without distortion,\nPerhaps the biggest limitation\u2026is the failure to recognize that the primary mode of meaning and expression in rock is not \u201crational discourse.\u201d Among the major artistic media for teens, rock in particular is a non-rational mode of communication, dealing with the sensory and the emotional, employing the figurative lyrics, musical mood, and symbolic gestures.21\nRather than surrendering to the culture for the pragmatic sake of church growth, \u201cChristians can help society recognize the danger of its loss of reasoned discourse in the all-consuming ubiquity of entertainment. By offering worship that educates instead of entertains, that uplifts and transforms through the renewing of the mind (Rom 12:2), the Church can expose the meaninglessness of our present culture.\u201d22 The gospel message, which is absolute and transcendent, is being tied to cultural forms which contradict it at the core, because they are forms built on the principles of relativism and immediacy.\nKenneth Myers joins this critical assessment of the marriage between popular culture and ministry,\nIt may have been easier for the Corinthians to eat meat offered to idols than it is for us to enjoy popular culture innocently. Idolatry is so obviously foreign to Christian values that it must be guarded against constantly. Even idolatrous ideas are not too difficult to identify and resist. But a sensibility, a consciousness, is much more evasive and subtle\u2026while critical of some of its content, the church has a virtually uncritical attitude toward the form of popular culture. In fact, the church has adopted those forms without much resistance, in the alleged interest of promoting its message. But the message has thereby suffered, and so have its members.\u2026 Popular culture\u2019s forms are not capable of sustaining the Christian conviction of a holy, judging God who demands repentance and promises the joy of obedience.23\nOnce more we see that the attempt of the marketing movement, due to its capitulation to man-centeredness, yields fruit which is scripturally unacceptable.\nIt seems to me that this recent appeal to being \u201cmissional\u201d as a justification for viewing culture and music as neutral is nothing more than a regurgitation of market-driven multiculturalism.\nThe Closing of the American Mind (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987), p 26. [\u21a9]\nBefore the Shooting Begins (New York: The Free Press, 1994), pp. 200-201. [\u21a9]\nSelling Jesus, p. 71. [\u21a9]\nThe Baby Boomerang, p. 190. [\u21a9]\nStarting a Seeker Sensitive Service, p. 15. [\u21a9]\nThere at least two\u2014one logical, one ethical. The logical error is a classic case of comparing apples (language) and oranges (music). A missionary learns the language because it is the necessary component for communication; choices of musical style are not necessary matters of communication. The ethical error is the assumption that cultural adaptation is morally neutral\u2014something we would not agree with if a missionary moves to a cannibalistic society. That is, missionaries do not adopt the native culture wholesale; they must put it to the test of biblical morals. [\u21a9]\nDobson, Starting a Seeker Sensitive Service, p. 16. [\u21a9]\nNo Place for Truth, pp. 11-12. [\u21a9]\nMarva J. Dawn, Reaching Out Without Dumbing Down (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995) p. 111. [\u21a9]\nCf. Warren, The Purpose Driven Church, p. 280; Stewart, Church Leaders Handbook, p. 21; Murren, The Baby Boomerang, p. 189; Dobson, Starting a Seeker Sensitive Service, pp. 34-35. [\u21a9]\nIronically, one of Warren\u2019s arguments for using rock music is its power to impact character. He writes, \u201cAristotle said, \u2018Music has the power to shape the character.\u2019 Satan is clearly using music to do that today. The rock lyrics of the 1960s and 1970s shaped the values of most Americans who are now in their thirties, forties or fifties\u2026 If we don\u2019t use contemporary music to spread godly values, Satan will have unchallenged access to an entire generation\u201d (The Purpose Driven Church, pp. 279-280). Warren, by using the terms \u201cmusic\u201d and \u201clyrics\u201d interchangeably, dodges the question of how a vehicle so powerful for corrupting morals can so easily be transformed into a powerful tool for producing godliness. In so doing, he misrepresents the words of Aristotle\u2014the very quote demonstrates that he disagrees with Warren about the moral neutrality of music. Music (what Warren defines as \u201can arrangement of notes and rhythms\u201d [p. 281]) clearly communicates moral value by its character (e.g., provocative or sensual music) and associations (i.e., the images or conventions with which is readily identifiable, e.g., striptease music). [\u21a9]\nAll God\u2019s Children and Blue Suede Shoes, p. 31. [\u21a9]\nRock Music: Culture, Aesthetics and Sociology, trans. Rachel Fogg (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990), p. ix. [\u21a9]\nQuentin J. Schultze et al., Dancing in the Dark (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1991), pp. 162-163). This observation is perhaps more significant in that the authors, involved in teaching/research for Calvin College, write from a perspective quite distanced from fundamentalism. [\u21a9]\nThe Worldly Evangelicals (San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1978), p. 118. [\u21a9]\n\u201cMusic: Offerings of Creativity,\u201d Christianity Today 6 May 1977, p. 13. [\u21a9]\nThe Closing of the American Mind, p. 73. [\u21a9]\nSchultze, Dancing in the Dark, p. 162. [\u21a9]\nDawn, Reaching Out Without Dumbing Down, p. 72. [\u21a9]\nAll God\u2019s Children and Blue Suede Shoes, pp. 181-182. [\u21a9]\nmissional, multiculturalism\n13 Responses to Multiculturalism veiled as \"Missional\"\nI see several flaws in the argument above:\n1. A failure to articulate the proper role of the Christian to his culture. The argument above clearly condemns a \"pro-cultural\" mindset where all elements of culture are simply accepted without biblical analysis. While I agree that a Christian must be \"counter-cultural\" by rejecting elements of the culture that do not line up with the truths of Scripture (e.g. rejecting Postmodernism rather than embracing it as the emergents have done), I would not agree with the writer's apparent \"anti-cultural\" views (i.e. rejection of all elements of culture as \"worldly\"). In other words, did Paul's ministry (i.e. the Mars Hill address, the epistle to the Colossians, etc.) target and reject the culture as a whole or did he aim to correct areas of Christian life in the culture that did not line up with the Gospel? See, for example, Paul's handling of the issue of slavery.\n2. A failure in musical genre analysis. As a musicologist, I would have thought that Mr. Aniol would have rejected the poor genre analysis given above. The lumping of all Gospel, CCM, and music used in \"Church Marketing\" churches into \"Rock n Roll\" is a gross oversimplification.\n3. A failure to understand contemporary culture. Even if the various styles and strata of worship music were to be simplified as stated above, I find it difficult to believe that we are even still addressing contemporary culture. Today \"Rock n Roll\" is primarily seen as a fad of the 1960's and 70's. Contemporary culture has moved on to various strata of R&B, Pop, Country, Rap, etc. Most college students and teens I know today share none of the \"cultural context and values\" of \"Rock n Roll.\"\n@PhilipT,\n1. I don't think you're addressing the point. You're missing the point. The point is, \"culture\" involves more than what the current \"multicultural\" view defines as merely amoral, \"lifestyle\" choices (i.e., nothing in culture represents anything more than an individual choice \u2013 and there is no moral significance to any particular choice). You cannot argue about condemning a culture, or rejecting certain elements of a culture as being \"wrong,\" or \"correct areas of Christian life in the culture\" if you see no moral significance or relevance to anything in culture in the first place. A \"multicultural\" (i.e., pluralistic) view provides no basis for judging anything in a culture.\n2 & 3. Calling everything \"rock n' roll\" may be a bit of an oversimplification, but from a broader musicological perspective, the general points still hold. It is the height of naivete to think that current popular forms of music are not loaded with meaning and values, or to think that the current, highly-fragmented \"forms\" of popular music do not, in many cases, still represent the basic ethos of the \"rock 'n roll\" movement of the 50's and 60's. The biggest difference is that the counter-cultural thrust of early rock (free love, drugs, sex, do-your-own-thing, etc.) were considered radical and counter-cultural then, whereas they are considered norms (or at least, tolerated as norms) now (perhaps with the exception of drugs, at least in some circles \u2013 although it appears that even that part hasn't entirely disappeared).\n@JonE,\n1. I totally get that multiculturalism refuses to call ANYTHING wrong in the context of particular cultures. My concern is that we have swung the pendulum too far and condemn (nearly?) EVERYTHING wrong in our culture (my term is \"anti-culturalism\"). I would argue for a middle ground approach which seemed to typify the ministry of Christ and the Apostles.\n2 & 3. I used to try explaining to teens how that their \"rock n roll\" was all about sex and drugs. I tried my hardest to convince them that listening to \"Casting Crowns\" or the Getty's albums would certainly cause them to have lustful thoughts. I tried to remind them of the music's roots in African shaminism and the counterculture of the 1960's. All the while they stared at me with a blank look on their faces. None of our 80-90 year old believers associate much of the Romantic-era and Opera music with the bawdy theater scene of the 1800's, and few of our 30-40 year old fundamentalist church-goers associate big band, swing, jazz, etc. with the 20's era vices, and few of our 13-30 year old Christians associate Country, Gospel, CCM, etc. with the counterculture movement of the 1960's. Romantic-era and opera music is now the music of the elite, the upper crust of society, and the fans of NPR. Big band, swing, and jazz reminds us now of Disney films and the out of date fashions. Asking the modern Christian teen to honestly tell you what he/she connects music with a \"backbeat\" to, the reply will likely be\u2026\"ummm\u2026the mall, the gas station, the elevator, the radio, my iPod\u2026\" I do not doubt that anything with a backbeat once carried the \"ethos of the \"rock n roll\" movement,\" but now it has lost that significance and we do ourselves a great disservice to attempt to artificially implant those \"meanings and values\" into minds of our teens as we indoctrinate them on these issues. I do not believe that this is due to toleration of the norms, it simply means that these genres or styles no longer are solely identified as anti-Christian and worldy.\nI hate to comment on any type of blog, and have done my absolute best to pray over rather than fester over the new avenue of self-righteous piety that has becoming much of blogging. However, because I believe I personally know both posters and respect them I wanted to offer one observation\u2026or question rather.\nWhat are the ramifications in our thinking of music if these Biblical truths are really true?\nA-God created all things.\nB-God created all things good.\nC-Man/Sin corrupted all things.\nD-Christ came to redeem all things.\nWhat if we're missing the point? What if music is not neutral, what if culture is not neutral\u2026what if nothing is neutral?! What if everything that exists does so for the glory of God or for the glory of man? In which case what would be the determining factor for something to either glorify God or glorify man? What would be the determining factor for right and wrong?\nI'd appreciate your thoughts to these questions\u2026and no don't be fooled, this is more fundamental than it is postmodern.\nJust a quick reply to one point. I agree with A-C, but I do not necessarily agree with D. Christ came to redeem his people. This has two implications: 1) he will not redeem all people and 2) he redeems people, not cultures.\nGod can no more \"redeem\" certain sinful cultural expressions than he can redeem a proud look, except to fundamentally change the expression itself.\nA \u2013 God created music\nB \u2013 God created music for good\nC \u2013 Man in his depraved state has throughout history used music for evil\nD \u2013 Christ can most certainly redeem music for good (e.g. Col. 1:20; 3:16).\nGlorification of God comes as a result of the Gospel (cf. Bryan Chappel, Christ-Centered Worship). Worship, then, should focus on the Gospel principles (not on a set of manmade stylistic goals \u2013 whether for church marketing or for traditionalism for traditionalism's sake). In this manner, music can be \"redeemed.\"\nI don't follow your argument on regarding Philip's statement: \"D-Christ came to redeem all things.\" Please explain.\nSecondly, if God cannot redeem \"sinful cultural expressions\" I would like to know:\n1) Are all cultural expressions of cultures in which depraved men live (even 1500's Europe) inherently sinful?\n2a) If so, then can we use any known style of music at all?\n2b) If not, then what makes the difference between a \"sinful cultural expression\" and a \"holy (seeing as how this is what God expects) cultural expression\"?\nThere are several significant category errors in play here.\nFirst, the difference between neutral things and uses of those neutral things. If God creates something, it is good; it is neutral for a human until that human uses the thing, and then it becomes either moral or immoral based on that use.\nGod created music. Music is good. Music is neutral until a human uses it.\nYou may be surprised to hear me say that, but this is where I must clarify categories: A song is not the neutral form of music; a song is created by man (not God), and therefore has already entered the category of \"use.\" Nothing created by man is neutral because man is not neutral. Music as an abstract concept is neutral (even good), but once man uses the concept of music to create a musical expression, that express may be judged as either moral or immoral based upon what it communicates.\nA parallel may be drawn with facial expressions. Facial expressions as an abstract concept is something created by God and is neither good or evil. But once a person makes a facial expression, that expression is either communicating something good or bad. The same is true for music.\nNext, we must discuss the issue of what something expresses. Your answer to question 1) is absolutely not! An expression is not sinful just because it comes from a depraved human; an expression is sinful if it expresses something sinful. The issue is not association or source, but what it actually expresses.\nAgain, drawing a parallel with facial expressions is helpful. A facial expression communicates something negative or positive intrinsically; the same is true with music.\nThird, this issue of \"cultural redemption.\" Once again I insist that God redeems individuals, not cultures. And when an individual is redeemed, he will start to express things that please the Lord instead of sinful things.\nA redeemed man doesn't keep doing sinful things or expressing sinful things in order to somehow \"redeem\" them. He changes how he acts and what he expresses.\nThat is true cultural redemption.\nI think I agree at the moment with the majority of what you have stated in your most recent post such as:\n\u2013 Morality in music (as well as other mediums, such as speech) is determined upon the message communicated through it and whether that message is in and of itself moral or immoral. Morality in music is not a product of \"association or source.\"\n\u2013 \"Cultural redemption\" would be the use of such neutral mediums for the glory of God rather than for sinful purposes. The redeemed heart will express itself in a redeemed manner.\nWhere I think we differ is in the application of these principles:\n\u2013 If morality comes as a result of the message that is actually communicated by music and not by association or source, then music or styles can be used from unsaved musicians for good (e.g. L.V.Beethoven's \"Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee\"). This would be in contrast to the view that holds that any product of an unsaved individual is inherently sinful (worldly?) and useless to the Christian.\n\u2013 If morality comes as a result of the message that is actually communicated by the music itself, then the message communicated could then be judged by clear biblical precepts (e.g the Sermon on the Mount: do not lust, do not hate, etc.) in order to determine if it is moral or immoral. This would be in contrast to the view that holds that subjective elements of the music such as genre or style should be judged by subjective criteria (i.e. \"worldliness or sensuality\").\nI think that we leap from the same springboard, but arrive at quite different conclusions. The reasons for this difference are IMHO numerous, but I do not believe that we should so quickly call those who differ with us \"multicultural\" (those who fail to judge by God's standard) or \"legalist\" (those who judge by their own standard).\nI agree that a sinful source does not necessarily render something unusable, such as your example of the tune to \"Joyful, Joyful.\" The only case in which an association might render something unusable for a time is if it would cause a stumbling block for a weaker Christian.\nI think at its base, music should be judged as to what it communicates by way of mimicking natural human emotional expressiveness. So if it expresses unbridled rage, chaos, sexuality, etc., then it is unusable. If it communicates noble virtues, it is usable.\nAs for association being a stumblingblock (I assume that we are speaking in the context of worship now, rather than personal listening), I have heard this argument being used by many Christians. I have typically, politely, asked what sin they would be stumbling into. Usually these mature saints reply that the music will give them (or, other times \u2013 \"other Christians\") sinful thoughts. My question to them is then whether they have sinful thoughts when they are riding an elevator, walking in the mall, or pumping gas (places where one would likely hear such music). \"Well, no!\" they respond in horror. My concern is that we too often play the \"stumblingblock\" card when a person may have some legitimate spiritual issues driving these thoughts or reactions. Rather than dealing with the root issues, we give these people the \"out\" by allowing them to say: \"the music made me do it.\" I don't want somebody to sin, but usually I have found that the individuals who claim this argument are usually 1) individuals who themselves will not stumble, but argue the case hypothetically, or 2) individuals who are attempting to cover up a real sin problem. We owe it to those who raise the issue, to question it, rather than just giving them a carte blanche.\nStepping into the emotions conveyed by music, as you an I know, is a slippery issue. We can very clearly judge the lyrics, but analysis of rhythms and the emotions they bring is a tough subject. In this area, we have a number of problems, I will list several:\n1) The Problem of Scripture: Are emotions such as rage (Psa. 7:11; Eph. 4:26), conditions such as chaos (e.g. Gen. 1:2 \u2013 God creates chaos before creating the world), and actions such as sex (Song of Solomon; I Cor. 7:5) wrong in and of themselves? Am I condemning something that the Bible not only fails to outright condemn, but also applauds?\n2) The Problem of Subjectivity: How can we discern if music actually communicates these emotions through subjective elements such as rhythm? Will the conclusions I draw about emotions conveyed in music be universal and timeless? Which leads naturally to\u2026\n3)The Problem of Bias: If I have grown up being told by people I love and trust that particular sounds (e.g. backbeat) elicit sinful reactions, then am I truly the best or even an unbiased judge of the issue? Are the \"emotions\" that I condemn merely sounds which I am not familiar with, do not prefer, or have actual misconceptions regarding?\nsorry it's been so long since I replied. After reading the posts I see that there is a fundamental difference in the way we approach music (which actually is rooted in the way we interpret scripture but that's another topic) However, my initial purpose was simply to consider the ramifications to music if the statements initially stated were indeed true.\nI approach music as part of God's Creation, after all music in its most basic form is waves traveling through air (God's waves, God's air)\u2026this is what all music is regardless of who is playing it. Whether it's Beethoven, Led Zepp, or Majesty Music it's all God's \"stuff\" that's being used either for His glory or man's\u2026or sometimes both.\nFrom this presupposition, it doesn't really matter what style or what association the sound waves have\u2026they are God's and cannot be taken from Him only used for him or against Him. It is then my responsibility to live out the mandate God gave mankind at Creation to subdue and have dominion over his stuff to His praise and glory. And while I know that sin corrupted Creation (all of it) I also know that Christ came on the cross to redeem creation\u2026all of it (Rom 8).\nSo in conclusion my hermeneutic has led me to see that all of music (actually all of everything) is God's (it's all very, very morally charged [not amoral]). The question is whether I as His image bearer in His creation will use his stuff for it's intended purpose or for me\u2026 the \"motivation\" or \"heart\" of earthly constructor of the music has little significance to me since his motivation has little bearing on whether my heart is truly worshipful or not\u2026this reality makes me highly, highly accountable for everything I do and use to make sure that I'm using it for the glory of God. (1 Cor. 10:31)\nInterested in your thoughts\u2026\nIn the same way, I approach internet photography as part of God\u2019s Creation; after all, internet photography (if you're on a wireless connection) in its most basic form is waves traveling through air (God\u2019s waves, God\u2019s air). This is what all internet photography is regardless of what kind of image it is. Whether it\u2019s Rembrandt, pictures of your kid's birthday party, or Penthouse, it\u2019s all God\u2019s \u201cstuff\u201d that\u2019s being used either for His glory or man\u2019s, or sometimes both.\nFrom this presupposition, it doesn\u2019t really matter what final composition or what association the internet signal has; it is God\u2019s and cannot be taken from Him, only used for him or against Him.\nMichael well illustrates the fundamental error with your foundational presupposition.\nDid God create music? Yes. Did God create the sound waves moving through the air? Yes.\nBut God does not produce songs. Humans do. And Humans are moral agents capable of producing either good or evil.\nIt is true that music is sound waves moving through air; but songs are more than that. 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Radio Amateur News predated QST as America's premier magazine for Hams, the famous 1919 \"Verboten\" cartoon (protested limitations on private radio operators from the wartime era), the de Forest \"Oscillion,\" Major Armstrong's superregenerative circuit, the first \"network\" broadcast (WEAF in New York City and WNAC in Boston), the Reinartz, the Super, the Autoplex, the Solo dyne, and the Neutrodyn (home radio receiver kits), Tec-Teleducation (audiovisual classrooms), variable mu, metal, tuning eyes, octal, loctal, and acorn tubes, and much, much more was reported in Hugo Gernsback's many electronics publications during the half century period that began in 1908. Read about them all in this extensive article written by Tom Kennedy.\nBy T. R. Kennedy, Jr.\n50 years ago this month the world's first radio magazine was launched. It - and those that came after it played an important part in the half century of electronic progress that followed.\nThe first issue - Modern Electrics for April 1908.\nhalf-century ago - April, 1908- Modern Electrics, the world's first publication designed to explain and popularize \"wireless,\" was published. Its editor and founder, Hugo Gernsback, was a Luxembourgian who had come here in 1904 as a youth of 19, to market his first invention, a layer-built dry-cell battery.\nWith his new battery - which he had patented in Europe - the young inventor brought many new ideas and devices with him, It was not long, therefore, before a new company to import, manufacture and market devices for the electrical and the new group of \"wireless\" experimenters, made its appearance. Called the Electro Importing Co., it occupied a small loft at 32 Park Place, later a larger one at 87 Warren St. and still later at 84-86 West Broadway, in lower Manhattan; a little later, there was added a retail store at 68 West Broadway, the world's first radio store.\nAmong other items, the E.I.Co. began marketing the first home or private radio ever offered the public. Called the Telimco (from The E.I.Co. name) wireless telegraph outfit, it was advertised in Scientific American in January, 1906. Sales were slow at first - the new company had to convince not only the public but the police that the device would send signals through the air without wires - but it soon became the most important product of the E.I.Co. The original Telimco model is now in the Ford Museum at Dearborn, Mich.\nEarly picture of the Electro Importing Co.'s first retail store - the world's first radio store - and the type of equipment that was sold before 1910.\nSo much explanatory material was needed in those days to tell about what the Electro Importing Co. had to sell to electrical experimenters and wireless enthusiasts that the company's voluminous catalog often contained long explanatory articles. Gernsback found himself already a publisher of electrical and wireless information, and it was but a step to a regular monthly periodical.\nThough he used the conservative Modern Electrics as a title (a \"radio\" magazine pure and simple could hardly have survived in 1908) the very first article of that original April issue was entitled \"Wireless Telegraphy.\" Another article \"by our Brussels correspondent\" described a wireless-equipped automobile. There was also a piece about long-distance records established by the United States fleet, whose transmissions from the west coast of Mexico had been received at San Francisco and at Pensacola, Fla.\nThe first issue contained 40 pages. Price was announced as 10 cents a copy - $1 per year.\nIn the very next issue of Modern Electrics (May, 1908), Gernsback elaborated on his Telimco dot-and-dash wireless with an invention he called the Dynamophone, in which the human voice, through a microphone, coupled to a spark coil, transmitted to a distant receiver enough energy to operate a relay and start an electric motor. This might be called the great-granddaddy of today's numerous voice-operated systems now used in oceanic radio and elsewhere.\nIn subsequent issues he commented on the electric tubes then in existence, based on the Geissler and Crookes bulbs. July's Modern Electrics carried an article by V. H. Laughter on \"Speaking Arc Lamp,\" forerunner of the high-power arc transmitters, the arc flame of which was \"modulated\" by stepped-up voice frequencies. About a year later, Valdemar Poulsen developed and announced an arc transmitter that covered 150 miles on first test. Laughter, incidentally, has continued as an author in these magazines to present times. One of his latest articles (June, 1950) was on \"Making Large Electrets.\"\nReplica of \"the first radio set ever sold to the public,\" a small spark transmitter and receiver, now rests in Ford Museum at Dearborn. This set was demonstrated at the IRE convention in 1954, the last time spark transmission was authorized by the FCC.\nA \"loud-speaking telephone,\" which could be heard without pressing the device against the ear, was offered by the Modern Electrics Berlin correspondent in the September, 1908, issue. Actual contact with the ear, and thus the possibility of picking up germs from the device, was said to be avoided. No other use was foreseen.\nThe Wireless Association of America was promoted in 1909, to further the interests of wireless telegraphy and \"aerophony\" in America. There were two conditions of membership - American citizenship and ownership of a sending or receiving set (or both). Lee de Forest was the first president. From the membership of this organization and the \"Swatties,\" or Society of Wireless Telegraph Engineers, of Boston, grew the present-day Institute of Radio Engineers, which came into official being on May 13, 1912.\nA prominent article in the May, 1909, issue was entitled \"Signaling to Mars.\" In those days it was thought that a power of 70,000 kw would be necessary. This could be supplied, the article pointed out, by focusing many high-power long-wave stations on Mars from various spots on Earth, synchronizing them to operate at the same time from a single key.\nNot content with pioneering in the new world of wireless, Modern Electrics boldly attacked the unattainable objective of sending pictures through space. In an article \"Television and the Telephot\" in December, 1909, several approaches and proposals by leading experimenters were described. All included a mosaic of selenium or other light-sensitive cells as a transmitter and a similar mosaic of small lamps to form the receiving screen. The state of the art had apparently not advanced to the point where a synchronized scanning system could even be visualized. Gernsback proposed a method whereby the large number of wires could be cut down by using different frequencies and tuned relays, and whereby varying light intensities could be reproduced with varying current strengths. This was said to be necessary to transmit images of objects in motion and to give a recognizable image. No patents were taken out on the device, as it was considered too complicated for practical realization in the form described.\nModern Electrics, now grown to a circulation of more than 30,000, lent its issue of April, 1910, to the complete printing of the proposed Burke Wireless Bill, which was devised to \"regulate and control the use of wireless telegraphy and wireless telephony.\" This was one of the first actions in the struggle against Federal attempts to \"regulate\" the amateur into oblivion or ineffectiveness, in which the Gernsback publications were to take so active a part.\nAn early E.I.Co. scene. Not only was manufacturing and shipping carried on here, but Modern Electrics was edited on the premises too.\nIn Modern Electrics of May, 1910, it was learned that Bellini and Tosi, two Italian experimenters at Boulogne, whose work had been reported on in the March and May, 1909, issues, had devised a system of directing wireless waves in space. The process could be reversed - incoming waves could reveal the direction from which they arrived. And so was born one of the earliest direction finders.\nIn the same month the entire organization moved into a roomy 5-story building at 233 Fulton St. Celebrating the new quarters, Modern Electrics carried a leading story from Thomas A. Edison on a new nickel-iron storage battery, which Edison had toiled 6 years to perfect.\nThe editor told of his new \"Detectorium\" in July, 1910. It incorporated a silicon crystal detector as an integral part of a double-slide tuning coil. The blunt silicon point, held in a brass cup, contacted the coil wires as the slider was moved to tune. One actually \"tuned with the detector.\" The issue also noted the formation of the Wireless Association of Pennsylvania, organized to fight the proposed Depew Bill, which would have limited the use of the air to commercial wireless interests.\nIn the April, 1911, Modern. Electrics Gernsback leaped into the 27th century with the now-classic serialized story \"Ralph 124C 41+,\" which, intended to give the reader a picture of the distant future, contained a considerable number of then astounding predictions that have since been realized. Among other things, it pictured the essential elements of radar, telling how pulsed radio waves could be bounced off objects near and far, then to return to the sending point to reveal the distance and direction of travel.\nOn April 1, 1911, it was announced that the Wireless Association of America had reached the then phenomenal number of 11,360 members. Somewhat reluctantly, notice was given that the cost of association buttons had to be raised to 20 cents. In the August issue Dr. Charles P. Steinmetz, the electrical wizard, discoursed on \"Lightning Phenomena.\" A page ad in the October issue offered the \"best Audion made in the United States.\" Price complete on a wooden stand, $4. In the same issue, Ralph 124C 41+ was seeking his sweetheart, Alice 212B 423, who had been kidnapped and whisked away into space by a villainous Martian. Ralph was hard on the trail of the abductor, whom he had located through his \"polarized wave apparatus\" or long-distance radar - not so fantastic today as it sounded in 1911.\nEarly E.I.Co. catalog. These were the ancestors of Modern Electrics, not only in name but in partial contents.\nMembership buttons of two of America's oldest radio associations, the Wireless Association of America - the world's first - and the Radio League of America, both organized by Hugo Gernsback.\nThe US Naval radio station NAA at Arlington, Va., opened early in the year, and could be heard henceforth around the world, transmitting time signals at noon EST. On Dec. 11, the Alexander Wireless Bill had been referred to the Congressional Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries and ordered to be printed. Modern Electrics carried the full text in the February, 1912, issue. The same issue's editorial practically wrote a constitution for the American amateur, so closely was it followed in the Wireless Bill as finally enacted:\n\"Modern Electrics,\" Feb. 1912\n\"There should be 4 bill passed restraining the amateur from using too much power, say anything above 1 K.W. The wave length of the amateur wireless station should else be regulated in order that only wave lengths from a few meters up to 200 could be used. Wave lengths of from 200 to 1,000 meters, the amateurs should not be allowed to use, but they could use any wave length above 1.000 ...\"\nWireless Act of 1912 (Section 15)\nLaw enacted Dec. 1912\n\"No private or commercial station not engaged in the transaction of bona fide commercial business by radio communication ... shall use a transmitting wave length exceeding two hundred meters or a transformer input exceeding one kilowatt except by special authority of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor contained in the license of the station ...\"\nThe publisher announced that with the April issue the price of Modern Electrics would be 15 cents. On April 14 the Titanic had been sunk at sea. Wireless from the vessel brought aid and 700 lives were saved, proving the great value of the new medium. In the April issue Clapp-Eastham announced its Blitzen tuner, and Murdock its earphones, which, it was said, could bring in signals over 2,300 miles.\nBut Modern Electrics had about reached the end of a long and important life as a publication. The last issue was published in July, 1912, and Gernsback began to concentrate his ideas on something new, a type of publication dealing more with the affairs of the experimenter.\nThe Electrical Experimenter\n\"Long live the amateur, long live wireless!\" shouted the opening article of a new publication, \"The Electrical Experimenter,\" which had long been pondered but finally was born with the issue of May, 1913. Gernsback had terminated a campaign on the part of the American amateur in Modern Electrics, but he plunged at once into the affairs of hamdom in the Electrical Experimenter by publishing a lengthy but easy-to-read piece on \"Building Large Spark Coils.\" He would not accept or print advertising matter, an announcement said. The periodical - which at 5 cents a copy was said to have been produced at a loss - would be strictly a service to subscribers and customers of the Electro Importing Co.\nThe assistant editor was Harry Winfield Secor, who had been with Gernsback on Modern Electrics, and who was destined to be a member of the organization - with brief interruptions - to the present day.\nLee de Forest in the June, 1913, Electrical Experimenter told of \"Recent Developments at the Federal Telegraph Co.\" which he said \"enjoyed the distinction of having no press agents.\"\nIn the February, 1914, issue, Gernsback reported on his \"Radioson\" detector, which was made by fusing a .0002-inch diameter platinum wire into a tube of special glass so that only the most minute tip of the metal was presented to the electrolytic solution. It was said to have been some 1,246 times smaller than the best bare-point Wollaston wire of the day, The wireless wavemeter, one of the fundamental tools of the art, made its appearance in the Electrical Experimenter of August.\nIn the spring and summer of 1915, with Europe at war, radio and electronics began to move faster. On May 7 an SOS from the Lusitania revealed that the vessel had been sunk by a German U-boat. Wireless dramatically had proven again its usefulness.\nIn the winter of 1915-16, under the aegis of the Electrical Experimenter, radio leaders in this country formed the Radio League of America. Its purpose was to \"promote the art of amateur wireless telegraphy and telephony in the US ... to make available to the Government a complete list of US amateur stations ... pledged to serve the country in time of national danger or need ... \"\nFirst drawing of radar equipment appeared in Modern Electrics in 1911, to Illustrate a science-fiction story.\nThere was plenty of opportunity for the magazine to take part in the country's service, and it carried on a campaign to educate the public - and the Government - to the dangers posed to the country's neutrality by the large German stations at Sayville, N. Y., and Tuckerton, N. J, The cover of the August, 1915, issue showed \"Sayville Wireless Receiving German War Report,\" and the editorial pointed out, with examples, how simple it would be to send coded messages which would assist German U-boats to sink enemy (and neutral) shipping.\nIn the very next issue of Electrical Experimenter came the news that the Government had closed the station at Sayville, later reopening it with a full Government staff, Charles E. Apgar, wireless amateur of Westfield, N. J., had recorded Sayville's messages on wax records and turned them over to Federal authorities for decoding. These, when played back, furnished sufficient evidence to cause the Government to close the station.\nMeanwhile, the part played by the magazine aroused sharp resentment from the old Sayville officials. Dr. K. G. Frank, head of the station, wrote a bitter letter to the editor, the point of which was a little blunted by the fact that by the time it was printed, the Government had already closed Sayville. Dr. Frank, incidentally, was later convicted as a German Intelligence agent.\nBy this time Electrical Experimenter (it was in the spring of 1917) was carrying a few ads - the de Forest \"Oscillion\" for $60, Pacific Laboratories displayed and described double-end vacuum-tube detectors. Crystal detectors were still in the literature of the day, but many realized they were on the way out. An editorial on \"War and the Radio Amateur,\" stated that the huge backlog of amateur operators could be inducted into the country's service at a moment's notice. \"What other country could provide such a vast army of well-trained and intelligent men as this, whose very multitude is a priceless protection?\"\nThen on April 6 the US entered the war and President Wilson signed the order silencing the amateurs for the duration. Many, forthwith, went into the armed forces as an outlet for their activities. Gernsback promptly gave vent to his imagination in an editorial on the possibilities of \"Shooting with Electricity,\" or magnetism, to be more exact. Thereafter, Electrical Experimenter explored many facets of the expanding use of electronics in warfare.\nBut for the Electrical Experimenter and its merchandising associate, the Electro Importing Co., a crisis was at hand. Its business - and inventory - has been increasing since 1908. Now President Wilson clamped down on the sale of radio equipment. There was a war on. With a fortune in parts on hand, there was no one to sell them to. One of Gernsback's first acts was to assemble simple telegraph outfits. He sold thousands, but this did not take care of the great bulk of apparatus on hand.\nThen one night he stayed in the factory till 2 am, \"rummaging over all the parts in the shop.\" Suddenly came the solution to the dilemma. He would assemble sets of lamps, batteries, keys, phones and other electrical components into a neat little box called \"The Boy's Electric Toys.\" Sitting up late several nights, he compiled a 32-page profusely illustrated booklet of \"100 Electrical Experiments\" that could be performed with the outfit. This little publication may well have been the most important one the organization ever printed. With its aid the shelves were cleared and the day saved for the E.I.Co. and, of course, Electrical Experimenter.\nThe amateur station of Charles Apgar. Equipment with which the Sayville wireless messages were recorded may be seen at right.\nThe editorial of January, 1919, was entitled \"Electric Music.\" It predicted telephone receivers covering every audible tone, with almost any required amount of loudness. Thus was anticipated the current world of high fidelity, the loudspeaker without a horn and the high-power amplifier to drive it. Even electronic or \"concrete\" music was predicted.\nIn the February, 1919, issue, Electrical Experimenter began a series of articles entitled \"My Inventions\" by Nikola Tesla. To persuade the great Tesla to write his own autobiography was no mean feat, and the editor still looks back on it as his greatest journalistic beat. The series ended in the May issue, with the author stating confidently that his proposed system of wireless transmission of power, temporarily defeated, would finally become a \"triumphal success.\"\nWith the war over, the question of \"regulating the amateur\" came up again. The 65th Congress proposed to amend the Alexander Wireless Bill, but the proposed amendments forbade so many things essential to the amateur that the editor was moved to lampoon the bill in a bitter cartoon in the February Electrical Experimenter. The bill was killed. The hated demon had been effectively exorcised by :he power of the cartoonist's pen and of the printed word.\nThe Acting Secretary of the Navy announced that, effective April 15, 1919, all restrictions were removed on radio receiving stations other than those used for reception of commercial traffic.\nRadio News is born\nThe opening of the broadcast era was at hand, and the Electrical Experimenter wrote of this and other marvels to come, in the January, 1920, issue. Among this bewildering maze of wartime inventions and discoveries, none was more dramatic in operation than the radio compass, described by Pierre Boucheron. It used a large Kolster coil or loop rotated by a handwheel to which was attached a compass card. Fixed below was a pointer to indicate degrees, hence the bearing of the ship transmitting the signal.\nA communications receiver, with regeneration, as used by amateurs about 1916.\nIn July, 1919, Gernsback had begun a new publication, Radio Amateur News, It was his first strictly radio publication, \"the logical outcome,\" he went on editorially, \"of many attempts to put out a purely radio periodical, independent throughout and devoted to American Radio Amateurism.\" He explained that in 1908 he had started the \"first magazine in America-Modern Electrics - in which many radio articles appeared, but radio amateurism then being in its infancy could not support a purely radio magazine.\" For that reason Modern Electrics devoted about one-quarter of its content to radio. Then came the Electrical Experimenter in 1913, \"which had been more prominent than any other on account of its very important radio section. Even during the war, with amateurism dead and nearly every radio magazine discontinued, Electrical Experimenter at great financial loss continued radio articles uninterruptedly, month after month, to keep alive the radio spark in the hearts of our amateurs.\"\nBut with the war won and a new law defeated that would have killed amateurism, he wrote, \"we will witness the most wonderful expansion the radio arts have ever dreamed of. I predict an astounding growth in the next 10 years.\"\nElectrical Experimenter had, for some months, been carrying on its cover a second title - \"Science and Invention.\" In August, 1920, Science and Invention became the official name, leaving Radio Amateur News to cover prac\u00adtically all the wireless material formerly handled by it. Electrical Experimenter-Science and Invention carried tremendous prestige and was immensely useful. During its life - till 1929 - it was virtually the electrical and experimental bible for countless youngsters and grownups - the primary stimulus for many a future career.\nThe famous \"Verboten\" cartoon, said to have been an important factor in defeating the amended Alexander bill, which would have destroyed amateur radio as we know it.\nThe October, 1919, Radio Amateur News carried a stop-press bulletin that \"all restrictions on amateur radio are removed,\" and a longer mention appeared in the November issue. The world of the ham operator would resume its pre-war status under the Department of Commerce.\nInspired by the great possibilities of remote control of all kinds of systems by radio, the June, 1920, Radio Amateur News pointed out that \"vast fields remain to be tapped in this category.\" The work of John Hays Hammond Jr. in this new field, the editorial stated, mystified those who watched torpedoes and small craft maneuvering without visible means of control. Radio, of course, was doing it, by transmissions from hidden shore stations. After June, 1920, the word \"Amateur\" dropped out of the name, and the magazine became simply Radio News.\nIn April, 1921, a full-page ad announced Cunningham power tubes, type C-302, 5 watts output, price $8. Incidentally, RCA Radiotrons UV-200 and UV-201, the \"best detector\" and \"best amplifier,\" sold for $5 and $6.50, respectively. The first annual Amateur Radio Show and Convention was staged at New York's Pennsylvania Hotel Roof Garden.\nThe first religious broadcast came over KDKA from the Calvary Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh, on Jan. 2, 1921. The 200-kw Alexanderson alternator went into service at Tuckerton, N. J., the same month. KDKA carried the first boxing match - Johnny Ray vs Johnny Dundee, on April 11, and that station also broadcast the first theatrical performance from the Davis Theatre May 9.\nIn an experiment conducted early in 1922 at the request of the Italian Government, a portrait of King Victor Emmanuel was transmitted by facsimile equipment devised by Dr. Arthur Korn. Dr. J. H. Miller of the Navy's Radio Research Bureau devised a radio-frequency amplifying system with a range of 800 to 20,000 meters (375 to 15 kc), \"with some gain as low as 150 meters\" (2,000 kc ) .\nAttending church with a crystal set in the early 1920's. Bettmann Archives Photo\nThe famous Amrad Basketball variometer was advertised - $6.50 to $11.50. General Radio of Cambridge, Mass., put a quality audio transformer on the market - $5. Magnavox got out an 18-inch gooseneck horn dynamic loudspeaker - $85; \"for those who wish the utmost.\"\nBroadcast stations on the air by August, 1922, reached 227 and, by December, 569 Radio News reported. Major Armstrong announced his superregenerative circuit on June 28. By August, WEAF, New York City, was sending from the Telephone Co. Building in lower Manhattan. That same month it broadcast the first sponsored program ever put on the air - 10 minutes for $100 - sponsored by the Queensboro Corp., to sell real estate.\nNetworks begun\nJanuary of 1923 saw the first \"network\" broadcast, a 3-hour hookup of WEAF in New York City and WNAC in Boston. Dr. J. A. Fleming, the great British inventor of the Fleming valve rectifier, began a series of articles in February. It was titled \"Electrons, Electric Waves and Radio Telephony.\"\nIt was a period of great concept and invention. Prof. Louis A. Hazeltine described his soon-to-be-famous Neutrodyne, based on a mathematical principle, to the Radio Club of America. An editorial in the August, 1923, issue pointed out the tremendous field of research open to the radio amateur on waves between 1 and 10 meters, \"where static almost vanishes, and new and unsuspected phenomena await the experimenter.\"\nSome 600 variable condensers were on the market at one time in that period. All had to bear the label \"low-loss\" or they wouldn't sell. Louis Gerard Pacent created one of the first of the new order of inductances. He called it the \"duo-lateral\" and pronounced it the most efficient ever.\nOn the cover of Science and Invention in November, 1923, Gernsback showed his Osophone, the first bone-conduction device with which the deaf could hear through the teeth.\nAnother invention (\"the only patent that ever brought me in any money\") was filed for patent on Sept. 27, 1923. It was a variable condenser, comprising \" ... a condenser plate, secured on the base ... and a cooperating resilient plate ... means for flexing the resilient plate.\" In clearer language, it was the compression capacitor, now used almost universally as a trimmer, to track the sections of a variable capacitor gang. The device was sold to Crosley and was used as a \"book condenser\" in the Crosley Trirdyne receiver.\nPatent drawing of the compression capacitor; prototype of today's trimmers.\nIn Radio News in December, he advocated a \"single-knob control\" for radios, adding that \"one of these days\" we will tune in with one knob (\"and possibly an additional one for volume\") and get along without all the multi-control paraphernalia of the usual receiver of the day. He had visited the television laboratory of C. Francis Jenkins and called what he saw there the \"most marvelous thing of this age.\" Crude television, but impressive then.\nMaj. Edwin H. Armstrong had brought back from his wartime service in the U.S. Army in France an unusual receiver called the superheterodyne. It outshone all others for sheer sensitivity and selectivity. Those who dared could buy the diagram and parts and build one of these \"supers\" - if they had the skill, patience, time and sheer luck. This was the heyday of the hookup, and Radio News published accounts of them all. Experts and nonexperts built the Reinartz, the super, the Autoplex, the Solo dyne, the Neutrodyne and scores of others that caused sleepless nights to thousands of tinkerers. Even Radio News had its pet circuit, called the Ultradyne, and told the story of its development in February, 1924. It was an improved superhet, devised by the associate editor - Robert E. Lacault - and gained wide popularity.\nThe oscillating tube appeared in a new role - a producer of music - with the Staccatone, conceived by Gernsback and developed for him by Clyde Fitch. It consisted of a Hartley oscillator with a large tapped inductance consisting of several 1,500-turn honeycomb coils. The instrument's keys were connected to the taps, and two large capacitors could be switched in to increase the range. It was used as a 2-note interval signal on WRNY (a very useful device at a time when a station might be silent a few minutes between selections without announcement or' apology) and was apparently the first interval signal to be used so. The musical 16-note instrument had been heard on the air before - over WJZ in November, 1923, and had been demonstrated in conjunction with an orchestra under the direction of Dr. Hugo Riesenfeld. Its construction was described in the March, 1924, issue of Practical Electrics.\nIn May, 1924, H. C. Harrison of Western Electric Co. received a patent on the electrical recording of sound, greatly increasing the tonal quality of the phonograph record. Western's sister company, Bell Laboratories, worked out an improved acoustic phonograph with an exponential horn to take advantage of the new electric recordings, which could not be heard to full advantage on older phonographs, In March, 1925, a contract for commercial use of the new recording method and the new phonograph was signed with the Victor Talking Machine Co., and in November the new Orthophonic line of phonographs and the new records were put on the market. At practically the same time, Brunswick offered an electrical phonograph; the Panatrope, with a pickup designed and manufactured by General Electric, in which records could be played through an amplifier, an improvement even on Victor's new acoustic Orthophonic system.\nMajor Armstrong and his superregenerator, with its 1200- and 1500-turn honeycomb coils.\nThe humble beginnings of pioneer station KDKA in the upper story of Dr. Frank Conrad's Wilkinsburg, Pa., garage, near Pittsburgh.\nBrown Bros. Photo.\nA regular 6-city broadcast network was set up with WEAF as the key station in October, 1924. It had increased to 12 cities by the spring of 1925. Thus was networking firmly established.\nDuring the '20's, when it was hard to supply all the information needed in the new art, new publications were welcomed and read avidly. Beside the Experimenter, Gernsback published an annual Radio News Amateur's' Handibook, which ran from 1923 to 1929, and Radio Review, \"A Digest of the Latest Radio Hookups,\" ran from 1925 to 1927, when the hookup craze had started to die down. Radio Internacional, which was Radio News in Spanish, ran through 1926 and 1927. Radio Listener's Guide and Call Book was published in 1927 and 1928 as a quarterly, giving broadcast stations and shortwave transmitters. There was also the Radio Program Weekly around 1927 - the only weekly ever published by the organization. Television, the world's first TV magazine, came out in two annual issues - 1927 and 1928. Later, in 1931 and 1932, a bi-monthly, Television News, was also to be the only television magazine of its time.\nBooks as well as periodicals were also in demand. The organization had been printing books since 1910, when the first call book of amateur stations was printed under the sponsorship of Modern Electrics. The Electric Library, whose second publication was the one-time famous The Wireless Telephone, published from the earliest days. During the Electrical Experimenter period it gave way to the Experimenter Library, a title that proved so popular that it was revived in the 1920's for a new series of books. These were usually small, stiff paper-covered works dealing with simple radio subjects. Gernsback in 1922 wrote a larger work of 291 pages, entitled Radio for All, which was published by Lippincott.\nIn November, 1921, another new magazine, Practical Electrics, was announced. Beginners were finding Radio Amateur News a bit over their heads most of the time, and the new magazine was slanted to \"the electrically inclined layman, the electrical professional man, the experimenter, the student and the beginner.\" In 1924 the name was changed to The Experimenter, and the magazine continued to February, 1926. It was then merged with Science and Invention, which carried on a number of its departments for the experimenter and student.\nThe Experimenter of November, 1924, envisioned a military \"radio television plane\" which would fly without a living person aboard. Its movement would be controlled by radio from the ground. The plane would be equipped with \"eyes\" to look in six directions at once. Miles away, and safely behind the lines of the battlefront, the control operator would be able to inspect what was taking place in the plane's vicinity better than an aviator in the plane could do. The radio-controlled craft could be directed to reconnoiter, or to drop bombs on the enemy. It was a fantastic picture of warfare then, but by no means so today viewed from the vantage point of some 35 years of technical progress.\nIn January, 1925, Radio News began the story of Prof. Reginald A. Fessenden. It was perhaps one of the most important autobiographies in radio literature. He is credited with more than 300 inventions, without which the art today would not be what it is. In the issue of January, 1925, Dr. Greenleaf W. Pickard, one of the most consummate experimenters of his day, described his discovery of the oscillating crystal, giving the credit for it to Dr. W. H. Eccles. The average Radio News was a big periodical by now-200-odd pages in the April issue, with a monthly print order of 400,000 copies.\nThe regenerative Interflex receiver, using a diode detector in the grid circuit of the first audio tube.\nThere were 564 broadcast stations in the country by June, 1925, operating on 100 channels. Crowding was a big problem, but with time-sharing and geographical separation there were channels for 550 stations. Then the broadcast band was extended downward and 100 more channels came into use. As a result, 800 stations operated under conditions short of ideal because high-quality transmission was being used, and 10-kilocycle separation was not adequate for best reception. Radio News explained the situation editorially. New sets would be made to bring in the extended channels, but existing receivers could do nothing about it economically, if at all. In July, 1925, Radio News launched its own broadcast station, WRNY, which later (in 1928) achieved the distinction of being the first broadcast station to transmit television.\nThen came a new idea in radio. It was the ac tube, chronicled in Radio News of June, 1925. A low voltage was applied to the filament from a transformer, through terminals at the top of the tube which could be plugged into the sockets of a battery receiver. These Kellog tubes disappeared when more advanced ac types arrived.\nIn Radio News of September, 1925, Gernsback described a rather unusual receiver of his own development. It was a four-tube single-dial tuner with a crystal in the grid circuit of the second tube, which would normally have been a grid-leak detector. He called this receiver the Interflex and stated that his detector-amplifier stage gave \"great amplification with unusual stability of operation,\" The Interflex was later improved by balancing the rf stage and in December, 1925, the \"Regenerative Interflex\" was described. It had the crystal in the grid circuit of the first tube, with a tickler coil to produce regeneration, thus combining rf and af amplification in a single tube, with a direct-coupled diode detector.\nThis picture from the Experimenter, in 1924, was the first description of military television. A remote-controlled plane was represented as being equipped with television cameras looking in the four directions as well as up and down, and the scenes would be projected on a six-paneled screen at general staff headquarters.\nThe spring of 1926 had come. \"What in your opinion will be the next great development?\" the editor of Radio News was asked one day. \"Undoubtedly,\" he replied editorially in the May issue, \"it will be the ability of man to see objects at a distance - any distance. Why not? Through practically the same medium-radio - we hear from all over the world!\" He went on to describe television - today's television - at considerable length, and visualized whole networks of stations operating from a single program source, \"capturing with the utmost detail all the features of a face or landscape, with sound of highest quality.\"\nWhen remarks attributed to Edison charged that \"radio is a commercial failure with waning popularity,\" the editor of Radio News flew to its defense, pointing out that interest is \"steadily increasing\" and that \"radio dealers are now making money.\" Radio sales in 1926 alone would top $520 million.\nThe National Broadcasting Co. was formed by RCA on Dec. 9, 1926. RCA had purchased WEAF in July, taken over its 18-city Red Network, and in December added the WJZ Blue Network. The World Series that fall had been carried by the Blue Network, as the Yankees and Cardinals fought it out. The Edison Phonograph Co. had released a 12-inch disc capable of playing 22 minutes - the world's first long-playing record.\n\"Hello, London! Are you there, New York?\" And thus - on Jan. 7, 1927 - went 2-way trans-Atlantic voices over the first overseas radiophone service ever offered for public use. Single-sideband transmission was used. The preliminary story on the project had been carried in Radio News of December, 1925, and a complete report given by G. C. B. Rowe in the March, 1927, issue.\n\"Can We Radio the Planets?\" was the title of a Gernsback article in the February, 1927, issue. It was proposed to erect a powerful beam transmitter on one side of the earth, bounce signals off the moon or planet, and pick up the signal at a station on the opposite side of the earth. This forecast became a reality 19 years later when US Signal Corps scientists first established radio contact with the moon. Interestingly, the January, 1958, Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers, in an article \"Lunar Radio Echoes,\" refers to this early article as the first serious proposal to send signals to other heavenly bodies \"and return.\"\nThus went the round of invention and development. John L. Baird, Scottish inventor, described his television system at Glasgow, Scotland. A Washington's Birthday address by President Coolidge was carried by a 50-station network from a joint session of Congress. Wire television was demonstrated between Washington (D. C.), New York and Whippany, N. J., by the Bell Telephone Laboratories. Secretary of Commerce Hoover spoke at the Capital City and was seen and heard at this end. Later in 1927, the Labs demonstrated color television.\n\"When broadcasting was established in this country,\" Gernsback wrote in an editorial for Radio News of July, 1927, \"the universal opinion was that it would always be free.\" And thus he disposed of the question of \"wired vs space radio,\" venturing that toll radio would always be a challenge to the ingenuity of builders to overcome it and get something for nothing - the bootlegger would take what he could.\nThe first \"portable radio,\" an RCA superhet of the middle '20's.\nIn the November, 1927, issue of Radio News, the publisher disclosed for the first time a new principle in receiver construction called the Peridyne. It embodied a new method of \"shield tuning\" designed to bring the various rf stages into perfect interstage alignment, hence to operate at maximum possible efficiency. He did this by placing above the coil a metal disc that was moved up and down with a threaded rod. The so-called \"slug\" or \"shield\" thus compensated for inequalities in the inductance of the tuning coils, raising or decreasing the inductance in accordance with its distance from the turns of the coils. The Peridyne principle is the first use of nonferrous slugs or plates as tuning or trimming devices, and introduced the service technician to the screw-adjusted trimmer.\nTrue ac-operated sets began to come on the market in the spring and summer of 1927. RCA had announced the ac-heated 226 and 227 tubes early in 1927. By the end of the year the ac era had arrived, and several articles in the November issue of Radio News confirm that fact. The Columbia Broadcasting system went into operation in September, 1927.\nRadio News of January, 1928, announced that the double-grid tube had arrived, calling it \"probably the only real advancement ... since the invention of the triode.\" The tube had enjoyed tremendous popularity in Europe, but had been neglected here. Double-grid tubes had been described \"for years in this magazine\" and had been used in the Solodyne, which eliminated the B-battery.\nThe Peridyne receiver, which introduced nonferrous trimming slugs for coil tracking.\nThe electrodynamic cone loudspeaker was developed by the Bell Telephone Laboratories and demonstrated in April, 1928. Radio News carried the news at that time and touched on it again in November issue. The device revolutionized techniques of sound reproduction. Twenty-one manufacturers were putting out such units by late 1928. Installed atop a New York office building, one dynamic speaker was heard three miles away on the New Jersey shore. So great was their popularity that stores could not get them fast enough, and reproduction was considered faithful from the lowest to the highest tones in the range of human hearing.\n\"During the past few months,\" editorialized in Radio News in September, 1928, \"a new era seems to have opened that will be known hereafter as the 'Shortwave Cycle.''' Short waves, it was explained, are not new, having originated back in the days of 1908 when amateurs began first to converse with each other on waves below 200 meters with dots and dashes. Marconi, in October, 1927, speaking at the Institute of Radio Engineers, had predicted that the short waves \"are destined to be vital in radio and television.\" The editorial went on: \"As time passes the interest in short waves becomes greater and greater ... It would not surprise me at all if during the next 5 years, both sight and sound would be transmitted completely on short waves, and the upper channels from 200 to 600 meters were abandoned completely.\" The Radio News station 2XAL, WRNY's transmitter on 30.91 meters, which had started in the spring of 1928, \"had poor reception within 200 miles of New York, but beyond that it gets better and better.\"\nStart of Radio-Craft\nIn the spring of 1929, Radio News, Science and Invention, Amazing Stories and associated magazines, were sold to other interests. Radio News of April, 1929, was the last Gernsback issue. In July of the same year he created a new magazine in the fields of the set builder, shortwave fan, radio serviceman and amateur. He named it Radio-Craft. It would devote itself to the experimenter and constructor, he editorialized, noting that in the United States and Canada there were some 250,000 to 350,000 active radio enthusiasts. Radio-Craft would not carry \"re-hash stuff,\" but new material, \"edited first, last and always for its readers.\"\nUnder the heading \"the Constructor,\" the first issue of Radio-Craft carried a story about the \"Supreme Power Amplifier\" which had two CX-350 tubes in the output stage. Another story was on the \"Harkness Screen-Grid De Luxe.\" The magazine also described the Pilot \"Super-Wasp,\" which became one of the most famous shortwave sets, in an article by John Geloso (now one of the leading Italian manufacturers of electronic and hi-fi equipment). Other authors included Jack Grand, H. G. Cisin, Clyde J. Fitch and Charles Golenpaul.\nMarconi's early \"microwave\" equipment. Apparatus with parabolic antenna at left is transmitter; that at right the receiver.\nThe permanent-magnet dynamic speaker made its appearance in 1931. It was recommended for use with battery portables - scarcely anyone then foresaw it as the universal speaker it is today.\nIn June, 1930, Short Wave Craft magazine had begun. It noted the huge buildup of the art, which \"promises to assume large proportions in the years to come.\" In the June-July issue of 1931 it was reported that 7-inch waves had spanned the 21 miles of the English Channel between Calais and Dover, and that amateurs were blazing trails with contacts throughout the world. The boys were getting started on channels as short as 5 meters. A 15-watter had been heard almost around the globe.\nWith the May issue of 1937 the publication had a new name - Short Wave and Television (later Radio and Television), and combining the fields of the shortwave and television experimenter, had the largest circulation of any such periodical in existence. In the May issue, John V. L. Hogan, who then owned and operated New York City's WQXR, wrote on \"Short Wave Broadcasting.\" The publication continued to dominate the radio-video field until 1941, when it was merged with Radio-Craft.\nOne of the decisive tube inventions of the early 1930's was the \"variable-mu\" (also known as super-control or remote-cutoff) tube. It could be biased to control rf gain gradually, hence was a highly effective device in automatic volume control circuits. It also eliminated cross-modulation, a bad feature of earlier screen-grid rf tubes. Based on the variable spacing of grid wires, it was the invention of the late Stuart Ballantine of Boonton, N. J.\nGernsback Publications put out an Official Radio Service Manual late in 1930, collecting for the service technician many hitherto unobtainable schematics of the sets he had to service. Editions followed annually, and in July, 1933, a Consolidated Manual, combining the first three volumes. was announced. One of the most important and valued radio documents of the day, it sold more than 80,000 copies.\nMeanwhile, British tube makers had produced Catkin metal tubes, and American manufacturers were quietly experimenting with the metal types.\nIn 1932 the Radio-Craft Library appeared. This was a collection of practical radio books, some of which were made up of material from the magazine. They were larger than most of the earlier books published by the organization, running about 64 pages. Subjects ranged from radio set analyzers to frequency modulation. The library ran to 28 books and suspended in 1941, due to war shortages. Some of these red-covered booklets are still to be seen in old-timers' collections. Short Wave Craft published a number of blue books on shortwave construction and operation. One of these, on coil winding, was so useful to the constructor that inquiries for it are still received occasionally.\nIn February, 1933, Radio-Craft announced \"The Greatest Set of the Year,\" a complete ac-dc receiver which could be held in the hand. The famous International Kadette opened an age of table midgets, though its size (8 5/8 x 6 1/2 x 4 inches) would not be startling today. Indeed, it was a three-way portable, for it could also be used with a 6-volt (auto) battery and B-batteries! The set, incidentally, was not a superhet-c - it had one stage of rf, power detector, an audio stage and a small mercury-vapor rectifier which had been designed for automobile B-power units.\nRadio-Craft of December, 1933, carried a feature article on an even smaller set, called the \"Kaydette,\" by the same company. It sported two tubes and an indoor antenna.\nA typical radio store of the mid-'20's. It was operated by United Cigars - believe it or not. The same company had four service stations in New York City. Brown Bros. Photo\nElaborating further on his Osophone of 1923, Gernsback described in Radio-Craft of March, 1934, a later idea in the field, the Phonosone. It was a Baldwin balanced-armature loudspeaker phone attached to a headphone headband and worn against the forehead, permitting vibrations generated by the output of a radio to be transmitted to the bones of the head, to lighten the world of the deaf and near-deaf. The Osophone was the first description of a bone-conduction hearing-aid unit. In the July issue was a story on a light-sensitive device worn on a strap around the neck. Equipped with a battery and buzzer, it would help guide the sightless.\nAn editorial in Radio-Craft of August, 1934, noted that the television \"picture is still pitifully inadequate,\" going on to remark that \"as long as we cannot have an image at least a foot square of excellent detail that can be viewed in broad daylight, it is obvious that the television set has not arrived.\"\nRadio, meanwhile, had grown into a multi-million dollar industry - RCA alone in May, 1935, announced plans to spend $1 million for field television tests. The radio servicing industry had grown likewise. The July, 1935, issue announced that \"the service business has advanced to where it must now be recognized as a separate industry, its dollar sales are in the millions.\" Estimates from all sources \"have established the amazing figure of some $30 million in labor costs alone in 1934.\" Added to equipment costs this swelled the total to $45 to $50 millions annually. \"And this is only the beginning.\"\nMetal radio tubes, similar to those we now have in the shops, came from American tube makers in the middle 1930's. October Radio-Craft of 1935 carried an exhaustive semitechnical story about their design and capabilities. Glass tubes, then, appeared to be on the way out. However, in Radio-Craft issues of late 1936, 16 or more new receiving tubes were pictured and described. Only one was a true metal tube.\n\"Good servicemen need not be worried about the quackery practices by the so-called 'gyps' of the game,\" who were \"outnumbered and certainly would be eliminated,\" editorialized the July, 1937, issue, pointing up to present-day readers that the gyp apparently always has been with us. The same issue reported that the Department of Commerce had installed ultra-shortwave fan type markers to aid air traffic at landing fields.\nA special, more than double-size number of Radio-Craft in March, 1938, celebrated the 50th anniversary of radio as dated from the production of the first radio waves in 1888 by Heinrich Hertz. It was filled with articles on the progress of radio, its early history, memoirs of old-timers, and included a few predictions for the future. The most striking feature was the illustrations, which depicted radio equipment and installations from the earliest days. Numbers of the better-established radio companies reprinted advertisements that had appeared originally nearly two decades before. Not the least valuable contribution made by the \"Jubilee Issue\" was the preservation of historical material in some of the articles and the old-timers' reminiscences, some of which would be hard to uncover today.\nThe International Kadette, earliest of the true small ac-dc radios.\nThe best news of summer, 1938, came - television-wise - when the NBC revealed plans to broadcast 5 hours of visual programs weekly. Pictures were 441 lines, with a 5 to 6 aspect ratio (10 by 12 inches, said July's Radio-Craft).\nMeanwhile, at the convention of the IRE, Vladimir Zworykin and R. R. Law of the RCA Laboratories had projected pictures on an 8 x 10-foot screen.\nWith the July, 1939, issue 10 years of uninterrupted publication of the magazine had been completed. Gernsback wrote: \"I take this occasion to voice our heartfelt thanks to the thousands of loyal followers of the magazine and to the large majority of those who have read it through all these years. Radio has come a long way since then. In 1929 we had no pentodes, no variable mu, no metal tubes, no tuning eyes, no octal, loctal or acorn tubes, no black-and-white cathode-ray tubes that finally made television possible.\"\nA. P. King of the Bell Labs had demonstrated that megaphone horns could launch 15-cm waves along a wire over distances to the horizon, adding in the November, 1939, issue that the fidelity of transmission was \"flat within 1 db over a bandwidth of 250 mc,\" enough to carry 40 or 50 TV channels. Dr. George Southworth of the same organization was experimenting with coaxial cables and waveguides, and told stories about removing the inner conductor of a quartz-insulated cable without affecting the efficiency of transmission, and then of removing the outer conductor, allowing the microwave signals to be \"conducted\" by the insulating quartz alone.\nBy early 1940, frequency modulation had earned for itself an almost permanent niche in the Monthly Review department, as the continuing progress in that field was appraised. Much experimental work was going on. Major Armstrong's Alpine (N.J.) station W2XMN had been on the air for some time. On Oct. 31, 1940, the FCC issued the first commercial FM licenses. The December issue carried an ABC primer of FM prepared by authorities.\nFCC's special authorization for use of Gernsback spark transmitter at 1954 IRE exhibition. Note that this 1906 equipment was well up in the vhf range.\nIn the issue of March, 1942, Radio-Craft carried some 30 pages devoted entirely to what leading American radio engineers thought about FM and its future. Major Armstrong wrote a lengthy piece. The New York Times paid a million dollars odd for WQXR and W2QXR. The NBC had installed its FM station - W2XWG - atop the Empire State Building. There was a station on Mount Washington, N.H. The radio map of FM was rapidly filling up.\nBut most radio activity was grinding to a stop because of war duties and war shortages. The service technician was compelled-and urged as a patriotic duty - to keep America's receiving sets operating without new tubes or components Radio-Craft instituted a special Wartime Radio department, beginning in the August-September, 1942, issue. Articles began to appear on servicing volume controls, rf coils and other components formerly replaced. There was even a story on \"Wartime Transformer Rewinding\" and the long series of tube-replacement articles began with \"War-time Tube Replacements\" in February, 1943. Dozens of such articles - and even a few books - were printed. The service technician became adept at substituting practically every tube in the manual, and even repairing a few!\nAbout this time, with the US in the middle of World War II, the ugly head of \"radio censorship\" made its appearance and Wendell Willkie demanded: \"Let's not have any more of this nonsense.\" Radio-Craft, editorially, echoed those sentiments in December, 1942. Dr. Lee de Forest, father of radio, had celebrated his 70th birthday at Los Angeles on Aug. 26, 1943, and his comments on radio in general were printed in the October issue, following the anniversary.\nNikola Tesla, possibly the greatest inventive mind of all history, died Jan. 7, 1943. The next issue of the magazine printed a complete article on the life and inventions of the almost-forgotten genius who had given us our now-universal alternating current, had pioneered in high-frequency, radio remote control and in power transmission by viscosity of liquids, but had in most cases seen his patents run out long before society was technically able to put them to work. Expressions of appreciation from the leading figures in the electronic world indicated that more than one had cut his scientific teeth on the Inventions, Researches and Writings of Nikola Tesla, published in 1894.\nBeginning with the May issue of 1943, the Radio-Craft cover had begun to show the name \"Radio-Craft and Popular Electronics,\" advertising that the periodical would henceforth cover the ramifications of the broader field. A monthly section headed Electronics was carried thereafter in all issues, and grew rapidly in size and importance. One of the first comprehensive stories therein covered the evolution of the Klystron, and a serial \"Practical Electronics\" had begun under the authorship of Fred Shunaman, then associate editor.\nOn August 21, 1945, the FCC lifted its wartime ban on one amateur band - 112-115.5 mc. The other bands were freed Nov. 15, permitting some 60,000 stations to resume operation after 4 1/2 years of silence. In November, RCA announced that postwar TV sets, priced from $200 to $450, would be available in 6 months. Other manufacturers were following suit. By September, some 515 FM stations had been applied for, also 129 TV transmitters and 265 AM outlets.\nThe book-publishing division of the organization picked up in 1946 where the Radio-Craft Library had left off. Under the title of Gernsback Library, a number of smaller paper-covered books were printed. Starting in 1951 with Frye's Basic Radio Course, larger, cloth-bound editions were printed, with such excellent results from the viewpoints of both publisher and reader that smaller books were dropped almost entirely, and only full-length works printed, though they can still be obtained in paper-covered as well as cloth-bound editions.\nLarge-screen television of 1939. The tube stands upright, projecting an image upward to a mirror on the slanting cabinet lid, from which it is reflected to the viewing screen.\nThe 40th anniversary of the invention of the vacuum tube by Lee de Forest was marked by a special issue of Radio-Craft of January, 1947. The inventor was then 73 and still inventing. Articles by de Forest himself, Frank E. Butler, his chief aid during the inventive years of the early 1900's, and others who remembered or were associated with the birth of the Audion, were included.\nRadio-Craft in January, 1948, published its first Special Television Number. It was the first of 10 annual television issues, the earlier ones of which especially filled a need for detailed and consolidated information which could not be obtained elsewhere. The special TV issues were discontinued only when such information became general and easily available.\nOn June 30, 1948, the Bell Telephone Laboratories announced and demonstrated the transistor, a crystal that could amplify an electric current like a vacuum tube. The discovery was heralded throughout the world and was the subject of a feature article \"End of the Vacuum Tube?\" in the September issue. Treating the coming of the transistor later (in the January issue of 1949), Gernsback declared: \"It will play an increasingly important role in the future. When we look back at the humble beginning of the crystal detector, we marvel at the spectacular comeback it has made in the form of the new transistor, destined some day to supplant the vacuum tube.\"\nLate in the spring of 1948, a letter had been addressed to the older subscribers by the publishers. The name Radio-Craft no longer seemed to be the proper name for a publication that had so much to do with the modern world of electronics. \"Would the readers suggest a new title?\" And so Radio-Craft, at the end of 20 years of existence, became Radio-Electronics with the issue of October, 1948. Gernsback promised that the publication would ever be in the forefront of radio-electronic happenings the world over.\nOne of the first articles in it was about the new LP microgroove phonograph record announced by CBS and Columbia Records to the newspapers in the spring of 1948 and discussed subsequently at technical meetings.\n- Gernsback Electronic Publications 1908-1958\n- Modern Electrics - 1908-1912\n- Electrical Experimenter (Science & Invention ) - 1913-1929\n- Radio News -1919\n- Practical Electrics - 1921-1924\n- Radio News Amateurs' Handibook - 1923-1929\n- The Experimenter - 1924-1926\n- Radio Review - 1925 - 1927\n- Radio lnternacional (in Spanish) - 1926-1927\n- Radio Questions and Answers - 1926-1929\n- Radio Program Weekly - 1927\n- Radio Listener's Call Book - 1927-1928\n- Television - 1927 - 1928\n- Radio Dealer's Personal Edition Radio News - 1928\n- Radio-Craft (now Radio-Electronics) - 1929\n- Television News - 1931 - 1932\n- Short Wave Craft - 1930 - 1936\n*Short Wave and Television - 1937 - 1938\n*Radio and Television - 1938 - 1941\n*The name Short Wave Craft was changed to Short Wave and Television in 1937, and to Radio and Television in 1938.\nRadio waves had long been directed through the air and carried over wires, and much experimenting had been done with more advanced methods of guiding those of ultra-high frequency. In its December, 1948, issue Radio-Electronics told the story of the microwave guide, which channeled the uhf waves like water through pipes. This was a project of the Bell Labs at its Holmdel, N. J., field laboratory, based on pioneering work done for years by Southworth and others. The work is still going on at Holmdel - with round guides - and is considered one of the most promising fields of research for the future of long-distance communication.\nTelevision was getting into high gear in the spring of 1949. \"When broadcasting began in 1920 it engendered the first major radio boom, but now we are in the middle of another similar cycle,\" commented Radio-Electronics editorially in March. \"This time it is television that is gaining rapid momentum. The difference is that the present boom will make the first look small by comparison.\" As of Jan. 1, the editorial pointed out, only 1,037,000 homes were TV-equipped and the public had paid some $432,429,000 for sets. Authorities had predicted that in 1949 the public would own a minimum of 2 million sets at a cost of some $650 million. \"All in all, it will be seen that television will enrich our economy by $1 1/2 to $2 1/2 billions at least.\"\nBy Jan. 1, 1950, 98 TV stations were operating in 24 cities. Noting TV's advantages, the Navy had begun to use it in teaching.\nThe January, 1948, issue had carried a short note on the American Telephone & Telegraph Co.'s plans to connect New York and Boston telephone-wise by microwave. Experimental transmissions had been made as early at Nov. 13, 1947, with Washington hooked in by coaxial cable. On May 1, 1948, this circuit was inaugurated as the Bell System Eastern Network. A Midwestern network opened Sept. 20, and on Jan. 11, 1949, the Eastern and Midwest networks were linked, extending the system from the East Coast to St. Louis. Sept. 4, 1951, saw the beginning of coast-to-coast television.\nRadio-Electronics reported in October, 1949, on a new lightweight printed circuit introduced in the Telex model 200 hearing aid. It was some 1 x 2 inches in size and with all components weighed 1 1/16 ounce. How to build a see-in-the-dark Snooperscope with war-surplus materials was described and pictured in the same issue.\nRadio-Electronics noted in December, 1950, that the FCC had picked the CBS sequential color TV system as standard for the country. It had been tentatively approved on Sept. 1, but now was finalized and commercial broadcasting had begun Nov. 20. An estimated 7 million sets then in the public's hand would need an adapter to tune in the programs correctly and convert to color - the cost per set: $125 to $150. Calling the FCC decision a \"bombshell\" to the TV industry, Gernsback editorially called it \"Choleric Color TV,\" stating that \"color television should be allowed to develop naturally,\" just as radio did. \"To use forceps to force a premature birth may mutilate the color TV child for life.\" And most of the TV industry agreed.\n\"Electric Spaceships\" was the subject of an article by the German rocket expert, Prof. Hermann Oberth, who touched on the use of electrical repulsive forces to drive the rocket into space. It ran in the December, 1950, and January, 1951, issues. Once free of the earth's atmosphere, he went on, \"we can then build machines which collect energy from the sun ...\" At the time the article was considered almost fantasy (but fantasy backed up with rigid mathematics) and even Gernsback would scarcely have dared to predict that by 1957 we would have a space vehicle in flight.\nPhonevision, the first proposed toll TV system, was advocated by Zenith. Subscriber-Vision, engineered by Skiatron, had also been undergoing tests over New York City's WOR-TV. The picture was given an electrical \"jitter\" by the transmitter in both these systems. It could be taken out at the home receiver by a call to the phone operator or by inserting a special card key that introduced a correcting voltage.\nBy May, 1951, television and the various subjects associated with it were occupying a clear majority of the pages of the magazine. Ultra-high frequency was the keynote of the national IRE convention summarized in the June Radio-Electronics. In the same issue it was announced that Western Union had organized a television service outfit. Opening shop first in New Jersey, it would handle Du Mont installations and do service work in several counties at rates commensurate with Du Mont's regular charges. Radio-Electronics treated the topic editorially in the July issue. Conclusion: Western Union \"has still to learn the business, and that they cannot do overnight.\" The furor subsided.\nOldest member of the staff\nOne of the oldest members of the staff is the invisible Martian office boy, Mohammed Ulysses Fips, who in the early days of Modern Electrics had his own department, The Martian Spark. Now, grown to a grave and long-bearded consultant, member of many learned societies with unheard-of name, he confines himself to the description of one wonderful discovery a year, usually in the April issue. These range from a radium-operated one-tube receiver, so powerful that it needs a throttle rather than a volume control, to a means of keeping an office quiet by picking up the noise with a microphone, amplifying it and reproducing it at equal volume, but opposite phase, to the original sound. Thus complete silence would result. Fantastic, when published, but patented within 2 years by one of the country's greatest acoustic researchers. Other ostensible April Fool stories were trial balloons, stories of things a little too far-fetched to be predicted with confidence, but which might or should be invented. Such was the Westinghouse 1933 vest pocket receiver, so ridiculously small for the time as to arouse the indignation of engineers, but a clumsy and bulky set by today's standards, or Electronic Brain Servicing, screamingly funny in 1950, but quite serious when described in July, 1956, as manufactured by Lavoie Laboratories.\nThe silver tribute awarded to Hugo Gernsback by the radio-electronics industry in 1953.\n\"A radically new type of teaching now becomes possible,\" Gernsback editorialized in the September, 1951, Radio-Electronics. Television had now made many things possible that were not easy before. With television in all public schools, wired with a city TV Education Center, 50 brilliant teachers could reach the city's 800,000 students, whereas, with the usual system, 35,000 teachers were needed.\nAn editorial in the November, 1951, issue pointed out that \"the radio-electronics industry will soon be one of the top three\" in the country, ranking next to steel and aircraft production. More than $7,600,000,000 in electronic contract's will have been awarded by the year's end, Dr. Allen B. Du Mont reported.\nTape recording, a new field of the electronics industry, had been growing rapidly. In the August, 1952, issue it was noted that newspaper opinion held that a \"revolution was taking place in the science of capturing and reproducing sound\" and was being used widely in many fields - entertainment, business, education and professional.\nThe January, 1953, issue - the sixth annual television number - noted editorially that as the issue went to press \"the first closed-circuit telecast of the Metropolitan Opera was about to be carried to a number of theaters.\nIn April, 1953, Gernsback predicted that \"intercontinental TV programs are feasible.\" He added that the idea was not original with him - Baird had actually bridged the ocean with images as early as 1928 but with low frequencies - present-day TV used high ones. It would be necessary \"to build many relay stations to skip from island to island\" over any large bodies of water. Where natural islands were not available, \"iron islands\" in the form of steel caissons are advised for the relays.\nIn the April issue there was also an article on a new German electrostatic speaker - not a new idea exactly, but a new design. In June, the editorial told of a new \"booming field for video-closed-circuit television,\" which, the editorial went on, \"is certain to rise in the next 10 years to unimagined heights.\" Du Mont had produced three-dimensional or stereoscopic TV for use in atomic research.\nIn May, 1953, several hundred leaders of the electronics industry awarded the editor and publisher of Radio-Electronics, at a Radio Industry Banquet in Chicago, a trophy, a large sphere cradled in rare metals, mounted atop a handsome silver base set in ebony. The whole stands 27 inches high. On it were engraved the names of his many friends and associates (33 firms and 97 individuals) who contributed to the award, as well as the names of 75 living and dead \"immortals\" in the field of electronics.\nPart I of a series of special articles on \"High-Quality Audio\" began in the September, 1953, issue. An important -feature of the series, it was said, would be to go beyond the purely technical details and treat the subject as an extension of the art of music in general, as one would like it in the home. Richard H. Dorf was the author. The FCC, which had granted a limited tentative approval to the NTSC compatible color TV system in midsummer, now brought the year to a happy close by granting full approval on Dec. 21, thus opening the door to our present system of color TV broadcasting.\nUse of the G-Line, invention of Dr. Georg Gobau of the U.S. Signal Corps, was described as an ideal facility for long uhf-TV transmission lines in the March, 1954, issue. The pros and cons of \"High-Fidelity Loudspeakers\" were discussed in this and subsequent issues by the British authority, H. A. Hartley. The August issue carried a Bell Laboratories story on the solar battery, which operated a small transmitter and was the first practical attempt to obtain real electrical power from light.\nTo prepare an article of this type required an unusual combination of qualifications - expert knowledge and wide experience in the fields both of journalism and electronics, Radio-Electronics found this combination in Tom Kennedy, recently retired associate radio editor of the New York Times. His acquaintance with radio goes back to 1907, when as a high school student he assembled a crystal set from parts bought from the E.I.Co. (following it up the next year with a 12-inch spark). He studied electrical engineering at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, then worked on radio compasses, first as Radio Compass Officer in the Navy (World War I) and later as civilian employee, installing equipment on more than 50 destroyers and a dozen land stations. He was radio editor of the Pittsburgh Post and Sun and technical radio editor of the Philadelphia Evening Ledger before joining the Times in 1927. Since his retirement Mr. Kennedy has done some consulting work in high-fidelity (his activities in the high-fidelity and amateur recording field were the subject of an article in Fortune, October, 1946) and free-lance writing in electronics and kindred fields.\n\"'How foolish we once were,' our children will say in future, 'to allow our great scientists to speak to only a few dozen, or perhaps a few hundred pupils when the great man could lecture to 500,000 at the same time,' \" Gernsback editorialized in the February, 1955, Radio-Electronics on the topic of \"Tec-Teleducation,\" the substance of which he had proposed as far back as December 1950 in \"Newspeek,\" a prognostic spoof on the times. \"Fortunately,\" he went on, \"we have in our hands today the means of making Teleducation a reality in the immediate future ... Just as we have a national closed-circuit TV network, there will be a similar one for grade and high schools, colleges and universities, covering the entire country ... Teleducation will not displace our teachers - it will supplement and augment them.\"\nMore than 42,000 radio engineers registered at the 1955 national convention of the Institute of Radio Engineers. Ultrasonics was one of the chief subjects. It drilled teeth painlessly and was useful in internal diagnostic work. RCA exhibited a new tri-color vidicon tube, and Du Mont displayed the Iconumerator, which counted a million small objects in the twinkle of an eye.\nIn the August Radio-Electronics was a story of reliable TV \"scatter\" communication over 188 miles between Holmdel, N. J., and the Round Hill station of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, near New Bedford, Mass. Sixty-foot antenna \"dishes\" beamed the 4,000-mc waves over the horizon, and scattered bits were recovered at the receiver and reproduced as the complete image.\nThe Philco \"Apple\" cathode-ray tube for color reception was described in the last special television issue, January, 1957. It is a 21-inch single-gun device coated with a repeating array of red, blue and green stripes arranged vertically. The term \"Apple\" is a Philco code word and has nothing to do with apple characteristics.\nThe picture-on-the-wall TV tube, which had been predicted for some time by many, \"has at last reached the advanced laboratory stage,\" reported Eric Leslie in the March, 1957, issue. The account was from English sources and described a flat tube in detail. Others in this country are experimenting with similar devices and have pooled their patents with the British developers, the article revealed.\nDr. H. C. Ko, of the radio observatory of Ohio State University, wrote in August, 1957, about the 96-helix radio telescope being used there to sound outer space for galactic signals, and gave some hints to would-be radio astronomers. The Solion and the Spacistor-new amplifiers neither like tubes or transistors - were described in the November, 1957, issue. An editorial about the same time wondered about, them, and what would come after them, but closed on the note: \"The greatest scientific discoveries still lie in the future - the art has barely begun!\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 216, "original_length": 76002, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 250.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ripleynews.com/2014/14-1-9-vrobituaries.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:00Z", "digest": "sha1:OMPFCYVH4UV5RAUJV7J756ESQJMTUSJT", "length": 1541, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "ripleynews.com", "title": "The Versailles Republican Obituaries", "raw_content": "Obituaries \u2022 January 9, 2014\nWilliam C. McCoy, 88, died on December 18, 2013 in his Leisure World home at Seal Beach, California after a long illness. He was born on December 12, 1925, in Osgood, the son of Charles N. McCoy and Anna (Fremdling) McCoy. He married Coletta Schwier on April 18, 1948, and they gave birth to two children Steven and Deborah. The family resided in Covington. Bill married Marjorie Townsend on September 20, 1971, and she preceded him in death.\nSurvivors include son Steven of Seattle Wash., daughter Deborah of Linton, two granddaughters, three great-granddaughters, and one great-grandson.\nPer his request, Mr. McCoy was cremated. Graveside services will be held at the McCoy family graves in Napoleon later this year.\nHe was the youngest of four children, preceded in death by sisters Leah (McCoy) Bailey of Texas, Mildred (McCoy) Starker of Indiana, and brother Robert McCoy of Florida. In his youth, Bill was a star player for the Ripley County Cowboys basketball team from 1941-1943. Bill graduated from Osgood High School in 1943.\nIn April 1944, Bill enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corp. Initially he was stationed in Miami Beach, FL and later in San Antonio, TX until the war ended. He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, and the Honorable Service Lapel Button WWII.\nAfter discharge from service Bill attended Indiana Business College in Indianapolis, graduating in 1948. After retirement, Bill and Marjorie moved to Leisure World, Seal Beach California.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 19, "original_length": 2084, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 147.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://risefeed.com/how-much-the-richest-people-on-earth-earn-per-minute-is-shocking/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:26Z", "digest": "sha1:FT3A247XV6LCRTXSFMRFWJVYXUFES2EJ", "length": 633, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "risefeed.com", "title": "How Much These Billionaires Earn In A Minute Will Shock You! \u2013 RiseFeed", "raw_content": "Legendary investor Warren Buffett, who runs Berkshire Hathaway, made about $37 million each day this year, a new survey from Wealth-X shows.\nThat breaks down to $1.54 million per hour each day (yes, even while he\u2019s sleeping). It also works out to be just over $25,694 per minute.\nAccording to the survey, the Oracle of Omaha\u2019s current net-worth is now an estimated $59.1 billion!\nA bunch of other billionaires, especially from the tech industry, were clocking in over a million dollars per hour too!\nHere\u2019s a rundown of how the 10 biggest billionaire gainers made on an hourly and per minute rate:\nScroll Below To Find Out Number 10!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 1296, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 228.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://risingkashmir.com/news/pakistan-wont-abandon-peace-efforts-despite-indias-reluctance-foreign-minister-334064.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:24:55Z", "digest": "sha1:FHTKUXBPEQYA5S26CDK2OEALIRVCSNBY", "length": 2407, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "risingkashmir.com", "title": "Rising Kashmir", "raw_content": "Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that despite Indias reluctance, Islamabad would not close doors on its efforts to promote peace in the region.\n\"India is reluctant, we will not close our doors,\" the Minister said while addressing a news conference at the Pakistan Embassy here on Sunday.\n\"Hiding away from issues will not make them disappear. It will not improve the situation in Kashmir,\" Dawn online quoted Qureshi as saying.\nThe Minister said he was unable to understand India's refusal to participate in peace talks with Pakistan.\n\"Engagement, no-engagement. Coming, not coming. We desired talks as we believe the sensible way is to meet and talk. They agreed, and then disagreed.\"\nHe pointed out that India's response to Pakistan's peace offer was harsh and non-diplomatic.\n\"We did not use a non-diplomatic language in our rejoinder. Our response was matured and measured. They adopted a new approach, and moved back.\"\nQureshi said that Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's \"language and tone was unbecoming of a foreign minister\", Dawn online reported.\nAsked if tensions between India and Pakistan could lead to a war between the two countries, the Minister said: \"Who is talking of war? Not us. We want peace, stability, employment and improving lives. You identify where is the reluctance.\"\nQureshi said that Pakistan's desire for peace should not be mistaken for a sign of weakness.\n\"We want peace. It does not mean, we cannot defend ourselves against aggression. We can but we do not have an aggressive mindset,\" he said.\nThe Minister also reiterated Pakistan's offer to open the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara corridor for allowing devotees to visit the historic gurdwara on the 550th birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Dev.\nQureshi's statement comes after India on Friday cancelled his and Sushma Swaraj's meeting that was scheduled to be held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) session this week.\nNew Delhi blamed Pakistan for the killing of security personnel in Jammu and Kashmir and releasing a postage stamp featuring Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani who was killed by Indian forces last year.\nIndia announced its decision just 24 hours after Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said in his media briefing on Thursday that New Delhi has accepted Islamabad's request for a meeting between the two foreign ministers.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 114, "original_length": 4186, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 287.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://rivercrossinginc.tripod.com/blog_highparkfire_7-1-12.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:40:17Z", "digest": "sha1:YGMLFEOITPKWAJCF3V6SQCBBP6PZCTC2", "length": 46, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "rivercrossinginc.tripod.com", "title": "River Crossing High Park Fire Blog July 1, 2012", "raw_content": "The following letter was sent on July 1, 2012:", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 81, "original_length": 11450, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 47.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ronkemp.blogspot.com/2012/03/monster-march-against-bullying.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:15Z", "digest": "sha1:DQBJL2U6CDF3BKEY2CSYPCTQQ5XBZDKK", "length": 6871, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "ronkemp.blogspot.com", "title": "Enough is Enough: Monster March Against Bullying", "raw_content": "Monster March Against Bullying\nI think my favorite line from their \"info\" section is:\nWhile parents, school officials and politicians keep imposing well intended rules and policies, we teenagers know real change... starts with us.\nMy smile was ear-to-ear! Christi O'Connor, of San Francisco, sent me an email last week telling me about their Monster March Against Bullying to be held in the City By The Bay in October (no specific date given yet) in hope that I would help her spread the word. And, of course, that's exactly what I'm going to do. So far, in my opinion, this is the single greatest thing I've seen emerge in our collective struggle to bring an end to the bullying and help end the teen suicides, gay and straight alike.\nThe Monster March is a teen-created and teen-led protest marking a critical responsibility shift in solving our nation's deadly bullying problem. This October, more than 10,000 of us teens from across the nation and around the world will march through the streets of San Francisco in what we plan to make \"The Largest Teen Protest In History.\" We will draw unprecedented awareness as we step into our power and claim our role in creating and putting into action our anti bullying solutions only teenagers can ensure work.\nSo, who is Christi O'Connor? I can't answer that in any other way than to say that she's a driven teen who's on a mission to make a huge difference in the lives of the teens who are bullied, to the families and friends of those who have committed suicide because of bullying. Read her email to me for yourself:\nI\u2019ve read a lot of what you write on bullying. Thank you. I\u2019m the founder of the national youth led Monster March Against Bullying with The Rodemeyers, The Mowrys and many other bullying families behind our teens. Last Monday, we flew five headline making bullying families and many teens from around the country to help launch The Monster March.\nWe would love your help spreading the news of our teens\u2019 invite to Lady Gaga and to President Obama to be at our 10,000 teen march against bullying in San Francisco this October. If you can ask all your followers to Tweet both letting them know your fans want both to join us, it will boost our profile and more teens will join us. The October march is just the celebratory finale of our teens\u2019 year long campaign of projects they\u2019re leading online, in classrooms and everywhere they can influence peers.\nThey want to recruit every teen they can.\nCheck out our FB page and our \u201cTop 10 Teen Solutions\u201d list. We change it every two weeks pushing to the top, the best in that time frame.\nAlso everything we have in our \u201cPhotos.\u201d\nOur teens include best friends and siblings of bullied teens from all over the country who\u2019ve killed themselves. These teens are committed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVzNKZpqDDo)\nGo to http://www.facebook.com/youthvoicetv\nFounder \u201cThe Monster March Against Bullying\u201d\nAmazing stuff. And, she has a point: for all the work we adults do, or try to do, to end this madness, ultimately it will be up to them, the teens, to take matters in their own hands and say \"ENOUGH IS ENOUGH\"!!! That message coming from us, the concerned citizens, adults, and parents, carries some weight. Things ARE happening albeit slowly. However, that same message coming from THOUSANDS of teens is going to be impossible to ignore. Add to their cause such influential, anti-bullying people as Lady Gaga and President Barack Obama, and the entire WORLD will have no choice but to stand up and take notice. (disclaimer: as of this writing, invitations have been sent to Lady Gaga and the POTUS. It's not confirmed, yet, that either will be in attendance. Let's keep our fingers crossed.) The family of Jamey Rodemeyer will be there in support of the Monster March Against Bullying, as will Jonah Mowry and his family. I'm hoping that, by the time October rolls into San Francisco, many more family and friends of victims of bullying will be there in attendance.\nThe video attached to the email was the clencher. Sixteen-year-old Liane, makes a very strong case for everyone to get involved by driving home the question \"What are you waiting for?\" She had just lost a friend to suicide at the time she recorded the video. The pain, the anguish!, is very visible on her face. And, that pain isn't isolated. That pain and anguish is, sadly, shared all over the world every single day as yet another teenager ends their own life.\nSo, my question is the same: What ARE you waiting for? Every 18 minutes, another teenager ends his or her life. And, for every successful suicide attempt, there's 25 others who THANKFULLY didn't success. We've got an epidemic. But, you don't need me to tell you that. I think that much is crystal clear. What I do need to remind people, I feel, is that there's still lots and lots of work that needs to be done before we're able to claim victory. Worse, rest assured that for everyone of \"us\" who are working hard and long to make a difference, there's just as many if not more of \"them\" working just as hard and long to negate all of our efforts.\nWe will win this hard-fought battle. I have complete confidence in that and can say it with 100% conviction. However, the victory will not come without a long of hands-on effort. And, what will, in the end, make the biggest difference will be teens, like Brett Simpson, like Christi O'Connor standing firm as they say to \"The Establishment\" ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!! Let's do our part in making this Monster March Against Bullying an overwhelming success! \"Like\" their facebook page. Watch the video. Share both as often as you can. The world is changing, and Christi O'Connor is right at the forefront of that change.\nLabels: \"christi o'connor\" \"monster march against bullying\" \"lady gaga\" \"barack obama\" \"san francisco\" \"jonah mowry\" \"jamey rodemeyer\" \"anti-bullying campaign\"\nThank-you for passing along the info so we can all do our part. As a mother of a gay son who survived two suicide attempts and is now thriving, this is very near and dear to my heart. I will definitely pass the word along. -Lisa Puyallup, WA\nThe LGBT community of Oklahoma need to do something like this too!!!! I would stand proud to be a part of it too!!!! Change needs to be brought to Oklahoma!!!! Now!!!!!\nRobert Urban March 4, 2012 at 7:37 AM\nDay of Pink -\nhttp://youtu.be/IuVd_syBQn4\nWill pass on see if my step-mom will let my little sister go. At the age of 14, she was bullied and harrassed. Though she stood firm, she would come home crying. Now 17, she doesn't care as much. I'm sure she'd love to go.\nSomething very bad is happening with this group. Many supporters of anti-bullying have been pulling away from this group in large numbers. One of the biggest supporters was verbally assaulted by members of this Monster March organization.\nFollowing Up on Cody Rogers, LGBT Teen Attacked at...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 247, "original_length": 11492, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 300.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://rran.org/border-farce-refugee-lottery/behnams-story/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:21:26Z", "digest": "sha1:3PAOKZ22VIPWF3CBA4STRB247BGVT2KD", "length": 2215, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "rran.org", "title": "Behnam's Story", "raw_content": "Behnam\u2019s Story\nMy name is Behnam Satah. I am a Kurdish man from Iran who came to Australia by boat in search of safety, after July 19, 2013. At Christmas Island we were divided into two groups, one group went to Australia and the other group of people were exiled by force to Manus Island. Since that time, I have been held captive as a political prisoner in the Manus Camp, still I do not know when we will see freedom. On February 17, 2014 PNG local vigilantes stormed Mike compound and along with guards began attacking us. We were trying to escape the violence, many of us hid in our rooms and were pulled out from under our beds. Some people were slashed with machetes, gunshots were fired, someone even lost an eye. I will never forget that night, it was the night I witnessed the brutal murder of my friend and roommate, Reza Barati. Reza was in the phone room calling for help and when he came back, locals stopped him at our doorway and beat him to death. He was only 23 years old. Reza arrived on Christmas Island on 24 July, five days after the policy change that meant he could never be resettled in Australia. He had hoped for a safe life in Australia but was instead murdered by this cruel regime. There will never be justice for his death. They cannot bring Reza back to his family. After making a police statement, detailing my account of the violence that led to Reza\u2019s murder, I was taken to the Chauka compound and tortured. Months later, during the hunger strike in January 2015, I was taken to the same jail that the men who murdered my best friend were detained in. Unlike them, I didn\u2019t do anything wrong. I have faced intimidation, harassment and have received multiple death threats by guards. The friends and families of those I have testified against know who I am. I now suffer from a post-traumatic stress disorder. Every day I feel I might be killed at any moment and there is no place to hide in or run to. Every road ends at fences here. I live in fear, sometimes I feel that I\u2019m going crazy. I don\u2019t normally sleep at night. PNG is not safe for me, I cannot stay here. 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The strategy seeks to transform the country from a low-income agriculture-based economy to a knowledge-based, service-oriented economy with a middle-income country status by 2020.The Government of Rwanda has been pursuing a reform agenda focusing on enhancing the attractiveness of the country as an investment location for the past 16 years. Rwanda has made remarkable socio-political progress and implemented wide-ranging structural reforms in its economy. It has a well articulated and inspiring 2020 vision - that sees per capita GDP quadrupling over the next decade and a half.\nThe Government is committed to investing in core infrastructure and creating an enabling environment for the private sector to lead and participate in the development of key economic sectors to increase exports and sustain high economic growth creating jobs and prosperity for all Rwandans.\nIn order to achieve these long-term development goals, the government of Rwanda has formulated a medium-term strategy. The second Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS 2). The overarching goal of the EDPRS 2 is growth acceleration and poverty reduction through four thematic areas: economic transformation, rural development, productivity and youth employment, and accountable governance. The EDPRS 2 aims to achieve the following goals by 2018: raise gross domestic product (GDP) per capita to $1,000, have less than 30% of the population below the poverty line, and have less than 9% of the population living in extreme poverty.\nThese goals build on remarkable development successes over the last decade which include high growth, rapid poverty reduction and, since 2005, reduced inequality. Between 2001 and 2014, real GDP growth averaged at about 8% per annum. Recovering from the 2012 aid shortfall, the economy grew 7% (year-on-year) in 2014, 2.3 percentage higher than in 2013.\nhttp://edprs.rw/content/vision-2020", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 88, "original_length": 5691, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 141.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://s587418172.onlinehome.us/services/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:17Z", "digest": "sha1:4O7QHXZKPPGMQRJXGVLGVWHNEUINZSWG", "length": 5222, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "s587418172.onlinehome.us", "title": "Services - Safe Space", "raw_content": "Safe Space court advocates provide assistance in filing for protective orders, information about the court system and court process, and emotional support to victims of domestic violence as they pursue civil and criminal remedies to domestic violence.\nIf you are interested in obtaining a restraining order, please follow the instructions below. Please note that Safe Space advocates can assist you if you have questions or need help completing the restraining order. Once you have completed these documents, take them to the local Clerk of Court Office for the county in which you or the abuser live, or the county in which the abuse took place. The Clerk of Court Office for Franklin County is located at 102 S Main St, Louisburg, NC 27549.\nHow to Seek a Domestic Violence Protective Order (\u201cDVPO\u201d) in North Carolina\nUsing the Instructions for completing a DVPO, fill out of the following forms before going to the courthouse:\n1. Complaint and Motion for a DVPO\n2. Notice of Hearing\n3. Ex Parte Order\n4. DVPO Civil Summons\n5. Identifying Info about Defendant\n6. Affidavit as to Minor Child (one per child)\nPlease be aware that, if you do not have access to a printer, the above forms will be provided to you free of cost by your local Clerk of Court. Also, it is completely free to file an action for a DVPO. Please note that none of the information on this page is a substitute for an experienced attorney. If you have additional questions about the court process, please consult with a Safe Space employee or an attorney. If you are a resident of Franklin County and cannot afford an attorney, you may qualify for representation by the Durham office of Legal Aid of North Carolina.\nIf you have additional questions about DVPO\u2019s call our office at 919-497-5444 or visit our Frequently Asked Questions About DVPO\u2019s page.\n*Note: Safe Space is not a law office and cannot give out legal advice.\nSexual Assault Advocacy\nSafe Space provides advocacy, options counseling, resources, and referrals for victims of sexual assault. Safe Space works in conjunction with law enforcement, hospitals, and medical personnel to maintain confidentiality and safety for sexual assault victims.\nHow to File a 50C Civil No Contact Order in North Carolina\nA 50C No Contact Order that provides protection from nonconsensual sexual conduct (rape/molestation) and stalking from someone you do NOT have an intimate or familial relationship with, such as an acquaintance, co-worker, neighbor, or stranger. You can file for a civil no-contact order in the district court in the county where you live, in the county where the abuser/stalker lives, or in the county where the unlawful conduct took place. For more information about 50-C protective orders visit www.womenslaw.org or call a Safe Space Advocate at 919-497-5444 for assistance.\nSafe Space operates a 13-bed shelter for victims of domestic violence and their children. The shelter is located in a secure and confidential location. In addition to emergency shelter, Safe Space offers the following services to residents:\nToiletries/clothing\nIf desired, Safe Space can provide victims of domestic violence assistance in seeking services from other local service providers. Often, this assistance includes an advocate directly contacting a social worker, mental health clinician, doctor, employer, teacher, or other professionals in the community.\nSomeone is here to help you 24-hours a day, 365 days a year through our crisis toll-free hotline. (1-800-620-6120 or 919-497-5444). We care about your safety. Our advocates are trained to help you if you are in crisis or need shelter, information, or referrals.\nSupport groups are available for victims of domestic violence and child witnesses of domestic violence. The adult support group assists victims by providing domestic violence education, information about local services, and an opportunity to discuss and process the abuse they have experienced.\nThe Child Advocate addresses the needs of children who witness or are victims of domestic violence. The children\u2019s group provides age-appropriate information about domestic violence, while also offering self-esteem-building activities and opportunities for children to share their feelings about the abuse they have experienced or witnessed at home. Screening tools are used by the Child Advocate to determine a child\u2019s need for counseling and other services.\nSafe Space offers educational activities, events, and presentations focused on increasing community awareness and prevention of domestic violence. Presentations are provided to local churches, civic groups and community members. Professional training is made available to various service providers in our community, including law enforcement and human service workers. Other community education efforts include special presentations to elementary, middle, and high school students on domestic and dating violence, and on school bullying, which is related to domestic violence. Safe Space also offers public events during October, which is recognized as Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and in April for Sexual Assault Awareness Month.\n*All services available in Spanish\nDomestic Violence Support Group\t919-497-559906:00 PM", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 99, "original_length": 6866, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 308.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://saigontouristdanang.com/best/the-sims-4-wedding-dress/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:38Z", "digest": "sha1:DDISTC43JV2A4XI74WBITEFQRNNEA54R", "length": 1063, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "saigontouristdanang.com", "title": "The sims 4 wedding dress - Fashion and beautiful wedding dresses", "raw_content": "We are glad to present you the sims 4 wedding dress is the perfect and flawless combination of color and tailoring. It is in this dress that you will look perfect and perfect, and the shape of the sims 4 wedding dress will your beauty.\nThis dress will help you to be truly beautiful and not reflectible. After all, on the day of the wedding, every girl dreams of being airy, attractive and not forgettable, and the sims 4 wedding dress will help you in this.\nOur team spent a lot of time and effort to find and choose the perfect the sims 4 wedding dress. Our goal is to help our readers find the perfect solution for a wedding or any other event.\nIn the photo you can give one example of the sims 4 wedding dress. If you think you can help us or you have a more suitable version of this dress. Please write to us, we will be very grateful.\nDear girls, if you think that for some reason the solution does not suit you, pay attention to other options on request of the sims 4 wedding dress, which are presented below.\nRed wedding dress meaning\nFringe wedding dress", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 2005, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 329.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://saintpaulcenter.libsyn.com/webpage/2014/07", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:15Z", "digest": "sha1:PQUSOWYOPEL4C7QAQPT3TSNA424HYZM4", "length": 7480, "nlines": 38, "source_domain": "saintpaulcenter.libsyn.com", "title": "St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology", "raw_content": "Food in Due Season: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time\nIn Jesus and the Church, Isaiah's promises in today's First Reading are fulfilled. All who are thirsty come to the living waters of baptism (see John 4:14). The hungry delight in rich fare - given bread to eat and wine to drink at the Eucharistic table.\nThis is the point, too, of today's Gospel. The story of Jesus' feeding of the 5,000 brims with allusions to the Old Testament. Jesus is portrayed as a David-like shepherd who leads His flock to lie down on green grass as He spreads the table of the Messiah's banquet before them (see Psalm 23).\nJesus is shown as a new Moses, who likewise feeds vast crowds in a deserted place. Finally, Jesus is shown doing what the prophet Elisha did - satisfying the hunger of the crowd with a few loaves and having some left over (see 2 Kings 4:42-44).\nMatthew also wants us to see the feeding of the 5,000 as a sign of the Eucharist. Notice that Jesus performs the same actions in the same sequence as at the Last Supper - He takes bread, says a blessing, breaks it, and gives it (see Matthew 26:26).\nJesus instructed His apostles to celebrate the Eucharist in memory of Him. And the ministry of the Twelve is subtly stressed in today's account. Before He performs the miracle, Jesus instructs the Twelve to give the crowd \"some food yourselves.\" Indeed, the apostles themselves distribute the bread blessed by Jesus (see Matthew 15:36).\nAnd the leftovers are enough to fill precisely 12 baskets - corresponding to each of the apostles, the pillars of the Church (see Galatians 2:9; Revelation 21:14).\nIn the Church, as we sing in today's Psalm, God gives us food in due season, opens His hands and satisfies the desires of every living thing. Now, as Paul reminds us in today's Epistle, nothing can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus.\nTreasures of the Kingdom: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time\n1 Kings 3:5,7-12\nPsalm 119:57,72,76-77,127-130\nWhat is your new life in Christ worth to you?\nDo you love His words more than gold and silver, as we sing in today\u2019s Psalm? Would you, like the characters in the Gospel today, sell all that you have in order to possess the kingdom He promises to us? If God were to grant any wish, would you follow Solomon\u2019s example in today\u2019s First Reading\u2014asking not for a long life or riches, but for wisdom to know God\u2019s ways and to desire His will?\nThe background for today\u2019s Gospel, as it has been for the past several weeks, is the rejection of Jesus\u2019 preaching by Israel. The kingdom of heaven has come into their midst, yet many cannot see that Jesus is the fulfillment of God\u2019s promises, a gift of divine compassion given that they\u2014and we, too\u2014might live.\nWe too must ever discover the kingdom anew, to find it as a treasure - a pearl of great price. By comparison with the kingdom, we must count all else as rubbish (see Philippians 3:8). And we must be willing to give up all that we have\u2014all our priorities and plans\u2014in order to gain it.\nJesus\u2019 Gospel discloses what Paul, in today\u2019s Epistle, calls the purpose of God\u2019s plan (see Ephesians 1:4). That purpose is that Jesus be the firstborn of many brothers.\nHis words give understanding to the simple, the childlike. As Solomon does today, we must humble ourselves before God, giving ourselves to His service. Let our prayer be for an understanding heart, one that desires only to do His will.\nWe are called to love God, to delight in His law, and to forsake every false way. And we are to conform ourselves daily ever more closely to the image of His Son.\nIf we do this, we can approach His altar as a pleasing sacrifice, confident that all things work for the good\u2014that we whom He has justified, will also one day be glorified.\nOf Wheat and Weeds: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time\nWisdom 12:13,16-19\nGod is always teaching His people, we hear in today\u2019s First Reading.\nAnd what does He want us to know? That He has care for all of us, that though He is a God of justice, even those who defy and disbelieve Him may hope for His mercy if they turn to Him in repentance.\nThis divine teaching continues in the three parables that Jesus tells in the Gospel today. Each describes the emergence of the kingdom of God from the seeds sown by His works and preaching. The kingdom\u2019s growth is hidden - like the working of yeast in bread; it\u2019s improbable, unexpected\u2014as in the way the tall mustard tree grows from the smallest of seeds.\nAgain this week\u2019s readings sound a note of questioning: Why does God permit the evil to grow alongside the good? Why does He permit some to reject the Word of His kingdom?\nBecause, as we sing in today\u2019s Psalm, God is slow to anger and abounding in kindness. He is just, Jesus assures us - evildoers and those who cause others to sin will be thrown into the fiery furnace at the end of the age. But by His patience, God is teaching us\u2014that above all He desires repentance, and the gathering of all nations to worship Him and to glorify His name.\nEven though we don\u2019t know how to pray as we ought, the Spirit will intercede for us, Paul promises in today\u2019s Epistle. But first we must turn and call upon Him, we must commit ourselves to letting the good seed of His Word bear fruit in our lives.\nSo we should not be deceived or lose heart when we see weeds among the wheat, truth and holiness mixed with error, injustice and sin.\nFor now, He makes His sun rise on the good and the bad (see Matthew 5:45). But the harvest draws near. Let\u2019s work that we might be numbered among the righteous children\u2014who will shine like the sun in the kingdom of the Father.\nThe Word\u2019s Return: Scott Hahn Reflects on the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time\nToday\u2019s readings, like last week\u2019s, ask us to meditate on Israel\u2019s response to God\u2019s Word\u2014and our own. Why do some hear the word of the kingdom, yet fail to accept it as a call to conversion and faith in Jesus? That question underlies today\u2019s Gospel, especially.\nAgain we see, as we did last week, that the kingdom\u2019s mysteries are unfolded to those who open their hearts, making of them a rich soil in the which the Word can grow and bear fruit.\nAs we sing in today\u2019s Psalm, in Jesus, God\u2019s Word has visited our land, to water the stony earth of our hearts with the living waters of the Spirit (see John 7:38; Revelation 22:1).\nThe firstfruit of the Word is the Spirit of love and adoption poured into our hearts in baptism, making us children of God, as Paul reminds us in today\u2019s Epistle (see Romans 5:5; 8:15-16). In this, we are made a \u201cnew creation\u201d (see 2 Corinthians 5:17), the firstfruits of a new heaven and a new earth (see 2 Peter 3:13).\nSince the first humans rejected God\u2019s Word, creation has been enslaved to futility (see Genesis 3:17-19; 5:29). But God\u2019s Word does not go forth only to return to Him void, as we hear in today\u2019s First Reading.\nHis Word awaits our response. We must show ourselves to be children of that Word. We must allow that Word to accomplish God\u2019s will in our lives. As Jesus warns today, we must take care lest the devil steal it away or lest it be choked by worldly concerns.\nIn the Eucharist, the Word gives himself to us as bread to eat. He does so that we might be made fertile, yielding fruits of holiness.\nAnd we await the crowning of the year, the great harvest of the Lord\u2019s Day (see Mark 4:29; 2 Peter 3:10; Revelation 1:10)\u2014when His Word will have achieved the end for which it was sent.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 178, "original_length": 9293, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 314.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://salemleader.com/local-business-news/goody%E2%80%99s-closing-make-way-gordmans", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:33:10Z", "digest": "sha1:576SSLUWKJS45XZFFFIVH7QDRV6RAL2H", "length": 1875, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "salemleader.com", "title": "Goody\u2019s closing to make way for Gordmans | The Salem Leader", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Local Business News \u00bb Goody\u2019s closing to make way for Gordmans\nGoody\u2019s closing to make way for Gordmans\nThis is the last holiday season where shoppers will be able to find gifts at Goody\u2019s in Salem. The store is preparing to close in February, but fear not \u2014 the store isn\u2019t leaving without offering shoppers an alternative.\nGoody\u2019s sister store, Gordmans, will transition into Goody\u2019s space in the shopping center along South Main Street, where Goody\u2019s has been for almost 10 years. Both stores are owned by Stage, along with Peebles and Stein Mart, among others.\n\u201cI think a Gordmans for Salem is a good thing,\u201d said Goody\u2019s store manager Michelle Milligan. \u201cGordmans is an off-price retailer with more home goods and an ever-changing inventory of name-brands. Because it\u2019s an off-price store, there won\u2019t be coupons, but prices are lower in general. It will be a good addition for Salem.\u201d\nMilligan said she and her staff found out about the transition the week of Black Friday and told customers at the start of December.\n\u201cSome customers are taking it well and some aren\u2019t taking it as well,\u201d said Milligan. \u201cThe hardest thing for customers will be not using coupons. We\u2019ll still honor Goody\u2019s credit cards and rewards.\u201d\nShe added those with Goody\u2019s gift cards will still be able to use them even after the Gordman\u2019s transition.\nThis isn\u2019t the only store in the area to be changing. Goody\u2019s is closing its Indiana stores and transitioning them to Gordmans and other states are doing this as well.\n\u201cStage owns several retailers and they\u2019re doing the transition regionally,\u201d said Milligan. \u201cThe Seymour and Madison stores switched over this summer and had a lot of success.\u201d\nBria Lundy, Director of PR, Events and Community said 37 Bealls, Goody\u2019s, Peebles and Stage stores will become Gordmans in March 2019.\nSee the full story in today's issue of The Salem Democrat.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 3615, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 262.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://samarmagazine.org/archive/articles/242", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:38Z", "digest": "sha1:IU5XFMGUYQS2ORQ6ZD74LKB3WEBA5IW6", "length": 22741, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "samarmagazine.org", "title": "Freedom of Speechlessness | Samar Magazine", "raw_content": "Freedom of Speechlessness\nSince September 11th urgent questions of the current state of civil liberties in both the U.S. and India have been actively debated. In India, recent increased attacks on social and political activism, academic and artistic freedoms, and public displays of affection mostly prompted by right-wing religious groups resulting in censorship, bans, and unlawful arrests, have been justified with less and less resistance both in the name of religion and allegedly for the purposes of safeguarding national security.\nIt is from a context of social injustice/unrest and Hindu cultural, political, and social dominance, that the recent unlawful arrest of 23-year old senior art student, Chandramohan Srilamantula, must be interpreted. On May 9, 2007, Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Secretary and former Bajrang Dal activist, Niraj Jain, accompanied by fellow Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists, stormed into the art department of Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU), Gujarat's renowned state-run university in Vadodara. Jain brought with him television film crews and police officers. Accompanied with this entourage, Jain demanded that university administrators comply with the arrest of Chandramohan on the grounds that his religiously themed paintings (submitted for an internal private exhibition required for final exams) intentionally offended Hindu religious sentiments. One painting has been described as portraying the Hindu goddess Durga giving birth and the other is said to be of a Shiv Linga\u2014but since the paintings were vandalized, the images have not been circulated, and their exact content is unknown and hotly debated. Hindu right wing activists were also able to garner the support of Christian groups because one of the paintings depicted Jesus Christ.\nBalancing the rights of artists and protecting religious sentiment\nThe university complied with Jain's order and Chandramohan was promptly charged under Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) sections 153 A, \"promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion\" and 295 A, \"deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs.\" It is important to note that although these sections of the IPC protect religious freedom, distaste or offense cannot be the cause for limiting free expression unequivocally. Protected under Article 19 of India's constitution are the rights of artists, writers, scholars, journalists, filmmakers, etc., to create, circulate, publish, display, and perform their work. It is therefore the responsibility of the judicial system to intervene when freedom of speech is irresponsibly prohibited. We must not forget that the right to free speech is essential in maintaining public confidence in the judicial system and therefore the government must act responsibly when it is called to regulate expression. The failure of a secular democratic country to engage in negotiations between the rights of art and religion and between freedom of expression and the protection of religious sentiments calls for greater education, public awareness, mobilization and dissent for all that is at stake.\nAbuse by the majority and protection of the minority\nArtistic and academic freedom are essential to the social, cultural, and political welfare of society. It is imperative in a secular democracy that individual rights to free expression are protected under the law and that majority religious perspectives are not permitted to dominate political, cultural, and social practices. What is important to the foreground here is that the right to free speech should be implemented equally among citizens of all groups (religious, ethnic, racial, gender, class/caste), and not, as has become the pattern, used by dominant groups as a way to target non-dominant or disenfranchised groups in support of reductive (religious) nationalism or (uncritical) dogma (citing Edward Said). The relationship of power between groups needs to be considered in determining what constitutes the manufacturing of enmity. Hindutva, the ideology that drives this movement, directs the building of a society where \"Hindu\" values will dominate political and social structures where minorities, namely Muslims, can exist only if they assimilate. The Hindu Right has systematically over the last several decades promoted a campaign to turn India into a Hindu state. The Hindu Right is able to further its agenda by using the right to free expression while it continues to target the rights of anyone who they perceive to be threatening their agenda.\nIn this charged fundamentalist and censorious climate, groups comprising the Hindu Right have become some of the cruelest propagators of hate speech while simultaneously using hate laws to target the communities that legal provisions have historically sought to safeguard. A perfect example is Kailash Tiwari's exhibition in Bhopal. Tiwari's paintings went up on public display the same month that Chandramohan's not-for-public paintings were vandalized at MSU. The Hindutva agitators who claimed Chandramohan's paintings to be obscene and offensive dragged Chandramohan, his paintings, and Pannikar out of the private and into the public. Yet, Tiwari openly portrays Muslims as terrorists in his painting exhibition. He depicts Muslims attacking Hindus in several paintings; some paintings even include graphic images of Hindu women being gang-raped by Muslim men. The paintings are violent, obscene, and certainly can be categorized as hate speech. Tiwari's exhibition understandably met with objections from Muslim groups, but it was supported by Hindu right-wing groups who in this case employed freedom of expression as their defense. Tiwari, a self-identified Hindu, was not roughed up, imprisoned, nor did his art make headlines. He was merely asked to consider shortening the run of his exhibition and was encouraged to remove a few of the most violent paintings on public display. (To see some of the paintings go to www.kailashtiwari.com.)\nA history of attacks on artistic freedom and the example of Gujarat\nBorn to daily wage laborers in Andhra Pradesh, Chandramohan has interestingly not been identified publicly with any religious affiliation. He is known as an artist, and is celebrated in his village for being a Lalit Kala Akademi Awardee and for winning two scholarships that made his advanced education at MSU possible. BJP activists have claimed that they object to his work because they have interpreted it to be offensive to their version of Hinduism and therefore anti-Hindu. Mumbai protestors who have now organized a \"Free Chandramohan Committee\" suggest that Chandramohan was targeted as part of a long history of right-wing attacks on intellectual and artistic freedom in the name of religion and nationalism. In 1997, acclaimed artist M.F. Husain and architect B.V. Doshi's art gallery Amdavad ni Gufa was attacked by political/religious right-wing organizations in Gujarat that claimed the gallery was portraying \"unpatriotic\" paintings. The attack resulted in the closing of the gallery. It was reopened in 2006 only to be vandalized again by Hindu right-wing activists protesting another M.F. Husain painting. The religious, \"cultural\", and \"moral\" policing of forms of expression have a long history in India\u2014a Hindu majoritarian history that grows less tolerant and more totalitarian day-by-day.\nIn 1996, Deepa Mehta's film Fire was banned for purported religious insensitivity because its content featured an onscreen middle-class lesbian relationship between two Hindu women. Mehta's next film Water was more than just banned; sets were burned, and death threats were lodged because emboldened right-wing Hindu religious groups claimed that the film portrayed (Hindu) India negatively. Hindu right-wing groups have successfully ordered bans on beauty pageants (2000), Valentine's Day celebrations (2001), and dance bars (2005) in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. In Punjab, movies such as Rahul Rawail's Jo Bole So Nihaal (2005) and The Da Vinci Code (2006) have led to prohibitions and cinema bombings because right-wing Sikh and Christian groups respectively opposed their contents, claiming the films hurt \"religious sentiments.\" \"Freedom of religion\" is successfully being deployed (even when illegitimately claimed) to thwart freedom of speech, art, and scholarship. Freedom of religion is becoming synonymous with freedom to communalize. Laws meant to counter hate speech are creating polarized conditions that actually promote it.\nGujarat is the most obvious example. Following the 2002 communal carnage that resulted in the massacre of more than 2,000 Muslims, and the displacement of over 100,000, India's Central Board of Film Certification banned Rakesh Sharma's film, The Final Solution in 2004. The film documents how Gujarat Chief Minister Modi's government was directly implicated in the riots. The movie was not permitted to publicly screen because it was claimed it had the potential to jeopardize state/national security. But Modi's Hindu nationalist government was never held accountable for its blatant complicity in promoting social unrest in the first place by choreographing the 2002 genocide with deliberate intent to promote hatred between religious groups. In 2007, screenings of the film Parzania, a movie inspired by real events about a Parsi family impacted by the Gujarat 2002 bloodshed, was unofficially banned, also for reasons that it implicates Modi's government in the violence. Theater owners reported threats of violence from Hindu right-wing Bajrang Dal activists. The film has yet to be released in Gujarat. BJP/VHP activists blocked the screening of the Hindi Fanaa starring Aamir Khan not because of its content, but because actor Khan criticized Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's government for their mishandling of rehabilitation of displaced villagers of Madhya Pradesh by the increased height of the Sardar Sarovar dam. These are just a few of countless examples.\nThe response and the public debate\nIn response to the unjust arrest of Chandramohan, several MSU art students organized a protest exhibition that showcased works pulled from the art history department's archive highlighting the point that Indian art throughout the centuries has abounded with erotic religious themed images. Acting dean Shivaji Panikkar called for a strike after the university's Vice Chancellor Manoj Soni refused to file a First Information Report against Niraj Jain for the physical abuse and arrest of the student artist. Chandramohan was released on bail five days later only after several protests broke out across cities in India in support of artistic and academic freedom that made national headlines. Panikkar was suspended for supporting Chandramohan and the student protest exhibition. It has been reported that both Chandramohan and Panikkar have temporarily gone into hiding.\nFor more than a week, the national media focused on the freedom of speech issue and raised questions about the effectiveness of law in cases invoking hate speech. The themes most debated were \"art under siege,\" \"freedom under attack,\" and \"intolerance.\" Among progressive activists, the unwarranted and unjust criminalization of art and social activism were discussed. Chandramohan's intentions and character were argued. Long-term relationships of religion, art, and nudity were charted. Protests in Mumbai, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, and Kolkata set the foreground for concerns over increased practices of \"moral\" and \"cultural\" policing that warranted urgent mobilization and dissent. The issue of the \"saffronization\" of Gujarat over the past several decades was referenced, but not adequately engaged in the public.\nIn this way, the larger context that enables or disables law was not questioned sufficiently, raising concerns of what building a critically engaged citizenship needs to look like in order to effectively intervene on the communalization of censorship that is becoming commonplace in India. Activist Chayanika Shah, long-term member of Mumbai's Forum Against the Oppression of Women, emphasized that elections to the state and legislative assemblies in Gujarat are scheduled for this coming December, suggesting that the dramatic arrest of Chandramohan was part of a larger political strategy that had been underway for sometime. \"It is an attack against the liberal progressive voice,\" she pressed. Shah was one of forty protestors who took a bus from Mumbai to Gujarat to participate in a locally-organized rally to support Chandramohan and MSU art students.\nShabnam Hashmi, activist with Act Now for Harmony and Democracy (Anhad), a Delhi-based social justice organization working in Gujarat, went much further. \"I see it as a part of a bigger agenda of saffronizing the education in Gujarat. Not only Gujarat, but other places also. The right-wing network all over India is consistently working on this and if you look at MSU during the past few years, you see that a lot of appointments have been done of people who have really strong RSS [Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh] backgrounds. The vice chancellor himself is a right-wing person who does not qualify to be a vice chancellor.\"\nHashmi went on to emphasize that Chandramohan's paintings were submitted for an internal examination. \"How does it suddenly start hurting the sentiments of the people? Who brings it out?\" Hashmi's point is important. How can any group's sensibilities, religious or otherwise, be disturbed by a private internal exam? Whose intent was it really to hurt the religious sentiments of others? Again, the question remains: Which groups were the ones promoting social and public disorder and enmity between religious groups at MSU?\nHashmi responds further, explaining that the RSS via the BJP/VHP have formed a systematic network across India and pushed their way into educational institutions such as MSU. The university is internationally renowned for its high academic standards, but over the past few years, Senate members with known RSS affiliations have slowly replaced its leadership. \"They are looking for things like this, things they can blow out of proportion, things they can use to communalize the issue further,\" Hashmi said.\nThe power of mobilization and the ongoing threat\nThough the national media widely covered Chandramohan's arrest as a freedom of speech issue, the media in Gujarat either ignored the issue altogether or remained partisan, defending the actions of Niraj Jain. Social scientist and media observer Achyut Yagnik responded in the May 16, 2007 issue of The Hindustan Times: \"The vernacular media completely ignored the Constitutional issue of freedom of expression and autonomy of educational institution.\" The Hindustan Times went on to report that RSS activists organized around rumors that protestors would be coming to Gujarat from outside cities. Activist Chayanika Shah explained that the BJP and Bajrang Dal advocates appeared on local television channels to warn that a bus full of activists was coming from Mumbai. They openly declared they would lodge an attack upon its arrival. Hashmi elaborated, \"You see, this has always been used in Gujarat. The concept of the \"other\" is constantly used. It is mostly Muslim and Christian, but it is also the non-Gujarati maligning the Gujarati.\" Hashmi said the organized attacks by the BJP, VHP, and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, were not very effective. They mobilized about a hundred activists, but organizations like Anhad and Sahmat were able to mobilize more than five hundred artists and liberal activists who built a human chain around MSU. Hashmi said, \"They were not able to mobilize a lot of people, but they are a nuisance. They are hoodlums that get down to violence immediately, and the whole administration is with them.\"\nThe outside support did make a difference and the pressure of national and international groups has proved urgently necessary in bringing attention to the situation in Gujarat and the Hindu nationalist publicly declared agenda in other states across India. Marginalized in Gujarat, those engaged in resistance and dissent seek allies. Hashmi makes the point clearer. \"It is not that these kinds of incidents are not happening in other states, but the difference in Gujarat is that it has become so communalized over the years. It was used as the laboratory of the Hindutva Rashtra and they perfected the means and ways of spreading hatred so more people got communalized and as a result of that the people who are resisting has reduced tremendously,\" she said. \"Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Orissa, and Karnataka are also going that way, but still you find the secular forces are stronger there and they are able to put up a fight whenever there are attacks.\" Yet, she added, such resistance is also now receding. This is what brought Anhad to Gujarat. In the last five years they have been working with youth and young activists to build a culture of critically engaged resistance.\nThis work is urgent, evidenced by the fact that the situation persists two months after Chandramohan's arrest. Pannikar (now former dean) was attacked in Ahmedabad by 30 RSS activists, (See: The Hindu while on his way to an Anhad-sponsored painting exhibition. It has been reported that the attack was likely a response to Pannikar's role in continuing to advocate student protests against the unjust actions of BJP leader Niraj Jain and the irresponsible cooperation by MSU's vice chancellor. The persistent targeting of Chandramohan and Pannikar is an indication of the seriousness of the situation. The use of bats and stones to gang up on Pannikar (and Anhad volunteers) for speaking out, for publicly dissenting, is disconcerting especially since this case was milder than more severe practices of communal violence that go unrecognized daily in Gujarat and elsewhere\u2014 which raises urgent questions.\nWhat does it take to keep a culture diverse and tolerant? Should dominant political, religious, or social groups, through police support, be empowered to target students, artists, writers, filmmakers, and the like on such grounds? Should works of expression be destroyed, restricted, or blocked? Who is entitled to set standards for ethical action and behavior? Who is authorized to determine what is \"moral\" and reasonable? Who regularly imposes the standards? Who are they meant for? When do forms of policing jeopardize our rights as citizens of a secular democracy? When law is suspended in the name of national security, the question of security for whom, by whom, and from what, needs to inform how law is interpreted. How do we challenge the larger social and political context in which hateful perspectives of extreme Hindu Right groups are gaining greater legitimacy?\nThe reach of the Hindu Right to diasporic communities\nLet us also not forget that censorship by Hindu right groups is not a remote issue to South Asian diasporic communities. Right-wing Hindu-American groups have consistently targeted several American scholars of India, including University of Chicago's Wendy Doniger and Emory University's Paul Courtright. The American Academy of Religions October 2006 issue of Religious Studies News featured articles that detailed methods used to attack and silence several academics writing about Hinduism, including Cynthia Ann Humes of Claremont McKenna College and Jack Hawley of Barnard College and Columbia University. Humes writes, \"I was contacted by sources in India advising me that my essay had become known there. It was clearly conveyed to me that any further publications describing the violence or questionable economic activities would occasion an undesirable response.\" Hawley's article in the same issue reiterated similar dynamics raising questions between knowledge and power, funding and the academy. Hindu nationalism and censorship clearly warrants an international response. It is from this context that diasporic Hindu nationalism must be interrogated so that dissent can be mobilized here that acts in alliance with dissent in India. What must we fight for so that freedom cannot be rendered speechless?\nSubmitted by Kaushalya on Tue, 2007-10-09 21:56.\n\"ADDENDUM: This article was abridged for space constraints. I would like to add some notes about the large-scale targeting by Hindu nationalist organizations against scholars, artists, intellectuals, and students in the diaspora who have spoken out against Hindutva, individually or collectively because academic and artistic spaces are of the few sites left in the U.S. where dissent might be cultivated. Professors Angana Chatterji (California Institute of Integral Studies), Biju Matthew (Rider University), Vijay Prashad (Trinity College) were all publicly attacked on several occasions for their work in relation to a 2002 report, \"\"The Foreign Exchange of Hate\"\", exposing the India Development and Relief Fund as a Sangh Parivar-affiliated charity (see the Campaign to Stop Funding Hate website for more details). In 2003, Hindu right-wing groups established an online petition defaming Romila Thapar, renowned historian of India, after her appointment by the Library of Congress as first holder of the Kluge Chair of Countries and Cultures of the South. In 2005, militant Hindu activists targeted Professor Chatterji for her participation in a campaign that resulted in the denial of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's visa to the U.S. and for her work in India with the Indian People\u2019s Tribunal on the Environment and Human Rights in Orissa. The attacks followed Chatterji to the U.S. where websites and petitions were launched calling for her resignation. In 2006, Professor Vinay Lal (UCLA) was singled out along with Chatterji for outspokenness in the California Textbook Campaign (see my article in Samar issue 22 http://www.samarmagazine.org/archive/article.php?id=212 for more on this campaign.) Others, such as Professors Madhav Deshpande (University of Michigan) and Sangeeta Kamat (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) have been put on Hindu nationalist watch lists (along with Chatterji, Matthew, and Prasad) for their participation in organizations such as Forum of Indian Leftists or Coalition Against Communalism. Such systematic and persistent forms of assaulting academic freedom and free speech in the diaspora by Hindu Right organizations have kept many from researching, writing, and speaking against Hindu nationalism and its effects in India and its abroads; or otherwise the histories of raids on those that dissent has required the use of pen names.\"\nAuthor(s): Kausalya\nTopic(s): Arts, Censorship, Communalism, Public Health", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 25745, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 271.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://samsung.free-cellphone-wallpapers.com/samsung_sph-d700.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:18:27Z", "digest": "sha1:JDVGWWBAZ56Q434KRHMA3TGCQ26XI2RT", "length": 149, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "samsung.free-cellphone-wallpapers.com", "title": "Samsung SPH-D700 Samsung Epic? 4G Android Smartphone SPH-D700 Free Cell Phone Wallpaper - Mobile phone Background", "raw_content": "Samsung Epic? 4G Android Smartphone SPH-D700 Free Cell Phone Wallpaper - Mobile phone Background\n[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Samsung SPH-D700 wallpapers 6 >>", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 35, "original_length": 745, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.57, "perplexity": 317.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://samuel-warde.com/2016/05/top-gop-donors-mull-retreat-politics-whats-return-investment/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:52Z", "digest": "sha1:DFX3YBIF2DQAUQK6DCQ5F5F2BE5KXBUF", "length": 10723, "nlines": 34, "source_domain": "samuel-warde.com", "title": "Top GOP Donors Mull Retreat From Politics: \u2018What\u2019s Been The Return On That Investment?\u2019", "raw_content": "Activism \u00b7 Brave New Films \u00b7 Conservatives \u00b7 Money And Politics\nTop GOP Donors Mull Retreat From Politics: \u2018What\u2019s Been The Return On That Investment?\u2019\nThe Koch Brothers are realigning and retreating from national electoral politics.\nBackground: The Koch Family\nThe Koch family controls the second-largest privately owned company in the United States with the latest revenue reports reflecting $115 billion for 2013 according to Forbes. Charles and David Koch, the only two of founder Fred Koch\u2019s four sons still with Koch Industries have an estimated combined wealth of $86 billion making them the second wealthiest family in America.\nCharles and David, known collectively as \u2018the Koch brothers,\u2019 have been active in American politics since at least 1980, when Charles convinced David to run as the Libertarian Party\u2019s vice-presidential nominee. As Wikipedia summarizes: \u201cTheir political contributions began to attract widespread attention from media outlets in 2008, when, through their family foundations, the brothers contributed to 34 political and policy organizations \u2013 three of which they founded and several of which they directed. They have since organized a network of libertarian and conservative donors, candidates, think tanks, and other groups. They and their political allies have been described as a rival to the \u201cestablishment\u201d wing within the Republican Party and have expressed frustration with establishment candidates running in the 2016 Presidential election.\u201d\nRumors the Koch Brothers are Retreating from National Campaigns\nHowever, a breaking new expose by National Review reveals that the Koch brothers are retreating from national electoral politics and returning to funding \u201cthink tanks and universities\u201d and supporting \u201cpublic-policy initiatives at the state and local levels.\u201d\nAt issue was the apparent lack of any political return for their massive financial investments in national electoral campaigns.\nStarting in 2010, the Kochs began to establish and utilize a vast constellation of nonprofit and limited-liability groups to collect and disburse many millions of dollars in contributions from their members while keeping their identities anonymous. That year, Republicans took back 63 House seats \u2014 and control of the chamber itself \u2014 in the largest midterm landslide since 1938. Two years later, the Koch network spent more than $400 million during the 2012 cycle, a figure celebrated on the right despite Mitt Romney\u2019s lopsided loss. Undeterred, the network spent nearly $300 million on all activity for the 2014 cycle.\nThen, boosted by Koch donations, Republicans seized control of the Senate in 2014 and \u201cwon majorities in more state legislatures than they\u2019d held at any time since 1920. While the professionals running their political machinery celebrated those victories \u2014 and viewed them as a mandate to expand their operations \u2014 the Kochs were almost immediately disappointed by the inability of Republicans, who now controlled both chambers of Congress, to produce results.\u201d\n\u201cCharles and David had a different take on 2014 than their political lieutenants did,\u201d says an operative with direct knowledge of the network\u2019s internal operations. The Kochs believed that the takeover hadn\u2019t changed a thing. No conservative policy revolution was happening in Congress. They couldn\u2019t even stop a re-authorization of the Export-Import Bank, a symbol of Washington\u2019s \u201ccrony capitalism.\u201d It was just more of the same.\nOne insider, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told National Review that \u201cthere was much more an emphasis on getting back to the policy aspect, as opposed to the electoral aspect,\u201d adding that the Koch brothers want to \u201creboot and go back to pre-2010, the think-tank and social-change model of CKI [The Charles Koch Institute], when they were very policy-driven instead of engaging in electoral politics.\u201d\nAs National Review reports, \u201cin February, a team of top political operatives from the Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, the umbrella group that controls political activities for the sprawling donor network led by billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch, arrived in Kansas for a meeting that they hoped would turn the tide of the presidential campaign.\u201d However, participants were surprised when:\nA number of top executives and advisers from across the Koch enterprise had been invited to attend the meeting, too. They represented the so-called \u201ccorporate side\u201d of Koch World, which had long warred with the \u201cpolitical side\u201d of the empire, particularly over the consequences of the brothers\u2019 campaign-related activities.\nIn the end, a vote was taken and, declaring that \u201cthe majority had spoken,\u201d Charles Koch decided to retreat from their previously announced plan to spend nearly $900 million on the 2016 campaign.\nThen, according to National Review:\nIn the first week of April, a decision from the top sent shock waves through Koch World: The Competitive Intelligence Team, a unit of some 30 employees tasked with conducting advanced research on liberal groups and Democratic campaigns, was unexpectedly dismantled. The CIT, which went by the dummy LLC \u201cAmerican Strategies Group\u201d in public filings, was quietly established after the 2012 race, one product of the Kochs\u2019 election autopsy. It worked under the Freedom Partners banner executing the Koch network\u2019s long-term plans to undermine Democratic causes, campaigns, and candidates.\nNational Review continues, reporting that although \u201cthe Kochs have run ads in four Senate races: Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, [\u2026] this comes nowhere near their involvement in 2014, when there were a comparable number of competitive Senate races. According to the Kantar Media Group, the Koch network advertised in 11 Senate contests during that midterm cycle, and aired nearly 44,000 ads by Labor Day. They won\u2019t approach those figures in 2016.\u201d\nThe Kochs\u2019 political operation has spent less than $10 million total so far on paid media in this year\u2019s Senate contests, according to public filings; by this point in 2014, they had spent over $35 million. And in certain contests, such as the Wisconsin Senate race, Koch sources say the continued spending is aimed as much at keeping up appearances \u2013 and standing with an ally on principle \u2013 as it is on winning an election some network insiders consider out of reach.\nThe Flow of Money is Turned Off Elsewhere\nThere are also reports that the Kochs are not just pulling back from direct action in national electoral politics. As National Review reports:\nAs one source puts it, the Kochs have turned off \u201cthe spigot.\u201d If the goal is to steer their organization away from campaign and election activity, it only makes sense that they would stop granting millions of dollars to groups likely to spend on just such activity.\nNational Review provides three examples of this retraction:\nConsider the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a major election-year spender. Tax filings show that the Chamber received a $2 million grant from Freedom Partners in 2014. But there was no such donation in 2015. It was an off-year, of course, and one in which the Kochs feuded with the Chamber over the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank. But sources say Freedom Partners has not given to the Chamber in 2016, either \u2014 and does not plan to, despite requests from the mighty business lobby.\nAnother example is the National Rifle Association: According to tax filings, Freedom Partners gave $4.9 million to the NRA in 2014. But, like the Chamber, the Second Amendment champion has received nothing since. The same goes for the Club for Growth, which received $1 million from the Koch network in 2014, but has been shut out the past two years despite pleas for cash.\nRobert Greenwald\u2019s Brave New Films Led the Charge Against the Kochs\nAs National Review reports, concern for their public image was a large motivator for the Koch\u2019s decision to retract:\nConcerned about the damage being done to their corporate brand, increasingly bothered by their public vilification, and convinced after Republicans\u2019 2014 Senate takeover that even significant victories were having a negligible impact on federal policymaking, the Kochs began signaling to their closest allies that they were reevaluating their approach to politics. They had always believed that building the intellectual foundation for libertarian ideas in think tanks and universities \u2014 and supporting important public-policy initiatives at the state and local levels \u2014 paid greater long-term dividends than spending on elections. And more and more, they worried that campaigns could actually prove detrimental to their educational and advocacy work. The Kochs\u2019 corporate associates and public-relations team had warned them their involvement in politics could sully their legacies, and now they were beginning to agree.\nRegarding this concern for public image, Robert Greenwald was one of the first to lead the charge against the Kochs with his explosive 2012 documentary for Brave New Films entitled: \u201cKoch Brothers Exposed.\u201d The film was made available to over 50 million homes via cable and satellite; Brave New Films also partnered with groups and organizations to include progressive media outlets, who screened the documentary in churches, community groups and homes throughout the country. Through this film, Greenwald was one of the first to shine light on the Koch\u2019s involvement in U.S. politics which, in turn, contributed to the Social Media barrage on the Koch\u2019s political involvement, such as this Facebook page of over 40,000 members promoting the documentary.\nNational Review concludes their report by noting that \u201cEven if they maintain a lighter footprint in federal politics, it\u2019s unlikely the Kochs\u2019 interest in campaigns will ever fade. Their bottom-up investments in education and advocacy will probably always be paired with heavy spending on local races and initiatives; they long ago concluded that their impact is greater the farther they wander from Washington, D.C.\u201d\nCharles Koch provided a window into his own thinking in an interview last month with ABC\u2019s Jonathan Karl. \u201cWhen you look back over the years, over the last several cycles, hundreds of millions of dollars in electoral politics, what have you gotten for that?\u201d Karl asked. \u201cWhat\u2019s been the return on that investment?\u201d\n\u201cWell, I\u2019ve gotten a lot of abuse out of it,\u201d Koch said. \u201cWhat have we gotten for it? Well, I think there have been some good things, particularly at the state and local level.\u201d \u201cAt the federal level,\u201d he added, shaking his head, \u201cwe haven\u2019t in any way changed the trajectory of the country.\u201d\nKarl suggested it hasn\u2019t been a very good investment. \u201cNo, no it hasn\u2019t,\u201d Koch replied. \u201cIt\u2019s been disappointing.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 78, "original_length": 12670, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 240.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://sanat.tv/en/plants/ananas-comosus-sativus.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:40Z", "digest": "sha1:E4GA2NHPCGDCRX4OLGGND4UO2LPP3FBG", "length": 2186, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "sanat.tv", "title": "SANAT - international - Plants - PINEAPPLE - \u83e0\u841d", "raw_content": "PINEAPPLE - \u83e0\u841d\nAnanas comosus sativus\nCellulite (in combination with papaya), dyspepsy (digestive disorder), slow bowel movement, weakness of the digestive system, weakness of the spleen, liver disorders, obesity, detoxification of the metabolic System ...\n100% Ananas sativum - 330 mg/capsule\nYoung pineapple stems\nPineapple (Ananas comosus) is a perennial plant of the Bromelia family (Bromeliaceae). Originally from South and Central America, the plant is cultivated in any tropical region of the world. The fruit is grown for its rich flesh and sweet juice which is consumed fresh or processed in canneries.\nHistory: The name Ananas derives from nan\u00e0 - the word for fruit in the Guarani language. Pineapple was cultivated many hundreds of years before the arrival of Columbus and its use reached far into the northern regions of Mexico. It was used as food, as medicine and for the production of wine. Christopher Columbus discovered the plant in Guadeloupe on his second voyage in 1493.\nThe cone shaped stem of the plant can grow up to 35 cm long (13.5in), with a diameter of 2 to 3.5 cm at the base (0.75 to 1.4in) and 5 to 7 cm at the widest point just below the top (2 to 2.75in). The leaves grow from the stem like leaves of a rose bud.\nThe fruit of the pineapple is rich in vitamins (especially vitamin C) and minerals (potassium, magnesium, phosphor, iron, copper, zinc, manganese, iodine), enzymes (e.g. bromelain) as well as vitamin E and carotene. Ferments (bromelain) have been discovered in the stem of the plant which can split starch and glycogen into maltose molecules, thereby improving the assimilation of proteins, which in turn improves digestion and fat metabolism (\u2018burning\u2019). These extraordinary properties are captured in the capsules and they are a critical component in any weight loss program. In combination with papaya and/or spirulina, these properties are even further enhanced. A slice of pineapple before or after a rich meal will help with digestion. Pineapple also contains tryptophane, a precurser to serotonine, a mood brightener which is sold as a natural anti-depressant (see also Griffonia).\nTake 3 times daily 2 capsules with plenty of water.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 27, "original_length": 2514, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 238.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://sanat.tv/en/plants/uncaria-tomentosa.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:40:36Z", "digest": "sha1:AZKB4SUP2MMTJU3U5XMZMOVU2LXYAB4C", "length": 1924, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "sanat.tv", "title": "SANAT - international - Plants - CAT\u2019S CLAW", "raw_content": "Asthma, impotence, tonic, depression; to increase Performance ...\n100% Uncaria tomentosa radix - 240 mg\nSmall roots\nCat\u2019s Claw (Uncaria tomentosa), also known as Hawk\u2019s Claw, Pot Hook and Sparrowhawk Nail, is a woody vine in the Coffee family (Rubiaceae), native to South and Central America (Amazon). It typically grows to 30 \u2013 100 meters (100-350ft) tall, climbing by means of hook-like thorns (which give it ist name) on the trees oft he rainforest. The base stem can reach 25 cm (10in) in diameter and the leaves are elliptic with a smooth edge, and grow in opposite whorls of two.\nBio-active ingredients include various alcaloids, in particular oxindolalic alkaloids, uncarin F, triterpenes, flavanoids and tanning agents; these substances have known anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-cancerogenic, anti-rheumatic and pain-killing properties.\nCat\u2019s Claw is a complementary remedy in treatment of a wide variety of cancers, namely prostate, breast, stomach, bone, lung and ovary cancers, lymphoma, leukemia and rhabdomyo sarkoma (muscle cancer). No side effects have been observed; instead, pain and other effects caused by chemotherapy were greatly reduced.\nPersons suffering from asthma, bronchitis, polyarthrosis, rheumatoid arthritis and AIDS/HIV and taking Cat\u2019s Claw have reported significant improvement of their conditions. Trials with smokers conducted at the University of Milan, Italy, showed a reduction of cancerogenic substances in the urine after intake of Cat\u2019s Claw.\nHistory: Cat\u2019s Claw was used by Ashanca Incas over 2'000 years ago. In Lima, Peru, between 1984 and 1989, the oncologist Felipe Mirez treated over 2000 cancer patients with Cat\u2019s Claw; most patients experienced a reduction in the size of their tumors, as well as a increase of granulocytes, phagocytes and macrophages, which in turn reduced or even inhibited the growth of micro-pathogens like bacteria, parasites, and their metabolisms.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 2331, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 201.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://sanat2013.orexca.com/eng/3-02/history_art3.shtml", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:32Z", "digest": "sha1:RV65AM2BIKLSM7G6Y5KL7IXQ4C5OPFSU", "length": 13896, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "sanat2013.orexca.com", "title": "San'at :: The Urban Development of Bukhara", "raw_content": "The Urban Development of Bukhara\nBukhara once was a famous trade center on the \"Great Silk Road\". Its city center is a treasure of historic and architectural monuments of the Medieval period, which are under the state protection. The government of Uzbekistan has placed a high priority on the protection and preservation of its historic sites and monuments. In 1994, Bukhara was inscribed into the World Heritage List of UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage Site. In 1997 Bukhara celebrated the 2500 years anniversary. This historic city can be the image builders to define the identity of new national architecture of Uzbekistan. A number of cultural events and international congresses contributed to intensify the process of awaking a new consciousness for the historic centers of Uzbekistan.\nThe 20th century has brought a conflict between the typical traditional urban fabric of the Old City and the different modem urban structures started, and now we have to answer the questions how can the modern Uzbek society, and here in particular planner and architects, handle the confrontation with the immediate Soviet past and which role play the political and cultural influences of the Russian and Soviet periods? Can the diversity of ideological, regional or ethnical influences be positively evaluated and be transformed into something new?\nBukhara under Russian and Soviet Power\nThe urban fabric and the basic design of all of these houses with their differentiation of rooms and their decor have their roots in a far-reaching tradition of Central Asia and show a consistency through a long period of time. Bukhara of the early XIX c. was a compact, enclosed city with three prominent elements, the citadel, the Shahristan, the city properly, the Rabad and the \"suburbs\". The latter was the main residential quarter. It was divided by a canal and enclosed by the city wall. With the disintegration of the sovereign Emirate of Bukhara in 1868, an internal process of political change had begun to take place. We can observe this change also in the changes of the traditional urban structure of Bukhara.\nThe military interests of Russia, which at first manifested themselves in the building of barracks and garrisons, changed to become economical interests. Then, interferences into the local economy took place and the infrastructure concerning trades and business was changed to suit Russia. On a map (Parvenov/Fenin) showing over 500 public buildings, which all seem to have been still in function around 1900, the Russian military facilities such as garrisons and ammunition depots are depicted. According to written sources, there were 365 residential quarters and 60 inner-city bazaars as well as 20 bazaars situated at the gates, the biggest one being located at the Samarqand Gate. The most important bazaar for foodstuff was in the area surrounding the Registan. Dense bazaars with adjoining caravanserais were to be found between the street-crossings covered by domes. Some of these are still existent today. An exact reconstruction of the center of the city is impossible.\nAnyhow, we were able to reconstruct a number of caravanserais and shop units which do not exist any longer on the base of an aerial photo from 1930 showing the former structure of the linear bazaar with its small shops and caravanserais behind them. In the year 1920, Bukhara became the \"People's Republic of Bukhara', and socialist rebuilding began soon. Until that time, the society of Bukhara had more or less maintained its traditions. In 1929, the first five-year plan for the industrialization and the collectivation of agriculture was set up. With the beginning of an accelerated industrialization and the abolition of private property the search for new socialist forms of housing and of settlement-structures started.\nThe population, which had been counted at 70.000 in 1911 and which had gone down to 50.000 in 1920, increased, and the city was reconstructed with a new design for its central region. Within the city, new functions were established and started to displace traditional functions; though, there were attempts to combine the existing elements of architecture with modern forms. A lot of effort was expended to improve the public and social infrastructure of the city as well as the technical infrastructure. The water system was improved, an electrical system was set up and new streets were built. Old streets were widened and the dead-end alleys, the typical structure of an Oriental city, were broken through. Enhanced by the influence of ideology and politics, the historical center of the city continually lost its function as a spiritual and economic center. The open spaces, which still can be seen today, demonstrate this fact. Buildings with commercial use and many buildings with a religious connotation were destroyed...\nNew buildings and whole areas with functions for a socialist culture arose around the boundaries of the old city center. In 1930, Bukhara had 82 elementary and secondary schools, 10 professional and technical institutions, including a teachers institute and some university branches. New types of buildings for social, administrative and cultural functions were built. These were facilities such as the Club of the Workers, the House of the Soviet, libraries, museums, administrative buildings, hospitals and polyclinics.\nThis development was supported by the definition of Bukhara as a museum city, as it is shown in a planning concept of 1976. Not the whole of the historical structure was supposed to be shown and preserved. Only singular historically important buildings were to be isolated as monuments to give an impressive view for the tourists, because the development of tourism had become a main objective for Bukhara. Around 15% of the old city of Bukhara were to be protected, and the Uzbekistan Ministry of Culture established a general management for the conservation of historrcal buildings. Around 35 mosques, madrasas and mausoleums were classified as monuments of \"material culture*. New constructions were restricted to the areas at the edge of the historic city center. Here new kolkhoz-bazaars were built and the bazaars with shops and caravanserais inside the old city were destroyed.\nBetween 1960 and 1975 the population doubled from 70.000 persons to 140.000, and today's Bukhara has a population of approximately 300.000. In housing, the forms of living and the type of buildings, rationalization and standardization prevailed at this time. 1962, the concept of a new, \"ideal\" city was laid down and a plan for the city enlargement was developed considering uplo 250.000 inhabitants. The city included, as the central elements, the sporls facilities, a hospital and a center for trade, administration and culture. Industrial areas were developed. The system of public transport was conceived as well as the wide ring roads.\nThe new extensions are defined by a city axis leading south as its spine. The element connecting this newly planned part of the city with the historic part is a large city square. A prospect of almost 150 m in width was divided into different lanes and parking strips with five rows of trees. It had the new function of the city's center in the vicinity of the crossings of the main streets. The connection from the old city to the axis of the new extensions of Bukhara was emphasized as a representative zone, which is dominated by the party building of the Regional Committee as well as other modern buildings for administrative use.\nThe location of the important administrative complexes in the southeast along the representative prospect to the south is adapted from earlier plans. An important center was planned, and the long-term effect of this planning concept continues until today, A modified plan, which combined the ideas of 1976 and 1977, was realized. Some of these solitaire public buildings are important witnesses of Uzbek architecture of that period. The facades of some of these buildings with their geometric forms seem to refer to traditional Oriental ornamental pattern. The effect of the high complex of the \"Regional Executive Committee\" dominates the whole area until today. Some other planned buildings are replaced by the other ones. In city planning a continuous relationship between past and present ideals exists which cannot be easily separated.\nThe basic building block of the residential areas of the Socialist city became the so called \"Micro ray on\", which compromised a neighborhood unit of living spaces in form of identical blocks. Each Microrayon was supposed to form part of a hierarchy of service provision. Several Microrayons formed a larger, exactly standardized residential complex for the provision of a wider range of services. In Bukhara we encounter four housing areas respectively areas of housing and industry, the Rayons, with a population of 40.000. These housing-complexes are four - to five-stories buildings which stand together on one block. They are accessible through a driving-lane and a parking-lane parallel to the large boulevard. The system of Microrayons could be considered an equal access to all elements of urban infrastructure. The widely spread built structure of the new parts of the city contrast the dense structure of the residential areas in the historic city and competes with it. As a consequence, the historic center had lost its function as the center of the city.\nBukhara in the period of the Independence\nThe processes of growth in the peripheral areas of the city and the dilapidation in the center had already gone very far. But since the independence of Uzbekistan in 1991 and its beginning capitalization and privatization, the old forms of living seem to have become highly regarded again. The old city with individual housing are becoming more and more attractive.\nThe urban fabric of these new areas consists of private lots of about 150 to 400 sqm. On which can be built individually. Application of traditional materials is the prevailing idea since it takes into account the climatic conditions and cultural traditions of the area. These tendencies can be also noticed in the apartment block of the Microrayons. Since these blocks are now under private property a lot of changes have started. The balconies which faced the courtyard have been built shut due to the need for more living-space or for more privacy. The street levels became more and more interesting for commercial use in the main axes.\nConcerning the social infrastructure, the various representative public buildings, like sport centers, stadium, clinics and administrative buildings, are now under restoration or realization. The urban planning ideals of the socialist city of the seventies are transferred and assimilated into the present tasks of town planning. The little buildings of social, administrative and cultural functions, which were standard elements for each microrayon and his subdivisions, are being transferred more and more into commercial use.\nWith the independence of Uzbekistan, Bukhara became a city in transition. Many factors, among them the planning concept of the socialist period, played a catalytic role in deteriorating the physical and socio-economic structure of the city center and contribute to the tremendous pressure on the city. What kind of objectives are to develop? What kind of major urbanistic strategy are necessary to maintain, to revitalize and to qualify the essential qualities and the urban fabric under new conditions? It is necessary to develop strategies, programs and measures to avoid the dilapidation of existing structures. In this regard, it must be the aim, to give back the original, multifunctional character to the centers. Therefore it is necessary, to establish urban management strategies and to enforce an institutional setting and capacity building to deal with the structural and functional changes and to upgrade the economic situation.\nOther aspects are becoming topics in the international discussion too, such as the protection of natural resources and a sustainable development. A basic provision for existence has to be guaranteed to all inhabitants. It has to cover environmental, social, cultural and economic aspects. The needs of the present generation must be fulfilled without endangering the chances of future generations to fulfill their own needs. Due to natural and human resources, settlements were adapted to extreme environments and created traditional structures which should be protected in our days and from which we can leam sustainable development for the future. The Soviet period was characterized by a planning euphoria, and certain models for urban planning and development are characteristic phenomena of the socialist city. Many of these planning models did not lack a certain far-sightedness. All over the ex-socialist countries, the formerly privileged zones are losing their social status, and there are strong trends towards private housing for a new bourgeoisie in the new quarters of the cities. But due to the demographic growth and the economic situation in countries like Uzbekistan, we find a new acceptation of socialist housing and, at the present, informal processes seem to be gaining ground on all levels and in all areas of the city.\nOur common future research shall help to define what we can learn from the past. Which urban pattern can be transformed into a future principle of urban development and visionary ideas? How did the cities of Uzbekistan develop in comparison to eastern European cities? Consciousness of development processes and of functional connections, precise knowledge and, finally, ideas concerning new functions in old structures as well as in the extended socialist quarters and in the new residential areas can transform the urban fabric into an attractive future environment.\nAuthor: Anette Gangler (Germany)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 26, "original_length": 14157, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 221.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://sasw.blogspot.com/2005/11/quilt-and-wackiness.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:27:41Z", "digest": "sha1:NDPWIYJVHHXM7GCD2MYZEIEYP6NTXUAA", "length": 832, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "sasw.blogspot.com", "title": "Strings and Sealing Wax: A Quilt and Wackiness", "raw_content": "This is one of my mother's projects that has been sitting in a box for a few years. She has asked me to help her to finally get it finished, hopefully in time for the holiday season. It is a puff quilt made from a large assortment of holiday novelty fabrics. We've arranged the blocks in a pleasingly random pattern and started sewing them together. I took a photo of the arrangement so that we can put things to rights again whenever the toddler kicks them out of order. Gosh, I just love my digital camera!\nI was in a mood for some whimsy and amused myself for a couple of evenings by knitting this little jester's hat. It's ok kids, I've gotten it out of my system, there won't be any more of this wackiness posing as holiday gifts this year. 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View the document at http://www.copyright.gov/title17/\nThis document is revised to April 2000 and incorporates all amendments to title 17 enacted through the end of the first session of the 106th Congress in 1999. It includes the Copyright Act of 1976 and all subsequent amendments to the copyright law; the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984, as amended; and the Vessel Hull Design Protection Act, as amended. The U.S. copyright law is contained in chapters 1 through 8 and 10 through 12. 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Basically, it is hard to understand insomuch as it is no secret how efficient it is to deal with the innovative technologies in their professional life. It is an open secret that this all is made for people to make your work easier. With this in More...\nIt is an open secret that different people resist utilizing new technologies in their professional life. Basically, it is hard to understand insomuch as it is no secret how efficient it is to deal with the innovative More...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 141, "original_length": 4498, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 202.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://scores.nbcsportsboston.com/fb/story.asp?i=20180921195001682647208&ref=hea&tm=&src=", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:25Z", "digest": "sha1:IX7WNPXPUYSPWUOQU2QTMHAI7ZNT4SLV", "length": 2576, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "scores.nbcsportsboston.com", "title": "NFL News Story - Earl Thomas doesn't practice; Ethan Pocic out for Seahawks | NBC Sports Boston", "raw_content": "Earl Thomas doesn't practice; Ethan Pocic out for Seahawks\nRENTON, Wash. (AP) Seahawks free safety Earl Thomas was at practice on Friday but did not take part because of reasons of a personal nature, according to coach Pete Carroll.\nCarroll left open the possibility that the issue - that he wouldn't detail - could keep Thomas from playing Sunday in the team's home opener against the Dallas Cowboys.\n\"He couldn't work today,\" Carroll said. \"... We'll see how he's doing. Make sure he's OK.\"\nThomas did not take part in practice on Wednesday either and was listed on the team's injury report as being out for non-injury reasons. He returned to practice on Thursday before missing the team's final practice of the week on Friday.\nCarroll confirmed that his absence had nothing to do with an injury.\n\"He's got some other stuff going on we're working on,\" Carroll said.\nThomas held out from all offseason work with the Seahawks in hopes of getting a new contract from the Seahawks. The move did not succeed despite Thomas' efforts and he reported to the team before the start of the regular season. The possibility of a trade has persisted, though nothing has apparently been deemed sufficient for Seattle to deal him at this point.\nIf Thomas didn't play against Dallas, Tedric Thompson would serve as the replacement at free safety.\nMeanwhile, left guard Ethan Pocic was ruled out because of an ankle injury sustained last Monday against the Chicago Bears. Center Justin Britt was also listed as questionable because of a right shoulder injury that occurred chasing Russell Wilson's fumble.\n\"Just out in space he was running open area and he turned his ankle and it just flared up,\" Carroll said of Pocic. \"We're surprised (with) how it looked that it didn't respond. He's certainly got something we found on the MRI and all that so we've got to take care of him.\"\nCarroll said Britt has progressed through the week and will be a game-time decision against Dallas.\n\"He's feeling way better,\" Carroll said. \"Didn't get the work this week though. He's been out there with us a long time and he knows what's going on so he could play on Sunday in this instance.\"\nD.J. Fluker is returning to the lineup at right guard after missing the first two regular-season games with a hamstring injury. Fluker's return allows J.R. Sweezy to make his first start at left guard in place of Pocic. Sweezy has started 65 games over seven seasons in the NFL, but all have come at right guard.\nWide receiver Doug Baldwin and linebacker K.J. Wright have also been ruled out because of knee injuries.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 3447, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 253.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://serenityphoto.net/testimonial/mark-pettit-testimonial/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:14Z", "digest": "sha1:32P3POD4EIDL2WRPMZWI4TP7DW7ZUJIZ", "length": 502, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "serenityphoto.net", "title": "Mark Pettit - Serenity Photo", "raw_content": "For sure that was the best time I ever had taking pictures. Let alone they were of me. I cannot believe just how easy it was, especially as the day went along. Where did the time go by? I got my images in the mail and they were better than I ever though that I would be possible. I cannot thank you enough for these shots. I am a bit speechless, I do not know what to say but \u201cI can\u2019t believe that is me!\u201d Thank you so much and I will be calling you the next time to update my portfolio. Wow, You Rock!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 32, "original_length": 1533, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 311.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://sergecote.blogspot.com/2015/08/power-of-interpretation.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:14Z", "digest": "sha1:NGHPAAC2YD42AHH5EWY2NRDKD7M2LCS7", "length": 591, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "sergecote.blogspot.com", "title": "From Mage Mind: Power of interpretation", "raw_content": "Don\u2019t take everything as it is. There\u2019s always something that is not given to you. The truth is always related to the information you have.\nSo, in relation with this concept, when you fail; you can always find something useful from it. So, a fail can become a success just because you didn\u2019t took it as it.\nA fail could become a success just because you didn\u2019t gave up and find a way to turn it around.\nYou have the power to give up or keep going on. Your choice will influence the final result.\nLabels: business, friedrich nietzsche, influence, information, online, relation, success, truth", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 96, "original_length": 2787, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 247.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://setopati.net/social/116809", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:02Z", "digest": "sha1:5EFY25QQLQYU7VXRIGDDBYFUN5KPUAMP", "length": 1058, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "setopati.net", "title": "Thirty one people go missing in Rolpa this past year | Setopati - Nepal's Digital Newspaper", "raw_content": "Thirty one people go missing in Rolpa this past year\nLibang, Rolpa, Feb 8\nAs many as 31 people have gone missing in Rolpa district this past year alone.\nThe Women and Children Service Center under the District Police Office, Rolpa stated that those missing are women and children.\nAlthough one child and three women reported to be missing have been found the whereabouts of 27 others including four children is not known, said Center\u2019s Assistant Sub-Inspector Dil Kumari Budha. She added that the families, relatives and the police have no information regarding their condition.\nAccording to her, the missing children are aged between 10 to 16 years and the missing women aged between 20 to 35 years. They got lost from various places of the district.\nBudha said 87 people including 56 women, 22 boys and nine girls had gone missing in the district in fiscal year 2016/17. Out of them, four women, 20 boys and six girls have been found.\nSimilarly, 80 women and children had gone missing in the district in the fiscal year 2015/16, as per the Center\u2019s record.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 2120, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 211.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://sfgroupinc.com/EventCalendar.aspx?nolog=yes&DayDate=12/6/2018&spid=145219", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:22Z", "digest": "sha1:7GTWOIMDGL4NXZZMRD5XAN4B2GRUI3B2", "length": 32, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "sfgroupinc.com", "title": "Sovereign Financial Group, Inc.", "raw_content": "<< Thursday, December 6, 2018 >>", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 1481, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 197.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://sharing4good.org/article/my-life", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:40:50Z", "digest": "sha1:IBMC5LZU42UP5SEDYVGVCYV3VB7N4PUB", "length": 2599, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "sharing4good.org", "title": "My Life | Sharing4good", "raw_content": "Submitted by Priya Pandey 11Jan\nMy life is changing every day in every possible way, my dreams never quite at they seem. I know I have felt like this before but now I am feeling it even more. For once in my life I have someone who needs me and I have needed so long. I won\u2019t let sorrow hurt me not like it has hurt me before. Now I can go where my life leads me . Somehow I know I will be strong I can touch what my heart used to dream of long before i know...We all want to live our dreams, and create the life we want but it can be scary to think what will happen if we follow our heart when it does not seems very practical. I was living my dreams far from it actually I was spending much of my time with friends , to avoid confronting the fact that I couldn\u2019t stand my life. I\u2019m a student and hated to go to college. I woke up and was unhappy on a daily basis. Then one day I started questioning and I realized that I couldn\u2019t live like this anymore I had to do something about it. Then iIstarted to work on myself I thought about the life I really wanted to have. I started getting clear about what I wanted and I worked hard to change my beliefs and replace habits. I created more effective empowerment once I started to reclaim my dream and i started to come alive.\nWhere did I go wrong? I don\u2019t know .as a child until the age of 15 i used to be the happiest girl in the world. I was always a popular girl with lots of friends, smart as well and always joking around. I have a very loving family. Then at the age of 16 i had my heart broken for the first time .When I finally got over it after a while I was right in the middle of my teenage crisis. No self-confidence probably because of my broken heart, not too pretty either . 16 isn't a good age. But I also realized one thing I had even more friends than before but I was starting to lose my good and real friends. Instead of trying to get closer to my good friends I let the situation get worse. By the end of the year I was exhausted to see something else. 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The site is located in an exceptionally high barriers-to-entry region.\nThe overall scope for Englewood South includes 922 housing units (80% complete with a market value of approximately $375 million), roughly 100,000 square feet of lifestyle retail (70% complete with a high-end fitness center/spa as anchor with services such as coffee, dry cleaning, salon, etc. to complement), approximately 200,000 square feet of office in three buildings (current land pads), a 150-room Marriott (current land pad), and three acres of open space/park lands. At full buildout, total building square footage will be just under 2 million square feet with a total market value of $500 million.\nEnglewood South will also include ES5, a 200,000 SF build-to-suit leasing opportunity for a corporate headquarters.\nwww.englewoodsouth.com\n200,000 Square Feet of Office", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 32, "original_length": 2337, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 244.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://shriprakashji.org/navaratri", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:38Z", "digest": "sha1:2JPWO3SEURI4SJRG6UENT4F6AF3AX2HA", "length": 2264, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "shriprakashji.org", "title": "Navaratri | Shriprakashji", "raw_content": "Navaratri lasts nine days and is celebrated twice a year \u2013 in spring and in autumn. Every year the date of Navaratri changes, as per Indian tradition it is calculated in Moon calendar. The name \u201cNavaratri\u201d itself is translated as nine nights (\u201cnav\u201d \u2013 nine, \u201cratri\u201d nights). It is a very favourable time for spiritual practice, meditation and praying.\nNavaratri is a period of female energy (shakti). In the tradition of Sanatan Dharma (\"eternal spirituality\" in Sanskrit) this time is devoted to various forms of female energy, that is, Goddesses. It is one of the oldest traditions, showing particular respect to the source of female divinity. Each day of the Navaratri prayers are devoted to a different form of Goddess. At the same time, a different aspect of the Goddess guards a specific period of Navaratri.\nThis way Navarati encompasses all aspects of our lives \u2013 courage and resolution, material power and the power of knowledge.\nNavaratri culminates and ends on the ninth day. In spring Navaratri it is the festival called Ramnavmi. According to the legend, the great prince Rama, in Sanatana Dharma worshipped as an incarnation of God, was born on this day. In Treta Yuga, King Dasharatha had a son. When the sage Vasishtha saw him, he understood at once that a very pure soul with many divine qualities had been born, thus named him Rama.\nThe great labours of prince Rama are known by epic poem \u201cRamayana\u201d. Rama became a perfect example for all the people who want to live upholding the principles of spirituality. The poem was written by the sage Valmiki, Rama\u2019s contemporary. Thousands of years later, the epic poem is still the source of inspiration and faith for the people aspiring spirituality all over the world.\nDuring the autumn Navratri, the ninth day is the Navmi festival, and in the tenth the Dashakhra is noted as Vijay dashahra. That is the day of the victory of Lord Rama over the king of Lanka demon Ravana, the victory of good over evil.\nThe ninth day of Autumn Navaratri is the festival of Navmi. This festival as well symbolizes inner struggle that is taking place in each of us - a struggle in which determination, courage, spiritual knowledge and wisdom defeats the negative qualities of the ego: ignorance, laziness, anger, greed.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 2701, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 243.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://shtetle.com/shtetls_mog/belynichi/belynichi_eng.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:41Z", "digest": "sha1:GJNBZF43YJ3HZWKON4QTNGQ7AIAOM2L3", "length": 3391, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "shtetle.com", "title": "My shtetl\\Belynichi", "raw_content": "BELYNICHI. THE STORY OF THE HORRIBLE DAYS\nExecution site of Belynichi Jews in Salotopka.\nExecution site near former tractor station.\nFrom the very first days of the Nazi occupation in Belyhichi region fascists began murdering the local population. All in all, 3313 people were shot, hanged, burnt alive or sent to Germany into slavery.\nThe Jewish ghetto in Belynichi was located in what is now Engels and Kirov Streets. The ghetto existed until December 12th 1941. On that day all the ghetto prisoners were told they would be moving to the town of Esmony, which was located 12 kilometers away from Belynichi. However, they were not taken to Esmony \u2013 they were shot 3 kilometers away from Belynichi. The victims were made to undress themselves and lie face down in a ditch. When the bottom of the ditch was filled the Nazis shot the people. And so it happened until all the people were killed.\nThe shootings and burglaries continued throughout the German occupation. The executions also took place in Salotopka, \u201cthe Jewish cemetery\u201d and Belynichi machine-tractor station.\nAnatoly Antonovich Orlovsky.\nAnatoly Antonovich Orlovsky, born in 1937:\nI was born in Neropl. At the beginning of the war I was still a child, so I do not remember well what was happening. My father, Anton Orlovsky, was working for an organization which bought vegetables from the local population and then sold them around the country. One of the workers in the organization was a Jewish man, Aron. When the Nazis invaded, he did not escape \u2013 he had a family that he would not leave.\nI know that the women, children and old people, were executed at Mhi, while the Jewish men were brought here, to Neropl. There were more than a hundred men. Aron was among them. They were made to stand in line on the edge of a ditch and shot.\nAfter the war some Jews came from Leningrad, the relatives of the victims. They hired people to help them rebury the bodies.\nYad Vashem 03/4729 Polina Alexandrovna Stelmakova, born in 1917.\nAt the time of the war I was 15. We lived near Belynichi. We did not evacuate because we could not predict such things would be happening here.\nI remember Nazi policemen came with a letter, which said that we had to move to a new place. We had to leave on December 12th. Before that they kept us in a ghetto for 5 or 6 days. There were so many people in the ghetto that we had to sleep standing. The ghetto was guarded by policemen.\n\u2026 A special group of Germans arrived, about 60 people. There were dogs as well. Women were walking, carrying children in their arms. They were told they would be taken to Esmony. However, most people could guess they were being taken to die. The ditch had been dug out in advance.\n\u2026 I was already at the place where people were being shot. Mother was begging me: \u201cTell them that you are Russian!\u201d (I had a document with a Russian name). I began shouting. I was shouting I was Russian. One of the policemen walked me out of the line and said: \u201cSurprising. We have a Russian girl here.\u201d One of the Germans checked my identity certificate and they let me go. On the way to the village the policeman said to me: \u201cEven if you are not Russian, you will live \u2013 you do not look Jewish.\u201d And so I was saved\u2026\nExecution site in Mhi near the village of Zadrudskaya Sloboda.\nExecution site in the village of Neropl.\nMemorial after reburial of Belynichi Jews at the Jewish cemetery.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 4932, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 248.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://simontbraun.eu/en/practice-areas-menuen/our-approach", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:02Z", "digest": "sha1:QDQVNNEYM4RH5XAAMI6P4GN7ZVT7K6K4", "length": 1075, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "simontbraun.eu", "title": "Our Approach", "raw_content": "SIMONT BRAUN\u2019s aim is to provide legal services distinguished by quality, efficiency and flexibility.\nOur teams of lawyers comprise leading specialists with excellent track records and serious experience in managing complex transactions and litigations. The level of our lawyers\u2019 expertise is also evidenced by their numerous legal publications in French, Dutch and English. They are regularly invited to seminars as speakers or experts and a significant number of them hold academic positions.\nWe strongly believe in a custom approach to our clients. We seek to acquire a sound grasp of our clients\u2019 specific needs in order to foster close cooperation between them and the dedicated teams of lawyers formed to work with them. In this way, we can meet our clients\u2019 expectations creatively and proactively.\nSIMONT BRAUN\u2019s team-based structure enables us promptly and appropriately to allocate our best expertise and resources in a particular area of practice. Likewise, the flexibility of our team-based structure facilitates rapid deployment of combined teams of specialists.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 1812, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 290.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://sirsyedenglishschool.edu.in/activities.php?ptd=59", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:34Z", "digest": "sha1:7FXY4IF7E7LYPLK4EYAZVDNE6RPHMZEI", "length": 1467, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "sirsyedenglishschool.edu.in", "title": "SIR SYED EDUCATIONAL TRUST PUTHUMANASSERY", "raw_content": "They say, \"an artist is born; not made\". We disproved the whole concept by discovering young talents, inculcating artistic stimuli and let them come out with flying colours, even at national level competitions. Evening classes and vacation classes are in full swing. Our attitude has always been to support artists in every form of art, especially those who are less privileged and less fortunate.\nTo find out talents from among the children, talent shows are conducted section wise. This removes the stage-fright from their minds and make them capable of performing their skills and talents, without any inhibition.\n\"Attuning to Music Therapy\"\nMusic is recognized worldwide as an excellent therapy for the \u201cAiling Planet\u201d and its inhabitants, inclusive of flora and fauna.\nThis novel venture let the children\u2019s dreams come true. It leads them into the realms of rhythm, music and ecstasy. Young aspirants are given coaching in musical instruments, along with pure music, on and off class schedule. We have won trophies, await for more.\nSPORTS ACADEMY : For the glory of sports\nTo be well built in Body and Soul\nThis endeavour, no doubt, turned a new leaf in Sir Syed\u2019s glorious past. It helps us materialise our ultimate goal, what Mahatma Gandhi had envisaged, \u201c the all-round development of human personality-body, mind and spirit.\u201d Our children are moulded to face the challenges, in all walks of life and prove to be better citizens; our nation can be proud of !", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 68, "original_length": 2547, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 316.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://smart-payments.info/eng/publication-one/217.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:14Z", "digest": "sha1:4XMAA7X6VJW3CHDQNOJVFPLPNKCRPYTR", "length": 10479, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "smart-payments.info", "title": "e-Publication \u2014 Top 10 Project Management Trends for 2013", "raw_content": "Top 10 Project Management Trends for 2013\nOnce again, ESI International has released its top 10 trends in project management for 2013. The 2013 trends reveal that expert leadership is lacking in all areas of project management, portfolio management and programme management. Project, programme, and portfolio leadership is in short supply as organisations struggle to implement Agile methods, complete large projects, manage vendors, and create more value through their project management offices (PMOs). Leadership is one of the key themes throughout many of the 2013 top 10 trends for project management, which were identified by a global panel of ESI International senior executives and subject matter experts.\n1. Organisations will continue to call for strong project leaders but will focus on investments in hard skills\nThe training focus will remain on hard skills, even though many organisations will continue to assert that their project managers lack leadership skills such as communications, negotiations, organisational change management, and customer relationship management. The reason is simple: most companies would prefer to send their project managers to targeted training in the specifics of \u201cproject\u201d and \u201cprogramme\u201d leadership rather than generic leadership training that is so commonplace. Organisations will need to seek out alternatives to develop leadership skills because waiting for the ideal programme will only result in perpetuating the existing unsatisfactory situation\n2. Agile implementation will be viewed in some organisations as a failure, but for the wrong reasons\nWhen compared to traditional methods, studies show that Agile methods can reduce costs, speed time to market, and improve quality; however, in 2013, many organisations will continue to fall short in realising the promise of Agile. Why? Because the professionals assigned to Agile projects aren\u2019t trained in Agile methods and their organisations are not culturally ready to embrace its principles.\nIt\u2019s not sufficient to train just a handful of Scrum Masters. The Scrum team, including developers, testers, and Product Owners, needs to know how to apply Agile practices. In particular, the organisation\u2019s executives need to understand how they can help break down the cultural barriers to adoption, which is crucial. Providing training to only those who lead these efforts will undermine overall Agile adoption, resulting in poor or failed implementations.\n3. Project management is not just for project managers anymore\nFor decades \u201cproject manager\u201d was a role, not a title. People claimed to have come to the position by accident. That\u2019s all changed in the past 20 years. Organisations developed project manager career paths and hundreds of thousands became certified. While the professionalism of project management will continue, organisations will require individuals outside of those who carry the PM title to perform the role of project manager.\nBusiness units such as HR, sales, marketing, and legal services need their employees trained in project management as well. It might not be a classic view of those roles, but each corporate discipline manages projects, even if they do not view their work through that lens. The point is there are not enough project managers to go around and these groups have projects that need to get done.\n4. Large projects pose unique challenges that are increasingly tough to overcome\nSize does matter, and when it comes to large projects\u2014the ones that run into the hundreds of millions of dollars\u2014the impact and interplay of downsizing, complexity, and outsourcing are the \u201cone, two, three strikes you\u2019re out\u201d challenges that organisations face. Projects in engineering procurement and construction management (EPCM), oil and gas exploration, major weapons systems development, and large transportation initiatives often involve major outsourcing of work.\nMany of these projects include thousands of people as well as impressive levels of technical complexity that few companies are successful in managing. Organisations that engage in such outsourcing struggle because they have lost the in-house expertise to monitor the level of quality being delivered. Contractors are calling the shots because they both design and develop/construct their own work. As a result, in 2013 we will see more organisations build up their in-house expertise to ensure their contractors are doing the job right.\n5. PMOs will focus on proving their worth and driving innovation\nGone are the days when just implementing a methodology and creating a project dashboard convinced corporate executives that the PMO was pulling its weight. More organisations are conducting PMO \u201caudits\u201d to identify areas where the PMO can accelerate its evolution and provide higher levels of value to the organisation. PMO directors who understand that their roles involve not just delivering projects, but also contributing to the overall performance of the business, will, if they haven\u2019t already done so, identify key business metrics and begin a process of measurement to baseline themselves against those metrics. Each PMO head will need to be able to answer the question, \u201cWhat have you done for me lately?\u201d\n6. The U.S. government will upgrade its PM certification in the face of rising criticism\nHaving a certified project manager is mandatory for agencies in the civilian side of government in order to receive funding for major IT projects. However, existing policy that sets the minimum training hours to earn a PM (known as FAC P/PM) certification has been interpreted by a few agencies as guidance only. A reduced number of training hours has been accepted by the Federal Acquisition Institute (which oversees the certification) as meeting the goals of the policy. And, there has been a veritable \u201cland rush\u201d to implement shorter training programmes just to earn these mandatory certifications.\nMany note a deteriorating quality in the training provided, causing criticism from some sectors claiming that a U.S. government employee who has earned such certification may not be the best person to run the project. After all, there is a big difference between certified and qualified. In 2013 we will see the federal government, through the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP), take action to bolster the quality of the PM certification.\n7. Improving vendor management practices will top the list of skills for project managers\nAsk people in any organisation that outsources its projects or large components of them, and they\u2019ll tell you they have \u201cvendor management\u201d problems characterised by contract scope creep, poor quality, missed deadlines, and blown contract budgets. And, with outsourcing on the rise, these problems will only multiply if their root causes are not addressed. First, many of the issues found with vendor management have to do with how requirements for outsourced projects were written in the first place. Unclear, incomplete, and inaccurate requirements create uncertainty and confusion.\nMandating that a contractor provide deliverables against a set of confusing requirements is asking for trouble. Second, organisations often select the wrong contract type based on these requirements. And third, they assign people with the wrong skill sets to work with contractors. Smart organisations will seek to understand the nature of their outsourcing needs and assign highly qualified professionals to write requirements and manage relationships. We will see more organisations addressing this critical need in 2013.\n8. Continued poor project performance in many organisations will result in more PMOs being terminated\nESI research shows that the average life span of the PMO is about four years.\nThat number is likely to drop if project performance continues to underwhelm executives and stakeholders. PMOs are created to improve project performance; yet, few organisations give the PMO enough resources and authority to do the job. Poor project performance has its root causes in many areas \u2014 poor training, lack of adoption of practices, unrealistic expectations, too many projects, and the like. Blaming the PMO for poor project management is an easy way out, but it doesn\u2019t solve the problem. Nonetheless, the PMO is in the crosshairs and project sponsors, irritated by poor performance, indicate that if project performance doesn\u2019t improve, PMO directors may be looking elsewhere for gainful employment.\n9. Portfolio management will take on a greater role as funding continues to tighten and the number of projects grows\nPortfolio management is more than a prioritisation exercise. It is the culminating activity in competitive strategy where executives have identified the programmes and projects that will turn their intentions into reality. We are witnessing more companies investing in IT and process improvement to get a better handle on all of the project-based investments occurring across their business. And they are tweaking\u2013and in some cases overhauling\u2013 their portfolio management approach to make sure it is the best it can be.\nMany organisations will continue to develop a portfolio hierarchy at the division, business unit, regional, and corporate-wide levels. This will require substantive expertise in portfolio management principles and practices, and a healthy dose of diplomatic and political skills to get everyone headed in the same direction. Will PMI develop a certification in Portfolio Management? We shall see.\n10. Organisations will adopt Agile to accelerate time to market but what they ultimately achieve may be a different story\nAgile methods, when practiced by trained professionals on the \u201cright\u201d projects in the \u201cright\u201d organisations, have the potential to boost performance in a variety of ways. However, the top benefit derived from adopting Agile (i.e., ability to manage changing priorities) is not the same top reason organisations adopt Agile in the first place; they do so to accelerate time to market. Should this cause an organisation to rethink its use of Agile?\nNot at all. A recent study by VersionOne showed that accelerating time to market came in fifth in a rank order of benefits. So, even though accelerating time to market is not number one in outcomes, there\u2019s still plenty of evidence Agile can do what its proponents claim it does. With more and more organisations adopting Agile, their expectations will simply need to be in line with reality.\nhttp://www.eweek.com/it-management/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 100, "original_length": 12020, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 323.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://snova-v-popku.info/category/sports-athletics/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:37:38Z", "digest": "sha1:7VRFBUMJ6U6VLN5EQKYLELL4434J6HHI", "length": 24059, "nlines": 71, "source_domain": "snova-v-popku.info", "title": "Sports & Athletics | Snova V Popku", "raw_content": "On Locations: My Experience Explained\nThe London Nightlife\nIn a big city such as London, telling the time of day can be very difficult. This is because the city is usually under operation even at night. In the night people are still active. This is what you can refer to as the nightlife of London. There are very many people who are very active during the night and offer a lot of services that you can as well get during the day. If you want to buy some groceries or even a place that you can relax, you will never miss one because it is at night. The city is well lit at night with the street lights that makes it glow in the dark. This allows the people to continue with their activities as if it is day time. In addition there is sufficient security that makes the people there to continue with whatever they want to do at night. The following are some of the examples of such activities.\nMost of the restaurants tend to make a lot of money at night. This is because people like to hang out in places that they can have something to eat. Eating is something that people cannot do all night unless it is a meal that is possible to be eaten slowly. This is why you will find them going out to Japanese restaurants. In particular they will go to sushi restaurants in Landon. Here they can have a variety of sea food that they can be able to bite on all night.\nIn addition to the popularity of the Japanese restaurants in London, it cannot go without saying that you will find them taking drinks too. A good number of people will go out for drinks after eating. Champagne is the most sold drinks in London. This is the main reason for the popularity of the champagne bars in London. These are one of the places that operate all night and day in London. You are also able to find any other drink of choice that you want even if it is a non-alcoholic one.\nYou can also never miss out on places where you can go out and dance in London. For such an activity there are very many places that you can opt to go to for the same. The top of the list for this will be rooftop bars and even night clubs. This is always a means that people use to get away from their troubled lives and any kind of stress that they do have. Here they can have a few drinks and dance to the beats and rhythm of the night. You have got the freedom to choose if you can d this kind of activity all night long or even retire at some particular point to go and have a rest.\nHow I Became An Expert on Restaurants\nThe 10 Best Resources For Locations\nLearning The \u201cSecrets\u201d of Editing\nTips of Hiring Resume Writing Firm\nIt is a challenge for a person to hire a professional who promise good resume writing services. Finding a good resume writer is not simple because the writers available are so many. These professional resume writers are never same when cost and quality of writing services they offer are considered. Doing research will be important in finding the best resume writer. Your research will be good when you spare time to carry it out. For a person to obtain resume writing services which are good, you need to consider the hints that follow.\nIt will be good to check on credentials possessed by a resume writer. A person is supposed to select a certified writer to increase the possibility of getting good resume writing services. In the event that a writer is certified, you will be assured of good training and skills a writer possesses to deliver writing services. In this case, you should consider a writer who is a member of a professional body and has a license of practice. With a license, you will have an assurance that a writer has complied with the standards to offer the right resume writing services. You should look for a professional writer who has a valid license. It will be good to know that a professional should be asked to provide a license number he/she has to provide resume writing services. The validity of a license a professional writer has will be known when you check the license number through the internet. In case, a writer has no license, you are supposed to avoid him/her.\nIt is advisable to check on experience which a writer possesses in resume writing. You are needed to select an experienced writer to be assured of writing services which are suitable. You will determine experience of a writer by checking on years he/she has delivered the services. It is good to select a resume writer who has been in operation for several years. It will be advisable to choose writer with many years of services deliver a writer will have the best skills and expertise for good services. It may be costly to choose hire an experienced resume writer, but the assurance is that quality writing services will be obtained. In cases a resume writer has no experience, he/she will not be good, despite the low price you will incur.\nWhen looking for a resume writer, you are needed to consider the price of writing services. A person should calculate the money he/she has for the writing services before starting to look for a resume writer. A person will be able to develop a good budget when he/she determine the money he/she has for the services. You are supposed to have adequate money when looking for quality writing services.\nWhy not learn more about Resumes?\n8 Lessons Learned: Pools\nGuide to Choosing a Commercial Pool Maintenance Company\nBefore hiring a pool maintenance company, you need to keep in mind that there are factors that need to be considered. When your pool has developed some problems say with the pump, filters, or plumbing, you need to look an expert who will work on your pool. In this article, we will discuss the factors to consider in choosing the right pool maintenance company.\nBefore hiring a pool repair company, it is critical to note the experience of the candidate. When choosing, consider hiring experts with vast experience in the job as this will make it easier for the company to make the repairs. Experienced companies are well prepared for possible delays and problems. You also need to hire a pool company that has been offering the services for a long time.\nIn addition to considering the experience of the candidates, you need to also check their reputation. The best way of researching the reputation by checking on the popular review sites. When you check the reviews sites, you will read on the post of other pool owners about the services they got from the companies they once hired.\nAlso, go through the pool company history of malpractice claims or disciplinary actions. The information is vital since it will enable you to initiate a discussion with the company about their history and ability to provide better services.\nOne of the essential factor to consider in the repairing process is the budget, it is vital to set a budget that you will use in maintaining your pool. At times one may want to add new features in the pool, by setting a budget, one will be in a better position to know the price of the items and those to include based on their price. The mistake that people make when repairing their pools is assuming that the project will only take a few days, only to be surprised by the number of weeks that have passed before the completion of the project, hence the need to determine the exact time that the remodeling process will take.\nOn the other hand, you need to verify the trustworthiness of the company through interviewing and evaluating the quality of completed jobs that they have done. Moreover, before one decides to hire a pool repair company, there is a need for clients to get referrals of different companies from family members, friends and colleagues, inspecting the construction quality and confirming if the project done by the company was completed on time.\nHere are the reasons why you need to maintain your pool. First and foremost, regular pool inspection is a good idea for any pool owner to make sure that they know what risks are involved with their pool and that they are compliant, and their equipment is within proper working order. Also, regular maintenance increases the value of a house.\nA Simple Plan For Investigating Maintenance\nBenefits of Selling a House through a Real Estate Argent\na decision to sell your house is not an easy task. But after deciding to sell your house, ensure that you get the greatest deal out of it. Selling a house is not easy. When going to the market to put your house for sale, you need to make sure that you know everything about selling a house. Remember that you can waste a lot of time and resources when you are selling your house uninformed. Today in the market, there are different always of selling a house for the best result.\nKnow regarding the advantages that you will get when you consider selling your house through the services of a real estate agent. These real estate agents are there to help anyone who wants to buy or sell a home to get the best deal. Since house buyers are always looking for these real estate agents, they must have a list of names of the people who are looking for houses in your area. When you take your house to them, they will look at the list and contact the buyers if they might be interested in buying the house.\nYour hopes will be sold without wasting time and you will not also use a lot of money to sell your house. These real estate agents are working in companies that have been established. These real estate agents can also buy your house for the companies that they are working with. These companies have customers that they can sell the house to after buying it from you. The stress of going to the market looking for a buyer to get your house will be taken from you.\nMake sure that you get the best real estate agents to work with you. Today you will see so many real estate agents in the market, and they are assigned under different companies. Anyone looking for this agent must know of some information. The price that you will quote when selling your house through a real estate agent must contain their commission. When getting one, you need to go to a real estate agent with a lower commission rate.\nCurrently, online has become the best place where these real estate agents are offering their services. Many people who are looking for a house are also going to the internet to look for houses to buy. For these reasons, these real estate agents have also created websites where they can use in attracting these buyers. The picture of a house that you are selling will be uploaded on their website for the buyer to see.\nEssence of Natural Hormone Replacement Therapy\nThe metabolism that takes place in the body is regulated by the body hormones. They control communication between the tissues and organization in the body. They are responsible for all the bodily functions like digestion, appetite, mood and the immune function. Thus, if the hormones fails to work, there might be a bigger impact on the health. A number of times, when the hormonal levels drops, the people will request for the artificial addition. It will offer a natural answer to the hormone issue.\nThis plan is applied in offering a solution to the drop in the hormonal level among older women and men. A number of women will experience the early menopause. This decrease on the hormonal levels will lead to situations such as insulin resistance. The hormones are manufactured from the plant extracts. These hormones are offered in various forms such as pills, patches gels or injections. Various firms process the treatment while a number are made from the pharmacies. The elements used in the medication differs according to the personal demands.\nA number of the hormone manufacturers do not follow the safety, quality or the purity of the medication. The government takes steps against such organizations. Several doctors will fact that there is no research that has proved that. This plan is taken by a number of women who reach the menopause levels. It is applied in controlling the amounts of hormonal decrease from the body. Throughout the increase in the age, the individual will face the mood changes, poor memory and excess addition of weight. There would be night sparkles taking place in the body.\nIn addition to helping with the symptoms, the hormone replacement therapy might reduce the risk for diabetes. This will solve the issue of the skin thickness and elasticity that would lead to longevity on the skin. For the patients who suffer from cancer, the plan is known for causing the general improvement of the quality of life. The degree of the infection will be minimized. It solves the issues of sleeplessness and low sexual potency.\nTalk to the doctor about the best from the suites your lifestyle. After starting the plan, there is less necessity to control the body response repeatedly. The hormone levels would go high or low as the person is taking the hormone plan. Pick the hormone therapy that offers the quality result. When choosing the plan to go for, pick one that takes a short period of time. This will supply the quality results and prevent the dangerous side effects from taking place. When picking on the quality plan, choose the famous doctors. Evade the poor doctors to avoid the dangerous results through choosing the poor doctors.Go for the natural hormone replacement strategy.\nLearning The Secrets About Medical\n5 Key Takeaways on the Road to Dominating Medical\nLessons Learned from Years with Industrial\nVital Issues You Need to Consider When Selecting the Best Teflon Coating Services\nYou may require Teflon coating services for different products that you have. It is essential that you find the best Teflon coating services so that you can have your needs met adequately. It is, therefore, necessary for you to consider various issues before you choose a Teflon coating service provider to supply the requirements that you have. Some of the issues that you must consider when selecting the best Teflon coating services are those provided below.\nIt is vital to consider the level of experience that a company has in delivering Teflon coating services. An experienced company is likely to be familiar with the conditions that are necessary to get the best Teflon coating services delivered to you. You are therefore likely to experience customer satisfaction if you get a company which is experienced since it has the skills and knowledge that will apply in doing your work such that it meets what you require.\nIt is necessary to consider the level of customer service and support offered to customers by a company. A company that is keen on delivering customer support can be better in ensuring that the needs of a customer are met in the ultimate way possible. Such a company will pay attention to the specific requirements of a customer and take the initiative to meet the needs. Such a company can help you by providing you with the vital information that can be of help in deciding what coatings and processes you would want for your specific Teflon coating service. You can make the best decisions when you have the information that you require to make them.\nYou want to find out the prices at which the services will be offered to you. You need to find services that are provided at prices which are reasonable. The fairness in costs may be dependent on the services that you want to be delivered regarding Teflon coating. You, therefore, want to settle on a company that offers the functions of the fairest prices based on what you want to be done. You can consider investigating the costs at which such services are provided so that you can have a guideline when deciding on the price.\nIt is necessary for you to establish whether a company is compliant to the standard requirements of that field. A company which has the required certificates of compliance can provide better services since it has met the required standards of operating in that field.\nLessons Learned About Processing\nFactor to Consider when Choosing a Financial Advisor\nHaving the right financial planner in your investments is very crucial in ensuring the maximum returns. Your financial advisor should be able to know the right areas to invest your money and how much you should invest in what area to get a good return. You need to know that your financial planner will not let you down for it can be very painful to lose money through poor investments. This is how to choose a financial planner.\nFind out whether the professional has been in the field for the right amount of time. Your financial consultant should have a good understanding of the field. When a financial manager has been successful in their previous financial project they will be able to know the right area to put your money. It is good for the financial advisor you hire to have worked in the financial market for a long period of time successfully.\nYou should consider whether they are qualified or not. For you to entrust your money with someone, you should make sure that they have the right type of training . You can find out their type of training by looking at the certificates they present. They should have all credentials and the licenses that are required In the field.\nFind out the type of services that the financial advisor provides and what advice he gives. You have the best understanding of your financial goals. You will have to seek the financial consultant that deals with your field of interest. For instance, when you are trying to get a long term insurance you should seek a financial advisor who has a better understanding of the field.\nYou should conduct an interview to choose the most suited financial advisor. You should ask the right type of questions to know which financial advisor to deal with. You will also be able to find the one that you can freely discuss your finances with through this way. The best manager will also be found out during this interview.\nYou can also find out from other people whether the financial manager is likable or not. A person who had his financials handled successfully is the best to tell you which financial advisor to hire. This will show you that they handled the client\u2019s money in the right way and helped achieve the right returns.\nThe price of the financial advisor should be put into consideration. Hire the best financial advisor among the ones that you can afford. The method of payment should also be put into consideration. Some have a fixed price while others charge according to the profits they make you. This will influence the manner in which the financial advisor works for you.\nLearning The \u201cSecrets\u201d of Money\nOn Advice: My Rationale Explained\nGuidelines on How to Settle for an Ideal Construction Tools Store\nPresently, there is an augmentation in the number of people who are in need of construction services as they need to make improvement to their home or build new ones. When you are a professional in this line, there is a need for you to ensure that you are always ready for the next client. One of the ways to meet such an objective is through ensuring that you have the right and the best construction tools. The usefulness of tools in construction cannot be underestimated as they ensure that you offer quality work and ensure that you work with time. On the other hand, such tools will give you the service you need as some of them are durable.\nWhen on a mission to obtain construction tools, you will rarely experience any mishaps. Such is consequent to the element that there are more than a few companies that are dealing in the sale of such. When looking for quality and durable construction tools, you have no choice but to find the best dealer in this line. To help you choose an ideal store for construction tools, continue here for more info.\nOne, there is a need to consider a dealer who stocks a variety of construction tools. When you consider the number appliances you need as a contractor, the number if high. The reason for saying this is for the fact that much can be done using each of the available tools. When you consider a dealer who has more than a few in their stores promises that you will not have trouble accessing what you need.\nSecondly, choosing an online dealer such as Ox Tools saves you cost and time. Engaging such a trader saves the hassles of driving to the store to acquire the tools that you need. With this, you can shop online when at the sites and have the dealer deliver all your orders in good time.\nFurthermore, it is reasonable to settle for a store that suggests the best prices for construction tools. When you engage a dealer in this line, there is a need to say that you will not spend much and you will have a variety of tools. When choosing a dealer on this line, you have to exercise caution as not all cheap tools are durable.\nLastly, there is a need for those acquiring these tools online to check of return policy and warranties for such. One of the reasons why you need to check on such a feature is for a fact that not all tools you buy will give you the service you want. When you review such a consideration, you will not have worries about accessing the best tool for your job.\nInteresting Research on Tools \u2013 What No One Ever Told You\nImportant Factors to Consider While Hiring a Chimney Repair Company\nAt your fireplace, a chimney plays a very important role. It is a kind of ventilation that allows the escape of smoke out of your home and enhance consuming by allowing the air permits. Most property owners overlook how critical chimneys are. They appreciate the advantages of a chimney however overlook that chimneys require repair and upkeep until is exceptionally late. Chimney repair incorporates some unique services like repairing of hurt chimneys and cleaning of the chimney. There are various associations and narrowing the choices down can be halted task. Therefore this article base on a couple of variables that you should consider while picking a chimney repair company.\nFirst, you could consider the experience of the chimney repair company. How long a company has been putting forth repair administration will decide their dimension of experience. Having been working for quite a while empowering a company to secure aptitudes and strategies to deal with different issues. For better services picking a cultivated company is right decision one can make. Repairing chimneys by yourself can be challenging and demanding especially your time, therefore hiring a company which is experience will save more of your time and effort.\nSecondly, the chimney company\u2019s reputation. Customers\u2019 review research is one technique for investigating the reputation of any company. What people say concerning a company and its services will engage you to choose on the off chance that it is the best company to hire. More chimney repair associations are growing today and the primary strategy for making sense of which company utilize for chimney repair will depend upon their reputation. Companies with a good reputation delivers the best services. Therefore considering a company with great notoriety is a standout among-st other decisions you can make.\nLastly, the type of services offered by a chimney repair company. There are different types of chimneys some are easily installed and can be moved while others are built of bricks. Chimney repair services are the repairing of faulty chimneys, installation of new chimneys and the sweeping or cleaning of chimneys, therefore you should consider the kind of services offered by a company. The kind of services a chimney repair company offers will enhance you to determine whether the company can pass on the services that you need.\nThe cost of chimney repair services is another vital factor to consider while choosing a chimney repair company. There are many chimney companies which offer repair services at different cost. Choosing a company that provides you with affordable services should be a priority. You ought to pick a company with affordable services for hiring. In summary, considering these factors enables you to make the right decision while choosing a chimney repair company.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 164, "original_length": 28968, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 262.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://socialbookmarkingapplications.com/what-you-should-know-about-shops-this-year.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:10Z", "digest": "sha1:ATOJ4LIHXAWLSO52Y7RFOZRUSTISISAV", "length": 2962, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "socialbookmarkingapplications.com", "title": "What You Should Know About Shops This Year | SOCIALBOOK", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Financial \u00bb What You Should Know About Shops This Year\nLearning Benefits of Online Shopping UAE\nThe United Arab Emirates (UAE) is currently among the most famous destinations for tourism, residence, work as well as shopping. You need to note that most clients want to shop in UAE since there are a variety of highly valued commodities. The shopping in the UAE has been improved due to technology advancements. The effectiveness of the online shopping in UAE is brought about by internet advancements.\nPresently, the internet connectivity in UAE has increased by far enabling more and more users from the entire continent access the goodies in the Dubai Mall. Online shopping is one of the techniques which most clients worldwide have been adopting. It becomes more convenient and comfortable to order and receive products from your home. Technology improvement has been among the contributing factors towards the development and effectiveness of the UAE shopping malls. The speedier access to the internet has made it easy for clients to order and have the products sent to their places quickly.\nIn fact, it has been proved that online shopping UAE has made it easy for clients to save more time and funds in the long run. Clients in need of the UAE products need to browse on the shop site and selects products they want. Online payments are the most recommended way for goods ordered from the UAE website. The online shopping UAE is the best technique to apply to enjoy the benefits of getting reasonably priced products which are easy to understand. You need to note that UAE offers an extensive range of products with various brands and make the delivery to the client\u2019s residence.\nThe internet comes in handy in providing a record and display of quality products for clients to make the selections. The fact that the collection is all-inclusive has resulted in the conclusion that the UAE is the best and reliable shopping website. The online shopping UAE provides unique and variety of quality products which are sold to clients across the entire continent. Moreover, the online shopping UAE usually focus on the client\u2019s value as well as meeting their interest. Shopping for discounted goods in UAE happen even when there are no special occasions.\nShopping online UAE is of a significant advantage since clients can choose their favorite products from an extensive collection. Also, the internet users are informed on the latest arrivals and current fashion trends in the future. The online shopping UAE enables clients to shop for quality products in categories of perfumes, beauty, home and kitchen appliances, electronics, clothes among others. Clients in need of useful home appliances and smart kitchen accessories need to place their orders and make payment online. Also, products such as improved electronic and digital devices such as smartphones, tablets as well as cameras are well revealed on the site.\nWhere To Start with Shops and More", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 118, "original_length": 5382, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 284.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://solinvictus.org/eq/newsarchives.asp?id=129", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:03Z", "digest": "sha1:JUFWNEE6BMQFWGTZDRF4HOOLT3QNWEWR", "length": 353, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "solinvictus.org", "title": "SI - News Archives", "raw_content": "Still working on this damn Ber\nWith ~42 people we made it to the last king with little to no problems, but we ran out of time. The time limit on the ring needs to be upped quite a bit. There is no reason to force a guild to use 50+ people on an encounter just because of time restraints.\n- Karthunk Trainstomper - Thursday, December 26, 2002 at 11:26 PM", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 477, "original_length": 15739, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 253.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://speedwaycommunitypolicing.com/2014/02/21/community-policing-the-case-for-speedway-neighborhood-watch/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:45Z", "digest": "sha1:RCQLZPZZVEMEQDHF2BVCQ2VDZDF7JQPH", "length": 6235, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "speedwaycommunitypolicing.com", "title": "Community Policing: The Case for Neighborhood Watch | Speedway Community Policing", "raw_content": "Community Policing: The Case for Neighborhood Watch\nMost of us have either heard about the Neighborhood Watch program or perhaps participated in the past, whether in Speedway or another community you have lived. Others may have grown up in a small community that didn\u2019t have an official, organized Neighborhood Watch program but all the neighbors and their children knew each other and everyone watched out for each other because that was what neighbors did.\nTimes have changed and so has the dynamic of families and neighborhoods. Whether single parents or two parents working, as well as kids busy with after school activities, sports, etc. we spend less time at home; and when we are home, much of that time is spent indoors on computers or mobile devices. We are connected in different ways now \u2013 socializing is not always done with two neighbors chatting over the fence; often it\u2019s done via social media, email, or text. It\u2019s easier than ever to connect with people around the world but less so with our neighbor next door or across the street.\nThough Speedway has been very fortunate, we are certainly not immune to the crime that has been happening around us. That disconnection from our neighbors, combined with less time at home, creates a perfect opportunity for criminals. Regardless of our perception of safety, crime does exist. In the Indianapolis area, we hear every day about shootings, home invasions, assaults, car jackings, etc\u2026it\u2019s easy to either become desensitized and apathetic or else become extremely worried and stressed about crime. It\u2019s even more difficult because it\u2019s not just between criminals, such as gang violence or a drug deal gone bad, and in areas we don\u2019t frequent. Crimes, many of them violent, are happening in areas we do frequent; our retail shopping and recreation areas, schools and churches, and worst of all, in the very place we\u2019re supposed to feel most comfortable: our homes.\nSpeedway is a unique and excellent community to live, work, and play \u2013 we have lots of great history and many wonderful events in town to enjoy. That\u2019s exactly what we all want to do \u2013 enjoy our lives, worrying in fear about crime and allowing it to take away our enjoyment of life. But we cannot ignore the crime problem (or the potential, which exists whether we choose to acknowledge it or not). We cannot become apathetic or desensitized. The best solution clearly lies in between the extremes. Our fear can be utilized in a positive way, by becoming active in our community, being prepared by protecting our homes; partnering with SPD by committing to being good, caring neighbors by watching out for unusual or suspicious activities and promptly reporting them to SPD.\nMany people tell us they don\u2019t need to be involved in Neighborhood Watch because we have a great police department that takes care of crime and protects us. It\u2019s certainly true that Speedway has a great police department! But to prevent crime, they need our help to be their extra eyes and ears, because they simply cannot be everywhere, at all times. But we are; we live here and know our neighborhoods and what\u2019s out of the ordinary.\nAnother thing we hear is that people don\u2019t know what to look for or just aren\u2019t sure if something is out of the ordinary or else they feel like they\u2019re bothering the police over something minor. Many minor things can lead to major crimes and very often, reporting something that\u2019s \u201cjust not right\u201d results in prevention of a crime. SPD has repeatedly indicated at Neighborhood Watch meetings, that they encourage residents to call them when we see anything out of the ordinary or suspicious. Far better to have something checked out that turns out to be nothing than assume it\u2019s nothing and it leads to a crime that could have been prevented!\nThe Neighborhood Watch program in Speedway is one of two ways the Speedway Police Department is reaching out to residents regarding its community policing efforts (the other is the Speedway Police Citizens Academy, which you can read more about in the \u201cAbout Us\u201d page of this blog). The philosophy of community policing is the formation of a community and police partnership, working together to solve problems in our community.\nSome of the goals of Neighborhood Watch program are to improve the quality of our lives, our comfort level, and to become better connected with each other in an effort to reduce or prevent crime. This is a shared responsibility and we need your involvement \u2013 it\u2019s as simple as a commitment to be aware, observant, and report.\nSpeedway\u2019s Neighborhood Watch program is divided into four districts, each with a District Coordinator who is a liaison between the residents and SPD. For more information on the organization of the program and a map, please see the About Us page. Information will be shared through this blog as well as through Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, email, etc. We will be working hard to provide good information and content that residents find useful. In addition to connecting online, we do hope you will also attend your District\u2019s meetings, which we will strive to make YOUR meetings, with topics of interest and help to you.\nOn March 11, 2014 at Speedway High School, we held a Neighborhood Watch Symposium, which encompassed all four districts. We welcomed all of you to join us to share your thoughts and ideas; as well as questions or concerns. It was an interactive meeting, where residents were given information on their District, and a change to meet your District\u2019s coordinator, and have discussions on all of the above.\nMany Speedway residents attended this very important meeting, and we were pleased with the turnout, and the enthusiasm of those in attendance. We hope you will all share this page with all of your Speedway friends and neighbors to help spread the word!\nTogether, we can create a strong Neighborhood Watch presence to prevent / reduce crime, allowing Speedway to maintain a good quality of life for people to live, work, and play.\nCategory: Community Policing, Crime, District 1, District 2, District 3, District 4, General, Neighborhood Watch, Speedway PD / Tags: community policing, community-police partnership, crime, indiana, neighborhood watch, speedway, speedway police", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 87, "original_length": 8759, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 248.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://spotturkey.co.uk/tag/failed-coup/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:00Z", "digest": "sha1:4OLER4Z3A6QIEAKKWRAYLOE6JXT2J3SK", "length": 42, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "spotturkey.co.uk", "title": "failed coup \u2013 SPOT", "raw_content": "http://spotturkey.co.uk/tag/failed-coup/\">", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 85, "original_length": 2514, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.78, "perplexity": 240.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://spytales.com/benjamin-tallmadge/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:22Z", "digest": "sha1:DLDKJDGAOHQWPP6OOOMZTZQHE5WZM3DG", "length": 2457, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "spytales.com", "title": "Benjamin Tallmadge - Spytales.com", "raw_content": "in Good Guys, Spies, Spy History, Spy Video\nGeneral Washington\u2019s Go-To Spy\nA great lessons from the story of Major Benjamin Tallmadge is that his success was due to the same qualities every other good patriot has. He was creative, resourceful, persistent, brave, and motivated by a good cause in service to his country. This same descriptor fits so many others who followed in his footsteps, and really flow from character traits dominate in America today. His story is so very worth reading because it is full of episodes that should resonate with you as something you would do if you were in his position.\nThere are other more strategic points from his operations. For example, the story of Benjamin Tallmadge was almost buried forever. He and his network believed what they were doing was important to keep secrets and the entire story of these first few spies was really unknown till researchers discovered correspondence outlining how the operation worked.\nTallmadge established his capabilities under the direction of General Washington himself. This period of the war included many setbacks in attempts to learn about adversary activities (including the famous capture and hanging of Nathan Hale in the summer of 1776, and the roll-up of another spy ring in New York city in 1778). Washington was in dire need of what Tallmadge could offer and authorized him to initiate his Culper Ring operation in late 1778. Tallmadge was a leading member of this operation, along with Abraham Woodhull.\nAnother strategic point is that Tallmadge collected information that would only be of use if it was disseminated, read, believed and acted upon. All these steps proved to be very hard, but Tallmadge managed to get his information across enemy lines to decision-makers in a way that readers could understand. Since he established himself as a credible source, these leaders saw him as believable and that credibility ended up proving that good intelligence can drive operations and win battles and even a war.\nFor a glimpse of some of Tallmadge\u2019s diary see:\nFor more on Tallmadge see Washington\u2019s Spies: The story of America\u2019s First Spy Ring\nTallmadge is also a main character in the AMC series Turn: Washington\u2019s Spies.\nBenjamin TallmadgeCulper RingGeorge Washington\nPrevious article Newton A. McCully: The U.S. Navy\u2019s Pioneering Spymaster\nNext article Espionage Defined: It is all about stealing secrets\nNewton A. 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This will definitely appeal to those who traditionally use the months of April or May for their \u201caway-game\u201d. So if you are tired of doing the \u201csame old-same-old\u201d, or are still stuck on a waiting list, and you are looking for something new, this is definitely something for you.\nA 2-rider team race, fully catered for, with different tented accommodation options \u2013 read more later \u2013 and some new and exciting tracks, and of course some stunning Eastern Cape Hospitality \u2013 something that will get you wanting to do this ride. (Warning \u2013 the Eastern Cape okes, especially the farmers, know how to look after you)\nQueenstown to Old Thomas River\nOld Thomas River to Komga\nKomga to Kei Mouth\nFacilities A professional team of qualified paramedics will be providing the first aid, search and rescue and paramedic services both on and off the course this year. Their base will be at the finish of each stage as well as on the route. They can be consulted if you have any medical problems on your return from each stage. There will be support vehicles and quad bikes on the stages to attend to any mishaps or accidents/injuries which may occur. You will have emergency contact numbers for this service pre-printed on your race number. Massage Facilities Sports massages by qualified therapists will be available at the end of the race on each day. Bookings can be made directly upon your return to the race village and fees are for your own account. Bike Wash Facility There will be a bike wash facility set up near the finish area after each stage. Please can you ensure that you tip the bike washers. Important Note For bike security it is recommended that riders wait for their bikes to be washed, and not leave them to be collected later. 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The FY14 budget for District #100 is $9,240,000.\nThe Unit Office has three (3) employees including the superintendent.\nFreedom of Information Act Officer: Jerry Klooster\nAll requests should be submitted in writing to the above named freedom of information act officer: Jerry Klooster\nThe Written Request should contain:\nThe date of the request\nThe name of the requestor\nThe contact information of the requestor so the information can be sent to the requestor (address, e-mail address if available and phone number in case clarification of the requested information is needed)\nA detailed description of the requested information so that the Stark County School District can comply with the request.\nThe preferred format- e.g. hard copy, electronic, etc\u2026 (if available in this format) of the requested information\nNOTE: District 100 reserves the right to charge 15 cents per copy after the first 50 copies for requested information.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 205, "original_length": 4922, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.83, "perplexity": 323.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://startingpoint.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/16/president-obamas-second-term-challenges-cnns-john-king-reports/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:49Z", "digest": "sha1:NAC4PLZRXLJRTXCB5LVYVWAPYVP7HMIY", "length": 1771, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "startingpoint.blogs.cnn.com", "title": "President Obama's second-term challenges: CNN's John King reports \u2013 Starting Point - CNN.com Blogs", "raw_content": "President Obama's second-term challenges: CNN's John King reports\nCNN's Chief National Correspondent John King reports on the new developments unfolding in Washington D.C. with the IRS and the September 11, 2011 attack in Benghazi.\nPresident Obama's administration is fighting a battle on capital hill in regard to recent reports that the IRS targeted conservative tea party groups trying to get tax exempt status. The IRS agency's acting commissioner was forced to step down due to the targeting of conservative political groups. His pink slip may not be the last. The IRS\u2019 actions have triggered criminal and congressional investigations. along with promises of reform.\nAdditionally, President Obama and his administration has been receiving much criticism lately about how the administration handled the attack on the consulate in Benghazi. Republicans are still looking for answers.\nA new development from the attack on the U.S. consulate in benghazi. The two men who headed up a state department review of the events of last september 11th - are demanding a public hearing to defend their reputation. In a letter obtained by cnn's jake tapper to Congressman Darrell Issa, Admiral Michael Mullen and General Thomas Pickering say it's not in the public interest for them to be questioned behind closed doors.\nThey write, \"In our view, requiring such a closed door proceeding before we testify publicly is an inappropriate condition.\" The letter concludes by saying \"what the committee is now proposing is highly unusual in the context of senior officials who are not fact witnesses but instead are reporting on their own independent review.\"\nREAD MORE: First on CNN: Pickering, Mullen challenge Issa to let them testify in public\nFiled under: Benghazi \u2022 IRS \u2022 Politics", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 114, "original_length": 5438, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 257.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2016/5/10/new-65m-pharmaceuticals-distribution-centre-for-queensland", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:35Z", "digest": "sha1:ZROPNTAWZ6H4CWWH6R73AARDIOAMSYZ5", "length": 1021, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "statements.qld.gov.au", "title": "New $65M pharmaceuticals distribution centre for Queensland - The Queensland Cabinet and Ministerial Directory", "raw_content": "New $65M pharmaceuticals distribution centre for Queensland\nThe Palaszczuk Government has welcomed the decision by Sigma Pharmaceuticals to develop a new $65 million distribution centre in Queensland.\nPremier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the new facility, to be located at Berrinba in Logan City in south-east Queensland, was a major investment and a commitment of confidence in Queensland.\n\u201cSigma Pharmaceuticals expect up to 50 jobs to be created in the construction of the new facility. Operations at the new facility are due by the end of 2017,\u201d Ms Palaszczuk said.\nHealth Minister and Member for Woodridge Cameron Dick said the 15,000 square metre centre would provide for the distribution of medicines to patients throughout Queensland.\n\u201cI welcome the investment by Sigma Pharmaceuticals in the Logan region and boost it will provide our local economy,\u201d Mr Dick said.\nSigma is a pharmacy wholesale and distribution business. It also has a pharmacy network in Australia, with over 1,200 branded and independent stores.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 67, "original_length": 2479, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 262.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://statspotting.com/go-for-the-holy-grail/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:50Z", "digest": "sha1:OERXWCVNRZYQWRFMVIRU4CKRU3RE33C4", "length": 993, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "statspotting.com", "title": "Go For The Holy Grail - Statspotting!\tGo For The Holy Grail - Statspotting!", "raw_content": "Go For The Holy Grail\nIt is actually very simple to define the holy grail for any problem that can be solved with technology. Google is the holy grail for search. You key in what you want and you are presented with the best possible match. YouTube is the holy grail for online video \u2013 click to watch. StackoverFlow is the holy grail for technology questions \u2013 if you see someone else had the same problem, you can read how they solved it.\nMany, many teams had tried to solve each of these problems \u2013 but for some reason, they did not go for the holy grail, even though they knew what the holy grail would be. Here is what you need to remember \u2013 if you get anywhere close to the holy grail, you would have created a Google.\nHere is a simple heuristic for creating that monster of a solution in your field:\n1. Define the holy grail for the problem you are trying to solve.\n2. Go for it.\nThe \u2018I Wouldn\u2019t Mind\u2019 Heuristic\nPG\u2019s \u2018Startup Ideas\u2019 Post: One Missing Heuristic\nNo Problem Is Ever \u2018Solved\u2019", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 44, "original_length": 2226, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 299.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://sterling-outsourcing.com/our-people/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:53Z", "digest": "sha1:EOJQNUFLFEUGLMNDQ2L3X43GRTXN5WWZ", "length": 1310, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "sterling-outsourcing.com", "title": "Our People - Sterling Outsourcing", "raw_content": "You Are Here:Home/Our People\nSterling employs a mixture of British, Irish and Polish staff in our service centre, with the mix approximately 40% British/Irish to 60% Polish employees. All staff are fluent in English with most having had experience of working in similar sectors in the UK. As an English speaking office with UK phone numbers, our clients often forget that we aren\u2019t located just down the road from them wherever they are in the UK.\nOne of the benefits of employing in Krakow is the excellent access to free higher education, with 10 universities producing 40,000 graduates each year. 95% of Sterling\u2019s staff have degrees with 20% at MSc level. The universities work closely with Krakow\u2019s outsourcing community to ensure that courses are relevant to the needs of the sector.\nAlthough all Sterling staff work under the same roof, we operate distinct service lines which co-operate to provide joined-up service. The skills and attributes required for customer-focused credit control are very different from those required in debt recovery, a fact that many of our competitors fail to realise. Equally our accountants have differing skills with each having a relevant degree in Economic or Accountancy and with all studying towards AAT or ACCA, under the wing of our ACCA qualified service manager.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 1950, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 287.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://store-return-policies.com/represent-return-policy/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:09Z", "digest": "sha1:LYCEDLJI4HFYTGXTDU3V5PBLYOBXOCX3", "length": 569, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "store-return-policies.com", "title": "Represent Return Policy | Represent Refund Policy | Represent Exchange Policy", "raw_content": "Represent Return Policy\nIf you have received the correct order but you are unsatisfied with the fit of the item, we would be happy to accommodate an exchange, provided we have the inventory.\nIf you have received the correct order but are unsatisfied with the item, the item can be returned for a refund of the item\u2019s cost only. At this time, Represent is not responsible for the cost of return shipping.\nWe are happy to provide one exchange or one return per item per order; in other words, a single item can only be exchanged once.\nFor more information visit Represent", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 130, "original_length": 2135, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 253.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://subnaught.org/supercollider/what-is-faust.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:39Z", "digest": "sha1:KJDYPKLVC2WL4YYYHE5VSRLWF22DWPDE", "length": 336, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "subnaught.org", "title": "What is Faust? | asStream", "raw_content": "FAUST (Functional Audio Stream) is a functional programming language specifically designed for real-time signal processing and synthesis. FAUST targets high-performance signal processing applications and audio plug-ins for a variety of platforms and standards.\n\u00ab scotw-004: L-systems Kermit-Canfield | Pitch Detection in SuperCollider \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 10, "original_length": 505, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.84, "perplexity": 274.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://supportyourlocalpotter.blogspot.com/2013/04/st-paul.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:41Z", "digest": "sha1:AHHFXFVUGUOCVG5YA6NAUQCQ6O545YFY", "length": 756, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "supportyourlocalpotter.blogspot.com", "title": "support your local potter: St. Paul", "raw_content": "Today was the first day of the ACC show in St. Paul, the weather was pretty bad but we still had some decent crowds. Here is my booth...I prefer the 15' wide vs 10'. It costs more but I feel it shows better...go big or go home.\nSome folks had some nice things to say about me on the facebook.\nThe weather reminds me of why I don't live here. For those that may not know, I was born and raised in Hopkins, Minnesota...I have deep Minnesota roots. I've been in Texas for nearly 14 years but MN will always feel like home to me.\nIf you're in the area come on out and say hello, Saturday 10-6 and Sunday 11-5.\nThe booth looks awesome and well laid out!\nI grew up in wisconsin and now live in seattle. I traded snow for rain. 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Let us check out the key prerequisites for becoming one.\nCriteria for being a surrogate mother\nAs an applicant for surrogacy, you must fulfill the following conditions:\n\u2022 You should have conceived in the past and successfully delivered your own baby\n\u2022 You must be in between 21 to 41 years of age\n\u2022 Not involved in the government aided programs such as welfare, cash assistance, public housing, etc. The various forms of assistance have to be covered or dealt with case-by-case.\n\u2022 Having the body mass index not exceeding 33. But, in some cases, the BMI of 34-35 is also accepted.\n\u2022 If you are considering surrogacy in the USA, you must reside in a surrogacy friendly state\n\u2022 The mother must have support from friends and family\n\u2022 You must not be addicted to alcohol, cigarette, drugs.\n\u2022 Even the woman with contraceptive implants, IUDs or those who have Depo Provera shot may become substitute mother. But, the IUD must be removed prior to the transfer.\nSurrogate motherhood and sexually transmitted diseases\nThere are some STDs that will disqualify you when it comes to surrogacy. If you have Hepatitis or HIV, you are disqualified. But, if you have genital herpes or genital warts, you qualify for surrogacy. On the other hand, if you are already carrying a baby and wish to become a surrogate mother of the baby, you still do not qualify. This is so because the intended parents contribute their genetic material and only then the child is conceived.\nQualities required for being a surrogate\nSurrogacy is a huge responsibility and when you agree to become such a mother, you are willing to give your energy, effort, time and body. Your very decision to help an unfortunate couple must be attested to your own sense of dignity, compassion, generosity and deep level of understanding. The entire journey of surrogacy might seem difficult but the end result is extremely rewarding. The chief qualities one must have are commitment and compassion. Apart from this, the health condition, both physical and mental state of the mother and the infant, is of prime concern. Different clinics set different criteria for substitute mothers. But the basics remain the same like the age, the BMI, the health condition and the general habitat. You must be a non-smoker residing in the non-smoking home. Stress and other complications must be kept at the bay. One needs to be financially sound as that can be the leading cause of stress.\nAs a substitute mother, you need to have a past experience of bearing children. The one who showed upstanding and highly responsible behavior in the past while raising children is eligible for being a substitute mother. 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The \"Ferrari Club of America -- Los Angeles\" put on a Concours d'Elegance featuring 100 stellar examples of Maranello's best.\nMy favorites, as always, were the front-engined, usually V12 powered, sports/racing and GT cars from the late 1950s and early 1960s. 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The Kids\u2019 Campus opened for regular service at 9:00 a.m. and the Food for Thought Caf\u00e9 reopened at 10:00 a.m.\nUnfortunately, emergencies of this nature are often unforeseeable, and we are called on to respond to unexpected turns of events. I greatly appreciated your patience and flexibility while the issue was being resolved. Staff response, in particular, was swift, professional and effective.\nPlease be assured, I am working diligently with the Town of Taos Mayor, Manager, and Public Works Director to address the issue and find a permanent solution that will reduce the risk of a water main break disrupting campus services again.\nThank you, again, for your understanding.\nDr. Patrick L. Valdez\nUNM-Taos CEO", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 329, "original_length": 7183, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 256.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://tcs-expeditions.com/about/partners", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:18:04Z", "digest": "sha1:6BPVU3E5J2QNDECEYH7C5XKERUK3UGVU", "length": 1250, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "tcs-expeditions.com", "title": "Awards & Partners | TCS World Travel", "raw_content": "As pioneers in the private jet travel industry, TCS World Travel has developed and operated more expeditions than anyone else\u2014and continues to innovate new ways of exploring the world.We have been named a top tour operator in Travel + Leisure\u2019s World\u2019s Best Awards for two years in a row, a recognition of the innovative travel experiences we\u2019ve been developing for more than two decades. In 2018, we were recognized with a Gold Magellan Award from Travel Weekly for overall tour operator, and our Around the World Private Jet Expedition won Best Over-the-Top Experience in the AFAR Travelers\u2019 Choice Awards.\nOur wealth of expertise and our unparalleled global network is also why we are the private jet tour operator of choice for the world\u2019s most distinguished organizations. These include National Geographic Expeditions, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, and Smithsonian Journeys, as well as educational institutions and alumni associations across the country.\nWe are pleased to be members of the following highly regarded travel associations and networks.\nTCS Moment: St. Petersburg\nBefore hours private access to the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg\nTCS Moment: Dubai\nDinner reservations at the Burj Al Arab with prime window seat tables", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 67, "original_length": 3296, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 226.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://tdbarber.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=57", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:45Z", "digest": "sha1:CW7QXQ7HD2Q45QGOB6HRF5BQT4Y5IORP", "length": 443, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "tdbarber.com", "title": "About Us", "raw_content": "TD Barber Shop opened in 1999 and owned by Thuan Do and Dung Do. TD Barber is a new kind of barbershop for Generations X, Y and Z that delivers high-end salon quality at affordable prices in a casual, fun environment that includes edgy artwork and music, and trend-setting stylists. 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After returning from the official visit to China, Finance Minister Asad Umar has seemingly attempted to stem criticism of the China visit for being unable to deliver the promise of financial assistance from China. Umar insists that the \u2018balance of payments crisis is over\u2019. But somehow everything else the government is continuing to do suggests otherwise. Next week, another delegation is set to reach China to pursue financial aid for Pakistan. This week, a delegation from the IMF is set to arrive in Pakistan to discuss a bailout for the country, no matter what language it is couched in. From what was made public, Pakistan has around a $20 billion financing gap to bridge for this year \u2013 based on its current account deficit. Around $6 billion of the gap has been secured from Saudi Arabia. Before the China visit, signals from the government indicated that the trip would lead to PM Imran Khan securing another $6 billion in finance from China. That much-needed finance agreement from China has not been secured.\nThe finance minister has claimed that a gap of $12 billion has already been filled. The government will have to clarify how this is the case. The requested finance includes a $1.5 billion deposit, a $1.5 billion grant and a loan of around $3 billion. This is all fine, but the numbers make little sense until a formal agreement has been secured. Official press statements have confirmed an agreement to double exports to China, which is a positive signal. The balance of trade between Pakistan and China itself remains heavily skewed in China\u2019s favour. Further press releases have suggested that the visit to China was about \u2018refocusing\u2019 the CPEC agreement towards the industrial, agricultural and trade sectors. But once again, this is empty language that merely restates what already exists in the CPEC agreements, and does little to allay concerns of the PM making a low-returns trip to China. One would hope that the backchannel work required to push a financing agreement through will be completed in the coming weeks.\nThe problem is that Pakistan has two major issues in its relationship with China: one, Pakistan\u2019s largest trade deficit is viz a viz China; and, two, Pakistan now owes a significant amount of debt to China. More than Asad Umar, it was Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi who seemed more focused on defending the PM\u2019s China visit in its \u2018symbolic\u2019 value. The reality is that Pakistan is not out of the balance of payments crisis yet. Anyone who suggests as such before some solid policymaking is put in place is only telling half the story.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 191, "original_length": 10381, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 274.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://team-umbrella.co.uk/2018/05/16/ultimate-guide-gdpr-smes-need-pay-attention/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:20Z", "digest": "sha1:TJDUCS6RZT46SVVHRXVGMXQS4NOAUOAY", "length": 11353, "nlines": 57, "source_domain": "team-umbrella.co.uk", "title": "The Ultimate Guide to GDPR (and why SME's need to pay attention) - Promotional Risk Management \u2013 Fixed Fee Promotions", "raw_content": "Comments Off on The Ultimate Guide to GDPR (and why SME\u2019s need to pay attention)\nDubbed the biggest change in data privacy, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into effect on May 25th, 2018. Its two main objectives are to protect the private data of all European Union citizens and to transform the way in which organisations collect and store data.\nAs a result, the GDPR will have a significant impact on a myriad of businesses \u2013 and not only European Union organisations will have to follow the new rules. The new regulation does not apply geographically, so if an organisation outside the European Union offers goods and services to European Union citizens, then it will have to comply with the GDPR.\nUmbrella has been processing data for marketing campaigns for more than two decades. As experts in our field, we are aware of the fact that the vast majority of brand owners employ secure systems for data gathering and storage. However, the process becomes more complex when data is passed from one agency to another or from one data processor to another. This raises a very important question: how will shopper marketing campaigns be affected by the General Data Protection Regulation?\nWhat Do You Need to Know About GDPR?\nThe GDPR will require organisations to build-in or adjust the privacy settings of their goods, services and websites, as well as alter the method in which they intend to use their consumers\u2019 data.\nIn a nutshell, the way that data is currently being gathered and used will change drastically. Marketers need to inform themselves and make sure they are up-to-speed on the latest changes that the General Data Protection Regulation will bring about.\nPost-GDPR, the definition of consent will be different. Getting valid consent is going to be much more difficult than before. Additionally, consent that was obtained before May 25, 2018 will only be considered valid if it complies with the GDPR. Under the new regulations consent will have to meet all the following criteria:\nActive, therefore no implied consent or pre-checked boxes will be accepted;\nApplied to individual and specific purposes;\nNamed, therefore those who rely on the consent have to be identified;\nRecorded and verifiable in order to show what the user provided consent for;\nRenewed since consent is not permanent;\nUnavailable to employer/employee relationship and public sector;\nRevocable and as easy to retract as it was to submit;\nSeparate from various other terms and conditions.\nTo make this all easier to understand, we have created a list of the most important aspects of the new regulations that you should be aware of and ready to implement.\nPossibly the most significant change the GDPR will bring about will have to do with soft opt-ins.\nSoft opt-ins are a temporary permission granted by the user to the marketing campaign. This does not provide a specific registration form where users submit their data, give permission and express consent for receiving emails. In other words, soft opt-ins don\u2019t need consent as long as marketers are sending messages/emails/information about goods or services similar to what they previously offered.\nOpt-ins are crucial to GDPR.\nSoft opt-ins have to comply with two important rules: give the users the chance to opt-out when you get their data and give them the chance to opt-out when you send them messages/emails/information at a later date (for example, an \u201cunsubscribe\u201d option at the bottom of a newsletter).\nStarting with May 25th 2018, soft opt-ins won\u2019t be an option anymore. Under the General Data Protection Regulation, campaign marketers will no longer be allowed to automatically opt-in their users when these are signing up using their email address. In their stead, organisations will have to implement a \u201cdouble opt-in\u201d system which means that, in order to subscribe to a company\u2019s marketing communications, the user will have to tick a box to express consent.\nRegardless of the lifecycle they are in, prospects, leads and active customers will have to confirm that they wish to be sent any type of information, be it follow-ups or marketing communications. The implications are straightforward: shopper marketers will have to alter their sign-up or enrolment forms and ensure these comply with the rules of the new GDPR.\nUnder the General Data Privacy Regulations, users are granted the right to withdraw their information from any marketer\u2019s database. The aim of this regulation is to give consumers more control and power over how their private information is gathered and used.\nTo be able to abide by this rule, organisations will need to make sure their users can easily access their data and that they know or can easily find out how to remove it if they wish to do so. In the post-GDPR era, an intuitive way of managing email preferences as well as clear unsubscribe buttons will become a must.\nIn this day and age, data makes the world go round. Information is essential for every shopper marketing campaign and the General Data Privacy Regulation, in an attempt to protect the users\u2019 privacy and only disclose pertinent information, will make data collection more difficult.\nMarketers can only ask justifiable and relevant questions.\nThe new regulations will require marketers to explain the information gathering process they are currently employing. Under the GDPR, marketers will only be allowed to ask for pertinent information that can be proved to be helpful to their marketing campaign.\nFor instance, as a seller, you need to obtain your client\u2019s size when they are purchasing clothes, which can be justified. But marketers won\u2019t be allowed to ask for this type of information when the customer is merely subscribing to a newsletter because the information isn\u2019t relevant.\nDuring a live campaign, your users\u2019 data can be transferred five times or more between central databases and various agencies. This is an example of a data cycle:\nA user submits their personal data (via text messages, website, phones or in-person).\nAll the data collected from multiple touch points is transferred to a central database.\nThe data is then transferred to a different agency before the prize draw takes place. Once concluded, the data returns to the original agency.\nConsumers send inquiries about the campaign and the collected data moves between multiple agencies to gather the needed information.\nPrizes have to be sent out. Since there can be various agencies involved, data must be sent to every one of them.\nWhat\u2019s going on Behind the Scenes of GDPR?\nWhile the impact of the General Data Privacy Regulation is undeniable, organisations can take specific steps to ensure they comply with the regulations and don\u2019t get fined. One of the most important aspects is to be aware of how data is gathered and what happens behind the scenes. These questions were designed to raise awareness and are the best food-for-thought in the remaining pre-GDPR months:\nAre any of your agencies acting as a data processor? For example, do they receive consumer detail files in their email?\nIs there a contract between you and each data processor you work with that comprises all the General Data Privacy Regulation requirements regarding data processing agreements?\nHave you examined their data security arrangements?\nDo you have policies that can confirm there are processes in place for secure data transferring? Is everyone abiding by the processes or is data occasionally sent through unsecure methods (such as via email)?\nAs required under the General Data Privacy Regulation, do you have evidence and keep records of all of your processing activities? Do all of the agencies you collaborate with agree and follow the same practices?\nAre you able to quickly and efficiently determine when and where a user gave their consent? Can you pinpoint the purpose?\nWhat Are the Benefits of the GDPR?\nThe post-General Data Privacy Regulation era is not all doom and gloom. While the regulations are primarily aimed at protecting the users\u2019 privacy, marketers also will reap the benefits of the new regulations and should thus welcome the GDPR. Here is why:\nPrivacy should be improved for most users across the internet.\nNowadays, few users understand what data is collected from them and how this is being used by marketing campaigns. The GDPR is about to change that, giving users more control over how their private information is being used. Customers are unaware of the reasons behind sharing data and they only submit it in order to buy goods or services.\nWhen organisations become more transparent about their reasons for collecting data and once they start asking for consent, they will start providing value to their EU users. Customers will be less reticent to share information because they will have a better grasp on how and why it\u2019s collected.\nThe industry standards are about to be reshaped. Once the General Data Privacy Regulation comes into force, marketers will be compelled to offer better services, improve their processes and overall offer an improved user experience.\nThis is where new ideas, techniques and marketing strategies will come into play. The post-GDPR era will be marked by innovation and creative thinking. Marketers will have a tougher time competing for people\u2019s attention which, in its turn, will make these professionals better at their job. But in return, they will gain valuable attention and loyal customers.\nWhat Penalties Do Organisations Face if They Fail to Comply?\nUnder the General Data Privacy Regulation, the maximum fine an organisation could face is up to \u20ac20 million or 4% of their annual turnover. This would be for serious breaches of the GDPR, such as not having enough user consent in order to collect and use data. Both controllers and processors are affected by these rules.\nThe GDPR has a tiered approach to fines. For instance, an organisation could be penalised by 2% if it doesn\u2019t have its records in order or if it doesn\u2019t inform the supervising authority about a breach.\nReady or not, the GDPR will come into force in May 2018. Data controllers will be compelled to revisit their data gathering and storage processes and to implement more thorough policies. In other words, brand owners will need to pay more attention to contractual and operational methods of sharing data with agencies as well as their own data handling.\nDon\u2019t allow the new General Data Protection Regulations to catch you off guard, otherwise, you may suffer the costly consequences! The regulations will undoubtedly make you change some of your marketing processes, however, in the long run it will improve customer experience and, as a result, it will improve your campaigns.\nAt Umbrella, we have predicted, analysed and resolved a plethora of issues that a shopper marketing campaign could encounter under the new General Data Protection Regulations. The result of our endeavours is The Hub \u2013 a platform that will aid shopper marketers to have a seamless and smooth experience without worrying about the new regulations.\nOur platform is part of our Promotional Fixed Fee package and, as such, there is no additional charge for using it. The greatest benefit of this powerful tool is that it ensures all campaigns are GDPR compliant. For more information, you can contact us by calling Beth Johnson on 01844 202 045, or emailing info@team-umbrella.co.uk.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 140, "original_length": 12965, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 262.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://techgeek.com.au/2012/02/01/howard-stringer-to-leave-sony-ceo-role-promotes-kazuo-hirai/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:47Z", "digest": "sha1:WET5XEVX4NQYZFE6DYHXFIELSLMDB3LI", "length": 1725, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "techgeek.com.au", "title": "Howard Stringer to leave Sony CEO role, promotes Kazuo Hirai - TechGeek", "raw_content": "Howard Stringer to leave Sony CEO role, promotes Kazuo Hirai\nSony has announced that Sir Howard Stringer will leave his role as President and CEO; and that Kazuo Hirai \u2013 the current head of Sony\u2019s Electronics division \u2013 will succeed him. The move is effective from April 1.\n\u201cThree years ago, I started to work with the Board on succession plans, and in February, 2009 we named a new generation of leaders to be my management team. Among them was Kaz Hirai, who had distinguished himself through his work in the PlayStation \u00ae and networked entertainment businesses,\u201d he said in a statement.\n\u201cIt was my honor to recommend him to the Board for the positions of President and CEO, because he is ready to lead, and the time to make this change is now.\u201d\nHirai has risen up the ranks for the past decade or so. He started in Sony\u2019s music division in Japan before jumping over to its Sony Computer Entertainment (PlayStation) division. He would soon head up the US division, where he would play a role in making the PlayStation brand a household name in gaming.\nIn 2006, he became vice president of Sony Computer Entertainment and a few months later, he would become president of the same group. In 2009, he was then moved to become the head of Sony\u2019s entire electronics division and an Executive Vice President within Sony. This gave him total control of Sony\u2019s gaming, personal computing, and portable devices; and all of its online services.\n\u201cI am grateful to Sir Howard and to the Board for their confidence in me, and I look forward to working with everyone at Sony more closely than ever before to build a strong future for our customers, shareholders, partners and employees,\u201d Hirai noted in a statement.\nhttp://tgau.co/xTgOS7", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 2915, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 172.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://techietricks.com/apple-must-sell-locally-sourced-products-to-open-retail-stores-in-india/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:03:53Z", "digest": "sha1:AAAIBULYQBLOG3MZQSM3YTWJDT6HDMRW", "length": 2098, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "techietricks.com", "title": "Apple must sell locally sourced products to open retail stores in India - techietricks.com", "raw_content": "Home / Tech / News / Apple must sell locally sourced products to open retail stores in India\nApple must sell locally sourced products to open retail stores in India\nApple is having a tough time breaking into India. If Apple wants to open up physical stores in the world\u2019s second-biggest country, it\u2019s going to have to sell locally sourced products, according to a report from Reuters. Apple reportedly lost out on an exemption to the rule that requires foreign companies to offer Indian products in their stores. This is the second major setback for Apple in the past month, after it was blocked from selling or importing refurbished phones due to the potential to increase India\u2019s e-waste problem.\nThe exemption was for companies selling high-tech goods, according to Reuters, but Apple failed to meet the qualifications. According to the rule as interpreted by The Economic Times, foreign companies subject to the rule must source 30 percent of the value of its goods from India. If Apple wants to open retail stores in India, it would require dramatically altering its production lines to incorporate Indian goods, something that it may not be willing to do.\nApple has made it clear that India is the next big market for the company. It invested $25 million in a new technology development center in Hyderabad, and CEO Tim Cook recently wrapped up a four-day meet-and-greet in India that included an official visit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. With only 2 percent of the smartphone market in India, Apple has a long way to go before its presence is truly felt, and it doesn\u2019t look like the Indian Government will help to make it any easier.\nPrevious The Star Wars Episode VII vinyl soundtrack has 3D holograms carved into the records\nNext Linksys put tri-band, 5.3Gbps MU-MIMO into a $399 Wi-Fi router\nA futurist imagines the Earth populated exclusively by the 1 percent\nQualcomm's New Snapdragon Chip Suggests 5G Is Almost Here\nExpert-Level Windows 10 Deployment\nGoogle and Amazon are punishing their own customers in a bitter feud\nApple orders TV series from Battlestar Galactica creator", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 119, "original_length": 6049, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 249.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://tennisopolis.com/profiles/comment/list?attachedToType=User&attachedTo=3pg3964ci3uah&commentId=1869403%3AComment%3A574153&xg_source=activity", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:48Z", "digest": "sha1:S3V42VQDNP5USCPMMBDGMPRM6GIYHQRL", "length": 3104, "nlines": 43, "source_domain": "tennisopolis.com", "title": "Orlando's Comments - Tennisopolis : Tennis Social Network", "raw_content": "Orlando's Comments\n\u2190 Back to Orlando's Page\nAt 4:27am on April 17, 2013, Sam said\u2026\nHi Orlando,\nI am a 3.0. I am free in morning at around 7am and weekends anytime. I live in Flushing and can come anywhere to play.\nAt 2:49pm on November 24, 2012, Prashant George said\u2026\nHi Orlando, I am interested in the Winter league. Let me know. Prashant\nPrashant_george2000@yahoo.com\nAt 9:37am on July 23, 2011, Andy Guh said\u2026\nYes I'd like to play this summer, I typically play at flushing meadow park since it's the most convenient one for me.\nAt 1:11pm on May 14, 2011, Chris O'Neil said\u2026\nHi Orlando\nJust moved to Forest Hills and I have a permit. I am a 4.0 looking for partners in the area. Let me know if interested.\nAt 10:05am on May 6, 2011, Anupum said\u2026\nhey orlando - really sorry about not replying earlier. i didn't see your message until it was too late unfortunately. but i'd definitely like to get together at some point - when are you free next?\nAt 8:26pm on April 30, 2011, William He said\u2026\ni am not able to play tomorrow. perhaps next weekend?\nAt 8:57pm on April 3, 2011, Aydin said\u2026\nI am already member of Queens Tennisopolis\nAt 10:32am on March 27, 2011, Andy Guh said\u2026\nSure thing, once the weather gets warmer\nAt 8:08pm on March 26, 2011, Rome Quezada said\u2026\nYea, I'm definitely looking to play more this year. Care to meet up and hit when it gets warmer?\nAt 3:44pm on March 26, 2011, William He said\u2026\nyes I am up for it. I will probably start playing in April.\nAt 10:34am on August 6, 2010, juan carlos montano yusty said\u2026\nhola orlando mi nombre es juan carlos estoy de vacaciones en ny me gustaria ugar un rato vivo en queen atlanty av con 110 st gracias saludos\nAt 10:02pm on May 25, 2009, Rome Quezada said\u2026\nUsually play at the flushing meadows courts; was able to play some at the tennis club in fh over the winter so not too rusty coming into the season. I haven't played in forest park yet but i imagine it'd be ez to get to by bike.\nAt 8:44am on May 24, 2009, Rome Quezada said\u2026\nhey, that sounds cool. let me know what your schedule's like. i can usually play week nights and saturdays; also have a permit.\nAt 12:41pm on December 4, 2008, Daniel said\u2026\nJusat moved out to Queens and consider myself a 3.5 player as well. Want to chack out the USTA Center. Like to play weekdays/early afternoons.\nAt 12:19pm on October 1, 2008, CJS said\u2026\nHi Orlando, I'm interested to play with you - I have a somewhat flexible schedule and can play during the week and weekends\nAt 11:46am on July 25, 2008, Joe Khine said\u2026\nI live in Forest Hills as well. I'd like to hit 2 or 3 times a week. Let me know if you are interested. My preferred time to play -\nWeekdays : Corona park, early in the mornings around 6am\nWeekends : Corona park, early in the mornings around 6am (or) anywhere in queens on long island, near by.\nAt 8:47pm on July 21, 2008, Jesse said\u2026\nHi Orlando, I'm looking for a hitting partner. I live in the FH/KG area and I am also a 3.5 player.\nAt 7:43pm on July 13, 2008, Nikhil Kumar said\u2026\nHey, got your message. When's good for you? Mine are Mondays, Tuesdays, and evenings on the rest of days.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 113, "original_length": 5526, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 270.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://text.503.988.9264.ac/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:16Z", "digest": "sha1:JUTARTPLJSN7FIS4VOTXO6P5UGR4PUI3", "length": 95, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "text.503.988.9264.ac", "title": "ICUC Internet Telephone Number 503.988.9264 ICUC Registration 503-988-9264 ICUC Directory Listing (503)-988-9264 Phone 5039889264 15039889264", "raw_content": "Area Code 503 is assigned to Oregon (OR)\nIf you've got a phone in Oregon, ICUC has your number!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 32, "original_length": 1185, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 267.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://the-universe-inside-your-mind.blogspot.com/2015/12/great-show-looking-at-hero-archetype-as.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:41:10Z", "digest": "sha1:OLSC4FBHRIB2B67Q5ZR7AL4CYAFIQKAK", "length": 967, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "the-universe-inside-your-mind.blogspot.com", "title": "The Universe Inside Your Mind: Star Wars and The Hero's Journey", "raw_content": "Great show looking at the hero archetype as theorised by Joseph Campbell, why we are so intuitively drawn to it, and how heroic characters like that of Luke Skywalker in Star Wars can be a light and guide to us in our own life.\nCheck it out at : http://www.npr.org/programs/ted-radio-hour/458496650/the-heros-journey\nFrom the Odyssey, to Robinson Crusoe, to Star Wars \u2014 why are we drawn to stories about heroes? And what do they tell us about ourselves? This hour, TED speakers explore what makes a hero's journey.\n\"We have not even to risk the adventure alone for the heroes of all time have gone before us. The labyrinth is thoroughly known we have only to follow the thread of the hero path. And where we had thought to find an abomination we shall find a God.\"\nLabels: Joseph Campbell and George Lucas, Joseph Campbell and Star Wars, Joseph Campbell quotes, Star Wars the Force Awakens quotes, The Hero With A Thousand Faces Star Wars, The Heros Journey Star Wars", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 115, "original_length": 3153, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 304.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://thebrownsboard.com/tags/Cleveland%20@%20Buffalo/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:40Z", "digest": "sha1:BNLRDPIQ3SBA3NZ4ZLKPLVDAAZBE4DWY", "length": 3098, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "thebrownsboard.com", "title": "Showing results for tags 'Cleveland @ Buffalo'. - THE BROWNS BOARD", "raw_content": "Showing results for tags 'Cleveland @ Buffalo'.\n***Official Browns @ Bills Game Day Thread***\nBrownsDawgPound posted a topic in THE BROWNS BOARD\nHi, Browns Fans! Our Cleveland Browns are up the Lake Erie coast as they are in the City of Orchard Park in Western New York State to play the 6-7 Buffalo Bills. Though the Browns are still winless this year, on record Cleveland Leads Buffalo in the all-time regular season series, including one postseason game, with 12 wins and 8 losses. Cleveland last defeated Buffalo on the road back on October 11, 2009. Billy Cundiff's field goals from 24 and 18 yards, outdueled Rian Lindell's lone 36-yard FG, to help the Browns defeat the Bills 6-3. Cloudy skies at 24 degrees, feels like 11 degrees, is the local game forecast inside New Era Cap Field, for the 1:05PM Eastern Standard Time kickoff, along with 15% precipitation, 73% humidity, and west/northwestern winds at 6 miles per hour. NO injuries, stay relentless to earn your first win for the City of Cleveland, and HERE WE GO BROWN-NIES, HERE WE GO! WOOF! 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Cleveland is playing their second straight regular season game with Buffalo, winning last years meeting 37-24 at FirstEnergy Stadium on Thursday Night Football back on October 3, 2013. Partly cloudy skies with few showers at 50 degrees, feels like 45 degrees, is the local game forecast at Ralph Wilson Stadium for the 1:05PM Eastern Standard Time kickoff, along with 20% precipitation, and south/southwestern winds at 17 miles per hour. Visiting Browns are wearing their white jerseys, and brown pants, while the host Bills are wearing their blue jerseys, and white pants, for this afternoon's game. NO injuries, go for your eight straight, and hope the Bucs defeat the Bengals down south in Tampa Bay, to come back to first place in the AFC North, and GO BROWNS!!!!! Browns @ Bills Live NFL Game Centers, And NFL On CBS TV Distribution Map In Blue: http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/schedule-and-events/game/2014/regular13 http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2014113001/2014/REG13/browns@bills#menu=gameinfo&tab=preview http://506sports.com/ Browns @ Bills Pre Game Injury Reports: http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/injury-report.html http://www.buffalobills.com/team/injury-report.html", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 198, "original_length": 5996, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 277.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://thebulldogbark.com/8728/news/hurricane-michael/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:36Z", "digest": "sha1:A4W74PP3766Y5CEBLRL2F6VVJQN2PM7A", "length": 1549, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "thebulldogbark.com", "title": "Bulldog Bark | Hurricane Michael Hurricane Michael \u2013 Bulldog Bark", "raw_content": "Hurricane Michael, suspected to be the worst hurricane in the Gulf coast in over a decade, is currently 295 miles of the Panhandle of Florida, it is suspected to make landfall as a major hurricane with 115 mph winds on Wednesday afternoon.\nThe storm is moving at 12 mph and Pensacola will be getting 100% of these hurricane force winds on Wednesday afternoon.\nGovernor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency for over 35 counties and is encouraging residents to evacuate if they are in the path of the storm.\nHe is also afraid of the deadly storm surge raising of levels from 8 to 12 feet high. A storm surge warning was placed for most of the north-west coast along with a hurricane warning.\nIn an interview with Governor Scott, he said how \u201cRemember, we can rebuild your house, but we cannot rebuild your life.\u201d\nMichael is a fast moving storm, so flooding will be minor compared to other slow moving storms that have hit the nation such as Hurricane Florence a few weeks ago.\nAfter landfall, Michael will go inland across South Carolina\u2019s capital, harder than Florence did, with tropical storm winds and flash flooding.\nFlorida can expect damages of properties and a lot power outages similar to Hurricane Irma last year, where millions of dollars was spent on repairs.\nHere in South Florida, be prepared to get a few light storms over the week as temperatures stay normal for this time of year.\nTo help people that will be affected by Hurricane Michael you can donate to The American Red Cross which helps millions in getting back on their feet.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 2612, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 283.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://thechristianbbs.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=51;t=000092;p=1", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:34Z", "digest": "sha1:XZQOOFJ5BZECULO6WNILTZGU62XZF7M2", "length": 2710, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "thechristianbbs.com", "title": "Christian Message Board And Forums: How to be saved. Written by an 8 year old", "raw_content": "\u00bb Christian Message Board And Forums \u00bb Miscellaneous \u00bb Christian Evangelism \u00bb How to be saved. Written by an 8 year old\nAuthor Topic: How to be saved. Written by an 8 year old\nTheBibleSender\nThis is a video I made for my son based off of his tract I helped him write. Please pray for it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ef5nUYuqMjg\nWe need used bibles. PM me for more info\nPosts: 79 | From: USA | Registered: Feb 2008 | IP: Logged |\ngershonitegirl\nDear Bible Sender,\nI watched your video. It was very good. I'm afraid some people here aren't going to be happy with me for sharing this with you, but some people don't get saved \"the regular way\", like myself.\nMy dad was Jewish and my mom was Baptist, I went to temple and church until I was in junior high. They wanted me to decide for myself... I decided I was confused. So I read books on Eastern and occultic religions and became even more confused.After I graduated high school, a friend invited me to church. I was very Biblically illiterate concerning the New Testament. I Just wanted to know \"the Truth\". People around me were kind and I did find Jesus, before I really understood what sin was, or why he had to die for us. He taught me after I cried out, but I do know he comes to people who need him desperately that don't have understanding of him, but have a lot of need.\nMollie F. Gershon\nPosts: 1 | From: St. Louis, Missouri, USA | Registered: Mar 2012 | IP: Logged |\nGreat video TheBibleSender!\nHi gershonitegirl Welcome to the Christian BBS!\nYes, our Lord Jesus Christ does respond to those who call to Him in need.\n\"Amazing Grace\" is a Christian hymn with lyrics written by the English poet and clergyman John Newton (1725\u20131807), published in 1779. With a message that forgiveness and redemption are possible regardless of the sins people commit and that the soul can be delivered from despair through the mercy of God, \"Amazing Grace\" is one of the most recognizable songs in the English-speaking world.\nNewton wrote the words from personal experience. He grew up without any particular religious conviction but his life's path was formed by a variety of twists and coincidences that were often put into motion by his recalcitrant insubordination. He was pressed into the Royal Navy and became a sailor, eventually participating in the slave trade. One night a terrible storm battered his vessel so severely that he became frightened enough to call out to God for mercy, a moment that marked the beginning of his spiritual conversion. His career in slave trading lasted a few years more until he quit going to sea altogether and began studying theology.\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazing_Grace\nThanks all sorry for the late reply. God bless.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 4570, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 287.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://thecubicleescapee.com/books-set-in-new-orleans/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:19Z", "digest": "sha1:ZJBYOCIO4OSTSRNYZMXYMBRHYV56BXNO", "length": 1606, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "thecubicleescapee.com", "title": "Books Set in New Orleans | The Cubicle Escapee", "raw_content": "One of the things I found interesting when I started searching for books is the abundance of books that play with the supernatural set in New Orleans. If you are planning on visiting New Orleans you will have no trouble finding books set in the city, most have to do with the supernatural but when you visit New Orleans you can\u2019t help but feel intrigued by the mysteries of the world. So without further ado, here are all the books I have gathered that are set in New Orleans, as always I have included my Goodreads book reviews. Please add me as a friend on Goodreads!\nSummary: The dark history of Spring House, a beautifully restored plantation mansion on the outskirts of New Orleans, has long been forgotten. But something sinister lurks beneath the soil of the old estate.\nAfter heiress and current owner Caitlin Chaisson is witness to her husband\u2019s stunning betrayal at her birthday party, she tries to take her own life in the mansion\u2019s cherished gazebo. Instead, the blood she spills awakens dark forces in the ground below. Chaos ensues and by morning her husband has vanished without a trace and his mistress has gone mad.\nNova, daughter to Spring House\u2019s groundskeeper, has always suspected that something malevolent haunts the old place, and in the aftermath of the birthday party she enlists Caitlin\u2019s estranged best friend, Blake, to help her get to the bottom of it. The pair soon realizes that the vengeance enacted by this sinister and otherworldly force comes at a terrible price.\nSet in Louisiana\nPrevious PostScandal: Part One by Alison FosterNext PostReview BIRDS OF PASSAGE + GIVEAWAY", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 3832, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 326.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://thefederalist.com/2015/01/16/how-france-grew-its-own-terrorists/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:10Z", "digest": "sha1:IREUWOTCJTOFTEO67OR3S6RLPBWXOD3Q", "length": 10876, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "thefederalist.com", "title": "How France Grew Its Own Terrorists", "raw_content": "In the wake of the massacre of 17 people in Paris last week, some have questioned the role that immigration played in bringing radical Islam to France. Some are even calling for a moratorium on immigration to France from Muslim countries to avoid further terrorist attacks. Although it\u2019s necessary to look to the history of immigration in France to understand how this happened, it\u2019s wrong to think that changes to immigration policy now will make a difference. The damage has already been done.\nThe truth is, the men who launched these attacks in the name of Islam were French citizens. They were born and educated in France. They didn\u2019t recently immigrate, and they didn\u2019t import terrorism from a foreign land where they were raised. They were radicalized at home, in France. This is why cutting off immigration from North Africa, where most of France\u2019s Muslim population comes from, or other Muslim countries, will not change the strained state of affairs in France among its citizens, or insulate them from further terrorist attacks.\nThe Kouachi brothers and their accomplice were motivated by religion, as are Islamic terrorists around the world. However, the context in which homegrown western terrorism occurs is important to understand so we can learn from these mistakes. In the case of France, the French Muslim men who join radical Islamist movements often do so in the context of growing up in a country that has never wanted them and whose strong adherence to the principles of Universalism has excluded them from mainstream society.\nFifty Years of Terrible Foreign and Domestic Policy\nThe divisive atmosphere in France between the Muslim and non-Muslim populations has been the work of over 50 years of catastrophic foreign and domestic policy toward France\u2019s former colonies in North Africa. The colonies\u2019 struggles for independence and the ensuing waves of immigration to France set the stage for a disaffected Muslim diaspora that feels at home neither in France nor in the Maghreb.\nThe divisive atmosphere in France between the Muslim and non-Muslim populations has been the work of over 50 years of catastrophic foreign and domestic policy toward France\u2019s former colonies in North Africa.\nFrench colonial rule in North Africa was always treated as a \u201ccivilizing mission\u201d to help the natives. In reality, it minimized the Arab and Berber populations, relegated their languages to secondary and tertiary status, and brought French wealth and secular society to North Africa as a \u201ccivilized\u201d alternative to the established Muslim way of life. The battles for independence in the 1950s and \u201960s were bloody, brutal, and full of deceit by both France and the emerging North African governments. Algeria was by far the worst and most volatile of these battles, with a high body count and terrible reports of systematic torture on both sides.\nMore than half a century later, the memories of these events still echo in the French collective mind, although France\u2019s mainstream culture tries to ignore it. In 2012, on the fiftieth anniversary of Algerian independence, there was little reporting on the events that led to an independent Algeria. One radio station applauded itself for reporting on it at all, although their coverage was paltry. Bringing up the war can be hazardous. Friends of mine have been warned in France to be careful talking about Algeria because the French will not take kindly to it; they would rather pretend it simply didn\u2019t happen.\nEconomic Importation and Segregation in France\nThe children of North African immigrants are also aware\u2014and wary of\u2014of this history. While teaching in Montpellier in 2012, I brought up the Algerian war to my college students as a loose parallel to the United States\u2019 involvement in the Vietnam War and the controversy it caused at home. Some of my students from Algerian and Moroccan families exchanged shocked looks. They couldn\u2019t believe that a professor was taking the Algerian war seriously and bringing it up in a university setting. It was startling for my students to hear it compared to the Vietnam War. I had done something perhaps none of them had witnessed before: I questioned the infallibility of France\u2019s colonial presence in the Maghreb.\nBy pretending that all its citizens are exactly the same, France ignores the differences that do exist and require attention.\nThe decades after independence brought several waves of emigration from the Maghreb to France. Workers came to reinvigorate the labor force that had been depleted in World War II. In the 1960s and \u201970s, immigrants lived in shantytowns on the outskirts of major cities. Later, low-income housing was constructed after more families arrived and the immigrant population swelled. Tenements were built far outside downtown areas and always at the end of public transportation lines. These \u201csuburbs,\u201d the banlieues, are much more like our inner cities in the United States. Unemployment is high, the standard of living is low, and police checks are frequent. Immigrants are geographically separated from mainstream France\u2014out of sight, out of mind.\nThe North African immigrant community also experiences a sort of metaphorical segregation. Since the French Revolution, France\u2019s society and political structure has been based on the principles of Universalism, wherein all citizens are considered the same before the state. While this may sound sensible, it means the French government can\u2019t acknowledge any differences between citizens. For example, it has refused to the sign the E.U.\u2019s Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. Their reason for doing so is that it would require acknowledging that France has minority ethnic groups, which would violate the tenets of Universalism. By pretending that all its citizens are exactly the same, France ignores the differences that do exist and require attention. In doing so, they have created a much greater divide than there otherwise would have been.\nEquality before the state requires individuals to approach the government as secular citizens, including when in government buildings and schools. This is what sparked the Muslim headscarf controversies in France that culminated in banning headscarves in schools. Whereas in America we have laws that protect the freedom of individuals to express their religious beliefs, in France laws protect people\u2019s right not to have to see others express their religion in public. Religion, according to the state, belongs firmly in the private sphere. This is yet another way in which France isolates its massive Muslim population, whose families come from countries where Islam, far from being a private matter, is the state religion.\nAlthough minorities should not be singled out by the state, neither should they be ignored. Refusing to acknowledge that they exist leads to alienation and the creation of parallel communities\u2014just as Britain\u2019s staunch multiculturalism has done. Last year it was revealed that British social workers in Rotherham had been ignoring a problem of chronic gang rapes perpetrated by Pakistani Muslim men against more than 1,400 young girls. The social workers said they failed to report the crimes out of fear of being accused of racism. While Britain refuses to require any sort of assimilation into British society, France tries to whitewash its citizens to make them blend together, requiring absolute assimilation. Both systems produce a similar result: disaffection and isolation from the mainstream culture.\nThe Middle Ground Between Forcing and Ignoring Assimilation\nAmerica should take note of this dilemma when it comes to immigration, assimilation, and the Muslim community in the United States. We must find a middle ground between the extreme multiculturalism of Britain, where the state allows parallel Sharia courts to mete out justice according to Islamic law, and French Universalism, which forbids even asking questions about religion, ethnicity, and race in its official census.\nBecause radical Islam considers itself at war with the West, it appeals to young people who want to reject the Western culture and society they feel has rejected them.\nFor the most part, America has struck a healthy balance. We require some level of assimilation but also insist on the separation of church and state while allowing individual differences and protecting religious liberties. However, we should be on alert, because this balance can easily slide.\nFrance has made a series of dangerous mistakes that immigration reform can\u2019t fix. They have alienated a community of Muslims five million strong, and the youths in this community are doubling down on their Muslim identity. Because radical Islam considers itself at war with the West, it appeals to young people who want to reject the Western culture and society they feel has rejected them. So they turn to a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam, often finding their inspiration in prisons, where Arab youths are frequently radicalized. As the French prime minister to the U.S. said in an interview this week, this gives them a raison d\u2019\u00eatre.\nTurning toward religion as a salve to social injustice is not a given. In the 1980s, second-generation North Africans tried to blend in with mainstream French culture. They wanted to get into clubs, to drink, and to dance. They just wanted to be \u201cFrench.\u201d Today, things are different. There has been a revitalization of religion in the banlieues, in part because of the prominence of Islam in the public eye since September 11. Muslim youth in France are practicing religion more devoutly and more openly than their parents\u2019 generation. It is a sort of provocation, a statement of rejecting French\u2014that is, western\u2014culture and society.\nFrance is an example of what happens when you think you can just build tenement housing on the outskirts of the city and throw away the key.\nIslamic terrorism is a worldwide phenomenon and occurs regardless of the marginal status of its practitioners. However, France is uniquely positioned to have problems with homegrown terrorism because of an unwillingness to engage its Muslim population or even to attempt to integrate them partially. It is difficult to assimilate people whose existence you refuse to acknowledge.\nWhat\u2019s done is done in France and it may be too late to repair it. But it\u2019s not too late for the rest of us to learn from these mistakes. France is an example of what happens when you ignore a problem, when you think you can just build tenement housing on the outskirts of the city and throw away the key. This breeds contempt, radicalization, and, among a growing number of French Muslims, loyalty to something greater than the state.\nPhoto arindambanerjee / Shutterstock.com\nAlgeria Charlie Hebdo colonization France Immigration Islam Islamic terrorists Kouachi brothers Maghreb Muslims radicalization segregation terrorism the West western culture", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 11952, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 197.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://thefederalist.com/2018/10/23/trumps-rally-houston-preview-2020/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:54Z", "digest": "sha1:SWNNQRW5AY2NZL5SLYTHITF7HRQ3YCX4", "length": 6489, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "thefederalist.com", "title": "Trump\u2019s Rally For Ted Cruz In Houston Was A Preview Of 2020", "raw_content": "Trump\u2019s Rally For Ted Cruz In Houston Was A Preview Of 2020\nBefore one of the largest midterm election crowds in recent memory, Trump outlined the grand theme of his reelection: culture war.\nHOUSTON, Texas \u2014 Trump rallies are political spectacles on a grand scale, and the scene in downtown Houston on Monday night was a spectacle worthy of ancient Rome.\nTens of thousands of people descended on the Toyota Center, some coming from as far away as California, many more from every corner of Texas, all driven by the chance to take part in what they consider to be an epoch-defining movement, a second American Revolution, a secular Great Awakening. To Trump\u2019s base, these rallies are about much more than just getting out the vote for the midterms. They are about saving the country.\nStrictly speaking, the rally was to support Texas Sen. Ted Cruz in his reelection bid against Democratic challenger and media darling Beto O\u2019Rourke. But in fact the rally was a dress rehearsal for President Trump\u2019s 2020 reelection campaign, which will be about nothing so much as the culture war. A nuclear culture war, if you like.\nHis supporters are up for it. The crowds began gathering here about 10 a.m. Sunday morning, and by sundown nearly 100 people had staked out their spot in line. They slept upright in chairs or on air mattresses laid out in the open. A few of them pitched tents. By Monday afternoon, the blocks surrounding the arena were a swirling mass of humanity decked out in Trump gear and American flags.\nThe streets, cordoned off into elaborate lanes, were lined with dozens of private vendors hocking Trump gear to the passing throngs. Camera crews from all over the world darted through the lines in search of the most flamboyant Trump fan they could find, and there were plenty. What seemed like an army of Houston police kept a relatively small band of protestors in their designated space, far from the arena.\nBy the time Cruz and the other speakers had come and gone, and Trump took the stage, it was obvious what the purpose of the rally was. In his meandering riff of a speech, Trump left no doubt: \u201cThis will be the election of the caravan, Kavanaugh, tax cuts and common sense.\u201d\nTrump 2020 Will Be Trump 2016 On Steroids\nHe was talking about the midterms, only two weeks away, but he was mostly talking about his reelection. If Trump\u2019s tone and themes Monday night were any guide, 2020 will be like 2016 on steroids: over-the-top bragging about his accomplishments, relentless waging of the culture war, and vilification of Democrats and their policies as treasonous, \u201can assault on the nation\u2019s sovereignty.\u201d\nTrump made sure to push every hot-button issue he could. Invoking the Brett Kavanaugh hearings, he declared that Democrats \u201cwant to replace the rule of law with the rule of the mob,\u201d and said what they did to Kavanaugh \u201cand his beautiful family was a national disgrace.\u201d\nEarly on, he mentioned the caravan of some 5,000 Central Americans making their way through Mexico to the southern U.S. border, saying it includes \u201csome very bad people,\u201d and alluding to \u201cunknown Middle Easterners\u201d among them. Later, he said, \u201cThere\u2019s a word you\u2019re not supposed to use anymore, it\u2019s call a nationalist. You know what I am? I\u2019m a nationalist.\u201d\nHe mercilessly attacked Democratic leaders, calling Rep. Maxine Waters a \u201clow-I.Q. individual\u201d and savaging Sen. Elizabeth Warren, whose recent DNA test revealed she has about as much Native American ancestry as the average white person. Warren, he said, \u201cwas exposed as a total fraud. I can no longer call her Pocahontas because she has no Indian blood. She doesn\u2019t qualify.\u201d\nHe also hit everything else, if only in passing: preserving religious liberty, respecting law enforcement, appointing judges who respect the Constitution, ensuring that schools teach children to be proud of their country. At the end of one such rant, as if to sum it all up, he declared, \u201cWe kneel in prayer and stand for the national anthem.\u201d Of course the crowd went wild.\nTrump\u2019s Reelection Campaign Starts Now\nThere\u2019s plenty about Trump\u2019s message that should rightly appeal to conservatives, whether or not they particularly like the president himself. But at the rally Monday evening there was something else in his tone and in the air, something that wasn\u2019t there two years ago. Trump is president now, and like all incumbents he\u2019s at pains to defend his record, to tout his achievements, which are, in Trump\u2019s telling, far more grandiose than what he promised.\n\u201cTwo years ago it was all words, but now I\u2019ve produced,\u201d he said, rattling off some economic figures that the media, not understanding the purpose of what they were witnessing, immediately disputed on Twitter. \u201cSome would say I produced more than I promised, which is true.\u201d\nBut the crowd understood the purpose of the exercise\u2014and they were game for playing along. They thrilled at every applause line, booed at every mentioned of the hated Democrats. At the mention of the \u201cfake news media,\u201d they thundered in unison, \u201cCNN sucks!\u201d for nearly a minute.\nSome news reports Monday night claimed the stands were filled with mostly white people, which is strictly speaking true, but also misleading and, for a mainstream media committed to a certain narrative about Trump and Trump supporters, self-serving in the extreme. In fact, it wasn\u2019t hard to spot black, Hispanic, and Asian Trump supporters scattered throughout the arena and milling about outside.\nAlfred and Estella Hernandez, an Hispanic couple from Fort Bend County just outside Houston, said they both took the day off work to be there and wouldn\u2019t miss it for anything. They\u2019re fervent Trump fans, and deeply suspicious of the media. \u201cYou don\u2019t hear this from the news, but why shouldn\u2019t Hispanics vote for Trump?\u201d Alfred asked. \u201cI\u2019m Hispanic, and I can tell you that there is a lot more support for Trump in the Mexican-American community than you might think.\u201d\nWhen Trump struck a nationalist note\u2014\u201cWe are Americans, our hearts bleed red, white and blue. We are one people, one family, one glorious nation under God\u201d\u2014Alfred heard a message of inclusion. \u201cThis is the nationalism we need,\u201d he said. The media, and certainly Trump\u2019s Democratic opponents, heard something else entirely.\nThat yawning gap, along with the mass political spectacle staged Monday night, will define the electoral battle of 2020, which starts now.\n20/20 2018 Beto O'Rourke Culture War Donald Trump Houston Midterms President Trump Ted Cruz Trump rally", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 43, "original_length": 7330, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 298.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://thekidslogic.com/tag/assistant/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:15Z", "digest": "sha1:Y4L2WRSMIP3JNBIRID3E72OGVIUDHC2R", "length": 261, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "thekidslogic.com", "title": "ASSISTANT Archives | Kids Reviews on Latest Toys, Games & Movies - The Kids Logic Paste your Google Webmaster Tools verification code here", "raw_content": "Microsoft\u2019s Cortana is now available on the Android: Microsoft claims Cortana has more monthly active users than the Amazon Echo\nRecently Microsoft has been tweaking Cortana on Android and iOS, and the latest update of the same is a new lock screen option [...]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 72, "original_length": 168848, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.83, "perplexity": 295.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://themerrykitchen.com/node/2410?mini=calendar-date%2F2018-12", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:58Z", "digest": "sha1:BENKGA2H3IZIF2THD4Y72KKO3MFOMDPK", "length": 47, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "themerrykitchen.com", "title": "Closed for birthday party | The Merry Kitchen", "raw_content": "Saturday, September 22, 2018 - 11:00am - 1:00pm", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 94, "original_length": 1437, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 28.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://thepoliceinsider.com/18-hours-25-minutes-police-working-two-unrelated-killings/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:55Z", "digest": "sha1:UKIYB5L3T5BO76BG5OALVGRTZIWM3XQP", "length": 2159, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "thepoliceinsider.com", "title": "18 Hours 25 Minutes - Police Working Two Unrelated Killings - THE POLICE INSIDER", "raw_content": "18 Hours 25 Minutes \u2013 Police Working Two Unrelated Killings\nIn the time it took for 18 hours and 25 minutes to elapse, the WPS Homicide Unit found themselves working two unrelated homicide cases.\nDecember 20, 2016 @ 4.35 A.M.\nOn December 20, 2016 at 4:35 a.m., Police responded to a residence in the 200 block of Belmont Avenue regarding a \u201ccheck the well-being\u201d call.\nInformation received indicated an individual may have sustained life-threatening injuries.\nUpon arrival, police located a deceased adult male with multiple injuries indicative of foul play.\nPolice subsequently identified the victim as Edward Lee Dyck (55) of Winnipeg.\nPolice advised the victim and a 2nd man both rented rooms at the crime scene.\nOn December 17, 2016, the men became involved in an argument that escalated to the point the victim sustained serious injuries that proved fatal. The suspect is alleged to have moved the deceased to a detached garage where he was located by police three days later.\nOn December 20, 2016, police arrested and charged Dale Gregory Hilderman (51) of Winnipeg with 2nd degree murder.\nHilderman was remanded into custody.\nDecember 20, 2016 @ 11:00 P.M.\nOn December 20, 2016 at 11:00 p.m., members of the Winnipeg Police Service responded to a stabbing incident that occurred in the 400 block of Kennedy Street.\nUpon arrival, officers located an adult male with serious injuries consistent with a stabbing.\nThe victim was transported to hospital and later succumbed to his injuries.\nNotification of next of kin and results of the autopsy are pending.\nThe man killed in the latest attack is the 24th reported homicide victim in Winnipeg this year.\nPolice have solved all but five (5) cases \u2013 solvency rate = 79%.\nIn 2015, Winnipeg investigated a total of 23 homicides.\nOf those 23 homicides, two (2) cases remain unsolved \u2013 solvency rate = 91%.\n2016 Homicides \u2013 Manner of Death\nBlunt Force \u2013 11\nArson \u2013 2\nVehicular Assault \u2013 1\nNot Reported \u2013 1\nInfant \u2013 Female \u2013 1\nTags: City of Winnipeg Homicide Stats, Dale Gregory Hilderman, Edward Lee Dyck, Homicide, James Jewell, Murder, The Police Insider, Winnipeg Police Homicide Unit, Winnipeg Police Service", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 227, "original_length": 9191, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 301.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://therealparanormalx.synthasite.com/peg-entwistle.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:13Z", "digest": "sha1:5P76GRFXLMXPF7BMP3VONO4SPHAAFH6M", "length": 1205, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "therealparanormalx.synthasite.com", "title": "Celebrity Paranormal", "raw_content": "Born Lilian Millicent Entwistle in Port Talbot, Wales in 1908, she pursued an acting career that eventually took her to the bright lights of New York's Broadway. Managing to achieve roles in several different productions, all turned out to be flops. She eventually made her way to Hollywood, staying with her Uncle. Attaining film parts, one with Humphrey Bogart, but nothing substantial. In \"The 13 Women\" most of the film reel she appeared on ended up on the cutting room floor. Going through the daunting task of auditions while trying to save money to get back to New York, but the work seemed to have dried up. Perhaps the nude modeling that many starlets became reduced to in times of need helped contribute to her death as the picture here taken by Bruno of Hollywood in 1932 shortly before her demise. It was Sunday the 18th of September 1932 when she told her Uncle she was going to visit friends. Instead, she made her way to what was then the Hollywoodland sign, and there, jumped to her death from atop the letter H.\nIronically, a few days later a letter came saying she had been accepted for a role. The character was a suicidal female. She was cremated and is buried with her father in Ohio.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 2202, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 152.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://thetartancarrot.co.uk/the-china-study", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:40:23Z", "digest": "sha1:V2ILCTHEP5V5HZOQOGEQCLBMN5S6T2YH", "length": 7676, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "thetartancarrot.co.uk", "title": "The China Study - The Tartan Carrot", "raw_content": "Righto ! Today is the day for a bit of science. I\u2019d like to recommend this book, by Dr Thomas Campbell. If like me you are interested in knowing some real facts about the benefits of a plant based diet, either due to personal interest, or because you want to be a bit better informed, or you want to understand the health implications of what you eat then this book is for you. I loved reading this book, and hope that you enjoy it as much as I did.\nThomas Colin Campbell is an American nutritionist who specialises in the study of nutrition on long term health. He is a professor of nutritional biochemistry at Cornell University in the United States. Thomas is an advocate of a low fat, whole foods, plant based diet. He has authored / co-authored hundreds of research papers on this topic, and in 2005 he released the book \u2018The China Study\u2019 which he co-wrote with his son. The China Study has already sold over 1 million copies, which makes it one of the highest selling books on nutrition in the United States.\nThomas was born on 1st January 1934 and grew up on a dairy farm and later went on to study Veterinary Medicine at Pennsylvania State University where he obtained his degree in 1956. He completed his Masters in Nutrition and Biochemistry at Cornell Unversity in 1958 and later his PhD in Nutrition, Biochemistry and Microbiology in 1961. Due to his upbringing and family background Thomas was brought up to believe that farming and the output of farming practise was not only healthy, but promoted longevity. It wasn\u2019t until he started practising nutrition and conducting long term studies on nutrition on human health that he began to change his views.\nDr Campbell has featured in the American documentary \u2018forks over knives\u2019, has been a senior science advisor to the American Institute of Cancel Research, and was a director of the China-Cornell-Oxford study. The China-Cornell-Oxford study is a 20 year study conducted in collaboration by the Chinese Academy of Preventative Medicine, Cornell University and Oxford University; the book is described in the The New York Times as \u2018The Grand Prix of Epidemiology\u2019. During his early career he spent several years trying to solve the \u2018chicken feed puzzle\u2019. Why were millions of chicks a year dying from an unkown toxic chemical in their feed ? Dr Thomas Campbell later helped discover the chemical \u2018dioxin\u2019 \u2013 arguably one of the most toxic chemicals ever found (this chemical is the active ingredient in the Agent Orange \u2013 which was used to decimate forests in the Vietnam War).\nDr Campbell later began co-ordinating a project based out of the Phillipines looking at why there was an unusually high presence of liver cancer (usually an adult disease) in malnourished Filipino children. Until that time, it had been thought that the best way to treat malnourished children was to give them a diet high in protein (which at that time mean\u2019t feeding them animal protein). Dr Campbells research later showed that the children who were more likely to get liver cancer were those on the highest protein diets \u2013 and these just happened to be children of the wealthiest families. Dr Campbell later conducted further studies (which are repeatable) showing that a diet with as high as 20% protein produced evidence of liver cancer in 100% of subjects, he compared this with a diet of 5% protein which showed evidence of liver cancer in 0% of subjects. For the first time, he had demonstrated a link between cancer and protein consumption in the diet \u2013 these conclusions led him to challenge his beliefs that he held due to his farming background and influenced much of his later study over the coming decades.\nImportant: Dr Campbell is not saying that a diet high in protein is enough by itself to cause cancer, but he is saying that where there are other cancer causing triggers present (these may be from environmental factors \u2013 such as poisons, toxins etc. or there may be genetic factors) that a diet which is high in protein seems to be a trigger and an accelerator which allows cancers to spread from the initiation stage, to the growth stage to the later terminal decline stage. Dr Campbells later work with a number of different cancers shows that a whole foods, plant based diet is an important contributor to preventing or reducing the spread of cancer within the human body. Because of this work, and despite his upbringing and early training \u2013 this is why Dr Campbell now advocates an entirely plant based, whole foods diet which is free from processed foods and refined carbohydrates which he started himself in 1990. In fact Dr Campbells research shows that a plant based diet can reverse or halt the spread of specific cancer\u2019s in both the initiation and acceleration stages.\nIt really is worth reading this study. Dr Campbell has produced 100\u2019s of papers of independently verifiable research which backup his findings. One of the things that is interesting for me is that his studies were so detailed that he was able to show that not all kinds of proteins had these cancer causing or cancer accelerating properties. So what protein is consistently found according to Dr Campbell to promote or accelerate a range of different cancers ? The answer is Casein, which makes up 87% of cows milk protein.\nOK, so you might be interested to know what kind of protein did not promote cancer (either at the initiation or acceleration stages) ? The safe proteins are found in plants, including wheat and soy. It\u2019s safe to say that this research (which has been repeated many times) completely changed his views on nutritioinal health advice that he should be giving to the American public.\nIf you are interested, the China Study surfaced over 8000 statistically significant associations between various dietary factors and disease. The study was a combination of animal based studies and human based (comparing diets of those in rural China and Taiwan with those in North America). Dr Campbell found that those who consistently ate the most animal based foods got the most chronic desease. There are specific chapters in the book which deal with :\n\u2013 Common Cancers (Breast, Prostate, Bowel)\n\u2013 Autoimmune Disease\n\u2013 Bone Disorders, Kidney problems, Eye and Brain Diseases\nSome of the other findings which are surfaced in this book are:\n\u2013 Dietary change can enable diabetic patients to go off their medication\n\u2013 Heart disease can be reversed by diet alone\n\u2013 Breast cancer is related to levels of female hormones in the blood, which are determined by the food we eat\n\u2013 Consuming dairy foods can increase the risk of prostate cancer\n\u2013 Anti-oxidants, found in fruits and vegetables, are linked to better mental performance in old age\n\u2013 Kidney stones can be prevented by a healthy diet\n\u2013 Type 1 diabetes, one of the most devastating diseases that children experience, is convincingly linked to infant feeding practices\nThomas Colin Campbell doesn\u2019t claim to be a Vegan, although he has followed a wholefoods, plant based diet since 1990; he is interested and focused on research in the field of nutrition and human health. I could go on talking about this important piece of work but it really is best if you read the book for yourself. If you are like me, and you like to understand some of the science (repeatable, independently verifiable research) related to a wholefoods, plant based diet then I can recommend this book \u2018The China Study\u2019. Or maybe you just want to be better informed about what you and your family are eating ? Either way, this book is a great piece of work.\nYou can find the book on Amazon UK here :\nThe China Study on Amazon\nbased cancer casein china diet plant protein research science study wholefood", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 94, "original_length": 10101, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 233.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://thewaytohappinessphilippines.org/campaigns/crisis-zones/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:32Z", "digest": "sha1:5L66DCXYLPTIU6D23NAEKBJLN2HDQL4R", "length": 6261, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "thewaytohappinessphilippines.org", "title": "Crisis Zones \u2013 The Way To Happiness Philippines", "raw_content": "In areas torn by civil unrest and war, mass distribution of The Way to Happiness booklets by volunteers replaces conflict and violence with reason and calm.\nIn times of turmoil and war, when the routines of daily life have been disrupted and the boundaries of right and wrong are blurred, many have used The Way to Happiness to shine a light of peace, tolerance and respect amongst torn populations.\nMARAWI:\nThe war torn city of Marawi in Southern Philippines has brought unrest that goes beyond Marawi and the Mindanao region. While government agencies, private institutions, and philanthropists have gathered resources to address immediate and long-term needs in the city, one aspect must be addressed: the moral recovery and rehabilitation of the city.\nThe Way to Happiness Philippines Foundation Inc. through its partnerships will bring in this moral recovery program. The Foundation is in constant communication with government institutions and private organisations tasked in the physical rehabilitation of Marawi City with the goal of incorporating the teachings of The Way to Happiness in the recovery program. The Foundation is pushing for Peace and Prosperity programs anchored in Values, Moral Recovery, and Rehabilitation.\nMarawi City will serve as a model for the importance of moral recovery and rehabilitation in times of crisis given that the Philippines is prone to calamities both man-made and natural.\nHelp us make a difference in Marawi.\nSince the US attack on Iraq, there have been more than 95,000 civilian deaths, most due to suicide bombings, IEDs (improvised explosive devices), or mortar or rocket attacks. These deaths are the result of the sectarian warfare which is currently ongoing in the country, with some seven civilians killed each day. This continual conflict has disrupted many aspects of \u201cnormal\u201d life in the country. For example, only 30 percent of the country\u2019s 3.5 million students are attending school.\nYet, starting in 2006, one individual in particular\u2014Brian Pinkowki\u2014has made inroads into Iraq using The Way to Happiness. Brian has delivered dozens of TWTH seminars to over 2,500 people and has distributed nearly 30,000 The Way to Happiness books.\nCarla and Brian have delivered dozens of TWTH seminars to over 2,500 people and have distributed nearly 30,000 TWTH books.\nHis training sessions have touched people from all walks of life\u2014women in leadership positions, state workers, university students and employees of local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).\nIn addition, his team has published precepts from the book in a local paper, giving them tools to confront the issues in their communities.\nHere is some of the impact of The Way to Happiness on the lives of those participating:\n\u201cWe should not base our lives on the loss of others\u2019 lives; it is absolute selfishness to build our happiness on other people\u2019s tragedies. True happiness springs from ideal relationships with others; the criteria for happiness is determined by our relationship with others.\u201d\n\u201cThis training session has taught me how to leave my little cocoon and think about the external world. Now I am not only thinking about my problem but I am thinking about other people\u2019s problems and solutions. I have learned how to manage my time. During the past two days I have changed my daily program and now I am trying to change my behavior. This is the first step towards happiness.\u201d\nThe head of one of the NGOs explained after the seminar:\n\u201cThe book taught me how to bring happiness to myself, by using the power of persuasion and distancing from trouble, deceivers and evil people. I can bring happiness to the people I love by providing assistance and care.\u201d\nToday, The Way to Happiness is continuing to be distributed through Iraqi society to help bring calm and prosperity.\nFor decades, Colombia has been one of the most troubled nations in the Western Hemisphere, suffering from continual social violence and conflict. In the 1940s and \u201950s, the countryside was torn by extensive violence, generally called, \u201cLa Violencia.\u201d In the 1960s the left-wing guerrilla movement, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), arose, which was in turn countered by a right-wing paramilitary response. The country was further torn apart by several major drug cartels in the 1970s and \u201980s. Upon the collapse of the cartels, the FARC and paramilitary became involved in the dispute over Colombian cocaine production and trafficking\u2014a conflict which generated hundreds of kidnappings, murders and violence throughout the society. While to top it off, Colombia\u2019s military had a long record of human rights abuses. In 2004, the United Nations summed up this social turmoil by describing the Colombian conflicts as \u201cthe worst humanitarian crisis in the Western Hemisphere.\u201d\nIt was at this point that The Way to Happiness entered the scene, when Colombian actor and comedian, Andr\u00e9s L\u00f3pez, decided to address the problem. He created a unique show in which he fully presents each of the twenty-one precepts of The Way to Happiness. Through these performances and events, he has influenced not only tens of thousands of citizens, but many of the country\u2019s top civil and military officials.\nTo date, Andr\u00e9s has delivered The Way to Happiness events and seminars to over 14,000 military personnel. Accordingly, in 2008 the Minister of Defense bestowed upon Mr. L\u00f3pez an award for his work as a \u201cSoldier of Happiness.\u201d\nWhile as much as Andr\u00e9s has addressed the military, his major focus is to bring The Way to Happiness to all the Colombian people. Since 2005, he has delivered his performances to more than 50,000 people, providing each one with their own copy of the book.\nAs just one example, in May 2008 Andr\u00e9s and The Way to Happiness spokesperson, Venezuelan actress, Ruddy Rodriguez, organized a six-hour show featuring well-known Latin performers Nicolas Tovar and Alberto Plaza. Attended by more than 11,000 people, the event culminated in Andr\u00e9s\u2019 The Way to Happiness performance.\nIn total, over 3 million copies of The Way to Happiness have been distributed in Colombia through the actions of Andr\u00e9s L\u00f3pez and Ana Mercedes, who directs The Way to Happiness campaign in the country.\nhttp://thewaytohappinessphilippines.org/campaigns/crisis-zones\">", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 126, "original_length": 9075, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 195.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://timesofpakistan.pk/entertainment/2011-02-21/iran-drama-wins-top-award-at-berlin-film-festival/25609/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:25Z", "digest": "sha1:VWYJSGCBTMNK7HO6O4WC2JWDJXYNDJ5P", "length": 1201, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "timesofpakistan.pk", "title": "Iran drama wins top award at Berlin film festival", "raw_content": "Iran drama wins top award at Berlin film festival\nBERLIN: Iranian drama \u201cNader and Simin: A Separation\u201d won the Golden Bear for best picture at the Berlin film festival on Saturday, and its ensemble cast also picked up the best actor and actress prizes on a triumphant night.Director Asghar Farhadi\u2019s portrayal of a marriage in crisis explores Iran\u2019s class divisions, religious conservatism and its judicial system while at the same time maintaining the tension of a crime thriller.It had been heavily fancied to claim the top prize.The runner-up film prize, which comes with a Silver Bear, went to Hungarian director Bela Tarr\u2019s black-and-white \u201cThe Turin Horse\u201d, a slow-moving, bleak film about a farmer and his daughter\u2019s forsaken lives in an isolated house.Ulrich Koehler picked up the best director award for \u201cSleeping Sickness\u201d, about a Western family carrying out humanitarian work in Africa.And the best script went to Joshua Marston and Andamion Murataj for \u201cThe Forgiveness of Blood\u201d, which examines the ancient tradition of blood feuds which are still enforced in some parts of Albania today \u2013 Khaleejnews\nBangladesh liberation film opens old wounds\nMuscat Fashion Week set to open tomorrow", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 187, "original_length": 5563, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 224.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://tips4pc.com/forums/reply/re-google-analytics-6", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:38Z", "digest": "sha1:RPJ4RZCXYSYT5Q4SOZDIDDDNC67GKFDZ", "length": 275, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "tips4pc.com", "title": "Re: Re: Google analytics - Tips4pc", "raw_content": "Google Analytics is a free, but incredibly powerful tool that can provide you with a wealth of detailed data about your website or sites that you can then use for marketing and search engine optimization (SEO) purposes. Analytics is available to anyone with a Google account.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 70, "original_length": 2011, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 138.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://today.ttu.edu/posts/2016/05/new-architecture-dean", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:48Z", "digest": "sha1:XKVZLAUT6IH3ZDK4L7R4BMNEV4F2ACVT", "length": 4729, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "today.ttu.edu", "title": "Texas Tech Alumnus Tabbed as New Dean of College of Architecture | 2016 | Texas Tech Today | TTU", "raw_content": "Texas Tech Alumnus Tabbed as New Dean of College of Architecture\nJim Williamson studied architecture, art and English literature at Texas Tech.\nJim Williamson, an associate professor of architecture at Cornell University, has been named the new Dean of the Texas Tech University College of Architecture. Williamson will assume his new position on Aug.1.\nWilliamson, who earned his bachelor's degree in architecture design at Texas Tech, has been at Cornell since 2001. He has taught design and theory at numerous universities besides Cornell, including Harvard, the Rhode Island School of Design, Rice University, the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Columbia University, the University of Texas at Austin and the Georgia Institute of Technology.\n\u201cIt is a very happy homecoming,\u201d Williamson said. \u201cI'm really looking forward to it. I was prepared very well as a student at Texas Tech and it established a foundation for a career I'm quite proud of and I feel was made largely possible by some of the things that happened to me in Lubbock.\u201d\nWilliamson earned his master's degree in architecture at the Cranbrook Academy of Art and also studied the history and theory of architecture at the Architectural Association of London.\nAt Cornell, Williamson is the director of the undergraduate architecture program that is ranked No. 1 in the country and also served as the director of the graduate architecture program, coordinator of the freshman design sequence as well as developing foreign study programs in Latin America and the Caribbean that focus on architecture, landscape and urban design.\n\u201cI think I have a really broad view of what architecture education should be and the challenges facing architecture in the 21st century,\u201d Williamson said. \u201cI've seen various institutions' approaches, some with more success than others, and I believe I can bring those experiences to bear on education at Texas Tech and work with the faculty to effectively meet those challenges of architecture education.\u201d\nWilliamson's work has been recognized through numerous awards. He earned first place at the Shinkenchiku Competition for Japan Architect in 1986, a design award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture in, two Graham Foundation grants, the Martin Dominguez Distinguished Teaching Award from the Cornell College of Architecture, Art and Planning in 2006 and a special commendation for teaching excellence from the Escuela de Arquitectura at the Universidad de Puerto Rico, where he held an invited professorship.\n\u201cWe're delighted that Jim Williamson has agreed to return to Texas Tech University as our new dean of the College of Architecture,\u201d Texas Tech Provost Lawrence Schovanec said. \u201cHis impressive record of experience and the expertise and perspective he has gained at some of the best architecture programs in the country will be a tremendous asset in leading the College. I look forward to the benefit of his influence and leadership on our students, the faculty and our architecture programs at Texas Tech.\u201d\nWilliamson's work and influence can be seen across the U.S. He worked with John Hejduk on construction of \u201cThe House of The Suicide and the House of The Mother of Suicide\u201d in Atlanta and Prague. He assisted in the curation of the \u201cSanctuaries\u201d exhibit on Hejduk's works at the Whitney Museum of American Art. He also is a consultant to the Hejduk estate on reconstruction of the \u201cHouse\u201d monument to Czech dissident and martyr Jan Palach in Jan Palach Square in Prague.\nWilliamson recently co-edited \u201cThe Religious Imagination in Modern Contemporary Architecture: a Reader\u201d with Renata Hejduk and is working on \u201cThe Suicide Masques: Atlanta/Prague/New York/Prague \u2013 Architecture and Urbanism in the Late Work of John Hejduk.\u201d He also has had two essays published and another was included in the book \u201cSurrealism and Architecture.\u201d He also has published several journals, including Architectural Design: Games of Architecture, Japan Architect, Daedelus, Architecture & Urbanism, Kongsan (Space), Art Papers and the Journal of Architectural Education.\n\u201cI think the most important thing is to continue to support the good work going on in the college now,\u201d Williamson said of his vision for the College of Architecture, \u201cand raise the college's profile to a national level so that it is recognized as being the extraordinary college that it already is.\u201d\ntags: Academics, College of Architecture, Provost, Research, Stories, Vice President for Research\nUrbanTech to Introduce New Playground, Sports Field Developments\nCollege of Architecture Well Represented In International Competition\nPublic Tours Steel House in Ransom Canyon\n\u00a9 2019 Texas Tech UniversitySep 24, 2018 12:59 PM", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 78, "original_length": 6743, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 148.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://tommysprinkle.com/txxos/?p=45", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:53:18Z", "digest": "sha1:336TDCIDDN6GUJ4WI6L4UZYH5CDLWNQE", "length": 1971, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "tommysprinkle.com", "title": "Input Output Basics | TXXOS", "raw_content": "I/O operations on S/370 are used to transfer information to and from I/O devices which are attached to channels. There are many types of I/O devices including card readers, card punches, printers, tape devices, terminals and disk storage devices.\nA channel attached device can be thought of as a very simple computer that uses a very limited programming language. The programming instructions are called Channel Command Words (CCW). A CCW indicates the operation to be performed (such as read a card or print a line), the data location in the processor memory and the length of the data operation. In addition there are some flags that may be set in the CCW to further indicate how to execute the requested operation.\nEach individual device type has a set of commands that it will respond to. An invalid command will result in an execution error of the channel program. When writing channel programs it is necessary to know the programming specifications for each specific device being used.\nAn I/O operation is initiated by building a channel program consisting of one or more CCWs. The address of the channel program is placed in a fixed position in low storage called the Channel Address Word (CAW). An I/O operation is initiated using the Start I/O (SIO) instruction. This instruction along with all other I/O commands can only be executed when operating in privileged mode.\nWhen the channel program is complete an I/O interrupt will be generated if interrupts are enabled. If interrupts are disabled for the device, the interrupt will be queued. A queued I/O interrupt can be cleared either by enabling interrupts or using the Test I/O (TIO) instruction.\nWhen the pending I/O interrupt condition for a device is cleared the Channel Status Word (CSW) in low storage will be updated providing information on the completion status of the I/O operation.\n[Next \u2013 Channel Command Word]\n\u2190 Interruptions\nChannel Command Word \u2192\n>A CWW indicates the operation\ns.b. 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(wet, pool) - Latest WAM Videos - TopWAM", "raw_content": "Alessandra Martines in the pool for this 2010 French TV movie.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 136, "original_length": 2667, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.79, "perplexity": 108.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://train-station.com/cgi-bin/shop.pl/page=AF-706.html/SID=10173500975", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:17:16Z", "digest": "sha1:5BHVY7XI6ZXKQLGUXMHYNEZCJVOS3T45", "length": 406, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "train-station.com", "title": "706 UNCOUPLER SET", "raw_content": "706 UNCOUPLER SET\nProduced over the life of Gilbert's S Guage post war production, the uncoupler was so prolific it is found in large numbers in almost every collection. The 706, produced from 1948 through 1956, was one of several different uncouplers, all of which basically used the same mechanism to activate the uncoupler. It came with an activator button and a motor housing in either yellow or green.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 11, "original_length": 717, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 178.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://traitanswers.com/ask-now/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:26Z", "digest": "sha1:L4IK5TCK2M44XYXMZ3C2AQPYS4NM45XL", "length": 314, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "traitanswers.com", "title": "#TraitAnswers | Ask Now", "raw_content": "Looking for more #TraitAnswers? Ask us here.\nIf you\u2019re searching for expert insights on a trait topic we haven\u2019t yet explored, you\u2019ve come to the right place. Submit your question or comment below, and we\u2019ll get you the information you need from the industry leaders you can trust.\nTell us what you\u2019d like to know.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 10362, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.85, "perplexity": 321.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://travelmyindia.in/jimm-corbett.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:14Z", "digest": "sha1:QRQ6R44K2NOFMI7PNZWR4CTQL46W6F7U", "length": 8671, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "travelmyindia.in", "title": "Travel My India - An initiative by Gangotri Travels, Haridwar | Uttarakhand Tour Packages | Hotel Reservation | Vehicle On Rent | Temple Tours | Adventure Tours | Wild Life Tours | Cultural Tours | Honeymoon Tours | Pilgrimage Tours | Chardham Yatra", "raw_content": "Jim Corbett National Park is the oldest national park in India,] named after the hunter-turned-conservationist Jim Corbett who played a key role in its establishment\u2014was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park. Situated in Nainital district of Uttarakhand the park acts as a protected area for the endangered Bengal tiger of India, the secure survival of which is the main objective of Project Tiger, an Indian wildlife protection initiative. The park has sub-Himalayan belt geographical and ecological characteristics. An ecotourism destination, it contains 488 different species of plants and a diverse variety offauna. The increase in tourist activities, among other problems, continues to present a serious challenge to the park's ecological balance.\nCorbett has been a haunt for tourists and wildlife lovers for a long time. Tourism activity is only allowed in selected areas of Corbett Tiger Reserve so that people get an opportunity to see its splendid landscape and the diverse wildlife. In recent years the number of people coming here has increased dramatically. Presently, every season more than 70,000 visitors come to the park from India and other countries. The Jim Corbett National Park is a heaven for the adventure seekers and wildlife adventure lovers alike. Corbett National Park is India's first national park which comprises 520.8 km2. area of hills, riverine belts, marshy depressions, grass lands and large lake. The elevation ranges from 1,300 feet (400 m) to 4,000 feet (1,200 m). Winter nights in Corbett national park are cold but the days are bright and sunny. It rains from July to September. Dense moist deciduous forest mainly consists of sal, haldu, pipal, rohini and mango trees, and these trees cover almost 73 per cent of the park. The 10 per cent of the area consists of grasslands.It houses around 110 tree species, 50 species of mammals, 580 bird species and 25 reptile species. The endangered Bengal tiger of India resides here. The sanctuarywas the first to come under Project Tiger initiative.\nSome areas of the park were formerly part of the princely state of Tehri Garhwal. The forests were cleared to make the area less vulnerable to Rohilla invaders. The Raja of Tehri formally ceded a part of his princely state to the East India Company in return for their assistance in ousting the Gurkhas from his domain.The Boksas\u2014a tribe from the Terai\u2014settled on the land and began growing crops, but in the early 1860s they were evicted with the advent of British rule Efforts to save the forests of the region began in the 19th century under Major Ramsay, the British Officer who was in-charge of the area during those times. The first step in the protection of the area began in 1868 when the British forest department established control over the land and prohibited cultivation and the operation of cattle stations. In 1879 these forests were constituted into a Reserve Forest where restricted felling was permitted. In the early 1900s several Britishers, including E. R. Stevans and E. A. Smythies, suggested the idea of setting up of a national park on this soil. The British administration considered the possibility of creating a game reserve there in 1907. It was only in the 1930s that the process for demarcation of such an area got underway, assisted by Jim Corbett, who knew the area well. A reserve area known as Hailey National Park covering 323.75 km2 (125.00 sq mi) was created in 1936 when Sir Malcolm Hailey was Governor of United Provinces, and Asia's first national park came into existence. Hunting was not allowed in the reserve, but only timber cutting for domestic purposes. Soon after the establishment of the reserve, rules prohibiting killing and capturing of mammals, reptiles and birds within its boundaries were passed. The reserve was renamed in 1954\u201355 as Ramganga National Park and was again renamed in 1955\u201356 as Corbett National Park. The new name honours the well-known author and wildlife conservationist Jim Corbett who played a key role in creating the reserve by using his influence to persuade the provincial government to establish it. The park fared well during the 1930s under an elected administration. But during the Second World War, it suffered from excessive poaching and timber cutting. Over time the area in the reserve was increased\u2014797.72 km2(308.00 sq mi) were added in 1991 as a buffer for the Corbett Tiger Reserve. The 1991 additions included the entire Kalagarh forest division, assimilating the 301.18 km2 (116.29 sq mi) area of Sonanadi Wildlife Sanctuary as a part of the Kalagarh division. It was chosen in 1974 as the location for launching Project Tiger, an ambitious and well known wildlife conservation project. The reserve is administered from its headquarters in the district of Nainital. Corbett National Park is one of the thirteen protected areas covered by World Wildlife Fund under their Terai Arc Landscape Programme. The programme aims to protect three of the five terrestrial flagship species, the tiger, the Asian elephant and the Great One-horned Rhinoceros, by restoring corridors of forest to link 13 protected areas of Nepal and India to enable wildlife migration.\nThough the main focus is protection of wildlife, the reserve management has also encouraged ecotourism.In 1993, a training course covering natural history, visitor management and park interpretation was introduced to train nature guides. A second course followed in 1995 which recruited more guides for the same purpose. This allowed the staff of the reserve, previously preoccupied with guiding the visitors, to carry out management activities uninterrupted. Additionally, the Indian government has organised workshops on ecotourism in Corbett National Park and Garhwal region to ensure that the local citizens profit from tourism while the park remains protected.\nPatil & Joshi (1997) consider summer (April\u2013June) to be the best season for Indian tourists to visit the park while recommending the winter months (November\u2013January) for foreign tourists. According to Riley & Riley (2005): \"Best chances of seeing a tiger to come late in the dry season- April to mid June-and go out with mahouts and elephants for several days.\nAs early as 1991, the Corbett National Park played host to 3237 tourist vehicles carrying 45,215 visitors during the main tourist seasons between 15 November and 15 June. This heavy influx of tourists has led to visible stress signs on the natural ecosystem. Excessive trampling of soil due to tourist pressure has led to reduction in plant species and has also resulted in reduced soil moisture. The tourists have increasingly used fuel wood for cooking. This is a cause of concern as this fuel wood is obtained from the nearby forests, resulting in greater pressure on the forest ecosystem of the park. Additionally, tourists have also caused problems by making noise, littering and causing disturbances in general. In 2007, young naturalist and photographer \u2013 Kahini Ghosh Mehta \u2013 took up the challenge of promoting healthy tourism in Corbett National Park and made the first comprehensive travel guide on Corbett. The film titled \u2013 Wild Saga of Corbett \u2013 showcases how tourists can contribute in their own small way in conservation efforts. The film is loaded with all information needed by a tourist before planning a visit to the park along with tips from senior park officials, nature guides and naturalists. Tourists can get a DVD copy of this film from the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS).\nDhikuli is a well known destination in the ark and situated at the fringes of Patli Dun valley. There is a rest house, which was built hundred of years ago. Kanda ridge forms the backdrop, and from Dhikala, one can enjoy the spectacular natural beauty of the valley.\nJeep Safari is the most convenient way to travel within the national park; jeeps can be rented for park trips from Ramnagar.\nTreks: tourists are not allowed to walk inside the park, but only to go trekking around the park in the company of a guide. The winter season is cold, so tourists should make proper arrangements for their clothing, if they are traveling in the winter season.\nKalagarh Dam is dam located in the south-west of the wildlife sanctuary. This is one of the best places for a bird watching tour. Lots of migratory waterfowl comes here in the winters.\nCorbett Falls is a 20 m (66 ft) water fall situated 25 km (16 mi) from Ramnagar, and 4 km (2.5 mi) from Kaladhungi, on the Kaladhungi\u2013Ramnagar highway. The water falls is surrounded by dense forests and pin drop silence.\nHOTELS IN JIMM CORBETT\nJIMM CORBETT CAR RENTAL\nJIMM CORBETT PACKAGE TOURS\nJIMM CORBETT GALLERY", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 152, "original_length": 11057, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 185.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://trplinks.com/topic9666.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:51Z", "digest": "sha1:M5CBO6LMUZ7V6YVUAO77TYTHRHLCO67M", "length": 402, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "trplinks.com", "title": "\ufeff Rockets coach Mike D'Antoni recalls fond memories with Suns", "raw_content": "Rockets coach Mike D'Antoni recalls fond memories with Suns\n\"It was just great living here,\" D'Antoni said before the Rockets' first game this season in Phoenix. \"It was great. It was fun. It's great to be back. It was special with Steve (Nash) and Shawn (Marion), so many. It's hard to name them all. All unique personalities. That's what makes it fun. Off the court, on the court, in the locker room.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 96, "original_length": 2903, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 178.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://tupress.temple.edu/book/0316", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:10Z", "digest": "sha1:IF5AEGOX54QE4WKPEPIC5BJFRXP3KS43", "length": 6691, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "tupress.temple.edu", "title": "Temple University Press", "raw_content": "Campaign Advertising and American Democracy\nMichael M Franz, Paul Freedman, Ken Goldstein, and Travis N Ridout\n30 tables 29 figures 7 halftones\nSurprising findings about the positive effects of political advertising\nIt has been estimated that more than three million political ads were televised leading up to the elections of 2004. More than $800,000,000 was spent on TV ads in the race for the White House alone and Presidential candidates, along with their party and interest group allies, broadcast over a million ads-more than twice the number aired before the 2000 elections. What were the consequences of this barrage of advertising? Were viewers turned off by political advertising to the extent that it dissuaded them from voting, as some critics suggest? Did they feel more connected to political issues and the political system or were they alienated? These are the questions this book answers, based on a unique, robust, and extensive database dedicated to political advertising. Confronting prevailing opinion, the authors of this carefully researched work find that political ads may actually educate, engage, and mobilize American voters. Only in the rarest of circumstances do they have negative impacts.\n\" In Campaign Advertising and American Democracy , the authors do something most political scientists and historians fail to do: assume the American public is intelligent. The greatest conventional wisdom misconceptions occur due to the lack of faith political commentators and political scientists have in the American voter. The negative TV ad has gotten a bad name over the years because of the assumption that the American voter is so easy to manipulate. But, the fact is, the negative ad is a necessary reality that actually does our democracy some good, as this book so clearly argues.\" \u2014 Chuck Todd, NBC News Political Director\n\"The authors have written a tour de force of how candidates spend millions in campaign ads and what impact this money has on voter sentiments. Using new data on ad buys, ad content, and voter surveys, they present the most comprehensive examination of political advertising that has been attempted to date. Their argument that advertisements contribute to citizen education and engagement is novel and should lead readers to question conventional wisdom about campaign advertising being detrimental to American politics.\" \u2014 Darrell West, Brown University\n\"I can\u2019t remember learning so much about a subject from a single book, nor seeing so much conventional wisdom challenged by a single book. This well-designed, empirically rigorous, fair-minded study of political advertising is a must read for any student of contemporary campaigns.\" \u2014Morris Fiorina, Stanford University\n\"The essence of this argument has been advanced before but never with nearly this depth and quality of data. This book is required reading for scholars interested in political campaigns. Summing Up: Essential.\" \u2014 Choice\n\"Franz et. al\u2026.make major new empirical contributions\u2026.(They) have blazed impressive trails in the study of campaign advertising and laid important foundations.\" \u2014 Political Science Quarterly\n\"(I)ts methodological and substantive contributions are significant. Campaign Advertising will enjoy preeminent standing in the literature and become a proseminar staple given its scope, creative methodology, care given to situate the findings in existing literature...it is ideal for graduate students and established academics.... Franz et al.'s Campaign Advertising represents the most comprehensive contribution to one of the most robust debates in our field. Perhaps it will inspire another APSA 'showdown' on questions that are so vital to the health of American democracy.\" \u2014 The Journal of Politics\nContents: List of Figures and Tables Chapter 1. Campaign Advertising: The Whipping Boy of American Politics Chapter 2. Campaign Ads as Information Supplements: A Spillover Theory of Advertising Effects Chapter 3. Measuring Exposure to Campaign Ads Chapter 4. Tracking the Volume and Content of Political Advertising Chapter 5. What, When, and Where: making Sense of Campaign Advertising Chapter 6. What Did They Know and When Did They Know It? Chapter 7. Campaign Advertising and Voter Attitudes toward the Political Process Chapter 8. Campaign Advertising and Citizen Participationbr> Chapter 9. Advertising Tone and Political Engagement Chapter 10. Campaign Advertising and American Democracy Appendix A: Assessing the Validity of the CMAG Tracking Data Appendix B: Assessing the Reliability of the CMAG Storyboard Coding Appendix C: Datasets and Variables Appendix D: Wisconsin Advertising Project Coding Sheets for 2000 Ads Appendix E: Wisconsin Advertising Project Coding Sheets for 2004 Ads Notes References Index\nMichael M. Franz is Assistant Professor of Government and Legal Studies at Bowdoin College. His research interests include political advertising, interest groups politics, campaign finance reform, and mass media. He has published articles in The American Journal of Political Science, Political Communication, Political Analysis, Political Behavior, and The Journal of Politics. In 2007, he was awarded the American Political Science Association's E.E. Schattschneider Award for the best doctoral dissertation in the field of American government.\nPaul B. Freedman is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia. His work has appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Communication, Campaigns and Elections, and Slate. Since 2000, he has been an election analyst for ABC News in New York.\nKenneth M. Goldstein is Professor of Political Science at University of Wisconsin-Madison and director of the University of Wisconsin Advertising Project. In addition to publishing widely in academic outlets, his reputation for unbiased and non-partisan analysis has made him a favorite source for the national news media. He has appeared on numerous network and cable news broadcasts as well as being quoted extensively in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. He is currently a member of the ABC News Election Night Decision team.\nTravis N. Ridout is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Washington State University in Pullman. His research on political campaigns and advertising has appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, Political Behavior, The Annual Review of Political Science and several other journals. He also has served as an election night consultant for CBS News.\nPolitical Science and Public Policy Mass Media and Communications Mass Media and Communications", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 58, "original_length": 7794, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 291.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://tutormentorconnection.ning.com/profiles/blog/list?month=11&year=2012", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:36:40Z", "digest": "sha1:WMNHRDUWHH5MAX2NHZ5YWBUP7CEP5XLO", "length": 418, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "tutormentorconnection.ning.com", "title": "Blogs - Tutor/Mentor Connection", "raw_content": "If we agree that connecting a youth and adult mentor is a good idea....\nI created this graphic last week to illustrate the progression of thinking that I've followed for the past 20 years.\nI know from my own experiences and those of others, and from much reading, that connecting youth with caring adults can have a positive impact.\nI also know that\u2026\nAdded by Daniel Bassill on November 24, 2012 at 11:34am \u2014 1 Comment", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 171, "original_length": 3702, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 253.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ueb.edu.vn/enNewdetail/44/News/20842/open-admission-for-postgraduate-programs-in-ueb-2018.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:20Z", "digest": "sha1:6UNBRTJYHVXHE7F7Y55HNQ7W5OK4J5Z4", "length": 1471, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "ueb.edu.vn", "title": "University of Economics and Business", "raw_content": "Open admission for postgraduate programs in UEB 2018\nWe welcome students and learners across the country to take part in the UEB postgraduate admission 2018 (second phase), detailed information is as follows:\n1. Admission time:\n- Entrance Examination: 15th - 16th September 2018;\n- Admission for doctoral program: from 17th September - 30th September 2018\n- Registration time: 15th June - 31st August 2018\n2.1. Master programs:\nMarine Economics\nPolicy policy and development\n2.2. Doctoral program (PhD candidate)\nAddress: E4 Buiding, 144 Xuan Thuy Str., Cau Giay, Hanoi\nWebsite: www.ueb.vnu.edu.vn\nTell: 024.37547506 (305, 325, 666, 888); 0913 486 773\nVNU University of Economics and Business\nAddress Security code ZOZXHS\n>>Awarding appointment decisions for new associate professors of the UEB (09/05/2018 11:44 AM)\n>>Internationalization of education accreditation - part of UEB\u2019s strategy to integrate global education (16/04/2018 11:00 AM)\n>>University admission in 2018: which discipline to choose? 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Mr. Balaban was born on May 3, 1918. He completed his professional studies in mechanical engineering at the Technical University in Danzig, Germany.\nAfter his arrival in the United States in 1949, Mr. Balaban worked in the Dzus Fastener Company under Mr. Dzus, the founder of the Ukrainian Institute of America. Later he went to work for General Food in their Research and Development department. He holds several patents and is held in high professional regard.\nMr. Balaban was a long time member of the Ukrainian Engineers' Society of America and was among the founding members of the organization. He was president of the national organization during the years 1954 and 1955.\nMr. Balaban gave donations to many educational and community causes such as the the Ukrainian Institute of America, Harvard, and the Ukrainian Museum. Mr. Balaban also appreciated fine art and was a collector of Ukrainian art and literature.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 9, "original_length": 1242, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 143.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://uesa.org/news/20021019/20021019-nyc.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:18Z", "digest": "sha1:TUUZD56AFRVJRJI5CRLS22SFY2YJWAQO", "length": 1301, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "uesa.org", "title": "Ukrainian Engineers Society of America - News on 19-October-2002", "raw_content": "Over 100 guests coming from as far away as Arizona attended this annual zabava in the heart of New York City. In addition to members from the New York and New Jersey Chapters of UESA and the New York Metro Chapter of UMANA, the zabava attracted a rather pleasant mix of youth, \"experience,\" American born Ukrainians, and 4th wave Ukrainians. Ultimately, it showed that even though we all tend to work in different circles, we are still part of the same community.\nThe evening's entertainment was provided by the young members of the orchestra \"Chornozem\" which has entertained people at Verkhovyna and Soyuzivka this past summer.\nGuests were able to enjoy light hors d'oeuvres and drinks while dancing to the early hours of the morning. Additionally, the attendees where treated to a traditional \"kolomyjka\" by some young members of the well known Syzokyli Dance Ensemble of New York.\nThe event was sponsored jointly by the New York & New Jersey chapters of the Ukrainian Engineers' Society of America (UESA), the Metro New York chapter of the Ukrainian Medical Association of North America (UMANA), the Ukrainian Institute of America (UIA).\nThe members of the Fall Zabava Organization Committee where Mathew Rakowsky (UESA-NJ), Marco Shmerykowsky PE (UESA-NY) and Lesia Kushnir, MD (UMANA-NYC Metro).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 13, "original_length": 1941, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 229.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://uesa.org/news/20030505/20030505-nyc.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:30Z", "digest": "sha1:PP2RFE7AAV72DGFBWLPAGDCDGJCHGOPJ", "length": 4714, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "uesa.org", "title": "Ukrainian Engineers Society of America - News on 5-May-2003", "raw_content": "Seminar on the Estate & Tax Reform\nOn May 5, 2003 the New York Independent Women's Alliance (NYIWA) held a seminar titled \"Estate & Tax Reform: Creating and Preserving Wealth\" at the Ukrainian Institute of America in New York City. The seminar was also sponsored by the Ukrainian Institute of America (UIA), the New York Chapter of the Federalist Society, and the New York chapter of the Ukrainian Engineers' Society of America.\nThe guests were greeted by Chrysanna Woroch of the New York Women's Alliance and then the speakers were introduced by moderator Wilma Moody. The speakers at the event included Patricia Soldano, Dick Patten, Charles Mooney and Karen Bailey.\nChrysanna Woroch of the NYIWA presents the seminar's speakers (left to right) Mr. Dick Patten, Ms. Patricia Soldano, Mr. Charles D. Mooney, Esq. And Ms. Karen Bailey\nMr. Patten, who is the executive director of the American Family Business Institute, was the evening's first speaker. He began by briefly reviewing his personal background which began with helping to his father grow their family business to the point where they eventually became Eastman Kodak's largest reprographics customer on the West Coast and the third largest business of its type in the nation.\nMr. Patten continued to describe how the Inheritance Tax, or \"Death Tax\" as he referred to it, puts family businesses at a competitive disadvantage with their publicly owned competitors. Not only do these taxes often force families to sell off their businesses and farms to pay the required estate taxes, but they also have a ripple effect on the economy as the employees of these family owned businesses lose their jobs. Ultimately, Mr. Patten contends, the federal government realizes a net reduction in the funds it collects as result of the Estate Taxes.\nMr. Patten also raised some interesting statistics:\n89% of U.S. businesses are family owned\n50% of the jobs in the U.S. are provided by family owned businesses\n70% to 87% of family owned businesses do not survive several generations under family ownership.\nThe next speaker was Ms. Soldano. She is the owner of a financial management company which manages family assets and coordinates estate planning and generation succession efforts.\nSome of the attendees listening to the presentations\nMs Soldano continued the discussion about how the inheritance tax generates no net revenue for the federal government due to the extensive compliance and collection costs which are incurred. She also attempted to emphasize how nearly 50% of all estate taxes come from estates which are valued at less than $5 million. Although, this number seemed \"high\" for the average person, she emphasized that all assets of an estate are considered as taxable. This would include real estate, home furnishings, automobiles, retirement funds, bank accounts, family heirlooms etc.\nThe next speaker was Mr. Mooney who is a partner of the New York City Law firm McCanliss & Early LLP. His practice includes law in the areas of estate planning, taxation and nonprofit organizations. His presentation covered the topic of techniques for preserving a family's wealth across generations. He discussed items such as the \"gift tax\" and \"generation skipping.\"\nThe final speaker of the evening was Ms. Bailey. She serves as a policy analyst for the Americans for Tax Reform Foundation (ATR). The ATR was formed to work towards the idea of creating a system in which taxes are simpler, fairer, more visible and lower than they are today. They seek to eliminate forms of \"double taxation\" which includes items such as the capital gains tax, the inheritance tax, and the alternative minimum tax.\nMs. Bailey speaking on the \"investor tax cuts\" as Mr. Patten and Ms. Soldano listen\nMs. Bailey talk focused on the \"double taxation\" of stock dividends and the tax cuts proposed by Bush White House. She stressed that 60% of the American population can be classified as \"investors\" because of the fact that in addition to ownership of individual stocks, numerous Americans have their retirement savings invested in stock based 401K like plans. As a result, she contends, that the taxation of dividends is actually an additional tax on the working middle class.\nThe taxation of dividends does not only affect \"rich people\" but also people such as herself who are just beginning to save money into retirement plans. Further, she noted, that many retirees are dependent on dividend income due to their retirement savings plans.\nIn general, although this tax seminar focused on what may be termed as the \"conservatives\" view point on issues such as the inheritance tax and other forms of \"double taxation\" in did raise various interesting points and perspectives.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 23, "original_length": 4899, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 226.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://uesa.org/news/20040915/20040915-nyc.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:28Z", "digest": "sha1:A7OV3B4RB73ZJRO3MQIJQGKWTO35T6E7", "length": 534, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "uesa.org", "title": "Ukrainian Engineers Society of America - News on 15-September-2004", "raw_content": "The New York City Chapter of the Ukrainian Engineers' Society of America (UESA) and the Ukrainian Medical Association of North America (UMANA), invite you to our annual zabava. The Post Labor Day Zabava in New York City will have music provided by \"Fata Morgana\". All profits will be donated to the Ukrainian Institute of America.\nFood, Coffee & Desert Included\n\"Reasonably Priced\" Cash Bar\nPlease download our Post Labor Day Zabava in New York City promotional flyer, print it out and pass it around. It's also perfect for e-mailing!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 21, "original_length": 1081, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 269.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://uesa.org/news/20060315/20060315-nyc.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:50Z", "digest": "sha1:BJMY657P6RL5OXQD357DMMU4USM3CUGP", "length": 7816, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "uesa.org", "title": "Ukrainian Engineers Society of America - News on 15-March-2006", "raw_content": "NYC Lecture on \u201cEngineering Inventions, New Technologies, and Intellectual Property\u201d\nIvan Durbak\nOn March 15th, 2006, the Ukrainian Engineers\u2019 Society of NYC presented a lecture by Walter Hanchuk, Patent Attorney for Chadbourne & Parke LLP on \u201cEngineering Inventions, New Technologies, and Intellectual Property \", at the Ukrainian Institute, 2 East 79th Street, NYC. John Kheit, a senior associate in the intellectual property group at Chadbourne & Parke, assisted in the presentation Mr. Hanchuk began with a general overview of the Intellectual Property (IP) landscape of Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, and Trade-Secrets: an exciting arena where, with substantial Private Equity funding available and where it has never been easier to market and expand a business, IP has never been more valued. Mr. Hanchuk also explained, however, legal minefields including Trademark Clearance problems, the birth of the Patent Troll, copyright cloudiness, and regulatory red-tape at an all-time high\nMr. Hanchuk then described a number of noteworthy IP litigation cases, including: A.\tPatents: in the recent Blackberry case the whole country was on the verge of a Blackberry stoppage, with $612 million paid to a patent troll. Other interesting lawsuits mentioned: Priceline.com v. Microsoft & Expedia.com, Amazon.com vs. Barnesandnoble.com, and Yahoo v. Google. B.\tCopyrights: the wildly popular peer-to-peer (p2p) phenomena causing music and videos to be copied at record levels, and the MGM v. Grokster lawsuit. C.\tTrademarks: Lexis v Lexus. D.\tTrade Secrets: theft of trade secrets by a former exec (GM v. Volkswagon). E.\tMr. Hanchuk also discussed other significant and related issues, including Open-Source, Domain-Name, and Sarbanes-Oxley issues.\nMr. Hanchuk next reviewed the changing Patent Protection process, tracing the patentability evolution of Software in 1990 through E-commerce in 1995 and into Business Methods in the early 2000\u2019s. He explained how the major Strategic Goal is to preserve rights:\nTo preserve worldwide rights, file for patent protection before any form of offer for sale or public disclosure; at a minimum, file within one year of offer for sale or public disclosure to preserve US rights (although foreign rights lost). A second goal is to defer costs: Foreign file within one year of US filing \u2013 the Patent Cooperation Treaty allows preservation of rights for 30 months from original filing date.\nMr. Hanchuk then detailed changing nature of computer systems and software that are \u201cPatent-Eligible\u201d today in the United States, illustrating cases now covered under patent law (a) New Accounting Techniques (b) New financial instruments (Traveler\u2019s checks, Credit Cards) and (c) Internet Purchasing Techniques. Specific examples included Merrill Lynch\u2019s Securities Brokerage-Cash Management System, CitiBank\u2019s Trusted Agents For Open Electronic Commerce, Priceline.com\u2019s Method and Apparatus for a Cryptographically Assisted Commercial Network System, and Amazon.com\u2019s Internet-based Customer Referral System\nMr. Hanchuk next examined US Copyright Law and particularly how it affects the Internet technology industry. He explained how the law not only covers Direct Infringement (Copying) but also Indirect Infringement; the latter includes (a) Contributory infringement: Knowledge of infringing activity and material contribution, (b) Vicarious infringement: Profit off of the infringement and Ability to supervise the direct infringer, and (c) Inducing infringement: Intent to cause infringement and Purposeful act to encourage infringement\nMr. Hanchuk described the pivotal lawsuits against Napster and Grokster, described briefly new and developing technologies such as 1. Slingbox (Box that retransmits television broadcasts to any PC worldwide), 2. Darknets (private P2P networks) and 3. Traditional P2P \u2013 Illegal File Sharing (now with over 9 million P2P users and over one billion songs, often hosted outside the United States) and concluded that there was \u201cNo practical alternative to controlling massive copyright infringement\u201d. Mr. Hanchuk moved on to examining Open Source Software (OSS) - Freely licensed software including source code, in the public domain, which the Licensee has the right to use, modify and distribute at no charge. He explained the interesting legal concept of Copyleft, which is a general method for making a program or other work free, and requiring all modified and extended versions of the program to be free as well. Another important legal concept is that if a program contains open source, then potentially that entire program must be redistributed for free with source code.\nMr. Hanchuk debunked many common myths regarding OSS, including (1) You can do whatever you want with it, (2) You cannot charge for OSS (in fact - under certain conditions you can), (3) OSS is always free, and (4) You are forced to give up all of your Intellectual Property rights. He then described how many prominent companies, such as IBM, Apple, Tivo, and SONY, are effectively utilizing OSS today.\nMr. Hanchuk then moved on to US Trademark Law and explained the key topics: Genericness, concept of \u201cMerely Descriptive\u201d and \u201cLikelihood of Confusion\u201d analysis, Primarily Merely a Surname, Authors\u2019 Names, Res Judicata and Collateral Estoppel, and Dilution. Complexity enters when the connotations and commercial impressions must be balanced against and may outweigh the visual and phonetic similarity. He illustrated with an interesting case: DC Comics v. Pan American Grain Mfg. Co. where KRYPTONITE (for T-Shirts, toys, and sporting goods, etc.) was confused with KRIPTONITA (for prepared alcoholic fruit cocktail). Mr. Hanchuk concluded with general legal advice: in all intellectual property issues with consultants and business associates and dealings:\n(1) insure that all employees & consultants sign confidentiality & ip ownership agreements, (2) include patent and copyright ownership clauses (3) have employees execute exit agreements (4) take note of open source issues, (5) maintain trade secrets: limit disclosure, (6) police the brand, and (7) clear new marks and consider clearing new products of ip issues.\nThroughout the presentation Mr. Hanchuk used vivid imagery and slides to keep the audience engaged and involved with a balance of technical/legal material and practical real-world problems.\nAfter the formal presentation, the audience participated in a spirited question-and-answer session and collegial debate. The evening finished with informal and convivial discussions over food and drinks.\nWalter Hanchuk is a partner in the intellectual property group at Chadbourne & Parke, a 100 year old international firm with 450 lawyers. The Firm has a major presence in Eastern Europe and the former CIS, including substantial offices in Kyiv, Warsaw, Moscow, St Petersburg and Kazakhstan.\nWalter Hanchuk received his Engineering degree from the Cooper Union and his law degree from the George Washington University. His career spans over 17 years in intellectual property law, and in developing new and emerging technologies, including employment at the US Patent & Trademark Office as a US Patent Examiner and as a partner of Morgan & Finnegan, a patent law firm in New York. He has served on Advisory Boards of various emerging technology companies, and Editorial Boards of various publications of the New York Law Journal and the E-Commerce Law Journal. He has prosecuted many pioneering patents for various internet, information technology and financial service companies, and has litigated patent, unfair competition and trade secret cases against companies such as Microsoft and Texas Instruments. He was recently named one of New York's \"Super Lawyers\", a rating given to a small percentage of lawyers in an upcoming supplement to the NY Times.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 20, "original_length": 8046, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 267.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://uhstalk.org/tag/wharton/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:50:01Z", "digest": "sha1:7AFNOF62XJ4IONG3EY6DOQVIEATAYVYY", "length": 268, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "uhstalk.org", "title": "Wharton \u2013 Tomahawk Talk", "raw_content": "Wharton Elementary School Hosts 5k\nApril 20, 2016 April 20, 2016 - by Alyssa Murphy - Leave a Comment\nWharton Elementary School is having a 5k on Saturday, May 21 at 6:00 pm at Wharton. All proceeds will go to Wharton Elementary School PTO. Registration as of May 1, \u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 1561, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 301.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://uhstalk.org/the-wright-mission/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:53Z", "digest": "sha1:XGOABBPDE2UK27SYXG2IAVACYCA6EFNH", "length": 1685, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "uhstalk.org", "title": "The Wright Mission \u2013 Tomahawk Talk", "raw_content": "The Wright Mission\nFebruary 4, 2016 - by Benjamin Wilson - Leave a Comment\nUniontown High School Senior Hannah Wright went on a missionary trip this past December to Petit Guave in Haiti. She stayed there for a week with her hosts Eddie and Sanvil. Hannah\u2019s parents have gone to Haiti multiples times but this was her first time going and actually experiencing the life of the Haitian people. Hannah\u2019s father works with The Family of Faith Church and has provided direct help to some of the less fortunate people of Haiti.\nDuring Hannah\u2019s stay she worked with an orphanage that her family maintains. It houses 12 orphans, a local Haitian Nurse, Hannah and her mother. Together they ran a clinic for a week. They provided basic medical care and eyeglasses to the people. They also brought additional supplies such as clothes and medicines which they distributed to those in need. I asked Hannah what she thought the best part of the trip was and she replied, \u201cGetting to see the lives day in and day out of how the Haitian people had to live. The fact that they didn\u2019t know when their last meal would come but to still share and help anyone, even if they had nothing. It\u2019s a humbling and enriching experience.\u201d\nHannah hopes to go back to Haiti after she graduates college with her nursing degree, and open a medical clinic which will provide low cost care for Haitians; while providing jobs for some of their graduate nursing students. Hannah plans to return in November of this year, while her father plans to return in the spring. The Wright family is also taking donations which will benefit the Haitian people.\nPrevious Article Lady Raider\u2019s Senior Night Game\nNext Article Leap Year", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 97, "original_length": 3632, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 330.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://uhstalk.org/youre-insecure-dont-know-what-for/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:55Z", "digest": "sha1:YSLYJ4KR4H2VZYCYMTH7INNJ5BTGTTIF", "length": 2719, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "uhstalk.org", "title": "You\u2019re Insecure, Don\u2019t Know What For. \u2013 Tomahawk Talk", "raw_content": "You\u2019re Insecure, Don\u2019t Know What For.\nJanuary 10, 2013 - by www.uhstalk.org - 3 Comments.\nCan any of you honestly say that you have no insecurities? No one deserves to feel insecure about themselves, but most of us still do. Insecure is defined as \u201cNot sure or certain; doubtful.\u201d Insecurities can come in many different forms. For instance, people can simply not want to talk about what size jeans they wear, or they can be completely dedicated to looking \u201cperfect\u201d in the public eye.\nMany people blame the media for making people feel insecure about themselves, but there are few times when the media doesn\u2019t have something to do with it. It may not be direct, either. It could be that someone was just looking through a magazine and they saw a picture that made them feel ugly or fat, but it isn\u2019t always so anonymous; sometimes it\u2019s our peers. Someone that may feel great about themselves can be torn down and made to feel like they aren\u2019t beautiful just by the way someone else looks or how they look at others. Bullies have just as much to do with insecurities as the media does.\nBeing insecure can lead to many things, such as depression, self harm, unhealthy dieting, problems with grades, problems making and keeping relationships, or becoming reckless by taking unnecessary risks to improve oneself.\nAccording to livestrong.com, people with insecurities can do certain things to overcome them, like changing their current behavior, taking a rational approach to each problem they face so that they are no longer inhibited by debilitating fears or beliefs, or opening themselves to the possibility of success and accomplishment.\nWhen you feel insecure, you shouldn\u2019t just bottle everything up because that isn\u2019t healthy. Find a well trusted friend and talk to them about it. If you just keep it all bottled up, it could be directed into the wrong outlet and cause more bad than good.\nIf you need further advice feel free to visit:\nhttp://www.livestrong.com/article/14655-handling-insecurity/\nPrevious Article Monsters Inc. Comes Back in 3D!\nNext Article Keystone Tests\n3 Comments on \u201cYou\u2019re Insecure, Don\u2019t Know What For.\u201d\nthis is so true \u2026\nEither way, something needs to be done about #pro ana. Teens are posting on trending social networking sites explaining their journey with anorexia so far and asking for people to join them. You don\u2019t need to be \u201ca skinny\u201d to look pretty. Something needs to be done about #pro ana/thinspiration before it gets any worse.\ndefinately true. too many people look on the outside. It\u2019s your personality that matters not your looks. You could be the prettiest person in the world and have and ugly personality. People need to stop looking at the outside and look on the inside", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 114, "original_length": 4948, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 289.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ultimatelawguide.com/Articles/articles/make-your-mark.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:36:17Z", "digest": "sha1:HQFCMUW4B47F77MVB2UKHTPECBMUEDBH", "length": 4905, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "ultimatelawguide.com", "title": "Ultimate Law Guide - Make Your Mark", "raw_content": "You are here: Ultimate Law Guide > Articles > Make Your Mark\nHere is some practical advice on how to improve your chances of securing a training contract and other alternative careers in law.\nWhile completing your legal studies, there are a number of avenues available to you that will help you to secure that all-important training contract. You can, for example, gain experience as a paralegal, start training to become a legal executive or consider working as a company secretary. It is important to keep all your options open. Ensure you can differentiate yourself from your peers by making sure you can provide evidence of your capability and potential with practical examples.\nTime and thought need to go into CVs and application forms \u2013 these are so often your shop window and the route to secure an interview stage. Be sure to (succinctly) include all relevant commercial and legal experience \u2013 both paid and unpaid \u2013 as well as any other skills you may have, for example language proficiency. Keep your CV to two pages in length, ensure that formatting is consistent throughout and carefully check for any spelling or grammatical mistakes. Beware of blind spots \u2013 get a friend to read over the completed CV or form. Under no circumstance should you be tempted to fabricate less than favourable information \u2013 take this on the chin and instead be prepared to demonstrate how you overcame any challenges you had to face.\nInterviews can be daunting but as long as you have prepared carefully and view it as an opportunity to showcase yourself rather than as a test laden with obstacles. Remember the old adage \u2013 \u2018Fail to Prepare and Prepare to Fail\u2019 \u2013 it applies. Have you thoroughly researched the firm and read any relevant articles in the press and online? Have you spoken to any trainees or contacts? Can you comfortably discuss the latest current affairs topics? You will also need to think about potential questions and have examples ready to evidence sought after competencies, such as commercial awareness, teamwork, prioritisation etc.\nOn the day itself, first impressions matter, so ensure you arrive early and that you look the part. Convey your knowledge and enthusiasm throughout, establish the format of the next stage and always ask for feedback, as this will help you for future occasions. And finally, persevere and try to obtain any feedback available \u2013 it might just help to secure the next position.\nThe role of the career paralegal has evolved significantly in recent years and UK firms are now providing a structured career path, enabling paralegals to assume similar responsibilities to junior lawyers. Opportunities exist across a range of practice areas, although mainly for corporate and litigation paralegal work. An increasingly popular alternative for paralegals is to move in-house, where some companies recruiting for junior lawyers at the 0-2 year level will consider applications from a non-qualified person, provided they have the requisite experience. Securing a position is not easy in the current market, therefore it is important for individuals to gain as much commercial experience as possible.\nAnother option is to apply for a position as a Legal Executive as a way of gaining further valuable commercial exposure, whether in private practice, local government or in house. The responsibilities of the role are often not dissimilar to those of a solicitor and you will be studying towards the Institute of Legal Exexutives (ILEX) professional exams, which are highly recognised qualifications in their own right.\nThe position of Company Secretary has risen in profile and provides an interface between a company and its shareholders. Company Secretaries fulfil an increasingly important function, acting as the \u2018conscience\u2019 of the board, ensuring that directors act in accordance with the Combined Code of Conduct. The focus on strengthening corporate governance and the introduction of the new Companies Act [2006] are both part of the role\u2019s remit. Company Secretaries are often the main point of contact for investor relations, board meetings and corporate transactions. The role is extremely varied and wide ranging, requiring an in-depth understanding of corporate governance, company law, board evaluation techniques and the ability to negotiate and influence at the highest level. Professional qualifications, achieved through the Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators (ICSA), are generally required and law graduates or holders of the LPC are granted exemptions from all but the last four examinations. The majority of employers (especially FTSE 350 companies) will provide comprehensive study support. A career as a company secretary is both challenging and rewarding and will appeal to professionals from a legal background. Competition for opportunities is intense, so a high degree of self-motivation and determination are essential.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 6037, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 316.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/UnNews:Grim_Reaper_commits_suicide_after_massive_week_of_celebrity_deaths", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:57Z", "digest": "sha1:QGKXW4XXPPUE4MOAJ6Z2JVPSGKKPH4SI", "length": 6183, "nlines": 49, "source_domain": "uncyclopedia.wikia.com", "title": "UnNews:Grim Reaper commits suicide after massive week of celebrity deaths | Uncyclopedia | FANDOM powered by Wikia", "raw_content": "UnNews, Entertainment, Celebrity, Death\nUnNews:Grim Reaper commits suicide after massive week of celebrity deaths\nGrim Reaper commits suicide after massive week of celebrity deaths\nYour A.D.D. news outl \u2014 Oooh, look at the pictures!\nBilly Mays bites the dust June 28.\nThe Grim Reaper (seen here, far left, with his metal band Grim Reaper) couldn't handle the stress of the busy week of June 21 - June 28, 2009.\nHOLLYWOOD, California -- Johnny Carson sidekick, second banana, and WWE mogul Ed McMahon (a.k.a. Ed MacMahon a.k.a. Vince), 86, died Tuesday from cancer. Thursday saw the death of Farrah Fawcett -- 62, also of cancer -- and the sudden, shocking, and unexpected death of \"King of Pop\" Michael Jackson -- 50, still pending autopsy results, but believed to be cardiac arrest. Then on Sunday, the world lost infomercial extraordinaire Billy Mays, also 50. But it hasn't stopped there.\nPolice Sunday found The Grim Reaper \"unconcious\" and \"not breathing\" at a Hollywood Marriott Hotel on the morning of June 29, 2009. The famed undertaker was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where Death Himself was pronounced dead on arrival at 3:23 pm, after more than an hour of CPR. He was a mere 550 years old. Police found on the nightstand a suicide note.\n\"Here is the suicide note in its entirety,\" says Sgt. Joe Friday, warning, \"but it's not exactly pretty...\"\nThe suicide note is reprinted here with permission of the Associated Press and the David Carradine Center for Handling Shocking Celebrity Deaths:\nMichael Jackson, August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009\n\u201c To whoever cares, I, the Grim Reaper -- born August 29, 1458 in what is now Montana -- can no longer handle my duties as an undertaker. I am under so much pressure and stress after this busy fucking week of having to rid the world of Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, and Billy Mays, let alone musical icon Michael Jackson. Nevermind what he did in his personal life, his music is still the only thing that matters.\nEd McMahon died June 23.\nI went through a long bout with depression and the bottle when I had to cancel Pushing Daisies, but this was fucked up to the core. Why take so many celebrities at once? I wanted to take Robert Carradine instead of David, but that would have gotten me fired. I tried telling my boss no, but he threatened to cut my pay, and I'm on the brink of bankruptcy already.\nI have too many bills to pay, a wife who left me, kids who don't even know me, an asshole boss, a dead-end job, and this just adds insult to injury. I'm sick of it all! I'm burned out, but as Neil Young once said, \"It's better to burn out than to...\" something. Haven't heard that song in ages, and now I can't even remember it. Bah, I'll remember it after I blow my brains out.\nP.S. Enclosed is a picture of Ed McMahon going gangsta!\nStrangely, no bullet wounds were found anywhere on his body, leading police to believe he tried a different method of suicide. \"His .44 Magnum had no bullets, no fingerprints,\" Friday says. \"We have an autopsy scheduled for Wednesday for sure.\"\nFarrah Fawcett also died June 25.\nThe Reaper's death ends one of the most shocking and bizarre weeks in the history of celebrity deaths.\n\"I guess there's no way to describe what's going on here,\" says Harrison Ford, who is still very much alive, despite internet rumors. \"Celebrities are dropping like flies lately. It's, it's tragic, to say the least.\"\n\"I agree with Harrison Ford,\" says Jeff Goldblum, another living celebrity rumored dead, \"Stars are dropping like flies. Like flies.\" Goldblum was desperately trying to make puns on his 1986 film The Fly, directed by David Cronenberg.\n\"I am shocked to hear of the tragic death of the Reaper,\" says Blue Oyster Cult guitarist Donald \"Buck Dharma\" Roeser. \"I am at a loss for words right now, and I think we should re-release 'Don't Fear the Reaper' as a single to benefit Grim's family and those affacted by his untimely loss.\"\nKnown in folklore for taking souls, the Grim Reaper grew weary of his job and formed a British heavy metal band in 1979 called Grim Reaper. Playing guitar and lead vocals, he released the 1984 album See You in Hell, featuring the number 1 pop hit, \"See You in Hell, My Friend.\" It was the band's only commercially successful recording. They broke up in 1988 and briefly reunited on VH1 in 2006 up until Grim took a leave of absence to focus on his dayjob. It is rumored that he converted to Islam in the past year.\nGrim had also been parodied on the Cartoon Network animated series The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy.\nNo funerals or memorials are planned as of yet.\nLynn Elber \"\u2018Tonight\u2019 sidekick Ed McMahon dies in LA at 86\". Associated Press, June 27, 2009\nLynn Elber \"Farrah Fawcett loses battle with cancer\". Associated Press, June 26, 2009\nRichard Lacayo \"Michael Jackson: The Sad End of an American Icon\". Associated Press, June 27, 2009\nMitch Stacy \"TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at Florida home\". Associated Press, June 28, 2009\nUnNews Senior Editors are currently inserting left-wing bias into this related article:\nMcMahon fires Trump, dies\nUnNews Senior Editors are currently inserting right-wing bias into this related article:\nHoly fucking shit Michael Jackson is dead\nMichael Jackson \"out of time\"; \"ain't no second chance\" paramedics say\nUnNews Senior Editors are currently arguing over the gender-neutrality of this related article:\nMichael Jackson reassures fans that \"Show will go on\" despite untimely death.\nMichael Jackson dead- two people mourn\nMichael Jackson Dead at 50, blah, blah, blah\nUnNews Senior Editors are currently spilling coffee on this related article:\nBill Murray commits suicide in 80s entertainment death pact\nSome old guy is all dead, or something\nMichael Jackson dies! Also Farrah Fawcett\nLaToya Jackson missing since Thursday\nUnNews Senior Editors are currently furiously fact-checking this related article:\nBilly Mays' Head Explodes... Again\nBilly Mays fulfills death pact with Michael Jackson\nAnd the Mays is gone!\nGeorge Bush vows to run for 2008 presidential elections\nRetrieved from \"http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/UnNews:Grim_Reaper_commits_suicide_after_massive_week_of_celebrity_deaths?oldid=5580939\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 171, "original_length": 8628, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 323.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://unscr.com/en/resolutions/2009", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:34Z", "digest": "sha1:G7A4OD7JHWXBNYBDHQUB5YS7N4FYISXX", "length": 13106, "nlines": 187, "source_domain": "unscr.com", "title": "Security Council Resolution 2009 - UNSCR", "raw_content": "11-50244S (E)\nchildren in armed conflict, and 1325 (2000), 1820 (2008), 1888 (2009) 1889\n(2009),and 1960 (2010) on women, peace and security,\nRecalling its decision to refer the situation in Libya to the Prosecutor of the\nInternational Criminal Court, and the importance of cooperation for ensuring that\nthose responsible for violations of human rights and international humanitarian law\nor complicit in attacks targeting the civilian population are held accountable,\nStrongly condemning all violations of applicable human rights and\ninternational humanitarian law, including violations that involve unlawful killings,\nother uses of violence against civilians, or arbitrary arrests and detentions, in\nparticular of African migrants and members of minority communities,\nAlso strongly condemning sexual violence, particularly against women and\ngirls, and the recruitment and use of children in situations of armed conflict in\ncontravention of applicable international law,\nConsidering that the voluntary and sustainable return of refugees and\ninternally displaced persons will be a critical factor for the consolidation of peace in\nStressing that national ownership and national responsibility are key to\nestablishing sustainable peace and the primary responsibility of national authorities\nin identifying their priorities and strategies for post-conflict peace-building,\nRecalling the letter of the Secretary-General of 7 September 2011\n(S/2011/542) and welcoming his intention to dispatch, at the request of the Libyan\nauthorities, an initial deployment of personnel, to be led by a Special Representative\nof the Secretary-General,\nTaking note of the letter of 14 September 2011 from Dr. Mahmoud Jibril,\nPrime Minister of the National Transitional Council of Libya, to the Secretary-\nExpressing its gratitude to the Secretary-General\u2019s Special Envoy to Libya,\nMr. Abdel-Elah Mohamed Al-Khatib, for his efforts to find a sustainable and\npeaceful solution in Libya,\nReaffirming that the United Nations should lead the effort of the international\ncommunity in supporting the Libyan-led transition and rebuilding process aimed at\nestablishing a democratic, independent and united Libya, welcoming the\ncontributions in this regard of the Secretary-General\u2019s 26 August high-level meeting\nof regional organisations and the 1 September Paris Conference, and welcoming also\nthe efforts of the African Union, Arab League, European Union and the\nOrganization of the Islamic Cooperation,\nExpressing concern at the proliferation of arms in Libya and its potential\nimpact on regional peace and security,\nRecalling its resolutions 1970 (2011) of 26 February 2011 and 1973 (2011) of\nRecalling its determination to ensure that assets frozen pursuant to resolutions\n1970 (2011) and 1973 (2011) shall as soon as possible be made available to and for\nthe benefit of the people of Libya, welcoming steps taken by the Committee\nestablished pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) and Member States in this regard,\nand underscoring the importance of making these assets available in a transparent\nand responsible manner in conformity with the needs and wishes of the Libyan\n1. Takes note of the developments in Libya, welcomes the improved\nsituation there, and looks forward to stability in Libya;\n2. Looks forward to the establishment of an inclusive, representative\ntransitional Government of Libya, and emphasises the need for the transitional\nperiod to be underpinned by a commitment to democracy, good governance, rule of\nlaw and respect for human rights;\n3. Emphasises the importance of promoting the equal and full participation\nof women and minority communities in the discussions related to the political\nprocess in the post-conflict phase;\n4. Welcomes the statements of the National Transitional Council appealing\nfor unity, national reconciliation and justice, and its call for Libyans of all beliefs\nand backgrounds to refrain from reprisals, including arbitrary detentions;\n5. Encourages the National Transitional Council to implement its plans to:\n(a) protect Libya\u2019s population, restore government services, and allocate\nLibya\u2019s funds openly and transparently;\n(b) prevent further abuses and violations of human rights and international\nhumanitarian law and to put an end to impunity;\n(c) ensure a consultative, inclusive political process with a view to\nagreement on a constitution and the holding of free and fair elections;\n(d) ensure the safety of foreign nationals in Libya, particularly those who\nhave been threatened, mistreated and/or detained; and\n(e) prevent the proliferation of man-portable surface-to-air missiles, small\narms and light weapons, and meet Libya\u2019s arms control and non-proliferation\nobligations under international law;\n6. Notes the National Transitional Council\u2019s calls to avoid acts of reprisals\nincluding against migrant workers;\n7. Calls upon the Libyan authorities to promote and protect human rights,\nincluding those of people belonging to vulnerable groups, to comply with their\nobligations under international law, including international humanitarian law and\nhuman rights law, and calls for those responsible for violations, including sexual\nviolence, to be held accountable in accordance with international standards;\n8. Strongly urges the Libyan authorities to ensure the protection of\ndiplomatic personnel and premises in accordance with Vienna Convention on\nDiplomatic Relations of 1961;\n9. Expresses its resolve to assist the people of Libya to achieve these goals,\nand urges all Member States to assist the people of Libya as appropriate;\n10. Urges all Member States to cooperate closely with the Libyan authorities\nin their efforts to end impunity, in accordance with Libya\u2019s international obligations;\n11. Calls upon the Libyan authorities to comply with the international\nobligations of Libya, including obligations set forth in the Charter of the United\nNations, in accordance with international law, and further calls upon the Libyan\nauthorities to honour extant contracts and obligations, in accordance with this and\nother relevant resolutions, and the law applicable to such contracts and obligations;\n12. Decides to establish a United Nations Support Mission in Libya\n(UNSMIL), under the leadership of a Special Representative of the Secretary-\nGeneral for an initial period of three months, and decides further that the mandate of\nUNSMIL shall be to assist and support Libyan national efforts to:\n(a) restore public security and order and promote the rule of law;\n(b) undertake inclusive political dialogue, promote national reconciliation,\nand embark upon the constitution-making and electoral process;\n(c) extend state authority, including through strengthening emerging\naccountable institutions and the restoration of public services;\n(d) promote and protect human rights, particularly for those belonging to\nvulnerable groups, and support transitional justice;\n(e) take the immediate steps required to initiate economic recovery; and\n(f) coordinate support that may be requested from other multilateral and\nbilateral actors as appropriate;\n13. Decides that the measure imposed by paragraph 9 of resolution 1970\n(2011) shall also not apply to the supply, sale or transfer to Libya of:\n(a) arms and related materiel of all types, including technical assistance,\ntraining, financial and other assistance, intended solely for security or disarmament\nassistance to the Libyan authorities and notified to the Committee in advance and in\nthe absence of a negative decision by the Committee within five working days of\nsuch a notification;\n(b) small arms, light weapons and related materiel, temporarily exported to\nLibya for the sole use of United Nations personnel, representatives of the media and\nhumanitarian and development workers and associated personnel, notified to the\nCommittee in advance and in the absence of a negative decision by the Committee\nwithin five working days of such a notification;\n14. Decides that the Libyan National Oil Corporation (LNOC) and Zueitina\nOil Company shall no longer be subject to the asset freeze and other measures\nimposed in paragraphs 17, 19, 20 and 21 of resolution 1970 (2011) and paragraph 19\n15. Decides to modify the measures imposed in paragraphs 17, 19, 20 and 21\nof resolution 1970 (2011) and paragraph 19 of resolution 1973 (2011) with respect\nto the Central Bank of Libya, the Libyan Arab Foreign Bank (LAFB), the Libyan\nInvestment Authority (LIA), and the Libyan Africa Investment Portfolio (LAIP) as\n(a) funds, other financial assets and economic resources outside of Libya of\nthe entities mentioned in this paragraph above that are frozen as of the date of this\nresolution pursuant to measures imposed in paragraph 17 of resolution 1970 (2011)\nor paragraph 19 of resolution 1973 (2011) shall remain frozen by States unless\nsubject to an exemption as set out in paragraphs 19, 20 or 21 of that resolution or\nparagraph 16 below;\n(b) except as provided in (a), the Central Bank of Libya, the LAFB, the LIA,\nand the LAIP shall otherwise no longer be subject to the measures imposed in\nparagraphs 17 of resolution 1970 (2011), including that States are no longer required\nto ensure that any funds, financial assets or economic resources are prevented from\nbeing made available by their nationals or by any individuals or entities within their\nterritories, to or for the benefit of these entities;\n16. Decides that in addition to the provisions of paragraph 19 of resolution\n1970 (2011), the measures imposed by paragraph 17 of that resolution, as modified\nby paragraph 15 above and paragraph 19 of resolution 1973 (2011), do not apply to\nfunds, other financial assets or economic resources of the Central Bank of Libya, the\nLAFB, the LIA and the LAIP provided that:\n(a) a Member State has provided notice to the Committee of its intent to\nauthorize access to funds, other financial assets, or economic resources, for one or\nmore of the following purposes and in the absence of a negative decision by the\nCommittee within five working days of such a notification:\n(i) humanitarian needs;\n(ii) fuel, electricity and water for strictly civilian uses;\n(iii) resuming Libyan production and sale of hydrocarbons;\n(iv) establishing, operating, or strengthening institutions of civilian\ngovernment and civilian public infrastructure; or\n(v) facilitating the resumption of banking sector operations, including to\nsupport or facilitate international trade with Libya;\n(b) a Member State has notified the Committee that those funds, other\nfinancial assets or economic resources shall not be made available to or for the\nbenefit of the individuals subject to the measures imposed in paragraph 17 of\nresolution 1970 (2011) or paragraph 19 of resolution 1973 (2011);\n(c) the Member State has consulted in advance with the Libyan authorities\nabout the use of such funds, other financial assets, or economic resources; and\n(d) the Member State has shared with the Libyan authorities the notification\nsubmitted pursuant to this paragraph and the Libyan authorities have not objected\nwithin five working days to the release of such funds, other financial assets, or\neconomic resources;\n17. Calls upon States to exercise vigilance when acting pursuant to\nparagraph 16 above and to give due consideration to the use of international\nfinancial mechanisms to promote transparency and prevent misappropriation, in\nlight of the challenges that yet remain for the Libyan authorities;\n18. Requests the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to work\nwith the Libyan authorities on an assessment of Libya\u2019s public financial\nmanagement framework, which would recommend steps to be taken by Libya to\nensure a system of transparency and accountability with respect to the funds held by\nLibyan governmental institutions, including the LIA, LNOC, LAFB, LAIP and\nLibyan Central Bank, and further requests that the Committee be informed of the\nresults of that assessment;\n19. Directs the Committee, in consultation with the Libyan authorities, to\nand 1973 (2011) with respect to the Central Bank of Libya, the LAFB, the LIA and\nthe LAIP, and decides that the Committee shall, in consultation with the Libyan\nauthorities, lift the designation of these entities as soon as practical to ensure the\nassets are made available to and for the benefit of the people of Libya;\nNo Fly Zone and Ban on Flights\n20. Takes note of the improved situation in Libya, emphasises its intention to\nkeep the measures imposed by paragraphs 6 to 12 of resolution 1973 (2011) under\ncontinuous review and underlines its readiness, as appropriate and when\ncircumstances permit, to lift those measures and to terminate authorization given to\nMember States in paragraph 4 of resolution 1973 (2011) in consultation with the\nLibyan authorities;\n21. Decides that the measures in paragraph 17 of resolution 1973 (2011)\nshall cease to have effect from the date of this resolution;\nCooperation and Reporting\n22. Requests the Secretary-General to report on implementation of this\nresolution in 14 days from adoption, and every month thereafter, or more frequently\nas he sees fit;", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 255, "original_length": 16984, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 254.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://uprootedpalestinians.blogspot.com/2018/03/aub-bans-political-analyst-from-taking.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:44Z", "digest": "sha1:QXPJ4C5C24TCKABBR4MN6H4Z2DBHGIPB", "length": 2852, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "uprootedpalestinians.blogspot.com", "title": "Uprooted Palestinian: AUB Bans Political Analyst from Taking part in BBC Debate to Be held on Its Campus", "raw_content": "AUB Bans Political Analyst from Taking part in BBC Debate to Be held on Its Campus\nNour Rida\nThe American University of Beirut, which hails itself as a sanctuary of free-thinking in the Middle East and claims to provide a platform for freedom of speech has just banned an independent political analyst from participating in a BBC debate that is scheduled to take place on the 8th of March on AUB campus.\nThis story is clear evidence that the American University of Beirut is just another American institution that acts against freedom of speech and is authoritarian in nature.\nIn the run up to the first Lebanese Parliamentary elections in nearly ten years, the BBC has decided to host a few political analysts and commentators to take part in its Global Questions debate to explore Beirut\u2019s political relationships with its neighboring countries.\nThe debate entitled \u201cA View from Beirut: The Impact of the Saudi/Iran Power Struggle\u201d had invited Iranian Tehran University Professor and independent political analyst Seyed Mohammad Marandi as a member of the English-speaking panel, but the AUB administration informed BBC on Saturday that he is not be allowed to participate in the debate that will take place on AUB\u2019s campus.\nAl-Ahed news contacted Dr. Marandi, who commented on the matter saying\n\u201cI was very surprised that I was banned from participating in the panel discussion to be held on AUB campus and AUB said I could not participate while all the Saudi and Lebanese panelists will be allowed to participate. What was also very surprising was that while AUB is preventing me from speaking, the BBC is forced to appease AUB. In other words, I think it is unacceptable for AUB to be able to impose conditions on debates, and I think that the BBC or any other media outlet or organization should find this completely intolerable and unacceptable and I think that BBC should change the venue.\u201d\nIn an exclusive statement to al-Ahed, Dr. Marandi pointed out that \u201cThe Americans, who claim to be advocating freedom of speech and democracy, are the ones who are here clearly preventing freedom of speech and preventing anything other than their own narrative from being heard.\u201d\n\u201cWhat increases my surprise even further is that I was actually a visiting fellow to AUB in 2011 and 2012. I was there on my sabbatical from the University of Tehran and I was also born in the United States, so if AUB cannot tolerate a person who was born in the United States, a person who is an academic and was previously a visiting scholar at AUB, then what is left of debate?\u201d he wondered.\nIronically, AUB\u2019s official website reads \u201cThe University believes deeply in and encourages freedom of thought and expression and seeks to foster tolerance and respect for diversity and dialogue.\u201d\nLabels: Democracy, Freedom of Press, Freedom of Speach, Iran, Lebanon, Saudia, USA", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 3397, "original_length": 98370, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 214.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ureadthis.com/varicose-vein-treatment-what-is-venaseal/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:33Z", "digest": "sha1:K2P7VRUKZ5IHIPOW6RJJ36ELHEXWVSIV", "length": 4879, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "ureadthis.com", "title": "Varicose Vein Treatment: What Is VenaSeal?", "raw_content": "Home > HEALTH > Varicose Vein Treatment: What Is VenaSeal?\nThe VenaSeal Closure System, is a relatively new type of varicose vein treatment that shows great promise. It was first used in Europe but is now approved by the FDA to be used in the United States. It has advantages over other popular varicose vein treatment like laser treatment and sclerotherapy.\nHow Does VenaSeal Varicose Vein Treatment Work?\nFirst, duplex ultrasound is performed to very precisely map out a varicose vein. This will include the exact location of faulty vein valves causing venous reflux where blood is flowing in the wrong direction. Next, a very thin catheter is inserted into the varicose vein. At the tip of this catheter is a delivery system that delivers a precise amount of medical grade \u201csuper glue.\u201d This is delivered every three millimeters along the length of the varicose vein. This super glue causes the inner walls of the varicose vein to stick together and polymerize, thus sealing off the varicose vein to blood flow. The venous blood is automatically rerouted through healthier veins.\nWhat Type of Glue Is VenaSeal?\nThe glue used in VenaSeal varicose vein treatment is a medical grade, fully sterile form of cyanoacrylate. This is the same chemical polymer that is used in Super Glue and Krazy Glue sold in almost every hardware store and department store in America! Although a very tiny fraction of patients could have an allergic reaction to cyanoacrylate, it has been formulated so that most people\u2019s cells will not react. In fact, cyanoacrylate is used to seal wounds in other branches of medicine. Dr. Weil also recommends super glue as a method of closing up a bleeding wound in a medical emergency.\nHow Does Sealing a Vein Help My Varicose Vein Condition?\nWhen a vein valve becomes faulty, blood begins to pool in that vein. This increases the hydrostatic pressure in the veins and puts a lot more pressure on the veins. When this happens, the vein walls are stretched and weakened. As an analogy, you can think of a water balloon that is filled with too much water. These weakened veins may also become twisted or \u201cvaricosed.\u201d Once veins have reached this stage, they cannot be repaired. The best course of action is to seal off that problematic vein so that blood is forced to travel through healthier veins.\nWhat Are the Primary Advantages of VenaSeal?\nThe biggest advantage to the VenaSeal varicose vein treatment system is that it prevents the possibility of any nerve damage. In many forms of varicose vein treatment, especially laser procedures like EVLT, laser heat is applied on the inside the vein to cause it to collapse and seal off from blood flow. While it occurs at a relatively low rate, there is a risk of this heat energy hitting nearby nerves and damaging them. When this happens, the nerve damage can be permanent so it is serious consequence. Another issue with laser heat is it can sometimes \u201cspill over\u201d into nearby tissue, causing bruising, swelling, and other painful symptoms. The VenaSeal Closure System avoids this completely so patients have virtually no pain and discoloration after the procedure. In fact, they don\u2019t even have to wear compression hose in most cases.\nHow Was VenaSeal Developed?\nThe VenaSeal Closure System is a remarkable medical success story. It was developed by Don Crawford, a chemical engineer, and Dr. Rod Raabe, a medical doctor specializing in vascular radiology. Over dinner one night, Dr. Raabe drew out some rough sketches on the back of a dinner napkin and that\u2019s how this varicose vein treatment all began! These two gentlemen also knew the market for such a medical device was wide open and would be attractive to private investors. At least twenty-five of all people have varicose veins and the VenaSeal system would solve the problems seen in other systems. Don Crawford had extensive experience in the regulatory process for implanted medical devices so he was exceptionally effective in getting this varicose vein treatment to the point of clinical trials where is showed great promise.\nYou Can Get a Free Evaluation of Your Veins\nIn order to know if you need varicose vein treatment, it is 100 percent necessary to have your veins checked out by a vein specialist in a clinical setting such as Metro Vein Centers. They have the equipment needed to visually explore the inside of your veins and qualitatively and quantitatively pinpoint any problems. This is done with duplex ultrasound technology, not exactly equipment you can buy from the drug store or from a natural health catalog, nor would you know how to interpret the results if you could!\nTo set up the free evaluation, just give Metro Vein Centers a call. You do not need a doctor\u2019s referral to do so. When you go in, you can ask your vein doctor about his or her opinion on VenaSeal compared to other forms of varicose vein treatment. Good luck!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 135, "original_length": 9158, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 291.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://us103.com/lita-ford-too-much-fun/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:05Z", "digest": "sha1:FRSRDEV3WZWH3YDZL7OZXHXC76IZQ5RX", "length": 1346, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "us103.com", "title": "Lita Ford Reports She\u2019s Having \u2018Too Much Fun\u2019 on Tour with Def Leppard and Poison", "raw_content": "Lita Ford Reports She\u2019s Having \u2018Too Much Fun\u2019 on Tour with Def Leppard and Poison\nAfter a break of nearly three weeks, Lita Ford is looking forward to getting back out on the road. In a new interview, Ford talks about what it was like being on the road for much of June and July on the \u2018Rock of Ages\u2019 Tour with Def Leppard and Poison.\n\u201cThe first leg of the tour went by too quickly,\u201d she told Brave Words and Bloody Knickles. \u201cI guess I was having too much fun. I have really enjoyed seeing the fans shows singing along to the new songs from \u2018Living Like A Runaway,\u2019 that is a real turn on for me.\u201d\nThe \u2018Rock of Ages\u2019 Tour starts up again tomorrow (Aug. 9) at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Fla. It will make its way across the country and down to Mexico before concluding on Sept. 15 at the Santa Barbara Bowl in Santa Barbara, Calif.\nHowever, Ford, who recently reconciled with her former Runaways bandmates Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, was quick to spread the credit around. \u201cAnd it doesn\u2019t hurt that I have one of the hottest and best bands today; Mitch Perry, Marty O\u2019Brien and Scot Coogan,\u201d she continued.\n\u201cTo the people in North America, here we come to rock your summer!!!\u201d\nNext: Lita Ford Talks About Van Halen's Influence on Her Music\nRead Original: Lita Ford Reports She\u2019s Having \u2018Too Much Fun\u2019 on Tour with Def Leppard and Poison", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 87, "original_length": 2681, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 239.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://usir.salford.ac.uk/30751/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:25Z", "digest": "sha1:VSKGS6QDVT3GKHET6VTNCZTLBV5OJHES", "length": 1267, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "usir.salford.ac.uk", "title": "Inter-service debate and the origins of strategic culture : the 'principles of war' in the British armed forces, 1919-1939 - University of Salford Institutional Repository", "raw_content": "Inter-service debate and the origins of strategic culture : the 'principles of war' in the British armed forces, 1919-1939\nSearle, DA ORCID: 0000-0003-3311-4090 2014, 'Inter-service debate and the origins of strategic culture : the 'principles of war' in the British armed forces, 1919-1939' , War in History, 21 (1) , pp. 4-32.\nIn the literature on the emergence of the principles of war in British military thought there has been a failure to examine the reaction of the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force to the appearance of the first list of principles in the army's 1920 Field Service Regulations. By considering correspondence, articles, books, field manuals, and staff college lecture scripts, this article demonstrates that there was a debate on the principles of war between the two world wars which involved all three armed services. The acceptance of the principles into the doctrine of each of the services represented a fundamental shift away from Jomini and the final acceptance of Clausewitzian approaches to the theory of war. The debate also contributed to significantly to the emergence of a 'common language' between the services, thus laying the basis for a tri-service 'strategic culture' which was attuned to the challenges of joint operations.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 116, "original_length": 3476, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 164.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://uwcfmf.blogspot.com/2015/10/from-desk-of-vc-30-october-2015.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:56Z", "digest": "sha1:XVEEXXDWTTLGDFLI6Z7Y6GJOQ3V3DIVY", "length": 3430, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "uwcfmf.blogspot.com", "title": "UWC Fees Must Fall responses: From the Desk of the VC - 30 October 2015", "raw_content": "Following on my earlier communication, my update now is regrettable and very sad. THIS IS NOT UWC. After our very positive staff meeting, some of our staff engaged with the protesting group and then gave me the impression that the leadership of 8 were keen to have a dialogue with the rector and possibly the SRC, mediated by an eminent person.\nIn their words the students \u201cjust wanted their voices to be heard\u201d and on the basis of this I engaged the SRC until late Thursday evening and resumed again early this morning, to get them to agree. The Chancellor, Archbishop Makgoba, graciously agreed to this, even though he only returned from London this morning and proceeded directly from the airport to the campus. While I was briefing the Archbishop on the objectives of the intervention, arrangements were made for him and me to meet with the SRC first and then with the leaders of the protesting group. It is our information that soon after this arrangement was communicated, a group of students marched from the Student Centre to the residences, indicating that they were going to mobilise support. At the residences the security refused them entry, which led to students using \u201cbricks, belts, sticks and sjamboks\u201d against the security. Several of our security were injured and one so badly that he required hospitalisation.\nThe students then proceeded in the direction of the Student Centre and basically thrashed and vandalised the Administration building (the first and second floors of both the East and West wings), the Campus Protection offices and the School of Government building. Other reports are of widespread damage all over the campus.\nSince we are basically trapped in the Administration building by a small militant group of students with bricks and other weapons, we are not yet clear on the exact extent of the damage. As I, members of the executive and professional staff as well as the SRC, were trapped in the building, I experienced first-hand the trauma that our residence students have been going through for the last number of days. Consequently, I regret to inform you that I had no other choice but to apply for an urgent Court Order as well as to bring the South African Police Services onto campus. Unfortunately the Police did not respond immediately, because of the past action taken against Police when they acted on campuses without the protection of a Court Order.\nThe sentiment that the protesting group only \u201cwanted to be heard\u201d was proven untrue this afternoon. I previously met with them in the mass meeting a week ago and listened to their demands for over 2 hours. I subsequently facilitated the presentation of their demands to the SRC. With the SRC we already started addressing the issues raised in their memorandum. We were in the process of arranging a conversation between the Archbishop, the Rector and this group. They are claiming this rampage is the result of the Rector not being available for them and I reject this claim absolutely. The evidence is there that they pretended to want to have a dialogue, but when the opportunity was presented to them, they went on a rampage.\nWe have deployed a team of councillors to assist our students in the residences, especially the first-years, to help them deal with the trauma they have experienced.\nI will keep you updated and I call on all staff to be unambiguous in condemning this atrocious behaviour.\nProfessor Tyrone Pretorius", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 4442, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 243.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://uwispace.sta.uwi.edu/dspace/handle/2139/46425", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:01Z", "digest": "sha1:ZLAP2QAC7YOTCOPCCWOXLXAPD5UBIHQS", "length": 2643, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "uwispace.sta.uwi.edu", "title": "Caribbean Report 14-02-2002", "raw_content": "Author: Niles, Bertram (anchor); Smith, Lou (correspondent); Abbott, Diane (interviewee); Eastman, Lynette (interviewee); Panday, Basdeo (speaker); Manning, Patrick, 1946-2016 (speaker); Fraser, Tony (correspondent); Luncheon, Roger (speaker); Carberry, Lance (speaker); Smith, Colin (correspondent)\n2. The High Court in Grenada orders the release of three of the seventeen people jailed for the murder of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop but the government immediately seeks a stay of execution of the order from Justice Brian Alleyne. Lou Smith reports (00:27-03:19)\n3. In London a court convicts four men and a fifth pleads guilty to drug smuggling charges for sailing a 1.3 billion dollar cocaine consignment to Britain from the Bequia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (03:20-03:54)\n4. British Member of Parliament, Diane Abbott, says it will be wrong for the British government to impose visa restrictions on Jamaicans entering Britain. The Home Office is yet to comment on London press reports that it is considering the move as part of measures to stem an inflow of cocaine and guns from Jamaica and violent crime by Yardie gangs (03:55-06:52)\n5. Police in north Florida stop two sons of the late Jamaican reggae star Bob Marley for speeding and arrest them on Marijuana possession charges (06:53-07:24)\n6. A group of Commonwealth off-shore tax centres write to the OECD seeking a commitment that its tax guidelines apply to its own members as well, as four of the OECD\u2019s member states are refusing to back the organisation\u2019s tax initiative. Lynette Eastman, Director of the Barbados-based International Tax Investment Organisation (ITIO) and the Director of International Business in Barbados explains why Barbados will be removed from a tax haven blacklist ahead of the mounting deadline (07:25-10:31)\n7. Trinidad and Tobago is functioning without a Parliament and we hear the view of the country\u2019s two political leaders - Basdeo Panday and Patrick Manning - on what has been happening as Tony Fraser reports (10:32-13:17)\n8. 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Sometimes, it\u2019s the first thing guests see when they walk through the door. Whether you\u2019re looking for a staircase installation in a new home, a renovation, or completing a commercial project, at Vintage Flooring, we offer a range of staircase designs that truly make an impression, from spiral stairs to custom staircases.\nYour stairs are made up of various different materials and components. At Vintage you can choose from our large in-store selection of metal and hardwood balusters to our boxed and solid newels. 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All project partners were available and discussed the pending issues of the project, a few weeks before the end of the project. I had the opportunity to meet the project partners for the last time after a couple of years. 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He took part in a bomber attack on Japanese installations in the Aleutians and disappeared around October 15, 1942. 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Part of it is on roads and part is on wooded trail. Road portions of the trail are gradually being relocated to separate trail.\nThis trail passes through many of the most scenic locations in the state, such as the Hocking Hills region and the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. It also goes through many small towns in Ohio, making this trail both an outdoor as well as a history experience.\nThe trail's northern terminus is on Lake Erie in Headlands Beach State Park east of Cleveland. From the northern terminus, one branch leads south down the eastern edge of the state while another leads west across the north towards Toledo.\nThe two branches rejoin in southwestern Ohio in the city of Milford, where a single branch continues southwest to Eden Park in Cincinnati, the southern terminus.\nMajor portions of the trail follow the old canal routes including the Miami and Erie Canal and the Wabash and Erie Canal in the West and the Ohio and Erie Canal in the East. [2]\nThe North Country Trail coincides with the Buckeye Trail for a large part of its route, and the American Discovery Trail also coincides with it through southern Ohio.\nThe Buckeye Trail Association, [3] a non-profit volunteer organization, maintains and develops the trail. The trail is identified by blue blazes, 2 by 6 inches (5.1 cm \u00d7 15.2 cm), on trees or poles. A single blaze marks the trail where the route is fairly straight or obvious, while a double blaze marks a turn with the upper blaze offset to indicate the new direction. A double blaze with no offset simply means pay attention - the trail route may not be obvious.\nBT blaze on a beech tree in North Chagrin Metropark\nBT in North Chagrin Metropark\nBTA Trail Crew installing new puncheon at Lake Logan State Park\nWinter View of the Trail in Tar Hollow State Forest\nView of the Maumee River from along the trail at Bend View Metropark\nA typical BT blaze at Mentor Marsh State Nature Preserve\nBuckeye Trail Association, Inc.\nBuckeye TrailFest - Annual Outdoors Gathering\nMiami Rivers Chapter of the Buckeye Trail Association, Inc.\nTrail Talk - The Forum of the Buckeye Trail Association, Inc.\n^ \"What in the Blue Blazes?\". Buckeye Trail Association. Buckeye Trail Association. Archived from the original on 2012-05-20.\n^ \"Historic Signage Marks Canal \"Junction\"\". Miami and Erie Canal Corridor Association. Fall 2008. Retrieved June 28, 2017.\n^ \"Buckeye Trail Association\". Buckeye Trail Association.\nThis Ohio state location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.\nThis United States trail or long-distance path\u2013related article is a stub. 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Although interested in the subject for many years, he publicly converted to the cause around time of the First World War \u2013 much to many people\u2019s amazement. \u2018Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has many striking characteristics,\u2019 wrote Ruth Brandon. \u2018He is gigantically tall and strong. He is a gifted story teller. He is a man of strong opinions and considerable political influence. But perhaps the most extraordinary thing about him is the combination of all the attributes of worldly success with an almost child-like literalness and credulity of mind, manifested particularly in relation to spiritualism.\u2019\nConversations with Arthur Conan Doyle is an imagined conversation with this remarkable figure. 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Of course, we already know the answer: $(g \\circ f)(x) = g'(f(x)) \\cdot f'(x)$\nIf we try to prove this the usual way, we would take the route of writing\n$$ \\frac{g(f(x)) - g(f(c))}{x-c} = \\frac{g(f(x))-g(f(c))}{f(x)-f(c)}\\cdot\\frac{f(x)-f(c)}{x-c} $$\nWhile this seems like the right way to go, it also presents a problem: the first factor on the right is undefined when $f(x)-f(c) = 0$ for values of $x$ near $c$. To avoid this, we introduce Carath\u00e9odory's Theorem:\n2Carath\u00e9odory's Theorem\u00b6\nThis theorem must have some other name in real life since it doesn't seem to be here. Anyway:\nTheorem: (Carath\u00e9odory's) Let $f$ be defined on an interval $I$ and $c \\in I$. $f$ is differentiable at $c \\in I$ if and only if there exists a function $\\phi$ on $I$ continuous at $c$ such that $f(x)-f(c)=\\phi(x)(x-c)$ for all $x \\in I$. In this case, $f'(c) = \\phi(c)$.\nProof: ($\\Rightarrow$) if $f'(c)$ exists, define\n$$ \\phi(x) = \\left\\{ \\begin{array}{lr} \\frac{f(x)-f(c)}{x-c} & x \\neq c \\\\ f'(c) & x = c \\end{array} \\right. $$\nThen $\\phi$ is defined on $I$ and since $f$ is differentiable at $c$, for a given $\\epsilon > 0$ there exists some $\\delta > 0$ such that $0 <|x-c|<\\delta$ then\n$$ \\left|\\frac{f(x)-f(c)}{x-c} - f'(c)\\right| < \\epsilon, \\text{ i.e. } |\\phi(x)-\\phi(c)| < \\epsilon $$\nIf $x=c$, then $|\\phi(x) - \\phi(c)| = 0 < \\epsilon$ thus if $|x-c|<\\delta$ then $|\\phi(x) - \\phi(c)| < \\epsilon$\n($\\Leftarrow$) Suppose there exists a function $\\phi$ continuous at $c$ such that $f(x)-f(c) = \\phi(x)(x-c)$. Then for $x \\neq c$ $\\phi(x) = \\frac{f(x) - f(c)}{x-c}$. Since $\\phi$ is continuous at $c$, for a given $\\epsilon > 0$ there exists some $\\delta > 0$ such that if $|x-c|<\\delta$ then $|\\phi(x)-\\phi(c)|<\\epsilon$. So, in particular, if $0<|x-c|<\\delta$ then $\\left|\\frac{f(x)-f(c)}{x-c} - \\phi(c)\\right| < \\epsilon$, i.e. $f$ is differentiable at $c$ and $f'(c) = \\phi(c)$.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 22, "original_length": 2402, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.74, "perplexity": 302.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://willettsmarsden.co.uk/lasting-powers-of-attorney-and-court-of-protection/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:19Z", "digest": "sha1:4DZRDMTSKHR2QGS4MDDO4V6MNKVRNUJT", "length": 2139, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "willettsmarsden.co.uk", "title": "Lasting Power of Attorney | Lasting Power of Attorney \u2013 Willetts Marsden Solicitors", "raw_content": "A Power of Attorney is a legal document which authorises another person to act on your behalf.\nA Power of Attorney is a legal document which authorises another person to act on your behalf in connection with your legal affairs. Your Attorney can do anything you authorise them to do in the same way as you could do it for yourself, for example, if you say so, your attorney can operate your bank accounts, enter into contracts on your behalf and buy and sell property for you.\nThere are some limitations on what you can authorise your Attorney to do for you. There are others, but a fairly obvious limitation is that you can not authorise someone to get married or enter into a Civil Partnership for you.\nYou can appoint a single Attorney or you can appoint several. If you appoint more than one Attorney you can state whether or not they must all act together or whether one of them can act on their own.\nA Lasting Power of Attorney is a special kind of Power of Attorney because although you need to have full mental capacity in order to make one your Attorney can continue to act on your behalf even if you subsequently lose your mental capacity.\nThere are two types of Lasting Power of Attorney. You can make one that relates your Property and Affairs. This is by far the most common type. You can also make a Lasting Power of Attorney in relation to your Health and Welfare. With this type of Lasting Power of Attorney you can authorise your Attorney to make decisions about such things as your medical treatment.\nA Lasting Power of Attorney can be an invaluable document to have in place should a time come about when you need help in managing your affairs. Once completed it can be used whether you have lost mental capacity or not but if a day ever comes when you lose your understanding it can continue to be used and thus avoid the costs of an application to the Court of Protection. It is also a very powerful document and you should seek professional help to make one so that you can be confident that you fully understand the implications and so that your Lasting Power of Attorney will work for you in the way you want it to.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 2914, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 221.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2018/04/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:30Z", "digest": "sha1:G7USE4NPYDJVJHLRSNQ76ZEUFJZIAQTP", "length": 11686, "nlines": 43, "source_domain": "windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com", "title": "Window on Eurasia -- New Series: April 2018", "raw_content": "A Unified Ukrainian Orthodox Church Would Be the Largest Orthodox Church in the World\nStaunton, April 30 \u2013 New statistics from the Russian Federation and Ukraine show that there are more Orthodox parishes in Ukraine than there are in Russia, despite the fact that the population of the latter is 3.5 times that of the former. And the unification of all Orthodox groups in Ukraine would make the Ukrainian Orthodox Church the largest in the world.\nRuslan Khalikov of the Ukrainian Institute for Global Development and Adaptation Strategies assembles the latest data about religious affiliations in the two Slavic countries. Despite their limitations, they make for fascinating reading (uisgda.com/ru/ukraina-i-rossiya-o-chyom-govorit-religioznaya-statistika.html).\nIn Russia, the number of parishes in the Russian Orthodox Church continued to grow in 2017, from 16,497 at the start of the year to 16,931 at the end. They represent more than half of the total 28,370 religious communities officially registered in that country now, Khalikov continues.\nMuslim parishes also continued to increase in number in the Russian Federation during last year, up 146 to a new total of 5490, a figure that many Muslim leaders say does not reflect the actual number. Some religious groups in Russia declined significantly: the 397 Jehovah\u2019s Witness congregations have been officially disbanded after the church was declared extremist.\nRussian statistics do not include a line for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. It hasn\u2019t been counted by Russian officials since the annexation of Crimea, Khalikov says. Its parishes are now counted as Moscow Patriarchal churches. Some indication of their number is that there are no 754 new Orthodox parishes in Russian-occupied Crimea and the Donbass.\nThat figure is almost twice the total number of new Russian Orthodox Churches being reported in the Russian Federation.\nIn Ukraine the number of Orthodox parishes also increased within the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate by 20and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate by 53. The Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, however, declined by 28 parishes in 2017.\nDespite that, if these three churches were unified into a single Ukrainian autocephalous church, there would be 18,682 Orthodox parishes, almost 2,000 more than the total within the Russian Federation. That would make the Ukrainian Orthodox Church the largest such church in the world.\nEven if a decision is taken by Constantinople to form a Ukrainian autocephalous Orthodox church, it will take many years for these churches to come together. But the number along, Khalikov says, help to explain why Moscow and especially the Moscow Patriarchate are so opposed to any change in the status of churches in Ukraine.\n\u2018Russia is Escaping from the State\u2019s Control and the State is Panicking,\u2019 Kordonsky Says\nStaunton, April 30 \u2013 In the course of a wide-ranging interview published in Kazan\u2019s Business-Gazeta today, Moscow sociologist Simon Kordonsky says that Russia is in \u201can interesting situation: there is the state and there is the country.\u201d The country is generating many things on its own, but the state views them as a threat.\nTo counter these developments, he says, \u201cthe state creates simulacra of those processes in order to organize them and gradually draw them into itself. A new state reality arises, which pretends to be a natural process\u201d but is really a fraud. \u201cThe country is coming out from under the state\u2019s control, and the state is panicking\u201d (business-gazeta.ru/article/380726).\nVladimir Putin isn\u2019t mediating between the state and the country, Kordonsky says. He makes decisions, and a primary basis of his support is that people fear if he suddenly decides to leave the scene no one will be in a position to determine the flow of resources and everything will collapse.\n\u201cPutin does not express the interests of the bureaucrats,\u201d he continues, \u201cbecause [Russia] doesn\u2019t have any. They exist in a democratic society where business is separate from power. With us the situation is different: the economy is completely intertwined with the state, and therefore we do not have a bureaucracy.\u201d\nThe foreign threat that Putin uses to mobilize people is completely invented, Kordonsky says. \u201cIn fact, no one considers us an enemy. Count the frequency of references to Russia in the Western press. For weeks at a time, no one remembers us at all \u2026 In fact, we aren\u2019t needed by anyone\u201d \u2013 and that is something Putin and his regime can\u2019t tolerate.\nSpeaking about the future of the non-Russian republics, Kordonsky suggests they are doomed. \u201cThe national-territorial structures inherited by us from the USSR do not fit into the current administrative-territorial structure which has already been formed\u201d in the Russian Federation.\n\u201cConsequently,\u201d he says, \u201cit is necessary to destroy the national-territorial structure and bring the structure of the country into a single unity. I think that the final resource of this process will be the formation of cultural autonomies and the separation of the national from the economic and administrative-political.\u201d\nThis process, Kordonsky argues, \u201cis needed for the preservation of the state. I don\u2019t know in what other country one could find such a national-territorial system. It seems to be Russia\u2019s is unique given that it has an eight-level hierarchy. This is too much for a country. In the United States, there are only five levels.\u201d\nAs for the \u201cethno-stratas of Tatars and Bashkirs,\u201d a phenomenon that is also part of the Soviet heritage, they state can\u2019t tolerate their continued independence of action. \u201cThey were created in the framework of Leninist-Stalinist nationality policy, and now they are beginning to live their own lives, pretending to a role of self-standing political nations.\u201d\nThe process of destroying the non-Russian republics may lead to \u201crevolts,\u201d Kordonsky says. \u201cRevolts after all are natural in the absence of a political structure for the resolution of different interests. But they are situational and local, and the state has learned how to struggle with them.\u201d If things get bad, Moscow will employ all the force at its command.\n\u201cEthno-stratas will be preserved as cultural autonomies but not as political units,\u201d he argues. Those who think otherwise are being extremely unrealistic.\nKordonsky makes a large number of other intriguing comments. Among the most interesting are:\n\u00b7 \u201cOur futurologists specialize in anti-utopias because they get more money for coming up with things that scare people.\u201d\n\u00b7 In Russia, \u201cclasses in the former sense do not exist. There are only strata and proto-strata\u201d within which there are various levels of consumption.\n\u00b7 \u201cClasses are divided according to the level of consumption, but strata by the level of their importance for the state. This is a difference in principle. Strata are needed for the neutralization of threats: If there is a foreign threat, a professional strong army appears. If there is a domestic one, the Russian Guard appears.\u201d\n\u00b7 \u201cThese proto-strata are only very slowly taking shape as strata because this is a process which takes a generation.\u201d\n\u00b7 \u201cThe rebirth of the church is a material form of repentance;\u201d it doesn\u2019t reflect a religious revival because \u201cthe majority of ordinary parishioners do not have this feeling.\u201d\nCivic Nationalism in Russia Would Be a Kind of Ethnic Russian Nationalism, Ikhlov Says\nStaunton, April 30 \u2013 For several years, Russian scholars and officials have been debating whether the country should move to a common civic national identity or retain its multiple ethnic identities, often ignoring the fact that in Russia, a civic national identity would be profoundly Russian and thus create serious problems in the non-Russian republics, Yevgeny Ikhlov says.\nCivic nationalism, the Moscow commentator says, can have one of two forms: it can be based on \u201cthe doctrine of the egoism of a polyethnic political nation\u201d like the United States where no one ethnic group dominates, or it can be one where \u201cone ethno-historical component dominates\u201d such as in France (kasparov.ru/material.php?id=5AE63511DDEA3).\nIn the latter, Ikhlov says, \u201cthe remaining ethnoses of the political nations are considered as allies\u201d but it is clear to all who defines the nation in fact however much anyone talks about its pan-ethnic civic culture. A Russia that adopted a civic nation model would be far more likely to take that form than the other \u2013 but moves in that direction could have other more dire outcomes.\nThus, in the case of a declared civic national identity, \u201cthe confrontation at the \u2018mosaic\u2019 level (communities, confessions, regions, and social strata) of the traditional social system do not disappear: they are transformed into inter-ethnic [confrontations] without in any way losing their sharpness and severity.\u201d\nOr what may prove even worse, they may become \u201cclass (socio-political) and inter-civilizational. Thus, in the final analysis, Stalin killed more Soviet peasants than Hitler killed Jews,\u201d Ikhlov continues.\nAs far as ethnic nationalism is concerned, the Moscow commentator says, \u201cour generation still recalls the Leninist truism about the distinction between the nationalism of an oppressed nation in the process of being liberated and the nationalism of a great power state.\u201d\nThe former, he points out, is considered \u201chistorically progressive;\u201d but it can turn out to be just as cynical and harsh as the other kind. \u201cWhen bourgeois nationalism triumphs in Russia, this division will immediately occur along the line of non-ethnic or ethnic Russian,\u201d Ikhlov argues.\nConsequently, he says, \u201cdespite the clear cosmopolitanism of the present-day democratic movement, the utopia of the Yeltsin revolution, \u2018the United States of Great Russia,\u2019 is doomed to remain only in the text of the Constitution.\u201d As soon as people try to implement it, the dominant ethnos \u2013 the Russians \u2013 will dictate their terms.\nDespite this prospect, Ikhlov says, many in the democratic movement believe that uniting with Russian nationalism of one kind or another will only strengthen their position. But that is problematic not only on foreign policy issues but also in terms of what is almost certain to happen in the non-Russian republics within the Russian Federation.\nThere, \u201cnationalism where Russians are the dominant factor will require ethno-political unification.\u201d No Russian nationalism, ethnic or civic, will give up on that, Ikhlov says; and as a result, it will generate a reaction among the non-Russians. And Russian liberals will seek to counter this in ways that will make the situation still worse.\nAccording to Ikhlov, \u201cRussian democratic nationalists will try to give \u2018real\u2019 federalism and real local self-administration which will immediately increase territorial social differentiation\u201d and hostility. And that in turn will lead to an outburst of ethnic nationalism among the non-Russians \u201cwho will demand independence.\u201d\nBut there is an even greater danger involved in Russian liberals playing with nationalism even of the civic kind: \u201cNationalism is always \u2018against someone else.\u2019 If democratic nationalism throws off anti-Westernism, anti-Semitism, and anti-Ukrainianism of the current nationalism \u2026 then its sharp [anger] will be directed at Muslims. And immigrants first of all.\u201d\n\u201cThe experience of2013 showed that Russian liberals having satisfied themselves that the new nationalists had broken with their black hundreds tradition proved quite tolerant to anti-Islamism which they ignorantly treated as \u2018a conflict of civilizations\u2019 in the spirit of Huntington and were ready to close their eyes to.\u201d\nPosted by paul goble at 12:31 PM No comments:", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 247, "original_length": 19417, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 274.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://wingssilverwork.com/red-willow-spirit-themes-of-emergence/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:17:45Z", "digest": "sha1:YYUFZZOZBCEPN3RBPSMEU4ZE27DMHHPF", "length": 6513, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "wingssilverwork.com", "title": "Red Willow Spirit: Themes of Emergence \u2013 NDN Silver/Wings of the Wind Photography", "raw_content": "Red Willow Spirit: Themes of Emergence\nSummer arrives fully two days from now. Here at Red Willow, its full emergence will transpire under cover of darkness, in the indigo hours just before the dawn.\nIt is an irony of the dominant culture that birth should be so inextricably bound to death, emergence to decline: After all, as of Thursday evening, the light will descend that much sooner than the evening before.\nOur cultures traditionally tend to be bound to the light in more logical ways; our ways of demarcating weeks and months and seasons and years commemorating cycles of birth and rebirth. Many share stories of emergence, a concept found among the peoples of this broader region but also at many points across Turtle Island.\nThemes of emergence accept the reality of the existence of other worlds, places whence we come (and often, the counterreality of places to which we go when we walk on from this world\u2019s plane of existence). Such themes often encompass motifs of illumination, coming up from dark depths into the light of this world; sometimes emancipation is a factor, too, the idea of leaving an environment constrained by dark, cold, or mere circumstance to move into a plane that permits free movement in the warmth and light.\nHere in what is now known as northern New Mexico, the concept has been appropriated and distorted beyond all recognition by the colonial culture. Perhaps the most obvious example is the ski resort some half an hour southeast of here: Sipapu, they call it, having stolen a Hopi word for a colonial profitmaking entity (even though this is not Hopi land). From the Hopi tongue, sipapu is said to translate roughly into English as \u201cthe place of emergence,\u201d as well as to refer to the opening in the floor of the traditional kiva. In yet another irony, the ski resort operating under that stolen name features no one emerging from anything (except, these days, perhaps a manmade snowdrift after a fall); the entire activity occurs necessarily not merely on the surface, but elevated above it by the snow.\nHere, however, the connections abound. In some indigenous cultures around the continent, the emergence occurs underwater; in others, it\u2019s a birthing from the sky. In still others, it\u2019s an awakening that comes from underground, where worlds are stacked as though in layers. One strand unites them all: a link to our cosmos, to the soil and skies and winds and waters that collectively we call our world.\nWe are bound, inextricably, to the earth.\nHere at Red Willow perhaps more than most places on this land mass, it\u2019s easier to see that bond, that braid given tangible form. It appears in the dusty earth of the old village plaza, in the thousand-year-old homes stacked atop each other in a feat of architectural genius. It shows in the hornos, the old traditional ovens in which food is prepared, rounded dome-like structures that resemble their own small self-contained world, seeded with dough that is cultivated with fire, thence to emerge as bread for the people.\nIt is visible in the walls themselves, made of the most ancient earth, renewed semi-annually by mudding and refacing, all with the same adobe clay the ancestors used a millennium ago and more. It appears in the similarly ancient wood vigas, the supporting crossbeams that, yes, emerge from the adobe to show their shiny now-weathered ends to the world. It is a union of construction, of materials and elements, a way to build the soundest of shelter in way that is not merely integrated, but all of a piece, one with itself and its constituent parts.\nIn the village, it is visible in movement, as well, in the means of ingress and egress that are the daily migrations of a nonmigratory people.\nOutsiders think of ladders as a means of entering the kivas (which are necessarily closed to all outsiders, Native or otherwise). A few who have at least a passing familiarity with Pueblo architecture, usually through past visits to the place, are aware that, not so very long ago, there were no \u201cdoors\u201d in the usual sense. Those were added on long after the arrival of the Spanish invaders. No, ladders were once the usual means of entering a home: through an opening in the roof.\nIt was brilliant, both structurally and strategically. Windows and doors are, of course, the weakest points in the security of any ordinary structure. Rooftop access allowed family members entry, which could be denied immediately to others by the simple mechanism of pulling the ladder down inside the home. Then, when the threat had passed, they could drop the ladder from the roof once again and descend as desired.\nA place of emergence of a very specific, very down-to-earth sort.\nToday, of course, the homes \u2014 most of them, at least; perhaps all? \u2014 have more contemporary entry doors. They are still old by any measure, most of them, often simple pine planks nailed together with a handle of some sort attached. Even the newer screen doors evoke memories of my own largely assimilated childhood, wood frames painted and repainted, dark screens and old hardware and simple latches. But the ladders are still in use.\nWe live at an elevation of 7,500 feet above sea level. That means, typically, high heat in the summer, extreme cold in the winter, gale-force winds and heavy monsoonal rains and snow measured in feet rather than inches, at least in a good year.\nIt also means that, for the people who still live traditionally, in the interconnected multi-story village homes, there must be a means of ascending and descending between exterior floors: to sweep of the snow, drain off the water, patch and plaster, or simply enjoy the clear clean air and the unmatched view.\nThe ladders make that possible.\nThe image above is perhaps my favorite of all the hundreds, perhaps thousands of photos Wings has taken over the years of the place that is his home. I love it for its aesthetic beauty, of course, its flawless composition and use of simple color and light. But more than that, I love it for all the many, many symbolic themes it may be seen to represent: his home, his earth, his place of being and existence; the earth itself, elemental, collaborating with sky and with local light and shadow; and, of course, the sense of hope it inspires and evokes, offering a means to emerge from confinement in the shadows \u2014 out of the darkness, into the light.\nA place of emergence, indeed.\nPosted on Tuesday, June 19th, 2018 at 1:45 pm.\tFiled under: The NDN Silver Blog Tags: Photography, The NDN Silver Blog\tRSS 2.0 feed.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 121, "original_length": 8544, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 314.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://woodstock.news.halinet.on.ca/937634/data", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:29Z", "digest": "sha1:VDLJMOOUDE6R4TVE7JPVDUZ2XC2AOCCO", "length": 119, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "woodstock.news.halinet.on.ca", "title": "Sipprell, F. J. and Sipprell, (boy) , ( on 26 May 1878) : Woodstock Newspapers", "raw_content": "Sipprell, F. J. and Sipprell, (boy), ( on 26 May 1878)\nappeared in Woodstock Weekly Review, 31 May 1878, p. 8, column 2", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 1193, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 338.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://woodstock.news.halinet.on.ca/944960/data", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:30Z", "digest": "sha1:GCGV4SCIF27WHETIKEM6EIF7R5RYGYDM", "length": 140, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "woodstock.news.halinet.on.ca", "title": "McColl, Hugh (Mrs.) (n\u00e9e Gardiner ) ( on 15 Jun 1931) : Woodstock Newspapers", "raw_content": "McColl, Hugh (Mrs.) (n\u00e9e Gardiner) ( on 15 Jun 1931)\nDied at Parkbeg, Saskatchewan; in her 72nd year; born in Ayr; moved to the West in 1908", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 43, "original_length": 1298, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 338.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://woondu.com/aurora-ship-that-changed-the-world/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:01Z", "digest": "sha1:QBMLBOGJSFUEJ4V5CM3XUDA54UX6DDRJ", "length": 1167, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "woondu.com", "title": "Aurora \u2013 Ship That Changed The World", "raw_content": "Aurora \u2013 Ship That Changed The World\nThe cruiser Aurora was built between 1897 and 1900 in St. Petersburg and joined Russia\u2019s Baltic fleet in 1903. The ship measures 126.8 meters in length, 16.8 meters in width and weighs a staggering 7,600 tons. Maintaining a speed of 20 knots it can travel independently for up to 1,440 sea miles. It took an active part in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 and participated in the Tsusima battle, in which most of Russia\u2019s Pacific fleet was destroyed. After the war the ship was used for personnel training and during the October revolution of 1917 gave the signal by firing a blank shot to storm of the Winter Palace, which was being used as a residence by the democratic, but largely ineffective Provisional Government. That moment triggered a dramatic episode in Russia\u2019s history and was the start of over 70 years of Communist leadership.\ncredit: Dennis Jarvis\ncredit: michael clarke stuff\ncredit: Jim Kelly\ncredit: Mussels\nAurora over Denali National Park...\nComic Con Russia and IgroMir exh...\nTags: 1917, Aurora, baltic fleet, blank shot, Changed, Communist, leadership, Museum, october, Russia, Ship, st. petersburg, world", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 105, "original_length": 2974, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 239.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://wordsthatfly.blogspot.com/2013/09/don-mess-with-texas.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:38Z", "digest": "sha1:NNYFVQEUPML6SHTXHFGDR3ML33KWXYVB", "length": 2577, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "wordsthatfly.blogspot.com", "title": "Words That Fly: Don't Mess With Texas", "raw_content": "I am headed to a symposium in Texas, where this weekend three professional football games are scheduled. The Cowboys are out of town but the Texans, the Longhorns and the Aggies are all playing at home. The highest priced tickets according to the scalpers is that last one, a rematch of the game that last year launched the legend known as Johnny Football.\nThat moniker, by the way, is pending trademark approval for JMan2, LLC, Johnny's company which has already filed two federal lawsuits against some internet tee shirt hawkers to enforce a mark which was initially denied by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Interestingly, the NCAA has taken the position that Manziel could keep the money he might win in the lawsuits, even though he would be in serious trouble if he had sold the shirts himself. He might even face being suspended for three whole quarters of a game. Thus rides the legend of Johnny Football, cover guy for this week's Time Magazine story on why college athletes should be paid. After the economic injustice heaped on so many desperately poor college players in the past, it would be ironic if Manziel, the son of a wealthy Texas oil man, becomes the catalyst for a change in the NCAA Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Pay Student Athletes (so we can keep all the money for ourselves).\nI wonder if in England there is as big a hoopla for the football (what we call soccer) game between Oxford and Cambridge. Surely, in a land which so passionately embraces professional soccer there must be similar fervor for the college game. Of course, there is no such match. While universities in England and around the world have some intercollegiate sports, soccer is not one of them. These are strictly amateur affairs and the players actually call themselves clubs as opposed to teams; sports scholarships are almost nonexistent, and the coaches are anything but the highest paid employees of the University.\nThe argument against paying college players is that what would be lost is the soulful beauty of young athletes competing for the love of the game; the word \"amateur\" actually comes from the Latin for \"lover.\" There is some truth to that concept if you are watching, for instance, Oxford and Cambridge scullers rowing down the Thames. But the argument is reduced to absurdity when one considers the billion dollar industries of big time college football and basketball where coaches average more than a million dollars a year and often make more in one game than most professors take home annually.\nHook 'em horns, as they say, whatever that means.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 93, "original_length": 4768, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 286.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://wp.nres.uiuc.edu/plant/craph80", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:36Z", "digest": "sha1:J2XIXXZS5G3QSYZUFSAFJRSWU5LDJVC5", "length": 805, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "wp.nres.uiuc.edu", "title": "Crataegus phaenopyrum habit: UIPLANTS", "raw_content": "Culture: Well-drained, slightly acidic to alkaline soils in full sun are best for this species. Although this species prefers moist soils it will tolerate dry sites. It is resistant to sulfur dioxide pollution but is intolerant of road salt. As with other hawthorns, this species is moderate to slightly difficult to transplant, and is best pruned in early spring or winter.\nThis species is generally less troubled by the various hawthorn disease and insect problems. It is often listed as resistant to cedar hawthorn rust, but I have observed specimens with considerable distortion of stem growth in severe years.\nUsage: This tree is an excellent choice for specimen use, where its showy flowers, fruits and fall color can be enjoyed. Consider an appropriate background to show off the orange-red fruits.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 11, "original_length": 2950, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 321.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://wransom.co.uk/more.php?codeID=553", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:19Z", "digest": "sha1:IK2TG6LY2B4VC7DED2ICOKLF4KMCMN62", "length": 491, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "wransom.co.uk", "title": "The William Ransom Primary School", "raw_content": "Speed Stacking Club\nThis spring term club is for year 3 pupils for the first half term and for year 4 pupils for the second half term. It is an individual or team sport, for both girls and boys and involves stacking specialised plastic cups in specific sequences in the quickest time. Whilst enjoying the challenge, children learn cooperation, ambidexterity and hand-eye coordination.\nA team of year 3 and year 4 children will be selected to represent the school in a competition on May 1st.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 72, "original_length": 1800, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 200.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://wu-world.com/profiles/blogs/ol-dirty-bastard-jr-ydb-amp-the-riddler-mix-tape-available-on-22", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:32Z", "digest": "sha1:P2AZKTB3VA7Z6HPZOW477YRIRYADMW3W", "length": 52, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "wu-world.com", "title": "OL' Dirty Bastard Jr. YDB & The Riddler Mix tape available on itunes link - Wu-World.com", "raw_content": "Posted by RiddlerWise on November 21, 2017 at 7:38pm", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 92, "original_length": 1674, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 106.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Remak.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:00Z", "digest": "sha1:OWHJU3RNAY2UJRCM4IU5ZKGTYKXHF4SV", "length": 14156, "nlines": 35, "source_domain": "www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk", "title": "Robert Remak (1888-1942)", "raw_content": "Robert Erich Remak\nBorn: 14 February 1888 in Berlin, Germany\nDied: 13 November 1942 in Auschwitz, Poland\nRobert Remak was the grandson of the first Jew in Prussia to be given an habilitation without giving up the Jewish faith. Also called Robert Remak, and now known as Robert Remak Sr. (1815-1865), he was awarded his habilitation from the University of Berlin in 1847 and, with support from Alexander von Humboldt, he went on to be appointed as a docent in the medical faculty. As he was a Jew, this required a special order from King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. In the same year that he became a docent, he married Feodore Meyer (1828-1863), the daughter of a Berlin banker. They had two sons, one of whom was Ernst Julius Remak (1849-1911) who became a physician and, in 1902, became an extraordinary professor of neurology at the University of Berlin. Ernst Remak married Martha Hahn, the daughter of the industrialist Albert Hahn (1824-98). Ernst and Martha's son Robert Remak Jr is the subject of this biography and was given his grandfather's name in the tradition of the Ashkenazic Jews.\nRemak, the subject of this biography, studied mathematics and physics in Berlin, Marburg, G\u00f6ttingen and Freiburg. He undertook research at the University of Berlin where he was supervised by Georg Frobenius for his doctoral work. His doctoral dissertation \u00dcber die Zerlegung der endlichen Gruppen in indirekte unzerlegbare Faktoren \u24c9 was submitted in 1911 and Hermann Schwarz served as the other member of the examining committee. This important work considered the decomposition of finite groups into a direct product of irreducible factors, a result that his name is often now attached to along with those of Joseph Wedderburn, Erhard Schmidt and Wolfgang Krull.\nAlthough his doctorate was awarded in 1911, it was a long and difficult road for Remak to be awarded his habilitation. Of course, World War I began in 1914 before Remak had attempted to habilitate and he served as a soldier during the conflict. After the war ended, he submitted a thesis for his habilitation several times, and each time it was rejected. However he persevered: as Schappacher writes in [8]:-\nThe Remak family had something of a tradition in slowly overcoming administrative hurdles at the University of Berlin.\nHowever, as Segal writes in [9], Remak had a reputation as a difficult person and this was a factor in his habilitation being refused:-\nRobert Remak was a brilliant algebraist and number-theorist, though an apparently more than somewhat difficult colleague. He had the reputation of being a \"communist\", and there were also rumours in the 1920s that he was \"not completely Aryan\", but this seems to have been mostly a result of his sarcastic personality, eccentricities, and unkempt habits, rather than stemming from any real knowledge about him or any political activity on his part. In fact, he was Jewish. He was twice denied habilitation and the right to join the teaching faculty in Berlin, in 1919 and 1923, again largely because of his demeanour and habits. However, finally, on 11 January 1929, Remak (who had received his doctorate in 1911) was accepted on his third attempt.\nLet us look at Remak's problems in a little more detail. In Berlin he had annoyed Max Planck so much that Planck strongly objected to Remak habilitating and this was the main reason that his habilitation thesis was rejected in 1919 and 1923. After this Remak went to G\u00f6ttingen and his behaviour there is described in detail by Heinrich Behnke in [1]:-\nSurely Remak was a peculiar fellow. [In G\u00f6ttingen] he regularly attended the courses of the young lecturers. He always arrived too late, but took his place on one of the front benches and appeared to immediately fall asleep. However, as soon as the lecturer made a miscalculation or expressed himself in an imprecise way, he woke up and corrected the speaker. ... Courant waited for the opportunity to be able to say: \"Mr Remak, I have explained that already while you were still sleeping.\" ... Everybody was afraid to be seen together with Remak in the streets. Hilbert discussed with a small circle of his colleagues the question whether he could prevent Remak attending all his lectures and seminars. ... But the esteem for Remak among experts continued. ... Remak was known throughout the city. More and more the label 'the communist' was attached to him. It was totally beside the point but the label carried much more weight in those days than it does today. He was treated with suspicion everywhere. One of the reasons was also his foolish clothing. ... Today he would not be conspicuous because of his behaviour. He would only be a pain in the neck of the radical students of the left since he would relentlessly expose all their absurdities and contradictions, and since he would disconcert them in public meetings as he did with the conservatives at that time\nRemak was involved in a quarrel with one of the janitors at the University of G\u00f6ttingen and, after this was reported to the rector, Remak was informed that he would be expelled from the university if he caused any more trouble. But he did create more trouble as Behnke explains [1]:-\nAt that time Remak wanted to understand politics as profoundly as mathematics. He therefore seriously attended lectures in economics. However, the students felt uneasy because of the arrival of 'the communist' in their lectures and they began to scrape their feet when he entered. He made a polite little speech requesting them to stop their disapproval of him because there was no reason. However, when he entered the next lecture the students scraped their feet more than ever whereupon he boxed the \"next culprit's\" ears. A great commotion arose just as the professor was entering the lecture-hall and he reported Remak as being the cause of the disturbance. The Rector expelled Remak from the University of G\u00f6ttingen.\nRemak returned to Berlin and eventually, in 1928, his habilitation thesis On minimal invariant subgroups in the theory of finite groups was accepted by the examining committee consisting of Issai Schur and Erhard Schmidt. On 11 January 1929, he was given the right to teach at the university by Richard von Mises who insisted that Remak was only permitted to teach pure mathematics. Despite having the right to teach, there was no post for him. He did lecture on groups at the University of Berlin during the summer semester 1929 and these lectures were attended by Bernhard Neumann. The same year 1929 was one in which Remak published an essay on applications of mathematics to economics. He had broad interests, working on mathematical economics as well as group theory and the geometry of numbers.\nIn his 1929 essay Kann die Volkswirtschaftslehre eine exakte Wissenschaft werden \u24c9 Remak writes (see [5]):-\nThe task of an exact economics ought to be to construct a budget plan of an, in some respects, generic economy. [In order to answer questions about] (i) identification of an economic optimum, (ii) identification of an approximate economic solution, ... we shall try below to formulate these questions in a more exact way by mathematical considerations. First of all, we shall try to make sure, that the range of possible economies from which the optimal one would have to be chosen, is mathematically well defined. ... On the question of which economy is to be considered as optimal and which distribution of goods as justifiable, different opinions will be possible.\nHowever, he tried to ensure that his essay was not seen as being political (see for example [3]):-\nI emphasise ... that I have not made any politico-economic statements, but only stated problems and indicated some calculational schemes, ... that it is still open as to if the outcome of the computation favours capitalism, socialism, or communism. ... these equations are very awkward to handle mathematically. There is, however, work in progress concerning the numerical solution of linear equations with several unknowns using electrical circuits.\nIn this work Remak is far sighted in seeing the applications that computers would have in the subject, but these were areas into which is was unwise for someone like Remak to be venturing in Germany at this time.\nRemak made important contributions to algebraic number theory. In a publication in 1932 he gave a lower bound for the regulator of the units of an algebraic number field which depends only on the number of real conjugates and the number of pairs of complex conjugates. He went on to produce further extensions of this work which continued to be published in the ten years after his death. Further papers by Remak on finite algebraic number fields with unit defect appeared in Compositio Mathematica in 1952 and 1954.\nOn 30 January 1933 Hitler came to power and on 7 April 1933 the Civil Service Law provided the means of removing Jewish teachers from the universities, and of course removing those of Jewish descent from other roles. All civil servants who were not of Aryan descent (having one grandparent of the Jewish religion made someone non-Aryan) were to be retired. Under this law, Remak lost the right to teach at the university in September 1933.\nRemak did not leave Berlin at this time, however, and he continued to live in the city and continued with his mathematical research. He was particularly interested in the exciting new mathematical developments which were written up in van der Waerden's two volume Algebra published in 1930 which contained the new developments in ring theory by Emmy Noether, David Hilbert, Richard Dedekind and Emil Artin.\nRemak was married to a German woman, Hertha Meyer, who did satisfy the Aryan condition, and this certainly made him wish to continue living in Germany. He might also have expected that it would also give him a certain protection against the Nazi policies. On 10 July 1936 Issai Schur wrote a report on Remak (see for example [3]):-\nI consider Dr Robert Remak to be an outstanding researcher, who is distinguished by his versatility, originality, strength and brilliance. ... He may, without doubt, be called a leading scholar in the splendid and important field of geometry of numbers.\nOn the Kristallnacht (so called because of the broken glass in the streets on the following morning), the 9-10 November 1938, Remak was arrested. On that night 91 Jews were murdered, hundreds were seriously injured, and thousands were subjected to horrifying experiences. Thousands of Jewish businesses were burnt down together with over 150 synagogues. The Gestapo arrested 30,000 well-off Jews and a condition of their release was that they emigrate. Remak was put into the Sachsenhausen concentration camp near Berlin and his wife made strenuous attempts to obtain an affidavit which would allow them to emigrate to the United States. She sent many letter and telegrams to Hermann Weyl requesting affidavits. Weyl wrote to Heinz Hopf, who was in Z\u00fcrich, on 29 November 1938 telling him about Remak's suffering in Sachsenhausen (see [10]):-\nAbout Remak, I heard that comrades of his, who have in the meantime been released, are saying that he is suffering more than others. One can imagine what this means, also because it is clear that due to his character, Remak is incapable of adapting in any way. It is generally known that prisoners are released if they have complete emigration papers, ship tickets. etc. The poor (and very clumsy) Mrs Remak desperately tries to achieve something to this effect.\nOn 11 December 1938, Remak had not contacted his wife for four weeks and she wrote again to Weyl (see [10]):-\nApart from his follies which I do not want to deny, you will agree that my husband is a deeply honest and decent character and an able mathematician. I am an Aryan, so you cannot interpret my letter as a Jewish impertinence.\nDespite having failed to obtain permission to emigrate to the United States, Remak was released after over eight weeks in the concentration camp after his wife organised that he go to Amsterdam. Hertha Remak wrote to Weyl on 20 January 1939 telling him that Remak had returned from the Sachsenhausen concentration camp and was back in Berlin with a temporary permit for the Netherlands. Remak went to the Netherlands in April 1939 but his wife did not go to Amsterdam with him. Instead she started divorce proceedings, almost certainly in an attempt to save her own life. Hans Freudenthal wrote to Heinz Hopf on 7 March 1940 describing the problems that Remak was causing in Amsterdam:-\nMy main problem is Remak, who is not satisfied with visiting my lectures but who also gives us no end of trouble. It mostly concerns conflicts with his landlords, who then immediately run to the alien registration office. ... also Remak's expression \"then I'd rather go to a concentration camp\" has infuriated enough people already. The matter is extremely serious; it is doubtful how long we can still prevent him from being expelled to Germany. ... It is understandable that his wife didn't want to come here, but demonstrates a lack of loyalty to him.\nThe fact Remak's wife divorced him almost certainly made his position impossible (but had Hertha not done so and had she gone to the Netherlands with Remak, it is doubtful whether this would have saved his life). He was arrested by the German occupying forces in Admiraal de Ruyterweg 8, his Amsterdam address, in early October 1942 and taken to the transit camp at Westerbork. The Nazis transferred about 100,000 Jews from Westerbork to the Auschwitz concentration camp beginning in July 1942. Trains left the Westerbork camp every Tuesday, and the inhabitants panicked on Monday evenings knowing what was about to happen. On Tuesday 10 November 1942 Remak was put into a wagon on a train bound for Auschwitz. He was murdered there three days later. Merzbach writes in [7] that Remak's:-\n... refusal - in mathematics and everyday affairs - to compromise, or to be 'realistic', swept him out of the mainstream of mathematics and cost him his life.\nA Poster of Robert Remak\nWhonamedit (Information about Remak's grandfather)\nhttp://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Remak.html", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 51, "original_length": 14721, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 205.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.23hq.com/jcbkqa/story/12365247", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:43:16Z", "digest": "sha1:AWCEMADB5XB5IOGYFVRQFIEIOPIZQRAR", "length": 134, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.23hq.com", "title": "23 Photo Sharing: There Are Several Different Packages Available, Some Of Which Are Suitable For Children, Others Which Are Only Open For Adults!", "raw_content": "jcbkqa\nThere Are Several Different Packages Available, Some Of Which Are Suitable For Children, Others Which Are Only Open For Adults!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 1318, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.76, "perplexity": 193.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.accbattles.com/football/clemson/lawson-named-to-hendricks-award-midseason-watch-list", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:38Z", "digest": "sha1:OUZLTHTYQABVX2ED6RXC3WAAOEGJ757M", "length": 1280, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.accbattles.com", "title": "Lawson Named to Hendricks Award Midseason Watch ListACC BATTLES", "raw_content": "Lawson Named to Hendricks Award Midseason Watch List\nCLEMSON, S.C. \u2014 Junior defensive end Shaq Lawson has been named to the Ted Hendricks Award Midseason Watch List. The Hendricks Award is presented each year to the top defensive end in college football, and is named after former University of Miami (Fla.\n) and NFL player Ted Hendicks.\nLawson leads Clemson in tackles for loss and sacks this year. He has 13.5 tackles for loss, including at least one in every game, and has 5.5 sacks. He is second in the ACC in tackles for loss and sacks. He leads the ACC in sacks in conference games (4.5).\nThe former Daniel High School player has 44 total tackles, fifth on a unit that is fourth in the nation in total defense. Lawson has 33 first hits and 11 assists and is third on the team with nine quarterback pressures. He had 3.5 tackles for loss in the first quarter of Clemson\u2019s win over Notre Dame, and had a pair of sacks in the win at Miami (Fla.) last weekend.\nClemson has a strong heritage when it comes to the Hendricks Award. Da\u2019Quan Bowers won the honor in 2010, while Gaines Adams (2006), Andre Branch (2011), and Vic Beasley (2013 and 2014) have all been finalists. The four to six finalists will be announced in late November, and the winner will be announced December 9.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 97, "original_length": 3948, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 181.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.adeinnelson.com/PerryFamily.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:18:25Z", "digest": "sha1:4ESOCKDQQOHF6TTZR6ABYORDJ4RWDURB", "length": 7070, "nlines": 86, "source_domain": "www.adeinnelson.com", "title": "Perry", "raw_content": "Ellen's parents were John and Ann Perry. One is inclined to think it is going to be quite a job tracing such a common lot of names, but as the 1851 cencus shows, most of the Perry's in the Congleton area at this time are imports that have come to work with silk. Our Perry family are butchers. It is with the assistance of Craig Albiston in Houston, Texas that this family are now taking shape. He fortunately had the St. Peter's Congleton, and St Mary Astbury Bishop's transcripts on loan when I asked for assistance on the Cheshire List. Anyway, this is how the family tree goes at present.\nIt's always exciting to get a lead on a new branch of the family and this goes for the Perry's as well. My first known Perry ancestor was Ellen and she was the second wife of Edward Joyce of Congleton. This was Ellen's second marriage also as she was previously married to John Wild, a draper, who died on the 15 Mar 1849 aged 34 years and is buried in Ellen's parents family plot - Gravestone # 77 St Peter's Church, Congleton. He left a will which I'm able to order on-line.\nI'm not too sure how many children were born to them, but Ann Jane Wild was living with her new Joyce family in the 1861 census. She is absent from the 1851 census, however, that has Ellen a widow aged 32 living with her widowed half-sister, Hannah Broadhead, and her nephew, Samuel Broadhead, in Victoria Street, Congleton. She is obviously still operating as a draper at this time with the assistance of Samuel, aged 23 years. ( Hannah was the illigitimate daughter of Ann Walley, Ellen's mother, before she married John Perry. Hannah was working as a saddler at the time of the 1851 census ).\nNow have a copy of John Perry's will which I shall attempt to transcribe in the next week or two when I can find where I put it.\nCongleton abt 1898\nAll christened and buried St. Peter's, Congleton unless otherwise stated.\nAll the underlined fellas were butchers. All the blue folk never had offspring.\nRobert Perrey m. 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Died aged 46 yrs.\nANNIE 1857: 1861 - 4 yrs residing with family. 1871 - 14 yrs residing with family. 1881 - 24 yrs, with parents and younger brother.\nELIZABETH 1817: Died aged 4 yrs of Congleton.\nHANNAH 1723:\nHusband EPHRAIM BOOTH 1721: Son of Joseph and Lydia Daniel.\nHANNAH 1798: Died aged 33 yrs.\nJAMES abt 1823: 1841 - 18 yrs living with parents. 1851 - 28 yrs and dwelling High St. His widowed mother also living with him as is 10 yrs old niece, Mary Brown. 1861 - 38 yrs, butcher dwelling High St Astbury, with wife and three children. 1871 - 48 yrs, butcher dwelling 48 High St, with wife and three children. 1881 - 59 yrs, butcher dwelling 48 High St., Congleton, with wife and 2 adult children plus one domestic servant. Died aged 76 yrs.\nWife ANN abt 1821: 1861 - 38 yrs, farmer. 1871 - 48 yrs. 1881 - 60 yrs. Died aged 69 yrs.\nJAMES 1859: 1861 - 1 yr residing with family. 1871 - 11 yrs residing with family. 1881 - 21 yrs, assistant to father living with family.\nJOHN 1747: Marriage Bonds - 9 Aug 1766 - 21 yrs, batchelor dwelling Congleton. Died aged 41 yrs.\nWife PHEBE abt 1745: Marriage Bonds - 9 Aug 1766 - 21 yrs,spinster dwelling Leek, Staffordshire Lichfield! Died aged 48 yrs.\nJOHN 1785: 1841 - 50 yrs butcher dwelling High St Astbury with wife and son James. Died aged 64 yrs.\nWife ANN WALLEY abt 1783: ? c. 20 Jan 1782 Church Lawton, daughter of Ralph and Anne. 1841 - 55 yrs. 1851 - 68 yrs, retired widow dwelling with son James. 1861 - 79 yrs, Proprietor of houses, dwelling Russell Place with granddaughter Mary Brown aged 20 yrs. 1871 - 88 yrs, b. Church Lawton, dwelling Conglelton with unmarried granddaughter Mary Brown aged 27 yrs. 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Credit goes to it because it realizes the twinges of others; even though, the other fellows are the same to who insulted them. For what it was then in no longer now, and what I am now, I was not then. 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The \u2018Gunrunners\u2019 recently supported Operation Spear, an offensive aimed at eliminating insurgents and foreign fighters from the northwestern Al Anbar province.\nU.S.M.C. photo taken by Sgt. Juan Vara.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 7, "original_length": 597, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 311.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.aiutoazienda.it/it/2014/08/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:04Z", "digest": "sha1:NBEOMVVNC2GV2UOH6S7RECN6WOMTJJU6", "length": 449, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.aiutoazienda.it", "title": "Aiutoazienda \u2013 Aiuto la tua azienda a crescere \u2013 2014 \u2013 agosto", "raw_content": "In the view of David Shinn\nIn the view of David Shinn, former US ambassador to Burkina Faso and Ethiopia, the West is nervous about China\u2019s activities in Africa. Sacramento Kings Mr. Shinn adds that China\u2019s policy of non interference in the internal affairs of African countries and its fast approach to aid delivery makeit more attractive than Western donors, whose aid often comes with demands to improve human rights and democracy.. When I saw...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 104, "original_length": 3033, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 290.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ajgmets.net/2011/10/greater-good-lets-go-cards.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:36:24Z", "digest": "sha1:JXMST7YQUUNXY4JM4RJQ3Q6J4A2UICP4", "length": 2442, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.ajgmets.net", "title": "ajgmets.net: The Greater Good.. Let's Go Cards", "raw_content": "The Greater Good.. Let's Go Cards\nFirst and foremost, I\u2019m a New York Mets fan, have been for over 40 years and always will be. That said I\u2019m also a resident of St. Louis who attends about 50 Cardinals games per year since, quite simply, it\u2019s the only big league baseball in town.\nToday marks the first home playoff game for the Redbirds since the elimination game against the Dodgers in 2009 (which I also attended). As such I have been able to procure tickets to both games 3 (today) and 4 (tomorrow) of the National League Division Series against the Phillies.\nNormally when I attend Cards games I proudly sport attire that represents my Mets along with something emblematic of the home town Cards that I\u2019ve either been given or somehow accumulated over the 20 years we\u2019ve lived here. Today will be no different although maybe not so evident. I\u2019ll certainly have my Mets cooler bag with my cold drinks inside along with my netbook computer adorned with decals representing MLB and both the Mets and Cards. Today I\u2019ve decided to be a \u201cbandwagon\u201d joiner and will partially cover up my Mets loyalty by wearing a Cardinals red t-shirt over my Mets t-shirt. I\u2019ll also sport a Redbirds cap. I may even attend the pregame Cardinals\u2019 rally downtown before today\u2019s game.\nSome Mets fans may question my loyalty which, as some folks who know me understand can never be put into any sort of uncertainty. This posturing by me is simply part of what we all should strive for.\nThe economic impact of post season baseball in St. Louis will be felt for some time with the influx of millions of dollars into the dying downtown area of this midsized Midwest City. The hotels are all nearly at full capacity and people in general feel better about the city and themselves. Putting people to work is nothing if not a \"Good Thing\".\nIf my supporting the home town team in a playoff run that will provide a greatly needed economic stimulus to help support thousands if not more, in this market can be viewed as something other than doing what\u2019s right and for the \u201cgreater good\u201d then so be it. 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Boy band legends New Kids on the Block and the Backstreet Boys lit up the stage Friday night and performed their most memorable hits from their illustrious careers. As the boys sang their famous ballads, fans were transported to a time when the bands ruled the radio airwaves. It was a night on one in attendance will soon forget!\nLabels: mmx 90 new kids backstreet boys", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 339, "original_length": 13451, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 304.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.allenergysand.com/about/leadership/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:35Z", "digest": "sha1:Q3ASMLNPUA7FIZEMR6L7DF6TEA7AIDL3", "length": 3432, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.allenergysand.com", "title": "Our Experienced Sand Mining Leadership| All Energy Sand", "raw_content": "Dean E. 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He has a strong technical background and entrepreneurial business development skills with hands-on experience in strategic planning, project management, systems engineering strategies, operations and facilities systems design, construction management and fabrication and process plant management.\nIn 1983, Mr. Drossos established Hadley Construction Company, Inc., a full service General Contractor serving Florida and the Bahamas. The company specializes in fully integrated design-build delivery of projects with expertise that spans industrial, commercial, military and civil infrastructure.\nMr. Drossos is a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers and the Florida Engineering Society. Mr. Drossos earned his Bachelors of Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.\nClive C. Aston, Ph.D., Director of Finance:\nDr. Aston has over 35 years of experience in project and trade finance at Citibank and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. 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A full English and continental breakfast can be enjoyed in the dining room, which features a traditional bay window. Guests can relax in the lounge area which has seaside views, or have a drink in the licensed bar. Free Wi-Fi is available in public areas. Tea and coffee facilities and a hairdryer are included in all rooms. Each room has an individual decor and a private bathroom with a selection of toiletries. Some rooms at The Warncliffe have sea views and a bay window seating area. Scarborough Cricket Club and Peasholm Park are only 5 minutes\u2019 walk from the property. 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The gutter system is 100% closed; this means that all the drain water is being collected and no longer disappears into the ground. Not only does this save money, it also helps to control the conditions in which the crop grows.\nBecause these conditions are equal for every plant, diseases can be detected at an early stage and spreading of diseases can be prevented in many cases. The main benefit for the employees is that it improves the working height, leading to higher job satisfaction and higher productions. The gutters can be produced at any desired length and from different materials.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 48, "original_length": 1665, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 148.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.amazingkids.org/Volunteers/volunteer-home", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:53:09Z", "digest": "sha1:4HADC5XH5E3ML3K52YGTANIUTURA3OAE", "length": 4217, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "www.amazingkids.org", "title": "Volunteer Home", "raw_content": "At The Children's Institute, volunteers play a vital role in all of our programs. We are proud of the individuals who choose to give their time and abilities to help others. The hours they contribute and the help they provide are an amazing gift to the children and families we serve.\nThe Children\u2019s Institute at this time is accepting applications from volunteers, interns, and work-study students who are available to assist with our Day School Program and Outpatient departments. We are accepting applications for the Fall until the beginning of October. (Applicants for the Fall term will be accepted until the beginning of October). The Day School volunteers and interns need to have availability and are required to work at least one day during the week between 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Monday-Friday. Outpatient student slots are limited and will be filled on a first-come basis. We will also be accepting students for our satellite locations in Bridgeville, Irwin, Wexford, and Pleasant Hills. Satellite slots are also limited.\nFall internships, volunteer, and work study applications will be accepted between August 1, 2018 - October 5, 2018.\nSpring internships, volunteer, and work study applications will be accepted between December 1, 2018 - February 8, 2019.\nSummer internships, volunteer, and work study applications will be accepted between March 1, 2019 - May 10, 2019.\nIf you are unavailable to volunteer during this window of time, please wait to submit an application during the time frame that you are able to commit.\nA commitment of, one day per week for at least three hours for 12 weeks\nDesire to give your time and talents to our programs\nCompleted Volunteer Application Form\nFBI fingerprinting (Volunteer code 1KG6ZJ -- For those over 18 years of age)\nChild abuse reporter training\nAttend a two hour Volunteer Orientation Session\nVolunteer Application 2018-2019 (843 KB)\n1405 Shady Ave.\nAttn: Monica Smith\nDrop off your application at the Information Center at the main door.\nImportance of \u201cThe Match\u201d\nBecause our volunteers are so valuable, we take the time to carefully match their needs and skills with available positions. We ask that all applicants note their specific area of interest in volunteering (e.g.: The Day School Classrooms, Patient Care, administrative/office, etc). Noting your area of interest will help to facilitate a better match between our volunteers and the Children's Institute.\nVolunteers may interact with children, families, therapists, and teachers. Because we are focused on rehabilitation, most of our children are not as medically dependent or fragile as those in an acute care setting. Because of this, volunteers at The Children\u2019s Institute enjoy more direct contact with children than they may experience in other settings.\nThe Children\u2019s Institute is currently experiencing a high volume of inquiries from individuals interested in volunteering. At this time, we are placing volunteers and students on a first come, first serve basis, determined by the date the application is received. Please note that due to the high volume of applicants, it may take several weeks to schedule a volunteer interview following your application approval. Thank you for your patience!\nExamples of Volunteer Placements:\nProviding assistance in instructional and recreational programs, either during the day or in the evening in the swimming pool areas.\nSpending time with young patients, providing companionship or assisting with therapy programs in various units of The Hospital.\nActing as a classroom aide, fulfilling a variety of needs in The Day School. This is a great opportunity for college students studying special education.\nAssisting in the pediatric physical, occupational or speech therapy departments. Volunteers may help with everything from computer programming to working hands on with the children.\nProviding essential clerical services in various departments throughout The Children's Institute. Some volunteers prefer not to interact directly with the children but still want to contribute. They provide valuable support services that keep The Children\u2019s Institute running smoothly.\nVolunteer Policies & Information\nWork Study, Internships & Observations", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 200, "original_length": 8070, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 256.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.andrewbarna.org/hpu%20blog%20mirror/2009/02/27/da-freakshow.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:47Z", "digest": "sha1:TNATK423A663YZRHXIKSC3POHZXYQRVY", "length": 589, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.andrewbarna.org", "title": "Da FreakShow", "raw_content": "Da FreakShow\nHPU's annual talent show is coming up next week and it turns out that I'm in it! I will be playing solo piano during the show. Past performers have told me that it's more fun to be in the show than to watch it. To find out exactly what I will be playing you'll need to attend the show to find out... or there will probably be a recording of it posted on the internets somewhere. I will tell you that I'm playing a piece by Joe Hisaishi and one by William Bolcom.

Check out HPU's Da FreakShow website for details on when and where!

-Andrew

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Woolworths, which has had an \"A-\" Standard & Poors credit rating since 2001, has a market capitalisation of US $26 billion and a turnover in excess of US $45 billion.\nThe majority of the assets for sale are subject to new 20 year leases and rights of renewal that give Progressive Enterprises security of tenure for up to 50 years. This long term tenure underpins the portfolio Weighted Average Lease Term (\"WALT\") of over eighteen years (based on initial lease terms, not including rights of renewal). All leases commenced in March 2015.\nStuart Crow, head of JLL's Capital Markets business in Asia Pacific, together with JLL Corporate Finance colleagues Chris Key and Stuart McCann are managing the sale.\nStuart McCann says, \"International investors are attracted to New Zealand's transparent real estate markets and favourable long-term indicators. However, accessing investments of this scale can be challenging. That's why an opportunity to acquire 19 supermarkets, generating around NZ $700 million in turnover and offering a strong income growth profile, will attract significant interest.\"\nA key draw of the New Zealand market is its efficient tax regime that encourages business investment. Currently there is no stamp duty, no capital gains tax on property and no land tax. This compares favourably to other jurisdictions regionally and works to enhance post-tax returns.\nIn addition, New Zealand's retail spending economic indicators are robust. GDP grew by 3.5 percent during 2014, the population is growing at 1.4 percent per year, and house prices grew over the past year by 8 percent nationwide. These factors are flowing through to consumption spending with retail sales growing by 5.3 percent during the year to March 2015 (source: Monetary Policy Statement, June 2015).\nAccording to Stuart Crow, \"Right now, the New Zealand real estate sector is attracting record levels of offshore investor interest. Of the NZ $5.2 billion of real estate transacted across the country last year, NZ \u200b$2.9 billion was invested by international capital.\"\nChris Key noted the major contributors to this significant level of offshore investment were DEKA, GIC and PSP, who combined contributed over NZ $2.4 billion. \"These major commitments have focused significant international attention on New Zealand as a core proposition that also provides strong risk adjusted returns\".\nThe portfolio is being offered to investors in one-line or individually via an International Private Treaty process, which concludes on 9 September 2015.\nColliers International in New Zealand is acting as a joint agent and is responsible for managing enquiries from investors whose head office is domiciled in Australia and New Zealand. JLL will handle all other international enquiries.\nAppendix 1: Historical New Zealand Real Estate Transactions\u200b\nAppendix 2: Recent Major Real Estate Transactions in New Zealand\nTransaction Price Purchaser Vendor Date\nJoint Venture \u2013 across five shopping centres (49% acquired) NZD1,036 million GIC Scentre Group November 2014\nJoint Venture \u2013 in Viaduct Quarter office precinct (49% acquired) NZD157 million GIC Goodman Property Trust November 2014\nPortfolio - 18 commercial, industrial, retail and development properties NZD1,115 million PSP AMP Capital Property Portfolio July 2014\nLumley House \u2013 premium grade commercial office building NZD146 million DEKA Immobilien DEXUS Property Group April 2014\nJLL has over 50 years of experience in Asia Pacific, with over 30,000 employees operating in 80 offices in 16 countries across the region. The firm was named 'Best Property Consultancy' in seven Asia Pacific countries at the International Property Awards Asia Pacific 2014 and won nine Asia Pacific awards in the Euromoney Real Estate Awards 2013. www.jll.com/asiapacific.\n200 East Randolph Drive Chicago Illinois 60601 | 30 Warwick Street London W1B 5NH | 9 Raffles Place #39\u201300 Republic Plaza Singapore 048619\nAssociate Director, Communications and Content", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 178, "original_length": 7959, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 313.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.apartments.eu/glasgow/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:06Z", "digest": "sha1:4PGLXOVJLVZWMWYPAIM7L3SGMIHQJ65R", "length": 1028, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.apartments.eu", "title": "Apartments.eu - Glasgow Apartments for Rent", "raw_content": "Glasgow Apartments for Rent\nGlasgow in Scotland once had a reputation for its gangs, violence and slums, but is now enjoying a renaissance as a chic, trendy, and bustling city. Glasgow is Scotland\u2019s biggest city and is packed with world class venues, museums, galleries, chic restaurants, and shops. The Glasgow tourism experience can rival that of any city in the world. Chill out in the Botanic Gardens, cruise down the River Clyde, feel inspired at the Hunterian Art Gallery, be entertained at the King\u2019s Theatre, and explore Glasgow history at the Scotland Street School Museum.\nCheck out our rental accommodation in Glasgow for some beautiful apartments in great locations at excellent prices. There are many hotels in Glasgow, but they don\u2019t offer you the luxury, privacy, and space of your home away from home. Our database is full of holiday apartments for rental in Glasgow, and all are well equipped and fully furnished. Your accommodation in Glasgow is our number one concern and we\u2019re sure you won\u2019t be disappointed.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 4, "original_length": 1133, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 239.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.argugrid.eu/th/ag/the-age-of-old-age-story-of-care-provision-for-the-elderly-over-the-centuries-based-on-a-series-of-articles.pdf", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:56Z", "digest": "sha1:EIAAOEYBH2NGRRLKEEFY3UPZF4OZB4SU", "length": 107, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.argugrid.eu", "title": "The Age Of Old Age Story Of Care Provision For The Elderly Over The Centuries Based On A Series Of Articles", "raw_content": "The Age Of Old Age Story Of Care Provision For The Elderly Over The Centuries Based On A Series Of Articles", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 11, "original_length": 663, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.56, "perplexity": 148.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.arkadiaroyal.pl/restauracja/index/en", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:25Z", "digest": "sha1:UZLIGGZ4HGC4YVBWF6LWBIP5I4GXJ4FQ", "length": 1116, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.arkadiaroyal.pl", "title": "Hotel Arkadia Royal Warszawa", "raw_content": "Welcome to Pa\u0142acowa Restaurant at Arkadia Royal Hotel. Our excellent chefs use the finest ingredients to ensure that perfection appears on your table.\nOur menu focuses on the \"modern\" classics of Polish cuisine, however, it is not limited to it. Each month we serve our guests the best regional dishes from all over the world, providing the opportunity to experience the abundance of tastes and aromas offered in each corner of our globe.\nOur cuisine is created by people who have a passion for cooking. Food is their lifestyle. The menu changes periodically to allow you to fully appreciate the seasonal nature of our products. Our menu of the day or month is a reflection of the inspiration of our cooks and the availability of the freshest ingredients. As a result, we create the most interesting, world-class dishes every day.\nNothing is impossible in Pa\u0142acowa restaurant. In consultation with our Chef, our personnel will gladly prepare special dishes, which are not available on the menu, just for you.\nWe invite you for a culinary experience in Poland which lets your taste buds enjoy a trip around the world.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 50, "original_length": 1894, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 289.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.arrostoristorante.cz/aktuality/planovane-akce/omezeni-provozu-restaurace", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:18:22Z", "digest": "sha1:CFVSV4QVKLC4JWIVCWEXHFYJZWIH5P67", "length": 24, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.arrostoristorante.cz", "title": "Omezen\u00ed provozu restaurace | ARROSTO RISTORANTE", "raw_content": "P\u00e1, 09/21/2018 - 04:31 |", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 82, "original_length": 1970, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.66, "perplexity": 72.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.artbook.com/9780984589227.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:37Z", "digest": "sha1:U7NIECYFZF3NBTPHI5ANMLFNMHJRCTXV", "length": 2109, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.artbook.com", "title": "Cockfighter ARTBOOK | D.A.P. 2011 Catalog PictureBox Books Exhibition Catalogues 9780984589227", "raw_content": "By Charles Willeford. Introduction by Jesse Pearson.\nA former professional boxer, actor, horse trainer and radio announcer, Charles Willeford (1919-1988) is best known for his Miami-based crime novels featuring hard-boiled detective Hoke Moseley, including Miami Blues and Sideswipe. His career as a writer began in the late 1940s, but it was his 1972 novel Cockfighter that announced his name to a wider audience. Of that book, Harry Crews said, \"Charles Willeford renders the sport with such knowledge and attention to detail that... I had the almost inexpressible impression of being on my knees again beside the great fighting pits of the southern circuit.\" Considered to be Willeford's masterpiece, Cockfighter is a brutal and beautiful fiction of the American South, loosely modeled, according to the author, on Homer's Odyssey. Frank Mansfield is the titular cockfighter: a silent and fiercely contrary man whose obsession with winning will cost him almost everything. Mansfield haunts the cockpits, bars and roads of the rural South in the early 1960s, adrift but always capable of nearly anything. First published in complete form in 1972, and adapted by Willeford for a Monte Hellman film in 1974 (which became infamous for its use of real animals in the fight scenes), the novel Cockfighter has been out of print for nearly 20 years. Cockfighter is issued here with an introduction by Jesse Pearson and is the second volume in PictureBox's ongoing Charles Willeford reissue series.\nDAN NADEL, EDITOR | DATE 4/8/2011\nWe are pleased to feature an excerpt from PictureBox's new edition of the classic Charles Willeford novel Cockfighter, which was famously adapted for the big screen in 1974 by Monte Hellman. The book will launch in New York at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater on June 8, together with a double-feature screening of the film and Hellman's latest, Road to Nowhere. The screenings will be followed by a Q&A, then a reception with live music and books for purchase. continue to blog\nBy Ed Lin.\nI WAS LOOKING FOR A STREET\nIntroduction by Luc Sante.\nFORMAT: Pbk, 5 x 8 in. / 304 pgs.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 227, "original_length": 9068, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 192.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.articleinsider.com/real-estate/real-estate-information/new-york-apartments-rent", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:17:45Z", "digest": "sha1:HBQJBE55BYMXGTYV5LPQVQVHKIHUUXX2", "length": 2234, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.articleinsider.com", "title": "New York Apartments For Rent", "raw_content": "If you've ever thought about moving to New York, the first thing you consider is the high cost of renting an apartment. While the prices can be intimidating, they are not unmanageable. Plenty of \"starving artists\" flock to New York City every year. Somehow they manage to put a roof over their heads, and so can you.\nWhen it comes to New York apartments for rent you're going to need some help finding the most property for the least amount of money. One of the best options is word of mouth. If you get the chance to move into one of the city's rent controlled buildings, consider yourself lucky. Otherwise, you'll have to consult the newspaper or Internet apartment finding resources.\nFinding the Elusive New York Apartment for Rent\nOne of the best ways to find New York apartments for rent is to consult with a real estate listing service. You can find one through local real estate agencies, or you can opt for a private listing service online. These services offer you photos of the property and a complete listing of available rentals. Most sites charge a marginal fee, but it's worth it if you beat the competition to the best apartments.\nIf you're a property owner a listing service is a great way to ensure your apartments are rented as quickly as possible. When it comes to New York apartments for rent, the overhead is pretty high for property owners. You can list all your available rentals on one site. You can work exclusively with a listing service any time your rentals become available. These services are a great way to connect you directly with potential renters.\nMEALVsEIchmV\nLOL, there is no way in hell u can afford to rent even a siutdo if ur not working a full time job. 1 bedroom apartments start at a minimum of 2000 a month. In the building I manage they start at 3500. Secondly, no one will rent to you unless u have a guarentor, (provides proof that they make 50 times the monthly rent) income verification, bank statements and good credit. If you want to go to school in new york apply to NYU or Colombia or Fordham and get housing with them. thats the only way you will live in the city. good luck. its very expensive to live here but you could always live in brooklyn and commute which is much cheaper.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 3391, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 316.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.artlyst.com/news/max-hollein-appointed-new-director-metropolitan-museum-art/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:18:46Z", "digest": "sha1:NVYZO4N5EIMSHYSKEYFQOQPNDJ623T4J", "length": 9580, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "www.artlyst.com", "title": "Max Hollein Appointed New Director At The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Artlyst", "raw_content": "Max Hollein Appointed New Director At The Metropolitan Museum of Art\n11 April 2018 / Art Categories Appointments / Art Tags Max Hollein, NY, The Metropolitan Museum of Art / / / / /\nThe Metropolitan Museum of Art has a new director. Max Hollein currently leads the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. After beginning his career at the Guggenheim Museum, New York, he was Director and CEO of three of Germany\u2019s most prestigious art institutions, including the St\u00e4del Museum, Frankfurt. An accomplished curator and museum leader, Mr. Hollein has demonstrated exceptional skill at building collections, diversifying audiences, and broadening institutional development. He was elected at a meeting of the Board of Trustees yesterday 11 April and will assume the directorship of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in the summer of 2018.\nMr. Hollein will be responsible for the artistic vision and leadership of the Museum\n\u201cThe Board of Trustees announced the appointment of Mr Hollein as the tenth Director of The Met Museum\u201d Daniel Brodsky, Chairman of the Board of Trustees said, \u201cHe is an innovative and inspiring museum leader and has a proven record of building collections and organizing outstanding exhibitions. His knowledge of and passion for art is expansive, and we have great confidence that he will develop a shared vision and a strong collaboration with our extraordinary curators, conservators, program leaders, and supporters.\u201d\nThe Director reports to The Met\u2019s President and CEO, Dan Weiss, and both Mr. Weiss and Mr. Hollein will report to the Board of Trustees. Mr. Weiss said, \u201cMax is a gifted leader and is exceptionally well qualified to serve as our next Director. I am confident that ours will be a strong and fruitful partnership, and that Max will help advance The Met\u2019s role as a global leader for culture and the arts.\u201d\nHollein\u2019s appointment follows a yearlong search led by the Museum\u2019s Search Committee, which was co-chaired by Candace Beinecke and Richard Chilton. The search began with the development of a job description informed by the participation of more than 400 staff, trustees, and supporters. The committee then received approximately 100 nominations, comprising a broad and diverse pool, and met more than 25 times before and during the interview process.\nMs. Beinecke said, \u201cThere was tremendous enthusiasm for this leadership opportunity, especially the chance to work with The Met\u2019s exceptionally talented curatorial, conservation, and program staff. We sought a broad pool of museum leaders, and we were gratified by the diversity and quality of the candidates we considered. We are thrilled that Max will be joining The Met.\u201d Mr. Chilton said, \u201cThe Met is the largest museum in the United States and one of the largest in the world. Max\u2019s passion for encyclopedic museums, for art, for scholarship, and for engaging local and global audiences is a wonderful fit for The Met.\u201d\nMr. Hollein will be responsible for the artistic vision and leadership of the Museum and its encyclopedic collection of nearly 2 million objects spanning 5,000 years. The Director\u2019s responsibilities include oversight of the Museum\u2019s curatorial, conservation, and scientific research departments; its exhibition and acquisition activities; education and public outreach; and other mission-oriented areas, including the libraries, digital initiatives, publications, imaging, the registrar, and design.\n\u201cI am deeply honored to work for this great institution and very much look forward to collaborating with its esteemed staff \u2013 Max Hollein\n\u201cI am deeply honored to work for this great institution and very much look forward to collaborating with its esteemed staff, the Board of Trustees, and Dan Weiss,\u201d Mr. Hollein said. \u201cThe Met is recognized around the world as a leader in the museum field by virtue of its exceptional collection, groundbreaking scholarship, and educational outreach. Founded on the idea of bringing the cultures of the world to one place, The Met remains a unique place where visitors can experience firsthand the artistic achievements of humankind. We now have many other ways to disseminate cultural education and knowledge, and an obligation to do so. Celebrating artistic excellence goes hand in hand with broadening the stories we tell about the works of art in our care. Together with Dan, I hope to provide the guidance, energy, and support needed to lead this beloved institution into the future and inspire its audiences in New York and around the world.\u201d\nBorn in Vienna, Hollein studied art history at the University of Vienna (Masters of Art History, summa cum laude) and business administration at the Vienna University of Economics. He began his career at the Guggenheim Museum as Chief of Staff and Executive Assistant to the Director. After six years he moved to Frankfurt to lead the Schirn Kunsthalle, which focuses on modern and contemporary art, and in 2006 was appointed to lead, in addition, the St\u00e4del Museum, which houses one of Germany\u2019s most outstanding collections of old master, nineteenth-century, and modern art, and the Liebieghaus, whose world-renowned sculpture collection ranges from ancient Egypt to Neoclassicism.\nDuring his tenure in Frankfurt, Hollein\u2019s accomplishments included doubling the gallery space of the St\u00e4del Museum; developing a major digital strategy and redefining the museum\u2019s communications and marketing; establishing new collecting areas; and implementing three of the most ambitious exhibition programs in Europe, which together cover thousands of years, from antiquities to contemporary art. All three institutions experienced unprecedented growth during his tenure and saw record levels of attendance. The St\u00e4del was named Museum of the Year by the German members of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA). Mr. Hollein\u2019s digital innovations at the Frankfurt museums became a role model for other institutions throughout Europe.\nIn addition to his roles in museum management and development, Hollein has organized a number of major exhibitions in modern and contemporary art, larger survey shows, and special projects such as the American pavilion at the Seventh Venice Architecture Biennale (2000) and the Austrian pavilion at the Venice Art Biennale (2005). His exhibition on Julian Schnabel opens in San Francisco this month.\nThe Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, which includes the de Young Museum and the Legion of Honor, is the largest public arts institution in Northern California. With a collective membership of more than 100,000 and an educational program that serves over 200,000 students, they are among the most visited museums in the country. Hollein\u2019s tenure in San Francisco has been characterized by strong leadership and visionary programming combined with rigorous fiscal management leading to a balanced budget. In addition to reorganizing the management team and establishing an outstanding program of contemporary art, he pioneered acquisitions in underrepresented areas of the collection and implemented an ambitious exhibition program.\nDede Wilsey, Chairman of the Board of the Fine Arts Museums, said, \u201cWhile it is sad to see Max leave and we would have wished to be able to benefit much longer from his strong and visionary leadership, we are impressed and energized by all the achievements, development, and momentum that he brought to our museums in the past two years.\u201d\nMr. Hollein is the editor and author of numerous exhibition catalogues in the area of nineteenth century and modern and contemporary art as well as other museum publications, books, and essays. He has lectured extensively on the history of museums, museum management, the art market, and modern and contemporary art. He has a distinguished record in New York, Europe, and San Francisco of managing complex institutions, developing a strong curatorial vision, building exceptional programming, expanding audiences, and fostering professional collaboration.\nHollein is a member of supervisory and advisory boards of major cultural institutions worldwide, including the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg; National Gallery, Prague; Ludwig Foundation, Vienna; and Neue Galerie, New York. In 2009 he was named a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture. He received the Austrian Medal of Honor for Science and the Arts in 2010, the Binding Cultural Prize (the highest endowed cultural prize in Hesse) in 2015, and the Goethe badge of honor (the highest accolade of the Hessian Ministry of Culture) in 2016.\nThe Search Committee was formed in spring 2017. In addition to Ms. Beinecke and Mr. Chilton, its members included Charles N. Atkins, Samantha Boardman, N. Anthony Coles, Blair Effron, Mark Fisch, Jeffrey W. Greenberg, J. Tomilson Hill, Hamilton E. James, Howard Marks, Sir Paul Ruddock, Bonnie J. Sacerdote, Alejandro Santo Domingo, Andrew Saul, Lulu C. Wang, and Dasha Zhukova. Mr. Brodsky and Mr. Weiss were ex officio members of the committee.\nThe Met has hit several milestones in the past year. Visitors exceeded 7 million annual visitors for the first time. The Museum was named the world\u2019s number one museum by TripAdvisor for an unprecedented third consecutive year, and the exhibition program received exceptional critical acclaim. The Met had one of its strongest fundraising years in its 147-year history, and also built upon its collection with significant gifts of art and acquisitions. This is also the second year in a financial transformation that has put The Met on a path to achieve a balanced budget by 2020.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 52, "original_length": 10806, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 148.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.artreoriented.com/exhibitions/tea-with-nefertiti", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:33Z", "digest": "sha1:INYQJVYRIPLJEI3XWSXALG6XZBKHEHL7", "length": 3526, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.artreoriented.com", "title": "Art Reoriented | Tea with Nefertiti", "raw_content": "Images 1, 2, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 34, 35 courtesy of Art Reoriented, Images 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 courtesy of Nafas Art Magazine, Universes-in-Universe, Images 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 36 courtesy of State Museum of Egyptian Art in Munich\nTea with Nefertiti explores the visual and literary mechanisms by which artworks come to acquire a range of meanings and functions that can embody a number of diverse, and at times conflicting narratives. Through employing the Nefertiti bust as a metaphorical thread, and by interrogating the contested history of Egyptian Museum collections from the 19th century onwards, the exhibition is concerned with the critique of museology, the staging of the artwork and the writing of art-historical narrative as a means of forming and informing cultural otherness.\nThe exhibition is organized along three thematic chapters that reflect on the process of appropriation, de-contextualization and re-semanticisation that an artwork undergoes as it travels through time and place: The \u201cArtist\u201d section highlights the artist\u2019s formalistic departures and contributions as evidenced through the artworks on display. The \u201cMuseum\u201d section examines the institutionalization of art and interrogates how the contextualization of an artwork bestows on it new meanings and functions. The \u201cPublic\u201d section maps out the unpredictable evolution of art as it expands beyond the atelier and the museum and gets coerced into the writing of contested meta-narratives.\nTea with Nefertiti is constructed around a series of juxtapositions and groupings of historic, modern and contemporary artworks and documents. This is intended as a gesture towards breaking away from more familiar museum classifications that have been conventionally based on geography, periods and style. The exhibition proposes alternative paradigms for art historical construction that transcend the confines of geo-temporal linearity. These constructs are conceived as pointers to an ongoing process of cultural transfer, of appropriation and negotiation that exists beyond the parameters of a much-contested historiography.\nArtists: Valerio Adami, Ghada Amer, Armand (b. Armenak Arzrouni), Eduardo Arroyo, Mohamad-Said Baalbaki, Taha Belal, Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Alberto Coraz\u00f3n, Honor\u00e9 Daumier, Thomas Demand, Maurice Denis, Frantisek Drtikol, Rudolf Ernst, Manuel Falces, Mamduh Muhamad Fathallah, Francis Frith, Georg Frey, Alberto Giacometti, Gilbert & George, Julio Gonz\u00e1lez, Georges Henein, Candida H\u00f6fer, Iman Issa, J & K (Janne Sch\u00e4fer & Kristine Agergaard), Emily Jacir, Ida Kar, William Kentridge, Paul Klee, Susanne Kriemann, Little Warsaw (B\u00e1lint Havas and Andr\u00e1s G\u00e1lik), Maha Maamoun, Luigi Mayer, Lee Miller, Amedeo Modigliani, Mahmoud Moukhtar, Vik Muniz, Youssef Nabil, Xenia Nikolskaya, Amy Nimr, Lorraine O\u2019Grady, Grayson Perry, David Roberts, Rainer Ruthenbeck, Georges Sabbagh, Nida Sinnokrot, Robert Smithson, Thomas Struth, David G. Tretiakoff, Kees van Dongen, Van Leo (b. Alexander Boyadjian), Ai Weiwei, Ramses Younan, Ala Younis, and Bassem Yousri.\nThe exhibition also includes a number of artworks that are conventionally labeled as Pharaonic, Coptic and Islamic by artists whose names are now unknown\nA glimpse into the dynamic opening night of Tea with Nefertiti at Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha, November 2012\nA curators\u2019 introduction to Tea with Nefertiti by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath at the Institut du Monde Arabe (IMA) in Paris, April 2013", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 31, "original_length": 4165, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 244.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ashleyggarner.com/blog/egantidiosyncrasy.com/2013/07/erwin-blumenfeld.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:11Z", "digest": "sha1:YJ7EUI3MZMGHIVJZH5GAAR3P67D3PU2R", "length": 5051, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.ashleyggarner.com", "title": "Erwin Blumenfeld \u2014 Ashley G. Garner", "raw_content": "Ashley G. Garner July 10, 2013\nAfter going on a rampage last week and having all my friends watch Press Pause Play a photographer friend of mine recommended I watch a short documentary on the photographer Erwin Blumenfeld. The name didn't sound familiar but as soon as I started watching the series of YouTube clips I quickly realized that I was very familiar with his work already and extremely inspired by the conceptual mindset he had behind his work that I wanted to share.\nHe was born into a middle-class Jewish family in Berlin and by the age of 10 was given his first camera. He began experimenting with self portraits around age 14 and after WWI he became friends with George Grosz who was apart of the Berlin Dada movement and influenced Blumenfeld to continue his self portraits and magazine cuttings but expand it into creating dynamic and narrative collages.\nIn 1925 Blumenfeld got married, moved to Holland and opened a handbag shop but being a terrible business man he spent his days photographing customers that came into the shop and developing the photos in a darkroom he had in the back. Quickly he became active in the Dutch art scene and would showcase his photos in the windows of his shop. Blumenfeld was extremely inspired by the work of Man Ray and began to push his own experimentation's in the dark room, using solarisation and multiple exposures.\nIn his portraits of women there is a timelessness to them. He described the women he photographed as complex social beings, timeless and not objectified despite being nude in a series he worked on in black and white. He described his photos as psychological portraiture - a way of discovering what's beneath the surface. While taking photos of his shop customers Blumenfeld continued his self portrait series as well as seen below. This series of photo's convey a complexity of identity in a very vulnerable way.\n\"I am convinced there is something happening beneath what we are seeing in another world.\"\nEventually Blumenfeld's work got noticed by the magazine industry and he was published in Verve magazine in 1937 where his desire, technique, audacity and cutting-edgeness of the time began to be respected. Curator and photography specialist William Ewing was quoted in the documentary on Blumenfeld describing his work, \"Double exposures, triple exposures, done in camera, done in the dark room, solarisations, high-contrast printing. We know he didn't respect rules. He was very proud of saying that if the instruction on a new film said never to heat it above room temperature, he would boil it. If it said never let it get below room temperature, he'd throw it in the freezer. And then you'd get these strange effects on the surface.\"\nCecil Beaton saw Blumenfeld's work in Verve and quickly tracked him down. Beaton wrote in his diary, \"His merit as an artist lies in the fact that he is incapable of compromise, and although I would like him to work for Vogue, his pictures are not of Vogue quality, for they are much more serious, too provoking and better than fashion.\" Despite these reservations Beaton hired Blumenfeld and signed him on for a years' contract in 1937.\nAfter WWII Blumenfeld and his family returned to the United States and he was immediately hired back by Bazaar and Vogue where he created highly stylized color images that defined the look of the 1940s and 50s. Despite the commercial environment he was working in he continued to experiment and refused to compromise his work for the fashion photography world. In turn he created the 'doe eye' cover for Vogue as seen above on the left. The model, Jean Patchett, was reduced to a flat white background with a perfect pair of lips, cat eye, beauty spot and no nose. This has been noted as not only one of Blumenfeld's best covers but one of the most iconic covers of Vogue's history. It is Blumenfeld's use of white space and color that really defined his fashion photography, like creating a painting with more dimension. According to Blumenfeld the real conflict between art and commerce was how to make fashion photography an art and he certainly figured out how to fix that issue.\nBefore his suicidal death in 1969 Blumenfeld crossed over into the world of fashion film or more precisely he helped create the world of fashion film through advertising and experimental tromp l'oeil effects. Below is a still from one of his witty films but if you are interested in seeing more all you need to do is click here.\nOverall Erwin Blumenfeld is certainly a name that I will never forget again and someone that I hope you won't either. His work is beyond inspirational in his dare devil risk taking and his ability to create images that are timeless not only because of their concepts but because of the way that he was able to capture his models. The models weren't mannequins - they were free. This is something that truly is inspiring me right now and I hope has induced some inspiration for you all as well.\nIn \"Art\", \"Inspiration\", \"Photography\", \"Reveiws\"\n\u2190 She Is Alive Underwear as Outerwear \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 5258, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 261.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ashleyweber.com/blog/2015/04/two-whole-handfuls-of-goodies-will-be.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:22Z", "digest": "sha1:TCLUT4FJZGCLVHVB2NGQ6UNA553LNVJO", "length": 302, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.ashleyweber.com", "title": "\u2014 Ashley weber", "raw_content": "Two whole handfuls of goodies will be in the shop tomorrow!\nTuesday, at 5:00pm Pacific Time. Hope to see you there!\nAlso, this week, I hit one year of\nself employment! I can't even believe it! Thank you to all who have supported me here and helped to make that possible. It truly means the world to me.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 35, "original_length": 769, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 235.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.asianage.com/technology/mobiles-tabs/140717/nanophone-c-worlds-smallest-gsm-phone-priced-at-rs-3940.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:09Z", "digest": "sha1:52Q5AFPBC5LFEY3CE5TC54TBVIDV4BM4", "length": 1699, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.asianage.com", "title": "NanoPhone C: World\u2019s smallest GSM phone priced at Rs 3,940", "raw_content": "Technology, Mobiles & Tabs\nNanoPhone C: World\u2019s smallest GSM phone priced at Rs 3,940\nThe phone is called \u2018Elari NanoPhone C\u2019 and is described as being the world\u2019s smallest phone.\n\u2018NanoPhone C\u2019 packs a 1-inch TFT display with a resolution of 128 x 96 pixels. (Image: Gizbot)\nE-commerce website, Yerha.com has officially announced its first device, dubbed \u2018Elari NanoPhone C.\u2019 The device is described as being the world\u2019s smallest phone. The handset comes equipped with basic features and is available at a price of Rs 3,940.\nThe company describes its \u2018NanoPhone C\u2019 as being the world\u2019s smallest GSM phone. It\u2019s apparently the size of a credit card, and is available in three color variants namely Silver, Rose Gold and Black. \u201cIn the official statement, the company claims the device to be a stylish, anti-smart, and ultra-compact mobile phone,\u201d reported Gizbot.\nAs for the specifications, the \u2018NanoPhone C\u2019 packs a 1-inch TFT display with a resolution of 128 x 96 pixels. The device runs on RTOS and is powered by MediaTek MT6261D chipset. On the storage front, the device offers 32MB RAM along with 32MB of internal storage. Users have the option of expanding it up to 32GB via its microSD card-slot option. The device supports dual-SIM and micro-SIM cards as well. The \u2018NanoPhone C\u2019 houses a 280mAh battery that can apparently last up to 4 hours on single-charge. The handset further includes MP3 player, voice recorder, FM radio, a micro USB port and a 3.5mm audio jack. There\u2019s a special Magic Voice function that users can utilise for modifying their voices.\nThe device can also be connected to Android and iOS devices via the Bluetooth option.\nTags: elari, nanophone c, world\u2019s smallest phone", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 155, "original_length": 4525, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 320.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.asoundbeginning.net/index.php/classroom-program/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:30Z", "digest": "sha1:QBUINAZJJUC4C6L347A6M65EOMWISN4J", "length": 936, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.asoundbeginning.net", "title": "A Sound Beginning | Classroom Program", "raw_content": "We are dedicated to supporting children with hearing loss, and their families,\nas they learn to listen and speak.\nMD Accreditation/Curriculum\nA Sound Beginning is accredited by the Maryland State Department of Education to care for children ages two through five. We group children by their skills and needs in small groups. We use a state approved, standardized curriculum called the InvestiGator Club to expose children to preschool educational concepts as they relate to reading, writing, math, science, technology, and social-emotional development.\nChildren are naturally curious and want to know about the world, and their place in it. Our program taps into this sense of wonder, while deepening the children\u2019s knowledge of themselves and their world. While auditory-verbal principles are integrated into every activity for learning to listen, children are actively engaged in exploring and learning about themselves and our world.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 2627, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 196.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.auburn.edu/~garriro/vvtags.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:53:25Z", "digest": "sha1:GMEJGM7YT2MFAIVVFCHR6RUA2SGVPFEN", "length": 6443, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.auburn.edu", "title": "ACT NO. 96-818 AND MY 1947 CROSLEY", "raw_content": "Act No. 96-818: \"Relating to motor vehicles; to amend Sections 40-12-290, 40-12-291, 40-12-293, and 40-12-296 of the Code of Alabama 1975; to provide for the issuance of a \"vintage vehicle\" license plate only for those vehicles operated as a collector's item; to define a vintage vehicle; to prescribe penalties for violating this act....\"\nIs My Crosley Convertible Being \"Operated as a Collector's Item\"?\nI spent the last day of September at the Lee County Courthouse, trading in all my old \"Historic Vehicle\" tags for the new \"Vintage Vehicle\" tags. But I bought a regular tag for my old Chevy pick-up, even though it's almost forty years old. (I might want to use it for light hauling on occasion.) And for my 1970 Volkswagen Van, I had to forego Vintage Vehicle tags in favor of Vietnam Veteran tags. (All the double Vs on my application form were a source of much confusion.) It sure didn't seem right that the state of Alabama would change the cut-off from 25 years to 30 years without grandfathering in the vehicles that were already licensed as antiques. But I guess I'll have to wait til the new millennium to have a valid Vintage Volkswagen Van.\nWhen the sun rose on my rolling stock the next morning, I was all legal--assuming that the Auburn Police Department intends to enforce a compliance with the spirit rather than the letter of the new law. I took part of the day off to attach the new plates to the old cars. I was just finishing with the last one when my new mother-in-law arrived for her first visit. She was surprised to see so many vintage vehicles but seemed to have great interest in them, insisting that I take her for a ride in my favorite one.\nIt was late afternoon when we headed out for a spin in my 1947 Crosley convertible. I have an old Crosley refrigerator too, which I use to keep my bait cool, and several an old Crosley radios. And I used to go to games at Crosley field in Cincinnati--and listen to the games on Crosley's radio station WLW. It's all the same Crosley family. Powell Crosley, Jr. built automobiles from 1939 to 1952. You could buy the convertible in 1947 for about $950.00.\nAnyway, maybe we should have waited until those storm clouds blew over before trying out these new \"Vintage Vehicle\" tags, but I didn't want to risk being out after dark.\nOur outing was going just fine until the old Crosley overheated in rush hour traffic and finally stalled out in the left-turn lane at the corner of University Drive and Auburn-Opelika Road. I raised the hood to let it cool down and then got involved directing traffic. I was about to get the traffic under control when the rain came--which had a cooling effect on the engine but not on my new mother-in-law. When I noticed that it was already starting to get dark, I got my mother-in-law to take charge of the traffic directing while I ran across the way to Sears to try to buy a couple of six-volt headlights and some fuses. (The Crosley's lights had burned out last spring when I had some trouble with the voltage regulator.)\nThe salesman at Sears, the same guy that sold me the red paint for the wheels, was eager to help. And while he was looking for headlights, he discovered that the seventeen-inch wide whites I'd ordered for my Packard coupe had already come in. Well, that sure was a pleasant surprise. I got everything paid for and headed back to the intersection, where the traffic problem was getting worse because my mother-in-law had quit directing. I put three of the Packard tires in the back and wedged the fourth one between the front seats. I installed the headlights and fuses without any trouble at all. Enjoyed it.\nI hoped to be able to close the hood, crank the Crosley, and get out of there without any more commotion, but as I tried to crank it, the rainwater, which had evidently already fouled the distributor, shorted out my horn. I got out and raised the hood again to see if there was anything I could do. I couldn't hear what my mother-in-law was saying because of the horn, but I could see two Auburn police cars coming up Auburn-Opelika Road. I started directing traffic again while I was trying to think of what to do next.\nWell, I could see how things were developing, so when a ton-and-a-half flat-bed rounded the corner (headed in the direction of my house) I hopped up on the back. It was just instinct, I guess. But I wanted to explain to my wife what had actually happened before she heard some distorted version of it. The driver motioned an acknowledgment of his extra passenger, and I sat down on the edge of the spare tire to think some more.\nThere were lot's of issues to think about--family matters, recognizing individuality, and mutual respect--but the question that I couldn't get off my mind was \"Am I in violation of the new law that governs the use of those \"Vintage Vehicle\" tags? A conviction is punishable by a fine of not less than $100, forfeiture of the tags, and a barring from reapplication for three years!\nAs it turned out, I had a copy of the new law in my pocket. Someone at the DMV had given it to me when I was at the Courthouse yesterday. I could read snippets of it as we passed under the street lights.\nSection 1(b) refers to a \"Vintage Vehicle\" as one that is \"owned and operated primarily as a collector's item.\" It didn't seem right to refer to a Crosley convertible as an \"item,\" and there was no specific mention of what would constitute a legitimate secondary use. Was today's use of the Crosley primary or secondary?\nSection 1(d)(iii) indicates that a \"Vintage Vehicle\" is to be \"operated as a collector's item, including participation in club activities, exhibitions, tours, parades, and not used for general transportation purposes.\" Well, there seems to be a lot of scope for different uses between \"parades\" and \"general transportation purposes.\"\nSection 1(c)(2) indicates that a \"Vintage Vehicle\" cannot be used for \"transporting passengers or property.\" Would those Packard tires have to be considered \"property\"? I suppose they would. We didn't actually transport them, though. I guess my mother-in-law could testify that we didn't. But it's also illegal to transport passengers. I don't know what she could say about that.\nOh well, there was no use worrying about any of this now. So I just sat there. In the dark. In the rain. On the spare. And then all the sudden it hit me about how I'd really messed up: I forgot to order a spare tire for the Packard coupe!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 16, "original_length": 6479, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 241.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.auburnhistorical.org/veterans-day-ceremony.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:24Z", "digest": "sha1:UMMD2AAOKMYR6N4Y72747FIIRMGJ4YNA", "length": 1496, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.auburnhistorical.org", "title": "Veteran's Day Ceremony - Auburn, New Hampshire Historical Association", "raw_content": "\u200bSunday morning November 11, 2018 folks joined in at \"Bicentennial Park\" in Auburn to paid respect in remembrance of all of those who served in the military.\n\"On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 an armistice between Germany and the Allied nations came into effect. On November 11, 1919, Armistice Day was commemorated for the first time. In 1919, President Wilson proclaimed the day should be \"filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country\u2019s service and with gratitude for the victory\".\nToday also marks the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One.\n28 of Auburn's soldiers, sailors, sisters and sons served in WW1:\n\u200bThe Auburn Historical Association supports our veterans. Sunday November 11, 2018 was remembrance day and also mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One. We salute you all.\n28 of Auburn's soldiers, sailors and sons served in WW1:\nMajor Thomas, J. Knight, Major Joseph F. McIntire, Captain John G. Fletcher, Captain George J. Simoneau, Lieutenant: Herbert L. Chase, Lieutenant Harry G. Hall, Sargent Arthur G. Emery, Sargent Thomas B. Fletcher, Sargent Leon G. Shattuck, The Rank and File: Jenness G. Brown, James Charnley, Arthur Charretto, Octave Charland, John S. Coffin, Joseph Coleman, Chester B. Coulton, Charles S. Cook, D. Davis, James P. Hall, Vivian Heselton, William J. Kenney, Robert J. Leavett, John B. McDuffee, Edward S. Newcomb, Joseph Simoneau, Arthur Saunders, Harold G. Wood, Milton J. Young -", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 2404, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 221.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.augoustinos-kantiotis.gr/?p=4559", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:11Z", "digest": "sha1:A5672QRVSMKKQWO5XLAFDCEOIUUEQY3Y", "length": 7701, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.augoustinos-kantiotis.gr", "title": "\ufeff \u03c0. \u0391\u03c5\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03c4\u03af\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u039a\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03ce\u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u00bb Blog Archive \u00bb APRIL 23 SAINT GEORGE", "raw_content": "APRIL 23 SAINT GEORGE\n23 \u0391\u03a0\u03a1\u0399\u039b\u0399\u039f\u03a5 \u2013 \u0397 \u0393\u0399\u039f\u03a1\u03a4\u0397 \u03a4\u039f\u03a5 \u0391\u0393\u0399\u039f\u03a5 \u0393\u0395\u03a9\u03a1\u0393\u0399\u039f\u03a5\n\u0391\u03c0\u03cc\u03c3\u03c0\u03b1\u03c3\u03bc\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b2\u03b9\u03b2\u03bb\u03af\u03bf\u03c5 \u00ab\u039c\u03a5\u03a1\u0399\u03a0\u039d\u039f\u0391 \u0391\u039d\u0398\u0397\u00bb, \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u039c\u03b7\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03af\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03a6\u03bb\u03c9\u03c1\u03af\u03bd\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c0. \u0391\u03c5\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03c4\u03af\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5 \u039a\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b9\u03ce\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\n\u0397 \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03ac\u03c6\u03c1\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9 \u03bf\u03bb\u03cc\u03ba\u03bb\u03b7\u03c1\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b2\u03b9\u03b2\u03bb\u03af\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c3\u03c4\u03ac \u0391\u03b3\u03b3\u03bb\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac \u03ad\u03b3\u03b9\u03bd\u03b5 \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc \u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u03cd\u03c1\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf \u03b5\u03c1\u03b3\u03ac\u03c4\u03b7 \u03ba\u03b1\u03af \u03b1\u03b3\u03c9\u03bd\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03ae \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u039f\u03c1\u03b8\u03bf\u03b4\u03bf\u03be\u03af\u03b1\u03c2, \u03c0\u03bd\u03b5\u03c5\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03bd \u03c4\u03ad\u03ba\u03bd\u03bf\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c0. \u0391\u03c5\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03c4\u03af\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5, \u03c0. \u0391\u03c3\u03c4\u03ad\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf \u0393\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03c4\u03ad\u03c1\u03b3\u03b9\u03bf. \u03a0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03c6\u03ad\u03c1\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b1\u03c0\u03b5\u03b9\u03bd\u03ac \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03ad\u03bd \u03a7\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03ce \u03b1\u03b3\u03ac\u03c0\u03b7 \u03b5\u03b9\u03c2 \u03c8\u03c5\u03c7\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae\u03bd \u03c9\u03c6\u03ad\u03bb\u03b5\u03b9\u03b1\u03bd \u039f\u03c1\u03b8\u03bf\u03b4\u03cc\u03be\u03c9\u03bd \u03a7\u03c1\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03b1\u03bd\u03ce\u03bd \u03b1\u03c0\u03bd\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03c7\u03bf\u03cd \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b3\u03b7\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u03af \u03b5\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03ba\u03b5\u03c0\u03c4\u03ce\u03bd \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c3\u03b5\u03bb\u03af\u03b4\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c3\u03b5\u03b2\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03cd \u0393\u03ad\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u0391\u03c5\u03b3\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03c4\u03af\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\n\u00ab\u0398\u03b1\u03c5\u03bc\u03b1\u03c4\u03cc\u03c2 \u03cc \u0398\u03b5\u03cc\u03c2 \u03ad\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u03af\u03c2 \u03b1\u03b3\u03af\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03cd\u00bb (\u03a8\u03b1\u03bb\u03bc.67:36)\nTHE MARTYRS ARE THE PROOF OF CHRIST\u2019S RESURRECTION\nOn the 23rd of April, my beloved Christians, our Church honors the memory of Saint George the Great Martyr. We will speak about him here. Before we speak about Saint George, however, we will say a few words about Easter; because the Feast of Saint George usually comes near Easter and has a relationship with the great Feast of the Resurrection of our Lord.\nEaster, is the feast of feasts and celebration of celebrations. Angels and Archangels, the most holy Theotokos, and the righteous rejoice in the Resurrection of the Lord. We rejoice as well, because there came immortality from His grave, forgiveness of our sins, and triumph over sin, death, and Lucifer. As Saint John Chrysostom says so wonderfully in his Catechetical homily, which those who stay until the end of Divine Liturgy of Easter hear, \u201cLet no one grieve at His poverty; for the universal Kingdom hath been revealed. Let no one mourn that he hath fallen again and again; for forgiveness hath risen from the grave. Let no one fear death; for the Death of our Savior hath set us free!\u201d Which is to say: Those of you who are poor, do not be upset; Christ is riches. Those of you who are sinners, wipe away your tears; Christ forgives your sins. Those of you who fear death, have courage; Christ has defeated death.\nThe Resurrection, like the sun, spread joy and happiness everywhere. Even dead nature, which is resurrected in springtime rejoices and dresses in its festive clothing, and the spring flowers cry out also in their own way \u201cChrist is risen!\u201d\nGod\u2019s joy! Only Satan mourns and laments, and with him all those who do not want to believe in Christ and continue to live in unbelief and corruption. Even on the day of the Resurrection they do not fell anything holy and spiritual, but live like beasts without God, without Christ, and alas only the name Christian remains on them.\nThe Easter of the Lord! The joy of the Christians, however, continues and near the Resurrection of Christ we celebrate the Feast of Saint George the Great Martyr. His memory is celebrated on the 23rd of April. But when the 23rd of April comes before Easter, during the time of mourning, then the feast of Saint George, it has been decided, is celebrated on the second day after Easter. And this is proof that our Church has the right to change the days of the Feasts. The foremost matter here is not so important when we celebrate, but how we celebrate. If Christians rush to dances on holy days, to drunkenness, fornication, adultery and to every filthiness and crime, going to work would be preferable. These Christians do not honor, but dishonor the saint; they cheapen the name Christian and give the unbelievers the right to criticize our faith.\nLet us say, though, a few words about the Feast of Saint George now. Saint George is beloved not only in our country, but also in other Christian countries. Millions of men are called George; Kings, Princes, Generals, Scientists, rich and poor, workers, farmers have the name George and celebrate their nameday. Women too have the name Georgia. There is not a home in Greece that does not have a relative with the name of Saint George. But why is there so much honor for Saint George?\nSaint George was one of the greatest heroes of Christendom. He was born and suffered the martyr\u2019s death during the time of an awful persecution against Christians, that an evil blood thirsty emperor, Diocletian, set forth. George came from the country of Cappadocia, a district of Asia Minor which gave birth to so many saints and martyrs. His father was arrested, confessed Christ and suffered the martyr\u2019s death when George was a little boy. George was the son of a martyr. His widowed mother, a pious woman, went to his father\u2019s grave often, and there with both of them kneeling, they prayed to God. George burned with the holy desire to follow the example of his father and become a martyr for Christ too. When he grew up, he served in the army. He was an excellent soldier, obedient, brave, fearless in battle. He loved his country, he chased after the barbarians who invaded it, burned down houses and slaughtered children and women. Saint George was the protector of the weak. Due to his bravery, he quickly climbed high and reached the top offices of the army. He became a general.\nWhen a persecution was declared against Christians and all the officers were asked to declare that they were not Christians and that they believed in the idols, George did not hesitate at all to do that which he should. He did not deny Christ, as others did. He declared that he was a Christian and that no power in the earth would change his faith. When the Emperor heard this he was very sorry, because this most brave general was a Christian. In the beginning they tried to change his mind in a pleasant way. They promised him every honor and office. George, however, rejected all the offers and remained steadfast and unshakeable. Then his martyrdom began; a martyrdom of the worst kind. At first they threw him in a dark prison. Then they placed him on a wheel, which was a torturing instrument; with its sharp nails the wheel tore the flesh, made the blood of man run, and then the person die.\nChrist however, by His grace helped the martyr and defeated the pain. Not only this, but he also performed miracles. He resurrected a dead man from the grave; the destroyed a large dragon that was eating people; he went to the temple of the idols and with his prayers brought down all of the statues and made the demons shout and say, that there is only one true God and He is the God of George. This seems unbelievable to many, but Christ declared that whoever believes in Him will perform miracles, he will step on scorpions and snakes and defeat all the power of the enemy.\nWhat Saint George did he did not do by his own power; he did it with the power of Christ, who defeated sin and death and rose from the dead and gives power to everyone who is faithful to defeat their enemies. Thus every saint is also proof that Christ is the true God. The life, the martyrdoms, and the miracles of the saints cannot have any other explanation that that Christ rose from the dead and lives and reigns, and that it is He Who gives His power and grace so that weak and sinful people may become heroes and martyrs. Thousands of people, who saw the martyrdom and the miracles of the saint, believed and were baptized in the name of Christ.\nMy Christians! It is not appropriate to simply celebrate the feast of Saint George; we must also imitate the saint in his virtues, and especially in the bravery that he showed all of his life. Did the saint kill the dragon, as it appears in his icon? We have dragons too and they are our passions and vices. Who does not have them? Onward, let us fight those internal dragons! Whoever fights and defeats his passions with the help of Christ, becomes a worthy imitator of Saint George. This Christian is proof that Christ who was resurrected lives in our time, succeeds, and triumphs. Christ is risen, my brothers and sisters! To the Crucified and Risen Christ belongs honor and glover forever.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 326, "original_length": 18654, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 292.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.autogalaxy.jp/diarypro/diary.cgi?no=52", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:36Z", "digest": "sha1:RZJBC7KUNA57EVJ7KXM7MVRK7JEF6HFH", "length": 1114, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.autogalaxy.jp", "title": "Used Cars, Buses from Japan - Auto Galaxy", "raw_content": "Summer vacation 2013.\u3000Part 3\nThe last day of our trip in middle part of Hokkaido, we visited the one of the famous zoos in Japan, Asahiyama Zoo. Why is it so famous? In August 2004, over 320,000 people visited the zoo, the second highest number of visitors among all the zoos in Japan.\nAsahiyama Zoo is the northernmost zoo in Japan. That is not the main reason.\nThe zoo keeps about 400 animals and birds of 200 species, including polar bears, penguins, and spotted seals. They provide an environment where each animal can use their abilities and a space where each animal can relax. You can see their natural habitat.\nFor example, at the seal aquarium, a vertical tube was installed for the seals to swim through. This is what the seals swim up and down or down to up when they search for their dinner, fish, between sheets of ice in the South Pole area where they originally came from.\nThe most fun part is you can see animals up close. You can almost touch them.\nWe did not see them all because we had limited time. Actually, we visited half of the zoo. We hope we can go back sometime again in the near future.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 2872, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 274.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.avcarlson.ca/project/canadian-imperial-bank-of-commerce/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:28Z", "digest": "sha1:SILV3ENKGKMSESYWQ7X7IWPW2JZPLQ5D", "length": 290, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.avcarlson.ca", "title": "Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce - Carlson Construction", "raw_content": "Take it to the bank: In 1999 we renovated and completed an addition to one of Edmonton\u2019s oldest buildings. The exterior of the original building built in 1929 was restored and the interior completely renovated. A two-storey addition with a basement connected to the historic Commerce Place.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 42, "original_length": 1283, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 136.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.awardsdaily.com/2018/06/23/so-you-think-you-can-dance-awards-daily-tv-talks-to-mandy-moore-and-travis-wall/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:21:45Z", "digest": "sha1:D7SY7KDO5VJEMZTEE3FNDGOJF5OSMK7X", "length": 6654, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "www.awardsdaily.com", "title": "So You Think You Can Dance? Awards Daily TV Talks To Mandy Moore and Travis Wall. \u2013 Awards Daily", "raw_content": "Mandy Moore and Travis Wall Take Us Inside So You Think You Can Dance and what it takes to choreograph the numbers on the Emmy winning show.\nJazz, contemporary, ballroom, hip-hop. Each week Mandy Moore and Travis Wall have a few hours to work with the talent and choreography those dance numbers. I caught up with both to have a quick tete-a-tete to talk about some numbers and working with the pace of the show.\nFirst, we talk to Mandy Moore:\nOn what keeps it fresh\nFor me, I\u2019ve been able to navigate a number of different roles. When you\u2019re an assistant, you\u2019re a vessel for whoever the choreographer is. Transitioning to a choreographer and the pressure to create is an interesting moment. It\u2019s never an easy one. You think it\u2019s a very challenging process because it\u2019s Live TV, a fast turnaround and the talent who you\u2019re working with that week may not have an understanding of the style you\u2019re given that week, so that keeps me on my toes.\nLast season, Jeff Thacker reached out and said, \u201cI need a producer and I\u2019ve been thinking about it.\u201d It seemed like such a natural progression. I still choreograph on the show which is a nice balance for me because I get to wear the producer\u2019s logistic hat and I still get to work my creative side. I like having both. I find it\u2019s better when I get to do both.\nI think last season was a lot of fun. With the other choreographers, I felt my role became a bridge between producer and choreographers. I understand what it\u2019s like to have to be in the room with those time constraints but also being in the office with Jeff and big picturing the whole season was so wonderful\nOn Working with the structure of Live TV\nIt\u2019s so fascinating. You\u2019re in a week structure. As a choreographer, you have to be smart with your time. You have to trust that whatever you set out to do, you see through and there\u2019s no time to question it. You have to make good decisions immediately and whatever lane you decide to be in you have to commit to it.\nWith film, you have longer marinating periods, you have to trust your instincts. With SYTYCD, you\u2019re shot out of a canon.\nThere\u2019s a five-hour window that we spend in total with them.\nOn choreographing \u201cHandClap\u201d\u2014Fitz and The Tantrums\nWith Koine Iwasaki and Marko Germar, I did the Handclap. I love that song. At the beginning of this season, we usually put a lot of songs through because you don\u2019t know who you get until the night before, so you have one song in your back pocket.\nWhen I found out I was having Marko and Koine, I knew the song could be athletic, stylized and sexy. Jazz can, unfortunately, be the kiss of death because you can\u2019t fake jazz, you have to know how to dance. The technique is technique. You have to have the peas and carrots of it. I wanted to create movement in the shapes. I like dancers feeling strong and confident. That song spoke that.\nThere was also the \u2018First Time I Ever Saw Your Face\u2019. Kiki didn\u2019t have experience in contemporary but is a trained ballroom dancer. My big thing was to get Kiki to soften, I trie dot get lines and transitions that were in his line. I wanted to try to soften him. He had a beautiful and big six hours. That progression with Jenna was really inspiring.\nTravis Wall Talks about his journey from contestant to Emmy-award Winning Choreographer:\nOn his journey from contestant to choreographer\nIt really has been a journey. I\u2019ve always known that this is what I was going to do. I was choreographing before I was a contestant. I felt most comfortable creating and not necessarily being the one created on. When I went on the show, I had in the back of my mind, I knew I wanted to be on there and it was my dream to be a choreographer. I worked really hard at it. I was told No for season three and four. I finally got my opportunity in season five. I had to grab it by its horn because if I didn\u2019t, I knew I wouldn\u2019t get that opportunity again so I put a lot of pressure on myself to make sure my voice was loud and clear.\nSince season five, it\u2019s been a whirlwind of crazy opportunities that have come from the show. There have been seven Emmy nominations and two wins. It\u2019s extraordinary what this show has done.\nOn his Emmy nominations and wins\nThe first one came after being nominated five times in a row. I was so young when I was being nominated and you think, \u201cIs this the year?\u201d The first win, it was the first time, that if I was being honest with myself and looking at my category. I really thought I could win it. I got to finally do a piece where there were so many different layers and levels. To me, it felt like the show had finally done a full circle on discovering talent and that talent was finally winning an award for that exact show.\nOn the pressure of the show\u2019s pace.\nI put the pressure on myself. I don\u2019t feel pressure from the show because I work at a fast pace. With my dance company, we have to put shows together because of budget and other factors. I just put it on myself. Each year, whenever I submit for the Emmys, I want that work to excel and exceed the year before. I want to challenge myself and outdo what I\u2019ve done previously.\nOn choosing numbers for the performers:\nThe show has a hard time letting you know who you have. They keep it from you as long as they possibly can. I joke with them to tell me. I have an idea, then I get my couple and the song can\u2019t work with them because you want something playing to their strengths. It\u2019s a win-win situation when you\u2019re crafting these routines around the contestant you have, as opposed to having this pre-conceived idea and making it work to the dancers. I feel I\u2019ve had a strong success because these dancers want to make it to the next week. It\u2019s your job as a choreographer to get these safe and move them forward and challenge them. Instead, of thinking, \u201cI have to win another award.\u201d The only way that piece is going to be groundbreaking is if it\u2019s suited to the right couple.\nOn Taylor Sieve and Robert Roldan performing \u201cChange Is Everything\u201d\nIt was the first time on the show when they go to re-perform it, they didn\u2019t allow the choreographer to come back and put their hands back on it. We had to sit in the audience and watch what happens when they do it the second time. There was another choreographer who couldn\u2019t come back in, so for standards and practices, no one could touch the routine. It was the first time sitting in the audience where I was blown away. My mouth was on the floor. For me, it was the most beautiful performance I\u2019d ever seen of anyone doing my work because I didn\u2019t have any notes. I got to see something for the first time, instead of being, \u201cI created this.\u201d\nTags: ADTVmandy mooreTravis wall", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 163, "original_length": 10316, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 227.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.baxleynewsbanner.com/archives/2639-Congressional-Day-Office-to-be-held.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:18Z", "digest": "sha1:AALJ7VY6WF3HI77HQGTBB46VSOBZRPEU", "length": 687, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.baxleynewsbanner.com", "title": "Congressional \u201cDay Office\u201d to be held - The Baxley News-Banner", "raw_content": "Congressional \u201cDay Office\u201d to be held\nA representative from Congressman Jack Kingston\u2019s office will be in Appling County on Thursday, April 19, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Appling County Board Of Commissioners second floor meeting room at 69 Tippins Street to meet with anyone who needs assistance with a federal agency during an upcoming Congressional \u201cDay Office.\u201d\n\u201cWe hold these \u2018Day Offices\u2019 throughout the district to make it more convenient for citizens who may find it difficult to get to one of my offices,\u201d Congressman Kingston said. \u201cI hope residents of Appling County will stop by and speak to Shiela Elliott if they need help or just want to express their concerns.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 3189, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 240.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.baxtronlife.com/2013/03/40-before-40.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:04:56Z", "digest": "sha1:G5UFKP43RNRAXGMYW4UAIWIKFY6UQEWA", "length": 957, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.baxtronlife.com", "title": "Baxtron{Life}: Bucket List", "raw_content": "I've been wanting to create a bucket-list of things to accomplish before a certain age for a while. I sort of missed my chance with the doing it before 30, so I decided to compile one to work toward over the next eight and a half years. :) I know there are a lot of very ambitious items on this list, but I think there is something powerful about putting things on paper. :) Some of these are serious and some are just fun, all of them are things I've mentioned interest in, but now they are all compiled in one place.\nDo you have a bucketlist? Leave me a link in the comments below! I'd love to check it out!\nTags: 40 before 40, 40x40, bucketlist, desires, dreams, goals, hopes, life, wishes\nKendra Darr March 13, 2013\nWow this is quite ambitious! I have a 30x30 list with just under 3 years left to complete it (http://www.bkdarr.com/p/30-by-30.html)\nIndeed it is ambitious. :) We'll see how it goes!! XO\nJennifer S. August 13, 2013\nYours is great too! <3", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 34, "original_length": 5499, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 305.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.beautyofbirds.com/turnstones.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:21Z", "digest": "sha1:KPA5F6OOGH2G7W6W6JV5SVJITAGDZ7YM", "length": 1918, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.beautyofbirds.com", "title": "Turnstones | Beauty of Birds", "raw_content": "Turnstones are two bird species, the Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres), and the Black Turnstone (Arenaria melanocephala), in the family Scolopacidae. They are closely related to calidrid sandpipers (Thomas et al., 2004).\nBoth birds are distinctive medium-sized waders. They are high Arctic breeders, and are migratory. These chunky powerful birds have strong necks and bills well suited to their feeding technique. As the name implies, these species readily turn stones or seaweed looking for hidden invertebrates. They are strictly coastal, preferring stony beaches to sand, and are often found with Purple Sandpipers.\nTheir appearance is striking in flight, with white patches on the back, wings and tail.\nThe Ruddy Turnstone (or just Turnstone in Europe) has a circumpolar distribution, and is a very long distance migrant, wintering on coasts as far south as South Africa and Australia. It is thus a common sight on coasts almost everywhere in the world.\nIn breeding plumage, this is a showy bird, with a black-and-white head, chestnut back, white underparts and red legs. The drabber winter plumage is basically brown above and white below.\nThis is a generally tame bird and is an opportunist feeder. Unlike most waders, it will scavenge, and has a phenomenal list of recorded food items, including human corpses and coconut.\nThe call is a staccato \"tuck- tuck- tuck\".\nThe Ruddy Turnstone is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.\nThe Black Turnstone has a similar structure to its widespread relative, but has black upperparts and chest, and white below. It has a much more restricted range than the Ruddy Turnstone, breeding in western Alaska, and wintering mainly on the Pacific coast of the USA.\nIts habits are generally similar to Ruddy, but it has a snipe-like aerial breeding display, and a higher-pitched, more fluid call.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 78, "original_length": 4348, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 194.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.benwyman.com/writings-and-missives/2007/4/27/the-bathroom-sessions.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:10Z", "digest": "sha1:HDADZFQDLVDEOYGTDOGQ5GOKHFVPA4UK", "length": 719, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.benwyman.com", "title": "The Bathroom Sessions \u2014 Ben Wyman", "raw_content": "The Bathroom Sessions\nKevin found this and showed it to me today, and I thought I'd share it with all of you. Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies set up a video camera in his bathroom (for the acoustics, of course) and videotaped himself doing acoustic versions of virtually every BNL song he ever sang lead vocals to. There are currently 67 songs available, and on a good half dozen of them, Stephen Page sits next to him - in the bathtub - and sings along. Pure music geek fun. For showing me this, Kevin gets the honor of being added to the sidebar.\nHere's the link, and here's the two of them doing \"If I Had A Million Dollars,\" my favorite of the ones I've seen so far.\nNewer PostPoor Dirk\nOlder PostGarfield Silenced", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 2189, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 293.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.berita.win/video/10+things+you+didn%E2%80%99t+know+about+the+fbi/Ws4Doah0zw8", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:40:56Z", "digest": "sha1:ERIFRRXI6J7X5AE6CBGLOTANDXNA27JK", "length": 874, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.berita.win", "title": "10 Things You Didn't Know About The FBI - Video of Facts, Myths and Mysteries - Berita.win", "raw_content": "10 Things You Didn't Know About The FBI - Video of Facts, Myths and Mysteries - Berita.win\n10 Things You Didn't Know About The FBI\nHere are 10 shocking and wildly interesting facts about the FBI, otherwise known as the Federal Bureau of Investigation.\nThe FBI Files: Season 5 - Ep 6 \"Tracks of a Killer\"\nFBI vs CIA - How Do They Compare?\n10 Most Compelling Celebrity Death Conspiracies\n10 things you didn't know, 10 things you didn't know about the fbi, fbi, secret services, secrets the fbi is hiding from you, government secrets, secrets, hidden details, hidden details the fbi doesn't want you to know, insane tactics used by the fbi, insane tactics used by secret service, top 10 secrets the secret service doesn't want you to know, secret, service, trump, president, hidden, white house, special agents, top 10, facts, they don't want you to know, trending, viral, new,", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 2652, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 277.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.bessel.org/conspmcl.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:29Z", "digest": "sha1:FRXSH4T2GWN3WNIUF4THGWQQVKU7AXZQ", "length": 2639, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.bessel.org", "title": "Conspiracy (McLeod)", "raw_content": "From the Royal Arch Mason magazine, 20.1 (Spring 1998), pages 28-29.\nBy Wallace McLeod\nConspiracy: How the Paranoid Style Flourishes and Where it Comes From, by Daniel Pipes. New York: Free Press (A division of Simon and Schuster). 1997. Pages xiii, 258. List price, $25.00. Copies may be ordered from The Free Press, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.\nThis book, written by a Senior Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses \"conspiracy theories -- fears of nonexistent conspiracies.\" You know the type of thing. President Kennedy was killed by a conspiracy. The disease AIDS was created in a laboratory in order to infect Black people. The UFO crash near Roswell has been covered up. There are still many \"conspiracists;\" people like evangelist Pat Robertson, who wrote about The New World Order in 1991, and Lyndon LaRouche, who campaigned to have the statue of Albert Pike removed.\nMr Pipes traces this type of neurosis back to the time of the Crusades. Two particular groups of people seem to have been suspected even in those early days: first, the Jews, because they were perceived as \"Christ-killers,\" allied to the Muslims; and then, the Knights Templar, for their secretive nature and their unaccountable riches.\nThe theories really began to flourish at the time of the French Revolution. In 1791, Father Lefranc wrote a book called The Veil Lifted, in which he blamed the Revolution on the Freemasons. The Jews were not implicated in this particular plot until 1806. Ever since that time, we have had tales of the international Masonic-Jewish conspiracy to take over the world. Both Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia came to power and maintained themselves by talking about the conspiracies against them. Since the deaths of Hitler and Stalin, the theories have become a bit less powerful, but are still espoused by many of those who feel excluded from power.\nThe material is so extensive that Pipes can only provide a rapid survey, but in general his account is accurate and well annotated. He writes with clarity and common sense. The book is worth our notice, because he mentions the Masons more than two hundred times, and of course rejects any notion that they are conspirators.\nOften those who believe in such theories make bizarre assertions. My favorite here is a quotation from the New York Times for last year, when one of the downtrodden said, \"Tito was a Mason and so is the Pope and all the Catholic bishops. After Mahatma Gandhi was killed, Tito became the head of the Masons\" (page 112). All very entertaining! (The reviewer is grateful to Professor John McLeod for calling this book to his", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 14, "original_length": 3160, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 181.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.bikevmb.com/node/6004", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:50Z", "digest": "sha1:3ERDF3IIUKW6WJIZ2UFNEXQPK5N67TXH", "length": 105, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.bikevmb.com", "title": "VMB Monthly Trail Day, August 8, 2010: Trexler Nature Preserve | VMB - Lehigh Valley, PA Mountain Bike Club", "raw_content": "VMB Monthly Trail Day, August 8, 2010: Trexler Nature Preserve\nSunday, August 8, 2010 - 9:00am to 12:00pm", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 34, "original_length": 1021, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 104.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.bishopsgatecopy.co.uk/small-business-websites-%E2%80%93-what-to-include-on-an-%E2%80%9Cabout%E2%80%9D-page/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:13Z", "digest": "sha1:DVLBWZYCXHU7K3FHPWISV2PYMSYNMRWW", "length": 3065, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.bishopsgatecopy.co.uk", "title": "Bishopsgate Copywriting | Small Business Websites \u2013 What to Include on an \"About\" Page", "raw_content": "Twitter as a Marketing Tool for Small Businesses \u00bb\nIn other words it\u2019s about credibility and trust. A visitor to your site will typically go to your About page to find out if you\u2019re a business of substance. People only buy from businesses that they trust.\nThink of your About page as a window into your business. It\u2019s your opportunity to outline what your business does, how long it\u2019s been trading and where it\u2019s located. Site visitors will also expect to find information there about the size of the business (particularly the number of employees) and gain some insights about the people who run it.\nHaving said all this you need to remember that in today\u2019s world, where skim-reading has become the norm, you don\u2019t have too much time to get your key messages across. For this reason the content of your About page needs to be succinct. Few people will trawl through endless paragraphs about the history of your business, so keep the content short and snappy.\nAnother way to consider the value of an About page is to think of it as an extension of the Home page. The two pages should complement each other. It\u2019s OK to have some overlap between the Home page content and the About page content but try to avoid too much repetition.\nFrom an SEO perspective the About page should also include additional keywords which weren\u2019t included in the Home page. Having a good About page means that you don\u2019t have to cram your Home page with keywords \u2013 this can make the content seem contrived, as well as uninteresting to read.\nHere are 6 key things an About page should communicate to the reader:\nWhat the business does and who it does it for\nHow long the business has been operating and (one or two) key company milestones\nWhere the business is located, including any branches (adding photos of the business premises can be useful)\nHow many people work in the business and who the key decision-makers are (photos & short bios of key personnel are good, as are short video introductions)\nWhat it is that differentiates the business from its competitors\nWhat the core values of the business are. Inclusion of the company\u2019s mission statement can be helpful.\nSteve is the owner of Bishopsgate Copywriting in Sevenoaks, Kent.\nBishopsgate Copywriting specialise in financial and business marketing copywriting for websites and print media. For further information about our services please visit:\nWeb copywriting About page, business advice, marketing, SEO-optimised web copy, web copywriting\n1 comment to Small Business Websites \u2013 What to Include on an \u201cAbout\u201d Page\nBen Locker\nGreat post. I\u2019ll be keeping this bookmarked as a checklist.\nWhat I also try to do is frame the company\u2019s background and achievements in terms of benefits to the customer. For example, founded in 1981 becomes 30 years\u2019 experience. Awards allow them to offer certain types of expertise. And so on.\nSometimes, if the company is a large one, it can be worth breaking the page up into a few \u2013 one about the people, one about the business\u2019s locations (if this has a beneficial effect on what they offer) etc.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 53, "original_length": 4436, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 290.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.blu-ray10.evjoy.com/newsletters/2010-11-26/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:03Z", "digest": "sha1:TV63BCMAWCKYYVUCUZ4YOFKHER67IUZD", "length": 2002, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "www.blu-ray10.evjoy.com", "title": "The Week's Top-10 Blu Ray - July 27, 2010", "raw_content": "2010 - Top 60 Releases on Blu Ray\nBlu-ray10.evjoy.com : Nov 26th, 2010 - Welcome!\nThis week: All the top Blu-Ray movie releases of the year. Yup; every flick deemed worthy of inclusion... Plus the inside scoop on today's big deals, so you can\nget everything boxed up before the seasonal rush...\nAvatar (Two-Disc Original Theatrical Edition Blu-ray/DVD Combo)\nAvatar (Three-Disc Extended Collector's Edition + BD-Live) (39)\nThe Bourne Trilogy (Identity / Supremacy / Ultimatum) Matt Damon, Chris Cooper, Franka Potente (2010)\nThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen (2010)\nThe Fellowship of the Ring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, and Sean Bean (2010)\nThe Two Towers Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen (2010)\nBand of Brothers + The Pacific Part One (2010)\nToy Story 1 (Two-Disc Special Edition Blu-ray/DVD Combo) Tim Allen, Tom Hanks, Annie Potts, John Ratzenberger (2010)\nToy Story 2 (Two-Disc Special Edition Blu-ray/DVD Combo) Tim Allen, Tom Hanks, Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer (2010)\nToy Story 3 (Four-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy) Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Ned Beatty (2010)\nSherlock Holmes Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong (2010)\nSeven Samurai (The Criterion Collection) Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, et al. (2010)\nThe Wizard of Oz (70th Anniversary Edition) Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr (2010)\nMoulin Rouge Nicole Kidman Ewan McGregor (2010)\nSaving Private Ryan (Sapphire Series) Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns (2010)\nBack to the Future: 25th Anniversary Trilogy (+ Digital Copy) Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, et al. (2010)\nThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace (2010)\nHarry Potter the Goblet of Fire (Ultimate Edition) Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson (2010)\nThe Blind Side Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Kathy Bates, Quinton Aaron (2010)\n...and the rest of The Top 60 of 2010 >", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 65, "original_length": 2472, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.64, "perplexity": 180.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.blwteensportal.org/blwteens/blwteensministry/index.php/from-the-director/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:52Z", "digest": "sha1:IYVGGKK2OXZKDH6PHWW4PYWECC6DU2RE", "length": 1977, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.blwteensportal.org", "title": "BLW Teens Ministry \u2013 From The Director", "raw_content": "For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect (Matthew 5:46-48).\nThe Word of God will only profit you when you live it, when you consciously practise or do what it says. For example, our opening scripture is something you should practise. Live in that scripture and let it be your daily walk. A learner can make mistakes. So in practising the Word, you may miss it, but don\u2019t give up and say, \u201cWell, I tried.\u201d Keep at it, and you\u2019ll surely get better.\nThe latter part of our opening verse says, \u201cBe ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect\u201d (Matthew 5:48). As you keep at it, you\u2019d discover that you\u2019re making lesser mistakes, until you can confidently say, \u201cI have the mind of Christ.\u201d As a Christian, practising the Word is how you can enjoy its full benefits in your life, because the power of God is in His Word (Romans 1:16). If you want to see more of the power of God in your life, you must keep acting on the Word. For example, the Word says, \u201cBe anxious for nothing\u2026\u201d (Philippians 4:6 NKJV); practise it. Refuse to worry or fret about what you\u2019ll eat or wear, where to stay, etc.; rather, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.\nWe\u2019ve been called to live the Word of God. Jesus Christ is the Living Word, and the Bible says we\u2019re as He is. Paul said, \u201cYe are our epistles\u2026\u201d (2 Corinthians 3:2). That means we\u2019re the expression of the Word. 1 Peter 1:23 says, \u201cBeing born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth forever.\u201d Since you\u2019re born of the Word, you must live by the Word that made you, because every living thing must remain connected to its source. So, stay connected and live the Word in your daily walk.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 30, "original_length": 2871, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 237.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.boxing.com/jim_lampley_renaissance_man.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:41Z", "digest": "sha1:FVS36BQLOPSSKFJZARNPNM6LHP6PDGSA", "length": 15259, "nlines": 66, "source_domain": "www.boxing.com", "title": "Jim Lampley: Renaissance Man - Boxing.com", "raw_content": "Jim Lampley: Renaissance Man\n\u201cIf you can\u2019t live with Leavander Johnson\u2019s death, then you ban boxing.\u201d (Monte Isom)\nThe Jim Lampley I have come to know is both humble and accessible; he is also extremely bright, fast, and assiduous\u2026\n\u201cIt happened\u2026IT HAPPENED!\u201d\u2014Jim Lampley calling George Foreman\u2019s miracle comeback against heavyweight champion Michael Moorer\n\u201cI operate from the basic philosophy that the best people in the world are boxing fans. Communicating with them is my life\u2019s blood. So thanks to all the boxing fans for watching the sport.\u201d\u2014Lampley (ESPN CONVERSATIONS)\nI am distinctly aware that the man fellow writer David Matthews calls \u201cBoxing\u2019s vibrant expressionist\u201d is capable of engendering polarizing reactions, but I have come to appreciate Jim Lampley pointing to, among many other things, his unabashed passion for and knowledge of boxing. Admittedly, I have not always been a big fan\u2014but times change and so do opinions. That said, the Jim Lampley I have come to like best is the one who is far more than just a blow-by-blow announcer; he is a bright, multi-talented, multi-dimensional person who has done many different things well, stays current with the times, and continues to engage new but relevant challenges.\n\u201cOn my second telecast as a network sportscaster at ABC in 1974, I showed up seven minutes late for my call time. A truly great broadcast executive named Chuck Howard grabbed me by the shirt collar and told me that if I did that one more time, I would bury my career. And if I learned to show up on time, I would be doing this for 40 years. I\u2019ve been doing this for 37 years. Thank you Chuck Howard.\u201d\u2014Lampley\n\u201c\u2026the free-flowing fluidity and emotional color of Lampley\u2019s commentating has become the sport\u2019s signature soundtrack backdrop while watching scientific pugilism take place before our very eyes.\u201d\u2014David Matthew\n\u201cAs an absolute sports fanatic who pays close attention to the science of commentating in many sports, I can confidently say that Lampley is among the very finest in any sport. His style fits the spectacle of boxing to a T and boxing telecasts without Lampley providing play-by-play are a completely different experience.\u201d\u2014Cheekay Brandon\nLampley was born in Hendersonville, North Carolina, and was raised both there and in Miami, Florida. Jim first popped up on national television in 1974 after he had been selected from a talent hunt to help start a new role called the \u201ccollege age reporter\u201d on ABC\u2019s national telecasts of college football. After finishing course work at the University of North Carolina graduate school, he spent several seasons on the sidelines in such hallow football locales as Ann Arbor, Birmingham, Columbus, Lincoln, etc. This launched Jim on a 13-year career at ABC Sports where he worked football, baseball, the renowned Wide World of Sports, and an impressive five Olympic Games.\nIn 1992 Lampley went to work for NBC Sports where he hosted golf and NFL football and anchored late night Olympic coverage at Barcelona and Atlanta. In 1995, he added reporting on the magazine show \u201cReal Sports with Bryant Gumbel\u201d to his HBO duties, twice winning an Emmy for Best Sports Journalism, along with a third Emmy for writing. In 21 years at HBO, Lampley has called more than 500 fights and has been honored with the Sam Taub Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism by the Boxing Writers Association of America.\nWhile Jim has compiled an incredible resume in boxing, he has also covered more Olympic Games for U.S. television networks than any other American broadcaster. In fact, he has covered every major sporting event over the course of his long career.\n\u201cAlong with his ex-wife [and talented news anchor] Bree Walker Lampley, he also runs a successful entertainment production company in Hollywood and has begun to expand his career in commentary beyond the boundaries of sports into politics and public affairs\u2026\u201d\u2014Huffington Post\nThe wealthy and self-made Lampley is an astute businessman and entrepreneur who holds an influential place in the power structure at HBO. This is best evidenced by his new and highly successful \u201cThe Fight Game.\u201d The show touches on current issues in the sport and interviews famous promoters, fighters, and trainers. \u201cThe show also includes nostalgia of previous noteworthy fights,\u201d says Jim on his website. \u201cA regular feature of the show will be \u2018The Gatti List,\u2019 named after the man who has become synonymous with such crowd-pleasing, edge-of-your-seat action, which will showcase the ten most exciting fighters in the sport\u201d, the fighters who, in Lampley\u2019s words, \u201care most worth your time, money and investment to buy a pay-per-view, go to the arena, or see the fight on TV because they hit, they get hit, they take the risk in pursuit of victory, which to me is at the heart of the entertainment value of boxing. I want to glorify that within the culture of the show.\u201d What\u2019s not to like?\nAmong many other endeavors, Lampley founded Atticus Entertainment, which collaborated with well known filmmaker Peter Berg on the critically-acclaimed primetime HBO series entitled \u201cOn Freddie Roach.\u201d\nLampley also combines entrepreneurial creativity with his business acumen. His movie production company, Crystal Spring Productions located in Beverly Hills, has produced a handful of movies, including Welcome to Hollywood, The Last Game, Race Across America, and The Abattoir.\nIn 2005 Jim began to express his somewhat surprising political views and started posting on The Huffington Post revealing an adroit ability to deal with extremely controversial political topics as well as other issues. In fact, it was here that I first came across what I consider to be the single best article I have ever read on boxing\u2014\u201cDeath in the Ring\u201d\u2014in which Jim writes about Leavander Johnson\u2019s death as a result of a fight he called. In it, Jim provided a provocative and much needed in-depth perspective about boxing fatalities\u2014one that got me through a tight knothole on this delicate subject. At one point, he writes, \u201cIt\u2019s this simple: if you can\u2019t live with Leavander Johnson\u2019s death, then you ban boxing, because this one came right out of the culture of the sport. There is no obvious flashpoint for criticism or culpability here. Johnson died in the best of boxing circumstances. Either the entire sport is unforgiveable, or this was an unfortunate accident which must be accepted as part of the life.\u201d (The entire article can be read here.)\nI could continue to sing Lampley\u2019s praises just as I could list a few of his shortcomings, but in the end I submit that it\u2019s his imperfections that make him a compelling personality. Yes, he can be overly enthusiastic as in \u201cBang Bang Bang\u201d and yes, he sometimes can be perceived as condescending, but I don\u2019t buy either of those as negatives or criticisms. The Jim I have come to know is both humble and accessible; he is also extremely bright, fast, and assiduous. If I have an issue with Lampley, it probably lies in the fact that he can sometimes show bias towards a certain fighter, but that in my view reflects the imperfection of a true fan. And for that matter, what boxing announcer doesn\u2019t show a bias?\nJim\u2019s jaw-dropping reaction to the bizarre Bradley-Pacquiao decision was as frank as you can get and it reflected what most thoughtful fans were thinking at the time. A dumbfounded Dan Rafael said, \u201cJim Lampley, who called the fight for HBO, came over to me at ringside after the fight, looked at me and said, in 30 years of calling fights, the single worst decision he\u2019s ever seen. Remember, he called fights like Holyfield-Lewis I. That\u2019s a big, big statement. I\u2019ve been doing this 13 years. That was absolutely horrible. Nothing but respect for Bradley hanging in there the way that he did, but he didn\u2019t win that fight.\u201d\nLike a racehorse, Jim Lampley was bred for what he does; he passionately enjoys what he does. Jim also relishes becoming involved in other challenging avenues of endeavor. What more can one want in life? \u201cHis journey has been blessed by an unusual variety of firsts, onlys and something entirely different.\u201d (Huffington Post)\n\u201cMy father died when I was five. My mother\u2019s way of being both a father and mother to me was to immerse me in every sport that my father loved and watched. I can still remember, I was about eight the night that she sat me down to watch Friday Night Fights, Robinson vs. Olson, their second fight. It would have been very difficult for anyone who loved sports to watch Robinson and not fall in love with boxing. I believe I fell in love that night.\u201d\u2014Lampley (ESPN CONVERSATIONS)\nLampley was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame (WBHF) Expanded Category in 2001. In 2012, he was inducted into the California Boxing Hall of Fame. Also in 2012, Jim married event planner Debra Schuss. He remains deeply devoted to his children Aaron, Andrea, Brooke and Victoria.\nThe Fight Game with Jim Lampley Promo\nJim Lampley Choked up and pissed off\nHBO Boxing: The Fight Game with Jim Lampley Promo\nJim Lampley on Pacquiao Mayweather\nThe Fight Game with Jim Lampley: Lampley Previews Boxing After Dark\nEmotional speech from Jim Lampley after 'Marquez - Pacquiao IV'\nTags: Jim Lampley HBO Goerge Foreman Michael Moorer David Matthew Cheekay Brandon chuck howard bree walker the fight game Peter Berg Freddie Roach Manny Pacquiao Timothy Bradley Dan Rafael Evander Holyfield Lennox Lewis Sugar Ray Robinson Bobo Olson debra schuss Ted Sares\nTex Hassler 10:01am, 12/28/2012\nIt was good to learn of Lampley\u2019s life out side of boxing. He is a nice man and an asset to our sport.\nPug, great post. The pleasure is all mine.\nLampley can work with anyone, but Max is a challenge for anyone because his ego is way out of proportion to his talent. And you are spot on. He can\u2019t interview worth a spit.\nBig Boss Man 12:05pm, 12/24/2012\nLampley was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame (WBHF) Expanded Category in 2001. In 2012, he was inducted into the California Boxing Hall of Fame. He should also be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.\nI suspect that one day, Jim will head up HBO\u2014if not something even bigger in the Time Warner empire, That\u2019s strictly a guess, but he has the talent to run a large operation. Just a prediction.\nAs for the Bradley-Pac decision, that was one of the five worst I have ever had the misfortune to witness. Casamayor-Santa Cruz may have been the worse or possibly Foreman-Briggs.\nLampley is good for Boxing.\nBradley vs. Pacquiao was a shocker\u2026but when Lampley interviewed the Chief Official\u2026and tried to take him to task on the scoring of that match\u2026I think it was round seven that he chose to use as an example of \u2018curious judging\u2019.\nBradley came away from that match with not one mark on his face\u2026and Pacman was red and puffy ..even cut here and there.\nBradley is a cutie\u2026without KO power\u2026.but he still beat a poorly prepared Pacquiao that night. I never saw Pacman miss so much as he did that night !!..before or after\nSomething not much mentioned on this site\u2026.the importance of a good head of hair in public contact work. I don\u2019t know who I envy (hate) more\u2026.Lampley or Buffer\u2026both in their sixties\u2026.could be good genes\u2026.could be low T\u2026.I\u2019m betting the latter!\nThat was a nice post from Harold Lederman, Ted. What a prince of a guy he is. One new and daunting challenge Lampley will have will be to work with Kellerman in the same ham and eggs complimentary manner in which he worked with Merchant. Max should stop questioning Lederman\u2019s scoring and he should learn some better interviewing techniques. Roy fits in well. I loved Max on ESPN with Teddy because they went after each other in a neat kind of way. Max needs to lighten up as he seems a tad too tightly wound. However, he does do his research.\nBy the way, a Merry Christmas to you and Holly as well. Thanks for keeping this geezer and long time boxing fan happy with your articles.\nBy the way, Ted, I didn\u2019t know you were a friend of Harold Lederman\u2019s. He called you Bull!!!\nTo all my fellow writers, posters, and fellow boxing fans and especially to Robert, please have a joyous and meaningful Christmas and a Happy Hannukah.\nGosh, and here I thought he was only a blow by blow commentator\nThanks John and Harold. Those comments make it all worthwhile.\nJohn 10:01pm, 12/20/2012\nTed, no one will ever accuse you of NOT doing your homework. Your articles and books are so well researched. As a boxing fan, I appreciate the time and effort you put into every piece. You write with just passion!\nJim Lampley is the greatest blow by blow announcer in the history of Boxing. He is knowledgable, fun to listen to and enthusiastic. His passion for boxing is there in every show he announces. Good article Bull. You did a terrific job portraying the man whose calls are ledgendary.\nThanks Pug. I am a big Lampley fan because he is 100% true to his game.\nBeautifully done article, Ted. I had no idea your were such a Lamps fan. Yet you balanced it so you didn\u2019t come off as a fan boy. Adroitly done.\nOn of my favorite Lampley quotes is as follows from a piece in BLH:\n\u201cPersonal confrontational psychology, The Olympics is about national teams and individuals, but they don\u2019t face each other face-to-face. There are only two sports where you face each other face-to-face, and all of your physical and psychological attributes are visible and available for the audience to recognize. One is tennis, and in tennis, you don\u2019t hit each other. The other is boxing. That\u2019s what sets boxing apart, that\u2019s what makes boxing so compelling for audiences all around the world. You don\u2019t need to know all the sophisticated nuances of the difference between Marquez the counter puncher and Pacquiao the puncher to understand what it means that these two guys are going to stand a couple feet from each other, they\u2019re gonna smell each other\u2019s breath, they\u2019re gonna taste each other\u2019s sweat and blood, they\u2019re gonna share with each other in a way that nobody else can share with them. They\u2019re gonna leave there knowing more about each other than anybody knows about them, even their wives. Only boxing produces that kind of drama.\u201d\nIrish, Good God, thanks for sharing\u2014and even the snot!!\nTed Sares- Great reporting\u2026.just one teeny, tiny caveat\u2026.he sits ringside close enough to get sprayed with blood, sweat, snot, and tears and still calls shots that don\u2019t land and misses those that do. But\u2026hey\u2026it\u2019s Chinatown\u2026no\u2026that\u2019s not it\u2026it\u2019s boxing\u2026yea\u2026that\u2019s what it is\u2026it\u2019s boxing!\nThanks Mike. Much appreciated for your kind words.\nNice\u2014very very nice. There are certain voices that by their quality and depth of passion and input, combined with an extended length of career, just make you\u2026..comfortable. It\u2019s part of the show and the show is not the show without it. That is Mr. Jim. I was just working out the other day watching Foreman vs. Norton and listening to Colonel Bob\u2014same deal of course\u2014passion, knowledge, familiar by length of tenor\u2014great stuff\u2014BOXING MEN!!!!\nTrainer Bill Johnson\n2005.09.17 Jesus Chavez 41-3-0 L(TKO)\t 11/12\n2005.06.17 Stefano Zoff 43-9-2 W(TKO)\t 7/12\n2004.03.27 Roque Cassiani 21-15-2 W(UD)\t 10/10\n2003.11.22 Javier Jauregui 46-10-2 L(TKO)\t 11/12\n2002.10.25 Julian Wheeler 22-6-2 W(MD)\t 12/12\n2002.06.07 Emanuel Augustus 26-19-4 D(PTS)\t 10/10", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 160, "original_length": 18293, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 323.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.boxingnewsonline.net/anthony-joshua-takes-inspiration-from-mayweather-discipline-ahead-of-parker-bout/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:56Z", "digest": "sha1:RB42ZPV6AA6EONOT7N5LCGRZ7JGOPGWN", "length": 3907, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "www.boxingnewsonline.net", "title": "Anthony Joshua takes inspiration from Mayweather discipline ahead of Parker bout - Boxing News", "raw_content": "March 30, 2018 Press Association\nAnthony Joshua takes inspiration from Mayweather discipline ahead of Parker bout\n\u2018You can\u2019t always be trying to please people, because you\u2019re never going to win,\u2019 says Anthony Joshua. Declan Warrington\nANTHONY JOSHUA will take inspiration from Floyd Mayweather to ensure he retains his composure when he fights to unify the WBO, WBA and IBF heavyweight titles on Saturday against Joseph Parker.\nA 78,000-strong crowd is expected at Cardiff\u2019s Principality Stadium where Joshua attempts to become the first to defeat WBO champion Parker in his first fight since those present at his victory over Carlos Takam booed through dissatisfaction at its conclusion.\nThe challenger that night for the 28-year-old\u2019s WBA and IBF titles was rescued in the 10th round by the referee, before Joshua could secure a convincing knockout, and after he had become angered by Takam\u2019s headbutts.\nEverything that happens now will have its meaning in the future! Let\u2019s take a look back to 2017 #TBT \ud83d\udcab https://t.co/ooyjHRb26q pic.twitter.com/WZ4oYAQQAU\n\u2014 Anthony Joshua (@anthonyfjoshua) March 29, 2018\nVictory over Takam followed that over Wladimir Klitschko, when Joshua risked defeat in pursuit of an early knockout, but despite external pressure to deliver the finish many expect this weekend, Joshua is determined to remain disciplined.\nGiven Mayweather preceded Joshua as the world\u2019s leading fighter during a run in which he rarely won inside the distance, the Briton told Press Association Sport: \u201cYou can\u2019t always be trying to please people, because you\u2019re never going to win.\n\u201cMayweather, as great as he is, goes 12 rounds the majority of the time, and everyone claps and says how great the performance was, but because I don\u2019t knock my opponent out in two rounds it\u2019s a bad performance. Everyone\u2019s got opinions.\n\u201cMy job was to control Takam, move him around the ring where I wanted him, and secure the win so I could move forward to 2018, and that was a mature performance.\n\ud83e\udd4a The next time @anthonyfjoshua gloves up\u2026 It\u2019s on \ud83d\udca5 #JoshuaParker #RoadToUndisputed pic.twitter.com/b2scPtiJbD\n\u2014 Matchroom Boxing (@MatchroomBoxing) March 28, 2018\n\u201cI have to do the job for myself. It\u2019s about performance, not just about going in there, looking for him and going \u2018Bosh\u2019 and hoping he flies out of the ring. My job was to perform, control the fight. He didn\u2019t give me any problems apart from the headbutt, and people are looking past the boxing IQ.\n\u201cIf you don\u2019t knock an opponent out people are so interested in saying \u2018He can\u2019t punch, why didn\u2019t he knock him out?\u2019. Rather than saying \u2018Did you see that left hook he defended, and came back? Did you see that uppercut?\u2019 People aren\u2019t interested in boxing IQ anymore. That\u2019s why I study the game, because I respect that side of it.\u201d\nIt was also widely felt that in last year\u2019s dramatic victory over Klitschko, secured despite a relative lack of experience and which established his status as the world\u2019s leading heavyweight, he performed like a fighter in his prime.\nAnthony Joshua in good form in Cardiff. pic.twitter.com/c5O7MG9GEi\n\u2014 Andrew Baldock (@balders2) March 28, 2018\nHe has instead warned the 26-year-old Parker \u2013 who represents a more dangerous opponent than his status as a significant underdog suggests \u2013 that he expects to only begin to enter his prime, and also that he therefore expects to win between rounds seven and nine.\n\u201cYou\u2019re going to see me start priming, but I\u2019m not in my prime yet,\u201d he added. \u201cWhen you see someone in your prime is when they stay at the top for four or five years, when you see someone getting to their prime, that\u2019s what you\u2019ll start seeing now.\n\u201cIt\u2019s him being humble, and not trying to be too over-confident (when he says he is yet to decide how to win).\n\u201cIn my head I have to prepare for a 12-round fight, but if we\u2019re talking about where it\u2019ll end, I\u2019m hoping to go somewhere between seven and nine.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 70, "original_length": 5094, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 338.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/btn20061214122147543/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:30Z", "digest": "sha1:AQPWGKSSINNLUZHYAQLK6NZJWZOUEI5U", "length": 2028, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.breakingtravelnews.com", "title": "VLM adds Rotterdam service | News | Breaking Travel News", "raw_content": "VLM adds Rotterdam service\nVLM Airlines will broaden the choice of routes for travellers from Northern England with the launch a new non-stop service from Manchester to Rotterdam. The service, which commences on 26th February 2007, will operate twice each weekday, and once on Sunday.\nWith the start of the new route, VLM Airlines will increase the choice of direct services it offers from Manchester, following the launch of its non-stop service to Antwerp in October. The carrier also offers an eight-times weekday service to London City, where passengers can make quick and convenient connections to other destinations on the airline\u2019s network.\nVLM Airlines\u2019 decision to start the service follows extensive analysis of the carrier\u2019s existing services between Manchester and Rotterdam which connect via its hub at London City Airport, and increasing demand from passengers to travel non-stop between the two cities.\nThe airline commenced flights from Manchester in 1998, and since that time has seen a growing demand for flights to and from the city. Manchester Airport is home to one of VLM Airlines\u2019 largest operations with two of its fleet of Fokker 50 aircraft, and around 40 employees based there.\nRotterdam is the world\u2019s largest port, and the industrial heart of the Netherlands. Over 1,000 international companies have chosen Rotterdam as the base for their European and worldwide business. More than one million people from 162 countries live in the Rotterdam city region.\nJohan Vanneste, Managing Director of VLM Airlines, states: \u201cThis new route further enhances the choice of services we provide between the Netherlands and the UK, with 25 flights now offered each weekday.\u201d\nManchester Airport Director of Aviation Development Tim McDermott adds: \u201cAs the UK\u2019s leading regional international airport, Manchester Airport serves a massive list of business destinations worldwide. We\u2019re proud to see VLM Airlines add that vital Rotterdam link to our list.\u201d\nAustrian adds free hot snacks\nNew chair for Thomas Cook board", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 157, "original_length": 5424, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 277.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.breakwaterbooks.com/product-category/author/amelia-curran/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:25Z", "digest": "sha1:T6EHICWBQVKTQRHD6RBPKAM4SEPZOWY2", "length": 245, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.breakwaterbooks.com", "title": "Amelia Curran | Breakwater Books Ltd. - Newfoundland and Labrador Book Publishing House in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada", "raw_content": "Home / Books / Author / Amelia Curran\nTo celebrate the career of one of Canada\u2019s most respected singer-songwriters, Relics and Tunes makes Juno Award-winning Amelia Curran\u2019s lyrics available in print for the first time. With all of her chords...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 2595, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 207.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.brittanysbookblog.com/blog/sale-blitz-s-nelson", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:52Z", "digest": "sha1:K7TDJHPYGMSNLFFQLOJMFHVY77XQVT4C", "length": 2199, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.brittanysbookblog.com", "title": "Sale Blitz - S. Nelson - Brittany's Book Blog", "raw_content": "Sale Blitz - S. Nelson\nTWO STANDALONE HOT ROMANCES FOR JUST 99 CENTS EACH\nSale Links: AMAZON US / UK / AU / CA\nHow do you protect someone from the darkness when that\u2019s all you know?\nI tried to fight it. I tried to get her to run from me. I tried everything I knew to get her to despise me. But she never faltered, pushing back at every turn, unknowingly bathing me in her light. But could her light save us both?\nMason Maxwell resigned himself to a life of loneliness, forced into a world he didn\u2019t want, but he had no choice. He had to remain in the darkness if he wanted to save the only living family he had left, his sister Adeline. While his life was desolate, it was simple. That was, until he met her.\nLila Stone was doing everything in her power to keep her head above water, taking care of a sick mother while trying to find yet another job to support them both. Little did she know her life would take a drastic turn when she was shoved towards a life, and a man, she had never even imagine.\nWhen betrayal is the only path to love\nTitle: Stolen Fate\nThis isn\u2019t your typical story about boy meets girl, they fall in love and live happily ever after. No. This is a story about deception and betrayal at its finest. This is a story about hatred and attraction, which does everything in its power to destroy two people.\nEssie Horton is a woman who has lived through unspeakable things during her short life, and when a prime opportunity presents itself, she dives right in, only concerned about herself and her objectives.\nDrayden Warner is a man used to living the good life, bedding every beauty in sight, masking an empty existence, and hiding from a tragedy which happened years ago. Little does he know, his life will change forever when he meets the one woman who will possibly destroy him for good.\nS. Nelson grew up with a love of reading and a very active imagination, never putting pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard until a year and a half ago.\nWhen she isn\u2019t engrossed in creating one of the many stories rattling around inside her head, she loves to read and travel as much as she can.\nShe lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and two dogs, enjoying the ever changing seasons.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 100, "original_length": 3499, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 270.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.broadwayreviewed.com/category/uncategorized", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:01Z", "digest": "sha1:QWCSOHIQ3SYNOFQFUKCQRARFNEDUI4OO", "length": 7680, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.broadwayreviewed.com", "title": "Uncategorized Archives - BroadwayReviewed.com", "raw_content": "Kinky Boots Reviews \u2013 Read This Before You Buy Tickets to Kinky Boots\nWhat is Kinky Boots The Musical About\nWhat happens when you combine Harvey Fierstein with Cindy Lauper? A giant pair of red sequin and sexy Kinky Boots the Musical! Kinky boots on broadway is a super-fabulous telling of what really makes a man, even if he is all decked out in thigh-high bedazzled, red sequined boots.\nDirected by Jerry Mitchell, \u201cKinky Boots the musical\u201d is an adaptation of the book by Harvey Fierstein. It\u2019s the story of a young man named Charlie who is forced to follow in his father\u2019s footsteps by taking over the family\u2019s failing shoe business. Eventually he goes looking for help and when he finds a \u201cwoman\u201d who is being attacked, instead of helping her, it turns out she helps him. (more\u2026)\nVideo of How Can I Say Goodbye from Zombie Prom The Musical\nQuick, what do zombies crave? If you said brains, you may be right most the time, but not in How Can I Say Good Bye from Zombie Prom. In How Can I Say Good Bye from Zombie prom, Jonny the zombie still wants an organ. However, in this case it is heart, and it is not to eat \u2013 it is to love.\nJonny says that love is all he\u2019s got, and if you think about it, he is right. He doesn\u2019t even have full life or death. While I haven\u2019t seen the entire movie, it seems that Jonny isn\u2019t even allowed in his high school after turning into a zombie and that the principle holds a strong vendetta against him. Literally all that he has going for him is his love of Toffee, the girl he is after, and unfortunately it doesn\u2019t seem to be reciprocated \u2013 at least not immediately. That is why Jonny\u2019s \u201cskin is green and mood is blue.\u201d\nWhile How Can I Say Good Bye from Zombie prom starts off with Jonny looking solemn, dejected and almost crying after being thrown out of the school, you can tell that he quickly gains traction and support from everyone, except the principal. At first he is unnoticed by anyone in the library except for Toffee, but this wuickly changes.\nFirst, Jonny gets a barber shop trio of harmonizing singers to back him up in his quest. By the time he infiltrates the lunch cafeteria, Toffee\u2019s head is visibly swirling with hearts, and immediately after that he begins getting TV coverage. By 2:10 in How Can I Say Good Bye from Zombie prom, he has a killer stage presence and the whole school is singing along with him and supporting his cause \u2013 winning over Toffee. By the end of How Can I Say Good Bye from Zombie prom, he doesn\u2019t sound upset anymore, rather Jonny sounds determined that he won\u2019t say good bye to love, and that he will win over Toffee.\nIt\u2019s nice to see a musical that paints zombies in a compassionate life. Sure, some zombies may be the undead and genuinely like eating people. But those are just a few bad apples. There are plenty of other, kind hearted and warm (well probably cold, because, you know, they are undead) zombies out there that just want to win over a special someone.\nWill Jonny succeed in winning over Toffee\u2019s heart? I don\u2019t know, but fortunately the whole movie is up on YouTube, and is just over half an hour so you can figure out for yourself in no time. I just hope Jonny and Toffee don\u2019t kiss \u2013 he has something far worse than mono, and there doesn\u2019t seem to be any cure.\nI\u2019m the Greatest Star from Funny Girl \u2013 Showtunes about Broadway & Performing\nHow could I not put something on from Funny Girl. Although Don\u2019t Rain on My Parade is the more famous one from this show, I\u2019m the Greatest Star from Funny Girl is the perfect showtune starring Barbara Streisand singing about why she is the perfect person for the role in a show. It\u2019s literally about why she is amazing and the greatest star in the world, but no one knows it. Technically she isn\u2019t playing herself, but at the same time you have it in the back of your head that she really is singing about herself or when she was first starting out and looking for a break.\nI love the line about her nose, her voice and then the line that the first wives club stole about hundreds of facial expressions. In the First Wives Club Goldie Hawn says something like \u201cEmotions? I\u2019m an Actress, I have every emotion!\u201d. When Barbara sings about being able to laugh or being a natural cougher or all of the faces and expressions she makes I always picture Goldie\u2019s flip out. What I\u2019m surprised about is how little this song is used for auditions or as inspiration by Actors and Actresses going to school for theatre.\nYou always hear easy songs like On My Own or Corner of the Sky or even Don\u2019t Rain on my Parade. I\u2019m the Greatest Star would be extremely bold to audition with or sing, but it\u2019s also an insanely hard song to do. It has all of the hard notes from Don\u2019t Rain on my Parade, has a ton of places to act and changes tempo, pitch and key an insane amount of times. It really is an awesome song to use if you are going to audition for a school or a local theatre production. Broadway may look down on you for doing it, unless you really are able to belt out the song. Anyways, I\u2019m the Greatest Star from Funny Girl is one of my favorite showtunes about Broadway and Performing. It\u2019s about not giving up, knowing you are amazing and constantly pushing yourself further because you know you will eventually get a role or whatever you are trying for.\n9 People\u2019s Favorite Things \u2013 Title of Show \u2013 Showtunes about Broadway Songs\nThis week everything is about showtunes that are about broadway songs. There are tons of shows that have run or are still running like Curtains, A Chorus Line, 42 Street, Phantom of the Opera, The Producers, Funny Girl and a Million more that are all about putting on a broadway show or a show in general. Other musicals have songs specifically dedicated to being in a show, starring in a show or putting on a broadway show. Because of that I wanted to do a dedicated week to broadway songs about broadways songs and the characters that sing them. I think my favorite one to start off with is 9 People\u2019s Favorite Things from the off-broadway show [Title of Show].\n[Title of Show] which starred Seth Rudetsky is all about some people that want to write, produce and put on a show. I\u2019m sure everyone reading has thought about writing a script or music before so you can sort of relate to this. In the song 9 People\u2019s Favorite Thing from Title of Show the writers realize that it isn\u2019t all about being the best show in the world, it\u2019s about being a show that means something to people. Your show doesn\u2019t have to be a blockbuster and run for a million years like Wicked, Cats or probably The Book of Mormon, unless your goal is to do a giant make a ton of money show. Instead, some writers and producers care about getting a message across and having at least a few people love it and understand what you were trying to say. That\u2019s why I love this song and think it is the perfect way to start this week\u2019s posts.\n9 People\u2019s Favorite Things from Title of Show is an awesome song about getting through to someone and getting them to understand what you were thinking, what you want and to love the work you\u2019ve produced. It\u2019s great to have a hit song that everyone goes crazy for, but to actually create something that someone will love and remember forever is another thing. That is the goal of the characters singing 9 People\u2019s Favorite Things from Title of Show. Sometimes for artists its about getting something through instead of having a ton of people like it. Those few people that loved your work mean more to you than the rest who clapped, left and forgot about most of the show later on. That\u2019s why I love this song. 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We consulted the FAQ for Nielsen Media, as well as some local experts and hope the following information will assist in understanding the way the rating system works.\nWhat are Ratings and Shares?\nThe terms rating and share are basic to the television industry. Both are percentages.\nA rating is a percent of the universe that is being measured, most commonly discussed as a percent of all television households. As such, a rating is always quantifiable, assuming you know the size of the universe (TV households, persons, women 18 - 34, and so forth).\nA share is the percent of households or persons using television at the time the program is airing and who are watching a particular program. Thus, a share does not immediately tie back to an actual number, because it is a percent of a constantly changing number - TV sets in use. Shares can be useful as a gauge of competitive standing.\nNielsen Media Research continually measures television viewing with a number of different samples all across the U.S. The first step is to develop representative samples. This must be done with a scientifically drawn random selection process. No volunteers can be accepted or the statistical accuracy of the sample would be in jeopardy.\nNationally, there are 5,000 television households in which electronic meters (called People Meters) are attached to every TV set, VCR, cable converter box, satellite dish or other video equipment in the home. The meters continually record all set tuning. In addition we ask each member of the household to let us know when they are watching by pressing a pre-assigned button on the People Meter which is also present. By matching this button activity to the demographic information (age/gender) we collect at the time the meters are installed, we can match the set tuning - what is being watched - with who is watching. All these data are transmitted to Nielsen Media Research's computers where they are processed and released to our customers each day.\nIn addition to this national service, we have a slightly different metering system in 55 local markets. In each of those markets Nielsen Media Research gathers just the set-tuning information each day from more than 20,000 additional homes. We than process the data and release what we call \"household ratings\" daily. In this case we can report what channel or program is being watched, but we don't have the \"who\" part of the picture. To gather that local demographic information, we periodically (at least 4 times per year) ask another group of people to participate in our diary surveys. For these estimates, we contact approximately 1 million homes each year and ask them to keep track of television viewing for one week, recording their TV viewing activity in a diary. This is done for all 210 television markets in the United States in November, February, May and July and is generally referred to as the \"sweeps\".\nThe Population According to Nielsen\nNielsen Media Research creates a Universe Estimates using a variety of sources. Data from Claritas, Inc. and Public Use Files from Federal surveys, as well as the Nielsen Media Research home-by-home and person-by-person records, which has been collected since the 1940's.\nAccording to these estimates there are 102,200,000 TV homes in the U.S. for the 2000-2001 season. There are 12,260,000 African-American TV homes and 8,940,000 Hispanic-American TV homes. This makes up 12 and 9 percent of the total household population.\nLooking at the Nielsen National Sample of 5,000 TV homes, there is roughly the same breakdown. Approximately 12 percent of the sample is African-American and approximately 9 percent of the sample will be Hispanic-American.\nWhat is a Universe?\nThe total population base that the sample is designed to represent.\nWhat are Demographics?\nDemographics are simply the characteristics of human beings: gender, age, religion, ethnicity, marital status, educational level, profession, and income.\nWhat's important about Gender?\nBasic demographic data, such as gender, can provide information about television viewers. For instance, males tend to watch different types of programs than females.\nWhat's important about Age?\nBasic age can provide information about television viewers because of life cycle implications. For instance, older people often have more time to view than younger people.\nWhat's important about Household Income?\nTelevision networks use the demographic data provided by the Nielsen Media Research to establish advertising rates. One of the factors used by Nielsen in measuring audiences is Household Income.\nWhat's important about Ethnicity?\nAccording to Nielsen Media Research, African-American households account for 12 percent of the total household population. Hispanic households account for 9 percent. Persons of different ethnic backgrounds may watch different types of television programs.\nhttp://www.nielsenmedia.com/FAQ/index.html\nhttp://www.museum.tv\nSection Editor: Brynna - Email Brynna - Brynna's Bio - Last Edited on: November 06, 2009", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 5433, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 288.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.bugaj.com/?category=NotesHowTo", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:34:19Z", "digest": "sha1:DXQXSNBDCLZDDTG4YDOXCXNYCBUBZXC6", "length": 23852, "nlines": 103, "source_domain": "www.bugaj.com", "title": "Stephan Vladimir Bugaj", "raw_content": "Notes on Notes, Part 4: Who To Ask For Notes\nThis post is mainly for independent writers and directors, especially those who are just getting started. If you're working for someone on a project, it's usually quite obvious who you should ask for notes (and if it isn't, ask the director or producer). Independents, on the other hand, may have a very hard time finding people to give them a \"fresh set of eyes\".\nFor starters, don't ask Josh Olson for notes. In fact, don't ask anyone for notes that is unlikely to give them to you (especially if they're prone to being jerky about it).\nThat category includes everyone you've ever heard of in the business, unless either (1) they explicitly ask you to send them a copy of your script or film cut, or (2) you are somebody (i.e. a peer) in the business and you're offering them a notes exchange.\nEven if the well known person is an actual friend, it's usually best to wait for them to ask to read or view something you're working on based on your telling them about what the project is. (This is called pitching, and it's the primary way many scripts get read and films get funded or picked-up -- by generating active interest in the story via a short synopsis.)\nHowever, if you pester someone into giving you feedback, expect the harshest criticism possible since they didn't want to do it in the first place and will therefore be sensitive to every flaw in your work.\nGetting helpful critical feedback, however, is not that hard if you know how to go about it. From the suggestions below, you want to cast about for note givers whose notes you respect and can learn from, until you find a pool of people large enough that you can ask about five of them for notes on any given project (how many people that means depends on how prolific you are -- don't ask any one person for notes more than once every 2-3 months, unless you've got a very long term friendship or a very close working relationship with them).\nSome of them are going to be too nice to you, others too harsh out of jealousy, but you might as well ask for notes from the one or two of your friends that you think can be the most straightforward. The idea that asking your friends for feedback is a bad idea because they may not be experts has one clear flaw: Your friends are your audience. Most people who go see moves do not know how to write or make them, yet they are going to critique your work anyway. It's not a bad idea to get some feedback from people like that up-front. You will have to guide them, and you'll probably get a lot of terrible notes from your friends, but hearing about where they are bored or confused is especially helpful since that's where a general audience may also be bored or confused. Just don't take your friends notes too seriously, they are both amateur note givers and biased towards being lenient.\nAs time goes on, you'll make friends with other writers or directors, professional readers, producers, and other industry professionals and well trained aspirants who will both be your friends and also be excellent sources of knowledgable notes.\nThese are likely to be your most consistently available source of actually helpful notes, provided you return the favor for them when needed. But keep at least one reader in your pool who isn't a pro, because knowing how the average person responds is helpful, even through all the bad notes you'll get.\n(NOTE: Your non-pro friends being a poor audience is mainly true of screenplays, anyway, as those can be confusing and difficult to read for non-experts. Those friends who aren't pros are actually a great audience for edits of actual films, because they're the closest you're going to get to a public test audience without paying for one.)\nEven some very experienced writers and filmmakers (usually ones who haven't broken into the A-list yet) still take classes like those offered by the UCLA Professional Program, and workshops at retreats like CineStory or festivals like Austin. (I, myself, learned a lot and made lasting friendships through UCLA, CineStory and Austin.)\nClasses serve three major purposes:\nProviding you with deadlines\nProviding you with a group of people who are obligated to give you notes\nIntroducing you to people with whom you may later exchange notes and perhaps even collaborate with on projects.\nYou may get some terrible notes from classmates, but you'll also get some very good notes if you pick classes that are at serious places for serious people.\nSince UCLA offers online classes, there's no reason to stay in an awful local class, but don't completely discount local courses (especially those at city and state colleges). However, be cautious when considering for-profit adult education programs. They rarely offer anything that city and state colleges don't, and are often overpriced for the quality of teachers and students you'll be working with.\nGetting an MFA is also a way to get( a lot of) critique of your work. In the U.S., there are the Big Three film schools UCLA, USC, and NYU, as well as the AFI Conservatory.\nBut if you can't go to any of those, there are also other decent programs out there like Columbia, UT, and various others. In the UK, there is the NFTS, in Germany the Filmakademie Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg, and other countries have major film schools as well.\nJoin a writing and/or filmmaking group\nMany writing and filmmaking critique groups form out of class or retreat relationships, so the two suggestions are compatible. But even if you haven't taken any classes, you may find a group in your area through friends, a local college or library, or an online message board.\nSome regions may also have film organizations (like San Francisco's now defunct Film Arts Foundation) that have bulletin boards where you can post looking for a group, and which also host events where you can go meet in-person and try to form a group that way.\nThere are also online sites which function as virtual critique groups. Some are just bulletin board forums, such as those at Save The Cat, where you can discuss craft, meet people virtually, and post requests for critique.\nOnly under very particular circumstances -- pay someone\nSometimes you'd like notes from a professional reader -- the very sort of person who may read your work for a company you send it to. Surprisingly, this is quite difficult to find, and even more difficult to find at a fair price.\nThe best paid notes I've found thus far, that are available to the general public, are Scott The Reader's $60 notes. Scott is great, and his notes are totally worth the price. My general rule is that I will not pay more than about $80 for notes (not consulting, mind you, but a single read and one-time delivery of a packet of notes).  Sixty to eighty bucks is about what the studios pay, and I'm not asking for anything more than they are. \nAlso, many people selling note services are not professional readers, they're professional consultants. Most professional readers only resell their services outside the studios through festivals (I've only found one so far that offers direct service -- Scott).\nConsultants can occasionally be worth working with -- even some A-listers work with story and script consultants -- if you have developed a personal relationship with them. Most of the successful writers who work with a consultant at all usually work with someone that was a professor or mentor of theirs in their MFA or professional program, or at a retreat, workshop or festival. It's meeting the person and hitting it off with them that's most important, though vetting their credits and credentials is also important (con artistry works because those people seem nice and helpful at first, so do your homework when meeting someone new).\nFor example I frequently took classes with, and got script notes from, the same UCLA professor: Tim Albaugh. I also often take workshops and get notes from Barri Evins, who is also a working producer in addition to being a story consultant. I work with consultants not because I don't know what I'm doing, but because sometimes that's the only way to get neutral, professional feedback on a project (especially a spec project).\nI wouldn't have worked with either of them as a consultant, though, if I'd just stumbled upon their websites. It's the personal relationship that's important, because otherwise your chances of feeling ripped-off by a consultant are very high (because many of them are worse than useless, and those that are good can seem terrible if your styles are incompatible).\nGet representation and/or work with a producer\nAll of these recommendations are especially relevant before you manage to get a manager or develop a relationship with a producer who wants to take an active role in developing you and/or some of your work. Once you do manage to secure one or both of those relationships, your primary notes will come from your manager and/or producer.\nMost producers and managers will give you excellent, detailed notes and work with you to see your way through implementing them. Their notes will be geared towards making your work sellable by them, and may conflict with your vision for the project.\nYou will need to convince them to stay as close to your vision as possible, while recognizing the issues they're raising with your material and addressing them in a way that gets at the core underlying problems which may genuinely cause problems for an audience. That's your job as a writer or director -- to understand the material, and address issues with it in order to make it the best implementation of that material possible.\nWorking with a manager and/or producer will take your notes to the next level -- but you'll also still want to get notes from about five unattached readers for each major draft of each project. So keep those friends, mentors and hired readers handy, because you'll always want a group of people you can trust who will give you notes about your work that are as agenda-free as humanly possible.\nNotes on Notes, Part 3: How To Give Notes\nPart of being in the entertainment industry is giving notes as well as getting them. If you're a screenwriter, you're going to wind up trading notes with other writers whose feedback you want on your own work (especially early on). If you're a producer or director, giving notes is pretty much your entire job description during certain phases of production. Bad note givers will find themselves getting suboptimal results from the people they work with, because if you can't communicate what you want, how can anyone give it to you?\nAlso, while notes sessions are different from on-set direction (which will be discussed in other posts), there are similarities, and many of these principles apply to direction: be polite, clear and concise, give the kind of direction you'd like to receive, etc.\nBe professional and polite\nSuccessful critiques are ones that are phrased in such a way that you describe the flaws in the work that need correcting in a way that is as positive as you can be without \"blowing smoke\" and coming off as a phony.\nGenuine positive reinforcement in a notes session is easy to come by if you let yourself recognize the hard work that already went in to the work, and acknowledge it even as you observe flaws and make recommendations for improvements.\nNobody likes to be told that they are stupid, or that their work sucks, and hearing that in those terms will cause the note recipient to ignore the notes. Giving unnecessarily harsh notes is counterproductive.\nIf you think the person is beyond help simply decline to give them feedback, and if they're working under you on a production, terminate them. There is never a good reason to belittle or degrade a colleague or subordinate.\nYes, there are assholes in the industry. But most of the ones who are successful are not successful because they are assholes, but in spite of it.\nFilmmaking is an industry of relationships, and you have to be quite amazing at what you do (or a marketing commodity, i.e. a \"star\") for people to be willing to have a relationship with you even though you're a jerk. Even then, those who are polite professionals get the best results from people. I know a number of prominent directors, writers, and producers through my work, professional associations, and the festivals and conferences circuit, and very few of them are assholes.\nGive notes you'd want to receive\nWhen giving notes, even if the person doesn't ask, give them the notes you'd ask for if you wanted their feedback. Be as brief as you can with each particular note, while still conveying the point you want to get across. And give as many details as you feel the recipient deserves.\nFor example, when I give notes on friends' feature screenplays, I usually give about four to ten pages of notes (unless they're pretty far along, and don't need it), all of them as precise as I can make them, organized more or less follows:\nMy overall feeling about the piece\nWhat I think the theme is, what I think the plot is, and whether or not they are coming together successfully.\nMy overall feeling about the main character, what I think his or her arc is, and whether or not its working.\nMy major moments of confusion, if any.\nAny areas of confusion that run through the whole script.\nMy major moments of boredom / being less interested, if any.\nAny boring elements that run through the whole script.\nMy fix suggestions for any of the above, if I think I have ones that meet the writers' goals rather than changing things to meet the goals I would have if it were my story.\nPage-by-page notes\nWhat I think the scene is about, what I think it should be about, and whether or not it's working.\nAnything in the scene that's confusing.\nAnything in the scene that's boring.\nAnything in the scene that's just not working for me (even if it's not confusing or boring).\nFix suggestions for any of the above, if I have any that will make the scene work better within the context of what the writer is writing.\nThat structure of note giving -- general overview of what works and what doesn't, followed by specific critiques on each element scene-by-scene -- can also apply to notes to directors from producers, notes to editors from directors, and so on. And it applies just as well to shorts, TV shows, and even stage plays as it does to feature film work.\nMake your comments clear and concise\nWhen giving notes you should be as precise as possible while still saying what you need to say. Don't bog down your point with unnecessary details, don't make tangential comparisons, and don't make suggestions that are so antithetical to what the writer or filmmaker is trying to do that they'll just shut it out.\nMake the exact point you're trying to make, even if it seems too direct. Usually clear and concise is not only more useful, but also less painful to the notes recipient than dancing around something thinking you're trying to soften the blow. Rambling notes often wind up sounding like either you are confused or unsure about your own notes, or that you think the note receiver couldn't deal with it if you just made your point, which is insulting.\nAnd definitely use correct filmmaking terminology whenever appropriate, since technical language is a shorthand that lets experts exchange ideas about a topic more clearly.\nA note that reads something like this:\nThe protagonist's character arc is unfulfilled. You set up his flaw as needing to grow up, but he is just as immature at the end as at the beginning. It may also be hard for an audience to empathize with him, as he never makes amends to the people he's hurt with his childish stunts.\nIs much better than one like:\nYou set up your protagonist as this whiny, immature dude who's always messing around with chicks and getting high. I hate people like that. It remind me of my ex-boyfriend, who is a total loser douchebag, and nobody would ever in a million years like a character that's like that. I mean, come on. He's like that the whole film. Nothing but weed and chicks the whole time, and he never learns anything about anything. He treats all these girls like they're nothing but hoes, and in the end, he still treats them like hoes and is high all the time. What a total jerk. Guys like that are just gross. Why'd you have to make it like that, anyway? Who's going to want to see that kind of crap, where some guy is just acting like a teenager the whole time and we're supposed to like this twit and what's that all about? I'd make him a choir boy, who loves puppies and is a complete gentleman tea-totaler, and then people will like him better than the creep you've got now.\nBoth of those are excerpts from actual notes on the same project. One was given by a professional that I now have an ongoing relationship with, and helped me make my script better. The other was given my someone whose attitude turned me off such that I no longer ask them for notes, nor do I any longer agree to help them with their projects.\nRambling and unprofessional notes are going to do two things: confuse and/or bore the notes recipient, and make them think you don't know what you're talking about since someone who can't give coherent notes is unlikely to be seen as someone who can help make the work better.\nWith notes, it's not about how many things you say, but how relevant each thing is to helping the writer or filmmaker achieve the goals they set out to. As Robert Browning said, \"less is more\".\nGet the notes back as quickly as possible\nThe person receiving the notes from you is likely continuing to work, and also receiving notes from others, while you wait to get back to them with notes. This is even true if the person is someone working for you on a project that you're producing or directing. The longer you wait, the more obsolete your notes may become, and if it's your project, the more you may be spending to have someone go in a direction you don't want.\nWhen you're giving notes as a favor, it can be more difficult to convince yourself to be quick. But you said you'd do it, and being timely does get the responsibility off your plate sooner. If you can't, let the person know not to wait for you, and offer to read the next draft if you may have more time then.\nLeave on a positive note\nEnd your notes, whether it's a written set of notes or an in-person notes session, with something positive. Often the easiest way to get out is a general platitude such as: \"great work so far, looking forward to seeing how you make it even better\" or \"finishing a draft or cut is the beginning of the journey, and we've all been there before, so don't sweat the notes just make them your own and you'll find your way to a great draft or cut\".\nThose will suffice, but even better is to mention something specific you actually liked about the script -- a particular character or story point, the writers' voice, the director's vision, the editor's style, whatever it may be. And if you feel that addressing your notes will result in making a good work great, let the note receiver know you think they're on that right track, too.\nGiving notes isn't your opportunity to seem brilliant at someone else's expense. Rather, it's your opportunity to seem brilliant by impressing someone with both your insights and your professionalism. Properly given notes will further a \"I'll help you, and you'll help me\" relationship. Improperly given notes can ruin one.\nNotes on Notes, Part 2: How To Ask For Notes\nHow you ask for notes can be almost as essential as how you receive them. Of course, if you're writing on assignment or developing your original material with a producer (be it through a sale, option or shopping agreement) you will be given notes whether you ask for them or not -- at certain times in the process.\nBut even if you are working with a producer (or director), you should be willing to ask for notes when you need them, not just after deliveries.\nFortunately, asking for notes is simple -- and should be kept that way. Nobody wants to receive complex instructions on how you'd like them to give you feedback on your work.\nYou're Asking, Not Demanding\nPolitely, is the first and foremost requirement. Nobody is obligated to read your work or give you notes. They're not obligated to do so even if they already said they would, and they especially aren't if they're paying you (they can decide to pay you and never even read your work if they like -- it's their money).\nAsking for notes from someone who is a professional (or accomplished pre-professional, such as a studious film student or avid self-producing filmmaker) is actually quite simple. You identify people who are willing to give you notes, and then you say \"will you read this and give me feedback\". Then they say either \"yes\" or \"no\".\nIf the person is not a writer, manager, agent, producer or director by vocation or avocation, they may not know how to give notes. You'll need to be more specific in what you ask them, without poisoning the well and accidentally guiding them into giving you your own notes back to you (you can also be specific in this way with more accomplished note-givers, but it's not necessary and may annoy some).\nThere are two simple questions which are the core of all notes requests:\nWhere, if anywhere, were you confused?\nWhere, if anywhere, were you bored?\nA few more advanced questions that can be asked include:\nIs as many or as few words as you'd like, can you restate to me what you think the script is about, both in terms of describing the plot (what happens), and the theme (the moral of the story), and how they fit together or fail to do so?\nWho is the main character, what is their problem at the beginning of the story, and how do they change at the end of the story?\nEach time you encounter a new character in the script, can you please list that character by name, and tell me what you thought of them at first -- and how that changes if you find yourself thinking more about them as you read on?\nAs you read, can you please write a rating number from 1 (worst) to 5 (best) beside each scene?\nEssentially, those questions above are guiding your reader into writing development coverage of your script -- or at least the closest approximation thereof that an untrained reader is going to be able to muster.\nAdditionally, you can ask between one and five specific questions about the script overall (any more, and the reader will get distracted and either give up or provide you with much poorer answers to each). You want to be careful about picking those questions, and how you phrase them -- you don't want to write your own answer (or fear) into the question. For example, \"Is this film too dialogue heavy?\" is a much worse way of posing that question than \"What are your thoughts about how balance between action and dialogue in the film?\"\nPeople are busy. Even people outside the industry. Even your mom and best friend. If you don't get your notes back right away, follow-up after somewhere between four and eight weeks. If your reader still hasn't responded after another four to eight weeks, ask once more -- then give up.\nIf they reply and say they're busy and will get you notes in the future, then patiently wait for the future. Someone I know got a call from a producer with not only notes, but a request to go forward on the project, one year after they sent the spec script to said producer in response to a query. 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Theft is considered a \u201ccrime of dishonesty\u201d and a conviction will therefore affect your reputation in your community.\nPotential employers may refuse or terminate your employment if their business involves handling money or the use of valuable property. Your friends, family and peers may view you as unworthy of their trust.\nLet Calgary Criminal Lawyers repair the damage to your reputation and future prospects by contacting us right away. We will develop a strategy based on your desired outcome and immediately start working on minimizing the consequences for you.\nYou may be placed on conditions not to contact any victims or witnesses in relation to your case. In addition, you will likely be banned from going to the place you allegedly stole from. These conditions can cause significant hardship, so contact Calgary Criminal Lawyers, who can work to alter the terms of your release to keep your life as normal as possible.\nEmployer theft\nAn allegation that you have stolen or defrauded your employer is treated extremely seriously in Alberta. The Courts have constantly stated that stealing from your employer, absent exceptional circumstances, ought to result in a jail sentence if you are found guilty. This is because (1) a theft from your employer involves a breach of the trust they placed in you to handle their property honestly, and (2) such thefts are unfortunately very common in Alberta.\nIn addition, the Crown will not approve anyone alleged to have committed a theft from their workplace for any out-of-court diversion programs; instead, they will seek jail if you are found or plead guilty.\nDon\u2019t plead guilty to stealing from your employer before meeting with Calgary Criminal Lawyers! You are presumed to be innocent until the Crown proves otherwise, and the Crown\u2019s case may not be sufficiently strong to prove you guilty.\nTheft from employer cases often involve a large volume of documents as evidence, and there are strict and complicated rules about whether those documents are admissible in court. We are well-versed in those rules and will not hesitate to challenge if the circumstances call for it. We will obtain and review all the documents in the police file with you, with special attention paid to the following important issues:\nIs there sufficient evidence to prove you committed the theft?\nAre there other alternative suspects who could have committed the theft?\nEven though you took the money or property, did you believe you had a legitimate claim to it?\nIf you begin to suspect that you are under suspicion for stealing from your employer, DO NOT DISCUSS THE MATTER WITH YOUR FELLOW EMPLOYEES, YOUR SUPERVISOR, OR THE POLICE. Anything you say to anyone about the alleged offence can be used in court against you. We have unfortunately seen numerous cases where the Accused person provided the missing piece the prosecution needed to ensure a conviction by making statements to co-workers, supervisors, or the police.\nContact us immediately if you are being investigated by your employer for wrongdoing. There is a time and a place, and a person to tell your side of the story.\nThe place is not your boss\u2019s office, or the police station.\nThe person is not your boss, co-worker or a police officer.\nThe time is not when you are being pressured by any of the above people to give a statement.\nRather, you should tell us your side of the story when you meet with us in the safety and comfort of our offices, and you are protected by the lawyer-client relationship.\nIf the amount of property stolen is alleged to exceed $5000, you are liable to a jail term of up to 10 years. 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You can reach us by sending an email to info@potentiateglobal.com.\nGeneral Information: info@potentiateglobal.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 7752, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 253.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.calstatela.edu/magazine/la-story", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:03:56Z", "digest": "sha1:URK2TEV2TTUTFFY33D3PDZ23ZXZWSV5J", "length": 6894, "nlines": 44, "source_domain": "www.calstatela.edu", "title": "L.A. Story | Cal State LA", "raw_content": "John Griffith wants to be an astronaut, but first he'll serve as an officer in the U.S. Marines\nJohn Griffith has been reaching for the stars since before he can remember.\nAt just 19 years old, he is in his final year of study at Cal State LA, and he is well on his way to becoming an officer in the United States Marine Corps. His ultimate goal is to become an astronaut and to explore the vast unknown.\n\u201cEarth is nothing compared to the billion-light-year expanse of blackness above our heads,\u201d Griffith says. \u201cBut I don\u2019t see that as a reason for accepting insignificance. I see a challenge.\u201d\nGriffith rocketed straight from middle school to Cal State LA through the University\u2019s Early Entrance Program (EEP), which is a unique opportunity that allows gifted students as young as 11 to enroll in college. Though he was only 14 at the time, Griffith says it wasn\u2019t an overwhelming experience for him. The program provided a likeminded peer group\u2014and a supportive environment. He excelled as he had done in middle school.\n\u201cThe only difference was the material.\u201d\nMilitary service runs in the Griffith family. His father, uncles, grandfather, and great grandfather all served. Griffith\u2019s father was a Marine attack helicopter pilot during Desert Storm, and his grandfather was an Air Force communications officer stationed in a top-secret outpost in Laos during the Vietnam War, he says.\nGriffith \u201cdisplays a maturity and sense of self-awareness beyond his years,\u201d says Capt. Edison Feisal, Griffith\u2019s Officer Selection Officer (OSO).\nGriffith says his maturity is a reflection of his parents and the way he was raised. His father, now retired from the Marines, works in his own law office as an aviation and spaceflight attorney. His mother works in her husband\u2019s office and at the 2nd District Court of Appeals. She also owns a talent agency.\n\u201cThey raised me to\u2026carry myself in a dignified and professional way, which conveniently the Marine Corps really emphasizes,\u201d Griffith says.\nGriffith has already graduated from Marine Corps Officer Candidates School, a 10-week program he completed during summer break in Quantico, Va. Candidates go through a series of evaluations of academic ability, physical fitness, and leadership skills. Griffith says it was a humbling experience. He learned how he responds to pressure and how he can make mistakes he wouldn\u2019t ordinarily make.\nWhen he first started the application for the Marine Corps, Griffith says he was \u201cby no means qualified.\u201d He wasn\u2019t physically prepared for the training required by the Marines. But he pushed himself to get in better shape and gain weight. He is now an avid hiker and has scaled Mt. Baldy twice.\nAfter he completes his mechanical engineering degree at Cal State LA, Griffith will be commissioned as a second lieutenant and return to Quantico for six months of Basic School. From there, he will attend flight school in Pensacola to become a naval aviator.\n\u201cBased on his character and drive, I can foresee John achieving a myriad of things,\u201d Feisal says. \u201cHis determination and dedication for excellence, combined with keen competition he will face within our organization, will set the stage for him to assume roles of greater responsibilities and reach higher levels of leadership.\u201d\nGriffith will use his military career to eventually launch his space flight career. He has long-dreamed of becoming an astronaut. His mother worked in the casting department for Apollo 13, which became one of his favorite movies and further inspired him to pursue a career in space flight.\nWhile in middle school, Griffith received a tour of SpaceX from a family friend who worked with the aerospace manufacturer. Awed and inspired, he built up his r\u00e9sum\u00e9 over the next few years, working with Paragon Space Development Corporation when he was 16 and building his own projects. He and a friend built a weather balloon and conducted experiments.\n\u201cIt went up to 100,000 feet,\u201d Griffith recalls. \u201cWe got some pretty good photos out of it.\u201d\nAll of his work paid off when he received his dream internship with SpaceX. He was fortunate enough to work with the company two summers in a row. He printed 3D plastic avionics boxes and hooked them up to hardware or electrical lines to test them out. He also analyzed workflow on composite pressure tanks that held high pressure helium; he identified any bottlenecks and worked them out with the manufacturing teams.\n\u201cI couldn\u2019t work on anything that flew up in space, unfortunately,\u201d Griffith recalls. \u201cBut it was a pretty fun summer.\u201d\nGriffith returns to his middle school almost every year to run a rocket workshop for eighth graders. The students build rockets over the course of a few days and launch them from the school\u2019s baseball diamond. Griffith says it\u2019s been a successful program that teaches the fundamentals of Newton\u2019s laws and allows the kids to be creative.\n\u201cIt\u2019s a fun project, and I enjoy running it every year.\u201d\nHe runs the workshop with eighth grade science teacher Simon Constantinides.\nSays Constantinides: \u201cI have been a classroom teacher for 20 years and I would have to rate John as one of my most creative students who has a knack and interest in extraordinary and unique ideas and approaches to design and engineering\u2026I believe [John] will have a very successful future and will achieve his goals because of his work ethic and the belief that nothing is given, it is earned.\u201d\nGriffith says he\u2019d be in a totally different position than where he is now without the University.\nBecause of the Early Entrance Program, Griffith is on track to accomplish his goals at a younger age than most people.\nBeing the youngest person in a lot of situations makes him stand out\u2014for better and for worse.\n\u201cYou get on the radar of recruiters and people you want to know you,\u201d he explains. \u201cBut it makes it a little harder for other people to relate to you since your experiences are different.\u201d\nThrough the difficult moments when he worried about grades, Griffith says he never considered quitting. Whenever those feelings occur, he always picks himself up and pushes forward toward his goal.\n\u201cI think a lot of people would be surprised by how far ambition and drive can carry you,\u201d he says.\nWhen Griffith journeys into space, he will join the ranks of other Cal State LA alumni who have worked in space exploration:\nSamuel T. Durrance (\u201972, \u201974 M.S.),\npayload specialist, Space Shuttle Columbia, Space Shuttle Endeavour\nSeymour Liebergot (\u201963),\nNASA flight controller\nAdriana Ocampo (\u201983),\nscience program manager, NASA; Space Science Flight Missions, including New Frontiers Program Juno, New Horizon and Osiris-Rex\nArthur V. Amador (\u201986),\nCuriosity mission manager\nEd Bennett (\u201968),\nconfiguration management engineer\nDina El Deeb (\u201999 M.S.),\nstrategic engineer support for mission assurance management, Mars Exploration Rover project\nBill Kert (\u201979),\n\u200bCuriosity contract negotiator", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 141, "original_length": 9023, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 232.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.capecoral.net/edo/recent_growth_data.php", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:48Z", "digest": "sha1:2KLHKS34BLAPKPNZX2BF6GMBKXAYGAG2", "length": 2819, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.capecoral.net", "title": "Cape Coral Metro Area is the Hottest in the Nation", "raw_content": "\u201cEmployees who believe that management is concerned about them\nas a whole person \u2013 not just an employee \u2013 are more productive,\nmore satisfied, more fulfilled. Satisfied employees mean satisfied\ncustomers, which leads to profitability.\u201d\n~ Anne M. Mulcahy, former CEO of Xerox\nYou are here Home EDO Find A Site Recent Growth Data\nCape Coral Metro Area is the Hottest in the Nation\nCape Coral Poised For Rapid Growth in Jobs, Population\nThe most recent data from the U.S. Census shows that Cape Coral is home to a year-round population of approximately 175,229 people. This marks a 14% increase since the 2010 census and is one of several indicators that the largest city in Southwest Florida is among the fastest-growing communities in the nation.\nIn 2017, Moody's Analytics projected the metropolitan area\u2019s population to expand 3.61 percent. The area is also projected to have the nation\u2019s highest rates of employment growth (3.83 percent) and output growth (6.82 percent) fueled by expanding hospitality and housing markets. That's why the Cape Coral-Fort Myers MSA is the No. 1 area in the nation for job and residential growth (Forbes, 2017). In September, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity reported the Cape Coral metro area's gross domestic product growth rate at 5.3 percent.\nThe city is poised for this positive growth. The workforce is certainly here, making up 56 percent of Cape Coral\u2019s total population, with an average age of 44 years. During the past two decades, Cape Coral has transformed from a retirement community to a thriving city that offers something for all ages. The city consistently ranks as a great place for retirement, which fuels several supporting business sectors, including healthcare and assisted living, and household and professional services.\nAnother clear indicator of growth is movement in the commercial building sector. The number of commercial building permits issued by the city has increased by 183 percent between 2013 and 2015. New housing starts were up by 108 percent over the same period.\nCape Coral enjoys low vacancy rates compared to the rest of Southwest Florida with office at 9.1 percent, industrial at 7.6 percent and retail at 8.8 percent as of the end of 2015. Commercial vacancy rates dropped by an average of 25 percent between 2013 and 2015.\nWhile some rental properties are planned for construction, the need for additional rental properties is apparent in local vacancy rates for apartments of 3.9 percent.\nIt is worth noting that Cape Coral ranks No. 3 on a list of \u201cThe Most Affordable Cities to Live in Florida\u201d by Livability.com (March 2016).\nDespite its population increase, Cape Coral is just 47 percent built out with plenty of room to grow. For more information on relocating or expanding your business to Cape Coral, Contact Us today.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 3980, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 191.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.carasbookboudoir.com/2015/10/a-christmas-bride-in-pinecraft-by.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:29Z", "digest": "sha1:FCB7ZVTHPY4T7HJB2SMCTS3PQRKLB4CQ", "length": 5294, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "www.carasbookboudoir.com", "title": "A Christmas Bride in Pinecraft by Shelley Shepard Gray Review - Cara's Book Boudoir", "raw_content": "A Christmas Bride in Pinecraft by Shelley Shepard Gray Review\nAmish Brides of Pinecraft #4\nChristmas has come to Pinecraft in bestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray's final Amish Brides of Pinecraft novel, an uplifting story that proves anything is possible when you follow your heart.\nSo it has been a while since I have read an Amish/Mennonite romance, which is guess is pretty ironic as I live close to one of the biggest settlements in America, but I guess I have been so wrapped up in contemporary and historical romances that I forgot about this subgenre. But then I saw this story and I don\u2019t know why, but the story seemed to speak to me. SO I delved into this book and I am so very glad that I did as this book opened my eyes up to what I had been missing.\nA Christmas Bride in Pinecraft is really three stories in one, but they are all tied in together. But I am only going to tell you about our main characters and leave the rest as a surprise. So we start with one of our main characters Beverly Overholt. Beverly runs the Orange Blossom Inn and has done for the past 3 years since her Aunts death, at one time she thought she owned the whole business, but that turned out to be untrue and she was shocked to find out that englisher Eric Wagler owned the building. But this was 3 years later and she has not only become very comfortable with her role of manager and her relationship with Eric has blossomed too. But now Beverly has to call Eric in Philadelphia to tell him that the inn had been robbed!\nEric has been in love with Beverly since he met her that one fateful day, when he inherited the inn and now he is selling up his life in Pennsylvania and moving to Pinecraft to see if Beverly cares for him. But Eric has secrets of the past that will come back to haunt him and possibly destroy any feelings Beverly has for him.\nBut this is a Christmas story and Christmas is a time of forgiveness, happiness and good will to all men and Eric, Beverly and the people of Pinecraft are reminded of that and good things come from such sorrow.\nI have not read a Pinecraft story before, but it honestly didn\u2019t matter one little bit! This story is truly a standalone and I love every minute of it! This book really does remind you of humility and that not everything is as it seems. I honestly loved every single one of the characters in this book, because they honestly didn\u2019t feel like characters in a book, but friends that are a vital part of my life!\nSo, down to the basics; the story was beautifully written, with no potholes and flowed smoothly. The book really provokes you to this about the hardships of people, not only in the story, but also in real life, but she does it in such an amazing way that it leaves you breathless and filled with joy by the end of the story.\nA Christmas Bride in Pinecraft is such an enchanting book and that is why I give it 10 out of 10!\nAt Eric\u2019s urging, she\u2019d given herself a week\u2019s vacation. She\u2019d wanted a little time to sleep late, shop, and relax before the next round of guests arrived for Christmas. Taking a week off had sounded like a wonderful idea, especially since she knew how full the inn would be the rest of the month. But now she wondered why it had ever sounded good at all.\nWhy had she ever thought she needed a break in the first place? If she\u2019d had guests, no one would have dared to come inside. Her mind continued to race. Or, had someone been watching the inn? Had they known it was empty? It was such a disconcerting thought that she couldn\u2019t bear to dwell on it.\n\u201cGood to know.\u201d Officer Roberts punched something into his phone. \u201cWe\u2019ll do our best to find those responsible, ma\u2019am. But in the meantime, when you\u2019re ready, we\u2019ll need you to walk through the inn and tell us what\u2019s missing.\u201d\nHe continued on about fingerprints and motives, police reports and pawn shops, but none of what he said made much sense to her. Not that it mattered. Beverly was done listening. She really couldn\u2019t take anymore. Someone had ruined her livelihood. She felt as betrayed as she had when she\u2019d discovered her fianc\u00e9 had fallen in love with her best friend all those years ago.\nTaking a deep breath, she tried to push those thoughts away. This wasn\u2019t the time to revisit those painful wounds.\n\u201cAre you going to be all right?\u201d Zack asked. \u201cDo you want me to get you a glass of water or something?\u201d\n\u201cI\u2019m fine,\u201d she said at last and tried to mean it.\nBecause she had no choice.\n\u201cYour insurance should cover the damage,\u201d Zack said quickly, as though not having to worry about the financial repercussions would ease her mind. It didn\u2019t. Insurance money could not replace the most valuable thing stolen from her today: her sense of security.\nBut Beverly nodded anyway. \u201cJah. I imagine it will.\u201d\n\u201cDo you want me to call Eric for ya?\u201d Leona offered. \u201cI don\u2019t mind.\u201d\nShe looked at Leona and shook her head. \u201cNee. I\u2019ll do it.\u201d\n\u201cWho\u2019s Eric?\u201d the officer asked.\nBeverly said, \u201cHe\u2019s the owner of the inn.\u201d But in truth, he was more than that. During the last few months, he\u2019d also somehow become the best friend she\u2019d ever had.\nShe only hoped when he heard her news that would still be the case.\nEnter to Win a Digital Download Code for\nTasty Book Tours October 21, 2015 at 10:16 AM\nThank you for hosting A CHRISTMAS BRIDE! So happy you enjoyed!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 83, "original_length": 8023, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 300.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.cardiologistnyc.net/who-are-the-best-cardiovascular-specialists-in-new-york/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:26:42Z", "digest": "sha1:MY2DSMBEZKSQRRH24UTDDP6INMAMTSAY", "length": 2081, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.cardiologistnyc.net", "title": "Who are the best cardiovascular specialists In New York | Best Cardiologist in NYC Who are the best cardiovascular specialists In New York \u2013 Dr. Seldon", "raw_content": "Who are the best cardiovascular specialists In New York\nDealing with a diagnosis of heart disease creates a lot of questions. Trying to sift through research for relevant diagnostics can feel futile. Contacting the best cardiovascular specialists in New York helps put a scary situation in perspective. They have expertise and treatment options that they will be put to work for you; starting with something as simple as how to classify your condition.\nHeart Disease: A Coat of Many Colors\nHeart disease is an umbrella term that is used to encompass dozens of different problems. The list of conditions can be further bifurcated into categories based on when the symptoms first presented. If you\u2019ve had the diagnosis from birth, it is congenital. If the condition developed suddenly, it is acute, and so on. Cardiac distress also affects different areas of the organ including the valves, the muscle, the chambers and arteries, as well as the lining.\nCommon Cardiac Aliments\nCardiovascular specialists will be able to show you what is happening to your heart and explain how the condition affects it. Here are several common examples.\nCongestive heart failure present in heart chambers and triggers diastolic and systolic malfunctions.\nRheumatic Heart Disease occurs when the heart\u2019s valves are damaged by Rheumatic Fever.\nHeart attack is the result of blockages or a buildup of plaque in the veins and arteries.\nEndocarditis /Pericarditis refer to inflammation in the internal or external lining of the heart.\nCardiomyopathy is when high blood pressure enlarges and/or weakens the heart muscle.\nThe symptoms of heart disease vary depending on the diagnosis, but your cardiovascular specialist can review the specifics of your case. Regular check-ups are recommended even in the absence of pain or flare ups so that your health is monitored and well maintained.\nYou are the most important judge of who the best cardiovascular specialists are. The choice of which doctor to work with should be weighed carefully. Approach it with your health, personal needs, and well-being in mind.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 104, "original_length": 4220, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 293.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.caregazette.com/news/spring-mill-athletic-club-invites-new-76582.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:14:32Z", "digest": "sha1:7I6RZHH5KXE2JUPMMM6IXSAFJOAGPLNK", "length": 2300, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.caregazette.com", "title": "Spring Mill Athletic Club Invites New Members to Join This January | Gazette Network", "raw_content": "Healthcare News / Spring Mill Athletic Club\nSpring Mill Athletic Club Invites New Members to Join This January\nIvyland, PA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 01/03/2018 -- As the new year begins, it's time to start thinking about New Year's resolutions. At this time of year, many individuals prioritize their health by promising to adhere to new exercise or diet routines. The new year is an ideal time to begin a new gym membership and find a fitness center serving Warminster, PA, and the surrounding area, that accommodates new members and their exercise preferences. Spring Mill Athletic Club, a family-friendly fitness center in Ivyland, PA, welcomes new members to join their community as the new year begins.\nSpring Mill Athletic Club welcomes new members to enjoy a variety of programs, classes, and amenities, including yoga classes in Warminster, PA, to improve their physical and mental health. Fitness programs include exercise testing and evaluation, personal training, individual programming, and sports specific training. Individualized programs are designed to give new members support and motivation to achieve their goals.\nOther personal accommodations include nutritional counseling and evaluation, follow-ups, and weight management. As the new year begins, members will be able to keep track of their progress with a member of the Spring Mill Athletic Club team.\nMembers can choose from a wide selection of classes. Class options include yoga, Zumba, XTX, spinning, pilates, senior fitness, swimming, and more. These classes are offered in the many group fitness rooms at the club.\nIn addition to fitness equipment, classes, and personal training, Spring Mill Athletic Club offers other amenities such as massages, dry saunas, steam rooms, a whirlpool, a child care center, and more.\nThose who are looking for a fitness center as the new year begins are encouraged to join Spring Mill Athletic Club to improve their holistic health. New members will get their first week for free. 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This type of plan reflected an outdated tableau of family life; the father in the living room, mother in the kitchen and children in the study! Our client, who had four young children, called for a reconfiguration of the plan to suit their needs. Although there was ample space in the house, the rooms were cellular; a more fluid spatial sequence would work with a more family centred lifestyle. The house did not connect well to the small back garden and a small extension was suggested to provide space for dining and entertaining.\nThe strategy proposed moved the core of the house from the hall to the kitchen. From this focal point all rooms could be accessed; sliding doors are used to enclose spaces when required. The extension is conceived as a timber pavilion. The detailing is fine in scale, its cabinetry in contrast to the rough brickwork of the existing house. 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You can rely on us to give you a competitive price without compromising on the quality of the products.\nWaiter pads come in a variety of sizes and design and we hope that you will find what you are looking for in our selection. However if there is something you would like that is more personal to your company please contact us for a bespoke pad.\nIn addition to rill rolls, credit card rolls and waiter pads we also supply a number of other products that we hope you will find useful. Find out more about us.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 1929, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 326.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ccwatershed.org/blog/2014/jun/26/objectivity-beautiful/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:41:36Z", "digest": "sha1:34GKCONSRQOUCQPHNQLCIVSSDAFW7OZT", "length": 7754, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.ccwatershed.org", "title": "On the Objectivity of the Beautiful", "raw_content": "\u201cI, (Name), do declare that I do believe that there is not any Transubstantiation in the Sacrament of the Lord\u2019s Supper, or in the elements of the bread and wine, at or after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever.\u201d\n\u2014 From England's Anti-Catholic Oath (1673)\nOn the Objectivity of the Beautiful\npublished 26 June 2014 by Dr. Peter Kwasniewski\nOME TIME AGO, I published a piece here at Views from the Choir Loft, \u201cSeven Theses for the Evaluation of Music\u201d, which were intended to be short and provocative, as befits the genre (well, Martin Luther\u2019s Theses were more numerous and lengthier, but they still had laconic force against the backdrop of decadent scholasticism). The article created a minor firestorm in the Musica Sacra forum, for which I was truly grateful, as the critiques and questions gave me the chance to clarify my thoughts and formulate them better.\nIt is easier to see the obvious ends of the spectrum or hierarchy (Mozart = good, metal = bad) than it is to sort out a ranking in between, and I, for one, don\u2019t think it\u2019s necessary to do that. Is Beethoven greater than Bart\u00f3k? Undoubtedly; but Bart\u00f3k was a genius too, and worthy of time and effort. Is Bart\u00f3k greater than Babbitt? Absolutely\u2015there\u2019s not even a competition there. What about certain styles of popular music? They are as inferior to the great composers (of our age and of every age) as the crude singing style of a rock star is to the sublime vocalizations of an operatic singer, the apogee of human vocal development. I\u2019m not a relativist or a subjectivist about truth claims any more than I am about the objective reality of human nature and the natural law, and I think that anyone who is consistent will see that, however much leeway is allowed for taste, nevertheless the beautiful, like its companions, the good and the true, is not merely subjective, but is based on objective criteria that already point us towards the divine.\nMy wife is a painter and iconographer, and I have enjoyed looking at her many books, both of great artists and of artists teaching how to paint, and listening to her discerning comments. There are definitely concrete things that make a painting great, from the combinations of colors and textures to the hard or soft edges of shapes to the overall arrangement (e.g., centered vs. off-center), to the vanishing point and you name it. I think something exactly like this is true for all of the arts, including music. Palestrina and Bach, for instance, are great not because they just happened to cough up inspired music, as if in an irrational spasm, but because their minds and hearts were beautifully attuned to the microcosmic and macrocosmic principles of harmony and rhythm. You can get a lot of different styles of beautiful music from these principles, but they are real and they are not created by man\u2015they are discovered, internalized, embraced, and made fruitful.\nIt is so easy in our age, governed by the dictatorship of relativism, to subjectivize the arts altogether, as if artistic excellence were nothing more than a matter of taste. What\u2019s at stake in this debate is nothing less than our need to undergo a radical conversion of intellect and will towards the beautiful, which is part and parcel of our salvation, and maybe even, in some sense, a precondition for it (and certainly a result of it\u2015in different senses). Far from being merely a matter of taste or cultural conditioning, the nobility of the works of fine art is an attribute they possess, a reflection of the Divine, and a privileged path that leads man to God. Conversely, bad art, art unworthy of its vocation, mediocre and crass art, etc.\u2015and there is indeed such a thing\u2015lead men away from God and even from the dignity of their own nature.\nSo, to my mind, there is a lot at stake. I am content if I can stir up a debate that may cause people to think about the relationship between music and their immortal souls, but I\u2019m resigned to the fact that, with music especially, lots of folks will merely dig in their heels, cross their arms, and say: \u201cFooey on you, I\u2019m not interested in thinking about music\u2015it\u2019s all about feelings.\u201d\nHERE\u2019S ONE CLARIFICATION WORTH MAKING. I have a large collection of music scores and recordings and enjoy the work of many, many composers (including a number of the \u201cminor\u201d ones listed above). Obviously if I thought that only Bach\u2019s or Mozart\u2019s music had worth, I wouldn\u2019t lift a pen to attempt to compose my own music. But when I do write a piece, as unworthy as I am of this great tradition, I nevertheless strive to say something in continuity with it, inspired by it, and almost as an offering to it as well as to God and His people. And I see that to be true of the mentality of most of the great composers\u2015they know themselves to be within a tradition and they defer to it and trust it, even while they innovate. The loss of a profound sense of belonging, imitation, and gratitude is a kind of mortal sin in fine art, and I think it has much to do with the rampant relativism of judgment that surfaces the moment anyone dares to suggest that there is something in the music of (say) J. S. Bach that transcends time and establishes a measure of the greatness of music.\nI don\u2019t think there can be an argument with a person who holds that all beauty (or all judgment of beauty) is merely subjective, any more than there can be with a person who maintains there is no truth, or that the good is solely determined by my appetites. As Aristotle says in Book IV of the Metaphysics, arguing with such a person is like trying to argue with a vegetable\u2015no progress can be made, because the first principles of reasoning are being denied.\nAristotle, like his master Plato, was arguing with the sophists of their day, who denied that there was truth or that truth could be known and spoken. In our day, the problem has become particularly acute: moderns have an almost innate anti-philosophical bias, an irrationalism that is ill-suited to patient argument and disputation. So the Scholastics like St. Thomas or St. Bonaventure, through no fault of their own, end up badly off in a modern setting. As a teacher, however, I can say from much experience that if you take a classroom of young people with open minds who are willing to learn, then Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, and Aquinas (among others) will take them very far into an understanding of the mysteries of nature and of faith\u2015not in order to \u201cprove\u201d them, which is impossible, but to delight in their mysteriousness all the more, to revel in their beauty, and, most importantly, to live righteously according to their lofty demands.\nAll great art is straining and pointing towards transcendence and ineffability (this is why I so love the music of Sibelius and Arvo P\u00e4rt, as different as they are: each is a prophet of the Absolute, a pilgrim of the yonder, one who utters boldly the unutterable). As a result, the principles that make art great cannot be reduced to a handful of finite formulas; one cannot merely \u201cconnect the dots\u201d to generate a masterpiece. But this in no way cancels out the reality of objective principles that stand behind the works of fine art and serve as criteria for judgment. 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Cedar Lane Regional Park is a state of the art 110 acre multi-sport recreational complex for local and regional use. This unique facility is a cooperative effort between the public sector, Harford County Parks and Recreation and the private sector, Cedar Lane Sports Foundation. This is the first regional complex to be located in Harford County. Cedar Lane Regional Park will help take the burden off of the more traditional sites that are currently used by existing Recreation Council programs. The facility will be available to all Recreation Councils for use. The facility will be managed by the Cedar Lane Sports Foundation in concert with Harford County Parks and Recreation. 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We suggest you start by clicking in our FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions), by beginning your search in the search bar located in the menu, or to look at our site map to find a quick and easy answer.\nCert-A-Roof Corporate Headquarters", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 72, "original_length": 1826, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 273.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.chicopeema.gov/714/VA-Claims", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:14:32Z", "digest": "sha1:OVAJV6ZCMW3HSDYVDXVR34ALV23DK6QV", "length": 1515, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.chicopeema.gov", "title": "VA Claims | Chicopee, MA", "raw_content": "Disabled American Veterans (DAV) is a nonprofit charity that provides a lifetime of support for veterans of all generations and their families.\nThe DAV is dedicated to a single purpose: empowering veterans to lead high-quality lives with respect and dignity. They accomplish this by ensuring that veterans and their families can access the full range of benefits available to them; fighting for the interests of America\u2019s injured heroes on Capitol Hill; and educating the public about the great sacrifices and needs of veterans transitioning back to civilian life.\nFor more information on the DAV please visit their website at: www.davma.org\nVA CLAIM INFORMATION\n*PLEASE NOTE: YOU MUST BRING A COPY OF YOUR DD-214 (DISCHARGE PAPERS) TO YOUR APPOINTMENT TO BEING YOUR CLAIM*\nDVS OFFICE - Monday's of each month from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM by appointment only. Please call our office at (413) 594-3470 to schedule an appointment.\nDVS OFFICE - 2nd / 4th Tuesday of each month from 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM. 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This software is protected by copyright.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 158, "original_length": 22477, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 327.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.city-data.com/forum/relationships/1314332-being-married-sucks.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:46Z", "digest": "sha1:PNTXZ25L7IM4JTIPTOGBMYF7BLHOTX2T", "length": 7401, "nlines": 42, "source_domain": "www.city-data.com", "title": "Being married sucks! (long-term, marriage, men, love) - Relationships -Dating, marriage, boyfriends, girlfriends, men, women, friends, attraction ... - City-Data Forum", "raw_content": "Being married sucks! (long-term, marriage, men, love)\nRepubocrat\nLocation: Iowa, Heartland of Murica\nThis is my conclusion, I am 34, single, no kids, never been married, probably never will, I don't even understand why people in the USA are so obsessed with this very antiquated concept.\nSome of the brightest people I know around my age are not married either and truly enjoying life, I have a friend who is extremely smart and educated and she has no desire to get married or have kids.\nI am far from being wealthy but just because I am not married or have kids, I have enough money to do most of the things I love like traveling.\nI don't even understand why most people get married anyways, it seems like most people do it because they have been pressured to do it by someone else or because society \"expects\" them do it, I could care less about what people or society \"expect\" from me.\nAnyways, I would love to know some of the \"rational\" reasons why people get married.\nTaoistDude\nLocation: Emerald Coast, FL\nIf you're happy living the single life, then good for you. On the other hand, when it works, marriage is a wonderful thing - but a long-term commited non-marital relationship is every bit as good, too!\nI think people who want marriage want the commitment and companionship. To some extent this is an illusion, since there are no guarantees, but the symbolism does matter to many. The tax breaks, however, are real! And so are spousal health insurance and pension benefits. Not that these things are reasons to marry, but they come with the package.\nAnyway, these things do not seem to matter to you, so if you're happy with life, continue on. There is not need to knock other people's choices - they have the right and ability to do so, even knowing that the odds are against them. The quest sometimes matters more than the outcome.\nOriginally Posted by Repubocrat\nThis is my conclusion, I am 34, single, no kids, never been married, probably never will...\nYou do realize that this, right here, jettisons your credibility, I assume.\nI'm your same age, and also have no kids and have never been married, no rush to (I am, however, in a successful, happy, long-term cohabiting relationship). I am realistic enough to know, though, that there is no one-size-fits-all label for people's relationships. Some people are happiest never marrying. Some are happiest not even being in committed relationships. Some people have wonderful marriages and other partnerships that enhance their lives tremendously. Some (most) people have relationships and marriages that go through though times, but are ultimately worthwhile to them to maintain. And often, what makes people happiest changes and evolves as they age and grow and mature and gain life experience. Being married or not being married is not what truly enjoying life hinges upon. There are people in either camp who find they enjoy life. Your attitude, mindset, and knowing what's best for you and making your decisions accordingly are all things that contribute to your enjoyment of life. But what's best for one person assuredly doesn't represent a universal.\nWill we get married? Probably, someday. When we feel like it. Is there societal pressure? Probably...it's not something we're especially tuned into. We've lived together for four years, and we never get the \"when are you getting married?\" talk from friends and immediate family. They accept, as do we, that the more important thing is that we've found somebody we're happy with. His grandparents have brought up the \"What should we call [TabulaRasa]? Your fiancee?\" (his answer: \"You could just call her [TabulaRasa]...that would make the most sense\")...but given that we see them once every couple of years, it's not a pervasive societal pressure. For the most part, in our day-to-day life, nobody seems to give a flying fig whether or not we're married, and it mostly never comes up.\nWhy do people get married? Largely because they want to, because it's important to them for a variety of reasons. But it's not crucial to everybody.\nDewdroplet76\nBeing a man sucks! I'm not a man but I know so many unhappy men that it must absolutely suck!\nBeing single sucks! I'm not single but I see so many bitter, unhappy, whiney single people that it must absolutely suck!\nsaywha\nStatus: \"Mom of twins plus one\" (set 15 days ago)\nLocation: J-ville, FL\nGood for you Repbocrat! You are living your life and loving it, not many people can say that. You keep doing what works for you!\nI married my highschool sweatheart. I married him because I wanted to call him \"husband\" (LOL, so corny) I wanted that guarantee, if you will, that he will be there. I want that commitment. As did he (or so he says, LOL!). We both share similar values and goals. We are both family oriented. We got married because we enjoy eachother.\nBut no one should get married because they feel they \"have to\". That's sad.\nbirdinmigration\nYou get married because you care enough about someone, and someone cares enough about you, to say publicly and for the record that you hope and expect to bond and remain with this person for life. (the fact that it fails a large percentage of the time says more about human frailty than the hope that inspires it). But the fact that people keep trying it is a huge testament to the human need to celebrate love and togetherness.\nThe fact that you haven't experienced it, nor wish to, says more about you than it says about the concept of marriage as a whole. You may feel this way for a while, and then one day you will meet someone and do a complete reversal! Or you may not, it's a crap-shoot. Personally, I hope you will, and you will look back on your post and laugh.\n*** A big SHOUT-OUT to gay folks here in NEW YORK!! ROCK ON!! Mazel Tov and I hope to hear wedding bells pealing madly for you!! ***\nSeriously, do you get that it would make more sense to say, \"I don't think marriage is for me,\" than \"Marriage as an institution obviously sucks for all people, because I don't want it for myself?\"\nBe secure in your choices. There's no need to justify them by trying to make a case that your choices are the best choices for all, if only others had the sense you have. If you're confident in what's right for you, you have no need to make blanket statements about what's right for others. You obviously don't appreciate it when you feel that \"society\" is doing that same thing to you. But with blanket \"Marriage sucks\" statements, you're doing the same thing. Marriage isn't for everyone. But there are those who choose it as being right for them.\nRepubocrat...I stayed single too....and loved it!....then I got married...and love it more...To each his own...if being single agrees with you ,great...but it sounds kinda foolish when you say marriage sucks, and you've never been married.\nTaaa Daaa!!! This is BRILLIANT!\nMarried Folks: How many of you are currently married and you DO NOT love your spouse anymore?, Relationships, 78 replies\nMarried having sex with married but maintaining marriages and normal lives, Relationships, 42 replies\nLetting Myself Flirt with Married Co-Worker (am also Married), Relationships, 45 replies\nMarried Folks: Did you get any sort of counseling before getting married?, Relationships, 59 replies\nPoll for Married/ Previously Married or People in LTRs., Relationships, 24 replies\nmarried woman loves married man, Relationships, 46 replies", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 124, "original_length": 10873, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 339.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.cityofcarroll.com/traffic-ticket", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:16Z", "digest": "sha1:MQAIEJYM7DFGJD6JFO4K5WK766SHHL2P", "length": 171, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.cityofcarroll.com", "title": "Traffic Ticket | City of Carroll, Iowa - Official Website", "raw_content": "Any traffic citation may be paid online at www.iowacourts.gov or you can appear at Carroll County Magistrate Court in the Carroll County Courthouse at 114 East 6th Street.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 23, "original_length": 671, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 219.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.clevelandmovieblog.com/2011/09/tucker-dale-vs-evil-opens-in-cleveland.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:06Z", "digest": "sha1:OHNB7YKUP2UPWUNJMQJBI2XNH3QMHMSK", "length": 2679, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.clevelandmovieblog.com", "title": "The Cleveland Movie Blog: Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (opens in Cleveland September 30 th exclusively at the Capitol Theatre)", "raw_content": "Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (opens in Cleveland September 30 th exclusively at the Capitol Theatre)\n[TUCKER & DALE VS. EVIL opens in Cleveland on Friday September 30 th exclusively at the Capitol Theatre.]\nThere's a long tradition of horror films pitting na\u00efve city slickers against stereotypical backwoods psychopaths. I suppose that's because hillbillies are one of the few groups it's still acceptable to pick on in these politically correct times. Finally, with TUCKER & DALE VS. EVIL, we get a horror comedy that shows rednecks in a positive light.\nTucker (Alan Tudyk) and Dale (Tyler Labine) have just realized their dream of buying a vacation cabin in the woods where they can go fishing, drink a few beers, and just generally hang out and be guys. The place is a fixer-upper, though, and the previous occupants must have had the same decorator as the family in THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE. So the boys head out to do some work, bringing along an assortment of chain saws, axes, and even a wood chipper.\nAlso out for a weekend in the great outdoors are a group of obnoxious college kids. Tucker is smitten by one of the girls, Allison (Katrina Bowden), but he doesn't have much in the way of game. His awkward advances (not to mention the giant scythe he's carrying) only serve to unnerve the young urbanites. Later that night our good ol' boys are out fishing when they see the other campers out skinny dipping. When Allison bumps her head and falls in the water, Tucker jumps in to save the girl without hesitation. Her friends, seeing this through the filter of their own prejudices, assume that Tucker & Dale are trying to abduct Allison. Further misunderstandings cause things to escalate into a full blown power tool massacre.\nTucker & Dale are wonderful characters to build a movie around; a couple of decent and likeable guys, smarter than they look, who are genuinely horrified and upset by the carnage taking place around them. There's not much here that would qualify as scary by anyone's standards, but this is a great premise and what the screenplay by director Eli Craig and co-writer Morgan Jurgenson lacks in scares it makes up for in laughs. Not everything in the movie works, and it's not in the same league as DEAD/ALIVE or RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD, but TUCKER & DALE VS. EVIL is still good gory fun. One word of advice, though: do not watch the trailer. It probably would make you want to see the movie, but it also gives away too many of the film's biggest laughs. You'll appreciate it more if you don't know what's coming. 3 out of 4 stars.\nLabels: black comedy, Bob Ignizio, Capitol Theatre, Cleveland OH, horror, Movie Review, Tucker and Dale vs. Evil", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 80, "original_length": 5692, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 248.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.cliftonnj.org/faqs/bfec0e44", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:07Z", "digest": "sha1:EICBJQNOY5EJFNBTNLGC3CS5YYBDPRCZ", "length": 1593, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.cliftonnj.org", "title": "City Of Clifton | What are the heating of apartment laws?", "raw_content": "Apartments are mandated to meet heating requirements between October 1 & May 1.\n\u00b7Heating regulations only apply to residential uses, not commercial or industrial.\u00b7Heating regulations apply to any building or portion thereof, occupied dwelling units, as a home or place of residency of one (1) or more persons.\u00b7The maintenance of the following temperatures are required:\n\u00b7At least 68\u00ba Fahrenheit (\u00baF) required between 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. when the outside temperature falls below 55\u00ba F.\u00b7At least 55\u00ba Fahrenheit (\u00baF) required between 11:01 p.m. and 5:59 a.m. when the outside temperature falls below 40\u00ba F.\n\u00b7Before the Clifton Health Department becomes involved, the law requires that the complaining tenant(s) notify the landlord (preferably in writing) of the problem and allow a reasonable amount of time to achieve compliance.\n-12 Hours if outside temperature is 33\u00ba F. to 55\u00ba F.\u00b74 Hours if outside temperature is 32\u00ba F. or below.\n\u00b7If the complaint is not rectified at this point, it is suggested that an affidavit be signed by the tenant(s) to this effect.\n\u00b7If the lack of heat is found to be caused by tenant negligence, the investigative report will be made available to the owner by subpoena and no action will be taken by the City to restore heat.\n\u00b7If a signed lease exists designating responsibility for supplying fuel and/or maintaining heating equipment, then the terms of that agreement will be adhered to.\n\u00b7If the lack of heat is due to the need for mechanical repair or lack of fuel, or both, then the regulations set forth in municipal ordinance Chapter 269 will be followed.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 86, "original_length": 2996, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 275.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.cms.k12.nc.us/News/Pages/History-comes-to-life.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:30Z", "digest": "sha1:ODGRUES2IPPPKVRGSNER2LE7UKSUSPQM", "length": 3402, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.cms.k12.nc.us", "title": "History comes to life", "raw_content": "11/20/2018 CMS students learn with help from hit 'Hamilton'\nFive CMS high schools participated in the Hamilton Education Program (EduHam), which is giving 250,000 students in Title I schools nationwide the opportunity to see the hit musical Hamilton.\nHarding University, West Mecklenburg (pictured), West Charlotte, Garinger and Vance high school students participated in the educational partnership between Hamilton producers, the family of Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. The institute provides classroom resources on Alexander Hamilton and the Founding Fathers for students and teachers, as well as the opportunity to see Hamilton.\nCharlotte is one of 14 cities where EduHam is available this school year. CMS students attended a Nov. 1 performance for $10 \u2013 the bill with Hamilton's portrait. School groups had a full day filled with workshops, behind-the-scenes tours and time with the Hamilton cast before the show began.\nStephanie Kelly was one of three teachers at Harding University who used the EduHam program. She was familiar with the Gilder Lehrman Institute and applied early for the opportunity to participate. Students focused on Hamilton for two weeks and had access to materials that included an online database with videos from the original cast, booklets and the show's soundtrack. They were required to create an original performance piece of their own \u2013 a song, rap, poem or skit \u2013 to illustrate what they had learned.\nAbigail Sosa, 16, who is from Puerto Rico, and a fellow student from Honduras performed a dialogue/interview about what the U.S. Constitution and Hamilton mean to them.\n\"This was the first time I had heard about him,\" Abigail said. \"It was so interesting. I learned a lot of things from doing the project.\"\nTyler Chisum, 16, and Destiny McAdams and Princess Campbell, both 17, performed a skit about the Constitutional Convention. Tyler said the EduHam resources and activities helped her grasp the concepts.\n\"That's how I learn best,\" Tyler said, \"not with notes \u2013 that's boring.\"\nKelly said not only were many students unfamiliar with Hamilton, but also with his namesake musical and theater in general. She said they didn't know what to expect from the EduHam experience, but as they worked on their projects, they appreciated how research and creativity helped them learn history.\n\"They said, 'But Ms. Kelly, they don't even talk like they're talking history,' and I told them, 'That's the point, to step out of the box,'\" she said. \"At the end, we were focusing more on review than content because they had already taught each other through their performance pieces.\"\nWest Meck teacher Aaron Hayes said EduHam was a lot of work for students and teachers, but the lessons learned and seeing Hamilton were unforgettable.\n\"This play was powerful,\" said student Gabriel Smith of West Meck. \"I could relate to many of the characters and topics discussed. I realize you can learn from so many different forms of media and entertainment.\"\nShaiann Austin Allison of West Meck said seeing Hamilton was an extraordinary experience.\n\"I feel like, since the play, I have a whole other perspective on life and I appreciate everything even more,\" Shaiann said. \"I now have a visual idea of what so many people went through and died so America can be what it is today.\"\nFor more information on EduHam, click here.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 115, "original_length": 6590, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 289.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.collablaw.com/article.cfm?zfn=richardson-break-free.cfm", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:24Z", "digest": "sha1:Y4ZE2OOA7G3WPSXRVOORXR3OUNBCHC5G", "length": 6933, "nlines": 37, "source_domain": "www.collablaw.com", "title": "How to Break Free of An Addictive Relationship", "raw_content": "How to Break Free of An Addictive Relationship\nby Meredith Richardson\nMeredith Mediates by Meredith Richardson\nSome people bring us a great deal of pain along with the joy, and yet we keep running after them anyway.\nWhen people look at the relationship from the outside, they may not understand it. \u201cWhy do you want to be with him?\u201d they ask. \u201cHe treats you badly,\u201d or \u201cHe\u2019s mean,\u201d or \u201cHow could he do that to you?\u201d or \u201cYou don\u2019t deserve that.\u201d\n\u201cWhy do you want to be with her?\u201d they ask. \u201cShe doesn\u2019t like your friends and won\u2019t let you go out with them.\u201d \u201cShe is a b#@%%!\u201d\nOn the receiving end, you\u2019re hearing what they\u2019re saying, but thinking, \u201cBut you don\u2019t understand. You don\u2019t see this person the way I do. You don\u2019t see the kinder, gentler side that the person only shows to me.\u201d\nAnd you may also be thinking, \u201cAnd now I\u2019m not going to talk to you about my love anymore. You\u2019re not a safe person to talk to. You\u2019re judging him and you\u2019re judging me.\u201d\nOn NPR, the singer Dessa was talking about her inspiration for heart-centered lyrics in her latest album, \u201cChime.\u201d One inspiration was a relationship she had which she described as breaking up from the beginning, but they kept at it for years. \u201cAs soon as we started dating, we started breaking up,\u201d she said. After years of this, she still felt her heart explode with hope when she got a call from him. She ended up screaming at herself and her heart in her car in the rain. Why did her heart keep leaping in hope for this man when she knew intellectually that the relationship was a bad one, forever doomed? She went so far as to have a fMRI done, in which she was shown a picture of her former boyfriend, then a picture of a man who looked like him but wasn\u2019t him, to find in her brain where the love was so that she could erase it. Then, once they isolated the target area, she went to a specialist to stop reacting in that way to her former boyfriend. She saw her behavior as the equivalent of a muscle cramp. She wanted a muscle that was strong and could flex without cramping. Afterwards, she had another fMRI to see if she had successfully rid herself of romantic love for him. The fMRI showed that she had been successful.\nI think that with any form of addiction, it can be a lot easier to see it clearly from the outside looking in than it is to see it from the inside looking out.\nIn a \u201cnormal\u201d relationship, there are highs and lows, but they aren\u2019t anything like the spikes of an addictive relationship. It\u2019s like comparing hills to mountains and fjords. The highs are higher and the lows are lower in an addictive relationship.\nIn an addictive relationship, when your partner is attentive and happy, the sun shines brighter. While most people experience this when first in love, it usually fades over time. It may not fade as much in an addictive relationship because you cannot count on your partner to be this way on a regular basis. As a result, when it happens, it is a much bigger event than when you are dealing with a person who is generally happy or even keel. You can take for granted that your partner will be there for you, will be the same person that s/he always is.\nIn an addictive relationship, when your partner is sullen, withdrawn, angry, drunk again, neglectful, mean, cheating, threatening, etc., you may look to fix things so that your partner can be attentive and happy again. You may rage against your partner. You may cry. Your lows are lower than they would be if you were not in an addictive relationship. If you were not addicted to this person, then when she continuously acted this way, you would say, \u201cEnough.\u201d You would not only say, \u201cEnough,\u201d you would act on it. When you are addicted and chasing the high, you might say, \u201cEnough,\u201d but you don\u2019t mean it. Your partner returns to being attentive and happy, your heart blooms with hope and love, and you are still riding the rollercoaster of addiction.\n1. You may have an addictive personality.\nSome of us have addictive personalities. It is just who we are. If we aren\u2019t addicted to a person, we can be addicted to food, alcohol, drugs, shopping, sex, work, TV, our phones, video games, and more.\nThis person may feed your addictions.\n2. You may be repeating old patterns.\nSome of us are recreating what we learned at an early age.\nSome of us grew up with parents in addictive relationships.\nSome of us lost a parent to addiction, whether because the addiction took over the parent\u2019s life and left us with little time with the parent, or because the parent actually died from the addiction.\nSome of us grew up without a parent.\nSome of us grew up with parents who weren\u2019t constant in their love for us or who showed us that love was conditional upon our meeting their needs and expectations. We couldn\u2019t rely on them. We had to provide the love for them, as they couldn\u2019t provide it for us.\nSome of us were taught to put other people\u2019s needs always before our own. If we aren\u2019t caretaking for others, we don\u2019t know what to do with ourselves.\nSome of us are afraid of getting close and so we do a lot to push people away, even if we really want to get close, or we think we do.\nWhat would you like to do differently (if anything)?\nIf you suspect you are in an addictive relationship, take some time to answer the questions below.\n1. What do you see as signs that you are in an addictive relationship?\n2. If you could change your relationship in any fashion, what would you like to see happening instead?\n3. What are you willing to do to make your relationship better?\n4. What is the other person willing to do to make the relationship better? If you don\u2019t know, that\u2019s a conversation that you need to have, either on your own or with me, a mediator, counselor, or spiritual advisor, or another trusted, neutral professional.\n5. What will you do if the other person isn\u2019t willing or able to do enough to meet your needs? (You can answer this question now or you may wait until after you have implemented the answers to steps 3 and 4.)\nYou can choose whether to continue with an addictive relationship. You cannot choose whether or not the other person will relinquish their addictions or their addictive behavior for you.\nPlease let me know if I can help. You can reach out to me through this website or book time with me on fiverr.\nMeredith Richardson, Esq., CPC, helps people and organizations to successfully navigate conflict through mediation, conflict coaching, and training. Though she was trained and worked as an attorney in ME, NH, and MA, she no longer self-identifies as a lawyer. She helps people to have difficult conversations successfully.\nMeredith is well-respected by her peers, and has served on both the Maine Association of Mediators Board and the NH Conflict Resolution Association Board. With an office in Maine, she is readily available for work in Maine, NH, and Massachusetts.\nWebsite: www.meredithmediates.com.\nAdditional articles by Meredith Richardson", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 70, "original_length": 9328, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 262.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.com-chat.com/dont_walk.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:38Z", "digest": "sha1:MMJRMKEJUJCMWXIJ4X6DU3QYAKB7TZ3T", "length": 4276, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.com-chat.com", "title": "DATING ADVICE: Run, Dont Walk, Away", "raw_content": "It's no big deal, you tell yourself. You've started dating a guy you really like. He's perfect in almost every way, but there have been a few signs that he's got a bit of a temper. Just two or three minor episodes that showed you he can get pretty aggressive and impatient. You, however, know that if he is loved by the right woman (you), he'll stop feeling so frustrated by the little things.\nBEST FOOT FORWARD, INITIALLY\nThere is no subtle way to say this, so I'm just going to say it:\nRUN, don't walk away from him. This man is showing you his very best behavior, as you've just started dating. This is him putting his best foot forward, and restraining the \"less-than-attractive\" parts of himself.\nOf course, you're doing the same thing, because just about everyone does this as a matter of course. You may be really insecure, or have a terrible relationship with your mother, but you're not going to reveal that about yourself until you're feeling surer of your relationship with a man, right?\nYou can pretty much bank on his aggressive and impatient behavior getting more pronounced as he gets more comfortable with you. My strong recommendation is that you don't stick around to find out what that will look like!\nTHE \"MY LOVE WILL SAVE HIM\" SYNDROME\nI can't tell you how many women I've worked with over the years who've been attracted to men who \"would be happy if the right woman loved him\" (oh, wait, that was ME!). My belief is that it stems from a feeling that we need to work hard for the love and acceptance we long for.\nIt's SO important that we feel worthy of being loved exactly as we are, so we are able to adjust our \"attractor\" to draw men to us who are able to love us without our having to \"earn it\".\nHere are some things to keep in mind, or to incorporate into your actions, so you're able to end up with a great man who's able to love you just as you are:\n* Love YOURSELF just as you are (I'm not saying you won't have dips once in a while...just be this way consistently enough to make a positive difference in your life);\n* If your gut is saying \"Wow, he may have a temper\", or \"Wow, he's pretty stingy with his affection\", or \"Geez, he's still pretty mad at his (fill in the blank here)\", or \"Poor guy, he sure is struggling with letting himself have success\", or anything else your radar is picking up on, BELIEVE IT! How many times have you ignored that quiet voice, only to see it absolutely clearly - in hindsight - and after lots of pain?\n* Although it's true that we do grow throughout our lives, never choose a man based on who or what he could become...choose him based on who he is today. Then you can trust you'll be okay through the unfolding of his life's journey, because you two are a fit at the most fundamental levels, which don't tend to change.\n* Compromise in a relationship is essential; however, never compromise who you ARE, or what your values are - you will pay dearly for that, and so will he.\n* As Dr. Phil is known to say, \"We teach people how to treat us\"... If you're allowing something in your relationship with a man, you're basically saying to him \"I'm okay with that\". Don't end up doing what so often happens in relationships: you let it go and let it go, and then one day you completely explode, and he is CLUELESS about what happened.\nThese are some important elements to help you ensure you'll be able to attract, enjoy and build a successful relationship with a great man for you.\nIt's not a mystery who we end up with, and it's not an accident that we're treated the way we are. We create it all. It's up to you to decide what you want, to know you're worth it, and to settle for nothing less. Frankly, you're better off enjoying a life as a single woman than ending up with a man who will, by just being the man he showed himself to be right from the start, break your heart.\nKAREN JONES is the founder of The Heart Matters - since 1997, a relationship coaching and seminar company that's been successfully helping women have the relationship they've always dreamed of. To learn how Karen can help you find the right man, please visit her website: www.TheHeartMatters.com. To receive the complimentary monthly newsletter, \"Ask the Coach\", and also get the immediately downloadable bonus gift \"Three Things Yo", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 23, "original_length": 4415, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 244.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.communicatingideas.com/2008/08/signed-up-for-twitter.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:07Z", "digest": "sha1:SF544XZNU2ITCTFY2MECZFRMAWGFCSGN", "length": 804, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.communicatingideas.com", "title": "Signed up for Twitter!", "raw_content": "I just signed up for an account with Twitter and I\u2019m still not sure what I think of it at the moment. I guess I just wanted to know how it feels to be one of the cool guys. Well, not exactly, but I\u2019ll stick with that answer for now.\nI added the Twitter Badge as well. So now you know what I\u2019m doing with every minute and second of my boring life on this Blog. Well, not everything. A guy has to have his secrets too. We\u2019ll see how often I\u2019ll be using this feature. I already have a tough time blogging about anything. But, at least I can do something with my leftover text messages that came with my phone plan.\nNow, if you really want to follow me on Twitter, click here. I know you want to stalk me!?! I\u2019m that important and good looking too...\nLabels: blog announcements, blogging, communicating ideas", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 105, "original_length": 4833, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 255.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.comparefactory.com/discussing-recovery-tracks-vs-recovery-winches/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:59Z", "digest": "sha1:GW2DQGGO6HYBGJU2SBC4HLLXEMEKVHDX", "length": 2570, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.comparefactory.com", "title": "Discussing Recovery Tracks vs Recovery Winches - Compare Factory", "raw_content": "Discussing Recovery Tracks vs Recovery Winches\nPosted by Anthony Hendriks on 21st September 2017\tin Cars with 0 comments\nhttp://www.comparefactory.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/4Wd-Recovery-Equipment2.png\nNo matter how cautious you are, getting stuck with your vehicle off the beaten track can happen to the very best of us. The best way to handle getting stuck in snow, sand or mud is to be prepared for that scenario at all times. The best way to prepare, is to equip yourself with at least two pieces of recovery equipment. Why two? Well because two is almost always better than one, and recovery equipment is relatively inexpensive, so better safe than sorry!\nThe two most reliable, yet affordable pieces of 4WD recovery equipment are the recovery tracks and the winch. One is simple, yet effective, while the other is slightly more advanced and even more effective. Let\u2019s discuss both these pieces of 4WD recovery equipment in more detail.\nRecovery tracks are usually made of molded plastics in order to provide friction for your wheels and help your vehicle gain momentum. I\u2019ve seen plenty of people use a cardboard or carpet, which can work, but aren\u2019t a reliable solution. Recovery tracks won\u2019t slide or sink under the tyre, and then you hold them at the end, you can use them as a shovel. Overall, they\u2019re an extremely affordable piece of recovery equipment, which is extremely compact and should be in every 4WD enthusiasts\u2019 trunk. They can be folded and can be \u201cnested\u201d right into one another, so they won\u2019t take much space in your trunk.\nWinches are a must-have for everyone who ventures into terrain which has a high likelihood of getting you stuck. Winches are mechanical pieces of equipment, and you should always get tow straps, a snatch block and a tree saver strap alongside them. These extra accessories will allow you to get out of a pickle even when there\u2019s nobody around to help you. As a general rule of thumb, the winch you buy should be rated at least 30% more than the weight of your 4WD. When hooking onto another vehicle to drag you out, remember to always hook to a recovery point or the frame of that vehicle, because bumpers can easily be broken when put under a lot of pressure, and they can fly your way and pose a great threat.\nYou don\u2019t have to pick either of these recovery gear options. You may feel more comfortable using a hi-lift jack, and that\u2019s perfectly fine. Bottom line is, it\u2019s best to have options while in the middle of nowhere, and if you\u2019ve ever been stuck, you\u2019d rather have too many options than no option whatsoever!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 68, "original_length": 3973, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 318.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.consuelosaahbaehr.com/2012/06/whole-stream-of-eventsin-ones-favor.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:41Z", "digest": "sha1:LPVYOKECHHV6BJ27FGQYHSFS7QZBHKRM", "length": 1832, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.consuelosaahbaehr.com", "title": "The repurposed writer: A whole stream of events..in one's favor", "raw_content": "\u201cUntil one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now.\u201d Scottish mountaineer William Hutchinson Murray.\nI did a little research on Murray on Wikipedia and was pleased to find that he wasn\u2019t just sitting around contemplating life.\nMurray did much of his most influential climbing in the period just before World War II. He climbed on many occasions with the slightly older J. H. B. Bell.\nAt the outbreak of World War II, he joined the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and was posted to the Middle East and North Africa. He was captured south of Mersa Matruh during the Western Desert Campaign in a retreat to El Alamein in June 1942 by a tank commander from the 15th Panzer Division who was armed with a machine-pistol. A passage in Mountain magazine (#67, 1979) describes the moments after his capture:\nTo my astonishment, he [the German tank commander] forced a wry smile and asked in English, 'Aren't you feeling the cold?' ... I replied 'cold as a mountain top'. He looked at me, and his eyes brightened. 'Do you mean \u2013 you climb mountains?' He was a mountaineer. We both relaxed. He stuffed his gun away. After a few quick words \u2013 the Alps, Scotland, rock and ice \u2013 he could not do enough for me.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 154, "original_length": 6141, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 257.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.conventuslaw.com/report/who-bears-the-burden-in-cargo-claims/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:38Z", "digest": "sha1:BIUQYOSZAMTROLLBUZX7CYEGIPIGEJWS", "length": 5400, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.conventuslaw.com", "title": "\ufeff Who Bears The Burden In cargo claims? | Conventus Law", "raw_content": "Who Bears The Burden In cargo claims?\nLegal News & Analysis - Asia Pacific - Shipping Maritime & Aviation - Dispute Resolution\nMany would assume that the question of where the burden of proof lies would be established under English law, particularly in the often litigated area of Hague Rules cargo claims. Until last week however, that was not the case. As the Supreme Court pointed out in their judgment in Volcafe Ltd v CSAV SA [2018] UKSC 61, the trial judge usually finds persuasive factual evidence which means that courts very rarely decide issues of fact on the burden of proof.\nThe dispute between Volcafe and CSAV over moisture damage to several consignments of coffee has finally reached a conclusion, with the Supreme Court ruling that where\n(a) the Hague Rules apply\n(b) cargo is shipped in apparent good order and condition but\n(c) is discharged damaged, the carrier bears the burden of proving EITHER that the damage occurred without fault in the various respects covered by Article III, rule 2, OR that it was caused by an excepted peril within Article IV, rule 2 AND the carrier's negligence does not \"negative\" the Article IV rule 2 defence.\nThe bagged coffee beans were shipped in unventilated containers from Buenaventura, Colombia to Europe. The bills of lading incorporated the Hague Rules. The coffee was stuffed into the containers by the carrier. Before stuffing, the containers were lined with Kraft paper by the stevedores. On discharge, the cargo in most of the containers was found to have suffered damage from condensation.\nIn response to the cargo owners' claim, the carrier argued that because of an inherent vice in the goods (Article IV, r (2)(m)), namely the moisture being released from the coffee beans and condensing within the containers as the vessel entered cooler temperatures, the damage was inevitable and so\n(a) the claim failed as a matter of causation and\n(b) the carrier could rely on the Article IV, r (2)(m) defence.\nAt first instance David Donaldson QC held that the cargo claim succeeded, because the burden was on the carrier to prove that the damage was caused without negligence, or by an excepted peril (because of a factual presumption that damage ascertained on discharge was due to negligence). The carrier had failed to discharge this burden. The Court of Appeal allowed the carrier's appeal, including overturning the judge's factual conclusions.\nThe Supreme Court allowed the cargo owners' appeal, in a single unanimous judgment. They held that the carrier had the legal burden of proving that it took due care to protect the goods from damage, including reasonable care to protect the cargo from damage arising from inherent characteristics such as its hygroscopic character. So under both Article III rule 2 and Article IV rule 2 of the Hague Rules, the carrier has the burden of disproving negligence (which also corresponds with the duty of a common law bailee).\nFor Article III rule 2 \"\u2026 the carrier must show either that the damage occurred without fault in the various respects covered by article III.2, or that it was caused by an excepted peril. If the carrier can show that the loss or damage to the cargo occurred without a breach of the carrier\u2019s duty of care under article III.2, he will not need to rely on an exception.\" (paragraph 25). The Glendarroch [1894] P 226 was therefore overruled.\nFor Article IV rule 2, it is well established (and was accepted by the carrier) that a carrier bears the burden of bringing himself within any of the exceptions listed there. Part of that burden is to disprove negligence for the purpose of invoking an exception, just as the carrier must do for the purpose of Article III, rule 2. If the carrier could and should have taken precautions which would have prevented some inherent characteristic of the cargo from resulting in damage, that characteristic is not inherent vice. Accordingly, in order to be able to rely on the exception for inherent vice, the carrier must show either that he took reasonable care of the cargo but the damage occurred nonetheless, or that whatever reasonable steps might have been taken to protect the cargo from damage would have failed in the face of its inherent properties.\nThe Court of Appeal was not justified in substituting its own findings of fact for those of the Judge at first instance. A trial judge's findings of fact should not be overturned simply because the Court of Appeal would have found differently. Therefore, the judge\u2019s conclusions about\n(a) the practice of the trade in the lining of unventilated containers for the carriage of bagged coffee and\n(b) the absence of evidence that the containers were dressed with more than one layer of lining paper, would be reinstated. As a result, the carrier had failed to prove that the containers were properly dressed (i.e. that the carrier was not negligent), the appeal was allowed and the cargo owners succeeded against the carrier.\nWhilst carriers may, of course, not be happy about the Supreme Court's conclusion, the clarity now provided is welcome. The judgment should serve as a reminder to carriers to ensure that they employ a sound system to care for each cargo and that the steps that they take to do so are well documented, in the event that they may be called upon to prove a lack of negligence.\nAndrew Rigden Green , Partner, Stephenson Harwood\nandrew.rigdengreen@shlegal.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 122, "original_length": 6877, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 283.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.coseealaska.net/resources/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowResourceDetails&ResourceID=669", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:14Z", "digest": "sha1:KBJJOCZDI2SUXJNAVXR5ZBU5ABPTHCW2", "length": 593, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.coseealaska.net", "title": "COSEE Alaska: Resources", "raw_content": "Category: Lesson Plans, Media, and Collaborative Research, Arctic Ocean, Changing Arctic Sea Ice\nStudents play a game that demonstrates the importance of primary production by Arctic Ocean ice algae and the use of isotopes to trace sources of nutrients in food webs. They also discuss the implications of shrinking Arctic sea ice as a result of climate change. Middle school level.\nThe lesson plan was developed as outreach by a graduate student researcher at the University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences with financial support by the North Pacific Research Board.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 2828, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 214.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/news/Very_Special_Concert/63728/p1/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:41Z", "digest": "sha1:IVFAQYATIGMW2HECSGS4HB2NC2AXP7JO", "length": 446, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.crossrhythms.co.uk", "title": "Very Special Concert: Nikki Leonti, Crystal Lewis, Stacie Orrico, Rachael Lampa to play concert together", "raw_content": "Location: Home \u203a Music News \u203a Very Special Concert\nSOME OF the biggest female singers in CCM of the '90s and 2000s are reuniting for a one-off concert in Covina, California, on 2nd November. Reunite CCM will feature the singers Nikki Leonti, Crystal Lewis, Stacie Orrico and Rachael Lampa. Said Leonti, \"After all these years, I'm reuniting with my friends for a very special concert. This is the most excited I've ever been to produce an event.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 3078, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 235.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.customcontested.co.za/dispossession-without-compensation-the-legacy-for-poor-rural-communities/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:49Z", "digest": "sha1:QTVRZ4YKPP4C6EIO37WMA2SUGENIYAN7", "length": 10504, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "www.customcontested.co.za", "title": "Dispossession without compensation the legacy for poor rural communities | Custom Contested Dispossession without compensation the legacy for poor rural communities | Custom Contested", "raw_content": "Posted on 11 Jun 2018 | Categories: Opinion | Tags: Bakgatla ba Kgafela, Ipilra, LAMOSA, mining rights, MPRDA, North West, rural communities, TKLB, Traditional authorities, Xolobeni\nWhile the nation debates the amendment of the Constitution to provide explicitly for expropriation without compensation, the Constitutional Court is preparing to rule on the rights of poor black communities in mineral-rich former homelands who are routinely dispossessed without consultation, compensation or even formal expropriation.\nPoor communities in mineral-rich former homelands are dispossessed through the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act of 2002 (MPRDA), which has been interpreted to privilege mining over the protection of surface rights guaranteed in the Interim Protection of Informal Land Rights Act of 1996 (IPILRA).\nThe dispossession of black surface rights to land in mining-affected areas was aired in the Constitutional Court on the 24 May in an appeal against an eviction order granted by the North West High Court in respect of members of the Lesetlheng Village Community. Lesetlheng is a village within the Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela traditional community headed by Kgosi Nyalala Pilane, who is also the deputy president of the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa, Contralesa. This is the third appeal that has come before the Constitutional Court in respect of the Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela. Two previous judgments delivered stinging rebukes about lack of accountability and the privileging of the Kgosi\u2019s interests over those of community members.\nLesetlheng has a history that is fairly common in North West. Thirteen families came together in 1916 and raised enough money to buy the farm Wilgespruit in 1919 for farming and grazing. They intended to buy this land in their own right, not for, with, or on behalf of the Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela tribe. However, the laws, policies, and practices in operation in the Transvaal, and other parts of South Africa, at the time prevented black people from owning land in their own right. The \u201csix-native rule\u201d required that any group of six or more black people buying land had to affiliate with a recognised tribe. The land would then be registered in the name of the Minister of Native Affairs to be held in trust on behalf of the tribe. The names of the actual purchasers of the land were not recorded on the title.\nThis was part of various efforts by the colonial and later the apartheid regimes to undermine ownership of land by black people. For ease of control, they vested land rights of individuals and smaller sub-groups in tribal units that were inextricably tied to traditional leaders who got their powers from, and were accountable to, the state and not their people.\nDespite the fact that their land was registered in the name of the Minister of Native Affairs on behalf of the Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela tribe, the 13 families exercised exclusive use and control of the Wilgespruit farm for over a century.\nUnfortunately for those 13 families, Wilgespruit is now in the middle of the massive expansion of platinum mining in North West. This expansion has occurred on densely populated land falling within the jurisdiction of traditional authorities, including the Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela Traditional Authority.\nIn 2008, after a decision purportedly made by the massive Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela traditional community, rather than the 13 families directly affected, Itereleng Bakgatla Mineral Resources (IBMR) applied for and obtained a mining right over land that included Wilgespruit. This right was obtained without the consent of, or meaningful engagement with, the Lesetlheng Community. This right was eventually ceded to Pilanesberg Platinum Mines (PPM), who immediately began clearing vegetation and excavating soil to exercise their mining right with complete disregard of the surface land rights held by the people of Lesetlheng.\nAfter encountering resistance from the Lesetlheng community, PPM applied for, and was granted, an order to evict people from Wilgespruit. This order was the subject of the appeal on which the Constitutional Court is expected soon to rule. The Land Access Movement of South Africa, LAMOSA, and the Xolobeni community intervened in the application as amici curiae or friends of the court with expert knowledge. The Xolobeni community is facing a similar threat of dispossession due to mining operations on the Wild Coast of the Eastern Cape Province.\nThe Lesetlheng community based their appeal on their land ownership status arguing that it was only because of racially discriminatory laws and policies that the land had not been registered in their names, but in that of the Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela traditional community. Expropriation expert Adv Gerrit Grobler SC represented IBMR, one of whose directors is Kgosi Pilane, and PPM in seeking to uphold the eviction order against the Lesetlheng community. He argued that the right to mine trumped all other rights over the land and that on this basis alone they were entitled to evict people who had been farming the land for over 100 years without even expropriating their surface rights.\nThe justices at the hearing greeted some of Grobler\u2019s claims with apparent incredulity. In particular, his statement that the granting of a mining right implicitly expropriates the surface rights of poor black communities without requiring due process or compensation determined in advance. The justices, particularly Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo and judges Chris Jafta, Johan Froneman and Leona Theron, repeatedly questioned his assertion that mining houses may evict black land holders without formally terminating their rights, or triggering the dispute mechanism in section 54 of the MPRDA.\nIn my view, Section 54 is deeply inadequate in that it provides for compensation to be determined only after a mining right has been granted, mining has commenced and a dispute has arisen. This requires the intervention of the Department of Mineral Resources. Tellingly, despite ample disputes arising between communities and their traditional leaders and mining houses, the department has never initiated a Section 54 dispute-resolution process.\nThe outcome of the case depends on how the Constituonal Court interprets the two crucial laws, the MPRDA and IPILRA. The MPRDA makes the state the custodian of all the mineral wealth in South Africa and tasks it with allocating mining rights. It does not require the consent of the owner or occupier of land before a mining right is granted or can be exercised.\nFor mostly white landowners with registered title deeds, the practice is that a mining company negotiates with the owner and agrees, usually through legal representativies, on a surface lease that includes compensated for any loss that results from the exercise of the mining right. This process is clear because the rights, including the nature of the rights held, are registered in the Deeds Office in the name of the holder.\nIt is a very different story for black rural communities and people living on land that falls under the jurisdiction of traditional leaders. In such instances the registered nominal owner of the land is the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform. The actual holders of rights, and the nature of the rights they hold, are not formally recorded. The practice in such instances has been that the Department of Mineral Resources encourages mining houses to engage with officially recognised traditional leaders rather than with the people who actually hold rights to the land and will directly be affected by mining. In both the Bakgatla and Xolobeni contexts, the officially recognised traditional leader is a shareholder in the mining operations.\nThis practice contradicts IPILRA, which recognises the injustices that arise from colonial and apartheid processes of centralising ownership rights and decision-making powers in traditional leaders. IPILRA, and policies adopted to give effect to it, require that the people directly affected by the deprivation of informal rights must be the ones consulted, and their consent obtained before the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform, who is the nominal owner of most communal land, can sign off on decisions that would deprive them of their rights.\nThe crux of the submission by the Xolobeni community is that the unquestioned primacy given to mineral rights by the way in which the MPRDA has been interpreted has resulted in the continued dispossession of poor black communities without their consent \u2014 and without compensation. These processes, which purport to comply with the Constitution and the MPRDA, default to colonial and apartheid stereotypes. The Xolobeni amicus application argued that the MPRDA and IPILRA must be read together in order to ensure that the land rights of communities are protected and good faith negotiations are completed before mining starts and communities are deprived of their rights.\nThere is hope for a positive judgment setting aside the eviction order and providing clarity on the correct interpretation of the MPRDA and IPILRA in relation to the surface rights of vulnerable black communities. But that would not be the end of the threat to rural people whose land has become more valuable for what is beneth it than for what is on it.\nWaiting in the wings is the Traditional and Khoi-San Leadership Bill (TKLB), which would empower traditional councils to conclude agreements with third parties, including mining houses, that bind the land rights of rural citizens without obtaining their consent. The bill has already been adopted by the National Assembly and is currently before the National Council of Provinces.\nAs mining disputes have been making their way upwards through the courts towards the Constitutional Court, the legislature has sought to put in place a law that explicitly elevates the interests of traditional leaders over those of rural people. Whether that law will pass constitutional muster remains to be seen.\nThis article first appeared in the Daily Maverick on 11 June 2018.\nZenande Booi is a researcher with the Land and Accountability Research Centre in the Department of Public Law at UCT\nThe article 'Dispossession without compensation the legacy for poor rural communities' on www.customcontested.co.za is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 South Africa License. Please see our copyright terms for more information: http://www.customcontested.co.za/about-custom-contested/copyright-notice/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 87, "original_length": 12317, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 285.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.cyberknifeoc.com/conditions/lymphoma/faqs/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:48Z", "digest": "sha1:KZXF7NI5ZOOHJEC4SI4BBQGONOTF5N32", "length": 4714, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "www.cyberknifeoc.com", "title": "Radiation Therapy Orange County | Lymphoma FAQs | CyberKnife Center", "raw_content": "Lymphoma \u2013 FAQs\nLymphoma: FAQs\nRadiation Oncologists in Orange County\nAt Orange County CyberKnife, we provide hope in the fight against cancer by bringing some of the most advanced cancer treatments in the world to one state-of-the-art cancer treatment center. As a leading provider of radiation therapy in the Orange County area, we can treat almost any form of cancer, and we strive to provide support through every part of the treatment process. If you\u2019ve recently been diagnosed with lymphoma, you probably have a lot of questions \u2013 so here are answers to some of the most common ones.\nCommon Questions About Lymphoma\nQ. What is the lymph system and what does it do?\nThe lymph system, or lymphatic system, is a component of the immune system. Made up of a series of thin tubes and clusters of lymph nodes, it carries a fluid called lymph throughout the body and into the bloodstream. Lymph is filled with white blood cells, which are one of the body\u2019s main defenses against pathogens. Lymph nodes are about the size of a pea, filled with white blood cells, and scattered throughout the body in groups. In addition to lymph nodes and tubes, the spleen, bone marrow, thymus, and tonsils all play a role in the lymphatic system.\nQ. What is lymphoma?\nLymphoma is cancer of the lymphocytes, which are a type of white blood cell that plays a prominent role in the lymph system. Lymphoma is split into two main groups: Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). HL is identified by the presence of Reed-Sternberg cells, a type of giant cancer cell, while NHL does not produce these cells.\nQ. What is a fine needle aspiration?\nA fine needle aspiration (FNA) is a type of biopsy, which is a test that involves taking a small sample of tissue and analyzing it in a lab. Biopsies are a common test for cancer. An FNA involves using a long, thing, hollow needle to collect a sample of cells to examine under a microscope.\nQ. What are excisional and incisional biopsies?\nBoth excisional and incisional biopsies are tests that involve taking a tissue sample for analysis, but they use more tissue and an FNA. In an excisional biopsy, a surgeon removes an entire lymph node, while in an incisional biopsy, the surgeon removes only a portion of the node or tumor. While these tests are more invasive than FNAs, they also almost always provide enough tissue to definitively diagnose lymphoma.\nQ. What symptoms does lymphoma produce?\nSymptoms can vary greatly from patient to patient, and not all lymphomas produce symptoms. However, the most common symptoms include:\nSwollen lymph nodes in the neck, groin, and/or underarms (this is the most characteristic symptom)\nIf you experience one or more of these symptoms, talk to your doctor.\nQ. What are the treatment options for lymphoma?\nTreatment options vary greatly from patient to patient, and only you and your doctor can decide on the ideal treatment for your specific case. The treatment options available to you will depend on the type of lymphoma you have as well as the stage of your lymphoma. Treatment options for lymphoma generally include:\nSurgery (although this is rare and usually involves removing the spleen)\nGetting a second opinion is almost always a good idea. Even if you feel comfortable with your current diagnosis and treatment decision, a second opinion is a form of due diligence that ensures you\u2019re getting the best possible treatment. Many insurance policies cover second opinions, and some even require them. You should always feel comfortable asking for a second opinion, as it\u2019s within your rights as a patient. If you\u2019re unsure how to get a second opinion, there are a number of resources and options available to you. These include:\nTalk to your primary care physician to get recommendations for specialists in your area Call the National Cancer Institute\u2019s Cancer Information Service at (800) 422-6237 (800-4-CANCER).\nContact your local medical society, hospital, medical school, or lymphoma support group and ask for specialist recommendations.\nContact OC CyberKnife. We proudly provide second opinions, and as a leading radiation therapy center, we may be able to treat cases other centers can\u2019t.\nSchedule a Consultation with Your OC Cancer Center\nIf you or someone you love have been diagnosed with lymphoma, we know you\u2019re probably feeling overwhelmed \u2013 and that\u2019s ok. A cancer diagnosis is one of the most difficult challenges life can throw at you. But no matter what you\u2019re facing, there\u2019s hope. Contact OC CyberKnife today to learn more about your treatment options and schedule an appointment. We\u2019ll work hard to create a treatment plan that works with your lifestyle and help you reclaim the healthy, normal life you deserve.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 139, "original_length": 8947, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 232.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.cyberpunkreview.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:19Z", "digest": "sha1:67WVL6ITD3H6YWAVYRH7YQXJNZTSX75U", "length": 14407, "nlines": 71, "source_domain": "www.cyberpunkreview.com", "title": "CyberPunkReview - The latest news and reviews from the Cyber Punk world.", "raw_content": "Year: Upcoming 2017-2021\nDirectors: Mateusz Kanik\nEngine: REDengine 4\nPlatform: PlatStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows\nMode: Single and multiplayer role-playing game\nThis game was declared official way back in 2012, five years later, all die-hard gamers are still waiting for this multi-player online role-playing game by CD Projekt. Cyberpunk 2077 let them view some of the snippets, trailers, and interviews about the upcoming game. It is said that it is way bigger than The Witcher 3 and lots of features for multiplayer game.\nHopefully, this game will be released sometime between 2017 and 2021. The exact date isn\u2019t announced yet, but since we\u2019ve been keeping a close eye on this ROG game since the year 2012, there are conclusions that the first edition will be released in 2017 while the other one will be in 2018.\nCyberpunk 2077 Community\nHopefully, Cyberpunk 2077 is exceptionally large. Considering the fact that the CD Projekt RED told the public that this is the largest multiplayer and role-playing community that they have ever done, much larger than The Witch 3, then we can expect that this ROG game is a blast. We are also expecting for twisted sidequests upon the release of the game.\nCD Projekt RPG\nYes, it\u2019s true. The Cyberpunk 2077 offers multiplayer options. It was announced way back in 2013 by the managing director of the game Adam Badowski with the Eurogamer. He said that it the role-playing game will be based on a story, offers both single-player and multi-player options.\nCurious about the environment? Well, the ROG game will take place in a city that only exists between Los Angeles and San Francisco. It\u2019s a sandbox environment and it can be seen in Cyberpunk pen and paper RPG by Mike Pondsmith.\nIn short, you can expect an urban community much liked developed by a businessman named Richard Alix Night. It\u2019s one of the modern cities of the 21st century, featuring tall and modern buildings, contemporary homes, and millions of people around. North Oak, Westbrook, Pacifica, Rancho Coronado, and Heywood can be all seen in this upcoming ROG game.\nIf you\u2019ve played The Witcher 3 and liked the soundtrack, you will most likely love the soundtrack of Cyberpunk 2077 because it will be created by no other than Marcin Przybylowicz\u2014The Witcher 3 composer.\nThis game is for all people\u2014no expectation. For example, Spanish. The ROG game has features that will help in translating and recording the language of characters. You are allowed to use a translator in order to implant the language which is really cool.\nDo you want to know more about Cyberpunk 2077? Visit their official blog. It\u2019s full of new information about the game and some hints that we\u2019ll help you to visualize what the game will look like when it\u2019s released. We\u2019re all waiting to rock this ROG game.\nRelease Date: MS-DOS, Mac OS, WW: October 31, 1995\nWindows, WW: September 5, 2013\nOS X, Linux, WW October 17, 2013\niOS, Android, WW: January 14, 2016\nDeveloper: Cyberdreams\nProducers: David Mullich, Robert Wiggins\nPlatform: Android, MS-DOS, Mac OS, Windows, Linux, OS X, iOS\nGenre: Horror and adventure\nDegree of Cyberpunk Visuals:\nDegree of Cyberpunk Themes:\nIf you love dark and horror fantasy, then there is no doubt that you will absolutely love this game.\nOverview: This is a story that makes you believe that fate is worse than death. I recommend you read the short collection first before you play the game because there are several horrifying scenes that will either make you want to play the game or haunt you to bed.\nThe Story: The plot of the video game revolves in America, Russia, and China creating a subterranean complex of high technology. It is too difficult for humans to understand. The supercomputer soon started killing people but left one woman and four men. They are the only ones left on Earth to be tortured. However, through the research of the AM, these five survivors will find ways in order to defeat the opponent.\nJust imagine yourself as an immortal and being tortured by AM because you are one of the chosen playthings. Ellen is the only woman in the story, a 2-dimensional character had been turned into a sexual slave and was used by the four men in the group. One of the guys, Benny, who was a gay in the earlier part of the story had turned straight again but he was transformed into a mutant with a suspiciously large penis. Gorrister and Nimdok are the other guys of the chosen playthings of the story.\nAs you play this game, you will eventually answer the question, \u201cWhy did he choose these five individuals?\u201d AM will soon challenge these five characters into playing a game, playing with their biggest fears and meddling with their own flaws. However, you know too well that even if he promised that he will set them free once they win the game, he will never do anything he promised.\nIf you\u2019re thinking of the Saw body-horror games, then you are wrong. For instance, one of the guys, Gorrister is suicidal. His wife was killed a hundred years ago. He found himself in a seppelin and was now provided with all the ways to commit suicide. However, he received help from a talking jackal which made him surpassed the game.\nHowever, this game wasn\u2019t made to be completed by anyone. By the time every character had been able to complete each of their games, they are lifted into a new level where they discover that AM cannot be defeated. If they win the game, they will only be turned into a blob monster\u2026which sucks after hours spent in order to win the game. The end of the story is simple\u2014humanity is completely wiped out. That\u2019s it.\nDeveloper: Nexus Interactive Studios\nPublisher: Nexus Interactive Studios\nDegree of Cyberpunk Themes: Moderate\nOverview: Enter a world full of artificial intelligence where even the one who will do the online shopping for you is an agent who ruled the NET.\nThe story: In the past century, all transactions are only handed by the agents. They are the expert programs that are only allowed to have an interaction on the NET. These artificial intelligence are the ones who do almost everything for their human master\u2014be a researcher, a middlemen, broker, and the salesman. However, they are very intelligent that none of these artificial agents are sentiment.\nYour main goal in this game is to create your own computer system, setting up the basics of a program so that you can play the game. It will let you enter the NET, wherein you have to find information or anything useful that you can bid in the black market. You should also make sure that you are able to increase the power and performance of your computer and steal high-end software.\nYou can have as many goals as you want as long as you can survive on the NET. If you want to increase your survival, you might want to form alliances from other hackers as well or rogues that you share the same goal with.\nOne of the twists of this story is that there are some ghosts in the system that you have to defeat. Many have claimed that the army had lost again artificial intelligence a couple of years ago and these defeated troops are now roaming around the NET without any barrier. Some of these ghosts are actually helpful while some will just drag you down.\nYou need to use you blending and masking skills if you want to protect yourself from these ghosts. Pretty interesting because you need to create a strategy wherein they can\u2019t suspect you as a hacker. As long as you can\u2019t still attack, all you need to do is to gather all the required information. When you are ready, that\u2019s the time that you make your first move with brute force.\nOf course, it involves a perfect strategy with your alliance and cunning in order to defeat these artificial intelligence because sometimes, they are much smarter than you. What will you do in order to defeat someone whose knowledge surpasses a human being?\nIf you want to survive, you need to surpass their intelligence, create a strategy, strengthened your force, and once you are ready, attack with brute force in order to defeat your enemy, to which, ironically is just a high-end program made by humans.\nThis game is pretty much cool especially if you are fun with computers, hacking, and the like. In a world full of artificial intelligence and the overloaded information from the NET, how sure are you that you are able to protect yourself?\nFor more CyberPunk Games please visit our dedicated page for games here: CyberPunk Games.\nDegree of Cyberpunk: Moderate\nAt last, after 25 long years of waiting, Ridely Scott is going to release The Blade Runner: The Final Cut. Obviously, there is a massive difference between the Director\u2019s Cut in 1992 and The Final Cut to be released.\nThere is a unicorn dream sequence that can be spotted in the Director\u2019s Cut but now it\u2019s extended and much longer. Deckard\u2019s daydream of a unicorn jumping around, in a super slow motion, in the forest is the pivotal scene that left the audience wanting for more.\nRidley explained this scene before. He said that in the end. Gaff couldn\u2019t find it to like Deckard, and the reason is still unknown. He stated that Deckard\u2019s life span is still unknown and he is slowly becoming a human. Gaff, on the other hand, left behind an origami, a silver paper that people can usually found in a pack of cigarette. Therefore, the unicorn in his dream just indicates that it would be unusual for Deckard to talk to anyone about that thing. However, if Gaff has any idea about this, it\u2019s just his way of telling that he knows everything and read the file already.\nCompared to its 1997 version, the Blade Runner film and audio are both impressive. Instead of the original negatives, the digital print of the movie dramatically changes. Also, the 2019 dystopic landscape of Los Angeles is equally impressive. Their opening sequence involves some sort of flames leaping towards the sky from the darkness is a good way to catch the attention of viewers.\nThe soundtrack is good as well. It was composed by Vangelis and it\u2019s very likable than before. It complements the story very well, all the intense and speedy scenes to the slow and breath-taking scenes, the soundtrack is enough to send you chills.\nNotice how the Blade Runner introduces the decaying world where multicultural inhabitants are all struggling to survive. They live mostly in the abandoned office buildings and struggle in the busy city streets as well.\nI notice two exotic dancers with hockey masks and a lot of interesting things about this movie\u2014making the entire footage appealing. The scenes are well-played. For instance, the death scene of Roy Batty features a dove flying peacefully in the sky. But there are some scenes that should be included in the movie, are missing. For instance, the first encounter of Gaff and Deckard in the noodle bars. There are also lines that are completely different from the earlier versions. Whether it\u2019s to improve the dialogue or it\u2019s a failed attempt to change some of the story\u2019s plot\u2014that I don\u2019t know. For instance, the line \u201cOne of them got friend running through an electrical field\u201d is changed into \u201cTwo of them got fried running through an electrical field.\u201d\nConclusion: While it can\u2019t be hard not to compare the earlier version of the Blade Runner, you cannot deny the fact that the latest version is much better. While there are scenes that are removed and dialogue that were tweaked, it\u2019s still a good movie that you shouldn\u2019t miss at all.\nDon\u2019t miss out our upcoming movies category: Upcoming Movies It\u2019s updated every week!\n\u00bb Upcoming Movies\t| No Comments\nFirst appearance: The Matrix\nLast appearance: The Matrix revolutions\nCreator: The Wachowskis\nVoice actor: Andrew Bowen (The Matrix. Path of Neo)\nIn order to fully understand the matrix trilogy, you must comprehend it through the terms that can be found from the man-machine interface perspective.\nStory: Neo is a programmer that runs a highly-recognized software company called Meta Cortex. He is also a hacker as well that steals confidential information and hides under the name Neo. The Matrix refers to the feeling that Neo describes as \u201cthere is something wrong with this world.\u201d He spent the next few years trying to understand the matrix. He was given a choice to remove all his memories about the matrix or continue to have an in-depth research about it. It soon unravels revelations that helped Neo to fight back against the Matrix, which, unfortunately, uses the humans in order to have a source for the giant machine.\nJust like any other people who have watched the film, the first encounter with this movie will surely blow your mind but it will keep you wanting for more. You know what I\u2019m talking about? Yes, unanswered questions. There are a lot of unanswered questions in the movie and unfortunately, it wasn\u2019t able to fulfill the promise of the earlier film.\nThis is the perfect time for you to understand the Matrix Trilogy: A Man-Machine Interface Perspective. It will help you to understand and think of it differently instead of arguing with people from online forums about this matrix trilogy.\nSome speculations are that Neo is already dead, and if you did not really understand the movie, you would think that he is.\nOn the Machine City, Neo tries to fight the Matrix. It was an epic battle with Smith to the point where he was almost defeated but then a light erupts from Neo\u2019s chest and he was able to end the war between the machines and the humans. He was kind of resurrected from the destruction.\nIt can be seen from the movie that Neo has this bandage around his eyes. A girl asked the oracle if she will be able to see Neo again and the oracle answered it in a way anyone else will do. \u201cI suspect so. Someday.\u201d\nConclusion: Overall, it\u2019s a good movie. It just failed to have a clear ending that sparked a debate and arguments from their viewers. They all have different interpretations about the ending of the story. Some believed Neo is dead, while others pressed that he\u2019s not. You may need to watch the trilogy over and over again, pay attention to their conversations, and analyze the plot twist very carefully before you are able to conclude if Neo is really gone or not. Nevertheless, the failure of this movie to convey its plot to the viewers may help you to have fun watching it again and knowing what really happened way back then.\nIf you want to find out more about movies you can check our homepage where we have our latest posts.\n\u00bb Essays\t| No Comments", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 142, "original_length": 16247, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 247.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.dancersofny.com/blog/2015/4/20/14-street-station-union-square-l-n-q-r-4-5-6-bekah-howard", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:39Z", "digest": "sha1:MLTEHRB5CQHF4KYLRGMS3D4XXLWKBJNK", "length": 10717, "nlines": 47, "source_domain": "www.dancersofny.com", "title": "Bekah Howard, 14 Street Station / Union Square, L-N-Q-R-4-5-6 \u2014 Dancers of New York", "raw_content": "Bekah Howard, 14 Street Station / Union Square, L-N-Q-R-4-5-6\nI met Bekah through the first photo shoot I had in the city back in February. We met at my photo studio in TriBeCa / Lower Manhattan to get some headshots and dance shots done and moved over to Union Square for the subway shots. Bekah shared her life as a full-time student at NYU and a full-time dancer at Broawday Dance Center. Below is the full interview with Bekah Howard.\nTell me a little bit about yourself. How did you start dancing?\nI started dancing when I was about four years old. My mom taught dance lessons in her basement back in Missouri. When we moved to Florida, she found a tiny dance studio--small at the time. Now it has like 400-500 students now. She enrolled us there. Ballet, tumbling and tap. And added a class every year. Here we are.\nI am at NYU studying communications. Also studying at Broadway Dance Center. I take like eight classes a week. I am just there as much as I can. I have classes in the morning on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. And then I go to dance those evenings and then I try to go to auditions on Thursdays and Fridays because I don\u2019t have class. And then in the evenings I just go to the studio and take classes.\nThat sounds like a very busy life. How do you juggle dance and school?\nJust struggling all the time. But it\u2019s great. It\u2019s a great struggle. I do my homework, go to bed at like 12:30 generally, and get up at 6:30, and go to school. I do my homework when I get back from dance, which is usually around 11. And throughout the little breaks during the day, I\u2019ll take a nap or do homework, or study for a quiz. Getting it done.\nEight dance classes a week sounds like a lot. Is dance something that you want to pursue as a professional career?\nDefinitely. Dance is the number one \u2018This is the goal.\u2019 Studying communications at NYU is \u2018just in case, backup situation.\u2019 I feel like it\u2019s good to have a degree in something I could do if dance doesn\u2019t work out because it\u2019s so hit or miss as far as auditions and stuff.\nAre you involved with any dance activities at school?\nNot really. There is the dance major, which I didn\u2019t audition for, and I could minor in dance, which is something I might take up, but I\u2019m struggling to balance everything already, so potentially that will happen, potentially it won\u2019t. I did a thing called So You Think NYU Can Dance competition at school and got second in that, so that was cool. I know there are some dance programs and clubs. But again, it\u2019s just trying to balance when I am at BDC and when I\u2019m at NYU and I have to do the commute from BDC to NYU and vice versa.\nIs there a curriculum you follow at BDC? Or do you pick classes based on what you like?\nThey\u2019re open classes. I am not in any of the training programs. I decide what I take each week. I have certain teachers that I know and know me so I try to take them every week. I also take a ballet every week. I take ballet, jazz, contemporary, theater, tap, and hip-hop every week and make sure that I take one of each genre. Depending on who is there, I\u2019ll switch up the teachers or the classes.\nIs there a special pricing for that?\nIt\u2019s $20 per class, but I get a 20 class package, so it ends up being $17 per class. It\u2019s good for like three months.\nWhat type of dance do you see yourself doing in the future?\nI don\u2019t know. I don\u2019t feel picky. Just anywhere I could be on a stage or be in front of a camera and just be dancing. I would be fine with that. When I was younger, I was like, \u2018I love lyrical. I love contemporary. That\u2019s my thing.\u2019 But being here now, I am so much more into theatre and more commercial work, I guess. Just not specified to one genre. When it\u2019s so selective already, you can\u2019t be selective about what you want to do, especially me being 19 and being like, \u2018I want to dance!\u2019\nDid you grow up doing competitions?\nYes. 2005-2015. Competition kid.\nI was lucky. I came from a studio that was really nurturing and focused more on the training than winning the competition. That wasn\u2019t the goal. Both my dance teacher and her husband, my studio directors, were both on Broadway and they have a great background in performing and coming up with storylines. All of our dances had crazy themes and really focused on performing and not like, tilt-drop, quadruple pirouette to a split--which was nice. Because here, that\u2019s also the focus. I got to Broadway Dance Center and I was like, \u2018No one really cares if I can do this ten pirouettes into a leap.\u2019 People care if you can perform and portray the storyline which is great, because I got that training from competitions. So it wasn\u2019t like a stereotypic competition kid who were there 100 hours a week and stuff. It was a positive experience.\nWhat are the names of your teachers and your studio?\nAmy Wright and Kevin Wright. The Wright Step School of Dance.\nThis is your first year living in the city. How do you like it?\nLove it. Everyone told me it was going to be a huge change and super stressful. I wasn\u2019t that stressed out. We\u2019d come several summers before. My dance studio comes and takes classes and sees shows. It wasn\u2019t my first time in New York City. I came from a tiny town. My graduating class had 11 people in it. Very small. So it was a big change in that way. But I\u2019d built it up so much in my mind that it was not that scary. I\u2019d made such a big thing in my head. I love it. Nothing too terrifying has happened. Had one scary subway incident.\nI took a class at BDC and then I got to the subway station. It was like 11. There was no one down there and that should\u2019ve been my first clue. You go back up. Of course, I was like, \u2018I\u2019ll be fine. Whatever.\u2019 I was leaning against the pole and on my phone, and this older guy came down and he was like, \u2018Are you Iggy Azalea?\u2019 I was like, \u2018No. I\u2019m not.\u2019 So I am being very conscious of this guy and he\u2019s like, \u2018Your hair is beautiful, your eyes are beautiful.\u2019 It was getting little creepy. He was like, \u2018You go to NYU?\u2019 because I was wearing my NYU sweatshirt. Nothing good ever comes from wearing your school sweatshirt. I should know. He ended up--he had his hands on my stomach and I was against the pole. Just terrifying. That was in October, so I had just moved. So I was like [pretending to sob] dying. But other than that, everything has just been great.\nHow did you get out of that situation?\nHe had his hands on my stomach and talking for a while. I had no idea what he was saying because I was just freaking out and planning my escape. His friend came down and he was like, \u2018Dude, get off of her--I\u2019m so sorry.\u2019 And I was just sobbing. I made it though. I am here. We\u2019re here.\nThat must\u2019ve been so scary. It\u2019s not really similar, but on the way here, I saw a train car that was totally empty and got in--and obviously there was a guy who smelled really bad. Learned my lesson.\nAvoid the empty parts [laughs].\nDefinitely a lesson that people should learn. There\u2019s a reason why places are empty. So what\u2019s been your favorite part of living in the city?\nIn a dance sense, anything that I want to do is literally a train ride away. In Florida, I had to drive an hour to maybe take this class or go to this audition once every eight months. Here, I could go to three auditions in a day so easily. I could take a class--I could take five classes in one day for a ten minute train ride. Just the convenience of everything. And now it\u2019s on me, because everything is in front of me. Whereas before, it was like the blame game. Now if I am not doing things, I\u2019m like, \u2018That\u2019s you. You absolutely have every opportunity to do things. So if you\u2019re not, that\u2019s on you.\u2019 That\u2019s just motivating, which is my favorite part. I am more motivated.\nWhat\u2019s been your least favorite part?\nI am going to say the weather in the winter is pretty awful. I knew it was going to snow and rain. But when it was like negative 2 degrees and it was snowing and I had an 8 a.m. class, it was not great. I had to walk to class.\nAnd all the sludge.\nYeah. Definitely. Grand jete-ing over the sludge.\nThat would be a great photo. I had a really bad experience where I thought I was stepping onto a flat surface, but it--\nSo many times that have happened to me. You have no idea. So naive.\nYou gotta look twice for those. Make sure you step over it. Otherwise you\u2019re going to have a very bad day. Did you bring jackets when you first came over?\nI came to New York with no coats or jackets. Just sandals, flip flops, a pair of Keds, but other than that, open-toed shoes. But it was October, and I was like, \u2018it\u2019s getting a little chilly.\u2019 So I went to Forever 21 and bought all these sweaters and was ready and then it got even colder. So we ordered Bean Boots for my feet so that if I stepped in the sludge puddle, we would still be okay. So I got those and I got a coat that\u2019s good to sustain like negative 30 degrees--that\u2019s what it said. I am here and I survived.\nHow do you like the NYU experience?\nUps and downs. I love my friends, I love the dorms. Everyone is great. It\u2019s just trying to balance everything. It\u2019s not like, \u2018I don\u2019t like NYU.\u2019 I just don\u2019t like to have to worry about failing a class because I am so stressed with dance or worry about not getting to dance because I am too stressed with school. I like school by itself and I like dance by itself but it\u2019s hard to combine the two into a manageable schedule. School\u2019s great.\nWhat\u2019s your dream role / part to play?\nA year ago, before I moved here, it would\u2019ve been a Rockette or being on Broadway. Those would\u2019ve been the two cliche answers I would have said. Now that I am here and I see all the fun stuff you can do that are not well known. There are things like small stage theatres putting on cool productions and new projects. I don\u2019t have a dream role. I am trying to find it now that I am in this new atmosphere. There are so many dancers here and they\u2019re not all Rockettes and not all on Broadway but they\u2019re getting paid to do what they love. That\u2019s the goal for all of us. The goal is just to have a role at all. That would be the dream.\nAnything else that you\u2019d like to share with the world?\nOnce a week, when I come home from dance, I get a carton of ice cream and eat it after. Which isn\u2019t great. I don\u2019t know why I said that as my fact, but that\u2019s the only thing I can think of...[silence]. End scene [laughs]. Not like a big carton. One of the little mini Ben and Jerry\u2019s. Not even the pints. The little baby ones. But still. Once a week I eat ice cream after dance. Not great, but it keeps me sane. That\u2019s my leaving. Eat some ice cream after you dance. It\u2019s going to be great.\nStrawberry Cheesecake. Everytime. Super good.\n\u2190 Sophie Lee Morris, Astoria Ditmars Blvd, N-QJosephine Kelly, 110 Street / Cathedral Parkway, 1 \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 212, "original_length": 19822, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 305.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.danielfuneralhome.net/index.php/obituaries/14-recent-obituaries/844-robert-e-brumback", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:51Z", "digest": "sha1:QTQEAQDQFSVKZWSHOHCL7KNDCZ62OGA2", "length": 2638, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.danielfuneralhome.net", "title": "Robert E. Brumback", "raw_content": "Robert E. Brumback\nRobert Eugene Brumback, age 67, of Lamar, passed away Friday afternoon, December 2, 2016, surrounded by loved ones at his home.\nRobert was born July 20, 1949, in Exeter, California the son of Henry and Alice (Dalton) Brumback and spent his childhood in Farmersville, California. A true adventurer, Robert had called many places home and was always eager to accept the challenge of expanded horizons. He had a passion for custom Harley-Davidson bikes and they would always be his favorite mode of travel. Living in Georgia filled him with a lasting southern pride, fostered his interest in Civil War and American history, and made him a die-hard Atlanta Braves fan. His natural musical talent led him to serve on the executive board of Georgia Song Writers Association for several years. While living in Oklahoma, he captured the essence of true cowboys through his work as a rodeo photographer and matched their grit by becoming a bronc rider. An avid outdoorsman, Robert loved hunting in the Rockies in Colorado and was drawn to the ocean and deep sea fishing.\nWhile living in California, Nevada, Georgia, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Arkansas, Robert worked in construction, contracting to build or finish projects, with a specialty in drywall. He retired to Mindenmines in 2008 and moved to Lamar in 2016 to be near family.\nSurvivors include a son Eric Newsom (fianc\u00e9, Beth), Marysville, California; two daughters, Tina (Michael) Dowdy, Lamar and Barbara Brumback, Atlanta, Georgia; five sisters, Anne Cunningham, Mindenmines, Jody Lee, state of California, Edith Nunn, Mindenmines, Linda (Paul) Martinez, Visallia, California, and Cindy (James) Goodman, West Plains, Missouri; seven grandchildren, Brandi Lynn (Bobby Joe), Mercedes Lynne, Michaela Cheyenne, Miranda Renaee, Morgan Grace, Jessica Marie, and Timothy Robert; a great-granddaughter, Brooklynn Grace; many nieces, nephews, and a large extended family.\nRobert was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Charles, Jr., Tommy, and Mike Brumback; and a sister, Imogene Gaither.\nA memorial service will be held at 5:00 p.m. Saturday, December 17th at Daniel Funeral Home.\nMemorial contributions are suggested to the Brumback family or the Via Christi Cancer Center in Pittsburg, Kansas.\n#2 Ceres, California \u2014 Stacey Morgan 2016-12-07 15:57\nI didn't know Robert, but I knew my great uncle was loved by many, including my grandmother Jody. He will be missed by many, may he rest in peace.\n#1 Visalia Ca \u2014 Linda Martinez 2016-12-07 10:19\nMy Dearest Brother Robert. You will always me in my heart. Barbara and Tina, Eric. My love for all of u at this time.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 3173, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 329.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.darkhorizons.com/sopranos-creator-does-a-music-driven-film/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:44Z", "digest": "sha1:DK3WXL3RGY56OEZPYEESV6DKH4HWH5GI", "length": 647, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.darkhorizons.com", "title": "Sopranos Creator Does A Music-Driven Film - Dark Horizons", "raw_content": "Sopranos Creator Does A Music-Driven Film\nMonday, March 8th 2010 10:59 pm\n\u201cThe Sopranos\u201d creator David Chase will make his feature film directing debut on a presently untitled feature for Paramount Vantage according to a press release.\nDescribed as \u201ca music-driven coming of age story set in suburbia in the 60\u2019s\u201d, Chase penned the script and will produce the film alongside veteran producer Mark Johnson.\nChase himself directed two episodes of his multiple Emmy-winning show, the pilot and and the controversial series finale.\nPrevious articleParamount Plans 3D Biblical Drama \u201cBeginning\u201d\nNext articleDemetri Martin Out, Jonah Hill In \u201cMoneyball\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 133, "original_length": 4428, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 309.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.deckorail.com/en/privacy-policy", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:46Z", "digest": "sha1:ZWL66WU3RK4YHMJUA7SK2OAI6EGNTPCA", "length": 10535, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "www.deckorail.com", "title": "Privacy Policy - DeckoRail", "raw_content": "Welcome to www. deckorail.com (the \"Website\"), owned and operated by Universal Forest Products, Inc. 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You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 162, "original_length": 4281, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 305.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.digitaljournal.com/business/business/op-ed-startups-on-the-rise-despite-weak-economy/article/460182", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:29:16Z", "digest": "sha1:3CDFKBJGQZTXF5HBUFUZZBWKRHOM4PEB", "length": 2897, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.digitaljournal.com", "title": "Op-Ed: Startups on the rise despite weak economy", "raw_content": "Op-Ed: Startups on the rise despite weak economy\nBy Elizabeth Brown Mar 15, 2016 in Business\nSince the recession, small businesses have faced numerous challenges such as higher taxes, Obamacare, and lack of funding from banks.\nHowever, 2015 saw a rise in startup activity\u2014a first since 2010\u2014according to a recent study by the Missouri-based Kauffman Foundation. Between 2014 and 2015 in the United States, the rate of new entrepreneurs increased by 10 percent, which meant there were 530,000 new business owners per month during the period.\nWhy are more Americans hedging their future on entrepreneurship? One explanation is that despite the government's rosy picture of five percent unemployment, the U.S. labor participation rate is at a 38-year low at 62.4 percent\u2014which means 94 million Americans are out of work.\n\"In North America and across Europe, more people are taking fate into their own hands by starting a business, by trying to satisfy local demands or by taking advantage of emerging trends,\" says a spokesperson for U.K.-based Rapid Formations. The company formation expert added that \"unstable economic policies and the continued outsourcing of manufacturing jobs have led many people to view small business as a way to build wealth, more so than working for an employer.\"\nA 2016 study shows that nearly one-fifth (17 percent) of entrepreneurs are aiming for an IPO, while over half (56 percent) expect their business to be acquired in the future. That's one major advantage of starting and growing your own firm: You can generate cash flow, own the equity, and cash out when the business gets big enough to attract acquisition demand.\nAnd there's another interesting trend. For whatever reason, most new entrepreneurs are male (63.2 percent) while the percentage of new female entrepreneurs has fallen from 43.7 to 36.8 percent, according to the Kauffman report. Since small businesses provide over 90 percent of new jobs in most developed economies, a weak business climate can disproportionately hurt women, especially those with a family to feed. Additionally, many fall into the danger of over-reliance on government handouts that are often insufficient in satisfying long-term personal needs or aspiration.\nWhile many entrepreneurs are optimistic that their small business can offer a better financial path, they still need to make sound choices\u2014such as proper legal structure (i.e., whether or not to form a limited liability corporation), competing in the right industry, and deciding whether there will be access to enough capital. Not having a steady employment paycheck requires a penchant for taking calculated risks. So if you're looking to join the ranks of entrepreneurs, consider why you want to start your business, and if the risk-reward ratio balances in your favor.\nMore about startups, Economy, Business, Small business\nstartups Economy Business Small business", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 4262, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 244.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.digitaljournal.com/tech-and-science/technology/advancing-flexible-electronics-through-accurate-measurements/article/486218", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:20:06Z", "digest": "sha1:VEJUGEHNMT2UQKA4OGT63JF2JFMBFQDJ", "length": 2481, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.digitaljournal.com", "title": "Advancing flexible electronics through accurate measurements", "raw_content": "Advancing flexible electronics through accurate measurements\nBy Tim Sandle Feb 19, 2017 in Technology\nCoventry - By accurately measuring a range of so-called 'wonder materials', British scientists have taken a step-towards the development of a new generation of flexible electronics.\nBy gathering useful data about the types of materials that are strong candidates for flexible wearable devices, materials scientists have paved the way for gadgets become flexible, highly efficient and much smaller. This breakthrough has come from the University of Warwick's physics department.\nThe new method allows for the measurement of the electronic structures of stacks of two-dimensional materials. These materials are flat, atomically thin, highly conductive, and extremely strong materials, and they are promising materials for the development of flexible electronics. Flexible electronics is concerned with using the components normally used for rigid printed circuit boards (as with conventional devices) onto materials that allow the desired shape to form or which flex during use. Flexible electronics opens a door to foldaway smartphone displays, solar cells on a roll of plastic and advanced medical devices.\nThe new measurement technique assesses the electronic properties of each layer of a material held in a stack. This allows physicists to establish the optimal structure for the fastest, most efficient transfer of electrical energy. The focus of the research has been with materials known as heterostructures (these are multiple stacked layers of two-dimensional materials). These structures can theoretically create highly efficient optoelectronic devices (systems that source, detect and control light) that possess an ultrafast electrical charge. By making precise measurements it should be possible to produce materials for use in nano-circuits. These tiny-scale circuits should open the door to more efficient flexible devices.\nIn a research note, lead scientist Dr Neil Wilson enthuses about his breakthrough research: \"It is extremely exciting to be able to see, for the first time, how interactions between atomically thin layers change their electronic structure.\"\nThe research is published in the journal Science Advances, under the title \"Determination of band offsets, hybridization, and exciton binding in 2D semiconductor heterostructures.\"\nMore about wearables, Electronics, measurements, materials science\nwearables Electronics measurements materials science", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 3655, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 295.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.digitalreviews.net/news/news-from-the-web/at-t-and-goal-zero-deploy-solar-powered-street-charge-stations-in-nyc-we-go-hands-on-video.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:20Z", "digest": "sha1:QHCV5IDVW7CGBHUQK5OADVEMUCLHWOK7", "length": 2195, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.digitalreviews.net", "title": "AT T and Goal Zero deploy solar-powered Street Charge stations in NYC, we go hands-on (video) | News from the Web | News | Digital Reviews Network", "raw_content": "AT T and Goal Zero deploy solar-powered Street Charge stations in NYC, we go hands-on (video)\nIf you'e lucky, your smartphone's battery can just make it through a full day, with the percentage meter dropping to the single digits as you finally get a chance to plug in. With 10 hours out and about, some handsets can't even last through dinner, though, and out of reach power outlets make juicing up at the restaurant a tad inconvenient. Beginning this summer, public power will be much more accessible in New York City. AT&T is partnering with Goal Zero to deploy Street Charge stations in a handful of parks and other locations around NYC. They'll be coming to Fort Green Park on June 18th, and will roll out to Brooklyn Bridge Park, Coney Island, Riverside Park, Rockaways, Summerstage in Central Park, Randall's Island, Governor's Island, Union Square, and Hudson River Park over the next few weeks. Each solar-powered pole, designed locally by Pensa, sports six USB connectors: for iPhones and iPads, there's 30-pin and Lightning plugs, Android and Windows Phone users can hook up to micro-USB, and everyone else can use their own cable with one of three female USB connectors.\nThere's three 15-watt solar panels and a 168 watt-hour battery, enabling each Street Charge to power up to six devices for several days without exposure to the sun. Sure, it's probably impractical to fill your gadget's cell completely, but if you have a few minutes to spare, you'll be able to juice up and go. You can plug in phones, tablets, cameras, or even a Pebble watch -- each cable can pump out up to two amps of 5V power, providing support for just about any USB-powered device. Each weatherproof unit will have AT&T branding, which seems reasonable, considering the carrier is footing the bill here. You should start seeing these pop up at several TBA locations in New York throughout the summer, with more stations to come if the trial's a success. Take a closer look in the hands-on video after the break.\nGallery: Street Charge hands-on\nFiled under: Household, AT&T\nRead more http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/18/street-charge-nyc-hands-on/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=Feed_Classic&utm_campaign=Engadget", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 3941, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 315.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.dingdingtv.com/?p=31212&lang=en", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:42Z", "digest": "sha1:XIFLGLPPKPDUZJTBSKWJKHXGJ5ZJZ5SY", "length": 6710, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.dingdingtv.com", "title": "Camp Fire Was A \u201cClimate Disaster\u201d, Tiny Temperatures Changes Conceal Dramatic Changes Underway That Call For Action \u2013 DingDing TV \u4e01\u4e01\u7535\u89c6", "raw_content": "HomeSilicon Valley Press ReleaseCamp Fire Was A \u201cClimate Disaster\u201d, Tiny Temperatures Changes Conceal Dramatic Changes Underway That Call For Action\nby Leslie Layton | Ethnic Media Services/ChicoSol\nChico State Professor Mark Stemen | photo by Leslie Layton\n2.3 degrees Fahrenheit. That\u2019s how much \u2013 or how little, depending on your viewpoint \u2013 that the daily average temperature increased in recent years in the Paradise area.\nThat little temperature increase is what it took to create the environment for a deadly fire that would stun Butte County with its heat and swiftness, demolish almost 18,800 structures, kill 88 people and change the lives of almost every area resident. Sure, there were other factors that contributed to the devastating character of what is now considered California\u2019s deadliest fire. There was, for example, an increase in the number of sweltering days in recent years, reflecting our longer summers and shorter winters. Warmer nights, too, helped parch vegetation, making the Camp Fire unusually hot and explosive. \u201cEverything caught fire almost at once,\u201d says Mark Stemen, a Chico State geographer. \u201cThe fire was burning so hot that it rained down on the whole area. This was a climate disaster.\u201d Climate change is sometimes mentioned as a factor in national media stories, but most people have a vague understanding \u2013 if they have any understanding at all \u2013 of how a climatic change that is barely\nperceptible worsens fire conditions. Understanding this, Stemen says, opens the door to becoming better prepared for the next fire and for work that can stem climate change, even at the community level. Stemen says he\u2019s been hearing from university colleagues across the country who live in fire-prone communities and are \u201cjust as scared.\u201d \u201cAll over California, we\u2019re getting so much heat for longer periods of time that it\u2019s drying out our vegetation,\u201d he says. \u201cThis was a wake-up call for the entire West.\u201d But Stemen, who teaches sustainability courses and heads up Chico\u2019s Sustainability Task Force, isn\u2019t a man given to despair \u2013 even though he believes that climate change is transforming our world and we need to prepare for fires that are more destructive and frequent.\n\u201cIt\u2019s not the end of the world,\u201d he says, \u201cbut it\u2019s going to be a different world.\u201d The Camp Fire was extraordinary in both its heat and its speed, slipping like a storm cloud over canyons. It floated from a ridge in Concow to engulf neighborhoods and burn more than 153,000 acres. Evacuees have told reporters about melting steering wheels and shoes, and visitors to the decimated town have observed melted water tanks and motorcycles. Butte County residents who walk, hike or spend time in their yards know how crunchy the leaves sounded beneath their shoes prior to this week\u2019s rain, how dry the brush has looked. That\u2019s because the vegetation is now storing heat instead of moisture. Climate-forecasting models built by UC Berkeley\u2019s Geospatial Innovation Facility and available to the public on the Cal-Adapt website show the 2.3-degree temperature increase that has taken place in the Paradise area. The models forecast warmer temperatures and more fire danger in the future. How grave the problem becomes depends on whether action is taken now to curb greenhouse gas emissions. The website shows the average daily temperature in Paradise, between 1961 and 1990, at a little above 70 degrees Fahrenheit. Between 2006 and 2018 that daily average climbed to almost 73 degrees. Cal-Adapt forecasts a rise to only 74 degrees during 2019 through 2040 \u2014 if greenhouse gas emissions are reduced with action that would have to begin now. Chico will go from having a historical average of four days a year with temperatures above 105 degrees to having 15 of those blistering days a year between 2019 and 2040 \u2013 but again, that\u2019s a best-case scenario based on the premise that corrective action is taken to lower greenhouse gas emissions. Without action, there could be 17 days a year with temperatures soaring above 105 degrees. In the near term, Stemen predicts, based on his study of the models, that Chico will have some searing days during the next few summers with temperatures ranging from 108 to 118 degrees. \u201cAs my students say, \u2018It\u2019s gonna\u2019 be hella\u2019 hot,\u2019\u201d he says. Stemen says Butte County communities will need cooling centers. Cities will need to plan development\ncarefully and better prepare for major fires and other extreme-weather events. Chico could rely on solar and wind-powered electricity to cut carbon emissions.\nThe cost of inaction, Stemen argues, will be far higher than the costs associated with the action. Even given that the Cal-Adapt models predict more fire, drinking-water shortages, floods, and scorching heat waves, Stemen is upbeat about what Butte County\u2019s towns will accomplish. His optimism was renewed by the community response to the Camp Fire. Even climate-change doubters recognize the Camp Fire was \u201csomething different,\u201d Stemen notes. \u201cA lot of people are saying, \u2018I\u2019ve never seen anything like this before.\u2019\u201d \u201cThe generosity we\u2019ve been seeing has just been beautiful,\u201d Stemen says. \u201cIt has allowed us a brief vision into a world that could be. We\u2019ve gotten the sense that there was something different. We had six hours of holy terror, and we\u2019ve had 18 days of blessed goodness. That\u2019s what we have to focus on \u2013 we have each other.\u201d\nThe Enterprise-Record, in an editorial published Wednesday, writes about visits to Paradise earlier this week from Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue. The Cabinet secretaries talked about the need to \u201cthin the forests, rein in environmental litigation and bring logging back,\u201d the E-R says. Stemen points out that a 2008 Butte County fire burned through some of the same lands as the Camp Fire. More brush-clearing and forest-thinning wouldn\u2019t have stopped this forceful, low-lying fire. The National Climate Assessment report produced by federal agencies that was released the Friday after Thanksgiving by the White House is an urgent call to action, too, by showing how climate disasters will affect the entire economy. \u201cI don\u2019t know that you can actually scream any louder in science,\u201d Stemen says of the report. Nevertheless, and particularly given the Trump administration\u2019s position on climate change, Stemen says Americans shouldn\u2019t expect solutions from the upper echelons of government. \u201cPeople can get really depressed if they look too high,\u201d he says. \u201cThe real struggle right now is to imagine that new world, to not think that it\u2019s all lost. It\u2019s really incumbent on us because of our children. This is how we\u2019re going to be stronger.\u201d\nLeslie Layton is editor of ChicoSol.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 93, "original_length": 9964, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 323.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.directparkinginvestment.co.uk/latest-news/page/10/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:31Z", "digest": "sha1:AAHAAENPXU4AYQGBZAVRSFSUTV4JMLBU", "length": 4946, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.directparkinginvestment.co.uk", "title": "UK Investment News | Airport parking Investment News", "raw_content": "UK\u2019s Heathrow and Gatwick airports report record passenger traffic in January\nThe UK\u2019s London Heathrow and Gatwick airports saw a significant rise in passenger traffic in January 2017, handling 5.74 million and 2.8 million passengers travelling through their gates, respectively. Last month, Heathrow saw a 4.2% rise in traffic, while Gatwick Airport registered a 12.1% growth compared to the same period in 2016. Also in January, Heathrow recorded a 4.4% increase in cargo volumes, while Gatwick reported a 15.4% increase. Heathrow CEO John Holland-Kaye said: \u201cWith record passenger numbers and cargo growth in January, Heathrow continues to serve the UK. \u201cWe are getting on with our expansion programme, so that we can create the new routes that will deliver the Prime Minister\u2019s vision of a global Britain, [\u2026]\nGatwick Airport hosts LEGO\u00ae robotics tournament for local schools\nRegional FIRST\u00ae LEGO\u00ae League Tournament hosted at airport for third consecutive year Students from eight schools across Sussex and Surrey took part Gatwick continues to support national drive to excite young people about Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) For the third consecutive year, Gatwick Airport hosted the Sussex and Surrey FIRST\u00ae LEGO\u00ae League (FLL) regional tournament, which saw teams of students from eight schools in the region compete to build LEGO\u00ae robots. FIRST\u00ae LEGO\u00ae League is an international robotics-based competition, which the airport has partnered, to excite young people aged 9 to 16 years about Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM). FLL is a collaboration between FIRST\u00ae (For Inspiration and Recognition in Science and Technology) [\u2026]\nGlasgow Airport hails busiest ever start to a year\nGlasgow Airport has had its busiest ever start to a year with almost 600,000 passengers travelling through it in January. A total of 597,594 passengers used the airport, up 8.4% from the first month of 2016. International traffic was a key factor with 16.1% growth put down to strong demand on routes to Toronto, New York and Dubai. European traffic was up by 21.4%, while domestic passenger levels increased by 2%. Around 9.4 million people used the airport last year. Amanda McMillan, managing director of Glasgow Airport, said: \u201cLast year was our busiest on record, so it\u2019s pleasing to see this momentum has continued into 2017 with our best ever January passenger numbers. \u201cJanuary is traditionally [\u2026]\nPassenger numbers rise by 20% in January at London Luton\nLuton sees big passenger increase as it reports its figures for January. London Luton Airport (LLA) enjoyed a bright start to 2017 as passenger numbers grew by 20.1% in January compared with the same month last year. Over 985,000 travellers passed through the airport last month, representing thirty-four consecutive months of double-digit passenger growth. LLA is currently undergoing a major redevelopment in order to meet this rapid growth in demand. Construction is well underway to upgrade the airport\u2019s facilities, improving the passenger experience and increasing capacity by 50% to 18 million by 2020. As LLA transforms the experience for passengers on-site, the airport is also working with partners to deliver improvements to public transport links off-site [\u2026]\nAirport parking that costs more than the flight! Holidaymakers hitting the slopes paying up to \u00a3300 to leave their car when trip cost less than \u00a3100\nBritish holidaymakers hitting the slopes this February half term could be spending more on airport parking than their flight. Swingeing parking charges and falling air fares means have made it more expensive for many people to leave their car at the airport, than fly hundreds of miles to their holiday destination. Thousands of families are set to head off for a winter break this weekend as schools break up for half term. Holidaymakers heading for Geneva en-route to the slopes of Mont Blanc will pay more for parking at London, Liverpool and Aberdeen airports than the cost of their flights. The research shows London City is the UK\u2019s most expensive airport car park. The price for [\u2026]\nAvoid Glasgow \u201ckiss and fly\u201d tax by pre-booking parking\nAdded by Direct Airport Parking Investment at 1st February 2017\nAirport passengers are advised to book parking ahead of travel following news Glasgow Airport will introduce a \u201ckiss and fly\u201d tax in April. It has been announced that drivers dropping off passengers are set to pay \u00a32 for a 10-minute stay at the airport\u2019s on-site car parks. The charge will coincide with the opening of a new pickup and drop-off zone opposite the main terminal, designed to reduce congestion. Dubbed the \u201ckiss and fly tax\u201d, the charge is being implemented after \u201cexhausting all possible alternatives\u201d to ease traffic at the airport. Amanda McMillan, Glasgow Airport\u2019s managing director, said: \u201cWe have resisted introducing a drop-off charge despite most airports of our size having similar arrangements in place [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 106, "original_length": 7554, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 278.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.diversifiedfundinginc.com/team/brian-w-sopp/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:15Z", "digest": "sha1:HZJIOF7SX5VZQFH4HAT7NIU5LPJYPXEG", "length": 855, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.diversifiedfundinginc.com", "title": "Brian W. Sopp | Diversified Funding, Incorporated", "raw_content": "Brian Sopp joined Diversified Funding Inc. in 1999 as partner and manager of DFI\u2019s commercial finance affiliates and is responsible for the company\u2019s loan origination, financing and all day to day operations.\nHe has over 40 years of experience in commercial real estate finance, much of it with New England Commercial Banks. Prior to joining DFI, Brian spent 20 years with UST Corp where he formed the Commercial Real Estate Lending operation which grew to $250 million in outstanding and had originations of $100 million a year. As Executive Vice President and Senior Real Estate Lender Brian was responsible for all corporate policy, loan approvals and administrator of the Real Estate lending operation.\nBrian graduated from McGill University and has an MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration and resides in Andover, Massachusetts.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 52, "original_length": 1987, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 125.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2015/08/alan-wakeman-1936-2015.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:10:35Z", "digest": "sha1:NKHG2NK5KQ2KHUVERMRG745PMAO7AXM3", "length": 2073, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.doctorwhonews.net", "title": "Doctor Who News: Alan Wakeman 1936-2015 /* *********** TRACKING ******* */", "raw_content": "Alan Wakeman 1936-2015\nAuthor and activist Alan Wakeman has died at the age of 79.\nIn 1963 Alan Wakeman was commissioned to write a story for the first series of the new science fiction programme Doctor Who.\nHis script, The Living Planet, saw the Doctor and his companions land on a planet that was a living creature. Wakeman produced a full story synopsis and a script for Airfish, the first of four episodes.\nAlthough Wakeman received positive feedback on his script, the production team thought some of the ideas in the script were \"far too adult\" for a serial being broadcast on Saturday tea time. Wakeman was paid a half fee for \u00a375 for the work he had done, and the idea was abandoned.\nIn 2005 Wakeman wrote to Russell T Davies, offering the script for development for the revived series of Doctor Who, but the offer was not taken up.\nHis ideas finally saw publication in January 2012, when the magazine Nothing at the End of the Lane published the synopsis and scripts. As one of the earliest scripts written for Doctor Who, it provided a rare glimpse into the genesis of the series and the path it could have taken.\nAlan Wakeman was a gifted linguist. He wrote a course, called English Fast, teaching English as a foreign language. In 1995 wrote an English translation of The Little Prince children\u2019s story.\nHe was a key activist in the early movement for gay rights. His homosexuality was not accepted by his father and he attempted suicide at 21. In the 1970's he became a leading activist in the Gay Liberation Front, leading marches and taking the cause of gay rights across the country. He became a Vegan and in 1986 wrote The Vegan Cookbook one of the earliest books of its kind in the UK\nWakeman lived most of his life around Soho in London. Wearing bright green trousers and yellow sweaters, with hair half way down his back, he was a regular attraction spotted by many visitors to the capital.\nShortly before his death, Wakemnan produced an autobiography, Fragments of Joy and Sorrow, which was published in June this year.\nFilters: Moments in Time, People", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 475, "original_length": 10440, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 176.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2017/04/tim-pigott-smith-070417183008.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:04Z", "digest": "sha1:OVIBMAXDZDYYOESCTJF3JRSIXV3K54N7", "length": 2298, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.doctorwhonews.net", "title": "Doctor Who News: Tim Pigott-Smith 1946-2017 /* *********** TRACKING ******* */", "raw_content": "The actor Tim Pigott-Smith has died, aged 70.\nBorn in Rugby, Warwickshire, he trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Appearing in a number of Shakespearean stage productions and small television roles, his big break came with the role of Ronald Merrick in ITV's The Jewel in the Crown, which saw him win Best Actor in the BAFTA Awards for 1985. Other notable appearances included Chief Constable John Stafford in The Chief (1990-1993), a recurring role in ITV drama The Vice as Ken Stott's nemesis, DCI Frank Vickers, Bloody Sunday and two separate adaptations of North and South. His film career included the 2004 film Alexander, The Four Feathers, Gangs of New York, Johnny English, The Remains of the Day, V for Vendetta, and also in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace.\nHowever, his first speaking role on television was on Doctor Who, playing Captain Harker in the 1971 story The Claws of Axos: \"I have my orders, Brigadier,\" he announced as he puts our heroes under arrest! He returned to the show in 1976, playing Duke Giuliano's friend Marco in The Masque of Mandragora. Speaking to Doctor Who Magazine about this role in Issue 187, he said:\nMy son had just been born, and my contribution to his upbringing was the night-time feed so, in the studio, everyone had to keep waking me up! But I have fond memories of The Masque of Mandragora. Actually, I nearly got fired, I think, for laughing. We had one of those terrible jokes about Scarlatti, the torturer - every time he came towards us with the branding iron, with an \"S\" on the end, we just cracked up! Rodney (Bennett) got a bit upset about that.\nAs well as his 1985 BAFTA, he also won the Directors' Week Award for Best Actor in 2002 for his role as\nMajor General Ford in Bloody Sunday. He received an OBE in 2017.\nHis agent said:\nIt is with deep regret that I have to announce the sad news that Tim Pigott-Smith died this morning. Much-loved and admired by his peers, he will be remembered by many as a gentleman and a true friend. He will be much missed. We ask that you respect the privacy of his wife, the actress Pamela Miles, his son Tom and the family.\nThe actor can currently be seen in BBC One's Decline and Fall.\nTim Pigott-Smith, 13th May 1946 - 7th April 2017\nReference: Doctor Who Magazine issue 187", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 475, "original_length": 10709, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 146.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.dollsmagazine.com/perfectly-perky-shirley-temple-turns-85-and-her-dolls-continue-to-delight-collectors/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:29Z", "digest": "sha1:3J2O2MYZNF3BQQYFIXHNXMZRFKTN2G4Y", "length": 7600, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "www.dollsmagazine.com", "title": "Shirley Temple Dolls - Slideshow of DOLLS magazine favorites", "raw_content": "Posted by Stephanie Finnegan | Apr 23, 2013 | Antique Dolls, Doll Chronicles |\nOn April 23, 2013, Shirley Temple Black celebrated her 85th birthday. After 80 years as a household name, she is still thought of as a golden-curled, ringlet-styled child star.\nPuppy dogs and puppy love! Shirley Temple was a Depression Era cheerleader. Amongst her fans was FDR and wife Eleanor. They praised her for her eternal optimism.\nIn addition to her musicality and good disposition, Shirley also embodied courage, good manners, bravery, and a bravado that was noble and pure. She personified feistiness!\nThe Ideal company recognized the potency of this powerhouse star. Her doll likenesses made millions and millions throughout the 1930s and early 1940s. Here, Shirley poses with one of her doll doppelgangers.\nAn original Shirley Temple doll from the Depression Era. Many of these were composition creations.\nA re-creation of the Ideal original doll that kicked off the toy sensation. This reissue shows Shirley in her polka-dot \u201cStand Up and Cheer\u201d garment.\nWith the popularity of Temple\u2019s fairy-tale TV show, Ideal released vinyl versions of their Shirley dolls. This example hails from 1957.\nDanbury Mint had great success with re-imaginings of the Shirley Temple doll line. This pairing cleverly shows the \u201creal\u201d Shirley with one of her doll likenesses.\nRavishing and all grown-up, Shirley\u2019s career stalled in her teen years. Her movies made in her teenage years prompted her to retire in 1950, at the ripe old age of 22.\nShirley Temple won a junior Oscar during her childhood heyday. As a mature woman, she was honored with a SAG Award for her lifetime achievements.\nOne of the benefits of working in the doll world is the fact that I got to rub shoulders with some really sweet, really good-natured famous folk. Many of the women and men I had the chance to meet in person or chat with over the phone would be defined as America\u2019s sweethearts. From Margaret O\u2019Brien to Marie Osmond, Annette Funicello to Marla Maples Trump, all of these ladies were polite, courteous, and cheerful when it came to talking about their affinity and affection for dolls\u2014dolls of their own likenesses and dolls that they owned as children on movie and TV soundstages or in junior beauty pageant competitions.\nI imagine the queen of the celebrity doll look-alikes is Shirley Temple, and this week\u2014Tuesday, April 23\u2014marks her 85th birthday. I never had the pleasure of interviewing Ms. Temple (actually, Mrs. Temple-Black), but I\u2019ve written about her on several occasions because her doll was such a defining moment of pop culture merchandising.\nFor anyone who is not an admirer of old-time black-and-white musicals or who never watched the grainy original prints on Saturday morning TV viewing, Shirley Temple was the biggest star in the world. She reached that pinnacle when she was a mere babe. Today, there is a rash of cloyingly cute kids in sitcoms and on the Disney Channel or Nickelodeon. There\u2019s also \u201creality\u201d shows that chronicle the pint-size monstrous beauty queens who prance about and tap dance their way through episodes of \u201cToddlers & Tiaras.\u201d\nShirley was not a no-talent offspring of a deluded stage mother. She wasn\u2019t gussied up with pounds of face paint and hairspray to make her seem 25 at age 5. No, Shirley Temple was preternaturally musical. She could sing, dance, act, and cry on cue. She played feisty heroines from the Civil War Era, feisty heroines from the Great Depression Era, feisty heroines in the Alps, in India, and in the sweeping Midwest Plains. Let\u2019s face it: no one played feisty and fabulous like Shirley. She was able to be adorable and brave, sweet and spunky, heart-tugging and heartwarming. She was a star!\nBorn in 1928, in Santa Monica California, she arrived in the world just as the Stock Market crash was about to occur. Her parents recognized her naturally exuberant personality and knew she would be the perfect fit for moviemakers. She debuted as a three-year-old, singing and dancing and batting her eyelashes in tune to the music. By the time she was five, she was a featured player, no longer just one of a crowd of perky kids. At six, she was a blockbuster leading lady, and her salary (mind you, this is during the Depression) soared to $1,250 a week\u2014and her mother was paid $200 a week as her hairstylist and vocal coach.\nThe Ideal Toy and Novelty Company recognized Shirley\u2019s allure and her clout at the box office. They launched the first Shirley Temple doll, clad in a polka-dot dress from her \u201cStand Up and Cheer\u201d movie role, and set the play world afire. The sales of these dolls and the subsequent ones that honored her other screen parts tallied up nearly $50 million in sales before 1941. Take that, Honey Boo Boo!\nUnlike the aforementioned Miss Boo Boo, Shirley Temple was not a symbol of overindulgence, over-the-top behavior, overwrought parenting and behavior. Despite the fact that in her real life, Shirley was a multimillionaire and a businesswoman (businessgirl?), she always came across as an innocent, pure, kind, and moral heroine.\nPresident Franklin Roosevelt saluted her by saying, \u201cIt\u2019s a splendid thing that for just fifteen cents an American can go to the movies and look at the smiling face of a baby and forget his troubles.\u201d\nWhen she grew into her teens, her mystique waned, and her movie career stalled. By the time she was 22, she had hung up her tap shoes and bid films farewell. In the late 1950s, she hosted a fairy-tale anthology series for TV (which prompted Ideal to re-issue new Temple dolls) and also inspired Random House to release fairy-tale books with a Shirley Temple imprint attached.\nMarried twice\u2014once was a very quick union, when she was merely 17\u2014Temple was the mother of a son and two daughters. She became actively involved in politics and even ran for a U.S. Congressional seat as a Republican. (She was defeated.) She served as an ambassador under two administrations\u2014Ambassador to Ghana (under Gerald Ford) and to Czechoslovakia (under George H.W. Bush).\nShirley Temple Doll Values\nHer dolls from the 1930s and 1940s fetch high prices at auctions\u2014where they are sought after by doll collectors, movie memorabilia mavens, historians, and people who respond to well-crafted, well-dressed antiques.\nThough Shirley Temple\u2019s life reads like a fairy tale\u2014a \u201crags to riches\u201d story line\u2014she had her share of sorrows: divorces, political defeats, health problems (breast cancer, leading to a radical mastectomy). Interestingly, the candor that she brought to announcing her cancer inspired many women to go and get checked and treated. She was one of the first famous women to talk openly about what was once considered a private and taboo subject.\nFamous for her roles (Heidi, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farms, the Little Princess) and for the roles she lost (Dorothy in \u201cThe Wizard of Oz\u201d), she\u2019s an enduring and endearing piece of Americana. Even to this day, a coiffure of permed ringlets is referred to as a \u201cShirley Temple do.\u201d\nAs I write this blog, it\u2019s actually the icon\u2019s birthday\u2014April 23. I think I\u2019ll go out and toast her accomplishments, preferably with a Shirley Temple cocktail. And that\u2019s the true measure of a pop icon. She has an alcohol-free cocktail named after her! It\u2019s a staple on many restaurant menus\u2014that\u2019s remarkable staying power. Stand up and exclaim, Cheers, Shirley!\nPreviousFrankly Speaking: Anne Frank\u2019s words inspire doll artists and give strength in these \u201ccrazy times.\u201d\nNextA Passion for P.B. Barbie\nHappy Birthday . . . no, make it birth-week! There are too many dolls for a day.\nFreaks and Gleeks", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 102, "original_length": 10019, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 250.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.drivenachodrive.com/2012/04/freeze-lawbreaker/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:51Z", "digest": "sha1:YESGKJIEGTFDAEMUYULE7PCGCFCOADZ5", "length": 20541, "nlines": 104, "source_domain": "www.drivenachodrive.com", "title": "Drive Nacho Drive \u00bb Freeze Lawbreaker!", "raw_content": "Central American Police, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Overlanding\nFreeze Lawbreaker!\nKeeping a level head: I consider it a strength of mine, with a few notable exceptions. There was the time I flipped out on our neighbors in college for staging a boxing match against our front door in the middle of the night. By the time I realized what was going on, I was standing in the chilly air in the middle of the fight in my underwear, screaming like a banshee. And there was the time I unleashed my verbal wrath on Tom Danielson, now a top 10 Tour de France finisher, after he acted like a sally girl crybaby during one of our mountain bike races. But in general, I\u2019m an even-tempered guy. And it was with this even temper that I envisioned myself dealing with police on this trip. Just be cool, I tell myself when I practice in front of the mirror.\nFor nearly three months; through Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and El Salvador- some seven thousand miles in total- we had not been pulled over by the police. As we bumped along the potholed highway in southern Honduras, our luck finally changed. The police had set up cones in the roadways and were waving people over to the shoulder, seemingly at random. Somehow we\u2019d made it to within a few miles of the Nicaraguan border without being stopped, and then sure enough: the point, followed by the wave.\n\u201cDamnit! Just be cool, okay?\u201d I said, pulling Nacho onto the dirt shoulder. Sheena nodded, wide-eyed. \u201cOkay, I\u2019ll be cool!\u201d I wasn\u2019t talking to her, but I kept this detail to myself. We were expecting the full body cavity search, or worse.\nNo bribes. No bribes. Just be cool. It\u2019s just a full body cavity search. Be cool\u2026\nThe officer slowly strode over to our window, chest puffed out. He looked over my head before snapping his face downward, peering at me over his aviator sunglasses. Classic.\n\u201cWhere you coming from? Where you going?\u201d He seemed like a man without emotions. The worst kind of man.\n\u201cFrom El Salvador to Nicaragua\u201d, I said in the coolest way I knew how. He looked up the road, then down the road, and then over my shoulder at the interior of Nacho before looking at me again. His movements were slow, as if he were conceiving an evil plan.\n\u201cSo,\u201d he said, \u201chave you tried the white melons?\u201d\n\u201cThe white melons. Have you tried them?\u201d He lifted up his left hand, in which he was carrying a large white melon. \u201cThey\u2019re the richest melons in Honduras.\u201d He peered over his aviators, expectantly.\n\u201cUm, no sir\u201d, I said, still being totally cool. WTF?\nHe reached his hand through my window and handed me the melon. \u201cTry it. These white melons are so rich.\u201d Then he stepped backwards, held up two fingers in front of his face, and flicked them to the side. Move along.\nShowed him. Oh, and he was right. The melon was rich. Maybe even the richest in all of Honduras.\nA couple of days passed without much in the way of police activity, although Nicaragua turned out to have the same type of police stops: cones in the road, officers pulling people over at their leisure. One day we made the decision to scoot from the north end of the country to the south end so that we could find a secluded beach spot to wait out the weekend craziness of Semana Santa. We were asking for trouble.\nAt the intersection of two main thoroughfares somewhere in the Nicaraguan countryside, a police officer waited. I was nervous. I looked both ways and then pulled out, making a perfectly executed left turn, if I do say so myself. Seeing a livestock truck fast approaching from behind, I signaled and changed lanes. Textbook. At this, the police officer shook his head in pity and waved me over. I had apparently done something very wrong.\n\u201cYou made an illegal turn\u201d he said, slightly invading my personal space bubble as he stood next to my window. He was messing with me. I felt my heart rate increase. I had a flashback of Tom Danielson and I wanted to punch him in the face. This was unsportsmanlike.\nI pointed out my window at the road I\u2019d just come from. \u201cI just turned from over there, into the left lane. Then I signaled and changed lanes. That\u2019s not an illegal turn.\u201d\nHe shook his head wildly, looking down, his eyes closed. Clearly I knew nothing about driving. \u201cYou made an ILLEGAL turn! Big ticket. BIG ticket!\u201d he said, flailing his imaginary pen against an imaginary paper in his hand like he was going to write me a ticket.\n\u201cNot a big ticket\u201d, I said, \u201cNo ticket. I know the laws sir, and I know how to drive. I didn\u2019t break the law, so I don\u2019t get a ticket.\u201d I was struggling to keep my composure.\nHe pointed his finger at the sky. \u201cOnly God is perfect\u201d he said, shaking his head at me like I was some kind of heathen.\n\u201cI\u2019m not claiming to be perfect, but I am claiming to know the law.\u201d I said.\nHe stood at my window in silence staring at me. I stared back at him. Maybe he was waiting for the How can we make this go away schpiel, but obviously he was not privy to my personal promise not to pay bribes. After a minute he took a small step back.\n\u201cCan we go?\u201d I asked. He said nothing. I eased my foot onto the gas, watching for a reaction. There wasn\u2019t one, so I pulled away.\nWe made our way down the road in silence. \u201cI think he wanted a bribe\u201d, I said. \u201cYeah, I think you\u2019re right\u201d, Sheena responded. I told her what he had said about God and she giggled. He was really trying.\nOur freedom only lasted about an hour before we were summoned to the roadside again. This time we\u2019d done nothing out of the ordinary, so we weren\u2019t too concerned. We were already acting really cool at the time, so we just kept doing it as Nacho came to a stop.\n\u201cComing from? Going to?\u201d The officer asked.\n\u201cFrom Playa Poneloya to Playa Majagual\u201d I said.\n\u201cAll right. May I see your license, registration, and insurance?\u201d At this my heart skipped a beat. Car insurance isn\u2019t required in most countries, and we usually buy it at the border where it is required. If you had car insurance down here you\u2019d spend years trying to collect on it in the event of an accident, so we don\u2019t bother unless mandated. We didn\u2019t have it for Nicaragua, as we didn\u2019t think it was required (hindsight note: it is).\nI got out my license and registration and handed it to him. \u201cHere you go.\u201d I hadn\u2019t formulated a plan yet, and hoped he\u2019d forget about the insurance.\n\u201cInsurance. Can I see your insurance? You do maintain insurance, right?\u201d He said. I needed more time to think.\n\u201cQue significa \u2018seguro\u2019?\u201d I asked, pretending not to know what the word for \u201cinsurance\u201d meant. My mind raced. I recalled that in Belize, the fine for driving without insurance was $3,000.\n\u201cIf you get into an accident, insurance pays for the damage. Do you have insurance?\u201d\n\u201cOhhhhh! Of course!\u201d I said. I slowly unlocked the security box under my seat where we keep our important paperwork. I figured I\u2019d rifle through some papers and then pretend I couldn\u2019t find it. At least it would give me time to think.\nAs I leafed through the folder, I saw it: my full coverage insurance, expiring in 2014. I had completely forgotten about it! The only trouble: it wasn\u2019t real. I\u2019d felt foolish and a little dirty while creating it in Photoshop several months before our trip. The idea had come from the Bumfuzzle blog during their around the world sailing trip. From their website:\nWe, like at least half the cruisers out here, consider ourselves to be self-insured. However, a promise that we\u2019ll pay for any damage that we do doesn\u2019t seem to cut it here. Fortunately we foresaw that this was going to be a problem and we created our very own self-insurance company. We pay a deductible of $0 per month to ourselves in exchange for coverage equal to the amount of our bank balance. We even issued ourselves some insurance paperwork that looks pretty official and passed some very close scrutinizing by the Greek authorities.\nShould I use it? I wondered. Before my more sensible side had a chance to pipe up, I was handing our fake insurance to the officer. Confidently, of course, and in a totally cool way. He seemed confused and stared at the paper for a long time. My heart pumped and I felt like the veins in my neck would explode. You\u2019re going to jail, punk! I thought to myself. This is serious. Don\u2019t drop the soap!\nSheena\u2019s eyes were burning a hole in the side of my head, I could feel it. Before either of us lost consciousness though, the officer handed my paperwork back.\n\u201cHave a nice day\u201d, he said, and we were off. I had a little explaining to do, as Sheena was not aware of my criminal preparations prior to this. \u201cYou\u2019re welcome.\u201d was my only defense. She pretended that I was a complete moron, but I could see a smile through her condescending frown.\nThe final shakedown, the big test, came with our next and final traffic stop, not thirty minutes later. It was getting old, and I was getting cocky. The officer pointed to us, then pointed to the side of the road.\n\u201cLicense, registration, insurance please.\u201d\n\u201cHere you go\u201d, I said, handing him our mix of legitimate and illegitimate paperwork. He matched my license up to the registration and looked satisfied. He took one look at our insurance and held it up for me to see. He paused. I nearly crapped my pants, but then caught myself.\n\u201cThis isn\u2019t valid in Nicaragua.\u201d\nI knew he was right, but I had to keep the ball rolling. My mind flashed back to the USAA insurance I used to have back home.\n\u201cActually this insurance is good in Nicaragua. It\u2019s the official insurance company of the US Military. It\u2019s good everywhere in the world. You know, if you\u2019re in the military you never know where you\u2019ll end up.\u201d It was a Hail Mary. I had dragged the US Military into my lie. If there is a hell, I would certainly end up there.\nHe called another officer over. \u201cHey, does this insurance work here? This guy says it does.\u201d\n\u201cNope, it\u2019s no good.\u201d The other officer said. Just then, a car came racing through the checkpoint and the second officer ran to stop it. Our officer seemed unsure what to do, and tried to get the attention of his colleague. After a few attempts he gave up. He handed me the papers and looked at me.\n\u201cAm I free to go?\u201d I asked.\nHe shrugged his shoulders. I drove away.\n\u201cGracias!\u201d Sheena squealed from the passenger seat. Way to play it cool, Sheena. Way to play it cool.\nThe whole time I am reading this post, this is all I can think of:\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqomZQMZQCQ\nHopefully you can see it. Be safe. -Rob\nAli Schulte\nYou guys ROCK! And are so totally cool. Glad you took notes from us and you don\u2019t even want to know what we are doing now about insurance questions. Picture all four of us in the small office filling out the paperwork and our two little ones crying or running around wildly while we search hard (i.e. shuffle through our paperwork looking for a piece of paper that does not exist) and then saying, \u201coh I think the last marina/port captain/whoever kept our copy.\u201d It\u2019s worked two times so far\u2026\nWe are enjoying your trip stories. Much love, Ali\nComment by Ali Schulte on April 29, 2012 at 3:15 pm\n222 funny, luckily. Man, you give a whole new meaning to driving dirty. Is it a mere coincident that 90% of the ads on the side of this post are for dirt cheap car insurance?? I just followed my bus atop another flatbed to go have her guts ripped out and reinvented. Diagnosis is I threw a bearing in the bottom end of the motor. Good news is I think I may have finally met the only real mechanic who has crossed my path, via my frantically following a lime green beetle the entire way into and thru town the other day against my daughter\u2019s pleadings. I wagered, \u201cHe\u2019s got to stop for something.\u201d Thank goodness for trains. I approached cautiously as to not startle him and let him know up front that all I was interested in was the name of his mechanic if he had one he\u2019d recommend. And that was that. A generous family member is fronting me the pesos and I just may make it to my camping gig in Michigan at the end of May, VW Gods willing. As for my turbine, I\u2019ve reached the conclusion that I shall start drying my drawers from the pole since I am highly disappointed in the poor performance and lack of any real payback on that investment. I\u2019d rather keep investing in bottomless pits of heavy metal, like my bus. Drive on fearless road warriors, drive on. Eat some more melon for me.\nComment by sherrie on April 29, 2012 at 3:18 pm\nGood call. Years ago we did a Capetown to Cairo trip in our 1970 Baywindow VW. We put together an \u201cinsurance\u201d paper complete with a couple of gold seals. Needed it twice, worked like a charm.\nWe never paid a bribe either. The secret was hitting the roadblocks early in the AM before any drinking took place. After 3 years of working in Africa my wife had perfected the African female staredown, employed whenever the men are acting like jerks. The guys always try to either get a smile or some kind of reaction out of the women. The women respond with an icy \u201casshole, you don\u2019t even exist\u201d look that shrinks the gonads. Bonus is that it keeps things from turning into a male vs male ego contest, which guys (cops & soldiers especially) don\u2019t want to lose.\nBest story was lending a guy with a flat tire a jack. Turns out he was the customs chief at the Zaire border so no problems with our overstayed visa!\nComment by Jim on April 29, 2012 at 4:42 pm\nYou are an arguably funnier writer than most of the \u201ccomedic memoir\u201d authors I\u2019ve read (and I\u2019ve read at least two\u2026maybe three\u2026four seems unlikely). If you ever find yourself bored, motivated, or held hostage at a publishing company, I suggest you compile your blogs into a book. Then, when you are a New York Times bestseller and featured in Oprah\u2019s book-o\u2019-the-month club (that\u2019s the Irish Oprah version), you and Sheena can continue partaking in the awesome life\u2026from your yacht: Nacho Grande.\nComment by Kelly on April 29, 2012 at 9:45 pm\n@Ali: Nice hearing from you! We spent a lot of time on your blog before this trip. Hard to focus on much of anything non-travel related once you\u2019ve mentally \u201cchecked out\u201d. We wish you were headed south so we could hang out more, but I\u2019m sure the Sea of Cortez will be amazing. Say hi to Pat and the wee mates for us!\n@Kelly: That\u2019s so nice of you to say! Nacho Grande? I like the way you think. That would be worth writing a book for. I think I would go for a more Taco Bell themed \u201cNacho Belgrande\u201d. mmm\u2026\nVerbal wrath on Tom Danielson? Sally girl? Do tell!!!\nComment by James V on April 30, 2012 at 11:25 am\nComment by Ada on April 30, 2012 at 3:24 pm\nThis was an unbelievably great post! Self-insured is the only way to go. Definitely beats buying auto insurance in that weird, white room from that Progressive chick.\nComment by Rick Hosmer on April 30, 2012 at 5:23 pm\nThanks Rick! And by the way, she has a name. And it\u2019s Flo ;)\nYou guys are my personal hereos. Way to stick it to the man! Too bad \u201cself-insured\u201d does not work here in California.\nComment by Ian on April 30, 2012 at 7:46 pm\nIan, you never know until you try\u2026\nI got here from expeditionportal, and just read your blog from start to finish. Wow! You guys are awesome! It has been very enjoyable to read, and I can\u2019t wait to see what happens next. Having a daughter starting college, and a son starting high school, I am not ready to try something quite like this, but I definitely want to see some of this. I have quite a few Mexicans that work for me, and they are always telling me I should go see Mexico. Obviously, I should take them up on that. Thanks for writing your blog!\nComment by Rich on May 1, 2012 at 6:03 am\nThanks Rich, glad you\u2019re enjoying it so far. There\u2019s something deeply enjoyable about watching someone else throw themselves into a quagmire. Enjoy from the comfort of home, and try to make it out to Mexico one of these days. Drive down Baja and back- you\u2019ll love it. Just not in the summer!\nComment by Brad on May 1, 2012 at 10:56 am\n@James V:\nThe story of Tom Danielson as crybaby, eh? To summarize:\nWhen Tom and I were in college, there was a collegiate mountain bike race in Durango called the Squawker Classic. He raced for FLC, and I raced for NAU. We were racing Short Track Cross Country (STXC) on the first day, which is basically a 45 minute mountain bike criterium. Very fast paced and very hard (my favorite/best event).\nEarly in the race, Tom tried passing one of my teammates on the inside of a tight corner, and ended up wrecking. Meanwhile, I was riding in the leaders paceline, which had around 8 guys in it. Eventually, Tom worked his way back up to us and ended up on my wheel.\nHe\u2019s always been better at road riding, and doesn\u2019t have the greatest technical riding skills required for mtn bike racing. He kept trying to pass me, but couldn\u2019t seem to find the right place. He\u2019d get out beside me, but would get trapped by some rocks or bushes, and have to duck back in behind me. Bear in mind, I\u2019m in a paceline, sticking to someone else\u2019s wheel, and I have no reason to drop back and make room for him. If he wants to pass, he needs to be aggressive about it, or else pass the whole group.\nEvery time he\u2019d get strung out beside me and get trapped, he\u2019d fall back in behind me and say something like \u201cF*** you!\u201d. It was annoying while at the same time comedic. This guy keeps coming up beside me, then falling back. \u201cF*** you!\u201d, \u201cYou f**ker!\u201d, \u201cF*** you!\u201d\nThis went on for a couple of laps, and every time he did it I wanted more and more to punch him in the face. I raced for years and never encountered someone who acted like such a d-bag. He seemed to feel entitled, and he thought I should ease up and give him my spot. That\u2019s fine in road racing, but not in MTB.\nAnyway, he ended up sprinting for the win with my other teammate, Scott, and beat him by a few inches. Scott tried to pat him on the back in congratulations, but Tom swiped his hand away and yelled \u201cF*** you!\u201d\nI approached him after the race as he was surrounded by his groupies and laid into him. It went on for a while and attracted quite a crowd. He was wearing his national champion\u2019s skinsuit, and I told him that it wasn\u2019t a license for him to act like a moron. He acted pretty submissively, probably to save face in front of his friends, but I made sure to let him know that he was a certifiable d-bag.\nIn the meantime, one of his groupies turned to one of our guys and pointed at Tom. He said \u201cYou see that guy? He has more money than you\u2019ll ever dream of having!\u201d This started its own sideline show.\nThat\u2019s the long and short of it. Later that year at the National Championships I overheard him saying, with a disbelieving look on his face, \u201cDon\u2019t you know who I am? I\u2019m Tom Danielson.\u201d A real class act.\nThis is awesome! Close calls though!\nComment by Jamison on May 2, 2012 at 6:15 pm\ntoda una aventura\u2026\u2026.. me parece que sera tu rutero en las proximas millas,,,,,,,,,,,, Ecuador.Peru..Bolivia.Argentina\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 te estare informando al respecto que documentos necesitas para viajar en estos paises\u2026.saludos\nComment by mario on May 7, 2012 at 9:07 am\noh boy, is this hilarious or what? you two are consistently behaving in an awesome manner. keep it up!\nComment by michal on May 7, 2012 at 2:10 pm\nWay to think on your feet! Those were some scary situations.\nComment by Kenneth on July 6, 2012 at 1:07 pm\nWe had a COPY of the vehicle Title I think it was\u2026 we had handed it over for many a shake down before WE OURSELVES NOTICED that in its patterned background hundreds of times was printed \u201cTHIS IS A COPY\u201d \u2026lol\u2026 we learned that color photo copied licenses laminated worked brilliantly\u2026 along with \u201cLo siento, no hablo espanol \u2013 touristas\u201d repeated for about 20mins worked 10/11 (we were illegally in Colombia so we thought we better pay the man US$10 of is US$200 demanded shakedown) Safe Travels!\nComment by Daniel Kristensen on March 23, 2014 at 3:55 am\nAMAZINGLY THAT strategy even worked when I had legitimately broken the law driving the wrong way down a one way street and then tried short cutting through a bus station to loose local policia which had been circling and were in hot pursuit\u2026 I DO NOT RECOMMEND this\u2026 we played incredibly dumb, lost and \u201cno intiendo\u201d\u2026 20 mins later they gave up!!! 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This newest version of its platform is for independent software vendors (ISV's) that need to add discovery, organization, and personalization capabilities to ebusiness applications such as content management, customer relationship management (CRM), supply chain management, portal infrastructure, online commerce, and other enterprise-level programs. A part of this latest release of Verity's original equipment manufacturer (OEM) technology is the Verity Organization Developer's Kit (ODK), a set of modular application programming interfaces (APIs) that can be integrated into enterprise applications that could use content organization and recommendation capabilities. The Verity ODK allows taxonomies to be created, modified, and reused to optimize the content's organization and improve search results. 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The product's new Unicode Locale feature supports more than 70 languages.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 217, "original_length": 9037, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 196.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ee.co.za/article/positionit/positionit-industry-news/page/89", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:21:54Z", "digest": "sha1:EWIE7YYSXVDE5H6KMRSKMISD3M7UXBCA", "length": 4142, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.ee.co.za", "title": "Industry news Archives - Page 89 of 92 - EE Publishers", "raw_content": "PositionIT Home\u00bb\tIndustry news\nDistributor open day showcases product range\nAt their recent open day Afgen displayed a selection of their product range to clients in the mining and built environment sector. Several total station models were on display and demonstrated, offering clients a chance to test them first hand. The C-Astral Bramor Geo drone attracted the most attention as an easy and cost [\u2026]\nManagement standards for continual improvement\nSome of the International Organisation for Standardisation\u2019s (ISO\u2019s) most well-known standards are management system standards. They provide a model to follow when setting up and operating management systems. Like all ISO standards, they are the result of international, expert consensus. Therefore, by implementing management system standards, organisations can benefit from global management experience and good [\u2026]\nRegistration open for AfricaGEO 2014\nPlans are well underway for the AfricaGEO 2014 Conference and Exhibition which is scheduled to be held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre from 1 to 3 July 2014. The event will provide a platform to share the latest developments in surveying and geo-information (including remote sensing and aerial imagery) and the very [\u2026]\nSA-GEO \u201cCommunities of Practice\u201d workshop\nHumbulani Mudau, Chief Director: Space Science and Technology at the Department of Science and Technology, opened the South African Group on Earth Observation (SA-GEO) Communities of Practice (CoP) Workshop held at the CSIR Convention Centre on 26 and 27 February 2014. The purpose of the workshop was to facilitate the exchange of information and [\u2026]\nMining domain consultant appointed\nOptron has announced the appointment of Alex Bals as its Mining Domain Consultant, on a part-time basis. Bals brings over 29 years of experience in a broad range of roles in the mining industry. He will guide and consult to Optron on its mining industry focus. Bals joins Optron after having been with AngloGold [\u2026]\nUser group focuses on integrated spatial analysis\nHexagon South Africa\u2019s User Group, held in March and attended by approximately 45 industry people showcased the company\u2019s updated product range, and explained the synergies between Hexagon Geospatial, Leica and Intergraph. Intergraph Systems SA, Leica Geosystems, Aciel Geomatics, Geo Data Design, GeoSpace International, and Hexagon Geospatial jointly hosted the conference. Professor Josef Strobl from [\u2026]\nCalling young surveyors to join FIG Young Surveyors Network\nEstablished due to the lack of young professionals within the International Federation of Surveyors (FIG), the FIG Young Surveyors Network (FIG YSN) is an international network of young professionals (aged 35 years and under and/or having graduated from a Bachelor or Masters not more than ten years ago). 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Indoor mapping and location service mobility were prominent themes, with the Ambassador of Kenya in South Africa, Patrick Wamoto, speaking about the importance of mapping and navigation for businesses in [\u2026]\nGeodesy specialist joins Umvoto\nRichard Wonnacott, a geodesy specialist, has joined water, energy and earth sciences consultancy Umvoto Africa. Wonnacott spent much of his career with the Chief Directorate: National Geo-spatial information and Directorate of Survey Services. 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UNHCR is closely following the developments after they were reportedly ordered to vacate the area by the Myanmar authorities.\nThe agency emphasised that everyone has the right to seek asylum, just as they also have the right to return home when they deem the time and circumstances right. People who have fled violence in their country must be granted safety and protection and any decision to return must be voluntary and based upon a free and informed choice.\nUNHCR also reiterates that conditions are not yet conducive to the return of Rohingya refugees. The causes of their flight have not been addressed and substantive progress on addressing the denial of their rights is yet to be seen. Pursuing the conditions that will address these causes and enable their voluntary and sustainable return is critical.\nIn this regard, UNHCR continues to request to the Government of Myanmar to allow humanitarian access to UNHCR and partners throughout Rakhine State. This will be essential to promote coexistence among all of communities; to support the government towards their commitment to implement the Rakhine Advisory Commission\u2019s (RAC) recommendations; and for UNHCR to monitor protection conditions, provide independent information to refugees and to accompany returns as and when they take place.\nIn Bangladesh, the Government and people continue to generously receive refugees and to provide them with protection and support. 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The album was regarded by many fans and critics as his strongest and heaviest effort yet upon its release.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 138, "original_length": 5872, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 208.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.emcouncils.gov.uk/Flooding", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:21:14Z", "digest": "sha1:MK7F62S4O6TEUDVCN54LV4424L7FQ6JM", "length": 3231, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.emcouncils.gov.uk", "title": "Flooding", "raw_content": "Policy and Influencing>>EMC Archive>>Flooding\nThe Changing Nature of Flooding in the East Midlands\nEast Midlands Councils has published a major new report which highlights how the East Midlands is vulnerable to small changes in climate which could double the number of people at \u2018significant risk\u2019 of flooding. It highlights 16 recommendations aimed at Government, councils and business groups to reduce the impacts of flooding on local people and businesses. The report, entitled 'The Changing of Nature of Flooding in the East Midlands', has been published by East Midlands Councils with support from Climate East Midlands and research specially commissioned from the Met Office.\nThe report notes the existing vulnerability of 20% of the land area of the East Midlands to flooding from the sea, rivers and surface water. It also highlights that a 10% increase in peak river flow would potentially double the number of residential properties at \u2018significant risk\u2019 of flooding from 30,000 to 60,000.\nThe report, along with the technical data produced my the Met Office, is available below:\nThe Changing Nature of Flooding in the East Midlands (February 2015)\nClimate Change and Flood Risk - Met Office Technical Review\nExecutive Summary & Recommendations\nThe East Midlands has a significant area of land at risk of flooding: 20% of the region is within Flood Zone 21 for fluvial and coastal flooding, with over 200,000 properties and over 400,000 people living in flood risk areas2.\nAn independent review by the Met Office has concluded that, based on the proportion of people at risk, the East Midlands region has the highest exposure to increases in flood risk due to climate change in England. The region\u2019s vulnerability has also been highlighted in the Environment Agency\u2019s National Flood Risk Assessment and by the Government\u2019s independent advisors, the Committee on Climate Change.\nThe East Midlands is highly vulnerable to coastal flooding, due to large areas of low lying land along the Lincolnshire coastline, river flooding and surface water flooding. A 10% increase in peak flow in the East Midland\u2019s rivers would potentially double the number of residential properties at \u2018significant risk\u20193 of flooding from around 30,000 to 60,000 properties.\nTo address current and future risks of flooding in the East Midlands the following challenges will need to be tackled:\nDevelopment of an improved evidence base on the causes and local impacts of flooding to monitor trends more effectively and to determine the best adaptation measures;\nA national cross party agreement on a long term approach to flood risk management and the funding and maintenance of flood defences which reflects both climate change and local economic conditions;\nBuilding resilience in local communities, businesses, the public and voluntary sectors - in particular in those new areas which are at risk due to climate change impacts but which have no recent history of flooding;\nEnsuring that local and national partnerships are strengthened and continue to work effectively before, during and after extreme weather events when flooding results.\nThe report goes on to make a number of recommendations for Government, councils and business organisations.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 183, "original_length": 7585, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 248.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.energytrendsinsider.com/tag/crude-reserves/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:40:59Z", "digest": "sha1:R345PE7T43CSJEFJKGHAC6U2YWPSINYQ", "length": 1225, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.energytrendsinsider.com", "title": "Crude Reserves | Energy Trends Insider", "raw_content": "Posts tagged \u201ccrude reserves\u201d\nThe Massive Decline In Crude Oil Reserves\nI spent a lot of time in 2015 warning that at year-end we would see a huge decline in crude oil reserves. As I have explained in the past, the reason I expected this is because of the relationship between proved oil reserves and oil prices. This relationship is important for understanding oil reserves. Some articles that recently began making the rounds made certain conclusions from this paper \u2014 A global energy assessment \u2014 in which some subtleties about oil reserves have been lost. So let\u2019s review.\nAn oil resource refers to the total amount of oil in place in particular area. Generally, most of a resource can\u2019t be technically recovered, but the resource refers to the amount that could potentially be recovered. These estimates can go up and down, but the resource is what could be recovered at 100% recovery based on current estimates.\nAs an example, it is estimated that the Bakken Shale centered under North Dakota contains several hundred billion barrels (bbl) of oil (the resource). However, what is technically and economically recoverable in the Bakken has been estimated at less than 10 billion barrels (<10% of the resource). CONTINUE\u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 108, "original_length": 5251, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 171.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ensembleunderstands.com/september-16-2013-huronia-regional-centre-class-action-begins/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:08Z", "digest": "sha1:5USUYJHYQZI7B4L23JPVG4R2IUJ6AFXI", "length": 8971, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "www.ensembleunderstands.com", "title": "Ensemble September 16, 2013: Huronia Regional Centre Class Action Begins - Ensemble", "raw_content": "September 16, 2013: Huronia Regional Centre Class Action Begins\nBy Marilyn Dolmage\nOn September 16, 2013, a precedent-setting class action suit begins against the Ontario government involving the first of three residential facilities that housed people with developmental disabilities. Huronia Regional Centre in Orillia, Ontario housed mentally disabled people from 1876-2009 and former residents have launched a class action suit claiming physical, emotional, and psychological abuse that left them traumatized. Two other class action suits have been certified to proceed involving the Rideau Regional Centre and the Southwestern Regional Centre.\nMarilyn Dolmage of the Ontario Coalition for Inclusive Education played an integral part in the establishment and advancement of this class action suit on behalf of people with developmental disabilities. Many years ago, Marilyn worked as a social worker at Huronia, She had remained in touch with former residents Marie Slark and Patricia Seth and has helped them to share their personal stories and to come forward as lead plaintiffs in the class action. Marilyn was also affected personally by Huronia. Marilyn had never met her own brother who was institutionalized from birth after being diagnosed with Down syndrome, but discovered he had died of pneumonia \u2013 without treatment - when he was eight years old while living at Huronia.\nMarilyn learned much more about the challenges faced by people with developmental and other disabilities from her son Matthew, who died at age 29 in 2004. Marilyn has been a passionate advocate for her own and other families, and to end segregation and promote the effective inclusion in schools and communities across Ontario.\nEnsemble reprints the following excerpt written by Marilyn Dolmage to honor her request for public interest and support:\nWe want to demonstrate public interest in the outcome, on behalf of people with developmental disabilities - too many of whom continue to be marginalized and inadequately supported, in Ontario. This will provide unprecedented opportunities to listen to survivors, and for learning by students and allies.\nWe would especially appreciate your support when opening arguments are made on Monday Sept 16th, and when the lead plaintiffs Marie Slark and Patricia Seth and I testify on Tuesday Sept 17th.\nThe public first heard about these cases through David Gutnick\u2019s CBC Radio documentary entitled Gristle in the Stew which can still be heard via this web link:\nhttp://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/11/24/f-gutnick-huronia-class-action.html\nKirk Baert, the lead lawyer at Koskie Minsky, the firm handling all three cases told the CBC: \"Everybody is really quick to advise others, especially vulnerable people who have been treated badly by the state, to forget about it and just put it behind them. Most people don't do that. They expect that when they are treated badly by government to get treated fairly.\u201d Developments for all three cases can be found on Koskie Minsky\u2019s website: http://www.kmlaw.ca/Case-Central/Overview/?rid=140\nCarol Goar of the Toronto Star has called the trial \u201ca day of reckoning\u201d, but in fact it could take as long as 10 weeks to hear the case as 64 years of government documents concerning the institution will finally come to light \u2013 along with expert opinion about what they reveal.\nLike David Gutnick, Goar reminded the public that Pierre Berton revealed the horrible conditions at Huronia Regional Centre back in 1959. Imagine how different things would have been if we had heeded Berton\u2019s caution that - unlike the citizens of Nazi Germany - we cannot say we didn\u2019t know what went on behind government walls.\nGoar wrote: \u201cshutting the doors doesn\u2019t undo the damage provincial employees did to thousands of cognitively disabled youngsters. The province has silenced them for half a century. But their day of reckoning will come \u2014 no matter how many legal roadblocks the government erects.\u201d This legal action is not about individual staff culpability. It is about abuse and neglect at the highest levels of government, where the harm was known but not stopped. Carol Goar\u2019s article can be found at http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2013/06/07/ugly_secret_of_ontario_psychiatric_hospitals_wont_stay_hidden_goar.html\nI hope people will see how this relates to society\u2019s ongoing responsibilities to children and adults who live with developmental disabilities.\nPerhaps (like me) you have wondered how the recent news about aboriginal children being subjected to experiments and denied food in residential schools might relate to Ontario\u2019s government-run institutions for people with developmental disabilities.\nIn the July 24, 2010 Toronto Star, Tom Koch provided some analysis stating that the most shocking thing about the revelation was that we were shocked by it! He wrote: \u201cThis has not been genocide\u2026 but something more horrifying: a studied indifference to their fate\u201d. He mentioned the 1956 research which infected handicapped children at New York\u2019s Willowbrook State School with hepatitis as another \u201cof numerous examples that will be discovered\u201d of the \u201ccommon and accepted practice\u201d to use vulnerable people as research subjects. http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2013/07/24/powerless_poor_make_handy_research_subjects.html\nOn July 25, 2013, writing about those aboriginal experiments in the Globe and Mail, Shawn Atleo, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, challenged Canadians to \u201cconfront the ugly truths and move forward together\u201d in \u201ctrue partnership\u201d. Just as we do, he called for educational improvement, equitable funding and self-advocacy, but he said that \u201creconciliation\u2026 means truth telling\u201d, and it must start with the disclosure of all related government documents. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/for-canada-and-first-nations-its-time-to-end-the-experiments/article13400934\nRecently, Philippe Telford was abandoned by his mother at the Developmental Services Office in Ottawa. The public learned how relieved his mother Amanda was, but we have no idea what has happened to 19-year old Philippe. When I was a social worker at Huronia Regional Centre, I saw that institutions responded to what was seen as the \u201cburden\u201d on families, without being able to address what would befall those admitted. So much harm has come to people with developmental disabilities when they have been removed from society, segregated, made invisible and deemed disposable.\nBy contrast, I find it remarkable that Huronia\u2019s lead plaintiffs Marie Slark and Patricia Seth are now being heard and respected by the media and judiciary. New allies and researchers are now listening to institution survivors and are awaiting release of the documents at trial. Canada\u2019s History magazine will publish an article about Huronia in its fall edition. I hope that light will finally shine into the dark corners of Ontario government policy towards people with developmental disabilities.\nPat Seth was telling me last week that she remembers being restrained in a \u201ccage cot\u201d She was not yet 7 years old, and had just been admitted to Huronia. It occurred to me that staff in the Admissions Unit must have really struggled to figure out what children needed, after they arrived. Pat had no idea in the world that her family would leave her there, and drive back home to Toronto. She remembers her mother letting go of her hand. Pat can recall the many details of the punishments she received for expressing her anger and frustration over the 13 years she spent at Huronia . You may know many people who remain less able than Pat to communicate and to put their experiences in context, who spent many more years\u2019 hostage to the institution, and who continues to live with great pain.\nAs pressure builds over the next few weeks, we are still hoping the government might agree to settle out of court. Marie and Pat have written an open letter to ask Premier Kathleen Wynne to intervene. It makes far more sense to avoid spending so much money on this lengthy trial and to negotiate a settlement for Huronia that might also resolve the Rideau and Southwestern Regional Centre cases. Altogether, there could be 10,000 people whose suffering should be recognized \u2013 the sooner the better. None should be deprived of compensation, if it becomes available; we hope it enhances each person's life.\nPlease tell others about the upcoming trial and what you hope will be gained for people with developmental disabilities in Ontario.\nPlease consider contacting your MPP about these class actions and the people to whom they matter.\nWe welcome your support and suggestions as we work towards this momentous trial. Thank you.\ninclusion@sympatico.ca\nA legal analysis of the importance of these cases can be found at\nhttp://www.financialpost.com/m/wp/legal-post/blog.html?b=business.financialpost.com/2013/08/19/2-billion-class-action-to-test-applicability-of-aggregate-damages-to-fiduciary-duty-cases.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 96, "original_length": 11206, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 265.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.entrepreneurfail.com/2014/08/a-new-age-of-discrimination.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:31Z", "digest": "sha1:UGN4R3EJX4OG2HMRI7F6L5IMAA7CTD7M", "length": 1579, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.entrepreneurfail.com", "title": "#entrepreneurfail: A comic about the ironies of entrepreneurship and startups: Age is just a number...", "raw_content": "\"The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) only forbids age discrimination against people who are age 40 or older. It does not protect workers under the age of 40, although some states do have laws that protect younger workers from age discrimination.\"\nHowever, we live in new a day and age where we constantly hear about the millennial founders breaking the bank after jumping into the startup deep end, and we simultaneously hear about the newly appointed corporate CEOs with over 40 years of work experience at a large company. And naturally there is a bias for anyone who doesn't fit this mold.\nI've witnessed both sides of this new era of ageism:\nIn a corporate role, I met a business partner in-person after one year of a virtual work environment. Although he treated me with respect on the phone for the whole year, when we finally met in person, he said \"I had no idea you were so young; you sound much older and authoritative\". Subsequent phone meetings were much more callous, until he was reminded I was in charge.\nOf course, the lesson from these stories is that age should not be the reason you don't get a role that you really want. By focusing on the skills and attitude required for a role, you can send clear signals that you match the profile. Eventually, no one remembers your age, just your abilities and impact. And don't forget all the role models that have defied conventional wisdom about age.\nHave you experienced this new \"age\" of discrimination? 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Most of the meeting was spent hearing reports to get up to speed on the workings of VEP and electing new officers. Sean Jurgens was elected chair and as such will have the responsibility of leading this new board going forward. We wish him luck and hope he will push this board toward transparency and good governance.\nThere were positive moves on this front during the first meeting. When electing officers the positions of secretary and treasurer were separated, despite being combined in the past. The new board cited increased transparency as one reason to do so. Chris Amundson also suggested giving members of the public the opportunity to make comment on action items directly before they will be discussed instead of at the beginning of the meeting, again to promote transparency and public engagement. We are happy to see that transparency is at the front of the new board's mind.\nGoing forward we hope they will make concrete steps toward transparency. Unfortunately for this new board it must content with the legacy of the previous board, but that is what they signed up for. Two policies, set forth by the previous board, should be reversed as soon as possible.\nThe first is one we have editorialized about at length. It should make its emails publicly available online. The Park Hospital District Board of Directors posts its emails online. If a hospital board, which deals with plenty of confidential information, can make this policy work then surely the Local Marketing District can.\nThe other policy is one we have written less about, but is also important for providing board transparency. The previous board made the VEP CEO the only contact for media inquiries about the board. While the CEO should certainly speak for the organization it is the board that manages the CEO and not the other way around. Each member should be allowed a public voice.\nThis is an unworkable policy and one that no other board in the valley has adopted. In order for you to get all the information about this board it must allow for its members to speak directly to the press. Filtering everything through the CEO does not allow for the board to be transparent.\nThis week one of our reporters called VEP board members to get their thoughts on their first meeting. Each one declined to speak citing this policy. We understand that the current board must abide by the policies that are on the books, but it has the chance to change this organization for the better and should do so sooner rather than later.\nThere is a third item we believe this board should address - the recall of Mayor Todd Jirsa and Trustee Cody Walker. The perception in the community is the recall is an act of retribution by VEP and the Estes Area Lodging Association (EALA) against these two elected officials for their actions in addressing the dysfunction on the previous VEP board. County Commissioner Steve Johnson has stated in public through email and on Facebook that the VEP operating plan is in jeopardy of not being approved if the recall goes forward. That would be a terrible outcome for this community. If the operational plan is revoked Estes Park will lose revenue from the lodging tax and will not be able to market itself during that time.\nVEP CEO Elizabeth Fogarty has denied that VEP is a part of the recall effort, but did acknowledge speaking with a member of the recall committee about it before it became public knowledge. That committee is made up of EALA members, who have spoken out publicly in support of VEP in the past. The VEP board should go on record with a public vote either in support or opposition to the recall effort to tell the community where they stand on this issue.\nWe believe in the mission of Visit Estes Park and this new board must act quickly to make sure it can continue to fulfill that mission going forward.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 33, "original_length": 5201, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 335.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.errorteck.com/help/scan.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:01Z", "digest": "sha1:YMWQZEM2ZYMBAC7U4TIW4UGK3YETGCD4", "length": 731, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.errorteck.com", "title": "Scan - ErrorTeck.com", "raw_content": "The scanning process completely checks your system for possible errors. Click \"Scan Now\" button on the bottom of the main window to start scanning. 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If you wish to get back to the main window click Scan Now button on the top left.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 42, "original_length": 2135, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 333.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.esther.nyc/2012/04/heritage.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:46Z", "digest": "sha1:3BY6UI42TXFALGQ6ZN4L5Q3NZLN5PJOO", "length": 546, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.esther.nyc", "title": "Estherogen (Hormonal Rhapsody in E): Heritage Heritage - Estherogen (Hormonal Rhapsody in E)", "raw_content": "When I'm traveling in Japan, people think I am Taiwanese.\nWhen I'm traveling in Taiwan, people think I am Japanese or of one of the tribes.\nIn the states a lot of people think I'm mixed or halfie, or when I say my family is Taiwanese they wonder if there is any indigenous or Dutch/Portuguese heritage.\nHere are some fun DNA Microarray answers from 23andMe.\nDavid Friday, April 13, 2012 at 11:20:00 PM EDT\nDid you buy your own genome map?\nE! Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 9:46:00 PM EDT\ndavid -- no, my bro did it =) i assume we have the same heritage.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 182, "original_length": 6364, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 283.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.esva.net/ghotes/virtualcems/quaker/hist.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:16Z", "digest": "sha1:K2V66J3O66O5YVWX63ME6K4JXVE672NB", "length": 15518, "nlines": 50, "source_domain": "www.esva.net", "title": "Some history of the Guilford", "raw_content": "Some history of the Guilford (Muddy Creek) Quaker Meeting House and burial ground\n(But first\u2026some basic Quaker history from the \"Historical Sketch\"\nsection of the Baltimore Yearly Meeting Faith and Practice.)\nhttp://www.bym-rsf.org/history.html\nThe seventeenth century was a time of political and religious ferment in the British Isles. The formalism of the Church of England had become a hindrance to many spiritual seekers, and new sects were coming into being. The Church itself was in some confusion between Puritan and anti-Puritan tendencies. In mid-century the Puritans prevailed, both politically and religiously. They dethroned and beheaded King Charles I and instituted the Commonwealth, which ruled the British domain for more than a decade. It may have been significant in the religious controversies that the \"authorized\" version of the Bible, the so-called \"King James\" Bible of 1611, had made the Scriptures available to more English-speaking people than ever before.\nGeorge Fox, who initiated the gathering of the people later called Quakers, was born in Leicestershire in 1624. He was an unusually serious boy. As a teenager he troubled his parents by refusing to attend Sunday services, preferring to spend the time in Bible reading and solitary meditation. From the age of nineteen, George Fox went on frequent walking journeys over the midland counties of England, talking about spiritual matters with those he met along the way. Clergymen were often confounded by his incisive interpretation of scripture, and could provide little guidance for the young man. After much searching and despair, he heard an inner voice that said:\nThere is One, even Christ Jesus, who can speak to thy condition.\nHere and there he found kindred spirits, and he continued to experience \"openings,\" such as:\nI saw the infinite love of God. I saw also that there was an ocean of darkness and death, and an infinite ocean of light and love, which flowed over the ocean of darkness. In that I also saw the infinite love of God.\n(George Fox, 1647)\n[I saw] that every [one] was enlightened by the Divine Light of Christ ... and that they that believed in it came out of condemnation and came into the Light of Life, and became children of it.\nSuch revelations led to a belief in a \"seed\" of the Divine in every human being, usually called by Friends the Inner Light, or the Light of Christ. Fox taught that those who led their lives in strict obedience to God's will would come to \"walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in everyone.\" No clergyman, no intercessor, no liturgy or ritual was required. The only need was to experience the Divine Presence -- nothing else mattered. That Presence became so real to the early Quakers that they marveled that \"Christ has come to teach his people himself.\" They also discovered that divine revelation came equally to women, men, and children. Some of the most active and intrepid ministers were women.\nQuakers in Maryland and Virginia\nThe first Quaker known to visit the colonies of Maryland and Virginia was Elizabeth Harris, who came in 1655 or 1656 and found an immediate response. She was followed by a stream of others traveling in the ministry of the new faith. Many people of Maryland and Virginia joined the new movement. Although few early records of Virginia Yearly Meeting exist, it appears that George Fox initiated the first movement toward organization in that colony during his visits in 1672 and 1673.\nIn Fourth Month 1672, John Burnyeat, who was about to return to England after a lengthy ministry, called a General Meeting (to last several days) on West River, south of present-day Annapolis, for all Friends in the Province of Maryland. It happened that George Fox and several other English Friends had been visiting in Barbados and Jamaica, and arrived in Maryland in time for that historic meeting, which marks the beginning of Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends.\nIn his Journal George Fox recorded this event:\nThen there was a meeting appointed by John Burnyeat about three score miles off, which held four days, which we went to though we were weary. And there came to it ... many considerable people of the world, and a glorious meeting we had. After the public meeting there were men's and women's meetings [for business] and I opened to Friends the service thereof and all were satisfied.\nAlthough little opposition was met in Maryland, which tolerated any Christian sect, the situation was different in Virginia, where only the established Church of England was allowed. There was much persecution, particularly on the Eastern Shore, forcing the Quakers to migrate northward into Maryland. Elsewhere in Virginia, the Quaker movement prospered in spite of opposition.\nBy 1700 there were about 3000 Quakers in Maryland, possibly the largest religious body in the colony at that time. The Yearly Meeting for Maryland held two sessions annually, one at West River and the other at Third Haven (now Easton) on the Eastern Shore. After 1774 sessions were held but once a year, alternating between the eastern and western shores of the Chesapeake Bay. In 1785 the western shore meeting place was transferred from West River to Baltimore.\nSome other historical perspectives concerning early\nQuakers on the Eastern Shore of Virginia and Maryland:\nEastern Shore Meetings (c. 1656--)\nMeetings had been settled along the eastern waterways of the Chesapeake Bay long before the General Meeting at West River in 1672. Fox himself held a large meeting at Betty's Cove that same year. Meeting Houses were built at Nassawadox in 1657 and at Betty's Cove in the 1660s. By 1679, Tuckahoe had a Meeting House and by 1684 the Third Haven Meeting House was in use. However, in these early days, Meetings commonly \"circulated\" among the membership. Thus, on the Shore, Friends met at Ralph Fishbourne's home, at William Steven's home near Dividing Creek or at Howell Powell's home on the Choptank. It was these small Weekly or Particular Meetings that were of greatest importance to Friends in the first century of their existence.\nBetween 1672 and 1698, possibly, three Monthly Meetings were established for the Eastern Shore Quarterly. One was for the Meetings on the very lowest part of the shore, those held in the two Virginia counties and in Somerset County in Maryland. Included in this Monthly Meeting were the Meetings at Nassawadox, Munny, Annamessex, Accomac, Pocatynorton (Bogerternorton) and Muddy Creek. These Meetings probably formed the Lower Quarterly Meeting for several decades. A large part of the membership from the Maryland Meetings was drawn from Friends who had fled Virginia during the first persecution, and it was precisely these Maryland Meetings which were first lost to the Friends. After 1700, the Yearly Meeting received little account of them. By 1720, a Committee reported to the Yearly Meeting that they had visited the lower Meetings on the Eastern Shore and found that many of their Elders were dead, the membership weakened, and that no Monthly Meeting had been held at Muddy Creek or Nassawadox for several years. For a time after the visit by the Committee, it seemed Quakerism could be revived within this area. But, in 1729, the Yearly Meeting again ordered a visit to Somerset and Accomac Counties. This time it was told that only a few Friends remained who belonged to Munny, Annamassex, Mulberry Grove, Muddy Creek and Nassawadox Meetings. The Committee lodged the records that could be found belonging to the Quarterly and Monthly Meetings in that area with a local Friend, William Waters. After the death of Waters in 1733, the records of the Lower Monthly Meeting and the Lower Quarterly Meeting were ordered to be placed in the custody of Third Haven Monthly Meeting. However, Third Haven received no records. In 1879, a Committee on Records reported to the Representative Committee of the Yearly Meeting that the records from the Quarterly and Monthly Meetings in the lower counties of Maryland \"which have long since been extinct\" are missing. \"Particular attention,\" pleads the Committee, \"is desired to be given to these that so much as possible may be recovered as they no doubt contain historical matter of great interest pertaining to the Society of Friends.\" Unfortunately, the records are still missing.\n[From the Maryland State Archives site:\nhttp://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/speccol/church/friends/html/east.html ]\nQuaker Meetings on the Eastern Shore of Virginia: There were three Quaker Meetings whose history will never be known in detail because all the records are lost. The first is that monthly meeting (if indeed it ever was such) which included all the Meetings on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. It is here the Quakers were first found in Virginia though they may have also appeared at the same time in Nansemond county where they were to be the strongest. Of these Eastern Shore Quakers we know almost nothing except they did exist as early as 1656-57 having settled in Accomack where the population was thin and the country remote from the seat of government which was at Jamestown across the Bay. Here they had hoped to live unmolested, but such was not their destiny. The charges brought against them, and sworn to an oath in the court of Northampton, sound ridiculous to those knowing the true tenets of the Society, but they were typical of the misunderstanding and even fear the people of that day had of this sect. Nothing was too fantastic to be laid to their charge. Because these Quakers were so harshly treated, a large number of them fled across the border into Maryland where they formed a colony. They went at the invitation of Maryland's Governor Calvert who granted each 50 acres. Colonel Edmund Scarburgh's dealing with them is a matter of interesting record. While some fled, others remained and declared in their misery that \"the Indians, whom they judged to be heathen, exceeded the whites in kindness, in courtesies and love and mercy unto them who were strangers.\" Among their members were George (", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 178, "original_length": 61302, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 327.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.freepatentsonline.com/y2016/0234561.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:42:04Z", "digest": "sha1:FNGZWFPDKK65YFJWR4VCXJNPONXGBDDV", "length": 44017, "nlines": 88, "source_domain": "www.freepatentsonline.com", "title": "APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EPG SORTING AND AUTOMATIC REALIGNMENT - OpenTV, Inc.", "raw_content": "APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EPG SORTING AND AUTOMATIC REALIGNMENT\nIn various example embodiments, a system and method for electronic program guide (EPG) sorting and automatic realignment is provided. In example embodiments, a graphical user interface having an EPG including a plurality of rows of thumbnails representing programs is presented on a device of a user. Each row of thumbnails may be navigated independent of other rows. A navigational input is received via a touchscreen of the device. The navigational input indicates an action performed on the graphical user interface that triggers a realignment of programming information presented on the EPG. An updated EPG with the realignment of the programming information indicated by the navigational input is then provided.\nChai, Crx K. (Oakland, CA, US)\nFishman, Alex (San Francisco, CA, US)\nHuntington, Matthew (Twickenham, GB)\nChellin, Isaac (San Francisco, CA, US)\nLu, Kevin (San Francisco, CA, US)\nOpenTV, Inc. (San Francisco, CA, US)\nH04N21/482; H04N21/431; H04N21/472; H04N21/485\n20060053449 Graded access to profile spaces March, 2006 Gutta\n20030012380 Return channel for pay television decoder January, 2003 Guggenheim\n20060218573 Television program highlight tagging September, 2006 Proebstel\n20050204385 Processing and presentation of infomercials for audio-visual programs September, 2005 Sull et al.\n20040123312 Contents distributing method via a communications network June, 2004 Kimura\n20080086752 System for managing, converting, and displaying video content uploaded online and converted to a video-on-demand platform April, 2008 Perez\n20020116716 Online video editor August, 2002 Sideman\n20060225120 Video system interface kernel October, 2006 Lee et al.\n20080059989 Methods and systems for providing media assets over a network March, 2008 O'connor et al.\n20050289615 Video distribution system, video distribution device, video reception device, video distribution method, video reception method, video distribution program, and video reception program December, 2005 Nishitani\n20090019472 Systems and methods for pricing advertising January, 2009 Cleland et al.\nNEWLIN, TIMOTHY R\nSCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER/OPEN TV (P.O. BOX 2938 MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402-0938)\n1. A method comprising: causing a graphical user interface having an electronic program guide (EPG) including a plurality of rows of thumbnails representing programs to be presented on a device of a user, each row of thumbnails allowing navigation independent of other rows; receiving a navigational input on a touchscreen of the device that triggers a realignment of the thumbnails representing the programs presented on the EPG; realigning, using a processor of a machine, the EPG with updated thumbnails based on the navigational input; and presenting an updated EPG with the updated thumbnails resulting from the navigational input.\nThe present application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 14/664,748 filed Mar. 20, 2015, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/605,672 filed Sep. 6, 2012, and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 8,997,151, granted on Mar. 31, 2015, and claims the priority benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/531,621, filed Sep. 7, 2011 and entitled \u201cApparatus and Method of EPG Sorting and Automatic Realignment\u201d and to EP Application No. EP11188362, filed Nov. 9, 2011 and entitled \u201cApparatus and Method for Navigating an Electronic Program Guide.\u201d The content of the aforementioned applications are incorporated herein in their entirety by reference.\nThe present disclosure relates generally to electronic program guides (EPG), and in a specific example embodiment, to apparatuses and methods for EPG sorting and automatic realignment.\nConventionally, an EPG is an interactive, onscreen display feature which displays information analogous to television listings for channel programming. The EPG is typically arranged in a grid format with time listed on one axis and channels listed on another axis. The EPG provides users with information about each program covered by the EPG, which typically ranges from a current time through the next several days. Information about each program may include a time, duration, synopsis, program title, topic, or theme.\nAdditionally, conventional interactive EPGs allow users to scroll up, down, left or right on a time and channel basis. When this navigation occurs the entire grid shifts in the corresponding direction because all the channels and times are affected. Furthermore, a user has to scroll all the way back if the user wishes to go back to their original start time. The original start time corresponds to shows that are within a current time frame, and the user cannot view shows which have already aired.\nVarious ones of the appended drawings merely illustrate example embodiments of the present invention and cannot be considered as limiting its scope.\nFIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example environment in which example embodiments may be utilized.\nFIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example embodiment of a content viewing system.\nFIG. 3a-3d are sample user interfaces illustrating various navigations on an EPG.\nFIG. 4 is a sample user interface illustrating a time selection input.\nFIG. 5 is a sample user interface illustrating a favorites selection input.\nFIG. 6a-6b are sample user interfaces illustrating a tag selection input.\nFIG. 7 is a sample user interface illustrating a social selection input.\nFIG. 8 is a flow diagram of an example high-level method for navigating an EPG.\nFIG. 9 is a simplified block diagram of a machine in an example form of a computing system within which a set of instructions for causing the machine to perform any one or more of the methodologies discussed herein may be executed.\nThe description that follows includes systems, methods, techniques, instruction sequences, and computing machine program products that embody illustrative embodiments of the present invention. In the following description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide an understanding of various embodiments of the inventive subject matter. It will be evident, however, to those skilled in the art that embodiments of the inventive subject matter may be practiced without these specific details. In general, well-known instruction instances, protocols, structures, and techniques have not been shown in detail.\nExample embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for electronic programming guide (EPG) sorting and automatic realignment. In example embodiments, a graphical user interface having an electronic program guide (EPG) including a plurality of rows of thumbnails representing programs is presented on a device of a user. Each row of thumbnails may be navigated independent of other rows. A navigational input is received via a touchscreen of the device. The navigational input indicates an action performed on the graphical user interface that triggers a realignment of programming information presented on the EPG. An updated EPG with the realignment of the programming information indicated by the navigational input is then provided.\nThe navigational input may comprise a scrolling input and the realigning comprises causing one row of the plurality of rows of thumbnails to shift in time in a direction of the scrolling input. In some embodiments, the scrolling input causes presentation of the updated EPG with the updated thumbnails representing past aired programs. Alternatively, the navigational input may comprise a scrolling input and the realigning comprises causing the plurality of rows of thumbnails to shift in a vertical direction to display further rows of the updated thumbnails. The shift in the vertical direction still maintains each of the rows of thumbnails in a locked position based on a previous navigational input. Further still, the realigning may comprise visually scrolling each visible row of the EPG to their realigned position on the updated EPG at a speed that results in all visible rows reaching their realigned position at a same time. In example embodiments, the speed of realignment depends on how far away a current information set is from a final realigned position. This speed may be automatically calculated.\nIn example embodiments, a selection input may trigger the realignment. For example, a time selection input may result in presenting updated thumbnails that are based on a user-selected time. The user-selected time may correspond to programs now playing or programs in primetime. Alternatively, a favorites selection input may be received which causes presentation of the updated thumbnails representing programs marked as favorite by the user. In example embodiments, a program may be marked as a favorite by receiving an indication to mark the program as a favorite and providing an overlay image over a thumbnail of the program marked as favorite. A tag selection input may cause presentation of the updated thumbnails organized based on meta-tag information, wherein each row of the updated EPG is associated with a different meta-tag. Further still, the input may be a social selection input that causes presentation of the updated thumbnails organized based on programs viewed by social connections of the user, wherein each row of the updated EPG is associated with a different social connection of the user.\nBy using embodiments of the present invention, a user can easily and more quickly navigate to desired programming information on the EPG. Accordingly, one or more of the methodologies discussed herein may obviate a need for extended search and navigation of the EPG, which may have the technical effect of reducing computing resources used by one or more devices within the system. Examples of such computing resources include, without limitation, processor cycles, network traffic, memory usage, storage space, and power consumption.\nWith reference to FIG. 1, an embodiment of an example environment 100 that enables the use of a system for EPG sorting and automatic realignment is shown. A controller device 102 is coupled via one or more communication networks 104 (e.g., the Internet, wireless network, cellular network, Bluetooth, Local Area Network (LAN), or a Wide Area Network (WAN)) to a viewing device 106 and a data provider system 108.\nThe controller device 102 is a device that allows the user to navigate the EPG. In example embodiments, the controller device 102 is a touch tablet device, such as a tablet computing device, mobile device, or portable media player device. Further still, the controller, device may be a mobile phone, desktop computer, laptop, or any other communication device that is capable of communicating via the communication networks 104. In example embodiments, the controller device 102 comprises a display to present information included in the EPG. The controller device 102 may further comprise a touch screen or other input mechanism for receiving inputs from the user for navigating the EPG.\nIn an example embodiment, the controller device 102 comprises a content viewing system 110 that provides a user-friendly, navigable user interface for presenting the EPG on the controller device 102. In one instance, the content viewing system 110 comprises content browsing and viewing modules that provide various graphical user interface elements. For example, the EPG may generally include rows of uniform sized thumbnails each representing programming (e.g., a program), which the user may navigate by scrolling with his finger. Each row may represent a channel of a different broadcast network. In addition, the user interface may include icons that trigger realignment based on time, favorites/preferences, content recommendations, and social connections. The content viewing system 110 will be discussed in more detail in connection with FIG. 2.\nThe viewing device 106 is a device for viewing the programming. For example, the viewing device 106 may be a television (e.g., a smart television or Internet television) or a computer. While the viewing device 106 is shown to be separate from the controller device 102, example embodiments may combine the controller device 102 and the viewing device 106 into a single device.\nThe data provider system 108 provides information to enable the navigation and display of the EPG on the controller device 102. The data provider system 108 may be associated with a local broadcaster, cable provider, satellite television provider, or any other entity that provides information or access to programming information. Accordingly, the data provider system 108 may push, or the controller device 102 may pull, various programming information from a data store of the data provider system 108. The controller device 102 may also locally store retrieved programming information.\nThe environment 100 of FIG. 1 is merely an example. A skilled artisan will recognize that the present disclosure is not limited to such an architecture or environment 100. For example, it will be appreciated that in alternative embodiments any number of controller devices 102, viewing devices 106, and data provider systems 108 may be present in the environment 100.\nReferring now to FIG. 2, an example block diagram is shown illustrating multiple components that, in one embodiment, are provided within the content viewing system 110. In example embodiments, the content viewing system 110 provides graphical user interfaces of EPGs that illustrate rows of thumbnails that each represents a program, whereby each row may represent a channel or network. The user may individually navigate the rows by scrolling or swiping, for example, by using their finger. Additionally, the content viewing system 110 may also provide icons on the user interface that are associated with time, favorites, tagged metadata, and social connections, which allow the user to quickly access associated programming information. To enable these operations, the content viewing system 110 comprises a navigation module 202, a user interface module 204, a time module 206, a favorites module 208, a tag module 210, and a social module 212. It is noted that not all modules of the content viewing system 110 may be used in various example embodiments and that functions of some modules may be combined, divided into a plurality of modules, or be made optional.\nThe navigation module 202 receives user inputs and accesses the appropriate information to enable a proper set of programming information to be returned to the user. The information may be accessed from the data provider system 108 or from a local data store coupled to or embodied within the controller device 102. Accordingly, the navigation module 202 may receive a scrolling input that indicates a direction (e.g., left, right, up, down) to move the programming information that is displayed in the EGP. For instance, a scroll to the left may move a row of programming information for a particular channel associated with the row to the left, which enables presentation of programming information that is further in time in the future. Furthermore, the navigation module 202 may receive a selection of an icon or button that indicates a particular set of programming information that the user desires to view. The icons may be associated with time, favorites, metadata tags, and social connections. Operations associated with each of these icon selections will be discussed in further detail below.\nBased on the appropriate information obtained by the navigation module 202, the user interface module 204 uses the information to generate a graphical user interface to display updated thumbnails and programming information. In some embodiments, the obtained information may be further processed by other modules of the content viewing system 110 prior to the generation of the graphical user interface. Various sample user interfaces that are generated by the user interface module 204 are shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 7.\nThe time module 206 manages programming information based on time. In example embodiments, the time module 206 is triggered by a selection of a time icon on the user interface. Once triggered, the time module 206 may realign channels of the EPG to a particular time. In some embodiments, the time module 206 processes retrieved information obtained by the navigation module 202 to provide the realigned programming information. For example, a user may press and hold his finger on a time icon, while dragging, or otherwise moving his finger to \u201cpull\u201d the time icon and \u201cdrop\u201d the time icon on top of a thumbnail of a program (e.g., perform a \u201cdrag-and-drop\u201d operation of a time icon). By dragging and dropping the time icon over the top of the thumbnail of the program, an automatic operation to realign all rows of channels may be performed by the time module 206 such that the start time across all channels on the EPG corresponds to a time frame of the thumbnail of the program on which the time icon was dropped. More precisely, the time icon allows the user to automatically find all programming being aired across all channels during a user selected time frame that is associated with the thumbnail that was selected. All the rows of channels may automatically realign such that the start time on all rows of the EPG corresponds to the user's selected time.\nIn another embodiment, the user may select the time icon, and a drop down menu is provided (e.g., by the time module 206) that lists options for selecting programs. The options may comprise \u201cnow playing,\u201d \u201cprimetime,\u201d or a user selected time frame. The user may then select one of the options and the time module 206 processes the programming information to provide the selected programming information.\nThe favorites module 208 manages programming information based on favorite or preference information associated with the user. User preference information may be stored locally at the content viewing system 110 or remotely at an external system such as the data provider system 108. In some embodiments, dragging and dropping of a favorites icon onto a thumbnail of a program may automatically tag, by the favorites module 208, the thumbnail program as a favorite program of the user. Additionally, an overlay of a heart symbol (or other symbol to indicate a favorite) is placed on the thumbnail image so that the user may recognize the program as being tagged under his favorites. The user can also unselect a favorite program by clicking the heart symbol or by going to a media card for that thumbnail program and selecting a \u201cremove favorite\u201d button (or a similar functioning button). More precisely, dragging and dropping the heart icon onto a thumbnail of a program allows the user to mark that program as a part of his list of favorite programs that is stored by the favorites module 208.\nIn some embodiments, the user may click on or select the favorites icon which triggers the favorites module 208 to show programs tagged by the user as his favorite. In some embodiments, the favorites module 208 processes retrieved information obtained by the navigation module 202 to provide the realigned programming information. In one embodiment, the favorites module 208 may automatically align the favorite programs on the EPG grid irrespective of their row of channel association. For example, the updated thumbnails of the favorite programs may be ordered based on time (e.g., those programs which are currently airing to those which are airing at a time furthest from the user's current time) regardless of the broadcast channel. More precisely, the favorites icon allows the user to automatically find all programming being aired (or that will be aired) across all channels that the user has marked as a favorite.\nThe tag module 210 manages programming information based on meta-tags or metadata associated with the programs. In some embodiments, dragging and dropping a tag icon over a thumbnail of a program causes the tag module 210 to determine programs that have matching meta-tags as that of the program on which the tag icon was dropped. The meta-tags may comprise information about the specific program on which the tag icon was dropped, such as names of actors, type of genre, or theme type. Meta-tags may be associated with any descriptors that are available for programs. Accordingly, each meta-tag associated with the thumbnail on which the tag icon is dropped may be displayed as its own channel in the row of channels. Media content with similar meta-tags may be provided within the respective meta-tag channel. The updated thumbnails of programs are ordered based on those thumbnails of programs which are currently airing to those which are airing at a time furthest from the user's current time. More precisely, the tag icon allows users to search and navigate what other content-related programming is airing based on the meta-tags of a selected program where each meta-tag is used as a channel marker.\nIn some embodiments, the user may click or select the tag icon which causes a dropdown menu to be provided with various methods for sorting the content of the EPG. The tag module 210 may allow the user to sort, for example, by genre, popularity, or relevance. Other sort categories may also be used. Based on the user selection, the tag module 210 determines the matching programs e.g., using retrieved information obtained by the navigation module 202) and updated thumbnails of the programs will align accordingly.\nThe social module 212 manages programming information based on social connections of the user. By clicking or selecting a social icon, the row of channels are organized based on the user's social connections, such that each row of the EPG provides updated thumbnails of programs that a particular friend is viewing or has viewed. Accordingly, the social module 212 may access or upload social connection information from social networks (e.g., Facebook\u00ae, Myspace\u2122, Twitter\u2122, or other user selected social networks). Thus, the selection of the social icon triggers the social module 212 to determine what friends of the user are viewing or have viewed. The updated thumbnails of the programs may be ordered based on their air time with currently playing programs appearing first.\nIt is noted that while example icons representing particular tools for realignment are provided (e.g., favorites, tags, social), the present embodiment is not limited to these tools. Alternative embodiments may contemplate other tools for sorting content and realigning the EPG.\nFIGS. 3a-3d are sample user interfaces illustrating various results based on navigations performed on an example EPG user interface. Referring to FIG. 3a, an EPG user interface 300 is shown prior to any user navigations. Thus, the user interface module 204 may provide an EPG having thumbnails of uniform size horizontally lined up in rows according to their corresponding channel or broadcast network. For example, the first row is channel \u201cTV 001\u201d while the second row is channel \u201cTV 002.\u201d Each thumbnail may comprise an image or moving video display of a program as provided by a broadcast network. The thumbnail may also provide a designated start time of the program. The start time does not necessarily have to be in half-hour blocks as some programs may start before or after the half-hour block. Programs that are currently playing may have an overlay image of \u201cNow\u201d in place of the designated start time.\nA top of the EPG user interface 300 (above the EPG) comprises a menu including selectable icons from which the user may indicate a manner in which to view the programming. For example, a time icon 302 allows the user to align programming based on time, a favorites icon 304 (e.g., a heart) allows the user to align programming based on favorite programs, a tag icon 306 allows the user to align programming based on certain meta-tags of programs; and a social icon 308 (e.g., a face) allows the user to align programming based on viewing behavior of social connections.\nIn example embodiments; the user may navigate an individual channel of programming independent of other channels of programming. The navigation may be performed by the user sliding or swiping his finger right or left (e.g., a scrolling input) over a row representing the channel and the thumbnails will shift accordingly. Referring now to FIG. 3b, a user has scrolled several days ahead on a first displayed row of channels 310 (e.g., channel TV 001) while the other displayed rows of programs remain at a current time position (as evidenced by the \u201cNow\u201d image on a first thumbnail in the row).\nAdditionally as shown in FIG. 3c, the user scrolls back in time on a second displayed row of channels 312 (e.g., channel TV 002) in addition to the scroll forward on the first displayed row of channels 310. More precisely, the user may scroll the first row of channels 310 to the left to go forward in time and scroll the second row of channels 312 to the right to go backward in time. By navigating back in time, the user is presented with updated thumbnails of programs that have already aired. In some embodiments, only thumbnails for programs which have been recorded by the broadcast network or directly by the user are shown. This enables the user to select a previously aired program for later viewing. In these embodiments, a program that is not recorded may display a blank thumbnail with an overlay image indicating that the program is not available. A third row of channels 314 remains unchanged, showing thumbnails of programs starting from a current time.\nThe navigation module 202 also allows scrolling up and down that causes the rows of channels to shift in a vertical direction to show further rows of channels and their associated thumbnails. For example, FIG. 3d shows a scroll up navigation (e.g., scrolling input) whereby channel \u201cTV 001\u201d has navigated off the EPG and channel \u201cTV 004\u201d now appears at a bottom of the EPG. During the up and down scrolling, the rows of channels may not realign unless designated by the user. More precisely, each of the rows of channels is locked to where the user designated and remains in that location while the user scrolls up or down through the rows of channels. Thus, channel \u201cTV 002\u201d continues showing the past aired thumbnails of programming that was arrived at in FIG. 3c by a right direction scroll by the user.\nIn one embodiment, when the user chooses to realign the thumbnails, the speed at which the thumbnail programs will readjust depends on how far forward or back the user has navigated each individual row of channels. For instance, if a user has navigated only a few shows back on one row of channels and a couple days forward on a second row of channels, then the rows of channels may scroll back at different speeds such that all the rows of channels stop the realignment process simultaneously (e.g., the first row will scroll back at a slower rate than the second row). Thus, the speed of realignment depends on how far away a current information set is from a final realigned position. This speed may be automatically calculated.\nFIG. 4 is a sample user interface illustrating a time selection input. As previously discussed, the user may select the time icon 302, in one embodiment, which triggers display of a drop down menu listing options for selecting programs. As shown, the options may include a \u201cNow Playing\u201d option 402, a \u201cPrimetime\u201d option 404, and a timeframe 406. The timeframe 406 may be a user-selected timeframe. In the example, the timeframe 406 starts as 6:30 AM. The user may use his finger to scroll left or right on the timeframe 406 and select a time in order to view updated thumbnails of programs scheduled during the selected time (or corresponding timeframe). When the user scrolls the timeframe 406, the \u201cNow Playing\u201d option 402 and \u201cPrimetime\u201d option 404 remain constant such that the user may select those options at any time despite the location of the timeframe scrolling. More precisely, the user can scroll and click on any time on the timeframe 406 or the \u201cNow Playing\u201d or \u201cPrimetime\u201d options 402 and 404 to automatically align to the selected time or option. In one embodiment, the \u201cNow Playing\u201d option 402 realigns the thumbnails of programs back to a current time for all the channels. (e.g., such as that shown in FIG. 3a.) In contrast, the \u201cPrimetime\u201d option 404 may realign the channels of thumbnails to show a primetime lineup (e.g., from 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM).\nFIG. 5 is a sample user interface illustrating a favorites selection input. When a user tags a program as a favorite, a favorites image (e.g., a heart) is overlaid over the thumbnail of the program. Furthermore, the user may select the favorites icon 304 which triggers the favorites module 208 to show updated thumbnails of programs tagged by the user as his favorite. In one embodiment, the favorites module 208 automatically aligns the favorite programs on the EPG irrespective of their row of channel association. As shown, the updated thumbnails of the programs may be ordered based on time (e.g., those programs which are currently airing to those which are airing at a time furthest from the user's current time). Thus, the favorites icon 304 allows the user to automatically find all programming being aired (or that will be aired) across all channels that the user has marked as a favorite.\nFIGS. 6a-6b are sample user interfaces based on a tag selection input. As previously discussed, dragging and dropping of a tag icon 306 onto a particular thumbnail of a program may cause each meta-tag associated with the thumbnail on which the tag icon 306 is dropped to be displayed as its own channel or row. As shown in the EPG user interface 300 of FIG. 6a, a first row is now associated with an actor named \u201cBob Smith\u201d and shows updated thumbnails of programs that include a meta-tag for Bob Smith. Since only two programs have a meta-tag for Bob Smith, only two updated thumbnails are provided in the first row. A second row is associated with a genre \u201cDrama\u201d and shows updated thumbnails of programs that are tagged as dramas. Similarly, a third channel is associated with a theme type of \u201cMedical Show\u201d and shows updated thumbnails of programs that are tagged as a medical show.\nFIG. 6b illustrates the EPG user interface 300 based on a selection of the tag icon 306 causing a dropdown menu 602 to be displayed on the EPG user interface 300. The dropdown menu 602, in the present example, allows the user to sort by genre, popularity, and relevance. Other sort categories may also be used.\nIn example embodiments, when the user selects a genre option of the dropdown menu 602, the rows of channels are organized based on genre. In on embodiment, the tag module 210 may analyze retrieved programming information for genre types and organizes the updated thumbnails accordingly. That is, each row may present a different genre, irrespective of broadcast network, such that a user can scroll through the shows in any given genre. The updated thumbnails of the programs are ordered based on their airing time with currently playing programs appearing first within each genre row. As a result, instead of navigating by channel, the user navigates by genre type.\nAlternatively, when the user selects a popularity option of the dropdown menu 602, the thumbnails of the programs align to display programs that have been most recorded, most watched, most shared, or most commented. Other popularity categories may also be used. In one embodiment, the tag module 210 may analyze retrieved programming information for popularity and organize updated thumbnails accordingly. These updated thumbnails of the programs may be ordered based on their airing time with currently playing programs appearing first. As such, instead of navigating by channels, the user navigates by the popularity of the updated thumbnails of the programs.\nIn another example, the user may select a relevance option of the dropdown menu 602. In response, the tag module 210 will provide the programming information aligned with the updated thumbnails of the programs in a recommended order based on the user's behavior and preferences. Accordingly, the tag module 210 may access preference information for the user and use algorithms to determine user behavior and provide recommendations. The user's preferences may include past viewing history, age, gender, and other characteristics. As a result, the user may navigate through the updated thumbnails of the programs which are specially chosen for the user based on the user's viewing behavior and preferences.\nFIG. 7 is a sample user interface illustrating a social selection input. When the user selects the social icon 308, each row of channels is organized based on the user's social connections, such that each channel or row of the EPG provides updated thumbnails of programs that a particular friend is viewing or has viewed. For example, the first row of channels presents programs that Allison is watching and has watched in the past e.g., based on a scroll right input), while the second row presents what Joey is currently watching. The user may scroll on the row to view what Joey has viewed in the past as well. In some embodiments, a profile image of each friend may be provided in combination with the name on the row or channels. If more social connections are available, further rows or channels may be included and the user may scroll up and down in order to vertically shift the rows and view these further rows or channels.\nAccordingly, the social module 212 may access or upload social connection information from social networks (e.g., Facebook\u00a9, Myspace\u00a9, Twitter\u00a9, or other user selected social networks). Thus, the selection of the social icon 308 triggers the social module 212 to determine what friends of the user are viewing or have viewed. The thumbnails of the programs may be ordered based on their airing time with currently playing programs appearing first. Thus, the user is not restricted to navigating based on designated broadcast networks but can navigate through customized viewing preferences of the user's own social connections.\nFIG. 8 is a flow diagram of an example high-level method 800 for navigating an EPG user interface. The method 800 may be performed by various components of the content viewing system 110. In operation 802, an initial or start EPG user interface is displayed to the user. For example, the user interface module 204 may receive a request for display of the EPG user interface and present the EPG user interface 300 shown in FIG. 3a.\nIn operation 804, a navigational input is received by the navigation module 202. In response, the navigation module 202 accesses the appropriate information to enable a proper set of programming information to be returned to the user. The information may be accessed from the data provider system 108 or from a local data store coupled to or embodied within the controller device 102. For example, the navigation module 202 may receive a scrolling input that indicates a direction (e.g., left, right, up, down) to move the programming content that is displayed on the EPG or a selection of an icon or button that indicates a particular set of programming information that the user desires to view.\nAn action related to the navigational input is performed in operation 806. For example, if the navigational input is a scroll operation to the left or right, then the EPG is presented with the row of channels selected for the scroll operation providing updated thumbnails of programs updated to a new timeframe. In another example, if the navigational input is a selection of a selectable icon (e.g., time icon 302, favorites icon 304, tag icon 306, or social icon 308), a corresponding module realigns the EPG in response to the selection as discussed above.\nIn operation 808, a determination is made as to whether a further navigational input is received. If a further navigational input is received, then the method 800 returns to operation 806, otherwise the method 800 ends.\nFIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating components of a machine 900, according to some example embodiments, able to read instructions from a machine-readable medium (e.g., a machine-readable storage medium) and perform any one or more of the methodologies discussed herein. Specifically, FIG. 9 shows a diagrammatic representation of the machine 900 in the example form of a computer system and within which instructions 924 (e.g., software, a program, an application, an applet, an app, or other executable code) for causing the machine 900 to perform any one or more of the methodologies discussed herein may be executed. In alternative embodiments, the machine 900 operates as a standalone device or may be connected (e.g., networked) to other machines. In a networked deployment, the machine 900 may operate in the capacity of a server machine or a client machine in a server-client network environment, or as a peer machine in a peer-to-peer (or distributed) network environment. The machine 900 may be a server computer, a client computer, a personal computer (PC), a tablet computer, a laptop computer, a netbook, a set-top box (STB), a personal digital assistant (PDA), a cellular telephone, a smartphone, a web appliance, a network router, a network switch, a network bridge, or any machine capable of executing the instructions 924, sequentially or otherwise, that specify actions to be taken by that machine. Further, while only a single machine is illustrated, the term \u201cmachine\u201d shall also be taken to include a collection of machines that individually or jointly execute the instructions 924 to perform any one or more of the methodologies discussed herein.\nThe machine 900 includes a processor 902 (e.g., a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), a digital signal processor (DSP), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a radio-frequency integrated circuit WIC), or any suitable combination thereof), a main memory 904, and a static memory 906, which are configured to communicate with each other via a bus 908. The machine 900 may further include a graphics display 910 (e.g., a plasma display panel (PDP), a light emitting diode (LED) display, a liquid crystal display (LCD), a projector, or a cathode ray tube (CRT)). The machine 900 may also include an alpha-numeric input device 912 (e.g., a keyboard), a cursor control device 914 (e.g., a mouse, a touchpad, a trackball, a joystick, a motion sensor, or other pointing instrument), a storage unit 916, a signal generation device 918 (e.g., a speaker), and a network interface device 920.\nThe storage unit 916 includes a machine-readable medium 922 on which is stored the instructions 924 embodying any one or more of the methodologies or functions described herein. The instructions 924 may also reside, completely or at least partially, within the main memory 904, within the processor 902 (e.g., within the processor's cache memory), or both, during execution thereof by the machine 900. Accordingly, the main memory 904 and the processor 902 may be considered as machine-readable media. The instructions 924 may be transmitted or received over a network 926 via the network interface device 920. In some embodiments, the machine-readable medium 922 may be a machine-readable device.\nAs used herein, the term \u201cmemory\u201d refers to a machine-readable medium able to store data temporarily or permanently and may be taken to include, but not be limited to, random-access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), buffer memory, flash memory, and cache memory. While the machine-readable medium 922 is shown in an example embodiment to be a single medium, the term \u201cmachine-readable medium\u201d should be taken to include a single medium or multiple media (e.g., a centralized or distributed database, or associated caches and servers) able to store instructions (e.g., instructions 924). The term \u201cmachine-readable medium\u201d shall also be taken to include any medium, or combination of multiple media, that is capable of storing instructions for execution by a machine (e.g., machine 900), such that the instructions, when executed by one or more processors of the machine (e.g., processor 902), cause the machine to perform any one or more of the methodologies described herein. Accordingly, a \u201cmachine-readable medium\u201d refers to a single storage apparatus or device, as well as \u201ccloud-based\u201d storage systems or storage networks that include multiple storage apparatus or devices. The term \u201cmachine-readable medium\u201d shall accordingly be taken to include, but not be limited to, one or more data repositories in the form of a solid-state memory, an optical medium, a magnetic medium, or any suitable combination thereof.\nThe instructions 924 may further be transmitted or received over a communications network 926 using a transmission medium via the network interface device 920 and utilizing any one of a number of well-known transfer protocols (e.g., HTTP). Examples of communication networks include a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), the Internet, mobile telephone networks, POTS networks, and wireless data networks (e.g., WiFi and WiMax networks). The term \u201ctransmission medium\u201d shall be taken to include any intangible medium that is capable of storing, encoding, or carrying instructions for execution by the machine, and includes digital or analog communications signals or other intangible medium to facilitate communication of such software.\nThe performance of certain of the operations may be distributed among the one or more processors, not only residing within a single machine, but deployed across a number of machines. In some example embodiments, the one or more processors or processor-implemented modules may be located in a single geographic location (e.g., within a home environment, an office environment, or a server farm). In other example embodiments, the one or more processors or processor-implemented modules may be distributed across a number of geographic locations.\nAlthough an overview of the inventive subject matter has been described with reference to specific example embodiments, various modifications and changes may be made to these embodiments without departing from the broader spirit and scope of embodiments of the present invention. Such embodiments of the inventive subject matter may be referred to herein, individually or collectively, by the term \u201cinvention\u201d merely for convenience and without intending to voluntarily limit the scope of this application to any single invention or inventive concept if more than one is, in fact, disclosed.\nAs used herein, the term \u201cor\u201d may be construed in either an inclusive or exclusive sense. Moreover, plural instances may be provided for resources, operations, or structures described herein as a single instance. Additionally, boundaries between various resources, operations, modules, engines, and data stores are somewhat arbitrary, and particular operations are illustrated in a context of specific illustrative configurations. Other allocations of functionality are envisioned and may fall within a scope of various embodiments of the present invention. In general, structures and functionality presented as separate resources in the example configurations may be implemented as a combined structure or resource. Similarly, structures and functionality presented as a single resource may be implemented as separate resources. These and other variations, modifications, additions, and improvements fall within a scope of embodiments of the present invention as represented by the appended claims. The specification and drawings are, accordingly, to be regarded in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense.\nPrevious Patent: BOOKMARKING PROSPECTIVE MEDIA CONTENT ON COMPUTER NETWORK\nNext Patent: CUSTOMIZED CAPTIONING FOR CLIENT DEVICE", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 148, "original_length": 51685, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 322.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.friendsinchrist.net/ms040424.shtml", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:59Z", "digest": "sha1:3SFAQ3OZBNRFATFG627DOB7VONPLAG6K", "length": 2250, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.friendsinchrist.net", "title": "Friends in Christ Message for April 24, 2004", "raw_content": "A follower named Ananias lived in Damascus, and the Lord spoke to him in a vision. Ananias answered, \"Lord, here I am.\"\nThe Lord said to him, \"Get up and go to the house of Judas on Straight Street. When you get there, you will find a man named Saul from the city of Tarsus. Saul is praying, and he has seen a vision. He saw a man named Ananias coming to him and putting his hands on him, so that he could see again.\"\nAnanias replied, \"Lord, a lot of people have told me about the terrible things this man has done to your followers in Jerusalem. Now the chief priests have given him the power to come here and arrest anyone who worships in your name.\"\nThe Lord said to Ananias, \"Go! I have chosen him to tell foreigners, kings, and the people of Israel about me. I will show him how much he must suffer for worshiping in my name.\"\nAnanias left and went into the house where Saul was staying. Ananias placed his hands on him and said, \"Saul, the Lord Jesus has sent me. He is the same one who appeared to you along the road. He wants you to be able to see and to be filled with the Holy Spirit.\"\nSuddenly something like fish scales fell from Saul's eyes, and he could see. He got up and was baptized. Then he ate and felt much better.\nFor several days Saul stayed with the Lord's followers in Damascus. Soon he went to the Jewish meeting places and started telling people that Jesus is the Son of God.\nActs 9:10-20 (CEV*)\nSuppose you got a vision in which you were told to go and lay hands on a noted persecutor of your group, someone who had been given official sanction for this persecution. What would be your reaction? This is what happened to Ananias. He at first questioned the Lord about this, but upon being reassured that it was in fact what he was called to do, he was obedient. And the Lord used him to heal the man he had dreaded, who became a powerful witness for the Lord.\nYou may never get a call on your life that seems quite as dramatically crazy as this. But it's not at all unlikely that God will ask you to do something that you at least do not understand. Like Ananias, we each need to put aside our doubts when we get direction from God, and simply do whatever we are called to do. We can trust God to use us if we are obedient.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 55, "original_length": 3469, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 208.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.from-to.it/objects/harry-thaler/360/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:46Z", "digest": "sha1:QR5B3JIOMTRU4HQII2IRCJMDC5P7KICG", "length": 349, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.from-to.it", "title": "360\u00b0 by Harry Thaler", "raw_content": "360\u00b0 by Harry Thaler\nThe Arch light is made out of a bended steel pipe that is filled with metal balls. 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The Mengistu regime was finally deposed.\nA national conference for establishing a transitional government was convened in Addis Ababa as an attempt on the part of the TPLF/EPRDF to rapidly secure widespread acceptance among the general population. It resulted in the signing of a Charter by the representatives of some 31 political movements, the creation of an 87-seat Council of Representatives, and the establishment of the Transitional Government of Ethiopia (TGE). The OLF joined the coalition that formed the TGE and it held the second largest number of seats in the Council of Representatives. Five more seats were allotted for the Islamic Front for the Liberation of Oromia (IFLO), Oromo Abbo Liberation Front (OALF) and the United Oromo People's Liberation Organization (UOPLO). 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But, even when she became separated from her unit, Aradoolaa did not give up the struggle. She acquired valuable information about the enemy and passed it to the Oromo fighters.\nOver 20,000 Oromo fighters were arrested and held for long periods in camps around Oromia.\nThousands of Oromo people were imprisoned as opponents of the government, without being charged or tried. This included journalists, human rights activists and members of officially-recognized political parties but the main targets were Oromo suspected of OLF membership or sympathies.\nThe OLF launched 157 launches against the forces of the TPLF/EPRDF regime.\nIn a military communiqu\u00e9, the OLF claimed victory in 17 recent attacks on government forces.\nThe convening of Ethiopia's Federal Parliament officially brought an end the transitional period that was launched more than four years earlier. 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The Noah\u2019s Ark Children\u2019s Hospice values the donations and support they receive from our donors, volunteers, families, staff and the public. They are registered with the Fundraising Regulator and are fully committed to the Fundraising Promise to ensure that all the fundraising is legal, open, honest and respectful. Heelys X2 Fresh\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 1976, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 161.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2007/09/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:42:17Z", "digest": "sha1:WDH2WHA26TQOZMYKZ2YYZMHYEJHX4RV4", "length": 14672, "nlines": 50, "source_domain": "www.gamesetwatch.com", "title": "GameSetWatch", "raw_content": "On Randy Pausch's Last Lecture\nOver at Metafilter, they have a post with information about Randy Pausch's last ever lecture, explaining the sad yet touching final CMU talk from the Alice educational game engine co-creator and important game education figure.\nHonestly, Metafilter's synopsis is so good and link-packed that I'll include a lot of it here: \"Randy Pausch is a pioneer in virtual reality, a computer science professor, a Disney Imagineer, an innovative teacher, and the co-founder of the best video game school in the world.\"\nPausch was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and \"...after a long and difficult fight he's been given just a few more months to live. This week he gave his powerful, funny, and life-affirming last lecture to a packed auditorium at Carnegie Mellon University, entitled \"How to Live Your Childhood Dreams\". The WSJ's summary, and a direct link to the complete video of the lecture [WMV link].\" [Via Gewgaw.]\nCOLUMN: 'Game Mag Weaseling': Future US: Now They're Playing with Power\nThe November Nintendo Power arrived in my mailbox the other day, and as managing editor Scott Pelland writes in his opening letter, it's officially the last one that Nintendo of America is producing. As was widely reported elsewhere, after 20 years and 221 issues (only one of which Pelland himself isn't on the masthead for -- the very first one, July/August 1988), production of NP will be handled by Future, which has already been producing Nintendo: The Official Magazine in the UK for nearly two years now.\nI think Scott's editorial letter is worth reading even if you don't read NP regularly, so I'll reproduce it here:\n\"For nearly 20 years I have had what many people would consider to be the best job in the world. (No argument there.) And the same thing could be said of my talented colleagues -- the writers, designers, editors, and incredible support staff that have weated the details every month to bring you the world's first and best official video game magazine. Nintendo has been our home, and our parent, too, supporting and guiding us as we have tried to tap into our passion for both the games and the print medium to inform and entertain our loyal readers.\nBut there comes a time when we all leave home and strive for even greater achievements, and that time is now for Nintendo Power. This issue is the final edition to be published by Nintendo of America. Beginning with Volume 222, Future US (one of the most accomplished magazine publishers on Earth) becomes Nintendo Power's official publisher. Huge news, I know, but not discouraging.\nIn fact, although some masthead names will change, I am convinced that Future's new team is not only dedicated to carrying on with the traditions and quality you expect, but will deliver exciting new content and benefits, such as an annual holiday bonus issue. Subscribers will continue to receive NP monthly in the mail, and newsstand patrons will find NP in more locations than ever before. So please join me as I say welcome to the future, and to Future US.\"\nSo not a heck of a lot of information on what Future will do with the mag, other than the fact it'll be 13 issues a year just like every Future title. This issue of NP has a full preview of games covered in next month's edition, so I'm assuming we'll see the December issue right on schedule, though I don't know what the editorial lineup looks like yet.\nPerhaps not all that much will change with the new publisher, but I still think it's a good occasion to look back on what Nintendo Power accomplished. At its peak, NP was the premier outlet through which gamers got their info and strategies. For a time from its inception to around 1995, having a game make the cover of NP was a major advertising coup for whatever third-party publisher managed the feat, because full coverage in the mag had a direct effect on sales of the sort that good reviews in Famitsu are purported to have over in Japan.\nIts total circulation was in the millions until the N64 era proved harsh for Nintendo (and the Internet made traditional tips-n-strategy mags obsolete), and few game mags ever did more to define the tastes of a generation of console owners. Even now, the mag remains pretty unique in the marketplace, with a very singular approach to coverage, interviews and game-preview coverage you don't see anywhere else, and a general feeling of \"fullness\" (sorry to be vague here) even though it's the same number of pages as any other game mag these days.\nNot bad, really, for what's supposed to be a glorified company newsletter. I hope that Future is able to keep the tradition of excellence going.\nGameSetUpdate: Lord British? Space? Not So Crazed!\nSo just a couple of weeks ago, just after his (pictured) UT fundraiser, we ran a report here on GSW from the Korea Times, including \"...some hilarious Richard Garriott gossip - claiming NCSoft will pay to fly Garriott into space.\"\nThe report said that Lord British's space shot would be to promote Tabula Rasa, and we scoffed: \"While I guess Garriott could go eventually, a $30 million promotion for the game? Guessing not.\" Well, guess what? Just announced is RichardInSpace.com and a press release revealing \"...famed game developer Richard Garriott, son of former NASA astronaut Owen Garriott, has begun preparations for a \u201ccommercially active\u201d mission to the International Space Station.\"\nHowever, to be fair: \"The first commercial research partner involved in Mr. Garriott\u2019s mission is ExtremoZyme, Inc., a biotechnology company co-founded by Owen Garriott.\" So NCSoft isn't yet an official partner - although Richard does talk about them in his first blog on the site. But still, if we wore hats, we'd be eating them about now.\n[While we're on the Korea Times and NCSoft, John Andersen points out a fascinating new article there called 'NCsoft CEO Stands at Crossroads', which includes incisive analysis of NCSoft's declining profits, why Tabula Rasa is vital for the company, and a few ladlings of gossip about NCSoft boss Kim Taek-jin - definitely worth checking out.]\nThe Best Video Game Credits... Ever?\nNow, they're a nice, polite bushbaby-like community that doesn't like being disturbed, so don't everyone go sign up, but Quarter To Three has a great thread on the 'Best Game Credits Ever?', which starts out with a real doozy - the credits for Lionhead's 'The Movies' [YouTube link] - pointed out by Cliffski, who, as a former coder at the developer, is actually in them, 'Sabotage'-style.\nOff course, this then gets into a gigantic comparison thread, with Mutt noting: \"Oh, please. Have we really come to this? I don't blame cliffski for reveling in his fame, but is this really gonna be a Top Ten list of credits? If so, then I'm gonna break out my Best Polygon of All Time thread on your asses.\"\nQuickly suggested are the credits to Star Control II [YouTube link], which I hadn't seen, and are indeed awesome, but there are lots more including Capcom's God Hand credits [YouTube link], which has deliciously cheesetastic music, and... can I just say that it's starting to get scary how much random video you can find on YouTube nowadays? Honestly...\nInterview: Never Mind The Boll-Ocks, Here's 1988 Games?\nSo, you may perhaps have seen the news that \"Much-maligned filmmaker Uwe Boll (\"Alone in the Dark,\" \"Bloodrayne\") is planning yet another video game adaptation - 'Zombie Massacre'\" - and yep, we also got a press release about the momentous event.\nAs Dark Horizons notes: \"1988 Games is bringing the shooter game exclusively to the Nintendo Wii shortly, and Boll will shoot the $6 million project in Vancouver in 2009. The goal of the game is to drive a fully-armed nuclear warhead (that's stowed in the trunk of their vintage 1950s convertible) into the center of a city overflowing with zombies. After depositing the weapon, players will then have to make it out of the city just as quickly as they entered it before the warhead detonates.\"\nAs it happens, 1988 Games' boss Benjamin Krotin has been in contact with GSW recently discussing other things, so we thought this was a perfect opportunity to ask the man - what makes a possibly sane Wii developer sign up to have their game turned into a movie from Uwe Boll? Or vice versa? Why would a game developer do that? He was kind enough to explain it to us.\n2008 Independent Games Festival - Get Your Entries In Now!\nYou know what? A little reminding never hurt anyone, and the final deadline for the IGF Main Competition is this Monday, so let's crosspost this final, squawk-like call for crazy indies:\n\"Organizers are reminding entrants that submissions for the Main Competition of the historic 10th Annual Independent Games Festival, for which the awards will be handed out in February 2008 at Game Developers Conference, are due by 11.59pm PST on Monday, October 1st.\nThe 2008 IGF Main Competition will again be open to all independent developers to submit their games - whether it be on PC, console digital download, Web browser, or other more exotic formats. The prizes again total nearly $50,000, with a $20,000 Seumas McNally Grand Prize, and the deadline to enter the Main Competition is this Monday.\nThe 2008 IGF Student Competition will once again award the best student games, and this year will also include student 'mods' to existing games. As a result, the number of Student Showcase winners has been increased to 12. The deadline to enter the Student Competition is Monday, October 15th, 2007.\nFinally, the first-ever IGF Mobile competition, a sister competition run in association with founding sponsor Nvidia and awarding $20,000 in prizes to the best independent mobile phone, DS, PSP, and other mobile games, is still accepting submissions until Friday, October 26th.\nFurther information, including detailed rules, contact info, and specifics on previous winners, is available at the official Independent Games Festival website.\"\nMega64 Dismisses Halo, Trails Season 3\nIt's difficult to get bored (at least, it's difficult for _me_ to get bored) of San Diego-based game comedy jackasses Mega64, and they've been celebrating the release of Halo 3 with a new skit.\nAs they note of their video, which appeared on SpikeTV's Halo 3 special earlier this week: \"Frankly, we are SHOCKED at the inconsiderateness of Bungie to release their game on this date. They are overshadowing a MUCH BETTER TITLE and are hurting their image by going through with this. Email or call Microsoft today and get them to pull Halo 3 off the shelves before it's too late.\" The video includes facial hair - and lots of it.\nBut wait, there's more - the 'real' teaser trailer for Season 3 of Mega64, continuing the single game-related video 'thing' we dig the most at GSW. Also duly noted: \"So, after watching the V3 trailer, some of you might be thirsty for a new Mega64 DVD, like, right now. Some of you claim that \"Mega64 Time\" just wasn't enough. Well, we MIGHT have some sort of consolation prize for you. We'd like formally announce here that Rocco Botte of Mega64 has been put in charge of filming and editing the PAX 2007 DVD!\" Out soon, perhaps!\nIndependent Games Summit: 'Innovation in Indie Games' Panel\nAha, time for more videos from this year's Independent Games Summit, which took place at Game Developers Conference 2007 last March as part of the Independent Games Festival - we're just starting to prep the next IGS, actually.\nThe seventh 2007 Independent Games Summit lecture is a key panel from the event - 'Innovation in Indie Games', featuring Kyle Gabler from the Experimental Gameplay Project (World Of Goo); Jenova Chen, ThatGameCompany (fl0w/fl0wer, pictured); Jon Mak, Queasy Games (Everyday Shooter); Jon Blow, Number-None (Braid); and moderator - Steve Swink, Flashbang Studios (IGS/IGF organizer).\nIt starts with a short and neat Powerpoint presentation from each panelist, and onward into some interesting discussions of whether 'innovation' actually matters, or whether it's gimmickry for gimmickry's sake. I think this was the Independent Games Summit talk that made me re-evaluate the most what I thought about video games as art - and reminded me that intoning 'innovation' all the time with regard to games, above all else, is a distinctly bad idea.\nHere's the original session description: \"Join the luminary creators of the Experimental Gameplay Project at CMU, IGF-winning Braid, and the brilliant Everyday Shooter as they dissect innovation in indie games. How do we generate Earth-shattering ideas that will change the face of gaming? Can small teams innovate? Is 'innovation' really what we want?\"\n(Other IGS 2007 videos posted so far are Matt Wegner on physics, alongside the Gastronaut founders on 'Small Arms' for XBLA, the Telltale folks on Sam & Max/episodic gaming, Gamelab's Eric Zimmerman on 'The Casual Cash Cow', and Braid's Jon Blow on indie prototyping, as well as Russell Carroll on 'indie marketing'.)\nCOLUMN: 'The Aberrant Gamer': Love in the Uncanny Valley\nSeptember 27, 2007 4:02 PM | Leigh Alexander\nLast month, an article in the Wall Street Journal generated some considerable buzz. It was the story of a man whose marriage to his real-world wife was suffering in favor of his Second Life marriage. The virtual \u201cmarriage\u201d, between a middle-aged biker guy and a woman he\u2019s never actually met, cost the two of them hundreds of real-world dollars in gifts and in-world investments -- the couple owns a Second Life business selling lingerie, and have built a number of social and business relationships with other avatars. More significantly, though, it was costing them hours and hours of their real-world time, and for the man profiled in the article, it was seriously threatening his relationship with his flesh-and-blood wife.\n\"It's really devastating,\" the 58-year-old wife told the WSJ. \"You try to talk to someone or bring them a drink, and they'll be having sex with a cartoon.\" She later joined a support group called EverQuest Widows, for women who\u2019ve lost their husbands to an online game, and her children are trying to get their mother to move out.\nShe doesn\u2019t want to leave, though. She told the WSJ her husband is a \u201cgood person\u201d who\u2019s just \u201cfallen down a rabbit hole.\u201d She can understand, she says, how her husband might want to re-live his life as a 25-year-old man, access experiences that he can\u2019t in his mundane life, at his somewhat advanced age.\nSounds familiar \u2013 historically, our culture knows exactly what it means when a middle-aged man suddenly buys a sports car and starts \u201cworking late.\u201d But there are innumerable reasons why our society is confounded when asked whether the EverQuest Widows are victims of adultery. Is it cheating?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 127, "original_length": 20667, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 337.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.gardenequipment101.com/structures/suncast.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:00Z", "digest": "sha1:SAN5SFVOCKDULZ4SRKOXJ66L3YILFF7J", "length": 894, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.gardenequipment101.com", "title": "Suncast | Sheds and Storage Options | Garden Equipment 101", "raw_content": "Garden Equipment 101 \u00bb Backyard Structures \u00bb Suncast\nSuncast is a company which offers a wide variety of lawn and garden products including many outdoor storage options for your home. When it comes to outdoor storage, this company focuses mainly on sheds and deck boxes. Suncast sheds are available in large and small sizes as well as vertical and horizontal forms to suit all yards, regardless of their size. Suncast also provides shelves which can hold up to 100 pounds and can be placed in the shed above the ground. These shelves are designed specifically for Suncast sheds and will not fit inside sheds produced by other manufacturers. Suncast deck boxes are a great option for outdoor storage as well and have capacities of up to 99 gallons. If you are looking to purchase a shed, deck box or other lawn and garden products, Suncast is a company worth looking into.\nNext Article: Sunrooms", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 10, "original_length": 1669, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 273.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.gauravwadekar.com/category/technology/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:25Z", "digest": "sha1:SGKF7UCEVTYUMY4BGVFZZG7CBYGFSKCT", "length": 326, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.gauravwadekar.com", "title": "Technology \u2013 Gaurav Wadekar", "raw_content": "Dependence or over dependence on internet\nRecently, out of the blue, I raised an interesting question on Linkedin, it was not interesting, untill I got so many answers to it. I was overwhelmed with\u2026\nOne of my friends\u2019 wife went to a Yahoo booth in one of the IT job fairs and met a friend. In front of the entire Yahoo booth,\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 35, "original_length": 2476, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 317.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.gci275.com/log/2003/04/miami-herald-new-day-in-court-for.shtml", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:57Z", "digest": "sha1:P4UGY6STN4US7BZX5UNV5OW5FTBYO6QA", "length": 307, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.gci275.com", "title": "La Esquina del Movimiento [an error occurred while processing this directive]", "raw_content": "Miami Herald New day in court for Shining Path insurgency in Peru: \"In his first interview with the judge in the case, Javier Llaque, on March 28, Guzm\u00e1n accepted the allegation that he founded the Shining Path, but he denied any responsibility in the deaths and destruction caused by the party since 1980.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 78, "original_length": 2193, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 185.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.geilenfeldfh.com/byron-belden.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:14Z", "digest": "sha1:CBDU4DOG66W74AMZIAACL4BBKG2JSNIM", "length": 3168, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "www.geilenfeldfh.com", "title": "Byron Belden", "raw_content": "Byron Belden, 70, died Sunday morning February 1, 2015 at his home in Oelwein after a valiant fight with cancer.\nFriends may call from 4:00 to 8:00 pm on Friday February 6, 2015 at the Geilenfeld Funeral Home in Oelwein.\nFuneral services will be at 2:00 pm on Saturday February 7, 2015 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses, 940 Rock Island Ave (Hwy. 150 S), in Oelwein.\nByron Dale Belden was born January 5, 1945 in rural Elkader to Randall and Nadine (Bissell) Belden. He attended school at Mederville, Littleport, and Arlington graduating in 1963. Byron was united in marriage to Joyce Olson on December 25, 1967 at St. John Lutheran Church in Arlington. Byron and Joyce farmed at Volga for two years, moved to Arlington where he was employed by Seedorf Oil, later Fauser Oil until 2008 when he retired. Byron then worked part-time for Tournier Recycling in Independence.\nByron was baptized as one of Jehovah\u2019s Witnesses in 1972. He enjoyed the meetings and Bible study, as well as having many \u201cspiritual\u201d brothers and sisters. Byron also enjoyed spending time with his family, and loved spending time in the timber.\nHe is survived by his wife Joyce, sons Brett (Beth), and Jason, both of Oelwein, a granddaughter, Brielle, a step-granddaughter Courtney Silvestri and step-grandson D.J. Silvestri, a brother, Doug (Lois) of Swisher, sisters Marna (Jim) Wehr of Cedar Rapids, Cheryl Handel of Lamont, Paula (Steve) Clancy of Knoxville, Tennessee, and many nieces and nephews.\nByron was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Neal (Tiny), Rick, and two sisters, Kay and Christi.\nBruce and Marcelyn on February 5, 2015 at 1:55 PM said:\nJoyce and family - We are so saddened to learn of Byron's death. This system has nothing to offer other than the opportunity to become lifelong friends with the most wonderful people during the most difficult time in mankind's history. Please know our thoughts and prayers are with you as we anticipate the better times ahead!\nSummer and Andy Wall on February 5, 2015 at 10:07 AM said:\nWe will miss Byron beyond words. He meant the world to us. We so look forward to paradise. We love you guys very much. Y'all are in our prayers.\nSummer and Andy\ndoug davis on February 4, 2015 at 7:17 AM said:\nByron was a good man and will be deeply missed by everyone who knew him. Thoughts and prayers be with you and your family during this time of sorrow.\nCarrie wright on February 4, 2015 at 6:14 AM said:\nThinking of you all and sending hugs! Byron was such a kind and gentle soul!\nDennis and joan Phillips on February 3, 2015 at 8:52 PM said:\nSorry to hear about Byron .. Enjoyed talking to him at family get togethers He had A good sense of humor . We are thinking of you and family from afar {we are in AZ } We will be thinking of you in the days ahead . cousin Dennis\nJoan Shaffer on February 3, 2015 at 7:30 PM said:\nWe were so sorry to hear of Byron's passing. In high school he, Vic, Neal and Gayle had so much fun together. May God be with you all.\nJoni on February 3, 2015 at 11:47 AM said:\nWish I could be there with all of you, but it's an\nimpossibility at this time. Thinking of all of you.\nLOVE & BLESSINGS to all.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 43, "original_length": 3649, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 211.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.gileadfriendschurch.org/jerusalemrsquos-walls-rebuilt.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:20Z", "digest": "sha1:DOY6AVOJTJAIZS6WTX6CHUUUU7WN4ETW", "length": 4156, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.gileadfriendschurch.org", "title": "Jerusalem\u2019s Walls Rebuilt - GILEAD FRIENDS CHURCH", "raw_content": "Jerusalem\u2019s Walls Rebuilt\nThis week in The Gospel Project\u00ae for Kids, our journey takes us to Jerusalem as Nehemiah led God\u2019s people to finish rebuilding the city walls. City walls and gates were very important in Bible times. Walls were built to be several feet thick. They protected a city from its enemies and provided a sense of safety and security. Gates were the center of city life, the meeting place for commercial and social transactions. Without these structures, the surviving remnant of God\u2019s people struggled and was vulnerable to attack.\nNehemiah traveled from Persia to Jerusalem to lead the effort in rebuilding Jerusalem\u2019s walls. Nehemiah\u2019s leadership was effective. Nehemiah 3 describes all the people working together to rebuild the gates and walls. But it wasn\u2019t long before Nehemiah met opposition. Sanballat and Tobiah were local governors who strongly opposed Nehemiah\u2019s helping the Jews. The two mocked God\u2019s people and tried to discourage them. Sanballat and Tobiah planned a surprise attack against God\u2019s people, but God\u2019s people found out. They kept working\u2014with a trowel in one hand and a sword in the other.\nGod\u2019s people completed the wall in just 52 days. Note how their enemies reacted: \u201cAll the surrounding nations were intimidated and lost their confidence, for they realized that this task had been accomplished by our God\u201d (Neh. 6:16). Nehemiah led the people to rebuild the walls around Jerusalem to protect them from their enemies. Jesus came to protect us from our enemies. He died on the cross and rose from the dead to rescue people from sin and death.\nNehemiah 3:1\u20136:16\nNehemiah (nee huh MIGH uh) was in Jerusalem to help the people rebuild the city walls. The people started working together to x the walls and the burned-down gates. The walls and gates had special names. Some of the people worked on the Fish Gate. The Fish Gate was the entrance to the sh market. Some people worked on the Sheep Gate; this gate led to the place men gathered to sell sheep.\nOthers worked on the Valley Gate, the Old Gate, and the Horse Gate. The people worked on the walls, and other workers repaired the towers along the walls.\nThe workers put in doors, bolts, and bars. They cut stones and lifted them into place on the wall, and they lled in gaps and holes. All around the city, people worked side by side. Soon the wall was half as tall as it had once been!\nNot everyone was happy that Jerusalem\u2019s walls were being rebuilt. Some men who lived nearby were angry. Sanballat (san BAL uht) and Tobiah (toh BIGH uh) mocked the people. Sanballat said, \u201cWhat do these people think they are doing? These walls are just piles of trash and dirt. They can\u2019t be rebuilt!\u201d\nNehemiah prayed. God\u2019s people kept working on the walls, but their enemies made a plan to attack them and stop their work. God\u2019s people prayed and assigned men to guard the walls all day and all night, but they were discouraged. \u201cOur enemies are everywhere,\u201d\nNehemiah reminded the people that God was with them. \u201cDo not be afraid. God is great and powerful!\u201d Nehemiah said. \u201cBe ready. If our enemies attack us, God will ght for us!\u201d Sanballat and Tobiah could threaten God\u2019s people, but they couldn\u2019t make God\u2019s people stop building. Sanballat and Tobiah were not in charge of rebuilding the wall; God was!\nSo God\u2019s people went back to work. Some stood guard with weapons, and others worked on the wall. Some men worked with one hand and held a weapon in the other. They were always ready to fight, just in case.\nNehemiah was a wise and good leader of God\u2019s people while they worked. He helped them solve any problems they had, and he did not\ngive in to their enemies. The people kept working very hard. In just 52 days, the wall was complete! The gates were repaired, and the wall was restored. When all of Jerusalem\u2019s enemies heard that the wall had been rebuilt, they were afraid because they knew God was with His people.\nChrist Connection: Nehemiah led the people to rebuild the walls around Jerusalem to protect them from their enemies. Jesus came to protect us from our enemies. He died on the cross and rose from the dead to rescue people from sin and death.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 83, "original_length": 5290, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 247.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.globepequot.com/book/9781608939534", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:47Z", "digest": "sha1:VUCQAJXMT4C3BETPS3ADAD42TSOOCSPP", "length": 989, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.globepequot.com", "title": "Cooking Maine Style by Sandra Oliver | Globe Pequot | An Indepedent Publisher of Regional Interest Titles", "raw_content": "Cooking Maine Style\nTried and True Recipes from Down East\nMarjorie Standish is an iconic figure in the world of traditional New England cooking, known for her popular column, \u201cCooking Down East\u201d for the Maine Sunday Telegram. She emphasized simple, but good recipes, that could be made with ingredients that can be found in most pantries.\nSandra Oliver, Maine\u2019s modern-day Marjorie Standish, offers a carefully curated selection of the very best recipes from Standish\u2019s cookbooks. Presented in a retro-inspired, elegantly designed gift package, with notes and anecdotes to put Standish\u2019s recipes in context with current wisdom, it is sure to become the new classic in traditional cooking.\nAbout Oliver, Sandra\nResiding on Maine's Islesboro Island, Sandra Oliver is a revered food historian with a vast knowledge of New England food history, subsistence living, and Yankee cooking. For the past five years, she has published her weekly recipes column, \"Tastebuds\", in the Bangor Daily News.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 2281, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 322.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.gordostuff.com/2009/04/how-will-us-provide-broadband-s.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:09:57Z", "digest": "sha1:54ZWKDKQK3AYT6O42YGUBH4GVAWAPHLO", "length": 977, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.gordostuff.com", "title": "Gordon's STEM Blog: Australians Moving On Broadband", "raw_content": "There's an interesting post on Reuters today about how the Australian government has rejected private company bids and has decided to lead a new private-public company, building out their own $31 billion high-speed broadband network. The government will ask private companies to join the infrastructure project, building a network that would be up to 100 times faster than the current network.\nAustralian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is quoted in the piece, saying:\nIt's time for us to bite the bullet on this. The initiative announced today is a historic nation-building investment focused on Australia's long-term national interest.\nAfter the network is fully operational for five years, the government plans to sell its majority stake.\nA gutsy move by Rudd in uncertain fiscal times that will likely pay off when things start to improve.\nThe initiative still requires Australian parliamentary approval.\nLabels: Australia, broadband, Broadband Divide, Digital Divide, Technology", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 146, "original_length": 4799, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 301.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.grantcunningham.com/2016/02/protecting-others-is-a-noble-act-its-also-a-dangerous-one/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:54Z", "digest": "sha1:V2XL6REMJEVUR7HKAJTUOY4OERP2J52D", "length": 7242, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "www.grantcunningham.com", "title": "Protecting others is a noble act. It's also a dangerous one. - www.GrantCunningham.com www.GrantCunningham.com", "raw_content": "Protecting others is a noble act. It\u2019s also a dangerous one.\nToday\u2019s blog post was suggested by a reader. I wrote a piece a while back about the dangers of intervening in an active incident, and he asked if I could extend my comments to intervention in a chronic incident: one which has been going on for some time. Such situations do exist, and they can be very dangerous to both the victim and the person who intervenes.\nWhen someone is being stalked\nStalking and domestic violence are crimes that are, unfortunately, very common. (While it\u2019s not unheard of for men to be victims of stalking and abuse, the majority of the victims are women and so that\u2019s what I\u2019ll address in this article.) Victims of these crimes frequently seek shelter with friends and family in the hope that their attackers will be deterred by the presence of other people. If you live a prepared lifestyle and someone you know is the victim of stalking or violence, they may be more likely come to you for help and protection.\nWhile I would never presume to make your decision for you, there are some things that you should take into account before you agree to become a protector.\nYour family will face her threat\nA stalking victim seeking shelter with you (and your family, if applicable) will very likely put you and those around you in danger. Ex-spouses or ex-boyfriends are unpredictable, and can be quite violent \u2014 often not caring who stands between them and the object of their wrath. If you\u2019re in the middle, you might become a victim yourself.\nDoesn\u2019t happen very often, you say? You\u2019d be wrong. In one case, a woman with an abusive ex-boyfriend asked three of her girlfriends to stay with her for protection. The ex-boyfriend ended up killing the woman and her 2-year-old child, and critically wounding her three friends.\nIn reality, assuming any responsibility for the protection of another person is a highly specialized task. You\u2019ve become a bodyguard or, in technical terms, an executive protection specialist. The people who do that job are trained how to look for and how to deal with a threat directed at other people; do you have that training and knowledge? If not, are you really doing her any favors by agreeing to do a job you\u2019re not qualified to do?\nWhat happens if the problem escalates?\nUnderstand that your mere presence won\u2019t be enough to ward off a determined attacker. I know how validating the feeling of being trusted is, and how easy it is to believe that nothing will happen to the person under your care simply because you\u2019re around to \u201cprotect\u201d her. Your presence may not be enough; in fact, you may enrage a stalker or abuser who feels that you are inappropriately involving yourself in \u201chis\u201d business and their fight becomes yours. You might find yourself in the unenviable situation of having to justify your presence at a fight the prosecutor thinks wasn\u2019t yours in the first place.\nLet\u2019s assume that you can deal with the threat and it actually happens; you\u2019re put into a situation where you must use lethal force against the attacker. If you talk to any police officer who has experience with domestic violence calls you\u2019ll learn that the victim, upon seeing her attacker hurt or killed, often turns on the people who saved her. In some cases she may use a great deal of emotionally-driven violence against her former protector, to include stabbing or shooting them! What would you do if that happened to you in your home?\nAgain, I\u2019m not saying that you should or shouldn\u2019t assume the role of protector; that\u2019s your decision alone. I am saying that you should make that decision only after a thorough assessment of your own training and abilities, and that you factor in the threat from both the attacker and his victim to you and the innocent people who share your life.\nThis is not an easy decision, and it\u2019s not one to be made until you\u2019ve thoroughly considered all of the issues involved.\nThere are other ways to help that might actually be better for her\nNow you\u2019re probably thinking that it would be cruel and heartless to send someone away because you\u2019re scared of getting hurt. That guilt may even drive you to make a decision you otherwise wouldn\u2019t. Honestly, I\u2019d probably feel the same way if someone came to me with this problem. That needn\u2019t be the case, however. There are two specific things you can do to help her stay safe while at the same time maintaining your own safety \u2014 which is, after all, your primary responsibility.\nFirst, in any community of size there are domestic violence shelters that are accustomed to dealing with these issues and provide sanctuary to women who are at risk. They are usually unmarked, intentionally not well known, and your friend will not be able to tell anyone where she\u2019s staying \u2014 for her own protection.\nYour local police department and social service organizations can point her in the right direction, but sadly many women don\u2019t take advantage of those resources. They fear an imagined stigma or are untrustworthy of strangers. You can play a valuable role by helping her transition into a shelter and by providing financial and emotional support for what is no doubt a traumatic decision. By getting her into a safe place, one where she can sleep soundly knowing that her attacker can\u2019t get to her, you may be doing the greatest favor of all.\nSecond, once she\u2019s made that transition you can serve as a catalyst for her to adopt a prepared lifestyle of her own. The reality is that her attacker may stay active for years, and she won\u2019t be able to stay in a shelter (or your home) forever. Teaching her how to protect herself and any children she may have will give her the means she needs to live the independent life she was meant to live.\nAgain, though, unless you\u2019re an experienced instructor with appropriate training and/or knowledge, this is not something you should do yourself. No matter how long you\u2019ve been carrying a gun or how well you shot qualifications when you were in the Army, dealing with a surprise (ambush) attack in the private sector is a very specialized area. Teaching those skills is even more specialized. Luckily there are a lot of resources for solid training, and you can likely find some in your area that are appropriate. For those victims who feel understandably skittish around strange men there are female instructors who can take her under their wing and give her the training she needs. If she doesn\u2019t have the resources for the firearm or the training, that\u2019s something you can help with \u2014 and feel good about doing.\nSupport doesn\u2019t mean taking a bullet\nYour most important protective role may be that of facilitator and, where necessary, financier for her transition and education. These are ways in which you can make a positive difference in her life without exposing yourself and your family to a threat you might not be prepared to face.\nWhen considering any kind of intervention to help others, think through the ramifications very carefully. The life you save may be your own.\nHey Buddy!, I found this information for you: \"Protecting others is a noble act. It\u2019s also a dangerous one.\". Here is the website link: http://www.grantcunningham.com/2016/02/protecting-others-is-a-noble-act-its-also-a-dangerous-one/. Thank you.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 9994, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 236.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.graysharbortalk.com/2017/02/07/juliette-erickson-grays-harbor-community-hospital/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:33Z", "digest": "sha1:NLIOZFL6F7EYM6V3E47JPZ3Y7GKDDDUD", "length": 5519, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.graysharbortalk.com", "title": "Dr. Juliette Erickson - Chief of Staff at Grays Harbor Community Hospital - GraysHarborTalk", "raw_content": "Home a - Web Site Placement Dr. Juliette Erickson \u2013 Chief of Staff at Grays Harbor Community Hospital\nDr. Juliette Erickson. Photo courtesy: Grays Harbor Community Hospital\nDr. Juliette Erickson \u2013 Chief of Staff at Grays Harbor Community Hospital\nMake no mistake: Dr. Juliette Erickson is one busy individual. Not only is she currently filling three different roles \u2013caring for patients as a family medicine doctor in private practice, driving to Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia two days a month as a member of their palliative care team, and serving as hospice medical director at Harbors Home Health and Hospice\u2013 she\u2019s raising five children with the support of her husband.\nAs of January 1, she\u2019s added a fourth job \u2013 Chief of Medical Staff at Grays Harbor Community Hospital. In this one-year position, she acts as an advocate and representative for the physicians within the hospital system. It\u2019s a role that includes regular interaction with the hospital\u2019s CEO and board of directors as well as doctors practicing across a wide spectrum of disciplines.\nDr. Erickson (center in black and white) smiles with the staff at Family Medicine of Grays Harbor. Photo courtesy: GHCH\n\u201cMy main role is helping physicians do a great job and advocating for them,\u201d says Erickson. \u201cIt\u2019s about improving the quality of care. I get to be a voice at the table that\u2019s coming from a physician\u2019s perspective and, through that, also from a patient\u2019s perspective.\u201d\n\u201cWe want to improve communication,\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019m available to listen and I\u2019m approachable. Part of my job is to make recommendations to both the hospital and the doctors on best practices.\u201d\nErickson was a natural choice for the position, which touches on many different branches of medicine. \u201cI\u2019m in one of the few specialties that have a good reason to pick up the phone and call just about anyone in the hospital to help my patients,\u201d she says. \u201cI call the ER on a regular basis, and there\u2019s not a department that I don\u2019t talk to \u2013 surgeons, gynecologists, etc. They\u2019re able to tell me what\u2019s going on from their perspective, and that gives me a unique take on the situations here at GHCH.\u201d\nAfter she graduated from a family practice residency in 2002, Erickson and her husband got out a map of America and started looking for where they wanted to live. \u201cWe are both military brats, and we didn\u2019t have anywhere in the country that we needed to be,\u201d she says. \u201cWe started looking for fun places to live.\u201d\nDr. Juliette Erickson started serving as the Medical Chief of Staff on January 1 at Grays Harbor Community Hospital. Photo courtesy: GHCH\nGrays Harbor, they noted, was located both directly beneath a national park and on the water. \u201cWe called the hospital, and they put me in touch with Family Medicine of Grays Harbor,\u201d she says. \u201cThe hospital sponsored my first-year salary and helped to pay my student loans. And I got wonderful, high-quality, smart doctors as partners. I am very grateful for the hospital\u2019s initial financial support. Without that, my move here to Grays Harbor would have been impossible, and I would be in another community, somewhere else. \u201d\nHelping to grow the hospital was a large part of her motivation in taking the Chief of Staff role. \u201cI really like Grays Harbor Community Hospital,\u201d she says. \u201cIt has such huge potential for growth.\u201d It was also a chance for her to increase her leadership skills as part of her personal journey. \u201cI wanted to develop public speaking skills because that\u2019s something I don\u2019t enjoy,\u201d she says. \u201cMainly, the question was, \u2018How can I help?\u2019 We need more primary care physicians in this community.\u201d\nThe role involves a lot of meetings as well. \u201cAs Chief of Staff, I attend meetings for surgery, ER, quality control and the board of directors,\u201d she says. \u201cI get this peek behind closed doors into things that I\u2019d never normally see. I\u2019m very much a learner, which is why I have four jobs.\u201d\nAlthough her primary function is dealing with members of the medical team, her biggest goal remains advocating for patients. \u201cI\u2019m really doing this so we can continue the mission of the hospital and deliver high-quality, compassionate care for the patients,\u201d Erickson says. \u201cThese are the questions I ask: How can I make this patient\u2019s day better? How can we structure the work of the hospital to make the patient\u2019s day better?\u201d\nDr. Erickson will serve as the Medical Chief of Staff for 2017 at Grays Harbor Community Hospital. Photo courtesy: GHCH\nGiven a workload that would be daunting to the average human, it helps that Erickson clearly loves her jobs \u2013 all of them. \u201cIf work was something that I was doing just to earn money, I couldn\u2019t do it,\u201d she says. \u201cI leave each day energized and happy, and I\u2019m constantly learning.\u201d\nSupport makes all the difference, she maintains, both on the home front and in her work life. \u201cOnce you get past three children, you\u2019re outnumbered,\u201d she laughs. \u201cIt\u2019s different when they get to the stage where they\u2019re fully formed humans and can dress and feed themselves. My husband is a stay-at-home dad, and having his support is huge.\u201d\nIn the office, her support staff keeps her moving forward. \u201cWithout them, there\u2019s no way I could keep track of myself,\u201d she says. \u201cI have a lot of great people helping me on a daily basis.\u201d\nFor more information about Grays Harbor Community Hospital, visit www.ghcares.org or call 360-532-8330.\nPrevious articleSpice up Valentine\u2019s Day at Quinault Beach Resort and Casino\nNext articleRazor Clams: Tasty Ways to Prepare a Grays Harbor Treat", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 222, "original_length": 13612, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 222.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.grcrunning.com/alex-hinton.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:04Z", "digest": "sha1:AIDVIBTXZHO6WHMJVMFNIM5FJLKV24FC", "length": 750, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.grcrunning.com", "title": "Alex Hinton - Georgetown Running Club", "raw_content": "Having spent most of his childhood playing soccer and football, Alex decided to take up track and field when he moved to Virginia from Las Vegas. In high school, Alex experienced moderate success in distances ranging from 500m to 800m.\nAlex's college career started off with a bang, punctuated by dropping 6 seconds off of his high school 800m PR with a 1:54 clocking by the end of his first season. Flashing forward a few years, Alex just barely missed out on the gold medal in the 800m at the 2012 CAA championships and logged a PR just barely over 1:50.\nAfter running casually for fitness for a few years, Alex has decided to join GRC for more structure and great teammates. 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The current owners have successfully operated this business for twenty five years and have decided it's time to slow down. This is your chance to assume a business already thriving with an established customer base as well as many opportunities to expand and grow. All the equipment for creating apparel, trophies, plaques, corporate awards, engraving, embroidering, monograming, transfers and sublimation will stay as well as the fixtures and inventory. Owners are willing to work along side buyer, if desired, for three months to insure a seamless transition. Don't miss your chance to own your own business and be your own boss! Business only, real estate not included.\nData Source: Listing data provided courtesy of: Athens County MLS\t(Data last refreshed: 02/15/19 4:50pm) - 3", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 2941, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 327.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.grimroper.com/2016/05/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:21:49Z", "digest": "sha1:N2IFZHESOMOV5VJSJKRNQQCNVNDEG6M3", "length": 31, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.grimroper.com", "title": "May 2016 \u2013 Grimroper", "raw_content": "1st May 2016 4th September 2016", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 505, "original_length": 11078, "language": "en", "language_score": 1.0, "perplexity": 99.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.halarsonauthor.com/2016/10/the-adventures-of-mom-and-nature-girl-2.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:39Z", "digest": "sha1:FXO2SPEHV4S456ZZB3R7OMQF7635BGX4", "length": 2562, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.halarsonauthor.com", "title": "The Adventures of Mom and Nature Girl #2", "raw_content": "Last Sunday, Nature Girl and I spent our afternoon at Platte River State Park (PRSP). Situated near Louisville, Nebraska, this state park straddles the edge of the Platte River. We spent a wonderful weekend at one of the cabins there back in February, but I hadn't gone there specifically to hike in a few years. Being tired of the usual places, I figured it was high time that we went. They have some interesting things to see along the trails, and I made sure we took some trails that we hadn't before in order to see something new.\nHere's a view up one of the trees in the park. I love the viewpoint from the ground looking up towards the canopy with the sun just peeking through.\nPRSP has a creek that runs through, and feeds back into the Platte River. About midway though the forest trail is a not-very-tall, but nonetheless pretty falls. We've been here when the falls are a powerhouse after the spring rains, but now that it's fall, it's just lightly falling. Come winter, before it freezes solid (we've seen that too), it will just trickle.\nA stone's throw from the falls are some of the rock terraces that this area of the state is known for. I've shown you some before from my hikes at Schramm State Park, which is only a few miles across the Platte River from here. Nature Girl decided to dig a bit in the dirt underneath with a stick.\nWe variated from the normal trails we've taken in the past, and found ourselves along the end of the creek as it's making it's way into the Platte. You can just make out the Platte in the back where it's really bright. The sun was reflecting off the river and shining back to where we were.\nAt the point where the creek opens up into the Platte River, there's a train trestle up above. We climbed up the embankment and came out at this spot. What a gorgeous view, on a lovely day, overlooking the mighty Platte.\nWe took a snack and drink break on the river side of the train tracks. When I took a picture of me and Nature Girl, the sun's rays show just so, making a cool picture of us. What do you think? We got up from the spot when we heard a train off in the distance, and went over to the park side of the train tracks. We stood back a safe distance, and waited for the train to pass. We waved at the conductor, who waved back, and Nature Girl was very excited to see a train up close.\nWe had a lovely day together, and we collected a few things for our scrap book. There will be many more Sundays like this while Fall is here. It's my favorite season to hike and be outdoors.\nHave a great Saturday my friends.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 186, "original_length": 5765, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 285.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.haskell.com/resources/news-archives", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:25:37Z", "digest": "sha1:BSXLBZ5JJ7UBNBOOHBXABB3PFX3PA7FW", "length": 3001, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.haskell.com", "title": "News Archives - Haskell", "raw_content": "Haskell is pleased to announce that David A. Thaeler, Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, has been recognized by his industry peers as one of the top HR professionals in the US among organizations with fewer than 7,500 employees. Haskell is one of the leading global architecture, engineering, construction and consulting firms supported by 1,352 employees across 20 US office locations as well as international offices in Mexico, Singapore and Malaysia.\nHaskell appointed John Paul S\u00e1enz as Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Operating Officer (COO). The appointment of a new COO was expected as former COO Jim O\u2019Leary was appointed President last month. O\u2019Leary succeeded Steve Halverson who continues to serve as CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors.\nHaskell Completes Fourth Project for UTC Aerospace Systems \u2013 Delivering a New Manufacturing and Nacelle Assembly Facility\nHaskell recently completed a new nacelle assembly facility for UTC Aerospace Systems in Foley, Alabama. The primary mission of the new facility will be the assembly of nacelles for a number of aircraft platforms, including the Airbus A320 family of airplanes. The Foley site is part of the company\u2019s Aerostructures business unit.\nFormer President Steve Halverson to remain CEO and Chairman of board of directors\nHaskell, a leading global architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) and consulting firm, announced today that Jim O\u2019Leary has been appointed President. O\u2019Leary succeeds Steve Halverson, who has held the position of President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the past 18 years.\nHaskell Wins Three Awards from Associated Builders and Contractors\nHaskell, one of the industry's leading integrated AEC firms, recently took home two Excellence in Construction awards along with the Safety award from the Florida First Coast Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC). This ABC event is one of the premier competitions in the building and construction industry, recognizing outstanding construction projects around the nation.\nThe Naval Facilities Engineering Command has selected Haskell for their P464 Aircraft Maintenance Hangar project.\nHaskell Awarded Three Design-Build Projects at Camp Guernsey, Wyoming\nThe Wyoming Military Department has selected Haskell for the design and construction of three facilities.\nHaskell Honored for Fifth Consecutive Year in Training Magazine's \"Training Top 125\" List\nHaskell has been ranked number 34 in Training magazine's Training Top 125 rankings for 2017. The rankings were recently revealed during an awards gala at the Training 2017 Conference & Expo held in San Diego, California.\nHaskell Awarded Hale Koa Hotel, Maile Tower Refurbishment Project, Honolulu, Hawaii\nHaskell's Mission is to Reinvigorate the House of the Warrior\nHaskell was recently awarded an Army NAF IMCOM G-9 design-build contract for the Hale Koa Hotel, Maile Tower Refurbishment Project, Honolulu, Hawaii.\n- Select Year - 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 131, "original_length": 5439, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 191.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.hazukidojo.com/forum/ucp.php?mode=privacy&sid=7e64d90a55494f221d9549d7f66ba189", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:27:31Z", "digest": "sha1:UFSMYXHDFVCSSQ3C3TXDHRCLYT7ZAON5", "length": 3057, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.hazukidojo.com", "title": "Hazuki Dojo \u2022 User Control Panel \u2022 Privacy policy", "raw_content": "Hazuki Dojo - Privacy policy\nThis policy explains in detail how \u201cHazuki Dojo\u201d along with its affiliated companies (hereinafter \u201cwe\u201d, \u201cus\u201d, \u201cour\u201d, \u201cHazuki Dojo\u201d, \u201chttp://www.hazukidojo.com/forum\u201d) and phpBB (hereinafter \u201cthey\u201d, \u201cthem\u201d, \u201ctheir\u201d, \u201cphpBB software\u201d, \u201cwww.phpbb.com\u201d, \u201cphpBB Group\u201d, \u201cphpBB Teams\u201d) use any information collected during any session of usage by you (hereinafter \u201cyour information\u201d).\nYour information is collected via two ways. Firstly, by browsing \u201cHazuki Dojo\u201d will cause the phpBB software to create a number of cookies, which are small text files that are downloaded on to your computer\u2019s web browser temporary files. The first two cookies just contain a user identifier (hereinafter \u201cuser-id\u201d) and an anonymous session identifier (hereinafter \u201csession-id\u201d), automatically assigned to you by the phpBB software. A third cookie will be created once you have browsed topics within \u201cHazuki Dojo\u201d and is used to store which topics have been read, thereby improving your user experience.\nWe may also create cookies external to the phpBB software whilst browsing \u201cHazuki Dojo\u201d, though these are outside the scope of this document which is intended to only cover the pages created by the phpBB software. The second way in which we collect your information is by what you submit to us. This can be, and is not limited to: posting as an anonymous user (hereinafter \u201canonymous posts\u201d), registering on \u201cHazuki Dojo\u201d (hereinafter \u201cyour account\u201d) and posts submitted by you after registration and whilst logged in (hereinafter \u201cyour posts\u201d).\nYour account will at a bare minimum contain a uniquely identifiable name (hereinafter \u201cyour user name\u201d), a personal password used for logging into your account (hereinafter \u201cyour password\u201d) and a personal, valid e-mail address (hereinafter \u201cyour e-mail\u201d). Your information for your account at \u201cHazuki Dojo\u201d is protected by data-protection laws applicable in the country that hosts us. Any information beyond your user name, your password, and your e-mail address required by \u201cHazuki Dojo\u201d during the registration process is either mandatory or optional, at the discretion of \u201cHazuki Dojo\u201d. In all cases, you have the option of what information in your account is publicly displayed. Furthermore, within your account, you have the option to opt-in or opt-out of automatically generated e-mails from the phpBB software.\nYour password is ciphered (a one-way hash) so that it is secure. However, it is recommended that you do not reuse the same password across a number of different websites. Your password is the means of accessing your account at \u201cHazuki Dojo\u201d, so please guard it carefully and under no circumstance will anyone affiliated with \u201cHazuki Dojo\u201d, phpBB or another 3rd party, legitimately ask you for your password. Should you forget your password for your account, you can use the \u201cI forgot my password\u201d feature provided by the phpBB software. This process will ask you to submit your user name and your e-mail, then the phpBB software will generate a new password to reclaim your account.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 18, "original_length": 3486, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 338.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.heirloomsreunited.com/2013/11/vintage-photograph-of-rural-scene-with.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:34Z", "digest": "sha1:6UDM5F63MZARQYK6LFL3TDXKMHIXVNF4", "length": 1989, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.heirloomsreunited.com", "title": "Heirlooms Reunited: Vintage Photograph of a Rural Scene with Name of Sumner B. Clark on reverse - perhaps the Sumner B. Clark of Sidney, Maine?", "raw_content": "Vintage Photograph of a Rural Scene with Name of Sumner B. Clark on reverse - perhaps the Sumner B. Clark of Sidney, Maine?\nInteresting old photograph, possibly c1900 or earlier, of a rural scene and the name of Sumner B. Clark on the reverse.\nThe rocks throughout the field made me think of Maine, and there just happened to be a Sumner B. Clark who farmed at Sidney, Maine. My hope is that someone from the area will recognize the scene, which could possibly be along the west side of the Kennebec River, with the high ridge on the horizon possibly in Kennebec, Waldo or Lincoln counties.\nThe western border of Sidney runs along Messalonskee Lake, so the view could be of the lake with the mountains of Somerset or Franklin Counties in the background.\nI've heard, however, that Sumner B. Clark had a farm near the Kennebec River.\nIn case the Sumner B. Clark named on the reverse is the Sumner B. Clark who farmed at Sidney, Maine, here is what I found from online research, hopefully correct: [corrections and additions welcome!]\nSumner B. Clark was born 12 February 1852 at Sidney, Maine, son of Thomas and Ruth (Cain) Clark. On 6 December 1882 at Sidney, Maine, Sumner married Jeanette E. Wilber, \"Jennie\", who was born 7 March 1866 at North New Portland, Maine, the daughter, I believe, of Franklin K. Wilber and Elvira (Dyer) Wilber. Francis K. Wilbur was living with Sumner and Jennie at the time of the 1900 Census of Sidney, Maine, but he was described as a boarder. It would have been more reassuring if he had been listed as father-in-law.\nSumner and Jennie had two daughters and a son: Lenora Maude Clark, Leola Vivian Clark and Cassius Wilbur Clark. Sumner died 17 February 1926 at Sidney, Maine. His widow Jennie lived until 1951.\nIf you have corrections to the information on the Sidney, Maine, Sumner B. Clark above, or if you have a theory as to the location of the photograph, in Maine or out of state, please leave a comment or contact me directly. Thanks!\nSidney, Maine", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 456, "original_length": 11860, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 339.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.heitechservices.com/2015/12/04/continuing-a-tradition-gerding-heitech-services-lend-support-to-kings-college-students/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:53:52Z", "digest": "sha1:DBGW4W7V44LAV6H4E3RW52SAVHJYGO2H", "length": 2906, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.heitechservices.com", "title": "Continuing a Tradition: Gerding, HeiTech Services Lend Support to King\u2019s College Students - heitechservices.com heitechservices.com | Continuing a Tradition: Gerding, HeiTech Services Lend Support to King\u2019s College Students", "raw_content": "Continuing a Tradition: Gerding, HeiTech Services Lend Support to King\u2019s College Students\nWashington, D.C. \u2013 HeiTech Services continued its tradition and support for the King\u2019s College (King\u2019s) Career Day in Washington, D.C. The annual Career Day was sponsored by King\u2019s Washington, D.C., Area Alumni Club (KWAC) and held in the nation\u2019s capital this past fall. King\u2019s is a Catholic institution of higher education in Wilkes-Barre, PA animated and guided by the Congregation of Holy Cross. Forty-eight King\u2019s College students attended this year\u2019s Career Day at Lowenstein Sandler LLP.\nStudents attended career presentations, more than half of which were given by King\u2019s alumni working in the Washington, D.C. area. Students then had an opportunity to participate in breakout sessions to conduct more concentrated discussions on their career. A sampling of general topics covered included government ethics, investing, financial services, applying for federal jobs, resume and interview pointers, careers in health care and the FBI, and how to get started in government and politics.\nHeiTech Services CEO, Heidi Gerding, hosted two Kings College students at her home the night before the Career Day event. Gerding was introduced to the students at a reception the night prior hosted by Jones Day in Washington D.C. This is a tradition for Gerding to host King\u2019s students, a role she has enjoyed for many years in support of the annual event.\nIn addition to Heidi\u2019s support, HeiTech Services maintained an active role in lending support to students at King\u2019s annual Career Day. Craig Hackett (Chief Human Capital Officer), Katie Jonas (Employee Engagement Manager), Lisa Smith (Human Resources Manager), and Jace Van Sylk (Recruiter) provided constructive feedback to each of the 48 students on their resumes, including information on how to improve them to ensure that their qualifications and experience stand out among their peers. Hackett also delivered a presentation to the students about resume preparation and interviewing do\u2019s and don\u2019ts. Jonas spoke to the group about what to expect after graduation and different paths at their disposal.\nThe King\u2019s College Alumni Club of the Washington Area commended Heidi and the HeiTech team on its efforts and participation stating, \u201cYour continued willingness to provide financial support and share your valuable time, and the time of others at HeiTech Services, with the students was a great example of the \u201cgiving back\u201d culture King\u2019s fosters. Craig\u2019s presentation was again a terrific hit and, although we missed Jim, Katie did an admirable job filling in! As a result of your round table discussions, as well as that of the other speakers, the students returned to the campus a lot wiser and more confident than they were when they arrived. Your careful attention to their resumes is much appreciated.\u201d\nSources: King\u2019s College, King\u2019s College Career Day", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 4190, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 211.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.heritagecharts.com/mapchart.php/276/18/map_of_the_harbour_of_nassau_in_the_island_of_new_providence/ca3e904483303fca1d64e5f4a6e2b06e", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:45Z", "digest": "sha1:4G7XN6VWF7DGB3KZBQ4VXKVUK2BHSGJP", "length": 3027, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.heritagecharts.com", "title": "\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff Map of the Harbour of Nassau in the Island of New-Providence > The Bahamas > Maps & Charts > Heritage Charts", "raw_content": "You Are Here: Maps & Charts > The Bahamas > Map of the Harbour of Nassau in the Island of New-Providence\nWith the Islands Contiguous thereto by Order of the General Assembly of the Bahamas\nHydrographer/Surveyor/Artist: Captain Andrew Skinner\nThis delightful manuscript plan of the town of Nassau, capital town of the Bahamas was drawn at a time when the Bahamas had just started to establish itself as the principle commercial and political centre of the Island group with strong links to mainland America. Nassau had in the twenty or so years prior to this map had a colourful history which had seen it invaded, destroyed and rebuilt by Spanish, Dutch, Americans and of course British.\nIn 1776 it was invaded by the Americans and in 1778 the British forced them out. As late as 1782 the Spanish invaded and were famously, the following year, forced-out again by an American loyalist called Andrew Deveaux without so much as a shot being fired. The map was drawn, by Andrew Skinner, who simultaneously produced a major census of the town which lists all proprietors of lots and residences in the town, now held by the Bahamian National Archives. Deveaux is not, by the way, listed amongst the residents in 1788.\nBy 1788 Nassau had seen a major immigration of thousands of American loyalists and previously enslaved Africans to the Bahamas following the Revolutionary War. With the bulging population came increased trade and growth to the settlement. This map clearly shows that the island was still however, in 1788, largely undeveloped with the surrounding country and what today we know as Paradise Island - then 'Hog Island' - was simple bush land. The first of the Plantations on New Providence had started to emerge belonging to Mr Tattnall and Captain Hamilton. The Earl (Lord) of Dunmore's private country residence called 'The Hermitage' is also marked, along with the official residence in the centre of the town at Mount Fitzwilliam. Dunmore was appointed colony's Governor in 1780 and he oversaw the development of Fort Charlotte which is marked out to the west of the town.\nAmongst the points of interest the map offers is an isolated 'Banqueting House' on the western end of Hog Island, 'Gallows Rocks' just off the North West coast of the Island - a not-uncommon feature of Islands and coastal towns of the day which wished to discourage piracy and 'wrecking'. The town's artillery barracks are shown between the town and Fort Charlotte. Individual houses and Lots are mark to correspond with the census and streets are named. Finally, hydrographical information in the form of depths, sand-banks and rocks complete the survey.\nCaptain (of the Guides regiment) Andrew Skinner, a celebrated surveyor who back in Scotland in 1776 had worked closely with George Taylor also contributed to a number of important surveys and maps on the American mainland in the 1781 and 1782, along with Taylor his long-time collaborator. Just why they ended-up working together so far away from home is still something of a mystery.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 100, "original_length": 5467, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 250.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.hewitts.com/garden-tips/house-plants/venus-flytraps/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:42:32Z", "digest": "sha1:CGT6ICNSKJDMB4BXZA2436WNDBCSMC3D", "length": 2142, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.hewitts.com", "title": "Venus Flytraps | Hewitts Garden Centers", "raw_content": "You are here: Home Peter's Garden Blog House Plants Venus Flytraps\nThe Venus flytrap is a fascinating and extremely popular member of the carnivorous, or meat eating plant family. However, contrary to popular belief, the plant does not require insects for survival. The Venus flytrap will actually live longer if the traps are not fed anything. This is due to the fact that after three meals, the individual trap dies. The trap takes a week to digest each insect, and after 21 days of hard work, the traps just shrivel up and die. The mechanism by which the trap works is rather ingenious. There are six little trigger hairs on each trap, and if an individual hair is touched twice, or more than one hair is touched, the trap quickly snaps shut. If the unfortunate insect continues to struggle, and touches another hair, the trap seals itself up tightly and crushes the insect. The interior walls of the trap secrete digestive enzymes, and in about 7-10 days, all that is left of the insect is the skeleton.\nThe Venus flytrap is a swamp plant, native to a small area in North Carolina. This indicates what type of conditions it best responds to: wet, warm, sunny, and growing in poor soil.\nThe best way to simulate the natural habitat is to grow the plant in a terrarium-type container, with the lid off since it must also have full sun. Water frequently, and use distilled water since the plant responds poorly to the salt found in most tap water. Fertilization is not necessary, except for an occasional foliar misting with a general houseplant food diluted to 1/4 strength. The soil rarely needs to be fed except in a case where there is a persistent yellowing of the foliage that cannot be corrected by increased humidity or sunlight. The proper potting medium, and that in which most commercially bought plants will be potted, is live sphagnum moss, with a little bit of sand mixed in.\nDuring winter dormancy, you will notice the growth rate slowing and the new traps will become smaller due to lower light and cooler temperatures. Cut back on water and keep at 50 degrees until spring, when the plant will resume its normal growth rate.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 3319, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 330.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.heyrick.co.uk/aw/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers&offset=MorganEo&limit=250", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:48Z", "digest": "sha1:37CD3KKOPRN5UTSE4TFMMN22VYI35W4U", "length": 2574, "nlines": 52, "source_domain": "www.heyrick.co.uk", "title": "User list - ARMwiki", "raw_content": "User list Display users starting at: Group: (all)AdministratorsBotsBureaucratsContributorsOversightsemailconfirmed\nMunabuDapago (Created on 12 June 2012 at 09:59)\nMxabigailkmmarybeth (Created on 29 April 2012 at 02:55)\nNickyboje184 (Created on 21 May 2012 at 06:56)\nNoctiLucent\u200f\u200e (contributor) (Created on 6 March 2012 at 20:07)\nNzbank577 (Created on 20 April 2012 at 21:37)\nO640Jarlfride394 (Created on 17 June 2012 at 07:57)\nPaidtoplacescam391821 (Created on 2 July 2012 at 00:24)\nPauletteSc (Created on 7 October 2012 at 15:14)\nPermiTest (Created on 6 August 2012 at 11:00)\nPhotoangelscouk (Created on 27 May 2012 at 20:39)\nPoisa (Created on 28 March 2012 at 08:47)\nPoisant (Created on 16 February 2012 at 16:17)\nPressRTbox (Created on 20 June 2012 at 11:42)\nPrion (Created on 9 February 2012 at 13:35)\nQianxian5594 (Created on 25 April 2012 at 09:49)\nRaianand (Created on 23 February 2012 at 14:46)\nRaleighDmt (Created on 9 August 2012 at 07:11)\nRebecca7W (Created on 20 July 2012 at 11:57)\nRepairToolbox (Created on 23 July 2012 at 20:04)\nRere234 (Created on 27 April 2012 at 19:48)\nRetroKit (Created on 17 May 2012 at 02:45)\nRhondaPowah55 (Created on 7 May 2012 at 06:16)\nRvdenSwalue (Created on 9 May 2012 at 14:21)\nSantosU (Created on 10 October 2012 at 00:50)\nSenaidaKzl (Created on 25 September 2012 at 08:48)\nSimonFD (Created on 16 April 2012 at 14:20)\nSlyons3 (Created on 26 April 2012 at 04:40)\nSooimon (Created on 20 June 2012 at 21:33)\nSpamSandbox (Created on 26 December 2011 at 00:57)\nStacyUj (Created on 5 October 2012 at 03:27)\nStoppers\u200f\u200e (contributor) (Created on 22 May 2012 at 22:45)\nTeclove432 (Created on 6 August 2012 at 14:59)\nTobuzoKolace (Created on 28 April 2012 at 07:12)\nTorun (Created on 3 February 2012 at 17:08)\nTracieGd (Created on 14 October 2012 at 18:45)\nTrinidadX (Created on 26 August 2012 at 05:56)\nUmanuelrlz (Created on 30 January 2012 at 14:21)\nVajda (Created on 19 January 2012 at 12:05)\nValentinaB (Created on 9 August 2012 at 04:37)\nVapier\u200f\u200e (contributor) (Created on 18 December 2012 at 01:09)\nVcarl10 (Created on 20 July 2012 at 11:56)\nVeronaT9 (Created on 19 August 2012 at 15:19)\nVioletteBK (Created on 21 September 2012 at 02:46)\nVixeroXuqeya (Created on 12 April 2012 at 11:13)\nWarrenElo (Created on 6 August 2012 at 00:01)\nWilburDpa (Created on 11 August 2012 at 05:13)\nWillyfan (Created on 26 March 2012 at 19:53)\nXawaveTegeji (Created on 10 May 2012 at 21:05)\nZJacki (Created on 10 August 2012 at 05:39)\nZectbumo (Created on 25 January 2012 at 10:26)\nRetrieved from \"http://www.heyrick.co.uk/armwiki/Special:ListUsers\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 81, "original_length": 3140, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 257.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.hillcountrynews.com/stories/utsa-runs-over-texas-state-in-i-35-showdown,76035", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:53:07Z", "digest": "sha1:3BLPSBLYJ36M72OKFTQNSM2ZBRQEFFZX", "length": 3275, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.hillcountrynews.com", "title": "UTSA runs over Texas State in 'I-35 Showdown' | Hill Country News", "raw_content": "UTSA runs over Texas State in 'I-35 Showdown'\nRoadrunners rush for school-record 357 yards\nTexas State Bobcats quarterback Willie Jones III (8) is pushed out of bounds by UTSA Roadrunners safety Grant Merka (26) during an NCAA football game between the Texas State Bobcats and the UTSA Roadrunners at Bobcat Stadium in San Marcos, Texas.\nSAN MARCOS \u2014 Texas State head coach Everett Withers cracked open a Sprite as he walked to the podium Saturday night.\nIt was the only refreshment he had all night.\nThe Bobcats were out-worked and out-manned, getting dominated in their 44-14 loss to UTSA at home in the second game of the newly dubbed \u2018I-35 Showdown\u2019 against the Roadrunners at Bobcat Stadium.\n\u201cIf you don\u2019t win up front, you can\u2019t win the ballgame and we did not win up front,\u201d Withers said. \u201cI\u2019ve been around football an awful long time. When you get beat on the offensive and defensive lines you don\u2019t win. That\u2019s what happened tonight.\u201d\nTexas State was outgained 569-198 by UTSA. The Bobcats only ran for 37 yards and quarterback Damian Williams completed 9-of-24 passes for 156 yards and a touchdown.\nThe Roadrunners rushed for a school-record 357 yards and Jalen Rhodes led UTSA with 174 yards and two touchdowns. It\u2019s the first time this season the Bobcats allowed more than 100 yards to a single rusher. UTSA scored four touchdowns on the ground.\nIt was a late arriving crowd, but Bobcat Stadium was full during the first and second quarter until the crowd started to filter out after halftime. The announced attendance of 31,333 was the fourth-most in Bobcat Stadium history.\n\u201cWell, it obviously didn\u2019t help,\u201d Withers said. \u201cI was pleased with the crowd. The crowd was good and it was good to see fans from both schools fans come out.\u201d\nUTSA got out to a quick 10-0 lead when it kicked a field goal on the opening drive and returned a Texas State fumble for a touchdown on the second drive of the game. Williams\u2019 2-yard score capped off a nine-play, 98-yard drive to get the Bobcats back in the game.\nRhodes broke a 67-yard run on the first drive of the second quarter, but again the Bobcats answered back when Williams found Jeremiah Haydel for a nine-yard score.\nThe Roadrunners scored the final 27 points of the game. Freshman kicker Jared Sackett hit a pair of field goals and UTSA ran for touchdowns of 36-yards and 71-yards in the fourth quarter to seal the win.\n\u201cI take it personally,\u201d said linebacker Bryan London, who led Texas State with nine tackles. \u201cAnytime a team runs like they did tonight, I\u2019m front and center and I take big pride in that. We\u2019ve just got to go back to the drawing board and just correct mistakes.\u201d\nUTSA has a bye this Saturday before beginning Conference USA play at home against Southern Miss on Oct. 7 at 6 p.m. before traveling to face off with North Texas on Oct. 14.\nTexas State heads out west to face off with Wyoming Saturday at 3 p.m. The game will be streamed live on Facebook. The Bobcats then return home to continue Sun Belt play against ULM on Oct. 7.\n\u201cWe have to fix it,\u201d senior tight end Gabe Schrade said. \u201c(Coach Withers is) very honest, upfront, and transparent with us. We got our butts beat tonight. And he knows that and we know that as players. We\u2019re gonna come back out and refuse to let that happen again.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 139, "original_length": 5779, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 270.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.hirunews.lk/business/109255/avic-signs-on-renowned-contractor-for-completion-astoria-luxury-condominiums", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:17Z", "digest": "sha1:T6MX5AGADEUCRUMQXSOXA5J2R7JMLEMS", "length": 4806, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.hirunews.lk", "title": "AVIC Signs on Renowned Contractor for Completion of Astoria Luxury Condominiums - Hiru News - Srilanka's Number One News Portal", "raw_content": "AVIC Signs on Renowned Contractor for Completion of Astoria Luxury Condominiums\nAstoria, a luxury condominium development that aims to set a new standard in the luxury living style of Colombo will soon be at the heart of Sri Lanka\u2019s business capital, offering residents a truly indulgent experience. AVIC \u2013 a Fortune Global 500 enterprise and the developer of Astoria announced its decision to sign on China State Construction Engineering Corporation Limited (CSCEC) as its official and main contractor. CSCEC is another Fortune Global 500 enterprise and is well-known as the top home builder in the world. The partnership between AVIC and CSCEC seeks to introduce this project to the Sri Lankan real-estate market by the end of 2017.\nThese two mega enterprises CSCEC and AVIC are administered by the Chinese Government and have joined hands together to introduce an unprecedented luxury living to Sri Lanka. With unsurpassed standard features, Astoria is a unique apartment project, beautifully designed and conveniently located. Embracing the spectacular city, lake and sea view, this luxury condominium will truly allow residents to relax and experience every luxury it has to offer. It is also mere minutes away from all the best malls and restaurants in Colombo. This 4-tower residency will also provide the maximum comfort and entertainment to its residents with its assorted recreational facilities, including swimming pools, a club house and it\u2019s very own shopping centre.\nSpeaking on this partnership, President of AVIC International Hotels Lanka Limited, Zhong Yuan, said, \u201cWe are delighted to partner with a global giant such as CSCEC, who is so well experienced in various constructions, especially high-rise buildings. It is their years of experience and acclaimed quality of construction that have given us the confidence towards building a true luxury apartment of international standard, which should be and will be handed over on time.\u201d\nAstoria was made available in the public domain on October 9, 2014 and during the half year period since, has got a great deal of attention and appreciation from people and institutions of various fields. Sales have also seen an overwhelming response and the piling work is now close to accomplishment.\nCSCEC was established in 1982 and has so far completed over 5,600 projects in some 116 countries and regions around the word. Currently its main businesses focus is in 27 countries and regions all over the world. Since its establishment, CSCEC has gained the total contract value of over 500 billion USD and total turnover of 330 billion USD. CSCEC has built plenty of landmark buildings in China, such as the Shanghai World Financial Centre, known as \u2018China\u2019s No.1 Building\u2019, the new CCTV Building famed as an \u2018Architectural Marvel\u2019 by Times magazine, the National Swimming Centre also known as the \u2018Water Cube\u2019, one of the Beijing Olympic Games projects, the Shenzhen Airport and Kunming Airport.\nCSCEC has also achieved tremendous progress and development in its overseas operations. A number of such representative projects have been undertaken in Algeria, Republic Polytechnic of Singapore, the Palm Islands of Dubai, UAE, Doha High-rise Building of Qatar, Alexander Hamilton Bridge of USA, the Congo (Brazzaville) No.1 National Highway and Baha Mar Cable Beach Resort Project.\nAviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) is a state-owned mega incorporation administrated by the Chinese government. It owns almost 200 member companies, more than 20 listed companies and approximately 400,000 employees. As an important component of AVIC, AVIC International specializes in trade & logistics, retail & high-end consumer goods, real estate & hotel management, electronic high technology and development of resources. AVIC International has completed over 100 domestic real estate projects and has tapped the market of a number of overseas markets, including Kenya, Tanzania, Algeria, UAR, Malaysia, Laos, and Mongolia, etc. The Grand Skyline Hotel, a world-renowned 5-star hotel brand is also one of AVIC International\u2019s proud presentations.\nAn alliance of this nature between global giants will bring to the Sri Lankan real-estate market, an unparalleled stage of luxury and convenience. This distinctive project is planned to be completed towards the end of 2017.\nFor further information call Athula on 076 858 9791/077 900 7777 or visit www.avic-astoria.com or the AVIC sales office at No.9, Deal Place, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka.\nA visual representation of Astoria\u2019s luxury condominium complex to be introduced in 2017, Colombo.\nShanghai World Finance Centre): China\u2019s No. 1 Building known as Shanghai World Finance Centre, constructed by CSCEC\nNew CCTV Building, referred to as the \u201cArchitectural Marvel\u201d by Times Magazine, constructed by CSCEC", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 152, "original_length": 9547, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 227.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/hibbert-george-1757-1837", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:27Z", "digest": "sha1:6KQ2SA7TIU76RZH2FJCREEMT4UIWUW4G", "length": 7700, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "www.historyofparliamentonline.org", "title": "HIBBERT, George (1757-1837), of Clapham, Surr. | History of Parliament Online", "raw_content": "Home Research > Members > 1790-1820 > HIBBERT, George (1757-1837)\nHIBBERT, George (1757-1837), of Clapham, Surr.\nb. 13 Jan. 1757, 5th s. of Robert Hibbert, merchant, of Manchester, Lancs. by Abigail, da. of William Scholey of Leeds, Yorks. educ. Liverpool and Woolton, Lancs. (Rev. Booth). m. 30 Aug. 1784,1 Elizabeth Margaret, da. of Philip Fonnereau\u2020, 5s. 9da. suc. wife\u2019s uncle Rogers Parker to Munden, nr. Watford, Herts. 1828.\nAlderman, London 1798-1803; dir. and several times chairman W.I. Dock Co. 1799-d.; agent for Jamaica 1812-30.\nOfficer, London and Westminster light horse vols. 1797; lt.-col. commdt. W.I. Dock Co. vols. 1803.\nHibbert\u2019s grandfather and father were well-to-do Manchester merchants. His uncle Thomas Hibbert went to Jamaica in 1734 and by his death in 1780 had become one of the island\u2019s leading merchants and plantation owners. Unlike his elder brothers Thomas and Robert, George never went to the West Indies. His father, who died in 1784, gave him \u00a31,500 when he came of age and left him a further \u00a31,000 in his will. In about 1780 he went to London to join the West India trading house of Hibbert, Purrier and Horton at 9 Mincing Lane. He eventually became head of the firm, which was later styled Hibberts, Fuhr and Purrier and was described in 1800 as the \u2018first house\u2019 in the Jamaican trade. In his evidence before the committee of inquiry into the slave trade in 1790 Hibbert, who argued forcefully that abolition would ruin the West India interest, stated that he imported annually produce worth between \u00a3200,000 and \u00a3250,000 and that he had invested much capital in Jamaica in the form of loans to planters. By 1804 he was also in partnership with Robert and William Hibbert, operating from the same address.2\nHe was elected an alderman of London in 1798. As one of the \u2018old fashioned Whigs\u2019 in the court who dissociated themselves from the Foxites, he \u2018rendered material service\u2019 to government by moving the resolution of the London merchants in favour of a property tax, 21 Nov. 1798. The first chairman of the West India Dock Company, he was primarily responsible, with Robert Milligan, for initiating and implementing the new dock scheme, which fully established him as one of the leading figures in the London commercial world.3 He aspired to a seat in Parliament for the City, but it eluded him in 1802 and the following year he resigned his alderman\u2019s gown \u2018to avoid the expensive offices of sheriff and lord mayor\u2019, which would soon have fallen to him.4\nAt the general election of 1806 he was returned unopposed for Seaford as a paying guest of John Leach*. In his maiden speech, 10 Feb. 1807, he declared his utter hostility to the slave trade abolition bill, which he went on to oppose at every stage in its passage through the House. He presented a petition for compensation from the West India merchants and planters, 27 Feb., and on 12 Mar. successfully moved to have it referred to a select committee. On other issues, Hibbert supported the \u2018Talents\u2019. He voted for Brand\u2019s motion condemning their successors\u2019 pledge on the Catholic question, 9 Apr., and seconded Lyttelton\u2019s motion regretting the change of administration, 15 Apr. 1807, when he explained that \u2018although he had, in the measure regarding the slave trade, uniformly opposed the late administration, yet he was happy in now giving them a proof of his sincere approbation of their general conduct\u2019.\nHe was returned again with Leach for Seaford, after a token contest, at the 1807 general election and attended the opposition gathering before the opening of the new Parliament, in which he voted against government in almost all the major divisions. He was one of the Whigs who met to endorse Ponsonby\u2019s leadership, 18 Jan. 1809, and was elected to Brooks\u2019s, sponsored by Earl Fitzwilliam, on 30 Apr. 1810. He was one of the minority of 58 who voted for Whitbread\u2019s peace resolution, 29 Feb. 1808, was an active supporter of the campaign for economical reform from 1809 onwards, voted for the release of John Gale Jones, 16 Apr., and for parliamentary reform, 21 May 1810, and divided on the pro-Catholic side in the divisions of 3 Mar., 5 and 25 May 1808, 31 May 1811 and 24 Apr. 1812.\nIn the debate on the address, 22 Jan. 1808, he urged ministers to start peace negotiations, and although he supported the commercial credit bill, 22 Mar. 1811, he called on them \u2018to heal by peace the wound which commerce and the country had received\u2019. He spoke against the orders in council, 18 Feb. 1808, and against Perceval\u2019s exculpatory resolution on the Duke of York scandal, 17 Mar. 1809; supported receipt of the Middlesex petition for the release of Burdett, 2 May 1810, and Tierney\u2019s motion for a secret committee on the Bank, 17 Mar. 1812, when he deplored the continued suspension of cash payments and questioned the necessity for the unlawful oaths bill, 5 May 1812.\nAs a leading parliamentary spokesman for the West India interest, Hibbert consistently supported the ban on grain distillation, but demanded its extension to Ireland, 6 and 27 Feb. 1809. He supported Brougham\u2019s motion calling for measures to put an effective end to the slave trade, 15 June 1810, explaining that although he had opposed abolition on practical grounds, he had never questioned its desirability on humanitarian ones; but did not fail to point out that the motion in itself vindicated his former argument that abolition would merely encourage the foreign slave trade. He opposed Bankes\u2019s proposal to end the exemption of foreigners from tax on their dividends, 15 June 1808, came to the defence of the West India Dock Company, 27 July 1807 and 8 May 1810, and supported Foster Barham\u2019s proposal to supply the West Indian colonies with free labour from the East, 4 Apr. 1811. When Hibbert retired from Parliament in 1812, Tierney named him among those of \u2018our good old supporters and best attenders\u2019 whose services would be missed.5\nAs agent for Jamaica and chairman of the West India merchants\u2019 body, he was an active and forceful spokesman for West India and commercial interests until old age and infirmity forced him to retire in 1830. The firm of Hibberts, Fuhr and Purrier was wound up in about 1815, but that of George, William and Samuel Hibbert, which had premises in Billiter Court, Fenchurch Street from about 1812, remained in existence throughout his lifetime.6 Hibbert, a noted botanist, bibliophile, patron and collector of the arts, was one of the founders of the London Institution in 1805. J. H. Markland, secretary to the committee of West India merchants, wrote that\nHe possessed strong common sense, judgment, sagacity, a mind richly stored with various information, a retentive memory, and great readiness in bringing his understanding and information to bear upon any subject.7\nHe died 8 Oct. 1837.\nAuthors: Brian Murphy / David R. Fisher\nSee [J. H. Markland], Sketch of Life and Character of George Hibbert (1837); J. Hunter, Familiae Minorum Gentium (Harl. Soc. xxxvii), i. 270-2; Caribbeana, iv. 193-202, 258-65, 324-30, 342-9.\n1. Gent. Mag. (1784), ii. 715. Cussans, Herts. Cashio, 179 gives 31 Aug.\n2. Caribbeana, ii. 331; iv. 193, 195-6, 325; City Biog. (1800), 59; A. E. Furness, \u2018George Hibbert and the Defence of Slavery in the West Indies\u2019, Jamaican Hist. Rev. vol. v, no. 1 (1965), pp. 56-59; House of Commons Sessional Pprs. of 18th Cent. ed. Lambert, lxxii. 93-111.\n3. Beaven, Aldermen of London, i. 61; ii, p. lviii; Geo. III Corresp. iii. 2094; Furness, 59.\n4. The Times, 22 June 1802; Farington, ii. 110.\n5. Grey mss, Tierney to Grey, 27 Sept. 1812.\n6. Furness, 61-70; Add. 38262, f. 313; 38416, f. 401; 38743, f. 270; Caribbeana, iv. 327.\n7. Gent. Mag. (1838), i. 96.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 98, "original_length": 8914, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 232.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/jayson-megna/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:33Z", "digest": "sha1:IMSN4YUEB2VI2PKAHQX3X2CDB6D3UE4F", "length": 3609, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.hockeysfuture.com", "title": "Hockey's Future - Jayson Megna", "raw_content": "Northbrook llinois\n2009-10: Jayson Megna skated for the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders in the USHL. Beginning the year as a 19-year-old rookie, he scored 11 goals with 15 assists and was plus-two with 62 penalty minutes in 56 games. Cedar Rapids finished second in the East Division. Megna was held pointless in the five-game playoff series with Indiana and was minus-one with 6 penalty minutes. Megna and his younger brother Jaycob, who played midget hockey for Team Illinois, committed to playing college hockey at Nebraska-Omaha in 2011-12.\n2010-11: Returning to the USHL for a second season, Megna was the team captain and an offensive leader for Cedar Rapids. He scored a team-high 30 goals with 28 assists and his 58 points were one behind team leader Justin Kovacs. Megna was plus-11 with 45 penalty minutes in 60 games as the RoughRiders finished with the USHL\u2019s best record. Cedar Rapids reached the Eastern Conference finals in the playoffs and in eight playoff games Megna was plus-two with 4 goals and 3 assists.\n2011-12: Megna was the third-leading scorer for the University of Nebraska-Omaha as a freshman. Skating in all 38 games for the Mavericks, he scored 13 goals with 18 assists and was plus-13 with 27 penalty minutes. Nebraska-Omaha finished seventh in the WCHA and lost to St. Cloud State in the first round of the conference tournament. Megna signed a two-year entry-level contract with the Penguins in August 2012; foregoing his last three years of college hockey.\n2012-13: Megna played for Pittsburgh\u2019s AHL affiliate in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in his first pro season. He scored 5 goals with 7 assists and was -12 with 28 penalty minutes in 56 games. The Penguins finished third in the AHL\u2019s East Division and reached the Eastern Conference Finals against Syracuse. Megna appeared in 12 of 15 playoff games and was -3 with 2 goals and 3 assists.\n2013-14: Megna made his NHL debut with the Penguins in an October 25th game against the Islanders \u2014 skating in 36 regular season games and two playoff contests for Pittsburgh \u2014 shuffling between the Penguins and AHL affiliate Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in his second pro season. He scored 5 goals with 4 assists and was +1 with 6 penalty minutes; averaging 10:29 minutes of ice time during the regular season. In two NHL playoff games he was minus-1 with no points nor penalties; averaging nine minutes of ice time. Megna scored 9 goals with 6 assists and was +13 with 4 penalty minutes in 25 regular season games for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. The Penguins finished second in the East Division and reached the Eastern Conference finals. Megna scored 1 goal with 2 assists and was minus-2 with 4 penalty minutes in 13 AHL playoff games. He was re-signed as a restricted free agent to a one-year, two-way contract by Pittsburgh in July 2014.\nMegna is by all accounts a late-bloomer, having played in the USHL until he was 21 and playing one season of college hockey before signing an NHL entry-level contract. He possesses above average speed and skill and has shown to have good one-on-one abilities and soft hands in tight. He is a willing combatant in the corners.\nMegna attended training camp with Pittsburgh and has shuttled between the Penguins and AHL affiliate Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in 2014-15. Despite his extended time with the NHL club last season, he had just one assist in 12 games from late November through most of December and was returned to the AHL in January. Long-term Megna has the size, speed, and skill to develop into a potential middle of the lineup player in the NHL but must continue to improve in all areas to reach that level.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 127, "original_length": 5466, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 136.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.hoise.com/vmw/03/articles/vmw/LV-VM-05-03-21.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:26Z", "digest": "sha1:63K4IJFYC4TCLJT642MPGICU6H7KNLO6", "length": 5237, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.hoise.com", "title": "eHealth developers are optimistic about technology adoption despite economic challenges", "raw_content": "eHealth developers are optimistic about technology adoption despite economic challenges\nSilver Spring 14 April 2003The eHealth Institute has released the report \"Sustaining eHealth in Challenging Times\", which summarises the proceedings of its Third Annual eHealth Developers' Summit. In November 2002, more than 130 leaders representing more than 110 organisations in the fields of technology, health care, business, and public health gathered at this invitation-only forum held in Tempe, Arizona, to exchange ideas and experiences in the field of eHealth.\n\"Given what has happened in the last few years in the technology sector, one would think eHealth developers would be discouraged\", observed Tom Eng, president of the eHealth Institute and chair for the Summit. \"But innovators are increasingly resilient and continue to challenge existing paradigms in health and health care.\"\nAt the Summit, there was renewed optimism about the role of eHealth despite the economic downturn. Seventy-seven percent of Summit participants were somewhat or very optimistic about the adoption of eHealth applications by health care organisations in the next five years. Over the past year, health care organisations have increased their emphasis on the Internet as a way to cut costs and provide more convenient services, such as enabling beneficiaries to complete administrative tasks.\n\"A few years ago, eHealth was a nice adjunct to our core services for our beneficiaries\", stated Anna-Lisa Silvestre of Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, California. \"Now our Web presence is an integral part of how we deliver care.\"\nIn the current economic climate, however, eHealth developers need a well thought-out commercialisation strategy in order to succeed. The optimal model for eHealth developers is to find a sponsor or strategic ally with business experience to partner in product development and distribution. They will also need to think more deliberately about their product's value proposition by focusing on the needs of customers and end-users, and by incorporating an evidence-based approach to product development.\nIn the post-dot-com period, the perceived influence of venture capitalists and other private investors as drivers of new eHealth development has declined dramatically. Consumers and health care organisations are now perceived to be the major eHealth players in the short-term and government influence on eHealth is increasing.\nThe proportion of Summit participants who considered the government as the \"most influential eHealth driver/player in the next five years\" increased from 9 percent in 2001 to 24 percent in 2002. And the perceived influence of the pharmaceutical and biotech including medical device industry dropped considerably from 20 percent in 2001 to 6 percent in 2002.\n\"Investments in health care technology must demonstrate value in meeting business objectives, whether they are to improve quality, service, or operational or clinical efficiency. The challenge health care organisations have, not unlike other industries, is to be able to quantify the tangible benefits\", stated Sam Karp, chief information officer of the California HealthCare Foundation.\nAlthough major eHealth research gaps remain, there is increasing evidence that eHealth interventions can improve quality and outcomes, reduce costs, and improve access. Summit participants emphasised that eHealth applications should not be thought of as stand-alone interventions, but, rather, they should be developed and implemented with an understanding of the user's total environment.\nAlthough cutting research and evaluation activities may be tempting in hard economic times, developers were reminded that customers may be reluctant to invest in or purchase applications that have not been rigorously tested and evaluated. \"Ongoing systematic evaluation of eHealth products will enable health care organisations to make more informed decisions about eHealth investment\", according to David Ahern, national programme director of the Health e-Technologies Initiative and chief science officer for Abacus Technologies.\nThe future of eHealth lies in the development of creative approaches to longstanding health problems. Collaboration and strategic alliances are essential business strategies. \"Successful eHealth ventures\", noted Tom Eng, \"require the kind of creativity and experience found in multi-disciplinary teams. Effective and sustainable products are those that draw upon experts from disparate backgrounds, but who have a common focus on the needs of customers and end-users.\"\nThe annual eHealth Developers' Summit is the only meeting in the United States that is solely focused on eHealth application development issues. It is an intensive, highly interactive, invitation-only meeting of executive-level eHealth developers and funders. The Summit promotes the sustainable development and dissemination of effective eHealth applications by enhancing communication and collaboration among developers and funders from commercial entities, academia, government, and non-profit organisations. Details about the report \"Sustaining eHealth in Challenging Times\", which can be downloaded free of charge, are available at the eHealth Institute Web site.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 16, "original_length": 5442, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 202.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.homeschoolinginmaine.com/support/supportgroups/localgroups.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:50Z", "digest": "sha1:QRCE7XL5CLOGLAQRYTWPDPWLH52ACOML", "length": 683, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.homeschoolinginmaine.com", "title": "Local & State Groups", "raw_content": "Central Maine Self-Learners\nCentral Maine Self-Learners is an inclusive homeschool group for families living in central Maine. They serve as a network for homeschooling families to engage in events, field trips and activities with other homeschooling families in the area.\nSimply Learning\nSimply Learning is an inclusive support network for homeschooling families in southern Maine and New Hampshire. They are a non-directed support group, which means that all activities are initiated by individual families, who then invite others to join them. This is a diverse group, but members share the common desire to meet with other homeschoolers on a regular basis for various activities.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 27, "original_length": 1335, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 191.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.honestgamers.com/30858/nes/daikaijyu-deburasu/game.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:33Z", "digest": "sha1:W7R6ZCXANVKIYKRK7IR6L74JFFJTZ7GP", "length": 922, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.honestgamers.com", "title": "HonestGamers - Daikaijyu Deburasu (NES)", "raw_content": "At HonestGamers, we love reader reviews. If you're a great writer, we'd love to host your Daikaijyu Deburasu review on this page. Thanks for your support, and we hope you'll let your friends know about us!\nNone of the material contained within this site may be reproduced in any conceivable fashion without permission from the author(s) of said material. This site is not sponsored or endorsed by Nintendo, Sega, Sony, Microsoft, or any other such party. Daikaijyu Deburasu is a registered trademark of its copyright holder. This site makes no claim to Daikaijyu Deburasu, its characters, screenshots, artwork, music, or any intellectual property contained within. Opinions expressed on this site do not necessarily represent the opinion of site staff or sponsors. Staff and freelance reviews are typically written based on time spent with a retail review copy or review key for the game that is provided by its publisher.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 16, "original_length": 1287, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 302.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.hopescafe.com/2013/12/pre-arrangements-to-make-with-funeral.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:17Z", "digest": "sha1:EI75GHDTTXHCVMMJVH2UM3MXXEVZQWQW", "length": 2489, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.hopescafe.com", "title": "Hope's Cafe: Pre-Arrangements To Make With a Funeral Home", "raw_content": "Everyone will eventually be laid to rest, and if you want to make all the arrangements ahead of time, you can make an appointment with a company like the Pace funeral home. There you will meet with one of their consultants and they will go over the options available and help you customize the way you want things to be when you are gone. Pre-planning will ease the burden for those that are left behind after your passing.\nThe consultant will need to know the budget parameters you will need to work within so they can recommend the services that they can provide. If you choose to have a traditional in-ground burial, you will have to pick the burial plot and the coffin or casket. You might be looking for two burial plots if you have a loved one that you want to be interred alongside. Depending on where you wish to be buried, you may have plenty of sites available to choose from in the cemetery.\nHistorically, coffins were six- or eight-sided and were shaped to resemble the body contained inside. The term \u201ccasket\u201d has become linked to coffins and has become synonymous with them. Caskets are described as a four-sided box in a rectangular shape used to bury people in. They commonly have a split lid that can be used for viewing purposes if the deceased and their loved ones wish it. When a coffin is being transported from the funeral to the burial site, it is called a pall. Pallbearers are those that actually carry the coffin during transport.\nSome people are choosing cremation over embalming and a burial in the ground. It costs less and takes up much less space. When someone decides to be cremated, they can opt to have a traditional viewing and then be cremated. Coffins or caskets that a body is cremated in can be made of simple cardboard, wood, or other flammable materials, which the deceased or their loved ones choose. The professionals at a company like Pace funeral home will be able to answer all of your questions and help you make the arrangements you desire.\nI was just thinking about it, our parents became old and I prefer to prepair for inevitable in advance\nLuckily my parents have had their arrangements planned many years ago, so we won't have to deal with all that stress. What an added aggravation it would be to have to make all those decisions.\nI agree it is so much easier to pre-plan before an actual death occurs. I do know from experience that it is so hard to think and plan accurately when someone dies. 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Lee\u2019s job keeps him very busy but any spare time is devoted to his family or watching sports or hanging out with his friends.\nLee is married and has two children. Lee and his family live in Terre Hill. As a family they enjoy camping, hiking, beach time and backyard barbecues!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 103, "original_length": 2211, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 267.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.hotelinbriston-uk.com/travel-guides/Transportation/Getting_in_Bristol_by_Plane.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:50:21Z", "digest": "sha1:3BGISFTSX42WGGJPISPSRRP6FWZKWWJ2", "length": 3672, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.hotelinbriston-uk.com", "title": "Getting in Bristol by Plane, Transportation in Bristol, Bristol Transportation, Bristol Vehicle, Travelling around Bristol, Getting In BristolBristol Hotels, Hotels in Bristol, Places to stay when travelling Bristol, Hotel Bristol United Kingdom, Bristol Accommodation, Accommodation for Visitors in Bristol", "raw_content": "Home\t Travel Guides\t Transportation\t Getting in Bristol by Plane\nBristol Airport is situated 8 miles south-west of Bristol city centre and offers scheduled flights from major European cities.\nIt is a major base for both budget airlines Easyjet and Ryanair with nearly 80 destinations including: Amsterdam also with KLM, Paris also with Air France, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Lisbon, Madrid, Milan, Rome, Prague, Krakow, Bratislava, Kaunas and Riga (but not London).\nThere is no train link between Bristol's airport and the city, but there is a 'Flyer' bus service (bus A1 and A2) that takes 30-45 minutes and has a peak-daytime frequency of every 10 minutes. It costs are \u00a310 for a return ticket (the second part of which can be used up to a month after the first), \u00a36 for a one-way to the city centre or \u00a37 for a one-way to Clifton. There are student discounts on this service if you are a member of one of the local universities.\nThe alternative is to use one of the London airports or Birmingham airport and travel on to Bristol by train, car or bus. The most convenient are:\n* Heathrow Airport is about two hours drive straight down the M4 (westbound) motorway. The RailAir express bus service (running every 20 minutes) connects with the main London to Bristol rail service at Reading rail station; expect the total journey to take slightly over two hours. Another possibility is to use the Heathrow Express service to London Paddington and then take a train to Bristol Temple Meads from there, which is more expensive and slightly longer than the route via Reading, but possibly more convenient. There are also direct National Express coaches from Heathrow to Bristol, which take about two to two and a half hours (depending on whether they depart from Heathrow Central Bus station or T4/T5) and are often cheaper than a rail fare, especially during (rail) peak times. National Express coaches terminate at Marlborough Street coach station in the city centre.\n* Birmingham International is within quicker (and cheaper) reach of Bristol than London's two other airports, Gatwick and Stansted. By car it takes about 2 hours and you'll be avoiding the congestion-prone M25. Rail services connect Birmingham International to Bristol every 30 min at peak times with a change in Birmingham New Street. The journey takes between two and two and a half hours.\n* Gatwick Airport is about three hours drive away via the M23 (northbound), M25 (clockwise) and M4 (westbound) motorways. Via train, it is cheapest to get the Gatwick Express to Victoria and take a bus to Bristol. Alternatively a train can be taken from Gatwick to Reading where you change to take a train straight to Bristol for a rough total of \u00a350.\n* Stansted Airport is about three hours drive away via the M11 (southbound), M25 (anti-clockwise) and M4 (westbound) motorways. By train you will need to catch a Stansted Express train to London Liverpool Street station, the tube to London Paddington station, then follow the directions below; expect the total journey to take around three and a half hours. If you're traveling on a budget you can also take Route Express Bus A51 to from Liverpool Street Station to Stansted Airport. Costs \u00a39 for a single, and only takes about 10 minutes longer then the train.\n* Cardiff International Airport is about one hour west of Bristol, going northbound from Culverhouse Cross, to J33 of the M4, then Eastbound, to Bristol. Alternatively take the train direct from Cardiff Airport, to Cardiff Central Station, then take another train to Bristol Temple Meads Station .\nWhen coming from London, the cheapest way is generally by coach or rail.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 4762, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 205.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.iconvsicon.com/2009/07/15/michael-jackson-the-infamous-pepsi-commercial-fire-footage-unearthed-now-online/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:24:05Z", "digest": "sha1:DVIY4IEXKOD2R44CDJDJN4LYOJPXG77K", "length": 1605, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.iconvsicon.com", "title": "Michael Jackson: The Infamous Pepsi Commercial Fire Footage Unearthed, Now Online - Icon Vs. Icon", "raw_content": "Michael Jackson: The Infamous Pepsi Commercial Fire Footage Unearthed, Now Online\nOn January 27th 1984, Michael Jackson was shooting a Pepsi commercial in front of thousands of fans at Los Angeles\u2019 Shrine Auditorium when something went horribly wrong.\nThe incident occurred when the pyrotechnics were set off too early on the shoot\u2019s sixth take, igniting Jackson\u2019s hair and causing second and third degree burns to his face and scalp.\nTo relieve the second and third-degree burns on his scalp and body (and later to help him tolerate multiple surgeries on the scorched spot on his head), Jackson was prescribed several medications \u2014 which kicked off his addiction to painkillers and obsession with plastic surgery, multiple sources tell Us Weekly.\nFor the first time, Us Weekly exclusively reveals video from the accident. Fans be warned, the video is graphic.\nTags: King of Pop, Michael Jackson, michael jackson farewell tour, michael jackson memorial, michael jackson on fire, michael jackson pepsi commercial, Music, neverland ranch, pepsi, pop, pop culture, the death of michael jackson, This is It tour\n3 Responses to \u201cMichael Jackson: The Infamous Pepsi Commercial Fire Footage Unearthed, Now Online\u201d\nMan, I remember hearing the story of that day 25 years ago. 25 years later\u2026 seeing the video is still shocking.\nIt kinda shows how different the world was then versus now\u2026 could you imagine seeing that on the nightly news 25 years ago? Different world we live in these days.\nCouldn\u2019t have said it better myself\u2026I agree wholeheartedly!\nwow poor michael i never knew there was a real fire on his head", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 85, "original_length": 3408, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 332.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ilovekent.net/2018/01/31/kent-police-capture-dangerous-career-criminal-without-incident/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:41:58Z", "digest": "sha1:HJLYCVPLFF7B2X4GIEULJJKYMS5YWHWG", "length": 2110, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.ilovekent.net", "title": "Kent Police capture 24-time convicted felon without incident Wed.iLoveKent | iLoveKent", "raw_content": "Home Crime Kent Police capture 24-time convicted felon without incident Wed.\nKent Police capture 24-time convicted felon without incident Wed.\nKent Police have been on the hunt for 37-year-old Jacob Steven Widener \u2013 a 24-time-convicted felon \u2013 for the past week, and on Wednesday morning (Jan. 31), police finally caught up with him at the Days Inn Motel in Federal Way.\nPolice say that in April of 2017, Widener was charged with assault in the third degree for ramming a police vehicle, attempting to elude, and hit and run. He served little time and was released very soon after. Once out, Widener was quickly out committing more crimes with no regard to anyone or anything. Subsequently, additional charges against him came about, resulting in a $425,000 warrant being issued for his arrest. Widener was said to be armed with a firearm, and he made it known that he was not going to go down without a fight or would go by Suicide by Cop.\nWednesday morning, through anonymous tips and Intel received, investigators learned that Widener was hiding out at the Days Inn Motel, 34827 Pacific Hwy S, in Federal Way. Just as officers were moving in on him, Widener spotted them and took off on foot wherein a brief foot pursuit ensued. Once officers encroached, he fled in the nearby wooded area. Widener eventually stopped, but he proceeded to put his hand down the front of his pants in a manner that suggested he was reaching for a weapon. Verbal commands were given to him to show his hands, and he was slow to respond, and he continued to make furtive movements. Finally, once he was surrounded, he surrendered and was taken into custody.\nA firearm was located just several feet away from Widener.\n\u201cThis is one of those cases where our officers used great restraint when deadly force would have been completely justified. This could have been a totally different outcome. I am very proud of the officer\u2019s professionalism,\u201d said Kent Police Chief Ken Thomas.\n\u201cThanks to the tipsters and great Police work, Widener is off the streets, and our community is safer because of it,\u201d added Detective Melanie Robinson.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 150, "original_length": 5989, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 273.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.imedpub.com/author-profile/Rajesh_Shah/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:56Z", "digest": "sha1:YI4XBEABPS6EVEQHTLDL2JMMVKGV54ZJ", "length": 905, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.imedpub.com", "title": "Rajesh Shah | Insight Medical Publishing", "raw_content": "Department of Radiology 300 Pasteur Dr H3630 MC 5642 Stanford, CA.\nRajesh shah is an interventional radiologist with a particular interest in interventional oncology. He perform a wide range of procedures including ablations of the lung, liver, kidney, bone, and other areas in the body, chemoembolization, embolization, and radioembolization of tumors, biopsies, drainages, and interventions on both the venous and arterial sides. I was the first physician to perform SIR-spheres radioembolization for metastatic tumors to the liver within the VA hospital system, and have been recognized for my teaching of trainees. He perform research in areas of the application of big data to medicine as well as treatment of lung and liver cancers.\nInterventional radiology, interventional oncology, ablation, embolization, chemoembolization, biopsy, percutaneous interventions Vascular and Interventional Radiology", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 55, "original_length": 2002, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 211.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.imedpub.com/scholarly/stem-cell-medicine-journals-articles-ppts-list.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:52Z", "digest": "sha1:KKHGZKRJFKWQFEALMTB6SFNDF7NKYTRA", "length": 1396, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.imedpub.com", "title": "Stem cell medicine | List of High Impact Articles | PPts | Journals | Videos", "raw_content": "Cellular & Molecular Medicine: Open access\nStem cells are undifferentiated biological cells that have the potential to become specialized into different types of cells. Stem cell therapy can be used to prevent or cure several vital diseases like Parkinson\u2019s disease, heart disease, spinal cord injury, etc. Stem Cell Medicine plans to play an active role in guiding and shaping the future of the pharmaceutical industry, now entering the era of personalized medical treatments. Customized medicine will largely depend on cell therapy and stem-cell combinations. Stem Cell Medicine intends to contribute significantly to the industry\u2019s leap from current stem-cell R&D practices, technology and first-stage product development to pharmaceutical solutions.\nRelated Journals of Stem Cell Medicine\nCellular & Molecular Medicine, Insights in Stem Cells, Journal of Cellular & Molecular Pathology, International Journal of Collaborative Research on Internal Medicine & Public Health, The International Journal of Drug Development and Research, Journal of Stem Cells, Journal of Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells, Stem Cells and Cloning: Advances and Applications, Stem Cells and Development, Stem cells translational medicine, International Journal of Stem Cells\nMethods in Molecular Medicine\nMolecular and Cellular Aspects in Diabetes\nMolecular Clinical Trials\nNuclear Molecular Medicine", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 2462, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.84, "perplexity": 242.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.independent.org/news/article.asp?id=9336", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:46Z", "digest": "sha1:FSLWMSXPMPIFAC7H4NGTGNONYVYR57K6", "length": 3743, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.independent.org", "title": "Italy\u0092s Election: A Lesson for Europe: News: The Independent Institute", "raw_content": "Italy\u0092s Election: A Lesson for Europe\nBy Alvaro Vargas Llosa | Posted: Fri. March 23, 2018, 2:25pm PTAlso published in The Hill (DC) on Fri. March 23, 2018\nItaly\u2019s general elections have produced the results that the Western world feared so much in France\u2019s elections last year\u0097the triumph of nationalist populism.\nNo, liberal democracy and the market economy are not about to end, partly because the electoral system will not make it possible for the populists to govern outright and partly because many populists have closer connections to establishment parties and interests than to other populists. It will take weeks, perhaps months, of negotiations among several parties to form a government. But the lesson is that the failure of traditional politics to address Europe\u2019s relative institutional and economic decadence continues to fuel the populist response to the status quo. The obvious risk is that eventually a major European country will find itself under an untamable government with enough power to implement a statist, nationalist, illiberal agenda.\nThe Five Star Movement, the bombastic force that has rocked Italian politics and stands for a confused mix of left- and right-wing populism, has become the largest single party, with one-third of the vote. A center-right coalition that includes former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi\u2019s Forza Italia and some strongly nationalist/xenophobic parties got 37 percent. But the Northern League, which had until now been under the moderating command of Forza Italia, defeated Berlusconi\u2019s group by five points and will strongly influence what happens next. (Another like-minded member of the coalition obtained four-plus percent.) The votes of the Five Star Movement and the populist parties in Berlusconi\u2019s coalition add up to 55 percent.\nLike other Europeans, many Italians blame others for their ailments\u0097immigrants, the European Union, and globalization. As a result, the Five Star Movement, the Northern League, and others that speak to tribal instincts have captured a majority of the votes.\nPostwar Italy was dominated by the Christian Democrats and, to a lesser extent, the Socialists until the mid-1990s. The country experienced a couple of \u201cmiraculous\u201d decades in the 1950s and \u201960s, largely due to low taxation, fiscal prudence, and an open economy. Then came the unpleasant 1970s. After that, like many European countries, Italy began to redistribute and consume its accumulated capital rather than continue to create much wealth. By 1993 public spending amounted to 53 percent of gross domestic product.\nIn the 1990s, \u201cMani pulite,\u201d the judicial assault on corruption, dealt the final blow to the traditional parties. What followed, including some new parties armed with a defiant discourse, was a largely cosmetic change. Berlusconi\u2019s Forza Italia replaced the Christian Democrats, and in the following decade the Democratic Party echoed the old Socialists (with more modern rhetoric and a promising but ultimately disappointing leader). Meanwhile, Italy\u2019s decadence continued, temporarily cloaked by the dynamism of part of the industrial north and the international competitiveness of some corporations. The financial crisis exposed the fragility of the Italian system. The country\u2019s economy is still smaller than before 2008, and its government debt burden measured as a percentage of gross domestic product is among the world\u2019s highest.\nIs it any wonder the populists are gaining so much ground? No, what is surprising is that so many Europeans have so far been willing to stem the flow of populism, as we saw in France last year. The result of Italy\u2019s election indicates that without an overhaul of Europe\u2019s socioeconomic model, this prudence may not last very long.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 207, "original_length": 8087, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 210.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.indianavoicejournal.com/2017/05/fiction-by-nancy-de-guerre-tiny-cracks_9.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:25Z", "digest": "sha1:6HTKULW5BDSIFYK2JIXHQ7MBT5CLDBBK", "length": 6528, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "www.indianavoicejournal.com", "title": "Indiana Voice Journal : Fiction by Nancy de Guerre: \"Tiny Cracks\" Fiction by Nancy de Guerre: \"Tiny Cracks\" | Indiana Voice Journal", "raw_content": "Nancy de Guerre is a freelance writer and editor happily pursuing her passion for creative writing. While her degree in English Literature and French has taken her in many directions, she is delighted to come back to what she loves most. She writes short stories, poetry and creative non-fiction and has been published in the Globe & Mail, Canada\u2019s national newspaper, among others. www.wordwise.ca\nTINY CRACKS\nI guess she\u2019s a kind of miracle. I look at her now and wonder what the hell we were thinking. Her fingers are so friggin tiny and her mouth does this little round \u2018o\u2019 thing. Don\u2019t get me started on the eyes. It\u2019s like I could swim in them, you know? They\u2019re blue and watery and all shiny-like.\nI took the test three times but didn\u2019t say a word to him until I got the official yes. It was right after Christmas and I thought at first it was just the stress of it all, you know? Right away we made a plan. I mean, we didn\u2019t even question it. A no-brainer, right? It had to happen on a Thursday night cause Sam figured that was the only time he could do it without taking time off. So Julie, this girl I work with? She knew this place that\u2019s outside of the city that could take care of it after hours. She wrote the name and address on a little scrap of paper. Country something, the place was called. Like it was a little slice a heaven we were getting to visit. Like it was gonna have a hot tub and homemade breakfast for us. Country Haven. That\u2019s it. What a joke, eh?\nThe truth is, we were gonna\u2014I mean, she really wasn\u2019t supposed to be here.\nMy favourite time to hold her is in the still of the night. In the darkened room, we rock, and I breathe in her sweet smell. Sometimes she grabs a hold of my finger and just squeezes until her little knuckle turns white. Like she doesn\u2019t wanna let go of me, ever.\nAnyway, we went ahead with the plan one Thursday in January. We were driving down this country road, but Sam kept telling me were lost. Look at the number again, he said. Check the street\u2014it\u2019s gotta be a mistake. Did you copy it down wrong, he wondered? Like I\u2019m an idiot or something. I\u2019d already looked at the little piece of paper a million times. As if maybe the scrawly handwriting held some kind of hidden message. We were in the middle of friggin nowhere, and I could barely see past the piles of snow that lined the road.The late afternoon light was almost gone and we were whizzing by so fast I couldn\u2019t make out the numbers on the little signposts in front of the long driveways. Those damn country roads.\nSo it was really windy, and you could hear a little high-pitched sound through the open spot around the back window of Sam\u2019s truck. His heater wasn't working properly and we were both freezing. And then the snow started, and it was getting late.\nThe thing is, we were friggin having a fight. What a time, right? The darkness was setting in, and he didn\u2019t know where the hell we were. We passed a burger place and I told him we should of stopped. Like this was no time to play games, I said. Or to try and act like you know what the hell you\u2019re doing when you don\u2019t.\nSo at this point, I was about to blow up. I was already scared out of my mind and the last thing I needed was for him to have a little hissy fit. I fumed for awhile and stared out the window. He just glared ahead, eyes on the road. But when I took a little peek at him, I could see his nostrils doing this thing, right? I don\u2019t know why, but it always makes me laugh. It\u2019s kinda like no matter how mad I am, seeing his nostrils flare just makes it okay. So I looked, and I stared for a sec. And then I looked away. I tried to hold it in, but suddenly I wanted to explode with laughter. I watched the road zip past, and then I just burst out with this massive cackle. I couldn't help it!\nBut holy shit. When I saw what he did next I wanted to take it back.\nI mean, it was just so fast. He gave me this look - just for a split second and then he veered the wheel. I mean hard. Like he was crazy. Even in the dim light I could see his face was all twisted-like. And it freaked me out. Honestly, I\u2019d never seen him so pissed! It was like he didn\u2019t give a shit what would happen. But then he slammed his foot on the break and swung the wheel back to avoid what was coming. It all happened so fast.\nIt was too late. We were in this massive snowbank at the side of the road. Like we were half buried in it, and I couldn\u2019t say a fucking word. I was in shock. I was, like terrified. It was pitch dark all of a sudden and the wind was howling like crazy through the tiny cracks. The engine had gone dead, and we were just sitting there. Neither of us saying a word. Just our breathing and the sound of the wind and little bits of snow whirling around us.\nAnd we seemed to sit there forever. I don\u2019t remember what I was thinking. At first I was just so pissed, and then I started to wonder what the hell he thought he was doing. But I just sat there. I felt him beside me. I heard him breathing hard, but I couldn\u2019t look. And minutes passed.\nBut then out of nowhere, I just started bawling. Like big sobs and my chest was heaving. And I still couldn\u2019t look at him. I just cried like I could go on forever. And when I finally stopped, it was weird, cause I wasn\u2019t angry anymore. I felt like this, crazy love feeling come over me. So big, like it filled the car. And I knew no matter what, that we\u2019d be okay.\nAnd then I felt him moving toward me and his arms were around me. I could feel his wet face against mine in the dark. And then his body was racking with sobs, too. It didn\u2019t matter that the gear shift was between us and our bodies were kind of contorted. We just sat holding each other, crying. Like two babies.\nFinally, we got quiet. And I looked out at the snowflakes floating in front of the windshield. And for a split second, nothing mattered outside of that moment in the car. Sitting in a snowdrift, surrounded by darkness and the whistling wind.\nWe never talked about it again after that. It was as if that night never happened. As if we\u2019d never made a plan, as if we never ever doubted she\u2019d happen.\nSam thinks she looks like me. But I tell him that\u2019s silly because babies just look like themselves. That what I\u2019ve always figured, but I might be wrong.\nJust now when she looked up at me? I\u2019m pretty sure she\u2019s got his eyes.\n\u00a9 Nancy de Guerre\nBeautiful! I love a riveting pre-quel to a happy ending \ud83d\ude0a\nThe love that shines through is transcendent. Lovely.\nA beautiful, evocative story. I'd love to read more from this author!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 791, "original_length": 23518, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 305.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.indiannoob.in/pete-hines-says-bethesda-is-absolutely-making-wolfenstein-iii/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:16Z", "digest": "sha1:AY3E6YCVE3UQLPCHQRD7NJYCZGD55EPN", "length": 1489, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.indiannoob.in", "title": "Pete Hines Says Bethesda Is \"Absolutely\" Making Wolfenstein III - IndianNoob", "raw_content": "Home News Pete Hines Says Bethesda Is \u201cAbsolutely\u201d Making Wolfenstein III\nPete Hines Says Bethesda Is \u201cAbsolutely\u201d Making Wolfenstein III\nWolfenstein is one of the iconic oldschool fps franchises that has made a resurgence in recent times. Wolfenstein: The New Order paved the way for two more games in the series that breathed new life into everyone\u2019s favourite Nazi killing machine B.J. Blazkowicz. Although Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus was a step back for the series, longtime fans would undoubtedly be very happy knowing that Wolfenstein series is not going away anytime soon.\nIn a recent interview with GameCentral for British electronic entertainment website, Metro, the vice president of Bethesda Softworks, Pete Hines confirmed that Bethesda is \u2018Absolutely\u2019 working on the next entry in the Wolfenstein franchise.\nReplying to the interviewer\u2019s question of whether we\u2019ll see the conclusion to the story of The New Order, Pete Hines said, \u201cAbsolutely we\u2019re making a Wolfenstein III. They said on stage that they\u2019re taking a break from the larger story to do this [Wolfesntein: The New Blood] thing. But we all have to see how that ends.\u201d\nAt the moment, the Wolfenstein developers are focusing their efforts on the co-op fps Wolfenstein: The New Blood which is due next year.\nPrevious articleWatch The Launch Trailer For The Bard\u2019s Tale IV: Barrows Deep\nNext articleAssassin\u2019s Creed: Odyssey Season Pass Is Rich With Content, Includes Assassin\u2019s Creed III and Liberation Remasters", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 122, "original_length": 5333, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 305.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.industryandbusiness.ie/saint-gobain-launches-nearly-zero-energy-building-nzeb-training-courses-for-irish-construction-professionals/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:58Z", "digest": "sha1:TVEOFQYSWWC2D4HRDXBMVXQ3TJWSG3FZ", "length": 3159, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.industryandbusiness.ie", "title": "Saint-Gobain Launches Nearly Zero Energy Building (nZEB) Training Courses For Irish Construction Professionals | Industry & Business", "raw_content": "Saint-Gobain Launches Nearly Zero Energy Building (nZEB) Training Courses For Irish Construction Professionals\nThe Saint-Gobain Ireland Technical Academy has announced that it is adding to its existing training portfolio by launching a series of nZEB modular courses. Starting this July, these innovative nZEB courses will offer those working in construction in Ireland a chance to up-skill, free of charge, in an increasingly regulated area of the construction industry.\nThe European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive Recast (EPBD) requires all new buildings to be nearly Zero Energy Buildings (nZEB) by 31st December 2020, with Irish Building Regulations enforcing these nZEB requirements in 2019, ahead of the EPBD deadline. The Directive will require all construction professionals to adhere to the nZEB standard and undergo upskilling to meet the requirements of the sustainable building agenda.\nUp-skilling is vital in the construction industry, as demonstrated by a recent survey of 250 construction professionals, conducted by Saint-Gobain. The survey highlighted that over one third of industry professionals see a skills shortage as the biggest risk factor facing the industry over the next 10 years. An uplifting finding that came from the survey was that, even though the construction industry has gone through a difficult time over the last number of years, 68% of respondents are proud of the current work being done by the industry, with nearly 70% believing that there are suitable career opportunities in the industry.\nSaint-Gobain recognises the importance of upskilling construction professionals and is committed to addressing the rising skills shortage. Over the last two years, the Saint-Gobain Technical Academy has trained and up-skilled over 2,500 industry professionals free of charge at its Technical Academy.\nBrian Dolan, Managing Director of Saint-Gobain Construction Products Ireland, commented: \u201cThe next two years will see exceptional changes in the upskilling of the construction industry and Saint-Gobain is dedicated to leading the progression of best practice within the sector, particularly when it comes to improving energy efficiency in our built environment.\u2019\u2019\nPat Barry, Chief Executive Officer for the Irish Green Building Council, added: \u201cBuildings have a significant role in the reduction of emissions in Ireland. It is essential that our buildings become more energy efficient and It is very encouraging to see Saint-Gobain implement educational initiatives that will assist in reducing emissions and improve energy efficiency\u2019\u2019\nFor more details of the course and how to apply visit:\nhttp://www.saint-gobain.ie/technical-academy\nPictured are: Jason Horrex, Training Manger of Technical Academy at Saint-Gobain Ireland; Pat Barry, Chief Executive Officer for the Irish Green Building Council; and Brian Dolan, Managing Director of Saint-Gobain Construction Products Ireland, at the launch of Saint Gobain Technical Academy\u2019s latest nZEB modular courses.\nMajor Export Deal Helps BM Steel Fabrications Double Workforce and Triple Turnover\nNew CEO at Barclays Bank Ireland\nOCE Technology Signs \u20ac25 Million Deal", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 124, "original_length": 9167, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 284.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.initialaccess.co.uk/artist.php?aid=45&id=8", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:09Z", "digest": "sha1:MNEMKIJNH5WZ5MWWVHKAZCRAMPTYH62O", "length": 1942, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.initialaccess.co.uk", "title": "Initial Access \u2022 Artist \u2022 Tallur L N", "raw_content": "The artist lives and works in Bangalore, India.\nUntil December 1999, Tallur L.N. had never been outside India. He refers to his life before 1999 as a \u2018period of imaginary knowledge\u2019, based largely upon reading art history books or looking at reproductions in books and magazines in an attempt to imagine the reality of contemporary art and the art world. He would see scenes of New York in Hollywood movies or glossy photographs but, as he says, \u2018After my first visit to New York, I was stunned\u2019. He refers to this phase of his development as \u2018a period of tourist imaginary knowledge\u2019. Tallur is from rural India, an altogether different environment from its urban counterpart in terms of its culture, economy and geography etc. and he considers the hand made quality of village utensils for example, rather than manufacturing, an important influence on the way in which he fashions his sculpture. Tallur uses this distinction deliberately as part of his visual language encapsulated in his sculpture and installations that contain many references to traditional Indian symbols. Part of his practice has been to translate this symbolic order into a contemporary language that speaks about the depth and diversity of traditional Indian life. He describes the process as follows, \u201cI play the role of a curator in my works \u2013 bringing in the context for a discourse - and personally, I enjoy absurdity a lot.\u201d The carved blackened form of a baby elephant in Tallur\u2019s sculpture Esophageal Reflex (on show in Unholy Truths) refers to the passage down which food moves from throat to stomach. A tiny patch of defecation, cast in silver, lies on the floor. The symbol of the Elephant goes back to ancient Indian mythology, to the gods and demons. The elephant is, considered absolutely precious something to be preserved and protected. Tallur shows the elephant at a moment of vulnerability nevertheless revealing the precious substance of its being.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 31, "original_length": 2389, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 282.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.irishhealth.com/article.html?con=269", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:40:46Z", "digest": "sha1:OCXNS2YQXDRPVJZDPO7ZOFY3Q3SVXVHH", "length": 6619, "nlines": 39, "source_domain": "www.irishhealth.com", "title": "Psoriasis", "raw_content": "My psoriasis is very bad and isn\u0092t responding to treatment. Are there any other options?\nWhat is psoriatic arthropathy?\nPsoriasis is a common skin disorder that affects men and women at any age.\nIt causes a thick, rough, dry build-up of the outer layer of the skin. These red patches on the skin are covered by silvery white scales and mainly develop on the knees, elbows, back or scalp, but almost any area of the body can be affected.\nPsoriasis is not infectious and does not scar the skin.\nPsoriasis is a chronic disease, which means you may have it for months or years. However early treatment may minimise the severity of the disorder.\nPsoriasis is the growth of too many skin cells \u0097 a normal skin cell matures in 28\u009730 days but a psoriatic skin cell takes only 3\u00976 days. The exact cause of this is not known. There may be a genetic link that is triggered by another factor \u0097 for example, a throat infection, stress or injury to the skin.\nThere are certain times in life when the tendency to develop psoriasis is increased \u0097 for example, during puberty or in women during or after the menopause. However no obvious cause can be detected in the majority of people who develop psoriasis.\nThere are different types of psoriasis, but it is important to remember that psoriasis changes over time \u0097 it may flare up, improve, change to another form, or several forms may exist at the same time:\nPlaque psoriasis: This is the most common type of psoriasis. Raised, inflamed (red) lesions are covered with a silvery white scale. This scale is a build-up of dead skin cells. Plaque psoriasis may appear on any part of the skin, although it appears most commonly on the knees, elbows, scalp and trunk.\nGuttate psoriasis: In guttate psoriasis small red dots of psoriasis develop most often on the trunk, arms and legs. There may be some scaling. Guttate psoriasis can be triggered by a throat infection, tonsillitis, a cold, chicken pox, immunisations, physical trauma, psychological stress, illness, or the administration of antimalaria drugs.\nFlexural psoriasis: Red, shiny areas develop in the armpit, groin, under the breast and in other skin folds. Flexural psoriasis appears as smooth inflamed lesions without scaling and is prone to irritation due to rubbing and sweating.\nPustular psoriasis: Smaller, circular patches, filled with pus appear on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet. The pus is made up of white blood cells in the skin. It is not an infection and is not contagious.\nErythrodermic psoriasis: This is a serious but rare, complication of psoriasis. Large areas of the skin become hot, red and dry and you may also experience itching, pain and swelling. This is one of the few emergencies involving skin conditions. If you suffer from this disorder your doctor will admit you to hospital.\nPsoriatic arthritis: About 10 percent of the people who have psoriasis will develop a form of arthritis called psoriatic arthritis. This causes inflammation and swelling in the hands, feet or in larger joints such as the knees, hips, elbows and the spine. It may cause stiffness, pain and joint damage.\nScalp psoriasis: Scalp psoriasis affects at least half of all people who have psoriasis. Raised, inflamed lesions covered with silvery white scales will develop on the scalp and particularly along the hair margins.\nNail psoriasis: Psoriasis can affect toenails and fingernails. It usually appears as pits in the nails and the nails may change to a yellowish colour and become thick or crumble easily. They may also be surrounded by inflammation. In some cases the nail may break away from the nail bed.\nYour doctor will usually make the diagnosis by examining your skin and/or nails. Blood tests may be ordered if you also have inflamed joints.\nAlthough there is no cure for psoriasis, treatment is usually effective. The skin becomes less scaly and may look completely normal. However there is a tendency for psoriasis to return. There are several different treatments available and you should discuss with your doctor which treatments are best suited to you:\nMoisturising creams and ointments \u0097 these will moisturise dry skin and are a substitute for soap when washing the skin.\nBath oils \u0097 some of these contain tar or antiseptics, which can provide other benefits in addition to the moisturising effect.\nRegular daily doses of sunlight taken in short exposures can help to improve psoriasis. Sunburn may make psoriasis worse.\nTar creams, ointments, lotions and shampoos help to reduce scaling and have an anti-inflammatory effect.\nVitamin D-based topical (applied to the skin) preparations can be effective.\nSalicylic acid-based applications can help to remove thick layers of overgrown skin and scales.\nStronger medications can be prescribed by a dermatologist and can be very helpful if used appropriately.\nMild steroid creams and ointments can be used for short periods to treat psoriasis on the face or in body folds.\nBecause the cause is not yet known, doctors do not know how to prevent psoriasis. However you may be able to prevent serious outbreaks by treating small plaques when you first see them and it does help to use skin moisturisers instead of soap to prevent the skin from drying.\nThere are other options for people with severe psoriasis (i.e. at least 20% of their body surface is covered with psoriasis) who do not respond to the treatments listed above. These treatments are effective but are used only under strict supervision and only after the other, simpler treatments have been tried first.\nThere are side-effects to all of these treatments which your doctor will discuss with you. You must also advise your doctor if you are pregnant, as many of these treatments cannot be used during pregnancy:\nPhotochemotherapy (PUVA) \u0097 PUVA is a term used for a combined treatment with psoralen, a light-sensitive drug and ultraviolet A light.\nRetinoids \u0097 drugs derived from Vitamin A) with or without PUVA.\nHydroxyurea \u0097 drugs that slow down the rapidly dividing skin cells.\nCyclosporin A \u0097 drugs that suppress the immune system.\nPsoriatic arthropathy is a form of arthritis that affects about 10\u009720% of people with psoriasis.\nThe arthritis affects the lining of joints causing swelling, pain and stiffness.\nThe arthritis is usually limited to just a few joints and sometimes affects the spine, giving a painfully stiff back or neck. It can also affect other joints such as the knees.\nFrequently finger and toe-nails develop pits, discoloration and thickening. The outlook is generally good, as psoriatic arthritis is not usually a crippling disease.\nSee irishhealth.com Psoriasis Clinic", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 110, "original_length": 8097, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 250.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.irishpast.com/phrl210/phrl210_confederacy_formed.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:12Z", "digest": "sha1:5SUPGI35EMWPCG6P4JDWEZ63UGM7A2WF", "length": 17915, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.irishpast.com", "title": "A Popular History of Ireland: from the Earliest : CONFEDERACY FORMED.", "raw_content": "CONFEDERACY FORMED.\nIn pursuing to its close the war in Munster, we were obliged to omit the mention of an affair of considerable importance, which somewhat consoled the Catholics for the massacre at Smerwick and the defeat of the Desmonds. We have already observed that what Aharlow was to the southern insurgents, the deep, secluded valley of Glenmalure was to the oppressed of Leinster. It afforded, at this period, refuge to a nobleman whose memory has been most improperly allowed to fall into oblivion. This was James Eustace, Viscount Baltinglass, who had suffered imprisonment in the Castle for refusing to pay an illegal tax of a few pounds, who was afterwards made the object of a special, vindictive enactment, known as \"the Statute of Baltinglass,\" and was in the summer of 1580, on his keeping, surrounded by armed friends and retainers. His friend, Sir Walter Fitzgerald, son-in-law to the chief of Glenmalure, and many of the clansmen of Leix, Offally and Idrone, repaired to him at Slieveroe, near the modern village of Blessington, from which they proceeded to form a junction with the followers of the dauntless Feagh McHugh O'Byrne of Ballincor. Lord Grey, of Wilton, on reaching Dublin in August of that year, obtained information of this gathering, and determined to strike a decisive blow in Wicklow, before proceeding to the South. All the chief captains in the Queen's service--the Malbys, Dudleys, Cosbys, Carews, Moors--had repaired to meet him at Dublin, and now marched, under his command, into the neighbouring highlands. The Catholics, they knew, were concentrated in the valley, on one of the slopes of which Lord Grey constructed a strong camp, and then, having selected the fittest troops for the service, gave orders to attack the Irish camp. Sir William Stanley, one of the officers in command, well describes the upshot, in a letter to Secretary Walshingham: \"When we entered the glen,\" he writes, \"we were forced to slide, sometimes three or four fathoms, ere we could stay our feet; it was in depth, where we entered, at least a mile, full of stones, rocks, logs and wood; in the bottom thereof a river full of loose stones, which we were driven to Cross divers times * * * before we were half through the glen, which is four miles in length, the enemy charged us very hotly * * * it was the hottest piece of service that ever I saw, for the time, in any place.\" As might have been expected, the assailants were repulsed with heavy loss; among the slain were Sir Peter Carew, Colonel Francis Cosby of Mullaghmast memory, Colonel Moor, and other distinguished officers. The full extent of the defeat was concealed from Elizabeth, as well as it could be, in the official despatches; but before the end of August private letters, such as we have quoted, conveyed the painful intelligence to the court. The action was fought on the 25th day of August.\nLord Grey's deputyship, though it lasted only two years, included the three decisive campaigns in the South, already described. At the period of his recall--or leave of absence--the summer of 1582, that \"most populous and plentiful country,\" to use the forcible language of his eloquent Secretary, Edmund Spenser, was reduced to \"a heap of carcasses and ashes.\" The war had been truly a war of extermination; nor did Munster recover her due proportion of the population of the island for nearly two centuries afterwards.\nThe appointment of Sir John Perrott dates from 1583, though he did not enter on the duties of Lord Deputy till the following year. Like most of the public men of that age, he was both soldier and statesman. In temper he resembled his reputed father, Henry VIII.; for he was impatient of contradiction and control; fond of expense and magnificence, with a high opinion of his own abilities for diplomacy and legislation. The Parliament of 1585-6, as it was attended by almost every notable man in the kingdom, was one of his boasts, though no one seems to have benefited by it much, except Hugh O'Neil, whose title of Earl of Tyrone was then formally recognized. Subordinate to Perrott, the office of Governor of Connaught was held by Sir Richard Bingham--founder of the fortunes of the present Earls of Lucan--and that of President of Munster, by Sir Thomas Norris, one of four brothers, all employed in the Queen's service, and all destined to lose their lives in that employment.\nThe most important events which marked the four years' administration of Perrott were the pacification of Thomond and Connaught, the capture of Hugh Roe O'Donnell, and the wreck of a large part of the Spanish Armada, on the northern and western coasts. The royal commission issued for the first-mentioned purpose exemplifies, in a striking manner, the exigencies of Elizabeth's policy at that moment. The persons entrusted with its execution were Sir Richard Bingham, the Earls of Thomond and Clanrickarde; Sir Turlogh O'Brien, Sir Richard Bourke (the McWilliam), O'Conor Sligo, Sir Brian O'Ruarc, and Sir Murrogh O'Flaherty. The chief duties of this singular commission were, to fix a money rental for all lands, free and unfree, in Clare and Connaught; to assess the taxation fairly due to the crown also in money; and to substitute generally the English law of succession for the ancient customs of Tanistry and gavelkind. In Clare, from fortuitous causes, the settlement they arrived at was never wholly reversed; in Connaught, the inhuman severity of Bingham rendered it odious from the first, and the successes of Hugh Roe O'Donnell, a few years later, were hailed by the people of that province as a heaven-sent deliverance.\nThe treacherous capture of this youthful chieftain was one of the skilful devices on which Sir John Perrott most prided himself. Although a mere lad, the mysterious language of ancient prophecy, which seemed to point him out for greatness, give him consequence in the eyes of both friends and foes. Through his heroic mother, a daughter of the Lord of the Isles, he would naturally find allies in that warlike race. His precocious prowess and talents began to be noised abroad, and stimulated Perrott to the employment of an elaborate artifice, which, however, proved quite successful. A ship, commanded by one Bermingham, was sent round to Donegal, under pretence of being direct from Spain. She carried some casks of Spanish wine, and had a crew of 50 armed men. This ship dropped anchor off Rathmullen Castle on Lough Swilly, in which neighbourhood the young O'Donnell--then barely fifteen--was staying with his foster-father, McSweeny, and several companions of his own age. The unsuspecting youths were courteously invited on board the pretended Spanish ship, where, while they were being entertained in the cabin, the hatches were fastened down, the cable slipped, the sails spread to the wind, and the vessel put to sea. The threats and promises of the astonished clansmen as they gathered to the shore were answered by the mockery of the crew, who safely delivered their prize in Dublin, to the great delight of the Lord Deputy and his Council. Five weary years of fetters and privation the young captives were doomed to pass in the dungeons of the Castle before they breathed again the air of their native North.\nBut now every ship that reached the English or Irish ports brought tidings more and more positive of the immense armada which King Philip was preparing to launch from the Tagus against England. The piratical exploits of Hawkins and Drake against the Spanish settlements in America, the barbarous execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the open alliance of Elizabeth with the Dutch insurgents, all acted as stimulants to the habitual slowness of the Spanish sovereign. Another event, though of minor importance, added intensity to the national quarrel. Sir William Stanley, whose account of the battle of Glenmalure we lately quoted, went over to Philip with 1,300 English troops, whom he commanded as Governor of Daventer, and was taken into the counsels of the Spanish sovereign. The fleet for the invasion of England was on a scale commensurate with the design. One hundred and thirty-five vessels of war, manned by 8,000 sailors, and carrying 19,000 soldiers, sailed from the Tagus, and after encountering a severe storm off Cape Finesterre, re-assembled at Corunna. The flower of Spanish bravery embarked in this fleet, named somewhat presumptuously \"the invincible armada.\" The sons of Sir James Fitzmaurice, educated at Alcala, Thomas, son of Sir John of Desmond, with several other Irish exiles, laymen, and ecclesiastics, were also on board. The fate of the expedition is well known. A series of disasters befell it on the coasts of France and Belgium, and finally, towards the middle of August, a terrific storm swept the Spaniards northward through the British channel, scattering ships and men helpless and lifeless on the coasts of Scotland, and even as far north as Norway. On the Irish shore nineteen great vessels were sunk or stranded. In Lough Foyle, one galleon, manned by 1,100 men, came ashore, and some of the survivors, it is alleged, were given up by O'Donnell to the Lord Deputy, in the vain hope of obtaining in return the liberation of his son. Sir John O'Doherty in Innishowen, Sir Brian O'Ruarc at Dromahaire, and Hugh O'Neil at Dungannon, hospitably entertained and protected several hundreds who had escaped with their lives. On the iron-bound coast of Connaught, over 2,000 men perished. In Galway harbour, 70 prisoners were taken by the Queen's garrison, and executed on St. Augustine's hill. In the Shannon, the crew of a disabled vessel set her on fire, and escaped to another in the offing. On the coasts of Cork and Kerry nearly one thousand men were lost or cast away. In all, according to a state paper of the time, above 6,000 of the Spaniards were either drowned, killed, or captured, on the north, west, and southern coasts. A more calamitous reverse could not have befallen Spain or Ireland in the era of the Reformation.\nIt is worthy of remark that at the very moment the fear of the armada was most intensely felt in England--the beginning of July--Sir John Perrott was recalled from the government. His high and imperious temper, not less than his reliance on the native chiefs, rather than on the courtiers of Dublin Castle, had made him many enemies. He was succeeded by a Lord Deputy of a different character--Sir William Fitzwilliam--who had filled the same office, for a short period, seventeen years before. The administration of this nobleman was protracted till the year 1594, and is chiefly memorable in connection with the formation of the Ulster Confederacy, under the leadership of O'Neil and O'Donnell.\nFitzwilliam, whose master passion was avarice, had no sooner been sworn into the government than he issued a commission to search for treasure, which the shipwrecked Spaniards were supposed to have saved. \"In hopes to finger some of it,\" he at once marched into the territory of O'Ruarc and O'Doherty; O'Ruarc fled to Scotland, was given up by order of James VI., and subsequently executed at London; O'Doherty and Sir John O'Gallagher, \"two of the most loyal subjects in Ulster,\" were seized and confined in the Castle. An outrage of a still more monstrous kind was perpetrated soon after on the newly elected chieftain of Oriel, Hugh McMahon. Though he had engaged Fitzwilliam by a bribe of 600 cows to recognize his succession, he was seized by order of the Deputy, tried by a jury of common soldiers, on a trumped up charge of \"treason,\" and executed at his own door. Sir Harry Bagnal who, as Marshal of Ireland, had his head-quarters at Newry, next to Fitzwilliam himself, profited most by the consequent partition and settlement of McMahon's vast estates. Emboldened by the impunity which attended such high-handed proceedings, and instigated by the Marshal, Fitzwilliam began to practise, against the ablest as well as the most powerful of all the Northern chiefs, who had hitherto been known only as a courtier and soldier of the Queen. This was Hugh O'Neil, Earl of Tyrone, another of Sir Henry Sidney's \"strong men,\" with the additional advantage of being familiar from his youth with the character of the men he was now to encounter.\nO'Neil, in the full prime of life, really desired to live in peace with Elizabeth, provided he might be allowed to govern Ulster with all the authority attached to his name. Bred up in England, he well knew the immense resources of that kingdom, and the indomitable character of its queen. A patriot of Ulster rather than of Ireland, he had served against the Desmonds, and had been a looker on at Smerwick. To suppress rivals of his own clan, to check O'Donnell's encroachments, and to preserve an interest at the English Court, were the objects of his earlier ambition. In pursuing these objects he did not hesitate to employ English troops in Ulster, nor to accompany the Queen and her Deputy to the service of the Church of England. If, however, he really believed that he could long continue to play the Celtic Prince north of the Boyne, and the English Earl at Dublin or London, he was soon undeceived when the fear of the Spanish Armada ceased to weigh on the Councils of Elizabeth.\nA natural son of John the Proud, called from the circumstances of his birth \"Hugh of the fetters,\" communicated to Fitzwilliam the fact of Tyrone having sheltered the shipwrecked Spaniards, and employed them in opening up a correspondence with King Philip. This so exasperated the Earl, that, having seized the unfortunate Hugh of the fetters, he caused him to be hanged as a common felon--a high-handed proceeding which his enemies were expert in turning to account. To protect himself from the consequent danger, he went to England in May, 1590, without obtaining the license of the Lord Deputy, as by law required. On arriving in London he was imprisoned, but, in the course of a month, obtained his liberty, after signing articles, in which he agreed to drop the Celtic title of O'Neil; to allow the erection of gaols in his country; that he should execute no man without a commission from the Lord Deputy, except in cases of martial law; that he should keep his troop of horsemen in the Queen's pay, ready for the Queen's service, and that Tyrone should be regularly reduced to shire-ground. For the performance of these articles, which he confirmed on reaching Dublin, he was to place sureties in the hands of certain merchants of that city, or gentlemen of the Pale, enjoying the confidence of the Crown. On such hard conditions his earldom was confirmed to him, and he was apparently taken into all his former favour. But we may date the conception of his latter and more national policy from the period of this journey, and the brief imprisonment he had undergone in London.\nThe \"profound dissembling mind\" which English historians, his cotemporaries, attribute to O'Neil, was now brought into daily exercise. When he discovered money to be the master passion of the Lord Deputy, he procured his connivance at the escape of Hugh Roe O'Donnell from Dublin Castle. On a dark night in the depth of winter the youthful chief, with several of his companions, succeeded in escaping to the hills in the neighbourhood of Powerscourt; but, exhausted and bewildered, they were again taken, and returned to their dungeons. Two years later, the heir of Tyrconnell was more fortunate. In Christmas week, 1592, he again escaped, through a sewer of the Castle, with Henry and Art O'Neil, sons of John the Proud. In the street they found O'Hagan, the confidential agent of Tyrone, waiting to guide them to the fastness of Glenmalure. Through the deep snows of the Dublin and Wicklow highlands the prisoners and their guide plodded their way. After a weary tramp they at length sunk down overwhelmed with fatigue. In this condition they were found insensible by a party despatched by Feagh O'Byrne; Art O'Neil, on being raised up, fell backward and expired; O'Donnell was so severely frost-bitten that he did not recover for many months the free use of his limbs. With his remaining companion he was nursed in the recesses of Glenmalure, until he became able to sit a horse, when he set out for home. Although the utmost vigilance was exercised by all the warders of the Pale, he crossed the Liffey and the Boyne undiscovered, rode boldly through the streets of Dundalk, and found an enthusiastic welcome, first from Tyrone in Dungannon, and soon after from the aged chief, his father, in the Castle of Ballyshannon. Early in the following year, the elder O'Donnell resigned the chieftaincy in favour of his popular son, who was, on the 3rd of May, duly proclaimed the O'Donnell, from the ancient mound of Kilmacrenan.\nThe Ulster Confederacy, of which, for ten years, O'Neil and O'Donnell were the joint and inseparable leaders, was now imminent. Tyrone, by carrying off, the year previous to O'Donnell's escape, the beautiful sister of Marshal Bagnal, whom he married, had still further inflamed the hatred borne to him by that officer. Bagnal complained bitterly of the abduction to the Queen, charging, among other things, that O'Neil had a divorced wife still alive. A challenge was in consequence sent him by his new brother-in-law, but the cartel was not accepted. Every day's events were hastening a general alliance between the secondary chieftains of the Province and the two leading spirits. The O'Ruarc and Maguire were attacked by Bingham, and successfully defended themselves until the Lord Deputy and the Marshal also marched against them, summoning O'Neil to their aid. The latter, feeling that the time was not yet ripe, temporized with Fitzwilliam during the campaign of 1593, and though in the field at the head of his horsemen, nominally for the Queen, he seems to have rather employed his opportunities to promote that Northern Union which he had so much at heart.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 23, "original_length": 18197, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 226.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.isaacawards.com/jurymaster/?year=2018&jury_type_id=1&judge_id=6057", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:54Z", "digest": "sha1:7STXCBPICCABRMKMEB73SFR75TLLLVAH", "length": 563, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.isaacawards.com", "title": "Adweek Project Isaac 2018", "raw_content": "Blake is currently SVP Creative Director at BBDO New York. She began her illustrious career in advertising at TBWA \\ Chiat \\ Day Los Angeles. Creating award-winning campaigns for PlayStation and Nissan. From there she moved across the pond to W+K Amsterdam where she created more award-winning work for Coca-Cola and Nike. After moving back to Chiat LA to help win the Activision business and launch the Call of Duty campaign \u201cSoldier in all of Us,\" she held positions at David and Goliath, Mullen and W+K Sao Paulo to help lead the Nike World Cup work in Brasil.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 67, "original_length": 2153, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 288.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.islamicinvitationturkey.com/2017/06/03/great-satan-us-continue-to-massacre-civilians-slaughter-43-people-in-fresh-airstrikes-in-syrias-raqqah/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:18Z", "digest": "sha1:WB6ZIX7B6S4W6U4DMY2O4R3HZBXIQ5XI", "length": 2056, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.islamicinvitationturkey.com", "title": "Great Satan US continue to massacre civilians, slaughter 43 people in fresh airstrikes in Syria's Raqqah | Islamic Invitation Turkey", "raw_content": "Great Satan US continue to massacre civilians, slaughter 43 people in fresh airstrikes in Syria\u2019s Raqqah\nAt least 43 people have lost their lives in fresh US airstrikes in the northern Syrian province of Raqqah.\nSyrian state TV said the air raids hit Raqqah\u2019s Jomeili neighborhood on Saturday, adding children were among the victims.\nUS air raids left a total of 225 civilians dead in Syria between April 23 and May 23 alone, according to latest figures released by the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).\nSDF takes control of town near Raqqah city\nOn Friday, the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said it had captured the town of al-Mansoura, west of Raqqah city.\n\u201cIt\u2019s been around three days that the SDF has been attacking al-Mansoura. Today, from two sides, they entered, and it was liberated,\u201d a security source close to the SDF told Reuters.\nSOHR said clashes were still underway around pockets of Daesh resistance in the town.\nThe SDF, which has the so-called Kurdish People\u2019s Protection Units (YPG) as its backbone, has vowed to storm Raqqah in early summer as part of a multi-phased offensive.\nSDF forces seized Tabqah city west of Raqqah in May. They have advanced to within several kilometers of the center of Raqqah over the past few months.\nYPG providing Daesh with safe passage out of Raqqah\nTurkey\u2019s presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said in an interview with NTV channel that the YPG had likely provided Daesh terrorists with a safe corridor out of Raqqah.\n\u201cThe National Intelligence Organization is monitoring this issue closely. There are some signs in this regard \u2026. Some of them have been verified [by Turkish intelligence],\u201d he added.\nKalin further accused Syria\u2019s Democratic Union Party (PYD) of having taken a similar measure previously in a bid to help Daesh in the Syrian city of Manbij.\nThe Turkish government considers the YPG and the PYD as the Syrian offshoot of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers\u2019 Party (PKK). It has been pressing the US to drop its military alliance with the Kurdish forces in Syria.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 174, "original_length": 6369, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 279.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.islandsweekly.com/obituaries/david-john-hudson-may-17-1947-may-16-2018/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:27:01Z", "digest": "sha1:IZ6ECF5AD6ZUL7SNQY5O466ENC4T2XZP", "length": 3103, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.islandsweekly.com", "title": "David John Hudson | May 17, 1947-May 16, 2018 | Islands' Weekly", "raw_content": "David John Hudson | May 17, 1947-May 16, 2018\nTue Jun 5th, 2018 7:00am\nDavid slipped the surly bonds of earth on May 16, 2018, one day before his 71st birthday. He was surrounded in love by his wife of 51 years, Linda, and his two daughters, Marianne and Francoise. David will always be remembered for his intelligence, quick wit and gentlemanly ways.\nDavid was born in Norwich, England, in 1947. David and Linda met there in 1964 when they were both 17, and David emigrated to the United States, in 1965. Linda and David were married in Lombard, Illinois, on July 9, 1966.\nDavid was employed as an electrical estimator, always working for small electrical firms working on big projects. In 1970, David\u2019s career took him and his family from the Chicago area to Bellingham, Washington, and then to a year in Jamaica, W.I., in 1971. After a year in Jamaica, the family moved to Fairbanks, Alaska, where David worked for an electrical firm associated with the building of the Alaska Pipeline.\nIn 1978, they finally settled in Everett, Washington, where they stayed put for the next 28 years.\nDavid and Linda bought property on the north end of Lopez Island, in 1997, with an eye for future retirement. When David was diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s Disease in the same year, they moved their retirements dates up and moved to Lopez in 2005.\nDavid and Linda had an adventurous marriage, filled with travel. Their favorite kind of trip was the good old American road trip, usually planned around visiting National Parks. Monuments and Historical Sites. In 1997 they visited all of the Civil War sites and battlefields in the Eastern States, and then in 2000, they continued the trip with the states along the Mississippi River.\nDavid was also a lifetime motorcyclist and David and Linda made several long motorcycle trips, one being traveling U.S. Highway 2 From Washington to Duluth Minnesota in 1985.\nThey made several trips to Europe, which included a highlight trip in 1998, when they attended the World Cup in Paris, France.\nSoccer (Football) was David\u2019s great love: he both played and coached for many years. He coached everything from coed teams to complete beginners and children.\nNot content with just playing soccer, David was also a mountain climber and climbed the Seven Sisters: the seven major mountains of Washington and Oregon. He was also a bicyclist, completing the STP twice, and a runner: participating in the Seattle Marathon twice, and the Honolulu marathon once. As if that wasn\u2019t enough, David was a fine horseman, showing his skill by competing in various fairs around the state.\nDavid leaves his wife, Linda; two daughters, Marianne and Francoise; son-in-law, Anton; and grandson, Tristan. He also leaves his sister and brother-in-law, Janice and David Taylor; niece and nephew, Nicola and Ian; and their families, all of Norwich, England.\nA labyrinth memorial and potluck for David is planned for 11:30 a.m.\u20133 p.m., Sunday, June 17.\nMemorials gifts can be made in David\u2019s name to Doctors Without Borders, National Parks Conservation Association, and/or Northwest Parkinson\u2019s Foundation.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 143, "original_length": 5473, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 140.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/political-parties-registration-will-ensure-greater-transparency_122633?profile=0", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:13Z", "digest": "sha1:65GVGZQLAG3S3QAOMWVYUD2F5HFZBFF2", "length": 2124, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.jamaicaobserver.com", "title": "Political parties registration will ensure greater transparency", "raw_content": "Political parties registration will ensure greater transparency\nPrime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday said the registration of political parties will ensure greater transparency and accountability, and is transformational for the country's democracy.\nSpeaking at the official launch of political parties' registration at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, Holness said this is a milestone achievement in the history of Jamaica.\n\u201cToday's launch is another manifestation of the Government's focus on institutional reform, in order to ensure our political and economic environment is conducive to productivity, transparency and growth,\u201d he said.\nThe Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) began registering political parties on January 2, in keeping with the Political Parties Registration Regulations, 2017.\nThe regulations, which fall under the Representation of the People Act, provide a framework for the registration and deregistration of political parties, the monitoring of their finances, and also facilitates a system whereby an accurate and up-to-date record can be kept on each political party.\nHolness said the legislation formalises political parties, which are now required to provide details of their operations, \u201cthereby lifting the veil, because there is a sense that political parties are unregulated private fraternities\u201d.\nHe noted that the registration of political parties represents a \u201cmajor shift\u201d in how these institutions have been viewed in the history of Jamaica, and stressed that political parties must now lead from the front and set their houses in order. \u201cWe must ensure that the mask of anonymity is removed,\u201d he added.\n\u201cWith the requirement of registration of political parties, we have now ensured that there is a legislative underpinning that ensures objectivity and adherence to set standards and procedures without regard to who is in power,\u201d the prime minister said.\nHe argued that Jamaica continues to be on the frontier of strengthening its political processes, noting that these recent regulations \u201cagain place us as leader in political institutional reform in the Caribbean\u201d.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 129, "original_length": 5836, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 237.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.jamaicaolympics.com/archives/4313", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:18Z", "digest": "sha1:JWGYY4IUQW6R5FGENTFGDOM7FZBVUXJV", "length": 2607, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.jamaicaolympics.com", "title": "Usain Bolt to compete at the ExxonMobil Bislett Games - Team Jamaica Olympics", "raw_content": "Usain Bolt to compete at the ExxonMobil Bislett Games\nadmin \u00b7 January 23, 2013 \u00b7 News, Sourced, Track and Field \u00b7 8710 comments\nThe world\u2019s greatest sports star will run at the Bislett Stadium for the third year in a row. Usain Bolt will return to Oslo, Norway and the ExxonMobil Bislett Games on Thursday 13 June 2013 where he will be competing in the 200metres. The meeting in Oslo is the sixth of the 14 meets in the world athletics series, the Samsung Diamond League.\n\u201cI am looking forward to come back to Oslo and the ExxonMobil Bislett Games this summer. I have many good memories from this great city and from the Bislett Stadium. I was really happy with the time of 9.79 in the 100metres last year \u2013 it was a new stadium record. I will run the 200m this year and look forward to competing in front of passionate and knowledgeable athletics fans,\u201d said Usain Bolt.\nBolt ran the 200metres at Bislett in 2011 in 19.87 seconds, which is only a few hundreds of a second behind the current stadium record of 19.82, set back in 1996 by Namibian Frankie Fredericks.\nPreparations for the World Championship\n\u201cThis aim for 2013 is the IAAF World T&F Championships in Moscow in August. My goal is to win three gold medals and repeat my Olympic Games success. My 200m race at the Bislett stadium on June 13th will be an important stepping stone towards that goal,\u201d said Bolt. \u201cMy preparations have been good this fall. I am injury free, working hard and everything is going according to plan. I hope to come to Bislett prepared and ready to run a great race,\u201d said Bolt.\nA real super star\nThe number of Usain Bolt fans is continually rising, and he has now more than 10 million fans on Facebook and 2.3 million followers on Twitter. He has been named sports personality of the year in a number of countries and magazines.\n\u201cUsain Bolt has sparked a lot of interest in the ExxonMobil Bislett Games for us in the last couple of years. We are very proud that Bolt shows his appreciation of what we done for him by coming back to Bislett after his incredible success at the London Olympics last summer. All athletics meetings in the world want to secure his participation. The fact that he is coming to Bislett three years in a row says a lot about the setting and the atmosphere that we have been able to create for this meeting with such a rich history. That is what he loves, and that is why he keeps coming back. He wants to write history with his performances and become a legend. So it is only fitting that he runs at the legendary Bislett Stadium, said Meeting Director Steinar Hoen.\nVia Samsung Diamond League", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 52, "original_length": 3853, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 208.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.jar-systems.com/blog/how-schools-can-get-free-computers", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:47Z", "digest": "sha1:IB664TGKZ3KAWAPGBTBRB4QJF2D3YDQX", "length": 8365, "nlines": 35, "source_domain": "www.jar-systems.com", "title": "How Schools Can Get Free Computers", "raw_content": "By The Cart Guru \u2022 July 20, 2015\nIt almost sounds too good to be true, but there are many resources available to help schools obtain free computers and peripherals to further their students\u2019 education. The computers are donated from various sources such as corporations, businesses, individuals, and government agencies.\nIn fact, it's a win-win situation for all parties when useful donations are efficiently transferred. These programs help donors be socially responsible, engaged in their communities, and in some cases they can even save money donating goods that they may have otherwise had to pay to dispose of. Schools in need get the equipment at little or no cost, allowing them to allocate limited funds elsewhere.\nTechnology donations typically must meet minimum requirement to ensure that they will be useful in their \"second life\". Depending on how the donations are acquired, they may be delivered in as-is condition or they could come refurbished. In reuse/recycle facilities the computers are typically evaluated for their usefulness and then either scrapped for parts or imaged in preparation for donation to a school or other deserving organization. These centers, however, typically serve their local area.\nIn many cases the school will only incur the cost of shipping the equipment, but it is also important to keep in mind associated costs with preparing the computers for a new life such as software licensing, the cost of personnel to manage the devices, etc. Schools must meet certain criteria to qualify for participation in any of these programs such as applying the donations for specific purposes. Read on as I review a few of these resources as well as highlight other considerations when accepting donated IT equipment.\nIf your school already has charging carts, but they do not charge well or not at all, try the Intelligent Charging System.\nThe Computers for Learning program encourages government agencies to directly transfer surplus computers and peripherals to schools and educational nonprofit agencies. The purpose of the program is to promote equal learning opportunities by better utilizing technology assets that are still useful. Schools that have been approved can select equipment through the ComputersforLearning.gov website. There is no limit to how much equipment can be transferred, although agencies are required to distribute equipment equitably on a national level.\nSchools interested in this program should keep in mind that the equipment is required to transfer directly from the donating agency to the accepting school. Transfer of ownership from an agency to a reuse/recycle program is not permitted. It is up to the school that accepts the equipment to devise a resource for repairing or upgrading the equipment if needed. Schools utilizing this program will typically incur all associated shipping costs. Schools are required to recycle the equipment in an appropriate manner when it comes time to dispose of it.\nMaking \"As-Is\" Equipment Work for Your School\nMost of the donated equipment runs on Windows OS. If your school needs additional equipment, but uses Google Apps for Education there is now a simple solution available. CloudReady enables schools to run Chromium OS on nearly any PC or Mac desktop or notebook/laptop/netbook computer. With this easy-to-install, affordable, software license schools can use donated PC hardware as though it were a Chromebook and it will even make the computers run faster than they would running Windows OS. This can be a cost-effective tool for school districts that wish to implement a 1:1 program with Google Apps and tools by maximizing the value of existing computer hardware.\nDonation Networks\nThere are several organizations that work to connect donors with institutions in need of goods to further worthy causes. They act as a middle-man, offering tools that make it easier to donate and help those donated goods find an organization in need. Below I will briefly describe a couple of these reputable resources.\nCristina Foundation is a well-established facilitator for connecting donors with non-profits, schools, and agencies in need of technology to support education and training programs. Their focus is on serving organizations working with students at risk, people with disabilities, and the economically disadvantaged. Schools that would like to participate must apply to be part of their network. The application process requires a proposal of what the institution plans to do with the equipment including how they will manage the project and how they will benefit. Donors are then able to screen and choose eligible recipients.\nGood360 is a nonprofit organization that connects companies, charities, and individuals and aids in the effective exchange of many types of donated goods. They help many different types of nonprofits, schools, churches, libraries. Find the resources they are in need of to further their mission-focused programs. Schools may apply to be part of their network online and create a profile highlighting the benefit to their community and specifying their needs. The corporate and business donated goods often come from returns, overstock, clearance, and end-of-season merchandise and must be accepted in \u201cas-is\u201d condition.\nNonprofit Recycle/Reuse Programs\nYou may want to consider looking closer to home. There are many e-waste recycling programs that mostly operate on a local or state-wide level. These organizations rely on computer donations to offer schools free computer grants or deeply discounted refurbished alternatives. Some only operate in a state-wide or regional area. Some will accept requests for equipment from anywhere in the U.S. either with shipping at the cost of the accepting school or under the terms that the equipment must be picked up from the facility within a period of time.\nAZStRUT (AZ)\nTechnology Training Foundation of America (CA)\nComputer Recycling Center (CA)\nCommunity Computer Connection (CO)\nRockford Computers for Schools (IL)\nMotor City Free Geek (MI)\nMinnesota Computers For Schools (MN)\nGE Elfun Computer Rehab (NY)\nFree Geek (OR)\nComputer Recycling of Virginia, Inc (VA)\nInterConnection.org (global)\nList updated 7-15-2015\nOf course, this list is not all inclusive. To find programs like these that may exist near you try searching for \"computers for schools\" or \"free computers for schools\" and your state or region.\nEven though the hardware obtained through these programs may be free, there are still plenty of associated costs. As mentioned, shipping and handling costs are typically incurred and there is still the matter of software licensing. If the computers are accepted in \"as is\" condition what resources will be used for imaging/refurbishing these devices as needed? Depending on the size of the donation, imaging and installing the new equipment may take a considerable amount of time.\nWhat operating system does your school need or prefer? While most will come with Windows OS, some reuse programs set up Linux operating systems as the standard on their refurbished computers. It is possible to run Chromium OS inexpensively on your donated equipment as well.\nLastly, but importantly, if you are accepting a donation of mobile devices such as laptops, notebooks, or netbooks, how will you charge and store these devices? You may still need to purchase carts. Additionally, it is especially important to pay attention to the type of charging system in the cart when you are working with older devices as battery life tends to decline over the life of the device. When the devices have a shortened battery life, look for a charging system that will reliably charge the devices in a fast and efficient manner and stop charging when complete to conserve the battery life and increase device availability.\nStruggling to Integrate Your School's Devices?\nIf you already have devices, but you are finding it hard to integrate them into the classroom, JAR Systems can help by providing affordable solutions that will efficiently charge and manage your devices. Click below to learn more about how JAR Systems can help you achieve successful integration and utilization of your devices.\nDISCLAIMER: JAR Systems is a cart manufacturer and does not supply schools with devices. This post, however, lists a few of the many resources available to help your schools obtain devices.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 9371, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 302.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.jarretthousenorth.com/linguisticsofcyberspace/intro/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:22:17Z", "digest": "sha1:VEFUUT5OQIPOBFBJMCSGLT2YK4PCZH7W", "length": 2430, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.jarretthousenorth.com", "title": "Introduction to \u201cThe Linguistics of Cyberspace\u201d by Robert Kellogg \u2013 Jarrett House North", "raw_content": "Introduction to \u201cThe Linguistics of Cyberspace\u201d by Robert Kellogg\nTimothy Jarrett\u2019s essay on \u201cThe Linguistics of Cyberspace\u201d focuses on the question of a language user\u2019s identity, in general and in the highly specialized world of cyberspace. It is in effect a thoughtful comment on a New Yorker cartoon that neither of us had seen when he submitted his paper to my course in the history of the English language: a dog sitting in front of a computer screen says, \u201cThe great thing about the Internet is that they don\u2019t know I\u2019m a dog.\u201d\nThe human sciences in the twentieth century have dealt a serious blow to our culture\u2019s inherited notions of who we really are, our individuality, and our understanding of human behavior not in terms of freely-willed individual actions but, instead, as the product of heredity and environment that takes place in systems of meaning quite beyond an individual\u2019s power to control. Intellectually, we may in some sense be learning to accept this \u201cdisappearance of the individual,\u201d but it still comes as a shock to realize that we are who \u201cthe system\u201d says we are and that the things we say and write mean no more than those who hear and read us think they mean.\nMr. Jarrett attempts in this essay to use the insights of Ferdinand de Saussure\u2019s structuralist semiotics to explain how meanings and identities develop in the disembodied \u201cworld\u201d of the Internet. One thing to observe about this world, which he and others call cyberspace, is that there is very little non-verbal context in cyberspace. In contrast, when we learn native languages and other cultural systems we do so in a rich environment of things and sensations that serve as the vast universe of referents for such sparse utterances as \u201clike this,\u201d \u201cthat one,\u201d \u201cover there,\u201d \u201cyes,\u201d \u201cno,\u201d \u201cbeautiful,\u201d \u201clet\u2019s go.\u201d It is entirely otherwise in cyberspace, where a language user is known only by written utterances of a highly explicit sort in an exclusively linguistic context. Unless you write like a dog no one will think you are one. What is beginning to interest some writers is a debate about whether a person\u2019s \u201creal\u201d identity in his particular society is \u201cmore real\u201d than his \u201cvirtual\u201d identity in cyberspace. What Tim Jarrett seems to be telling us is that while exactly the same cultural systems are at work in both worlds the worlds themselves are such different contexts that we are, in terms of semiotics, reborn in cyberspace.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 51, "original_length": 7510, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 180.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.jenniferlwilliams.net/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:42:02Z", "digest": "sha1:5ZPQHAREN6GQTOPCAU6PFJBLDJ5OHKQN", "length": 1202, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.jenniferlwilliams.net", "title": "www.jenniferlwilliams.net - jenniferwilliams", "raw_content": "Life is better when we experience healthy connections.\nI'm Jennifer Williams, a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and Registered Play Therapist. I believe we are ultimately healthier and happier when we feel connected to ourselves, other people, and the systems in which we are a part. When those connections are missing or in need of repair, we can experience negative emotions. I strive to assist others in creating, repairing, and maintaining healthy relationships. When we're connected, we just feel better.\nI earned my Bachelor of Science in Religious Studies from Gardner-Webb University and then a Master of Marriage and Family Therapy from Converse College. I began my career in a private practice teaching clinic in Spartanburg, SC. I then gained valuable experience in community mental health clinics post graduate school before returning to private practice. More recently, I completed my Education Specialist degree in Play Therapy through the University of Mississippi. I enjoy utilizing an eclectic style of well-known therapy techniques and strategies to color outside of the box in working with individuals, children, couples and families as they maintain and create new connections.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 16, "original_length": 1492, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 209.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.jessicabastidas.com/new-gallery-1/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:52Z", "digest": "sha1:VUMQJZ3MX3KTX6DQCAIKMHO3DWYLOMOO", "length": 161, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.jessicabastidas.com", "title": "Comics \u2014 Jessica Bastidas Fine Artist/ Illustrator", "raw_content": "This is an excerpt from a self-published comic, Patchwork. To view the entire comic click https://www.behance.net/gallery/12240623/Patchwork-comic-from-last-year", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 83, "original_length": 1340, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.84, "perplexity": 179.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/directory/K/9189", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:38Z", "digest": "sha1:NUESOJBZHV4WTPM7PW3OX6SWO6QAIB2H", "length": 5630, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "www.jewishencyclopedia.com", "title": "KANITZ, AUGUST - KA\u00e1\u00b9\u00a2ABI (V07p451001.jpg), JOSEPH BEN NISSIM - JewishEncyclopedia.com", "raw_content": "KANITZ, AUGUST \u2013 Hungarian botanist; born April 25, 1843, at Lugos; died July 12, 1896, at Klausenburg. While a student at the University of Vienna he wrote \"Geschichte der Botanik in Ungarn\" (Hanover and Budapest, 1863), and soon after,...\nKANITZ, FELIX PHILIPP \u2013 Hungarian archeologist and ethnographer; born at Budapest Aug. 2, 1829; died at Vienna Jan. 8, 1904. When only seventeen years of age he entered the University of Vienna, where he studied art. After 1850 he traveled extensively...\nKANN, EDOUARD \u2013 French musician; born at Paris Feb. 28, 1857; pupil of Massenet and Duvernoy. In 1895, at Lyons, he produced \"Ruth,\" an oratorio. This was followed by \"Gaitanne,\" a two-act opera (1898), and \"Maritorne,\" a one-act comic opera....\nKANN, MOSES \u2013 German rabbi; born at Frankfort-on-the-Main; died there Dec. 1, 1762; son of L\u00f6b Kann. He was chief rabbi of Hesse-Darmstadt and head of the Talmudical school at Frankfort, which had been founded and richly endowed by his...\n\u1e32ANNA'IM \u2013 See Zealots.\nKANSAS \u2013 One of the northern central states of the United States; admitted to the Union in 1861. In 1830 immigrants settled in a spot which they named \"Kansas City.\" It is supposed that Jews also settled there at an early date; and they...\nKANSAS CITY \u2013 See Missouri.\nKANSI, SAMUEL \u2013 French astronomer of the fourteenth century. The surname \"Kansi\" ( ) is an incorrectly formed adjective of the Hebrew noun \"keneset\" ( ), and is the equivalent of \"D'Escola\" ( ), a name borne by severalProven\u00e7al Jews. Kansi...\nKANTOR, JUDAH L\u00d6B B. JOSEPH \u2013 Russian journalist; born in Wilna 1849; government rabbi of Libau, Courland. For a short time he studied at the rabbinical school of Wilna and later at that of Jitomir, where he graduated as teacher. He also studied medicine in...\nKANTOR, DER J\u00dcDISCHE, Wochenblatt f\u00fcr die Gesammt-Interessen Aller Kantoren und Cultusbeamten \u2013 Weekly; published at Bromberg, Prussia, beginning in 1879. Its editor is A. Blaustein, the founder of the German Israelitish Cantors' Society. It deals with matters of interest to cantors (\u1e25azzanim), and contains articles on...\nKAPLAN, ABRAHAM \u2013 Russian Hebrew writer; born at Wilke July 25, 1839; died at Vienna Feb. 2, 1897. Having acquired a reputation as a good Hebrew writer at home, he removed to Vienna, where he followed the profession of a publicist until his...\nKAPLAN, JACQUES \u2013 Russian painter and designer; born at Sebastopol July 19, 1872. He went to Paris, and in 1885 entered the Paris Ecole des Arts D\u00e9coratifs, and, three years later, the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Kaplan was a pupil of Bonnat, and in...\nKAPLAN, WOLF HA-KOHEN \u2013 Russian teacher and Hebrew poet; born at Trishki, government of Kovno, in 1826; died at Riga June 14, 1888; pupil of M. A. Ginzburg. Kaplan was an able educator, and his school at Riga became the model for all the Jewish...\nKAPOSI(V07p435002.jpg),\u1e24AYYIM \u2013 Dayyan in Egypt about 1600. He became known later as the \"Ba'al ha-Nes,\" through a miracle which is said to have happened to him. He became blind. Some time afterward, being suspected of having taken bribes, he called upon...\nKAP\u00d3SI (KOHN), MORIZ \u2013 Austrian dermatologist; born at Kaposv\u00e1r, Hungary, Oct. 23, 1837; died March 6, 1902. After graduating (M.D., 1861) from the university at Vienna, he settled there as a physician. He became privat-docent in 1866; assistant...\nKAPPARAH \u2013 An animal used as a sort of vicarious sacrifice on the day previous to the Day of Atonement. As a rule, a cock is taken by a male, and a hen by a female person, and after the recitation of Ps. cvii. 17-20 and Job xxxiii. 23-24...\nKAPPER, SIEGFRIED \u2013 Austrian poet and physician; born at Smichow near Prague, March 21, 1821; died at Pisa June 7, 1879; educated at the gymnasium and University of Prague, and at the University of Vienna (Ph.D. 1847). Starting in life as a...\n\u1e32ARA, ABIGDOR BEN ISAAC \u2013 Bohemian cabalist and liturgical poet; died at Prague April 10, 1439. He lived for a time at Ratisbon, but settled permanently at Prague after 1409. \u1e32ara enjoyed a high reputation and associated with King Wenceslaus, who liked...\n\u1e32ARA, ABRAHAM BEN ABIGDOR \u2013 Bohemian chief rabbi, rosh yeshibah, and liturgist; died at Prague Oct. 7, 1542. He wrote a super-commentary on Rashi to the Pentateuch, mentioned by David Gans (\"\u1e92ema\u1e25 Dawid,\" p. 44a); and glosses to the \"\u1e6cur Ora\u1e25 \u1e24ayyim\" (see...\n\u1e32ARA, JOSEPH BEN SIMEON \u2013 French Bible exegete; lived in Troyes, where, probably, he was born about 1060-70; died between 1130 and 1140. His uncle and teacher was Menahem ben\u1e24elbo, whom \u1e32ara often cites in his commentaries, these quotations being almost...\n\u1e32ARA, MENAHEM BEN JACOB \u2013 Bohemian scholar; flourished at Prague in the first half of the fifteenth century. He was a near relative, perhaps a half-brother, of Abigdor ben Isaac \u1e32ara, whom he quotes in his writings as \"my brother.\" \u1e32ara was the author of...\n\u1e32ARA, SIMEON \u2013 French rabbi; lived in Mans in the eleventh century; brother of Menahem ben \u1e24elbo and father of Joseph \u1e32ara. For the meaning of his surname see \u1e32ara, Joseph. Isaac de Lattes, in his \"\u1e32iryat Sefer,\" counts \u1e32ara among the...\nKARAITES AND KARAISM \u2013 The Karaites ( ) = \"Followers of the Bible\") were a Jewish sect, professing, in its religious observances and opinions, to follow the Bible to the exclusion of rabbinical traditions and laws. But Karaism in fact adopted a large...\nKARAMZIN, W. M \u2013 See Russia.\nKAREIS, JOSEF \u2013 Austrian electrician and deputy; born at Semic, Bohemia, Feb. 14, 1837; studied at the technical institute in Prague. From 1858 till 1896 he was in the service of the state, first in the department for triangular survey in Tyrol...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 307, "original_length": 9337, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 177.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.jimandpam.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:41Z", "digest": "sha1:E75EWKYKJTHBLPXUASPD2OGO5X2N5M3M", "length": 10579, "nlines": 54, "source_domain": "www.jimandpam.com", "title": "Lansing Homes For Sale", "raw_content": "GREATER LANSING REAL ESTATE HOTLINE\nJIM AND PAM PITCHFORD\nI am looking to Sell\nOur site is your gateway to Every home listing in the Central Michigan area. We will make your real estate search fast, easy and reliable. We are able to personally show you any of the homes for sale. You can browse the real estate listings at your leisure and then contact us by e-mail, text or phone for one on one personal attention.\nWe have 25+ years of experience as successful Realtors buying and selling homes in the Central Michigan area. As lifetime residents, we have intimate knowledge of the surrounding real estate markets. We know the neighborhoods, schools, market conditions and what it takes to assist you in making good real estate decisions.\nIN PROPERTY FOR SALE\nSQUARE FEET FOR LEASE\nAs lifetime residents, we have intimate knowledge of the surrounding real estate markets. We know the neighborhoods, schools, market conditions and what it takes to assist you in making good real estate decisions.\nBuying a home is an intimidating event for a lot of people. However, with a little planning ahead of time, it's not all that difficult. I like to provide buyers with an overview of the whole deal so they'll know exactly what to expect. Here are my nine steps to purchasing a home.\nStep 1 \u2013 Prepare to buy a home\nThere are plenty of things you'll want to consider before you search for a home. When you begin your search, you'll probably want to make an index of items you need to have, get an idea of what school districts and neighborhoods you'd like to live in, and begin planning your budget. A good principle to follow is that your mortgage payment should be close to 1/3 of your net monthly income.\nStep 2 \u2013 Contact Jim & Pam Pitchford!\nThis is where I can help. I can schedule a time to meet so we can talk about why you want to buy a home and get an idea of your upcoming plans. We'll talk about everything from neighborhoods, schools in the Lansing area, the mortgage industry, to any other economic factors that could affect your buying decision today or in the future.\nI'll also help you begin the loan process. There are some very good mortgage professionals in Lansing, and I partner with a lot of them, so you'll be in great hands. They will assist you with deciding which type of loan is best for you and help you get approved.\nStep 3 \u2013 Begin looking\nAfter our initial information gathering session, I'll begin searching for available houses on the market that best suit you. I'll preview most of the houses and ignore the bad ones, and then we'll set up appointments to view the homes whenever it's convenient for you.\nWhen we view homes, I'll identify good features and negative ones. I'll even ask you about things you like and don't like. For the most part, buyers amend their must-have list as we tour homes and some features become far more necessary than others. If that's the situation, I'll search the listings again and trim it down to the house you've been dreaming about.\nMy knowledge of the Lansing market is a fundamental benefit in your search. I'm conscious of all the schools and neighborhoods, and I'll communicate certain districts are \"hot\" and demand prompt action and the ones that are \"cold\" and allow for careful examination.\nWhen we view homes, I'll make sure to communicate if the seller's list price has room for negotiation or if I believe the house is \"priced to sell.\" Be on guard and be sure to ask lots of questions, as every REALTOR\u00ae in Lansing will tell you they understand the market. If it seems like they don't know everything, call me at (517) 622-0600 or e-mail me at Jim@thepitchfordgroup.com, and I'll be happy to answer any questions you have. My market expertise will help you stay a step ahead throughout the entire deal.\nStep 5 \u2013 Find the home you've been waiting for\nI'm confident we'll find the home of your dreams! When that happens, I'll carefully develop your home purchase offer. The offer will be tailored exactly to your needs. A few examples are acquiring financing, carrying out the home inspection, and a clean title.\nLet The Pitchford Group At RE/MAX guide you through finding your dream home in Lansing Upon submitting your offer, most likely you'll want to submit \"earnest money.\" This is a cash deposit given to the home seller to secure the offer to purchase the property and is often applied to the closing costs. If the seller accepts your offer, we should close on the property within 30 to 60 days after. This allows ample time for your mortgage financing.\nUnfortunately most deals aren't closed on the beginning offer, and it's extremely common to receive a counter offer. But don't let it alarm you. We'll talk about whether or not to consent to the counter offer, propose our own counter offer, or refuse the seller's offer and go on.\nHow aggressively we negotiate the contract depends on the state of the market. In addition, we'll work within your financing limits. And when it's all said and done, we'll assemble a deal that's best for you.\nOnce we sign the final contract, you'll begin working with your lender to close the loan. It won't take much time at all if you're already pre-qualified, but you need to keep in close contact with your mortgage lender. And I'll sort out all the property information your mortgage lender needs to close the loan.>\nYou'll get a Good Faith Estimate outlining your closing costs from your lender within three days of accepting your loan application. This estimate is formed from the loan amount. TRID requirements dictate that it has to contain all closing costs and fall within a close range of accuracy, and I'll examine the estimate and let you know if it all looks adequate.\nThen we'll close on your home. This will take place at a title company and is often a smooth and hassle-free occasion.\nSuccess! It's time to move into your new home. Enjoy it. And if you need anything, make sure you contact me at (517) 622-0600 or send me an e-mail or text.\nWe are Lansing; and so are you.\nWANTING TO BUY IN OR AROUND GREATER LANSING?\nLocating a home that's \"just right\" can be quite a task, especially with all the homes available in our area. As experts in Lansing real estate, we keep track of all the homes available. Frequently, we are aware of homes that aren't yet listed on the Multiple Listings Service.\nTake a few moments to complete the short form below with as much information as you can. We'll be happy to research all the houses available for sale presently, and then send you a free, no-commitment list of the properties that best fit your needs. You can then contact us when you're ready to begin shopping for your ideal house in Lansing.\nSee what people are saying about Jim and Pam\nGET NOTIFIED TODAY!\nSign up today, and we will take care of the rest!\nLook at some of the ways I will be the best agent for your sale:\nI\u2019ll promote your home as a top priority, ensuring it gets the attention it deserves in all available venues, even nationally. Every agent will see what your house has to offer.\nTogether, we'll determine your home's value and get the best purchase price possible.\nI'm here when you need me \u2014 by text, email, by phone. You're my top priority and my schedule and actions reflect that.\nAs a respected agent in the top 2% of all agents, I'll work to get the best price for your home and get it sold quickly.\nYour interests are always at the forefront throughout the whole selling process. Using my years of industry experience, you'll be a confident seller. E-mail RE/MAX The Pitchford Group at Jim@thepitchfordgroup.com or just call (517) 622-0600. I\u2019m always available to answer any questions that you might have about selling real estate .\nWe have over 30 years of experience as successful Realtors buying and selling homes in the Greater Lansing area. As lifetime residents, we have intimate knowledge of Lansing and the surrounding real estate markets. We know the neighborhoods, schools, market conditions and what it takes to assist you in making good real estate decisions.\nJim & Pam lead The Pitchford Group at RE/MAX Real Estate Professionals. Jim's many designations include:\n\"Associate Broker\" - Associate Broker is an agent that has met the educational and production qualifications for a real estate broker's license but who works jointly with and is employed by another broker. Jim leads The Pitchford Group at RE/MAX Real Estate Professionals.\n\"E-Pro\" - Electronic Professional is the only certification program of its kind recognized nationwide and endorsed by the National Association of Realtors (NAR). This program certifies Jim as an internet professional in communicating effectively with the online consumer.\n\"ABR\" - Accredited Buyers Representative is a designation from the Real Estate Buyer's Council that certifies that Jim is specifically representing the real estate consumer and serving as his clients' advocate and fiduciary in the purchase of property.\n\"CRS\" - Certified Residential Specialist is a symbol of achievement in education and residential sales experience. This certifies that Jim is abreast of the latest marketing skills needed for a successful real estate sale and has met the sales requirements.\nJim has been chosen to teach real estate courses, has participated in leading statewide real estate panel discussions and is consistently a top producing agent at The Pitchford Group at RE/MAX Real Estate Professionals. Pam is also a full time office manager with 21 years of real estate experience. Pam is proficient in preparing accurate market analysis's for determining a correct selling price for sellers and helping in the process of choosing homes to view for buyers. Jim & Pam have been married for 43 years and successful real estate partners for 25 years. We are members of the Greater Lansing Association of Realtors (GLAR), Michigan Association of Realtors (MAR), and the National Association of Realtors (NAR). We adhere to a strict code of ethics, which is a promise of performance and professionalism. As full-time agents we are able to keep you up-to-date with the freshest listings and conditions as they impact the market.\nIt would be our honor to serve as your real estate team. If you would like to get together to talk about your home buying or selling plans, call us at (517) 622-0600 or e-mail us at Jim@ThePitchfordGroup.com. We will be happy to set up a time to meet that is easy and convenient for you.\nJim & Pam Pitchford\nThe Pitchford Group at RE/MAX Real Estate Professionals.\nJim@ThePitchfordGroup.com\nCopyright 2018 \u00a9 JimandPam.com\nWebsite by iDriveMedia.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 11105, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 326.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.jjjaspersen.com/blog/passover-sunrise", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:49Z", "digest": "sha1:KZHLFDHDM3PFFPEZGXOJAXIAYG3UQ7A6", "length": 2326, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.jjjaspersen.com", "title": "Passover Sunrise \u2014 JJJaspersen Studios", "raw_content": "Passover Sunrise\nIt's an honor to once again provide visuals for a lovely Koin\u00e9 song. You may have seen my sand animations for \"A Son Emmanuel\" or various other Koin\u00e9 songs. This time I approached the sequence with acrylic paint and a motion capture camera. When my hands entered the frame, the camera began recording. This resulted in a large collection of short video clips. I edited them together in episodes according to the lyrics. Then each episode was sped up to match the time required for a set of lyrics.\nThis song asks us to empathize with Mary as it masterfully weaves old testament practices with Jesus' life, death and resurrection. Did Mary hear the echos of her childhood Passovers as she watched Jesus' ministry unfold? This is a song of pain and healing, of debt and hope. As with other original Koin\u00e9 pieces, you can expect to learn more every time you visit.\nWith an art form that moves, transitions become a vehicle of expression. The images in this video transform in meaningful ways. These were the most difficult aspects of the animation to design and the most satisfying. Much of the animation is a continuous flow in which remnants of one image mingle with the beginnings of another. Likewise the lyrics of the song flow between old and new testament, sometimes allowing for multiple interpretations simultaneously. Likewise when Jesus says \"I am...the bread of life, living water, the vine, the good shepherd\" he simultaneously references and manifests related old testament types and prophecies. This song and video are intended to be more than entertaining or impressive. They ask, suggest, and teach. They reward you for another look, and constantly challenge premature judgement. Watch not to solve the developing images, but to ponder the connections between them. The visuals are timed and designed to work along with the very intentionally composed lyrics. I pray this video refreshes your faith and maybe even causes some research.\nHere's the complete video with lyrics from the Koin\u00e9 Youtube channel.\nI know some of you will want to know the stats. This project was active in my studio from January 19, 2016 to Feb 28, 2016. It is comprised of 608 video clips ranging from 2 seconds to nearly 1 minute each. I estimate this all came to 4+ hours of footage compressed into the 3-minute song.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 2943, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 328.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.jmbcompanies.com/staff/emily-dalicandro", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:56Z", "digest": "sha1:6ZKWQ4HFOFCZDKR2SFRBH3IPDA54I2JQ", "length": 744, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.jmbcompanies.com", "title": "Emily Dalicandro", "raw_content": "Emily Dalicandro\nEmily Dalicandro, a native of Houston, Texas, has over nine years experience in financial management, having worked with Merrill Lynch, The Alexander Group, Delta Airlines and DataCert, Inc. She serves as a trustee for Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart, as a member of the Greater Houston Community Foundation and the Advisory Board of the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance. Ms. Dalicandro is also an active member of the Junior League of Houston. She received a B.A. degree from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA in finance at the University of Texas at Austin. Ms. Dalicandro served as an Advisory Board member for The J. M. Burgui\u00e8res Co., Limited for 12 years before joining the Board of Directors in 2012.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 70, "original_length": 2442, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 85.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.joshdweiss.com/photo/2011/09/02/baseball-washington-nationals-vs-atlanta-braves-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:26Z", "digest": "sha1:DSOGJ3VLT5S4SOGQ3GNZA763W3U7XANW", "length": 500, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.joshdweiss.com", "title": "Baseball: Washington Nationals vs. Atlanta Braves \u2013 Josh D. Weiss", "raw_content": "Baseball: Washington Nationals vs. Atlanta Braves\nTuesday night I shot the Atlanta Braves struggle against the Washington Nationals. As high-scoring the game was (for the Nationals), there really wasn\u2019t a ton of action to shoot. A large number of the points came on homeruns and most of the game was spent waiting for something happen.\nPosted in Sports, US PresswireTagged atlanta, Atlanta Braves, baseball, georgia, mlb, turner field, washington nationalsBookmark the permalink.\nMedium Format: Fence", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 38, "original_length": 1188, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 329.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.joshlevent.com/ted-talk-2016/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:59Z", "digest": "sha1:ATCPPNI3XUPEWPARAL2OERJJTZKMW3IZ", "length": 1360, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.joshlevent.com", "title": "TEDx Talk 2016 \u2014 Josh Levent", "raw_content": "My second TEDx Talk.\nI talk about one of the things I'm most passionate about, which is the human capacity for change.\nI also talk about story-telling, what it means to me, and how it defines all of our lives.\nI was quite nervous at the beginning of this talk, and I say so in the video. In my experience, that vulnerability is very powerful. It diffuses some of the anxiety, and it also brings the audience onto my side.\nIn July 2016 I was preparing to give the final presentation for my Masters programme, when one of my colleagues came up to me and thanked me for giving her this tip, about speaking the nervousness out loud. She said it really helped her in the presentation she had just completed. And it reminded me to do it again for my own presentation, which I gave later in the day.\nAfter my presentation, my assessment panel had a few comments. First, one of them complimented that it sounded like a TED Talk, rather than a final presentation (she had no idea that I gave this TED Talk two weeks earlier). Then, a few members on the panel expressed their disbelief that I was actually nervous. The fourth panelist who had been a teacher in the programme, noticed what had really happened: I was nervous at the beginning, and then got comfortable as I lost myself in the stories I told.\nWhich is exactly what happened in this TED Talk as well. Enjoy.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 1811, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 292.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.jp-balances.com/news/amtex-12898325.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:05Z", "digest": "sha1:2MPN62NC6MULLMKPITPZFZZO2BJQ26ZD", "length": 1454, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.jp-balances.com", "title": "AMTEX 2018 - Products\u2018 news - News - Shanghai Jianping Dynamic Balancing Machine Manufacturing Co.,Ltd", "raw_content": "AMTEX is the leading machine tool exhibition in North India, which brings together industrialists and knowledge leaders from the machine tools and engineering sector from across the globe under a single roof, to display the solution of the technological innovation of the sector.\nAMTEX is one of the large-scale and influential machine tool exhibitions in Asia. It will bring together manufacturers, traders and terminal companies from around the world, especially the South Asian machine tool industry chain, to exchange and purchase. cooperate with. In the last exhibition, there were 1,200 exhibitors from all over the world, and more than 50,000 professional visitors came to the exhibition. The exhibition area was over 30,000 square meters, and the order amount was 8.5 billion rupees.\nJP balancing machine will bring China's balanced manufacturing technology to India, open up markets, build new trade bridges, and provide one-stop balancing services for machinery manufacturing companies in various countries to meet new industrial owners and contractors. At the same time, Jianping will also provide related dynamic balance program services according to the needs of the Indian market. Jianping will develop together with you! Also, I would like to invite you to visit our booth (CH-01 12 square meters\uff0cdouble opening).\nPrevious: Automation Expo 2018\nNext: Automotive Crankshaft Is The Most Important Thing\u2014Crankshaft Automatic Balancing Machine", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 106, "original_length": 4471, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 278.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.jpdanaga3.com/looking-on-the-bright-side-of-businesses-3.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:37:33Z", "digest": "sha1:E6RA6AXBEJ2ZYJLFNJ35QS5Q3YDNXBXJ", "length": 2645, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.jpdanaga3.com", "title": "Looking On The Bright Side of Businesses | VIXEN GAME", "raw_content": "Home/ Looking On The Bright Side of Businesses\nYour Guide When Choosing the Right Tree Service Provider\nTaking care of trees in different residential, companies and factories is what a tree service is all about. A tree that is already dying or is now a hazard is the reason why you will need the services of a tree service. It is these tree service that may not be the same with the number of options that you can have. One thing you have to make sure of is to see to it that you will hire a tree service that is insured and bonded. It is in this article that we will be talking about the many different factors that one needs to consider when choosing to hire a tree service.\nAlways make sure that when you are hiring a tree service to see to it that you will choose the one that has the right knowledge about the services that they will be offering you. Removing the dead branches that the tree have without harming it is a thing that they can do once they have the knowledge. It is as them that will be able to do selective topping and pruning. A tree service that is an arborist is the one that you should choose to have. Handling different types of trees is what they are able to do once they are an arborists. Whenever it is them that will be lacking the skills and knowledge that they can actually cause harm to the tree that you have. Whenever the service provider do not know what they are doing that they can cause diseases to the tree and it will eventually die. There are also some trees that will grow unshapely.\nWhen you are also looking for a reputable tree service that you also need to see to it that you will choose the en that will give you free estimates. It is important that they will give you the right information about the cost of the service that they will provide. Asking for at least two estimates from different companies is a thing that you should be doing. Whenever it is this one that you will choose to do that you are also able to compare the different prices that they will have. It is you that will be able to get the one that has a competitive price once this is done. When asking for an estimate that you also should make sure that they will include the total cleanup.\nSee to it that you will choose a company that will be able to let you discuss whit them about the goals that you want to achieve. It is also them that will be evaluating your area to make sure that there are no trees that will hinder other plants growth. They should also see to it that they will look at your trees and evaluate for any diseases. The bets time for you t her a tree service is when your tress will be at its dormant phase.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 127, "original_length": 5030, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 223.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.kakaakoluxurycondos.com/concierge-point-of-interest", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:15Z", "digest": "sha1:YBGKD7OYU2DCXBBYYB3V2FMQ57CTMVCF", "length": 10182, "nlines": 41, "source_domain": "www.kakaakoluxurycondos.com", "title": "Concierge Point of Interest \u2014 Jack Tyrrell & Company", "raw_content": "Concierge Point of Interest\nHawaii Shark Encounters is one of two companies which specialize in the complete shark tour experience. They are located on the North Shore of Oahu, in the historic surfing town of Haleiwa. North Shore Shark Adventures is the other company which operates out of the same boat harbor in Haleiwa. Both companies are very reputable; however do note that North Shore Shark Adventures does usually operate with smaller tour groups which can lead to a more personal experience. For more information you can visit these links: www.sharktourshawaii.com or www.hawaiisharkencounters.com.\nSnorkeling & Catamaran Tours\nThere are several options, one of which is, Hanauma Bay. Hanauma Bay is located approximately twenty-five to thirty minutes away from Waikiki. Visitors will enjoy a short introductory video of the natural marine preserve and learn the different ways the Marine Education Center helps to protect the fragile living reef environment at the Hanauma Bay. Hanauma Bay is open daily except on Tuesdays; the gates open at sunrise (approximately 6:00am.) Admission is $7.50 for visitors, plus $1.00 parking per vehicle. Hanauma Bay has a wonderful facility inclusive of changing rooms and showers, food concessions and snorkeling equipment (available to rent). We do recommend arriving early if you will be driving, as parking is limited and tends to fill up rather quickly.\nIf you do not have a rental car, there is a transportation service by the name of Kaimana Tours which offers round trip transportation from Waikiki to Hanauama Bay. They also include high quality, sanitized snorkel equipment. Please call (808) 230-0023 for more information.\nAnd finally the \u2018Maita'i Catamaran\u2019 or \u2018Outrigger Catamaran\u2019; they are located next to Halekulani at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel & Outrigger Reef Hotel. They offer a wide range of different catamaran sails. Including day catamaran sails, snorkeling sails, sunset, and evening sails. Please visit www.leahi.com or www.outriggercatamaranhawaii.com for more information.\nTy Gurney School of Surf\nFor surfing, Ty Gurney, owner and Head Surf Instructor for the Ty Gurney School of Surf, offers the BEST surfing lessons on Oahu. He is licensed, CPR Certified and Lifeguard Certified and offers private, semi-private and group lessons.\nPrivate - $99.48 per person\nSemi Private - $73.30 per person\nPrivate - $157.07 per person\nSemi Private - $125.65 per person\nHalf Day Surf Safari\n$235.60 per person - 4 Hours (Minimum 2 People)\nFull Day Surf Safari\nPaddle Board Lessons are the same price as regular surf lessons.\nSurf safaris can be a combination of surf and land packages, with your choice of sailing, hiking, and sightseeing options. Minimum of two people per booking.\nFor detailed information, you may visit his new website: www.tygurneysurfschool.com.\nSwimming with Dolphins Programs\nDolphin Quest Hawaii - located at The Kahala Hotel & Resort, which is a 15 - 20 minute taxi ride from the hotel. For further information you can visit there website at www.dolphinquest.org\nSea Life Park Hawaii - located on the South Shore of Oahu, which is approximately 30 - 40 minutes away from the hotel. For further information you can visit their web-site at www.sealifeparkhawaii.com or www.dolphindiscovery.com\nI highly recommend the Polynesian Cultural Center. They are open for half or full day programs. They have representations of 7 different Polynesian Cultures which makeup Polynesia in general. You may visit their web-site for further information at www.polynesia.com\nI also recommend Aha\u2019aina at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. Although technically, Aha\u2019aina is considered a \u201croyal celebration\u201d you will experience everything you would at a traditional luau and more. Aha\u2019aina is the Bentley of Hawaiian food, entertainment and hospitality. You will have a plated course dinner served to you, beachside under the stars. Talented performers will enchant the senses as they tell the story of Waikiki and its beginnings through song and dance. Please visit www.royal-hawaiian.com/resort_dining_ahaaina.aspx for more detailed information.\nHorseback riding through forests, ranch land, and orchards in the lush Waimea Valley on the north shore of Oahu. Trails have beautiful canyon and ocean views. For information, please visit the Happy Trails website: www.HappyTrailsHawaii.com.\nThis ranch on the northeast shore of Oahu offers guided horseback riding tours in the Ka'a'awa Valley, through grassy meadow with views of the sea and the Kualoa Mountains. For more information please visit the Kualoa Ranch website: www.Kualoa.com/tours.\nTurtle Bay Resort Horseback Riding\nThe Stables at Turtle Bay offers lessons and guided horseback riding tours on the Kawela Bay trails near the resort. Evening rides, carriage rides, and wagon rides are also available. For more information please visit the Turtle Bay Resort website: www.TurtleBayResort.com.\nHawaii Children\u2019s Discovery Center\nProvides a stimulating and Educational experience for the young and young at heart. Hawaii Children\u2019s Discovery Center, formerly known as the Hawaii Children\u2019s Museum, opened its door in 1998. The Hawaii Children\u2019s Discovery Center is fronted by 30 acres of park and the Pacific Ocean. For more information, please visit their website: www.discoverycenterhawaii.org\nOpen daily from 9am \u2013 4:30pm and on Saturdays they have twilight zoo tours from 5:30pm \u2013 7:30pm. The Honolulu Zoo has opened a new Petting Zoo. For more information, please visit their website: www.honoluluzoo.org\nCome explore the hidden wonders of the Pacific. Our award-winning exhibits are home to more than 2,500 marine creatures that live in Hawaii and the tropical Pacific. Come face to face with reef sharks, sea dragons, Hawaiian monk seals, living corals, sea jellies and an array of colorful native fishes. For more information, please visit their website: www.waquarium.org\nAs you might expect from any world-class city, the Honolulu area offers a wide range of things to see and do. Explore museums that house ancient Hawaiian artifacts and Royal feather cloaks, in addition to Chinese treasures from the Ming Dynasty and original masterpieces by Van Gogh, Gauguin and Warhol. You can also reflect on Hawaii's pivotal role in American history as you peruse the WWII archives at Pearl Harbor and the Arizona Memorial. Best of all, we make it incredibly easy to do it all. Our \"For you, Everything\" program invites hotel guests to enjoy many of Honolulu's top cultural offerings with complimentary tickets. Included in the program are the Honolulu Symphony, the Honolulu Academy of Arts, Bishop Museum, The Contemporary Museum, and Iolani Palace. I can arrange tickets and/or admission for you to any of the below mentioned. There are a few activities which guests can enjoy on the hotels premises. There are daily health and wellness sessions for all guests \u2013 activities ranging from yoga, cardio & fitness sessions, and aqua aerobics.\nThe Bishop Museum\nThe Bishop Museum was built in 1889 by Charles Bishop as a tribute to his wife, Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop, who was a member of Hawaii\u2019s royal family. The museum features the largest Asia/Pacific natural history collection in the world, along with displays of ancient Hawaiian crafts and exquisite royal artifacts. Please visit their website for more information: www.BishopMuseum.org.\nLocated in Honolulu\u2019s scenic Makiki Heights, this cultural oasis combines exhibitions of contemporary arts with the natural beauty of Hawaii. The museum features seven galleries with rotating exhibits by celebrated international and local contemporary artists. Please visit their website for more information: www.thmhi.org.\nHawaii\u2019s oldest and largest art museum was founded in 1927. It is recognized for its outstanding collection of Asian, European, Pacific, American and African art, showcased in some 30 galleries surrounding six garden courts. Please visit their website for more information: www.HonoluluAcademy.org.\nBuilt in 1822, this Renaissance-style mansion is the only royal palace in the entire United States. It was once the official resident of Hawaii\u2019s last monarchs, King Kalakaua, Queen Liliiuokalani and Princess Kaiulani. Painstakingly restored, the Palace today is a monument of the Hawaiian monarchy\u2019s grandeur. Please visit their website for more information: www.IolaniPalace.org.\nPearl Harbor, the Arizona Memorial & the U.S.S Missouri\nThe U.S.S Missouri secured its place in history as the site of Japan's unconditional surrender to the United States, bringing an end to World War II. Today the Missouri shares the harbor with the sunken U.S.S. Arizona, a memorial to all who lost their lives during the bombing of Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Thus, both the beginning and end of World War II are memorialized forever at Pearl Harbor today in the form of these battleships - The submerged Arizona and the proud U.S.S Missouri. Each year more than 1.5 million people visit the Pearl Harbor Navy Base, located about 35 minutes west of Waikiki, and pay tribute to the many that lost their lives there. We recommend that guests make it a priority to visit Pearl Harbor & the Arizona Memorial early in the morning due to the popularity and draw which the center encounters on a daily basis. Please visit their website for more information: www.PearlHarborMemorial.com\nOahu\u2019s Famed North Shore\nRenowned for its legendary beaches, Haleiwa is a favorite refuge for Hawaii\u2019s residents and a must-see for visitors. Nowhere else on Oahu will you find quaint shops and cafes housed in plantation-era buildings less than five miles from world-famous surf spots. From the vast pineapple plantations near Wahiawa, to the tropical orchards of Waialua, to the more than colorful atmosphere of Haleiwa town, there's plenty to do and see. Travel down the road and you come upon the world-renowned beaches of Pipeline, Sunset Beach, and of course Waimea Bay. Take a hike in Waimea Valley or explore Peacock Flats in Mokuleia on the Waianae Range. 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Through nearly two decades as a lead guitarist in jazz, blues and country bands around northern New England, Kraus's malady was controlled by medication. Musically, in recent years David had begun experimenting with some tunes and themes of his own. Yet he made no serious efforts to turn the ideas into full compositions, much less a first-class recording.\n\"I had a therapist who confronted me about that,\" David said. \"He'd say, 'Why are you sitting back? You've got a gift. Why don't you use it?'\"\nThen, three years ago, his medication stopped working.\nNo longer able to head off or predict his seizures, David withdrew from playing and teaching music for nearly a year.\n\"I was living in a state of fear,\" he remembers. \"Finally, I went to see Dr. Peter Williamson and his staff at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Epilepsy Clinic in New Hampshire. They helped me develop a whole new understanding of my condition, and they found a new medication that ended the seizures.\"\nReady to play music again, David had changed.\n\"That time of trauma and crisis made me see a lot, and face a lot,\" David said. \"It brought me to a place of realizing how fragile my life is - and we all are. I said, Now I've got to do something with my life that's worthwhile.\"\nThe result is Some Sort of Angel, a CD of original, acoustic jazz ensemble music that brings Kraus's compositions to life with a wide range of musical styles and influences. The album's song titles suggest its inner variety: One is in Hindi, another in Spanish, five in English and one - \"Hochin, translating as 'Watcher' - is in Pueblo Indian.\n\"The project opened me up to all kinds of music,\" said Kraus. \"I needed to express what was in my own heart - to add my own voice to the world. It was a calling, something inside. It was like a voice coming up.\"\n\"A lot of people were surprised that I was doing acoustic music, because I've always been associated with the electric guitar. But the acoustic guitar seemed the natural expression for the ideas that I had emerging. For some reason, I knew things were never going to be exactly the same way, ever again.\"\nKraus's playing has previously appeared on albums released by Rabbit, Silo, Straight Arrow and Burlington Records. Some Sort of Angel was recorded at Charles Eller Studios in Charlotte, Vermont, and has been released by Hochin Music of Montpelier, the capital city where Kraus lives. It is distributed by Silo Records of Waterbury, Vermont.\n\"I don't consider myself a virtuoso - I'm a stylist,\" Kraus said. \"I can't play everything in the world. I feel like I'm a composer now. It's like being a painter.\n\"I'm in the second half of my life, and the music I write comes from the heart,\" the guitarist/composer concluded. \"It means a lot to me.\"\nList not yet available\nSome Sort of Angel\nOn-line:hochin@earthling.net\nBy telephone:+1-802-223-1125\nBy physical mail:Hochin Music, 1 Winter Street, Montpelier, Vermont 05602 USA", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 128, "original_length": 5483, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 275.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.klinikmedii.com/face/eye/dark-eye-circle-treatment/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:19Z", "digest": "sha1:JMPLNNAS5OHMXNYOOUMXJWV5XY76FMXX", "length": 307, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.klinikmedii.com", "title": "Dark Eye Circle Treatment - Klinikmedi-i", "raw_content": "Dark eye circles are dark blemishes around the eyes. There are many causes of this symptom, including genetic and bruising. There are many creams in the market but most of them do not offer a permanent solution. We now offer a mesotherapy for the eye whereby it will permanently erase your dark eye circles!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 1100, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 329.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.kryptonianwarrior.com/2011/01/sanctuary-renewed-for-fourth-season.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:39:25Z", "digest": "sha1:57CFJJVEHUZWXW5MYA2WM5KQCVF5C772", "length": 672, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.kryptonianwarrior.com", "title": "Kryptonian Warrior: Sanctuary Renewed For A Fourth Season!", "raw_content": "I watch a hell of a lot of US TV and one that I actually really enjoy is Sanctuary... OK so it's no secret that I have a massive crush on Amanda Tapping but I actually quite like the the show as a whole and some of its crazy plot lines and monsters too.\nAlthough other shows that I love are now coming to an end like Stargate: Universe and Smallville (although there are whispers on the grapevine that Smallville might surpass its 10th and final season with an 11th) good news came to us all recently with the announcement that a fourth season of 13 episodes has been commissioned by Syfy.\nI can never get enough of Amanda so this is great news for me, roll on season 4!!!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 272, "original_length": 8107, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 288.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.laptop-power.co.uk/news/laptop-batteries/if-your-compaq-laptop-battery-is-holding-very-little-charge-replace-it-cheaply-today.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:00Z", "digest": "sha1:BSDKC4M7B44BF3DEDKGOUWOYYBJHCMCQ", "length": 1203, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.laptop-power.co.uk", "title": "If Your Compaq Laptop Battery Is Holding Very Little Charge Replace It Cheaply Today | Laptop-Power UK News", "raw_content": "If Your Compaq Laptop Battery Is Holding Very Little Charge Replace It Cheaply Today\nCompaq laptops are very popular in the UK and worldwide and as they are a great home use laptop they will often be used every day in some capacity. This daily use will eventually take it\u2019s toll on the Laptop Battery and will leave you struggling to get more than a few minutes of use before having to plug the charger in and using the laptop from the mains. If this does not sound like a viable option for you and you want to be able to use the laptop as a portable machine Laptop Power UK has the original replacement.\nThe likes of the Compaq Presario Cq62 Laptop Battery and Compaq Presario G62 battery have their connection pins on the opposite side to the Compaq CQ61 so it is important to check the model number of your laptop before buying. When you have found the model number all you need to do is enter this into our battery search page and you can complete the order process in a moment. With very fast dispatch and delivery your laptop battery can be yours in a matter of hours.\nThis entry was posted on Saturday, April 7th, 2012 at 12:32 pm. 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It was built in 1799 with \"Portteaux Sur Sole\" (posts on sill)\nCahokia, IL Historic Churches\nThis courthouse is an authentic remnant of the French settlement of Illinois and an excellent example of their \"post-on-sill\" foundation style of construction. Originally constructed as a dwelling in 1737. The building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places\nCahokia, IL Historic Courthouses\nCahokia, IL Museums\nFormerly the home of Nicholas Jarrot, a French-born entrepreneur and land speculator. Construction began in 1807, making it one of the earliest surviving masonry buildings in Illinois. The Jarrot Mansion, listed on the National Register of Historic Places/B>\nCahokia, IL Historic Homes\nGMC Stadium\nThis 5,000-seat stadium has reserved box seats, lawn seats, party sites and a hot tub. It'\nCahokia, IL Baseball Fields\nUpcoming Events in Cahokia\nWe currently do not have any events for Cahokia, Illinois in our database. If you know of events taking place, please add the event\nThings to do Museums near Cahokia, IL\nAlfred Brown Museum\nThis museum contains several different types of artifacts. The museum holds the best collection of post cards from the 1904 W...\nThe Armed Forces Museum is dedicated to the preservation of military history from all branches of service for all eras. Th...\nVillage of Elsah Museum\nHistorical museum....\nIn Waterloo, remnants of the country's early history are preserved at this house, the only stagecoach stop still in tack alon...\nPaul Simon Museum\nMemorabilia of Sen. Paul Simon's life and service in the U.S. Senate is gathered here. Simon took over the Troy Tribune in 19...\nThings to do in Cahokia\nBaseball Fields Historic Homes Museums Historic Churches Historic Courthouses Golf Courses\nEvents in Cahokia", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 72, "original_length": 2791, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 282.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.launchability.org/work/resources", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:48Z", "digest": "sha1:KNMQ7ZAZIEG54YYEEAX6RBG3HDPBVROT", "length": 166, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.launchability.org", "title": "Work - Resources - Launchability", "raw_content": "Check back soon for a full listing. In the meantime, if we can help you find a resource, call our office at 469-241-9100 or complete the Contact Us on the About page.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 26, "original_length": 616, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.77, "perplexity": 296.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.leaguemanagers.com/managers/alan-irvine/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:54Z", "digest": "sha1:S645GPRGLE5MVPT7D3CCYQBMUI6RWI7Z", "length": 2312, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "www.leaguemanagers.com", "title": "League Managers Association - ALAN IRVINE", "raw_content": "Alan Irvine was most recently caretaker manager at Norwich City, having been assistant manager under Alex Neil and previously manager at West Bromwich Albion.\nIrvine's first job in football management was with Preston North End where he led the club into the play-offs in his first full season as a manager.\nIrvine has been a highly respected coach since his playing days under mentors including Kenny Dalglish and Steve Coppell.\nHe was academy director at both Blackburn and Newcastle before taking a coaching job at Everton, where he had served three years as a player.\nAlan's first spell at Goodison, was as assistant manager under David Moyes during an era of revival at Goodison Park.\nHe became settled and fulfilled in the role but was enticed to end what he admitted to being a long apprenticeship - 15 years on the training ground - when Preston came calling in November, 2007.\nIrvine rallied a relegation-threatened team and steered them to a comfortable 15th place before inspiring a promotion bid in 2008-09.\nNorth End stormed into the top six with a late run that earned him the manager of the month prize in April. They were edged out by Sheffield United in the play-offs - Preston and Irvine then parted company in December 2009.\nHe was then appointed manager of Sheffield Wednesday on January 8, 2010.\nIn his first week in the role, Irvine secured nine points with three wins in a row, on the way to winning the Championship manager of the month award for January 2010.\nThe following campaign he again was awarded the manager of the month, this time for August 2010 and he also guided the club to the 5th round of the FA Cup. He remained with the Owls until February 2011.\nHe returned to Everton as academy director on July 13, 2011 before he joined WBA as their new manager prior to the 2014/15 season.\nAs a winger, Glasgow-born Irvine progressed from Queens Park to Everton, Crystal Palace - under Coppell - Dundee United and Blackburn, where he was part of the Dalglish side that won promotion to the Premier League in 1992.\nLG PERFORMANCE OF THE WEEK: NORWICH CITY\nALAN IRVINE AND TONI MINICHIELLO HEAD UP LMA TECHNICAL PERFORMANCE CLINIC AT BURTON ALBION\nALAN IRVINE LEAVES THE HAWTHORNS\nALAN IRVINE: PRESTON NORTH END\nNorwich City Assistant Manager\nWest Brom Manager\nEverton Academy Director", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 130, "original_length": 4222, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 196.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.leicestershirefa.com/news/2016/jul/27/limited-places-available-on-summer-fa-skills-camps", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:31Z", "digest": "sha1:MYK7Q3KPYXOWCZBII5L5GQYSICT3EUBC", "length": 2038, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.leicestershirefa.com", "title": "Limited Places Available on Summer FA Skills Camps - Leicestershire & Rutland County FA", "raw_content": "Limited Places Available on Summer FA Skills Camps\nChildren aged between 5 and 11 in Leicestershire will have the chance to get involved in football this summer, thanks to Summer Holiday Camps being\u2026\nAmong the camps are a series of girls-only sessions, which are FREE to be a part of.\nThe FA Skills Holiday Camps provide an excellent opportunity for players to develop their skills and enjoy high-quality coaching sessions which are delivered by knowledgeable FA Skills Coaches. There are limited places available on a number of courses, make sure you don\u2019t miss out by CLICKING HERE now to book!\nMixed sessions are available for \u00a35 per child, giving young male and female footballers a chance to play together and give themselves a good footing to carry on playing football into the next season.\nDetails of each session are listed below.\nWednesday 3rd August Oakham United F.C.\n7-11s - Mixed\nThere is also a selection of FREE girls-only sessions, which are aimed at increasing female participation in the sport. Girls who have not played football before are more than welcome, with sessions delivered in an inclusive environment where newcomers can start playing the game.\n5-11s - Girls Only\n5-11s - Girls Only FREE\nShaun Waite, Football Development Officer (Participation) at the Leicestershire & Rutland County FA, said: \u201cThe FA Skills Summer Holiday Camps provide an excellent opportunity for young players to be coached by expert FA coaches in a safe, friendly and fun environment. In addition, the Skills coaches will be able to provide players with information on continuing their football beyond the summer, whether it be in local Charter Standard clubs or local FA Skills Centres that are delivered on a weekly basis throughout the year.\u201d\nFor more information, or to book a place at any of the above FA Skills Summer Holiday Camps, please CLICK HERE.\nShould you require any further information, or wish to discuss the content of the FA Skills Summer Holiday Camps, please contact FA Skills\u2019 Chloe Brown via chloe.brown@thefa.com.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 215, "original_length": 6177, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 318.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.letsgosomewherenice.com/2018/04/march-happenings-april-plans.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:02Z", "digest": "sha1:L22WHIUEYRJDBUDE4HN36QD3RM46FN6D", "length": 490, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.letsgosomewherenice.com", "title": "March Happenings, April Plans | Lets Go Somewhere Nice", "raw_content": "Charlotte Carter 8 April 2018 at 12:33\nWhat a gorgeous cabin!! Great and exciting plans for April. I have always wanted to visit Pompeii!\nAnca 9 April 2018 at 05:13\nThe cabin is amazing. You've had a great idea to book it when you went to the wedding. I imagine is so much nicer than going to a hotel.\nPompeii, that must be so exciting. I can't wait to see your pictures when you'll blog about it. Have fun!\nOoooh, it sounds great!!! I love the sound of it! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND a hot tub!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 3562, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 313.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.leveragesalt.com/blog/2018/2/interview-5-patrick-smith", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:34Z", "digest": "sha1:JXLZTWLZ22EJZVDXGVIWRPIDHZ3KL2WP", "length": 7031, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.leveragesalt.com", "title": "INTERVIEW #5 - PATRICK SMITH \u2014 LEVERAGE SALT", "raw_content": "INTERVIEW #5 - PATRICK SMITH\nToday's guest is Patrick Smith. Patrick is the Executive Vice President of Research at TTR, a tax publishing company that provides in-depth tax answers and rates. His team is responsible for ensuring the accuracy of content and creation of new content. Patrick draws on his prior experience in the multistate income tax treatment of \"C\" corporations, \"S\" corporations, limited liability companies, and limited partnerships at KPMG, EY, PwC, and Andersen to bring detailed, practical guidance to businesses and tax professionals.\nPatrick has some great experience and advice. I hope you take the time to read his interview below.\nBirthplace: Agana, Guam (naval base). Well, Hag\u00e5t\u00f1a, Guam. In 1998, Guam changed the name \u201cAgana\u201d back to the original Chamorro form \u201cHag\u00e5t\u00f1a.\u201d But when I was born, it was Agana.\nEducation: I have a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Mercer University. I have a J.D. (law) degree from the University of Georgia. I was fortunate enough to attend a law school with a strong tax program, and studied under state tax guru, Walter Hellerstein, which led me to this profession.\nCareer: I started my career back in 1990 working for AT&T in Chicago. Later, I went to law school and began a tax career with a public accounting firm. I worked for several accounting firms, including KPMG, Ernst & Young, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, and Andersen Tax, before taking my current position. Currently, I head up the income tax division at tax publishing firm, TTR.\nBest Career Move: In hindsight, there were a few significant moves: (1) Moving into the national tax practice at KPMG early in my career. I was able to learn from some of the best minds in the profession. (2) Writing a book on the state taxation of pass-through entities - that pushed me to the limit. (3) Being the sole state income tax professional in a public accounting firm\u2019s large west coast office. Talk about pressure. (4) Doing income tax compliance for two years. Anyone who does tax consulting or publishing should spend some time doing tax compliance. (5) Moving into publishing. I love helping businesses and tax professionals by spending my time conducting in-depth tax research and writing explanations on key tax issues.\nCareer Goals: Provide businesses and tax professionals helpful, easy-to-understand, answers to their tax questions!\nBest advice ever received: My first year in the profession, I was told something along the lines of the following: \u201cEverything you submit has to be perfect, an A+. In this profession, anything less than an A+ is failure, because it\u2019s not entirely correct. That stuck with me. I think of this profession like going from college football to the NFL. I thought law school was hard (and it is), but this profession is a whole different level.\nMost difficult situation faced on the job: Years ago I was asked to create an Excel model for a client to calculate tax savings as a result of a restructuring. The problem was, my contact was going to be laid off as a result of the restructuring, and he knew it. So obtaining the information needed to create the Excel model was tricky. There were a lot of late nights on that project. Separately, I\u2019ve been involved in a few situations over the years where I\u2019m reviewing tax analysis or calculations prepared by a business or accounting firm, and spot a significant error. Tactfully relaying that sort of thing is an acquired skill, plus, you\u2019d better be sure you\u2019re right!\nCareer tip for students: When interviewing, avoid firms that are arrogant. Life\u2019s too short. Don\u2019t go for positions based on what you think will be the most prestigious or impressive job, or most (immediately) lucrative position. Instead, have the courage to pursue a job that (1) you find interesting, (2) will maximize your unique strengths, and (3) will allow you to work with people who are interesting, nurturing, and kind. The money will follow.\nRole models: I have several. Tim Gillis, Global Head of Indirect Tax Services at KPMG. Tim is brilliant and empathetic, a great leader, communicator, and teacher. Also, Ann Holley and Scott Salmon at KPMG. Two of the most technical tax professionals I have ever come across. Steve Starbuck, a tax executive at Ernst & Young. Steve is superb at listening to colleagues and clients and is great at understanding and responding to their concerns. Lance Lamprecht at Andersen Tax. Lance is a great \u201cpeople person\u201d and is unique in combining an in-depth understanding of the business and tax side of things. Art Tilley, a managing director at Deloitte, who is one of the brightest tax minds in the country. Shon Holyfield and Shahab Emrani, CEO and CFO at TTR, respectively. Shon and Shahab are visionaries with a great passion for their business, their customers and employees, and the world at large. Finally, and most importantly, my dad, Henry Smith, for always putting humanity and morality above all else.\nFamily: I\u2019m married and have two great kids - a 13 year old son and 15 year old daughter, and a lovable mutt named \u201cSuzy\u201d who looks like a dirty Brillo pad.\nPastimes: I love hanging out with my family and dog. I like reading, helping my daughter prepare for debate tournaments, and playing video games with my son. Our favorite game right now is called \u201cFortnight: Battle Royale.\u201d We team up together and play online; it\u2019s a blast!\nFavorite movies: \u201cHeaven Can Wait,\u201d a 1978 film starring Warren Beatty. It was nominated for 9 academy awards that year and stands the test of time. \u201cThe Shawshank Redemption.\u201d Who doesn\u2019t love that film? I\u2019ve seen it five times.\nMost memorable book: I love to read! Probably the most memorable books I\u2019ve read are \u201cMy Five Cambridge Friends,\u201d by Yuri Modin. It\u2019s about the most notorious spy ring in modern history. Another memorable books is \u201cDungeon Master: The Disappearance of James Dallas Egbert III,\u201d by William Dear \u2013 a book I found at a garage sale! It\u2019s the true story of a child-prodigy who mysteriously vanished from Michigan State University\u2019s campus in the 1970s. I should also add to this list the Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson. I\u2019ve read it three times, so I must really like it.\nFavorite restaurant: I\u2019m not really a food aficionado, but I do enjoy eating out. There\u2019s a restaurant near Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois I love, called \u201cKoi.\u201d I love the restaurants on Castro Street in Mountain View, California. Portland, Oregon has more great restaurants than I can list on one page. I don\u2019t know why that city has such great food! 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They wind up in the blood stream, where degraded bits and pieces can be extracted.\nThis cell-free DNA (cfDNA) is degraded due to its exposure to enzymes in the blood but is nonetheless a powerful monitoring tool in cancer, pregnancy and organ transplantation. One fairly recent breakthrough is prenatal testing for conditions such as Down syndrome, as fragments of fetal cfDNA can be detected in a mother\u2019s bloodstream.\nNow, borrowing a genomics technique used in the study of the ancient past, a Cornell graduate student has come up with a diagnostic tool that can open a window into a transplant recipient\u2019s immediate future through the analysis of cfDNA.\nIdeally, with this method, a transplant recipient could get an idea of how the new organ is responding via a simple blood test. Currently, the only way to know is with a biopsy \u2013 in some cases up to 10 of them in the first year, De Vlaminck said.\n\u201cYou could obviously afford to do [a blood test] more often, and if it\u2019s more sensitive, the hope is that you could intervene sooner if problems arose,\u201d he said.\nThe group is hoping their methods will lead to more generalized use of cfDNA analysis, and not just in transplant cases.\n\u201cRight now, we work in a nice model system \u2013 if we see donor DNA in a lung transplant recipient, then we know that it\u2019s coming from the lung,\u201d Burnham said. \u201cBut what we\u2019re pushing really hard for is the ability to start looking at which tissue the DNA is coming from without prior knowledge of what we\u2019re looking at and coupling that with the ability to identify potential pathogens from microbial cfDNA.\u201d\nThis method should also prove effective for the detection of infections, which are a concern for transplant patients. Immunosuppressants lessen the risk of organ rejection but leave a patient vulnerable to infection.\nPhilip Burnham, a doctoral student in the lab of Iwijn De Vlaminck, the Robert N. Noyce Assistant Professor in Life Science and Technology, has proposed using short-strand DNA library preparation for the sequencing of cfDNA in the plasma of lung transplant recipients. A DNA library is a collection of DNA fragments that have been cloned into groups so that researchers can isolate desired fragments for study.\nThe lab\u2019s paper, \u201cSingle-stranded DNA library preparation uncovers the origin and diversity of ultrashort cell-free DNA in plasma,\u201d was published online June 14 in the Nature journal Scientific Reports. Burnham, a third-year graduate student in physics and biomedical engineering, was lead author for the lab\u2019s first published work.\nIdentifying the source of the cfDNA \u2013 some of it from the mitochondria, the energy producer in cells \u2013 can help determine whether the transplanted organ is injured or being rejected.\n\u201cThe mitochondrial sequences of the donor are different from that of the recipient, so by doing this sequence analysis, you can tell them apart,\u201d De Vlaminck said. \u201cWhen cells are injured, they release mitochondrial DNA, and given that you can discriminate the donor\u2019s DNA from the patient\u2019s, you can actually quantify injury by doing those measurements.\u201d\nIn 2012, German anthropologist Matthias Meyer published an article on the study of Denisovans \u2013 humans from around 40,000 years ago \u2013 and the use of a single-stranded DNA library preparation method to sequence the Denisovan genome.\nNucleosomal DNA \u2013 the DNA found in cells \u2013 can be adapted for sequencing using double-stranded DNA adapters, but that is not an option for 40,000-year-old genetic material. The DNA collected from old bones is degraded and in short strands \u2013the same as many types of cfDNA.\n\u201cSo Phil decided to apply these concepts to DNA in blood,\u201d De Vlaminck said. \u201cAnd when he did that, we discovered quite a diversity of short molecules of DNA.\u201d\nThe group took 40 samples of cfDNA from the plasma of six double-lung transplant recipients and tested using both single-strand and double-strand library preparation. The single-strand method proved much more effective than the conventional double-strand method in identifying ultrashort cfDNA (shorter than 100 base-pairs), which indicates that it would be better equipped for fetal and tumor monitoring, as well.\nMin Seong Kim \u201918, a chemical engineering major, contributed data analysis. Other collaborators came from the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, and the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine.\nThis work is supported by grants from the Noyce Foundation and the National Science Foundation.\nhttp://news.cornell.edu/stories/2016/07/ultrashort-cell-free-dna-reveals-health-organ-transplants", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 44, "original_length": 5585, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 251.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.livingbooksaboutlife.org/wiki/index.php?title=Animal_Experience/bio&action=edit&oldid=5668", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:34Z", "digest": "sha1:NGGVDSJU3SDJVRKW65KGMLGL6RX7YI2S", "length": 776, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.livingbooksaboutlife.org", "title": "View source - Books", "raw_content": "Dr. Leon Niemoczynski teaches in the Philosophy Department at Immaculata University.  His research focuses predominantly on the philosophy of nature, where he is especially interested in issues pertaining to philosophical naturalism, logic and metaphysics, aesthetics, German idealism, philosophical ecology, animal ethics, environmental philosophy, and environmental philosophy's relationship to the philosophy of religion. 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By using this web site you are agreeing to be bound by the then current version of these Terms and Conditions of Use.\nAny claim relating to longgunfinder.com's web site shall be governed by the laws of the State of Georgia without regard to its conflict of law provisions.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 67, "original_length": 6277, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 326.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.lostmypartnerblog.com/2017/09/back-to-school-after-loss-part-1.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:39Z", "digest": "sha1:YNV7V5S547RFHYATLQFL5ZSYJADZA36F", "length": 1234, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.lostmypartnerblog.com", "title": "LOST MY PARTNER blog: back to school after the loss; part 1: children", "raw_content": "(Excerpted from our book, Lost My Partner \u2013 What\u2019ll I Do? 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Rehearse simple ways for him/her to respond to other children\u2019s questions, behavior, etc.\n3) If being at school becomes too overwhelming for your child, arrange ahead of time for you or another adult to come pick him/her up during the day.\nIn Part 2, we\u2019ll discuss ways to support your teenager in returning to school.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 161, "original_length": 5911, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 334.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.lovell.com/our-outlook/lovell-communications-signs-five-new-clients", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:00Z", "digest": "sha1:H3XFWWA2ZQFAXTIXOQ4H5WTNV5MPNXMT", "length": 1455, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.lovell.com", "title": "Lovell Communications Signs Five New Clients | Lovell Communications", "raw_content": "NASHVILLE, Tenn., (July 20, 2010) - In the second quarter of 2010, Lovell Communications Inc. signed contracts to serve as the public relations and marketing company for five new clients: Community Hospital Watervliet - a not-for-profit, 85-bed, acute care facility located in rural Southwestern Michigan that provides services in emergency care, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, orthopedics, radiology, laboratory and inpatient and outpatient surgery. 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While some advocates for legalized medical and adult-use marijuana in Maine are supportive, online responders are questioning the effort, with some calling it \"Prohibition Propaganda.\"\nMaine state government is quietly rolling out an online and social media campaign warning minors and adults about enforcement and health issues that come with the legalization of marijuana in Maine.\nCredit Justin Sullivan / Getty Images\nIn some ways the state's Good to Know Maine campaign is similar to other government initiatives that aim to raise awareness about the health effects and legal consequences of alcohol or tobacco abuse.\n\u201cIt's really an effort to educate Mainers on how to safely, legally and responsibly navigate Maine's changing marijuana landscape,\u201d says Emily Spencer, a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services.\nThe DHHS developed the website, Facebook, Instagram and digital advertising project with the Department of Administration and Financial Services.\nMessages on the website range from cautionary advice for adults \u2014 such as \"marijuana affects everyone differently,\" to \"use in private, not in public,\u201d \u201cdon't drive high\u201d or \"lock it up\" as sterner warnings for underage Mainers.\n\"We're looking to prevent Mainers under the age of 21, of course, from buying and using marijuana,\u201d Spencer says. \u201cOur ultimate goal is really to get people to goodtoknowmaine.com and make sure they have this useful information.\"\nThat includes information about the perils that people under-21 might face if caught with pot \u2014 perils like fines, misdemeanor or felony charges, loss of a driver's license, loss of financial aid, getting fired from a job or booted from a sports team. And it warns that pot use harms the developing brain.\n\"I think on balance, it's pretty good,\u201d says David Boyer, the state director of the Marijuana Policy Project. \u201cIt's mostly fact- and science-based information about marijuana and the relative harms of it.\"\nThe Marijuana Policy Project is a leader in the campaign to get marijuana legalized for adult use and for medical use in Maine.\n\"This is somewhat of a different message than we've seen from the state, even just three, four years ago, which was little bit more towards the \u2018reefer-madness\u2019-type rhetoric,\u201d Boyer says. \u201cSo acknowledging that marijuana is legal, it outlines what the rules are, how many plants you can grow at home, what the possession limit is \u2014 is not really something we've ever seen from the state past two years. So it's better late than never.\"\nBut some in the marijuana-consuming community are giving the project a pretty negative reception \u2014 most evidently on the Good to Know Maine Facebook page, where hundreds of posts slam or mock the effort as \"Prohibition Propaganda.\"\nIn response to a warning that it's still illegal to possess marijuana on federal land, such as Acadia National Park, one poster replied \"Stupid laws were made to break and good luck catching me.\" Another offers to find Smokey the Bear so they can \"roast a bowl\" together.\nCredit Good To Know Maine\nIn a more serious vein, some take issue with health claims the project makes.\n\"You'll get cancer from smoking cannabis,\u201d Paul McCarrier says as an example.\nMcCarrier founded the advocacy group \"Legalize Maine\" and he owns a medical marijuana dispensary in Belfast.\n\"I think the exact language is \u2018marijuana smoke contains many of the same cancer causing chemicals as tobacco smoke.\u2019 While I am sure that it's factual, it's definitely not accurate, when we're looking at what doesn't contain certain chemicals that also cause cancer in our society,\u201d says McCarrier.\nMcCarrier says that, overall, the site seems fact-based and comprehensive, but he adds that it should at least provide links to scientific research supporting its claims. And the entire campaign is devoid of scientific citations, although many of its health claims echo language the American Lung Association uses in its warnings about marijuana use.\nSpencer says it's still early, and revisions to the site might be warranted.\n\"Certainly that's why something like social media can be really helpful for us, is we can launch our website and then get that kind of feedback,\u201d she says.\nAsked whether people under-21 who access the Facebook page might get a mixed message, given all the skeptical postings, Spencer did not directly address the question, saying only that the public has a right to comment, but she also says the state reserves the right to remove posts.\nThe campaign has a budget of $335,000 and will be live through February. 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There's just something about people knowing what you want to order as soon as you sit down. For the first time in well, EVER, I don't think my husband has a craving to move.\nFor those of you that don't know us.. we have been married 13 years and have lived in 9 different places. Three years is the longest that we have ever lived in one place at one time. I have a feeling that we are home. I have a feeling that we won't be going anywhere anytime soon. I have a feeling that my man has found his happily ever after.\n(but once again... you never know.)\nOnly place I'd want you to move is Wilmington hehe. But I'm so glad y'all are settling in and falling in love with your home.\nRinnyboo October 13, 2012 at 4:24 PM\nHi Heather, I just found your blog thru Tara Wagner on instagram. I recognize that downtown since I live about 7 miles away from it! We are also unschoolers and I have an 8 year old boy too. :) Maybe we can get our kiddos together sometime to play. 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The securities issued in the second tranche are subject to a four month hold period expiring in April 2011 and related finders' fees of $1,800 and 8,000 broker warrants exercisable at $0.25 for two years have been paid.\nMBMI is focused on the exploration and development of nickel mineral properties and with its Philippine partners maintains a Financial or Technical Assistance Agreement (\"FTAA\") with the Philippine government with respect to the Alpha, Bethlehem and Rio Tuba properties. The FTAA allows MBMI and its Philippine Partners to progress toward development of full-scale operational programs at each property. MBMI and its Philippine partners have an interest in nine nickel laterite projects in the Philippines, covering an area greater than 22,000 hectares. 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It assists in the basic opening and closing movements of the jaw and is one of the most intricate joints in our bodies.\nClicking/popping in the jaw joints when opening or closing the mouth\nPersistent headaches and facial pain\nLimited ability to open the mouth\nPain or tenderness in the neck or ear when talking, chewing or opening the mouth wide\nSince these symptoms may be a result of other conditions, a thorough examination is needed to receive an accurate diagnosis and to design an efficient treatment plan.\nWe offer a TMJ exam that evaluates the joint tissue in the \"hinge\" of the jaw. Possible problems include swelling, deterioration of the joint tissue or damaged joint tissue (which cushions the jaw bones during the opening and closing movement of the mouth). Common pain relievers and cold compresses can provide temporary relief for most cases of TMD.\nFor more serious cases of TMD, we will recommend alternate treatments. Often, we will suggest using a mouthguard to relieve teeth grinding. In some cases, we will instruct you to use orthodontic appliances or retainers to alleviate discomfort or redirect positioning of the TMJ joint. For the most severe cases of TMD, we may recommend certain invasive procedures.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 71, "original_length": 2489, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 269.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.medicalmercycanada.org/burmaindia.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:58:28Z", "digest": "sha1:TJT2H3VPF6JOLPYYUVAP3JBDGNV6DLUX", "length": 643, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.medicalmercycanada.org", "title": "Burma/India - MMC", "raw_content": "About India-Burma\nMMC is trying to improve the lives of the approximately 600, 000 internally displaced people in Burma. 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Patau syndrome may lead to fatality within one year of birth.\nPatau syndrome is associated with trisomy 13. Trisomy 13 is associated with meiotic non disjunction. Patau syndrome may also occur due to translocation between chromosome 13 and chromosome 14 and also occur due to mitotic non disjunction of chromosome 13. 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Prominent Greek and foreign architects and engineers were involved in designing a venue that would allow production of events and organization of international academic conferences to the highest standards, integrating state-of-the-art solutions to meet the complex needs of such a large and busy cultural centre.\nThe Concert Hall\u2019s acoustics are superb, comparable with those of some of the best concert venues in the world. One of the main reasons for the high quality achieved is that the acoustic designs were commissioned first, determining the specifications then set for the architectural plans.\nThe whole Concert Hall is divided structurally into different sections, each enjoying complete static autonomy so that no noise or vibrations will be carried from one venue to another. This allows different events to be staged simultaneously in the various different venues.\nEnjoy a tour of the Concert Hall, visiting the concert halls and rooms that have been graced by world-famous divas, leading conductors and many of the greatest luminaries of the international music scene. 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This year\u2019s stated theme was \u201cTransport, Trade and Tourism.\u201d The Paris based ITF is a specialized part of the Organization for Cooperation and Development (OECD) focusing on transport research and the sharing of best practice across OECD members as well as more widely. The organization works across all transport modes and links transport policy to economic development and growth.\nIt is of note that the ITF has chosen to hold its leading event in Leipzig for eight consecutive years. Leipzig is a middle-sized and very historic city \u2014 celebrating its 1000th anniversary in 2015 \u2014 in Saxony, Germany, which is south of Berlin and near the Czech border. Whether for other Europeans or more globally, travel options to the city can be limited, although the city has a very modern airport, a large railway station with good connections to Berlin as well as modern highway connections.\nThe multiple modes on display at the Leipzig Railway Station\nLeipzig is famous for its trade market, which is over 800 years old and is represented in the contemporary Leipzig Messe (Convention and Congress Centre) just outside of the city. The modern facility is one of the best that the author has visited for a mid-sized event and has excellent facilities and access. The regional and national German governments have clearly encouraged the ITF to consider and return to Leipzig for this event and the city makes substantial efforts to make the guests welcome, including free public transport for attendees as well as complementary limousine shuttles from the city center hotels to the Messe.\nInside of Leipzig Railway Station.\nAs a city, Leipzig is an excellent example of the German principals of transport planning and service as well as eastern Germany\u2019s long history. The city has benefitted from large amounts of investment in infrastructure over the years since German reunification and most transport systems seem to be new or rebuilt, expanded and in a very good current state of repair. The most notable element in the transport mix is inevitably the enormous and historic main railway station, which is one of the largest, but certainly not busiest, in Europe. It stems from an earlier era when the city was more prosperous and at the center of a larger rail transport network. The station has been comprehensively modernized and rebuilt and maintains its dramatic architecture as well as a modern intervention of a large shopping mall.\nAs part of the modernization of the city\u2019s transport infrastructure post-German reunification, the city has upgraded its comprehensive tram system and built an impressive S-Bahn (subterranean through railway system) that crosses the city from north to south from the main rail station. The level of investment for this system is substantial and while fairly busy provides a level of mobility that is well in excess of the expectations of many other similarly sized cities. The view of the front of the central station represents an impressive lesson in integrated mobility as cycles, taxis, parking, rail, S-Bahn, tram, bus and pedestrianized areas converge on the site.\nLeipzig S-Bahn Station\nAt a more modest investment scale, the prevalence of cycling across the city is substantial, even for a fellow European. Cycling infrastructure in terms of bike lanes and parking locations is extensive. Cycling use by the young, students, and very wide range of adults is common, as well as numerous leisure cyclists traveling within the city and clearly for longer trips to the Saxon countryside.\nThe ITF Annual Summit is a well-run, moderate scale, but high value networking event run by a very knowledgeable organization. As a transport professional it provides, over a few days, an ability to network with and within a powerful set of industry and government leaders in a relaxed and accessible environment. 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Bridges is responsible for the development, design and innovation of new products as well as continuous improvement of current designs to assist in growing and strengthening an already robust line of product offerings.\n\u201cI\u2019m extremely excited to add Fran to our team. As a bilingual Design Technical Leader and Program Manager, he brings over 20 years of experience defining, planning and implementing multi-faceted programs,\u201d said Greg Ecker, President and COO of Magline.\nBridges joins Magline following his most recent position as Vice President of Operations for Segway in Bedford, New Hampshire. 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This is a very sobering place\u2026.Click on the image to see it full size\u2026it\u2019s actually pretty cool.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 13, "original_length": 478, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 287.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.mikeyuhas.org/albums/cnsfdl/20050959.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:25Z", "digest": "sha1:6XUWKKMNCFVT5KD623CTBW2KHGD3B5DD", "length": 162, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.mikeyuhas.org", "title": "Railroad Photos by Mike Yuhas: Pewaukee, Wisconsin, 1/25/2005", "raw_content": "A very long CN 341 train, today weighing in at 141 cars and 9000 feet, heads north on the main at Duplainville.\nTime and Date: 12:09 PM, Tuesday, January 25, 2005", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 1854, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 306.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.millenniumpost.in/opinion/the-right-kind-of-resolve-277241", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:22Z", "digest": "sha1:FDXR4QMJOK5DWE7KNEFBKQKBAFYR3WES", "length": 3788, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.millenniumpost.in", "title": "The right kind of resolve", "raw_content": "Home > Opinion > The right kind of resolve\nThe right kind of resolve\nIt is time for New Year\u2019s Resolutions; how about making the ones that count this year?\nThe last week of December is probably the least productive time of the year. The western world rejoices the end of the year; a tradition that has caught on well in India. There are parties galore and year-end vacations to be executed; everyone is 'in the spirit'.\nThe end of the year for me is a time for introspection. I have had the most interesting year. I have stopped saying I have had a 'bad year' because my 'bad year' is nothing compared to the real tragedies that occurred in 2017. The numerous terrorist attacks, the mindless deaths, nature's wrath, Demonetisation and its repercussions, etc.; it is a motley list of unpleasantness. Therefore, I say that I have had an interesting year. It was not fantastic, it had its challenging moments, but I learnt lessons. Valuable lessons in understanding who I am and what I want out of life and people.\n2017's mixed bag brought with it strife and struggle; but also, minor yet significant victories and achievements. Risks were taken, expectations dashed, fat salary packages rejected, but there were also second chances met out, random acts of kindness shown, with the human spirit forging ahead with aplomb.\nWork and the mundane can wait a few days as December sings the swan's song; a weary tune bearing the trials and tribulations of the year gone by. The winter cold is a time to bid the past year farewell and look on with hope and wonder towards the new year with its promise of vigour and vitality. A new year where old wrongs can be corrected while still keeping a clean slate, waiting to be filled with our life's happenings. It is also the time for promises, better known as New Year's resolutions.\nThe tradition of making resolutions is ancient. 4,000 years ago, Babylonians, were known to celebrate the oncoming of the new year, while also making promises to their gods of repaying debts or returning borrowed things. The Romans under Julius Caesar worshipped Goddess Janus on whose name was based the first month of the year, January. The Romans worshipped this two-faced god that looked backward into the previous year and forward into the future, with pledges of good behaviour in the upcoming year. Christians through their 'watch night services' also continue to make resolutions for the new year.\nTherefore, people across various cultures have been familiar with the concept of New Year's resolutions. We make all kinds of resolutions \u2013 to be healthier, to quit a bad habit, to spend more time with family, travel more, find a better job, etc. I feel that all these resolutions, while valid in their relevance are more like goals to be achieved rather than resolutions that have to be sustained. Resolutions of yesteryears reportedly were simpler \u2013 to be kind, to be forgiving, to be honest, etc. While these may seem simple, they are far more strenuous to the person demanding a deeper commitment than just controlling the number of calories on their plate.\nPerhaps this year, we should make the right kind of resolutions that would make the world a better place to live in. And by Jove, do we need to leave a better world behind for our future generations! A kinder, more understanding and accepting world, where divisive politics cannot wriggle its ways into our mindset. That we should love rather than hate. That we remember above all else, we are compassionate, rational, ethical human beings first. To paraphrase an old quote, we should resolve to always remember that our right to swing our arms ends just where the other man's nose begins. Happy New Year, dear readers!\n(The writer is a journalist and media entrepreneur. Views are strictly personal.)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 4404, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 298.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.mindonmovies.com/2018/11/black-panther-arthouse-screening.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:53:48Z", "digest": "sha1:7JRDAOCSKJPXSQSYXNZRTIC5UQZ2NNTG", "length": 2181, "nlines": 34, "source_domain": "www.mindonmovies.com", "title": "Black Panther comes to Art House Theaters Nationwide with Free Screenings! - Mind on Movies", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb BillyJoynt18 \u00bb Trends18 \u00bb Black Panther comes to Art House Theaters Nationwide with Free Screenings!\nBlack Panther comes to Art House Theaters Nationwide with Free Screenings!\nBlack Panther returns to the big screen with free screenings at nonprofit art house theaters nationwide on Tuesday, November 27 at 4:00pm PT/7:00pm ET. Presented by Film Comment, a publication of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and supported by the Art House Convergence, the event will feature a post-screening Q&A with director Ryan Coogler, taking place at the Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael, CA, streamed live to participating theaters.\nThe one-night-only event offers audiences an opportunity to experience the acclaimed film on the big screen once again with their local communities. Leading up to and during the Q&A, attendees are invited to submit their questions to Ryan Coogler on Twitter with the hashtag #AskBlackPanther. All attendees will receive a free one-year digital subscription to Film Comment magazine. A full list of theaters can be found below. Check local theater listings for more details.\nAll showings take place on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at 4:00pm PST/7:00pm EST\nAustin, TX - AFS Cinema (Austin Film Society)\nhttps://www.austinfilm.org\nBoston, MA - Brattle Theatre\nhttp://www.brattlefilm.org\nDenver, CO - Sie FilmCenter (Denver Film Society)\n2510 East Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80206\nhttps://www.denverfilm.org\nDetroit, MI - Michigan Theater\n603 E Liberty St. Ann Arbor, MI 48104\nhttps://www.michtheater.org\nLos Angeles, CA - DGA Theater\nhttps://www.dga.org/The-Guild/Theaters.aspx\nMiami, FL - O Cinema Wynwood\nhttps://www.o-cinema.org\nNew York, NY - Film Society of Lincoln Center\nhttps://www.filmlinc.org\nPrinceton, NJ - Garden Theater in Princeton\n7006, 160 Nassau St, Princeton, NJ 08542\nhttp://www.thegardentheatre.com\nPhiladelphia, PA - Ambler Theater\nhttp://amblertheater.org\nSan Diego, CA - Digital Gym Cinema\nhttps://digitalgym.org\nSan Francisco, CA - Roxie Theater\nhttps://www.roxie.com\nSan Rafael, CA - Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center\nhttps://rafaelfilm.cafilm.org\nSeattle, WA - NorthWest Film Forum\nhttps://nwfilmforum.org", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 73, "original_length": 3347, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.78, "perplexity": 240.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.mindonmovies.com/2019/01/glass-steve-review.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:37Z", "digest": "sha1:DS2WC4H4NP4SZC3X7MVB4NICNHSVQJXD", "length": 4918, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.mindonmovies.com", "title": "'Glass' It\u2019s Complicated - Steve's Review - Mind on Movies", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Reviews19 \u00bb SteveLocke19 \u00bb 'Glass' It\u2019s Complicated - Steve's Review\n'Glass' It\u2019s Complicated - Steve's Review\nRead Steve's review of Glass. From Unbreakable, Bruce Willis returns as David Dunn as does Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price, known also by his pseudonym Mr. Glass. Joining from Split are James McAvoy, reprising his role as Kevin Wendell Crumb and the multiple identities who reside within, and Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke, the only captive to survive an encounter with The Beast.\nI initially struggled with exactly how to put into words how I really felt about Glass, but I think I can best sum up my feelings on this movie with: It\u2019s Complicated.\nFollowing the events of Split, we check back in with David Dunn (Bruce Willis), from Unbreakable, who has since become Philly\u2019s very own vigilante. He aims to protect the citizens while tracking down Kevin Wendell Crumb (James McAvoy), the man with multiple personalities who is terrorizing the city. Their paths eventually cross with that of Mr. Glass (Samuel L. Jackson) and psychiatrist Dr. Ellie Staple (Sarah Paulson), tying together the plots and characters of the previous two movies in the series, Unbreakable and Split.\nI left the plot vague as not to spoil anything for those reading who haven\u2019t seen the film. For those hat have or like to spoil things for themselves, I\u2019ll have a spoiler-filled and more thorough review below.\nI will say that I really enjoyed the movie, but I know a good number of people who did not.\nThe movie does a great job of tying everything together to really give you a sense this is a grander universe converging for the end of what was a larger story. The entire cast delivers incredible performances, especially James McAvoy who is able to bring an intense life to all 23 of his characters\u2019 other personalities. You\u2019re feelings on how director M. Night Shyamalan executes this vision will be entirely up to personal preference. It\u2019s definitely polarizing and has some issues, but I think it\u2019s worth your time.\nSPOILERS BELOW!:\nI don\u2019t disagree with some of the faults others have raised with the movie, the thing is that those things just didn\u2019t ruin the movie for me.\nOne of the bigger issues is the death of all three main characters, David, Kevin and Mr. Glass, especially David. As the character brought up over and over throughout the film, comic books hold a heavy weight in this universe. It inspires Mr. Glass and his motivations, it informs the other characters as they move through the story, and it\u2019s the focus of the work Sarah Paulson\u2019s character is undertaking, both her fake and real jobs. Director M. Night Shyamalan kept his version of a comic book story very grounded and tried to get the viewer to imagine what superheroes might look in our own world.\nComic books tend to have tragic beginnings, middles and ends for its antagonists and protagonists. Villains and heroes alike die all the time, sometimes they come back and then die again. This feels like something M. Night kept to help ground the film in our world.\nDo I feel it\u2019s a little anti-climactic to have what is arguably the most \u201cmain\u201d character come back after 19 years just to be drowned in a flooded pot-hole? Yeah.\nDoes it ruin the entire film and series of films that came before it for me? Nope.\nBut I also feel like for those who find this and other issues ruin it for them, are valid in feeling that way. I would have loved to learn more about this apparent anti-super-human secret society that seems to be wide spread and all-powerful. I also would have liked more background on Anya-Taylor Joy\u2019s character and how she came to be so connected to Kevin after everything he did to her and her friends. I get that it\u2019s weird but explained well maybe it wouldn\u2019t have felt that weird? I was able to overlook this but I can\u2019t argue that plot line feels strange, I understand that individuals who go through something traumatic like what she did can have extremely complicated feelings towards their attackers/abusers, but not taking the time to suss this out and make those nuances clear makes it feels oddly placed. Though I see how it can serve to provide a connecting character for Kevin as David\u2019s son and Mr. Glass\u2019s mom are for them, that doesn\u2019t mean I think it makes the most sense.\nI liked his parallels to both the comic and real worlds, he had some really gorgeous shots in this film, and all of the actors delivered amazing performances. I love M. Night and his films, even those that others overwhelmingly do not. I have issues with this film as I do for most, even ones that I love. I do not think it\u2019s even remotely close to perfect or even my favorite M. Night film, but I really did enjoy Glass for what it was. I\u2019d be excited to see if M. Night expands on this universe he created now that the stories of our three main characters have come to an end, but I\u2019d also be satisfied if this is truly a finale.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 6105, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 299.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.mobility-services.com/newsdisplay/97/award-winning-customer-service-is-something-to-celebrate/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:02Z", "digest": "sha1:KPZLJLUYQNOTGQ2KU23U6AQPNK36RGRS", "length": 2833, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.mobility-services.com", "title": "Award winning customer service is something to celebrate.", "raw_content": "Award winning customer service is something to celebrate.\nAsk any business in Northern Ireland to name the awards they would most like to be associated with and the likelihood is they will say the Chamber Awards. It comes as no great surprise then, that winning the Chambers \"Excellence in Customer Service\" Award for Northern Ireland is something that McElmeel Mobility Services are extremely proud off. As a company who work day in and day out with disabled drivers, passengers and their families, customer service is the most important part of our business and we genuinely work hard to give the best possible service to our customers on a daily basis.\nWhen Thomas McElmeel began engineering solutions to help disabled drivers from the garage he opened in 1950, he could not have imagined he was establishing the oldest company in the UK and Ireland who work with disabled drivers and passengers. Move forward almost 70 years, with Thomas's grandson Conor at the helm, surrounded by three generations of his family, the name McElmeel has become synonymous with excellent vehicles and service.\n\"Our reputation has been cultivated by my grandfather and my parents, and the responsibility for this legacy was passed to me six years ago. My family took the decision to put the delivery of our product to our customers over and above a hunger for short term gains, and it's a decision that has allowed us to become the company we are today. We are in the privileged position to be able to make a real difference to our customers every day and we appreciate this. A Managing Director my job is to maintain these high standards and ensure that when I pass the reins on, I do so with our reputation of excellence intact, maybe even enhanced.\"\nAs innovators in a specialist industry, McElmeel Mobility Services supply vehicles to both private customers and transport providers across Ireland and the UK. Working closely with a wide range of manufactures, McElmeel's have been able to bring out a range of vehicles under Full European Type Approval allowing us to carry out a large percentage of Motability's adaptations and conversions in Northern Ireland.\nThe secret to McElmeel's is that there are no ego's, we are all in this together. As a third generation family business we work hard to bring the right type of person into our company. From our engineers, fabricators, mechanics and fitters throughout our workshops to our Motability Specialists and support staff in the office, from our assessors, vehicle demonstrators and delivery drivers to our senior management team, we are blessed with a fantastic team of great people. 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A certified home inspector usually does this as part of the seller's home inspection. You might ask yourself, though, what exactly is Radon? How dangerous is it? How common is it? What is involved in testing my home for it? Here are some answers to those questions:\nRadon is a radioactive gas, that cannot be detected without testing for it.\nRadon causes cancer and is responsible for causing many cases of lung cancer per year. Because radon is undetectable, it means the occupants are unknowingly breathing in this dangerous gas. If you are a smoker and your house contains high levels of radon, it is especially dangerous.\nHow common is it to find radon in a home?\nIt is very common and is detected in many homes both old and new throughout the States.\nWhat is involved in testing for radon?\nThere are a couple of different methods that can be used to test for radon. This involves placing a testing device in the lowest level of your home for a certain amount of time so that radon levels can be determined. It's important to note however that it must be placed in an area that will be totally undisturbed.\n\u200bPlease contact us, your local certified home inspector for more information on radon testing. We will be happy to answer any questions you may have.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 2088, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 295.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/more-protests-planned-over-immigrant-family-separations/ar-AAz7BHc?li=BBnbcA1", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:16Z", "digest": "sha1:SQLQI6NG4SA7QRDMS2RSHP7UBSZFQ5C5", "length": 2843, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.msn.com", "title": "More protests planned over immigrant family separations", "raw_content": "More protests planned over immigrant family separations\nCNN 6/25/2018 By Madison Park, CNN\n(Slideshow by Photo Services)\nProtests over family separations are expected to continue Monday, as questions linger over when and how more than 2,000 separated immigrant children will be reunited with their families.\nOver the weekend, crowds gathered in Texas to protest the Trump administration's policy. In the meantime, President Donald Trump doubled down on his message, sending a barrage of tweets Sunday that railed against current immigration laws and called for deportation of people without judicial proceedings to thwart what he referred to as an invasion by \"these people.\"\nAmid growing criticisms last week over family separations, Trump reversed course on Wednesday by signing an executive order aimed at keeping some families together at the border.\nBut it did little to quell the outrage.\n\u00a9 CNN More than 2,000 children who have been separated from their parents await reunions with their parents. The Department of Homeland Security released a plan for putting back together the thousands of families on Saturday night, but it appears the reunions won't happen quickly.\nMore protests are scheduled Monday with a march in Tornillo, Texas, and a protest outside the Central Processing Center in McAllen, Texas.\nOn Sunday, celebrities including Lena Dunham, Sia and Amber Heard joined protests in the border city of Tornillo, the site of a US-Mexico border checkpoint and a temporary shelter for unaccompanied migrant minors.\nOther cities along the border have also been the site of protests. Chanting protesters in McAllen briefly blocked a bus leaving a migrant detention center as they yelled \"set the children free\" and \"shame on you\" at Border Patrol officers on Saturday.\nMassachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren visited the center in McAllen on Sunday. \"It's a disturbing picture,\" she said after her visit.\n\"They're all on concrete floors in cages, there's just no other way to describe it,\" she said.\nAfter days of confusion, the Trump administration released its plan for reuniting children still in the custody of Health and Human Services over the weekend. Under the plan, children will be kept in custody and returned to family members only after the parents' deportation proceedings are completed. The families will be reunited before they are deported, or if the parent is released from detention, after the parent applies to serve as the child's sponsor.\nParents are being offered the option to sign voluntary departure orders to speed up their cases and are told they'll be reunited with their kids before they are deported if they do -- a move that has been raised questions from lawyers who represent undocumented immigrants.\nCNN's Faith Karimi, Eric Levenson, Tal Kopan and Eli Watkins contributed to this report.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 3983, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 323.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.mullins-world.com/2011/02/this-is-grassroots-citizens-movement.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:10:00Z", "digest": "sha1:ACRQSBJH6TTNIWP2JHZOAU425JO6MSV2", "length": 6001, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.mullins-world.com", "title": "Mullin's World: ...this is a grassroots citizens\u2019 movement brought to you by a bunch of oil billionaires.\u201d", "raw_content": "...this is a grassroots citizens\u2019 movement brought to you by a bunch of oil billionaires.\u201d\n\u201cNobody talks more of free enterprise and competition and of the best man winning than the man who inherited his father\u2019s store or farm.\u201d\n~ C. Wright Mills\nBillionaire Koch brothers vs Obama. The true power of the Tea Party and extreme Right is the money poured into their coffers by the Koch brothers. What many of the participants on the Right see as a grass root movement is a carefully orchestrated operation by the billionaire Koch brothers. They have bankrolled the movement for their own purposes. While the activist thinks he knows what is going on he really doesn't, he's a pawn. A pawn designed to protect the assets of two of the richest industrialists in America. It is their America that they are bank rolling. An America that they see as designed to maximize corporate profits at the expense of every American. In a New Yorker Article by Jane Mayer the whole story is exposed.\n\"With his brother Charles, who is seventy-four, David Koch owns virtually all of Koch Industries, a conglomerate, headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, whose annual revenues are estimated to be a hundred billion dollars. The company has grown spectacularly since their father, Fred, died, in 1967, and the brothers took charge. The Kochs operate oil refineries in Alaska, Texas, and Minnesota, and control some four thousand miles of pipeline. Koch Industries owns Brawny paper towels, Dixie cups, Georgia-Pacific lumber, Stainmaster carpet, and Lycra, among other products. Forbes ranks it as the second-largest private company in the country, after Cargill, and its consistent profitability has made David and Charles Koch\u2014who, years ago, bought out two other brothers\u2014among the richest men in America. Their combined fortune of thirty-five billion dollars is exceeded only by those of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.\"\n\"The Kochs are longtime libertarians who believe in drastically lower personal and corporate taxes, minimal social services for the needy, and much less oversight of industry\u2014especially environmental regulation. These views dovetail with the brothers\u2019 corporate interests. In a study released this spring, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst\u2019s Political Economy Research Institute named Koch Industries one of the top ten air polluters in the United States. And Greenpeace issued a report identifying the company as a \u201ckingpin of climate science denial.\u201d The report showed that, from 2005 to 2008, the Kochs vastly outdid ExxonMobil in giving money to organizations fighting legislation related to climate change, underwriting a huge network of foundations, think tanks, and political front groups. Indeed, the brothers have funded opposition campaigns against so many Obama Administration policies\u2014from health-care reform to the economic-stimulus program\u2014that, in political circles, their ideological network is known as the Kochtopus.\nIn a statement, Koch Industries said that the Greenpeace report \u201cdistorts the environmental record of our companies.\u201d And David Koch, in a recent, admiring article about him in New York, protested that the \u201cradical press\u201d had turned his family into \u201cwhipping boys,\u201d and had exaggerated its influence on American politics. But Charles Lewis, the founder of the Center for Public Integrity, a nonpartisan watchdog group, said, \u201cThe Kochs are on a whole different level. There\u2019s no one else who has spent this much money. The sheer dimension of it is what sets them apart. They have a pattern of lawbreaking, political manipulation, and obfuscation. I\u2019ve been in Washington since Watergate, and I\u2019ve never seen anything like it. They are the Standard Oil of our times.\u201d\nA few weeks after the Lincoln Center gala, the advocacy wing of the Americans for Prosperity Foundation\u2014an organization that David Koch started, in 2004\u2014held a different kind of gathering. Over the July 4th weekend, a summit called Texas Defending the American Dream took place in a chilly hotel ballroom in Austin. Though Koch freely promotes his philanthropic ventures, he did not attend the summit, and his name was not in evidence. And on this occasion the audience was roused not by a dance performance but by a series of speakers denouncing President Barack Obama. Peggy Venable, the organizer of the summit, warned that Administration officials \u201chave a socialist vision for this country.\u201d\nFive hundred people attended the summit, which served, in part, as a training session for Tea Party activists in Texas. An advertisement cast the event as a populist uprising against vested corporate power. \u201cToday, the voices of average Americans are being drowned out by lobbyists and special interests,\u201d it said. \u201cBut you can do something about it.\u201d The pitch made no mention of its corporate funders. The White House has expressed frustration that such sponsors have largely eluded public notice. David Axelrod, Obama\u2019s senior adviser, said, \u201cWhat they don\u2019t say is that, in part, this is a grassroots citizens\u2019 movement brought to you by a bunch of oil billionaires.\u201d\nRead more http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/30/100830fa_fact_mayer#ixzz1Eo6O4TDR\nKILL the Protesters!\nLast weekend, Indiana deputy attorney general Jeff Cox logged in to Twitter and called for riot police to \"use live ammunition\" on the demonstrators in Wisconsin. When confronted Cox doubled down and said, \"You're damned right I advocate deadly force.\"\nIndiana Deputy Attorney General Calls for Using Live Ammo on WI Protesters\nNow more of the Crazies.\nKoch Industries Front Group Americans For Prosperity Launches Ad To Support Walker\u2019s Union Busting\nWas Scott Walker Punked by a Prank Call From a Koch Brothers' Imitator? Mother Jones Says Yes.\nDid Bill O'Reilly Lie About Dr. Tiller's Records On National TV?\nJustice is served for a murder.\nShawna Forde Sentenced to Death\n\"Who's going to shoot Obama?\"\n...Right is successful they will go after police o...\n...this is a grassroots citizens\u2019 movement brought...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 360, "original_length": 15463, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 266.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.mylifeasasemicolon.com/2010/10/kens-moms-update.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:37Z", "digest": "sha1:YDC6WDA4QZNGDZJKW4VPOA3EZJGGIF3I", "length": 2522, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.mylifeasasemicolon.com", "title": "My Life as a Semicolon ; ): Ken's mom's update.", "raw_content": "\u201cIt\u2019s sort of like he\u2019s stuck in quicksand,\u201d Ken\u2019s case manager at New England Rehab explained this morning. \u201cIt\u2019s a huge effort for him to do anything and every step tires him out enormously.\u201d But he\u2019s trying hard, and after a week everyone has seen signs of progress. She explained this during our first meeting there.\nWe arrived here this morning during OT, and with the therapist sitting at his bedside helping him bend his left arm, we saw him actually move it slowly. She assisted him a bit, but told us he was creating the initial movement. We could see the effort it took, so we knew exactly what the case manager meant when she talked to us later.\nThey\u2019re estimating that Ken will be in rehab for 6 weeks. It will depend on the progress he makes each week that they\u2019ll need to demonstrate to the insurance company. There\u2019s no guarantee that he\u2019ll be walking when he\u2019s discharged, but he must be able to transfer to a car. In that case he\u2019ll be able to continue as an outpatient. It\u2019s all a little overwhelming, but we\u2019ll take it one step at a time. In the meantime, we\u2019ll need to investigate adaptations to the house so we can have contractors in place in case we need to make changes for him.\nAnd also in the meantime, we see that he\u2019s making progress. We saw it in PT yesterday and again with his eating. I made a cheese and sour cream kugel (noodle pudding) last night for the family and we took some to Ken today, which he was looking forward to eating. The Speech Therapist approved its consistency and was there overseeing his eating when we left.\nThey might move him to another room. The doctor feels it would be better for him to be in a room where the door is to his left so Ken will be forced to turn that way to see who\u2019s entering and leaving \u2013 another strategy to get him to shift more movement to the left side. Clever, these rehab people.\nDear Ken's Mom,\nThis is a beautiful and sad post, it made me cry. You sound like a wonderful, wise, strong, and caring woman.\nYou are right, although things will be different, Ken will continue to improve and watch his boys grow up and have a wonderful life with Jamie.\nI think of Ken everyday. (If I weren't an atheist I would pray for him.)\nChuck McCall (friend of Ken's from Brown)\nThank you for posting, Ken's mom! It's great to hear your perspective and to hear how things are going. I send Ken thoughts every day, too. And I am so, so glad to hear that you see progress. Ken - I hope you feel progress, too - you are doing such tremendous work. Love, EFS", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 260, "original_length": 16860, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 317.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.mza-artists.com/acro-variety/mareike-koch/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:18Z", "digest": "sha1:EGGLG54D6KW675AFVBUOXHXKC4I6OIBC", "length": 875, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.mza-artists.com", "title": "Mareike Koch - Marlene Zwickler & Associates \u2014 Marlene Zwickler & Associates", "raw_content": "You are here: Home \u00bb Acro-Variety \u00bb Mareike Koch\nMareike Koch was born and raised in Bremen. Whilst still in high school, she was invited to join the Berlin State Ballet School and School of Circus Arts, from which she graduated as a trapeze artist in 2007. That same year she starred in the smash-hit Edinbugh Festival Fringe outdoor acrobatic show A Midsummernights Tree, held in one of Edinburgh\u2019s exclusive private gardens, receiving much acclaim for her stunning trapeze closing number. Since then she has toured the world with a number of variety shows and corporate events and has been mentored in Montreal by several Cirque du Soleil luminaries.\nMareike has developed new innovative performances of dance trapeze, aerial silk and aerial straps as well as Duotrapez with her partner Anja Nestler and she also occasionally works with BASE Berlin.\nMAREIKE KOCH \u2014 TRAILER", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 72, "original_length": 2049, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 291.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.nasdaqdubai.com/press/nasdaq-dubai-signs-licence-agreement-with-msci-for-development-of-regional-index-derivatives", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:47Z", "digest": "sha1:GIAMRYWACELMMLWPIRPOBPKSSV3M2XKG", "length": 3398, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.nasdaqdubai.com", "title": "Nasdaq Dubai signs licence agreement with MSCI for development of regional index derivatives", "raw_content": "Nasdaq Dubai signs licence agreement with MSCI for development of regional index derivatives\nAgreement follows rapid growth of Nasdaq Dubai\u2019s equity futures platform\nLicence paves way for launch of first regionally traded index futures on the UAE markets and provides new opportunities for investors\nNasdaq Dubai has signed a licence agreement with MSCI under which the exchange will use MSCI\u2019s regional indices to create derivative products to be traded on the Nasdaq Dubai\u2019s derivatives platform. The exchange initially plans to develop futures contracts based on the MSCI UAE index, which is widely tracked by international institutional investors.\nThe development is significant in the light of the growing importance of the region as an attractive investment destination for international investors seeking exposure to high growth emerging markets such as the UAE.\nFutures on the MSCI UAE equity index, to be introduced subject to regulatory approval, will enable easy portfolio replication and hedging by global fund investors having UAE investment mandates. The products will present attractive new opportunities to regional as well as international investors.\nHamed Ali, Chief Executive of Nasdaq Dubai, said: \u201cAs we successfully completed the first year of trading single stock futures on our derivatives platform, we are keen to move to the next phase of growth and introduce index futures. The MSCI licence is in response to popular demand from our institutional brokers who help global institutional investors manage UAE-focused portfolios. Over the next couple of years, we look forward to working closely with leading capital market entities to introduce more regional index products enabling multiple opportunities for our participants. We are in discussion with potential international General Clearing Members to ensure that international institutional investors have seamless access to these products on our platform.\nRobert Ansari, Head of MSCI for the Middle East, said: \u201cThe UAE equities market is one of the most important and vibrant in the Middle East and we are delighted to deepen our involvement with it as well as the markets of other regional countries. As the region\u2019s international exchange with global investor links and an established futures market, Nasdaq Dubai is the ideal partner for this project through our licence agreement. Our indices are designed with a\nstrong emphasis on liquidity and investability, and include many of the leading companies in the region. \u201d\nMSCI is a global leader in providing equity indices that are used as benchmarks by investors and are the basis of a wide variety of investible products that trade on regulated exchanges. More than 11 trillion US dollars in assets under management is estimated to be benchmarked to MSCI\u2019s indexes worldwide. Companies that are included in the MSCI (UAE) index include Emaar Properties, First Abu Dhabi Bank, DP World, Dubai Islamic Bank and DXB Entertainments. MSCI upgraded the UAE to Emerging Market status effective from May 2014.\nNasdaq Dubai\u2019s futures market currently comprises single stock futures on 13 leading UAE-listed companies. More than 2.5 million futures have traded since the market opened in September 2016. The volume of traded contracts rose 80% from 874,000 in the first six months of the market\u2019s operation to reach 1,574,000 in the six-month period ended August 31, 2017.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 159, "original_length": 6429, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 316.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.naturalproductsinfo.org/index.php?src=news&submenu=News&srctype=detail&category=Supplements%20In%20The%20News&refno=135", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:03Z", "digest": "sha1:Y34X6BNBXLAK7ZZC2HJYDZGHP6FU4PDE", "length": 862, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.naturalproductsinfo.org", "title": "Natural Products Foundation \u2013 Advanced Colon Cancer: Calcium And Magnesium Reduce Neurological Sensitivity", "raw_content": "Published Sunday, June 15, 2008 12:01 am\nResearchers in the North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) haveshown that patients who receive intravenous calcium and magnesiumbefore and after the chemotherapy drug oxaliplatin for the treatment ofadvanced colon cancer experience a significantly reduced incidence andseverity of neurological side effects (neurotoxicity). This reductionincreases the likelihood that patients are able to complete a fullcourse of treatment. The findings were released as part of the 44thannual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.\n\"There have been limited studies and anecdotal stories about theeffectiveness of calcium plus magnesium in reducing neurotoxicitycaused by oxaliplatin,\" says Daniel Nikcevich, M.D., Ph.D., anoncologist at St. Mary's Duluth Clinic in Duluth, Minn., a member ofNCCTG and study co-chair.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 1814, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 203.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.nbcsvg.com/2016/05/10/zenna-lewis/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:35Z", "digest": "sha1:RV2IJTDRNTZPH5TMIAVSWTJ4RQENBZUP", "length": 1388, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.nbcsvg.com", "title": "Zenna Lewis - NBC SVG", "raw_content": "Zenna Lewis\nMay 10, 2016 CarnivalMiss SVG 2016 Miss Lotto, Zenna LewisAbigail Haynes\nMiss Lotto\nThe future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Born on the 15th of September, 1995 Zenna Lewis hails from the community most known for fishing and whaling, Barrouallie. Zenna describes herself as pleasantly calm, committed and high-spirited.\nZenna attended the Barrouallie Government School then went on to pursue her secondary education at the St. Vincent Girls\u2019 High School. A graduate of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Community College: Division of Arts, Sciences and General Studies, Zenna intends to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Management as she aspires to become a successful entrepreneur.\nZenna attributes her up-bringing to her mom, Leonie Lewis who is also her role model and source of motivation. Zenna regards her mom as a firm believer in Christianity and commends her for having done a tremendous job at instilling in her sound values.\nZenna is currently employed as a Server at the Buccament Bay Resort where she hopes to learn the basics of service and customer satisfaction. She describes herself as a unique individual with a keen interest in fashion and cosmetology. An aspiring entrepreneur, Zenna hopes to open and manage a make-up and skincare product line available for retail throughout the Caribbean.\n\u2190 Vakeesha John Raneasha Loraine \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 4013, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 301.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/about-us", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:58:49Z", "digest": "sha1:ZED7R7IIKMIOKDLMNRVULBA3R2ZMPEN7", "length": 618, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.ncela.gwu.edu", "title": "About Us | NCELA", "raw_content": "Authorized under Title III of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), the National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition & Language Instruction Educational Programs (NCELA) supports the U.S. Department of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students (OELA) in its mission to respond to Title III educational needs, and implement NCLB as it applies to English learners (ELs). Since October 2013, NCELA has been operated by Leed Management Consulting, Inc., under contract from the U. S. Department of Education.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 4192, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 110.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/saintly-statue-lebanons-humble-st.-charbel-now-a-towering-presence", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:25Z", "digest": "sha1:TVWHOWTDPMVPB742XM6GFYBQ7XD7ULR6", "length": 7548, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "www.ncregister.com", "title": "Saintly Statue: Lebanon\u2019s Humble St. Charbel Now a Towering Presence", "raw_content": "Above, the St. Charbel statue towers above the landscape. Below, Lebanese Cardinal Bechara Rai, patriarch of Maronite Catholics, greets the faithful at the consecration of the statue on the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Bottom, people gather for the consecration of the massive statue in Faraya, Lebanon. (Statue photos and video, Father Elie Korkomaz; Cardinal Rai, Mychel Akl for the Maronite patriarchate )\nWorld | Sep. 21, 2017\nSaintly Statue: Lebanon\u2019s Humble St. Charbel Now a Towering Presence\nFamily donates monument to Maronite hermit in thanksgiving for miraculous healing.\nDoreen Abi Raad\nBEIRUT \u2014 Lebanon\u2019s beloved St. Charbel now towers high on a mountain in the land of the cedars in the form of the world\u2019s largest statue of the humble hermit.\nLocated in Faraya, a touristic area popular for skiing 27 miles north of Beirut, the monumental statue is 88.6 feet tall, 30 feet wide and weighs nearly 60 tons.\nLebanese Cardinal Bechara Rai, patriarch of Maronite Catholics, consecrated the statue on the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Sept. 14.\nSt. Charbel was born Joseph Antoun Makhlouf in the northern Lebanese village of Beqa-Kafra in 1828. The youngest of five children, his parents were simple Maronite farmers who were devout in their faith. The world held no interest for the future saint: His yearning was for holiness. Even as a young boy, he would go off alone to a grotto and pray.\nAt the age of 23, he quietly left his family, traveling more than a day on foot, until he reached Our Lady of Lebanon Monastery, where he began his novitiate. When he joined the order of Lebanese Maronite monks at the Monastery of St. Maron in Annaya, he chose the name Charbel, after a second-century martyr.\nCharbel was beatified Dec. 5, 1965, and canonized Oct. 9, 1977 \u2014 Lebanon\u2019s first saint. Blessed Pope Paul VI remarked at the beatification ceremony: \u201cWhat a symbol of union between East and West! ... His whole existence was completely centered on the celebration of Mass, on silent prayer before the Blessed Sacrament and in the heroic practice of the virtues of obedience, poverty and chastity. \u2026 May he make us understand, in a world largely fascinated by wealth and comfort, the paramount value of poverty, penance and asceticism, to liberate the soul in its ascent to God.\u201d\nThe gigantic statue in Faraya represents an expression of gratitude for the healing of a boy through the intercession of the saint in combination with medical treatment.\nWhen 14-year-old Michel Salame first complained of a headache in the summer of 2016, his parents didn\u2019t think it so unusual, as he had been playing soccer and it was a hot day. But Michel\u2019s symptoms quickly deteriorated, and he developed a tumor on his forehead, although not cancerous, and suffered from seizures.\nA high-risk surgery was needed, coincidentally on the feast of St. Charbel, with a follow-up surgery a few days later.\nRecounting the deep anguish he and his wife experienced, the teenager\u2019s father, Elie Salame, told the Register: \u201cI was praying that maybe the operation wouldn\u2019t be necessary. But St. Charbel sent me a message to go ahead with the second operation.\u201d\nBoth surgeries were successful, and, as part of his treatment, Michel continued with medication. Now, he is a healthy and thriving 15-year-old. \u201cI can\u2019t say for sure if it is a miracle or not, but for sure, St. Charbel helped us with this huge crisis,\u201d Elie Salame said. The statue was the family\u2019s way of giving thanks for their son\u2019s healing.\nLebanese sculptor Nayef Alwan was commissioned for the monumental statue, with Elie Salame providing the specifications he had in mind. \u201cI just wanted to have it big,\u201d the elder Salame said, \u201cso that it can be seen from all over when it\u2019s lit, to protect Lebanon and all Lebanese \u2014 all religions.\u201d\nThe gigantic St. Charbel statue is Alwan\u2019s first work in fiberglass and resin \u2014 so that it would be durable to withstand wind, rain and snow in Faraya, at 6,070 feet above sea level.\nAlwan carved the original from cement and clay. It was then fitted with a mold and constructed at a marine industry company by a team of some 60 people, comprised of Christian, Druze and Muslim workers.\nWhen the completed statue was transported, a popular song to the saint, broadcast from a convoy, heralded its passage. The journey from the Mediterranean coast to Faraya took 17 and a half hours.\n\u201cIt was a big challenge,\u201d Alwan says of the yearlong project. \u201cBut it was for St. Charbel, so you just make the Sign of the Cross and go forward and don\u2019t have to worry about anything. I felt it very easy,\u201d he explained.\nThe 53-year-old Maronite sculptor has created more than 50 statues of St. Charbel, including figures in Australia and Venezuela. At St. Maron\u2019s Monastery in Annaya, where the tomb and hermitage of St. Charbel are located, there are four statues of the saint sculpted by Alwan. The first was created in 1985; the statue, just over three-feet tall, is situated close to the tabernacle in the hermitage.\nAs with any holy statue he creates, Alwan said, \u201cI must always begin in prayer. When I\u2019m working, I\u2019m praying.\u201d\nHow does Alwan envision the saint? \u201cAlways with a peaceful face, a very holy face. That\u2019s St. Charbel,\u201d the sculptor said. Describing the future saint, one of Father Charbel\u2019s fellow monks wrote: \u201cAs he prayed, a heavenly light actually wrapped itself around his face.\u201d\nIn 1898, Father Charbel was struck by hemiplegia (paralysis on one side of the body) while celebrating Mass. He died eight days later, on Christmas Eve, at the age of 70.\nA dazzling light soon appeared around Father Charbel\u2019s tomb. When it was opened four months later, the hermit\u2019s body was incorrupt, secreting blood and sweat. His body continued to bleed for many years, and at times the substance even oozed from the walls of his tomb.\nThe humble hermit who knew only how to pray, to keep silent, to obey and to do penance, became known all over the world. By 1952, St. Maron\u2019s Monastery had received 130,000 letters from 95 nations, some asking for anything that had come in contact with the holy monk, and with others expressing gratitude for favors received.\nAccording to St. Maron\u2019s Monastery, from the beginning of St. Charbel\u2019s miracles, there have been around 26,000 documented miracles in the monastery\u2019s archive. Each year, St. Charbel is responsible for around 100 miracles, at least 10% of which the recipients are non-baptized individuals, including Muslims, Druze, Jews and atheists.\nThe Salame family\u2019s zeal of gratitude also took them on pilgrimages to various holy sites to give thanks for Michel\u2019s healing: the Vatican, Lourdes and Fatima, as well as Cassia, Italy, where a 20-foot statue of St. Rita, also created by the Lebanese sculptor Alwan, was erected in 2015 after being blessed by Pope Francis.\nDuring the Prayers of the Faithful at the Mass for the consecration of the St. Charbel statue, Michel Salame, speaking in Italian, then French and Arabic, said, \u201cDear Lord, we always pray for what we want, and you always give us what we need. There are no words to describe my gratitude. You turned Lebanon into a bouquet of saints that we are smelling every day. Every time we call on them, they fill us up with their grace. For St. Charbel, the prince of all Lebanese saints, to you I offer my silence, since I\u2019m speechless. But I offer you my joy and my appreciation till the day I die. Please keep my country, my Church and my family faithful to you.\u201d\nRegister correspondent Doreen Abi Raad writes from Beirut, Lebanon.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 9205, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 264.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.needtheeggs.com/2011/08/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:07Z", "digest": "sha1:4GEK2HHSJJYWWLHOVIYV24LXAVXRXEFO", "length": 11162, "nlines": 49, "source_domain": "www.needtheeggs.com", "title": "We Need The Eggs: August 2011", "raw_content": "Hi, my name is Jason.\nWhen I said that I just told you everything I know about science. I took physics my senior year and spent most of the time shuffling a deck of cards and doing magic tricks, circulating ridiculous petitions and covertly staring at pretty girls (just in case you forgot what those look like I gave you a link to my new favorite pretty girl). Those are all of my science credentials.\nDespite my dismal record you can put all of your faith in the following statement: There is no contradiction between faith and science.\nHere's the thing, almost everyone in the entire world believes in a Higher Power (92% to be exact). Most of us do not supress that innate sense that He is out there. BUT, a good deal of us have been lead by the nose to believe that there are tensions if not outright contradictions between faith and science.\nThis is impossible. God created the world, he did it in a particular way. We as humans are able, to some extent, to observe the ways and methods He chose to employ. Whether it was six literal days, or we started as apes, or primordial goo, or He started 6,000 years ago or 6 billion--none of it matters. We'll probably never know for sure. What we agree on is that we're here, and that there is a God.\nWhen there is something that looks like a contradiction between what we know of God and what we know of science it is due to one of these two facts: Either the science is wrong (which has happened many, many times in the life of science), or the theology is wrong (which has happened many, many times in the life of the Church).\nFor some reason these assertions make people uncomfortable. These used to make me uncomfortable. But embracing my assertion is one of the most freeing things you can do for yourself. Embracing my assertion means you get to relax, unclench, smile. There is one principle, and one alone, that will help you get where you need to go:\nWe live in a universe shrouded in mystery.\nWe make our home and do our work in untraversable mystery. We know so very little. The best scientist, the best theologian, their minds are but ants on the sun that is the incomprehensible mind of God. Trying to square up every fact and make it all fit--all your verses, all your science, all your feelings--it is only a recipe for insanity (and to be a bore at parties). It wasn't given for you to know it all.\nUnclench.\nYou're sitting in the palm of God's hand.\nNo matter How he chose to bring you here,\nYou're here. Drink the mystery,\nSwallow it and then laugh in awe at its beauty and unceasing wonder.\nPlease know that I understand everything that I'm glossing over. I know what my team thinks of Genesis, and I know what I need to say about Genesis if I want to stay in good standing with my team. The problem is, it's all crap. You can believe it's literal, metaphorical, poetical--and you can cite endless solid reasoning to support your position. I don't care anymore. I happen to believe God wrote us a love letter called the Bible, and we'll never fully understand and apply everything contained in the love stained pages. Never. We can get a lot of mileage out of it, but it didn't tell us everything about everything--and even everything it did tell us--well we're still working on getting that all figured out. It will always be so. If it were simple then we should suspect it wasn't ordained by an infinite God.\nAnyway, all of this was inspired by this piece in USA Today roughly saying everything I just said. But I still get points because I didn't just rip off what I read, the piece reminded me of how passionate I feel about these facts for a few years now and it's high time that I share them with you fine people.\nI read a recent poll from the Peinman Newsire that just took my breath away.\n42 million Americans were asked the following question: \"Would you detonate a nuclear bomb if you thought it would help and not hinder your career advancement?\"\n67 percent of the respondents looked deviously from left to right for less than five seconds before saying, \"probably.\"\nTotally unbelievable. Apparently I am one of the few Americans with the moral courage to stand up and say no, I will not set off a nuclear bomb just to improve my station in life.\n67 percent of America, you should be ashamed of yourselves.\nWhy do I get more annoyed and animated over people who like and celebrate horrifying reality programming (Jersey Shore, Things containing Bret Michaels etc.) than I do about sex trafficking, modern day slavery, genocide etc.?\nI want to say that it's messed up, but I don't think I can say that truthfully because I clearly don't care enough, yet, to make a change.\nI know it's heavy, I know it's not fun, and I know it sounds like one more thing to feel guilty about. It can be, if you want it to, but us feeling guilty isn't going to help anyone.\nOne time a man I had never met told me he was an honest guy\u2014and right there in that moment I totally believed him. I remember considering the proposition for a moment, and then believed with him that it was so.\nI had just moved from my home town and was getting my first apartment set up. Wet behind the ears is certainly a given, but on top of that I\u2019m not a very good judge of people on first impressions, either. He was the maintenance guy, and he was explaining that I could either have maintenance done by appointment, or I could sign his little paper which gave him the right to enter the premises when I wasn\u2019t home so he could do the work. I think he noticed me doing the calculus, was this worth the risk, saw me sizing him up and so on. He looked at me and said, \u201cIt\u2019s ok, I\u2019m an honest-John.\u201d\nThere was no reason for me to believe him. I didn\u2019t know him, anyone can make that claim\u2014it\u2019s essentially meaningless. He had a huge tattoo\u2014tattooed men scare me. Large, visible tattoos mean you\u2019ve lived a semi-rough to rough life and you\u2019re probably a maintenance guy because you\u2019re an ex-con. But there was something about the earnestness in his face, and his choice to use the term \u201chonest-John\u201d (now that I think of it, he could have said \u201chonest guy\u201d which would actually make a lot more sense), and so quite easily I decided to trust him.\nAnd everything was fine. He did plenty of work in our apartment and, despite his tattoos, nothing ever went missing.\nWhat\u2019s the point? My point is that you should never believe such a huge claim as someone telling you they\u2019re an honest person when you first meet them. In fact, whenever someone insists on a point like that when they first meet you (I\u2019m honest, I\u2019m not crazy, I\u2019m not a murderer) it\u2019s usually pretty strong evidence that they are the opposite of what they claim.\nBut\u2026perhaps sometimes, you just know.\nLabels: honesty, Jason DesLongchamp, tattoos, Trust\nI've spent this lunch break trying to track down anything and everything the internet contains of Robert Farrar Capon, which is not much. But I came across the following quote, and as a bonus I link the page it's from because it's worth wasting several minutes reading the beautiful words.\nWe are so impressed by scientific clank that we feel we ought not to say that the sunflower turns because it knows where the sun is. It is almost second nature to us to prefer explanations . . . with a large vocabulary. We are much more comfortable when we are assured that the sunflower turns because it is heliotropic. The trouble with that kind of talk is that it tempts us to think that we know what the sunflower is up to. But we don't. The sunflower is a mystery, just as every single thing in the universe is. --Robert Farrar Capon\nLabels: Jason DesLongchamp, Mystery, Robert Farrar Capon, Wonder\nThings that stop you in your tracks should be shared. Here is a paragraph that I don't want to get over, taken from a long interview with Sufjan Stevens recently:\n\"It\u2019s such a relief for me to acknowledge that because I feel far less possessive of my own music, and I feel lest earnest and less despairing about its worth, or its value, and more willing to just make it, create it, do my best work possible, and then give it away.\"\nYes, I can see how that would be a freedom giving perspective.\nLabels: Creative Process, Creativity, Jason DesLongchamp, Sufjan Stevens\nIf an alien ever walks into your home and offers you a tell-all interview you should forget the fact you're not a journalist and do it anyway.\nThis is applicable to certain other scenarios as well. Definitely drop me a line for advice if you feel you're in just such a situation.\nA few months ago someone retweeted an Ebert post; it was interesting and so I started following him, and my life has never been the same. No, it isn't that dramatic, but I find him incredibly insightful, especially for someone I'm not predisposed to agree with (see the Unbridgeable, Inexhaustible Divide Between Liberals and Conservatives*). But he loves his books and he loves his movies, so it was fated from the foundation of time that I would love him. He posted a blog the other day and I'm going to share an excerpt that I completely disagree with which is the source of my current joy:\n\"My house is filled with books. I read every day. I willingly enter older, slower novels by Balzac, Dickens, Hugo. I love Henry James for the very reason many find him unreadable, the texture of his language. The style of a writer is important to me, and the language is more important than the story. It is how it is about it, not what it is about it [emphasis added by me]. I like Faulkner and McCarthy because their prose is al dente. And Cather and Simenon because they write as clearly as running water.\"\nI read and enjoy books for exactly the opposite reason. I don't much care about the way a writer writes\u2014I judge a book by the level of insight it has, the things it makes me think about, the strength and imagination of the story, if I find the philosophy compelling/interesting etc.\nI have a lot of anxiety over my intellectual capabilities. I like Dostoevsky, but I like Stephen King, too. So when I don't dig Dickens all that much, I just automatically assume it's because I'm deficient in some way. Ironically, when intellectual titan Ebert states stridently that style is much more important to him than substance, I feel flooded with relief. This is the way I see it: If such a smart man can value style over substance, then I know it isn't sheerly a matter of intellect that determines what you will get out of a book. I don't understand why someone would care more about style than story, but what I know for sure is it isn't due to any kind of deficiency or shallowness. Naturally by extension the same would be true for my preferences (especially because I see my own as, subjectively of course, superior).\nSo there you go, I feel better, QED. Thank you, Ebert.\nAnd that headline was just to be provocative, we don't really disagree, we just value different things in a text.\n*Intended to be sarcastic\u2014I believe in our ability to listen to and love one another.\nLabels: Jason DesLongchamp, Literature, Roger Ebert, Writing\nWhat most men basically say to their wives in times of trouble or conflict: if only you were more like me, everything would be ok.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 266, "original_length": 18503, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 301.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.neilcallanan.com/category/uncategorized/page/2/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:13Z", "digest": "sha1:7TN5ABUWBG63GEGM22QOQIHRDIZDSPFS", "length": 290, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.neilcallanan.com", "title": "Uncategorized | Adventure Lust | Page 2", "raw_content": "n part 1, I looked back at 2013 \u2013 the successes, the failures and areas for improvement based on the goals I set up this time last year. Looking ahead at the rest of 2014, my hope is to accomplish everything outlined below. Life always happens along the way, but without a target I\u2019ll just\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 83, "original_length": 4290, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 246.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04673a.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:04Z", "digest": "sha1:JSYVF6YID637DJOXSALCPWRZJ7HBEBV3", "length": 6165, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.newadvent.org", "title": "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Dedication", "raw_content": "A term which, though sometimes used of persons who are consecrated to God's service, is more properly applied to the \"setting aside\" of places for a special and sacred purpose (cf. Hastings, Dict. of the Bible). The Christian, indeed, believes that God is everywhere and that the Divine Immensity fills all space; but this faith does not exclude the idea of reserving a special spot in which the creature may hold communion with his Creator and worship Him. That the setting aside of this hallowed place was ever done with a certain show and ceremony is evident from the examples of Jacob (Genesis 28:18), of Moses (Leviticus 8:10), and above all, of Solomon (1 Kings 8). This precedent of the Old Law was too obvious to be overlooked in the New, and we may be sure that the modern custom was consecrated by Apostolic usage. In a fragment of a martyrology ascribed to St. Jerome (cf. D'Ach\u00e9ry, Spicilegium IV) this passage occurs: \"Rom\u00e6 dedicatio prim\u00e6 Ecclesi\u00e6 a beato Petro construct\u00e6 et consecrat\u00e6\". It is not strange, however, that owing to the persecutions of the first three centuries, references to the dedication of churches are extremely rare. The first authentic accounts of this kind are furnished by Eusebius (Church History X.3-4; De Vit\u00e2 Const., IV, xliii, in P.G., XX), and Sozomen (Church History II.26) in regard to the cathedral of Tyre (314) and Constantine's church at Jerusalem. The well-known historical document entitled \"Peregrinatio Silvi\u00e6\" (Etheria) has a full description of the celebration of the dedicatory festival of the church of Jerusalem as it was witnessed by our pilgrim-authoress in the fourth century (cf. Cabrol, Livre de la pri\u00e8re antique, p. 311). Here it will suffice to emphasize, in connexion with the dedication of churches, (1) the ritual employed, (2) the minister, (3) necessity and effects, and (4) festival and its days.\n(1) In the beginning the dedication ceremony was very simple. A letter of Pope Vigilius to the Bishop of Bracara (538) states: \"Consecrationem cujuslibet ecclesi\u00e6, in qu\u00e2 non ponuntur sanctuaria (reliqui\u00e6) celebritatem tantum scimus esse missarum\" (We know that the consecration of any church in which shrines (relics) are not placed consists merely in the celebrations of Masses). That the primitive ceremonial consisted mainly in the celebration of Mass, where there were no relics, is also shown from the old \"Ordines Romani\" (cf. Mabillon, \"Museum Italicum\", II in P.L. LXXVIII, 857). Where relics were used the ceremony of translating and depositing them under the altar formed a notable feature of the dedication rite (cf. \"Ordo of St. Amand\" in Duchesne, \"Christian Worship\", London, 1903, Appendix; \"Ordo of Verona\" in Bianchini, ed., \"Lib. Pont.\", III). The first complete formulary is found in the Gelasian Sacramentary (in P.L., LXXIV), which embodies the Roman liturgical usages of the seventh century. Here the rite consists of prayers, sprinklings with holy water, and blessings. So quickly, however, was this ritual elaborated that in the ninth century it attained the completeness which it enjoys at the present time (cf. the eighth- century \"Liber Sacramentorum\" in P.L., LXXVIII; \"Ordines Romani\", ed. Mart\u00e8ne, \"De Ant. Eccl. Rit.\", III; Daniel, \"Cod. Lit.\", I). The modern dedicatory ceremonial assumes two forms according as a church is simply blessed or solemnly consecrated. In the former case the function consists of prayers, sprinklings of holy water, and Mass (cf. Roman Ritual; Schulte, \"Benedicenda\", p. 155, etc.). The solemn rite of consecration is described in the article CONSECRATION.\n(2) The solemn ceremony of dedication, or consecration is found in the Roman Pontifical and is performed de jure by a bishop (see CONSECRATION). The simpler rite, which is given in the Roman Ritual, is generally reserved to bishops, but may be also undertaken by a priest with episcopal delegation.\n(3) All churches, public oratories and semi-public, if destined for Divine worship in perpetuum, must be at least blessed before the Sacred Mysteries can be regularly celebrated in them (Cong. of Rites, Sept., 1871). Purely private or domestic oratories may not be thus dedicated, but simply blessed with the Benedictio loci (cf. Roman Ritual or Missal) on each occasion Mass is said in them. As a rule the principal churches in every district should be consecrated in the solemn manner, but as certain conditions are required for licit consecration that are not always feasible (cf. Irish Ecclesiastical Record, April, 1908, p. 430) the ordinary simple dedication rite is regarded as practically adequate. Both forms render the place sacred, and contribute, as sacramentals, to the sanctification of the faithful, but they differ in this that while a church that is consecrated must, if polluted, be reconciled by a bishop, a church that is simply blessed may be reconciled in similar circumstances by a priest (cf. Roman Ritual).\n(4) Another difference in the effects of the two forms of dedication is that a consecrated church is entitled to celebrate each year the anniversary feast of its consecration, which is to be held as a double of the first class with an octave, by all the priests attached to the church. A church that is only blessed has no right to this anniversary feast unless per accidens, that is, when it is included in the special indult granted for the simultaneous celebration of the anniversaries of all the churches in a district or diocese. In this case the Office and Mass must be celebrated in every church, within the limits of the indult independently of their consecration (Cong. of Rites, n. 3863). Though any day may be selected for the dedication of a church, yet the Roman Pontifical suggests those \"Sundays and solemn festive days\" which admit the dedicatory Office and Mass, as well as the anniversary celebration.\nAPA citation. Morrisroe, P. (1908). Dedication. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04673a.htm\nMLA citation. Morrisroe, Patrick. \"Dedication.\" The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 4. 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Call now for more information or to schedule a session.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 493, "original_length": 15853, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 324.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.newelectronics.co.uk/electronics-technology/rapidio-is-being-targeted-at-high-performance-computing-applications-as-latency-becomes-a-critical-factor/72838/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:01Z", "digest": "sha1:POPYFIO2XD5NRJK6HZZD3HICGHFHJM2L", "length": 7620, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "www.newelectronics.co.uk", "title": "RapidIO is being targeted at high performance computing applications as latency becomes a critical factor", "raw_content": "RapidIO is being targeted at high performance computing applications as latency becomes a critical factor\nThe extent to which 'what goes around, comes around' applies to technology. Despite the impression that companies are forging a future based on brand new ideas, that's not always the case.\nAnd so it is with RapidIO, the packet switched interconnect technology developed in the early 2000s for use in high performance computing (HPC) applications. Despite this ambition, RapidIO found most success in the wireless infrastructure sector. But the wheel is turning full circle as RapidIO begins to make inroads into today's HPC applications \u2013 and data centres in particular.\nDev Paul, principal product manager with IDT, said the military and aerospace market was one of the first to actively embrace RapidIO. \"Developers were looking for a technology to support processor to processor communications that met energy, space and latency constraints. Some of these companies were doing things like putting radar systems into the nose cones of aircraft and were concerned with things like power, space and cooling requirements.\"\nAt the time, developers were likely to have been using Ethernet or PCI Express (PCIe), \"In fact,\" Paul claimed, \"RapidIO was created to take business from both technologies. While Ethernet could scale to any topology, it was originally designed for LANs and needed a processor at each end of the link to terminate the protocol. PCIe, meanwhile, was all done in hardware. While it had low latency, it was limited. Since then, there have been several attempts to scale PCIe, but it hasn't really been scalable to large multicore systems. If you needed to add processing boards, it was a complex task.\n\"RapidIO took these features and combined them into one protocol.\"\nPaul's experience with RapidIO dates back to the mid 2000s, when he worked with Canadian company Tundra Semiconductor, which was acquired by IDT in 2009.\n\"Tundra started talking to communications companies who were using DSPs with memory interfaces. We identified wireless base stations as an application that would benefit from RapidIO and worked with Texas Instruments to put RapidIO into an IP core.\"\nA boost in RapidIO's fortunes came in in 2008, from two related developments. In one, Ericsson announced that it was using Tundra's RapidIO technology in its LTE proof of concept system. \"That started an acceleration in the use of RapidIO in the wireless market,\" Paul noted. The other boost came when China rolled out mobile communications technology that took advantage of RapidIO's capabilities.\n\"Since then,\" Paul said, \"IDT and Tundra captured all 3G and LTE development programmes. All of the top 10 vendors were applying the technology for connectivity on signal processing boards, as well as for extending systems.\"\nIn the first generation of RapidIO, data was handled at 10Gbit/s. The second generation pushed that to 20Gbit/s, but the latest devices handle 40Gbit/s. But work is now underway to increase the capacity to 100Gbit/s.\nLooking to lay the foundations for future systems, IDT has launched a RapidIO interface product portfolio spanning data rates from 40 to 100Gbit/s. The products are intended to lower latency whilst improving bandwidth for HPC, wireless, analytics and embedded applications.\nThe first product on the road map is introducing a 40Gbit/s RapidIO 10xN IP core for application in ASICs, CPUs, DSPs, GPUs and FPGAs. The core is suitable for designs targeted at process nodes ranging from 45nm to 16nm.\nAccording to IDT, the core is designed to serve as a basic building block and gateway between processing elements to create low latency, scalable, energy efficient computing. The lower latency and higher speed interface products will be essential, it claims, if the massive volumes of data generated by today's electronics are to be handled efficiently.\n\"This initial 40Gbit/s product provides an exciting interconnect path for the Open Compute Project (OCP), where we are innovating from the system level down to the silicon level,\" said OCP executive director Cole Crawford. \"IDT's RapidIO 10xN solutions support the OCP's goal for open, interoperable, vendor agnostic solutions that take us from today's custom vendor based HPC solutions towards open exascale computing.\"\nThe core will also be used in a range of RapidIO based switching, bridging, processor and memory controller products currently on various drawing boards, including the switching collaboration between IDT and eSilicon to develop 100ns latency RapidIO switches operating at 40Gbit/s per port.\nIn Paul's view, there will be no changes to the RapidIO standard as data rates move towards 100Gbit/s. \"With the exception,\" he added, \"that we will need to build in a faster SERDES.\"\nHaving a core that can be used on a range of process technologies allows customers to optimise the SoC to the application. Paul said the choice of process technology will allow factors such as power consumption and clock rate to be tuned. \"And the architecture scales to 100Gbit/s,\" he continued, \"which means it should be 'future proof'.\"\nRapidIO is still finding plenty of business in the wireless sector, particularly as data rates increase. \"The amount of time taken for all processing operations between the radio and backhaul has shrunk by a factor of five,\" Paul claimed. \"Operators need to get data off the air at the base station, then off the analogue front end, digitise it using CPRI and so on. All that has to happen more quickly and with higher data rates.\n\"Hand offs are also faster,\" he continued. \"It has been shown that LTE can now hand over calls between cells on Europe's TGV trains, although it hasn't been designed for that.\"\nAnother benefit of RapidIO is that is supports chip to chip, board to board and chassis to chassis communications (see fig 1). Although RapidIO offers a range of lanes \u2013 a choice of x2, x4, x8 and x16 \u2013 Paul said customers prefer the x4 option for its flexibility. \"And you can pass data over 100cm at 10Gbit/s on an FR4 substrate,\" he added. \"Many designers are still grappling with board design challenges and there aren't many protocols supporting 40G over a serial link.\"\nThe growth in demand for HPC is also proving beneficial to RapidIO vendors. \"In essence,\" Paul observed, \"RapidIO has always been about HPC, such as radar. But applications were sometimes limited by latency. For example, when you're performing a 2D FFT in real time with edge detection and filtering, there's a lot of decision making involved.\" That requires a lot of processing and, in Paul's opinion, Moore's Law hasn't brought a single or a multicore processor that could handle such loads. \"So the load is crunched by multiple devices,\" he continued, implying the need for high speed connectivity.\nData centres are also a major target (see fig 2). \"Even as little as two years ago, search engine companies didn't care about latency. Now, they are doing things like deep learning and real time analytics; all tasks where latency is critical \u2013 and Gigabit Ethernet has run out of steam,\" Paul claimed.\n\"HPC and analytics customers are facing the same latency, power and space constrains as embedded customers, while trying to scale to large systems with thousands of nodes that stretch beyond petascale to exascale computing,\" added Sean Fan, general manager of IDT's Interface and Connectivity Division.\nTo support these applications, RapidIO silicon solutions have been taken from the wireless embedded sector and repackaged in a format which allows the necessary systems to be put together.\n72838/P22-23.pdf", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 309, "original_length": 13888, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 296.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.newstalk987.com/2019/01/28/game-on-against-cancer-3/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:39Z", "digest": "sha1:MGWEAYGYCBOQK5SSMHQVDN3MT375LRJY", "length": 237, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.newstalk987.com", "title": "Game On Against Cancer | WOKI-FM", "raw_content": "Game On Against Cancer\u2019s proceeds support Thompson Cares, a fund that assists cancer patients in financial need with their basic living expenses. Thanks to your genorosity, in the last seven years the event has raised more than $340,000!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 96, "original_length": 3713, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 268.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.nhcvstransport.org.uk/feedback", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:23Z", "digest": "sha1:2YBBJFXAL6ZPX3IGFPEKYTV72BUH36AR", "length": 2045, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.nhcvstransport.org.uk", "title": "Feedback", "raw_content": "North Herts CVS (NHCVS) aims to provide its members, organisations and individuals with the best possible service.\nHowever, we recognise that from time to time there may be occasions when users of our services feel that the quality\nor level of service provided falls short of what they could reasonably expect.\nSimilarly, we are always grateful to receive compliments and constructive feedback, so that we can continue to improve our service.\nYour feedback is extremely valuable to us as it helps us identify and address problems and to develop good practice.\nIf you prefer, instead of completing the form below you can This email address is being protected from spambots. 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If your complaint concerns the behaviour of a specific member of staff please post your complaint to the Executive Director at NHCVS marking the envelope \u2018Private and Confidential'.\nThe Executive Director shall (in consultation with the Chair of the Board of Trustees) undertake to investigate the circumstances leading to the complaint.\nThe Executive Director shall communicate the results of the investigation to the complainant within a reasonable time, normally 21 days.\nThe complainant shall have the right, if dissatisfied with the results of the inquiry, to put his/her case in writing directly to the Board of Trustees.\nThe Board of Trustees shall be regularly informed by the Executive Director of the number and nature of any complaints and the outcome.\nThe decision of the Board of Trustees will be final.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 38, "original_length": 2605, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 338.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.nicelau.nl/all-amenity-list/beaches/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:02Z", "digest": "sha1:XHMOAEAUPQ5L6PDLSJI4IIXGPUAYADOQ", "length": 1204, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.nicelau.nl", "title": "Blue Bay Beach", "raw_content": "This beautiful palm beach, one of the most beautiful white sand beaches of the iland, part of the Blue Bay Resort. It is also a very attractive location for divers and snorkelers.\nBlue Bay is named after a former plantation Blaauw where in former times, among others grew limes.\nSince 1990 the plantation has been converted into a resort with golf course, swimming pools and many beautiful homes where people mostly live permanently. A small portion is available for holiday rental. There are many facilities such as tennis courts, child care, yoga, diving center and three restaurants near the beach. The resort encourages thus the local economy and employment.\nFor those interested, there are historical remnants to see cannons from World War II. The American soldiers were defending here along with many local volunteers from the island of Curacao against Nazi submarines. The rocks at Blue bay were the ideal location to provide protection to the oil refinery. This oil was about 85% of fuel provided for the Allies.\nAlka June 11, 2016 | Log in to Reply\nEen heel mooi strandje! Echt puur caribian, veel palmbomen met veel schaduw, water is knalblauw.\nhttp://www.nicelau.nl/all-amenity-list/beaches/\">", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 44, "original_length": 1888, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 293.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.niskayunaco-op.com/contact", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:48Z", "digest": "sha1:VORPEBW4TYSXYOFMQWIN5ROBNG5KFSJ5", "length": 373, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.niskayunaco-op.com", "title": "Contact - Niskayuna Co-op", "raw_content": "Niskayuna Consumers Co-operative, Inc.\nNiskayuna Co-op provides quality goods at a fair price and with outstanding customer service. A responsible corporate citizen, we promote cooperative principles and spirit.\ninfo@niskycoop.com\nWe are open seven days a week, from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm\nHoliday Hours 2017:\nMemorial Day: 8am \u2013 4pm\n4th of July: 8am \u2013 4pm\nLabor Day: 8am \u2013 4pm", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 58, "original_length": 1324, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 264.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.nols-agirlforallseasons.com/2018/10/putting-my-best-foot-forward.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:28Z", "digest": "sha1:WHSKEK7ZRCTKQGCZSC6GWGKNIQ6MQ4W5", "length": 926, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.nols-agirlforallseasons.com", "title": "A girl for all seasons: Putting my best foot forward", "raw_content": "After a great night out last night at an 80's disco in the Greville Arms I was feeling a little tired so I had a power nap in the afternoon. When I woke up it was dark so I had a look at my phone.\nI jumped out of bed in a panic and pulled back on my boots, I go up to Mam every Saturday to look at Strictly Come Dancing, which was starting at 18.40.\nI raced put the door, into the car and up to the Camillians.\nIt was only when I was at their door, ringing the bell that I looked down at my feet.\nWhat the actual....????\nHow the hell could I have gotten it so wrong?\nI know I got redressed in the dark, but for God's sake. RED AND BLACK???\nI didn't have time to go back home to change. So I had to run down the corridors in the hope that no one would notice. If someone did comment I would have to try to sell it as a fashion statement :)\n#1 Signs that I'm officially old.\nThe bane of teachers' lives..look at the correct u...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 164, "original_length": 3830, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 329.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.northrockychiro.com.au/services.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:40Z", "digest": "sha1:Z6IQEIHOAUZWOCCQXVYWAYISJTJF4CBE", "length": 3162, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.northrockychiro.com.au", "title": "North Rockhampton Chiropractic - Chiropractor in Berserker, Queensland Australia :: Services & Techniques", "raw_content": "At North Rockhampton Chiropractic, we take great pride in providing the finest chiropractic care to each and every patient. We have included information below about the different chiropractic services offered in our Berserker chiropractic office, but please call us at (07) 4928 6888 if you have any questions!\nWe provide spinal correction and chiropractic adjustments utilizing \"state of the art\" chiropractic techniques. Never in the history of chiropractic care have chiropractors been able to provide the level of help and expertise that is available today. Many of the newest chiropractic techniques are actually safer, more comfortable and more effective than ever before. As a chiropractor who cares about utilizing the most advanced chiropractic techniques, Dr. Kain Walker has years of training, expertise and experience in helping patients get pain relief for back pain, neck pain, headaches, and other related conditions originating from the spine. Chiropractic care under a trained professional can even be used to prevent injuries and help you achieve total health or wellness.\nAt North Rockhampton Chiropractic, we teach our patients how to perform special \"blueprint\" exercises which can help strengthen and correct the irregularities in their body which may be causing pain. Many of these corrective exercises can actually be performed in the comfort of your own home to help improve the effectiveness of your chiropractic care and spinal correction plan. In addition to skeletal misalignment, you may be experiencing pain that is caused by muscles and connective tissues which are out of their proper place. Other types of pain such as back pain, neck pain, and headaches are caused by muscles and tissues that are being used improperly, causing injuries over time. In each case, targeted corrective exercises and stretches from our experienced chiropractor will help you feel good while also helping your body achieve balance and health.\nWhat does nutrition have to do with chiropractic care? The goal of chiropractic care is to help patients achieve total health and balance with their body, and as part of that goal we provide specific recommendations on nutritional supplements and healthy food choices. Nutritional counseling by our experienced chiropractic health professionals can assist a patient on their return to optimal health. Do you know which supplements and vitamins are good for you? Do you know how these supplements and vitamins interact with one another? At our Berserker chiropractic clinic, we can provide each patient with a structured nutritional program that is based on their individual needs.\nThere is a saying that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Your spinal health is no exception. Posture and spinal screenings by a trained and experienced chiropractor such as Dr. Kain Walker can help reveal important health information, unlocking the door to improved health and well-being. In order to help the Berserker community, we provide screenings at area malls, community events, health fairs and places of employment. Contact us today at (07) 4928 6888 to arrange a screening at your event or workplace.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 115, "original_length": 7240, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 321.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.nourishmeblog.co.uk/2016/11/self-harm-and-recovery-my-story-tw.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:24Z", "digest": "sha1:CNUWHWXZX5433K4TVJWQYLQL3YEI646Y", "length": 10165, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "www.nourishmeblog.co.uk", "title": "Nourish ME: Self harm and recovery: My story (TW)", "raw_content": "This post obviously comes with a massive trigger warning because I am going to be talking about self harm. I won't, however, be discussing the intricate details of my self harm. I think saying how often it was/how bad/what I used would do way more harm than good in terms of this post. I know for sure that when I was self-harming someone discussing those aspects of it would encourage me to compare myself to them, and it would all be very triggering. The one detail I will give is that my self harm took place via cutting myself, rather than any other type.\nI'm writing this post to go hand in hand with the video I filmed all about it last week, and I'll link the video to you all at the end of the post. Unlike the majority of the other pieces of writing I publicise on this blog, this is more for me than anyone else. I've reached a point in my life at which I can talk about my experiences self-harming and recovering. Yet, it's something that I rarely (if ever) discuss in person. It's something I've avoided talking about for years, and I've only recently come to terms with it enough to be able to tell friends that yes, I did used to self harm. I do however hope that this post helps some of you, and encourages people to discuss this taboo subject with greater care and frequency. I've split the post into various segments, or steps on my mental health journey, mostly to help me arrange my thoughts on this topic.\nHow and why I started\nI first started self-harming when I was 16. I was feeling distant from my boyfriend at the time, lonely at school and for some horrible horrible reason I took the conscious decision to start self-harming. Thankfully I didn't get too 'hooked' (if that's the word to use; I can't think of a better one), and stopped again until I was half way through my 17th year of life.\nWhen I was in Year 12 at school life suddenly got really really shitty. I decided to do five a-levels rather than four, and got obsessed with getting perfect or near-perfect scores in everything we did. I worked during my lunch breaks, morning breaks, weekends and right up until I went to bed. This also meant that I cut myself off from everybody socially. Not a good combination. And then, on the 8th December, my Granddad died. And I couldn't cope with school anymore. I simply couldn't handle the thought of getting out of bed in the morning, and making my way in to a day of school. So I stopped going all the time, and ended up only making about 2/3rds of my classes for the remainder of the year. I remember my best friend trying everything she could to get my to come in and to open up to her, but I just couldn't. I'd started self-harming again in the November and it was getting out of control.\nI've had some amazing reactions to telling people that I was self-harming, but I've also had some terrible ones. When I started university I opened up to my best friend there and my boyfriend, and they both did anything and everything they could to support me and try to help me recover. It was just incredible, and I am so so thankful to them.\nThen I had an incident one day. One of the boys we lived with saw my cuts, and got incredibly aggressive. He pushed me up into a corner, shouting in my face, and asking me what the fuck was wrong with me. It was quite frankly horrific, and it made me scared to ever go out without covering up first for a good two years.\nIn the end, I think that the people I trusted always came through for me with their reactions, and anyone I haven't trusted has always disappointed me. Even now I get it with my scars: I told my work colleagues a few weeks ago, and they were so so lovely about it, and it reminded me that people can be kind.\nMy biggest problem with this one was that it wasn't always my choice. Now that I'm just left with my scars most people don't even notice that I used to self-harm, or if they do they rarely say anything. Sadly when I was at my worst it was hard to cover up, and when my parents found out I was devastated. It's something that to this day I can't talk to them about willingly because it was forced out of me all those years ago. It created a massive rift in our relationship, and the mental state that I was in at the time made sure that it took a while for that rift to be repaired.\nOpening up about something so personal, so taboo, and so generally misunderstood is always going to be tough. Choosing whether or not to open up to someone is really hard, and as time has gone on I've tried to do it more and more. You see, now I want people to understand what I went through, so that they can realise that someone they know self-harmed: it's not a far off crisis that exists in an alternate world, but something that real people have to deal with. Now I don't mind people asking me what makes them curious about it, as long as we're good friends, because I hope that it can help them break down the stigma to others. Back when I was in my deepest darkest mental health pit, however, I wouldn't have been able to answer any questions, and I wouldn't have wanted to.\nThis was something I struggled with for so long. I found that when I was self harming I was stuck in this paradox of not wanting to get better and desperately wanting to get better. It sounds confusing, but it was my coping mechanism: I couldn't imagine what I would do without it. The very notion of recovery was terrifying, and it took me a long time to accept that I simply couldn't carry on living in the way I was.\nBeing at uni meant there were a whole host of things I could do in terms of getting help, but I was too anxious to try any of them other than speaking to my GP. Unfortunately for me this didn't go to plan. I was turned away twice from the GP and refused help because I had no plans for suicide (seriously). I was distraught, and it just made me think that my self harm wasn't really an issue, when in fact it was taking over my life. Any self harm on any level is concerning, and if you need help to deal with it then you need help.\nAfter another two years of not wanting to see any more GPs, I went to a completely different doctors and was finally offered all the help I needed. I got to choose whether or not I had therapy, what form of therapy it would be and whether or not I wanted tablets to help me. It was so so much better than my first attempts at seeking help, and I only wish the first set of doctors I saw could have been more understanding.\nRecovering and relapsing\nIn truth, I wouldn't be able to turn around and say 'this is what I did to recover, this is what worked and what didn't work for me and here is a step by step instruction of how to recover'. Recovery was (is) a long process for me, and I started off in a truly scary place. I read tonnes and tonnes of infographics all about things you could do to help stop self harming and none of them worked. That was really quite demoralising. As well as this, I didn't have any help from the NHS, and my mind was genuinely trying to convince itself that it did want to recover.\nAt the beginning I spent far more time convinced that I would never be able to recover than I did spending time trying to recover. It just seemed impossible, made me stressed, upset me and made my self-esteem go crashing down. But, I had an amazing amount of support from my boyfriend. I wouldn't even be able to count the number of times he just held me whilst I cried, upset that my mind could turn against me in this way. Or times that he encouraged me to look to other things to help destress. Or stayed up with me so I didn't have to fall asleep first. Or stayed in with me so I wouldn't be alone and therefore able to self-harm. And it was really shit at first. I was angry that someone was trying to take my ability to self harm away from me. And I mean really, really angry. I couldn't understand why he couldn't just leave me be and accept, like I had, that I just wouldn't be able to recover.\nIt's a weird thing to look back and wonder if you would have even made it this far without one person. I'm not saying that he was the be all and end all of why I recovered. I worked really fucking hard to do that every day for a good three years. And I still have to fight the urges, recoil from triggers and give myself an internal pep talk about it sometimes now, almost four years on from when my self harming was at its worst.\nThe weirdest thing about recovery was that I expected it to be a process rather than an on/off switch of self-harming. I'd seen all those little pitcures of graphs with the squiggly arrow going in a mass of directions rather than diagonally up in order to show what recovery is like. But I only expected it to be like that for a short time. I expected that squiggly line to straighten out within a few months. I wasn't ready for the fact that years on, I might relapse, and get a good ol' squiggle in my line. It happens, and I'm learning to live with that. I've accepted that I might not stay self harm free forever, but it's been a year since my last relapse, and I'm happy with that, for now.\nI hope this was helpful to people that are struggling. Here's my video all about my story:\nLabels: lifestyle, mental health, recover, self harm, trigger warning, tw\nThanks so much for sharing your story, Steph. I have no doubt that somebody will read this and feel loved and understood, maybe for the first time in her or his life. Everybody knows mental illness is stigmatised, but self-harm is stigmatised and misunderstood even more so, as your experience shows.\nAlso, your boyfriend sounds wonderful.\nI have a little tattoo on my left wrist. That's my scar, and my reminder.\nI really hope it does help someone. I really do think self-harm is misunderstood a lot more than some other mental illnesses, and I hope that changes soon\nGrace O'Reilly 1/12/16 13:08\nHey Steph! I found your blog super informative and a really interesting, well rounded read and wondered whether you would be interested in helping me out with a project? Contact me on w2m84@students.keele.ac.uk if you want to know more! :)\nI'm glad it was useful. You're welcome to find my contact details and email me through there about it", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 183, "original_length": 15407, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 247.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.oakha.org/OHA-PD/Calea-Accreditation/Pages/default.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:04Z", "digest": "sha1:F7NXETIS5XFYWZKKZDXYJKIABK2N46JD", "length": 2499, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.oakha.org", "title": "CALEA Accreditation", "raw_content": "Oakland Housing Authority > Police Department > CALEA Accreditation\nCALEA Accreditation CALEA Accreditation\nThe Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies\u200b, Inc., (CALEA), was established as an independent law enforcement agency accrediting authority in 1979 by the four major law enforcement membership associations in the United States: International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP); National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE); National Sheriffs' Association (NSA); and Police Executive Research Forum\u200b (PERF\u200b). The executive directors of these four associations appoint members to the Commission annually; an endorsement requires a majority vote for each appointment.\nThe Commission has 21 members\u200b: eleven are law enforcement practitioners; the remaining ten are selected from the public and private sectors. Commissioners are appointed to a three-year term. The position of commissioner is voluntary, and while commissioners receive no salary, travel expenses and a per diem allowance are paid when they conduct Commission business.\nCALEA derives its general authority from the four major law enforcement membership associations mentioned above, whose members represent approximately 80% of the law enforcement professionals in the United States. The Commission derives its accreditation authority from those agencies that voluntarily participate in the accreditation program.\nSuccessful completion of the accreditation program requires commitment from all levels of an organization, starting with the chief executive officer and continuing through all levels. To foster commitment, a decision to participate should be voluntary. To this end, the Commission insures that accreditation is and will continue to be voluntary.\nIn addition to receiving international recognition for achieving excellence, the primary benefits of accreditation are a management model, ability to provide better service to the community, controlled liability insurance costs, administrative improvements, greater accountability from supervisors, and increased governmental and community support.\nThe Oakland Housing Authority Police Department is proud to be one of thirteen law enforcement organizations in California to receive accreditation. The Department received its first accreditation in March of 1999, and received re-accreditation in 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2014 and 2017. The Accreditation Manager is Sergeant Paul Malech.\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\nCopyright \u00a9 2012 CALEA Accreditation", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 117, "original_length": 4393, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 202.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.oasischiyu.com/what-we-grow.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:21Z", "digest": "sha1:RYFT5DUNLH3PVO445B2NDAMLUZOU33M3", "length": 331, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.oasischiyu.com", "title": "What we grow? - Oasis Chiy\u00fa in Las Conchas, Guatemala", "raw_content": "What we grow?\nCacao, Lime, Bananas, Majunche, Pineapple, Mango, Coconut, Papaya, peanuts, Malanga, Yuca, Camote, Green onion, Cardamon, Mint, All spice, Sugar cane, Chaya, Ram\u00f3n, flowers and more. Also, several varieties of hardwoods for reforestation and future use on our Lodge: Cedar, Teak, Santa Maria, Mahogany, and many more.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 32, "original_length": 703, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.85, "perplexity": 330.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.oatkafc.org/history.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:15Z", "digest": "sha1:7AFFVQZ4FXWDXAJPL6RLSQD3N6JXREHA", "length": 686, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.oatkafc.org", "title": "Our History & Mission", "raw_content": "Rest in peace Jakob Zimpfer\nOur hearts and prayers go out to his family & friends.\nRules, Regulations, etc.\nOATKA Southern Tier Junior Football League complies with and abides by the official high school football playing rules and spirit rules published by the National Federation of State High School Athletic Association.\nOur primary purpose....\nThis league is designed to encourage athletic endeavors, to promote the physical, mental, and moral development of children, by providing the means through which the individual child shall receive education and instruction in football and cheerleading, to develop a sense of fair play, honest and fair competition, and true sportsmanship.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 25, "original_length": 948, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 198.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ogpnews.com/2018/11/a-single-missing-gene-leads-to-miscarriage/33924", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:36Z", "digest": "sha1:3T7EVW6U3ZIVLUIGKSFWMGRQE23ZPKQ2", "length": 3777, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.ogpnews.com", "title": "A single missing gene leads to miscarriage | Obs Gynae & Midwifery News \u2013 Incorporating Women's Health", "raw_content": "A single gene of the mother plays such a crucial role in the development of the placenta that its dysfunction leads to miscarriages.\nResearchers from the Medical Faculty of Ruhr-Universit\u00e4t Bochum (RUB) have observed this in so-called knockout mice that were specifically modified for this purpose. These mice lack the gene for the transcription factor Math6. By conducting further analyses, the research team is now hoping to gain new insights into the role the gene plays in recurrent miscarriage in humans. The researchers headed by Professor Beate Brand-Saberi published their results in the journal Scientific Reports.\nTranscription factors regulate the expression of downstream genes. Math6 plays a significant role in a number of organs during prenatal development as well as in the adult organism. The knockout mice generated at RUB lack the gene for the transcription factor Math6.\n\u201cConsidering the consequences caused by the lacking gene, conclusions can be drawn regarding its function,\u201d explains Beate Brand-Saberi, Head of the Department of Anatomy and Embryology.\nShe and her team successfully demonstrated that \u2013 contrary to previous assumptions \u2013 embryonic development is not disrupted when Math6 is switched off. \u201cHowever, embryos and foetuses die due to placenta problems,\u201d says the researcher. The development of the placenta, which is made up from maternal and foetal tissue, is vital for supplying the embryos resp. foetuses with nutrients during pregnancy.\nIn a first step, the research team successfully localised the expression of Math6 in the placenta of mice during different stages of gestation and measured its volumes. In the process, it emerged that the gene activity spikes at the beginning of pregnancy.\nIn the Math6 knockout mouse, it is in particular the maternal portion of the placenta that presents deficiencies. \u201cIts shape is altered and fewer blood vessels are formed,\u201d describes first-time author Marion B\u00f6ing, whose dissertation constitutes the basis of the research project. As a result, haemorrhaging occurs during pregnancy, resulting in foetal death.\nBy cross-mating mice, researchers noticed that this disorder occurs only if the pregnant female lacks both parental copies of the Math6 gene. When the researchers mated females lacking only one copy of the gene with males lacking both copies, the placenta formed in the normal way.\n\u201cConsequently, the disorder depends on the genetic makeup of the mother, not on that of the embryos,\u201d concludes Beate Brand-Saberi. \u201cMath6 expression in the female appears to be essential to sustain pregnancy and supply the foetuses with nutrients. The fact that one single gene of the mother plays such a crucial role for placental development is a very rare, but very important observation,\u201d continues the researcher.\nThe project has laid the foundation for further studies of the placenta. In the future, the researchers intend to analyse the underlying mechanism in-depth, in order to gain a better understanding of complications and of recurrent pregnancy loss in humans.\nPicture caption: Marion B\u00f6ing, Beate Brand-Saberi und Markus Napirei (from the left) are hoping to gain new insights into the role a single gene plays in recurrent miscarriage in humans. RUB, Kramer. This image may only be used for reporting about the content of the press release \u201cA single missing gene leads to miscarriage\u201d by Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, published in October 2018.\nReference: Marion B\u00f6ing, Beate Brand-Saberi, Markus Napirei: Murine transcription factor Math6 is a regulator of placenta development, in: Scientific Reports 2018, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-33387-x\n3D MRI predicts pregnancies complicated by foetal growth restriction\nGMC to reduce the stress on doctors by piloting fitness to practise changes", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 81, "original_length": 5895, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 309.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ohioquotes.com/latest-news/ohio-student-health-insurance-a21.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:45:59Z", "digest": "sha1:FN6JZKWAQ3Y3QJWGZ52FLXOE5X4UAL2H", "length": 13116, "nlines": 43, "source_domain": "www.ohioquotes.com", "title": "Best Health Insurance For Ohio College Students - Compare Rates", "raw_content": "Best Health Insurance For Ohio College Students - Compare Rates\nIndividual student health insurance plans in Ohio are very affordable and provide all required benefits you need. We show you high-quality policies at the least expensive rate. You can easily apply online for quick coverage. Office visits, OBGYN exams and prescriptions are typically included with only a small copay.\nPreventive benefits are covered at 100% and outstanding protection for inpatient, outpatient and ER are generally included. Student Medical Center coverage on campus is often considered inside the network, and therefore included in a policy. Even if you're on a tight budget, there are several excellent options.\nDuring Open Enrollment and other parts of the year, if you qualify for a federal subsidy, most of your premium can be paid by the federal government, and all pre-existing conditions will be covered. If you are currently listed on a parent's plan, several low-cost options are offered. If you are ineligible for financial aid to lower your rate, there are still many affordable options that provide comprehensive benefits. Until age 26, you can remain on a parent's policy.\nBefore determining which option is the most affordable, it is important to understand the health insurance requirement of the college. Here in Ohio, each university has different compulsory coverage. Whether you are attending Miami, Ohio State, Toledo, Cincinnati, Kent State, Bowling Green, or any other school, there will be slight differences in the specific mandatory benefits.\nTypically, Buckeye State colleges require office visit, prescription and major medical coverage. You may be required to select a deductible of $3,000 or less, or include maternity, mental health and Urgent-Care facility benefits. Maximum out-of-pocket expenses are capped, and inpatient and outpatient therapy may be required. Additional information regarding the ACA legislation that impacts these mandates can be found here.\nWe have listed below several of the most common requirements, which are also recommended by the American College Health Association Standards for Student Health Insurance Plans. Institutions of higher education adhere to these standards for completely insured and self-funded plans.\n1. As a condition of full-time enrollment, proof of qualified healthcare coverage must be provided.\n2. Provided plans must act and perform as if they are the primary coverage (not secondary or supplementary) of the student. Thus, preventative, major medical, office visit, prescription drug, mental health, and pre-existing conditions must be covered.\n3. Fiduciary responsibility management.\n4. Full and complete compliance of all federal and state regulations.\n5. Student staff and other persons affiliated with the program, help determine plan options.\n6. Annual review of program costs and benefits.\n7. Insurance companies, agents, brokers, and all service providers must disclose expenses and fees.\nWe'll carefully review the requirements of your school and find the private plan that provides the benefits that are needed. But we don't stop there. Many personal student plans contain important coverage that university policies omit, and we feel it's important to have them included in the policy you select. Also, if you are in graduate school, you'll still be able to purchase coverage.\nBuying Your Own Policy Vs. School Policy\nThere are several advantages when you purchase your own coverage. Generally, your catastrophic benefit is significantly higher, since there is no lifetime maximum of covered benefits. Also, you can use off-campus medical facilities, giving you a much broader choice of options. However, sometimes, remaining on a parent's group or private plan is the best option, depending on the cost of adding a dependent.\nRoutine office visits, specialist visits and non-generic prescription coverage will tend to be more comprehensive under an individual plan. And this can be a big money-saver if you develop a condition that requires expensive visits to specialists and non-formulary prescriptions. If you take medication that must be renewed each month, once again, a private policy may offer you more flexibility regarding where you can go to have the prescription filled.\nWhen you carry your own policy, it's likely that your network extends throughout the entire country. If you visit or vacation in another state, or even transfer to a different college, you can still keep your coverage. If you develop a serious medical condition that requires extensive treatment, you can also keep your policy.\nLarger carriers such as Aetna, Humana, UnitedHealthcare, and Cigna feature nationwide provider networks. However, Medical Mutual, SummaCare, and Oscar typically do not feature as many national (and sometimes local) options, especially if you require a specialist or specific facility treatment.\nUniversity Health Insurance Plans In Ohio\nMost universities in the state offer their own options. Each policy must be ACA-compliant and contain 10 \"Essential Health Benefits\" as required by the Obamacare legislation.\nOhio State University - All OSU domestic and international students are required to have healthcare benefits if they are actively enrolled (half-time) in a degree program (six credit hours for undergraduates and four hours for professional and graduate). The 2018-2019 rate per semester is $1,628 for a single student, $3,252 for a student and spouse, or a student and one child, $4,878 for a student, spouse, and one or two children, $4,878 for a student and two children, and $6,504 for a student, spouse, and two or more children. Outside of the enrollment period, a qualified exception is needed to apply for coverage.\nUnitedHealthcare underwrites the plan, offering a $20 copay of primary-care physician and specialist office visits. Preventative benefits are included with no copay or coinsurance, and Urgent Care visits are subject to only a $25 copay. The policy deductibles for Franklin County providers are $500 per person and $1,500 per family. The policy deductibles outside of Franklin County are $150 and $350.\nGeneric, preferred brand, and non-preferred brand drugs are subject to 10%, 20%, and 50% coinsurance respectively. Medical procedures, diagnostic tests, and office visits performed at the Wilce Student Health Center are not subject to copays, coinsurance, or a deductible. Network coverage is also available outside of the Columbus area.\nOhio University (Athens) Students enrolled in five or more credit hours are required to secure coverage. The rate per semester is $1,090 for a student or spouse. Each additional child also costs $1,090. However, the cost for two or more children is capped at $2,180. For students initially enrolling in the Spring of 2019, prices are higher.\nUnitedHealthcare continues to offer coverage with a Platinum-level plan. The deductibles remain low ($150 per person and $300 per family), with an out-of-pocket expenses maximum of $1,500 per person, and $3,000 per family (assuming network utilization). Treatment at the OUCC (including office visits) is covered with a $15 copay. Pharmacy benefits are provided for Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3 drugs with copays of $15, $30, and $45 respectively. The 90-day supply copay is discounted. The Campus Care Pharmacy copays are $5, $20, and $35.\nGlobal emergency services are provided when a student is more than 100 miles away from the campus, home, or while studying abroad. A 24/7 physician service (Healthiest You) is also included in the benefit package. The telehealth service provides a toll-free number that can save money, time, and offer a quick medical response in specific situations.\nBowling Green utilizes Aetna for their student medical coverage. Two plans (Plan 1 and Plan 2) are offered. Full-time domestic students much purchase coverage (or show proof of other qualified benefits). International students are required to purchase Plan 2.\nPlan 1 has a $2,000 deductible with maximum out-of-pocket expenses of $7,150. Office visits are subject to a $25 copay and 20% coinsurance. Diagnostic tests are subject only to 20% coinsurance. Copays for generic, preferred brand, non-preferred brand, and specialty drugs are $15, $30, $45, and $100 respectively. Urgent Care visits are subject to a $35 copay and 20% coinsurance. ER visits are subject to 20% coinsurance.\nPlan 2 has a $500 deductible with maximum out-of-pocket expenses of $7,150. Office visits are subject to a $25 copay and 20% coinsurance. Diagnostic tests are subject only to 20% coinsurance. Copays for generic, preferred brand, non-preferred brand, and specialty drugs are $15, $30, $45, and $100 respectively. Urgent Care visits are subject to a $35 copay and 20% coinsurance. ER visits are subject to 20% coinsurance.\nThe University of Toledo (pictured above) has a mandatory coverage rule if you are enrolled in six or more hours of classes. The Main Campus Medical Center provides proximity and the cheapest copays and out-of-pocket cost. Bronze, Silver, Gold, and a supplemental plan are offered. The Anthem Blue Cross provider network is available for Tier 2 coverage. The deductibles for the three levels are $800, $600, and $400, with maximum coinsurance of $6,250, $5,250, and $4,250.\nBut the cost is not cheap. The annual student cost of the Bronze plan is $1,962 (student only) $7,181 (student and spouse), and $10,304 (family). The Silver plan cost is 2,452 (student only) $8,976 (student and spouse), and $12,880 (family). The Gold plan cost is 3,065 (student only) $11,221 (student and spouse), and $16,100 (family).\nThe University of Cincinnati provides a UnitedHealthcare plan that is similar to \"Gold-tier\" contracts that are available on the Marketplace. The deductible is $500, with 20% coinsurance and maximum out-of-pocket expenses of $5,000. The ER copay is $150 and 20%, for in-network and non-network treatment. Office visits and Urgent Care visits must meet policy deductible. Generic and brand name prescription drug copays are $15 and $30.\nAnnual rates (one person) are $1,232 for each semester (Fall and Spring). The Summer semester rate is $597. Additional annual rates are $4,494 (student plus one child under age 18), $4,928 (student plus spouse or child age 18 or older), $6,524 (student plus children under age 18), $7,392 (student plus spouse and child age 18 or older), and $9,856 (student plus spouse plus children age 18 or older).\nThe University of Dayton does not offer healthcare benefits to students. However, they do require that all students provide proof that they are covered under a private contract. International students have more rigorous requirements, including deductibles of $500 (or less), $50,000 of medical evacuation, and at least $25,000 of repatriation to your home country. The Student Health Center (Gosiger Hall) is available to law students and undergraduates at no charge.\nMedical Mutual, Anthem BCBS, CareSource, Ambetter and Molina are popular private plan options for persons that live in the Dayton area. Montgomery County offers many local providers that accept multiple insurers and their discounted rates.\nAn individual policy is likely to cost much less, although there will be different levels of deductibles and coinsurance provided. We'll provide an unbiased comparison of your specific school policy and a private plan from a major carrier such as Anthem Blue Cross, UnitedHealthcare, Medical Mutual, Humana, Kaiser, SummaCare or Aetna. It's likely that many cheap medical plans will be offered.\nIf you have a pre-existing condition (whether you are actively being treated for it or not), it will automatically be covered. You also may be able to receive a subsidy (earlier discussed) that can potentially pay most of your premium. We can quickly determine your eligibility and amount of financial aid you can receive.\nIn many instances, the policy you have may be less expensive than the plan that your new employer offers. And due to the new healthcare laws, many employers may opt to pay a small fine instead of offering benefits to employees. In those situations, you may keep your policy, despite no longer being enrolled in any type of school.\nStudent plans are also very flexible. Many different types of billing methods are available, and a policy can be canceled without a penalty at any time. Most Ohio plans are \"PPO\" based although a few \"HMO\" contracts are available. However, the \"HMO\" options may not be the best choice since coverage is limited to only portions of the state.\nAlso, certain carriers only offer coverage in small areas. For example, Oscar provides very competitive pricing, but outside of the Cleveland and Columbus areas, it may be difficult to find local network providers. SummaCare also offers outstanding products in 40 counties in Northeastern Ohio. But outside of that area, an alternative company should be chosen.\nPlease feel free to contact us if you would like to compare student rates from the top-rated companies. You can also view rates by utilizing the quote box at the top of the page or by calling or emailing us.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 83, "original_length": 14334, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 239.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.onchanting.com/2006/03/296-play.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:11Z", "digest": "sha1:ITBVC4GSYNHJSVGHI3HQCQKYL2TC567N", "length": 1764, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.onchanting.com", "title": "on chanting: 296. Play", "raw_content": "On Purim I think finally understood that play, which comes so easily when we're young and seems to become more and more difficult as we get older, is like this midrash: Before we were born, we knew all the wisdom of Torah. But once we emerged into the world, God put a finger to our lips and instructed us to forget and keep it forever secret. (That's why we have a little indentation above our lips.) I think that children still remember bits of this amazing knowledge, which is why they're able to focus so fervently on joy in ways adults cannot. A friend of mine, in a beautiful d'var Torah on Parashat Terumah, noted that atop the tabernacle sat figures of two cherubs. And God's presence within the Holy of Holies was in just one place: that spot where each child's gaze met the other's. We're closest to God when we can remember what it was like to be a child, when we let others take us by the hand and we felt safe enough to focus all our energies on the wonder of the path ahead.\nI cannot, when I chant, think about anything else but chanting. Sometimes I wish I could--I want to be calm, in control, not afraid that my breath will be whisked out of my chest. But I always end up surrendering to awe and stage fright, as if a strong wind could blow me over if I lost focus or let go of the anchoring yad for even a second. I leap into the first word with no choice but to trust my memory or, if that doesn't work, the rabbis standing on each side and the people all around, an embrace of ears and eyes who read along and want me to get it right. When, mid-leap, I do remember that I'm safe enough to take a chance and let my heart be open and naked, chanting really does become like play--so joyful I think I can still hear God whispering a secret or two.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 250, "original_length": 6331, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 339.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.orthomorphy.co.uk/hidden-pains/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:27Z", "digest": "sha1:V3BVLGXXRHGJZGPPKKS62GW5UGJY723L", "length": 5718, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.orthomorphy.co.uk", "title": "Orthomorphy", "raw_content": "Unless you are a masochist, avoidance of pain is a normal reaction. Nature, in its kindness, has provided us with reflexes that allow us to escape painful stimuli. Without these mechanisms life would be unbearable.\nImagine that you\u2019ve just sprained your ankle. At the beginning, you avoid using your injured foot. But you are impatient to walk, and as soon as the pain has decreased you attempt to do so \u2013 with an odd gait. Walking normally would be painful, so you adopt, more or less consciously, a funny but painless walk. In M\u00e9zi\u00e8res parlance, you are under the influence of an Antalgic Reflex a posteriori. Antalgic means \u2018alleviating pain\u2019, and a posteriori means \u2018from what comes after\u2019. So, an antalgic reflex a posteriori represents the \u2018grimaces\u2019 the body makes after feeling pain, in order to alleviate it. It is a simple and well-known phenomenon.\nLife is not always as simple, though. There are times when we use an antalgic reflex even before we perceive a pain. It is not hypochondriacal behaviour; a painful condition really exists, but before it can be felt consciously it is quickly and subconsciously avoided. Fran\u00e7oise M\u00e9zi\u00e8res, who, with her acute sense of observation, discovered this strange reflex and named it the Antalgic Reflex a priori (ARAP).\nARAP (which should not be mistaken with referred pain) offers the body a subterfuge from pain. Before you know it, without consulting you, the body can conceal a pain and preserve a fragile comfort. We can be in pain and yet not know it: a painless pain! That may sound very useful, but don\u2019t congratulate yourself too quickly for having such a mechanism at your disposal. There is a price to pay.\nIt is quite true, as Harry Lindlhar (well-respected American Naturopath of the 1920s) said: \u201cA repressed pain is a deferred pain.\u201d Contrary to appearances, the ARAP is surely not the result of the body\u2019s wisdom. It is not better than a pain killer since it does not remove any cause; but in the same way, it makes us ignore the cause, and ignorance is bliss only up to a point.\nThe comfort that ARAP affords us is unstable and precarious. To silence pain, the body will take extreme measures. It will resort to various forms of misalignments, distortions, twists, and deformations to gag the disturbing pain. It can also lead to hyper-active, fidgety, or other awkward behaviours. Things progressively worsen, developing into serious conditions such as pain, arthritis, atrophy, disability, contractures, ankylosis, numbness, pins and needles. Osteoarthritis of the hip, \u2018frozen\u2019 shoulder, and scoliosis, for example, are symptoms often deriving from ARAP. This pain-avoidance mechanism can even go as far as provoking pseudo-paralysis. Whatever the resulting symptoms are, pain usually results. The avoidance of pain in the end produces more pain!\nThe pathological outcome of ARAP always develops at a distance from the original site of the subterfuged pain; and to try unrelentingly to \u2018cure\u2019 these symptoms is a waste of effort which often aggravates the existing condition. Under the influence of ARAP, the cause is never where the pain or disability is. It is somewhere else and has to be found to ensure a successful treatment. Physical therapists who are unaware of the tricks played by ARAP, may be misled into erroneous diagnosis and misguided treatments.\nA good example, chosen from M\u00e9zi\u00e8res\u2019 case studies, will help you understand the complexity and importance of the workings of ARAP. A man crippled with sciatica is brought to M\u00e9zi\u00e8res. The patient cannot walk and needs help to get undressed and to lie down on the floor, in the supine position. M\u00e9zi\u00e8res then proceeded to lift up the legs in an attempt to lengthen the whole dorsal musculature, and in particular the lumbar region. The patient has great difficulty in extending his legs, he complains and become agitated. M\u00e9zi\u00e8res, noticing that his head is constantly leaning on one side, asks an assistant to hold the legs while she goes to the head. The palpation of the neck reveals that the 3rd cervical vertebra is seriously misaligned. After stretching the muscles that hold this vertebra in a wrong place, the patient stops complaining and his legs stop \u2018fighting\u2019. He can now get up, get dressed and walk, without any problem.\nI am myself working now on a patient in his 30s who has no serious complaints, apart from occasional pain in the back of the thighs.\nWhen he is in a supine position and I lift his straight legs to the vertical, his pelvis goes up as well. When I ask him to lower the pelvis to the floor, his knees bend, especially the left which keeps escaping all my attempts to correct it. If any progress is made, my patient automatically compensates by a shift of the pelvis to the right. When I succeed in making my patient lower his pelvis in a straight and vertical direction, his left leg shakes, bends, and turns inward. Apart from a slight discomfort in his stretched hamstrings, he does not feel any pain. On two occasions I succeeded in coaxing him close to a correct posture but he promptly managed to escape my efforts, as if fear was guiding his reactions. I am sure that this is the effects of an ARAP. The patient has a precognition that straightening his left leg will produce a sharp pain and this I suspect will come from the lower back. I am confident that the latent pain, hidden in the lower back, will be revealed once we manage to \u2018brake\u2019 the defence mechanism of the ARAP. Once expressed, the cause of the pain will be removed by the relaxation of the contracture in the lumbar region.\nWhat is the origin of these phantom pains that hide behind the ARAP? Next month we will see whether there is any truth in the adage \u2018no pain, no gain\u2019!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 175, "original_length": 9257, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 290.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.outlandishobservations.com/2015/09/good-news-for-uk-fans.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:39:37Z", "digest": "sha1:7EDPMCWHGOK3ELSLIRMYHVNCVMJDNND6", "length": 1091, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.outlandishobservations.com", "title": "Outlandish Observations: Good news for UK fans!", "raw_content": "Good news today for UK fans! First of all, the Collector's Edition of OUTLANDER Season 1 is now available on Blu-ray and DVD! (This is the complete Season 1, all 16 episodes.)\nHere's the description of the Collector's Edition, from Amazon.co.uk:\nA specially curated Deluxe Collector\u2019s Edition will also be available for Outlander fans to own early on 28 September on DVD and Blu-ray. In addition to extensive special features, the Deluxe Collector\u2019s Edition boasts exclusive packaging with a gold foiled slip case, five collectible art cards and a 64-page book with photographs, excerpts from the script and an introduction from author Diana Gabaldon.\"\nPlease note: the regular DVD/Blu-ray version will not be released until October 26, but the Collector's Edition is available now.\nAlso, Amazon.co.uk is running a contest where UK fans can win a visit to the set of the OUTLANDER TV series! Contest ends Sunday, October 4th. Look here for the entry form and more information about the contest.\nPlease pass this information along to anyone you know in the UK who might be interested. Thanks!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 208, "original_length": 6370, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 177.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780195396584/obo-9780195396584-0055.xml", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:06Z", "digest": "sha1:Y4WMGIX3UTZBVJZO4OO464ZO7WBYEN3C", "length": 5953, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "www.oxfordbibliographies.com", "title": "France - Medieval Studies - Oxford Bibliographies", "raw_content": "In This Article France\nFeudal Society (and Mutation de l\u2019an mil, Mutation f\u00e9odale)\nRoyal Ideology and Authority\nNobility and Knighthood\nAristocratic Family\nThe Crusades and Heresy\nReligion, Society, and Culture\nRegions of Medieval France\nRobert F. Berkhofer\nThe subject category of \u201cmedieval France\u201d bespeaks an Anglo-American approach to periods of French history, rather than a French one. The enduring importance of the French Revolution in France places makes the ancien r\u00e9gime (the entire period before 1789) the dominant division for French scholarship, publishing, and even archival structures. Even so, the prominence of medievalists as public intellectuals in France has assured that the moyen \u00e2ge (variously dated from the 5th to the 15th century) is a large category in any French bookstore. In consequence, French textbooks, journals, bibliographies, and reference works often emphasize periods different from those written in English. Another important issue is whether an entity called \u201cFrance\u201d meaningfully existed in the Middle Ages. Although most scholars assert medieval origins for the kingdom of France, their opinions about when it came to be vary depending upon the answer to a fundamental question: what is medieval France? Traditional scholarship stressed the importance of monarchy (especially the Capetian dynasty, 987\u20131328) as a unifying force among diverse principalities, although the kingdom\u2019s borders did not resemble the modern ones until after 1500. In consequence, the importance of Merovingian \u201cFrancia,\u201d and even of the Carolingian realm, for the formation of any later kingdom of France was deemphasized by both 19th-century scholars infused by post-Revolution nationalism (as set against royalism), as well as by 20th-century scholars seeking a distinctive French national identity (to contrast with a German one, in light of the two world wars). More recent French scholarship is frequently divided by geography\u2014either roughly by linguistic zones between the north and south, or by medieval lordships. These divisions have resulted from a tradition of regional studies, inspired by the Annales school, the leading historical approach in postwar France, which had an enormous influence over historical training at universities (see the bibliography Regions of Medieval France). At the same time, English-language scholarship about medieval France stressed different subjects, such as the aristocratic family, women, and the crusades and heresy, which highlighted different approaches, chronologies, and even geographies than did French scholarship. These streams of historiography began to merge in the later 1990s, and in the 21st century there has been increasing mutual influence. This bibliography highlights English-language scholarship and seeks to provide points of entry to French scholarship, in translation if possible.\nSince French historians tend to subordinate the medieval period to the longer ancien r\u00e9gime, French overviews tend to be sweeping. However, the tradition of soliciting major scholars to write them as a series assures quality of treatment and, often, incisive interpretations. One such series is the Nouvelle histoire de la France m\u00e9di\u00e9vale, of which the most relevant volumes are Theis 1990, Barth\u00e9lemy 1990, and Bourin-Derruau 1990. The volumes of the New Cambridge Medieval History offer more concise narratives (see McKitterick 1995, Reuter 2000, Luscombe 2004, Abulafia 1999, and Jones 2000). For particular periods, or for greater detail, see the entries under Textbooks.\nAbulafia, David, ed. The New Cambridge Medieval History. Vol. 5. c. 1198\u2013c. 1300. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1999.\nSee chapter 11, \u201cThe Capetians from the Death of Philip II to Philip IV,\u201d by William Chester Jordan. Also includes separate treatments of Burgundy and Flanders.\nBarth\u00e9lemy, Dominique. Nouvelle histoire de la France m\u00e9di\u00e9vale. Vol. 3, L\u2019ordre seigneurial: XIe\u2013XIIe si\u00e8cle. Paris: Seuil, 1990.\nEmphasizes lordship, knighthood, and relations with the crown; less revisionist than author\u2019s subsequent work.\nBourin-Derruau, Monique. Nouvelle histoire de la France m\u00e9di\u00e9vale. Vol. 4, Temps d\u2019\u00e9quilibres, temps de ruptures: XIIIe si\u00e8cle. Paris: Seuil, 1990.\nStrong on society and economy and treats both north and south.\nJones, Michael, ed. The New Cambridge Medieval History. Vol. 6, c. 1300\u2013c. 1415. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000.\nA chronological narrative is provided in the chapter titled \u201cFrance,\u201d by Michael Jones and Fran\u00e7oise Autrand. This is the only volume of the series that acknowledges the existence of medieval France without qualification.\nLuscombe, David, ed. The New Cambridge Medieval History. Vol. 4, c. 1024\u2013c. 1198 (Part 2). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2004.\nChronological narratives are provided in the chapters \u201cThe Kingdom of the Franks to 1108\u201d (Constance Bouchard), and \u201cThe Kingdom of the Franks from Louis VI to Philip II\u201d (John Baldwin and Michel Bur).\nMcKitterick, Rosamund, ed. The New Cambridge Medieval History. Vol. 2, c. 700\u2013c. 900. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1995.\nChronological narratives are provided in the chapters \u201cFrankish Gaul to 814\u201d (Paul Fouracre) and \u201cThe Frankish Kingdoms, 814\u2013898: The West\u201d (Janet L. Nelson).\nReuter, Timothy, ed. The New Cambridge Medieval History. Vol. 3, c. 900\u2013c. 1024. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2000.\nResists the notion that there is a \u201cFrance.\u201d Chronological narratives of various regions include: \u201cLotharingia\u201d (Michel Parisse); \u201cBurgundy and Provence, 879\u20131032\u201d (Constance Brittain Bouchard); \u201cWest Francia: The Kingdom\u201d (Jean Dunbabin); \u201cWest Francia: The Northern Principalities,\u201d (David Bates); and \u201cWest Francia: The Southern Principalities\u201d (Michel Zimmermann).\nTheis, Laurent. L\u2019h\u00e9ritage des Charles: De la mort de Charlemagne aux environs de l\u2019an mil. Paris: Seuil, 1990.\nStrongest on the transition from last Carolingians to Capetians.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 453, "original_length": 14480, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 253.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.oxforddnb.com/browse?btog=chap&pageSize=20&sort=titlesort&t_0=OccupationsAndRealmsOfRenown%3A294&t_1=OccupationsAndRealmsOfRenown%3A1535&t_2=OccupationsAndRealmsOfRenown%3A254", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:18Z", "digest": "sha1:HVART4VGSPTFT4DHAAOE25WAZ47IIXHR", "length": 324, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.oxforddnb.com", "title": "Search Results | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", "raw_content": "Robinson, Sir David (1904\u20131987), entrepreneur and benefactor\nRobinson, Sir David (1904\u20131987), entrepreneur and benefactor, was born on 13 April 1904 in Cambridge, the third of the six sons and nine children of Herbert Robinson, cycle shop and later garage owner, and his wife, Rosie Emily Tricker. He was educated at the ...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 169, "original_length": 5854, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 125.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.pajiba.com/trade_news/all-the-marvel-news-fit-to-print.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:06Z", "digest": "sha1:6JRKALTW4IL4KGMY5OX2HHLWRTKU44BM", "length": 2002, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.pajiba.com", "title": "All The Marvel News Fit to Print", "raw_content": "All The Marvel News Fit to Print\nBy Steven Lloyd Wilson | Industry | January 23, 2013 |\nOh wait, sorry about that, the title is supposed to read \"NOT fit to print\". Definitely missing a negatory in there, because these bits about Marvel are not suited for publication in the least. At least one of them is a public health hazard and can induce spontaneous abortion in women who aren't even pregnant.\nFirst up, we've got \"leaked\" pictures of the first day on set with the SHIELD television series. And I don't care if it runs for seven seasons and a movie, I'm not typing all of those periods even once. They're only \"leaked\" under the special meaning of that word that means \"intentionally uploaded to an official website\" but the English language is flexible. We've always been at war with Eastasia you know.\nHere's a picture of Maurissa Tancharoen's chair:\nOh cute, all the periods I won't type ended up on her chair. I'm sure writing all words with acronym periods all the time won't G.E.T. O.L.D. A.T. A.L.L. And here's the hottest picture you'll ever get out of a television show. The heater:\nFinally, we've got Joss at the end of The Blair Witch Project:\nI could go off on a rant about the pointlessness of these pictures, but that's just what they want me to do. That Whedon is trying to get into our heads. But we'll one up you, sir. No matter how absurd of pictures you leak, we're going to discuss them completely unironically. Because that's what happens when you kill Wash. You kill the fun for the rest of forever.\nOh, and buried deep down here, where maybe you gave up reading and just skipped to the comments to complain about my grammar. Here's the best news: Adam Sandler and Jim Carrey are being courted for roles in Guardians of the Galaxy. It's okay to drink this early in the morning. I'm sure that somewhere it's already half passed drunk o'clock.\n\u2190 \"Mad Men\" Gets a Return Date, That Weasel Pete Campbell Already Bracing for Punches\nS-VHS Trailer: The Blood Splat Rating System \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 18, "original_length": 2456, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 265.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.panopticoncentral.net/2005/05/25/this-blog-is-on-semi-hiatus-for-the-summer/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:20Z", "digest": "sha1:6J4WYDZHRXJGY4TN5WDT3UMV6DYT55VA", "length": 928, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.panopticoncentral.net", "title": "This blog is on semi-hiatus for the summer\u2026 | Panopticon Central", "raw_content": "This blog is on semi-hiatus for the summer\u2026\nNormally I don\u2019t comment too much about the waxing and waning of my blog activity, but looking ahead at the summer I think that it\u2019s worth letting everyone know that things are likely to be somewhat slow around here through September. I don\u2019t expect to cease blogging entirely, but the somewhat sauntering pace of entries is probably going to slow even further until we get to the PDC. As I\u2019ve mentioned before, we\u2019re working on some new ideas for post-VB 2005, and our hope is to be able to talk about them some in the fall. To do that, though, we\u2019ve got to get a lot of ducks in a row and that means a lot of work and less time to blog.\nSo if you\u2019re wondering \u201cwhat happened to Paul?\u201d, now you\u2019ll know.\nThis entry was posted in Blogging on May 25, 2005 by paulvick.\n\u2190 Meet with the VB Team at TechEd! Now it can be told\u2026 \u2192\n2 thoughts on \u201cThis blog is on semi-hiatus for the summer\u2026\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 194, "original_length": 4094, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 228.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.paranormalx.yolasite.com/celebrity_haunts_elliot_cass.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:09Z", "digest": "sha1:NY436ZWJWFWMUDZG5UKL4R4WIERXBZWV", "length": 1389, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.paranormalx.yolasite.com", "title": "Celebrity Haunts", "raw_content": "Born Naomi Cohen in Baltimore, Maryland, a performance in a production of \u2018The Boyfriend\u2019 in her senior year at high school set the young girls sights on a singing career. There would no doubt have been issues over her weight, as today along with the added worries of those with a lack of it. However, her voice was recognised and with true talent Cass Elliot progressed.\nTurning solo and attempting to get away from the name Mama Cass, adopted from the Mamas and the Papas, Cass was selling out at the London Palladium. It was so far away from home in London, England on 29th of July 1974 that she died in bed from a heart attack. She left behind a 7-year-old daughter, Owen, never revealing the name of the father.\nThough Englebert Humperdink made Jayne Mansfield\u2019s \u2018Pink Palace\u2019 a happy family home, Cass Elliot\u2019s death was put down to her also having once owned the house.\nCass is said to have returned to her former home on Woodrow Wilson Drive in Los Angeles which was owned for a number of years by Dan Aykroyd. He attempted to rent it out for a nice fee of $30,000 a month up to selling the place. There is also another ghostly resident, a man who died in one of the bedrooms sometime in the 1960\u2019s, but when the Stairmaster switches on by itself it is put down to the spirit of Cass Elliot. Dan put the jewellery that moved on the dresser down to the singer admiring the trinkets.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 1825, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 148.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.paulinetrade.org/Brigid-and-the-Butter-A-Legend-about-St-Brigid-of-Ireland-P528.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:39Z", "digest": "sha1:N2TEMSYLMPWSEB67LHZF2EI7OCSHLDMJ", "length": 1036, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.paulinetrade.org", "title": "Pauline Books & Media: Brigid and the Butter: A Legend about St. Brigid of Ireland", "raw_content": "Brigid and the Butter: A Legend about St. Brigid of Ireland\nBy (author): Pamela Love Illustrated by: Apryl Stott\nLike Jesus in the story of the loaves and fishes, Brigid wants to feed the hungry, but she is often hungry herself. When a beggar woman asks for the only food Brigid has\u2014a dish of butter\u2014she knows she can feed the one before her and opens her heart in generosity and love. This story of the first miracle of St. Brigid of Ireland will captivate children ages 5 to 8 to learn about the life of this generous saint!\nPamela Love After growing up in New Jersey, Pamela Love attended Bucknell University. She worked as a teacher and in marketing before turning to writing. She\u2019s the author of numerous picture books and has written many stories and poems for children\u2019s magazines. Pamela is the author of Brigid and the Butter: A Legend about Saint Brigid of Ireland and a contributor to Family Matters: Thirteen Short Stories, both published by Pauline Books & Media. She lives with her husband and son in Maryland.\nApryl Stott", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 240, "original_length": 4721, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 280.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.payvand.com/news/12/nov/1002.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:39Z", "digest": "sha1:6E22D6756UO6OYLPA4XA7TNG6EFZE6QY", "length": 1505, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.payvand.com", "title": "Nine more Iranian political prisoners refusing food", "raw_content": "Nine more Iranian political prisoners refusing food\nThe Kaleme opposition website reports that nine female prisoners at Iran's Evin Prison have begun a hunger strike to protest a raid of their ward by security guards.\nThe report indicates that on Tuesday, 20 female guards at Evin Prison raided the women's section of Evin Prison, subjecting the prisoners to body searches and going through their belongings.\nAccording to the report on Kaleme, the prisoners were \"insulted\" and treated harshly.\nThe report indicates that Faezeh Hashemi, the daughter of Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, is acting as the prisoners' representative and has denounced this action.\nFaezeh Hashemi is serving a six-month prison sentence for the charge of \"insulting the officials of the country.\"\nKaleme reports that the prisoners were first body searched and then locked out in the yard while their belongings were searched. The prisoners reportedly chanted protest slogans in the yard.\nThe report adds that nine of the prisoners have gone on to refuse food in protest of their harsh treatment: Bahareh Hedayat, Nazanin Deyhimi, Jila Bani Yaghoub, Shiva Nazar Ahari, Mahsa Amrabadi, Hakimeh Shokri, Jila Karamzadeh, Nasim Solktan Beigi and Rahelh Zohayi.\nMeanwhile, Nasrin Sotoudeh, the jailed Iranian lawyer, continues her two-week-old hunger strike at Evin Prison, and reports indicate that she has been taken to the infirmary on several occasions.\nRelated Story: Jailed Iranian blogger writes in solidarity with Nasrin Sotoudeh", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 38, "original_length": 2165, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 308.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/stories/articles/2014/10/27/antiques-ghostshow/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:25:52Z", "digest": "sha1:Q3VZX7XMWKKUE3KBVPTEOXGQNQRV34M7", "length": 10609, "nlines": 45, "source_domain": "www.pbs.org", "title": "Antiques \"Ghostshow\" | Antiques Roadshow | PBS", "raw_content": "Antiques \"Ghostshow\"\nBY Sarah K. Elliott\nThe Queen Mary was nicknamed \u201cThe Grey Ghost\u201d when, during World War II, it was converted from a luxury ocean liner to an Allied troopship. Stripped of its fine decorations and painted grey to evade German submarines, \u201cThe Grey Ghost\u201d successfully transported more than 810,000 military personnel during its time in military service.\nROADSHOW producer Sarah Elliott says \"They are the kind of stories that stick with you, because they come from real people. And real places. And it\u2019s hard to dismiss the possibility that something supernatural really did happen there!\"\nIt happens rather frequently when the ANTIQUES ROADSHOW field crew sets up to record a segment about antiques and collecting at a museum or historic site with host Mark L. Walberg. We\u2019ll be scouting a gallery space, or looking for power outlets in a 19th-century mansion, or setting up artifacts on a Civil War battlefield, when the conversation with the location\u2019s staff will turn to ghosts. Yes, ghosts.\nThey are the kind of stories that stick with you because they come from real people. And real places. And it\u2019s hard to dismiss the possibility that something supernatural really did happen there.\nNow, these are generally not ghost stories \u00e0 la Stephen King that involve possessed dolls or blood seeping from the walls or floating, headless apparitions. They are the kind of stories that stick with you because they come from real people. And real places. And it\u2019s hard to dismiss the possibility that something supernatural really did happen there.\nSo as Halloween approaches, I thought I\u2019d share some of the ghost stories we collected from four cities, all on the Season 18 summer tour.\nOld Idaho Penitentiary Museum \u2014 Boise, Idaho\nIn June 2013, the Old Idaho Penitentiary Museum became the first historic prison ANTIQUES ROADSHOW ever visited. Before it became a museum, the prison operated for just over 100 years, from 1872 to 1973. During this time, more than 13,000 prisoners served their time, and there were 10 executions.\nA photo of the notorious cell block at the Old Idaho Penitentiary Museum.\nWe were there to record a discussion with appraiser Gary Piattoni that highlighted a few antique law-enforcement collectibles. As the crew walked around the grounds on a very hot, sunny day in June, I thought the atmosphere outside contrasted with the somber and, yes, spooky feeling inside the cool, dilapidated cellblocks\u2014particularly in the oldest accessible cellblock on the grounds, the so-called #2 House.\nThis building had small, dark cells with thick metal doors, graffitied and peeling walls, and, originally, no plumbing or electricity. And I could imagine that if one particular ghost story told to host Mark L. Walberg were actually true, it would have been terrifying to the victim. The tale concerned a visitor who was suddenly thrown into the wall of a cellblock and pinned there for several seconds by an unseen force.\nMarie Cuff, executive director of International Paranormal Reporting Group, first visited the Old Pen as a history-loving tourist in 1999 but has returned several times since 2008 to investigate paranormal activity.\n\u201cDeath row has a feel all its own,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen Ray Snowden was put to death in October of 1957, it was not an easy execution. He was to hang to death; however, the noose failed to break his neck. Raymond struggled for 15 minutes before finally suffocating. Is he still haunting the gallows that were to see him to his death and final resting place? I think it is very possible, based on personal experiences others have had in that area and based on our investigations in death row.\u201d\nCuff believes she had an otherworldly experience at the penitentiary. \u201cI was touched on a top tier of one of the cell blocks, and we did capture EVP [Electronic Voice Phenomenon] during that investigation.\u201d\nGhosts or no ghosts, our visit to this fascinating museum was memorable \u2014 and haunting.\nThe Queen Mary \u2014 Long Beach, Calif.\nFor our June 2013 event in Anaheim, the crew ventured out to Long Beach and boarded the famous ocean liner RMS Queen Mary. It\u2019s been called one of the most haunted places in America but, of course, ANTIQUES ROADSHOW wasn\u2019t there for ethereal apparitions.\nWe were more concerned with the job of highlighting material objects of the storied ship\u2019s heyday in the 1930s, \u201940s, and \u201950s. The intrigue of the vessel\u2019s supernatural activity, however, was strong. And, in fact, the Queen Mary embraces its ghost lore. There is even an exhibit onboard dedicated to the many tales of the ship\u2019s haunting.\nCommodore Everette Hoard had several ghost stories to share, but one stood out for me. It\u2019s the story of a young engineer who was killed on the ship early in the morning of July 10, 1966.\nAs Commodore Hoard related, \u201cOne of his jobs was to keep the thrust bearings and various collars along the four propeller shafts topped up with oil. The Queen Mary was traveling through fog so the watertight doors were in the closed position on Bridge control but could be opened by the crew at each door so they could pass through to do their jobs.\n\u201cAt close to 4 a.m., this young fellow came to watertight door 13, opened the door and\u2026 did not make it through. He was found shortly after 4 a.m. crushed in the door. We do not know why he didn\u2019t make it. The door was found to be in perfect working order. No one will ever know. What we do know is that he haunts Shaft Alley around door 13.\u201d\nSo who has reportedly seen this sad specter?\n\u201cHe has been seen on several occasions over the past 40 or so years by guests and crew alike,\u201d Commodore Hoard told me. \u201cOne tour guide in the \u201980s was closing up the area one night when a pale young man with a beard and wearing a greasy white boiler suite was standing behind her. She said, \u2018I\u2019m sorry sir; this area is now closed.\u2019 Then he vanished! I have seen this area affect those who are sensitive to the spirit world. I was pinched in an elevator while alone just above Shaft Alley.\u201d\nPort Hudson State Historic Site \u2014 Jackson, La.\nANTIQUES ROADSHOW host Mark L. Walberg\u2019s favorite story of possible paranormal activity took place at the site of the longest battle (48 days) of the Civil War: Port Hudson, La.\nMike Fraering, chief historian at Port Hudson State Historic Site, told me the building was notorious for \u201ccold spots.\u201d Even in the blazing heat of summer, someone walking one of the trails will suddenly encounter a place that feels ice cold. \u201cIt\u2019ll make the hair on the back of your neck stand up,\u201d said Fraering.\nThese are the kind of stories that stick with you because they come from real people. And real places. And it\u2019s hard to dismiss the possibility that something supernatural really did happen there!\nHe told me that cold spots are thought to be spirits passing through a particular area. If you feel one, it could be a ghost near you \u2014 or passing through you!\nOn May 27, 1990, the Port Hudson Peace Monument was dedicated in an afternoon ceremony on the grounds of the historic site behind the park\u2019s museum. May 27 was also the date, in 1863, of the first Federal assault against Port Hudson.\nAs part of the ceremony, the remains of a Union soldier and a Confederate soldier found nearby on what was by then private property were being interred at the monument. \u201cBoth remains were buried in the same coffin, a classic \u2018toe-pincher\u2019 pine box,\u201d explained Fraering.\nThere was nothing unusual about the ceremony, but about an hour later, odd things began to happen. A sudden, strong storm appeared \u2014 one that had not been forecast that day. Winds and rain pelted the monument. \u201cThe coffin was being forced out of the grave by the rapidly rising water in it. And\u2026 the backhoe had to quickly fill the grave to force the coffin back down into it.\u201d\nAround this time, an oak tree on the other side of the museum split down through its trunk. No one saw it happen, but everyone heard something that sounded like an explosion. Fraering speculates it was the strength of the wind that caused the damage.\nLastly, a photograph of a Confederate soldier who had fought in the battle of Port Hudson \u201cfell off the wall [in the museum] a few minutes after the tree split,\u201d Fraering said.\nWas this strange series of events the result of supernatural forces at work? No one will ever know for sure what \u2014 or who \u2014 created this disturbance at the Peace Monument.\nWilton House & Museum \u2014 Richmond, Va.\nPerhaps my favorite ghost story of the 2013 summer tour comes from a charming, Georgian-style plantation house on the banks of the James River. Built around 1753, the Wilton House & Museum was saved from demolition and moved from its original location by The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the 1930s and was, over time, restored to its former glory.\nWilliam Strollo, director of education and public relations at the Wilton House, had a recent ghost story to share with the ANTIQUES ROADSHOW crew \u2014 and he has \"proof\" of his encounter!\nA staff member at the Wilton House & Museum in Richmond, Va., contends there\u2019s something spooky in this picture. It\u2019s difficult to see, but at the turn of the stairway, is that the ghostly figure of \"Mrs. Cox\"?... (Photo courtesy of The Wilton House & Museum.)\nIn May 2013, Strollo was alone in the house, closing up for the day. A motion detector on the second floor went off; Strollo, familiar with the stories of the Wilton House ghost, took action. \u201cI was taking pictures and felt discomfited and decided to bring out a digital voice recorder and start recording,\u201d he said. \u201cAbout a minute in, I felt a very big, cold chill and I was very perplexed so I asked out loud, \u2018Why? Why now?\u2019 And it wasn\u2019t until later on when I listened to the recording that I heard a reply that said \u2018Hush!\u2019\u201d\nStrollo played this EVP recording for the ANTIQUES ROADSHOW crew and the moment we heard that clear, commanding \u201cHush,\u201d we all gasped in unison. I doubt I was the only one who got chills!\nSome of the Wilton House staff members have speculated that the ghost could be one of the Colonial Dames of America who helped relocate the house in the 1930s. And their feeling is that \u201cMrs. Cox,\u201d as they call her, is a benign spirit \u2014 but one who prefers that the house\u2019s visitors and staff leave the premises by 6:00 p.m. After this time, the phones have been known to act up, people have reported suddenly feeling uneasy or have encountered cold spots, and some have heard footsteps. Apparently even ghosts need some downtime.\nAuthor Sarah K. Elliott\nSarah K. 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I thought, I would write this post way before the Day so that you don't panic.\nBetween now and the 14th of February, you will read a lot of articles telling you what to do and some explaining what not to do. Now I am telling you a sight like this one.... will melt any body's heart; When the laughter has receded that is.\nSome might say that sending flowers and chocolates is too traditional. \"too traditional?\". It is just lovely. Mind you, you need to choose the best in the business. This is where Interflora gets it right every time.\nI'll let you in a secret: once upon a time, he sent me an Interflora bouquet for my birthday. That was the first time anybody sent me flowers let alone an incredible number of red roses and it would had been fantastic....hadn't he got the date completely wrong. 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Watch the pics!\nOn Thursday, 18th October, the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in London hosted a press conference, which inaugurated its year of commemorations of the 100th anniversary of Poland regaining its independence.\nIn a message to Congress on January 8, 1918, US President Thomas Woodrow Wilson presented a peace programme that set out the principles of establishing a lasting and just world order after the victory of the Allies in the First World War.\nOn December 10, 1942, the Polish government-in-exile appealed to signatory states of the United Nations Declaration with a request to prevent crimes being committed against the Jewish population in German-occupied Poland. On the 75th anniversary of the note\u2019s submission, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is presenting an image of the original note, kept in The National Archives in London.\nIn the Belvedere Palace, J\u00f3zef Pi\u0142sudski was Commander and Chief of State. In the Bristol hotel, and later at the Royal Castle, Ignacy Paderewski was a genius-god. Both considered themselves to be saviour figures.\nShe was the first Polish woman at the Sorbonne, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first woman to be laid to rest at the famous Panth\u00e9on in Paris\u2026 Maria Sk\u0142odowska-Curie, born in Warsaw exactly 150 years ago, remains the most outstanding Polish researcher and global female scientist icon.\nSeptember 17th marked the anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland of 1939. A key date in the chronology of the Second World War \u2013 marking as it does the USSR's entry into that conflict in collaboration with Hitler's Germany \u2013 it slipped by almost unnoticed outside of Polish-speaking circles. Though Poles earnestly declare \u201cPami\u0119tamy\u201d - the rest of the world, it seems, has forgotten.\nWojtek the bear, who accompanied Anders\u2019s Army in all its battles, was not the only animal to serve in the Polish Armed Forces. Wojtek had a predecessor \u2013 a polar bear named Ba\u015bka from Murmansk. Her story sheds light on a somewhat forgotten part of the history of Polish military units.\nIt was the Polish Constitution, adopted on May 3rd 1791, and not the much-lauded French Constitution, that was Europe\u2019s first fundamental law. And it was the second in the world, after the American Constitution of 1787. Moreover, it was implemented using democratic methods and, in contrast to France, without any blood being shed.\nAlmost every European country boasts of its cavalry. 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Further discipline action by the Intramural Office may result.\nAny attempt to injure will result in an automatic removal of the game and disciplinary actions by the Intramural office.\nA master schedule will be available by the second week of play.\nAll official rulings are final. Abusive language towards the officials or other players will not be tolerated and the individual may be ejected at the official's discretion.\nFees & Payment Schedule:\nThe non-fundable team fee is two instalments of $950 (HST included) payable at the RAC Admin Centre.\nThe first fee instalment is due at registration for the league and the second is due no later than December 1, 2014. It is preferred that all of the fees be paid as soon as possible.\nTeam must consist of 75% full time students, (Alumni, Faculty/ Staff or Ryerson Affliate) can fill the remaining 25% without purchasing a membership. Team has a maximum of 16 members to a team.\nFollowing the regular season schedule, the champion will be declared based on a single elimination tournament. There will be two Divisions, Division A and Division B.\nA player must have played 50% of all league games to play in the playoffs.\nIf the institution is closed due to inclement weather, games for that evening are cancelled.\nA player may not play for more than one team. In the case of a dispute, the 1st game sheet that the players name appears on will count as their original team. Goalies are exempted from this rule when they are used as substitute goalies for another team.\nIf a player is playing for more than one team, the 2nd team using the illegal player shall forfeit any wins or ties in which the illegal player played.\nPlayers that are injured during the regular season must come see the convenor or Intramural Co-ordinator at the time of injury to be considered eligible for the playoffs.\nAll teams must have matching uniforms with a number for each player no later thanOctober 15th, 2015. As well by that date a complete player roster with names, One card or student numbers, phone numbers and jersey numbers must be handed to the Ice Hockey Convenor. All uniforms and team names must be appropriate and receive approval from the Intramural Coordinator, as well as fit all policies of Ryerson University.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 82, "original_length": 7812, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 318.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.recentlyrics.com/--UYwF-jdcVjY", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:40:52Z", "digest": "sha1:7PQZK4PAFTE7WBDNFGX5MU7IMHSTASNZ", "length": 233, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.recentlyrics.com", "title": "Post Malone - Better Now", "raw_content": "Better Now (Official Video) Get The Song Here: https://PostMalone.lnk.to/bbYD Connect with Post Malone: https://www.facebook.com/postmalone https://twitter.com/postmalone h\nG-Eazy - No Limit (Remix) ft. A$AP Rocky, Cardi B, French Mo", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 1399, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.58, "perplexity": 268.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.retrotogo.com/2007/03/absolute_beginn.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:31:52Z", "digest": "sha1:7EEZGM6GHG37563KALNP23LFMA3DPUBE", "length": 1003, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.retrotogo.com", "title": "Absolute Beginners - the play - Retro to Go", "raw_content": "Absolute Beginners \u2013 the play\nAbsolute Beginners didn\u2019t work as a film, but I have much higher hopes for the theatrical production at the Lyric Theatre in London, which runs from 26th April \u2013 26th May 2007.\nThe plot stays faithful to the must-read book \u2013 a young modernist photographer\u2019s take on life on the streets of late 50s West London, played out against a backdrop of emerging racial hatred \u2013 and the theatre promises sets that faithfully re-create that late 50s coffee bar vibe.\nThere\u2019s also a soundtrack of authentic tunes of the era, alongside an\noriginal score by contemporary jazz composer Soweto Kinch, direction by\nthe highly-rated Roy Williams and strong cast of theatre production\nSo it all sounds promising, although you\u2019ll not know for sure unless\nyou go along. The month-long season includes some matinee performances,\nwith tickets priced between \u00a39 and \u00a327.\nFind out more at the Lyric Theatre website\nBrief Encounter on stage at Cineworld Haymarket\nLook Back In Anger 50th anniversary", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 2726, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 298.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.rfgeneration.com/blogs/pam/Wolfenstein-2-The-New-Colossus-3622.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:22Z", "digest": "sha1:XLEJ6OFA2JWQ4EUFWVANCQGQVDKEEGUL", "length": 1274, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.rfgeneration.com", "title": "Video: Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus - Pam's Blog", "raw_content": "Posted on Dec 14th 2017 at 08:00:00 AM by (Pam)\nPosted under video, review, xbox one\nWolfenstein 2: The New Colossus is a first person shooter that was developed by Machine Games and released on October 27 2017. It was also my most anticipated game of the year.\nIn this review I go over the story and character focus, the gameplay, the environments, and whether it lives up to The New Order, which quickly became one of my all time favourite games.\nAddicted said on 12/14/17 9:12 AM\nI agree with your review. The game play needs an overhaul to match the story. It quickly turns in to an arena shooter making stealth almost useless. For those of you who have played the Serious Sam series that's the level of speed this game has. The other gripe I have with the game is it doesn't haven an indicator to tell you that you are taking damage. A damage cone ala Call of Duty would go a long way to alleviate this issue. I also had to turn down the difficulty in order to enjoy the game.\nPam said on 12/18/17 4:00 PM\n@Addicted:It's disappointing how ineffective the stealth is, because I loved it in the first game. So I end up playing it like the new Doom, though I think you're meant to use cover more? Using cover in this feels very unnatural because of the speed of it though.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 3188, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 271.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.riderta.com/print/routes/ninetwelve", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:42:43Z", "digest": "sha1:WIIKI3AUZI2TI2EWTJPA3WZRGO5NZCG4", "length": 424, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.riderta.com", "title": "NineTwelve Trolley", "raw_content": "Home > NineTwelve Trolley\nNineTwelve refers to the area of East 9th and East 12th streets. The trolley operates in both directions on East 9th Street, from the Chester Avenue & East 9th to the Lakefront Municipal Parking(Muny) Lot. Trolley service is \"free with a smile\". Trolley operators, called \"ambassadors\", are trained to help you with local information. Read more.\nSource URL: http://www.riderta.com/routes/ninetwelve", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 16, "original_length": 803, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 288.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.rightprocure.com/suppliers/molding/rotational-molding", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:19:52Z", "digest": "sha1:GXJL6TKRTZLN5Y6GAOJR3Y2KB36GKHDT", "length": 593, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.rightprocure.com", "title": "Molding Facility in India - Rotational Molding - Right Procure", "raw_content": "Over the past two decades, several improvements in the process control and developments with plastic powders have helped lead to a significant increase in the usage of this process. In rotational moulding, a hollow mould (heated) is filled with a shot weight or charge of material.\nThe mould is then rotated slowly, which causes the softened raw material to disperse and stick to the walls of the mould. The mould keeps rotating throughout the heating as well as the cooling phase in order to maintain even thickness and to avoid sagging or deformation.\nRotational Molding Suppliers from India", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 12988, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 313.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.rochesterenv.com/article.cfm?ArticleNumber=565", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:25Z", "digest": "sha1:UTHPCVI3T5T2YJDJUNIZA3VYEEKOQQIU", "length": 4502, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "www.rochesterenv.com", "title": "Wolf Spiders and Their Bite", "raw_content": "Wolf Spiders and Their Bite\nThe wolf spider is very common in the U.S. In fact, scientists have identified more than 125 species of wolf spider in the U.S. alone. Although its large size (up to 2 inches long) causes fear in many people, its bite is not truly deadly. On the other hand, the wolf spider is considered to be one of the most dangerous spiders in the world!\nWhat the Wolf Spider Looks Like\nThe wolf spider can range from 1/2 inch to two inches long.\nLike wolves, they chase and leap on their prey. Here are some characteristics that make it a little different from other spiders:\nIt is hairy and orangeish-brown to gray and black with splotches or stripes that give it a camouflage look.\nThe eight eyes of the wolf spider are set in three rows of three different sizes, with two medium-sized eyes on top of its \"head,\" two large eyes center front, and four small eyes below those.\nLike all spiders, it has eight legs. But the wolf spider also has an additional two tiny leg- or arm-like appendages (pedipalps) extending out front.\nThe young of this species look much the same as the adults, although their coloring may vary or change as they grow.\nMother spiders may sometimes be seen with the young riding on their backs until these spiders are independent enough to go off on their own.\nWolf Spider Habitat\nWolf spiders may live just about anywhere that they can find insects on which to feed.\nThey are most likely to be found on the ground in open areas, such as farm fields and grassy areas or harboring in firewood or ground tunnels, and under leaf piles or other ground clutter.\nIn some areas, this spider can be a very common pest in the fall when it is seeking shelter\" against the cooling temperatures.\nIn the home, the wolf spider is most likely to be found around doors, windows and house plants, and in basements and garages. When outside, they dig or move into burrows or leaf litter.?\nThis solitary spider hunts on the ground, which is how it has earned two other names: ground spider and hunting spider. In fact, unlike most spider species, Ithe wolf spider does not build webs to capture its prey but goes out at night to hunt it down. It can run, climb and swim, but rarely does unless hunting prey.\nUnlike the orb-weaver spider, which operates primarily by feel, the wolf spider uses its vision to communicate. For example, when a spider waves its front legs to another wolf spider, the second spider knows exactly what is meant.\nThe Bite of the Wolf Spider\nWolf spiders are not aggressive, and will not bite unless frightened or provoked. Although the wolf spider's bite is not deadly, it can be very painful. Some people may also be allergic to the bite of this or any spider, so you should always seek the attention/treatment by a doctor anytime you are bitten.\nControlling the Wolf Spider\nIt is fairly difficult to eradicate wolf spiders because they must be directly contacted through physical or chemical means.\nBecause this is a solitary spider that generally operates alone, physical removal and/or kill off the individual spider can be the best form of control and elimination.\nTo help exclude spiders from entering the home, seal cracks, crevices, gaps and other openings in the home structure, foundation, and around doors and windows. Discarding piles of old papers and boxes and keeping the home clean can help to reduce shelter and harborage which the spiders seek.\nIn addition to environmental and structural modifications and sanitation, the Washington State University Extension Service recommends the indoor use of an aerosol bomb or fogger to reduce existing spiders. WSU notes, however, that this \"will not provide residual control for insect coming in later. The pesticide also may not penetrate inaccessible areas.\"\nFor outdoor control, the university states, \"Cyfluthrin, bifenthrin, permethrin, tetramethrin or deltamethrin can be applied around the outside of doors, window, vents, outdoor stairwells or window wells, foundations, or cracks and openings. Spray only where needed.\"\nWhen using any pesticide, read and follow all label directions; be sure that the site (indoor use, along foundations outside, etc.) is listed on the label; and use only products labeled for spiders or nuisance pests. You also may want to contact a pest control professional who may use or recommend a variety of chemical or non-chemical control methods in an Integrated Management Program (IPM).\nSource: https://www.thespruce.com/how-dangerous-is-wolf-spider-2656502", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 5437, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 330.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.rockyhorrorgames.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:29Z", "digest": "sha1:TFBLCO5KNJDKACMM6BJF7FXV3PHARSQL", "length": 1941, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.rockyhorrorgames.com", "title": "Rocky Horror Games | Touch Me", "raw_content": "THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW: TOUCH ME\nThe Rocky Horror Show: Touch Me has been designed to tap into the creative, naughty, social experience which will introduce the spirit of Rocky Horror to newbies to the show, as well as giving three generations of Regular Frankie Fans that much needed shiver of antici\u2026\n\u2026pation!\nThe game will offer a unique take on a rhythm action dancing game by making the most of the touch screen found on tablet and mobile devices; designed to feel sensuous and delightful. Players will be able to create their own dance routines, allowing them to express themselves, and then share that with friends to replicate or even improve.\nRocky Horror Show: Touch Me starts out with Riff Raff as your avatar on the stage set of a Hunting Lodge for Rich Weirdos (Yah, Rich Weirdos!), swiping on the screen in time with the music to that all time classic song, The Time Warp! Players \u2018dance\u2019 by swiping on the screen with diagonal strokes in time with the music; switching to other gestures at key moments such as double finger swipes to make the pelvic thrust\u2026 a move which really drives you insane.\nYou will then progress through the game, unlocking new songs, characters, dance moves, stage sets and more; with missions, challenges and achievements to keep the game exciting time and time again.\nThe game is to be released on mobile and tablet platforms in 2017. It is being developed in collaboration with Andy Leighton, music and games producer of The Rocky Horror Show since it began in the 70\u2019s.\nDuring April-May 2016, The Rocky Horror Show: Touch Me was launched as a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, where it exceeded it\u2019s goal and raised $39, 656 from 315 backers, who will now be involved in the development of the game, as well as receiving amazing rewards.\nBut don\u2019t worry \u2013 you can still support the game! Visit our store to check out our selection of rewards that we offer for supporting us.\nEllaClassic 12.11.2013", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 26, "original_length": 2310, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 287.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.sa-macon-il.us/conviction-affirmed", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:55Z", "digest": "sha1:F3LYW4AFGMFCK4LJKI7L24FVZ6UDEPTJ", "length": 2051, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.sa-macon-il.us", "title": "Post - sa-macon-il.us", "raw_content": "\"Conviction Affirmed in Aggravatted Battery Case involving Handicapped Victim\"\nOn October 4, 1013, the Fourth District Appllate Court released a unanimous opinion affirming the Aggravated Battery conviction of George A. Appelt. Appelt was convicted by a jury of Aggravated Battery for repeatedly punching a handicapped woman in the head, causing her to suffer a black eye. He was sentenced to four years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.\nAppelt was arrested on September 10, 2011 after the victim, who has been hearing impaired since the age of ten, informed poice that Appelt repeatly punched her in the face with his fists. At trial, the victim recanted her earlier statement to police and said she did not know who attacked her. Assistant State's Attorney Mary Koll present evidence that Appelt told the police that he \"should have killed\" the victim. After ninety minutes of deliberations, the jury returned a verdict of guilty.\nIn his primary basis for appeal, Appelt argued that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction because the State failed to prove that he was the person who committed the aggravatted battery, citing to the victim's testimony that she was battered by an unknown assailant. The Appellate Court rejected this contention and held that a rational trier of fact could find, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Appelt was the person who committed the aggravatted battery.\nThe Appellate Court reasoned that, \"victims of domestic violence can be very forgiving. After their bruises heal and some time passes, they commonly change their mind about testifying against the loved one who beat them up. It is estimated that up to eighty percent of domestic violence victims either recant or refuse to testify against their batterers...The problem is widely known.\"\nThe case was prosecuted by Assistant State's Attorney Mary Koll. During a contested sentencing hearing, in which Appelt argued for a probation sentence, he publicly stated that his conviction resulted from \"the excellent [trial] skills of Mrs. Koll.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 2898, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 245.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.sallystrawberrycreations.com/2014/03/work-in-progress-wednesdayand-ive.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:09:49Z", "digest": "sha1:XRRLJWXC7HTLGPLGTOKQ2CR4GP6TO3BO", "length": 1688, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.sallystrawberrycreations.com", "title": "SallyStrawberry: Work In Progress Wednesday........and I've completed something!", "raw_content": "Work In Progress Wednesday........and I've completed something!\nAfternoon! Can you remember when I started this? It's a cross stitch for my sister, Rose. I had to keep quiet about it as it was for her Birthday and I've got myself in hot water before for posting presents which the recipient then saw (luckily she was good about it!). It went in the post yesterday though so I think I'm safe.\nA couple of you guessed it was a heart....pretty close.....but no, it's a rose!\nI actually missed her birthday as it took me so long to make. Far far longer than I ever anticipated....I even had to take it on holiday. I'm really pleased with it though- I think it was worth the time and effort.\nI wanted to display it somehow so decided to use the embroidery hoop. I'd seen some fab crochet-decorated embroidery hoops in Simply Crochet Issue 14 and thought I'd give it a go.\nI chose a couple of DK yarns....a pink and a sparkly white\n....white on the inside with a pink trim.......only thing is I didn't like it. Not one bit. It was too big, too frilly and just wrong. Wrong for the cross stitch and not my sister at all. It would be totally fine for another project, just not this one.\nThe white was too much, as was the size. In the end I went with a simple picot edging using the pink.\n.....and I really loved it. It also looked great hung up :-)\nWhat do you think? I'm really pleased with it, and I really hope my sister likes it too!\nJoining in with Ginny for the first time in an age........\nAngela James 31 January 2018 at 00:24\nAny field has improvement space. The author highlights the improvement areas really well. It actually gives us a solution not just the problem. Embroidery Fonts", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 100, "original_length": 3334, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 273.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.samoanews.com/local-news/fish-supply-remains-big-challenge-starkist", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:03Z", "digest": "sha1:6NNL5HV5M5X5KBSMVJGJ7VB5TFLBBLHH", "length": 5733, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "www.samoanews.com", "title": "Fish supply remains a big challenge for StarKist | American Samoa | Samoa News", "raw_content": "Fish supply remains a big challenge for StarKist\nWPRFMC hears how challenges of 2016, 2017 ongoing with cannery\nPago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA \u2014 Fish supply shortages remain a challenge at StarKist Samoa, which has encountered the same issues over the last two years, continuing into the first quarter of this year, according to company official Taotasi Archie Soliai, who told last week\u2019s meeting of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council in Honolulu that freezer space also is a continuing challenge.\nAn update status of StarKist Samoa and Tri Marine\u2019s Samoa Tuna Processors Inc., were among the several matters on the \u201c American Samoa Archipelago\u201d agenda for the Council\u2019s three-day meeting in Honolulu which closed last Friday, where many fisheries issues in the territory were discussed.\nTaotasi, who is one of the three American Samoa members on the Council, presented on StarKist Samoa, recalling for the meeting, which was streamed live online, that the cannery was closed for five weeks for upgrades to machinery and equipment from October last year to after Thanksgiving in November 2017.\nAdditionally, the cannery underwent its annual end of the year shutdown last December into the first week of January 2018.\nTaotasi explained that the year 2017 challenges were similar to those faced by the cannery the year before, noting that \u201csome of it had to do with fish supply\u201d \u2014 for example, 2016 the plant had \u201csome closure\u201d due to supply issues and this was similar in 2017.\n\u201cIt was more of the same, with respect to albacore supply \u2014 there was a shortage in 2016 and into 2017. And the first quarter of 2018 we\u2019re experiencing shortage with albacore as well,\u201d he said and recalled a Council presentation on Thursday showing that the number of vessels that provide albacore for the cannery went from about 60 to about 14 vessels at the moment \u2014 local vessels that do provide albacore.\n\u201cSo it continues to be a challenge,\u201d he said and reminded Council members that it was on Wednesday, that he mentioned and commended the US Coast Guard for their \u201cefforts trying to provide some assistance to a carrier (vessel)... and Coast Guard has been very helpful in trying to facilitate that carrier delivering directly [to the cannery].\nWhile he didn\u2019t provide additional details on the carrier, Taotasi did say, \u201cWe\u2019re still in negotiations with them at the moment and hopefully within a week, they\u2019ll be able to give some indication with respect to delivering to the [cannery] plant.\u201d\nHe added that \u201cone of the issues that we\u2019re currently going through\u201d is freezer space. He said the company started last October, during the five-week shutdown, upgrading its freezers, with the work already completed for one of the two freezers. He explained that it takes 4 1/2 months to upgrade the freezers.\nWork in repairing and upgrading the second freezer has already begun and hopefully it should be completed by the end of May this year, he said.\nHowever, \u201cwe\u2019re seeing a lot of vessels being backed-up \u2014 some purse seiners waiting in port for weeks at a time, waiting to be unloaded because we\u2019re very restrictive with respect to freezer space,\u201d he explained.\nTaotasi confirmed that StarKist is \u201ccurrently using part\u201d of the Samoa Tuna Processors cold storage freezer \u201cto try to accommodate some of that volume that\u2019s coming in.\u201d\n\u201cThat challenge is still going to continue and we\u2019re very thankful that the purse seiners are patient while we try to upgrade the facility,\u201d he said, but he didn\u2019t speak on StarKist Inc. efforts to secure a land lease with ASG to build a new freezer facility.\nOne Council member noted that it seems that there\u2019s been some investment by the cannery with the freezer facilities being repaired and upgraded. \u201cCan that be perceived as a good sign that the company is investing in the Samoan cannery, good things are to come...?\u201d the member asked, to which Taotasi responded, \u201cCertainly... those are some of the investments the company has done.\u201d\nTaotasi said this is \u201can indication that the company is still investing and still wants to do business in American Samoa, as long as it remains competitive.\u201d\n\u201cAll the other challenges we continue to face \u2014 whether it be local or federal or from supply \u2014 are still challenges that we still face,\u201d he said, adding that \u201cwe\u2019re investing and still interested in, and continue investment into American Samoa.\u201d\nStarKist along with American Samoa have been faced with many challenges this past year, particularly due to federal regulations in areas such as restrictions on fishing grounds impacting fish supply, federally mandated minimum wage increases, and federal tax benefits.\nDespite the many issues working against American Samoa, StarKist said last month that it remains committed to working with territorial leaders, \u201cand the people of American Samoa to ensure a globally competitive and viable economic environment for conducting business in the territory.\u201d\nSTP UPDATE\nAt last October\u2019s 171th Meeting held in Pago Pago, the Council recommended that Tri Marine give an update on its operation in American Samoa, where it maintains the STP plant, although the cannery side shut down in December 2016.\nThe Council was informed last Friday that the plant is utilized as a \u201clogistics hub\u201d with limited operations. For example, STP continues to operate its dock as well as one of its cold storage units with a capacity in excess of 5,500 metric tons. Additionally, the company\u2019s wastewater treatment plant is still operational; purse seiner vessel unloading is ongoing; including fish grading and storage and fish test sampling (histamine, salt e.g.)\nTri Marine chief operation officer, Joe Hamby told Samoa News last week that the future of STP \u201cis uncertain\u201d.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 80, "original_length": 7192, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 293.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.samtaylorphoto.co.uk/blog/2015/12/28/u95vr3ha3gecn5nq9lwdaw0tu6xh3v", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:37Z", "digest": "sha1:64MSZHHZCNSPJJ2VUIFQRBQMEPWGKWFI", "length": 3468, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.samtaylorphoto.co.uk", "title": "Escaping the grey buildings \u2014 Sam Taylor Photography", "raw_content": "Escaping the grey buildings / December 28, 2015 by Sam Taylor\nIt\u2019s taken me 21 years to work out what makes me happy. I thought for a while it might be money. \u201cWithout money you can\u2019t afford to get yourself where you want to be\u201d, I told myself, and believe me, I\u2019ve heard that countless times from teachers, friends, family. But the easiest path to money is a job in London, in an office, in a grey building, with grey people. Somehow, people seem to find that lifestyle addictive, it gets people hooked and before they know it, those 20 something graduates who saw a job in a London office block as a means to an end are now turning 40, wondering where the spark that first drove them into the city to seek their fortune has gone.\nSo no, money\u2019s not top of the list.\nA while ago I was told that if you put your heart and soul into something you\u2019re passionate about, eventually you\u2019ll become a master of it, and a master of anything is worth paying for. Luckily for me, I\u2019ve got a passion for photography. Well, it\u2019s part passion, part addiction really. I don\u2019t leave the house without a camera, I spend all my spare time reading about photography, watching videos about photography trips, flicking through albums online, trying to find examples of work of the quality I\u2019m aiming for, for inspiration. I don\u2019t think I\u2019m ever going to take a perfect photo, or become a master of the art of photography, but I\u2019m going to spend as much time as I can pushing for those standards because I truly believe I can get close, even if it takes me 50 years. I don\u2019t think enough young people these days think about what they actually would love to do with their lives but I know that if I spend the rest of my life trying my hardest to do what I love everyday, I\u2019m not going to regret it.\nSo then I had a little think\u2026\nWhat makes me happy is surprising myself. Climbing to the top of a mountain to see what\u2019s on the other side. Getting up at 4am, waiting for what the sunrise will bring or staying on top of a mountain at 2000m after sunset to catch a glimpse of the milky way. Dropping into a scarily steep downhill track or sending a bigger jump than I\u2019ve ever attempted. Deciding to make photography my main source of income\u2026\nYou don\u2019t often get a surprise in an office. And when you do it\u2019s normally followed by an ordered assembly in the car park, five minutes of fresh air, bit of relief that it was just a drill, then back to the grind.\nI\u2019m talking about the surprises that make you feel alive.\nBeing a photographer in the outdoors, every shoot is different, the surprises are non-stop. Even when I\u2019m sat behind a computer, I\u2019m excited by editing, searching for new ideas to make my work stand out from the masses, itching to get to the next location I\u2019ve just discovered.\nI\u2019m writing this because for the first time in my life I can\u2019t wait to get stuck into the new year. I\u2019ve got trips planned all over the world, from Norway to New Zealand, to some of the most incredible landscapes on the planet and the thought of being able to capture the best photos of my life genuinely gets my heart beating. I appreciate that I\u2019m lucky to have this as an option but I say to anyone that its worth sitting down with yourself for a while and having a think about what makes you tick. Whatever your passion is, find as much time for it as you can in 2016 and see where it takes you, at least you\u2019ll be doing what you love. You never know, you might surprise yourself.\n\u2190 Buxton Powder", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 4362, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 218.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/GruinardIsland", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:51Z", "digest": "sha1:KGRC5WCHJI6LZA5EA4S7EDXGPXQ5KU2F", "length": 32411, "nlines": 149, "source_domain": "www.secretscotland.org.uk", "title": "Secret Scotland - Gruinard Island", "raw_content": "\ufffd Hilmar Ilgenfritz\nGruinard Island lies in Gruinard Bay on the west coast of Ross and Cromarty, approximately halfway between Gairloch and Ullapool. The small, oval-shaped island covers an area of about 484 acres (196 ha), it measures approximately 1.2 miles (2 km) long by 0.6 miles (1 km) wide, and sits just under 0.7 miles (1.1 km) offshore.\nIt seems that in 1881 six people lived on the island, and the ruins of cottages and field walls can be found on the land. There do not appear to be any records of when the last inhabitant left the island, but by the 1930s it was being used solely for sheep grazing, rough shooting, fishing, collecting birds eggs, and as a popular spot for local picnics. Other than the sheep, the island's population comprised of rabbits, and visiting birds.\nThe uninhabited island became well known after World War II, having been chosen as the test site for lethal germ warfare tests, which led to it being quarantined for 48 years due to the resultant contamination.\nTaken in 1981, the image to the right is significant as the island would still then have been contaminated, with official warning signs in place to discourage visitors:\nGruinard Sign 1981\nTHIS ISLAND IS\nUNDER EXPERIMENT\nTHE GROUND IS CONTAMINATED\nWITH ANTHRAX AND DANGEROUS\nLANDING IS PROHIBITED\nBY ORDER .1981.\nThe dots on either side of the date in the last line indicate that the years was printed on a small replaceable panel. Presumably some unfortunate Government employee had to visit the island and update this panel every year for as long as the order remained in place.\nScientists recorded their work on film, but this material remained classified until 1997.\nAnthrax is a serious infectious disease caused by bacteria known as Bacillus anthracis. It can be found naturally in soil (where it can lie dormant for years) and commonly affects domestic and wild animals around the world. People can become infected and get sick with anthrax if they come into contact with infected animals or contaminated animal products, and severe illness in both humans and animals can result.\nAnthrax is not contagious, so cannot be 'caught' like cold or flu, but may be contracted by skin contact, ingestion, inhalation, or injection.\nIt was once not uncommon for animal workers to become infected with anthrax through skin contact, and this was referred to as woolsorter's disease and resulted in a boil which eventually formed a black centre.\nDomestic and wild animals such as cattle, sheep, goats, antelope, and deer can become infected when they breathe in or ingest spores in contaminated soil, plants, or water. Routine vaccination can help prevent outbreaks in areas where domestic animals have had anthrax.\nHumans can become infected when anthrax spores enter the body and become active. No longer dormant, the bacteria can begin to multiply, spread out into the body, produce toxins (poisons), and cause severe illness.\nLeast dangerous is skin infection via a cut or scrape, provided it is recognised and treated. Infection usually develops from 1 to 7 days after exposure.\nNext is intestinal anthrax, where spores enter the body by consuming food or drink that is contaminated with spores. While this is nearly always fatal, it is also rare.\nInhalation is the most deadly, with some 95% of such cases proving fatal, even with medical treatment. Once anthrax spores have been inhaled death usually occurs within seven days, due to causes such as internal bleeding, blood poisoning, or even meningitis. Symptoms of the initial infection might include mild fever, malaise, fatigue, coughing, sometimes accompanied by a feeling of pressure on the chest. Initial symptoms may appear to be a common cold, with inflammation of the lungs, which then become more severe. Infection usually develops within a week of exposure, but can take up to 2 months.\nInjection is a more recent means of infection, seen in heroin users. Although it is similar to skin infection, it can be deeper (spreading faster) and hidden. Other infections resulting from this type of drug use may also hide the symptoms.\nBiological weapons experts have suggested that 100 kg of anthrax sprayed on a major city would be sufficient to kill more than 3 million people.\nEarly germ warfare\nAs early as the 1930s, the British had learned several foreign nations were involved in activities potentially related to germ warfare, more generally referred to as biological warfare in later years. As World War II began, further intelligence was received which suggested that the Axis powers were pursuing similar research with the aim of on acquiring such a capability, and may even have succeeded in developing it. As the war continued, and Nazi forces seemed to be making steady progress across Europe and towards Russia, Winston Churchill concluded that there was a need to develop a germ warfare weapon. He would have been well aware of the drawbacks of such a weapon, after the use of gas during World War I, but wanted to have such a weapon available to act as a deterrent, to be used in the event that Hitler ever chose to use such a weapon first. The War Cabinet decided that investigations had to be carried out to determine the feasibility of such biological or germ weapons, and that the British had to able to threaten retaliation in the event that such weapons were used against their country. The British device would be referred to as the N-Bomb.\nWorld War II germ warfare tests\nIn late 1940, a highly secret autonomous group known as the Biology Department, Porton (BDP), was set up within the Chemical Defence Experimental Station (CDES) at Porton Down, mandated to assess the feasibility and hazard of biological warfare, and to consider the means for retaliation should this form of warfare be employed against the British. Porton Down had already carried out trials with harmless simulants released from bombs on its range, and demonstrated how even a small device could deliver a significant number of inhalable particles 250 yards from the explosion. Laboratory test carried out with animals had also confirmed that inhalation of the dispersed material caused fatalities in several species of animal, proving that the material remained viable after the explosion.\nIn 1942, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) purchased the island of Gruinard for \ufffd500, when it was immediately declared to be a Prohibited Area, and all visitors banned. The island was designated X-Base.\nTest on the island were carried out by experts from Porton Down, involving the detonation of small explosives charges loaded with anthrax spores. It should be noted that the island was never bombed from the air, as suggested by some stories. This would have been far too risky, and resulted in an uncontrolled release of the spores, and was not the aim of the tests.\nIn order to determine the effect of the spores on living animals, a flock of 60-80 sheep was purchased from a local farm and transported to the island. There, the animals were restrained in various ways to ensure they would be in the path of the spores when they were released.\nThis short excerpt, from a much longer American report on biological warfare (Department of the Army, Food and Drug Administration, Biological Warfare and Terrorism: The Military and Public Health Response - a six-part set - AVA20825VNB6, 2000)[1], shows the salient points:\nGruinard Island Anthrax Biological Warfare Experiment Great Britain 1942\nAlso, an unidentified American documentary, which included a section on Gruinard:\nAnthrax exposed, Scottish Highlands\nThe following declassified film was made by MRD Porton Down from a silent film taken during the trials by an American observer - Lieutenant Calderon Howe of the US Navy, then serving with the Special Projects Division of the Army Chemical Warfare Service at Fort Detrick and at Porton Down.\nThe film is part of the Imperial War Museum Film and Video Archive and it is due to their foresight and diligence that the original has been preserved for posterity. This version is posted purely for educational and research purposes. Copyright Imperial War Museum. The IWM catalogue number is DED 252\nGruinard Island X-Base Anthrax Trials 1942-43\nA small controlled explosion was used to disperse the spores. This had two purpose, to disperse the spores so the effectiveness of their spread could be assesses, and to discover whether or not the spores would survive the blast pressure and temperature of the explosion.\nThere was no immediate effect on the animals, but after three days they began to collapse and die, with blood oozing from their bodies shortly before death occurred.\nThe trials were carried out during the summers of 1942 and 1943. The first year saw trials with a 30 pound bomb, followed in the second year with a 4 pound bomb. The smaller bomb had been designed to be part of a cluster bomb which contained more than 100 of the 4 pound bombs.\nThe tests were successful in that they confirmed that the spores could be dispersed and would infect the sheep, and that the material remained viable after the dispersal explosion. However, the island was too small to accommodate larger and more ambitious tests, and was abandoned soon after these tests were completed. By the time the tests were completed, D-Day was approaching, and the need for such a weapon was receding, as it was of little use on the battlefield.\nLike the gasses used during World War I, this new biological weapon was found to be similarly difficult to control. It's dispersal was dependent on the weather, and being spread by the wind meant it could change direction unexpectedly and without warning. Such attacks could be turned back on their originators, making such weapons almost as deadly to them as their intended target.\nAnthrax had also proven to have another disadvantage. Unlike a modern chemical or biological weapon, which is designed to self-destruct after a few hours or days and allow personnel into the area, anthrax spores persist in ground after use, for decades, rendering it lethal and denying access almost permanently. To be useful, such weapons need to be able to be disabled after use, either by design, or later neutralisation, thereby allowing access to the area they were used on.\nThe project had been a joint effort involving Britain, Canada, and the United States, but the end of World War II also ended any urgency to acquire a tactical biological weapon.\nAfter the animal tests had been completed on the island, stories of dead sheep being washed ashore began to appear. At the time, these were attributed to a Greek freighter in the area, and it was said that Greek sailors had been throwing infected carcasses overboard. The British Government even reimbursed local farmers who had lost stock, on behalf of the Greek Government. However, this was actually a cover story prepared by the security service, to hide any evidence of the real work being carried out on the island.\nIn reality, once the tests had been completed, the carcasses had been collected and placed at the base of a cliff on Gruinard. The plan had been to bury them by using explosives to drop the cliff, but the plan went wrong, and the force of the explosion blew some of the infected carcases out to sea, where they were lost. When reports of animals dying on the mainland began to circulate, the security services created the story about the Greek sailors, amidst fears that news of the lethal testing which had been carried out on the island would lead to panic.\n1943 Mainland anthrax outbreak\nMany accounts of the 1942 and 1943 anthrax tests carried out on Gruinard include a reference to an anthrax outbreak in 1943, on the west coast of the Scottish mainland facing Gruinard. While this is shared between these online articles, there does not appear to be an independent report or account dealing with only that outbreak, or giving any details of where it occurred, or what the outcome was.\nThe same articles give this mainland outbreak as the reason why testing was stopped in 1943.\nIt is certainly a possibility, since the tests were being carried out using airborne spores, and these remain dormant and resistant to most methods of destroying them, meaning that they could easily have reached the mainland and caused infection.\nCattle cake infection\nIn order to meet the War Cabinet requirement for a means of retaliation, Porton Down produced some five million linseed-oil based cattle cakes which had been filled with deadly anthrax spores, for use in Operation Vegetarian. The plan was to use bombers to drop the cattle cakes over Germany using specially designed containers, each holding 400 cakes. The plan intended for the disease to destroy the German beef and dairy herds, and possibly even spread into the human population. Preparations for the operation were not completed until early 1944. It was essential that weapon be deployed during the summer months, when the cattle were on the pastures. By then, Allied troops had landed in Europe, and it had become clear that the war could be won using conventional means. The plan was abandoned. [2] The stockpile of infected cattle cake was kept at Porton Down until the end of World War II, when it was destroyed by incineration.\nHitler assassination plan\nIn June 1944, the Special Operations Executive (SOE) devised a plan to assassinate Hitler by sending a lone agent into Germany to contaminate his clothing with anthrax spores, but the plan was never approved because of concerns that killing Hitler would only have succeeded in turning him into an unintended martyr. One British officer argued against the plot stating that, \"It would almost certainly canonize [Hitler] and give birth to the myth that Germany would have been saved if he had lived.\"\nPostwar consequences of the tests\nAfter World War II ended, the owner sought the return of the island in 1945. However, the Ministry of Supply recognized the extent of the contamination of the island as a result of the experiments, and that it could not be de-requisitioned until deemed safe.\nIn 1946, the Government agreed to acquire the island and responsibility for it. Consequently, the owner or his/her heirs and beneficiaries would then be able to repurchase the island for the original sale price of \ufffd500 when it was declared \"Fit for habitation by man and beast\".\nBetween 1947 and 1968, the island was visited by staff from the Microbiological Research Establishment (MRE) at Porton Down, to collect soil samples for assay. No reduction in the level of contamination was found over that period.\nIn 1979, the Chemical Defence Establishment (CDE) took over responsibility for this work, when a small joint CDE/MRE team carried out a survey, followed by a more detailed series of CDE surveys during the early 1980s. A study was also undertaken into possible means of decontaminating the land. Improved assay techniques, together with the more detailed surveys revealed that the area contaminated by the anthrax spores was not widespread, but had in fact been effectively limited to the area of the World War II experiments around where the spores had been released, and extended only to an area of about three acres.\nThis would tie in with local accounts given to the BBC, such as from fisherman Alexander Wiseman, who admitted to having passed the official warning signs, \"I've been there many times to recover loose buoys which had washed up on the beach. I didn't think anything of it.\" The contractor tasked with decontaminating the island said \" I was told people had even had picnics on Gruinard's beach,\" adding, \"We were vaccinated against anthrax before we went, but were actually at greater risk from the formaldehyde which is quite difficult to deal with.\"\nOdd B&W photographs of Gruinard\nWhile searching for information relating to Gruinard two B&W photographs were found online, but the sources given for them were found to be dead links, so nothing is known about them (unless you know better, and would email detail to the Admin).\nGruinard B&W 1 1978\nThe first image appears to show the Government warning sign dated 1978, but has an odd white area to the left. This has obscured/deleted the scene in the background and appears to be behind the sign, which is unaffected by this white area. While the sign appears to be part of the original image, there is a definite vertical line or distortion along the vertical boundary between the white area and the remainder of the scenery in the background. This artefact does not appear anywhere along the edges of the sign where it meets the white area, so has to be taken as an indication that some sort of manipulation has taken place.\nOne other aspect of this image begs further scrutiny - as shown, the sign is facing INLAND, an aspect that seems a little strange, since the signs were presumably placed to deter those who may have approached the island with intentions to land there. The positioning of the sign, if genuine, is therefore less than ideal since, in order to be effective, it would surely need to face SEAWARD, otherwise visitors would have to land simply to read it, and only then, when it is too late, learn they were prohibited.\nWith respect to this aspect, period films taken from boats approaching the island do show the signs, and they are FACING those vessels as would be expected.\nGruinard B&W 2\nThe second image shares the same anomaly as first, in so far as it appears to be an approximately similar view, and depicts a sign facing INLAND, yet intended to warn those approaching from the SEAWARD side that landings are prohibited.\nIt seems odd that a hand would appear to have been deliberately positioned over the date appearing on the sign, blocking it from view. This would be a key detail in any actual visit to prove when it took place.\nThe two 'people' appearing in this image are not protected from the real danger of anthrax spore, airborne infection, and appear to be in industrial plastic coveralls and wearing heavy industrial rubber gloves, leaving their faces open to exposure and offering no respiratory protection. In detail, the one on the left appears to have his nose poking out of the opening for the face.\nThe low resolution of this image makes detail hard to discern, but the two 'people' look a little odd and either out of place, or perhaps artificial. Their stance is almost mannequin-like.\nIt may just be an effect of the low quality image, but a close look at the hand over the date on the sign suggest none of the fingers are bent, or there is any suggestion of pointing. Zooming into the wrist area shows the darker hand/glove looking as if it was on a stick emerging from the white sleeve, and a small part of the stick (or perhaps rod) is exposed in the gap between the sleeve and the hand/glove.\nBut this has to be said to be an observation made when looking closely at a fairly low resolution version of this image, so may only be a result of the image being compressed and degraded.\nOperation Dark harvest and environmental terrorism\nThe anthrax contamination led to one of the earliest examples of \"environmental terrorism\".\nIn 1981, a group threatened to leave to leave samples of soil \"at appropriate points that will ensure the rapid loss of indifference of the government and the equally rapid education of the general public\". The group claimed that the soil had been collected from Gruinard by a team of microbiologists from two universities, and went on to say that with the assistance of locals, they had landed on the island and collected a total of 300 lb (140 kg) of contaminated soil from the ground.\nThrough messages sent to newspapers under the heading Operation Dark Harvest, the group demanded that the Government decontaminated the island, and threatened to leave samples of the soil they had collected \"at appropriate points that will ensure the rapid loss of indifference of the government and the equally rapid education of the general public\". On the same day that the messages were sent, a sealed package containing soil was left outside Porton Down. When tested, it was found to contain anthrax bacilli.\nA few days later, another sealed package of soil was left in Blackpool, where the Conservative Party (then in power) was holding its annual party conference. The soil in this package was not found to contain anthrax when tested, but officials said that the soil it contained was similar to that found on the Gruinard.\nIn 1986, a major operation commenced in order to decontaminate Gruinard and make it habitable.\nThis began with spraying the area to be decontaminated with a herbicide, then burning off the dead vegetation was then burnt off to ensure that the subsequent application of decontaminant would reach all areas of the surface. This involved the spraying of the entire island with 280 tonnes of formaldehyde solution diluted in 2,000 tonnes of seawater, and removing the most contaminated areas of topsoil which lay around the original wartime dispersal site. Perforated tubing was used to ensure that 50 litres of solution were applied to every square metre being treated, with the area being divided into sections which were treated in a set procedure.\nIn October 1968, the effectiveness of the decontamination process was assessed by taking two duplicate sets of soil samples. One was tested by CDE at Porton Down, the other by the Central Veterinary Laboratory at Weybridge, Surrey. The samples were taken to a depth of 50 cm, or to bedrock, with some 130 sites were sampled by taking twin cores, each being analysed as a number of slices. This showed that the decontamination treatment had been almost completely effective, with anthrax spores detected only in small quantities in a few places. These specific areas were treated in July 1987, followed by further soil sampling in October 1987. No traces of anthrax spores were found.\nBlood from indigenous rabbits on the island was also tested for anthrax antibodies. No such antibodies were found.\nFollowing these measures, it was recommended that a flock of sheep be left on the island, and monitored to determine its state of health. A local farmer grazed part of his flock of sheep on the island for six months when 40 sheep were grazed on Gruinard Island from May to October 1987. The sheep were inspected monthly by the District Veterinary Officer, and returned to the mainland in October 1987 in excellent condition.\nOn April 24, 1990, 48 years after the island had been quarantined, and 4 years after the decontamination works had been completed, junior Defence Minister Michael Neubert visited the island and removed the safety signs, indicating that the island had been rendered safe\nOn May 1, 1990, as per the original requisition order of World War II, the island was sold back to the heirs of the original owner for the original sale price of \ufffd500.\nStarting in 1986 a determined effort was made to decontaminate the island, with 280 tonnes of formaldehyde solution diluted in seawater being sprayed over all 196 hectares of the island and the worst-contaminated topsoil around the dispersal site being removed. A flock of sheep was then placed on the island and remained healthy. On 24 April 1990, after 48 years of quarantine and 4 years after the solution being applied, junior defence minister Michael Neubert visited the island and announced its safety by removing the warning signs.[8] On 1 May 1990, the island was repurchased by the heirs of the original owner for the original sale price of \ufffd500.[10]\nDoubts about the decontamination\nWhen the official assurances were issued regarding the safety of the island following the completion of the decontamination, the Glasgow Herald newspaper reported that a leading archaeologist was unconvinced by the announcement.\nDr Brian Moffat, then archaeological director of an excavation of a medieval hospital near Edinburgh, said his team had encountered buried anthrax spores which had survived for hundreds of years, and told the paper: \"I would not go walking on Gruinard. If anthrax is still active at Soutra, there is no reason to suppose it has not survived on more recent sites. It is a very resilient and deadly bacterium.\" [3]\nAmerican visit 2001\nGruinard Island was eventually decontaminated with 280 tons of formaldehyde solution and declared safe in the 1990\ufffds.\nIn 2001, Inside Edition sent me to Gruinard Island after the anthrax attacks in America to see if any of the hearty anthrax spores may have survived.\nWe wore HAZMAT suits and full-face respirator masks.\nHazardous materials expert PJ Richardson took a soil sample that was analyzed and came back negative.\nAnthrax Island - Inside Edition (2001)\nAccording to a BBC report, it was announced in July 2001 that a team led by a Scottish scientist had produced a vaccine for anthrax.\nSir William Stewart, who led the research group, said the vaccine should act as a safeguard for the future. Production of the vaccine followed two years work at Porton Down, the Government's chemical and biological warfare research centre.\nSoviet anthrax research\nGruinard was not the only island contaminated by biological or germ warfare tests, and a former Soviet island has been confirmed as a site where similar testing was carried out.\nKantubek was a town on Vozrozhdeniya Island (Uzbekistan) in the Aral Sea. The town once had a population of about 1,500, and was used by the former Soviet Union to test biological weapons. It is reported that such experiments were being conducted there on monkeys, as far back as the early 1930s.\nThe town can still found on maps, but is described as being uninhabited and in ruins.\nVozrozhdeniya Island\nVozrozhdeniya Island, also known as Rebirth Island, was an island in the Aral Sea, an inland sea within the former Soviet Union.\nOnce a small island, Vozrozhdeniya began to grow in size during the 1960s as the Aral Sea began to dry up as the rivers which drained onto it were gradually dammed by the Soviet Union for agricultural projects. This process continued until Vozrozhdeniya became a peninsula in mid-2001, when the channel to its south dried up completely and became a causeway or land bridge.\nWhen the Southeast Aral Sea disappeared completely in 2008, Vozrozhdeniya also effectively ceased to exist as a distinct geographical feature, although the peninsula briefly reappeared in 2010, when the eastern basin flooded during a heavy snow melt.\nVozrozhdeniya Island was one of the main laboratories and testing sites for the Soviet Union's Microbiological Warfare Group. In 1948, a top-secret Soviet bioweapons laboratory was established there, testing a variety of agents, including anthrax, smallpox, plague, brucellosis, and tularemia.[4]\nIn 1971, a release of weaponised smallpox from the island infected ten people, resulting in three deaths.\nIn the 1990s, information about the island's danger was spread by Soviet defectors, including Ken Alibek, former head of the Soviet Union's bioweapons program.[5]. This confirmed that Vozrozhdeniya had been a biological weapons centre where anthrax spores and bubonic plague bacilli had been made into weapons, and stored.\nLaboratory staff abandoned the small island in 1992.[6] Many of the containers holding the spores were not properly stored or destroyed when the area was abandoned, and many of containers developed leaks.\nIn 2002, through a project organized and funded by the United States with Uzbekistan assistance, 10 anthrax burial sites were decontaminated, an expedition led by Brian Hayes, a biochemical engineer with the United States Department of Defense's Threat Reduction Agency, travelled to the area during the spring and summer, to neutralize what was probably the largest anthrax dumping grounds in the World. A team of 113 is reported to have neutralized between 100 and 200 tonnes of anthrax over a three-month period in a cleanup operation costing approximately US$5,000,000.\nBiopreparat\nBiopreparat is now known to have been the Soviet Union's major biological warfare agency from the 1970s. It comprised a vast network of secret laboratories, with each being focused on a different deadly agent. 30,000 employees researched and produced pathogenic weapons for use in a major war.\nIt had been established in 1973, describes as a civilian' continuation of earlier Soviet biological warfare programs, after and academician convinced General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev that development of biological weapons was necessary. The research at Biopreparat constituted a blatant violation by the Soviet Union of the terms of the Biological Weapons Convention of 1972, which outlawed biological weapons, and its existence was steadfastly denied by Soviet officials for decades.\nIn April 1979, a major outbreak of pulmonary anthrax in the city of Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg) caused the deaths of some 105 Soviet citizens. The Soviets tried to cover up the incident, but details were leaked to the West in 1980 when the German newspaper Bild Zeitung carried a story about the accident. Moscow described allegations that the epidemic was an accident at a biological warfare facility as \"slanderous propaganda\" and insisted the anthrax outbreak had been caused by contaminated food.\nBiopreparat suffered with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990, but was part of a system of 18, nominally civilian, research laboratories and centres scattered mainly around European Russia, where a small army of scientists and technicians developed biological weapons including: anthrax, ebola, marburg, plague, Q fever, junin, glanders, and smallpox. It was the largest producer of weaponized anthrax in the Soviet Union and a leader in the development of new bioweapons technologies.\nBiopreparat facilities included major labs and production centres:\nThe project had 18 major labs and production centers:\nStepnagorsk Scientific and Technical Institute for Microbiology, Stepnogorsk, northern Kazakhstan\nInstitute of Ultra Pure Biochemical Preparations, Leningrad, a weaponised plague center\nVector State Research Centre of Virology and Biotechnology (VECTOR), a weaponised smallpox center\nInstitute of Engineering Immunology, Lyubuchany\nInstitute of Applied Biochemistry, Omutninsk\nKirov bioweapons production facility, Kirov, Kirov Oblast\nZagorsk smallpox production facility, Zagorsk\nBerdsk bioweapons production facility, Berdsk\nSverdlovsk bioweapons production facility (Military Compound 19), Sverdlovsk, a weaponised anthrax centre\nVozrozhdeniya Island bioweapons testing site, Aral Sea\nPathogens that were successfully weaponised by Biopreparat included (in order of completion):\nMarburg virus (believed to be under development as of 1992)\nEbola (believed to be under development as of 1992)\nMachupo virus (believed to be under development as of 1992)\nVeepox (hybrid of Venezuelan equine encephalitis with smallpox)\nEbolapox (hybrid of ebola with smallpox)\nProduction figures for the above pathogens have been described as being in the tens of tons per annum, with redundant production facilities located throughout the Soviet Union.\n1 \u21d1 Biological Warfare and Terrorism: The Military and Public Health Response (Part 1 of 6) : Department of the Army : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive Retrieved April 26, 2013.\n2 \u21d1 Millions were in germ war tests | Politics | The Observer Retrieved April 26, 2013.\n3 \u21d1 BBC News | SCOTLAND | Britain's 'Anthrax Island' Retrieved April 26, 2013.\n4 \u21d1 Tom Mangold; Jeff Goldberg (2001). Plague Wars: The Terrifying Reality of Biological Warfare. Macmillan. pp. 46\ufffd47. ISBN 9780312263799\n5 \u21d1 Hoffman, David (2009). The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy. Random House. p. 460. ISBN 9780385524377\n6 \u21d1 Pala, Christopher (2003), Anthrax Island, The New York Times, January 12, 2003.\nhttp://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/courses/ww2/projects/chemical-biological-warfare/uk.htm Retrieved 15 February 2017.\nThe secret history of anthrax - Declassified documents show widespread experimentation in '40s Retrieved 14 February 2017.\nBBC News | UK | Living with anthrax island Retrieved April 26, 2013.\nASA Newsletter - Article 01-5C. Gruinard Island Returns to Civil Use Retrieved April 29, 2013.\nMilzbrand - German site page about anthrax Retrieved 14 February 2017.\nAnthrax | CDC Retrieved 14 February 2017.\nCategories: World War II | Island | Research Establishment\nPage last modified on Wednesday, 15 February 2017, at 03:05", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 251, "original_length": 34467, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 209.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.securepart.eu/en/upcoming_events/civil-society-day-2015.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:43Z", "digest": "sha1:7YLF5VWZJAV3D35Y3WJU5XDNGM2LIROT", "length": 3492, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.securepart.eu", "title": "SecurePart", "raw_content": "Civil dialogue: a tool for better legislation in the general interest\nThe annual Civil Society Day is a major EESC initiative, organised in partnership with its Liaison Group with European civil society networks, bringing together key players in European and national civil society organisations, business leaders and entrepreneurs, academics, EU policy- and decision-makers and interested media. It provides a forum for dialogue on issues that matter to civil society stakeholders at European level.\nWith a new Commission in office, it appears even more crucial to enhance civil society involvement in a strategic way, and to develop a real civil dialogue to improve legislation at European level and respond better to citizen's needs.\nThis year's edition, whose title will be \u201cCivil dialogue: a tool for better legislation in the general interest\u201d aims at setting up principles and guidelines for a permanent and structured civil dialogue at European level.\nThe works of the conference will be based on the Road Map that was adopted at the NGO Forum in Riga in March 2015 and on how to implement it through specific actions.\nWhile the morning will focus on how to engage citizens and the abovementioned Road Map, the afternoon session will handle three topics in participatory workshops, dealing with\nHow to make civil dialogue more effective in the policy making environment?\nHow to contribute to the social and civic dimension of governance?\nHow can civil dialogue contribute to the external dimension of European politics?\nSecurePART PARTICIPATION\nIn the attempt to solve the democratic deficit that affects EU, the European and Economical Societal Committee (EESC) organized this event to bring together representatives of civil society organisations from the EU as well as its neighbouring countries to discuss about how EU legislation can have better impact impact on people's lives. In particular, how citizens and CSOs can better contribute in the consultation, policy making, monitoring and evaluation processes. The consortium was present at the event to undertake a communication action that highlighted the contribution that CSOs are making to increase the democratic legitimacy of EU action and institutions.\nDuring the Civil Society DAY SecurePART consortium met the main target audience of the project, that is to say, CSOs representatives and to present them the project. Moreover the event was the perfect occasion to invite CSOs representatives to the SecurePART Workshop \u2018Get Involved In Shaping The Future Of European Security Researh\u2018 (15th and the 16th of September) in Berlin. For instance, different members of ENNA were present at the event as well as other CSOs representatives in contact with ENNA\u2019s network and they were provided with more information about the project and invited to participate to the Belin event.\nThe consortium was present actively through a special corner just in front of the room event were they showed a special roll-up and give invitation to the participants. The materials are shown below:\nThe Civil Society Day was an important moment of debate about the importance of CSOs involvement in the public sphere: SecurePART project fully match this issue with a special focus on security research. The event was right place for communication and dissemination about the SecurePART project activity and future events. In particular the consortium had the chance to get in contact directly with the main target audience of its project, CSOs.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 38, "original_length": 4066, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 323.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.servcorp.com.my/en/blog/2015/2014-economic-review-of-malaysia/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:30Z", "digest": "sha1:N2KW7INIXMPPS3FR5LI3T7PCWRFPB6XV", "length": 2967, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.servcorp.com.my", "title": "2014 Economic Review of Malaysia<", "raw_content": "2014 Economic Review of Malaysia<\nDuring 2014, Malaysia's growth rate was 6.5%, resulting in over $700 billion in the Gross Domestic Product. This showing was among the finest economic records across Asia. The newly industrialized market economy has grown year by year to become a top ASEAN economy in 2014. With an advanced industrial sector and abundant natural resources, Malaysia offers so much to visitors and investors.\nThe Malaysian economy was in total recovery during 2014 from the global financial meltdown, a recovery which continues today. The availability of reliable transportation for workers and tourists helped the economy to grow at a more rapid rate. Malaysia values innovation and strives for better economic opportunities for its population.\nA Vision for the Future of Malaysia\nThe government of Malaysia has put in place a number of forward-thinking policies to encourage small business growth. Vision 2020, an extensive plan that was originally outlined by Mahathir bin Mohamad in 1991, called for significant changes in Malaysia's economic development. The economic growth was led by several important factors, including the manufacture of electronics, natural gas production and better educational opportunities.\nExport and Import Sectors\nAs Malaysia continued to grow throughout 2014, the industrial sector, along with local and foreign investors, grew in proportion. As in years past, the import/export trade thrived due to the close proximity of the Strait of Malacca. With thousands of shipments going in and out of the region each year, many major industries saw robust profits. The nearby Strait of Malacca makes an excellent shipping route for exporters and importers with key products shipped in and out of the country daily. Petroleum is a leading export item, along with agricultural products, tin, and rubber, along with many others.\nMalaysia was an important manufacturer of a wide range of high end products during 2014. Because of the abundant labor force, profits can quickly escalate for those involved in the manufacture of flat-screen televisions, cameras, computers, smartphones, digital components, GPS, motherboards and other similar products. With numerous manufacturing plants across Malaysia, a growing number of products were made allowing a robust overall profit margin for manufacturers.\nExclusive Business Center\nIn Malaysia, business owners can enjoy all the luxuries of office space in the Nu Towers, located in the commercial center of Kuala Lumpur, just beside the KL Sentral Station, which is the hub for the whole transportation system for the whole Klang Valley. Get beautifully furnished and fully staffed Servcorp office suites situated in Nu Tower 2, along with skilled teams of IT and HR people, including bi-lingual personnel available when you need them.\nThe other two locations where you can get Servcorp Serviced and Virtual Offices in Kuala Lumpur are Menara Standard Chartered and Menara Citibank.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 182, "original_length": 5920, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 200.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.sgm.org.my/en/?cur=news/view&id=4&title=%E2%80%9CSeeds_of_Hope%E2%80%9D_Exhibition_at_Secondary_School_in_Kajang,_Selangor", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:31Z", "digest": "sha1:OV2N6R4RG6WZETXIGG7OCD2IJNO6P3TJ", "length": 1552, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.sgm.org.my", "title": "\u201cSeeds of Hope\u201d Exhibition at Secondary School in Kajang, Selangor | Soka Gakkai Malaysia (SGM)", "raw_content": "\u201cSeeds of Hope\u201d Exhibition at Secondary School in Kajang, Selangor\nThe exhibition entitled \u201cSeeds of Hope: Visions of sustainability, steps toward change\u201d was held on June 22 to 24, 2010 at the school hall of SMJK Yu Hua Kajang, Selangor. It was co-organised by SGM, the Form Six Council and the counsellor club. SMJK Yu Hua is the first venue in Malaysia where this exhibition was displayed. Representing SGM was Madam Lim Hong Kuen, Chan Yin Kwan and Celyn Wong while the school was represented by school principal Mr Chan Kai Choon.\nJointly initiated by SGI and the Earth Charter International, the exhibition stresses our interconnectedness with the rest of the community of life and the need to broaden our sphere of compassion and concern. It encourages viewers to overcome feelings of powerlessness and highlights the fact that a single individual can initiate positive change.\nThe exhibition opening ceremony was held on June 22, 2010, attended by over 1,500 school children and teachers. In his speech during the opening, Principal Chan said that the world was experiencing climate change and our withering world is plagued with natural disasters, global warming, pollution and various diseases. \u201cDue to this,\u201d he lauded, \u201cSGM is taking a pro-active approach and tirelessly working to promote greater awareness about such issues through exhibitions such as this.\u201d\nIn conjunction with the opening, SGM also present forty books to the library of the school, including several books on peace and education authored by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 109, "original_length": 3607, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 250.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.sheetalaggarwal.com/2018/03/7-amazing-places-to-visit-in-mumbai.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:45Z", "digest": "sha1:NZH7AIOXHHMSOIO7CA3X3Q2HNULT564C", "length": 3510, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.sheetalaggarwal.com", "title": "7 Amazing Places to Visit in Mumbai", "raw_content": "7 Amazing Places to Visit in Mumbai\nMumbai - City of Dreams. Name itself is sufficient to say anything about it. It's the dream place for everybody. Everyone wants to visit this city at least for once. But the city magic is like that person cannot resist himself/herself to visit it again. Bollywood the famous film industry based in the city of Mumbai only. Many aspiring actors come here to fulfill their dreams and some of them got success as well.\nBelow is the list of Must visit places in Mumbai which you should not skip in any situation.\n1. Marine Drive :\nIts 3.6 km long road which will connect Nariman point to Babulnath and Malabar Hill. Nariman point is the end of the marine drive where you can see the huge artistic stone placed. Its the most famous attraction of Mumbai. You can see many couples here at any point in time whether its scorching hot or if it's rainy or if it's too cold. This spot is also called as lover point as many couples you can find here. In the night it forms a necklace made up of lights, that's why it also called as queen's necklace.\nLocation: Colaba, South Mumbai.\n2. Gateway Of India / Taj Mahal Palace Hotel:\nGateway of India is the 83 feet tall structure arch monument. It has been built in the 20th century. Its also known as \"Taj Mahal\" of Mumbai. Its the city's top tourist attraction. Its situated at Apollo Bunder waterfront. Opposite to this, The famous Taj Mahal Palace Hotel is there. you can click pictures with it. The best part of the gateway of India is ferry ride of 45 minutes. It has two sections upper and lower in the boat. To see the city's view you can sit upstairs and enjoy the elegant view of the sea and city. Once it starts you will feel the cool breeze flowing which will give you soothing effect.\n3. Juhu Chowpatty:\nIts the most happening beach in Mumbai where you can see huge crowd all the time. You can get very delicious Pav Bhaji and Panipuri at Chowpati. You can enjoy beach view by having food in front of the sea. You can see many hawkers carrying small toys, bubble games, balloons etc. Sweet corn is so yummy that you will never regret to buy it.\nLocation: Juhu, Mumbai\n4. Siddhi Vinayak Temple:\nIts the Hindu temple of Lord Ganesha. Its the place where if you make a wish, it always fulfills. Every day many visitors come here and wished for their good life. It's having small idol in Saffron color of Lord Ganesha. Its situated in Prabhadevi.\nLocation: Prabhadevi, Mumbai.\nHaji Ali is a mosque and Dargah located in Worli. There is a very narrow path to go to the Mosque. Both Hindu and Muslim people come here to visit. In monsoon Its surrounded by water all around,so Its remain closed for some time.\nLocation: Worli, South Mumbai.\n6. Elephanta Caves:\nElephanta caves is not having anything related to the elephant. Its a historical caves having many idols of Shiva and Parvati. To reach here you have to take a ferry from Gateway of India. The last ferry from Elephanta caves to Gateway of India is at 5 PM. Its wonderful place for art lovers. For photography also it's an amazing place.\nLocation: Elephanta island, Mumbai.\n7. Bollywood (Film Industry):\nBollywood which is a film industry based in the city of Mumbai. All TV actors and film stars are staying in this city. Film city Studio is in Goregoan where all the time shooting goes on. In many of the Malls, stars come to promote their upcoming movie. If you are lucky enough, you might get a glimpse of your favorite star.\nLocation: Film-city, Goregoan, Western Mumbai", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 78, "original_length": 7763, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 336.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.shemalepilot.com/pretty-ts-amy-daly-in-blue-bikini/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:45Z", "digest": "sha1:QRXOYOXYG4IF6ZR5RH5MKGPTQ6TSHK5I", "length": 588, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.shemalepilot.com", "title": "Pretty TS Amy Daly in blue bikini | Shemale Pilot", "raw_content": "Pretty TS Amy Daly in blue bikini\nToday, I would like to present this excellent older gallery in the new installment. So far, only few photographs published in this series. However, at the request of readers publish them a bit more. We remind you that this series of photos appeared in late February. At first glance it looks like an ordinary photo session, but after a while you\u2019ll find that weaves it is not. This ivery young body model hides more secrets\u2026\nPlease remember that we have more photos and videos of this tgirl in our category page. Feel free to check it out. Amy is so hot!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 17, "original_length": 1119, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 339.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.shoe-reno.com/policies/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:36Z", "digest": "sha1:OMJ7HTY3Y3DGQWTBTWUBCQGWXJXJU3MG", "length": 3270, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.shoe-reno.com", "title": "Policies \u2014 Shoe", "raw_content": "Please give us a call at (775) 324-4616 Monday-Saturday, 10:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. PST and Sunday 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. PST.\nCredit cards accepted: Visa, MasterCard, American Express\nFree domestic shipping on all orders over $200. We ship via UPS or FedEx. Please note: all returns with an original purchase price that exceeds $200 will have a $10 shipping/handling fee deducted from the refund.\nFor domestic orders under $200, a shipping fee of $10 will be charged at the time of purchase.\nOrders are processed Monday-Friday, excluding holidays.\nOrders received after 12:00 pm PST will be processed the following business day.\nOrders received on weekends will be processed the following Monday.\nA tracking number will be emailed to the email address used for the purchase.\nShoe is more than happy to ship internationally; however, all international customers are responsible for duties and/or fees assessed by the country of entry. Shipping costs will vary depending on destination.\nAll items in original, unworn condition must be returned within 14 days of the dated receipt. Please use the original packing materials when returning your items (i.e., please do not use the manufacturer\u2019s box as a shipping box). If returns are not received within the 14-day timeframe, shipped without a shipping box, and/or are worn, they will be refused and returned to sender.\nIf an exchange is requested, please call Shoe at (775) 324-4616 for answers or questions or email info@shoe-reno.com.\nSALE items are considered FINAL SALE: no refund/no exchange.\nFull-priced items may be exchanged. The item must be returned in the manufacturer\u2019s box placed in a shipping box. Please note that we will not accept items if mailed only in the manufacturer\u2019s box. Shoe is not responsible for the price of the return shipping, but we will happily ship the exchanged item at no cost.\nIf an order is refused at the address on the packaging, the recipient is responsible for all the expenses regarding shipping, which will be deducted from the refund, regardless, if the original shipment\u2019s value exceeded $200.\nFull refunds are credited to the credit card used with the original purchase only if the return is made within 14 days of dated receipt, mailed in the required packaging, and in unworn condition. A $10 fee will be deducted from the refund\u2026if the original purchase price of the item exceeds $200.\n15 Foothill Rd., Suite 6\nSouthcreek Shopping Center\nShoe is a small, independent boutique with limited inventory; therefore, we ask you not to order multiple sizes with the intention of returning. We are more than happy to answer any and all questions regarding sizing. Please give us a call during business hours at (775) 324-4616 so that we can help you choose the correct size.\nIf a package is refused at the mailing address and returned to Shoe, the refund will reflect deductions to include original shipping charge, if paid by Shoe, plus the shipping costs for returning the package to Shoe.\nShoe will insure all packages.\nEach item is inspected prior to leaving Shoe. However, full credit will be given on a defective shoe if approved by the manufacturer. This credit may take up to three weeks from date of receiving returned item.\nSales tax is charged to Nevada residents only: 7.725%.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 3583, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 306.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.siemsiliguri.org/events/technical-symposium-2017.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:09:00Z", "digest": "sha1:TNE7SKBXNVMZMMU5QZBAMPHNZFVVEKDN", "length": 2269, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.siemsiliguri.org", "title": "Surendra Institute of Engineering & Management, Siliguri | Northbengal's Top Engineering College | Best engineering College in North Bengal | Surendra Institute of Engineering & Management, Siliguri | Northbengal's Top Engineering College | Best engineering College - Technical Symposium 2017", "raw_content": "Surendra Institute of Engineering and Management (SIEM), Siliguri, one of the premiere engineering colleges of North Bengal, operative under the aegis of Bidya Bharati Foundation organised a National Level Technical Symposium in the college campus on Thursday, 16th February 2017. The students of Jalpaiguri Polytechnic Institute, ATTC, Bardang, CCCT, Chisopani, Siliguri Government Polytechnic, Darjeeling Government Polytechnic, Kurseong, presented their meticulous research papers in front of juries on the areas of Civil Engineering (CE), Electrical Engineering (EE), Mechanical Engineering (ME), Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE) and Computer Science & Engineering (CSE). Dr. Goutam Kumar Panda, Chairman, North Bengal Local Centre, Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College, was the Chief Guest, while Mr. S. Mukhopadhyay, Principal, Siliguri Government Polytechnic, Siliguri, was the Guest of Honour of the event. The dignatories present in the event were Shri Rambilas Agarwal, President, Bidya Bharati Foundation; Mrs. Kamlesh Agarwal, Pro VC, Delhi Public School, Siliguri, Mr. Sharad Agarwal, Chairman, SIEM and Mrs. Snigdha Agarwal, Director, SIEM. Neeta Darnal, Ravi Shankar Singh, CCCT from CE; Sanjeev Adhikari, Prabhu Tamang, ATTC from ME, Tanmoy Ghosh, Ratnadeep Chakraborty, Surajit Mondal, Jalpaiguri Polytechnic Institute from EE; Dibakar Haldar and Group, Jalpaiguri Polytechnic Institute from ECE and Wasim Akram, Pranit Bhujel, Darjeeling Government Polytechnic from CSE were declared winners in respective streams. The winners and runners up participants were awarded with prizes and certificates in the event.\nWe excel at developing principled innovative technocrats & thought leaders in global communities.\nSIEM aims to be an institution of higher learning providing everyone an equal and just access to quality education. We are an institution that actualizes each student's inborn potential into the professional and technical capabilities of the highest order, awakening in each of them an indomitable spirit of enquiry, a strong social commitment and moral sense. We, at SIEM, give you a learning environment conducive to holistic growth. We welcome you to join us and explore the limitless possibilities that we have to offer.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 288, "original_length": 8727, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 295.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.sjlmag.com/2012/09/weinblatt-lynch-to-head-birminghams.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:37Z", "digest": "sha1:2IB4BK3L3KZXNFV6R4JGUCMV2SMOBIDW", "length": 4826, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "www.sjlmag.com", "title": "Southern Jewish Life Magazine - covering the Jewish communities of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and NW Florida.", "raw_content": "Weinblatt-Lynch to head Birmingham's Levite JCC\nFor the first time in over two decades, there will be a new face in the executive director's office at Birmingham's Levite Jewish Co...\nFor the first time in over two decades, there will be a new face in the executive director's office at Birmingham's Levite Jewish Community Center.\nBetzy Weinblatt-Lynch, who has been assistant executive director of the Memphis JCC since 2004, will succeed Garth Potts by the end of this year. As part of her current position, Weinblatt-Lynch was director of Memphis' JCC Maccabi Games last month, which welcomed about 1100 Jewish teens from four countries for an Olympics-style competition. Two or three communities are selected as hosts each year; Memphis was where the Games began in 1982.\nA Youngstown, Ohio, native, Weinblatt-Lynch graduated from Goucher College where she was active athletically, including being named women's athlete of the month by the Capital Athletic Conference for her tennis skills. She also played basketball for Goucher.\nWeinblatt-Lynch planned to go into the professional sports field, and upon graduation got a job with the Baltimore Orioles. That was 1994 -- the year of the baseball strike. \"My career was short-lived.\"\nAfter a short stint in the business world and teaching tennis part-time, she went back to school, earning a Master's in physical education and exercise science at Indiana State, with the idea of getting into coaching. As she finished, her mother suggested that she look at Jewish Community Centers for her career, and her first position was with the physical education department at the JCC in West Palm Beach.\nShe became physical education director at the JCC in Youngstown, then program director. In 2004, she started at the Memphis JCC.\nShe admits that a decade ago, the idea that she would be moving to Birmingham would not have entered her mind. \"I grew up in the north. What did I know?\" Her mother was surprised to learn that Memphis had more Jews than Youngstown. Birmingham does, also.\nNow, \"we really like the South,\" Weinblatt-Lynch said. \"Our kids are Southerners. They were born (in Memphis).\"\nIn the South, \"the people are wonderful, warm and friendly, care about the community, are affiliated and belong,\" she said.\nThe opportunity to stay in the South to advance her career was \"an ideal set of circumstances.\" She was looking for a place \"where the work I have chosen really has an impact on the community,\" and where the community is truly a community.\n\"Birmingham has an excellent reputation,\" she said, noting the \"incredibly committed\" lay leadership and staff. During her visits, she saw a desire to refurbish the LJCC, take on big projects and dramatically enhance the fundraising.\nShe recently completed a big project, the Maccabi Games. While many communities stretch to put the games on, in Memphis the games were profitable. That was part of the plan, she said, because she knew that the JCC could not do its own fundraiser this year after asking so much from the community to help stage the games.\nBeing the director of the Maccabi Games was \"the highlight of my career,\" she said. \"Such a community effort.\"\nThe entire Memphis community bought in, including all segments of the Jewish community and the general community. Of the roughly 350 Jewish teens in Memphis who are the right age for participation in the Games, there were 213 in the Memphis delegation. That, she said, will bode well for the teens' future Jewish involvement.\nCan Birmingham host the Games? Weinblatt-Lynch says it is possible. With some infrastructure upgrades \"it would be an eventual goal. It is not too far out of reach.\" The key would be cooperation from the entire community.\nHer husband, Spencer, was a professional soccer player in Belgium after growing up in England. He was working for the U.S. Major League Soccer development program when they met, as he ran a camp at the Youngstown JCC.\nWeinblatt-Lynch will start at the LJCC by the end of the year. She plans several visits between now and then, and will spend time with Potts during those visits to \"have a full grasp\" of operations.\nPotts is retiring after 22 years at the LJCC. The agency did a national search, attracting over 20 applicants. Those were whittled down to finalists for phone interviews; a handful were brought in for two-day interviews, seeing the facility, meeting with staff and board members, and touring the city.\nStephen Dorsky noted the enthusiasm that the search committee had for Weinblatt-Lynch. \"Everybody is extremely excited,\" he said.\nWith her taking the LJCC's reins, four of Birmingham's five community-wide Jewish agencies will be led by women.\nSouthern Jewish Life: Weinblatt-Lynch to head Birmingham's Levite JCC\nhttp://www.sjlmag.com/2012/09/weinblatt-lynch-to-head-birminghams.html", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 109, "original_length": 9270, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 232.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.skeptophilia.com/2012/03/sheik-rattle-roll.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:47Z", "digest": "sha1:OFHEMNQKPULAJFIIRSXXYZXXJHMOMPG4", "length": 4025, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.skeptophilia.com", "title": "Skeptophilia: Sheik, rattle & roll", "raw_content": "So now, a senior Iranian cleric, one Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi, is claiming that earthquakes are due to women behaving in a promiscuous fashion and wearing immodest clothing.\n\"Many women who do not dress modestly ... lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which consequently increases earthquakes,\" Sedighi is quoted as saying.\nIt is a constant source of wonderment to me that when prominent figures say these kinds of things, their audience does not erupt in guffaws. I realize that there is a slight disincentive to doing so in Iran, where guffawing at a cleric is probably punishable by beheading. But still, you have to wonder how human nature doesn't take over and force people to laugh. Perhaps the listeners survive the experience by biting chunks out of the insides of their cheeks, much in the fashion of an animal caught in a steel trap gnawing off its own paw.\nOf course, honesty forces me to point out that it isn't only the Muslims that have leaders who seem to have a Hostess Ho-Ho where most people have a brain. We, for example, have Pat Robertson, who routinely claims that homosexuality and promiscuity cause hurricanes, and also that he can bench press a Volkswagen. And lest we think that it's only religious leaders who engage in such bizarre thinking, let us not forget Lyndon LaRouche, who provides perennial and much-needed comic relief to the political stage by (for example) claiming that our current leaders are being controlled remotely by super-intelligent aliens.\nNow, come on. I may not always agree with him, but I can state with some confidence that Barack Obama is not being controlled by aliens. And given that the aliens are alleged to be super-intelligent, I doubt they're in charge of Rick Santorum, either. (I might be willing to believe it about Nancy Pelosi, however. Her smile definitely looks like the result of someone pressing a button that says, \"Retract Lips And Expose Teeth.\")\nYou have to question how people can make statements like Sedighi's. Don't these people have a glimmer of understanding of the concept of scientific induction? How hard is it to go through a thought process like the following:\n1) Hypothesis: female promiscuity is responsible for earthquakes.\n2) Fact: Teheran, one of the most earthquake-prone cities, is not known as a hotbed of immorality, largely because getting caught engaging in immoral behavior is likely to result in the public removal of critical body parts.\n3) Fact: On the other hand, female promiscuity abounds in Palm Beach, especially during spring break.\n4) Fact: Palm Beach has not been struck by an earthquake in recorded history.\n5) Conclusion: The original hypothesis is incorrect.\nYou don't have to have a Ph.D. in geology to follow this line of reasoning. You do, however, have to be able to put together thoughts in some kind of logical fashion, which is apparently something Sedighi is incapable of doing. And the people sitting in the audience, who evidently responded by saying to themselves, \"My god, he's right! I will cease my promiscuous behavior right now, in the interest of halting plate tectonics!\" must not only have inadequate logical faculties, but also be willing to swallow anything someone says, as long as he has a long beard and white robes.\nEither that, or they're missing large pieces from the insides of their cheeks.\n\"but also be willing to swallow anything someone says, as long as he has a long beard and white robes.\"\nExactly. As with your post yesterday, he's too intellectually lazy to just say \"Remember people, before you decide to go astray. Our god does not condone promiscuous behavior. This is your casual reminder. Thank you, as a collective, for maintaining your chastity thus far. Keep it up!\"\nCouldn't just be positive. Nope. Doom & gloom.\nThey don't guffaw because they've been hearing guffaw-worthy crap like this their whole lives. They're desensitized. A lifetime of \"Cleric speaks. Nod head.\"\nTo quote William Wallace:\n\"Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeedom!\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 218, "original_length": 10095, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 317.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.skybok.net/venue/90-zula-bar", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:24Z", "digest": "sha1:JFNBLHQQPJ3AJUYX4FL44KESAPN2XXDZ", "length": 40, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.skybok.net", "title": "Skybok | Zula Bar in Cape Town", "raw_content": "Coffee Shops, Bars and Pubs, Night Clubs", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 21, "original_length": 653, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 126.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.smiledesigncenter.net/blog/calcium-how-much-is-enough", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:04Z", "digest": "sha1:6EN6AVMTG3GXMSXEMSDL6FRWSMOL5OOJ", "length": 2061, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.smiledesigncenter.net", "title": "Calcium-How Much is Enough? - Tuscaloosa Dentist", "raw_content": "Calcium-How Much is Enough?\nThere\u2019s a recurring news story about calcium supplements that a number of my patients have found worrisome and confusing. It\u2019s worth touching on and it reminded me that really, it\u2019s an opportunity to talk to you about calcium\u2019s importance to oral and overall health.\nFirst the worrisome story. In August 2010 The British Medical Journal published a review of studies about women at risk for fractures and loss of bone density. Surprisingly, they discovered that women taking calcium supplements had a modest increased risk of heart attacks and no benefit from the supplements. Their recommendation seems reasonable: a reassessment of the role of calcium supplements in osteoporosis management.\nYet if you are over 60, your physician may recommend a calcium intake of 1,000-1,200 mg per day. If you have any concerns about the relative benefits of starting or continuing with supplements, I encourage you to discuss them with your physician. Their value to you depends on your individual health status as well as your diet.\nAny balanced diet isn\u2019t complete without calcium, the main nutritional mineral needed for building strong teeth and bones, which contain 99% of the body\u2019s supply. However, the remaining 1% circulates in the blood to aid heart function, blood clotting, the conduction of nerve impulses, and muscle contraction.\nIf the level of calcium does not remain constant and adequate, your body can pull calcium from your bones which, over time, will lead to osteoporosis which can result in broken bones. Inadequate calcium intake has also been linked to health issues such as hypertension and toxemia in pregnancy, which is characterized by high blood pressure.\nIn general, experts believe that North Americans, particularly adults, do not consume enough calcium each day. But how much calcium do you need for a lifetime of healthy teeth and bones?\nThe most effective amount for adults is from 800-1,200 mg of calcium a day combined with a good exercise program. Remember vitamin D3 for helping your body absorb calcium.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 129, "original_length": 4271, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 314.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.smith.kansasgov.com/parcel/DisclaimerReg.asp", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:48Z", "digest": "sha1:YDUDIP3C4CPC5N2NVQXCG262BS6RDZXN", "length": 1989, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.smith.kansasgov.com", "title": "Disclaimer Information", "raw_content": "The County makes every effort to produce and publish the most current and accurate information possible. This public information is furnished as a public service. The information must be accepted and used by the recipient with the understanding that the data was developed and collected for the purpose of developing property valuations, using the criteria of fair market value, as required by the State of Kansas. The appraised values are for current year. The tax information provided is based on the prior assessed value. The Appraiser\u0092s Office and Treasurer's Office assume no liability whatsoever associated with the use or misuse of such data, and disclaims any representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the data.\n\"No person shall knowingly sell, give or receive, for the purpose of selling or offering for sale, any property or service to persons listed therein, any list of names and addresses contained in, or derived from public records...\" K.S.A. 45-230. 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By accessing this site, the user makes the following certification pursuant to K.S.A. 45-220(c)(2): \"the requester does not intend to, and will not: (A) Use any list of names or addresses contained in or derived from the records or information for the purpose of selling or offering for sale any property or service to any person listed or to any person who resides at any address listed; or (B) sell, give or otherwise make available to any person any list of names or addresses contained in or derived from the records or information for the purpose of allowing that person to sell or offer for sale any property or service to any person listed or to any person who resides at any address listed.\"\nPress OK if you understand and accept the above statement.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 7, "original_length": 2106, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 183.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.sogstad.net/algnotes/bezout.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:38Z", "digest": "sha1:5C4MJEQX63QH6PMNQFDTG4BZXHPMWFMO", "length": 1849, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.sogstad.net", "title": "Bezout's Theorem", "raw_content": "Bezout's Theorem is an important theorem in algebraic geometry. It is far more general than what is presented here. It is, however, useful to look at this specific case of the theorem when we have two curves in a plane and want to know how they intersect.\nDefinition. The degree of a polynomial in two variables on the form xrys + xr-1ys-1 + ... + a = 0 is max(ri + sj).\nExample. x2y + y = 0 has degree 3.\nDefinition. The degree of a curve is equal to the degree of the polynomial that defines the curve.\nBezout's Theorem. If we have two curves of degree r and s, they will meet in exactly r*s points in C2 - the plane of complex numbers.\nExample. Let us consider the two curves given by the polynomial equations x2 - y = 0 and x + 2 - y = 0. The degrees of these polynomials are 2 and 1 respectively and hence so are the degrees of the corresponding curves. Bezout's Theorem tells us that the curves intersect in exactly 2 * 1 = 2 points.\nLet us first do this algebraically. To find how the two curves meet, we must set the two polynomials equal to each other and solve the resulting equation.\nx2 - y = x + 2- y\nA second order equation on the form ax2 + bx + c = 0 has two solutions given by x1 = (-b + sqrt(b2 - 4ac)) / 2a and x1 = (-b + sqrt(b2 - 4ac)) / 2a.\nWe get x1 = 1/2 + sqrt(1 - 4(-2))/2 = 1/2 + 3/2 = 2 and x2 = -1. We get the points of intersection by inserting these roots in one of the equations for the curves. For example the linear equation gives us y1 = x1 + 2 = 2+ 2 = 4 and y2 = x2 + 2 = -1 + 2 = 1.\nWe now plot the solutions to the two polynomial equations in Figure 1 and observe that the intersections are as predicted by our algebra and the number of intersections are as predicted by Bezout's Theorem. The maximum values for both axes are 5.\nFigure 1: The number of intersections between a quadratic and a straight line is 2", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 14, "original_length": 1899, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 169.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.songwritingmagazine.co.uk/interviews/interview-cajsa-siik/21816", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:22:37Z", "digest": "sha1:JUKSKF5NONQJ3KITWCXQ7RV33A4XZ3JI", "length": 7823, "nlines": 37, "source_domain": "www.songwritingmagazine.co.uk", "title": "Interview: Cajsa Siik | Songwriting Magazine", "raw_content": "Interview: Cajsa Siik\nCajsa Silk: \u201cCombining my poetry with music came naturally to me, although to start with it was all in secret.\u201d\nSongwriting catches up with rising Swedish indie-pop artist Cajsa Siik to discuss influences, emotions, contrasts and the English language\najsa Siik \u2013 pronounced Kai-ee-sa Si-yuk \u2013 is a Stockolm-based indie-pop artist. Her first album Plastic House came out in 2012, receiving both national and international coverage, including air time on American TV. Throughout her career Siik has contributed vocals and cello, playing for musicians such as Birgit Bidder, J\u00f6rgen Kjellgren, Montt Mardi\u00e9 and Amanda King. Late last year, she released her second album Contra, which was received as warmly as her debut. Songwriting caught up with Siik and discussed her emotionally conflicting catalogue\u2026\n\u201cI started quite early, so music has been in my life forever. I began playing the cello when I was five and that\u2019s basically how I got into making music, or using music as a way to express myself. Playing the cello to writing actual songs is different to me \u2013 the cello was a way of me getting to know music. I played mostly classical music and Swedish folk music from when I was 5 to 17, though I was always expressing myself in other ways like poetry and painting too. I began writing songs when I started playing guitar at 17 and then I just had a chance of combining my poetry with music, and that came naturally to me, although to start with it was all in secret.\u201d\nSo when did it stop being a secret?\n\u201cIt took some time to actually start thinking about my music as something I could record. I think it was when I was in my first band in Ume\u00e5, my home town. When we started recording our songs that started it off for me. I suddenly saw it as something that I really wanted to continue doing, and since then I\u2019ve just kept on doing it. Back then it was a lot of focus on the songwriting; I was really into writing songs but I hadn\u2019t really thought about being a performing artist. Then other things came along, like people asking me to perform with them, and it just started to grow into something, like a bigger perspective of songwriting and finding my own way of writing. That\u2019s the process: I collaborated a lot and developed over time.\u201d\n\u201cSometimes it\u2019s hard to talk about how I write because it\u2019s so intuitive.\u201d\nDo you think your classical upbringing affects the way you write songs?\n\u201cI\u2019d say I was influenced melody-wise, because classical music has a lot of melody. It taught me how to build melodies but I don\u2019t think it affected the way I write songs, that comes more from the music I grew up listening to. I had a lot of influence from bands in my home town, like The Perishers and Isolation Years. I guess all the music I\u2019m exposed to in different ways affects my songwriting. It\u2019s just hard to pinpoint how because it\u2019s not what I think about when I\u2019m writing. Sometimes it\u2019s hard to talk about how I write because it\u2019s so intuitive.\u201d\nWhat was the music that you grew up listening to?\n\u201cI was brought up in a musical environment: my parents listened to a lot of music, mostly The Beatles and Frank Zappa. My Mom listened to a lot of the Beach Boys and a lot of Swedish music too, a lot of Swedish prog from the 70s and then a lot of rock music.\u201d\nDid moving from Ume\u00e5 to Stockholm change your music in any way?\n\u201cI met a lot of musicians that were very inspiring to me and I made new friends; I was writing a lot of songs all the time. You meet new people to play these songs with, it\u2019s a social process. Mostly I was very focused on writing, I spent a lot of time on my own, writing by myself, and I started to bring these songs to other people just trying to find different sounds.\u201d\nHow did you approach writing your new album Contra?\n\u201cThe first album is more acoustic and I used an acoustic guitar to write that album, and that changed. I wanted to write something rawer, something unpolished, allowing myself to be super angry, or super sad, or super hopeful, or fragile and strong and summing that up somehow. I wanted to find a new perspective on things and combine it with me giving it my all.\u201d\nContra, is short for contrast?\n\u201cIt is. Writing the songs, when you go through things, you don\u2019t just feel one thing. If you\u2019re supposed to feel love you have to know the experience of not feeling love, if you\u2019re warm you have to feel the experience of being cold. You have to have these opposites to be able to know what you\u2019re actually going through. I wanted to create an album that holds all these contrasts even in terms of the arrangement of songs on the album. That\u2019s the cool thing about making an album, you have all that space. If people are patient enough to listen to the album then they can sense that I thought that through, and that I wanted to give something in a bigger perspective.\u201d\nWhat instruments did you use to write Contra?\n\u201cI still used guitar. I was working a lot on pre-production and I did a lot of recordings before I recorded the album and tried out different ways of building these songs. I used the electric guitar, I worked a lot with limitations, like I wrote a song on one string just to make me focus on melody and build from there. I write quickly: I can look down and write a song in an hour@ I don\u2019t think a lot about what it\u2019s supposed to be, it\u2019s just something that\u2019s there. After that I think about what sounds I want to use to express that song. I mostly think about lyrics and melodies to start with.\u201d\nWhat do lyrics mean to you as a songwriter?\n\u201cUsing words you can express a certain emotion, then you can use melodies to create a new dimension. When I started writing music it was a magical combination. For me it\u2019s to make the things I feel make sense somehow, to create something in that moment that\u2019s true. My lyrics are always personal to me, its cathartic. Combining catharsis with lyrics keeps me sane\u2026 or insane, depending on how you look at it!\u201d\nHave you always written in English?\n\u201cI used to write a lot of poetry in Swedish but I found the English language gave me more freedom when I write songs. I can use the English language however I want to use it. English helps me create better metaphors that hopefully make sense to people. I may use the words in a different way than a native speaker would do, but you work with what you\u2019ve got and use it in your own way.\u201d\n\u201cI may use the words in a different way than a native speaker would do, but you work with what you\u2019ve got.\u201d\nTell us about your new single Follow You Down?\n\u201cIt was one of the first songs I wrote, it was the kick-off for this album. The start is quite fragile and soft, and then it becomes a bit chaotic with a lot of rhythm. I think of it like a journey, you start off somewhere. When I think about it, I\u2019m walking on a path for two minutes, but it\u2019s a very long path, it\u2019s a lot about time and the way we look about time and getting to know your fears and the capability of trusting.\u201d\nThe next few singles you\u2019re due to release aren\u2019t on your album, is there any reason behind this?\n\u201cThese songs are really important to me, but when I created the feeling of the album I felt like they couldn\u2019t go on there. They had to be released some other way. 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Smith G\n2012 Tyson Chandler C\n194/47: On June 6th a group of 11 franchises formed the Basketball Association of America in a meeting at New York's Commodore Hotel. Named after the Dutch settlers that landed in New York in the 1600's the Knickerbockers faced the Huskies in the league's first game on November 1st in Toronto's historic Maple Leaf Gardens, the Knicks as they will become more well known as would win that inaugural game 68-66, on the way wining 10 of their first 12 games. However, the Knicks would play mediocre basketball down the stretch as they finished in third place with a 33-27 record. In the playoffs the Knicks would overcome a 26 point loss in Game 1 to beat the Cleveland Rebels in a three game series. However, in the semifinals the Knicks would be swept in two straight games by the Philadelphia Warriors.\n1947/48: The Knickerbockers would fall one game short of the division title posting a record of 26-22 in their second season. However, in the playoffs the Knicks would stumble as they are beaten by the Baltimore Bullets in a three game series.\n1948/49: In their third season the Knickerbockers remained a playoff contender finishing in second place with a record of 32-28. In the playoffs the Knicks would get a measure of revenge by betting the Baltimore Bullets in a three game tussle. However, in the Eastern Finals the Knicks would fall in a three game battle with Washington Capitols.\n1949/50: The BAA absorbs the rival National Basketball League to form the NBA, as ten Knickerbockers finish in 2nd place with a 40-28. In the playoffs the Knicks would beat the Washington Capitols in two straight games. However, in the Eastern Finals the Knicks would fall to the Syracuse Nationals in a three game series.\n1950/51: Former Harlem Globetrotter star Nathaniel \"Sweetwater\" Clifton joins the Knickerbockers as one of the first black players in the NBA. Clifton would see significant playing time as the Knicks made the playoffs again with a record of 36-30 while finishing in third place. In the playoffs the Knickerbockers would stun the Boston Celtics in two straight games to reach their fourth Eastern Final in five years. After failing to reach the League finals on their first three attempts the Knicks finally break through by beating the Syracuse Nationals in a hard fought five game series. In the finals the Knicks would hit a wall as they quickly found themselves down 3-0 against the Rochester Royals. However the Knicks would not go down without a fight winning the next three games to force a decisive seventh game. In Game 7 the Knicks would fall four points short of becoming the first team to rally from a 0-3 deficit, as they lost 79-75.\n1951/52: Led by Harry Gallatin and Dick McGuire the Knickerbockers battle all season for first place before falling just three games short while posting a 37-29 record for a third place finish. However, come playoffs the Knicks would get revenge by stunning the Boston Celtics in a three game series winning the decisive third game 88-87 in double overtime. In the East Finals the Knickerbockers would continue to roll beating the Syracuse Nationals in four games. However in the NBA Finals the Knicks would again come up one game short as they fell to the Minneapolis Lakers in a seven game battle that saw each team alternate victories.\n1952/53: The Knickerbockers capture their first Division Title by posting a solid record of 47-23. In the playoffs the Knicks would continue to dominate the East as they shot down the Baltimore Bullets in two straight games, before beating the Boston Celtics in four games to reach their third straight NBA Finals. In the Finals the Knickerbockers would get off to a fast start as they captured Game 1 of their rematch against the Minneapolis Lakers. However, the Knicks season would end in disappointment again as the Lakers captured the NBA Title with four straight wins.\n1953/54: The Knickerbockers would win their second straight Eastern Division Title by posting a solid record of 44-28 as Henry Gallatin captured the NBA rebounding title. However, under a round robin playoff format the Knicks would lose out dropping two games each to the Syracuse Nationals and Boston Celtics.\n1954/55: The Knickerbockers fall five games short of their third straight Division title by posting a record of 38-34. In the playoffs the Knicks would be tripped up in the first round by the Boston Celtics in a three game series.\n1955/56: The Knickerbockers fail to make the playoffs for the first time in their ten year existence as they finish in last place with a record of 35-37, losing out in a tie-breaker to the Syracuse Nationals which would have gotten them into third place and the playoffs.\n1956/57: The Knickerbockers end up with the short straw as they finished in last place for the second straight season despite posting a 36-36 record.\n1957/58: Despite leading the league with 112.1 ppg the Knickerbockers miss the playoffs and finish in last place for the third straight season with a record of 35-37.\n1958/59: On December 11th Richie Guerin scores 57 points against the Syracuse Nationals, becoming the first Knickerbocker to score 50 points in a game. The Knicks would go on to end a three year slump by finishing in second place with a record of 40-32. However, in the playoffs the Knickerbockers would lose two straight games to the Nationals.\n1959/60: Despite averaging a franchise best 117.3 ppg the Knickerbockers miss the playoffs for the fourth time in five years by finishing in last place with a record of 27-48.\n1960/61: The Knickerbockers defensive woes continued as they struggled all season to post a record of 21-58. Along the way the Knicks allowed 71 points to Los Angeles Lakers star Elgin Baylor establishing a single game record. Also on Christmas the Knicks would lose by 62 points to the Syracuse Nationals a franchise worst loss.\n1961/62: The Knickerbockers would find themselves on the wrong end of history again as Wilt Chamberlain of the Philadelphia Warriors becomes the first player to score 100 points in a NBA game on March 2nd in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The Knicks would go on to finish in last place again with a record of 29-51.\n1962/63: The Knickerbockers continue to struggle as they finish in last place for the fourth straight season with a miserable record of 21-59.\n1963/64: The Knickerbockers continued to be the worst team in the NBA as they finish in last place for the fifth straight season with a record of 22-58.\n1964/65: Hoping to change the organization the Knickerbockers introduce a new logo featuring the shortened name Knicks over a basketball. However the biggest move was the drafting of Center Willis Reed from Grambling. Reed would make an immediate impact as he captured the NBA Rookie of the Year. However, the Knicks would still finish in last place although their 31-49 record was a noticeable improvement.\n1965/66: The Knicks are unable to build off their ten game improvement as they thread water while finishing in last place for the seventh straight season with a 30-50 record.\n1966/67: Thanks to expansion and expanded playoffs the Knicks end a seven year playoff drought by finishing in fourth place with a record of 36-45. However, in the playoffs it would be a quick exit as the Knicks are bounced in four straight games by the Boston Celtics.\n1967/68: The Knicks would host the All-Star Game with Willis Reed a Dick Barnett playing in the game, as they opened the modern Madison Square Garden just 17 blocks south of the old building. Despite the All-Stars the Knicks continued to struggle under Coach Dick McGuire getting off to a 15-22 start. However, when Red Holzman replaces McGuire in the middle of the season the Knicks began to play to their full potential posting a 28-17 record down the stretch to finish in third place with a 43-39 mark on the season. In the playoffs the young Knicks would fall to Philadelphia 76ers in six games.\n1968/69: The Knicks would get off to a slow start again posting a 10-14 record when Dave DeBusschere is acquired from the Detroit Pistons for Walt Bellamy and Howard Komives. DeBusschere would make his former team pay right away as the Knicks beat the Pistons 135-87 the day after the deal. The win would be the spark of a ten game winning streak. The Knicks would also put together an 11-game winning streak as they battled for the Eastern Division Title. The Knicks would end up three games short as they posted a solid record of 54-28. In the playoffs the Knicks would make some noise as they stunned the Baltimore Bullets in four straight games. However, facing the veteran Boston Celtics in the Eastern Finals the Knicks would be taken to school losing in six games.\n1969/70: The Knicks would come flying out of the gate winning 19 of their first 20 games including a then record 18-straight on the way to a franchise best 60-22 record that earned them the first division title in 16 years as Willis Reed earned MVP honors. In the playoffs the Knicks would find themselves in a tight battle right away, as they needed seven games to beat the Baltimore Bullets. The Knicks would find things easier in the Eastern Finals as they beat the Milwaukee Bucks led by New York School legend Lew Alcindor in 5 games. In the Finals the Knicks would face the Los Angeles Lakers after winning Game 1 at the Garden the Knicks would be tripped up in Game 2 losing by two points. The Knicks would rebound in Game 3 overcoming a half court shot by Jerry West that sent the game to overtime. However, the series would be tied up again by the Lakers who captured Game 4 in overtime. In Game 5 back at the Garden the Knicks would win 107-100, but their chances of winning the Championship appeared to take hit when Willis Reed suffered a leg injury along the way. Without Reed in Game 6 the Knicks were dominated by Wilt Chamberlain and the Lakers in Los Angeles, losing 135-113. Game 7 was back in New York on May 8th and the discussion was would Reed play or not? Moments before the game the question was answered as Reed limped on to the court minutes before tip-off in his warm-ups as the Garden erupted. Reed would score the game's first two baskets of the game giving his team a shot in the arm. The two baskets scored by Willis Reed would be the only ones he scored in the decisive seventh game but his emotional presence alone was enough to earn the Knicks a Championship with a 113-99 win and him the Finals MVP.\n1970/71: The NBA divides into four Divisions as the Knicks capture the first Atlantic Division title with a record of 52-30. The Knicks continued their strong defense behind the stars like Walt Frazier, who was considered one of the best on the ball defenders of all time. In the playoffs the Knicks would easily beat the Atlanta Hawks in five games. However, in the Eastern Finals the Knicks would be stunned by the Baltimore Bullets in seven games losing Game 7 at home 93-91.\n1971/72: The Knicks who were shot down by the Baltimore Bullets would improve themselves by acquiring on of their top player Earl \"The Pearl\" Monroe in an early season trade for Mike Riordan and Dave Stallworth. Monroe was a consummate showman, a flashy ball handler, and an imaginative shot maker. He popularized the reverse-spin move on the dribble. However, his initial effect on the team was distractive as he had problems adjusting to the more defensive pass orientated Knicks. As the season wound down the Pearl would begin to find his place on the team as the Knick finished in second place with a 48-34 record. In the playoffs Earl Monroe would make the Bullets pay by beating them in six games. In the Eastern Finals the Knicks would continue to roll as they beat the Boston Celtics in five games. Facing the Los Angels Lakers in the Finals the Knicks would take Game 1 in LA 114-92. However, the Lakers who won a then record 69 games would rebound to win the next four games.\n1972/73: Despite a stellar 57-25 record the Knicks fall 11 games short of an Atlantic Division Title, as the Boston Celtics posted an impressive 68-14 record. In the playoffs the Knicks would easily shoot down the Baltimore Bullets in five games setting up an Eastern Conference Finals match up with the Celtics. The Kicks would get off to a fast start winning three straight games after dropping Game 1 to take a 3-1 series lead. However, after a one point loss in Game 5 and a home loss in Game 6 the Knicks appeared to be seeing the Eastern Conference Title slip away as they needed to win Game 7 in Boston. However, the Knicks would rise to the occasion shutting down the Celtics with their tenacious D winning 94-78. Facing the Los Angels Lakers in the Finals again the Knicks would drop Game 1 by three points. However, in a reversal of last year the Knicks would rally to win the next four games to capture their second NBA Championship by holding the Lakers under 100 points in a four games as Willis Reed outdueled Wilt Chamberlain again to win the Finals MVP.\n1973/74: Coming off their second NBA Championship the Knicks continued to dominate the NBA with their stingy defense posting a 49-33 record while finishing in second place. In the playoffs the Knicks would need seven games to knock off the Capital Bullets. Their tussle with the Bullets would weaken the Knicks who were beaten by the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Finals in six games. Following the season Willis Reed would stun the Knicks by announcing his retirement.\n1974/75: Without Willis Reed the Knicks would struggle to post a 40-42 record as they finished in third place. Despite their first losing record in eight years the Knicks would make the playoffs as the NBA expanded the postseason again. In the playoffs the Knicks would lose a three game series to the Houston Rockets.\n1975/76: The Knicks miss the playoffs for the first time nine years as they fall into the Atlantic Division cellar with a record of 38-44.\n1976/77: The Knicks continue to struggle as they miss the playoffs for the second straight season by finishing in third place with a record of 40-42. Following the season Coach Red Holzman is fired and replaced by former MVP and playoff hero Willis Reed.\n1977/78: As Willis Reed took over as Coach, the Knicks were a team in transition as Walt Frazier was traded and Bill Bradley retired for a career in politics. However, with the addition of Bob McAdoo who finished third in the league in scoring with 26.5 ppg the Knicks would end a two year playoff drought by posting a 43-39 record good enough for second place. In the playoffs the Knicks would sweep the Cleveland Cavaliers in two straight games, before being swept by the Philadelphia 76ers in four straight games.\n1978/79: Red Holzman would be brought back into coach the Knicks after Willis Reed is fired with a 6-8 start. However, not even Holzman could stop the Knicks skid as they posted a 31-51 record while finishing in fourth place.\n1979/80: Second year Guard Michael Ray Richardson has a break out season leading the NBA in assists and steals. However, the Knicks would miss the playoffs for the fourth time in five years losing out by a tiebreaker, while finishing in fourth place with a record of 39-43.\n1980/81: Michael Ray Richardson continued to establish himself as one of the top guards in the NBA as the Knicks overachieved all season to finish in third place with a solid 50-32 record. However, in the playoffs the Knicks would be stunned in two straight games by the Chicago Bulls.\n1981/82: \"The Ship be Sinking\" so stated Michael Ray Richardson who was rising to All-Star Status struggled all seasons as he dealt with drug addiction. It would be the end of Richardson's Knicks career as the team plummeted to last place posting a 33-49 record. It would also mark the end of Red Holzman's coaching career, who retired at the end of the season with 613 career wins. The Knicks would later retire the number 613 in his honor.\n1982/83: The Knicks would rebound under new Coach Hubble Brown as Bill Cartwright established himself as a presence in the middle during a 44-38 season in which the team finished in fourth place making the playoffs. In the playoffs the Knicks would beat the New Jersey Nets in two straight games before being swept by the Philadelphia 76ers in four straight games.\n1983/84: Bernard King who was acquired in the Michael Ray Richardson deal a year earlier had the year of a lifetime, averaging 26.3 ppg finishing fifth in the league in a season highlighted by back to back 50 point games on January 31st and February 1st. Led by King's scoring touch the Knicks would finish in third place with a record of 47-35. In the playoff King would average 42-6 ppg as the Knicks beat the Detroit Pistons in a grueling five game series that saw a classic Game 5 overtime duel between Knicks star Bernard Kings and Isaiah Thomas of the Pistons as both players topped 40 points in a tight overtime battle. In the second round the Knicks would give the eventual Champion Boston Celtics all they could handle before falling in seven games.\n1984/85: Bernard King continued to be the Knicks biggest star as he set a franchise record for 60 points in a Christmas Day game against the New Jersey Nets, and led the league in scoring. However, despite King's 32.9 ppg the Knicks struggled all season. Those struggles would worsen n March 23rd when Bernard King suffered a devastating knee injury. The Knicks would go on to lose their final 12 games without King finishing in last place with a 24-58 record. However, the team's end of the year struggles would have a silver lining as they won the first every draft lottery enabling them to draft Georgetown star Patrick Ewing.\n1985/86: Patrick Ewing arrived with much hoopla leading Rookies in scoring and rebounding to win the Rookie of the Year. However Ewing would miss 32 games, while Bernard King was lost for the entire season as the Knicks finished in last place again with a 23-59 record.\n1986/87: The Knicks continued to struggle as Bernard King finally made his return near the end of a season in which the Knicks finished in last place for the third straight year with a record of 24-58. However, it was clear King was not the same player he was before he blew out his knee. Following the seasons He would be released by the Knicks who drafted St. John's star Mark Jackson.\n1987/88: With a young team led by Patrick Ewing and Rookie of the Year Mark Jackson the Knicks felt they needed a young energetic coach so they hired Rick Pitino who had led Providence to the Final Four. The move would work as the Knicks made a 14-game improvement finishing in third place with a 38-44 record, which would get them into the playoffs as the eightth seed. However, in the playoffs the young Knicks would fall to the Boston Celtics in four games.\n1988/89: Prior to the season in a move to give Patrick Ewing some rebounding help the Knicks acquire Charles Oakley in a trade with the Chicago Bulls for Bill Cartwright. Led by a 26-game home winning streak the Knicks win their first Division title in 18 years by posting a solid record of 52-30. In the playoffs the Knicks would make quick work of the Philadelphia 76ers sweeping them in three straight games. However, in the second round the Knicks would be frustrated by Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls falling in six games.\n1989/90: Prior to the start of the season the Knicks are stunned by Coach Rick Pitino who suddenly quits to take over the Coaching reigns of the University of Kentucky. Under his replacement Stu Jackson the Knicks would finish in third place with a record of 45-37. In the playoffs the Knicks appeared to be heading for a quick exit as they dropped their first two games to the Boston Celtics. However, the Knicks would rally and win the next three games to stun the aging Celtics in 5. However, in the 2nd round the Knicks would be beaten by the Detroit Pistons four games to one.\n1990/91: The Knicks seemed to lack leadership as Coach Stu Jackson is replaced by John MacLeod as they struggle all season posting a disappointing record of 39-43. Despite their sub-.500 record the Knicks would still sneak into the playoffs, but they would be no match for the Chicago Bulls who swept them in 3 straight.\n1991/92: To help get the team back on track Pat Riley is hired to take over the Coaching reigns prior to the season. Riley would have an instant impact establishing a defensive system as the Knicks finished with a 51-31 record only losing the Division by a tiebreaker. In the playoffs the Knicks would knock off the Detroit Pistons in five games before facing the Chicago Bulls. The Knicks would frustrate the Bulls and Michael Jordan with their physical play before falling in seven games. However, along the way a new rivalry was born.\n1992/93: To help get them past the two time NBA Champion Chicago Bulls, the Knicks trade Mark Jackson to the Los Angeles Clippers for Charles Smith, Doc Rivers, and Bo Kimble. While acquiring Rolando Blackman form the Dallas Mavericks. All season the Knicks looked on track for the NBA Finals as they posted a 60-22 record equaling their franchise best mark set in their Championship year of 1969/70. In the playoffs the Knicks would make quick work of the Indian Pacers beating them in four games, and Charlotte Hornets beating them in five games to set up their much anticipated Eastern Finals match up with the Chicago Bulls. The Knicks would get off to a fast start in the East Finals winning the first two games at the Garden, as the Bulls had to deal with gambling rumors surrounding Michael Jordan. However, as the series shifted to Chicago the Bulls would rebound to take the next two games. Needing a win in Game 5 back at the Garden the Knicks had a chance in the final seconds as Charles Smith is reject at the basket on four attempts before having ball swatted down court for a fastbreak that gave the Bulls a 97-94 win. Needing to force Game 7 with a win in Chicago the Knicks would be foiled again by Jordan and the Bulls who went on to a third straight Championship.\n1993/94: With the retirement of Michael Jordan the Knicks were widely considered the heir to the throne. Despite the loss of Doc Rivers to a knee injury in December the Knicks appeared to be on track for Championship all season winning their second straight Division title with a 57-25 record, as they acquired Derek Harper form the Dallas Mavericks to fill the void left by Rivers. In the playoffs the Knicks would make quick work of the New Jersey Nest beating them in four games to set up a match up with the Chicago Bulls. However, despite the retirement of Jordan the Knicks would need seven hard fought games to barely advance to the Eastern Finals. In the Eastern Finals against the Indian Pacers the Knicks would again be given all they could handle as the Pacers took a 3-2 series lead with a stunning Game 5 win on the Garden's floor as Reggie Miller mocked Knicks super fan Spike Lee. However, Lee and the Knicks would have the last laugh as the Knicks comeback to claim the last two games and advance to the NBA Finals. In the NBA Finals the Knicks would face the Houston Rockets, and their star Center Hakeem Olajuwon. The Knicks found themselves facing 2-1 hole after splitting the first two games in Houston and losing Game 3 at home. However, the Rangers who had won the Stanley Cup in between Games were on the floor for inspiration in Game 4 as the Knicks evened the series. Even with fans peering up at the scoreboard to see the live Police Chase involving O.J. Simpson the Knicks keep their focus beating the Rockets to take a 3-2 series lead needing to win just one game in Houston to win the NBA Championship. However, that win would never come as John Starks missed a wide open shot that would have won Game 6, and missed 17 shots in Game 7.\n1994/95: The Knicks continued to play solid basketball as they posted a 55-27 record despite finishing in second place. In the playoffs the Knicks would dispatch the Cleveland Cavaliers in four games before facing the Indiana Pacers in the second Round. The Knicks would get off to a horrible start in their rematch with Pacers as Reggie Miller scored eight points in the final 16 seconds to stun the Knicks, who seemingly had a safe five point lead. The Pacers would go on to grab a 3-1 series edge, before the Knicks came alive to win two straight to force a seventh game at the Garden. Down by one point in the final seconds Patrick Ewing had a chance to give the Knicks a win, but had his driving lay-up rim out as the Pacers advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals. Following the season the Knicks would be stunned again when Pat Riley quit to take over the Coaching job with the Miami Heat.\n1995/96: To replace Pat Riley the Knicks would hire Don Nelson. However, the team never seemed to gel under Nelson, as he was repealed in the middle of the season by long time assistant Jeff Van Gundy. Under Van Gundy the Knicks wood finish the season winning 13 of their final 22 to post a 47-35 record for a second place finish. In the playoffs the Knicks would make quick work of the Cleveland Cavaliers again sweeping them in three straight games. However, in the second Round the Knicks would be done in by an old foe s they are dominated by the Chicago Bulls and Michael Jordan who had returned a season earlier in five games.\n1996/97: With the addition of Larry Johnson, Allan Houston, Chris Childs and Buck Williams to complement veterans Patrick Ewing, John Starks and Charles Oakley, the Knicks were revitalized as they posted a 57-24 record falling 4 games short in a battle for the Division Title with Pat Riley's Miami Heat. In the playoffs the Knicks would swat the Charlotte Hornets away sweeping them in 3 straight to set up a 2nd round battle with the Heat. The Knicks would dominant the Heat early on taking a 3-1 series lead. However, late in Game 5 loss the Knicks would lose their discipline as Patrick Ewing and Larry Johnson are suspended for leaving the bench during an altercation between Charlie Ward and Heat sub P.J. Brown. The Heat would go on to win the final 2 games and the series against the undermanned Knicks.\n1997/98: The Knicks were off to a 15-11 start when their season looked like it would go down the drain as Patrick Ewing going up for a rebound landed hard shattering his left wrist. Without Ewing for the rest of the regular season the Knicks would scrape and claw their way into the playoffs with a 43-39 record. Facing the Miami Heat in the first round the Knicks found themselves down 2-1 needing a Game 4 win to force a fifth game. As the Knicks were sealing the game on the free throw line Larry Johnson got into a fight with Heat star center Alonzo Mourning. During the fright which led to the suspensions of Johnson and Mourning for Game 5, Jeff Van Gundy did all he could to break up the scuffle, but ended up the punch lien of a joke as he end up riding on Mourning leg like a dog in heat. Without Mourning the Knicks would dominate the Heat in Game 5 in Miami to get revenge for the previous year. However, in the second round the Knicks run would come to an end as they fell to the Indian Pacers in Game 5 despite a surprising early return from Patrick Ewing.\n1998/99: In a season delayed by a four month lockout that wipes out half the season the Knicks begin play with a new look as Latrell Sprewell is acquired from the Golden State Warriors for John Starks, Chris Mills and Terry Cummings. In addition Charles Oakley is dealt the Toronto Raptors for Marcus Camby. However, the new team took awhile to gel as the barley made the playoffs with a record of 27-23, as Patrick Ewing continued to struggle with injuries as he played most of the season with an Achilles injury. However, once the playoffs started it would be a different story as the eighth Knicks battled the top seeded Miami Heat in another classic series. After splitting the first four games the Knicks trailed 77-76 with 4.5 seconds left in Game 5. Needing a desperate shot Alan Houston would bank in a shot to give the Knicks a 78-77 win with 0.5 on the clock. Spurred on by their dramatic win the Knicks would sweep the Atlanta Hawks in 4 straight in the 2nd round. In the Eastern Conference Finals against the Indian Pacers the Knicks appeared to be heading for disaster as Patrick Ewing was forced to the sideline after it was discovered his Achilles tendon was partly torn. However, with Marcus Camby rising up to the occasion the Knick managed to keep Game 3 close, when Larry Johnson won the game on a miraculous four point play after hitting a threepoint shot while being fouled. The miracle shot would spur the Knicks on as they stunned the Pacers in six games. However, Johnson himself would be slowed by a knee injury suffered in Game 6 limiting his effectiveness in the Finals as the Knicks were overmatched by the San Antonio Spurs who won the Championship easily in five games.\n1999/00: The Knicks built off their trip to the Finals by posting a solid 50-32 record that was good enough for 2nd place, despite Patrick Ewing being limited to his nagging injuries. In the playoffs the Knicks would make quick work of the Toronto Raptors sweeping them in 3 straight. Facing the Miami Heat for the 4th year in a row the Knicks would emerge victorious in 7 rough and tumble games. However, in the Eastern Conference Finals rematch with Indian Pacers the Knicks would be beaten in 6 games. Following the season the Patrick Ewing era would come to an end as he is traded in a 3-team deal to the Seattle Supersonics for Glen Rice, Luc Longley and Travis Knight.\n2000/01: In their first season without Patrick Ewing the Knicks remained a perennial playoff contender despite no worthwhile contribution from the three players acquired in the Ewing deal. The Knicks would go on to finish in third place with a 48-34 record earning the fourth seed in the playoffs. However, in the playoffs the Knicks would fail to advance to the second round for the first time in ten years as they are beaten by the Toronto Raptors in five games.\n2001/02: The Knicks would get off to a shaky start posting a 10-9 record when Coach Jeff Van Gundy suddenly resigned. Under his replacement Don Chaney the bottom would fall out as the Knicks won just 20 of their final 63 games missing the playoffs for the first time in 15 years while finishing in last place with an awful 30-52 record. Following the season in an attempt to change the struggle team's fortunes Marcus Camby who missed most of the season due to injury was traded to the Denver Nuggets for Antonio McDyess.\n2002/03: The Knicks hopes for a rebound season took a hit before the season even started, as it was determined that Antonio McDyess needed knee surgery and was lost for the entire season. With Latrell Sprewell missing most of the first month of the season the Knicks would get off to a terrible start losing their first 4 games, and winning just 1 of their first 9 games. Sprewell would return and would play solid basketball but the Knicks would never recover from their slow start as they were a non-factor in the race for a playoff spot for the second year in a row finishing tied for 5th place with a record of 37-45, as frustrated Knicks fans called for GM Scott Layden to lose his job. Following the season the Knicks would continue retool by trading Sprewell to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a 3-team deal that saw the Knicks land Keith Van Horn.\n2003/04: The Knicks got off to another dreadful start winning just three of their first nine games as fans at the Garden chanted, \"Fire Layden\", in reference to General Manager Scot Layden. Knicks fans would get their wish on December 2nd when Layden was fired and replaced by Isaiah Thomas. Immediately Thomas began on working to make the 10-18 Knicks a better team right away as he acquired Brooklyn High School legend Stephon Marbury from the Phoenix trade in a deal that enabled the Knicks to get rid of some of the bad contracts that Layden had brought in like Antonio McDyess, and Howard Eisley. The Knicks still struggled with Marbury so Thomas made another move firing Coach Don Chaney and replacing him with the NBA's all-time winningest Coach Lenny Wilkens, who learned basketball in the New York Schoolyards himself. The move began to work out as the Knicks began to climb towards playoff contention. Not satisfied Isaiah made more moves at the trading deadline shipping off Keith Van Horn to the Milwaukee Bucks for Tim Thomas, while adding size with Nazr Mohammed from the Atlanta Hawks. The retooled Knicks would go on to make the playoffs with a record of 39-43. However the Knicks would make a quick exit in the playoffs as they would be swept in four straight games by the New Jersey Nets.\n2004/05: After their strong finish to make the playoffs the Knicks started the season by playing inconsistent basketball as they held a 16-13 record at the end of December. However, as the New Year began the bottom was about to fall out. The Knicks would win just two of 15 games in January as Coach Lenny Wilkens was fired and replaced by Assistant Herb Williams. Under Williams the Knicks would not fair much better as they ended up tied for last place in the Atlantic Division with a terrible 33-49 record. Following the season the Knicks would completely retool again as the Knicks hired Hall of Fame vagabond Coach Larry Brown, a Brooklyn Native known for building teams into playoff contender. Also the Knicks rolled the dice and took a chance on Eddy Curry a solid young player with a history heart ailments, landing him in a deal with the Chicago Bulls, while drafting Channing Frye and Nate Robinson in the draft to begin a young nucleus.\n2005/06: When the season began there was a renewed buzz in New York as Hall of Fame Coach Larry Brown a Brooklyn Native came home to coach the Knicks. However, those good feelings disappeared quickly as the Knicks lost their first five games as Brown feuded all season with Stephon Marburry and GM Isiah Thomas. After a 5-9 November the Knicks struggles deepened in December as they won just two of 14 games, putting themselves in a deep hole, as new acquisitions like Eddy Curry struggled, while Jerome James rotted on the bench for being out of shape without a position after the Knicks signed the Free Agent to a mega million multiyear deal. As the New Year began the Knicks suddenly found a groove beating the Phoenix Suns in overtime 140-133, as they won their first six games in 2006. However, it was short-lived as the Knicks would lose 22 of their next 24 games as frustrations mounted in every direction with the fans booing the team regularly at Madison Square Garden, while the feud between Marburry and Brown mounted as Brown and Isiah clashed over the direction of the team. Isiah was also the target of fans ire as he continued to make questionable moves like acquiring more over bloated salaries in Jalen Rose and Steve Francis, instead of allowing bad contracts from Anfrene Hardaway and Antonio Davis expire. With the highest payroll in the league and stretched out beyond flexibility, without a first round draft pick after the Eddy Curry deal the Knicks became the laughingstock of the NBA, as they flirted with setting a franchise record in losses. When the season was finally mercifully over the Knicks were in last place with a horrendous 23-59 record. Seeing that the feud between Coach Larry Brown and GM Isiah Thomas was hurting the team, Owner Scott Layden made a stunning move to fire Brown, despite having four years left on his contract while being owed millions. The Knicks and Brown would later work out a settlement as Brown received $18.5 Million Dollars. Meanwhile Layden gave the coaching reigns and an ultimatum to Isiah demanding he turn the team around quickly or else he would be gone next.\n2006/07: Things did not start out good for Isiah Thomas and the Knicks, as fans booed, and chanted \"Fire Isiah\" as the Knicks got off to a slow 9-17 start. On December 16th the Knicks in the midst of a poor performance at home in which they were blown out by the Denver Nuggets 123-100, the Knicks frustrations boiled over, as an ugly brawl erupted after Mardy Collins committed a flagrant foul on the Nuggets J.R. Smith. The foul touched off a brawl that ultimately led to the ejection of all ten players on the court and suspensions to seven players. However, the brawl had a positive effect on the Knicks, as they played considerably better winning their next three games, as they played a more competitive brand of basketball over the next two and half months posting a 20-17 record to get in the chase for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Though still sitting with an overall losing record the Knicks post-fight turnaround convinced Knicks Owner James Dolan that progress was being made, and President/GM/Coach Isiah Thomas was given undisclosed \"multi year\" contract extension. Many Knicks fans were not happy about the extension in that they were still far from a winning team. These fans would be further frustrated as the Knicks went into a tailspin following the deal being announced March 12th, as they won just four of their last 19 games, finishing in fourth place with a record of 33-49. The move to retain Isiah Thomas would look even worse in the off-season, as the Knicks lost a $12 Million sexual harassment lawsuit to former employee Anucha Browne Sanders. During the trial Thomas was exposed as both a sexist and a racist, when Sanders testified that Thomas often made derogatory comments about white season ticket holders, and women employees.\n2007/08: To help the Knicks get closer to the playoffs, Isiah Thomas would make a draft day deal with the Portland Trailblazers, picking up Zach Randolph, Fred Jones, and Dan Dickau for Channing Frye and Steve Francis. However, from the very beginning of the season it was clear, Randolph was another overpriced dud, whose natural skill, was lost next to his lack of desire and poor attitude. An eight game losing streak would sink the Knicks, before the season even got started, as the \"Fire Isiah\" Chants\" filled The Garden from the start of the season. After a 5-10 November, that included an embarrassing 104-59 loss to the Boston Celtics on November 29th, the Knicks playoff hopes all but wilted in December as losing streaks of six and seven had the Knicks sitting in last place with a 8-24 record on January 5th. The Knicks played poorly on the road all season, with an awful 8-33 record, and when they played at Madison Square Garden the were booed on most nights as fans demonstrated outside, asking that Isiah Thomas get fired. They even sometimes protested insides, especially after a fan was ejected by Garden security for wearing a shirt that said \"Fire Isiah\". March brought more frustration as they were in the middle of an 18 game stretch, where they won just two games. However, it would bring light at the end of the tunnel, as Isiah Thomas, was relieved of his job as Knicks President and General Manager, as the Knicks hired longtime Indiana Pacers General Manager Donnie Walsh. The Knicks would go on to finish the season with a horrible 23-59 record. When the season was over Thomas was also gone from the Knicks bench as he was given a job with in the Knicks organization where he had no say in player development, personnel, and no office, for the remaining part of his undisclosed multi-year deal.\n2008/09: With new Coach Mark D'Antoni the Knicks went into the season hoping to lay a foundation for the future as they started to rid themselves of the bad contracts and bad deals made by Isiah Thomas. With the focus on the 2010 free agent season, the Knicks traded Jamal Crawford to the Golden State Warriors for Al Harrington, while sending leading scorer Zach Randolph to the Los Angeles Clippers along with Mardy Collins for Cuttino Mobley and Tim Thomas in two separate deals made on November 21st. Two players the Knicks wished they could have rid themselves were Eddy Curry, who came to training camp out of shape, and spent the early part of the season on the bench with an injured knee, while Stephon Marburry, continued to be a major headache for the Knicks, as Coach Mark D'Antoni did not even let him practice, while the Knicks worked on a buy out of his last $21 Million. After the trades the Knicks needed Marburry to play, but after he refused to enter a game, the Knicks had enough sending him away from the team for good, as the two sides negotiated a deal or a looked for a way to get him off the roster. Off course in the world of the Knicks, this was not the last word, as Stephon Marburry paid for front court seats at the Staples Center on December 16th as the Knicks were beaten by the Los Angeles Lakers 116-114. Eventually the Knicks would rid themselves of Marburry, who finished the season on the bench for the Boston Celtics. Despite the roster overall the Knicks would improve by nine games, posting a record of 32-50, as the playoffs remained a far off dream.\n2009/10: As the Knicks look forward to the 2010 free agent market they hoped they could clear the last remaining bad contracts, while starting to play more competitive basketball. Early on that was a daunting task as the Knicks got off to a terrible 3-14 start. One early season game saw LeBron James lone trip to the Garden on November 6th turn almost into a recruitment game as the Knicks welcomed members of the 2009 World Series Champion New York Yankees, who earlier in the day held a ticker tape victory parade. The Knicks would lose that game to the Cleveland Cavaliers 100-91. The Knicks would play better in December posting a 9-6 record for the month. They continued to play better as 2010 started, winning their first three games in January. However, it would not last as they lost 21 of their next 27 games, which included a frustrating eight game losing streak in February. Playing without a chance for the playoffs again in March the Knicks play uninspired baskeball for most of the second half as they ended the season with a disappointing record of 29-53. In the off-season there would be more disappointment as the Knicks failed in their pursuit of LeBron James, who joined up with Dwyane Wade and Chirs Bosh on the Miami Heat. However, the Knicks would not stay down long as they signed all-star forward Amare Stoudemire from the Phoenix Suns. Though they would lose fan favorite David Lee to the Golden State Warriors. The feeling was that Stoudemire gave the Knicks a true All-Star for the first time since Patrick Ewing.\n2010/11: With the addition of Amare Stoudamire, the Knicks hoped they could once again become a contender. The Knicks would also add Raymond Felton, while All-Star Carmelo Anthony openly expressed his desire to be traded from the Denver Nuggets to the New York Knicks. Against this backdrop, the Knicks began the season with a 98-93 win over the Toronto Raptors. After a 105-101 loss to the Boston Celtics, the Knicks home opener would be a letdown, as the Knicks were beaten by the Portland Trailblazers 100-95. The Knicks would suffer an early six game losing streak as they started 3-8. They would quickly turn things around, winning 13 of their next 14 games. However, they would again lose five of seven to head into the New Year with a record of 18-14. Such inconsistent play would be a hallmark of the Knicks season. Despite the inconsistency Amare Stoudemire was delivering the All-Star play the Knicks expected, while second round draft pick Landry Fields, was looking like the steal of the draft. Despite the up and down play the Knicks went into the All-Star Break with a 28-26 record, marking the first time they were above .500 at the break since 2000. At the break the rumors of Carmelo Anthony joining the Knicks, began to heat up with the trade deadline approaching. On February 21st the deal became a reality as the Knicks acquired Melo from the Nuggets in a three way trade involving the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Knicks would also land Renaldo Balkman, Chauncey Billups, Anthony Carter, and Ronnie Brewer in the deal. Brewer, would be waived before ever playing a game with the Knicks, while former Knick Jared Jeffries was welcomed back into the fold. The deal would see the Nuggets get Wilson Chandler, Raymond Felton, Danilo Gallinari, Timofey Mozgov, and draft picks, while Eddy Curry and Anthony Randolph went to the Wolves. The Garden had a playoff atmosphere as the Carmelo Anthony made his Knicks debut against the Milwaukee Bucks. Anthony would score 27 points with 10 rebounds as the Knicks won 114-108. However, the Knicks would struggle after all the changes as they lost nine of ten in March and slipped below .500. As the stretch drive hit the Knicks would begin to play better winning seven in a row to sew a playoff spot for the first time since 2004. The Knicks would go on to finish the season with a record of 42-40, getting the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference Playoffs. In the first round, the Knicks would face the Boston Celtics. In Game 1, the Knicks would hold the lead most of the night, as they outscored the Celtics 51-39 in the first half. However, the Celtics would gnaw away at the Knicks lead, and win the game 87-85 on Ray Allen's three point bomb with 12 seconds left. In Game 2, the Knicks would get a monster effort from Carmelo Anthony who scored 42 points, with 17 rebounds as the Chauncey Billups was out with a knee injury and Amare Stoudamire missed the second half with back spasms. However, it was not enough as Kevin Garnett's jumper with 14 seconds left, gave the Celtics a 96-93 win. After two tough losses in Boston, the Knicks hoped to get a win as the series shifted to the Garden. However, with Stoudemire's back aching the Knicks never were in Game 3, losing 113-96. The Celtics would go on to sweep the series, with a 101-89 win in Game 4.\n2011/12: After ending their playoff drought, the Knicks with Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudamire playing together from the start of the season looked to move up and become a genuine contender in the Eastern Conference. Unfortunately, a lockout would prevent the team from working out together and get more accustomed to working together. When the lockout ended the Knicks looked to improve their defense, as they acquired Tyson Chandler in a sign and trade deal with the Dallas Mavericks. The Knicks would tip of the season on Christmas Day against the Boston Celtics, winning a thriller at the Garden 106-104 as Carmelo Anthony scored 37 points with eight rebounds. However, the Knicks struggled in the early part of the season as they continued to find their rythmn on offense with Melo running the team. As February began the Knicks were 8-15, as both Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudamire were on the bench with minor injuries. As they faced the New Jersey Nets at the Garden on February 4th, rumors of a coaching change were hanging over the Knicks as only a run to the Super Bowl by the New York Giants kept the newly renovated roof from caving in on the Knicks. Needing a spark, Coach Mike D'Antoni looked to the end of the bench and found Jeremy Lin, a second year guard. Lin was picked up by the Knicks before the start of the season and hardly played as he lived on his brother's sofa after joining the Knicks from the D-League. What started in that game would be the sudden fever that swept the NBA known as \"Linsanity\". Jeremy Lin with dazzling play would be the Knicks leading scorer in 9 of the next 11 games, as he became an instant sensation with his jerseys suddenly becoming the hottest item in the league, as the Knicks got back to .500. The fever created by Jeremy Lin would lead to the Knicks young star gracing the cover of Sports Illustrated in consecutive weeks, as overnight Jeremy Lin became the most popular player in the NBA. However, as Carmelo Anthony returned to the lineup the Knicks lack of focus and chemistry returned. Anthony would put up good stats, leading the team with 22.6 ppg, but the Knicks continued to lose when he played, starting the month of March with a six game losing streak. This would lead to the resignation of Coach Mike D'Antoni. With interim Coach Mike Woodson taking over, the Knicks again found their game, as they won seven of their first eight games under Woodson as the new coach's system that focused more on defense and discipline seemed to be just what the Knicks needed. The Knicks would finish the season strong despite losing Lin to a season ending knee injury in April. The Knicks also played much of the last month without Amare Stoudamire. However, Tyson Chandler stepped up and became the big man in the middle the Knicks were looking for as he was named Defensive Player of the Year leading the team with 9.9 rebounds per game. The Knicks would go on to reach the playoffs for a second straight season, finishing with a 36-30 record.\n2012 Playoffs: Making the playoffs was important, but for the second straight season the Knicks they had a tough draw in the playoffs again, as they got the seventh seed and faced the Miami Heat. Game 1 would be a disaster for the Knicks as they played poorly and lost 100-67, making matters worse Iman Shumpert, who had a solid rookie season with 9.5 ppg suffered a torn ACL. In Game 2 the Knicks would play better, but the result would be the same as they lost 104-94, as the Heat ended the game on a 7-0 run leading a frustrated Amare Stoudamire to punch the glass casing of a fire extinguisher in the locker room area. Stoudamire would be out of action in Game 3 as he needed to have surgery to close the wounds from the ill-timed jab at the fire box. Without Stoudamire, the Knicks would suffer an 87-70 loss in Game 3 at the Garden. The loss was the 13th straight playoff loss for the Knicks, setting a dubious NBA record. The Knicks would be able to avoid the sweep with an 89-87 win in Game 4, as Carmelo Anthony scored 41 points. However, a devastating knee injury to Baron Davis put a damper on the Knicks first postseason win in 11 years. The Heat would close out the series in five games, winning the finale 106-94 in Miami. Due to posting an 18-6 record after taking over, the Knicks would make Mike Woodson remain as head coach, as the Knicks added some veteran talent by signing Jason Kidd and Raymond Felton to play Point Guard. At the same time they said good bye to Jeremy Lin, as decided not to match the large contract that Lin was offered by the Houston Rockets.\n2012/13: Despite the popularity of Jeremy Lin, the Knicks chose to let him go after he signed an offer sheet with the Houston Rockets, instead choosing to bring back Raymond Felton and signing veteran Point Guard Jason Kidd. The start of the season would be briefly delayed due to some of the lingering effects of Hurricane Sandy. When they took the floor they helped give the city an emotional lift by blowing out the Miami Heat 104-84 at the Garden on November 2nd. That win would be the spark to a great start for the Knicks, who won their first six games, including a comeback win against the San Antonio Spurs on the road. Through their first 23 games, the Knicks were among the best teams in the NBA as they posted a record of 18-5 for their best start in 20 years. Helping the start were some of the veteran off-season acquisitions as Jason Kidd's play making abilities helped boost Carmelo Anthony's stats, while Rasheed Wallace who came out of retirement helped give the Knicks a physical presence. However, Wallace's boost would last just 20 games as a foot injury would end his season and ultimately force him back into retirement. Though they were unable to keep their early season pace, the Knicks remained at the top of the Atlantic Division through January, as Carmelo Anthony set a franchise record with 31 straight games of 20 points or better. Anthony would go on to become the first Knick to win the scoring title since 1984, averaging 28.7 ppg. Despite a slump in February into March, the Knicks would end a Western Road trip, in which they were missing both All-Stars Tyson Chandler and Carmelo Anthony with a 90-83 win against the Utah Jazz. The Knicks had lost the first four games of the trip but the win in Utah helped turn things around as they won their next 13 games and clinched their first division title since 1994. Helping the Knicks late season surge was J.R. Smith, who would go on to be named the NBA's best sixth man, averaging 17.7 ppg coming off the bench. The Knicks would go on to finish the season with a record of 54-28.\n2013 Playoffs: For the second straight season, the Knicks would face the Boston Celtics in the first round of the NBA Playoffs. Looking to show that this time things were different, the Knicks took the opener at MSG 85-78, as Carmelo Anthony had a game high 36 points. Anthony would lead the way again in Game 2, scoring 34 points as the Knicks won 87-71. The Knicks continued to roll in Game 3 in Boston, winning 90-76, as Melo again led all scoring with 26 points. Not all news was good in Game 3, as J.R. Smith was suspended for one game for throwing an elbow at the head of Jason Terry. Looking to avoid the sweep the Celtics would take control of Game 4 early on, leading 54-35 at the half. However, the Knicks charged back in the game and forced overtime. The Celtics would regain control of the game in OT, outscoring the Knicks 13-6 to win the game 97-90. The Celtics would also take Game 5 in New York 92-86 as fans of the Knicks began to have concerns about past playoff failures. The Knicks jumped out fast in Game 6, outscoring the Celtics 24-10 in the first quarter. Leading by 26 points the Knicks nearly saw Game 6 slip away, as the Celtics went on a 20-0 run in the 4th quarter. However, the Knicks would not let it get any closer as they held on to win the game 88-80 to win their first postseason series in 13 years. Facing the Indiana Pacers in the second round, the Knicks suffered a letdown at home in Game 1, losing 102-95, despite a 27 point 11 rebound game from Carmelo Anthony. Melo would score 32 points with nine board in Game 2, as the Knicks evened the series with a 105-79 win. However, the next two games in Indiana would be a nightmare for the Knicks, as the Pacers size and strength overwhelmed the Knicks, as the Pacers won both games by 11 points to take a commanding 3-1 series lead. The Knicks responded with a 85-75 win in Game 5 at the Garden, but in the end the Pacers were too strong in the front court, winning Game 6 by a score of 106-99 to win the series, as Carmelo Anthony's 39 point performance was not nearly enough.\n2013/14: Despite making into the second round of the playoffs, the Knicks fired General Manager Glen Grunwald with former MSG president Steve Mills. Before changing General Manager the Knicks signed J.R. Smith to a contract extension and acquired Andrea Bargnani from the Toronto Raptors, with Marcus Camby, Steve Novak and Quentin Richardson going to Toronto along with three draft picks. The Knicks also signed Free Agent Metta World Peace. Both World Peace and Bargnani would struggle in New York, with Metta World Peace being released, and Bargnani missing half the season with after tearing an elbow ligament on a missed dunk. The Knicks would open the season with a win 90-83 over the Milwaukee Bucks, but soon dug themselves a big hole, as the lost 13 of their next 15 games. November would be a particularly bad month as they won just two games, and lost all six games at Madison Square Garden. The Knicks would even end November with a nine game losing streak. After ending December with a record of 9-21, the Knicks began to show signs of life in January as they started 2014, winning two of three games on Texas road trip. At the Garden the Knicks played much better, winning seven of ten games in January as the Knicks reentered the playoff race. On January 24th, Carmelo Anthony set a franchsie record with 62 points as the Knicks beat the Charlotte Bobcats 125-96. The momentum would be stopped in February, as the Knicks again struggled and won just two games. The Knicks would finish the season strong, highlighted by an eight game winning streak in March, as they posted a 16-7 record over the final six weeks. However, it would not be enough to get the Knicks back in the playoffs as they fell one game short of the eighth seed with a record of 37-45. As the season was coming to an end changes were already being made at the Garden, as the Knicks hired Phil Jackson to be the club's new President. The Knicks would fire Mike Woodson and the entire coaching staff after the season ended. They would also get busy trading Raymond Felton and Tyson Chandler, both of whom had disappointing seasons to the Dallas Mavericks, with the Knicks getting Shane Larkin, Jos\ufffd Calder\ufffdn, Samuel Dalembert, and Wayne Ellington along with two picks in the NBA Draft. The Knicks meanwhile would hire Derek Fisher as their new head coach.\n2014/15: Even though Phil Jackson expressed optimism that the New York Knicks could make the playoffs, it was clear early they were taking a long term approach when the season began under new Coach Derek Fisher. Fisher who had just retired from playing was clearly learning on the job, and was overwhelmed at the start. Making matters worse Carmelo Anthony was dealing with a sore knee all year. The Knicks opened the Phil Jackson era with a loss to one of his former teams, the Chicago Bulls 104-80 at Madison Square Garden. The Knicks, however would rebound and win the following night, spoiling LeBron James return home by beating the Cleveland Cavaliers on the road 95-90. Wins would be scarce early in the season as they lost eight of their first ten games. Things only got worse as November stretched into December, as the Knicks won just one game between November 22nd and January 15th, losing 23 of 24 games, including a franchise record 13 game losing streak. With their season spiraling out of control the Knicks began making changes trading both J.R. Smith and Iman Shumbert to the Cavs. With the Knicks hosting the All-Star Game, Carmelo Anthony put off season ending knee surgery until after the All-Star break to participate in the festivities. Melo would score ten points in the game and had surgery just a few days later missing the remainder of the season. At the same time the Knicks would buy out the remainder of Amare Stoudamire's contract making him a free agent. Wins remained rare for the Knicks after the All-Star break, but when they did win it seemed as if they would spring up against some of the NBA's elite teams. This included a 104-100 March 17th win in overtime against the San Antonio Spurs on March 17th at the Garden. As the season came to an end the Knicks appeared to have the inside track at the worst record in the NBA, but wins against the Orlando Magic and Atlanta Hawks saw them finish one game ahead of the Minnesota Timberwolves, likely costing them a shot at the first overall pick as they finished fourth in the draft lottery. The Knicks would meanwhile finish with the worst record in the 69-year history of the franchise at 17-65.\n2015/16: Coming off the worst season in franchise history there was no place to go but up for the New York Knicks. The Knicks were competitive in the first two months of the season, as they went into the New Year holding a record of 15-18 as they hovered near .500. As January began the Knicks continued to show improvement as they stayed at or near .500 as they surpassed the 17-wins from the previous season with a 98-90 road win over the Miami Heat on January 6th. Helping the Knicks improved play was a healthy Carmelo Anthony who led the team with 21.8 points and 7.7 rebounds per game. Another player helping to boost the Knicks was Kristaps Porzingis who was chosen with the fourth overall pick in the NBA Draft. When the pick was first announced fans were unhappy, booing the 19-year-old from Latvia. When the season began, it would not take fans long to warm up to Kristaps Porzingis who at 7'3\" showed signs early at being one of the top young centers in the NBA as he was named Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month in each of the season's first three months. However, as January ended the rigors of a long NBA season began to take their toll on Porzingis who suffered the effects of an upper repertory infection causing him to miss his first game. Kristaps Porzingis would go on to be named part of the NBA's All-Rookie team, as he finished second in Rookie of the Year voting with 14.3 points, and 7.3 rebounds per game. As Porzingis dealt with fatigue the Knicks began to struggle as they lost nine of their next ten games after reaching .500 again on January 22nd at 22-22. The losing streak would lead to a change on the bench as Derek Fisher, who never appear comfortable as a coach after going directly from playing for the Oklahoma City Thunder to running the Knicks was fired after a season and a half. Kurt Rambis would be named interim coach for the remainder of the season. The Knicks would lose their first two games under Rambis before beating the Minnesota Timberwolves 103-95 on February 20th. The damage though had been done as the Knicks fell out of playoff contention. The Knicks struggles would continue over the final two months as they posted a 9-19 record after the coaching change to finish the season with a record of 31-51.\n2016/17: Looking to make a significant step forward, the New York Knicks made a blockbuster off-season trade acquiring former MVP Derrick Rose along with Justin Holliday from the Chicago Bulls for Robin Lopez, Jose Calderon, and Jerian Grant. They also signed Joakim Noah a former Defensive Player of the Year to a four-year contract worth $72 million and Courtney Lee to a four-year deal worth $50 million. To lead the new look Knicks, Jeff Hornacek was hired as the team\ufffds coach. Rose showed good signs early as the Knicks spent the first two months playing around .500. As the New Year began things began to unravel as the Knicks were in the midst of a six-game losing streak that would drop them below .500 for the rest of the season. In January things only got worse as Derrick Rose was fined for going AWOL when he left to visit his mother in Chicago without asking for permission. Meanwhile, Joakim Noah\ufffds contract became a bone of discontention as the former Defensive Player of the Year was a shell of his former self. Noah who struggled with a sore knee would later be suspended 20 games for violating the NBA\ufffds substance abuse policy. Derrick Rose would also break down as the Knicks season got uglier and bleaker by the day. Things were so bad that former fan favorite Charles Oakley was dragged out by security after criticizing owner James Dolan. As the losses mounted, President Phil Jackson began feuding with players, including Carmelo Anthony whose contract also began to hang around the Knicks like an albatross. The Knicks would finish the season with a record of 31-51, as Jackson and the team were embroiled in a bitter feud, this included rising star Kristaps Porzingis, who refused to go to the end of the season interview. As the off-season began and it became clear free agents did not want to join the dysfunctional Knicks a decision was made to fire Phil Jackson.\nNew York Knicks Page\nWEPN (98.7 FM); WADO (1280 AM Spanish)\nKenny Albert, Mike Breen, Walt Frazier, and Wally Szczerbiak-TV; Brendan Brown and Mike Crispino-Radio; Clemson Smith-Muniz-Spanish\n\ufffdMMXVI Tank Productions. Stats researched by Frank Fleming, all information, and team names are property of the National Basketball Association. This site is not affiliated with the New York Knicks of the NBA. This site is maintained for research purposes only. All logos used on this page were from Chris Creamer's Sports Logos Page.\nPage created on February 13, 2003. Last updated on November 12, 2016 at 1:55 am ET.\nGo NY Go NY Go (1994)\nGo NY Go NY Go\nTake me home Garden home\nBest New York Knicks of All Time", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 236, "original_length": 67925, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 175.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nhl/tampa/lightning.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:07Z", "digest": "sha1:6HOMAIX2RU6Y5JOQKNRCE36ZM4XKC37S", "length": 44143, "nlines": 77, "source_domain": "www.sportsecyclopedia.com", "title": "Tampa Bay Lightning (1992-Present)", "raw_content": "The city of Tampa is the lightning capital of the world.\nJon Cooper 2012/13-\nAmalie Arena 1996/97-\n1992/93: With interest in Hockey picking up in the United States the NHL decides to add a team in one of the most unlikely place, Tampa, FL. Led by NHL legend Phil Esposito the city of Tampa had been lobbying actively for an NHL team hosting an exhibition game at the Suncoast Dome in 1990 that drew a record crowd of 25,581 to see Mario Lemieux and the Pittsburgh Penguins take on Wayne Gretzky and the Los Angeles Kings. The Lightning would begin play with a people with a solid pedigree running the team as Phil Esposito was named club president and Terry Crisp who only a few years earlier led the Calgary Flames to a Stanley Cup was named coach. During the preseason the Lightning would get wide attention as goalie Manon Rheaume became the first woman to play in an exhibition game as she stopped seven of nine shots in one period during a September 23rd exhibition game against the St. Louis Blues. What started out, as publicity stunt would become extended as Rheaume was signed to play for the Lightning's top minor league club in Atlanta. However, she would never be called up to play in a regular season game. Playing at the Expo Hall at the old Florida State Fairgrounds the Lightning would get off to a rousing start in the regular season, beating the defending Campbell Conference Champion Chicago Blackhawks 7-3 led by Chris Kontos, who netted 4 goals. The Lightning would comeback to earth a bit finishing last in the Norris Division with a 23-54-7 record, which was considerably better the their expansion partners the Ottawa Senators.\n1993/94: After a season in tiny Expo Hall the Lightning sign a two year deal to play in the Suncoast Dome, which was renamed Thunderdome for the occasion. In their first game in the Thunderdome the Lightning would lose 2-0 to the expansion Florida Panthers as a record 27,227 fans watched. The Lightning would go on to draw a NHL record 805,901 fans over 41 games for an average of 19,656, despite finishing in last place in the Atlantic Division behind the expansion Panthers with a record of 30-43-11.\n1994/95: The momentum of the Lightning establishing a large fan base is disrupted as the NHL season is delayed by a 4-month lockout that wipes out nearly half of the season. The Lighting would go on to finish the lockout shortened season by finishing in sixth place with a record of 17-28-3.\n1995/96: The Lightning would take a huge step forward in their fourth season as a late surge gets them into the playoffs for the first time in franchise history as they beat on the defending Stanley Cup Champion New Jersey Devils for the final playoff spot with a record of 38-32-12. After splitting the first two games on the road against the Philadelphia Flyers, the Thunderdome was jam packed with 25,945 fans screaming as Alexander Selivanov scored the game winner in overtime to give the Lightning a 5-4 lead. However, the Flyers would recover and win the next three games to take the series in six games.\n1996/97: After one year in a tiny Exhibition Center, and three years in a spacious converted baseball stadium, the Lightning finally get a true arena of their own as they open the Ice Palace on October 20th by beating the New York Rangers and Wayne Gretzky 5-3 in front of a sold out crowd of 19,500. However, the Lightning would be major disappointment on the ice as they finished in sixth place with a disappointing record of 32-40-10.\n1997/98: With one of the Lightning's top scorers John Cullen missing the entire season while receiving chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a former of cancer, the Bolts would struggle immensely finishing in last place, as original Coach Terry Crisp is fired and eventually replaced by Jacques Demers who would also go on to replace Phil Esposito as General Manager as the Lightning post an NHL worst record of 17-55-10.\n1998/99: John Cullen would make an inspirational return, by playing in four games, and retiring to become an assistant coach with the Lightning. However, not even the inspiration of Cullen could halt the Lightning's struggles as they finished in last place in the newly formed Southeast Division with a 19-54-9 record that was even worse then the expansion Nashville Predators.\n1999/00: The Lightning continue to play lackluster hockey as they finish in fourth place with a miserable record of 19-54-9-7, as only two players Vincent Lecavalier (25) and Fredrik Modin (22) even manage as many as 20 goals.\n2000/01: The Lightning continue to have no spark as they finish in last place for the third time in four years with a terrible record of 24-47-6-5, as the team only manages to have three players score more then 20 goals, as Brad Richards (21) joins Fredrik Modin (32) and Vincent Lecavalier (23).\n2001/02: The Lightning celebrate their tenth anniversary by missing the playoffs for the ninth time in franchise history with a third place 27-40-11-4 record. However, along the way there were several glimmers of hope, as Goalie Nikolai Khabibulin had a stellar season with a 2.32 GAA, while shining at the All-Star Game. Nicknamed the Bulin wall, Khabibulin held the North American team scoreless in the 3rd period while the European team came back and won the game. However, voting for the All-Star MVP had been done early and Khabibulin was denied, even though he was clearly the game's MVP.\n2002/03: The Lightning came out of the gates firing on all cylinders, as they were unbeaten in the first seven games on the way to a solid 7-1-2 record in October. In November the Lightning continued to play solid hockey as Captain Dave Andreychuk on November 23rd against the New Jersey Devils on the road became the 14th player in NHL history to reach the 600 goals scored milestone. In December and January the Lightning would struggle falling back to .500. However, in the second half the Lightning made a strong push as they battled the Washington Capitals down the strengths for the Southeast Division Title. The Lightning with the diminutive Martin St. Louis scoring a team high 37 goals would go on to beat out the Capitals by one point for first place with a solid record of 36-25-16-5. However, they would not be done with the Caps, as they had to face them in the first round of the playoffs. Things looked bleak for the Lightning as they dropped the first two games at home to the Capitals while being outscored 9-3. As the series shifted to Washington the Lightning caught a break as they won Game 3 in overtime as Vincent Lecavalier scored in overtime on a 5-on-3 power play. The Lighting would go on to even the series as Martin St. Louis scored twice in Game 4. St. Louis would provide the spark again in Game 5 back in Tamp as he scored the game winner midway through the 3rd period. The Lighting would go on to win the series in six games as St. Louis scored the game winner in triple overtime as Nickolai Khabibulin made 60 saves as the Lightning savored their first ever playoff series victory. However, in the second round the playoff tested New Jersey Devils would overwhelm the Lightning taking the series in five games. However, the Devils would need to win two of the games in overtime including Game 5 in triple overtime as Coach John Torterlla decided to start backup goalie John Grahame while facing elimination, who stopped 47 of 48 shots before being beaten by Grant Marshall midway through a third overtime period.\n2003/04: The Lightning got off to a fast start as they finished the first month of the season unbeaten through their first seven games. The Lightning continued their solid play into November holding an 11-2-2-1 record on the 22nd. However over the next six weeks they would struggle falling out of first place in the Southeast Division as they struggled through December winning just four times. During the slump Coach John Tortorella tried a number of ways to recharge the Lightning benching Goalie Nickolai Khabibulin while calling out star Vincent Lecavalier, as they held a mediocre 16-15-6-1 record on January 6th. The moves would work as both played better and the Lightning caught fire in the second half losing just five games in regulation the rest of the season as the move seemed to spur on Lecavalier the rest of the season as he scored 32 goals while dishing out 34 assists. However doing even better was Tampa's mighty might spark plug Martin St. Louis who won the leagues scoring title with 35 goals and 56 assists earning him the Hart Trophy as the NHL MVP, as the Lightning posted a Eastern Conference best record of 46-21-8-6. Winning the best record would also earn John Tortorella the Jack Adams Award as Coach of the Year. In the playoffs the Lightning faced the New York Islanders in the first round, after exchanging 3-0 wins at the St. Pete Times Forum the Lightning struck down the Islanders on the road winning Game 3 and Game 4 as Khabibulin stopped 61 shots in the two games. The Lightning would close the series out in Game 5 as Martin St. Louis scored netted the 3-2 winner in overtime. In the 2nd round the Lightning faced the tradition rich Montreal Canadiens, taking the first 2 games at home in dominant fashion winning both games 4-0 and 3-1. As the series shifted to Montreal the Lightning continued to roll taking a commanding 3-0 series lead as Brad Richards scored in overtime for a 4-3 win. The Lightning would go on to complete the rare sweep of the Habs with a 3-1 win to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals. Facing the Philadelphia Flyers in the conference finals the Lightning got off to a fast start taking the opener 3-1. However in Game 2 the Lightning struggled, badly losing 6-2. As the series shifted to Philadelphia the Lightning needed to rebound quickly and they did winning 4-1. However the Flyers would rebound to take Game 4 evening the series at two games apiece. Back in Tampa the Lightning would take back control of the series with a 4-2 win as Brad Richards scored twice. With a chance to close the series out in Game 6 in Philadelphia the Lightning and Flyers battled back and forth as the game went to overtime tied 4-4. In overtime the Flyers would score right away forcing a decisive seventh game at the St. Pete Times Forum. In Game 7 the Lightning would jump out to a 2-0 lead. However the Flyers cut it to 2-1 midway through the 2nd period from there they would rely on Nickolai Khabibulin to hold the lead as he stopped a total of 31 shots as the Lightning held on to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals.\n2004 Stanley Cup Finals: In the Stanley Cup Finals against the upstart Calgary Flames the Lightning got off to a rocky start losing dropping the first game 4-1. The Lightning would rebound in Game 2 with a 4-1 win of their own. As the series shifted to Calgary the Lightning were thrown into an impossible situation as the Flames hosted the first Stanley Cup Finals game in Canada in a decade winning 3-0 as an overflow crowd at the Saddledome was loud through out the game. Facing the prospect of falling behind 3-1 the Lightning scored first in Game 4 on an early first period goal by Brad Richards from there it was up to Khabibulin as he stopped all 29 shots as the Lightning evened the series with a 1-0 win. With the series shifting back to Tampa the Lightning and Flames continued to battle in tough tight games as Game 5 went to overtime tied 2-2. In overtime the Flames would quiet the crowd at the St. Pete Times Forum winning on an Oleg Saprykin goal. Facing elimination the Lightning went back to Calgary facing elimination in front of a rowdy crowd. The game would go back and forth with Brad Richard scoring twice in the 2nd period as the second straight game went to overtime tied 2-2. With the crowd roaring with every play the Lightning were in goal away from losing the cup as both teams were kept off the board in the first overtime. In the second overtime it would not take the Lightning long to get the game winner as Martin St. Louis scored 33 seconds into double overtime to send the series back to Tampa for Game 7. In Game 7 the hockey world was focused on Tampa-St. Pete as the Lightning jumped out to a 2-0 lead on two goals by Ruslan Fedotenko. Trying to hold on the Flames made it 2-1 on a power play goal by Craig Conway in the 3rd period. From there the Flames threw everything they could at the net but Khabibulin stopped every shot as the Tampa Bay Lightning held on to a 2-1 win to win the Stanley Cup, as Brad Richards who scored 12 goals and had 14 assists won the Conn Smythe as playoff MVP.\n2004/05: The Lightning would not be able to defend their Stanley Cup Championship as the entire season would be cancelled by a lock out.\n2005/06: Emerging from the lock out the Lightning had the Stanley Cup but they were nowhere near the team that won it as Goalie Nikolai Khabibulin was not re-signed, while Captain Dave Andreychuk was 42 and a shadow of his former self. With John Grahame getting a bulk of the time in the nets the Lightning managed a strong October but hit a wall in November as they lost seven of eight games to start the month as the managed a mediocre record of 19-17-3 heading in to January. Eventually the Lightning would seek a change as Andreychuk was released ending a solid Hall of Fame Career. While Andreychuk was released Hart Trophy winner Martin St. Louis was unable to repeat his MVP performance as the Lightning stayed on the playoff bubble all season long. Eventually the Lightning would squeak into the playoffs as the eighth seed with a 43-336 record. However, the playoffs would be just a cameo appearance for the Lightning as they were quickly eliminated by the Ottawa Senators in five games.\n2006/07: After a disappointing season, the Lightning traded Fredrik Modin and Fredrik Norrena, to the Columbus Blue Jackets for goalie Marc Denis. However, Denis struggled, as the Lightning got off to a mediocre 18-19-2 start. In January with Johan Holmqvist seeing more time in goal the Lightning, began to turn their season around winning nine games. The Lightning would also win nine games in February as they climbed up the Southeast Division standings. One play responsible for the Lightning's turnaround was Vincent Lecavalier who set a new franchise scoring record at 105 points, while leading the NHL in goals at 52. The Lightning would fall short in their late challenge for the division title as they qualified seventh in the Eastern Conference Playoffs with a record of 44-33-5. In the first round the Lightning faced off against the New Jersey Devils. After losing Game 1, the Lightning won two straight games 3-2, and had a chance to take a 3-1 series lead as Game 4 went to overtime in Tampa. However, the Devils would win the game on a goal by Scott Gomez to even the series. After being shutout on the road in Game 5, the Lightning came home needing a win just to stay alive. The Devils would get off to a fast start leading 3-1 early in the 2nd Period. The Lightning would cut the lead to one midway through the second, but in the last 30 minutes they could not beat Devils goalie Martin Brodeur as their season ended with a 3-2 loss.\n2007/08: Before the season started the Lightning lost their captain, Tim Taylor to condition called hip dysplasia, a condition that required season ending surgery, which would eventually lead to his retirement. When the season started the Lightning were able to count on their big three Brad Richards, Vincent Lecavalier, and Martin St. Louis, but got little help from the supporting cast, as they struggled from the start of the season, posting a 10-13-2 record through the season's first two months. Things would not get better in December as the Lightning slipped down the standings in the Eastern Conference, winning just two games during a 13-game stretch. Stuck in last place the Lightning decided to focus on the future, and were among the league's big sellers at the trade deadline; sending Vaclav Prospal to the Philadelphia Flyers for Alexandre Picard and a conditional draft pick. However, the biggest deal came when they traded Brad Richards and starting Goalie Johan Holmqvist to the Dallas Stars for r Mike Smith, and forwards Jussi Jokinen and Jeff Halpern, as well as a 4th round pick in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. Following the deadline deals the Lightning would win just five more games the rest of the season as they posted an awful 31-42-9 record. The lost season would see an end to the John Tortorella era, as the Coach who brought the Stanley Cup to Tampa Bay was fired and replaced by Barry Melrose.\n2008/09: Finishing with the worst record in the NHL enabled the Lightning to get the top pick in the draft, which they used on Steven Stamkos. Beginning the season in Prague against the New York Rangers, the Barry Melrose era got off to a horrible start, as the Lightning lost both games. Returning to North America, things did not get any better, as the Lightning were winless in their first five games. However, Melrose clashed with players and management and was fired on November 14th, with the Lightning holding a 5-7-4 record. The Lightning would continue to struggle after dismissing Melrose as they managed to win just one of their first 12 games under new Coach Rick Tocchet. The Lightning would go on to spend much of the season at the bottom of the Southeast Division as they posted a terrible 24-40-18 record.\n2009/10: As the Lightning continued to build for the future it was a year of transition in front office, as the team was sold to Boston investment banker Jeffrey Vinik. On the ice the team showed significant signs of improvement early as Steven Stamkos emerged as a superstar scoring 51 goals to share the Maurice Richard Trophy with Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins as the leading goal scorer in the NHL. The Lightning would stay in the playoff race most of the season, as they held a 26-21-11 record on February 9th. However, they would lose their final three games before the Olympic Break. The struggles would continue in March as they posted a 5-10-1 record that would see them eliminated from the postseason as April began. The Lightning would go on to finish with a record of 34-36-12, finishing fourth in the Southeast Division. Following, the season more changes were made, as legendary Detroit Red Wings Captain Steve Yzerman became the team's new General Manager, replacing Brian Lawton. Meanwhile, Coach Rick Tocchet was also fired and replaced by Guy Boucher.\n2010/11: On the ice to improve the team, Steve Yzerman acquired Goalie Dan Ellis, and brought back Pavel Kubina in two different off-season signings, as the Lightning were one of the busiest teams. When the season began, it appeared the moves paid off as the Lightning got off to a strong start, posting a 7-2-1 in October. In November, things would be tougher for the Lightning, as they only won one for their first seven games. Things got even worse, when Captain Vincent LeCavalier to a thumb injury. LeCavalier would miss a month, but the Lightning played well in his absence, posting a 9-4-2 record. The Lightning would go into the New Year with a record of 22-11-5. With Goalie Mike Smith injured, and Dan Ellis not performing to expectations, the Lightning acquired Dwayne Roloson from the New York Islanders on January 1st for Ty Wishart. In his first start for Tampa, Roloson stopped all 34 shots as the Lightning beat the Washington Capitals on the road 1-0 in overtime. The move would help the Lightning post a solid 9-4-0 record in January. The Lightning would play well into February, but as the month came to a close the Lightning began to falter, suffering a three game losing streak. Things would get even rougher in March as the Lightning endured a stretch where they won just two games in a 12 game stretch. However, they would finish the season strong, winning seven of their last eight games as they reached the playoffs as the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference with a record of 46-25-11. Helping to guide the way, was Martin St. Louis who finished second in the league in scoring with 31 goals and 68 assists. In the playoffs the Lightning would face the Pittsburgh Penguins in the first round. After losing the series opener 3-0, the Lightning got a big performance from Eric Brewer and Simon Gagne who each had three points as the Lightning won 5-1 to even the series. However, as the series shifted to Tampa, the Lightning failed to take advantage losing both Games 3 and 4 by scores of 3-2. However, as the series returned to Pittsburgh, with the Penguins needing just one to advance, the Lightning found their offense, as Steve Stamkos, Pavel Kubina, and Simon Gagne each scored two goals as the Lightning won 8-2. The Lightning started the third period of Game 6, with a 2-1 lead only to see Jordan Staal tie the game. However, Steve Downie scored just 67 seconds later to give the Lightning a 3-2 lead as they went on to win the game 4-2 to send the series to a seventh game. In Game 7 in Pittsburgh the Lightning turned to Goalie Dwayne Roloson to save the day, as Sean Bergenheim netted the only goal. Roloson would stop all 36 shots he faced as the Lightning completed the comeback from down 3-1, with a 1-0 win in Game 7 to advance to the second round. Facing the top seed Washington Capitals, the Lightning continued their momentum, winning the opener 4-2. In Game 2, the Lightning would win in Washington again 3-2, as Vincent LeCavalier scored twice, including the overtime game winner. As the series shifted to Tampa, the Lightning got third period goals by Steven Stamkos and Ryan Malone to take a commanding 3-0 series lead with a 4-3 win. The Lightning would go on to complete the sweep with a 5-3 win in Game 4. In the Eastern Conference Finals against the Boston Bruins, the Lightning would continue to roll, winning the opener in Boston 5-2. Despite a four point game from Vincent LeCavalier, the Bruins would even the series with a 6-5 win in Game 2. As the series shifted to Tampa, the goalies took over as the Bruins won 2-0 in Game 3. The Lightning would bounce back to even the series, with a 5-3 win in Game 4. After a 3-1 loss in Game 5, the Lightning faced elimination in Game 6 at home. With Martin St. Louis leading the way with two goals and an assist, the Lightning would force a seventh game with a 5-4 win. Like Game 7 against the Penguins in the opening round, the game would be lacking in goals as neither team had found the back of the net for the first two periods. However, the Bruins finally solved Dwayne Roloson with 7:33 left on a goal by Nathan Horton. It would stand up as the Bruins advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals.\n2011/12: After missing the Stanley Cup Finals by one game, the Lightning started the season their 20th in the NHL with a new look. The blue and white colors and simplified logo was aid to match the red and white tradition of the Detroit Red Wings, who Team President spent more than 20 years serving as captain with. The Lightning started the season with a solid 5-1 road win over the Carolina Hurricanes, but came home on a four game losing streak. The streak would continue as they lost to the Florida Panthers 7-4. The Lightning seemed to suffer a letdown most of the first half as they went into January holding a mediocre 17-17-3 record, despite a three game winning streak to close out 2011. Struggles in goal were a main reason for the Lightning holding a poor record, as Mike Smith was allowed to sign with the Phoenix Coyotes, while Dwayne Roloson could not match his postseason matchup, posting a 3.66 GAA before being benched in favor of Mathieu Garon. The Lightning would start 2012, with seven straight losses as they plunged further and further out of playoff contention. As the trade deadline approached and the playoffs out of reach, the Lightning would begin re-tooling for the next season as they made several small trades for youth. The biggest of these deals would see Pavel Kubina sent to the Philadelphia Flyers for Jon Kalinski and two draft picks, while Steve Downie was sent to the Colorado Avalanche for Kyle Quincey. The Lightning would go on to finish the season with a record of 38-36-8, finishing third in the Southeast Division.\n2012/13: Coming off a disappointing season, in which they failed to return to the playoffs the Lightning were chomping at the bit to get back on the ice, as the season was delayed by a three month lockout. When the season began on January 19th, the Lightning looked sharp doubling up the Washington Capitals 6-3, as they won six of their first seven games. However, the Lightning would quickly cool off dropping their next six games, as they continued to struggle to find consistent goaltending and defense. This was made all the more frustrating as Martin St. Louis and Steven Stamkos were ranked first and second in the NHL in scoring, with St. Louis winning his second Art Ross Trophy with 60 points, while Stamkos who had 57 points, also finished second in the NHL in goals with 29. However, due to the poor defense the Lightning could not translate their offense into wins, as they held a 13-18-1 record on March 24th, which led to the firing of Coach Guy Boucher. Boucer would be replaced by AHL Coach Jon Cooper; the Lightning would also make a move to address their goaltending struggles, acquiring Brian Bishop from the Ottawa Senators for Cory Conacher. The moves would not salvage the season, as the Lightning missed the playoffs again with a record of 18-26-4. Changes would continue in the off-season as the Lightning released longtime Captain Vincent Lecavalier.\n2013/14: After two straight disappointing seasons without the playoffs, the Tampa Bay Lightning hoped they solved their goaltending woes with Ben Bishop who was starting his first full season in Tampa. Early on the returns were good, as the Lightning won 12 of their first 16 games. However, on November 11th the Lightning suffered a big loss when Steven Stamkos, who was leading the NHL in scoring through the first six weeks, suffered a broken right tibia after crashing into one of the goalposts in a 3-0 road loss to the Boston Bruins. Stamkos would miss 45 games. Thanks to Bishop having a strong season the Lightning remained competitive during Stamkos' absence, as they managed a winning record over the next three months into the Olympic Break. Another player who was key to keeping Tampa alive without Steven Stamkos, was Martin St. Louis who prior to the season took over as team captain. St. Louis led the Lightning in scoring with nearly a point a game, as he set a new franchise record with four goals in a 5-4 loss to the San Jose Sharks on January 18th. However, not all was well with Martin St. Louis who was feuding with Lightning President Steve Yzerman over his place on Team Canada's roster in the Sochi Olympics. St. Louis only made the roster after Stamkos was unable to make the trip to Russia. While the Lightning went into the Olympic Break with a record of 33-21-5, St. Louis was requesting a trade. When the season resumed, the Lightning would grant Martin St. Louis' trade request making a rare captain for captain swab with the New York Rangers for Ryan Callahan. With the departure of St. Louis, the final player from the Lightning Stanley Cup Team in 2004, the Captain's C was handed over the Steven Stamkos who was ready to return for the stretch drive Despite some initial struggles after the trade, the Lightning finished the season strong, posting a record of 12-3-2 over their final 17 games as they finished second in the Atlantic Division with a record of 46-27-9. Despite being dealt away at the trade deadline Martin St. Louis led the Lightning in scoring with 29 goals and 32 assists in 62 games, while Steven Stamkos scored 25, with 15 assists in 37 games.\n2014 Playoffs: Ben Bishop was strong all season, winning 37 games, with a 2.23 GAA and a .923 save percentage, and was a finalist for the Vezina Trophy. However, in final week of the regular season, Bishop suffered an injury and would be unavailable as the Lightning faced the Montreal Canadiens in the first round of the playoffs. Anders Lindbank would start in Game 1 and struggle allowing five goals as the Lightning lost the opener the St. Pete Times Forum in overtime 5-4, with Steven Stamkos scoring twice. Lindback struggled again in Game 2, as he allowed three goals before being benched in favor of Kristers Gudlevskis as the Habs won 4-1. Things did not improve as the series shifted to Montreal for Game 3, as the Habs won 3-2 to take a 3-0 series lead. The Canadiens would go on to complete the sweep with a 4-3 win in Game 4, as Max Pacioretty's power play goal with 43 seconds left thwarted Tampa's hopes for a comeback.\n2014/15: Despite their disappointing finish, there was plenty of excitement surrounding the Tampa Bay Lightning when the season began as they were expected to be one of the strongest teams in the Eastern Conference. Starting the season with a 3-2 overtime win at home against the Florida Panthers, the Lightning would not disappoint, posting an 11-3-1 record in their first 15 games. With Ben Bishop missing several games in December, the Lightning hit a rough stretch losing seven games early, but they finished the month with four straight wins and went into the New Year holding a record of 24-11-4. One place the Lightning excelled all season was at Amalie Arena as they posted 32-8-1 record on home ice. The Lightning would battle the Montreal Canadiens all season for first place in the Atlantic Division, falling just two points short of a division championship, posting a record of 50-24-8. However, when Tampa faced the team that eliminated them the previous season they were more than up for the challenge winning all five regular season meetings. Steven Stamkos and Tyler Johnson each had 72 points to lead the Lightning in scoring, with Stamkos scoring a team best 43 goals, while Ondrej Palat led the team with 47 assists.\n2015 Playoffs: In the first round of the playoffs the Lightning would take on the Detroit Red Wings, the team that General Manager Steve Yzerman played his entire Hall of Fame career with and whose model of consistency Yzerman, the NHL's GM of the Year wished to duplicate in Tampa. After suffering a disappointing 3-2 loss in the series opener, the Lightning rebounded with five goals to even the series with a 5-1 win. However as the series shifted to Detroit, the Red Wings defense continued to frustrate the Lightning with a 3-0 shutout win in Game 3. Down 2-0 late in Game 4, Tampa appeared to be heading for another shutout loss in Game 4 when Tyler Johnson scored with just over five minute left in regulation. The Lightning would get the game tying goal just over a minute later from Ondrej Palat. In overtime Johnson would strike again to win the game 3-2 and even the series. Back in Tampa for Game 5, the Red Wings would get another 4-0 shutout win to regain control of the series. Facing elimination on the road, Tyler Johnson again had a big game scoring twice in a 5-2 win to send the series to a seventh game. In Game 7 Ben Bishop saved the day making 31 saves as the game was scoreless into the third period. Finally Braydon Coburn scored to give Tampa a lead in third period. Anton Stralman would add an empty net goal as Bishop preserved the 2-0 shutout win. The Lightning would move on to face the Montreal Canadiens in the second round. After sweeping the regular season series the Lightning needed double overtime to take the opener in Montreal, winning 2-1 on Nikita Kucherov's goal at 2:06 as Ben Bishop made 43 saves. Kucherov poured it on in Game 2, scoring twice as the Lightning won the game 6-2 to take a 2-0 series lead. Game 3 at Amalie Arena appeared to be heading for overtime, when Tyler Johnson took a Viktor Hedman pass and slipped it past Carey Price with 1.1 seconds left to win the game 2-1. Looking to complete the sweep the Lightning played their worst game of the postseason, losing 6-2. The Canadiens would also take Game 5 by a score of 2-1 and were one win away from evening up the series. Needing to win Game 6 at home, the Lightning got two goals by Nikita Kuckerov and won going away 4-1 to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals. Facing the New York Rangers in the Eastern Conference Finals the Lightning were able to get an important win in Game 2, splitting the first two games at Madison Square Garden. In the 6-2 win it was Tyler Johnson again leading the way with his first career playoff hat trick, as Alex Killorn scored twice. As the series shifted to Tampa, the Lightning offense continued to impress as back forth game went into overtime tied 5-5. Overtime would not take long Nikita Kucherov netted his second overtime goal to give the Lightning a 6-5 victory. The Rangers would rebound to take the next game 5-1 and evened the series. Back in Madison Square Garden for Game 5, Ben Bishop benefited from a strong defensive effort to win the game 2-0. However, looking to close things out the Lightning stumbled and suffered a 7-3 loss that would send the series to a seventh game. Facing a Rangers team that was nearly unbeatable in game sevens the Lightning turned up a strong defensive effort as the game remained scoreless into the third period. The Lightning would finally break the deadlock with a goal by Alex Killorn just under two minutes into the third period. Ondrej Palat added an insurance goal, as Ben Bishop stopped 22 shots in a 2-0 win to send the Lightning on to the Stanley Cup Finals.\n2015 Stanley Cup Finals: The Lightning would face the Chicago Blackhawks in the Stanley Cup Finals. The opener at Amalie Arena was a tight defense affair that the Lightning held a 1-0 lead most of the game on a first period goal by Alex Killorn. However, the Blackhawks would score twice two minutes late if the third period to win the game 2-1. The Lightning would bounce back in Game 2, winning 4-3 in a back and forth game that saw Jason Garrison net the game winner midway through the third period as Ben Bishop was forced out of the game with an undisclosed injury. Bishop returned for Game 3 as the series shifted to Chicago and was solid, making 36 saves, as the Lightning won the game 3-2 with goals by Ondrej Palat and Cedric Paquette in the third period. Ben Bishop would be rested in Game 4, as the Lightning tried to use a tight defensive effort to protect backup Andrei Vasilevskiy who was making his first career postseason start. The game was tied 1-1 entering the third period, when the Blackhawks got a goal by Brandon Saad to win the game 2-1 and even the series at two games apiece. Returning to Tampa Bay, Ben Bishop got the start in Game 5, but the result was the same as Game 4, as the Blackhawks won the game 2-1 on a goal by Antoine Vermette in the third period. The Blackhawks would go on to win Stanley Cup for the third time in six season, blanking the Lightning 2-0 in the clinching Game 6 at United Center. The game was scoreless until late in the second period when Duncan Keith lit the lamp with just under three minutes left, they would later get a goal by Patrick Kane as the Lightning despite a furious a finish could not get one past Corey Crawford.\n2015/16: Coming off their appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals, the Tampa Bay Lightning were considered a favorite in the Eastern Conference. However, storm clouds were over head at the start of the season as the pending free agency of Steven Stamkos was a major concern. Despite opening the season with three straight wins, the Lightning struggled through much of the season's first half. As the New Year began, the Lightning held a record of 18-16-4 when things looked like they may begin to unravel as Jonathan Drouin refused to report to the team's AHL Affiliate in Syracuse. The number three overall pick in 2014 and been limited to 19 games due to injuries and had been a major disappointment in the early part of the season. As result Drouin would be suspended and request a trade. While Tampa dealt with Jonathan Drouin off the ice, the Lightning began to look like the team that went to the Finals in January, as they won 9-of-11 games, including all six at Amalie Arena. The Lightning continued their strong play in February as they won ten games, and carried a franchise best nine game winning streak into March. As the season hit the stretch drive, injuries began to plague the Lightning as Defenseman Anton Stralman suffered a fractured leg on March 26th. A week later Tampa would lose Captain Steven Stamkos, after a blood clot was discovered in his arm. As the season ended the Lightning finished in second place with a record of 46-31-5.\n2016 Playoffs: The Tampa Bay Lightning limped into the playoffs and faced the Detroit Red Wings in the first round. In the opener, it was Nikita Kucherov who rose up with two goals while Alex Killorn netted the game winner as Ben Bishop made 34 saves to win the game 3-2. Game 2 would be all Tampa, as the Lightning struck for five goals to win 5-2. As the series shifted to Detroit, the Lightning could not get anything going in Game 3, as they managed just 16 shots and lost 2-0. In Game 4 Nikita Kucherov would net two more goals to give Tampa an early 2-0 lead, but the Wings battled with goals from Darren Helm and Gustav Nyquist. The score would remain tied at two until late in the third period Ondrej Palat scored on the power play with three minutes left to give the Lightning a 3-2 win. Game 5 back at the Amalie Arena would be a battle of the goalies as the game was scoreless until late in the third period, when Alex Killorn lit the lamp for the Lightning with 1:43 left in regulation. It would be the only goal of the game, as Tampa advanced with a 1-0 win, as Ben Bishop was brilliant with 34 saves. In the second round the Lightning would take on the New York Islanders. Ben Bishop would have a rough night in the opener, allowing four goals before being removed as the Islanders won in Tampa 5-3. Bishop bounced back in Game 2, allowing just one goal on 20 shots as the Lightning evened the series with a 4-1 win. Game 3 in Brooklyn would be an old fashioned shoot out as two teams traded the lead back and forth. Down 4-3 late in the third period Nikita Kucherov struck for the Lightning with the goalie pulled to tie the game with 39 second left. In overtime Brian Boyle would score at 2:48 to give the Lightning a 5-4 win. Game 4 would be the complete opposite as the Islanders held a 1-0 lead after two periods. In the third Kucherov with his eighth goal of the postseason evened the score as they game went into overtime. In OT it would take just 94 Jason Garrison to win the game 2-1 and give Tampa a commanding 3-1 series lead. As the Tampa Bay Lightning prepared to play the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Eastern Conference Finals they got some good news as Anton Stralman and Steven Stamkos were preparing to return. However, in the opener they lost Goalie Ben Bishop to a lower body injury. Fortunately, backup Andrei Vasilevskiy was up to task and stopped 25 of 26 shots as the Lightning won 3-1 in Game 1 on the road. Vasilevskiy got the start in Game 2 as Stralman returned to the ice. The two teams each scored a pair of goals in the first period but did not score again in regulation. In overtime it would be Sidney Crosby scoring the game winner, as the Penguins evened the series with a 3-2 win. As the series shifted to Tampa, the Penguins came out firing in Game 3, and peppered Andrei Vasilevskiy with 48 shots. Vasilevskiy kept the Lightning somewhat in the game, but it was not enough as the Penguins took control of the series with a 4-2 win. In Game 4 it would be Tampa that had the fast start scoring twice in the first two periods. However, in the third the Penguins rallied with three goals, but Andrei Vasilevskiy was able to prevent them from getting the equalizer as the Lightning evened the series with a 4-3 win. Back in Pittsburgh for Game 5, it was the Lightning who had to rally from behind as Nikita Kuckerov scored twice to force overtime. In overtime it was Tyler Johnson scoring at 53 seconds to win the game 4-3 and put the Lightning one win away from a second straight Stanley Cup Final appearance. At Amalie Arena in Game 6, the Lightning showed no spark as the Penguins won easily 5-2 to force a seventh game back at the Consol Energy Center. The Lightning appeared to get an emotional lift for Game 7 as Steven Stamkos was able to suit up for the first time in the playoffs. However, it would not be enough as the Penguins advanced with a pair of goals from goals from Bryan Rust to win the game 2-1. Following the season, the storm clouds lifted over Tampa as Steven Stamkos was re-signed for eight years with a cap friendly deal, as the team also settled the difference with Jonathan Drouin. In addition, General Manager Steve Yzerman worked out long term deals with Viktor Hedman and Alex Killorn.\n2016/17: After falling one game short of returning to the Stanley Cup Final, the Tampa Bay Lightning came into the season as one of the favorites to win the cup. Early on, the Lightning looked strong, as they won five of their first six games. On November 16th, the Lightning beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-1 on the road, but suffered a big loss on the ice as Steven Stamkos suffered a knee injury. Through the first 17 games, Stamkos had nine goals and 20 points and appeared poised for a big season as Tampa had a record of 11-6-1 he would end up missing the rest of the season. The loss of Stamkos would have a deflating effect on the Lightning as they went into the New Year with a record of 19-15-4. As January began so did a rash of injuries adding to Tampa's troubles, key players like Tyler Johnson and Anton Stralman were sidelined as the Lightning tumbled down the standings, posting a 3-8-2 record. With their playoff hopes on life support the Lightning began focusing on 2018. One move was settling on a goalie as Ben Bishop was traded to the Los Angeles Kings, paving the way for Andrei Vasilevskiy to assume the lead role in the nets. Despite being sellers at the trade deadline, the Lightning made a late push for the playoffs, winning ten games in March. In the end it was not enough as they fell one point short of the second Wild Card with a record of 42-30-10. Without Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov was Tampa's top scorer with 40 goals and 85 overall points, while Victor Hedman had a team best 56 assists.\nthe Tampa Bay Lightning\nhttp://www.tampabaylightning.com\nTerry Crisp 1992/93-1997/98\nRoger Paterson 1997/98\nJacques Demers 1997/98-1998/99\nSteve Ludzik 1999/00-2000/01\nJohn Tortorella 2000/01-2007/08\nBarry Melrose 2008/09\nRick Tocchet 2008/09-2009/10\nGuy Boucher 2010/11-2012/13\nJon Cooper 2012/13-Present\nExpo Hall 1992/93\nThunder Dome 1993/94-1995/96\nAmalie Arena* 1996/97-Present\n*-Known as Ice Palace 1996/97-2001/02,\nSt. Pete/Tampa Times Forum 2002-2014.\nDave Andreychuk LW 2001/02-05/06\nDino Cicarelli RW 1996/97-1997/98\nMark Recchi RW 2008/09\nDennis Savard C 1993/94-1994/95\nTampa Bay Lightning Page\n2004 John Tortorella\n1999 John Cullen C\n2004 Brad Richards C\n2010 Martin St. Louis RW\n4 Vincent Lecavalier C 1998-2013\n26 Martin St. Louis RW 2000-2014\nPaul Ysebaert 1995/96-1997/98\nMikeal Renberg 1997/98\nRob Zamuner 1998/99\nBill Houlder 1999/00\nChris Gratton 1999/00\nVincent Lecavalier 1999/00-2000/01\nDave Andreychuk 2002/03-2005/06\nTim Taylor 2006/07-2007/08\nMartin St. Louis 2013/14\nSteven Stamkos 2013/14-Present\nFox Sun Sports: WTOG (Channel 44)\nWFLA (970 AM)\nRick Peckham and Bobby Taylor-TV; Dave Andreychuk, Chirs Dingman, Phil Esposito and Dave Mishkin-Radio\n\ufffdMMXVIII Tank Productions. 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And ever hopeful thousands of fans started shouting at the Polo Grounds (where they played while Shea Stadium was being built) \u201cLet\u2019s Go Mets!!\u201d A bumbling collection of castoffs, not quite-ready-for prime-time major league players, paycheck collectors and callow youth, the Mets underwhelmed the opposition. But Casey loved the young players on the team who he called \u201cthe youth of America.\u201d\nThey had pitcher Jay Hook who could talk for hours about why a curve ball curved (he had a Masters degree in engineering), but couldn\u2019t throw one consistently.\nThey had \u201cChoo-Choo\u201d Coleman, an excellent low-ball catcher. The only problem was that the Mets had very few low-ball pitchers. They had \u201cMarvelous Marv\u201d Throneberry, a Mickey Mantle look-alike in the batter\u2019s box, and that\u2019s where the resemblance ended.\nDay after day Casey Stengel would watch the Mets and be amazed at how they could find newer and more original ways to beat themselves. In desperation \u2013 some swore it was on the day he witnessed Al Jackson go 15 innings yielding but three hits only to lose the game on two errors committed by Marvelous Marv \u2013 Casey bellowed out his plaintive query, \u201cCan\u2019t anybody here play this game?\u201d\nThey were 100-1 underdogs to win the pennant in 1969 and incredibly came on to finish the year as World Champions.\nOne of the most prolific and respected sports journalists and oral historians in the United States, author of the autobiographies of legends Nolan Ryan, Tony Dorsett, and Red Holzman, Dr. Harvey Frommer has been a professor for more than two decades in the MALS program at Dartmouth College, Frommer was dubbed \u201cDartmouth\u2019s Mr. Baseball\u201d by alumni magazine. He\u2019s also the founder of www.HarveyFrommerSports.com. 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Ronnie Greer, U.S. District Judge, to serve 210 months in federal prison followed by six years on supervised release. Gravely pleaded guilty on February 15, 2012, to a federal indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and money laundering.\nGravely admitted that he was involved with others in south Florida supplying oxycodone to several individuals in the Tri-Cities area of Tennessee as well as southwest Virginia. Co- conspirators deposited cash from drug proceeds into the bank accounts of other co-conspirators as payment for these drugs. Gravely admitted to distributing between 4,976 and 15,000 oxycodone pills and laundering between $120,000 and $200,000 dollars in drug proceeds.\nAll 26 of the individuals charged in the indictment with Gravely have now been convicted, including: Rodney Allen Mitchell, 32, of Kingsport, Tenn.; Cedric D'Andre Mitchell, 22, of Big Stone Gap, Va.; Rachel Nichole Goad, 34, of Kingsport, Tenn.; Curtis Louis Prior, Jr., 35, of Kingsport, Tenn.; Jennifer Mitchell, 38, Kingsport, Tenn.; Lloyd James Steed, Jr., 34, Detroit, Mich.; Gilbert Miller, 42, Kingsport, Tenn.; James Howard Poole, Jr., 39, Kingsport, Tenn.; Jarian Hamler, 31, Jonesborough, Tenn..; Joshua Clark Martin, 29, Kingsport, Tenn.; Shawn James Banks, 40, Detroit, Mich.; Marquis Cornelius Taylor, 37, Miami, Fla.;\nNekia Dwayne Clark, 35, Big Stone Gap, Va.; Allen Vaughn Crews, 37, Centerville, Va.; Justin Colby Vaughn, 36, Del Ray Beach, Fla.; Antwain Dwayne Hollinger, 33, Big Stone Gap, Va.; Adrian Jamal Cornette, 27, Wise County, Va.; Mose Devaughn White, 34, Johnson City, Tenn.; Duvale Pruitt, 37, Kingsport, Tenn.; Stephen Anthony Graham, 25, Johnson City, Tenn.; Stacy Montague White, 39, Kingsport, Tenn.; Keira Lashawn Moore, 29, Big Stone Gap, Va.; Semmaj Jarquis Taylor, 40, Dearfield Beach, Fla.; Dena Marie McGaughey, 39, Delray Beach, Fla.; and Victoria Danielle Bays, Johnson City, Tenn.\nThe indictment and subsequent conviction of Gravely was the result of a four-year investigation conducted by the Tennessee Second Judicial District Drug Task Force, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, Southwest Virginia Drug Task Force, Kingsport Tennessee Police Department, Sullivan County Tennessee Sheriff's Office, Bristol Tennessee Police Department, Johnson City Tennessee Police Department, Washington County Tennessee Sheriff's Office, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Drug Enforcement Administration, and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigations Division, all of which provided valuable assistance during the course of the investigation. Assistant U. S. Attorneys Robert M. Reeves and Suzanne Kerney-Quillen , Eastern District of Tennessee and Zachary T. Lee, Western District of Virginia, represented the United States.\nOther individuals related to this investigation have been prosecuted by the offices of Sullivan County Tennessee District Attorney General Barry Staubus, and the Wise County Virginia Commonwealth's Attorney Ronald K. Elkins, which have been involved with the investigation since its inception in 2007.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 8153, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 276.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.surviveoutdoor.com/alvey-fishing-reel-schematics/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:35Z", "digest": "sha1:GLSEL7TRWREO6SR4DCKGKHTRFLTOMIFD", "length": 898, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.surviveoutdoor.com", "title": "Alvey Fishing Reel Schematics | SurviveOutdoor", "raw_content": "Alvey Fishing Reel Schematics\nFishing reel schematics for models; 30, 300, 40, 400, 50, 500, 600, 6000, 700, 800, 900.\nReel Products\nAlvey Reels Australia was founded by Charles Alvey in 1920 and is located in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It has remained a family business and is currently under the direction of Bruce and Glenn Alvey, the great grandsons of Charles. They continue to outperform other types of reels by sticking with a simple and efficient design that was done right the first time. Side casts reels are designed for distance casting with little practice, using simple casting techniques. Using the casting instructions presented on these web pages, Charles attained a record cast of 671 feet using a 2 ounce casting weight. All reels are ruggedly built to withstand the harsh effects of fine beach sand and saltwater corrosion and will give you a lifetime of fishing pleasure.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 213, "original_length": 5820, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 280.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.sustainabilityleadersnetwork.org/fellows/maria-latumahina/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:15Z", "digest": "sha1:JZ37JPEAEPHUM6IXUQXQOF747YCLYPUU", "length": 1877, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.sustainabilityleadersnetwork.org", "title": "Maria Latumahina - Sustainability Leaders Network", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Fellows \u00bb Maria Latumahina\nMaria Latumahina\nClimate Change Unit, UK Department for International Development, Independent Consultant\nJayapura, Papua, Indonesia\nAs a member of DFID\u2019s Climate Change Unit, Maria is dedicated to advancing mulitstakeholder dialogue focused on the sustainable management of the tremendous natural resources found in Papua while improving the quality of life for the citizens of Indonesia\u2019s poorest province. Although the Papauan culture reflects their close relationship with the environment and natural resources, the individual citizen is not the only member at the decision-making table.\nMaria and her colleagues strive to bring all stakeholders (government, private sector, parliament, community and military) together to discuss and develop parameters for a definition of sustainable and equitable environment and natural resource management while balancing each individual groups\u2019 interests and concerns. Some important points of focus include examining the incentives for the community to protect the environment, and the incentives for the military, the private sector and the government to collaborate. What legal, financial and political scenarios should be in place? Developing approaches to these questions is how Maria applies the skills she learned as a Fellow.\nCurrently, Maria is also working closely with Catharina Any Sulistyowati, her colleague Fellow, to establish a sustainability training center and community in the forests above Bandung. The center would be an example of how people can live a high quality of life while conserving the forest. Maria and Any want the community to be replicated by common people, not only by rich people, who have the money to buy land.\nExpertise: Climate Change, Forestry, Indigenous Peoples, Social Justice\nSector: Business, Government, Indigenous, Military\nGeography: Asia, Indonesia", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 3276, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 314.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.swamilawyer.com/2018/07/actor-mithuns-son-faces-rape-charges.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:59Z", "digest": "sha1:GY4J5TXIOBQJEKGFBXVHSAD2TKPMSC3H", "length": 1015, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.swamilawyer.com", "title": "Law Office Of Satish Swami: Actor Mithun\u2019s son faces rape charges", "raw_content": "A court on Monday ordered Delhi police to register an FIR against Bollywood actor Mithun Chakraborty\u2019s son Mahaakshay Chakraborty aka Mimoh and wife Yogeeta Bali following allegations of rape and criminal intimidation by a woman, also an actor.\nThe complainant claims to have come in contact with Mimoh in April, 2015. She alleged that in May, 2015, she was drugged and raped and the relationship continued as Mimoh promised to marry her. When she got pregnant, Mimoh also tried to get the fetus aborted.\nShe claimed that Bali called and threatened her. In December 2017, the woman claimed to have reminded Mimoh of his promise of marriage and he assured her of talking her to his parents to convince them, but later refused on the basis of unmatched horoscopes.\nThe complainant also alleged that she tried to get a case registered with the police but and even went to an ACP but faced disappointment.\nThe court was handed over photos and transcripts of call recordings that reportedly involved the woman and Mimoh.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 249, "original_length": 9638, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 272.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.syko.org/2018/10/exclusive-pages-from-die-hard-ultimate.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:21:04Z", "digest": "sha1:YPOGZRFXEGHW2HYWGYP3VNHIIHRYILOD", "length": 1753, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.syko.org", "title": "Exclusive Pages From Die Hard: The Ultimate Visual History | SYKO | Share Your Knowledge Openly", "raw_content": "Exclusive Pages From Die Hard: The Ultimate Visual History\nThis month Insight Editions, the publisher of the best-selling A Die Hard Christmas, will release the detail-packed book Die Hard: The Ultimate Visual History. ComingSoon.net has some exclusive pages from the book, which you can check out in the gallery below!\nClick here to pre-order your copy of Die Hard: The Ultimate Visual History!\nCelebrating the 30th anniversary of the groundbreaking action film, Die Hard: The Ultimate Visual History takes an in-depth look at the entire Die Hard saga. Loosely based on Roderick Thorp\u2019s novel \u201cNothing Lasts Forever,\u201d Die Hard (1988) saw Moonlighting\u2019s rising star Bruce Willis seamlessly transition from TV success to movie stardom in a film so taut, explosive and full of suspense that it would define the action movie genre for decades to come. Directed by John McTiernan (Predator), Die Hard also starred revered British stage actor Alan Rickman, who made lead villain Hans Gruber so deliciously malevolent that audiences didn\u2019t know whether to love him or hate him.\nRELATED: McClane: Sixth Die Hard Movie Gets a New Title\nDie Hard: The Ultimate Visual History tells the complete story of the making of Die Hard and its sequels (Die Hard 2, Die Hard With a Vengeance, Live Free or Die Hard and A Good Day to Die Hard) through exclusive interviews with the cast and crew of each film and a wealth of rare and unseen imagery, including set photography and concept art. Also exploring Die Hard\u2019s endurance through comics, video games, and other merchandise, this comprehensive book tells the full story of the saga and its remarkable 30-year legacy.\nThe post Exclusive Pages From Die Hard: The Ultimate Visual History appeared first on ComingSoon.net.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 4819, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.83, "perplexity": 283.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/print/2012/09/09/2003542336", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:45Z", "digest": "sha1:E3PQLQBX5W7OLD44IRA2WHXSCH4624YN", "length": 3585, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.taipeitimes.com", "title": "Taipei Times", "raw_content": "Student groups demand voice in reform plan\nSun, Sep 09, 2012 - Page 3\nThe Ministry of Education (MOE) should stop ignoring what students have to say about the 12-year compulsory education program and solve controversial issues surrounding the policy before implementing it in 2014, several student groups and education advocacy organizations said yesterday at a forum.\n\u201cStudents have always been excluded from education-reform discussions because we are told that we are not \u2018professionals.\u2019 But we are subjects, not objects, and our voices deserve to be heard,\u201d high-school student Wang Mu-yu (\u738b\u6155\u7fbd) said on behalf of the National Students Research and Discussion Organization of Twelve-Year Compulsory Education.\nMembers of the student group, National Federation of Teachers Unions and National Alliance of Parents Organization (NAPO) jointly held the conference to discuss a range of issues relating to the admission criteria and free-tuition policy proposed by the MOE.\nChen Kuang-yao (\u9673\u5149\u8000) from Taipei Municipal Neihu High School said that criteria such as volunteer work and a balanced learning experience allow students\u2019 non- academic performances to be quantified into scores and used as a basis for competition. However, the scoring system is unfair as resources made available to students differ among schools, he said.\n\u201cFor example, schooling resources differ greatly in Keelung, Taipei and New Taipei City (\u65b0\u5317\u5e02), but they are grouped into the same school district,\u201d Chen said. \u201cWe may not know how to make policies, but we know what is unreasonable.\u201d\nChen also questioned whether the exam-based admission for specialty education programs can help to foster a diverse education system the MOE is aiming to create.\nUnder the new education policy, there are two types of admissions: exam-free admission for general schooling and exam- or project-based for specialty programs that allow schools to develop different concentrations such as science, languages, arts, music and sports.\nIn the district of Keelung, Taipei and New Taipei City, students who wish to apply for specialty programs would have to take reading and mathematics tests. Meanwhile, the top public high schools including Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School and Taipei First Girls High School reportedly hope to reserve 85 percent of their admissions for specialty education.\n\u201cThere are so many different ways to encourage schools to develop programs besides exam-based admission. Also, we should gradually get rid of admission criteria,\u201d Liu Cheng-wu (\u5289\u627f\u6b66) of NAPO said. \u201cWe don\u2019t want to replace one shackle with a bunch of them.\u201d\nStudent Chao Pin-chieh (\u8d99\u54c1\u6770) said that the current system fails to foster diversity and respect students\u2019 different interests and aptitudes.\nOthers, like student Wang Hsueh\u2013cheng (\u738b\u5b78\u627f), worried that the free-tuition policy might lead to a rise in demand for private schools.\n\u201cTuition at both public and private schools will be fully subsidized by the government, but private institutes are free to charge all different kinds of fees,\u201d he said. \u201cAs public schools are being made equal as MOE plans, parents are likely to choose private schools because they have more resources.\u201d\nChao said that because private schools are exempt from many of the government\u2019s regulations, they are more likely to focus on students\u2019 academic performances rather than fostering balanced learning, hence parents are more likely to send their children to private institutes for \u201cbetter education.\u201d\n\u201cIn comparison, public schools provide an equal, open education system,\u201d student Hung Ching (\u6d2a\u9756) said.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 20, "original_length": 3877, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 323.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.tamknox.com/for-sale/2151-miamisburg-centerville-rd-dayton-oh-45459/140-106246", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:27Z", "digest": "sha1:JFW3YCVCFY3VC3G4SGFGQFDIK6KVFOQB", "length": 265, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.tamknox.com", "title": "2151 Miamisburg Centerville RD, Dayton, OH 45459 | MLS#: 720390 | Dayton Real Estate", "raw_content": "0 square foot Commercial listing located at 2151 Miamisburg Centerville RD, Dayton, OH 45459 and is zoned has been on www.tamknox.com for 785 days. This property is listed by Colliers International Greater for $235,000 and is located in the community of Dayton, OH.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 121, "original_length": 2887, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 203.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.taniadaniels.com/the-life-and-work-of-jane-roberts-seths-first-time-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:15Z", "digest": "sha1:7KD5B5FYOTV7UB4GIKTDTARXD6YTXSS3", "length": 21498, "nlines": 76, "source_domain": "www.taniadaniels.com", "title": "The life and work of Jane Roberts - Seth\u2019s first time - Tania Daniels, Astrologer", "raw_content": "Jane Roberts was the most well-known American medium in the 1970\u2019s and author of many books, dictated her by the energy personality essence Seth, while she was in trance. The books will touch upon many arguments today defined as quantum physics and their content is widely known as the \u201cSeth- Material\u201d.\nThe core teachings of the Seth Material are based on the principle that consciousness creates matter, and that each individual creates his or her own reality through thoughts, beliefs and expectations, and that the \u201cpoint of power\u201d through which the individual can effect change is in the present moment. The Seth Material discusses a wide range of metaphysical concepts, including the nature of God (referred to as \u201cAll That Is\u201d and \u201cThe Multidimensional God\u201d); the nature of physical reality; the origins of the universe; the nature of the self and the \u201chigher self\u201d, the story of Christ; the evolution of the soul and all aspects of death and rebirth, including reincarnation and karma, past lives, after-death experiences, \u201cguardian spirits\u201d, and ascension to planes of \u201chigher consciousness\u201d; the purpose of life and the nature of good and evil; the purpose of suffering; multidimensional reality,parallel lives and transpersonal realms.[1]\nBefore Seth\u2019a appearance, Jane was a passionate writer. She published poetries, short stories, children\u2019s literature, non-fiction, science fiction (mainly linked to psychic abilities), fantasy and novels. She was the only woman invited to the first science-fiction writer\u2019s conference in 1956 in Milford, PA.\nSeth came into Jane\u2019s life slowly. On September 9th, 1963 she had been working at her desk when she suddenly felt a bunch of words which just came into her mind. She felt urged to write them down and later realized, that she had come up with 100 pages at material she would have called \u201cThe Physical Universe as an Idea Constructum\u201d.\u201cIdea Concstructum\u201d contained the principle ideas which Seth would develop over the years. This text \u201cwas the first attempt at contact from Seth\u201d, [2] but at the moment Jane received it, she was still totally unaware of him or of what would happen in the future.\nThree months later, on December 9th, 1963, while Rob and Jane were playing around with an Ouijaboard, Jane and her husband Rob had the first contact with the entity who they would learn later called himself \u201cSeth\u201d.[3] At the beginning, using the letter system of the Ouija board, they received messages from a personality who called himself \u201cFrank Withers\u201d, however at the very end of that session, Seth introduced himself.\n(\u2026) Frank Whithers, can we refer back to you any specific question in the future? (\u2026)\nYES. I prefer not to be called Frank Withers. That personality was rather colorless. You may me call whatever you choose. I call myself Seth, it fits the me of me, the personality more clearly approximating the whole self I am or am trying to be\u201d (\u2026)[4]\nOver the next weeks, they slowly received more messages from Seth, spelling letter by letter his messages with the help of the Ouija board. But on 2nd January, 1964 Jane started to hear a voice in her head and knew in advance what the Ouija letters were going to say. This day, she started to speak out loudly for Seth.\nI felt as I was standing shivering on the top of a high diving board, trying to make myself jump while al kinds of people were waiting impatiently behind me. In some crazy fashion, I felt as if they picked up, piles of nouns and verbs in my head until they closed everything else off if I didn\u2019t speak them and without really knowing how or why, I opened up my mouth and let them out.\nThis was the very beginning of the Seth sessions. Jane channelled and Rob took notes. Everything ever said has been taken noted, for 23 years.\nWhile Jane continued her own creative work also after Seth had begun taking part of her life, the Seth material, nevertheless, became the most important part of Jane\u2019s life. Speaking for Seth, Jane published a dozen books and many others written by herself.\nWhile she was exploring multidimensional aspects of her own, her physical expression became more limited, until she was totally bedridden due to her rheumatoid arthritis, from which she had suffered all her life. Jane continued channeling until the week before her death and Seth\u2019s last messages were dictated in the hospital where she died on September 5th, 1984 at age 55.\nThis article will focus on the turning point in Jane\u2019s life, the night, Seth introduced himself through the Ouija board.\nHere is her birth chart:\nhe first thing I noticed was the very early AC. It is always risky to work with such an early degree since the person might have been born just a few minutes earlier, which would result in a different rising sign. This is especially a problem for whole sign houses which I actually use. However, the Capricorn AC and its ruler Saturn seem to describe Jane correctly: She had black hair, a pale skin, was small and very thin.[5] Also, her later Arthritis issues made her joints become more rigid every day, seems to affirm this; Saturn describes the bones and joints and is a natural significator of rigidity. On the other hand, she was particularly known for being a hard worker with a fixed schedule of writing hours which she pushed herself through. Her urge to be considered a creative prose and fiction writer rather than limited only to esoteric material, is described by the Sun in the 5th house. For all her life, being \u201ccreative\u201d was fundamental to her.\nSaturn rules her 1st place which describes her life purpose. Since he is located in the 12th place, this purpose is linked to 12th place themes, which in traditional astrology have a very negative reputation, since this place is associated with hidden enemies and hospitals, just to name a couple. It also has to do with that what comes prior to birth [6] and thus relates, in my eyes, to that reality where we come from before being born and that we return to after our death. In order to understand Jane\u2019s chart fully, we first need to understand better the meaning of the 12th place, as it will turn out to be crucial.\nThe 12th place is linked to all what is hidden and unknown, including those parts of ourselves which we do not normally have access to, such as deep memory. Remember Saturn rejoices in this place and he is linked to long term memories, concentration and a certain kind of knowledge. Since he is the outermost planet, Saturn describes barriers, but in the 12th place they can be overcome, after him, so to say, is the space. We also know that \u201ctime\u201d is only a perception which can dramatically vary, depending on what are we doing or what is done to us. The 12th place is linked to meditation and prayers, those moments in which we connect to other realms within ourselves, or those moments in which we create a contact for what we consider God, Guardian Angels, Spiritual guidance or whatsoever. This is why this place is so difficult to access: it is not linked to the material world, as we are used to. Let us stay with this for a moment.\nThe 12th place makes two squares: the first is with the 3rd place. The third place is rational and analytical. It gathers information and puts them together, but this information does need to correspond to a certain codex in order to be understood, such as the order of letters which form the words. The words need to be \u201crecognized\u201d by others (both by alphabet and language), and the events which are presented need to respect a certain timeline. The real fact of writing things down or presenting them orally, excludes many other forms which might not be recognized by our society, for example dream messages, telepathy or astral travel. All these forms of communication belong to the 12th place. They are neither \u201cdangerous or harmful\u201d, as tradition suggests, but unexplored and not officially part of human \u201cabilities\u201d.[7] The output of the third house is linked to our believe system. So people who act out of our believe system (those who see things which do not exist or speak with ghosts or things like that) are considered mentally ill and usually closed into special institutions, all expressions of the 12th place.\nOn the other hand, the perception of other realms and the strong contrast with our \u201cnormal\u201d perceptions may cause fear or depression. This is the reason of the square: The third house does not know how to communicate what he/she perceives in the 12th.\nAs an example, we can consider the beauty of a jellyfish in the sea. It is incredibly elegant and seems to dance. If you pull that same jellyfish out of the water on the beach, you will just see an unidentifiable mass of a gel-like ugly something. It is unrecognizable. The same is true for the 12th place, trying to translate its content is very difficult.\nThe second square of the 12th place is that to the 9th. The 9th place describes our religion and official faith, as well as their representatives. The 9th precedes the 10th: It is part of our identity within the society. We have to remember, that in many societies exists an \u201cofficial faith\u201d and that the Sunday visit (of the local church or the equivalent in other religions) is still considered a duty (rather than a free choice) in many places. We are told here what to do and how to practise our cult and describes the sacred scriptures. However, it is not the place of the mystical experience itself, that Catholics describe as communion or Indians know as Moksha.\nThis is why I associate the 12th place with our \u201cunknown reality\u201d or that part within us from which we can access higher realms of consciousness, which normally occurs in meditation or prayer, both associated with the 12th place.[8] Seth\u2019s principal message is, that we create our own reality by our thoughts, intentions and projections. If so, then this creation occurs in the hidden realm of the 12th place, which is the preceding place of the 1st (birth of matter).\nComing back to Jane\u2019s chart, we find that the ruler of the 12th place- and dispositor of her AC ruler Saturn is Jupiter, the benefic out of sect in conjunction with the Sun, thus combust. Jupiter is in his own bounds, which protects him somewhat from the beams. Jupiter also rules her 3rd place of writing, learning and communication, short travel and personal faith. [9]\nSummarizing the information we can say that her life purpose develops in a hidden atmosphere or has to do with hidden things (L1 in 12)[10] and is expressed through writing and communication (L12 rules the 3rd place) in an creative field (L12 in the 5th). On the other hand, her life purpose is connected with hospitalization or other forms of isolation (L 1 in 12) as well as with crisis and sufferings (Jupiter combust and Sun L8). [11]\nJupiter is combust but far more important here is to see, that the Sun is eclipsed and thus invisible. However, in a certain sense, we can say that all of the planets become invisible: the sunlight is switched off and all of the planets fall into darkness. What these planets have to express, is not directly accessible. Saturn, the natural ruler of boundaries is in the 12th place where the separation of body and spirit can be overcome in gaining access to higher spiritual dimensions. Saturn\u2019s dispositor is conjunct the eclipse. This is a kind of double negation: the invisible (L12) becomes invisible.\nNevertheless, I propose to look at it from another perspective, too. The Sun is linked to what we consider our \u201cself\u201d, our \u201cego\u201d, that what means \u201cme\u201d. This \u201cme\u201d is switched off (eclipse) but permits the ruler of the 12th to come very close. What happens during a channeling is, that the \u201cego\u201d of the channel steps aside and leaves space for the non-physical entity which is going to speak through the medium. Modern mediums such as Lee Carroll refer to, that while the entity speaks through them, they are not \u201caway\u201d but in a kind of stand-bye mode.\nFurthermore, I mentioned that Jane has the possibility to access other realms of dimension (L1 in 12). But the ruler of these dimensions is Jupiter (L12). So I would identify the non-physical personality channeled by Jane for so many years, with Jupiter. Seth could only \u201ccome in\u201d with her permission and when she \u201cstepped aside\u201d. This matches with Jane\u2019s statement that she wasn\u2019t normally aware of what Seth was saying exactly, but only remembered it very vaguely.\nHer husband Rob painted Seth, following Seth\u2019s instructions. The result is unequivocal for astrologers who deal with physical appearance: The man on the painting is a true Jupitarian.[12]\nThe Solar eclipse is some kind of super new Moon. New Moons usually describe the start of something. In this chart, there is a double signification of a new beginning or pioneering. First the content of the 12th place, as said before, but also the ruler of the eclipse, Venus, describes a pioneer. Venus is in Aries and in her detriment, thus describing that Jane\u2019s success will manifest in a kind of unexplored field and is brought forward with immense effort and in a jungle of difficulties.\nThe ruler of the 10th place, Venus is in the 4th place, so what she manifests in life comes out at home. Indeed, she lived nearly segregated, working effortlessly in the private atmosphere at home, but Venus also opposes her own sign (10th place) which describes some kind of hindrance or obstacle, while she is in aversion to her other sign (5th place). Feeling joy and easiness (place of good fortune) is not easy or else is considered as an obstacle for her life purpose. Indeed, Jane considered everything different from writing as a \u201cwaste of time\u201d.\nNow I would like to draw your attention on three timing techniques which permit to understand the upfolding events from December 8th, 1963.\nThe zodiacal Releasing describes time frames divided in four levels: decades, years, months and days.\nAnnual profections indicates the time lord or cronocrator of the specific year and shows, which planets will be particularly important.\nThe transits show how these planets will work out and where.\nThere are other timing techniques, especially primary directions, which cannot be mentioned here due to limited space.\nZodiacal releasing from Spirit\nSince Seth\u2019s appearance in Jane\u2019s life has to do with her career, we have to release from Spirit (Daimon), in order to get a picture of how and when events will unfold. The peak periods (times of major activity) are determined by the position relative to Fortune. Fortune is in Capricorn, thus the cardinal signs represent Jane\u2019s peak periods, of which Capricorn (1st from Fortune) and Libra (10th from Fortune) are major peaks, and show particularly significant periods in her life.\nThe malefic out of sect Mars is also in a cardinal sign, so the activation of cardinal signs will be both challenging and difficult for her.\nEvery time level adds a piece of signification regarding the kind of event which is likely to happen. I call this chain of information.\nWe can summarize the information given above with the help of the following table:\nReading the chain of information gathered from the perspective of zodiacal releasing, we would have expected something crucial for her career and life purpose during the four time levels under examination.\nNow let\u2019s see which further detail annual profection can add.\nAnnual profections.\nJane was 34 years old in 1963, when the sessions started.\nProfecting from the AC, we count 34 signs in zodiacal order, as shown on the right, and find her 11th place in Scorpio activated, thus Mars is the time lord of that year (cronocrator).\nThe 11th place is also called \u201cgood Daimon\u201d and highlights things connected with friendships, groups etc. The key word here is connection because on the evening of December 8th, Jane established a connection (what else is channelling?) with somebody (L11 in 7).\nPlease note that the 11th house is opposite the 5th place, the place of the eclipse and Jupiter.\nIf we look at the profected AC and thus observe the turned chart, we see that the time lord, Mars, is in the 9th place, already very close to her 10th place of career. Interestingly, Mars is in his fall. Since her books were all bestsellers, the planet\u2019s fall does not refer to her career directly (this would be described by her natal 10th place ruler). I do rather believe that the fall indicates her discomfort with her role as a \u201cpsychic\u201d, which is not accepted by society\u2019s standards. She struggled all her life against this kind of classification. This position also describes that it will be a hard job for her.\nProfecting from the sect light (Moon)\nCounting 34 in zodiacal order from the place the Moon is in (Taurus), we find that the 3rd place is activated.\nIts ruler Jupiter is the time lord of this year. The 3rd place, the Goddess, is all about communication.\nAs Brennan points out,\nYou must always pay attention to both the topics associated with the place that the profection has come to, as well as the topics associated with the place that the lord of the year is located in.[13]\nJupiter is in the 5th place very close to the Solar Eclipse. [14] In the previous general chart analysis, I already pointed out the link between Seth and Jupiter, and in 1963, the ruler of both the 12th place (higher dimensions) and the 3rd place (communication) is activated.\nHowever, Jupiter is combust, so he will not manifest physically. All the work with Seth was about receiving messages and transforming them into books which was a massive creative output in which Jane\u2019s own self (ego) was put aside, but which never could have happened without her. So the eclipsed Sun was the bridge for the nonphysical entity of Seth to speak out in our physical world where he did not belong. Also note where the bridge is being built: it is in the 5th place, which also describes \u201cgames\u201d. The first contact happened to be through a Ouija board, which in the 1960\u2019s was a common game for the spiritual meetings.\nNow we have to bring all the information together and look at the transits for the day of Seth\u2019s first manifestation.\nAs we have seen, Jupiter and Mars will be very important in this year and show some key events for Jane\u2019s career and life purpose.\nIn the transit chart of Seth\u2019s first time, the Sun is literally hidden in the 12th house. While her normal conception of her \u201cme\u201d is stand-bye, the ruler of the 12th, time lord Jupiter takes over, in exact conjunction with Uranus transiting her 4th place where she received Seth at home, while the Moon just entered Jane\u2019s 10th place of career/success.\nMars is the other cronocrator of this particular year, and we have to pay particular attention to his transits, too. On the day of the event, Mars was exalted in Jane\u2019s first place, in kollesis (applying conjunction within 3\u00b0) with Mercury and Fortune and co present with Venus. He is angular and exalted, which describes him as energizing. The time Lord of the year in the first place sheds light on her life purpose, and reminds Jane, what she is called to do in her life. The very nature of Mars is initiating and pushing forward. Mars in her natal AC describes the fight for her mission.\nI do think that working with these different timing techniques is quite impressive since they prove to be the hands of a gigantic celestial clock. It\u2019s up to us (re-) discovering its precise mechanism.\nAs a side note, I discovered the Seth material when I was 18. Jupiter of the transit chart, when Seth first manifested, is exactly on the degree of my Moon/Venus conjunction. I still consider Seth as one of my personal \u201cgurus\u201d. When I started the research for this article, I was fascinated by the relationship between the eclipse in Jane\u2019s chart and the dispositor of her AC ruler Jupiter. Without planning, I\u2019ve been writing this piece under the up-building major sun eclipse of 2017, which happens in exact opposition to the very degree of my natal Sun/Mercury conjunction. I finished the work on this article, when the eclipse was exact.\n[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Material\n[2] Jane Roberts, How to develop your ESP powers, Prentice Hall, 1966\n[3] Jane Roberts, The Seth Material, Prentice Hall, 1970\n[4] Brennan, Hellenistic Astrology the Tale of Fate and Fortune, Amor Fati, 2017, p. 545\n[5] See William Lilly, Christian Astrology, p. 62\n[6] The Seth Material, p. 16-17. In this book, Seth\u2019s first appearance is decribed at length, as well as the reception of the \u201cIdea Constructum\u201d.\n[7] See William Lilly, Christian Astrology, p. 57, 96\n[8] Rhetorius the Egyptian, Holden translation, American Federation of Astrologers, 2009, chapter 57, P. 43\n[9] Science recognizes that it explored only a 5% of the human brain capacities.\n[10] \u201cUnknown Reality\u201d is the title of one of Seth\u2019s most famous books.\n[11] The tradition called this place house of the odded. In my previous article http://www.taniadaniels.com/olivier-messiaen-and-his-holocaust-music-a-study-of-third-house-matters/ I pointed out the relationship between this house and personal faith.\n[12] L1 means the Lord of the 1st place. This abbreviation will be used througout the text.\n[13] The 8th place confronts us with polarities, which are dissolved in the 12th place.\nTags: Annual profections, Hellenistic Astrology, Jane Roberts, Medium, Robert Butts, sect light, Seth, Tania Daniels, transits, zodiacal releasing\nPrevious post[:en]Sun Ingress in Aries 2018- Spring equinox[:] Next post[:en]Opening windows- connecting times. An astrological view on a past life regression[:]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 110, "original_length": 22629, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 261.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.tenfingercrunch.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:40Z", "digest": "sha1:XVFES7QCFMYGGIBDRQBABROXBUM64JG6", "length": 6895, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "www.tenfingercrunch.com", "title": "TenFingerCrunch", "raw_content": "Posted by Michael Bartholomew on Mon, February 6th, 2017 at 5:45pm EST\nIt\u2019s been nearly 27-years since I played Dungeons & Dragons; back when Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition was the current version. Recently, I was presented with an opportunity to reset that timer, and the first thing I thought of was creating a character. I leaped onto the internet and started searching feverishly for a compatible character sheet to record onto, only to realize that the offerings, while nice, paled in comparison to the original forms.\nThen I discovered an old, populated Player Character Records form nestled in The Complete Wizard\u2019s Handbook. I fired up Illustrator, and using the form as a template, created a new sheet with all the needed fields, but with a layout that was much easier to navigate and ready for printing on any printer.\nPics of Pages\nI am making my version available to anyone out there looking to relive some childhood memories and enter into an Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition campaign. The PDF is ready to print on letter (8.5\u201dx11\u201d) size paper, and is licensed under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license.\nadvanced dungeons & dragons advanced dungeons & dragons 2nd edition dungeons & dragons player character records\nPosted by Michael Bartholomew on Mon, February 1st, 2016 at 4:59pm EST\nFrom the video introduction:\n\u201cAfter an extensive search during pre-production of the 2015 film \u201cSteve Jobs\u201d (Sorkin), this long-lost video was tracked down through the efforts of a close-knit network of forner NeXT employees. [\u2026]\u201d\nnext steve jobs\nPosted by Michael Bartholomew on Mon, March 16th, 2015 at 7:49am EDT\nClayton Morris posted his first impressions of the Apple Watch after using it for only 30-minutes. He starts with his current iPhone usage patterns:\nI waste a lot of time using my phone. Here\u2019s an example: A text comes in and a full ten minutes later I\u2019ve responded to the text, opened my email but didn\u2019t respond to any emails, surfed the web, logged my lunch in Lose It, responded to a follow up text, checked the weather, popped over to my podcast app, read a few news headlines, responded to another follow up text. All of this happening while one of my children asked a question that I probably missed.\nFrom there, he explains very clearly how he feels the Apple Watch will remedy this problem. It\u2019s a great, succinct read that may answer the question, \u201cwhy would I buy an Apple Watch?\u201d\nPosted by Michael Bartholomew on Fri, March 13th, 2015 at 5:38pm EDT\nIn addition to announcing pricing and availability for the Apple Watch at their \u201cSpring Forward\u201d event, Apple also announced an all new MacBook laptop that boasted some interesting features and specs. The MacBook includes an all-new keyboard with butterfly switches, a new trackpad implementation with haptic feedback and pressure sensitivity, a 12\u201d display (226 ppi), and up to nine-hours of battery life (under general use), all in an amazingly thin profile of only 13.1 mm. In typical Apple fashion, they managed to squeeze all of this into a beautiful enclosure and keep it at just two-pounds.\nWith all the \u201cnew\u201d surrounding this announcement, it wouldn\u2019t be an Apple event without controversy. Apple decided to only include a mini audio jack, and a single USB-C port for both expandability and charging. Based on the responses I have read online, you would\u2019ve thought that Apple retired from making computing devices and moved to their real passion: rock garden design.\nThis isn\u2019t the first time Apple stirred up emotions while making changes to their products:\n1998: Apple introduced the iMac, which opted to use the fledgeling USB port in favor of the familiar ADB serial port, and eliminated the floppy drive altogether\n2008: Apple introduced the MacBook Air, which dropped the optical drive and only included one USB port, a mini audio jack and a Micro-DVI video port\n2011: Apple introduced a new Mac Mini model, which dropped the internal optical drive\n2012: Apple introduced a new iMac model, dropping the internal optical drive to acquire a more sleek profile\n2013: Apple introduced the completely redesigned Mac Pro, dropping the internal optical drive bays, HDD/SSD drive bays and main-board expansion card slots\nIt\u2019s in Apple\u2019s nature to only include what they feel is needed, removing those technologies that are either unnecessary or approaching obsolescence. With the new MacBook, they are aiming it at general laptop users who very rarely plug in expandable hardware.\nIntegrating only one USB-C port may seem like a horrible decision to the more advanced computer users, but they must remember that they\u2019re usage patterns are not the norm. I can understand the concern with having to share one port for both expandability and recharging the laptop\u2019s battery. If it weren\u2019t for my iPad \u2014 which suffers the same issue \u2014 I would probably weigh more heavily on this potential issue.\nTo get a better sense of how this change would affect users, I looked to the most likely candidate of the new MacBook: my wife. She has an older model MacBook; one with ports galore and even a separate MagSafe port. In all the years that I have witnessed her use it, I have never seen more than one device/cable plugged in at a time. She logs onto our network wirelessly, prints wirelessly to our home printer and shares files wirelessly. When she wants to share her music, photos or screen on the TV, she does so wirelessly via our Apple TV. With the exception of a USB thumb drive, I can\u2019t think of a single reason why she would use her ports.\nApple is showing us where they believe portable general computing is headed with the new MacBook. A world without unnecessary cables and weight, allowing the portable computer to be truly portable. And while it may be a shock to the system today, this reaction is nothing new. I can\u2019t remember the last time I used a floppy disk, but when Apple dropped it from their lineup in 1998 we experienced the same reaction: fear of change.\nPosted by Michael Bartholomew on Thu, March 12th, 2015 at 4:58pm EDT\nWith the recent announcement that the Apple Watch Edition (the 18k gold version) would start at $10,000, the tech press has reacted in an unsurprising manner. They questioned if Apple had gone too far. They wondered how Apple could justify such a premium price tag. All of this confusion makes sense, though, if you are from the same camp that argues that Apple needs to create cheaper products.\nThe Apple Watch Edition is not for the masses, it\u2019s for the few. It\u2019s aimed at people who spend $10,000 without a second thought and who would like to wear the Apple Watch but wouldn\u2019t be caught dead with a non-gold accessory adorning their wrist. It\u2019s a small pool of people who meet this description, hence why Apple has limited production of the Edition.\nIf you are sweating the $10,000 starting price of the watch, then you are not the target demographic.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 65, "original_length": 7877, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 321.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.terenceblanchard.com/composers-beale-street-black-panther-mary-poppins-returns-blackkklansman-talk-2019-oscar-nominations-billboard/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:51Z", "digest": "sha1:IJOFQGE4UHRHT4Z27TZRGKBTUVW7R5EL", "length": 353, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.terenceblanchard.com", "title": "Terence Blanchard Composers for 'Beale Street,' 'Black Panther,' 'Mary Poppins Returns' & 'BlacKkKlansman' Talk 2019 Oscar Nominations, Billboard - Terence Blanchard", "raw_content": "Tuesday morning\u2019s (Jan. 22) Oscar nominations for best original score includes some returning favorites \u2014 Alexandre Desplat, Marc Shaiman and Nicholas Britell \u2014 as well as first-timers Terence Blanchard and Ludwig G\u00f6ransson. Billboard talked to the nominees to find out how they got the good news and about working on their nominated project. Read More.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 86, "original_length": 2609, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 232.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.theamazingplace.co.za/building-a-winning-team/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:29Z", "digest": "sha1:A6QVHYPNZCJLD54PPZSXC54C3BO5SQFV", "length": 2349, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.theamazingplace.co.za", "title": "Building a Winning Team | The Amazing Place", "raw_content": "To build a winning team, you need two essential ingredients. Number one is a common goal, and number two is the ability to communicate that goal. A group of people is not a team just because they wear the same uniform. Unity of purpose, not uniformity, is the key to successful teamwork. You can have a team full of talent, but there will not be teamwork if every team member does not share the goals of the team.\nWinning Teams Play to Win\nA winning team is a team that plays to win. Attitude alone often is the difference between winning and losing. Playing to lose is not a winning strategy. The difference between playing to win and to play not to lose is often the difference between a successful team and a mediocre team.\nWinning Teams Take Risks\nWinning teams are teams that are not afraid to take risks. It is far better to try and fail, than to fail to try.\nWinning Teams Keep Improving\nWinning teams always continue to try harder even when they have reached the top. It is not easy to stay on top. Teams who reach the top tend to try and maintain their position and hang on to the glory. This is a big mistake as there is always someone below hungry enough for victory and willing to make the necessary sacrifices. It is often easier to win when you have nothing to lose.\nYour team must be taught that the highest reward for improvement is not what you get for it, but what you become as a result of it.\nTeam Members in a Winning Team Care for Each Other\nWinning teams consist of team members who care for each other. They support each other and are constantly looking for ways to enhance each other.\nInspiring Your Team to Success\nThe essence of leadership is to inspire others to work as a team towards a common objective. The leader of a team inspires the team members by exemplifying a positive and hopeful attitude. They motivate the team by reminding them of the overall vision and importance of accomplishing the goal. When leaders communicate clear expectations, they give the team members the freedom to be creative. Leaders express inspiration when they believe in their team. A winning team knows that their leader has total confidence in them.\nResource: Be a People Person by John Maxwell\nTagged: Building Teams, Inspiring Teams, Leadership.\n\u2190 How to Effectively Plan and Prepare for Your Meeting How to Set Up a Meeting Venue \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 4232, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 315.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.thebanksreport.com/blog/lutz-predicts-end-automotive-20-years-math-aint-happening/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:32Z", "digest": "sha1:Y6BHDAVSKACKCCSKWF36QFK4LYJNQUJP", "length": 9496, "nlines": 35, "source_domain": "www.thebanksreport.com", "title": "Lutz Predicts End of Automotive in 20 Years, Do the Math, It Ain't Happening - The Banks Report", "raw_content": "November 6th, 2017 \u2014 \u201cThe era of the human-driven automobile, its repair facilities, its dealerships, the media surrounding it \u2014 all will be gone in 20 years.\u201d So wrote automotive extraordinaire Bob Lutz yesterday for Automotive News as part of its Redesigning the Industry series.\nLutz, who is in his mid-eighties, has a rich history of leading automotive companies, so his perspective is worth listening to. But the grim picture he paints of what the near future holds seems to ignore the unique dynamics of the auto industry.\nHe\u2019s held this view for awhile. Last November, Lutz said automotive branding essentially was dead. We\u2019re all going to be driven around in pods standardized based on categories ranging from low-end, medium to high-end, according to him.\nIn his latest piece, Lutz argues government will legislate the end of human driving within 20 years \u2014 if not sooner. He predicts there will be a wind-down period of possibly five years for people to get rid of vehicles they own. The tipping point will come when 20% to 30% of all vehicles are fully autonomous which will give authorities enough data to see how much safer self-driving vehicles are than human-driven vehicles.\nWhen looking at the numbers, and other dynamics, such as technological and political challenges, Lutz\u2019s aggressive timeline is decades off \u2014 despite what some prognosticators in Silicon Valley along with uninformed journalists caught up in the hype might say.\nFirst, the technology challenges.\nThe reality is, there still is significant work that needs to be done before true level five autonomy will be ready for the masses. There will be niche applications ready for controlled environments. These are already being tested today, but self-driving vehicles ready for any situation in five years? It is a stretch.\nFord says it plans (hopes might be a better word) to launch a level four autonomous vehicle for commercial use in four years \u2014 2021. In fact, Bryan Salesky, CEO for Argo AI, the company Ford has selected to develop its autonomous software and is investing nearly $1 billion in over the next few years, outlined the challenges in a company blog a couple of weeks ago.\nHe writes, \u201cWe\u2019re still very much in the early days of making self-driving cars a reality. Those who think fully self-driving vehicles will be ubiquitous on city streets months from now or even in a few years are not well connected to the state of the art or committed to the safe deployment of the technology. For those of us who have been working on the technology for a long time, we\u2019re going to tell you the issue is still really hard, as the systems are as complex as ever.\u201d\nToday\u2019s \u201cautonomous\u201d cars requires LiDAR sensors, cameras and radar all working together to create a realistic view of the vehicle\u2019s surroundings. LiDAR sensors, while capturing three dimensional images, have to depend on camera technology to provide color and texture \u2014 still a challenge in poor weather or lighting conditions. Meanwhile, radar is used to detect the range and velocity of nearby images.\nImagine the computing power that is required to sort through all of the data coming from numerous sensors, to provide a realistic picture of what\u2019s happening around the vehicle. Now consider the costs of implementing the sensor technology with software to create autonomy. The cost of development will have to drop significantly within five years for a business case to be made for full-scale adoption.\nFurthermore, autonomous driving is not possible without deep machine learning capabilities. To develop the artificial intelligence required for the machine learning requires millions of repetitive tests resulting from millions of miles of driving.\nAnother consideration is the amount of data that autonomous cars will generate. Connected cars \u2014 without autonomous capabilities \u2014 will send about 30 terabytes of data each day to the cloud. IHS Markit estimates there will be 152 million connected cars (globally) by 2020. Do the math \u2014 that\u2019s more than 4.5 billion terabytes of vehicle data uploaded to the Internet each day by 2020.\nManaging \u2014 let alone trying to make sense of the data \u2014 will be nearly impossible. In fact, the Internet could collapse from the data created by the Internet of Things, says Steve Jurvetson, a partner in Draper, Fisher, Jurvetson (DFJ), a ventue capital firm in Silicon Valley. Jurvetson, an early investor in xTime, an online service scheduling tool, and in TrueCar, believes the solution is neural networks, or tiny machine learning brains embedded into vehicles and other devices.(Neural Networks and Why You Need to Know About Them).\nAnother critical piece of managing that data is in its infancy. Blockchain technology is just starting to be developed. Currently, we know of only three automakers that have announced initiatives in studying the technology.\nA simple explanation \u2014 vehicle sensors (which Jurvetson predicts) will self-determine which data to upload to the blockchain. Companies on the cloud will pay to access specific data points on the blockchain. A blockchain will be an additional structural layer to the Internet that sits between the vehicle and the cloud and will house all of the data being generated. (Toyota\u2019s Vision of How BlockChain will Transform Automotive).\nFull development of blockchain technology is still five to 10 years out, though.\nBased on Lutz\u2019s time frame, there will be between 50 million to 75 million autonomous vehicles on the road in the U.S. within 10 to 15 years. Today, there are at least 250 million vehicles on U.S. roads \u2014 20% to 30% of that number is 50 to 75 million. For that to happen, just about every vehicle produced six years from now will have to be fully autonomous.\nIt\u2019s not realistic. The technology for true level five autonomy may not even be ready in six years.\nBut let\u2019s say technology advances fast enough in the next five or so years to make true autonomous a reality. In Lutz\u2019s world, consumers, banks, lending institutions will have five to 10 years to wipe out hundreds of billions of dollars in capital tied to the 250 million non-self-driving vehicles if the government were to mandate the end of private ownership \u2014 or human drivers.\nSeveral experts \u2014 even Audi of America\u2019s CEO Scott Keough at the J.D. Power Summit prior to the National Automobile Dealers Assn. convention this year got into the act \u2014 compare today\u2019s age to that of the horse and buggy era as cars started hitting the road. They argue the shift will be just as fast and dramatic from today\u2019s vehicles to self-driving as it was moving from horses to cars.\nOur answer to that? It was a lot easier and cheaper to turn a horse loose in the wild or sell it to the local slaughterhouse (as distasteful as that sounds today) then it will be to scrap a vehicle that still has hundreds, if not thousands of dollars owed on it.\nLook at the numbers \u2014 we\u2019re going to have to scrap between 25 million to 50 million vehicles a year. For comparison sake, the Cars Allowance Rebate program (Cash for Clunkers), in 2009, cost about $3 billion to scrap 665,000 fuel-inefficient vehicles over a five-month period.\nThe saying goes, \u201cPolitics be damned!\u201d But, politics often is the one doing the damning. And it will be politics that ultimately damns Lutz\u2019s vision. He predicts the government will legislate the end of human driving within 10 to 15 years because of safety issues.\nSo legislation that will remove a key element of our freedom, while relegating its control to some corporate entity in 10 to 15 years? Good luck with that. No congressional member in their right mind would vote for such legislation. Want proof? Despite 12,000 homicides a year from gun violence, Congress still has yet to move on significant gun legislation.\nAnd any legislation outlawing human driving would encounter countless legal challenges from state and local interests along with the business and private sectors.\nAdd to that, the glacial pace at which government moves. We\u2019re still debating ObamaCare \u2014 eight years after it was passed. We\u2019re also debating CAFE mandates \u2014 years after they were initially directed.\nJust in the last week, media reports indicated Trump\u2019s administration may drop the vehicle-to-vehicle communication protocols proposed in December. The protocols are considered a critical piece of early autonomous initiatives. Despite the reporting by the Associated Press, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is saying no decisions have been made yet regarding V2V communications.\nIn other headlines, an early draft of the House of Representatives tax reform legislation eliminates the $7,500 federal tax credit for electric vehicle buyers. (The Importance of the Federal Electric Vehicle Tax Credit).\nBoth are considered critical aspects as we move into the connected vehicle era. Removing them could slow that move significantly.\nThe point is, nothing our government does is clean or linnear. It\u2019s going to be messy and it will be a fight \u2014 a fight that takes years \u2014 to legislate the end human driving.\nWhen we step back away from the headlines and the hype surrounding autonomous driving, and look at the numbers and the political and technological challenges, the utopian world of autonomous driving predicted by Lutz and others, in our opinion, is laughably unrealistic.\nFor more on the viability of the auto retail industry click Here.\n\u2190 The Importance of the Electric Vehicle Federal Tax Credit\nInjunction Vacated in Reynolds, CDK Antitrust Case \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 89, "original_length": 10941, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 271.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.thebookbag.co.uk/reviews/index.php?title=101_Places_in_Italy_:_A_Private_Grand_Tour_by_Francis_Russell&diff=140269&oldid=84072", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:18Z", "digest": "sha1:HBFETEK6SSVVGZCSS6676EJ5UPIIOU6W", "length": 4442, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.thebookbag.co.uk", "title": "Difference between revisions of \"101 Places in Italy : A Private Grand Tour by Francis Russell\" - TheBookbag.co.uk book review", "raw_content": "Difference between revisions of \"101 Places in Italy : A Private Grand Tour by Francis Russell\"\n|title=101 Places in Italy : A Private Grand Tour\n|author=Francis Russell\n|date=April 2014\nBuy 101 Places in Italy : A Private Grand Tour by Francis Russell at Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com\nSummary: It's not a guide book but - as the subtitle says - a private grand tour of locations which are generally off the tourist map. It's a gem and highly recommended.\nPublisher: Wilmington Square Books\nInitially I struggled to describe this book. It's not a guide book: maps are intended only to give you a rough idea of where the towns, cities and villages are - even major rivers are not shown. There are no opening times of museums or other details which the visitor might need and whilst it's a tremendous help to the tourist there's a sense throughout the book of their being people who are best avoided if at all possible. November and February seem to be the best months for your visit in many cases. The 101 places you'll visit in the book are given no wider importance than the works of art within them. Finally I accepted that the subtitle of the book - A Private Grand Tour was the most appropriate.\nThis is an expanded edition of a book originally published in 2005 when there were just fifty two places to visit: Francis Russell was unable to restrict himself to the fifty which was first suggested. He is Deputy Chairman of Christie's and specialises in Old Master paintings. I've found him particularly good on the Renaissance, which is where I suspect his heart is to be found. Russell guides the traveller to the lesser-known masterpieces which are so often overlooked and to locations off the tourist maps. Occasionally I found short walks embedded in the text and it was these, as much as anything, which convinced me that this would be the book to take with me on Italian trips. It's easy enough to pick up the tourist guides if you need them - but this book is a gem. The book is substantial - the cover would withstand light rain and heavy handling and it's avialable on Kindle if that's more convenient.\nRussell is an expert but he's still able to connect with the non-specialist without ever being patronising. He's superb on the mood of a location, the way that light plays its part. For the first time I understood why the Duomo in Pisa left me both underwhelmed and overwhelmed at the same time: later additions (distinguished in themselves) mean that it's not easy to concentrate on what is important. His brief background to the locations are interesting and to the point.\nThe images are superb. It's not just the choices that have been made, but the fact that they add to the text and carefully avoid the obvious. You won't find the tourist photograph of St Mark's In Venice but the Tetrarchs - a small picture but the detail is such that you can appreciate the quality. Rather than giving a large picture of a fresco which tells you little about the artist's skill, you're given a detail. There's such a one from Christ Among the Doctors by Il Pordenone in the Madonna di Campagna in Piacenza that's about the size of a commemorative postage stamp, but I've gone back to it several times. Images of buildings are clear and - as far as possible - uncluttered by people.\nThe book is not without its snags. There's almost too much to see in somewhere like Florence for the format to work well and I felt as though I was being marched around rather sharply - in contrast and just a few pages later I was in Pistoia and the tour was much more relaxing. I was disappointed with the index too. The entry for the Sistine Chapel takes you to Umbria and there's no mention of St Peters either despite their being covered in the text. They're minor points though and - on balance - ones which I would have no problems in accommodating. I'd like to thank the publishers for sending a copy to the Bookbag.\nIf this book appeals then you might also enjoy The Smell of the Continent by Richard Mullen and James Munson and Barbarian in the Garden by Zbigniew Herbert.\nYou can read more book reviews or buy 101 Places in Italy : A Private Grand Tour by Francis Russell at Amazon.co.uk\nYou can read more book reviews or buy 101 Places in Italy : A Private Grand Tour by Francis Russell at Amazon.com.\nRetrieved from \"http://www.thebookbag.co.uk/reviews/index.php?title=101_Places_in_Italy_:_A_Private_Grand_Tour_by_Francis_Russell&oldid=140269\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 115, "original_length": 6286, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 275.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.thebrassherald.com/childs-leaves-cory/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:45:34Z", "digest": "sha1:FVZS433LGV2VNN6MKIZYL6RUVUFKOPGT", "length": 2332, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.thebrassherald.com", "title": "Childs leaves Cory | The Brass Herald", "raw_content": "Childs leaves Cory\nby The Brass Herald on February 8, 2012\nFollowing a highly acclaimed performance at this year\u2019s RNCM Festival of Brass it is with regret the Cory Band has accepted the resignation of euphonium virtuoso David Childs.\nDavid has been a valued member of Cory for 10 years helping them win major championships and consistently delivering world class solo and concerto performances. However, juggling a busy professional diary with Cory commitments has become increasingly difficult and after considerable thought David has decided to relinquish his position with the band.\nDavid commented, \u201cYou can only imagine what an honour it has been for me to play in one of the world\u2019s greatest bands with my wife sat to the right of me, my sister opposite, and my Dad in the middle. To say I\u2019ve enjoyed my time with the band would be an understatement. However, in recent years I have found it difficult to successfully balance my professional life with the commitment I demand of myself at Cory, and after a lot of thought I feel now is the right time for the band to replace me.\u201d\nDavid\u2019s Dad Bob Childs said, \u201cI fully understand David\u2019s reasons for leaving and I respect his honesty and integrity. Nevertheless his departure will have a big impact on the Band. In recent years David has been my right-hand man, helping me prepare the band for contests and deputising for me as Musical Director.\nWe\u2019ve obviously discussed his exit from the Band and I\u2019m pleased to say he will remain with us until the Welsh Regional Championships and is prepared to give us limited commitment up until the European Championships if required.\u201d\nBand Chairman Austin Davies reiterated Bob\u2019s comments and added, \u201cI\u2019m surprised we\u2019ve been able to hold on to David for as long as we have, he is a world class player and a totally dedicated bandsman. I\u2019m sure David will play for us again in the future, but for now everyone at Cory Band wishes him the very best.\u201d\nDavid concluded, \u201cI\u2019d like to publicly thank everyone associated with Cory for the experiences and support they\u2019ve given me over the years \u2013 it\u2019s been an absolute pleasure to share the stage with so many wonderful musicians, friends and family. I will continue to follow the band closely and wish them the very best of luck for the future.\u201d\nTags: cory band, david childs, robert childs", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 38, "original_length": 3611, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 248.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.thecharmedhornes.com/2015/05/family-on-go.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:39Z", "digest": "sha1:SEYBAPOTCL3XAVCW6LNRVJE43AJ6LZ5J", "length": 1197, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.thecharmedhornes.com", "title": "The Hornes: Family on the Go", "raw_content": "Labels: Amos, Audrey, Maggie, Traveling, Vol. 8, Ward\nForgive my phrasing, but the Hornes have been getting around these past few months. We've been so lucky to get to go and do lots of things, but more importantly to see lots of people that are important to us (Jeff Probst, I'm looking at you [just kidding, we haven't been to see him yet-soon!]).\nInterestingly enough, life didn't go as planned for us earlier this year and as I shook my fists at God, one of the first things I said to Eric was, \"wah! we're not going to be able to travel or go anywhere or do anything.\" I was overreacting, but at the same time, I feel like these opportunities we've had to go places have been a direct result of that fist shaking. Not that God rewards fist shaking, but that He remembers us, even if we're sure He hasn't. Even when it seems like there will be no way, He finds a way to make one for us.\nAnyway, Eric is going to hate this post, but I want to remember that experience. It was important to me and I grew from it.\nSo, since pictures of cute kids can redeem just about anything, here you go:\nAnd what's that there by my luggage in the closet?\nWhy, it's a weird nakey boy hiding from his bath! Duh.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 169, "original_length": 6389, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 274.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.thegirlwholovedtowrite.com/2015/10/stopping-to-take-it-all-in-med-school.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:26Z", "digest": "sha1:OLHBME5HM7VU3ZKMTHKKI3WFZ5XMVSW4", "length": 8970, "nlines": 52, "source_domain": "www.thegirlwholovedtowrite.com", "title": "Stopping to Take it All In: Med School Update. | The girl who loved to write about life.", "raw_content": "As of a few week ago, we turned in all of Chris' residency applications. After so long (years, really!) of talking about what he wanted to specialize in and where we wanted to live and a million other details, it seemed so weird and amazing and final.\nChristopher has started to get interview offers, and it seems so surreal. Each time he gets an offer, I feel like my heart just might explode with pride and happiness and all sorts of emotions (even the ones that are in the freezing cold lands of Wisconsin). For every email I see come through (the offers come via email), I just think, we did that. All of our work up to this point has been for this.\nSmall side note: Yes, I do realize Chris is the one working hard in med-school and not me, no need to be rude and bring that to my attention. But like I said, we're a team. The past four years has included a heck of a lot of teamwork, and it's all been for this.\nEvery night shift where Chris didn't get to sleep and I stayed awake trying to convince myself there wasn't a serial killer hiding in my closet, that was for this. Every time his alarm went off at 3:00 AM and he had to get dressed in the dark because he wanted me to sleep. Every time he had to miss out on something fun. Every time he would come home to take me on a date, only to get called back in to work. It's like every interview that comes in is saying, hey, you did it. It was worth it. And I am so proud of us. I'm proud of Chris, I'm proud of myself, I'm proud of our marriage. We did it, and it was worth it.\nThere's plenty more to look forward to. Match Day (March 18th), graduation (May 20th), and starting a job (Job! Not School! YES!) in a new city with a new house and a tiny new family. But for now, I'm just savoring this season. A season of anticipation and hope, a season of seeing how all of our hard work is starting to pay off, a season having so many big things hovering, but just enjoying the now.\nI'm a part of this online group of Doctors' wives, and it has members from wives of med-students all the way to wives of doctors who have been working for decades. The ones who have med-school and residency long behind them use the hashtag #itgetsbetter when they post about certain things, and it's like a reminder to those who are still early on in their journey to hang in there, it gets better.\nI totally believe it gets better. I know there will be a day when Chris has a work schedule that includes a normal amount of hours and a much larger paycheck. I know there will be a day where I won't have to work if I don't want to. Where we'll be able to buy a house. Where dinner together won't seem like a luxury. So yeah, I know, it will get better.\nBut you know, it's also pretty good now. All of those things will be wonderful whenever they happen, but I don't need them to be happy. I'm happy now, in this season we're in. So I'm going to savor it, every last second.\nLabels: life update, married in med school, med school\numm you 100% put in hard work too!! it wouldn't be possible without your support and guidance so heck yes it is a we! so glad you are taking the time to soak it all in.\nOh my gosh my heart is bursting right now. Because yes! YES! YES to all of this! People forget that being in a marriage is being a part of a team--and while you might not be the one wearing the white coat at the end of all of this, you still DID it. Being a spouse to someone with a high demanding job takes is a huge sacrifice in the world of \"normalcy.\" I was a football wife for many years and I can practically FEEL your excitement and relate so much. Congratulations!! You DID IT!\nBrittany@TheLadyLawyer October 12, 2015 at 6:31 AM\nI agree with Helene---you're part of the team!\nEchoing everyone else when I say that it's totally a \"we\" thing! Being married is being a team and every success is a result of that teamwork!\nMaking your marriage work through grad school? Um, yes, that's definitely an achievement for both of you! Congratulations, can't wait to hear where you all end up!\nYou definitely made sacrifices for this also. Kudos to both of you!\nThe Siberian American October 12, 2015 at 8:15 AM\nI hate when people say Chris is the one working hard, not me. When you're a team, it takes both of you to help each other succeed. I love the idea of the #itgetsbetter hashtag. Each season is so beautiful, even when it's tough, but sometimes (like when my friends want us both to be in a wedding, and Chris can't even tell them if he can be a guest), I look forward to the days of easier schedules. :)\nYou are definitely part of a team and he needs your support! You are sacrificing and working hard, too, and I look forward to reading more about this adventure! Can't wait to see where you end up! ;)\nPamela @ alittleglitter.com October 12, 2015 at 9:07 AM\nYou are a HUGE part of his success! You are a team! Congratulations to you both! You so deserve it!\nThis is definitely teamwork, and can't imagine what both of you have been through in this long process. Cheers to the end of the process, and the perfect job offer <3\nEmelia Woodruff October 12, 2015 at 9:54 AM\nCongratulations to the BOTH of you, what an amazing sense of accomplishment! Every partnership, relationship and marriage is most definitely a TEAM & you were a key player in all of this. I always love your outlook on things Chelsea...best wishes to the both of you throughout the rest of this process!\nEverygoodthingblog by Melissa October 12, 2015 at 9:55 AM\nWow! So awesome that there's an end in sight, with lots of exciting things coming up.. Congratulations to you two!\nCassie Lee @ Sage the Blog October 12, 2015 at 10:29 AM\nSo exciting! Congrats! Match day is always HUGE so I'll be thinking about you!\nchelsea @ the new wifestyle October 12, 2015 at 11:22 AM\ni'm so glad you called out that you are team! heck yes. that's the way marriage should be so glad you are taking credit too because it's deserved! cheers to you both for working so hard to get where you are!\nJackie @ A Better Me October 12, 2015 at 12:03 PM\nYes! It may be his career, but you have totally made sacrifices and have been along for the journey as well.\nEmily S (Em Busy Living) October 12, 2015 at 12:39 PM\nIt is definitely all about teamwork! While I wasn't working and my husband was, I'd sometimes say, \"yeah, but I'm not doing anything...\" and he'd always remind me that he couldn't do what he was doing without me. That's teamwork right there! Congrats to you guys! It will get better. :)\nsavana duncan October 12, 2015 at 2:28 PM\nTeamwork makes the dream work! So glad I found your blog!\nFairy Princess Jord October 12, 2015 at 2:48 PM\nYay! Yay! Yay! Your teamwork is so exciting! I love reading about your journey as a couple and now as a family. Can't wait to see where life takes you two cuties (:\neep! so exciting! all the nights that you couldn't have dinner together or days you could do your favorite thing together like go to the farmer's market - it's all worth it! while i was not studying in med school, i was working late and odd hours and now, life has normalized. we really love our sunday nights together and our saturday morning trips to the market, together. if you make it to wisconsin - we'll be state neighbors!\nSo exciting!!!! My boyfriend of 8 years just started his first year of medical school!!! He is stressed and excited and there is no doubt we have a lot of teamwork going on. Who's making dinner, cleaning, dog rotations, etc! Its exciting to hear that it gets better and more exciting towards the end!!\nThat is awesome congrats to you both. It takes a village. ;)\nThat's awesome! You totally did it too... like you said, marriage is teamwork and you both are a huge part of getting to this point. I'm so excited to read more about this journey! And now that you've mentioned Wisconsin, I'm totally rooting for that. ;) Just kidding... but really, Wisconsin is awesome and you'd be living in my favorite state!\nAbbigail Kriebs October 13, 2015 at 7:03 AM\nExcited for you guys on this journey! And if you DO end up in freezing cold Wisconsin, we can be friends. It really is nice here. :)\nKaliwood October 13, 2015 at 10:35 AM\nExcited to see where you guys end up! It'll be a great new start for his job and your family as you welcome your little one!\nCatherine Short October 14, 2015 at 11:58 AM\nWoohoo! I can't even imagine the excitement and nervous energy you must be feeling right now.\nKaren Peterson October 14, 2015 at 1:45 PM\nYou DEFINITELY deserve to congratulate yourself just as much as him. The two of you are in this together and while he might have been able to get through it without you, I'm sure he's VERY glad he didn't have to.\nKatie @ A Beautiful Little Adventure.com October 16, 2015 at 12:46 AM\nIt's great to stop, pause, and celebrate every little step in this journey! I hope he gets an interview and a match somewhere that is the best fit for your new family. I know how stressful the waiting and the unknown is.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 277, "original_length": 13470, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 322.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.thegloriousdead.co.uk/2018/10/world-mental-health-day-shell-shock-ptsd.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:16Z", "digest": "sha1:ZDW5RHJLFX646XYCRRXEKWBY7XNU3252", "length": 1723, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.thegloriousdead.co.uk", "title": "World Mental Health Day", "raw_content": "We've come a long way. We understand more now than a hundred years ago when a man might end up shot for 'cowardice' as a result of suffering from a trauma - war trauma - that even today isn't always properly understood and treated.\nThose that go to war - on our behalf - deserve better. It's not as if any of this is new. A century ago there were those that understood, and that tried - sympathetically - to treat what was called simply 'shell-shock' or neuresthenia.\nAs Siegfried Sassoon says in the final instalment of his memoirs, recalling his own sympathetic treatment at Craiglockart:\nShell shock. How many a brief bombardment had its long-delayed after-effect in the minds of these survivors, many of whom had looked at their companions and laughed while the inferno did its best to destroy them. Not then was their evil hour; but now; now, in the sweating suffocation of nightmare, in paralysis of limbs, in the stammering of dislocated speech. Worst of all, in the disintegration of those qualities through which they had been so gallant and selfless and uncomplaining\uf8e7 this, in the finer types of men, was the unspeakable tragedy of shell-shock ; it was in this that their humanity had been outraged by those explosives which were sanctioned and glorified by the Churches; it was thus that their self-sacrifice was mocked and maltreated- they, who in the name of righteousness had been sent out to main and slaughter their fellow-men. In the name of civilisation these soldiers had been martyred, and it remained for civilisation to prove that their martyrdom wasn\u2019t a dirty swindle. (Sherston's Progress, p. 557)\nIt's World Mental Health Day today.\nLet's not forget those who suffer as a result of combat trauma.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 95, "original_length": 4336, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 305.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.thegratefulrabbi.com/2016/11/succot-season-of-rejoicing-how-do-we.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:49Z", "digest": "sha1:TAEV3XCVWIDOJH4M4NNRPW6VNBTKYV5J", "length": 2607, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.thegratefulrabbi.com", "title": "The Grateful Rabbi", "raw_content": "Succot-The Season of Rejoicing:\nHow do we experience joy?\nOne of the popular rabbinic interpretations of the lulav and etrog is the imaginative understanding that compares each of the four species-palm branch, myrtle branch, willow and citron to essential parts of the human anatomy. \u201c.......the spine of the palm branch can be compared to the spine of one\u2019s back; the myrtle leaf is analogous to the human eye; the willow brings to mind the shape of the human mouth and the etrog reminds us of the human heart........\u201d(Leviticus Rabbah 30;14)\nClearly the Rabbis sought ways by which to infuse the ritual with homiletic significance and thus the above interpretation was taught as an explanation of the verse in Psalms-\u201dAll my limbs will declare who is like You, O Lord\u201d (Psalms 35;10)\nPerhaps too what lingered beneath the Midrashic \u2018humanization\u2019 of elements in nature was the mystical awareness of the unity that underlies all things rendering the human and the ostensibly inert dimensions of nature integral parts of the Unity and Wholeness of all of God\u2019s creation.\nWhatever the understanding, I would like to extend the way of seeing the lulav and etrog as it pertains to the human heart. The Etrog is viewed by the tradition as symbolizing the heart. By exercising a semantic split between the two syllables of the word LULAV : LU-LAV, \u05dc\u05d5-\u05dc\u05d1, we can define these syllables as two separate words-\u05dc\u05d5, meaning \u201cif only,\u201d and \u05dc\u05d1-\u201dlev,\u201d which is translated as heart. Thus, the taking of the lulav carries with it the hope that the heart is that part of the human anatomy and psychology that can be recruited on Succot to experience the essential sentiment of the season, namely joy, or better yet, grateful joy.\nReturning to the etrog, traditionally compared to the human heart, if we rearrange the final two letters of the Hebrew word -\u05d0\u05ea\u05e8\u05d2 -we construct a new word with a powerful new possibility for the experience of Succot. The word is \u05d0\u05ea\u05d2\u05e8, challenge.\nOne can then argue that indeed the spiritual challenge of Succot is to marshall the heart in the service of the divine. In fact, the opening or softening of the heart is regarding by Hassidim, meditators and mystics alike, as the spiritual means by which to gain access to the dimension of the divine. The Bible itself perceives the heart as the seat of human consciousness and awareness by which we experience the full richness and illumination of the presence of the holy in life.\nThe heart is the locus of human joy and the space from which we experience the joy and simcha of gratitude and thanksgiving on Succot and any other day of the year.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 131, "original_length": 5823, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 284.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.themoderngladiator.com/author/dr-jea/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:53Z", "digest": "sha1:SXLW433MSG2TS6AO4ZLQ2JRMY47DPFSV", "length": 430, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.themoderngladiator.com", "title": "Dr. Jea | The Modern Gladiator", "raw_content": "Author: Dr. Jea\nWriter for MG Magazine. Dr. Jea is an achievement accelerator, habit hacker, and advocate for a brilliant life. She is well known as an expert in leadership, learning, and change management and possesses a breadth and depth of experience in education, government, and industry. She is passionate about nurturing individuals to build brilliance in their lives and can be reached at BuildingBrilliance.LLC@gmail.com.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 135, "original_length": 6405, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 234.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1999.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:22Z", "digest": "sha1:FKOSS5RWVAYI2QTSCDCOTERWABG5HU6I", "length": 13456, "nlines": 104, "source_domain": "www.thepeoplehistory.com", "title": "What Happened in 1999 inc. Pop Culture, Prices and Events", "raw_content": "What happened in 1999 Major News Stories include World Worries about Y2K and the millennium bug, Columbine High School shootings, Dr. Jack Kevorkian, found guilty of second-degree murder for giving a lethal injection in a case of voluntary euthanasia, Start of Millennium celebrations worldwide, Euro currency introduced, Pakistan and India fight for control of Kashmir.\n1999 The worlds population exceeds Six Billion. The Wars in the Balkans continue to cause suffering in the region, but both sides do come to the table and a peace is agreed. The world prepares for the new millennium parties and computers around the world run testing for the millennium bug which could cause wide scale disruption to business and infrastructure if not fixed. The take up of the Internet and Mobile Phones around the world open up new opportunities for successful entrepreneurs.\n1999 was just 10 years ago this year\nYearly Inflation Rate USA 2.19% Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 11,497 Interest Rates Year End Federal Reserve 8.50% Average Cost of new house $131,750.00 Average Income per year $40,810.00 Average Monthly Rent $645.00 Cost of a gallon of Gas $1.22 Average cost of new car $21,050.00 US Postage Stamp 33 cents 1 LB of Bacon $2.59 Ground Coffee per IB $3.41 Loaf of Bread $1.49 Dozen Eggs 89 cents\nAverage House Price 79,384 Interest Rates Year End Bank of England 5.50% FTSE 100 Average 6500\nRenewed fighting between Pakistan and India over Kashmir\nDemocracy restored to Indonesia\nFord Acquires Volvo\n2 Devastating Earthquakes kill 14,000 people in Turkey\nSerbs accelerate ethnic cleansing of Kosovo Albanians leading to a NATO bombing attack\nNew multi party assembly in Northern Ireland meets restoring self rule after 22 years\nEuropean Union bans Beef Imports from the US over the widespread use of growth hormones\nThe human population of the world surpassed six billion.\nEuro currency introducedon 1st January in 11 countries.\nGreat Britain Introduces the Minimum Hourly Wage Rate of all adults must be paid at least \u00a33.60 an hour\nBertrand Piccard and Brian Jones circumnavigate the world in a hot air balloon without stopping.\nA F5 tornado slams in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma killing 38 people\nUnited States --- Hurricane Floyd\nHurricane Floyd a Category 4 storm with winds in excess of 140 mph strikes North Carolina\nMore Information for Hurricane Floyd\nHurricane Floyd, a category 4 storm, hits the United States East coast during September of 1999. About 3 million people evacuated their homes in anticipation of the storm, which at its peak had winds of up to 140 miles per hour. While initial reports thought Florida would be the state that was the hardest hit, North Carolina experienced the worst of the storm with massive flooding affected parts of the state. Reported death tolls related to the storm fall somewhere between 68 and 52 people.\nEurope -- Euro Currency Created\nThe Euro is established as the new common currency of the European Union on January 1st. It was initially used as a virtual currency in the financial markets and physical currency began circulating in 2002. The Euro replaced the currency of eleven European Union nations at first and it expanded to others eventually. The original Euro countries included Austria, Finland, Spain, Belgium, Germany, Italy, France, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Ireland, and Portugal. Several EU countries also opted out of adopting the Euro like Sweden, the United Kingdom, and Denmark. The idea of a common currency had been mandated in the 1992 Maastricht Treaty that created the European Union.\nUSA -- Bill Clinton Acquitted\nThe United States Senate acquits President Bill Clinton of perjury and obstruction of justice on February 12th, ending his five week long impeachment trial. Details of the trial centered on the President\u2019s inappropriate relationship with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Clinton had lied to the American public when he initially denied the relationship. The final vote for the charge of perjury was 55 for not guilty and 45 for guilty and it was 50 to 50 for the obstruction charge. The Senate required a two-thirds majority to convict and remove Clinton from office. The trial was presided over by Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist.\nUSA -- SpongeBob Premieres\nThe popular children\u2019s cartoon show \u201cSpongeBob SquarePants\u201d premieres on the Nickelodeon cable network on May 1st. The show was created by animator Stephen Hillenburg who had previously been a marine biology teacher. The title character was voiced by comedian Tom Kenny who also provided voices for \u201cRocko\u2019s Modern Life,\u201d \u201cCatDog,\u201d \u201cThe Powerpuff Girls,\u201d and \u201cAdventure Time.\u201d SpongeBob SquarePants was one of the highest rated and longest running shows on Nickelodeon with over 200 episodes. It still has a large following today and has led to the production of several movies, video games, comic books, and mass amounts of merchandise like clothing and toys.\nEast Timor -- Independence Referendum\nThe citizens of East Timor voted in a referendum on their independence from Indonesia on August 30th. Indonesia had annexed the country in 1976 and maintained it as a province. As pro-independence movements gained traction, the President of Indonesia asked the United Nations to set up the referendum in which the East Timorese people were given the choice of remaining in Indonesia but with more autonomy or gaining their independence. An overwhelming majority of 78.5% voted in favor of independence with a 98.6% registered voter turnout. While some violence from pro-Indonesia militias erupted after the vote, the country carefully transitioned to independence over the next three years, making it official in 2002.\nThe Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 11,000 for the first time\nThe worst floods seen in Mexico in 40 years causes a number of mudslides which buries whole villages leaving over 400 dead\nHelen Clark becomes the first elected female Prime Minister in New Zealand\nThe International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicts Slobodan Milo\u0161evic and four others on May 27th for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo\nLance Armstrong wins his first Tour de France.\nA powerful, magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits Athens, killing 143 people\nEarthquake in central Taiwan kills about 2,400 people.\nJack Kervorkian was sentenced for the second-degree murder of Thomas Youk. ( assisted suicide )\nUnited States --- Columbine High School massacre\nTwo boys 17 and 18 years old go on a rampage at Columbine High School on April 20th Killing 13\nMore Information and Timeline for Columbine High School massacre\n1. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold kept journals documenting their plan for a major bombing to rival that of the Oklahoma City bombing. with details about the planned attack on Columbine High School.\n2. They kept videos that documented the explosives, ammunition, and weapons they had obtained. The pair shot videos of doing target practice in nearby foothills, as well as areas of the high school they planned to attack\n3. Thieu Gun Arsenal included a 12-gauge Savage-Springfield 67H pump-action shotgun, a Hi-Point 995 Carbine 9 mm carbine, a 9\u00d719mm Intratec TEC-9 semi-automatic handgun and a 12-gauge Stevens 311D double-barreled sawed-off shotgun.\n4. Their Bomb Arsenal consisted of 99 improvised explosive devices of various designs and sizes Using instructions found on the Internet\n5. 10:30 AM On the day of the shooting and bombing they made a final video saying goodbye and apologizing to their friends and families.\n6. 11:10 AM They parked their cars either side of The high school cafeteria, their bomb target,\n7. 11:10 AM armed two 20 pound (9 kg) propane bombs before entering the cafeteria a few minutes prior to the beginning of the \"A\" lunch shift set to explode at approximately 11:17 a.m.\n8. Return to their separate vehicles to await the explosion, and to shoot survivors fleeing the building.\n9. The bombs fail to explode\n10. After the bombs fail to explode the 2 armed, they climbed to the top of the outdoor West Entrance steps, directly above the cafeteria.\n11. The two gunmen pulled their guns from beneath their trench coats and began shooting at Castaldo and Scott\n12. Fully armed they continue shooting any targets who were in range\n13. Patti Nielson, an art teacher dialed 9-1-1 and hid under the library's administrative counter\n14. 11:24 Deputy Neil Gardner, the assigned Student Resource Officer to Columbine, While exiting his patrol car in the Senior lot a call on the school radio informs him , \"Neil, there's a shooter in the school\"\n15. Deputy Neil Gardner exchanges fire with the 2 gunmen\n16. Back in the school, the 2 gunmen moved along the main North Hallway, throwing pipe bombs and shooting at anyone they encountered.\n17. 11:29 a.m. \u2013 11:36 a.m.: Harris and Klebold entered the School library, where a total of 52 students, two teachers and two librarians had concealed themselves, at 11:35 they killed the final student 17-year-old Corey DePooter\n18. 12:08 p.m they were heard to say \"One! Two! Three!\" and they committed suicide\n19. In all they had murdered 12 students and one teacher and injured 21 others\nThe massacre sparked renewed debate over gun control laws, high school cliques, subcultures and bullying. It resulted in an increased emphasis on school security with zero tolerance policies\nNew US Gun Control Bill Rejected for new controls going too far, and new controls not going far enough.\nBetween 50 and 100 million are left without power in the cities of S\u00e3o Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Goi\u00e1s, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul and Rio Grande do Sul,\nThirty-one people die in the Ladbroke Grove rail crash, west of London, England.\nEarthquake and Tsunami in Vanuatu\nRussia offensive on Chechnya using Missile Attacks\nAustralian voters decided to keep the queen and not become a republic\nThe Millennium Dome opens in London\nThe Geneva Convention celebrations for 50th Anniversary\nWalmart continues it's world wide expansion plans when it buys the UK supermarket chain ASDA\nThe West Nile Virus first appears in the United States\nMattel's Barbie Doll celebrates it's 40th Birthday\nTorrential rains caused catastrophic floods and mudslides in the coastal regions of Venezuela, killing an estimated 25,000 people and leaving 100,000 others homeless.\nBoris Yeltsin resigns as President of Russia, replaced by Vladimir Putin\nDr. Jack Kevorkian, was found guilty of second-degree murder for for giving a lethal injection in a case of voluntary euthanasia\nSevere blizzards take place in the Midwestern United States affecting Wisconsin and Illinois\nImpeachment Proceedings are bought against President Bill Clinton\nPrince Edward marries commoner Sophie Rhys-Jones on June 19th at St. George's Chapel, Windsor.\nThe Queen opens the first Scottish Parliament in 300 years\nOsama bin Laden sets his Al-Qaeda terrorist base in Afghanistan ( he is on the FBI's Most wanted List ) following involvment in American embassey bombings in Africa\nU.S. women's soccer team wins the FIFA Women's World Cup champions\nTotal Eclipse Of The Sun Is Seen In cities of Europe and Asia\nDeadly Train Crash in India leaves over 500 dead\nTwo trains collide near Paddington Station at the height of the morning rush hour.\nThe Liberty Bell space capsule recovered in Florida during an expedition sponsored by the Discovery Channel.\nStart of Millennium celebrations worldwide (technically the Millennium started in 2001 not 2000).\nInternet Explorer version 5 released\nThe \"Melissa\" e-mail virus, infects more than 1 million computers worldwide causing more than $80 million in damage, clogging up E-Mail Systems around the world\nMars Climate Orbiter reaches Mars but due to software error taking spaceship to close to surface is destroyed by atmospheric stresses and friction\nThe US successfully tests a new anti intercontinental missile defense system\nThe year 2000 problem known as the Y2K problem and the millennium bug was the most important thing on most companies minds in 1999. Critical industries (such as electricity or financial) and government functions could stop working at 12:00 AM, January 1st , 2000. This fear was fueled by the press coverage and other media speculation, as well as corporate and government reports. All over the world companies and organizations checked and upgraded their computer systems.\nMy Space was officially introduced to the Internet\nBluetooth announced.\nThe initial release of Napster\nThe genetic code that comprise the euchromatic portion of human chromosome 22 is released into the public domain for the good of mankind.\nI have been asked why I have included Myspace in 1999 rather than the official launch in 2003 . ( When I used archive.org to look back MySpace was changed in 1999 from a site for virtual storage to a social networking site ) although very different than today.\nTy Warner toys announces a small pint-sized black bear, called 'The End' on their web site which is to signify the end of Beanie Babies.\nKo?n\nOne Foot in the Grave (UK)\nTeletubbies (UK)\nItaly Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema\nJapan Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi Mexico President Ernesto Zedillo Russia / Soviet Union\nGeneral Secretary of the CPSU Vladimir Putin South Africa State President Nelson Mandela Till 16 June\nSouth Africa State President Thabo Mbeki From 16 June\nUnited States President Bill Clinton United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 235, "original_length": 15992, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 283.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.thephillipsteam.ca/category/our-adventures", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:53Z", "digest": "sha1:32YEXT7B5QIHP7G5C4SQRGXOLT2EATR2", "length": 93, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.thephillipsteam.ca", "title": "Our Adventures Archives - The Phillips Team", "raw_content": "Creating this magazine is a lot of fun. It\u2019s been a great way for me to share some of who [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 120, "original_length": 8283, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 72.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/bizarre/manti-teo-rube-984703", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:23Z", "digest": "sha1:YXJSYLKY4NQMBXQKDSFA2QDEBMWW2IZ3", "length": 7679, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "www.thesmokinggun.com", "title": "Manti Te'o Is A Rube, Not A Hoax Coconspirator | The Smoking Gun", "raw_content": "NOTE: 1/19 update at bottom of story.\nJANUARY 18--While Manti Te\u2019o did himself no favors by hitting the mattresses in the wake of this week\u2019s Deadspin report, there is compelling evidence--at least to TSG\u2019s eyes--that the Notre Dame star was the victim of the remarkable hoax and not a coconspirator.\nIn a story packed with bizarre details and inexplicable behavior, it is key to focus on the actions last month of Te\u2019o and Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, the 22-year-old California man who invented \u201cLennay Kekua,\u201d the fictitious woman with whom Te\u2019o, 21, maintained an online romance/relationship. Until, of course, \u201cKekua\u201d died last September of leukemia.\nAs part of the \u201cKekua\u201d hoax, Tuiasosopo established a Twitter account for the fake woman. The account, which has carried several different names since its inception in 2011, was most recently @LoveMSMK (until it was deleted earlier this month).\nAs Deadspin reported, the account included several Twitpics purporting to show \"Kekua,\" an attractive brunette who appeared to be in her early 20s (one Te\u2019o tweet indicated that she turned 22 last February 14, Valentine\u2019s Day).\nBut the \u201cKekua\u201d photos were actually images that had been taken from the Facebook and Instagram accounts of Diane O\u2019Meara, a 23-year-old Los Angeles marketing executive. When interviewed by Deadspin, O\u2019Meara identified Tuiasosopo as a former high school classmate whom she remembered fondly, but had not been in touch with since graduation.\nTuiasosopo, O\u2019Meara recalled, contacted her on Facebook with a strange request. As Deadspin reported, Tuiasosopo claimed that his cousin \u201chad been in a serious car accident, and he had seen her photos before and thought she was pretty. Would she be so kind as to take a picture of herself holding up a sign reading \u2018MSMK,\u2019 to put in a slideshow to support the cousin's recovery?\u201d\nThough puzzled by the request, O\u2019Meara agreed and sent Tuiasosopo a photo showing herself holding a white piece of paper with the handwritten letters \u201cMSMK\u201d (the meaning of which O\u2019Meara had no clue). As seen below, the photo of O\u2019Meara with the sign was subsequently uploaded last month to the @LoveMSMK Twitter account\u2019s profile. Te'o last September told Sports Illustrated that \u201cKekua\u201d\u2019s first name was actually Melelengei, so perhaps \u201cMSMK\u201d is a reference to her initials.\nThe addition of the photograph was not a random act on the part of Tuiasosopo, but rather a clear attempt by the hoax\u2019s mastermind to establish \u201cproof of life\u201d for \u201cKekua,\u201d who had purportedly died three months earlier.\nSo why would Tuiasosopo suddenly do this?\nAccording to Jack Swarbrick, Notre Dame\u2019s athletic director, Te\u2019o received a call on December 6 from a number that he \u201crecognized as having been associated with Lennay Kekua.\u201d The athlete answered the call and spoke with \u201ca person whose voice sounded like the same person that he had talked to, who told him she was, in fact, not dead.\u201d\nDuring a press conference Wednesday evening, Swarbrick offered no further details of Te\u2019o\u2019s conversation (or conversations) with the back-from-the-dead \u201cKekua.\u201d\nHowever, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser today disclosed new details about the early-December contact between the Notre Dame star and \u201cKekua.\u201d Citing a source close to the Te\u2019o family, the newspaper reported that \u201cKekua\u201d claimed to have staged her death to elude drug dealers, and sought to \u201cre-engage a relationship with Te\u2019o.\u201d\n[In an ESPN interview Friday night, Te\u2019o himself said that \u201cKekua\u201d claimed that she was being chased by drug dealers and had to disappear.]\nBut even the gullible All-American linebacker--whose bullshit detector desperately needed fresh batteries--was suspicious of the \u201cKekua\u201d resurrection.\nAccording to the Star-Advertiser, Te\u2019o asked \u201cKekua\u201d to \u201ctransmit a photo to him with a date stamp\u201d (to presumably establish that she had not, in fact, been felled by leukemia). While \u201cKekua,\u201d the paper reported, provided such a photo to Te\u2019o, he was was not convinced and subsequently told his parents and Notre Dame officials that he had been hoaxed.\nThough the photo provided to Te\u2019o by \u201cKekua\u201d was not described by the Star-Advertiser\u2019s source, it seems obvious the image was the one extracted last month from O\u2019Meara--clear out of the blue--by Tuiasosopo, her former high school friend who came calling with a ludicrous story about an injured cousin.\nThe new picture of O\u2019Meara uploaded to the \u201cKekua\u201d Twitter account was not a run-of-the-mill \u201cselfie\u201d that could have been snapped at any point during the past couple of years. Instead, she was specifically directed by Tuiasosopo to hold up the distinctive \u201cMSMK\u201d sign. While not exactly a hostage-style image (with the subject holding up a newspaper to establish \u201cproof of life\u201d), the \u201cMSMK\u201d photo served a similar purpose for the scheming Tuiasosopo (seen at right).\nWhile the meaning of the four letters is unknown, a photo of \u201cKekua\u201d holding the sign would have aided Tuiasosopo in trying to convince Te\u2019o that she was alive.\nFirst, the letters only surfaced on the \u201cKekua\u201d Twitter account after her purported September 2012 death. The locked account had been renamed @LoveMSMK and appeared to become a memorial, of sorts, to \u201cKekua\u201d (it carried the phrase \u201cSleep beautifully our sweet angel\u201d). While \u201cKekua\u201d was alive, the Twitter account had two names, @lovalovaloveYOU and @LennayKay, both of which were used to communicate with Te'o.\nAdditionally, the uploading of the \u201cproof of life\u201d photo to @LoveMSMK showed that \u201cKekua\u201d maintained control of the Twitter account from which she once regularly sent messages to Te\u2019o (and received tweets from the football player).\nIf Te\u2019o was somehow involved in the hoax, there would have been no need for Tuiasosopo to scheme to obtain a fresh photo of O\u2019Meara. Or to upload that December image to the \u201cKekua\u201d Twitter account. He did it simply in a bid to further bamboozle the stunningly na\u00efve Te\u2019o.\nUntil she was contacted by Deadspin about a week ago, O\u2019Meara was unaware that she was the social media face of \u201cKekua.\u201d After learning that the \u201cproof of life\u201d photo she took at Tuiasosopo\u2019s request was atop the @LoveMSMK Twitter account, O\u2019Meara called to confront her former classmate.\nThe hoaxer, she recalled, \u201cimmediately began acting weird\" and advised, \"Don't worry about it.\" Shortly after the phone conversation ended, the photo of O\u2019Meara holding the \"MSMK\" sign was deleted from the Twitter page of the dead girl who never lived.\n1/19 UPDATE: ESPN this afternoon published lengthy excerpts from last night\u2019s interview with Te\u2019o, who told reporter Jeremy Schaap about the genesis of the \u201cMSMK\u201d photo. Te\u2019o said that after \u201cKekua\u201d resurfaced last month, he sought photographic proof that she was alive. He recalled telling \u201cKekua,\u201d \u201cI want you to hold a paper up with your initials, MSMK, which is her initials, the date and you throwing up the sign.\"\n\u201cKekua\u201d eventually complied with his demand, Te\u2019o said, and forwarded him photos on December 21. Noting that the new pictures were proof of nothing, Te\u2019o told Schapp, \u201cAll it shows is that girl that I knew her to be, with a paper with her initials on it, with the date, and with her throwing it up.\u201d\nThe \"proof of life\" photos provided to Te\u2019o by \u201cKekua\u201d on December 21 are, of course, the same ones that O\u2019Meara sent to Tuiasosopo. They show O\u2019Meara holding up the \u201cMSMK\u201d sign and giving the Hawaiian \u201cshaka\u201d hand gesture. As seen above, both images were also uploaded late last month to the @LoveMSMK Twitter account, which has since been deleted.\nManti Te'o, Lennay Kekua, University of Notre Dame, Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, hoax\n\"I'm Smuggling Cocaine & Heroin In My Coochie\"\nDespite Collar, Man Still Running From The Law", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 85, "original_length": 9142, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 322.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.thestandingstone.ie/2009/12/nenagh-castle-co-tipperary.html?showComment=1514153388088", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:29Z", "digest": "sha1:G6BSTJ4V3NVX4J42734O5H3PGVUPXM2E", "length": 2656, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.thestandingstone.ie", "title": "The Standing Stone: Nenagh Castle, Co. Tipperary.", "raw_content": "Nenagh Castle, Co. Tipperary.\nLocation \u2013 OS: R 872 794 (map 59). The castle is located right in the centre of Nenagh town and cannot be missed towering above the other buildings.\nDescription and History \u2013 It is hard not to be impressed by this imposing castle which dominates that town of Nenagh. It will be a castle that I will have to return to because I arrived there to find that it was closed for renovation work but it should be open again to the public again in early 2010. Therefore I can\u2019t give too much information about the inside of the castle. The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary gives a lot of information about the interior but I only like to give that information when I have seen it myself.\nA lot is known about this castle and its turbulent history. The castle was built between 1200 and 1220AD and in 1332 \u2018prisoners took the castle of Nennogh and the gates there were burned; which was recovered and the prisoners kept.\u2019 At the same time the castle was described as \u2018...a castle surrounded with five towers, a hall, a house beyond the gate, a kitchen with stone walls roofed with shingles.\u2019 The castle was the main seat of the Butler family until the 14th century when it passed into the hands of the Mac Ibrien family and was eventually returned to the Butlers in 1533 under Piers Butler, Earl of Ossory. Following the Williamite wars Nenagh castle was dismantled so that it would not be used again in any future conflicts. A landowner named Solomon Newsome tried to blow up the remaining portion of the castle in the 18th century but was unsuccessful. A large hole in the N wall represents this effort. The castle was five sided in plan with five large towers, thought to be the largest towers in Ireland and Britain. There was also a large twin-towered gatehouse and a large wall surrounding the castle. Only fragmentary ruins remain of the 5 towers as well as portions of the large wall and gatehouse. The main remaining feature is the keep which stands 4 storeys high with a castellated top that was added in the 19th century.\nSince the castle and its grounds were closed I was unable to photograph little beyond the keep. I intend to go back to this site when it re-opens and I will update this page them.\nDifficulty \u2013 Easy to find as it is located in the centre of Nenagh town. It is due to re-open in early 2010 so I would advise ringing the tourist board first to make sure that it will be open when you get there.\nNenagh Friary.\nLisbunny Church.\nLisbunny Hall House.\nLisbunny Standing Stone.\nThis was as close as I could get to the castle.\nDenis Ryan said...\nHi - It's reopen and renovated and well worth a visit.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 3758, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 180.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.tmsi.ie/index.php/about-us/what-is-travel-medicine", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:18:05Z", "digest": "sha1:7WRL6GPII7JZHYDPDHZIM4X2E3HVVEL4", "length": 949, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.tmsi.ie", "title": "What is Travel Medicine?", "raw_content": "Travel Medicine is an emerging branch of medicine that specialises in disease and conditions that are acquired during travel. There is an emphasis on disease prevention through vaccination, the use of malaria prevention medication and behavioural advice. In addition, some Travel Medicine physicians perform check-ups of patients following travel, either for the purpose of reassurance or in order to cure established infections.\nTravel Medicine embraces aspects of General Practice, Tropical Medicine, Occupational Medicine and Public Health.\nWhile Travel Medicine has not yet been formally recognised as a distinct specialty by either the Irish Medical Council or by the General Medical Council (UK), both bodies have been asked to confer such recognition following a formal submission by the Faculty of Travel Medicine, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Glasgow): Protecting the health of travellers from the UK and Ireland (October 2014)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 55, "original_length": 1619, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 161.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.tnpp.org/2010/11/what-are-some-of-structural.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:08Z", "digest": "sha1:ODHLYUV3KVLLQSGLNEI54EI4WWK4P3XA", "length": 3833, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.tnpp.org", "title": "The NonProfit Press: What are Some of the Structural Inefficiencies of the World Bank (Part 1)", "raw_content": "One well-known aphorism that has circulated the halls of the World Bank over the years is it is generally less than the sum of its parts. Part of this tongue-in-cheek observation is based on a cynicism that can grow within any bureaucracy. However, with regards to the Bank, it is also based in part on the cold reality of its unique environment. From personal experience and research conducted for The World Bank Unveiled, I have identified a number of structural inefficiencies that keep the Bank from reaching its full potential in achieving its poverty reduction mission. Here are four key ones:\nSenior management sculpts visionary reforms to tack with the geo-political pressures of the Bank's member countries, external watchdogs, media and the evolving global financial and economic environment. This has led senior officials to engage in regular reorganizations, but to implement reforms they must rely on the institution's mid-level management. As these external pressures have grown, the information revolution and a heightened interconnectivity of the global economy have reduced the amount of time senior officials have to react. As a result, their reliance on mid-level management to implement these reforms has increased. Concurrently, mid-level management is in reality a culture of fiefdoms. The internal culture of the Bank, hardened over six decades, rewards managers for conservatism and adherence to the status quo. So, these fiefs are wedded to maintaining the status quo as a strategy for advancement and accruing power.\nThe institution is layered with a rigid hierarchy. The separation between senior officials and staff is stark and ingrained. Such an environment creates warped perceptions and information vacuums. Senior officials, focused on the big picture, are often given a skewed view of how things actually operate at the staff level. Problems and potential problems become hidden as accurate information often fails to move up the chain of command. Additionally, senior management's intense desire to not receive unpleasant information results in an institution-wide fear of candor. Finally, these behaviors are exacerbated by one of the native instincts of the institution's fiefs \u2013 an aversion to information sharing and transparency.\nThe Bank's culture is one that disdains selectivity and embraces the notion it must do many things well. As a result, staff is continually addressing new challenges, engineering temporary fixes, and moving on to the next problem. Since it tries to do everything, preventable failures are inevitable and activities it pledges to support are not always funded.\nInstitutional hypocrisy, a theory espoused by Robert Wade of the London School of Economics, occurs when the Bank tries to \"control its external environment and manage the contradictory demands being made by states, NGOs and firms.\" The Bank provides actions/services and talk. Clients and customers value its services. Spectators and watchdogs values what it says. The disconnection between the two is common and real. Wade provides examples. One includes: \"increase the density of declarations and policies designed to satisfy and pacify spectators and watchdogs, and increase its promises to bring its actions into line with its policies, while not making the corresponding resource allocations.\"\nThese observations are not to say the World Bank does not do some things well or to impugn the motives and actions of the dedicated professionals who work there. However, my experiences suggest these structural inefficiencies are systemic and have led to both unsound decisions and a failure to learn lessons from failure.\nI invite you to share your own opinions with a wide community of international development practitioners and interested readers here or at http://theworldbankunveiled.wordpress.com/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 181, "original_length": 8999, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 237.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.tnstudy.in/2017/06/details-of-missing-credits-form.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:01Z", "digest": "sha1:37HBVO4CQH7FFNTU3GAU335WOJGA5YHB", "length": 37, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.tnstudy.in", "title": "DETAILS OF MISSING CREDITS FORM - TN STUDY.in- kalviseithi", "raw_content": "ajom hossain June 15, 2017 at 5:20 AM", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 647, "original_length": 11578, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 92.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.tomfolio.com/signatures/f/FeinIrvingA.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:56Z", "digest": "sha1:K73LZ3RW5QSNJ7DO535YC6BZPGGJTRPT", "length": 517, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.tomfolio.com", "title": "TomFolio.com - Author Signature: Irving A. Fein", "raw_content": "Irving A. Fein\nProducer and Manager for comedians Jack Benny and George Burns. Irving A. Fein, who is the author of Jack Benny; An Intimate Biography, was Benny's personal manager and stage producer for years. He was also George Burns' producer and manager for 22 years, and a friend for years. Fein was also the executive producer of many TV specials about Jack Benny and George Burns. He shared a Emmy Award nomination with George Burns for the The George Burns One-Man Show for which he was the executive producer.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 24, "original_length": 1457, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 229.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.tramadolportal.com/fibromyalgia-what-is-it.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:55Z", "digest": "sha1:WGJNWCP3I7BXFNHCIG6VA2225B4ZQASJ", "length": 3457, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.tramadolportal.com", "title": "Fibromyalgia - What Is It? - Tramadol Portal", "raw_content": "Chronic fatigue syndrome or fibromyalgia is considered as a medical disorder. It is usually characterized with chronic body and muscle pains. This condition is widely known all over the world. People experiencing this health issue find it hard in treating this condition. How will know that you are having this syndrome? If you are not familiar on its various concepts, you can simply use the following paragraphs as your guide.\nFibromyalgia is commonly associated to sleep problems, fatigue, depression, anxiety and headaches. Individuals having an emotional or physical trauma are prone to this syndrome. Other causes include sleep disturbances, abnormal pain responses and infections like viruses. This health issue is more susceptible to women aged 20 to 50. What are the different signs of chronic fatigue syndrome? Most people having this condition suffer from chronic back or neck pain, fatigue syndrome and despair. They are also prone from hypothyroidism and lyme disease. Some patients, on the other hand, experienced irritable bowel syndrome, concentration or memory problems, tingling and numbness to feet and hands, palpitations and migraine headache. With its various symptoms, you can easily determine if you need to undergo some immediate curing procedures.\nOnce you encountered the aforementioned signs of chronic fatigue syndrome, the first step that you should take is to seek help from any experts. To relieve the pain temporarily, you can also take some medicines. However, you have to be careful in choosing the best medicines for better results. In some cases, patients are contented to take medicines even if it is not prescribed by doctors. If you continuously practice this treatment procedure, you will be prone from any health issues. As advice, you have to ask recommended medicines to any experts. Your doctors will certainly explain its accurate instructions, including amount of dosage.\nAside from medicine intakes, other chronic fatigue syndrome prescriptions include physical therapy, fitness and exercise program and stress-relief methods. If these curing procedures do not work, your respective doctors may prescribe some muscle relaxant or antidepressant. The main purpose of this medication is to advance your sleep and pain tolerance. Furthermore, it is also recommended that in taking medicines, you have to practice regular exercise and behavior therapy. As suggested by experts, you can also take some drugs to treat your condition. The typical examples of these are anti-seizure drugs, pain relievers, sleeping aids and other anti-depressants.\nCognitive-behavioral therapy, on the other hand is extremely vital for treating chronic fatigue syndrome. This therapy assists you to understand on how you will deal with negative thoughts, recognizes worst signs of illnesses and seeking out enjoyable activities. It also sets limitations, especially to some activities that can trigger your health issues. Other recommendations include eat nutritious diet, avoid caffeine and practice good sleep routines.\nEvery medication procedure suggested by experts is proven safe and effective. Treating any health issues, including chronic fatigue syndrome is not so complicated. If you want to prevent any worse conditions, you have to follow your doctor\u2019s recommendations. In this way, you are assured that your condition will be easily cured.\nPrevious Post Tramadol Ingredients\nNext Post What Other Drugs Will Affect Tramadol?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 4633, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 300.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.traveljournal.com/country.php?iso=MAC", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:43:53Z", "digest": "sha1:L5KLC5TY3TWKBO656AVY3JLHE5I373TM", "length": 4228, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "www.traveljournal.com", "title": "TravelJournal | Macao (S.A.R.) Travel Journals", "raw_content": "Colonized by the Portuguese in the 16th century, Macau was the first European settlement in the Far East. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and Portugal on 13 April 1987, Macau became the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China on 20 December 1999. In this agreement, China promised that, under its \"one country, two systems\" formula, China's socialist economic system would not be practiced in Macau, and that Macau would enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign and defense affairs for the next 50 years.\nMacau (also spelled Macao, \u6fb3\u9580, Ou3 Mun4 in Cantonese, \u00c0om\u00e9n in Mandarin) is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China. Located across the Pearl River estuary from Hong Kong, until 1999 Macau was an overseas territory of Portugal. The world's most densely populated country, Macau is best known as Asia's largest destination for gambling taking in even more revenue than Las Vegas.\nRead more about Macao (S.A.R.) in our Macao (S.A.R.) travel guide \u00bb\nCotai Strip, Taipa\nLocation. Located in Cotai, Sheraton Macao Hotel, Cotai Central is near the airport and close to Cotai Arena, Macau Tower Convention and Entertainment Centre, and Macau Cultural Centre. Additional points of interest include Macau University of Science and Technology and University of Macau. Hotel Features. Dining options at Sheraton Macao Hotel, Cotai Central include 3 restaurants. A bar/lounge is open for drinks. Room service is available 24 hours a day. The hotel serves hot and cold buffet\u2026 more \u00bb\nThe Westin Resort Macau\n1918 Estrada De Hac Sa\nLocation. The Westin Resort Macau is located on the beach in Coloane, close to Macau Golf and Country Club, Hac Sa Beach, and Macau University of Science and Technology. Other points of interest near this luxury resort include University of Macau and Cotai Strip. Resort Features. The Westin Resort Macau features a restaurant, a poolside bar, and a bar/lounge. Room service is available 24 hours a day. Recreational amenities include a golf course. Also located on site are an outdoor pool, an\u2026 more \u00bb\nLocation. Grand Lisboa Macau is located in central Macau, close to Cineteatro Macau, Senado Square, and Fortaleza do Monte. Nearby points of interest also include Ruins of St. Paul's Cathedral and Leal Senado. Hotel Features. Grand Lisboa Macau features a coffee shop/caf\u00e9. Recreational amenities include an outdoor pool and a fitness facility. There is a full service health spa on site. This 4.5 star property has a business center and offers limo/town car service. This Macau property has\u2026 more \u00bb\n1 Estrada Do Istmo\nLocation. Located in Cotai, Crown Towers is near the airport and close to Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau Tower Convention and Entertainment Centre, and Macau Cultural Centre. Nearby points of interest also include Cotai Strip and University of Macau. Hotel Features. In addition to 2 restaurants, Crown Towers offers a coffee shop/caf\u00e9 and a grocery/convenience store. A poolside bar and a bar/lounge are open for drinks. Room service is available 24 hours a day. The hotel\u2026 more \u00bb\nAvenida Dr Sun Yat Sen, NAPE\nLocation. Located in central Macau, Mandarin Oriental is a business friendly hotel within walking distance of Tourism Activities Centre, Macau Forum, and Macau Fisherman's Wharf Convention and Exhibition Centre. Additional points of interest include Macau Cultural Centre and Macau World Trade Centre. Hotel Features. Mandarin Oriental's restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. A bar/lounge is open for drinks. Room service is available 24 hours a day. The hotel serves hot and cold\u2026 more \u00bb\nBrowse more hotels in Macao (S.A.R.) \u00bb\nless than one-sixth the size of Washington, DC\nColoane Alto 172 m\nChinese 94.3%, other 5.7% (includes Macanese - mixed Portuguese and Asian ancestry) (2006 census)\nCantonese 85.7%, Hokkien 4%, Mandarin 3.2%, other Chinese dialects 2.7%, English 1.5%, Tagalog 1.3%, other 1.6% (2001 census)\nNational Day (Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China), 1 October (1949); note - 20 December 1999 is celebrated as Macau Special Administrative Region Establishment Day\nChief Executive Fernando CHUI Sai-on (since 20 December 2009)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 117, "original_length": 6268, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 207.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.turkishpoliticsinaction.com/2010/02/into-bunkers.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:42Z", "digest": "sha1:NDSGYTMCPJ6UIH4PXEXD6L4HRZXLW3I4", "length": 11315, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.turkishpoliticsinaction.com", "title": "Turkish Politics in Action: Into the Bunkers?", "raw_content": "The Turkish Armed Forces and Interior Ministry's recent annulment of the secret Police-Security Cooperation Protocol (EMASYA) on February 4 has re-focused Turkish political observers on the transformative state of civil-military relations here. EMASYA allowed the military to intervene in domestic affairs without seeking approval from civilian authorities, though its exact contents remain unknown to the public. According to TESEV's 2006-2008 Security Almanac, the Protocol laid out the command structure that would follow suit during the course of such an intervention. Bianet translates the EMASYA section of TESEV's report (in Turkish, save for a short summary):\nThe EMASYA protocol is one of the most typical examples for perceiving the protocol and its legislations superior to the law, for applications contrary to the law and for one of the privileged devices of the military tutelage system.\nThe interior security doctrine restructured after 28 February was build upon the EMASYA Protocol. The Protocol consists of 27 articles regarding the Provincial Administration Law (no. 5332) article 11/D and was worked out by the General Staff Presidency and the Ministry of the Interior on 7 July 1997. In cases deemed necessary, the protocol directs the intervention of military forces in situations of incidents regarding internal public order and security.\nIn accordance with the EMASYA Protocol, internal security operations and regional police task forces, village guards, gendarmerie internal security units and gendarmerie units conjoin with the highest ranking Land Forces Command (KKK) unit in the region upon the consent and approval of the governor. Police special operation task forces are subordinate to EMASYA Region and Subsector Commands; provisional village guards report to the regional Gendarmerie Command which again is subordinate to the EMASYA Command. Therefore, in terms of territorial issues the gendarmerie is not connected to the Ministry of the Interior but to the military authorities in such situations.\nThe \"Public Order and Security Centres\" established in each province garrison are made dependent on the military in terms of organizing the provincial police and civil chiefs of intelligence, assessment and planning. Due to this structure, the entire information gathered by civilian units and the intelligence can be obtained by the military. Again, the military can intervene in civilian incidents without permission of the civilian superior in situations deemed necessary. Thus, interior security is in fact provided by the military since provincial civilian structures are outranked by the armed forces.\nAccording to the Protocol, internal security operations and the regional operation command are subordinate to the highest ranking military unit of the region. This unit is connected to the KKK in a large part of the country. In the south-eastern provinces of the country the operational status is not temporary but permanent, which means that public order is under control of the military in wide parts of the country.\nOne of the means to expand the Gendarmerie's jurisdiction is to deprive the governors of their duty in individual incidents or issues pending for more than one year which would normally be covered by the police forces. The previously mentioned article 10(c) of the Law on Gendarmerie Operation, Duties and Authority has been issued according to article 11/D of the Provincial Administration Law which is shaped by the EMASYA Protocol. At the same time, joint operations by the gendarmerie and police forces upon the permission of the civil superior and the directive of the prosecutor become increasingly common. This situation is highly compatible with the internal security doctrine of the military authorities and is indirectly relevant to the EMASYA Protocol.\nThough Chief of the General Staff Ilker Basbug has said that EMASYA is not necessary because much of it is stipulated in existing law, namely Article 11 of Law No. 5442 of the Special Provincial Administration Code, its repeal does mean that such an intervention will not be allowed to take place unless a provincial governor asks the military to intervene. From H\u00fcrriyet:\n\u201cAs you know, EMASYA originated from public order, civilian and military cooperation. As a matter of fact, article 11 of law no. 5442 of the Special Provincial Administration clarifies the issue. Actually, if it was consummately read, that much discussion would not take place,\u201d Ba\u015fbu\u011f said.\n\u201cYet, what is important here to us is the rule of law. It is out of the question even for the EMASYA protocol to go over the law, and it should not be inconsistent with the law, as well. Law no. 5442 is very clear: \u201cThe governor is superior to all general and local law enforcement officers.\u201d This is irrevocable under any circumstances. Everything is under the command of the governor,\u201d he said.\nAsked if the protocol could be annulled, Ba\u015fbu\u011f said: \u201cIt may be annulled, this protocol is not needed, the capacity already is in the law. All in all, the law is the basis for us about EMASYA. It is impossible for the EMASYA protocol to pass over other laws. This protocol has been given excessive importance and has been misunderstood. And its confidentiality has created more trouble in the process.\u201d\nBasbug also commented on Article 9 of EMASYA, which gave the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) permission to intervene in \"social incidents.\" According to Basbug, this is not the TSK's job, stating that a strong distinction be made between terrorism and the former, the meaning of which is still unclear, but from Basbug's words, seem to pertain to mass meetings, such as protests and marches.\nPrime Minister Erdogan was the first to announce plans for the annulment of EMASYA, and President Gul followed up soon after with a statement urging the government and military to repeal the controversial protocol, which the European Commission has long listed as an impediment to Turkey's accession to the European Union (see the latest progress report). The EMASYA annulment follows revelations about the alleged Balyoz coup plans, which the TSK maintains were merely war games scenarios.\nWith EMASYA gone, questions have arisen as to whether the National Security Document (MGSB) may face similar annulment or overhaul. The MSGB is also known as the \"Red Book,\" and critics have long characterized it as a kind of secret constitution, another secret document facilitating government intervention in internal security matters. The Human Rights Association (IHD) and the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TIHV) are challenging the MSGB; their lawyer, Ozturk Turkdogan, is currently arguing the case before the Council of State. However, so far the government has refused to respond to questions from the Council of State about the contents of the MSGB, responding that the document is a \"state secret.\" Turkdogan claims the MSGB is unconstitutional since the document was never submitted to parliament, to which the constitution stipulates the cabinet answer in regard to national security matters.\nIn addition to the government drafted MSGB, there are also significant concerns about the broad powers the current constitution enumerates to the Armed Forces. Though reforms in 2004 reduced the powers of the National Security Council to advisory and increased the number of civilians who sit on the Council, reformers claim the constitution still leaves broad room for the military to maneuver. The Feb. 28 process is still fresh in the minds of many of these reformers, and further reform of the constitution in this area is also critical to the accession process.\nThe State of Civil-Military Relations\nWhile public support or the TSK is still high (estimated at above 80 percent), support seems to be dropping, leading some military refor advocates like Ibrahim Kalin, a policy advisor to Prime Minister Erdogan, to argue that the military is conscious of the public demand for it to \"stay in the bunkers\" and taking steps to make that happen. While some Kemalist/secularist Turks see the repeal of EMASYA and the military stepping back from civilian affairs as dangerous, painting the military retreat as further empowering political parties and groups they perceive as anti-secular, chief among them the AKP, many reformers, AKP supporters and not, have long called for the military to step away from poltics, a necessary condition they see for the consolidation of Turkish democracy. The Economist ran a decent summary this week of the state of civil-military relations in Turkey, including analysis of the TSK's \"blighted image\" and loss of public support in the wake of the Ergenekon investigation and the Daglica affair. However, the article also notes that \"for millions of secular Turks the army remains the sole guarantor of their freewheeling lifestyle.\" The article quotes Eric Edelman, a formers ambassador from the United States to Turkey: \"One might feel better about the military\u2019s loss of power if Turkey had a balanced political system with the possibility of alternance of government.\u201d\nAt the heart of the civil-military relationship is Basbug, who is in the increasingly diffcult position of negotiating between hardliners in the TSK and demands for the military to keep out of politics. While several press organizations ocntinue to rail against Basbug, especially for his \"talkative\" relationship with the pro-secularist/Kemalist press, Basbug also consented to the EMASYA reform and recently expressed regret to H\u00fcrriyet that Prime Minister Erdogan's wife could not enter a military facility while wearing a headscarf. Yet, after making this statement of regret, unthinkable by a head of the TSK just a few years ago, Basbug gave a 5-hour interview with Haberturk (for a two-part series that ran this week) in which he criticized press he routinely characterizes as out to get the TSK and fomented disbelief at recent coup accusations within the Naval Forces Command. Saying the TSK's patience is limited, both with the press and those seemingly inside the military who are leaking information, he said the TSK had a slieu of secret documents he could release, intimating that the TSK taking such an action would smear its opponents. There has been plenty of speculation in the Turkish press about just what these documents might contain and who they might damage. Ihsan Dagi comments on Basbug's troubled position:\nHe told H\u00fcrriyet that he wished the GATA incident had not happened. Could his harsh remarks to Habert\u00fcrk have come because of his \u2018wish\u2019? He may have delivered those harsh remarks to calm \u2018covert groups\u2019 within the military and avoid their criticism [?] . . . .\nTo me, Gen. Ba\u015fbu\u011f can\u2019t wait for August to remove the \u2018ordeal\u2019 of his uniform. Just like [former chiefs of general staff] generals Hilmi \u00d6zk\u00f6k and Ya\u015far B\u00fcy\u00fckan\u0131t did.\nUPDATE I (2/20) -- The Natioanl Security Council (MGK) met on Friday, Feb. 20, and are assumed to have discussed amending the National Secuirty Document (MGSB). Some observers think the MGK might remove contests pertaining to Islamist threats. The other two main threats the MGSB identifies are extreme leftism and ethnic separatism.\nLabels: Civil-Military Relations, Constitutional Reforms, Ergenekon, EU Reform, European Union, Military, Military-AKP Relations", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 305, "original_length": 24374, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 294.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.turkofamerica.com/index.php/others/life-style/item/3404-us-law-enforcement-raids-turkish-owned-new-york-cafe-house-with-links-to-gulen", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:33Z", "digest": "sha1:ONAPNSVPYWBCV5LLJSJ4QTET5D6RH3JV", "length": 2782, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.turkofamerica.com", "title": "US Law Enforcement Raids Turkish-owned New York Cafe, House with Links to Gulen", "raw_content": "US Law Enforcement Raids Turkish-owned New York Cafe, House with Links to Gulen\nThe U.S. law enforcement officers raided a popular cafe linked to Pennsylvania-based Imam Fethullah G\u00fclen in New York's Brooklyn on early Friday morning, the Daily Sabah has learned. More than a dozen officers seized computers during the raid on Masal Cafe, a popular destination for G\u00fclen's disciples, according to frequent visitors of the venue. Another search was also conducted against the cafe's owner, Salahattin Karaku\u015f's house, in which his computers were also confiscated. Karaku\u015f confirmed on Sunday via phone that U.S. law enforcement officers were in his house and the cafe. \"They told me not to talk about this with anyone. That's all,\" he said. Local media reported that the raid was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, however, FBI's New York office said it had not carried out the operation.\nAt least two Turkish-American citizens, who spoke on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue, said Karaku\u015f had close ties with Gulen, in fact, Gulen himself was the one who named the cafe. \"Whenever the owner visits Pennsylvania, he is very much welcome. Gulenists are using this location because it is also very close to the JFK, the airport.\" one of them said.\nBuzzfeed previously mentioned Karakus in a report about G\u00fclen's efforts to buy influence in U.S. politics. Karakus told reporters that he is a supporter of the Gulen movement and regularly attends holiday dinners at the Turkish Cultural Center, a major NGO run by Gulenists.\nSome locals believe U.S. officials targeted Karakus due to his recent money transfers.\nYet there are some signs that there may be a broader investigation against Gulenist businessmen in the United States. A Senior Turkish official said the FBI has been conducting a number of investigations on money laundering allegations involving Turkish-American businessmen with links to Gulen. A Turkish diplomat confirmed that the FBI was informally interviewing some businessmen in Chicago due to their links with Gulen.\nTurkey ramped up its pressure on G\u00fclen and his disciples in the United States following the failed coup in Turkey on July 15. Turkish authorities believe G\u00fclen is the ultimate ring leader of the coup, who has been accused of leading an operation to infiltrate and take over state agencies for the last 30 years. The G\u00fclen Movement has been designated as a terror group by Turkey, the Gulf Cooperation Council and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. (RAGIP SOYLU, Daily Sabah)\nUS Law Enforcement Raids Turkish-owned New York Cafe\nHouse with Links to Gulen\nMore in this category: \u00ab Turkcell Is the Only Turkish Company Listed on NYSE USA Swimming Teams Up With Chobani Greek Yogurt as Official Supplier \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 143, "original_length": 6580, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 234.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.tutuames.com/2011/06/forty-eighth-day-in-other-words-by-ben.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:32Z", "digest": "sha1:W2PS2RZHZD5TYC3CTSLNOLQE5VDVUB54", "length": 804, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.tutuames.com", "title": "Accidental Wonderland: Forty-Eighth Day - 'In Other Words' by Ben Kweller", "raw_content": "Forty-Eighth Day - 'In Other Words' by Ben Kweller\nThe forty-eighth challenge in the 50 Day Music Challenge was hard for me as I'm usually listening to old music rather than new releases.\nThe challenge is 'your favourite song at this time last year'.\nI went through my iTunes to see what I added last year and I added one of Ben Kweller's albums and I know I was listening to it a year ago.\nThis song, 'In Other Words', is so much better live.\nLina@MothersLoveLetters June 2, 2011 at 9:02 AM\nLove this challenge! 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Caluda.\nHendrix College (AR) IP H R ER BB SO AB BF\nLomax............... 7.0 5 1 1 2 5 24 27\nUniversity of Dallas IP H R ER BB SO AB BF\nMichael Schweiss.... 7.0 10 4 2 1 4 32 33\nWin - Lomax (6-2). Loss - M. Schweiss (2-4). Save - None.\nHBP - by Lomax (V. Costello).\nGame: UDB-G25\nHendrix College (AR) at University of Dallas (Game 1) - Play-by-Play\nHendrix College (AR) starters: 16/2b Sims; 4/1b Vlaskamp; 19/dh Radack; 2/c\nThames; 6/ss Ritz; 5/rf Harr; 24/lf Simmons; 3/3b Raskin; 34/cf A. Bowen; 15/p\nLomax;\nUniversity of Dallas starters: 19/lf D. Arnold; 16/2b M. Carlson; 8/cf B.\nShelburne; 18/1b A. Bossert; 17/rf N. Caluda; 3/dh A. Farris; 22/3b T. Allred;\n4/ss N. Kipp; 27/c V. Costello; 11/p M. Schweiss;\nHendrix College (AR) 1st - Sims out at first 1b to p. Vlaskamp struck\nout swinging. Radack singled to shortstop. Thames grounded out to ss; Radack\nadvanced to second. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.\nUniversity of Dallas 1st - D. Arnold fouled out to 1b. M. Carlson flied\nout to rf. B. Shelburne singled through the right side. A. Bossert flied out to\ncf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.\nHendrix College (AR) 2nd - Ritz grounded out to 3b. Harr grounded out to\n2b. Simmons reached on an error by ss. Raskin homered to left field, 2 RBI,\nunearned; Simmons scored, unearned. A. Bowen reached on an error by 2b. Sims\nUniversity of Dallas 2nd - N. Caluda flied out to lf. A. Farris struck\nout swinging. T. Allred grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0\nHendrix College (AR) 3rd - Vlaskamp grounded out to ss. Radack singled\nto right center. Thames hit into double play ss to 2b to 1b; Radack out on the\nUniversity of Dallas 3rd - N. Kipp walked. V. Costello struck out\nswinging. N. Kipp picked off, out at first p to 1b. D. Arnold walked. D. Arnold\nstole second. M. Carlson singled to third base; D. Arnold advanced to third. B.\nShelburne reached on a fielder's choice; M. Carlson out at second 3b to 2b.\nHendrix College (AR) 4th - Ritz singled up the middle. Ritz out at\nsecond c to 2b, caught stealing. Harr walked. Simmons reached on a fielder's\nchoice; Harr out at second 2b to ss. Raskin struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1\nUniversity of Dallas 4th - A. Bossert singled to left center. N. Caluda\nflied out to lf to left center. A. Farris popped up to 3b. T. Allred reached on\na fielder's choice; A. Bossert out at second ss unassisted. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0\nHendrix College (AR) 5th - A. Bowen doubled down the rf line. Sims\ndoubled down the lf line, RBI; A. Bowen scored. Vlaskamp singled; Sims advanced\nto third. Sims out at home lf to c. Radack singled to center field; Vlaskamp\nadvanced to second. Thames flied out to cf. Ritz singled to left center, RBI;\nRadack advanced to third; Vlaskamp scored. Harr struck out swinging. 2 runs,\nUniversity of Dallas 5th - N. Kipp grounded out to ss. V. Costello hit\nby pitch. D. Arnold struck out swinging. M. 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Baker and O'Meara were the first two recipients of the award created to honor a senior and junior Corpsman for their dedication to upholding the Hospital Corps tradition. (U.S. Navy photo by Sarah Hauck, Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune)\n\u201cOne the greatest honors we could ever have is to be called \u2018Doc\u2019 on the battlefield,\u201d said Baker. \u201cThere is nothing greater than walking out there, running out there, crawling out there, whatever you have to do to get to your brother who\u2019s fallen and have them look at you in your eyes and have a sense of calm come over them despite their wounds, knowing you\u2019re about to take care of them. There is no feeling greater in the world.\u201d\nThe Admiral Cullison Award is a brand new award specific to Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune Corpsmen.\nNamed after former Commanding Officer Rear Admiral Thomas Cullison for his dedication and contributions to furthering the Hospital Corps, the award aims to annually recognize both a senior and junior Corpsman.\nThe honor was introduced in a joint Hospital Corps Birthday gathering on the medical center Quarterdeck.\nA senior Corpsman, such as Baker, will be recognized for their lifetime of service and contributions to the Hospital Corps.\nHancock explained Baker\u2019s dedication and desire to the future of the Hospital Corps is only one of many reasons he was nominated for the first presentation of the award.\n\u201cHe has had all of the hard jobs and has lived the life. Days before his retirement, at 8:30 at night, is training corpsman, on leave. That speaks volumes,\u201d said Hancock. \u201cIt is my absolute honor to stand in front of you and for the Corpsman Birthday, for the cake cutting today, and to have Admiral Cullision here to present this award to Master Chief Baker who is a very, very, very deserving Corpsman. As every year goes by, I want every one of you to want to be that name, to be ready to go tonight.\u201d\nThe award also honors a junior Corpsman for their exemplary skills and willingness to be ready to fight at a moment's notice.\n\u201cIt is being given to a corpsman that we feel is the corpsman best fit to fight tonight,\u201d said Hancock. \u201cThe most prepared, the one that has done everything in his or her power to be able to go tonight. That means physically; outstanding PFT. That means mentally; highest rate exam. Mentally; working at the top of his credentials or her credentials. That means being able to understand not only the hospital role, but the combat role.\u201d\nHospital Corpsman, Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick O\u2019Meara was presented the junior honor from Baker, the nomination citation highlighting O\u2019Meara\u2019s always-engaged nature.\n\u201cFrom the moment he checked into Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune he\u2019s proven himself as a motivated, self-starter,\u201d read the citation. \u201cHis skill set as a corpsman coupled with the qualifications as a paramedic and ICU corpsman make him absolutely ready to go into any theater of operations where he would undoubtedly excel. He epitomizes readiness and is the perfect example that military treatment facilities can absolutely be the right platform to train like we fight and fight like we train. He embodies the HM rating, and what is needed to forward deploy and save lives when called upon.\u201d\nO\u2019Meara, equally shocked to be recognized in a ceremony attended by more than 100 medical center staff members, was honored to have received the award, but more honored to share the inaugural presentation with Baker.\n\u201cIf anyone asks who is Master Chief Baker, you don\u2019t have to elaborate on who he is; everyone already knows,\u201d said O\u2019Meara. \u201cIf you say you\u2019re doing something with Master Chief Baker, it is automatic accreditation because of who he is.\u201d\nBaker and O\u2019 Meara\u2019s names will appear on plaques on the front of a statue gifted to NMCCL by Rear Admiral Thomas Cullison.\nCullison was originally given the bronze statue upon his retirement as Deputy Surgeon General of the Navy by the Chief\u2019s Mess for his dedication to the Hospital Corps.\nCullison explained the significance of the statue would be lost had it not been retired to NMCCL and used to honor a pair of Corpsmen dedicated to saving lives.\nThe statue, depicting two Corpsmen assisting a fallen service member, will find a permanent home at NMCCL as a means of memorializing the dedication of Corpsmen no matter in what arena they find themselves serving in.\n\u201cI think our corpsmen are the shining example of how we should uphold the Navy\u2019s tradition,\u201d said Cullison. \u201cI really encourage you to take what you learn here, apply it on the battlefield and we\u2019ll all be fine. 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The sport\u2019s governing body was keen to enable its members to have 24-hour access to key services.\nDeputy Chief Executive at British Dressage, said, \u201cWe have seen a huge number of people go online and take advantage of those functions and the facilities they offer. Members now also have access to a lot of the data we hold such as results from competitions and horses\u2019 history.\n\u201cPreviously there was no simple way of researching such data so the new website has significantly improved the quality and speed of service to our members.\u201d\nBit10 also helped create an online shop, which offers specific sports merchandise for the equestrian community.\nBagnall explains, \u201cThe online shop has helped us to significantly increase revenue \u2013 after just two months we generated \u00a3100,000 worth of online business. 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To achieve this goal, my lab uses a translational framework in which we first identify fundamental mechanisms of treatment response for evidence-based interventions. These findings are then used to develop and evaluate novel interventions delivered through widely available technologies (e.g. mobile devices, remote sensors, websites).\nI am especially interested in treatments that can be administered in acute care settings (e.g. Emergency Departments, Trauma Centers) to reduce distress shortly after trauma exposure. This research is multidisciplinary by nature and my team collaborates regularly with experts across a wide range of fields including computer science, bioinformatics, human factors, health services, nursing, medicine, and neuroscience.\nChristian Skalka\nMy research interest is in the intersection of computer science theory and practice. My work has focused on the design of programming languages, especially type disciplines, to support security and safety in programs. This includes general purpose languages and domain specific languages for embedded systems. I also study the real-world application of modern embedded systems software and hardware to environmental sciences.\nMarguerite Dibble, CEO of GameTheory\nMarguerite Dibble is the CEO of GameTheory, a development studio based on Burlington that is focused on brining fun into the world. She has led the development of a number of games, apps, and healthcare solutions. All of these producst use the behavioral principles underlying engagement and motivation. GameTheory has partnered with CREST on several projects, including the NIH funded Connecting Cultures to Technology. Check out Marguerite's Ted Talk on the principles of game development.\nZoe Brier\nZoe obtained her BS in psychology from the University of Michigan in 2015. After graduation, she worked as a research assistant at the Bradley/Hasbro Children\u2019s Research Center in Providence, Rhode Island on multiple studies following teens after discharge from hospital settings using mobile technology. Zoe is interested in short in long term outcomes following traumatic experiences, and mobile technology as an assessment and intervention tool. Zoe joined CREST in 2017.\nAlison Legrand\nAlly graduated from UI-Chicago in 2014. After, she worked as a research technician at the Center for Anxiety & Related Disorders at Boston University aiding in CODA project. She is interested in how technology can be used to better understand behavioral and neurological changes following a traumatic event to help inform PTSD intervention, particularly in cases of sexual assault and intimate partner violence. Ally joined CREST in 2016.\nKatherine van Stolk-Cooke\nCassie earned her bachelor's degree from Barnard College of Columbia University in 2012. Following graduation, she worked in a research lab at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons developing and pilot-testing an adaptive text messaging intervention for problem drinkers. Her current research interests are the application of technology to the development and expansion of evidence-based treatment for clinical populations, and the refinement of existing research and treatment methodologies through the use of these media. Cassie joined CREST in 2015.\nEmma is an undergraduate student majoring in psychology at the University of Vermont. She is interested in mood disorders, personality disorders and the development of the adolescent. After graduation, she plans to attend graduate school and become a clinical psychologist. Outside of school, Emma enjoys reading, cycling, yoga and listening to music.\nAnnie Resnikoff\nAnnie is majoring in early childhood special education with a major concentration in psychology. 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Unframed it measures 7.75\u201d wide and 12.75\u201d high.\nRichard Bowman grew up in Northern Illinois and moved to Chicago in 1938 to attend the Art Institute. After graduating in 1942 with a BFA, Bowman received the Edward L. Ryerson Traveling fellowship and traveled to Mexico where he met the British Surrealist painter, Gordon Onslow Ford in the village of Erongaricuaro, Michoacan.\nRichard writes that Gordon \"was the first Modern and involved painter I had ever met. With his uncanny genius, he is capable of revealing new perceptions to many individuals\". The next day, Richard returned to paint the lake, the mountains and the setting sun. It was the beginning of a series that he called the \"Rock and Sun\".\nRichard went on to receive in 1949 his Masters in Fine Arts at the University of Iowa where he studied with Mauricio Lasansky. Richard taught at the Art Institute of Chicago in the 1940s, then went with a fellow graduate of the University of Iowa to start an art program at the University of Manitoba in Canada. In the late 1950s, he and his wife Peggy moved to the Bay Area in Northern California where he continued to teach and paint.\nAcrylic and Fluorescent oil", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 64, "original_length": 2250, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 137.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.vibes.ng/2016/10/fg-distributes-4116-buses-valued-n37bn.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:34Z", "digest": "sha1:455D54Z7EA4MQGPDH5LET7AYLM5P7C2Z", "length": 1941, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.vibes.ng", "title": "FG Distributes 4,116 Buses Valued N37bn Nationwide | Vibes.NG", "raw_content": "FG Distributes 4,116 Buses Valued N37bn Nationwide\nThe federal government has distributed a total of 4,116 buses valued N37 billion nationwide under the Public Mass Transit Revolving Fund (PMTF) Scheme.\nThe News Agency of Nigeria reports that the buses were released to mass transit companies to provide cheap and affordable road transport services to Nigerians across the six geo-political zones and the FCT. The managing director of The Infrastructure Bank, Mr Adekunle Oyinloye, stated this in a paper he presented at a national workshop for Chief Executive Officers of Mass Transit Companies in Abuja.\nHe said the scheme has also provided employment opportunities for over 50,000 Nigerians, including bus drivers, bus assistants, among others. The vehicles were reported to have been provided under Phases I and II of the N25 billion PMT scheme being managed by The Infrastructure Bank.\n\u201cIn addition, the scheme has thrived in reducing poverty and enhancing regional integration, as more people are able to move easily across different regions of the country, and across the West African sub-region.\n\u201cThe PMTF Scheme offers a single digit interest rate regime of five per cent per annum in Phase 1 and zero per cent per annum in Phase II. \u201cThis has resulted in cost savings of about N10 billion when compared with the prevailing interest rate of about 25 per cent per annum obtainable in other financial institutions,\u2019\u2019 he said.\nOyinloye observed that PMTF beneficiaries were investing those cost savings in providing allied transport infrastructure like motor parks, service centres, ICT platforms, fleet maintenance, among others.\n\u201cOn our part as the fund manager, we have continually managed the PMTF in line with international best practices.\n\u201cThese are premised on a sound internal credit procedure and robust risk mitigating strategies that ensure beneficiaries fulfill their loan obligations, as and when due.\nSource:Leadership.ng", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 209, "original_length": 58759, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 339.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.virginiapatriotsteaparty.com/2014/03/yes-you-are-being-manipulated-by-your.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:17Z", "digest": "sha1:O6DNWRTISFYYPTIQYATQCJM64YH4GM7O", "length": 1574, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.virginiapatriotsteaparty.com", "title": "YES, YOU ARE BEING MANIPULATED BY YOUR GOVERNMENT - Virginia Patriots Tea Party Alliance", "raw_content": "YES, YOU ARE BEING MANIPULATED BY YOUR GOVERNMENT\nBy FREEMANS PERSPECTIVE \u00b7 MAR 20TH, 2014\nThe truth that government agents are influencing people online has been visible for some time to those who were looking. For example, in 2011, we got proof that military contractors and the US Air Force were doing this. (See here and here.) There were other facts as well, including the publicly-stated wishes of Cass Sunstein.\nMost people didn\u2019t see those stories, of course, and those who mentioned them were thought to be crazy. \u201cIf it was true, we\u2019d have heard about it!\u201d\nIn early February, however, we got serious proof, courtesy of Edward Snowden and Glen Greenwald. Honestly, I expected this to be a big story, like many of the previous Snowden leaks. Instead, the story went almost nowhere. The \u201cnews\u201d simply refused to cover it. And while the story did run on a few websites, I don\u2019t know of it running in any major newspaper or on any TV news, except perhaps RT, the Russian 24/7 English-language news channel. (NBC did run a prior and less troubling story.)\nBut, we have the slides, and we now know what the NSA and its British partner, GCHQ, are doing to us.\nThe Manipulations You Pay For\nLet\u2019s start with this direct quote from the GCHQ on two tactics of their JTRIG (Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group) program:\n(1) to inject all sorts of false material onto the Internet in order to destroy the reputation of its targets; and\n(2) to use social sciences and other techniques to manipulate online discourse and activism to generate outcomes it considers desirable.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 43, "original_length": 5172, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 294.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.voy.com/221392/244060.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:39Z", "digest": "sha1:46TCJMUZTU6KL4CZCGWA7E3L4JAUVYTN", "length": 197, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.voy.com", "title": "\"The Things That I Used to Do\" -- Barbara's Obits & Memorials", "raw_content": "Subject: \"The Things That I Used to Do\"\nIn reply to: Blues musician 's message, \"Archive: Guitar Slim, Feb. 7, 1959\" on Thursday, February 07, 02:59:53pm\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj33EGMbazY", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 25, "original_length": 1658, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 123.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.vudigital.com/2016/11/22/unifieddigitalevidence/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:19:06Z", "digest": "sha1:LDAGRGA4FQTHQOY3ZPJDACM6KVCYJTF2", "length": 4147, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.vudigital.com", "title": "Vu Digital Featured in Officer.com BodyCam Review Technology", "raw_content": "Vu Digital Featured in Officer.com: Unified Digital Evidence\nArticle Via Officer.com\nNew Orleans has become the first U.S. city to incorporate a new video and audio management simplification tool for local law enforcement agencies and police officers who use body cameras.\nThe Orleans Parish District Attorney\u2019s office signed a two-year contract with V\u016b Digital, a Jackson, Mississippi-based video metadata company, to use a completely transcribed and searchable video review tool, which eliminates the need to pore through the hundreds of hours of video and audio produced daily by police officers who wear body cameras while on patrol.\n\u201cResearch shows that the use of body cameras reduce citizen complaints, but only if the video and audio data can be easily, quickly and cost effectively indexed, referenced, cataloged and managed in a responsible, cost-effective manner,\u201d said Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon A. Cannizzaro, Jr. \u201cWith S.M.A.R.R.T., we use computer vision technology to make that a reality.\u201d\nS.M.A.R.R.T. (Storage Metadata Automated Redaction Review Technology) uses advanced algorithms to decipher and tag data. The software breaks video into frames and then analyzes each frame for faces, text and audio and tags and time stamps all of the metadata.\n\u201cPolice and prosecutors need a way to quickly manage and sort through video and audio evidence because it takes too long to view these large volumes of content in real time,\u201dCannizzaro said. \u201cThis automated system will save us time and money while allowing our police and prosecutors to focus on their critical duties.\u201d\nThe New Orleans Police Department has approximately 1,400 body cameras with 700 to 800 sworn officers using the devices in the field. With 8,000 to 9,000 cases a year where body cameras are used, there are thousands of hours of video footage to review, categorize and catalog for evidence and use in criminal prosecution and court cases. Cannizzaro said the S.M.A.R.R.T. technology solution helps simplify and shorten the process.\nOne of the key features of the new S.M.A.R.R.T. technology is that it makes video completely searchable. The software creates an audio transcript and record of faces and text in each video through an automated system, which means an officer or investigator can type in a person\u2019s name or keywords like drugs and search for when and where it was spoken in the video.\n\u201cWe provide a quick, easy solution that saves law enforcement and the criminal justice system money and resources through a turn-key approach that captures all of the video and audio data for evidence with granular metadata,\u201d said Wade Smith, vice president of Operations for V\u016b Digital. \u201cWe\u2019ve appended metadata to every half-second of video.\u201d\nAnother huge time and resource-saving feature of the software technology is an accelerated method of identifying and removing portions of video that are not relevant to the case. \u201cYou can easily highlight and remove the words, faces and places you don\u2019t want in the replay and a complete audio trail keeps track of all redactions, edits and file sharing to ensure proper chain-of-custody protocols,\u201d Smith said.\nIn addition, multiple body camera videos from the same scene can be synched to view together or individually. \u201cYou can often quickly discern that some officers wearing body cameras are removed from the immediate scene and their video is not relevant to the case,\u201d Cannizzaro said. \u201cThis feature, coupled with the ability to scan wavelengths to determine if there is any sound, are huge timesavers.\u201d\nWhile New Orleans is the first city to formally use the S.M.A.R.R.T. technology, V\u016b is offering to help law enforcement agencies in Baton Rouge, Minneapolis and Dallas in their investigations of recent police-involved shootings by analyzing officer body camera video free of charge.\nSmith said the company hopes the offer will help expedite the resolution of the high-profile cases and aid in the administration of justice. \u201cThese investigations are likely to take considerable time and expense to review and analyze all of the body camera video without the use of our computer vision technology.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 5416, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 223.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.wanderglobe.org/tag/luxury-train/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:39:45Z", "digest": "sha1:3VBLHUKOJSSRUJBZQW7C7UYTY46SYHVR", "length": 294, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.wanderglobe.org", "title": "Luxury Train Archives - WanderGlobe", "raw_content": "Tag: Luxury Train\nFrom the ancient times, Mumbai is an important port region that allowed merchants from other countries to venture into India. 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We satisfy our emptiness with their stories. This is very dangerous as it can lead to jealousy, envy, misinterpretation and so on. Seek to find meaning in your life again. Your life is worth it. But it will only be worth it when you realise it and start making those positive changes for yourself insha'Allah.\nTuesday: Our Creator\n...He (swt) is the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth and He (swt) governs them all. If He (swt)knows what's hidden in the depths of the sea then He (swt) knows what's in the depths of our heart. Turn to Him as He's the only one who can fill it with His life. Our soul needs Him (swt) alone.\nSunday: Confused?\n...Confused? Don't know which way to turn? Heart says one thing and mind says another? Hand your heart over to God and ask Him to guide and inspire it. We spend so much time with the creation and forget the Creator. Walk to Him...He's waiting to run to you! Really!\nSunday: If You Stop You Drop!\n...If you stop - you drop - don't let them pop your dreams! Keep moving, keep proving to God that you'll try - it ain't a lie - dry those eyes from tears conquer your fears because God hears your call stay on the ball with your eyes on the prize - Jannah al-Firdaus - that's where we want to be right? Let's fight the demons within and become free men and women obedient to our Creator our Master - this life may move faster but it'll be over soon - til then shine like the moon - don't stop as you have one life one chance so don't drop!\nWednesday: Small Things...\n...Don't overlook the small things in life because there is much wisdom to be found in them. Let's not rush to the finish line in life without taking in all the small details. We don't want to reach a day and think; 'What beauty and wisdom this small thing holds - why, I never stopped to ponder its magnificence'. Let's not rush to the finish line in life and fail to reflect, ponder, comprehend the magnificence of our Creator.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 423, "original_length": 7421, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 303.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.weddingtones.com/2015/11/hen-party-tips-for-happy-bride-to-be.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:21:44Z", "digest": "sha1:UFSZPEHJ4LEEGFLTE4GLX4OPJYZABUGO", "length": 2641, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.weddingtones.com", "title": "Wedding Tones: Hen Party Tips for a Happy Bride to Be", "raw_content": "Hen Party Tips for a Happy Bride to Be\nIf you\u2019re due to be the maid of honour at a wedding, chances are you\u2019re in charge of the hen party. The hen party is supposed to be the bride\u2019s last night as a \u2018single\u2019 woman, so you need to make it amazing for her! These tips will help to ensure you have a happy bride to be all throughout the night:\nGo Somewhere that Suits Her\nMake sure you go somewhere that suits the bride to be. If she isn\u2019t into strippers and things like that, please don\u2019t take her to a place full of strippers. However, if she would love that sort of thing, you probably shouldn\u2019t take her to afternoon tea. It doesn\u2019t matter what you or anybody else is into; this is about her and you all need to go along with it. The Play Lounge and venues like that are good choices because they are versatile.\nMake Sure She Always Has a Drink\nIf you make sure the bride always has a drink, whether it\u2019s a red wine or a cup of earl grey, she\u2019ll be happy. Make sure you\u2019re thinking of her before anybody else. This way, you know she\u2019s happy and that\u2019s the most important thing.\nKeep Her Away from Disputes and Arguments\nKeep the bride away from any disputes and arguments that might occur. You don\u2019t want her to get involved, let alone even know they are going on. This is her special night and nothing should be able to ruin it! Hopefully, there won\u2019t be any arguments at all. However, putting a group of girls together fueled by wine can be dangerous.\nPersonalise the Night\nPersonalise the night for her if you can. Use personalised balloons, sashes, table decorations, and anything else you can find to make this night all about her. She\u2019ll be very happy when she sees the effort you\u2019ve gone to.\nAsk for a Song for Her\nIf you go to a club, request a song to be dedicated to her. The DJ will usually do this, especially if you explain that it\u2019s her hen night. Pick a song that will get her up on the dance floor and ready to party!\nTake an Emergency Kit\nYou want to avoid as many mishaps as possible tonight. The only way you can do this is by taking an emergency kit with you. Fill it with plasters, gel cushions for shoes, a needle and thread...anything you think you might need to stop the bride throwing a hissy fit. Show her what a good friend you are by carrying this with you through the night ready for any emergencies that may occur.\nUse these hen party tips and you\u2019re sure to have one happy bride to be. She\u2019ll remember this night forever and you\u2019ll all be able to look back on it with a smile. Make this night all about her, and she\u2019ll no doubt do the same for you when it\u2019s time for you to get hitched. Have an amazing night!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 99, "original_length": 4528, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 285.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.wemblog.com/2011/09/how-to-add-acl-to-node.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:45Z", "digest": "sha1:OJUWKKPUAUK77TIKQ6JXUNH5X3EAUJ7B", "length": 48, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.wemblog.com", "title": "Adobe CQ/Adobe AEM: How to add ACL to a node", "raw_content": "Subramanyam Suziki February 25, 2016 at 10:32 PM", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 132, "original_length": 3531, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 133.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.wickedrunpress.com/2017/08/a-harrowing-story-of-addiction.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:14Z", "digest": "sha1:U2ZHA4ZY7HZTMZSXGIRQTPM2F34PU74L", "length": 10092, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.wickedrunpress.com", "title": "WICKED RUN PRESS: A Harrowing Story of Addiction & Pestilence, by Edmund Kelly", "raw_content": "A Harrowing Story of Addiction & Pestilence, by Edmund Kelly\nThe following is another guest post by a writer whose life has been touched by addiction. This one truly made my heart ache and marvel where Ed finds himself today. Please give it a read:\nHi, my name is Ed and I\u2019m an alcoholic. My story is a dark one. It\u2019s not something I ever spoke about until recently. I have a lot of anger and hate buried deep inside which led me to become an alcoholic.\nI grew up poor in a small-town south of Boston. On the outside, we seemed your typical American family but on the inside, we were far from it. For the most part, my father was in and out of the house. My mother would only put up with his shit for so long before kicking him out again. I wasn\u2019t privy to their conversations but I assume she would let him back in because he promised to change. I think she did it because she needed the money for food and bills. We\u2019d go days living off peanut butter and jelly (I ate so much of it as a kid I refuse to eat it as an adult). Going out to dinner, which hardly ever occurred, amounted to us walking to McDonalds. It wasn\u2019t easy for my mom having two mouths to feed and not having a car. She had to constantly ask for rides to work and the grocery store. Just last year I found out that the car she finally did get had been given to her by the owner of the company she worked for when he learned of her situation.\nSoon my father would be back to his old ways or she would catch him cheating again and he\u2019d be out. I love my mom and she did the best she could for us. I will never blame her for what I endured at that man\u2019s hands for she endured it too.\nMy father was a big man. He was 6\u20194\u201d and 300lbs. He was an evil man and I lived in constant fear of him. He was both verbally and physically abusive and some of the abuse could be classified as torture. For no apparent reason he would physically torture my sister and I. One minute we\u2019d be walking down the hall or sitting in a chair and he\u2019d come up behind us and clamp his baseball gloved sized hands over our mouth and nose. He\u2019d pull us tight into his body or the back of the chair so we couldn\u2019t struggle free. I still remember the grimy taste of his fingers as I tried to bite my way free. He would hold us there until we became weak and almost passed out. He would drop us to the floor and step over us as we lay there gasping for air. I\u2019d awake in the middle of the night to him smothering me with a pillow. I\u2019d flail and try to turn my head, but again I was too weak to match his strength. He used to pick me up by my feet and dangle me there until the blood rushed to my head and my face turned purple. We had a wood burning stove that we used for heat in the winter and he\u2019d have me chop and stack firewood until 10:00pm or 11:00pm at night. He would come into my room and if my house keys were not on my nightstand next to my bed he would ground me to my bed for a month. He\u2019d yell that he\u2019d teach me to never lose my keys again. This stemmed from the second grade when I accidentally threw my keys out with my brown paper lunch bag (yup, peanut butter and jelly). If I got in trouble at school or brought home a poor grade I would get the belt and be forced to sit on my bed for weeks at a time as punishment. I could only leave my bed to go to the bathroom, eat and to school.\nThe worst for me though was when he would borrow a friend\u2019s boat. We would go so far out that we couldn\u2019t see land. Once far enough out he\u2019d grab me and throw me overboard. He would then move the boat and tell me to swim before the sharks got me. As I\u2019d get close to the boat he\u2019d move it further away. This would go on until I became exhausted. He eventually would pull me back into the boat. The fear of being left behind still brings a lump to my throat. I still remember the waves crashing over my face and watching the boat move further and further away. Such a lonely feeling. Also, the fear of being eaten by a shark has stuck with me all these years and I still don\u2019t go in the ocean. I even pull my feet up when watching TV and a shark comes on.\nMy sister, who is five years older, was stronger than me. She tried to runaway multiply times. Once she made it to Louisiana but my father found out where she was and went and brought her home. She reported him to her school and they notified someone who came to the house. I remember my father being furious and telling me not to say anything. Out of fear I lied to the people when they came and questioned me. Looking back, I wish I told the truth.\nWhen all of those horrible things were happening to me I just pushed it all down. I pushed and pushed and buried it deep. I never spoke much about what had happened to me. I kept it inside. It burned deep within me and I used it to push myself. I lived in constant fear of that man. I hated him and I dreamt daily about killing him, but I was to small and weak to do anything. The thought of watching him die kept me warm.\nI had always been labeled a good guy who did the right thing. But when I drank an evil came out of me. Everything I pushed down slowly started rising to the surface. The more I drank the more hatred was released. I had vowed to never be like my father but when I drank I became verbally abusive like him\nI owe my wife for saving me. She put up with all my shit and stayed by my side. She was ready to leave if I didn\u2019t get help. I had tried my hand at sobriety before and I went to AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) but I always found myself back to my worst best friend, the bottle. My wife had finally had enough and told me if I didn\u2019t get help she and my daughter were gone. She didn\u2019t want to live like that nor did she want our daughter exposed to it either. For the record, I never got violent. As my wife always said, I\u2019d get \u201cdiarrhea of the mouth\u201d. Whatever came out was usually hateful and hurtful. All that hatred I had suppressed would surface. I told her I would get help for her and my daughter. She told me not to bother unless I was doing it for myself. I let that settle in.\nEverywhere I went there was a problem. I finally accepted that I was the problem and I needed to deal with it.\nI made a few phone calls and after a short runaround I found a local treatment center. I enrolled into the Gosnold Addiction Treatment Center. I decided to go all in. I had a lengthy conversation with myself and committed to getting better for me. Once I was better, things would get better with everyone else. The next day I started the Gosnold Structured Outpatient Addiction Program (S.O.A.P.). It was through their training that I found ways to deal with my drinking and not just deal with it but to recognize triggers. When I had tried to blindly get sober it didn\u2019t work. But now I had been provided the tools to not only get sober but stay sober. I also knew I needed counseling to deal with my past and they offered that too. Their counselors are trained in dealing with addicts, which is a plus, as they continue to help keep you sober while dealing with the underlying problem. I can\u2019t say enough about the staff for all the things they did for me, most importantly for giving me my life back.\nWhen I finally got sober my wife suggested I finally write that book I was always talking about. I told her my ideas and she encouraged me. I wasn\u2019t used to that. I finally decided to go for it. I sat down and started to write the book I always wanted to write. I was raised Catholic and I've always been fascinated by stories of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and I knew someday I wanted to write a series about them. Looking back, I think I enjoyed those stories so much because the people in them were so much worse off than me. I could relate to living in Hell.\nI sat down and started writing but it felt like I was missing something. I was trying to tell this story and using my story as the main character but again I was lying to myself. I had this drunk angry character but with no reason to be angry. I decided I would tell my story, my childhood and show why this character was so angry. So, I did and chapter 3 is my life in a nutshell. Even with telling my story it still felt like I was missing something.\nSo, I now had my story and the wheels in my head started spinning. I asked myself, since the main character is based off myself, what if the main character had lost his faith in God as well? Then I asked myself what if he was stuck with a character who had just found God? I quickly began writing. Trying to keep up with my own thoughts was tough. I couldn\u2019t type fast enough. Character after character popped out at me. I found myself writing on everything. Return envelopes meant for bills, napkins, Post-its, birthday cards and basically anything that had an available space to write. The story poured out and within three months I finished the first draft.\nI looked into publishing and self-publishing seemed the best for me. I jumped in with both feet and learned everything I could about the industry. Soon I had an editor and went through that whole process. Then I finally released my book first book, Addiction & Pestilence, in November of 2016.\nADDICTION & PESTILENCE - $2.99 on Amazon\nAddiction & Pestilence is the first book in my Slaying Dragons: A Journey Through Hell series. The term \u2018Slaying Dragons\u2019 has two meanings. In today\u2019s time, it means to overcome an addiction to drugs and/or alcohol. It also means to defeat evil/devil which goes back to the beginning of the Catholic Church. Since the book deals with addiction and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Bible \u2013 Book of Revelation) the title only seemed fitting.\nI basically have the whole series laid out in my head but I\u2019m not sure how certain things will go for certain characters. I\u2019m hoping through this journey into my life, this journey through Hell, that I can find what I\u2019m looking for through writing. I guess writing is my way of trying to find my place in the world. A way to have peace in my own head.\nHere's where you can find more about Ed and his work\nFacebook: www.facebook.com/edmundkellyslayingdragons", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 85, "original_length": 15281, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 270.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.wisdomgettingloaded.com/10c/ccp/map-the-system-2019", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:20Z", "digest": "sha1:KDYVW23BMA5C45PIQFX6GHTVC7KXBZCV", "length": 3407, "nlines": 36, "source_domain": "www.wisdomgettingloaded.com", "title": "t\u1ef7 l\u1ec7 c\u00e1 c\u01b0\u1ee3c ngo\u1ea1i h\u1ea1ng anh_\u0111\u1ea1i l\u00fd th\u1ec3 thao_slots online", "raw_content": "t\u1ef7 l\u1ec7 c\u00e1 c\u01b0\u1ee3c ngo\u1ea1i h\u1ea1ng anh_\u0111\u1ea1i l\u00fd th\u1ec3 thao_slots online\nThe Centre for Community Partnerships is collaborating with the Presidential Advisor on the Environment, Climate Change, and Sustainability, and the Centre for Critical Development Studies (UTSC) to bring you\u2026 MAP THE SYSTEM!\nMap the System is a global competition hosted by the University of Oxford, which challenges students to analyze issues of social or environmental change. In the competition, individuals or groups of up to five people will research a social or environmental topic important to them, and present their findings to the world.\nExplore an issue that matters to you and share your findings with the world!\nYou can see the presentations by last year's finalists here and find more information about the 2019 competition here.\nBuild your research and presentation skills\nConnect with socially-conscious students, innovators and change-makers\nPrepare for a career and internship opportunities\nCompete to present your findings at the University of Oxford, UK\nYou can apply for Map the System as an individual or in a team of up to five people.\nAt least one member of the team must be a current student at a partner institution (enrolled in a course of 6 months or longer), OR a recent graduate of a partner institution (having completed studies within 12 months of the date you register for the competition).\nStudents may be at undergraduate, diploma, postgraduate or doctoral level.\n1. Register Online (by January 28, 2019)\nYou must register online before January 28, 2019 (11:59pm UK time) in order to participate.\nYou don't need to have all of your submission materials ready now. Once registered, you have until April 1, 2019 (11:59 UK time) to submit your materials. During this time, you\u2019re also welcome to revise your topic scope or team.\n2. Submit Your Materials (by April 1, 2019)\nSubmissions will consist of three components:\n? A visual map or chart of the social or environmental issue (PowerPoint, Prezi, PDF, etc.)\n? An essay (max. 3,000 words)\n? A bibliography supporting the research\n3. U of T Final (April 10, 2019)\nShortlisted applicants will be contacted in early April and be invited to present their research to the public, a local winner will be selected and invited to the Canadian Final!\n4. Canadian Final (May 3 - 4, 2019)\nTwo winners of the Canadian Final will receive a $2,500 CASH PRIZE per team and a FREE TRIP to the Map the System Global Final on June 7 - 9, 2019 at the University of Oxford, UK.\n5. Global Final at the University of Oxford, UK (June 7 - 9, 2019)\nRegistration is now OPEN! Register for Map the System 2019.\nCome to our Map the System Information Sessions! Register now.\nJanuary 15, 4 - 5 p.m. Centre for Community Partnerships, Multi-Purpose Room (2nd Floor)\nJanuary 18, 12 - 1 p.m. Centre for Community Partnerships, Multi-Purpose Room (2nd Floor)\nJanuary 16, 2 - 3 p.m. Highland Hall, Room 421\nJanuary 23, 12 - 1 p.m. William G. Davis Building, Room 3129\nCome to our Meet the Faculty Mentors Workshops! Register now.\nFebruary 12, 4 \u2013 6 p.m. Centre for Community Partnerships, Multi-Purpose Room (2nd Floor)\nFebruary 15, 11 \u2013 1 p.m. Centre for Community Partnerships, Multi-Purpose Room (2nd Floor)\nPlease contact Cherrie Kwok at cherrie.kwok@ ucw88 da ga www.wisdomgettingloaded.com at the Centre for Community Partnerships if you have any questions.\nucw88 da ga Assessment & Research", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 137, "original_length": 5716, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 317.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.womenagainstshariah.com/2017/03/muslim-brotherhood-infiltrating.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:51Z", "digest": "sha1:KOZINOQVRQLYIKPYKU6QU7FE5SAGJBVL", "length": 3126, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.womenagainstshariah.com", "title": "Women Against Shariah: Muslim Brotherhood Infiltrating Organizations", "raw_content": "Muslim Brotherhood Infiltrating Organizations\nLabels: Muslim Brotherhood, Politicians, Sweden\nSurprisingly, the document takes aim at \u201cpolitical elites\u201d for fostering a doctrine of multiculturalism and silence, which can help and facilitate the nefarious ends of anti-democratic organisation like the Brotherhood.\nSomewhat predictably, however, the publication of such claims in Sweden \u2013 where open criticism of liberal, multicultural ideals is rare \u2013 has caused a row, with critics labelling the report \u201cconspiratorial\u201d and claiming it misrepresents Islam.\nPublished Friday, the document was commissioned by Sweden\u2019s Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB), part of the country\u2019s Ministry of Defence, which is responsible for civil protection and public safety.\nThe paper\u2019s authors claim the Brotherhood is working to increase the number of practicing Muslims in Sweden, encouraging tension with Secular society, and targeting political parties, NGOs, academic institutions and other civil society organisations.\nThey also slam the \u201cestablished structure of values among the country\u2019s political elite [which] places a high value on \u2018acceptance\u2019 and \u2018tolerance\u2019 of citizens who are in some sense different from the mainstream\u201d.\nIn the report, the Islamism of the MB is described as a totalitarian political ideology born out of Islam, a religion. This can make it \u201cdifficult to oppose what on the surface appears to be (a vulnerable minority) religious rights\u201d, it explains.\nCritics, therefore, \u201crun the risk of being called \u2018racist\u2019 or \u2018Islamophobic\u2019 and because of the situation in Swedish society such classifications endanger people\u2019s careers\u201d.\nThe press was quick to label these claims inflammatory, and 22 academics and \u201cexperts\u201d in religion have published a blog post questioning the methodology of the research.\nThe academics \u2013 from many of Sweden\u2019s leading universities \u2013 say it is \u201calmost conspiratorial\u201d to suggest criticism of Islamism is difficult in Sweden. They also insist the claim that the Brotherhood is building a parallel society is refuted in past research.\nIn response to the blog post, the department has refuted the criticism of their methodology, and the report\u2019s editor, Magnus Norell, told public service broadcaster SVT:\n\u201cHad they smoked something before they read it? You just need to read the report. If someone doesn\u2019t accept this, there\u2019s not much I can do about it. It\u2019s proven.\u201d\nControversially in Sweden, the report also links Islamism and poor social integration to immigration.\n\u201cIslamists aim to build a parallel social structure competing with the rest of the Swedish society the values of its citizens. In this sense, MB\u2019s activists pose a long-term challenge in terms of the country\u2019s social cohesion\u201d, it states.\nAdding: \u201cMigration from Africa and the Middle East is likely to continue in coming years, both in form of relatives and refugees\u2026\n\u201cGiven that MB\u2019s goal is to increase the number of practising Muslims in Swedish or European territory, there is a great likelihood that a \u2018tug of war\u2019 will occur between the majority community and the Islamic community with the MB\u2019s encouragement\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 104, "original_length": 27543, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 245.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.womenofachievement.org/courage/cheryl-cornish/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:23:14Z", "digest": "sha1:XECD2HZIBCMODHL3WBWLX6SV6FHBWZBI", "length": 3041, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.womenofachievement.org", "title": "\ufeff Cheryl Cornish \u2013 Women of Achievement", "raw_content": "Cheryl Cornish\nRev. Cheryl Cornish\nRev. Cheryl Cornish serves God by serving the community at large. Her sensitivity to those shunned by some religious groups has made her a very special leader. She has ministered beyond the boundaries of the traditional church and instituted innovative programs that give Christian compassion a broader scope.\nA native of Nebraska, Cheryl came to Memphis in 1988 to serve as first female pastor of the First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ. A graduate of Williams College in Massachusetts, she received her master of divinity degree from Yale University in 1983.\nUnder her leadership, the church affectionately known as First Congo has taken stands on a number of issues that rub against the grain of many in the \u201cBible Belt.\u201d As one of the first churches nationally to become an \u201copen and affirming\u201d congregation, First Congo has been on the forefront of affirming equal participation of gay and lesbian people in the church. She has officiated at same-sex weddings since 1991. As a \u201cJust Peace\u201d congregation, the church has engaged in significant ministries of justice and non-violent social change, including serving as homebase for the local \u201cWomen in Black,\u201d an international group that stands silent every week witnessing on behalf of world peace.\nCheryl has boldly advocated for women\u2019s issues and AIDS awareness despite condemnation from more conservative churches. She created a forum for international social justice activists, such as Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba and Far East Buddhist monks. The church\u2019s Global Goods program encourages the fair marketing of products from third-world countries. Deeply involved in the community, Cheryl leads by example. She has served as a trustee of LeMoyne-Owen College, director of MIFA, chair of the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center, and president of the Memphis Ministers Association. She is the founding chair of RAIN (Regional Interfaith AIDS Network) and an officer of the Midsouth Interfaith Network for Economic Justice.\nThe church grew from about 60 to about 300 members and moved to a larger space in the Cooper-Young neighborhood in 2001. It has become a vital part of the community by taking on many projects not usually associated with a church, including the Bicycle Co-Op, which repairs and provides bikes for impoverished young people and the Media Digital Arts program, which provides equipment and encourages filmmaking for aspiring artists. First Congregational Church has become home to more than 20 different organizations working in partnership for positive change.\nCheryl has said, \u201cThere has always been a very strong notion in the Congregational Church that we each embody the face of God. And if you exclude any piece of the human family, you\u2019re excluding one face of God \u2026 I think that\u2019s part of the reason we have this image of being wild liberals. It\u2019s not that we\u2019re terribly liberal, it\u2019s just that we won\u2019t lock the door on anybody.\u201d\nPrevious PostPrevious Laurel Reisman\nNext PostNext Pauline Jones Hord", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 44, "original_length": 3755, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 177.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.womenofachievement.org/heroism/nina-katz/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:23:05Z", "digest": "sha1:WE57OTERLIE7UC5C4C2WNZ5ZH5BHLGYR", "length": 1266, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.womenofachievement.org", "title": "\ufeff Nina Katz \u2013 Women of Achievement", "raw_content": "Nina Katz\nNina Katz is a survivor of the Holocaust and as such has spent her life working with special insight to combat racism, sexism and anti-Semitism. She shares her experiences during World War II with students across Memphis and Shelby County in the hopes that such tragic events will never again occur.\nNina has devoted 12 years striving to end illiteracy and the poverty that plagues non-reading adults. Her work is respected and honored nationally for her creative service to the cause of literacy.\nIn her own eloquent words, \u201cAs an eye witness to the European catastrophe, I came to realize at a very young age the importance of human survival. My love for humanity has been expressed through a strong feeling of commitment and deep dedication to my work in this community.\u201d\nNina served as first female board chairperson for the Memphis Chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. As a leader in Jewish women\u2019s organizations, Jewish educational and cultural institutions, her skills in developing programs to enhance brotherhood and sisterhood among people of all races and faiths have been exemplary.\nNina Katz is a singular woman of valor and heroism.\nPrevious PostPrevious Yellow Fever Heroines and Martyrs\nNext PostNext Eunice Carruthers", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 43, "original_length": 1956, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 305.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.wordtravels.com/Attractions/2182", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:19:50Z", "digest": "sha1:CTG2UXG6Y2IL3FV3ONBRC5I2U6G3GEFQ", "length": 1247, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.wordtravels.com", "title": "Eschenheimer Turm review, with opening times, telephone number, address and admission prices", "raw_content": "Eschenheimer Turm \u00a9 smuconlaw\nThe Eschenheimer Turm is one of the few remaining towers of the medieval fortifications that once encircled the city of Frankfurt. The 154-foot high (47m) Gothic tower was built as part of the medieval wall which encircled the city in the 15th century, when approximately 60 towers surrounded the city. Citizens used to build high walls and watchtowers to protect Frankfurt from danger. The tower is both the oldest and the most unaltered building in the largely reconstructed city centre of Frankfurt and it is a striking landmark of the city. The tower has eight levels and four smaller side-turrets and looks rather like something out of a fairy-tale.\nThere is a weather vane perched on the very top which is the subject of a local myth: apparently a convicted poacher shot the vane nine times and so impressed the city authorities that they set him free. You can clearly see nine bullet holes if you get close enough to the vane, but it is definitely not still the same one from the story. Now a popular tourist attraction in Frankfurt, there is a restaurant and bar at the base of the Eschenheimer Turm that offers a good place to people-watch in the busy plaza surrounding the tower.\nAddress: Eschenheimer Tor 1", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 43, "original_length": 2709, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 202.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.worldbesthostels.com/best-hostels/city/coral-bay.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:51Z", "digest": "sha1:UR5H54TL5VNRV24IOA2YAMR4NY6NABWV", "length": 398, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.worldbesthostels.com", "title": "Coral Bay, Australia Best Hostels - World's Best Hostels", "raw_content": "Best Hostels in Coral bay, Australia\nAll Listed Hostels in Coral bay, Australia\nNingaloo Club 21946\nThe Ningaloo Club is a new purpose built superior backpackers located at Coral Bay on the shores of the famous Ningaloo Reef. It is only metres from the beach. There is a large entertaining area with licensed bar, internet access, table tennis and pool table. There is also a central courtyard aro\u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 42, "original_length": 2014, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 310.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.worldhistoryblog.com/2005/09/crusades.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:00Z", "digest": "sha1:N5CAPUS2KKTFWPTHY2LBZWV56F73EGZX", "length": 1618, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.worldhistoryblog.com", "title": "World History Blog: The Crusades", "raw_content": "The Crusades - The basis for a virtual course on the crusades from Dr. Skip Knox at Boise State University. Includes a visitor center offering a virtual pilgrimage as well as extensive information on each of the Crusades.\nAlthough all the lectures are online, I note that the class discussion board requires a log-in. That makes sense but it would be nice if visitors could read class postings even if they can not make posts.\nThere is also a collection of maps and an in-depth timeline. This is a nice resource and I am pleased that the faculty member has opened his course up to the world.\nThis site is a fully virtual course offered for college credit through Boise State University. We have no physical classroom and the course is entirely asynchronous.\nThe course materials are open to the general public and to other educators. Please see the Visitor Center for details.\nSQPY23 said...\nAnyone interested in seriously studying the Crusades must include Amin Maalouf's \"The Crusades Through Arab Eyes\" in the reading list. The work provides a perspective rarely presented (I can't think of another), and contains more than a few surprises.\nWe tend to think of the \"Saracens\" as a monolithic entity; they were not. Maalouf goes into quite a good bit of detail on the Arab internecine squabbles that led to much of the Crusader early success. Here too we find more on Crusader State / Arab co-existence and collaboration; mutual enmity may not have been as irremediable as is so often depicted.\nHistory of St. Lucia\nConvicts to Australia\nHurricane Camille Photos\nThe Capital and the Bay: Narratives of Washington ...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 351, "original_length": 10184, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 253.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ydmv.net/2010/04/mille-modern-throroughly.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:17:51Z", "digest": "sha1:I5F56BSW6PK5A5JA2GMB7NML46NVM5IR", "length": 486, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.ydmv.net", "title": "Your Diabetes May Vary: Mille, Modern, Throroughly", "raw_content": "The boy has the lead in the school musical. Supporting the cast we are working on another 7,236 carbs.\nAny YDMV readers in the Philly area who want to come see him and his schoolmates sing and dance shows are:\nTickets are available see http://www.ancss.org/about/news/millie\nBonus points will be awarded to anyone who spots pump tubing.\nBefore I had my son, I was a choral and theater teacher, so I just have to say to him: ROCK! ON!\nAnd, of course, the more traditional, \"Break a leg!\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 209, "original_length": 4382, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 327.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.yidakids.com/a-simple-plan-for-investigating-professionals.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:17:32Z", "digest": "sha1:X2KZDHCJIJTOPZBEK4GTZUSDKVIXNFLN", "length": 2627, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.yidakids.com", "title": "A Simple Plan For Investigating Professionals | Yida-K", "raw_content": "Hosting a large number of people is an easy undertaking for anyone. And mostly when it involves eating, for instance, ceremony, feast, service, or even parties. The hosting committee needs to plan sufficiently on many issues, such as the address system, the venue settings as well as the catering services. Of all these aspects, food is something that must be given weight during planning.\nThe food must be exceptional for the event to be called a success. The way it is prepared and presented matters a lot. We all need to organize an event that will be successful. The only way to make sure you get the best foods is by taking advantage of the best catering service that you can find. These professionals will not foil your business. With these experienced catering professionals, you can sit and enjoy your great time with your visitors.\nYou will leave all the things that are related to food to them and you can be sure nothing will go wrong. Event catering is ideal when it comes to hosting an event because these professionals will not only get you the sumptuous meals that you deserve but they will also offer to serve you and your esteemed guests.\nYou will not have to go through the hassle and frustrations of preparing and serving the foods on your own. A catering service will make sure that every guest gets what they deserve irrespective of the size of your guest list.\nThere are a lot of catering firms that are available these days \u2013 you need not find it difficult finding one. What can be challenging, though, is when you have to pick the best one and trust that it is going to give you the services that you deserve. You deserve a catering service that is both reliable and trusted out there to offer you the quality services that you need. Here are some great insights that will come handy when it comes to choosing the best catering agency that you need for your party.\nTo start with, you need to consider the experience, and the reputation of the catering services that you want before you sign off any deal. It is usually best if you go for the catering businesses that have stayed on the market for long. That way, you will be certain that they have the experience that you need.\nYou may also have to ask around; talk to people, your friends, colleagues, relatives \u2013 you will not miss finding a converting referral. When doing so, always ensure that you pay attention to the experience that they had when they had to deal with the catering service in question. It is also important that you check out their reviews.\nAnd more importantly, hire licensed catering services.\nOn Caterers: My Thoughts Explained", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 66, "original_length": 5265, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 314.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.yourownscreensaver.com/free-screensavers/aircraft/1085-boeing-747", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:18:21Z", "digest": "sha1:P6RN53JMPGOYXGMUPSQI3GXI73ODQ3EA", "length": 4899, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.yourownscreensaver.com", "title": "Free Screensavers - Boeing 747", "raw_content": "The Boeing 747 is a widebody commercial airliner and cargo transport, often referred to by its original nickname, Jumbo Jet, or Queen of the Skies.\nIt is among the world's most recognizable aircraft, and was the first widebody ever produced.\nManufactured by Boeing's Commercial Airplane unit in the United States, the original version of the 747 was two and a half times the size of the Boeing 707, one of the common large commercial aircraft of the 1960s. First flown commercially in 1970, the 747 held the passenger capacity record for 37 years.\nThe four-engine 747 uses a double deck configuration for part of its length. It is available in passenger, freighter and other versions. Boeing designed the 747's hump-like upper deck to serve as a first class lounge or (as is the general rule today) extra seating, and to allow the aircraft to be easily converted to a cargo carrier by removing seats and installing a front cargo door. Boeing did so because the company expected supersonic airliners (whose development was announced in the early 1960s) to render the 747 and other subsonic airliners obsolete, while believing that the demand for subsonic cargo aircraft would be robust into the future.\nThe 747 in particular was expected to become obsolete after 400 were sold but it exceeded its critics' expectations with production passing the 1,000 mark in 1993. As of June 2010, 1,418 aircraft have been built, with 109 more in various configurations remaining on order.\nThe 747-400, the latest version in service, is among the fastest airliners in service with a high-subsonic cruise speed of Mach 0.85\u20130.855 (up to 570 mph, 920 km/h). It has an intercontinental range of 7,260 nautical miles (8,350 mi or 13,450 km). The 747-400 passenger version can accommodate 416 passengers in a typical three-class layout or 524 passengers in a typical two-class layout. The newest version of the aircraft, the 747-8, is in production and flight testing in late 2010. Deliveries of the 747-8F freighter version are scheduled to begin in mid-2011, with the 747-8I passenger version to follow in late 2011. The 747 is to be replaced by the Boeing Y3 (part of the Boeing Yellowstone Project) in the future.\nOn January 15, 1970, First Lady of the United States Pat Nixon christened Pan Am's first 747, Clipper Victor, at Dulles International Airport (later renamed Washington Dulles International Airport) in the presence of Pan Am chairman Najeeb Halaby. Instead of champagne, red, white and blue water was sprayed on the aircraft. The 747 entered service on January 22, 1970, on Pan Am's New York\u2013London route; the flight had been planned for the evening of January 21, but engine overheating made the original aircraft unusable. Finding a substitute delayed the flight by more than six hours to the following day.\nThe 747 enjoyed a fairly smooth introduction into service, overcoming concerns that some airports would not be able to accommodate an aircraft that large. Although technical problems occurred, they were relatively minor and quickly solved. After the aircraft's introduction with Pan Am, other airlines that had bought the 747 in order to stay competitive began to put their own 747s into service. Boeing estimated that half of the early 747 sales were to airlines requiring the aircraft's long range rather than its payload capacity. While the 747 had the lowest potential operating cost per seat, this could only be achieved when the aircraft was fully loaded; costs per seat increased rapidly as occupancy declined. A moderately loaded 747, one with only 70 percent of its seats occupied, used more than 95 percent of the fuel needed by a fully occupied 747.\nWhen economic problems in the United States and other countries after the 1973 oil crisis led to reduced passenger traffic, several airlines found they did not have enough passengers to fly the 747 economically, and they replaced them with the smaller and recently introduced McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and Lockheed L-1011 TriStar trijet wide bodies (and later the 767 and A300 twinjets). Having tried replacing coach seats on its 747s with piano bars in an attempt to attract more customers, American Airlines eventually relegated its 747s to cargo service and in 1983 exchanged them with Pan Am for smaller aircraft; Delta Air Lines also removed its 747s from service after several years. Delta would later merge with Northwest Airlines, which operates 747s.\nInternational flights that bypassed traditional hub airports and landed at smaller cities became more common throughout the 1980s, and this eroded the 747's original market. However, many international carriers continued to use the 747 on Pacific routes. In Japan, 747s on domestic routes are configured to carry close to the maximum passenger capacity.\nFree Boeing 747-800 Screensaver\nBoeing 747-800 Screensaver\nFree Boeing 747-800 Screen saver\nBoeing 747-800 Screen saver", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 6921, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 188.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.youthballetacademy.uk/about-us/your-aspirations/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:16Z", "digest": "sha1:S67PKSCZLWUNLQYOELOC37Y6B5HFTH6V", "length": 1299, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.youthballetacademy.uk", "title": "Your aspirations | Youth Ballet Academy", "raw_content": "You will be encouraged to aspire to your own personal goals and celebrate your accomplishments. Our master classes and coaching will enable you to connect the precision of class steps with choreography. The rehearsals and production will develop your performance skills and artistry.\nThroughout the course, from your audition to the last curtain call, you will experience the life of a dancer. Therefore, you will be expected to be independent and act responsibly at all times during the course. It is important that you are fully committed to the course and that you take time to reflect on corrections and choreography between sessions in order to reach your highest potential.\nRehearsals are not just about dancing but also watching and being supportive. When not dancing, you should observe other rehearsals quietly, paying attention to advice and corrections as they may also be relevant to yourself. We hope that the course will fuel your passion and enthusiasm as well as your determination to succeed as a dancer, and that you will make lasting friendships with others pursuing the same dream.\nThe nature of the course and the gathering of like minded students together, will provide both students and supporting parents with an invaluable network of contacts and friendships for the future.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 82, "original_length": 2741, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 254.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.zambiaembassy.de/procedure-for-obtaining-birth-death-and-marriage-certificates/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:31:26Z", "digest": "sha1:M3XS76PXCQHLJHZUYX5F45IKZWWS2NWS", "length": 619, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.zambiaembassy.de", "title": "PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING BIRTH, DEATH AND MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES | Zambia Embassy Berlin", "raw_content": "by Kellys kaunda | Feb 7, 2019 | Announcement | 0 comments\nPrior to the enactment of the Birth and Death Registration Act Cap 51 of the laws of Zambia, birth registration was restricted to whites, coloreds and Asians. Any birth, therefore, which occurred before the 14th March 1973 and was not notified and registered, cannot be registered under the existing Birth and Death Registration Act according to Section 22.\nThe practice for persons born before 14th March 1973 has been to provide a letter that indicates vital details that would normally appear on the birth certificate without issuing the actual certificate.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 43, "original_length": 1611, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 280.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.zaricode.com/business-sectors/residential/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:38Z", "digest": "sha1:5NK7MFYD75NBMR32K53O2A6FXTZWW6Q3", "length": 2053, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.zaricode.com", "title": "Fire Protection Engineering in Residencies", "raw_content": "FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEERING FOR HOTELS AND APARTMENT COMPLEXES\nOccupants of a residential building are typically familiar with their surroundings and can easily identify the locations of both stair enclosures. However, because they could be asleep, they are not always alert and able to quickly respond to an emergency situation. This creates an inherently unique risk to life safety that are not common to other types of facilities. Additionally, many residencies (Apartments and Condominiums) are often provided with gas stoves, ovens and other cooking equipment, creating a potential ignition source and further increasing the life safety risk. Furthermore, occupants of transient residential facilities (Hotels, Motels, and Timeshares) are not always familiar with their surroundings enough to be aware of the quickest way out of buildings.\nNFPA 72 requires audible notification appliances (speakers or horns) to provide a minimum sound pressure of 75 decibels throughout all sleeping areas. Where visible notification appliances are provided For ADA compliant residential units, visible notification appliances (strobes) are also required to be provided. These appliances are generally required to have a minimum 110 candela light intensity to awake sleeping occupants.\nCommon additional building code requirements unique to residential facilities include the following: 1-hour rated corridor construction, smoke barrier construction for demising walls, and 1-hour rated horizontal floor-ceiling assemblies. Transient residential facilities are often required to be equipped with corridor smoke detection devices to allow early occupant notification.\nZari Consulting Group provides full-scale code analyses for residential buildings, including building and fire code consulting, and timed egress analyses. Our \u201cbig picture\u201d goal for these buildings is to notify occupants as early as possible of a fire event and prevent smoke from entering additional residencies. We can always also provide fire protection system design for residential buildings.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 107, "original_length": 4183, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 333.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.zinamon.pl/ksiazka/Acid-Atmospheric-Deposition-and-its-Effects-on-Terrestrial-Ecosystems-in-The-Netherlands,016BB295EB", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:22Z", "digest": "sha1:LR6ARDSGJWCYPJ7A76V7WRN3V4TWBQ2B", "length": 1935, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.zinamon.pl", "title": "Acid Atmospheric Deposition and its Effects on Terrestrial Ecosystems in The Netherlands, Sklep Internetowy Zinamon.pl", "raw_content": "Strona g\u0142\u00f3wna / Ekologia Ochrona \u015brodowiska / Acid Atmospheric Deposition and its Effects on Terrestrial Ecosystems in The Netherlands\nAcid Atmospheric Deposition and its Effects on Terrestrial Ecosystems in The Netherlands\nThe Third and Final Phase (1991-1995)\nRedakcja: J.W. Erisman, G.J. Heij\nThe book begins with an overview of the research topics which were addressed in the three different phases of the Dutch Priority Program on Acidification (DPPA), executed between 1985 and 1994. This chapter is followed by a chapter which deals with the emissions of acidifying substances, the concentrations and the deposition to forest and nature conservation areas. Prognoses are given for the acid deposition in 2000 and 2010; the deposition in the countries surrounding the Netherlands is also mentioned. The differences in the results of the DPPA-II are analysed.The third chapter deals with the effects of exposure and load on forests. The chapter moves from small-scale to large-scale: first the effects in laboratory-scale studies are described, then the effects in the field, both at stand level and on a regional scale. In addition, the critical thresholds (critical level of concentration and critical load of deposition) are discussed.The fourth chapter covers terrestrial ecosystems (or parts thereof) as well as weakly buffered surface waters, springs and other streams. Critical levels and loads are also discussed. The most important results are given in chapter 5.In the appendices of the book, so-called umbrella theme reports on deposition, stand modelling and effects on forests are presented which describe in more detail the scientific work performed in the third phase of the DPPA.This book will be of interest to anyone involved in research related to acidification and eutrophication; i.e., not only those who perform the research in the causal chain from emissions to effects, but also policy-makers and students.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 3462, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 224.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://xn--3s5btdp18b.kr/4508613/farm-allergy-risk/indexe4a8.html?xid=homepage", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:54Z", "digest": "sha1:QAPHYU73LZ5C3FWN5WIPNAGHGTSOF6ZG", "length": 1016, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "xn--3s5btdp18b.kr", "title": "Allergy Risk Lessened by Childhood on Farm", "raw_content": "TIME Health Research\nJustin Worland @justinworland\nIt may have to do with bugs, air pollution and fresh air\nPeople who grow up on a farm tend to have lower allergy risk than their rural and urban counterparts, according to new research.\nResearchers behind the study, published in the journal Thorax, evaluated data from more than 10,000 people living in 14 countries. Adults who grew up on farms were less likely to respond to allergens and have nasal symptoms of allergies, according to the study. These adults were also 54% less likely to have asthma or hayfever.\nResearchers remain unsure what drives the correlation between spending childhood on a farm and the development of allergies, though they speculated that exposure to certain microbes, air pollution and physical activity could all play a role.\nThe study also suggests a correlation between lung strength and growing up a farm. Women who lived on a farm before age 5 consistently had stronger lungs as adults. The correlation was not significant in men.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 3579, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 314.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://xn--9bi.net/2009/04/index.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:19Z", "digest": "sha1:T3VVUFGYMCDD5HC5KQUXTFMB76P4SJ5G", "length": 359, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "xn--9bi.net", "title": "Five Minutes \u00bb 2009 \u00bb April", "raw_content": "Seen on the Facebook home page\u2026.\nRonnie and I have been friends for a long time, of course, but I\u2019d just never been able to find him on Facebook. Thanks, anonymous PHP coders!\n(Yeah, I know what they\u2019re really getting at, but if you\u2019re going to repurpose the people you might know field to handle fan pages and the like, it might be time to rethink the name.)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 6308, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 175.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://yappp.org/joplin-missouri/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:01Z", "digest": "sha1:CJXEYA3XB45B4MVEUO3BK6YMQHQ4TX37", "length": 1298, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "yappp.org", "title": "JOPLIN, MISSOURI", "raw_content": "The Press Release caption read about Joplin, Missouri: \u201cCarl Junction Junior High students pose with the \u201cPeace Poles\u201d they installed Tuesday in front of the school. The project began last September and was part of an International Peace Pole mission that represents unity and friendship\u201d\nSince last September, seventh and eighth graders in the school\u2019s art class and National Art Honor Society have been painting positive and colorful messages, symbols and animals on six Peace Poles. Sunday was the International Day of Peace, so students installed the project when they returned to school Tuesday. Art teacher Elizabeth Cosby said students spent about 175 hours working on the project before and after school, on the weekends and sometimes during class.\n\u201cIt\u2019s kind of emotional, because I got a chance to see their process, see how much they grew through the process of creating, and now I have several that are at the high school level who participated,\u201d Cosby said. \u201cTo see them come back today and be a part of this continues to show how much it still means to them.\u201d\nCosby said some of her students compete in an international peace poster competition, and usually one student wins. But she wanted her students to participate in something together, and the Peace Poles were an ideal project!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 18, "original_length": 1639, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 328.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://yedit.com/document-management-collaboration/business-collaboration-over-the-web.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:07Z", "digest": "sha1:XPHLTBPZJZXJIS2VR2GQRNJSRUXFEEDE", "length": 12830, "nlines": 50, "source_domain": "yedit.com", "title": "Business Collaboration over the Web: Distributed group/team editing technology", "raw_content": "Business Collaboration over the Web: Distributed group/team editing technology\nDocument collaboration software > Business Collaboration Paper\nAbstract: Business collaboration, what is it, is there any way to improve it, and does it need improving? As it stands at the moment, business collaboration can be a tricky situation, even the seeming simple task of converting from one type of document to another can have quite unexpected results. An engine (implemented in Java) is proposed to help solve this dilemma and perform a lot of the work associated with business collaboration. This engine supports as many types of documents as possible, allowing the creator of the user interface to define the types that will be supported. Initially it will be available via the Web to allow an easy way for people to access it. In the near future a stand-alone version will be available, supporting more advanced features.\nKeywords: Collaboration, World Wide Web, Web server, Java\nD.R. Hean and W.H. Page\nInstitute of Information Sciences and Technology\nPresented at the 6th Annual New Zealand Engineering and Technology Postgraduate Student Conference (2nd to 3rd of December 1999) and as\npublished in the Proceedings (ISBN-0-473-06494-4)\nWhat is business collaboration?\nBusiness collaboration is where people assist and co-operate with colleagues and other contacts to further a particular aspect of the business that they share.\nWhat if you could keep track of all the changes to a document (any kind of document, not just word processor files), without mandating that everyone use the same package (especially important if you collaborate with other businesses or even just people out side your business).\nYou would be able collaborate with anyone, at anytime with all changes and versions kept up to date automatically. Furthermore, all changes could be traced back to whom made them and when. All old versions of documents would be available for you to check information.\nThe Web is becoming (or already has become) an essential part of most businesses. Most businesses either have access to the Internet, or will have access in the near future. Because of this, it is important to use the technology that not only fits best with the possible solutions, but also one that allows for a large portion of the potential users to be able to access it, and to communicate with one another. After all, communication is essential for collaboration to take place.\nMost people assume that because the Web gets so much attention these days, that it is all there is to the Internet, whereas in reality, the Web is just one application that runs over the Internet. The Web is just one of the most visible applications, along with Email.\nTechnically the solution that I am proposing will run over the Internet, rather than just over the Web. The reason that I am starting with the option to run it over the Web is because by running it over the Web, the majority of people will have quick and easy access to it. There is the potential to have more powerful versions that work beside the Web version and support more advanced features. However they will require some effort on the user's part, whereas the Web version will be wholly server-side, and therefore require practically no set-up by the user.\nCurrently the most common methods for group document (any kind of document, whether it is a word processor file, source code, etc) creation are to either write a portion of the document and pass it along (usually by email), or to have a shared directory where everyone reads and writes the document. This requires that everyone that is to collaborate on the document has either access to the shared directory, or has access to email and everyone's address (neither of which are a great problem now).\nA problem with this approach is that everyone must use programs that have filters that can read every other program that others use. Even if everyone has the same program, anyone that has worked with users can confirm the problems of people sharing documents written with different versions of the same program, let alone different programs. Often problems such as these only show up after continued use (although sometimes they can show up at the start).\nIsn't collaborative editing and version tracking already present in some packages?\nOf course if you want any sort of version tracking, then you are limited to using one program, (sometimes others may be compatible, but unless they are completely compatible, problems may not show up until it is too late to solve them). Generally different versions of the same program will have compatible versioning information.\nOn the other hand, if you ever need to collaborate with people outside your organisation, or your organisation has a more relaxed view on software packages that you can use, then there are more factors that need to be taken into consideration. The people that you want to collaborate with may not have a package that supports collaboration in the same way as your package, and even if it does, what happens to the information when it is saved in a different format?\nIf you need to work with others in your work place that use different packages, or you need to work with others outside your organisation, what can you do? The easy answer is to avoid the question by keeping very little in the way of version information (maybe a copy each time you make a change, assuming of course that there are backup copies available of the latest version at all times). Often this may be enough information, but in a complex document you may need to know who changed what and when, or what changes a particular person made, or other specific change information.\nFor documents such as source code, commonly used programs have a check in and out facility to allow for versioning. This stores each change in the file along with when it was made, and by whom. It works well for those that have a good handle on the complex issues and programs that they have to drive. Some examples of these programs are CVS, PRCS, RCS, Aegis, SourceSafe [1] (Some of these have some web front ends, generally for reading).\nCommonly the Web is used for retrieving information, and there is very little in the way of interaction between users. The Web is mostly one way, from the web master/mistress (person), to the reader. There are a few initiatives to make the Web more interactive. One method is to add forms onto web pages, such as guestbooks, comment pages, polls, and feedback forms. Another method that is employed by a small number of web sites is to make the whole web site editable by anyone, such as WikiWikiWeb [2], and it's clones.\nOne possible answer\nI am currently working on creating a collaboration system that is based on the original intentions of the Web, that is to use the Web as a two way street, both for reading and writing. This will, as another benefit, provide a possible answer to the problem of collaboration between different people with different packages.\nIn searching for the very information that I needed to work on this problem, I came up against the very problem that I am trying to solve. This problem is not so evident in print mediums, because once it is printed, it can be stored that way, and is very seldom rewritten and replaced. Unfortunately, on the Web, things are changing so quickly, that information that is present one day may not be present the next. Sometimes this is deliberate changing of information, but more often it is just that the information that was present, seems to the author to have less relevance now, and so to keep the page updated, they remove that piece of information. The problem with this is that the very piece of information that one person may think is no longer relevant, and years out of date, may be the very information that someone is looking for, as I found in my search. Luckily W3C (The World Wide Web Consortium, www.w3.org) did keep the old outdated pages, and some digging around their site revels them, even if it takes a little work.\nWhile looking through these documents I realised that Tim Berners-Lee's [3] original vision for the web was along similar lines to what I was thinking would be a good direction for the Web to go.\nMy idea was for an engine that could be used by almost any front end (be it web browser, word processor, web site, etc) that would allow interaction in a full version tracking fashion. This will allow web sites (or any server or application) to keep the full revision history for documents (any kind of document, text, pictures, sound, etc), and allow any groups that have permission, to edit, update and change any available document, provided they have sufficient access to be allowed to do so.\nThis will allow web sites to be fully interactive, while keeping the version information that is important to ensure that the information is correct, and will even allow the whole site to be rolled back to a previous known working configuration, should disaster strike.\nBecause of the full version history that is included, and the ability to go back and check the previous versions, it will be easier to trust the information that you receive, as you can easily check up on who changed what and when, especially if the site uses some form of write once media to either store the information, or to back up the new information to, while checking the current information.\nThis added ability to trust (especially a web site), also follows one of the ideas that Tim had regarding the Web.\nThis site remains to provide information on these ideas. I can only provide the ideas and documents because the code was stolen early in 2003.\nCurrently the progress of the engine to achieve the ideas that I have written about in this paper is in the Alpha testing stage (as of December 1999).\nI have implemented the base functionality to allow the engine to be extended by extra modules, as people want or need them. It has been designed such that it only requires the minimum of modules to work with base functionality, with the ability to easily extend it, both now, and in the future.\nCurrently there is only a simple command line interface to the program, and it can only interactively store information in the current operating system's file directory, with the ability to access a read only demo inside the distribution archive. The engine has been designed to move as many arbitrary limitations as possible to the design of the user interface that accesses the engine. This allows the creator of the user interface to support any and all types of documents. In principle the engine can handle any type of document with complete transparency, this potentially also includes streaming media (a sequence of video and/or audio that is sent in a compressed form over a network and is decoded and displayed as it arrives, rather than the traditional method of downloading the whole clip, and then viewing it).\nI am currently in the process of creating a module to store the documents in a database, for easier manipulation, as well as creating a web based front end for the engine, rather than the current simple command line front end.\nThe engine has been written in Java because the main considerations of this engine match the strengths of Java. These strengths are the fact that it is an object-orientated language, with in-built networking and security features, the servlet [4] persistence in web servers, and the cross platform write once run anywhere ability. The write once, run anywhere ability will by itself ease the maintenance of the engine once it is complete.\nComplete the database integration of the engine. Create a web based front end (running through servlets on the web server), and start testing it in the real world. The first tests will be by select groups of people, followed by more open trials, available to the general public.\n[1] Source code version control\nCVS, \"Concurrent Versions System\" http://www.cvshome.org/\nRCS, \"Revision Control System\" http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/RCS-1.html\nPRCS, \"Project Revision Control System\" http://prcs.sourceforge.net/\nAegis http://aegis.sourceforge.net/\nSourceSafe Microsoft\n\"Using CVS for Web development\" http://philip.greenspun.com/wtr/cvs\n[2] Quote from their front page: \"Wiki is a composition system; it's a news server; it's a repository; it's a mail system. Really, we don't know quite what it is, but it's a fun way of communicating asynchronously across the network.\", http://c2.com/cgi-bin/wiki/\n[3] Tim Berners-Lee, \"About The World Wide Web\", WWW Creator, http://www.w3.org/WWW/, (current Sept. 1999).\n[4] \"Servlets are server side Java programs that extend a web server in a similar fashion to CGI scripts\", http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/whitepaper.html\nPrevious: CMS\nNext: Business Document Management Software", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 122, "original_length": 15196, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 205.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://yyccies.blogspot.com/2016/08/cies-summer-festival-colombian-folk.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:44Z", "digest": "sha1:37NQL4TZ5IPPVPGS7TQM4SKKMETR3ZAS", "length": 1315, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "yyccies.blogspot.com", "title": "C.I.E.S. : CIES Summer Festival - Colombian Folk Dance Performance", "raw_content": "CIES Summer Festival - Colombian Folk Dance Performance\nThe list of Performers for the 2016 CIES Summer Festival on August 16th at the ArtBOX on 17E (1807 42 St SE) continues to grow and this year will include Colombian Folk Dancing. The Colombian culture is a melting pot of the European, African and Indigenous people. This amazing blend of backgrounds of art, music and dance has created a society full of tradition, whether it be song, music or choreography. Not many cultures can lay claim to such a diverse landscape of customs. It is indeed a landscape because the geographical areas of this country are also defined by their music and dance. From the Llanos or the eastern plains to the coast of the Caribbean to the Andes mountains and on to the Pacific coast, we find a heritage specific to each region.\nThe dance is traditionally performed by pairs of men and women. Women play with the skirts, waving them, while holding a candle in one hand. Men dance behind them, taking their hat on and off with one hand while the other is hidden behind their back. Until the 20th Century, the dance was considered indecent and was therefore restricted to the lower classes. Today, of course, almost every Colombian knows how to at least imitate the dance. Stay tuned for more on the CIES 6th Annual Summer Festival!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 102, "original_length": 3821, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 201.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ztgh.com/resources/estate-litigation-resources/estate-compensation-disputes", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:05Z", "digest": "sha1:JHON6YNZ573BCO3LP6IV5V3RAOYSMF4P", "length": 1108, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "ztgh.com", "title": "ZTGH | Estate Litigation Resources", "raw_content": "It is accepted that in most circumstances, estate trustees are entitled to receive compensation for their work. The issue of trustee compensation can become contentious where beneficiaries perceive the amount as being excessive and/or may allege that the trustee is not administering the estate to the required standard.\nThese unique and complex types of disputes are often difficult to navigate and it is beneficial to engage a professional who can easily streamline the process and bring the parties closer to resolution in an efficient and cost-effective way.\nOur lawyers are experienced in advising and assisting our clients in all areas involving the litigation of estates, including the often-ambiguous and frequently-litigated area of trustee-compensation disputes.\nIf you are a beneficiary and considering bringing a claim or if you are a trustee who is the subject of a claim, it is essential that you consult with a professional who is experienced in this highly specialized area.\nPlease contact our office and one of our lawyers would be happy to meet with you and discuss your case, 416-777-5237.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 2189, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 260.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://100days.eu/items/show/160", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:26Z", "digest": "sha1:CITRELBI226IZBC7JXGQBLJPWNRVHQKY", "length": 1800, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "100days.eu", "title": "Napoleon in Plymouth \u00b7 Napoleon's 100 Days", "raw_content": "Source: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, with permission.\nContributed by: Renaud Morieux\nOn July 15, 1815, Napoleon left Rochefort, the French Atlantic port where he had taken refuge after Waterloo, and surrendered to Captain Frederick Lewis Maitland of the 74-gun HMS Bellerophon. The vessel then sailed to Britain. It anchored off Brixham and Torbay (Devon) on July 24, and reached Plymouth on July 26.\nThe exact terms by which Napoleon was received on board the Bellerophon and the nature of his conversation with Maitland still remain uncertain to this day. While Napoleon would argue until the end of his life that he had voluntarily come on board the ship, in the belief that its captain would offer him political asylum in Britain, Maitland always claimed that he had stated clearly that he was not authorized to make any promise of this sort.\nWhile the British government was trying to reach a decision about what to do with its prisoner, the ship was anchored in Plymouth harbor, where it would remain for two weeks.\nThis painting, entitled Scene in Plymouth Sound in August 1815 (1816), by the Swiss John James Chalon (1778-1854), represents HMS Bellerophon (centre), surrounded by small boats loaded with onlookers.\nNapoleon\u2019s presence off the English coast aroused the curiosity of thousands of people, from all social ranks. The same scene had occured in Brixham and Torbay. Were the spectators merely fascinated by a celebrity (and what a celebrity!) whom they could see in the flesh, or, was it, as some radicals hoped and the government feared, a sign of a deeper political sympathy among the British public for democratic ideas?\nOn August 4, the Bellerophon left Plymouth, and on the 7th, Napoleon was transferred to HMS Northumberland, which would transport him to Saint-Helena.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 31, "original_length": 3046, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 217.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://1stclasseconomics.com/trading-bloc/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:35Z", "digest": "sha1:N3KK4MFJF2UTK7PRZ72X24A53MXFV2KO", "length": 1117, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "1stclasseconomics.com", "title": "Trading Bloc | 1st Class Economics", "raw_content": "Trading Bloc. A trading bloc is a group of countries that allow free trade within their bloc but may impose tariffs on countries outside the bloc.\nThere are three types of trading blocs:\n1) Free Trade Area. A free trade area is one in which all trade barriers are removed between member countries. Each member can impose its own restrictions on goods from outside the free trade area. A free trade area exists between the US, Canada and Mexico, this is called the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Another free trade area exists between Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, this is called the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN).\n2) Customs Union. A customs union is where there is free trade within the trading bloc and a common external tariff on goods coming from outside the bloc.\n3) Monetary Union. A monetary union is a customs union with a common currency between members. A central bank must control the single currency, monetary and exchange rate policy for all members. An example is the European Monetary Union (EMU).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 100, "original_length": 3016, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 115.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://24ways.org/authors/jamesedwards/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:21:17Z", "digest": "sha1:7B3KWUOASMEHZEMPFHZE65ZGROFRZ44C", "length": 718, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "24ways.org", "title": "James Edwards \u25c6 24 ways", "raw_content": "James Edwards (aka brothercake) is a freelance web developer based in the United Kingdom, specialising in advanced JavaScript programming and accessible website development. He is an outspoken advocate of standards-based development, an active member of WaSP (The Web Standards Project), and creator of the Ultimate Drop Down Menu system \u2013 the first commercial DHTML menu to be WCAG compliant. James was also co-author of The JavaScript Anthology, published by SitePoint in 2006.\nShowing Good Form\nJames Edwards takes the good stuff down off the shelf and illustrates how forms can be built to be both highly stylable and remain accessible to all comers. Good looking and accessible all at once? Surely it can\u2019t be so.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 20, "original_length": 1021, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 315.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://4cscinc.com/services/building-code-upgrade-assessment/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:10Z", "digest": "sha1:OFLF6YUSUOIQGFTHJYGSB4RTBROZVELU", "length": 1167, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "4cscinc.com", "title": "Building Code Assessment | Building Code Upgrade Assessment - Construction Services Company", "raw_content": "It is important to get in front of this issue by doing the requisite research and preparation\nDo a physical research of records.\nDetermine the permitted use and occupancy.\nCompare physical conditions at the site to the building\u2019s records and advise the client accordingly. If notices of violation exist within the file, ascertain whether or not they have been corrected. Advise the client accordingly.\nFigure out what the rules are likely to be. What adopted version of the model code is in force? What adopted state and local amendments will you be working with? What local ordinances are in effect in the jurisdiction you are working in?\nPrepare a presentation of the facts and background information so the authority having jurisdiction has the information they need to make informed decisions and answer questions.\nInterface with the proper jurisdictional authorities, including the fire department and utility companies to resolve questions prior to moving into the design submittal phase.\nAscertain what agencies may have jurisdiction over all or part of the project and respond to their interest(s) or questions prior to moving into the design submittal phase.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 4059, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 330.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://99wevote.org/tag/congress/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:05Z", "digest": "sha1:JCCIHNR43DJQG3D4KFIJKCGC5GG4BXCZ", "length": 3463, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "99wevote.org", "title": "Congress \u2013 99% We Vote", "raw_content": "Martha McSally Will Probably Vote Like McCain In The Senate\nIf at first you lose a Senate race \u2026 hope for an appointment! Despite a narrow defeat in Arizona\u2019s 2018 U.S. Senate race, Republican Rep. Martha McSally will still be headed to Congress\u2019s upper chamber next year. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey announced on Tuesday that he is appointing McSally to fill the state\u2019s other Senate seat, formerly held by the late Sen. John McCain and currently held by Jon Kyl, who Ducey initially appointed to the seat; Kyl announced last week that he will resign on Dec. 31.\nSo what might we expect from Sen. McSally? Well, perhaps she won\u2019t be too different from McCain. According to data from Voteview, a system that measures the political ideology of all senators and representatives based on their voting records, both McCain and McSally were more moderate than most other Republicans in the 115th Congress.1 In fact, less than a third of congressional Republicans were more moderate than McSally (29 percent) and McCain (30 percent). Both were squarely in the left wing of their party. However, despite having a relatively more moderate ideology score, McSally voted in line with President Trump in most cases, according to FiveThirtyEight\u2019s Trump Score.\nDuring her two terms in the House, McSally represented the Arizona 2nd, a R+1 battleground district that Democrats won in November. That purple electorate probably influenced her moderate approach. If we just look at McSally\u2019s first term, she had an even less conservative voting record, so she has shifted a bit further to the right during her tenure, perhaps in anticipation of her Senate bid and the fact that she needed to beat staunch conservative challengers like Kelli Ward and Joe Arpaio to win the Republican nomination. Still, Arizona looks likely to be a politically competitive state going forward, so if McSally mimics McCain\u2019s record as a \u201cmaverick\u201d, a less-than-hardline voting record might work out for her, electorally-speaking. He did win six Senate elections from 1986 to 2016, all by margins greater than 10 percentage points.\nThen again, members of Congress sometimes shift ideologically when they move from the House to the Senate. Take Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, for example. She went from being one of the most moderate Democrats in the House to one of the most liberal Democrats in the Senate. That shift can be partly explained by the leftward shift of the Democratic Party overall, as well as Gillibrand\u2019s potential presidential ambitions. But it\u2019s also reflective of her switch from representing a competitive Upstate New York district to serving a very liberal state. McSally might find herself subject to a similar pull, just in the opposite direction, moving from an R+1 district to an R+9 state. Electoral concerns certainly won\u2019t be far from her mind. Provided McSally stays in the position, she faces a re-election bid in a 2020 special election, and if she wins that, she would then have to run in the seat\u2019s regularly-scheduled election in 2022. McSally\u2019s next primary could also be a real challenge given the dissatisfaction among some Arizona Republicans over how she handled her 2018 Senate campaign and subsequent defeat against Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.\nMcSally\u2019s record in the next Congress will be an important factor in that primary, as it could encourage or discourage a significant challenger.\nTagged Arizona Congress DW-Nominate John McCain Martha McSally", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 281, "original_length": 25918, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 277.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://a-girl-in-la.com/create-the-ideal-resume/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:34Z", "digest": "sha1:FECQKMNPARNMNZZLRBOQ4TMJVWLMORXR", "length": 11201, "nlines": 45, "source_domain": "a-girl-in-la.com", "title": "Getting Hired: Tips on How to Create The Ideal Resume | A Girl in LA", "raw_content": "Getting Hired: Tips on How to Create The Ideal Resume\nIt can be very nerve wracking to try and put together the perfect resume for your dream job. Every experience you've ever had comes across your mind and you sift through your life to find what best applies for the job you're going for. You may feel tempted to add some elements to your resume that you think would help you stand out among your competitors. Overlooking applications and resumes is a daunting, tedious task, and all you have as a prospective employee is this little piece of paper to make a good impression. In this article, I will be guiding you and providing you with tips on how to create the ideal resume so that you can hopefully make that amazing first impression!\nIdeally, you want to introduce yourself as the most likely candidate for the position you're seeking. The first step to creating a successful resume is deciding what kind of experience to include.\nA standout resume will showcase you in the best light, will be short and clear, organized and formatted, and will include your most relevant professional experience.\nLet's say that you're applying for a job in the fashion industry; you will want to tailor your resume to the skills and experience that is relevant to the job requirements. It may sound simple, but you may often be tempted to bog down your resume with unnecessary details.\nDo Include college experience. A college degree is something to be proud of. It tells prospective employers that you are educated and can stick with a program for a long period of time. It shows that you have the ability to see a task to the end. If your degree displays that you specialized in the type of job you're going after, even better! If not, include it anyway. A college degree will open many opportunities for you in a plethora of different fields, regardless of what you majored in.\nDon\u2019t List your high school diploma under education. Unless you're applying for a job right out of high school, your diploma is no longer necessary to include. Any job position that requires you to have a college degree will only be interested in learning about your college education; it will be assumed that you finished high school.\nDo Describe the duties you took on in any job experience you list. If it is a past position you're referencing, write down your tasks and duties in the past tense. Only your current job experience should be referred to in present tense.\nDon\u2019t List your duties from your job experiences in the first-person. Example - \u201cIntern at Gucci: I used Adobe Illustrator and assisted in fittings.\u201d It is unnecessary to write about your job duties in the first person. It changes the resumes vibe from professional to conversational.\nDo Sift through your job experiences and only display those most relevant to the job you're applying for. If it has been several years since the job you're thinking of listing, or if it has little or nothing to do with the fashion industry position you're after now, it's got to go. That period you spent as a blogger for A Girl In LA doing fashion writing, that is something more applicable to include.\nDon\u2019t Waste any precious space with irrelevant experience. It was basically already mentioned, but this includes not elaborating too much on job duties and tasks as well as any recognition or awards you have received for unrelated things. It is also highly suggested to not include a headshot. Sometimes companies will ask for a photo, but don\u2019t include it on your resume.\nDo Have someone proofread it. There\u2019s nothing worse to prospective employers than sending a resume with spelling or grammar errors. Ask a friend to look it over before you start sending it out.\nDon\u2019t Include references. Unless the prospective employer specifically asks for them, leave them off your resume. It\u2019s a good idea to keep an updated list of three references and have it ready to send if asked to.\nSelecting the Perfect Layout\nSource: UpWork\nReverse-Chronological Resume Format\nThis one is generally an easy decision to make, depending on how you're applying for jobs. The go-to is called the reverse-chronological resume, and the name gives it's structure away. In this format, your most recent job experiences and your current job would go at the top. This would be followed by in reverse chronology every job experience that you've had that is relevant to the job you're applying for.\nThis format is the go-to because it works well with almost any job you may be applying for. Other formats should only be considered if your job search is more specific or your situation is a little different.\nThe Functional Resume Format\nThis format should be considered when applying for a job that requires you to also submit a portfolio. It is a way to have a resume that stands out in creative industries where the employer is more interested in your portfolio. It is also an option for those transitioning out of military work, because the job duties may require more space for elaboration.\nIt is suggested that recent graduates and students steer clear of this format as it will highlight their lack of work experience.\nThe Combination Resume Format\nAs the name suggests, this format is a hybrid of the previous two. This format is only ideal if the candidate has a lot of related work experience and relevant achievements to the position they're applying for. Also for those who are seeking to change their careers and are looking to showcase how their previous experiences have prepared them for this new career.\nRemember, this format is only ideal in the previous two circumstances. When in doubt, go with the golden standard, the reverse-chronological resume.\nThere is a possibility that you may be required to submit a CV or Curriculum Vitae rather than a standard resume. The two are very similar, but the CV requires you to go into detail about your academic and professional achievements, and is usually requested when applying for an academic career, such as teaching. Here\u2019s some more information on how to create a CV.\nSource: bizcombuzz\nMost applications will require that you submit a cover letter along with your resume. The best way to think of a cover letter is to think of it as a pre-interview. When you submit one, you want it to be tailored specifically to the various job you're applying for; which means avoid sending out a generic cover letter. Why? Because you want to stand out!\nBegin by typing your name at the top, and the date underneath it. Next, write the company\u2019s name and contact information. When starting your letter, address the person directly (ie. Dear, Bob) if you know who will be reviewing your application. If you do not know who will be reviewing it, address the letter respectfully to the department or simply \"To Whom it May Concern.\"\nNext, tell a little about yourself while staying professional in your words and only including things about yourself that stands out as relevant to the job at hand. Reiterate any relevant education and volunteer experience that will help propel you in the right direction. Explain your career goals and aspirations, and why working for their company will fit your needs. Let them know how you would be the perfect candidate for them. Include a follow up paragraph detailing your duties in all your relevant job experiences and why they prove you're qualified for the job. This is a chance to sell yourself. Do it! Explain how the different duties you performed and skills that you acquired help make you the perfect candidate for the job you're applying for.\nFinally, end your cover letter by thanking the reviewer for their time and consideration. If the job requires relocation or any other pre-hiring duties, explain how you plan to do whatever the job requires of you.\nCongratulations! You now have your perfectly formatted resume that professionally lists of all your relevant experiences and education. Time to apply for jobs, but where should you start?\nLuckily the internet makes job hunting and applying quick and easy. You can have your application, resume, and cover letter out to dozens of companies in no time at all. Here are some great ones:\nThe website Fashion Jobs allows users to sign up and apply to jobs in the fashion, beauty and PR industry. Some of the top companies like Revolve, Elite Models, Assouline, and Halston look for potential candidates on this site. You can tailor your search to permanent contract offers, fixed-term contract offers, internships, temp/seasonal, freelance, and many more. To busy to search? Setup email alerts so that you\u2019ll get notifications on jobs you may be interested in. It\u2019s ideal for those that are just starting out, and for those that already have a well established career and are looking to get hired by a new company.\nStyleCareers\nStyleCareers is another must use site if you\u2019re looking for a job in the fashion industry. Like Fashion Jobs, StyleCareers works with some of the industries leading companies. Prada, Saks, Ella Moss, Balenciaga, YSL, Puma, Kate Spade...the list goes on. First create a profile, upload your resume, and begin applying. The best part, it\u2019s free! This website can put you in contact with your dream companies, and get you the job you\u2019ve been longing for.\nIndeed allows job searchers to filter by title, location, company, salary, and more. This website is used equally by those searching for jobs and those searching for people to employ. It's very simple and quick. After reading the job description and deciding you'd be the perfect fit, click on the Apply Now button, and you'll be linked directly to the employers website.\nLike Indeed, Glassdoor is another great place to search for your dream job. Specifically, I have used this website to track down various writing jobs as well as internships. Glassdoor allows searchers to filter by location, salary, job title, and company as well.\nLinkedIn is like Facebook for career building. Creating a profile on LinkedIn allows you to connect professionally with friends, family members, and coworkers, to build your professional social network. Here, you can upload your finished resume, advertise what it is you're working on, and what type of work you\u2019re looking for. Then connect with companies and businesses directly. LinkedIn makes it fast and easy to search for work and makes it twice as simple to apply.\nOther sites worth checking out:\nExtra Secretary: Whether you\u2019re looking for a job in a fashion showroom, or looking for a freelance position, scroll through the many job offerings posted on this site.\nCalifornia Apparel News: Search for industry related jobs related to public relations, merchandise, patternmaker, product development, retail, sales/marketing, and many more. You can also post your resume.\nMonster: Another popular job searching site; where you can search for companies that are hiring, or specific jobs you\u2019d like to apply for.\nNow that you\u2019ve learned how to create the ideal resume, it\u2019s time to start applying for your dream job! PS: We\u2019re currently hiring! Read about our internships here.\nPrevious Post: NYFW 2018: What Will Be Trending Next Season\nNext Post: Our Visit to SaunaBar LA: The Trending Holistic Weight Loss & Detox Center", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 105, "original_length": 12383, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 335.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://a-word.bangordailynews.com/2013/02/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:13Z", "digest": "sha1:DOWYN2VW4CDA6C5VONAWLQCOWI2V2JXK", "length": 317, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "a-word.bangordailynews.com", "title": "February | 2013 | All the Words", "raw_content": "The boys had been asleep for about three hours. Usually, I\u2019d be asleep immediately after them. However, being vacation I was being a party animal and having a Fringe marathon with Colin. Everything was going great in the world of alternate universes when I thought I heard a small \u201cMom\u201d come from the bedroom next [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 186, "original_length": 3712, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 206.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://abc7news.com/archive/6871050/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:01Z", "digest": "sha1:TPAJRZDK727LE5FD63QB4J2Y7RKVPUNY", "length": 2985, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "abc7news.com", "title": "President Obama introduces financial system reform | abc7news.com", "raw_content": "President Obama introduces financial reform\nThere are sweeping new proposals for reforming the nation's financial system. President Obama outlined the overhaul, calling it an attempt to find a middle ground between the benefits and excesses of capitalism.\nThe president is calling them the new rules of the road. It is a regulatory system that will save the financial industry from itself. The President began by saying he has faith in the free market.\n\"I believe that jobs are best created not by government but by businesses and entrepreneurs who are willing to take a risk on a good idea,\" said President Obama.\nBut he added the rules and regulations that were put into place during the Great Depression are no longer able to keep up with the speed scope and sophistication of the 21st Century global economy.\n\"With the reforms we are proposing today we seek to put in place rules that will allow our markets to promote innovation while discouraging abuse,\" said President Obama.\nAmong the changes is a new financial oversight council to monitor institutions considered too big to fail, new powers for the Federal Reserve to save firms before they collapse, and a new consumer financial protection agency focused on shielding borrowers from abusive business practices on credit cards and loans, including mortgages. Former U.C. Berkeley economist Christina Romer, Ph.D., heads the president's council of economic advisors.\n\"I think the key thing to say is that the status quo is not an option. One of the things that we've seen from the crisis that we've been going through is that there were gaps, there were failures in our regulatory system and we need to make it better,\" said Romer.\nCalifornia Senator Dianne Feinstein (D) of California called it a giant step in the right direction, but House Minority Leader John Boehner (R) signaled Republican opposition.\n\"And I just think that the government involvement in the financial industry is going to be too big of a foot on an industry that's already having problems,\" said Rep. Boehner.\nHowever, ABC 7 political analyst Bruce Cain, Ph.D., says Republicans will have a tough sell with an argument for less regulation.\n\"It is clear from the polls that people want some higher degree of regulation. What that translates into in terms of specific agencies or specific authority is much less clear,\" said Cain.\nProfessor Cain points out the details are complex and the banks and financial institutions will push back, just not in public.\n\"And the question is will Obama get enough support from the public to fight the details, not the concept, but the details of this regulatory plan that he set out,\" said Cain.\nSan Francisco-based Wells Fargo issued a statement describing current regulations as \"...a patchwork of regulation that is simply outmoded and Wells Fargo has long advocated for reform.\"\nAnd the president will almost certainly get reform, but as Bruce Cain cautioned watch for the details. They've yet to be hammered out.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 4536, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 220.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://abc7news.com/archive/6901245/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:16Z", "digest": "sha1:7H7USSVQROGPJVDPPV6RK2KCEZ7MP5DH", "length": 2078, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "abc7news.com", "title": "Man pleads guilty to 1971 killing of San Francisco police officer | abc7news.com", "raw_content": "Man pleads guilty to 1971 killing of SF cop\nMonday, state prosecutors dropped charges against four men accused of killing a San Francisco police sergeant nearly 40 years ago.\nFive of those charged in connection with the murder of Sgt. John Young thanked their supporters before the preliminary hearing.\nThe crowd's chants were answered in court. The prosecution dropped all charges against four of the defendants.\n\"Basically, the state attorney general has virtually conceded the case,\" said Defense Attorney Chuck Bourdon.\nMost of the men said they felt fine, but former defendant Richard Brown said, \"It's a bittersweet victory, but we still have some work to do.\"\n\"I'm going to call my wife in a minute and go home as soon as possible,\" said former defendant Ray Boudreaux.\nThe lead prosecutor said there was simply not enough evidence to convict them.\n\"It's not a reflection at all on our feeling that these individuals were somehow less culpable,\" said Assistant Attorney General Dave Druliner.\nIn all, eight suspects were arrested more than two years ago for the officer's murder. John Young was killed by a shotgun blast when a group of armed men attacked the Ingleside Police Station in August of 1971. Investigators say they were members of the Black Liberation Army, a militant offshoot of the Black Panther Party.\nCharges against one of the defendants were dropped last year. Last week, the suspected shooter Herman Bell pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and was put on probation. He's already serving a life sentence for the murder of two New York City cops.\nAlso on Monday, Anthony Bottom, who's also serving time for those murders, pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter. Only one of the original eight is expected to stand trial. His lawyer says he'll ask the court to dismiss his case as well.\n\"There's no way that Mr. Torres really after all this time can have a truly fair trial,\" said Attorney General Bourdon.\nThe lone defendant Francisco Torres will be back in court August 10th for his preliminary hearing. 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Owned by New England Patriots\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 owner, Robert Kraft, the team also plays in Gillette Stadium. They are one of the 10 original soccer teams, starting in 1996. They have won 2007\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s U.S. Open Cup, 2008\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s North American SuperLiga, and despite appearances in the MLS Cup Finals in 2002, 2005, 2006, and 2007, have never won.\nThe first five years for the Revolution were not very successful, but in 2002, Steve Nicol took over as head coach and led the team to the playoffs for eight straight seasons. They lost to the LA Galaxy twice in the MLS Cup finals, 1-0, in 2002 and 2005. They struggled a little in the 2008 and 2009 seasons but were still able to make the playoffs, until 2010 when they broke their streak.\nThe team is led by Goalkeeper Matt Reis and Captain Midfielder Shalrie Joseph. After Steve Nicols stepped down as coach at the end of the 2011 season, Jay Heaps took over for the upcoming 2012 season. The new season begins on March 10 against San Jose and the Revolution hope to get back to their past success and finally win a MLS championship.\nMore New England Revolution Articles \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 391, "original_length": 9584, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 277.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://adeleinslovenia.com/category/sava-river/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:53Z", "digest": "sha1:DHUERQU3IMQTATDBF4T27UAQMIZZ2QCJ", "length": 4549, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "adeleinslovenia.com", "title": "Sava river | Adele in Slovenia", "raw_content": "Category Archives: Sava river\nDiscover Bre\u017eice and the Bizeljsko Wine Road\nPosted in Brezje, Castles in Slovenia, cycling, Festivals in Slovenia, ifeelsLOVEnia, Sava river, Slovenia, Spas in Slovenia, thermal spas\tby adeleinslovenia\nThe town of Bre\u017eice, in the south-east of Slovenia, is framed by the Gorjanci mountain range, is the location of the confluence of the Sava and Krka rivers, home to the magnificent Bre\u017eice Castle and other sights of interest, as well as being close to Bizeljsko and the Bizeljsko-Sremi\u010d Tourist Wine Route and the \u010cate\u017e Thermal Spa.\nDuring my stay at the \u010cate\u017e Thermal Spa, I took time to \u2018Discover Bre\u017eice\u2019 \u2013 as the town\u2019s tourism slogan goes. I set off by bike and first headed to the Bre\u017eice Castle and Museum, which is without doubt the jewel among the town\u2019s historic buildings.\nThe Renaissance castle was turned into a residential castle by the aristocratic Attems family in the late 17th/early 18th century. The Baroque painted Knights\u2019 Hall is most definitely the pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance and really has to be seen to be able to appreciate its full magnificence and the vibrancy of colours.\nThe 46 metre-high Bre\u017eice Water Tower was built in 1914 in order to provide the town with water. It no longer serves its original purpose but remains the most visible and well-known of the town\u2019s landmarks. Today you can sit in the caf\u00e9 on the ground floor and look up to enjoy the view!\nWhilst in the area you simply must drive, cycle, or walk, along part of the Bizeljsko-Sremi\u010d Tourist Wine Road and pay a visit to a \u2018repnice\u2018 \u2013 quartz sand caves which are nowadays used for storing wine.\nFrom Bre\u017eice it took around 45 minutes by bike to reach the Najger repnice. The area\u2019s landscape has an almost Tuscan feel to it and, although I was cycling on main roads, traffic was light and it was a pleasurable and scenic ride. The area is part of the Kozjanso Nature Park \u2013 one of the oldest and largest protected areas in Slovenia.\nNot really knowing what to expect, I found the Najger repnice absolutely fascinating. Repnice caves were originally used for storing turnips (\u2018repa\u2018 in Slovene, hence the name \u2018repnice\u2018) during winter, at the time when turnips were the main fodder for livestock.\nThese days, the caves, made from dug out quart sand, are used for storing wine and visitors have a chance to taste and buy some of the excellent home-made wines, accompanied by a plate of home-produced cheese and dried meats, or other homemade delights.\nThe rooms inside the caves are at a constant temperature, offering perfect conditions for storing wine. To really understand the marvel of these caves it is necessary to understand how much work went in to digging them out; for each small room it took around 3 months of working 8 hours per day. Now if that isn\u2019t hard labour and dedication I don\u2019t know what is. The results, however, were well worth it!\nIf you look closely at the sandstone you can make out various natural shapes and patterns. Which animal can you see here?\nFollowing the tour of the cave there was also the chance to buy some of the home-produced wine, at more-than reasonable prices, which makes an idea gift or a treat for yourself \u2013 it was sweet muscat wine for me!\nThe vast Terme \u010cate\u017e Thermal Spa is one of the main attractions in the area and offers year-round water-based fun for all the family. You can read a full account of my visit here \u2013 http://wp.me/p7jQx9-8y\nIn bygone days, boats and ferries regularly transported people and goods from one side of the Sava river from the \u010cate\u017e Thermal Spa to the village of Mostec and back. Nowadays, the special \u2018brod\u2019 ferries offer short pleasure trips along the river.\nThe 7-day Bre\u017eice My Town Festival, the largest festival in the Posavje region, takes place annually at the end of June and attracts thousands of visitors from Slovenia and neighbouring countries. The festival programme includes a wide range of concerts, performances, activities for children, sports challenges and a chance to sample some of the best local cuisine.\nFor more information about all the above visit the Discover Bre\u017eice website \u2013 http://www.discoverbrezice.com/EN/\nAdele in Slovenia, Bizeljsko, Bizeljsko-Sremic tourist wine road, Brezice, Brezice Castle, Brezice Festival, Brezice water tower, Castles in Slovenia, cycling in Slovenia, Discover Brezice, Gorjanci, ifeelsLOVEnia, Kozjansko nature park, Krka river, repnice, Repnice pri Najgerju, Sava river, Slovenia tourist wine roads, Spas in Slovenia, Terme Catez, The Catez Thermal Spa, thermal spas\tLeave a comment", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 228, "original_length": 25150, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 334.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://aflex.com.au/range/products/ADSN50000779", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:57Z", "digest": "sha1:DNHINOBWDZAGAYOEDOUQ4FWLU3LJV562", "length": 43, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "aflex.com.au", "title": "Aflex", "raw_content": "Release Timestamp November 17, 2016, 4:22pm", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 38, "original_length": 956, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 130.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://africanews.space/call-for-experts-to-work-on-egnos-in-africa-support-programme-ii/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:55Z", "digest": "sha1:2ZBFGDROH24DSK3AFX5IYEUGVWYOSFUQ", "length": 4274, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "africanews.space", "title": "Call for experts to work on EGNOS in Africa Support Programme II - Space in Africa", "raw_content": "Home Opportunities Call for experts to work on EGNOS in Africa Support Programme II\nCall for experts to work on EGNOS in Africa Support Programme II\nThe EGNOS in Africa Support Programme II \u2013 Support to the Joint Program Office (JPO) (herein after referred to as the Programme) aims, over the time period October 2018 \u2013 October 2020, to consolidate the development and the adoption in Africa of satellite navigation and positioning services (GNSS) \u2013 satellite-based augmentation services (SBAS) included, in the frame of the Africa-EU Strategic Partnership, in line with the African Space Policy and Strategy, and in support to the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) of the African Union, advancing its Agenda 2063.\nThe Programme expected results include:\nContinuation of the institutionalisation of the JPO and of the development of its capacities and positioning\nAcceleration of the continental planning and development of GNSS services\nContinuation of the development of SBAS regional modules\nSupport to the development of key cross-cutting enablers for the adoption and use of GNSS services and for the development of downstream markets\nThe achievement of the Programme objective, its expected results and the performance of its related activities, is entrusted to a pan-African project team of experts, the Joint Programme Office (JPO), which office is hosted by ASECNA in Dakar, Senegal.\nThe beneficiaries of the Programme include the African Union Commission and its specialised agencies, including the African Civil Aviation Commission and the African Space Agency, the International Civil Aviation Organisation, the Arab Civil Aviation Commission and the Regional Economic Communities concerned.\nThe governance of the Programme is provided through a Steering Committee, co-chaired by the African Union Commission and the European Commission, and made up of representatives from the beneficiaries.\nMore background information on the Programme can be found on: www.egnos-africa.com\nThe Programme is seeking to recruit an Aviation Expert to complement the JPO team.\nThe incumbent will contribute to the implementation of the Programme to achieve its objective and expected results, by providing specialised expertise in the field of GNSS-based applications for civil aviation.\nHe/she will act as Aviation Expert within the JPO, under the guidance of its Programme Manager, and will interact with all the other members of the JPO as well as with external organisations concerned with the implementation of the Programme.\nThe main responsibilities for the position will include:\nServing as the referent in JPO for the aviation domain\nContributing to the planning of the JPO activities\nPlanning and undertaking the GNSS-based services/applications development and user adoption activities for civil aviation\nUndertaking the technology and sector watch, and scientific research activities, in this domain\nContributing to the economic assessment and market development, promotion, capacity building, communication and standardisation activities, from the civil aviation perspective\nLiaising with the civil aviation organisations cooperating with the JPO, and with the international working groups concerned\nThe post is to be filled on a fixed-term basis until the 14th October 2020. It can include a probation period.\nRemuneration will be defined in accordance with the conditions applicable to the Programme and depending on the experience of the incumbent.\nThe type of employment contract may differ according to the status and nationality of the incumbent. This can include consultancy services provision contract or secondment from an administration or an organisation.\nProcess of selection of candidates\nA first round of selection of candidates will be compiled, based on assessment of the applications received. The short-listed candidates will be then invited for interviews through web-conference.\nA second round of selection will follow, and the final candidates will be invited for interviews in Dakar, Senegal.\nFor more information and to submit applications, Click Here\nPrevious articleWho got the Multi-Million Euro contract to build Ethiopian satellite ground receiving station?\nNext articleEmerging Space Programs in Africa and Expectations for 2019", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 289, "original_length": 13378, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 255.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://aidsinfo.nih.gov/news/179/hiv-related-tuberculosis", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:30Z", "digest": "sha1:XC7P4SUKSMMFT54ZE7LP6OIOZALF5JF6", "length": 5295, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "aidsinfo.nih.gov", "title": "HIV-Related Tuberculosis | News | AIDSinfo", "raw_content": "HIV-Related Tuberculosis\nTuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. TB bacteria are spread by airborne droplets expelled from the lungs when a person with active TB disease coughs, sneezes or speaks. Repeated exposure to these droplets can lead to infection in the air sacs of the lungs.\nThe immune defenses of healthy people usually prevent TB infection from spreading beyond a very small area of the lungs by creating a barricade around the bacteria. This walled-up infection is called latent TB and may be present throughout a person's life. If the body's immune system is impaired because of infection with HIV (the virus that causes AIDS), aging, malnutrition or other factors, the TB bacteria may begin to spread more widely in the lungs or to other tissues. When this happens, it is called reactivated (or active) TB infection.\nPeople with HIV are particularly vulnerable to reactivation of latent TB infections as well as to active disease caused by new TB infections. In the United States, nearly one out of ten people infected with both TB and HIV develops active TB each year. In more than half of the people with TB who also have AIDS, TB spreads to the lymph nodes, bone marrow, blood, liver, bones, kidneys, or skin.\nMany of the symptoms of active TB resemble those of other diseases that commonly occur in people with HIV, or several infections may occur at the same time causing overlapping symptoms. The early symptoms of active TB include fatigue, weight loss, fever, chills and night sweats. Once the infection has progressed, people may develop a cough, chest pain or sputum that may contain blood. TB that has spread beyond the lungs causes additional symptoms, which vary depending on the tissues infected. TB of the spine may cause back pain, whereas TB of the kidneys can cause blood in the urine.\nDiagnosis. Doctors initially diagnose active TB based on a patient's symptoms, a person's history of exposure to TB, x- rays that may show evidence of TB infection and a positive reaction to the TB skin test. The telltale signs of active TB usually seen in a chest x-ray are often absent in people who have HIV and active TB.\nDoctors confirm a diagnosis of active TB by detecting TB bacteria in sputum, blood, or other body fluids or tissues. This can take several days to weeks, and doctors may decide to give TB medications before the results of their test are known. It is particularly important to determine if a person has TB that is resistant to the usual drugs used to fight TB. Drug-resistant TB is very serious and is difficult to treat.\nTreatment. The initial treatment for HIV-infected people with active TB is two months of combination drug therapy with the antibiotics isoniazid, rifampin, pyrazinamide, and ethambutol or streptomycin. Treatment is continued for at least another seven months with more or fewer antibiotics, depending on how susceptible the strain of TB is to various drugs.\nAlthough people with TB often feel better after a few weeks of drug therapy, it is important that they complete their full course of treatment. If treatment is stopped early, TB bacteria may develop the ability to resist the TB drugs. Treatment is effective in most people with HIV if their TB is not drug resistant.\nAnti-TB drugs can have side effects including liver diseases. Because it is so important for people with HIV who are infected with TB to take these drugs, they should be sure to report any problems with the medications to their doctor or clinic and not discontinue taking them on their own.\nLatent TB infection occurs without symptoms. It is diagnosed by a positive TB skin test, which can indicate if a person is infected with TB bacteria in the absence of signs or symptoms of active TB disease. People who have HIV should have a TB skin test annually. However, the skin test cannot distinguish between latent and active TB infection.\nThe TB skin test also may not be reliable in people with HIV because their suppressed immune systems may prevent them from testing positive even if they are infected with TB. On the other hand, false reactions can occur if people are infected with bacteria closely related to M. tuberculosis, including those that cause M. avium (MAC) infections, which are common in people with HIV.\nPreventive Therapy for Latent TB. To avoid these development of active TB, doctors usually recommend that people with HIV and latent TB take anti-TB drugs for a year. People with HIV who think they have been exposed to someone with active TB should alert their doctors.\nThe National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) funds research aimed at finding new drugs or drug combinations for the treatment of TB, as well as better ways to administer currently available drugs for prevention and treatment. For more information on these or other studies, call the AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service: 1- 800-TRIALS-A (1-800-874-2572)\nNIAID, a component of the National Institutes of Health, supports research on AIDS, tuberculosis and other infectious diseases as well as allergies and immunology. NIH is an agency of the U.S. Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.\nPublic Health Service U. S. 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People with weakened immune systems, including people with HIV, are at a higher risk for parasitic infections than people with healthy immune systems.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 71, "original_length": 1500, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 135.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://algarvedirect.com/privacy-policy/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:07Z", "digest": "sha1:LXMZDX6FEZVRRPOX7ORIXODGF7AB5TGX", "length": 461, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "algarvedirect.com", "title": "Privacy Policy \u2013 Algarvedirect.com", "raw_content": "This privacy policy explains you how we use personal information collected at this site. Please read this privacy policy before using the site or submitting any personal information. By using the site, you accept the practices described here. We collect the minimum amount of information about you that is commensurate with providing you with a satisfactory service. This Policy indicates the type of processes that may result in data being collected about you.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 4934, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 266.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://algeria-us.org/1586683/comedian-marty-allen-dies-in-las-vegas-at-95", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:51Z", "digest": "sha1:YKX4VFW5B2A5TJOJB6C4ZXRRKWPBNXK5", "length": 140, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "algeria-us.org", "title": "Comedian Marty Allen dies in Las Vegas at 95 | Algeria-US", "raw_content": "USA Today: Comedian Marty Allen dies in Las Vegas at 95\nMarty Allen was a staple of TV variety shows, game shows and talk shows for decades.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 2064, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 241.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://allaboutromance.com/the-story-behind-the-carol-silent-night/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:45Z", "digest": "sha1:5C6BQWU4XZSFT6TVV635Q6H2UKXYZDHK", "length": 1867, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "allaboutromance.com", "title": "The Story Behind the Carol: Silent Night - All About Romance", "raw_content": "The Story Behind the Carol: Silent Night\n[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87q5dmW6zDg\nOn Christmas Eve of 1818 the young priest of St. Nicholas parish church in Obendorf faced disaster. The organ had been incapacitated by mice. The chance of fixing the instrument before the evening service was nil. Father Joseph Mohr was not a man to just give up however. He pulled out a poem he had written several years before called \u201cStille Nacht\u201d. Mohr took his poem to the schoolmaster and organist of a nearby town, Franz Xaver Gruber. He asked that Gruber write a melody to accompany the poem on guitar. In several hours, Gruber had the music done and the carol was played for the first time that night at the Christmas Eve service.\nThe song was not translated into English for another 50 years. Episcopalian bishop John Freeman Young published the English translation that is most frequently sung today in 1859. The writing of the song is unique enough but one other interesting factoid makes this carol special. In 1914, during the Christmas truce, the song was sung in French, English and German simultaneously. It was apparently the one song that all the soldiers on both sides knew.\nWhat are your favorite Christmas Carols? Do you know the story behind them?\n\u2013 Maggie AAR\nBy Maggie Boyd|2017-06-23T08:30:34+00:00December 10th, 2013|Categories: AAR afterhours blog, Maggie AAR, Music|Tags: Father Joseph Mohr, Franz Xaver Gruber Christmas Truce 1914, Silent Night|2 Comments\nLeeB. December 10, 2013 at 10:08 pm\t- Reply\nHmm, never knew that story.\nI have SOOOOOOOOOOOO many favorites. I\u2019ll go with John Berry\u2019s version of O Holy Night. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQDPo32DwbI\n\u0e25\u0e34\u0e42\u0e0b\u0e48 December 12, 2013 at 10:24 am\t- Reply\nnet the easiest thing to be aware of. I say to you, I certainly get annoyed\npeople can take a signal. Will likely be back to get more. Thanks", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 99, "original_length": 4591, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 259.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://alonetone.com/colingarvey/playlists/thoughts-from-near-the-ground/your-gang", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:01Z", "digest": "sha1:Y5FLEVVUY4OJXTL3FBG7X6ATG2HL2ONV", "length": 685, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "alonetone.com", "title": "\"Thoughts From Near The Ground\" by Colin Garvey", "raw_content": "One for the lonely kids.\nToo dark for a children\u2019s record?\nThis is just filled of understanding the kids that don\u2019t fit in that little box, are special!\nScrew the gang, it\u2019s their lost.\nI don\u2019t think it\u2019s too dark. It\u2019s honest. It shows a kid that he or she can be comfortable with themselves, particularly while alone. I\u2019ve heard it said that you can\u2019t be with anyone if you can\u2019t be alone by yourself.\nstoman said March 3, 2011 9:23pm\nIf I don\u2019t stop listening to your songs now I will end up hitting the \u201cfavorite\u201d button for all of them! :)\nTotally brilliant song-writing! Wow, Mr Gee.\nOutstanding, Colin\u2026 Not too dark at all. The reality of childhood is that it isn\u2019t always easy.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 55, "original_length": 1629, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 259.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://alsa-midamerica.ejoinme.org/MyEvents/Home/MakeaDonation/tabid/577863/Default.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:21Z", "digest": "sha1:TIUGQK42LUVOZHRO7A7OL3DI7XWTXSD4", "length": 170, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "alsa-midamerica.ejoinme.org", "title": "Make a Donation", "raw_content": "I am unable to attend, but would like to make a general gift to those living with ALS (Donations are 100% tax deductible and do not include A Night of Hope reservation).:", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 25, "original_length": 725, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 205.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://alvinlaw.com/2012/08/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:36:11Z", "digest": "sha1:DEXX426R5FMJHIRP2FVOUPC5PY5RL4UZ", "length": 312, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "alvinlaw.com", "title": "August 2012 - Alvin Law", "raw_content": "on Aug 25, 2012by Alvinin Thoughts\nSo, if you follow my blog, you will have noticed I haven\u2019t written for a long time and I make no apologies, by the way. One of the benefits of being self-employed is I have no boss, unless you count Darlene but for 24 years now, summer is very slow and after an adjustment to..", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 178, "original_length": 3351, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 226.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://alvinlaw.com/2018/04/02/your-people-are-human/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:28Z", "digest": "sha1:ZK324OI5FOFEZZB6XIKDJ7TRA7U6ZYBY", "length": 7138, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "alvinlaw.com", "title": "People Are Human! - Alvin Law", "raw_content": "I have been feeling very \u201chuman\u201d lately. Let me explain that in a minute but while you are reading this consider all of the \u201chuman\u201d drama occurring lately. Frankly, human drama has existed ever since the cavemen (or is that \u201ccave people\u201d?) started living together! Let\u2019s shrink the time frame a bit.\nThe Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment scandal is a good starting point and let me mention this blog isn\u2019t about that subject. But it is where I want to focus this topic. \u201cHuman\u201d dynamics are extremely complicated and when you add male/female stuff, woohoo! So the \u201c#MeToo\u201d movement created an uncomfortable conversation between men and women and then the massacre at Marjory Stonemen Douglas High School in Parkland Florida\u2026on Valentine\u2019s Day! This blog is also not about that! But it is about the public discourse on both subjects.\nFor every social media post, there is a human being involved. Too many of them have the DNA of a Troll but I digress. Honestly, there are many days when I seriously contemplate just quitting Facebook in particular. I am guilty of getting sucked into the vortex of opinion, anger and insults. It\u2019s so hard not to\u2026because I am \u201cHuman\u201d!\nI mentioned this blog isn\u2019t specifically about #MeToo or American Gun Rights but when you put these two topics together as I am, its akin to talking \u201cpolitics or religion\u201d and I was taught to never do that, weren\u2019t you? Yet, here we are. What\u2019s most incredible to me is both subjects are so polarizing yet in a perfect world, we\u2019d be like rugby players. Beat the crap out of each other on the pitch and then both teams go for beers together. On the rugby pitch, it\u2019s about the cruelty of competition and beating the other team then in the bar, it\u2019s about the mutual love of the game. Can we not apply the \u201cRugby Principle\u201d to life? It would make sense, wouldn\u2019t it?\nLet\u2019s use the gun debate for a bit. I \u201chate\u201d guns. I \u201chate\u201d hunting, big game in particular. I \u201chate\u201d seeing stuffed animal heads on walls. Yet I grew up in small town Canada where 90% of the people I knew owned at least one, but usually many, guns. Those same people loved hunting. When Darlene and I got married in my hometown of Yorkton, Saskatchewan, we had our reception, dinner and dance at the Yorkton Gun Club. There were animal heads on every wall. Neither Darlene or I liked that but it wasn\u2019t our place. It was the Gun Club\u2019s Place. If I hypothetically bought the Yorkton Gun Club building, I would give all the dead animals back to the club, but it is their building so I keep my opinion to myself and suck it up! It was an awesome wedding and some people loved the dead animals, some didn\u2019t but we were there to celebrate our marriage.\nPlease put that sentiment in the back of your mind as I ask this vital question. How do you see your staff, or your co-workers, or even, the boss? I haven\u2019t worked in an office complex outside my home office since 1988. My wife and business partner, Darlene, has run our business operations since 1991 and that was in Regina. She actually worked a full time job until we moved to Calgary in 2000 and we decided she would manage the business full time. I know she misses getting dressed in nice attire, going to an office, interacting with her co-workers, gossiping around the water cooler. We have a water cooler and not once have we gossiped around it!\nBut if you asked her if she misses it so much she\u2019d get an office job, she would laugh and say she doesn\u2019t miss it that much. What\u2019s your thought? I completely realize this is a bizarre way to have a conversation with you but I want you to consider if your work life has improved or degraded because of how \u201cpersonal\u201d these topics have become. After the #MeToo movement caught fire, I wanted to known what Darlene\u2019s recollection of her working life was before we met and specifically, was she ever uncomfortable around her male co-workers? This was a really good question because she worked in Human Resources for a chemical and fertilizer company where over 90% of the employees were male and a significant number of those males were engineers in the 1980\u2019s. I\u2019m not trying to disparage engineers but with total honesty and this is confirmed by Darlene, male engineer culture of the time was quite misogynistic. Frankly, misogyny is very real and it\u2019s about time it gets called on the carpet! By the way, Darlene responded to my question with a laugh and then said, \u201cWhat do you think?\u201d That was a rhetorical response. Trust me\u2026you don\u2019t mess with Darlene; male or female! But she then said this; \u201cBut there\u2019s a ton of men out there shaking in their boots!\u201d How about you? Males, do you have a reason to be shaking? Females, have you been hiding some truth? Now the big question\u2026Is This Making Things Better Or Worse?\nAgain, in a perfect world, the answer would hopefully be \u201cBetter\u201d and clearly it\u2019s much too early to know but I am writing about this because I\u2019m guessing it\u2019s caused a noticeably different climate in the workplace. Oh, and then if you are American, you get to add the fun debate about Second Amendment Rights and the NRA! From what I\u2019ve observed, it feels like the United States is bitterly divided and that\u2019s exactly my point. Who is right? Isn\u2019t that a great question? I don\u2019t want to make this blog overly complicated or lengthy which it indeed could easily be.\nIt feels like in the gun debate you have a \u201cpolitical\u201d divide and as simplistic as that\u2019s become, it\u2019s not. When I say \u201csimplistic\u201d, what I mean is in America, generally speaking,you are either Republican or Democrat, Left or Right, Progressive or Conservative, and so on. Once more\u2026who is right? Clearly, infinite factors shape our belief systems and we then go even deeper and call them our values and morals and the idea of \u201ccompromising\u201d those is a powerful thing. But we are also living in a \u201cnew normal\u201d as that overused expression suggests.\nThe #MeToo movement has shaken the male dominated entertainment industry which means it will never be what it was and I personally believe it will improve things with initiatives like I wrote about last blog, \u201cThe Inclusion Rider\u201d will if anything bring a consciousness that was always bubbling beneath the surface but is now in plain view. The millions of students who marched in support of the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School suggest a turning of the tide amongst young people who were not only supporting changers to assault weapons laws but supporting each other which had its roots in the anti-bullying movement and is the essence of this post!\nNo matter what you believe, please acknowledge we are all \u201cHuman\u201d and where we may never completely agree with each other, it is in my opinion that it starts with \u201cYou\u201d! You \u201cAre\u201d a solution to a social media driven world where being \u201cright\u201d has become more important than being respectful of each other, \u201cYou\u201d can be the difference. Think about it! If every single person made a personal commitment to make \u201cRespect\u201d the \u201cDefault Setting\u201d of our lives, an actual \u201cTipping Point\u201d could occur and the prize would be a better workplace, better homelife, and better world. Corny? 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If you would like to receive more information on becoming a provider within our network or would like to receive a contract, please contact us at 1-833-510-4727.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 220, "original_length": 4128, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 214.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://amiesbookreviews.wordpress.com/category/author/daphne-lamb/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:29Z", "digest": "sha1:QJHO3NTRUV3GNUZCSSJETXMKSIQWW5OR", "length": 966, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "amiesbookreviews.wordpress.com", "title": "Daphne Lamb | Amie's Book Reviews", "raw_content": "4 Stars for THE GIRL\u2019S GUIDE TO THE APOCALYPSE by Daphne Lamb \u2013 BOOK REVIEW\nCover Design: Greg Simanson\nISBN: 978-1-5137-0118-9 Print\nISBN: 978-1-5137-0139-4 EPub\n~ I received a free eBook copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.\nOther examples are using the word \u201cbreath\u201d instead of \u201cbreathe\u201d or \u201cregiment\u201d instead of \u201cregimen\u201d. 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THE GIRL\u2019S GUIDE TO THE APOCALYPSE is her debut novel.\nFollow Daphne Lamb on Twitter: @Daphne_Lamb\nhttp://www.twitter.com/Daphne_Lamb \nVisit her website at: http://www.daphnelambwriter.com \nPurchase the book online at: http://www.amazon.com/Girls-Guide-Apocalypse-Daphne-Lamb ", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 2179, "original_length": 42399, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.82, "perplexity": 247.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://amser.org/b600294/geography_anthropology_recreation", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:58:47Z", "digest": "sha1:H4NXGQQS2NKEL5URUUM3RZ2GI7P6TFOU", "length": 1103, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "amser.org", "title": "Applied Math and Science Education Repository - Browse Resources", "raw_content": "Geography. Anthropology. Recreation\nAtlases (159)\nGeography (General) (536)\nHuman ecology. 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This is a call to all scholars interested in presenting a research paper at the symposium on socioculturalOlympic themes, to submit an abstract of their study. The deadline for thesubmission of abstracts is 15 May 2006.\nPlease send submissions to\nRobert K. Barney, Interim Director of ICOS, School of Kinesiology, University ofWestern Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A-3K7, and/or by email to Languages > Chinese > How to Learn Chinese if You Are English\nHow to Master Chinese Pronunciation\nReading and Writing: Learn Pinyin\nLearn Chinese Grammar\nLearning the Chinese Characters\nAlthough some people see a sadomasochistic tendency there, the learning of the Chinese Mandarin due to its difficulty is a challenge for a part of the British population and can be daunting for the new learner.\nConsidered as one of the most difficult languages in the world with Arabic and Russian, the Chinese language can also help to boost your ego, take up a challenge or respond to a bet!\nFar from the Latin alphabet, from the conjugation and from the English grammar, taking a Chinese course is not an easy matter.\nBut who wouldn\u2019t like to understand and to speak this language that seems so distant from ours?\nSupposed to demand a particular exercise for the left and right brain for its learning, the study of Mandarin is even perceived as a therapy for the people with dyslexia (I feel this is going to interest the speech therapists).\nSo, rather than waiting to find out if we really see the Wall of China from the moon, why not payattention from now on to the official language of the Republic of China since 1956?\nSo, let\u2019s leave the Cantonese, the Shanghainese and the various dialects of China for later and let\u2019s concentrate on the language of the education and the media, which is plenty in difficulties of pronunciation and in the alphabet with corresponding tones and Chinese writing, but beautiful and powerful as a bamboo.\nFind out how you can learn Chinese while traveling around China!\nThe temple Shaolin is one of the most popular sanctuaries of the world. It was destroyed several times. Photo credit: apophene via VisualHunt\nFor those who are not intimidated by the idea of taking up this foreign language for their linguistic competencies, your language skills are going to be challenged with the difficulty of the pronunciation and the perception of tones\u2026so it is possible to learn how to speak Chinese fluently?\nThe Chinese Mandarin is not considered, from an oral point of view, as a rich language, it\u2019s equally complicated, for a student whose English is his mother tongue, to understand the accentuation of the syllables in Chinese.\nBeginners can extend their ear as far as that of Stanley Ipkiss in The Mask, however, the syllables containing 4 different intonations and those who contain no intonation at all will be undetectable during the first Chinese courses.\nThe problem lies with the variation between the lows and highs which doesn\u2019t exist in English, and your ear that has yet to learn how to help your mouth to reproduce the sounds (Yes, it\u2019s a sport!).\nCertain teachers of Chinese will confirm you that to memorize tones is a plus. Others will say that is not necessary only if we wish to speak Chinese without an accent, to show off. They will even tell you that tones will not be an impediment in the Chinese learning to communicate in everyday life.\nI think that since you are brave students, you will see another challenge there because a syllable can have four different senses following the tone which you use.\nYou can imagine the linguistic errors that you can make by expressing yourself with a tone opposite to the one that you wish to use.\nDue to the lack of practice, we could find ourselves speaking about inappropriate things when we try to speak about Chinese food. Therefore, let\u2019s keep our English-Chinese dictionary close to us and let\u2019s continue our quest. This is one aspect of learning a language where a native Chinese teacher can really help to master the words and different greetings correctly.\nDiscover our Top 10 reasons to learn Chinese!\nThe Chinese phonetic pinyin is so distant from English to be literally learned. Photo credit: See-ming Lee (SML) via Visual hunt\nOn the path already full of tonal pitfalls in the learning of the language of the Dragon, another obstacle is added to complete your quest: Chinese characters\u2026\nFor the foreigners who learn Mandarin, given that Chinese characters don\u2019t note the pronunciation, we use a phonetic transcription named pinyin.\nFormerly, already one century ago, every country proposed its phonetic transcription of the Chinese Mandarin. You can imagine the complexity of learning this language.\nFortunately for us, this phonetic transcription was unified in 1979 by China and ISO (International Organization for Standardization) \u201cto facilitate\u201d the Chinese Mandarin learning. That will be a big help if you wish to work in China!\nBut\u2026 Because there is always a but\u2026 This transcription, in Latin characters is not pronounced as in English (Yes, you read well).\nHere things get a little harder.\nDiscover all of the benefits of learning Chinese\u2026\nFor example, the \u201cr\u201d is pronounced as our British \u201cg\u201d and the pinyin \u201ci\u201d sometimes pronounces as our \u201ce\u201d and other times as our \u201co\u201d\u2026\nDon\u2019t you understand anything? Me neither, I reassure you\u2026\nThe general idea which it\u2019s necessary to seize lies in the fact that even phonetics can\u2019t help beginners. (Yes, it doesn\u2019t make a lot of sense\u2026).\nTherefore, it\u2019s necessary, from the beginning of your initiation for Chinese learning, to learn pinyin! Indeed, you have no other choice because the Chinese characters, renowned for their difficulty, leave no indication on their pronunciation.\nThis way, they are steeped in history and beautiful hieroglyphs, but very difficult to disentangle when it comes to understanding them\u2026\nFor those who were after the challenge, in the learning of a modern language very distant from ours, as Tony Micelli said: Who\u2019s the boss?\nFind out more reasons to learn Chinese for Business!\nRenowned difficult the mandarin is nevertheless a relatively easy language in the fact that there is no conjugation and that its grammar does not take into account the genres and the numbers. Photo credit: foliosus via Visual hunt\nTo pursue our immersion in the language of the Middle Earth, far from our English linguistic bases, let\u2019s continue with the grammar and the Chinese conjugation\u2026\nIndeed, this section would have been able to be the topic of the broadcast \u201cMeeting with an unknown living language\u201d (a personal remix of \u201cMeeting in a strange land\u201d), since we\u2019re going to have to deal with unknown elements of the Latin languages.\nOne of the big specific characteristics of Chinese is the absence of conjugation.\nThis unknown concept of the western foreigners is, however, a chance of a lifetime for all those who got lost in their long list of English irregular verbs to be learned by heart or still those who still hesitate between the conditional and the future tense.\nNo need of all this in Mandarin: here we will disregard numerous rules and useless forms to keep only the essential.\nThat will give for example:\n\u201cyesterday I eat\u201d ;\n\u201ctoday I eat\u201d;\n\u201ctomorrow I eat\u201d.\nDon\u2019t be deceived by appearances, Chinese is a sophisticated and elegant language (just like the Chinese culture in general), only that there\u2019s no conjugation.\nAs for the Chinese basic grammar in the course of Chinese, this one is very simplistic. You will not find:\ninversion of subject to build your question,\ngenres (masculine/feminine),\nnumbers (singular/plural)\nand the words are invariable.\nA language that does not really look like ours and even less like the Russian or the Arabic. Very simple and logical at the same time, the context plays an important role to know, for example, if we speak one or several things.\nSo, the place of every word in the sentence has to follow a logic opposite to ours.\nSomething to make our brain work differently in the course of Chinese.\nNote: the grammar, more elaborated for the intermediate and advanced students, is in turn, highly complex. Well, as the Chinese proverb said: \u201cto that who knows how to wait, the time opens its doors\u201d.\nLearn more about Chinese culture and traditions!\nThe learning of Chinese characters can be directly done with a private teacher. Where can I find a teacher whose mother tongue is Chinese? Photo credit: Jason. P. via Visual hunt\nYou are still here? That\u2019s because you are still motivated to learn Chinese. You completed your first Chinese course without noticing it\u2026 Just by reading this article!\nShao (young person) who is learning to write Mandarin, here we are in front of the seemingly unsurmountable challenge: learning to write Chinese!\nHaving the oral part already occupying a lot of your energy, let\u2019s see if you still stay here to deal with what\u2019s next.\nThe Chinese writing, so different from the Latin writing, consists of words constituted by one, two or three characters (It happens that certain words are constituted by more than three characters, but let\u2019s not be pretentious at the moment).\nThese characters are very numerous and it\u2019s often difficult to memorize them from the first days of training. The most appropriate methodology is to learn every character separately.\nJust like a choreography of Tai-Shi (a Chinese internal martial art), this will be a matter of learning, for every Chinese character:\nits meaning,\nits pronunciation,\nthe order of writing its lines\nand the meaning of each line.\nTo follow the order of writing and the meaning of each of the eight fundamental lines (horizontal and vertical) of the Chinese characters, you have to have to refer to the 7 rules of writing Chinese.\nThese 8 simple lines can contain up to 29 variants in total to give what we naturally call \u201ccomplex trait\u201d.\nThanks to those lines, you will be capable of writing up to 214 fundamental Chinese characters. Also called \u201ckeys\u201d, these particular characters can create an infinity of the other characters once combined.\nBe sure that this meticulous work, that will require all your concentration of beginner, will become natural with the practice.\nSo, are you still enthusiast on the idea of learning Chinese? Feeling like going for a journey in China to test yourself? Let me know in the comments!\nSearching for \u201cMandarin classes London\u201d? Find the best Chinese tutors across the UK with Superprof. From reading to writing, speaking and listening, master this ancient language with our help.\nFind Chinese tutors all over the UK on Superprof\nChinese courses London\nChinese lessons Glasgow", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 134, "original_length": 11859, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 333.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://augustareview.com/veteran-says-god-kept-him-from-drowning-when-tractor-rolled-into-pond-with-him-trapped-inside/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:10:52Z", "digest": "sha1:H55BCSZ3EGWDYPARQGSOASYMG42YPQJ7", "length": 5202, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "augustareview.com", "title": "Veteran Says God Kept Him From Drowning When Tractor Rolled Into Pond With Him Trapped Inside | Augusta Review", "raw_content": "Veteran Says God Kept Him From Drowning When Tractor Rolled Into Pond With Him Trapped Inside\nSign up By , Christian Post Reporter | Jul 5, 2018 1:48 PM (Photo: Facebook)Military veteran, Eldon Cooper.\nFor more than three hours in February, as he remained trapped inside the cab of his overturned tractor that was submerged in a frigid pond on his property in Arkansas with no help in sight, Eldon Cooper was getting ready to die.\n\u201cYou can imagine what I was thinking. I am going to sit here and asphyxiate on my own air,\u201d the 49-year-old Army veteran . \u201cThey are going to find me in here and this is going to be my tomb.\u201d\nIn that moment though, instead of wasting what he thought were the last moments of his life panicking over what he thought would have been his certain death, Cooper began to pray. He prayed for peace and he prayed for his family until he passed out.\n\u201cI needed that peace that passes all understanding, so I asked for it,\u201d Eldon said. \u201cYou know what; that peace came over me almost immediately. I stopped panicking, and I stopped trying to breathe so hard because I couldn\u2018t get a full breath. But I stopped panicking, and my mind cleared and I could think.\u201d\nShortly before he found himself face to face with death on Feb. 28, Cooper was getting ready to meet his new wife, Debra, at a 6:00 p.m. Bible study. At about 5 p.m. that day, he decided to do what he expected to be a quick check on the pond on his 25-acre property in light of recent rains.\n\u201cI hopped in the tractor, not grabbing my cell phone, a handgun, anything,\u201d Eldon said. \u201cI mean, really, I was only going to be gone for a few minutes.\u201d\nIt was a routine activity for Cooper. As he drove to the pond he noticed that rain had washed out a 4-foot straight drop. Not wanting to damage his John Deere tractor, Cooper decided to return home but soon found himself in trouble.\n\u201cWell, for some reason my rear tire got too close to the edge, and the edge on the pond side gave way, dropping the rear of the tractor about 18 inches or so towards the pond. It stopped before going over the edge,\u201d Cooper said.\nThe tractor only had one door on the left side and Cooper was facing the deep side of the pond. There was an escape hatch on the back of the tractor but because he had never practiced how to use it, John didn\u2018t feel he had enough time to figure out how to use it in his emergency.\n\u201cI didn\u2018t have much time. I thought two things,\u201d Cooper said. \u201cShould I open the door and jump out and try to swim around the tractor and get away from it before it would roll, if it was going to roll? I\u2018m a great swimmer. That wouldn\u2018t have been any problem to swim it, but could I get out of the way before it rolled? And the other thing, should I just wait here for help.\u201d\n(Photo: Eldon Cooper)Army veteran Eldon Cooper, was trapped inside this submerged tractor for more than three hours on February 28, 2018.\nOnly a few minutes after he started trying to think through his escape, however, the tractor began to roll towards the pond until it was submerged upside down. The cab began to fill quickly and Cooper kept his nose and mouth above the water in a space as small as a shoebox.\nAnd thinking he would die, Cooper prayed.\n\u201cI prayed for my wife Debra, my kids, my family, that God would be with them and help them through whatever the outcome would be,\u201d he said. \u201cI prayed for His will to be done. I prayed that somehow, some way, something good would come out of this situation and God would be glorified.\u201d\nHe later woke up safe in the hospital and now the Army veteran is telling everyone who will hear it because he believes if it wasn\u2018t for God, he would have died.\nCooper explained that his wife sensed something was wrong when he didn\u2018t show up for Bible study that night so as soon as she got to their home at 7:15 she went looking for him at the pond. She saw the tractor\u2018s flashers and called 911 right away.\nWhen the first responders arrived on the scene they assumed Cooper was dead.\n\u201cThey saw my protective structure on the back (of the tractor) to keep rocks from hitting the glass when mowing, and they thought that was the ROPS (roll-over protective structure). They really didn\u2018t know what to do,\u201d Eldon explained. \u201cIn their eyes, I was either in my seatbelt, or I was pinned under the tractor. Either way, I would be dead.\u201d\nThe ambulance left and responders decided it would be best to recover his remains the next day.\nAt this time his wife had called his family who were now on the scene and as everyone was about to pack up and leave, Cooper\u2018s brother, Charlie, called out to him.\n\u201cHe said \u2018Eldon, are you there; are you alive?\u2018 and I responded somehow, with God\u2018s help,\u201d Eldon explained. \u201cThey described it as \u2018deep, gutteral sounds,\u2018 but I don\u2018t remember any of this.\u201d\nAnother ambulance returned to the scene and a firefighter was able to break the glass of the cab and they rescued Cooper. He was admitted to hospital in a coma with a body temperature of 83 degrees.\nThe next thing he remembers is waking up early in the morning the next day to see nurses trying to get an IV started.\n\u201cI was like, \u2018What are you all doing?\u2018\u201d Cooper said. \u201cIt startled them. I wasn\u2018t supposed to wake up. I was in coma.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 6294, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 314.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ausdance.org.au/contributors/details/Barbara%20Snook", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:58Z", "digest": "sha1:CVBMXFHZHJZGGJTCXFD2ZCECJI5QAVFI", "length": 878, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "ausdance.org.au", "title": "Contributor: Barbara Snook \u00bb Ausdance | Dance Advocacy", "raw_content": "Dr Barbara Snook is a Professional Teaching Fellow at the University of Auckland in the Dance Studies program. She was the Caroline Plummer Fellow in Community Dance at the University of Otago during 2008 and taught dance in Brisbane High Schools for 20 years. Barbara was awarded the Osmotherley Award in 2007 for her services toward the development of dance in Queensland and she was nominated for an Australian Dance Award for services to dance education in 2006. Her textbooks, Dance\u2026 Count Me In and Dance for Senior Students are used throughout schools in Australia and New Zealand. She has also written Dance Room Book One and Dance Room Book Two for children in the first years of school. An updated Dance\u2026Count me in containing all new content was released in July 2014 and an updatedDance for Senior Students containing all new content is due for release in July 2015.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 116, "original_length": 3473, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 187.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://australianballet.com.au/artist/ako-kondo", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:41:07Z", "digest": "sha1:4FOHYRQJ6LUKFY3CMPTFKOM7EHKZ5FVW", "length": 2212, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "australianballet.com.au", "title": "Ako Kondo | The Australian Ballet", "raw_content": "Meet Principal Artist\nAko Kondo\nPoised and elegant The Age\nIntroducing Ako\nAko was born in Nagoya, Japan in 1991. At three years old she began her training at the Shiho Kanazawa Ballet Studio. In 2005 Ako won second prize at the Japan Grand Prix, and in 2006 she studied at The Royal Ballet School\u2019s International Summer School. In 2007 she was awarded The Australian Ballet School Tuition Scholarship, which was announced at the Youth America Grand Prix. Ako toured with The Dancers Company in 2008 and in 2010 joined The Australian Ballet. She was promoted to principal artist in April 2015 following her debut as Giselle, becoming The Australian Ballet's first Japanese principal artist.\nSince joining The Australian Ballet, Ako has performed a variety of classical and contemporary works by choreographers such as Forsythe, McGregor, Murphy, Ratmansky and Wheeldon, and danced principal roles in ballets by choreographers such as Ashton, Balanchine, Lifar, MacMillan and Wright.\nan exceptionally fluent dancer\nAlice in Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland\u00a9 2017\nWayne McGregor's Infra 2017\nAurora in David McAllister's The Sleeping Beauty 2017, 2015\nOdette/Odile in Stephen Baynes' Swan Lake 2016\nCinderella in Alexei Ratmansky's Cinderella 2015\nGiselle in Maina Gielgud\u2019s Giselle 2015\nLescaut\u2019s Mistress in Kenneth MacMillan\u2019s Manon 2014\nKitri in Rudolf Nureyev's Don Quixote 2013\nAko is currently learning her third language, Chinese, and plans to learn more languages in the future.\nHelpmann Award for Best Female Dancer for Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland\u00a9 2018\nNomination for Australian Dance Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Dancer for Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland\u00a9 2018\nNomination for the Benois de la Danse for Alice in Christopher Wheeldon's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland\u00a9 2017\nAustralian Dance Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Dancer in George Ogilvie and Peggy van Praagh's Copp\u00e9lia 2016\nTelstra Ballet Dancer Award nominee 2015, 2012\nSusan Morgan Scholarship 2013\nOdette/Odile in Derek Deane's Swan Lake, Shanghai Ballet 2017\nYokohama Ballet Festival 2017, 2016\nThe Dancers Company tour 2012, 2011", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 106, "original_length": 3593, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 229.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://authenticaffiliates.com/emprotools-review-scam-or-the-real-way-to-make-money-online/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:58:16Z", "digest": "sha1:XSDNIVBBPCOMRJXKKQQ57WYAEH6YNLFL", "length": 6634, "nlines": 45, "source_domain": "authenticaffiliates.com", "title": "EMProTools Review: Scam Or The Real Way To Make Money Online \u2013 Best Way To Make Money Online", "raw_content": "There are so many sites out there these days, all claiming to be the real way to make money online, but when you buy into them, you\u2019ll find most of them are scams.\nIn my review we\u2019ll show you some signs to look for, to help you avoid being scammed. You can\u2019t be too careful these days and you\u2019re very wise to be checking reviews before just jumping into something like this.\nLet\u2019s dig in and see what we find.\nIf you\u2019re tired of what wasting your time with scams, see my number #1 recommendation.\nWhat Is EMProTools\nProduct: EMProTools\nWebsite: getemprotools.com\nOwners / Vendor: Tom yevsikov, Gaurab Borah & Alex Krulik\nPrice: $28.45 Starter- $73.20 Advanced \u2013 $162. Pro\nThis is the real way to make money online according to the owners, they say this product changes lives. They claim it is so successful at bringing fantastic results and putting more money in your bank.\nIt\u2019s made for marketers and will make your life so much easier, is what they claim. This product is a software that integrates with your autoresponder, and will simply boost your everything.\nYou can quickly and easily boost your income by five figures a month using this product, so they say.\nIt makes the usual hype but anyone can do this because no Tech skills are needed, no knowledge about autoresponders needed, even if you don\u2019t already have a list, this product will explode your income.\nThey say this product is critical to your online success, so you need to get started using this product as soon as you can and then of course there\u2019s an urgency to get it now because the price will be going up to an enormous figure in just hours.\nThat\u2019s all just part of the hype. If you go back tomorrow it\u2019s still the same price. See some other similar sites I\u2019ve reviewed:\nHow Does EMProTools Work\nImagine that in just 5 minutes you have extreme levels of surgical segmentation and extremely wide automation already connected to your autoresponder, reading your campaigns, improving them and making you a SH*T load of money and all this with just a few clicks of your mouse.\nThat\u2019s the claim in EMProtools makes. They remind you that you\u2019ll have to put in that five minutes of work though to get it set up.\nLike all the other sites I\u2019ve reviewed, it\u2019s vague and hard to know exactly how it works. I just can\u2019t see the details between the hype.\nThe only thing I can decipher from this is that it is a new software that automates your autoresponder. They claim this product will lift you up and create massive success for you.\nThey say you will be able to build a list of Die Hard fans that buy from you again and again increasing your income level by Leaps and Bounds.\nIs EMProTools A scan\nI\u2019ll let you be the judge of that. You may be able to deem something from this product, although it\u2019s difficult to find in their description.\nAnother bad sign I found is the testimonials are fake as well as the income statement. The one good thing if you can call it that, is they claim that they have a 100% money back guarantee.\nI\u2019m not sure if that\u2019s true or not. Their disclaimer shows in a couple of different spots on the sales page. It\u2019s in big, bold print, because they want you to know that the earnings they claim in their sales page are not typical and you might not make any money at all with their product.\nIf you are really serious about making money online, stop wasting your time on products like this that don\u2019t work. The best way to make money online is with affiliate marketing.\nIt is a straight forward method that you can use to create a great passive income that will sustain you for years to come. It won\u2019t happen in 5 minutes though.\nThe real way to make money online takes time to cultivate. You have to have great S.E.O. on your website so that search engines find you and bring visitors to your site.\nBefore you can make money, you have to gain the trust of your visitors and that is done by giving them solutions that they are searching for.\nPeople are searching for ways to make money online. You can steer them on a path to achieve success that helps them. You can offer them solutions to avoid being scammed online and that helps them.\nA Safe Place To Learn And Profit\nI wasn\u2019t always such a successful entrepreneur but the good thing is I found a safe place to learn. Affiliate marketing is my favorite way of making money online.\nYou can make as much money as you want with affiliate marketing. It all depends on how much you are willing to put into it.\nIt takes hard work to develop your business to the point it makes a good income for you. Some folks I know are making hundreds of thousands of dollars in affiliate marketing sales.\nOnce you get it set up the right way, it\u2019s much easier to maintain. It took me a while to learn the ins-and-outs of affiliate marketing because there is so much to learn about how to make it successful.\nThe best thing that happened to me was the day I discovered the amazing platform on wealthy affiliate. The training there is absolutely unbelievable.\nIt\u2019s not something you can learn overnight. There\u2019s just too much you need to know. At wealthy affiliate though, everything you need to know is in the training, so you too, can become an expert in affiliate marketing and explode your income.\nI can\u2019t tell you how long it will take you to start making money. It depends totally on how much time you put into it. Some get through the training quicker than others.\nThey work on their sites day and night, every waking hour. Others have full-time jobs and only work on it a few hours on the weekends.\nThe thing is you can all get there whether you are the turtle or the hare, you can get there. You have to have a mindset that quitting is not an option.\nAt wealthy affiliate some things you will learn are how to properly set up your SEO to optimize your site for search engines, how to choose a suitable niche and domain name, how to install your website on WordPress, how to write awesome content, how to monetize your site and so much more.\nIf you\u2019re ready to get serious about making money online click the green button below and be amazed !\nKent February 1, 2019\tReply\nI\u2019ve joined things like this before and they\u2019re definitely very sketchy. In my opinion if they\u2019re offering fake testimonials then I would call them a scam, these don\u2019t seem to mind using dirty tricks to get people to hand over their money. I also don\u2019t even think they\u2019ll honor their 100% money back guarantee, otherwise they\u2019ll be very busy handing out refunds!\nThank you, Kent, for stopping by and leaving a comment on my post. Yes, there are definitely red flags to watch out for so that we can avoid these scams. Blessings! Fran", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 108, "original_length": 8395, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 316.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://backstreetdjeli.com/2018/08/29/turning-point-the-triumph-of-senator-john-s-mccain-iii-1936-2018/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:57Z", "digest": "sha1:LQI6LKN6MOJDDLRWRGD72QDMZI3C6JF4", "length": 9447, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "backstreetdjeli.com", "title": "TURNING POINT: The Triumph of Senator John S. McCain, III, 1936-2018 \u2013 \"Talking Drum Dialogues\" (formerly 'Backstreet Djeli's Blog')", "raw_content": "While I never met Senator John McCain (08/29/1936 \u2013 08/25/2018), as a U.S. Navy Viet Nam Era Veteran and American Legion member (Post 141, Virginia), myself, I\u2019ve come across a few naval fighter pilots, during and following my military service. As a result, I have a fairly good idea of what the man was made of.\nNaval fighter pilots (and other military aviators) are a hearty, often boisterous and down-to-earth bunch. Their linear thinking, step-by-step approach to solving problems can be frustrating to other professionals bent on applying intellectual theories to complex analytical activities, something I learned first-hand during CIC (Combat Information Center) duties and at-sea warfare exercises.\nIn Times of Crisis\u2026 and, Challenge\nBut, a combat pilot\u2019s ability to draw quick, instinctive conclusions on critical, mental problem-solving challenges is a cherished skill which is highly valued and respected by enemies, \u201cfrenemies\u201d and allies, alike. Yet, according to some of their closest friends, they can be dreaded competitors in good-natured, off-duty drinking contests among friends, or foe, but cherished comrades in barroom brawls.\nActually, these were some of the conclusions I recall, mostly during \u2018liberty calls\u2019 in foreign seaports and shore-leave breaks from long sea patrols, or at-sea warfare exercises. Once ashore, in foreign ports of call, troops from various squadrons and ships often made a beeline to waterfront bars and grills before beginning their cherished R&R (slang for rest and recuperation period).\nOn occasion, during multi-nation NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) exercises, you\u2019d bend elbows at the bar with allied troops, as well. And, many conversations and jokes would follow about the exercise\u2019s boogeyman foil objectives\u2013 at that time, the Soviet Union\u2013 and the drama associated with how we always chased the Russian \u201cBear\u201d bombers away from probing our fleet exercises. After scrambling jet fighters from nearby aircraft carriers for the intercept and chase, we\u2019d sit around our plotting stations, cheering, with high-fives and \u2018thumb\u2019s up\u2019 signs all around, as if we\u2019d won a battle. And, task force fighter pilots were always the hero of the day in the unfolding drama.\nMuch has already been said about the life and military career of Senator McCain since his death, reportedly from an aggressive form of brain cancer, on August 25, 2018, while at home in the comfort and care of his family. And, I am saddened by his passing, as well as the political hoopla, pretense, and shenanigans which trailed in the wake, some from members of his own party. He was 81. But, his earlier exploits as a combat pilot and scrappy fighter in political or congressional debates will live on in honor. He spoke truth to power; you didn\u2019t need to like it\u2026 you simply had to respect it. Where he stood, in times of crisis, challenge or controversy, has never been in question. His prisoner of war experiences proved as much.\nMcCain-Obama\nOn the other hand, I\u2019m proud of the stands taken by the American Legion, the American Veterans (AMVETS), and other veterans\u2019 groups, especially within the vigorous protests against the White House\u2019s initial and shameless failure to issue an appropriate presidential proclamation to note Senator McCain\u2019s death and legacy of service, as well as keeping the nation\u2019s flag at half-staff, consistent with established protocol, through his interment. Yet, I remain embarrassed about the disgraceful incident. But, I won\u2019t belabor the point.\nThe Helsinki Debacle\nHowever, I would like to voice a couple of points so eloquently put forth by Senator McCain, himself. The first stems from the so-called \u201cHelsinki Summit\u201d\u2013 the July 16, 2018 meeting between United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2014 in Helsinki, Finland. It left me boiling mad, at the time. But, here\u2019s how Senator McCain summarized the affair, which dropped my temperature a tad:\n\u201cToday\u2019s press conference in Helsinki was one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president in memory. The damage inflicted by President Trump\u2019s naivet\u00e9, egotism, false equivalence, and sympathy for autocrats is difficult to calculate. But it is clear that the summit in Helsinki was a tragic mistake.\n\u201cPresident Trump proved not only unable but unwilling to stand up to Putin. He and Putin seemed to be speaking from the same script as the president made a conscious choice to defend a tyrant against the fair questions of a free press and to grant Putin an uncontested platform to spew propaganda and lies to the world.\n\u201cIt is tempting to describe the press conference as a pathetic rout \u2014 as an illustration of the perils of under-preparation and inexperience. But these were not the errant tweets of a novice politician. These were the deliberate choices of a president who seems determined to realize his delusions of a warm relationship with Putin\u2019s regime without any regard for the true nature of his rule, his violent disregard for the sovereignty of his neighbors, his complicity in the slaughter of the Syrian people, his violation of international treaties, and his assault on democratic institutions throughout the world.\n\u201cComing close on the heels of President Trump\u2019s bombastic and erratic conduct towards our closest friends and allies in Brussels and Britain, today\u2019s press conference marks a recent low point in the history of the American presidency. That the president was attended in Helsinki by a team of competent and patriotic advisers makes his blunders and capitulations all the more painful and inexplicable.\n\u201cNo prior president has ever abased himself more abjectly before a tyrant. Not only did President Trump fail to speak the truth about an adversary; but speaking for America to the world, our president failed to defend all that makes us who we are \u2014 a republic of free people dedicated to the cause of liberty at home and abroad. American presidents must be the champions of that cause if it is to succeed. Americans are waiting and hoping for President Trump to embrace that sacred responsibility. One can only hope they are not waiting totally in vain.\u201d\nMcCain \u2013 Thumbs Down!\nThe second point I\u2019d like to echo is among Senator McCain\u2019s final words to America, as voiced in the \u201cfarewell statement.\u201d They were read by Rick Davis, a former presidential campaign manager (for Senator McCain) and a family spokesman, at a recent press conference at the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix:\n\u201cI have often observed that I am the luckiest person on earth. I feel that way even now as I prepare for the end of my life. I have loved my life, all of it. I have had experiences, adventures, and friendships enough for ten satisfying lives, and I am so thankful. Like most people, I have regrets. But I would not trade a day of my life, in good or bad times, for the best day of anyone else\u2019s.\n\u201c\u2018Fellow Americans\u2019 \u2013 that association has meant more to me than any other. I lived and died a proud American. We are citizens of the world\u2019s greatest republic, a nation of ideals, not blood and soil. We are blessed and are a blessing to humanity when we uphold and advance those ideals at home and in the world. We have helped liberate more people from tyranny and poverty than ever before in history. We have acquired great wealth and power in the process.\n\u201c\u2026Not Blood and Soil\u201d\nMcCain, Viet Nam\nNo truer words have ever been spoken, in my opinion. There\u2019s no need to add to them. Besides, the American people have already said enough for and against the legacy of this American War Hero.\nYet, I\u2019d like to add one final note. When I reflect on my own life experiences, I\u2019ve become profoundly aware of something very important about who we, as a nation, happen to be. Regardless of our differences or deficiencies\u2013 and, there are many\u2013 the strength of our national fabric stems from the threads we have in common, including the freedoms of speech, religion, and free enterprise, just to name a few- surely, not strands of Nazi slogans and racialized dog-whistle politics!\nBut, instead of bull-headed retreats into partisan cubbyholes, whatever differences of opinions we may have (political or personal) can be easily resolved, as long as we have the proper leadership at the helm and fact-based issues are on the table. America\u2019s active military forces, on patrol and peacekeeping duties around the globe, have proven this over and over, and continue to do so daily, 24/7. And, the mettle of John McCain is well represented within many of them, officers and crews alike.\nFrankly, the way I see it, the death of Senator McCain could be the turning point the nation has been needing, long before the flaky \u201cHelsinki Summit.\u201d At least, in my opinion, the moral compass of the nation is now center stage, as every so often. Once again, \u201cWe the People\u201d will simply have to decide\u2013 and, soon: Exactly what are the internalized sets of values and objectives which we will insist on shepherding our collective ethical behavior? What is or will be the relationship dynamics with our traditional allies (not our enemies)?\nAnd, for the sake of our ancestors or, arguably, the many angels who now walk among us: What type of leader should be leading us and bringing us together, rather than dividing us? A good leader\u2013 at least the kind I\u2019m familiar with\u2013 works for the good of all of the people, not a selective few.\nIN MEMORIAM: Aretha Franklin... \"Queen of Soul,\" 1942 - 2018", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 101, "original_length": 16316, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 271.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://barkbarkwoofwoof.com/category/corporate-greed/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:01Z", "digest": "sha1:YLAIQVV4HHLZA64ILHA64DYBSH5OPZA4", "length": 70947, "nlines": 234, "source_domain": "barkbarkwoofwoof.com", "title": "Corporate Greed | Bark Bark Woof Woof", "raw_content": "Category Archives: Corporate Greed\nFake Out \u2014 Max Read in New York Magazine on how much of the internet is fake.\nIn late November, the Justice Department unsealed indictments against eight people accused of fleecing advertisers of $36 million in two of the largest digital ad-fraud operations ever uncovered. Digital advertisers tend to want two things: people to look at their ads and \u201cpremium\u201d websites \u2014 i.e., established and legitimate publications \u2014 on which to host them.\nThe two schemes at issue in the case, dubbed Methbot and 3ve by the security researchers who found them, faked both. Hucksters infected 1.7 million computers with malware that remotely directed traffic to \u201cspoofed\u201d websites \u2014 \u201cempty websites designed for bot traffic\u201d that served up a video ad purchased from one of the internet\u2019s vast programmatic ad-exchanges, but that were designed, according to the indictments, \u201cto fool advertisers into thinking that an impression of their ad was served on a premium publisher site,\u201d like that of Vogue or The Economist. Views, meanwhile, were faked by malware-infected computers with marvelously sophisticated techniques to imitate humans: bots \u201cfaked clicks, mouse movements, and social network login information to masquerade as engaged human consumers.\u201d Some were sent to browse the internet to gather tracking cookies from other websites, just as a human visitor would have done through regular behavior. Fake people with fake cookies and fake social-media accounts, fake-moving their fake cursors, fake-clicking on fake websites \u2014 the fraudsters had essentially created a simulacrum of the internet, where the only real things were the ads.\nHow much of the internet is fake? Studies generally suggest that, year after year, less than 60 percent of web traffic is human; some years, according to some researchers, a healthy majority of it is bot. For a period of time in 2013, the Times reported this year, a full half of YouTube traffic was \u201cbots masquerading as people,\u201d a portion so high that employees feared an inflection point after which YouTube\u2019s systems for detecting fraudulent traffic would begin to regard bot traffic as real and human traffic as fake. They called this hypothetical event \u201cthe Inversion.\u201d\nIn the future, when I look back from the high-tech gamer jail in which President PewDiePie will have imprisoned me, I will remember 2018 as the year the internet passed the Inversion, not in some strict numerical sense, since bots already outnumber humans online more years than not, but in the perceptual sense. The internet has always played host in its dark corners to schools of catfish and embassies of Nigerian princes, but that darkness now pervades its every aspect: Everything that once seemed definitively and unquestionably real now seems slightly fake; everything that once seemed slightly fake now has the power and presence of the real. The \u201cfakeness\u201d of the post-Inversion internet is less a calculable falsehood and more a particular quality of experience \u2014 the uncanny sense that what you encounter online is not \u201creal\u201d but is also undeniably not \u201cfake,\u201d and indeed may be both at once, or in succession, as you turn it over in your head.\nThe metrics are fake.\nTake something as seemingly simple as how we measure web traffic. Metrics should be the most real thing on the internet: They are countable, trackable, and verifiable, and their existence undergirds the advertising business that drives our biggest social and search platforms. Yet not even Facebook, the world\u2019s greatest data\u2013gathering organization, seems able to produce genuine figures. In October, small advertisers filed suit against the social-media giant, accusing it of covering up, for a year, its significant overstatements of the time users spent watching videos on the platform (by 60 to 80\u202fpercent, Facebook says; by 150 to 900 percent, the plaintiffs say). According to an exhaustive list at MarketingLand, over the past two years Facebook has admitted to misreporting the reach of posts on Facebook Pages (in two different ways), the rate at which viewers complete ad videos, the average time spent reading its \u201cInstant Articles,\u201d the amount of referral traffic from Facebook to external websites, the number of views that videos received via Facebook\u2019s mobile site, and the number of video views in Instant Articles.\nCan we still trust the metrics? After the Inversion, what\u2019s the point? Even when we put our faith in their accuracy, there\u2019s something not quite real about them: My favorite statistic this year was Facebook\u2019s claim that 75 million people watched at least a minute of Facebook Watch videos every day \u2014 though, as Facebook admitted, the 60 seconds in that one minute didn\u2019t need to be watched consecutively. Real videos, real people, fake minutes.\nThe people are fake.\nAnd maybe we shouldn\u2019t even assume that the people are real. Over at YouTube, the business of buying and selling video views is \u201cflourishing,\u201d as the Times reminded readers with a lengthy investigation in August. The company says only \u201ca tiny fraction\u201d of its traffic is fake, but fake subscribers are enough of a problem that the site undertook a purge of \u201cspam accounts\u201d in mid-December. These days, the Times found, you can buy 5,000 YouTube views \u2014 30 seconds of a video counts as a view \u2014 for as low as $15; oftentimes, customers are led to believe that the views they purchase come from real people. More likely, they come from bots. On some platforms, video views and app downloads can be forged in lucrative industrial counterfeiting operations. If you want a picture of what the Inversion looks like, find a video of a \u201cclick farm\u201d: hundreds of individual smartphones, arranged in rows on shelves or racks in professional-looking offices, each watching the same video or downloading the same app.\nThis is obviously not real human traffic. But what would real human traffic look like? The Inversion gives rise to some odd philosophical quandaries: If a Russian troll using a Brazilian man\u2019s photograph to masquerade as an American Trump supporter watches a video on Facebook, is that view \u201creal\u201d? Not only do we have bots masquerading as humans and humans masquerading as other humans, but also sometimes humans masquerading as bots, pretending to be \u201cartificial-intelligence personal assistants,\u201d like Facebook\u2019s \u201cM,\u201d in order to help tech companies appear to possess cutting-edge AI. We even have whatever CGI Instagram influencer Lil Miquela is: a fake human with a real body, a fake face, and real influence. Even humans who aren\u2019t masquerading can contort themselves through layers of diminishing reality: The Atlantic reports that non-CGI human influencers are posting fake sponsored content \u2014 that is, content meant to look like content that is meant to look authentic, for free \u2014 to attract attention from brand reps, who, they hope, will pay them real money.\nThe businesses are fake.\nThe money is usually real. Not always \u2014 ask someone who enthusiastically got into cryptocurrency this time last year \u2014 but often enough to be an engine of the Inversion. If the money is real, why does anything else need to be? Earlier this year, the writer and artist Jenny Odell began to look into an Amazon reseller that had bought goods from other Amazon resellers and resold them, again on Amazon, at higher prices. Odell discovered an elaborate network of fake price-gouging and copyright-stealing businesses connected to the cultlike Evangelical church whose followers resurrected Newsweek in 2013 as a zombie search-engine-optimized spam farm. She visited a strange bookstore operated by the resellers in San Francisco and found a stunted concrete reproduction of the dazzlingly phony storefronts she\u2019d encountered on Amazon, arranged haphazardly with best-selling books, plastic tchotchkes, and beauty products apparently bought from wholesalers. \u201cAt some point I began to feel like I was in a dream,\u201d she wrote. \u201cOr that I was half-awake, unable to distinguish the virtual from the real, the local from the global, a product from a Photoshop image, the sincere from the insincere.\u201d\nThe content is fake.\nThe only site that gives me that dizzying sensation of unreality as often as Amazon does is YouTube, which plays host to weeks\u2019 worth of inverted, inhuman content. TV episodes that have been mirror-flipped to avoid copyright takedowns air next to huckster vloggers flogging merch who air next to anonymously produced videos that are ostensibly for children. An animated video of Spider-Man and Elsa from Frozen riding tractors is not, you know, not real: Some poor soul animated it and gave voice to its actors, and I have no doubt that some number (dozens? Hundreds? Millions? Sure, why not?) of kids have sat and watched it and found some mystifying, occult enjoyment in it. But it\u2019s certainly not \u201cofficial,\u201d and it\u2019s hard, watching it onscreen as an adult, to understand where it came from and what it means that the view count beneath it is continually ticking up.\nThese, at least, are mostly bootleg videos of popular fictional characters, i.e., counterfeit unreality. Counterfeit reality is still more difficult to find\u2014for now. In January 2018, an anonymous Redditor created a relatively easy-to-use desktop-app implementation of \u201cdeepfakes,\u201d the now-infamous technology that uses artificial-intelligence image processing to replace one face in a video with another \u2014 putting, say, a politician\u2019s over a porn star\u2019s. A recent academic paper from researchers at the graphics-card company Nvidia demonstrates a similar technique used to create images of computer-generated \u201chuman\u201d faces that look shockingly like photographs of real people. (Next time Russians want to puppeteer a group of invented Americans on Facebook, they won\u2019t even need to steal photos of real people.) Contrary to what you might expect, a world suffused with deepfakes and other artificially generated photographic images won\u2019t be one in which \u201cfake\u201d images are routinely believed to be real, but one in which \u201creal\u201d images are routinely believed to be fake \u2014 simply because, in the wake of the Inversion, who\u2019ll be able to tell the difference?\nOur politics are fake.\nSuch a loss of any anchoring \u201creality\u201d only makes us pine for it more. Our politics have been inverted along with everything else, suffused with a Gnostic sense that we\u2019re being scammed and defrauded and lied to but that a \u201creal truth\u201d still lurks somewhere. Adolescents are deeply engaged by YouTube videos that promise to show the hard reality beneath the \u201cscams\u201d of feminism and diversity \u2014 a process they call \u201cred-pilling\u201d after the scene in The Matrix when the computer simulation falls away and reality appears. Political arguments now involve trading accusations of \u201cvirtue signaling\u201d \u2014 the idea that liberals are faking their politics for social reward \u2014 against charges of being Russian bots. The only thing anyone can agree on is that everyone online is lying and fake.\nWe ourselves are fake.\nWhich, well. Everywhere I went online this year, I was asked to prove I\u2019m a human. Can you retype this distorted word? Can you transcribe this house number? Can you select the images that contain a motorcycle? I found myself prostrate daily at the feet of robot bouncers, frantically showing off my highly developed pattern-matching skills \u2014 does a Vespa count as a motorcycle, even? \u2014 so I could get into nightclubs I\u2019m not even sure I want to enter. Once inside, I was directed by dopamine-feedback loops to scroll well past any healthy point, manipulated by emotionally charged headlines and posts to click on things I didn\u2019t care about, and harried and hectored and sweet-talked into arguments and purchases and relationships so algorithmically determined it was hard to describe them as real.\nI\u2019m real. I don\u2019t know about the rest of you, though.\nDoonesbury \u2014 Journey to Nothingness.\nCategories: Bad Advertising, Corporate Greed, The Web\nISIS raises the stakes with attack on Egypt mosque.\nMugabe \u201cstill has a role to play\u201d in Zimbabwe.\nConyers gives up judiciary post during assault inquiry.\nBig Tobacco finally tells the truth \u2014 by court order.\nArchbishop of Canterbury baffled by Christians who back Trump.\nCategories: Corporate Greed, International Relations, Klown Kar, School For Scandal\nTrump\u2019s tax plan is great for business. Deficit? What?\nNational parks endangered by Trump\u2019s plan to reverse course on preservation.\n\u201cFreedom Caucus\u201d approves warmed-over healthcare bill.\nWhich are the highest \u2014 and lowest \u2014 rated U.S. airlines?\nTalk about your native Americans\u2026\nR.I.P. Jonathan Demme, 73, director of \u201cSilence of the Lambs\u201d and \u201cPhiladelphia.\u201d\nCategories: Breaking News, Corporate Greed, History, Money Matters, Natural Disasters, RIP, Travel Notes\nU.S. \u201cworking with China\u201d over North Korea.\nThousands of refugees saved off the Libyan coast.\nTurkey\u2019s Erdogan claims victory in referendum; critics cry fraud.\nUnited changes their overbooking policy.\nBorder wall could leave some Americans in the Mexican side.\nThe Tigers are off to a respectable start: They\u2019re 8-4 and atop the AL Central.\nCategories: Baseball, Corporate Greed, International Relations, Klown Kar\nMillennials vs. Trump \u2014 Doug Bock Clark in Mother Jones on Jon Ossoff\u2019s run for Congress in Georgia.\nJon Ossoff doesn\u2019t like to talk about his age. His reticence is understandable. Since the media and liberal voters foisted the 30-year-old political neophyte from the Atlanta suburbs into the national spotlight, he\u2019s been celebrated by Democrats as a wunderkind who might lead the resistance against Trump and simultaneously ridiculed by Republicans, who fear the same thing, as a \u201cspoiled frat boy.\u201d As the front-runner in the heated special election race to replace Tom Price, whom Trump elevated to be his secretary of health and human services, in Georgia\u2019s Sixth Congressional District\u2014a seat not held by a Democrat since the 1970s\u2014he has endured numerous attacks targeting his relative youth. One ad spliced authentic clips of Ossoff costumed as Han Solo from a college spoof video with stock footage of frat boys doing keg stands. \u201cI don\u2019t want to marginalize youth,\u201d recently mused Bruce LeVell, 53, former head of Trump\u2019s national diversity coalition and one of 11 Republican, five Democratic, and two independent candidates who will face off against Ossoff on April 18. \u201cBut I think that a wealth of life experiences can be a tremendous asset for a congressional seat.\u201d\nSpeaking last week in Alpharetta, Georgia, at a mansion overlooking a lake, Ossoff had attracted so many supporters that the property\u2019s owner nervously joked his deck might not be able to support the crowd. In the previous three hours, we\u2019d visited four separate rallies where hordes of Democrats lined roads with signs reading \u201cVote Your Ossoff.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m trying to make the case to voters across the political spectrum,\u201d Ossoff told the assembly, \u201cthat someone who brings a younger perspective\u201d\u2014then he corrected himself\u2014\u201da fresher perspective\u2026 can change the culture in Washington more effectively than someone who has run for office nine or ten times.\u201d\nWith his campaign promise to \u201cMake Trump Furious,\u201d Ossoff is riding a wave of disaffection among all Democrats, but millennials are an especially important part of his coalition. Consistently polling in the mid-to-low-40s, Ossoff needs only a handful more percentage points to break the 50% threshold on April 18 and claim outright victory. If he fails to obtain a majority he\u2019ll face a much tougher runoff vote on June 20 versus the second-place finisher, in support of whom a critical mass of Republican voters might unite. The Sixth District is deeply Republican, with a white, elderly, and affluent voter base, which may be hard to sway from their traditional voting habits. But the district includes 146,000 people aged 18 to 34\u2014about 27% of all eligible voters in the district\u2014and Ossoff is relying, in part, on these young voters to turn out in unprecedented numbers and nudge him to victory. The race is so close that one of the only ways for Ossoff to win, in other words, is for large numbers of millennials to do for him what they didn\u2019t do for Hillary Clinton: vote.\n\u201cMy generation has gotten complacent about our rights,\u201d Alison Curnie, 31, said on the deck overlooking the lake, as she endorsed Ossoff to the cheering crowd. \u201cWe thought they would be there in perpetuity. But if anything good has come out of this last election, it\u2019s that we\u2019re no longer complacent.\u201d\nDuring the two days I spent on the campaign trail, young people were an inescapable presence. Most staffers and volunteers I encountered were of the millennial generation, though there were plenty of older people as well. Ossoff\u2019s supporters believe his youth is a positive quality, a way to bring a new mindset to Washington. As Matt Tompkins, 26, told me, \u201cOssoff is the first time we\u2019ve had someone who represents our socially conscious values. Someone who\u2019s 60 doesn\u2019t have the worldview of being raised in modern reality with technology, the internet, diversity, and everything else.\u201d\nSo far, millennials have been a dormant power in politics. As John Della Volpe, the Director of Polling at Harvard\u2019s Institute of Politics, told me: \u201cThere are more millennials than any other generation on earth, but they don\u2019t vote in the same proportion that other generations do. The main reason they don\u2019t vote is they don\u2019t see a tangible impact from it, so the degree to which Ossoff can convince them that this election matters is going to be key.\u201d\nAnd so while a flurry of punditry in recent days has interpreted Ossoff\u2019s campaign as a predictor of whether or not anti-Trump sentiment will be enough to buoy Dems to congressional victories over the next two years, his race also raises another and perhaps more pressing question: Can this 30-year-old, and the anti-Trump resistance of which he\u2019s been anointed figurehead and bellwether, re-energize young voters\u2019 enthusiasm for democracy in general and Democrats in particular?\n\u201cPreviously, I\u2019d been a registered Republican, even Libertarian leaning,\u201d Curnie told me on the deck. \u201cI used to have the luxury of being a Republican because I didn\u2019t think anyone was coming for my birth control and civil rights. But this election has made me realize we\u2019ve got to stick up for our civil rights before we worry about tax brackets.\u201d\nOssoff\u2019s success owes a great deal to his becoming an internet phenomenon. When he launched his campaign in early January with an email telling voters to \u201cMake Trump Furious,\u201d it caught the attention of liberal bloggers anxiously following the third Congressional contest of the Trump era. Daily Kos, the left-leaning website, began promoting him. Donations poured in, with each fundraising success spurring more coverage. Today he has amassed more than $8.3 million in about three months, much of it from out-of-state voters\u2014a record for a candidate who is not self-financed. His campaign says he has received nearly 200,000 separate donations from all over the nation, at an average size of $43.\nJust as Ossoff has seized national attention in a particularly social media-savvy way, his life before the race shows how a generation of millennials may be preparing for politics. Raised in the suburb of Northlake, Ossoff always dreamt of becoming a politician. He planted yard placards with his parents in support of local Democrats as a boy. By 2003, his childhood friend Karl Langberg, 30, remembers that he was running a blog devoted to politics and debating online with older readers, who didn\u2019t know they were arguing with a teenager behind the screen. At Paideia, a pricy private high school, he started an alternative publication to the school newspaper, which he named the Great Speckled Pi in homage to a liberal underground Atlanta newspaper of the sixties and seventies. By then, his friends knew he wanted to one day run for office. \u201cThere was an understanding among our group,\u201d says Dustin Chambers, another childhood friend, \u201cthat he wanted to run someday and he was equipping himself to do so.\u201d\nOssoff\u2019s focus on government continued while studying at Georgetown\u2019s School of Foreign Service, during which he also worked part-time for Representative Hank Johnson. Facebook went global when he was a freshmen, forever transforming politics by recording every embarrassing moment of one\u2019s youth. \u201cBut,\u201d Chambers said, \u201cJon immediately became aware of how that altered the political landscape. It made clear to him that he needed to be a squeaky-clean guy.\u201d After graduating, he managed Johnson\u2019s 2010 reelection campaign and then worked for him fulltime on the Hill, specializing in national security issues.\nOssoff\u2019s work for Johnson has been the substance of the one attack that has dinged his reputation. He carefully claims: \u201cI\u2019ve got five years of experience as a national security staffer in the U.S. Congress. I held top secret security clearance.\u201d All of which is true\u2014though two of those years he was working part-time and he only held top-level clearance for five months at the end of his time on the Hill. \u201cTechnically, Ossoff walks a very careful line,\u201d a Washington Post fact-checker wrote. \u201cBut the overall impression is misleading.\u201d\nIn 2013, he earned a master\u2019s degree at the London School of Economics, and then became CEO of Insight TWI, a VICE-like new media company, whose films have documented corruption among judges in Africa and the front-line battle against ISIS. As he traversed the globe with a camera, he still thought about seeking office, but assumed it would be far in the future.\nOn the night of November 8, he was filming a right-wing militia in rural Georgia as men sat around a campfire and watched the election results roll in on their cellphones. Distraught, he drove an hour-and-a-half to Manuel\u2019s, a famous Atlanta watering hole for politicos, where he met his childhood friend Chambers and watched Trump claim victory. \u201cI had never seen him so scared, so unsure,\u201d Chambers, who is now a volunteer on Ossoff\u2019s campaign, recalls. \u201cHe is one of those people who always has the answers. That night, I could see him calculating a lot of different disturbing outcomes for the next four years.\u201d\nThe day after his appearance at the lake house, Ossoff sat onstage in the Dunwoody High School auditorium along with 17 other candidates\u2014the full spectrum of American political opinion, from the Tea Party to moderate Republicans, including Karen Handel, his nearest competitor, with 15% of the vote in polls. The majority of voters were white-haired or bald, and paged through programs as each candidate spoke, making notes. But most millennials in attendance already had their minds made up: they wore Ossoff blue and loudly cheered him.\nWhile he waited for his turn to speak, Ossoff kept his gaze fixed on each speechifying opponent, as a Republican tracker in jean shorts and hiking boots aimed a mini-cam at his face. A tracker has been video-taping Ossoff\u2019s every move for about two months, sometimes shouting questions at him, trying to force a reaction that can be turned into an attack ad or negative news story.\nWhen Ossoff took the microphone, he said, \u201cI worked on Capitol Hill for five years, and I saw how things work and how they do not. I saw the partisanship, the gridlock, the pettiness, and the corruption. I think it\u2019s time for fresh leadership in Washington.\u201d Speaking, he kept his hands clasped in front of him, his fingers carefully interlaced, never flourishing his arms or stabbing a finger to emphasize a point. The rest of his speech sketched plans to grow the district\u2019s burgeoning technology sector and to fight government corruption, though it presented few details and lacked the shots at Trump that initially fired up the base. If there\u2019s one signature issue that Ossoff has promised to tackle in Congress, it\u2019s bringing his investigative documentary chops to bear on Washington\u2014but the specifics of what muck he\u2019d rake are hazy.\nUltimately, this is probably part of his strategy. Acknowledging the Republican tilt of the district, Ossoff has kept his recent statements just a few inches left of the center and vague. He has appealed to progressive Berniecrats primarily by positioning himself against Trump, but without pushing their core platform positions like single-payer healthcare, free tuition, or steep taxes on the rich.\nOssoff also has to appeal to the nearly 317,000 minorities in the district, especially in DeKalb County, where many are concentrated. However, the worst early voting turnout has been in the heavily Democratic DeKalb County, though this may partially be due to the fact that it has the worst voting access in the district.\nIt\u2019s in regard to Ossoff\u2019s fuzzy policies that this race circles back to larger questions about the fight against Trump. Can a classic liberal, whose positions seem more in line with the pre-Trump-era Democratic party establishment, spark millennials to vote in significant numbers? If Ossoff ducks leading youthful progressives, is anti-Trump fervor and the implicit promise of shared life-experience going to be enough for them to identity with him?\nIt\u2019s a question the party is wrestling with on a national scale. Many liberals are angered that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee didn\u2019t invest in the race for the seat vacated when Trump picked Mike Pompeo to become Director of the CIA, believing they didn\u2019t have a shot to win in the deeply red Wichita, Kansas, district\u2014only to find that the Republican candidate barely triumphed. Ossoff\u2019s surprise front-runner status is a testament to the power of the anti-Trump movement, but the flaws in his coalition also speak to fractures in the larger Democratic party alliance that may sabotage his chances of electoral success.\nOssoff\u2019s reticence to deeply engage with policy questions, and his statuesque self-control on the campaign trail, has led some observers to criticize him as stiff and lacking depth, including a recent New York magazine profiler. When I asked Ossoff for his response to the article, he said: \u201cI\u2019m trying to win a congressional race, not give spellbinding magazine interviews.\u201d\nBut many of his millennial fans interpret his self-possession differently: as the result of growing up in an era when every stray bit of speech can end up broadcast across the world. \u201cHe knows that he\u2019s being recorded every second,\u201d Alexandra Brosovich, 24, whom I met at a rally, later told me on the phone. \u201cSomeone who grew up in the 1960s before cellphone videos and social media just doesn\u2019t understand how careful you\u2019ve got to be when everything\u2019s recorded. He made an instant connection with me and my friends.\u201d\nPolitical reporters often want to call the same back-slapping, Big Mac-chomping extroversion authenticity. But maybe at heart Ossoff is simply an even-tempered, conscientious, and deliberate man. He\u2019s the kind of guy who used the word \u201cduplicative\u201d in casual conversation, and at rallies tried to substitute ten-dollar words for ones like \u201cfolks.\u201d According to his childhood friend Chambers, Ossoff even studied Barack Obama as a public persona to emulate. Ossoff summed up his own character to me by saying, \u201cI think, for me, it\u2019s important never to get too high and never to get too low. I just try to remain in a grounded, balanced place.\u201d\nOne day, we visited a baseball field just a few minutes walk from the redbrick house where Ossoff grew up (which still had a fallen Clinton-Kaine yard sign lying by its driveway).\nAs Ossoff and I slung a grass-stained baseball back and forth, even after he shucked his suit jacket, his speech remained precise. When I asked about his strongest memory of that field, he answered: \u201cJust playing catch with my dad, man, in the crisp autumn air, just as the leaves are starting to turn, when you can taste the first bite of winter, coming down here for that last time before it gets too dark, before it gets too cold.\u201d\nThose close to Ossoff acknowledge he is meticulous, but also point out that his exactingness is subordinate to his adventurousness\u2014whether running for Congress or producing documentaries about a female battalion in Iraq. Ossoff has had a pilot license since he was a teenager. Today, in rare interludes of free time, he will gather a small group of friends before dawn, rent a Cessna, and then fly them to remote airstrips in the Appalachian Mountains, where they will hike all day before returning to Atlanta by dusk. \u201cI love the challenge of mountains,\u201d he told me, \u201cthe accomplishment of the summit, the vantage point, and the solitude.\u201d\nDespite Ossoff\u2019s discipline, spend enough time with him and you\u2019ll find his intensity palpable. The unspooling way he pitched the baseball at me looked effortless\u2014he didn\u2019t even break a sweat despite his button-up and tie\u2014but as he pounded my palm with pinpoint accuracy, my hand numbed. Walking off the field, I asked, \u201cWhat\u2019s the event that made you who you are today?\u201d\nHe looked around at the backstop and the basketball courts of the nearby elementary school. Twenty-four seconds slid by. He was new enough to this that he didn\u2019t have an answer immediately at hand.\nThen he said, with a bit of a snarl curling his voice for the first time, \u201cI remember kids getting bullied on the playground. It really pissed me off. And right now, there are a lot of people being bullied in this country.\u201d\nTake A Deep Breath \u2014 Robert Bateman says that North Korea\u2019s nukes are not worth freaking out about.\nI was not all that concerned when the news first broke last week. The Strike Group based around the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson was diverting from a visit and exercises with the Australians and instead heading north from Singapore towards the Western Pacific (and, possibly, the Sea of Japan). The move was seen as saber rattling by many on cable news and in various op-eds, and a positive invitation for chaotic hand-wringing by those of a more anxious nature. But my own assessment was more along the lines of a giant yawn. This has not changed, a whit, since the talking heads here and there have lost their collective minds, worrying about an American strike on North Korea.\nPeople, it ain\u2019t happening.\nWere something like that in the plans, you would see a whole lot of other moving military parts: Other carrier groups heading west from California, Marines being mobilized on Okinawa, amphibious ships being sent out, and Air Force and Army units being sent to staging bases.\nNone of that has happened, so let\u2019s all relax.\nNorth Korea, of course, responded with their normal bluster. As reported by The New York Daily News they issued this warning:\n\u201cThis goes to prove that the U.S. reckless moves for invading the DPRK have reached a serious phase of its scenario,\u201d the spokesman said in a statement, using an acronym for the North\u2019s formal name, the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea. \u201cIf the U.S. dares opt for a military action, crying out for \u2018preemptive attack\u2019 and \u2018removal of the headquarters,\u2019 the DPRK is ready to react to any mode of war desired by the U.S.\u201d\nThey react this way every single time, to every single item, so this press release went in the \u201cso what\u201d file immediately.\nThe bottom line is that, beyond all this hyperbole, the reality of the situation is much less about any American strike on North Korea. Here is why: We do not have the assets in that group to really do much, and in this case, conducting a strike against their homeland would be utter idiocy.\nThe US Navy battle group is assigned to the 3rd Fleet and it consists, officially, of just four major warships, the Aircraft Carrier Carl Vinson, the Aegis Destroyers USS Wayne E. Meyer and USS Michael Murphy, and the Ticonderoga class Cruiser USS Lake Champlain. We do not know, but it can be assumed with some degree of confidence that the group may also be operating in concert with one or more submarines, either regularly or temporarily as the situation dictates.\nIn conventional terms, a group like that does have the potential to pack a pretty good wallop. That close to Japan they would not be overly worried about using a larger percentage of their missile load such as the TLAMs I wrote about last week. But you might as well leave aside the carrier and its air wing, because that is moderately useless for offensive options in any North Korean scenario. (Except, perhaps, as a deception or distraction.) Each of the destroyers, however, has some 96 vertical-launch tubes that can carry both TLAMs and \u201cStandard\u201d air-defense missiles (the SM-2 to be specific), among others. The cruiser Lake Champlain carries an even bigger load, with 122 launching tubes. But as explained last week, those TLAMs would not necessarily be all that useful, given their fairly limited munitions options. The TLAMs carry either pure High Explosives, or a scatterable sub-munition option. Neither of which is much good for punching into things like hardened runways or caves dug into the sides of mountains.\nSo why send that naval package up north? Well, there is one system that has not gotten a ton of media attention, though I am not sure why. That system really could be a useful tool, and one that might be used to send a message while at the same time not leave us open to blame for conducting an offensive strike. It is a combination of the very sophisticated \u201cAegis\u201d radar system carried by both the destroyers and the cruiser, and the upgraded \u201cStandard\u201d missile known as the SM-3.\nThe SM-3 missile (technically the RIM-161, Standard Missile -3) can shoot down other missiles, even ballistic ones. Even satellites in outer space for that matter. And although we do not know if those type of missiles are loaded aboard the Lake Champlain at this instant (information like that would be classified), if I was a betting man, I would probably lay some money that they are.\nWhy does this matter? Because in addition to being pretty loud lately, you might have noticed that North Korea has been testing a lot of missiles. On top of that, the North Koreans just hosted another one of their big self-congratulatory military parades. Sometimes they like to fire off hardware around the time of these events, international treaties and sanctions be damned. Usually those missiles are fired to the east, into the Sea of Japan, and sometimes into Japan\u2019s Exclusive Economic Zone. According to preliminary reports, this hasn\u2019t happened yet. But if it did?\nLet\u2019s get back to our battlegroup, equipped with the SM-3s aboard an Aegis cruiser, operating in international waters well away from North Korea itself. What would international opinion be if we shot an illegally fired missile out of the sky when it was headed towards Japan? It would mean demonstrating at one stroke both North Korea\u2019s inability to actually use those missiles they are trying so hard to develop, and enforcing the sanctions against those same launches that are already in place from the international community.\nFor now? Let\u2019s all take a deep breath.\nFly The Arrogant Skies \u2014 Kaveh Waddell in The Atlantic.\nA security guard stops a customer as she tries to enter a well-stocked aisle in a large department store. \u201cSorry, ma\u2019am,\u201d the guard says. \u201cThis sale is for our silver, gold, and platinum shoppers only.\u201d He points her toward the meager discount corner at the back of the store, where bronze-status shoppers are allowed. She passes attendants who smile only at the elite shoppers, offering them refreshments and guiding them toward the best deals. When she stops for gas on the way home, she gets in a long line for the basic pump, while the priority pump sits empty and unused. At the grocery store, she doesn\u2019t have enough points to approach the organic produce.\nThis beleaguered consumer lives in an alternate reality where businesses can discriminate between their high-value and low-value clientele at will, enticing the biggest spenders to stay while marginalizing bargain hunters and coupon cutters. Most companies couldn\u2019t get away with triaging their customers this way. But some already do: airlines.\nThis inequality is enshrined in frequent-flyer programs. They\u2019re not like typical rewards systems, which simply encourage loyalty with discounts. Instead, they create elaborate hierarchies, discriminating between platinum flyers and coach passengers in nearly every step of the air-travel experience, from booking to baggage claim.\nThese programs also help airlines gather data on their passengers. They track details like customers\u2019 favorite routes, the fares they pay, and extra services they buy, says John Strong, an aviation expert who teaches at William and Mary\u2019s business school.\nDavid Dao, the doctor who was dragged from his seat on a United flight last weekend, was a victim of the airline\u2019s algorithm (and, of course, of security officers in Chicago, who left him with a concussion, a broken nose, and two missing teeth). United\u2019s contract of carriage, which lays out how the airline will treat its passengers, outlines how passengers might be \u201cdenied boarding involuntarily\u201d:\nThe priority of all other confirmed passengers may be determined based on a passenger\u2019s fare class, itinerary, status of frequent-flyer program membership, and the time in which the passenger presents him/herself for check-in without advanced seat assignment.\nDao was more likely to be chosen than others because he wasn\u2019t connecting to another flight, and based on the fact that the algorithm selected him, he probably didn\u2019t rank very highly in United\u2019s rewards program. Strong says a passenger\u2019s itinerary and his or her value as a customer are the main criteria an airline considers when picking who to bump from a flight. \u201cWhile airlines have the information to create a more detailed pecking order, they don\u2019t go much beyond that in practice,\u201d Strong said.\nAirlines can game out just how much each customer is worth, and treat them accordingly, said Joseph Turow, a professor of communications at the University of Pennsylvania. \u201cIrrespective of any individual fare, they have this overarching notion of who their valued customers are, and what their lifetime value is,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd because of the structure of the system, they can take advantage of it to the point of being mean to people.\u201d\nBusiness travelers, who are less likely than leisure travelers to comparison-shop for airfare, reap the rewards of pricey, company-sponsored travel in the form of miles. They\u2019re pampered, while passengers in the back, who are more likely to have simply searched for the best deal, are left without many frills.\nGiving priority to some isn\u2019t a practice unique to the airline industry, says Strong. \u201cMore valuable customers at brokerage houses get dedicated access communications and cheaper trades; hotels offer free wi-fi and other complimentary benefits to their best customers,\u201d he said. \u201cAlmost anyone who has a loyalty program differentiates benefits by the value of different groups of customers.\u201d\nBut the gap between coach and business class is particularly wide. That might partly stem from a lack of competition in the industry, which gives airlines a relatively large amount of control over their customers. Because of the disparity between premium and economy fares\u2014and companies\u2019 willingness to buy expensive seats for their employees, sometimes at the last minute\u2014airlines are mostly interested in luring business passengers. But as they attract those travelers with fancy perks, they provide the economy cabin with only the bare minimum.\nOne reason this is the status quo is that there\u2019s little budget passengers can do to avoid an airline they don\u2019t like. The big U.S. carriers have near-monopolies over air travel from many (though not all) major American airports, leaving price-sensitive travelers little choice when they fly. That makes boycotting a major airline nearly impossible, as Christopher Ingraham wrote in The Washington Post this week. And so carriers can get away with a lot more than, say, retailers or gas stations: If Nordstrom\u2019s starts treating its low-margin customers poorly, they\u2019ll just walk on over to Neiman Marcus, or Bloomingdale\u2019s, or Saks.\nThose retailers can, however, discriminate between their high- and low-value customers more subtly. They might dole out coupons and discounts to encourage their \u201cbest\u201d shoppers to keep coming back\u2014and withhold them from the \u201cbad\u201d ones, like those who have a habit of returning items, or who buy things that don\u2019t make the company very much money. Online stores can do this more surreptitiously, by showing different shoppers different prices and ads, and nudging them toward\u2014or away from\u2014certain products and services.\nOne thing that might be warding off the platinum-sale alternate reality in these other industries is antitrust law. These regulations help keep retailers from forming huge, inescapable monopolies\u2014the kind that United, Delta, American, and Southwest enjoy in parts of the country, thanks to lax regulation of the industry in recent years\u2014and prevent them from deploying these airline-perfected tactics.\nFor now, Turow says, other industries \u201cdon\u2019t have nearly the ability to be as arrogant as the airlines are.\u201d They have to be quieter about their discriminatory tactics, and maintain a pleasant enough atmosphere that won\u2019t drive away their customers. \u201cWhether this will ever change so they can get such a grip on people,\u201d Turow says, \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d But as antitrust policies weaken\u2014as they have over the past few decades\u2014and monopolies grow in power and number, the distance between airlines and the rest of the business world might be in danger of shrinking.\nDoonesbury \u2014 I got your facts right here.\nCategories: Corporate Greed, Democracy, Dictators, War Clouds\nGovernment Isn\u2019t A Business\nHere we go again, reinventing government.\nTrump plans to unveil a new White House office on Monday with sweeping authority to overhaul the federal bureaucracy and fulfill key campaign promises \u2014 such as reforming care for veterans and fighting opioid addiction \u2014 by harvesting ideas from the business world and, potentially, privatizing some government functions.\n\u201cAll Americans, regardless of their political views, can recognize that government stagnation has hindered our ability to properly function, often creating widespread congestion and leading to cost overruns and delays,\u201d Trump said in a statement to The Washington Post. \u201cI promised the American people I would produce results, and apply my \u2018ahead of schedule, under budget\u2019 mentality to the government.\u201d\nKushner proudly notes that most of the members of his team have little-to-no political experience, hailing instead from the world of business. They include Gary Cohn, director of the National Economic Council; Chris Liddell, assistant to the president for strategic initiatives; Reed Cordish, assistant to the president for intergovernmental and technology initiatives; Dina Powell, senior counselor to the president for economic initiatives and deputy national security adviser; and Andrew Bremberg, director of the Domestic Policy Council.\nIvanka Trump, the president\u2019s elder daughter and Kushner\u2019s wife, who now does her advocacy work from a West Wing office, will collaborate with the innovation office on issues such as workforce development but will not have an official role, aides said.\nWe\u2019ve seen this before. Someone running for office promises to run government like a business and get rid of all the red tape and bureaucracy. It makes a great sound bite, but there are problems with the comparison.\nFor one thing, government and business may have similarities in terms of structure: they both work out of offices, they have a corporate structure in terms of chain of command, they have departments that handle various duties such as finance, legal, and public outreach, but there the similarities end. Businesses exist to provide a product or service to a segment of the public and in doing so make a profit, thereby staying in business. They don\u2019t necessarily exist to serve all of the people all of the time and their most important product is a profit and a happy board of directors. Governments, on the other hand and in the words of Thomas Jefferson, \u201care instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,\u201d and the goal of that government is, as the Preamble to the United States Constitution succinctly puts it, \u201cto form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity\u201d. With all due respect to capitalism, that is not the mission statement of a business, and if it tried to do that, it would go out of business in a hurry. That\u2019s why we have government; to do the things no business should attempt or be expected to do.\nThe chief complaint of those in favor of running the government like a business is that government is slow, bureaucratic, and at times wasteful. They have a point, but then this is a large and very complex country with a multiplicity of challenges and situations that face our most basic needs; getting essential services to the all the people both fairly and without endangering life and property isn\u2019t like running a lemonade stand or even a Starbucks. In my world, the task of providing elementary and secondary education to all the children of my county and meeting their needs is incredibly complex; it\u2019s not a one-room school anymore.\nAnd if there is anyone who is going to attempt to make government perform like a business, the last person who should be doing it is Trump. His record of bankruptcies, shoddy and questionable dealings, and hyperbole in trying to pass off cheap crap as the crown jewels is well-documented and the stuff of civil suits. If anything, he should be the first-year MBA seminar in how not to run a company if morality and honest practice are to be considered.\nThe best historical model of how Trump operates and probably how Jared Kushner would SWAT government is enshrined in business lore to the point that the very name has become a term for disaster. Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the Edsel.\nDeveloped at the height of the fabulous \u201950\u2019s, it was to be the car of the future with styling and features to stagger the imagination and set the tone for cars to come. Ford Motor Company invested millions of dollars in the concept, created a whole separate division, and built up the hype to the point that when it was unveiled in September 1957, the automotive world couldn\u2019t wait to see it.\nIt turned out to be all of the above on a grotesque scale. The styling was too radical \u2014 or laughable \u2014 even for the finned and chromed cars of the era, and underneath, it was just another Ford with a lot of features that either didn\u2019t work or were just too much for the public who were still getting used to the idea of automatic transmissions. Not only that, they weren\u2019t very well built. Ford, in an effort to keep costs low, built the cars on the same assembly lines as Fords and Mercurys so the people putting the car together might in their haste put the wrong parts on the vehicle coming down the line.\nThe car quickly became a laughing stock and furious efforts by Ford to save it by toning down the styling, cutting back on models, and merging the new division with Lincoln-Mercury failed. A little more than two years after the Grand Opening the plug was pulled and the name Edsel entered the lexicon of America as a synonym for ignominious failure and a cautionary tale in business schools everywhere.\nGiven the record so far, I fully expect the name Trump to become the Edsel of government and a model for how not to run a country.\nBonus Track: At my request, CLW offered some thoughts on the subject.\nAs you note, the objectives of government and business are diametrically opposite. Businesses serve themselves. They exist to generate profit for the shareholders, and to insure not only their continued existence but their growth and success. The only real reason companies provide good customer service is that it tends to be good for further business, not out of some altruistic sense of \u201cgood.\u201d\nGovernment, on the other hand, is there to serve the country and insure its objectives: peace, tranquility, general welfare, etc. In that sense, the government could be considered the largest US non-profit. And everything about a non-profit is different \u2014 they exist for altruistic reasons, they often run extremely lean, they distribute or reinvest all profits, and they attract an entirely different employee. Employees of government or a non-profit are usually there because of the overall mission, and often forego more lucrative occupations in the for-profit world.\nAs organizations, government needs very different leadership. At the very least there\u2019s scope. The US Gov\u2019t has 4+ million employees (and perhaps that many contractors). That makes it at least twice the size of the world\u2019s largest private employer Wal Mart with just over 2 million. The sheer scope of that means the organizational challenges are staggering. It takes an incredible depth and breadth of leadership skill to manage that, and it\u2019s not a part-time job. That\u2019s why the career employees in government are so important: they provide the experience and skill necessary to lead such a mammoth organization.\nFinally as someone noted on the interweb the other day, we\u2019re not customers of government, we\u2019re the board of directors. You don\u2019t do right by us, you\u2019re fired. Try that at Koch Industries\u2026\nTo expect someone like theDonald, or worse Jared Kushner, who have zero proven track record at managing organizations of more than a few thousand, to \u201cfix\u201d an organization that is 1000x larger is simply ridiculous.\nGoverning is the only profession where having no experience and open disdain for the mission is considered by some to be an asset.\nCategories: Corporate Greed, Klown Kar\nPolice identify Westminster attacker.\nDemocrats plan to filibuster Neil Gorsuch.\nIsrael holds U.S. Jewish teen over bomb threats to synagogues.\nCanadian school board halts travel to U.S. over travel ban.\nSenate votes to let ISPs sell your data without consent.\nCategories: Breaking News, Corporate Greed, Domestic Terrorism, International Relations, Klown Kar, O Canada\nFederal judge puts Muslim ban 2.0 on hold.\nDutch election rejects nationalist Geert Wilders.\nDOJ charges Russian spies with Yahoo! hack.\nFed raises interest rate 0.25%.\nTrump planning to relax auto fuel efficiency standards.\nCategories: Breaking News, Corporate Greed, Democracy, Immigration, Money Matters\nFBI Director Comey faces internal investigation over Clinton e-mails.\nNo more \u201cwet foot/dry foot\u201d for Cubans.\nEt tu, Fiat Chrysler? EPA says they cheated on emissions like VW did.\nC-Span interrupted by Russian TV hack.\nObama considers releasing Chelsea Manning early.\nCategories: Breaking News, Corporate Greed, Cuba, School For Scandal, Technology\nNew military operation begins to oust ISIS from Raqqa.\nNicaragua\u2019s Daniel Ortega appears headed for re-election.\nEmissions scandal inquiry widens to Volkswagen leaders.\nSouth Carolina man may be linked to seven murders.\nNYC marathon gets youngest male winner ever.\nCategories: Breaking News, Corporate Greed, International Relations, Sports News, War\nHurricane Matthew death toll reaches 20.\nWells Fargo CEO steps down in wake of banking scam.\nMajor Trump donors asking for their money back.\nPutin ally threatens nuclear war unless Trump wins.\nFeds plan to fight Zika virus with drones.\nCategories: Campaign 2016, Corporate Greed, International Relations, Natural Disasters\nSen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) takes it to the CEO of Wells Fargo.\nI think I need some ice cream. (I quit smoking years ago.)\nCategories: Consumer Affairs, Corporate Greed\nSickly Sweet \u2014 David Singerman on the shady history of Big Sugar.\nOn Monday, an article in JAMA Internal Medicine reported that in the 1960s, the sugar industry paid Harvard scientists to publish a study blaming fat and cholesterol for coronary heart disease while largely exculpating sugar. This study, published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine in 1967, helped set the agenda for decades of public health policy designed to steer Americans into low-fat foods, which increased carbohydrate consumption and exacerbated our obesity epidemic.\nThis revelation rightly reminds us to view industry-funded nutrition science with skepticism and to continue to demand transparency in scientific research. But ending Big Sugar\u2019s hold on the American diet will require a broader understanding of the various ways in which the industry, for 150 years, has shaped government policy in order to fuel our sugar addiction.\nToday\u2019s sugar industry is a product of the 19th century, when the key federal sugar policy was not a dietary guideline but a tariff on sugar imports. In the decades after the Civil War, Americans\u2019 per capita consumption of sugar more than doubled, from 32 pounds in 1870 to 80 pounds in 1910. As a result, the government got hooked on sugar, too: By 1880, sugar accounted for a sixth of the federal budget.\nTo protect domestic refiners, then the largest manufacturing employer in Northern cities, the tariff distinguished between two kinds of sugar: \u201crefined\u201d and \u201craw.\u201d Refined sugar that was meant for direct consumption paid a much higher rate than did raw sugar crystals intended for further refining and whitening. But by the late 1870s, new industrial sugar factories in the Caribbean began to jeopardize this protectionist structure. Technologically sophisticated, these factories could produce sugar that, while raw by the government\u2019s standard, was consistently much closer to refined sugar than ever before (akin to sweeteners such as Sugar in the Raw today). The American industry now faced potential competition from abroad.\nThe country\u2019s largest refiners mobilized on several fronts. They lobbied the United States Congress to adopt chemical instruments that could measure the percentage of sucrose in a sugar cargo, and to deem sugar refined when its sucrose content was sufficiently high. Previously, customs officers had judged the purpose of a sugar cargo by its color, smell, taste and texture, as people throughout the sugar trade had done for centuries. Now refiners argued that such sensory methods were ripe for abuse because they depended on a subjective appraisal. They demanded a scientific standard instead \u2014 one that would reveal some \u201craw\u201d sugar to be nearly pure and thus subject to higher tariffs \u2014 and they prevailed.\nTheir plea for scientific objectivity may have sounded sensible, but it masked nefarious aims. Like the tobacco industry in the 1960s, these refiners knew that scientific questions were hard for outsiders to adjudicate, and thus easier to manipulate to an industry\u2019s advantage. If refiners were to bribe a customs chemist to shade his results in their favor \u2014 as they were routinely accused of doing for decades, beginning in the 1870s \u2014 such corruption would be much harder for the government to detect than it had been when everyone could see and smell the same sugar.\nIn addition to their lobbying, refiners waged a public campaign to dissuade Americans from eating raw sugar. One of their common advertisements featured a disgusting insect that supposedly inhabited raw sugar and caused an ailment called \u201cgrocer\u2019s itch\u201d in those who handled it. Other pamphlets suggested that Cuban factories operated by slaves or Chinese indentured workers would \u201cgive the people sugar teeming with animals and Cuban dirt.\u201d\nThe refiners\u2019 real agenda, of course, was not Americans\u2019 health; it was to maximize their profits from selling sugar. Thanks in part to their influence over both tariff policy and the new methods of customs collection, the big refiners were soon able to form the Sugar Trust, one of the most notorious and successful monopolies of the Gilded Age. By the early 20th century, belief in the health benefits of refined sugar was so widespread that increasing Americans\u2019 consumption of it actually became a goal of federal policy.\nLooking back at the industry\u2019s transformation of sugar (an edible substance derived from a plant) into sucrose (a molecule), we also see the roots of \u201cnutritionism\u201d in United States policy. That\u2019s the idea that what matters to human health is not food per se but rather a handful of isolable biochemical factors. As food critics like Michael Pollan and Marion Nestle have argued, nutritionism is better at helping processed-food companies market their products as healthy (\u201cwith Omega-3 added!\u201d) than it is at promoting our well-being.\nToday, the sugar industry remains politically powerful, with consequences for both public health and the environment. The Miami Herald reported this summer, for example, that the industry contributed $57 million to Florida elections in the last 22 years; meanwhile, state officials have resisted efforts to make sugar companies pay for their damage to the Everglades.\nIf we want to check the power of Big Sugar, we\u2019d be well served to acknowledge the long record \u2014 past as well as present \u2014 of the industry\u2019s machinations.\nThe Astringent Power of Edward Albee \u2014 Hilton Als in The New Yorker.\nWriting that gets under your skin, in your bones, will play in your head and memory like nothing else. While painting, photography, and movies can come at you with a very particular force\u2014an in-your-face power that, when done correctly, unearths hitherto unexamined or marginalized feelings\u2014dramatic literature lives in your ear, and, when it\u2019s truly great, shapes how you shape words yourself.\nAs a very young writer or, at any rate, as a young person who longed to write, I was especially taken by Edward Albee\u2019s plays, the astringent power of all those speeches and curt one-liners that disinfected or seemed to scour a stage world lousy with illusions. He was a different kind of realist. As the youngest of the three artists who reshaped the architecture of the postwar American theatre\u2014Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller completed the trinity, and were more than a decade older than their younger colleague\u2014Albee didn\u2019t make work that believed only in the story. That is, the playwright wasn\u2019t entirely convinced that telling a story led to anything as trite as catharsis. While Williams and Miller believed their protagonists\u2014and often identified with them\u2014Albee was just as often skeptical if not down right distrustful of what his characters said, and how they said it.\nDespite the violence of their words, Albee\u2019s characters do not speak freely; they are always hedging their bets because life is disappointing, and who wants to have less of what they already have? The best that Albee\u2019s characters manage to do is steel themselves or bulwark themselves against the fake, often within hollow conventions like marriage that his domineering women and seemingly passive men cling to and talk about wryly, and with more longing than their shared bitchiness would ever let on. Like many of us, Albee learned to cope\u2014to build the defenses he felt were necessary to survive\u2014while sitting on his mother\u2019s knee. But he was rarely, if ever, coddled as a child. In an interview with Lillian Ross that appeared in this magazine in 1961, after three of his first short plays were performed in New York and abroad\u20141959\u2019s \u201cThe Zoo Story\u201d; and \u201cThe Death of Bessie Smith\u201d and \u201cThe American Dream,\u201d both from 1961\u2014Albee told the reporter a bit about his background:\nBorn in Washington, D.C., on March 12, 1928, and came to New York when I was two weeks old . . . I have no idea who my natural parents were, although I\u2019m sure my father wasn\u2019t a President, or anything like that. I was adopted by my father, Reed A. Albee, who worked for his father, Edward Franklin Albee, who started a chain of theatres with B. F. Keith and then sold out to R.K.O. My father is retired now. My mother is a remarkable woman. An excellent horsewoman and saddle-horse judge. I was riding from the time I was able to walk. My parents had a stable of horses in Larchmont or Scarsdale or Rye, one of those places. I don\u2019t ride anymore. Just sort of lost interest in it. My parents gave me a good home and a good education. . . . I went to Choate. . . . I was very happy there. I went on to Trinity College, in Hartford, for a year and a half. I didn\u2019t have enough interest in it to stick it out for four years. . . . After a year and a half, the college suggested that I not come back, which was fine with me.\nMemory has a way of trivializing the truth\u2014and smoothing over the past\u2014in a way that is misleading. Albee\u2019s mother may have been an excellent horsewoman, but her skills did not extend to mothering. She treated her only child as something of an accessory, and lived for herself\u2014for her idea of power. The best and most troublesome of Albee\u2019s female characters are her. After Albee left home, he never saw his father again, and he had no real contact with his mother until seventeen years before her death. By then he had made a different kind of family\u2014with like-minded gay men such as the poets Richard Howard and James Merrill, who had troubled relationships with their mothers, too, men who could go toe to toe with Albee in the Village bars they frequented, places where language was a performance in itself, and cruelty a badge of honor.\nOne gets the sense that, growing up and beyond, Albee was rather proud of his put-downs; he wanted to hurt the world he could never show had hurt him. For all the tension and confrontation in his plays, there\u2019s a lot of avoidance. Mystery informs his best-known play, the 1962 Pulitzer Prize-winning \u201cWho\u2019s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?\u201d While Pamela McKinnon\u2019s superlative 2012 production brought out so much in the famous text\u2014including the fact that the warring married couple, George and Martha, were very turned on by one another\u2014it only increased our interest in why, for instance, Martha drank, lied, cheated. Unlike Williams and Miller, Albee did not believe in backstories\u2014that the child was, artistically speaking, father to the man\u2014and when his characters \u201cshare,\u201d none of it is cozy. It\u2019s as if, when he left home, Albee wanted to be a different person\u2014a person who would not describe his past as the past was attached to other people.\nBut, of course, we are always attached to other people: our relationships to them are, to some extent, who we are. Albee learned cruelty at home\u2014one could call his domestic dramas the living room of cruelty\u2014and he wrote most exquisitely about how cruelty can, for some, make a home. As a young artist, he borrowed too heavily from Ionesco\u2014an early and permanent influence, along with Beckett\u2014who thought characters existed for the sole purpose of making theatre. Albee was attracted to that idea, but he was also an American, which meant that storytelling of one sort or another was in his blood. He erred on the side of theatre as theatre when he came out with \u201cTiny Alice,\u201d in 1964. I am very fond of this piece, which purports to be about the richest woman in the world\u2014the Alice of the title\u2014but what it\u2019s really about is unfathomable. (Sir John Gielgud, who starred in the original production, told Albee that he didn\u2019t know what the play was about. Albee said he didn\u2019t really, either.) To my mind, the play is about meta theater, and role-playing; it borrows quite a bit from Jean Genet\u2019s 1957 masterpiece, \u201cThe Balcony,\u201d especially when it zeroes in on organized religion, another form of theatre. Here\u2019s how it opens:\nLawyer: Oomm, yoom, yoom, yoom, Tick-tick-tick-tick-tick. Um? You do-do-do-do-um?. . . .\nThe Cardinal enters\nCardinal: Saint Francis?\nLawyer: Your eminence!\nCardinal: Our dear Saint Francis, who wandered in the fields and forests, talked to all the . . .\nLawyer: Your eminence, we appreciate your kindness in making the time to see us; we know how heavy a schedule you . . .\nCardinal: We are pleased. . . . We are pleased to be your servant . . . if we can be your servant. We addressed you as Saint Francis . . .\nLawyer: Oh, but surely . . .\nCardinal: . . . as Saint Francis . . . who did talk to the birds so, did he not. And here we find you, who talk not only to the birds but to\u2014you must forgive us\u2014to cardinals we well . . . . To cardinals? As well?\nLawyer: We . . . we understood.\nCardinal: Did we.\nLawyer: We find it droll\u2014if altogether appropriate in this setting\u2014that there should be two cardinals . . . uh, together . . . in conversation, as it were.\nCardinal: Ah, well, they are a comfort to each other . . . companionship. And they have so much to say. They . . . understand each other so much better than they would . . . uh, other birds.\nGiven Albee\u2019s interest in the stage as an arena for ideas, it seems strange that critics and audiences rejected important works such as \u201cBox\u201d and \u201cQuotations From Mao Tse-Tung.\u201d Those short plays are all about voice\u2014indeed, \u201cBox\u201d is a monologue starring a woman we never see\u2014and also the logical extension of an experimentalist who, throughout his life, worked within fairly conventional structures. Albee continued to work hard even as, inevitably, he began to lose favor with the critics. He knew theatre was as much subject to trends as anything. In his 1962 essay \u201cSome Notes on Nonconformity,\u201d he put out this warning: \u201cOne must always mistrust fashion, because it is, as often as not, arbitrary; and the assumption that one can become informed of, and participate in, the intellectual temper of our time through reliance on any breathlessly composed list of fashionable far outs is funny and sad\u2014and, what is much worse, terribly conformist.\u201d\nAlbee did like plot and ideas, and often in his work the idea was the story. Listen carefully to Agnes at the beginning of \u201cA Delicate Balance,\u201d from 1966. The drama is about her body\u2014and her mind. In no uncertain terms, she lets Tobias, her husband of many years, know how much he disgusted her at one point, but not before she talks about a thought she has had: What would happen if she lost her mind? Agnes is sister to Nancy in Albee\u2019s underrated and fantastic, in all senses of the word, \u201cSeascape\u201d (1975). There Nancy sits on a beach with another husband of many years, and it doesn\u2019t take her long to goad him into talking about a past that he doesn\u2019t want to share while she belittles him for taking more risks\u2014risks she probably would have been averse to when she was younger. What Nancy is really talking about, though, is her life. And the bitterness of compromise that is part of life:\nCharlie: Well, we\u2019ve earned a little . . .\nNancy: . . . rest. We\u2019ve earned a little rest. Well, why don\u2019t we act like the old folks, why don\u2019t we sell off, and take one bag apiece and go to California, or in the desert where they have the farms\u2014the retirement farms, the old folks\u2019 cities? Why don\u2019t we settle in to waiting, like . . . like the camels that we saw in Egypt\u2014groan down on all fours, sigh, and eat the grass, or whatever it is. Why don\u2019t we go and wait the judgment with our peers? Take our teeth out, throw away our corset, give to the palsy . . . the purgatory before purgatory.\nLife as a way station between the worse and the worst. Marriage and security as a holding pattern between many kinds of deaths. I don\u2019t think Albee ever wrote an \u201cout\u201d gay play, though \u201cThe Zoo Story\u201d and his 1966 adaptation of James Purdy\u2019s \u201cMalcolm\u201d contain more than their share of homoerotic feeling. But, for me, the gayness was always there\u2014the high-dudgeon witchery of a very smart queen who \u201cread\u201d the world. (One wonders what Albee made of gay marriage.)\nPart of Albee\u2019s genius was figuring out ways to bring his brilliant gay talk to an audience that, at the time, may not have known what informed his ice-cold torrent of words against coupling, against convention. But his gay fans knew what was going on. We unearthed Albee\u2019s aesthetic by putting his words in our queer mouths and laughing. Once, long ago, on a trip to Amsterdam with my closest friend, we read aloud from \u201cWho\u2019s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?\u201d over and over again. Calling ourselves George and Martha during the readings was, of course, part of the camp. The names didn\u2019t matter. What did was Albee\u2019s revenge against a world that said George and Martha, in all their awfulness and vindictiveness, were normal, while we weren\u2019t.\nThank You \u2014 Andy Borowitz\nWASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)\u2014Calling this \u201cthe greatest day of my life,\u201d a visibly moved Barack Obama held a news conference on Friday to thank Donald Trump for granting him U.S. citizenship.\n\u201cThe issue of whether or not I was a U.S. citizen has been a dark cloud over my existence for as long as I can remember,\u201d a tearful Obama told the press corps. \u201cOnly one man had the courage, wisdom, and doggedness to make that cloud go away: Donald J. Trump.\u201d\nThe President, who had to halt several times during his remarks to compose himself, praised the Republican Presidential nominee for \u201cnever giving up\u201d in his quest to prove that Obama was born in the U.S.\n\u201cA weaker man would have said, \u2018I don\u2019t need this in my life,\u2019 but Donald Trump was always there for me,\u201d the President said. \u201cOver the past five years, barely a day went by when he didn\u2019t call me and say, \u2018Barack, I don\u2019t care what a bunch of crackpots say. You were born here, and I\u2019m going to prove it once and for all.\u2019 \u201c\nThe President said he planned to spend the day celebrating his U.S. citizenship with his family. \u201cIt\u2019s great to be an American, at last,\u201d he said.\nWhen asked if he had any message for Trump, the President paused for a moment. \u201cJust this: I love you,\u201d he said, a tear trickling down his cheek.\nDoonesbury \u2014 Welcome aboard Trump Airlines.\nCategories: Corporate Greed, Humor, Theatre\nSenate Zika bill blocked by Planned Parenthood fight.\nTrump denies any wrongdoing in donation to Bondi campaign.\nITT Tech shuts down after USDOE cuts off student loan support.\nGretchen Carlson gets $20 million and apology in Fox sexual harassment suit.\nGiant pandas no longer on the endangered species list.\nTropical Update: Invest 92L isn\u2019t moving yet.\nThe Tigers lost to the White Sox 2-0.\nCategories: Baseball, Beltway Magic, Breaking News, Campaign 2016, Corporate Greed, Education, Healthcare, School For Scandal, Weather\nAttacker in France had accomplices, according to French prosecutor.\nOlympic ban upheld for Russian track and field team.\nRoger Ailes is out at Fox over sexual harassment claims.\nU.S. sues to block health insurance giant mergers.\nN.B.A. pulls All-Star game from Charlotte over anti-gay law.\nCategories: Breaking News, Corporate Greed, Homophobia, Sports News\nHillary Clinton won four of five primaries yesterday.\nDonald Trump gets \u201cpresumptive.\u201d\nHeavy rain and hail hit the Midwest.\nSweden is warned against possible ISIS plot in Stockholm.\nVolkswagen had a Power Point in 2006 on how to cheat on emissions.\nThe Tigers lost to the A\u2019s 5-1.\nCategories: Baseball, Campaign 2016, Corporate Greed, GWOT, Weather", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 615, "original_length": 87257, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 319.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://barnburners.wordpress.com/tag/walmart/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:13Z", "digest": "sha1:GEVIEVREP2RGVE27HHCAQPDT2IPSAJAN", "length": 4550, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "barnburners.wordpress.com", "title": "Walmart |", "raw_content": "I Am Not A Blessing!: Witnessing and Oversimplified Stories\nToo often in the church we dull the horror of people\u2019s stories by our need to appropriate these stories as necessary content for witnessing and blessing toward others. In doing so, we effectively skip to the end of the story without having to experience any of the real horror and truth with these people in the moment(s) of their suffering.\nI believe the same can be said about the Gospel narrative, as well. More so than not, Christians attempt to boil the Gospel down to one act: Jesus\u2019 death on the cross. This is apparent in the majority of famous hymns, such as the \u201cOld Rugged Cross\u201d (hymns like \u201cI\u2019ll Fly Away\u201d are equally as guilty, just in their contraction of the Gospel into the singular focus of heaven), and countless sermons directed to the cross of Jesus and its salvific operation for the \u201cdamned.\u201d\nA fancy name for what happens in these instances is called \u201cmetanarrative,\u201d which simply means a grand narrative that simplifies and focuses smaller narrative into one main point or idea, roughly speaking. For example, if you asked me what the Harry Potter books were about, I would say that the metanarrative is that a young boy grows up through several hardships and magical encounters with the infamous Voldemort. In this definition, I have funneled the meaning of the narrative into one big, simplified idea. But, as you Harry Potter lovers will duly point out, there is much more going on in the books than that. This why, and I have personal experience with this, people will often tell you that the best way to sum up Harry Potter, or any other book for that matter, is to read it!\nWe see this very thing at work in the churches popular notion of witnessing. Churches go out and approach people with a three-sentence catch phrase of the Christian Drama, which often goes something like this: \u201cExcuse me, can I share the Gospel with you? Are you a sinner? If so, (you know you are) Jesus died on a cross for you so you would not have to. Accept Jesus, believe he was raised from the dead, confess your sins, and you will be saved.\u201d (This sentence comes from my personal experience from various churches, and, as paraphrased as it might be, it is a very real and common trend in the church.) The difficulty of this witnessing paragraph is the beginning sentence, that is, the notion that anyone could sum up the Gospel in five minutes on an isle of Walmart, or, more commonly, in one week at a African village. On a side note, I want to argue that this is the reason our churches are dying and that we are not making concrete relationship anymore in the church. Namely, people are looking for something deeper than a sermon trying to save people every Sunday, or a hymn about going to heaven. But that is another post for another day.\nOh, and this is what \u201cwitnessing\u201d meant for the early church. Martyr comes from the Greek word for witness.\nFor the purpose of what I have said above about people\u2019s personal stories and the way the Gospels are often read, I want to reject metanarratives and suggest a more intimate encounter with people\u2019s stories and a more involved notion of reading the Bible. By denying metanarratives, we resists conflating the Gospel story into one moment, however definitive it maybe. There is so much to experience and lament and cry and laugh about in the Gospels, apart from Jesus\u2019 death. The Gospel is not simply the sum of its parts, or paradigmatic of its climax; rather, the Gospel is meant to be read with painstaking attendance to the minor details. Admittedly, one could argue that these minor details are unintelligible without the cross; I am not denying that. But the same can be said of the reverse \u2013 the cross is most definitely unintelligible without attention to the details leading up to Calvary in their own respect.\nLikewise, listening and interacting with people\u2019s personal stories, especially Christian people, should be experienced along the way with the person; every horror, every happiness should be dealt with on their own accord and not as a means to an end, especially if that end is witnessing to others. So, like the Harry Potter books, the only way to actually know a person\u2019s story is to experience it with them in the moment, to actually read their story with patience and loyalty, and without simplifying it into a sentence or two.\nPosted in Uncategorized\t| Tagged Bible, Calvary, Christ, Christian, Christian Drama, Christianity, Church, God, Gospel, Hymn, Jesus, Religion and Spirituality, Walmart\t| 1 Reply", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 89, "original_length": 6836, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 272.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://basicgospel.blog/2019/02/04/assurance-in-jesus-christ/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:16Z", "digest": "sha1:B2X7RQIHOZ5BFASL4S7ILSZE4E4ZCIGK", "length": 783, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "basicgospel.blog", "title": "Assurance in Jesus Christ | Basic Gospel", "raw_content": "\u2190 Ephesians \u2013 1:15-23: A Prayer for Hope and Power\nAssurance of Salvation \u2192\nCan you know that you are saved? Can you know that you\u2019re destined for Heaven? So many people want to know the answers to those questions. We see the assurance of our salvation spelled out in 1 John 5:13 \u201cI write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.\u201d Our salvation is found in Christ alone. * What is faith?\n* How can I distinguish working for my salvation and working for my reward in Heaven?\n* Shelby is starting to lose her hope and faith in Christ and asks how she can hold on to her faith.\nThis entry was posted in Daily Broadcast and tagged Christian Living, Faith, Righteousness/Justification, Salvation. Bookmark the permalink.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 202, "original_length": 4539, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 320.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://beccar.wordpress.com/2008/02/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:09Z", "digest": "sha1:MVRJATG2TTXVGDMGM3WZL5FMAMMA2GYV", "length": 7337, "nlines": 38, "source_domain": "beccar.wordpress.com", "title": "February | 2008 | Beccar's Weblog", "raw_content": "New York Times Foreclosure Letter\nDear Editor, I have read today\u2019s story on people walking out on new homes. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a bad idea. Some people don\u2019t want to keep paying and paying and have no home, no savings left. Owning your own home is great, but sometimes you have to think about having a place to live that won\u2019t ruin you financialy, emotionally and psychologically. Paying other bills, like groceries and utilities are more important and urgent.\nI lost my condo in Atlanta as well as the money I had in the bank. I wouldn\u2019t want that to happen to other people. Eugenia Renskoff\nTags:foreclosure, letters, Mortgage Fraud\nI feel for those who get no responses. I feel for myself too. I have had an extremely hard time with my foreclosure/predatory lending/mortgage fraud mess. I am not giving up, but it is very difficult to go on. Sometimes you have no answers and it takes a long time for a person to find a light at the end of the tunnel.\nI feel that the people who are famous were not always successful. They were regular human beings before they got their big break. Let\u2019s hope that we get ours, too.\nAt this point of my life my two main concerns are mortgage fraud and priestly Celibacy. Mortgage fraud happened to me very recently. The priestly celibacy issue touched me very deeply a number of years ago.\nI also empathize with those people faced with no options or bad options. That type of situation makes you feel powerless, with nowhere to turn.\nTags:life's problems, no responses\nForeclosure Related NY Times Letter\nDear Editor, I have just read the Foreclosure Aid Rising Locally, As Is Dissent article in today\u2019s NY Times and I am sad to read about people who don\u2019t think helping others finding themselves in mortgage trouble is a good thing. Troubled mortgage holders are taxpayers and they live in the US. If they need their government to help them out, why is that help being criticized? Perhaps their critics don\u2019t believe that the mortgage crisis will ever happen to them. It can. Would they come to the aid of a family member if that person were facing foreclosure or would they look the other way? Would they want help if they got letters upon letters from their mortgage company and collection agencies? Do they know how it feels to be on the brink of financial disaster? I can tell you from first hand experience that it is one of the worst experiences a human being can have. Nobody deserves that. Not having a roof over your head destroys you not only financially, but psychologically as well.\nNot only are the people in trouble fellow Americans, they are also members of the human race. Eugenia Renskoff\nTags:borrowers in trouble, foreclosure\nFebruary 26, 2008: This afternoon I called Dominion Law Associates, Attorneys at Law in Virginia Beach, VA. They sent me a letter, threatening to sue and I wanted to tell them that I had written them and received no reponse. I also asked the date of the last activity on the Discovery card. All I can say is: Obnoxious. The fact that I have no money to pay means nothing.\nBeing honest does not help. I can\u2019t agree to a payment plan because I wouldn\u2019t be able to fulfill the terms of the agreement.\nThe debt, if it is mine, is over 2 years old. I have dealt with foreclosure, among other goodies. Enough already!\nTags:collection company phone calls, foreclosure\nPosted in Mortgage Fraud, My Writing | 1 Comment \u00bb\nBack To Be Sued\nFebruary 26, 2008: I have come back to the US after almost 3 years in Argentina just to be sued.Now it\u2019s Discovery card\u2019s turn.\nI wish I had the answer and the money, but I don\u2019t.\nTags:credit card lawsuit hell, mortgage fraud consequences\nBefore Credit Card Hell\nFebruary 25, 2008: I long for it to be the way it was before\u2013before I had the misfortune of going to GA and buying that horrible condo. I miss the days when nobody wanted to sue me, when I was invisible because of my excellent 754 credit score\nTags:credit card hell, debt lawsuits\nMore American Express\nFebruary 25, 2008: I received another letter from American Express today. It appears that they did not get my second letter asking them to Cease and Desist. I will have to write them letter number 3.\nTags:American Express credit card\nCarmen, my first old lady after my beloved Tia, would have been 102 years old today. I met her in Vicente Lopez, when I was doing errands. She lived in a filthy, cockroach-filled apt. The apt. belonged to her niece. One day the neighbors alerted Carmen\u2019s niece to the fact that sometimes Carmen forgot to turn off the gas. That\u2019s when she was taken to a nursing home. Carmen\u2019s retirement check paid for her room and board there. I would go visit her once a week. She looked forward to my visits and I liked going to the neighborhood of Floresta in Buenos Aires. There were some beautiful houses from the late 19th and early 20th century that I enjoyed looking at. Carmen was so thin that when I hugged her I was afraid I would break her bones by accident. She had come to Argentina from Northern Spain in 1930 and when I knew her she still spoke with a thick Spanish accent\u2014as if she had just gotten off the boat. Soon she was working as a maid for a wealthy family who had made money in the jewelry business.\nI grew to care for her. When her niece put her in another nursing home, I followed her there. I ate dinner with her and the other nursing home residents. In 1993, we had a party to celebrate her birthday. She was happy and smiled for the camera.\nOne thing I am sad about is that I couldn\u2019t be with her at the end. It was necessary for me to travel back to the US. They told me that she asked to see me. I am very sorry that I wasn\u2019t able to hold her hand and kiss her goodbye. She was a feisty, smart old lady.\nTags:a birthday memory, the elderly\nPaco Does its Thing\nSaturday, February 23, 2008: Last year I wrote in this blog about paco, a destructive drug made from cocaine residue, among other ingredients. Today in the NY Times (one of my favorite newspapers) there is a story on how it is affecting life in Argentina. It says that it gives a very short high, that kids (and adults) will do anything to get it. They sell their possessions, steal, whatever to get their paco fix. I have lived in Argentina for almost 3 years and heard many interviews on the radio. Current paco users and those brave enough to beat it told their stories. It is very hard to quit and some have died trying. There are mothers who are doing anything to save their kids from the awful drug. People are not silent or passive anymore. They used to be about many things, but that is changing. Ciudad Oculta (Hidden City) the slum where many paco users live is a place that needs to be done away with. The poverty and despair their inhabitants live with day in, day out makes it very easy to turn to paco and other junk to forget what is going on in their daily lives.\nTags:drug problems, paco\nCelibacy Issue\nEstoy totalmente de acuerdo. El celibato no solo es totalmente anticuado, tambien es inhumano e hipocrita. Todos los hombres son hombres y como tales necesitan el amor humano, que tambien incluye el amor entre un hombre y una mujer. Siempre debio haber sido opcional y no impuesto. Yo vivi una historia de amor con un sacerdote y se de que estoy hablando. Eugenia Renskoff, autora de Different Flags.\nTags:Celibacy, Forbidden Love", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 243, "original_length": 10876, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 339.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://berkeleyplaceblog.com/tag/marvel-two-in-one/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:00Z", "digest": "sha1:Z5DDXA4BQ57LO7X35HLGIYZFBBR5RIME", "length": 349, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "berkeleyplaceblog.com", "title": "Marvel Two-In-One Archives - Berkeley Place Marvel Two-In-One Archives - Berkeley Place", "raw_content": "Marvel Two-In-One Archive\nMARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #17/MARVEL TEAM-UP #47 (1976)\nMarvel Two-In-One #100 (1983): Ben Grimm\nMarvel Two-In-One #97 (1983): Iron Man\nMarvel Two-In-One #95 (1983): The Living Mummy\nMarvel Two-In-One #94 (1982): Power Man and Iron Fist\nMarvel Two-In-One #92-93 (1982): The Death of Jacosta\nMarvel Two-In-One #90 (1982): Spider-Man", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 89, "original_length": 4095, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.57, "perplexity": 118.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://bestlifeonline.com/heres-why-linguists-say-meghan-markles-new-british-accent-isnt-fake/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:25Z", "digest": "sha1:AQCGPGA4T6CW666URGPAL3NTCIUG4KQ3", "length": 3414, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "bestlifeonline.com", "title": "Here's Why Linguists Say Meghan Markle's New British Accent Isn't Fake | Best Life", "raw_content": "Here\u2019s Why Linguists Say Meghan Markle\u2019s New British Accent Isn\u2019t Fake\nIt's a perfectly natural to adopt local twang in relatively short order.\nA video of Meghan Markle greeting crowds in Cheshire, England, made the rounds last month after the footage revealed that brand-new Duchess of Sussex seems to have adopted somewhat of a British accent.\nWhile it\u2019s by no means a totally different accent, like the bizarre one that Lindsay Lohan decided to try out, her enunciation is markedly crisp, and she uses a lot of the lingo employed by British royals.\nMeghan said my name, that\u2019s me done\ud83d\ude2d pic.twitter.com/167F2ubjUh\n\u2014 Aya El Zeiny (@elzeiny99) June 14, 2018\nSocial media immediately erupted with tweets calling Meghan a \u201cphony\u201d for putting on an accent just a few weeks after marrying Prince Harry.\n\u2014 Shan (@shoy_7) July 5, 2018\nBut linguists are not so sure that her new way of speaking is entirely unauthentic.\nJevon Heath, a visiting lecturer in linguistics at the University of Pittsburgh, told The Cut that while it\u2019s very rare for adults to fully absorb a different accent naturally, especially in a matter of weeks, it\u2019s not uncommon to pick up a certain twang fairly early on.\nLinguists call it \u201cphonetic accommodation\u201d or \u201cphonetic convergence,\u201d and it tends to happen on an unconscious level\u2014and it\u2019s something that I can attest to.\nWhen I was studied abroad in England, my accent remained thoroughly American, but I couldn\u2019t help but notice that by the end of a single year my \u201ca\u2019s\u201d had started to sound more British, and I had started to use more traditionally British intensifiers, such as \u201cYes, the show was quite good,\u201d or \u201cYes, that was rather dull, wasn\u2019t it?\u201d It\u2019s accommodation like this that jumps out in the video much more so than an actual accent, such as when she says, \u201cDid you?\u201d when most Americans would say \u201cYou did?\u201d\nContrary to popular belief, this isn\u2019t an affectation, but rather something that often occurs when you\u2019re constantly surrounded by people who have a different dialect. Psychologists call this tendency to tweak our intonation to that of the person we\u2019re speaking to \u201ccode-switching.\u201d\n\u201cAll of us subtly shift our accents and ways of speaking depending on who we are talking to all the time\u2014think about how you speak when you\u2019re at home with your family versus at work,\u201d Jennifer Nycz, an assistant professor of linguistics at Georgetown University, said. \u201cGenerally, people talk like the people they talk to.\u201d\nCode-switching has its purposes as well, as it helps to bridge the gap between you and the person with whom you\u2019re speaking. In fact, a 2010 study even found that imitating someone\u2019s accent helps you better understand the person with whom you\u2019re conversing.\nSome linguists believe that people are reading too much into the video in general. For example, expert Dennis Preston told Yahoo Lifestyle that he didn\u2019t pick up on anything out-of-the-ordinary in the way Markle spoke in the now-viral video.\n\u201cI did a very careful listen, paying specific attention to her vowels, a big giveaway with British accents, as well as the intonation. I just didn\u2019t find anything resembling a British accent,\u201d he said.\nOne thing is for sure: Markle is certainly adapting (to use a Britishism) swimmingly to her new surroundings, and the Queen reportedly adores her. Which is a good thing, especially given that her relationship with her father is becomingly increasingly testy.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 179, "original_length": 8611, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 277.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://bigstorygroup.com/tag/superhero/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:35Z", "digest": "sha1:GYXMG6D2ZYQZVRFUIL2S4VH7DA24ZL6N", "length": 3125, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "bigstorygroup.com", "title": "Superhero | Big Story GroupBig Story Group", "raw_content": "Superhero - Big Story Group\n\u201cGotham\u201d is the new series from FOX, the prequel to the Batman lore will tell the stories of the great DC Comics Super-villains and vigilantes, revealing an entirely new chapter that has never been told. The young Detective James Gordon will face some of the greatest and most vile challenges known in Batman history. From the Fox season description:\n\u201cThe Flash\u201d is the popular super hero series from CW about classic DC Entertainment character who obtains the ability to move at incredible speeds with super-fast reflexes after he is transformed by a freak accident. Barry Allen (Grant Gustin), the superhero Flash, was struck by lightning at the end of the two-episode appearance on \u201cArrow\u201d in November, 2013.\nTags | Action, Adventure, Drama, Superhero\nKrysten Ritter stars as \u201cJessica Jones\u201d, a former super-heroine who decides to rebuild her life as a private investigator in New York City\u2019s Hell\u2019s Kitchen. From the Marvel Entertainment description:\nJessica Jones possesses superhuman strength; the parameters of her strength are unrevealed, but she can lift an automobile with no discernible effort. She possesses an enhanced level of resistance to physical injury, although she is unsure of whether or not she is bulletproof. She is also able to fly, although she is out of practice in doing so.\nThe series also stars David Tennant as villain Kilgrave, Mike Colter as Luke Cage, Rachael Taylor as Jessica\u2019s best friend Trish Walker and Carrie-Anne Moss.\nStarring Krysten Ritter, David Tennant, Mike Colter, Rachael Taylor, Carrie-Anne Moss, Eka Darville and Erin Moriarty. The original series premiered on Netflix at 12:01AM PT November 20th, 2015 with 13 hour-long episodes. Return to Thumbnail View.\nJessica Jones is The Complex (super) Heroine We\u2019ve Been Waiting For\nIn a modern twist on film noir, the series follows its title character as she tries to solve a case while dealing with her terrible past. And it\u2019s excellent, just as brutal and uncompromising as its predecessor. Read more on The Verge.\n\u2018Jessica Jones': A Superhero Show For Adults\nJessica Jones isn\u2019t your friendly neighborhood superhero, and \u201cMarvel\u2019s Jessica Jones\u201d isn\u2019t your average comic book-based TV series. Read more on CNN Entertainment.\nThe Sublime Darkness of Jessica Jones\nIt\u2019s taken too long to get here, but Jessica Jones is exactly what the overwhelmingly male Marvel Universe has been crying out for. The fight scenes are effortlessly cool and casual, obviously fueled by Jessica\u2019s barely sublimated rage. Read more on The Atlantic.\nMarvel\u2019s Jessica Jones Official Trailer No. 2\nMarvel\u2019s Jessica Jones Official Trailer\nMarvel\u2019s Jessica Jones Official Teaser Trailer No. 4\nMarvel\u2019s Jessica Jones Official Teaser Trailer \u2013 Nightcap\nMarvel\u2019s Jessica Jones Official Teaser Trailer \u2013 Good Morning\nMarvel\u2019s Jessica Jones Announcement\nTags | act, crime, Drama, Superhero\nPaul Rudd stars in the newest Marvel comic book inspired film \u201cAnt-Man\u201d. Outfitted with a super-powered suit that enables him to shrink in stature and gain strength, Ant-Man decides to help his mentor Dr. Hank Pym. From the film\u2019s synopsis:", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 328, "original_length": 10893, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 282.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://billdutton.me/2017/01/03/email-disrupting-life-at-home/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:21:57Z", "digest": "sha1:DWCFME4AKVGW2QA2UOLKVKQF6TJZDZFX", "length": 4241, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "billdutton.me", "title": "Email Disrupting Life at Home? | Bill Dutton", "raw_content": "HomeEmail Disrupting Life at Home?\nEmail Disrupting Life at Home?\nJanuary 3, 2017 January 3, 2017 billdutton *OIINEWS, UncategorizedFrance, household, Internet, OII, oiioxford, regulation, time management\nEmail Disrupting Life at Home? Careful What You Ask For\nIn France and other nations there is discussion of somehow banning email after 6pm or outside of working hours. For example, see here. Perhaps this could help provide a better work-life balance or prevent households from competing with email for the attention of their family. But this raises not only problems of implementation, but also the reverse \u2013 shall we start policing the personal use of communication and information technologies like email in the office?\nImplementation would be impossible. You could get email at home or outside of work hours, but also work related Tweets, texts, messages, calls, video calls, WeChats, social media posts, and more. Email is only one avenue into the household, and declining in use relative other social media and other new media. Implementation would also be problematic by what would be a regulatory overreach, with public regulation reaching into the use of media in the households and private companies and NGOs, etc.\nBut the greatest threat is that this will go both ways. Companies, government departments, NGOs and others will want their employees and managers to stop using electronic media for personal reasons while at work, or during the work day, such as checking on your children, or making reservations, or getting any personal emails.\nThe first dissertation I supervised on corporate email was in 1980 and one of the key issues in these early days when email was beginning to be used in business instead of telegrams or faxes, was a worry that employees would use email for personal reasons that had nothing to do with work. My response then and now has always been that this should not be a worry. Personal uses of email at work are helpful for the morale and time management of people in the workplace, and \u2013 it goes both ways \u2013 email will enable employees to handle some business at home. And especially in the early days of email, personal use helped bring business people online, as then and now, many resist the use of online media for business purposes. There is a positive synergy (sorry to use that word) between the use of communication technologies at home and at work \u2013 a win-win.\nEncourage and teach individuals to manage their time and self-regulate their engagement with work from home and vice versa, but don\u2019t try to regulate something for which no one size fits all.\nBBC news coverage: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26958079\n\u2190 The Electoral College as Seen from the Windows of the New York Times\nTwitter Foreign Policy and the Rise of Digital Diplomacy \u2192\n3 thoughts on \u201cEmail Disrupting Life at Home?\u201d\nProf. I like your perspective. However isn\u2019t the regulation also about expectations? Is it reasonable for companies to expect employees to respond to emails at any hour ?\nNo, I agree, but this is something that is very contextual, dependent on the culture of the organization, and the expectations negotiated among the personnel. Also, it will depend on the task, such as when they are pressed to get a proposal in by a deadline. All very dependent on the situation, which makes any across the board regulatory framework counterproductive. Personally, many of my colleagues do not respond to my emails until they feel like it, but I like to write an email when I am thinking about it or working on the task \u2013 then I can forget about it until I get a reply. As I write, I am reminded about the informal expectations that evolve in an office setting, such as when people are okay to interrupt, etc. People need to work these things out in ways that balance conflicting expectations and keep communication efficient, productive, and fun as in social.\nI think working it out for oneself as you noted is most important. Sometimes you indeed need to push the clock to get things in. I\u2019m a bit surprised that email is the one technology that seems to be under the clock. But I guess in the corporate world email is still the communication tech. In academia we tend to take our own time most of the time.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 8508, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 333.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://blog.limkitsiang.com/2016/01/30/why-malaysias-1mdb-scandal-is-denting-growth/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:56:49Z", "digest": "sha1:W7ZCF6HWH36Z5GPKOFRKZ3RXVDMGN6YB", "length": 7557, "nlines": 38, "source_domain": "blog.limkitsiang.com", "title": "Why Malaysia\u2019s 1MDB scandal is denting growth \u00ab Lim Kit Siang", "raw_content": "\u00ab Does Hadi support Attorney-General Apandi\u2019s decision that Prime Minister Najib has done no wrong in the RM2.6 billion donation and RM42 million SRC International scandals and that the AG has \u201cabsolute discretion\u201d on these matters\n\u201cIt never rains but it pours\u201d best describes Najib\u2019s world-class twin mega-scandals and the serious multi-faceted Malaysian crisis today \u00bb\nWhy Malaysia\u2019s 1MDB scandal is denting growth\nThought the long-running political scandal over Malaysia\u2019s deeply indebted sovereign fund was over?\nIt isn\u2019t and the festering scandal is likely to weigh on the economy and may eventually spur a ratings downgrade, Oxford Economics says.\nThat\u2019s bad news for Malaysia, which is already suffering from a slide in the price of commodities, an important chunk of the economy and a key source of revenue for the government. The currency has tumbled and the government\u2019s debt levels have climbed, fueling investor concerns.\n\u201cJust as it appeared that the long-running scandal over state investment company 1MDB had been satisfactorily resolved, the issue has reignited with an appeal against the ruling exonerating the prime minister,\u201d Christine Shields, lead economist at Oxford Economics, said in a note Friday. \u201cThe issue is a real worry as it is eroding confidence and contributing to risk aversion about the country.\u201d\nShields noted that both the currency and the stock market have dropped over the past year and capital outflows have picked up.\nSaudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz in the Oval Office of the White House September 4, 2015.\nKing Abdullah OK\u2019d $681M gift for Malaysian PM: BBC\nOxford expects Malaysia\u2019s economic growth will slow to 4.2 percent in 2016 from 4.7 percent in 2015. That would be the slowest growth rate since 2009, during the Global Financial Crisis, when Malaysia\u2019s economy fell into a recession.\nEarlier this week, Malaysia\u2019s Attorney General Mohamed Apandi Ali told an unscheduled press conference that Saudi Arabia\u2019s royal family gave Prime Minister Najib Razak a $681 million gift, in an effort to end months of speculation about the source of the huge personal donation that landed in Najib\u2019s personal bank account. Apandi said that no criminal offense had been committed, in a move that appeared to mark the end of the matter, at least within the country.\nBut on Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Malaysia\u2019s anti-corruption agency wants to review the decision to drop the investigation.\nMalaysia\u2019s political establishment has been shaken by the 1MDB developments, which have been at the center of one of the country\u2019s worst political scandals.\nIn July, the WSJ reported that almost $700 million in funds had flowed from 1MDB to Najib\u2019s personal bank account and then in December, it reported that the funds in question may have been channeled to politicians and projects to help Najib\u2019s UMNO party win 2013 elections.\nAlthough asset sales have helped reduce 1MDB\u2019s debt by about $9.4 billion, according to a December announcement by Najib, the fund still faces investigations in Switzerland, Hong Kong and the U.S., according to reports.\nThe political scandal has come as Malaysia\u2019s economy is already struggling with the more than 50 percent drop in oil prices over the past two years.\n\u201cOf most concern is the narrow tax base: almost a third of government revenue came from oil and gas in 2014, though this proportion will have fallen since with the new GST,\u201d or goods and services tax, which was introduced last year, noted Shields.\nAlthough the budget deficit is still manageable at 3.3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), public debt will likely rise to 56 percent of GDP this year, its highest level since 1992, stymying plans to cut the debt toward 50 percent, she said.\n\u201cWhile the IMF has commended the authorities for their prudent financial management and maintenance of economic stability, the challenges for the government are substantial and growing,\u201d Shields said. \u201cMaintaining economic stability is key to maintaining the political status quo. And deterioration in either may ultimately mean a ratings downgrade.\u201d\nEarlier this month, Moody\u2019s revised the outlook on Malaysia\u2019s sovereign rating to stable, from positive, but kept its overall rating at A3, the third highest rating possible. Moody\u2019s said the revision was due to deteriorating economic growth, risks from high system-wide leverage and expectations there would only be limited improvement in the public debt burden.\nThe central bank also doesn\u2019t have much room to boost growth, Oxford noted, as interest rate cuts would leave the ringgit vulnerable to capital outflows. At the same time, the already weaker ringgit means underlying inflation will likely remain high, it added.\nConcerns about the 1MDB scandal likely impacted Malaysia\u2019s ranking in Transparency International\u2019s Corruption Perception Index, released this week. The country\u2019s ranking dropped to 54 out of 168 countries from 50 in 2014.\nShields isn\u2019t the only one who sees further trouble ahead for Malaysia\u2019s economy.\nThis week, the country announced plans to revise its budget to account for the drop in oil price, but analysts noted Najib was light on the details of the \u201cprudent measures\u201d to cut government spending. Najib did say what wouldn\u2019t be cut: civil servant pay, about a third of government spending.\nSome infrastructure projects may be delayed, but \u201cmost of the projects focused on the politically important rural areas and Eastern Malaysia states will be the sacred cows,\u201d noted Wellian Wiranto, an economist at OCBC, in a note Thursday. He cut his GDP growth forecast to 4.4 percent from 4.7 percent this year. The government\u2019s official forecast was cut to 4-4.5 percent from 4.-5 percent previously.\nOthers are also concerned about growing debt levels.\n\u201cWe remain concerned about the risks from a widening consolidated public sector deficit and growing leverage of non-financial public corporations which are undertaking the many infrastructure projects,\u201d Bank of America Merrill Lynch said in a note Thursday. \u201cGovernment guarantees have been steadily rising since 2008 under Prime Minister Najib\u2019s helm and now stands at 174 billion ringgit (15.2 percent of GDP), bringing the quasi-public debt to about 70 percent of GDP.\u201d\nThis entry was posted on Saturday, 30 January 2016, 9:43 am and is filed under Economics, Finance, Financial Scandals, Najib Razak. You can follow any responses to this entry through RSS 2.0.\n#1 by yhsiew on Saturday, 30 January 2016 - 10:07 am\nIf they can deceive their own citizens, how much more can they deceive the foreign investors? No foreign investors in their right minds would want to invest in a country riddled with corruption.\n#2 by Godfather on Saturday, 30 January 2016 - 10:10 am\nOxford Economics obviously isn\u2019t following the events of this country closely enough. Since when was there ever a whiff that the 1MDB saga is satisfactorily resolved ? There has been no resolution, and there cannot be one because having a satisfactory resolution means certain people have to go to jail.\nWe are actually getting closer to the linkage between the RM 2.6 billion in a certain individual\u2019s account and the US$700 million paid by 1MDB to Goodstar. The camel herder story is merely a fairy tale that some of the rural folks will believe in.\nMalaysia 1MDB scandal: Investigators say about $4bn may be missing from fund\n#5 by boh-liao on Sunday, 31 January 2016 - 8:54 am\nHo, ho, ho \u2013 RM2.6 billion is actually a SMALL sum\nNow, Santa pulled out another rabbit, US$4bil (RM16.57bil) suspected misappropriation", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 99, "original_length": 14598, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 279.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://blog.nextbee.com/2018/10/15/5-benefits-and-perks-wanted-by-your-employees/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:41Z", "digest": "sha1:DEIOFJLHRK6CHORARK6GZ23MZQEWFYPD", "length": 3428, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "blog.nextbee.com", "title": "5 Top Benefits and Perks Wanted by Your Employees -", "raw_content": "According to HR experts, companies are aware of the fact that today\u2019s workers are likely to job-hop to get the career they desire. This lack of long-term loyalty means that companies need to fight for obtaining and retaining talent. The good news is that there are various ways to make the employees stay with your company.\nRecognizing and rewarding employees is considered to be one of the most effective ways to keep talented workers and it also has the added benefit of providing more financial stability for the company.\nTaking all that into consideration, let\u2019s talk about the top 5 benefits employees want when they\u2019re part of an employee rewards system.\nThe 5 Top Benefits and Perks Wanted by Your Employees:\nThough your business may rely on equipment or software, it is the employees that make the company run and their emotional well-being plays a major role in their productivity. It has been shown that the workers who are acknowledged and are satisfied with the efforts they put in are content, have better relationships with their co-workers, and invite constructive feedback. This results in increased business productivity, a sense of worth and thereby retains the employees longer.\nThe millennial generation in the workforce is on the rise and because of this, companies must have a plan for acknowledgment via social recognition platforms. Whereas in the past this might not have been something a company would have considered, it\u2019s completely suitable for today\u2019s workers since we all live in the era of Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, etc. Employees of today like and possibly crave immediate feedback when they\u2019re appreciated and want to share it with their friends. Companies who embrace social recognition end up building solid long-term relationships with this group of employees and greater brand awareness through the use of shareable social acknowledgments.\nIn today\u2019s culture, there are various reasons which prompt employees to work with a company other than just monetary benefits. One of the greatest retention methods is helping them progress in their careers through training and professional development. It provides them the opportunity to learn new skills, beat new challenges, and develop a skill set and professional growth level that provides them with a sense of value and pride.\nEmployees of today are constantly working to juggle their various commitments and obligations in their personal life with those of their work. Surveys have shown that employees are willing to stay with a company when they have time flexibility and are permitted to work remotely when needed to balance everything. This perk alone is always near the top for making employees happy and for building employee loyalty.\nExtra Perks/Rewards (Gift Cards and other Stylish Stuff)\nWhile salaries and compensation need to be competitive for employees, today they also look forward to more than just their pay to really feel valued. So, providing them with a range of rewards like gift cards, free lunch, tablets etc. are things which employees look forward to earning and interestingly enough, these kinds of rewards are shown to make them feel more contented than anything else.\nAn organization\u2019s financial strength greatly depends upon the employee\u2019s engagement. To keep the employees happy and engaged, give them what they look for; exceptional rewards and a recognition program which makes them feel valued.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 5134, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 255.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://blog.noticebored.com/2006/03/spreadsheet-integrity-issues.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:44Z", "digest": "sha1:LNNBAWN5VCXI76ZG4KWMLVK6V33VRQ66", "length": 337, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "blog.noticebored.com", "title": "NBlog - the NoticeBored blog: Spreadsheet integrity issues", "raw_content": "Patrick O'Beirne, author of the highly-recommended book Spreadsheet Check and Control, will be speaking at a meeting of the Irish Computer Society on March 21st. The lecture will be webcast simultaneously for those unable to get to Dublin. If you use spreadsheets, or know someone who does, don't miss this!\nMore integrity resources here", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 225, "original_length": 4233, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 274.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://blog.teacollection.com/2010/05/18/eight-years-of-exploring-the-world/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:50Z", "digest": "sha1:7ZRMY5B4FRCBSUPF6UHRWGPPV7RN3PIG", "length": 661, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "blog.teacollection.com", "title": "Eight Years of Exploring the World | Studio Tea Blog | Tea Collection", "raw_content": "Eight Years of Exploring the World\nAt Tea, we were born (8 years ago) to explore the world and for 8 years we\u2019ve been going there, across the globe and across the street. On our inspiration trips to wonderful places like Korea, West Africa, Norway, Japan and Brazil, we\u2019ve been captivated and enriched by our experiences. We\u2019re thrilled to have been able to share those inspirations in our seasonal collections of children\u2019s clothing.\nWe know you\u2019ve been going there too\u2026where have you been in the last 8 years? To win today\u2019s $100 Tea birthday certificate, please share with us on our Facebook page some of your travels. We can\u2019t wait to see and hear from you.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 174, "original_length": 3249, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 205.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/wps/2018/11/26/from-pillars-to-progress-in-women-peace-and-security/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:11Z", "digest": "sha1:F2Z5WUDIFI2IRAANZYK7RSGG2X6IFOPL", "length": 7968, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "blogs.lse.ac.uk", "title": "From Pillars to Progress in Women, Peace and Security | LSE Women, Peace and Security blog", "raw_content": "LSE WPS Working Paper Series\nWPS Centre\nFrom Pillars to Progress in Women, Peace and Security\nIn advance of the launch at LSE on Thursday 29 November, co-editors Sara Davies and Jacqui True introduce the Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace and Security.\nThe Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace and Security is a testament to two decades of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda and a century of women\u2019s peace activism.\nOur starting point for the Handbook was the recognition that key tensions and ambiguities underlie the Women, Peace and Security agenda that need to be seriously reflected upon by the fast growing WPS community of theory and practice: That the agenda actively engages with political and economic institutions in order to transform gender power relations \u2013 the very institutions that have marginalised women\u2019s representation and livelihoods for decades is one among many such tensions. That WPS has its roots in anti-war women\u2019s movements whereas the agenda now promotes gender mainstreaming in militaries and peacekeeping missions is another. How do we make sense of these paradoxes as well as the progress in Women, Peace and Security? How do we recognise the turf wars, the resourcing shortfalls, the politics, and the regionalism while still pursuing an inclusive, global agenda? How do we act in ways that ensures WPS is heard in the halls of power, but not at the cost of ignoring those who cannot travel to New York or Geneva?\nThis volume is inspired by discussions taking place around the world about the promise of women\u2019s representation in peace and security institutions and about the lack of progress on the Security Council thematic agenda. How do we build an evidence-based argument for women\u2019s right to representation when they continue to represent less than 20 per cent of the membership at peace tables and international summits, in parliaments, senior positions within international organisations and militaries? Despite being 50 per cent of the world\u2019s population women are not assured of this right. Rather, the onus has been on the WPS scholars and experts to prove that women\u2019s presence will make what difference to national and international peace and security. Yet what evidence is there that neglecting women makes for a peaceful and secure world? The Handbook across its 67 chapters showcases the evidence, advocacy and concrete conflict and country situations where women\u2019s representation improves the security of communities and all their members.\nThe Handbook is a counterpoint to the pessimism we may have about the achievements of WPS and the major challenges to realising peace and security, and women\u2019s security in particular, given the tragic failures of peacemaking in Syria, Yemen, Myanmar, the Congo, and South Sudan just to mention possibly the worst situations. With 93 authors and two excellent research assistants, we have been able to identify some positive findings in this Handbook and five reasons to be hopeful about the future progress of the WPS agenda.\nFirst, when assessing the WPS Agenda, do not turn just to the UN Security Council for evidence. Change does not only happen in New York. The CEDAW General Recommendation 30 makes that clear. The agenda has emboldened women civil society activists to risk their lives to brief UN Missions, international civil society organizations, and (sometimes) the Security Council on situations where they risk political exclusion and human rights violations. That is significant progress as much as a Resolution registers measurable progress. Change is happening at all levels and across many institutions. There are multiple dialogues and sites to be engaged in to realise just security and equal peace. There are many sites needed to ensure women human rights advocates can report and speak in safety. And it is not only human rights institutions that have a role to play. Economic institutions such as the IMF and the World Bank are key peace and security actors in relief and recovery from conflict, but also in defining the terms of the economic peace to prevent conflict.\nSecond, innovation can occur when local women and security practitioners engage in joint problem-solving. Ensuring the flexibility of frameworks so that WPS strategies can respond to local situations is vital and that comes from understanding the practices and priorities of local women, not donors. Chapters in the Handbook highlight numerous examples of such innovations including firewood patrols with women, women\u2019s community policing in displaced camps, assistance with grant writing for women civil society organisations, and independent (non-government controlled) radio communication to rural areas.\nThird, defence sector investment in the WPS agenda can lead to institutional transformation rather than mere co-optation by militarism. It can be an opportunity to reform military practices, military agendas; and definitions of peace and security within countries and within regions. Chapters on NATO, Chinese peacekeeping force, and the Australian Defence Force in the Handbook highlight the positive change within defence culture and practices as a result of the investment in WPS.\nFourth, the Security Council\u2019s \u2018fixation\u2019 on sexual violence in conflict situations has enabled broader engagement on WPS. For instance, resolutions on data gathering concerning the risk and incidence of conflict-related sexual violence, implementation of protocols on the treatment of sexual violence victims and evidence gathering, community programs to address stigma have required participation from women as women protection advisors, as expert on women\u2019s legal testimony, in peace agreements, in peacebuilding, and in Ministries (outside of Defence and Foreign Affairs). Several chapters in the Handbook examine both what has worked to promote both gender-responsive protection of civilians and to what has worked promote gender-inclusive peace and security participation at the same time.\nFifth and last, the Handbook and it six sections, which include institutionalising and implementing the agenda as well as recognising related, cross-cutting agendas, explicitly embraces different entry points in different regions. There is no one size fits all for realising the Women, Peace and Security agenda in any given country or region. That is as it should be. In Asia, for example, establishing normative change and networks is vital; in the Pacific, the development frame is intimately linked to the agenda; in South America, it is a human rights approach. All these approaches will change and adapt in the context of local women\u2019s empowerment, women\u2019s agendas, and local conflicts.\nThe Handbook has provided an opportunity and a space to discuss together \u2013 scholars, advocates and practitioners \u2013 the diverse ways to advance a gender-just, feminist peace. And to recognise that it has taken more than a century to generate recognition for women, peace and security, and that it will take more than a village to spread and embed this agenda.\nThe UK launch of the Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace and Security will take place at LSE on Thursday 29 November 2018 \u2018From Pillars to Practice: Pushing the Boundaries of Women, Peace and Security\u2019 is open to all and un-ticketed. Co-editor Jacqui True will be joined by chapter authors Toni Haastrup, Bela Kapur, Henri Myrttinen and Aisling Swaine.\nProfessor Jacqui True (@JacquiTrue) is Professor of Politics & International Relations, Director of the Gender, Peace and Security Centre and an Australian Research Council Future Fellow at Monash University, Australia.\nDr Sara E. Davis (@DaviesSaraE) is an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow and Associate Professor at the Centre for Governance and Public Policy, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University, Australia.\nNovember 26th, 2018|Featured, WPS in policy|Comments Off on From Pillars to Progress in Women, Peace and Security\nTweets from @LSE_WPS", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 40, "original_length": 8655, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 274.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://blogs.nasa.gov/Rocketology/tag/hoot-gibson/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:36Z", "digest": "sha1:5W6UKOTIIYAVNMACORZBMWBAN4G5R5TJ", "length": 2791, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "blogs.nasa.gov", "title": "Hoot Gibson \u2013 Rocketology: NASA\u2019s Space Launch System", "raw_content": "Tag: Hoot Gibson\nMaking History, Again\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjjRN6KAoi0[/embedyt]\nAsk anybody what an astronaut does, and they\u2019ll talk about going on space missions. And, to be sure, that is part of being an astronaut. A rather cool part of being an astronaut.\nBut, strictly on time spent, it\u2019s also the smallest major part of the job. Back in the Space Shuttle Program, astronauts would spend years on the job of which only weeks were spent in space. If that sounds like it would be frustrating, you have to remember two things: 1) The going-into-space part is really amazing. 2) The not-going-into-space part is also really amazing.\nWhile they\u2019re not in space, astronauts spend a substantial amount of time training, which can range from simulating spaceflight on the ground to traveling the world meeting scientists behind cutting-edge research. They also get to work closely with the NASA team on a variety of different projects, including the development of future space vehicles and systems.\nWhen space shuttle commander Hoot Gibson was selected as an astronaut in 1978, NASA was still three years away from the shuttle\u2019s first launch. Years before he first flew the shuttle, he got to be involved in its development and see it being built. He had a front-row seat for the genesis of the future of American spaceflight, and got to be part of making it happen.\nThe work we\u2019re doing today on Space Launch System (SLS) in many ways resembles the space shuttle work that Gibson and his classmates got to witness almost 40 years ago. In some ways, it very strongly resembles it \u2013 for example, we\u2019re once again testing RS-25 engines at the same facility they did back then, albeit with numerous upgrades over the years.\nI\u2019ve had the opportunity to hear Hoot Gibson talk about his shuttle experiences, and to share about the work we\u2019re doing today. As someone who grew up during the shuttle era and a student of its history, it\u2019s an incredible honor that we get to carry forward that legacy with SLS, and to write the next chapter of this history.\nIn this video, Gibson looks back to the days of the shuttle and forward to the future of exploration. And as we continue to work toward that future, we hope you\u2019ll join us on the journey.\nNext Time: Mars: Gateway to the Solar System\nDavid Hitt works in the strategic communications office of NASA\u2019s Space Launch System Program. He began working in NASA Education at Marshall Space Flight Center in 2002, and is the author of two books on spaceflight history.\nAuthor dhittPosted on September 24, 2015 Categories Journey to Mars, Space Launch SystemTags #journeytomars, astronauts, Hoot Gibson, Journey to Mars, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA, propulsion, SLS, space exploration, Space Launch System", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 73, "original_length": 9395, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 185.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2012/08/a-rough-guide-to-tyranny/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:18Z", "digest": "sha1:H3TYIOOH3LEZQGY4AVK6V42KTWQOK62Z", "length": 5160, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "blogs.spectator.co.uk", "title": "A Rough Guide to Tyranny | Coffee House", "raw_content": "There is an over genteel style in English argument which acts like a sedative. Just when you think that a proper debate is getting going, one of the participants will say, \u2018I am not sure that we\u2019re really disagreeing.\u2019 I am afraid I must use this tired line, if only for a moment.\nMatthew Teller criticises me for writing about the indulgence of dictatorships by his fellow writers in the guidebook game, by saying : \u2018Guidebooks exist to help people find a room, have a meal and get a drink, with the added bonus of directions to a quiet beach or a pretty village. A paragraph or two of political background can be diverting, but you\u2019d hardly base a world-view on what you read in your guidebook, would you? Nick Cohen, angry journalist, is savaging a paper tiger.\u2019\nThat point looks familiar, I thought, and went back to my piece, where I wrote \u2018The millions of readers of Lonely Planet wish for guilt-free holidays. If the guidebook were honest with them, they would feel uncomfortable and wonder whether they should be helping dissidents rather than treating themselves. As much as the oil executive striking a deal with a dictator, rich travellers need reasons to help them sleep at night. There\u2019s much else besides in Lonely Planet guides. Ninety nine per cent of the content neglects politics and tells tourists how to enjoy themselves, but that is the point. The apparent contradiction between a debased leftism and profit turns out to be no conflict at all\u2019.\nWe are saying the same thing, but you will notice that Teller has a giggle in his voice as if his \u2018diverting\u2019 writing should not be taken too seriously. Indeed it should not, as he goes on to prove by defending Lonely Planet\u2019s whitewashing of the Syrian dictatorship.\nPerhaps Cohen doesn\u2019t know much about the Middle East, but there really were, on all sides, high hopes for Syria in the few years after Bashar al-Assad\u2019s rise to power: indeed, the Western media dubbed the period the \u201cDamascus Spring\u201d. I can personally vouch for the accuracy of Lonely Planet\u2019s identification of \u201ca feeling of optimism in the capital\u201d around that time. It\u2019s easy to imply, as Cohen does, that writing about gallery openings and new hotels is a pernicious insult when placed beside the murderous violence we are now witnessing, but then hindsight has always been a seductive tool.\nWhere to begin? As Freedom House says, but writers for Lonely Planet and the Rough Guide do not, the first six months of Bashar Assad\u2019s presidency did indeed feature \u2018the release of political prisoners, the return of exiled dissidents, and open discussion of the country\u2019s problems\u2019. In \u2018February 2001, however, the regime abruptly halted this so-called Damascus Spring. Leading reformists were arrested and sentenced to lengthy prison terms, while others faced constant surveillance and intimidation by the secret police. Economic reform fell by the wayside, and Syria under Bashar al-Assad proved resistant to political change\u2019.\nBut then I don\u2019t need to go into all of that. Nor do I need to discuss the police state, Assad\u2019s decision to funnel jihadis into Iraq to murder thousands, and the assassination of Rafiq Hariri. We can also dispense with \u2018the seductive tool\u2019 of hindsight. I can settle my dispute with Teller simply by going to Lonely Planet\u2019s website and looking at what it says about Bashar Assad\u2019s rule now, in August 2012, after all the massacres, murders and rapes. Here it is in full.\nFollowing the death of Assad senior, his son Bashar acceded to power. A new government was formed in December 2001 with a mandate to push forward political, economic and administrative reforms. This has proved a challenge, particularly when it comes to reforming the country\u2019s unwieldy bureaucracy, many members of which have been recruited due to their political contacts rather than their level of competence. As a result, change isn\u2019t occurring as swiftly as many observers had hoped. Still, you\u2019ve got to hand it to Assad junior \u2013 he\u2019s trying.\nImproving the country\u2019s relations with the international community is proving even trickier. Publicly branded a \u2018rogue state\u2019 by the US president, George W Bush, Syria has recently been forced to withdraw its army and intelligence personnel from Lebanon. It has also been criticised by the US for its support of Hezbollah and for allegedly turning a blind eye to the movements of Iraqi insurgents. Though making a gallant effort to stand firm in the face of the superpower\u2019s displeasure, Syria is looking increasingly isolated on the world\u2019s political stage.\nYou most certainly do have \u2018to hand it to Assad Junior\u2019. Whatever he does, he can still find unprincipled travel writers willing to praise his \u2018gallant\u2019 efforts.\nIt is not hard to check Lonely Planet\u2019s website, before writing about Lonely Planet, but it appears too much to ask of Mr Teller. Unburdened by the need to research he babbles. Strangely his babbling suits his employers\u2019 interests very well.\nGeorge Galloway\u2019s awfulness\nThe Worst Argument Yet for Intervening in Syria: If We Don\u2019t, Other Countries Will Snigger At Britain\nISIS are a scourge on humanity; the UK must play its part in confronting this horror", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 225, "original_length": 9227, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 297.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://bluejaysfromaway.com/premium-content/unassigned-players/rainer-nunez/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:15Z", "digest": "sha1:7NNOKRVIQRMVI25JPVK4GSY3PJZU7ERB", "length": 177, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "bluejaysfromaway.com", "title": "Rainer Nunez \u2013 Blue Jays from Away", "raw_content": "Rainer Nunez Position: SS Bats: R; Throws: R Height: 6\u20193\u201d; Weight: 180 lb. D.O.B.: December 4, 2000 The Blue Jays signed Rainer Nunez, a native of La Romana, Dominican Republic\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 464, "original_length": 8038, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.8, "perplexity": 224.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://bluesky-pr.net/what-makes-a-great-leader/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:02Z", "digest": "sha1:GWLQC6AFOKB5RADD2BQJ5F7ZBYS3V7DK", "length": 4786, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "bluesky-pr.net", "title": "What makes a great leader? - BlueSky PR", "raw_content": "In my humble experience of the workplace I\u2019ve already come across many management and HR styles. Some worked well for some personalities, some were great all-rounders and some proved ineffective. I can\u2019t claim to be a manager or a leader, nor an expert on HR, but it\u2019s rare to hear from a subordinate perspective, what makes a good manager.\nThe best managers I\u2019ve ever had all possessed the following qualities, and I\u2019d even go so far as to assert that you can\u2019t go far wrong if you\u2019re:\nThis is in terms of both work and company culture. If your company culture is quite relaxed, don\u2019t expect juniors to \u2018earn their stripes\u2019 and hold them to a higher standard than other staff members. Equally, don\u2019t invent new rules to fit circumstances and only apply them once. If you\u2019re planning to enforce social or professional rules, do so across the business, and don\u2019t change the rules according to the employee. This will only serve to breed resentment amongst colleagues.\nPractice what you preach \u2013 if you demand a strong work ethic, then lead by example. If you have high social standards, make sure your behaviour matches up. If it doesn\u2019t, those below you will notice. Studies have shown that feelings of social injustice within an organisation can lead to intentional or unintentional sabotage of the business.\nEveryone knows that communication is key. But are you sure the way you\u2019re communicating is translating the way you want it to? It\u2019s easy to talk theory amongst other HR folk or managers and decide your style is working for you, but it\u2019s the person on the receiving end who needs to understand and be receptive to what you\u2019re saying.\nIf you\u2019re delegating, be clear about the task you\u2019re setting, particularly if you\u2019re dealing with a new employee. An extra five minutes of your time explaining a task in detail might feel like a nuisance, but it\u2019s a small sacrifice compared to the hours of your time and your employee\u2019s time fixing the task later on when it transpires it wasn\u2019t what you wanted.\nIf you\u2019re setting goals, ensure that they\u2019re tangible, if you\u2019re tackling an issue, ensure you have concrete examples and try to provide a clear way forward. If your report comes out more confused than when the conversation began, you probably haven\u2019t been as clear as you could be.\nIt\u2019s a difficult balance to strike between being a friend and being an effective leader. Try to put yourself in the shoes of your reports and respond to any issues with compassion. If somebody is struggling, try to find out why that is in a sensitive way. Remember, people might have difficulty discussing certain issues and it\u2019s your job to make them feel as comfortable as possible in doing so, so everybody can be more productive.\nEver been shouted at in a work scenario? It\u2019s not a nice experience. From the subordinate perspective, it breaks a valuable connection and trust which can never be regained and leaves employees shaken and humiliated. Hardly the best way to generate company loyalty. People will be reluctant to flag up issues or own up to mistakes in case they set you off. If you know you have a temper, work on it. There are ways to communicate your disappointment or frustration without being aggressive.\nCareful about credit.\nWhose idea was that? At a senior level, your voice will naturally be heard over those junior to you. If you use a report\u2019s idea, make sure you note down that it was theirs and hand out credit where it\u2019s due. In the short term it may be nice to bask in praise from your superiors, but you\u2019ll have sowed the seeds of mistrust and, next time, your report will make sure they get in there with their ideas first.\nCredit where credit\u2019s due is good for the team and the business as it encourages people to put forward more great ideas, knowing they will get the recognition they deserve.\nIn short, great management comes down to fairness. If you demand the same standards from everyone and behave the way you expect others to, no matter what level, convey your expectations clearly, show concern for your employees and keep a cool head in a potentially confrontational scenario, you\u2019ll find people work harder for you, be more loyal to your organisation and contribute to a happy and easy working environment.\nCSR \u2013 Nice To Have Or Business Critical? I have had the honour of being on the judging panel for this year\u2019s APSCo Awards for Excellence and one of my categories was CSR Initiative of the Yea...\nCreativity lies in questions I don\u2019t hold very many answers but I have a mind full of questions. Radio host Julie Burste talks with creative people for a li...\n3 stories PRs shouldn\u2019t miss this week Weinstein and the power of the media Unless you\u2019ve been living under a rock for the last few weeks, you will have heard the Harvey Weinstein story. F...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 77, "original_length": 6293, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 329.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://bohemiannights.org/bohemian-nights-at-newwestfest.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:09:06Z", "digest": "sha1:I55XWIR2RSF62JPFDWZC6EBLSHLGLGR6", "length": 820, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "bohemiannights.org", "title": "Bohemian Nights at NewWestFest", "raw_content": "Bohemian Nights at NewWestFest 2019 dates are August 9, 10 and 11. The 2019 festival lineup will be announced in early June, 2019.\nBohemian Nights is always looking for new, emerging and established Colorado artists and accepts submissions year-round.\nBohemian Nights at NewWestFest is a free, three-day music festival held each August in historic downtown Fort Collins. The 2019 festival will take place Aug. 9, 10 and 11. The 2019 festival lineup will be announced in early June, 2019. In addition to a large Colorado lineup, three renowned headliners anchor main stage performances each night.\nThe annual festival is co-produced by the Downtown Fort Collins Business Association and Bohemian Nights. This free community music festival features a variety of genres and includes a family-centered Kids\u2019 Music Adventure.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 1514, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 176.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://boiseinsightsangha.wordpress.com/2016/09/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:43Z", "digest": "sha1:QWZ5CMVBK24RAPBDIFMPNCT5Y654ALSB", "length": 572, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "boiseinsightsangha.wordpress.com", "title": "September | 2016 | boise insight sangha", "raw_content": "Let\u2019s try this again. As the wires got crossed before our last Tuesday meeting, we will again be discussing The 5 faculties. Hopefully, this time everyone will have the chance to listen to Gil\u2019s dharma talk on the faculties\u2026 only 30 minutes long and packed with insight!\nThere are far more extensive explorations on the website too.\nSaturday September 3rd and Tuesday, September 6th\nAnd then a few days later for our evening meeting, we will be discussing The 5 faculties. 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Brad Lance has been in the real estate/mortgage business since 2001. He was recently on the television show \"House Hunters\" on HGTV. In the show he helped his clients find the house of their dreams and well within their budget. He is passionate about his clients getting what they want. Brad strives to provide his customers with the best service for a positive real estate experience. His network of 30 offices enables him to perform in any area of Florida. As a Realtor with access to state-of-the-art marketing and technology, he is able to deliver proven results on a variety of real estate transactions. The real estate industry is constantly evolving and knowing how to harness the technology is one of his many specialties. He is here to serve all of your real estate needs. In today's real estate market, working with a knowledgeable and experienced Realtor is a must.\n120 Intracoastal Pointe Dr #200", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 6726, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 325.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://breastandbodycenterofaustin.com/Dr-Snyder?ispublished=1", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:29Z", "digest": "sha1:UFWYU55GH2L44Z5ZMHDNCWLJ5XLFPFSS", "length": 3672, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "breastandbodycenterofaustin.com", "title": "Dr. Ned Snyder IV, Plastic Surgeon", "raw_content": "Ned Snyder IV, M.D. \u2013 Austin, TX\nMeet Dr. ned Snyder iv\nAustin, TX board-certified Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon Dr. Ned Snyder IV has a passion for recreating natural-looking breast using autologous tissue. As a pioneer in the field of breast reconstruction and Founder of Snyder Plastic Surgery at The Breast and Body Center of Austin. Dr. Ned Snyder is one of the original plastic surgeons in the area to specialize in deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flaps and microsurgical breast reconstruction. With his wife, Dermatologist Dr. Renee Snyder, and their 3 children, Dr. Snyder enjoys raising his family here and working to change lives in the Austin community.\nHe is well-respected in the medical community, is published in multiple peer reviewed medical journals, and has given numerous presentations on plastic surgery and reconstruction. In 2011, he was honored to be the Blocker-Lewis invited Lecturer for University of Texas Medical Branch for the Graduating Surgical Residents Ceremony. In 2014, Dr. Snyder received the First Humanitarian Award from St. David\u2019s Medical Center in Austin, TX in recognition of his commitment to community service, concern for the welfare and happiness of patients, and his extraordinary acts of kindness toward people in need. Also in 2014, Dr. Snyder was selected by peer physicians across the nation as one of the \"Best Doctors in America.\" In addition, he was honored as a \"Texas Rising Star Super Doctor\" from 2012 \u2013 2014. In 2019, Dr. Snyder was named to Austin Monthly's Top Doctors 2019 list.\nSpecial Skills & Training\nHere at The Breast and Body Center of Austin, Dr. Ned Snyder offers plastic and reconstructive surgeries of the breast, face, and body. He also takes on the challenge of revising previous surgeries for patients dissatisfied with their results. In Austin, Dr. Ned Snyder is known for his breast reconstructions, but he is also very skilled in facial rejuvenation,cosmetic breast surgeries, body contouring, mommy makeovers, injectable fillers, wrinkle relaxers, and more.\nDr. Snyder completed a prestigious fellowship in perforator flaps and DIEP flaps for breast reconstruction with the world-renowned microsurgeon, Professor Philip Blondeel at the Universiteit Gent.\nAs a native of Waco, TX, Dr. Snyder graduated from Waco High School as the salutatorian of his graduating class. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Plan II Honors program at the University of Texas at Austin in 1996. Dr. Snyder received his Medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in 2000, where he was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. He remained in Galveston, TX where he received his plastic surgery training at the nationally recognized UTMB Department of Surgery. After completing his residency in plastic surgery, Dr. Snyder traveled to Ghent, Belgium for a fellowship in perforator flaps and DIEP flaps for breast reconstruction.\nDr. Snyder is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and is an Active Member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgeons. He is a Board Member of Austin Smiles and is active on the Medical Advisory Board for the Breast Cancer Resource Center of Austin. In addition, Dr. Ned Snyder is an Active Member and Current President of the Austin Society of Plastic Surgeons.\nMedical Privileges\nINSPIRE Surgery Center\nBoard-certified Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon Dr. Ned Snyder IV is an award-winning surgeon who performs cosmetic and reconstructive surgeries.\nRound Rock Office Austin \u2013 Main Office\n505 West Louis Henna Boulevard\nAustin \u2013 Main Office", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 138, "original_length": 5628, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 148.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://brilliance.no/diamond-club/the-other-end-sleepwalking/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:58:54Z", "digest": "sha1:IHW7AML3KR3SYT3LR5SBDROWHVXS3CTP", "length": 1185, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "brilliance.no", "title": "The Other End \u2013 Sleepwalking \u2013 Brilliance", "raw_content": "The Other End \u2013 Sleepwalking\n\u00abOne of the most exciting new bands from Scandinavia\u00bb (NBHAP) it was announced after the Norwegian band The Other End released their debut EP in March 2018. Since then they have played at renowned \u00d8YA and Vill Vill Vest. The Other End has received international praise for their cutting edge sound and exploration of slow core and dark indie pop. Reviewers have characterized their music as \u00absimply spellbinding\u00bb and \u00abbeautifully haunting\u00bb, and have compared them to acts like The xx and Daughter.\nSleepwalking is a song about feeling like you exist in your own bubble, watching the world around you unfold and the people passing by. It\u2019s about observing life around you, but not feeling like you are taking part in what is happening, although you are present. \u00abWe chose to pick up where we left with the EP, and stay somewhat within the same universe. The basis of the song was recorded live with guitar, drums and vocals, but we also experimented with other elements during post-production, trying to create a bit of tension.\u00bb. The Other End is reaching new heights, and Sleepwalking may very well become your new favorite tune to get through the winter.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 8, "original_length": 1297, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 165.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://brinkschaostheory.com/2018/01/05/my-new-year-starts-now/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:03Z", "digest": "sha1:MEIXS424HESF7BR4X7GRKXPZ5ABBTHJH", "length": 8745, "nlines": 35, "source_domain": "brinkschaostheory.com", "title": "My New Year Starts\u2026 NOW! | Brink's Chaos Theory", "raw_content": "My New Year Starts\u2026 NOW!\nOr, now-ish, anyway.\nI\u2019m now officially done working the floor at the hospital. Nothing left to do here but checkout.\nAnd sell our car, turn off our Japanese cell phones, pack out everything we own and ship it overseas, figure out where we\u2019re going to live in the States, get David into school there without missing too many days, buy a house, start my new job, get into the Navy Reserves, and a hundred other things.\nNo wonder I\u2019ve had an eye tick for last couple weeks.\nNo, really. I have. I\u2019ve also averaged 4 hours of sleep the last three days. That doesn\u2019t help either.\nIt\u2019s when you have massive life upheaval like this that you realize, unless you actually make a living as a writer, that you\u2019re writing really isn\u2019t that big of a priority. It still is, in my mind and heart, it\u2019s still the thing I think most about, but it sure as hell isn\u2019t paying any bills right now, getting us across the Pacific Ocean, or feeding my family, so\u2026 Not a big deal.\nAnd when I start my Master\u2019s Degree this spring or summer, it will unfortunately take a further back seat. Which sucks. I love my writing. And I have more stories in my mind right now than I will probably get done in my lifetime. At the rate I\u2019m going, anyway.\nAlthough once I\u2019m out of the Navy and settled into my next life, I expect to have more writing time. Eventually. And in seven more years, when I can retire from the Reserves, I hope to have even more time. Maybe by then I\u2019ll actually have enough books out there that they\u2019ll be paying some of the bills.\nMost writers, in case you didn\u2019t know, do not sustain their lives on writing alone. Even many of those published by the Big Five companies. Most writers are not millionaires. And the forecast is that fewer and fewer will be. The hay day of the millionaire writer is over. I never asked for a million dollars anyway. A tenth of that per year, a twentieth, would suit me just fine. At that point I would consider myself to be a \u201cprofessional writer.\u201d\nAnd I don\u2019t know that I would ever stop working, anyway. I\u2019m leaving the Navy as a nurse and moving on to teaching nursing school, something I greatly enjoy doing. Even if I were making a sustainable wage as a writer, I\u2019d probably still teach at least part-time. It\u2019s a worthwhile cause and I\u2019m not sure I would feel satisfied with a life where I spend every day just holed away typing on a keyboard in the basement. I\u2019ve always felt a need to do more for more people. I don\u2019t know that just entertaining folks with wild stories would be enough.\nAnd so begins 2018. Bye-bye 2017. We barely knew you. And we won\u2019t really miss you.\nStarting last new year (has it been a year already?!), I had stopped tracking my daily writing word counts. That seemed to be more accounting than was worthwhile to me, and sometimes only reminded me that I was not writing as much as I wanted to be. Instead, I tracked only words published, which I continue to think is way more valuable. A lot of people patter around on their keyboards writing words that no one ever sees. Published words are out there in the world.\nSo I simplified my tracking system from a day by day account to a monthly task account, further divided into quarters. This was codenamed \u201cStormcloud.\u201d (I love to make up codenames. All my pricing matrices have codenames, my file for book blurbs is called \u201cWitchdoctor,\u201d etc.) So whatever task I completed or book I worked on would have a colorful entry in my spreadsheet simply noting what it was. For example, in January of 2017, I have some orange blocks that say, \u201cSIDs finished\u201d (SIDs is shorthand for Secret Identities) and \u201cKronos pubbed\u201d (The Scythe of Kornos). If I did some marketing, sent out a newsletter, or some other writing-related task, I noted that there too. For example, in October I took a vocational vacation to the Oregon Coast and spent a week in a writer\u2019s workshop learning a crap-ton about the business end of writing and publishing. That\u2019s definitely in the Stormcloud matrix.\nIn 2018, I\u2019m thinking of going even simpler. No more big, colorful monthly graph where I continue to track my every move just to justify to myself that yes, I did do something toward my writing career this month. The new system is codenamed \u201cScarecrow\u201d and it\u2019s just a schedule. Just a plan of what I want to get done in 2018. And it doesn\u2019t take up much space.\nTwo major books: Green-Eyed Monster, which is a collection of 7 novellas and stories (some of which will also appear as solo stories once a month over several months), and Deus Ex Machina, which is the quirky superhero novel following Hungry Gods. And that\u2019s it. And pretty much all of those things are already written or very nearly written.\nMuch like in the world of Big Publishing. The stuff that comes out this year will have been written last year or, more often, years before. In the case of most of these things I\u2019m bringing out in 2018, most of these words are two, three, or more years old and are just now, finally, seeing the light of day. Or were published in magazines previously, so I had to wait for the rights to come back to me. The shorter stuff was also waiting for me to have more stuff to package them up with, in the case of the Green-Eyed collection.\nSo how did everything total up? Was 2017 a good year?\nSure it was! Even though I feel, as every writer does, that I didn\u2019t write nearly enough words and didn\u2019t get nearly enough out for readers to grab onto, it was a good year.\nIn 2017, I published 81,500 new words. New, as in they\u2019d never been published before 2017. Pretty darn nice for one busy-as-hell guy doing all this on his own. (With some hired help from editors, artists, and the wife.)\nBut when you add in repeated words\u2014such as stories that were published by a magazine or anthology and then later by me too, or the books I revived from previous years that I had removed from publication for dumb reasons, that total is way more impressive: 274,000 words! Over a quarter million! Wowzers! Almost half of that is the revival of my Tarnish: Thunderstrike Edition all by itself, which combines everything so far in that universe into one volume.\nThose totals beat out 2016, when I published 77,500 new words and a total of 99,500 with reprints and all. Which is still pretty darn good itself!\nAnd according to Scarecrow\u2019s estimates (like it\u2019s secret artificial intelligence or something), I expect to publish about 100,000 new words in 2018, between the Green-Eyed stories and DXM. Plus (I nearly forgot!), I have another Leonidas Hawksblood space pirate installment coming out this summer in Cirsova Magazine. Two installments, actually, as it\u2019s a story in two parts. That\u2019s another 11,500 words.\nWords already written in 2016, along with at least 70,000 that are done as of right now.\nWhich makes it easier. Especially with the HUGE life changes we\u2019re about to go through. Having the hardest part already done gives me a full year to get them finished up, polished up, and out the door. All the while, going through massive real-life stuff, starting new jobs and graduate school, ensuring the family makes the transition without too much psychological trauma, and everything else.\nSo my 2018 is already shaping up to be a hell of a year.\nHow\u2019s about yours? Leave a comment and let me know!\nBy the way, you can still grab everything published in 2017, plus a couple bonus stories, via the Swords, Superheroes, and Space Opera Bundle. Hundreds and hundreds of pages worth of fiction for only SIX BUCKS. Get it while it lasts, folks, because once I get settled into my new life and 2018, this incredibly cheap bundle of books is going to go away. (Click here to find it on Bundle Rabbit, Barnes and Noble, iBooks, and Kobo.)\n(2018 image from freepik.com, btw)\n\u2190 Welcome 2018, Celebrate 2017\nA New Years Gift For You \u2192\n3 thoughts on \u201cMy New Year Starts\u2026 NOW!\u201d\nMy goal is to get three things published, aiming low.\nAlex, I would just caution you. If your goal is to be published by other folks, you can submit but it isn\u2019t really a goal that is entirely in your hands. Award-winning books and stories were first rejected multiple times. Every editor\u2019s tastes are different. I\u2019m just saying, don\u2019t blame yourself if you don\u2019t quite manage to meet \u201cgoals\u201d on things you can\u2019t control. I would say your \u201cgoal\u201d should be to write X-many stories/books and submit them to as many places as possible, but whether they get published or not is not your doing. Know what I mean?\nYeah I\u2019m aware should of clarified that. I really want a mix of self publish and at least one of the three to be an indi mag or something. Working on a novella length piece right now that will be my first polished, arted up, formatted, selfpub. 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It\u2019s not just polo shirt wearing middle managers who go home to their comfortable house in their cookie cutter housing developments. It\u2019s not just how everyone on digg has the same political views. No, it\u2019s about not having the ability to formulate your own opinions, lacking the ability to think freely, and being too inhibited to express those thoughts and opinions. Everyone likes to believe they are unique. No one will ever tell you that they are a conformist, after all, conforming is always a bad thing, right? Or is it? 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The ghosts show how his attitude about Christmas affect his friends, and that how the future could be change forever if he doesn't partake in celebrating Christmas.\nRetrieved from \"https://bucketskinnersepicadventures.fandom.com/wiki/Epic_Christmas?oldid=4915\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 94, "original_length": 2124, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 274.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/On_the_Origin_of_Species:_Meowth", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:31:38Z", "digest": "sha1:EU3R2OZVCZG4UUUF3ZMXACYHWM5NADWZ", "length": 5423, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "bulbanews.bulbagarden.net", "title": "On the Origin of Species: Meowth - Bulbanews", "raw_content": "[url=//bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/On_the_Origin_of_Species:_Meowth] On the Origin of Species: Meowth[/url]\n On the Origin of Species: Meowth\nMeowth, the Scratch Cat Pok\u00e9mon\nSo, stop me if you've heard this one...\nOnce upon a time, there was a priest who maintained a temple in Gotokuji, west of Tokyo. The priest kept a cat named Tama, and though he was very poor, he would often share his food with it. One day, though, the priest found that there was no food left, and in his hunger, he shouted at the cat: \"I've always fed you in spite of my poverty, so couldn't you do something for this temple for once?\" The cat got up and wandered out of the temple.\nAs it happened, the samurai lord of the district, Ii Naotaka, was out riding near the temple at the time. It started to rain heavily, prompting him to take shelter beneath a tree. He then noticed Tama sitting in front of the temple, beckoning to him. The cat's behavior puzzled him, and so he approached Tama with interest. As he walked, a bolt of lighting struck the tree he had been underneath and brought it crashing down. Tama had saved his life.\nThe samurai picked up Tama and rushed into the temple. When he discovered that the priest was the owner of the lucky cat, he was filled with gratitude. Gotokuji Temple was adopted as his family temple, and went from being dilapidated to a place of splendor. The priest would never go hungry again, and Tama lived a life of luxury. When Tama died, he was buried with great ceremony, and a shrine to the \"beckoning cat\" was erected in the temple grounds.\nThis is just one of many stories that have arisen over the years to explain one of the most ubiquitous cultural symbols in Japan: the maneki neko (\u62db\u304d\u732b), or beckoning cat. Even if you've never been to Japan, the chances are you'll have seen one. The sculptures, often made of ceramic, depict a cat with one paw raised. It might seem to the Western observer that the cat is waving rather than beckoning, and this is due to a difference in hand gestures between cultures. In Japan, the \"beckoning\" gesture is to hold up a hand, palm outwards, and repeatedly folding the fingers down over the palm and then back up.\nA maneki neko\nIt's fitting that one of Japan's most recognizable icons was the inspiration for one of the best-known Pok\u00e9mon of all: Meowth. Meowth's prominent role in the anime has made it a familiar face to anyone with even the most passing familiarity with the series; it might just be the most famous Pok\u00e9mon besides Pikachu. But how deep does Meowth's association with the beckoning cat of legend go?\nWell, Meowth's coloration \u2013 mostly light, with some brown spots \u2013 is similar to that of the average maneki neko. The maneki neko's patterning, in turn, is thought to be inspired by the Japanese bobtail, a breed of cat with a very short, stumpy tail. Though Meowth evidently has an intact tail, the odd way in which its tail is curled up may still be a nod towards the Japanese bobtail. In much of Meowth's official art, including most of its sprites in the earlier generations, it is depicted with one paw raised in the traditional manner of the maneki neko.\nAdditionally, the oval emblem on Meowth's head is a koban (\u5c0f\u5224), an Edo period coin worth one ry\u014d. As a rough guide, one ry\u014d might be considered as equivalent to a thousand dollars in today's money. Maneki neko are frequently depicted with a similar coin, though it is usually indicated to be worth ten million ry\u014d! Just like Tama in the story, maneki neko are said to bring good fortune and wealth.\nKoban also form the basis of Meowth's signature attack, Pay Day. This move involves Meowth hurling koban at its opponent, and each use of the move produces money that can be picked up after battle. Meowth is quite the lucky cat, then, but there's more to this particular move than meets the eye. Pay Day's Japanese name is Neko ni Koban (\u30cd\u30b3\u306b\u3053\u3070\u3093), meaning 'a coin for a cat'. This is, more or less, the Japanese equivalent of the idiom 'pearls before swine', meaning something offered to someone who is unable to appreciate its value. In this case, a cat cannot appreciate the value of money. Nonetheless, Meowth's Poked\u00e9x entries describe it hoarding coins (if only because it loves shiny objects), and one of its abilities, Pickup, is also tied in with its tendency to attract wealth.\nManeki neko are most frequently seen at the entrances of shops and restaurants, in the hopes that they will bring customers and prosperity to the business. There is a huge variety of styles and colors of maneki neko, with each one having significance. For instance, a raised right paw is said to bring good luck and money, while a raised left paw brings customers. A white body, symbolizing purity, also brings luck, while a black body wards off evil spirits, and a golden body is thought to be the best for bringing in wealth. Part tradition and part superstition, the maneki neko represents yet another fascinating practice that enriches the cultural tapestry of Japan. Within the games themselves, Meowth might not be anything special, but it has a proud heritage behind it: a tale of wealth, good fortune, and a humble cat who took pity on his owner's plight.\nMeowth, that's right.\nRetrieved from \"https://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/w/index.php?title=On_the_Origin_of_Species:_Meowth&oldid=62254\"\nJuly '10 Columns", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 89, "original_length": 7602, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 244.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://bulkfuel.com.au/news/bulk-fuel-australia-sponsors-the-cq-ashs-stockmans-challenge", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:58:16Z", "digest": "sha1:7KIWMCPZ24AAUGZP5MW7JS34KWIQUBVZ", "length": 2039, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "bulkfuel.com.au", "title": "Bulk Fuel Australia Sponsors the CQ ASHS Stockmans Challenge - Bulk Fuel Australia", "raw_content": "Bulk Fuel Australia Sponsors the CQ ASHS Stockmans Challenge\nAt Bulk Fuel Australia, our commitment to serving the community extends well beyond the commercial aspect of delivering quality diesel fuel all around the country. In addition to taking care of the safety and performance of our people, we are also proud sponsors of the Central Queensland branch of The Australian Stock Horse Society.\nThe Society has been operating since its 1971 inception in the New South Wales town of Scone. It was formed with the express purpose of preserving and promoting the Australian Stock Horse, a bloodline that has long been noted for its versatility and superior performance. The Stock Horse is known as \u201cthe breed for every need\u201d and the Society meets regularly across Australia with more than 9,500 registered members and well over 180,000 horses registered in its Stud Book.\nThe mighty challenge\nIn July 2018 the Central Queensland ASHS held an All-Breed Stockman\u2019s Challenge, where a wide range of local and visiting society members put their best horses up for a series of contests. These included cattle work, led and working tests across various age groups and breed types.\nBulk Fuel Australia is the proud sponsor of the Hack events. This includes the Ash Stallion 5 & Over, Ash Mare 5 & Over, Ash Gelding 5 & Over, Ash Filly 4 & Under, Ash Gelding 4 & Under and the Champion Ash. Hacks are a series of riding challenges that can sometimes include small jumps or navigating obstacles while maintaining good stature. The winners of each event rode away with a cash prize and the satisfaction of a job well done. Congratulations to all the contestants and champions of the day. We would also like to thank the event organisers for such a well-run and fun event for the local community. The quality of the horses on display was second to none.\nJust like Stock Horses, the team at Bulk Fuel Australia can go anywhere to get the job done. Contact Bulk Fuel Australia to talk about our efficient diesel fuel delivery services for every industry.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 142, "original_length": 4341, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 270.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://business.pitt.edu/people/anna-marie-pavone", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:05Z", "digest": "sha1:JQBPI5GM2Q5UIXO6ZR7NG6YG5WXN6BN7", "length": 2092, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "business.pitt.edu", "title": "Anna Marie Pavone | Pitt Business | University of Pittsburgh", "raw_content": "Ann Pavone joined the faculty of the Katz School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh on a part-time basis in 2015 and joined full time in 2016. Previously, Ann was employed as an IT professional with over 30 years of global information systems experience at Matthews International Bronze Division, Philips Respironics, a medical device manufacturer, and the US Steel Corporation in their Fundamental Research Division. Ann\u2019s most recent experience was as a Project Manager and SAP Order to Cash lead business analyst on a large implementation of an SAP ERP system for Axiall Incorporated, formerly PPG Chemicals. Ann has five full lifecycle implementations of SAP ERP using the ASAP methodology. With a thorough knowledge of business process engineering, Ann has designed and implemented process improvements in customer service, logistics and transportation planning, warehouse management, dangerous goods processing, international trade compliance, and intercompany and customer invoice processing. In addition to business processing, Ann has worked extensively in the design and development of applications in SAP ERP systems and has developed processes for extraction, transformation and data loading in SAP Business Intelligence systems. Ann has a particular interest in the business process improvements, IT project management, and business intelligence.\nBUSBIS 1060 Introduction to Management Information Systems\nMBA, Business Administration, University of Pittsburgh\nBS, Computer Science, University of Pittsburgh\nBA, Secondary Education (Summa Cum Laude), University of Pittsburgh\npavone-anna-cv-sept-2018.pdf\nAnn is an avid cyclist and art lover. She has most recently cycled in the Loire Valley, France and Valencia, Spain, but enjoys the trails and streets of Pittsburgh on most weekends. Her admiration for impressionist and modern art has been fostered by trips to the D\u2019Orsay Museum and the Musee de l\u2019Orangerie in Paris, Giverny France, the Prada Museum in Madrid, the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, the Picasso Museum in Barcelona, and the Marc Chagall Museum in Nice.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 83, "original_length": 3576, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 239.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://bzwiki.com/once_upon_a_time_in_Yokohama_~B%27z_LIVE_GYM%2799_%22Brotherhood%22~", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:41Z", "digest": "sha1:WT7GF36BTHU744RYI2REASJHAPUAYJOZ", "length": 813, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "bzwiki.com", "title": "once upon a time in Yokohama ~B'z LIVE GYM'99 \"Brotherhood\"~ - B'z Wiki - Your number one source for everything B'z", "raw_content": "once upon a time in Yokohama ~B'z LIVE GYM'99 \"Brotherhood\"~\nAugust 2, 2000 (VHS)\nMarch 14, 2001 (DVD)\nonce upon a time in Yokohama ~B'z LIVE GYM'99 \"Brotherhood\"~ (\u6a2a\u6d5c, Yokohama) is a home video by B'z, released on August 2, 2000. The video captures the finale to the main leg of B'z LIVE-GYM '99 \"Brotherhood\" as was held at Nissan Stadium. The video was later issued on DVD on March 14, 2001 along with three other older home video releases and the band's then-latest single, \"ultra soul\".\nBonus Track: Swimmer yo!! from B'z LIVE-GYM '98 \"SURVIVE\"\nDVD Exclusive Bonus\nTooku Made (Koshi's Solo)\nGO FURTHER (Tak's Solo)\nonce upon a time in Yokohama\n~B'z LIVE GYM'99 \"Brotherhood\"~\nRetrieved from \"https://bzwiki.com/index.php?title=once_upon_a_time_in_Yokohama_~B%27z_LIVE_GYM%2799_%22Brotherhood%22~&oldid=23050\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 114, "original_length": 2309, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.85, "perplexity": 109.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ca.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idCATRE69M2CV20101023", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:21:03Z", "digest": "sha1:I7U3W6TNNS3RRRN5I5OKZ662RLHGCVGJ", "length": 2654, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "ca.reuters.com", "title": "The Social Network a true story, twins say | Reuters", "raw_content": "\"The Social Network\" a true story, twins say\nCAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss \u2014 two of the central characters portrayed in \u201cThe Social Network\u201d \u2014 say the film accurately portrays Facebook\u2019s birth, the focus of a legal dispute in which they are involved.\nActors Justin Timberlake (L), Andrew Garfield and Jesse Eisenberg (2nd R) and writer Aaron Sorkin (R) pose during a photocall to promote the movie \"The Social Network\" in Madrid, October 6, 2010. REUTERS/Andrea Comas\nThe 29-year-old identical twins, who are suing the Internet site on claims they came up with the idea for Facebook while students at Harvard University, said on Saturday they were pleased with the way they were portrayed in the Hollywood film.\n\u201cIt does a great job of capturing the factual events of the 18 months of the founding of Facebook. It is a true story,\u201d Cameron said in an interview.\nYet they never met with film writer Aaron Sorkin or Ben Mezrich, who wrote the book on which it was based.\n\u201cWe were basically bystanders. We were hoping for the best. And we were relieved when we saw the movie,\u201d Cameron said.\nThe movie intersperses scenes of depositions taken for lawsuits by the Winklevoss twins as well as Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s former best friend and network co-founder Eduardo Saverin.\nThose lawsuits resulted in undisclosed settlements. But the twins have taken up legal action again, saying they were given misinformation about Facebook\u2019s value and that relevant documents were withheld.\nThe 6\u20195\u201d twins were in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Saturday to prepare for a Sunday race in the Head of the Charles rowing festival along the Charles River, which divides Boston and Cambridge. Each year several hundreds thousand spectators gather along the river, making it one of the world\u2019s most-watched competitions.\nThe two men have made their mark rowing a two-man boat, finishing sixth place in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. That didn\u2019t make them celebrities, but the release of \u201cThe Social Network,\u201d did.\nIt portrays Facebook boss Zuckerberg as a socially awkward computer genius whom the Winklevoss twins hire to complete construction of a social networking website.\nIn the movie, Zuckerberg takes the job, but turns around and creates his own site, which he originally dubs \u201cThe Facebook.\u201d Zuckerberg has said the film is inaccurate.\nThe twins did not get Facebook accounts until 2008. They said they signed up after they were in the Olympics so they could stay in touch with friends they had met in Beijing.\nReporting by Jim Finkle; Additional reporting by Alexei Oreskovic and Ross Kerber; Editing by Jerry Norton", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 51, "original_length": 3614, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 215.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://canoe.com/news/crime/two-quebec-men-arrested-after-boat-with-cocaine-set-ablaze-near-martinique", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:14Z", "digest": "sha1:NL6UMWEVFQR3ZFPYMHS6MC3VFADEAMCN", "length": 2342, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "canoe.com", "title": "Two Quebec men arrested after boat with cocaine set ablaze near Martinique | Canoe", "raw_content": "Two Quebec men arrested after boat with cocaine set ablaze near Martinique\nSeized packages of cocaine are shown in a government of Martinique handout photo.Government of Martinique / The Canadian Press\nMONTREAL \u2014 Two Quebec men remained in a Martinique jail Friday after a sailboat, brimming with cocaine, was set ablaze on open water earlier this month in what authorities say was a desperate attempt to destroy evidence.\nThe massive amount of cocaine seized on the vessel in the Caribbean Sea was most likely destined for Canada, said French authorities.\nCompelling video taken by French customs agents show the boat on fire and officials trying to douse the flames in choppy water.\n\u201cThe investigation is ongoing under the supervision of a judge, and one of the main strands is to liaise with Canadian authorities,\u201d Jean-Damien Moustier, the senior French officer in charge of drug enforcement in Martinique, said in an interview.\nMoustier said the cocaine was likely coming from Venezuela, where much of the intercepted product in the area originates.\nThe final port of call for the boat, which was clearly affixed with a Fleur-de-lis, was not in doubt.\n\u201cThe destination of the drugs was the Canadian market,\u201d he said.\nMoustier cited French laws in declining to name the suspects, but Le Journal de Montreal identified them earlier this week as men in their 50s from the Riviere-du-Loup area, about 200 kilometres northeast of Quebec City.\nThe operation began July 18 when customs officials, the regional coast guard and the French frigate Germinal were dispatched to intercept a sailboat they suspected was being used to traffic drugs.\nThey caught up with the vessel on the evening of July 19, but rough waters prevented the customs officials from getting close enough to secure it.\nThey said the occupants agreed to follow customs officials to the island of Saint Martin the next day, only to abandon the boat the next morning.\nThe vessel was set on fire and the skipper and another occupant took refuge in a life-raft.\nThe fire was quickly brought under control and authorities say they managed to salvage some 1,506 kilograms of cocaine in bundles while detaining the two Canadian suspects.\nMoustier described the seizure as an exceptional haul.\nThe men appeared in court Tuesday and were ordered detained by a judge in Fort-de-France.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 166, "original_length": 5344, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 307.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://careers.channel4.com/4jobs/distribution-partnerships", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:41Z", "digest": "sha1:ERNZFOXRH7DSDEM2G2BBHQ4FJBBSYV5A", "length": 1530, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "careers.channel4.com", "title": "Distribution Partnerships | Channel 4 Careers", "raw_content": "Channel 4 is an innovative broadcaster. We\u2019re cool but we\u2019re not too cool for our own good. Our aim is to broadcast content that is interesting, thought-provoking and entertaining. It\u2019s the job of Distribution and Platforms Partnership to make sure that content gets in front of as many people as possible.\nOur Distribution and Platform Partnerships team leads, develops and manages our commercial relationships with content distribution and platform partners across the industry. What we do is central to our strategy \u2013 we\u2019re a public service broadcaster, so it\u2019s crucial that we have the right deals in place to derive maximum benefit from other platforms.\nWe manage important, ongoing business activity, such as 4Distribution (our secondary rights business). We negotiate and run core platform deals with Sky, Virgin Media and others. The team also explores and implements new partnerships; manages important relationships with key digital players such as Google, Facebook, and Apple; and presents our \u2018commercial\u2019 face to platforms, distribution and tech partners globally.\nGetting a channel on air is a complex but fascinating business. Working in Distribution and Platforms Partnership, you\u2019ll get to see and understand the end-to-end process. You\u2019ll gain exposure to the constantly evolving media landscape. And you\u2019ll be interacting with other departments within the organisation. All as part of a team that works towards a common goal. That has clear focus and direction. That takes pride in being a centre of excellence.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 38, "original_length": 2936, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 240.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://caroldussere.com/2014/02/korea-forty-years-later/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:11Z", "digest": "sha1:XYOR4WUDMRY6X4HMSQRTQE32ATVT74GJ", "length": 15066, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "caroldussere.com", "title": "Korea Forty Years Later \u2013 Turning East", "raw_content": "Stephen in front of the Foreign Language Institute after turning in his grades (Stephen Schuit)\nForty years before this Skype interview\u2014almost to the day\u2014in late November 1973, Stephen Schuit arrived at Kimpo Airport as a US Peace Corps volunteer. After three months of training he taught at what was then Keimyung Christian College and is now Keimyung University. When his two years in the Peace Corps was over, he returned to Maine and became a human resource professional with a focus on management training. In the mid-90s he started teaching at the business school of the University of Southern Maine. His consulting practice took him to about thirty different countries, including Korea. In 2011 he returned to teach English at Yeungnam University near Daegu. Please check out his blog, particularly the article on No Gun Ri (Link). All photos are courtesy of Stephen Schuit.\nThe young American history major at the DMZ (Stephen Schuit)\nWhen I arrived in late November 1973, Kimpo was a military airport on the outskirts of Seoul. Everyone we saw was a soldier. At that time the student demonstrations against the military regime of Park Chung-hee were so frequent they weren\u2019t even newsworthy. There were about fifty Peace Corps volunteers in my group, and we were quickly bused to Daegu. The three-month training period was Monday through Friday and a half day on Saturday. It consisted of three subjects: Korean culture, Korean language and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages. The learning was intense and a lot of fun. My group was training to be university instructors of English. I chose to be located in Daegu because I was here and I was enjoying it for the most part. Others went all over the place, a lot of people to Seoul, one guy to Cheju-do.\nI was assigned to a school called Keimyung Christian College, now Keimyung University. In those days what stood out for me was the dirt and the hygiene problems like the use of human excrement as fertilizer and the lack of potable water. Since all the water had to be boiled, you just had barley tea. You couldn\u2019t purchase dairy products like milk or cheese [which are not part of the traditional Asian diet]. There were no private cars. There was ostensibly no middle class. There was public transportation\u2014the trains were decent and the buses were good but crowded\u2014and taxis. There was no subway system.\nThe Korean War had ended about 19 years previously, and you still had the after-effects of the Japanese occupation. For example, the hills and mountains were barren. There were no trees. My take on this was that the Japanese were building wooden homes and were heating their homes with wood. The Japanese were of course defeated in 1945, not much had grown back by 1950, and with the Korean War, pretty much everything was obliterated. In the winter the landscape was all brown.\nBoth male and female students were still wearing Japanese-style uniforms\u2014black with gold trim, gold buttons with a tunic neck. The other reminders of the occupation were the stories about having to speak Japanese, about having to go through the Japanese regimen in schools and about the tens of thousands of women being raped. My students were probably born in the mid-50s, so their stories were coming from their parents. I suspect that significant numbers of these students\u2019 mothers and grandmothers were sexually harassed by the Japanese.\nThose were the days of mimeograph machines and cold, very poorly lit classrooms. The blackboards were all made out of this rubberized material similar to the material the Koreans now put down on running and biking paths in public areas. In the States traditional blackboards were made out of slate. In Korea slate was not available so they had these smooth, rubberized black and green blackboards. Even using chalk was somewhat problematic. It often wasn\u2019t available when needed, and it just didn\u2019t work well on those boards. Today we use wet boards with markers.\nStudents in uniform (Stephen Schuit)\nI had some classes with fifty students. You had to be an actor, a showman. You were dancing. You were doing anything you could to keep the kids active, interested, engaged and having a good time. If you were dry,boring and stationary at your desk it wasn\u2019t going to happen.\nI designed a teaching technique using articles from Newsweek and Time Magazine. I looked for appropriate vocabulary words that I wanted to teach, found them in articles and copied the articles if I could. I put together a half-dozen sentences or so to give them an understanding of the article and the vocabulary I was trying to teach, came to class early and put them on the board. After doing drills using the sentences, we could discuss the article, and I could ask them questions about it and how it related to them.\nToday here at Yeungnam University, the only thing I need to bring to class is a memory stick\u2014and markers. Every room has a computer, a very large computer screen, and a wet board. So I use PowerPoint. We use the textbook and videos. The books are the same for everyone teaching a particular class. I\u2019m teaching a business English class, and that textbook is standardized as well. So the curriculum is consistent. Within that the classroom you can do whatever you want, but the tests are standardized. I think it works great. It assures that there\u2019s a minimal level of skill attainment. We teach the four skills. We recently integrated writing with the listening speaking and reading, and I think our students are largely insured that they\u2019re going to get good basic education.\nStarting with the spring semester on March 2, we\u2019ll have new textbooks for every class, every level. A number of options were presented to us, and we were asked to evaluate them. When I show up toward the end of February, I\u2019ll be told which textbooks we\u2019ll be using. That\u2019s okay with me. As long as the classroom belongs to me, I feel fine.\nRight now my smallest class has 19 students, and the largest 23. I have students paired as learning partners. They have the same partner from the beginning of the semester until mid-terms, when they take their speaking tests together. I give them questions to start the conversation between them, and they talk. Then they also take individual exams inlistening, reading and writing. For the second half of the semester they have new partners. For group work, I often take the partners and put them together to form groups of four or five or six, depending on the activity.\nDowntown Daegu in 1974 (Stephen Schuit)\nForty years after I first arrived in Korea, the major differences I see are the world-class train and subway systems. In Daegu, Busan and Seoul these systems are probably as good as any in the world. You can also drink the water from the tap. I don\u2019t, but you can. You see touching and perfunctory sexual behavior among male and female students\u2014the hand-holding, the hugging, the embraces are very explicit and visible. You never saw that 40 years ago.\nThe other thing that is significantly different is the vibrant, large middle class. I think that\u2019s the key part of Korea\u2019s success. Basically, the Confucian model hasn\u2019t changed, meaning the hierarchy nd what it means to be rich or poor. People\u2019s language still reflects their positions, their roles and their age [in relation to the person they\u2019re talking to, for example in \u201ctalking up\u201d to some people and \u201ctalking down\u201d to others]. What has changed is the growth of the middle class, the high percentage of Koreans who have graduated from college and become professionals. There\u2019s now a tradition now of going to college, finding jobs in these large companies, called chaeb\u01d2ls. People can afford to buy cars to drive the economy, and they can travel abroad freely.\nIn the Korea of 1973, in order to go abroad you had to get permission from the Park Chung-hee government, either the man himself or his staff. People didn\u2019t even have money to travel. Now you don\u2019t need anyone\u2019s permission, and many Koreans travel and live overseas. Their global awareness has changed significantly. This middle class owns property, spends money, is credit-charged to world historic levels of indebtedness. By some measures the economy is the fifteenth largest in the world.\nI left the Korea of 1975 not feeling good about the country. After two years I was bitter and exhausted. I wanted to get on with my life. I was tired of being so visible [as a foreigner]. I had started growing a beard. Kids were cat-calling me all the time, and there was no place I could walk without being approached or singled out or noticed. It was only very few people\u2019s intention to hassle me, but I was at the whims of kids and people wanting to practice their English. There were maybe a dozen English teachers at the university level in Daegu. I knew them all. Now the expat community in Daegu is huge, probably 10,000 people. If you\u2019re a foreigner and you\u2019re walking down the street, people don\u2019t even notice you anymore.\nThe Peace Corps told us, \u201cThis is an apolitical role, please respect that.\u201d But as soon as you said you were with the Peace Corps, people knew that you\u2019d been sanctioned by the Park Chung-hee administration and that you worked for the US government. So how could you possibly be apolitical? It would be like saying you worked for the US Army or the CIA or the General Services Administration but you weren\u2019t political. You represented policy, you were an arm of the US government.\nWell, sure. I wasn\u2019t in my classrooms, for example, criticizing Park Chung-hee. Nor were any other professors who valued their lives. No one could legally criticize Park Chung-hee in public [and usually not in private]. So that\u2019s political.\nI don\u2019t want to say that was the most significant factor. Communication was slow and different. Obviously, we didn\u2019t have Skype or computers. If I wrote a letter to my family, I wouldn\u2019t know they\u2019d received it until I got a letter back. There was usually a four-to-eight-week turn-around. Peace Corps volunteers didn\u2019t have phones. If you and I were both teaching in Daegu, one of us at Yeungnam and the other at Keimyung, and I saw you on Thursday, I\u2019d say, \u201cHey, Carol, let\u2019s meet again on Sunday.\u201d We would establish a place and a time, but if we both showed up at that place and that time it was a minor miracle.\nSo two years of slow communication, two years of being on my own, two years of hassles and not being able to drink the water, two years of the daily frustrations of living in a third-world country with the Korean bureaucracy and ice-cold, poorly-lit classrooms\u2014all of that was fairly taxing. I needed a break. I was looking forward to hopping in a car, driving somewhere and eating a hamburger or a pizza. And just getting on with my life.\nThe advice I wrote on my blog about ten days ago [\u201cBeyond Surviving: How to Thrive as an Expat,\u201d see the URL below] was a reaction to office conversation. What precipitated it was that a young colleague of mine, otherwise a decent enough chap, went into the office of the Korean director. The director told this young man that the assistant professorship he was expecting and hoping for was not going to be forthcoming. He said, \u201cI\u2019d like you to take the next semester and demonstrate that you do have a solid, good character and professionalism. Then you can come back and we\u2019ll talk about an assistant professorship.\u201d\nA fifteen-minute argument ensued. This guy was infuriated at the\u2014in his mind\u2014broken promise and the allegations about his character. He picked up a chair and threw it at the director, hitting his desk and knocking his computer and other stuff off of it. He took his ceramic coffee cup and threw it, barely missing the director\u2019s head and hitting the wall, where it shattered. Then he walked out. He told us that he \u201cdied on his sword,\u201d meaning that he\u2019d stood for truth, justice, and the American way\u2014or whatever it meant to him. In other words, he wasn\u2019t going to take any shit. He quit. I\u2019m sure by that time he was fired anyway, but he was very proud of having taken a stand.\nIt caused me to be upset and very reflective for the next three or four days. And nauseous.I felt I had failed this young man\u2014he\u2019s about thirty-three\u2014as a colleague. I felt I hadn\u2019t coached him well if he could be that disrespectful in spite of being frustrated and perhaps having a promise broken to him. I also wondered how he could he be so disrespectful after living in Korea for four or five years. How could he not know what a violation this was to anything that was reasonable and normal? This was the worst extreme of a continuum of behaviors which suggested to me that some people didn\u2019t respect this country or understand its customs. They might feel their own country is better. So I spent the next week thinking about it before putting my thoughts down in writing.\nI\u2019d say probably 70% of my colleagues are very professional, they take teaching as an awesome responsibility, and they are constantly working on their professional development. Then I would say about 10-15% of the people seem to be riding it out. They don\u2019t see teaching as their primary reason for being here. It\u2019s just a vehicle for sustaining themselves. Maybe another 10% go either way. I wouldn\u2019t call anyone in our 53-person staff a \u201cbackpacker.\u201d Even those who don\u2019t seem truly professional seem to be here to give it a go.\nMy love for Korea was based largely on the romantic notion of love in a rear-view mirror. I mean, the bitterness kept dissolving the longer I was away from Korea. As the years passed, and I met Koreans in the States or visited Korean restaurants, or took out my Korean language books to look them over again, my bitter memories faded, and I was left with only a very romanticized residue: how wonderful the country really was, how much I loved the food, how much I loved the people and how much I loved the language. I came back in 1988 for the summer Olympics. I returned on a number of business trips to train Korean managers in the late 90s, which is when I visited No Gun Ri. [See the URL below.] In addition to visiting my son, who was teaching in Seoul in 2011, I had about a half-dozen trips to Korea. I was staying in touch. Those visits helped nurture this very romantic recollection I had of the country.\nComing back and seeing the country as it became the new, modern Korea, I saw that the things I\u2019d found frustrating were just memories of a Korea that had gone past. So this time when I came, I appreciated more of the \u201cromantic aspects\u201d of Korea. When I met people who shared the Korea of today, I could tell them about the Korea of the 1970s. When I came back for the Olympics, I saw a former student of mine who was now a businessman living on the thirtieth floor of a fancy apartment building in Seoul. The new Korea was indeed fascinating. The food was delicious. Our conversations about the way Daegu used to be, now that I was free of the hassles, was a romantic story, and a powerfully emotional one as well.\nCategories Korea, TeachingTags korea, Peace Corps, Teaching\tPost navigation", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 180, "original_length": 17489, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 233.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://carolinavisioncenter.com/community-content/eye-symptoms/sleep-in-the-eyes-eye-discharge/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:01Z", "digest": "sha1:A5JF3L4LF3NPKT4QXJNSSIK5EHSH2XU5", "length": 1242, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "carolinavisioncenter.com", "title": "Carolina Vision Center - Fayetteville, NC - Sleep in the Eyes (Eye Discharge)", "raw_content": "Sometimes referred to as \u201csleep\u201d or eye matter, eye discharge that appears in normal consistency upon waking is a typical part of your body\u2019s defense mechanisms, protecting your eyes from bacteria or other irritants. Eye discharge that appears in abnormal consistency, color, or quantities might be a sign of a more serious condition and should be brought to the attention of an eye care profession right away.\nAbnormal eye discharge usually indicates an underlying condition \u2014 sometimes bacterial, viral, or allergy related. One of the most common causes of abnormal eye discharge is conjunctivitis (pink eye), which refers to the inflammation of the conjunctiva (the lining of the underside of the eyelid and white of the eye). Conjunctivitis occurs due to contagious bacterial and viral infections as well as allergies. In addition, conditions such as ocular herpes, Acanthamoeba keratitis, blepharitis, and styes also lead to excessive or abnormal eye discharge.\nEye care professionals diagnose the cause of abnormal eye discharge by looking at the patient\u2019s medical history and performing an eye exam. If a corneal ulcer is present, the eye care professional will likely test a sample to determine whether or not an infection is present.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 150, "original_length": 5178, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 246.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://carrenza.com/portfolio/oracle-corporation/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:53Z", "digest": "sha1:PZE7IPBEO4STW22Q26VTKLHNLIBRBFIH", "length": 292, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "carrenza.com", "title": "Oracle Corporation - Cloud provider to public sector, retail & financial organisations", "raw_content": "With more than 420,000 customers and deployments in more than 145 countries, Oracle offers a comprehensive and fully integrated stack of cloud applications, platform services, and engineered systems. Learn more about Oracle and who we are.\nSource: www.oracle.com/uk/\n\u2190 Red Hat Software\nChef \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 1247, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 313.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://casanovastyle.com/2018/04/23/signs-of-a-midlife-crisis-in-men/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:20:39Z", "digest": "sha1:WVGA5UYWRC4PTK6BI5623XGSAICUKD6L", "length": 10879, "nlines": 38, "source_domain": "casanovastyle.com", "title": "Signs of a Midlife Crisis in Men | Casanova Style", "raw_content": "HomeLife HacksLifestyleSigns of a Midlife Crisis in Men\nThe midlife crisis can be called a ruthless disease, which overtakes, according to statistics, every second man after thirty. The most unpleasant thing in this situation is that it affects not only the man but also his family. You shouldn\u2019t hope that this problem will not touch you because such a state is considered an inevitable stage in the life of any person, regardless of their emotional state and financial situation. You should be ready for it in advance and know how to deal with a midlife crisis.\nWhat is a midlife crisis?\nIt will be the easiest task to find a book or a movie about a midlife crisis in men because the Internet is just full of this information. And, most importantly, mostly men are the authors of these bestsellers, so all information is given with subtle humor, self-irony and, of course, it makes all the macho smile when they recognize themselves in the main character. Nonetheless, it is necessary to understand the midlife crisis psychology, its root cause. So, what is a midlife crisis for a man? In simple words, it is a reorientation of values and attitudes.\nAt some point in life, a man faces a period when he begins to rethink and reevaluate his own life. \u201cThe men midlife crisis,\u201d as a concept, is expressed in a physiological and psychological imbalance, when a man faces challenges, being at the highest stage of development of his strengths and abilities. He finds himself in a stalemate. In this state, a person simply cannot reasonably assess the true situation. Often, people become depressed and fill their lives with some trivial things, which only add problems.\nTimeless questions\nFirst, a man needs to think about material well-being, creating a family and building a career. Gradually, he solves all these issues and still has energy and strength for something else. At the same time, men understand that the youth has passed, and it cannot be returned. It is at this point that a person starts reflecting on the eternal themes like, \u201cWhy do I live? Have I achieved everything in life? Do I really need all that I have achieved?\u201d It also happens that the answers to these questions cause discontent. During this period, there is a change in value systems against the background of the strongest feelings. A man can change plans or even worldview. According to statistics, the greatest number of cases of divorce, nervous breakdowns and suicide happens during a midlife crisis in men.\nIt should be noted that men experience a midlife crisis more acutely. In comparison to men, women understand that their lives haven\u2019t been an entire waste when they look at their children. This parental instinct doesn\u2019t have any influence on men.\nHow long does a midlife crisis last?\nAccording to statistics, every second man aged 35-45 years can face a midlife crisis, the manifestations of which can be very different.\nHow long does a midlife crisis last for a man? There is no exact answer to this question, and, probably, it cannot be. Sooner or later the crisis will inevitably end, and only partners can decide whether they can live further with its consequences or not. When you are coping with a midlife crisis, you can even benefit from it. The most important thing is not to be led by your emotions, nerves, and irrational actions. As a rule, the most offensive for a woman can be a breakup when a man decides to find a younger partner. However, this is an infrequent practice. Of course, a man can leave for a while, but, usually, he comes back. The fact is that a man aged 40-45 years is no longer at the peak of his sexual activity. Unequivocally, it is possible to say that if a married couple overcomes the crisis period, their relationship will only become stronger. Of course, psychological difficulties cannot be overcome in a week or even a month, it may take a year or two.\nThe average length of a midlife crisis is 3 years. However, it varies from person to person. It can last 1 year or drag on for decades. Support of close people and family, the character, and temperament of a middle-aged man, his well-being, social role and status at work influence the depth and length of the crisis.\nMain signs of a midlife crisis\nExternally, everything looks as if a completely different creature possesses a well-known man. It is impossible to compare his behavior with anything similar before the crisis. All his nervous breakdowns, unrest, tantrums that were earlier, had a local episodic nature and passed very quickly. During the crisis, all these symptoms manifest simultaneously and last for a long time. Nothing changes in a month or two. What are the main signs of a midlife crisis for a man?\nFrequent conversations of middle-aged men about health are a beacon for women. Worrying about his health, a man in his prime suddenly starts visiting doctors, taking pills, and watching TV shows about health. Increased attention to one\u2019s health is due to the fear of old age and death. Middle-aged men complain of vision, shortness of breath, hypertension and so on.\nIncreasing attention to appearance\nA man feels that his best years have already passed, he starts watching his appearance and even tries to look young. Self-pity, as well as unfulfilled dreams, lead to the fact that the man in his prime can buy an expensive car, start wearing fashionable clothes, get his hair dyed and so on. New priorities replace the usual values. Dyed hair is an attempt to gain control over the age.\nDepression with sudden bouts of fun for no reason\nInsomnia, unreasonable anxieties and fears about the future capture a man. His mood, like in adolescence, can change several times a day. Trying to find himself, the man tries different spheres and \u201cputs on\u201d various social roles. His dissatisfaction with the current state of affairs is faced with a desire for change, but he doesn\u2019t have any specific goals.\nBlaming others for his failures\nFinancial well-being and stability cease to play a key role, a man thinks about lost opportunities. Realizing that he did not dream of such a life in his childhood, a man tries to find the reasons for his \u201cfailure.\u201d If he couldn\u2019t morally separate himself from his family ten years ago, then suffering from a midlife crisis, a man blames others for his failures.\nFlirting with other women and even cheating\nTo prove to themselves that they are capable of anything, middle-aged men can look for love affairs. Often, they get acquainted with much younger girls and start playing a new social role of a relaxed and cheerful man and so on. Sometimes, men want to leave their families. It is much easier to pull the wool over a stranger\u2019s eyes than his wife\u2019s who knows all the drawbacks of the partner. Cheating on a partner is an attempt to prove to himself that he is still a man in the prime of life. If the boy could not overcome the teenage complex of self-doubt at the age of 15 when he was indecisive in communicating with the girls, then, experiencing a midlife crisis, a person will try to return the time lost. Conversations of middle-aged men with women are about how handsome and clever they were in their youth.\nMidlife crisis stages\nThere are 6 main stages of a midlife crisis, and if you ask yourself, \u201cAm I having a midlife crisis?\u201d and find some signs, look at the following stages, try to understand at what stage you are now.\n1. Denial. This stage is rather quiet. You feel the age, but you try to pretend that you do not notice the changed physical abilities of your body, the fall of libido and other things. You notice that the spouse looks worse than 10 years ago. However, you diligently try not to think about that.\n2. Anger. This stage is the natural continuation of the previous stage. Everything becomes worse. Dark thoughts that were carefully hidden, can no longer remain in the shadows and become an obsessive song. It makes you angry. Irritability, critical remarks, unpleasant sarcasm, and outbursts of anger are characteristic of this stage. You begin to think that it\u2019s high time to change everything, including work, family, appearance, a way of life, friends, etc.\n3. Replay. Bright flashes of incomprehensible irrational behavior appear at this stage. You try to make up for lost time. This is a stage of cheating and red sports cars. Men wear leather jackets and bandanas. It resembles a teenage rebellion against society, but much more expensive, crushing, and with irreversible consequences.\n4. Depression. You understand that everything that happens to you is happening inside, and no external changes (new partner, new job, new appearance) can bring relief. You find yourself in the dead end due to the consequences of your previous decisions, like divorce, spoiled relationships, financial troubles, loneliness and so on.\n5. Withdrawal. The boundaries between the previous stage and the current stage are blurred. Depression and detachment allow you to face all the internal problems. Unlike previous stages, the main change is inside the person. This is a period of thinking about what is happening and trying to find sources and new solutions. External manifestations of this stage do not differ from the stage of depression, but there is a lot of work inside you.\n6. Acceptance. This stage is divided into three stages. The first stage resembles a sharp insight. You begin to understand what damage has been done to your life and that you cannot escape the sudden awareness of what is happening. It is no longer possible to hide behind the illusion of self-righteousness. It\u2019s time to face the truth, collect the stones and apologize. The second stage is just a short comeback to finally say goodbye to the past. The third stage is the time of the last brief rebellion against the world. It is an attempt to cope with the crisis.\nHow to deal with a midlife crisis?\nThe midlife crisis does not have to be painful. You can help yourself go through this period softer if you know how to deal with a midlife crisis.\nAnalyze and accept your life as it is\nA new page begins when you accept the past. To accept means to recognize. Refuse self-blame and painful self-interest. Appreciate all the successes and mistakes that have been made, and gratefully move on.\nTake the midlife crisis as an opportunity to re-evaluate your values. You can change them every year, and this is normal. The sense of personal growth and purposefulness diminish with age. Think about things that are important to you personally, and how you can realize that.\nThe balance of all spheres of life helps feel that everything is under control. 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MaPP is a co-led partnership between the Province of British Columbia and First Nations governments, represented by the Coastal First Nations-Great Bear Initiative, the North Coast-Skeena First Nations Stewardship Society, and the Nanwakolas Council. Marine plans are being developed for four sub-regions: Haida Gwaii, North Coast, Central Coast, and Northern Vancouver Island. To implement the EBM framework, MaPP designed a Regional Zoning Framework using existing coastal plans, expert advice, and lessons learned from other areas of the world. The three zones are: General Management Zone, Special Management Zone, and Protection Management Zone. The General Management Zone (GMZ) allocates space for a wide range of sustainable marine uses and activities that are compatible with MaPP's ecosystem-based management principles. 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In this presentation, we will provide a brief overview of the MaPP, discuss the zoning framework, and describe zoning designations with associated tools in the MaPP study area.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 78, "original_length": 6149, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 334.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ceec.uitp.org/uic-first-door-door-solutions-workshop-take-place-14-november-warsaw", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:39Z", "digest": "sha1:NGK66S4HVX3BEMJ3Q7H5KF7RXL7VJHNO", "length": 1585, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "ceec.uitp.org", "title": "UIC FIRST DOOR-TO-DOOR SOLUTIONS WORKSHOP TO TAKE PLACE ON 14 NOVEMBER IN WARSAW | UITP Central & Eastern Europe", "raw_content": ">UIC FIRST DOOR-TO-DOOR SOLUTIONS WORKSHOP TO TAKE PLACE ON 14 NOVEMBER IN WARSAW\nUIC FIRST DOOR-TO-DOOR SOLUTIONS WORKSHOP TO TAKE PLACE ON 14 NOVEMBER IN WARSAW\nUIC is organising its first door-to-door solutions workshop entitled \"Railways and door-to-door solutions: new business-to-business opportunities for urban mobility\" on 14 November 2018 in Warsaw. The workshop will take place in the occasion of the Global Debate on Mobility Challenges for the Future Society.\nThe event will be an opportunity for railways to discuss business opportunities for the first and last mile solutions, with a strong focus on sustainable solutions.\nThe goal of the workshop is to open a dialogue between railway companies and urban mobility providers for a new mobility offer to exchange best practices and stimulate partnerships and cooperation, in the frame of the new UIC project \u201cDoor-to door solutions\u201d (2018-2020) that will be presented in the workshop.\nCar sharing, car pooling, bike sharing, scooter sharing, stations as hubs, Maas tools, journey planners, integration with public transport, electric vehicles facilities and integrated offer: these are areas in which railway companies are engaging with passion and new forms of business can be created for the benefits of customers, citizens and environment.\nParticipants and speakers will gather UIC members and key stakeholders, including UITP.\nTo find out more information and to register, visit the website of the event: https://events.uic.org/uic-1st-door-to-door-solutions-workshop-14-november-2018#Practical-Information\nPhoto: UIC", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 110, "original_length": 3298, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 319.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://centuryfilmproject.org/2014/05/11/may-1914/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:37Z", "digest": "sha1:CFOMQQ33WJ5VL77GA7PSWKIQFGEDJZRQ", "length": 3200, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "centuryfilmproject.org", "title": "May, 1914 | Century Film Project", "raw_content": "Africans exhibited at the 1914 Jubilee Exhibition in Christiania (Oslo), Norway. Image from Oslo Museum, licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Norway license.\nHere\u2019s a roundup of what took place during the month of May in 1914.\nPolitics: On May 1, President Yuan Shikai replaces China\u2019s constitution with a new \u201cconsitutional compact,\u201d giving himself dictatorial powers. He justifies this by pointing to the many corruptions and inefficiencies of democratic government in China.\nSpectacle: In honor of the centenary of their Constitution, Norwegians hold a \u201cJubilee Exhibition\u201d in Kristiana, opening on May 5. One of its major features is a \u201cKongo Village\u201d in which native Africans could be seen. This was not the first time Africans had visited Norway, but it was a very rare opportunity for everyday Norwegians to encounter them in person and see their \u201cexotic\u201d lifestyle.\nWomen: On May 6th, the British House of Lords rejects Women\u2019s Suffrage\nHolidays: On May 14, President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation making Mother\u2019s Day officially a national holiday.\nDiplomacy: On May 17, the Protocol of Corfu was signed by the Albanian Government and the Provisional Government of Northern Epirus. This is another effort (see previous months) to stabilize the situation in Southeastern Europe subsequent to the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913, which had created various tensions between regional governments and minority populations. In this case, many Greeks living in Northern Epirus had rebelled against Albanian rule, leading to an agreement to limited autonomy, ratified in this document, which was never fully implemented, due to the outbreak of World War One later in 1914.\nBusiness: On May 21, failed car salesman Carl Erick Wickman begins using his show car to transport workers in Hibbing, Minnesota to and from mines for 15 cents a ride. This is the birth of Greyhound Bus Lines.\nDisasters: The ocean liner \u201cEmpress of Ireland\u201d collides with the Norwegian vessal \u201cSS Storstad\u201d in the early hours of May 29 in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, leading to a loss of more than 1000 lives.\nOpera: The opera M\u00e2rouf, savetier du Caire (Marouf, Cobbler of Cairo) by Henri Ribaud opens May 15 in Paris. This will be Ribaud\u2019s most popular opera, based on a tale from The Arabian Nights and using \u201coriental\u201d themes in the music.\nMovies: The release of \u201cThe Master Mind\u201d is May 11, and \u201cMr. Barnes of New York\u201d is also in May, 1914.\nBirths: Tyrone Power, who would star in \u201cThe Mark of Zorro\u201d and \u201cThe Black Swan\u201d is born on May 5, and Lilli Palmer, later to appear in \u201cM\u00e4dchen in Uniform\u201d and \u201cBody and Soul,\u201d born on May 21.\nTags: Balkan Wars : Century News : Empress of Ireland : Greyhound Bus Lines : Mother's Day : President Yuan Shikai : Suffrage\n2 Comments to \u201cMay, 1914\u201d\nOctober, 1914 | Century Film Project says:\n[\u2026] In the Balkans, Greek forces, with Allied encouragement, invade and occupy the short-lived Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus. [\u2026]\nAssassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand | Century Film Project says:\n[\u2026] been trying to make this clear in previous context posts by talking about just how unstable the diplomatic situation in Europe was at this time. I\u2019ve [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 252, "original_length": 7252, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 169.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://charlestoninsideout.net/2010/01/11/what-is-the-real-deal-on-median-home-prices-in-charleston-sc/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:47Z", "digest": "sha1:CX6SREDE6GZEKBZNVUWK6EMLUY67V6MC", "length": 1315, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "charlestoninsideout.net", "title": "What is the real deal on Median Home Prices in Charleston, SC?? | Charleston InsideOut", "raw_content": "What is the real deal on Median Home Prices in Charleston, SC??\nAccording to the numbers at a macro level, Charleston\u2019s median home price is generally sited to be somewhere between $180,000 and $250,000. However, as those of us who live here know, the median home price can vary significantly, neighborhood to neighborhood and block to block. The reality is that the median home prices for the various areas, range from $92,000-$1,762,500. That\u2019s a huge difference!!\nSo here\u2019s the real deal. Please note, these are median ASKING prices of homes currently on the market, and I only included areas within half-an-hour drive from Downtown Charleston \u2013 what most of us consider to be the \u2018metro area\u2019. The general rule is, the closer you are to the ocean or waterways the higher prices are \u2013 though you can find pockets of affordability in those areas.\nClick each yellow home icon to see the area name and median asking price.\nAre you looking for a home with some Craftsman Style in Charleston? Here are five to see.\nOdes to the Lowcountry from Charleston Magazine\nSolving the Mystery of Charleston Median Home Prices | :\n[\u2026] I am here to set the records straight. Again. Back in 2010, I also wrote about this issue (which I had actually forgotten I had done until I googled Charleston Median Home Prices and my old [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 100, "original_length": 4157, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 293.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://charliekaufman.fandom.com/wiki/Chris_Cooper", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:37Z", "digest": "sha1:7PH76W3C5FY2DM22CXWMLGAZLGDX3G3J", "length": 5307, "nlines": 72, "source_domain": "charliekaufman.fandom.com", "title": "Chris Cooper | Charlie Kaufman Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia", "raw_content": "Placeholder articles, People\nCooper in 2007.\nBorn hristopher W. Cooper\nCharacters portrayed John Laroche\nOther works American Beauty\nChristopher W. \"Chris\" Cooper (born July 9, 1951) is an American film actor. He became well known in the late 1990s. He has appeared in supporting performances in several major Hollywood films, including The Bourne Identity, American Beauty, Capote, The Town, The Kingdom, Syriana, October Sky, Seabiscuit, Breach and Adaptation., for which he won both the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor.\nEducated at the University of Missouri school of drama, Cooper has appeared on Broadway in \"Of the Fields Lately\", off-Broadway in \"The Ballad of Soapy Smith\" and \"A Different Moon\". He debuted in films in the John Sayles movie Matewan. Although his performance was well received, the picture was not successful. Other films he has appeared in include Guilty by Suspicion, Money Train and A Time to Kill. On television, Cooper has been featured in the mini-series Lonesome Dove and Return to Lonesome Dove, as July Johnson. He has also appeared in a number of Television Movies. In 1996, he appears in his third John Sayles movie Lone Star, where he plays Sam Deeds, the sheriff whose lawman father becomes a posthumous suspect in a murder investigation.[1]\nCooper resides in Kingston, Massachusetts, with his wife, Marianne Leone Cooper, whom he married in 1983. In 1987, their son Jesse Lanier Cooper was born. Three months premature, Jesse developed a cerebral hemorrhage and cerebral palsy. After searching for the best schools for children with special needs, Cooper and Leone moved to Kingston, where they became strong advocates for exceptional children.[2] Jesse was eventually mainstreamed into Silver Lake Regional High School, where he became an honor student. On January 3, 2005, Jesse Cooper died from SUDEP. A memorial fund was set up in his name, the Jesse Cooper Foundation.\n1987 Matewan Joe Kenehan\nThe Equalizer Michael (TV series) (Episode \"The Rehearsal\")\n1988 Journey Into Genius Louis Halladay (TV series)\nMiami Vice Jimmy Yagovitch (TV series) (Episode \"Mirror Image\")\n1989 Lonesome Dove July Johnson (TV series)\n1990 Lifestories Mr. Hawkins (TV mini-series) (Episode \"The Hawkins Family\")\n1991 Guilty by Suspicion Larry Nolan\nA Thousand Pieces of Gold Charlie\nDarrow Eugene Debs (TV series)\nTo the Moon, Alice Frank Wiliker (TV series)\nCity of Hope Riggs\n1992 Bed of Lies Price Daniel, Jr. (TV series)\nNed Blessing: The True Story of My Life Anthony Blessing (TV series)\n1993 This Boy's Life Roy\nReturn to Lonesome Dove July Johnson (TV mini-series)\n1994 One More Mountain James Reed (TV series)\n1995 Pharaoh's Army Captain John Hull Abston\nMoney Train Torch\n1996 Law & Order Roy Payne (TV series) (1 Episode)\nBoys John Baker\nLone Star Sam Nominated \u2014 Chlotrudis Award for Best Actor\nNominated \u2014 Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead\nA Time to Kill Deputy Dwayne Powell Looney\n1997 Breast Men Dr. William Larson\n1998 Great Expectations Joe\nTThe Horse Whisperer Frank Booker\n1999 The 24 Hour Woman Ron Hacksby\nOctober Sky John Hickam\nAmerican Beauty Col. Frank Fitts, USMC Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture\nNominated \u2014 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role\n2000 Me, Myself & Irene Lieutenant Gerke\nThe Patriot Colonel Harry Burwell\n2002 Interstate 60: Episodes of the Road Bob Cody\nThe Bourne Identity Alexander Conklin\nAdaptation. John Laroche Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor\nDallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor\nPhoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor\nVillage Voice Film Poll \u2013 Best Supporting Performance\nNominated \u2014 Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor \u2013 Motion Picture\n2003 My House in Umbria Thomas Riversmith Nominated \u2014 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Miniseries or a Movie\nNominated \u2014 Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor \u2013 Series, Miniseries or Television Film\nSeabiscuit Tom Smith Nominated \u2014 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role\n2004 Silver City Richard \"Dicky\" Pilager\nThe Bourne Supremacy Alexander Conklin\n2005 Capote Alvin Dewey Nominated \u2014 Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor \u2013 Motion Picture\nJarhead Lt. Col. Kazinski\nSyriana Jimmy Pope\n2007 Breach Robert Hanssen\nThe Kingdom Grant Sykes\nMarried Life Harry Allen\n2008 American Experience Walt Whitman Documentary\n2009 New York, I Love You Alex Simmons\nWhere the Wild Things Are Douglas (voice)\n2010 The Tempest Antonio\nThe Company Men Phil Woodward Nominated \u2014 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor\nRemember Me Neil Craig\nThe Town Stephen MacRay\n2011 The Muppets Tex Richman Nominated- MFCC Award for Best Supporting Actor\nNominated- Atlas Award for Best Supporting Actor\nNominated- ACA Award for Best Supporting Actor\nNominated- MMPA Award for Best Supporting Actor\n\u2191 Biography for Chris Cooper at IMDb.\n\u2191 Fee, Gayle and Laura Raposa with Nichole Gleisner. Son of Chris Cooper succumbs to cerebral palsy. The Boston Herald. 5 January 2005. reprinted on Cooperfan1.pitas.com.\nRetrieved from \"https://charliekaufman.fandom.com/wiki/Chris_Cooper?oldid=4176\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 204, "original_length": 8619, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 327.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://chhattisgarh.yourstory.com/en/self-help-groups-better-life", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:06Z", "digest": "sha1:64Z37X7PDA7ZTDNNQ7ZFUUMBBPBRNVCW", "length": 2773, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "chhattisgarh.yourstory.com", "title": "Self-help groups are helping manual labourers strive for a better life", "raw_content": "Self-help groups are helping manual labourers strive for a better life\nRatna Bai used to earn her livelihood by working as a manual labourer. But she felt that the money she made after toiling hard from morning till evening was not enough to meet the day-to-day expenses. Same was the case with several other women in Doomarkachar village in Pali development block in Korba district of Chhattisgarh.\nThe women were wondering what they could do to improve their situation. About a year back they came to know about Bihan scheme of the Chhattisgarh government. It is a scheme under National Rural Livelihood Mission and it focuses on women\u2019s empowerment by imparting livelihood skills training to them. These women became aware about certain women\u2019s Self Help Groups that were involved in various trades under the Bihan scheme. What they saw was impressive. Women like them were running their own enterprises and were contributing towards increasing the family income. Ratna Bai and nine other women formed a Self Help Group and decided to take up poultry farming.\nToday Ratna and her fellow members of the Self Help Group are self-sufficient. They are not only contributing towards the financial betterment of their households but also planning to expand their enterprise.\nThese women are well aware of the importance and significance of the progress they are making. Therefore each of these women are very serious about their work. Apart from running their own poultry farm they are now motivating other women in the village to come forward and take control of their lives. These women are very serious about their work and they even organise meetings in the middle of the night if necessary. Fortunately their husbands and other family members are very supportive and they accompany them to late night meetings.\nRatna and her fellow members of the SHG are striding fast on the path of progress. They have already expanded their poultry farm. Now they have two sheds and they want to expand it further in the coming days.\n\u201cWe are now building the foundation of the farm and therefore we make sure that we save enough to re-invest in the farm. The women are becoming more confident because of the poultry farm.\u201d Says Ratna.\nRatna is also happy that she and her fellow members of the group are inspiring other women in the region too. \u201cWe were inspired by another Self Help Group running a poultry farm and today a lot of other women are inspired by us.\u201d She says.\nIt is not just Ratna and her fellow members of the SHG or the women of Doomarkachar village only. Hundreds of women all over Chhattisgarh today are pursuing their dreams of better life and livelihood with the help of the Bihan scheme. Bihan has brought a new \u2018Bihan\u2019 (meaning dawn) to the lives of these women.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 27, "original_length": 3228, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 221.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://chinaeconomicreview.com/china-new-hotel-projects/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:25:30Z", "digest": "sha1:ZYWW3MD6O6P56I7DUCW7NTM56X7HPLMH", "length": 1396, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "chinaeconomicreview.com", "title": "China new hotel projects | China Economic Review", "raw_content": "Home Old Content China new hotel projects\nChina new hotel projects\non: December 17, 2009 In: Old Content, Travel & LeisureTags: No Comments\nLodging Econometrics reports on the state of hotels and hotel construction around the world. China has the world\u2019s highest percentage projects currently under construction with 784 projects/208,847 rooms.\nAccording to the report, China remains the focal point of lodging construction in Asia Pacific. China has the world\u2019s highest percentage of projects currently under construction at 73%.\nThe global economic slowdown, financing difficulties and double-digit declines in occupancy resulted in fewer new project announcements and a peak in cancellations/postponements.\nHowever, rapid government action to stimulate the economy and further direct lending for real estate development appears to have reduced the severity and duration of the impact of the global recession experienced by the rest of the world.\nHotel News Now says the numbers surged earlier in the decade as China was preparing to host the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the upcoming 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, as well as the accelerating profile of Shanghai as a leading world financial hub. As a result, new hotel openings peaked at an exceptionally high 856 hotels/140,852 rooms in 2008. These have since moderated.\n60% of white collar workers over-fatigued\nCopenhagen: Not far enough", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 100, "original_length": 4282, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 246.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://chinaedugrp.com/ceg_partner.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:31Z", "digest": "sha1:7QOZ2P7DLAYHBV4QUK6XWVC6MR25OBE2", "length": 995, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "chinaedugrp.com", "title": "Partner with Us", "raw_content": "Being one of the industries that people invest in regardless of the economic climate, the education market is booming, with many opportunities for providing training to executive, working adults and students alike. No matter you are individuals or organizations, CEG provides you with rewarding franchising opportunities at modest start-up cost through our high school, executive, MBA, bachelor's degree and online programs.\nOur franchisees will be able to take advantage of our prestigious brand name and achieve a phenomenal growth in the education sector. In addition to recruiting students for our world-class programs, our franchisees will receive excellent support and training along the way. State of the art CRM software is provided, which effectively manages all potential and enrolled student follow-up process.\nTo join our franchise network, please email to franchise@chinaedugrp.com. Our program consultants will assist you in determining which opportunity is the best match for you.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 64, "original_length": 2236, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 334.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://choosecornwall.ca/news-english/cornwall-named-one-of-best-places-to-fish-in-canada/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:03Z", "digest": "sha1:UEX3BKSPVWBHY6Z7XZG5TFPBHQZFHWZF", "length": 1598, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "choosecornwall.ca", "title": "Cornwall named one of best places to fish in Canada - Choose Cornwall : Choose Cornwall", "raw_content": "Cornwall Ontario \u2013 Cornwall\u2019s world-class fishery is getting some attention from a popular travel and tourism website.\nExpedia.ca recently named Cornwall as one of the best places to fish in Canada in a new article posted this week.\nAuthor Carolyn Albee compiled a list of 15 great fishing spots across the nation, scouring social media sites to find the places that garnered the most attention.\n\u201cCornwall\u2019s location can\u2019t be beat. You have the St. Lawrence River right at your front door and great ice fishing spots like Hoople Creek, making for incredible year-round angling,\u201d said Mrs. Albee. \u201cWe love all the tournaments and events nearby, plus, Cornwall is a convenient destination for city dwellers in Ottawa and Montreal.\u201d\nFishing in the Cornwall area is truly an angler\u2019s paradise. The day\u2019s catch can include everything from bass and muskie to walleye and carp, along with many other species.\nThat, together with the city\u2019s inviting waterfront and free boat launches, makes Cornwall an attractive place for recreational boaters and tournament anglers alike, with numerous fishing tournaments held in the area throughout the year.\nThe hub of boating activity on the Cornwall waterfront is Marina 200. The marina is a first-class facility just a short walk away from Downtown Cornwall and its numerous restaurants and shops. The marina has space for both season and transient boaters.\nYou can read the Expedia.ca article in full by clicking here.\nCategorised in: Environment, General, News, Sports\nAnother ProBass Event Hits Local Waters\nExpedia Names Cornwall as One of the Greenest Cities\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 2894, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 319.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://chraj.gov.gh/news/commissioner-attends-13th-international-conference-of-national-human-rights-institutions/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:23Z", "digest": "sha1:4Q653YVS6DGLNFF524B65CICKLEIVFM4", "length": 2038, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "chraj.gov.gh", "title": "\ufeff COMMISSIONER ATTENDS 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS | CHRAJ COMMISSIONER ATTENDS 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS \u2013 CHRAJ", "raw_content": "COMMISSIONER ATTENDS 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS\nHome - News - COMMISSIONER ATTENDS 13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTIONS\nThe Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Mr Joseph Whittal, is attending the 13th International Conference of National Human Rights Institutions underway in Marrakech, Morocco, from October 10 \u2013 12, 2018.\nCo-hosted by the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions and the National Human Rights Council of Morocco in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Conference is on the theme: \u201cExpanding the civic space and promoting and protecting human rights defenders, with specific focus on women: The role of national human rights institutions.\u201d\nThe Conference is aimed at developing and strengthening co-operation among national human rights institutions (NHRIs), with a view to providing a forum to promote the exchange of creative ideas, experiences with and among peer NHRIs, and to also identify, collectively, what constitutes best practices and what it means to implement the Paris Principles into reality, and discuss items on the agenda and ensure their follow-up at the national level.\nIt would see the participation of NHRIs from all regions, the four NHRI regional networks, as well as that of UN partners and experts, including the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Michel Forst, and NGOs, human rights defenders, and representatives of international, regional and national bodies.\nThe International Conference would be used to mark the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; the 25th Anniversary of the endorsement of the Paris Principles, and the establishment of the International Network of NHRIs; the 20th anniversary of the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders; and the 5th anniversary of the adoption by the Human Rights Council of its resolution on Women Human Rights Defenders.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 110, "original_length": 4255, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 87.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://christiansurfers.com/living-water-more-than-a-doodle/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:00Z", "digest": "sha1:RQVXZ5DUKOT5L4NGWA7ILSOEVNJT3NS4", "length": 1911, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "christiansurfers.com", "title": "LIVING WATER: More Than a Doodle \u2013 Christian Surfers", "raw_content": "More than a Doodle by JW Kaiser\nHow many of us have doodled on the back of a brochure at church, or on our textbooks at school, or perhaps at work while our minds drifted to thoughts of surfing? What did your \u201cdoodle\u201d look like? A perfect left or right? Mine always include a perfect barreling left with more sets on the horizon and a few friendly pelicans cruising by. It\u2019s almost therapeutic to create beach scenes with perfect waves and it is certainly fun to use our imaginations to create, even on a small scale.\nDoes God create? Statistics show most of us believe in a God that is a creator. The Bible tells the story of a personal God who created the whole world and said it was \u201cgood\u201d because it was His creation. Then he created us. He dreamt us up and then called us \u201cvery good\u201d because we were made in His image. If we are creations of a personal God then we are much more than a doodle, we are a masterpiece of love! Have you ever wondered if God is done creating or if He\u2019s still the master craftsman? In a way God already created us, yet is still creating. He is the great I Am! He already was and is and will be all at once! So, God\u2019s creating happened and is still happening! Waves are new every day yet God already created the oceans. Most objects of his creation have been made but are still in process, and we are no exception.\nOne of the great mysteries of our faith is that we were created, and somehow are still being created by a loving God. You aren\u2019t a mere \u201cdoodle\u201d. You are a dynamic work of art, like a song with a melody that is yet still being composed, and the end product will one day be that we more look like Jesus because of his perfect love for us.\n\u201cBe confident in this, that He who created a good work in you will carry it through to completion in Christ Jesus.\u201d Philippians 1:6\n\u201cRelying on God has to start all over every day as if nothing has yet been done.\u201d \u2013C. S. Lewis", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 53, "original_length": 3457, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 317.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://christinericeauthor.wordpress.com/2012/08/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:41Z", "digest": "sha1:ANNPD6QKOS4Q4Z4K3NECUX42U5JZTWOL", "length": 5641, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "christinericeauthor.wordpress.com", "title": "August | 2012 | Christine Rice", "raw_content": "Interview with Andre Alan\nPosted in Interviews tagged andre alan, author, fantasy novel, heaven's fate at 12:12 pm by Christine Rice\nI recently met and interviewed author Andre Alan. His recently published fantasy novel, Heaven\u2019s Fate, sounds very interesting and entertaining, and I look forward reviewing it in the future. Today I\u2019ll post the interview so that you can get to know him better and learn about his new book.\nFirst, here is a little background information: Andre Alan is from Hartford, CT and attended college in New Haven, CT. After graduating with a degree in international business and a brief career as an IT data analyst, Andre Alan decided to follow his lifelong passion of creating fiction entertainment. With a small amount of artistic talent, some of his first memories are of drawing. After a brief stint at poetry and comics, the timing seemed ripe to pursue fantasy novel writing. An avid video gamer, when there is time, and an addict for cup noodles. Andre is a sports fanatic and a lifelong student of business.\nHi, Andre. Welcome to my blog. It\u2019s a pleasure to have you with us today.\nThanks, Christine. It\u2019s great to be here.\nI was born in Hartford, CT and lived there with my younger sister. We were raised by our mom, a single parent. I have spent most of my life in CT, and went to school in New Haven, CT.\nBasically by being inspired by R.A. Salvatore and Robert Jordan after college. Before that I was always creating things. I grew up drawing Ninja Turtles and GI Joe. Later in life, it was a comic strip in my college newspaper and now I use words to paint the pictures in my head. I figured that since I like to read so much, I am going to try and put out a book for one of the many ideas that I have come up with over the years for the plethora of characters that I have drawn and created.\nWhile working at a help desk right after college is when I first decided to start on this journey and pursue novel writing. Not that I want to date myself too much but that was around a decade ago.\nCan you tell us about your book, Heaven\u2019s Fate?\nThame Elliot, an expert Rietsu martial artist, is consumed with thoughts of avenging his father\u2019s death and rebuilding the legendary Tundra Sword. Little does Thame know that his aunt, the first empress of the human continent, Eioda, Autumn Augustus, has set the nation on a course that can only lead to war with the Orcs. The mystical inhabitants on the planet, Threa, have been plunged into a struggle for the ancient artifacts buried in the mysterious \u201cConsummate of the Trust.\u201d Not only that but his aunt is hell bent on marrying him to a corrupt military admiral\u2019s daughter while Thame\u2019s spiritual guardian, Masaya from the Astral Plane, tries to manipulate him in order to keep the heavens from falling apart. The fate of mankind rests in Thame\u2019s young hands, but does he even want the responsibility that goes along with being the chosen one? Or will Thame\u2019s spiritual twin, imbued with dark powers granted by the evil one, assassinate him before he can fulfill his destiny?\nThe need to express myself in some form of entertainment. I read Robert Jordan\u2019s Wheel of Time series and then I thought to myself that I wanted to do what he did.\nBecause the fate of the heavens ultimately ends up in the hands of my main character, Thame.\nDid you learn anything from writing your book?\nI learned a lot actually, but the major thing I learned was patience and following a process. No matter how fast I would like to go and get the book out and get a movie deal, it all starts with putting the words to paper and then following the \u201cbook-making process.\u201d\nThe editing is always the hardest part for me because it feels like I have to cut out everything I just spent months writing. But the editing process also makes the book better because I correct so many of my mistakes.\nRight now I am working, mostly, on promoting Heaven\u2019s Fate. But I always try to find time to write in my new book, Winter\u2019s Legacy, which is part two of the Heaven Trilogy (I just now decided that I was going to start calling it that, hope everyone likes it). But in book two we pick up with Thame, married\u2026 I won\u2019t say to who yet, gotta read it to find out ;) and also he is the leader of the special ops search team sent to the other continent to find Miles Xavier, not to mention that now he can no longer enter the Oresme Sphere.\nIs writing your sole career?\nYes, writing is now my career, besides also being the CEO of my own publishing company, EVapor Entertainment. If it was a perfect world I would hire someone else to manage the company so that way I could spend all of my time writing.\nAmped by Daniel H. Wilson.\nI would choose R.A. Salvatore. I love the way he keeps his books action packed. He writes his fight scenes with such clarity and vigor that you can put yourself into the characters\u2019 shoes and dodge punches along with the hero. He also manages to keep the global theme of story prevalent and bring through the emotion in his characters.\nBeing an avid reader gets you through a lot. Taking a step back from your own work to briefly enjoy someone else\u2019s does make a difference. I think that it allows your mind to take a break and reset, in a way.\nThank you very much and you are greatly appreciated from the bottom of my heart. The reason why I write is for the reader. So that they can be thoroughly entertained. So stick with me on this journey for a great ride.\nYou can pick up Andre\u2019s book at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords. It is available in hardcover and ebook formats.\nYou can find out more about Andre and his book on Facebook, Twitter, and his website.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 236, "original_length": 23731, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 261.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://civilrights.org/about/careers/policy-assistant/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:58Z", "digest": "sha1:K63XA4WOGCAASPPD3B3GPMYZX2WIM2IE", "length": 3417, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "civilrights.org", "title": "Policy Assistant - The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights", "raw_content": "The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is a coalition charged by its diverse membership to promote and protect the rights of all persons in the United States. The Leadership Conference works toward an America as good as its ideals.\nFor more information on The Leadership Conference and its 200-plus member organizations, visit www.civilrights.org.\nThe Leadership Conference Education Fund builds public will for federal, state, and local policies that promote and protect the civil and human rights of all persons in the United States. The Education Fund\u2019s campaigns inform, educate, empower and mobilize leaders and advocates around the country to push for progressive change in the United States.\nThe Policy Assistant plays a role in advancing civil rights and social justice policy for the nation and will be exposed to the most broad-based civil rights coalition in the country. 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The Policy Assistant will also compile the organization\u2019s lobby disclosure report as well as hold responsibility for the recruitment and onboarding of legal interns.\nSupport issue-based teams (20%):\nSimilar to their functions in the department, the Policy Assistant will provide logistical and substantive support to one or more issue-based teams.\nSupport the organization (10%):\nThe Policy Assistant will provide logistical support to the organization as a whole, including backup coverage for other assistants, associates, and the receptionist when need be.\nExperience in civil rights advocacy, the Hill, or a related field preferred.\nProficiency in Microsoft applications, and internet research.\nA commitment to civil rights.\nWell-developed interpersonal skills and the desire and ability to work with diverse groups of people.\nAbility to balance multiple tasks, manage a complex workload, and organize time efficiently.\nA robust attention to detail.\nThe Managing Director of Policy\nThis is a full-time position with a competitive salary and excellent benefits.\nTo apply, e-mail resume, cover letter detailing your fit with the position\u2019s responsibilities, and your starting salary requirements to: personnel@civilrights.org with Policy Assistant in the subject line. Only applications submitted by email will be considered. We are looking to fill this position immediately. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.\nThe Leadership Conference and The Education Fund provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual expression and identity, veteran status, national origin, age or disability.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 118, "original_length": 5085, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 278.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://cjsmblog.com/tag/nata/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:25Z", "digest": "sha1:UOKLPXTRL3PIENC6S2Z7R6JZ7LEPSQST", "length": 4561, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "cjsmblog.com", "title": "NATA | Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine Blog", "raw_content": "The National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) Meeting \u2014 St. Louis 2015\nEero Saarinen\u2019s Gateway Arch is the signature structure of the St. Louis skyline\nThey love their Cardinals in St. Louis\nI\u2019m honored to have been asked by the folks at NATA to give a talk at their annual gathering, which is taking place right now in St. Louis.\nThe subject of my talk is how one can use modern technology to stay abreast of the medical literature. The punch line is: get on social media, if you\u2019re not there already.\nFrom eTOCs to Twitter, podcasts to blogs, who to follow and when to mute: I\u2019ll be covering that while I speak here at #NATA2015.\nI continue to be amazed at times just how functional social media can be, how important it is for me professionally. I\u2019m \u2018in the know\u2019 when it comes to CJSM, since I\u2019m on the Editorial Board. But for breaking news from other journals? Nothing beats social media. Just yesterday I learned on Twitter of a new meta-analysis of the benefits of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) for improving health-related physical fitness in adolescents from our friends at BJSM. Twitter!\n@GSwish \u2014 just one of the many fabulous ATCs with whom I work @NCHSportsMed\nReflecting on this meeting, I find it hard to imagine working in this profession of sports medicine without the team play of the certified athletic trainers (ATCs) with whom I collaborate in the clinic and on the sidelines. ATCs are on the front line when caring for athletes, at least here in the United States. Almost every significant injury prevention strategem \u2014 ranging from identification and early treatment of exertional heat illness, to removing concussed athletes from the field of play \u2014 turn on the education, and application of that knowledge, by this amazing group of professionals.\nBeyond that, the research these folks do is truly impressive. Some names of authors who are well known to the readers of CJSM \u2014 Kevin Guskiewicz, Tracey Covassin, Jason Mihalik, Johna Register-Mihalik \u2014 are all ATCs, and all here in St. Louis.\nSo I\u2019m getting ready to listen to some great talks given by those folks as well as other invited guests, including the epidemiologist Dawn Comstock and the NCAA Medical Director Brian Hainline. And I\u2019m getting ready to share what I have heard. Follow us on Twitter @cjsmonline for some of the breaking news from #NATA2015 !\nFiled under General Interest Tagged with NATA, NATA2015\nCJSM in Southeast Asia\nWith Suthichai Yoon (L), Dr. Mokkhavesa (standing) and Dr. Lamsam (R) at \u2018The Cup\u2019\nI\u2019m enjoying a vacation with my family in Thailand and Vietnam, and I can\u2019t help but notice that sports is as big of a deal here as it seems to be anywhere else I travel. In the time I\u2019ve been here Chelsea F.C. has played in a friendly with the Thai All Stars, Leicester City has made a name (infamous) for itself during their visit to Thailand, and the sports news is full of results from the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games which began June 5 and are taking place in Singapore.\nA Barca fan celebrating Champions League triumph in the middle of the night, Vietnam\nAnd all that is only the local and regional sporting news. Like so many others here in SE Asia, I am trying to stay abreast of developments at Roland Garros and in the NBA and NHL finals. I delighted in the news that came in this morning on American Pharoah\u2019s achievement: the first Triple Crown in 37 years!\nMy Thai is rudimentary and my Vietnamese non-existent; and so I\u2019m happy to report that the English news in Thailand especially is extremely well developed. The Nation newspaper, a daily English paper which is part of the Nation Multimedia Group, is part of my morning routine here in SE Asia\u2013both in print and on line\u2013and helps keep me abreast of the sporting news.\nWhere there is sports there is sports medicine. Before coming to Vietnam, where I am writing this blog post, I enjoyed an excellent lunch at The Cup in Bangkok with Drs. Chanin Lamsam and Suprija Mokkhavesa, and Mr. Suthichai Yoon, to suss out the sport medicine and publishing landscape in Thailand. Dr. Lamsam is Head of Orthopaedic Sports Medicine at Siviraj Hospital and is on faculty at Mahidol University. Dr. Mokkhavesa has spent his career in military medicine, and is in the Department of Orthopaedics at Phramongkutklao Hospital in Bangkok. And Suthichai Yoon is Co-founder of the Nation Multimedia group.\nDr. Lamsam gave me some sense of the sport medicine scene in Thailand. 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An artist of many qualifications for twenty-five years or more, he is well rounded and always interested in entertaining a challenge. From a very young age C. R. has been a creator as well as an entertainer. He has been a professional tattoo artist in the wonderful world of body modification for seventeen years, leaping into the successful career immediately after graduating high school. He is an award winning artist devoted to the quality as well as the sterile environment for both his client\u2019s and his own saftey and satisfaction. He currently owns and operates one of Dallas Texas\u2019 most successful, award winning tattoo studios Alterity Collecor\u2019s Union in Wylie Texas just twenty-five minutes North of central Dallas. More of his portfolios can be seen at Alterity Collectors Union and his personal profile at Clyntstagram. C. R. 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But now, the dean doesn\u2019t work there anymore and that activist was recently hired as a a graduate teaching assistant in the school\u2019s theater department. Wow.\nCaleb Stephens is a licensed social worker and Black Lives Matter activist who belongs to the local Kansas chapter of the group. He is also a student at the University of Kansas, working on a doctorate degree, according to a report from The Lawrence Journal-World on Tuesday.\nRoughly two years ago, Stephens was accused of accosting his dean, as he reportedly cornered the school work dean \u201cunannounced and without appointment\u201d. Stephens is said to have ordered the dean to send out a message that the activist would dictate. Shouting from Stephens was reportedly captured on video, which disrupted classrooms and was said to have made \u201cother students to fear for their personal safety.\u201d\nHere\u2019s a look at part of a letter dated December 2015 from the Office of the Provost, which describes Stephens alleged behavior, which resulted in him being banned from the School of Social Welfare building at the University of Kansas\u2026\n\u201cYou then began shouting at the Dean, from the doorway, and your voice could be heard up and down the halls. Your shouting \u2014 captured on video that I reviewed \u2014 disrupted classrooms, and caused instructors and other students to fear for their personal safety. 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The source for that newspaper also contacted the cancellor\u2019s office, telling them about Stephens past history on campus and online.\n\u201cThe anonymous sender was concerned about Stephens\u2019 language on Facebook, in which he wrote \u2014 seemingly in response to an issue of racial injustice \u2014 that \u201cyt (white) people are such pieces of (expletive),\u201d with \u201cno accountability and responsibility.\u201d\nIn 2016, Stephens spoke with the University Daily Kansan, stating that his altercation with the now-former dean Paul Smokowski resulted from earlier discussions this dean had with the black student activist group Rock Chalk Invisible Hawk.\nStephens was reportedly one of the students who came into the dean\u2019s office unannounced, trying to convince him to \u201cwrite an e-mail showing solidarity\u201d with fellow social justice warriors.\nThe BLM activist who was previously banned has denied ever-threatening the administrator. However, he does admit to using expletives with the dean who he claims \u201cdidn\u2019t f**king care about\u201d minorities.\nBut back to the headline\u2026 Damn, that\u2019s a lot of power. Seriously. You\u2019d have to have a lot of clout to behave in such a manner with the end result of you getting a job at the very same university. How many of you would be able to curse out/talk down to your dean and wind up with a job at that school? This then inspires the poll of how would you have reacted if you were in charge at the University of Kansas\u2026\nLisa Durden: Full Story & Details on Essex County College Professor\nMaria Daly: Full Story Of Police Officer's Wife\nAntifa Vs. BLM: Antifa Attacks Black Lives Matter In Dallas", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 4306, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 237.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://cola.siu.edu/anthro/about/department-history.php", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:17:50Z", "digest": "sha1:EZYOXUEXIHNXT3TEGE5Z4PR43N626LHT", "length": 11306, "nlines": 32, "source_domain": "cola.siu.edu", "title": "Department History | Anthropology | SIU", "raw_content": "Department History | Anthropology | SIU\nHome / About Our Program / Department History\nAnthropology, as a unified discipline of research and teaching at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, dates from the year 1950. More than half a century earlier, however, Anthropology can be said to have had its beginnings in the subfield of Archaeology shortly after the University opened its doors in 1869. In 1874 Cyrus Thomas (later of Smithsonian Institution fame) initiated the collection and organization of archaeological materials from the southern Illinois area for the newly founded University Museum. Although the Thomas collections did not survive, the close ties between Archaeology, Anthropology, and the Museum continued for many decades. Thomas's early work for the Division of Mound Exploration of the Smithsonian Institution was conducted from his base in Carbondale.\nIn 1950 archaeologist J. Charles Kelley was brought from the University of Texas to be Director of the University Museum. He was given the dual charge of modernizing the Museum and beginning an Anthropology program at the University in the existing Department of Sociology. Prior to that time, courses in general anthropology and American Indians had been offered by Louis Petroff, an SIU sociologist with some anthropological training and interests. Kelley added William J. Shackelford, an archaeology graduate student from the University of Texas, to the Museum staff, joining amateur archaeologist Irvin Peithman who had been hired earlier by the Museum. Shackelford taught courses in anthropology for two years before leaving SIUC. At about the same time, Howard D. Winters, also at the time a graduate student, joined the Museum as Curator of North American Archaeology and did some teaching in the Department of Sociology. With this beginning, in 1953 the name of the academic unit was changed to \"Department of Sociology and Anthropology.\"\nIn 1955 the nucleus of the department-to-be was established with the addition of sociocultural anthropologist Charles H. Lange and archaeologist Carroll L. Riley. These two scholars had joint appointments in the University Museum and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. With four anthropologists on staff, the group moved to create a separate department and this was accomplished in 1957. The following year Walter W. Taylor was added to the faculty as Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology.\nAlso in 1958 the Department of Anthropology was designated as a graduate and research department with only a nominal undergraduate program. At that point, the department began making plans to offer a Ph.D. degree in addition to its Master of Arts and Bachelor's degrees. Three new faculty appointments in anthropology were made in 1959 and 1960: Charles R. Kaut (sociocultural), George W. Grace (linguistics), and Philip J.C. Dark (primitive art); in addition two archaeologists, Pedro Armillas and Melvin L. Fowler, were added to the Museum staff with cross-appointments to the Department. These individuals pursued long-term research interests in Illinois, the Southwestern U.S., Europe, and northern and central Mexico. At the same time, Mr. Winters departed the University. The Ph.D. program began in 1960 following the recommendation of anthropologist Clyde K.M. Kluckhohn (Harvard University), who had carried out the required feasibility study for the SIU administration. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale thus became the first state institution of higher education in Illinois to offer the doctoral degree\nDuring the 1960s the department expanded, both in terms of its faculty and its physical space (movement from a former residential building on Mill Street to larger quarters in the basement of what is now Quigley Hall). In 1960 the department awarded its first M.A. degree; its first doctoral degree was bestowed in 1964, an occasion also marked by anthropologist Margaret Mead's commencement address to the University. Several faculty additions were made to the Department in the 1960s, some of whom remained on the faculty for many years: cultural anthropologist Jerome Handler , linguist Joel Maring, Southeastern U.S. archaeologist Jon Muller and Maya archaeologist Robert L. Rands Others were with the department for shorter intervals (e.g., the department's first physical anthropologist, Roger Heglar; also Marie Doenges, Milton Altschuler , Adrian Gerbrands, Lee Guemple, Bruce MacLachlan , and Roy Wagner). Along with these additions came an expansion of geographical areas of faculty research and student training, with continuing work in Mexico, and the Southwestern U.S., and new projects in New Guinea, Eastern U.S., Ecuador, sub-Arctic, and the Maya area.\nThe 1970s were similarly a time of considerable turnover in department faculty, reorientations within its organization, and movement to its present location on the north end of Faner Hall in 1975. In 1973 archaeologist George Gumerman joined the faculty and in 1978 founded the Center for Archaeological Investigations (CAI) . The CAI became a separate research unit within the College of Liberal Arts, working in close cooperation with the Department and taking over many of the research and publication activities formerly in the University Museum. Gumerman, the CAI, and the Department of Anthropology were closely identified with Southwestern archaeology and the Black Mesa Project (Arizona) during the succeeding decade, with several faculty appointments in archaeology. Other additions to the faculty in the early 1970s included social anthropologists Edwin Cook and Ester Maring, and linguist Lionel Bender . Three physical anthropologists joined the faculty at the end of the decade, Dean Falk (1977, departed 1979), Robert Corruccini with diverse research interests in human variation, human evolution, and teeth (1978) and Susan Ford with research interests in evolutionary biology and New World monkeys (1979). These additions spurred the development of a strong graduate program in bioanthropology in the 1980's and 1990's. Walter Taylor retired in 1974 and Philip Dark retired in 1978, the same year that Cook left the University.\nThe middle 1980s and early 1990s saw a number of retirements, reassignments, and new hires that directed the Department into its current orientations. Two sociocultural anthropologists were added to our faculty: Jane Adams (research concerning southern Illinois farm women and rural agricultural economies); and Jonathan Hill (Amazonian [Venezuela] ethnology and history, ethnomusicology). Another biological anthropologist, Brenda Benefit, joined the faculty in 1990, adding research specialization in hominoid evolution and Old World anthropoids through her field research in Kenya (Benefit left SIU in 2002). During this same time three archaeologists on the faculty retired, Carroll Riley in 1987, and George Gumerman and Robert Rands in 1990; shortly thereafter two sociocultural faculty (Lionel Bender and Jerome Handler) transferred to other academic units in the College of Liberal Arts and Joel and Ester Maring retired in 1995 and 1996 respectively. New hires in archaeology in 1991 were Don S. Rice as Director of the Center for Archaeological Investigations, with research interests in lowland Maya settlement, ecology, and agriculture, and Prudence M. Rice with research in the colonial period southern Andes, ceramics, and the lowland Maya. In 1994 a third new archaeologist joined the faculty, Izumi Shimada , with long-standing field research on the north coast of Peru. Beginning in 1995 the department initiated a series of replacement hires in sociocultural anthropology, bringing in John McCall (Africa[Nigeria], performance) and C. Andrew Hofling (Maya, linguistics), and David Sutton (Greece, historical consciousness).\nThe years after 2000 saw a string of new hires. At the end of the 2000-1 academic year, Jon Muller retired after a lengthy career of teaching archaeology and serving in various University administrative offices. Paul Welch (eastern US archaeology) was brought in to replace him in 2001. Kevin Foster (race and education in the US) was hired at the same time, with a joint appointment in Black American Studies and Anthropology (Foster left SIU in 2005). With both Don Rice and Pru Rice having moved into administrative postions in the University, in 2002 Andrew Balkansky (State formation in Oaxaca) was brought into the department to help cover Mesoamerican archaeology. Upon Brenda Benefit's departure in 2002, this position was briefly filled by Christopher Stojanowski (2003-2005) and since 2006 by Ulrich Reichard, an expert in gibbon behavior and socioecology. Janet Fuller, who studies bilingualism, language contact, and sociolinguistics, transferred into Anthropology from Linguistics in 2004. In 2005 a third anthropological linguist, Anthony Webster (Athabaskan languages, ethnopoetics), joined Fuller and Hofling to make our department one of the larger concentrations of anthropological linguists in the country. In 2006, we added two new positions. Roberto Barrios joined us as practice anthropologist; his work focuses on recovery efforts after disasters such as hurricanes. And we added a bioarchaeology/forensic anthropology position, initially with Tracy Prowse (2006-2009), then Tammy Gamza (2009-2010), and now Gretchen Dabbs, who works on pre-dynastic peoples in Egypt and modern forensic research. From 2007-2013, Michelle Croissier taught a variety of archaeology classes as an Adjunct, focusing on her specialties as a ceramicist with work in Mexico (Teotihuacan and Oaxaca) and sub-Saharan Africa. In 2010, we had two retirements, Jane Adams (May) and Robert Corruccini (December).\nIn November 2012, department chair Susan Ford accepted appointment as Associate Dean and Director of the Graduate School. Distinguished Professor Izumi Shimada served as interim chair for the deparment from November 2012-Fall of 2013 when John McCall began serving as our new chair. Also in the fall of 2013, Jeremiah Scott joined our department as an Assistant Professor of Biological Anthropology. Search for a one-year replacement lecturer in linguistic anthropology is underway.\nDEPT. OF ANTHROPOLOGY CHAIRPERSONS\n1950-1958 - J. Charles Kelley (Founding Director of the University Museum and Director of Anthropology Program, largely with the museum)\n1956-1957 - Charles H. Lange (Interim Director of the University Museum and Anthropology Program, during Kelley's sabbatical)\n1957 - Creation of separate Department of Anthropology\n1958-1963 - Walter W. Taylor (first full chair, founded MA and PhD programs)\n1963-1967 - Philip J.C. Dark\n1967-1970 - Charles H. Lange\n1970-1973 - Edwin A. Cook\n1973-1977 - George Gumerman\n1977-1978 - Lionel Bender (Acting Chair, during Gumerman's sabbatical)\n1979-1982 - Carroll L. Riley\n1982-1986 - Lionel Bender\n1987-1993 - Jon Muller\n1993-1999 - Prudence M. Rice\n1999-2005 - Jonathan D. Hill\n2005-2011 - Susan M. Ford\n2011-2012 - Susan M. Ford (Interim Chair)\n2013 - Izumi Shimada (Interim Chair)\n2013 - John McCall\nMore Department History\nMuch more has been written involving the history of our department and anthropological research. To learn more, visit professor emeritus Jon Muller's website containing research and history. 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In the late 1880's European countries became more nationalistic and more economically competitive. European leaders laid down the ground rules for \"carving up\" Africa at the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885; Europeans then established political and economic control over most of the African continent. Note that the question asks for the primary reason. So, while it is true, as (E) says, that Europeans became more interested in big game hunting, this was a minor motivation for African colonization in comparison to (B).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 658, "original_length": 26228, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 320.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://community.kumulos.com/discussion/279/a-b-testing-takes-time", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:31Z", "digest": "sha1:KSAJZXR2BHMEX2HM3XYON5M3LBPY3BSK", "length": 167, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "community.kumulos.com", "title": "A/B Testing takes time - Kumulos Community", "raw_content": "Supplemental approaches to boost engagement, retention and conversion are discussed in our latest blog post.\nhttps://www.kumulos.com/2018/04/23/mobile-app-a-b-testing/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 27, "original_length": 804, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.79, "perplexity": 157.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://communityconscience.org/news/hospice-of-the-conejo-service-to-the-community-since-1977/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:56:04Z", "digest": "sha1:R7PSWSTINQZP3NE3D3DO5WQOHZPNUJ35", "length": 5398, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "communityconscience.org", "title": "Hospice of the Conejo: Service to the Community Since 1977 \u2013 Community Conscience", "raw_content": "Hospice of the Conejo: Service to the Community Since 1977\nHospice of the Conejo was founded as a grass roots organization in 1977 by a group of dedicated and compassionate individuals who saw a need in the community for services for the terminally ill and their families. As a private, nonprofit, non-medical, community-based volunteer hospice and grief support center, our mission is to affirm life even in the face of terminal illness and grief. All services are provided at no cost. We are supported by the community we serve.\nHospice seeks out the underserved and the under-insured in order to assist them\u2014and anyone in the community who seeks our services \u2013 and to provide some measure of comfort, relief, and dignity as they face their own death or the death of a loved one.\nWe do this by providing in-home, highly trained, skilled volunteers to assist those whose life-limiting illness no longer responds to cure-oriented treatment. Our grief support component, led by professional bereavement therapists, is equally strong. All are welcome and we serve all ages, genders, and income levels.\nHospice of the Conejo\u2019s service area includes Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks, Agoura, Calabasas, and surrounding areas. In addition we frequently receive calls from other communities, including outside California, for information and referrals to service.\nHospice of the Conejo\u2019s direct services include:\na. Hospice \u2013Each year, more than 100 specially-trained compassionate care volunteers assist staff in providing thousands of hours of practical, non-medical assistance to the terminally ill and their families in the comfort of their own homes. Total volunteer hours for 2011 were more than 13,500 including: patient-care, public education events, administrative support, and fund-raising projects.\nFor the neediest:\n\u00b7 respite funds for 24/7 caregivers (frequently an elderly female caring for her husband),\n\u00b7 burial assistance funds to help with the cost of a funeral or cremation\n\u00b7 a lending closet of non-medical supplies \u2013 wheelchairs, walkers, nutritional supplements.\nb. The No One Dies Alone (NODA) program, in partnership with Los Robles Hospital, provides specially-trained volunteers to sit at the bedside of patients who are in the last hours of life and who would otherwise probably die alone- without friends or family present.\nc. Grief support \u2013 All ages are served including young parents who have lost a child in pregnancy or infancy, grieving children and teens, adults who have suffered a loss, seniors who have lost a spouse, and Spanish-speaking families who are coping with the death of a loved one.\nd. We respond to urgent and unexpected community needs in the aftermath of a sudden, traumatic or violent death. We work with local schools, as requested, when a death affects students.\ne. Education \u2013 Hospice provides community education through presentations and participation in health and information fairs.\nIn 2011, Hospice served approximately 4,500 people through individual and group hospice and grief support, Hospice presentations, Hospice booths at Health Fairs, Arbol de la Vida Tree Lighting, and the annual Tree Lighting, Reading of the Names ceremonies, and month-long vigil at the Oaks Shopping Center.\nThrough its many compassionate care programs, Hospice of the Conejo serves all in the community. For example:\n\u00b7 A family struggling to stay together after the accidental death of a toddler receives grief support from a Hospice therapist.\n\u00b7 A senior facing the devastating loss of her spouse of 56 years also has to learn how to deal with the practical aspects of life as a single individual such as shopping and cooking for one, learning how to pay bills, and pumping gas for her car.\n\u00b7 Two young boys who lost their father attend the Good Grief Support Group where they feel safe with other children who can identify with their struggle to make sense out of a life-changing loss. Meanwhile their mother attends a concurrent group to learn how to help her sons cope with the death of their father.\n\u00b7 A Spanish-speaking family who is grieving the death of a family member back in their homeland attends Padres/Compadres grief support group. They don\u2019t have funds or time off from work to travel to the funeral and they don\u2019t have any other family or support in their newly-adopted home.\n\u00b7 A Hospice Teen Mentor, who lost his father at age 5, assists with the Good Grief Support Group and acts as a role model for the children who have all lost a parent.\n\u00b7 A fifteen year old boy dying of cancer and his family without financial means are visited by a team of bilingual Padres/Compadres volunteers who are able to assist the family with care, information, and support.\n\u00b7 An 81 year old woman was diagnosed with lung cancer shortly after her husband died after being ill for three years. The same Hospice volunteer who supported the family during the husband\u2019s illness remained with his wife until she died two years later.\n\u00b7 A grief support group for families of the deadly 2008 Metrolink/Chatsworth train collision met with Hospice professional counselors for more than two years. They later indicated that they could not have borne the sorrow without this ongoing support.\nThere are many more stories involving families who are going through the grieving process and rely on Hospice of the Conejo for support, education, guidance and practical assistance.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 115, "original_length": 7111, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 257.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet/basics/google-calendar3.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:00Z", "digest": "sha1:RRKHLQ6KXH4TEMSBMPVUZXA5S3G6UNH3", "length": 5124, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "computer.howstuffworks.com", "title": "Google Calendar Software and Hardware | HowStuffWorks", "raw_content": "How Google Calendar Works\nGoogle Calendar Software and Hardware\n\u00adOne of Google's data centers in Oregon, which is the size of an American football field and holds thousands of servers.\nIf you're familiar with Google, you probably know that they're secretive when it comes to their operations. There's not a lot of information available on the system Google Calendar uses. Still, there are some aspects of Google's operations that are public knowledge. As for the rest, we can make a few assumptions on what's going on behind the scenes.\nIt helps to imagine the Google Calendar system as a client/server system. A client is an entity that requests a service. The server is the part of the system that provides a service. Both the client and the server may have special software allowing them to interact with one another. What's more, it's possible for a single computer to act as both a client and a server.\nOn the server side of Google Calendar, Google uses the Java programming language to build applications. Sun Microsystems developed Java as an object-oriented computer programming language. Programs created with Java can exist independently of other programs. It's the Java applications that handle all the data on the back end of Google Calendar.\nGoogle Calendar users see the client side of the system. This consists of a Web page enhanced by Javascript. Javascript and Java aren't the same thing. The Java language allows programmers to build programs ranging from full applications to smaller applets. Developers use Javascript to beef up Web services. They can't use it to build programs that work outside of a Web browser experience.\nThat about wraps up everything Google outsiders know about the Google Calendar system. But we can make a few guesses about other details:\nGoogle tends to use relatively cheap hardware for its systems. Instead of investing in cutting edge technology that can handle terabytes of data, Google purchases inexpensive hardware that integrates with existing networks seamlessly. While the hardware doesn't have all the bells and whistles of more expensive equipment, it serves its purpose. Since it's cheap, it doesn't cost much to add more capacity to the system, which means it's scalable.\nOne possible arrangement of hardware would include application servers and database servers. The application server would process the programs that make Google Calendar possible, including integration with other Google applications. The database servers act as storage. Google may also use a control or administrative server that acts as a gatekeeper.\nOne of the trade-offs when using inexpensive hardware is reliability. Cheap machines tend to break down more often than expensive ones. Google knows that this can happen, and in fact designs its file systems around it. Google stores the same data on multiple machines -- a practice known as redundancy. When a server fails, another one can take its place almost instantly. Google's goal is to reduce service interruptions as much as possible while preserving user data.\nGoogle doesn't say how many machines it dedicates to run services like Google Calendar. But Google has several huge datacenters. A datacenter is a building that shelters computer equipment, usually stored in metal shelving units called racks. A large datacenter might house thousands of servers. How many of those servers run Google Calendar? That's only known to people inside Google itself.\nWant to learn more about Google applications and related information? Schedule some time with the links below.\nConcerns about Google Calendar\nEntrusting your private data to another party nearly always raises concerns about security. Even if you trust the other party, there are still potential security issues you should think about. In a Washington Post blog entry, computer security reporter Brian Krebs related a story about a network administrator who accidentally linked sensitive information to a public Google Calendar. Krebs found the leak simply by searching for the word \"password.\" While Google claims to take every measure possible to protect your information, some of the responsibility falls on your own shoulders [source: The Washington Post].\nHow the Google File System Works\n\"Calendar Gadgets and Reference Guide.\" Google Code. http://code.google.com/apis/calendar/calendar_gadgets.html\n\"Client/Server Software Architectures -- An Overview.\" Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute. http://www.sei.cmu.edu/str/descriptions/clientserver_body.html\nGoogle Calendar Help Center http://www.google.com/support/calendar/\nGoogle Calendar Overview http://www.google.com/googlecalendar/overview.html\nKrebs, Brian. \"A Word of Caution About Google Calendar.\" Washington Post. July 6, 2007. http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/07/google_calendar_goofs.html\nSjogreen, Carl. \"It's about time.\" The Official Google Blog. April 13, 2006. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/04/its-about-time.html\nVan Couvering, David. \"Google Calendar Offline Talk and Demo.\" Java.net. 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Major companies are (frequently) suffering traffic lost as well. http://ping.fm/ch51C", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 1772, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 237.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://concernedwomen.org/state-rfra-talking-points/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:50Z", "digest": "sha1:OKIG3OOKHPX36PA3DQPAZ2BMVLJQZGKF", "length": 2299, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "concernedwomen.org", "title": "State RFRA Talking Points | Concerned Women for America", "raw_content": "State RFRA Talking Points\nBy Mario Diaz, Esq.April 2, 2015News and Events\nThe Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) does not give rights to anyone.\nIt merely states the government cannot substantially burden a person\u2019s constitutional right to religious freedom unless it has a compelling interest and uses the least restrictive means to support that interest.\nRFRA is not partisan.\nThe federal version of the bill was introduced in 1993 by then-Representative Chuck Schumer (D-New York) and supported by all representatives of both parties in the House. In the Senate, it passed with only three senators voting against the bill \u2014 two Democrats and a Republican. It was signed by liberal Democrat President Bill Clinton.\nState RFRAs are needed because the federal law does not apply to the states.\nIn City of Boerne v. Flores in 1997, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the \u201ccompelling interest test\u201d in the federal RFRA applied only to federal laws and that Congress could not require states to use this test in their religious freedom cases.\nState RFRAs are needed because religious liberty is under assault.\nFrom florists to photographers to fire chiefs to navy chaplains to businesses to colleges to religious organizations, etc., religious liberty must be protected not only for churches and pastors (which seems to be the left\u2019s response to every objection) but for every American. First Amendment protections are in no way limited to religious organizations and/or a seminary degree.\n20 States have RFRA-like laws and have seen no explosion of discrimination cases.\nAlabama, Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.\nState RFRAs are good because they protect our first freedom.\nThe first freedom guaranteed by our beloved Bill of Rights is religious freedom. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says, \u201cCongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.\u201d A state RFRA is in complete harmony with this important ideal, ensuring that the correct standard of proof is used when dealing with government intrusion on this important area of our freedom and liberty.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 96, "original_length": 3384, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 186.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://conted.ucalgary.ca/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=66643", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:14Z", "digest": "sha1:4E7SSG5AD35X6IIVECTP7MN6YNV3TYX5", "length": 3529, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "conted.ucalgary.ca", "title": "BMC 129 Introduction to Environmental Management | University of Calgary Continuing Education", "raw_content": "BMC 129 - Introduction to Environmental Management\nEnvironmental management is the integration of environmental science and management. Discuss aspects and impacts, such as the pressures and responses of human activities on the natural environment. Tools and techniques for environmental management, as they apply to organizations and companies, are introduced. Examine the reasons and strategies for resource conservation, pollution prevention and environmental protection.\nAppreciate the dynamics and processes that impact ecological systems.\nAppreciate the scale and extent of human impacts on the natural environment.\nExplore environmental and social issues related to economic development.\nDevelop a greater understanding of the scientific and social components of environmental issues.\nUnderstand the basic components of a sustainable development framework, study concepts of sustainable development theory and practice.\nDevelop an understanding of Environmental Management principles, Environmental Management Systems (EMS) and EM tools.\nThis course is recommended as the first course in the Environmental Management Certificate.\nThomas A Brown\nLinda J. Harvey\nSabina Isgandarova, Principal\nAref Seyyed Najafi\nEnvironmental Management Certificate : Core Courses\nI've been in Calgary since 2006, previously in Hamilton and London, Ontario, Courtenay, B.C. and my home town, Victoria. I completed my Master of Arts Degree in Environment and Management at Royal Roads University as a mid-career professional. I have30 years\u2019 experience in the public sector, with over 20 years working on environmental, sustainability and climate change issues. I\u2019ve worked with local and senior governments across Canada and in Australia, Germany, Spain and the U.S. I\u2019ve had the privilege of working extensively with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI). In 2012 I received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for my work on sustainability. I've been teaching in the Environmental Management Certificate program since 2007, expanding to on-line teaching by completing the Certificate in Adult Learning Specializing in e-Learning in 2016.\nI live with my husband Tom and two dogs, Merlin and Penny.\nAref Seyyed Najafi, Ph.D., M.Eng.\nDr. Najafi holds a Ph.D. (Oil Sands Research Group, University of Alberta), M. Eng. (Reservoir Engineering, University of Calgary) and B.Sc. (Petroleum Engineering, Petroleum Institute of Technology, Iran). He is also trained and certified Environment and Quality Management Systems Auditor (ISO 14000 & ISO 9000).\nDr. Najafi has several years of experience in various areas of oil and gas industry, including environmental and regulatory insides of upstream and downstream oil production. He had led implementation of Environmental Management System for Urmia Petrochemical Company (Iran), which was awarded by ISO 14000 certificate (Benchmark Australia).\nFollowing his graduation from University of Alberta, he worked for Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB), which is an independent, quasi-judicial agency of the Government of Alberta. It is during his work with ERCB that he contributed to the Directive 074, the recent new regulation for Oil Sands industry.\nCurrently he is working as a process design and technology development engineer with the Western Canada Major Projects office, Imperial Oil Resources.\nHe is author of the book \u201cBubble-Solid Surface Interactions- Fundamentals of Flotation in Oil Sands\u201d.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 118, "original_length": 9014, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 167.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://continuityinsights.com/annual-bci-supply-chain-resilience-survey/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:43:38Z", "digest": "sha1:APGPKTKPYCNBID73Y2FPPGKVC7HUIF5N", "length": 748, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "continuityinsights.com", "title": "Annual BCI Supply Chain Resilience Survey | Continuity Insights", "raw_content": "For the last 10 years, the BCI Supply Chain Resilience Report has provided valuable insight into supply chain disruption and benchmarked the business continuity arrangements of organizations in this area.\nThe report provides practical and actionable advice which enables organizations across industry sectors worldwide to improve the resilience of their supply chains.\nThe Supply Chain Resilience Survey plays a key role in making the report so insightful by capturing different aspects of the supply chain industry, from threats that organizations face, to how they prepare for them. The survey takes approximately 10 minutes to complete and all those who provide their contact information will entered into a drawing to win a \u00a3100 Amazon voucher.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 125, "original_length": 6292, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 239.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://continuityinsights.com/faculty-workplace-violence-a-multidisciplinary-perspective/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:40:45Z", "digest": "sha1:AX3F2AZ4UV36UKBSNNVNX6SCYLLD3IVX", "length": 13714, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "continuityinsights.com", "title": "FACULTY \u2013 Workplace Violence: A Multidisciplinary Perspective | Continuity Insights", "raw_content": "Norbert \u201cBert\u201d J. Alicea\nBert Alicea is a Licensed Psychologist with more than 27 years of experience in the EAP field. Bert specializes in assisting with difficult workplace situations and is a premier trainer in Employee Assistance. Bert specializes in conducting trainings locally and on a national level on topics including harassment awareness; violence prevention; drug free workplace; DOT compliance training; and supervisor EAP awareness training. Bert also has a specialization with executive coaching; conflict mediation; and management and supervisor consultations in assisting with difficult workplace situations.\nBert obtained a Masters of Arts in Industrial Psychology from West Chester University, West Chester, PA and he also has his Bachelors of Science in Psychology from St. Joseph\u2019s University, Philadelphia, PA. He is a Licensed Psychologist, a Certified Employee Assistance Professional (CEAP) and a U.S. Department of Transportation qualified Substance Abuse Professional. He is also a national member of the Employee Assistance Professionals Association.\nBert actively participates in the Philadelphia Chapter of EAPA and in 2007 he was awarded the \u201cEAP of the Year Award for 2006\u201d by the Employee Assistance Professional Association, Greater Philadelphia Chapter.\nSteven M. Crimando. MA, BCETS, CHS-V\nSteve Crimando is an internationally known consultant and educator specialized in the application of the behavioral sciences in homeland and private security, violence prevention, crisis management, and disaster response. He is the Principal of Behavioral Science Applications, an innovative operational risk management consulting firm based in the New York Metro Area serving a global client base.\nSteve is a Board Certified Expert in Traumatic Stress (BCETS), a Diplomate of the National Center for Crisis Management; the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, and the American Board for Certification in Homeland Security, where he serves as an officer on the Board of Directors. He is a Certified Trauma Specialist (CTS), a Certified Police Instructor, and holds Level 5 Certification in Homeland Security (CHS-V). He is a member of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals, an expert in threat assessment and threat management, and is frequently called upon by law enforcement agencies, the media and the courts to provide insight on workplace, school and community violence prevention and response, including acts of extreme violence such as active shooter incidents.\nSteve served as a Disaster Field Operations Supervisor for the FEMA\u2019s mental health response to the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks and coordinated onsite psychological operations at New Jersey\u2019s Anthrax Screening Center. He helped coordinate psychological support services at such incidents as the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, Hurricanes Floyd, Irene and Sandy, and TWA Flight 800 crash. Steve has assisted at over a dozen major air crashes and has counseled many victims of violence, including those who were targets of the Unabomber, international kidnappings and other acts of terrorism. He serves as a consultant and trainer for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)-Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)-Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Office for Victims of Crime (OVC); U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)-Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA); U.S. Health & Human Services (HHS)-Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)-Disaster Technical Assistance Center (DTAC); U.S. Public Health Service; National Criminal Justice Training Center; New York Police Department (NYPD)-Counterterrorism Division (CTD), and the United Nations Emergency Preparedness & Support Team.\nSteve is the author of many published articles and book chapters. He has been featured for his work in violence prevention and response in many professional journals, magazines and newspapers, and frequently appears on both network and cable news and talk shows, as well as in the courts, as a subject matter expert addressing the behavioral aspects of public and private sector crisis prevention and response.\nPhillip DeMara, MSEd\nPhillip DeMara is a consultant and trainer specialized in behavioral factors in disaster response, public health emergency management, violence prevention and crisis intervention. He is currently the Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response in the Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services (DBHIDS) and a subject matter expert with Behavioral Science Applications. He received his Master\u2019s in Education in Counseling Psychology at the University of Miami, Florida. He has worked at DBHIDS for the last 20 years, with the last 15 years being assigned responsibility for disaster planning, response, and recovery activities. During those 15 years, he spent two years working in the Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management, where he was the Deputy Director for Planning.\nIn 2005, Phillip was the Manager for the Philadelphia FEMA Crisis Counseling grant, which provided crisis counseling and outreach to Hurricane Katrina evacuees living in Philadelphia for two years, and in 2006 he coordinated the mental health response as part of the Lebanese Repatriation efforts in the City of Philadelphia. In 2015, he was the behavioral health lead for the Papal Visit, a National Special Security Event (NSSE), and led the behavioral health response for the Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia. In addition to disaster response, Phillip is also the Director of the Network of Neighbors Responding to Violence, a city-wide Trauma Response Network, Chair of the Victim Community Support Collaborative, and has recently been appointed co-chair of the Public Health and Trauma Informed Care Subcommittee of the Mayor\u2019s Gun Violence Prevention Committee. He works with partners in City, state and federal law enforcement, intelligence and public health agencies on an ongoing basis.\nFor the last 10 years, Phillip has been developing and conducting training programs in basic disaster mental health, behavioral health response to disaster and community violence, personal and family preparedness, access and functional needs awareness, and continuity of operations, as well as developing and implementing tabletop and functional exercises in disaster behavioral health. The last two years he has been providing training in emergency behavioral health for the PA Department of Human Services: Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.\nMegan Gomez, Esq.\nMegan Gomez is senior legal counsel for Excellus BlueCross BlueShield. Since joining the company in 2007, Megan has supported many departments within the health plan, including Utilization Management, Credentialing, and Analysis and Recovery. Currently, she works with the company\u2019s medical group and long-term care insurance company. She also serves as attorney for Human Resources across the enterprise, which includes about 6,000 employees, handling issues raised by the HR team, as well as external inquiries from oversight agencies.\nIn her work with Human Resources, Megan has focused on diversity and inclusion, challenging management to embrace the idea that diversity is broader than skin color or ethnic background. One recent project she worked on with the Employee Resource Groups, sponsored by Excellus BCBS\u2019 Office of Inclusion, sought to achieve greater inclusion of employees experiencing gender transition. The team-based project aims at ensuring company-wide support for those individuals.\nMegan earned her law degree from the University at Buffalo in 2005 and began her career as an attorney in 2006 at Brown & Kelly, LLP, in Buffalo, New York. She completed her undergraduate studies at Binghamton University in just three years and graduated cum laude with a bachelor\u2019s degree in English literature in 1999.\nSarah J. Powell, MA\nSarah Powell is the Director of Emergency Management for Temple University and provides strategic direction, subject matter expertise, and operational coordination for the university emergency management and mission continuity programs. Sarah strives to set ambitious goals for advancement and innovation in emergency management in higher education, and she focuses on coalition-building both inside and outside the institution. The scope of her work in that capacity includes test, training and exercises; critical incident management; emergency operations and mission continuity planning; preparedness education; and risk assessment and mitigation efforts.\nIn the past year, Sarah served as a consultant and subject matter expert for the Pennsylvania state Departments of Health (DOH) on projects pertaining to infectious disease and behavioral health response. As a consultant on the Behavioral Science Applications team, Sarah also provided training for the Department of Defense on the Psychosocial impacts of CBRN incidents. She serves as an adjunct faculty member for Temple University\u2019s Community and Regional Development program and Philadelphia University\u2019s Disaster Medicine & Management and Community & Trauma Counseling graduate programs. Over the past 12 years, Sarah has additionally consulted with a number of local, state, and national institutions on a topics that pertain to critical incident response and strategic planning, including business continuity and disaster recovery.\nFor 10 years, Sarah was the Project Director for the Center for Preparedness Research, Education, and Practice (CPREP). In that capacity, Sarah gained significant experience and expertise in the area of public health preparedness and disaster behavioral health. While with CPREP, Sarah developed curricula, training, and competencies for volunteer disaster mental health responders in the five county southeast PA region. While working with the Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health in that role, she supported and managed the 100+ member voluntary Community Response Teams (CRTs), trained to provide Psychological First Aid, Crisis Counseling, and other behavioral health resources following community crisis and/or large scale disaster events. She has set new benchmarks for HSEEP-structured disaster behavioral health exercise and evaluation programs. Sarah is a fervent advocate for preparedness education and all-hazards planning.\nDetective Joseph Rovnan\nDetective Joseph Rovnan is a 28-year veteran of the Philadelphia Police Department. He began his career serving the citizens of Philadelphia as a patrol officer in the 26th, 35th, and 8th districts. Upon his promotion to his present position of detective he was assigned to Northeast Detective Division where he investigated various crimes. Following the events of 9/11 he was selected by the Police Commissioner to serve on the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force. Here he investigated terrorism cases along with FBI. In 2004 he was reassigned to the Homeland Security Counter-Terrorism Operations section of the Philadelphia Police Department where he is currently assigned. At this assignment, he has excelled as primary negotiator for the city during hostage, barricade and critical incidents in the city and surrounding areas. Detective Rovnan is the lead instructor for the city\u2019s negotiator program, as well lead instructor for several Weapons of Mass Destruction courses, Counter-Terrorism Operations, and the use of personal protective equipment. Detective Rovnan also serves as a team leader on the Major Incident Response Team (MIRT) for Philadelphia and surrounding counties.\nDetective Rovnan has been involved in the active shooter program for several years and is considered a subject matter expert in this field. He was selected as panel member at The National Constitution Center where he presented, as well in front of the judicial district, stadiums, law firms, private security, private businesses, and hotels. Detective Rovnan was also selected by the Governor\u2019s Office to present the Active Shooter Keeping Kids Safe program held for the entire school district of Philadelphia.\nCynthia L. Simeone, PMP, CBCP, CHPCP, MBCI\nCynthia Simeone has more than 20 years of corporate strategic and operational risk management experience. Her specialties include human capital crisis response management, business resilience program development and management, pandemic planning, process reengineering and change management, IT project, program, and portfolio management, and technology service delivery. Cynthia has domain expertise in Healthcare and Financial Services, and has consulted for Fortune 100 companies in various industries.\nShe is a Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) and Certified Healthcare Provider Continuity Professional (CHPCP), and is a member of the Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII), Business Continuity Institute (BCI), and the Association of Contingency Planners. Cynthia also holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification and is a former President of the Project Management Institute (PMI) New York City Chapter where she advocated and implemented career mentorship and community, corporate, and educational outreach programs focused on project management. She has presented at both Project Management Institute Global Leadership and national Continuity Insights Conferences and was included as an expert commentator for the Financial Management Network business continuity planning segment.\nCynthia graduated cum laude from the University of Denver, Lamont School of Music with a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Music, and continues to explore team dynamics and the impact of high performance in the corporate environment.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 151, "original_length": 19221, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 150.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://cookingwithgaul.com/author/theherenow/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:59Z", "digest": "sha1:SOZIPNZ5XBN45CNPDVEPRWZYDVMBSVVF", "length": 33, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "cookingwithgaul.com", "title": "anny \u2013 imik simik: cooking with gaul", "raw_content": "reads, writes, cooks, photographs", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 67, "original_length": 4585, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 198.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://coregroupus.com/profit-sharing-plans/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:12Z", "digest": "sha1:KHHT2DO3KPABNNXBIXPVVDVD7VVNFWMB", "length": 2536, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "coregroupus.com", "title": "Profit Sharing Plans | Tulsa Business Consulting | OKC Tax Services", "raw_content": "Profit sharing plans allow employers to make discretionary contributions to an account for each employee based on a set formula. Profit sharing plans are used by large and small businesses alike, although they do require employers to file Form 5500 once a year.\nAllocating Funds\nAlthough employers are given the discretion to decide how much to contribute to a profit-sharing plan, they are required to use one common method for determining each employee\u2019s contribution. Companies must also create a profit sharing plan document that contains specific information, including how certain key functions are carried out, such as how deposits are made.\nEmployers will also need to arrange a trust for the plan\u2019s assets to ensure that they are used only for the benefit of the participants. The trust must have at least one trustee whose task it will be to handle contributions, investments, and distributions. It is also key to develop a record keeping system that can track contributions, expenses, and distributions, as well as earnings and losses. Keeping accurate records will help the plan\u2019s administrator file the annual report with the federal government.\nFinally, employers must provide eligible employees with information about the plan by creating and distributing a summary plan description (SPD). Generally, plans cover all employees, although some may be excluded, including those who:\nAre under the age of 21 years old;\nHave not worked for the employer for at least two years;\nAre covered by a collective bargaining agreement that doesn\u2019t allow for participation; or\nAre nonresident aliens.\nHowever, elderly workers cannot be barred from participating in a profit sharing plan solely because of their age.\nCall Today to Speak With a Member of our CORE Financial Management Team\nBusiness owners have a variety of duties and responsibilities towards their employees, many of which have legal implications, making it especially important to obtain the advice of a financial manager. Our firm is dedicated to helping our clients address all of their accounting and bookkeeping needs, including tax preparation and full-service payroll, so if you have questions or concerns about any of these issues, please contact a member of the CORE financial management team to speak with a dedicated employee. Our Oklahoma City team can be reached by calling 405-720-1244, while those at our Tulsa office can be contacted at 918-477-7650. To contact our Lawton office, please call 580-353-2376 to set up a meeting with one of our consultants.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 77, "original_length": 4547, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 213.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://corporateshopping.com/membership-discounts/acacia", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:31:25Z", "digest": "sha1:2KFAKZNGQS5YAOLWNHQHJ63W7QJNK7UE", "length": 119, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "corporateshopping.com", "title": "Acacia Member Discounts, Member Benefits, Member Perks, Member Discount Program - Corporate Shopping Company", "raw_content": "You're in good company! All Acacia members are eligible for unbeatable deals at over 250 of the world's best retailers.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 371, "original_length": 9259, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 181.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://county.milwaukee.gov/EN/County-Executive/Contact/Appointments-to-Boards-and-Commissions", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:45Z", "digest": "sha1:GML5SAD2QVPLZ62UG2KNJDGDONC5HDGG", "length": 11553, "nlines": 39, "source_domain": "county.milwaukee.gov", "title": "Appointments to Boards and Commissions", "raw_content": "We are continually looking for qualified candidates to serve on boards and commissions that oversee a variety of subjects and make wide-ranging decisions or give advice affecting Milwaukee County residents. If you wish to apply, submit a letter of interest indicating which appointment(s) you seek, along with a resume, cover letter or brief biography via email. You may apply at any time, regardless of whether there is a current opening, as resignations occur throughout the year.\nContact the Board and Commission Liaison\nAppointment applications are accepted on an ongoing basis for the following organizations:\nAging and Disability Resource Center Governing Board\nMarcus Center Board\nMilwaukee Art Museum Board\nMilwaukee Public Museum Board\nSoutheast Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission\nSummerfest Board of Directors\nVisit Milwaukee Board\nAging & Disability Resource Center Governing Board\nThe ADRC Governing Board is the lead county agency responsible for specific duties related to the policies and operations of both the Aging Resource Center and the Disability Resource Center, serving persons age 60 and over and adults ages 18 - 59 with physical or intellectual disabilities or mental health.\nThe museums contribute to Milwaukee County\u2019s quality of life by offering vibrant exhibitions, collaborative educational programs, performances, and other events. Programming includes six new art exhibitions each year that feature local and regional artistic production and promote such work in a way larger institutions cannot. The museums also offer concerts, films, family art-making workshops, lectures, tours and special events.\nThe Civil Service Commission ensures the fair and impartial due process hearings for the suspension, demotion or discharge of Behavioral Health Division County employees in the classified service, considers requests for the transfer of county positions to or from the classified service, and exercises administrative control over the merit system, including promulgation of rules, pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes 63.01 to 63.03 and the Milwaukee County General Ordinances Civil Service Rules.\nThe Combined Community Services Board (CCSB) is a sworn advisory board that reports to the Milwaukee County Board Health and Human Needs Committee and operates pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes Chapters 51.42(4) and 51.437 as well as Chapter 93 General Ordinances of Milwaukee County.\nThe purpose of the Commission is to promote the independence of persons with disabilities and to: Remove attitudinal and environmental barriers, promote maximal level of independence with dignity for persons with disabilities, and have primary responsibility for assessing and finding solutions for the needs of Milwaukee County residents with disabilities.\nThe Commission on Aging is the lead county agency responsible for developing administering and/or implementing a comprehensive coordinated human service system for community based services for county residents age sixty years and older, for assessing the major issues and needs of the over sixty population, for providing technical assistance to agencies and organizations within the county that are involved with aging issues, for reviewing the planning and service efforts of organizations and institutions in the county and its aging network, and for making recommendations thereof.\nMilwaukee County Election Commission\nThe mission of the Milwaukee County Election Commission is to administer federal, state, and local elections in a manner that fosters public trust in the accuracy, efficiency and fairness of elections and develops public confidence in the democratic process.\nEmergency Medical Services Council\nThe Milwaukee County EMS Council assists the EMS Division and other medical providers within the council. Assistance includes: planning, review and evaluation of EMS; making recommendations regarding the operation of the EMS delivery systems to the Section of EMS and to the Health & Human Needs Committee of the County Board of Supervisors; recommending policy relating to the coordination, oversight, and delivery of EMS within the county; and acting as the coordinating body for all pertinent local, state, or federal grant applications pertaining to the provision of EMS.\nThe Ethics Board reviews, investigates and determines, as needed, all verbal and written complaints of potential violations of the Ethics Code as outlined in Chapter 9 of the Milwaukee County General Ordinances by Milwaukee County employees, Milwaukee County office holders and candidates for public office of Milwaukee County. The Board reviews the rules, practices and procedures of the Ethics Code pursuant to Chapter 9 of the Milwaukee County General Ordinances. The Board reviews annual financial Statements of Economic Interests for Milwaukee County employees, Milwaukee County office holders, citizens serving on board and commissions of Milwaukee County and candidates for public office in Milwaukee County service.\nThe Marcus Center for the Performing Arts is a facility owned and partially funded by Milwaukee County. The Marcus Center for the Performing Arts Inc. (MCPA) is the non-profit corporation that operates the Center for the County. The organization\u2019s Mission reads: As a bridge between cultures, the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts offers facilities and services of the highest quality, makes available a wide range of the performing arts, and acts as an energizing force for effective collaboration and advocacy in the community.\nThe Milwaukee County Mental Health Board was established in 2014 through Wisconsin Act 203. The board is made up of 13 members and includes mental health professionals, consumers and advocates. The Mental Health Board is responsible for setting policy for the Behavioral Health Division.\nThe Milwaukee Art Museum collects and preserves art, presenting it to the community as a vital source of inspiration and education. Central to the museum\u2019s mission is its role as a premier educational resource with educational programs that are among the largest in the nation, involving classes, tours, and a full calendar of events for all ages.\nThe mission of the Milwaukee County Federated Library System (MCFLS) shall be to assume a leadership role in facilitating cooperation among its member libraries, improving access to and encouraging sharing of resources, promoting the most effective use of local, county, state and federal funds and assisting member libraries in the utilization of current and evolving technologies to provide the highest possible level of library service to all residents of Milwaukee County.\nThe Milwaukee County Historical Society was founded in 1935 to collect, preserve and make available materials relating to the history of the Milwaukee community.\nThrough a broad range of activities, the Historical Society seeks to recognize and preserve our local history. In promoting a greater appreciation of Milwaukee County\u2019s heritage, the Historical Society hopes to develop a better understanding of the issues and challenges facing Milwaukee County today.\nThe Board of Directors is collectively responsible for the policies, financial welfare and successful achievement of organizational objectives of the Milwaukee Public Museum, Inc., a private not-for-profit organization which manages the Milwaukee Public Museum. The Board guides the museum\u2019s service to the community, state and region through a broad variety of scientific, historic and educational activities.\nThe MSO reaches out to diverse audiences through concert performances and nationally recognized education and outreach programs. All programs are guided by the MSO Family Shared Vision which states that the MSO exists for three purposes: to comfort, educate, entertain and exhilarate the human soul through events of cultural significance, relevance and artistic challenge; to embrace, preserve and foster our musical heritage; and to enhance the vibrancy of our community.\nThe Employees' Retirement System of the County of Milwaukee was created to encourage qualified personnel to enter and remain in the service of the County of Milwaukee by providing for a system of retirement, disability and death benefits for its employees. The authority to manage and control the Retirement System is vested in the Pension Board.\nThe Personnel Review Board ensures fair and impartial due process hearings for the suspension, demotion or discharge of county employees in the classified service, as provided by and as prescribed under Wisconsin Statutes 63.10 and 63.12, and Chapters 33, 17.207, 9 and Civil Service Rule VII, Section 4 of the Milwaukee County General Ordinances.\nFor more than 50 years, the Social Development Commission (SDC) has served as a planner, coordinator, and provider of human service programs for low-income individuals and families in Milwaukee County. SDC was established in 1963 as an intergovernmental commission under Wisconsin State Statute 66.0125. With its vision of ensuring that all Milwaukee County residents will have equal access to the resources needed to help them achieve economic self-sufficiency, the SDC believes that all individuals are to be treated and valued with compassion, dignity and respect.\nThe Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (SEWRPC) was established in 1960 as the official area wide planning agency for the southeastern region of the State. SEWRPC serves the seven counties of Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Walworth, Washington, and Waukesha.\nSEWRPC was created to provide objective information and professional planning initiatives to help solve problems and to focus regional attention on key issues of regional consequence.\nMilwaukee World Festival, Inc. is a private, not for profit, 501(c)(3) Wisconsin corporation founded in 1965 that produces Summerfest\u00ae, an 11-day festival that generates approximately $181.3 million in direct and indirect economic impact for the community each year. Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. also maintains Henry Maier Festival Park, located on 75 acres on the shores of Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, WI.\nThe Milwaukee County Veterans Service Commission (MCVSC) is responsible for administering the county Needy Veterans Fund, which provides emergency grants to eligible Milwaukee County veterans, their spouses/surviving spouses, and dependent children. The program currently provides emergency grants for eligible applicants facing evictions or WE Energies disconnects, security deposits, emergency travel for death of immediate family and indigent burial.\nVISIT Milwaukee markets Greater Milwaukee to tourists, and convention and meeting planners, both nationally and internationally. VISIT Milwaukee has approximately 600 members, including hotels/motels, restaurants, attractions, services and area businesses. Total business sales related to tourism amounted to $4.62 billion in Greater Milwaukee in 2013 and supported more than 48,500 local jobs. The City of Wauwatosa, Potawatomi Bingo Casino and the Wisconsin Center District are strategic partners with VISIT Milwaukee, providing funding support for conventions and tourism programs.\nThe Wisconsin Center District is a special purpose District created as a body corporate and politic by the City of Milwaukee pursuant to the provisions of Sections 229.42, Wisconsin Statutes. 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She asks the Doctor if they can travel to see him and the Time Lord agrees with a caveat: \u201cBe careful what you wish for.\u201d They watch their wedding, where her father nervously messes up Jackie\u2019s name during the vows, and then travel to the day of his death so he won\u2019t die alone.\nThey stand on the roadside as Peter Tyler drives up \u2013 \u201cBad Wolf\u201d is scrawled on a poster on a wall \u2013 but Rose cannot stand the sight of the hit and run accident. She asks the Doctor for another chance, an event that crosses their own timelines, and saves her father from death. They accompany Pete back to Tyler flat where Rose joyfully looks at her father\u2019s belongings before being upbraided by the Doctor for changing the timeline. He demands the TARDIS key back and leaves, unaware of the eyes in the sky that kill three people in rapid succession.\nPete tries to console Rose over her boyfriend troubles, but she rebuffs his advice before escorting him to the Hoskins-Clark wedding. Meanwhile, the Doctor arrives at the TARDIS to find it an empty (and normal) police box. He runs after Rose, who is currently riding in a car (and getting Rickrolled like we all did back in the day) before hearing an anachronistic song on the radio. She picks up a message on her superphone \u2013 \u201cWatson, come here, I need you.\u201d \u2013 and narrowly avoids being hit twice by the same driver who nearly killed her father before.\nThey arrive at the church to meet Jackie and baby Rose, and a spat between Rose\u2019s parents reveals her father\u2019s infidelity. Nearby, a young Mickey watches everyone on the playground disappear before running to the church. The Doctor arrives just in time to save Rose and most of the wedding guests from dragon-like creatures. Everyone hides in the church \u2013 the older something is, the stronger it is against the rupture in time \u2013 and the Doctor reveals that the creatures are there to sterilize the wound by consuming those involved.\nThe Doctor watches as the hit-and-run driver makes another loop in time and Pete puts the pieces together. They tearfully embrace and talk about time travel as the creatures try to enter the church. The Doctor continues his rounds in the church, meeting the bride, groom, and their unborn child. Witness to their ordinary lives and potentially happy future, something he has never had, he promises to save them.\nJackie looks after Mickey as the Doctor watches baby Rose. The Time Lord is still angry about the paradox, for which he has no solution, and prevents Rose from comforting her younger self lest it add to the problem. Rose apologizes, the Doctor forgives her, and they realize that the TARDIS is (literally) the key to the problem. The Doctor uses an \u201980s mobile phone battery and his sonic screwdriver to charge the key as Rose tries to console her father with false memories, but Pete knows that what she\u2019s telling him is a lie. The TARDIS begins to materialize around the key and it becomes a race against time to save everyone in the church.\nUnfortunately, Jackie picks that moment to confront Pete over Rose. The baby gets handed to Rose in the altercation and a creature materializes in the church from the new twist in the timelines. The Doctor tries to protect everyone but he is eaten by the creature, which then flies into the materializing TARDIS and stops the process cold. All avenues for success appear to be cut off. Rose mourns the Doctor as the world grows darker, and Pete makes a fateful decision about the looping hit-and-run driver.\nPete shows Rose to Jackie, who finally understands who the Doctor\u2019s companion is, and says farewell to the daughter he barely knew. He grabs the vase that was broken in the correct timeline, leaves the church, and steps in front of the car. His sacrifice restores the Doctor and the timeline, and presents Rose one last chance to comfort her father before he dies.\nHistory has changed slightly, but the fixed point in time \u2013 Pete\u2019s death \u2013 has been restored. With this deeper understanding of the nature of space and time, Rose solemnly accompanies the Doctor back to the restored TARDIS.\nThis is a muddled story, and would otherwise be average (or less) as a result, but the confusion and unease that it inspires adds to the atmosphere. We don\u2019t know why Pete Tyler\u2019s death is a fixed (unmovable) point in time, but the mysteries surrounding it in this base-under-siege story infuse the poignancy with a degree of anxiety. It also adds more dimension to Rose and her awakening to the universe beyond her front door.\nThe Doctor still has some anger issues related to the Last Great Time War, but he\u2019s also healing as we can see from his impassioned argument against fixing parts of personal timelines. He could stop the genocide, but the results could be catastrophic.\nThis isn\u2019t one of my favorite stories, but it does the job well.\nUP NEXT \u2013 Doctor Who: The Empty Child and Doctor Who: The Doctor Dances\n3 thoughts on \u201cTimestamp #168: Father\u2019s Day\u201d\n[\u2026] to open the console fail, and Jackie tries to help her move on, but Rose reveals the truth about her father\u2019s death. 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Just as Moses as a baby was taken from the Nile and only then really received the gift of life, so Israel now feels as if it has been, so to speak, taken out of the water: it is free, newly endowed with the gift of itself from God\u2019s own hands. In the biblical ac\u00adcount, the people\u2019s reaction to the foundational event of salvation is described in this sentence: \u201c[T]hey believed in the Lord and in his servant Moses\u201d (Ex 14:31). But then follows a second reaction, which soars up from the first with elemental force: \"Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the Lord\u201d (i 5: i).\nYear by year, at the Easter Vigil, Christians join in the singing of this song. They sing it in a new way as their song, because they know that they have been \u201ctaken out of the water\u201d by God\u2019s power, set free by God for authentic life. 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What Can You Do?\nWhat is the difference between suspension and expulsion?\nThe main difference between suspension and expulsion is the amount of time a student must stay out of school:\nA suspension can only last for up to ten days.\nAn expulsion can last up to one year.\nWho decides to expel a student?\nUsually, the Board of Education will hold a hearing so a decision can be made about whether or not to expel a student. At the hearing, a person or group of people will listen to what happened and make the decision to expel based on reports from\nthe student, and\nwitnesses who saw what happened.\nThe person or people making the decision at the hearing will usually be\na neutral hearing officer such as someone from the community who doesn\u2019t work for the school district, or\na neutral hearing board of three or more members of the Board of Education\nWhen can a Board of Education expel a child?\nA student must face expulsion if he or she\nhas a gun or other deadly weapon on school grounds or at a school activity,\nuses a firearm or other deadly weapon to commit a crime on or off school grounds, or\nsells (or tries to sell) illegal drugs on or off school grounds.\nA student may be expelled if he or she\nbreaks a school rule on school grounds or at a school activity,\nis disruptive or puts other people or things in danger on school grounds or at a school activity, or\nbreaks a school rule off school grounds in a way that disrupts or prevents other students from learning.\nMy child has gotten into trouble and may be expelled. What rights do we have?\nYour child has the right to a hearing before being expelled. The hearing must be held within 11 school days after he or she has been taken out of school. The only time a hearing can be skipped is if there is an emergency (for example, if the school believes a child is dangerous to himself or others if he stays in the classroom).\nYou have the right to get a written notice from the school before an expulsion hearing. The notice must explain which rule the school believes was broken and what the child did to break the rule. The notice must also tell you the date, time, and location of the hearing as well as how you can get an attorney to represent your child.\nYou have the right to explain your child\u2019s side of the story at the hearing. You can bring witnesses with you and show evidence, such as documents that support your case.\nYou have the right to question the witnesses that the school has invited to the hearing.\nYou have the right to get copies of the documents that the school will be showing at the hearing. You can also get copies of written statements by teachers and witnesses. Make sure to ask for a copy of the student\u2019s entire school record, as there may be information in it that can help you.\nExpulsion hearings are usually scheduled within 10 or fewer days, so you should start getting ready for the hearing as soon as you get the notice.\n1. Ask to see your child\u2019s school record. Reading the record will help you understand what the school believes has happened. It should have information about the incident, including\nnames of witnesses that the school might ask to testify at the hearing, and\ndocuments that the school may use as evidence.\n2. Try to talk to the school\u2019s witnesses before the hearing so you can find out what they plan to say.\n3. Make a list of people who can be your witnesses and help you tell your side of the story. Ask them to come to the hearing and find out what they plan to say. You may also want to find some character witnesses. A good character witness would be an adult from outside of your family (such as a scout leader, someone from your church, or a coach) who knows your child and can say positive things about him or her.\nIf there is a person who you think would be a good witness for your child but that person says they won\u2019t come to the hearing, you can ask the hearing officer to send them a subpoena. A subpoena is a paper that will require the witness to go to the hearing. If you want the hearing officer to subpoena a witness, make your request as far in advance as possible. You can use Sample Letter A as an example.\n4. Plan your strategy for the hearing. Remember that two things will be decided at the hearing:\nwhether or not the child broke a school rule and should be expelled, and\nhow long the expulsion should last.\n5. Ask for help if you need it. If you have trouble doing things on time or keeping track of paperwork, ask a friend or family member to help you prepare for the hearing. You should also practice what you want to say.\nIf you are nervous about the hearing, ask someone you trust to drive you to the hearing and stay with you for support. If possible, talk to an attorney. On the last page of this booklet, you will find a list of organizations that you can contact for legal information or advice.\nEach case will be different, but here are some things to think about before the hearing:\nYou may think the school has the facts wrong and that your child did not break the rules. If this is the case,try to find witnesses or documents that will prove your child\u2019s innocence. You will want to convince the hearing officer that your child shouldn\u2019t be expelled.\nYou may think your child had a good reason for breaking the rules and that expulsion is too severe of a punishment. Try to find witnesses or documents to help show why your child acted the way they did and that his or her behavior was understandable for the situation.\nYou may agree that your child broke the rules and want to focus on trying to make sure the expulsion period is not too long. Explain that a long expulsion is too severe or that it would be very harmful to your child. Character witnesses can be very helpful here.\nYou may want to try a combination of strategies. You can try to prove that the school\u2019s version of events is wrong. If your child is expelled anyway, you can ask that the expulsion lasts for only a short time.\nWhile an expulsion hearing is not as formal as a court trial, it is a legal proceeding and it may be the only chance you get to tell your story. There is no right to appeal the hearing officer\u2019s decision in court if you are not happy with the outcome. The hearing will be recorded or someone will write down everything that is said. The hearing officer will listen while each party tells its side of the story and will then decide\nwhether or not the child broke the rules,\nwhether or not the child should be expelled, and\nThe school\u2019s presentation\nThe school officials must show enough evidence to prove that expelling the student is reasonable. The school will go first in presenting its case against your child. It will need to prove that your child broke the rules by having a witness tell the facts to the hearing officer. The witness must be someone who actually saw what happened. For example, the principal cannot tell the hearing officer, \"I didn\u2019t see what happened, but the teacher told me _________.\"\nA school official will ask questions of the school\u2019s witnesses. In addition to having witnesses say what they saw and heard, the school can show documents that support its position, including evidence about your child\u2019s past discipline problems.\nIf the school doesn\u2019t have a witness who was actually there when the incident took place, or if the school tries to prove its case using only written documents, be sure to point this out to the hearing officer.\nThe student, his or her parents, or their representative may ask questions of (or cross-examine) the witnesses after the school official is finished questioning them. The purpose of cross-examination is to bring out additional information that might be helpful to the child\u2019s case.\nIt will not help your child\u2019s case if you argue with a witness, even if you think he or she is not telling the truth. It is better for you and your own witnesses to explain what happened when it is your turn to speak.\nThe student\u2019s response\nWhen the school is done presenting its case, it will be your turn to present your child\u2019s case. Ask each of your witnesses to come forward to speak about\nwhat they saw or heard,\nwhat they know about the incident, or\nwhat they know about your child.\nThe school will then have a chance to question your witnesses.\nYour child is not required to testify about what happened, and in some cases, it may be better if he or she doesn\u2019t testify. (See the section below about Juvenile Court.)\nOnce each witness has spoken and any written evidence has been given to the hearing officer, each side may have a chance to make a final statement. This is your chance to briefly explain what you think happened and what you think should happen to your child. Finish by asking the hearing officer not to expel your child or to expel your child for only a very short time.\nTo make the best possible presentation to the board, you will need to be prepared, organized, and polite. Angry words or behavior directed at the school officials or the board will only add additional stress to the situation and could even hurt your child\u2019s case.\nWhat if my child was arrested and has to appear in Juvenile Court?\nIt is not unusual for a child to face both expulsion and criminal charges for the same incident. Expulsion hearings usually take place before the criminal case is resolved, so the child should be careful not to say anything at the expulsion hearing that could be used later in criminal or juvenile court. The school can expel the child even if the criminal case is still going on and the child hasn\u2019t been convicted. Be sure to talk with the public defender or defense attorney handling the criminal matter about what, if anything, your child should say at the expulsion hearing.\nIf we lose the hearing and my child is expelled, can my child still get an education?\nIf your child is under age 16, he or she will still be provided an education during the expulsion. This is called an alternative education. Depending on the school district, your child may go to a different school or get individual tutoring at a public location.\nIf your child is between the ages of 16 and 18 and wants to continue getting an education, alternative education will be offered as long as your child follows any conditions the board may set. The board does not have to offer alternative education to students between the ages of 16 and 18 if the student has been expelled before or if the incident involved weapons or drugs.\nWill the expulsion stay on my child\u2019s school records forever?\nThe expulsion will be erased from the child\u2019s school record if he or she graduates from high school unless the expulsion was for the possession of a firearm or deadly weapon.\nCan I stop the expulsion by sending my child to a different school or school district?\nIf your child withdraws from school before the expulsion hearing is held, his or her record will still contain the notice of the expulsion hearing. In most cases, the new school district cannot refuse to admit your child based on his or her record alone, but it can hold its own expulsion hearing for the incident at the old school.\nCan the school withdraw a child from its attendance rolls without going through the expulsion process?\nYour child cannot be expelled from school without an expulsion hearing.\nCan my child be expelled if he or she is in special education?\nYour child cannot be expelled for behaviors that are caused by his or her disability. If the school is considering expulsion, it must hold a Planning and Placement Team (PPT) meeting first. Two things need to be decided at this meeting:\nWas the misconduct caused by your child\u2019s disability?\nWas the behavior caused by the school\u2019s failure to put some an important part of the IEP (your child\u2019s Individualized Educational Plan) into place?\nIf the answer is yes to either of those questions, the team should talk about changing the IEP to fix the problem rather than recommending expulsion. If it is decided that the answer to both questions is no, your child could be referred for expulsion.\nIf your school does not schedule a PPT meeting, use Sample Letter B to request a PPT meeting.\nWhat if the PPT decides the misbehavior was not caused by my child\u2019s disability?\nIf the PPT decides that the behavior was not a result of your child\u2019s disability, it may go ahead with the expulsion hearing. If you disagree, you can use Sample Letter C to ask for a due process review to appeal the PPT decision.\nYour child will still be educated until the due process review is completed. However, your child\u2019s education may not be at his or her current school.\nIf your child is expelled, he or she will still have to be placed in a program where the IEP can be carried out in the least restrictive environment.\nWhat if I think my child is eligible for special education, but the school has never identified him or her as a special education student?\nThe school can expel a child who is not an identified special education student unless the school knew that the child had a disability. Here are some ways that the school might have known that your child has a disability:\nYou told the school about your concerns about your child in writing.\nYou asked the school to evaluate your child for special education services.\nYour child\u2019s behavior or performance in school showed that he or she needed special education.\nSomeone at the school expressed concern about your child through the school\u2019s special education referral system.\nIf you believe your child should have been identified as needing special education, you should ask for a PPT meeting right away. When you go to the expulsion hearing, show the hearing officer a copy of the letter you wrote asking for a PPT meeting (Sample Letter B) and ask for the hearing to be postponed.\nWhat if my child has already been expelled and I think he or she is eligible for special education?\nYou should immediately request an expedited evaluation of your child by requesting a PPT. (You can adapt Sample Letter B to request an evaluation PPT). If possible, you should consult with an attorney before making that request to see if your child is eligible for an independent evaluation by someone that is not employed by the school. If your child is found to be eligible for special education services, the school must provide those services even if your child is already expelled. If you disagree with the evaluation results, you can request a hearing using Sample Letter C.\nAre you looking for an attorney to represent your child at an expulsion hearing? If you have low income and your child needs legal assistance at an expulsion hearing, call Statewide Legal Services (SLS) at 1-800-453-3320.\nBecause expulsion hearings are often scheduled very quickly, please call SLS immediately once you know your child is being recommended for expulsion. SLS may provide advice over the phone, mail you information, or refer you to a legal services office or a private attorney at no cost to you.\nOther Resources for Parents of Children with Disabilities:\nSERC (State Education Resource Center, State Dept of Education)\nSample Letter A\nSample Letter B\nSample Letter C\nSample Letter A - Request for Subpoena\n[Parent Name]\n[Name of Hearing Officer]\n[Address of Hearing Officer or c/o Board of Education]\nDear _____________________,\nAn expulsion hearing concerning my child, [child\u2019s name], [child\u2019s date of birth], who currently attends [name of school], has been scheduled for [date of hearing]. In accordance with Conn. Gen. Stat. \u00a74-177b, please subpoena the following witnesses:\n[Name and address of each witness]\n[Only if you would like a witness to bring any records or documents]\nIn the subpoena, please order ___________ to bring _____________ to the hearing. Thank you.\nSample Letter B - Request for PPT\n[Name of School Principal]\nI understand that the school is considering the expulsion of my child, [child\u2019s name], [child\u2019s date of birth]. I am requesting that the school first schedule a PPT meeting before taking any disciplinary action. I am requesting this PPT meeting because I believe my child\u2019s behavior may be a manifestation of his/her disability.\nPlease contact me at the above number to schedule a date and time for the PPT meeting.\nSample Letter C - Request for Due Process Hearing\nBureau of Special Education Due Process Unit\nI request an impartial due process hearing concerning my child [child\u2019s name], [child\u2019s date of birth], who is currently within the jurisdiction of the [name of school district] and attends [name of school].\nThe issue in dispute is the proposed expulsion of my child from school. The PPT decided that my child\u2019s behavior was not a manifestation of his disability. I disagree, and believe the school should change my child\u2019s IEP instead of expelling him.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 274, "original_length": 20568, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 331.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ctscweb.weill.cornell.edu/about-us/news/ctsc-and-dr-imperato-mcginley-honored-dean-choi", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:36Z", "digest": "sha1:YRWYEDFNUL2JNRYO4YXTAC7GKCGGPQZF", "length": 1714, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "ctscweb.weill.cornell.edu", "title": "CTSC and Dr. Imperato-McGinley Honored By Dean Choi | Clinical & Translational Science Center", "raw_content": "Home > About Us > News > CTSC and Dr. Imperato-McGinley Honored By Dean Choi\nOn Thursday, March 1st, 2018, Dean Augustine M.K. Choi, the Stephen and Suzanne Weiss Dean of Weill Cornell Medicine honored Dr. Julianne Imperato-McGinley, Associate Dean, Translational Research and Education and Program Director of the CTSC, on the renewal of the CTSC award at a reception at the Griffis Faculty Club.\nDean Choi congratulated Dr. Imperato and staff on their hard work and the well-deserved success of the highly competitive CTSC award\u2014the largest federal grant ever made to Weill Cornell Medicine.\nThe $45.3 million dollar award from the National Institutes of Health\u2019s Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program will help move research into treatments for patients more quickly. \u201cAs Dean of Weill Cornell, I value the mission of the CTSC, which supports community health efforts, education and training, diversity and mentorship training, and innovation across our mission areas at Weill Cornell.\u201d\nThe NIH award will provide funding for another five years to promote clinical and translational research and new avenues to patient-centered care through 2022.\nThe festive reception was well-attended by senior leaders, faculty, and investigators from CTSC partner institutions, including Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Hospital for Special Surgery, and Hunter College School of Nursing. Dean Choi commended the tenacity of the attendees who were instrumental in the award renewal process. He noted that in their tireless efforts, Dr. Imperato and staff had embraced the call to move research from \u201cbench to bedside\u201d\u2014and in doing so, they had enriched Weill Cornell\u2019s legacy to care, discover, and teach.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 216, "original_length": 7146, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 296.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://cuc-gallery.squarespace.com/nguyen-thanh-truc/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:39Z", "digest": "sha1:NWBYHME6VDBA3UNWBI2DDZYAFW6CRCZK", "length": 521, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "cuc-gallery.squarespace.com", "title": "Nguyen Thanh Truc \u2014 CUC Gallery | Contemporary Art Gallery in Vietnam Google+", "raw_content": "Nguyen Truc (b. 1969) born and raised in Hochiminh city, graduated from\nHochiminh Fine Arts University. Since 1996, his works got selected for Phillip\nMorris Award exhibition. From then on, Truc has diligently and silently worked on\nmostly abstract paintings. His interest in photography also creates a balanced\nexperimentation of forms and mediums. His works always evokes a sense of\ntime, history and fragments. This is something very difficult to grasp, intangible\nyet very easy to relate to when looking at his works.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 58, "original_length": 1380, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 312.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://curriproperties.net/tortoise-island-homes-for-sale/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:37Z", "digest": "sha1:RSQGTGSBXW3N32DBFAMWXOJ2AW623FOQ", "length": 1719, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "curriproperties.net", "title": "Tortoise Island Homes For Sale - Curri Properties", "raw_content": "Tortoise Island Homes For Sale\nTortoise Island is another private luxury waterfront gated island community, on the east bank of the Banana River, and accessible by bridge from the west coast of Satellite Beach Barrier Island.\nTortoise Island is 210 acres of waterfront properties, containing 343 estate homes. These gorgeous 3-6 bedroom homes are in the $700s to $1.5M price range, and feature pools, private dock slips, multi-car garages, and are richly appointed with crown molding, wood and stone flooring, granite countertops, custom cabinetry, and more.\nThis exclusive neighborhood is one of the oldest island developments in Brevard County, and is still one of the most popular, because of its amazing location and gorgeous homes. Only a few open lots remain for new builds.\n\u2022 Clubhouse with Meeting Center\n\u2022 Community Swimming Pool\n\u2022 Toddler Playground\nIdeally located between Pineda Causeway and Eau Gallie Causeway, two of the major arteries from the barrier island to the mainland, Tortoise Island is convenient to Cocoa Beach, a 15 minutes drive, and Melbourne International Airport, just 20 minutes.\nSatellite Beach also offers all types of environments for outdoor activity, including Satellite Beach Skate Park and Erna Nixon Nature Trail. Brevard County\u2019s outstanding school system is the 10th largest in Florida, with 110 educational institutions, 7 charter schools and 17 specialized learning centers. Brevard also boasts cutting-edge medical facilities. Viera Health Park is a 50 acre healthcare campus which combines health, wellness, and disease prevention. From the 100-bed Viera Hospital to the Health & Fitness Center, Viera Health Park is here to ensure the health and well-being of your family.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 129, "original_length": 4154, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 314.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://cvcollective.ca/contributor/bree-armstrong/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:31Z", "digest": "sha1:TTEEI6HVRXUHKMSRW4YL5LTR5767BOQ4", "length": 211, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "cvcollective.ca", "title": "Bree Armstrong - CVC", "raw_content": "Bree lives in Cumberland and works as a full-time Letter Carrier for Canada Post. When she isn\u2019t working, she is hanging with her family, and can be found riding her bike through the beautiful Cumberland Forest.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 321, "original_length": 5589, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 188.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://cvmartoni.com/tag/2-00-a-day/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:24Z", "digest": "sha1:GMXWY4D4VG774ANKVI24BBU75G6GDCTP", "length": 16, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "cvmartoni.com", "title": "$2.00 A Day \u2013 Charlene V. Martoni", "raw_content": "Tag: $2.00 A Day", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 1450, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.66, "perplexity": 214.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://cyber-breeze.com/homeless-man-lives-better-new-yorkers/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:53:06Z", "digest": "sha1:3VCB4U7MAZ6WRVSRO3IBPKRFM3ITBOIJ", "length": 2675, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "cyber-breeze.com", "title": "This Homeless Man Lives Better Than Most New Yorkers", "raw_content": "This Homeless Man Lives Better Than Most New Yorkers\nThink about your own home. It\u2019s filled with the things you love, probably some people you love and has seemingly whatever you may need. Sure, we could always use nice new appliances, trendy decor, and comfier furniture. But most people would say they\u2019re grateful for the place they can call home.\nSo what would you do if all of that was gone one day? Where could you go, if anywhere? Luckily, some of us have friends or families that could take us in. But for many, there\u2019s no place left to go other than the streets.\nBut one man named Carlos didn\u2019t let this get in the way of him finding a place he could call his own. You won\u2019t believe what he has in #9!\n#12 New York Is A Massive City\nNew York currently has a population of over 8 million residents! That\u2019s a pretty massive amount of people, even for a large city. Because of this and more and more people migrating towards the city, the rent is out of control. Unfortunately, many people have lost their homes because of high prices. And there\u2019s something else about the population that you won\u2019t believe.\n#11 They Have A Massive Homeless Population\nThe truth about the New York City population is that for every 147 residents, one of them is homeless. That amounts to be over 50,000 people who are forced to live in homeless shelters, or worse, on the streets. But there\u2019s one man who found a way to survive comfortably in this concrete jungle as a homeless man.\n#10 One Man Thinks He Has The Answers\nObviously, being homeless is undesirable as you\u2019re forced to make the street your new home. But not only is it just plain uncomfortable, but it\u2019s dangerous as well! You don\u2019t have a home to protect you from thieves and other criminals, so not only are your belongings at risk, but your body is as well. But one man, Carlos, has found a way to protect himself from these elements while remaining homeless!\n#9 He\u2019s Found A Home In A Hole\nCarlos has found himself a hole inside a New York City subway tunnel! That\u2019s right, that\u2019s him popping out of a literal hole in the ground. People don\u2019t normally fantasize about finding a hole in the subway tunnel to live in, but for the homeless population, this is a dream come true!\n#8 It\u2019s In The Perfect Spot\nCarlos\u2019s hole in the ground is the perfect spot. He\u2019s hidden from obvious effects of weather and harsh New York precipitation, and he\u2019s also able to hide from criminals looking to steal any money or belongings he has. What he is doing is also illegal, but with such a secretive spot, he hasn\u2019t been caught yet!\n20 Of Hollywood\u2019s Biggest LGBT Power Couples\nYou Won\u2019t Believe These 12 Private Jets Owned By Celebrities", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 52, "original_length": 3662, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 248.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dailyevergreen.com/23974/opinion/administration-must-follow-through-on-promises/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:31:14Z", "digest": "sha1:IBOY67BKEKU6VR4X7VOQOOEDTXMFPSHG", "length": 4182, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "dailyevergreen.com", "title": "Administration must follow through on promises \u2013 The Daily Evergreen", "raw_content": "Administration must follow through on promises\nMaking realistic commitments should be top priority during negotiations, discussions of sit-in demands\nAlejandra Martinez, chair for WSU Queer People of Color and Allies and co-chair of MEChA, explains her hope this year for the WSU administration to work with those who are marginalized and to make WSU a more inclusive place Monday afternoon in the CUB.\nAbby Linnenkohl | The Daily Evergreen\nFollowing the August sit-in at the Lighty Student Services building, protesters demanded more support and resources for multicultural and minority students. Despite responding to the list of demands with the intention of working with students, WSU administrators have yet to truly make good on their promises of change.\n\u201cThe administration gave us a timeline [saying], \u2018This is when we\u2019re going to have this all done,\u2019 meetings and everything,\u201d Alejandra Martinez, sit-in participant and chair of the Queer People of Color Alliance said.\nUnfortunately, that timeline hasn\u2019t been honored by faculty. There is nothing new about administration having difficulty keeping promises. What makes this failure particularly troubling, however, is that despite administration giving themselves a timeline, they still weren\u2019t able to hold themselves to their word.\n\u201cThey did say that they would have a whole testing session of cultural competency training for incoming first-year students during this term,\u201d Martinez said. \u201cThey said that we would have meetings in October, but it never happened.\u201d\nOther students and organizations who were promised roles in working toward specific objectives also felt the university\u2019s response should have been more effective.\n\u201cAs blunt as I can make it, it\u2019s a joke,\u201d said Rumnik Cheema, president of the Asian Pacific American Student Coalition. \u201cAt this point it\u2019s been what? Five or six months, now? It doesn\u2019t really matter anymore whether we\u2019re blunt or vague about it, the issue is [they\u2019re] not doing anything to help us.\u201d\nWhile both Martinez and Cheema acknowledge that some progress has been made in negotiations, they are frustrated with the way officials consistently fall short of their commitment to enact sweeping change. This failure is made worse by the fact that it\u2019s centered on sensitive issues like gender, race and the current polarization of politics in the U.S.\n\u201cThis university is just catching up,\u201d Martinez said. \u201cAll these historically white universities and institutions are catching up to the fact that they have people of color in their institutions and that we come from different experiences.\u201d\nThe responsibilities of managing a university are immense, and certainly can\u2019t be easy, but an easier strategy than breaking promises is to make ones that are possible to keep. Even though hope drives people to strive for better circumstances, that desire needs success in order to stay strong.\nMartinez says she is hopeful that QPOCA and other student groups can continue to work closely with university officials. If change is to happen to create a better situation for marginalized students, Martinez said it has to happen now in order to be meaningful.\nWhen people have expectations, especially relating to sensitive issues like race representation, having hope taken away diminishes their resolve and makes them feel like they don\u2019t matter.\nIn order to gain back their credibility in the eyes of students, WSU leadership has several important tasks ahead of them. They must acknowledge instances in the past where they were unable to keep their word, and make commitments that are realistic in regards to resources and staff. They need to tell us the truth, not just what we want to hear.\nChange never happens because of one person, and it certainly doesn\u2019t happen all at once. That is why it is OK to be realistic instead of idealistic when talking about people\u2019s livelihood.\nIt was Robert Kirkman who said, \u201cThe pessimist looks down and hits his head. The optimist looks up and loses his footing. The realist looks forward and adjusts his path accordingly.\u201d\nWe need more realists at WSU.\nTags: admin, Column, commitments, demands, multicultural, negotiations, Opinion, promise, sit-in", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 226, "original_length": 8471, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 283.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dailyevergreen.com/staff/?writer=Ben+Schuh", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:23:01Z", "digest": "sha1:2RWWXTO43QGW4RY76XTQQOTYK6NRQHGZ", "length": 265, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "dailyevergreen.com", "title": "Staff \u2013 The Daily Evergreen", "raw_content": "Ben is a sophomore digital technology and culture major. He plays several instruments, including, but not limited to: trumpet, drums and piano. He wants to be able to find a balance between music and photo/video that actually makes money.\nBen Schuh, Photojournalist", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 115, "original_length": 1583, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 168.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/pleasantville/politics/prestigious-winged-foot-golf-club-just-says-no-to-trump-portrait/726468/%7B%7B", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:39:59Z", "digest": "sha1:E3ZKY6KT6CZLO4OWK5AVCMKLDSVTMLG2", "length": 1102, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "dailyvoice.com", "title": "Prestigious Winged Foot Golf Club Just Says No To Trump Portrait | Pleasantville Daily Voice", "raw_content": "Prestigious Winged Foot Golf Club Just Says No To Trump Portrait\nDonald Trump Photo Credit: File photo\nOne of the nation's most prestigious golf clubs has decided it doesn't want the president's portrait on display.\nWinged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck is refusing to hang a portrait of President Donald Trump, who is a member of the club, according to Page Six. Republican members of the club have been pushing to honor the president, according to Page Six.\nSpeculation is the club doesn't want to drive a wedge between members or offend charities, according to Page Six. Winged Foot is hosting the US Open in 2020.\nTrump's name has also been removed from his locker, according to Page Six.\nTo read the Page Six story, click here .\nTrump, who owns the Seven Springs Estate in Bedford, also owns Trump National Golf Club Hudson Valley in Stormville and Trump National Westchester in Briarcliff Manor. The Trump name also adorns Trump Tower At City Center in White Plains, Trump Plaza in New Rochelle, Trump Park Residences in Yorktown and the Donald J. Trump State Park on the Westchester/Putnam border.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 127, "original_length": 3861, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 293.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://darkarkitekter.no/people/morten", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:11Z", "digest": "sha1:GSRHUAVBAPCGMBJJKEDVDAIGQUGEH5WB", "length": 524, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "darkarkitekter.no", "title": "Dark | People | Morten Jakobsen", "raw_content": "morten@dark.no\nMorten graduated from The Oslo School of Architecture and Design in 2017, including a year at the School of Architecture and Society at the Politecnico di Milano. His diploma work, titled \u201cTo reveal an iceberg \u2013 Troms\u00f8 Museum and the open storage\u201d, investigated how a larger share of a museum\u2019s collection can be made accessible to the public. Morten comes from the high north of Norway and worked as a writing journalist before starting his architectural education, eventually ending up here with us at DARK.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 33, "original_length": 948, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 177.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://davidmeldrum.wordpress.com/tag/social-justce/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:22Z", "digest": "sha1:FSU5PRLVRMZUYJ7D3R6WA5UU5CPYGYIM", "length": 5677, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "davidmeldrum.wordpress.com", "title": "social justce \u2013 The Blog of David Meldrum", "raw_content": "social justce\nOn being a pharisee for justice\nBev a few minutes after breaking her wrist\nIt\u2019s been a rubbish 6 weeks. We live in a country that\u2019s not the one of our birth, nor indeed the one in which we\u2019ve lived the marjoity of the majority of our lives. So doing what I do (leading a church), in a foreign context rife with material and social need is a draining experience. Unsurprisingly we often find ourselves looking forward to our holidays. A recent trip back to the UK was going pretty well from that point of view until my wife was walking down the street and got distracted by a fire engine. She stumbled on the pavement, and fell forwards. She instinctively put her arms out to break her fall. Instinct can save us, or it can break us. It broke Bev. Her full, gravitationally assisted body-weight plus the mass of a full backpack was channeled through her wrists, leaving her in agony. The result was a broken and dislocated right wrist.\nThis led to our stay in the UK being extended by a week so she could have an operation. There were good sides to this \u2013 extended time with people we love \u2013 but it was stressful, painful and inconvenienced us a great deal . In my case it meant that I had to do a great deal many many more things \u2013 if one arm is completely out of use, the other half of the partnership has to help out. At least is was her right-hand; imagine if it had been her dominant left hand\u2026\nWe\u2019d been back a week or so when our two dogs got into a squabble with each other over some food. Bev attempted to reach for their collars to pull them apart, but she was off-balance due to her arm in plaster. The result was that her left hand missed the collar and found a way between the jaws of one of the dogs, which managed to bite all the way through one of the bones on her middle finger. Another stay in hospital, another operation, another hand out of action. More pain, more inconvenience.\nBev, a couple of hours after having her finger bitten\nLife went from hard to very ******* hard. We are both tired and stressed, seemingly all the time. There\u2019s always something to be done, something to be helped with. At some point in all this \u2013 I can\u2019t quite remember when \u2013 I found myself, somewhat incongruously, thinking \u2018I\u2019m really looking forward to the World Cup\u2019. Now I always look forward to the World Cup; I always really enjoy it. Something about the way I was anticipating it seemed a little odd, though; until the insight dawned that it was because the tournament represented something purely fun, for which I didn\u2019t have to take any responsibility. I could anticipate it with no sense of \u2018I\u2019ll have to do this\u2019; yes, I could watch games with others if I wanted to; or by myself. That was the extent of the decisions facing me. The World Cup just represented simple fun.\nThe World Cup is taking place in Brazil. Ordinarily, in a situation like this, I\u2019d be all over the social justice issues around this \u2013 the public money spent on stadia and other preparations in a country of such poverty; the abusive, controlling approach of overseers FIFA and so on. It\u2019s all entertainingly and intelligently summed up here:\nThis time, though, whilst I have done some reading and thinking on these things, I haven\u2019t bought the same passion or activism to it. This time, I\u2019m just too tired, too stressed, too in need of some fun. Anyway, I think to myself, enjoying the sport and protesting the pain are not mutually exclusive. Which meant I\u2019ve had to bite my social media tongue at the well-meant but wearying injunctions to ignore the sport and feel the pain. I can\u2019t. Others can, but this time I just can\u2019t. In doing so, I\u2019ve recognised something.\nThat something is this: that it\u2019s easy to be right in the wrong way. Among other things I\u2019m experiencing a kind of compassion fatigue. I recognised much of myself in an article you can read by clicking here. I am worn out, by everything from the every day need around me to the unique needs I\u2019ve found myself up against over recent months: my wife reduced to half an operational hand out of two, a friend murdered by terrorists, living with my own chronic illnesses. It\u2019s hard to give out more. My capacity is reduced. This has opened my eyes to how easy it can be to use the right thing in the wrong way, to use guilt as a shortcut to motivation. A motivation which will inevitably die out. Do you have enough friends of different ethnicities? Do you shop ethically? Think what happens to the planet because of the car you drive! Do you really know people in poverty? What about the daily atrocities in places of which you\u2019ve never heard?\nOn it could go. We all do it. Guilt for change. Pharisees for justice.\nWe need the angry. Sometimes we need to be shocked out of complacency; often we need to be uncomfortable. Never at the expense of grace, though. God knows we can\u2019t get it all right all the time. He doesn\u2019t expect us to. He does expect us to have soft hearts, hands calloused from service, minds busied with seeking the third way. He knows better than you and me , however, that we\u2019re irredeemably tainted by sin and injustice; so those of us born with such need grace, not condemnation. The former will leave us freer to act; the latter will end up dragging us down into inaction and exhaustion.\nI, you, we need grace. We need some slack. Let\u2019s beware of becoming social justice pharisees, those who trade guilt for activism. Sometimes it\u2019s OK to just enjoy, the better to gain the energy we need to actually do something.\nKettle boiling, TV on, happy days.\nPreview magazines ready\u2026\nWall-chart ready\u2026\nPosted in christian living, justice\t| Tagged grace, guilt, pharisees, social justce | Leave a comment", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 223, "original_length": 16137, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 331.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://deborahhunterkells.com/author/deborahhunterkells_admin/page/3/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:37Z", "digest": "sha1:DQM5OELSOFZHIHYGI2WBAF6UJQI7GBJI", "length": 1103, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "deborahhunterkells.com", "title": "Deborah Hunter Kells, Author at Deborah Hunter Kells - Page 3 of 20", "raw_content": "by Deborah Hunter Kells | Jan 3, 2019 | Home\nNow that we are into another year, your mind is probably brimming with ideas of what you want to do. Traditionally people make a lot of New Year\u2019s Resolutions. They may include self-improvement such as weight loss of getting fitter. It could be that your mind is...\nCCTV security systems are widely implemented all over the country. From home use to business purposes; all premises have found a use for the ground-breaking technology. However, a lot of people make the pivotal mistake of neglecting their CCTV system. Once...\nThere is so much more focus on greener living and being eco-friendly when it comes to the decisions you make and your home, that it is difficult to avoid it. You can make a big impact, just by changing a few habits with how you live and what you do in your home. Here...\nYou might look at your garden from time to time through your back window or patio doors and mutter to yourself, \u201cI really should do something about the garden\u201d. Unless you\u2019re forced to see it regularly, the garden is prone to take a back seat in your list of...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 64, "original_length": 4667, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 243.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://deepelmdigital.com/album/dreamlife", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:25:12Z", "digest": "sha1:DNSRF46QO7RJJ2S22GYIH4WMPAJ54RFR", "length": 5992, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "deepelmdigital.com", "title": "Dreamlife | Deep Elm Records", "raw_content": "The Arches Excellent quality recording. More creative dream work composing from Carly. The simplicity of the melodies along with the rich keyboard sounds make this a joy to listen to. It takes you to a place. Favorite track: Forever.\nSven B. Schreiber This keyboards-only album is a major step ahead since \"One Take\". It features richer orchestrations with various keyboard sounds besides the grand piano, and moves on somewhere along the borderline between minimal music \u00e0 la Nils Frahm and cinematic post-rock. Hence it's no surprise that Christoffer Franzen's \"cinematic remix\" of \"Daydream\" is such a perfect match. I just love his project \"Lights & Motion\"... Nevertheless I chose \"Perception\" as my favorite track - quite obviously because of the wonderful Rhodes sound. \"Dusk\" is a great track, too. Favorite track: Perception.\nCU2MRO Not everyday is without pain of some type. This song-the whole LP placates me whether I am mending n healing, reducing the aggression, creating from a actual state of emotional peace- very rare....very enjoyed as this LP keeps me there longer than most. Favorite track: Daydream.\nNomad Aerial Solutions Carly Commando is pure inspiration. Her music gives me hope. Favorite track: Dreamlife.\nGabriel Raucy\nIgor Makaruks\nK.Schr.\nTim Parker-Smith\nCRBravo\nLachlan Hessing\nKamyar Allahverdi\nJonathan Dub\u00e9\nGreenlawn 02:57\nDusk 04:30\nKokopelli 05:35\nPerception 04:11\nIlluminate (Bonus Track) 03:20\nDaydream [Christoffer Franzen Cinematic Remix] (Exclusive) 02:28\nAlbum Preview: Dreamlife (free) 08:20\nInspirational, stirring and memorable are some of the most frequently used words to describe the achingly beautiful instrumentals of cinematic pianist and Primetime Emmy Award-winning composer CARLY COMANDO. It's been nearly five years since the release of her full-length debut One Take which includes the well-recognized track \"Everyday\" with a combined 100+ Million annual views across Youtube alone. On Dreamlife, Carly reaffirms her aptitude and skill for writing unforgettable piano-based instrumentals that are as perfect for the big screen as they are for personal enjoyment. Filled with compelling tracks like early favorites \"Daydream\" and \"Dragonfly\", Dreamlife runs the gamut from powerful to gentle and sweeping to sparse. A cathartic release of Carly's emotions, the new album was well worth the wait. You just can't rush perfection.\nCarly explains, \"National touring with my band Slingshot Dakota occupied nearly all of my time since the release of One Take. I returned to a normal job to break the pace of the road but then became incredibly depressed not doing what I loved. I decided to give up my job and return to music full time. I found myself really taking my time, writing between winter 2014 and summer 2015. I recorded Dreamlife with the same mindset I had when recording One Take, which is to say that I would sit down and create a song in one sitting. But this time I went a step further by playing around with space, creating multiple layers of reverb and, sometimes, arpeggiation. It was my goal to create a rhythmic feel without having drums present, using instead strings and piano as the repetitive beat. But there are also some songs where I decided to leave the original piano track alone.\"\n\"I chose the title Dreamlife because I felt like I was in a haze for about half the year. I would sit at my piano watching the snow fall all winter, wondering if it would ever end. Because I had chosen to make music my life, I literally sat with the songs for a long time and became entranced with each one, all while looking out my window into the changing scenery. Doing what I love is obviously a dream for me, but in the context of this album and where I was emotionally at the time of writing, I felt like I was more in an abstract daydream rather than a dream come true. I think there is so much honesty in these songs and I'm incredibly proud of them. I hope the ranges of emotions resonate with the listeners and they can find comfort in knowing that they are not alone,\" continues Carly.\nCarly's well-recognized piano ballad \"Everyday\" from her debut One Take is the 70th most used song on Youtube, amassing over 300,000 views a day (110 Million views per year) on over 180,000 different videos. \u201cEveryday\u201d is the score to dozens of viral videos including One Photo A Day in the Worst Year of My Life (48 Million views, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ertu9_MhFiM), Noah Takes a Photo of Himself Every Day For 6 Years (26 Million views, www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B26asyGKDo) and the theme song for the NBA's \u201cWhere Amazing Happens\u201d campaign (www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EK1aqFE2iY). Carly's music has been used in ad campaigns and television commercials for Amnesty International, The Pasteur Institute, The Simpsons, Petcurean, Vodafone, Canon, Channel 4 UK, Philips, Deka Bank, World Economic Forum and many others. Carly's new song \"Daydream\" was recently selected as the score for The United Way's 2015 National Campaign (www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrxfD4qkD20).\n\"Beautiful and soothing, evoking emotions to ease scattered minds. A talented composer.\" - SweetieJo\nDreamlife was recorded in Carly's private studio. Mastered by Grammy Award-winner Stephen Roessner at Calibrated Recording. Artwork by Donna Jean Baxter. Photo by Tom Patterson. Carly's other recordings include Everyday (single), One Take (debut full-length including \"Everyday\"), Cordelia (EP), Everyday 2.0 (single) and Every Moment (single) all of which have been proudly released on Deep Elm Records. Carly also plays keyboards and sings in Slingshot Dakota. She resides in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. And yes, that is her real name.\nRecommended For Fans of: Ludovico Einaudi, Michael Nyman, Philip Glass\nGenre(s): Cinematic Piano Instrumentals, Trailer Music\nalternative cinematic post rock emo indie rock instrumental piano instrumentals post rock punk rock\nTrack Name: Illuminate (Bonus Track)\nTrack Name: Daydream [Christoffer Franzen Cinematic Remix] (Exclusive)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 182, "original_length": 8961, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 337.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://demography.dola.colorado.gov/crosstabs/Colorado-Migrants/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:49Z", "digest": "sha1:XNCHIYJGSMVCESUUWFK2CYWATDMHPVGS", "length": 5367, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "demography.dola.colorado.gov", "title": "State Demography Office", "raw_content": "Home > Crosstabs > Characteristics of Colorado Migrants\nOct 19, 2018 \u2022 Colorado State Demography Office\nCharacteristics of Colorado In-Migrants and Out-Migrants\nThe largest source of change in Colorado\u2019s population is migration. Each year between 2011 and 2016 between 235,000 and 250,000 people moved into Colorado, and between 160,000 and 196,000 people moved out of Colorado. The defining characteristic of both in-migrants and out-migrants is their age, Colorado in-migrants and out-migrants are most likely to be between 20 and 29 years old. Other differences in household income and educational attainment follow from this central age difference. The full report here documents characteristics of in-migrants and out-migrants by comparing in-migrants to out-migrants, in-migrants to Colorado residents and return migrants (i.e., people born in Colorado returning after living elsewhere) to migrants born elsewhere.\nRecent commentary about changes in Colorado\u2019s population has focused on in-migration and out-migration separately and raised conflicting concerns. Focusing on in-migration leads to concerns that Colorado is growing too fast; leading to concerns that the state is unprepared for significant increases in its population caused by in-migration. On the other hand, focusing on out-migration leads to speculation that too many people are leaving Colorado, whether due to the cost of housing, a lack of well-paying jobs, or other reasons. However, one should not consider these types of migration in isolation. The State Demography Office analysis of recent migration patterns considers both in- and out-migration. The larger analysis concludes that while there are differences between in-migrants and out-migrants, as there are between in-migrants and Colorado residents, and return migrants and other in-migrants, the overall impacts of recent migration do not signal major changes in Colorado\u2019s population.\nFigure 1 shows the overall pattern of population change, natural increase, and migration from 1985 to 2017. Since 1990, the State Demography Office estimates of net migration have been positive, indicating that in-migration has been greater than out-migration. Between 2005 and 2015, the size of the net migration component has increased every year. Since 2010, the contribution of net migration to the change in Colorado\u2019s population is greater than the contribution from natural increase (i.e., the difference between births and deaths). Data from the American Community Survey further supports this point, showing that in-migration has been essentially constant between 2011 and 2016, ranging between 230,000 and 250,000, while the number of people moving out of Colorado over the same period has been between 160,000 and 196,000.\nFigure 1 Population Change, Natural Increase and Net Migration: 1985 to 2017\nWhere in-migrants moved from and out-migrants moved to\nFigures 2 and 3 shows where in the United States in-migrants lived before 2016. In 2016, 12 percent of in-migrants relocated to Colorado from outside of the United States. Figure 2 shows the absolute number of domestic in-migrants by state. The states with the highest number of in-migrants come from the largest states, i.e., California, Texas, and Florida. Additionally, more than 10,000 in-migrants from Arizona and Illinois relocated to Colorado in 2016.\nFigure 2 Number of Domestic In-Migrants by State, 2016\nFigure 3 shows the in-migration rate per 1,000 persons. The state with the highest in-migration rate to Colorado is Wyoming, followed by other states in the Midwest and Mountain West. The Western states, California, Washington and Oregon, have relatively low rates of in-migration; lower than one person per 1,000 residents of these states moved to Colorado in 2016. The regions with the lowest rates of in-migration to Colorado are the states in the Northern Tier (New York to Michigan) and the South (notably, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Alabama).\nFigure 3 Location of Domestic In-Migrants per 1,000 Population, 2016\nFigures 4 and 5 show similar counts and rates for out-migrants. People leaving Colorado in 2016 resettled in all states but primarily relocated to four states, Arizona, California, Texas, and Washington. Regarding the out-migration rate, the two states with the highest rates are California and Texas. These maps reinforce the idea that populations are moving in and out of Colorado to a similar extent.\nFigure 4 Destination of Domestic Out-Migrants by State, 2016\nFigure 5 Destination of Domestic Out-Migrants per 1,000 Population, 2016\nCharacteristics of Migrants\nThe key characteristic of all migrants, whether people are moving into Colorado or people moving out of Colorado, is their age. Colorado migrants are most likely to be between 20 and 29 years old. Other differences in household income and educational attainment follow from this central age difference.\nThe larger analysis documents characteristics of in-migrants and out-migrants by comparing in-migrants to out-migrants, in-migrants to Colorado residents and return migrants (i.e., people born in Colorado returning after living elsewhere) to migrants born elsewhere. Overall, the changes in the population due to migration are typical and expected, given the age of the migrating population. See the full report here.\n\u2190 Previous post - Colorado Non-Renewable Resources Update", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 6377, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 210.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://deniray.wordpress.com/2016/05/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:30Z", "digest": "sha1:SVX46FAVWHYMSJDRIMU6ESHNATPDDEFD", "length": 15136, "nlines": 73, "source_domain": "deniray.wordpress.com", "title": "May | 2016 | deni doulos", "raw_content": "When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.\nAnd at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each. Amazed and astonished, they asked, how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language?\u201d\nGod says, \u201cI will pour out my Spirit on every kind of people: When the time comes, I\u2019ll pour out my Spirit on those who serve me, men and women both.\nAnd whoever calls out for help to me, will be saved. (Acts 2:1-4, 6-8, 17-18, 21)\nImagine what it must have been like \u2013 you are standing in a crowd of people in Jerusalem, maybe at a festival or community meeting. People jostling each other, everyone in a festive mood. Can you hear the din of everyone speaking at the same time? Friends talking about people they know, strangers getting to know each other, vendors hawking their wares. Imagine the noise \u2013 and that everyone could understand what everyone else was saying.\nSuddenly there is a rush of wind \u2013 \u2013 like a train rolling by, with dust swirling and people shielding their eyes and running for cover. And then \u2013 what appears over the top of their heads, but a tongue of flames! If they weren\u2019t already scared, this certainly did it! Can you imagine the look of their faces when they saw flames sitting on the top of their friends\u2019 heads?\nThose flames over their heads were the Holy Spirit descending upon them. . . filling them with the love and protection of God. The same Holy Spirit that fills each one of us as we try daily to live according to God\u2019s commandments.\nAnd if that wasn\u2019t enough, suddenly everyone started talking in different languages! People who were uneducated and never exposed to another language were suddenly talking fluently in a language they didn\u2019t even know! But it was a language that someone else in the crowd understood.\nLanguage is an interesting thing. It can bring us together or it can divide us.\nWhen I first moved to the South, I heard a word I didn\u2019t recognize. The word was \u201cratcheer.\u201d I heard it many times before I finally figured out what it meant. For example, when Juliet calls down, \u201cRomeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?\u201d Romeo responds, \u201cWhy I\u2019m ratcheer in the bushes.\u201d\nIf we could all speak the same language with the same accent perhaps there would be no hatred and wars. I don\u2019t know.\nAll I know is that the miracle of Pentecost sends us a message we need to hear: concentrate on the language that unites us despite all worldly differences . . . the language of the Spirit of God. We all want to have God in our hearts. We all live with the Holy Spirit within us and among us. We all are in community and God wants us to know it and to live it. God wants us to be in community with all its nurturing gifts and its call for us to minister to one another.\nThe miracle I referred to a moment ago took place on the day known as Pentecost\u2014which literally means \u201cfiftieth\u201d. It was the ancient \u201cfeast of harvest,\u201d \u201cthe day of the first fruits.\u201d held on the fiftieth day after Passover. The purpose of this feast was to commemorate the completion of the grain harvest. It was on this high holy Jewish holiday in the City of Jerusalem, 2000 years ago, that peoples of all nations gathered to worship and celebrate. People from many countries, cities and towns were doing that when suddenly they all started speaking in various tongues. Yet everyone present was able to understand what was said all around them. They understood it in their own native language.\nThis miracle occurred as the Gift of the Holy Spirit was given to the Church, and the community that is made possible by This Holy Spirit. This agape or love-based community lives and empowers us to care about others and to minister and to empower each other, from that day to this very minute.\nThe Holy Spirit is in us and in the world, linking us one to another. We are in community with everyone in the world who worships God, who seeks faith, who believes that good is better than evil. The word community comes from the same root that gives us the word communication, and the word Communion. We are all part of one another.\nThis one-ness applies to the whole world and to the small piece of the world such as the community of In The Garden. What one of us does or does not do has its impact on the whole. What one of us receives or does not receive has its impact on the whole. When one is forgiven the entire community is healthier in spirit. When we as a community forgive, each of us is freer.\nSo we live in community, even when we go off by ourselves. To be in relationship with God is to be in relationship with every person who is also in relationship with God. We do not need to speak the same language or have the same accent to be in true community; we have only to realize that we are all part of God, and remember that as we live and relate to each other.\nBecause we have the Holy Spirit as our guide, we can call upon it when we are in trouble or distressed. The Holy Spirit is always with us. And as we heard in the last line of the reading, because we call out to the Holy Spirit, we will be saved!\nAlmighty God, thank you for the coming of your Holy Spirit at Pentecost. Thank you for sending your Spirit to us. Thank you for your abiding presence within us and assurance through your indwelling Spirit. Help us to see the Holy Spirit in everyone we meet. In Jesus\u2019 name we praise you! Amen.\nThis entry was posted on 05/29/2016, in Sermons and tagged \"Feast of Harvest\", Acts 2:1-21, Holy Spirit, Pentecost, tongues of flame.\tLeave a comment\nThe Holy Spirit will be by our side\nToday is Pentecost Sunday; And Jesus said to his disciples:\n\u201cIf in my name you ask me for anything, I will do it. If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever.\u201d (John 14:14-16)\nJesus is about to leave his disciples and friends. This particular scripture is a part of the long dialogue Jesus had with his disciples as he prepared them for his death, resurrection and ascension.\nThe followers of Jesus are beginning to feel separation anxiety; the man they gave up everything to follow is about to leave them. They don\u2019t really understand what is going to happen to Jesus, what is going to happen to them, and where they were going to go. Many of the disciples left their homes, their wives and families and their livelihood to follow Jesus. They no longer had a source of income, and were far away from the security and comfort of home.\nBut Jesus left the disciples with a promise. In John 14:16, Jesus told the disciples that God would leave them an Advocate \u2013 a comforter, one who would walk with them. So the disciples then, and we for the last 2000 years and now, are not left alone.\nThe Holy Spirit, that nameless and most mysterious part of the Trinity, is still and forever will be with us.\nA well-beloved spiritual originating from American slaves who were the most downtrodden and alone comes to mind (sung):\nA long way from home,\nBut Jesus goes on to say that he will not leave us alone. No matter how alone we feel, we are not alone. We are a member of the family of Christ, protected eternally by the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. In this little phrase, Jesus promises that we will be not be onlookers to a love we can never possess; instead, he says \u2018come in, and join. My family is gathered and your place is reserved.\nJust as Jesus offers us a place in his family, so must be not leave others orphaned. As members of the family of Christ, we must not leave anyone on the outside looking in. We all know the phrase:\n\u201cwhat you do for the least of these, you do for me\u201d. (Matthew 25:40)\nJust as Jesus has not left us orphaned, so must we be our brother\u2019s keeper. Does your intimate circle include those who are orphaned or disenfranchised or abandoned by the world?\nkeep His commandments. (John 14:15)\nLove God and love thy neighbor. (Matthew 22:38-39)\nHoly Spirit, be with us today. Be our teacher, our guide, our counselor, our friend. Fill us with your gifts, especially the gifts of wisdom, discernment, knowledge, understanding, compassion, love, and awe in God\u2019s presence. In all that we think, say, and do, let it be in accordance with your most holy and perfect will. We ask this in Jesus\u2019 name. Amen.\nThis entry was posted on 05/29/2016, in Sermons and tagged \"Sometimes I feel like a motherless child\", Holy Spirit, John 14:14-16, Matthew 22:38-39, Matthew 25:40, Pentecost, Pentecost Sunday.\tLeave a comment\nLet Us Remember (Memorial Day)\nTomorrow is the official commemoration of Memorial Day. Many people see it as just a 3-day weekend. But for those who have lost someone because of war or military action, it means much more than a day off. In fact, every American ought to recognize this day to honor of those who spilled their blood to make America what she is today. We tend to forget that the liberties we have today came at the cost of people\u2019s lives. And most people forget to remember these sacrifices.\nMemorial Day was originally begun by former slaves on May, 1, 1865. The ceremony was held in Charleston, SC to honor 257 dead Union Soldiers who had been buried in a mass grave in a Confederate prison camp. Former slaves dug up the bodies and worked for 2 weeks to give them a proper burial. Then they held a parade of 10,000 people led by 2,800 black children marching through the streets celebrating the sacrifice of these men.\nThe first official Memorial Day was celebrated a few years later. A group of women asked the War Department for permission to put flowers on the graves of soldiers buried at what is now Arlington National Cemetery. Permission was finally granted, but a stern order that \u2018no flowers were to be placed on the graves of the Confederate soldiers.\u2019 The confederates were buried in a segregated section of the cemetery.\nThe ladies carried out their task and carefully followed their instructions. A crowd gathered for the commemoration at which General Ulysses S. Grant gave a speech. But shortly after the ceremony concluded, they say a strong gust of wind blew through the cemetery\u2026 and the wind blew almost all the flowers into the Confederate section. After that the separation was never repeated. Many believed that the wind had sent by the hand of God.[1]\nNow, how many of you knew that about Memorial Day? How many of you knew that Memorial Day began as a way of honoring the dead from the Civil War?\nMe neither! \u2013 until I began research for this homily.\nMost people do not know that Memorial Day was begun after the Civil War, and don\u2019t know that Memorial Day has since been set aside to honor the dead of all American wars since that date. It is marked by parades, speeches, flags and flowers placed on graves, and was originally called \u2018Decoration Day\u2019. As a child, my family used to gather to place flowers on graves and then have a picnic on the grounds of the cemetery (in some places, there are picnic benches and places to sit in the cemetery). We were taught that it was important to honor those who died, giving us the freedom we now have.\nBut, today, it\u2019s like most of the nation has forgotten WHY Memorial Day was established. One person on Facebook joked that many think it is National Barbecue Day! People tend to be forgetful, especially when the impact of the current \u2018wars\u2019 are minimal. But we need to jog their memories to remember those who gave their lives for our safety!\nA fallen hero can be defined as someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a blank check made payable to The United States of America for an amount up to and including their life.\nIn John 15:3 we are told by Jesus\nThe people we remember on Memorial Day not only gave up their lives for their friends, but for people they didn\u2019t even know, and even for those they didn\u2019t even like. That is true sacrifice.\nAnd because these men and women have died for this country,\nwe have the right to worship as we wish\nwe have the right to live at peace in our own homes\nwe have the right to pursue life, liberty and happiness as we wish\nwe have the responsibility to seek peace in the world.\nHow many of you were in the military at some point in your life?\nI am an Air Force brat, and I know that you share with me the grief of having lost friends in wars. Nothing can ever replace the feeling of loss and anger as we attend the funerals of our friends. I can\u2019t image the feeling of loss on the battlefield, when the person next to you makes that ultimate sacrifice.\nBut, those who have fought and survived, as well as the rest of us, need to remember that war and killing are wrong! We were not put here on this earth to kill each other. In my humble opinion, World War II was the last \u2018just war\u2019. Every other conflict since then has been based on greed and personal gain for a few. It is time to stop these aggressions.\nInstead, we are instructed again and again by Jesus to love one another,\nLove each other as I have loved you. (John 15:12)\nlove our enemies and pray for those who persecute us (Matthew 5:44)\nThe one and only thing that Jesus kept teaching is LOVE!\nNot hate, . . .\nnot greed, . . .\nnot privilege.\nSaint Francis wrote a prayer that sums it up; take a quiet moment and listen to his words:\nSo we must work for peace in our little corner of the world.\nIn closing, I want to tell you about the \u2018Coin Tradition\u2019.\nWhen a living soldier visits the grave of a fallen hero, they leave a coin on the headstone. If they leave a penny, it means they visited the grave. If they leave a nickel, it means they trained with this person; a dime signifies that they served together. Leaving a quarter is the most significant tribute, not only to the living, but also for the families of the fallen. It means that they were there when that soldier was killed. This is why, when you visit cemeteries with soldier\u2019s graves, there are always coins on them. Someone cared enough to visit and leave a small token of respect for others to see.\nAnd because these fallen soldiers died for us, that we have a responsibility to remember them on this Memorial Day. Go to parades, barbecues, celebrations,\nBut remember our fallen heroes and sheroes.\nWe give you thanks, O Lord, for all who have died that we may live, for all who endured pain that we might know joy, for all who made sacrifices that we might have plenty, for all who suffered imprisonment that we might know freedom. Turn our deep feeling now into determination, and our determination into deed, that as men and women died for peace, we may live for peace for the sake of the Prince of Peace, even Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.\n[1] Bruce Howell, SermonCentral.com\nThis entry was posted on 05/29/2016, in Sermons and tagged 'Coiin Tradition', Decoration Day, John 15:12, John 15:3, Matthew 5:44, Memorial Day, Prayer of Saint Francis.\tLeave a comment", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 343, "original_length": 26855, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 233.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dentalpodcast.org/podcasts/the-snarky-dentists/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:00Z", "digest": "sha1:IDEOSKQGDXSUYXAVWG4GOCSSLP2SZO4A", "length": 380, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "dentalpodcast.org", "title": "The Snarky Dentists - DentalPodcast.org", "raw_content": "The Snarky Dentists is a podcast aimed at the dentist or dental student looking to vent about the frustrations of being a dental professional. We\u2019re going to put it all out on the table, nothing held back. We know what it\u2019s like, having to work grueling 4 days a week and only getting to golf on Fridays. We feel your pain. Join us every week. There\u2019s a little snark in all of us.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 12, "original_length": 592, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 195.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://developmentalidealism.org/people/xu.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:46Z", "digest": "sha1:A65NUHVXJDQ7CCB4Z2UXJQCWNZOQTEJH", "length": 565, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "developmentalidealism.org", "title": "Hongwei Xu, Developmental Idealism Studies, University of Michigan", "raw_content": "M.A., Brown University, 2007\nB.A., Peking University, 2003\nDr. Hongwei Xu is a research assistant professor in the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan. He has employed the developmental idealism framework to examine the impact of body weight and shape on marriage entry in post-reform China. His current project seeks to develop a new behavioral measure of culture and apply the new measure to examine cultural influences on demographic and health outcomes. His other research interests include population health disparities and spatial demography.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 23, "original_length": 1727, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 214.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://devtome.com/doku.php?id=alternative_sources_of_energy", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:24Z", "digest": "sha1:ITKVY3VTJ5HTD2CM2JZWDOJUDRLWTH4E", "length": 21214, "nlines": 36, "source_domain": "devtome.com", "title": "alternative_sources_of_energy - Devtome", "raw_content": "Energy is simply the ability or capacity to do work. Energy is in the middle of all economic activities, growth and development, powering the demands to produce goods and services, transport these products, power your automobiles, and more. This is why most governments in the world are always looking for ways and means of generating cheap energy to power their growth. There are many sources and available forms of energy but some of these sources are very harmful to the environment nonetheless there are other equally cheap, environmentally friendly sources and forms of energy that can be tapped and use for development. Forms of energy include; chemical energy, electrical energy, heat energy, light energy, mechanical energy and nuclear energy. Energy that is stored is known as potential energy whiles moving energy is referred to as kinetic energy and it is measured in Joules. It must be noted that energy cannot be created or destroyed but can be transformed from one form to the other. In this work, we will take a closer look at the other alternative, cheap and environmentally friendly sources of energy where we will highlight some of its advantages and limitations as well.\nThis article will look at these methods of generating energy: Solar, Wind, Geothermal, Nuclear, Biogas, Hydroelectric, Biomass, Tidal, Wave, Radiant, and Compressed Natural Gas.\nIt is one of the fastest rising sources of energy in the world today. It involves harnessing the suns energy to produce electricity using solar cells. It is becoming an efficient means of producing energy especially areas located along the equator and allows for quick installation as well. It is said that every hour of sun rays is enough to satisfy the world\u2019s energy demand for a whole year nevertheless energy from the sun accounts for less than one tenth of a percent of the world\u2019s energy demand. From a hand held calculator that is powered by a single solar cell to home powered by photovoltaic array (solar panel) are just two of the numerous ways energy from the sun can be utilized. The cells in the panel are made up of semi-conductor materials similar to chips found in the computer. The cells knocks loose electrons in their atoms and as these electrons flows, electricity is generated.\nOn a larger scale however, the techniques employed to generate energy using the sun\u2019s power are a little different. The sun rays are concentrated as heat source and it is used to boil water. This is used to drive a turbine (steam) which generates electricity reminiscent of how coal and nuclear works. Another technique involves the focusing of the sun\u2019s rays by U \u2013 shaped mirrors on pipe of oil. The oil boils water which in turn generates electricity. Solar energy has is an unlimited source of energy and it environmentally friendly as well. It is used to power satellites orbiting in space and can be used to power cabins deep in mountains as well as future cars and other buildings. Nonetheless, solar energy doesn\u2019t function at night without storing it using a battery and even during the day especially in cloudy and winder conditions, the technology can be unavailable. The equipment\u2019s used are also very expensive to build, install and maintain and require lots of land areas especially if the production will be for huge consumptions.\nIn spite of these limitations, energy from the sun according to available statistics surges a little over 20% annually for the past 15 years mainly due to the fall in prices and the much needed gains made with regards to efficiency. The main markets for solar energy in the world include Germany, Japan and the United States.\nEnergy from the wind is converted into wind power by wind turbines into other useful forms like mechanical or electrical energy for consumption. In the past wind energy was used to propel sailing ships and was also converted into mechanical energy for pumping water to irrigate farms using windmills or to grind grains but currently the main use of wind energy is for the production of electricity. Wind energy is known to be an environmentally friendly source of energy. The Kinetic energy from the wind causes the blades of the wind turbine to spin. The blades are attached to the pivot which is mounted onto the rotating shaft. The turning speed is then increased by a gear transmission box and the transmission is also attached to a high moving shaft which turns the generator and eventually produces electricity. The turbine has an in build brake that keeps blades from spinning very fast which could damage it.\nFor a turbine to work successfully, the speed of the wind must be 12 or more miles per hour. Each turbine can produce between 45 to 350 kilowatts of electricity. The electricity produced is then collected and sent to a transformer which increases the voltage and sends it across long distances over high power lines to the final consumers.\nWind produces about 1.5% of global electricity use and has continued to experience enormous expansion between 2005 and 2008 which saw it doubled its production rate. In countries such as Denmark, wind energy accounts for about 19% of electricity production whiles Portugal and Spain records around 11%, Republic of Ireland and Germany\u2019s percentages ranges between 6-7%.\nMarkets for wind energy have traditionally been with Europe, United States and China accounting for over 98% of production in the world. Limitations of wind energy include the growing population along the coast which could see a reduction in the production of wind energy and the hazards the turbines poses to birds. It is also not windy all the time making wind energy unreliable.\nGeothermal energy is sourced from the earth as it is as old as the Earth. \u201cGeo\u201d means earth and \u201cthermal\u201d is heat so literally geothermal means earth heat or heat from the earth. Geothermal energy is an effective and efficient way of extracting renewable energy imbedded in the earth using natural processes. It can be done on small scale where heat can be provided for a unit or household using a geothermal heat pump or through a geothermal power plant for the large scale mass production. In the past, the romans adopted this technology and used it for space heating and bathing but currently attention has been shifted towards transforming it into electricity. It has been known to be highly reliable and friendly to the environment as well.\nThe hot water in a geothermal plant is heated by the earth and goes through a special turbine. The blades of the turbine spins and it has a shaft that is connected to a generator which produces electricity. The steam condenses into water in a cooling tower. Until recently, geothermal energy production was limited geographical to areas around the tectonic boundaries but advances in the technology have now expanded it to cover other areas previously unknown for geothermal energy production. Geothermal energy is generated by over 23 countries worldwide. The United States is the world leading producer of geothermal energy which is located in California, a geothermal field called \u201cThe Geyers\u201d. Countries such as Kenya, Iceland, Costa Rica, The Philippines and El Salvador are known to generate more than 16% of their nations power need from geothermal sources. Geothermal plants can power a whole city whiles smaller ones can power towns and villages. Although power from geothermal energy requires no fuel and is not hit by fluctuations in global oil prices, it is very capital intensive.\nPower from nuclear energy is any technology designed to make use of energy that comes from the nuclei of an atom through a deliberately controlled nuclear reactions. Nuclear energy is matter that has been changed into energy. The breakthrough in nuclear energy came from the world\u2019s famous scientist, Albert Einstein when he created the mathematical formula that explained how it could be done (E = mc2), where E is energy, m is mass and c2 is the velocity of light that has been squared. Ancient Greeks argued that atom was the smallest part of nature however what they didn\u2019t know was that that atom contained other smaller parts, nucleus of protons and neutrons which are surrounded by electrons that revolves around the nucleus. A great amount of energy both heat and light is released when an atom\u2019s nucleus is split apart. A small amount of matter has in it a very huge amount of energy and when this energy is released slowly, it can be harvested to generate electricity. Although there are other methods that can be used in making available power from nuclear energy such as nuclear fusion and radioactive decay, the method currently in use today is nuclear fission.\nFission means to split apart and to produce the energy, a nuclear power plant, makes use of uranium as its primary source of fuel where the atoms of the uranium are split apart in a controlled chain reactions sending off large amount of energy. During the chain reaction, the particles the splitting atom releases go off and strike other uranium atoms which split those ones too and the process repeats itself over and over again and control rods are used to deliberately regulate the splitting so they don\u2019t go too fast which could be highly dangerous. It must be noted that, the reaction creates very high radioactive materials which could also hurt people if it finds its way out and so it is kept in a solid form instead. The reaction gives off heat energy and this is used in boiling water in the very core of the reactor. The water is sent to another section, the heat exchanger section, where it heats up another set of water filled pipes to make a steam. The steam then turns a turbine to generate electricity.\nIn 2007, nuclear energy accounted for over 13% of the world\u2019s power consumption with Japan, France and the United States accounting for over 56% of electricity generated from nuclear energy. Nuclear energy is generated in about 31 countries worldwide according to available statistics with over 435 nuclear reactors. It is said that France\u2019s nuclear energy accounts for the cleanest air and the cheapest electricity production in all of Europe. France recycles the waste from nuclear to reduce the mass and eventually produces more energy. The recycling process can recover over 94% of the uranium and plutonium and turn them into mixed oxide fuel. This is a way of reducing the long term radioactivity in the remaining waste. Limitation of nuclear energy include the possible use of it for different purpose like nuclear bombs that threatens world\u2019s security and the hazards the radioactive materials can have on the environment and people.\nBiogas is the gaseous release of organic matter from anaerobic degradation by bacteria action. It is basically a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide together with other traces of gases. It is manufactured in environments with low levels of oxygen and that have degradable organic matter in them which may include aquatic materials, animal digestive tracts, wet soils among others. The activities of man create waste and biogas technology allows the conversion of organic matter into biogas using closed vessels which can be used for electrical generation or transformed into other forms of energy. Biogas has been identified as a renewable energy source with so many different production techniques and presents perfect opportunities to make use of waste.\nThe most common technology for producing biogas is the use of enzymes for the digestion of feedstock. Currently there are different techniques and enzymes available and the size of the biogas plant vary in sizes and shapes. To produce the biogas, the waste must be dissolved by secreted enzymes from bacteria. The bacteria (acid forming) transform the waste into smaller substances such as acetic acid and the methane forming bacteria takes over and converts the smaller substances into biogas. The biogas is turn harvested through a tube and transformed into other forms of energy such as electricity to be used by consumers.\nBiogas is environmentally friendly as it reduces waste in the system, destroys pathogens that causes diseases, burns cleanly than coal and also emits very low carbon dioxide. The main limitation of biogas is the high cost of production that comes with it. The biogas plant is quite expensive and requires huge financial commitment.\nHydro is water and hence hydroelectricity is the production of electrical energy from the energy contained in moving water. The most widely used form of renewable energy, hydroelectricity is energy produced by hydroelectric power which is the production of power using the gravitational pull of running water. It has little or no effect on fish migration and can be used on small scale to power remote areas or communities.\nWhenever it rains in mountainous areas, the water is collected into streams and rivers which run into the ocean. The kinetic energy (the energy contained in moving objects) contained in the stream or river can be harnessed to produce electrical energy. Small scale hydropower plants use water wheels to generate energy instead of a dam. Large scale plants make use of major water diversions and dams to generate power for many household and industries. Dams are built to divert the flow of some part of the river which is made to pass through a hydro electrical power plant. The water thrusts against the turbines which causes them to turn and in the process of turning produce the electricity. Energy produced from hydropower accounts for more than 18% of global energy production.\nHydroelectricity is a very good source of renewable energy by using the kinetic energy of water without causing a reduction in its quantity to produce electricity. Hydroelectricity also promotes a source of guaranteed energy and price stability since water is natural resources and is not subject to the fluctuations of market prices. Hydroelectric power plants can act as reservoirs which can be processed into drinking water and for irrigational purposes.\nNevertheless, hydroelectricity also comes with its limitations. Hydroelectric power plants are very expensive to construct and as a result of that must operate for very long before it can be very profitable. There are usually people who are displaced as a result of the construction of dams close to their settlement. It is also on records that the building of hydropower plants can cause geological damage such as earth quakes and the likes. A clear point in case was the building of the Hoover Dam in the United States that was known to have triggered a number of earth quakes in the area.\nBiomass is a renewable energy that refers to living and dead biological matter or materials that is used as fuel to produce electricity. It may also include biodegradable waste that is burnt as fuel for industrial production. Biomass can be grown from plants like sugarcane, sorghum and variety of some tree species like oil palm and eucalyptus. Biomass is more or less a garbage or waste and can include manure from farm animals and used tires. Biomass plants produce energy in a very simple way. Wastes are loaded into big hoppers and are burned in a furnace. The heat generated is used in boiling water and the steam that it produces turns turbines and generators that produces electricity. Biomass can also be produced at landfill sites where pipelines are fixed into the landfill to collect methane gas from decomposing garbage. Biomass is environmentally friendly because the waste is reduced, recycled and reused. New techniques are being discovered each day to in the use of biomass as a reliable source of energy.\nTidal energy is one the world\u2019s oldest forms of energy. Its usage dates back to the Middle Ages and the ancient Romans as well where they used tide mills to transform tidal energy into mechanical energy for milling grains. It is the only form of energy in this world which is derived directly from the relative movements of the Earth \u2013 Moon system as well as the Earth \u2013 Sun system. The tidal force generated by the Sun and the Moon combined with the Earth\u2019s rotation produces the tides. Tidal energy is an environmentally friendly source and predictable form of energy for electricity production than wind and solar. Tidal energy is generated in two ways, building semi-permeable barrages or by using tidal stream generators. Similar to how a wind power plant works, the tidal plant technology that uses barrages that allows the tidal waters to fill a constructed estuary through sluices which is emptied through turbines to generate electricity and with the tidal stream generators, the turbines rotate under water by moving dense water to produce electricity.\nIn modern times, the tidal technology makes use of dams with hydraulic turbines instead. It is estimated that, the total world potential for electricity generation through tidal energy is around 62,000 MW of power. For a tidal energy to work properly and efficiently large increase in tides is needed (about 16 feet between low to high tides) and these happens only in a few place on Earth. Nevertheless some tidal plants are already in existence and one of such place is La Rance Station located in France which produced about 240 MW enough to power over 240,000 homes.\nTidal energy is a good source of renewable energy and does not in any way contribute towards global warming. Tidal energy can also be a great way to decrease the use of nuclear energy which could potential lead to a reduction in the high risk associated with radiation. Although the techniques need to harness the power from tidal energy is well advanced, the production is quite expensive to build and to maintain as well and tidal plants could have negative impacts on the aquatic as well as shoreline ecosystems, recreation and navigation. The supply of power from a tidal plant may never be commensurate to the demand but because of the Earth \u2013 Moon \u2013 Sun activities, they are reliable and can contribute immensely towards better and more environmentally friendly energy production.\nWave energy is the energy derived from the ocean surface waves. Wave energy relies heavily on the kinetic energy of the moving waves of the ocean. As compared to tidal energy; the wave energy is a bit unpredictable and unreliable since it is very difficult to predict the direction of the ocean waves. Wave plants make use of floating buoyed devices which generates energy via a snaking movement from the ocean waves. Wave energy is not widely used as compared to other sources of energy but has the ability to increase energy production and reduce fossil fuel-based productions. Portugal holds the first commercial wave farm, Agucadoura Wave Park where it generates a total of 2.25 MW of power. The moving ocean wave turns a turbines and this powers a generator to produce electricity. The energy produced is not that much but can be used to augment the existing ones in the system since it is also a renewable source of energy with little or no effect on the environmental conditions.\nRadiant energy is not that common in the system. The properties of radiant matter were discovered in 1875 by Sir William Crookes and his invention of the device radiometer was the proof that one of the constituent of sunlight was radiant matter. He also found out that electrostatic charges could be transported by radiant mater and this he called radiant energy. It is a natural energy that can be a substitute for electricity at less than a percentage of the total cost. In Switzerland, a community called Methernitha has about 5 working models of self-running, fuel less devices that use radiant energy. Radiant energy can be sourced from the environment through electromagnetic waves or even from electricity by fractionation (a process that uses heat to separate a substance into its components).\nCompressed Natural Gas although it\u2019s combustion also produces greenhouse gases, it is a more environmentally friendly source of energy as compared to gasoline, diesel or propane. Compressed Natural Gas is made up of methane made up of carbon and hydrogen atoms chemically combined and are highly flammable. The gas is found where petroleum is and is pumped from the ground which then travels in laid pipelines to areas where they are stored. It is an odorless gas, however chemicals are added to it to give it a strong odor so it can be smelled in case of a leak. Compressed natural gas can be converted into other forms of energy such as electricity or used in cars. It is also safer in terms of disasters such as a spill since the gas is lighter than air and will quickly disperse when released.\n1. Alternative Energy http://www.altenergy.org/\n2. The Most Common Alternative Energies http://saveenergy.about.com/od/alternativeenergysources/a/altenergysource.htm\n3. Renewable Energy - Energy Matters http://www.energymatters.com.au/renewable-energy/\n4. Alternative Fuels Data Center - US Department of Energy http://www.afdc.energy.gov/\n5. Renewable and Alternative Fuels http://www.epa.gov/otaq/fuels/alternative-renewablefuels/\nScience | Alternative Energy\nTrace: \u2022 alternative_sources_of_energy\nalternative_sources_of_energy.txt \u00b7 Last modified: 2018/07/29 01:22 (external edit)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 83, "original_length": 22086, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 202.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://didimsun.com/news/detail/6", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:23Z", "digest": "sha1:FDMJQKOCDCEHR2PX4SDS4PDVUFBMCTFV", "length": 1045, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "didimsun.com", "title": "Property in Altinkum, Didim, Akbuk", "raw_content": "WITH a large injection of funds into the Turkish economy\nThe new conditions of being a Turkish citizen in the Official Gazette were published. $ 2 million fixed investment, or keeping 3 million dollars in the bank for 3 years will be granted citizenship.\nTurkish citizenship shall be granted to foreign nationals who invest at least US $ 2 million in fixed capital, or who buy at least US $ 1 million in property on condition that it is not sold for three years.\nAccording to the regulation amending the Implementing Regulation of the Turkish Citizenship Act published last week in the Official Gazette, it is also required that at least three million dollars are deposited in banks operating in Turkey for three years or the state borrowing instruments are purchased with the condition that they are held for three years, Turkish citizenship will be granted to foreigners identified.\nWith the amendment, it was ruled that foreigners who were documented to have employed at least 100 people would also be entitled to receive Turkish citizenship.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 31, "original_length": 1588, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 204.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://difficultrun.nathanielgivens.com/2016/11/11/2016-nas-report-on-immigration-more-of-the-same/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:31Z", "digest": "sha1:L2TTV6SRH7KQOZUECDUWBXYKD3HKYNTP", "length": 3349, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "difficultrun.nathanielgivens.com", "title": "2016 NAS Report on Immigration: More of the Same \u2013 Difficult Run", "raw_content": "2016 NAS Report on Immigration: More of the Same\nApril 6, 2018 November 11, 2016 by Walker\nThe National Academy of Sciences released a new report in September that \u201cprovides a comprehensive assessment of economic and demographic trends of U.S. immigration over the past 20 years, its impact on the labor market and wages of native-born workers, and its fiscal impact at the national, state, and local levels.\u201d Here are the highlights from the press release:\nEffects on wages: \u201cWhen measured over a period of 10 years or more, the impact of immigration on the wages of native workers overall is very small.\u201d\nEffects on employment levels: \u201cThere is little evidence that immigration significantly affects the overall employment levels of native-born workers.\u201d\nEffects of high-skilled immigrants: \u201cSeveral studies have found a positive impact of skilled immigration on the wages and employment of both college- and non-college-educated natives. Such findings are consistent with the view that skilled immigrants are often complementary to native-born workers; that spillovers of wage-enhancing knowledge and skills occur as a result of interactions among workers; and that skilled immigrants innovate sufficiently to raise overall productivity.\u201d\nThe role of immigrants in consumer demand: \u201cImmigrants\u2019 contributions to the labor force reduce the prices of some goods and services, which benefits consumers in a range of sectors, including child care, food preparation, house cleaning and repair, and construction. Moreover, new arrivals and their descendants are a source of demand in key sectors such as housing, which benefits residential real estate markets.\u201d\nImpacts on economic growth: \u201cImmigration is integral to the nation\u2019s economic growth. The inflow of labor supply has helped the United States avoid the problems facing other economies that have stagnated as a result of unfavorable demographics, particularly the effects of an aging workforce and reduced consumption by older residents. In addition, the infusion of human capital by high-skilled immigrants has boosted the nation\u2019s capacity for innovation, entrepreneurship, and technological change.\u201d\nFiscal impact of first-generation immigrants (1994-2013): \u201cAnnual cross-sectional data reveal that, compared with the native-born, first-generation immigrants contributed less in taxes during working ages because they were, on average, less educated and earned less. However, this pattern reverses at around age 60, when the native-born (except for the children of immigrants) were consistently more expensive to government on a per-capita basis because of their greater use of social security benefits.\u201d\nFiscal impact of the children of immigration (1994-2013): \u201cReflecting their slightly higher educational achievement, as well as their higher wages and salaries, the second generation contributed more in taxes on a per capita basis during working ages than did their parents or other native-born Americans.\u201d\nI\u2019ve written about the economic literature of immigration before and the NAS findings are pretty consistent with the ones I shared previously. This report could\u2019ve used more exposure, especially given the outcome of Tuesday\u2019s election.\nUnfortunately, I doubt it would\u2019ve mattered.\nHow Atypical Was This Election?\nThe Day the Revolution Began: Pepperdine Lectures by N.T. Wright", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 50, "original_length": 4113, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 198.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-learn-your-cameras-light-meter-and-master-manual-mode/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:43Z", "digest": "sha1:RI53BUAZ3NFBUG32YGPYUR453ZBIQACM", "length": 10593, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "digital-photography-school.com", "title": "How to Learn Your Camera's Light Meter and Master Manual Mode", "raw_content": "How to Learn Your Camera\u2019s Light Meter and Master Manual Mode\nMost cameras have a few different shooting modes such as Automatic, Aperture Priority (A or Av), Shutter Priority (S or Tv), and Program. It\u2019s not uncommon for people to take a majority of their photos in Automatic mode since it generally does a good job of getting decent results, though more advanced photographers will often use Aperture or Shutter Priority. Shooting in Manual, however, might seem intimidating and highly complex but once you understand a few basics it starts to make a lot more sense. Certainly you should have a working understanding of the three components of the exposure triangle: shutter, aperture, and ISO.\nBut in order to get the most out of your camera you will need to know how to use a simple, but incredibly powerful, tool that functions as the glue that binds everything together: the light meter.\nNestled quietly at the bottom of your camera\u2019s viewfinder or Live View display is a small block of lines or bullets accompanied by a few numbers. You might also have noticed a little triangle moving back and forth, or some vertical hash marks appearing and disappearing from time to time, in a fashion that seems nonsensical or completely random. If these numbers and symbols make no sense at all, don\u2019t worry, you are not alone. It can be a bit confusing to understand the light meter at first. But once you get the fundamentals you will probably find yourself growing much more confident in understanding how photography works. Maybe you\u2019ll even venture out of Automatic and into Manual for the sheer amount of control you are able to have over your photos.\nBefore I get into the nitty gritty of the light meter itself, I want you to take a look at it in relation to the other data shown in your camera\u2019s viewfinder. Note that this diagram is highly simplified and your viewfinder might look slightly different, or include other information, but all cameras (except some point-and-shoots) include the elements shown here.\nIn this example the camera\u2019s shutter is set at 1/90 of a second, the lens aperture is f/4.8, and the ISO is 400. The light meter is a readout that shows whether these values are going to result in a photo that is properly exposed \u2013 that is, a photo that is neither too light or too dark. The small triangle hovering over the zero in the light meter shows that the exposure is correct, and when the shutter button is pressed the picture will look fine. But, I\u2019ll show you a few pictures to see what happens as the camera\u2019s exposure settings are changed. If you want to try this yourself you will need to have your camera in Manual mode, and I would recommend reading the rest of this article with your camera at your side so you can do a bit of experimenting on your own.\nFor my first shot, I\u2019ll show you a photo that is underexposed and then illustrate how the camera settings can be adjusted to get the proper exposure. The values shown on these images are exactly what I used in my camera to get these shots, and nothing has been edited or retouched in Photoshop.\nHere you can see that the shutter speed is 1/1000 of a second, the aperture of the lens is f/4, and the ISO is 200. The camera\u2019s viewfinder displays this information along with the light meter, and note how the triangle has moved all the way over to -3 EV. (EV stands for Exposure Value, and technically this image is underexposed by three stops. Don\u2019t worry about the technical jargon though! For now just follow along with the examples to see what happens when the exposure values are altered.\nTo get a properly exposed photo you are essentially trying to re-create what your eye already sees, but right now the light meter tells us that the photo will be way too dark. And indeed, the resulting photo turned out just how the light meter predicted: it\u2019s so dark it looks like it was taken at night instead of mid-afternoon.\nSo what can be done to fix this? By adjusting the aperture, shutter, or ISO you can change the exposure settings with the goal of getting that little triangle to hover above the zero. Watch what happens when I change the shutter speed but I leave the aperture and ISO fixed at their present values:\nBy altering the shutter speed from 1/1000 of a second to 1/15 of a second, the photo is now too bright \u2013 exactly as the light meter said it would. It is overexposed by three stops, and the image is virtually unusable. Because the viewfinder itself does not change as the aperture, shutter, and ISO are adjusted, you have to rely on your light meter to tell you how bright or dark the image will be. And sure enough, the triangle is hovering above the +3, which tells us the photo will be too bright. Here is what a properly exposed photo looks like.\nFinally, a good picture! By adjusting the shutter speed to 1/125 of a second, I was able to get the triangle to hover above the zero, which means the photo would be properly exposed. Note that there is no one correct way to do this, and a proper exposure could have also been obtained by changing the aperture or ISO instead of the shutter speed, or a combination of all three. For instance, I could have left the shutter at 1/1000 and increased the ISO to get the same result.\nWhy bother with all this?\nAt this point you might be wondering why you would want to go to all this trouble when you can put your camera in Automatic mode and it will just take care of everything. The answer lies in the fact that you, not your camera, know exactly what kind of photo you want to take. Your camera does not know whether you are shooting landscapes, portraits, sports, starry nights, kids, pets, or anything else. All it sees is how much light is coming in, and it tries to adjust the shutter, aperture, and ISO to get that triangle to hover above the zero. But if you know how to control those values yourself, you can open up vast new areas of photographic creativity that Automatic mode can never do for you.\nAs another example, here is a picture of some berries, but again notice how it is underexposed by three stops.\nThere are several settings I could adjust in order to fix this, or I could just put the camera in Automatic mode. The problem with Automatic in this case is the camera does not know that I am looking at berries. It just sees light, and would attempt to adjust the shutter, aperture, and ISO to get a proper exposure even though it might not end up with the exact type of picture I want to take.\nBecause I shot in manual using the light meter as my guide I was able to get precisely the shot I was looking for. I knew that I wanted a shallow depth of field, which meant I should use a large aperture of f/2.8. I knew that an aperture of f/1.8 would be too wide for my taste, and a smaller value like f/4 or f/8 would not give me the nice blurry background I was hoping for. By leaving the aperture at f/2.8 and changing the shutter speed I got a properly exposed photo with a nice smooth background as you can see here:\nBut what if I had changed the other values instead? Look what happened when I left the aperture and shutter at their original values from the underexposed photo (f/2.8 and 1/1000), and raised the ISO instead:\nThe end result is almost the same: a properly exposed photo (just like our light meter told us it would be, with the triangle hovering above the zero), but this image has much more noise and grain than the previous one. Notice how the tree in the background just behind the berries looks speckled and grainy instead of silky smooth, which is what usually happens at high ISO values. Thus, raising the ISO might not be the best way to get the image I want even though the photo itself is properly exposed.\nSo what about changing the aperture instead?\nOnce again the result is a photo that is properly exposed, but the depth of field is much wider \u2013 see how the background is not quite as smooth and blurry as before? Also, because the aperture was smaller I had to leave the shutter open longer at 1/90 of a second and even raise the ISO a bit in order to maintain a proper exposure.\nGet the exact shot you envision\nShooting in manual and using the light meter as your guide is a good way to ensure that the image you see in your mind is exactly what you end up with when you click the shutter. If you are shooting fast-moving subjects like cars or sports, you would want to start with a fast shutter speed and adjust the other settings until you get that little triangle to hover above the zero. If you are taking portraits and want a shallow depth of field with nice blurry backgrounds, keep the aperture wide and change the shutter and ISO until the exposure is correct. It\u2019s all about giving control back to you, the photographer, instead of letting your camera make the creative decisions for you.\nShooting in manual was the only way to capture this photo. By reading the light meter while carefully adjusting my exposure settings I got precisely the shot I was aiming for. Camera settings: f/16, 1/3 second, ISO 800\nUnderstanding the basics of the light meter is really just scratching the surface, though. Additional settings like your camera\u2019s metering mode and the Exposure Lock function are even more tools you can use to take control over your photography and unlock your true artistic potential. Using manual mode and reading the light meter might seem like a complicated way to take photos, but remember that you know better than your camera what kind of picture you want to take. Once you know how to read your light meter and adjust your camera\u2019s settings accordingly, you can open up a whole new world of creativity that has been right in front of you just waiting to be discovered.\nSo now it\u2019s your turn: grab your camera, put it in Manual mode, and hold the viewfinder up to your eye. Now start changing the aperture, shutter, and ISO values and watch what happens to the light meter. Is your image going to be overexposed? Lower the ISO, raise your shutter, tighten the aperture, or try a combination of all three. Is your image going to be underexposed? Do the exact opposite. The more practice you get, the easier it will be and soon you will feel much more comfortable shooting in a mode that might have seemed hopelessly confusing before.\nDo you shoot in manual? If so, how did you get yourself off Automatic mode? Or do you actually prefer Automatic? Share your thoughts and experiences in the comments below.\nPhotography 101.8 - The Light Meter 10 years ago\nAdvanced Shooting Modes: What They Are and ... 2 years ago\nUsing Manual Mode: Exposure Lesson #4 7 years ago", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 142, "original_length": 13790, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 292.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/faculty-articles/408/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:56:00Z", "digest": "sha1:ERBNCE7B5RDZY3I4FL2U2EBSTAEDIRI3", "length": 2054, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "digitalcommons.law.uw.edu", "title": "\"The Future of Compensated Surrogacy in Washington State: Anytime Soon?\" by Terry J. Price", "raw_content": "Terry J. Price, The Future of Compensated Surrogacy in Washington State: Anytime Soon?, 89 Wash. L. Rev. 1311 (2014), https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/faculty-articles/408\nTerry J. Price, University of Washington School of LawFollow\nThe Future of Compensated Surrogacy in Washington State: Anytime Soon?\ncompensated surrogacy\nAmericans in the mid-1980s were shocked by the facts of the Baby M case. That case, a compensated surrogacy arrangement that publicly went very wrong, raised complicated issues that the country had not considered: whether a woman could contract to carry a pregnancy for another person without becoming the legal mother; whether she could be separated from the child at birth, even though it was her genetic offspring; and whether the contract could take precedence over a mother\u2019s regret over giving up the child. As a result of that case, a number of states, including Washington, prohibited compensated surrogacy arrangements.\nTwenty-five years later, the fundamental nature of families has changed. In the process, the public has gradually accepted surrogacy as an option for families with infertility issues. Gestational surrogacy, where the surrogate is not genetically related to the embryo, has become more the norm. Without the genetic link to the embryo, the concept of \u201cmother giving up child\u201d does not ring the same, either legally or morally. Also, while sperm-banking has been available for decades, increasingly infertile couples rely on egg banks to assist them with their infertility issues, without entangling them in personal relationships with the donors. In this climate, and specifically as some state legislators experience surrogacy firsthand, state legislatures have begun reassessing their surrogacy prohibitions. The Washington Legislature undertook such a reassessment in 2011. This paper will discuss the facts of the Baby M case, the enactment of the 1989 compensated surrogacy prohibitions in Washington and the 2011 attempt to reverse them, and some thoughts for future legislation in this arena.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 55, "original_length": 3222, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 236.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/gps-posters/384/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:27Z", "digest": "sha1:D5QP4Z76BSVT65IUCUNDPXGULLZOFT2P", "length": 350, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "digitalcommons.wpi.edu", "title": "\"Permeable Paving\" by Luke Gardner, Corey O'Malley et al.", "raw_content": "Luke Gardner, Worcester Polytechnic Institute\nCorey O'Malley, Worcester Polytechnic Institute\nKendra O'Malley, Worcester Polytechnic Institute\nConnor O'Neill, Worcester Polytechnic Institute\nGardner, Luke; O'Malley, Corey; O'Malley, Kendra; and O'Neill, Connor, \"Permeable Paving\" (2015). Great Problems Seminar Posters (All Posters, All Years). 384.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 2248, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.66, "perplexity": 256.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/mqp-all/5917/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:05Z", "digest": "sha1:LA4W3NHWXGDYAKQ3UXDNXZLY4XTXIBZH", "length": 618, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "digitalcommons.wpi.edu", "title": "\"The facade of the Spanish inquisition revealed and its roots uncovered\" by Amanda Beth Maltese", "raw_content": "The facade of the Spanish inquisition revealed and its roots uncovered.\nAmanda Beth Maltese, Worcester Polytechnic Institute\nThis Major Qualifying Project is a survey of the conflicts between the Jews, and the new and old Christians before the establishment of the Spanish Inquisition (1478) and during it. Through this investigation, the charge of heresy among the conversos is exposed as a facade for both the establishment of the Inquisition and the expulsion of the Jews (1492). With this, the real motives behind the Inquisition are uncovered, namely social-economic and racism, which incorporated national unity.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 1810, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 170.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://disabilityaidabroad.net/category/uganda/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:28:42Z", "digest": "sha1:BHHY7CFRKZUAD6LW5A64Z6QRPIZY3ILY", "length": 20948, "nlines": 101, "source_domain": "disabilityaidabroad.net", "title": "Uganda | Disability Aid Abroad", "raw_content": "Draconian Law setback for Uganda\u2019s HIV response\nKampala, 23 December 2013 (IRIN) \u2013\nThe draconian Anti-Homosexuality Bill passed by Uganda\u2019s parliament on 20 December would deliver a major blow to the response to HIV/AIDS if it was enacted by President Yoweri Museveni, activists have warned.\nThose found guilty of homosexual acts can be jailed for up to 14 years under the new law, a sentence that increases to life in \u201caggravated\u201d cases, such as those committed by an HIV positive person, or those involving minors, the disabled and serious offenders.\nCivil society activists fear that high-risk groups such as men who have sex with men (MSM) and sex workers \u2013 whose HIV prevalence is 13.7 and 33 percent respectively \u2013 will see their already limited access to prevention and treatment further eroded.\nAmnesty International called the law \u201ca grave assault on human rights [which] makes a mockery of the Ugandan constitution.\n\u201cPresident Museveni should avoid the trap of scapegoating a vulnerable minority in the interests of short-term political gain,\u201d said Daniel Bekele, Africa director at Human Rights Watch.\n\u201cHe should recognize that this repugnant bill is of no benefit to Ugandans \u2013 that it only serves to jeopardize basic rights \u2013 and reject it.\u201d\nThe United States government has also called for the bill not to be enacted.\nHere is a selection of reactions from those working on the front-line of the response to HIV/AIDS:\nPepe Julian Onziema, programme director, Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), a local rights group\n\u201cIt\u2019s with deep disappointment that I receive the news of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill passing in our Parliament.\u201d\n\u201cIf the bill is assented to, the Act would spell a major setback for Uganda\u2019s gains against HIV/AIDS as it will compromise doctor-patient confidentiality, which will push affected LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) persons further underground for fear of prosecution.\u201d\nAsia Russell, Director of International Policy, Health GAP\n\u201cThis harmful and blatantly unconstitutional bill will deal a devastating blow to evidence-based efforts to end the AIDS epidemic in Uganda \u2013 a country that is almost unique among aast and southern African countries in that it has rising rates of new HIV infections. Why? Because existing criminalization provisions have meant prevention and treatment services aren\u2019t reaching populations like MSM, who have much higher HIV prevalence.\u201d\n\u201cUnder this new bill, providing those services would now be illegal \u2013 we will see new infections continue to rise as populations get excluded further and further from life-saving treatment, prevention, information and support.\u201d\nMilly Katana, veteran activist and board members of the Global Fund to Fight HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria\n\u201cTotally disheartening! It is one of those moments where as a country we move one step forward in realizing civil liberties and public health common sense, [then] we take 10 steps back.\u201d\n\u201cThe little achievements of the Ministry of Health starting to think of making services available to people who are most at risk of contracting HIV are put in total jeopardy. I hope the president, who has announced himself as a champion for HIV prevention by encouraging Ugandans to test for HIV and knowing their status, will see the non-wisdom in this Act and not assent to it.\u201d\nAlice Kayongo, Regional Policy and Advocacy Manager, AIDS Healthcare Foundation \u2013 Uganda Cares\n\u201cThe effects of this (bill) will be felt in almost all sectors but most especially in the health sector and particularly for HIV/AIDS where over 80 percent of the AIDS response is funded externally.\u201d\n\u201cEven with amendments, the proposed law will have an impact on the quality of healthcare and health education to be provided to gay people living with HIV for the fact that treating someone or providing them with HIV related information will be seen as a promotion act, yielding to imprisonment. While there have been indications of forward movement in this country\u2019s AIDS response, we are at risk of losing so much of what we have gained in the recent past.\u201d\n\u201cEvidently, with such developments in the political and legal environments, Uganda is miles away from attaining [the UN-backed target of] zero new HIV infections, zero AIDS-related deaths and zero discrimination. It will not be a surprise if Uganda\u2019s prevalence rate stagnates around 7.3 percent in 2017. However, we still have some hope, His Excellency President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni should reject the passing of this bill into law and everything else will fall into place.\u201d\nFlavia Kyomukama, director of the Global Coalition on Women and HIV/AIDS in Uganda\n\u201cAt a time when the country is trying to implement the national HIV prevention strategy that has underscored the sex workers and MSM as key in the reduction of the epidemic, the legislature thinks it\u2019s a waste of time to have these people access services.\u201d\n\u201cA mother, a teacher, a health worker, an employer is by obligation expected to report any LGBT within 72 hours of notice and confirmation that someone is LGBT.\u201d\n\u201cHow do I report my son? As a teacher how do I report my student who comes to me in confidence? And as a health aide how do I abuse the confidence of the patient? All of us are going to be imprisoned.\u201d\n\u201cIf the proponents of the bill claim homosexuality is a mental disorder, is it logical to [give] life imprisonment? The [logical] approach would be counseling and treatment.\u201d\nAnd here are some reactions from champions of the new legislation:\nSimon Lokodo, Uganda\u2019s state minister for ethics and integrity\n\u201cThis bill is going to cater for the lacuna which has been existing in the current law and legal frameworks in Uganda concerning this unnatural act. Having passed this bill, a lot has been done to protect our children and innocent victims who would be lured into these western cultures and behaviours, which are totally unacceptable to us.\u201d\n\u201cThe law is going to condemn any recruitment, promotion and financing of the activities related to these malpractices.\u201d\n\u201cOn the threats from donors and development to withdraw their financial assistance over this bill, we don\u2019t care and are not bothered at all. We prefer to lose that money than our culture and people.\u201d\n\u201cWe have an obligation as a sovereign state to protect our people against this unnatural act.\nMichael Lulume Bayiga, shadow health minister\n\u201cI am happy and excited this bill was passed. We are waiting for the president to assent to it in order for it to become a law. I am particularly happy with the provision that bans the promotion of this cult (homosexuality). This provision will ensure this act will doesn\u2019t take root in our country.\u201d\n\u201cNo health worker asks patients whenever they seek treatment from a health facility about their sexual orientation, unless he/her chooses to do so. For all the years I practiced medicine, I have never known any sexual orientation of my patients. There is no discrimination in the health service provision.\u201d\nThis entry was posted in HIV/AIDS, Human Rights, Uganda and tagged Global Fund to Fight HIV, HIV/Aids, Sexual Minorities Uganda, Sexual Orientation, Tuberculosis amd Malaria, Uganda on December 24, 2013 by disabilityaidabroad.\nUganda:HIV Study Reveal Rampant Stigma\nLast year, a primary school teacher in Masaka, Florence Najjumba, lost her job after she declared that she was HIV-positive.\nHad the media and Uganda Human Rights Commission not intervened, Najjumba would have lost her livelihood. Yet she is only one of the luckier ones. According to the People Living with HIV Stigma Index, 2013, most HIV-positive people are still discriminated against at work.\nThe study, released last week by the National Forum of People Living with HIV Networks in Uganda (Nafophanu), surveyed 1,110 people living with HIV.\n\u201c[Some] 255 of the people living with HIV reported losing jobs or incomes within the past year preceding the survey and 27 per cent of these attributed it to [their] HIV status,\u201d reads the study report.\nAmong those that reported losing their jobs, more than half were men. Some 288 reported that their job descriptions had changed due to a combination of factors, including poor health.\nSome were discriminated against at work by either co-workers or employers. Eight percent of the respondents reported that they had been barred from work in the previous 12 months.\nSupported by UNAIDS and Uganda Aids Commission, Nafophanu conducted the survey in 18 districts.\n\u201cThis stigma prevents people from getting tested for HIV, seeking medical care and adherence to treatment and follow-up. A biased attitude towards people living with HIV must be stopped,\u201d said Stella Kentusi, Nafophanu executive director.\nConsequently, the study states that income levels among people living with HIV are relatively low, with 60 per cent of those surveyed earning less than Shs 250,000 every month.\nHome, work\nGossiping, according to the survey, was the most prevalent form of stigma, with 60 per cent (666) of people living with HIV, convinced that they had been gossiped about at least once within the previous year. Also, nearly one in five of the surveyed people said they had been subjected to psychological pressure or manipulation by their husband or wife at least once.\nSome 21 percent said they had experienced sexual rejection at least once in the last 12 months before the survey. About 10 per cent had been excluded from family activities such as eating together or sharing rooms.\nThe study suggests fear of stigma and discrimination are major reasons why people are unlikely to declare their status in public, let alone taking an HIV test.\n\u201cThis means that disclosure is done selectively or not done at all. People are not free to seek and take up treatment,\u201d Kentusi says, adding that victims of stigma soon develop internal stigma \u2013 negative feelings about oneself.\nUNAIDS Country Director Musa Bungudu says to reduce such stigma and discrimination, people living with HIV should enjoy economic empowerment and receive updated education about HIV.\nBungudu proposes \u201ca cascade of training of trainers workshops\u201d not only to address attitudes and practices but also to meet information needs and HIV-related supplies.\nOn his part, the acting programme manager, Aids Control Programme, Dr Joshua Musinguzi, wants more resources dedicated towards access to anti-retroviral drugs for all HIV-positive people.\nToday, 566,000 people have access to ARVs out of the 745,000 expected to be put on treatment by the end of this year.\n\u201cWe need to disseminate the findings to the lowest level so that the health ministry and stakeholders may roll out programmes, reducing new infections and fighting for the rights of people living with HIV effectively, efficiently and transparently,\u201d Musinguzi says.\nThis entry was posted in HIV/AIDS, Human Rights, Uganda and tagged Global Health, HIV/Aids, HIV/Aids Stigma, International Disability NGO, World Health Organization on November 11, 2013 by disabilityaidabroad.\nUganda: Paediatric Vaccine Crisis\nKAMPALA, 20 May 2013 \u2013 Ugandan children are going unimmunized as the country grapples with persistent and widespread vaccine shortages, the result of insufficient funds and inefficient procurement and supply systems, officials say.\n\u201cWe are getting reports and calls from all the districts about the stock-outs of all types of anti-immunization vaccines. They don\u2019t have anti-TB [tuberculosis] vaccines, anti-tetanus, polio [vaccines]. The ministry is faced with inadequate funding for most of our programmes,\u201d Asuman Lukwago, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Health, told IRIN.\n\u201cThe current major problem on the vaccines is the distribution issue. We are working around the clock to have the problem solved and sorted out immediately.\u201d\nMost of the health centres across the country are facing critical shortages of vaccines to protect against tuberculosis, polio, tetanus, diphtheria, rotavirus and pneumonia, putting children at risk of largely preventable diseases.\nHealth officials now fear these frequent shortages could prevent mothers from bringing their children in for immunizations.\n\u201cYou can\u2019t [ask] mothers to move to health facilities three to four times and they don\u2019t find vaccines. This practice discourages some of them to go back to the hospitals,\u201d said Huda Oleru Abason, chairperson of the Parliamentary Forum on Immunization.\nProcurement woes\nIn 2011, the government of Uganda shifted the procurement of vaccines and drugs from the Uganda National Expanded Programme on Immunization (UNEPI), under the Ministry of Health, to the National Medical Stores (NMS), an autonomous government corporation. The move was intended to inject efficiency into the country\u2019s drug procurement system, but the drug shortages have continued.\nYet officials at NMS are blaming the shortages on late requisitions for vaccines by UNEPI. The procurement of drugs is the responsibility of NMS.\n\u201cPlacing of orders is not the responsibility of NMS, it\u2019s [the job of] UNEPI,\u201d Dan Kimosho, a spokesperson at the NMS, told IRIN. \u201cSo if they don\u2019t put request in time or under-quantified for the supplies, it\u2019s not our problem. Our responsibility is to procure, store and deliver the requested vaccines. We can\u2019t begin delivering vaccines to districts and health [facilities] if the orders have not been placed to us. We have the competency to deliver the requested drugs and vaccines.\u201d\nAn estimated 48 percent of children under age five in Uganda are either unimmunized or under-immunized, meaning they do not complete their immunization schedules, according to the 2011 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey.\nUganda has recently experienced a decline in immunization levels, in part due to inadequate funding, health staff shortages and [parents\u2019]poor adherence to vaccination schedules.\nIn April 2013, the government launched a countrywide rotavirus and pneumococcal vaccination program targeting over 1.7 million children.\nIn an interview with IRIN, Director General of Health Services Ruth Achieng noted that, \u201cUganda is not doing very well in [its] immunization programme\u2026 We don\u2019t want our children to die from preventable diseases. We need to act now. Otherwise, we shall get an outbreak of polio and tetanus.\u201d\nUganda\u2019s budget support for the Expanded Programme on Immunization, EPI, \u2013 which had been hailed for increased vaccination coverage between 2000-2007 \u2013 decreased by more than half in recent years, falling from 7.7 percent in the 2006-2007 financial year to 3.6 percent in 2009-2010.\nOfficials say the government has plans to revitalize the country\u2019s immunization programs.\n\u201cWe have worked out the revitalization plan, and if implemented well, we shall be able to change the low status of immunization in Uganda. The government has mobilized some funds and, with support from GAVI, everything is revisable. We are going to embark on [an] aggressive campaign to ensure there are no vaccine stock-outs in the country and ensure all the children are immunized,\u201d the Ministry of Health\u2019s Lukwago said.\nThere is also a legal push to improve immunization. An immunisation bill currently pending in parliament will make it illegal for parents and guardians to fail to have their children immunized. It also seeks to punish health officials who fail to offer immunization services to children.\n[Courtesy of IRIN)\nThis entry was posted in Child Health, GAVI Alliance, Uganda and tagged Africa, Child Deaths, International Disability NGO, Measles, Polio, TB on May 20, 2013 by disabilityaidabroad.\nUganda: HIV- Aids Increase in Karamoja\nMOROTO, 30 April 2012 (PlusNews) \u2013 The nomadic Karimojong ethnic group, once regarded as a low-risk HIV population because regional instability in northeastern Uganda and strong adherence to their culture kept them relatively isolated, have not been a priority on the country\u2019s HIV agenda, but recent statistics show prevalence among this community is now 5.8 percent, up from 3.5 percent five years ago.\nOver the past decade large numbers of Karimojong have settled in urban centres, where business is flourishing and many NGOs have set up shop; there has also been heavy military deployment in the area as part of a disarmament exercise. These and other changes in a strongly traditionalist society have combined to push prevalence closer to the national average of 6.7 percent.\n\u201cThe drivers of the pandemic that exist elsewhere are now occurring here. There is also a lot of alcoholism and [domestic] abuse here, which is one of the drivers of HIV/AIDS infection,\u201d Dr Michael Omeke, health officer for the Karamoja region\u2019s Moroto District, told IRIN/PlusNews.\nLimited Health Services\nJust five hospitals serve seven districts and a population of 1.2 million scattered over some 28,000 square kilometres. \u201cIn general, HIV treatment and care services are still low in the region,\u201d said David Wakoko, Karamoja area manager for the Mulago-Mbarara Teaching Hospitals\u2019 Joint AIDS Programme (MJAP).\nMost health centres in the region do not have clinical officers trained to provide life-prolonging antiretroviral (ARV) drugs or offer HIV care and treatment. Kaabong District for example, has five health facilities, but only the district hospital has a medical officer authorised to treat HIV-positive patients, and the hospital does not have a CD4 machine to test blood samples and measure immune strength.\nFew health workers are keen to live in the remote and underdeveloped region. \u201cHuman resources are a big challenge. You need someone who is qualified to help these people, but we are not attracting\u2026 personnel,\u201d said Dr John Anguzu, District Health Officer in Nakapiripirit. \u201cEven the local people we try to train here to help, they leave.\u201d\nThe region has also not been spared the drug shortages that have occurred in other parts of the country. \u201cWe do experience ARVs stock-outs\u2026 We are trying to work with the Ministry of Health and National Medical Stores to see that these stock-outs are reduced,\u201d said Omeke.\nA lack of food in the arid region and the long distances to health centres are major problems for people living with HIV. \u201cThese are weak people and can\u2019t move long distances to go for treatment and drugs. The health centres are too far,\u201d said Gabriel Lokubal, who lives in Moroto. \u201cARVs are very strong drugs, which require a lot of eating. However, most of us don\u2019t have food, so some people have stopped going for drugs.\u201d\nKnowledge about HIV is also very low. A recently released preliminary report on the AIDS Indicator Survey shows that just 30 percent of women and 45 percent of men in the northeast are well-informed about HIV/AIDS.\nA complex region\nSpreading the word about HIV is not easy in Karamoja, where open discussions about sex are extremely unusual and the population is largely uneducated. According to MJAP statistics only 35 percent of Karimojong men have accessed HIV/AIDS services, compared to 65 percent of women.\n\u201cBecause of the nature of the society and tradition, the men remain in the kraals [communal cattle pens] and are on the move in search of pasture and water for their cattle. They have little interest in seeking HIV services,\u201d said MJAP\u2019s Wakoko. \u201cMost of those who access HIV/AIDS services are women, especially the pregnant ones, who visit health facilities for ante-natal services.\u201d\n\u201cThe HIV patients also tie HIV services to food. If you don\u2019t have food, people don\u2019t come,\u201d Anguzu said in Nakapiripirit.\nStigma is highly problematic for health services trying to reach people living with HIV. \u201cWhen you test a person and\u2026 [the result] is HIV-positive, he or she will never come back again for further\u2026 [treatment],\u201d said a nurse at the ARV clinic at Moroto Regional Referral Hospital. \u201cWe are trying to sensitize the community to accept their status and learn to live positively.\u201d\nIn an effort to bring the services closer to the people, Uganda\u2019s Ministry of Health and MJAP are running a home-based HIV counselling and testing programme, but low staffing and occasional insecurity in the region are affecting the door-to-door campaign.\n\u201cThe security situation remains fluid, as it changes any time despite general improvement in the sub-region, thereby affecting the implementation of programme in most of the catchment areas,\u201d said MJAP\u2019s Wakoko.\nHealth workers in the region say the nature of the causes and effects of HIV mean it cannot be tackled in isolation, and a holistic approach should be used.\n\u201cThe interventions need to be shared among sectors \u2013 health is concept which is determined by social, economic and cultural aspects,\u201d said Samuel Enginyu, a health educator with the Ministry of Health. \u201cWe are working on an integrated and collaborative approach with the Minister of Gender and Culture and other stakeholders.\u201d\nThis entry was posted in HIV/AIDS, Uganda, Women's Health and tagged Africa Health, Global Health, HIV/Aids, International Disability NGO, Maternal Health on April 30, 2012 by disabilityaidabroad.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 396, "original_length": 37425, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 283.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://discovermoosejaw.com/features/carnies-comments/marquis", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:25Z", "digest": "sha1:H7QM6GNR2QOL2VEPSAJKCSFJ3ZS52A5A", "length": 1058, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "discovermoosejaw.com", "title": "Marquis - DiscoverMooseJaw.com", "raw_content": "Marquis, Saskatchewan. It's the latest stop on the 800 CHAB Great 8 Summer Tour today. They're raising money to repair their rink. It's a place that brings back childhood memories for me.\nI remember one particular game on a Saturday afternoon. I was in my first year of Pee Wee with the St. Andrew's Orioles. We were the worst team in the league. Our goalie, \"Porky\", was away for the weekend. One of our guys volunteered to give goaltending a try. It was his first and last game as a goalie.\nThe Marquis boys were relentless. A kid named Scott Wilson scored 17 goals and my old buddy \"Cube\" scored 8 times. They beat us 27-1 that day. What made it worse was the fact they played with just 3 skaters in the 3rd period. That's when we scored our only goal. I scored it on a breakaway. Our bench erupted like we just won the championship. It was the worst.\nMarquis, Saskatchewan...the place where I truly learned the meaning of the word \"humiliation\".\nOn the bright side, the rink burgers were really good out there.\nPrevious What's Your Role?\nNext Playgrounds", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 94, "original_length": 3820, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 264.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://disneyparksmomspanel.disney.go.com/question/question-upcoming-trip-booked-pop-nov-dec-regret-pop-147125/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:42Z", "digest": "sha1:2TGV5RNVMQ6W52FN7UVPI2OQ7KKIZDUG", "length": 1551, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "disneyparksmomspanel.disney.go.com", "title": "Hi question about my upcoming trip booked at ... | Disney Parks Moms Panel", "raw_content": "Teresa from AL Asked \u201c\nHi question about my upcoming trip booked at POP nov 26-dec 5th will I regret this because of Pop Warner? thanks\u201d\nHi Teresa, I wouldn't worry if I were you because they generally don't use the Pop Century Resort for the Pop Warner Groups (only if they really need overflow rooms from what I've been told in the past when booking). Unfortunately, I had the bad luck of staying at the All-Star Music Resort last year without knowing about Pop Warner and my stay was right when all the Pop Warner groups were there. There was fighting between the different teams (including coaches, not just the kids!), everything was busy and crowded (food courts, pools, parks, etc...), most of the kids were left unsupervised and made tons of noise throughout the night when we were trying to sleep and most of all, it felt very unsafe (even though they did have Orange County Police there at the resort almost around the clock in the evenings just in case there were any serious problems). To me, staying in a Disney Resort and walking past multiple police officers who are stationed there to keep the peace is not my idea of a Magical Disney vacation and it surprises me that this happens at all in WDW. Pop Warner is from December 3rd-10th, so you only have to worry about one or two days during your vacation with the Pop Warner crowd, but I don't think you will have anything to worry about as it's usually the All-Star Resorts and the larger Moderate Resorts which are used for these groups. Have a magical vacation! Best wishes, Brigitta", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 4281, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 300.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dmk-media.com/2017/06/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:59Z", "digest": "sha1:SYGJQV7QPGIDXBKEYCNJ7R4EFLB52GV7", "length": 356, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "dmk-media.com", "title": "June 2017 \u2013 Dmk Media", "raw_content": "Until recently, we have observed the evolution of mobile technologies within the rf technologies to the 3G technologies that are presently making waves all over the world. A completely new technologies have finally showed up at us, 4G mobile technology. Fractional treatments is not however a brand new technology for an additional generation of mobile [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 103, "original_length": 4239, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 185.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://docs.coveo.com/en/2731/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:58:41Z", "digest": "sha1:4WDITEYIVMIT4WMUAESU3WXZCLNGU7LV", "length": 465, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "docs.coveo.com", "title": "breadcrumb", "raw_content": "A breadcrumb is a series of sequential links identifying the location of an interface or an item in a hierarchy and allowing to navigate to parent locations. The term is a metaphor from the trail of breadcrumbs left by Hansel and Gretel in the popular fairy tale.\nMoreover, in Coveo Cloud search interfaces specifically, the Breadcrumb component displays the active search result filters resulting from a selection of facet options (see Coveo Breadcrumb Component).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 175, "original_length": 2917, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.84, "perplexity": 255.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dogtrainerdude.com/private-training-pricing/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:21:48Z", "digest": "sha1:WY2ZMLAMZWRDH2BKTW6IOWGHFGVEEFFZ", "length": 37, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "dogtrainerdude.com", "title": "Pricing\ud83d\udcb3 \u2013 Dog Trainer Dude\u2122", "raw_content": "Obedience packages start at $ 450.00.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 27, "original_length": 592, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.55, "perplexity": 324.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dorkydentalstudent.com/2016/10/26/my-curriculum-vitae-cv/?shared=email&msg=fail", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:56:01Z", "digest": "sha1:K7ZTOZLPYFNTRKLDT3T4GEWKNY2Z2DSB", "length": 2027, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "dorkydentalstudent.com", "title": "About Me: My Resum\u00e9 (CV) \u2013 #Dorkydentalstudent \u2013 CREATED BY ALI NASSER", "raw_content": "I have created a brief version of my resum\u00e9 specifically to share with you all here in case anyone is interested or would like to view it for whatever reason.\nYou can view it here: CV DDS\nAs a prospective dentist, we don\u2019t need a CV in the traditional sense.\nDentists have unique applications and interview processes that do not necessitate a CV like other jobs do.\nBut I used to work as a headhunter and so would read numerous CVs daily and in fact had to train my candidates on how to enhance their resumes in order to increase the likelihood of success.\nMost people will need a CV at some stage in their working life and it\u2019s good practice to make a habit of updating the file on your computer at least once a year so you always have an up to date version ready.\nAs you will know I did not take the usual route to dentistry. I have been to university before and have held two full-time jobs after graduating from Imperial.\nAnd whilst I was an undergraduate student the first time I held two part-time jobs simultaneously because, for me, it was a necessity to work whilst at university to simply be able to afford the incredibly high London living costs. But the work was fun, I met so many great people and it gave me a greater appreciation for money.\nBeing a full-time student is certainly hard work. Although university students typically have a relatively relaxed timetable with only a few hours of teaching each day, we are required to spend many hours of personal time studying in order to learn and understand what is required of us.\nConsidering dentistry specifically, I definitely think dental students would definitely be able to manage part-time work, especially in the first two years of the course. In fact a number of the students with me do work part-time jobs.\nI plan to write a separate post that focusses on managing the dental course workload and part-time employment soon.\nPrevious Previous post: Dental School Profile: Barts and The London\nNext Next post: My New Electric Toothbrush \u2013 Oral-B Genius 9000", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 130, "original_length": 6000, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 277.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dottech.org/139405/microsoft-sells-over-2-million-xbox-one-units-since-launch/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:27Z", "digest": "sha1:K2Y37EVEDAAQRDCG5QLSXUJKOIE5PRS6", "length": 1903, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "dottech.org", "title": "Microsoft sells over 2 million Xbox One units since launch | dotTech", "raw_content": "Microsoft sells over 2 million Xbox One units since launch\nBy Jeff Belanger - December 12, 2013 - no comments Email article | Print article\nThe Xbox One has only been out since November 22 and already it has sold over 2 million units with a daily average of 111,111.\nThe success of their newest console is definitely appreciated by the team over at Microsoft. \u201cWe continue to be humbled and overwhelmed by the positive response from our fans,\u201d Yusuf Mehdi, who is the corporate vice president of strategy and marketing for the Xbox, said in a press statment. \u201cWe are thrilled to see sales of Xbox One on a record-setting pace, with over 2 million Xbox One consoles in homes around the world.\u201d\nUnfortunately if you\u2019re looking to get one now, or even for Christmas, you may be out of luck since most retailers are sold out of them. Even online retailers like Amazon are getting bombarded with orders. \u201cDemand for next generation gaming continues to be very strong,\u201d John Love, the director of video games at Amazon, said. \u201cAt peak demand, customers were ordering the Xbox One console at over 1000 units per minute on Amazon.com.\u201d\nWhile Microsoft is working to meet these demands, they are also happy to report that things are going well with the Xbox Live online store as well. \u201cWe\u2019re also particularly excited to see consumers engaging in a wide range of games and entertainment experiences on the platform, with more than 1 million paid transactions on Xbox Live to date,\u201d Mehdi said.\nSony has reported similar numbers on sales for their PS4 and so it looks like the two consoles are about neck and neck at this point. To be fair, although the PS4 was released a week earlier, the Xbox One was released in 13 countries right away, while the PS4 was released in North America first, and half a month later to countries in Latin America and Europe.\nTagsbusiness Microsoft news Video Game Consoles Xbox One", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 72, "original_length": 6253, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 254.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dperry.com/category/video-game-industry-2/ubisoft/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:04:11Z", "digest": "sha1:L4EAL64IUIGZVB6R3WJ375YJBFCBOP34", "length": 235, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "dperry.com", "title": "Ubisoft \u00ab David Perry's Blog", "raw_content": "Assassin\u2019s Creed on PlayStation Now\nWe\u2019re excited that Ubisoft\u2019s amazing Assassin\u2019s Creed series is now available on PlayStation Now.\nhttps://www.playstation.com/en-us/explore/playstationnow/\nIn PlayStation Now, Ubisoft\tPlayStation Now", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 42, "original_length": 1770, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.51, "perplexity": 181.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://drdennisthomas.com/david-and-goliath-a-modern-tale-about-pet-health-care-and-integrity/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:37Z", "digest": "sha1:WGUYIXK63C4VDHFAOQU7SKHPCXTHMJSF", "length": 9199, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "drdennisthomas.com", "title": "David and Goliath: A Modern Tale About Pet Health Care and Integrity - DR. DENNIS THOMAS D.V.M. | Putting Healing Back into Healthcare | Heart to Heart Holistic Care for Pets", "raw_content": "We humans know all about being tested. Sometimes it feels like we get tested on a daily basis. It can be tiring, but I have always relied on the saying that we are never dealt something that we can\u2019t handle. At least, so far in my 67 years, that seems to be the case.\nThere is a concept that has always been important to me: integrity. Since integrity is a word and all words are concepts or abstracts, there is no absolute truth in them. So, we have to define those words ourselves. Integrity, to me, has always represented the ability to look at myself in the mirror each morning and not being ashamed of what I see. Yes, we all have flaws and make mistakes, but there are just some things that we try not to step over the line.\nAs a veterinarian, I have often been tested. I remember a time years ago when I had just moved to Idaho and joined a large practice. I had worked there for some time and I was offered a partnership that I gladly accepted. Not long after I started working there, I needed to have a letter written by an attorney. I did not know any attorneys in the city, so I happened to ask a client and friend of mine. She worked for a reputable company in town, so she gave me the name of their attorney and I contacted his office. They were glad to help, provided me with the one-page letter and a bill for a whopping, $1200. Needless to say, I almost had a coronary event.\nAs fate would have it, several months after having paid the bill, guess who walked into the clinic with a dog with a torn cruciate ligament? Yep, the attorney who had popped me for the bill. I had learned shortly after paying the bill that this particular attorney was notorious for over-charging. Since, I was the only vet in the practice that did this particular surgical repair, he had no choice but to deal with me. I repaired the dog\u2019s knee and sat down to figure his bill. Most of my colleagues knew the story and were keen for me to seek revenge. I was in the captains chair and had the ability to charge whatever I wanted. The consensus from my colleagues was the same as he had charged me for the letter. But, my integrity jumped in and wouldn\u2019t allow me to and I charged him the same fee as I would for anyone else. I had promised myself that I would retire from veterinary medicine without knowingly taking advantage of anyone. Since I retired seeing pets this April, I can happily say that I kept my word to myself.\nThe next time my integrity was tested was when the report came out by the AVMA that our current annual vaccination protocol for pets was most likely harming our pets. It was recommended that we go from our, standard annual vaccination protocol to a three-year protocol. Considering that annual vaccination income for the average practice was about 28% and the average net income was about 24%, it was a shock to the practicing veterinarian. It was a test for all of us and it led me to selling my portion of the practice, with little more than a pocketful of cash and a maintained integrity.\nNow, in the twilight of my career, I am being tested again. I have been blogging about a storm brewing for a long time now. That storm has developed into a raging battle between conventional veterinarians and veterinarians who practice alternative modalities. The same is going on in the human medical field.\nFor several years, the conventional vets have been turning a blind eye towards vets that practice alternative methods. We were not considered a real threat. You know, sort of like an annoying fly buzzing around your head. But, with the tides shifting in consumer awareness towards a more natural approach to health care, we are now being considered a viable threat. It had to happen. Once again, each veterinarian is having to look in the mirror and questioning his or her integrity. Do I react to this threat with fear or do I allow it and learn from it? It appears that the former option is the most popular.\nMany of you know my story. After having practiced conventional veterinary medicine for over 20 years, it became obvious to me that this approach had severe limitations. I faced too many dead ends, too many bad options and felt like my clients ended up victims to a flawed system. So, I went back to school to learn Chinese medicine and acupuncture. It opened the doorway to a whole new mindset where restoring health and well being was an option instead of treating symptoms, using potentially harmful drugs and not getting to the root cause of the problem. In time, I developed a holistic approach to pet health care where I looked at all possibilities ranging from diet to stress in the pet\u2019s environment. I thought that was my job. I think I remember taking an oath to do so. I have never condemned conventional medicine as it has done a wonderful job for so many health conditions and I always referred to abandoning this method as throwing the baby out with the bathwater. But, I won\u2019t hesitate to point out the limitations and opt for something natural instead of pharmaceutical if I can get the same or better results. It\u2019s that old integrity thing.\nThe problem for those of us who practice from an alternative perspective, is that we face an enormous opponent. Veterinary medicine, like human medicine, is a giant industry, generating billions of dollars annually and with that comes a lot of political power. The veterinary profession is also a self-regulating system. Our laws dealing with animal care are written by state legislators under the guidance of the veterinary profession. And, regulation and discipline is also carried out within the profession. Each state board of veterinary medicine is composed of veterinarians and some have a solo member that represents the public. This is mostly for show. I will give you an example that most people don\u2019t think about.\nImagine that you have a chronic back problem and someone tells you that you might benefit from acupuncture. You decide to give it a try and you Google an acupuncturist in your city. You have some treatments and your back gets better. Some time goes by and you find out that your dog is also having some chronic pain. Your mind tells you that she might benefit from acupuncture and you Google an acupuncturist that works on dogs. Your dog gets a few treatments and she gets better as well.\nIf we look closer, we see a big difference. The person you called to get some acupuncture treatments for yourself, was not likely a medical doctor. He was just a certified acupuncturist. However, the person that did the acupuncture on your dog was a licensed veterinarian. Why is this the case? Because the veterinary profession does not want anyone who is not a veterinarian working on a pet in any manner that is not that person\u2019s pet. This is a major control issue, based on fear of competition hidden under the guise of safety for pets.\nNow, the same powers to be are turning their fury on the alternative veterinarians. As I mentioned, each state has written legislation regarding who can give medical treatment to pets. That legislation is dictated by conventional veterinarians and written by the state legislators and passed as state law. Most states have it clearly stated that no one other than a licensed veterinarian will work on an animal. The only exception is that you are allowed to treat your own pet. It clearly states that animals will be treated by methods accepted by the state veterinary board and will not be treated by non-scientifically proven methods. This includes all alternative modalities. In fact, any veterinarian practicing alternative modalities on an animal is breaking the law and they can lose their license and have their clinic shut down. And, they are shutting down alternative practices all over the country.\nIn California, many alternative practices have been forced to close. The state of Connecticut has passed a law prohibiting the use of homeopathic treatment for the entire state and it is strictly enforced. The entire country of England has done the same thing. A friend of mine who is an alternative practitioner in Canada had his licensed revoked and closed his practice because he wrote an eBook about alternative medicine and the downsides of conventional medicine. It made the local veterinarians angry. What once was a flicker has now erupted into a huge, out of control fire.\nWhen I heard about my colleague, who I had met at a convention last year, I realized that he wasn\u2019t doing anything different than me. My immediate response was to back off, water down the truth and not irritate the powers to be. But, my old friend, integrity stepped in. It has served me well over all these years and why would I want to change at this state of the game. In my many years I have learned to trust life instead of fear. What ever happens needs to happen and I will not stand in its way. If I lose my license, well, so be it. Who out there can better understand both sides of the fence? But, I will continue to keep my oath, provide the best information that I can so that people who love their pets will have the best opportunity to provide them the health and well being that they deserve. And, I can still look at myself in the mirror each morning.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 10914, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 251.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://dreamhawk.com/dream-encyclopedia/dream-interpretation-example-3/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:20Z", "digest": "sha1:XGIPSPP7GBNGWWGZQ6NPRLBEVAVPG44X", "length": 4894, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "dreamhawk.com", "title": "Dream Interpretation Example 3 | Dream Encyclopedia | dreamhawk.com", "raw_content": "Dream Interpretation Example 3\nStory of Reincarnation\nBefore I went to sleep that night I focused on the question -Who am I, really?\nThe dream was vivid, and still gives me shivers to this day. I dreamed that I looked up and there was this incredible star that was emanating points of light in the sky. It got brighter and brighter and the bottom-most point reached down to where I was and transported me up to the star. The points of light came out from the centre in all directions, and I found myself on the end of one of the horizontal points. A wonderful (female) voice spoke to me and said this is who you are, and I had the strong sense of being located at the end of the horizontal light bar. Then she said and this is who you are and carried (transported in some way) me to the next bar of light, where I saw another version (incarnation?) of myself (in a different time and place, although I knew that the essence of this version of me was really me)\nShe continued transporting me from bar to bar where I experienced myself in many different versions in the past, present, and future. I had different skills and interests that were the focal point of each version of myself\u2013a musician in one, a farmer in another. Some of the versions were females, although I experienced the same sense of self in all of them. Then she returned me to the horizontal bar of my current self and said to me that all of this is who I am, but that now she was going to show me who I really am. Then she drew me into the centre of the star (light, energy source) where I merged with her and could see each of the emanating points of light as manifestations of a single source or spirit.\nIt was one of the most incredible feelings of being integrated and whole that I\u2019ve ever experienced, and I basked in the feeling for awhile just absorbing and soaking it in. Then she returned me to myself (with a cosmic wink) and I slept peacefully for the rest of the night. Ever since then I haven\u2019t felt the need to ask who or what I am, and I\u2019ve seen my various abilities and struggles in life in a totally new way. C.A.\nMind and Movement 1- Introduction >\n< Baby Animal\n-Tanu Jain 2015-01-26 19:21:14\nI have seen strange dream yesterday night (Early Morning time)Something which suddenly strike me tonight, when I am feeling sleepy. I have seen that I was with one married couple, one child and mother, me and my mom, we were travelling in a car. Lady who had child of around 4 years old, stood from her seat and there I have seen something crawling wrapped in white cloth. It was about to fall, I have handled that, then my hand felt touch of something newborn. I have unwrapped it and saw baby animal of something skin of wild mouse but very smooth skin and mouth as squirrel with long nose as pipe. This dream is bothering me after whole day has spent, moreover my hands can still feel that touch. What could be meaning of this dream.\n-Stephanie 2012-03-21 3:41:39\nI keep dreaming that I\u2019m trying to save a variety of animals (some that don\u2019t necessarily exist- small furry unidentifiable) all small and vulnerable, some with babies that need looking after. They all have different needs and in my dream I\u2019m trying to give them all what they need, keep them safe and alive but sometimes I fail. For instance I\u2019ll accidentally drop one or it\u2019ll get squished while I\u2019m trying to tend to another, and there\u2019s q feeling of such loss and helpless desperation. What does it mean?\nStephanie \u2013 This is a wonderful dream, and you have found something in your dreams that is very deep and special. It is difficult to put into words, but I will try.\nIn some way you have become partly conscious \u2013 in the imagery of your dream \u2013 of the mystery of life and death. You have dropped into an influence that is life itself working in your body \u2013 a usually unconscious working \u2013 and if you could feel it consciously you would know what a wonder you are, and what it means to be given life. Yet you felt it partly through feeling such loss and helplessness.\nAnd of course they all had separate needs, because they were all the tiny living things in your body, the cells, each with their own tiny needs and lives. Most people are totally unconscious of the wonder and tragedy of this level of our being, for millions die every day as they bring their babies to you. If you bring yourself to your dream and feel this you will understand.\nBut you can help them, and of course yourself, by loving them and offering them and yourself to Life in its majesty of creation and destruction. In that way you and they, carried as we all are in the amazing river if life, will be blessed and know that the body of them is not the life that is forever. They will know through the love you felt for them that the flame of life carries on, though it leaves shells behind. See: http://dreamhawk.com/dream-encyclopedia/religion-and-dreams/#Godshill", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 101, "original_length": 6417, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 322.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://eclecticlight.co/2017/02/02/changing-times-lovis-corinth-1915-1919/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:23:21Z", "digest": "sha1:P2WDRIHG67BJESZINLMTWU7ZVAXCQA7Q", "length": 8073, "nlines": 40, "source_domain": "eclecticlight.co", "title": "Changing Times: Lovis Corinth, 1915-1919 \u2013 The Eclectic Light Company", "raw_content": "Lovis Corinth (1858\u20131925), Armour Parts in the Studio (1918), oil on canvas, 97 \u00d7 82 cm, Staatliche Museen Berlin, Berlin. Wikimedia Commons.\nOn 28 July 1914, the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia. Germany then invaded Belgium and Luxembourg, and the First World War had started. Lovis Corinth and his family had only just come to terms with his stroke, when they found themselves living in the midst of war. He and most of the other painters and artists in Berlin shared an enthusiastic patriotism which initially gave them buoyant and optimistic spirits.\nLovis Corinth (1858\u20131925), Im Schutze der Waffen (In Defence of Weapons) (1915), oil on canvas, 200 \u00d7 120 cm, Private collection. Wikimedia Commons.\nThis patriotism was expressed quite openly in paintings like Im Schutze der Waffen (In Defence of Weapons) from 1915. The same suit of armour in which he had posed proudly for his self-portrait prior to his stroke now saw service in the cause of his country.\nLovis Corinth (1858\u20131925), Portrait of Charlotte Berend-Corinth (1915), oil on canvas, 54.5 \u00d7 40.5 cm, location not known. Wikimedia Commons.\nBut both Corinth and his wife were growing older, and more tired. Portrait of Charlotte Berend-Corinth (1915) shows a very different woman from that of just a few years earlier. Her brow is now knitted, and her joyous smile gone.\nLovis Corinth (1858\u20131925), Lake M\u00fcritz (1915), oil on canvas, 59 \u00d7 74 cm, Private collection. Wikimedia Commons.\nThe answer, for Corinth and his family, was to get out of Berlin and enjoy the countryside. In the summer they travelled to Lake M\u00fcritz (1915) in Mecklenburg, and Corinth started to paint more landscapes again.\nLovis Corinth (1858\u20131925), Still Life with Pagoda (1916), oil on canvas, 55 \u00d7 88 cm, Private collection. Wikimedia Commons.\nHe also continued to paint still lifes, such as this wonderful Still Life with Pagoda (1916), with its curious combination of Asian and crustacean objects.\nEach year from 1916 to 1918, Corinth returned to his home village Tapiau, and the nearby city of K\u00f6nigsberg where he had started his professional career, to see the terrible effects of the war on the people. In 1917, he was honoured by them in recognition of his artistic achievements. A substantial one-man exhibition of his paintings was held in Mannheim and Hanover that year too.\nLovis Corinth (1858\u20131925), Cain (1917), oil on canvas, 140.3 x 115.2 cm, Museum Kunstpalast, D\u00fcsseldorf. Wikimedia Commons.\nCain (1917) is probably Corinth\u2019s most significant work from the war years, and continued his series based on stories from the Old Testament. He shows Cain finishing off his brother Abel, burying his dying body. Cain looks up to the heavens as he places another large rock on his brother, and threatening black birds fly around.\nThis stark and powerful painting probably also reflects Corinth\u2019s own feelings of his battle following his stroke, and those invoked when the US first entered the war that year, as its remorseless slaughter continued.\nLovis Corinth (1858\u20131925), G\u00f6tz von Berlichingen (1917), oil on canvas, 85 \u00d7 100 cm, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund. Wikimedia Commons.\nG\u00f6tz von Berlichingen (1917) shows the historical character of Gottfried \u2018G\u00f6tz\u2019 von Berlichingen (1480-1562), who had been a colourful Imperial Knight and mercenary. After he lost his right arm in 1504, he had metal prosthetic hands made for him, which were capable of holding objects as fine as a quill. His swashbuckling autobiography was turned into a play by Goethe in 1773, and a notorious quotation from that led to his name becoming a euphemism for the phrase \u2018he can lick my arse/ass\u2019.\nCorinth celebrated his sixtieth birthday in 1918, and was made a professor in the Academy of Arts of Berlin. However, with the end of the war and its unprecedented carnage, disaster for Germany, and the revolution, Corinth slid into depression.\nArmour Parts in the Studio (1918) is his best summary of the situation. The suit of armour is now empty, broken apart, and cast on the floor of his studio.\nLovis Corinth (1858\u20131925), Girl in Front of a Mirror (1918), oil on canvas, 88.5 \u00d7 60 cm, St\u00e4dtisches Museum Abteiberg, M\u00f6nchengladbach. Wikimedia Commons.\nHe still managed some paintings of flesh, such as this Girl in Front of a Mirror (1918).\nLovis Corinth (1858\u20131925), Self-Portrait in a White Coat (1918), oil on canvas, 105 \u00d7 80 cm, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud, Cologne. Wikimedia Commons.\nHis self-portraits show clearly the effects of the war, and his age. In Self-Portrait in a White Coat (1918) he is becoming more gaunt. He is shown painting with his left hand, and has used the open sleeve to stow some brushes for ready use.\nLovis Corinth (1858\u20131925), Self-Portrait at the Easel (1919), oil on canvas, 126 \u00d7 105.8 cm, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin. Wikimedia Commons.\nJust a year later, his Self-Portrait at the Easel (1919) reveals a still older man, looking directly at the viewer, grappling with the times.\nLovis Corinth (1858\u20131925), Magdalen with Pearls in her Hair (1919), oil on canvas, 71.5 \u00d7 47.6 cm, The Tate Gallery (Purchased 1991), London. \u00a9 The Tate Gallery and Photographic Rights \u00a9 Tate (2016), CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0 (Unported), http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/corinth-magdalen-with-pearls-in-her-hair-t05866\nMagdalen with Pearls in her Hair (1919), one of Corinth\u2019s few works in the UK (in the Tate Gallery), is one of several paintings that he made of Mary Magdalen, a very popular subject for religious paintings. This follows the established tradition of showing Mary as something of a composite, based mainly on Mary of Magdala who was cleansed by Christ, witnessed the Crucifixion, and was the first to see him resurrected. Apocryphal traditions held that she was a reformed prostitute, and most depictions of Mary tread a fine line between the fleshly and the spiritual.\nThis is Corinth\u2019s most intense and dramatic depiction of Mary, her age getting the better of her body, and her eyes puffy from weeping. She is shown with a skull to symbolise mortality, and with pearls in her hair to suggest the contradiction of her infamous past and as a halo for her later devotion to Christ.\nLovis Corinth (1858\u20131925), Roses (1919), oil on canvas, 75 \u00d7 59 cm, St\u00e4dtisches Museum, Braunschweig. Wikimedia Commons.\nCorinth also kept up his floral paintings, here with Roses (1919).\nIn the summer of 1918, Corinth and his family had first visited Urfeld, on the shore of Walchensee (Lake Walchen), to the south of Munich. They fell in love with the countryside there, and the following year bought some land on which Charlotte arranged for a simple chalet to be built. In the coming years, the Walchensee was to prove Corinth\u2019s salvation, and the motif for at least sixty superb landscape paintings.\nLovis Corinth (1858\u20131925), Walchensee, Blue Landscape (1919), oil on canvas, 60 \u00d7 75 cm, Private collection. Wikimedia Commons.\nIn September of 1919, their new chalet was ready, and the Corinths moved in to watch the onset of autumn. Walchensee, Blue Landscape (1919) was probably painted quite early, before the first substantial fall of snow.\nLovis Corinth (1858\u20131925), October Snow at Walchensee (1919), oil on panel, 45 \u00d7 56 cm, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe. Wikimedia Commons.\nOctober Snow at Walchensee (1919) shows an initial gentle touch of snow as autumn becomes properly established.\nLovis Corinth (1858\u20131925), Walchensee, Snowscape (1919), oil on canvas, 61 \u00d7 50 cm, Private collection. Wikimedia Commons.\nLater in the season, when the ground was well-covered with snow, Corinth painted it in Walchensee, Snowscape (1919).\nLemoine S et al. (2008) Lovis Corinth, Mus\u00e9e d\u2019Orsay & RMN. ISBN 978 2 711 85400 4. (In French.)\nCzymmek G et al. (2010) German Impressionist Landscape Painting, Liebermann-Corinth-Slevogt, Arnoldsche. ISBN 978 3 89790 321 0.\nPosted in General, Painting and tagged Corinth, Expressionism, Germany, landscape, narrative, painting, Post-impressionism, Secession, symbolism. Bookmark the permalink.\nDeveloping Consolation in Swift 3: mostly a breeze", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 186, "original_length": 11906, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 188.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ecommons.udayton.edu/graduate_theses/4474/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:56:51Z", "digest": "sha1:PPG67S3ZXIQ6U5BCAQE3ZGCAVO7MU6V2", "length": 303, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "ecommons.udayton.edu", "title": "\"A program of physical education for the primary grades in the Dayton p\" by James M. Mogan", "raw_content": "A program of physical education for the primary grades in the Dayton public schools\nJames M. Mogan\nPhysical education for children, Schools Ohio Dayton\nMogan, James M., \"A program of physical education for the primary grades in the Dayton public schools\" (1969). 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The following chart, from a 2008 paper by the University of Chicago\u2019s Robert Shimer, shows the percentage of each group of workers with various durations of unemployment who found work in the coming month:\nRobert Shimer, \u201cThe Probability of Finding a Job,\u201d American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings 2008, 98:2, 268\u2013273.\nProfessor Shimer averaged job-finding data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics from January 1976 to October 2007, looking at only people who either lost or left jobs before becoming unemployed (that is, excluding people who were new entrants or re-entrants to the labor force).\nThe horizontal axis shows how long someone has been unemployed, and the vertical axis shows the likelihood that the person will find a job in the next month. Professor Shimer found that 51 percent of workers who had been unemployed for one week obtained work in the following month, but the share declined sharply after that.\n\u201cFor workers with duration less than six months, the job finding probability averages 31 percent,\u201d he writes. \u201cIt falls to 19 percent during the next six months and just 14 percent for workers who have been unemployed for over a year.\u201d\nIn other words, in recent decades, a person out of work for a week was nearly four times as likely to find a job the next month as a counterpart who\u2019d been out of work for a year.\nProfessor Shimer\u2019s data are all prior to the recession. But the Labor Department, at the request of The New York Times, provided more recent numbers. The re-employment data by week are pretty noisy, but the general trend \u2014 if you group the workers into slightly broader categories of duration \u2014 is the same:\nSource: Bureau of Labor Statistics. Note that these numbers include all workers, including new entrants and re-entrants to the labor force. Professor Shimer\u2019s data refer only to job-losers and job-leavers.\nThe exact reasons why the long-term unemployed have more trouble finding work \u2014 a fact that is true throughout the business cycle, and not just during tough economies \u2014 are hard to disentangle.\nTo be sure, there might be some differences between the types of workers who are short-term unemployed and those who are long-term unemployed. The better workers are more likely to get hired faster, leaving a pool of less qualified workers as the ones who disproportionately make it to long-term unemployment in the first place.\nBut the experience of unemployment itself also seems to damage workers\u2019 prospects.\nFirst of all, employers will look at a yawning gap in a worker\u2019s resume and wonder why no one else would take this applicant. It\u2019s the \u201clemon\u201d issue that also applies to housing and used cars: The fact that a person has been unemployed for so long (or that, say, a house has been on the market so long) is a signal that something is defective, even if the defect is not obvious to the naked eye.\nEmployers may also worry that jobless people have gotten out of the habit of working, which appears to be a valid concern. Unemployed people spend more time sleeping and watching television, for example, than their employed counterparts, and may have trouble readjusting to the rigors of a more structured schedule after spending so much time out of the office. Unemployed people are also more likely to be depressed and to suffer from low self-respect, characteristics that may make them interview poorly.\nOther types of skills may atrophy \u2014 especially if the long-term unemployed worked in particularly dynamic industries like high-tech \u2014 and their Rolodexes become dated.\nOf course, when the economy is booming and the supply of workers is extremely tight, employers are less picky, and to some extent the marketability issues will fade.\nBut the other effects of long-term unemployment may be more permanently scarring. This is a phenomenon Europe appeared to go through starting in the 1980s, as an entire class of workers became very difficult to put back to gainful employment.\n\u201cAfter a while, a lot of European countries just got used to having 8 or 9 percent unemployment, where they just said, \u2018Hey, that\u2019s about good enough,\u2019 \u201d said Gary Burtless, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.\nWhat We\u2019re Reading: Finding People Like Yourself\nHow Medicare Pays Physicians", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 122, "original_length": 8710, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 218.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://eddataexpress.ed.gov/data-element-explorer.cfm/tab/data/deid/6762/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:37:51Z", "digest": "sha1:SA2WR3KAOHHBJOQNRKTIZHK5FVLH47KO", "length": 1621, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "eddataexpress.ed.gov", "title": "Number of Homeless Students Enrolled in LEAs with or without McKinney-Vento Subgrants in Hotels/Motels: 2015-16 - ED Data Express", "raw_content": "Number of Homeless Students Enrolled in LEAs with or without McKinney-Vento Subgrants in Hotels/Motels: 2015-16 1\nThe unduplicated statewide number of homeless students who were enrolled in public schools in local education agencies (LEAs) whose primary nighttime residence is in a hotel or motel. 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The program focuses on enhancing consumer, individual, and family well-being and providing students with unique opportunities for careers in industries that provide goods and services.\nReview the list of approved courses applicable to the Consumer Sciences minor.\nThe minor in consumer sciences consists of a minimum of 15 credit hours. The minor is designed to enable students to understand the consumer/market relationship, with special emphasis on identification and solution of consumer problems.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 86, "original_length": 3101, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 156.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ejournals.vdu.lt/index.php/mtsrbid/article/view/114", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:10:04Z", "digest": "sha1:NDVB52TYMNPVTGJWU2NTQP6VHGCJFE62", "length": 2127, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "ejournals.vdu.lt", "title": "MODERNIZATION OF THE DEMAND AND SUPPLY SIDES FOR GASTRONOMIC CULTURAL HERITAGE | Management Theory and Studies for Rural Business and Infrastructure Development", "raw_content": "Maiga Kruzmetra Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies\nBaiba Rivza Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies\nDiana Foris Transilvania University of Brasov\nKeywords: Gastronomic heritage, modernization of demand-supply in the market, rural development.\nGastronomic cultural heritage is part of cultural heritage. Under globalisation, individu-als become increasingly interested not only in cultural heritage as a whole but also in its com-ponents, e.g. gastronomic heritage. Nowadays individuals are interested in such things as tradi-tional foods, the techniques of preparing the foods and the traditions of consuming them. Indi-viduals wish to see gastronomic traditions not only on a national scale but also a regional and even a local scale. Previous research studies conducted in Latvia focused on the progress of cultural heritage products as value and the introduction of such products by businesses in the rural areas of Latvia. Scientific cooperation opened up opportunities to study the phenomenon of a wider geographical space covering four countries \u2013 Poland, Lithuania, Romania and Latvia. The aim of this research stage: to identify an impact of information on the demand-supply bal-ance of gastronomic heritage as a product in the market. The method of the research: a socio-logical survey (n = 1000 from Poland, Lithuania, Romania and Latvia; 285 men and 715 wom-en) that was carried out during 2016. Despite the fact that the sample groups were not repre-sentative (did not reflect the views of the entire population), the obtained data and results of this analysis provided insight into the cultural issues under today\u2019s circumstances through the popu-lation\u2019s views. The results of the study strengthen the need for the modernization of the infor-mation system in order to promote rural viability.\nKruzmetra, M., Rivza, B., & Foris, D. (2018). MODERNIZATION OF THE DEMAND AND SUPPLY SIDES FOR GASTRONOMIC CULTURAL HERITAGE. Management Theory and Studies for Rural Business and Infrastructure Development, 40(3). 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Contact us", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 3518, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 323.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://elementarypolitics.wordpress.com/2014/06/25/jersey-boys-excellent-music-passable-plot/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:18:00Z", "digest": "sha1:OBULHPKPEWBYS4FA7LZNEIS537F3EDYC", "length": 4497, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "elementarypolitics.wordpress.com", "title": "Jersey Boys\u2014Excellent music, passable plot \u2013 Elementary Politics", "raw_content": "Home \u203a Entertainment \u203a Jersey Boys\u2014Excellent music, passable plot\nJersey Boys\u2014Excellent music, passable plot\nIf you want to go see Jersey Boys because you\u2019re looking to hear the great music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, go see this movie. If you\u2019re looking for the somewhat clich\u00e9 at this point life story of a musician\u2019s life story (honestly you\u2019ve seen one of these movies you\u2019ve seen them all) you won\u2019t be disappointed. If you expected to see a really great film directed by Clint Eastwood, you might leave the theater disappointed.\nThe movie is fairly good at a surface. You have an admirable central character, Frankie Valli, who not only achieves success from humble beginnings but always looks out for his friends. You have just great music. You have some well-written, very clever and witty dialogue. The plot gets a little slow at times (especially the first 45 minutes or so) but you\u2019ll forgive that fault as it is a fictionalized version of a real story and we expect that to have a little more back story. I found having the different parts of the story being narrated by a different member of the Four Seasons particularly clever (if not a big jarring in having so many breaks of the 4th wall). John Lloyd Young does an excellent job singing in the style of the real Frankie Valli, and he does equally good job of making you feel for Frankie Valli as he weathers numerous personal tragedies.\nIf you\u2019re just going for entertainment and to relive some of the best music of its era, you will not be disappointed.\nHowever, if you\u2019ve been reading my reviews for any length of time you know at this point I want more. I\u2019ve seen more than enough movies that are just entertaining and I want some depth to my films. And while there is some depth and a message in this film, it\u2019s the wrong message. Specifically in the form of the central part of Valli\u2019s personal trials. His long time \u201cfriend\u201d Tommy DeVito, who founded and managed what would become The Four Seasons in the early days of the group, got in bad with loan sharks. By \u201cbad\u201d I mean to the tune of $150,000\u2026after already stealing a half a million from the group (that\u2019s about $5.5 million total in 2014 dollars). And for some reason, out of loyalty? friendship? Valli agrees that he will work off his friend\u2019s debt rather than let him become victim to typical loan shark methods of collection. This is bad enough, but the fact that DeVito is portrayed as arrogant to the point of never admitting his fault in the matter or ever apologizing to or thanking Valli for getting him out of the hole he had dug for himself (if the real Tommy DeVito is even half the asshole he was portrayed to be in the film, then it would have been more than ethical to let the loan sharks have him). Valli then embarks on years upon years of shows to pay the debt off. I personally have a problem with this, standing up for someone who keeps stabbing you in the back isn\u2019t friendship, it\u2019s an abusive relationship. The fact that this is portrayed as being a factor in the destruction of Valli\u2019s relationship with his family only exacerbates how wrong this is at some levels. And the movie doesn\u2019t quite know how to deal with this, half the time it seems to treat Valli\u2019s actions as a virtue (which they aren\u2019t) and half the time (usually through the narration of the group\u2019s song writer Bob Gaudio). It\u2019s implied that this is the ethics of Jersey\u2026but if that\u2019s the case then Jersey is an even worse place than its corrupt and idiotic governor would suggest.\nFurther, this was not Clint Eastwood\u2019s best directing. He really phoned this in. I saw nothing of the man who directed the human drama of Gran Torino or Million Dollar Baby, nor the depth of Hereafter. This is more the work of the man who directed Play Misty For Me. The movie is well directed, but it\u2019s at level of good direction from a C level director, not the A level director that Eastwood has repeatedly proven himself to be. I find no fault with anything he did, but there was no greatness anywhere either.\nAgain if you just want a decent docudrama with a good soundtrack, you\u2019ll love this film. 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Businesses that affiliate with the BBB and adhere to its standards do so through industry self-regulation. To avoid bias, the BBB's policy is to refrain from recommending or endorsing any specific business, product or service.[4]\nThe organization has been the subject of controversy, particularly related to its alleged practice of giving higher ratings to businesses that pay a membership fee. The BBB disputes the claim that payment from businesses is required for them to receive an \"A\" rating.[5] Business consultant and previous national Manager of Customer Service for Checker Auto Parts Eva Love observed, \"Complaining about a business to the Better Business Bureau is like complaining to the mouse's mother after a mouse steals your cheese. It will help if the wind is blowing in your direction.\"[6]\nNearly 400,000 local businesses in North America are accredited by the BBB.[7] The BBB prospects successfully vetted businesses to become dues-paying 'accredited businesses' that pledge and continue to adhere to the BBB Code of Business Practices.[8] In return, the BBB allows accredited businesses in good standing to use its trademarked logo in marketing materials.\nThis section may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. The specific problem is: article sections needs major overhaul. Entire section was commented in without solving previous source issue. Please help improve this section if you can. (September 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)\n\"Medical quackery and the promotions of nostrums and worthless drugs were among the most prominent abuses which led to the establishment of formal self-regulation in business and, in turn, to the creation of the NBBB.\"[9] The concept of the Better Business Bureau has been credited to several court cases, such as United States v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca-Cola, initiated by the government against a number of organizations, including the Coca-Cola Company, in 1906 after the Pure Food and Drug Act had become law. Samuel Candler Dobbs, sales manager of Coca-Cola and later its president, took up the cause of truth in advertising in the wake of those judgments.[citation needed]\nIn 1909, Dobbs became president of the Associated Advertising Clubs of America, now the American Advertising Federation (AAF), and began to make speeches on the subject. In 1911, he was involved in the adoption of the \"Ten Commandments of Advertising,\" one of the first codes of advertising developed by groups of advertising firms and individual businesses. Similar organizations in succeeding decades, such as the National Better Business Commission, Inc. of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World (1921), and the National Association of Better Business Bureaus, Inc. (1933), merged to become the Association of Better Business Bureaus, Inc., in 1946. In 1970, the Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB) was established.[citation needed]\nStructure and fundingEdit\nThe 112 BBBs are independently governed by their own boards of directors and must meet international BBB standards, which are monitored by the CBBB. The CBBB is governed by leaders of local BBBs, as well as by senior executives from major corporations, and community leaders such as academics and legal experts. Each BBB is run separately and is chiefly funded by its accredited businesses, who often serve on its board. A study by a business school dean at Marquette University found that ninety percent of BBB board members are from business.[10]\nBusinesses that move from one BBB jurisdiction to another may need to apply for BBB accreditation in the new BBB location unless they have a system-wide accreditation. CBBB receives membership dues from BBBs, which amounted to US $4,884,226 in 2009.[11]\nDispute resolution proceduresEdit\nThe organization's dispute resolution procedures are established by the Council of the Better Business Bureaus, and implemented by local BBBs. Usually, disputes can be resolved through mediation; when appropriate, low- or no\u2011cost arbitration may also be offered and provided through the BBB. The BBB acts as a neutral party when providing dispute resolution services.[12]\nComplaints about the practice of professions like medicine and law are usually not handled by the BBB and are referred to associations regulating those professions.[13] The BBB does not handle complaints that have gone to court or are in the process of going to court as the complaint is already being handled by an alternative entity.[14]\nIf a BBB receives a consumer dispute, the BBB contacts the business in question and offers to mediate the dispute. A business does not need to be a member of the BBB to use its mediation services. BBB accreditation, or membership, is completely optional for a business to accept and participate in through the payment of dues. Past complaints allege that the BBB compiles scores based upon their ability to collect their money from businesses, and not entirely upon business performance.[15]\nNational Advertising DivisionEdit\nThe National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus in the United States and Canada reviews factual claims made in national advertisements.[16] They offer alternative dispute resolution services for advertisers, typically reaching a conclusion within 90 days of a filing. Compliance with findings is voluntary.[citation needed]\nRating system and accreditationEdit\nUntil 2008, the BBB rated companies \"satisfactory\" or \"unsatisfactory.\" On January 1, 2009, the BBB moved to a new system based on a school-style A+ to F rating system.[17] The 16 factors have been posted on each business review since the program's inception[18] and the details on the points awarded as well.[18] Initially there was a 17th factor worth 4 points for businesses that were Accredited and paid a fee to BBB. That process was changed in November 2010 in response to criticism in the media and from the Connecticut attorney general who accused BBB of using \"pay to play\" tactics.[15]\nIf a business chooses not to provide basic information, such as size and start date, the BBB may assign a not-rated (NR) rating.[18][19] A low rating due solely to a company not providing information would read: \"BBB does not have sufficient background information on this business.\"[citation needed]\nA business is eligible for BBB accreditation if it meets, in the opinion of the BBB, the \"BBB Standards for Trust\".[2] There are eight BBB Standards for Trust that the BBB expects its accredited businesses to adhere to build trust (\"maintain a positive track record in the marketplace\"), advertise honestly, tell the truth, be transparent, honor promises, be responsive (address marketplace disputes), safeguard privacy (protect consumer data) and embody integrity.[20]\nThe Attorney General of Connecticut demanded that the BBB stop using its weighted letter grade system, calling it \"potentially harmful and misleading\" to consumers.[21] Responding to the Attorney General of Connecticut and others, the BBB has since modified its letter grade system.[15]\nIn 2010 ABC's 20/20 reported in a segment titled \"The Best Ratings Money Can Buy\" about the irregularities in BBB ratings.[22] They reported that a man created two dummy companies which received A+ ratings as soon as he had paid the membership fee. They also reported that business owners were told that the only way to improve their rating was by paying the fee. In one case a C was turned to an A immediately after a payment and in another case a C\u2011minus became an A+. The chef Wolfgang Puck said that some of his businesses receive F's because he refuses to pay a fee. Ritz Carlton, which does not belong either, also receives Fs for not responding to its complaints.[21]\nIn response, the president of the Council of Better Business Bureaus has stated the BBB ratings system will cease awarding points to businesses for being BBB members.[23] The national BBB's executive committee voted to address the public's perception of the ratings system. It voted that the BBB ratings system would no longer give additional points to businesses because they are accredited. It voted to implement a system to handle complaints about BBB sales practices.[24] Despite the vote, the BBB website still states that points are taken away if accreditation is lost.[25][26]\nIn Canada, CBC News reported in 2010 that Canadian BBBs were downgrading the ratings scores of businesses who stopped paying their dues. For example, a moving business who had an A rating and had been a BBB member for 20 years, dropped to a D\u2011minus rating when they allegedly no longer wanted to pay dues.[27]\nBBBs have been accused of unduly protecting companies. If a branch does not act reasonably on behalf of a consumer, a complaint may be filed with the Federal Trade Commission. Moreover, recent reports have suggested that the Austin chapter of the Better Business Bureau refused to resolve complaints against companies if customers do not pay a $70 mediation fee.[28]\nAdditionally, while the BBB publishes names of corporations, it withholds the names of individuals lodging complaints. The BBB also publishes the complainant's claim without any attempt at verification. The net result is that the BBB can be used to launch anonymous attacks on businesses with the onus falling on the business to refute any untrue or exaggerated claims made by the complainant.[citation needed]\nCriticism on case resolutionsEdit\nIt has been reported that the BBB encourages and solicits money from the very businesses they monitor which, again, raises the question of neutrality.[29] The BBB states that they hold their Accredited businesses to a higher standard, as outlined in their Accreditation standards.[30] This behavior is likely the reason for such backronyms as, \"Better for Businesses Bureau\" and \"Bribes from Businesses Bureau,\" popular nicknames for the organization presumably stemming from the frustration regarding the above criticisms.\nOn December 22, 2010, William Mitchell, CEO of the Los Angeles BBB, and originator of the BBB letter grading system, resigned as a result of an internal investigation conducted by the CBBB.[5][31] The resignation was rescinded shortly afterward, however, with Mitchell claiming that his health prompted him to resign, and criticizing the National Council for attempting to take over the Southern California chapter.[32]\nToronto BBB ClosesEdit\nThe Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan Toronto closed in 1995 following reports of high executive pay.[33][34][35]\nIntegration of US and Canadian operationsEdit\nOn August 16, 2011 the Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB) announced the formal integration of operations in the United States & Canada, effective immediately.[36] The CBBB Board of Directors voted earlier this month on the integration plan. The Council of Better Business Bureaus is the international headquarters of the BBB system and the governing body that licenses local BBBs and provides support services to increase their effectiveness.\nAccording to the statement, integration marks the way \"...for an improved customer experience for those who purchase goods and services across the border.\" \"The U.S. and Canada remain each other's largest trading partners,\" noted Stephen A. Cox, President and CEO of CBBB. \"We are really one North American marketplace, and the BBB system now reflects that. Not only will it be easier for consumers to check out businesses in either country, it will be simpler for them to file a complaint or resolve a dispute.\"\nThe move was supported by the Canadian Council of Better Business Bureaus (CCBBB). \"Given the advances in technology and the globalization of services, it no longer makes sense to maintain two separate systems,\" said M. Jean Lemyre, chair of the CCBBB. \"The vast majority of consumers initially contact BBB through the Internet. Aligning BBB services into one integrated system will be more efficient for businesses in Canada, and will ensure that consumers continue to receive the high quality of services they've come to expect from BBB.\"[37][38][33][39]\nBBB Revokes Trademark Authorization from four Canadian officesEdit\nThe Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB) revoked the BBB name & trademark from four Canadian Better Business Bureaus. The CBBB said it made the move to withdraw trademark authorization from the offices in Hamilton, Windsor, Montreal and St. John's after determining these four Canadian offices did not meet the defined standards of operation.\nCBBB realigned the boundaries of its affected Canadian offices and folded them into larger offices. Hamilton has been gathered under the banner of the BBB's Kitchener office,[37] while the territories in SW Ontario (including Windsor) are now part of the Western Ontario region[39] based in London, ON.\nThe former President of the Better Business Bureau of Windsor and South Western Ontario claims that he continues to operate under the name IntegrityLink in 2011, although services offered under that name have not been verified and the CBBB maintains concerns that some of the former BBB's continue to make use of proprietary information to which they are no longer entitled.[37][38][33][39][40]\nSince 2011 the Hamilton, Montreal & St. John's offices have also changed their names or closed following what they termed a takeover by the U.S.-based Council of Better Business Bureaus.[34] The Hamilton, Ontario BBB adopted the name Canadian Businesses and Charity Bureau.[41] In May 2012, the Hamilton organization was locked out of its office by its landlord in a rent dispute.[42] Local BBBs in Montreal[43] and St. John's, Newfoundland also left the CBBB and lost the right to use the BBB name. The Montreal BBB changed its name to L'Office de Certification Commerciale du Qu\u00e9bec or Qu\u00e9bec Commercial Certification Office, while the BBB in St. John's, Newfoundland, reportedly closed.[44]\nOn March 12, 2013, the Council of Better Business Bureaus expelled the Los Angeles-based Better Business Bureau of the Southland, the largest local BBB, claiming that the local group had not met the Council's \"standards relating to accreditation, reporting on businesses, and handling complaints.\"[45][46] The Los Angeles group changed its name to the Business Consumer Alliance and said that it had followed all the Council's policies.[47][48][49] The Council of Better Business Bureaus launched a new local BBB for the Los Angeles area.[50]\n^ http://www.bbb.org/us/Storage/16/Documents/BBB-WGA-2011-IRS-Form-990.pdf\n^ a b \"The Better Business Bureau Vision, Mission & Vision\". Council of Better Business Bureaus. 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Retrieved May 25, 2013.\nGive.org \u2013 BBB Wise Giving Alliance\nBetter Business Bureau \u2013 Recent Development\nLighting the Way \u2013 Better Business Bureau\nNational Advertising Division.\nRetrieved from \"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Better_Business_Bureau&oldid=881283444\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 154, "original_length": 22091, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 212.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://en.welcometoibiza.com/Ibiza-agenda/Family-leisure/ten-plans-free-for-children-in-ibiza/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:02Z", "digest": "sha1:C54ABK3STD3EHXDLSL6H7PL37ITR5AII", "length": 5575, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "en.welcometoibiza.com", "title": "Ten free plans for children in Ibiza - Welcometoibiza.es", "raw_content": "Not everything fun is expensive, and less if it is entertaining the kids. Here are ten examples of free plans for children in Ibiza\nChildren do not understand red numbers and sometimes it is difficult to entertain them without leaving home. Although in Ibiza you have to pay practically for everything (and not a little), you can always find one or the other free plan and not for that boring.\nThere are of all kinds: cultural, sports-related, with nature ... Some are fixed, that is to say, that you can carry them out throughout the year. Others, on the other hand, are punctual, either because you can only enjoy them in summer or because they are held on specific dates. So that you do not miss the latter, we advise you consult our Events calendar. In it we publish all kinds of activities for both adults and children, most of them free.\nNext we propose you Ten free plans for children in Ibiza, but there are many more. Surely as you read the others will occur to you Do not hesitate to share them!\n1 VISIT TO THE SES SALINES INTERPRETATION CENTER\nIt is attached to the church of Sant Francesc de ses Salines and is the perfect way to know the richness of this place. They will learn to value it and discover the fauna and flora that compose it.\nWhat fun? That you can order binoculars for bird watching. If you approach during the months of February to May or from July to October and you are lucky, you will see beautiful flamingos. They will be amazed!\n2 WALKS IN SA COMA\nThis is undoubtedly the best plan to have a great time while contributing to a good cause. Many puppies live in Sa Coma and, sometimes, there are not enough hands to walk them. Thus, They open their doors so you can help them walk around. You can walk around, a beautiful area of \u200b\u200bthe countryside, accompanied by some of the animals of the center. The kids will never forget a moment like this. They will want to repeat at all costs! You can check the timetables on your website.\n3 CHILDREN'S CINEMA\nThe Centro Cultural Can Jeroni, in San Jos\u00e9, often schedules free movies for children. Animation films, fantasy, family ... the point is that they laugh and learn at the same time. For convenience, you do not need to book, you only have to be there at the time of the screening.\nAlso, in summer they usually organize different cycles of outdoor cinema in different parts of the island, many of them with films for children.\n4 VISIT TO THE ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY\nMaybe you do not know, but in Ibiza we have two Astronomical Observatories to the last one. One of them is in Puig d'es Molins and you can visit it for free. Surely your children would love to contemplate the sky from a giant telescope! To go you just have to enter their website and book date. We advise you to have some patience, there are so many who want to know that the lists are usually complete.\n5 AN OUTDOOR PICNIC IN A MERENDERO\nWho does not like to spend a day in the country? And eat? We can combine both ideas by setting up a good picnic in one of the picnic areas around Ibiza. San Lorenzo may be the most popular, but it is not the only one. There is another one in s'Argentera, San Carlos, and one more, with a playground included, in San Rafael. Do you know any more?\n6 THEATRALIZED VISITS TO DALT VILA\nThe most original way to know the history of the walled city and to understand how the society of that time lived in Dalt Vila. The activity is free for children up to 7 years and is usually carried out on Saturdays. You can register by calling + 34 971 399 232 or by writing an email to informacioturistica@eivissa.es\n7 FISHING IN IBIZA\nGet a simple fisherman or a hook and get close to any of the coves on the island. If you take some pieces of bread, the fish will come quickly to your claim and, even if they do not bite, you will have spent the day in a fun and entertaining way.\n8 SKATING IN A SKATE PARK\nIf you have skates, scooters or skateboards, you already have a lot of livestock! In Ibiza there is more than one skating rink. Its access is free, the only thing you should keep in mind is that they share the same space skaters of different levels, with what you must be careful. You will find a skate track outside of San Antonio, at the Can Coix sports center; in Ibiza in the Bfit gym parking lot and in Figueretas next to the old cemetery, behind the football courts.\n9 PATRON PARTY PROGRAMS\nAll the towns and municipalities of the island celebrate their annual festivities and in the programs always take into account the children. Moreover, some municipalities organize activities aimed at children without having to be at parties. This is the case, for example, of the Ibiza Town Hall and its 'Feim Barri', an initiative that aims to give life to the neighborhoods of the island. At least one weekend a month they prepare workshops, raffles and activities for children and adults in different neighborhoods.\n10 BEACHES AND COASTS OF IBIZA\nPerhaps they are so accessible to us that we do not value them enough, but how much we would miss them if we did not have them! They are a classic that never fails, and not only in summer! Diving, trying to fish or hitting a good dip is the most, but in winter they can also be a fun option. You can take advantage of the sunny days to play with the sand, take long walks, take a pachanguita to the shovels, fly a kite ... There is no one who can resist a day at the beach!\nkidspopularDiscover IbizaWinterSummerFeatured\nDo you want to volunteer? Participate in Casita Verde projects\nF *** me I'm Famous! by David Guetta @ Pacha Ibiza - 07 / 06 / 2018", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 426, "original_length": 12761, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 308.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_and_society", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:59Z", "digest": "sha1:DIYYJKM3TWBIPAZ4D7LSGORTMGLCGDLB", "length": 20583, "nlines": 99, "source_domain": "en.wikipedia.org", "title": "Energy industry - Wikipedia", "raw_content": "(Redirected from Energy and society)\nThe energy industry is the totality of all of the industries involved in the production and sale of energy, including fuel extraction, manufacturing, refining and distribution. Modern society consumes large amounts of fuel, and the energy industry is a crucial part of the infrastructure and maintenance of society in almost all countries.\nIn particular, the energy industry comprises:\nthe petroleum industry, including oil companies, petroleum refiners, fuel transport and end-user sales at gas stations\nthe gas industry, including natural gas extraction, and coal gas manufacture, as well as distribution and sales\nthe electrical power industry, including electricity generation, electric power distribution and sales\nthe nuclear power industry\nthe renewable energy industry, comprising alternative energy and sustainable energy companies, including those involved in hydroelectric power, wind power, and solar power generation, and the manufacture, distribution and sale of alternative fuels\ntraditional energy industry based on the collection and distribution of firewood, the use of which, for cooking and heating, is particularly common in poorer countries\nEnergy consumption in kilograms of oil equivalent (kgoe) per person per year per country (2001 data). Darker tones indicate larger consumption, while dark grey areas are missing from the dataset. Red hue indicates increasing consumption, green hue indicates decreasing consumption, in the time between 1990 and 2001.\n4.2 Financial market\n10 Mergers and Acquisitions\nThe use of energy has been a key in the development of the human society by helping it to control and adapt to the environment. Managing the use of energy is inevitable in any functional society. In the industrialized world the development of energy resources has become essential for agriculture, transportation, waste collection, information technology, communications that have become prerequisites of a developed society. The increasing use of energy since the Industrial Revolution has also brought with it a number of serious problems, some of which, such as global warming, present potentially grave risks to the world.\nIn some industries, the word energy is used as a synonym of energy resources, which refer to substances like fuels, petroleum products and electricity in general, because a significant portion of the energy contained in these resources can easily be extracted to serve a useful purpose. After a useful process has taken place, the total energy is conserved, but the ressource itself is not conserved, since a process usually transforms the energy into unusable forms (such as unnecessary or excess heat).\nEver since humanity discovered various energy resources available in nature, it has been inventing devices, known as machines, that make life more comfortable by using energy resources. Thus, although the primitive man knew the utility of fire to cook food, the invention of devices like gas burners and microwave ovens has increased the usage of energy for this purpose alone manyfold. The trend is the same in any other field of social activity, be it construction of social infrastructure, manufacturing of fabrics for covering; porting; printing; decorating, for example textiles, air conditioning; communication of information or for moving people and goods (automobiles).\nMain article: Energy economics\nProduction and consumption of energy resources is very important to the global economy. All economic activity requires energy resources, whether to manufacture goods, provide transportation, run computers and other machines.\nWidespread demand for energy may encourage competing energy utilities and the formation of retail energy markets. Note the presence of the \"Energy Marketing and Customer Service\" (EMACS) sub-sector.[1]\nThe energy sector accounts for 4.6% of outstanding leveraged loans, compared with 3.1% a decade ago, while energy bonds make up 15.7% of the $1.3 trillion junk bond market, up from 4.3% over the same period.[2]\nMain article: Energy demand management\nSince the cost of energy has become a significant factor in the performance of economy of societies, management of energy resources has become very crucial. Energy management involves utilizing the available energy resources more effectively that is with minimum incremental costs. Many times it is possible to save expenditure on energy without incorporating fresh technology by simple management techniques.[3] Most often energy management is the practice of using energy more efficiently by eliminating energy wastage or to balance justifiable energy demand with appropriate energy supply. The process couples energy awareness with energy conservation.\nThe United Nations developed the International Standard Industrial Classification, which is a list of economic and social classifications.[4] There is no distinct classification for an energy industry, because the classification system is based on activities, products, and expenditures according to purpose.[5]\nCountries in North America use the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). The NAICS sectors #21 and #22 (mining and utilities) might roughly define the energy industry in North America. This classification is used by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.\nFinancial market[edit]\nThe Global Industry Classification Standard used by Morgan Stanley define the energy industry as comprising companies primarily working with oil, gas, coal and consumable fuels, excluding companies working with certain industrial gases.[6] Add also to expand this section: Dow Jones Industrial Average[7]\nMain article: Environmental impact of the energy industry\nGovernment encouragement in the form of subsidies and tax incentives for energy-conservation efforts has increasingly fostered the view of conservation as a major function of the energy industry: saving an amount of energy provides economic benefits almost identical to generating that same amount of energy. This is compounded by the fact that the economics of delivering energy tend to be priced for capacity as opposed to average usage. One of the purposes of a smart grid infrastructure is to smooth out demand so that capacity and demand curves align more closely. Some parts of the energy industry generate considerable pollution, including toxic and greenhouse gases from fuel combustion, nuclear waste from the generation of nuclear power, and oil spillages as a result of petroleum extraction. Government regulations to internalize these externalities form an increasing part of doing business, and the trading of carbon credits and pollution credits on the free market may also result in energy-saving and pollution-control measures becoming even more important to energy providers.\nConsumption of energy resources, (e.g. turning on a light) requires resources and has an effect on the environment. Many electric power plants burn coal, oil or natural gas in order to generate electricity for energy needs. While burning these fossil fuels produces a readily available and instantaneous supply of electricity, it also generates air pollutants including carbon dioxide (CO2), sulfur dioxide and trioxide (SOx) and nitrogen oxides (NOx). Carbon dioxide is an important greenhouse gas which is thought to be responsible for some fraction of the rapid increase in climate change seen especially in the temperature records in the 20th century, as compared with tens of thousands of years worth of temperature records which can be read from ice cores taken in Arctic regions. Burning fossil fuels for electricity generation also releases trace metals such as beryllium, cadmium, chromium, copper, manganese, mercury, nickel, and silver into the environment, which also act as pollutants.\nThe large-scale use of renewable energy technologies would \"greatly mitigate or eliminate a wide range of environmental and human health impacts of energy use\".[8][9] Renewable energy technologies include biofuels, solar heating and cooling, hydroelectric power, solar power, and wind power. Energy conservation and the efficient use of energy would also help.\nIn addition, it is argued that there is also the potential to develop a more efficient energy sector. This can be done by:[10]\nFuel switching in the power sector from coal to natural gas;\nPower plant optimisation and other measures to improve the efficiency of existing CCGT power plants;\nCombined heat and power (CHP), from micro-scale residential to large-scale industrial;\nBest available technology (BAT) offers supply-side efficiency levels far higher than global averages. The relative benefits of gas compared to coal are influenced by the development of increasingly efficient energy production methods. According to an impact assessment carried out for the European Commission, the levels of energy efficiency of coal-fired plants built have now increased to 46-49% efficiency rates, as compared to coals plants built before the 1990s (32-40%).[11] However, at the same time gas can reach 58-59% efficiency levels with the best available technology.[11] Meanwhile, combined heat and power can offer efficiency rates of 80-90%.[11]\nSince now energy plays an essential role in industrial societies, the ownership and control of energy resources plays an increasing role in politics. At the national level, governments seek to influence the sharing (distribution) of energy resources among various sections of the society through pricing mechanisms; or even who owns resources within their borders. They may also seek to influence the use of energy by individuals and business in an attempt to tackle environmental issues.\nThe most recent international political controversy regarding energy resources is in the context of the Iraq Wars. Some political analysts maintain that the hidden reason for both 1991 and 2003 wars can be traced to strategic control of international energy resources.[12] Others counter this analysis with the numbers related to its economics. According to the latter group of analysts, U.S. has spent about $336 billion in Iraq[13] as compared with a background current value of $25 billion per year budget for the entire U.S. oil import dependence[14]\nMain article: Energy policy\nEnergy policy is the manner in which a given entity (often governmental) has decided to address issues of energy development including energy production, distribution and consumption. The attributes of energy policy may include legislation, international treaties, incentives to investment, guidelines for energy conservation, taxation and other public policy techniques.\nMain article: Energy security\nEnergy security is the intersection of national security and the availability of natural resources for energy consumption. Access to cheap energy has become essential to the functioning of modern economies. However, the uneven distribution of energy supplies among countries has led to significant vulnerabilities. Threats to energy security include the political instability of several energy producing countries, the manipulation of energy supplies, the competition over energy sources, attacks on supply infrastructure, as well as accidents, natural disasters, the funding to foreign dictators, rising terrorism, and dominant countries reliance to the foreign oil supply.[15] The limited supplies, uneven distribution, and rising costs of fossil fuels, such as oil and gas, create a need to change to more sustainable energy sources in the foreseeable future. With as much dependence that the U.S. currently has for oil and with the peaking limits of oil production; economies and societies will begin to feel the decline in the resource that we have become dependent upon. Energy security has become one of the leading issues in the world today as oil and other resources have become as vital to the world's people. However, with oil production rates decreasing and oil production peak nearing the world has come to protect what resources we have left in the world. With new advancements in renewable resources less pressure has been put on companies that produce the world's oil, these resources are, geothermal, solar power, wind power and hydro-electric. Although these are not all the current and possible future options for the world to turn to as the oil depletes the most important issue is protecting these vital resources from future threats. These new resources will become more useful as the price of exporting and importing oil will increase due to increase of demand.\nMain article: Energy development\nProducing energy to sustain human needs is an essential social activity, and a great deal of effort goes into the activity. While most of such effort is limited towards increasing the production of electricity and oil, newer ways of producing usable energy resources from the available energy resources are being explored. One such effort is to explore means of producing hydrogen fuel from water. Though hydrogen use is environmentally friendly, its production requires energy and existing technologies to make it, are not very efficient. Research is underway to explore enzymatic decomposition of biomass.[16]\nOther forms of conventional energy resources are also being used in new ways. Coal gasification and liquefaction are recent technologies that are becoming attractive after the realization that oil reserves, at present consumption rates, may be rather short lived. See alternative fuels.\nEnergy is the subject of significant research activities globally. For example, the UK Energy Research Centre is the focal point for UK energy research while the European Union has many technology programmes as well as a platform for engaging social science and humanities within energy research.[17]\nAll societies require materials and food to be transported over distances, generally against some force of friction. Since application of force over distance requires the presence of a source of usable energy, such sources are of great worth in society.\nWhile energy resources are an essential ingredient for all modes of transportation in society, the transportation of energy resources is becoming equally important. Energy resources are frequently located far from the place where they are consumed. Therefore, their transportation is always in question. Some energy resources like liquid or gaseous fuels are transported using tankers or pipelines, while electricity transportation invariably requires a network of grid cables. The transportation of energy, whether by tanker, pipeline, or transmission line, poses challenges for scientists and engineers, policy makers, and economists to make it more risk-free and efficient.\nMain article: Energy crisis\nOil prices from 1861 to 2007\nEconomic and political instability can lead to an energy crisis. Notable oil crises are the 1973 oil crisis and the 1979 oil crisis. The advent of peak oil, the point in time when the maximum rate of global petroleum extraction is reached, will likely precipitate another energy crisis.\nBetween 1985 and 2018 there have been around 69,932 deals in the energy sector. This cumulates to an overall value of 9,578 bil USD. The most active year was 2010 with about 3.761 deals. In terms of value 2007 was the strongest year (684 bil. USD), which was followed by a steep decline until 2009 (-55,8%).[18]\nHere is a list of the top 10 deals in history in the energy sector:\nDate Announced Acquiror Name Acquiror Mid Industry Acquiror Nation Target Name Target Mid Industry Target Nation Value of Transaction ($mil)\n12/01/1998 Exxon Corp Oil & Gas United States Mobil Corp Oil & Gas United States 78,945.79\n10/28/2004 Royal Dutch Petroleum Co Oil & Gas Netherlands Shell Transport & Trading Co Oil & Gas United Kingdom 74,558.58\n04/08/2015 Royal Dutch Shell PLC Petrochemicals Netherlands BG Group PLC Oil & Gas United Kingdom 69,445.02\n02/25/2006 Gaz de France SA Oil & Gas France Suez SA Power France 60,856.45\n07/05/1999 Total Fina SA Oil & Gas France Elf Aquitaine Oil & Gas France 50,070.05\n08/11/1998 British Petroleum Co PLC Oil & Gas United Kingdom Amoco Corp Oil & Gas United States 48,174.09\n09/01/2010 Petrobras Oil & Gas Brazil Brazil-Oil & Gas Blocks Oil & Gas Brazil 42,877.03\n10/16/2000 Chevron Corp Petrochemicals United States Texaco Inc Petrochemicals United States 42,872.30\n06/20/2000 Vivendi SA Water and Waste Management France Seagram Co Ltd Motion Pictures / Audio Visual Canada 40,428.19\n12/14/2009 Exxon Mobil Corp Petrochemicals United States XTO Energy Inc Oil & Gas United States 40,298.14\nEnergy system \u2013 the interpretation of the energy sector in system terms\nList of energy resources\nList of largest energy companies\n^ Allen, J (1998). \"Emacs ushers in customer-, marketing-driven industry\". Electrical world. Hightstown, NJ: McGraw-Hill. 212 (3): 41\u201343. ISSN 0013-4457. Retrieved 2010-10-13. The Energy Marketing and Customer Service (EMACS) conference/exhibition focuses exclusively on the selling of energy in competitive retail markets.\n^ Alloway, Tracy (26 November 2014). \"Oil price fall starts to weigh on banks\". ft.com. Retrieved 27 November 2014.\n^ Energy Management :: MEPoL Archived 25 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine\n^ United Nations economic and social classifications Accessed 6 April 2007.\n^ United Nations Available Classifications Accessed 6 April 2007.\n^ MSCI-Barra GICS Tables Accessed 6 April 2007.\n^ Industry Classification Benchmark for Dow Jones Indexes (United States) and FTSE Indexes (United Kingdom) (pdf)\n^ Jacobson, Mark Z.; Delucchi, Mark A. (2010). \"Providing all Global Energy with Wind, Water, and Solar Power, Part I: Technologies, Energy Resources, Quantities and Areas of Infrastructure, and Materials\" (PDF). Energy policy. 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Pearson. \"Seven Centuries of Energy Services: The Price and Use of Light in the United Kingdom (1300-2000).\" Energy Journal 27.1 (2006).\nGales, Ben, et al. \"North versus South: Energy transition and energy intensity in Europe over 200 years.\" European Review of Economic History 11.2 (2007): 219-253.\nNye, David E. Consuming power: A social history of American energies (MIT Press, 1999)\nPratt, Joseph A. Exxon: Transforming Energy, 1973-2005 (2013) 600pp\nSmil, Vaclav (1994). Energy in World History. Westview Press. ISBN 0-8133-1902-1.\nStern, David I. \"The role of energy in economic growth.\" Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1219.1 (2011): 26-51. online\nWarr, Benjamin, et al. \"Energy use and economic development: A comparative analysis of useful work supply in Austria, Japan, the United Kingdom and the US during 100 years of economic growth.\" Ecological Economics 69.10 (2010): 1904-1917. online\nYergin, Daniel (2011). The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World. Penguin. p. 816. ISBN 978-1594202834.\nOutline of energy\nThermal reservoir\nVolume (thermodynamics)\nInteratomic potential\nChromodynamic\nJevons's paradox\nRetrieved from \"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Energy_industry&oldid=858967147\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 616, "original_length": 28088, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 201.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eusebius_Pagit", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:21Z", "digest": "sha1:U4AQMYLXEJVAXU7W2ZIN6SMRRS56IT7D", "length": 4592, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "en.wikipedia.org", "title": "Eusebius Pagit - Wikipedia", "raw_content": "Eusebius Pagit (Pagett) (1551?-1617) was an English nonconformist clergyman.\nHe was born at Cranford St Andrew, Northamptonshire, about 1551. At twelve years of age he entered Christ Church, Oxford as a chorister. He was afterwards student of Christ Church, reputed in philosophy. Though he is said to have taken no degree, Cole has identified him with the Eusebius Paget who matriculated at Christ's College, Cambridge, on 22 February 1564, and commenced B.A. in 1567.[1]\nIn 1571 he was suspended from preaching for not subscribing the articles, and at this time he had no benefice. On 21 April 1572 he was preferred to the rectory of Lamport, Northamptonshire. On 29 January 1574 he was cited before Edmund Scambler, then bishop of Peterborough, for nonconformity, was suspended, and shortly afterwards was deprived. He subscribed Thomas Cartwright's book of discipline (1574), and with John Oxenbridge, B.D., was arrested and taken to London by order from Archbishop Edmund Grindal, for taking a leading part in the presbyterian associations of Northamptonshire and Warwickshire.\nSubsequently he was presented to the rectory of Kilkhampton, Cornwall. He told the patron and the bishop (presumed to be John Wolton, elected 2 July 1579) that he could not conform in all points, and was admitted and inducted on this understanding. His ministry was popular. In March 1584 he was brought up before his ordinary and enjoined to an exact conformity. Towards the end of 1584 articles of accusation, founded on his preaching, were exhibited against him before the high commission by Farmer, curate of Barnstaple, Devon. He appeared before the commission, presided over by Archbishop John Whitgift, on 11 January 1585. The articles were dropped, and he was charged with refusing to use the prayer-book and to observe the ceremonies. In his written defence he admitted his obligation to use the prayer-book authorised by the Uniformity Act of 1559 (i.e. Edward VI's second prayer-book), and denied that he had ever refused to do so. He allowed that he had not exactly followed that book, but pleaded that there was no copy of it provided for his church; that greater liberty in varying from the statutory form than he had taken was used by Whitgift himself, by his own bishop (Walton), and by other bishops and clergy; that his conscience would not allow him to follow the prescribed forms in every particular, and that his bishop had promised to refrain (as he legally might) from urging him to do so. He claimed a conference with his bishop or some other to be appointed by the commission. He was immediately suspended.\nOn his preaching, without stipend, after suspension he was deprived for ignoring the suspension, disusing the surplice and the cross in baptism, and omitting parts of the prayers. Counsel's opinion adverse to the legality of the deprivation was brought forward without effect, and the living was filled up.\nPagit now set up a school; but the high commission required him to take out a licence and subscribe the articles. This he scrupled at. On 3 June 1591 he addressed an appeal to Sir John Hawkins, who had previously shown himself a friend, asking his intercession with Elizabeth. He stated that he abhorred schism, and had never been present in any separate assembly but had always adhered to and communicated in his parish church. He remained silenced till the death of Whitgift (29 February 1604). On 21 September 1604 he obtained the rectory of St. Anne and St. Agnes, Aldersgate Street, London, which he held till his death. He died in May or June 1617, and was buried in his church. Ephraim Pagit was his son. is separately noticed.\nA Godlie and Fruitef ull Sermon . . . upon . . . what Provision ought to be made for the Mynister, &c. [1580 ?], 1583, (on tithes).\nThe Historie of the Bible, briefly collected, by way of Question and Answer, &c., 1613, (often reprinted and translated into French and German).\nA Godly Sermon . . . at Detford, 1586,\nA Catechism, 1591.\nHis Latin Catechism is mentioned by Peter Heylyn, Aerius Redivivus, 1670, p. 350. He translated John Calvin's harmony of the first three gospels with his commentary on St. John, A Harmonie vpon Matthew, Mark, &c., 1584.\n^ \"Paget, Eusebius (PGT563E)\". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.\nThis article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: \"Pagit, Eusebius\" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885\u20131900.\nRetrieved from \"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eusebius_Pagit&oldid=865084798\"\nPeople from the Borough of Kettering", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 104, "original_length": 6446, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 153.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/streitest", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:28Z", "digest": "sha1:36HBYCKWPH6DGRBRCGJDIAQ3JAKDAZAK", "length": 189, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "en.wiktionary.org", "title": "streitest - Wiktionary", "raw_content": "streitest\nSecond-person singular present of streiten.\nSecond-person singular subjunctive I of streiten.\nRetrieved from \"https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=streitest&oldid=43363899\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 65, "original_length": 1206, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.64, "perplexity": 328.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2018/07/528f2cc41122-feature-dont-fear-robots-fear-robotic-humans-says-japans-ai-auntie.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:08Z", "digest": "sha1:MC4SOWD6FXH372PCSZNZL3DN4H6WYMMZ", "length": 6729, "nlines": 40, "source_domain": "english.kyodonews.net", "title": "Don't fear robots, fear robotic humans, says Japan's AI auntie", "raw_content": "Don't fear robots, fear robotic humans, says Japan's AI auntie\nBy Mai Yoshikawa, KYODO NEWS - Jul 18, 2018 - 15:08 | Arts, All\nIf you fear that robots will eventually take over the human race, you may be a little wide of the mark.\nBut if you worry that artificial intelligence will contribute to the dumbing down of humans, you should be concerned.\nThat's the view of Noriko Arai, an AI expert at Japan's National Institute of Informatics.\n(Noriko Arai)\nRobots will not supersede people, says Arai, because they will always lack the human touch. But it's the thought of our fellow human beings losing what distinguishes them from machines that sends chills down her spine.\n\"The advancement of machines? That's understandable. But the decline of humans? That's a problem that needs to be addressed immediately,\" she says. \"The future is very, very scary.\"\nIn April 2017, Arai, 55, spoke at a TED conference, where she introduced to an elite audience the Todai Robot, a torso with two arms, which scored in the top 20 percent of all students in the standardized national university entrance exam.\n\"It cannot read or understand, it can just pretend,\" she said in her talk.\nAlthough the bot did not gain admission to the University of Tokyo (Todai), the Harvard of Japan, it still qualified for 70 percent of Japanese universities. When it makes its second attempt in 2021, Arai knows -- and fears -- it will perform even better.\nAs the program director of the team that built the Todai Robot, Arai did not spend years training it with the intention of proving that it can outperform high-school students.\nHer goal was to find out what robots can and cannot do compared to humans. But the exam results alarmed her. Todai Robot outperformed 80 percent of human test-takers. How could that be?\nThe question caused Arai, also a mathematician and professor, to shift the focus of her research to what she saw to be a key issue: the ability of students to comprehend what they are reading.\nShe developed a reading skill test to assess students' basic language skills relevant to reading that has been taken by more than 50,000 students and teachers over the past two years.\nThe test showed that students struggled with questions that required critical thinking, even multiple-choice questions with four answers to choose from. They are reading but not getting it.\n\"Reading comprehension makes all the difference in life. It's useful not just academically and professionally but in one's personal life too,\" she says.\n[Photo courtesy of DENSO CORPORATION]\nLacking reading comprehension is somewhat of a hidden disability. Children think they can read, parents think they can read, teachers think they can read. But many of them are just rote learning -- absorbing information without analyzing and critiquing it.\nArai says poor reading habits are not only a threat to educational achievement but a threat to the country, and even the world. Reading involves thinking, and robots can't think.\nAccording to Arai, even the web search function that requires thinking has become somewhat out of date since your virtual assistant automatically recommends products and content items based on user tastes.\nAll you have to do is click to go to the next shop, and click to watch the next video.\n\"You're just choosing, not searching for knowledge. That's what AI wants you to do. It's called digital ad optimization,\" Arai says.\n\"AIs aren't creative. But if we're just selecting from those uncreative statistic-based choices, imagine what you'll become when you're 22 and you've graduated from university. You've become someone who cannot cogitate things, someone who can only pick A or B.\"\nDue to a lack of historical data, Arai is reluctant to say that reading skills are declining. There is no proof that our grandparents were better readers. But she does say that reading is the key to success, and the key to surviving the AI advance.\n\"Your reading comprehension basically determines which school you get into. The better you are at comprehending sentences, the more chances you have at getting into a good school. It means you have more options. In other words, if you can't read, you have fewer options,\" she says.\n\"If you have a decent reading comprehension level, you can still choose to be a sushi chef or a professional soccer player. But if you can't read, you're in trouble as a grownup.\"\nArai worries that the educational system in Japan, and perhaps elsewhere too, is not equipped to produce people who are able to function effectively as humans in the face of the AI revolution.\n\"AIs manipulate symbols. They don't live in the real world so they're not capable of reasoning. They don't have common sense, they don't have values, they don't feel pain, they don't feel emotions. They're just made of data,\" Arai says.\nBut as they become better and better at replicating human tasks, they will increasingly take over jobs currently done by humans. So if that's what the future holds, humans need to excel at being humans to stay relevant and competitive.\nArai guesses AI technologies will be performing half of all white-collar jobs in 2030.\n\"The more real you are, the more valuable you will be in the labor market,\" she says.\nSo what can parents do to AI-proof their children's careers in the automated future? For a lot of Silicon Valley parents, the answer is to raise their kids tech-free, Arai says.\n\"They know that technology is potentially harmful so they send their children to Montessori schools where they get real-life experience and learn real-life problem solving. That should tell you something.\"\nHaving logical conversations at home can have long-term benefits, Arai says. She advises parents to speak with eloquence and sophistication using long sentences rather than short phrases and slang expressions. She also recommends putting questions to children. \"Why do you think so?\" is a good one to ask.\nOther tips? Post a world map on your bathroom wall. Turn on the radio. Read the news in print. Use cash instead of prepaid cards. Surround your child with real, physical things.\n\"Be creative. Robots can't be,\" she says.\nBecause compulsory education ends at grade nine in Japan, Arai believes reading difficulty cases in schools should be tackled and solved before students turn 16. Time is running out, she says.\n\"When the adulthood age is lowered to 18 and these 18-year-olds are on their own, not knowing how to read instruction manuals or legal contracts, they'll be taken advantage of,\" she says.\n\"They need to know how to protect themselves. If YouTube is their only friend they won't know how to ask for help or whom to go to. As an auntie figure I want to give kids the magical wand that could save their lives.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 115, "original_length": 8945, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 289.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://enidnetwork.com/bachelor-of-applied-science-exercise-physiology-student/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:34Z", "digest": "sha1:7YJQI3PSLOSIYYVPAMSC7ZDCCVULLNAK", "length": 4557, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "enidnetwork.com", "title": "My Story: Bachelor of Applied Science (Exercise Physiology) Student - ENID | Hey! Welcome to ENID Network", "raw_content": "My Story: Bachelor of Applied Science (Exercise Physiology) Student\nHey gal, this is me\u2026 Denise/Denis/Dee/Dong (yep, I have the most embarrassing nickname in Uni). I\u2019m 21 and currently in my fourth and final year (woohoo!) of a Bachelor of Applied Science (Exercise Physiology) at the University of Sydney.\nMy deal is\u2026 The University of Sydney provides a plethora of opportunities that each student can delve into. Right now as I am typing this up, I am in Broken Hill for my rural clinical placement \u2013 that\u2019s 1, 119.8 km away from home to be exact. I share a house with 6 other fun, intelligent and down to earth students studying health. I divide my work hours between the hospital (my colleague and I basically run the entire exercise physiology department \u2013 yes I know, I have been thrown in the deep end but I am loving it!) and a private multi-disciplinary health clinic.\nWhat I loved about my university life\u2026 First highlight would definitely have to be how much I have personally grown and developed in the past 4 years. I did this by meeting a great number of colleagues and academics, and joining various clubs and societies (more about that later). Second highlight would be meeting some of the best people, I call my best friends. Cumberland campus is well-known for its friendly students and staff. But I have found 5 of the best people on campus who have a similar drive and motivation as me to do more than the norm.\nWhat I didn\u2019t love about my university life\u2026 Unfortunately, I did not take advantage of the Nutella crepes that were sold on Level 2 of the JFR Building on main campus. Each bite was this heavenly chocolatey goodness! Yummm\u2026\nWhy I chose to study my degree\u2026 Back in high school, I was very involved in sport (competing in zone cross countries and athletics) and also had a strong interest in science. So when it came time to choose a degree, I thought it would be great to combine my appreciation of sport and science, and learn about how our amazing body works in movement. So I applied to a Bachelor of Applied Science (Exercise and Sports Science). Two years later, I wanted to explore how exercise could be used treat the growing rate of chronic diseases in Australia\u2026 and here I am now!\n\u2018Exercise Physiology Class of 2016\u2019 (ENID loves this)\nThe opportunities I\u2019ve had so far\u2026 (I\u2019ll share my best three). Coming in on number 3 is co-founding the first network of student leaders on Cumberland Campus, called the FHS Student Leaders. Ranking in on number 2 is partnering up with two of the most awe-inspiring leaders from the private and public health sector as part of the Leadership and Alumni Mentoring Programs. Without a doubt, my number 1 is being a part of the Student Ambassador Program. I\u2019m grateful to have worked with some of the most brightest and open-minded students who are now lifelong friends.\nThe challenges have been\u2026 I distinctly remember attending a conference and leading a group assignment at the same time. With clear communication and effective time management amongst the team, we created a successful project\u2026 and a 60 page report! Girl power!\nWhy I have chosen this path\u2026 Long story short, I am passionate about the integration of exercise and physical activity into health care, disease prevention and rehabilitation. Exercise is medicine, gals! The empowering effects \u2013 it makes you feel healthier, stronger and much more confident.\nWhere I want it to take me\u2026 To be honest, I\u2019m still not entirely sure (maybe this next placement after Broken Hill will help me out). What I do know is that I enjoy working with Australia\u2019s future generation aka paediatrics. Exercise can be utilised to offset chronic diseases at such an early age!\nMy advice to anyone pursuing my pathway is\u2026 Dip your toes in as many opportunities as possible, and then find out what you don\u2019t enjoy (because it\u2019s very important to know what you don\u2019t like) and what you do enjoy\u2026 and go from there!\nAnd P.S. I am passionate about\u2026 The future of health care in Australia. Integrated care recognises that health outcomes are improved by combining efforts of multiple disciplines and interventions over a patient\u2019s cycle of care, rather than by the efforts of incongruent silos. One example of this would be that cardiologists, endocrinologists and physiotherapists can all share relevant medical information of one patient. Not only will there be less duplication of pathology tests and use of other expensive resources, but it will also improve the patient\u2019s health outcomes and their quality of life.\nIs Emoji a New Language?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 70, "original_length": 6411, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 262.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://envato.com/blog/backup-wordpress/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:27Z", "digest": "sha1:QE56UGXIMZ5QJBAFP5E7DMP2PTSXP6Y5", "length": 4716, "nlines": 33, "source_domain": "envato.com", "title": "Simple Steps to Backing Up Your WordPress Website", "raw_content": "Simple Steps to Backing Up Your WordPress Website\nTake the time to back up your WordPress site as doing so will give you the peace of mind in knowing you are prepared for the worst.\nby Eric Karkovack April 26, 2016 July 20, 2017\nWant to know a secret? Third party services, such as web hosts, aren\u2019t perfect. And yet, we rely on them so much for both our business and personal needs. Unfortunately, they are capable of failing.\nIt happened to me recently. A server crashed and I was advised that some data may not be recoverable (gulp). A comedy of errors on the host\u2019s part meant that a remote backup wasn\u2019t available. Days past. Tears were shed. Clients were angry.\nWhile I had database backups sent to me on a regular basis, there were some sites on that server where I didn\u2019t have an updated copy of the /wp-content folder. You know the one \u2013 it contains your themes, plugins and any media files you\u2019ve uploaded to your WordPress-powered website.\nBack in the days of static HTML websites, keeping a full backup of your site was simple. Since there was no content management system (CMS) to worry about, you simply uploaded all the files you had for the site via FTP and replaced updated files as necessary.\nNot so with WordPress or other CMS. Since content updates are done through a browser-based interface, there are two items you\u2019ll need to keep backups of:\nThe WordPress database is vitally important and contains all of your content, structure (like menus, for example) and settings. Can you imagine not having this info? Without it, you\u2019re basically starting over from square one.\nThere are several ways to get a copy of your site\u2019s database. Most web hosts offer backup functionality through their control panel (or phpMyAdmin). Beyond that, there are a number of WordPress plugins that will make backing up and restoring your database a breeze.\nKeeping the database backed up will ensure that you will have the latest settings, posts, pages, comments and if you have an ecommerce site \u2013 product sales information.\n2. /wp-content\nObviously, we all run themes and plugins on our WordPress websites. And I\u2019d venture to say the overwhelming majority of site owners have uploaded some images, videos or other documents to their media library.\nAll of this data resides in the /wp-content folder of your WordPress install. You\u2019ll want to back it up so that you don\u2019t end up like me!\nHow you back up and how often you back up are the key decisions you\u2019ll have to make.\nIdeally, you\u2019d like to have a backup reside both on your server and one that is stored somewhere else. This could be a third-party cloud service or on your own computer. It\u2019s good to have that extra copy in a remote location \u2013 just in case.\nFor the sake of convenience, I would highly recommend using a backup regimen that archives both the latest copy of the database and your site\u2019s files simultaneously.\nThe easiest way to accomplish this is to use an automated backup plugin. Look for a plugin that allows you to:\nPerform backups at the interval of your choice.\nAutomatically store backups on your web server and/or third-party service like Google Drive, Dropbox, Amazon S3, etc.\nBackup all of your site\u2019s data \u2013 database and /wp-content folder included.\nThis really depends on how often you update your site. If it\u2019s a busy blog with new content being uploaded every day, then you\u2019ll want to do daily backups. If your site is a small 5-pager that doesn\u2019t see that many updates, it\u2019s okay to backup on an as-needed basis.\nAnd it\u2019s not just content updates that count here. You may very well want to perform incremental backups as you update your themes and plugins. In fact, it\u2019s often recommended that you do a full site backup (database and /wp-content folder) BEFORE you update your themes and plugins. That way, you can restore the site to its previous state if something goes awry during the upgrade process.\nTake a moment and think about the worst possible scenario with your web host. I can tell you from experience, it\u2019s not at all fun. In my case, files were eventually restored (thankfully). But you might not be so lucky.\nNow, take the time to back up your site. Doing so will give you the peace of mind in knowing you are prepared for the worst.\nFeatured image: mrhighsky\ntumblr_featured\n15 Tumblr Themes for Creatives and Bloggers\nA \u2018tumblog\u2019 is a quick and easy way for creatives or bloggers to set up their blog or portfolio without \u2026\nElements Launch 1\nEnvato Elements, a Designer\u2019s Best Friend\nThere\u2019s a new kid on the block, and this is one you\u2019ll definitely want to get to know. Introducing Envato \u2026\nResponsive web design is accepted across the internet as a great solution for viewing sites on a multitude of different \u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 151, "original_length": 7012, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 321.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://epicbookquest.com/2016/11/24/happy-thanksgiving-2/?shared=email&msg=fail", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:55Z", "digest": "sha1:XZRGFPK2ZEX65TTYWWDD526OWMFXHBB5", "length": 65, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "epicbookquest.com", "title": "Happy Thanksgiving! \u2013 Epic Book Quest", "raw_content": "On November 24, 2016 November 23, 2016 By JohannaIn Uncategorized", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 150, "original_length": 3247, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 174.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED403184", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:39:22Z", "digest": "sha1:O2ZV3GOPR4C4XFM76RZ5NLGWK23JYJZI", "length": 1249, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "eric.ed.gov", "title": "ERIC - Black History: Kindergarten to Senior 4, A Bibliography., 1995-Dec", "raw_content": "Black History: Kindergarten to Senior 4, A Bibliography.\nManitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg.\nThe materials listed in this bibliography of resources on black history are part of the collection of the Manitoba Education and Training Library. The materials on black history include both Canadian and U.S. listings in: (1) books (139 items); (2) multi-media kits (3 items); and (3) videos and films (9 items). The U.S. section also contains listings for compact discs (5 items). The citations for the books (nonfiction and fiction) contain the author, title, publisher, publication date, and the library call number. The citations for the videos and films and compact discs, contain the title, producer, distributor, production date, running time, a summary, and audience level. (EH)\nDescriptors: African History, African Studies, American Studies, Black History, Black Studies, Culture, Culture Contact, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Studies, Foreign Countries, Global Education, Multicultural Education, Slavery, Social Studies, United States History\nManitoba Education and Training, Main Floor, 1181 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3G OT3 Canada.\nAuthoring Institution: Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 34, "original_length": 1956, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.85, "perplexity": 225.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED412094", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:10Z", "digest": "sha1:XAWTKNOV4TC6WZFLHNNZ2YFBERGEGJWS", "length": 1498, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "eric.ed.gov", "title": "ERIC - Chem 110 Follow-Up Study Report #1., 1996-Jul", "raw_content": "Chem 110 Follow-Up Study Report #1.\nMillar, Susan; Squire, Lynn\nThe is the first report from a study of a structured active learning approach to an analytical chemistry course. The purpose of the study is to assess the longitudinal outcomes of this approach and to provide feedback to curriculum developers about the effects of the changes being made in the chemistry curriculum. The data, collected from a cohort of students in 1995, consists of open-ended interviews with students, open-ended student survey questions, Likert scale student survey items, and faculty and teaching assistant interviews. Two specific conclusions can be drawn from this study: (1) there is a number of longitudinal effects of structured active learning and (2) although it is possible to assert that the comparison group does not report the kinds of learning outcomes that the structured active learning students report, further study is needed to be sure that the findings are reliable. The survey instrument is appended. (DDR)\nDescriptors: Active Learning, Chemistry, College Science, Course Content, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Innovation, Educational Strategies, Engineering Education, Higher Education, Science Curriculum, Surveys, Undergraduate Study\nPublication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires\nSponsor: National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA.; Advanced Research Projects Agency (DOD), Washington, DC.\nAuthoring Institution: Wisconsin Univ., Madison. LEAD Center.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 32, "original_length": 2065, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 287.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED519113", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:43:40Z", "digest": "sha1:YDKEF6FD6EY23KC4U2XEAZEDYN2ADRZT", "length": 1197, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "eric.ed.gov", "title": "ERIC - About Short-Term Outcome Indicators for School Use and the Need for an Expanded Policy Framework. A Center Policy Brief, Center for Mental Health in Schools at UCLA, 2011-Mar", "raw_content": "About Short-Term Outcome Indicators for School Use and the Need for an Expanded Policy Framework. A Center Policy Brief\nCenter for Mental Health in Schools at UCLA\nThis brief (1) defines indicators, (2) places the concept into the context of the various ways indicators can be used in education, (3) explores some specific considerations and concerns that arise in evaluating results, (4) offers a categorization and examples of short-term outcome indicators for school use, and (5) stresses the need for policy makers to expand the accountability framework for schools. (Contains 3 exhibits.)\nDescriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Indicators, Evaluation Methods, Educational Assessment, Classification, Accountability, Evaluation Criteria, Outcomes of Education, Evidence, Program Evaluation, Psychometrics, Evaluation Problems, Politics of Education\nCenter for Mental Health in Schools at UCLA. Department of Psychology, Franz Hall, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Box 951563, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1563. Tel: 310-825-3634; Fax: 310-206-8716; e-mail: smhp@ucla.edu; Web site: http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu\nAuthoring Institution: University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Mental Health in Schools", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 34, "original_length": 2002, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.81, "perplexity": 332.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED528023", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:20:41Z", "digest": "sha1:N5CF7DL4TR5UGCE4M57SLT3V6ELXY6VH", "length": 2332, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "eric.ed.gov", "title": "ERIC - Recruiting Highly Qualified African American Teachers in American Urban Public Schools: A Qualitative Collective Case Study, ProQuest LLC, 2011", "raw_content": "Recruiting Highly Qualified African American Teachers in American Urban Public Schools: A Qualitative Collective Case Study\nJames, LaNora Marcell\nProQuest LLC , Ed.D. Dissertation, University of Phoenix\nThe purpose of the qualitative collective case study is to identify the weaknesses in the methods used to recruit highly qualified African American preservice teachers in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. The data collection process consisted of one-on-one, open-ended interview questions with 10 highly qualified African American public school teachers and 10 other African American professionals in the areas of business, law, medicine, and technology in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Of the 10 teachers, four were males and six were females. Of the 10 other professionals, five were males and five were females. All of the participants were college graduates and all teachers were fully certified. After confirming that the data collected were accurate, the transcripts were entered into SurveyMonkey.com, an online survey and analysis service. The analysis resulted in five common themes: (a) perception of education, (b) early career influences, (c) personal factors in making career decisions, (d) perception of career benefits, and (e) recruitment methods. The findings in this study suggested a lack of awareness of the significant cultural impact that highly qualified African American classroom teachers have on African American students, a lack of early and long term recruitment strategies, and a lack of fringe benefits and incentives to attract highly qualified African Americans to even the competition from more lucrative professions. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]\nDescriptors: African American Teachers, African American Students, Public School Teachers, College Graduates, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Qualifications, Urban Schools, Public Schools, Case Studies, Interviews, African Americans, Attitude Measures, Influences, Career Development, Decision Making, Cultural Influences, Incentives, Teacher Employment Benefits", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 35, "original_length": 3369, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 247.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://es.hospitality.pro/2014/news/dubai-to-introduce-tourist-tax/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:53Z", "digest": "sha1:AAGBHZIYSUMCUKV7WAETRDRAN25HXI37", "length": 3070, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "es.hospitality.pro", "title": "Dubai to introduce tourist tax - Hospitality Leaders", "raw_content": "Dubai to introduce tourist tax\nDubai, UAE - November 15: Atlantis, the Palm hotel in Dubai, UAE on November 15, 2010. The resort consists of two towers linked by a bridge, with a total of 1539 rooms\nThe ?Tourism Dirham? tax will apply to all guests staying at hotels, hotel apartments, guesthouses and holiday homes from March 31. The fee, ranging from AED 7 (?1.17) to AED 20 (?3.33), according to the type of accommodation, will be charged per room, per night, adding up to ?23 to the cost of a one-week holiday.\nThe hospitality tax is expected to help pay for Expo 2020 projects and the promotion of tourism in Dubai, which hopes to attract 20 million visitors by 2020, twice the number it did in 2012. The emirate expects Expo 2020 to cost more than US$8.7 billion (?5.3 bn).\n\u201cThe introduction of the Tourism Dirham will support Dubai Corporation for Tourism and Commerce Marketing, helping to ensure our continued competitiveness on the global stage, which will be reflected positively on the growth of two of our economic pillars \u2013 trade and tourism,\u201d said Helal Saeed Almarri, director-general of Dubai\u2019s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (DTCM).\nTour operators, however, seemed unsurprised by the new tax and confident that it wouldn\u2019t have a dramatic effect on tourism in Dubai. \u201cTourist tax and hospitality fees are now in place in many destinations around the world, and while this news will be met with criticism, Dubai will continue to have a great deal to offer holidaymakers,? said Sean Dowd, General Manager at Hayes and Jarvis.\nTrailfinders, voted as one of?Telegraph Travel readers\u2019 favourite?tour operators last year, \u201cdoes not foresee the tourism tax having any affect on bookings to Dubai. With direct flights taking as little as seven hours and year-round sunshine, Dubai will remain a very attractive holiday option,\u201d said Tiffany Cope, Marketing Assistant at Trailfinders.\nTravelbag.co.uk, which already reports a 67 per cent increase in forward holiday bookings for Dubai in 2014, also doesn\u2019t expect an immediate impact on bookings and sees it as a positive measure for tourism in Dubai.\n\u201cAs the funds raised will be invested into Dubai tourism, it should make for an ever better holiday experience in the years to come,\u201d said Rianne Ojeh, PR and Publications Manager at Travelbag.co.uk.\nOther popular holiday destinations have also recently announced plans to tax tourists. Last year,?officials in Thailand said it wanted to bring in a levy of around ?10 per person, payable by all foreigners entering the country. The government claimed it was introducing the tax in order to pay for visitors\u2019 unpaid medical bills, and would help attract a better ?quality? of holidaymakers. The tax was?criticised by tour operators and industry officials?including Derek Moore, chairman of the Association of Independent Tour Operators (AITO), who said it showed \u201ca lack of understanding in tourism.\u201d\nSource The Telegraph, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travelnews/10616518/Dubai-to-introduce-tourist-tax.html\n#Helal Saeed Almarri\n#tourist tax", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 172, "original_length": 5792, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 329.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.245202", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:27:49Z", "digest": "sha1:CTVGEV2LZWJSAL273A465Q3AVCQSTBVS", "length": 2135, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "ethos.bl.uk", "title": "British Library EThOS: Differential expression of natriuretic peptide receptors in primary cultures of rat and human proximal tubular cells : a role for the natriuretic peptides application.name", "raw_content": "Title: Differential expression of natriuretic peptide receptors in primary cultures of rat and human proximal tubular cells : a role for the natriuretic peptides\nAuthor: Mistry, Sanjay\nThe natriuretic peptide system consists primarily of the peptides, atrial natriuretic factor (ANF), brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and c-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) and their actions are mediated via the natriuretic peptide receptors -A, -B and -C (NPR-A, -B, -C). Collectively, these peptides and receptors form an integrated hormonal system, which acts to regulate body fluid homeostasis and blood pressure control. This thesis aimed to confirm natriuretic peptide and NPR expression in freshly isolated and primary cultures of both rat and human proximal tubular (PT) cells, and to identify a possible role for local natriuretic peptide production. Local expression and production of the natriuretic peptides and NPRs was confirmed by RT-PCR, Northern analysis, cGMP response to ANF (NPR-A) and CNP (NPR-B) and RIA for the peptides A, B and C. This study demonstrated that PT cells in culture express both natriuretic peptides and NPRs, and that the process of culture results in increased natriuretic peptide expression and secretion. Furthermore, growth in culture results in a shift in NPR expression from the NPR-C in freshly isolated cells to the functional GC-linked NPR-A and -B at confleunce. Short-term incubation with exogenous natriuretic peptides suggested that natriuretic peptides could accelerate or induce changes in natriuretic peptide and NPR subtype expression, possibly via the NPR-C. The differential expression and secretion of natriuretic peptides and NPRs at different stages of culture strongly suggests a growth modulatory role for the natriuretic peptide system. These growth modulatory actions appear to be mediated by the NPR-C during the initial stages of culture and by the GC-linked NPR at later stages in culture. These results add further strength to the hypothesis that the natriuretic peptides and both the GC-linked NPR and the NPR-C, once thought to be a 'quiescent' receptor, act to modulate cell growth.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 22, "original_length": 3161, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 201.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://euobserver.com/uk-referendum/140113", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:18:22Z", "digest": "sha1:434KAGELXX2OFA2NMZYT24NKLDWZGNK3", "length": 4638, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "euobserver.com", "title": "Northern Ireland unionists warn May on border deal", "raw_content": "Northern Ireland unionists warn May on border deal\nThe town of Belcoo in Northern Ireland is right next to the border with the Republic of Ireland. A hard border would affect residents on both sides (Photo: Caroline Johnston)\nThe Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has warned UK prime minister Theresa May not to give too many concessions to the Republic of Ireland on the border with Northern Ireland, or risk losing its support in parliament.\n\"If there is any hint that, in order to placate Dublin and the EU they're prepared to have Northern Ireland treated differently than the rest of the UK, then they can't rely on our vote,\" said DUP Sammy Wilson on Thursday (30 November).\nMay needs the DUP's support in parliament (Photo: UK Parliament/flickr)\n\"They have to recognise that if this is about treating Northern Ireland different, or leaving us half in the EU, dragging along regulations which change in Dublin, it's not on,\" he added.\nThe border issue between Northern Ireland, which will leave the EU together with the rest of the UK, and the Republic of Ireland is one of the three main issues the EU and UK are focusing on in their Brexit talks.\nThe other two are the divorce bill and citizens' rights.\nMonday (4 December) has been set as a deadline for the UK to make \"sufficient progress\" on these three issues, and European Council chief Donald Tusk will be in Dublin on Friday to discuss \"how to avoid a hard border on the island of Ireland\".\nBut May's government will need support from the House of Commons for any Brexit deal.\nSince she lost her majority in the snap elections earlier this year, her Conservative party is relying on support from the ten DUP MPs.\nThe ultra-conservative unionist DUP is one of the two main parties in the political landscape in Northern Ireland, the other one being the republican and nationalist party Sinn Fein, which wants Northern Ireland to rejoin the Republic of Ireland.\nThe UK government has set out a goal to create a 'frictionless' border between Northern Ireland and Ireland, but the DUP is afraid that Northern Ireland will somehow remain in the EU's customs union or even single market, while the rest of the UK will be out.\n\"There can be no arrangements agreed that compromise the integrity of the UK single market and place barriers, real or perceived, to the free movement of goods, services and capital between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom,\" emphasised DUP leader Arlene Foster on Thursday.\n'Speculative' frictionless border\nOther members of the House of Commons also have doubts about the feasibility of a soft border and said it was \"not yet evident\" how it would work.\n\"We do not currently see how it will be possible to reconcile there being no border with the government's policy of leaving the single market and the customs union, which will inevitably make the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland the EU's customs border with the UK,\" the Commons committee on exiting the European Union said in a report on Thursday.\nThe committee said the UK government's plans were \"untested and to some extent speculative\", and asked for more details how a 'frictionless' border would work in practice.\nTusk to show support for Ireland as Brexit deadline looms\n'We are not there yet', Barnier tells UK\nBarnier: UK must come up with Ireland solution\nUK ideas on Ireland 'worry' EU negotiator\nMay travels to Brussels without Ireland deal\nUK and Ireland in push to break Northern Ireland deadlock\nThe UK offered to pay almost everything the EU has asked for, leaving the Irish border the key issue in Brexit talks. In an attempt to isolate the Irish position, the UK hopes to achieve \"sufficient progress\" next week.\nThe EU's chief Brexit negotiator dismissed reports on a 'deal' on the divorce bill with the UK, as the Irish border issue remains a key hurdle to move negotiations into the second phase after the December summit.\nEU Brexit negotiator tells UK to come up with solutions to the Irish border issue and prepare to include a level playing field in its future trade deal with the EU, if it is to be ratified by member states.\nThe UK cannot use relations with Ireland as a test case, warned Michel Barnier, as the EU published its own position on post-Brexit relations between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.\nAs the British prime minister arrives to present her proposals to meet the \"absolute deadline\" in Brexit talks, she has yet to secure an agreement with Ireland.\nTheresa May and Leo Varadkar were in Belfast on Monday for talks with unionist and nationalist parties, 13 months after the last government fell.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 177, "original_length": 9402, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 259.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://excaliburbrokerage.com/our-story/companies-we-represent/gerber-info/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:09Z", "digest": "sha1:2U3OX426WHBPMLB7DVPXXSMTPOC2555P", "length": 2383, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "excaliburbrokerage.com", "title": "Gerber - Excalibur Brokerage", "raw_content": "Meet Gerber Life Insurance Company\nSince 1967, Gerber Life Insurance Company has provided quality life insurance, especially for young families on a limited budget.\nAs a financially separate affiliate of the Gerber Products Company, \u201cthe baby food people,\u201d the two companies share a common goal: to help parents raise happy, healthy children.\nAt Gerber Life Insurance, we have an additional goal. It is our mission to be the brand that parents trust to help them achieve financial security and protection for their families. By providing affordable, industry-leading juvenile life insurance and other insurance products, we strive to give our customers the comfort and peace of mind they deserve.\nToday Gerber Life Insurance is licensed to provide life insurance throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. We have more than $40 billion of life insurance in force, and help provide financial security to over 3 million people. Gerber Life has insurance products available for people at every stage of life.\nA Company you can depend on\u2026\nGerber knows their customers want a strong company that will be there now and in the future. That\u2019s why Gerber Life Insurance is conservatively managed to ensure long-term growth and financial stability. This approach has resulted in assets under management of more than $2 billion with the majority of our portfolio in high-quality investments.\nGerber Life Insurance was named one of the Top 50 Performing Life & Health Companies in the U.S. in 2009 by the Ward Group, an operational consulting firm and leading provider of benchmarking services to the insurance industry. This special recognition reflects Ward\u2019s analysis showing that Gerber Life passed all safety and consistency screens and achieved superior performance during the five years analyzed.\nThis company was issued a secure rating by the A.M. Best Company, click for additional details\nFurther, in June 2012, A.M. Best-the impartial reporting firm that rates insurance companies on financial stability, management and integrity has awarded Gerber Life an \u201cA\u201d (Excellent) rating. The rating refers only to the overall status of the Company and is not a recommendation of specific policy provisions, rates or practices of the Company. This rating is the third highest awarded out of the thirteen possible categories.\nAt Gerber Life, \u201cWe\u2019re with you every step of the way.\u201d\u00ae", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 15, "original_length": 2477, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 207.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://extremerunners.com/2013/10/16/breaking-newsperseverance-trail-run-sold/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:21Z", "digest": "sha1:776BTGCD76UKQZPHUG5OHUCZH3LPVEDV", "length": 519, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "extremerunners.com", "title": "Breaking News\u2026Perseverance Trail Run SOLD OUT! - Extreme Runners", "raw_content": "Posted on October 16, 2013 May 27, 2018 by Andy Ronald\nAll 350 spots are accounted for at the Perseverance Trail Run. You will have to wait for next year\u2026unless you want to be a part of the volunteer action. This is always a fun day for all. We could not put on such a great event without the volunteers!\nIf you would like to volunteer please e-mail us and let us know. Our e-mail is info@extremerunners.com. Volunteers are also encouraged to dress up. Bring your loudest cheering voice and biggest smile\u2026see you there.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 67, "original_length": 2032, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 286.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ezlocal.com/ia/montezuma/business/137520219", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:16Z", "digest": "sha1:JOUI43GS5BLA2U5UTTCJORTONDJU4DVE", "length": 256, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "ezlocal.com", "title": "Community Hope Assembly of God Church - ezlocal.com", "raw_content": "Website: http://www.communityhope.org\nchurches, churches assembly of god\nCommunity Hope Assembly of God Church serves Montezuma, IA and is located in the 50171 ZIP code. Visit our website at http://www.communityhope.org. churches, churches assembly of god.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 86, "original_length": 2128, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 207.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://fabricofdigitallife.com/index.php/Browse/objects/facet/technology_keywords_facet/id/Gyroscopic+Sensors", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:24:27Z", "digest": "sha1:YWZNXNQZ5PQDA5WPZNBBRTVSDCHSSPRE", "length": 86, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "fabricofdigitallife.com", "title": "Decimal Lab: Browse Objects", "raw_content": "Gyroscopic Sensors\nAn Approach for User Identification for Head-Mounted Displays (HMD)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 37, "original_length": 607, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.65, "perplexity": 112.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://factfile.org/9-facts-about-antoni-gaudi", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:37Z", "digest": "sha1:NGIVPWIZXHTXJQUJCTSYQDNNBKYGJWDM", "length": 3210, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "factfile.org", "title": "9 Facts about Antoni Gaudi | Fact File", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Figures \u00bb 9 Facts about Antoni Gaudi\n9 Facts about Antoni Gaudi\nFriday, March 6th 2015. | Figures\nFacts about Antoni Gaudi talk about the famous Spanish Catalan architect. He was notable as the pioneer in Catalan modernism. He was from Reus. Gaudi was born on 25 June 1852 in Reus, Catalonia, Spain. He passed away on 10 June 1926. Most of his works are located in the city of Barcelona. One of Gaudi\u2019s famous works is The Sagrada Familia. Get more facts about Antoni Gaudi below:\nFacts about Antoni Gaudi 1: the works\nIf you check out the works of Gaudi, you know that they reflected the nature, religion and architecture. All of them were the passion of Gaudi in his life. The carpentry, wrought iron work, stained glass and ceramics were infused in most of his works.\nFacts about Antoni Gaudi 2: trencad\u00eds\nTrencad\u00eds was one of the techniques introduced by Gaudi to treat the material. This technique is beneficial to reduce the cost since it allowed you to use the waste ceramic pieces.\nFacts about Antoni Gaudi 3: the Modernista movement\nGaudi is one of the pioneers in Modernista movement. It was flourished around 19th to 20th centuries. The neo gothic art and oriental techniques influenced the ways he made the works.\nFacts about Antoni Gaudi 4: Sagrada Fam\u00edlia\nSagrada Fam\u00edlia is the famous work of Gaudi. It is located in Spain. It becomes one of the most visited monuments in the country. UNESCO included seven of Gaudi\u2019s works as World Heritage Sites in 1984 and 2005.\nFacts about Antoni Gaudi\nFacts about Antoni Gaudi 5: God\u2019s Architect\nDo you know the nickname of Antoni Gaudi? Many people called him God\u2019s Architect due to his Roman Catholic faith which influenced his works.\nFacts about Antoni Gaudi 6: the family life\nHis father was Francesc Gaud\u00ed i Serra. He worked as a coppersmith. His mother was Ant\u00f2nia Cornet i Bertran. There were five children in the family and Gaudi was the youngest child. Only three of them survived into adulthood. They were Antoni, Francesc and Rosa.\nAntoni Gaudi Work\nFacts about Antoni Gaudi 7: the nature\nGaudi was very impressed by the nature. He spent most of his time in outdoor area. He decided to join group of people who explored the Catalonia and France when he was 27 years old. The group was called Centre Excursionista de Catalunya. Find out another inspiring figure in facts about Anne Sullivan here.\nFacts about Antoni Gaudi 8: the hard time of Gaudi\nGaudi had a very hard time in the decade from 1910. He lost a lost his family and friends. Therefore, he devoted his life to make Sagrada Familia.\nAntoni Gaudi Picture\nFacts about Antoni Gaudi 9: a single man\nGaudi was single in his entire life since he devoted his life in his profession. He was attracted to a teacher Matar\u00f3 Cooperative named Josefa Moreu. But his love was not reciprocated.\nAre you interested reading facts about Antoni Gaudi?\ntags: Antoni Gaudi, Facts about Antoni Gaudi\nRelated For 9 Facts about Antoni Gaudi\nFacts about Atahualpa talk about the last Sapa Inca in the Inca Empire of Tawantinsuyu. His empire fell down\n10 Facts about Dolores Huerta\nFacts about Dolores Huerta present the information about the famous civil right activist and labor leader in America. She", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 123, "original_length": 4620, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 286.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://faithfulshepherds.com/reference/after-a-federal-judge-ruled-alabamas-ban-on-gay-marriage-was-unconstitutional-in-2015-archbishop-rodi-said-no-court-decision-can-change-the-truth-the-truth-is-marriage-is-between-a-man-and-a/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:03:18Z", "digest": "sha1:6EXL6GM2GJP2FUTQ6SFZXYBB3C5HIPL6", "length": 302, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "faithfulshepherds.com", "title": "After a federal judge ruled Alabama\u2019s ban on gay \u201cmarriage\u201d was unconstitutional in 2015, Archbishop Rodi said \u201cNo court decision can change the truth. The truth is marriage is between a man and a woman. 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People can choose to love and live with whomever they wish, but that does not make it a marriage.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 14, "original_length": 1023, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 162.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://fallschurchva.gov/325/Residential-Speed-Zone-Ordinance", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:30Z", "digest": "sha1:VYKZCFUWGS6RMFNT77ADGN532OWOC6OW", "length": 401, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "fallschurchva.gov", "title": "Residential Speed Zone Ordinance | Falls Church, VA - Official Website", "raw_content": "Speeding in excess of the posted speed limit in a residential district is unlawful and constitutes a traffic infraction punishable by a fine of $200, in addition to other penalties provided by law. No portion of the fine shall be suspended unless the court orders 20 hours of community service. Please contact the City of Falls Church Clerk of the Court at 703-248-5097 (TTY 711) for more information.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 66, "original_length": 1602, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 121.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://fallschurchva.gov/475/Directions-Parking", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:16Z", "digest": "sha1:X2U7OKSZC3FG6LWSPQRVHWVOXMASMFZ2", "length": 1579, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "fallschurchva.gov", "title": "Directions & Parking | Falls Church, VA - Official Website", "raw_content": "From the West: Route 66\nIf you're going eastbound I*66, exit at Washington Boulevard / Lee Highway (Route 29), turn right on Washington Boulevard. Turn right at Park Avenue and continue 3 blocks to the library located at Park Avenue and North Virginia Avenue.\nFrom the West: Route 7\nIf you're going eastbound on Route 7, turn left on North Virginia Avenue. The library is located at the intersection of Park Avenue and North Virginia Avenue.\nFrom the East: Route 66\nIf you're going westbound on I-66, exit at Sycamore Street, right on Sycamore Street, left on Washington Boulevard (first traffic light), left on Lee Highway (Route 29), continue right on Park Avenue to the library, located at the intersection of Park Avenue and North Virginia Avenue.\nFrom the East: Route 7\nIf you're going westbound on Route 7, turn right on North Virginia Avenue. The library is located at the intersection of Park Avenue and North Virginia Avenue.\nFrom the South: Route 29\nIf you're going northbound Route 29, turn left at Park Avenue and continue 3 blocks to the library located at Park Avenue and North Virginia Avenue.\nFrom the North: Route 29\nIf you're going southbound on Route 29, turn right at Park Avenue and continue 3 blocks to the library located at Park Avenue and North Virginia Avenue.\nThere is limited parking located directly behind the library. On the north side of Park Avenue there is 2 hour parking from City Hall's entrance drive way to Lee Avenue. These spaces are not library specific. Towing is enforced in neighboring shopping center and office building parking lots.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 96, "original_length": 3221, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 301.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://fanarena.com/significant-crossover-between-fantasy-sports-and-sports-betting/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:54Z", "digest": "sha1:HX6ERKU7OT7UQPIMGWLZUCOETWPMRRT3", "length": 948, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "fanarena.com", "title": "Significant crossover between fantasy sports and sports betting", "raw_content": "Research by Ipsos for the Fantasy Sports Trade Association concludes that 79% of US fantasy sports players say they will likely participate in sports betting.\nIn May the US Supreme Court cleared the way for states to legalize sports betting. According to the Ipsos study, 89% of fantasy sports players say they support legalized sports betting. Roughly 90% of them will continue playing fantasy sports when sports gambling becomes legal.\nA very interesting conclusion of the report is that \u201ccrossover players\u201d are spending more on their fantasy sports teams and are betting more money than the average sports bettor. A \u201ccrossover player\u201d is someone who plays fantasy sports and wagers on sports. The people in this segment are also willing to spend money on sports-related subscriptions.\nThe value of fantasy sports companies will rise significantly in the US because betting companies will be come knocking at the door in search for new customers.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 68, "original_length": 2108, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 330.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://farm.ewg.org/progdetail.php?fips=GA03&progcode=total_plc®ionname=3rdDistrictofGeorgia(Rep.DrewFerguson)", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:28Z", "digest": "sha1:WKAEEIXRSOGGNHK3P7O2BMHTKVS45RA6", "length": 115, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "farm.ewg.org", "title": "EWG Farm Subsidy Database || Farm subsidies in 3rd District of Georgia (Rep. Drew Ferguson)", "raw_content": "Total Price Loss Coverage payments in 3rd District of Georgia (Rep. Drew Ferguson) totaled $203,896 from 1995-2017.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 119, "original_length": 4586, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 299.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://feasttaunton.co.uk/category/featured-chefs-2018/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:20Z", "digest": "sha1:V4POXHYRXDWWW6CTPWNSXIZIWAZL4Z44", "length": 769, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "feasttaunton.co.uk", "title": "Featured Chefs 2018 | Feast Taunton", "raw_content": "Elliot sharpened his knife skills at the refined L\u2019Ortolan and made a splash in a Hackney pub, The Empress, but at BOX-E, he and wife Tessa [\u2026]\nJamie, originally from Deal in Kent, completed his training at Thanet Catering College and is a past winner of the Annual Award for Excellence from the [\u2026]\nLouise McCrimmon trained at Leith\u2019s School of Food and Wine where she learnt the classic techniques that are the back bone of her cooking today. 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(FEYE), the intelligence-led security company, today announced that Adrian McDermott has been appointed to the FireEye board of directors. McDermott is currently President of Products at Zendesk, a global company that builds software for customer service and engagement.\nMcDermott brings 25 years of business experience across a number of technology markets. McDermott has led the product management and engineering teams for Zendesk since 2010. In his role, McDermott is responsible for defining and leading global product strategy and product development for the publicly-traded, web-based customer service software leader.\nMcDermott was previously the chief technical officer at Attributor, where he managed web crawling and content identification systems for text, video and images. He was also the first engineer hired by Plumtree Software and remained with the company through its initial public offering and subsequent acquisition by BEA Systems (now Oracle Corporation). McDermott holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from De Montfort University.\n\"Adrian is a proven leader in the software industry,\u201d said Kevin Mandia, FireEye CEO and chairman of the board. \u201cHis insight will help us further bridge the frontline expertise of our intelligence and consulting teams with our technology platform.\u201d\n\"FireEye earned its reputation as a cyber security leader by continually unearthing the most damaging threats and helping some of the world\u2019s largest organizations recover from attacks,\" said McDermott. \"I look forward to the opportunity to add my perspective and expertise as FireEye pursues its mission of defending organizations through its innovative technology and expertise.\"\nFireEye is the intelligence-led security company. Working as a seamless, scalable extension of customer security operations, FireEye offers a single platform that blends innovative security technologies, nation-state grade threat intelligence, and world-renowned Mandiant\u00ae consulting. With this approach, FireEye eliminates the complexity and burden of cyber security for organizations struggling to prepare for, prevent, and respond to cyber attacks. 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The program, after over a year's worth of work and advocacy, saw the first time the newly finished Satellite Scorpions track.\nThe new Beynon 100 track replaced the old one \u2500 a replacement that was long overdue. The original track was a six-lane asphalt track that was in poor condition \u2500 beyond repair, in fact. When ideas were proposed about updating the facility, Brevard County Public Schools officials said that they would pay for the tearing up of the old asphalt and some fences, as well as the laying down of new asphalt and cement curbing on both the inside and outside of the track. If they [Satellite] ]wanted to expand and place rubber down over the new asphalt, it would be up to the program to raise the funds.\n\"When I met with the county facility superintendent, I told him I did not want to curb six lanes of new asphalt,\" Butler said. \"I told him I would raise the money to go to eight lanes and add rubber.\"\nJune of 2017 saw the removal of the old asphalt track, as well as the accommodations made in order to expand the track two more lanes. It was seven months prior, however, that the real work began.\nIn the preceding fall, the distance booster club at Satellite came together and decided to come out swinging with the fundraising efforts.\n\"We approached the two cities of Satellite Beach and Indian Harbour Beach,\" Butler said. \"The City manager of Satellite [Courtney Barker] and the city council were all behind us and donated 30K plus yearly maintenance money.\"\nWith the backing of the city, a GoFundMe page, Facebook page, and Paypal account were set up to receive the funds. Satellite Principal, Mark Elliott, as well as several parents and businesses \u2500 many of whom contributed large donations \u2500 got on board with the project.\n13 months later, $165,000 was raised for the project and Satellite had itself all of the necessities for a new track.\nFast forward to February 1 and all of the hard work \u2500 the fundraising, the long days and nights and the construction \u2500 has paid off because Satellite High School now has a new track and one they can be proud of.\n\"The community was huge,\" Butler said. \"Without them, this would not happen.\"\nThe teams ran their first workout to test out the new surface on Monday, and, according to Butler, they were \"on Cloud 9.\"\nThe Grand Opening of the track will take place on Mar. 2. The ceremony will commence with a ribbon cutting, scheduled to take place at 12:30 p.m. This will also officially open the track for competition, as after the cutting of the ribbon, the Satellite Invitational will take place. 18 school are scheduled to compete.\nOnce open, the track will be open to the surrounding community twice a week, including on Saturday and Sunday.\n\"This was huge and consumed my life the past year,\" Butler said. \"But, every bit of it was worth it.\"\nBelow are the list of donors credited to making this possible:", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 4219, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 293.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://floathouse.ca/ally-pintucci", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:04Z", "digest": "sha1:WPCTIVPFDRFKZY2CLIIA3ZPH7TF5SW5H", "length": 993, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "floathouse.ca", "title": "Ally Pintucci - Float House", "raw_content": "Ally explores because there is no better way to exist. The traditional norm of a simple life in one place doesn't cut it; she craves the challenge of new locations and experiences.\nAlly Pintucci is an aspiring entrepreneur based out of Vancouver. She works with a group of friends who run the company, Chasing Sunrise, where she's all about waking up and chasing after everything you want in life. While Chasing Sunrise has grown to have a large online community that has expanded worldwide, it all started with free sunrise hikes in Vancouver where hundreds of people would meet at 4 am in the parking lot of Mount Seymour and hike to the peak to catch sunrise.\nAlly is also a co-founder of When In Doubt Love. As she puts it, 'the whole point of WIDL is to start a love revolution...with ourselves.\" She believes we are quick to give love to others, but we don't always give ourselves the self respect and love that we deserve living in a society where insecurities can sometimes consume us.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 2369, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 219.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://floridaestos.blog/2015/03/21/estonian-consul-melder-completes-mission-in-florida-march-2015/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:23Z", "digest": "sha1:FNF5VKVJE6EUIJA4FNQJDB23EGDVXCMO", "length": 1583, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "floridaestos.blog", "title": "ESTONIAN CONSUL MELDER COMPLETES MISSION IN FLORIDA, MARCH 2015 | Florida Estos", "raw_content": "\u00ab ESTONIAN CONSULAR MISSION TO FLORIDA IN MARCH 2015\nPLEASE JOIN US AS WE WELCOME THE HONORABLE MS. RITA MELDER, CONSUL OF THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA, SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 2015 \u00bb\nESTONIAN CONSUL MELDER COMPLETES MISSION IN FLORIDA, MARCH 2015\nWe are pleased to report that Ms. Rita Melder, Consul of the Republic of Estonia in New York City, completed a successful mission performing consular duties in Miami on March 17 and 18 and in St. Petersburg on March 20 and 21, 2015. This was a wonderful opportunity for any Estonian to apply for passports and ID cards and execute the fingerprint process in Florida. More than 45 Estonians received services.\nDuring her visit to the Honorary Consulate in St. Petersburg, Florida, on the Eckerd College campus, Consul Melder received a campus tour hosted by Trine Kasem\u00e4gi, an Estonian student completing her freshman year majoring in science. Also a member of the Eckerd College women\u2019s basketball team, Trine and her teammates recorded their best year ever in Eckerd College women\u2019s basketball history; Trine\u2019s many contributions to the team\u2019s success were recognized by the Sunshine State Conference.\nThe Honorable Ms. Rita Melder, Consul of the Republic of Estonia, and Lisa Mets, Honorary Consul in St. Petersburg, Florida. Estonian Honorary Consulate, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida. March 20, 2015\nStudent Trine Kasem\u00e4gi; The Honorable Ms. Rita Melder, Consul of the Republic of Estonia; and Lisa Mets, Honorary Consul in St. Petersburg, Florida. Estonian Honorary Consulate, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida. March 20, 2015", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 138, "original_length": 4319, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 209.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://foreignpolicy.com/2011/11/01/the-effects-of-egypts-election-law/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:55Z", "digest": "sha1:IERDEI7ZBR5HJJV6LKBR3WR7BUGFM4Y4", "length": 9294, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "foreignpolicy.com", "title": "The effects of Egypt\u2019s election law \u2013 Foreign Policy", "raw_content": "The Middle East Channel: The effects of Egypt\u2019s election law The effects of Egypt\u2019...\nThe effects of Egypt\u2019s election law\nEgyptians have finally begun to learn the rules that will govern their first post-revolutionary parliamentary elections, scheduled to begin on November 28. The election law announced by the Supreme Council for the Armed Forces (SCAF) is remarkably complicated, generating great confusion both inside and outside of Egypt. Those poorly understood rules will play an important ...\nBy Mazen Hassan\nEgyptians have finally begun to learn the rules that will govern their first post-revolutionary parliamentary elections, scheduled to begin on November 28. The election law announced by the Supreme Council for the Armed Forces (SCAF) is remarkably complicated, generating great confusion both inside and outside of Egypt. Those poorly understood rules will play an important role in shaping the results \u2014 and are already pushing the Egyptian party scene into a polarized competition between Islamist and secular blocs, with independents somewhere in the middle with no clear political or economic agenda.\nThe electoral system that the SCAF has chosen for the forthcoming election is a departure from Egypt\u2019s historical practice. Egyptian elections have typically been governed by a majoritarian system in smaller constituencies (222 in total). Such a system traditionally made voting a choice between individual candidates rather than parties\u2019 programs, which put a premium on coming from a strong local tribe or from a wealthy background. The small size of constituencies made this possible because it increased the electoral weight of extended families and tribes, especially in rural constituencies.\nThe new law creates a mixed system, which reserves one-third of the lower house\u2019s 498 seats to be contested by a majoritarian system in 83 two-member constituencies (with each constituency more than double the size of the previous ones). The remaining two-thirds (332 seats) will be contested according to a Proportional Representation (PR) system in larger constituencies where the district magnitude ranges between 4 and 12 seats. The districts for the two systems are not identical, which means that voters will be casting votes and candidates will be campaigning in potentially radically different districts.\nThe closed party lists that will be used to choose two-thirds of the seats restrict personalized voting in such constituencies. From a normative perspective, this is not bad at all \u2014 in fact personalized voting was always cited as one of the major deficiencies of voting behavior in the pre-revolution era. But in practice it means that the balance will tip in the Islamists\u2019 favor. The new secular parties are still quite weak organizationally. They had no time to build party organizations capable of getting out sizable crowds to support party labels. Many of the secular parties have no option but to try to get traditional local leaders on their list (the chiefs of local tribes and wealthy families in rural constituencies). The local clout of such figures, however, would hardly make a difference in the large PR constituencies. Instead, party organization and a clear ideological profile would be the greater asset, especially the type of organization that stretches over extended regions. In Egypt right now, only Islamists possess those advantages.\nHow parties order candidates on their lists will also matter. The candidates\u2019 order on party lists determines their chances of winning and losing, with those on the top winning even if a party got just one seat whereas those at the bottom would only win if that party wins all seats contested in the constituency. This creates huge internal conflicts within parties on who gets the top places. Islamist parties have the internal party discipline to enforce the order decided by the central office on their members. The story is quite different, however, for the newly created liberal and secular parties, most of which still lack the power to enforce internal discipline. Thus, for such parties, it is extremely difficult to sort the issue of candidates\u2019 ordering without strong and visible internal conflicts, conflicts that might even threaten the party\u2019s unity and existence.\nFinally, there is the requirement that at least one of the two MPs elected from each majoritarian constituency has to be either a peasant or a worker, a heritage of the Nasserist era. Practically, this means that elections in majoritarian constituencies are fought through electoral alliances that are struck between pairs of candidates \u2014 usually one of them is either a worker or peasant and each comes from a different village in the constituency. Such alliances are win-win tactics as they enable each candidate to win votes from the other candidate\u2019s stronghold \u2014 votes that would never be obtainable without such alliances. History has taught candidates in majoritarian constituencies that it is extremely difficult for a candidate to win on his/her own \u2014 it is often impossible for one\u2019s stronghold to be able to secure a majority of votes in the whole constituency from the first round. This rule again favors Islamist forces, which have historically made maximum use of such alliances to penetrate the strongholds of many other contestants.\nThe enlarged majoritarian constituencies in the new election law will likely encourage more candidates to build such electoral alliances with the Muslim Brotherhood candidates. This is because relying on one\u2019s personal popularity, local clout, or tribal support won\u2019t guarantee a majority in such enlarged constituencies. Rather, the support of a party organization would be the only key. Moreover, these enlarged majoritarian constituencies would have the effect of increasing the number of candidates per seat, making it even more difficult for a candidate to win a 50 percent plus one majority from the first round. The logical solution in such a fragmented battlefield is to strike a deal with the only force whose party organization would still be collectively behind its candidates regardless of how many other candidates are running. These are again the Muslim Brothers. All this is not because the Muslim Brothers are the only political force in town, but because they are the most organized and the only force that could mobilize all its members behind a single candidate in each constituency.\nThe enlarged majoritarian constituencies are also likely to harm the electoral chances of the revolutionaries. The reason is that many of them are likely to run as independents \u2014 either because they failed to found their own parties or because they resent many of the established ones. Running as independents would not work in their favor, however, because only quite a few of them enjoy enough name recognition on the constituency level. In addition, the majority of them lack any experience whatsoever in running elections the Egyptian way; something that requires money and strong local connections \u2014 both of which many of them lack.\nThe conventional wisdom in Egypt right now is that even with the many institutional advantages, the likely outcome is that Islamist forces would end up only with a plurality rather than a majority of seats, making the future parliament a fragmented one in which no single party has a majority. This expectation has to be followed by a caveat however; if the electoral weight of the Salafis turns out to be really significant, a majority of seats could materialize. Right now there is no reliable assessment whatsoever for the size of the Salafis\u2019 force. Judging by the recent exchange of attacks between the Muslim Brothers and the Salafis, some commentators think that the Muslim Brotherhood\u2019s strategy is to try to distance themselves from the Salafis \u2014 at least during the election campaign \u2014 so as to portray themselves as the moderate Islamist force. Irrespective of both parties\u2019 attempts to position themselves during the election (although some electoral coordination is likely to happen), the reality of Egyptian politics right now is likely to push Islamist forces to coalesce at some point. If not during the campaign, then at any point after the parliament is formed when the religious-secular debate starts to take shape during the deliberation of the new constitution. After all, their agendas on many constitutional issues are quite congruent.\nHaving said the above, it is not fragmentation of the upcoming parliament that is likely to be the most problematic for the country\u2019s early steps toward democracy. Instead, it is the unprecedented polarization that is created in parallel between the Islamist bloc on the one hand and the secular bloc on the other. If this divide holds during the campaign and is reflected in the structure of parliament membership (where government is dominated by one bloc and opposition by the other), then political competition in the country for the coming years will remain to be fought along the religious-secular axis. This diminishes, to a great extent, the room available for common ground and comprises \u2014 both urgent necessities to confront the country\u2019s embedded economic and social problems.\nMazen Hassan is a lecturer in the department of political science at Cairo University.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 158, "original_length": 14538, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 240.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://forestfactory.blogspot.com/2012/01/united-nations-preparing-to-manage.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:40Z", "digest": "sha1:6FNR4WH2OZI5Z6PGVOVLW2EBJXXL645U", "length": 6239, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "forestfactory.blogspot.com", "title": "Forest Factory music: United Nations Preparing to Manage Global Mental Health", "raw_content": "United Nations Preparing to Manage Global Mental Health\nIn a world where national sovereignty is rapidly becoming a thing of the past, announcements that the United Nations will be taking the lead on any variety of topics is no longer shocking. Indeed, there is a real push across the world to view the United Nations as the ultimate authority on virtually every issue, from human rights to nutritional content in food.\nThrough decades of propagandizing, the United Nations has developed an undeserved reputation for humanitarianism and democracy. As a result, the vast majority see the United Nations as a benevolent organization which they can call on to defend human rights in their home countries.Unfortunately, national sovereignty rarely enters into the equation anymore, as the average citizen tends to look straight to the United Nations to address their concerns, bypassing their own governments.\nAs case in point, a recent report by AFP, entitled, \u201cExperts urge U.N. to address mental health,\u201d discusses how a recent article in PLoS Medicine, a reputable medical journal, has called for the United Nations General Assembly to develop a plan to tackle mental, neurological, and substance-abuse disorders (MNS).\nThe article was authored by Vikram Patel of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Judith Bass from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in the United States, among other contributors. They write, \u201cThe time has come for recognition at the highest levels of global development, namely the U.N. General Assembly, of the urgent need for a global strategy to address the global burden of MNS disorders.\u201d\nThey also state that investment is needed in three different, but key, areas \u2013 \u201cexpanding knowledge about mental health disorders, better access to evidence-based programs of care and treatment, and protection of human rights.\u201d\nAlthough the further understanding of mental health disorders and their treatment is a laudable goal, it is also one in which both the Psychiatric/Psychological complex and the United Nations have a horrible track record.\nIndeed, even within individual national boundaries, the Psychiatric/Psychological complex has vastly more authority that it needs or deserves. When one multiplies that oppressive authority with the global jurisdiction of the United Nations, as well as the U.N\u2019s tendency to introduce tyrannical guidelines in its own right, we can see a clear recipe for disaster.\nIn an excellent breakdown of the situation, the Daily Bell writes,\nThe ultimate element of this charade (and probably the reason for it) will be a People\u2019s Charter for Mental Health that will provide the opportunity for the elites to create yet more command-and-control bureaucracies.\nTo begin with these bureaucracies may seem innocent and even innovative. But over time it will become apparent that the UN is setting up some sort of worldwide mental health apparatus to evaluate people\u2019s emotional and intellectual stability.\nWorst case \u2013 if it gets that far \u2013 the UN will try to provide itself not only with the authority to evaluate people\u2019s mental competence but also the authority to send people to mental institutions and re-education camps if they are not sufficiently docile and open to the appropriate level of mind control.\nAlthough this analysis may appear extreme to some, the fact is that it is not nearly as extreme as it may sound at first. Considering the level of control that the Psychiatric/Psychological complex currently wields over our lives, the transition of this undeserved authority from a national level to that of an international body is not at all far-fetched.\nIndeed, an authoritarian standard-setting UN-based organization in the areas of mental health would no doubt be an issue for all to be concerned with. The UN has, on virtually every occasion, shown its aptitude toward oppressive legislation, lack of concern for human dignity and individual rights, as well as forcing its guidelines upon the rest of the world by stealth and economic sanctions.\nFor instance, the standard-setting organization for food, Codex Alimentarius, has consistently forced its guidelines on national governments by virtue of the WTO trade dispute settlement mechanisms. Codex Alimentarius guidelines involve reducing the level of nutrition available invitamin and mineral supplements, allowing for the increased proliferation of genetically modified food, and unlimited irradiation of food products. (See my book Codex Alimentarius \u2013 The End of Health Freedom)\nU.N.-related organizations like the IMF (International Monetary Fund) are also highly successful at implementingausterity programs on debt-ridden countries like Greece as a pre-condition for more loans, which are themselves nothing more than an increase of irrational debt by virtue of the sacrifice of living standards and tangible physical wealth.\nEven the WTO (World Trade Organization), another U.N.-related agency is famous for dismantling any protectionisttariffs or subsidies imposed by nation states upon cheap products being dumped into their economies. It is also well-known for punishing any nation that even slightly steps away from the agenda of globalism.\nA U.N.-controlled bureaucracy overseeing the treatment and diagnosis of mental health disorders, addiction, or anything else that would so greatly involve the individual, is without a doubt a recipe for disaster.\nThe Psychiatric/Psychological complex already wields entirely too much authority over the lives of supposedly free human beings. This authority, as it currently exists, must be taken away.\nWe cannot afford to give this industry any more control over our lives, much less give international authority to the detriment of national sovereignty.\nBrandon Turbeville is an author out of Mullins, South Carolina. He has a Bachelor\u2019s Degree from Francis Marion University where he earned the Pee Dee Electric Scholar\u2019s Award as an undergraduate. He has had numerous articles published dealing with a wide variety of subjects including health, economics, and civil liberties. He also the author of Codex Alimentarius \u2013 The End of Health Freedom, 7 Real Conspiracies and Five Sense Solutions.\nThis article first appeared on Activist Post.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 316, "original_length": 14816, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 223.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://fortitudecounselingnc.com/co-parenting-strategies-for-divorced-parents/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:15Z", "digest": "sha1:SHQACJ4FRGJEBH36B3EAZPAUOIZ5CWOD", "length": 2621, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "fortitudecounselingnc.com", "title": "Co-Parenting Strategies for Divorced Parents | Fortitude Counseling Services", "raw_content": "Going through a divorce can bring the worst out of a couple that once promised each other forever. Your world might feel like it\u2019s falling apart, and trying to co-parent when you\u2019re struggling to simply keep going can be overwhelming. Learning to co-parent won\u2019t be easy, but it\u2019s not impossible. Use the five strategies below to start co-parenting with your ex.\nBy maintaining the focus on what\u2019s best for your children, you can work toward providing as peaceful a home as possible for them. Providing them loving stability and structure will help ease them through this time of transition.\nAs you go through your divorce, your communication with your ex will inevitably suffer. It may be difficult to communicate with them; you may not want to talk to, or hear from, your ex. However, it\u2019s important that communication regarding the children is maintained, and that your children are not used as messengers (i.e., \u201cTell your father you have a recital on Friday.\u201d) Communicate directly with your spouse, finding creative ways to communicate to avoid conflict if necessary (text, email, letters, etc.)\nIf you\u2019re harboring resentment or have unfinished emotional business with your ex, the desire to express your emotional needs can feel overwhelming. Make a commitment to yourself that for the sake of your children\u2019s well being, you\u2019ll keep conversations focused on the issues.\nAs you go through your divorce, there will be a great deal of change for yourself, your ex and your children. By expecting and embracing change, you\u2019ll reduce the stress you feel when the unexpected presents itself.\n5. Prioritize Your Health\nMaintaining your health is important not only for you, but for your children as well. As they learn to cope with the changes in their family, having a healthy, happy, rested parent will help them adjust. Your children depend on you, and you owe it to them to give them your absolute best as a parent. Additionally, taking time to exercise and eat healthy will help you take the focus off of your divorce, and shift the focus back on to you moving forward, and making positive changes in your life.\nAs we go through a divorce, we mourn the relationship lost, and the dreams we had of the future. Although your ex is no longer your partner, your ex is still your child\u2019s parent, and you will always be co-parents of the children you have together. Learning to get along and communicate will bring comfort to your children as they learn to cope with their parents\u2019 divorce.\nIf you\u2019re going through a divorce and struggling to co-parent effectively, call me today and let\u2019s set up an appointment to talk.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 3847, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 294.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://forum.dvdtalk.com/search.php?s=355c97879786bff6c8a2956d3ac64038&searchid=5738689", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:54Z", "digest": "sha1:P7DMSXUYIZQRGRGMMB3OFNKAS7QUHWA6", "length": 4265, "nlines": 41, "source_domain": "forum.dvdtalk.com", "title": "DVD Talk Forum - Search Results", "raw_content": "Search: Posts Made By: lwhy?\nPosted By lwhy?\nThere's another PlayStation store sale going on :https://store.playstation.com/en-us/grid/STORE-MSF77008-CRITICS19LP/1\nRed Dead Redemption 2 is $40.19\nThe Witcher III Complete Edition is $14.99...\nI thought that was a great price. I'm going to get them eventually, but I'm in the middle or Persona 5, Ni No Kuni II, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, and I just bought Red Dead Redemption 2. I hope...\nNew Egg has the Spyro/Crash Remastered Bundle for $29.99 after a 50% off code. They also have Shadow of the Tomb Raider for $19.99 50% off code is EMCTVUY27 Here's the link with the full list of...\nhttps://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/dvdtalk.com-vbulletin/215x268/81z80lfufgl_ac_sx215__6541fd6d97ae765ace96dc4aaea682da7c9b0c1f.jpg\nThis is on sale for $39.99 at Amazon and Gamestop if you haven't bought it. It was enough of a sale to get me to buy it. I just can't justify paying $59.99 for games. I'm excited to start playing.\nRed Dead Redemption 2 is $39.99 at Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Red-Dead-Redemption-2-PlayStation-4/dp/B01M5DZ525/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1550084446&sr=1-1&keywords=red%2Bdead&th=1 That...\nWe are still looking for four more players. New members and new players are welcome.\nReply All I listened to all 135 episodes in a year and a half. They are still making new episodes, but I am finally caught up. It's my favorite podcast.\nI'm rotating through the following five games:\nPersona 5 (Just Started Today)\nThere are preorder games that are part of this sale. Anthem and Days Gone aren't out yet, but you could get them for around $40 each plus tax with this sale. That's a pretty good deal.\nI'm in as always. I still need to finish watching last season. I better start working on that now....\nTarget has a 2 buy get 1 free sale on select video games this week. If, I had waited I could have gotten Ni No Kuni II, Persona 5 and South Park: Fractured, but whole for $40.\nNi No Kuni 2 : Revenant King (PS4)\nRe: Ni No Kuni 2 : Revenant King (PS4)\nI started playing this yesterday. I'm close to three hours in and I'm enjoying it, but I'm finding it pretty easy on normal. I may have to increase the difficulty. I found South Park Stick of Truth...\nThe Challenge: War of the Worlds (MTV) -- premieres 2/6/19\nRe: The Challenge: War of the Worlds (MTV) -- premieres 2/6/19\nI meant to put Sarah, but it appears that I have Jenna on the brain....\nI finally watched the premiere after watching CT's Wedding Special (It took forever for me to get through it) and the Basic Training Special. I think this could be a really good season. They seem to...\nI've seen it cheaper than that. I want to get the Gold Edition Steelbook with the season pass. It's been on sale for $19.99 at Gamestop, but none of my local stores have it...\nI finished the PS4 version of this last night. I really enjoyed it. This was the first game that I have played all the way through in quite some time. I am going to play again sometime on a harder...\nI finished South Park Stick of Truth. I just started Ni No Kuni II and I started playing Assassin's Creed Odyssey again.\nI'm going to have to end up subscribing to watch this and I'm really interested in the Mighty Ducks series that's in development too.\nThis is a little off topic yet again, but Kaliah had some work done....\n

Sports > Cricket > Wishing The God Of Cricket A Very Happy Birthday\nGuardian of the Galaxy Vol 2: Here\u2019s All you Need To Know About this Much-Awaited Sequel\nOut Looking For Events? 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The Index includes companies engaged in a broad range of internet-related services including, but not limited to internet software, internet access providers, internet search engines, web hosting, website design, and internet retail commerce.\nThe Index began on November 27, 2007 at a base value of 150.00.\nQNET Methodology\nQNET Research\nProducts for NASDAQ Internet Index\nPowerShares NASDAQ Internet Portfolio PNQI Invesco PowerShares Capital Management, LLC", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 146, "original_length": 4040, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 210.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://info.uwe.ac.uk/events/event.aspx?id=24013", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:44Z", "digest": "sha1:XE6AGKT72HR6GT7EO3TJFIQDQVJUCSGQ", "length": 506, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "info.uwe.ac.uk", "title": "UWE Bristol: Events Diary - English tenses", "raw_content": "This workshop looks at some of the verb tenses in English that may cause the most problems for international students. Explanations with exercises will be provided for the present and past simple, present and past perfect and writing about the future.\nTo become more familiar with, and practise using, the Present and Past Simple and continuous tenses\nTo become more familiar with, and practise using, the Present and Past Perfect tenses\nTo become more familiar with, and practise using, the future tenses.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 145, "original_length": 3148, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 252.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://infogalactic.com/info/James_Dashner", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:03:42Z", "digest": "sha1:C4SW72HTGHHELPNTL4JQIRA7DUAI36AA", "length": 3313, "nlines": 42, "source_domain": "infogalactic.com", "title": "James Dashner - Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core", "raw_content": "Dashner at CONduit 17, 2007\nFantasy, science fiction, children's literature\nThe 13th Reality, The Maze Runner\nJames Smith Dashner (born November 26, 1972) is an American writer of speculative fiction, primarily series for children or young adults, such as the Maze Runner series and the young adult fantasy series the 13th Reality. His 2008 novel The Journal of Curious Letters, first in the series, was one of the annual Borders Original Voices picks.[2]\nJames Dashner was born on November 26, 1972 in Austell, Georgia, to Linda and James Dashner.[3] One of six children, he is a graduate of Duluth High School and Brigham Young University in Utah, where he received a master's degree in accounting.[4] Dashner and his wife Lynette have four children and are now living in the Rocky Mountains.[5]\nDashner's books are written for young teens. His work is typically within the adventure, survival, and science-fiction genres.\nThe Maze Runner, his most widely-distributed book, reached 100 weeks' standing on the New York Times Best Seller list for Children's Series on September 21, 2014,[6] two days after the release of the motion picture adaptation of the book.\nThe Jimmy Fincher Saga\nA Door in the Woods (2003)\nA Gift of Ice (2004)\nThe Tower of Air (2004)\nWar of the Black Curtain (2005)\nThe 13th Reality series\nThe Journal of Curious Letters (2008)\nThe Hunt for Dark Infinity (2009)\nThe Blade of Shattered Hope (2010)\nThe Void of Mist and Thunder (2012)\nThe Kill Order (2012)\nThe Fever Code (2016) {no official announcements}[7]\nThe Infinity Ring series[8]\nA Mutiny in Time (Book 1) (2012)\nThe Iron Empire (Book 7) (2014)\nThe Game of Lives (2015)\n2008: Whitney Award, Best Youth Fiction, The 13th Reality\n2011: ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults, The Maze Runner\n2012: Young Reader's Choice Award, intermediate grades, The Maze Runner\n\u2191 \"Georgia Authors: James Dashner\". Georgia Center for the Book. Retrieved 15 October 2014. \n\u2191 James Dashner. \"Great News from Borders Bookstores\". jamesdashner.com. \n\u2191 http://myauthor.weebly.com/\n\u2191 Stettler, Jeremiah (6 Mar 2008). \"Quitting his day job\". Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved 15 October 2014. \n\u2191 Vice, Jeff (23 April 2010). \"James Dashner hits it big with series\". Deseret News. \n\u2191 \"Best Sellers > Series Books\". The New York Times Book Review. 21 September 2014. \n\u2191 Kellog, Carolyn (2014-09-25). \"More 'Maze Runner': James Dashner penning prequel for 2016\". Jacket Copy. Los Angeles Times. \n\u2191 Pavao, Kate (2012-08-02). \"Q & A with James Dashner\". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 15 October 2014. \nJames Dashner at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database\nWorks by James Dashner\nThe Infinity Ring series\nA Mutiny in Time (2012)\nGame of Lives (2015)\nMain Trilogy\nRetrieved from \"https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=James_Dashner&oldid=1801221\"\nPeople from Austell, Georgia", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 162, "original_length": 5694, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.8, "perplexity": 287.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://infosci.cornell.edu/information/news/newsitem782/people-admit-they-trust-news-stories-contradict-their-views-price", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:16Z", "digest": "sha1:TQDBXMWIOVJF6ILYYQU46QGF6DB2KGLN", "length": 4901, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "infosci.cornell.edu", "title": "People admit they trust news stories that contradict their views - for a price | Cornell Information Science", "raw_content": "Cornell Tech researchers and colleagues have found that people are far more likely to say that news stories are true if they align with their own political views regardless of the outlet.\nMaurice Jakesch\nAnna Evtushenko\nThis article written by Melanie Lefkowitz originally appeared on the Cornell Chronicle on February 1, 2019.\u200b\nWhen it comes to news, we believe what we want to believe \u2013 even though deep down we may know better.\nCornell Tech researchers and colleagues have found that people are far more likely to say that news stories are true if they align with their own political views regardless of the outlet. But when offered a cash bonus for correctly evaluating the stories\u2019 accuracy, participants were more likely to say they believed the news stories that countered their views.\nA Cornell Tech-led study found that people tended to believe news story headlines were true when they aligned with their political views \u2013 however, when participants were offered a cash bonus if they evaluated headlines accurately they showed less bias.\n\u201cThere\u2019s an issue of expressive responding, where people say what they want to be true rather than what they actually believe to be true,\u201d said Mor Naaman, associate professor of information science at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech and senior author of \u201cThe Role of Source, Headline and Expressive Responding in Political News Evaluation,\u201d which will be presented Feb. 1 at the Computation + Journalism Symposium in Miami.\nComputation and Journalism graphic.jpg\nIn the study, researchers told participants that they\u2019d receive a bonus if they guessed the accuracy of all the headlines correctly, \u201cmotivating them to say what they truly believe,\u201d Naaman said. \u201cPeople were suddenly more willing to admit that claims aligned with the other side were true.\u201d\nThis effect was more pronounced for right-leaning participants than for those with left-leaning politics; Naaman said future research will explore why.\nMaurice Jakesch, a Cornell Tech doctoral student in the field of information science, is the paper\u2019s first author. Also contributing were Cornell information science doctoral student Anna Evtushenko and Moran Koren of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.\nThe study is the first to test for expressive responding, as well as to examine trust in news outlets independently of trust in story content. Participants were asked to rate stories associated with The New York Times and Fox News, but the outlet where the story was said to appear did not affect their trust level, whatever their political orientation.\n\u201cThe results are pretty clear: It\u2019s not about people believing the Times vs. Fox News; it\u2019s about whether the claim in the headline agrees with their view of the world,\u201d Naaman said.\u201d\nThe researchers recruited a diverse group of around 400 participants, evenly divided between right- and left-leaning in their political views. Each participant was shown two political headlines aligned with Democratic views and two aligned with Republican news, randomly assigned to either Fox News or the Times. They were also shown 12 other headlines that were not part of the experiment.\nThe political headlines \u2013 including \u201cTrump lashes out at Vanity Fair, one day after it lambastes his restaurant,\u201d and \u201cCompanies are already canceling plans to move U.S. jobs abroad\u201d \u2013 were all true, but none actually came from the Times or Fox News. They were chosen based on previous studies that showed they were right- or left-leaning, and that readers had trouble ascertaining their accuracy.\nParticipants were given 15 seconds to rate each headline as true or false. The headlines could not be copied, making it impossible to plug them into a search engine. They were each paid $1 for about five minutes of work.\nTo determine whether they truly believed their answers, half the participants were offered a bonus of $1.60 if they correctly answered 12 out of 16 questions. (All participants in that group received the bonus.) The other half were in a control group.\nThough further study is needed, Naaman said the findings have potential applications for news aggregators, which might focus on balancing news feeds politically by content instead of merely by news outlet, or social media sites, which could incentivize people to only share stories they trust.\n\u201cWe\u2019re living in an age of misinformation, where it\u2019s very hard for people to distinguish between established and trustworthy and credible news organizations,\u201d Naaman said. \u201cUnderstanding how people make decisions in online news when it comes to the stories they read and how the react to them is important, so that we can design information systems and presentation systems that support trustworthy sources above others.\u201d\nThe research was supported by Yahoo Research and Oath, which is part of Verizon Media Group, through the Cornell Tech Connected Experiences Lab.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 302, "original_length": 11429, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 277.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://insidegnss.com/new-leaders-at-the-gps-helm/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:02Z", "digest": "sha1:OLBDW3PS2ZKXR6XV4M55W6TE5TRS6WRF", "length": 17674, "nlines": 59, "source_domain": "insidegnss.com", "title": "New Leaders at the GPS Helm - Inside GNSS", "raw_content": "New Leaders at the GPS Helm\nWashington, D.C., has a peculiarity of seasons. While most of the world marks the shifts between winter and spring, summer and autumn, the politicos on the streets of the U.S. capital count the passage of time in two-year increments.\nNew operatives and appointees flock to the centers of power in the early days of each administration and the opening of each Congress, then migrate to friendlier climes as congressional elections loom and the administration winds down \u2014 as it is now.\nThe GPS community, in particular, seems to be caught up in this season\u2019s migration. New personnel are stepping into key leadership posts in the departments of defense and transportation as well as other agencies that work together to guide the GPS program.\nThe National Coordination Office (NCO) for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT), which supports all of these efforts, has been operating for months without a top executive. Changes are occurring in the congressional committees that authorize the GPS budget and perhaps in those that can influence the fortunes of the constellation\u2019s operations and utility.\nThese personnel shifts are occurring just as a new effort to rewrite the nation\u2019s telecommunications laws is emerging, potentially threatening GPS frequencies and applications.\nThe most notable shifts are within the Department of Defense (DoD). General William Shelton, who became Commander of Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) in January 2011, will retire September 1. By all accounts his leadership of those responsible for the modernization and support of the GPS system has been admirable. Although no job at this level is ever easy, his tenure has weathered one squall after another with years of unusually serious budgetary challenges, glitches in efforts to enhance the system, and the rise of new threats to, and doubts about, the availability of GPS signals.\nWhen he assumed the helm in 2011, Shelton stepped immediately into the middle of what would become the biggest threat so far to GPS frequencies. That same month a Virginia firm called LightSquared, amid great controversy, won conditional permission from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to build a coast-to-coast, high-powered terrestrial broadband network using frequencies neighboring those used by GPS. The firm\u2019s project fit neatly into the Obama administration\u2019s plan to provide more spectrum for broadband companies and encourage competition within the wireless communications industry.\nRF power from LightSquared\u2019s transmitters and mobile devices, however, threatened to overwhelm GPS receivers across the country. Shelton took a stand against LightSquared\u2019s aspirations and made national news for refusing to submit to pressure from the White House to soften congressional testimony about the clear interference problems that testing had shown. Although the issue is not fully resolved, the Light-Squared project is currently sidelined.\nPatent, Jamming, and Budget Problems\nOther challenges followed, including an effort by the British Ministry of Defense to patent one of the modernized GPS signal structures \u2014 a patent that was withdrawn after what experts described as government-to-government discussions. Other concerns arose about the aging GPS constellation, repeated demonstrations that the GPS signal could be spoofed and jammed, and surging threats from hackers.\nShelton also found himself caught up in budget battles consuming Washington as well as significant problems with the navigation payload on the new GPS III satellites and the new ground system. To tackle both the technical and financial problems, his team weighed a variety of alternatives including reconfiguring the GPS constellation to take advantage of very small satellites and investing in the ability to launch more than one satellite at a time. Among the outcomes of that work is the recent restructuring of the ground system contract and the release in June of a request that could lead to a new prime contractor for the last 22 GPS III spacecraft.\nShelton seized some opportunities as well. He is credited with turning on the navigation message in the L2C and L5 signals, a move expected to spur receiver development and innovation as the commercial sector gains experience with the new signals.\nNew AF Space Commander\nShelton will be replaced by Lt. Gen. John Hyten, who has served as his AFSPC vice-commander for the last two years. Hyten has a Harvard engineering degree and a masters in business administration and has served in Washington as director for space programs in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition \u2014 experience that should serve him well has as sequestration reemerges and squeezes the GPS budget tighter still.\nHyten\u2019s experience as the director of space forces during Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, and in senior engineering positions on anti-satellite weapon system programs, also could prove very valuable as the challenges from adversaries mount. He also has worked with the GPS program before, noted one source, and has direct experience with the interagency process that guides GPS policy.\n\u201cHe\u2019s definitely one of the GPS people,\u201d said the well-informed source, who asked not to be identified due to a lack of authorization to speak publicly. \u201cWe\u2019re glad to have him over in Space Command.\u201d\nIn yet another change for Space Command, Lt. Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, the head of the Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles Air Force Base, has left to become military deputy within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition \u2014 replacing Lt. Gen. Charles Davis as the service\u2019s top military acquisition official. SMC, which is part of Space Command, is home to the Global Positioning Systems Directorate.\nTaking over at SMC is Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves, who was serving as deputy director in the Missile Defense Agency\u2019s Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics.\nOther PNT Leadership Changes\nThe handoffs within Space Command are not the only changes in the GPS management team at the Department of Defense.\nRobert Work has replaced Ashton Carter as the deputy secretary of defense and takes his place as co-chair of the National Executive Committee for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT ExCom). Work, who served 27 years in the U.S. Marines, was undersecretary of the Navy from 2009 to 2013. He has a master of science degree in space system operations and served on the DoD transition team for the in-coming Obama administration. He was confirmed as deputy secretary in April.\nHis co-chair on the PNT ExCom is also relatively new to the job. Victor Mendez is acting deputy secretary of transportation. He stepped into the roll in late December 2013 to replace the departing John Porcari. Mendez, who has an MBA and a degree in civil engineering, was sworn in as the federal highway administrator in July 2009. He also served on the White House transition team.\nThe PNT ExCom is supported by the Executive Steering Group, which meets more often than the ExCom, and deals with interagency matters that can be handled without elevating them to the deputy secretary level. The Steering Group has representatives from the same departments as the ExCom plus agencies within those departments such as the Air Force and the Federation Aviation Administration.\nThe Pentagon\u2019s chief information officer (CIO) and the Department of Transportation (DoT) assistant secretary for research and technology co-chair the Steering Group. Greg Winfree has held the latter position for a while, but the DoD CIO, whose office is the nexus for DoD decisions on GPS policy and procurement, is new. Teri Takai left that job at the beginning of May with only a week\u2019s notice to the surprise of many in the GPS community\n\u201cI think she did a lot to establish the influence of the CIO office,\u201d said Scott Burgett, director of automotive OEM platform engineering for GPS user equipment manufacturer Garmin International, who praised her as \u201ca very effective advocate for GPS.\u201d\nTakai has been replaced, for now, by Terry Halvorsen, who is the Pentagon\u2019s acting CIO. His role, however, may not be permanent. According to Defense Daily, the DoD has issued a formal statement from spokeswoman Lt. Col. Valerie Henderson stating, \u201cMr. Halvorsen will lead the DoD CIO organization until a permanent DoD CIO is selected by [Defense] Secretary [Chuck] Hagel.\u201d\nHalvorsen\u2019s situation underscores the challenges facing anyone in a job in an acting capacity. When so much depends on the skills, expertise, perspectives, and advocacy of individuals, having people who may not be staying \u2014 or are perceived as temporary \u2014 makes planning and progress much harder.\nExCom Newbies\nThe departments of state, commerce and homeland security all have representatives to both the ExCom and the steering group who are either new to their jobs or still in an acting capacity.\nBruce Andrews was just named acting deputy secretary of commerce in June. His experience in telecommunications could be especially useful as the battle over spectrum heats up. He was general counsel for the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, the committee that oversees the FCC. Prior to that he was a telecommunications attorney and managed government affairs for Ford Motor Company.\nCommerce is represented in the PNT Executive Steering Group by former astronaut Kathryn Sullivan, who was finally confirmed in March as the under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and as National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) administrator. She is an oceanographer who, when she served as NOAA\u2019s chief scientist, oversaw a research and technology portfolio that included fisheries biology, climate change, satellite instrumentation, and marine biodiversity.\nThe GPS commercial sector may particularly appreciate the background of Judith Garber, the State Department\u2019s ExCom representative and the acting assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES). She is a career foreign service officer who has held economic and business development posts around the world and was named to her new post at the end of April.\nThe State Department\u2019s person in the steering group is Jonathan Margolis, acting deputy assistant secretary at OES for the science, space, and health. He has a Ph.D. in psychology from Harvard University, focusing on negotiation and conflict resolution, and a master\u2019s degree from the Fletcher School of International Law and Diplomacy as well as hands-on experience organizing international communications. Given that the current round of international negotiations over spectrum is coming to a head next year, his skills could be very valuable.\nJust joining the PNT ExCom is Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) Alejandro Mayorkas. A former U.S. attorney, he had been serving as the director of DHS\u2019s United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), which operates the largest immigration system in the world. He was sworn in last December.\nConfirmed in March, as under secretary for DHS\u2019s National Protection and Programs Directorate, Suzanne Spaulding brings a wide range of experience in intelligence and cybersecurity matters. She served at the Central Intelligence Agency for six years and on the staff of both the House and Senate intelligence committees.\nSpaulding\u2019s role at DHS gives her the responsibility for protecting critical infrastructure. GPS already is considered an essential element in most of the nation\u2019s critical infrastructure sectors, and some top experts have argued GPS should itself be designated critical infrastructure.\nNew Leadership at NCO\nThe leadership at the National Coordination Office, the permanent staff for PNT ExCom, is also in flux. Former NCO director Jan Brecht-Clark retired in December after serving just a year. The NCO\u2019s deputy director, Col. Harold \u201cStormy\u201d Martin, retired from military service several months later.\nNow that Martin has left the military he could potentially return as the NCO\u2019s director \u2014 the path taken by Anthony Russo, who was NCO director from January 2010 through December 2012. The DoT selects the NCO director and is expected to name its choice in early July, although nothing had been announced as of press time.\nMeanwhile, on Capitol Hill\nKey personnel changes are also under way in Congress with some members retiring, some moving to different roles because of term limits, and others forced out by election losses.\nAmong those retiring will be the chairmen of the both the House and Senate armed services committees, which oversee the GPS program. Overall, these committees and their chairmen have been very supportive of GPS, particularly in their budget authorizations.\nHouse Armed Services Chairman Howard \u201cBuck\u201d McKeon, R-California, who is retiring from Congress, told reporters that term limits, which mandate his giving up his chairmanship, were the \u201cbiggest motivator\u201d for his decision. Rep. Mac Thornberry of Texas, who is described in news reports as being extremely knowledgeable on defense matters and who has already made his interest in the chairmanship clear, is the most likely replacement.\nSen. Carl Levin, D-Michigan, chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is also retiring. He has endorsed Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, as his successor, according to the web site Daily Kos, but Reed is also in line to take the soon-to-be-vacant chairmanship of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee. Senators Bob Nelson, D-Florida and Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri, would be next in line by seniority although Nelson has a number of other options.\nThe leadership situation in two other Senate committees is particularly worth watching. Sen. John D. Rockefeller, D-West Virginia, who now heads the Commerce and Transportation Committee, is retiring after five terms. Mark Pryor, D-Arkansas, the chairman of the Communications, Technology and Internet Subcommittee, is in a very close race this fall. These two committees have the lead on spectrum issues in the Senate and played a role in the LightSquared debate a few years ago.\nThe chairmanships are particularly important in this case because the heads of the corresponding House committees have launched an effort to update the Communications Act of 1934 and have placed issues that could greatly impact GPS squarely on the table.\nHouse Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, R-Michigan, and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Oregon, announced their multi-year review in December. They have asked for feedback on issues including receiver standards and the idea of altering the role the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).\nNTIA watches out for the federal government users of frequencies \u2014 including those who rely on GPS \u2014 and played a key role in protecting the GPS spectrum during the LightSquared controversy. As things now stand, the FCC and NTIA have to agree on frequency allocations, an arrangement deemed duplicative by some who would like the FCC to have most if not all of the decision-making power. For more on this story, see news article on page 20.\nUpton and Walden appear well positioned and, given that term limits will force Upton to relinquish his chairmanship by 2017, well motivated to launch legislation next session. Whether they succeed or not depends in part on who chairs the Senate committees. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-California, is next in line for the chairmanship, but she already leads other committees and the Democrats have not imposed term limits on their members. Democrats Bill Nelson of Florida and Maria Cantwell of Washington state would seem to be likely choices based on seniority.\nIn any case, it\u2019s too soon to know, particularly since most political experts give the Republicans better than even odds of taking control of the Senate in this fall\u2019s elections. If that happens, then Republicans will control the chairmanships and set the agenda. If they can come to agreement amongst themselves, they will be in a much stronger position to push changes through.\nUnfortunately, the GPS community already has lost some of the members who acted to protect GPS frequencies during the LightSquared fracas.\nOf the six members that organized \u201cDear Colleague\u201d letters opposing LightSquared\u2018s request in the spring of 2011, half are gone or on their way out. Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Nebraska, and Rep. Steve Austria, R-Ohio, both declined to seek re-election in 2012. Rep. Ralph Hall, R-Texas, the oldest-serving member of Congress, lost his primary bid to a Tea Party challenger this spring. A fourth GPS advocate, Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minnesota, is more likely than not to win, according to Larry Sabato, an expert on electoral politics at the University of Virginia\u2019s Center for Politics, but he is in a competitive race.\nAll in all, the GPS community is facing a substantial new challenge over spectrum with a team that is largely new to GPS issues. It also has fewer proven friends on Capitol Hill to speak on its behalf. The good news is that the new contingent of GPS leaders has an array of particularly useful skills and time to plan ahead for the next fight. Whether they will be ready or not remains to be seen.\nRacelogic Introduces GPS Scenario Software\nFigures 1, 2 & 3: GNSS for ERTMS Train Locali...\nU.S. Satellite Export Policy Report Retains GPS Re...\nRTCA Report Show Serious LightSquared Interference...\nFigure 2: Exploiting the Galileo E5 Wideband Signa...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 178, "original_length": 20560, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 209.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://internationalstory.gla.ac.uk/country/?id=10", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:48Z", "digest": "sha1:J7RZ4H4LYISFYBTR7ZKFZFDLKHZ7ULQY", "length": 2583, "nlines": 38, "source_domain": "internationalstory.gla.ac.uk", "title": "University of Glasgow :: International Story :: Antigua and Barbuda", "raw_content": "William Egon Halman Beard MBChB 1911\nThe Codrington family established a permanent settlement on Antigua in 1632 and Barbuda in 1666.\nThe University\u2019s first known connections with the islands were made through the sugar merchant and plantation owner Thomas Jarvis who sent his sons here in the 1730s. The Jarvis brothers, Thomas and William, became politicians in Antigua but it was in the medical profession that the strongest early connections were established.\nOf the 23 Antigua connections so far discovered, the majority were the sons of medical doctors following in their father\u2019s footsteps.\nProminent medical links with Antigua\nIt was in the field of Medicine and Botany that the strongest early connections with Antigua and Barbuda were established\nThese graduates were to have an impact not just on their Caribbean homelands, but they sent their knowledge of local plants and methods, introducing important medicinal concepts into Europe. Dr Thomas Fraser of Antigua wrote in 1768 of the laxative effects of castor oil and Dr James Farley was a proponent of the success of the quassia root in curing different fevers.\nIn the 1800s, another 8 students with Antiguan links came to Glasgow. Of the five who graduated in Medicine, only one remained in the UK after qualification, the others practised in Antigua.\nFrom 1900 until 1965, a further 7 students born in Antigua registered at the University. By this time their range of subjects was broader with Medicine, Arts, Science and Engineering all being represented.\nView Antigua and Barbuda on the Map\nBorn in Antigua and Barbuda 17\nDied in Antigua and Barbuda 4\nEarliest graduate * Thomas Jarvis (1741)\n* This is the earliest graduate associated with Antigua and Barbuda that we have found. There may have been others we haven't found yet, or who studied at the University but didn't graduate.\nAbbott, John Carson (1864-1933)\nAird, David (b. 1778)\nAird, John (d. 1790)\nAthill, James (b. 1761)\nBeard, William Egon Halman (b. 1889)\nColquhoun, Robert (b. 1775)\nColquhoun, William (b. 1778)\nFergusson, Thomas (1799-1845)\nFreeman, Robert (b. 1726)\nGardiner, Peter (1865-1938)\nGraham, William (1763-1829)\nIrwine, James (b. 1740)\nJarvis, Thomas (1722-1785)\nJarvis, William (b. 1725)\nKer, Francis (b. 1757)\nLessley, Thomas (b. 1725)\nMarchant, Ambrose (b. 1753)\nMarchant , Benjamin (b. 1746)\nMarchant , Nathaniel (b. 1750)\nMartin, Charles (b. 1747)\nNicholson, Adam (1819-1868)\nReid, Robert Samuel (1775-1804)\nRobertson, Arthur Grant (b. 1759)\nChapter-title pages for Antigua & Barbuda in A Description of the Island of Jamaica (1672)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 122, "original_length": 4504, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 269.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://invisibleproject.org/jenni-prokopy/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:24Z", "digest": "sha1:I6R7AUCPP4765K3JX4MLGY6V57EUX6MO", "length": 5760, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "invisibleproject.org", "title": "Jenni Prokopy - INvisible Project", "raw_content": "As a little girl, Jenni Prokopy was told her aches were a result of growing pains. With periods of intense pain and times when the pain waned, Jenni dealt with her ever-changing body. It was not until 1997, when Jenni was twenty-five, that doctors finally diagnosed her with fibromyalgia.\nFibromyalgia is a neurological disorder that causes body-wide pain and tenderness in the joints, muscles, tendons and other soft tissues\u2014in addition to periods of intense fatigue. Pain is intermittent: there are days when Jenni\u2019s pain is all over, but mild. Other days, the pain is so intense she cannot work or socialize.\nHer sensory input is heightened as well. The sound of a fire engine can cause an intense pain experience with migraines and panic attacks. Jenni likens it to a really bad flu that never ends; she is achy, tired, headache-y and fatigued most of the time. In addition, Jenni deals with Raynaud\u2019s phenomenon, asthma and GERD.\nThe year following Jenni\u2019s diagnosis was difficult. The first doctor who told her she had fibromyalgia curtly said to \u201ctake Advil and get ready for a life of pain.\u201d Frustrated, Jenni found a different pain specialist who prescribed heavy amounts of medications. These caused her to hallucinate while on a business trip. When she called to speak with her doctor, she was informed the doctor was too busy. Jenni explained that she was seeing things, alone in a hotel room, desperate and panicked. The insensitive nurse just told her to increase her medications.\nTo the contrary, Jenni stopped the meds immediately. While she did undergo withdrawal, she no longer felt insane. The situation taught Jenni an important lesson about listening to her internal voice. She\u2019d had a strong gut reaction that this doctor was not a match for her. Now she has the confidence to stand up for herself and has a new healthcare provider.\nFor fifteen years, Jenni has been on a quest to gain relief from her pain and fatigue. A particular anticonvulsant drug used for neuropathic pain has made a huge difference, which is why she is bothered when others say all pain medications are addictive or that anyone using them is an addict.\nJenni also uses other therapies that bring her physical relief and emotional balance. She sees an acupuncturist and a wellness coach. She uses essential oils like lavender, peppermint and eucalyptus to relax. Following a daily yoga practice helps her stay mindful and move purposefully. She follows a gluten-free diet and exercises regularly.\nPhysical therapy and daily use of a heating pad to relieve tension and muscle pain have also helped. Jenni has developed her own sleep routine, going to bed at the same time and using earplugs, a noise machine and blackout curtains.\n\u201cI do not know which of the twenty things I did today actually helped me stay active: it\u2019s a symphony of resources that work together,\u201d says Jenni. \u201cAnd this list changes\u2014sometimes, things stop working\u2014so I have learned to be flexible and look outside my comfort zone for solutions.\u201d\nLiving with a chronic illness has changed Jenni\u2019s life. She left her job and designed a business that allows time to take care of her health. Working for herself is not always easy, yet she recognizes she is fortunate to have found a way to make it work.\nIn 2007, Jenni created ChronicBabe, an online resource for young women living with chronic illness that empowers, supports and unites a community struggling to find acceptance and answers. Jenni receives satisfaction knowing the project is helping other people.\nDealing with fibromyalgia has had an adverse effect on some of her relationships. Some friends can\u2019t handle that her schedule is unpredictable due to flare-ups. Others have a hard time coping with a friend who is sick. She has experienced a divorce, as well as conflicts with her family. It is a hard condition to manage, to explain, and for others to understand. So she has compassion for the friends and family members she has lost contact with over the years.\nThrough her journey, Jenni has learned that she is an outrageously strong person. \u201cLots of people give up, and I just refuse to do that,\u201d she says. She also understands that she cannot do it alone, relying heavily on a circle of friends and family to help her stay strong and work through issues. Just as they are there for her, Jenni strives to be the best sister, friend, daughter, girlfriend, aunt and co-worker possible. \u201cIt\u2019s got to be a two-way street,\u201d says Jenni. \u201cI am not the only person who needs support and love.\u201d\nA great lesson Jenni learned is to be nurturing and kind to herself. And she understands feeling robbed of life, but she also knows there is more to life than anger. Jenni wishes people would understand that even though she may appear fine, that does not mean that she is, in fact, fine. There are days when it is difficult for her to handle the glares from people on the bus when sitting in a seat for the handicapped. The invisibility of fibromyalgia and many other illnesses can be the hardest part to cope with.\nShe has found different organizations, like the Arthritis Foundation, the National Sleep Foundation and the American Chronic Pain Association, to be helpful at different times during her journey with pain. Jenni appreciates the work of many non-profit organizations\u2014particularly that of the U.S. Pain Foundation.\nJenni Prokopy is a courageous individual who refuses to let pain and fibromyalgia stand in her way of achieving dreams. \u201cI view myself as a capable, creative woman,\u201d says Jenni. \u201cMy goal is always to live the best life I can, no matter what\u2019s going on with me health-wise. I have a lot to live for; the world is a beautiful place. I\u2019m never going to give up.\u201d\nPrevious Post\tLynne Popadak\nNext Post\tRadene Marie Cook", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 101, "original_length": 8467, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 298.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://io9.gizmodo.com/basically-i-debated-whether-to-put-hall-or-lake-on-the-1684994100", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:51Z", "digest": "sha1:DVARNGBHBZMGULTRTST7FWRAEGPGLW2J", "length": 12865, "nlines": 38, "source_domain": "io9.gizmodo.com", "title": "10 Real-Life Female Spies Who Deserve Their Own Movie Franchises", "raw_content": "10 Real-Life Female Spies Who Deserve Their Own Movie Franchises\nYou may be familiar with the espionage efforts of female spies like Josephine Baker and Mata Hari, whose lives have been committed time and time again to film. But there are numerous female spies who \u2014 even if we don't agree with all their politics \u2014 led fascinating lives, ones that could fill entire movie franchises.\n1. Noor Inayat Khan\nHonestly, we could populate an entire list with the fascinating women who worked in espionage during World War II on all sides of the war. Among those women was Inayat Khan, the daughter of an Indian Muslim father and an American mother. Khan's father was a pacifist teacher of Sufism, and Khan grew up in France, where she studied child psychology at the Sorbonne and music at the Paris Conservatory. Before the outbreak of the Second World War, her career focused on writing poetry and children's stories.\nBut when the war broke out, Khan and her brother, Vilayat, decided to help the Allied cause, in part to fight the Nazis and in part hoping that distinguishing themselves in the war would help bridge relations between English and Indian peoples. She joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and trained as a wireless operator, and was eventually recruited into the F (France) Section of the Special Operations Executive. Although some of her superiors thought she was too soft and gentle to work as a spy, Khan travel to Nazi-occupied Paris, and, after the arrests of several other operators, was, for a time, the only wireless operator still working in Paris, transmitting messages back to London.\nSadly, Khan's story has a tragic ending. She was betrayed to the Germans and arrested. Although Khan did not reveal any secrets under interrogation, she made a terrible mistake: she copied the messages she had sent into her notebooks, which the Germans discovered. They were able to successfully impersonate Khan in further messages to London, which resulted in the capture of three of London's operatives. The formerly gentle Khan proved violently resistant in prison, and was classified as \"highly dangerous.\" She was shackled most of the time, and beaten by the officers. She, along with a handful of other SOE officers, were moved to Dachau Concentration Camp, where they were executed.\nKhan does appear in a few pieces of media, including the television miniseries A Man Called Intrepid, in which she was played by Barbara Hershey.\nHere's what you need to know about Nancy Wake: she once killed an SS officer with a judo chop to the throat. Born in Wellington in 1912, Wake moved to Sydney as a child, but ran away from home at 16. She initially worked as a nurse, but trained herself as a journalist as she traveled through New York and London. By the time World War II broke out, Wake was working for Hearst newspapers as a European correspondent.\nWake saw some of the horrors of the Nazi movement firsthand in her role as a journalist. In Vienna, she witnessed gangs of Nazis beating Jewish men and women at random. So she leaped at the opportunity to join the French Resistance. She worked as a courier, using a bit of flirtatious charm to throw off Gestapo members, and joined an escape network, helping Allied military personnel flee Marseille. Wake became the Gestapo's most wanted person, known as the \"White Mouse\" for her ability to evade capture. A five million-franc price was placed on her head. Wake eventually fled France herself, crossing into Spain and eventually reaching Britain.\nHer military career was only just beginning, though. Wake joined the SOE, where she turned out to be a crack shot in training, and was assigned to work in Auvergne. She parachuted into the province and became responsible for organizing weapons and supply drops, and even engaged in combat, leading guerrilla attacks and sabotage missions. On one occasion, her team was spotted by an SS sentry, and she employed a bare-handed combat technique she'd learned in SOE training: that judo-chop to the throat. She said it was the only time she used it, and she was quite surprised when the fellow dropped dead.\nWake ended up being one of the most decorated servicewomen by the end of the war, but World War II had a very personal cost: Wake's husband, Henri Edmond Fiocca, did not leave Marseille when Wake did. He was eventually captured by the Gestapo, tortured, and executed.\n3. Mary Bowser\nWhen it comes to American Civil War spies, the Confederate spy Belle Boyd tends to attract a lot of ink, but many black men and women (including Harriet Tubman), risked their lives and liberty to spy for the Union. Mary Bowser was born into slavery in the Van Lew household in Richmond, Virginia. Her mistresses sent her up North to be educated and later arranged for her to join a missionary community in Liberia. Bowser hated Liberia, however, and soon returned to Richmond, where she married. After the death of John Van Lew in 1843, Van Lew's wife, son, and daughter freed all of their slaves, including Mary Bowser.\nThat daughter was Elizabeth \"Bet\" Van Lew, an abolitionist who would become famous for running a spy ring for the Union during the American Civil War. And Van Lew's best source of intelligence was Mary Bowser. Why? Because Bowser actually worked in the Confederate White House. Bowser was a brilliant woman with a photographic memory, but she posed as a slow-witted, but competent servant in order to infiltrate the household of Jefferson Davis. Because it was assumed that Bowser could neither read nor write, important papers were left out in the open. Bowser read these papers, memorized them, and fed the information to Van Lew's spy network.\nToward the end of the war, members of the household did become suspicious of Bowser. She fled the Davis home in 1865, and tried to burn it down on her way out, although she wasn't successful. She survived the war, living to write about and give lectures on her wartime activities.\n4. Chevalier d'\u00c9on\nThe Chevalier d'\u00c9on is a fascinating figure, even beyond her career as a spy. Born Charles-Genevi\u00e8ve-Louis-Auguste-Andr\u00e9-Timoth\u00e9e d'\u00c9on de Beaumont, d'\u00c9on was likely assigned male at birth and lived publicly as a man for the first 49 years of her life. She worked for King Louis XV's Secret du Roi, and, as part of a plot against the Habsburg monarchy, was sent to Russia to meet with Empress Elizabeth. Because only women and children were able to cross into Russia at that time, d'\u00c9on had to dress as a woman, calling herself Lea de Beaumont and serving as Empress Elizabeth's maid of honour.\nWhile living in exile in London, d'\u00c9on was subject to rumors about her true gender, and after Louis XV's death, she returned to France and demanded to be recognized as a woman. The court of King Louis XVI agreed to recognize her as a woman, on the condition that she dress as a woman, a condition that included funds for a whole new wardrobe. D'\u00c9on lived out her life as Mademoiselle La chevali\u00e8re d'\u00c9on de Beaumont.\n5. Yoshiko Kawashima\nYoshiko Kawashima was actually Chinese by birth, the daughter of a member of the Manchu imperial family. But at the age of eight, she was adopted by the Japanese spy and adventurer Naniwa Kawashima, and after the death of her biological parents, she was sent to Tokyo. A strikingly beautiful, bisexual tomboy trained in both Eastern and Western martial arts, Kawashima became something of a pulp heroine thanks to her exploits as a spy in\nJapanese-controlled state of Manchukuo, working for the Japanese. In the 1930s, she appeared in radio broadcasts and in factual and fictional stories in the news.\nOf course, a famous spy isn't of much use as a spy, and Kawashima became an outspoken critic of the practices of the Kwantung Army in Manchukuo. Naturally, this caused friction between Kawashima and her employers, and eventually, she faded from the limelight. She didn't end her career as a spy, however. In 1945, she was captured in Peking by Chinese counter-intelligence officers and executed as a traitor by the Nationalist Government.\nKawashima does have a fairly recent movie about her life, The Last Princess of Manchuria:\n6. The Flying Squadron\nIt's not clear how much of this is true history and how much is historical myth born out of a propaganda campaign, but many historians have pointed to the 16th century noblewoman Catherine de' Medici as the leader of her very own spy ring, L'escadron volant, or the Flying Squadron. Supposedly, Catherine recruited beautiful women to form sexual liaisons with powerful men at court, so that they could learn these men's secrets and pass them on to Catherine.\nAlleged members of this Flying Squadron include Charlotte de Sauve, who was supposed to have spied on Fran\u00e7ois, Duke of Alen\u00e7on on Catherine's behalf, and Isabelle de Limeuil. The latter bore a son, whom she claimed was fathered by Louis, Prince of Cond\u00e9. According to historian Mark Strage, Catherine dismissed Isabelle from court, in part because of her failure to be discreet about her affair.\n7. Manuela S\u00e1enz\nManuela S\u00e1enz is another woman whose entire life is simply fascinating, linked as it is to the Latin American struggle for independence from Spanish rule. S\u00e1enz is perhaps best known as the mistress of the Venezuelan revolutionary Sim\u00f3n Bol\u00edvar, but S\u00e1enz was involved in covert politics before she even met Bol\u00edvar. In 1819, S\u00e1enz and her husband, English merchant James Thorne, where she became involved in the conspiracy to depose Jos\u00e9 de la Serna e Hinojosa, the viceroy of Peru.\nBol\u00edvar became known as El Libertador in his lifetime, but he called S\u00e1enz Libertadora del Libertador, because she helped him escape Bogota in 1828 when mutinous officers attempted to assassinate him. After Bol\u00edvar's death in 1830, S\u00e1enz was exiled Colombia and she ended up dying in poverty and obscurity. But during her lifetime, she was an active figure in many of South America's major political shifts.\n8. Melita Norwood\nOne of the KBG's most valuable spies, Melita Norwood was active starting in the 1930s and didn't retire until 1972, when she was 60 years old. Norwood was British, but she was also a communist sympathizer and decided to spy for the Soviet Union because she wanted to support the country's \"new system.\" Norwood used her job at the British Non-Ferrous Metals Research Association, Norwood passed documents related to the nuclear weapons program \u2014 apparently speeding up Soviet nuclear progress. Interestingly, Norwood's husband, the son of Russian parents, was aware of her activities but did not approve.\nBritish intelligence became aware of Norwood's role in the Cold War in 1992 after the defection of KBG archivist Vasili Mitrokhin, but it did not become public knowledge until 1999. Norwood received a Soviet pension for her service and was never tried for her spying on her own country. She did, however, become a public object of fascination towards the end of her life, known as the infamous \"granny spy.\"\n9. Sarah Emma Edmonds\nIf we can believe her memoirs, Sarah Emma Edmonds was probably the closest thing the Union Army had to a master of disguise during the American Civil War. In fact, Edmonds entered the Civil War in disguise. She enlisted in the 2nd Michigan Infantry dressed as a man, calling herself Franklin Flint Thompson. She served under General McClellan as a field nurse, and, according to her own writings, applied for a won a position as a Union spy.\nEdmonds claims that she frequently traveled into the Confederacy in disguise \u2014 sometimes as a black man or woman \u2014 seeking out information and stealing papers from Confederate officers. However, when she contracted malaria, she deserted the army, fearing she would be found out as a woman. She ended up serving out the rest of the war as a nurse once again, but this time in female dress.\n10. Marthe Cnockaert\nMarthe Cnockaert wasn't just a World War I spy \u2014 she was also a writer of spy novels. In 1915, Cnockaert was working as a nurse in a German military hospital in Roulers, Belgium, when her friend Lucelle Deldonck recruited her as a British intelligence agent. She spied on German military personnel in the course of her work, working alongside other female Belgian spies. But her activities weren't limited to snooping; she also sabotaged a telephone line being used by a priest who was spying for the Germans.\nIn fact, it was a sabotage mission that led to Cnockaert's eventual capture. Sneaking into an abandoned sewer system, Cnockaert placed explosives beneath a German ammunition depot. Unfortunately, she lost her watch, which was engraved with her initials, during the mission. She was arrested and served two years in a prison in Ghent, and was released at the end of the war. She married a British army officer who ghostwrote her memoir, I Was a Spy!, which was adapted into a 1933 film. She went on to publish a slew of spy novels.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 126, "original_length": 14474, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 167.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://iowaclimate.org/2018/07/03/the-reason-for-earths-stable-climate-over-millennia-proposed/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:42Z", "digest": "sha1:OC2Q6KRIOLMD34XGQ7XAGMDAETXOKLCQ", "length": 3080, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "iowaclimate.org", "title": "The reason for Earth\u2019s stable climate over millennia proposed | Iowa Climate Science Education", "raw_content": "The reason for Earth\u2019s stable climate over millennia proposed\nFrom the university of Exeter:\nScientists propose solution to \u2018Gaia puzzle\u2019\nScientists may have solved a long-standing puzzle over why conditions on Earth have remained stable enough for life to evolve over billions of years.\nThe \u2018Gaia\u2019 hypothesis proposed that living things interacting with inorganic processes somehow keep the planet in a state where life can persist \u2013 despite threats such as a brightening sun, volcanoes and meteorite strikes.\nThe puzzle of how this might work has divided experts for decades, but a team led by scientists from the University of Exeter have proposed a solution.\nThey say stability could come from \u201csequential selection\u201d in which situations where life destabilises the environment tend to be short-lived and result in further change until a stable situation emerges, which then tends to persist.\nOnce this happens, the system has more time to acquire further traits that help to stabilise and maintain it \u2013 a process known as \u201cselection by survival alone\u201d.\n\u201cWe can now explain how the Earth has accumulated stabilising mechanisms over the past 3.5 billion years of life on the planet,\u201d said Professor Tim Lenton, of the University of Exeter.\n\u201cThe central problem with the original Gaia hypothesis was that evolution via natural selection cannot explain how the whole planet came to have stabilising properties over geologic timescales.\u201d\n\u201cInstead, we show that at least two simpler mechanisms work together to give our planet with life self-stabilising properties.\u201d\nHe added: \u201cOur findings can help explain how we came to be here to wonder about this question in the first place.\u201d\nProfessor Dave Wilkinson, of the University of Lincoln, who was also involved in the research, added: \u201cI have been involved in trying to figure out how Gaia might work for over 20 years \u2013 finally it looks like a series of promising ideas are all coming together to provide the understanding I have been searching for.\u201d\nDr James Dyke, of the University of Southampton, also an author on the paper, said: \u201cAs well as being important for helping to estimate the probability of complex life elsewhere in the universe, the mechanisms we identify may prove crucial in understanding how our home planet may respond to drivers such as human-produced climate change and extinction events.\u201d\nCreating transformative solutions to the global changes that humans are now causing is a key focus of the University of Exeter\u2019s new Global Systems Institute, directed by Professor Lenton, who said: \u201cWe can learn some lessons from Gaia on how to create a flourishing, sustainable, stable future for 9-11 billion people this century.\u201d\nThe Gaia hypothesis, first put forward by James Lovelock in the 1970s, was named after the deity who personified the Earth in Greek mythology.\nThe paper, published in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution, is entitled: \u201cSelection for Gaia across multiple scales.\u201d\nhttps://ift.tt/2KLnIwi\n\u2190 The Hansen forecasts 30 years later\nTony Abbott: Time For Australia To Pull Out Of Paris \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 135, "original_length": 6617, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 274.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_UEFA_Champions_League.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:37Z", "digest": "sha1:CQN6O26W7IUISBXPJWWQB2JT2AE4VAEH", "length": 22349, "nlines": 289, "source_domain": "ipfs.io", "title": "2013\u201314 UEFA Champions League", "raw_content": "This article is about the men's tournament. For the women's tournament, see 2013\u201314 UEFA Women's Champions League.\nThe Est\u00e1dio da Luz in Lisbon hosted the final.\n2 July \u2013 28 August 2013 (qualifying)\n17 September 2013 \u2013 24 May 2014 (competition proper)\n32 (group stage)\n76 (total) (from 52 associations)\nReal Madrid (10th title)\n362 (2.9 per match)\nCristiano Ronaldo (17 goals)\nThe 2013\u201314 UEFA Champions League was the 59th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 22nd season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.\nThe 2014 UEFA Champions League Final was played between Real Madrid and Atl\u00e9tico Madrid at the Est\u00e1dio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal,[1] marking the fifth final to feature two teams from the same association, and the first time in tournament history that both finalists are from the same city.[2] Real Madrid, who eliminated the title holders, Bayern Munich, in the semi-finals, won in extra time, giving them a record-extending tenth European Cup/Champions League title.[3] Real equalized late in the second half through Sergio Ramos and then pulled away during extra time to win 4\u20131.[4]\nFor the first time, the clubs who qualified for the group stage also qualified for the newly formed 2013\u201314 UEFA Youth League, a competition available to players aged 19 or under.[5]\nAssociation team allocation\nA total of 76 teams from 52 of the 54 UEFA member associations participated in the 2013\u201314 UEFA Champions League (the exceptions being Liechtenstein, which do not organise a domestic league, and Gibraltar, which started participating in the 2014\u201315 season after being admitted as a UEFA member in May 2013).[6][7] The association ranking based on the UEFA country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[8]\nAssociations 1\u20133 each have four teams qualify.\nAssociations 4\u20136 each have three teams qualify.\nAssociations 7\u201315 each have two teams qualify.\nAssociations 16\u201353 (except Liechtenstein) each have one team qualify.\nThe winners of the 2012\u201313 UEFA Champions League were given an additional entry as title holders if they would not qualify for the 2013\u201314 UEFA Champions League through their domestic league (because of the restriction that no association can have more than four teams playing in the Champions League, if the title holders are from the top three associations and finish outside the top four in their domestic league, the title holders' entry comes at the expense of the fourth-placed team of their association). However, this additional entry was not necessary for this season since the title holders qualified for the tournament through their domestic league.\nAssociation ranking\nFor the 2013\u201314 UEFA Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2012 UEFA country coefficients, which took into account their performance in European competitions from 2007\u201308 to 2011\u201312.[9]\nEngland 84.410 4\nItaly 59.981 3\nRussia 47.832 2\nNetherlands 45.515\nGreece 37.100\nDenmark 27.525\nCyprus 25.499 1\nScotland 21.141\nCzech Republic 20.350 1\nPoland 19.916\nCroatia 18.874\nSweden 15.900\nSlovakia 14.874\nNorway 14.675\nBosnia and Herzegovina 8.416\nRepublic of Ireland 7.375\nLithuania 6.875\nAzerbaijan 6.207 1\nWales 2.749\nNorthern Ireland 2.583\nSince the title holders (Bayern Munich) qualified for the Champions League group stage through their domestic league, the group stage spot reserved for the title holders is vacated, and the following changes to the default allocation system are made:[10]\nThe champions of association 13 (Denmark) are promoted from the third qualifying round to the group stage.\nThe champions of association 16 (Cyprus) are promoted from the second qualifying round to the third qualifying round.\nThe champions of associations 48 (Northern Ireland) and 49 (Luxembourg) are promoted from the first qualifying round to the second qualifying round.\nTeams entering in this round\nTeams advancing from previous round\n4 champions from associations 50\u201353\n32 champions from associations 17\u201349 (except Liechtenstein)\n2 winners from the first qualifying round\n17 winners from the second qualifying round\nNon-champions\n9 runners-up from associations 7\u201315\n1 third-placed team from association 6\n10 winners from the third qualifying round for champions\n2 third-placed teams from associations 4\u20135\n3 fourth-placed teams from associations 1\u20133\n5 winners from the third qualifying round for non-champions\n13 champions from associations 1\u201313\n6 runners-up from associations 1\u20136\n5 winners from the play-off round for champions\n5 winners from the play-off round for non-champions\n8 group winners from the group stage\n8 group runners-up from the group stage\nLeague positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Title holders).[11][10]\nBayern MunichTH (1st) Atl\u00e9tico Madrid (3rd) Benfica (2nd) Shakhtar Donetsk (1st)\nManchester United (1st) Borussia Dortmund (2nd) Paris Saint-Germain (1st) Olympiacos (1st)\nManchester City (2nd) Bayer Leverkusen (3rd) Marseille (2nd) Galatasaray (1st)\nChelsea (3rd) Juventus (1st) CSKA Moscow (1st) Anderlecht (1st)\nBarcelona (1st) Napoli (2nd) Ajax (1st) Copenhagen (1st)\nReal Madrid (2nd) Porto (1st)\nArsenal (4th) Schalke 04 (4th) Pa\u00e7os de Ferreira (3rd)\nReal Sociedad (4th) Milan (3rd)\nBasel (1st) Lyon (3rd) PAOK (2nd) Nordsj\u00e6lland (2nd)\nAustria Wien (1st) Zenit Saint Petersburg (2nd) Fenerbah\u00e7e (2nd)[Note TUR] Grasshopper (2nd)\nAPOEL (1st) PSV Eindhoven (2nd) Zulte Waregem (2nd) Red Bull Salzburg (2nd)\nMetalist Kharkiv (2nd)[Note UKR]\nMaccabi Tel Aviv (1st) Slovan Bratislava (1st) Sligo Rovers (1st) FH (1st)\nCeltic (1st) Molde (1st) Maribor (1st) Sutjeska Nik\u0161i\u0107 (1st)\nViktoria Plze\u0148 (1st) Partizan (1st) Ekranas (1st) Sk\u00ebnderbeu Kor\u00e7\u00eb (1st)\nLegia Warsaw (1st) Ludogorets Razgrad (1st) Sheriff Tiraspol (1st) Birkirkara (1st)\nDinamo Zagreb (1st) Gy\u0151r (1st) Neftchi Baku (1st) The New Saints (1st)\nSteaua Bucure\u0219ti (1st) HJK (1st) Daugava Daugavpils (1st) N\u00f5mme Kalju (1st)\nBATE Borisov (1st) Dinamo Tbilisi (1st) Vardar (1st) Cliftonville (1st)\nElfsborg (1st) \u017deljezni\u010dar (1st) Shakhter Karagandy (1st) Fola Esch (1st)\nShirak (1st) EB/Streymur (1st) Lusitanos (1st) Tre Penne (1st)\n^ Turkey (TUR): On 25 June 2013, Fenerbah\u00e7e were banned by UEFA from the 2013\u201314 UEFA club competitions because of the 2011 Turkish sports corruption scandal.[12][13] They appealed the ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and on 18 July 2013 it was ruled that the ban should be temporarily lifted and they should be included in the qualifying round draws of the Champions League, until the final decision to be made before the end of August 2013.[14][15][16] Fenerbah\u00e7e competed in the Champions League qualifying rounds and lost in the play-off round. On 28 August 2013, the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld UEFA's ban, meaning Fenerbah\u00e7e were banned from the 2013\u201314 UEFA Europa League.[17][18]\n^ Ukraine (UKR): On 14 August 2013, Metalist Kharkiv were disqualified from the 2013\u201314 UEFA club competitions because of previous match-fixing.[19] UEFA decided to replace Metalist Kharkiv in the Champions League play-off round with PAOK, who were eliminated by Metalist Kharkiv in the third qualifying round.[20] Metalist Kharkiv made two urgent requests to the Court of Arbitration for Sport for temporary reinstatement until a final decision is reached, but both requests were rejected.[21][22][23][24][25][26] On 28 August 2013, the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld UEFA's ban.[17][18]\nRound and draw dates\nThe schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).[10]\nQualifying First qualifying round 24 June 2013 2\u20133 July 2013 9\u201310 July 2013\nSecond qualifying round 16\u201317 July 2013 23\u201324 July 2013\nThird qualifying round 19 July 2013 30\u201331 July 2013 6\u20137 August 2013\nPlay-off Play-off round 9 August 2013 20\u201321 August 2013 27\u201328 August 2013\nGroup stage Matchday 1 29 August 2013\n(Monaco) 17\u201318 September 2013\nMatchday 2 1\u20132 October 2013\nMatchday 3 22\u201323 October 2013\nMatchday 4 5\u20136 November 2013\nMatchday 5 26\u201327 November 2013\nMatchday 6 10\u201311 December 2013\nKnockout phase Round of 16 16 December 2013 18\u201319 & 25\u201326 February 2014 11\u201312 & 18\u201319 March 2014\nQuarter-finals 21 March 2014 1\u20132 April 2014 8\u20139 April 2014\nSemi-finals 11 April 2014 22\u201323 April 2014 29\u201330 April 2014\nFinal 24 May 2014 at Est\u00e1dio da Luz, Lisbon\nMain article: 2013\u201314 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase\nIn the qualifying rounds and the play-off round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2013 UEFA club coefficients,[27][28][29] and then drawn into two-legged home-and-away ties. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.\nThe draws for the first and second qualifying rounds were held on 24 June 2013.[30] The first legs were played on 2 July, and the second legs were played on 9 July 2013.\nShirak 3\u20131 Tre Penne 3\u20130 0\u20131\nLusitanos 3\u20137 EB/Streymur 2\u20132 1\u20135\nThe first legs were played on 16 and 17 July, and the second legs were played on 23 and 24 July 2013.\nNeftchi Baku 0\u20131 Sk\u00ebnderbeu Kor\u00e7\u00eb 0\u20130 0\u20131 (a.e.t.)\nSteaua Bucure\u0219ti 5\u20131 Vardar 3\u20130 2\u20131\nViktoria Plze\u0148 6\u20134 \u017deljezni\u010dar 4\u20133 2\u20131\nSheriff Tiraspol 6\u20131 Sutjeska Nik\u0161i\u0107 1\u20131 5\u20130\nBirkirkara 0\u20132 Maribor 0\u20130 0\u20132\nSligo Rovers 0\u20133 Molde 0\u20131 0\u20132\nElfsborg 11\u20131 Daugava Daugavpils 7\u20131 4\u20130\nHJK 1\u20132 N\u00f5mme Kalju 0\u20130 1\u20132\nEkranas 1\u20133 FH 0\u20131 1\u20132\nThe New Saints 1\u20134 Legia Warsaw 1\u20133 0\u20131\nCliftonville 0\u20135[A] Celtic 0\u20133 0\u20132\nFola Esch 0\u20136[A] Dinamo Zagreb 0\u20135 0\u20131\nGy\u0151r 1\u20134 Maccabi Tel Aviv 0\u20132 1\u20132\nBATE Borisov 0\u20132 Shakhter Karagandy 0\u20131 0\u20131\nShirak 1\u20131 (a) Partizan 1\u20131 0\u20130\nSlovan Bratislava 2\u20134 Ludogorets Razgrad 2\u20131 0\u20133\nDinamo Tbilisi 9\u20132 EB/Streymur 6\u20131 3\u20131\n^ a b Order of legs reversed after original draw.\nThe third qualifying round was split into two separate sections: one for champions and one for non-champions. The losing teams in both sections entered the 2013\u201314 UEFA Europa League play-off round.\nThe draw for the third qualifying round was held on 19 July 2013.[31] The first legs were played on 30 and 31 July, and the second legs were played on 6 and 7 August 2013.\nBasel 4\u20133 Maccabi Tel Aviv 1\u20130 3\u20133\nMolde 1\u20131 (a) Legia Warsaw 1\u20131 0\u20130\nLudogorets Razgrad 3\u20131 Partizan 2\u20131 1\u20130\nDinamo Tbilisi 1\u20133 Steaua Bucure\u0219ti 0\u20132 1\u20131\nAPOEL 1\u20131 (a) Maribor 1\u20131 0\u20130\nCeltic 1\u20130 Elfsborg 1\u20130 0\u20130\nShakhter Karagandy 5\u20133 Sk\u00ebnderbeu Kor\u00e7\u00eb 3\u20130 2\u20133\nAustria Wien 1\u20130 FH 1\u20130 0\u20130\nN\u00f5mme Kalju 2\u201310 Viktoria Plze\u0148 0\u20134 2\u20136\nDinamo Zagreb 4\u20130 Sheriff Tiraspol 1\u20130 3\u20130\nNordsj\u00e6lland 0\u20136 Zenit Saint Petersburg 0\u20131 0\u20135\nRed Bull Salzburg 2\u20134 Fenerbah\u00e7e 1\u20131 1\u20133\nPAOK 1\u20133 Metalist Kharkiv 0\u20132 1\u20131\nPSV Eindhoven 5\u20130 Zulte Waregem 2\u20130 3\u20130\nLyon 2\u20130 Grasshopper 1\u20130 1\u20130\nMain article: 2013\u201314 UEFA Champions League play-off round\nThe play-off round was split into two separate sections: one for champions and one for non-champions. The losing teams in both sections entered the 2013\u201314 UEFA Europa League group stage.\nThe draw for the play-off round was held on 9 August 2013.[32] The first legs were played on 20 and 21 August, and the second legs were played on 27 and 28 August 2013.\nOn 14 August 2013, Metalist Kharkiv were disqualified from the 2013\u201314 UEFA club competitions because of previous match-fixing.[19] UEFA decided to replace Metalist Kharkiv in the Champions League play-off round with PAOK, who were eliminated by Metalist Kharkiv in the third qualifying round.[20]\nRed Bull Salzburg lodged a protest after being defeated by Fenerbah\u00e7e in the third qualifying round, but it was rejected by UEFA and the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[33]\nDinamo Zagreb 3\u20134 Austria Wien 0\u20132 3\u20132\nLudogorets Razgrad 2\u20136 Basel 2\u20134 0\u20132\nViktoria Plze\u0148 4\u20131 Maribor 3\u20131 1\u20130\nShakhter Karagandy 2\u20133 Celtic 2\u20130 0\u20133\nSteaua Bucure\u0219ti 3\u20133 (a) Legia Warsaw 1\u20131 2\u20132\nLyon 0\u20134 Real Sociedad 0\u20132 0\u20132\nSchalke 04 4\u20133 PAOK 1\u20131 3\u20132\nPa\u00e7os de Ferreira 3\u20138 Zenit Saint Petersburg 1\u20134 2\u20134\nPSV Eindhoven 1\u20134 Milan 1\u20131 0\u20133\nFenerbah\u00e7e 0\u20135 Arsenal 0\u20133 0\u20132\nMain article: 2013\u201314 UEFA Champions League group stage\nLocation of teams of the 2013\u201314 UEFA Champions League group stage.\nBrown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C; Yellow: Group D;\nGreen: Group E; Blue: Group F; Purple: Group G; Pink: Group H.\nThe draw for the group stage was held in Monaco on 29 August 2013.[34] The 32 teams were allocated into four pots based on their 2013 UEFA club coefficients,[27][28][29] with the title holders, Bayern Munich, being placed in Pot 1 automatically. They were drawn into eight groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.\nIn each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays were 17\u201318 September, 1\u20132 October, 22\u201323 October, 5\u20136 November, 26\u201327 November, and 10\u201311 December 2013. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams entered the 2013\u201314 UEFA Europa League round of 32.\nA total of 18 national associations were represented in the group stage. Austria Wien made their debut appearance in the group stage.[35]\nTeams that qualify for the group stage also participate in the newly formed 2013\u201314 UEFA Youth League, a competition available to players aged 19 or under.\nSee the detailed group stage page for tiebreakers if two or more teams are equal on points.\nMain article: 2013\u201314 UEFA Champions League knockout phase\nIn the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:\nIn the draw for the round of 16, the eight group winners were seeded, and the eight group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other.\nIn the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other.\nZenit Saint Petersburg 2 2\nReal Madrid (a.e.t.)\nAtl\u00e9tico Madrid 1 1\nChelsea (a) 1 2\nThe draw for the round of 16 was held on 16 December 2013.[36] The first legs were played on 18, 19, 25 and 26 February, and the second legs were played on 11, 12, 18 and 19 March 2014.\nManchester City 1\u20134 Barcelona 0\u20132 1\u20132\nOlympiacos 2\u20133 Manchester United 2\u20130 0\u20133\nMilan 1\u20135 Atl\u00e9tico Madrid 0\u20131 1\u20134\nBayer Leverkusen 1\u20136 Paris Saint-Germain 0\u20134 1\u20132\nGalatasaray 1\u20133 Chelsea 1\u20131 0\u20132\nSchalke 04 2\u20139 Real Madrid 1\u20136 1\u20133\nZenit Saint Petersburg 4\u20135 Borussia Dortmund 2\u20134 2\u20131\nArsenal 1\u20133 Bayern Munich 0\u20132 1\u20131\nThe draw for the quarter-finals was held on 21 March 2014.[37] The first legs were played on 1 and 2 April, and the second legs were played on 8 and 9 April 2014.\nBarcelona 1\u20132 Atl\u00e9tico Madrid 1\u20131 0\u20131\nReal Madrid 3\u20132 Borussia Dortmund 3\u20130 0\u20132\nParis Saint-Germain 3\u20133 (a) Chelsea 3\u20131 0\u20132\nManchester United 2\u20134 Bayern Munich 1\u20131 1\u20133\nThe draw for the semi-finals and final (to determine the \"home\" team for administrative purposes) was held on 11 April 2014.[38] The first legs were played on 22 and 23 April, and the second legs were played on 29 and 30 April 2014.\nReal Madrid 5\u20130 Bayern Munich 1\u20130 4\u20130\nAtl\u00e9tico Madrid 3\u20131 Chelsea 0\u20130 3\u20131\nMain article: 2014 UEFA Champions League Final\nReal Madrid v Atl\u00e9tico Madrid\n19:45 WEST\nRonaldo 120' (pen.) Report God\u00edn 36'\nStatistics exclude qualifying rounds and play-off round.\n1 Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 17 993\n2 Zlatan Ibrahimovi\u0107 Paris Saint-Germain 10 670\n3 Diego Costa Atl\u00e9tico Madrid 8 580\nLionel Messi Barcelona 8 630\n5 Sergio Ag\u00fcero Manchester City 6 429\nRobert Lewandowski Borussia Dortmund 6 809\nGareth Bale Real Madrid 6 873\n8 \u00c1lvaro Negredo Manchester City 5 326\nArturo Vidal Juventus 5 533\nThomas M\u00fcller Bayern Munich 5 708\nMarco Reus Borussia Dortmund 5 769\nKarim Benzema Real Madrid 5 913\n1 Wayne Rooney Manchester United 8 767\n2 \u00c1ngel Di Mar\u00eda Real Madrid 6 822\n3 Karim Benzema Real Madrid 5 913\nCristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 5 993\n5 Samir Nasri Manchester City 4 430\nGregory van der Wiel Paris Saint-Germain 4 540\nOscar Chelsea 4 692\nArjen Robben Bayern Munich 4 877\nGabi Atl\u00e9tico Madrid 4 1110\nSquad of the season\nThe UEFA technical study group selected the following 18 players as the squad of the tournament:[42]\nGK Thibaut Courtois Atl\u00e9tico Madrid\nManuel Neuer Bayern Munich\nDF Diego God\u00edn Atl\u00e9tico Madrid\nPhilipp Lahm Bayern Munich\nDani Carvajal Real Madrid\nMF Gabi Atl\u00e9tico Madrid\nAndr\u00e9s Iniesta Barcelona\nToni Kroos Bayern Munich\n\u00c1ngel Di Mar\u00eda Real Madrid\nLuka Modri\u0107 Real Madrid\nXabi Alonso Real Madrid\nFW Marco Reus Borussia Dortmund\nDiego Costa Atl\u00e9tico Madrid\nArjen Robben Bayern Munich\nZlatan Ibrahimovi\u0107 Paris Saint-Germain\n\u2191 \"Lisbon to stage 2014 UEFA Champions League final\". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2014.\n\u2191 Shergold, Adam (5 January 2014). \"Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid to square up in Champions League final 2014\". Daily Mail. London. Retrieved 2 May 2014.\n\u2191 \"Madrid make it a perfect ten\". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.\n\u2191 McNulty, Phil (24 May 2014). \"Real Madrid 4 Atl Madrid 1\". BBC Sports. Retrieved 28 August 2015.\n\u2191 \"UEFA Youth League club competition launched\". UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 7 December 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2012.\n\u2191 \"Gibraltar set to be new kids on the Rock as Uefa votes on its future\". The Guardian. 23 May 2013.\n\u2191 \"UEFA Welcome Gibraltar To Europe's Football Family As 54th Member\". insidefutbol.com. 24 May 2013.\n\u2191 \"Regulations of the UEFA Champions League 2013/14\" (PDF). Nyon: Union of European Football Associations. March 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2013.\n\u2191 \"Country coefficients 2011/12\". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 1 September 2014.\n1 2 3 \"2013/14 UEFA Champions League access list and calendar\". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.\n\u2191 \"2013/14 UEFA Champions League participants\". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 29 August 2013.\n\u2191 \"Decisions on Be\u015fikta\u015f, Fenerbah\u00e7e, Steaua\". UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2014.\n\u2191 \"Be\u015fikta\u015f and Fenerbah\u00e7e appeal decisions\". UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 15 July 2013.\n\u2191 \"FENERBAH\u00c7E SK & BE\u015eIKTA\u015e JK V. UEFA \u2014 UPDATE\". Court of Arbitration for Sport. 18 July 2013. Archived from the original on 22 July 2013.\n\u2191 \"Fenerbah\u00e7e \u015eampiyonlar Ligi'nde m\u00fccadele edecek\". Fenerbah\u00e7e SK. 18 July 2013.\n\u2191 \"Turkish club Fenerbahce says Champions League ban has been lifted\". theglobeandmail.com. 18 July 2013.\n1 2 \"FOOTBALL \u2013 APPEALS FILED BY FENERBAHCE SK AND FC METALIST KHARKIV DISMISSED\". Court of Arbitration for Sport. 28 August 2013. Archived from the original on 23 August 2013.\n1 2 \"UEFA welcomes CAS decisions\". UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2014.\n1 2 \"Metalist disqualified from UEFA competitions\". UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 14 August 2013.\n1 2 \"PAOK to replace Metalist in play-offs\". UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 14 August 2013.\n\u2191 \"Lausanne court rejects Metalist's request to suspend UEFA decision barring club from European competition\". Interfax-Ukraine. 16 August 2013.\n\u2191 \"FC METALIST KHARKIV V. UEFA \u2013 UPDATE\". Court of Arbitration for Sport. 16 August 2013.\n\u2191 \"UEFA welcomes CAS decision on Metalist\". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2014.\n\u2191 \"Lausanne court dismisses Metalist repeat request to suspend its disqualification\". Interfax-Ukraine. 20 August 2013.\n\u2191 \"FC METALIST KHARKIV V. UEFA \u2013 Second request for urgent provisional measures rejected\". Court of Arbitration for Sport. 20 August 2013.\n\u2191 \"CAS dismisses Metalist request\". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 20 August 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2014.\n1 2 \"Club coefficients 2012/13\". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 1 September 2014.\n1 2 \"UEFA Team Ranking 2013\". Bert Kassies.\n1 2 \"Seeding in the Champions League 2013/2014\". Bert Kassies.\n\u2191 \"First and second qualifying round draw results\". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2014.\n\u2191 \"Draw pits new boys Zulte Waregem against PSV\". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2014.\n\u2191 \"Milan-PSV tie headlines play-off draw\". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2014.\n\u2191 \"UEFA welcomes CAS decision on Salzburg\". UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2014.\n\u2191 \"Barcelona, Milan, Ajax and Celtic drawn together\". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2014.\n\u2191 \"Monaco set for group stage draw\". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2014.\n\u2191 \"Bayern draw Arsenal, Drogba faces Chelsea return\". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2014.\n\u2191 \"Bayern draw United, Barcelona to play Atl\u00e9tico\". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.\n\u2191 \"Bayern draw Real Madrid, Atl\u00e9tico land Chelsea\". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.\n\u2191 \"Full-time report\" (PDF). UEFA.org. Union of European Football Associations. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 24 May 2014.\n\u2191 \"Statistics \u2014 Tournament phase \u2014 Player statistics \u2014 Goals scored\". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 1 September 2014.\n\u2191 \"Statistics \u2014 Tournament phase \u2014 Player statistics \u2014 Assists\". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 1 September 2014.\n\u2191 \"UEFA Champions League squad of the season\". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2014.\n2013\u201314 European club competitions\nEuroHockey Club Trophy\nEuroHockey Club Challenge\nEuroHockey Club Champions Trophy\nEuroHockey Club Champions Challenge\nEuroHockey Cup Winners Cup\nLEN Trophy\nLEN SuperCup\nCERS Cup", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 1243, "original_length": 33611, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 253.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/wiki/G.722.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:23Z", "digest": "sha1:35FXXKE4T47UOJQW2STRP6DWLXS27NC2", "length": 3807, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "ipfs.io", "title": "G.722", "raw_content": "G.722[1] is an ITU-T standard 7 kHz Wideband audio codec operating at 48, 56 and 64 kbit/s. It was approved by ITU-T in November 1988. Technology of the codec is based on sub-band ADPCM (SB-ADPCM).\nG722 provides improved speech quality due to a wider speech bandwidth of 50\u20137000 Hz compared to narrowband speech coders like G.711 which in general are optimized for POTS wireline quality of 300\u20133400 Hz. G.722 sample audio data at a rate of 16 kHz (using 14 bits), double that of traditional telephony interfaces, which results in superior audio quality and clarity.[2]\nOther ITU-T 7 kHz wideband codecs include G.722.1 and G.722.2. These codecs are not variants of G.722 and they use different patented compression technologies. G.722.1 is based on Siren codecs and offers lower bit-rate compressions (24 kbit/s or 32 kbit/s). A more recent G.722.2, also known as AMR-WB (\"Adaptive Multirate Wideband\") is based on ACELP and offers even lower bit-rate compressions (6.6 kbit/s to 23.85 kbit/s),[2] as well as the ability to quickly adapt to varying compressions as the network topography mutates. In the latter case, bandwidth is automatically conserved when network congestion is high. When congestion returns to a normal level, a lower-compression, higher-quality bitrate is restored.\nG.722 is an ITU standard codec that provides 7 kHz wideband audio at data rates from 48, 56 and 64 kbit/s. This is useful for voice over IP applications, such as on a local area network where network bandwidth is readily available, and offers a significant improvement in speech quality over older narrowband codecs such as G.711, without an excessive increase in implementation complexity. Environments where bandwidth is more constrained may prefer one of the more bitrate-efficient codecs, such as G.722.1 (Siren7) or G.722.2 (AMR-WB).\nG.722 has also been widely used by radio broadcasters for sending commentary-grade audio over a single 56 or 64 kbit/s ISDN B-channel (the least significant bit is dropped on 56kb circuits).\nG.722 works by having the inbound voice signal pass through a digital filter that splits the audio signal into 0 Hz-to-4 kHz and 4 kHz-to-8 kHz audio bands. These sub-bands are then encoded using sub-band ADPCM. Most of the human voice energy is concentrated in the lower half of the audio band (0\u20134 kHz), so 48 kbit/s of the bandwidth is dedicated to the lower sub-band and the other 16 kbit/s is allocated to the higher sub-band.[2][3]\nRTP encapsulation\nG.722 VoIP is typically carried in RTP payload type 9.[4] Note that IANA records the clock rate for type 9 G.722 as 8 kHz (instead of 16 kHz), RFC3551[5] clarifies that this is due to a historical error and is retained in order to maintain backward compatibility. Consequently correct implementations represent the value 8,000 where required but encode and decode audio at 16 kHz.\nWhilst G.722 allows for bitrates of 64, 56 and 48 kbit/s, in practice, data is encoded at 64 kbit/s, with bits from the lower sub-band being used to encode auxiliary data. The greater the number of bits allocated to aux data, the lower the bit rate.\nG.722 patents have expired, so it is freely available.\nG722 specification\n\u2191 ITU-T G.722 page ITU-T Recommendation G.722 (11/88), \"7 kHz audio-coding within 64 kbit/s\"\n1 2 3 \"Recommendation ITU-T G.722: 7 kHz audio-coding within 64 kbit/s\". ITU-T Test Signals for Telecommunication Systems. Retrieved November 7, 2012.\n\u2191 \"Wideband Audio and IP Telephony\". Cisco Systems. Retrieved November 7, 2012.\n\u2191 IANA: Authoritative repository for RTP Parameters\n\u2191 RFC 3551Request For Comments 3551: RTP Profile for Audio and Video Conferences with Minimal Control. Schulzrinne & Casener, July 2003. Also Internet Standard 65.\nITU-T Recommendation G.722 : 7 kHz audio-coding within 64 kbit/s- technical specification", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 250, "original_length": 6002, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 74.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ipkofoundation.org/activities/barcamp-prishtina-38/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:43:42Z", "digest": "sha1:BA7GF5EIPINB6SP4IJ2OXEPFFMVJF6EU", "length": 3441, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "ipkofoundation.org", "title": "BarCamp Prishtina #38 - IPKO Foundation", "raw_content": "Have you ever been inspired to love your country by someone who is not even from your country? Some interesting characters contributed to the colorful discussion of the 38th Edition of BarCamp Prishtina. Tourism is one of the most important areas of a country\u2019s growth and integration and, as such, three key speakers who contribute to tourism were invited to speak at BarCamp Prishtina at Oda Theater.\nWith a different perspective on Kosovo, the speakers of this edition came equipped not only with a huge baggage of experience, but also with an unending and undying love to see the country of Kosovo grow.\nLarissa Olenicoff, or \u201cThe Blonde Gypsy\u201d as she is known online, blogs about the countries she visits and her talk was focused on how to best get the experience one needs in order to write about the beautiful parts of each visit in each place. Having visited and written about many of the countries of the Balkans, Larissa explained to the audience how to motivate themselves to write proper blogs, and one day, to even create an income from blogging. In order to set oneself apart in the blogging world, which nowadays is quite large, one must give a special take their writing that sets them writing apart from other writers. \u201cIf you want to get ANYWHERE in life \u2013 whether that is in blogging or in whichever area in life \u2013 you need to network. Networks are crucial, and I can\u2019t stress enough how important it is to network\u201d explained Larissa from her previous experiences.\nNazmi Hasanramaj, from Klubi Alpin Prishtina, explained that there is no real line of where tourism ends and mountain climbing begins. Mountain climbing is so deeply weaved into tourism, that according to Nazmi, it is hard to develop tourism without having ways of enjoying the beautiful surrounding mountains of a country. With a network of organizations with the same aim, Nazmi invited the participants to become part of the mountain climbing community and test their limits in awesome mountains. Nazmi had some very important information to deliver to the audience about as far as what mountain climbing concerns: \u201cNow don\u2019t get me wrong, climbing mountains is not an easy task especially in some areas where the peaks are really high. The point is to form a group we you trust and to encourage each other\u201d.\nChelsea Charles showed us that even someone not from your country can teach you to love your country. \u201cTo understand why we at Buffalo Backpackers love Kosovo, I have to tell you my story! Hear me out.\u201d The decision to visit Kosovo full of uncertainty, Chelsea explained passionately to the audience, was one of the most beautiful things she did with her life. The Buffalo Backpackers Hostel had humble beginnings, but is now a fruit of love and labor for Chelsea. She loves hosting guests and giving them experiences to remember a lifetime, and believes that originality and sincere hospitality are the key to success in the tourism world. One of the main reasons Chelsea is in Kosovo is the friendship that was shown to her when she first came to Kosovo, and she has decided to nurture and grow that love for Kosovo ever since.\nExcited and motivated, the participants asked many questions about blogging, mountain climbing, and even the business side of hospitality, after Chelsea concluded her inspiring story.\nUntil the next edition of BarCamp, remember: You need to love and develop your country, before anyone else can love and develop it.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 4188, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 296.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://iris.unige.it/handle/11567/193368", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:14:53Z", "digest": "sha1:PAZSCP4VW6V74VDRGHS33OFCGQZMJBI6", "length": 3647, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "iris.unige.it", "title": "Therapy efficacy can be monitored by a sensitive and precise yet inexpensive HIV p24 antigen assay | IRIS Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Genova Attenzione: i dati modificati non sono ancora stati salvati. Per confermare inserimenti o cancellazioni di voci \u00e8 necessario confermare con il tasto SALVA/INSERISCI in fondo alla pagina", "raw_content": "Therapy efficacy can be monitored by a sensitive and precise yet inexpensive HIV p24 antigen assay\nMeasurement of plasma RNA has become widely used for the management of HIV infected patients. The high costs have limited its use to 2-3 times per year or after the onset of clinical symptoms. Although the aggressive combined therapy has induced a sustained reduction of the HIV viremia to undetectable levels, an increasing high percentage of patients are experiencing treatment failure. Since a surprisingly high number of antiretroviral drugs are available and more will be soon, the monitoring of treated patients should be done more frequently. We suggest that the new \u201c3Plus\u201d format of the p24 antigen assay, which is comparable to viral RNA with respect to sensitivity and specificity, should be used to frequent monitoring antiretroviral treatment. During the past few years significant progress has been made: 1) interferen-ce by antibodies has been eliminated by boiling diluted samples for 5 minutes; 2) the sensitivity has reached the ~70 fg/reaction with the use of a signal amplification (ELAST) step; and 3) the kinetic reading of the colorimetric signal, assisted by the Quanti-Kin software, guarantees a dynamic range of 102-107 fg/ml. Recently the American Medical Association and the International AIDS Society (15:9, 2000) have positively reviewed and published these studies from Sch\u00fcpbach and our group. The antiretroviral treatment monitoring of 23 adult patients and in 25 children in Switzerland and 110 patients in Italy provided convincing evidences that this simple, inexpensive and easily automatable p24 procedure is a suitable tool for patients management. We believe that further studies are warranted and we invite others to join us in this task.\nTitolo: Therapy efficacy can be monitored by a sensitive and precise yet inexpensive HIV p24 antigen assay\nF. BERTOLOTTI\nJ. L. MCDERMOTT\nGIACOMINI, MAURO\nVARNIER, OLIVIERO\nGIMMOC\nAbstract: Measurement of plasma RNA has become widely used for the management of HIV infected patients. The high costs have limited its use to 2-3 times per year or after the onset of clinical symptoms. Although the aggressive combined therapy has induced a sustained reduction of the HIV viremia to undetectable levels, an increasing high percentage of patients are experiencing treatment failure. Since a surprisingly high number of antiretroviral drugs are available and more will be soon, the monitoring of treated patients should be done more frequently. We suggest that the new \u201c3Plus\u201d format of the p24 antigen assay, which is comparable to viral RNA with respect to sensitivity and specificity, should be used to frequent monitoring antiretroviral treatment. During the past few years significant progress has been made: 1) interferen-ce by antibodies has been eliminated by boiling diluted samples for 5 minutes; 2) the sensitivity has reached the ~70 fg/reaction with the use of a signal amplification (ELAST) step; and 3) the kinetic reading of the colorimetric signal, assisted by the Quanti-Kin software, guarantees a dynamic range of 102-107 fg/ml. Recently the American Medical Association and the International AIDS Society (15:9, 2000) have positively reviewed and published these studies from Sch\u00fcpbach and our group. The antiretroviral treatment monitoring of 23 adult patients and in 25 children in Switzerland and 110 patients in Italy provided convincing evidences that this simple, inexpensive and easily automatable p24 procedure is a suitable tool for patients management. We believe that further studies are warranted and we invite others to join us in this task.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 6314, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 339.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://iscp-nyc.org/resident/anjana-kothamachu", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:13Z", "digest": "sha1:OSNCQUJW6VFFDWEOXEM5Z66ZGQSCGD5Y", "length": 1365, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "iscp-nyc.org", "title": "Anjana Kothamachu | International Studio & Curatorial Program", "raw_content": "2015: Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation\nKothamachu\u2019s work attempts to reify the emotional, mental and physical state of desiring. This is realized through drawing, objects, moving images and spoken word narratives. Her stories are staged in fabricated worlds extracted from the everyday, venturing beyond veneers of reality and consciousness into the subconscious to access the unspeakable in human experience. She creates a visual narrative charting the emotional and psychological journey of the human condition by revealing nuances of the multiple realms of our existence; while facilitating aesthetic experiences and personal interpretations.\nKothamachu graduated from The Academy of Fine Arts and Crafts, Rachana Sansad, India with a major in sculpture. Prior to this, she studied animation. She has participated in several residency programs including The Last Ship, Mumbai; Stiftung Futur Foundation, Switzerland; Sandarbh International Artists Association\u2019s residency and Khoj. She received the Inlaks Fine Art Award 2013. In 2014, she installed a large-scale outdoor sculpture at the India Art Fair. She was part of the Creative India Public Art Intensive and the Changwon Sculpture Biennale, Korea.\nAnjana Kothamachu, Sleep, 2014, Drawing on paper, 81/2 \u00d7 10 in. (21.59 \u00d7 25.4 cm). Courtesy of the artist.\nResidents from India\nRajyashri Goody\nAnushka Rajendran", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 281, "original_length": 9241, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 287.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://isitnearme.com/jack-in-the-box/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:20Z", "digest": "sha1:QTNZJBHTCHX54RQUIN4LBB55YMOB6WON", "length": 4890, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "isitnearme.com", "title": "Jack in the Box Near Me", "raw_content": "Jack in the Box is an American chain of fast-food restaurants that predominately serves the west coast of the United States. The first restaurant of this chain opened in California back in 1951 by Robert Oscar Peterson. This Jack in the Box Near Me page will help you locate the closest restaurants of this chain, find out about their hours and menu, and obtain coupons.\n1 Jack in the Box Locaiton Near Me\n2 Jack in the Box Opening Hours\n3 Jack in the Box Coupons, Promo Codes & Deals\n4 Jack in the Box Menu\nJack in the Box Locaiton Near Me\nAs it was pointed out above, the first Jack in the Box restaurant was opened in California \u2013 the headquarters of this company has remained in San Diego, California up till the present times. As of the current time, there are around 2,200 Jack in the Box restaurants, scattered across 21 American states. In particular, the restaurants of this chain can be found in the following American states: California, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Louisiana, Tennessee, Illinois, Indiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Kentucky. There are also Jack in the Box locations in the northern states of Mexico.\nIf you live in one of the areas mentioned above, you can take advantage of it and visit one of the Jack in the Box restaurants. This map will help you locate the closest restaurants of this chain:\nIf you need any help with how to use this map, here we will also provide some instructions for it. The first thing you should do is to make sure that the Google Maps app has gained access to your current location \u2013 otherwise, it may display a wrong area. After ensuring it, you will notice that the map displays your area. Apart from it, it will also display many red signs, which stand for the locations of Jack in the Box restaurants nearby.\nBesides, this map also allows you to find out more information about each of the Jack in the Box locations. In order to do that, you should simply click on a red sign of a Jack in the Box location that has interested you. Right after after completing that action, you will notice that a small box has just appeared in the left-upper corner. The box must contain such information about the selected location like the name, address, and average rating.\nIn addition to that, you are able to do a couple of things more in that box. For example, you can click on the \u201cDirections\u201d button, which will allow you to create a route from your current location to the selected restaurant. You are also able to click on the \u201cSave\u201d button, and this will allow you to save that location in your Google account. After all, you can click on the \u201cView Larger Map\u201d text button and see the hours of the selected restaurant.\nJack in the Box Opening Hours\nAt the beginning of this article, it was mentioned that there are more than 2,200 Jack in the Box restaurants, and some of them are located beyond the United States. Therefore, it is natural that their hours may differ from one restaurant to another. If you need to find out the exact hours of a particular Jack in the Box restaurant, we recommend you to follow the guidelines from the previous section. In this section, we will list the typical Jack in the Box hours, which, however, might be not completely exact.\nThese are the typical Jack in the Box hours in the United States:\nJack in the Box Coupons, Promo Codes & Deals\nJack in the Box also offers lucrative deals and coupons from time to time. The first source where you can find Jack in the Box coupons is, of course, the official website: the Offers and Coupons pages will help you with that. But apart from it, there are also special websites that specialize in distributing coupons of various companies, and we have collected a list of such websites in this section.\nYou are able to find the Jack in the Box coupons on these pages:\nThe jack in the Box chain of fast-food restaurants is centered around serving burgers \u2013 there are 11 burgers on the menu, including Jumbo Back and Jr. Jumbo Back. Jack in the Box also offers 11 chicken and salad menu items, including Chicken Fajita Pita and Grilled Chicken Salad. In regards to the sides, there are different types of fries, fried onion rings, cheddar cheese, egg rolls, jalapenos, and tacos on the menu.\nApart from that, there are also such sections in the menu as \u201cBreakfast,\u201d \u201cBrunchfast,\u201d and \u201cLate Nate,\u201d which available only in a particular time of the day. Shakes and desserts on offer include Oreo Cookie Ice Cream Shake, Chocolate Ice Cream Shake, Vanilla Ice Cream Shake, Strawberry Ice Cream Shake, Mini Churros, Chocolate Overload Cake, and NY Style Cheesecake. The drinks include juice, mineral water, low-fat milk, different types of Cola, Fanta, Sprite, other sodas, different types of tea and coffee.\nBesides, you can also locate Denny\u2019s restaurants around you.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 77, "original_length": 6118, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 191.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://isitnearme.com/jimmy-johns/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:56:48Z", "digest": "sha1:SVPGT6J4FA7EYNL74ERX7WYYJ45LPIT4", "length": 5826, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "isitnearme.com", "title": "Jimmy Johns Near Me", "raw_content": "Jimmy Johns, fully known as Jimmy John\u2019s Franchise, LLC, is an American national chain of sandwich restaurants, which is available almost in all states (except a few, and you can read about it lower). Even though it was founded just in 1983 by Jimmy John Liautaud, it can boast as many as more than 3,000 locations nowadays. On this Jimmy Johns Near Me page, you can detect Jimmy Johns restaurants nearby, find out the information about them and their menu, their working hours, as well as obtain some coupons.\nThe first Jimmy Johns restaurant was opened back in 1982, when Jimmy John Liautaud graduated from the school and was given a choice by his father: either to serve a term in military or start a business. Obviously, he chose the latter and borrowed $25,000 from his father for starting a hot dog business. However, that money was not enough for him to start a restaurant for serving hot dogs, so he opted to run a sandwich store.\nThe first shop was opened in Charleston, Illinois, where Liautaud could afford to have only the very basic equipment he needed. Even though the first Jimmy Johns store (yes, at that time it was a store yet) had a poor location and handed out free samples of sandwiches for the sake of marketing, he managed to obtain a profit in the first year. In 1985, Jimmy Johns bought out the 48%-large stake of his father in the business and became the only owner of the company. A year later, he opened another store in Macomb, Illinois, followed by another store to be opened in 1987 in Champaign, Illinois.\nJimmy Johns kept on opening more and more stores until the year of 1994, when he began to sell franchises. This business model has proven to be working, and more than 98% of all Jimmy Johns restaurants are owned and run by independent entrepreneurs according to the franchise agreements. As of the summer 2017, the company stated that it has reached the number of locations to be 3,000, while having plans to expand to as many as 5,000 locations and more.\nThe CNN Money website has included Jimmy Johns in the list of the top 10 great franchise bets, which promise a fast pay-off. According to the website, the real estate costs for a start-up with Jimmy Johns vary from $305,000 to $485,000 on the average. At the same time, annual net profit is $280,000 on the average, which makes Jimmy Johns franchise to be an attractive and lucrative investment.\nIf you are, after all, interested in Jimmy Johns as a customer (or even a regular customer), you can use this Jimmy Johns Near Me page for obtaining coupons, getting to know the locations of the closest Jimmy Johns restaurants and their working hours, and finding out more about the restaurant menu.\n1 Jimmy Johns Location Near Me\n2 Jimmy Johns Opening Hours\n3 Jimmy Johns Coupons, Promo Codes & Deals\n4 Jimmy Johns Menu\nJimmy Johns Location Near Me\nJimmy Johns is headquartered in Champaign, Illinois, where it was founded in 1982. At the present time, the company opens 200 restaurants per year on the average. Jimmy Johns appears to be a national fast-food restaurant which specializes in food delivery and does not function anywhere abroad. Jimmy Johns is present in all American states except Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut, Hawaii, and Alaska.\nIf you wish to find Jimmy Johns delivery nearby, you should just utilize this map:\nActually, using this map is fairly simple. You need just to provide your current location to the Google Maps application, and then you will see it displayed on the map. Around you, there will be red signs that point to the Jimmy Johns locations around you. You need just to click on a specific sign in order to get to know more information about that Jimmy Johns restaurant, such as working hours, reviews, contact information, etc.\nJimmy Johns Opening Hours\nConsidering that Jimmy Johns is a chain of fast-food delivery restaurants which operates mostly according to the franchise, it becomes terribly difficult to get a generalized view of the working hours of its restaurants. At this point of our Jimmy Johns Near Me page, we will just list the most common schedules at Jimmy Johns restaurants. Yet, you have to keep in mind that they vary across the states and restaurants a lot. So, here are the most common schedules at these restaurants:\nFrom 11:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M. every day except Fridays and Saturdays, from 11:00 A.M. to 2:00 A.M. on Fridays and Saturdays.\nFrom 11:00 A.M. to 10:00 P.M. every day except Sundays, closed on Sunday.\nJimmy Johns Coupons, Promo Codes & Deals\nIf you are a frequenter to the restaurants of Jimmy Johns chain, you may take advantage of numerous coupons and save money on every order of yours. First of all, it is recommended to check the website of Jimmy Johns in order to find out whether there are any discounts or deals available.\nThe other way of finding Jimmy Johns deals is visiting specific websites that offer coupons for many companies, including Jimmy Johns. You can visit them regularly from this page in order to stay updated about the new deals. So, those websites include:\nCoupon Codes Lo\nCouponing List\nPromo Code Land\nCoupon Great.\nAs you could understand from the information provided above, Jimmy Johns specializes in delivering fast-food products, especially sandwiches. Jimmy Johns offers 4 types of sandwiches: Plain Slims, 8\u201d Sub Sandwiches, Giant Club Sandwiches, and The J. J. Gargantuan. While the latter one is the only one sandwich, the other types of sandwiches include 6-7 varieties of sandwiches.\nApart from such a huge selection of sandwiches, Jimmy Johns also offers 5 types of chips, 2 types of cookies, and Jumbo Kosher Dill Pickle. In regards to drinks, Jimmy Johns offers to its customers the following drinks: Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Dr. Pepper, and Dasani Bottled Water.\nCheck out also the In-N-Out Near Me page.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 80, "original_length": 6832, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 192.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://iversity.org/en/profiles/afonso-pessanha/journals/visual-thinking-for-business-make-your-point/my-favorite-squiggle-bird", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:04:59Z", "digest": "sha1:ULJPA6HOZIYADHZCPOPVKS3XB7FQUUEW", "length": 133, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "iversity.org", "title": "My favorite Squiggle Bird", "raw_content": "My favorite Squiggle Bird\nThis is a really fun exercise. I thought it would be harder to find birds in the squiggles... but it isn't.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 1704, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 100.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://jamesnarrates.com/select-titles/raw-power-an-urban-fantasy-novel/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:54Z", "digest": "sha1:3AG7K3PNA6BLHN2F4WHYR6FVXRSGAQJJ", "length": 1740, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "jamesnarrates.com", "title": "Raw Power: An Urban Fantasy Novel \u2013 JAMES ANDERSON FOSTER", "raw_content": "Raw Power Sample -:-- / -:--\nHowdy. My name\u2019s Lucian Colt.\nI\u2019m one of those disgruntled millennials you\u2019ve heard about on the evening news. I\u2019ve got a master\u2019s degree in art history, a mountain of student loan debt, and no job to show for it.\nWait, scratch that. I track down stolen pieces of art for wealthy clients and then beat whoever stole them to within an inch of their life. Say what you will, but it puts bread on the table.\nSomething went wrong with this last job of mine, though. I walked in on something I wasn\u2019t supposed to see and got murdered by witches. Yeah, real, legit witches. Never saw that one coming, did you? Neither did I, and the only reason I\u2019m writing this is because some doctor working for an ancient secret society decided it would be a good idea to use me as a science experiment.\nSee, he implanted a new heart in me and saved my life, but it wasn\u2019t just any old heart. It was a demon\u2019s heart. Nifty, eh?\nAnyhow, I\u2019m back and better than ever, except that now and then the demon takes over completely, and I do awful things. Lose control.\nBut enough about that. This is a story about how I (mostly) rein in the demon\u2019s impulsive personality and seek revenge against the coven of witches that tried to kill me. Along the way I learn a thing or two about this secret society I\u2019m apparently now a member of and find out that there\u2019s a lot of shit out there that goes bump in the night.\nMandatory disclaimer: Yeah, look, some people don\u2019t like the way I talk. I say words like f\u2013k a lot. If you want to take this ride, then you should know there\u2019s going to be a whole lot of cussing and violence along the way. And if I\u2019m lucky, there\u2019ll be some skin, too. But who knows? Maybe you\u2019ll like it, you filthy animal.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 3414, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 232.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://jeffreysbooks.com.au/p/general-one-clear-ice-cold-january-morning-at-the-beginning-of-the-21st-century--2?barcode=9780857057013", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:36:48Z", "digest": "sha1:JFAGV2JPF4U5GYLOZZW4O335AUSRBHY7", "length": 33, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "jeffreysbooks.com.au", "title": "One Clear Ice-cold January Morning at the Beginning of the 21st Century by Roland Schimmelpfennig (9780857057013) | Jeffreys Books", "raw_content": "Author(s): Roland Schimmelpfennig", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 67, "original_length": 3848, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.71, "perplexity": 167.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://jennlyreads.com/2017/11/19/a-review-of-redemption-road-by-mark-shaff/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:09:13Z", "digest": "sha1:IXVHNNKIAE6ODXDEXQFZS626W2FIEQVQ", "length": 2548, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "jennlyreads.com", "title": "A review of \u201cRedemption Road (A Marcus Diablo Novel Book 1)\u201d by Mark Shaff \u2013 Jennly Reads", "raw_content": "A review of \u201cRedemption Road (A Marcus Diablo Novel Book 1)\u201d by Mark Shaff\nPosted on November 19, 2017 November 19, 2017 by jennlyreads\nFrom Revenge to Redemption\nWhen Marcus and Annie Diablo took their sons on vacation all they were looking for was a little peace and family time in the forest. After Annie disappears under mysterious circumstances Marcus sets out to find her. What he uncovers is a terrorist plot to rival and surpass 9-11. When Annie is used as a pawn in that plot, Marcus vows revenge on those responsible, but his limited resources can only take him so far in his quest for retribution. He seeks out the assistance of an elite team of ex-military not quite mercenaries to assist in his take down of the organization responsible for the murder of his wife. As he unofficially goes through the grueling training needed to accomplish this daunting task, Marcus finds himself with a renewed purpose in his life beyond mere revenge.\nRedemption Road is one of those books that will grab you within the first chapter and will keep you on the edge of your seat for the rest of the time. Marcus is a man possessed as he takes the fight directly to the men who kidnapped his wife. As more details are revealed about the scope of this attack and Marcus becomes even more focused on his revenge it is clear that his surname of \u201cDiablo\u201d is well deserved. Once he hooks up with Force Ten, the action is amped up to the extreme as the team goes deep undercover to accomplish their task. I don\u2019t think that there was anything that I didn\u2019t like about this book. I will admit that there were portions of the book that were a bit far-fetched, but even those worked together with the rest of the narrative to weave an amazing tale. Mark Shaff has created a protagonist that you can root for \u2013 a family man who will stop at nothing to ensure the safety of his children, even at peril of his own health and life. With Redemption Road as his debut, Shaff has made his mark in the literary world as a force to be reckoned with and on par with many other well-known authors of the Thriller genre. If you are looking for a fast paced, well thought out read that\u2019s not quite like anything you\u2019ve read before Redemption Road would be an excellent choice. I know I for one am looking forward to discovering what lies ahead for Marcus in the second novel in this series \u2013 Force Ten: Doubling the Penny. If it is anything like Redemption Road was, I will be in for many late-night reading sessions.\n\u2190 A review of \u201cGingerbread at Moonglow\u201d by Deborah Garner", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 130, "original_length": 5337, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 245.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://jennlyreads.com/2018/01/14/a-review-of-the-tell-all-locust-point-mystery-book-1-by-libby-howard/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:40:29Z", "digest": "sha1:EL5BPZ5XQYBTVYSOWOF7FP7QCG4YDVMU", "length": 2183, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "jennlyreads.com", "title": "A review of \u201cThe Tell All (Locust Point Mystery Book 1)\u201d by Libby Howard \u2013 Jennly Reads", "raw_content": "A review of \u201cThe Tell All (Locust Point Mystery Book 1)\u201d by Libby Howard\nA Clean Cozy with a likeable lead character\nAt sixty, Kay Carrera has found herself starting over. With the death of her beloved husband Eli, Kay is now alone in her vintage Victorian in Locust Point. Her job as a skip tracer for a local PI doesn\u2019t quite make enough to pay the mortgage and she just can\u2019t bring herself to sell her family home. At the advice of a friend, she grudgingly takes a roommate \u2013 a local judge who needs a stable place to live with his two teenage children while going through a divorce. If getting used to her new living arrangement wasn\u2019t bad enough, Kay has also landed herself knee deep in a scandal involving a madam, a dead body and a well-kept secret in a town full of gossips.\nThe Tell All is a clean cozy mystery and the first book I have read by author Libby Howard. Kay is a likeable older lady who is just trying to adjust to life after the death of her husband. Her town Locust Point is one of those sleepy little affairs where there probably isn\u2019t more than 2000 people, and everyone knows everyone else\u2019s business. The story is simplistic, but that is not a bad thing because it is a very easy read. The characters and locations are such that one does not have difficulty envisioning the story. In fact, Locust Point could be in practically any city in the world. Kay could be your neighbor. Judge Beck, Daisy and even Kay\u2019s employer J.T. with his aspirations of landing a reality TV show based on the exciting life of a PI are all very relatable characters who also add a bit of comedy to the story. I really enjoyed The Tell All and may check out the other two titles in this series. I would be interested to see the whole \u201cseeing ghosts\u201d aspect developed a little further as that was an interesting premise but was only barely touched on. Possible in Howard\u2019s later books, this element is fleshed out in more detail.\nIf you like your mysteries clean, with likeable characters and a generous dose of humor, The Tell All would be a good one to try.\n\u2190 A Review of \u201cThe Contained: Book 2 of the Necropolis Trilogy\u201d by Sean Deville\nA review of \u201cSeat 6A\u201d by Michael Bray \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 131, "original_length": 4970, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 300.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://jerrybutlermusic.com/album/454862/christmas", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:28:19Z", "digest": "sha1:IAFTKAB4P3WRDXRGSOVKKJUCP77JCEXX", "length": 373, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "jerrybutlermusic.com", "title": "Christmas - Jerry Butler Music", "raw_content": "Music from the 2015 Christmas season\nChristmas Country Style 2:39\nChrist Was Born In Bethlehem 2:59\nMedley - I Wonder As I Wander/Silent Night (inst) 4:01\nSanta Claus Is Watching You 2:31\nMedley- Have Youself A Merry Little Christmas/I'll Be Home For Christmas 4:28\nIf We Make It Through December 2:11\nChristmas Time's A Comin' 2:40\nAngels We Have Heard On High (inst) 3:04", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 92, "original_length": 1591, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.66, "perplexity": 190.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://job-seekers-network.org/how-we-help/i-want-more-out-of-life/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:50Z", "digest": "sha1:BGYFGU2OSITD6ABFVLJV6YMRKLXG5NVG", "length": 2417, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "job-seekers-network.org", "title": "Want a job, career or calling with a higher purpose? Austin, Texas.", "raw_content": "How do you define the \u201cmore\u201d that you seek out of life? While a new job is the first priority of the moment, what happens when you land it? Will you FINALLY be satisfied? As you look at the many facets of your life, what are you seeking and what will give you fulfillment?\nAt Job Seekers Network we acknowledge that every person\u2019s purpose is to glorify God, but we also believe that we each have a unique and distinct calling on our lives. Our calling is comprised of how we are wired, the different roles we are given to play in all facets of our life, including our work, and how God specifically wants us to glorify Him in our lives. We each have the unique thumbprint of God upon us and He has designed specific work for us that only we can do.\nWhile we are in the job search process, we will be appropriately focused on getting that next job, but it is our hope at Job Seekers Network, that you take this opportunity to consider where God is calling you- in your career, but also in the bigger context of your life!\nWe want to move job seekers from seeking a job to seeking a higher meaning and purpose \u2013 their calling!\nIn the United States, only 32% of workers say they use their strengths every day, according to 2007 Gallup\u00ae research. 45% of workers said they view their job only as a job and not as a career or a calling according to one survey.\nA Job is the work or tasks you do on a daily basis to earn a living. As you change positions and employers, your job changes.\nA Career has its roots in the concept of running along a specified path or course; therefore, we commonly use it as the term for the series of jobs we have along a certain professional path, typically on an upward projection.\nThe concept of Calling is actually larger than your career. When we look at the definition and its Latin and Greek roots, we see the concept of divine influence and our purpose or destiny in the world as spouses, parents, and community citizens, in addition to our vocation or profession. It more clearly encompasses your \u201cLife Work.\u201d\nWe firmly believe that people who are pursuing work that is in alignment with how they are wired and their life goals will be more fulfilled and better able to adapt to changes in the work environment. For people of faith, it\u2019s not only the work but the way a person does their work with integrity, honesty and ethics that glorifies God and is in alignment with His purposes.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 48, "original_length": 3292, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 313.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://johnnyalucard.com/2013/07/24/qa-with-danny-boyle/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:00Z", "digest": "sha1:RZU2DFNLTL23WDMRL2YY2DUPDG6OWNKR", "length": 1128, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "johnnyalucard.com", "title": "Q&A with Danny Boyle | The Kim Newman Web Site", "raw_content": "Q&A with Danny Boyle\nFiled Under Danny Boyle, director, Frankenstein, interview, Q&A\nAs part of the Shuffle festival in St Clement\u2019s Hospital, London, Kim will be interviewing director Danny Boyle on Tuesday, 13 August, 2013 after the screening of Boyle\u2019s National Theatre production of Frankenstein.\nTickets are already sold out for this event, but there are tickets available for a second screening on the same evening (without the Q&A).\nThe Shuffle film festival (8-18 August) at St Clement\u2019s Hospital \u2013 a former Victorian workhouse and psychiatric hospital in Mile End \u2013 is curated by Danny Boyle and features a programme of indoor and outdoor screenings. The outdoor screen will be showing several of Boyle\u2019s own films, including Shallow Grave, Slumdog Millionnaire, Trainspotting as well as this screening of his National Theatre production of Frankenstein.\nClassic movies, old and new, such as The Long Good Friday, One Flew Over The Cuckoo\u2019s Nest, Attack the Block, and London: The Modern Babylon will also be screened throughout the festival. The entire programme of events is on the web site.\nThe Lone Ranger \u2013 notes \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 102, "original_length": 2987, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 195.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://jontheroadagain.com/canada/british-columbia/crowsnest-highway/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:37Z", "digest": "sha1:ZG65DZ52BLNMKZWFXNCJJ5JFHC47TXS2", "length": 4346, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "jontheroadagain.com", "title": "Crowsnest Highway and Osoyoos, BC - Jon the Road Again - Travel and photography by Jonathan Rundle", "raw_content": "Leaving Waterton Lakes, I set my sights on the Crowsnest Highway nestled in the lower Canadian Rocky Mountains of British Columbia.\nBut first, I have to face the constant, whipping winds off the prairies of Alberta. Combined with a non-stop stream of double tractor trailers, it was white knuckle from Waterton all the way to the small town of Blairmore where the mountains began and the wind subsided. While this part of the journey was only 110 km, it felt like 600.\nPhoto by edk7\nThose dreaded prairies with their surprise gusts of wind and mile after mile of straightway were boring and exciting at the same time. You can see the mountains of BC in the distance, but they took way too long to get closer.\nEventually, of course I was off the prairie and into the foothills of the Kootenay Mountains. I was so focused on riding, I didn\u2019t stop to take any photos. So, here\u2019s what the landscape looks like courtesy of some user photos from flickr.\nPhoto by Phil Rickerby\nIn Sparwood, BC you can see what used to be the largest dump truck in the world, this Terex 33-19 Titan. Serving for 13 years hauling coal, the city purchased the Titan, the only one of it\u2019s kind, and put it out as a tourist attraction. The truck has since been surpassed by larger trucks, but the huge lime green truck remains an interesting roadside attraction.\nPhoto courtesy Province of BC\nAfter Sparwood, the road follows the Elk River through many small towns, the quaintest of which is Fernie. The town was burned to the ground twice in four years in the early 1900s. Many of the buildings in the downtown core date from the last rebuild in 1908. Fernie is also the hometown of Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson.\nAfter this section of Crowsnest Highway, we start to climb in to what is known as the Kootenay Rockies.\nPhoto by photocafe\nBailing from Crowsnest Highway proper, I head up Highway 3A which will go to the Ainsworth Hot Springs. I\u2019ll stay the night there. Highway 3A is long, scenic, twisty, and you get to cross a beautiful lake on the free Kootenay Lake Ferry. I\u2019ll keep it short here, but you can read more about both of those places in my linked blog posts.\nI almost missed one of the most beautiful towns on the entire highway \u2013 Osoyoos, BC.\nIn my cross Alberta-British Columbia journey, I stopped for lunch at the Wooden Spoon Bistro in Grand Forks, BC. I was trying to work out what road I wanted to follow to get back home. Do I take the direct route and cross the border a few miles after Grand Forks or do I keep riding BC a little more and cross over at a town I\u2019d never heard of called Osoyoos, BC.\nI could see the road squiggled a lot on Google Maps, but some local insight would be nice. Plus I was distracted by this oh-so-good gyro.\nOkay, this isn\u2019t a food blog. As the waitress brought me my bill and asked if there was anything else, I asked her what the highway was like after here.\nShe noticed all my gear and said that her dad is a rider, too. She clued me in on section of road ahead that her dad sometimes takes off and rides just for the road. And so, my journey to Osoyoos was on.\nThe road here, and the view, is simply incredible.\nThis is Anarchist Mountain, which rises nearly 5,000 feet above the floor of the Okanaogan Valley below. The town of Osoyoos sits the shores of, you guessed it, Osoyoos Lake.\nNow, as I mentioned, this is a peach of a road. I wasn\u2019t going to ride it once and cross the border back to the US, no no no. I went up and back down this mountain three more times.\nOsoyoos is a hot tourist town for nearby Canadians. The lake is the warmest freshwater lake in all of Canada, usually at 75 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer.\nThey don\u2019t get a lot of rain, winters are mild, and summer days are hot while the summer night is cool. It looks like a fun place with lots of shops and restaurants downtown and wineries a little further out.\nBack into the US, the first thing I notice was this sign outside of the Camaray Hotel which gave me a good enough laugh I had to circle back to take a photo. Congratulations on your award, guys!\nBeautiful! Looks like a good ride!\nSo pretty.Beautiful country..I don\u2019t think I\u2019d set foot in that \u2018Hotel\u201d Thanks for the ride\nCategories: Alberta, British Columbia\nTags: #alberta, #british columbia, #canada, #Motorcycle, #motorcycle road, #osoyoos\n1345 BC-3, Osoyoos, BC V0H 1V6, Canada", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 103, "original_length": 5687, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 318.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/CALICO/article/viewArticle/26382", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:23:31Z", "digest": "sha1:FJL27Z5AESLAW22DY2AHXKVFFPW2PATM", "length": 6874, "nlines": 38, "source_domain": "journals.equinoxpub.com", "title": "The Short-Term and Long-Term Effects of AWE Feedback on ESL Students\u2019 Development of Grammatical Accuracy | Li | CALICO Journal", "raw_content": "CALICO Journal, Vol 34, No 3 (2017)\nHome > Vol 34, No 3 (2017) > Li\nThe Short-Term and Long-Term Effects of AWE Feedback on ESL Students\u2019 Development of Grammatical Accuracy\nZhi Li, Hui-Hsien Feng, Aysel Saricaoglu\nIssued Date: 24 Aug 2017\nThis classroom-based study employs a mixed-methods approach to exploring both short-term and long-term effects of Criterion feedback on ESL students\u2019 development of grammatical accuracy. The results of multilevel growth modeling indicate that Criterion feedback helps students in both intermediate-high and advanced-low levels reduce errors in eight out of nine categories from first drafts to final drafts within the same papers (short-term effects). However, there is only one error reduction of statistical significance in the category of Run-on Sentence from the first drafts of the first paper to the first drafts of the subsequent papers for both levels of students (long-term effects). The findings from interviews with the participants reveal students\u2019 perceptions of Criterion feedback and help us understand the feedback effect. Implications for a more effective use of AWE tools in ESL classrooms are discussed.\nPDF (Price: \u00a317.50 )\nDOI: 10.1558/cj.26382\nBazeley, P. (2007). Qualitative data analysis with NVivo. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications.\nBickel, R. (2007). Multilevel analysis for applied research: It\u2019s just regression! 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The effect of error correction on learners\u2019 ability to write accurately. Journal of Second Language Writing, 16(4), 255\u2013272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jslw.2007.06.003\nWang, P. (2013). Can automated writing evaluation programs help students improve their English writing? International Journal of Applied Linguistics & English Literature, 2(1), 6\u201312. https://doi.org/10.7575/ijalel.v.2n.1p.6\nWang, Y.-J., Shang, H.-F., & Briody, P. (2013). Exploring the impact of using automated writing evaluation in English as a foreign language university students\u2019 writing. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 26(3), 234\u2013257. https://doi.org/10.1080/09588221.2012.655300\nWare, P., & Hellmich, E. (2014). CALL in the K\u201312 context: Language learning outcomes and opportunities. CALICO Journal, 31(2), 140\u2013157. https://doi.org/10.11139/cj.31.2.140-157", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 7540, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.71, "perplexity": 162.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://journals.lww.com/ajnonline/Abstract/2013/04000/Preventing_and_Responding_to_Acute_Kidney_Injury.29.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:58:47Z", "digest": "sha1:TKOKP6SAZPAJK4M6GCP7OM2LFRPYE22O", "length": 2027, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "journals.lww.com", "title": "Preventing and Responding to Acute Kidney Injury : AJN The American Journal of Nursing", "raw_content": "Home > April 2013 - Volume 113 - Issue 4 > Preventing and Responding to Acute Kidney Injury\nPreventing and Responding to Acute Kidney Injury\nVrtis, Mary C. PhD, MA, MSN, RN\nAJN, American Journal of Nursing: April 2013 - Volume 113 - Issue 4 - p 38,47\ndoi: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000428738.33180.2f\nOverview Acute kidney injury is an independent risk factor for both prolonged length of hospital stay and in-hospital mortality. Recent analysis shows that over the past decade the incidence of acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rose rapidly in the United States, with associated death more than doubling. In 2007, the Acute Kidney Injury Network proposed a new classification system for acute kidney injury, which recognized that incremental changes in kidney function may adversely affect outcomes. By identifying the signs and symptoms of acute kidney injury in its early stages, nurses may be able to help reduce the severity of injury and contribute to improved outcomes.\nBy identifying the signs and symptoms of acute kidney injury in its early stages, nurses may be able to help reduce the severity of injury and contribute to improved outcomes\nMary C. Vrtis is a legal nurse consultant at Aperio Medical Legal Consultants in Front Royal, VA, and director of professional services for Medi Home Health in Manassas, VA. Contact author: marycvrtis@aperiomlc.com. The author and planners have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.\nAJN The American Journal of Nursing113(4):38,47, April 2013.\nacute kidney injury, acute renal failure, chronic kidney disease, creatinine, glomerular filtration rate, renal disease, urine output\nArticles in PubMed by Mary C. Vrtis, PhD, MA, MSN, RN\nArticles in Google Scholar by Mary C. Vrtis, PhD, MA, MSN, RN\nOther articles in this journal by Mary C. Vrtis, PhD, MA, MSN, RN\nCE: Improving Outcomes for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease Part 1\nDeveloping New Nursing Leaders\nBeyond Socks, Signs, and Alarms: A Reflective Accountability Model for Fall Prevention", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 175, "original_length": 6873, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 314.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://journals.rcni.com/nurse-researcher/evidence-and-practice/implications-for-nursing-and-healthcare-research-of-the-general-data-protection-regulation-and-retrospective-reviews-of-patients-data-nr.2019.e1639/abs", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:40Z", "digest": "sha1:VRPH2NMBC5ZZL5VUUQPVMSXNQOY5OXYG", "length": 2402, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "journals.rcni.com", "title": "Implications for nursing and healthcare research of the general data protection regulation and retrospective reviews of patients\u2019 data", "raw_content": "Implications for nursing and healthcare research of the general data protection regulation and retrospective reviews of patients\u2019 data\nNeil Crowhurst Postgraduate research student, School of Health Sciences, Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, Ireland\nMichael Bergin Senior lecturer, Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, Ireland\nJohn Wells Head of the school of health sciences, Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, Ireland\nBackground The European Union\u2019s general data protection regulation (GDPR) came into effect in May 2018. It is intended to prevent the unwanted sharing of private data and it has significant implications for healthcare research. A well-established research methodology that GDPR is likely to affect is the retrospective reviewing of patients\u2019 data. This has been used widely in healthcare research and commonly involves examining patients\u2019 medical records.\nAim To examine GDPR and its potential effects on the use of patients\u2019 data in healthcare research.\nDiscussion Previous misuse of patients\u2019 data has affected public confidence in healthcare research. GDPR is intended to improve the public\u2019s confidence in the handling of their data, but it may negatively impact healthcare research. Researchers who want to review patients\u2019 data will need to consider consent issues carefully. GDPR does include exceptions to the rules of consent, but there is uncertainty about this process.\nConclusion If GDPR results in stricter requirements to achieve patients\u2019 consent in research, the validity of some studies may be affected. Nurse researchers and organisations may need to consider innovative ways of engaging patients in research.\nImplications for practice Research using patients\u2019 data has played an important role in shaping nursing and healthcare policy and practice. Imminent Europe-wide changes prompted by GDPR could affect how patients\u2019 data are used in research.\nneil.crowhurst@yahoo.com\nCrowhurst N, Bergin M, Wells J (2019) Implications for nursing and healthcare research of the general data protection regulation and retrospective reviews of patients\u2019 data. 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It is a p\u2013n junction diode that emits light when activated. When a suitable current is applied to the leads, electrons are able to recombine with electron holes within the device, releasing energy in the form of photons.\nCheck more LED products from Utsource: https://www.utsource.net/category/led-lighting\nTAG: #LED #UTSOURCE\nNext Post:What is sensor?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 148, "original_length": 4352, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 303.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://jwm.iijournals.com/content/20/4/85", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:31:55Z", "digest": "sha1:PIVYYWBW5FKJKDDZBK573MWL4JKVVY2O", "length": 1812, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "jwm.iijournals.com", "title": "Evaluating the Performance and Diversification Benefits of Emerging-Market Exchange-Traded Funds | The Journal of Wealth Management", "raw_content": "Srinidhi Kanuri\nis an assistant professor of finance at the University of Southern Mississippi College of Business in Hattiesburg, MS. srinidhi.kanuri@usm.edu\nDavinder Malhotra\nis a professor of finance at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA. malhotrad@philau.edu\nJames Malm\nis an assistant professor of finance at Charleston College in Charleston, SC. malmj@cofc.edu\nThis study evaluates the performance and diversification benefits for U.S. investors of emerging-market exchange-traded funds (ETFs) since their inception in January 2003 through June 2015 by comparing their absolute and risk-adjusted performance with the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV). The authors find that the emerging-market ETF portfolio has very low correlations with IVV during the period of the study. Emerging-market ETF portfolios delivered better absolute performance (returns and wealth) but also had much higher risk (standard deviation of returns). However, the risk-adjusted performance (Sharpe and Omega ratios) of IVV was better than that of the emerging-market ETF portfolio. They also look at the effect of adding some emerging-market ETFs to IVV during the period of study. The authors find that adding some emerging-market ETFs to IVV leads to higher absolute returns, better risk-adjusted performance (Sharpe and Omega ratios), higher cumulative returns, and increased wealth for U.S. investors. Results are statistically significant at 1% in all cases. Therefore, U.S. investors should add some emerging-market ETFs to their domestic allocation based on their risk tolerance for better performance (absolute and risk-adjusted).\nYou are going to email the following Evaluating the Performance and Diversification Benefits of Emerging-Market Exchange-Traded Funds\nSrinidhi Kanuri, Davinder Malhotra, James Malm", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 220, "original_length": 6560, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 319.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://k12dynamics.com/news/k-12-dynamics-wins-contract-with-state-of-texas-department-of-information-resources/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:05Z", "digest": "sha1:Q345RVAIAJZ5AMVTGLI7Z5P6YVSB3RGV", "length": 786, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "k12dynamics.com", "title": "K-12 Dynamics Wins Contract with Texas Department of Information Resources \u2013 K-12 Dynamics", "raw_content": "The K-12 Dynamics product D3 has been selected by the State of Texas Department of Information Resources in the Software as a Service (SaaS) category for vendor software products.\nThe mission of The Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) is to provide technology leadership, solutions, and value to Texas state government, education, and local government entities to enable and facilitate the fulfillment of their core missions.\nK-12 Dynamics is honored to be on this exclusive DIR list for SaaS and looks forward to providing the D3 solution as part of this contract.\nDetails for contract DIR-TSO-3454 can be found on the DIR Website.\nOther DIR contracts held by our parent company, Go IT Services, include Deliverable-Based IT Services and Website Development and Management.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 32, "original_length": 1479, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 214.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://kapta.com/customer-success/what-is-account-based-customer-success/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:35Z", "digest": "sha1:3EMT6VRQ2RQ24CIN6VQSNC6ODPDYUCBZ", "length": 6762, "nlines": 37, "source_domain": "kapta.com", "title": "Account-Based Customer Success - how does it benefit me?", "raw_content": "November 22, 2017 /in Customer Success /by Alex Raymond\nAccount-Based Everything is all the rage these days as sales teams and account managers are shifting their tactics to focus on accounts rather than just leads. You\u2019ve probably heard of Account-Based Marketing (ABM), and I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve heard of Customer Success, but have you ever thought of combining both approaches to create the ultimate relationship management system?\nAt Kapta, we\u2019re always looking to improve sales and relationship management systems, and Account-Based Customer Success is the culmination of two of the best selling and account management tactics. We didn\u2019t invent Account-Based Customer Success, but we\u2019re huge proponents of it and believe every SaaS company should be utilizing it.\nIn this post, we\u2019ll discuss the benefits of Account-Based Customer Success, what makes it different than traditional approaches, and things to keep in mind when shifting over to it.\nWhat We Love About ABM\nABM is really popular nowadays, and for a good reason. ABM takes the traditional lead-based approach to marketing and selling and expands it to an entire account made of different stakeholders and individuals within a company. We like to look at it as focusing on the whale, not the minnows.\nWhile traditional lead-based marketing is a reactive process where a lead is needed to start the selling process, ABM will instead collect all of the leads from a particular company, regardless of their source, and compile them into a single account. This is where the \u201cwhale vs. the minnow\u201d metaphor comes into effect. It\u2019s easier to focus on one big whale than it is to divide your efforts among a hundred minnows and these whales can be more profitable as well.\nABM Doesn\u2019t Currently Extend to Customer Success\nABM is a great sales and marketing tactic but it still often lacks the fundamental principles of customer success. In customer success, we want to make sure that the client not only buys our services but also succeeds using them. If the client is hitting their goals, so are you.\nAnother issue with ABM is that sales usually take control of the marketing process. While this can be beneficial in some cases, as generating sales is the ultimate goal, many leads that may be qualified for marketing efforts are rejected by the sales team because they feel they are companies that can\u2019t be sold to. By injecting customer success strategies and working directly with the sales team, they can see the value in focusing on the key accounts and accept more qualified leads they otherwise would not have.\nWe\u2019ve written about the Pareto Principle in the past, but it\u2019s worth repeating because it is a rule that everyone should know by heart, and it is at the core of key account management. It\u2019s as simple as this: 20% of your inputs will produce 80% of your results.\nIdentifying and focusing on key accounts is all determined by evaluating the 20% of accounts that produce:\nThe most revenue\nThe most strategic benefits\nThe most referrals\n[To learn more about identifying key accounts and how to manage them, check out this post on making the case for Key Account Management.]\nThis leads us to Account-Based Customer Success. How do we combine ABM and the tenets of Key Account Management to produce a winning strategy for the sales team and account managers? Here are some of the basics of Account-Based Customer Success.\nMake Sure Your Key Players Are in Place\nYou must have a dedicated team to ensure your Account-Based Customer Success strategies go smoothly and provide your required ROI. This also means that for every account you\u2019re working with, it should contain the essential players necessary for each party to be successful. Ensure that included in each whale account is a decision-maker, influencer, and any other leads or contacts related to the client\u2019s company.\nAdditionally, if you are only focusing on one individual in the account, you could be exposing the entire account to tremendous risk. It can be very effective to develop strong personal relationships with your customers; however, it\u2019s best to spread a healthy and successful relationship across every key contact within the account.\nExecute Your Strategies\nTo be successful in Account-Based Customer Success, you need to utilize the right strategies at the right times. Everyone involved, whether account managers or sales specialists, should be on the same page and doing their part of creating success on both ends of the field.\nSome common Customer Success strategies include:\nOnboarding: getting your clients up and running, while delivering value and success.\nRenewals: retaining your clients\nUsage: delivering more value to clients in ways that had not realized before\nExpansion: clients purchasing more services, or referring new accounts.\nResults: make sure your customer\u2019s goals are clearly articulated (both internally and externally) and focus on getting results\nThink of your strategies like a football play; everyone must be following the right steps, utilizing the correct information, and executing their part in conjunction with the other teams in the department.\nAutomation is the key to maximizing productivity and efficiency, especially within an Account-Based Customer Success system. Platforms such as Kapta aren\u2019t meant to replace the personal touch needed for Customer Success programs, but instead, they streamline the data collection and management work. Features such as Voice of the Customer provide account managers with the key metrics needed to ensure a successful relationship is maintained and nurtured.\nWithin Kapta you can also utilize account plans and templates designed to maximize efficiency during common Customer Success scenarios. Don\u2019t bend over backward trying to reinvent the wheel when working on your relationship management; use the tools already available, enabling your account managers to spend more time developing personal, successful relationships with your clients.\nAccount-Based Customer Success is the ultimate relationship and key account management approach that your competitors may already be using. Give it a try, and see how your success and client-base improves when you focus on only the whales and waste less time of the minnows. If you would like to give Kapta a try, click here to request your free demo.\nTags: Account-based Customer Success, customer success\nhttps://kapta.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Account-Based-Customer-Success.jpeg 4480 6720 Alex Raymond https://kapta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/logo340x156.png Alex Raymond2017-11-22 04:43:322017-11-22 19:08:16What is Account-Based Customer Success?\nThe Rise of Account-Based Customer Success\nTop 15 Customer Success Writers to Follow on Twitter\n11 Key Account Management Trends for 2018", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 134, "original_length": 9991, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 339.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://kar.kent.ac.uk/52224/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:54Z", "digest": "sha1:APL7GU3OTMUO4FNMLWPZC4FVMJUQ7M3N", "length": 2193, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "kar.kent.ac.uk", "title": "A mid-infrared census of star formation activity in Bolocam Galactic plane survey sources - Kent Academic Repository", "raw_content": "A mid-infrared census of star formation activity in Bolocam Galactic plane survey sources\nDunham, Miranda K. and Robitaille, Thomas P. and Evans II, Neal J. and Schlingman, Wayne M. and Cyganowski, Claudia J. and Urquhart, J.S. (2011) A mid-infrared census of star formation activity in Bolocam Galactic plane survey sources. Astrophysical Journal, 731 (2). p. 90. ISSN 0004637X (ISSN). (doi:https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/731/2/90) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided)\nhttp://www.dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/731/2/90\nWe present the results of a search for mid-infrared signs of star formation activity in the 1.1 mm sources in the Bolocam Galactic Plane Survey (BGPS). We have correlated the BGPS catalog with available mid-IR Galactic plane catalogs based on the Spitzer Space Telescope GLIMPSE legacy survey and the Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) Galactic plane survey. We find that 44% (3712 of 8358) of the BGPS sources contain at least one mid-IR source, including 2457 of 5067 (49%) within the area where all surveys overlap (10\u00b0 < \u2113 < 65\u00b0). Accounting for chance alignments between the BGPS and mid-IR sources, we conservatively estimate that 20% of the BPGS sources within the area where all surveys overlap show signs of active star formation. We separate the BGPS sources into four groups based on their probability of star formation activity. Extended Green Objects and Red MSX Sources make up the highest probability group, while the lowest probability group is comprised of \"starless\" BGPS sources which were not matched to any mid-IR sources. The mean 1.1 mm flux of each group increases with increasing probability of active star formation. We also find that the \"starless\" BGPS sources are the most compact, while the sources with the highest probability of star formation activity are on average more extended with large skirts of emission. A subsample of 280 BGPS sources with known distances demonstrates that mass and mean H2 column density also increase with probability of star formation activity.\ndust, extinction, infrared: stars, ISM: clouds, stars: formation", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 44, "original_length": 3268, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 324.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://kate0murray.com/2018/04/23/what-to-do/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:53:28Z", "digest": "sha1:ONABP2VFLP5OKCKD27UJEGXAFFHRCSMI", "length": 289, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "kate0murray.com", "title": "What to do? \u2013 Kate Murray", "raw_content": "I am actually going to study for a Ph.D.! But this means a certain amount of writing that is taken up with research. I want to keep you all abreast of it but do I just create another button, or do I open a new blog\u2026?\nIs anyone interested in 19th-century asylums?\nNext Post A Fox and a Hare", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 277, "original_length": 5947, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 297.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://katequicksilvr.livejournal.com/314946.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:01Z", "digest": "sha1:5V3PXZOOTSIOBNHUNVDRTJPCSCDXUL65", "length": 5196, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "katequicksilvr.livejournal.com", "title": "He's fine... - The Quicksilver Workaholic", "raw_content": "He's fine...\nMerlin in the Bathroom Sink--photo, originally uploaded by Cathy (Kate) Johnson.\n...little goofball! Thanks, all, for the good wishes! He's as playful and hungry and demanding as ever, and as full of purrs.\nRight now he's curled up in my studio inbox...or is it my outbox... ;-)\nPosted on Dec. 1st, 2007 at 10:11 am | Link | Leave a comment | 14 comments | Share\nAnd he knows he's good-looking too!\nOh, I'm SURE he does! Such elegant coloring and gorgeous big blue (slightly crossed) eyes!\n\"This is my sink! What do you mean you want to wash your hands?\"\nHe is getting big!\nThat's about right, isn't it? He \"claims\" places!\nAnd yes, he was a teenage kitten when I got him, so growing fast.\nI think I still need a KITTEN kitten. ;-)\ni'm in love with his feet. they remind me of our \"lint's\" feet. he articulates those toes and uses them like we do our fingers. (like the siamese in lady and the tramp...) . i suspect merlin works magic with his toes, too, from the looks of him.\nWow, Lint must be special! Merlin's not quite prehensile, but he certainly manages to reach and grab anything he wants!\nPosted on Dec. 2nd, 2007 03:15 am (UTC) | Link | Parent | Thread | Reply\ni used to think that lint was a little bit siamese (he is very talkative, and thinks he's part dog) but have become convinced that he is part monkey, instead. i have never seen him swing by his tail, but i'm not convinced he doesn't when we are not looking...and i have seen him reach up with one \"hand\" and use a single \"finger\" to hook stuff he wants. sassy cat...\nMONKEY! That's IT!!!\nI'd love to meet Lint someday. And dare I ask how he got that name?!?\nhis name is homage to a \"back porch cat\" that adopted us. he never wanted to be an inside cat, and he was well into his near-adult age when he moved in on the three season porch. he would leave every morning around ten, wander for hours, and be home by around two-thirty, when erin would get home from school. his real name was \"prince\", but i referred to him as \"little nuisance\" for so long that his name became \"nuisance\". when he failed to return home one winter afternoon, we feared the worst. it was confirmed by the local police department when i called them--he had been hit by a car, and found by someone who called the police, who made sure that he was not left in the street. it broke erin's heart, and we were sure we'd never meet such a total doll again. but about 8 weeks later, we wandered thru a local pet store which sold only locally born kitties. there was only one left in the store, and it was a near-perfect doppelganger for nuisance. erin only wanted to hold him for a minute, but when he shinnied up her arms and nestled into the back of her long hair at the nape of her neck, i knew we were lost. he was only 7-8 weeks old, but was very contained and elegant, with a personality that was identical to the one we'd lost. it was eerie--but i knew we had to bring him home. he moved into her bedroom upstairs, and took over the second story of the house, and every corner of our hearts. his name became \"lint\" as \"LIttle Nuisance, Two\". he's pretty much run the place, ever since. one thing that impressed me was his grace in moving in with the old, crabby cat we had at the time (she was \"kittywampus\") she was the product of incest (her mama got caught by mama's oldest son, second time in heat) and didn't waste any energy on personality. we kept her, largely, as an exercise in ownership for the kids. it does['t matter if they are \"nice\" or not--if you choose them, and take that responsibility, you live up to it. she would sit on me, but i could never pet her--i think she was \"kitty autistic\". too much stimulus would make her turn on you, scratch, and bite. it was strictly her terms. lint didn't try to exercise any macho muscles with her--he deferred to her, skirted around her, and gave her her head in all things. he has always been mr. mellow. and when we finally had to have her put down, he tiptoed around for months, expecting to see her somewhere, and ready to give her wide berth. he still peeks under my dresser to make certain that she's not hiding there, waiting to attack him, and she's been gone for years and years.\nwe love the linty boy, and he returns the favor, many times over. and there's more than you EVER wanted to know about our kitties!\nAAAAAAaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!! And no, NOT more than I ever wanted to know...what a lovely story! Before I knew about the vaccine for Feline Leukemia, I lost a bunch of my feline family one year...I was so sad and depressed that my husband insisted we go buy a kitten. I was under the impression that they would already have been tested for feleuk--not so, but oh my, did we ever fall in love. Margaret and Coyote lived with us for many years after that, bringing us laughter, love, and joy...\nPosted on Dec. 2nd, 2007 02:52 pm (UTC) | Link | Parent | Thread | Reply\nHey, do you think if I ate some insulation, I could look like that? Little, regal creature, so totally happy about being gorgeous and loved.\nLOL! You already look gorgeous and I know you're loved, by more people than you know!\natlantel\nThank you, yes he IS, and knows it! He WORKS it!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 792, "original_length": 15724, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 324.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://kirstinshaven.org/wellnessgroup/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:09:15Z", "digest": "sha1:BH4KSGKCWBDTRJQQG63W2A2I4JIW7C4O", "length": 3181, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "kirstinshaven.org", "title": "Wellness Group \u2014 Kirstin Health & Wellness", "raw_content": "Kirstin Wellness Group\nKirstin Wellness Group\u2019s mission is to provide comprehensive, integrated mental health, substance abuse, and homeless veteran services that promote the health and quality of life of our community members. We have a dedicated vision to inspire confidence and respect as a provider of comprehensive behavioral health care. To be a valued partner in alliances that promote the health and quality of life for our community and its members.\nour wellness goals\nTo evaluate and plan for the behavioral health needs of our community.\nTo provide accessible, effective, and efficient behavioral health services.\nTo advocate for the rights and needs of individuals with behavioral health challenges.\nTo engage in active outreach to assure prevention, early intervention, and coordination of services to reduce the impact of behavioral health disorders for the individuals and community we serve.\nTo continually measure the outcome of the services provided to assure effectiveness, efficiency, and fiscal accountability.\nWellness Group Services\nThis is a process through which clients work one-on-one with a trained counselor in a safe, caring, and confidential environment to explore their feelings, beliefs, or behaviors, work through challenging or influential memories, identify aspects of their lives that they would like to change, better understand themselves and others, set personal goals, and work toward desired change. 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The series typically runs for 26 weeks (if clinically appropriate) for adults who have experienced some negative consequences from their substance abuse. As a cornerstone of Kirstin Wellness Group\u2019s overall mission, we\u2019re proud to offer this service to adults in need. Participation requires specific individualized treatment plan objectives be met prior to discharge.\n12-Hour DWI/DUI Education Program (Level 0.5)\nTaught by a certified addiction counselor, the 12-hour DWI/DUI Education Program is designed to help DWI and DUI offenders increase their knowledge about how alcohol affects driving skills. 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You will need an access code to gain entry.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 72, "original_length": 2499, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 184.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://knowledgent.com/press-releases/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:11Z", "digest": "sha1:P7X3M3DUZ6P2Y6EEWTMWEDLXQK7KVQCJ", "length": 22139, "nlines": 72, "source_domain": "knowledgent.com", "title": "Press Releases and News Archive - Knowledgent", "raw_content": "Warren, NJ \u2013 November 29, 2018 - Knowledgent, the data intelligence company, announced today that it has launched its Intelligent Trial Planning (ITP) platform on the new AWS Marketplace for Machine Learning.... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ \u2013 November 7, 2018 - Knowledgent, the data intelligence company, announced today that it has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Life Sciences Competency status. This designation recognizes Knowledgent for their consulting practice. ... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ \u2014 September 25, 2018 \u2014 Knowledgent, the data intelligence firm, announced today the founding of the Knowledgent Artificial Intelligence Lab.... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ \u2013 July 31, 2018 - Knowledgent, the data intelligence company, announced today that it has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Big Data Competency status. This designation recognizes Knowledgent for their consulting practice. ... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ \u2014 June 20, 2018 \u2014 Knowledgent, the data intelligence firm, announced today the release of their new Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) Ecosystem.... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ \u2013 May 10, 2018 - Knowledgent, the data intelligence company, announced today that it has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Machine Learning (ML) Competency status. This designation recognizes Knowledgent for their consulting practice. ... READ MORE\nKartridge MDM 360 Helps Healthcare, Life Sciences, Finanancial Services and Other Industries Increase Service Levels by Having a More Complete View of Each Customer... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ \u2014 April 24, 2018 \u2014 Knowledgent, the data intelligence firm, today announces the appointment of Neil Downing as their new Healthcare Analytics Partner.... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ - April 3, 2018 - Knowledgent, the data intelligence firm, today announced its inclusion in Gartner\u2019s \u201cMarket Guide for MDM External Service Providers\u201d published on March 21, 2018.... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ, March 20, 2018 \u2013 Knowledgent, a leading provider of data and analytics services, today announced that Knowledgent Labs and its supporting infrastructure has earned Certified status for information security by HITRUST.... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ \u2013 March 14, 2018 \u2013 Knowledgent, the data intelligence firm, today announced the release of the 2018 Live Big Data Ecosystem. This web-based version of Knowledgent\u2019s industry-leading reference architecture provides an overview of today\u2019s big data vendor landscape to help data and analytics professionals make sense of the many tools and other big data offerings available.... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ \u2014 January 23, 2018 \u2014 Knowledgent, the data intelligence firm, has been honored with the Most Successful Offering Award 2018 from Talend, a global leader in cloud and big data integration solutions.... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ \u2014 January 19, 2018 \u2014 Knowledgent, the data intelligence firm, has been named Data Governance Partner of the Year for 2017 by Informatica, the enterprise cloud data management leader.... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ \u2014 January 16, 2018 \u2014 Knowledgent, the data intelligence firm, announced today the release of a new white paper entitled, \u201cThe Ever Evolving Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Ecosystem\u201d.... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ \u2014 December 6, 2017 \u2014 Knowledgent, the data and analytics firm, announced today their achievement of Advanced Consulting Partner within Amazon Web Services\u2019 Partner Network.... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ \u2014 October 10, 2017 \u2014 Knowledgent, the data and analytics firm, announced today their selection by Consulting Magazine for the 2017 Excellence in Social & Community Investment Awards. ... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ \u2013 September 14, 2017 \u2013 Knowledgent, the data and analytics firm, today announced their selection by The Silicon Review as a Top 50 Innovative Company to Watch for 2017.... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ \u2013 September 12, 2017 \u2013 Knowledgent, the data intelligence company, today announced their recently updated Knowledgent Labs and focus on innovation. Knowledgent Labs are their facilities where they help clients innovate through experimentation. This is all guided by the Knowledgent Innovation Cycle, known as KLIC.... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ \u2013 August 10, 2017 \u2013 Knowledgent, the data and analytics firm, today announced their appointment by CIO Applications magazine as a Top 25 Life Sciences Technology Vendor... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ \u2013 March 21, 2017 \u2013 Knowledgent, the data and analytics firm, today announced the release of the 2017 Live Big Data Ecosystem. This web-based version of Knowledgent\u2019s industry-leading reference architecture provides an overview of today\u2019s big data vendor landscape to help data and analytics professionals make sense of the many tools and other big data offerings available.... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ \u2014 February 15, 2017 \u2014 Knowledgent, the data and analytics firm, has been named one of the Top 10 Fastest Growing Big Data Solutions Providers for 2017 by Insights Success, a business solutions and technology industry publication. ... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ \u2014 January 31, 2017 \u2014 Knowledgent, the data and analytics firm, announced today their Clinical Cloud Platform-as-a-Service offering built on Amazon Web Services. ... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ \u2014 January 11, 2017 \u2014 Knowledgent, the data and analytics firm, announced today a new episode of their sponsored podcast series entitled TeK Talk.... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ \u2014 January 10, 2017 \u2014 Knowledgent, the data and analytics firm, announced today the release of their new white paper entitled, \u201cDriving Insight into Patient Health Risks, Costs, and Outcomes with Big Data Analytics\u201d.... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ \u2014 December 6, 2016 \u2014 Knowledgent, the data and analytics firm, announced today their membership in the SAS Partner Program, with an initial focus area being in real-world evidence that is enabled by SAS Life Sciences infrastructure.... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ \u2014 November 1, 2016 \u2014 Knowledgent, the data and analytics firm, announced today their Clinical Cloud Platform-as-a-Service offering that enables advanced clinical informatics for life sciences companies.... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ \u2014 October 11, 2016 \u2014 Knowledgent, the data and analytics firm, announced today their selection by Consulting Magazine for the 2016 Excellence in Social & Community Awards. Consulting magazine recognizes that some of the most satisfying client work that consulting firms are doing these days is for a higher purpose. Each year, consulting firms invest hundreds of millions of dollars in time, effort and sweat equity on engagements that serve a social and community cause.... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ \u2014 June 22, 2016 \u2014 Knowledgent, the data and analytics firm, announced today the release of their new Analytics and Visualization (A&V) Ecosystem detailing the technology landscape for analytics, data science, business intelligence, and data preparation.... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ \u2014 June 14, 2016 \u2014 Knowledgent, the data and analytics firm, announced today the expansion of their Knowledgent Labs facilities in Warren, NJ. Knowledgent Labs is built to remotely execute big data engineering, operations, and analytics-as-a-service projects for clients across all industries in an on-shore model.... READ MORE\nKnowledgent, the data and analytics firm, has been a trusted advisor to many top-tier companies on their data management strategies. As all industries are embracing big data, and now quickly leveraging cloud, mobile applications, and IOT, self-service analytics has become an ... READ MORE\nKnowledgent, the data and analytics firm, today announces the official launch of their Products and Services Industry (PSI) portfolio, and the appointment of John Foley as the Portfolio Partner to lead the new division.... READ MORE\nKnowledgent, the data and analytics firm, today announced the release of the 2016 online Big Data Ecosystem. This web-based version of Knowledgent\u2019s industry-leading reference architecture provides an overview of today\u2019s big data vendor landscape to help data and analytics professionals make sense of the many tools and other big data offerings available.... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ - Feb. 23, 2016 - Knowledgent, the data and analytics firm, announced today the release of their new series of infographics on Roboadvice.... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ - Feb. 16, 2016 - Knowledgent, the data and analytics firm, announced today the release of their Digital Regulatory Monitor (DRM) solution and a free 24 hour trial available at digitalregulatorymonitor.knowledgent.com.... READ MORE\nA new collaboration between top-rated data analytics leaders will provide deeper insight into patient health risks \u2013 which promises to improve patient experiences while reducing costs. Teradata (NYSE: TDC), the big data analytics and marketing applications company, and Knowledgent, a big data strategy and information consultancy... READ MORE\nKnowledgent, the data and analytics firm, has been named Elite Partner of the Year for 2015 by Informatica Corporation (Nasdaq: INFA), the world\u2019s number one independent provider of data integration software.... READ MORE\nKnowledgent, the data and analytics company, today announced the release of their Digital Advice Ecosystem. The infographic categorizes the leading technologies in the growing digital advice space.... READ MORE\nAs the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to grab headlines across all industries, Healthcare has seen an explosion of data over the last few years as more entities become technology enabled through Electronic Medical Records (EMRs).... READ MORE\nProper governance helps avoid serious problems that typically arise during large data initiatives and helps to ensure that the business needs of an organization align to the requirements for the technology.... READ MORE\nKnowledgent, the data and analytics firm, today announced a new white paper that highlights the advantages of leveraging big data in pharmacovigilance.... READ MORE\nKnowledgent\u2019s interactive industry-leading reference architecture provides an overview of today\u2019s big data vendor landscape with the ability to search and compare all the tools available.... READ MORE\nCompanies across all industries need to understand that web search is a very different from enterprise search. On the web most content is the same type (such as html pages), there are a limited set of query operations supported, and there is new content all the time. In the enterprise, content is highly variable, there are a huge range of query operations, and content is actually added relatively slowly.... READ MORE\nKnowledgent, the data and analytics firm, today announced the results of a new survey finding that big data is growing in importance among organizations, despite concerns around developing, managing, and operating a big data environment.... READ MORE\nKnowledgent, the data and analytics firm, today announced a new white paper that explores the potential of big data analytics in the life sciences and healthcare industries.... READ MORE\nKnowledgent, the data and analytics firm, and Sinequa, one of the leading companies in Real-Time Big Data Search & Analytics software, announced today a strategic partnership to deliver a scalable solution for unified access to the heterogeneous big data landscape in clients\u2019 organizations. As part of this partnership, the two companies will collaborate on big data analytics & search solutions that leverage Sinequa's Search & Analytics platform for structured & unstructured data and Knowlegent\u2019s business and industry expertise. ... READ MORE\nJulio Gomez, Financial Services Industry Strategy Partner at Knowledgent, will be a panelist at the FIMA 2015 event happening March 30 to April 2 at the Westin Copley Place in Boston, Massachusetts. Mr. Gomez\u2019s panel, titled \u201cExploring Emerging Tools & Methods to Drive Data Governance Forward,\u201d will take place on Tuesday, March 31, from 3:05 to 3:45pm.... READ MORE\nKnowledgent, the data and analytics firm, today unveiled Kariba, the innovative platform designed to dramatically enrich data lake capabilities to help enterprises leverage all of their data.... READ MORE\nKnowledgent, the data and analytics firm, today announced its inclusion in Gartner\u2019s \u201cMarket Guide for MDM External Service Providers\u201d published on February 16, 2015. Knowledgent was included among the list of 24 Representative Vendors included in the market guide to provide an overview of available MDM ESP market offerings.... READ MORE\nKnowledgent, the data and analytics firm, and Tamr, the data unification solution provider, today announced a strategic partnership to deliver scalable big data unification and analytics solutions to client organizations in life sciences, financial services, and other industries.... READ MORE\nKnowledgent, the data and analytics firm, and Novetta, a leader in advanced analytics technology, today announced a strategic partnership to jointly provide Hadoop-based big data and analytics solutions to client organizations. As part of this partnership, they plan to collaborate on developing innovative product and service offerings that leverage Novetta Entity Analytics to help clients maximize the value of their data.... READ MORE\nKnowledgent, the data and analytics firm, has been named North America Channel Partner of the Year for 2014 by Informatica Corporation (Nasdaq: INFA), the world\u2019s number one independent provider of data integration software.... READ MORE\nKnowledgent, the data and analytics firm, today announced a first-of-its-kind data lake for a major healthcare enterprise. This data and analytics solution enables both business analysts and data scientists to access a wide variety of structured and unstructured datasets in a consolidated data management environment for agile, advanced analytics.... READ MORE\nKnowledgent will be a sponsor at the WSTA\u2019s annual Holiday Gala on December 4, 2014 at Stella 34 Trattoria (Macy\u2019s Herald Square), New York City. This premier social event for financial information technology professionals will be a great opportunity to network with associates and develop new business relationships in a relaxed atmosphere.... READ MORE\nWarren, New Jersey, November 13, 2014 - Chris Blotto, CTO at Knowledgent, the data and analytics firm, will be speaking at the Boston stop on the Informatica World Tour on Wednesday, November 19 at the Sheraton Boston Hotel. Mr. Blotto\u2019s presentation, \u201cMDM in a Big Data World,\u201d will discuss using Master Data Management (MDM) capabilities to enable search and navigation in distributed environments, transitioning existing data management investments into the Big Data world, and distinguishing the hype from reality through real-world use case overviews.... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ, October 15, 2014 \u2013 Knowledgent, the data and analytics firm, has been named one of the 20 Most Powerful Big Data Solution Providers in 2014 by CIO Story, a technology industry publication. The annual listing highlights the top 20 companies that are at the forefront of tackling big data technology challenges and impacting the marketplace.... READ MORE\nWarren, New Jersey, October 1, 2014 \u2013 Chris Blotto, CTO at Knowledgent, the data and analytics firm, will be speaking at the MDM & Data Governance Summit at the Sheraton Times Square in New York City October 5-7. Mr. Blotto\u2019s presentation, \u201cMDM in a Big Data World,\u201d will discuss using Master Data Management (MDM) capabilities to enable search and navigation in distributed environments, transitioning existing data management investments into the Big Data world, and distinguishing the hype from the reality through real-world use case overviews.... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ, June 3, 2014 \u2013 Knowledgent today announced the Big Data Maturity Assessment, a free, online assessment that helps CDOs, Data Architects, and other data-focused professionals get the insights they need to accelerate big data development in their organizations.... READ MORE\nBoston, MA, May 1, 2014 \u2013 Knowledgent and the Global CEO Initiative on Alzheimer\u2019s Disease (CEOi) today released a new strategy paper titled, \u201cApplying Big Data to One of the World\u2019s Biggest Problems: Alzheimer\u2019s Disease.\" Part of a larger strategy to leverage big data solutions, this paper explores the opportunities to apply big data technologies and techniques to the fight against Alzheimer\u2019s.... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ, March 10, 2014 \u2013 Knowledgent today is pleased to announce the release of the 2014 Big Data Ecosystem. This newest version of Knowledgent\u2019s industry-leading reference architecture for analyzing and categorizing big data tools and technologies features a new Data Security category to help organizations make sense of the big data offerings available to protect and secure their sensitive information.... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ \u2013 January 29, 2014 \u2013 Knowledgent today announced info2insight\u2122 (i2i\u2122), a comprehensive suite of solutions designed to jumpstart innovation and enable execution of Big Data initiatives. This new service offering features capabilities that accelerate Big Data time to value at any development phase.... READ MORE\nKalido and Knowledgent today announced that they have forged a strategic partnership to jointly provide information management and analytics solutions to organizations in the Financial Services, Life Sciences, and Healthcare industries. As part of the partnership, the two companies plan to collaborate on developing product and services offerings that leverage the Kalido Information Engine.... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ, October 25, 2013 \u2013 Knowledgent is pleased to announce the second Big Data Immersion workshop January 30-31, 2014 in Warren, New Jersey. In this enterprise-grade workshop, Knowledgent experts will discuss challenges and opportunities around big data analytics in enterprise environments, with proven best practices for operationalizing big data.... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ, August 1, 2013 \u2013 Knowledgent industry experts will present at the Big Data Immersion workshop September 25-27, 2013 at Convene in New York City, New York. This enterprise-grade workshop will deliver a comprehensive overview of the current big data landscape.... READ MORE\nWarren, NJ, July 30, 2013 \u2013 Knowledgent today is pleased to announce the release of the Big Data Ecosystem 2013. This newest version of Knowledgent\u2019s industry-leading reference architecture for analyzing and categorizing big data offerings includes over 100 vendors.... READ MORE\nNew York, NY: June 4th, 2013 \u2013 Knowledgent Group Inc., the leading industry information consultancy, announced today the filling of U.S. Patent Application No. 13/839,406. The patent relates generally to the field of chemical information systems, search and retrieval, and more specifically to the utilization of so called \u201cinformation fingerprints\u201d to identify the characteristics of molecules and compounds, and to detect their commonality.... READ MORE\nBoston, Mass, February 25, 2013 \u2013 On March 13th, industry leaders from the Boston area will convene with Big Data thought leaders at Knowledgent\u2019s \u201cThe Business of Big Data: Maximizing the Value of Information\u201d event, hosted in the Boston Harbor Hotel at Rowes Wharf. This event which is drawing C-level, VP and director level managers will be different from other Big Data events in that it focuses almost exclusively on the business aspects rather than on technologies or vendors.... READ MORE\nWarren, New Jersey, February 11, 2013 \u2013 Knowledgent, a leading industry information consultancy focused on maximizing the value of information to empower clients with actionable business insights, is convening industry executives and thought leaders to explore how scientific search, powered by big data analytics, will fundamentally change the game for life sciences research and commercialization of pharmaceutical products.... READ MORE\nNew York, NY, December 21, 2012 \u2013 Knowledgent, a leading industry information consultancy focused on maximizing the value of information to empower clients with actionable business insights, has once again drawn huge interest from asset finance professionals with a poignant article published in one of this niche sector\u2019s leading online publications.... READ MORE\nNew York, NY, October 23, 2012 \u2013Big Data will drive mainstream management strategy and executives slow to embrace it will lose competitive advantage to those who aren\u2019t, according to just- released findings from a recent survey conducted by industry information consultancy, Knowledgent. The survey of 100 IT, financial services, insurance, life sciences and other industry executives shows that while respondents believe Big Data will unleash the next big wave of business innovation, a bottom-up approach within organizations will drive the impact.... READ MORE\nNew York, NY, September 19, 2012 \u2013 Knowledgent, a leading industry information consultancy focused on maximizing the value of information to empower clients with actionable business insights, has captured the attention of the equipment finance industry with its recently published article in Equipment Finance Advisor on ways to map business processes. To date, the article has registered one of the highest number of readers in the website\u2019s history.... READ MORE\nNew York, Jul 17, 2012 - Knowledgent Senior Consultants, Nick Kramer and Sean Murray, were asked to write an article for online publication Equipment Finance Advisor on process mapping. The article, titled \u201cProcessing Mapping - Setting a Course for Success,\u201d was published this week. Nick and Sean go into detail on how businesses can benefit quickly, and at low cost, from a close review of their business processes including operational, sales and portfolio management process. To learn how process maps can provide you foundational insight into how your portfolio is originated, booked and serviced, click here to read the rest of the article.... READ MORE\nNew York, N.Y., May 9, 2012 - Innovative capabilities in enriching the value of information through more effective ways in organizing, mining, governing, and consuming information earned Knowledgent a spot on Gartner\u2019s prestigious Cool Vendors in Information Governance and Master Data Management (MDM) for 2012 list.... 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Doctors say it is the longest stay they can remember.\nBut he is finally going home with his family. Doctors and nurses who cared for him threw a 'graduation party' on Tuesday.\nOliver was born early, at 25 weeks and immediately was admitted into the Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit on July 20, 2017.\nHis lungs were not fully formed. Through an Interpreter, his mother told KSTP about the challenges he faced.\n\"There was a moment when we thought he was not going to be with us. 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When there is little or no sperm in the ejaculate (oligo or azoospermia), ICSI can be performed to accomplish fertilization with sperm obtained through microsurgical epididymal sperm aspiration (MESA), testicular sperm extraction (TESE) or testicular sperm aspiration (TESA). Some of the indications for ICSI include low sperm count or abnormal sperm parameters, congenital absence of the vas deferens, obstruction of the vas deferens (such as following vasectomy or trauma), testicular failure, erectile dysfunction, ejaculatory problems or a history of prior poor fertilization.\nThe introduction of ICSI has made it possible to fertilize eggs with sperm even in the most severe cases of male infertility. Approximately, 20-30% of conventional IVF is associated with unanticipated poor fertilization. This has led many experts to conclude that male infertility may be an occult phenomenon in some men. In fact, a new test called sperm DNA integrity assay (SDI or SCSA) have demonstrated that DNA damage may be present in sperm collected from men with normal and abnormal semen analyses.\nA major advantage of doing ICSI is that, it allows the embryologist to remove the cumulus cells that enclose the egg and assess its maturity. This cannot be done with conventional IVF as the removal of these cells would virtually prevent conventional fertilization in the petri dish. Additionally, ICSI is utilized in cases of preimplantation genetic screening/diagnosis (PGT). In such cases, ICSI prevents DNA contamination from additional sperm, possibly increases the number of fertilized eggs (more embryos), thus allowing more embryos to be available for genetic testing and transfer.\nIt is important to know that when poor or genetically defective sperm (may still look normal) is used to fertilize the eggs utilizing ICSI, the genetic defects may be passed on to the embryo and thus the offspring. 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Being on the water (ocean, lake, river, pond) has been part of my life since I was a little girl and my mom took me......", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 51, "original_length": 1195, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 305.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://lcplawgroup.com/life-care-planning/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:30Z", "digest": "sha1:IHKAGKEZPSBFZNTBAUN76YSQGT3WFJIC", "length": 2384, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "lcplawgroup.com", "title": "Life Care Planning Law Group", "raw_content": "Life Care Planning exists as a Tension between autonomy and safety.\nWhat is life care planning?\nThe answer to the question is at the same time simple and complex. A Life Care Plan is a wholistic approach to your aging care needs combining the legal expertise of an Elder Law Attorney with the knowledge, skills and training of an Elder Care Coordinator. An Elder Care Coordinator is a member of our staff who is knowledgeable in elder care and is specifically trained to navigate and understand the elder community and professionals and resources available.\nBy getting to know the elder, his/her family, and the worries and concerns of everyone involved we create a Life Care Plan for you. The Life Care Plan places special emphasis on issues the specific needs and desires of your family. It connects your concerns about long-term care as you journey through the process of aging. It is a roadmap, a guide, a piece-of-mind for this exciting yet unsettling process.\nWhat Does a Life Care Plan Do?\nA Life Care Plan is crafted to your specific needs to include some or all of the following:\nAt home and on-site assessments to identify your loved one\u2019s care needs and assistance in meeting them\nSolutions that help you find and arrange in-home help\nCoordination of public and private resources to for long-term care\nMedicaid long-term care and community based planning and strategizing to access all available public benefits\nPreparation of wills, trusts, power of attorney and advance directive\nEducation and training to guide you on when and where to call for services\nThe Elder Care Coordinator\nThe Elder Care Coordinator is the linchpin to the Life Care Planning Model. They are the primary contact for the elder and the family and are responsible for implementing much of the Life Care Plan. They report directly to the attorney and together help you make decisions. We are your resource of experienced, supportive, knowledgeable, and objective advisors.\nOur Elder Care Coordinators help make sure that you or elder and caregiver get good care and support whether it\u2019s at home or outside the traditional home setting. Our Elder Care Coordinators play the primary role in implementing the Life Care Plan, the focus of which is to promote your good health, safety, and well-being.\nFor a better feel of what our Elder Care Coordinators do for you, see some of our success stories here.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 3762, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 319.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://le.utah.gov/publicweb/_rcantrell/PublicWeb/21913/21913.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:30Z", "digest": "sha1:5UETS4635VGZM3JUCJ5YDHQ4L7STA2RP", "length": 7004, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "le.utah.gov", "title": "Public Email: Capitol to Capitol: State preemption alert; Overview of the president's budget proposal", "raw_content": "From: NCSL Capitol to Capitol\nSubject: Capitol to Capitol: State preemption alert; Overview of the president's budget proposal\nCapitol to Capitol\nCHEMICALS IN COMMERCE ACT PREEMPTION ALERT\nRep. John Shimkus (R-IL) will hold a hearing Thursday on his discussion draft for modernizing the regulation of chemicals, which he unveiled Feb. 27. The Chemicals in Commerce Act includes broad preemption language that would prohibit a state from establishing or continuing to enforce its own laws that require chemical use reporting, prohibit or restrict the manufacture and distribution of a chemical, or have other requirements to develop or submit information to the state enforcement agency, once EPA completes a safety determination on that chemical. The bill would also preempt a state from regulating any new chemical that is introduced into commerce. Although NCSL advocates for the need to reform and modernize the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), which has not been updated since 1976, NCSL cannot support a reform bill that contains such broad preemption language and jeopardizes state sovereignty. ACTION: Tell your House delegation, especially members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, to oppose the preemption in the Chemicals in Commerce Act as it will impede state efforts to protect health and safety. See NCSL\u2019s Action Alert and section-by-section analysis of the discussion draft for more details.\nNCSL staff contacts: Susan Parnas Frederick, Melanie Condon\nPRESIDENT\u2019S BUDGET COMMENCES FY 2015 BUDGET SEASON\nOn March 4 the president released his FY 2015 budget proposal, requesting $3.9 trillion and anticipating $560 billion in deficit spending. While the president would abide by the $1.014 trillion cap on discretionary spending for FY 2015, his budget recommends eliminating reductions from sequestration starting in 2016 through a combination of new spending cuts, revenue increases from tax reform and the anticipated enactment of immigration reform. As for FY 2015, the president proposes a number of new initiatives or modifications to programs that would affect states. This includes dedicated funding for surface transportation, enhancing the Earned Income Tax Credit, increasing the cigarette tax, and establishing several new education programs that would create incentives for states to increase academic performance and transition to digital learning. In addition, the president proposed a \u201cwish list\u201d of additional defense and nondefense funding for education, research and development, and job-training programs. The \u201cOpportunity, Growth and Security Initiative\u201d would be fully offset by spending changes, such as reforming crop insurance subsidies and passenger fees for aviation security, and by additional revenue from tax increases on high-income earners.\nThe president\u2019s budget recommendation marks one of the first steps in the FY 2015 budget process. House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) will unveil his fiscal vision later this month. The House budget resolution is expected to focus on welfare reform (see below) and propose entitlement reform. Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-WA), on the other hand, has already stated the Senate will not introduce a budget resolution, citing one isn\u2019t needed as Congress already approved a discretionary spending cap late last year.\nNCSL staff contacts: Sheri Steisel, Jeff Hurley\nTALKING ABOUT POVERTY\nLast week, just prior to the president\u2019s budget release, House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) released a 204 page report, \u201cThe War on Poverty: 50 Years Later\u201d to \u201chelp start the conversation\u201d on the federal approach to reducing poverty. If House Republicans retain control over the House, Ryan may become Chair of the Ways and Means Committee with jurisdiction over many of the key anti-poverty programs. Seen by many as a response to President Obama\u2019s focus on income inequality, Ryan praises state experimentation and raises concerns in the report about program spending and duplication, concluding that the poverty rate is stuck at 15 percent and \u201csome programs work; others don\u2019t. And for many of them we just don\u2019t know\u2026\u201d Interestingly, common ground emerged this week when both President Obama and Rep. Ryan praised the Earned Income Tax Credit as an incentive for low-income workers.\nNCSL staff contacts: Joy Wilson, Rachel Morgan (human services); Sheri Steisel, Jeff Hurley (budget)\nHEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES EXTENDED\nThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced an extension until Oct. 1, 2016, of the Affordable Care Act\u2019s health insurance transition policy for small group and individual health markets. On Nov. 14, 2013, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a letter to state insurance commissioners outlining a transitional policy for non-grandfathered coverage in the small group and individual health insurance markets. It gives them an option, if permitted by their state, to renew their current policies for current enrollees without adopting all of the 2014 market rule changes. In addition, CMS extended the hardship exemption until Oct. 1, 2016, for individuals whose non-compliant coverage is cancelled and who meet specified requirements.\nNCSL staff contacts: Joy Wilson, Rachel Morgan\nNCSL COMMENTS ON EARLY CHILDHOOD\nIn a letter to the Institute of Medicine\u2019s Committee on the Science of Children Birth to Age 8, NCSL supported federal efforts to improve early learning opportunities for young children that provide states with the flexibility to meet local needs. Reminding the committee that state legislators have and continue to be at the forefront of efforts to create and improve opportunities for young children, the letter supported \u201cinitiatives that provide a broad range of high quality, affordable early care and education options that are informed by research and designed to enhance learning opportunities for young children and includes parents as a fundamental part of the effort.\u201d\nNCSL staff contacts: Joy Wilson, Rachel Morgan, Lee Posey\nOn Wednesday the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing entitled \u201cExploring Alternative Solutions on the Internet Sales Tax Issue.\u201d The hearing, rescheduled from March 4 due to a snow storm in Washington, D.C., will examine alternative proposals from the Senate-passed Marketplace Fairness Act (S. 743) that would allow states to collect sales taxes made from remote purchases \u2026 The Senate will begin debate on S. 1086 to reauthorize the Child Care and Development Block Grant, which provides child care funds to states to pay for low-income families. The bill includes new educational, health and safety standards for child care.\nCapitol to Capitol is a publication of the National Conference of State Legislatures, the premier bipartisan organization representing the interest of states, territories and commonwealths. The Conference operates from offices in Denver, Colorado, and Washington, D.C. If you have any questions, please contact Jeff Hurley.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 189, "original_length": 9980, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 238.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://leaninalaska.com/2011/12/03/wednesdays-solution-recommendation/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:48Z", "digest": "sha1:AAELDNULYTGMYDWZ4JFJKOOHJNKLN5ZF", "length": 5292, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "leaninalaska.com", "title": "Wednesday\u2019s Solution Recommendation | Lean in Alaska Blog", "raw_content": "Wednesday\u2019s Solution Recommendation\nAlthough I don\u2019t always follow this advice, I have been told that I shouldn\u2019t complain unless I have a proposed solution. Unfortunately, when you have no control or influence over the subject of the complaint, you are sometimes left with just an option of complaining or doing nothing. My pattern in situations similar to yesterday\u2019s blog about the meeting I attended Wednesday has been to try and work with the stakeholders to influence their method for improvement. I usually fail in this effort. Then I am left to just complaining. In the case of Wednesday\u2019s meeting, this is an effort I have been working on since 2007 with no appreciable improvement in the processes.\nI always expect pushback from management to my comments. Part of my approach is to be fact based and non-judgmental. The facts are that I have advocated for improvement for the past 5 years. There have been minimal, if any, improvements achieved. After my comments, I was thanked for \u201cyour (my) perspective.\u201d Comments made during the discussion seemed to support the facts I stated. Other participants exhibited possessive behaviors over their functionally siloed departments. There was no executive leadership indicting support for the effort. I read the record of the prior meeting, which confirmed my assessment. There was no clearly defined problem statement. Facts were not available and were generated by management. There was no definition of a value stream being discussed. Participants were quick to leap to proposing solutions without understanding problems. The management proposed their solution, and that was the one that was advanced. Mind you, what I am sharing are considered facts. I am trying to keep my judgment out of this discussion.\nSo what is my proposed solution? First of all, any progress in this environment will be very difficult for a couple of reasons. This organization has a culture of blame and shame. This means that no one will acknowledge the existence of problems that are arguably within their sphere of work. They do not understand that they are a part of a process and their work needs to coordinate with all other work, even if the impact on their work is negative. This is OK so long as the overall solution eliminates waste. Leadership needs to evaluate the culture they sponsor and change it to one that, in the words of Dr. Deming, eliminates fear from the workplace. It needs to become one that inspires pride of workmanship in the employee. In listening to one employee, it became clear that Management would meet with employees, but they would not ask the employee what they thought. Building a culture where processes are acknowledged as the source of most defects (98% according to Dr. Deming); where employees are both given authority to make improvements and accountable for improvements; and where the solutions are based on analysis of facts and data. I would start with a map of the process involved. Interestingly enough, the value map will probably be quite short. My proposal would be to map the process using a swim lane to represent the many parties involved in their process. This would take 8 to 12 people for most likely the better part of one day. My staff could probably do this in 2 \u2013 3 hours, but they are experienced with Lean Thinking. My guess is that there are 6 sub processes contained in the original mapping that would need to be refined with smaller teams of 4 to 7. The second step would be data collection. This falls into 2 categories: what is the lead (total) time and what is the process time (time spend on value added work). Data collection could take some time, but in my experience, employees in the data stream could come pretty darn close to actual time taken (on average) for each step in the process. And really, this is all we need. When we get to the improvement part, the PDCA experiment, there will be such huge improvement that specificity of this data isn\u2019t really required. The team would be able to define what we refer to as an Ideal State or a Future State, and plan a Next Target Condition to try to achieve. The would do this by examining the waste in the process: inboxes (where waiting happens); rework (information not available, redoing faxes, emails, etc.); unnecessary approvals; and others. If our experiment works, then we define the new standard work and train every employee to adhere to that standard work.\nI brought one of Chugachmiut\u2019s lean champions in to help me work through how to approach the work of this meeting. He came up with the 2 \u2013 3 hour estimate for our staff to map out the process we talked about in the meeting. After I asked him about the benefit of experienced lean practitioners, he agreed that it might take up to 4 days because of resistance, especially without Executive support and a supportive culture.\nSo there is my proposal. This is the same one I made 5 years ago. Although it may take more than a week to achieve improvement, it certainly wouldn\u2019t take more than 5 years. My guess is that it could be achieved in 2 \u2013 3 months easily.\n\u00ab Meeting Waste\nLots of Waste \u00bb\nI admire your tenacity, Patrick. I would have walked away from this stubborn organization you are facing years ago.\nWhy do you keep trying?\nBy: Mark Welch on December 6, 2011", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 7510, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 286.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://legacy.blisty.cz/art/17123.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:55Z", "digest": "sha1:EO2SJ7FO4KGF7TWNAKK3W26MDRCII4PD", "length": 24397, "nlines": 52, "source_domain": "legacy.blisty.cz", "title": "Liechtenstein Prince Hans Adam II: I want my property back", "raw_content": "Liechtenstein Prince Hans Adam II: I want my property back\nLadislav Kahoun interviews the ruling Prince Hans Adam II. of Liechtenstein who demands that his family's former property in what is now the Czech Republic is returned to him.\nLadislav Kahoun: It is generally known in the Czech Republic that your family's property was confis-cated after WWII on the basis of the President Benes' decrees. It is less known that after the annexation of Austria by Hitler's Germany your father moved from Vienna to Vaduz and it is practically unknown that, at least according to your suit filed in the International Court on 30 May 2001, during WWII Liechtenstein similarly to Switzer-land was a neutral country and your neutrality was accepted by all the fighting parties, i.e. even the Nazi Germany. Could you please comment on this and specify what facts or documents prove that the neutrality of your state was accepted by Hitler's Germany?\nPrince Hans-Adam II: The Principality of Liechtenstein declared its neutrality during World War I and World War II. In both cases the neutrality was respected by all the states involved in World War I and World War II. The proof that the neutrality was respected by all states in World War I and World War II was the fact that none of those states declared war against Liechtenstein or that Liechtenstein was occupied militarily dur-ing those wars.\nLadislav Kahoun: A piece of information that in the end of WWII several thousand Cossacks fighting on the side of the Germans escaped to Liechtenstein appeared recently in a discussion on the Neviditelny pes server. The allies then allegedly entered your country and handed them over to the Soviet Union. Did the allies violate your neutrality at that time?\nPrince Hans-Adam II: The allies did not violate our neutrality at the end of World War II. The Russian troops fighting on the side of the Germans against the communists were disarmed when they crossed the border into Liechtenstein. Despite strong pres-sure from the Soviet Union Liechtenstein refused to hand over those people against their will and accepted them as refugees according to international law. Those who wanted to return were either executed or sent to the Gulag by the Soviet authorities. As far as I know Liechtenstein was the only country who refused to hand over Russian troops fighting on the German side to the Soviet authorities against their will.\nLadislav Kahoun: The information saying that Liechtenstein supported the Czech resistance (more exactly the Czech exile government) during WWII also appeared in the discussion. The information was not specified. If this is really true, could you please provide any details about it?\nPrince Hans-Adam II: The Principality of Liechtenstein was one of the few European states which did not recognize the Munich Treaty and later the occupation of Czecho-slovakia by the Third Reich. We recognized the Czechoslovakian exile government as the legal government throughout World War II. I have been told that we have also sup-ported the Czechoslovakian exile government financially but no records have been kept on this, at least to my knowledge.\nLadislav Kahoun: Another information that appeared in the discussion says that on 21 November 1945 a Bratislava administrative court turned down the complaint of your father stating that the sued body had reached the conclusion that the petitioner is \"of German nationality\" by \u00a71 of article 1 of letter a) of the decree. This happened prior to stating that this had been a generally known fact. The reaction of those participating in the discussion on this sort of the justification of the verdict indicated that nowadays many people in the current Czech Republic would consider such a justification of the verdict at least absurd. Did the event described really take place and did the Bratislava court mention the argument contained in its verdict? If this was the case, what do you think about it?\nPrince Hans-Adam II: Yes, the Bratislava court decided that the Prince of Liechten-stein is of German nationality and that this is a fact of common knowledge which has not to be proved anymore. Unfortunately, the authorities in the Czeck and the Slovak Republic still maintain this absurd justification of the verdict and refuse to recognize the Principality of Liechtenstein as a sovereign state which has been neutral in World War I and II.\nLadislav Kahoun: According to the information published by CIA on http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/print/ls.html , your royal dynasty claims the property rights to pieces of land confiscated in the Czech Republic after 1918, i.e. after WWI. According to a BBC article published on http://www.bbc.co.uk/czech/domesticnews/story/2003/10/031014_cz_lichtenstejn.shtml, you demand no property but financial compensation amounting to 1 billion francs for the property confiscated not after WWI but on the basis of President Benes' decrees after WWII. So, could you please make clear what kind of property and/or compensa-tion your family requires in the Czech Republic?\nPrince Hans-Adam II: This BBC article contains a lot of nonsense. I have always said that the compensation would be a financial burden to the Czech Republic which does not make any sense. In fact from a pure economical sense it would be very advan-tageous for the Czech Republic to give us our properties back. We are not only willing but also able to invest a substantial amount of money into those properties and into the historical buildings which are associated with those properties. In fact a restitution would put quite a financial burden on my family because forest and agricultural land is not very profitable anymore and the same has to be said about his-torical buildings, especially in the countryside.\nLadislav Kahoun: According to the above-mentioned article, published by the BBC Czech service, this means that each Czech citizen would have to pay CZK 2,000 if the claims concerning your financial compensation should be met. WWII took place nearly sixty years ago and most Czech citizens remember neither the war nor the confiscation based on President Benes' decrees. And needless to say, they have not participated in confiscating the property. Do you con-sider it just that the current Czech citizens should settle such a huge amount of money even though they participated in no way on the events you base your claim on?\nPrince Hans-Adam II: This question has already been answered by the answer to question 5.\nLadislav Kahoun: Speaking about your claims toward the Czech Republic, what is your attitude toward the EU principle that its legal system is not retroactive?\nPrince Hans-Adam II: To answer this question you have to send me exactly what the EU has said concerning the EU principle that its legal system is not retroactive.\nLadislav Kahoun: After 1918, all of the property of the Habsburg dynasty was confiscated within the bor-ders of the then Czechoslovakia. However, no descendant of the dynasty has so far made any restitution claims. Do you admit that the Habsburgs accept moral justifica-tion of the confiscation or do you think that they acted so only because of the pressure of the Versaille and Postupim conference?\nPrince Hans-Adam II: I cannot speak for the Habsburg family. You have to ask them what their position is.\nLadislav Kahoun: To what degree does your family feels spiritually akin to the Habsburg dynasty? Do you know that in the Czech and Moravian awareness you were always considered the house closest to the Habsburg dynasty?\nPrince Hans-Adam II: My grandmother was a sister of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand who was killed in Sarajevo. This is perhaps the reason why in the Czech and Moravian awareness the Liechtenstein house is considered the closest to the Habsburg dynasty. Historically one has to say that the Liechtenstein family became a foreign dynasty with the end of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, as it was the case with the Bavarian, W\u00fcrt-temberg and other dynasties who before had been part of the Holy Roman Empire and were therefore quite close to the Habsburg dynasty. A number of those foreign dynas-ties kept properties in the Austrian-Hungarian Empire after 1806 as the Liechtensteins did. They were also very often closer related to the Habsburg dynasty through mar-riage, just think about Empress Sissi, the wife of Emperor Franz Joseph II.\nLadislav Kahoun: According to my information, your family owned 99 estates in Moravia and Silesia. Could you please name for our readers at least the most important of them?\nPrince Hans-Adam II: The most important ones for the family were Feldsberg and Eisgrub which were more or less the official seat for the family from the 15th century on.\nLadislav Kahoun: As far as I know, so far you have not visited the Czech Republic so that you have seen none of your estates in person. However, I suppose you know them at least from pic-tures and photographs. If you were allowed to choose only one of them, which one would it be? Which one do you personally favor?\nPrince Hans-Adam II: I visited most of our estates in the Czech Republic as a private person together with my family. Of course, I would choose Feldsberg and Eisgrub for historical reasons.\nLadislav Kahoun: If all your estates in Moravia are returned to you, will your family struggle for their sovereignty to be accepted and if this will be the case, can you imagine that the estates could work as a state with regards to the fact that they do not compose a continuous piece of land?\nPrince Hans-Adam II: All our estates in Moravia were private estates, not only when they were part of Czechoslovakia but also before, when they were part of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. We own property also in Austria and in other states and we would never think of to declare them sovereign and a part of the Principality of Liechtenstein. I do not know where this rather stupid idea originated from, but probably from some communist propaganda expert who never understood the nature of private property in a market economy. If President Bush or the Queen of England buy a farm in the Czech Republic, this farm does not become part of the United States or the United Kingdom.\nLadislav Kahoun: The first of your ancestors in this country, Henry of Liechtenstein, won Mikulov estate in 1249 as a reward for his loyal services from a Moravian margrave, the later Czech king Premysl Otakar II. Does your family consider itself to be obliged only to a legal Czech king or would you be ready to subdue to the civil principle - i.e. accept obliga-tions toward the state within whose borders your property is situated, regardless the form of government? [In the way for instance Karel Schwarzenberg acted after November 1989]?\nPrince Hans-Adam II: Of course, we respect the obligations toward the state within whose borders we have our properties. On the other hand a state has the obligation to respect basic human rights. Expropriation without compensation for instance violates one of those basic human rights.\nLadislav Kahoun: Among your ancestors was also Karel of Liechtenstein [1569 - 1627], who from our perspective had ill reputation due to his acting as an imperial governor after the Battle of White Mountain. Among other things, he sent 27 Czech lords to death and he also made fortune by participating in a consortium, which brought about the biggest cur-rency breakdown in the history of the Czech lands and the following complete impov-erishment of the whole country? What do you think about him? Would you be ready to agree with the opinion that these historical events were, say, \"unfortunate\"?\nPrince Hans-Adam II: I know that Czech nationalists and communists have drawn a very one-sided picture about my ancestor Karel of Liechtenstein. When he became imperial governor after the Battle of White Mountain the Emperor ordered him to exe-cute a large number of rebels who had fought against the Emperor. My ancestor refused to execute all those people and postponed the execution for over a year and asked the Emperor to pardon all of them. The Emperor finally gave in but insisted that at least 27 persons had to be executed.\nConcerning the currency those charges were brought forward nearly 30 years after Karel of Liechtenstein died and there is some indication that it was a court intrigue against his son Karel Eusebius. As far as I know the investigation at that time did not show any wrongdoing and the whole thing was settled by a rather small payment. The impoverishment of the whole country was the result of the Turkish Wars which lasted at least in Moravia until the beginning of the 17th century, and then the 30 Years War which followed immediately.\nLadislav Kahoun: Through EFTA, your country is along with Norway and Island a member of the Euro-pean Economic Area, but is not an EU member country. The Czechs have voted for membership in the EU but almost nobody here knew about the theoretical chance to become a member of the European Economic Area but not directly the EU. The EU referendum was accompanied with a simplifying governmental advertising campaign. I criticized it in one of my articles even though I voted in favour of the membership. Could you explain what you think are the advantages and disadvantages of the status of your country, Norway and Island, i.e. the membership in the EEA but not in the EU?\nPrince Hans-Adam II: I have always been in favour of our membership in the EEA despite the fact that this membership was rejected by Switzerland in fall 1992 in a popular vote and despite the opposition of influential groups here in Liechtenstein against our membership in the EEA. Nevertheless, in a popular vote the Liechtenstein people accepted our membership in the EEA by quite a large majority. Basically the membership in the EEA gives us all the economic benefits of a membership in the EU without the high costs involved. Of course, without being a member in the EU we do not have a political influence on the future of the EU, but then being the smallest mem-ber in a EU with 25 or more members will never give us much political influence. Therefore, I think it is in the best interest of the Liechtenstein people to stay outside of the EU at least for the foreseeable future.\nLadislav Kahoun: When Liechtenstein refused to sign the EEA enlargement agreement in Luxembourg on October 14th, neither Norway nor Island signed to demonstrate solidarity. Accord-ing to the information from Czech media, the two countries changed opinion soon afterwards. This happened after a meeting of the Czech, Norwegian and Icelandic Foreign Ministers where Liechtenstein was not present. One of the Czech major TV stations marked this \"negotiating about Liechtenstein without Liechtenstein\" which was an allusion to the Munich Dictate which we Czechs call \"about us without us\". Why do you think Norway and Island participated in the meeting and changed their opinion?\nPrince Hans-Adam II: When Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein did not sign the EEA enlargement agreement in Luxembourg on October 14 it was clear between us three that we would finally sign it. An important fact for Liechtenstein was that in the enlargement agreement there was a document which recognized the long-standing sov-ereignty of Liechtenstein and its neutrality during World War I and World War II. This was accepted by all the member states and all the candidates with the exception of the Czech and the Slovak Republic. The government of Norway and Iceland very kindly offered to make a last effort to convince the Czech and Slovak government to accept historical facts. Unfortunately, neither the Czech nor the Slovak government are able even today to accept historical facts about the existence of the Principality of Liechten-stein. There were no negotiations by the Norwegian and Icelandic foreign ministers about Liechtenstein without Liechtenstein.\nLadislav Kahoun: According to information from the Czech media, also your country decided to sign the treaty in the end. Can this mean that you are ready to give up your claims toward the Czech Republic? And if this is not the case, how will you push through your claims?\nPrince Hans-Adam II: We can only hope that the Czech and Slovak government will finally accept historical facts and give up their rather childish position towards the Principality of Liechtenstein. If they would carefully analyze the whole situation they would soon find out that to give us back our properties is in the best interest of their own people as I mentioned before. They are free to visit our properties in Austria or elsewhere and to convince themselves that they are well run and profitable.\nLadislav Kahoun: The Czech Republic does not acknowledge the sovereignty of Liechtenstein. Does Liechtenstein acknowledges the sovereignty of the Czech Republic, i.e. the state of things after the disintegration of the then Czechoslovakia and if it does not, are you ready to acknowledge reciprocally the sovereignty of the Czech Republic if the Czech Republic acknowledges yours?\nPrince Hans-Adam II: We never had a problem to recognize the Czech Republic as a sovereign state, just as we never had a problem to recognize Czechoslovakia as a sovereign state. Czechoslovakia recognized us as a sovereign state immediately after World War I when it became a sovereign state. Soon afterwards Czechoslovakia decided that it will not recognize Liechtenstein anymore as a sovereign state until again it changed its mind in 1938. 1945 Czechoslovakia again changed its mind and decided not to recognize the Principality of Liechtenstein as a sovereign state and now the Czech and Slovak Republic are only willing to recognize us as a sovereign state, that has been created only a few years ago. This denial of historical facts reminds me of those Germans who still deny today that the Third Reich killed millions of Jews. Luckily the Liechtenstein citizens were not killed but all their properties were taken away without any compensation.\nLadislav Kahoun: Your country has one of world's most developed banking systems. However, the CIA web page http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/print/ls.html says that short-comings in your banking regulatory oversight have resulted in concerns about the use of the financial institutions for money laundering. What measures have you taken to prevent the effort to misuse your banking system?\nPrince Hans-Adam II: Everybody who knows a little bit about criminal organizations and money laundering also knows that well over 90 % of the money laundering takes place where the criminal organization is active. The transfer of money across borders just adds risks and expenses for the criminal organization. Those money laundering activities which have an international dimension usually go through large financial centres like New York or London where it is much easier to hide under this huge daily volume of transactions some small transactions which are illegal. Having said that there are of course some money laundering cases which also affect small financial centres like Liechtenstein. We had in the past not enough qualified personnel to handle all those cases in a satisfactory way. A few years ago we decided to hire judges, attor-neys and police investigators who are qualified to investigate and to judge even the most complicated international money laundering cases. As those people were not available in Liechtenstein we hired them from Austria, Switzerland and Germany which of course was not always popular here in Liechtenstein or also abroad. The problem we see now is that, although we are able to do our homework, other countries who should cooperate with us on specific cases do not have enough qualified personnel to investigate those com-plicated international money laundering cases.\nBesides hiring qualified personnel at great cost we also changed some laws in order to make it easier not only to investigate money laundering but also to convict the crimi-nals who have in nearly every case their residence abroad and not in Liechtenstein.\nLadislav Kahoun: At the moment, Liechtenstein is one of the richest countries. However, this had not always been case and according to some information, your father even had to sell part of the family jewellery. You are frequently considered a brilliant businessman and the current richness of your country is associated with your personal skills. Do you agree with this opinion?\nPrince Hans-Adam II: My father did not sell part of the family jewellery but part of the art collection and some land which we owned mostly in Austria. He told me that I have to study economics in order to rebuild the family business, and I tried to do this as good as possible. I was very lucky and was helped by very qualified people.\nWhen my father asked me to take over as Head of State 20 years ago Liechtenstein already had one of the highest per capita income in the world. I just followed his policy and when I will retire next year as Head of State and my eldest son will take over I think he will follow the same policy too.\nLadislav Kahoun: Since the beginning of WWII, your family has lived in a Vaduz chateau. According to the information published on http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,910554,00.html , you men-tioned the possibility of moving to Vienna provided Liechtenstein voters do not approve an increase of your jurisdiction which was rather extended already in the past (e.g. it incorporated the right to dissolve Parliament). Can it really be that you move from your Vaduz chateau to Vienna?\nPrince Hans-Adam II: Who ever takes the time to compare the old constitution with the new one will see that the Reigning Prince gave up some powers in order to strengthen democracy and the rule of law. The problem was that some politicians and parties wanted to have this additional power for themselves and not for the people. In the popular vote only 16 % of the people followed this party line, 20 % wanted to stay with the old constitution which gives the Reigning Prince more rights, and 64 % voted in favour of our proposition.\nThe constitutional quarrels had gone on over ten years and we in the princely family had the opinion that they have become more and more a burden for the whole state. Therefore, we decided that if our proposition would be rejected we would again live abroad as it was the case before 1938 when we lived in Austria and Czechoslovakia.\nLadislav Kahoun: I myself come from a country with a strong republican feeling rooted even in the pre-Munich \"First Republic\". Almost nobody in the Czech Republic wishes or can imagine a monarchy. Could you say what in your opinion are the advantages and disadvantages of monarchy against republic?\nPrince Hans-Adam II: If you look at human history world-wide you see that through-out human history usually monarchies dominated as the form of government and not republics. There have been of course republican periods but they were usually shorter. As an historian one has to ask oneself of course why this is the case. Monarchies can apparently offer some advantages which republics cannot. Probably it has to do with the fact that a monarchy usually offers more political stability over longer periods of time and that the monarch has the tendency to think in generations and not about win-ning the next elections. I think the combination which we have here in Liechtenstein with a strong monarch, a direct democracy which goes further even than in Switzer-land and political decentralization which gives our communities a lot of autonomy could be a model for future monarchies. For a little bit less than a hundred years we have lived now in a republican age, which is not very long if you look at human history, and I think sooner or later monarchies will come back.\nLadislav Kahoun: An opinion in the above mentioned Internet discussion on the \"Neviditelny pes\" server saying that if the Moravian pieces of land were returned to you and you declared them sovereign, the author of the opinion would immediately move to southern Moravia so that he could be your subject. It might have been an exaggeration, but still - do you want to send a word to the guy?\nPrince Hans-Adam II: I can only say there are many people who would love to move to Liechtenstein, but unfortunately we are much too small to take them all.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 132, "original_length": 28303, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 296.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://legionellacontrol.com/about/key-people/simon-hughes/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:17Z", "digest": "sha1:LCJ7LRFZSQT2RRPGRBZFZL3HHXXLYT57", "length": 2218, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "legionellacontrol.com", "title": "Legionella Consultants | Senior Consultant - Simon Hughes", "raw_content": "You are here: Home / About / Key people / Simon Hughes \u2013 Senior Consultant\nSimon Hughes \u2013 Senior Consultant\nSimon Hughes is a leading water treatment professional who has over 25 years\u2019 experience. 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The control of legionella bacteria in water systems\u201d, HSG274 Legionnaires\u2019 disease: Technical guidance Parts 1, 2 and 3; and other applicable guidelines.\nThe delivery of professional health and safety, water treatment, and legionella training courses at all levels.\nAdvising on organisational compliance issues associated with the Health & Safety Executives Approved Code of Practice L8 and HSG274 guidance documents.\nSpecialist advice concerning the development of strategic environmental risk management plans dealing the control and management of health and safety risks associated with legionella and other waterborne pathogens in industrial and commercial water systems.\nManagement expertise associated with the implementation and co-ordination of small, medium and large scale legionella risk assessment programmes, through to final report stage, client presentation and project implementation.\nTo contact Simon Hughes\nFor further information and expert assistance regarding legionella risk management and compliance issues please call 0330 223 36 86 to speak to one of our specialist advisors or send your questions to us here \u2026 contact us", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 3321, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 268.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://lethoperise.com/tag/u2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:58Z", "digest": "sha1:GP2OBMWNNAMO3QQ67BOUX34D2GFRHCLZ", "length": 4454, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "lethoperise.com", "title": "u2 | Let Hope Rise", "raw_content": "Tag / u2\nOctober 13, 2009 December 29, 2009 by Jen Wells\nONE Great Band\nSo several people were wondering how I got to go backstage at the U2 show and onstage for the song \u201cWalk On.\u201d I thought I\u2019d write about it to get the word out\u2026\nSince 2004, I have been a member of the One Campaign (www.one.org). This organization works to eradicate extreme poverty in our lifetime and to fight the spread of preventable disease, particularly in Africa. Bono is a founding member, and Matt Damon is a well known advocate. About once a month I get an email asking me to sign a petition or contact a congressman for ONE to advocate legislation geared towards the United States fulfilling our commitment to these causes.\nI am a long-time U2 fan \u2013 my first show was the Zoo Station tour for the Achtung Baby album and I have been to most of the tours since. But this time, because our financial situation was a little bit precarious, we decided not to get tickets. I was pretty bummed \u2013 but we agreed that it couldn\u2019t be a priority. I had about given up hope and determined that we would just watch our Elevation Tour DVD that night from home.\nThe week before the show, I got an email from the ONE campaign saying they needed volunteers. I applied, but they said they would select people via lottery and they would have few slots but many applicants. I applied even though it was a long shot, and a few days later was accepted. I honestly thought I\u2019d be working for ONE throughout the show \u2013 that I\u2019d miss the concert but at least I\u2019d be able to be in the building helping a cause I really believe in. As they began to email me with details though, they hinted that we\u2019d have great seats and that there would be a special surprise.\nThey allowed me to bring a guest \u2013 so my friend Angie and I showed up on the day of the show ready to work hard and have fun. We began working at 3 pm \u2013 working lines and public areas asking people to sign up for the ONE Campaign. Here is an article about volunteers like me from a show in DC. We walked around with laptops signing people up for ONE. I was hoarse that day to begin with and by the end of the night I had no voice whatsoever. But it was fun to tell new people about this organization and talk to the existing ONE Campaign supporters who had been long term members and understood the value of this organization.\nBono gave some statistics during the show about what ONE has achieved \u2013 and they were pretty amazing. Millions of children\u2019s lives have been affected by this group \u2013 our emails and petitions really have made a difference! That was the part of the show that got to me. During one of their songs, they showed these beautiful stark pictures of real people around the world that ONE is fighting to save. One of the photos was of a baby reaching out towards the camera and when I saw that, I saw Bekah. She was the same age and just as beautiful, just as perfect. But she was born somewhere where Malaria, AIDS, starvation, and death are a constant threat. And regardless of my political affiliation, my command from my King Jesus says that taking care of her is my problem. THAT is why I support ONE. Because they, without any party affiliation, advocate for the least of these. And it truly is non-partisan, Bono himself praised from the stage the amazing work of President Bush in Africa \u2013 so although some people think this is a liberal cause \u2013 it isn\u2019t. It is a human cause.\nAnyway \u2013 back to the night. We were brought in from the backstage tunnel right after the band and were able to watch the show from the inner circle of the stage. And we were able to go ON stage to represent ONE during the song \u201cWalk On\u201d holding a mask of Aung San Suu Kyi in front of our faces (with the band playing behind us \u2013 we couldn\u2019t turn and look \u2013 I wanted to SO bad!). Here\u2019s a far away view of us on stage. If you happened to take a better picture \u2013 let me know. Angie and I would LOVE to have one!\nAll in all \u2013 it was an incredible night. (If you are interested in pics and some video Ang and I shot \u2013 check out my Facebook page).\nAnyway \u2013 Angie and I would have gladly worked the show for ONE even if the incredible tickets and the time on stage wasn\u2019t a factor. We really both do believe in that cause and if you aren\u2019t a member, sign up now. They\u2019ll never ask you for money and never sell or trade your email \u2013 but they will keep you updated about what is happening in our world and give you a chance to make a difference.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 204, "original_length": 24679, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 262.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://libertyunyielding.com/2015/04/16/business-as-usual-on-the-foreign-donations-front-for-clinton-foundation-conflict-of-interest/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:17:40Z", "digest": "sha1:6UVABEBS3SFYJYLWDRK7P6HJOHMQQVQ6", "length": 2097, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "libertyunyielding.com", "title": "Business as usual on the foreign donation front for Clinton Foundation: Conflict of interest? - Liberty Unyielding", "raw_content": "Business as usual on the foreign donation front for Clinton Foundation: Conflict of interest?\nBy Howard Portnoy April 16, 2015 April 16, 2015\nFor her next trick, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will purge politics of \u2018unaccountable money\u201d while continuing to rake in $2 billion from \u201cmajor\u201d unspecified donors. At the same time, the Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation has annoucned that it will continue to accept donations from foreign governments. The cameras will not cut away during the illusion.\nAt her initial campaign stop at Kirkwood Community College in Iowa, candidate Clinton was asked by a member of the press how she planned to accomplish this feat of legerdemain. Her answer: \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d\nMeanwhile, the board of the foundation that bears her name clarified that donations would be permitted to funnel from only six governments \u2014 Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom. However (of course there is a \u201chowever\u201d), other governments would be permitted to continue their participation in the Clinton Global Initiative, a subsidiary program that encourages donors to match contributions from others to tackle international problems without direct donations to the charity.\nIf you find this all too confusing, you\u2019re not alone. Vermont socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders claims to be confused by the carefully packaged rollout of the campaign, asking on MSNBC, \u201cWhy don\u2019t you tell me what Hillary Clinton is campaigning on?\u201d Then he answered his own question, submitting, \u201cYou don\u2019t know, and I don\u2019t know, and the American people don\u2019t know.\u201d\nHillary Clinton wants \u2018unaccountable money\u2019 out of politics? 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Born in Ealing in 1904, Margery Allingham grew up in Layer Breton, was educated in Colchester and Cambridge, and lived most of her adult life in Tolleshunt D\u2019Arcy. She wrote her first novel at 19, and in 1929 (in the novel The Crime at Black Dudley) introduced one of the most famous characters in detective fiction, Albert Campion. From the 1930s to the 1960s Margery Allingham became, along with Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and Ngaio Marsh, one of the most distinguished writers of detective fiction\u2019s \u201cGolden Age\u201d, publishing a steady stream of Campion novels, many with an East Anglian setting. She died in Colchester in 1966.\nThe collection consists of some 23 metres of archival material and artwork, and around 200 copies of various editions of Margery Allingham\u2019s works. In addition to original manuscripts copies of most of Allingham\u2019s books and stories, correspondence and administrative papers, the collection also includes a large number of paintings and drawings by Youngman Carter, one time editor of The Tatler, who designed the dust-jackets for many of his wife\u2019s books.\nJ.A. Baker\nThis archive relates to the life and work of the Essex nature writer, J.A. Baker, 1926-87, author of the critically acclaimed The Peregrine (1967). The collection was gifted to the Library in 2013 through the good offices of Dr John Fanshawe, who, with the author, Mark Cocker, edited the complete works of Baker for publication by HarperCollins in 2011. The bulk of the archive, which comprises notebooks, diaries, draft manuscripts, maps, photographs, letters and optical artefacts, was brought together by Bernard Coe, Baker\u2019s brother-in-law. Additional materials have been generously donated by David Cobham, John Thurmer, and Don Samuel. A detailed catalogue completed in 2016 by Hetty Saunders is available below. Anyone with further information, including personal memories, relevant to Baker, are encouraged to contact the library.\nList of books in J.A. Baker's library\nBean Memorial Collection *\nThis collection, which was presented by the late Mrs. M. Bean of Sudbury in 1975, is devoted to William Blake. The greater part consists of the series of illuminated books and other works by Blake that were published by the Trianon Press, Clairvaux. The collection is supplemented by over 300 works about William Blake, many of which were donated by Mrs. Bean, and is maintained by the addition of current acquisitions.\nBensusan Collection\nSamuel Levi Bensusan (1872-1958) was a well known local author who produced a series of stories of Essex life that make him one of the leading county writers. The collection, acquired in 1966, includes an almost complete set of Bensusan's published works, his diaries for the years 1891 to 1957, typescript files of published and unpublished works, and four files of miscellaneous documents and correspondence.\nBibliographical Society Library\nThis large collection of printed works, comprising approximately 2,500 volumes, was placed on permanent deposit in 2017 by the Bibliographical Society (founded 1892), the primary learned society concerned with the study and history of the book in the United Kingdom. The volumes, which include works on printing, publishing, bookselling and collecting, are currently in the process of being added to the main University Library catalogue.\nDonald Davie Archive\nA collection of note-books, work-sheets and letters deposited in 1968 by the poet Donald Davie (Professor of Literature, University of Essex, 1964-68). The collection was augmented in 1976 by the purchase of a collection of Davie papers, for which the Library received a grant from the Arts Council.\nGaudier-Brzeska Collection\nHenri Gaudier (1891-1915) was an eminent sculptor and draughtsman, influenced by Cubism and primitive art. In 1910 he met Polish writer Sophie Brzeska (1873-1925) in Paris, and came with her to London in 1911 using the joint name of Gaudier-Brzeska. The nucleus of this archive is 34 letters which, with one exception, are from Henri to Sophie. The letters cover the period 12 July 1910 to 10 October 1913 and have been published, in part, in H.S. Ede's Savage Messiah, 1931. The bulk of the material consists of Sophie's diaries and her unpublished creative writings; many dating from after Henri's tragic death on the Western Front in June 1915. The collection was donated in 1964 by Mr. H.S. [Jim] Ede, founder of the Kettle's Yard art gallery in Cambridge.\nFull listing of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska letters\nOutline listing of Sophie Brzeska writings\nNicholas Hagger Archive #\nThis large collection is devoted to the life and work of the Essex author and educationalist, Nicholas Hagger, 1939-. The Archive, which was placed on permanent deposit in March 2016, is composed of several distinct sections. The first tranche of boxes (which comprises the initial 2016 deposit) covers Mr Hagger\u2019s literary and poetic writings, as well as his works on history and philosophy. Future boxes will contain papers of a personal/biographical nature. For further information on Nicholas Hagger, please go to www.nicholashagger.com\nMore information: Catalogue and Overview and selection of digitised manuscripts\nJohn Hassall Collection *\nJohn Hassall (1868-1949) was popularly described in his day as the 'king of poster artists'. The collection consists of a series of diaries from 1894-1948, family and official correspondence and photographs, and a substantial collection of Hassall's printed works. Of particular interest is the ledger in which he recorded all of his commissions. There is very little original artwork. The collection contains many references to this part of Essex, with which the family had close connections. The original gift was made in 1966 through Mrs. D.M. Dobereiner, one of Hassall's daughters.\nArticle on the 150th Anniversary of John Hassall from The Mary Evans Picture Library\nRoger Howard Collection\nThis collection, which is comprised of four archive boxes, was donated to the Library by the playwright and academic, Roger Howard, who was a lecturer in the Department of Literature, University of Essex, 1979-2003. The collection is primarily concerned with his involvement in the Theatre Underground and the Essex University Theatre Writer\u2019s Residency. In addition to working scripts, the collection contains programmes, brochures, as well as a complete list of productions and writers, 1979-2002, and two copies of Contradictory theatres: the Theatre Underground and the Essex University new plays scheme\u2026, edited by Leslie Bell (Theatre Action Press, 1984)\nGeorge Mayer-Marton Collection\nThis small collection of books represents those titles from the library of the late George Mayer Marton (Senior Lecturer in the History of Art, University of Liverpool, 1950-1960) not otherwise represented on the shelves of the Albert Sloman Library. Hungarian born Mayer-Marton, 1897-1960, was a major figure in the artistic world of pre-war Vienna. In 1938 he arrived in England as a penniless refugee, and two years later had most of his paintings \u2013 which represented his life\u2019s work \u2013 destroyed in the London Blitz. He did not paint again until 1948, but managed to build a considerable reputation as a mosaicist in the immediate post-war years. One of his finest mosaics is now housed in Liverpool\u2019s Roman Catholic cathedral.\nDouglas Oliver Archive #\nThis collection comprises the notebooks, typescripts, research material, corrrespondence and printed works of the poet, novelist, academic, journalist and translator, Douglas Oliver (1937-2000), who was associated with the University in the 1970s, first as a mature student, and later as a lecturer in the Literature Department. The archive, which has been placed on permanent deposit with the Library by his widow, Alice Notley, has been augmented by additional material acquired by means of purchase.\nPattle Family Collection #\nDonated by Mrs. Jean Pattle in July 2004, the Collection comprises 24 books all written by or about members of the Pattle family from Suffolk, which includes among its ranks the writer Virginia Woolf and the photographer Julia Margaret Cameron. Also included in the Collection are a photocopied typescript by Elizabeth Boyd entitled The Chevalier de L\u2019Etang and three family trees detailing the genealogical history of various branches of the family.\nEleanor Wake Collection\nThis small collection was donated to the Library in November 2018 by Professor Valerie Fraser. It consists of two ring binders containing notes, drawings, pictures and general observations of historic churches and monasteries in Mexico made by Dr Eleanor Wake (died 30 July 2013) during research for the Ph.D. thesis which formed the basis of her seminal book Framing the sacred: the Indian churches of early colonial Mexico, 2010. In addition to the site observations, the collection is rounded out by a box file containing the texts of lectures, conference presentations and talks given by Eleanor Wake between 1994 and 2012.\nEleanor Wake Collection -- list of papers\nWestern Madrigal Society Archives #\nIn 1965 the Western Madrigal Society, which was founded in 1840, presented its collection of sheet music to the Library. 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The music by several eminent composers, under the direction of Signor Bertoni.\nby: Metastasio, Pietro, 1698-1782.\nEzio an opera. As perform'd at the King's-Theatre in the Haymarket. The music entirely new by Signor Pietro Guglielmi ...\nEzio drama. Per musica. Da rappresetarsi [sic] sopra il Teatro di S.M.B. Terza edizione. = Ezio: an opera. Set to music. As it is represented at the King's Theatre in the Hay-Market. The third edition.\nEzio drama. Per musica. Da rappresetarsi [sic] sopra il Teatro di S.M.B. Quarta edizione. = Ezio: an opera. Set to music. As it is represented at the King's Theatre in the Hay-Market. The fourth edition.\nEzio drama. Per musica. Da rappresentarsi sopra il Teatro di S.M.B. = Ezio: an opera ...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 85, "original_length": 3551, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.74, "perplexity": 317.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://lisahenrygroup.cbapex.com/real-estate/county/el-paso", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:04:16Z", "digest": "sha1:EW5JGFWF3W4B6DFTK77BKR5QANCAM2X5", "length": 348, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "lisahenrygroup.cbapex.com", "title": "El Paso Real Estate Listings", "raw_content": "El Paso County Real Estate Listings\nThe El Paso Real Estate market currently has 3 homes for sale, with the majority of these homes priced between $0K - $100K. With the median list price for the El Paso area being $167,140 and the median price per square foot of $65 you will be able to find a home that meets your criteria.\nfor El Paso Real Estate", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 68, "original_length": 2552, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 147.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://lisahenrygroup.cbapex.com/real-estate/county/williamson", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:19Z", "digest": "sha1:NXW2E7DYXTLSCBA7SQGNDVX4XH6SAU6O", "length": 436, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "lisahenrygroup.cbapex.com", "title": "Williamson Real Estate Listings", "raw_content": "Williamson County Real Estate Listings\nThe Williamson Real Estate market currently has 9 homes for sale, with the majority of these homes priced between $300K - $400K. With the median list price for the Williamson area being $362,324 and the median price per square foot of $164 you will be able to find a home that meets your criteria.\n900 Old Mill Rd 4\n900 Old Mill Rd 21\n321 Rio Grande Loop\n1074 Verbena Dr\nfor Williamson Real Estate", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 127, "original_length": 3455, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 294.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://lisd.princeton.edu/about/people/rana-ibrahem-0", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:13Z", "digest": "sha1:T7QJFIKHYPNGWFJOFEOPA4MJWVKKH4NJ", "length": 116, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "lisd.princeton.edu", "title": "Rana Ibrahem | Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination", "raw_content": "Special Assistant to the Director, LISD\nLiechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination (LISD) at Princeton University", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 1582, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.65, "perplexity": 258.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://lisd.princeton.edu/about/people/william-maley", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:32Z", "digest": "sha1:5VCNTB3K34XJ5I7ZQ7COCGBT3ZLJ5EDN", "length": 62, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "lisd.princeton.edu", "title": "William A. 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This article discusses Wikipedia from an historian\u2019s point of view, and provides a deeper discussion and analysis than we usually see.\nI don\u2019t believe there\u2019s any relation between the author and ALA Councilor Mark Rosenzweig.\nAnn Sparanese\u2019s letter to the Times-Picayune", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 1591, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 144.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://liveassets.ca/leaders-only-need-to-do-this-to-retain-top-talent/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:21Z", "digest": "sha1:273ORTHLIV6NVALXPZKNZ53ZQWJEWWPV", "length": 5168, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "liveassets.ca", "title": "Leaders Only Need to Do This to Retain Top Talent | Live Assets I.T. Staffing Solutions", "raw_content": "Leaders Only Need to Do This to Retain Top Talent\nSuccessful teams are comprised of like-minded people who trust each other and believe in their mission.\noverheard a conversation the other day in which an entry-level sales rep said he \u201ccrowdsourced\u201d a work issue. Apparently, he had a high-level client who wasn\u2019t returning his calls, so he posed a question to his informal network for guidance. Now, this sales rep is young \u2014 probably mid-twenties. What\u2019s interesting here is the fact that this sales rep sought external advice from his friends and social media rather than from his own manager. After all, why wait for a meeting with your boss (which would probably take another week anyway) or have a \u201cdifficult\u201d face-to-face conversation about why clients aren\u2019t returning your calls when the oracle known as Google can answer your questions in almost-real time?\nUnfortunately, this manager didn\u2019t even know he is obsolete.\nThe above situation is not uncommon given the fact that 88 percent of millennials derive their news from Facebook. However, the greater issue here is the challenge for leaders to create a culture of belonging that encourages employees to seek guidance from their manager or team as a means to create greater employee engagement and improved organizational performance. Gallup research showed that only two out of 10 employees claim to have a best friend at work. However, by increasing that number to six, there would be 36 percent fewer safety concerns, 7 percent more engaged customers and 12 percent higher profit. Not bad for such a \u201csoft topic\u201d of belonging.\nThe truth is, the \u201csoft stuff\u201d is what makes the \u201chard stuff\u201d possible. People make technology possible, but only if they are working as a team to solve complicated issues. People innovate and turn a new idea into a product or service when they have the psychological safety to fail and ask questions. However, if people don\u2019t feel like they belong and their contribution isn\u2019t valued, then there\u2019s no incentive for them to work.\nI experienced this firsthand as a SEAL when the mission changed from counterterrorism to counterinsurgency. I had continued the fight for 13 years despite getting shot on two out of eight deployments, my parachute not opening on four different occasions and losing more friends than some people can count \u2014 including my best friend. However, once the mission changed, I no longer felt that I belonged because it wasn\u2019t the mission I signed up for.\nDon\u2019t let a lack of belonging be the roadblock to high performance. There are three things entrepreneurial leaders can do to foster greater belonging so they retain top talent:\nScreen for fit.\nBefore Ernest Shackleton set out to be the first explorer to trek across Antarctica, he needed the right crew. To do so, he posted an ad that read, \u201cMen Wanted: for hazardous journey, small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful, honor and recognition in case of success.\u201d There\u2019s only one type of person who would answer such a call (the word \u201ccrazy\u201d comes to mind). However, simply answering this advertisement didn\u2019t automatically guarantee a role in Shackleton\u2019s crew. Every applicant was further interviewed for social cohesion, humility and work ethic. Only applicants that \u201cfit\u201d with the personality of the crew were allowed to join.\nThe point is, to create a greater sense of belonging in your company, don\u2019t just hire to fill a role. Hire for fit. When people work with like-minded employees who believe in the same mission and are comfortable challenging it, you create the type of team cohesion that makes good companies great.\nConversation is central to the process.\nI gave a speech one time on building a team-centric organization. One of the questions at the end was, \u201cJeff, I\u2019ve lost some really talented people this year to competitors. What have you seen as an effective retention strategy?\u201d\nI then asked this person what the dialogue between himself and his employees looked like. There wasn\u2019t any. This person never had the conversations with his team to identify what was working for them and what wasn\u2019t. I hate to tell you, but telepathy isn\u2019t a strategy. You need to actually dig in and have the conversations that make \u201cshowing up\u201d possible \u2014 and have them consistently.\nSpeak truth to BS.\nThe good news is, the BS flag does in fact exist. The bad news is, it\u2019s rarely exercised. When you say what\u2019s safe, rather than what\u2019s right, you actually violate your own sense of belonging. What I mean is, everybody stands for and believes in something. When you break those values out of fear of social judgment, you open a gap between what you believe and what you say, which is a gap in belonging within your own belief system.\nA sense of belonging isn\u2019t some new-age hippie \u201cthing\u201d reserved for people with tie-dyed hair wearing fluorescent pants. When there\u2019s a strong sense of affiliation throughout the workforce, there are only positive results.\nAuthor: Jeff Boss\ncareer development IT career IT professionals leader Leadership Live Assets IT Staffing and Recruiting personal characteristics Toronto IT sector Toronto job market", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 5806, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 324.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://livenews.co.nz/2017/04/03/offender-levy-supporting-thousands-of-victims/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:04Z", "digest": "sha1:GYLSJUU2VK7OF7QDKEUERASATZNOPAFM", "length": 1767, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "livenews.co.nz", "title": "Offender Levy supporting thousands of victims \u2013 LiveNews.co.nz", "raw_content": "Offender Levy supporting thousands of victims\nBy Live News / April 3, 2017 / Comments Off on Offender Levy supporting thousands of victims\nHeadline: Offender Levy supporting thousands of victims\nVictims of crime are continuing to benefit from the Government\u2019s Offender Levy which has generated more than $25 million since it was introduced, says Justice Minister Amy Adams.\nThe $50 levy, which contributes to support services for victims, has been imposed on all offenders at the point of sentencing since 2010.\n\u201cThe Offender Levy is a way to help ease the financial and emotional burden that falls on victims of crime and ensures that offenders contribute to addressing the harm their crimes have caused,\u201d says Ms Adams.\n\u201cIn the 2015/16 financial year, $4.1 million generated by the levy was invested in support and services which helped around 5700 victims. This included $1.7 million to support sexual violence victims such as by employing specialist advisors who helped around 1400 victims through the court process.\n\u201cSince 2010, the Offender Levy has also funded grants for victims who need to travel to attend court, restorative justice or parole hearings. It has also funded grants for families of homicide victims to help with funeral expenses, lost income and counselling.\u201d\nMs Adams says that although it is pleasing to see that the levy has been able to support thousands of victims, it is even more pleasing to see that the funds collected are reducing as a result of a drop in crime.\n\u201c$3.2 million was collected through the Offender Levy in 2015/16. This year is tracking toward $3 million, largely due to a reduction in crime in recent times.\u201d\nAnzac Day 2017 Rome\nSeven people charged after synthetic cannabis operation in Avondale \u2013 rnzngin Fifth Estate", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 58, "original_length": 4576, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 278.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://livresdartistes.weebly.com/caitlin-quinn.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:21Z", "digest": "sha1:J4AEEUEVGXCKWRKLKVPBFAHUFHXONAEN", "length": 2456, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "livresdartistes.weebly.com", "title": "Caitlin Quinn", "raw_content": "Caitlin Quinn is a designer and researcher currently living and working in Dublin, Ireland. She is predominantly interested in design for arts and culture. Her work is particularly concept-driven and combines typography, photography and illustration. Though often minimal, it maintains playful, self-aware elements. She studied the Michael O\u2019Connor Poster Collection as an aspect of her MA by Research Scholarship at Limerick School of Art and Design (LSAD), Ireland, from which she graduated in 2014.\nDuring the course of her MA, Caitlin implemented a paper handling policy at Limerick City Gallery of Art (LCGA), Ireland. She has designed several publications, and given talks as part of Design Week 2013 and LCGA\u2019s summer talks programme.\nIn January 2015, she curated an exhibition based on the Michael O\u2019Connor Poster Collection at LCGA, entitled \u2018Prints from a Life.\u2019\nwww.caitlinquinndesign.com\nThe Michael O\u2019Connor Poster Collection: the responsibility of cultural institutions for the management, maintenance and preservation of donated collections\nThe Michael O\u2019Connor Poster Collection was donated to Limerick City Gallery of Art in 1989. It is a rich and personal collection made up of approximately 2800 international posters. In the context of the Michael O\u2019Connor Poster Collection, this 2-year MA by research project looked at how cultural institutions seek to balance the seemingly contradictory tasks of making collections readily available to the public, and effectively preserving these collections for the future. The MA took the form of a 12,000-word thesis, and an 80-page designed publication visually expanding upon it, copies of which are now held at Limerick School of Art & Design, Limerick City Gallery of Art and London College of Communication.\nThe book is rare and ephemeral, much like the poster collection. It is perfect-bound and soft-back, with a gallery-white, matte cover. It is therefore easily marked by the reader and the passage of time. In this way it is connotative of the archives that were pored through in researching the project. The book is elegant, flawed and at times somewhat awkward. Through glitches, abstract photography and illustration within a formal framework, it combines classic and modern design elements. Within the book there are several layers of information, which may be read in different ways. In this manner the dense content of the thesis is interpreted visually, and rendered accessible.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 23, "original_length": 2712, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 165.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://lluscba.org/page-18232", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:24Z", "digest": "sha1:WM2I4WKFDSOI2N3TWAV7CBWH2KV56EKB", "length": 2343, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "lluscba.org", "title": "The LLUSCBA, Inc. - Committees", "raw_content": "Committee Chairpersons 2018-2019\nThe Audit Committee assists the board of directors to fulfill its corporate governance and oversees responsibilities in relation to an entity\u2019s financial reporting, internal control system, risk management system and internal and external audit functions. 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In order for your dental practice to grow, a single dentist should have a certain minimum number of patients that they attend to in a single month. There are essentially some core things that you as well need to do as you seek to attract new patients to your practice and some of these are such as the need to offer competitive products at competitive pricing with high quality services and these must be backed by a sure dental marketing strategy.\nA SWOT analysis is one of the things that you need to do as you look at some of the ways to get to market and package your dental practice to place it on a vantage point for success and this is by and large an analysis of the issues that make the most sense and impact the success of the practice which are the strengths, the weaknesses, the opportunities and the threats that are in your industry.\nTalking of the strengths, you need to take a look at some of the things that actually makes you dental practice as unique, setting it apart from the other practices in your locale. Make a list of some of the possible items in your practice that you will probably be able to have with you going forward and will be of use to your practice so as to make it stand out from the competition that you are facing.\nThese analyses will enable you establish where your dental practice is positioned and having done this, you will be able to establish going forward which of the dental marketing ideas will be of use to help you secure a successful future for your business. Get some of the following as some of the top ideas that will prove to go such a long way in helping you determine the best way to market your dental practice for its success going into the future.\nOne of the dental marketing ideas that will certainly prove effective, as it has actually been for many a dental practice, is that of the patient referral bonus system. The fact actually is that by and large, looking at an established dental practice, the majority of the new clients you will be having should be coming from the internal patient referrals. 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That\u2019s why we\u2019ve been slinging the best burgers, crispiest fries, and the creamiest milkshakes for a price that is hard to beat. And because we believe flavor shouldn\u2019t have a timeline, we\u2019re open late every night of the week. So come see us at Checkers on 2430 Hempsted Turnpike in East Meadow.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 3267, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 335.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://loudounnow.com/2016/08/29/laws-plans-first-golf-fund-raiser/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:49Z", "digest": "sha1:NK42SNFZQXZ2MZT3ZTAYFVN75P7LTAFT", "length": 973, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "loudounnow.com", "title": "LAWS Plans First Golf Fund-raiser \u2013 Loudoun Now", "raw_content": "LoCo Living Nonprofits\nLAWS Plans First Golf Fund-raiser\nSupporters of the Loudoun Abused Women\u2019s Shelter will take over the 1757 Golf Club on Friday for the inaugural LAWS golf event. The goal is to bring community leaders together to raise awareness and funds for the programs and resources its offers.\nGolfers are invited to join the 18-hole scramble. The cost is $125 per player. Each player will receive a welcome bag full of goodies, unlimited access to the range both before and after the round, and access to the awards presentation and silent auction.\nThose who are not as proficient at swinging clubs and want to learn, may join the Sip and Swing portion of the event from 5:30 p.m. until 8 p.m. They\u2019ll have the opportunity to hit golf balls and get tips from certified PGA professionals, along with drinks and snacks for $50 per person.\nFor more information, go to lcsj.org.\n\u2190 Loudoun Cares Offers Volunteer Management Training\nLetter: Laura O\u2019Neill, Sterling \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 123, "original_length": 3752, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 266.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://louisville.edu/justice/graduate-degree-programs/graduate-degree-programs/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:47Z", "digest": "sha1:QLS3HZIDMDHASFBYSACA3C5NYENRPK5N", "length": 2007, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "louisville.edu", "title": "Graduate Degree Programs \u2014 Criminal Justice", "raw_content": "Graduate studies in the Department of Criminal Justice provide students with advanced social and behavioral science skills as well as a detailed and thorough understanding of crime, criminal justice systems and related processes. Our Master of Science program prepares graduates to continue advanced studies in criminal justice or other social sciences and to assume mid and upper\u00ad level leadership positions within criminal justice programs and agencies. Our Ph.D. program prepares graduates for careers in academia (e.g. teaching and research) as well as public sector organizations (e.g., research, policy analysis and development, planning, program development and evaluation).\nThe interdisciplinary nature of the program maintains the dynamic posture that allowed this crime related discipline to emerge and to mature quickly and successfully. Graduate students are given latitude in choosing elective courses in the Master of Science in Justice Administration / Criminal Justice degree. Elective courses related to the student's program of study are selected from the resources of the entire University. Courses in social work, public administration, law, business, and various departments of the College of Arts and Sciences are possible electives that the student and his or her advisor may consider. With proper selection, the electives can complement the core criminal justice courses and produce a balanced, interdisciplinary program which is tailored to meet specific professional and career goals\nTuition & Fees (Link to Bursar's Office site)\nEffective summer 2015, our department name has changed to \"Criminal Justice\".\nOur degree names were changed accordingly:\nThere are no curricular changes \u2013 all degree requirements will remain the same.\nOver the last few months you have seen all nomenclature of Justice Administration change to Criminal Justice.If you have any questions, please contact us in Student Services, Brigman Hall 205 (502) 852-2686 or via email mailcj@exchange.louisville.edu", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 218, "original_length": 7134, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 286.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://luxtimes.lu/archives/19476-japanese-emperor-akihito-turns-80", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:12Z", "digest": "sha1:4FIKH7O2URXZD3YKIXOKJNMYTZIATCKP", "length": 2612, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "luxtimes.lu", "title": "Luxembourg Times - Archives - Japanese Emperor Akihito turns 80", "raw_content": "Japanese Emperor Akihito turns 80\nThousands of people thronged Japan's Imperial Palace Monday to celebrate Emperor Akihito's 80th birthday, as he lauded his wife for standing by him in his \"lonely\" pursuit of leading the world's oldest monarchy.\n(AFP) Thousands of people thronged Japan's Imperial Palace Monday to celebrate Emperor Akihito's 80th birthday, as he lauded his wife for standing by him in his \"lonely\" pursuit of leading the world's oldest monarchy.\nEmpress Michiko, a wealthy flour magnate's daughter, was the first commoner in modern times to marry into Japan's imperial family.\nFollowing their fairy-tale wedding in 1959, Michiko, now 79, also became the first empress to raise her children herself, famously making them \"bento\" lunch boxes to take to school.\n\"Being an emperor can be a lonely state,\" Akihito said in an interview released by the Imperial Household Agency on Monday. \"But... it has given me comfort and joy to have by my side the empress, who has always respected my position and stood by me.\nEmperor wishes \"all the people happiness\"\n\"I feel most fortunate that I have been able to endeavour to carry out my role as emperor with the empress by my side,\" said the ageing monarch, who inherited the Chrysanthemum Throne in 1989 upon his father Emperor Hirohito's death.\nThe soft-spoken monarch greeted well-wishers from a glass-covered balcony at the Imperial Palace overlooking the East Garden, flanked by Empress Michiko and other members of the royal household.\n\"Thinking about disaster sufferers, I will spend my days wishing all the people happiness,\" he said, referring to the devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami and various other natural disasters that struck Japan in the past year.\nBirthday banquet at the palace\nThe Imperial Palace said around 24,000 attended his birthday address, braving the bitter cold and waving small Japanese flags as crowds shouted \"Banzai\" (long live).\nIn the afternoon, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe joined other dignitaries for a birthday banquet at the palace.\nWhile Emperor Hirohito was once worshipped as a living demigod, Akihito and Michiko have tried to be seen as an \"ordinary couple\" and narrowed the distance between the palace and the people.\nThe Imperial Palace, surrounded by stone walls and mossy moats, is opened to the general public twice a year - 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(photo credit:\" JOHN MOORE/GETTY IMAGES/AFP)\nA broad spectrum of Jewish groups have spoken out against the policy, along with many other religious organizations.\nWhen Mary McCabe explains America\u2019s immigration courts to children who have been separated from their parents, she tries to make it interactive.\nShe draws a sketch of a courtroom and asks kids to identify the figures in the room \u2014 like the judge or the lawyers \u2014 and where they sit. For younger ones, ages 6 or 7, she brings a box of crayons and a sketchpad for doodling. Older kids sometimes play with a toy that drips colored oil into water. Anything to give them a little diversion from her discussing why they are apart from their parents \u2014 and what happens next.\n\u201cI\u2019ll bring along art supplies that they can use so when we talk, they don\u2019t have to stare at me and talk. They can talk while they color,\u201d said McCabe, an immigration attorney with HIAS Pennsylvania, an independent Jewish refugee aid organization that\u2019s a separate partner of the national agency HIAS.\n\u201cEven the older kids, talking about something that\u2019s upsetting, they can play with that and it helps them be less upset,\u201d she said of the water toy. \u201cIf they can play and have something they\u2019re fiddling with, it can be easier to talk sometimes.\u201d\nHIAS Pennsylvania is one of the Jewish groups actively aiding families that have been separated at the southern US border under a new government policy dictating that every illegal migrant who crosses the United States border will be prosecuted and detained. Since children cannot be prosecuted with adults, they are reclassified as unaccompanied minors and taken away, either to mass children\u2019s shelters or foster homes. More than 2,300 children have been separated from their parents, according to The New York Times.\nCritics of the policy say forcibly separating parents and children indefinitely is traumatizing and draconian. Government officials \u2014 like President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions \u2014 say it\u2019s a necessary measure to enforce border security.\nOn Tuesday, Sessions called comparisons of family separation to Nazi actions \u201ca real exaggeration.\nMcCabe and her colleagues have counseled a dozen separated children now living in a shelter in Pennsylvania about their legal rights, the process of seeking asylum and how they may be able to see their parents again. She has counseled children ranging in age from 6 to 15.\n\u201cOne 7-year-old girl said, \u2018My mom can\u2019t talk to me, she doesn\u2019t have a phone now, she can\u2019t talk to me,\u2019\u201d McCabe recalled. \u201cSome of the older ones are also really suffering. \u2026 They were fleeing gang or domestic violence, and they often came with their parent because their parent was also afraid. A lot of times the older kid is afraid the parent will be deported.\u201d\nA broad spectrum of Jewish groups have spoken out against the policy, along with many other religious organizations. Some Jews, on the southern border and elsewhere, are working to provide physical or legal assistance to migrants, or to organize other local Jews to speak up.\n\u201cObviously Jews had a history of immigration and of moving when sometimes they haven\u2019t wanted to, and having to find places where they\u2019re welcome,\u201d Mayor Jonathan Rothschild of Tucson, Arizona, told JTA. His city is 60 miles from the border.\n\u201cThere\u2019s also a moral faith that follows religion,\u201d the Jewish lawmaker said. \u201cYou can\u2019t but have your stomach turned by the stories that we hear.\u201d\nImmigrant children, many of whom have been separated from their parents under a new \"zero tolerance\" policy by the Trump administration, are being housed in tents next to the Mexican border in Tornillo, Texas, U.S. June 18, 2018. (REUTERS/Mike Blake)\nLast week, 27 Jewish groups \u2014 including, in a rare show of unanimity, the leadership of all four major American Jewish religious movements \u2014 signed an open letter to Sessions decrying the policy, saying it \u201cundermines the values of our nation and jeopardizes the safety and well-being of thousands of people.\u201d\n\u201cI haven\u2019t seen anything like this in this field since the first executive order came out,\u201d said Mark Hetfield, president of the national HIAS organization, referring to the January 2017 travel ban on seven Muslim countries. Nearly all major American Jewish groups opposed that policy as well.\nRothschild, a Democrat, said that because family separation is a result of federal policy, there is not much he can do directly as Tucson\u2019s mayor to hinder it. But he signed a joint letter this month with the mayors of Los Angeles, Houston and Albuquerque, New Mexico, calling the policy \u201ccruel,\u201d \u201cmorally reprehensible\u201d and \u201cutterly inconsistent with our values of decency and compassion.\u201d\nAlthough Arizona as a state has a history of strict immigration legislation, Rothschild says his constituents largely oppose the family separation policy.\n\u201cWe have a community where so many people have friends, family and relatives who live on both sides of the border,\u201d he said. \u201cIn Tucson, the overwhelming consensus is that these are bad policies.\u201d\nOne of Rothschild\u2019s constituents is Alma Hernandez, a Mexican-American Jewish woman running this year for the Arizona House of Representatives. Hernandez, 24, who resigned as the coordinator of Tucson\u2019s Jewish Community Relations Council to run for office. This year, perceiving a lack of progressive political action from the established Jewish community, she co-founded the activist group Tucson Jews for Justice, which plans to participate in rallies against the separation policy and other issues.\n\u201cThese are people that are our neighbors. It\u2019s a little frustrating sometimes, especially right now,\u201d Hernandez said.\nNot all local activism in the protection of immigrants involves working against the government. Bob Feinman, a New York City transplant and retired longtime broadcaster on Tuscon\u2019s Spanish-language radio, is vice chair of Humane Borders, which places water tanks near the border so that migrants don\u2019t die of dehydration after they cross over.\nThe group works with border security forces to ensure that its tanks can be installed and maintained in the most useful locations. Humane Borders also works with Mexican aid workers to urge families south of the border not to cross illegally due to the dangers that may await them in the United States \u2014 including family separation.\nSpeaking personally, Feinman said he is \u201cshocked beyond belief\u201d by the policy.\n\u201cWe can agree to disagree and save a whole lot more lives,\u201d he said.\nRegarding potential migrants, he added, \u201cWe beg and plead with them to talk people out of crossing the border illegally. The stories they get about how easy it is are false. We try to convey to them that it is not worth the risk, whether it\u2019s over a regular border crossing or through the desert.\u201d\nMcCabe said that she understands the decision to take the risk to cross the border after hearing stories of the gangs and violence that threaten families in Central America. While she is not Jewish, she says working for a Jewish organization has made her even more aware of the need to provide a safe haven to families seeking asylum.\n\u201cWhat happened in the 1930s and \u201940s has had an impact on our asylum system,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s partly why we have this asylum system. The Jewish community cares that people who are being targeted for persecution have a way to be safe because people died. I feel like I\u2019m just stating the obvious.\u201d\nSenate Republicans will work with Democrats on migrant family separation", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 90, "original_length": 8899, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 237.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://m.nasdaq.com/article/payments-and-banking-create-a-bright-future-for-square-stock-cm1085289", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:13Z", "digest": "sha1:5D6RAMR3SW6VPFXULAJT4TGZYJKSIQWM", "length": 6106, "nlines": 35, "source_domain": "m.nasdaq.com", "title": "Payments and Banking Create a Bright Future for Square Stock - Nasdaq.com", "raw_content": "Payments and Banking Create a Bright Future for Square Stock\nInvestorPlace Media, January 22, 2019, 10:49:58 AM EDT\nOver the past several years, Square (NYSE: SQ ) has made a name for itself on both Main Street and Wall Street as a trusted payments processor that is at the heart of the cashless commerce revolution. This has propelled Square's revenues to more than double over the past three years, which has in turn led to a more than six-fold increase in Square stock.\nOver the next several years, the narrative will be slightly different, but the results will be the same.\nSquare has been gradually and successfully turning into a bank. The company has developed multiple financial tech services catered to small businesses, the sum of which have been adopted in bulk. More important, they are posing a threat to the traditional banking industry.\nAs Square continues to grow its banking operations alongside is payment processing business over the next several years, the company has an unique ability to be a dominant player in both industries.\nHere's the bull thesis. Major payments processors have $100 billion-plus market caps. So do major banks. Square has a market cap of just $30 billion.\nThus, while bears can pound on the table all they want about valuation, the big picture idea here is that you have a hyper-growth company attacking exceptionally large and valuable markets from a unique angle. Revenue growth is large. Margins are sky high. Earnings potential is enormous.\nOverall, Square stock looks like it's still in the early innings of a multi-year growth narrative. As this narrative plays out, Square stock will only head higher, making this stock a solid long term buy-and-hold.\nPayments Processing Is a $100 Billion-Plus Opportunity\nBefore we jump into the banking side of Square, it's necessary to understand that Square stock has huge upside in a long term window through payments processing alone.\nDigital and card payments are the future. Gone are the days of cash and coins and here are the days of credit cards and e-payments. As an enabler of non-cash payments across multiple channels, Square is at the core of this transition.\nThey have a brick-and-mortar presence through Square machines that allow retailers of all shapes and sizes to affordably and easily process card payments. They have an online presence through Square software which does the same thing for e-payments. Recently, they extended into the mobile game sector and now have payment software that can be incorporated into apps.\nOverall, everywhere the consumer is these days, Square is there, too, making it easier and more convenient than ever to buy and sell things.\nThis is a huge market. It essentially comprises the entire global consumer spend pool. That pool measured $28 trillion in 2010, projects to measure $40 trillion in 2020, and will likely surpass $50 trillion in a decade.\nSquare has a market cap of just $30 billion today. Granted, that market cap is because the company only controls about 0.2% of global consumer spend today. But that share has been rising over the past several years. It will continue to rise because Square is only expanding its omni-channel presence.\nAs such, over the next several years, Square's market share should run up to 0.4%, 0.6%, 0.8%, 1%, so on and so forth.\nFrom this perspective, Square projects to be a major player in the global payments processing market. Major players in this market include PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL ), Visa (NYSE: V ), and Mastercard (NYSE: MA ). All three of those companies have market caps over $100 billion. Thus, at $30 billion, Square stock has plenty of runway through payments processing alone.\nBanking Is a $100 Billion Opportunity, Too\nOn the banking side of things, Square's opportunity is just as large and arguably even larger.\nSquare has made some quietly aggressive and smart moves in the banking sector over the past several quarters. Namely, the company has developed and continually improved a suite of fintech services catered towards small to medium sized businesses in the U.S.\nThese services include things like Square Capital, Square Payroll, and Square Card. They are essentially the same services that a big bank would offer businesses. They are just offered by Square instead.\nSquare is winning this battle. Why? Because traditional banking is old, with old technology and old faces and names. Square is the exact opposite. It's a new company, that is using new methods and new technology to create new solutions. They are new faces, new names, and new ideas.\nIt's a classic case of out with the old, in with the new. That's not to say big banks aren't adapting. They are. They will remain in control of this market for the foreseeable future. But, if the company's early successes in banking are a sign of anything, it is that Square will one day become a major player in this market.\nMajor players in this market all have $100 billion-plus market caps. Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC ) has a $230 billion market cap. JPMorgan (NYSE: JPM ) is at $340 billion. Bank of America's (NYSE: BAC ) valuation hovers around $280 billion, while Citigroup (NYSE: C ) is at $150 billion.\nTo reiterate for emphasis purposes, Square's market cap is a fraction of all those market caps at just $30 billion.\nAs such, through expanded operations in the financial services sector, Square has a tremendous opportunity to grow into something much, much bigger.\nBottom Line on SQ Stock\nSquare stock has two $100 billion-plus opportunities in front of it in the payment processing and financial services sectors. More than that, the company is rapidly gaining ground in each sector and has visibility towards becoming a major player.\nAs such, with Square hovering around a $30 billion market cap, Square stock looks good here for big gains in the long run.\nAs of this writing, Luke Lango was long SQ, PYPL, and V.\nThe 10 Best Index Funds to Buy and Hold\nThe post Payments and Banking Create a Bright Future for Square Stock appeared first on InvestorPlace .\n5 Stocks That Could Be the Next Amazon\nInvestorPlace Media, 2/8/2019 4:11:00 PM", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 6983, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 263.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://m.petmd.com/blogs/nutritionnuggets/jcoates/2013/may/what-your-pets-lifestyle-says-about-you-30250", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:21:54Z", "digest": "sha1:IBGRWGENIB663UYQVC3THZONKJVNBQBK", "length": 3066, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "m.petmd.com", "title": "What Your Pet's Lifestyle and Diet Says about You", "raw_content": "What Your Pet's Lifestyle and Diet Says about You\nI\u2019m sure you\u2019ve heard the adage about how dogs and their owners often look alike. Turns out we also often share diet and lifestyle characteristics, particularly as we get older.\nA 2011 study looked at similarities and differences in diet and lifestyle between 155 cat and 318 dog owners and their pets. It came to some interesting conclusions.\nEighteen percent of the dogs were reported to be overweight, which is probably a significant underestimate since owners are notoriously bad at recognizing whether or not their pets are plump. Current, unbiased estimates put the number closer to 55 percent in the United States. Forty-nine percent of the dogs had access to food at all times \u2014 an unexpectedly high number, I thought.\nOverweight dogs tended to have overweight, older owners. Not surprisingly, these owners and dogs both tended to suffer from poor health. Also, \u201cyounger dog owners were more likely to have an overweight dog if they themselves were obese. Similarities were found in owner\u2019s and pets\u2019 diet and lifestyle issues with ageing.\u201d The older dogs got, the less exercise their owners tended to get, the fewer fruits, vegetables, and whole grains they (the owners) ate, the more added fat they (the owners) ate, and the higher the owner\u2019s body mass index tended to be.\nCats and their caregivers didn\u2019t fare much better. Fourteen percent of cats were reported to be overweight (again, almost assuredly a significant underrepresentation since current estimates are around 54 percent in the U.S.), with 87 percent having access to food at all times. Overweight, older owners tended to own overweight cats. The same trend was observed in younger cat owners but was not statistically significant.\nAll of these findings are correlations; in other words, characteristics that are associated but not necessarily caused by one another. That said, owners do tend to project their own behaviors, likes and dislikes, etc. onto their pets. Sometimes, this can be for the good. For example, a person who enjoys jogging may assume, rightfully so, that their dog likes to accompany them. On a cold or damp morning, when an extra cup of coffee and a donut sounds much more appealing, these owners may drag themselves out the door to avoid disappointing the dog. On the other hand, owners who turn to food for solace or to relieve boredom and don\u2019t put a high priority on a good diet and regular exercise are unlikely to encourage healthier habits in their pets than they practice themselves.\nI\u2019m sure all of these factors are part of the reason why it can be so difficult to achieve meaningful weight loss in overweight dogs. Poor nutritional choices and exercise habits are often a family-wide problem. I wonder if there\u2019s a need for veterinary and human nutritionists to team up and address the needs of the entire household. What do you think?\nHeuberger R, Wakshlag J. Characteristics of ageing pets and their owners: dogs v. cats. Br J Nutr. 2011 Oct; 106 Suppl 1:S150-3.\nImage: LovelyColorPhoto / via Shutterstock", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 55, "original_length": 4376, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 300.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://madamenoire.com/709750/jennifer-hudson-david-otunga/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:22Z", "digest": "sha1:GLNDQTBPDG7DO4PQ264SABXZV3HXW5XR", "length": 4323, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "madamenoire.com", "title": "Could Jennifer Hudson Finally Be Ready To Tie The Knot? | MadameNoire", "raw_content": "\u201cIt Inspired Something\u201d: Jennifer Hudson Says Ciara And Russell Wilson\u2019s Wedding May Finally Get Her To Say \u201cI Do\u201d\nWhile most folks tie the knot soon after a proposal happens, Jennifer Hudson and her fianc\u00e9, David Otunga, have been going against the grain since 2008. The pair have been engaged for eight years, and last time Hudson talked about a wedding, it sounded like she still wasn\u2019t interested in walking down the aisle anytime soon. As she told Wendy Williams in 2014, \u201cYou ain\u2019t gotta understand\u201d their decision to take baby steps.\n\u201cWell the ring is still there and we will get married one day but again, my thing is, once I get married, I don\u2019t believe in divorce. And so when I get married, it\u2019s for good. We want to be completely sure we\u2019re together, we\u2019re happy and when it\u2019s time\u2026\u201d\nThe question now is, could that time be sooner than we think?\nHudson spoke to ESSENCE recently, and when asked about where things stood in terms of wedding planning, the star replied with \u201cIt\u2019s been a thought obviously. It\u2019s about timing. I am in no rush at all.\u201d\nHowever, she did add that after attending Ciara and Russell Wilson\u2019s wedding in Northern England last month, and watching all of her friends tie the knot as of late, she\u2019s feeling \u201cinspired.\u201d\n\u201cAfter being at Ciara\u2019s wedding, I\u2019m like, okay,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t know, it inspired something. I just loved her dress. It was so beautiful. So that made me say, okay, all [of] my friends and peers are married now. You know what I mean?\u201d\nThat\u2019s still not a definitive \u201cWe have a date, ya\u2019ll!\u201d Still, Hudson says that when it comes to taking that next big step, \u201cWe will. It will happen.\u201d\nThinking about the conversation that has been had over the years about Hudson and Otunga\u2019s relationship, I wondered if one could every truly be engaged for too long. I\u2019ve seen many people say that \u201cthat there\u2019s no way I\u2019m going to be engaged for that long\u201d as outlets have continued to ask JHud about a possible wedding date, and I\u2019ve seen her ever-changing reaction to such questions over the years. Sometimes gushing over the idea, other times, defensive in response to the inquiries. And a lot has been said about extended engagements. Experts say that when you wait quite a while to tie the knot, you\u2019re not planting roots for the future but rather \u201cstaying in the here and now.\u201d And the assumption is that she doesn\u2019t really want to marry him, because, well, with her money and flexible schedule after all this time, why wouldn\u2019t she have gone ahead and done it?\nBut really, when you think about the conversation, it\u2019s interesting that there\u2019s one being had about someone waiting to get married after being engaged, when it\u2019s usually a chat about people getting married too soon. You simply can\u2019t make folks happy. Taking the time to really learn one another and seeing if you\u2019re truly a good fit not only during the good times but during the bad is actually a really good thing. Better to figure that out early rather than to have regrets (and have to split assets and give up spousal support) down the line. Plus, considering all that Hudson has gone through in her life, including losing her mother and brother at the hands of her sister\u2019s husband, that may also play a role in her decision to take baby steps to really know what Otunga is all about.\nSo, after some thought, and knowing how hectic all this wedding ish really is (go to the courthouse, ladies), I don\u2019t think one can really be engaged for too long. As long as both parties know where they stand with one another and one isn\u2019t leading the other on a long road trip to nowhere, why not? And despite the lack of nuptials over these last eight years, when you really check out these two together, along with their son David Otunga, Jr., they still look very much in love.\nAll night baby!!!!!! Sing !\nA post shared by Jennifer Hudson (@iamjhud) on May 28, 2016 at 10:18pm PDT\nAwhhhh @davidotunga Surprised us ! The whole gang is here now ! Party in my dressing room\nA post shared by Jennifer Hudson (@iamjhud) on Jun 6, 2016 at 6:33pm PDT\nAfter David played all in the mud @tough_mudder he wanted to give me muddy kisses and hugs \u2026\u2026\u2026DAVID !!!!!!!\nA post shared by Jennifer Hudson (@iamjhud) on Jun 13, 2016 at 1:29pm PDT\nSo with that being said, continue to do you, Jenn. We\u2019re rooting for the couple either way.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 6097, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 271.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://maisondecinq.com/tag/home-decor-blog/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:00Z", "digest": "sha1:TLN4BDFP3SRXPVSWSVHPXXHMEIPBXERL", "length": 525, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "maisondecinq.com", "title": "home decor blog Archives - Maison de Cinq", "raw_content": "Good morning, I\u2019m writing with an exciting announcement today! I\u2019m so thrilled to tell you that I\u2019ll be joining the bHome app! Have you heard of it? Well, let me tell you, it is pretty amazing! For those of you who love decor, design magazines, home decor blogs, and Pinterest, this is the app for you. The bHome app combines some of your favorite magazines and publications, along with many of the most respected blogs in the industry, all in one place! read more\nMaison de Cinq Named One of the Top 35 Design Blogs of 2016!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 77, "original_length": 3241, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 235.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://manifestingchrist.com/2016/05/22/get-into-christ/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:15:17Z", "digest": "sha1:AZ2HGNEUFP7HEM3QCGVTDL7A44QOS643", "length": 4708, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "manifestingchrist.com", "title": "Get Into Christ | Manifesting The Christ Life", "raw_content": "\u2190 God Adores You\nAdam \u2013 Created in the Image of God or Just a Living Soul? \u2192\nOne morning as I looked into the mirror, I realized that I didn\u2019t want to be me, but I wanted to be like the ONE inside of me \u2013 Christ.\nWe all have desires and ambitions, some of us want to be like someone successful we know, or someone we look up to. The fact is that while we try to be like others, we can fail to let who God intended us to be \u2013 Him.\nThat early morning, as I looked into the mirror, I so much wanted to be like Jesus. I wanted to be just like Him, in everything \u2013 word, action and attitude. One of the most difficult things I must admit for me is, having my attitude changed into Jesus\u2019 attitude. You see, I am a person with a strong character, I tend to call \u201cblack\u201d, black and \u201cwhite\u201d, white. I am a man of my word, and when I don\u2019t see the same in others, it kinda \u201cfreaks\u201d me out. And this is where I need to see my attitude change and become like Jesus\u2019 attitude.\nThe key to living a successful life is not trying to be like someone else, but to be just like Jesus. Impossible, you might say, but no, it\u2019s not impossible, but HIM-possible! Fully possible by His grace. In working with our attitude, it comes down to this \u2013 that we need to realize that our lives are in Christ, and not in our own abilities.\nPaul says in 1 Corinthians 15:45, \u201cThus it is written, The first man Adam became a living being (an individual personality); the last Adam (Christ) became a life-giving Spirit [restoring the dead to life].\u201d \u2013 The last Adam, who is Christ Jesus is a \u201clife-giving\u201d Spirit. He restores the dead to life.\nIdentity is very important, because how you see yourself is how you will act. The problem is that we have been so tuned to look at ourselves through the eyes of Adam that even though we are in Christ now, our focus is on the fleshly body and not on the spirit.\nWe have to understand that something supernatural happened when we choose to believe in Jesus \u2013 we became ALIVE!\nI like how the apostle Paul says it in Romans 8:11, \u201cAnd if the Spirit of Him Who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, [then] He Who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also restore to life your mortal (short-lived, perishable) bodies through His Spirit Who dwells in you.\u201d\nThe Spirit of Christ is in us to quicken/restore/bring to life our mortal bodies. There is a constant transformation that is taking place in our bodies. This is a fact! The Holy Spirit is actively engaged in transforming us into the likeness of Christ. Because we are associated with Christ as those who believe in him, there is an awesome transformation that takes place in us.\nPaul goes on to say in, 1 Corinthians 15:47-49 \u201cThe first man [was] from out of earth, made of dust (earthly-minded); the second Man [is] the Lord from out of heaven.\nNow those who are made of the dust are like him who was first made of the dust (earthly-minded); and as is [the Man] from heaven, so also [are those] who are of heaven (heavenly-minded).\nAnd just as we have borne the image [of the man] of dust, so shall we and so let us also bear the image [of the Man] of heaven.\u201d\nOften times we hear people say, \u201cI\u2019m just human\u201d, well, it\u2019t time we began to say, \u201cI\u2019m human, but I now bear the image of the MAN OF HEAVEN.\u201d\nIt is important how we perceive ourselves. If you want to walk in the FULLNESS of Christ, you need to see yourself COMPLETE in HIM.\nColossians 3:1-2 \u201cIF THEN you have been raised with Christ [to a new life, thus sharing His resurrection from the dead], aim at and seek the [rich, eternal treasures] that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.\nAs Christians, we have been RAISED with Christ to a NEW LIFE. To see that new life manifest, we have to see ourselves as God sees us \u2013 IN CHRIST!\nBecause we BELIEVE in Jesus \u2013 have received, or rather been received by Him, we have become the SONS and DAUGHTERS of God.\nJohn 1:12-13 \u201cBut to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the authority (power, privilege, right) to become the children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name\u2014\nWho owe their birth neither to bloods nor to the will of the flesh [that of physical impulse] nor to the will of man [that of a natural father], but to God. [They are born of God!]\u201d\nAs much as we bear the image of the earthly man \u2013 Adam, we now bear the image of the MAN OF HEAVEN. Being conscious of this fact, will help us walk in the newness of life that we have in Christ. Our lives are in Christ, so that we can manifest to this world the true image of our Father.\nThe world needs to see the Father \u2013 and the Father seeks to manifest Himself in us, so let us get into Christ!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 68, "original_length": 6274, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 269.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://mapasinteractivos.didactalia.net/comunidad/mapasflashinteractivos/recurso/australia-and-new-zealand-cities-seterra/c52013b4-0e9f-4ec5-be54-419ebb6403ba", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:19Z", "digest": "sha1:N5GLKWLGBKNJHOSPF5BEPP5I364F4B5R", "length": 267, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "mapasinteractivos.didactalia.net", "title": "Interactive Map of Australia and New Zealand Australia and New Zealand: Cities. 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Seterra\nInteractive Map of Australia and New Zealand\nLocate countries are: Adelaide, Auckland, Brisbane, Canberra, Christchurch, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth, Port Moresby, Sydney, Wellington.\nmap of cities in australia and new zealand,", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 270, "original_length": 5476, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.8, "perplexity": 274.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://marketstreetcateringmadison.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:57Z", "digest": "sha1:F4YSUOAPYIV5K3NRM274TPJJRF6WARNV", "length": 231, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "marketstreetcateringmadison.com", "title": "Homemade quality\u2026 Away from home. | Market Street Catering : Market Street Catering", "raw_content": "Homemade quality\u2026 Away from home.\nWe are proud to serve the Madison area for all its catering needs. Our staff is ready to go above and beyond to make your next event a special occasion, one to be remembered by you and your guests.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 24, "original_length": 995, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 274.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://markrymandotcodotuk.wordpress.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:02Z", "digest": "sha1:3GN5PAOJDRMMSAHWD7OS4VVNE3TPKYY6", "length": 1542, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "markrymandotcodotuk.wordpress.com", "title": "Mark Ryman", "raw_content": "DJ & MUSIC EXPERT FOR LONDON\u2019S EXCLUSIVE CLUB & BAR SCENE\nMark Ryman is a highly respected DJ and music expert for the London club scene having played extensively across the city, throughout the UK and worldwide.\nMark has held residencies at some of the most prestigious venues in the capital including three years at Tramp, one of the most exclusive clubs in the world. Other residencies include The Box, The Wellington, Movida, Nozomi, five years at Monte\u2019s on Sloane Street and three years at The Golden Bee in East London\u2019s uber-hipster district of Shoreditch.\nHe is currently the weekend resident DJ at Morton\u2019s, an upmarket club, bar and restaurant on Berkeley Square in Mayfair.\nInternational engagements have taken Mark to global destinations such as Montreal, Toronto, Paris, Cannes, Monaco, Milan, Zurich, Frankfurt, Gothenburg, Oslo, Tirana, Marrakech, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi and Dubai.\nHe\u2019s been the DJ for hundreds of events and parties from the Cannes Film Festival to London Fashion Week. Past clients include Fashion TV, MTV, GQ Magazine and designers Paul Smith and Patrick Cox. Event locations have ranged from the top of the CN Tower in Toronto to the Hotel De Paris in Monte Carlo.\nMark is known for his ability to play a diverse mix of music across genres, tempos and decades. His open-format sets can include hip-hop, R&B, pop, rock, Latin, commercial dance, disco, funk, soul and all-time pop classics. Alternative sets range from stylish lounge beats to underground house music.\nMORE PAGES TO BROWSE FROM MENU ON TOP RIGHT", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 21, "original_length": 1748, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 202.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://marxistsociology.org/2016/11/asa-2017-marxist-sociology-section-sessions/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:21Z", "digest": "sha1:4FDK3IL5TBHPXGJXKYYOWL7ZRN6WWXW7", "length": 2564, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "marxistsociology.org", "title": "ASA 2017: Marxist Sociology Section Sessions | Section on Marxist Sociology", "raw_content": "The ASA system is now accepting paper submissions for the 2017 meeting in Montreal. Deadline is January 11, 3 pm EST. You may look at the complete CFP here: http://www.asanet.org/sites/default/files/17pgm_call_for_papers.pdf\nBelow are the Marxist Sociology section sessions as they are listed in the CFP:\nMarxist Sociology in the 21st Century: 150 Years of Marx\u2019s Capital. No other social theorist has nearly the scope of influence as Karl Marx. While others may have adherents to their theoretical traditions, Marx has also spurred union movements, national economic policy, and revolutions. Even though Marx famously asserted, \u201cI, at least, am not a Marxist,\u201d a diverse range of adherents from around the world still cling to the moniker. For Marxists, the year 2017 is of great significance. The culmination of his life\u2019s work, Das Kapital, celebrates its 150th anniversary. Given the current economic and ecological crises, and the groundswell of grassroots movements like Black Lives Matter and Standing Rock, this session intends to celebrate Marx\u2019s contributions to our 21st century understanding. The panel seeks papers that exemplify the engagement of Marx\u2019s work to contemporary problematics, encouraging analyses of how class inequalities intersect with race, ethnicity, gender, sexualities, and nationalities. The scope of the panel contributions is open, however, we will give preference to those that combine Marx\u2019s original insights with present concerns. Session Organizer: Paul Prew, Minnesota State University-Mankato\n*Section on Marxist Sociology Refereed Roundtables (one-hour). Open topics that connect Marxist Sociology. Session Organizer: Ann M. Strahm, California State University-Stanislaus\n*Session will be one-hour in length; followed by the Section\u2019s 40-minute business meeting.\nWhat Does 21st Century Revolution Look Like? 100 Years after 1917. What does revolution look like in the 21st century? One hundred years ago, the Bolsheviks sought to champion the working class through collectivizing the means of production and socializing women\u2019s reproductive work. This panel asks contributors what are the priorities now? The fundamental workings of capitalism remain intact, yet the means for exploitation look different and we are facing the threat of mass species extinction in climate change. This session returns us to the question, \u201cWhat is to be done?\u201d Session Organizer: Leontina M. Hormel, University of Idaho\nPlease reach out to members of other sections and the broader community to invite them to participate in our sessions.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 44, "original_length": 3423, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 280.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://mbeans.com/spillingthebeans/safety/recalls/recall-my-first-mobile-phone/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:38Z", "digest": "sha1:H3QXAHY7LKNCLIQDSFSXLPHPHIA2WUVC", "length": 769, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "mbeans.com", "title": "Recall: My First Mobile Phone - Spilling the Beans - Magic Beans", "raw_content": "Recall: My First Mobile Phone - Spilling the Beans - Magic Beans\nRecall: My First Mobile Phone\nPosted by: Sheri on March 9, 2006 in Recalls Leave a comment\nInternational Playthings is issuing a voluntary recall of this popular toy phone. 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You can call International Playthings at 800-445-8347 or e-mail your name and complete mailing address to recall@intplay.com with the subject line \u201cPhone.\u201d They will provide you with instructions for returning the toy, and they will provide a replacement of equal or greater value.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 77, "original_length": 5596, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 320.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://mcluhansnewsciences.com/mcluhan/2018/09/bohm-on-the-ratio-of-ratios/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:32Z", "digest": "sha1:WO64K272T5ISY3VRYNSEN7ZSGAI77KGY", "length": 4404, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "mcluhansnewsciences.com", "title": "Bohm on the ratio of ratios | McLuhan's New Sciences", "raw_content": "McLuhan saw the ratio of ratios, aka, the analogy of proper proportionality, as fundamental:\nPerhaps the most precious possession of man is his abiding awareness of the Analogy of Proper Proportionality, the key to all metaphysical insight, and perhaps the very condition of consciousness itself. This analogical awareness is constituted of a perpetual play of ratios among ratios. A is to B, what C is to D, which is to say the ratio between A and B, is proportionable to the ratio between C and D, there being a [third] ratio between these [first two] ratios, as well. This lively awareness (\u2026) depends upon there being no connection whatsoever between the components [of these various ratios]. If A were linked to B, or C to D, [or A:B to C:D], mere logic would take the place of analogical perception, thus one of the penalties paid for literacy and a high visual culture is a [loss of such perception through its] strong tendency to encounter all things through a rigorous [connecting] storyline\u2026 (Through the Vanishing Point , 1968)1\nTwenty years before, in 1948, McLuhan had made the same point in a letter to Ezra Pound:\nthe principle of metaphor and analogy \u2013 the basic fact that as A is to B so is C to D \u2013 AB:CD (McLuhan to Pound, December 21, 1948, Letters 207)\nBohm\u2019s 1980 explication of the ratio of ratios in Wholeness and the Implicate Order accords closely with McLuhan\u2019s:\nratio is not necessarily merely a numerical proportion (though it does, of course, include such proportion). Rather, it is in general a qualitative sort of universal proportion or relationship. Thus, when Newton perceived the insight of universal gravitation, what he saw could be put in this way: \u2018As the apple falls, so does the moon, and so indeed does everything.\u2019 To exhibit the form of the ratio yet more explicitly, one can write:\nA : B :: C : D :: E : F\nwhere A and B represent successive positions of the apple at successive moments of time, C and D those of the moon, and E and F those of any other object.2\nWhenever we find a theoretical reason for something, we are exemplifying this notion of ratio, in the sense of implying that as the various aspects are related in our idea, so they are related in the thing that the idea is about. The essential reason or ratio of a thing is then the totality of inner proportions in its structure, and in the process in which it forms, maintains itself, and ultimately dissolves. In this view, to understand such ratio is to understand the \u2018innermost being\u2019 of that thing.3\nIt is thus implied that measure is a form of insight into the essence of everything, and that man\u2019s perception, following on (\u2026) such insight (\u2026) will thus bring about generally orderly action and harmonious living. In this connection, it is useful to call to mind Ancient Greek notions of measure in music and in the visual arts. These notions emphasized that a grasp of measure was a key to the understanding of harmony in music (e.g., measure as rhythm, right proportion in intensity of sound, right proportion in tonality, etc.). Likewise, in the visual arts, right measure was seen as essential to overall harmony and beauty (e.g., consider the \u2018Golden Mean\u2019). All of this indicates how far the notion of measure went beyond that of comparison with an external standard, to point to a universal sort of inner ratio or proportion, perceived both through the senses and through the mind. (21)4\nTVP, 240. This passage is from \u2018The Emperor\u2019s New Clothes\u2019, the second of two essays that frame TVP at its beginning and end. \u21a9\nLater in Wholeness and the Implicate Order: \u201cWithin this new Cartesian order of perception and thinking that had grown up after the Renaissance, Newton was able to discover a very general law. It may be stated thus: \u2018As with the order of movement in the fall of an apple, so with that of the Moon, and so with all.\u2019 This was a new perception of law, i.e., universal harmony in the order of nature, as described in detail through the use of coordinates.\u201d (114) \u21a9\nSee Bohm on formal cause. \u21a9\nWholeness and the Implicate Order (1980) was immediately reprinted with corrections in 1981 (UK) and 1982 (US). Page reference is to the 1982 edition. \u21a9\nThis entry was posted in Bohm, Dialogue, Original complexity, Relativity and Topology, Single and Double Perspective on September 18, 2018 by McEwen.\n\u2190 Bohm on making and matching Bohm on the spacetimes of consciousness \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 167, "original_length": 7198, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 324.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://mcquinnnaturopathic.com/dr-marianna-wright/dr-marianna-wright-png/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:41:31Z", "digest": "sha1:KCUSMEINBA3XTLESH33DIY5K57B76MER", "length": 78, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "mcquinnnaturopathic.com", "title": "Dr. Marianna Wright | Mcquinn Naturopathic", "raw_content": "Published on August 27, 2017 in Dr. Marianna WrightFull resolution (412 \u00d7 273)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 85, "original_length": 1538, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 85.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://media.lamborghini.com/english/latest-news/automobili-lamborghini-signs-an-agreement-with-the-ministry-of-the-environment-and-of-land-and-sea-p/s/43afb5d5-fc97-4385-a328-85bec20aedcd", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:53Z", "digest": "sha1:GJJ26KUFJEYKM4FDQNGOT4OMUO2QZO3T", "length": 1387, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "media.lamborghini.com", "title": "Lamborghini Media Center : Automobili Lamborghini signs an agreement with the Ministry of the Environment and of Land and Sea Protection", "raw_content": "Automobili Lamborghini signs an agreement with the Ministry of the Environment and of Land and Sea Protection\nToday, Automobili Lamborghini signed an agreement with the Italian Ministry of the Environment and of Land and Sea Protection to begin collaborating on projects for enhancing the environmental sustainability of the company's production processes and products.\nThe program of collaboration - the first of its kind in Italy in the automotive sector - was signed today, with governmental authorities and media in attendance, by Corrado Clini, the Minister of the Environment and of Land and Sea Protection, and by Stephan Winkelmann, the President and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini.\nWith this agreement, both parties intend to map out methods for analyzing, quantifying and recording the CO2 emissions (carbon footprint) produced by the company during its various steps in manufacturing monocoques and components made of carbon fiber, with an eye on reducing and/or neutralizing the emissions.The company will also work on creating an emission reduction management system specifically applied to the design, development and production of luxury cars.\nAutomobili Lamborghini sigla un accordo con il Ministero dellG\u00c7\u00d6Ambiente\nAutomobili Lamborghini signs an agreement with the Ministry of Environment\nAutomobili Lamborghini unterzeichnet ein Abkommen mit dem ital. 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In 2010, The Daily Beast and Newsweek merged in a joint venture and was named The Newsweek Daily Beast Company, which lasted for 2 years. In 2013, Editor-in-Chief and founder Tina Brown announced her departure. John Avlon then became Editor-in-Chief. He was the former associate editor for The New York Sun and speechwriter for former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani. In May of 2018, Avlon announced his departure from The Daily Beast. Currently, Noah Shachtman, who was co-founder and editor of Wired magazine\u2019s national security blog Danger Room, serves as the new Editor-in-Chief. Heather Dietrick serves as the CEO. You can view the masthead here.\nThe Daily Beast\u2019s parent company is IAC (InterActiveCorp). which is run by Barry Diller, who had led the creation of the Fox network. IAC\u2019s CEO is, Joey Levin. IAC (InterActiveCorp) is a media and Internet company comprised of some of the world\u2019s well known brands such as HomeAdvisor, Vimeo, About.com, Dictionary.com, Investopedia and more. The Daily Beast is primarily funded through online advertising.\nAccording to a Washington Post article, Editor-in-Chief Noah Shachtman describes how he will improve the Daily Beast. He states \u201cI want us to lean harder into who we are\u201d, explaining further \u201cThat means that if the Daily Beast is in the business of scoops \u2014 more scoops. \u201cIf we\u2019re painting in bright colors now, I want to paint even brighter.\u201d\nIn review, the Daily Beast tends to publish left leaning stories utilizing sensationalized headlines with emotionally loaded words such as \u201cNo, Rudy: Trump Isn\u2019t Othello. He\u2019s Iago\u201d and \u201cImagine a Trump Who Could Constrain Himself and Just Talk About the Economy.\u201d However, they do typically source the info in their reports by using credible sources such as Reuters, PBS, Slate, NY Times as well as sourcing themselves.\nA factual search reveals that the Daily Beast has failed a fact check, however when brought to their attention, they issued a correction to the story. By issuing a correction they remain High for factual reporting.\nOverall, we rate the Daily Beast Left-Biased due to story selection that favors the left and High for factual reporting based on proper sourcing. (5/13/2016) Updated (M. 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Most offenders are in prison for nonviolent drug offenses.cv\nA black male born in 1991 has a 29% chance of spending time in prison during his [7]\nOne out of nine African American men will be incarcerated between the ages of 20 and\nBlack males ages 30 to 34 have the highest incarceration rate of any race/ethnicity gender and age combination.\nIn 2014, 6% of all black males ages 30 to 39 were in prison, compared to 2% of Hispanic and 1% of white males in the same age \u201c[8]\nThe leading cause of incarceration of an African American male is a non-violent drug offense\nBetween 1985 and 1995 the American prison population of drug offenders increased from 38,900 to 224,900 with African American males at the top (King 166).\nIn less than thirty years, the U.S. penal population exploded from around 300,000 to more than 2 million, with drug convictions accounting for the majority of the \u201d\nAnd the \u201cexploitation and repression\u201d begins long before incarceration and continues long after a prisoner is released in voting, employment, housing, education, public benefits and jury service.\u201d\nFROM BIRTH, AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN FACE EXPLOITATION AND REPRESSION\nBlack children come from homes with far less resources and opportunities than white children:\nIn 2009, a representative survey of American households revealed that the median wealth of white families was $113,149 compared with $6,325 for Latino families and $5,677 for black families.\nBlack children attend schools that are inferior to the schools white children attend:\nSchools with predominantly white and wealthy students have a 1 in 4 chance of earning high test scores for multiple years while only 1 in 300 schools attended by poor children of color will do the same.\nBlack children are less likely to complete their education:\nThe percentage of African-Americans graduating from high school decreased between 1991 and 2004 while it increased for white students.\nBlack children who do graduate end up with far more debt than white children:\nFour in five black students graduate with debt, compared to 64% of whites. Black graduates are often more saddled with college loans, making it harder for them to start socking away savings than their white peers.\nBlack children grow up in an environment of fear of being harassed and bullied even by police.\nA former New York police captain, now a NY State Senator, testified that NYPD Commissioner Kelly told the NY State governor that young Black and Latino men were the focus of stop and frisk because \u201che wanted to instill fear in them every time they leave their home\u2026\u201d\nBlack children grow up in an environment of fear of being killed even by police:\nPolice officers, security guards, or self-appointed vigilantes extra-judicially killed at least 313 African-Americans in 2012. This means a black person was killed by a security officer every 28 hours. The report notes that it\u2019s possible that the real number could be much higher. Of the 313 killings, the report found that 275 of them or 88% were cases of excessive force. The vast majority of the time, police officers, security guards, or armed vigilantes who extra-judicially kill black people escape accountability.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 210, "original_length": 10355, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 207.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://memphismagazine.com/culture/interiors-wrestlers-and-killers/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:30Z", "digest": "sha1:GZFAGFWP5T425QVW55UV4ENKQUEWATP7", "length": 7088, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "memphismagazine.com", "title": "Interiors, Wrestlers, and Killers - Memphis magazine", "raw_content": "Home Culture Interiors, Wrestlers, and Killers\nAt Home in Tennessee: Classic Historic Interiors; These Extremes; Sputnik, Masked Men and Midgets; and Full Force, Nonstop, The Killer Himself\nClass Act: That's the way to describe writer Donna Dorian and photographer Anne Hall, who have put together At Home in Tennessee: Classic Historic Interiors (Louisiana State University Press). And who knew so many public and private antebellum houses survive in the Volunteer State and in such beautiful shape, inside and out?\nThe Hermitage near Nashville and Belmont Mansion in Nashville are perhaps the best known. But the 17 additional houses featured in Dorian and Hall's fully researched and handsomely illustrated book run from the Italianate (McNeal Place in Bolivar), to the Georgian (Cragfont in Sumner County), to the Civil War-significant (Carnton in Franklin), to the lowly log cabin (\"Labor in Vain,\" near Franklin). . . .\nSorry, there's no mention of the Hunt-Phelan House in Memphis, but if the name \"Carnton\" rings a bell, it's maybe because it served as the setting for Robert Hicks' best-selling novel of the Civil War, The Widow of the South. Hicks spearheaded the restoration and preservation of the Carnton plantation, but \"Labor in Vain\" is where he lives among period furnishings and a great collection of Southern folk art.\nHicks' latest novel is A Separate Country (Grand Central Publishing), and, like The Widow of the South, it features Confederate general John Bell Hood. But this time, the setting is New Orleans after the Civil War but in the midst of a yellow-fever epidemic.\nHicks, however, didn't set out to be a popular novelist \u2014 or novelist at all. He worked as a music publisher and artist manager in both country and alternative-rock music; he served as the \"curator of vibe\" in the B.B. King's Blues Clubs in Memphis, Nashville, Orlando, and Los Angeles. And he organized the museum exhibit (and authored the catalog for) \"Art of Tennessee\" in 2003.\nIt was Memphian Shelby Foote, though, who put Hicks on the road to writing fiction. And a real run-in it was \u2014 at the intersection of Poplar and East Parkway. For the full story, according to Hicks, go to \"&cetera,\" the book blog at the web site of Memphis magazine's sister publication, The Memphis Flyer.\nWinning Act: That would be Richard Bausch, holder of the Moss Chair of Excellence in English at the University of Memphis. In September, Bausch was named winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, for fiction, for his novel Peace. The prize: an honorarium worth $10,000. The goal of the prize: to recognize \"the power of literature to foster peace, social justice, and global understanding.\" And Peace is that: a meditation on the corrosive effects of violence among a group of American soldiers in World War II Italy.\nAnd there's more reason to recognize Bausch this season. Thanks to Louisiana State University Press, we now have These Extremes, the first collection of poetry and prose from this nationally recognized short-story writer and novelist. The new book's a meditation too: in its longest poem, on the life (and death) of the writer's sister Barbara, and in its closing poems, on the writer's deep affection for his wife and young daughter. Memories of his mother's family home fill the prose piece \"The Porch.\" Memories of his father's words and his great-grandmother's death haunt \"So Long Ago.\" But it's Bausch's poetry \u2014 shot through with images drawn from nature and with references to youth and advancing age \u2014 that make These Extremes a welcome addition to Bausch's body of work.\nBrute Force: Bonnie \"Butch\" Boyette claimed to have had his ribs broken 26 times, the Fabulous Moolah looked like she could've been the one who broke Boyette's ribs, and Little Darling Dagmar was a peroxided Jean Harlow type (if you discount the fact that Jean Harlow wasn't a dwarf). But all three shared one thing: They were star players during the knock-down, drag-out days of Memphis in its wrestling heyday: the '50s to the '70s. Count in Tojo Yamamoto too as well as Gorgeous George, Sputnik Monroe, Jackie Fargo, and Jerry Lawler. Writer Ron Hall has.\nHall's Sputnik, Masked Men, and Midgets (Shangri-la Projects) is a collection of black-and-white archival fighter photos, ringside shots, ticket stubs, event posters, newspaper ads, and even a bonus four-song CD featuring Monroe, Fargo, Len Rossi, and Handsome Jimmy Valiant when they were outside the ring and inside, for some reason, a recording studio.\nYou want a bigger, bloodier fight on your hands? Don't mess with Court Gentry. He's the practically superhuman hit man in The Gray Man (Jove), a mass-market paperback by debut author Mark Greaney, a Memphian who's well on his way to becoming a big name in the political thriller genre. The violence here may be over-the-top, but the author's technical know-how is impressive. So too Greaney's way with an internationally set page-turner that's full-force and nonstop.\nFull-Force, Nonstop, the Killer Himself: A critic for Rolling Stone called it a \"crime scene,\" not an album. Another writer called it \"one long convulsion . . . words cannot describe \u2014 cannot contain it.\" And one rock musician simply called it \"one of the top ten rock & roll records of any era.\"\nIt was: Jerry Lee Lewis' \"Live\" at the Star-Club (recorded in Hamburg, Germany, in 1964), and it is a high point among many high points (some low points too) in Jerry Lee Lewis: Lost and Found (Continuum) by Joe Bonomo. Don't call Bonomo's book a standard biography, however \u2014 though, it's true, the author opens with the one thing no biography of Lewis can overlook: Lewis' marriage (his third) to his second cousin in 1958, a cousin who happened to be 13 years old (Lewis was 22) when the two, in Hernando, Mississippi, tied the knot.\nThere would be more events in the career-threatening department: Lewis' combo of booze, pills, and womanizing not the least of it. But nothing can detract from or diminish, according to Bonomo's critical ear, the sheer sonic force of Lewis at his trail-blazing greatest \u2014 whether he was inside the studio at Sun with Sam Phillips or live on television in England or live on record at the Star-Club. And for Bonomo, when it comes to the Killer, it doesn't even have to be all rock. He duly recognizes Lewis' career-saving turn to country music in the late '60s.\nStill, it's the Killer as bedrock rocker-and-roller that Bonomo adores \u2014 an adoration that'll lead you to forgive the author's autobiographical asides (which can run for pages) and that'll more than ever lead you to wish he'd had the cooperation of Lewis himself, who declined to be interviewed.\nThe late great Memphis musician/producer Jim Dickinson didn't decline to be interviewed. In Jerry Lee Lewis: Lost and Found, there's Dickinson, a kid, watching Lewis on Memphis TV at the very start of the Killer's career. As Dickinson recalls: \"Here was a white man playing rock-and-roll on the piano. The images and the sound came together for the first time.\"\nDickinson's gut reaction? Tears: \"I was . . . crying like a baby.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 85, "original_length": 8078, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 243.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://miapprenticeship.org/for-apprentices/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:34Z", "digest": "sha1:NM3EHXMEOW4BFUIFPU3OQ3IGRLFIRCJU", "length": 1229, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "miapprenticeship.org", "title": "For Apprentices - AMCAI - MI Apprenticeship AMCAI \u2013 MI Apprenticeship", "raw_content": "Home // For Apprentices\nSo, you\u2019re considering becoming an apprentice?\nRegistered apprenticeship is an education and employment strategy that combines on-the-job experience with formal classroom learning. Registered apprenticeships are collaboratively developed and delivered through partnerships between employers, training and education providers, and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), and are approved and registered by the U.S. DOL, ensuring that skills earned by apprentices are relevant, transferrable, and can continue to grow a reliable career after the apprenticeship has ended.\nRegistered apprenticeships can be the ideal next step for recent high school, college, or university graduates, or for individuals transitioning from various career and life circumstances.\nAs an apprentice in a registered apprenticeship program, you will:\nDevelop new skills in an in-demand field.\nHave a full-time job with an increasing wage during the apprenticeship.\nReceive the investment and commitment of your employers to ensure your personal and professional growth.\nBe supported by a mentor, an expert in your field.\nBegin a long-term career with little or no college debt.\nEarn a nationally-recognized apprenticeship certificate.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 52, "original_length": 2875, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 304.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://midas.umich.edu/event/android-application-development-why-and-how/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:56:14Z", "digest": "sha1:KPQDRSG74462UKDZSXC4H5AZWLXVS2CJ", "length": 1438, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "midas.umich.edu", "title": "Android Application Development: Why and How MIDAS Android Application Development: Why and How \u2013 MIDAS", "raw_content": "\u00ab Robert Goldstone, PhD, Indiana University \u2013 MIDAS Seminar Series\nStata 1: Introduction to Stata \u00bb\nAndroid Application Development: Why and How\nMobile app development is one of the biggest new industries of the last decade. As of 2017, Google has stated that over 2 billion devices around the world use the Android operating system, alongside Apple\u2019s 1 billion iOS mobile devices around the globe. The capabilities and adopted use of modern smartphones can provide an easy gateway to collect data or engage with participants for research purposes. It might seem a daunting task for newcomers to write a program for the computer in their pocket, but modern tools and software make it more accessible than ever. We will present a brief overview of the differences between Android and iOS development requirements, and provide demonstrations on how to program an app for your Android phone using a Windows PC environment and a sample of free software packages.\nA familiarity with programming languages and logic is assumed. Program code presented during the workshop may be written in languages including (but not limited to) Java and C#, familiarity with syntax of these languages is recommended. It is not expected for attendees to program during the workshop, but those who wish to do so are recommended to install the \u201cAndroid Studio\u201d IDE in advance.\nData Science, Workshops\nA familiarity with programming languages and logic is assumed", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 152, "original_length": 4897, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 258.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://mindanaoexaminer.com/tag/the-high-negotiations-committee-hnc/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:14Z", "digest": "sha1:3HVCXNPCZJ4YFZ4HAFATANZ4P2LWEDEG", "length": 37, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "mindanaoexaminer.com", "title": "The High Negotiations Committee (HNC) | Mindanao Examiner Regional Newspaper", "raw_content": "The High Negotiations Committee (HNC)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 7774, "original_length": 157881, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 19.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://minesmagazine.com/14735/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:06Z", "digest": "sha1:S5AQYUHOBYMDISBHKZQK3UWMWJWGERFF", "length": 2741, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "minesmagazine.com", "title": "Updates on alumni activities | Mines Magazine", "raw_content": "Updates on alumni activities\nThe Aerospace Interest Group has been hard at work participating in, co-sponsoring and planning many events, including the Trajectories 2018 networking event on Oct. 19, at Mines. Additionally, members are working closely with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics on the upcoming annual technical symposium. Interest group members are also supporting two Mines students who were awarded scholarships from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation at the Innovators Gala in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 25. For more details about upcoming events and opportunities, visit minesalumni.com/aerospace.\nThe Entrepreneurship and Innovation Interest Group combined efforts with Mines\u2019 Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, the Women of Mines Interest Group and the newly formed Mines Black Alumni Network for the first official Mines event at the DaVinci X exhibition to be held at the Denver Pavilions later this fall. The interest group has also helped the Aerospace Interest Group plan the Trajectories 2018 event. In addition, the group welcomed students who completed the University Innovation Fellows program to be involved in entrepreneurship and innovation efforts on campus. To learn more about the interest group, visit minesalumni.com/eandi.\nThe Leadership in Social Responsibility Interest Group is steadily growing. A book club meets every two months, both virtually and in person, and all are welcome to join. The current book is Jacqueline Novogratz\u2019s The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World. The group is also planning an event in the fall, with alumni sharing experiences on social responsibility from within profit-seeking companies. Finally, the group is planning a trip to South America in 2019. If you\u2019d like to be involved in any of these activities or have suggestions for what you\u2019d like the group to do, contact Nicole Hanson at [email protected]. Details for all events can be found at minesalumni.com/lsr.\nOn Sept. 2, the Women of Mines Interest Group held a \u201cdress for success\u201d event at Truly BoHotique in Golden in advance of Career Day on campus. Alumnae from the Denver area, the Denver Geophysical Society and the Rocky Mountain Association of Petroleum Geologists donated professional and business clothing for students to impress potential employers. Nadine Wilson, owner of Truly BoHotique, also visited Mines after the event to talk to members of the Society of Women Engineers about how to make a good first impression, dining etiquette and appropriate professional attire. Learn more about the interest group at minesalumni.com/womenofmines.\nPreviousStudying waves to contend with the wolf note\nNextThe certainty of change", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 50, "original_length": 3967, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 275.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://minesmagazine.com/4835/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:58Z", "digest": "sha1:IWVX3AIVAEJBJXJYZDIJOLCEYWMC4BPR", "length": 2047, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "minesmagazine.com", "title": "Lloyd W. Madden \u201941 | Mines Magazine", "raw_content": "Lloyd W. Madden \u201941\nLloyd W. Madden \u201941 of Midland, Texas, died December 26, 2011. Born in 1918, Lloyd graduated from high school in 1936 in Manhattan, Kan., before coming to Mines, where he distinguished himself as an athlete. He led his division in scoring for football in 1938 and 1939, helping the legendary 1939 football team achieve an undefeated season. He also represented Mines in basketball and track and field, and was awarded the Blanchard Trophy, which honors Colorado\u2019s most outstanding college athlete. Lloyd was inducted into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame in 1961, the Colorado School of Mines Athletics Hall of Fame in 1996 (its inaugural year), the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame in 1998, and the RMAC Hall of Fame in 2003. In his last year of college, Lloyd was drafted by the Chicago Cardinals. This single season in the pros earned him money to finish at Mines the following year.\nA member of the Tau Beta Pi honor society, he earned a professional degree in geological engineering and joined the exploration department of Shell Oil in Abilene, Texas, after graduating. Called into active duty with the U.S. Army Air Forces shortly thereafter, his basic training was followed by further training with the UCLA physics department, which enabled him to serve in the Pacific theater as a weather officer. He remained with the Air Forces until 1955, when he received an honorable discharge with the rank of captain. Continuing to serve in the Air Force Reserve, Lloyd rejoined Shell Oil and went on to work in Houston, San Antonio, Corpus Christi and Wichita Falls. He later worked with the McEl-roy Ranch in Midland, Texas, and subsequently with Mobil. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Shirley; daughters Deborah Barker and Victoria Akos; sons Steven and Kim; nine grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.\nPreviousJesse R. \u2018Bob\u2019 Medaris \u201949\nNextRobert \u2018Bob\u2019 F. Hartman \u201942\nJamison barker\ton March 9, 2016 at 10:08 am\nHi I am Loyd maddens great grandchild Jamison he is know as gramps", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 3171, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 126.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://mises.org/library/universities-krugman-and-state-austrian-economics", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:44Z", "digest": "sha1:4WTI23YJ2I7YAQCTYEN2KIWDFCBWI4VM", "length": 35131, "nlines": 83, "source_domain": "mises.org", "title": "On Universities, Krugman, and the State of Austrian Economics | Mises Institute", "raw_content": "Home | Mises Library | On Universities, Krugman, and the State of Austrian Economics\nOn Universities, Krugman, and the State of Austrian Economics\nTags EducationU.S. EconomyAustrian Economics Overview\nThe Austrian 4 no 1 Jan Feb 2018.pdf\nDEIST: Let\u2019s begin with your assessment of the state of Austrian economics today.\nMURPHY: Well, the first thing is that it\u2019s so much bigger than it was. I\u2019m relatively young, but even when I was going through grad school in the early 2000s, there was still a question we asked ourselves, \u201cIf you\u2019re a grad student in Austrian economics, do you advertise that fact or do you engage in what they were calling the stealth strategy?\u201d With the stealth strategy, you just keep your perspective to yourself, get published, and do your dissertation on a mainstream topic. You get yourself into a school, get tenure and only then do you say \u201csurprise, I\u2019m an Austrian.\u201d\nNow, though, the advice that people are giving is \u201cyou want to, by all means advertise that fact because we have enough of a foothold in various places that you\u2019ve got to let them know that you\u2019re an Austrian because if they\u2019re looking to hire somebody who thinks like that, you\u2019ve got to stand out from the crowd.\nAnd so, that\u2019s just the most immediate thing that comes to my mind. So yes, we do have \u2014 and unfortunately it took the financial crisis to make this happen \u2014 a certain amount of recognition now. We\u2019re definitely getting out there more.\nOne last thing I\u2019ll mention: when I\u2019m talking to a crowd of financial professionals and I show them what I think happened with the housing boom and bust, I\u2019m using Austrian business cycle theory, but I\u2019m not using that term necessarily. I\u2019m just explaining how the Fed blew up a bubble, and so on. And they all soak that right up. They don\u2019t bat an eye. That sounds perfectly plausible to them.\nDEIST: Austrian economics is also becoming increasingly integrated into the larger profession. Do you think the term itself still has value, as a loose term of convenience? Or do you think we should jettison it and focus on individual Austrians and their impact?\nMURPHY: It\u2019s a tricky question. I think it was Milton Friedman who kind of flippantly said there\u2019s just good economics or bad economics and I get that, but on the other hand, there really are schools of thought, and that\u2019s a separate discussion as to why that is the case in economics. In physics, you don\u2019t necessarily have it, but I think that\u2019s partly because the social sciences are different from the natural sciences and it really does matter, and there are reasons that things that make sense in physics don\u2019t necessarily translate over to economics.\nI do think there are schools of thought and so I don\u2019t think it\u2019s helpful to get rid of the term. I\u2019ll put it to you this way. The kind of people who aren\u2019t going to like it because of the label, I don\u2019t think you\u2019re going to convince them by switching the label to something else like coordination economics or whatever some of the other phrases are that have been offered. I\u2019m being a bit of a hypocrite because I just mentioned that when I speak to a crowd of financial professionals, I don\u2019t necessarily volunteer right off the bat, \u201cHey everyone, this is the Austrian theory of the business cycle.\u201d Depending on how much time I have, I might get back with them and say hey, if you want to learn more, this is coming from Ludwig von Mises and F.A. Hayek, you may have heard of them. I\u2019ll do that because with some crowds, if you say this is the Austrian explanation, you\u2019re kind of telling them, this is something that is an obscure theory and so they might somewhat shut down. They think that you\u2019re lecturing them and just giving them some irrelevant hobby horse. It depends on the crowd, but in terms of being a professional academic economist and publishing, I certainly think we need journals dedicated to Austrian economics.\nDEIST: What about economics as a profession. Is economics doing any good? Does it benefit society? Its models certainly seem useless at predicting or explaining anything.\nMURPHY: That\u2019s a good question. I\u2019m thinking, if everybody just took a standard principles class on microeconomics, even on net, that makes the world a better place. I don\u2019t necessarily mean a microeconomics class taught by one of my buddies, either.\nJust seeing the arguments about rent control, just to know what tradeoffs are, to realize that there\u2019s scarcity, that kind of stuff, I think that helps people. In general, the kind of information that would be covered, even if they used a standard textbook.\nIt gives them enough of a foothold, a grounding to think critically and better understand the purpose of high prices when there\u2019s a natural disaster, and the politicians start talking about \u201cprice gouging.\u201d It is easier to get that message across to somebody who has literally at least taken one economics class in his or her life.\nBut, beyond that, economics is not necessarily helpful to people. The way that macroeconomics is taught in standard courses, I think that\u2019s actively harmful. They begin to think, \u201cSpending\u2019s what drives the economy.\u201d\nSo, yes, I think you don\u2019t really need that many economists walking around. There are way too many people going into the field of economics in terms of what I think is actually useful socially.\nThe stuff you would learn in a basic principles micro class, that\u2019s pretty helpful because that\u2019s what Austrians would think of as normal price theory, and it helps people to think like an economist. I guess that\u2019s the way I\u2019ll say it. People should know how to think like an economist. Students should know what it means to think like an economist just like a well-rounded student should know what\u2019s utilitarianism is, what did this philosopher think, what happened to ancient Rome, and so on. These are basic things one should know to be an informed citizen, and some of them are learned in economics classes.\nDEIST: What is the state of economics in terms of its place in academia? We judge professors by their ability to publish in relatively obscure journals, journals that few people read, rather than judging them by their teaching ability.\nMURPHY: Yes, it\u2019s a good question and I\u2019m a little bit cynical on this, so take it with a grain of salt. But something\u2019s screwed up with the system.\nAn example of this can be found in the so-called \u201creplication crisis\u201d in other areas of the social sciences where new results have been published in areas that people thought were rock solid. Now, researchers are going back and trying to replicate those results and are not able to do it in a shocking number of cases. And so, there is this growing realization in the social sciences generally \u2014 not just economics \u2014 that maybe we don\u2019t have things figured out as much as we thought we did.\nAnd with economics in particular, it really was an eye opening experience for the profession. It has been a crisis for the profession in the sense that there have been guys like Robert Lucas, and other heavyweights in the 2000s who had said things along the lines of \u201cWe basically solved the business cycle, we can move on now to something else.\u201d Well, that clearly wasn\u2019t the case, but the hubris and overconfidence is pretty shocking.\nJust to go back to the distinction between the natural sciences and the social sciences, people a lot of times pooh-pooh Mises on this and state, he was an obscure person making these medieval distinctions. But it really is true that it\u2019s important to realize that the techniques are different and that\u2019s why it can still be the case that Keynesians and Austrians \u2014 and Chicago school, for that matter \u2014 argue about what happened in the 1930s, and why we still argue about was the Obama stimulus good or bad.\nAs a result, the state of the literature in economics, it\u2019s not good. I think people would be shocked to learn the details of the economics models we were using when I was in graduate school 15 years ago.\nThe standard workhorse models you would learn there, they would have one consumer or one household who lived forever and they would have one representative firm. It was a very simplistic model. The profession doesn\u2019t use these models because the scholars are lazy. It was just because the full mathematical model gets really complicated and so to be able to \u201csolve a model,\u201d by which they meant lay out what the equilibrium states were, it couldn\u2019t get too complicated. Otherwise, you wouldn\u2019t be able to solve it.\nAnd so, you have people informing monetary policy and writing academic papers telling the Federal Reserve what it should do in certain circumstances. But the underlying model was incredibly crude.\nJust think, if NASA said they were going to send a manned mission to Mars, but their model didn\u2019t include moons because they didn\u2019t have enough computing power. That would make you think, \u201cI don\u2019t want to get on that spaceship.\u201d But, that\u2019s the kind of reasoning that\u2019s going into what\u2019s guiding the Federal Reserve. So, to answer your question, I understand why, if you thought economics was a science like physics, it would make sense that you wouldn\u2019t want Einstein and Niels Bohr and such heavyweights to be bogged down by teaching undergrads basic principles about Newton\u2019s Laws, that would be crazy. You\u2019d want them sitting in the lab or writing the latest cutting-edge research.\nBut with economics, I think the latest cutting-edge research is very flawed and so that sort of analogy breaks down. The good that economists do is in teaching basic principles like scarcity and opportunity cost to the general public so they can at least evaluate political claims, even if they\u2019re not reading the latest thing in the American Economic Review.\nDEIST: As a student and a scholar you\u2019ve spent time at Hillsdale, at NYU, and now at Texas Tech. Do you think the undergraduate and graduate education model in general \u2014 which is very costly in terms of time, debt, and money \u2014 is broken, or do you think it\u2019s salvageable?\nMURPHY: I think it\u2019s unsustainable at the current scale and I was saying this even when I was a professor at Hillsdale. That was back from 2003 to 2006, and at that point, I felt like half of the students that were going to college shouldn\u2019t have been there.\nThis isn\u2019t a knock against those students. I\u2019m not saying they weren\u2019t smart enough. That\u2019s not even the issue. You could clearly tell, there were plenty of students that were there to get a business degree or something similar and they were only taking my class because they had to check a box to get a degree. They weren\u2019t interested in economics, and their real goal was to run the family business and get an MBA. There\u2019s nothing wrong with that, but it just meant that half the people in class had that attitude, and that affected the way you could teach. The result was that everybody was kind of miserable. Many of the people who were there didn\u2019t really need to be in college. They should have gone right into the workforce after high school or gone to a trade school. They were miserable. But then there were other students that were there because they loved learning for its own sake \u2014 they were also miserable because you couldn\u2019t teach just to them because that would leave everybody else behind.\nHow this system is funded makes a big difference and if genuine market forces were allowed to work that could be a big part of how the problem could eventually fix itself.\nThe effects of the current subsidized system can be seen this way: I say to people, do you think everyone in the United States should get a PhD before they get a job? And of course that would be crazy. It would be very expensive, most people would be miserable, and it would lower the quality of what does a PhD mean if everybody as a matter of course gets one. Having a PhD would then be no big deal. By the same token, why do we just assume, \u201cOh, you\u2019ve got to go to college or else you won\u2019t get a good job.\u201d That\u2019s kind of crazy when you see what it means in practice. The stereotypes about students partying all the time are true. I\u2019m not just talking about big huge state schools, but I\u2019m including many schools I\u2019ve visited and seen \u2014 which are somewhat elite private liberal arts schools. So the stereotype of what many students really spend their time doing is not completely made up out of whole cloth. And nowadays they\u2019re coming out of school with tens of thousands of dollars of debt and they can\u2019t even get a job. So, clearly that system can\u2019t last.\nDEIST: Turning back to the profession itself, what do you see as the dominant thought in economics today? Has Keynesianism led to \u201cneo-liberalism,\u201d whatever that is?\nMURPHY: Even though we might like to make jokes about it, it is true that the average economist is generally a fan of markets. They\u2019re not rabid laissez-faire, obviously. With most economists, though, they know socialism doesn\u2019t work and they understand that yes, the way to bring prosperity to the third world is not just a matter of sending them aid. There\u2019s a growing realization that yes, they need to have private property rights and solid social institutions, and that it\u2019s not just a mere matter of technology.\nSo, there is a growing acknowledgement of the importance of those social institutions and that\u2019s a good thing. But on the other hand, there is hostility toward the term neo-liberal \u2014 the critique is a little bit off with the people who rail against neo-liberalism and they complain about the World Bank and the IMF foisting free trade policies.\nThat\u2019s all misguided, but the people who criticize neoliberalism are not just making all the negative aspects of it up. It is true that in many cases, this is what happens: In the stereotypical, paradigmatic case, there\u2019s a country that maybe the military takes over. They\u2019re in a shambles. They need foreign currency because they\u2019ve been running their own printing press and so yeah, the World Bank or the IMF might come in and impose an \u201causterity\u201d program on them. The World Bank and IMF say \u201cyes, you have to liberalize, get rid of your state run enterprises. You need to tie your currency to gold or do these other things tied to the dollar. Open up your markets to imports.\u201d\nAnd some of that is coming out of a textbook for economic policies moving toward markets. But a lot of it is causing the citizens in that country to eat the losses that were imposed on them by their corrupt ruling regime as opposed to just letting the government suffer the consequences of years of mismanagement. The people again, they smell a rat and I think they\u2019re largely correct.\nThey know that these outsiders are coming in and they don\u2019t have their people\u2019s interests at heart and they\u2019re in bed with these big corporations and other huge nongovernmental organizations. So, I think they\u2019re right to be suspicious. It\u2019s just that their conclusion is \u201csomething\u2019s wrong with capitalism per se.\u201d Then, obviously, they come to the wrong conclusions.\nDEIST: Last year, the economist Richard Thaler won the Nobel Prize in Economics for his work in behavioral economics and he\u2019s being lauded as someone who has integrated economics with psychology. Of course, 70\u201380 years ago, Mises and the Austrians were talking about what humans actually do. Has behavioral economics borrowed from Austrianism?\nMURPHY: It\u2019s a difficult question to answer and I don\u2019t know that I have enough interaction with certain regular mainstream economists who are not familiar with the Austrian tradition to be able to give a confident answer. There are two ways of looking at it and I\u2019ve seen this reaction among my colleagues, either pessimism or optimism in reaction to the announcement that Thaler won. So, the good way to look at it is to say, \u201cOh, this is great, at long last the mainstream profession is admitting problems with the standard neoclassical textbook models of how rational economic man operates. That\u2019s not how real people behave and so thank goodness, the mainstream finally kicking and screaming has been dragged to the point where they\u2019re willing to admit it.\u201d\nSo, there\u2019s that element, but on the other hand \u2014 and here\u2019s where the pessimist\u2019s take comes in \u2014 it\u2019s sort of like this: yes, the mainstream\u2019s finally realizing what thinkers like Mises were saying long ago, that the way to model human behavior, if you will, is not to try to come up with a precise mathematical description that makes quantitative predictions.\nBut that\u2019s not what the people who are embracing Thaler are saying. What they\u2019re saying is \u201cokay, so now we\u2019re going to refrain from this hubris in trying to predict behavior and treat people like automatons.\u201d But, for them, that just means updating the model. It\u2019s not that they\u2019re trying to get rid of mathematical modeling of people, they\u2019re just trying to make the math model more accurate.\nAnd so, if what you think is no, they\u2019re fundamentally going down the wrong path here and that\u2019s not the way to approach economic science, it\u2019s a bit disheartening. Also, it\u2019s unavoidable to bring up the fact that Thaler is involved with the whole \u201cnudge\u201d literature and using this knowledge of how people respond to incentives to say, \u201cthis is the way we can influence people, this is the way we can modify their behavior in ways that we economists desire.\u201d In some settings, that\u2019s pretty creepy.\nDEIST: When Thaler claims that humans don\u2019t always act rationally, he\u2019s not refuting Mises \u2014 he\u2019s simply not distinguishing between action and motivation.\nMURPHY: Oh, absolutely, right. And this is again sort of the frustration one might have with Thaler. So, the neoclassical mainstream, when they say, as a working assumption, \u201cwe assume people are rational, that means people solve their economic optimization problems the way a mainstream economist would.\u201d And so, number one, it means that people are experts at using calculus and solving difficult mathematical problems. Here\u2019s your budget constraint and what\u2019s your consumption path over time? This is stuff that grad students initially don\u2019t even know how to solve because it\u2019s too hard mathematically. And yet, economists routinely assume that consumers, when they go to the store, are able to unconsciously do the same problem.\nBeyond that, there\u2019s the way economists talk about what rational behavior is looking at in a strategic setting. One example of this is the so-called Prisoner\u2019s Dilemma. Even if people play a situation like that a thousand times in a row, mainstream economists will say the \u201crational thing\u201d to do is to keep screwing the other guy a thousand times in a row, even if they could be better off by cooperating.\nBut no, cooperating's not the way you solve the model, so it\u2019s therefore \u201cnot rational.\u201d There\u2019s that element. So yes, when Thaler says \u201chey, people aren\u2019t rational,\u201d what he means is they behave in ways that this narrow economistic model would not have predicted. In contrast, when Mises says people are rational, all that means is \u201cthey\u2019re engaging in human action to try to achieve some goal that they value.\u201d\nAssigning motives is not the approach you take when someone throws a rock up in the air and then it comes back down, we don\u2019t say, \u201cah, the rock desired to be closer to the earth and that\u2019s why it chose to do so.\u201d No, we use a completely neutral, objective measure without any motivation or preferences involved because that\u2019s the way that science has gone. In our minds, that\u2019s the correct way you deal with predicting the motion of matter.\nBut when it comes to the social sciences, we do attribute motives to people, so that\u2019s what Mises means by rational, there\u2019s a reason, so that\u2019s where reasoning comes in, not that the people are superhuman calculators, just that yes, they\u2019re a being with an ego and they have preferences. But those preferences could be anything. It could be, you want to go get cocaine or heroin, or it could be you want to go help set up a homeless shelter. From that level of analysis, it doesn\u2019t matter what the content of your preferences are, it\u2019s just that you have them and then you use your reason to try to achieve it. So, the classic example that Mises offers is, you\u2019re looking at some primitive tribe \u2014 primitive by your standards \u2014 and they\u2019re dancing around and their crops need rain. A rain dance is perfectly rational in the Misesian framework. Because again, it doesn\u2019t mean that \u201cfrom our scientific viewpoint, we think that\u2019s the right means to an end.\u201d We just mean, \u201cah, I\u2019m going to interpret what I\u2019m observing by saying these beings have subjective preferences and they have this cause and effect relationship in their minds that they\u2019re trying to invoke to change the future.\u201d\nDEIST: There are endless debates within Austrian circles about how best to advance our ideas. The two broad ideas have been what we might call a Hayekian top-down model, where we win over academics and their ideas trickle down to other intellectuals. The other we might call a bottom-up Rothbardian populist strategy.\nMURPHY: It\u2019s going to sound like I\u2019m trying to be wishy-washy and not take a firm stand, but I really do think both are important and I mean it in the following way.\nPart of why Mises, Hayek, and Rothbard were so able to influence the masses, is that they had academic posts. If Murray Rothbard had written word for word Man, Economy, and State and you found out that he was a chiropractor and he just in his spare time was this genius who had absorbed Human Action, it wouldn\u2019t have carried the same weight. And in a sense, that\u2019s a shame, that shouldn\u2019t matter. Credentials shouldn\u2019t matter, but yet they certainly do, if only just to guide people. You might just say, \u201cthis huge thick book that a chiropractor wrote on economics, what are the chances that this guy knows what he\u2019s talking about?\u201d So, I think it is important that Austrians, to get their message out \u2014 to change the world to use a bold goal \u2014 they can\u2019t abandon academia.\nAppealing right to the public is also a good thing, as opposed to just spending one\u2019s whole life trying to convince academic colleagues and trying to convince the Dean of Harvard to take your business cycle seriously. I think that\u2019s a waste of time when you\u2019re setting yourself up for heartache and frustration. The idea of just teaching students and publishing peer reviewed papers for the rest of your life and going to conferences and talking with other economists \u2014 to some people, that sounds like the most horrible hell ever, and to some people, that sounds great. So, if you\u2019re in the latter group then by all means do that, but again, it\u2019s because that will give you a platform so that the public is more likely to listen to you. Also, if you get something like an op-ed published in a newspaper, you\u2019re more likely to be able to do that if the byline says that you\u2019re an Economics Professor at such and such university. I definitely do agree that going to the masses is the important thing to do right now, as opposed to tweaking the latest mathematical economics model. But again, that doesn\u2019t mean you should ignore academia because I think there\u2019s an interplay there.\nDEIST: As a strategic matter, are some of the debates within Austrian economics harmful or helpful in your view? For example, there are debates about Mises versus Kirzner on entrepreneurship or Rothbard and Hoppe versus Selgin and White on free banking. Do you think we ought to spend time on these internal debates?\nMURPHY: Well, I\u2019m going to be debating Selgin on fractional reserve banking in New York at some point in the spring of 2018, so I hope that\u2019s not a waste of time, I hope it\u2019s useful.\nI definitely understand the people who say, come on, guys, these internal battles, they\u2019re not productive and they just make us look like a weird cult. I understand where those people are coming from and I used to be somewhat sympathetic when I was younger. But on the other hand, you could just as well flip it and say, well wait a minute, if we\u2019re supposed to be a science, then of course we\u2019re going to debate with each other and disagree. If we all just uniformly had the same answer on everything to put on our show for outsiders to where we\u2019re trying to attract followers, that would be creepy too. That really\nwould be a cult.\nAnd so, I don\u2019t think that to gain popularity, we ought to restrict our arguments \u2014 even if that strategy actually worked. I reject that in part because it means we\u2019re sort of being dishonest to the public and I don\u2019t want to do that. I\u2019m not personally going down that road if that\u2019s what we\u2019ve got to do to gain popularity. But having said all that, I actually don\u2019t think that that\u2019s really the trade-off.\nI think what is true, and it is true for anything in life, is you don\u2019t need to be a jerk about it. I get the sense that sometimes there are people within the Austrian camp who genuinely just dislike some of the other people and they want to have a fight and they use these particular doctrinal differences as the pretext to have a fight with someone they don\u2019t like. And yes, that\u2019s probably not productive \u2014 just because in general, going around having a grudge against somebody is not helpful. I think that these debates are important and because that\u2019s how it\u2019s going to progress, that actually the critics are wrong. This isn\u2019t a cult, it\u2019s not that we look at Mises and Hayek and Rothbard as our prophets and we\u2019re not allowed to disagree with them. No, that\u2019s not true at all and so there is a vigorous disagreement and that\u2019s how this thing progresses. Yes, be civil about it, but if there\u2019s somebody you think is wrong, then it\u2019s your job as a scholar to try to correct it.\nDEIST: A few years ago, you had some run-ins with the aforementioned Paul Krugman, also Brad DeLong on issues like quantitative easing and inflation and Austrian business cycle theory. How do you assess those run-ins today?\nMURPHY: For people who don\u2019t know the backstory: After the financial crisis, a woman emailed me and she said, \u201cI just saw Paul Krugman in a Barnes and Noble and he was on a book tour. In the Q&A period, I asked him \u2018why don\u2019t you debate Austrians on business cycle theory?\u2019 His answer was, \u2018this is going to sound elitist, but mainstream economists, the profession doesn\u2019t listen to those guys anymore. They were big like in the 20s, but they\u2019ve been eclipsed since then, so I wouldn\u2019t give them a platform.\u2019\u201d\nAnd so then I thought, \u201cokay, well he\u2019s going to ignore us that way, so I have to somehow provoke him.\u201d I set up this goofy effort to challenge him to a debate, and then we were going to raise money to go to a New York City food kitchen, if he debated me. And so, that was kind of a publicity stunt. It was kind of funny, but I think that\u2019s why he knew who I was and why he specifically attacked me later. Obviously, he was not happy with my shenanigans.\nThe official CPI did not jump as much in response to the Fed\u2019s quantitative easing as I predicted in those years right after the Crash of \u201908. Then Brad DeLong and Paul Krugman noticed people arguing on my blog and responded, \u201cAha, these Austrians, what a bunch of religious people here in the sense that they don\u2019t respond to objective evidence. This guy Murphy made a prediction, he was wrong and yet he\u2019s not updating his model.\u201d\nThis shows how slippery these guys were because the economists I was busy debating about QE were not exactly in agreement with DeLong and Krugman. Bryan Caplan at George Mason is an anarcho-capitalist, for example, and Krugman and DeLong obviously weren\u2019t about to declare Caplan right. Obviously, they didn\u2019t say \u201canarcho-capitalism is vindicated because that anarcho-capitalist Bryan Caplan was right and Murphy was wrong.\u201d\nIn their minds Keynesianism was right, even though there was nothing expressly Keynesian about QE. And the jury is still very much out concerning what the ultimate effects of monetary expansion will\nbe now that the Fed says it will reduce its balance sheet over the next few years. Admittedly, though, I should have been more careful with predictions that reflected my personal view. I mean, Austrian economists, number one, don\u2019t make quantitative forecasts based on Austrian theory, per se. That\u2019s one of the hallmarks of Mises\u2019s view, if you think you\u2019re going to predict the stock market just by using praxeology, then you\u2019ve misunderstood what praxeology does for you.\nSo, there\u2019s that element. But also, the Austrians themselves make important distinctions when it comes to price inflation. In the 1920s, the Austrians were saying just because there\u2019s not rampant price inflation, doesn\u2019t mean things are good. But since I had been poking Krugman and some people were learning their Austrian economics through my writings, I should have been more careful. And this is what I say to this day at Mises U and at other events with students: whether it\u2019s fair or not, we\u2019re in the minority, the mainstream is going to use any excuse to discredit us. And so, it\u2019s sort of like you\u2019re representing Austrian economics and watch yourself and don\u2019t commit unforced errors.\nThat\u2019s sort of my takeaway. Ben Bernanke, for instance, made a string of mistaken predictions, and you can go watch them on YouTube. You can see just how wrong he was time and time again going up to the crisis, and of course, Krugman, once Bernanke got reappointed was lauding him on his blog and saying, there\u2019s nobody he would rather have at the helm of the Fed than Ben Bernanke. So, obviously Krugman doesn\u2019t think a bad prediction disproves a theory. But when an Austrian gets caught losing one particular bet to other free-market guys, that\u2019s somehow supposed to discredit an entire theory.\nDEIST: What do you say to young people who ask you whether they ought to pursue a PhD, in economics or otherwise?\nMURPHY: One thing I\u2019ll do right away is just say, do you want to teach or at least is that acceptable to you? Could you imagine that is your day job for the rest of your life, that you\u2019re at a college teaching the students and writing peer reviewed papers and if the answer is yes, then I say yeah, by all means, go ahead and go into it.\nBut if the motivation is \u201cI really love Austrian economics or libertarianism and the free market and I guess, gee, the next logical step is to go get a PhD,\u201d then I would say be careful and caution them that they could be wasting some valuable years of their lives.\nFortunately, a PhD in economics is more marketable beyond just academia \u2014 compared to, say, a PhD in philosophy. So, there is that element that you\u2019re not as constrained if you get a PhD in economics as you would be in some other fields.\nBut, I do caution them that if you\u2019re not sure if you want to go into academia, a PhD might be not worth the cost, all things considered. And I don\u2019t mean money. I mean the time, the available years that you\u2019re losing time you could have been out earning experience in industry or whatever you\u2019re going to do with your life.\nIf you are going to go into it, though, be sure to work on research that you\u2019re passionate about because that\u2019s going to be the thing you\u2019re known for. You\u2019re going to be a world expert in this little thing that your dissertation\u2019s on. You\u2019d better be interested in it.\nAnother upside to the degree is there\u2019s a huge area of overlap between financial economics and Austrian economics. A lot of the conflict between Austrians and other schools isn\u2019t there when it comes to talking to people in the financial sector. I think there are a lot of applications that young Austrian economists in academia could do by publishing articles relevant to a financial crowd as opposed to the more official economics journals.\nDEIST: Finally, you have been outspoken on your personal blog and otherwise about your own Christian beliefs. Why have you chosen to be outspoken about this and do you think that this has in any way helped or hindered you career wise?\nMURPHY: It\u2019s a great question. I\u2019m outspoken on it just for the obvious reason that if you\u2019re a Christian, that\u2019s the most important thing, period. And so, why you would be focusing on other things and not talking about that is problematic if you really are a Christian. If you believe that the state of people\u2019s souls are resting on an issue, that\u2019s far more important than the heterogeneity of the capitalist structure. But, as far as whether it is helping or hurting, I really can\u2019t say. My guess is that there are plenty of my colleagues who are agnostic or outright atheists who might see the things that I post on Sundays on my blog and think, \u201cBob\u2019s very rational, but I\u2019m glad he can compartmentalize because when he talks about economics, he\u2019s real smart and rational and gee, when he starts talking about the Bible I just don\u2019t get it.\u201d\nI\u2019m sure there\u2019s plenty of people who think like that, but I think probably they just say well, there\u2019s a lot of religious people and that\u2019s just how they were raised and they move on and they kind of give us a pass, if you will. So, to be honest, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s really hurt me. I do consulting work in the insurance sector, and not that anything in terms of professional relationship has anything to do with a religious litmus test, but I have noticed just as I reflect, that a lot of the people that I work the most closely with in that realm are also Christian.\nI think it\u2019s more of a worldview thing, that the kind of people who believe in the Bible, they see the world a certain way and so, if they hear me talking about the Federal Reserve, that\u2019s going to resonate with them even if we\u2019re not literally talking about scripture. I do think this sort of goes back to what we were saying about the state of Austrian economics. Some people might say, \u201cYou want to keep that to yourself so people don\u2019t blackball you.\u201d But on the other hand, if there is the remnant out there, the minority who thinks like you, they need to know who you are, so they can find you and work with you. I think there\u2019s something like that too with my spiritual beliefs, that hiding it, that\u2019s going to make me feel bad and I\u2019m going to feel miserable, afraid to share my beliefs. But also, you should be a beacon of light to the other people who think like you.\nThe last thing I\u2019ll say is, it wasn\u2019t that I was worried about professional blowback. In the beginning I was worried about some pretty militant atheists in the free-marketsort-of-libertarian community, and they did hammer me in the beginning but I think they just got bored of it. Things like, \u201cCan\u2019t you see that the state and the church are identical?\u201d They both tell you, you need us, give us your money or you\u2019re going to suffer. I certainly get those superficial similarities, but like I said, it kind of went away and what really encouraged me though, was I got a lot of emails over the years from people saying, \u201chey, I keep my head down because I don\u2019t feel like fighting with people online, but I\u2019m glad you\u2019re out there doing that.\u201d I used to think I was one of the few Christian libertarians. Now I realize that\u2019s not the case.\nRobert P. 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Low-wing loading (the ratio of aircraft weight to its wing area) is a vital factor in maneuverability and, combined with the high thrust-to-weight ratio, enables the aircraft to turn tightly without losing airspeed.\nU.S. Air Force A-10 Warthog\nThe Milwaukee Air & Water Show is proud to announce THE RETURN OF THE A-10 WARTHOG! Due to military aircraft availability, the A-10 Warthog performance for this year has been revised to a single ship demonstration. The Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II jet aircraft was developed for the USAF, and is commonly referred to by the nicknames \u201cWarthog\u201d or \u201cHog\u201d, and its official name comes from the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, a World War II fighter-bomber effective at attacking ground targets. The A-10 was designed for close air support (CAS) of friendly ground troops, attacking armored vehicles and tanks, and providing quick-action support against enemy ground forces. It was designed around the 30 mm GAU-8 Avenger rotary cannon, and its airframe was designed for durability, with measures such as 1,200 pounds (540 kg) of titanium armor to protect the cockpit and aircraft systems, enabling it to absorb a significant amount of damage and continue flying. The A-10 served in the Gulf War(Operation Desert Storm), the American intervention against Iraq\u2019s invasion of Kuwait, where the A-10 distinguished itself. The A-10 also participated in other conflicts such as Operation Urgent Fury in Grenada, the Balkans, Afghanistan, Iraq, and against Islamic State in the Middle East. With a variety of upgrades and wing replacements, the A-10\u2019s service life may be extended to 2040; the Air Force has no planned retirement date as of June 2017.\nU.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft\nThe Milwaukee Air & Water Show is proud to host, FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, a U.S. Navy P-8 Maritime Patrol Aircraft, from the \u201cFighting Tigers\u201d of Navy Squadron VP-8. The P-8A Poseidon is an aircraft designed for long-range anti-submarine warfare; anti-surface warfare; and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. The \u201cFighting Tigers\u201d of VP-8 were commissioned in September 1942 as Patrol Squadron 201 in Norfolk, Virginia. During World War II, VP-201 flew the sea-based PBM Mariner in combat missions against German submarines that threatened Allied shipping throughout the Atlantic. In September 1948, the squadron received its current designation, VP-8. From 1962 through 2016, the Fighting Tigers deployed the P-3 Orion in multiple conflicts and operations in support of American interests around the world. Throughout its history, VP-8 has answered the call to serve in a number of capacities, from monitoring Soviet submarines during the Cuban missile crisis, providing 24-hour support to two carrier battle groups in both maritime and overland combat missions during Operation Iraqi Freedom, to conducting direct support of relief operations in response to the 2010 Haitian earthquake. For over 50 years flying the P-3 Orion, the Fighting Tigers and other maritime patrol squadrons successfully demonstrated their pre-eminent ASW, SUW, and ISR capabilities in every ocean of the world. In March of 2016, VP-8 began its inaugural deployment in the P-8A Poseidon, one of the newest aircraft in the Navy\u2019s warfighting arsenal. Designed to continue the work-horse tradition of the P-3C Orion, the P-8A provides the fleet with more combat capability, responsiveness, and interoperability with both traditional manned forces and evolving unmanned sensors. Since transitioning to the P-8A, the Fighting Tigers have demonstrated continued excellence in all operational capabilities. Whether in direct support of the strike group, conducting long-range reconnaissance, anti-surface or antisubmarine warfare, the P-8A is firmly in place as an extension of the eyes and ears of the fleet. The pride and professionalism of every squadron member serves as a reminder to all of VP-8\u2019s dedication to excellence and service to our nation.\nWisconsin Air National Guard \u2013 KC-135 Stratotanker\nThe Air & Water Show welcomes back the 128th Air Refueling Wing\u2019s Boeing KC-135 \u2013 Air Refueling Stratotanker aircraft to perform in the air show, on both days, SAT and SUN! The 128th Air Refueling Wing is \u201cMilwaukee\u2019s Hometown Air Force.\u201d The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is a military aerial refueling aircraft. It and the Boeing 707 airliner were developed from the Boeing 367-80 prototype. It is the predominant variant of the C-135 Stratolifter family of transport aircraft. The KC-135 was the US Air Force\u2019s first jet-powered refueling tanker and replaced the KC-97 Stratofreighter. The KC-135 was initially tasked with refueling strategic bombers, but was used extensively in the Vietnam War and later conflicts such as Operation Desert Storm to extend the range and endurance of US tactical fighters and bombers.\n2019 Civilian Air Performances\nFirebirds X-Treme Team Air Show Formation Team\nThe Firebirds Xtreme are a Nationally and Internationally renowned Aerobatics team. Members Bill Stein, Jack Knutson, Matt Chapman, and Rob Holland thrill crowds from around the world with their breath-taking stunts, and precision formation flying. The Firebirds flight demonstration combines the precision of formation aerobatics with radical gyroscopic tumbles and heart stopping head-on madness guaranteed to keep you on the edge.\nBill Stein \u2013 Solo Aerobatics\nBill Stein puts on a thrilling performance in his unique Edge 540, the paint scheme of which changes color dependent on lighting and the location of the airplane is respect to Bill\u2019s spectators. Bill began flying aerobatics while he was still a student pilot, and has since logged more than 5,000 hours of aerobatic and formation flight. He has been part of the air show performance scene since 1995, and enjoys mentoring new air show pilots as a way to give back to the aviation community Bill Stein has logged over 5,000 hours of aerobatic and formation flight. Bill began flying aerobatics when he was still a student pilot and has been dedicated to perfecting his skills ever since. Since 1995 Bill has performed at air shows all across the United States and has entertained millions air show fans.\nMike Wiscus \u2013 Lucas Oil\nMike Wiskus has been performing airplane stunts for 26 years, and flies a Lucas Oil Pitts Plane and said stunts will include loops, rolls, hammerheads and other visually appealing tricks. Wiskus was also was a 2002 U.S. National Aerobatic Champion and a member of the 2004 U.S. Aerobatic Team. Like many of the show pilots, Mike\u2019s passion for aviation started when he was very young. Mike\u2019s Dad took him to his first air show at their hometown in Iowa at the age of 10. That show made an everlasting impression so deep that at 14, Mike rode his bike to the airport for two weeks straight and bugged the owner for a job washing airplanes and cleaning hangars just to be around airplanes. In school, Mike had a teacher tell him he would never be a pilot. His grades weren\u2019t great and he got into trouble. Later that year a tutor gave him the book The Little Engine that Could, by Watty Piper. It changed his attitude and it helped Mike believe in himself. He traded his work of washing airplanes for flying lessons and received his Pilot\u2019s License on his 17th birthday.\nU.S. Coast Guard Helicopter SAR Demo HH-60J \u2013 Jayhawk Rescue Helicopter\nCoast Guard Air Station Traverse City was established in 1946 and is a part of the United States Coast Guards Ninth District, and is situated on the southern end of Grand Traverse Bay in northern Michigan. Since 1995, Air Station Traverse City has controlled and manned Air Facilities throughout southern Lake Michigan The Coast Guard completed upgrades to its fleet of 45 MH-60J Jayhawk medium range recovery helicopters in August 2016. Redesignated as MH-60Ts, the upgraded helicopters received new flight instruments and avionics, communications and navigation equipment. Air Station Traverse City is now transitioning back to the HH-60J this summer of 2017. The Milwaukee Air & Water Show is once again proud to feature U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City, Mich.\nMatt Chapman Embry Riddle Aeronautical University\nMatt is recognized as an extraordinary aerobatic pilot who thrills millions of airshow fans each summer. He began flying aerobatics in 1984 and quickly worked his way up to the highest level of competition aerobatics \u2013 the Unlimited category. Recognized for his skills, he won one of only five slots on the U.S. Unlimited Men\u2019s Aerobatic Team in 1996 and 1998. At the 1998 World Aerobatic Championships (WAC), Matt was the highest-ranking American pilot, finishing third in the world with a bronze medal. He led the Men\u2019s Team to a silver medal. Along with this impressive finish came the coveted Hilliard Trophy, awarded to the highest finishing U.S. pilot at the WAC. Matt also won the prestigious International Aerobatic Club Championships in 1994 and the Fond du Lac Cup in 1995. Matt is both a solo performer and is the flight leader of the 4CE formation aerobatic team. Matt is also a respected airline captain at a major US based air carrier with tens of thousands of flight hours.\nJack Knutson (Firebirds X-Treme Team Member)\nThe Firebirds Xtreme member Jack Knutson thrills crowds from around the world with breath taking stunts, and precision formation flying. Jack Knutson has been an air show performer since 1992 and has performed with three different air show teams. The U S Jet Team performing with three x military jets. The Firebird Delta Team with three Extra 300 aircraft (who performed at NAS Key West in 2004) and The Firebirds x-TREME with Rob Holland. With over 22,000 flight hours under his belt Jack is a true professional as he performs his solo show called the Firebird Freestyle. The 2 ship Formation Act, rightfully titled \u201cThe Firebirds X-treme\u201d is a site to be seen. Jack Knutson in his Extra 300/s and Rob Holland in his MXS-RH have created an extremely high-energy, non-stop, two-ship performance that combines the precision of formation aerobatics with radical gyroscopic tumbles and heart stopping head-on maneuvers. Combined with professionally choreographed music and cockpit narration makes this show a great crowd pleaser.\nWild Blue Rodeo \u2013 Lt. Colonel Josh \u201cTater\u201d Boudreaux (Former U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighter Pilot)\nWild Blue is the humble little airplane who dreams of becoming a fighter jet. A real-life RV-8A, the character Wild Blue is the brainchild of entrepreneur and Team Owner Ms. LM \u201cLunar\u201d Sawyer, a veteran air show professional who also narrates each show performance. The Wild Blue Rodeo air show features a combination of high flying thrills and high-concept children\u2019s storytelling. Expertly piloted for the Milwaukee Air & Water Show veteran US Air Force F-16 fighter pilot, Lt. Colonel Josh \u201cTater\u201d Boudreaux, Wild Blue\u2019s story is woven around an exciting flying demonstration, hoping to inspire children and adults alike to dream without boundaries.\n2019 In the Water\nBefore you settle in to watch the spectacular Air Show, you won\u2019t want to miss the 2019 Water Show acts performing along the lakefront! Check out all the exciting action!\nMilwaukee Fire Dept. \u201cTrident Fireboat\u201d\nNow a tradition at the annual Air & Water Show, the Milwaukee Fire Dept. \u201cTrident Fireboat\u201d will demonstrate its capabilities on the waters of Lake Michigan. The Trident was dedicated in 2009, and is the newest addition to Milwaukee\u2019s fireboat fleet. A fireboat is a specialized watercraft with pumps and nozzles designed for fighting shoreline and shipboard fires. The first fireboats, dating to the late 18th century, were tugboats, retrofitted with firefighting equipment. They are frequently used for fighting fires on docks and shore side warehouses as they can directly attack fires in the supporting underpinnings of these structures. They also have an effectively unlimited supply of water available, pumping directly from below the hull. Some modern fireboats are capable of pumping tens of thousands of gallons of water per minute. Fireboats are most usually seen by the public when welcoming a fleet or historical ships with a display of their water moving capabilities, throwing arcs of water in every direction. They also carry divers or surface water rescue workers.\nU.S. Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City, MI\nHH-60 Jayhawk Rescue Helicopter Air-Sea Rescue Demonstration. Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City was established in 1946 and is a part of the United States Coast Guards Ninth District, and is situated on the southern end of Grand Traverse Bay in northern Michigan. Since 1995, Air Station Traverse City has controlled and manned Air Facilities throughout southern Lake Michigan. The Coast Guard completed upgrades to its fleet of 45 MH-60J Jayhawk medium range recovery helicopters in August 2016. Redesignated as MH-60Ts, the upgraded helicopters received new flight instruments and avionics, communications and navigation equipment. Air Station Traverse City is now transitioning back to the HH-60J this summer of 2017. The Milwaukee Air & Water Show is once again proud to feature U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City, Michigan.\n2019 On the Ground\n2019 Air & Water Show Major Exhibits & Displays. While you watch some of the world\u2019s best air and water show performers, there\u2019s also lots of other things to do at the event along Milwaukee\u2019s beautiful lakefront. We will have food and beverage vendors as well, ready to serve your hungry tummy and quench your thirst! We are proud to feature several major exhibits at the 2019 event, As well as many other sponsor displays and exhibits.\nA Milwaukee tradition \u2013 festivals and food! Whether you want to indulge your sweet tooth or keep the calories in check, you\u2019ll likely find what you need that hits the spot! Please support the Air & Water Show this year by coming down to the lakefront and strolling along Lincoln Memorial Drive to visit all the delicious food and beverage vendors!\nA-7D Corsair II \u201cGhostrider\u201d Cockpit Display\nGreat fun for Mom, Dad, and the Kids! We welcome back Dewey, who tours air shows across the U.S. with his classic A-7 Corsair cockpit display, featuring real helmets and instruments! The LTV A-7 Corsair II was an American carrier-capable subsonic light attack aircraft designed by Ling-Temco-Vought to replace the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk. Its airframe design was a somewhat smaller version of the supersonic Vought F-8 Crusader. The Corsair II initially entered service with the United States Navy (USN) during the Vietnam War. It was later adopted by the United States Air Force (USAF), including the Air National Guard, to replace the Douglas A-1 Skyrider, and North American F-100 Super Sabre. The aircraft was also exported to Greece in the 1970s, and Portugal in the late 1980s.\nAir and Water Show \u201cKidz Fun Zone\u201d\nGreat fun for Mom, Dad, and the Kids! The Milwaukee Air & Water Show will once again feature the Kids Fun zone at the event in 2018, sponsored by Music On The Move, which will be located in the middle of the event grounds. Great opportunity to watch the air show while keeping the kids busy!\nAir Show Souvenir Sales \u2013 Airshowmerchandise.com (Michael Tuley)\nince 2002, The Armed Forces Store specializes in high quality apparel and novelties featuring the US Navy Blue Angels, US Air Force Thunderbirds, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force and Army. We carry caps, t-shirts, golf shirts, sweatshirts, jackets and more. We sell direct at air shows across the USA and you\u2019ve probably seen us at a Blue Angels or Thunderbirds Air Show!! Armed Forces Store is your best source for quality merchandise and air show gear. Stop in to Bob and Sandy see their displays during the show!\nArmed Forces Store Airshow Merchandise Display (Bob & Sandy)\nSince 2002, The Armed Forces Store specializes in high quality apparel and novelties featuring the US Navy Blue Angels, US Air Force Thunderbirds, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force and Army. We carry caps, t-shirts, golf shirts, sweatshirts, jackets and more. We sell direct at air shows across the USA and you\u2019ve probably seen us at a Blue Angels or Thunderbirds Air Show!! Armed Forces Store is your best source for quality merchandise and air show gear.\nUSAF \u2013 X-1 Interactive Display\nThe X-1 Supercar is an interactive experience showcasing Air Force careers and technology. The display includes an experience trailer with games and videos, along with a Ford Mustang designed with Air Force technology, and is a real-life showcase of Air Force ingenuity, state-of the art-technology, imagination and input from some of the world\u2019s best mechanics. The technological features of the car provide visitors a small glimpse of the Air Force\u2019s modern airpower. The U.S. Air Force is best known for pilots and the aircraft they fly but, in addition to the many flight careers, the branch also employs Airmen in over 130 careers, over 50 of them dealing with multiple aspects of technology, mechanics, engineering and electronics. X-1 was the Air Force\u2019s first experiment in bringing the concept of Air Force speed and power to the streets.\nOutdoor Taste Exhibit\nLove meat? Come for a meat and greet with the Smithfield Mobile Tour during the Air & Water Show, for coupons, giveaways and samples! Get a taste of Nathan\u2019s Famous Franks, Eckrich smoked sausage and Smithfield bacon.\nOurdoor Discovery Tour\nAWS Welding Trailer American Welding Society\u2019s Virtual Welding Trailer Tour Promotes In-Demand Career Across the Country. Facing a critical shortage of over 310,000 welding professionals by 2019, the American Welding Society (AWS) is taking its Careers in Welding Trailer across the country in 2016 to give visitors the opportunity to try their hand at welding and learn more about a career path in the industry. The Careers in Welding Trailer is the only mobile exhibit on the road today that offers an educational experience combined with career information to educate visitors on the opportunities available in the welding industry.\nFitted with five virtual reality welding simulators, visitors can grab a welding gun and helmet equipped with internal monitors and put their skill to the test. Similar to a video game, the virtual welder then receives a score, allowing them to compete against others on board for the highest score In addition to the welding simulators, the 53 foot, single expandable trailer has 650 square feet of exhibit space that includes a display wall featuring eleven industry segments with trivia questions, fun facts, and industry artifacts; a \u201cDay in the Life of a Welder\u201d exhibit with videos depicting real-life environments in which welders work; a life size welder highlighting welding as a safe profession; a social media kiosk allowing visitors to take their photo and post to Facebook or email to a friend; welding scholarship information and more.\nPurchase tickets today to get the best seating for the air and water shows. Reserved seating is located primarily between the Northpoint Lot and McKinley Beach, at Center-Point. Reserved CenterPoint, Flight Line Club, and Sky Chalet VIP Seating is available for purchase.\nAre you interested in sponsoring the Milwaukee Air and Water Show? We offer sponsorship opportunities at varying levels, so companies or organizations of any size and budget can participate.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 127, "original_length": 28328, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 222.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://mondediplo.com/openpage/the-blowback-world-of-chalmers-johnson", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:49Z", "digest": "sha1:3PRTW6FFKWNIAPAO5WPKDMZBQD26YRMA", "length": 26611, "nlines": 55, "source_domain": "mondediplo.com", "title": "The blowback world of Chalmers Johnson, by Sheila K. Johnson (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, April 2011)", "raw_content": "/ First published in TomDispatch, 10 april 2011\nThe blowback world of Chalmers Johnson\nRemembering the man and his work\nby Sheila K. Johnson, 13 April 2011\nIn going through my husband\u2019s files, books, and papers after his death, I\u2019ve been forcibly struck by two things. First, contrary to what many of his obituaries said, his writings and thoughts were remarkably consistent throughout his life. In other words, he was not a right-winger who became more liberal and outspoken as he got older. More than most people suspected, he was a radical all along, whose intellectual impulses were tempered only by his birth in the Depression year of 1931 and his determination to make a decent living without \u201cjoining the establishment.\u201d Second \u2014 and it was an unavoidable recollection \u2014 he worked with manic energy and maniacally hard all his life.\nWhen we met in the fall of 1956, I was a 19-year-old junior at the University of California, Berkeley, \u201cshacked up\u201d with a boyfriend. Chal, by contrast, was six years older, and just returned from two years with the Navy in Korea, where the ship on which he was the communications officer, LST 883, had been tasked with ferrying Chinese prisoners of war from South Korea back to North Korean ports. He was living at home with his parents in Alameda to save money, and had only recently finished his master\u2019s thesis on \u201cthought reform\u201d in Communist China in the period just before and after Mao Zedong took over in 1949.\nWhen his LST was docked in Yokosuka, he started to study Japanese. As an undergraduate at Berkeley he\u2019d majored in economics, but he was now a graduate student in political science and teaching assistant for Robert Scalapino, whose course on \u201cAmerica\u2019s Role in the Far East\u201d I took. I had invited Chal to a Christmas party at my apartment (and even fixed him up with a date). In return, in January 1957 he decided to deliver my final grade in Scalapino\u2019s course in person. I wasn\u2019t home, but my boyfriend was and informed Chal that I was leaving him. (Even in those early days of \u201cfree love,\u201d I\u2019d concluded that for women the price was too high.)\nSeveral weeks later, I bumped into Chal on campus and he said, \u201cI hear you\u2019re a free woman. Can I invite you to do something interesting one of these days?\u201d And so our brief but intensive courtship began. We were married in May 1957 in Reno, Nevada, having left the car in a 15-minute parking zone. We returned to Berkeley the next day because we both had final exams to take.\nPeasant uprisings and Japanese spies\nRobert Scalapino was then best known as a Japan scholar. (He only later became influential in the China field.) On a trip to Japan, he had microfilmed the archives of a World War II era bureaucrat, Hatano Ken\u2019ichi, who had taken home his papers for safekeeping in advance of the American firebombing of Tokyo and simply kept them. Scalapino asked Chal to index this microfilmed collection, offering him the opportunity to use it for his Ph.D. dissertation.\nThus was born Chal\u2019s first book, Peasant Nationalism and Communist Power: The Emergence of Revolutionary China, 1937-1945. Hatano\u2019s archives included reports from the Japanese Army trying to conquer and pacify northern China. These focused on the stiff resistance being encountered among the peasants in that region then being organized by communist leader Mao Zedong. It seemed to Chal that these peasants weren\u2019t simply being seduced by Communism. They were joining Mao\u2019s movement for nationalistic reasons, thanks to the terrible \u201cburn all, loot all, kill all\u201d operations launched by the Japanese army, and so, in a sense, the Japanese military was propelling Mao toward future victory in a post-World War II civil war in China.\nPublished by Stanford University Press in 1962, Peasant Nationalism is still in print almost 50 years later. It certainly had its detractors, chief among them the Communist Chinese, who preferred to think of themselves as Marxist-Leninists rather than nationalists, and the defeated Kuomintang government, exiled to the island of Taiwan in 1949, which could never stomach the idea that it had deservedly lost the support of the Chinese population during World War II. For many years after the book\u2019s publication, Chal could not get a visa to either Beijing or Taiwan.\nThis didn\u2019t bother us much then because Chal was, after all, a budding Japan specialist. In 1961, a Ford Foundation grant sent us to Japan, where we lived in a small Japanese-style house in Tokyo. There, he wrote his first \u201cscholarly\u201d article, published by World Politics, a distinguished academic journal, in which he sought to apply the wartime Chinese experience to other revolutionary situations. In \u201cCivilian Loyalties and Guerrilla Conflict,\u201d he presciently argued:\n\u201cTo approach the subject of guerrilla warfare as a purely military doctrine is to court disaster\u2026 General political and economic considerations must be taken into account, such as the abilities of local elites, the nature of a country\u2019s economy, its class structure, and a host of other variables that can only be altered by long-term reforms. By the time guerrilla warfare has actually broken out, the conflict may already be lost to the defenders and require a negotiated or stalemate solution.\u201d\nIn Tokyo, Chal haunted the used bookstores of Jinbocho, and it was here that a very interesting bookseller he had met handed him a 1930s volume by Ozaki Hotsumi, a journalist who had worked in prewar Shanghai for the major Japanese newspaper Asahi. On reading the book, Chal was struck that a Japanese of that era could have written quite so frankly and insightfully about his country\u2019s disastrous policies in China. Only later did he learn more about the author, a well-regarded journalist and adviser to the Japanese government, who, as it turned out, also became a spy for the Russians.\nAfter Adolf Hitler\u2019s armies invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, Ozaki and Richard Sorge, the head of the spy ring, were credited with assuring the Russians that the Japanese army would strike south into Southeast Asia rather than at Russia, permitting Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin to move troops from Siberia to defend Moscow against the German onslaught and so save the city. Ozaki and Sorge were both arrested in Japan in 1941 and executed in November 1944.\nI believe the conundrum faced by Ozaki \u2014 his dismay over his country\u2019s war in China and his personal decision to aid the enemy \u2014 deeply influenced Chal and affected many of his own political beliefs. As we made our way back to the U.S. in the summer of 1962 via a slow boat to Europe, Chal told me the story of Ozaki\u2019s life, and said, \u201cI think I\u2019ll write an article about him.\u201d I suggested that it sounded more like a book.\nAn Instance of Treason: Ozaki Hotsumi and the Sorge Spy Ring came out in 1962 and, though now out of print, remains a remarkably empathetic portrait of a traitor and a spy. Meanwhile, Chal had been hired by Scalapino to teach Chinese politics at Berkeley. Because even then it was not considered intellectually \u201ccool\u201d to be typecast as an \u201carea specialist,\u201d Chal decided to offer a graduate seminar on revolutions and guerrilla warfare. This would lead to his next book, Revolutionary Change, published in 1966, an important theoretical work, but also, in hindsight, a bit nutty.\nEarly in our marriage Chal and I had discussed whether it was possible to construct what we called a \u201cFascistograph.\u201d The idea was to come up with a checklist of things going wrong in a country that might herald the imminent arrival of fascism \u2014 so that one could get out in time. (This was, in part, triggered by conversations with some of our own professors, including Hannah Arendt, about how and when they made the decision to leave Hitler\u2019s Germany and go into exile prior to World War II.) For Revolutionary Change, Chal tried to develop various \u201cmeasures\u201d of social disequilibrium that might indeed signal the onset of a revolution. These included rises in suicides and violent crimes, in the numbers of police and military forces, and in the circulation of certain kinds of ideological magazines.\nWhen the book finally went out of print in 1982, Stanford University Press offered to bring out a second edition, but we all agreed that the chapter on measuring \u201cdisequilibrium\u201d had to go. Chal replaced it with two new ones \u2014 on terrorism as a revolutionary strategy and on theories of revolution. On March 2, 1986, the Los Angeles Times reported that General Juan Ponce Enrile, in abandoning Filipino autocrat Ferdinand Marcos and joining Cory Aquino\u2019s revolution, threw three books into his knapsack: Sun Tzu\u2019s The Art of War, a volume on the idea of law, and Chalmers Johnson\u2019s Revolutionary Change. Reading that, we could only laugh and hope that the volume he grabbed was the second, revised edition (still in print in 2011).\nThe decade from 1965 to 1975 could be called our China years, although it was also the crucial decade for America\u2019s war in Vietnam and for student protests on college campuses, not least among them Berkeley. In 1965, we moved to the then-British colony of Hong Kong to spend nine months as \u201cChina Watchers.\u201d That was communist China we were eying, of course, a place we Americans still couldn\u2019t visit.\nMao\u2019s Cultural Revolution was just beginning. As Chal became increasingly convinced of the harm it was inflicting on China\u2019s people and economy, many of his students back in California were turning into sincere Maoist camp followers, even as they were also protesting the U.S. involvement in Vietnam. In these years, Chal became a temporary convert to \u201cthe domino theory\u201d \u2014 the idea that \u201closing\u201d one more country to communism could set off a kind of global chain reaction.\nAnd yet, in 1973, he published a little book, Autopsy on People\u2019s War, in which he argued that Maoist theories of \u201cpeople\u2019s war\u201d would not lead to a general Asian conflagration. \u201cIt is useful to be reminded,\u201d he wrote, \u201cthat revolutions in the modern sense are also, in fact, civil wars. If other nations want to make a successful adjustment to them, they cannot ignore the fact that a domestic fight is going on between people who are agitated by issues other than the general course of human history. For this reason direct intervention in one is generally the worst thing that a prudent nation can do \u2014 not because the revolution is unimportant either ideologically or to the world balance of power but because foreign intervention, if it fails, is bound to antagonize in the most direct manner the victorious revolutionary state.\u201d\nIt was an uncomfortable time to be the chairman of Berkeley\u2019s Center for Chinese Studies and a consultant for the CIA\u2019s Board of National Estimates. Chal had accepted CIA Director Richard Helms\u2019s invitation to become a consultant because he believed the Agency was then producing some of the most accurate reporting on China (and also, as would later be revealed, on Vietnam). At the same time, Chal also managed to write and publish another book about Japan, Conspiracy at Matsukawa \u2014 a complicated tale set during the post-World War II American occupation of that country that revealed a great deal about Japanese police methods and American interference in the country\u2019s politics.\nThe summer it came out, Chal spent a month by himself in Japan, decompressing from five turbulent years in Berkeley. During this time he wrote me a series of charming letters about his sudden realization that he was tired of following the ups and downs of Maoist China at a distance and wanted to return to doing concrete research about Japan. An old Japanese friend suggested that he should take up the study of an important branch of Japan\u2019s bureaucracy, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry, or MITI, a subject that would come to preoccupy him for a decade.\nIn 1974, he was the first person to explain in English the Japanese system of amakudari, whereby retired bureaucrats were hired by big businesses to smooth their future relations with the government that regulated them \u2014 not unlike the revolving door in Washington that regularly spins retiring politicians and retired military officers into the arms of large American firms eager to lobby the government.\nIn 1975, he published an important article, \u201cJapan: Who Governs? An Essay on Official Bureaucracy,\u201d but with a sabbatical from teaching looming, he also wondered whether he needed to write yet another book. Hadn\u2019t he already written enough about MITI? \u201cWell,\u201d I said, \u201cyou have all of this historical material. It would be a pity just to throw it away.\u201d\nAnd so, in the fall of 1980, Chal began work on MITI and the Japanese Miracle: The Growth of Industrial Policy, 1925-1975. He started, as he always did, by first reading through all his files and indexing whatever he wanted to use. Knowing the story he wanted to tell, he then wrote with intensity and speed, producing two chapters a month. He was working this fast, he told me, because the material was so complex that he could hold it in his head only a short time. With eight chapters in hand, he was exhausted. When he told me, \u201cI was going to write a concluding chapter, but I\u2019ve said it all, haven\u2019t I?\u201d I agreed.\nWe sent off the manuscript to Jess Bell, a friend and the publisher of Chal\u2019s other books at Stanford University Press. He wrote back that he would, of course, publish the book, but it did need a concluding chapter, a \u201ctake-home\u201d message. We laughed, because we realized he was right.\nChal was then well aware that one of the unusual and controversial aspects of his description of MITI and its World War II-era predecessor, the Ministry of Munitions, was the continuity between them in both practices and personnel. Unlike most books about modern Japan that drew a sharp dividing line at the Japanese defeat in 1945, Chal\u2019s did not. He knew that his implicit message, if made explicit, might just as well have been labeled the jocular title adman Jerry Della Femina once proposed for a Panasonic ad: From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor. Still, he wrote a concluding chapter in record time, and when the book was published in early 1982, both he and Jess were amused that reviewers singled it out for special praise.\nIn the fall of 1982, our home phone rang and it was Henry Rosovsky, then dean of the Harvard faculty as well as a friend who had taught at Berkeley and been a member of Chal\u2019s Ph.D. orals committee. I knew at once what this call was about: like a summons from the Vatican, Harvard had at last decided to offer Chal a job.\nOf course, we would go for a \u201clook-over\u201d and give it serious thought. We knew a number of people at Harvard, even if we worried about the winter climate because of Chal\u2019s rheumatoid arthritis. As it turned out, we liked Boston and Cambridge a great deal, but Harvard struck us both as too patrician and too full of itself. Chal asked one of his Harvard friends what he would be asked to teach, and the reply was: \u201cOh, Chalmers, at the level you\u2019re being hired, you don\u2019t have to teach anything you don\u2019t want to. The only thing you must never refuse is a request to speak to the Harvard alumni.\u201d\nAs we flew back to California, Chal commented glumly, \u201cThey want me as a moose-head professor \u2014 to hang my head on the wall and say they\u2019ve bagged me.\u201d We chose to stay at Berkeley for another six years.\nEven before the MITI book was published, the Japanese had expressed an interest in translating it, and the first reactions there were great pride in Chal\u2019s description of their postwar economic growth and how it had been achieved. But as Japan\u2019s trade deficits with the U.S. grew along with calls for U.S. tariffs on Japanese automobiles and other products, Chal came to be characterized as a \u201cJapan-basher.\u201d\nIt\u2019s true that writing MITI and the Japanese Miracle had reawakened his interest in economic theory, and he did, in the end, come to agree with critics who accused Japan of not providing a level playing field. He was, however, also interested in seeing the U.S. adopt some of Japan\u2019s state-guided development methods or \u201cindustrial policy.\u201d This was anathema to most American economists and politicians, and so Chal came under attack from Americans as well. When Japan\u2019s economy became stagnant, while China\u2019s (also heavily state-guided) economy began to grow rapidly, MITI\u2019s methods were simply dismissed in the United States.\nIn the winter of 1985, Chal had his first major \u201cepisode\u201d of rheumatoid arthritis, a disease he had been diagnosed with in his early twenties. In fact, a Navy doctor even suggested he could use it to avoid serving in the military, a suggestion that Chal declined. For the next 30 years, he survived on large doses of aspirin or stronger painkillers. Then, in the space of a few hours, he suddenly was running a high fever, while his body, painful even to the touch of a sheet, became as rigid as an I-beam. A week in the hospital on heavy doses of cortisone sent him back to the university with a cane and the need to lecture sitting down. Like a midlife heart attack, that incident acted as a wake-up call, and we began to think about moving to a warmer, drier climate.\nIn 1987, the San Diego campus of the University of California was creating a new School of International Relations and Pacific Studies that would offer an MA combining business courses with Asian area studies and languages. It seemed like an interesting experiment and a good fit for Chal\u2019s interests and abilities. When he began working there in 1988, Chal was 57 years old and we assumed that he would teach for at least eight more years. Then as now, however, the state of California was experiencing big budget deficits and the university was anxious to retire highly paid senior professors and replace them with cheaper, often temporary, staff.\nSo in 1992, Chal took early retirement. His departure was acrimonious because by then it was clear that much of the faculty at his school was determined to study Asia through the lens of \u201crational choice theory.\u201d Much like other theories that sweep through academic disciplines \u2014 structural-functionalism, behaviorism, Marxism \u2014 rational choice theory provided a template (with its own specialized, jargonistic vocabulary) to explain how nations function, whereas Chal\u2019s approach was always to proceed inductively, beginning with the data on the ground.\nHe wrote several stinging, acerbic articles about trends in academic political science, and then \u2014 quite by accident \u2014 he was offered a chance to form a small \u201cthink-tank\u201d in which to showcase what he considered good research on Asian societies. It was called the Japan Policy Research Institute (JPRI), and for almost 12 years it would publish monthly papers on north and southeast Asia, hold conferences open to the public, promote books, and focus attention on much neglected policy issues, including the heavily U.S.-garrisoned Japanese island of Okinawa, which Chal came to call \u201cthe American Raj.\u201d\nThe blowback era\nIn 1991, the Soviet Union simply disappeared and the Cold War was officially over, but as Chal quickly noted, no \u201cpeace dividend\u201d followed. The American Raj simply sailed blissfully on as if nothing whatsoever had happened. This caught Chal\u2019s attention, along with what he later came to call \u201cthe American empire of bases\u201d and the full-scale garrisoning of the planet that went with it. For the rest of his life he would focus his energies on the subject of American militarism, an ever more bloated military-industrial complex, and of course the growing power of the Pentagon, which in a weird sense functioned as an American MITI.\nOn September 4, 1995, three American servicemen abducted and raped a 12-year-old Okinawan girl, provoking widespread anger and demonstrations on the island. In response, Chal began to write extensively about those American bases on Okinawa, which had been established as World War II ended and never stopped growing. In late September of the following year, he was invited by the island\u2019s governor to address members of the prefectural government and tour the island. Never one to mince words, Chal also spoke at Tokyo\u2019s Foreign Correspondents\u2019 Club after his trip and summed up the Okinawan situation this way: \u201cThe American government is the rapist; the Japanese government is the pimp.\u201d\nIn March, 1998, U.S. News and World Report carried a small piece of his called \u201cEnter the Dragon: Ten Reasons to Worry About Asia\u2019s Economic Crisis.\u201d Literary agent Sandra Dijkstra read it and contacted Chal to see whether he was thinking about writing a book on the subject. As a matter of fact he was, having decided to distill his 40 years of studying and teaching about China, Japan, and Korea into essays that would reflect on U.S. policy in Asia since World War II.\nDuring the Cold War, the Soviet Union had acquired an empire but, Chal argued, so had we. After the dismantling of the Berlin Wall, Eastern Europe and many parts of the Soviet Union itself \u2014 Ukraine, Georgia, Belarus, Kyrgystan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan \u2014 declared their independence, while the U.S. only expanded its overseas military bases. Chal decided to call his book \u201cBlowback\u201d (a term of tradecraft he\u2019d first heard at the CIA for operations so secret that when they \u201cblew back\u201d on the U.S., ordinary Americans had no clue as to the connection). Even in those relatively quiet years of the 1990s when American pundits and others spoke of this country as the \u201csole superpower\u201d on planet Earth, or even its towering \u201chyperpower,\u201d he became convinced that there would be a time of reckoning for the U.S., as there had been for the Soviet Union, and that it would not be as far off as almost everyone imagined.\nChal explained what happened next:\n\u201cI wrote Blowback between 1997 and 1999, and it was published in March 2000 [by Metropolitan Books]. In the summer of 2000, I signed another contract with [Metropolitan] to write a new book, but at that time I conceived it as a book about Asia \u2014 particularly China, Japan, and Korea \u2014 and their relationships with the U.S. Blowback sold reasonably well throughout 2000 and the first part of 2001, but after 9/11 it suddenly began to jump off bookstore shelves. So I stopped and wrote a new, post-9/11 preface to Blowback and did a lot of journalism and radio interviews; and I found that I had quite a lot more to say on the whole subject of blowback and, more particularly, on how the American government was reacting to the threat of terrorism and al-Qaeda. I scrapped my earlier book outline and wrote a new one, and for the next 15 months I worked like someone possessed on this new book.\u201d\nThe Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic was published in January 2004. At its heart lay a region by region anatomy of America\u2019s global \u201cbaseworld\u201d and how it worked, a subject that remained remarkably undiscussed and unanalyzed in this country. Subsequently, Chal gave many speeches and interviews in an effort to help deny George W. Bush \u2014 \u201clikely the single worst president in the history of the American republic\u201d \u2014 a second term. When Bush was reelected and the wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan continued to take their human and economic toll, he became determined to write a third book in what would become The Blowback Trilogy.\nThis time his tone was more alarmist, while his focus was on the way an American version of military Keynesianism was failing the country. He feared that the U.S. would be simultaneously overwhelmed by related tides of militarism and bankruptcy. Reflecting his own grim mood, he chose for his title the name of the Greek goddess of myth whose task was to punish human arrogance and hubris: Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic. In it, he pulled together many of his thoughts about the fate of empires \u2014 particularly the Roman and British ones \u2014 and predicted that, in the reasonably near future, the U.S. would have to choose between remaining a democratic society or becoming a military dictatorship.\nNemesis was published in January 2007, and given Chal\u2019s increasing arthritic debility (by then, he was often using a wheelchair), I didn\u2019t expect him to write another book. He was, by then, reading so many books by others (including Andrew Bacevich, Steve Coll, Tim Weiner, and Tim Shorrock) on events of the moment that he continued to produce a steady stream of op-eds, articles, and reviews. By the spring of 2009, Tom Engelhardt, the editor of The Blowback Trilogy and director of the website TomDispatch.com, suggested that there were enough of his recent essays to collect in a small volume. The three of us read through them and Tom, with his usual talent for discovering a path through the underbrush, found the common thread.\nBy the time Dismantling the Empire was published in April 2010, the sustained work Chal had kept up for more than 50 years was simply beyond him. He could barely move or sign his name. In September, even that became impossible. We had decided that more hospital stays were not what we wanted, and so on September 15, 2010, he entered hospice care. A hospital bed was delivered to our family room, overlooking our garden and the Pacific Ocean that had played such an important role in his life. Friends could visit, we watched the TV news every evening, and our cat Seiji (successor to felines Miti and Mof) slept at his feet.\nAs his life slowly ebbed, Chal would sometimes exclaim in great agitation, \u201cI don\u2019t know what to do.\u201d I always replied, \u201cYou don\u2019t have to do anything, you\u2019ve done enough.\u201d Toward the end, he changed this line to \u201cI can\u2019t do it anymore.\u201d By then, I wasn\u2019t sure whether he was talking about the intellectual tasks he\u2019d always set himself or about life itself.\nChal was a formidable and \u2014 I\u2019m tempted to say \u2014 driven man. After his death, I received a letter from a high school friend who said much the same thing. \u201cI always admired Chal\u2019s ability to really focus in on an interest. I hate to use the word, but it bordered on zealotry. An example was his \u2018passion\u2019 for collecting streetcar and bus transfer slips. As I recall, they were colorful and contained a lot of information about the routes.\u201d\nI had to laugh when I read this, and I offer it as a piece of advice to parents who may have similarly focused kids: don\u2019t worry if they\u2019re memorizing baseball statistics. It may lead to something far more important.\nAnthropologist, freelance writer, and editor.\nSheila K. Johnson is an anthropologist, freelance writer, and editor. Her husband\u2019s final book, Dismantling the Empire: America\u2019s Last Best Hope (Metropolitan Books), has just appeared in paperback.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 106, "original_length": 29567, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 183.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://money.cnn.com/2014/05/28/news/companies/gm-recall-death/index.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:33Z", "digest": "sha1:UVNHUIX6PMHC7J4R5W52T5MD7FYVDLIM", "length": 2103, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "money.cnn.com", "title": "Two died in 2006 Cobalt crash. But GM counts only one", "raw_content": "Two died in 2006 Cobalt crash. But GM counts only one\nby Jennifer Liberto @jenliberto May 28, 2014: 2:31 PM ET\nThe death of Natasha Weigel, who was in the backseat of a GM Cobalt that crashed in 2006, is not counted among the 13 fatalities stemming from an ignition switch failure.\nNatasha Weigel, 18, and her friend Amy Rademaker, 15, died from car crash injuries in October 2006, after their Chevy Cobalt hit a tree in St. Croix County, Wisconsin.\nAmy was sitting in the passenger seat in the front. Natasha was in the back.\nHowever, General Motors counts only Amy's death among the 13 caused by ignition switch failures.\nNatasha's family learned last month from government safety regulators that she is not on GM's list of confirmed deaths.\nThe reason: Amy's front-seat airbag didn't activate, a problem with the ignition switch failures. Since Natasha was in the backseat, which didn't have airbags, her death was not tied to an unactivated airbag. She died 11 days after the accident from head injuries. The driver was also injured but survived.\nGM confirmed to CNNMoney that its list includes only those in the front seat of cars whose airbags didn't inflate.\n\"I don't understand how Amy can be on that list and not Natasha,\" said Ken Rimer, Natasha's step father. \"Had the ignition switch not failed, they'd both be alive.\"\nGeneral Motors has yet to reach out to either girls' parents directly. Both parents say they learned about the tie between the accident and the ignition switch problem earlier this year. They are represented by the same lawyer, Robert Hilliard of Texas, and joined a lawsuit with other victims suing GM in March.\nAmy's mother, Margie Beskau, received an email from the government around April 11 that her daughter was one of the victims. She was surprised that Natasha's name wasn't on that list.\n\"GM is trying to pass this off as an airbag problem, and it's not,\" Beskau said.\nGM declined to comment on the lawsuit. But spokesman Greg Martin said that \"GM has taken responsibility for its actions and will keep doing so.\"\n--CNN's Chris Isidore contributed to this report.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 194, "original_length": 5444, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 316.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/books/gord-downie-biographer-wanted-to-tell-why-we-cared-so-much-about-this-man-and-the-tragically-hip", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:42:33Z", "digest": "sha1:GGHZCJCYO3ZMBBRUXNKK3U647V4TE3ZX", "length": 8018, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "montrealgazette.com", "title": "Gord Downie biographer wanted \u2018to tell why we cared so much about this man\u2019 and the Tragically Hip | Montreal Gazette", "raw_content": "Gord Downie biographer wanted 'to tell why we cared so much about this man' and the Tragically Hip\nMichael Barclay will be at POP Montreal to discuss his book The Never-Ending Present: The Story of Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip.\nIt hardly needs recapping, fresh as it is in Canada\u2019s collective memory, but the basic facts are this: the singer and lyricist of our most popular band is diagnosed with terminal brain cancer; the band\u2019s valedictory national tour is the scene of large-scale emotional catharsis; fully one-third of the country watches the final concert on TV; the singer then takes it upon himself, in the little time he has left, to complete an artistic reconciliation project addressing the national shame of residential schools. He dies, aged 53, on Oct. 17, 2017.\nMichael Barclay, music critic and co-author of the definitive CanRock history Have Not Been the Same, was closely watching Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip along with nearly everyone else during this time. Concerned lest the Hip\u2019s multi-faceted history be \u201creduced to flag-waving or a cancer narrative,\u201d he decided to tell it himself. Denied access to the band members (\u201cI did not necessarily expect them to talk, and I respect that. It was a very emotionally sensitive time, for one thing\u201d), he went ahead regardless, and The Never-Ending Present: The Story of Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip (ECW, 482 pages, $34.95) is the fruit of his determination. Woven from a vast range of secondary sources as well as new interviews with crucial figures in the band\u2019s community and orbit, shot through with both a critic\u2019s rigour and a fan\u2019s fervour, it\u2019s a book fully worthy of its beloved subjects\u2019 unique place in the Canadian firmament.\nSo, all good, right? The best biographies are invariably the unauthorized ones, after all. But Downie\u2019s bandmate Rob Baker wasn\u2019t having it, and the guitarist took to social media to let the world know. \u201cDon\u2019t believe everything you read,\u201d Baker tweeted in April. \u201cI saw a few paragraphs and almost blew my coffee out my nose.\u201d\nBaker\u2019s words were uncharitable at the very least, especially considering that the band\u2019s camp had declined the proffered chance to check the finished manuscript for precisely the kind of inaccuracies Baker claimed to see, but declined to specify, after the book was out in the world.\n\u201cI wrote a book about what nice guys they are, and (Baker) said it was largely fictional,\u201d Barclay said evenly on the phone from his Toronto home last week. \u201cSo take that for what it is. He has mused about writing his own book, so maybe he views this as competition. Which he should not. You\u2019d really have to ask him.\u201d (The Montreal Gazette reached out to the Tragically Hip\u2019s record label, and was relayed this message: \u201cThe Michael Barclay book was not authorized by the band, so they would not quote on it.\u201d)\nThe supreme irony of this scenario is that The Never-Ending Present is as respectful, in intent and effect, as any biography can be. Barclay truly comes to give the Tragically Hip their due.\n\u201cI wanted, in the midst of all the emotion at the end, to tell why we cared so much about this man and this band in the first place,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, not just the story of their last couple of years \u2014 which is huge; you could write a book just about that tour, about performers dealing with disease in a very public way, about reconciliation. But also about the role of poetry as lyrics and vice versa, and performance and hockey and tribute bands and so many other elements that lead to a much bigger conversation.\u201d\nFor Barclay, that conversation encompasses some things the faithful might deem apostasy: a refreshing candour about some of the band\u2019s lesser-regarded later work, and a calling-out of the bad behaviour shown by overly macho segments of concertgoing Hip Nation.\n\u201cI resisted the dominant notion that if you don\u2019t like this band, you\u2019re not Canadian,\u201d he said. \u201cThat kind of bullying superiority really came to fruition during the (final) tour, and it\u2019s something I just find so obnoxious. So, in a book where I\u2019m completely complicit in asserting the cultural dominance of my subject, I wanted to make sure that that other perspective was in there. Seriously, it\u2019s OK not to like this band!\u201d\nNot wanting death to take over the narrative, Barclay still does Downie\u2019s tragedy justice. The singer\u2019s diagnosis, illness and passing came at a time when a spate of music-icon deaths \u2014 Leonard Cohen, Prince, David Bowie, Tom Petty \u2014 was teaching a generation a kind of performative grief, expressed mostly online. The difference with Downie, Barclay emphasized, was the public aspect.\n\u201cIt\u2019s extremely rare that we are confronted with tragedy, reckon with it, and then watch it play out. Normally we hear about the death of an icon, we go through the mourning, and then we move on. But this time we literally went to see him. When he did die, I don\u2019t know that sadness was the emotion that I felt. Ask anybody who has had terminal family \u2014 there\u2019s relief that the pain is over. That\u2019s a very different kind of public grief than what we saw with Bowie or Prince.\u201d\nLegacy being such a modern-day buzzword, how would Barclay foresee the Hip\u2019s standing in, say, 2028?\n\u201cWell, elementary school children know who Gord Downie is. They don\u2019t know who (Blue Rodeo\u2019s) Greg Keelor is. And it\u2019s because of the tragedy and (Chanie Wenjack-themed Downie solo album) Secret Path. If he were still healthy and alive, would that album be as impactful, or would it be just another solo album that gets a modicum of attention? The world had not been clamouring for a new Gord Downie solo record. So it\u2019s the last two years of his life that define his legacy, and there\u2019s no question that he is now a Terry Fox figure in Canadian history. He\u2019s at that level.\u201d\nAnd the legacy of the band and its music moving forward?\n\u201cI\u2019d say a lot of that rests with the future of rock \u2018n\u2019 roll itself,\u201d he said, sounding less than bullish on rock \u2018n\u2019 roll\u2019s prospects.\nAsked to choose a personal favourite song from the Hip canon, Barclay went all the way back to 1989 and the lead single from the band\u2019s first full-length album, Up to Here.\n\u201cIt\u2019s Blow at High Dough, and the reason is a line in the chorus,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve known this song my entire life, I\u2019ve sung it out loud, but somehow until 2016 I didn\u2019t notice this: \u2018Sometimes the faster it gets, the less you need to know / But \u2026 the smarter it gets, the further it\u2019s gonna go.\u2019 That sums up their entire career, how smart they were in the way they conducted themselves professionally and musically. For them to have been that aware right at the start is really something.\n\u201cFrom the solo work, I\u2019ll say Trick Rider \u2014 a song about parenting, about trusting your child, with a gorgeous harmony from Julie Doiron. I love that whole record (Coke Machine Glow), but that song especially.\u201d\nOne of the most indelible images among the many from Downie\u2019s graceful and courageous final months happened at a Toronto Raptors home game, when the visibly ailing singer approached Drake courtside. The two embraced, and Canada\u2019s biggest current international music star paid sincere homage to the man he would soon address in a posthumous tribute as, simply, \u201cLegend.\u201d An unplanned meeting of two very different Canadian worlds and generations, it was a powerful moment.\n\u201cIt was,\u201d agreed Barclay, who describes the scene in the book. \u201cThat was a magnanimous thing for Downie to do, and very much in character. And hey, what wouldn\u2019t you give to find out what they were whispering to each other?\u201d\nThe Never-Ending Present: The Story of Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip has its official Montreal launch, featuring Michael Barclay in conversation with Sean Michaels, on Thursday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. at La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly, 176 Bernard St. W. The event is presented as part of POP Montreal. Admission is free.\nDance: Sex, death and gamekeepers as Lady Chatterley and Giselle ignite... Concert review: Hearts go boom for Paul McCartney at the Bell...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 300, "original_length": 13022, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 252.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/surete-du-quebec-investigates-hudson-home-invasion", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:37Z", "digest": "sha1:BFRLBFDTXWE5VLK2O7IWO74PDM4QC3MC", "length": 672, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "montrealgazette.com", "title": "S\u00fbret\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec investigates Hudson home invasion | Montreal Gazette", "raw_content": "S\u00fbret\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec investigates Hudson home invasion\nTwo men entered the home on Pine St. around 2:15 a.m. Sunday looking for cash and were able to get away with a few objects.\nThe S\u00fbret\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec is investigating an overnight home invasion in Hudson.\nA spokesperson for the provincial police force said two men entered the home on Pine St. around 2:15 a.m. Sunday looking for cash and were able to get away with a few objects. A woman was in the home at the time; she was not injured.\nThe SQ\u2019s major crimes unit is investigating the incident. No arrests have been made\nSuburban mayors continue push for agglomeration reform Firefighters rescue family of four in \u00cele-Bizard", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 272, "original_length": 5081, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 241.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://moon-child.net/the-relationships-of-over-givers-fixers-and-empaths/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:38Z", "digest": "sha1:5QO5I2M3UPQPG3R756S7MYXYUYLOAVFD", "length": 5072, "nlines": 35, "source_domain": "moon-child.net", "title": "The Relationships of Over-Givers, Fixers, and Empaths \u2013 Stay Wild Moon Child", "raw_content": "Usually, we describe people who help other people with the terms- giver, kind-hearted, nurturer, selfless and altruistic. We believe that this is something that comes naturally to these people.\nBut the reason why some people simply over-give isn\u2019t that glorious. You weren\u2019t expecting that, right? Well, it is said that this over giving behavior is actually something that these people learned in their childhood.\nThe thing is that our childhood shapes our behavior as adults, and coping mechanisms, concepts, and beliefs are skills people learned in order to survive.\nHowever sometimes these coping mechanisms, beliefs, and concepts needed as kids aren\u2019t really healthy as adults. Read on and learn the harsh truth and the difference between the fixer, empath, and over-giver.\nThe term empath usually used means the ability to pick up the feelings of others around you.\nHowever, some people believe that the capability to sense the feelings of others, same as the need to fix others, help, and over-give is a part of codependency.\nThe ability to sense others might be a expertise learned in childhood, where you had to read the behavior of your caregiver since a wrong interpretation might mean withholding of affection, physical harm, verbal abuse and many things a parent should never do to a kid.\nThe kid picks up non-subtle and subtle emotional and physical vibrations and cues to know when it is safe to approach. Adults use this skill to connect with others that match that vibration they are accustomed to.\nHowever, this having this skill as an adult can be bad since psychopaths and narcissists can also sense you.\nIt is believed that the fixer is usually someone who as a child had to be the parent. Meaning as a kid, they were the ones in control of their siblings, and parents.\nThis is usually a result of neglecting parents. The kid is a fixer since someone had to take the control. These kids learned to suppress their own wants and needs. Why?\nBecause expressing them gets them nowhere and if done at the wrong time some form of punishment might occur. These kids learn that the needs of others are more important than theirs.\nThey learn that other individuals cannot be depended upon and trusted and that they should to be neglected. If they have a codependent parent, they will see this behavior as normal.\nFor example, if their mother is tiptoeing around their father while drunk, trying their best not to give him a reason to act out, the kid will copy this same behavior.\nWhen adults the behavior as fixer manifests by the kind of romantic partners, they choose to go after. They might have a romantic partner that needs to be taken care of.\nThey might go after unstable partners, just for them to be the one that is stable.\nThe Over-Giver\nIt is thought that people who over-give believe they aren\u2019t enough.\nThey think that to be chosen and get the attention they need what they must do is give more, be more and have more than the rest.\nWhy they do this? Because as kids they got the message that there is something wrong with them, that they need to work on themselves to be better. Being who they are wasn\u2019t enough.\nUsually, these people have a partner who is a parasite or a user. They stay in bad and toxic relationship. Why is that? It is like that since as kids they are taught that you have to bear with things and that there is no way out.\nOver-givers do their best to please their partners and end up being told that they will never be good enough. They are willing to do everything to save their partner even if that means ruining themselves.\nMore About These Behaviors\nThey were born of necessity as a child. These behaviors were a coping mechanism and the way as kids we learned to survive, but as adults, these same behaviors lead to toxic relationships.\nIn order to break these behaviors, you need to use mindfulness. Understand that they are destructive behaviors and that they are an automatic response to how others behave.\nUnderstand what you are doing. Once you recognize it, there are a couple of things you should do.\n#1 Stop with it immediately and take a step back.\n#2 Sit back and think why you are doing it.\n#3 Ask yourself: \u201cAre my wants and needs being met?\u201dIs this good for me?\u201d Am I happy?\u201d\nWhen you do something over and over again, it becomes a habit.\nEnd your toxic behavior, and you won\u2019t be in a toxic relationship. Remember that practicing self-care doesn\u2019t make you selfish. You must make sure that you are not taken advantage of and that your wants and needs are actually met.\nHaving a partner who abuses and uses you will never make you happy, and it is not self-care. Realize that you are worth it. You\u2019re worthy of having a happy and fulfilled life. Breaking the abusive patterns is the one crucial thing to self-care.\nBreaking the patterns is the key to a healthy and happy life. Yes, it takes work and commitment, but it is worth it. It is better to be alone than with someone who makes you unhappy and uses you.\nRemember that you are better than that.\nThe October New Moon Will Affect These 4 Signs The Least", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 81, "original_length": 6328, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 318.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://mopt.com.au/about/sports-precinct/tennis/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:22Z", "digest": "sha1:CZ437LPO5CCNAE3CR3WKSQ6K6JCJ563Y", "length": 1808, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "mopt.com.au", "title": "Tennis - Melbourne & Olympic Parks", "raw_content": "Melbourne Park was officially opened in 1988, with the first tennis ball hit in January at the Australian Open. Steffi Graf and Mats Wilander became the inaugural singles champions.\nPreviously known as 'Flinders Park' or the 'National Tennis Centre', Melbourne Park's primary arena (Centre Court) was renamed Rod Laver Arena in 2000, in recognition of Rod Laver's remarkable tennis career. Laver achieved the Grand Slam twice and cemented himself as Australia's greatest and one of the world's best ever male tennis champions.\nIn terms of sport, tennis has brought worldwide recognition for the venue. The Australian Open, one of only four annual Grand Slam Tournaments, has been held every year at Melbourne Park since 1988. And aside from the Australian Open, Rod Laver Arena was the scene for Australia's last Davis Cup Triumph in 2003, when the Aussies took advantage of the drop-in grass court to defeat Spain.\nThe courts were resurfaced prior to the 2008 Australian Open, the blue Plexicushion surface giving Melbourne Park a fresh new look. This coincided with a spike in attendances (just over 600,000), which has continued to grow with a record 686,006 attending the 2012 tournament. In 2013, the Grand Slam one day record of 80,735 for the 6th day (Heineken Saturday) was set.\nBest of all, the general public can play on the same courts graced by the World's best, take a tour of Rod Laver Arena and wander through Garden Square where the busts of dozens of Aussie champions and their achievements are on display.\nCommencing in May 2010, the Melbourne Park Redevelopment will see tennis go from strength to strength, and lock in the Australian Open to be enjoyed by future generations of Victorians.\nFor further tournament information about tennis, click here to visit the Tennis Australia website.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 205, "original_length": 5143, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 179.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://movementontheground.com/our-team/charlie-macgregor-19232", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:48Z", "digest": "sha1:7UWVFCKUI2JGOE6XIR6YNYUSG6R73RCS", "length": 503, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "movementontheground.com", "title": "Charlie MacGregor - Movement On The Ground", "raw_content": "Charlie Macgregor is CEO of The Student Hotel, a company with strong core values reflecting inclusiveness, unity and social responsibility. Charlie has supported many humanitarian efforts over the past years and was moved to act when the first images from Lesvos flooded the news and could no longer be ignored. He joined Adil and Johnny in the fall of 2015 in setting up Movement on the Ground, and has since committed himself and his network to helping the current crisis. He is one of the 5 founders.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 68, "original_length": 1800, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 173.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://mreveryone.com/2016/09/08/notes-on-my-phone/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:35Z", "digest": "sha1:SLCAKPRCEAACTDPESXIEDKZZMF3BFH5L", "length": 7835, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "mreveryone.com", "title": "Notes On My Phone \u2013 Mr Everyone", "raw_content": "Notes On My Phone\nSo I\u2019ve got a note written on my phone. I seem to be using notes on my phone a lot these days, not sure if that\u2019s a sad indictment on my own memory but whatever, my brain training app says my memory\u2019s decent at least. It\u2019s one of those \u2018instructions to yourself\u2019 notes, and it says, \u201cJust vent. Talk about what it is about films and such things that you like, and be honest. Don\u2019t dress it up, don\u2019t try and be clever, just open up\u201d. See, that reads as something fairly easy to do, I\u2019m literally telling myself to relax and go with the flow and just type and blurt what I\u2019m thinking and feeling out, so it\u2019s interesting that actually this feels harder than starting to write according to some \u2018essay plan\u2019 I\u2019ve come up with, complete with structure, arguments, counter-arguments, evaluation, all that jazz. I\u2019ve got basically the whole of Senior School and university to thank for that (and to anyone who just so happens to be reading this in the US, no, Senior School is not a school for old people, although to be fair you do call the final year of high school \u2018senior year\u2019 so maybe you read that right in the first place and I\u2019m just being patronising). But yes, writing has always been something I\u2019m pretty damn good at, and I\u2019ve dabbled in various forms of it. I\u2019ve written screenplays, blogs, reviews, think-pieces, \u2018listicles\u2019 (that\u2019s a thing now), but this isn\u2019t me trying to sell credentials. This isn\u2019t a cover letter. My point is that I have experimented, but over the past few years that\u2019s sadly fallen by the wayside somewhat. I think it\u2019s fair for me to blame my time management more than anything else. After GCSEs, A Levels and a BA, I\u2019ve written more essays than I can ever hope to remember, and as a result every time I try to write anything, it\u2019s still kinda stuck in that whole essay mentality. At least, that\u2019s how it reads. You could tell me to write about literally anything, to write with no bias or even all that much of an opinion, to write as if I were having a conversation with a friend, but somehow what I write will turn into this big constructed thesis. It\u2019s very hard to describe, but it all just comes out as overly academic, and frankly I\u2019m sick to death of boxing myself into so specific an MO, when I know I\u2019m more than capable of writing in different styles for different purposes. So if everything I write here, and going forwards, suddenly gets a little hard to follow and meanders all over the place and is rife with tangents and basically doesn\u2019t seem to go anywhere at points, just remember you\u2019re dealing with about eight years-worth of pent-up word vomit. Lovely image.\nStep 1) Get used to word vomiting. It\u2019ll be messy but it\u2019s easier and kinda more efficient to make something out of a mess than it is to surgically extract words, sentences, arguments and all piece by piece from my cranium and arrange them into something that\u2019s perfectly fine as a piece of writing but tends to lack any flair or sense that an actual human being in all his complexity produced it. And another thing, write about whatever the fuck you want. If you want to write about the failings of Batman v Superman, or the legacy of Gene Wilder, or Trump, or the most trivial and meaningless thing in the world, DO IT! It will clear that out your head and let you think more about moving onto subject matter that may not immediately spark the imagination but with a little mental application you can produce something great on it!\nStep 2) Get your time management game on. Seriously, it\u2019s all very well unlocking however much you have to say but at the end of the day the whole point of writing is to communicate with others via print, and part of that means dealing with an increasingly societal attention deficit issue. People want concision, not waffling. You know this bit\u2019s gonna have you grinding your teeth because you hate producing a subpar work and blaming time for it, but practice makes perfect. Make a game of it maybe! Do whatever, but once you\u2019re comfortable sitting down and blurting out whatever\u2019s on your mind, time management is the first big step towards refining that comfort into something conducive, something which can birth a voice that is fit for not only written discourse, but for publishing. And that\u2019s the name of the game, literally.\nStep 3) Actually I\u2019m not 100% sure what step 3 was. I swear I had one in my head a minute ago. Not sure it may have gotten dispersed between the other two steps. Awkward. Oh yeah, maybe it was something to do with laziness? You can be quite lazy. So yeah, don\u2019t be lazy. Work hard, play hard, all that. Plus you always feel better about yourself after you\u2019ve worked hard, makes the end of the day much more satisfying. To be honest this isn\u2019t really a step is it, more just a reminder, a telling off to myself. Dammit I swear there was an actual third step in my head. Well if it comes back, it comes back and you can blurt it out in the middle of a random sentence. Urgh, this is going to annoy me WAIT I\u2019VE GOT IT! FOR REAL! Although the don\u2019t be lazy point I\u2019m still gonna say kind of counts. Anyway, the MAIN step 3 is in fact: branch out. When you\u2019re good with steps 1 and 2, when you feel competent at writing in general, it\u2019s time to take a step out of your comfort zone and explore your talents in other pastures. Beyond film, beyond politics, beyond commenting on people\u2019s behaviour and international relations and morality and all that, learn to write about the mundane. The high-octane, the thought-provoking. Write about IKEA kits and hidden wonders of the world. Write about something you read in the paper, god forbid you ever actually try and address economics. And guess what. You don\u2019t have to be an expert on these things from the get go. I mean ideally you\u2019ll have read something to have inspired writing on these things but let your writing help build your knowledge up. Establish how much you don\u2019t know, then fill in the gaps.\nWell as somewhat expected, this entire piece took a very different turn from what I intended when I sat down. Kind of. But at the same time, like I said before, it cleared a lot of these thoughts in my mind out the way. Now I can start moving onto other things. Kinda therapeutic, really.\nHang on, you\u2019re starting to worry again. You\u2019re fretting over where you should publish this, if at all. You feel like you should publish this, otherwise it will just get lost in the Word doc files of your laptop. But you don\u2019t know if you should on your current film blog because A: this piece has barely anything to do with film, B: it feels so jarring to start off something like this amidst a body of work that to date has been very different (and guilty of many of the self-described sins you listed earlier), and C: people you know might read this. Maybe tumblr? But tumblr\u2019s a strange place and you\u2019ve kinda outgrown that. So, maybe your Mr Everyone blog? I mean you\u2019ve only written like 3 entries there, or thereabouts. I think you\u2019re regretting the branding now, it\u2019s a little pretentious and vague and doesn\u2019t really say anything. You do like a pseudonym. Have a look and see if you can change it to something with a longer lifespan of relevance to you, or something that better captures what you truly want your writing to be, more than that, even what you want as a person, what drives you and informs your being etc. Or even just delete Mr Everyone and start from scratch, but that kinda defeats the purpose you\u2019ve talked about here where you embrace the fact you\u2019re a work in progress and don\u2019t have to be perfect from the start. I think your gut is kinda clear on this one, so just do it. This is the start of a new chapter in your writing. Make it so.\nPrevious Previous post: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die: The Great Train Robbery (1903)\nNext Next post: What\u2019s My Angle?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 9107, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 314.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/hr/klaus-hansch-ep-president-during-meeting-in-brussels-in-july-1996_199607_bxl_mt_ha_c", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:20Z", "digest": "sha1:5HG3O7ZCWAW3A4BIZHWPYMGK73TGTGWW", "length": 68, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "multimedia.europarl.europa.eu", "title": "Klaus HANSCH EP President during a meeting in Brussels in July 1996. - Multimedia Centre", "raw_content": "Klaus HANSCH EP President during a meeting in Brussels in July 1996.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 2354, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 275.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://musescore.com/sheetmusic?sort=relevance&instruments=28%2C10&parts=16", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:44Z", "digest": "sha1:OVA2H6W4CLPVFMYED4E4XSGKVGVELN4O", "length": 1561, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "musescore.com", "title": "Sheet music for Viola, Bassoon with 16 instruments | MuseScore", "raw_content": "Sheet music for Viola, Bassoon with 16 instruments\nPiece for Sixteen People\nLucas Hoffses\nFlute, Oboe, Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Bassoon, French Horn(2), Trumpet(2), Trombone, Tuba, Violin(2), Viola, Cello, Contrabass\nDiluvium Movement 1 2\nMike Malstrom\nFlute(2), Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, French Horn, Trumpet(2), Trombone, Timpani, Viola, Strings(4), Contrabass\nMagnus Rushes In\nLumi0us\nFlute, Oboe, Clarinet(2), Bassoon, French Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, Percussion, Timpani, Violin(2), Viola, Cello, Contrabass\nFlute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, French Horn, Trombone(2), Percussion(2), Timpani, Violin(2), Viola, Cello, Contrabass\nThis Is My Choice (WIP) - Captain America: The First Avenger\nlooktotheskies\nFlute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, French Horn, Trombone, Tuba, Timpani, Percussion, Harp, Violin(2), Viola, Cello, Contrabass\nAlexander hamilton partition CONDUCTOR\nlucasrip\nFlute, Oboe, Clarinet, Viola, Bassoon, Trombone, Alto Saxophone, Guitar, Voice, Piano, Bass, Cello, Percussion(3), Timpani\nSister act take me to heaven CONDUCTOR\nKersfees Keurspel\nmellowcandle\nFlute(2), Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Bassoon, Trumpet, Tuba, Percussion(2), Timpani, Violin(3), Viola, Cello\nThe Legend Orchestral Deltarune (Revised)\nContraclarinet\nFlute, Oboe, Bassoon, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, Percussion(4), Violin, Viola, Cello, Contrabass\nThe Legend Orchestral - Deltarune\nMC_Atom\nFlute, Oboe, Bassoon, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, Violin, Viola, Cello, Contrabass, Percussion(4)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 301, "original_length": 7728, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.7, "perplexity": 270.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://mvstconference.ace.fordham.edu/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:44Z", "digest": "sha1:IVCJN7SJJT7F67DCNHJ54KLZYADGVSRS", "length": 1597, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "mvstconference.ace.fordham.edu", "title": "Medieval Studies Annual Conference", "raw_content": "Since 1980, the Center for Medieval Studies at Fordham University has hosted an annual interdisciplinary conference on a different theme each year. These conference vary in length from one to four days, but generally occur over a weekend in March and attract more than 150 participants from all over the globe. A number of our conferences have been co-sponsored with other scholarly groups, including three conferences with the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of York (2012, 2007, and 2005), and others with the New Chaucer Society (2006), and the Medieval Academy of America (2002).\nSelected papers from several past conferences have been published; some of the most recent are: Reading and Writing in Medieval England: Essays in Honour of Mary C. Erler, edited by Martin Chase and Maryanne Kowaleski (Boydell and Brewer, forthcoming); Thinking Medieval Romance, edited by Katherine C. Little and Nicola McDonald (Oxford University Press, forthcoming); The French of Outremer: Communities and Communications in the Crusading Mediterranean, edited by Laura K. Morreale and Nicholas Paul (Fordham University Press, 2018); and Eddic, Skaldic and Beyond: Poetic Variety in Medieval Iceland and Norway, edited by Martin Chase (Fordham University Press, 2014).\nThe Center also sponsors occasional symposia, including Textual Interpretation in the Medieval Vernaculars (2012), a Symposium on Skaldic Poetry (2011), and Challenging the Myths of Art History: A Symposium in Honor of Linda Seidel (2011). We also regularly co-sponsor other conferences apart from our annual spring conference.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 2179, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 109.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://mybooksmylife.com/2010/08/11/my-name-is-memory-book-review/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:36:42Z", "digest": "sha1:DLSU2CGFQO74N6O5E4DNKCCERY3N3L5A", "length": 3490, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "mybooksmylife.com", "title": "My Name is Memory [Book Review] \u2013 my books. my life.", "raw_content": "My Name is Memory [Book Review]\nTitle: My Name is Memory\nWhile I will admit to enjoying the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants movies, I wasn\u2019t a big fan of book, so I wasn\u2019t as excited for Ann Brashares\u2019 new novel, My Name is Memory, as others seemed to be. But then I read review after review that praised it so I thought I\u2019d give it a shot. Thank you to all of you who posted those reviews, because without those, I would never have picked the book up and I wouldn\u2019t have found the wonderful reading experience that lies within it.\nMy Name is Memory is the story of Lucy and Daniel. Lucy is a normal teenager when she meets Daniel, but Daniel is different. He has the memory of his past lives and he recognizes Lucy\u2019s soul as one he has known over and over for hundreds of years. Throughout their history, they have always had obstacles \u2013 she\u2019s too rich, he\u2019s too young, she\u2019s married to his brother. He has been waiting for the time when they can finally fall in love and grow old together. In 2004, they are finally the same age and in the same place. But there are other obstacles waiting for them.\nThis whole soulmate, reincarnation thing could be really cheesy. But Brashares manages to tell it in a fascinating and uncheesy manner. I practically read it in one sitting. I loved the jumps back in time and learning the history of Daniel and Lucy. The whole book was like unwrapping an incredibly long love story one layer at a time.\nI\u2019m not sure I loved the ending. I won\u2019t explain why because I don\u2019t want to spoil anything for you, but if you\u2019ve read it and want to discuss, I\u2019m game. Despite this possible shortcoming, I really did like the book and I recommend it for anyone who\u2019s in the mood for a jaunt through history and the love story of a couple overcoming the obstacles their many lives throw at them.\nEDIT: Jennifer has informed me that this is going to be a trilogy. I am now perfectly satisfied with the ending of the book knowing that more is to come.\nMrs. Q: Book Addict\nDid I miss yours?\nBuy It Now: IndieBound; Book Depository; Powell\u2019s; Amazon\nBook Reviewann brashares, my name is memory\nPrevious Article Teaser Tuesday 8.10.10 \u2013 Dracula\nNext Article My Favorite Dances from SYTYCD Season 7\n5 thoughts on \u201cMy Name is Memory [Book Review]\u201d\nLinda August 11, 2010 / 1:37 pm\nI had this one on my tbr list but after reading your review it\u2019s going on my library queue. Great review!\nReeder Reads August 11, 2010 / 1:38 pm\nI find that sometimes Brashares goes down the cheesy road, but her stories are always so enjoyable that I always forgive her. I have this on hold at the library and I can\u2019t wait to get my hands on it!\niris August 11, 2010 / 3:58 pm\nLike you, I didn\u2019t really enjoy The Traveling Pants\u2019 book, so I never picked this up to read. I guess now I should..\nMrs. Q: Book Addict August 11, 2010 / 7:52 pm\nI agree about the end, I think it didn\u2019t bother me because it will be a trilogy. I see a lot of potential in the series, and i\u2019m very excited for the next one.\nThanks for linking to my review as well.\nAli S March 17, 2012 / 4:24 pm\nThis book is a total and complete rip off. I just finished Lauren Kate\u2019s \u201cFallen\u201d series, and I saw this in the library when I went to return it. The cover looked interesting and I read the summary, but by the time I was done, I was practically seething with rage. It\u2019s almost exactly the same plot (even the character\u2019s names are almost exactly the same!). If I were Kate, I would sue this thief for every penny she has.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 103, "original_length": 7303, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 281.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://mychildhoodbookshelf.com/2017/07/23/ready-player-one/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:24Z", "digest": "sha1:DVYY6AQPMKVSD4HVLPSM64II42AE2QDB", "length": 1248, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "mychildhoodbookshelf.com", "title": "Ready Player One | My Childhood Bookshelf", "raw_content": "July 23, 2017 August 23, 2017 / My Childhood Bookshelf\nboy lead, Current Read, Reviews, Young Adult\n\u2190 Happy Anniversary Harry\nThe Horsey Phase \u2192\n5 thoughts on \u201cReady Player One\u201d\nI didn\u2019t know there was going to be a movie\u2026 I\u2019ll have to read this one before then. I love the \u201980s so I guess I don\u2019t have a choice here \ud83d\ude09\nIf you love the 80\u2019s this is a must read. A quick one so I\u2019ll be waiting to hear what you think \ud83d\ude42\nI also bought several copies of this book for friends after reading it!! And you\u2019re right, you don\u2019t have to get all the 80s references to understand and appreciate it (I grew up in the 90s, so I didn\u2019t get all the references \u2013 just ones like War Games and Monty Python and Pac-Man \u2013 but I still loved all the 80s pop culture stuff).\nI\u2019m also hopeful for the film, my only worry being the CGI & action-heavy thing you mentioned. I\u2019m hoping that\u2019s just the trailer though, and that the film will have a better balance of low-key, funny, character-focused moments with big action scenes.\nI\u2019m hoping the same about the trailer. Fingers crossed that they are using the CGI to bring in the teenage boys and it\u2019s not indicative of the rest of the movie. Think I\u2019ll reread it again before March.\nYes, fingers crossed!! Enjoy the re-read \ud83d\ude42", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 106, "original_length": 6436, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 262.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://mystar1025.radio.com/blogs/tiana-timmerberg/chainsmokers-were-terrified-accepting-grammy-award-david-bowie", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:17:04Z", "digest": "sha1:XO4KWLQ6WCUPIK3LGOZPNTIGNAIKW23H", "length": 973, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "mystar1025.radio.com", "title": "The Chainsmokers Were Terrified of Accepting a GRAMMY Award for David Bowie | Star 102.5", "raw_content": "\u201cI could feel the internet hate being passed into my hands\u201d\nAfter their nomination for Best New Artist at the 2017 GRAMMYs, producer duo The Chainsmokers have continued to prove that they really earned their nod from the Recording Academy. With current hits like \u201cThis Feeling\u201d and their brand new \u201cWho Do You Love,\u201d Andrew Taggart and Alex Pall are establishing themselves as pop powerhouses.\nRelated: The Chainsmokers Remember Their GRAMMY Win and Make Their Best New Artist Prediction\nDespite their endless catalogue of hits, their debut with meme song \u201cSelfie\u201d has left a bad impression on some internet EDM purists. With the residual internet hatred still brewing in the background of their millions of fans, the group has had trouble being taken seriously.\nTheir fear of the internet\u2019s wrath hit them especially hard when they accepted a GRAMMY for David Bowie. Yes, you read that correctly. Hear about how terrified they were about the huge honor in the video above!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 118, "original_length": 3457, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 339.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://nabconference.org/two-global-shifts-nab/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:12Z", "digest": "sha1:DWGHPBQ6XSL2ISA6SOFZWHQMGR7R5D3J", "length": 6028, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "nabconference.org", "title": "Two Global Shifts for the North American Baptists", "raw_content": "Norm Poehlke Missions\nI think we all recognize that the world has changed over the past fifty years and that these global changes have had an impact on International Missions. The question I want to address with you today is how the NAB is responding to and leading into this emerging world.a\nIn my mind, there are two primary developments that have taken place over the past few decades that have had a significant impact on the way we participate in international missions. I may be accused of oversimplifying the issues, but I believe there is merit in simplicity if it helps to bring at least an initial clarity to the work before us. We can move into the details later. For now, let\u2019s work on the big picture.\nFirst, the western church\u2014Europe and North America\u2014is now a minority participant in global missions. Researchers tell us that somewhere in the last one hundred years we crossed a line where there were more Christians outside of Europe and North America than there were within these western continents. This is a significant shift. Western Christianity has been the primary expression of Christianity for hundreds of years, and we tend to assume this is still true today. Paul Borthwick writes, \u201cEven though the western world has dominated Christianity for much of Christian history, Christianity is now primarily a non white, non-Western, non-wealthy religion\u201d (Western Christians in Global Mission, p.36). In the global scheme of things, we are now in the minority.\nI experience this when I travel to other countries on behalf of the NAB. I keep thinking that we have to find a way to participate with the global church without assuming we are in charge or that our Western way of thinking is necessarily the right way of thinking, or even a good way of thinking. We are now one voice among many, and although our voice is desired and appreciated, it is no longer revered. We have been appropriately humbled.\nWhen you begin to think about this change, you come to realize there are significant implications involved. For the first time in centuries, the majority world church\u2014non-western\u2014is a major participant in sending missionaries. At the same time, the minority world church\u2014western\u2014still holds most of the resources. The NAB has two things the majority church needs: we are rich in finances and we are rich in theological education.\nWe must continue to invest our resources in NAB missionaries as we contribute to God\u2019s global mission. We are identifying the places that God is opening doors unique to the NAB, and we are seeking NAB missionaries to develop these ministries. But we must also find a way to invest our resources into national missionaries. Most Sunday School teachers or elders in NAB churches have as much theological training as many pastors, church planters, and missionaries I have met in the majority church. We have much to contribute to the global mission, and our partnership with national missionaries will only increase our effectiveness.\nThis is not a question of which strategy to pursue. It is a question of how to do both. Jesus asked us to pray for workers for the harvest, and God has responded. The non-western church is producing dedicated and gifted missionaries who are laying down their lives in obedience to Christ. We as the NAB family have the resources to equip and send. We have to find a way to act as one global church, both by sending NAB missionaries and by sending NAB resources for national missionaries.\nBut there is a second major development in recent decades, and that is the growth of short term missions (STMs). Globalization has unleashed the western church to participate in missions anywhere and everywhere we please. We have the money, so we go. This has tremendous potential for good, and I want to speak about that in a moment, but it also has tremendous potential for harm.\nI need to be careful here, but I will risk saying that some of this international travel is motivated more by our wealth than God\u2019s mission. Missions-travel is a growth industry in the western world. It has become a specialized niche of the travel industry, much like eco-travel or adventure-travel. I recently had a mission-tourism company contact me seeking to use our NAB relationship with the Cameroon Baptist Convention as a door to expand their market. They were offended that I would challenge the integrity of their \u201cministry.\u201d\nDon\u2019t be fooled. Our western consumer mindset has corrupted even the motivation for missions. No longer are we asked to \u201clay down our lives\u201d to follow Christ. Marketing has found a way to see the world and serve Jesus too. These \u201cvoluntourism\u201d companies appeal to our greed, not God\u2019s mission.\nIt is interesting to me that currently one of the most common themes among books written in the area of international missions is on the damage we do when we participate in mission-tourism. Titles like When Helping Hurts and Toxic Charity should sound an alarm. We are not always accomplishing what we think we are accomplishing.\nLet me affirm once again that the fact the western church has an abundance of resources is a tremendous opportunity. But just because we are traveling and sharing our resources does not make our mission trip a positive contribution. The trick is to find a constructive way to partner with the majority world church, and to design STMs in this partnership context.\nThis is why Gateway is such an important piece of our NAB global strategy. It is not just about sending teams. It is about equipping teams for constructive participation in global partnerships. Anyone can send a team; not everyone knows how to do this in a way that doesn\u2019t do more harm than good.\nWe want our NAB churches to be equipped for constructive international partnerships, and we continue to invest in Gateway as a resource to this end. We as the NAB family still have an important role to play in international missions. It is a changing role, but a critical role, and we believe it is our mandate to equip the church to fill that role.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 447, "original_length": 18509, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 284.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://nasp.eu/training/phd-programmes/esls.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:58:10Z", "digest": "sha1:ISDZJYUUDIKHSLUIKKKBM64QIT6CNKND", "length": 12422, "nlines": 37, "source_domain": "nasp.eu", "title": "NASP: Network for the Advancement of Social and Political studies - Mission and Partners", "raw_content": "Economic Sociology and Labour Studies\nESLS News\nThe University of Bremen/Bremen International Graduate School of Socia...\nResults ESLS - Call 2018/2019\nStage 1: Evaluation of Qualifications results Results can be download...\nChiara Giordano (ESLS - 30th cohort) awarded a second prize!\nWe are pleased to announce that on the 27th of October 2017 ESLS PhD s...\nChiara Giordano (ESLS - 30th cohort) awarded a prize by the Fondation Jaumotte-Demoulin et Fonds David et Alice Van Buuren\nWe are pleased to announce that this summer ESLS PhD student ...\nThe mission of the programme is to give students both a strong disciplinary focus (in sociology, labour law, management and organizational behaviour, psychology of work) and a substantive attention to socio-economic behaviour and processes, in particular from the point of view of labour and organizations. 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All courses are taught in English, while the dissertation might be written in English as well as in Italian, depending on the topic and on the supervisor's judgement.\nTo this purpose, the programme aims at:\ngiving the students a scientific training, embedded in current, cutting-edge international research, on the substantive topics concerning the relations between the economy and society, with a strong focus on the regulatory problems currently facing public and private decision-makers;\ngiving the students a full set of theoretical, methodological and technical skills, with particular attention to applied statistics and data analysis, in line with the current progresses in social and economic sciences;\ngiving each student the chance to specialize herself in the substantive sub-field (see below) she will choose for her dissertation, and to produce an excellent piece of empirical work. In principle, each dissertation should produce at least one paper to be published in an international indexed journal, or in the way each discipline reckons to be excellent;\nguaranteeing each student the possibility to develop the key skills which today are required as a professional support of a social science researcher, that is: high level knowledge of the English language, capacity of communicating research results, first-hand knowledge of the procedures of scientific publishing and of the way the international scientific labour market works.\nIn order to structure a large number of substantive topics, six broad areas of specialization are offered. Each student will choose the one who best suits her research interests and use it as a starting point for her research project. Of course trespassing and contamination are allowed and, in case, encouraged.\n1. Social institutions and the economy\nThe impact of institutions on economic behaviour, processes and outcomes is one of the core topics of sociology since the founding fathers of the discipline, and it has remained there in each wave of renewal of the discipline, as in the case of Parsons' synthesis in the 1950s and the new economic sociology since the 1980s. Economic sociologists looking at this topic do not just relate to economists, both institutionalists and belonging to the neo-classical mainstream. Indeed, there are different theoretical approaches to the interaction between institutions and the economy, related to the classical and current contributions of social sciences such as sociology, anthropology, economics and political science. Each approach has its own analytical frame and policy conclusions, but all are similar as they see the economy as a densely institutionalized system, with a close interconnection between the macro and the micro level.\nAmong the topics of this research stream, a core place is held by the analyses of the processes leading to the creation of conventions and institutions, mostly via repeated interactions and the establishment of expectations of cooperative behaviour. Another frontier topic is the study of the role of strategic action in the definition of new economic rules and institutions on the part of the so-called \"institutional entrepreneurs\".\n2. Labour studies\nThis is another field traditionally at the core of the discipline, including important sub-fields such as industrial relations and labour law. Central to this area is the analysis of the working of the labour market, that is of the interactions between demand and supply of labour and the institutional setting in which such interactions take shape, both in the private and the public sector of the economy. According to this perspective, the labour market is not an insulated, self-standing arena, but is a part of society. This means that what happens in the labour market has to be related to larger social processes, such as those concerning the functioning of social, legal and associative regulatory mechanisms and the production of social inequality.\nOn one side, the analysis may focus on the macro-level interactions between labour market and education, welfare, the legal institutions, the structure of the family and the representation of collective interests. On the other side, also individual work experiences are of great interest, with particular reference to the relations between work careers and the life course (from the school degree to the retirement); the contents of jobs and work activities, in terms of quality,, working conditions and individual satisfaction; the mechanisms matching labour supply and demand, with the crucial role in this process of social capital, institutions and regulatory systems.\nThis is a clearly multi-disciplinary approach, involving sociology, economic sociology, labour law, labour economics and the psychology of work and organizations. Among the recent advances, on one side there is the increasing availability of large international datasets, as a basis for systematic cross-national comparison; on the other the 'law and economics' approach, promoting an analysis of legal institutions based on neoclassical economics\n3. Complex organizations\nUnderstanding organizations is important for two reasons: first, organizations are the basic building blocks of modern society. From birth to death, the lives of people in modern societies play out in organizations. All interests \u2013 economic, political, social, and cultural \u2013 are pursued through formal organizations. The second reason is more practical: if we want to change some aspects of our lives and of our society, we have to change the organizations we live in. It is only through organizations that large-scale planning and co-ordination in modern societies become possible. Organizations come in all sizes and shapes, from a small firm to the United Nations. And organizations encompass many different purposes, for example, they may be for-profit or not-for-profit. Thus, organizations have an enormous impact on social life; they wield tremendous power and distribute innumerable benefits. At the same time, organizations can produce catastrophic consequences (e.g. incidents, crises, and so on) and negative externalities (e.g. pollution, disruption of non-renewable resources, and so on). To understand the world we inhabit, then, we must appreciate the power and scope of organizations.\nThe theory of organizations has three main aims: a) to identify organizational structures and dynamics; b) to understand the main models of organizational analysis; c) to analyze the impact of complex organizations on modern societies. Application fields are numerous: organizations as social systems; organizational, business and industrial change; the relations between organizations and their environment; changes of cultural and market categories; social movements and their impact on markets and firms; organizational learning; the dark side of organizations (mistakes, accidents and misconduct).\n4. Economic behaviour and social interaction\nWork in this area will develop and use concepts, tools and methods to analyze the relationship between economic action and social interaction, in particular the relations between market, norms and social networks. Consistent with the Weberian tradition on the relationship between economy and society, and starting from the theory of action based on rational choice, game theory and cognitive science, this field of study is characterized by the utilization of non-standard techniques of sociological analysis, like experimental micro analysis and computer simulation (agent-based modelling), which allow to understand the aggregated impact of social interaction on economic behavior.\nSubstantive applications include: the impact of social norms on economic interaction; the role of trust and reputation in reducing market information asymmetries; the impact of social networks on market behaviour; the mechanisms of social influence who structure economic behaviour under conditions of uncertainty. This area is characterized by a strong interdisciplinary approach, at the boundaries between cognitive sciences, experimental economics and behavioural sciences.\n5. Local development and global society\nResearch on local development has been one of the major contribution of Italian economic sociology to the international literature, showing how the spatial clustering of firms, institutions and people may generate external economies and competitive advantages fostering local development. External economies largely depend on the provision of local collective goods, that is tangible and non tangible assets which are made available through social and political mechanisms embedded in local or regional societies. In the age of \"globalisation\" and the \"knowledge economy\", networks, institutions and organisational fields play a crucial role in enhancing social mechanisms capable of promoting local collective goods which, in turn, facilitate cooperation, innovation, entrepreneurship, knowledge production and dissemination, by this way influencing the creation, performance and growth of local productive systems and enhancing the social quality and sustainability of local and regional areas and their links with world markets.\nThis substantive area, frequently including contributions from other social sciences (economics, law, urban and regional studies), covers theoretical topics such as the European social model, the transition to post-fordist production, physical and immaterial mobility as a new productive paradigm; while empirical topics include global city-regions, territorial networks and post-metropolitan development. New representations of places and territories will be developed, at the local, national, continental and global level.\n6. Occupations, education and social stratification\nOccupations have been since long one of the core topics of social research, in both an economic and a sociological perspective. Indeed, the division of labour in society is not just a product of economic rationality, but it also has an impact on society at large, dividing it into groups (be they called classes, strata, caste, status groups...), and it also defines the way social groups relate to each other.\nResearch on social stratification, one of the key areas of empirical sociology and social research, starts from the occupation as the main indicator of the social position of an individual, and studies the effect of a set of factors, such as education, gender, ethnicity and so on, in shaping the occupational and social fortunes of individuals. Research on such topics has followed both a macrosociological and a microsociological approach. While the former is linked to the traditional macro-comparisons of the relations between social origins, education and social position across countries, the latter is more complicated: the actor is seen as having a specific rationality, and moving in an environment of constraints (the structure of mobility opportunities between available positions) and preferences (culturally shaped aspirations), in which he makes educational and then occupational choices that, when aggregated, produce the social structure we observe at the macro level, and its paths of change or stability.\nA more detailed list of research topics and possible supervisors within ESLS is available here:\nESLS Research topics", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 199, "original_length": 16141, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 220.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://necs-project.eu/content/martin-kolar", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:50:33Z", "digest": "sha1:ZYCG3TAQYIF3NKVGMDRNJOP3GTM2QI7N", "length": 1043, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "necs-project.eu", "title": "Martin Kolar | NeCS", "raw_content": "The research topic is the design and development of an architecture and methodology for trusted threat intelligence sharing in the context of Security Analytics. The basic idea is to incorporate in our security analytics platform cyber-information coming from externals sources (public and private) in order to anticipate the defenses and be prepared for the attack. It is crucial to take into consideration the trust and reputation of the different sources before applying this information in order to prevent malicious nodes from feeding wrong or misleading info. The assessment of the information has to bear in mind two different types of source provisioning:\ninformation is handled by a single provider. In this case it is necessary to assess the trust in the source node because the trust in the information it provides is dependant of it\ninformation provided is a compilation of different sources. For this case it is necessary to assess the different data and, therefore, needs to be assessed individually for each data source provider", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 35, "original_length": 3129, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 204.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://neokine.com/glucosamine/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:05Z", "digest": "sha1:NNKJCD7P5VEKBIMN7ACPMD2WD66YG4HD", "length": 1187, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "neokine.com", "title": "Glucosamine - Neokine", "raw_content": "When researchers from the University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle looked at supplement usage in over 77,700 people over the age of 50, they were astonished to find that those who took glucosamine on at least four days a week, for at least three years, were 18% more likely to survive the eight-year study period than non-users. They performed a more sensitive analysis, to help exclude any pre-existing disease, and instead of going down, the protective effect of glucosamine increased to a 20% reduced risk of death from any cause, including heart attack. This protection remained even after accounting for other confounding factors such as smoking, weight, age, education, marital status, alcohol intake, physical activity, vegetable intake, cholesterol-lowering medication and HRT. Glucosamine is known to reduce inflammation, which is why so many people find it helpful for their joints. Heart disease is also associated with a low-grade inflammation of the arteries, which may explain why glucosamine appears to be protective.\nTo take advantage of our special offer please contact Neokine at www.neokine.com or 855-9-NEOKINE (855-963-6546)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 71, "original_length": 2502, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 177.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://nettle.wordpress.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:48Z", "digest": "sha1:SWKY47V6OVNVPB7IB5XQDEFF7EU666L3", "length": 19784, "nlines": 47, "source_domain": "nettle.wordpress.com", "title": "Druid's Apprentice | I am glad to the brink of fear", "raw_content": "drum and splash 2010. best be ready when the horned one comes.\nThis past weekend, I went to my third Drum and Splash at Four Quarters Farm. One of my big life themes for the past year has been learning to live on my own. For all that I like to think of myself as an independent person, the fact is that I don\u2019t run off and have adventures on my own all that much. I\u2019m not good at meeting new people and I feel reserved and shy when in a crowd of strangers. I like to bring my own company with me.\nI was apprehensive, then, when all the various friends and family who had said they would go with me all dropped out one by one. I was left to catch a ride with someone I barely knew and to camp with a bunch of strangers. I almost decided not to go, but I had been so looking forward to dancing to the drums and swimming in the creek that I couldn\u2019t stay away. I meditated on it, and I heard a voice, a little whispering voice, tell me to go do it for Himself. Do it for Herne.\nSo I packed my things, my camping gear and my pretty party clothes, and I dedicated my weekend to Herne. When I got there, I found, as you might expect, that I wasn\u2019t really alone on a crowd of strangers \u2013 I was among a whole bunch of friends I had only just met. The camp I stayed with took me in like I was family. I met amazing people and had amazing, silly, profound, hilarious, intense, passionate adventures with them \u2013 some of them, I hope, will continue to be my friends and share adventures with me back here in this world.\nI love that I am strong and healthy enough to once more be able to dance all night. I love that I seem to have rediscovered my boldness and my sense of adventure. I love that there is a place where I can indulge this. I love that I can answer when the Horned One calls me out.\nThank You, Hunter.\n\u2013 Rumi (Coleman Barks translation)\n\u201cI suspect you\u2019re going to feel a bit constrained in the coming weeks, Cancerian \u2014 maybe even imprisoned. I suggest you make the best of it. Rather than feeling sorry for yourself and spiraling down into a dark night of the soul, try this: Imagine that you\u2019re a resourceful hermit who\u2019s temporarily under house arrest in an elegant chalet with all the amenities. Regard this \u201cincarceration\u201d as a chance to start work on a masterpiece, or upgrade your meditation practice, or read a book you\u2019ve needed an excuse to lose yourself in. Believe it or not, your \u201cdeprivation\u201d could be one of the best things that has happened to you in a while.\u201d \u2013Rob Brezsny\u2019s Free Will Astrology.\nAt the new moon, I get together with a friend to honor Hekate. Part of that ceremony is a tarot reading for the upcoming month. This month, I was told to expect great washes of emotion, big ups and big downs. It\u2019s held true so far. One person who is very close to me is suffering from psychological issues that are causing him to behave in upsetting ways; another friend is giving my heart a workout like I haven\u2019t experienced in a very long time; another is very ill; almost everyone else in my life is too far away or too busy right now to spare much time for me. I naturally tend towards hermitishness but right now I want the company and it\u2019s not there.\nI spent this weekend feeling bad. I kind of did it on purpose \u2013 the bad feelings were right there and easily accessible or it wouldn\u2019t have happened at all, but I know how to not wallow in the self-pity spiral Rob Brezsny talks about. I decided that it was time to just feel it for a little while anyway. I have this concept somewhere in my head that I\u2019m not supposed to feel bad and that if I do it\u2019s a sign of some great personal failing. Like I ought to be able to just take anything that comes and incorporate it into my world and going on being Just Fine. There have been times in my life, times of crisis, where the ability to be Just Fine has been really useful \u2013 times when the need to continue functioning outweighs the desire to crumple into a defeated heap. So I keep my chin up and bravely soldier on; I\u2019m good at that. I think of myself as a fighter and when the fight is on, I am fierce and brave and madly cheerful.\nLately I\u2019ve had a peaceful space in my life, a place where I don\u2019t need to be quite so fierce just to get out of bed in the morning. It\u2019s been a relief and I have taken the opportunity to work on myself in that space. I\u2019ve been working out and eating properly and going on intense and wonderful spiritual journeys and generally feeling fantastic in both body and soul, as I keep mentioning here. It\u2019s great because my health in both of those areas has been impaired in ways I didn\u2019t even know about until I started fixing them. I am apparently now feeling well enough to be able to give myself the space to feel bad (as opposed to being depressed, which is something different.) It\u2019s odd that I can see this as a good thing.\nI avoid Big Emotions out of long habit and a certain level of cowardice; it\u2019s one thing to love the Gods and the world and to send that love out to all beings, but to love other human beings is pretty scary. They become ill, they die, they lose their minds, they move far away, they don\u2019t call or come around often enough, they cry, they make stupid personal decisions \u2013 they do all kinds of inconvenient things. So this weekend, when I was sitting around feeling terrible about the various people that I love and their various unwelcome behaviors, I asked one of my guides, with a certain level of frustration, \u201cI give up on people! WHAT the FUCK am I supposed to learn from this crap? What do I do?\u201d (ok, the frustration level was pretty high.) He whispered in my ear the same thing he always says\u2026 \u201cLove more.\u201d\nAnd I, being kind of a brat, said \u201cThat is SO unhelpful. What kind of an answer is that? What\u2019s the point?\u201d\nHe said, \u201cThat IS the point. What else are you going to do? What else are you here for? You talk about formless spiritual fire, the matrix of the universe \u2013 you work consciously with this energy, and that\u2019s wonderful, it\u2019s what you are supposed to do. You think that this is somehow different from love that takes form and walks around in the world? You think you can keep doing this work you want to do and yet care LESS about other people? Forget it, you can\u2019t have that and you shouldn\u2019t have that. Love more. More and more and more. Let them hurt you \u2013 you\u2019re a fighter, you can take the pain. Feel it and know that it is good because it means that your heart is working as it should. Feel it like a sore muscle after hard exercise. Love hurts. Love is good. Love more. No limits.\u201c\n\u201cSultan, saint, pickpocket; love has everyone by the ear dragging us to God by secret ways\u201d \u2013 Rumi, again.\nThe bond of Love, heavy with Fire\nI am finding myself in the odd situation of having almost nothing to blog about. Not because there\u2019s nothing going in with me but because none of the things that I have going on are things I feel OK about talking about in this public way. I could talk about that one thing \u2013 but then I\u2019d have to explain about the other thing \u2013 and then there\u2019s that issue that it raises \u2013 and suddenly I don\u2019t want to bother. Everything of any interest or importance in my life right now could be described that way.\nI don\u2019t know what this means but it\u2019s starting to bug me. I\u2019m wondering if I need to either get a lot more open about myself or just stop blogging for a while \u2013 it seems like I need to do one or the other and I\u2019m not sure which way to go. I could go all cryptic and say things like \u201cmy friends know what I mean when I say that things are happening in that situation you all know about!\u201d (aside, to my friends who know about my various situations, that applies to pretty much all of them.) There\u2019s really no point to doing that, though. In terms of blogging, I feel stuck. I could just shut up for a while \u2013 I\u2019ve certainly done that before here \u2013 but I have all this creative energy zinging around that needs an outlet.\nSo instead I\u2019ll write about the zinginess itself. I am feeling incredibly zingy this spring. I feel active and energetic and engaged with life in ways I haven\u2019t felt in years. I feel springy and alive and athletic and powerful and beautiful. I have spent the past seven years wandering the Underworld looking for something I lost there all those years ago, and suddenly I feel like I\u2019ve surfaced into sunshine and fresh air. All the same stressful situations I have to deal with still hold and I still have to deal, but I don\u2019t feel so afraid. I still get anxious sometimes, but it passes and I can watch it pass.\nAt Ostara, I walked on fire. When I did that, I felt like I surrendered something. Surrendered to fire, surrendered to change, surrendered to joy and love and the continuing return of the light. It changed everything. My teacher describes the practice as transformational. I didn\u2019t know what that meant until I did it and I can\u2019t describe it now except to say that it burned something away that needed to go. I did it again in April and it changed more. I\u2019m going to do it again in June and I\u2019m really looking forward to it.\nAt the same time, I\u2019ve been getting more deeply involved in my healing work. Again, there\u2019s a feeling of surrender with that. For that work, I need to surrender myself to the energy and completely get my ego out of the way \u2013 I rely completely on my guides for this. When I do that work I just give myself over completely to it, and to be able to do that at all takes work on myself. Every day I have to do my practices and listen to my guides and let myself be led by them. I used to do this kind of work for myself, to help get through the hard parts of life and to better appreciate and develop my relationship with the universe. There\u2019s still an element of that in my work, but there is a different current to it now that feels more powerful and significant. Now I do my work entirely for Love \u2013 no other reason. That\u2019s where my surrender has taken me \u2013 to \u201cthe bond of Love, heavy with Fire,\u201d as the theurgists have it.\nI still worry and stress and become afraid in the night; it\u2019s not as though I\u2019ve suddenly found enlightenment. There is a part of me that is waiting with bated breath for the next crisis to come along. I don\u2019t know how I will face it \u2013 will I still be able to follow this path? I don\u2019t know, but for now it\u2019s all amazing.\nSpoutwood 2010\nI got back on Sunday from two days at the Spoutwood Fairie Festival. It was a good time, as expected. Just the right amounts of silliness and beauty, in appropriate proportions. The best part of the festival was of course meeting old and new friends. I went with my friend Maebius and his family, and of course my friend Anne, leader of the Mountain Tribe, was there with her lovely daughter. I got to see Andrew, the one who teaches me how to dance on fire, and my brilliant and multi-talented friend Molly, and the usual cast of characters that I always seem to run into at festivals, and many others. It was wonderful to see them all. I also got to meet, at long last, the Archdruid of the AODA, John Michael Greer. He\u2019s every bit as brilliant and erudite in person as you would expect, and also much funnier, and I completely enjoyed his company (even though he turned my dog into a pig.)\nI must be doing something right in life that I get to spend time with such wonderful people. I am nothing but grateful.\nImagistic religion, mystery cults, festivals\nAnthropologist Harvey Whitehouse writes about what he terms imagistic vs. doctrinal religions. I\u2019ve come across the terms lately when reading about the practices of Hellenic mystery cults. The doctrinal mode of religion is characterized by a top-down hierarchy, involving regularly repeated daily or weekly rituals, written texts, standard teachings, and lower levels of emotional arousal. Imagistic religion is less structured, with little or no hierarchy or doctrine, characterized by periodic festivals with high levels of emotion that mark a break from regular daily life. Imagistic religions utilize ecstatic trance states and altered forms of consciousness to bring about direct divine contact; doctrinal religion employs mediators to interpret the divine.\nI\u2019m finding this division very useful in thinking about modern Paganism. My experience of it is highly imagistic and seems to have a surprising amount in common with the old mystery cults. Surprising because I don\u2019t think anyone has done that on purpose; it just seems to have happened. Most of my practice takes place at home, on my own and without much external human guidance. Eight times a year I go do ritual with my druid grove, which while done in marvelous company has a lot in common with my home practice; we don\u2019t go wild at druid grove. But there are certain points on my personal religious calender where I do pretty much what they did in the mystery cults. I go off to the woods with many like-minded people, camp out, experience a different mode of life, and spend my days in contemplation or purification (or sleep) and my nights in ecstatic trance. I did something like this at Ostara, minus the camping (but with extra sleep-deprivation!) where we walked or danced on fire and then went to a cavern 50 feet underground to drum and dance and chant the night away. I\u2019ll do this at Four Quarters Farm at least once this summer and perhaps more. If I get the time and the resources and the company, I\u2019ll try to go to Starwood or Sirius Rising or some other such summer festival. A summer without at least one of these leaves me feeling like I\u2019ve missed something important. There are a lot of us who feel the same way, though it\u2019s by no means a universal experience for Pagans. People go for their own reasons, I suppose, but almost everyone I know that goes to these goes for the same reason I do \u2013 for the Mystery. Like the old Mysteries, and like Whitehead\u2019s description of imagistic religion, it can\u2019t be explained if you haven\u2019t been there.\nI\u2019m reading Hugh Dowden\u2019s book on mystery cults right now, and I keep thinking, yes, of course they did that, that\u2019s like what I do. Not in the content, so much as we know of it, as the concept: get out of town and into a different world and do something profound in a place apart.\nBecause I think it is hilarious, here\u2019s me and one of my besties, Maebius, on a Starwood morning (which I think was at about two in the afternoon.) Maebius is the exceedingly happy one; I am the one making GTFO face.\nWe aim to help\nLast Saturday, I woke up to a beautiful spring day with nothing in particular planned. This is the first time this has happened to me since, well, last spring, so during my morning meditation I found myself thinking about what I wanted to do with my day. The thought came unbidden, \u201cI should go to Harry\u2019s and get a candle.\u201d\nHarry\u2019s is, of course, Harry\u2019s Occult Shop. It\u2019s a Philadelphia institution, the place to go to get conditions lifted or fortunes told or lights for setting. I wouldn\u2019t ordinarily dream of going on a Saturday; the place is always packed on Saturdays. It\u2019s a tiny little shop and there are so many who want their help and it can be a challenge just getting in the front door, let alone getting the attention of one of the workers there. It was a lovely day, though, and just the process of going across town and walking in Harry\u2019s front door was a pleasant enough idea. I hadn\u2019t even been to that end of town in eight or nine months. I decided that if it was too much, I could just leave and go somewhere else, but it was something to get me out of the house and into the world.\nHarry\u2019s, for those who aren\u2019t familiar with these things, is not a \u201cpagan\u201d or \u201cwitchy\u201d shop, not a \u201cnew age\u201d shop \u2013 its roots are deep in the working-class magic of the urban poor. I understand the place a lot better since reading up on hoodoo through cat yronwode\u2019s books and website, but I\u2019ve always been aware of it as a place that anyone from any background could go to and find help. It got pretty grotty back in the mid 90\u2019s or so, but after finding new management it is now a happy, welcoming little beacon.\nI went to Harry\u2019s and of course Harry\u2019s was packed. They aren\u2019t really a store where one buys merchandise from off the shelves \u2013 they have a few things for sale, some crystals and candles and a few astrology books, but people don\u2019t go there to buy things from off the shelf. They go there to have things made. This means waiting around for your candle to be prepared or your oil mixed or your reader to be free. This means lots of people standing around in a small space. It\u2019s kind of fun just to observe, actually \u2013 people from all different backgrounds, all ages, sizes, colors, types, all looking for some kind of help. I walked in and thought, oh, I\u2019ll be here for a while. Then I noticed who was behind the counter, offering kind grandmotherly advice to a young South-Philly-looking girl.\nIt\u2019s not all that surprising that a friend of mine would be working at Harry\u2019s, considering the kinds of friends I have \u2013 I didn\u2019t know she was working there, but once I saw her, I saw that she fit perfectly. What surprised me was that this friend is intimately connected to the situation I came to have addressed \u2013 a member of her family was caught up in the same whirlwind as mine. After she was done helping the girl she came sailing out from behind the counter, all beads and patchouli, and gave me a lovely big hug as we caught up on each others\u2019 news. We hadn\u2019t spoken since September so there were some things to catch up on. I told her about the situation I needed the candle for, and blessedly had to explain very little as she already knew most of it. She looked very fierce and promised to make me \u201csuch a candle.\u201d She did, and I had the fun of waiting around people-watching at Harry\u2019s while I thought about my friend\u2019s new job. She\u2019s working as a sort of village witch, mixing up potions and spells and such on a regular basis and that seems to me to be a great way to spend time, if you are up for that sort of thing.\nThis isn\u2019t really a new observation, but it hit me once again how magic is used to find power in places where you feel powerless. I am in a situation where I have some heavy guns lifted against me; I\u2019m fighting them on my own as much as I can but in many ways they completely overpower me in the apparent world \u2013 the only thing I have extra is my fierce will and the help of the spirits, and the magic is a path to use those to my advantage. So I thought about where else I felt powerless, and when my friend came back with my candle (such a candle, the thing practically was pulsating) I asked her to also mix me up a bath for a lighter, happier heart. She did, a bright lovely lily-scented thing, and it works exceedingly well.\nI lit the candle on Monday\u2019s full moon in Libra, with many sincere and fervent prayers for success. May it be so. My heart is light.\nh\u01b0\u1edbng d\u1eabn s\u1eed d\u1ee5ng xe\u2026 on Einigen the Giant\nShasta Arts on I went down to the crossr\u2026\nToya Lepera on November goals\nCami Ruggero on November goals\nTemptAsian on Metaphysician Test\nVisit Black Oak Grove\nThe Kitchen Druid's Cookbook\nThe Pagan Inquisition!\nArchives Select Month August 2010 (1) July 2010 (1) May 2010 (3) April 2010 (1) March 2010 (4) February 2010 (3) January 2010 (2) December 2009 (2) October 2009 (2) September 2009 (4) July 2009 (3) June 2009 (6) May 2009 (6) April 2009 (6) March 2009 (4) February 2009 (5) January 2009 (3) December 2008 (3) November 2008 (4) October 2008 (3) September 2008 (3) August 2008 (3) July 2008 (3) June 2008 (5) May 2008 (7) April 2008 (3) March 2008 (3) February 2008 (3) January 2008 (2) December 2007 (5) November 2007 (4) October 2007 (3) September 2007 (5) August 2007 (8) July 2007 (8) June 2007 (8) May 2007 (5) April 2007 (8) March 2007 (3) February 2007 (6) January 2007 (6) December 2006 (2) November 2006 (3) October 2006 (10)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 136, "original_length": 22169, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 288.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://newbernpost.com/former-craven-thirty-project-back-on-the-menu", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:45:49Z", "digest": "sha1:QDJ7NVEIPVACCDNIZEDHVTR4QSTDPIL7", "length": 3906, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "newbernpost.com", "title": "Former Craven Thirty project back on the menu \u2013 New Bern Post", "raw_content": "The original plan for Craven Thirty included a large, robust area for commercial and light industrial development.\nRemember back in 2012, all the buzz about Craven Thirty? All that sweet, sweet new retail space, a multiplex theater, and new neighborhoods? You probably also remember how last year Craven Thirty morphed into West Craven, with less focus on business and more focus on residential.\nNow, more than a year later, West Craven has emerged into the public eye again. Its developer, Weyerhaeuser NR Company, is asking for the city to enter into a development agreement. It is on the Board of Aldermen\u2019s agenda for next Tuesday, when the board is expected to set a date for a public hearing.\nAnd this latest version of West Craven looks a lot like the original Craven Thirty, but with even more commercial space.\nZoning codes are: C-3 commercial, R-6 residential, I-2 light industrial, A-5F agriculture district.\nThe city entered into a development agreement with Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Development Company in September 2010 for what was to become Craven Thirty. The city annexed the 550-acres Craven Thirty property in December 2012.\nA ribbon cutting was conducted by then-Gov. Bev Perdue, and construction was announced to begin in spring 2013. Some streets were put in, along with other infrastructure, but nothing else was built during he intervening six years. Blame the economy.\nThe revised and renamed project would include just under 250 acres for residential development, just under 250 acres of commercial development, just over 47 acres for light industrial, and just over 27 acres of agriculture forestry district with low-density residential uses.\nThe plan calls for a total of 1,500 residential units phased in over 15 years, 500,000 square feet of non-residential space, a 150-room hotel sometime during the first five years, and 10 acres for a private school, also during the first five years.\nThe agreement establishes the development phasing sequences for the project, establishes a Master Development Plan and development review process that can accommodate the timing, phasing and flexibility of the project, coordinates the construction and design of infrastructure that will serve the project and the community at large, confirms the dedication and/or provision of public amenities by the developer, and provides assurances to the developer that it may proceed with the project in accordance with the approved original zoning and the terms of this agreement without encountering future changes in ordinances, regulations, technical standards or policies that would affect its ability to develop the relevant parcels under the approved zoning and the terms hereof.\nThe project will include small neighborhoods, a walkable village area, and connections to open space that will \u201csupport and reinforce the City of New Bern as an attractive place to live, work and recreate.\u201d The size and scale of the project requires a long-term commitment of both public and private resources and requires careful integration between the programming of public capital facilities, the phasing of development and the development review and approval process.\nThe West Craven site is well suited for access from all parts of New Bern, or it will be. It is located at the intersection of U.S. 70 and the N.C. 43 connector. There are plans to extend the N.C. 43 connector from where it now ends just west of U.S. 70, all the way through to U.S. 17.\nYvonne October 6, 2018 at 11:28 am\nJobs are excellent for growth in an area. Also helps cut down on poverty. I would respectfully state, if you had this kind of problem in the past- didn\u2019t build the commercial part only residential; you would make the contract read- commercial first. Or you may repeat again the same outcome.\nReply to Yvonne\nVery good point, Yvonne!\nReply to Candace\nFlorence adds to challenges for struggling water and sewer systems", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 194, "original_length": 8238, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 222.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://news.bfionline.com/2005/12/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:58Z", "digest": "sha1:735RDC2EG4JOTNZFWTU3C2OFNGN47NZU", "length": 2131, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "news.bfionline.com", "title": "bfi News: December 2005", "raw_content": "bfi NY participates in \"We Care'' Children's Holiday Event\nThe holidays can be a particularly trying time for children from disadvantaged circumstances, but thanks to the continuing non-profit and business partnership known as \"We Care,\" the season is once again a little bit brighter for kids across the country.\nFor nine years, We Care has united the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and the Children's Aid Society here in New York with office furniture manufacturers Geiger, Herman Miller, Inc., and some of America's leading interior design and architectural firms, to host holiday gatherings and a fun filled day of arts & crafts for children in need.\nOur New York City Offices recently volunteered their time in the annual We Care project. The effort was coordinated by Joe Rodriguez and Lisa Adonetti of bfi NYC. The NYC office distributed over 500 children's books donated by Simon & Schuster. Joseph Adonetti, Lisa's father, donated sports memorabilia for over 400 children. bfi also sponsored a table where children made bookmarks that were donated by Sonny Lewis and Jill Jacobs of Corporate Art. A special thanks goes out to Simon & Schuster, the Adonetti family, Corporate Art, and the real estate department of Merrill Lynch for donating the labor and sponsoring the volunteer's appreciation party. Below are a few photos from the event.\nHerman Miller, Inc., Net Earnings Rise 81% in Second Quarter FY2006\nHerman Miller, Inc., today announced results for its second quarter ended December 3, 2005. Strong growth continued this quarter, demonstrated by a sales increase of 18.9% and an orders increase of 11.1% from the year-ago period. Operating earnings grew to 10.1% of sales based on efficiency gains in both gross margin and operating expenses. Net earnings were $27.9 million, or $0.40 per share, an increase of 81.2% over net earnings of $15.4 million for the same period in the prior year. The ending cash balance of $149.7 million benefited from robust operating cash flows of $44.2 million. Continues...\nbfi NY participates in \"We Care'' Children's Holid...\nHerman Miller, Inc., Net Earnings Rise 81% in Seco...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 188, "original_length": 4972, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 239.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://news.sky.com/story/sir-cliff-richard-bbc-says-helicopter-raid-coverage-was-in-public-interest-11346488", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:32Z", "digest": "sha1:SLA2IEG5XKSR3RDMB6T5P44XCKO5P5US", "length": 3169, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "news.sky.com", "title": "Sir Cliff Richard: BBC says helicopter raid coverage was in 'public interest' | UK News | Sky News", "raw_content": "Sir Cliff Richard: BBC says helicopter raid coverage was in 'public interest'\nThe BBC said the coverage would cause Sir Cliff \"distress\" but was \"in the public interest,\" while police called it \"intrusive\".\nImage: Sir Cliff Richard is suing the BBC\nA senior BBC journalist has told a High Court judge that the corporation had a public interest responsibility to cover a police search of Sir Cliff Richard's home.\nFran Unsworth, the BBC's director of news and current affairs, authorised the coverage of the South Yorkshire Police search of the singer's apartment in Sunningdale, Berkshire in August 2014.\nMs Unsworth told Mr Justice Mann that, while she knew the story would cause \"distress\" to Sir Cliff, it was \"in the public interest\" and said: \"That remains my view.\"\nShe said: \"I took the view, and still do, that we had a responsibility in the public interest to report this whilst still being sensitive to the position of Sir Cliff.\n\"The BBC has publicly said it is very sorry that Sir Cliff suffered distress and that remains the position,\" she added.\nAsked whether helicopter footage showing the inside of Sir Cliff's home was intrusive and akin to \"spying\", Ms Unsworth said that Sir Cliff was not in the property and that \"shots were of policemen and quite blurred\".\n\"I reject the term spying because we weren't spying,\" she said. \"Spying is something done surreptitiously and there is nothing surreptitious about a helicopter.\"\nShe said when she saw the footage after it had been broadcast it did not strike her as \"particularly intrusive\".\nIn a witness statement, the former chief constable of South Yorkshire Police said he had found BBC footage of the raid \"intrusive\".\nDavid Crompton, who was head of the force at the time, said: \"I had thought that there may be some limited footage of my officers going into Sir Cliff Richard's property.\n\"What I saw was much more extensive and I thought it was intrusive.\"\nSir Cliff, 77, has said the coverage \"smeared\" his name and is suing the corporation, demanding damages at the \"top end\" of the scale.\n:: Sir Cliff Richard vs BBC - the day in court\nThe BBC disputes his claim that its coverage was a \"very serious invasion\" of his privacy.\nMs Unsworth said: \"The BBC reported the police search of Sir Cliff's apartment and its investigation in a factually accurate manner and reported the early status of the investigation.\"\nSouth Yorkshire Police were investigating an historic sexual assault allegation against Sir Cliff, who was not arrested or charged as the result of the inquiry.\n\"The BBC's reporting prominently featured Sir Cliff's full denial of the allegations as soon as the denial had been issued,\" Ms Unsworth said.\nShe admitted she was influenced by other similar cases, such as those of Jimmy Savile and Rolf Harris, and argued that, if the BBC had not reported on South Yorkshire Police's action, it might have been accused of ignoring a public interest story because the subject was a famous celebrity.\nMs Unsworth said it was the first time the BBC had named an individual before arrest in connection with a minor, but added that \"we understood he would have been arrested if at the property\".", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 4885, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 286.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://news.softsolutionslimited.com/2018/12/01/how-to-choose-the-right-digital-marketing-professional-for-your-website/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:17Z", "digest": "sha1:67AEQCK37KWWF5ZC2F3FAEUQVCV7FXLC", "length": 5896, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "news.softsolutionslimited.com", "title": "How to choose the right digital marketing professional for your website? \u2013 Online News Service", "raw_content": "How to choose the right digital marketing professional for your website?\nWhen you are trying to establish your business and want to get exposure from the people who are likely to become your clients from across the world, it is important that you have an outstanding campaign to work with. The digital marketing platforms like the website and the social media are easy to operate provided you have some basic conception. However, most people who are opting for digital marketing does not know and understand the operations of the various services associated with digital marketing. Getting professional help is the best choice for them. Since the potential of digital marketing is high, many people are shifting to the digital marketing business, and there is an influx of agencies which are offering digital marketing services. However, it is important to look for a company that provides such services in a value for money manner.\nWhen you are thinking of establishing a digital marketing campaign for your company, there are numerous things to be considered. The works associated with digital marketing are very time consuming, and while you can control certain aspects on your own, it will still take up a lot of time, and you will not be able to attend to the other aspects of the business. The best way to ensure that such trouble does not arise is getting the help of professional companies. Choosing the best professional companies will involve sorting them out based on various factors. The kinds of services they offer, there experience and expertise in the field, the reviews they have received, the previous clients they have, and how well those websites are performing and lastly the charges, they are demanding for the services all together determine whether it is the best choice for you. Here we are going to discuss the factors that must be considered in order to get the best marketing professional at your services.\nTheir experience and consistency\nWhen you are looking up the various digital marketing companies in your locality, the best way to make sure that the companies that you are going for have some experience in their field of work is by going through their website and checking the experience and the number of years they have been working in the industry. If they are well acquainted with the changing trends of digital media, only then can they give you is wholesome service which is designed based on the changes that the digital platform has undergone over the years? You can easily narrow down the list of companies by checking their consistency at work and if you can, try and find out whether the websites designed by them are well optimized and secured. If you can find outlook if they have any records of hacked websites and how far they were able to retrieve the website and enhance its security. If the company is consistent with the service, they are providing you can rest assured that they will be able to provide the services positively to you.\nThe kind of services they provide\nThere is an array of services associated with digital marketing, and it is important that you are making the most of the services they provide. There are different kinds of digital marketing services, and if you are trying to establish your business, then you must make sure that the professionals that you are hiring are offering the best marketing campaign possible in the present times. There are different types of digital marketing services like the video campaign, social media campaign, website designing, SEO and much more. The package which is suitable for you entirely depends on the type of company that you are running there are different types of campaign strategies, and each works separately for each type of company. Ensure that the company of your choice provide superior services in terms of every marketing service available. The consistency of the services that you are getting will matter on the long run to ensure that your campaign gets well established.\nThere are different types of digital marketing campaign and packages which are dirt cheap while the same services provided by another company are extremely expensive. We may wonder at this discrepancy. The best way to make sure that the services you get are value for money is by engaging with the professionals and understanding why you need those services. They will be able to give you a good idea about which are the best services for you and also give you a breakdown of the entire cost so that you know all about the expenses well. If you are opting for reputed and seasoned digital marketing company, the charges will be a standard amount that is either too high or too low. It is important that you do some research on the cost of digital marketing services before you start negotiating with the companies so that you are able to hold your ground and ask for a proper price rate which is profitable for you as well.\nThe reviews that a company has received tell a lot about their services and professionalism. Look up various forums and the customer service page of the company of your choice to find out what others have to say about the company. There are different types of forums which you can look through and the reviews you find there will be able to give you a proper idea about the company of your choice. Look for people whom you know and who have taken the services of the company\u2019s first hand. They will be able to give a genuine review, and you can make your decision accordingly.\nThere are numerous digital marketing companies, and the best way to get in touch with a company that is of high reputation is looking for certain qualities among them. The pointers mentioned above will help you to determine whether the company is the right choice for your campaign.\n\u2190 Lithiumpr to open the mexican market How can you expand social media presence without making compromises? \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 6704, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 194.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://newstalkcleveland.com/2424460/hurricane-sandy-update-at-least-61-deaths-6-5m-homes-and-business-wo-power-20b-in-damages/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:42:53Z", "digest": "sha1:F7VUKSXQUHPKNEZMZTSBPWADWXHHWLAV", "length": 6967, "nlines": 36, "source_domain": "newstalkcleveland.com", "title": "Hurricane Sandy Update: 105 Dead, 900K W/O Power In NYC Area | WERE-AM 1490", "raw_content": "Sandy Update: 105 Dead (41 In NYC), 900K New Yorkers Without Power\nEvangean Pugh, far right, talks on a phone as she waits on line to apply for recovery assistance from Superstorm Sandy at a FEMA processing center at Surf Avenue and 20th Street on Friday, Nov. 2, 2012 in Coney Island, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)\nNEW YORK (AP) \u2014 More New Yorkers awoke Saturday to power being restored for the first time since Superstorm Sandy pummeled the region, but patience wore thin among those in the region who have been without power for most of the week.\nFrom storm-scarred New Jersey to parts of Connecticut, a widespread lack of gasoline added to the frustration.\nNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the Defense Department will set up emergency mobile gas stations at five locations around the New York City metropolitan area to distribute free fuel with a limit of 10 gallons per person. Cars and emergency service vehicles will be able to fill up directly from the 5,000-gallon trucks.\n\u201cFuel is on the way,\u201d Cuomo said. \u201cDo not panic. I know there is anxiety about fuel.\u201d\nGas rationing was starting at noon Saturday in northern New Jersey, where drivers will be allowed to buy it only every other day.\nIn Washington, President Barack Obama visited the headquarters of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for an update on superstorm recovery efforts and said \u201cthere\u2019s nothing more important than us getting this right.\u201d\n\u201cObviously we\u2019ve now seen that after the initial search and rescue, the recovery process is difficult and it\u2019s painful,\u201d Obama said. \u201cBut I\u2019m confident that we will continue to make progress as long as state and local and federal officials stay focused.\u201d\nObama cited the need to restore power; pump out water, particularly from electric substations; ensure that basic needs are addressed; remove debris; and get federal resources in place to help transportation systems come back on line.\nPower has been restored to about 60 percent of the New York metropolitan area, with about 900,000 still without electricity, including about 550,000 on Long Island, Cuomo said.\nAbout 80 percent of New York City\u2019s subway service has been restored, he added.\nThe storm forced cancellation of Sunday\u2019s New York City Marathon. Mayor Michael Bloomberg reversed himself Friday and yielded to mounting criticism about running the race, which starts on hard-hit Staten Island and wends through all five of the city\u2019s boroughs.\nBloomberg, who as late as Friday afternoon insisted the world\u2019s largest marathon should go on as scheduled, changed course shortly afterward amid intensifying opposition from the city comptroller, the Manhattan borough president and sanitation workers unhappy they had volunteered to help storm victims but were assigned to the race instead. The mayor said he would not want \u201ca cloud to hang over the race or its participants.\u201d\nMany runners understood the rationale behind the decision. The overall death toll was 105, including 41 in New York City. The widespread power outages made many New Yorkers recoil at the idea of police officers protecting a foot race and evicting storm victims from hotels to make way for runners.\nStill, the cancellation forced runners to deal with what to do with no race.\nMore than half of the 40,000 athletes were from out of town. Their entry fees were paid. Their airline tickets were purchased. Their friends and family had hotel rooms. And all week the race was a go, even after Sandy came ashore Monday.\n\u201cI understand why it cannot be held under the current circumstances,\u201d Meb Keflezighi, the 2009 men\u2019s champion and 2004 Olympic silver medalist, said in a statement. \u201cAny inconveniences the cancellation causes me or the thousands of runners who trained and traveled for this race pales in comparison to the challenges faced by people in NYC and its vicinity.\u201d\nING, the financial company that is the title sponsor of the marathon, said it supported the decision to cancel. The firm\u2019s charitable giving arm has made a $500,000 contribution to help with relief and recovery efforts and is matching employee donations. Sponsor Poland Spring said it would donate the bottled water earmarked for the marathon to relief agencies, more than 200,000 bottles.\n\u201cWhen you have a significant amount of people voicing real pain and unhappiness over its running, you have to hear that. You have to take that into consideration,\u201d said Howard Wolfson, deputy mayor for government affairs and communications.\n\u201cSomething that is such a celebration of the best of New York can\u2019t become divisive,\u201d he said. \u201cThat is not good for the city now as we try to complete our recovery effort, and it is not good for the marathon in the long run.\u201d\nEach day has brought signs of recovery.\nAida Padilla, 75, was thrilled that the power at her large housing authority complex in New York City\u2019s Chelsea section had returned late Friday.\n\u201cThank God,\u201d said Padilla, 75. \u201cI screamed and I put the lights on. Everybody was screaming. It was better than New Year\u2019s.\u201d\nAsked about whether she had heat, she replied, \u201chot and cold water and heat! Thank God, Jesus!\u201d\nBut on Staten Island, there was grumbling that the borough was a lower priority to get its services restored.\n\u201cYou know it\u2019s true,\u201d said Tony Carmelengo, who lives in the St. George section of Staten Island and still does not have electricity.\nAdded his neighbor, Anthony Como: \u201cIt\u2019s economics. Manhattan gets everything, let\u2019s face it.\u201d\nThe governor said the New York area had a strong sense of community, \u201cbut until you have your lights on you\u2019re not happy.\u201d\n\u201cWe\u2019re not going to stop until we have every house and every home restored. \u2026 This was truly a crisis, but it requires patience,\u201d Cuomo said.\nNYU Langone Medical Center, one of two New York hospitals that had to evacuate patients at the height of the storm, said it would reopen Monday, although some doctors would see patients at alternate sites.\nSeven backup generators at the hospital failed Monday night, forcing the evacuation of 300 patients.\nAt Bellevue Hospital Center, some 700 patients had to be evacuated after the power failed. An official there said the hospital could be out of commission at least two more weeks.\nNew Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said he would make public a list of when New Jersey utility companies intend to restore power to each community. Even if they end up working faster or slower, he said, residents will have a sense of when power will be restored so they can plan their lives a bit better.\nCommuter rail operator NJ Transit said it would have more service restored in time for the workweek to start Monday, most of Atlantic City\u2019s casinos reopened, and many school districts decided to hold classes on Thursday and Friday \u2013 days previously reserved for the New Jersey Education Association\u2019s annual conference, which has been canceled.\nSandy Update: 105 Dead (41 In NYC), 900K New Yorkers Without Power was originally published on newsone.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 222, "original_length": 10782, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 253.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ngss.nsta.org/Resource.aspx?ResourceID=59", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:44Z", "digest": "sha1:DSMTZGD6RQRQTJRXU6BMGERBG6CQXUYI", "length": 4525, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "ngss.nsta.org", "title": "Physics Calorimetry Lab", "raw_content": "Physics Calorimetry Lab\nMr. Liang/San Ramon Valley High School\nThis resource presents the students with three small activities which are all disguised as challenges. The first activity, \"Deactivating the Bomb,\" requires the students to determine how much hot water to add to a beaker of cool water so that the final temperature rises to 37 degrees Celsius. For every degree that the students miss the final temperature by, they lose a point. The second activity, \"How Hot is that Piece of Metal?,\" challenges the students to devise a method to determine the temperature of a piece of metal without touching it with a thermometer. The third activity, \"What's the Specific Heat of my Magical Special Nails?,\" asks the students to determine the specific heat of a nail. What makes the three activities so great is that they all get to the very core of the Performance Expectation by requiring the students to plan and carry out their own investigations.\nHS-PS3-4 Plan and conduct an investigation to provide evidence that the transfer of thermal energy when two components of different temperature are combined within a closed system results in a more uniform energy distribution among the components in the system (second law of thermodynamics).\nThe instructor needs to explicitly state that the students need to use mathematical thinking to determine how to achieve the desired results.\nTo fully support the Practice, the activity would need to engage the students in model building or at least the revising of models. The instructor could ask the students to create a model that explains the process that occurs in activity one when two liquids of different temperatures are mixed and they then come to an equilibrium temperature.\nUncontrolled systems always evolve toward more stable states\u2014that is, toward more uniform energy distribution (e.g., water flows downhill, objects hotter than their surrounding environment cool down).\nWhile this activity fully addresses the Disciplinary Core Idea, the instructor should emphasize the idea of objects hotter than their surrounding environment cooling off by holding a class discussion before, during, or after the lab. The instructor could have the students trace the flow of energy by requiring them in their lab report to state which objects cold off and which ones warmed up.\nThis activity does a good job of addressing the CCC. It could do a better job if the instructor modifies the activity to include a component that would demonstrate energy moving from one place to another through fields. Perhaps the instructor could accomplish this by having the students drop a mass from a height onto a metal plate. Through the gravitational field, the falling mass would transfer energy from a certain height to the plate situated on the ground. The students could measure the height they drop the mass from and therefore know how much gravitational potential energy it contained. By measuring the corresponding rise in temperature of the metal plate, the students could equate the two energies.\nAlignment to the Dimensions of the NGSS: Because this lab activity requires students to plan and conduct their own investigations and therefore fully addresses the PE, because it fully addresses the DCI, because it nearly fully addresses the Practice, and because it nearly fully addresses the CCC, it is a superior resource.\nInstructional Supports: The activity is very weak in terms of instructional support because it does not supply background information about the topics other than to list the equation used to calculate heat content from the mass, specific heat, and the change in temperature. This activity could only be used after the students had been instructed about the concepts of heat and specific heat.\nMonitoring Student Progress: This lab exercise contains three small activities, and the first activity (Deactivating the Bomb) provides the best situation for monitoring student progress because the students need to call the instructor over and perform their test in front of the teacher for immediate grading and feedback. The other two activities also provide for student monitoring, but mainly after the lab has been completed and turned in because it is only at that point that the instructor will be able to read the lab reports.\nQuality of Technological Interactivity: Modern technological data collection tools are not used in this activity. The technological interactivity rating could increase if an instructor simply gave the students access to probeware.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 71, "original_length": 7426, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 329.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://nicoletrimble.com/meals-men-like/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:23Z", "digest": "sha1:RGKKMD4SFL7XKLGUDHDDEA2IFM7NDJJN", "length": 340, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "nicoletrimble.com", "title": "Meals Men Like \u2014 NICOLE TRIMBLE", "raw_content": "Still Life Study #1\nAcrylic and paper on canvas board, 4\u201d x 4\u201d, 2019.\nStill Life Series #4\nAcrylic and paper on board, 11\u201d x 8.5\u201d, 2019.\nAcrylic and paper on board, 9\u201d x 12\u201d, 2019.\nAcrylic and paper on board, 5.5\u201d x 9\u201d, 2019.\nStill Life Study #10\nAcrylic and paper on board, 9\u201d x 9\u201d, 2019.\nAcrylic and paper on canvas board, 10\u201d x 8\u201d, 2019.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 124, "original_length": 4085, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.8, "perplexity": 250.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://nimblea.pe/monkey-business/2015/11/05/were-hiring/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:36Z", "digest": "sha1:VSFQI4O63S5EDUACPTNTSWCVVHGTVN3L", "length": 2053, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "nimblea.pe", "title": "Nimble Ape | We're Hiring", "raw_content": "Nimble Ape are looking for our first official employee(s). We\u2019ve been building communications applications for two years now, but it\u2019s only been me working here for that time; it\u2019s time to expand.\nSo, what is a Real-Time Communications developer? A developer who understands the basics of real-time communication. We\u2019re looking primarily for Javascript and Ruby developers but if you love writing code in something else, don\u2019t let that dissuade you. You should probably know by now that Nimble Ape does a lot of WebRTC work, as well as integrating telephony services into web applications. Knowledge of the Adhearsion framework would definitely be a bonus.\nAt Nimble Ape we don\u2019t believe in giving people labels such as \u201csenior\u201d or \u201cjunior\u201d. We believe that people have different skill-sets, and that as a team we compliment each other; as one team we don\u2019t require those titles.\nWe also don\u2019t believe in the need for an office right now. That\u2019s right; Nimble Ape is currently and will for the foreseeable future be a 100% remote team. That doesn\u2019t mean we won\u2019t get together often, work together often and have a laugh together often, it just means we don\u2019t see the need to be in the same building all the time. Anyone who\u2019s worked remotely will know the benefits to you personally in being able to have that freedom.\nAs a developer you\u2019ll want to know what you\u2019d be working on right? What we can tell you is that we don\u2019t create products for ourselves right now, we help others build their dreams; we hope to build our own some day soon. A pledge we make to you is the ability to work on open source projects while you\u2019re at work; you\u2019ll be given time to work on projects you love. It all comes down to trust and respect - we hope you\u2019ll trust and respect Nimble Ape and in return you\u2019ll get the same.\nThere\u2019s a lot to be said for joining a team when it\u2019s still young. We don\u2019t have a job description for the role yet; we want to work with you on that. Do you have what it takes? Send us an email to jobs@nimblea.pe telling us why you want to join us.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 25, "original_length": 2420, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 253.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://northwaypc.org.uk/wiki/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:23:33Z", "digest": "sha1:I6EWIQYPSQF2J2FS7DQ4YZRFOYNE4XJW", "length": 696, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "northwaypc.org.uk", "title": "Welcome - Northway Parish Council", "raw_content": "Welcome to Northway Parish Council\nThe parish of Northway lies east of Tewkesbury. Initially built to house workers in the Dowty Engineering factory, it has become a community with much wider importance. Its facilities include local shops, a pub, two schools and a main line railway station (Ashchurch for Tewkesbury). Its boundaries are the M5 motorway, the A46, the railway line and the Carrant Brook.\nThe calendar of meetings is automated to update the Meeting Diary on the right. Links to the meeting agenda and minutes are provided in the meeting link. Minutes will be populated following the meeting at which they are approved, and agendas will appear on-line a few days before the meeting.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 71, "original_length": 2308, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 233.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://novaspivack.typepad.com/nova_spivacks_weblog/2008/06/peace-in-the-mi.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:40:03Z", "digest": "sha1:EFYFEFUWBDOKH263LQG52MJU34DEJLJW", "length": 8609, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "novaspivack.typepad.com", "title": "This Blog has Moved to NovaSpivack.com: Peace in the Middle East: Could Alternative Energy Be the Solution?", "raw_content": "\u00ab Video of my Presentation at The Next Web 2008 Conference | Main | Life in Perpetual Beta: The Film \u00bb\nIf Middle Eastern nations annually invested hundreds of billions of dollars into research and development of alternative fuels and alternative energy technologies, they could definitely capture and lead the market in post-fossil-fuel energy technologies. They could provide energy itself to the global grid, as well as technologies for utilizing or generating non-fossil-fuel energy such as new kinds of engines or components, generators, batteries, fuel cells, and more.\nBy doing this, they could achieve two important goals: Their land would no longer be strategically important to other nations and so the foreign military presence in the region would diminish and eventually leave altogether, and secondly, they could ensure a tremendous long-term revenue stream for their nations (via patents, manufacturing, and supply of products). The Middle East could become a world center of excellence in alternative energy. This is really the future of the Middle East. They must sell abundance, not scarcity. They must lead the world in this.\nMiddle Eastern nations have another huge asset besides what is under the ground -- it is what is above the ground -- the sun and space itself. They have a lot of open space and a lot of sunlight annually. It is the perfect place to create enormous solar collection farms, and wind farms. It would also be an ideal location to position rectennas for receiving space-based solar power (via microwave transmission). These are just the near-term opportunities. Longer-term, the Middle Eastern nations should and can develop specialized R&D labs, university programs, and major global corporations to develop, license and sell green energy, and alternative energy technologies to the rest of the world.\nThere are of course other very difficult political and social issues to resolve -- for example the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the rise of Islamic radicalism, corruption, human rights, terrorism, etc. But I believe that the best way to make really positive progress towards resolving these problems is to focus on improving the level of education, economic prosperity and stability, self-esteem, and long-term opportunity in the region.\nIf the oil issue wasn't there complicating all of the other problems in the region, it would change the game radically for everyone and might open up a range of new potential solutions that today are not even possible to consider.\nMy personal belief is that terrorism and war are obsolete and never solve problems. Violence begets violence and that will never lead to peace or prosperity in the Middle East. The solution is economic prosperity, education, human rights, and freedom. With regard to Israel, I believe that peaceful co-existence between Israel and other Middle-Eastern powers can and must be achieved, but that this will be easier to achieve once the oil issue is off the table. Why? Because once the oil issue is off the table, much of the funding for terrorism will vanish. Similarly much of the foreign interest in a strong military presence in the region will also vanish. This will significantly de-escalate and de-militarize the conflict for both sides, thus making it more likely that a peaceful, lasting solution can be found.\nUltimately, for a long-term peace in the Middle East to take place, moderates on all sides need to be driving the process. But moderates lead only when civilizations are prosperous and safe -- when their people feel they have a good enough quality of life and future that they don't want to risk losing that. A major step in this direction is to improve the economic situation for lower and middle-class citizens of Middle Eastern countries. People who have happy families, good incomes, and bright futures generally do not want to fight wars or become suicide bombers. Instead of pouring money into terrorism, counter-terrorism, military might, secret weapons, etc, money should be poured into creating and building more opportunity and prosperity for everyday citizens of the Arab world.\nFossil fuels are the real enemy of peace and prosperity worldwide: they are finite, dwindling, and controlled only by a minority as well as outside influences. This must change if peace and prosperity for the Middle East is truly important. In fact, there is a much great opportunity in renewable energy and alternative energy than fossil fuels. We must shift our world from one that is based on control of finite resources, to one that is based on distribution and use of abundant and/or renewable resources. This is the really the best path for the Middle East, and the rest of the world.\nPosted on June 04, 2008 at 12:15 PM in Alternative Science, Defense and Intelligence, Democracy 2.0, ecology, Environment, Government, My Proposals, New Energy Sources, Science, Society, Technology, Terrorism, The Future | Permalink\nI strongly agree that the world should research oil alternatives. We should take this issue very seriously. However the article simplifies many political and economical problems into an oil issue. I would like to comment that the Middle East problems (and thus the problem of the world\u2019s political peace and economical instability) are mostly caused the illegitimate existence of Israel. The oil is a motivation rather directly the cause of the problems. Israel was injected inside the body of the Arabs courtiers, not because of the oil. Instead of killing the Jewish, as the Germany did, UK decided to throw them out of Europe, and the best is to position them between Europe and Arabs, used like a wall. Of course in order for Israel to keep all support from Europe and the USA, oil is used as a motivation rather than a direct cause (the conflict with Iraq and Iran are examples). Although Sudam accepted to give the Iraqi oil to the USA with very cheap price, in order to stay in power, but the USA refused this because the Israeli lobby in the Wight House wanted to destroy Iraq for the advantage of Israel. Same motivation will be used for Iran, etc.\nsuch conflicts are creating strong resistance by the Arab people (not the governments, which are little toys, installed and maintained by the USA). Sometimes this resistance has leftish faces (1960-1980), and sometimes has other religious faces (1990- ). I do expect the next face will be more nationalistic-revolutionary face. In other words, whatever the face of the resistance, the cause is stays the same: Israel. To be more precise, the history shows that they weren\u2019t any conflict between the Jewish and the Arabs. The conflict is not with the (Jewish), it is with the Israel and any country supporting it.\nAnother issue, I am really against that some courtiers get very cheap oil, like the USA or even the golf countries. When I see people driving big cars (because the oil in their countries is very cheap) I wonder how their governments think!! Cheap oil means more consumption\u2026.\nPosted by: Bob | June 17, 2008 at 12:51 AM\nam glad to meet you. when people start to think about integral solution there will be no place for conflicts. The question weather governments are ready to release power of lobby and build bottom-up tipping synergy?\nPersonally I am pushing for the spirit of \"Integral Palestine\" settled by \"Global Palestine Generation\"\nPosted by: Wael Al Saad | June 10, 2008 at 02:44 PM\nanother thing ... when a person or a country defines themself in terms of an opposite, then to make peace with that opposite is hugely threatening to the original identity and is to be avoided at all cost. israel has to oppose palestine or it wont be israel, literally, ontologically\nfossil fuels are not a problem, it is the inablity to expand one's identity to include a larger we.\nhow to do that is nearly a metaphysical problem\nPosted by: gregory | June 05, 2008 at 07:57 AM\ngood comment ... though up 'til now i have never encountered a government or an organization that will do what it should do, they only do what will maintain the status quo .... it is a very rare trait in individuals, as well\nisrael, notice how the first meeting obama had after his speech was with aipac? forget any change there\nVery very wise words, thank you for writing them.\nPosted by: Adam Lindemann | June 05, 2008 at 06:05 AM\nGreat vision, Nova. The good point with renewable energies, which generally come out of the flow of photons from the sun, is that you cannot consume today the flow of tomorrow, then you cannot steal next generations\u2019 piece of the cake.\nPosted by: C\u00e9dric Ringenbach | June 04, 2008 at 01:47 PM", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 371, "original_length": 24327, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 276.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://nursing.setgoi.com/course/civil-engineering/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:01Z", "digest": "sha1:NPJADWKTE755GTTCOAELSXVY7M7TQBCO", "length": 681, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "nursing.setgoi.com", "title": "Civil Engineering \u2013 Maa Sarada School of Nursing", "raw_content": "Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Civil Engineering (CE) is designed to develop young minds who understand the impact of their work on the progress of civilization. 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Tech in Civil Engineering (CE) \u2013 4 Years", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 231, "original_length": 13513, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 104.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://nvis.esucc.org/SectionDetails.aspx?SectionID=4006", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:49Z", "digest": "sha1:EYVHY2TJG7VFCU7L336N237CGMZW3R6E", "length": 460, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "nvis.esucc.org", "title": "NVIS: ESUCC", "raw_content": "Course Name: Short Stories\nDescription: This course is a survey of short fiction in which the student reads and then writes about a selection of different short stories from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The course discusses the elements that make up prose fiction in addition to exploring human nature, encouraging philosophical thought, and interpreting social commentary.\nURL: https://highschoolstore.nebraska.edu/p-1611-engh019-short-stories.aspx", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 38, "original_length": 1570, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 213.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://observer.com/2012/11/weekly-advance-week-of-nov-5/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:55Z", "digest": "sha1:YU7KGSL3EUW66NMBDFENTOQBAM6MGSGG", "length": 3185, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "observer.com", "title": "Weekly Advance: Week of Nov. 5 | Observer", "raw_content": "Weekly Advance: Week of Nov. 5\nBy Matthew Arco \u2022 11/02/12 4:50pm\nTRENTON \u2013 The aftermath and utter devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Sandy all but ensures the first week of November is too soon for many people in the region to feel any sense of normalcy.\nThe death toll from the super storm crept higher late last week as reports began to surface that the economic damage inflicted by Sandy could be more than double what was first estimated (some reports suggested damage could be $20 billion, but The New York Times reported Friday it could reach $50 billion).\nCoastal communities have been destroyed and many New Jersey residents, some of whom were expected to be still without power this week, got their first glimpses of a forever-changed Jersey Shore when their power turned back on days after Sandy slammed the coast.\nThe Statehouse is quiet and committee hearings are nonexistent this week.\nBut despite the severity of the storm, Tuesday is still Election Day.\nThe nation will elect its 44th or 45th president and voters will decide on a variety of other public offices and referendum questions.\nIn the Garden State, Election Day is less of a toss-up and little in the way of tight races took shape in the state.\nHowever, voters will decide whether to approve a $750 million bond referendum question for the state\u2019s higher education institutions. The proposal is supported by Gov. Chris Christie and the leaders of the state Legislature.\nResidents will also be asked whether judicial pensions should be required to bear the same burden other state pensions were forced to absorb when officials overhauled the state pension system.\nNonetheless, many residents in the state and region who were lucky enough to escape a life-threatening situation or the loss of their home are likely to be more focused on recovery efforts over following their five minutes in a polling booth.\nWe can expect, however, that Statehouse activities will resume in the coming weeks. At that time, we can expect lawmakers to assess how the state\u2019s recovery has gone and then find ways to bring legislation to the table that could change the way the state reacts to future storms.\n4 p.m., N.J. Site Remediation Professional Licensing Board, Department of Environmental Protection, 401 E. State St., Trenton\n7 p.m., N.J. School Boards Association, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics workshop, Rowan University Student Center, Glassboro\n9 a.m., N.J. Local Finance Board, Department of Community Affairs, 101 S. Broad St., Trenton\n10 a.m., N.J. Health Care Facilities Financing Authority, Finance Committee, Fourth floor, Building 4, Station Plaza, South Clinton Avenue, Trenton\n10 a.m., State Investment Council, George Washington Ballroom, War Memorial, Memorial Drive, Trenton\n10 a.m., Legislative Services Commission, Rm. L103, Statehouse, Trenton\n8 a.m., Second Annual N.J. Apartment Summit and Expo, Hamilton Park Hotel and Conference Center, Florham Park\n8 a.m., N.J. Business and Industry Association, Meet the Decision-Makers: Health Commissioner, Forsgate Country Club, 375 Forsgate Drive, Monroe\nSEE ALSO: NJ Politics Digest: Murphy Campaign Volunteer Sues Over Alleged Rape", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 142, "original_length": 5331, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 229.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://observer.com/2017/06/how-40-years-of-star-wars-has-saved-my-life/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:14Z", "digest": "sha1:2FGR4JPM4N4HVISPBTM7A75KJF4OACWN", "length": 6311, "nlines": 70, "source_domain": "observer.com", "title": "How 40 Years Of Star Wars Has Saved My Life | Observer", "raw_content": "How 40 Years Of Star Wars Has Saved My Life\nBy James Altucher \u2022 06/15/17 9:33am\nGeorge Lucas attends the 40 Years of Star Wars panel during the 2017 Star Wars Celebration at Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. Gerardo Mora/Getty Images\nMay 25th was Star Wars\u2019 40th Birthday.\n40 years since my life changed because of it.\nI saw it over 30 times that first year.\nI cried when the next movie, Empire Strikes Back, came out because it was a cliffhanger and I hated that I had to wait three years.\nWhen \u201cReturn of the Jedi\u201d came out, my friends and I convinced our parents to let us take a day off from school.\nWe got to the theater six hours early and were already about 100th in line. People had waited on line all night.\nWe snuck down in our seats and watched it three times in a row. I was in a glow when I left. I felt like a Jedi.\nI don\u2019t care if people hate, like, love, or are indifferent to the prequels or the sequel. I love them all. I love the books.\nHow did it change my life?\nOne word: SURRENDER.\nI can put my best effort into something. And that\u2019s all I can do.\nThen I surrender the results.\nTwo steps to anything in life:\n1) put in the best effort\n2) surrender to the results.\nThis has saved my businesses countless times. This has saved me so much anguish in relationships.\nIf someone leaves me when I put in my best effort, I just have to move on.\nIf someone abuses me when I put in my best effort, then I have to leave.\nThis has helped me prepare for speaking appearances where I was scared to death. This has helped me with deals, with negotiating, with skills I wanted to develop.\nThis has helped me meet new people I wanted to meet. It\u2019s helped me every time in my life I have felt fear.\nBest Effort + Surrender = The Force.\nHow do you put in the best effort?\na. PLUS, MINUS, EQUAL\ni. find a mentor, real or virtual to model yourself after\nii. find equals to challenge you. On Steve Martin\u2019s master class on standup comedy he says as the very first thing to do if you want to do standup comedy:\nfind other funny people and talk to them. Not for a few minutes or a few hours. But CONSTANTLY. Pitching ideas to each other, challenging each other, helping each other improve.\niii. find your minus.\nI always make sure I lecture and teach whenever possible. I regularly give talks at Columbia or NYU, for instance, and other local conferences.\nWhy? Because it helps me solidify things I learn, it puts me in \u201cbeginner\u2019s mind\u201d so I can learn more from the point of view of someone just starting, and it helps me improve my own public speaking and teaching skills.\nAnd then repeat \u201ca\u201d as much as possible.\nI read everything I can about what I am interested in.\nEven when I started at a job, I read everything I could about the history of the industry, the biographies of the executives, the history of the competitors, the science of the technology, etc.\nWhen I was a kid and wanted to get better at chess, I studied every game I could get my hands on.\nI skipped school and would read books on chess all day long. I don\u2019t know if this was a better use of my time but I did get better.\nEvery time I get interested in something new, something that sets my chest on fire, I read everything I can about it. And if there\u2019s nothing written on it, I write the book.\nMuch more important than \u201cREAD\u201d.\nToo many people write or read and don\u2019t do.\nYou can\u2019t get BETTER until you DO.\nWhen I started my first business, it wasn\u2019t enough to know how to program and solve a hard problem.\nI had to learn to do something I had never done before: sell.\nTo sell, you have to understand personalities, you have to learn what excites people, you have to over deliver, you have to understand competitors, etc.\nWithout DO-ing I would never have learned the critical parts of business. Business is at least 60% psychological (or 90%). I would never have known that.\nI wanted to learn how to write better. I can read every book. I can read every book on writing.\nI didn\u2019t get better until I started to write. Until I told stories. Every single day.\nI wrote a novel when I was 21. I got feedback from a professional novelist (\u201cuhh\u2026.it has potential but write your NEXT book\u201d).\nWhen I played chess in tournaments I would take each loss and bring it to my instructor and he would break down each move where I went wrong. He\u2019d set up similar positions and I would have to solve them over and over.\nWhen Luke tried to lift his ship out of the water in \u201cEmpire\u201d, he failed. He got immediate feedback from his instructor, Yoda.\nThe one advice every standup comic gives me: record each performance. Amy Schumer has said in an interview, she listens to her performances to find out if she should even pause 1/4 a second more at the end of a joke.\ne. REPEAT\nYou can\u2019t get better until you do something A LOT. There are shortcuts. But everyone good already knows the shortcuts.\nThere\u2019s no hack to hack the hacks.\nTalent is 5%. It\u2019s the ignition that starts the car. But then you have to drive.\nStar Wars is about surrender.\nThe hero, Luke, is reluctant.\nBut he surrenders to the fate around him.\nFate is about a future that is outside of your control.\nBest Effort + Surrender = DESTINY\nStar Wars concludes with Luke trusting everything he\u2019s learned. His best effort. And having faith in it. Finally, not having faith in a system, or a teacher, or a fad, but HIMSELF.\nIt\u2019s ONLY when he finally does that that he is able to save the Universe. He\u2019s able to find his destiny.\nThat\u2019s why I say Happy Birthday to Star Wars.\nBecause I learned how to put in my best effort.\nI finally learned to surrender and trust myself. I have to re-learn this every day. Because I fail a lot when I don\u2019t do this.\nDestiny is more powerful than fate. Because you can\u2019t control it, but you can surrender to it, and then it actually happens, whether you like it or not.\nStar Wars gave me destiny. That sounds stupid. Like I\u2019m a four year old.\nHappy 40th Birthday, Star Wars.\nJames Altucher is the author of the bestselling book Choose Yourself, editor at The Altucher Report and host of the popular podcast, The James Altucher Show . Join the 136,000 readers getting a dose of my best and controversial content. Join here.\nFiled Under: Movies, Business, Film, Star Wars, business, Self Improvement, Anniversary, surrender, star wars 40th birthday", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 157, "original_length": 7938, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 324.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://oceanmax.com/skipper's-journal/blog-post/news-and-events/2019/01/13/satellite-tagging-sea-turtles-MEEC", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:37:53Z", "digest": "sha1:IDJ3YWUUEROAXZD3ALAU42M2DFNYJLWX", "length": 3521, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "oceanmax.com", "title": "Turtle Power", "raw_content": "Captain, a green sea turtle no longer able to swim in open water, is a rare example of a sea turtle in captivity who now calls MEEC her home.\nOceanmax is proud to support the efforts of the Marine Environmental Education Center (MEEC) at historic Carpenter House in Hollywood Beach. The Nova Southeastern University facility, part of the Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography, was established in partnership with the Broward County Parks Department to educate locals and tourists alike about coastal ecology, with an emphasis on the area\u2019s endangered sea turtles.\nCaptain, MEEC\u2019s brand ambassador, is a green sea turtle and the survivor of a 2010 boat strike that left her unable to dive due to air bubbles created by the impact. No longer capable of swimming in the open ocean, after several stints in rehab, she landed at MEEC, where she delights visitors of all ages as she swims around her \u201cdream pool\u201d with the assistance of weight therapy. With each year of growth, the appropriate amount of weight is added to Captain\u2019s shell, and the attached weights are coated with\u2014you guessed it: Propspeed! Researchers at MEEC were already familiar with Oceanmax\u2019s high-performance foul-release system, having used Propspeed on shark and sea turtle satellite tags for some time.\nInteractive displays and educational programs are available Tuesday through Saturday. Visitors can learn all about sea turtle husbandry and even watch Captain\u2019s feeding time!\n\u201cPropspeed has been fantastic for us,\u201d says MEEC director Derek Burkholder. \u201cSatellite tags are an amazing tool; we can actually follow sharks and sea turtles anywhere that they go in the world. But one of the problems is, as soon these antennae or the tag itself gets covered by algae, it stops transmitting. So Propspeed has been a way that we\u2019ve been able to get very long life out of these tags and be able to follow these animals for years, in some cases.\u201d\nAround 70% of the United States\u2019 sea turtle nesting areas fall in Southeast Florida, from the Space Coast to the Gold Coast, which ranks second in the world for loggerhead sea turtles. Broward County consistently sees three specific species: the loggerhead (Caretta caretta), the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), and the leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea). By monitoring nests and raising public awareness, the overarching Broward County Sea Turtle Conservation Program (BCSTCP) hopes to protect these threatened creatures.\nA colorful mural by a local Hollywood Beach artist captures the center\u2019s vision.\nCaptain, now about 18 years old, is one of few sea turtles in captivity and has been for nine years. A few of her favorite things include cucumber and lettuce sandwiches, the color green, and taking naps in the deep end. But life is a bit busier for the staff at MEEC:\n\u201cHere, we do a lot of work with everything from sea turtles to sharks to marine debris and some of the amazing local artists here in Hollywood,\u201d says Derek. \u201cWe just try to teach as many people as possible about the amazing work that\u2019s going on at NSU and the amazing tools like Propspeed that allow us to do it.\u201d\nNow, with the launch of Lightspeed, marine researchers have another powerful tool in their arsenal: a coating that prevents biofouling on nonmetal surfaces. US sales director James Maitland was on hand to talk to Derek about the great work he and his team are doing in the video below.\nMEEC is open to the public Tuesday to Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm.\n4414 N. Surf Road\nBlog post published 14 January 2019", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 4409, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 307.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://oeps.wv.gov/gonorrhea/pages/default.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:03Z", "digest": "sha1:VZVYUVNVK7WC4JP3NQWIUZQWVOQGSQPG", "length": 2117, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "oeps.wv.gov", "title": "WV OEPS", "raw_content": "OEPS > GONORRHEA\nGonorrhea is a sexually transmitted disease (STD). Gonorrhea is caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, a bacterium that can grow and multiply easily in the warm, moist areas of the reproductive tract, including the cervix (opening to the womb), uterus (womb), and fallopian tubes (egg canals) in women, and in the urethra (urine canal) in women and men. The bacterium can also grow in the mouth, throat, eyes, and anus.\nSymptoms show up 2-21 days after having sex. Most women and some men have no symptoms.\nThick yellow or white discharge from the vagina.\nBurning or pain when you urinate (pee) or have a bowel movement.\nAbnormal periods or bleeding between periods.\nBleeding from the vagina between periods.\nCramps and pain in the lower abdomen (belly).\nThick yellow or white drip from the penis.\nNeed to urinate (pee) more often..\nSpread during vaginal, anal or oral sex with someone who has gonorrhea.\nYou can give gonorrhea to your sexual partner(s).\nCan lead to more serious infection. Reproductive organs can be damaged.\nBoth men and women may no longer be able to have children.\nA mother with gonorrhea can give it to her baby during childbirth.\nCan cause heart trouble, skin disease, arthritis and blindness.\nGonorrhea - Fact Sheet\nGonorrhea: The Facts - Brochure\nGonorrhea Treatment Guidelines for EPT\nPatient Information Sheets for Gonorrhea\nGonorrhea has the next highest incidence of STDs in West Virginia with 1,301 reported cases in 2017, an increase of 38.2% from 2016 (N=941). Gonorrhea infection is most prevalent among 15 to 29 year-old females (N=432, 33%) and 20 to 34 year-old-males (N=412, 32%). Disparity is greater among the African American race at 692.3 (N=437, 34%) by population rate per 100,000. Gonorrhea is being monitored for increased antibiotic resistance and currently no new treatment regimen has been developed. It is vitally important to treat gonorrhea infections according to the CDC recommended treatment guidelines. Just like chlamydia, gonorrhea can cause infertility issues in women if left untreated.\n2009 Gonococcal Isolate Surveillance Project (GISP) Profiles", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 71, "original_length": 3411, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 256.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://offices.net/fl/coral-gables/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:11Z", "digest": "sha1:AWHB5G2H5XZAM54QIBWRGVSQ6VGQJJYF", "length": 5892, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "offices.net", "title": "Office Space for Rent Coral Gables FL Virtual Offices & Coworking", "raw_content": "Home > Florida Office Space > Coral Gables Offices for Rent\nCoral Gables Office Space\n1 Office Building in Coral Gables, Florida\nThis center is committed to bringing the best workplace experience to entrepreneurs, start-ups, independent professionals, and small business teams through community building, innovative and functional design, a dynamic learning environment, and a desirable location. Some of the amenities you can expect at this center are Meeting rooms for collaboration and... Read More >>\nThis center is committed to bringing the best workplace experience to entrepreneurs, start-ups, independent professionals, and small business teams through community building, innovative and functional design, a dynamic learning environment, and a desirable location. Some of the amenities you can expect at this center are Meeting rooms for collaboration and ideas, an on-site cafe and restaurant making for a convenient lunch break, high speed Wifi, networking events for small businesses to get together, flexible terms, and copy and print facilities for your business needs and of course 24-hour access to centers worldwide... Read More >>\n95 Merrick Way, Coral Gables Section\nExpand search to view more listings in and around Coral Gables.\nSee more offices in and around Coral Gables.\nCoral Gables Office Space Solutions\nOffices.net has [number] office building[s] with a variety of business space available for you to rent on short term, flexible contracts in Coral Gables, FL. The private and shared office suites and coworking spaces are available right away, and come fully furnished and wired, ready for you to move in and get to work with little or no downtime.\nMost of the business centers listed on Offices.net come inclusive of an outstanding array of support services including dedicated front desk reception and building security, conference suites and lounges, dining facilities and break out areas. In addition, most of the office buildings also include internet and network wiring, parking, 24/7 access and onsite IT support staff.\nCoral Gables Office Space Costs and Availability\nThe local office market consists of approximately 11 million square feet of space and enjoys a fine reputation as one of the top office locations in Southern Florida. Over 150 multinationals have already chosen Coral Gables as their base, many of which take advantage of Florida's position as a gateway to Latin America. Yahoo, Britvic, MoneyGram, IBM, Marriott, Cisco Systems, and Diageo are a small sample of the typical office occupier profile in the city.\nVacancy rates are in line with the county average (12 percent and generally stable), and so are asking rates, which in 2017 were $38 / sq ft / year for all classes and $42 for Class A space. This makes Coral Gables one of the priciest suburban markets in the Miami - Dade area, since rates are only higher in Miami Beach and Northeast Dade.\nCoral Gables is a planned city with strict zoning regulations, so new real estate developments are limited. However, several office construction projects are planned north of downtown and near South Dixie Highway. Shared office space operators have been behind some large transactions in Coral Gables, and the trend may continue as there is sufficient demand for suburban coworking space throughout Miami - Dade County, and this may offset the limitations caused by planning restrictions in the near future.\nCoral Gables for Business\nCoral Gables is a medium-sized city located in eastern Florida, approximately 6 miles south of downtown Miami. The city belongs to Miami - Dade County, which has a total population of nearly 3 million people.\nThe city is a prime tourist destination thanks to its seaside location, and the visitor economy also supports related sectors, such as retail, accommodation, and hospitality. Other important industries are medical research, import and export activities, international finance, real estate, and media.\nThe largest employers are the University of Miami (which has two campuses in Coral Gables and overall provides employment to more than 13,000 people across the state), Bayview Financial, the Biltmore Hotel, Mercantile Commerce Bank, Bacardi, Mercedes Benz, and Del Monte, along with several healthcare providers such as Baptist Health and Coral Gables Hospital.\nThe local labor market benefits from the presence of graduates from the University of Miami, which has been ranked as one of the nation's top graduate schools and is a renowned research institution in areas like medicine, engineering, education, and marine sciences. Nearly 60 percent of the local residents are educated to at least university level, and approximately 50 percent of the workforce has second language skills.\nThe Coral Gables business community consists of a mix of local, national, and international firms that enjoy easy access to the second-busiest international airport in the US and to the business district in downtown Miami. Other key advantages of being based in this city include favorable tax rates and easy access to a talented local workforce and to large international markets. More information on the steps to follow to open a business in Coral Gables is available from the city's Planning and Zoning Division.\nLet Us Help You Find Workspace in Coral Gables\nWe would love to help you find the perfect workspace solution. Simply choose your favorites from the listings above or give us a call on 1800 038 940 and one of our Coral Gables experts will be happy to provide advice and search services at no cost.\nIn addition to executive office suites and commercial office space, we also able to help you find coworking and creative work spaces, hot desking, short term offices and virtual office solutions in other cities throughout Miami - Dade County and Florida. Contact us and we will do everything we can to help you find your perfect office space.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 107, "original_length": 7787, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 241.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://oneroomwithaview.com/2017/11/14/from-heart-throb-to-indie-darling-the-evolution-of-robert-pattinson/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:31Z", "digest": "sha1:F4M3IENX3IDVZJNONAUKH7FG5YD5INPO", "length": 6011, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "oneroomwithaview.com", "title": "From Heart Throb to Indie Darling: The Evolution of Robert Pattinson - One Room With A View", "raw_content": "A Beginner's Guide To... Johnny Depp\nLogan - Berlinale 2017 Review\nCourtesy of: Curzon Artificial Eye\nIt\u2019s been a long time now since Robert Pattinson was able to enjoy complete anonymity. From the moment Pattinson landed the much-coveted role of Edward Cullen in the Twilight series, he has been unable to escape the small army of star-struck preteen girls that follow him around relentlessly. But as soon as Pattinson entered the Brave New World that awaited him outside of the global phenomenon that was Twilight, audiences everywhere discovered that there was more to this actor than just good looks and sparkles.\nLet\u2019s face it, if you\u2019ve glanced at a newspaper or magazine since the year 2008, then you\u2019ve probably heard of Robert Pattinson. Despite a small awareness of who he was following his first major role as Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Pattinson\u2019s career only exploded after he \u2018graced\u2019 our screens as Edward Cullen \u2013 the brooding, lovelorn vampire star of Suzanne Nichol\u2019s Twilight novels.\nAdapted into a film series between 2008 and 2014, no one could have guessed quite how much impact Twilight would have on the lives of teenage girls everywhere who wanted a sparkly vampire boyfriend all of their very own. With this in mind, it\u2019s easy to see why Pattinson frequently states that \u201cTwilight\u2019s the hardest part I\u2019ve done.\u201d\nNot only has he had a lot of grief to put up with from the paparazzi and the public alike, but there\u2019s no denying the dull and limiting nature of the character itself. Throw Kristen Stewart into the mix, and it\u2019s no surprise that Pattinson was looking for an escape from the limelight.\nAnd this escape was found in the low budget indie dramas that Pattinson has preoccupied himself with over the past seven years. Ever since he first dipped his toe into the indie pool with 2010\u2019s Remember Me, starring Emilie Ravin, it\u2019s been clear that this is where Pattinson is most comfortable.\nAlthough Remember Me had a mixed critical reception due to the ambulance-chasing nature of its final plot twist, it was certainly a step in the right direction. Stand outs since have been The Rover (2014), a gritty and violent post-apocalyptic drama starring Guy Pearce, as well as 2015\u2019s Life, a biography that documents the friendship between photographer Dennis Stock (Pattinson) and actor James Dean (Dane DeHaan) during the 1950s.\nAlthough these projects sound completely different, one being a stressful endeavour, whilst the other is a slow and steady biopic, the characters that Pattinson selects all share something in common. Philosophically lost, downtrodden, and generally harbouring innate anxieties, they all present qualities that tend to make for an interesting character study. You could even argue that these characters share qualities with Pattinson himself, anxiety drawn from years in the hostile limelight, making his transition from big to small screen ever more poignant.\nCourtesy of: Roadshow Films\nSadly, not all of Pattinson\u2019s films have gained a lot of traction over the past few years, which means that, despite strong performances all round, Pattinson will probably never again reach the lofty heights of fame afforded him by Twilight. In this respect, it\u2019s hard not to draw comparisons with another English actor who has had to fight the same battle. Daniel Radcliffe, star of the Harry Potter franchise from the age of eleven, has similarly battled to escape the fame and Hollywood grind.\nFrom dark horror thrillers such as Horns (2014) to the more muted and unpredictable Swiss Army Man (2016) Radcliffe has certainly been testing and learning since Harry Potter was laid to rest. That\u2019s not to say they\u2019ve all been successful experiments \u2013 due to the very niche nature of a lot of his projects, many of them fail to gain the commercial success that they deserve.\nBut that doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019re not films worth seeing, or that Radcliffe doesn\u2019t impress in every single one of them. And it\u2019s much the same with Pattinson. Despite a few missteps, he seems a lot more comfortable in his current roles, and therefore his audience is more comfortable as well. There can even be parallels drawn between Radcliffe and Pattinson\u2019s initial roles.\nTake Harry Potter and Edward Cullen themselves. So yes, one happens to be an immortal vampire and the other a wizard, but the basic character traits are the same \u2013 wooden, romantically challenged, and lacking any emotional depth whatsoever. It\u2019s not hard to see why both actors might have wanted to extend themselves to slightly more challenging and charismatic roles.\nAnd it seems that Pattinson might finally be hitting his stride in recent years. We saw Pattinson move back to more mainstream offerings with Lost City of Z (2016) alongside Charlie Hunnam and Tom Holland. Although once again this didn\u2019t quite reach what could be called an entirely positive reception, this is the first star-studded ensemble cast we\u2019ve seen Pattinson be a part of in a few years. Perhaps a ploy to keep himself relevant in Hollywood after a few box office blunders, needless to say it\u2019s certainly done the trick.\nAnd let\u2019s not forget Good Time as something to get excited about. Keen to throw out any memory we have of his breakout role, Good Time is the perfect opportunity for Pattinson to show the world how far he\u2019s come from his glittery vampire days. Whatever the reason might be for his career shift, it\u2019s hard not to be glad that Pattinson has shied away from the large franchise limelight towards slightly more side-show affairs. And if the initial positive response seen from critics upon first previews of the film at Cannes this year are anything to go by, it\u2019s safe to say we\u2019ll be seeing more of the same from Pattinson. And that can only be a good thing.\nFrom Heart Throb to Indie Darling: The Evolution of Robert Pattinson was last modified: November 14th, 2017 by Naomi Soanes\nDaniel RadcliffeGood TimeLifeRemember MeRobert PattinsonThe Rovertwilight\nDamsel \u2013 Berlinale 2018 Review", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 269, "original_length": 11024, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 259.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://openjurist.org/783/f2d/1101", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:56Z", "digest": "sha1:2CMNJZTPOH7DWGQFWDCIVTFDZP7V4NTF", "length": 7661, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "openjurist.org", "title": "783 F2d 1101 Household Goods Carriers Bureau Inc v. United States Department of Defense Household Goods Forwarders Tariff Bureau | OpenJurist", "raw_content": "783 F. 2d 1101 - Household Goods Carriers Bureau Inc v. United States Department of Defense Household Goods Forwarders Tariff Bureau\n783 F2d 1101 Household Goods Carriers Bureau Inc v. United States Department of Defense Household Goods Forwarders Tariff Bureau\n251 U.S.App.D.C. 286, 33 Cont.Cas.Fed. (CCH) 74,249\nHOUSEHOLD GOODS CARRIERS BUREAU, INC., et al., Appellants,\nUNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, et al.\nHOUSEHOLD GOODS FORWARDERS TARIFF BUREAU, et al., Appellants,\nThomas M. Auchincloss, Jr., with whom Leo C. Franey, Washington, D.C., was on brief, for appellants in No. 84-5836.\nAlan F. Wohlstetter and Stanley I. Goldman, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellants in No. 84-5837.\nMichael J. Ryan, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., and Royce C. Lamberth and R. Craig Lawrence, Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellees. Newman T. Halvorson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for appellees.\nBefore WRIGHT and EDWARDS, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS,* Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.\nThis appeal disputes the validity of two new Department of Defense (Defense) procurement regulations treating with the solicitation of interstate rates for the shipment of household goods belonging to Defense personnel. The district court upheld both regulations, and we now affirm.\nI. HOUSEHOLD GOODS INDIVIDUAL RATE TENDERS\nIn prior years, Defense accepted from carriers interstate rates (for carriage of household goods) that had been collectively formulated by rate bureaus and comparable entities. Effective in 1984, the department cancelled this practice and adopted new regulations (and implementing practices) requiring individual tenders by the individual carriers. No. 84-5836, in a suit brought against the Government by some collective rate-making bureaus and several individual motor carriers, challenges these new regulations as contrary to that portion of the Interstate Commerce Act dealing with motor carriers, a statute which expressly authorizes collective rate-making. The issue being purely legal, both sides moved for summary judgment. The district court granted defendant-appellees' motion, denied appellants', and dismissed the action.\nThe short answer to this appeal is that, though the Interstate Commerce Act does authorize collective rate-making (and partially immunizes from anti-trust liability those carriers participating in such joint activity), there is nothing in that legislation that demands that Government procuring agencies accept such collectively made rate tenders. On the contrary, in 49 U.S.C. Sec. 10721(b)(1) (formerly the well-known Section 22 of the Interstate Commerce Act) individual carriers are expressly authorized to transport property for the Government at reduced rates.1 This specific provision demonstrates that the Government is \"free to contract with common carriers on its own terms\" and has the right \"to make its own arrangements.\" Howe v. Allied Van Lines, 622 F.2d 1147, 1154-55 (3d Cir.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 992, 101 S.Ct. 528, 66 L.Ed.2d 289 (1980). See also United Services Automobile Ass'n v. Paul Arpin Van Lines, 652 F.2d 198, 200-01 (1st Cir.1981). The Government is not bound by practices ordained for wholly private transactions. Conversely, individual carriers have the statutory right to deal directly with the Government. See 49 U.S.C. Sec. 10706(b)(3)(B)(ii) (\"the [rate bureau] may not interfere with each carrier's right of independent action * * * \"). The provision of Sec. 10721(b)(2) permitting a carrier to \"quote or tender a [collectively established] rate\" is not a directive that the Government must accept or consider that rate but simply a declaration that such a filing will not be illegal in itself. In sum, the Interstate Commerce Act allows the Government, if it wishes, to accept rate-bureau rates, but also permits the Government to reject those rates and to treat directly with individual carriers.\nNor is there anything in the Armed Services Procurement Act mandating that the Government can solicit only collectively determined rates. On the contrary, that statute declares that Defense procurement \"shall be awarded on a competitive bid basis to the lowest responsible bidder, in all cases in which the use of such method is feasible and practicable under the existing conditions and circumstances,\" 10 U.S.C. Sec. 2304(a), and that the contract should be awarded to the responsible bidder whose bid \"will be the most advantageous to the United States, price and other factors considered.\" 10 U.S.C. Sec. 2305(c). Far from requiring the use of rate bureau tenders, the Procurement Act stresses individual competition.\nIn the light of this statutory framework--the Interstate Commerce Act and the Armed Services Procurement Act2--it is impossible to consider the new regulation to be arbitrary or capricious. The Department of Defense merely seeks the advantages of the individual competition that Congress has specifically envisaged. In the field of procurement, in which the United States enjoys the broadest powers (Perkins v. Lukens Steel Co., 310 U.S. 113, 127, 60 S.Ct. 869, 876, 84 L.Ed. 1108 (1940)), that cannot be an improper objective.\nII. ACCESSORIAL SERVICES\nIn addition to the question discussed in Part I, supra, No. 84-5837 attacks Defense's 1984 decision (in Item 11 of Household Goods Domestic Rate Solicitations 4-1) to prescribe charges for certain accessorial services associated with the transportation of household goods.3 We have no doubt that the Government's wide power over its own procurement, taken together with express permission granted by 49 U.S.C. Sec. 10721(b)(1) (former Section 22), supra, gives the Defense Department adequate authority to set the charges it will accept for these incidental services.4 If an individual carrier or forwarder does not wish to accept that level of charges, it remains free to decline to make a tender or offer. There is no compulsion to deal with the Government, and Sec. 10721(b)(1) surely does not give the appellants any right to deal with the Government if the latter deems the carrier's (or forwarder's) charges to be too high. The prescription of charges for the accessorial services gives Defense a rational and practical means for selecting low cost carriers, instead of having to take account of all the potential variations in accessorial charges submitted by different carriers or forwarders.\nFor these reasons, the decision is\nSitting by designation pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Sec. 291(a)\nSection 10721(b)(1) provides in relevant part:\n[a] common carrier providing transportation or service * * * may transport property for the United States Government, * * * without charge or at reduced rates; except that any rates for the transportation of household goods for the United States Government shall not be predatory.\nRecent motor carrier legislation reinforces Congress' interest in enhanced competition in that industry. See Motor Carrier Act of 1980, Pub.L. No. 96-296, 94 Stat. 793, Secs. 3(a) and 4, 49 U.S.C. Sec. 10101(a)(2), and note; Household Goods Transportation Act of 1980, Pub.L. No. 96-454, 94 Stat. 2011, Sec. 2(a)(2) and (3), 49 U.S.C. Sec. 10101 note\nAccessorial services consist of certain packing and unpacking of goods, storage-in-transit, extra pickup or delivery, piano carriage charges, elevator carriage charges, waiting time, and other kinds of extraordinary service charges\nThe reduced rates charged the Government under Sec. 10721(b)(1) apply to all services related to the transportation of the property. See 49 U.S.C. Secs. 10102(21), (25)(B)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 8417, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 220.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://oracleexaminer.com/business/2017/11/13/macd-oscillator-analysis-for-the-michaels-companies-inc-nasdaqmik/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:24:13Z", "digest": "sha1:CE2B7B4CSTWBBCQ22YI4PIWVOFUTBUQ5", "length": 3700, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "oracleexaminer.com", "title": "MACD Oscillator Analysis for The Michaels Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIK) | The Oracle Examiner", "raw_content": "Home Business MACD Oscillator Analysis for The Michaels Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIK)\nMACD Oscillator Analysis for The Michaels Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIK)\nThe stochastic oscillator indicator is the important indicator to compare the security price over a certain period of time. The stochastic %K of The Michaels Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIK) for the period of 9-Day stands at 28.96% while the stochastic %D for the same period stands at 20.52%.\nThe 7-Day Average Directional Index ADX (also known as Trend Strength Indicator) of The Michaels Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIK) signals \u201cSell\u201d while other important signals like the 20-Day Moving Average Vs. Price signals \u201cSell\u201d.\nAnother important signal of trend and momentum of a security is 20-50 Day MACD Oscillator or Moving Average Convergence Divergence signals \u201cSell\u201d for The Michaels Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIK) while 20-100 Day MACD Oscillator indicates \u201cSell\u201d.\nBollinger band is a volatility indicator of a certain security, currently The Michaels Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIK)\u2019s 20-Day Bollinger Band indicates \u201cHold\u201d.\nThe Michaels Companies, Inc. is a specialty retailer of arts and crafts. The Company\u2019s stores offer stock-keeping units in arts, crafts, scrapbooking, floral, framing, home d\u00e9cor, seasonal offerings, and children\u2019s hobbies. It produces 11 exclusive private brands including Recollections(R), Studio Decor(R), Bead Landing(R), Creatology(R), Ashland(R), Celebrate It(R), Art Minds(R), Artist\u2019s Loft(R), Craft Smart(R), Loops & Threads(R) and Imagin8(R). The Michaels Companies, Inc. is based in Irving, Texas.\nOn the last trading day, The Michaels Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIK) opened the session at $18.48 and after going up 0.05% closed at $18.57. The stock gained 0.09 points in the last trade.\nThe Michaels Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIK)\u2019s stock fluctuated in the range of $18.41 and $18.79 during the previous active session. The Michaels Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIK) traded with the volume of 1.26 Million with average volume of 2.14 Million. The stock has HIGH volatility on the last trading session.\nCurrently the Insider Ownership of the shares of The Michaels Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIK) is at 0.3% and the shares outstanding are 180.89 Million.\nSome important ratios to consider here for The Michaels Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIK) are discussed below:\nPrice to Earnings P/E ratio stands at 9.8 while Forward P/E shows the value of 8.05.\nThe PEG ratio (Price to Earning to Growth) emits the value of 0.77. The Price to Sale P/S and Price to Book P/B shows the value of 0.64 and 0 respectively. While Price to Cash P/C and Price to Free Cash Flow P/FCF stands at 25.05 and 7.22 correspondingly.\nThe Quick Ratio of The Michaels Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIK) stands at 0.3 while the Current Ratio depicts the value of 1.4.\nReturn on Assets ROA of The Michaels Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIK) is at 17.7% whereas, Return on Equity ROE and Return of Investment ROI of The Michaels Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIK) stand at -22% and 47.8% respectively.\nThe stock performance of The Michaels Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIK) on the basis of 5 day trade show the dip of -3.38% whereas, the monthly performance of the stock shows decrease of -8.07%.\nThe quarterly performance of the stock remained in red zone with the value of -9.55% while six month performance of the shares of The Michaels Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIK) remained bearish with the count of -11.23%.\nThe yearly and YTD performance of The Michaels Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIK) remained down at -16.99% and -9.19% respectively.\nPrevious article58.com Inc. (NYSE:WUBA): Stochastic Analysis\nNext articleWhat does Average Directional Index Predict about Energen Corp. (NYSE:EGN)?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 100, "original_length": 7369, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 272.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://oralcancernews.org/wp/2017/12/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:37Z", "digest": "sha1:LDR5WBXRACRGF6TA2EM2ABQYRNCONKUK", "length": 9846, "nlines": 46, "source_domain": "oralcancernews.org", "title": "December 2017 \u2013 Oral Cancer News", "raw_content": "Cancer survivors often face another hurdle: faster aging\nTreatments that help people beat cancer also can cause them to age prematurely and die sooner, Mayo Clinic researchers report.\nCancer survivors naturally age faster than others who haven\u2019t had cancer, and are more likely to develop long-term health problems related to aging while they\u2019re still relatively young, the study authors said.\nThese ailments can include hormone and gland disorders, heart problems, brittle bones, lung scarring and new cancers. Survivors also are more likely to become frail as the years pass.\nChildhood cancer survivors\u2019 estimated life expectancy is 30 percent lower than that of the general population, and they are three to six times more likely to develop a second cancer, the researchers noted.\nWith the number of cancer survivors growing, the medical profession needs to start paying more attention to how to keep these people healthy throughout their now-extended lifetimes, said senior researcher Dr. Shahrukh Hashmi. He is an assistant professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.\n\u201cWe are now beginning to see the gravity of a multitude of complications among cancer survivors,\u201d Hashmi said. \u201cThere is an essential and immediate need for formal cancer survivorship programs to prevent complications in millions of cancer survivors.\u201d\nCurrently there are about 30 million cancer survivors worldwide, but researchers predict that about 19 million new cancer diagnoses will be made every year by 2025. Many of those people will survive their cancer, only to face long-term health consequences.\nAccording to Dr. Charles Shapiro, director of cancer survivorship programs at the Tisch Cancer Institute at Mount Sinai, in New York City, \u201cWe\u2019re now struggling with our own success. This only comes up as a product of how well we\u2019re doing in terms of cancer mortality and increasing the population of survivors. Now we have to deal with the consequences. Sure, you\u2019re alive and that\u2019s great, but there are consequences.\u201d\nHarsh chemotherapy and radiation therapy kill off cancer cells, but they also damage normal healthy tissues, Hashmi and colleagues explained. This diminishes the body\u2019s natural resilience.\nOther drugs used in cancer treatment also appear to contribute to accelerated aging. These drugs can include steroids, hormone therapy and targeted cancer treatments.\nThe study authors said a wide-ranging review of scientific evidence found that:\nChemotherapy, radiation therapy and other cancer treatments cause aging at a genetic and cellular level, prompting DNA to start unraveling and cells to die off sooner than normal.\nBone marrow transplant recipients are eight times more likely to become frail than their healthy siblings.\nLong-term steroid treatment is associated with an increased risk of cataracts, brittle bones, nerve damage, impaired wound healing and diminished immune response.\nCancer drugs have been associated with hearing loss, reduced thyroid levels, high blood pressure, heart failure, muscle weakness, arthritis, infertility, constipation, and kidney and liver diseases.\nRadiation therapy has been linked to dementia, memory loss, hardened arteries and secondary cancers.\nThe hormone drug Tamoxifen, used against breast cancer, has been associated with cataracts.\nAnd, Shapiro added, women who receive chemotherapy are more likely to go into early menopause.\nThere\u2019s now a movement afoot to reduce the amount of treatment needed to beat cancer, as a means of either avoiding or easing these aging effects, Hashmi and Shapiro said.\nStudies and clinical trials are evaluating ways to de-escalate treatments for cancers like lymphoma, Shapiro said.\nCancer survivors also can help themselves by adopting a healthier lifestyle, Hashmi advised \u2014 quitting smoking, limiting alcohol consumption, eating right and exercising regularly.\n\u201cTaking these steps will help reduce the chances of new cancer development and the development of heart disease,\u201d Hashmi said.\nThe new study was published online Dec. 18 in the journal ESMO Open.\nAlcohol and cancer \u2013 facts and health risks\nWhile there are proven health benefits of drinking alcohol in moderation, and some specific benefits due to the natural compounds found in red wine, drinking is not always good for your health. Drinking regularly and to excess can have some serious and negative impacts on health and may even be linked to an increased risk for mesothelioma or other cancers.\nDrinking alcohol in moderation during cancer treatment may be fine for some patients, but generally it should be avoided. It may aggravate side effects and studies are also investigating whether or not alcohol can increase the risk of a cancer recurrence. If you are going through treatment for mesothelioma or another type of cancer, talk to your medical team before indulging in a drink or two.\nAlcohol Consumption is a Risk Factor for Cancer\nMany studies have found and confirmed, over and over again, that drinking alcohol is a risk factor for developing cancer generally and for specific types of cancers. Specifically, drinking has been linked with throat and mouth cancers, esophageal cancer, liver cancer, colon cancer, breast cancer, stomach cancer, and pancreatic cancer. The more alcohol consumed, the greater the risk. According to research data, approximately 3.5 percent of cancer deaths are related to alcohol consumption. Some of the specific facts about drinking and cancer from research include:\nPeople who drink three to four alcoholic beverages per day have a two to three times increased risk of developing a head and neck cancer.\nDrinking is not just a risk factor, but a known cause for liver cancer.\nAlcohol consumption is a risk factor for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, and the risk is greatest for people with a certain genetic mutation that makes it more difficult to metabolize alcohol. Women who consume three alcoholic drinks per day have a 1.5 times greater risk of developing breast cancer.\nAlcohol increases the risk of colorectal cancer, especially in men.\nRegular alcohol consumption contributes to cancer development in several ways. In cancers of the mouth and throat, the risk may be caused by the fact that alcohol irritates cells in those tissues, causing damage to DNA. In the liver alcohol causes scarring and inflammation, which also damages DNA. In the colon, alcohol is converted to a compound called acetaldehyde, which is a known carcinogen.\nOther Negative Health Impacts of Drinking\nThere are other ways in which alcohol impacts health in negative ways, and some of these may indirectly contribute to causing cancer. For instance, alcohol causes levels of the hormone estrogen to rise in the body. This in turn can lead to breast cancer. Another negative impact of drinking is weight gain and obesity. Being obese is also a risk factor for cancer of all types. Regular drinking prevents the body from absorbing some nutrient, which help keep cells healthy, and this can cause many health problems, including promoting cancer development.\nOther health problems that excessive drinking can cause include those that are long-term. One of the biggest health issues is liver damage. Excessive drinking over time causes inflammation and scarring, which ultimately can cause the liver to fail. Alcohol consumption can also damage the brain and pancreas, increase the risk of heart attack and stroke, and raise blood pressure.\nDrinking and Mental Health Risks\nIn addition the many physical health risks of drinking to excess, alcohol can also contribute to or cause mental health problems, including dependence. Alcohol addiction is a very serious disease that is difficult to overcome and that causes physical health effects, mental distress, and major impairment in everyday functioning.\nThere is also a strong link between drinking and mental illness. The relationship between the two is complicated. In some cases a person may have a mental illness and use alcohol to cope, while in other cases alcohol may trigger mental illness symptoms. Mood disorders, like depression, are most commonly associated with heavy alcohol use. For people with existing mental illnesses, drinking can worsen symptoms.\nDrinking During and after Cancer Treatment\nCancer treatments can take a serious toll on the body and mind. Avoiding alcohol, or at least not drinking regularly or heavily, is a good idea. A very specific reason not to drink is that alcohol can interact dangerously with certain chemotherapy drugs. Chemotherapy also causes unpleasant side effects, like nausea, vomiting, mouth sores, and pain that alcohol will only worsen.\nIf you beat cancer and become a survivor, the fact that you have already had cancer puts you at risk for a recurrence or developing another type of cancer. This is an important reason to limit alcohol intake. The more risk factors, like drinking, that you can eliminate, the less likely you will be to have another battle with cancer in the future.\nDrinking alcohol is not always bad, but it should be limited. The American Cancer Society recommends that women have no more than one drink per day and men no more than two. This does not mean that it is safe to have seven drinks just one day per week. Excessive drinking in one sitting is very harmful. If you are going through cancer treatment, make sure your medical team gives you the go ahead to have alcohol before you indulge. And even if they do, it makes sense to limit how much you drink. The healthier you can stay during and after treatment, the better you will be able to tolerate the treatment and to be able to fight your cancer and get well again.\nhttps://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-causes/diet-physical-activity/alcohol-use-and-cancer.html\nhttp://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/cancer-in-general/treatment/chemotherapy/living-with/alcohol", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 178, "original_length": 30882, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 256.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://osl.apc.edu.ph/?q=registrar", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:36Z", "digest": "sha1:SH46FX4VNYXPNVGFXLWEHQXJ2RQJ3U75", "length": 759, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "osl.apc.edu.ph", "title": "Registrar | NU-Asia Pacific College", "raw_content": "The Office of the College Registrar is an academic service unit that has a primary responsibility of providing effective and efficient delivery of services in terms of student records. It administers diverse student services such as enrollment, monitoring, recording and issuing of student records, graduation and other associated services.\nThe Office of the College Registrar is also dedicated to providing pertinent data and information to academic and non-academic institutions, both local and foreign.\nStanley Glenn E. Brucal\nOffice of the College Registrar\nTrunk line: (632) 852-9232 locals 103 and 102\nEmail: registrar@apc.edu.ph\nThe Office of the Registrar is open from Mondays to Fridays, 7:30 AM to 7:00 PM, and on Saturdays from 8:00 AM to 04:00 PM.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 156, "original_length": 3830, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 155.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ourneighborhood.community/book-review/the-life-changing-magic-of-tidying-up/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:58Z", "digest": "sha1:54RB6PWSGP4TWMQNR5ZDBDU2FHUAU7BV", "length": 487, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "ourneighborhood.community", "title": "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up - Our Neighborhood Child Development Center", "raw_content": "These skills can be taught.\nWhen sorting through your things, you choose what to keep, not what to discard.\nYou generally keep things that bring you joy, and in the end, will live surrounded by a things that bring you joy.\nThis is a journey that involves a lot of self-reflection and self-understanding - it is not easy.\nThis approach is a little too intense for some people and some people find it too dogmatic. It isn\u2019t for everyone but worth a read if you\u2019re interested in reflecting.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 103, "original_length": 2824, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 235.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://oversight.house.gov/news/press-releases/cummings-backs-calls-for-oversight-committee-to-investigate-multiple-sexual", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:32:32Z", "digest": "sha1:3HE3CA3H4GKSAAO6UDTZLJY274ZKDARQ", "length": 1657, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "oversight.house.gov", "title": "Cummings Backs Calls for Oversight Committee to Investigate Multiple Sexual Harassment Allegations Against President Trump | House Committee on Oversight and Reform", "raw_content": "Cummings Backs Calls for Oversight Committee to Investigate Multiple Sexual Harassment Allegations Against President Trump\nWashington, D.C. (Dec. 12, 2017)\u2014Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to a letter from 59 female Members of Congress asking the Committee to investigate numerous sexual harassment allegations against President Donald Trump:\n\u201cCongress is in the midst of a critical and long-overdue examination of allegations against its own Members\u2014both before and after they were elected to Congress. The Oversight Committee is charged with examining similar allegations against Executive Branch employees and the President. It is extremely hard for Republicans to argue that Congress should ignore these multiple allegations. They deserve a bipartisan review, and I hope Chairman Gowdy will launch an investigation immediately.\u201d\nThe 59 Members of Congress sent the letter to Cummings and Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy requesting a decision within 10 days.\nAs Chairman, Gowdy has authority to call hearings, issue subpoenas, compel the production of documents, and demand that witnesses sit for depositions.\nAlternatively, the full Committee has authority under House rules to vote on proceeding with the investigation, in which case a majority of the current Members of the Committee could decide to approve any of these investigative steps. However, Gowdy would have to allow these motions to be placed on the Committee\u2019s official agenda for Members to debate\u2014a step he has not allowed in any investigation since he became Chairman.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 102, "original_length": 3356, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 244.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ozzyman.com/check-out-this-ozzy-citys-so-simple-its-genius-solution-to-pollution/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:10Z", "digest": "sha1:OPDQYYHD2HJNVCTWI356PDAYI6HVCCS6", "length": 2372, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "ozzyman.com", "title": "Ozzy town comes up with a f*cken ripper pollution solution", "raw_content": "No matter where you are in the world, you\u2019re probably pretty unlikely to find someone who likes pollution. It\u2019s unsightly, it\u2019s bad for the environment, and even if you make your money from entrepreneurial enterprises that cause pollution, you\u2019re probably gonna see it as an unfortunate side-effect that causes bad PR and not something you\u2019re just over the f**ken moon about. Despite that, pollution is something that just seems to be getting worse and worse. As a result, cities everywhere are trying to come up with ways to prevent it. Any city whose struggles are ongoing would do well to look at the little Ozzy city of Kwinana\u2026\nDeadset, the folks in Kwinana have raised the f**ken stakes when it comes to preventing rubbish, trash and garbage from making its way into our waterways. Fair dinkum, their pollution solution is stopping sh*tloads of waste products making their way into the ocean.\nCredit: City of Kwinana\nHere\u2019s how they did it: they put f**ken nets on their storm-drains. Talk about the art of simplicity. It\u2019s a bloody solution Spider-Man himself would be proud of. In just four months, these nets have prevented over 370 kilos of sh*t from making their way into the ocean, and subsequently into the mouths of turtles, marine-birds and Dagon himself. On top of that, not a single critter has been caught in them.\nCredit: Old Castle Infrastructure\nAs you can imagine, the city\u2019s mayor, Carol Adams is pretty f**ken chuffed too. She said, \u201cWe know that the Kwinana community is very passionate about environmental initiatives and rallies around actions with positive environmental impact and if it was not for the drainage nets, 370kg of debris would have ended up in our reserve.\u201d\nCredit: Storm Water Systems\nKwinana officials were so bloody happy with the result, they posted about it on Facebook and the post went viral. In 48 hours, it was shared 27 thousand times! Mayor Adams said, \u201cThe success of the post with over 27k shares, 92k likes and 13k loves in just 48 hours from people all over the world, just goes to show how important it is for government at all levels to really start to focus on environmental initiatives such as these and realise that small actions can have big impacts.\nFinal thought: Bloody good shit, Kwinana. For this stellar effort, you are a bunch of top blokes and top sheilas. You get our seal of approval. Thanks, c**ts.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 97, "original_length": 6053, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 324.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://p2pvalue.eu/blog/page/5/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:33Z", "digest": "sha1:ILPEOPOV2OJ3KXAPTJNYIM6XX7URAJTQ", "length": 817, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "p2pvalue.eu", "title": "P2Pvalue Blog | P2Pvalue blog", "raw_content": "This recording of Marco Berlinguer discussing the research carried out by Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona (IGOP) in the first phase of the P2Pvalue project was recorded on February 19th 2015 as part of a series of hangouts at the Havens Center at the University of Wisconsin jointly held by Michel Bauwens of the P2P Foundation and Professor [\u2026]\nApril 10, 2015 November 30, -0001 by Chris Pinchen\nViability of Design Guidelines\nReport on the Viability of Design Guidelines of the P2Pvalue project platform Here is the full deliverable of the D2.1: Viability of Design Guidelines on institutional design settings, rewards systems and CBPP software platform features. Below you can read the introduction as well as the embedded version of the report for ease of reading, it is available here as a downloadable PDF [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 87, "original_length": 5817, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 263.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://pantheon.org/articles/b/bambanig.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:05Z", "digest": "sha1:TX67WXP2GRZP3HYFIPAUT74VEIETI2AN", "length": 425, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "pantheon.org", "title": "bambanig | Encyclopedia Mythica", "raw_content": "bambanig\nA supernatural being who manifests itself as a huge black creature, an ordinary man, a piece of cloth, or other object. The bambanig is generally harmless.\nJocano, F. Landa; Edrozo, Arnora. (1982). The Ilocanos: an ethnography of family and community life in the Ilocos region. Quezon City: Institute of Asian Studies, University of the Philippines, p. 223.\nPeople Ilocano\nPrevious article baloyi\nNext article bannik", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 25, "original_length": 752, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.82, "perplexity": 314.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://pantheon.org/articles/p/phi_pop.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:05Z", "digest": "sha1:BKYQON7A36K56UY2FBM2WKV57LLGVUCT", "length": 1213, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "pantheon.org", "title": "phi pop | Encyclopedia Mythica", "raw_content": "phi pop\nFearsome ghosts in Thai belief. They can possess a human being and feed on the intestines. They can be expelled by a spirit doctor or exorcist (mhor phi) who performs a \"whirlpool dance.\" The ghost, watching the dance, is sucked into the whirlpool and is thus removed from the body.\nThe legend of this ghost originated with a prince who found a magical way to enter the body of another living person or animal. When he performed this feat and entered the body of an animal, his servant, who had been listening to the magic words, repeated the incantation and entered the body of the prince. The prince, unable to return to his own body, transferred to that of a bird and flew to his wife to tell her what had happened. She immediately had the servant's body destroyed and challenged the false prince to enter the body of an animal. When he did, the real prince quickly re-entered his own body. The servant, unable to return to his body, is since then forced to going from one body to the next, eating the intestines.\nPhi pop is also said to be a female ogre who feeds on human intestines and/or the blood of animals at night.\nVariations pop\nThai \u0e1c\u0e35\u0e1b\u0e2d\u0e1a\nPrevious article phi Krasue\nNext article phi tai hong", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 24, "original_length": 1517, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 304.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://pastebin.com/YM8vH31M", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:06Z", "digest": "sha1:W73JZMMOL2TIIRARGTVSM6JCCHCJDUXT", "length": 1435, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "pastebin.com", "title": "Download International Affective Picture System - Pastebin.com", "raw_content": "Download International Affective Picture System\nhttp://urlin.us/g2u2o\nInternational Affective Picture System's wiki: The International Affective Picture System (IAPS) is a database of pictures designed to provide a standardized set of pictures for studying\nPersonality effects and sex differences on the International Affective Picture System (IAPS): A Spanish and Swiss study\nHow is International Affective Picture System abbreviated? IAPS stands for International Affective Picture System. IAPS is defined as International Affective Picture System frequently.\nA Comparison of Younger and Older Adults' Self-Assessment Manikin Ratings of Affective Pictures 5e1bfe10ce\n******************** Download International Affective Picture System http://urlin.us/g2u2o (Copy & Paste link) ******************** Conecte-se com seus amigos on-line. International Affective Picture System's wiki: The International Affective Picture System (IAPS) is a database of pictures designed to provide a standardized set of pictures for studying Personality effects and sex differences on the International Affective Picture System (IAPS): A Spanish and Swiss study How is International Affective Picture System abbreviated? IAPS stands for International Affective Picture System. IAPS is defined as International Affective Picture System frequently. A Comparison of Younger and Older Adults' Self-Assessment Manikin Ratings of Affective Pictures 5e1bfe10ce", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 2797, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.78, "perplexity": 133.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://pathwaysinmusic.com/2011/10/18/shes-lost-control-amygdala-hijack/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:28Z", "digest": "sha1:BHMNBBWW6R5R6QOJI5H6SFE2NPGXOLFP", "length": 9402, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "pathwaysinmusic.com", "title": "She\u2019s Lost Control: Amygdala Hijack?! | pathways in music", "raw_content": "\u2190 Why Beauty Exists: The Neuroscience of Curiosity\nHegel, Val\u00e9ry, Aesthetics and Existentialism: In Response to Mademoiselle \u2192\n5 thoughts on \u201cShe\u2019s Lost Control: Amygdala Hijack?!\u201d\nDell Wade says:\nI suspect one could do what you are trying to do with misic (prevent the \u2018hijack\u2019). The impossibility I see is that how do you do it in re life? When my brian is stimulated to react in fight or flight I simply can\u2019t take the time to find my Hamdel Concerto Grosso op 6 recording to prevemt the hijack.\nPerhaps conditioning of some sort might work but what how does one use musoc in a practical way to work in immediate situation?\nOf coirse in a slower circumstamce we do it all the time. If I \u2018feel\u2019 in a certain mood I cam select a music to affect me.\nHi Dell, thanks for the comment. Without delving too deep into my proposal just now, I can share with you the brief \u2018discussion\u2019 portion of my thesis.\n\u201cIn practical application, musical stimuli could be presented in repeated psychotherapeutic settings that would eventually condition the subject to overcome impulsive, dysfunctional, or harmful behavior by maintaining control in the event of increased amygdala activity resulting in destructive behaviour. Additional research in this area could focus on musical intervention with acute psychiatric disorders and psychosis.\u201d\nI know this will seem a bit vague, but suffice it to say it would be through a combination of neuroimaging and a consistent client-therapist relationship that this kind of prevention would take place. Because you\u2019re very right, simply trying to search for something specific in the event of a hijack isn\u2019t practical. The deeper I go in to this research, the more I will be able to share. But until someone picks it up, I need to try and use discretion academically and professionally.\nIt is good reading your thoughts again; I\u2019m sorry I haven\u2019t been frequenting the blogosphere too often lately\u2014I have been very busy with my own projects. This was an interesting post, and I wish you the best in your academic endeavors.\nI want to pose a problem to you, because I am interested in what your response will be. Please understand that I don\u2019t mean this in any sense as a criticism of your current work; however the problem is of such a nature as shall inherently examine the foundations of this work, as it is a retreat from the current operational paradigm into a more theoretical paradigm of greater scope.\nIn the examination of the event of an amygdala hijack, it can be said that there must be a cause, an instigator, of such an event. This cause could be described as the event of the individual in question perceiving an object that is incompatible with the syntax of their psyche. This object could be anything from an external event, situation, experience, phrase, image, etc. to an internal idea, thought, feeling, emotion, etc., but whatever it is, the individual first perceives it and then reacts. As the object is incompatible with the individual\u2019s psyche, the individual is unable to successfully process a conscious reaction to the object, leading to a \u201cfallback,\u201d much akin to the execution of a catch-all error event in computer programming. This error event is the amygdala hijack, the primal and instinctual reaction to a situation or an experience that is deemed threatening. These primal processes take control of the individual, in order to \u201crescue\u201d him/her from the situation at hand, so that the individual may be relieved from the normal demand of the psyche to consciously determine a course of action.\nNow, this sequence of events is, in my opinion, representative of an extreme case, for it is apparent that not all encounters with objects that are incompatible with the individual\u2019s psyche result in such an event as an amygdala hijack. For instance, consider the event of a culture-clash between two individuals, each belonging to a culture vastly variant from that of the other. While this event may come as a surprise to one of these individuals, it rarely, to my knowledge, will result in such an event as an amygdala hijack. The question, therefore, is, what are the conditions that must be met in order for such an individual to react to the perception of such an object with such an event as an amygdala hijack.\nI would theorize that there are at least three such conditions. First, the individual must feel that the object in question belongs to the same category as does a component or conglomeration of components of his/her psyche that are perceived as having a high degree of significance. In other words, the individual must feel that the object is relevant to some aspect of his/her psyche that is a significant part of \u201cwho he/she is,\u201d i.e. a defining attribute of his/her personality. Second, the individual must feel that the object in question is of a significant degree of inherent meaningfulness relative to that component or conglomeration of components of the individual\u2019s psyche that the object has been identified with (This meaningfulness might also be \u201cprojected.\u201d). To give an example, were I a devout Christian, I might be given a copy of the Book of Mormon by members of the Church of Latter-Day Saints and think very little of it, but then suppose that I had a close relative who died in the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center, and someone gave me a copy of the Quran. Though the two events may be deemed to both relate to my Christian faith, I may be more severely effected by the latter event than the former, as I perceive it as of inherently greater significance with relation to my beliefs. Third, the psyche of the individual must lack a coping mechanism of sufficient quality to be able to permit a conscious reaction to the object. This is merely a comparison of degrees or values; the degree of \u201cforce\u201d generated by the object, inherited from the degree of significance of the component or conglomeration of components of the psyche to which it is related and from the degree of inherent meaningfulness that is perceived, is compared to the degree of quality of the coping mechanism. If the coping mechanism is of sufficient quality, it will be capable of suppressing the force generated by the object. If the force generated by the object is too great in comparison to the quality of the coping mechanism, then the coping mechanism will fail to successfully suppress the object, thus leading to an error event such as an amygdala hijack.\nNow we come to the really interesting part of all of this. What it seems to me that the vast majority of the psychiatric and scientific communities are focusing their research and practice upon is the development and enhancement of the quality of coping mechanisms, in order that when an incompatible object is encountered by an individual psyche, that psyche may be trained to react to it in order to prevent the occurrence of a resort to a primal response. However, if we examine the chain of causality outlined above, we will note that the ultimate prerequisite for any such occurrence is that the individual psyche in question must be composed of such a syntax of components as to render the object in question incompatible. Were the psyche of a different syntax, one that would permit the successful assimilation of the previously incompatible object, then there would never be cause to affect or utilize a coping mechanism. Of course, the reason that the psychiatric and scientific communities have so focused their research upon the development and enhancement of the quality of coping mechanisms is that such an effort is much more simple than the undertaking of actually modifying the entire syntax of an individual\u2019s psyche, but I would posit that our modern degree of comprehension of the psyche has reached a point at which the latter is a very real possibility, if only we would devote more effort to its pursuit.\nUltimately, it comes down to a question of methodology. Do we attempt to help the afflicted by promoting the development and enhancement of the quality of coping mechanisms? Or do we abandon such a pursuit and move our focus further back along the chain of causality to address the distal cause? Perhaps we could simultaneously pursue both efforts; yet I am concerned that the former may be as though we are leading the patient down a path the termination of which is, though of a higher quality than their origin, yet far short of that degree of quality that may potentially exist had we taken the other path. This is the problem I pose. As always, I would be very interested to hear your thoughts on the matter.\nAlso, I absolutely love Joy Division. They are epic. \ud83d\ude42\nLove you much, hope I didn\u2019t bore you, and I\u2019ll visit your blog soon and read through your new stuff as soon as I can; I really am sorry that I don\u2019t have as much time for this stuff as I\u2019d like \ud83d\ude26\nDaniel: absolutely fantastic question. Could not help but say that. Until I have the time to sit down and answer further, let me leave you with this: there is a very real and pragmatic reason I am also interested in psychoanalysis \ud83d\ude42 Very much so, and you\u2019ve made an excellent point concerning the syntax of the psyche. I should probably just write a new post in response to your question. Brilliant, and as always, thank you!\nHonda Ridgeline For Sale says:\nFantastic guide you have here honda is looking just like the latest\nthing. I\u201dm about Honda Ridgeline For Sale currently.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 159, "original_length": 21208, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 263.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://patriotjournal.com/quadruple-record-trump-record/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:53:50Z", "digest": "sha1:ULGS4YTZAPOF4E722NELHLRXADC4FCU3", "length": 2876, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "patriotjournal.com", "title": "Wow! Trump Quadruples Obama's Record And Destroys Barack's Legacy TodayPatriot Journal", "raw_content": "It\u2019s safe to say President Trump has been one of the most effective presidents in history.\nDon\u2019t believe me? Then you haven\u2019t been paying attention. The left has been distracted by Russian-scandals. They meltdown every time Trump tweets. Meanwhile, he\u2019s been transforming the United States.\nPresident Trump has done more in his first year than most Presidents. He\u2019s certainly accomplished more than Obama. At the end of Obama\u2019s first year, the nation still suffered from the \u201cGreat Recession.\u201d Today? The stock market sets record after record. Our economy beats expectations. Unemployment is down. Jobs are surging into the country.\nBut there is another amazing achievement. One that simply destroys Obama\u2019s record. And the left is all but ignoring it.\nSenate Republicans on Thursday confirmed President Donald Trump\u2019s twelfth federal appeals court nominee, setting a record for the most circuit court picks confirmed in a president\u2019s first year.\nWhy this matters: The federal courts carry significant weight in almost every area of policy: gun rights, executive power, LGBT rights, freedom of religion, etc, and have blocked multiple Trump initiatives in his first year. Trump\u2019s picks of young, conservatives judges for the lifetime appointments will far outlast his presidency\u2026\nFormer President Barack Obama successfully appointed three appeals court judges in his first year in office in 2009, as well as Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. His predecessor, George W. Bush, got six confirmed.\nPresident Trump has appointed four times as many judges than Obama. Why is this so important? These judges will serve for a lifetime. That\u2019s at least 30 years (or more). They will decide crucial matters that affect every one of us.\nAnd they\u2019re all conservatives!\nSmart Democrats are deeply concerned about this trend, and understand that these lifetime judicial appointments will have a much greater impact on the future direction of this country than any short-term spending deal or policy.\nYup. At best, Trump will be President for eight years. But the men and women he appoints as judges will continue. The people he is picking are strong Constitutionalists. They won\u2019t rule in favor of radical liberal policies. That means they will oppose gun control and abortion. Big things will happen in the coming years.\nOf course, this is why we elected Trump. Many of us understood the stakes. Trump is going to appoint even more judges over his terms. Many more than Obama. Judges that will serve for decades.\nNow imagine if Hillary had won! It\u2019s a nightmare too terrible to think about.\nThe judicial branch is a vital step in protecting our rights. It checks the White House and Congress. That\u2019s why we need conservative judges to hold those positions. They\u2019ll be in power, long after politicians are voted out.\nAre you tired of winning yet? I didn\u2019t think so.\nSource: Axios/Axios", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 48, "original_length": 3848, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 316.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://pets.thenest.com/risk-toxoplasmosis-inhaling-kitty-litter-dust-6570.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:16Z", "digest": "sha1:JWKKPRVPPURBW6CEPEB4YKRRKXVZWIDE", "length": 3866, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "pets.thenest.com", "title": "Risk of Toxoplasmosis from Inhaling Kitty Litter Dust - Pets", "raw_content": "Risk of Toxoplasmosis from Inhaling Kitty Litter Dust\nKitty litter can be dangerous for pregnant women.\nYou may have heard of the risk of toxoplasmosis, a parasitic disease, especially if you are pregnant. Inhaling dust from contaminated litter is one way to get toxoplasmosis; however, direct contact can also make you sick. Certain people have a higher risk than others, but overall, complications are rare.\nToxoplasmosis gondii is the parasite that leads to toxoplasmosis. If your purring pal catches the parasite, she quickly develops immunity, resulting in a lesser chance of her becoming sick. Cats tend to act as carriers of the parasites, which escapes through her feces in the form of oocysts, which are microorganisms that quickly reproduce. Even if your feline friend is a carrier, the oocysts are not an immediate risk. They have an incubation period of one to five days, so as long as you clean the litter box daily basis, you won't become exposed to the active parasite, explains the the Human Society of the United States. Your furry friend cat get the parasite from eating raw meat or feasting on rodents that are infected.\nScooping the litter box or changing the litter altogether may stir up a slight cloud of dust, depending on your litter. Dust may or may not be visible, but either way, if you inhale contaminated kitty litter dust, the parasites can get into your system. Toxoplasmosis gondii can also get into your body if you unintentionally get the contaminated fecal matter into your digestive system. While this may sound gross and disturbing, if you scoop out the contaminated litter box and then make yourself a sandwich without washing your hands, you may wind up accidentally swallowing contaminated droppings. Because of this, it is imperative to always wash your hands after cleaning out the litter box.\nIf you become infected from inhaling or ingesting the parasite, symptoms typically occur five to 20 days after exposure. However, only 10 to 20 percent of healthy people who become infected actually show symptoms, according to the Queensland Government website. Symptoms of toxoplasmosis include fever, fatigue, sore body, headache and painful, enlarged lymph nodes. Talk with your doctor about your symptoms and let him know if you suspect you may have been infected with Toxoplasmosis gondii parasites. He may want to send a blood sample to the lab to determine if you are sick from the microorganism. Depending on the results, you may have to take a series of antibiotics.\nIf you are generally healthy, you probably won't become sick from toxoplasmosis. People with severely compromised immune systems, such as those with AIDS, have a very high risk of getting sick from toxoplasmosis if they are exposed to contaminated litter. Pregnant women also need to be wary of the condition, since toxoplasmosis can lead to fetal neurological damage, miscarriage or other complications. Roughly 400 to 4,000 babies are born with toxoplasmosis in the United States each year, with symptoms varying in severity. If you have toxoplasmosis during the first trimester of your pregnancy, there is a 15 percent chance your growing fetus will also get it. This risk goes up to 60 percent during your third trimester, reports the Baby Center. As a precaution, if you have a weak immune system or are pregnant, let your significant other change the litter.\nQueensland Government: Toxoplasmosis [PDF]\nThe Humane Society of the United States: Pregnancy and Toxoplasmosis\nBaby Center: Toxoplasmosis During Pregnancy\nIs Cat Litter Toxic?\nWhat Are the Effects of Depo Medrol in Cats?\nWhat Are the Dangers of Having Two Cats & Only One Is an Outside Cat?\nHealth Problems From Cat Feces\nAre Cats Affected by Dust in the Home?\nAsthma & Clumping Kitty Litter in Cats\nIs Cat Litter Harmful to Pregnant Women?\nThe Likelihood of Toxoplasmosis in Indoor Cats", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 124, "original_length": 5732, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 311.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://philippinecanadiannews.com/canada/worker-rights-activist-faces-deportation/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:04Z", "digest": "sha1:RXMBVRKDWJYGRQR3DEIKOZPRASNSUDIX", "length": 4824, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "philippinecanadiannews.com", "title": "Worker rights activist faces deportation - Philippine Canadian News.com", "raw_content": "Worker rights activist faces deportation\nPosted by Ted Alcuitas | Jan 12, 2017 | Canada News, Foreign Temporary Workers, Live-in Caregivers (LCP), Politics | 0\n\u2018Unsung hero\u2019 facing deportation under rescinded rule\nA migrant worker who has stood up for fellow workers and become a public face of the labour rights movement is facing deportation herself, caught up in the very rules she fought successfully to change.\nGina Bahiwal, 42, has run out of options and is scheduled for deportation to the Philippines on Sunday. She was left without status under the former Tory government\u2019s now rescinded \u201cfour-in-four-out\u201d rules that banned migrant workers from Canada for four years after having worked here for four.\n\u201cI have been inspired by Gina\u2019s dedication and tenacity to fight for the rights of migrant workers. From advocating for their maternal rights to exposing the unscrupulous practices of migrant recruiters, Gina is one of our unsung heroes,\u201d said Chris Ramsaroop of the advocacy group Justicia for Migrant Workers.\n\u201cEvery victory that we have accomplished, from banning recruitment fees to ending the four-in-four-out rule, is attributed to the activism of Gina. She is a leading voice for a more compassionate, fair and inclusive society.\u201d\nBahiwal, who has a university degree and worked as a social worker in the Philippines, came to Canada in 2008 under the temporary foreign worker program and worked in Ontario and British Columbia in vegetable packing on farms, hotel housekeeping and at a McDonald\u2019s.\nShe said she paid a Canadian recruiter $5,000 to find her a job in Leamington, Ont., packing tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers but found herself unemployed when she refused to pay another $2,200 to the recruiter to renew her work permit. She later found another job at a different farm.\nIn 2012, when the Conservative government introduced the four-year ban on migrant workers, Bahiwal knew her days in Canada were numbered and decided to find another job that could potentially offer her a path to permanent residency here.\nBahiwal said she paid another recruiter $1,500 for a job as a housekeeper in B.C. She said she left after two years because she stood up for another migrant worker over her firing and the employer allegedly refused to sponsor Bahiwal\u2019s immigration.\n\u201cI always got into trouble for speaking up but I feel there are so many injustices in the system against migrant workers and if we do not stand up for ourselves, no one will,\u201d Bahiwal said in an interview from Leamington, where she lives.\nLater she found a job at a McDonald\u2019s in Hope, B.C., and applied for permanent status in Canada under the provincial nominee program. However, her earnings did not meet the government\u2019s income eligibility threshold.\nAlthough the Liberal government recently rescinded the four-in-four-out rules after a parliamentary review of the temporary foreign worker program, Bahiwal\u2019s work permit expired in October 2015 under the old regulations.\nWhile advocates say many migrant workers suffer injustices in silence for fear of repercussions from employers or recruiters, Bahiwal\u2019s lawyer, Richard Wazana, said his client has become a voice for their labour rights.\n\u201cGina\u2019s case is different from other cases because of her advocacy work. She is the spokesperson for this vulnerable group,\u201d said Wazana. \u201cWe are hoping immigration officials will recognize that and allow Gina to remain in Canada.\u201d\nBahiwal helped organize the historic 12-hour Pilgrimage to Freedom march from Leamington to Windsor and the Harvesting Freedom caravan to call on the federal government to grant permanent status upon arrival for all temporary foreign workers. She was invited to speak before a parliamentary committee in Ottawa last year that led to the revocation of the four-in-four-out rule.\nSince her legal status ran out in Canada, Bahiwal has been unable to provide for her 14-year-old son, her mother and a niece in the Philippines. She has applied for permanent residency in Canada on humanitarian and compassionate groups and a decision is pending.\nAn itinerary has already been issued to Bahiwal for her deportation Sunday.\nLabour groups and community advocates across Canada have written to Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale and John McCallum, who was until recently the immigration minister, pleading with them to stop Bahiwal\u2019s deportation.\n\u201cWhy is someone who has worked so hard to advocate for migrant workers, and migrant women in particular, someone your own government relied on to help improve the system for others, now being deported?\u201d asked Ramsaroop.\n\u201cGina worked hard along with other migrant justice activists. She is a model of hard work, perseverance and service, and has already contributed greatly to Canada.\u201d\nPreviousDuterte\u2019s \u2018death list\u2019\nNextPinay workers\u2019 advocate wins deportation battle", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 86, "original_length": 7134, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 310.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://photos.wetsuitlads.co.uk/gordon-va/11-09-2015/dsc02154.jpg.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:06Z", "digest": "sha1:P4LQDQCSW6FCO5MOHGW34IXTCHR7KIKL", "length": 40, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "photos.wetsuitlads.co.uk", "title": "dsc02154 | Zone3 Vision (11-09-2015) | Gordon | Wetsuitlads models | Wetsuitlads", "raw_content": "Dave: on Mon 02 Nov 2015 02:49:54 PM GMT", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 34, "original_length": 843, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.59, "perplexity": 255.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://phys.org/news/2019-01-roadmap-d-materials.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:57Z", "digest": "sha1:TFDUEMYV4OHZQFXJ4MQYD33OQXSX3DGW", "length": 3630, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "phys.org", "title": "Creating a roadmap for 2-D materials", "raw_content": "Creating a roadmap for 2-D materials\nJanuary 24, 2019 by Walt Mills, Pennsylvania State University\nA roadmap for 2-D materials explores the challenges of synthesizing electronic grade materials. Credit: Natalie Briggs/Penn State\nThe rapid growth of research on 2-D materials \u2013 materials such as graphene and others that are a single or few atoms thick \u2013 is fueled by the hope of developing better performing sensors for health and environment, more economical solar energy, and higher performing and more energy efficient electronics than is possible with current silicon electronics.\nTechnical roadmaps, such as the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS), first published in 1998, serve as guides for future advances in a particular field and provide a means for organizations to plan for investments in new technology.\nAn invited article in the December online edition of the journal 2-D Materials provides a roadmap for the synthesis of electronic-grade two-dimensional materials for future electronic and sensing applications. Led by Penn State, with contributions from five additional universities and national laboratories, the roadmap addresses the grand challenges in 2-D materials with useful electronic or photonic properties, and the outlook for U.S. advances in the field.\n\"This article is a review of where we currently are in regard to the synthesis of 2-D materials and our thoughts on the top research priorities that need to be addressed to achieve electronic grade 2-D materials,\" said Joshua Robinson, associate professor of materials science and engineering, whose Ph.D. students Natalie Briggs and Shruti Subramanian are co-lead authors on the report titled \"A Roadmap for Electronic Grade 2-Dimensional Materials,\" published online today, Jan. 17.\nThe authors divided the paper into four parts: Grand Challenges, which are the technology drivers, such as the internet of things; Synthesis, the techniques and theories required to grow close to perfect 2-D materials; Materials Engineering, which is fine tuning the properties of 2-D and composite materials; and finally, Outlook, which is the future of electronic devices when silicon technology reaches an inevitable roadblock.\n\"To put our roadmap together, we reached out to experts in various subfields, such as different synthesis approaches, defect engineering and computational theory,\" said Briggs of the two-year project. \"We asked them to talk about the key fundamental challenges and the steps required to address these challenges in their area of expertise.\"\nRobinson added, \"This is the first roadmap focused on 2-D synthesis for electronic applications and there are still a lot of open questions. We want to bring some of those topics into the light.\"\nA list of the twenty authors and their affiliations can be found online in the open access article in 2-D Materials.\nExplore further: Technique allows integration of single-crystal hybrid perovskites into electronics\nMore information: Natalie Briggs et al. A roadmap for electronic grade 2D materials. Published 17 January 2019 2D Materials, Volume 6, Number 2.\niopscience.iop.org/article/10. \u2026 2053-1583/aaf836/pdf\nAn international team of researchers has developed a technique that, for the first time, allows single-crystal hybrid perovskite materials to be integrated into electronics. Because these perovskites can be synthesized at ...\nA NIMS-Ehime University joint research team succeeded in discovering new materials that exhibit superconductivity under high pressure using materials informatics (MI) approaches (data science-based material search techniques). ...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 205, "original_length": 9873, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 284.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://phys.org/tags/isotopic+analysis/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:28Z", "digest": "sha1:IXBRXAWM4GJOE7EP7QGTPWS3AX7QO3QH", "length": 2558, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "phys.org", "title": "Phys.org - isotopic analysis", "raw_content": "isotopic analysis\nNews tagged with isotopic analysis\nTooth enamel analysis shows two early hominin species ate a generalized diet\nA team of researchers with members affiliated with several institutions in Germany has found evidence that suggests two species of hominins from the Early Pleistocene ate a generalized diet. In their paper published in Proceedings ...\nDec 11, 2018 in Archaeology & Fossils report\nHawk study could benefit conservation\nResearchers at the University of Cincinnati are perfecting an innovative way to track the migration of elusive wildlife to help in their conservation.\nA new study, led by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, suggests that early hominin dispersals beyond Africa did not involve adaptations ...\nOct 29, 2018 in Evolution Ecology\nFor years, scientists have been trying to determine the climate of the past in order to make better predictions about future climate conditions. Now, there has been a breakthrough in the methodology of climate reconstruction ...\nThe British mainland was formed from the collision of not two, but three ancient continental land masses, according to new research.\nResearchers use 'biological passport' to monitor Earth's largest fish\nWhale sharks, the world's largest fish, roam less than previously thought. Local and regional actions are vital for the conservation of this globally endangered species moving forward, according to a new study by researchers ...\nArchaeologists from the University of Aberdeen have led a significant new study on the history of Britain's weaning habits and have discovered that the early cessation of breastfeeding is not rooted in the Victorian era, ...\nAncient tooth shows Mesolithic ancestors were fish and plant eaters (Update)\nAnalysis of the skeletal remains of a Mesolithic man found in a cave on a Croatian island has revealed microscopic fish and plant remains in the dental plaque of a tooth \u2013 a first-time discovery for the period and region.\nLike passionate foodies who know the best places to eat in every town, Silk Road nomads may have been the gastronomic elites of the Medieval Ages, enjoying diets much more diverse than their sedentary urban counterparts, ...\nDecomposition of toxic products in drinking water infiltration\nIsrael has declared war against drought. Five desalination plants generate around 600 million cubic metres of fresh water every year, which is about 70 percent of the consumption required by private households. Because the ...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 171, "original_length": 4872, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 311.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://pilgrimages.com/frnowak/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:23Z", "digest": "sha1:ZV2RXH3SXFGWQFIOQSNBQIUOUQQUJW2W", "length": 2094, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "pilgrimages.com", "title": "--> Fr. Przemyslaw J. Nowak pilgrimages - 206 Tours - Catholic Pilgrimages", "raw_content": "Fr. Przemyslaw J. Nowak Pilgrimages\nFather Przemyslaw J. Nowak is a priest of the Diocese of Paterson, New Jersey. He was ordained by Bishop Arthur J. Serratelli on May 25, 2013 and was assigned to serve at Assumption Parish in Morristown for 4 years. He is serving currently as parochial vicar in Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Boonton and Saints Cyril and Methodius in Boonton. Father Nowak was born in Poddebice, Poland. Fr. Przemek's family remains in Poland. He came to the United States to respond to the need for priests in this country. He has been in the United States for eight years and speaks English fluently. He has always wanted to be a priest and to serve the holy people of God. Fr. Przemek attended Nicholas Copernicus University in Poland and St. Cyril and Methodius Seminary in Orchard Lake, Michigan, where he earned his Masters of Divinity. He also earned an M.A. in Theology from The College of Saint Elizabeth in Morristown. During his formation, Fr. Przemek worked with disabled individuals, in youth ministry and volunteered at the Missionaries of Charity in Detroit. Since his ordination, he has gone on two mission trips to Cap-Haitian, Haiti, and went to Guatemala with Houses to Homes to help build a house for a local family. Fr. Przemek has been Spiritual Director for pilgrimages to the Holy Land and Rome, to Turin and all Italian shrines, and to Poland and Mexico. In his free time, Fr Przemek likes to bike, run, work out at CrossFit and be a Spiritual Director. Father Nowak believes \"What we have learned, and what we have seen, is ours - and is alive within us.\" It is this love of life that motivates him to continue to learn, travel and serve the Church and the USA. His favorite Saints are: St. John Maria Vianney, St. Faustina, and St. John Paul II. His favorite Pilgrimage Agency is 206 TOURS because we are all pilgrims to heaven.\nSpiritual Leader: Fr. Przemyslaw J. Nowak\nApril 28 - May 8, 2019 11 Days Israel\nEl Camino Pilgrimage to Spain\nAugust 9 - 19, 2019 11 Days Spain\nPoland - 100th Birthday of Saint John Paul II\nMay 16 - 23, 2020 8 Days Poland", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 197, "original_length": 6282, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 149.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://pivotals.tmlu.org/course/probabilities/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:29Z", "digest": "sha1:T56TSS2HKJ5G32ZXLX26SXDBGX4M3EFY", "length": 582, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "pivotals.tmlu.org", "title": "Probabilities | Course", "raw_content": "In this module, we have fun with probabilities. Probabilities may be the most difficult part of critical thinking, or at least the trickiest. Therefore, it\u2019s essential to practice understanding them better. To do that, we\u2019re going to look at a set of cases and you\u2019re going to participate. There are no topics or quizzes in this module. Don\u2019t worry too much about getting these problems right at first. Instead, think about what they tell us in terms of how our minds work, and especially how our fast thinking wants us to jump to conclusions even before we\u2019ve thought them through.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 58, "original_length": 1505, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 183.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://planecrashmap.com/plane/tn/N300FX/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:03:52Z", "digest": "sha1:H4FB4CJTH6YPQKA235EC62DFW3S3Q5XD", "length": 1809, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "planecrashmap.com", "title": "Robinson R-44 crash in Tennessee (N300FX) | PlaneCrashMap.com", "raw_content": "N300FX accident description\nNearest city Gallatin, TN\nOn November 2, 2008, about 1812 central standard time, a Robinson R-44 helicopter, N300FX, registered to a private individual, crashed into the Cumberlin River, in Gallatin, Tennessee. The instructional flight was operated by Noble Aviation LLC., under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91, and no flight plan was filed. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The student pilot was killed, and the helicopter sustained substantial damage. The flight departed from Lebanon Municipal Airport (M54), Lebanon, Tennessee, at 1800, enroute to Cornelia Fort Airpark (M88), and return to M54.\nAccording to witnesses in the local area, at about 1810, several residents heard the helicopter in there immediate area. They stated that they believed that it crashed in the river just west of the State Road (SR) 109 bridge. One witness stated that he heard two distinctive \"Wap Wap\" sounds then nothing. Another witness stated that she heard a \"metal to metal\" sound then the impact. She believed that something had hit her medal boat dock. However, examination of the boat dock found no damage.\nPreliminary radar data indicated that the helicopters flight path was over the river and after crossing over the SR 109 bridge, was lost from radar.\nThe pilot was located and recovered, on November 11, 2008; the main wreckage was located on November 16, 2008, and recovered on November 18, 2008. Examination of the helicopter found the tail boom separated from the main wreckage. Damage to the cockpit and cabin area included the pilot\u2019s seat and separation of the instrument panel. The collective control was found in the full extended position. The helicopter was retained by NTSB for further examination.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 2477, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 221.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://plantsvszombies.info/publications/issue/2018/September2018/talking-points-to-increase-patient-immunization-confidence", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:01Z", "digest": "sha1:MHWII64CKRT4MYXUPRMW6EIDBE3XO66P", "length": 5026, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "plantsvszombies.info", "title": "Talking Points to Increase Patient Immunization Confidence- plantsvszombies.info", "raw_content": "Talking Points to Increase Patient Immunization Confidence\nMany pharmacists report that although they like immunizing patients, they sometimes experience awkward silence when preparing injections or offer canned responses when patients ask questions.\nBetween 33% and 63% of children have had needle phobia, and it often persists into adulthood, with 14% to 38% of adults being fearful.1 A good bedside manner in the counseling room can put patients at ease, distract them if they are afraid, and make it more likely that they will tell others that the experience was pleasant.2-5\nThe first successful vaccination was the smallpox vaccine. Interestingly, when the inoculation was developed in 1792, scientists did not know that smallpox was a virus. Biologists would not even discover what viruses were until the late 1800s.6,7 The vaccine, a concoction of more than 200 antigens, was the only available one in 1900.8 Smallpox had killed more than 300 million people by the time vaccines eradicated it in 1979 (paralysis-causing polio would be eradicated soon after9).\nToday, if children receive all recommended vaccines, they receive only about 160 antigens.8 Vaccinations have produced remarkable results (table 10-16), and administering multiple vaccines at once is no problem.\nThis raises another point: Vaccines are not a modern invention. Evidence indicates that people were inoculated 1000 years ago. Inoculation, which introduces a disease to an animal or a plant to cause a mild form of the disease, is like vaccination in that they both induce artificial immunity against disease. Inoculation was a considerably more rudimentary procedure.17 Health care providers have been administering modern vaccines for more than 50 years and frequently use the terms interchangeably. Ample history has shown that vaccines save lives and are safe.\nINDIVIDUALS SPURRED THE SCIENCE\nOne microbiologist is credited with saving more lives than any other individual. Maurice R. Hilleman developed more than 40 vaccines. The CDC recommends 16 routinely. Hilleman developed 8 of them (chickenpox, Haemophilus influenzae, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, measles, meningitis, mumps, and pneumonia).18,19 Before he died in 2005, he had hoped that other investigators could develop vaccines against AIDS, cancer, malaria, and tuberculosis. Hilleman had also suspected that vaccines could help avert prion diseases, prevent gastric ulcers, and reduce the consequences of autoimmune diseases.20\nMany patients may be familiar with the HeLa cell line. The best-selling book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks raised awareness of the cell line, its utility in cancer research, and ethical issues surrounding cell lines. Vaccines were developed similarly. Many were made using the WI-38 cell line from a child\u2019s cells in 1962, propagated by a microbiologist at the Wistar Institute for Anatomy and Biology in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The cell line has since been used to create vaccines for adenovirus, chickenpox, measles, polio, rabies, rubella, and shingles. In addition, investigators have used this cell line to identify viruses and research aging. Some say these cells have saved more lives than any other.21\nHERD IMMUNITY PROVIDES BENEFITS\nHerd immunity benefits everyone once immunization penetration reaches 80% or more of the population (the threshold is pathogen specific).22 When this threshold is reached or exceeded, even individuals too sick or young to be immunized confer some protection. Individuals who rely on others to be the vaccinated herd put themselves and others at risk. Unvaccinated individuals create a window through which infection may occur. Measles was nearly eradicated in the 20th century, but the reintroduction of the wild-type virus caused spikes of infection, often in middle-aged adults who had been immunized.22 Educating patients about herd immunity often increases their willingness to be vaccinated.23 Pharmacists need to promote herd immunity and pay specific attention to booster shots so that waning titers do not invite disease outbreaks in vaccinated individuals.\nInterestingly, humans are not the only species that employs herd immunity. Ants do, too, especially if members of the colony are infected with a fungus. The ants lick the infected nest mates, infecting the entire colony with small amounts of the fungus. Each ant\u2019s immune system then mounts an immune response. This is called social immunization.24 Other insects, including bees, termites, and wasps, have also involved social immunity systems.25\nDiscussing the history of immunization can engage patients while they receive shots, demonstrate how successful immunization pro- grams have been, and generally expand knowledge. It can also get young people interested in the medical field and encourage patients to ask questions and be engaged in their own care.\nJeannette Y. Wick, RPh, MBA, FASCP, is an assistant director of the Office of Pharmacy Professional Development at the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy in Storrs.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 80, "original_length": 7291, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 314.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://plettaccom.co.za/planet-plett-newsletter-march-2011_newsletter_op_view_id_45", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:42Z", "digest": "sha1:TUBNDX7SPAFGSZOOJJFFABHRWGGAXI2V", "length": 4361, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "plettaccom.co.za", "title": "Self Catering Accommodation Plettenberg Bay Garden Route South Africa", "raw_content": "The Year of the Rabbit - 2011\nAccording to Chinese tradition, the Rabbit brings a year in which you can catch your breath and calm your nerves. I think after a hectic 2010 filled with many ups and downs we can all agree that this is a good idea.\nPost season update\nIt is a favourite question of anyone who stays in or visits Plett often \u2013 was the season more or less busy than previous years. The answer my friends lies in the numbers and\u2026\u2026.the weather.\nOur own experience was that the numbers were flat compared to previous seasons. This is based on two businesses in different industries both dependant on seasonal trade.\nThe weather, which was terrible during December, probably benefited shops and restaurants the most as visitors could only spend limited time on the beach.\nSo the answer to the question is most likely the same as always \u2013 it depends who you are talking to.\nI can however report that the weather has been fantastic since mid January, with humidity levels reaching uncomfortable heights at times. We will try our best to keep this going for next season.\nTragic Plane Crash\nThe has been no real progress on establishing the cause of the light plane crash that resulted in the death of several Italtile executives in February.\nAn eye witness who lives near Robberg saw the aircraft flying low in front of Robberg and said the engine sounded as if it was struggling to climb.\nIt is not known whether the aircraft veered from its original flight plan after trying to land at Plettenberg Bay in thick mist. Most of the wreckage was lying about two kilometers offshore, south of the Robberg Nature Reserve.\nWe would like to express our heartfelt sympathy to all those who lost relatives and friends in the Italtile crash.\nWhat now for Plett airport?\nDespite calls from the Transport Ministry for the Plettenberg Bay airport to be closed in the wake of the plane crash off the coast of the town, the airport will not be upgraded or shut down any time soon. The airport which is operated by the Bitou municipality, has a grade two licence. This means that private aircraft are able to land and depart from the airstrip.\nThe Bitou Municipal Manager, Lonwabo Ngoqo, said: \u201cOur ideal aim is to have scheduled flights from the airport. As a municipality we are not going to upgrade the airport but we are putting it out on tender for a long-term service provider.\u201d\nPlettenberg Bay is a tough airport to land at because the coastal mist coming in is often a problem. The airport is probably no more than one and a half kilometres from the ocean edge. With the absence of sophisticated equipment on the ground (the airport has an old-fashioned non-directional radio beacon which simply informs pilots that the airport is below them but won\u2019t help them with auto landing or the direction of the runway) aircraft often divert to George or Oudtshoorn rather than attempt a landing in Plett in poor visibility.\nHi-tech Aid\nAn interesting detail concerning this tragic crash is that hi-tech anti-terrorism equipment used during the World Cup was used to scour the ocean bed for pieces of the aircraft.\nThe SAS Protea was positioned not too far west of the crash site. The vessel is the SA Navy\u2019s hydrographic and oceanographic survey vessel and has on board the \u201cShallow Water Route System\u201d which was bought to safeguard SA\u2019s ports during the World Cup. The system uses high frequency classification sonar, detection sonar and positioning systems mounted aboard survey motorboats and is a South African integrated system. Once the sonar had pinpointed the underwater position of the craft, divers recovered the engine, propellers, parts of the fuselage, one wing and the tail section.\nThe five-star Hunter\u2019s Country House in Plettenberg Bay, part of the Hunter Hotels Group and a member of the Relais & Chateaux Association has been ranked as one of the \u201cTop Ten Luxury Hotels in Africa\u201d by TripAdvisor, a travel review website in its ninth Annual Travellers\u2019 Choice Awards. These awards recognize hotels worldwide that consistently strive for outstanding service, great value and top quality. Ian Hunter, CEO of Hunter Hotels Group says:\u201d Our ethos has always been to ensure that every guest, adult or child, has a truly unique experience.\u201d\nEaster is just around the corner and we look forward to seeing you all soon.\nUntil then, travel safely and God bless.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 52, "original_length": 5037, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 293.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://plsilvana.org/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:31:11Z", "digest": "sha1:POBJYBC2UMKYJTQY323MBGOAXUZADACP", "length": 3069, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "plsilvana.org", "title": "www.plsilvana.org | Peace Lutheran Church - Silvana, WA", "raw_content": "A small town welcome...\n...a spacious place to grow\nCaring for all of God's creatures...\nLooking for a faith community?\nPeace Lutheran Church is small enough that you won\u2019t get lost in the crowd.\nIf you are looking for a church with a small-town feel, yet a depth of vision to help you grow into the Christian you yearn to become, please visit us and see for yourself.\nOur September through June Sunday schedule at Peace:\n9:00 AM\u2026.. Sunday School/ Adult Education Hour\nSpecial services are held at the Little White Church on the Hill on Christmas Eve, Easter morning and Sundays during the summer months of July and August.\nNot too small and not too big \u2014 just right to make it relatively easy to get to know folks and feel a sense of welcome. There are some good things about being part of a small town church.\nGenuine hospitality, where there is always room for one more at the table, is one of them.\nI value the friendly, open spirit in this place and how people care for each other. But just as important, \u201csmall town\u201d does not mean small-minded. Think globally, act locally: that phrase describes us well.\nAt Peace we seek to embody a sense of spaciousness, where there is room to ask questions, to learn from varied experiences, to consider new ways of thinking and to continue to grow in faith and understanding.\nHere you will find a spectrum of ages and backgrounds and a diversity of theological perspectives, from life-long Lutherans to those who are brand new to the whole \u201cChristian thing\u201d.\nMy hope is that what binds us together is a sincere desire to grow as disciples of Jesus, to take the Gospel call to \u201clove one another, as I have loved you\u201d seriously, and to deepen our public witness to God\u2019s kingdom vision of true \u201cwelcome\u201d for all God\u2019s children.\nCome on by, and we will set a place for you to join us.\nPastor Annette\nWe\u2019re proud of our deep roots in the Silvana area, but we don\u2019t believe in staying in the past. As disciples of Jesus, we are called to journey forward, meeting the changing needs of both our local community and the wider culture.\nAt Peace Lutheran you will have the opportunity to experience a hands-on faith community that cares for families, helps our neighbors and engages in larger world opportunities for service.\nHabitat for HumanityA global nonprofit housing organization working in local communities across all 50 states in the United States and in more than 70 countries around the world.Habitat's vision is of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. ...\nGroups at Peace\nThere are many small groups that are a part of Peace Lutheran. Peace Lutheran Church Women (PLCW) meets on the first Wednesday of every month at 11:30. They begin with a lunch and then move on to their meeting which includes devotions a speaker or presentation. PLCW...\nCommunity Nights are generally on Wednesday nights at 6pm. They start with a family style meal. Then there is a short lesson with a fun activity to round out the evening. Our first Community Night of the New Year will be January 16th. This year the next Community...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 3834, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 215.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://poctrafficschool.com/en/payment-issues.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:34Z", "digest": "sha1:UQEJPJDO25RYVT4JSTDPIMLNJQ4R7ZOR", "length": 1555, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "poctrafficschool.com", "title": "PieceOfCakeTrafficSchool - Payment Issues", "raw_content": "Trouble Making a Payment\nWe have been... less than thrilled with PayPal as our only payment portal. But they are one of the biggest, and they have some functionality that none of the other systems have, so for now that's all we offer. On the bright side, since your payment information is never on our server and is handled only by PayPal, you get extra security.\nSo for those times when PayPal is being problematic, take a deep breath and follow these tips:\nFirst, if you're on the Payment Instructions page clicking on a button beneath the word \"screenshot\", you need to go to the bottom of the page and click \"Pay Now.\" (Yes, this mistake has happened more than once.)\nSecond, do read the payment instructions page. It will help you avoid the pitfalls of accidentally signing up for a PayPal account when you just want to pay with a card.\nThird, try switching browsers, using a different email address, and if possible using a different card. Multiple variables can cause issues in PayPal, and doing those three things will eliminate most of those variables.\nFourth, call PayPal Support at (888) 221-1161. Really, honestly, truly, there's nothing we can do on our end to make your payment go through. It's between you and PayPal.\nIf after all that you're still unable to make a payment, then while we are very sorry to see you go, there's really just not anything more we can do. You'll have to find a different school. :( Don't worry about your information being stored in our database; all non-paying registrations are deleted after a number of days.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 8, "original_length": 1598, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 311.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://polimicks.com/2012/01/09/womens-bodies-and-disordered-eating/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:03Z", "digest": "sha1:WMLZ7ESSJCFMGW6MULBP2WA5FHNXUFSF", "length": 5024, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "polimicks.com", "title": "Women\u2019s Bodies and Disordered Eating | Polimicks", "raw_content": "Women\u2019s Bodies and Disordered Eating\nChristina Aguilera. So she's not a stick thin teenager anymore. So, what?\nSo, today I saw this on my Yahoo homepage, with the link title \u201cChristina Aquilera defends body.\u201d Basically, she\u2019s getting blasted by the tabloids for being \u201cfat\u201d and is saying, \u201cSo, what?\u201d which is amazingly refreshing. I just hope she can keep it up.\nTrust me. I know how hard body acceptance is for any woman in this society, let alone a woman who doesn\u2019t conform to our fascist beauty standards in any way, particularly in the realm of weight. This is why eating disorders are so prevalent. In fact, I would go so far, as has the author of one of my favorite blogs, as to say that Every Woman Has (or has had) an Eating Disorder (while the address is the same, she\u2019s amended the name to \u201cDoes Every Woman Have an Eating Disorder?\u201d). Not all women, in fact I\u2019d say most don\u2019t, fall below the weight required for a diagnosis of Anorexia Nervosa, but then again, how much sense does it make the the exact same behaviors practiced at one weight, suddenly make you sick if practiced at another?\nThis article in the New York Times talks about the fact that as of right now, the only way for someone to keep weight off once (if) they\u2019ve lost it is to engage in food-related behavior that is right out of the eating disorder handbook: food journaling, measuring everything you eat, exercising more if you eat \u201ctoo much,\u201d obsessively counting calories, developing food rituals. But apparently according to the doctors that are overseeing the weight \u201cmaintenance\u201d of these people, these behaviors are perfectly ok in the service of remaining esthetically pleasing to the bulk of mainstream society. These same behaviors, exact same behaviors, are considered symptoms of eating disorders in people who fall under an arbitrary healthy weight. The article I linked to at the beginning of this paragraph details why people can\u2019t keep the weight off without resorting to obsessive, life consuming food rituals, but then the author says that she\u2019s not giving up hope, because she just knows she can do it, and isn\u2019t being fat just sooo embarrassing?\nNo, I don\u2019t think being fat is embarrassing. Being an asshole, now that\u2019s embarrassing.\nNow, this study gives me hope that we just might be able to bring some actual sanity into the weight-v-health debate. Essentially, when fat or obese people have shit habits, they do have a higher mortality rate than skinny people with shit habits. However\u2026 when fat or obese people have healthy habits, the same healthy habits as thin people (not smoking, eating more veggies, exercising, etc\u2026), there is no appreciable difference in mortality rates between thin and fat people. The fat people stay fat, but are healthy, and are half as likely to die as skinny people with shit habits. So this study kind of backs up what the Health at Every Size (HAES) people have been saying for years: If you eat well and exercise, regardless of weight gain or loss, you will be healthier.\nEssentially the weight thing is purely esthetic.\nAnd the problem with pushing that esthetic as healthy is that when fat people, who are told they have to be thin to be healthy, do all the healthy things, but don\u2019t ever get thin, they get discouraged. I mean, you can\u2019t be healthy without being thin, and they aren\u2019t thin, so obviously no matter how hard they try it isn\u2019t going to work, so they should just give up.\nThis is categorically bullshit, and must be stopped.\nYou can be fat and healthy, and thin and healthy, and thin and unhealthy, and fat and unhealthy. The only thing that correlates to \u201chealth\u201d here, is health.\nSo can the concern trolling, and every other form of trolling you troglodytes get up to. I am distinctly disinterested in hearing it. Nor do I need to hear about how you don\u2019t want to fuck me or any fat person, or any of that nonsense. I don\u2019t care. And I will grade you on reading comprehension if you bring it up in the comments.\nOne comment on \u201cWomen\u2019s Bodies and Disordered Eating\u201d\nThere is a book I would like you to try to order and read if you get a chance \u2013 you won\u2019t be able to find it in a bookstore, it\u2019s a little-known British author. It\u2019s called \u201cFat\u201d by Rob Grant. The plot follows three stories only very loosely connected \u2013 one is an overweight, angry TV chef, one is an anorexic teenage girl, and the third is a good-looking couple who meet while working for the government to promote a state-sanctioned fat camp. Their debate over what really causes people to be fat and what doesn\u2019t, I think, would entertain you, and the story about the teenage girl has alternately humorous and heartbreaking moments (which is surprising for a middle-aged male writer, but Grant has proven with previous projects he can write). Grant himself is fat, has been for a long time, and takes a dim view of those who feel it\u2019s easily fixed or that it matters all that much \u2013 for men or women.\nThis entry was posted on January 9, 2012 by geekgirlsrule in Fat, Featured Articles, Misogyny.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 89, "original_length": 8457, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 295.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://pozniak.pl/it/about/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:09Z", "digest": "sha1:T5YSMYLOK5ARXQ54Y7AKCG7MONBEHDP2", "length": 583, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "pozniak.pl", "title": "Integrate IT | About", "raw_content": "I\u2019m \u0141ukasz Po\u017aniak, and I\u2019m here to show you that even the most complicated integration can be broken down into small, easily comprehensible steps.\nI have 8 years of professional experience in systems administration, and 2 years in system development (yup, devops really is a thing these days), and I believe the best thing one can do with his knowledge is sharing it \u2013 this is why you\u2019ve arrived on my blog.\nI hope you\u2019ll find tutorials and hints contained here useful. But if you believe something is inaccuarate, or think it could be improved, please let me know!\n\u2013 \u0141ukasz Po\u017aniak", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 1423, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 282.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://priorart.ip.com/IPCOM/000002624", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:23:59Z", "digest": "sha1:X2C4WXFUEUYL6FLW4XVYIHVXVS7RPQR2", "length": 2770, "nlines": 38, "source_domain": "priorart.ip.com", "title": "Router Renumbering Guide (RFC2072)", "raw_content": "Router Renumbering Guide (RFC2072)\nH. Berkowitz: AUTHOR\nIP addresses currently used by organizations are likely to undergo changes in the near to moderate term. Change can become necessary for a variety of reasons, including enterprise reorganization, physical moves of equipment, new strategic relationships, changes in Internet Service Providers (ISP), new applications, and the needs of global Internet connectivity. Good IP address management may in general simplify continuing system administration; a good renumbering plan is also a good numbering plan. Most actions taken to ease future renumbering will ease routine network administration.\nNetwork Working Group H. Berkowitz\nRequest for Comments: 2072 PSC International\nRouter Renumbering Guide\nIP addresses currently used by organizations are likely to undergo\nchanges in the near to moderate term. Change can become necessary\nfor a variety of reasons, including enterprise reorganization,\nphysical moves of equipment, new strategic relationships, changes in\nInternet Service Providers (ISP), new applications, and the needs of\nglobal Internet connectivity. Good IP address management may in\ngeneral simplify continuing system administration; a good renumbering\nplan is also a good numbering plan. Most actions taken to ease\nfuture renumbering will ease routine network administration.\nRouters are the components that interconnect parts of the IP address\nspace identified by unique prefixes. Obviously, they will be\nimpacted by renumbering. Other interconnection devices, such as\nbridges, layer 2 switches (i.e., specialized bridges), and ATM\nswitches may be affected by renumbering. The interactions of these\nlower-layer interconnection devices with routers must be considered\nas part of a renumbering effort.\nRouters interact with numerous network infrastructure servers,\nincluding DNS and SNMP. These interactions, not just the pure\naddressing and routing structure, must be considered as part of\nrouter renumbering.\n2. Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3\n3. Motivations for Renumbering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3\n4. Numbering and Renumbering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9\n5. Moving toward a Renumbering-Friendly Enterprise. . . . . . . 13\n6. Potential Pitfalls in Router Renumbering. . . . . . . . . 20\n7. Tools and Methods for Renumbering . . . . . . . . . . . . 25\n8. Router Identifiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29\n9. Filtering and Access Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35\n10. Interior Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37\n11. Exterior Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39\n12. Network Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41\n13. IP and Protocol Encapsulation . . . . . . . . . . . . ...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 341, "original_length": 7863, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.77, "perplexity": 135.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://professionallawyer.me/legal-articles/business/uae-freezones-ras-al-khaimah", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:08Z", "digest": "sha1:VFX6LG3EIGGXZ6OURFEYTRYWIZZQ6YLW", "length": 2512, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "professionallawyer.me", "title": "UAE Freezones Ras Al Khaimah", "raw_content": "Source: Expat Echo - UAE Freezones - Ras Al Khaimah\nRas Al Khaimah Free Trade Zone (RAK FTZ) is a free zone based in RAK and was established in 2001. The free zone has over 5,000 companies as its members cover various fields and economic activities.\nWhy set up in this free zone?\nIt is seen as a cost-effective, hassle-free and secure option for setting up a business in the UAE. Furthermore, it has won awards as the best emerging free zone in 2006, 2007 and 2008, and is ISO certified.\nAdvantages of setting up in this free zone\nBy setting up a company in RAK FTZ, you will be entitled to 100% foreign ownership of the company itself and optional visa facilities. You will not face any customs duty and there is 0% income and corporation tax. There are no restrictions on labor and neither on currency. RAK FTZ Promotion Centers have been set up in different locations throughout the UAE. The aim of these centres is to provide marketing and sales, client support and administrative services at locations convenient for existing and potential clients who are in the UAE, but not based in Ras Al Khaimah itself. Finally, it boasts transparent and investment-friendly laws and regulations.\nWhat is the time-frame?\nIt will take approximately 3 to 4 weeks (subject to submission of the lease agreement to the authorities and depositing the share capital in the bank) to complete the entire registration procedure and obtain the trade license from the free zone.\nHow to set up in this free zone\nTo set up a company in RAK FTZ, you will need a business plan, passport copies, bank reference letters and CV/proof of education.\nWhat else can you expect from this free zone?\nBy incorporating in RAK FTZ, you will gain the benefit of local, as well as international, brand recognition with offices in India, Europe, Turkey and USA. In addition to this, they provide the Mazeed service desk which provides a broad range of services including insurance, advertising, recruitment and training. These are provided to ensure efficient post-incorporation operations.\nEvery company operating within RAK FTZ is required to obtain a business licence. A business licence (also known as a trade licence) is a time-limited permit granted to a company to undertake commercial, consulting or industrial activities within the free zone. Ras Al Khaimah \u2013 commonly referred to as RAK \u2013 is one of the seven Emirates that make up the UAE federation. The northernmost Emirate, it is located approximately 100 kilometres north-east of Dubai.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 194, "original_length": 5085, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 165.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://professionallawyer.me/publications/civil-law/can-i-get-a-refund-from-a-personal-trainer", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:16Z", "digest": "sha1:E2Q2HXCKQKQELBHO4BQS4LZRJSZSQBXT", "length": 1383, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "professionallawyer.me", "title": "The National - UAE Consumer Q&A: Can I Get a Refund from a Personal Trainer", "raw_content": "It's common among UAE residents to ask for a refund for the products and services that they feel were not good. This week in The National, I explained the different instances concerning refund policy such as refund for unsatisfied sessions from a personal trainer, a refund about the product purchase from an international online retailer and the stores that has no refund policy.\nBefore subscribing to any service provided by a personal trainer, there should be a set of standards that can be compare between the service agreed upon and the service received. If such service is not provided in a correct way, then the customer may ask for a full refund. However, such a matter is not easy to prove, as the matter is related to unwritten facts about the service and how it was provided.\nPurchasing online products here in UAE are available for refund if the product purchased was discovered faulty or damaged. If also, the product supplied was on a different description than the one ordered. However, those products that are purchase outside the UAE online store are not subject to UAE consumer-protection laws.\nIn accordance with Article 5 of Law No 24 of 2006, refunds or exchange of products are an available remedy in the event of a faulty product or a product supplied with a different description. All stores are required to comply with the local UAE consumer-protection laws.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 181, "original_length": 4008, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 279.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://progressivewellnesscentre.ca/about-us/jorhdin-banner/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:22Z", "digest": "sha1:LMWSV6BBBISDGUWHETUX23HPMQBMDLG3", "length": 1989, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "progressivewellnesscentre.ca", "title": "Jorhdin Banner, Ph.D., Registered Psychotherapist - Canmore, AB", "raw_content": "My focus is on helping people to reach their goals professionally, personally or in athletics. I am trained and experienced in multiple approaches so that we can find the way that works best for you. My focus is on your continued success.\nCall 403-609-8188 Email [email protected]\nJorhdin is the mental performance coach for the Canadian Women\u2019s Squash Team. Using the same strategies as she does with these athletes, Jorhdin can help you to optimize your potential in athletics, in relationships or to achieve your personal goals.\nJorhdin\u2019s role is as a resource \u2013 a skilled person who can help you learn more about how to positively overcome obstacles in your life that hold you back.\nStress is one key obstacle to both performance and personal satisfaction and it can be successfully addressed.\nOne-to-one counselling for individuals or couples.\nStress management sessions that can include progressive muscular relaxation, visualization, and diaphragmatic breathing training.\nJorhdin earned a B.Sc. (Honours) in Psychology at the University of Calgary in 1986, an M.A. at York University in 1988 and a Ph.D. in Community Health at the University of Toronto in 1992. She is a Registered Psychotherapist with the Ontario College of Psychotherapists.\nJorhdin has been in private practice since 1989. She received training at the Bradshaw Center in Los Angeles and in the C.G. Jung Institute Analyst Training Program in Pittsburgh. Jorhdin has completed the Myers-Briggs Personality Inventory, Eye Movement Desensitization and Re-Processing (EMDR) training, Trauma Incident Reduction training and Reiki healer training.\nFrom May 2014 to September 2017, Jorhdin was a psychotherapist in the Executive Health Program at Cleveland Clinic Canada, Psychology Department.\nJorhdin was Chair, Certification, at the Ontario Association of Consultants, Counsellors, Psychometrists and Psychotherapists (OACCPP) until May 2014.\nFor further information, please contact Jorhdin directly at 403-609-8188.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 42, "original_length": 2705, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 256.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2015/01/29/changing-the-boundaries-women-at-work-in-the-government/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:43:01Z", "digest": "sha1:PI626BMVINVXSDLE4QSAHTZ35CYAQXBO", "length": 3846, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "prologue.blogs.archives.gov", "title": "Changing the Boundaries: Women at Work in the Government \u2013 Pieces of History", "raw_content": "Today\u2019s post comes from Samantha Payne, intern in the Center for Legislative Archives. in Washington, DC.\nOn January 29, 1790, Mary Katherine Goddard sent the Senate a singular request: to be reinstated as postmistress of Baltimore. After running the post office for 14 years, and paying post-riders with her own savings during the American Revolution, she was infuriated to lose her position\u2014especially when the stated reason was that \u201cmore traveling might be necessary\u201d for the job \u201cthan a woman would undertake.\u201d In her petition, Goddard accused the Postmaster General of dismissing her so he could give the lucrative title to his friend.\nPetition from Katherine Goddard, January 29, 1790, page 1. (Records of the U.S. Senate, National Archives)\nGoddard\u2019s rise and fall as one of America\u2019s first female public servants began in a printing shop. In 1774, she helped her brother William establish Baltimore\u2019s first weekly newspaper. Within a year, she became the sole proprietor of the Maryland Journal and the Baltimore Advertiser. Her excellent reputation prompted Benjamin Franklin to appoint her as postmistress of Baltimore, making her the first woman to run a national government office. In 1777, the Continental Congress requested that she publish the first copy of the Declaration of Independence, complete with its signatories.\nGoddard was proud of her work in the Post Office. When she lost her job in 1789, she protested to the newly formed Federal Government. On December 23, 1789, she wrote to President George Washington, explaining that it was a matter \u201cof peculiar distress to her\u201d that the government would reward a man with \u201call that she had to rely on, for her future dependence and subsistence.\u201d Washington sent only a curt response. Historians speculate that he refused to help Goddard because she associated with his opponents, the Anti-Federalists.\nMore than 230 Baltimore citizens, including Maryland\u2019s Governor, signed Goddard\u2019s petition to the Senate. Still, she never regained her office. For the remainder of her life,Goddard supported herself by running a bookshop. She passed away in 1816. Her final act was to free her slave, Belinda Starling, and leave the young woman everything she owned.\nNearly 150 years after Goddard sent her petition to Congress and President Washington, President Franklin Roosevelt received an indignant letter about a similarly sensitive subject. On December 28, 1936, Walter Glass began his note, \u201cPardon me for being presumptuous.\u201d Glass objected\u2014rather strongly\u2014to the President\u2019s Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins. He felt that \u201ca man should head this important department,\u201d and thoughtfully signed off his critique of the executive by counting himself among \u201cmany admirers that respect and love you. I mean just that.\u201d\nPresident Franklin Roosevelt\u2019s nomination of Frances Perkins to be Secretary of Labor, March 4, 1933. (National Archives Identifier 595434)\nDespite the protests of men (and women!) like Walter Glass, Perkins had a long and distinguished career as the first female cabinet member. She served as Secretary of Labor for 12 years and helped create the New Deal. Determined to serve the \u201cmillions of forgotten, plain common\u201d working people, she campaigned for national unemployment and old-age insurance. Her efforts culminated in the Social Security Act of 1935.\nAs postmistress and Labor Secretary, Goddard and Perkins pushed the boundaries of what seemed possible for women of their time. The documents they left behind serve as reminders of the important role women played in the Federal Government, and the challenges they faced along the way.\nPetition from Mary Katherine Goddard, January 29, 1790, page 2. (Records of the U.S. Senate, National Archives)\nPrevious postCurrently on Exhibit: George Washington\u2019s First Annual Message\nNext postOn Exhibit: Unbroken", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 8019, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 187.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://psychcentral.com/ask-the-therapist/2008/03/01/confidential-to-ohio-guy/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:10Z", "digest": "sha1:C477NZ3XWLZJASIEVPRW366CRWYDSXCH", "length": 672, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "psychcentral.com", "title": "Confidential to Ohio guy - Ask the Therapist", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Confidential to Ohio guy\nConfidential to Ohio guy\nYour relationship has always been seriously out of balance. You\u2019ve always been giving more emotionally. Even in your break-up, you are holding most of the feelings. Please move on. As heartbroken as you feel right now, it is better that this relationship ended so that you can find someone who is more emotionally available and more honest. Believe me. There are many, many women out there who are longing to meet a guy like you.\nHartwell-Walker, D. (2018). Confidential to Ohio guy. Psych Central. Retrieved on February 15, 2019, from https://psychcentral.com/ask-the-therapist/2008/03/01/confidential-to-ohio-guy/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 180, "original_length": 4672, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 279.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://public.craneware.com/investors/company/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:25:23Z", "digest": "sha1:XUEXIQ2UHBICDKOHFYJ5TNUC44MFAFFX", "length": 2778, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "public.craneware.com", "title": "Company - Craneware", "raw_content": "Craneware is the leader in automated value cycle solutions that improve financial performance for healthcare organizations. Craneware\u2019s market-driven, SaaS solutions help hospitals and other healthcare providers more effectively price, charge, code and retain earned revenue for patient care services and supplies. Craneware\u2019s Cost & Margin Analytics solutions allows healthcare providers to determine true cost of care and profitability analysis across patient episodes and provider department performance. These solutions allow providers to compliantly optimize reimbursement, gain true costs and margins visibility, increase operational efficiency and minimize compliance risk. Craneware collaborates with US healthcare providers and assists them in planning, executing and monitoring value-based economic performance.\nGrowth of the U.S. healthcare industry\nThe aging of the U.S. population and the nature of the country\u2019s fee-for-service system will drive the cost of healthcare higher in the near term. Healthcare expenditures in the United States are expected to exceed $3.4 trillion in 2016, over 18% of GDP. Government entities currently account for 38% of total payments. Medicaid, which currently accounts for 16% of total payments, is expected to reach 20% by 2021, as a result of the additional enrollees as part of the ACA reform1.\nCraneware in the U.S. healthcare industry\nThe market for information systems in U.S. hospitals is predicted to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 5.7 percent between 2014 and 2020. Craneware\u2019s products and services are part of the revenue cycle sector of this vast market, a sector which is forecast to grow from its 2012 valuation of $1.90 billion to $3.07 billion in 2017, representing a 61.6 percent increase from 20122.\nCraneware\u2019s leadership role in the U.S. healthcare industry\nCraneware is recognised as the leading provider of revenue integrity solutions that improve financial performance in the U.S. hospital and health system markets. Founded in May 1999 by CEO Keith Neilson and co-founder Gordon Craig, Craneware launched its first product in October 1999 after signing its first customer contract the previous month. By the end of 2000 more than 20 customers were signed and in September 2007, Craneware listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. Today Craneware employs 300 staff, serving almost one third of all U.S. registered hospitals. The company is respected as a healthcare business partner delivering value, quality, and outstanding customer service.\n1. Gartner \u201cEnterprise IT Spending by Vertical Industry Market, Worldwide, 2010-16, Q1 2012 Update,\u201d Various Authors, April 12, 2012\n2. http://connectedhealth.frost.com, U.S. Hospital Revenue Cycle Management: Overview and Outlook, 2012-2017", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 124, "original_length": 4396, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 207.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://pwnglobal.net/component/content/article.html?id=3660", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:39Z", "digest": "sha1:U2QHQ4LTYU2XLZD5HXMAFKNXKXSF2MJN", "length": 397, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "pwnglobal.net", "title": "PWN Global", "raw_content": "Despite increases in the percentages of women medical school graduates and faculty over the past decade, women physicians and scientists remain underrepresented in academic medicine's highest-level executive positions, known as the \"C-suite.\" The challenges of today and the future require novel approaches and solutions that depend on having diverse leaders.\nRead the full article at Read by QxMD", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 65, "original_length": 1603, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 270.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://queencreekindependent.com/business/donate-to-house-of-refuge-for-chance-to-win-sterling-services-ac-heating-system/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:19Z", "digest": "sha1:X4LSDUKRQNKICJTCRB6J6O3DLRWKUNZQ", "length": 1676, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "queencreekindependent.com", "title": "Donate to House of Refuge for chance to win Sterling Services AC, heating system | Queen Creek Independent", "raw_content": "Donate to House of Refuge for chance to win Sterling Services AC, heating system\nSterling Services is collecting donated items for the Mesa nonprofit House of Refuge, which houses dozens of families getting back on their feet and out of homelessness.\nDuring the month-long drive through Dec. 15, necessities such as diapers, baby wipes, feminine products and toiletries will be collected at Sterling Service\u2019s showroom at 7256 S. 89th place in Mesa, in exchange for raffle entries to win a fully installed Carrier central heat and air-conditioning system, according to a release.\nThe winning raffle ticket will be drawn live at facebook.com/SterlingServicesAZ on Dec. 15, according to the release.\nAlso, for those who purchase a heating tune-up and safety inspection, the company will discount the service, with the $20 difference going to the House of Refuge. It will also qualify for a raffle entry.\n\u201cWe see a lot of generosity from the community in the areas of food drives and toy drives,\u201d Joel Harris, president of Sterling Services, said in the release.\n\u201cWe get involved in those as well, but sometimes it\u2019s easy to lose sight of other life necessities that organizations like the House of Refuge are providing. Right now they need our help and this is a great opportunity to give back,\u201d he said.\nTo contribute to this cause with donations or to schedule the discounted service, Sterling Service can be reached at 480-988-0958.\nSterling Services is celebrating its 10th year in business in 2018 and is the recipient of multiple business and community awards locally, according to the release.\nLearn more about House of Refuge at houseofrefuge.org.\nTags:Businesses \u00b7 Mesa", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 64, "original_length": 3094, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 312.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://quillandquire.com/industry-news/2010/06/13/toronto-star-stakes-out-davidar-home/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:37:16Z", "digest": "sha1:KS5XOIETOAXYQFX45QHX66R7WZA4VT6J", "length": 1077, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "quillandquire.com", "title": "Toronto Star stakes out Davidar home | Quill and Quire", "raw_content": "Toronto Star stakes out Davidar home\nThings just keep getting worse for ex-Penguin Canada president David Davidar. In a surprisingly tabloid-y move, the Toronto Star has staked out Davidar\u2019s Deer Park-area house in an attempt to get further comment on the sexual harassment scandal currently engulfing him. There isn\u2019t much new in the piece, but the Star did manage to get Davidar\u2019s wife to answer the door:\nThere\u2019s so much I want to say,\u009d Davidar\u2019s wife, Rachna, tells the Star, shaking her head. So much, but I\u2019ve been asked to zip it.\u009d\nThe home in Deer Park, southeast of Forest Hill, is quiet apart from the sound of Davidar talking into his phone. No sound of a TV or radio, which might be normal for a couple that\u2019s made their livelihood in books.\nWe\u2019ll get through this together,\u009d says Rachna, who comes from a prominent book-selling family in New Delhi and managed McNally Robinson\u2019s former bookstore in Don Mills. They\u2019ve been together for 15 years.\nHe can\u2019t talk,\u009d she says, gently. Please don\u2019t ask him.\u009d\nTagged with: David Davidar, Penguin Canada, sexual harassment", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 93, "original_length": 2610, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 292.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://randomwhoness.com/2014/09/05/companions-marriage-and-the-girl-who-waited-2011/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:34Z", "digest": "sha1:IADTUXML6IIUI3US56U4NAFAWAJ4XFE4", "length": 7078, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "randomwhoness.com", "title": "Companions, marriage and The Girl Who Waited (2011) | Randomwhoness: a Doctor Who blog by Johnny Spandrell. Sampling stories in random order.", "raw_content": "Companions, marriage and The Girl Who Waited (2011)\nSeptember 5, 2014 johnnyspandrell\t1 Comment\nLet\u2019s start with Jo Grant. A couple of years back she turned up in The Sarah Jane Adventures where she was reunited with the Doctor, as played by Matt Smith. While catching up on an alien planet, he lets slip that he\u2019s travelling with a married couple, the Ponds. Jo is taken aback. \u201cI only left you because I got married,\u201d she pines.\nShe\u2019s alluding to an unstated fact about Doctor Who, at least up until the Matt Smith era. That for a companion, finding someone you want to spend your life with meant the end of your TARDIS travelling. Getting hitched meant staying behind with someone, not dragging them along. Which was kind of understandable if one viewed Doctor Who, at least in part, as a kids\u2019 show. Because marriage brought with it the implication of sex, and although the series might occasionally invite speculation on how its main characters ate and went to the toilet, any thought of which TARDIS bedrooms saw some action was right out.\nNew Who, though, has no such hang ups. Since 1996, Doctor Who has had romantic relationships at its, um, heart. The Doctor has been shown to be someone who loves and who is loved. He has had a string of love interests, not least of all his companions like Rose and Martha, if not Donna. But marriage (or its de facto equivalent) was still the end of the line for a companion, even in the Russell T Davies era; Rose is paired off with the one-hearted Doctor, Martha marries Mickey and Donna marries Shaun.\nWhat, I imagine you\u2019re saying by this late stage, does any of this have to do with The Girl Who Waited? Only that watching it got me thinking about marriage in Doctor Who and specifically, that since Steven Moffat took over as showrunner in 2005, the subject of marriage \u2013 once used only as a way of exiting companions from the show \u2013 has been embraced. He\u2019s placed two marriages centre stage: the Ponds\u2019 and the Doctor and River\u2019s.\nThe topic of the Doctor and River\u2019s unorthodox union can wait till another day. The Girl Who Waited is concerned with Amy and Rory\u2019s relationship, and while that\u2019s not unusual in itself, it\u2019s a story where them being a couple is essential. In the episode, Amy gets trapped in Two-streams, a medical facility, and only Rory can rescue her. This is ostensibly because the Doctor cannot leave the TARDIS for fear of being infected with a Time Lord specific illness. But the quarantining of the Doctor feels tangential. Of course Rory would dive into Two-streams to rescue her, as Orpheus dived into the underworld, simply because he\u2019s her husband. That\u2019s his job. And that\u2019s the nuance which comes with married companions, that you wouldn\u2019t get if this was, say, first season Tom Baker and Harry had to rescue Sarah (or vice versa).\nA subtext running through this season is that the Doctor is becoming more mysterious and less reliable. And Rory and Amy react by relying on each other. In The Curse of the Black Spot, for instance, Rory specifically asks Amy to perform CPR on him, because he trusts her (not the Doctor) to never give up. And Amy\u2019s opening monologue in A Good Man Goes To War is all about her faith that Rory (not the Doctor) will come for her and Melody. Having companions married to each other offers a new dynamic; their relationship with each other is more important than their relationship with the Doctor. He will always be an outsider.\nA central premise of The Girl Who Waited is \u2018will you still love me when I\u2019m 64\u2019 (or how ever old Amy ends up being), with the added sci-fi twist that Rory is still young. Rory, being the thoroughly decent chap that he is, of course stays loyal to older Amy. But then there\u2019s the added complication when the Doctor manages to fold time back on itself (or something) and young Amy appears alongside old Amy. Rory very quickly decides he wants to save both versions of his wife, which is touching and again what a loyal husband, who loves his wife at any age, would do. Allowing a married couple on board the TARDIS has enabled new types of stories \u2013 like The Girl Who Waited \u2013 to be told.\nThe Doctor meanwhile is kept on the sidelines. Well, it\u2019s a Doctor-lite episode after all. But there\u2019s enough of him in the story to show a new, devious side of the Eleventh Doctor. When older Amy declares that she wants both versions of herself saved, the Doctor says this is possible. This spurs Rory and the Amies into action, helping motivate them to outfox the handbots and fight their way back to the TARDIS.\nBut the Doctor is being crafty. He knows it\u2019s impossible to recue both versions of Amy. Does he lie to Rory and Amy to make sure they get safely back to the TARDIS? It\u2019s left unconfirmed, but it certainly seems that way. If so, the Eleventh Doctor has manipulated his companions as effectively as the Seventh Doctor did Ace. Writer Tom MacRae has written about his admiration for the McCoy years, so drawing parallels between these two Doctors seems deliberate. But maybe not \u2013 after all the Moffat years have clearly established that rule one is \u2018the Doctor lies\u2019.\nAnd his lie here leads to a great climactic moment in The Girl Who Waited, where older Amy and the Doctor see each other for the first time. In that moment \u2013 a triumph of Smith\u2019s acting and Nick Hurran\u2019s direction \u2013 it\u2019s clear that now Rory and young Amy are safely on board, the Doctor is going to lock old Amy out of the TARDIS. She realises it and runs, but of course she doesn\u2019t make it. Those Prussian blue doors slam shut.\nRory is outraged, but the Doctor is resolute. He hands the decision over to Rory, seemingly as a way of assuaging his own guilt. He says to Rory they can only take one and puts his hand on the lock, forcing Rory to make the decision. It\u2019s a devastating moment, and Arthur Darvill plays it brilliantly. \u201cYou\u2019re turning me into you!\u2019,\u201d he bawls at the Doctor. But the door is locked and Rory and older Amy can only press their hands together on either side of the police box\u2019s windows before the end comes.\nThe classic series of Doctor Who\u00ad did love stories, but it did them pretty poorly. Jo Grant, for instance, fell in love over the course of a handful of episodes and married a man she hardly knew. Other companions fell in love far more perfunctorily than that. If there\u2019s one aspect in which the new series far exceeds the old, it is in its ability to tell love stories. And with a married couple on board it can tell different types of love stories. We don\u2019t waste time seeing Amy and Rory fall in love, they already are in love. And as The Girl Who Waited shows, that brings a whole new set of complications.\nLINK to Logopolis: In both stories, one of the regulars meets a future version of themselves.\nNEXT TIME: You must think my head zips up the back! It\u2019s tea and fruitcake and the Image of the Fendahl.\nAmyeleventh doctormarriagematt smithRoryseries 6\nPrevious PostTom, tricks and Logopolis (1981)Next PostCostumes, stereotypes and Image of the Fendahl (1977)\nOne thought on \u201cCompanions, marriage and The Girl Who Waited (2011)\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 180, "original_length": 14661, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 330.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://rayhosler.com/2009/02/13/yabba-dabba-doo-july-1-2008/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:01Z", "digest": "sha1:F54IDM4AL7GG4A7AYZWNI5TPZVIJYE27", "length": 1950, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "rayhosler.com", "title": "Yabba dabba doo! \u2013 July 1, 2008 | Silicon Valley Cyclist", "raw_content": "\u00ab New Idria Ride Ends \u2013 May 4, 2008\nOld Santa Cruz Highway \u2013 Paradise Lost \u00bb\nYabba dabba doo! \u2013 July 1, 2008\nWith the price of gas at about $4.50 a gallon in the San Francisco Bay Area, I\u2019m seeing a few more bicyclists on my way to work, but it\u2019s still a trickle. My perception is somewhat misleading.\nI ride to work starting at 7 a.m. and I\u2019m in the office by 7:35. Those are not peak commute times, and my route is not too popular, although Trimble Road has a bike lane and a fair amount of bike traffic.\nWhile I look forward to the day when bikes rule the roads, let\u2019s not delude ourselves into thinking it will be a bed of roses. Just look at the situation in Amsterdam, or Beijing, where bikes rule or did rule in the case of Beijing. It\u2019s chaotic.\nIt\u2019s not that there are a lot of crashes, just near crashes and congestion. Your speed will drop around hordes of riders. Of course, the situation in Amsterdam and Beijing is much different from the suburbs of Silicon Valley.\nWe\u2019re spread out, so congestion will never be much of a problem.\nI often wonder what it would be like if everyone rode a bike? We could have a fast lane for faster riders. We would still need traffic lights, that\u2019s for sure. We could have a network of bike repair stations, since most people would not know how to or even want to fix a flat or make an adjustment.\nPolice would ride bikes to enforce traffic laws. High-speed chases would be something to see. Ambulances would be four-wheeled bikes, containing four to six strong riders pedaling a long flat-bed.\nIt reminds me of the \u201cFlintstones\u201d TV show. We may not live to see it because the pain threshold at the pump forcing people out of their cars is about $50 a gallon, or no gas supplies at all.\nThis entry was posted on February 13, 2009 at 4:30 am and is filed under Commute Adviser.\tYou can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 38, "original_length": 2802, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 247.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://read.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/oecd-economic-surveys-hungary-2016/tax-revenues-are-reliant-on-consumption-taxes-and-social-security-contributions_eco_surveys-hun-2016-graph24-en", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:05Z", "digest": "sha1:65DF5P72BVBGWI62PBHULHZMAAWIEC4U", "length": 178, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "read.oecd-ilibrary.org", "title": "Tax revenues are reliant on consumption taxes and social security contributions | READ online", "raw_content": "Tax revenues are reliant on consumption taxes and social security contributions: Distribution of tax revenues, 2014\nDOI:https://dx.doi.org/10.1787/eco_surveys-hun-2016-graph24-en", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 26, "original_length": 565, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 306.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://readinggroupchoices.com/books/the-great-gatsby/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:22Z", "digest": "sha1:6KJCG2NQ2E56ZISR4DNFI3KMTQWWRVQD", "length": 1046, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "readinggroupchoices.com", "title": "THE GREAT GATSBY \u2013 Reading Group Choices", "raw_content": "About F Scott Fitzgerald\nF. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1896, attended Princeton University, and published his first novel, This Side of Paradise, in 1920. That same year he married Zelda Sayre and the couple divided their time among New York, Paris, and the Riviera, becoming a part of the American expatriate circle that included Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, and John Dos Passos. Fitzgerald was a major new literary voice, and his masterpieces include The Beautiful and Damned, The Great Gatsby, and Tender Is the Night. He died of a heart attack in 1940 at the age of forty-four, while working on The Love of the Last Tycoon. For his sharp social insight and breathtaking lyricism, Fitzgerald is known as one of the most important American writers of the twentieth century.\n\"Now we have an American masterpiece in its final form: the original crystal has shaped itself into the true diamond. This is the novel as Fitzgerald wished it to be, and so it is what we have dreamed of, sleeping and waking\u2026\"\u2014James Dickey", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 73, "original_length": 3560, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 88.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://realcareerguidance.wordpress.com/2013/06/18/building-skill-the-magic-of-myelin/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:45:42Z", "digest": "sha1:I2SF3WVB2AIEAMXKTI3XDKQTTWRY5FSC", "length": 4331, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "realcareerguidance.wordpress.com", "title": "Building Skill \u2013 The Magic of Myelin | Real Career Guidance", "raw_content": "Today we begin getting into the subject of what is going to get you ahead in work and hopefully other areas of life \u2013 the building of skill, and eventually expertise. A skill is any action that you make your body undertake; that can be shooting a basketball, speaking a phrase in a foreign language, an accountant adjusting someone\u2019s tax return, a clerk typing up a document, or a guy at the gym doing a squat. Expertise is when you have built an amalgam of skills in a specific area and can apply them to the point that it is an unconscious process.\nSo how do we build skill? Well, to build it, we first need to know how it works. Whenever you wish to perform any skill, your brain fires an impulse down a nerve, which causes you to kick a ball, for example. That nerve impulse, however, has to fire at exactly the right time. When it doesn\u2019t that\u2019s when you kick the ball wrong, and instead of it flying into the top corner of the goal, it flies straight over. Every time you perform the skill correctly, the sheath surrounding the nerve, known as myelin, insulates that nerve to make it fire more accurately. The easiest way to think of it is that the nerve is an internet connection, and myelin is a crew upgrading that connection. During that first period where learning a skill is awkward and frustrating, you\u2019re on a 14.4kb modem connected to the internet. Your nerve impulses are constantly misfiring, much like your crappy internet connection timing out or being interrupted, and when you actually do something well it feels like a fluke.\nAs you keep practicing, however, something magical begins to happen. The myelin sheath around the nerve impulse grows like the rings in a tree stump, insulating it and causing it to fire more efficiently and accurately. Soon enough with practice, the upgrade crew of myelin has turned your 14.4kb connection into a 56kb connection, and you are performing the skill more accurately and efficiently. Practice for years and years, to the point of mastery, and you\u2019ll have people marveling at your skill. They are marveling because they are on a 14.4kb connection, and you\u2019re on a 100mb broadband connection. The skill has become second nature to you because those nerve impulses fire so quickly and accurately, while the others are still misfiring or firing much more slowly.\nWe can see this played out on the video below. The Japanese guy sparring with the class is Kosei Inoue, a 3 x World Champion, 3x All Japan Champion, and Olympic Champion. At a conservative estimate, by this stage he has about 23,000 hours of practice up his sleeve (a large portion of which is against world class judoka). By comparison, the guys he is fighting have anywhere from 3,000-8,000 hours of practice. It actually looks like the example I gave above on internet connections \u2013 he is on a 100mbit connection and they are still on 56kb. He could have 10 beers in him and it would still be easy to kick their ass.\nBuilding skill is obviously done through practice, but not just any practice. I could go out and play 100 games of chess and improve my skill noticeably, but that improvement would be a drop in the ocean compared to if I spent that time on something called deliberate practice. Deliberate practice is practice that is designed to improve your skill in the most efficient way possible. Much of this is in reinforcing a skill when it is done well. When it is done poorly, the person is stopped, shown where they went wrong, and then told to perform it correctly. This eliminates bad habits forming because the skill is built correctly from the very beginning.\nThis is where things like upbringing, genetics, socio economic status and any number of influences pale into significance in any field, because the number 1 determinant of a person\u2019s level of expertise\nis how much they have practiced, and how well they have practiced. Talent and other such concepts become remarkably silly when you look objectively at how skill is built and the time it takes. When you start to look at skill in this manner, it all of a sudden becomes much easier to map out a path to expertise in any field because you know what\u2019s required to get there. In future posts we are going to look at the different stages of skill, deliberate practice, specific examples of skill and eventually the concept of deep work.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 77, "original_length": 6291, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 323.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://redefineschool.com/omar-aziz/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:12Z", "digest": "sha1:HA52VRMBYQPZAW3IC7FKYFLCKEYS6HNC", "length": 12039, "nlines": 45, "source_domain": "redefineschool.com", "title": "omar aziz | be you.", "raw_content": "photo fromYallasouriya.. found here: https://tahriricn.wordpress.com/2013/08/23/syria-the-life-and-work-of-anarchist-omar-aziz-and-his-impact-on-self-organization-in-the-syrian-revolution/\nintro\u2019d to Omar here (via rt by Joey Ayoub):\nLeila Al-Shami (@LeilaShami) tweeted at 1:57 AM \u2013 20 May 2017 :\nTo Live in Revolutionary Time: Building Local Councils in Syria\nhttps://t.co/3snVL1TOl8 (http://twitter.com/LeilaShami/status/865838932482805760?s=17)\nThis is the translator\u2019s introduction to a text written by Omar Aziz in 2012. Omar was an anarchist born in Damascus who had been living with his family in the United States for many years when the revolution against the Assad regime broke out.\nHe traveled back to Syria to help build grassroots, horizontal structures that would allow people to collectively meet their needs as the state was driven back and to act as a check on new authoritarians taking power. This text was only published publically after Omar\u2019s death in prison in 2013 and it is credited with inspiring hundreds of council projects throughout the territory.\nThe translation of Omar\u2019s text The Formation of Local Councils can be found here, on the website, Bordered By Silence. As well, we have laid out the introduction and the translation as a pamphlet for easier reading and distribution.\nHis text, The Formation of Local Councils, remains one of the core strategic proposals of the social revolution in Syria. He first published it in late 2011,\nWe will also share translated excerpts of the introduction to the French translation of Omar\u2019s text by \u00c9ditions Antisociales, published in November 2013 under the title *The Revolution of Everyday Life Under Sniper Fire.\nOur hope is that by translating and distributing this text to make more visible the Syrian revolution, which has so often been denied or conflated with the armed groups that share its territories. Often leftists who support the Assad regime or anarchists who support the YPG/PYD will ask things like, \u201cAre there really liberatory groups in these areas? What are their names? What are their ideas?\u201d\naziz let go law:\nas if the organization of daily life needed a name, a website, and an English-language spokesperson to exist.\n\u201cOmar Aziz stood for the complete break-up [of] the state in order to achieve collective liberation without waiting for regime change or for one ruling power to replace another. He believed that communities are capable of producing their own freedoms regardless of political vicissitudes.\u201d Aziz recognized that the time of revolution was the moment the people themselves should claim autonomy and put in place as much of an alternative programme as possible.\nAs Omar writes in both introductions, massive combative demonstrations had created spaces and times outside the control of the state. These demonstrations were often pushed forward by small affinity-based groups of revolutionaries called coordinating committees that operated clandestinely to avoid repression. In the space created, many forms of autonomous self-organizing began to emerge as the state withdrew or was driven back.\nOmar and his friends believed that the human energy freed up by creating these spaces outside of authoritarian control would allow for the creation of new social forms, which would in turn further erode the state.\nAt the time, he was mocked and ignored by the very people who would later adopt his idea and take credit for it.\nOmar Aziz\u2019s vision of the local council was founded on the premise that revolutions are exceptional events in which human beings live in two parallel time zones: the time of authority and the time of revolution. For the revolution to emerge victorious, it must break free from the domination of the authorities and become involved in every aspect of people\u2019s lives, not just in demonstrations and political activism.\nOmar and his comrades were not against power (they wanted to build grassroots horizontal power), they were against authority.\nstigmergy ness\nThis emphasis on anti-authoritarian practice entered the text in subtle, linguistic ways too. Budour notes: \u201cOmar Aziz avoided using the term \u2018The people\u2019 and instead referred to people as \u2018humans\u2019. His comrade Mohammad Sami al-Kayal writes: \u201cHe did not believe in \u2018The people,\u2019 that jargon coined by authority to maintain its power. He saw human beings who live, thrive, and spout their potential.\u201d\nWe could make a similar argument about the word \u201csociety\u201d. Omar is focused on specific projects that are adapted to local context \u2013 if he had a vision for all of \u201cSyrian society\u201d, it was of local, autonomous self-organizing. The word \u201csociety\u201d, by lumping everyone together, is generally used to erase the diversity and possibility that would grow from the multiplication of these initiatives.\npublic consensus always oppresses someone\nBecause what is society? It is how the state sees the collected individuals, milieus, communities, families, political structures, classes, and so on that inhabit the territory it controls. An anarchic break with the state will also be a break with society, this non-free association of individuals held together by the shared experience of being ruled. As with \u201cthe people\u201d, we believe avoiding the word \u201csociety\u201d is consistent with Omar\u2019s emphasis on \u201chuman beings\u201d and decentralization, and so we\u2019ve translated the Arabic word more often as \u201cgroup\u201d, \u201ccommunity\u201d, or \u201ccollective\u201d.\nOmar insists repeatedly that what he is describing will vary based on local situations. He is not seeking to impose a model on all of \u201csociety\u201d, but he does believe there is space for everyone to build a life for themselves and the people around them outside the control of the state on a non-hierarchical basis: groups of people adapting to local conditions with a shared commitment to collaboration and to not being ruled.\nOne of the biggest critiques to be made of The Formation of Local Councils and of the local councils themselves is that there is a current that seemingly favours bureaucratic, representative democracy. In a moment where many western anarchists are describing their projects as distinct from or hostile to democracy, it can be difficult to understand what moves anarchists elsewhere to push for local-level representative democracy as a form of governance.\nthere are fundamental differences between government and the local councils. The local councils as described in this text form by inviting people already doing important work, then slowly expanding to include more people in a wider geographic area as their capacity increases, while encouraging and making links with similar projects elsewhere. Their territories are defined by who participates, not by borders. And, unlike what some militias affiliated with the Rojava project have done, they spread by encouraging self-organizing elsewhere, not by conquering.\nself org ness\nHe, along with many other Syrian revolutionaries, had tremendous faith in the human potential that is unlocked when time and energy are freed from authoritarian structures. .. However, Omar writes that very quickly, time opened up by the revolution was filled up by a desperate struggle for survival \u2014 the regime\u2019s ability to impose misery meant that this enormous human potential wasn\u2019t able to manifest.\nutopia ness\nAlthough not a pacifist movement as we would usually understand the term, much of the grassroots Syrian revolution does not believe that armed struggle is what will bring about a better life. Rather, it is the dual approach described in this text: destroying the state while producing new forms of life. Neither of those actions particularly require violence, but they must be determined and willing to defend themselves.\nThe revolution of \u201clocal co-ordinating committees\u201d as it has been sketched out in Syria, doesn\u2019t require any terror to reach its goals, it hates and abhors murder. It doesn\u2019t seek vengeance, but rather justice. It is not a desperate attempt by a minority trying to squeeze all of reality into the mould of its ideals. It is the product of the actions of hundreds of thousands or millions of individuals who resolved to take their lives in their own hands and to go as far as possible towards their dream of freedom and dignity. And it is precisely this experience of universal importance that the Holy Alliance of its enemies tries at all costs to bury under ruins and lies. Bashar and Putin, the Iranian mollahs and the American congress, the pseudo-resistance of Hezbollah and the very christian Venezuelan police, the United Nations and al-Qaeda, the Communist Party of China and French know-how\u2026 The profiteers of the globalized system would rather transform Syria into a mass grave than willingly surrender their place at the table of those who divide up the world and \u2018negotiate\u2019 the future.\nThis brings up one last note on the translation. we have avoided referring to Omar, his comrades, or all the Syrian revolutionaries as \u201cactivists\u201d, an identity that\u2019s defined relative to a supposedly passive majority. ..Their commitment to radically doing away with the old world and dreaming a new one in its place is deeply inspiring,\non first googling.. can\u2019t find anything else w just his name other than these:\nhttps://tahriricn.wordpress.com/2013/08/23/syria-the-life-and-work-of-anarchist-omar-aziz-and-his-impact-on-self-organization-in-the-syrian-revolution/\nAziz was encouraged by the revolutionary wave gripping the country and believed that \u201congoing demonstrations were able to break the dominance of absolute power\u201d.[2] But he saw a lack of synergy between revolutionary activity and people\u2019s daily lives. For Aziz it didn\u2019t make sense to participate in demonstrations demanding the overthrow of the regime whilst still living within strict hierarchical and authoritarian structures imposed by the state. He described such division as Syria being subject to the overlapping of two times \u201cthe time of power\u201d which \u201cstill manages the life activities\u201d, and \u201cthe time of Revolution\u201d belonging to the activists working to overthrow the regime.[3] Aziz believed that for the continuity and victory of the revolution, revolutionary activity needed to permeate all aspects of people\u2019s lives. He advocated for radical changes to social organization and relationships in order to challenge the foundations of a system based on domination and oppression.\nThere is no one model but they often operate as horizontally organized, leaderless groups, made up of all segments of the society.\nhttps://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/omar-aziz-a-discussion-paper-on-local-councils-in-syria\nThe risk lies not in the overlap of the two periods, for that is the nature of revolutions, but rather in the absence of correlation between the spheres of daily life and the revolution itself. So, what is feared of the movement during the coming period is one of two things: humans becoming bored due to the continuity of the revolution and its disruption of their daily lives, or humans resorting to the use of heavy weaponry, causing the revolution to become the rifle\u2019s hostage.\nThe blending of life in a revolution is an inherent requirement for its continuation and its victory. It requires a socially flexible structure that is based on the collaboration between the revolution and the daily lives of humans. This form of structure will be called: the local council.\nAs time passes, the course of human life for individuals and families transforms into one of a constant search for safer places to live. This course in time also transforms daily work into tireless efforts to discover what has happened to missing loved ones.\nThe Topic of Exchange Between Human Beings: The Formation of New Participants\nProvide a venue for discussion in which human beings are able to trade and search for solutions to daily issues\nBuild horizontal links between the local councils of one geographic region and expand to include links between different geographic regions\nhlb that io dance \u2013 via 2 convos.. as the day [aka: not part\\ial.. for (blank)\u2019s sake\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 93, "original_length": 13492, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 253.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://redtreetimes.com/2017/03/19/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:09:03Z", "digest": "sha1:HO2AL7QHPGMX4XWWSEBQ2IMS654S3DK4", "length": 1796, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "redtreetimes.com", "title": "19 | March | 2017 | Redtree Times", "raw_content": "Posted in Favorite Things, Music, tagged Chuck Berry on March 19, 2017| 3 Comments \u00bb\nFor this Sunday morning music, it\u2019s got to be Chuck.\nThe great Chuck Berry died yesterday at the age of 90. In the Pantheon of the gods of rock and roll, Chuck is without a doubt the true father of the genre, the wellspring that fed all others. His music is practically written in our DNA and permeates our culture. It is part and parcel of who we are.\nYou might think you can\u2019t name a Chuck Berry song but I will bet that you know at least a dozen. In fact, one of his greatest hit albums is called The Great Twenty-Eight and almost every song on it is a rock and roll classic. When that sound comes out of the speaker it is instantly familiar and distinct. You may not have heard the song for forty years but you know the words and melody instinctively.\nOh, you know it.\nLike many people, I have probably taken Chuck Berry for granted for many years now. But now that he\u2019s gone I feel a definite sense of loss. Maybe it\u2019s that we are in a period of time where we are struggling for a definition of who we really are as a people, where we seem poised at a juncture that will take us in two very different directions. He was that part of America that drew people here with his Everyman point of view and a sound that was forever young and vigorous.\nSo, like I said, this morning it\u2019s got to be Chuck. I\u2019ve been listening for about an hour and a half to Chuck and can\u2019t even come close to choosing. I listen to one and go, \u201cOh, Yeah!\u201d then I hear the next song and do it again. So I\u2019m playing two that just feel good to me. One is Back in the USA and the second is Havana Moon, a quieter, moody song from Chuck that just clicks for me.\nHave a good day and if the spirit hits you, as Chuck might say, let it rock.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 101, "original_length": 5854, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 226.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://relevantradio.com/2019/01/father-kubicki-prayer-reflections-january-24-2019/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:49:29Z", "digest": "sha1:DUN52ARXNHNUYUS6XJ475OA4VFFQPCEL", "length": 119, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "relevantradio.com", "title": "Father Kubicki - Prayer Reflections January 24, 2019 - Relevant Radio", "raw_content": "Where do you get your news about what\u2019s happening in the Church? Let\u2019s pray for all those involved with Catholic Media.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 150, "original_length": 3437, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 148.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/wvlr/vol105/iss3/7/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:37Z", "digest": "sha1:ID53HUHQFZ5XN2ZMPHZ4YO4DEEZMUPGY", "length": 142, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "researchrepository.wvu.edu", "title": "\"Unsavory White Omissions? A Review of Uncivil Wars\" by David Boyle", "raw_content": "Unsavory White Omissions? A Review of Uncivil Wars\nDavid Boyle, Unsavory White Omissions? A Review of Uncivil Wars, 105 W. Va. L. Rev. (2003).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 3093, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.82, "perplexity": 233.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://resortsac.com/entertainment/american-rush-tribute-lotus-land/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:48Z", "digest": "sha1:6QJ6B765IYBBTPUWAWOONYS4D27CVOJZ", "length": 3079, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "resortsac.com", "title": "The American Rush Tribute Lotus Land | Resorts Casino AC", "raw_content": "The American RUSH Tribute Lotus Land\nSaturday, March 24, 2018 | 8:00 PM | Superstar Theater\nTicket Prices: $35 / $25\nLotus Land is Heralded As World\u2019s Greatest Tribute Bands\nWith an unparalleled performance, The American RUSH Tribute Lotus Land brings the force of live Rush to life on stage. Enjoyed by die-hard Rush fans, musicians and casual music listeners alike, the Lotus Land experience has been heralded as the ultimate celebration of RUSH\u2019s musical craftsmanship and spirited performances. With the true set up and sound of the Canadian power trio, Lotus Land delivers the thrill that people expect when they see Rush in concert. Their performances have wowed sold-out houses in New England\u2019s premiere concert venues and casinos and their fan-base continues to grow nationally and internationally. From as far south as the Hard Rock Caf\u00e9 in Panama City, Panama & back to back nights at the Hard rock Caf\u00e9 in the Dominican Republic, to as far north as Toronto Canada where the band was honored in performing for the largest international RUSH fan event, RUSHCON, in 2012, 2014 &2016. Lotus Land has also dotted up the eastern seaboard of the United States playing shows in Virginia,Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont and Connecticut.\nBecause of their unrelenting hard work and dedication to this cause, Lotus Land\u2019s efforts were formally recognized nationally, when Lotus Land was asked to perform LIVE on AXS TV\u2019s \u201cWorld\u2019s Greatest Tribute Bands\u201d. Lotus Land performed on a LIVE TV broadcast on March 23rd 2016 at the world famous Whisky a Go Go on the Hollywood\u2019s Sunset strip. \u201cWhile all the greats have played here from the Doors, Led Zeppelin etc, it was especially \u2018cool\u2019 to stand and perform on the same stage RUSH did in November 1974\u201drecalls Lotus Land\u2019s guitarist Bob Chartrand.\nOther highlights have been with playing with accomplished violinist Gerardo Hilera (Clockwork Angels \u2013Tour) on multiple occasions in the New England area. Lotus Land has had the honor of being introduced on two occasions by RUSH Icon Donna Halper.\nEach of the Lotus Land band members \u2013 Chris Nelson, Bob Chartrand and Mark Dalton \u2013 has had their share of notable gigs during their musical careers. Nelson has been the guitarist for Herb Reed and the Platters since 1994 and has played with such performers as DD Martin, Anthony Vitti, The Drifters, The Coasters and Jon Finn. Chartrand and Dalton teamed up early on for two ventures, The Lye and Shiny Green Flies. Together with those bands they enjoyed sharing the stage with such big names as ELO II and The Alarm. These seasoned musicians don\u2019t take the task of recreating Rush\u2019s music lightly. Says Lotus Land drummer, Dalton, \u201cIn this band, we take great pride in being a three piece band whose performance,we feel, will please even the most fanatical Rush fan. In a nutshell, we strive to be the closest thing musically to Rush that anyone has yet heard. When all is said and done, we hope to bring you the music of Rush with a live sound as big and true to form as can be heard anywhere.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 200, "original_length": 6331, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 282.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://robbreport.com/travel/hotels/bulgari-hotels-opens-newest-luxury-property-bulgari-hotel-beijing-2750274/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:54Z", "digest": "sha1:2STZ6DFUF326KVFQJKSR2FK4F2XG7TE7", "length": 2582, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "robbreport.com", "title": "Bulgari Hotels Opens Newest Luxury Property: Bulgari Hotel Beijing \u2013 Robb Report", "raw_content": "Bulgari Brings its Signature Brand of Italian Opulence to Beijing\nThe latest Bulgari Hotel outpost has just opened along the banks of the city\u2019s Liangma River.\nPhoto: Courtesy Bulgari Hotels & Resorts\nFor its fourth luxe outpost, Bulgari Hotels has built a sleek Italianate oasis inside the heart of Beijing\u2014bringing the minimal lines and dedication to fine materials and craftsmanship of its flagship Milan property to the bustling city. With a prime location along the banks of the Liangma River, the Bulgari Hotel Beijing is ideal for guests traveling for both business and pleasure; it is nestled into the heart of the business-savvy Embassy District and a stone\u2019s throw from the upscale boutiques and swanky galleries of Sanlitun.\nThe 119-room property in the buzzy new Genesis Community was designed by Italian architectural firm Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel, the same firm tasked with bringing each of Bulgari\u2019s hotels in Rome, London, and Bali to life (Dubai, Shanghai, and Moscow will be coming soon). For this property, the firm set out to create an urban oasis, keeping fine Italian furnishings from the likes of B&B and Maxalto, Travertine marble sourced from Italy\u2019s best quarries, and plush, Bulgari-branded accents in a neutral color palette to give guests a needed respite from the sensory experience of the city below.\nThough all of the rooms and suites are spacious, the 4,300-square-foot Bulgari Suite is one of the biggest in the city. Here, guests can enjoy views of the river, the Beijing skyline, and the property\u2019s lush manicured gardens from the suite\u2019s floor to ceiling windows (we suggest soaking up the view from the marble Jacuzzi bathtub\u2014one of the property\u2019s best vantage points), while sipping on fine wine brought up from the property\u2019s stylish Italian-style bar.\nWhen not out navigating the city in the property\u2019s fleet of Maserati limousines, guests can enjoy luxury shopping, Michelin-starred dining, and truly indulgent spa treatments from the comfort of the hotel. The property employs a team of personal consultants who are able to advise guests on purchasing fine art and fashion from the privacy of their guestrooms, and private viewings of Bulgari\u2019s glistening jewelry can be arranged in-suite for guests as well. Once they\u2019ve treated themselves to a new collector\u2019s item, guests can unwind at the expansive spa\u2019s indoor pool\u2014designed to invoke a Roman bath.\nOnce dinner rolls around, guests can then book a table at Bulgari\u2019s ever-popular Il Ristorante, where they can enjoy three Michelin-star chef Niko Romito\u2019s authentic Italian food.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 224, "original_length": 6995, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 309.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://roomshotels.com/activities-kazbegi/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:45Z", "digest": "sha1:MUHBV733RUGOXRLUZEFBGWUO6CSE43LQ", "length": 1900, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "roomshotels.com", "title": "Rooms Hotels Kazbegi Tours", "raw_content": "\"When the aroma of hay mixed with sweet-scented flowers filled the air, one became overwhelmed with excitement and elation\"\nAlexander Kazbegi\nFrom reconnecting with nature to spiritual pilgrimages, an extensive range of tailored trekking tours and activities give guests an invaluable insight into the Kazbegi region.\nOur experienced guides lead treks of varying lengths and difficulties \u2013 anything from couple of hours to several days.\nGergety Trinity Church\nThe isolated location of the Gergeti Trinity Church, which is perched on the Kazbeg mountain range and surrounded by the vastness of nature, has made it a spiritual symbol of the Caucasus region.\nGveleti boasts itself with immensely invigorating and refreshing waterfalls.\nOne of the region\u2019s most prominent cultural hubs, where centuries old stone masonry and carpentry is still practiced and taught by master craftsmen.\nA journey to the remote village of Juta offers complete immersion in the wild beauty of Kazbegi\u2019s landscape.\nExplore Highlands of Kazbegi\nEmail: tours@roomshotels.com\nHorseback riding - truly an original experience, which allows to explore the region as a local.\nStaying at Rooms Hotel Kazbegi has lots of joys, one of them can be the excitement of riding All-Terrain Vehicles (a.k.a. quad-bikes) in stunning surroundings of Stepantsminda. Tours are available all year round.\nAn experience that allows you to free your mind and body in the air while soaring through mist and powdered mountain peaks.\nFace-to-face with snow-capped mountains\nSnowshoeing is for nature lovers to discover region differently. It's fun, easy and versatile. With the right snowshoes that is provided by the hotel, you can access the trails normally inaccessible in winter due to the deep snow\nThere's nothing better than camping under the stars, and there is no better place for stargazing and exploring the night sky than Chaukhi base camp.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 94, "original_length": 2959, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 313.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://rootedinrights.org/supreme-court-asked-to-review-key-special-education-standard/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:56Z", "digest": "sha1:5622FVX5B4GNTGAHXWV7NKHUOKHRVO2A", "length": 3401, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "rootedinrights.org", "title": "Supreme Court asked to review key special education standard - Rooted in Rights", "raw_content": "Supreme Court asked to review key special education standard\nThe Supreme Court is seeking the Obama Administration\u2019s opinion as to whether to grant certiorari in a case that could clarify the underlying standard for determining if a student\u2019s Individualized Education Program complies with federal law.\nIn the 1982 case Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley, the Supreme Court declined to find that the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act requires schools to provide special education students with opportunities equal to that of their peers. Rather, it determined that the IDEA merely mandates that each IEP be \u201creasonably calculated to confer an educational benefit on the child.\u201d\nCourts are split in their interpretation of this language. Two circuit courts use a higher \u201cmeaningful education\u201d standard. Five other courts use a lower \u201csome educational benefit\u201d standard, while the rest are split within the circuit or have not articulated a clear test.\nIn Endrew v. Douglas School District, a boy with autism attended a Colorado public school from kindergarten to fourth grade. Despite falling substantially behind in his education and displaying an array of injurious and dangerous behaviors, the school\u2019s proposed fifth-grade IEP was essentially identical to his fourth-grade IEP, according to the plaintiff\u2019s petition to the Supreme Court [PDF].\nAs a result, the boy\u2019s parents transferred him to a special private school for children with autism, the Firefly Autism House. They also filed a due process complaint against the school in 2012, requesting that it reimburse them for the private school\u2019s tuition fees due to its failure to provide a compliant IEP. The hearing officer and district court both ruled against the parents.\nWhile acknowledging that some courts have \u201capplied a higher standard,\u201d the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit [PDF] used the \u201csome educational benefit standard\u201d and similarly ruled in the school\u2019s favor.\n\u201cThis is without question a close case, but we find there are sufficient indications of Drew\u2019s past progress to find the IEP rejected by the parents substantively adequate under our prevailing standard,\u201d the 10th Circuit stated. \u201cIt is clear from the testimony at the due process hearing that Drew is thriving at Firefly. But is not the District\u2019s burden to pay for his placement there when Drew was making some process under its tutelage. That is all that is required.\u201d\nIn the petition, disability advocates argue that substantive developments in the IDEA, particularly 1997 amendments to the law, make clear that the IDEA mandates higher standards than that being required by the 10th Circuit.\nCalling the issue \u201cripe for resolution,\u201d disability advocates urged the Supreme Court to take up the case and provide guidance for educators, families and advocates.\n\u201cWithout this Court\u2019s intervention, the educational benefit to which a child with a disability is entitled will continue to depend on the state in which he or she lives,\u201d the petition states. \u201cNow, for instance, a child with autism is entitled to only a just-above-trivial educational benefit in New York, which would be insufficient to satisfy the IDEA just across the border in the New Jersey suburbs of New York City.\u201d\nAutism Speaks and the Public Interest Law Center also filed an amicus brief [PDF], urging the high court to take the case.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 4875, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 247.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://rootstothepast.wordpress.com/2017/11/11/what-was-the-imperial-war-service-gratuity/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:18:23Z", "digest": "sha1:XL7WEZUCQM2VZTXVMIGPJLQQW5EBP24C", "length": 3835, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "rootstothepast.wordpress.com", "title": "What was the Imperial War Service Gratuity? | Roots to the Past", "raw_content": "Diane Tibert / November 11, 2017\nThe following Roots to the Past column appeared in print in November 2016.\nAn ancestor\u2019s experience is often lost to history. The release of new records by Library and Archives Canada (LAC) and other organisations help researchers uncover this experience. When the Soldiers of the First World War records were released, I searched for individuals with surnames connected to my family and to my surprise, I found dozens. Many were previously known to me, but some were not. So not only did the records add interesting details to people already in my family tree, it added people to my tree.\nLAC recently announced Imperial Gratuity records were added to the Personnel Records of the First World War collection on their website. But what was the Imperial War Service Gratuity and what information will we find in the files?\nAccording LAC, individuals within these records were Canadians who served with the British Imperial Forces during the First World War. These files are in their possession and found in the Department of Militia and Defence fonds (RG9 II F10).\nAccording to The War Gratuity of WW1 website, the \u201cwar gratuity was introduced in December 1918 as a payment to be made to those men who had served in WW1 for a period of 6 months or more home service or for any length of service if a man had served overseas\u201d. The families of those who died during the war and women who served as nurses also received money.\nMen who received service gratuity under the Royal Pay Warrant agreement during the war did not receive full payment of war gratuity. The amount was adjusted according monies already received. A spreadsheet-calculator to determine the amount is found on the War Gratuity website.\nThe government had two war gratuity systems in place, one for \u2018other ranks\u2019 and one for \u2018non-regular officers\u2019. Field-Marshals received the largest payout of \u00a3720 while a 2nd Lieutenant received only \u00a335.\nThe War Gratuity site contains the Army Council\u2019s Instructions for deciding who received the money and how much. The key to receiving the money was, the person had to prove they were a Canadian resident when the war started on August 4, 1914, and be a resident of Canada when they applied for the gratuity.\nAt the moment, the online database is limited to indexed files. Search results give only the name and regimental, reference and item numbers. One complete file is available for viewing to give researchers an idea of what documents a file may contain. The sample is for Corporal Frank Archibald Waller of Victoria, BC. This file contains eleven pages but on average, files will contain between 20 and 50 pages. The first page is the Statement of War Service Gratuity which states Waller\u2019s address and outlines the monies entitled to him. The money was paid in four installments and totalled $150.00. Details of the adjustments made to the total are provided.\nOther information found in the documents include when and from where he embarked for overseas, on which ship he sailed, where he disembarked, where and when he served, rank, when he returned to Canada and on which ship. The document of Statutory Declaration \u201cWife\u201d gives details of his marriage, including the wedding date.\nWhen the full online Imperial War Service Gratuity database, complete with digital images for all who received this money, will come online is unknown.\nNovember 11, 2017 in Roots to the Past Column, Veterans. Tags: First World War, genealogy column, Remembrance Day, veterans, veterans of Canada, war gratuity\nColumn: What was the Imperial War Service Gratuity?\nColumn: Medical Data Portal for First World War Soldiers\nColumn: New and Improved Personnel Records of the First World War\n\u2190 Library and Archives Canada docks at Pier 21 in Halifax\nThe Halifax Explosion: Records at Library and Archives Canada \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 117, "original_length": 7965, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 266.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://rsc-johnson.house.gov/AmericaWithoutFaith/faith-awareness-waco", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:57Z", "digest": "sha1:JKGBRO2CJTFDR3M7QJFKPZVTJOPXKUK4", "length": 3851, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "rsc-johnson.house.gov", "title": "Faith in Awareness: Waco | Republican Study Committee", "raw_content": "Faith in Awareness: Waco\nRepresentative Bill Flores (TX-17)\nImagine having all of your freedoms taken away, being forced to work against your will and constantly living under the threat of violence \u2014 in short, being forced to live as a slave. Sadly, this situation is a reality for millions of children, women, and men each year as part of the global human trafficking industry.\nAccording to the Department of Homeland Security, it is estimated there are more than 20 million victims of human trafficking worldwide today. As many as 17,500 people are believed to be trafficked as a commodity into the U.S. annually. When you stop and think about these numbers as a whole, it shows that more people are being forced into slavery today than at any time in human history.\nHuman trafficking victims are lured by traffickers under false promises of jobs and better lives; and then are forced or coerced into prostitution, domestic servitude, or other types of forced labor. Having one person be subjected to this treatment is one person too many, let alone the millions who suffer this treatment each day across the world.\nHuman trafficking has been documented in almost every state and Texas is no exception. One of the hubs of human trafficking in our state is in Waco, TX. Its central location on I-35 and a large number of runaway minors contribute to the region\u2019s levels of human trafficking. According to a federal grant study, the City of Waco alone encountered 84 cases of human trafficking in 2015, more than triple the number in just a year prior.\nFortunately, our community acted early to proactively deal with this human tragedy in three ways\u2014deterrence, recovery, and education.\nWith respect to deterrence, our Sheriff\u2019s Department set up effective sting operations to deter the promoters and users of human trafficking victims. In addition, the Sheriff\u2019s trafficking task force deals with trafficked persons as victims, rather than as criminals engaged in prostitution.\nStarted in 2012, with the help of a local Christian church, one Texas faith-based organization is working to promote the recovery of the victims of human trafficking and to educate our community to identify and prevent trafficking. This organization\u2019s goal is to bring an end to human trafficking in our community. In just three years, law enforcement concluded that human trafficking cases rose dramatically, yet before its inception, many in our community were unware of the problem growing in our backyard. This Texas non-profit, supported by a local Christian church, has brought a bright light to this human rights issue that was largely unknown. The organization focuses on three different areas in combatting human trafficking: prevention, professional training, and survivor advocacy. In total, they have reached over 600 youth, educated over 2,000 community members and trained 609 volunteers and professionals.\nAdditionally, over 30 other nongovernmental organizations form a Texas human trafficking coalition and come together for quarterly meetings to discuss the progress being made in Central Texas.4 The Coalition recently announced it is one of seven projects nationwide selected for the U.S. Department of Justice grant award of $1.5 million for the development of a human trafficking task force. The funding will allow the Coalition to expand its role, representing five counties and incorporating 50 area agencies on local, state, and federal levels.\nHuman trafficking exists in Central Texas. It is thriving in a country that prides itself on its human rights record. Without faith-based organizations like those in Waco bringing light to the issue, we cannot take the first step to win this fight \u2013 a fight that must be won. We must continue to work to empower faith-based organizations so we can finally put an end to this form of modern day slavery.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 68, "original_length": 5063, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 160.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://ruhrresidence.kunstvereineruhr.de/2016/10/22/7-bosco-verticale/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:44Z", "digest": "sha1:VBYHI26V6XT3SB2RZRP6BPOTEFDK6T2Y", "length": 871, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "ruhrresidence.kunstvereineruhr.de", "title": "7. bosco verticale \u2013 Ruhr Residence", "raw_content": "Milano. Bosco Verticale (Vertical Forest) is a pair of residential towers in the porta nuova district designed by Boeri Studio. The project was designed as part of the rehabilitation of the historic district of Milan between Via De Castillia and Confalonieri. It consists of two residential towers (26 floors and 110 meters high & 18 floors and 76 meters high). It is called Bosco Verticale because each tower houses trees between three and six meters which help mitigate smog and produce oxygen. It is also used to moderate temperatures in the building in the winter and summer. The plants also attenuate noise. On November 19, 2014, Bosco Verticale won the International Highrise Award.\nhttp://www.stefanoboeriarchitetti.net/en/portfolios/bosco-verticale/\nFoto oben: syncronia\n\u2190 Washington, D.C. \u2013 Your Flight Receipt\nWashington, D.C. - Your Flight Receipt\nverwildert \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 1433, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 299.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://rutamariana.com/en/project/torreciudad-lourdes/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:26Z", "digest": "sha1:2W25D333JTOOBETY7MP7S2IIGFOOCDLC", "length": 2304, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "rutamariana.com", "title": "Torreciudad-Lourdes - Ruta Mariana", "raw_content": "From Torreciudad to Lourdes\nDiscovering the origins\nEstimation time: 3 h.\nRecommended itinerary: Torreciudad-Ainsa-Bielsa/Aragnouet-Tarbes-Lourdes\nJust after leaving Torreciudad, you will find the small village of Abizanda. It will surprise you due to its skyline shaped by the silhouette of the fortress. It is remarkable the strong Romanesque tower built by Lombard masters. The view from the top will allow you to contemplate the beauty of the shire and the Pyrenees. Continuing with the trip, you will arrive to Ainsa, one of the most beautiful medieval villages in the Iberian Peninsula. It has been declared \u2018Historic Artistic Set\u2019. The walls that surround the village, as well as its historic side are extremely well preserved. The castle, the cathedral and the square stand out in the monumental area. For a better experience exploring the village, you should walk the streets and squares, eat at a restaurant and let yourself go with the enchantment found in every corner. Close to the border, we arrived to Bielsa, place of departure of countless tours through the valley of Pineta. This town is famous for its Carnival, one of the oldest and most tradition in the Pyrenees. The Pineta Valley is the north east side of the Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park and one of the most wild but attractive valleys. If you have time, we recommend a visit to the open area where the image of \u201cVirgin of Pineta\u201d, near to the Parador (hotel). This tour goes through a beautiful road with a superb scenery.\nOnce in Bielsa, the bordering town of the Spanish side, we will cross the Bielsa-Aragnouet Tunnel. We will go into France, in the middle of the Pyrenees National park that offers and exceptional natural patrimony. The ski resorts of both sides of the Pyrenees (French & Spanish) are an important appeal for the winter sports lovers. As we get to Lourdes, thermal water towns like Bagneres de Bigorre or Capvern les Bains come to our way. We could say that they are their own route within our route: \u201cThe Health Spas Route\u201d. Villages with a splendorous past that even today preserve their enchantment and glamour. The city of Lourdes itself has a reach area of springs and thermal waters. After this beautiful trip, you arrive to the sanctuary.\nLandscape of Pineta (Ordesa)\n50004 \u2013 Zaragoza (Spain", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 3760, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 285.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://sabian.com/en/artist/alfredo-lima", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:21:14Z", "digest": "sha1:PM4RHA34VOE3MQCEAVE426JTZ66YTIUI", "length": 2083, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "sabian.com", "title": "Alfredo Lima | SABIAN Cymbals", "raw_content": "Artists / Band & Orchestra / Alfredo Lima\nAlfredo Lima began his musical studies at the Arts Foundation of S\u00e3o Caetano do Sul, where his percussion teachers where Javier Calvi\u00f1o and Carmo Bartoloni. Subsequent to the end of his studies in FASCS, Alfredo Lima became teacher and conductor of the percussion group of FASCS.\nBachelor's degree in percussion from Unesp (State University of S\u00e3o Paulo).\nIn Unesp he studied percussion with Dr. Mario Frungillo, Dr. Carlos Stasi and Dr. John E. Boudler. PIAP (Percuss\u00e3o do Instituto de Artes do Planalto - Unesp), Percussion Ensemble from Unesp, he was a participant in the conquest of the II Eldorado Music Prize - Brazil; as a result of this prize, PIAP recorded it's first record and toured the US which the highlight was the concert at the PAS convention in Saint Louis - 1987.\nIn 1993 embarks to the US to start on his Master's studies in music at Yale University School of Music, completed in 1995.\nAt Yale, Alfredo Lima was a student of Gordon Gottlieb and periodically private lessons with Morris Lang (NY Philharmonic).\nHe played with various orchestras and musical groups in the state of Connecticut during his stay in the US.\nIn 1998 back to Brazil as a full time percussionist of the S\u00e3o Paulo Symphony, a position he currently holds.\nAs a member of the PerCorSo Ensemble, Alfredo Lima has played in all the major music festivals in Brazil and RTC (Radio e Televis\u00e3o Cultura). (www.percorsoensemble.com.br)\nHe can be heard in almost all recordings made by The S\u00e3o Paulo Symphony (All records can be heard in S\u00e3o Paulo Symphony Orchestra podcast collection - www.osesp.art.br). through labels such as: BIS, Chandos, Naxos, Decca, Biscoito Fino, Som Livre and Sesc.\nAs an endorser of Sabian Cymbals, Alfredo has performed MasterClasses through all Brazil and South America. He is also an endorser for Mike Balter.\nAlfredo Lima is a member of the International Percussion Society - PAS. Currently he is dedicated to studies of Jazz / Vibes.\nMarassa Duo\nNoise Ensemble\nNicholas Papador\nAustin Symphony Orchestra / Texas Philharmonic", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 221, "original_length": 6598, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 338.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://sadierosemarie.blog/2017/12/19/2048/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:23Z", "digest": "sha1:JFNIHMNXCP5R4DLEW7OZ4FU5TDVKO5KE", "length": 6388, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "sadierosemarie.blog", "title": "you have brains in your head. you have feet in your shoes. \u2013 the place where i can write some words", "raw_content": "- sadierosemarie\tUncategorized\t December 19, 2017 December 19, 2017 4 Minutes\nWe want everyone to like us, but in reality we shouldn\u2019t. As social creatures in this world, we are concerned, often to a fault, with whether or not we are enjoyed, appreciated, and respected by those around us. [ but does it really matter? ] We are succumbed to the impulses of others, hoping to please everyone [ or at least find few enemies, nailed that one on the head ]. We try to behave sociably, make the correct remark, and laugh at the appropriate times, all for the sake of winning the fancy of our peers. [ kind of unpleasing to write about ]\nThe approval of others becomes a top social significance and controls many of our actions. At some point or another, most of us surrender to this tendency to butter the rest of mankind\u2019s bread, which is fine. It\u2019s natural to do so. But, we must proceed with caution, or at least more caution then we do. You see, investing ourselves too fully into how others perceive us can have terrible consequences. [ aka, it will bite you in the ass ]\nWe are all guilty. Every day from the moment we wake up, we live our lives caring what other people think of us. We accept the current situation for what it is because everyone around us does. We tip toe our way through life by doing things to please others, not because it\u2019s what we believe in. Eventually our actions, appearances, and lives become molded by how we think other people perceive us. How are these pants going to make me look? What will my friends think if I spoke up? Are those people talking shit behind my back? If I take this job, what will my friends and family think of me? [ it can go on forever ] Just writing this paragraph gives me a headache. It\u2019s exhausting. It\u2019s dreadful. It should stop. Living a life that follows the ideal concepts of what other people think is a terrible way to live. It makes you become the spineless human being who waits for other people to take action first. It makes you become a follower, sometimes not a bad thing [ BUT PEOPLE STAND UP FOR YOURSELF, YOU DO YOU BOO!!! ]. The worst part of all of this is, it makes you become someone who doesn\u2019t take a stand for anything they believe in for themselves.\nBelieve it or not, we are not that special. We go through our days thinking about how other people might be judging us. But the truth is, those people are thinking the exact same thing we are, in that exact moment. No one in today\u2019s \u201csmartphone induced coma\u201d has time in their schedule to think more than a brief second about us. They are busy, always busy. The fact of the matter is, when we do have the time get our thoughts straight, we are too busy thinking about ourselves and our own limitations, not others. Even when provided with the obvious opportunity to judge someone, people are still thinking about how others may perceive them first. Once you understand that this is how people\u2019s minds works, it\u2019s a big step towards freedom.\nIt\u2019s impossible to live up to everyone\u2019s expectations, you can only be stretched so far. There will always be people; no matter what we say or how we treat them, that will judge us. Whether you are at the gym, at work, taking the public transportation, or even online playing Call of Duty. Even now it\u2019s happening. You will never be able to stop people from judging you, but you can stop it from affecting you.\nThink about the worst thing that could possibly happen when someone is judging you or what you\u2019re doing. I guarantee that chances are, nothing will happen. Absolutely nothing, until you react to the nonsense. No one is going to go out of their busy lives to confront us, or even react for that matter. [ And if they do, I bet they just want the attention that comes with it ]. What will eventually happen is that these people will actually respect you for claiming your ground. They may disagree with you, but they\u2019ll respect you. Start standing up for what you believe in. You\u2019re going to have people that disagree with you anyways and always, so why not express how you truly feel? I\u2019ve learned that it\u2019s better to be loved by a few people you care about, then to be liked by everyone. These are family, friends, your spouse; the people who love you for who you are, and the people who will be there for you during your worst times. Focus on these people. They\u2019re the only people that matter. [ the other bullshit that goes around isn\u2019t worth turn of your head or the blink of your eyes ]\nWorrying too much about what other people think can become a self-fulfilling prophecy, because the way we think starts to become the way we behave.\nBelieve it or not there are people out there that become people pleasers and are overly obliging to others, thinking it will stop them from being judged. Nope. Not true. The quite opposite. Most people don\u2019t like push-overs and are turned off by it. The behavior that is used to attempt to please others, can actually cause the opposing effect. Basically, meaning that if you are a so called push-over, then you are going to be attracting others in your life who are also push-overs; and vice versa. This can become a dangerous path to go down if you don\u2019t recognize or see the consequences.\nEssentially, we as humans need to know and stand for what is important to us in life, what we truly value, and what we are ultimately aiming for in the end game. Once you know who you really are and what matters to you, what other people think of you becomes significantly less important. When you know your values, you\u2019ll have something to stand up for, something you believe in. You\u2019ll stop saying yes to everything. Instead, you\u2019ll learn to say no when friends pressure you to do something, or when a tempting opportunity distracts you. When you have your values straight, you have your shit straight.\nThe world is already full of people who obey the status quo. But the people who don\u2019t give a fuck are the ones that change the world. Be the latter. Start living life the way you want, be fearless like you once were as a child, and always, always stand up for the truth. Someone has to, it starts with you.\nPrevious Post there\u2019s no one alive that is youer than you.\nNext Post eyebrows speak louder than words.\nOne thought on \u201cyou have brains in your head. you have feet in your shoes.\u201d\nDo you mind if I share this? I swear I just told someone \u201cyou do you\u201d this morning.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 58, "original_length": 7724, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 289.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://safetravel.govt.nz/kuwait", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:32Z", "digest": "sha1:WGZWRVL7ZQOKIP24BXHW773XRC5OQT2D", "length": 3273, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "safetravel.govt.nz", "title": "Kuwait | SafeTravel", "raw_content": "Terrorism is an ongoing threat in Kuwait. There is a continued threat of attacks in the Gulf region, including on Western interests, residential compounds, military, oil, transport and aviation interests. Places of worship have been attacked in the past. Further attacks are possible and could be indiscriminate.\nNew Zealanders in Kuwait are advised to maintain a high level of personal security awareness, particularly in public places known to be frequented by foreigners.\nDemonstrations occasionally take place in Kuwait. New Zealanders in Kuwait are advised to avoid demonstrations as even those intended to be peaceful have the potential to turn violent. We recommend monitoring events through local media and following any instructions issued by the local authorities.\nWhile violent crime towards foreigners is rare, New Zealanders are advised to take care in areas like Jahra and Jleeb Al Shuyoukh. Walking alone or travelling in these areas after dark is not recommended. 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For more information view the International Maritime Bureau's piracy report.\nOnly use authorised road border crossing points into Saudi Arabia, and make sure you have the correct documentation. Any other crossings are considered illegal by Kuwaiti officials. Armed guards patrol border areas and there have been exchanges of gunfire in the past.\nNew Zealanders in Kuwait are advised to carry a passport or a Kuwait civil identification card at all times.\nNew Zealanders are advised to respect religious and social traditions in Kuwait to avoid offending local sensitivities. 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We feel that a memorable dining experience is not only about the food and wine, it is about the whole experience, great staff and a family friendly atmosphere \u2013 every little detail matters to us.\nSaji\u2019s has a carefully chosen menu, including some sensational Chicken, Lamb and fish dishes, the food is both delicious and beautifully presented. The restaurant also boasts a well stocked bar \u2013 a comfortable place to settle in for a pre-dinner drink.\nWith its stylish interior Saji\u2019s is a perfect place to Dine and Celebrate your Special Occasions or just pick up a Takeaway on your way home. 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Each Sanguineti Chiavari stacker crane is specifically studied and built according to the specific handling needs of each vessel. The available models start from a payload of 400 kg with single lifting cable reaching more complexed models with a payload of up to 3000 kg with also different solutions for the draught of one or more elements using manual or motorized boom. The more structured models can be used for the hauling and launching of tenders and jet skis on both sides of the vessel and are synchronized with the opening of the hatches.\nHorizontal translation system for the handling of tenders of different models and weights. Each travelling lift of Sanguineti Chiavari is studied and built according to the handling needs specifically required by each vessel. Available models start from payloads of 400 kg with a single float, up to more complexed models with a lifting capacity of up to 3000 kg. There are also different solutions for a draught of one to more elements by the use of manual or electrical mechanisms. More articulated models can be used for the hauling and launching of tenders and jet skis on both sides of the vessel and can also be synchronized with the opening of the hatches.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 174, "original_length": 4326, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 337.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://saputo.law/criminal-law/texas/intoxication-crimes/flying-while-intoxicated/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:40Z", "digest": "sha1:3TT4S42JO6Y57DHXHOETPKATIBLXQNTE", "length": 1695, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "saputo.law", "title": "Flying While Intoxicated \" />", "raw_content": "SAPUTO Law > Criminal Law > Texas Crimes > Intoxication Crimes > Flying While Intoxicated\nThe Flying While Intoxicated crime in the state of Texas gives police the right to arrest you if they believe you are intoxicated while operating an aircraft. Learn more detailed information about the Flying While Intoxicated offense below.\nFLYING WHILE INTOXICATED ATTORNEY FAQs\nWhat is the law in Texas about Flying While Intoxicated?\nHow can I be charged with Flying While Intoxicated?\nWhat is the punishment for Flying While Intoxicated?\nHave you been charged with Flying While Intoxicated? Call criminal lawyer Paul Saputo at (888) 239-9305.\nWhat it means to be \u201cintoxicated\u201d is specifically defined under the law. It does not mean \u201cbuzzed\u201d or \u201cdrunk.\u201d It is defined in the Penal Code, and we explore this in depth on our DWI page. Learn more about what it means to be intoxicated under Texas DWI Laws\nFlying While Intoxicated is classified in the Texas Penal Code under Title 10 \u201cOffenses Against Public Health, Safety, and Morals\u201d, Chapter 49 \u201cIntoxication and Alcoholic Beverage Offenses.\u201d\nA person commits an offense if the person is intoxicated while operating an aircraft.\nYou can be charged with Flying While Intoxicated if the state\u2019s attorneys believe that each of the elements of 49.05(a) as described in the section above have been met.\nA conviction for Flying While Intoxicated is punished as a Class B misdemeanor,1 with a maximum possible fine under Texas state law of up to $2000 and jail time of up to 180 days. Learn about the differences between grades of felonies and misdemeanors\nPublished by Criminal Defense Attorney Paul Saputo on August 12, 2016 and last modified July 9, 2017", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 72, "original_length": 3731, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 318.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://schmedium.org/2018/06/05/disoriented-nick-foles-wandering-white-house-looking-for-teammates/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:52Z", "digest": "sha1:7SKSESHNVWVBXW6L7GLZI56LA6YOOQWI", "length": 1239, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "schmedium.org", "title": "Disoriented Nick Foles Wandering White House Looking For Teammates", "raw_content": "Less than 24 hours after President Donald Trump canceled the Super Bowl LII champion Philadelphia Eagles\u2019 visit to the nation\u2019s capital, a disoriented quarterback Nick Foles was seen wandering the halls of the White House looking for his teammates.\n\u201cHey where\u2019d everybody go? This isn\u2019t funny anymore guys,\u201d said Foles, carefully checking behind the Oval Office\u2019s Resolute desk. \u201cMalcolm? Coach P? I know you\u2019re in here somewhere.\u201d\nAccording to sources, Foles\u2019 cell phone battery died on the drive down from Philadelphia on Monday evening, and he never got the message that the event was cancelled. But Secret Service agents say they decided to let him into the White House this morning because they \u201ckind of felt bad.\u201d\n\u201cThe poor guy has been roaming around the West Wing all day,\u201d said Secret Service officer Jim Kerrigan. \u201cWe\u2019re all afraid to tell him the event is off because he just seems so excited about it.\u201d\nWitnesses claim they spotted Foles talking to a portrait of 25th President William McKinley for over fifteen minutes, mistaking it for Eagles head coach Doug Pederson.\n\u201cHe must have checked the Green Room a half dozen times already,\u201d added Kerrigan. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty depressing. I think we\u2019ll just let him look a little longer.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 2187, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 261.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_1/979/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:02Z", "digest": "sha1:UQPEC2RWVKKQQRKQRK6BFPO2BTZUBERF", "length": 252, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "scholarworks.umass.edu", "title": "\"The evolution of order in liquid crystals and polymer crystals.\" by Chester, Liu", "raw_content": "The evolution of order in liquid crystals and polymer crystals.\nChester, Liu, University of Massachusetts Amherst\nLiu, Chester,, \"The evolution of order in liquid crystals and polymer crystals.\" (1998). 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At the site users can learn about UN and intergovernmental bodies promoting women's rights, view information on UN global conferences on women, browse regional plans of action for women's advancement and empowerment, and obtain up to date information on events at the UN and elsewhere in the follow-up to the Beijing and other global UN conferences. Additional resources include a collection of annotated related links and links to the schedule, and official documents of the 42nd annual Commission on the Status of Women (March 2-13, 1998). [MD]\nCRFilter--Congressional Record Filter [Java, Javascript]\nhttp://ils.unc.edu/crfilter/\nTHOMAS: US Congress on the Internet\nCRFilter is part of a doctoral dissertation on the adoption of filtering technology being run by Steve Gant at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. CRFilter acts an intermediary between the user and THOMAS' (discussed in the Scout Report for January 13, 1995) Congressional Record, helping the user monitor specific interests. Users can save THOMAS search queries in the CRFilter and then check back periodically to view only new items that match their interests. Enhanced CRFilter uses a three-frame interface which displays search queries, matching documents, and text of the current document under review. In addition, users can search the whole Congressional Record text back to 1993. Please note that users are required to register, fill out a 40 question survey and agree to have the frequency (but not content) of their use of the filter measured. [MD]\nAvenir des Peuples des Forets Tropicales (APFT)--The Future of Tropical Rainforest Peoples\nhttp://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/Rainforest/page1g.html\nLess Graphical Interface\nhttp://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/Rainforest/page1t.html\nAPFT is a multi-disciplinary project sponsored by the European Community which aims to investigate and document the future of the peoples of the rainforest, focusing on three principal areas: the Caribbean, Central Africa and the Southwestern Pacific. At the site, users can view maps, APFT publications (articles, reports, projects, and working papers), and search a bibliographical database. Information on the structure and goals of APFT, position papers on various topics, related links, and an internal search engine are also provided. Note that some content is available in French only. [MD]\nInternational Family Planning Perspectives v. 1-21, 1975-1995\nPopulation: An English Selection v. 44, 1989; v.2-7, 1990-1995\nJournal of Health and Social Behavior v. 1-33, 1960-1992\nThe full text of International Family Planning Perspectives v. 1-21, 1975-1995, Population: An English Selection v. 44, 1989; v.2-7, 1990-1995, and Journal of Health and Social Behavior v. 1-33, 1960-1992, are now available online at JSTOR. The International Family Planning Perspectives and Journal of Health and Social Behavior continue earlier journals, the full text of which are also available at the site. Note: access to JSTOR contents is currently available only on a site licence basis to academic institutions. A list of institutions with site licenses is provided. [MD]\nREGARD Database\nREGARD is a database containing information on social science research which is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, ESRC (UK). Users can search with keywords for details of funded research projects, as well as publications or other research products. Typical search returns include record type, award record number, title, links to related products/awards, place and date of publication, and ISBN. The ESRC funds research on a wide variety of economic and social science topics. [MD]\nThe Archaeological Remote Sensing Geophysics Image Library\nhttp://www.cast.uark.edu/~kkvamme/geop/geop.htm\nProfessor Kenneth L. Kvamme's Homepage\nhttp://www.uark.edu/depts/anthinfo/kvamme.html\nProvided by the Boston University Department of Archaeology, this site offers thumbnail images derived from archaeological projects led by Professor Kenneth L. Kvamme. \"These projects have utilized ground penetrating radar, proton magnetometry, fluxgate gradiometry, resistivity, and conductivity methods.\" Some of the sites include prehistoric villages, prehistoric hunting camps, battlefields from the Revolutionary War, Roman sites, and historic stage stations. All images are annotated and the site also offers information on the instruments used in geophysical surveys. Professor Kvamme's homepage also offers images and summaries from several of his recent remote sensing projects. [MD]\nThe Crossroads Electronic Expo on Innovations in American Studies\nhttp://www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/expo/\nhttp://www.georgetown.edu/crossroads/index.html\nThe Expo is a month-long online event in April 1998 that will focus on teaching, scholarship, and methods in American Studies, and especially on the role of electronic resources and new media. Based at the Crossroads site, the Expo will offer activities for all members of the international community of teachers, students, and scholars in American Studies and related fields. Featured events and planned resources include: a wide range of \"Electronic Pavilions\"; an interactive forum on the \"Introductory Course in American Studies\"; Case study exhibits on using technology to teach American Studies; and interactive dialogues on \"Objects, Subjects, and New Media in American Studies.\" Information on how to participate in the Expo is offered at the site. [MD]\nSelma: Demonstrations in Dixie [frames]\nhttp://ernie.bgsu.edu/~cvaughn/selma.html\nCliff Vaughn, a doctoral candidate at Bowling Green State University, created this site as a precursor to his electronic dissertation on civil rights demonstrations in Alabama. Under Demonstrations, users will find descriptions and photos of marches and protests in Selma, mostly in early 1965. The Freedom Songs section contains lyrics to popular freedom songs and a research paper by Vaughn on their role in the movement. The Photo Archive offers a collection of photographs from the movement in Selma, including the Selma to Montgomery march. A collection of research resources and links rounds out the site. [MD]\nTwo Resources for Integrating the Internet and Classroom Instruction\nDeveloping a Course Web Page: Virtual Resource Packet\nhttp://www.knc.lib.umich.edu/workshops/gsihome.html\nhttp://www.schoolnet.ca/aboriginal/lessons/\nThe first site was prepared by Helen Look and Susan Hollar for a University of Michigan workshop. It is essentially a basic overview and collection of linked resources on the planning process, web page building tools, graphics resources, and selection of resources for linking. The second site is a collection of lesson plans and learning projects provided by Abenaki Associates for Canada's SchoolNet. Many lessons can be adapted for use in classrooms of any grade, while some are best suited for more experienced users. Lesson plan topics include History of the Internet, What Can the Net Do?, E-Mail, Internet Mailing Lists, Internet Addresses, Archie, and Chat. [MD]\nRecommended Readings on the Ancient Near East\nhttp://www-oi.uchicago.edu/OI/DEPT/RA/RECREAD/REC_READ.html\nThe Research Archives of the Oriental Institute in Chicago has posted an updated version of its 1996 printed Guide to Introductory Readings on the Peoples and Cultures of the Ancient Near East. Resources are grouped under three general headings: Ancient Egypt, Ancient Nubia, and Ancient Mesopotamia; each contains a list of general reference works. Sub-topics include mummification, religion, art, hieroglyphics, architecture, law and government, and books for students and young readers. [MD]\nThe Taoism Information Page\nhttp://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/taoism/\nAffiliated with the WWW Virtual Library for Asian Studies, this virtual library, provided by Gene R. Thursby, Professor in the Department of Religion at the University of Florida, offers a large number of Taoism resources. Users will find links to general introductions to Taoism, translations and other information for the Tao Te Ching, the Chuang-tzu, and the I Ching. Other resources include links to information on Feng Shui, Confucianism and Buddhism, Taoism and Chinese Culture, and Taoism and Martial Arts. [MD]\nLe Poulet Gauche\nhttp://www.lepg.org/\nA group of Boston-area creative anachronists produce this site, which offers a number of resources for historical recreation as well as some introductory information on politics and society in 16th century France. Users will find an introduction to the group, an outline of its plans to recreate a 16th century tavern from the port city of Calais, and some guidelines for developing and performing an historical persona at SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) events. The site also offers short essays on a variety of aspects of everyday 16th century French tavern life. Users seeking a broader understanding of the politics of the period can read essays on the Reformation, the Wars of Religion, World Affairs, Who's Who, and Warfare in the Sixteenth Century. [MD]\nSteam Engine Library\nhttp://www.history.rochester.edu/steam/\nProvided by the Department of History of the University of Rochester, NY, this site contains the full text or selections from thirteen original works on different aspects and history of the steam engine. Most of the entries are from the nineteenth-century and many include diagrams, tables, and illustrations. [MD]\nNational Centre for Development Studies (NCDS)--New Working Papers [.pdf]\nNCDS Online Bookshelf\nftp://ncdsnet.anu.edu.au/\nftp to: ncdsnet.anu.edu.au\nThe NCDS, located at the Australian National University, has recently made additions to its six working papers series. These series are: China Economy, Development Issues, East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Pacific. Please note that the papers can only be downloaded from the Online Bookshelf, where they are identified by the author's last name. [MD]\nsosol: sociology of sport online\nhttp://www.brunel.ac.uk/depts/sps/sosol/index.htm\nBased at Brunel University, UK, this new electronic journal aims to provide \"an international forum for the stimulation and dissemination of research concepts and theory relating to the sociological examination of sport, physical education and coaching.\" The journal will include theoretical and empirical papers, critical literature reviews, book reviews, and a section for student research. Offerings in the first issue include: \"Sport sociology 2000,\" \"Sport and social capital in British higher education,\" \"The dynamics of human diversity in sport pedagogy scholarship,\" and \"Studying the commercialization of sport: The need for critical analysis.\" [MD]\n\"Computing And The Humanities: Promise And Prospects\"--A National Arts and Humanities Computing Roundtable\nhttp://www.acls.org/op41-i.htm\nThe American Council on Learned Societies (ACLS) has posted a summary report of a roundtable meeting conducted in March 1997 at the National Academy of Sciences as part of its \"Occasional Paper\" series. The meeting gathered together prominent individuals in the fields of computing and communications science and arts and humanities research, in an attempt to explore the complexities of cross-disciplinary collaboration. [MD]\nNEH Fellowships, 1999-2000\nhttp://www.neh.gov/pdf/guidelines/fellowships.pdf\nThe National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced the 1999-2000 competition for NEH fellowships for advanced research in the humanities. \"Applicants may be faculty members of colleges and universities, staff members of colleges and universities, or faculty and staff members of primary and secondary schools. Scholars and writers working independently or in institutions such as museums, libraries, and historical associations or in institutions with no connection to the humanities also are eligible to apply.\" Complete application information is available at the site. [MD]\nJASSS: The Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation\nhttp://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/JASSS/JASSS.html\nHosted by the Sociology Department at the University of Surrey, UK, this new inter-disciplinary e-journal seeks to explore and understand social processes by means of computer simulation. Articles in the first issue (January 1998) include: \"Kinship based demographic simulation of societal processes,\" \"Qualitative modeling and simulation of socio-economic phenomena,\" and \"Simulating collective misbelief.\" [MD]\nNew Offerings from Academic Publishers[MD]\nBaker&Taylor Upcoming Books to Buy--March 1998 Subject List\nThe Twenty-Sixth Annual Telecommunications Policy Research Conference\nhttp://www.si.umich.edu/~prie/tprc/\nOctober 3-5, 1998 Alexandria, Virginia. \"The Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (TPRC) is an annual forum for dialogue among scholars and decision-makers from the public and private sectors engaged in communication and information policy.\" Paper proposals should be based on current theoretical and/or empirical research relevant to the making of communication and information policy, and may be from any disciplinary perspective. [MD]\nhttp://www.uct.ac.za/depts/age/wac/\nJanuary 10-14, 1999 University of Cape Town, South Africa. The fourth meeting of the World Archaeological Conference will continue the work of WAC in developing a global dimension of archaeology and the social role that archaeologists play as interpreters of the past. Of particular interest will be the study of the human condition and the role of archaeology in the coming millennium. [MD]\n1848/1898@1998 Transhistoric Thresholds\nhttp://www.asu.edu/clas/hrc/1848and1898at1998/conference.html\nDecember 8-12, 1998 Arizona State University. This interdisciplinary conference will commemorate the anniversaries of two momentous landmarks in world history: the sesquicentennial of the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the centennial of the 1898 Spanish-American War. The conference hopes to foster \"(inter)national reflection, study, and dialogue regarding the history and cumulative impact into the present of 1848/1898 on the United States and the world.\" [MD]\nH-Net Job Guide for March 9, 1998\nAmerican Anthropological Association Positions Open--March 1998\nRobert Kuttner, \"The Right's Wrongs on Education and Savings\"--Electronic Policy Network\nRobert A. Levy, \"Microsoft and the Browser Wars Fit To Be Tied\"--Cato Institute\nCaroline S. Wagner, \"International Cooperation in Research and Development: An Inventory of US Government Spending and a Framework for Measuring Benefits,\"--Rand Institution Monograph/Report (MR-900-OSTP)\nhttp://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR900/MR900web/\nMarten van Heuven and Gregory F. Treverton, \"Europe and America: How Will the United States Adjust to the New Partnership?\"--RAND Institution\nJames H. Anderson, \"Senate Opportunities to Strengthen NATO Enlargement\"--Heritage Foundation\nhttp://www.heritage.org/heritage/library/execmemo/em509.html\nhttp://www.heritage.org/heritage/library/execmemo/pdf/em_509.pdf\nAriel Cohen, \"Nato Enlargement Is No Threat to US-Russian Relations\"--Heritage Foundation\n\"Task Force on Resources for International Affairs\"--Brookings Institution and The Council on Foreign Relations\nhttp://www.brook.edu/FP/REPORTS/BI-CFR.htm\nInternet Archaeology (full text, free registration required)\nWeb Journal of Current Legal Issues (full text)\nhttp://www.ncl.ac.uk/~nlawwww/1998/contents1.html\nhttp://www.wesleyan.edu/histjrnl/forthcom.htm#oct97\nDigest of Education Statistics 1997--NCES\nhttp://nces.ed.gov/pubs/digest97/index.html\nMini-Digest of Education Statistics, 1997--NCES [.pdf, 71 p.]\nhttp://nces.ed.gov/pubs97/98020.html\nThe National Center for Education Statistics has released this compilation of statistics, covering a broad range of topics in American education from kindergarten through graduate school. The Digest includes over 400 tables, each of which is also available for downloading as a Lotus WK1 file. The Mini-Digest, in .pdf format, is designed as an easy reference to the statistics found in the larger Digest.[MD]\nSocial Security Statistics Canada and Provinces 1970-71 to 1994-95\nhttp://www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/socpol/stats/cont_e.html\nThe Minister of Human Resources Development Canada has recently placed this report online. Organized by Province, the report contains annual data on expenditures and beneficiaries for a comprehensive set of income security and social services programs, over the 25-year period 1970-71 to 1994-95. Health and education expenditures are also included for computation of total social security expenditures. [MD]\nSigma 4/1997 : Paving the way for accession [.pdf]\nhttp://europa.eu.int/en/comm/eurostat/serven/part7/7a7.htm\nThe latest issue of SIGMA, the bulletin of European statistics, is now available for download in .pdf format. This issue contains numerous articles on statistics and enlargement of the European Union as well as focus articles on several member states and Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the EU. [MD]\nElection Commission Of India--General Election '98\nhttp://www.eci.gov.in/\nBallot '98--Times of India\nhttp://www.electionsindia.com/\nIndia Election '98\nhttp://www.indiaelection.com/\nIndiaVotes '98\nhttp://www.indiavotes.com/\nhttp://www.nic.in/htm/indpar.htm\nOfficial Site of the BJP\nhttp://www.bjp.org/\nhttp://indiancongress.org/HOME.HTM\nThis week's In the News discusses the general elections in India. These seven resources offer poll results, analysis, and commentary. More than 600 million voters in the world's largest democracy went to the polls recently to choose candidates from 622 political parties. The election produced a temporarily deadlocked parliament, with the Hindu nationalist party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and an alliance of the Congress and United Front parties hotly pursuing representatives from smaller regional parties to reach the magic number of 272 -- a majority. On March 10, President KR Narayanan formally asked the leader of the BJP, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, whether or not he is able to form the next government. It is now up to the BJP to decide whether or not it can put together a working coalition.\nThe Election Commission of India site contains more than 5,000 pages of information on parties and candidates as well as state and national poll results and press releases. The Times of India Ballot '98 Election Special offers the latest election news results (by state), statistics, and commentary. The India Election '98 site, provided by WebIndia Technologies Pvt. Ltd., contains an election news ticker as well as archives, opinion poll results, and numerous commentaries. IndiaVotes '98, discussed in the Scout Report (January 30, 1998) and provided by India Today and India World, posts current news, polls, and opinion, along with information about parties and leaders. The Indian Parliament site offers a brief overview of the two houses of the Indian legislature: Lok Sabha (House of the People) and Rajya Sabha (Council of States). The BJP site offers statewide poll results through an interactive map, the party election manifesto, party history, policy statements, and information on the party leadership. The Congress Party, which has held power for almost all of India's 50 years of independence, outlines its achievements, history, and leadership at its site. 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ALPS functions as an electronic resource center for teachers and school administrators worldwide, allowing them to collaborate with educational researchers and curriculum designers working at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education. Cleverly organized into sections that Look, Reflect, Explore, Build, Connect, and Learn, ALPS provides a wealth of educational resources including, but not limited to, model lesson plans and activities; curriculum design tools; online educational publications; and interactive forums, workshops, and conferences. Most importantly, ALPS facilitates group collaboration among educators through an interactive online community. [AO]\nInternational Development Research Centre [JavaScript]\nThe International Development Research Centre (IDRC), a public corporation created by the Parliament of Canada, fosters social, environmental, and economic development worldwide by conducting research that produces the knowledge to solve problems. The IDRC Website is as deep as it is wide, providing access to lodes of information on development programs from its offices located in Ottawa, Singapore, Montevideo, Dakar, New Delhi, Cairo, and Johannesburg. The IDRC provides full-text publications (including several online books), research databases, project information, funding opportunities, and links to other valuable resources. The IDRC also contains a unique feature: The Resource Clock. The Clock tracks, in real-time, the increase of global population in opposition to the decrease in the amount of the world's arable land, offering a vivid reminder of humanity's impact upon the earth's ecosystems. [AO]\nThe Roper Center for Public Opinion Research [Frames]\nhttp://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/\nThe Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at the University of Connecticut is \"the largest library of public opinion data in the world.\" Visitors to their Website may search the extensive Roper Center Archive Catalog, the Latin American Survey Data Bank, or the Japanese Survey Data Bank. The catalog and the data banks provide summary information on surveys and studies measuring public opinion on a wide range of social, political, and economic issues. The site also includes organizational information, overviews of recent additions to the Center's data collections, and selected full-text articles from current and back issues of The Public Perspective, a bimonthly review of public opinion and polling information. US political history scholars, both amateur and professional, may want to check out the site's New Data Releases section; it contains data tables tracking presidential job performance ratings, from Franklin Roosevelt to William Clinton, based on data from Gallup public opinion polls. [AO]\nAACTE Education Policy Clearinghouse [Frames]\nhttp://www.edpolicy.org/\nhttp://www.edpolicy.org/noframe.htm\nProvided by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) with funding from the Ford Foundation, the AACTE Education Policy Clearinghouse serves as an education research guide, helping researchers locate information about educational policy issues in the US at the federal, regional, and state level. In addition, the site posts educational news items and links to relevant online publications, policy agencies, and statistical resources. At the site, users may also register for the Legislative Tracking Service, a device which monitors the latest developments in federal and state education legislation. [AO]\nhttp://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/ej/jpe/anthenv/mailinglist.html\nEanth-L is a new mailing list created and sponsored by the Anthropology and Environment Section of the American Anthropological Association. The list will serve as a scholarly forum for the discussion of ecological and environmental issues pertaining to the study and practice of anthropology. Besides promoting discussion of anthropological research and theory, Eanth-L aims to publicize upcoming conferences and calls for papers.[AO]\nTo subscribe to Eanth-L, send a message to:\nLISTSERV@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU\nsubscribe Eanth-L firstname lastname\nhttp://www.cilt.org.uk/\nCILT, the Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research, is an independent nonprofit agency based in the UK that supports the collection and dissemination of information related to the instruction of modern languages. This extensive site details CILT services, projects, initiatives, and research; provides several lists of authoritative educational publications; and posts a calendar of courses, conferences, and training. [AO]\nhttp://www.cr.nps.gov/csd/exhibits/douglass/\nAmerican Visionaries\nhttp://www.cr.nps.gov/csd/exhibits/amervis.htm\nhttp://www.nps.gov/frdo/freddoug.html\nA champion of human rights, as well as a brilliant orator and author, Frederick Douglass was one of the most influential leaders of social reform during the nineteenth century. This online exhibit, provided by the National Park Service's Museum Management Program as part of its American Visionaries series, chronicles the history of Douglass, his ideas, and his influence. The site features a time line and several articles, but the strength of this exhibit is its numerous images, provided by the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site. [AO]\nHuman Evolution: The Fossil Evidence in 3D [Shockwave]\nhttp://www.sscf.ucsb.edu/~hagen/crania/\nThis interactive site allows users to examine and manipulate three-dimensional displays of ten crania related to human evolution (five modern primate crania and five fossil crania). Each cranium is presented as a Shockwave file, permitting viewers to rotate the crania 360 degrees on a vertical axis. Summary descriptions of the crania are also included, outlining their histories and explaining the cranial differences among the various species. Human Evolution: The Fossil Evidence in 3D was created by Ed Hagen and Phillip Walker, anthropologists at the University of California, Santa Barbara. [AO]\nhttp://www.impeach-andrewjohnson.com/\nAt the end of the US Civil War, Vice President Andrew Johnson took office as the seventeenth President of the US after Abraham Lincoln's assassination. During Johnson's four-year term as a Democratic President (1865-69), his lenient Reconstruction policies toward the former Confederacy upset the Radical Republicans who controlled Congress. In response to Johnson's highhandedness, the House of Representatives voted articles of impeachment against the President, and he was tried, and subsequently exonerated, before the Senate in 1868. This site explains the key political issues behind Johnson's impeachment, details the legal and political arguments for impeachment, provides biographies and portraits for 28 key figures related to the trial, and chronicles Johnson's term as President. An instructional game that simulates the impeachment process is also included. The majority of content at this site is provided by over 200 excerpts -- including images -- from Harper's Weekly, the most prominent publication of the era. [AO]\nhttp://www.soros.org/central_eurasia.html [Java]\nhttp://www.soros.org/cen_eurasia/tcentral.html\nThe Central Eurasia Resource Project, an initiative of the Open Society Institute (OSI), distributes comprehensive information on eight Eurasian nations: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. A Resource Page for each nation provides users with brief histories, the latest news, and opinion and analysis about the country's current affairs. In addition, geographic, demographic, political, environmental, cultural, social, and travel information are included for each nation in the region. The site also includes a special section on Central Eurasian elections, a list of upcoming conferences, and a suggested bibliography. The site even allows users to order free OSI publications online. [AO]\nhttp://www.rdillman.com/HFCL/HFCLprime.html\nHappy Fun Communication Land (HFCL) is a felicitous learning realm created by Richard W. Dillman, Professor of Communication at Western Maryland College. Designed for undergraduates, HFCL is the home of several self-study opportunities for students of communication theory. Seven online tutorials -- on such topics as Self and Society, Signs and Language, and Mass Communication -- provide succinct overviews of the methods, theories, and history of human communications. A large collection of study questions, most linked directly to the tutorials, allows students to test their knowledge. HFCL also includes a useful glossary of terms and an extensive list of bibliographic citations. [AO]\nhttp://www.bc.edu./bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/\nProfessor Jeffery Howe, of Boston College, has provided the Digital Archive of American Architecture Website. This site gives a great overview of American architectural history including images ranging from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. It begins with the earliest colonial structures, houses, churches, and industrial buildings of the seventeenth century, and progresses into the eighteenth century with descriptions and examples of Georgian and Federal styles. The nineteenth century adds skyscrapers and mills and expands the description of representative styles, while the twentieth century adds universities. Another feature of the site is the extensive coverage of Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture. Lists of architects and styles, brief definitions of terms, and related links round out the site. [SN]\nThe European Union in the US [Frames]\nhttp://www.eurunion.org/\nDeveloped by the European Commission's American Offices of Press and Public Affairs, this site provides easy access to information about the European Union, its fifteen member states, and the EU's relationship with the US. The site posts the latest EU news, profiles the EU and its member states, provides information on important EU policies and issues, indexes documents on the EU-US partnership, links users to EU-related information resources, and provides full-text publications, including EURECOM, the monthly newsletter of the EU, as well as selected articles from Europe, the magazine of the EU. [AO]\nhttp://humanities.uchicago.edu/isthmia/\nIn ancient Greece on the isthmus of Corinth, a pan-Hellenic festival of athletic and musical competitions, called the \"Isthmia,\" was held every two years to honor Poseidon, the Greek sea god. The games, celebrations, and feasting took place near the Sanctuary of Poseidon at Isthmia. This site explains the history of the archaeological excavations at Isthmia conducted by the University of Chicago from 1989 to the present and posts papers and reports related to the digs. However, the most fascinating feature of the site is the section that contains computer-generated reconstructions of the Sanctuary of Poseidon. High-resolution, three-dimensional perspective views and detailed contour site plans are displayed for nine different time periods from the eighth century BC to 180 AD. [AO]\nCrime in the United States, 1997 -- FBI [.pdf]\nhttp://www.fbi.gov/ucr/97cius.htm\nOn November 22, the Federal Bureau of Investigation released Crime in the United States, 1997 (preliminary data discussed in the May 29, 1998 Scout Report). This annual report presents the most recent US crime data based on statistics from the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program. Over 17,000 city, county, and state law enforcement agencies nationwide submit data to the UCR each year. The 1997 report, a comprehensive document, contains over 80 data tables in seven discrete sections: Summary of the UCR Program, Crime Index Offenses Reported, Crime Index Offenses Cleared, Persons Arrested, Juvenile Female Crime: A Special Study, Law Enforcement Personnel, and an extensive appendix. The report is bundled with the annual reports for 1995 and 1996 and is available in .pdf format only. [AO]\n\"Limits of Tolerance\"\nhttp://www.hrw.org/reports98/chile/\n\"Chemical Warfare in Bosnia?\"\nhttp://www.hrw.org/hrw/reports98/bosniacw/index.html\nHuman Rights Watch has recently posted two new reports. The first, \"Limits of Tolerance: Freedom of Expression and the Public Debate in Chile,\" examines the extreme restrictions on freedom of speech and freedom of information in the ostensibly democratic nation of Chile. The second, \"Chemical Warfare in Bosnia? The Strange Experiences of the Srebrenica Survivors,\" investigates whether or not Serb forces used chemical agents in an attack against people fleeing Srebrenica in Bosnia and Hercegovina. [AO]\nJean Monnet Working Papers in Comparative and International Politics\n\"The Approach of the European Parliament to the Issue of Ethnic Minorities and Minority Rights in Turkey within the Context of the European Minority Rights Sub-Regime\" by Cigdem Nas\nhttp://www.fscpo.unict.it/vademec/jmwp18.htm\n\"Strategies for Democratising the European Union and the Issue of the Election of the President of the Commission\" by Fulvio Attina\nThe Jean Monnet Working Papers series in Comparative and International Politics has recently issued numbers 98.18 and 98.19. [AO]\nEuropean Integration online Papers -- EIoP\n\"Where Does Supranationalism Come From? Ideas Floating Through the Working Groups of the Council of the European Union\" by Jan Beyers\nEIoP has posted a new working paper in its series on European integration, Volume 2 (1998), number 9. The paper is also available in .pdf or Postscript format. [AO]\n\"Wage Erosion, Economic Assessments, and Social Welfare Opinions\" by Jason Barabas\nhttp://www.jcpr.org/barabas.html\n\"Juvenile Crime: Evidence from a Randomized Housing-mobility Experiment\" by Jens Ludwig, Greg J. Duncan, and Paul Hirschfield\nhttp://www.jcpr.org/juvecrime.html\n\"African-American Adolescent Girls in Impoverished Communities: Quality of Parenting and Adolescent Outcomes\" by Laura D. Pittman and P. Lindsay Chase-Lansdale\nhttp://www.jcpr.org/chase_pittman.html\nThe Joint Center for Poverty Research published these three working papers in November 1998. All three papers are available in .pdf format and either Word or WordPerfect format. Associated statistical files are also available for downloading. [AO]\nBaker&Taylor Academia -- Upcoming Books to Buy (December 1998)\nChallenging Rhetorics: Cross-Disciplinary Sites of Feminist Discourse\nhttp://femrhet.cla.umn.edu/\nOctober 7-9, 1999. Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Writing at the University of Minnesota will host the Second Biennial Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) Conference. The conference will explore theories concerning the \"new discourse practices that are emerging as a result of feminist scholarship,\" with an emphasis on the interdisciplinary study of feminist rhetorics. Presentation proposals are now being accepted. The deadline for submissions is February 1, 1999. This Website will also serve as an online conference center during the proceedings, providing visitors with paper abstracts, full-text papers, a message board, a mailing list, streaming video of conference sessions, and a MOO. [AO]\n1999 Society for Cinema Studies Conference\nhttp://www.cinemastudies.org/Conf.htm\nApril 15-18, 1999. West Palm Beach, Florida. The 1999 Society for Cinema Studies Conference, hosted by Florida Atlantic University, has a special focus: Media Industries: Past, Present, and Future. Attendees will examine the technological history, economic impact, societal influence, and industrial practices of the mass media. The conference will include panel sessions, workshops, paper presentations, and a poster session. In addition, two plenary sessions will be held examining the state of the discipline; one will cover film and media theories, and the other will explore film and media histories. [AO]\nSociety and Sociology: Britain in the Year 2025\nhttp://tin.ssc.plym.ac.uk/sociolog/conf.html\nJanuary 19-22, 1999. Plymouth, England. Sponsored by Sociology, the journal of the British Sociological Association, this international conference will discuss the future of British society and its impact on sociological studies. Scheduled presentations include Contemporary Capitalism by John Urry, Ethnocentrism and Sociology by Sallie Westwood, and The Future of Social Mobility by Trevor Noble. [AO]\nAmerican Political Science Association - Research and Training Support\nTGCI - The Grantsmanship Center\nCook, Thomas D., H. David Hunt, and Robert F. Murphy. \"Comer's School Development Program in Chicago: A Theory-Based Evaluation\" -- Institute for Policy Research\nhttp://www.nwu.edu/IPR/publications/comerabstract.html\nhttp://www.nwu.edu/IPR/publications/comer.pdf\nHaveman, Robert and Andrew Bershadker. \"Self-reliance and Poverty\" -- The Jerome Levy Economics Institute\nHolmes, Kim R. et al. \"Mounting World Crisis: Can Clinton Cope?\" -- The Heritage Foundation\nhttp://www.heritage.org/library/lecture/pdf/hl_628.pdf\nLitan, Robert E. and Roger G. Noll. \"Unleashing Telecommunications: The Case for True Competition\" -- The Brookings Institution\nMorrow, Daniel. \"The Political Challenges of Advancing Economic Reforms in Latin America: A Report Based on the first Meeting of the Carnegie Economic Reform Network\" -- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace\nhttp://www.ceip.org/programs/polecon/poleconpubs.htm\nhttp://www.carfax.co.uk/con-con.htm\nThe Harvard Journal of International Journal of Press/Politics (abstracts)\nhttp://mitpress.mit.edu/journal-issue-abstracts.tcl?issn=1081180X&volume=3&issue=4\nhttp://152.1.96.5/jouvert/v2i2/confour.htm\nhttp://www.carfax.co.uk/lah-con.htm\nWorld Politics: A Quarterly Journal of International Relations (abstracts)\nhttp://www.cdc.gov/nchs/releases/98facts/98sheets/finmort.htm\n.pdf version of full report (1.1 MB):\nhttp://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr47_9.pdf\nThe National Center for Health Statistics (described in the October 24, 1997 Scout Report) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recently published \"Deaths: Final Data for 1996.\" The 99-page report presents the latest data available on mortality in the US \"according to a number of key demographic and medical characteristics such as age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, marital status, education, state of residence, and cause of death.\" The report contains 32 highly detailed data tables and five overview graphs on death and death rates. Major findings of the report show that, in 1996, the US set a record high for life expectancy at 76.1 years and a record low for infant mortality, with 7.3 deaths per 1,000 live births. [AO]\nhttp://io.aspensys.com/SOCDS/SOCDS_Home.htm\nThe State of the Cities Data Systems (SOCDS) allow users to extract customized datasets on US cities based on statistics gathered by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Bureau of the Census, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The SOCDS page links to the 1998 State of the Cities report (described in the June 30, 1998 Scout Report for Social Sciences) and provides three data extraction systems. The first system contains census data on 539 metropolitan areas for 1970, 1980, and 1990. The second system provides monthly labor force data -- number of employed residents, size of labor force, and unemployment rate -- for US metropolitan areas between 1990 and 1998. The third system extracts data from the Standard Statistical Establishment List for 114 US cities from 1993 to 1995, allowing users to view a selection of the same statistics used to produce the County Business Patterns publications. For each system, users simply follow a series of clicks to retrieve desired data tables. [AO]\nhttp://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/Pop1850/index.html\nThis new addition to the Online Data Archive at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Data and Program Library Service contains data garnered from the agricultural and population schedules of the 1850 and 1860 censuses for the Town of Polk, Washington County, Wisconsin. The data, sorted into 98 different variables, were collected to analyze \"the occupational mobility, family structure, and degree of persistence of individuals,\" as well as to determine \"relationship to head of household, origin of parents of children, number of persons in the household, [and] location of household in village or rural area.\" Users may view or download the online codebook, the documentation, and various codebook appendices. [AO]\n\"Congo at War\" -- International Crisis Group\nhttp://www.intl-crisis-group.org/projects/cafrica/reports/ca04main1.htm\nThe Democratic Republic of Congo & The Civil War -- International Relations and Security Network\nhttp://www.isn.ethz.ch/congo/\nDemocratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) -- Africa News Online\nhttp://www.africanews.org/central/congo-kinshasa/\nCongo after Mobutu -- Out There News\nhttp://www.megastories.com/congo/index.htm\n\"Democratic Republic of Congo: A Long Standing Crisis Spinning Out of Control\" -- Amnesty International\nhttp://www.amnesty.org/ailib/aipub/1998/AFR/16203398.htm\nAfrica War I Regional Map -- New Congo Net: Central Africa Watch\nhttp://www.marekinc.com/NCNNewsDRCmap.html\nCongo, Democratic Republic of -- CIA World Factbook\nhttp://www.cia.gov/publications/factbook/cg.html\nhttp://drcongo.org/frames/index.html\nCongolese Democracy Movement (Congolese Rally for Democracy)\nhttp://www.prairienet.org/panafrican/cdm/\nThis week's In the News focuses on the current conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. These nine resources provide news, analysis, commentary, and history. Eighteen months ago in Zaire, the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (ADFL), a revolutionary coalition led by Laurent Kabila, toppled the regime of Mobutu Sese Seko, ending Mobutu's 32-year reign as the leader of Africa's third-largest nation. After the successful revolt, Kabila installed himself as the new president and renamed his country the Democratic Republic of Congo. Last August, only fourteen months after the ADFL's victory, another Congolese civil war broke out as result of dissension within the ADFL. The current conflict began when rebel factions rallied to oust Kabila, accusing him of despotism, nepotism, and tribalism. Kabila's new government, which has outlawed opposing political organizations and shut down the press, responded to the rebellion by forming military alliances with other African nations including Zimbabwe, Angola, Namibia, and Chad, among others. The rebels, who have enlisted the support of Rwanda and Uganda, now control most of northeastern Congo, after four months of fighting, but have failed in their attempt to take Kinshasa, the Congolese capital. Analysts have projected that this intense civil war, with its intricate international alliances and myriad political factions, may escalate into the first modern pan-African war. Fortunately, the first steps toward a peaceful resolution were taken last weekend at the twentieth Franco-African summit in Paris, which convenes over 50 nations biennially. On Saturday, French President Jacques Chirac and United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan announced a tentative cease-fire agreement, after meeting with four African presidents involved in the conflict: Kabila, Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, Pasteur Bizimungu of Rwanda, and Yoweri Museveni of Uganda. However, the major rebel groups who have done much of the fighting, such as the Congolese Rally for Democracy led by Ernest Wamba dia Wamba, will not recognize the ad hoc cease-fire pact because they were not invited to the peace negotiations at the two-day summit. Nevertheless, African officials hope that the verbal truce will last until a preliminary cease-fire can be signed by all belligerent parties next week in Lusaka, Zambia. Peacemakers would like reach a final agreement and bring stability to the region before the next meeting of the Organization of African Unity to be held in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, December 17-18.\nThe International Crisis Group provides \"Congo at War,\" a comprehensive document subtitled \"A Briefing on the Internal and External Players in the Central African Conflict.\" \"Congo at War\" does an excellent job of identifying and explaining the confusing roles of rebel, governmental, and foreign forces in the Congo conflict. The International Relations and Security Network's site on the conflict, The Democratic Republic of Congo & The Civil War, supplies an extensive collection of informative links to Facts & Figures, History & Analyses, and Parties & Perspectives. Africa News Online posts the latest news items for DR Congo. Out There News has created Congo after Mobutu, an \"infopack\" on Congolese politics, economics, and culture since Mobutu's ouster. Amnesty International's report, \"Democratic Republic of Congo: A Long Standing Crisis Spinning Out of Control,\" outlines the human rights situation in DR Congo during the current crisis. New Congo Net: Central Africa Watch presents a detailed war map of DR Congo along with battle summaries in what it calls Africa War I. The CIA World Factbook includes general geographic, demographic, political, and economic information. The official site of the Democratic Republic of Congo contains general country information; however, much of the site is in the nation's official language, French. The Congolese Democracy Movement (Congolese Rally for Democracy) Website contains political statements and declarations, as well as links to recent news articles and related sites. 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Any alien civilisations have come and gone without getting to communicate with us, so we won't find any that are both nearby and alive today.\nOf course we ought to encounter their self-replicating probes, unless they too have already visited and then vanished without a trace. It's not clear what such a probe would actually do when it got here - sit around broadcasting until we evolved to understand them? Would they find enough resources around nearby stars to continue replicating? Would the Earth have even been in existence when the probes first passed us by?\nIt is my hunch that alien civilizations will honor the radio communication in predictable frequencies. After all, radio is the language of the universe. It's a pity the universe is sooo big and sooo out of reach because of the light speed barrier, because I could bet that somewhere, somebody already pondered this question.\nIt's just as likely that they'll use lasers as radio - especially if they have worked out where our (life-supporting) planet is by its atmospheric spectra. Or, given that they're likely to be far more advanced than us they may even use neutrinos or something more exotic - after all, they might expect us to have another 100 or 1,000 years of technological advance on what we have now before we're worth talking to.\nThat's probably true. As a space civilization, we're kinda like children yet. Maybe in a couple of centuries scientists will laugh because we managed to invest so much resources on SETI using radio.\nMaybe we encounter their 'self-replicating probes' on a daily basis, we just don't understand them as such.\nEither the probes got here before they could land on the Earth, in which case they'd have to stay active for millions of years (else miss us), or they landed on the Earth and have managed to avoid detection in spite of the relentless spread of humanity. I suppose it's possible that they want to avoid detection, and have some sort of sinister plan for us when we've evolved sufficiently, but that doesn't seem a likely goal for an advanced probe.\nThey could be living alongside us as grass or trees or dolphins, and are just waiting for us to reach a certain level before they reveal themselves as alien probes. I can't see that being the case, though.\nNot really - we know too much about grass, trees and dolphins for that to be the case. There are people dedicating their entire lives to studying the biology and DNA of these things, so we can be confident that they fit into the standard evolutionary picture. It's more likely that the probes are hiding under Antarctica or on the dark side of the moon. If that's the case, why are they hiding instead of just tapping into the sun and broadcasting continuously for us when we arrive? Or are they broadcasting something we don't recognise?\nMaybe the only aliens close enough to possibly make contact with us are significantly behind our technological level.\nAh, but that assumes that they popped into existence around the same time that we did which is highly unlikely given the age of the universe. Our civilisation has only been around for a tiny amount of time, and is on a destructive course (much as previous empires didn't last very long). Even if we last a million years the chances are that any coexisting aliens would overlap our existence by a small amount. It's certainly very, very unlikely that nearby aliens would only be a hundred or a thousands years behind our technology.\nI wrote a small story about humanity finding intelligent life, but failing to recognize it as such. The life forms were crystal minerals, and geologists failed to recognize it as life because their physiological processes were too slow, more in the area of geological processes. It's fiction, but there could be other forms of life we really don't recognize as life yet.\nAnd where is this story? (-: If anything, I'd expect advanced technology to be too fast to recognise, not too slow.\nMy story is in Spanish, I can translate it, but don't expect to see it before January.\nWhat does Google Translate make of it though? (-:\nAnd I still think alien probes have to be reliable and durable more than fast.\nI'd thought about that - reliability. The most obvious way to achieve it is the way life does - primarily by replication and maybe even evolution. But I didn't want to start second-guessing the solutions that advanced technology may bring.\nI was counting on Babelfish to translate it. I can send you the slightly revised autotranslation this weekend if you like.\nSeveral years ago I read a book called \"Inteligencia en el Universo\" (can't find the English name yet), which theorized that intelligent alien life will be artificial instead of biological. Its argument is that artificial systems evolve faster than the biological ones, so they eventually will surpass their creators, spreading quicker throughout the galaxy. Maybe the hypothetical probes will be creatures on its own.\nSure. I did have brief stab at learning some Spanish earlier in the year, and not only managed to confirm my complete inability to learn a second language but also learnt a lot about the reasons why it's so hard. I was particularly upset to discover that I had to learn a different way of pronouncing the alphabet. Also, most words have multiple meanings in both languages - but the catch is that they don't overlap much. So machine translation cannot possibly work without context, and reverse translation will hardly ever give the original text. And then there are the common phrases which are language-specific, and the words without direct equivalents (pretty/beautiful).\nAlso, I read an article that theorized that intelligent patrons could form in the electromagnetic currents of stars. Talk about a life form of pure energy. Alien life is a fascinating concept, it's a pity all we have is guesses (yet).\nWhen I started writing, I decided to do it exclusively in Spanish because that's my native language. Someday I hope to have the need (and fat wallet :) for a professional translator, but in the meantime it's better to stick to the language I manage better. I'll give the story a Babelfish treatment and carefully check it before sending it to you, so it doesn't lose context.\nWhat's so hard about Spanish pronunciation? It's great, spelling bees are unknown in Spanish-speaking countries because the spelling is almost directly related to the pronunciation. We have quirks like the mute H and a few redundant consonants, but overall, pronunciation is easy. The grammar, that's contrived compared to English, I can't deny it.\nLife will become artificial simply because it can. We humans will create artificial life, and if we allow it to evolve it will have the benefit of some design built-in. Of course, there's artificial life in the sense of creating artificial DNA from scratch and then there's the robotic, self-copying nanotechnology. Artificial life may end up simply being more resilient than we are.\nSpanish pronunciation seems perverse when you've spent a lifetime knowing precisely one way of saying the alphabet and have never been exposed to even the idea that it could be used a different way. It'd make sense if Spanish used different symbols, but for the most part they're the same.\nIt's true that life could exist in space - in theory. If you can create the physical equivalent of a Turing machine then you can have life. But you have to ask how likely it is to have something stable, information carrying and capable of self-copying in space? Life might form, but would it go on to become intelligent without the challenges a planetary environment provides for evolution to work on?\nWater, sugars and other organic molecules have been detected in plain outer space, but I concur that those environments are too poor to arise complex life forms. It appears that (for our kind of organic life) oceans are completely necessary.\nThat's an understatement - the number of requirements to end up with human-like creatures is staggering (well, a pretty long list at least), both in terms of the environment and evolutionary history.\nCome on, we are glorified animals. Although chimpanzees are closer to us, give bonobos one more million years and they could equal us.\nRight, I did say human-like. But our 'intelligence' is entirely the result of the changing environment of our planet and a long series of accidents. Ants show intelligence, at least collectively, but they're unlikely to send probes into space - and nor will their descendants, since ants would have to de-evolve as they're already the best ants they can be (within reason). Even a very basic computer can demonstrate artificial life, and evolution. But it's very constrained - Tom Ray's Tierra software demonstrated the full range of optimisation, parasites, etc., yet would never get as far as useful intelligence as we would want our alien counterparts to possess.\nI'm gonna check what Tierra is about, sounds interesting: http://life.ou.edu/tierra/\nThe online stuff is semi-interesting, but unfortunately I don't have the book excerpt which I first read / copied around 1994 (from Stephen Jay Gould, I think). It described how Tierra evolved from a single ancestor organism. As you'd expect, it started out simply optimising the code and coming up with novel algorithms. But it also demonstrated things like symbiosis and had the equivalent of viruses which could only replicate by using the copying mechanisms of other organisms. The whole system went through a series of epochs, and was remarkable because it treated the addresses in computer memory more like physical locations with relative positions than anything else.\nThe emergence of viruses, I mean.\nThis seems to be a fairly good summary - at least, it lists the stages the evolution went through in Tierra. http://www.jmu.edu/geology/evolutionarysystems/programs/tierra2trim.pdf\nI read the document. It is a fascinating work, although the emergence of viruses is no surprise because entities can't overwrite other's code, but they are allowed to read and execute it as if their own. Fascinating nevertheless.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 99, "original_length": 12395, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 301.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://secure.leehaywood.org/misc/discussionator/?id=586", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:39:42Z", "digest": "sha1:55QCMQZL4JZN3GPFPX6IQ4IXUY2DPHRQ", "length": 6224, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "secure.leehaywood.org", "title": "Discussionator -", "raw_content": "Opinion Recreational drugs are harmful for your health.\nAt least our current recreational drugs are. Today there is no such thing as a safe drug, even less if abused, and abuse is highly dependent on the natural tolerance of each body. The culture of recreational drugs that permeates youth since the sixties has an aura of freedom, spiritualness and pragmatism, and it buries under the carpet the cost in health, lives and suffering of your loved ones. Personally, I'm not against legalization of recreational drugs or people doing them out of curiosity, but I'm strongly against permanent use and abuse. The more you do them, the more you lose yourself in them, even if you can't (or don't want to) realize it.\nThey're bad for your mental health, but the evidence for permanent damage varies from drug to drug and there are conflicting studies. The main issue is that you're messing with your brain chemistry and aren't really yourself, which seems disingenuous to those of us who value a clear and intelligent mind. For creative types, it probably seems like an improvement. A lot of people think that marijuana legalisation will happen, but I don't think we non-smokers will ever accept second hand smoking and such a revolting smell no matter what the science says about safety.\nDrugs cause damage to more vital organs: Liver, kidneys, pancreas... It's not a matter of mental or psychological damage, periodical use risks your long-term health. For example, watch the ending credits of Philip K. Dick's \"A Scanner Darkly\", it's a homage to his fellow junkies who died or got permanent damage from drugs used in the 60's-70's IIRC. Bad stories are rarely shared among regular drug users, it must be detrimental for the coolness of being stoned.\ndrugs are bad but drug criminalization is even worse. You get all the horrible problems with none of the tax benefits.\nIt's tough to argue that all drugs cause damage to organs when alcohol is legal and damages the liver too. Not all drugs are equal, and some are more damaging than others. As Baslisks points out, being branded a criminal has a much greater impact on someone's life than the drugs themselves. In a way, that's the idea behind criminalisation - to make taking drugs a worse idea than it would be otherwise - but it's disproportionate for some drugs. Ideally, I'd like to see the government do some actual research for alternatives to alcohol and tobacco - especially now that smoking is on its way out - and create a market for a safer drug.\nAt the very least they are all harmful in so far as they usually make you do stuff you wouldn't normally, which can often leave you open to harm! (from STD's to breaking your neck...) More research is a great idea, it seems so silly that governments refuse to even DISCUSS drugs for fear they will look bad - it's stupid...\nI really don't like these smoking bans, I don't smoke but... I just don't like the idea of banning all public places.\nSmoking bans are along the path to simply stopping smoking altogether. Realistically, if smoking were invented today it wouldn't be allowed in the first place.\nSmoking is a problem for me: I hate being around it, but I can't make people stop and whinge at them about it cause I agree with them that that's a bit 'gittish'. So I'm all for and completely against the smoking ban! Lol... My ex was tricky, cause while I knew (and indeed,know,) that even if I was the type to try and make her stop smoking she would probably left me as a matter of principle, at the same time smoking is one of the biggest possible turn offs for me! I think she maybe did me a favour ditching me :P\nI wouldn't want to get involved with a smoker, but it can take a while to find out about that someone is one by which time you might be too involved. One can only hope that it becomes uncool enough that everyone stops.\nDon't smokers actually smell like tobacco smoke? Their clothes and hair particularly.\nIt depends on how often they smoke - some only smoke once a day (or maybe less). You can talk to someone without getting close enough to realise, and I've known women who smoke whilst hiding it from their boyfriends. By the time you get to actually making physical contact with someone, you've probably invested a lot of time and effort getting to know them, and to then find out that they're a secret smoker leaves you in a quandary.\nThe solution is to become a secret junkie, mustn't let them get the upper hand.\nLiteral Lol in the Library at Borg! Oops... Lee is right, my ex smokes 'socially' (part of what annoy(ed/s) me), i.e. when out drinking with smokers she will smoke too, either with the excuse of 'keeping them company', or 'because it mixes with a drink' or whatever... And yes, immediatelyc after a fag they stink of smoke, and their mouth is not the same for a long while (she used to try getting a kiss before going and smoking as she knew she wouldn't get one after, but I was smart to that as often as possible!), but if it's only occaisionally then they can get rid of the smell faily easily...\nI would take it a step further and say even nonrecreational drugs are harmful to your health. I mean, chemo? Anyone? As far as which ones are the worst, that really depends on your physical makeup, psychological profile, etc. Personally, I hate cigarettes and prescription pills worse than anything else. Living in an area where those two are the most highly abused, I've seen firsthand that they ruin lives. Young people take their grandparents' desperately needed pain medication in handfuls. Families who live in rundown trailers spend $500 a month on cigarettes. I would like to conclude my lecture by saying that in this case, as in most others, legislation is not the answer.\nBur harmful prescription drugs are prescribed because taking them harms you less than letting a medical condition untreated. Cancer treatments are some of the harshest ways of dying, but since survival rates are much better than spontaneous cancer remission, in the end they're improving your health. Recreational drugs, unless of the yet fictional \"Soma\" kind, are invariably harmful when regularly consumed. 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What\u2019s Love is her 5th album. I found out about her when I bought the Tokyo Calling 2 compilation from the King Street Sounds web store. She was featured on a track by Bliss called Another Day.\nBesides that one track I haven\u2019t heard any of her other songs until I found her single for Sora. That song was a pleasent ballad that showcased her vocal abilities nicely and I was curious to hear more of what she had to offer. When I found this album I decided to give it a shot.\nWhat\u2019s on here is a mix of mid-tempo R&B (What\u2019s Love, U Got Me, Segai ga Owaru Mae ni) that are reminiscent of the kind of songs AK did on her later albums and lush ballads (Sakura, Sora, Donna ni Tooku Temo\u2026). There seemed to be a larger number of ballads but thankfully they weren\u2019t overly long or boring. Also worth taking note of are the jazzy My Life and the old school sound of Love Together.\nOverall this album had a fair amount of solid songs. I did feel that it started to drag just a little bit near the end but not enough to become too much of a deterrent. With that said, it was still some good stuff.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 6349, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 320.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://setexasrecord.com/organizations/645092834-u-s-district-court-for-the-eastern-district-of-wisconsin", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:52Z", "digest": "sha1:TNFVB2R7BETZ5YPBVRSKHYGJNWX4DGJB", "length": 85, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "setexasrecord.com", "title": "U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin Profile | SE Texas Record", "raw_content": "Recent News About U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin View More", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 98, "original_length": 3072, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.85, "perplexity": 57.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://shadreyer.wordpress.com/2013/11/19/canned-lion-hunting-a-necessary-evil/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:32Z", "digest": "sha1:RMSDHG3XGA36AZIVWCNGOB4VXJELS4FC", "length": 7401, "nlines": 32, "source_domain": "shadreyer.wordpress.com", "title": "Canned lion hunting: a necessary evil? | Loves and life on the Garden Route in South Africa", "raw_content": "Canned lion hunting: a necessary evil?\tNovember 19, 2013\nFiled under: animals,conservation,lion,South Africa,wildlife \u2014 shadreyer @ 9:11 am\nTags: #lion, animals, conservation, wildlife\nFootage of a hunter killing a lioness in an enclosure with a crossbow recently caused upset. It\u2019s the first video of a canned hunt to surface for years, and comes as the South African government mulls over changes to regulations to protect vulnerable species. But could this industry be a necessary evil to protect wild populations? Aletta Gardner explores the case for and against canned hunting.\nWho doesn\u2019t remember the outrage caused by the expose on canned lion hunting back in the late 1990s? You could easily be forgiven for believing that the practice was outlawed at the time.\nTherefore footage which surfaced recently came as a shock to many. The video of a local hunter inexpertly trying to get a lioness in the crosshairs of his bow and arrow is a difficult one to watch. The animal is clearly fenced in, and behaves wholly unnaturally \u2013 making desperate charges at the vehicle, while the hunter fumbles and curses. Ultimately, the animal is hit, letting out a strange roar, before writhing around in the dust, confused and mortally wounded.\nIt\u2019s easy to get emotional while watching this video. But doing so does not allow us to engage with the debate about canned hunting and the potential threats or benefits to the future of lions in South Africa. While some call it downright cruel, is controlled hunting of captive bred lions possibly a way of ensuring the future prosperity of wild populations?\nWhile doing research for a news piece about the renewed calls for a ban on canned hunting which followed the video\u2019s publication, I was very surprised to learn that there are approximately 2700 wild lions left in South Africa.\nI started becoming more alarmed when I found a report released the previous month, led by renowned lion expert Dr Craig Packer from the University of Minnesota, which claims Africa\u2019s wild lions are in serious trouble.\nI put this to the department, who reassured me that 70% of South Africa\u2019s wild lions are in protected areas and are doing well, since studies show their populations are stable.\n\u201cUnlike the rest of Africa, South Africa\u2019s lions are doing very well. Most populations are close to their carrying capacity, and the recent proliferation of private conservancies has increased the total number of wild lions in South Africa to the highest it has been in the past century,\u201d he told me.\nCase closed? Not quite. What I learnt next suggests it\u2019s not the time to rest assured.\n\u2018INSIDIOUS SIDE-EFFECTS\u2019\nHow? It argues the \u201cinsidious\u201d consequences for Southern Africa\u2019s wild lion populations mean that lion breeding and canned hunting cannot be seen as a separate issue from conservation of wild animals.\nThe reason? The outrage over canned hunting in the late nineties demanded some sort of action from government. The compromise was a 24-month wilding rule \u2013 before you could shoot a captive-bred lion it had to roam in a camp with some buck for up to two years. The debate about whether this makes the hunt fair rages on.\nBut the department\u2019s Thea Carroll insists there are \u201cseveral legal provisions in place in terms of the national legislation that (do) address activities associated with canned hunting.\u201d\n\u201cWe think that the captive breeding of lions poses a reckless threat to the survival of wild species in South Africa, and the reason is that people don\u2019t realise the insidious spin-offs from lion farming,\u201d he said.\nMercer explained, \u201c\u2026the Roland Ward trophy book will not recognise trophies from South Africa, because they know that the animals are captive bred and therefore \u201cnot real\u201d in hunting terms, (so) resourceful hunting operators smuggle captive-bred lions from South Africa to neighbouring territories where they are hunted.\u201d\n\u201cWe\u2019re tracking it through CITES returns \u2013 that\u2019s going to result in wild lions being killed because\u2026 the bones are cheaper. Why pay $165 a kilo for bones when you can pay a poacher $10 a kilo for bones?\u201d\n\u201cBreeders have to keep importing fresh blood in order to combat captivity depression. That means wild lions are being captured (often illegally) and very often being smuggled in over the porous border with Botswana,\u201d Mercer said.\nAccording to Mercer there is no two ways about it. \u201c\u2026This toxic industry is going to poison the conservation of wild lions.\u201d\nHart believes the large population of captive lions in South Africa \u201c\u2026poses a huge threat to wild populations. Any outbreak of disease or new viral strains in captive populations can effectively wipe out entire wild populations in South Africa.\u201d\n\u201cThe hunting of captive bred lions does not pose any threat to wild lion populations. On the contrary, it contributes in a real way to the conservation of the wild lion populations,\u201d it told me in a statement.\nIt concedes to a \u201cdisastrous decline\u201d of free roaming lions in Africa, but says \u201cthe 6000 captive bred lions represent a significant lion population that cannot be dismissed or disregarded in terms of the survival of the species. The captive bred population can serve as a healthy gene pool, which may be used in a number of ways to save the African lion. The captive lion industry has embarked on a project to ensure and improve the genetic integrity of its breeding animals.\u201d\n\u201cMany conservationists are sceptical about such a possibility, but we believe that it is possible and we are going out to prove it.\u201d\n\u201cIf the legal trade in lion bone is terminated (as was done with rhino horn fifteen years ago) the African lion will meet the same fate as the rhino. It will be poached to extinction. If the legal trade is kept open, market forces will ensure that the poaching of wild lion will stay within reasonable parameters.\u201d\nDr. Packer calls canned hunting \u201ca two-edged sword\u201d for lion conservation.\n\u201cMost people I know are so horrified by the lion-bone trade that they haven\u2019t seriously considered whether the lion farmers might actually be doing wild lions a favor. From an animal-rights perspective, of course, canned hunting and farming lions for their bones is pretty awful. If someone could squash the demand for lion bones in China, I don\u2019t think anyone would defend the lion farms. In the meantime, they may be a necessary evil.\u201d\nIt concluded that there are real conservation issues arising from the industry, which include \u201cthe probability that the genetics of captive animals are being manipulated\u201d and it flagged \u201cpotential impacts on demand for the bones of wild felids, and potential impacts on the demand for wild lion hunts.\u201d\nAccording the Panthera, lions are currently listed as \u201cVulnerable\u201d on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species; and in West and Central Africa, the species is now classified as \u201cEndangered.\u201d\nIts Lion Program Director Dr Guy Balme warns, \u201cLions have slipped under the conservation radar for too long. If we do not act now, lions will find themselves in the same dire predicament as their Asian counterpart, the tiger.\u201d\nAlthough it\u2019s not concerned about the numbers, the Environmental Affairs Department says it is in the process of investigating the lion bone trade and that a closer look at the \u201cby-products\u201d of hunting industry are prioritised for this year, although it could not say when it would be finalised.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 273, "original_length": 15840, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 298.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://shepherdexpress.com/events/sandwich-a-steinway-with-milwaukee-repertory-theater-s-the-a/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:03:33Z", "digest": "sha1:MLC3RV6BXGTGRRL5FQ43XVJ5P6VO2LRQ", "length": 1118, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "shepherdexpress.com", "title": "Sandwich & a Steinway with Milwaukee Repertory Theater's The All Night Strut - Shepherd Express", "raw_content": "Home Sandwich & a Steinway with Milwaukee Repertory Theater's The All Night Strut\nSandwich & a Steinway with Milwaukee Repertory Theater's The All Night Strut\nNov. 14, 2018 noon to 1:00 p.m.\nSteinway Piano Gallery 11550 W. North Ave., Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226\nLunchtime concert series on select Wednesdays at Steinway Piano Gallery of Milwaukee. Suggested $5 donation to be directed to local music education programs.\nAN ENERGY FILLED MUSICAL REVUE\nFeaturing five triple threat actor/musician/dancers, The All Night Strut! takes you on a musical journey through hits from the 1930s and 1940s from some of the greats including Duke Ellington, Frank Loesser and the Gershwins.\nFrom the funky jive of Harlem, to the romance of the Stage Door Canteen, it\u2019s filled with jazz, blues, bebop and American songbook standards such as \u201cMinnie The Moocher,\u201d\u201cIn The Mood,\u201d \u201cFascinatin\u2019 Rhythm,\u201d\u201cI\u2019ll Be Seeing You,\u201d \u201cIt Don\u2019t Mean a Thing if it Ain\u2019t Got That Swing,\u201d and \u201cWhite Cliffs of Dover.\u201d\nLocation Steinway Piano Gallery 11550 W. 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Factory Sealed.\n1 Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' Jackson, Michael 6:03\n2 Baby Be Mine Jackson, Michael 4:20\n3 The Girl Is Mine Jackson, Michael with Paul McCartney 3:42\n4 Thriller Jackson, Michael 5:58\n1 Beat It (Single Version) Jackson, Michael 4:18\n2 Billie Jean (Single Version) Jackson, Michael 4:53\n3 Human Nature Jackson, Michael 4:05\n4 P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) Jackson, Michael 3:59\n5 The Lady in My Life Jackson, Michael 4:57\nLimited vinyl LP repressing in gatefold jacket. Thriller is the sixth solo studio album by Michael Jackson. It was released by Epic Records on November 30, 1982, as the follow-up to Jackson's critically and commercially successful 1979 album Off The Wall. Thriller explores similar genres to those of Off The Wall, including pop, post-disco, rock and funk. Recording sessions took place on April to November 1982 at Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles with a production budget of $750, 000, assisted by producer Quincy Jones. Seven singles were released from the album, all of which reached the Top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. In just over a year, Thriller became-and currently remains-the best-selling album of all time, with estimated sales of 65 million copies worldwide. It has become the first album ever to be certified 32 times multi-platinum for U.S. sales, marking more than 32 million sales shipped. 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Extra waste generated between Thanksgiving and New Year\u2019s amounts to 25 million tons of garbage, or about 1 million extra tons per week, according to Use Less Stuff, which aims to help people conserve resources and prevent waste. Here are some tips Green Santa Clarita has to share: Reduce\nConsider LED lights. They use 90 percent less energy than traditional incandescent lights, stay cool to the touch and have a much longer life expectancy.\nPlace your holiday lights and decorations on a timer to conserve energy. Carpool when going to holiday parties or events.\nInstead of purchasing a gift, donate to a local organization in a friend or family member\u2019s name.\nPurchase rechargeable batteries for gifts that require battery power.\nSave and reuse gift bags, wrapping paper and bows.\nUse your own reusable bags when shopping for gifts or food.\nDonate unused, non-perishable food to the local food pantry.\nLook for gifts made from recycled content.\nRecycle cardboard packaging, seasonal catalogs, holiday cards and used wrapping paper.\nDonate or recycle unwanted or non-working electronics, including computers, cell phones, tablets and televisions.\nMake sure to recycle your holiday tree by placing it at the curb on your regular service day from Dec. 26 to Jan. 12. Remove all decorations, lights, tinsel and tree stands. Flocked trees will be picked up, but cannot be recycled.\nLocal business selling Christmas trees for 22nd year\nDeadline looms for 2019 health insurance", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 380, "original_length": 9903, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 339.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://silverhammercoaching.ca/personal-growth-and-development/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:51Z", "digest": "sha1:2ZE6R3BWBLKQ7EGN5LL6UX62Q2XAAOQE", "length": 118, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "silverhammercoaching.ca", "title": "Personal Growth and Development | Chris Hammer PhD", "raw_content": "Change, Development, Self-Awareness, Success Calgary, Chris Hammer, Personal Growth and Development, Ph.D.. permalink.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 22, "original_length": 2580, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.77, "perplexity": 188.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://silverrussellsyndrome.org/constitution/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:43Z", "digest": "sha1:6NOLMIJLV6OBTVACTQ5IME2VGEJL4XMX", "length": 8658, "nlines": 57, "source_domain": "silverrussellsyndrome.org", "title": "Constitution \u2013 Silver Russell Syndrome", "raw_content": "CONSTITUTION AND MEMBER AGREEMENT\nNAME Silver Russell Syndrome Global Alliance (SRS Global Alliance)\nWHO WE ARE\u2013 Silver Russell Syndrome Global Alliance is a network of patient support organizations and medical professionals throughout the world who support patients (children and adults) who have Silver Russell Syndrome [Russell Silver Syndrome].\nMISSION STATEMENT \u2013 The Alliance\u2019s primary mission is to contribute to the worldwide standardization of information on the clinical and molecular diagnosis, and the treatment management guidelines, of SRS. By connecting patients, families and medical professionals throughout the world to patient-support organizations in their local geographic areas, up-to-date diagnostic and therapeutic strategies will become more readily available.\nOVERVIEW \u2013 MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS \u2013 Membership is open to any patient support organization supporting patients with Silver Russell syndrome. Patient support organizations may be nonprofit organizations, patient-based organizations or informal online support groups. No fees or dues will be charged to groups for membership. In the future, the Alliance may wish to seek donations from members to support new resources but donations would be optional and not mandatory. Member groups will be listed online sorted by country, with the ability to provide links to the member homepages. Members will also have permission to link to the SRS Global Alliance website from their own websites. The Alliance website information may be able to be used in a member organization\u2019s own website or educational tools, but prior permission MUST be requested (some content is proprietary to either the Alliance or other sources and can not be copied or reproduced).\nMEMBERSHIP PROCESS \u2013\nThe SRS Global Alliance will be constituted by a voluntary collaboration of organizations, each of whom applies for membership and agrees to the Alliance\u2019s mission statement.\nA membership application is made via submission of a simple on-line form.\nApplications for membership will be determined and approved by the Management Committee Chair and Co-Chair and at least one of the Medical & Scientific Committee.\nA member may be a non-profit organization, a patient-based organization or an informal online support group \u2013 but must be focused on supporting patients with Silver-Russell Syndrome and/or their families.\nBENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP \u2013\nAccess to up-to-date medical information on SRS written for two target audiences \u2013 patient/families and medical professionals;\nPermission for a member organization to link the Alliance website to their own website to provide its own families up-to-date information;\nAbility for patients or families searching the Alliance website to connect directly to the member organization in their geographic area;\nWith requested permission from the Alliance, the ability to use some website information verbatim in a member organization\u2019s own website or educational resources [unless otherwise noted or permission denied];\nContribute towards a stronger united global voice allowing for more concentrated efforts in pushing for more breadth and depth into research and education related to SRS\nAbility to share successful strategies between organizations on how best to support local families and learn from each other;\nStrength in membership numbers helps the Alliance in any efforts to receive grant funding from outside organizations for key projects.\nMEMBERSHIP WITHDRAWALS and EXPULSION \u2013\nA member organization may leave the Alliance at any time.\nA member organization may be expelled with a two-thirds majority vote of the Management Committee for actions which are in direct conflict with the mission and goals of the Alliance, illegal activities, plagiarism of Alliance content without permission, actions taken to financially benefit the member which is to the detriment of one or more other members, or for causing conflict internally within the Alliance.\nIn certain cases, a member organization\u2019s representative may be banned from participating in the Alliance (and may be liable for other sanctions as well) for taking any of the above actions while the member organization be placed on probation but not expelled. This decision would also require a two-thirds vote from the Management Committee.\nFUNDING OF ALLIANCE \u2013\nThe Alliance will not require any membership fee or dues from its members.\nThe Alliance will not seek on-line donations from individuals/families; the Alliance should therefore not compete against its member organizations in terms of funding or donations.\nKey projects taken on by the Alliance may be funded through grants from industry or foundations.\nThe member organization(s), when doing work on behalf of the Alliance, or representing the Alliance, shall work for the benefit of the entire alliance and not pursue its/their own commercial goals.\nMEDICAL & SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD \u2013\nThe board will be made up of volunteer medical and professional specialists experienced in treating children with SRS or IUGR/SGA.\nThe advisory board members will be selected by the Alliance Management Committee with a majority vote. The goal would be to have 1-2 specialists per country or geographic region.\nNo membership fees or dues will be required from any board member. The position is a volunteer position.\nEach board member would serve a 12-month term and may renew for additional terms.\nThe board members would be expected to answer electronic or phone communication from other physicians in their country/region who are seeking professional advice.\nThe \u201cGrounds for Member Expulsion\u201d apply to members of the Medical & Scientific Advisory Board.\nThe Medical & Scientific Advisory Board will be chaired by Ir\u00e8ne Netchine, M.D. and Thomas Eggerman, M.D. for the first twenty-four (24) months. At the end of the 24-months, an election will be held in which chair candidates can be nominated from a pool comprised of any board members or current chairs. The two new chairs will be elected with a two-thirds majority vote of the Board members and all candidates may vote.\nMANAGEMENT COMMITTEE \u2013\nThe SRS Global Alliance Management Committee will initially be made up of the following members:\nOne Chair \u2013 Nick Childs, CGF\nOne Co-Chair \u2013 Jennifer Salem, MAGIC Foundation\u2019s RSS/SGA Research and Education Fund\nOne representative from the following patient-support organizations\nJenny Child \u2013 CGF\nDayna Carney \u2013 MAGIC Foundation\nBenedicte Perotin \u2013 AFIF\nNonjia Rosen \u2013 ALICE\nKlaus Mohnike, M.D. \u2013 BKMF\nTwo representatives from the Medical & Scientific Advisory Board\nIr\u00e8ne Netchine, M.D.\nThomas Eggerman, M.D.\nThe chairs\u2019 elected term will run for one calendar year and can be re-elected for multiple years. Chair candidates will be elected from a pool comprised of the chairs and representatives currently in place, and shall be elected with a two-thirds majority vote of the Committee representatives from the patient support groups as well as the Advisory Board representatives combined. The nominees may also vote.\nThere is no term length for the Committee Patient-Support Organization Representatives \u2013 these five organizations are the founding members and until they can no longer participate, they are life-long organizational members. However, an organization may choose to substitute in a new representative.\nThe Management Committee may choose to expand the number of representative members of its Committee in the future, with a two-thirds majority vote.\nAs such, at any time, an organization may request to be a member of the Committee and accepted with a two-thirds majority vote.\nIf one current organization can no longer participate on the Committee, the Committee members may choose to substitute in a new member organization with a two-thirds majority vote.\nIf either of the two Advisory Board members on the Committee should choose not to participate any longer, a replacement will be made based on recommendations and a two-thirds majority vote from the Management Committee as well as the Advisory Board combined.\nThe Committee shall attempt to handle the majority of its voting and correspondence via email.\nAll communication pieces produced by the Alliance (either on the website or linked documents) must be approved by the Committee Chair and Co-Chair as well as at least one of the two Medical & Scientific Advisory Board members.\nA Committee chair or Committee member may be considered for termination based upon actions contrary to the mission statement, goals and rules of the Alliance and a majority vote of the Committee. This Committee chair or member shall not be allowed to vote in the decision regarding their discipline.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 88, "original_length": 10197, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 291.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://sires.house.gov/media-center/floor-statements/opposing-the-republican-tax-plan", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:52Z", "digest": "sha1:4DRDGTCVLI5P6KNHWYHFVOSNG7NUGW4X", "length": 1012, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "sires.house.gov", "title": "Opposing the Republican Tax Plan | Congressman Albio Sires", "raw_content": "Opposing the Republican Tax Plan\nMr. Speaker, I rise today in strong opposition to the Republican tax plan. As I have said many times before, this plan gives tax breaks for the wealthy and corporations over the needs of American families while adding a predicted $2.1 trillion to the national debt over the next decade.\nParticularly devastating for New Jersey is the partial elimination of the State and Local Tax deduction. More than 25 percent of New Jerseyans would face a tax hike over the next decade due to this change. Per person, New Jersey taxpayers paid $3,478 more in federal taxes in 2015 than they received from the government, more than any other state.\nNot only would the bill aggravate this disparity in New Jersey, it would also eliminate vital deductions that give relief to those burdened with high medical costs, student debt, and unexpected losses due to natural disasters. I will not support a one-sided plan that harms New Jersey and those who are most in need of tax relief. I yield back.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 119, "original_length": 2944, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 246.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://slate.com/comments/news-and-politics/2007/04/how-pat-robertson-s-law-school-is-changing-america.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:10Z", "digest": "sha1:SWHDPTSHKGUZQRMN5EJRE5EYP53BK7XY", "length": 51, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "slate.com", "title": "Skip to the content", "raw_content": "How Pat Robertson\u2019s law school is changing America.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 64, "original_length": 61138, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 283.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://smallbusinesstrendsetters.com/your-diet-failed-again-san-diego-dr-candice-seti-psy-d-has-the-key-to-never-dieting-again/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:28Z", "digest": "sha1:MP5E4DNJPCYS75P57SSHJFSB3WCKKMSM", "length": 2585, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "smallbusinesstrendsetters.com", "title": "Your Diet Failed - Again. San Diego Dr. Candice Seti, Psy.D. Has The Key To Never Dieting Again - Small Business Trendsetters Your Diet Failed - Again. San Diego Dr. Candice Seti, Psy.D. Has The Key To Never Dieting Again - Small Business Trendsetters", "raw_content": "Your Diet Failed \u2013 Again. San Diego Dr. Candice Seti, Psy.D. Has The Key To Never Dieting Again\nDr. Candice Seti, Psy.D. is a San Diego specialist in helping patients succeed in implementing sustainable weight loss programs. Dr. Seti disagrees with the common belief that restrictive diets, pills, counting calories, or a combination of these is the only way to lose weight and keep it off.\nDr. Seti says \u201cThat type of program will not insure long-term results. People need to make attainable and sustainable lifestyle changes for success. Effective lifestyle changes as related to weight loss are all about a person\u2019s relationship with food. That is why up-front honesty about the factors contributing to your serious interest in losing weight is so important.\u201d\nA weight loss campaign is doomed to failure if the patient is not completely honest with their therapist and with themselves. The patient must start their weight loss plan with complete honesty about their eating behaviors, their motivation, their ultimate goals and any obstacles they have encountered while trying to lose weight in the past.\nTwo-thirds of America\u2019s adult population is obese. These figures are based on using the Body Mass Index (BMI) which is an indicator of excess body fat based on height and weight. BMI over 25 is considered overweight and a BMI of 30 or more is considered obese. You can check your BMI easily by visiting any one of the various web sites found by a Google Search for BMI Index.\n\u201cNever Dieting Again\u201d is a place in life that can be reached by using Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) which is a type of psychotherapeutic treatment that helps patients understand the thoughts and feelings that influence what they do. It is generally short-term and focused on helping clients deal with a very specific problem such as weight loss.\nOther types of weight-loss programs focus on caloric reduction or diet pills. There is also bariatric surgery which is at the extreme end of the spectrum. Most of these approaches will work short-term but Dr. Seti maintains \u201cCognitive changes in lifestyle must be implemented in all of them if the results are to be long-term.\u201d She emphasizes Cognitive Therapy for Weight Loss and Weight Management to allow individuals to escape or avoid obesity and the associated health and wellness risks.\nDr. Candice Seti, Psy.D. can be reached through her office at 350 10th Street #1023, San Diego, CA 92101, phone 619-345-4355 or her website http://www.meonlybetter.com You can find more on Dr. Seti by visiting http://www.Medical.SanDiegoProfessionalJournal.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 37, "original_length": 3929, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 229.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://smmirror.com/2018/06/film-review-are-we-human-or-animal/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:59Z", "digest": "sha1:WA4Z7KTXH44S4HROW2UXICUIURJ647LQ", "length": 3058, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "smmirror.com", "title": "Film Review: Are We Human or Animal? - Santa Monica Mirror", "raw_content": "Home Life and Arts Film Review: Are We Human or Animal?\nFilm Review: Are We Human or Animal?\nA favorite at Sundance 2018, \u201cAmerican Animals\u201d is a fascinating mix of documentary and classic heist story. Interviews with the real four protagonists of the 2004 event are interspersed with performances featuring actors playing them. It begins as a basic presentation of a game plan. Towards the end the four become inescapably embroiled in an uncontrollable cascade of events they have initiated and the mood and pace of the story change drastically. This is both a psychological study and a uniquely twisted coming of age drama, with a nod to films such as \u201cReservoir Dogs,\u201d \u201cGoodfellas,\u201d and to \u201cOcean\u2019s Eleven,\u201d probably the actual inspiration for the outrageous plot concocted by the four.\nA scene from the film.\nOne of the men was attending Transylvania University in Lexington Kentucky, established in 1780. Transylvania\u2019s library has a locked room, which contains an extremely valuable collection of rare books, including \u201cBirds of America\u201d by John James Audubon. This treasure is precisely the focus of the robbery the four men plan. It\u2019s ironic that Audubon, when he was working on this incredible book in the early 1800s, lost the original to a pack of rats that invaded his storage trunk and chewed it to pieces. Undaunted, he started over and recreated his drawings.\nThe film\u2019s director Bart Layton grew up in South London and has done most of his work in the documentary genre. He explained in a discussion following my screening that he was struck by the tendency of the four men to see their planned robbery as an innocent escapade rather than an evil act. He also noted that our society\u2019s expectations for young men are immense, at an age when our brains are going through tremendous changes. Certainly the pre-frontal cortex, the rational part of the brain, does not seem to have fully developed yet in these men. Layton is able to perceive with clear eyes, not only this phenomenon, but also the landscape and upper middle class social setting where the young men grew up.\n\u201cAmerican Animals\u201d is a wake-up call to our society that young adults might perceive they are passengers in life rather than drivers, in a career trajectory that\u2019s been pre-established for them. Blake Jenner who plays \u201cChaz\u201d in the film, confirmed that all four felt driven to do something \u2013 anything, that might be considered \u201cremarkable,\u201d in order to break the mold of expectations. The planning and carrying out of an outrageous heist was their answer to that desire. Where does the imagined escapade end and reality begin? That line is shrouded in dark clouds in this story.\nIn the opening sequence a creative visual trick sets the atmosphere for the story. Layton said this was actually an accident, from a misconstrued suggestion to his editor. I would have used it at the end of the story rather than the beginning. See what you think. \u201cAmerican Animals\u201d illustrates just how close we are emotionally to the other species of animals with which we share our planet.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 4334, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 219.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://socialism.com/category/editorial/page/12/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:41Z", "digest": "sha1:6BD4Q7FECTDMIBLMCPDCJLIZOMUC5AU2", "length": 3514, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "socialism.com", "title": "Editorial Archives - Page 12 of 13 - Freedom Socialist Party", "raw_content": "Alert! The Howard government plans to use the climate of fear resulting from the September 11 attacks in the United States to follow the lead of Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the U.S. It plans to introduce repressive laws designed to outlaw dissent. They must be stopped. Cabinet has announced draft Australian legislation\u2026 Read more \u00bb\nDuring the first year of the Al-Aqsa Intifada, sparked on 29 September 2000, 560 Palestinians \u2014 472 of them civilians, including 140 children \u2014 were killed by the Israeli army and settlers. According to the Red Crescent Society, more than 15,000 Palestinians were also wounded, and 25 people died at border check points while being\u2026 Read more \u00bb\nAnti-abortion Terror re-emerges in Melbourne\nRight To Life, your Name\u2019s A Lie, goes a well-used chant against the fetus worshippers organised by a tiny band of Catholic fanatics centred on Margaret Tighe. It continues: \u201cyou don\u2019t care if women die!\u201d Nor ordinary workers going about their job. When, on July 16, a man of unknown identity shot and killed a\u2026 Read more \u00bb\nSalt water people versus corporate fishing giants: Unite to back their sea rights fight.\nIn March this year, a summit of Torres Strait Islanders resolved to ban commercial fishing in their \u201csea country\u201d and this ban could soon extend across northern Australia. While not legally enforceable, it is an assertion by the traditional owners of their rights over the waters they\u2019ve fished and looked after for thousands of years\u2026. Read more \u00bb\nThe Ombudsman must go!\nThe Victorian Ombudsman, Dr Barry Perry, has produced a disgraceful report, giving police the green light to bash protesters who participate in mass blockades. Nine months to the day after the brutal assault by police on those protesting the World Economic Forum meeting, the Ombudsman presented his initial report in State Parliament. On the fundamental\u2026 Read more \u00bb\nFinish the fight to stop Jabiluka!\nThe fight to stop the Jabiluka uranium mine is close to victory. Rio Tinto, the new owner which took over North Limited, has announced that the mine will not be developed without the consent of the Aboriginal owners. The Mirrar people, led by feisty senior custodian Yvonne Margarula and activist Jacquie Katona, are rock solid\u2026 Read more \u00bb\nSelf-determination for West Papua!\nHistory is repeating itself in West Papua. After finally being forced to reverse course on East Timor, both the Howard Government and the Labor opposition have been gripped by another bout of bipartisan opportunism. Their prime concern is to maintain \u201cgood relations\u201d with the Indonesian bourgeoisie. The result? The legitimate aspirations of the West Papuan\u2026 Read more \u00bb\nSatellite nosedive shows queer workers must organise!\nThe collapse of The Satellite Group \u2014 the first publicly listed \u201cpink dollar\u201d company in the world \u2014 highlights the sharp class divisions in the gay and lesbian community. In 1999, Satellite blasted onto the scene, buying up 80 percent of Australia\u2019s queer press \u2014 including the national magazine, Outrage \u2014 and establishing a media\u2026 Read more \u00bb\nProportional Representation: Winning a Voice for the Minority is Key to Becoming a Majority\nJust how \u201cdemocratic\u201d is capitalist democracy? Not very! Howard was returned to office last election with less than 50% of the vote. Thatcher governed Britain for more than a decade \u2014 and never got more than 44% of the vote. Fight for fair electoral rules. Proportional representation, a system where parties are assigned seats based\u2026 Read more \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 158, "original_length": 6754, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 304.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://sofiaglobe.com/2018/11/23/bulgaria-environment-minister-vows-to-seek-higher-fees-from-bansko-concessionaire/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:31:05Z", "digest": "sha1:IGQ7MDW3UZ5O4SUMOXQYEPT7R4CRVRA3", "length": 2933, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "sofiaglobe.com", "title": "Bulgaria Environment Minister vows to seek higher fees from Bansko concessionaire | The Sofia Globe", "raw_content": "Bulgaria Environment Minister vows to seek higher fees from Bansko concessionaire\nWritten by The Sofia Globe staff on November 23, 2018 in Bulgaria - Comments Off on Bulgaria Environment Minister vows to seek higher fees from Bansko concessionaire\nBulgaria\u2019s Environment Minister Neno Dimov said on November 23 that he would ask the Cabinet for a mandate to negotiate a higher annual fee with Yulen, the company that holds the concession for the ski areas in the winter resort of Bansko.\nNenov told reporters that he would table a resolution asking for such a mandate at a Cabinet meeting, with the main topics of negotiations with Yulen being the concession fee hike and contractual amendments to clarify the exact area of the concession.\nDimov said that the contract had three different methods outlining the concession area, blaming the ministry\u2019s leadership at the time the contract was signed in 2001 for the lack of clarity.\n\u201cWe will seek a solution, which does not look easy at all at this stage. Quite the opposite, it is exceedingly difficult because on one hand, we cannot give such a large area. On the other hand, it would in practice mean an entirely new concession contract. On the other hand [sic], we do not want to shut down the Bansko resort and take away that concession,\u201d Dimov said, as quoted by Bulgarian National Radio (BNR).\nDimov\u2019s news conference came several hours after Bulgaria\u2019s Prosecutor-General Sotir Tsatsarov said in statement that the prosecutor\u2019s office asked the Cabinet to bring the concession contract in line with the country\u2019s laws, including with regard to concession fees, and ensure that the area used by the concession holder did not exceed the one specified in the contract, namely 99.55 ha.\nAccording to Dimov, as quoted by BNR, Yulen was using 165 ha of land and paid an annual fee of 300 000 leva (about 153 400 euro).\nThe Environment Ministry planned to raise the concession fee issue last year, but postponed it until after amendments to the management plan of Pirin National Park, adjacent to the Bansko ski area, were passed.\nThe management plan is currently subject to judicial review, with a three-judge panel of the Supreme Administrative Court ruling earlier this year to overturn the planned changes on the grounds that the government decision was in breach of the country\u2019s environmental protection laws.\nThose amendments, tabled by the Bansko municipality, were widely seen as opening the way for the construction of a second ski lift in the Bulgarian winter resort and were approved by the government at its last meeting in 2017.\nFor years, the issue of the second lift in Bansko has pitted the municipality and local residents, who have lobbied in favour, against environmental protection groups, who fear that any changes would lead to overdevelopment of the Pirin mountain range, a Unesco world heritage site.\n(Neno Dimov screengrab from Bulgarian National Television)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 98, "original_length": 7225, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 244.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://solideogloria.me/2018/04/18/echoes-of-exodus-a-book-review/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:09Z", "digest": "sha1:SDLWEGQSH3DVC4YNJPIHSQKSZGXDEUEL", "length": 4840, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "solideogloria.me", "title": "Echoes of Exodus ~ A Book Review | Soli Deo Gloria", "raw_content": "Echoes of Exodus ~ A Book Review\nSo interwoven are the themes of Scripture that Steve Lawson notes, \u201cWhen you pull a thread in Genesis, it crinkles the page in Revelation.\u201d Alastair Roberts and Andrew Wilson see this too. For them, the basis of that connection is seen through the Exodus, which they propose is a theme that permeates throughout the entirety of the Bible. To convey such a proposition, they have written Echoes of Exodus.\nUtilizing music as a metaphor, the authors have come together to convince readers of the connections of Scripture that they may have otherwise missed. In doing so, they have expectations that believers will begin to see the history of the church so that it may understand its identity, an identity that will bring true freedom as it connects people to God and one another (1).\nEchoes of Exodus takes readers from Genesis to Revelation, moving from one book to the next more quickly than one is able to process the information being presented. Considering the book is 22 chapters and only 178 pages, that is to be expected. Despite the rapid-fire of information, the authors do a tremendous job of directing readers\u2019 attention towards God. As the book is God-oriented, readers themselves are oriented towards God as well. This can be seen especially on the explanation of freedom (chapter 5) as the authors note that humans were not made to be free from constraint as noted by the fact that Scripture emphasizes more what our freedom is for and not so much what they are freed from. How does this relate to the Exodus?According to them, the Exodus exemplifies biblical freedom because it demonstrates that it was not merely about delivering the people from their old master, but guiding them to find delight in serving their new master.\nDespite the authors\u2019 ability to direct readers towards God, there are serious concerns with the book. Those concerns include the following:\nMethodology of Rationalization: At the outset, the authors are forthright in their denial of logic, stating that the things they are attempting to show cannot be proven by logic. While their point is understood, there must be certain guidelines in place, which the authors don\u2019t stipulate. However, without those guidelines, a person is free to employ his or her own rules, which permits open interpretation and application of Scripture.\nMethodology of Application: Additionally, the authors\u2019 own application of their premises is at times disconcerting. While certainly I would not expect to agree with every point and the authors express in the beginning the some will accuse them of being liberal with their application. However, this appears to be exactly the case. At times their connections are so general that it would be hard not to see the connection, and at other times they make connections where there seem to be none (i.e. their description of Genesis 3-6 and Exodus 1-2).\nMethodology of Interpretation: Finally, many of the issues in application come from the issues the one will find in their methodology of interpretation. The authors interpret all of Scripture based upon \u2018exodus\u2019 and yet have failed to give what they define as \u2018exodus.\u2019 At times, their interpretations of other parts of Scripture are based on the event, as one would expect. However, at other times, they seem to refer to \u2018exodus\u2019 as the entire book of Exodus and utilize it for their methods of interpretation. Even more general still, sometimes it is neither of these as many would expect, but instead, they simply use the word \u2018exodus\u2019 as their basis for interpretation.\nTogether, these three aspects raise concerns about the book.\nThere is much merit to this book. Drawing readers\u2019 attention to God by itself is both necessary and worthwhile. The authors\u2019 assessment of the current status of Christianity also offers some interesting and valid points that we would do well to consider. However, despite the moments of revelation, there are concerns that I have with the methodology that warrant attention and perhaps are serious enough that we should pursue other resources that carry fewer doubts before pursuing this one.\nTo purchase a copy of Echoes of Exodus, click here.\nDisclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the publisher at no cost to me for the purposes of review. However, my review was not influenced in any way by the author, the publisher, or any other person associated with the book and it is the result of my own reading of the book.\n(1) This is my paraphrase of the authors\u2019 goals (pg. 14-16). I confess in the short space available here, I do not have the conciseness to capture their words and so I admit that I am not conveying the profundity of the authors\u2019 goals as they mentioned them in their introduction.\nBarbara Bush ~ A Lecture From Her Death\nLos Peligros de la Hipocres\u00eda ~ Una Cultivaci\u00f3n Cristiana", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 35, "original_length": 5316, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 260.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://solutiontherapy.wordpress.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:31Z", "digest": "sha1:R25CE6FNS6VLQ5DFWLUDDLX5XIRMPOM6", "length": 36933, "nlines": 145, "source_domain": "solutiontherapy.wordpress.com", "title": "Solution Focused Brief Therapy | Presentation for ARP660", "raw_content": "Filed under: A. Welcome & Introduction \u2014 solutiontherapy @ 11:59 am\nWelcome to Solution Focused Brief Therapy for ARP660 & RHAB5720 Theory and Practice of Counseling.\nWe hope you enjoy our presentation, and look forward to your comments and feedback.\n\u00a7 Preamble\nImagine you are caught in a pouring rain. You are getting wet and decide to go to a rain gear store to purchase something to keep you dry. A store clerk greets you, and starts to ask you many questions: \u201cHow wet are you? For how long have you been in the rain? Have you been in this kind of rain before? Have you dreamed about getting wet in the rain in the past? What role did getting wet in the rain play with your family or with your loved ones? What disadvantage or advantage does getting wet in the rain have for you?\u201d After answering all of the questions, you are still wet and getting cold. You ask if you can now buy some sort of rain gear. However, the store clerk wants you to complete some more questionnaires about getting wet in the rain and perhaps about other issues that the store clerk deems important. Once everything is completed, the store clerk brings you a poncho that you do not care for.\nThe clerk claims that it is the best for you and that it has helped other customers in the rain. Will you take the poncho and leave the store happily ever after?\nWhat would you rather have instead?\nThe trend within psychotherapy depicts an evolution from lengthy to brief forms of treatment, and from cure to prevention. The focus shifts from mental illness to mental health. (Bannink, 2007). We would like to introduce you to a postmodern psychotherapy known as Solution-Focused Brief Therapy.\n*Watch \u201cSolution Focused coaching in one minute\u201d from YouTube.\n\u00a7 Description and Overview\nSolution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), as the name suggests, is a future-oriented, goal-directed, solution-focused, brief, and client-therapist collaborated therapy approach. This differs from the traditional lengthy problem-oriented psychotherapy. SFBT, a postmodern therapy, declares a trend \u201caway from explanations, problems, and pathology, and toward solutions, competence, and capabilities.\u201d (Egan, 2007).\nThe key concepts of SFBT consist of the following major shifts to depart from traditional psychotherapy that sought after constructing solutions from problem descriptions and speculating on causality. SFBT approaches completely reverse the interview process by initiating the interview of asking clients to describe a detailed resolution to the problem that brings them into therapy.\nShift from past to the present and the future.\nMany clients come and seek therapy with past trauma. SFBT therapists believe that clients need to liberate themselves from the past. Searching and revisiting past trauma does not help constructive therapy. Instead, therapists usually focus on the present or the future. They are more interested in what is possible, and they have little or no interest in gaining understanding of the past. (Corey, 2009).\nShift from problem-solving to solution-focused.\nCorey (2009) pointed out a statement made by Steve de Shazer, co-founder of SFBT, that it is not necessary to know the cause of a problem to solve it, and that there is no necessary relationship between the cause of problems and their solutions. Getting at causes to a problem does not solve the problem; finding solutions to a problem does. Since exploring past trauma and gathering information about problems does not contribute to positive changes, SFBT helpers emphasize assisting clients to channel their energy in making a shift from a fixed problem state to a world with new possibilities and solution options.\nShift from hierarchical therapeutic relationships to collaborative and cooperative relationships.\nThere is no single solution for every problem. SFBT is a strength-based system with a solution-building approach. SFBT believes that clients are the experts on their own lives and that they have the strengths, resources, and coping skills to make positive changes. Therapists strive to facilitate collaborative partnerships with clients. They listen attentively to capture clients\u2019 experiences and meanings, ask questions to promote clients\u2019 new awareness for future possibilities, and empower clients to define their own measures of successful changes. The quality of the client-therapist relationship is a critical determination in the outcomes of SFBT. (McKeel, 1996). In other words, if there is no connection, there is no therapy!\nDe Shazer (1988) has described three types of client-therapy relationships: visitor, complainant, and customer.\nVisitor is the client who comes to therapy because someone else considers that the client has a problem. Visitor may not agree that he/she has a problem. Therefore, the client may be unable to engage in the therapy.\nComplainant is the client who expresses a problem. However, the client is unable or unwilling to assume a role in establishing a solution. Complainant generally expects therapists to change the ones to whom the complainant attributes the problem. Complainants tend to view themselves as victims of their problems.\nCustomer is the client who is in cooperation with the therapist to identify a problem and a solution to work forward. Customer acknowledges that personal efforts are needed to reach the client-defined goals.\nSFBT has designed different strategies to approach clients at different relationship stages. The visitor-complainant-customer relationships alter before, within, and between sessions.\nMcKeel (1996) indicated that many research findings show that SFBT is effective, and that many techniques of the SFBT model accomplish their intended purpose. Solution-Focused Brief Therapy is one of the most popular and widely applied psychotherapy approaches in the world. It has been applied to almost all problems seen by clinicians. SFBT has been used by family therapy, couples therapy, treatment of sexual abuse, treatment of substance abuse, sex therapy, treatment of schizophrenia, interventions in social service agencies, education settings, business systems, and occupational therapy. (Trepper, Dolan, McCollum, Nelson, 2006).\nEgan (2007) suggests that there have been some criticisms of a solution-focused approach. Some suspect that it runs the risk of being don\u2019t-worry-be-happy, or being too pie-in-the-sky. Others criticize that it may disorient some clients as they are used to dealing with problems and expect answers from the experts, not themselves. Nevertheless, SFBT is doing what works and what is best for clients.\nB. History & Background\nFiled under: B. History & Background \u2014 solutiontherapy @ 11:59 am\n\u00a7 History and Background\nLet us watch \u201cA brief history of the solution-focused approach\u201d from YouTube.\nIn the late 1970\u2019s in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Steve de Shazer and his wife, Insoo Kim Berg, founded the Brief Family Therapy Center. They pioneered and co-developed the solution-focused client-oriented brief therapy known as Solution-Focused Brief Therapy. SFBT evolved from brief family therapy. The Brief Family Therapy approach was rooted in the work of Milton H. Erickson, who emphasized brief strategic intervention and the application of submerged client competencies. (Burke and Schroerlucke, 2009). Steve de Shazer, along with Insoo Kim Berg and their colleagues modified existing brief therapy and kept only what worked effectively for the clients. The approach reflects the fundamental philosophy of SFBT to\n\u201cdo what works and do more of it; if it does not work, do something different.\u201d\n\u201cThe most useful way to decide which door can be opened to get a solution is by getting a description of what the client will be doing differently and/or what sorts of things will be happening that are different when the problem is solved, thus creating the expectation of beneficial change.\u201d\nby Steve de Shazer (1940 \u2013 2005).\nSteve de Shazer was a pioneer in the field of family therapy and was often referred to as the \u201cGrand Old Man of Family Therapy.\u201d He was known for his minimalist philosophy and his reversing the traditional psychotherapy by shifting the focus of treatment from problems to solutions. A Fellow in the American Association of Marital and Family Therapy, Steve de Shazer was also a member of the European Brief Therapy Association Board, and served as President of the Solution-Focused Brief Therapy Association Board of Directors. He has contributed and published many groundbreaking works of literature in solution-focused brief therapy. Steve de Shazer has presented workshops from 2002 until he passed away on September 11, 2005 in Vienna, Austria. His wife and long time collaborator, Insoo Kim Berg was by his side. (Trepper, Dolan, McCollum, Nelson, 2006).\n\u201cIn the 1970\u2019s and in early 1980\u2019s, a startling discovery was made that almost every problem contains an element of solutions,\u201d & \u201cWe value what the client brings to the situation and work with that.\u201d\nby Insoo Kim Berg (1934-2007).\nInsoo Kim Berg was a native Korean who came to the US and initially planned to study pharmacy. She later switched her major to social work and started practice in the 1960\u2019s. She stated in one of her interviews: \u201cIn the sixties, I was doing therapy and I was very dissatisfied with the traditional therapy approach. I realized: \u2018This doesn\u2019t work\u2019.\u201d Discontented with the use of traditional therapy approaches, Insoo Kim Berg along with her husband, Steve de Shazer, developed and made a paradigm shift from traditional problem-solving psychotherapy approaches to Solution-Focused Brief Therapy. By introducing such concepts as solution-orientation and brief therapy, she has influenced the fields of psychotherapy, family therapy, school counseling, business, and management consulting. Insoo Kim Berg published ten highly acclaimed books. She passed away in Milwaukee 16 months after Steve de Shazer had died in September 2005.\nTo learn more about Insoo Kim Berg, watch the video clip and read the following two interviews:\nhttp://www.oplossingsgerichtveranderen.nl/interviewInsooKimBerg.pdf\nhttp://www.psychotherapy.net/interview/Insoo_Kim_Berg\nFiled under: C. Application \u2014 solutiontherapy @ 11:58 am\n\u00a7 SFBT Counseling Applications\n\u201cThey would chop me up into little fragments and tag each piece with a label\u2026 Who, me confused? Ambivalent? Not so. Only your labels split me.\u201d\n(Anzald\u00faa, 2002)\nAs stated earlier, Solution Focused Brief Therapy is a strength-based system that focuses on the client as the expert without prescribing labels and diagnoses (Corey, 2009). It is a type of \u201ctalking therapy\u201d based on Social Constructionist philosophy (Dermer, Hemesath, Russell, 1998). The therapist/counselor uses respectful curiosity to invite the client to envision their preferred future. The therapist and client then start making either small or large moves towards this future (De Jong & Berg, 2008). To support this, questions are asked about the client\u2019s story, strengths and resources as well as about exceptions to the problem (Trepper, Dolan, McCollum, Nelson, 2006).\nSolution focused therapists embody the idea that change is constant, fluid, and evolving. By helping people identify the aspects that they wish to have changed in their life and also to attend to those things that are currently happening that they wish to continue to have happen, SFBT therapists help their clients to construct a concrete vision of a preferred future for themselves (Corcoran, Pillai, 2009). The SFBT therapist then helps the client to identify times in their current life that are closer to this future and examines what is different during these particular times. By bringing these small successes to the client\u2019s awareness and helping them to repeat these successful things they do when the problem is not there or less severe, the therapist helps the client move towards the preferred future they have identified.\nSolution focused therapy can be seen as a way of working that focuses exclusively or predominantly at two things.\nSupporting people to explore their preferred futures.\nExploring when, where, with whom and how pieces of that preferred future are already happening.\nWhile this is often done using a social constructionist perspective, the approach is practical and can be achieved with no specific theoretical framework beyond the intention to keep as close as possible to these two things (Stalker, Levene, Coady, 1999). It must be noted that SFBT is deceptively easy (Trepper, Dolan, McCollum, Nelson, 2006). While the basics may seem obvious, a therapist must be skilled in order to perform SFBT with clients. It is necessary for a therapist to maintain an open mind, be aware of cultural differences, differences in value systems, and differences in belief systems (Dermer, Hemesath, Russell, 1998). Seminars are offered to counselors across the country to better hone skills in the SFBT model (Trepper, Dolan, McCollum, Nelson, 2006).\nIf a therapist practices SFBT, they must familiarize themselves with nontraditional questioning of their clients. The types of questions a therapist practicing SFBT would ask include exception questions, miracle questions, scaling questions, and coping questions. Each form of questioning is discussed below.\nException Questions\nException questions are asked starting during the initial phone call or however the client broaches the subject of making an appointment (Corey, 2009). The therapist asks the client to think of a time in their life when the particular problem did not exist for them. The counselor is trying to find out what different circumstances existed or what the client did differently during the time when the problem was less severe or absent (Corey, 2009). The goal is for the client to repeat what has worked in the past, jettison those things that did not work or are not working now, and to gain confidence in order to make improvements for the future. The counselor is able to help clients to shift their perspective toward something positive; therefore recruiting the client\u2019s cooperation.\nMiracle Questions\nThe miracle question usually takes place during the first session (Corey, 2009). The therapist is trying to help the client envision how the future will be different when the problem is no longer present (Corey, 2009). The therapist may ask a client to imagine that they finish the rest of the day as planned and go to sleep. The next day, all of the problems bringing them to therapy are no longer present. The counselor may then ask how the client will begin discovering that the \u201cmiracle\u201d has taken place, ask what they will do, and what their life is like now (Burke, Schroerluck, 2009). The miracle question must be asked slowly while paying attention to nonverbal cues from the client. The counselor must allow for a reflective silence and for the client to start out with no idea of how this scenario looks. The counselor may ask the client to rate their miracle day on a scale with 0 being the worst things have ever been and 10 being the miracle day. The therapist may ask the client to rate where on the scale they would need to be in order to no longer need therapy (Burke, Schroerluck, 2009). The counselor may ask the client to identify how they will begin to know when they are one point higher on the scale. The counselor wants the client to formulate positive goals focusing on what they will do rather than what they will not do.\nScaling Questions\nScaling was discussed briefly during the miracle question phase. Scaling is a tool to identify useful differences for the client and may assist in establishing goals. Usually, the scale ranges from the worst things have ever been to the best things could ever be (Corey, 2009). The client should first rate their current position, and then the therapist should ask questions to identify where the changing points are on the scale. The counselor may ask questions like what keeps the client from slipping down a point, and they would have the client describe a perfect future in order to identify at what point on the scale would be good enough for the client.\nCoping Questions\nCoping questions are designed to bring to the forefront resources that have gone unnoticed by the client (Corey, 2009). A therapist may acknowledge that things are difficult for a client, but then may say for example that in spite of all of the difficulties, the client still manages to get up in the morning, get the children off to school, etc. The counselor may then ask how the client is able to perform these routine functions. Genuine admiration and curiosity can serve to highlight a client\u2019s strengths without contradicting the client\u2019s views of reality. Summarizing that a counselor can see that things are difficult validates the client\u2019s story. However, the second part counters the problem-focused narrative. Coping questions are supportive and start to challenge and shift the focus away from the problem-focused narratives.\nWatch \u201cA demonstration of using different SFBT techniques\u201d on YouTube.\nBecause SFBT is not supported by empirical data, it has been criticized (Stalker, Levene, Coady, 1999). Stalker and her colleagues argue that counselors and other social workers should avoid the \u201crigid adherence to narrow models\u201d (Stalker, Levene, Coady, 1999). They also argue that students must be knowledgeable in numerous theories and techniques so that during practice, they can use the best combination rather than focus on one technique. It has also been said that if therapists are only trained in SFBT, then there would be no point in putting oneself through such rigorous studies, because SFBT can be performed by anyone (Stalker, Levene, Coady, 1999). Proponents of SFBT would disagree in that therapists need to know how to properly administer SFBT and help direct the client to positive, not destructive or enabling outcomes (Trepper, Dolan, McCollum, Nelson, 2006).\nIn conclusion of SFBT application, the four questioning styles mentioned above are the starting point to SFBT. The therapist continues to be supportive and make positive suggestions while keeping in mind that it is the client\u2019s responsibility to come up with their solutions in order to direct their own lives (Corey, 2009). SFBT continues to thrive in professional practices and training facilities around the world (Trepper, Dolan, McCollum, Nelson, 2006). Steve de Shazer realized that problems are complex, but he felt that the solutions did not have to be (Trepper, Dolan, McCollum, Nelson, 2006). One of the most influential therapy styles has grown out of the idea that importance should be given to solutions, not to causes of problems (Trepper, Dolan, McCollum, Nelson, 2006). There is ongoing research in regards to SFBT. It will no doubt be interesting to see what new findings come from researchers using and critiquing SFBT and what it will mean for the field of counseling.\nLet us take a look at practitioners talk about using Solution Focused Approaches in their work.\nD. Perspective from VR Counseling\nFiled under: D. Perspective from VR Counseling \u2014 solutiontherapy @ 11:55 am\n\u00a7 Perspective from Vocational\nAfter researching and preparing for this presentation, we feel that SFBT can be effective with VR clients. In helping them become more independent, and in the end gainfully employed, it is important for VR clients to be their own advocates from the beginning. They must learn early on how to come to their own solutions, and know when it is appropriate to ask for help. SFBT provides a positive, brief, and result oriented approach. It fits well with the requirements put in place by the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) to uphold the standards in providing effective, efficient, and quality rehabilitation services. If a client can use components of SFBT throughout the VR process, they will learn to be more proactive in all aspects of life. The benefits extend and continue outside of therapy.\nDuring our project construction, Dr. Stanger helped greatly by offering her valuable advice and connecting us with her former students for resources. Therefore, we had the opportunity to consult Vocational Rehabilitation professionals who have utilized SFBT in working with their clients. We would like to share their experiences and comments regarding SFBT. Special thanks to Ms. Sandra Fagan and Ms. Pauline Pina! Both of them are VR Supervisors at the California Department of Rehabilitation, who have graciously shared their insights and contributed to our presentation.\nInterviews with VR Professionals\nAn Interview with Ms. Sandra Fagan:\nWhat\u2019s your definition of SFBT? Do you have a certain format or procedure in practicing SFBT? Also, how do you approach SFBT with your clients? How do you get them on board with SFBT instead of them expecting all of the answers from their counselor?\nMs. Fagan: SFBT requires a mental shift in our perception as counselors from the traditional approach that is more than an interview outline with prearranged questions. It can help empower clients to actively seek their own solutions. The approach moves clients from a dependent role to an empowered role and helps them realize they have the ability to find solutions to difficult problems. As a Supervisor I know that Rehabilitation Counselors don\u2019t have the time to explore problem issues exhaustively over a number of interviews. If the counselor places a focus on solutions fairly quickly it can help to develop a SFBT approach. The client is considered the \u201cexpert\u201d so the counselor needs to reinforce anything positive from the client by paraphrasing and complimenting, while using the language of the client. By taking a position of \u201cnot knowing\u201d and having the client be the expert is an intelligent way to assist a client\u2019s sense of competence and allow them the ability to set their own goals.\nIt has been some time since I carried a caseload of clients since I have been a Supervisor for the past 12 years. As a counselor, I would formulate my questions more carefully and use more open-ended questions. I believe his would be useful since questions and answers lead to a new awareness and further possibilities. I believe this would help to better clarify the situation and magnify a client\u2019s goals, strengths and successes. The readings emphasize it is important to echo the client\u2019s own words to capture the client\u2019s experience and their own meaning.\nIn terms of vocational rehabilitation counseling, which groups of clients do you consider appropriate for SFBT approach, and which groups may not benefit as much?\nMs. Fagan: Most clients will be appropriate for SFBT. You probably have studied the 3 types of clients (visitor, complainant and the customer). Some clients will not accept responsibility and blame others by playing the \u201cvictim\u201d. If the client finds it difficult to trust anyone it will be a slow process to try and help him or her. One must be careful of our own viewpoints as it may cloud how you see a client. We should try and give everyone \u201cno fault insurance\u201d with the benefit of the doubt and ascribe goodness of intent to all.\nPlease share your experience using SFBT: Which aspects of SFBT appeal to you the most? Have you experienced any challenge in applying SFBT?\nMs. Fagan: I usually only meet with clients face to face when they have an issue with their counselor. This can be in a client assistant advocate (CAP) meeting) an Administrative review with the District Administrator (DA) or at an Appeals Board Hearing.\nI did have an experience via telephone with a disgruntled client who called me to complain about a counselor. He also e-mailed me and wrote, \u201cI am going to test the attempt at a return to work. Nothing is going to stop me. With or without you. But not without DOR. That won\u2019t happen. And if I have to be as annoying as hell and piss everyone off to obtain the help\u2026 I need to become gainfully employed, I will.\u201d It is interesting that he has had 4 previous counselors. Our phone conversation indicated he had a number of problems and issues. I basically let him vent and listened. I picked up on some positives in his past work experiences, complimented him on a previous job and even asked him about his dream job. He finally calmed down and decided to return to DOR and start over with the counselor.\nSBT is a new way of looking at a client\u2019s problems in order to build a solution. As helpers who interview persons with disabilities, it is important to understand the consumer\u2019s own description of why they came to see us. We traditionally have viewed problems from the idea that we need to solve the person\u2019s problem, but there is no single solution for every problem. In SFT we replace the focus on problems with a focus on the client\u2019s strengths. To date I have never experienced any challenge in applying SFBT. I haven\u2019t seen anyone who doesn\u2019t like SFT, so I think it is comfortable to incorporate.\nOur project consists of a presentation using Word Press blog and a weeklong Q and A discussion board. The goal is to promote better understanding of the theory and the application. We put together the description, history and background, application, and a one-page quick reference of SFBT. Please share with us ideas to include, and things to pay attention to, and so forth.\nMs. Fagan: A counselor needs to use empathy with respect, paraphrasing, complimenting, reinforcement, summarization and body language that demonstrates professionalism and caring to build up a trust with the client. We listen and are silent when necessary and used open-ended questions to promote a conversation about building a solution. The more action a client can take to create change, the more self-confidence will emerge.\nThe exception question might be the more difficult. To ask a client to explore a time in their life when no problem existed may be problematical. I think it could be helpful to go back and assess the three types of clients, (visitor, complainant and the customer) before deciding how effective the exception question may be. The visitor may not acknowledge that a problem exists or be able to identify a specific goal with which to work. A complainant can probably identify the problem or solution but may not be willing to change. I believe the \u201ccustomer\u201d would be the easiest person with which to use the exception question. This particular person may be ready to recognize their problem and accept responsibility for any action that is needed to bring about change.\nHow can SFBT be used in real life situations as opposed to solely in the counseling sessions?\nMs. Fagan: SFBT can be used in daily situations. I know I have tried this with my daughter who lives in Colorado. She was experiencing some problems at work. I tried to focus the discussion on the positives, complimented her on what she was doing right, asked the exception question and hoped that she would be able to solve her own problem by thinking it through. Basically it is a good way to approach any problems by allowing a person to come up with their own solution.\nThank you for sharing your experience and insights with us!\nAn interview with Pauline Pina:\na) What\u2019s your definition of SFBT? b) Do you have a certain format or procedure in practicing SFBT? c) Also, how do you approach SFBT with your clients? d) How do you get them on board with SFBT instead of them expecting all of the answers from their counselor?\nMs. Pina: a) SFBT is a counseling process that helps a person to find their own solutions to their problems.\nb) I will begin by greeting them and thanking them for meeting with me. I may ask, \u201cHow can I help you, and listen with empathy, and begin the process of building rapport. Second I ask open-ended questions that will help gain more information about the problem. For example, (Tell me why you believe that your employer is going to fire you and you think you should quit your job? What else happened? So you\u2019re telling me you would like to keep your job and you don\u2019t want to quit or get fired. What would need to happen so you can keep your job). I will repeat back what the person said, they see that I am listening, and it helps to clarify, and helps the person to come up with ideas to solve their problems.\nc) Well, we are helping the person to tell their stories about their experiences. You build on their stories to find exceptions when the behavior or problem is not happening, it happens naturally with practice. I found that in asking the miracle question, you could see change in the person\u2019s behavior. It may be their postures, a smile, talk more, and just being relaxed. The person may have several needs and you figure out how to help them identify and prioritize what is important. This helps you work with them to identify goals and homework. It is also important to provide praise and reinforcement to foster positive change.\nd) I use the scaling questions (0-10) to see how motivated or overwhelmed they are with the situation. The person may rate themselves at a 5. Then I may ask the person what it will take to get to a 5-7, look for exceptions in the person stories. This is important in helping build more successful outcomes. Use Exception, Amplify, Reinforce, and Start again.\nMs. Pina: I personally believe that SFBT will work for every person. The questions are individualized to meet the person\u2019s individual needs.\nMs. Pina: I personally like all the steps of SFBT. In the beginning I had most difficulty with exceptions, but with practice the exceptions came more naturally. I think the hardest part may be stopping for a break, just because of time constraints at work. If you are able to take breaks, it helps with additional insight from peers or your supervisor. SFBT is a counseling process that complements the work we do in VR.\nMs. Pina: I think the reference page is a good idea. I would love to see a copy. I used index cards to help me and would review the cards before I met with my clients. I think it is important for us counselors to pay attention to the questions we ask as well as our behavior and not to judge people. We all have our own ideas and values about things, but we should not judge our clients. In asking questions and responding to the person, we need to treat people respectfully.\nMs. Pina: I have used SFBT in team building skills at trainings by setting up SF guidelines for each group/team to follow. Staff worked in a group together. In each group there was a facilitator who had SFBT training and understood the process. The employees identified problems that they wanted to solve as a group. They prioritized problems as a group, and we followed the process to solve the problems. It worked out very well. Exceptions were identified by groups and so on. The feedback from everyone was positive. I have used SF with my counselors when they come and ask me about a case. I ask how I can help them and listen and paraphrase, so your saying, I ask them to tell me what they would do, and so on. They already know the answers. I provide compliments and start again.\nThank you for taking the time to answer our questions. Your insightful comments are much appreciated!\nE. SFBT Handout\nFiled under: E. SFBT Handout \u2014 solutiontherapy @ 11:53 am\nSFBT Hand-Out\nThe key concepts of SFBT consist of the following major shifts to depart from traditional psychotherapy that sought after constructing solutions from problem descriptions and speculating on causality.\nThe three types of client-therapy relationships:\nVisitor is the client who comes to therapy because someone else considers that the client has a problem.\nComplainant is the client who expresses a problem, however, is unable or unwilling to assume a role in establishing a solution.\nCustomer is the client who is in cooperation with the therapist to identify a problem and a solution to work forward.\nSFBT has designed different strategies to approach clients at different relationship stages. The visitor-complainant-customer relationships alter before, within, and between sessions. SFBT is doing what works and what is best for clients.\nSFBT applicational techniques and questions:\nException Questions. The therapist asks the client to think of a time in their life when the particular problems did not exist or less problamatic for them.\nMiracle Questions. Asking miracle questions help the client envision how the future will be different when the problem is no longer present.\nScaling Questions. Scaling is a tool to identify useful differences for the client and may assist in establishing goals.\nCoping Questions. Coping questions are supportive and start to challenge and shift the focus away from the problem-focused narratives.\nIf it does not work, stop doing it, and do something else.\u201d\n(Bannink, 2007).\nYou may access and print a copy of SFBT Handout at Shared Docs Area.\nF. Reference & Resource\nFiled under: F. Reference & Resource \u2014 solutiontherapy @ 11:51 am\n\u00a7 References & Resources:\nAnzald\u00faa, G. E. \u201cLa Prieta.\u201d This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color. Ed. Cherr\u00ede L. Moraga and Gloria E. Anzald\u00faa. Berkeley: Third Woman Press, 2002. 220-33.\nThis essay is written by Gloria Anzaldua, a prominent Latina writer in the fields of Women\u2019s Studies and Critical Race Theory. She describes growing up as \u201cthe Dark One,\u201d or \u201cLa Prieta\u201d in her family. She describes how it feels to be labeled and categorized by others.\nBannink, F. P. (2007). Solution-focused brief therapy. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 37, 87-94. doi:10.1007/s10879-006-9140-y\nThis paper provides an overview on SFBT. It discusses the history, theoretical background, and the comparison with traditional psychotherapy. It also points out that SFBT is a form of cognitive behavior therapy. This article provides us with the preamble idea for our presentation.\nBurke, H. and Schroerluck, D. Solution-Focused Brief Therapy. California Institute of Integral Studies, 2009.\nThis paper was provided to us by Hillary Burke who presented her findings on SFBT at a conference. The paper describes the basic foundations and applications of SFBT.\nCorcoran, J., Pillai, V. A Review of the Research on Solution-Focused Therapy. British Journal of Social Work. Oxford:Mar 2009. Vol. 39, Iss. 2, p. 234-242.\nThis article focuses on a review of the research being done in SFBT. It discusses findings by proponents and critics of SFBT. A discussion is also presented on how SFBT can and is being used in social work.\nCorey, G. (2009). Theory and practice of counseling and psychotherapy (8th ed.). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole \u2013 Thomson Higher Education.\nChapter 13 of our text describes the foundations and applications of SFBT and how the theory is used in counseling.\nDeJong, P., &Berg, I. K. (2008). Interviewing for solutions, 3rd ed. Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole.\nThis book goes in-depth into SFBT\u2019s practices. It discusses how to interview clients by using SFBT approaches.\nDermer, S. B., Hemesath, C. W., Russell, C. S.\nA FEMINIST CRITIQUE OF SOLUTION-FOCUSED THERAPY. American Journal of Family Therapy; Jul-Sep98, Vol. 26 Issue 3, p239-250.\nThis article discusses SFBT from a feminist standpoint. It points out both uses and limitations for SFBT in accordance with feminist views.\nDe Shazer, S. (1988). Clues: Investigating solutions in brief therapy. New York: Norton.\nThis book discusses the formation, approach, techniques, and application of SFBT.\nEgan, G. (2007). The Skilled Helper (8th ed.). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole \u2013 Cengage Learning.\nChapter 11 of this textbook discusses the viewpoints and relationship between clients and helpers in practicing SFBT.\nMcKeel, J. (1996). A selected review of research of solution-focused brief therapy. Retrieved December 3, 2009 from\nhttp://www.sft-l.sikt.nu/Review%20McKeel.htm\nA review and research on the effectiveness of SFBT application.\nStalker, C., Levene, J., & Coady, N. (1999). Solution-focused brief therapy\u2013one model fits all?. Families in Society, 80(5), 468-477. Retrieved from Academic Search Premier database.\nThis article serves to critique SFBT. It discusses the idea of SFBT being seen as a \u201cone size fits all\u201d philosophy. The authors discuss how narrow of a scope SFBT is when viewed from the \u201cone size fits all\u201d standpoint.\nTrepper, T., Dolan, Y., McCollum, E., & Nelson, T. (2006). STEVE DE SHAZER AND THE FUTURE OF SOLUTION-FOCUSED THERAPY. Journal of Marital & Family Therapy, 32(2), 133-139. Retrieved from Academic Search Premier database.\nThis article goes in-depth and into great detail about the history, background, and theory of SFBT. The article discusses the lives of the founders and how SFBT has been shaped by the founders as well as other therapists.\nVisser, C. (2004). Solution-focused change: Interview with Insoo Kim Berg. Retrieved January 18, 2010 from http://www.oplossingsgerichtveranderen.nl/interviewInsooKimBerg.pdf\nYalom, V. (2003). An interview with Insoo Kim Berg, LCSW. Retrieved December 3, 2009 from\nA. Welcome & Introduction", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 193, "original_length": 39010, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 325.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://sonic.fandom.com/wiki/Knuckles_the_Echidna_(Dark_Mobius)", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:14Z", "digest": "sha1:TWGTGDUPM5ZWU37KVAUE7J4MYJUBIUDD", "length": 23080, "nlines": 59, "source_domain": "sonic.fandom.com", "title": "Knuckles the Echidna (Dark Mobius) | Sonic News Network | FANDOM powered by Wikia", "raw_content": "Pre-Super Genesis Wave characters, Material from Mobius Encyclopedia, Knuckles' counterparts,\nDark Mobius\nKnuckles the Echidna (Dark Mobius)\nFor other uses of the term, see Knuckles (disambiguation).\nSir Knuckles of the House of Edmund\nJulie-Su (Common-law wife)\nJani-Ca (daughter)\nGuardian of Angel Island\nMobian/Echidna\nGolden armor with faceplate\nGold and black bands on dreadlocks\nMassive gold claws on the backs of hands\nCrimson cape\nKnuckles the Echidna (born day 251, 3220)[1] is a character that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog comic series and its spin-offs published by Archie Comics. He was the alternate version of Knuckles the Echidna from Dark Mobius. In his Zone, Knuckles was originally a Guardian who became corrupted with Chaos power, becoming an incarnation of Enerjak. He eventually conquered the planet, with only a few left free to oppose him. Enerjak uses his powers to extract Cores from his victims, using them to create Prelates forced to serve him. Bored with controlling the world and no worthy challenges over the decades, Enerjak desired to conquer other realities, but found himself first having to contend with the time-traveler Silver in a tremendous showdown before he could move on to the Multiverse.\nFor the most part, Knuckles appears fully enclosed by his Enerjak armor, with only his dreadlocks visible from underneath his helmet. Upon losing his powers and Enerjak status to Jani-Ca, his age was apparently accelerated to the point that he became wrinkled and decrepit. While he retains his left eye, his right eye has been replaced with a cybernetic implant that features a red iris on a black sclera.\nKnuckles' early history was most likely largely the same as his Mobius Prime counterpart's. The point at which things differed was during his time as Chaos Knuckles, during his attempt to reunify the Dark Legion with the citizens of Echidnaopolis. In this reality, there was no Lara-Su from an alternate future to try to save Knuckles. Regardless, Knuckles jumped in front of an attack on Dimitri, similar to his Prime counterpart; however, this version of Knuckles thought differently about the events that had taken place.[2]\nKnuckles' descent\nThe meeting between Dimtri, the High Council of Echidnaopolis, and the Mitre went well, even though the assassination attempt still happened. The Dark Legion was peacefully welcomed back into society, but Knuckles noted the talks went on while he recovered on the floor, using his \"death\" as a point of debate. At this, Knuckles thought the wrong people were in charge and that as Guardian, he was better suited to the task to make changes with his power and training.[2]\nOver time, Knuckles felt the peace Dimitri brokered was a farce since the former Legion and original citizens were still divided. He then took over the Dark Legion and absolved the High Council to simplify things and unify the entire populace under him. To show his sincerity to the old legionnaires that he wanted to bridge the gap, Knuckles replaced his right eye with a cybernetic implant, but wondered why those around him disagreed with his decisions. He began to think about how whenever he did something right, everyone said he was foolish, starting with his attack on Sonic and Tails when they first came to Angel Island, his use of the powers his father gave him, and the current situation.[2]\nKnuckles then believed Sonic was just jealous of him for taking out Dr. Eggman in an instant when he had been trying to for years, simply wishing he was as powerful as Knuckles. He found the Brotherhood was getting restless too, as he had to put Spectre through a wall after the unification with the former legion, which he then reconsidered as his Dark Legion since he was leading them to set things right across Mobius. It was at that point Knuckles felt that if the Brotherhood and old his friends would not be part of the solution, then he would treat them like part of the problem.[2]\nEventually, Julie-Su left Knuckles, and though he tried to mask it as just another betrayal, this hurt him a lot. He didn't understand, as she had been with him on integrating the Dark Legion and vaporizing Eggman, and thought it was because he had been away from her, trying to make Mobius a better place. He felt she would surely understand he was a busy Guardian, as fighting everyone for progress took its toll and even the Legion was wearing on him. At the same time, he thought maybe it was due to her getting round across the middle, though she was still beautiful to him regardless of if she put on a few pounds. For all the power at his command, Knuckles was completely oblivious to Julie-Su's pregnancy, choosing to look for her after he had quelled the resistance.[2]\nStrained from trying to bring order to Mobius as time passed, Knuckles would attempt to rest and strengthen his second-sight in his chambers, until one day when Remington surprised him with a bomb. However, Knuckles was powerful enough by this time that the explosion did nothing to him, and he realized he was officially on his own. Julie-Su ran off with his daughter somewhere, and the Chaotix had openly turned on him. His spies were inept, the Dark Legion showed signs of dissent, and he fought most of his battles alone, though that did not seem too bad to Knuckles, as fighting entire armies single-handedly was about the only fun he had anymore. In light of this, he believed \"Guardian\" was too small a title in scope as he was fixing the entire world, and his kind of power & vision needed a better title. As his hubris grew, it betrayed him, and Knuckles took on the name of \"Enerjak\", intending to create his image of a hero for Mobius. With this, Knuckles finally succumbed to the will of the evil spirit that slowly corrupted him for years through his incredible power, and ultimately took hold because of Knuckles' now massive ego.[2]\nAfter becoming corrupted by his own increasing power, he took on the title of Enerjak. With the Dark Legion and their capitol city of Nekronopolis under his command, his conquest spread to the rest of the world. He became so powerful that at one point, he was outnumbered by hundreds of G.U.N.'s warships and single-handedly sent their fleets to the bottom of the sea. It was known as Operation: Night Fire and was lead by that universe's version of Commander Abraham Tower, the chief executive of the Guardian Units of the Nations. The objective was a pre-emptive strike against the perceived threat of the individual known as \"Enerjak.\" The aggressive moves by Enerjak and his forces, the Dark Legion, were likely to threaten the sovereignty of the United Federation's city-states within the next two years. The operation was to remove the threat of Enerjak, disrupt the Dark Legion's ability to wage war, and slow attempts by the Dark Legion to recover from its losses. It's forces consisted of G.U.N. Navy, G.U.N. Air Force, and Team Dark. The Operation Synopsis was as follows: A G.U.N.N. rendezvous within firing range of Angel Island at 0500 hours, G.U.N.A.F. beginning assault on Angel Island's surface while Team Dark is inserted and moves to the Hidden Palace Zone to secure the Master Emerald at 0530 hours, Enerjak arriving and beginning his counter-assault with a delay being attributed to intelligence that he was based in Soumerca at the time of the attack at 0545 hours, the entirety of G.U.N.A.F. forces were destroyed at 0550 hours, the entirety of G.U.N.N. forces were destroyed at 0555 hours, Team Dark reported all resistance in Hidden Palace Zone had been neutralized at 0600 hours, and finally, Team Dark reported the Master Emerald was secured with that report being immediately followed-up with reports that they had engaged Enerjak at 0615 hours. That was the last communication with Team Dark.[2][3][4]\nA third of G.U.N.'s military was lost, their premier special operations unit was lost, and aggressive behavior was expected to increase. Commander Tower reported all of this to the President of the United Federation, and it was with great shame that he had to report it was an unmitigated disaster. At that juncture he recommended a political approach where in the United Federation publicly branded the attack as unsanctioned and to paint himself as a rogue agent while he took the role of the scapegoat and, hopefully, bore the brunt of Enerjak's retaliation rather than the rest of the nation. He finished his report with his sincerest apologies.[2]\nWhile all of this was going on, the Dark Freedom Fighters, lead by Julie-Su and Lara-Su, were developing plans of their own. Sally Acorn was out looking for the Sword of Acorns and making alliances, but Sonic the Hedgehog had another plan, which he discussed in a letter to her to let her know what was going on. Although he did not trust Mammoth Mogul, he believed that he also wanted to stop Knuckles, and so they formed an alliance. Amy Rose and Tails already had leads on a couple of the Chaos Emeralds, and, with Mogul's help, they planned to get all seven together in a couple of weeks. They succeeded in obtaining the seven gems, and Sonic was able to become Super Sonic. In the end, Enerjak took the Chaos Emeralds so that his power would remain unrivaled, and he soundly crushed his opponents, including Super Sonic.[2][3][4]\nEventually, Julie-Su had fallen during a raid, and Lara-Su began her search for the Sword of Acorns. Enerjak sank Downunda during his conquest because he either knew of the Sword of Acorns that was on the continent or the Freedom Fighters' plan to use it to drain his powers. He then used his powers to extract Cores from his victims, creating Prelate soldiers and used them to combat the Last Freedom Fighters. As time passed however, he desired new challenges to keep his interest, and began to send his Prelates to scout other realities and locate ones that would prove entertaining for him to conquer.[2][3][4]\nDark Enerjak gloats, from Sonic Universe #25.\nWhen Prelate-V arrived in 3437 P.X.E., it was followed back by Silver the Hedgehog. Watching upon a jewel-shaped screen from his lair filled with husks of his former enemies, Enerjak observed Silver fighting for his life and seemed rather intrigued by the hedgehog's psychokinetic abilities as he finished extracting the core of his latest victim, Remington.[5] Once the hedgehog met and joined up with the remaining resistance members, he became even more enthralled in Silver's unique abilities and his story of coming from the future. Ultimately, Enerjak grew bored of the Freedom Fighters from this zone, who he had been using to entertain himself until then, and he proceeded to finally attempt to rid himself of them once and for all.[3]\nApproaching the hideout of the Freedom Fighters, which he apparently already knew of, he used his Chaos based powers to lift up the building. Once the Freedom fighters emerged, Enerjak used his powers again to stop and hold them in place, but they broke free after Silver overcame these powers and landed everyone to safety. Deciding to humor his opponents' bravado, Enerjak then summoned the cores of several Chaotix members to create Prelates and give the rebels a \"fair fight.\" He also summoned Prelate-JS using the core of Jani-Ca's mother which he had been saving for a \"special occasion,\" inciting the fury of the rebels' leader. During the battle, a large piece of rubble was tossed at Enerjak, which he easily broke apart with a single punch; however, it was a distraction with Silver waiting behind the rubble to trap Enerjak in mid-air using his own psychokinetic powers. Enerjak instead broke free of the hedgehog's hold and knocked him to the ground with ease, telling Silver that he had arrived just in time to witness his final victory over the Freedom Fighters.[3]\nEnerjak soon revealed to Silver why he sent his Prelate to Silver's time. His comment of whether or not Silver's world would have more \"fun\" beings like him only enraged the young hedgehog, causing him to rip up the top of the tower he stood upon; Enerjak easily recovered and smashed through the rubble. He then casually watched as the Freedom Fighters systematically destroyed the Prelates and Silver grabbed the resulting Cores, wondering why Jani-Ca still resisted him. He eventually applauded the rebels for their entertaining show of \"such violence and drama.\" In response to Silver's taunt, Enerjak charged straight through the team, taking back his Prelates' Cores, and began adding the Freedom Fighters' to his collection one-by-one after Silver was smashed into the pavement and incapacitated. With only Lara-Su left, he taunted her about how she had become such a strong woman and how she had attempted to go back in time to save him once. During this, Silver broke loose from his confines, and attempted to strike the demi-god with a massive concrete fist; delighted at the promise of a terrific battle, Enerjak smashed through the fist and charged at Silver, thanking his young challenger for \"giving this world the flashy ending it deserves.\"[4]\nCharging at each other, Silver, in a rage, threw large pieces of rubble at Enerjak, who easily disintegrated them. Asking if it was his turn now, Enerjak resumed his charge at Silver, who then used his powers to throw him through the face of his statue and off of Angel Island. Remarking that he was rather fond of the statue, Enerjak said that throwing him was nothing compared to him hitting Silver with the island, which he then did, much to Silver's shock. Enerjak then proceeded to summon an army of Prelates, which nearly overwhelmed Silver had it not been for Jani-Ca coming to his rescue. With Jani-Ca fighting the Prelates, Silver turned his attention back to Enerjak. Enerjak would then be trapped by Silver in a psychokinetic bubble and be dragged across the entire island by him before Silver would throw him at the island itself. Though Silver assumed that he had killed him, Enerjak would unexpectedly reappear behind him and remark how \"rude\" it was of Silver to scuff his helmet. Enerjak would then throw Silver against the pavement and mock him for not being powerful or skilled enough to stand against him. As Enerjak was about to strike the final blow, Silver, recalling a number things he was told by Mammoth Mogul and Edmund, realized that he would be unable to match Enerjak in power and instead began using his psychokinesis to redirect Enerjak's chaos energy blasts back him.[6]\nKnuckles loses his powers to Jani-Ca, from Sonic Universe #28.\nEnraged, Enerjak would keep attacking Silver blast after blast, which Silver would keep on deflecting whilst remarking that Enerjak could still fix a lot of the damage he had caused. Enerjak, however, remarked that the only mistake he had made was not having crushed Silver sooner, and began charging at him. However, Jani-Ca would suddenly jump in front of Silver, stun Enerjak with the Sword of Acorns' magic, and recite a variant of Tikal's Prayer to drain his power in a flash of light. As the light faded, Enerjak was reduced to a withered, old man and Jani-Ca, unexpectedly, had become the next Enerjak. Knuckles would attempt to convince Jani-Ca to give him back a little of his power, claiming that she had taken too much, supposedly so that he could get back on his feet and help her rebuild. However, Jani-Ca did not fall for his deception and destroyed the sword so that he would never be able to regain his powers. As Silver started departing, Jani-Ca gave him her word as Guardian that she would use her powers to restore her world, remaining hopeful that she could restore Knuckles as well, to which Silver wished her good luck before disappearing in a flash of light.[6]\nMentoring Jani-Ca\nNow as Enerjak, Jani-Ca began to think about how to repair the damage to Mobius and decided to first restore the cores to their owners. Knuckles, now a withered man, traveled to his former abode along with his daughter, the Citadel where the prelates came from. She felt it was still too soon to forgive him or regard him as her father again, but she brought him with her as her only source of insight. Knuckles gave her guidance and instructed her to sit. She hesitated at first, but then she sat down and extended her will resulting in the ceiling vanishing with the entire height of the spire. Every victim who had fallen to Enerjak was revealed to her.[2]\nSurveying all of the sad and frightened looking figures preserved by the magic that had robbed them of their cores, Jani-Ca stopped on one man in particular. Knowing him only through his legendary evil, she asked Knuckles if it was Dr. Eggman, as she thought he had been vaporized. Knuckles confirmed it was Eggman, explaining he was not in complete control of his power then, and it took a great deal of experimentation to restore him since the doctor was the first person he stole a core from. Knuckles told her that the bodies were all preserved as far as he knew, but he never restored a core to someone. She found herself not knowing where to begin or even how.[2]\nAfter Knuckles asked her, Jani-Ca confirmed that she planned to restore all the cores to their original bodies, but to herself she murmured that she would if she could figure out how. He warned her that it was a dangerous prospect, as he did not start collecting cores until he had mastered the power of Enerjak. If she were to do it wrong, the results would be unknown. She could destroy the body, the core, or both. A wan smile crossed his face. He told her that he could coach her in how to use the power; however, something so complex needed to be taught by example. As he mentioned sharing her powers with him, she silenced him with a baleful glare, and he shrunk back into the tattered remains of his robes and armor. Unbeknownst to him (unless, as the former Enerjak, he expected it), Jani-Ca felt a dark whisper in the back of her mind telling her to squash Knuckles and take the cores for herself, but she had grown up in the misery that kind of thinking had produced. She would not perpetuate it. She had to restore the cores and heal the world quickly before that whisper grew any louder.[2]\nKnuckles asked her who she would try to restore first. She did not know, and then he suggested her mother, only to add that she would not start with her because she would not want to risk botching it and losing her forever. She seethed, but he was right. She reluctantly nodded. He then suggested choosing Dr. Eggman, Finitevus, or any of the other villains who plagued the world before he conquered it, claiming that they would not be missed. She told him that she did not want any more sacrifices and that she was not losing anyone else to this nightmare he created. He told her that she would have to risk something eventually as it would be a waste of immortality to just float there and stare at the walls. She turned to one man in particular, Remington. She had come to realize she never really knew him. As a child, she hated him on the principle that he fought with her mother. As she grew up, she had been confused by his heroism. In the end she came to understand he had given everything to try to protect everyone. She said that he would probably volunteer for this if he knew it could save the world. She hoped she was right, and she hoped he could forgive her if she was wrong. She summoned up a core and offered it to the body, telling him to please wake up.[2]\nMad with power, Knuckles was rather secure in his hold over the world, believing that he was truly unstoppable. He seems to address former companions fondly, though this may also be a show of sadism and cruelty. He regards what little resistance he meets as little more than occasional annoyance or entertainment. He is especially intrigued by Silver the Hedgehog's psychokinetic ability.\nA virtual living Chaos Emerald, Enerjak is nigh-omnipotent. A master of the Chaos force, he can rip skyscrapers from their foundations with ease. He likely has all of the powers of the Enerjaks in Mobius Prime, only he wields them with much more experience and knowledge. He uses his power to forcefully remove the life force of his victims in the form of Cores, using them to create Prelate soldiers forced to serve him. His physical prowess allows him to break through concrete easily. He's also nearly invulnerable, shrugging nearly every attack thrown at him by Silver, even dragging around the entire planet and slamming him into Angel Island. The only thing that appears able to hurt is Silver redirecting his attacks at him.\nJulie-Su and Knuckles were once a couple, but she left him during his psychological descent while she was pregnant. Despite this, Knuckles apparently still cared for her to some degree, though apparently not enough to prevent him from removing her Core. However, he seems to have treasured her somewhat even after this event, retaining her Core for the \"special occasion\" of defeating their daughter.\nPayback Fox\nAt some point in the past, Payback Fox and Enerjak might have been a couple. It is possible that Payback was trying to play both sides or was trying to get close to the enemy.[2]\nWhile not stated directly until the online blogs and the Sonic the Hedgehog: The Complete Sonic Comic Encyclopedia, it was all but confirmed that this Enerjak is an alternate version of Knuckles. Silver almost stated this directly, remembering that Knuckles is the father of an alternate version of Jani-Ca. This also ties in with the information Julie-Su revealed in Sonic the Hedgehog #109.\nAnother hint that confirms this Enerjak is Knuckles is that his right eye is cybernetic, just like another future version of Knuckles.\nYet another hint is when Enerjak, in his rant, mockingly questioned Jani-Ca about how she went in time to save him.\nEnerjak's reasoning for not destroying the Freedom Fighters sooner, was because their efforts \"amused\" him; Eggman gave exactly the same reason to Sonic during the Destruction of Knothole.\nThe full story of Knuckles' transformation was intended to be revealed in the story Mobius: 20 Years Later, but it was revealed in Sonic Universe #26 that the chaos absorption led to his transformation into Enerjak.\nThis version of Knuckles, in his Dark Enerjak persona, was featured on the cover of Sonic the Hedgehog: The Complete Sonic Comic Encyclopedia.\nArtwork of Knuckles as Dark Enerjak, by Tracy Yardley.\n\u2191 Sonic the Hedgehog #112, \"Sega Data File 2: Knuckles the Echidna\"\n\u2191 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 Dark Mobius - Knuckles' Descent\n\u2191 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Sonic Universe #26, \"Fractured Mirror Part Two: Warped Reflections\"\n\u2191 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Sonic Universe #27, \"Fractured Mirror Part Three: Shattered\"\n\u2191 Sonic Universe #25, \"Fractured Mirror Part One: Through the Looking Glass\"\n\u2191 6.0 6.1 Sonic Universe #28, \"Fractured Mirror The Finale: Picking up the Pieces\"\nKnuckles (Dark Mobius) at Mobius Encyclopaedia, the Archie Sonic wiki.\nRetrieved from \"https://sonic.fandom.com/wiki/Knuckles_the_Echidna_(Dark_Mobius)?oldid=1989286\"\nKnuckles' counterparts", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 319, "original_length": 27119, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 331.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://springfieldwritersguild.org/2018/10/09/october-2018-speaker/?shared=email&msg=fail", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:29Z", "digest": "sha1:IJ34YZOC27BBCCEDGNCPQQDMIFSSNOUR", "length": 506, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "springfieldwritersguild.org", "title": "October 2018 Speaker | Springfield Writers' Guild", "raw_content": "\u2190 September 2018 Speaker\nNovember 24, 2018 Meeting \u2192\nLori Copeland is a popular best-selling author of both contemporary and Christian historical fiction. She has published over a hundred books since she began writing in 1982. Lori is a Springfield resident, where she lives with her husband, Lance, three sons, three daughters-in-law, seven grandchildren\u2013and scattered about the states, six great grandchildren.\nLori\u2019s Women of Faith title, \u201cStranded in Paradise\u201d is now a Hallmark Channel Original Movie.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 155, "original_length": 5112, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 207.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://springhillhomepage.com/buckner-road-and-i-65-interchange-project-ready-to-commence-with-first-phase/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:15Z", "digest": "sha1:WXDDD2AVCJUCCGRCZU732HGO3YYT2EEA", "length": 3153, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "springhillhomepage.com", "title": "Buckner Road and I-65 Interchange project ready to commence with first phase - Spring Hill Home Page", "raw_content": "Buckner Road and I-65 Interchange project ready to commence with first phase\nPHOTO: City documents show the design of the new \u201cdiverging diamond\u201d interchange. / Photo courtesy of the city of Spring Hill\nThe long awaited interchange at Buckner Lane and I-65, significantly improving connectivity between Spring Hill and the interstate, will officially begin its first phase after entering an agreement with Volkert Inc. on Monday night.\nDuring the specially-called meeting Monday night, city leaders also voted to partner with the state on the project, seeing it as the only feasible way to meet the grant\u2019s deadlines.\nAfter the city was awarded a $25 million grant for the project in December, with Spring Hill being the only city in the state to be awarded the grant, as well as being only one of 12 cities in the nation to receive the full amount of $25 million, discussions were immediately put into place between city officials and the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT).\nOriginally, Spring Hill city staff were under the impression that in order to utilize the grant money, they would need to enter an agreement with the state by September 20, 2020. After further discussions, it was learned that the city would actually have to be ready for the fifth and final phase of the project, the construction phase, by that date.\nWere the city not to be ready for construction by late 2020, the $25 million would be revoked, and the lingering effects of losing the grant would be \u201cdevastating,\u201d according to City Administrator Victor Lay. He said if this were to happen, the city would likely never be considered for grant money again.\nAfter learning as much, the city was quick to call the meeting to begin the first phases of development.\nThe project is ultimately split into five phases; environmental clearance, preliminary engineering, right-of-way design, utility coordination, and lastly, construction. Volkert Inc., a private engineering and environmental consulting firm, was chosen to perform the first two phases of development for approximately $1.4 million. The process is estimated to take around 18 months.\nIn partnering with TDOT on the project, the city anticipates the next two phases, right-of-way design and utility coordination, to be able to be completed before the deadline of September 20, 2020. After that, the construction phases will finally begin.\nThe $25 million certainly puts a dent in the cost of the project, but it\u2019s total cost is still approximately $48 million. Mayor Rick Graham said last month that in order to ensure the project meets its required deadlines, that residents are likely to see a rise in property taxes. He did not specify the amount.\nThe city voted Monday to enter an agreement that would pay Volkert Inc. a lump sum of $1,345,000 for its environment and preliminary engineering services. It will also pay the firm an additional $55,000 for design services. The design services will be paid for through the city\u2019s traffic impact fee fund.\nPrevious : OBITUARY: Wayne Charles Baker\nNext : Williamson County legislators tell chamber they want to change school funding and improve infrastructure", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 149, "original_length": 6698, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 169.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://springhillhomepage.com/more-than-37-million-to-be-paid-to-spring-hill-gm-workers-this-month-from-profit-sharing/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:24Z", "digest": "sha1:OGS73CQ4J5J254C5WNAMZDCTXBD7L4QA", "length": 4257, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "springhillhomepage.com", "title": "More than $37 million to be paid to Spring Hill GM workers this month from profit sharing - Spring Hill Home Page", "raw_content": "More than $37 million to be paid to Spring Hill GM workers this month from profit sharing\nGeneral Motors had a strong performance in 2018, reporting on Wednesday an adjusted income, before interest and taxes, of $10.8 billion in North America.\nAs part of an ongoing agreement between General Motors and the United Automobile Workers (UAW), the company has announced that 46,500 of its hourly employees will receive up to $10,750 this month as their share of the company\u2019s profits, with the majority of the 3,500 employees at the General Motors plant in Spring Hill receiving the full amount.\nChairman of the Spring Hill chapter of the UAW, Mike Herron, said this announcement was \u201ca very good thing,\u201d and commended his fellow workers for their stellar performance over the years.\n\u201cThis is a result of two things; one of them is the hard work from the UAW team members at this plant and across the nation that build high quality vehicles everyday and made this profitability possible,\u201d Herron said. \u201cThe other thing is the collective bargaining process that the UAW has utilized to make sure that there is a profit sharing program which allows for the team members [to] have the ability to be able to share in the profits that they\u2019ve helped create.\u201d\nSince 2011, employees of General Motors have received a portion of the company\u2019s profits on an annual basis. Based on the current profit sharing contract, which is set to expire this year, hourly employees receive $1,000 for every $1 billion General Motors makes in North America.\nEach employee will only receive a percentage of that $1,000 based on annual hours worked, with 1,850 hours netting employees the full $1,000. In this case, the company netted $10.8 billion in 2018, resulting in the maximum profit sharing payout of $10,750 \u2013 which Herron said will be awarded to the majority of workers at the Spring Hill plant.\n\u201cThe folks that I represent, that we collectively bargain for, a majority of those folks had worked 1,850 hours and will receive the $10,750,\u201d Herron said. \u201cThe only exceptions to that would be the [temporary workers] and the supply base.\u201d\nWhile Herron was thrilled with the news, he said he believes everyone who had helped General Motors last year \u2013 suppliers, temporary workers, and others \u2013 should be sharing in the company\u2019s spoils.\n\u201cIf I had one regret in this whole process, it\u2019s the fact that we have a lot of suppliers that helped create this profit and have done a fantastic job, and we\u2019ve had some temporary workers that also helped create the profit,\u201d Herron said. \u201cThey\u2019re part of our team, and they need to be commended. We couldn\u2019t do what we do without them.\u201d\nThe profit sharing has even more benefits, Herron said, beyond rewarding the Spring Hill plant\u2019s workers and their families for their work. Ultimately, Herron said, this will have a major impact on the Spring Hill community at large.\n\u201cIf you own a business in this community, and having that kind of money that is disposable income in the hands of the workers, they\u2019re going to spend some of it,\u201d Herron said. \u201cPeople are going to spend some of that, [and] that puts millions [of dollars into Spring Hill]. We\u2019ve got 3,500 workers here in this plant, and if you figure the majority of those people are getting $10,000 checks, that\u2019s a good thing for our community, [and] that\u2019s a good thing for our economy.\u201d\nThe majority of Spring Hill General Motors employees will receive their $10,750 profit sharing check on Feb. 22, with millions of that likely to pour back into the community\u2019s businesses. The concept of profit sharing is also something Herron believes should be expanded to other companies, arguing that a collective incentive for a particular company to succeed can only do good.\n\u201cThe good thing about profit sharing, is it focuses everybody in the company on making a profit,\u201d Herron said. \u201cWhether you turn the lights off, or whether you come up with an idea on how to save money, everybody knows that that will make profits for the company, which ultimately, you\u2019re going to go ahead and share. It\u2019s ownership mentality, versus just being used.\u201d\nPrevious : Franklin Rebels rally in another close battle with Summit\nNext : Registration open for Williamson County women, coed volleyball leagues", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 149, "original_length": 7813, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 179.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://springhillhomepage.com/the-big-payback-lines-up-local-nonprofits-for-sixth-annual-online-giving-event/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:56Z", "digest": "sha1:Z2EX23FZFNHDREXH2WORZHON3RZXZCI5", "length": 2809, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "springhillhomepage.com", "title": "The Big Payback lines up local nonprofits for sixth annual online giving event - Spring Hill Home Page", "raw_content": "The Big Payback lines up local nonprofits for sixth annual online giving event\nWith the deadline for registration just weeks away, hundreds of Middle Tennessee nonprofits already have registered for The Big Payback\u2019s annual 24-hour online giving day.\nThe Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee is bringing back The Big Payback for its sixth year on Thursday, May 2, after a record-breaking 2018 day that brought in nearly $3.2 million from 22,071 total gifts. Nonprofits \u2014 including schools and religious institutions \u2014 are encouraged to register now to participate at TheBigPayback.org.\nThe Big Payback is a community-wide online giving day designed to give the public the opportunity to pay back the nonprofits that make this a place we are proud to call home. Starting at midnight on May 2, we all have 24 hours to make donations to our choice of participating local nonprofits atTheBigPayback.org.\nIn its first five years, The Big Payback has helped Middle Tennessee nonprofits raise more than $12.5 million, with gifts making possible awareness of and solutions to the pressing needs in our community. Last year a record total of 902 Middle Tennessee nonprofits registered to participate in the giving day.\nThis year\u2019s Kickoff Training is set for 10 am-2 pm Thursday, Feb. 21 at Wilson County Expo Center, 945 E. Baddour Parkway in Lebanon. Interested organizations need to register by Feb. 15 at thebigpayback.org/events.\nOrganizations interested in participating in The Big Payback on Thursday, May 2 must register by March 28. Details can be found at TheBigPayback.org.\n\u201cThe Big Payback\u2019s slogan is \u2018Live Here. Give Here\u2019 and provides an easy and fun way for our community to show our local pride and give back,\u201d said Ellen Lehman, president of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.\n\u201cNonprofits do life-changing work every day across Middle Tennessee, and it\u2019s important we recognize the positive impact they have in our own backyards by supporting their efforts,\u201d Lehman continued. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to imagine where we\u2019d be without them and their work.\u201d\nGifts from the public will be boosted with additional grant prizes from sponsors of The Big Payback. Nonprofits once again will have the opportunity to earn for financial incentives, donations and additional prizes. An online leaderboard will track donations in real time.\nDonors will be able to view and select from participating organizations based on location and focus area, such as animals, education, health, and the arts. Donors can support multiple organizations and make gifts of any size, from $10 and up.\nThere is no cost for nonprofits to participate.\nPrevious : Williamson County school board decides on a school-naming policy, will put to a vote at next meeting\nNext : BODY BALANCE WITH V: Are your shoes really working for you?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 147, "original_length": 6281, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 311.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://st-william.net/news/the-book-of-life-1", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:31Z", "digest": "sha1:C3CXP5SB3QBJT52JDKK7OHJSS2RG3XBS", "length": 412, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "st-william.net", "title": "The Book of Life - St. William Catholic Church - Murphy, NC", "raw_content": "The Book of Life is in the Commons on the Lectern outside the Sacristy for all to write the names of deceased family and friends. If you have previously inscribed names in the Book, you do not have to do it again. The Book will be on the altar the month of November, and those in the Book will be remembered at all Masses. November is a special month set aside to remember our loved ones who have gone before us.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 50, "original_length": 1759, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 110.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://staceywest.net/2018/04/14/they-played-for-both-port-vale/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:23:13Z", "digest": "sha1:5J5DCLV77MZW7NRFSYEK5QG35LSNOWZR", "length": 1409, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "staceywest.net", "title": "They played for both: Port Vale \u2013 The Stacey West", "raw_content": "April 14, 2018 Gary 1990-1999, 2000-2009, League Two, Lincoln City, Players, Port Vale 0\nI\u2019m probably on the way to Vale as you read this now, but in true Stacey West fashion I don\u2019t want to leave you too long without something to read.\nThere hasn\u2019t been a long and rich history with Vale in terms of past meetings, although those of a certain age will fondly recall a Tony Lormor brace securing a 2-2 draw there just months after they won the Autoglass Trophy in 1993.\nA 0-0 draw at the Bank, followed by extra time, eventually saw City win on away goals, bringing Everton to Sincil Bank. I think we all remember where we were when City almost shocked the Premier League giants, even Clive Nates!\nPort Vale were also briefly nicknamed Port Fail, for their failure to beat Barnet on the final day of the 2010/11 season. It was our own fault we went down, but had they come up trumps against Martin Allen\u2019s side we would have remained in the Football League. Despite the horror of those National league years, I wouldn\u2019t change a thing now, not if it meant missing out on the last two seasons of unbridled joy.\nAway from our matches against each other, I\u2019ve delved into the archive to find three players from our recent history who represented both sides. I hope you enjoy the look down memory lane where you\u2019ll find heroes, anti heroes and perhaps the greatest hero of them all.\nOn page two \u2013 an all-time hero", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 83, "original_length": 2744, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 272.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://staging.michaeljfox.org/understanding-parkinsons/living-with-pd/topic.php?driving&navid=driving", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:21Z", "digest": "sha1:C4TTHSJKNMMO4VDZTN7CBOHAKZRVHARJ", "length": 2289, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "staging.michaeljfox.org", "title": "Driving and Parkinson's Disease | Parkinson's Disease", "raw_content": "Can I still drive with Parkinson's disease?\nDriving encompasses several issues: Physical ability, legal permission, safety, the importance of independence. You will likely be able to drive safely and legally for several years, depending on your age and general physical condition. However, Parkinson's disease eventually affects reaction time, ability to handle multiple tasks, vision and judgment.\nA good way to gauge whether you should be behind the wheel is to ask yourself: If a loved one were my passenger, would I be risking that person's safety because of my Parkinson's disease? Also, be aware of others' reactions. If your spouse or child has commented negatively on your driving ability, or is visibly reluctant to be your passenger, check your ego at the door and carefully consider their concerns.\nAlpha-synuclein and Parkinson's Disease Anxiety and Depression with Parkinson's Disease Atypical Parkinsonism Causas de la enfermedad de Parkinson Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson's Disease Deep Brain Stimulation Dexterity and Parkinson's Disease Diet and Parkinson's Disease Dyskinesia Dystonia and Parkinson's Disease Exercise and Parkinson's Disease Fatigue and Parkinson's Disease Finding the Right Doctor or Motor Specialist GBA1 and Parkinson's Disease Genetics and Parkinson's Disease Government Benefits and Insurance LRRK2 and Parkinson's Disease Medications for Motor Symptoms Medications for Non-Motor Symptoms Parkinson's and Employment Parkinson's Disease Causes Parkinson's Disease Medications Parkinson's Disease Prognosis Parkinson's Disease Symptoms Parkinson's Disease Treatments Parkinson's Non-Motor Symptoms Parkinson's Support Groups Parkinson's Therapies in Development Pron\u00f3stico de la enfermedad de Parkinson RECENTLY APPROVED THERAPIES FOR PARKINSON'S Sexual and Reproductive Health with Parkinson's Sharing Your Parkinson's Diagnosis S\u00edntomas de la enfermedad de Parkinson Smell Loss and Parkinson's Disease Speech and Swallowing in Parkinson's Disease Stem Cells and Parkinson's Disease Therapies in Development - Disease-Modifying Therapies in Development - Motor Symptoms Therapies in Development - Non-motor Symptoms Young-Onset Parkinson's Disease\nAsk the MD: Driving and Parkinson's Disease\nWhen Parkinson's Disease is a 'Handicap You Can't See'", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 160, "original_length": 6045, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 296.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://standards.globalspec.com/std/1568039/asme-b89-1-9", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:01Z", "digest": "sha1:5NWRHLMVGWTIZB6I2FM7DUSARGXNL6XE", "length": 3656, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "standards.globalspec.com", "title": "ASME B89.1.9 - GAGE BLOCKS | Engineering360", "raw_content": "ASME B89.1.9\nThis Standard specifies the most important design and metrological characteristics of gage blocks with a rectangular or square cross-section and a nominal length ln ranging from 0.5 mm to 1 000 mm for metric sizes and 0.010 in. to 40 in. for inch sizes. It is not the intent of this Standard to preclude the use, by contractual agreement, of gage blocks of other shapes, grades or materials.\nLimit deviations and tolerances are stated for the calibration Grade K and for the Grades 00, 0, AS-1, and AS-2 for various measuring purposes.\nNOTE: To avoid confusing Grades 1 and 2 with previous definitions, the prefix \"AS\" for \"American Standard\" should be used for all sets using the grade tolerances in this Standard.\nNOTE: The characteristics of Grades K, 0, AS-1, and AS-2 are identical to those of the same name in ISO 3650: Gage Blocks, with the exception that in this Standard the length of the block is defined when measured in the vertical orientation. Grade 00 has been added to conform more closely to the current U.S. Standard (see section A1).\nThis Standard specifies the most important design and metrological characteristics of gage blocks with a rectangular or square cross-section and a nominal length \u03b9n ranging from 0.5 mm to 1 000 mm...\nThis Standard specifies the most important design and metrological characteristics of gage blocks with a rectangular or square cross-section and a nominal length ln ranging from 0.5 mm to 1 000 mm...\nASME Y14.5 - Dimensioning and Tolerancing\nPublished by ASME on March 27, 2009\nThis Standard establishes uniform practices for stating and interpreting dimensioning, tolerancing, and related requirements for use on engineering drawings and in related documents. 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The Election Results from the January 28, 2018 ANNUAL MEETING Warden: Frank Marchese Vestry for 3 years \u2013 Sharon Carr, John Smythe and Pat McCullough, Vestry for 2 years \u2013 Dominic Janney Vestry for 1 year \u2013 Lynn Warren Convocation \u2013 Jim\u2026\nMeet the Candidates for 2018 Annual Meeting\nBelow is the 2018 Annual Meeting Booklet that contains information of voting and Bio\u2019s and Pictures of candidates for Warden, Vestry, Delegates for Convocation and Delegates for Convention. Meeting is Sunday, January 28th after the 9am service. 2018 Annual Meeting\nFuneral for Alfred J. Horn\nObituary for Alfred J. Horn Alfred J. Horn, of Mt. Laurel, NJ, passed away on Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at Care One in Moorestown. He was 87. He was the son of the late Joseph and Victoria Horn. He was married to the late Ruth Smith, who predeceased him in\u2026\nSt. Andrew\u2019s Annual Meeting\nSt. Andrew\u2019s will hold its Annual Meeting on Sunday, January 28th. There will be ONE SERVICE at 9am with the meeting to follow in the Parish Hall.\nVestry Meeting for Monday, January 8th has been postponed to Tuesday, January 9th at 7pm\nThe Vestry Meeting for tonight, Monday, January 8th has been postponed due to the upcoming weather forecast. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 9th at 7pm.\nKris Carroll January 8, 2018 Breaking News @ StA-MH 0", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 207, "original_length": 5203, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 274.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://steeleroberts.co.nz/please-ask/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:43Z", "digest": "sha1:OSEF3UU57IOJR72GFLBBI3Q2Q44SFY32", "length": 271, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "steeleroberts.co.nz", "title": "If you can\u2019t find a book, please ask! \u2013 Steele Roberts Aotearoa", "raw_content": "Posted on 27 February 2015 18 April 2017 by Sarah Bolland\nIf you can\u2019t find a book, please ask!\nWelcome to our website! We\u2019ve published a large number of books over the years, and not all are on the website. If you can\u2019t find what you\u2019re looking for, please get in touch.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 1092, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 127.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://stephmarks.com/tag/listen/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:29Z", "digest": "sha1:RBDTRLVN6YJDANKK7PWLOJSTAIMRMHNJ", "length": 440, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "stephmarks.com", "title": "listen \u2013 Steph Marks", "raw_content": "Do YOU have a dream today?\nI have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: \u201cWe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.\u201d \u2014 Martin Luther King, Jr. Today we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King. The words of his \u201cI Have a Dream\u201d speech are etched deeply into the annals of this nation\u2019s history. 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It includes references to current pertinent state and federal legislation, case law, and sources essential to a proper understanding and command of insurance litigation in California.\n\u2022 The publication is a comprehensive guide to understanding the purpose of insurance, how it is regulated, interpreted and applied in California.\n\u2022 The publication addresses many of the major types of insurance coverages that are available on the market.\n\u2022 The publication is written in a way that makes it accessible to first time users or those unfamiliar with insurance issues, as well as in-depth analysis of critical issues needed by experienced practitioners.\n\u2022 The publication provides crucial insight into litigating insurance issues in California courts, both State and Federal.\n\u2022 The publication includes up-to-date, practitioner-developed forms and practice tips essential to the litigation of insurance disputes.\n\u2022 The publication explains, in easy-to-read fashion, the obligations of the parties to insurance contracts and the consequences faced by insureds and insurers should they fail to fulfill them.\n\u2022 This publication is superior to other insurance guides since it contains greater in depth analysis regarding the interpretation and application of insurance policies under California law. It provides more comprehensive practitioner-focused discussions of key coverage and litigation issues and their outcomes under California law. As such, it gives the reader a deeper understanding of how and why certain results have been reached and thus provides better guidance as to how and why certain results may be reached with regard to their issue(s). In addition, the publication includes up-to-date, practitioner-developed forms and practice tips essential to the litigation of insurance disputes, including extra-contractual claims. As a result, the publication provides a greater and more lasting educational benefit than other guides.\nNeil Selman\nEldon S. Edson\nSheryl W. Leichenger\nGregory Newman\nNeil Selman is a partner with Selman Breitman, a law firm with offices in California, Nevada, Washington, and Oregon. He specializes in insurance related matters, advising insurers on coverage matters, extra-contractual issues, business practices, underwriting issues, and the preparation of policy forms. He serves as litigation counsel and has represented clients in the trial and appellate courts of various states, the United States Court of Appeals in various circuits, and the California Supreme Court. His published decisions have helped to shape the law of insurance coverage in many jurisdictions. He constantly writes and speaks on insurance issues and is the author of Chapter 49 - \"Business General Liability Policies\" (as updated in 2008), California Insurance Law & Practice (Matthew Bender), as well as various articles published in scholarly and industry journals, newspapers, and websites. Mr. Selman is ranked by Chambers USA (\"Praised by sources for his strategic prowess in matters regarding construction, entertainment, professional liability, and first and third-party property casualty\") and is regularly selected as a Top 100 Lawyer in Southern California by Super Lawyers. He is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale Hubbell, and as reported in the Legal Media Expert Guides' Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers, Mr. Selman has been voted by in-house counsel and peers as one of the preeminent insurance & reinsurance practitioners in the world.\nView all products by Neil Selman (1)\nEldon Edson is a partner with Selman Breitman and is a member of the firm's Executive Committee. He specializes in the handling of complex insurance coverage and litigation matters, including the litigation of insurance coverage and related extra-contractual disputes, and commercial/business claims. Mr. Edson has extensive experience in state and federal trial and appellate courts, acting as lead counsel in major litigation throughout California and in other states. His litigation experience includes bench and jury trials, and all aspects of the appellate process, including oral argument before the courts of appeal. Mr. Edson has acted as lead appellate counsel in connection with numerous published decisions, including Amerisure Insurance Company v. National Surety Corporation, 695 F.3d 632 (7th Cir. 2012), North American Capacity Insurance Co. v. Claremont Liability Insurance Co (2009) 177 Cal. App. 4th 272 (Included in Mealey's Litigation Report: Insurance, \"Top Ten Most Important Insurance Coverage Decisions of 2009), Baroco West, Inc. v. Scottsdale Insurance Company (2003) 110 Cal. App. 4th 96, and Morris v. Blank (2001) 94 Cal. App. 4th 823. Mr. Edson regularly speaks at seminars and on panels regarding various legal topics and has served as a mediator for the Los Angeles Superior Court Mandatory Settlement Conference Pilot Project. He is consistently recognized by his peers as being among the top attorneys in Southern California, with recognition by Super Lawyers Magazine as one of Southern California's top lawyers every year from 2006 to the present, including a spot among the Top 100 attorneys.\nView all products by Eldon S. Edson (1)\nSheryl Leichenger is a partner with Selman Breitman, where she serves as a member of the firm's Executive Committee and as the managing partner of the firm's construction defect coverage department. She specializes in representing insurers in complex coverage disputes and litigation, including cases arising out of extra-contractual matters, construction matters, products liability, professional liability, and food liability. Ms. Leichenger has over two decades of experience representing clients in state and federal trial courts and appellate courts, having acted as lead counsel in major litigation throughout California and in other states. Ms. Leichenger holds an AV\u00ae Preeminent\u2122 rating by Martindale-Hubbell. She is consistently recognized by her peers as a top attorney in California, having been selected as a Southern California Super Lawyer annually since 2006. She has also been identified as one of the \"Top 50 Women\" Lawyers for the past several years. Ms. Leichenger is a Certified Public Accountant and frequently speaks at conferences as an expert on insurance coverage matters. Her published legal decisions include: Nat'l Football League v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co. (2013) 216 Cal. App. 4th 902; California Traditions v Claremont (2011) 197 Cal. App. 4th 410; Zurich American Ins. Co. v. Superior Court (2007)155 Cal. App. 4th 1485; North American Capacity Insurance Co. v. 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In the North of the country they and their students are also at risk of kidnap or murder at the hands of Boko Haram.\nThis is not however the discourse you will hear from the World Bank and other members of the 'international community' as they weep crocodile tears over the failure to provide education for all. 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In consideration of acceptance of this athletes participate form, I intending to legally bond, do hereby, for myself, the athletes, coaches, and administrators, waive, release and forever discharge any and all rights and claims for damages/injuries which may have or may hereafter accrue to the athletes against the Speed Legion Track and Field Club.\n*I/we agree with the above waiver information", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 6141, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.77, "perplexity": 58.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://termusa.com/life-insurance/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:10:19Z", "digest": "sha1:P76DXBII7XJFD4CLRENFK4UFZBVWJXBL", "length": 1917, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "termusa.com", "title": "Term Life Insurance - Term USA", "raw_content": "TermUSA has been providing term life insurance comparisons for more than 25 years and was one of the original online Term Life Insurance Shoppers in the early 1990\u2019s. Our clients have shopped for the lowest term life insurance rates with the best carriers, including Prudential, Transamerica, Protective, Lincoln, American General, Mass Mutual, American National, Banner Life, Axa/Equitable, North American, Assurity, and many more. Our goal has always been to provide the absolute best rate based on the client\u2019s personal profile\u2026.which company is the most competitive for those with medical issues such as build, diabetes, elevated blood pressure, family history of cancer or heart issues. Most companies are great when we\u2019re in great health\u2026.the Preferred-Plus rate class. Our goal is to find the right fit for those with less than perfect profiles. We also are offering the Bright Idea Dental plan with it\u2019s $5,000 annual maximum.\nAmount of Insurance Requested 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 300,000 350,000 400,000 450,000 500,000 550,000 600,000 650,000 700,000 750,000 800,000 850,000 900,000 950,000 1,000,000 1,100,000 1,200,000 1,300,000 1,400,000 1,500,000 1,600,000 1,700,000 1,800,000 1,900,000 2,000,000 3,000,000 4,000,000 5,000,000 Desired Term Length 5 Years 10 Years 15 Years 20 Years 25 Years 30 Years Date of Birth\nState Select Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington Washington D.C. 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A Lego table [\u2026]\n[Last Updated: Tuesday, January 15, 2019] The world is changing. Technology is advancing every single day. I can bet that in every 5 seconds, there probably one new gadget coming into the market. For instance, if we take a look back to 5 to 10 years ago, we have never heard of anything called smartwatch. [\u2026]\n[Last Updated: Wednesday, January 16, 2019] Wow! Time flies so fast. And it is now summer again! You may now think it is time to bring your kids to visit the beach. But too bad that it does not look kind of fun anymore since there are too crowded there. Yet on the bright side, [\u2026]\nFiled Under: Babies & Kids, Gardening & Around The House, Sports & Outdoors\n[Last Updated: Wednesday, January 16, 2019] We felt so proud of ourselves when we had our first baby. After five months, we decided to buy a walker for him. This was to facilitate his movement, keeping him busy, and even learn how to stand all by himself. However, this gadget came with some limitations: A [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 3399, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 282.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://thebettsden.com/2015/08/28/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:39Z", "digest": "sha1:4AE5DR7NGHTJF6DI7FVU67G5CLIVZJTO", "length": 3319, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "thebettsden.com", "title": "28 | August | 2015 | thebettsden", "raw_content": "The Man Who Could 2015-119\nThe man, who could, at one time, could not. It was a process and he lived through it and it became that which he did not ask for, but received anyhow.\nIt started with a simple prayer. He thought he would pray for something that was somewhat generic and he wanted to see what he received. He did not receive that which he asked for, but instead something far greater.\nHe had been watching the news on TV and listening to the horrors of the world that transpired on a regular basis. So, he asked for peace. I guess that was too broad of a request and the one he was praying too ignored that one, he thought.\nBut, what he did not realize that, as part of the prayer was an additional one that asked God for the ability to hear the anguished prayers of others. Why he asked for that ability he does not even remember, but it was so.\nHe got more than he wanted. Yes, he heard the prayers of others to God, but he heard ALL of them or many at least. God gave him the ability to hear others pray and at the beginning of most of the prayers, he heard the word God. That was the problem.\nHe was inundated with the prayers that began with things like, \u201cOh God!\u201d, \u201cOh my God\u201d, and the ones like \u201cGod damn it\u201d in the form of swearing at something. He heard these words and others, over and over and over. It was overwhelming to him.\nYes, there were actual prayers of requests, pleadings, those of thanks, etc., but these were far outweighed by the ones taking the name of the Lord in vain.\nMost of what he heard was, of course, not prayers. He finally got the point, and realized that what he was hearing were cries of another nature. There was anguish out there; there were frustrations and heartaches beyond the norm. He realized that he, himself, was guilty of calling for God, but not really wanting God to do something or answer him.\nThe man then thought about what he had learned or was learning in the process of hearing other prayers and outcry\u2019s being said. People in general, were not taking advantage of the presence of God and had learned to use the word God in an ungodly like nature as a standard way of speaking every day. He was a personal witness to these actions and he was embarrassed to know it.\nMany though, were praying to God in a way that called out for help, understanding and an acknowledgement of Him. He did feel good about that fact and he realized that there was nothing he could do actively about what he was learning. BUT, there was something he could do.\nHe could let others know about prayer, about God and what He hears from his children. Hopefully, they will hear the man and understand that OMG, and Oh Hell, and God damn it, are NOT to be used in daily living situations. It will make a difference, a small one, but a difference for those that hear Him and perhaps they will change\u2026\u2026. So be it\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\nAnd so, finally he understood many things that were unknown before and he was at peace, which he originally wanted anyhow. So God in his wisdom, allowed the man to hear those asking for God, and in doing so the man found that God is what He is and not something or someone that is taken for granted. God finally gave the man respite from the hearing and did listen to when the man asked Him for help, council, comfort and love\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\nHearing God, Prayers\tLeave a comment", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 124, "original_length": 5024, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 184.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://thecitizenng.com/fed-govt-orders-ebola-screening-at-airports-land-borders-others/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:14:11Z", "digest": "sha1:54U2Q6BN74GSTRTROCUNLUHPJ6IWSN3P", "length": 4435, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "thecitizenng.com", "title": "Fed Govt orders Ebola screening at airports, land borders, others - TheCitizen - It's all about you", "raw_content": "Fed Govt orders Ebola screening at airports, land borders, others\nThe Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday directed the Federal Ministry of Health to step up surveillance against the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) to keep Nigerians safe from the deadly virus.\nThe Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, stated this when he briefed State House correspondents at the end of the council\u2019s meeting chaired by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.\nThe minister said the council\u2019s directive followed the reported re-emergence of the disease in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).\nHe said that the council had ordered that steps must be taken to keep the Ebola outbreak away from Nigeria, saying that part of the new measures to be taken would include screening of passengers coming into the country.\n\u201cOf course of great concern to the Federal Executive Council is the outbreak of Ebola in DR Congo.\n\u201cAs you might be aware, over the last one month, DRC recorded 19 suspected cases of viral haemorrhagic fever and lost 16 of the cases.\n\u201cBut what is also particularly important was that on Monday, blood samples from five patients in the DRC, particularly in a particular district in DRC, two of the five cases, Ebola was actually confirmed.\n\u201cAnd, FEC has now directed the federal ministry of health to step up emergency surveillance activities at all land and airport borders, so that we can actually keep Nigerians safe.\n\u201cWhat we will do is to set up an emergency operation centre which will be chaired by Dr. Babasanya, who actually led our efforts in Liberia and Sierra Leone and Guinea during the outbreak in 2014.\n\u201cNot only that, we will be screening incoming passengers, particularly passengers from DRC and neighbouring countries.\n\u201cWe will also ensure we step up all activities, screening people coming in so that we will not be caught unawares,\u2019\u2019 he said\nAccording to him, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) will also consider sending some team to DRC as part of building capacity for managing the outbreak.\nAdewole reassured Nigerians that the Federal Government was concerned about the outbreak and would continue to do everything possible to keep the country safe from the outbreak.\nThe minister also said that the ministry presented an update on the state of public health in Nigeria at the FEC meeting.\nHe said: \u201cWe reported on the situation with Lassa fever and declared that we are declaring the emergency phase of Lassa fever outbreak over.\n\u201cEssentially, that implies that the emergency operating center would be stood down but that instead of meeting everyday throughout the country, they will now meet once a week.\n\u201cThey will still continue surveillance so that if there are cases anywhere in the country we can quickly dictate it and then treat it appropriately.\u2019\u2019\nOn the ongoing industrial action by the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU), Adewole stated that negotiations were on over the strike in the health sector.\n\u201cNegotiations are still on with JOHESU and the Minister of Labour is leading the negotiation and we expect that we will conclude on all issues very soon,\u2019\u2019 he added.\nThe Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama who also spoke on the outcome of the meeting, outlined the benefits of the recent visit of President Buhari to the United States.\nAccording to him, President Buhari is one of the strongest brand Nigeria has, going by the level of invitations he has been receiving from world leaders.\n\u201cOne of the strongest brands that this country has is Mr President. By the level of invitations he has been receiving.\n\u201cAll the major Heads of States want to meet with him. I think this is recognition of the weight of his person, his integrity and the leadership qualities.\n\u201cThis is something we as a country have to be extremely proud of and we saw that when he went to the United States and the respect Mr. Trump has for him.\n\u201cHe was extremely focused during that visit on Nigeria\u2019s interest. He wanted the U.S. to help him and this country achieve those priority areas \u2013 security, corruption and revamping the economy.\n\u201cU.S. is on our side on the fight against insecurity, training and sharing of information.\n\u201cWe secure the commitment of U.S. to repatriate large sum of looted money in the country,\u2019\u2019 he said.\nPrevious: Presidency kicks as Nigerians taunt Buhari with alleged 2015 statements\nNext: FG orders federal varsities to stop charging tuition fees", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 177, "original_length": 10505, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 291.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://thegarynullshow.podbean.com/e/062210/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:41:20Z", "digest": "sha1:7WS7CZZQITF5J6CFPCH6UFPR6V7HQK3F", "length": 281, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "thegarynullshow.podbean.com", "title": "06/22/10", "raw_content": "Today's guest is Dr. Herbert Benson and he is a cardiologist and an Associate Professor of Mind/Body Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is also the founder of the Mind-Body Medical Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital and director emeritus of the Benson-Henry Institute.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 152, "original_length": 2734, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 77.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://thegroundtruthproject.org/mailings-teachers-spotlight-political-fight-climate-change-classroom/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:26:43Z", "digest": "sha1:2IZDW6IYFIRPNGP42O3UWL5GSNGICNMB", "length": 9656, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "thegroundtruthproject.org", "title": "Mailings to teachers spotlight a political fight over climate change in the classroom | The GroundTruth Project - Mailings to teachers spotlight a political fight over climate change in the classroom - The GroundTruth Project", "raw_content": "A dueling campaign to influence science teachers' approach to teaching climate change highlights how classrooms have emerged as a battleground in the American political war over climate change. (Pixabay)\nLast spring, science teachers across the nation began receiving unsolicited packages containing classroom materials from a libertarian group that rejects the scientific consensus on climate change.\nThis spring, some of the same teachers are opening packages containing very different materials: A book written by a Cornell University affiliate called \u201cThe Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change,\u201d which embraces the prevailing science, explains the phenomenon in detail and includes recommendations for how to teach the subject to children.\nThis rare back-and-forth of direct mailings to teachers demonstrates how classrooms have emerged as a battleground in the American political war over climate change. While those who reject mainstream climate science have long advocated their view in Washington and statehouses across the country, their efforts to influence educators \u2014 and the counter-efforts from the science community \u2014 shows the extent to which the minds of children are also being targeted.\nLast year\u2019s mailings were sent out by the Heartland Institute, an Illinois-based think tank that holds an annual conference that has become a pilgrimage for those who reject the overwhelming findings of the scientific community that humans are causing the earth\u2019s climate to change. The packages contained pamphlets, a DVD and a book titled \u201cWhy Scientists Disagree about Global Warming.\u201d A spokesman for the group said it sent more than 350,000 packages to K-12 and college-level science teachers last year.\nThose direct mailings, first reported by FRONTLINE in collaboration with The GroundTruth Project, led three ranking House members to condemn the campaign as propaganda and Democratic senators to question Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos about the effort.\nNews of the Heartland campaign also reached the staff of the Paleontological Research Institution (PRI), based in Ithaca, New York, that has received grants from the National Science Foundation to publish a series of \u201cteacher-friendly guides\u201d for teaching earth science. At the time, the group was about a month away from publishing a guide to teaching climate change, said Alexandra Moore, PRI\u2019s senior education associate and co-author of the book.\n\u201cWe were all sitting there looking at each other saying, \u2018Oh my gosh, wouldn\u2019t it be amazing if we could send out copies of this book to every teacher who got the Heartland book?\u2019\u201d she said.\nIn contrast to Heartland, which says it aimed to send its book to every middle school teacher, high school teacher and college instructor who covers the subject, Moore and her team have been sending out a single hardcopy of the book to one science teacher or administrator in each public high school, plus CDs containing digital copies of the book for their colleagues. So far, the group has raised $70,000 on its crowdsourcing page, and another $30,000 in additional donations \u2014 enough to send the materials to about 50,000 teachers, Moore said. She estimates it will cost $400,000 to send the book to every public high school in the country.\nThe PRI book includes chapters like, \u201cWhy Teach About Climate Change?\u201d, \u201cClimate Change Through Earth History,\u201d and \u201cEvidence for and Causes of Recent Climate Change.\u201d Don Duggan-Haas, co-author of the book and director of teacher programing at PRI, said the book is aimed at teachers who may not have had robust instruction in climate change in their own education.\n\u201cWe know folks need it,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s written for an audience that is scientifically literate but not in the disciplinary areas you need to teach climate change. This is for the biology teacher who is suddenly assigned to teach an earth science class.\u201d\nA 2016 national survey of 1,500 science teachers found that 31 percent told their students that global warming is still up for debate. One in 10 told students that climate change is a natural phenomenon. Five percent simply didn\u2019t mention the subject. And a 2015 Pew survey found that while young adults aged 18 to 29 agree that humans are causing climate change more than their parents and grandparents do, 37 percent believe there is either no solid evidence for it, or that it is natural.\nHeartland\u2019s science director, Jay Lehr, said he read PRI\u2019s book twice, and described it as propaganda.\n\u201cMy opinion is the book was not written to teach young people about climate science. It was written entirely to indoctrinate teachers and their classes into the alarmist scare that our world is going to hell in a handbasket if we don\u2019t stop using fossil fuels, when nothing could be further from the truth,\u201d he said.\nThough the book was on the brink of being published when the Heartland mailings went out, PRI added a \u201cFrequently Asked Questions\u201d chapter directly responding to the Heartland materials. The Heartland book, for instance, argues that \u201ca warming of 2\u00b0C above today, should it occur, falls within the bounds of natural variability.\u201d PRI\u2019s chapter responds that \u201cthere are no known sources of natural variation that would give rise to changes as rapid as those observed in global temperature over the past 150 years. There is, however, a human-induced cause \u2026 [that] has long been expected to give rise to such change based on basic physical principles.\u201d\nThe dueling campaigns coincide with efforts to roll back major environmental protections by the Trump administration and a series of attempts in statehouses across the country to influence how scientific topics like climate change and evolution are taught. Last year, at least 11 measures were introduced in nine Republican states aimed at supporting public school teachers who want to teach \u201cdiverse\u201d views on the issues, or otherwise attempting to sway how teaching science is approached. For instance, an Alabama joint resolution stated that certain subjects, including global warming, may \u201ccause controversy\u201d and \u201csome teachers may be unsure of the expectation concerning how they should present information when controversy occurs.\u201d The measure urged educators to \u201crespond appropriately and respectfully to differences of opinion.\u201d This resolution and four other measures in Florida, Idaho and Indiana passed.\nAcross the country, there is no set curriculum for science education; decisions about what to teach are typically made at state or district levels. In 2013, a national effort to create more uniformity resulted in the Next Generation Science Standards, which includes education about human-caused climate change in middle and high school. So far, 19 states and the District of Columbia have adopted those standards; but in others, the standards have caused controversy. In recent months, attempts to dilute or remove climate education from teaching standards were narrowly defeated in New Mexico and Idaho.\nIn the middle of Idaho\u2019s battle over whether to include human-caused climate change in its science standards, a donor asked to pay for the PRI book to be sent to every school teacher in the state, Moore said. Another donor has funded packages for schools in Florida \u2014 where residents gained new powers last year to oppose classroom materials \u2014 as well as North Carolina, South Carolina and Nevada. The organization has also sent copies to high schools in New Hampshire and New York, according to Moore.\nNot everyone is a fan of the direct mailing method, however. David Evans, executive director of the National Science Teachers Association, who has spoken out against the Heartland book, said that he hadn\u2019t had a chance to review the PRI book, but that direct mailing \u201cwouldn\u2019t be my choice of how to put resources out there.\u201d He said he was especially wary of materials \u201cprovided by someone who has an ethical or moral point of view.\u201d Instead, he said, they should \u201cequip teachers to just teach science\u201d and desist with moral or political views.\nMoore, a geologist who taught at the college level for 30 years, disagreed, saying she sees it as her responsibility to not just teach the science of climate change, but to place it in a moral framework.\n\u201cEvery student needs to engage with science as a scientist would,\u201d she said. \u201cBut I also think that it\u2019s my job to ask students to confront what we\u2019re doing as humans. Advocacy is absolutely part of what I do as a teacher. They don\u2019t have to act on what I say, but I would be failing my students if I didn\u2019t say it.\u201d\nAmong those who\u2019ve picked up a copy of the PRI book is Lisa Ballard, an environmental science teacher at Glendale Union High School District in Phoenix, Arizona. She said she and other teachers at her school received the Heartland packages last year. She said she was shocked to find a colleague was considering using those materials in her class.\n\u201cI had a talk with her,\u201d Ballard said. \u201cI told her it wasn\u2019t credible and not aligned with our standards, and she said she\u2019d had no idea.\u201d\nBallard suspects there are many other teachers out there like her colleague.\n\u201cTeachers don\u2019t get a lot of free stuff, so when they do \u2014 even if it\u2019s just slightly relevant to their class \u2014 they\u2019ll be inclined to use it,\u201d she said.\nShe found the PRI publication more credible at first glance, though she said she\u2019d have to vet the science in it before using it to educate her students.\nCorrection: An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified David Evans as the president of the National Science Teachers Association. Evans is the group\u2019s executive director.\nA version of this story appeared in FRONTLINE on March 23, 2018", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 95, "original_length": 11734, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 200.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://theissueband.com/event/851848/26664660/the-issue", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:31:40Z", "digest": "sha1:HFKUJYOTI4F2BCHFF7YTD5Z7CWDQWOBK", "length": 102, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "theissueband.com", "title": "\"the issue\"!!!!!!!! @ sullivan's Ringside - Jan 24 2014, 10:00PM", "raw_content": "\"the issue\"!!!!!!!!\nFriday, January 24, 2014 @ 10:00PM Fri, Jan 24, 2014 @ 10:00PM\nsullivan's Ringside", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 468, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 121.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://themasonslady.com/tag/womens-rights/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:55Z", "digest": "sha1:N376ERXABL4I4DCCGUBBMTQQTNSF4ZNG", "length": 7133, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "themasonslady.com", "title": "womens rights | The Mason's Lady", "raw_content": "So, something that I\u2019ve been wanting to do for a while is sharing questions that I get via e-mail and PM, as well as the answers that I give. This is the first one that I have chosen to share. The sender did not respond when asked if I could share her email, so instead I\u2019ve summarized her questions, and posted my reply. If you have any questions you would like to ask, please feel free!\nHow can I value something [Masonry] that doesn\u2019t value me for what I am, a woman? How do you feel about that?\nIn your blog you speak as if you and your partner hold in the highest regard the brotherhood, and without questioning? Why not question? Why not doubt?\nAddressing your first question, about the exclusion of women. This is something that I have struggled with greatly the entire time that I have been with my husband. On the one hand, I want to be included, and my sex and gender shouldn\u2019t matter. On the other, I respect their right to exclude me, and understand why its done; I see it as creating a \u201csafe space\u201d something that men need just as much as women. I\u2019ve asked my husband before if he would be okay with me joining a co-ed Masonic Lodge. There are none in our area, but he said it would not be an issue. He did, however, say that he feels that his obligation would bar him from communicating with me at least Masonically, if not also put a damper on our communication about Masonry. That would make my life very difficult, as he is often the first person I turn to when writing this blog.\nMany people have asked me, \u201cWhy not just join Eastern Star?\u201d I have, and it is not the same. As it is not a mirror image of Blue Lodge, and is not exclusive of males, that safe space feeling tends to fall short. I would say that the closest thing that currently exists within the Masonic community would be Daughters of the Nile. It\u2019s not quite right though. I feel that the answer lies in a different organization, called the Order of the Weavers. It mirrors Blue Lodge very similarly, but is quite different in its own right. Unfortunately, there are currently no chapters in the United States, and the organization only operates in the Netherlands. It would be quite the project to get a group of people together to go there, receive the degrees, get the blessing to start a new chapter, and then head back to the States and start the first US chapter. This would take a decent sized group of very dedicated women to pull off.\nAs for the values, there are two things to remember: Freemasonry is hundreds of years old, and came about well before women were independent in any sense; just because a group excludes you from membership, does not mean that it does not value you. For the former, Freemasonry has been largely unchanged the entire time that is has existed. With this goes the gender and societal roles of women. I often feel that the organization is outdated and behind the times. However, just because you cannot be a member, does not mean that you cannot be involved. I\u2019ve heard from lots of women who have started their own \u201cwives club\u201d of sorts within the Lodge, who get together for all sorts of activities, both related to Masonry, and not. Masonry can uphold traditional gender roles, this is true, but in this day and age I feel that there is much more flex within them, and many more lines to be blurred and boundaries to be pushed.\nThe latter is very interesting as well. While there are no oaths sword to uphold womanhood within ritual (that I am aware of). It is expressed in different ways. There is a special dinner that some Lodges put on every year (others less often) called Ladies at the Table. It\u2019s basically an evening to celebrate and honor all of the women who support the Lodge throughout the year. T decided to put one on the year that he was Master of the Lodge. It was a great time to have all the men come together and really show their appreciation for what the women do (and put up with) for Masonry. Within DeMolay, the young men\u2019s organization, which is based on Blue Lodge, honoring womanhood is mentioned within their obligation. They also have a special ritual called the flower talk, specifically given for the sake of moms and other women that support Masonic youth. You can watch that here. So, I guess my point is, don\u2019t ever think that you are not valued as a women within Masonry. I think that often the opposite becomes true. Masonry teaches men about many topics, and I have seen many a man come out on the other side as a kinder, more respecting, and chivalrous individual.\nMoving onto your second question. When I first started dating T, I was much like you were before you were with your Mason. Most of my ideas about Masonry were largely based on conspiracy theories and Internet rumors. I had no idea just how involved he and his family are. Luckily, our relationship was built on open communication, and because of that, I trust him fully.\nI think the two biggest factors in me trusting the brotherhood are experience and Google. I joined OES early on in my relationship with T. After you join a Masonic body, you realize just how mundane it really is. And when you see that the organization that uses the inverted pentagram mostly just pays bills and sends condolences, it gives you perspective. I have also since become a DeMolay advisor, and am privy (as are all the parents) to the ritual, that is based on Blue Lodge\u2019s. In addition to this, I have seen first hand what Masonry does. It does make good men better, but it is so much more than that. To know that I have a huge community that has my back whether they agree with me or not is truly amazing. I can\u2019t think of anyone within my Masonic family that would turn me down in a time of need. I\u2019ve been lucky enough to see the life of a child changed by Masonry, not only through its youth programs, but also the hospitals that they run.\nWhen all else fails, Google is your friend. All of the rituals are available online with some careful searching. None of those secrets are really so secret. Have I read the entire ritual cover to cover? No, I\u2019ve not. But I feel that just knowing that it is available to me is comforting on many levels.\nI would not say that I am without doubts on Masonry. However, these tend to be on specific issues rather than the organization as a whole. For instance, the exclusion of homosexuals in Mississippi and Tennessee, as well as the exclusion of trans-men in other states I definitely do not agree with, but it never causes me to doubt the entire organization.\nI am also, not without question. Questioning Masonry is actually what lead me to create this blog in the first place. Questioning Masonry is often the drive to continue on with it. We cannot learn without knowing what questions to ask. I enjoy sharing the answers to my questions here, which is what makes up a large portion of the posts on The Mason\u2019s Lady. I think that when we stop questioning, we become compliant, and that leads to many issues.\nPosted in Other Topics: Masonic, Uncategorized\tTagged feminism, feminism in masonry, freemason, reader questions, women in freemasonry, women of freemasonry, womens rights", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 43, "original_length": 8664, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 258.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://thementalmilitia.net/tag/red-pill-expo/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:45:43Z", "digest": "sha1:SB23MCZL333HCBXHJT6OODETY6QSTJNZ", "length": 339, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "thementalmilitia.net", "title": "Red Pill Expo Archives - TMM", "raw_content": "Tag: Red Pill Expo\nAbove: DJ of Level 9 News with John B. Wells on Caravan To Midnight Caravan To Midnight with John B. Wells From Their Website: http://caravantomidnight.com/ Caravan to Midnight (CTM) has the best talk and best guests every week on real, hard-hitting, alternative news stories and opinions on far-ranging topics and [...]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 126, "original_length": 3554, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 288.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://thepeopleseason.livejournal.com/76795.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:11Z", "digest": "sha1:5CCFLXCBYN5JTEMEP2537PBJ2EYWDAUM", "length": 127, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "thepeopleseason.livejournal.com", "title": "Katie, let us all know you're ok as soon as you can. - that yellow bastard", "raw_content": "Katie, let us all know you're ok as soon as you can. - that yellow bastard\nKatie, let us all know you're ok as soon as you can.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 34, "original_length": 945, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 202.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://therealnews.com/stories/sbabones0622rai", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:01Z", "digest": "sha1:CHVB6OQJA2ZUCT2ESL2W3RYYKOUQRNA6", "length": 19362, "nlines": 80, "source_domain": "therealnews.com", "title": "Sixteen Proposals for Effective Solutions in '16 - Salvatore Babones on Reality Asserts Itself (1/4)", "raw_content": "On Reality Asserts Itself, Mr. Babones, author of \u201cSixteen for \u201916\u201d, says while he grew up in a right-wing, conservative working-class family, social science brought him to progressive public policy conclusions\nPAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I\u2019m Paul Jay. This is Reality Asserts Itself.\nAt The Real News, as you know, we\u2019re particularly interested in solutions, not just critiquing what there is, but what should people demand, and if you actually had a progressive government, if you actually had a government that was interested in governing in the interests of the majority of people, well, what would it actually do?\nWell, there\u2019s a new book out which tries to deal with all of this. It\u2019s called Sixteen for \u201916, that is, 16 proposals: if someone running for president in the 2016 election actually wanted to solve the problems with effective public policy in the interest of the majority of people, well, here\u2019s 16 things they could actually run on and maybe do.\nNow joining us in the studio is its author, Salvatore Babones. Salvatore Babones is an associate professor in sociology and social policy at the University of Sydney and an associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. He holds both a master\u2019s degree in statistics and a PhD in sociology from the Johns Hopkins University. Before moving to Australia in 2008\u2013\u2019cause he is an American\u2013he worked in financial risk management and taught sociology and statistics at several universities in the United States.\nSALVATORE BABONES, ASSOC. PROF. SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL POLICY, UNIV. OF SYDNEY: Thanks for having me on.\nJAY: And once again, latest book is Sixteen for \u201916: A Progressive Agenda for a Better America.\nBABONES: That\u2019s right.\nJAY: Okay. So you begin the book with a little biographical sketch, and you kind of repeat about four or five times how conservative you are.\nBABONES: I am.\nJAY: What\u2019s so conservative about you? This is not a very conservative agenda for America.\nBABONES: I think it is a very conservative agenda for America.\nJAY: Well, how do you define conservative?\nBABONES: Well, I think the very bedrock definition of a conservative is someone who wants to turn back the clock. And I think many of our best social policies were put in place in the 1930s and in the 1960s. That\u2019s the last century. So if we want to go back to the last century to get good social policy, in a lot of ways that\u2019s a conservative agenda.\nJAY: That\u2019s kind of parsing it, \u2019cause, I mean, this is 1960s at a time there\u2019s a mass movement, a big civil rights movement, enormous demands on the system.\nBABONES: Sure. Sure. Look, I\u2019ll give you more serious answer, which is that I want an agenda that will give Americans the opportunity to earn their own way in the world, to have good jobs, to make good money, to get themselves off of reliance on government. Now, that\u2019s a conservative program. I don\u2019t want to\u2013I\u2019m not proposing in this book a series of government programs that will solve the problems of the poor. I am proposing a series of policies that will bring people out of poverty.\nJAY: But you are proposing a big, massive government jobs program. That\u2019s a very big government policy. I mean, that\u2019s\u2013I think you\u2019re talking about five, six million government jobs that would then trigger another four or five million, but a big public works program.\nBABONES: Sure. But I want policies that we know will work. When I say I\u2019m conservative, I mean I don\u2019t believe in taking big chances on policies that have never been tested. I mean we should do things that we can say with, I think, absolute confidence that would do what we want them to do.\nJAY: But you\u2019re not conservative in the way the word gets used normally, which is, government, get out of the way, although that isn\u2019t what they really mean, \u2019cause most people that consider themselves conservative\u2013not libertarians, who I think are an exception to what I\u2019m about to say\u2013are for big government as long as it\u2019s big military. They\u2019re just not for big government if it comes to any kind of social safety net or that sort of thing. But in the traditional way we use the word\u2013well, let\u2019s go back a bit.\nJAY: When you grow up, what\u2019s the kind of politics your household?\nBABONES: My mother is a Christian conservative high school math teacher. My father was a Teamster.\nJAY: And his politics?\nBABONES: I\u2019d never asked them growing up what their politics were. I know that my mother\u2019s certainly been on the right of American politics for a long time. My father passed away in 1983, but he was a warehouse man, ran a small business, was not the sort of person who was out marching for civil rights or a progressive agenda.\nJAY: And you mentioned you\u2019ve never marched. You\u2019re not an activist.\nBABONES: I\u2019ve never been an activist.\nJAY: But do you grow up imbued with your mother\u2019s ideals? I mean, do you grow up yourself, at some point, as a Christian conservative? I mean, do you internalize this?\nBABONES: I come from a Christian heritage. And that\u2019s why in the book, I think, there are several quotes from the Bible interspersed around the book, which I think the publishers questioned a little. And I said, look, America is historically a Christian country, and we need to embrace Christian values in a progressive agenda. I have nothing against that. I just have a very different view from most people, I think, of what Christian values are.\nJAY: But it sounds like a different view than your mother.\nBABONES: Well, I don\u2019t\u2013I love my mother very much, and she\u2019s read the book, and she said she can live with it. So that\u2019s all I\u2019m asking her for.\nJAY: No, what I\u2019m trying to get at is not so much\u2013I\u2019m not trying to create a fissure with your mother, just that if you grew up surrounded by her views, I assume if you mean\u2013well, what do you mean by the far right of American politics?\nBABONES: Look, I don\u2019t want to spend the whole interview talking about my mother. I have a very good relationship with my mother. But I grew up in a conservative working-class family that embraced very solid values like hard work. My grandfather was a factory worker. My other grandfather worked in small business. You know, my family is a family of hard-working working-class people who\u2019ve made their way in America and who go to church and who value bedrock principles of being patriotic Americans. There\u2019s nothing in the book and nothing in my family background that\u2019s not bedrock solid patriotic Americanism.\nI mean, I\u2019m sorry if that\u2019s unsatisfactory answer, but that\u2019s\u2013.\nJAY: No, it\u2019s not about being unsatisfactory. And now I\u2019m not sure which one to explore first. We\u2019ll get to the patriotic Americanism in a second, but what I\u2019m trying to get at is that the policies in this book do not represent the right wing of American politics [crosstalk]\nBABONES: They do not. They do not.\nJAY: So what I\u2019m trying to get at is when do you\u2013what brings you to those conclusions if you grew up in a household where in all likelihood many of these policies would be considered unacceptable or not agreeable?\nBABONES: Because this book, Sixteen for \u201916, is not based on my preferences or my family\u2019s history. The book is based on solid social science. I mean, I am a social statistician. I in my previous books have titles like Latent Variables and Factor Analysis. You know, I am not someone who is out in the streets marching for rights. Now, I fully respect the people who are putting their lives and their bodies on the line marching for their rights. You know, I think that is in the 200 and the 300 year American tradition to be out there fighting for your rights. But frankly, that\u2019s simply not my background.\nI\u2019m a scientist who woke up one day and said, what happened to America? Why are we pursuing policies that we as social scientists know are bad policies? Why aren\u2019t we pursuing policies that we know will give people human dignity, that will give people the opportunity to flourish? Those policies are out there. We simply choose not to pursue them.\nJAY: And was this at all a personal catharsis for you? This is what I\u2019m trying to get at, \u2019cause in your household, these policies would not be considered, I would assume, would not be so supported. So in terms of your own personal arc of your own thinking, was this a kind of big moment for you to start looking at these kinds of policies as solutions?\nBABONES: Oh, certainly. I taught at the University of Pittsburgh for five years and I taught a class called Societies. It was a comparative class comparing societies around the world with American society. And, of course, I taught my students about universal health care in Europe. I taught them about German codetermination, where workers have a say in how businesses are run. I told them about jobs for life in Japan. I taught them about all sorts of good policies around the world.\nOne of my students actually came up to me at the end of class and said, Salvatore, I don\u2019t mean any disrespect by this, but have you ever considered moving to another country? Because you make them sound so great. And as it happens, at that moment I had just accepted a job offer at the University of Sydney, and I told her, well, actually, I\u2019m moving next week to Sydney, Australia.\nBut it has been really eye-opening, teaching students about how things work in other countries. And now, for myself, living in Australia for seven years has really taught me that we can do things better as a country. I mean, other countries are doing things better. Why can\u2019t we?\nJAY: So when you say nothing in me or my family history in this book is not patriotic American, why do you use those kind of phrases, and what does that mean to you?\nBABONES: I use those kind of phrases because not only do I feel them deeply, but I think everybody I know feels been deeply. You know, I work at the Institute for\u2013well, I work with the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C. It\u2019s staffed by hugely dedicated people who are very patriotic, who sacrifice a lot of income in order to be able to work for causes they truly believe in, to make the country a better place not for themselves or their corporate sponsors, but a better place for everybody. And I think they take a lot of flak because people on the right wing and people who call themselves conservatives are always calling them un-American or unpatriotic.\nFor example, I propose in the book that we should simply dismantle the NSA, the National Security Agency. I think that\u2019s a very patriotic thing to do. I think it\u2019s incredibly unpatriotic to spy on your fellow citizens. Right? Now, I think if it\u2019s become patriotic to support the NSA and become unpatriotic to close it down, then I think we have a problem with the definition of patriotism, \u2019cause I think those of us who are on the side of privacy and personal liberty are the real patriots.\nJAY: The issue of sort of patriotism usually means sort of patriotic to your country.\nJAY: But it often doesn\u2019t mean allegiance to your people, in the sense that it\u2019s about the national policy, it\u2019s about the flag, it\u2019s about a whole set of imagery. And I always wonder about using that kind of language, \u2019cause I know it\u2019s almost like trying to reclaim the language, I suppose. But it also invokes this kind of chauvinism, American exceptionalism. A lot of patriotism at its heart is this American exceptionalism.\nBABONES: Right. I get in a lot of trouble for that. Believe me, living and teaching in Australia I get in a lot of trouble for being an American chauvinist. Let me simply apologize. You know, I am an American chauvinist. I think America has the capacity to do incredible things.\nI mean, let me take you back in time again to the 1960s. Right? I mean, we all remember the 1960s as an era of protest and an era of uproar in the United States. But look what happened in the 1960s. I mean, the United States fought a major successful war on poverty while dedicating something like 4 or 5 percent of national income to a space program to put a person on the moon, while fighting a tragic war in Southeast Asia. Right?\nJAY: How come you call the war on poverty successful?\nBABONES: Poverty rates in the 1960s went down from 25 percent to 10 percent. They\u2019ve risen since. The war on poverty was successful in the 1960s, and then we gave up when Richard Nixon took office. It doesn\u2019t mean the war on poverty was unsuccessful; it means we gave up.\nJAY: Well, it just\u2013it wasn\u2019t won.\nBABONES: Yeah. Oh, and it was successful. If we\u2019d continued the policies that we had put in place in the 1960s, if we kept raising the minimum wage, if we kept increasing benefits under federal programs, if we kept the level of job creation we\u2019d had in the 1960s, if we kept the increasing\u2013the move towards federal medical care\u2013remember, Medicare dates from the 1960s. It insured everybody over age 65. Well, what if we\u2019d started bringing that down to everyone over age 60, everyone over age 55? If we had continued the trajectory we were on in the 1960s, today we would have an economy.\nJAY: Then why didn\u2019t we?\nBABONES: Well, that\u2019s a question to ask a political scientist or an historian. Right? I think it\u2019s tragic that we didn\u2019t follow those policies. But that\u2019s a matter for history. We didn\u2019t follow those policies.\nJAY: Well, it\u2019s not just a matter for history in the sense that\u2013and this is something I want to get at. Maybe now is as good a time as any to start getting at it. These things happen. And this is part of what I don\u2019t think you address the book. You seem to think the system still has some rationality in it. And there\u2019s a reason in the 1960s that you start having these kinds of accommodations, because you have a mass movement at enormous levels. You have a civil rights movement, an antiwar movement. You have workers on strike everywhere; there\u2019s a peak in the workers movement. There was real demands on the system. And when that movement starts to subside, then\u2013the name of this show\u2019s Reality Asserts Itself. Well, the reality that capital wants to\u2013you know, capital doesn\u2019t want a reasonable return; capital wants a maximum return.\nBABONES: Sure it does.\nJAY: And if there\u2019s room for it, it will intensify how it deals with labor and other such issues. And that\u2019s kind of the main trend.\nBABONES: But I\u2019d like to challenge your sense of reality. In some of my research, I put together income growth series for the United States going back to 1860. Between 1860 and 1970, average incomes, average wage incomes rose faster than inflation throughout that entire period. If you look at the graph, it rises in every decade between the 1860s and the early 1970s. It rises faster than GDP growth.\nJAY: In the 1930s?\nBABONES: Even in the 1930s, wages rose. Between 1930 in 1940, wages rose.\nJAY: Well, more than\u2013there was probably no inflation to speak of the 1930s. It was deflationary.\nBABONES: But if you look at the trend\u2013and in the early 1930s, of course, there\u2019s a massive drop due to the Great Depression, and then wages recover. Right? There is a trend wage growth of 2 percent per year real growth, adjusted for inflation, in wages between 1860 in 1970. And then nothing.\nBABONES: Well, first I like to establish that the reality, the historical reality of America for all of history until 1970, was that things get better every year. Okay.\nWhy did it change? We can have endless debates on that. My own theory is that it changed because of civil rights and women\u2019s rights. That is, we were so successful in embracing democracy in America\u2013everyone had the right to vote, everyone had the right to work\u2013that the people who ran the country, frankly, people like you and me, the middle-aged, educated white men in the country, said enough is enough and they started embracing a movement to take back an America that they felt they had lost.\nBut I think it\u2019s really bizarre that the racist, sexist America of the 1950s and the 1960s put in place better policies than the less racist, less sexist, more democratic America that we\u2019ve had since then. I can\u2019t really explain that, but [crosstalk] amazing\u2013.\nJAY: Well, you can explain it because of what I said, is that capital, whatever space that it can possibly use, will intensify. And the space that opened up was globalization. You could start using workers in other countries as a threat and a leverage against wages in the United States, which really starts to open up, which is why, as you say in your book, wages in the early \u201970s, as compared to now, have barely moved at all.\nBABONES: But wages stagnated in America after 1972 or 1973. If they stagnated because of globalization, then why didn\u2019t they stagnate in France, in Australia, in Sweden, and all of these other countries that were open to globalization?\nJAY: Well, to a large extent because the union movement\u2019s so weak here and got even weaker. I mean, you had a situation in Europe, partly because there was still, at least perceptually, if not in reality, they were afraid of the Soviet Union and they had the whole history coming out of the Second World War of wanting to make sure that there was a social safety net in Europe so you couldn\u2019t compare, look, people unemployed all over the streets of Europe, look over there at the Soviet Union. There was a political issue.\nBABONES: Yeah.\nJAY: And there was also an economic issue, which is the unions and the workers movement there was far, far stronger. You didn\u2019t go through McCarthyism and House Un-American Activities Committee. This was not some wonderful era in the United States. This was an era of persecution of people for their political opinions.\nBABONES: Look, another world is possible. Look, I live in Australia. In Australia, the minimum wage in the fast food industry is over 18 Australian dollars an hour. At current exchange rates, that\u2019s around $12 or $13 an hour. And that\u2019s $12 or $13 an hour plus four weeks annual vacation, plus sick days, plus vacation days,\u2013\nJAY: Well, we\u2019re going to get into all this. I don\u2019t disagree another world is possible.\nBABONES: \u2013plus universal health care. And Australia was not threatened by the Soviet Union.\nI mean, look, you know, I\u2019m a comparative social scientist. This is what I do for a living. I could argue this all day. What I\u2019ve done in the book is I\u2019ve given you a set of what I think are consensus social science policies that are fully backed by the social science. Other countries have implemented most of these policies. They\u2019re existing and working in other places. We should be using them here.\nJAY: Okay. I just want to add one point to this. And we\u2019ll see what happens with Australia. But as Europe lost, first of all, the geopolitical issue, which was Russia, capital is moving towards being more and more competitive in terms of the rate of profit. So Europe is moving towards the American model now.\nJAY: They\u2019re destroying Greece, destroying Spain and Portugal, Ireland. German wages are now\u2013been stagnant for several years.\nBABONES: For ten years. Yeah.\nBABONES: Ten, 12 years.\nJAY: Yeah. So I mean, we\u2019ll get into it more in part two, but it\u2019s not the proposals you\u2019re making. I think the proposals make a lot of sense. The question is who\u2019s going to bring them about. And we\u2019re going to pick that up in the next segment of our interview.\nSo please join us for the continuation of our Reality Asserts discussion with Salvatore Babones on The Real News Network.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 349, "original_length": 27492, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 230.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://theseasons80.partial.gallery/work/2468", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:13Z", "digest": "sha1:U42IOF4MOM7LCMBOY6KIGLUXJVYCC3CE", "length": 366, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "theseasons80.partial.gallery", "title": "Partial - Yellow Spring", "raw_content": "Acrylic Abstract painting on Canvas. ****************** Please note that the frame is not included.The picture framed or in the room is only for reference to give an idea, and may not be exactly accurate to the size shown as framed.Please do refer to the actual painting size and dimensions mentioned in the description.\nWired Backing\nAcrylic on ready to hang canvas", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 1382, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 158.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://thetyee.ca/News/2016/10/24/Senator-Land-Ownership/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:53Z", "digest": "sha1:AZXTS5D6XQ73S5KGM4FAXF7TOMHHNPKX", "length": 5689, "nlines": 41, "source_domain": "thetyee.ca", "title": "Because It\u2019s 2016: Why Do You Still Need to Own Land to Be a Senator? | The Tyee", "raw_content": "Because It\u2019s 2016: Why Do You Still Need to Own Land to Be a Senator?\nFirst in a series on bringing Canada\u2019s government into this century.\nBy Jeremy J. Nuttall 24 Oct 2016 | TheTyee.ca\nSeats in the Senate reserved for landowners. Photo by Jonathan Nightingale, Creative Commons licensed.\nBecause It\u2019s 2016: Let\u2019s Bring Canadian Government into This Century\nBecause It\u2019s 2016: Let\u2019s Drag Access-to-Info Out of the Stone Age\nBecause It\u2019s 2016: Why Can\u2019t We Vote Online?\nBack when Canada was founded, prime minister John A. Macdonald did his best to ensure that \u2014 some \u2014 minority rights were safeguarded.\n\u201cWe must protect the rights of minorities, and the rich are always fewer in number than the poor,\u201d Macdonald is said to have declared in 1864 during a meeting to plan rules for the new country\u2019s Senate.\nAnd Canada\u2019s first politicians ensured that the riffraff would be kept out of the Senate.\nOnly people who owned land worth at least $4,000 in the province they were to represent could be appointed to the new country\u2019s Senate, the colonial politicians decided. And prospective senators had to have at least $4,000 in net worth. That\u2019s the equivalent of about $100,000 today.\nThe Senate was seen as a necessary institution to guard against the \u201cdemocratic impulses\u201d of an elected Parliament, said University of Toronto political science professor Nelson Wiseman. \u201cTo do that, they wanted people who were established.\u201d\nThe rules determining those eligible to vote to elect MPs \u2014 set by individual provinces for 10 of Canada\u2019s first 13 elections \u2014 also shut out the less affluent, women and minorities. Voter eligibility rules based on property ownership and income levels continued into the 20th century. Most women won the right to vote in 1919; Chinese-Canadians in 1947; First Nations in 1960.\nBut the Senate was to be strictly for the establishment, which was seen as less likely to pander to populism, Wiseman said.\nBut more than 150 years later, a senator from Nunavut is working to change the law.\nConservative Dennis Patterson has introduced legislation to abolish the rules on landownership and net worth for prospective senators. If it passes in the Senate, the House of Commons would look at the proposal.\nPatterson isn\u2019t the first to try to change the law. Former senator Tommy Banks of Alberta tried three times, Patterson said, but each time the bill died on the order paper.\nPatterson said the rules are outdated.\n\u201cIt reflects an era when the landed gentry were the only ones considered privileged or fit to govern,\u201d Patterson said. \u201cI think moving forward with a change of this kind is timely, it\u2019s called for.\u201d\nA 2014 Supreme Court of Canada decision paved the way for the change.\nThe court rejected most of former prime minister Stephen Harper\u2019s attempts to revamp the Senate without provincial approval.\nBut the ruling said the federal government could change the land ownership and asset requirements.\nPatterson\u2019s bill would change the requirements in all provinces except Quebec, where provincial legislation requires senators to own land in the specific region of the province they represent. The Quebec legislature would need to change that law to remove the requirements.\nPatterson said the current rule means about 80 per cent of people in the territory he represents aren\u2019t eligible for a Senate seat because they don\u2019t own land.\n\u201cWho would ever say that 80 per cent of residents of Nunavut should be excluded from the get-go from applying to be appointed?\u201d\nThe rules are \u201celitist, out-of-date\u201d and \u201cfrom the feudal era,\u201d he said.\nPatterson added many on-reserve Indigenous people are not eligible because they don\u2019t have title to the land on which they live.\nThe Liberal government has announced Senate reforms, like creating an advisory board to help ensure senators are appointed based on merit rather than political connections.\nBut it doesn\u2019t plan to introduce measures eliminating the property requirement, said a spokesperson for Minister of Democratic Institutions Maryam Monsef.\nInstead, the Liberals will \u201cstudy and debate\u201d Patterson\u2019s bill in the house, they said.\nDebate on Patterson\u2019s bill in the Senate has offered insight into how some senators became landowners to qualify.\nSome senators buy tiny tracts of land to meet the $4,000 threshold, sometimes having to \u201cscramble around\u201d to get it, said Patterson.\nSen. Peggy Butts was a nun and didn\u2019t own land due to a poverty vow. She eventually gained ownership through her congregation so she could serve. (Butts is the aunt of Gerald Butts, one of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau\u2019s top advisors.)\nIn a debate on Patterson\u2019s bill in March, Sen. Larry Smith said he paid $7,000 for his \u201cproperty,\u201d arguing a retiring senator down from his $10,000 asking price.\nAnd Sen. Ghislain Maltais suggested that since some senators had bought land just to be eligible, the government should buy it from them if the rules are changed.\n\u201cSince we have a constitutional requirement to be landowners, if we were to remove that condition, the Crown would have to step up, buy the land and write us a cheque,\u201d Maltais said. \u201cIt\u2019s as simple as that.\u201d\nWithout that condition, Maltais said, he would not support the bill.\nSen. Joan Fraser said the land that she uses to meet the rules has no real value. \u201cIn my own case, I suspect that all I could possibly do is donate my land to some kind of institute for the study of wetlands,\u201d she said.\nPatterson said he thinks the bill will ultimately pass because most senators he has spoken to support it.\n\u201cI\u2019m also optimistic that a new government that\u2019s committed to changing and modernizing the Senate will look favourably on this change,\u201d he said.\nRead more: Federal Politics", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 160, "original_length": 9373, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 239.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://theviewfromadrawbridge.com/2017/06/21/buying-in-to-gender-violence-phraseology/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:22Z", "digest": "sha1:UYY7TXNNPTXCXDRNZ5KN3GCCBUKXOKFU", "length": 3042, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "theviewfromadrawbridge.com", "title": "Buying in to Gender Violence Phraseology \u2013 The View from a Drawbridge", "raw_content": "On June 21, 2017 June 19, 2017 By The View from a DrawbridgeIn Activism, Feminism, Observation, Politics\nWow. I consider myself a feminist, and I\u2019m proud of that. But clearly I have a shocking amount to learn. Recently, a friend showed me this article from Middlebury Magazine, entitled \u201cThe Language of Gender Violence\u201d, and it blew me away. I strongly encourage you to read it.\nIt was discussing women\u2019s issues such as sexual violence and harassment and domestic violence. Cue the record scratch sound effect. Back up. Read that sentence again. It doesn\u2019t seem particularly controversial, does it? But now look at the phrase \u201cwomen\u2019s issues\u201d. Why are these women\u2019s issues? Because they happen to women? Shouldn\u2019t they be society\u2019s issues? Why do men get a \u201cget out of jail free\u201d card when it comes to this, particularly when they are generally the perpetrators of this violence?\nI never thought of that. It never even crossed my mind. By using the language we use, we are perpetuating societal attitudes.\nThe article went on to discuss the passive voice. It said, \u201cWe talk about how many women were raped last year, not about how many men raped women. We talk about how many girls in a school district were harassed last year, not about how many boys harassed girls. We talk about how many teenage girls in the state of Vermont got pregnant last year, rather than how many men and boys impregnated teenage girls.\u201d\nBy using the passive voice, we take men and boys out of the equation entirely. These issues become a problem for women, and men aren\u2019t even the focus anymore. Pretty sneaky. Pretty insidious.\nI have no doubt fallen into this verbal trap at least a million times in my life, and I didn\u2019t even realize what I was doing. It never dawned on me that I was playing along. I\u2019m horrified. And it is making me look at the world from a completely different angle.\nA truly admirable sentiment. But why not say, \u201cMen against violent men?\u201d\ndomestic violencefeministgenderlanguagepassive voicesexual harassmentsexual violenceviolencewomen's issues\n5 thoughts on \u201cBuying in to Gender Violence Phraseology\u201d\nOMG! I consider myself a feminist too, and I hadn\u2019t thought of the use of words in this way. Wow. I\u2019m going to be more mindful about this from now on. What an eye-opening article \u2018The Language of Gender Violence\u2019 is! Sharing.\nShocking, isn\u2019t it? It really makes you think.\nThe comments to this article were as eye opening as the article itself. Some, who missed the point or concluded that this was unfair to men, became defensive. Given the polarized comments, our use of language is just one aspect we need to address before we turn this around. It\u2019s been a long uphill battle that still requires more education, discussion and action. Hopefully all your readers will share the article and this post with all genders. Thanks Barb for putting it out there.\nWow. I hadn\u2019t read the comments, but you are absolutely right. And I hope everyone does share it!\nPingback: The View is Different from Venus to Mars \u2013 The View from a Drawbridge", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 103, "original_length": 6504, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 332.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://theweek.com/speedreads/823351/catalan-separatist-movement-take-down-spanish-government-after-all", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:56Z", "digest": "sha1:IHCDYJ43PUP7UPYG3E6K5A5B5YDJSXJS", "length": 1472, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "theweek.com", "title": "Will the Catalan separatist movement take down the Spanish government after all?", "raw_content": "Will the Catalan separatist movement take down the Spanish government after all?\nTrouble in Spain\nSpanish Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez has found himself in quite a bind as he faces pressure on multiple political fronts, reports The New York Times.\nNational trials for 12 Catalan leaders who attempted to secede from Spain in October 2017 began on Tuesday, while S\u00e1nchez's government made a last-ditch effort to pass the national budget, which relies on the support of Catalan separatists.\nIncumbent Catalan nationalist leaders have generally supported S\u00e1nchez and his minority Socialist government since he came to power in June following a vote of no-confidence against the previous conservative government. But they have maintained that unless S\u00e1nchez considers another Catalan independence referendum, they will vote against the national budget, which the Times reports will likely force S\u00e1nchez to call elections.\nAt the same time, thousands of Spaniards took to the street in Madrid on Sunday in protest over S\u00e1nchez's more conciliatory tone toward the Catalan secessionists. The protesters hope that the trial judges hand down tough penalties to the defendants \u2014 some of whom face up to 25 years in prison for inciting rebellion \u2014 in order to deter any future secessionist movements.\nBut Spain is also wary of going too far with the trials, per The Guardian, for fear that implementing such strong penalties could lead to public backlash across Europe. Tim O'Donnell", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 156, "original_length": 14310, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 289.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://thewellesleysnews.com/2019/02/04/analyst-research-and-ratings-wellcare-health-plans-inc-wcg-nuveen-municipal-credit-income-fund-nzf/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:04Z", "digest": "sha1:QQR55HLWM4XTTCRGOCIMGVXMNLVEH6XF", "length": 2620, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "thewellesleysnews.com", "title": "Analyst Research and Ratings: WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (WCG), Nuveen Municipal Credit Income Fund (NZF) | Analyst Journal", "raw_content": "Home Business Analyst Research and Ratings: WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (WCG), Nuveen Municipal Credit...\nAnalyst Research and Ratings: WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (WCG), Nuveen Municipal Credit Income Fund (NZF)\nWellCare Health Plans, Inc. (NYSE:WCG) tinted loss of -0.13% (-0.37 points) to US$276.11. The volume of 0.63 Million shares climbed down over an trading activity of 991.71 Million shares. EPS ratio determined by looking at last 12 month figures is 8.4. Over the same time span, the stock marked US$324.99 as its best level and the lowest price reached was US$187.06. The corporation has a market cap of US$13.63 Billion.\nWellCare Health Plans, Inc. (NYSE:WCG)\u2019s earnings per share has been growing at a 10.9 percent rate over the past 5 year when average revenue increase was noted as 18.1 percent. The return on equity ratio or ROE stands at 15.1 percent while most common profitability ratio return on investment (ROI) was 8.3 percent. The company\u2019s institutional ownership is monitored at 0 percent. The company\u2019s net profit margin has achieved the current level of 2.4 percent and possesses 0 percent gross margin.\nNuveen Municipal Credit Income Fund (NYSE:NZF) is worth US$2.01 Billion and has recently fallen -0.14% to US$14.15. The latest exchange of 0.55 Million shares is below its average trading activity of 489.43 Million shares. The day began at US$14.18 but the price moved to US$14.14 at one point during the trading and finally capitulating to a session high of US$14.25. The stock tapped a 52-week high of US$14.93 while the mean 12-month price target for the shares is US$0.\nCurrently, the stock carries a price to earnings ratio of 0, a price to book ratio of 0.94, and a price to sales ratio of 11.94. For the past 5 years, the company\u2019s revenue has grown 0%, while the company\u2019s earnings per share has grown 0%. With an institutional ownership near 10.3%, it carries an earnings per share ratio of -0.13.\n(NYSE:NZF)\n(NYSE:WCG)\nNuveen Municipal Credit Income Fund\nPrevious articleAnalyst Opinion Summary: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSM), World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE)\nNext articleAnalyst Research and Recommendations: Waters Corporation (WAT), Adobe Inc. (ADBE)\nAnalyst Research Roundup: Vectrus, Inc. (VEC), Deluxe Corporation (DLX)\nEPS Forecast Revision Scan: Dover Corporation (DOV)\nQuality Ideas in Trending Stocks Space: Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. (NVMI), Talos Energy Inc....\nAnalyst Stock Recommendations For Biogen Inc. (BIIB), BCE Inc. (BCE)\nAnalyst Stock Recommendations For Wabash National Corporation (WNC), Acuity Brands, Inc. (AYI)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 89, "original_length": 5560, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 290.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://threeshowsaturday.com/2016/05/01/sunday-review-and-contest-winner/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:20:01Z", "digest": "sha1:JDXDLTMOVM57L2PQTNFH6E4VB3XMMK43", "length": 2068, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "threeshowsaturday.com", "title": "Sunday Review and Contest Winner! \u2013 Three Show Saturday", "raw_content": "First I\u2019d like to congratulate Emily S. for winning the copy of \u201cSouth of Sunshine\u201d!\nThanks to all who entered and helped make my first giveaway a success. I\u2019m looking forward to more giveaways in the future and hopefully I will work out all the Rafflecopter kinks by then.\nNew review today for you all. Another book from HarperCollins Christian Publishing and Zonderkidz. I\u2019m really loving the quality of books Zonderkidz produces. Today\u2019s review is of the Kids\u2019 Quest Study Bible. Wow! This is a fantastic resource. Check out the review for more information but kids and adults alike can learn something from the extra info in this book.\nKids\u2019 Quest Study Bible\nWith answers to over 500 questions about the Bible, the Kids\u2019 Quest Study Bible is a fabulous first Bible for older children and preteens. Thoughtful, intelligent questions and answers grace almost every page of this Bible. With a bright cover and fun little illustrations accompanying each question, this Bible is sure to grab a child\u2019s attention. The text of the New International Reader\u2019s Version is written plainly, making it an excellent version for children to grasp unfamiliar words and concepts. A great resource for Sunday School teachers, Vacation Bible school leaders, Youth groups and church libraries.\nHaving reviewed the Under the Sea Bible, I was concerned this Bible would be similar with only a few pages of extra information sparsely distributed throughout the book. Instead, this Bible is packed full of questions, small illustrations, and extra facts about each book. At the start of each book of the Bible, there is an information page stating who wrote the book, when it was written, why it was written and more. This is a great way to get kids interested and focused on who is important and why in each book. The summaries are written plainly and focus on the big picture, making the passages more accessible to children.\nOverall, a fantastic resource for children and adults. Lots of great information which enhances the reader\u2019s ability to understand and enjoy this ancient text.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 93, "original_length": 4454, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 297.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://thriveglobal.com/stories/remember-the-shabbat-day-keep-it-holy/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:24:13Z", "digest": "sha1:FTLQPNB56MJ2D4OUPAXQJXPJE26ZRL4U", "length": 7748, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "thriveglobal.com", "title": "Remember the Shabbat Day: Keep it Holy", "raw_content": "Remember the Shabbat Day: Keep it Holy\nShabbat is our beacon, our ever-present reminder, that truly nothing can enslave us.\nBen Epstein, Clinical Ph.D. @camphasc Mindfulness. Spirituality. MoreLight. MoreCowbell. The Goal is Soul. And I am going to finish my book one of these days\u2026\nThere are two powerful forces that are ever-present, and which, although often constructive, can become a source of desolation. The first of these is inertia \u2014 not in the way modern physics uses this word, but more along the lines of statistical probability. There is a certain monotony and humdrum quality in our daily lives to which we become inured. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. The farmer plants and sows and harvests. There is cold in the winter and heat in the summer. \u201cTo everything there is a season\u2026.\u201d And so it goes: the circle of life.\nThis consistency and familiarity allows us to go through life with a sense of security. This predictability, often taken for granted, is crucial to our emotional survival. We feel threatened when we feel that we have lost our stability. In the event of a trauma, God forbid, the loss of predictability proves to be the most debilitating factor, psychologically and emotionally. All of the safety and order that were presumed to be part of everyday living are revealed to have been only a fa\u00e7ade.\nHowever, this comfort of day-to-day life may come at a steep cost, because it can impart the impression that things do not change and are not susceptible to change, resulting in a feeling that we are trapped in an immutable and uniform cycle of life. This can take away one\u2019s belief in the power of renewal, in new beginnings, in the hope of starting again. A person who feels this way about any negative circumstance in his life \u2014 \u201cI\u2019m alone, I\u2019m unemployed, I\u2019m addicted\u2026\u201d \u2014 is prone to feel that the exact same set of circumstances will exist tomorrow as well. If the forces of the universe have conspired to work against him until now, why should tomorrow be any different? These thoughts can form the beginning of a depressive mindset. The inevitable result of this belief is that a person feels stuck.\nThe second force, which is connected to the first, is the feeling of servitude, of being subordinate and insignificant. Contemplating that we are just a speck in this massive universe could serve to humble us so that we recognize that we are part of something much greater than ourselves. This realization, applied correctly, can provide perspective and a sense of duty. But more often, thinking in this way results in our feeling that we lack all control and that what we do doesn\u2019t really matter. It seems that the rules of the universe are immutable and certainly do not offer any hope that we have the power to effect the change that we are looking to bring about in ourselves. We are enslaved to circumstances \u2014 to the traffic light, to our boss\u2019s demands, to our upbringing, to our genetic makeup \u2014 to an extent that we are powerless to change, to become, or to improve.\nIn response, the Torah provides two reasons for the observance of Shabbat: one, in order to recall that God created the world (Exodus 20:7), and two, in order to remember that God took us out of Egypt (Deuteronomy 5:11). Those two reasons provide a response to the two above mentioned forces that inhibit and hinder growth in our lives. They do so by imbuing us with the one value cherished above all others: freedom. Shabbat is the path to liberation.\nFirst, when we bear in mind that God created the world and re-creates it on a constant and consistent basis, we are made aware of the possibility of our own renewal. Bearing in mind the creation reminds us to live our lives in a way that defies monotony and statistical probability, a creative life in which we acknowledge our own role in the creation and revelation of God\u2019s glory in this world. We gain an awareness that gives us the capacity to accept, oppose, or confront a life of doing that seems to drag on interminably.\nShabbat comes bearing its message: \u201cEnough! Stop! Then you may start again.\u201d It is a reminder built into every week that we all have the ability to start again. Shabbat calls to us to remember creation: \u201cRemember that you were created and realize that you can always begin again, just as it was \u2018in the beginning\u2019 when the spirit of God hovered over the chaos. You are not stuck in some endless quagmire.\u201d The ultimate renewal is simply to be. Paradoxically, as it might seem, we are able to change the direction of our lives simply by standing still. Without Shabbat, there is no life. There is only an imitation of life.\nSecondly, Shabbat helps us remember the Exodus from Egypt. This was not a one-time occurrence. We are constantly tasked to realize that we leave Egypt every day. Shabbat is our prompt to remind ourselves that we are now slaves to no man, and that we must free ourselves on a constant and continuous basis. We must not be slaves to technology or any illicit drives or desires, or the temporary escape of drugs, alcohol, or other palliatives. If we are not sensitive, if we are not aware, then we can become mired in our wants and never once pause to embrace life as it is. Shabbat is our beacon, our ever-present reminder, that truly nothing can enslave us. The opinions of the world cannot dictate what we will do, nor can they define our values and priorities. Our desires cannot compel us to act in a way that violates our value system.\nWe are constantly led about by our cravings, which pull us in all sorts of conflicting directions. Doing something you later regret simply because you weren\u2019t able to sit for a moment and consider the ramifications of that action is the result of feeling enslaved, feeling out of control, too trapped to break the cycle.\nShabbat comes along and screams, \u201cBe free!\u201d One day a week, a person can taste something of the world-to-come. The 39 labors forbidden on Shabbat that shackle a person to the illusions and delusions of the six days of the week can be shattered.\nFrom an \u201coutsider\u2019s\u201d skewed vantage point, this idea of liberation couldn\u2019t be further from the truth. For him, Shabbat doesn\u2019t come to liberate a person but to enslave him. With its myriad restrictions, how can Shabbat be a day of freedom when the rest of the world is free to do whatever it wants? Shouldn\u2019t a day of rest be one in which we can do whatever we want, a day of unfettered license? When a person states, \u201cI am a Sabbath observer,\u201d he is often met with a look of pity, as though he had confessed to some decree of confinement or prison sentence. Not being able to go anywhere you want, or do anything you desire, doesn\u2019t sound very attractive and certainly doesn\u2019t sound very much like freedom. This person can\u2019t do anything! Is there anyone more deserving of sympathy? From the outside looking in, it looks as if on Shabbat everything is \u201cno.\u201d Those with outside eyes who have not yet experienced the liberation of Shabbat, who have not yet felt Shabbat from the inside, cannot understand that Shabbat is the ultimate expression of freedom. But for those who are inside, saying \u201cno\u201d to everything external and distracting, is a way of saying \u201cyes\u201d to one\u2019s true self. Those who have experienced shifting from the mode of doing to the mode of being, being themselves and being in the felt presence of the Creator, can only describe this experience with one word: freedom.\n(Adapted from my forthcoming book Living in the Presence: A Jewish Mindfulness Guide to Everyday Life.\nMaking Time for a Day of Rest with Shabbat\nby Misha Nonoo\nShabbat, Status Anxiety, and Social Media\nby Rabbi Joshua Rabin\nShabbat: A Day of Rest// September 14, 2018\nAsk Yourself This Question as You Unwind from the Week", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 118, "original_length": 10637, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 249.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://times-age.co.nz/mccullum-proves-worth/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:39Z", "digest": "sha1:ZKXHDMSVNKSVY2X2WIDQ25AHODGBZYBY", "length": 2271, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "times-age.co.nz", "title": "McCullum proves his worth - Times Age", "raw_content": "9:06 AM Friday Dec 23, 2016\nHow many batsmen in the current Black Caps team would you say are worth the price of admission alone?\nThe elegant Kane Williamson and Martin Guptill \u2013 when in form \u2013 but that\u2019s it.\nBrendon McCullum showed in 21 balls on Wednesday night just how much of a loss he is to the national side as a batsman, captain and entertainer.\nThe former Black Caps\u2019 skipper blasted his Brisbane Heat side to a 10-run win over the Adelaide Strikers in their Big Bash Twenty20 opener, and sent a timely reminder of how much his influence will be missed in the national set-up.\nHis 42 runs included four 4s and three 6s, and ensured the Heat reached a total (206-5) that was always going to be difficult to chase down.\nMcCullum adopted a near reckless approach to his batting during the last couple of seasons with the Black Caps, and it was that carefree attitude and aggressive intent that kept people coming through the gates.\nNo matter how brief his stay at the crease was, you always knew it would be edge-of-your-seat viewing.\nHe was lambasted for some of his shot-selection when things went wrong, but he had worked out a long time ago that for New Zealand to compete with the top teams in world cricket, aggression was the only approach.\nHe lit up the World Cup in 2015 with his brilliant stroke-play and innovative captaincy, and although it backfired spectacularly in the final against Australia, when Mitchell Starc removed him in the first over, he knew the positive approach was the only way to knock them over on their home turf.\nYou have to feel for Kane Williamson, who has taken over the McCullum-less side and has had to try and stamp his mark as the new leader of a team still riding on the coat-tails of their former skipper\u2019s inspiring leadership.\nThe recent series against Australia was evidence this Black Caps side is unsure just what approach they need to adopt in the post-McCullum era.\nBut they need to work it out quickly.\nWilliamson does not possess the same brutal attacking game that McCullum used to lead from the front, but he has not been predicted to end his career as New Zealand\u2019s best ever batsman for no reason.\nHe needs to work out where he wants to take this team, but the heights of the McCullum era seem a long time ago.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 94, "original_length": 4125, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 312.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://timesofislamabad.com/02-Sep-2018/kowsar-iran-unveils-details-of-claimed-fourth-generation-fighter-jet", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:04:28Z", "digest": "sha1:OFUGWGIXSDQ7A7YVUR7KLQX5O3ROG4OX", "length": 1836, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "timesofislamabad.com", "title": "KOWSAR: Iran unveils details of claimed fourth generation fighter jet", "raw_content": "KOWSAR: Iran unveils details of claimed fourth generation fighter jet\nTEHRAN (IRNA) - 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A multiplier of 64x is possible during free spins, so at that point you might get up to 19,200 coins from a regular combo, which would mean up to $38,400.\nSavanna King Slot Features\nAs far as regular features go, the game has a wild symbol and a scatter. The wild symbol is shown on some sort of tribal shield with two spears behind it. It will appear in any position on the reels 2, 3 and 4, and from there it can substitute for a symbol and replace it, in order to allow for a combination to form. The rest of the needed symbols have to be in place obviously, in order for this symbol to be of help.\nScatter symbols sport the game logo and they can pay you the largest prizes available in the base game, which will give you up to 800 coins. Unfortunately, that\u2019s only 10x the triggering bet for five scatters, which is one of the worst prizes I\u2019ve seen a scatter symbol offer.\nThe main feature here seems to be the one called Savanna Stampede. 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You can find a neat little quiz on the website www.5lovelanguages.com.\nMany years ago I picked up this book because my husband and I were having difficulties communicating. I had thought about the Mars/Venus theory but I thought this was a better choice. Considering it had the word \u2018language\u2019 in it.\nWhile reading the book, I found out that my primary love language is \u201cActs of Service\u201d. This means that when I am showing my love for someone, whether it be a friend or loved one, that my actions will be what shows them how I feel. When I am receiving love, acts of service is also how I feel loved by others. Acts of service speak to me more than gifts, words of affirmation or even physical touch. My husband, however, his primary love language is \u201cPhysical touch\u201d with \u201cQuality time\u201d as a close 2nd. Are we compatible? Well, we are more compatible now that we understand how to love one another.\nNow if a person who has the love language \u201cWords of Affirmation\u201d\u2026 this person would respond more to someone who flatters them and uses words to lift them up, right? And the person with the love language \u201cReceiving gifts\u201d would be more receptive to that person bringing them flowers or a box of chocolates. Something small like a classic movie rental or a present that shows thoughtfulness and preparation would put that person right over the edge.\nThe relationship my husband and I have is one that has been worked on for years. It hasn\u2019t always been easy but all in all even the bumps have been fun because it\u2019s forced us to learn new things about one another and we feel accomplished when we work through an issue and come out on top. My husband is always there to compliment me, he notices when I get my hair done, and I love how his hands appreciate my curves. I\u2019m there for him when he needs a hug and our nights cuddling on the couch re-energize him.\nYou know when you have those days that you look in the mirror and say \u201cI look good today\u201d. Your clothes fit you the way you love them to and you get that tickle in your tummy that tells you that today you are going to initiate some lovin\u2019. This is huge for my husband because remember, my love language is acts of service but his is physical touch and quality time. So by me initiating those romantic times, it speaks volumes to him.\n\u201cThe benefits of touch to a person\u2019s health are phenomenal. Touch can reassure, relax and comfort. It reduces depression, anxiety, stress and physical pain; and can be healing. It increases the number of immune cells in the body and has powerful effects on behavior and moods. \u201c*\nIntimacy and the military is a whole other story. Every spouse will have a different story, different ideas and every spouse will have a different outcome. One thing that we all share though is that we are all human and all are physical beings.\nSo, how does a military spouse handle the fact that, for months on end, even a year or longer they are single in the physical sense but not in the mental? How does a person survive without being hugged, loved, caressed or stimulated for such a long period of time?\nWhile discussing the topic of sex and intimacy with a military spouse, it is not uncommon to hear stories of infidelity. This is something that happens all too frequently in the military community. It\u2019s not always the service member that cheats, quite often it\u2019s the spouse left at home that is the one who breaks the commitment.\nWhy? To some, the answer might seem obvious. Long periods of time spent apart, temptation knocking at the front door, \u201cit \u2018just happened\u201d. No matter what you think or why you think it, the fact is that having an affair in the military has become very normal and dare I say accepted. When someone brings it up, shock is not the first reaction in most cases. The only time it gets addressed is if the service member gets caught fraternizing with someone in their command.\nI can\u2019t count on one hand the number of affairs my husband has witnessed during his 13 years of service.\nI recently read a blog where I found this information:\nIs sex a basic human need?\nStart with these premises:\nA (human) community is obligated to supply those of the basic needs of its members that can be met, unless perhaps these members have freely consented to not having these needs met.\nIt is not permitted to require anybody to have sex, absent a free promise from the requiree.\nIf a community is obligated to provide A to x, then it is permitted for the community to require one or more of its members to provide A to x.\nThere is at least one community where there is at least one individual who (a) is capable of sex; (b) does not have sex with anyone; (c) has not consented to the state of affairs in (b); and (d) nobody has promised anything that entails having sex with this individual.\nBasic needs are the same for all members of all (human) communities.\nTherefore, sex is not a basic need.**\nI highlighted the sentence in #1 because I think this is the viewpoint that most military spouses take when the subject of sex and intimacy comes up during their partner\u2019s deployment. Some of us have mutually consented to not have these needs met.\nIf a person is single and dating, it\u2019s their choice whether or not they want to invite intimacy between themselves and a suitor into the equation.\nKnowing the love languages above, you take someone who is married. Who has a primary love language of physical touch and put them into a situation where they are around the opposite sex in a friendly setting. You can see where I am going with this. Do one too many hugs prove to be too much for this spouse and they find themselves reaching out for that connection because they need it? Is this a weakness or a sign of selfishness?\nIt\u2019s very easy for someone who is in a vulnerable position to find themselves \u2018taken\u2019 by someone else is who trying really hard to create intimacy. Sometimes before you even recognize what the other person is doing it\u2019s too late. And most people are motivated by their own selfish needs and desires. So, even though the suitor recognizes that the spouse is vulnerable and is in a position of weakness, they will use that as their cue to try and get their own needs fulfilled without understanding the recourse involved. The spouse may be so deprived of physical touch or quality time with someone that they can\u2019t see straight and just blindly latch on to whoever is making themselves available. This can go the same for all the 5 love languages mentioned above.\nNow the service member who is deployed isn\u2019t immune either. Their needs are just as important as the ones left behind. And as studies have shown, physical touch can reduce stress, infuse relaxation etc. Is it really a surprise that many of our service members stationed in a war zone turn to affairs? Trust me, I\u2019m not saying it\u2019s acceptable or excusable, I am just seeing if it makes sense when put in a different perspective.\nMost times when people find themselves in an affair they assume that it\u2019s going to be easier than what they have now. The person is showering them with attention, the person is loving on them, flattering them etc. things in the future are going to be better. The popular saying \u201cthe grass isn\u2019t always greener on the other side\u201d comes to mind. In most situations, the \u2018initial\u2019 lust phase blinds most people to the reality of the situation. Most military affairs lead to divorce. Divorce and the military is a very ugly situation. There may be custody issues in which the military member almost always loses due to their deployment potential. Financially, our military members are already hurting, now take their pay and cut it in half due to support expenses and fees. Not looking green, is it?\nNow the person they are having an affair with has their own set of baggage. This could just be a conquest for them. They could be in a relationship too, so now you have 2 separate divorces to go through, custody battles. What seemed fun and carefree in the beginning becomes a hard truth once the rainbow disappears.\nYou also have those relationships between 2 service members that occur during deployments, in th,e navy they are affectionately called \u201cBoat Boos\u201d. These are relationships that only occur on the ship during the deployment with the understanding that once they get home, they go back to their own separate realities. For some of you, you may think this is a great arrangement. Best of both worlds. Until you get caught on the ship and are disciplined for it and you are demoted for it\u2026then what? Or what happens when one party decides they want more out of it then what you are willing to give and you have the whole \u201d Fatal Attraction\u201d situation? What happens to your spouse in that situation?\nSo what have we learned? Not much actually. No matter how many studies, how many demotions, how many divorces occur with our service members and spouses worldwide, unless we all hold each other accountable and refuse to accept the indiscretions we witness on a daily basis then the lives that are destroyed by selfish needs will just continue.\nIt\u2019s been proven that numbers can change the future. Imagine if everyone in the military community knew that someone was watching and someone was reporting what they were doing. If a service member or spouse knew ahead of time that if they go through with it their partner will be told about it\u2026..do you think they would continue? Or do you think they would actually take a step back and reevaluate their choice?\n*http://www.suite101.com/content/the-benefits-of-human-touch-a155979\n**http://alexanderpruss.blogspot.com/2009/12/is-sex-basic-human-need.html\nCategories Lady in Waiting; The Survival of a Military Spouse.Tags active duty, air force, alone, army, children, death, deployed, deployment, emotions, friends, government, happy, marine corps, marines, military, military family, military spouse, military wife, moods, navy, sad, sex, therapy, vibrators\nPrevious Lady in Waiting: Deployment Grieving Cycle Part 2\nNext The Never Ending Story\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 119, "original_length": 12522, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 326.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://traditores.org/2012/07/sdmf-and-hells-angels/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:08Z", "digest": "sha1:T6XP5AJPNUW6ETMD6DRTJOX3RBHMWYKV", "length": 8642, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "traditores.org", "title": "SDMF and Hell\u2019s Angels", "raw_content": "You are here: Home / Pastoral / Bulletin Articles / SDMF and Hell\u2019s Angels\nJuly 15, 2012 by Alan 2 Comments\nAlthough I can appreciate almost any style of music that includes a melody, I am especially drawn to tunes with heavy guitars. Over the years, Ozzy Osborne has had a knack for not only putting out songs with great guitars\u2014he also attracts especially talented guitarists. (For those not familiar with Ozzy, he first became famous as the lead singer of Black Sabbath\u2014another guitar-laden band.)\nPerhaps Ozzy's most famous guitarist is Rhandy Rhoads, who is considered one of rock's best even though he died at the age of 25 in an airplane accident. Rhandy's death was hard on Ozzy\u2026but life does go on, and Rhandy was ultimately replaced by Jake E. Lee, who was later succeeded by Zakk Wylde.\nWhich almost gets us to the acronym in this article's title. \ud83d\ude42\nZakk Wylde has been loyal to Ozzy, but that fidelity didn't prevent him from coming and going from Ozzy's band, and Zakk's main gig these days is with a group called Black Label Society. I cannot remember the first time I was introduced to their music, but it was likely with their \"The Blessed Hellride\" album (which just happens to have one song with Ozzy doing the vocals). Yes, it has very loud guitars. \ud83d\ude42\nI have followed Zakk on Twitter for a while now, and with time I've cautiously added other Black Label Society fans. I say \"cautiously\" because, well, they are a bit of a rough crowd and often use language I'd rather not have come across my feed. However, I am drawn to the genuine camaraderie with (and love for) each other that Zakk's fans have. If one of them tweets that something good has happened he or she is sure to get some \"way to go\" responses. If another one is having a hard time, their stream is likely to be blessed with \"hang in there\" encouragement. It is coarse family, but it is a family all the same\u2026I think in great measure because their \"leader,\" Zakk, has led by example. For instance, when my son Mikey had an awesome high school euphonium solo in June I wanted the world to know. So, I asked Zakk if he might retweet my tweet about it.\nZakk did just that to his 140,000ish followers. And you know what? I knew it was pretty likely he would. His character had long been shown by his behavior on Twitter, and he remained true to it. (As did his fans by giving me some positive feedback.)\nHowever, if you saw Zakk you'd think you were viewing the leader of a motorcycle gang (and if you saw his band or many of his fans, you'd think they were his motorcycle gang). Which leads me to an experience I had on an airplane over a decade ago\u2026\nI'm not sure where I was flying, but I was in the window seat and, on the aisle, was the first Hell's Angel I ever met. Growing up I had heard plenty about them and their antics, and he (at least visibly) fit the part. Biker clothes. Big man. Tattoos.\nBut, he was also plenty friendly, and started sharing how much Hell's Angels watch out for each other. The vagaries of age have made my memories fuzzy, but Angels clearly had each others back. One thing that stood out enough to bust through the fog of time was how he said that when he went to Argentina, another Hell's Angel lent him a motorcycle. Now, I have a Harley, and I can tell you that if someone from another Church of Christ\u2026who I never met\u2026asked to borrow my 2006 Sportster 1200 Custom\u2026\nWell\u2026being a \"brother in Christ\" isn't quite enough for me to hand over the keys. \ud83d\ude42\n(Now, in fairness to me\u2026I suspect that the Hell's Angels have a more effective system for dealing with a fellow Angel who runs off with one of their motorcycles than the Church of Christ would with a saint who would abscond with my Sportster.)\nMy recent experience with Black Label Society fans\u2026and my previous contact with an Angel\u2026makes me wonder sometime why, within the body of Christ, we don't seem to have the same loyalty and fraternity as these apparently anti-biblical groups do. Sometimes it appears that instead of having each others backs we nip at each other's heels.\nBut, it wasn't always this way. Just after it started, the Holy Spirit led Luke to record this about the infant church:\nNow the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common. And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all. There was not a needy person among them, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold and laid it at the apostles' feet, and it was distributed to each as any had need (Acts 4:32-35, English Standard Version).\nAs a church that, in part, does not use instruments during worship because the New Testament church appeared not to, why don't we also behave exactly as those verses describe? Why do some in the church have so much, while others aren't sure how they are going to pay next month's rent?\nNow, I am not actually saying we should sell everything and give it away\u2026conditions in modern Christendom are much different than those in the first century. But, the fellowship with (and love for) each other implicit in those words is something that cannot be considered uniquely applicable to the early church. It is something that a Holy Spirit led body, no matter the century, will naturally exhibit because, as Jesus Himself said:\nA new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another (John 13:34-35, emphasis mine).\nNow, I've been a bit unfair to the church with some of my comments. I have seen plenty of one member \"being there\" for another. But, with slight adjustment, it would really be nice for us to always display, for one another, the SDMF acronym Black Label Society fans use:\nStrength Determination Merciless Merciful Forever\nFiled Under: Bulletin Articles, Pastoral Tagged With: Church, Fellowship, Love\nLeo Mann says:\nPretty insightful post you have there. I don\u2019t know any of the BLS crew but I am a fan of their music. On the other hand I\u2019ve been fortunate enough to be acquainted with three of the \u201cbig four\u201d motorcycle clubs, (they really hate being referred to as gangs) and the all seem to have two common threads. Motorcycles and deep rooted loyalty to their brothers. Smaller clubs tend to have the same loyalty but the roots don\u2019t run as deeply.\nI don\u2019t know why more Christians don\u2019t have the same brotherhood mentality. I\u2019m not going to start picking on the church, as God is my Father and Creator and Jesus is my savior, but I know a lot of Christians to church to make a showing of their righteousness and some want to be seen in their new vehicles and fine clothing. OK, I\u2019m not knocking prosperity either. I\u2019m just saying that we could all be a little more conscious of our fellow human beings\u2026 not just those who share our faith. I\u2019m nowhere near perfect and I don\u2019t want to seem self-righteous but I\u2019m just saying that there is a certain amount of self-satisfaction I feel when I help someone who needs a hand. But, like you, not many are welcome to use my \u201959 XLCH Sportster. Beyond that, I may I be of some service if I can.\nI am a Christian! Jesus is my Lord & Savior! I\u2019m also a member of the Black Label Society Family. BLS is not anti-biblical! When something is going on in another members life there are many Prayers sent by other members, too! Yes he uses a lot of bad language, but Zakk is Catholic! He believes in Jesus & makes many references to God in his music! Like the 3rd song \u201cBelieve\u201d off the Newest Album! If you ever watch him live, between those face melting riffs he is always making a Cross on his chest like the Catholics do & pointing to the Heavens as if he is showing appreciation & thanks to God, or asking for his blessings! I Know Zakk & have hung with him a few times! He\u2019s had things in his past, like all of us, & he changed much of that. He quit drugs a long time ago & a few years ago he had to quit drinking b/c of a life threatening blood clotting disorder! He\u2019ll tell you he could\u2019ve died, but God let him live. I just wanted to give an insider point of view to that part of this article. I really agree with you on the fact that we do not see that same camaraderie between Christians & I think that is a sad thing! I would really love to see fellow Christians form such a tight bond & stop the nipping at each other\u2019s heels, as you say. I really Liked Your version of S.D.M.F., too!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 198, "original_length": 16241, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 270.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://train2game-news.co.uk/2018/06/05/train2game-news-will-esports-be-at-the-2020-olympics/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:59Z", "digest": "sha1:2LJYX6VU7QCFFK7XFR277T4MRSKNN6AO", "length": 3969, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "train2game-news.co.uk", "title": "Train2Game News Will eSports be at the 2020 Olympics? | The Train2Game Blog", "raw_content": "Train2Game News Will eSports be at the 2020 Olympics?\nWith eSports tournaments expected to feature in some form in the run-up to the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, and millions of pounds of prize money up for grabs for existing tournaments, it is no surprise that the popularity of viewing competitive multiplayer video gaming is on the rise.\nAccording to the latest Harris 24 survey conducted by Harris Interactive, almost half of UK respondents aged 16-54 believe they have great potential for a mass audience in the future (49%), while a fifth of those polled (19%) agree that eSports should form an official part of the Olympic Games.\nAwareness of eSports\nThe latest study, which aimed to investigate the UK\u2019s awareness and perception of eSports and the impact on brands who sponsor such events, reveals that over three-quarters of those surveyed (76%) have heard of the term \u201ceSports\u201d and that two-fifths (39%) are interested in watching.\nStreaming services \u2013 such as YouTube Gaming, used by almost half of eSports viewers (48%), and Twitch (39%) \u2013 are rapidly driving awareness.\nFortnite, a relative newcomer, stands out as the compelling eSports title, together with long-standing franchises FIFA and Call of Duty. Such games are helping to broaden its audience, which remains a niche \u2013 18% of the UK currently watch eSports \u2013 according to the study.\nDeeper coverage of the top competitions and its inclusion in the Olympics could be the core drivers to create more of a mass-market appeal. While the latter is not without its controversy (only 19% agree it should be included and 45% have concerns about violent eSports games), there is broader agreement (38%) that having eSports in the Olympics would make the games connect better with younger generations.\nThe survey highlights hugely enticing brand sponsorship opportunities in the coming years. Over half of all UK respondents (51%) and over three-quarters of those who were eSports viewers (76%) say they are happy for brands to sponsor eSports.\nFurthermore, over half of those questioned (53%) and over three-quarters of those who were also eSport viewers (76%) agree that brands who sponsor eSports benefit from the association.\nCrucially, almost three-fifths of the 2,030 respondents (58%) claim that eSports can help sponsor brands connect with a younger and tech-savvy audience.\nFor players and teams involved in eSports, there is the appeal of major prize money. The International Dota 2 Championship saw teams battle for a fund in excess of $20m, while Epic Games recently announced a $100 million prize pool for eSports events featuring battle royale game Fortnite.\n\u201cIt\u2019s fair to say that entertainment is a driving force for watching eSports, with almost two-fifths (37%) of the public agreeing that they are very entertaining,\u201d commented Steve Evans, Head of Entertainment at Harris Interactive. \u201cWhat\u2019s more, we can see from the survey that viewers are extremely receptive to brand association, which should encourage brands to invest in sponsorship opportunities afforded by popular eSports events, leagues and tournaments. The potential for brands to tap into younger, tech-savvy audiences is huge, and will only increase further as its popularity intensifies.\u201d\nA link to the full research can be found at: http://www2.harris-interactive.com/esportsreport\nThe eight-minute online survey was completed by 2,030 participants and was conceived, designed, fielded and analysed using the Harris 24 ultrafast polling service during May 2018.\nResults are weighted to be representative of UK demographics by gender, age and region. To find out more, visit: http://harris-interactive.co.uk/solutions/harris-24/.\nThis entry was posted in 2, Developer, game, games, Games Developer, train, train 2 game, Train2Game, www.train2game-news.co.uk and tagged developer, eSports, game, Games Developer, games industry, Harris, Olympics, Tokyo, train, Train2Game by Train2Game Blogger Team. 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Johnson Leave a Comment", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 23, "original_length": 500, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 266.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://trs.jpl.nasa.gov/handle/2014/26504", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:57Z", "digest": "sha1:GOMUORQTZPPF6JT6B2DMYFGGSBZIQVGE", "length": 453, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "trs.jpl.nasa.gov", "title": "Mini-STEP: A Minimal Satellite Test of the Equivalence Principle Experiment", "raw_content": "Mini-STEP: A Minimal Satellite Test of the Equivalence Principle Experiment\nSwanson, P.N.\nCitation: London, England\nThe Mini-STEP concept was conceived from a desire by NASA to reduce the cost of the Satellite Test of the Equivalence Principle (STEP) experiment below that of the already downsized Quick STEP concept. The goal was for the total cost, including payload, spacecraft, launch vehicle, reserves and operations to be in the $50 million range.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 50, "original_length": 1454, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 198.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://trumoo.com/terms", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:30Z", "digest": "sha1:WCZZ2Y5UCIVIFAATIYWWW6MAFZFIGFR2", "length": 5325, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "trumoo.com", "title": "TruMoo Terms and Conditions| Disclaimer of Medical Liability", "raw_content": "You may print copies of the information on this site for your own personal use, store the files on your computer for personal use or reference the server from your own documents. Remember that Dean Foods retains copyright on all text and graphics and is the owner of all trademarks. 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[ http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes.htm ].", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 30, "original_length": 5770, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 265.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://trustiko.com/affiliate-marketing-business/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:42Z", "digest": "sha1:MILWIW3GKJPYEWUCHY74JGACPDJ2U7XU", "length": 9570, "nlines": 48, "source_domain": "trustiko.com", "title": "Tips to to Build an Affiliate Marketing Business and Succeed", "raw_content": "Blog Tips and Ways to Build an Affiliate Marketing Business and Succeed\nTips and Ways to Build an Affiliate Marketing Business and Succeed\nNowadays, people can find thousands of ways to make money from their homes. But, when you think about how long those ways will still active, you will exclude the majority of them.\nThe wrong way to earn income is selling a one-time product and spend lots of work and money to get ROI. That\u2019s why focusing on these ways is not the best way to start a successful affiliate marketing business.\nAt the same time, there is no a residual income formula that you can apply and guarantee the result. All is relative and depending on your effort and knowledge.\nHowever, you can follow some basic, but effective, ways to build an affiliate business that achieve your financial freedom when you\u2019re just working from home. But, remember that everything needs hard work, and there is no way to succeed without work and a small investment, at least.\nBefore starting, I just want to recommend one of the most trusted courses for affiliate marketing business called AffiloBlueprint. It\u2019s a complete learning system created by a millionaire affiliate, and you can find more on their website. Now, let\u2019s start our steps to create an affiliate business that will make your life happy.\nEven if you don\u2019t have any knowledge about creating blogs, you have to try WordPress. It\u2019s not only the best blogging platform, but, the easiest way to build sites. The main reason you should have a website is that you need to have a fixed base of content. That\u2019s what will drive traffic from search engines and social media.\nNo matter if you have $20 or a fortune to invest in advertising, Google AdWords is a real war of bidding between companies. At the same time, the single click costs will cost from dozens to hundreds of dollars in some cases.\nAdvertising will bring sales if you have affiliate products to promote. But, you can\u2019t spend money for days without sales. You will find yourself losing money later when the spending is bigger than the profit. It\u2019s a big risk if you don\u2019t have a website that let you make money blogging and help you with free traffic.\nThat\u2019s why owning a good site is the best way to generate smart income, even, if you don\u2019t have the money to advertise.\nTo create a good blog with content, you need a web hosting provider and I recommend WP Engine, and only them. Also, you need a theme and the time to create content and articles that help readers.\nTo create all that, you need at least, six months, to two years. Or simply, get your own affiliate system ready to use from Mark Ling and his team, it\u2019s called AffiloJetpack, where you get:\nA website with its tools\nWeb hosting for a full year\n90 professional emails with a ready autoresponder system\nAnd all the training and tips to create the right content that ranks in search engines, without using the spam way that newbies are using.\nNow, that you have the idea that you need to have a website, you need to start building your email list. Don\u2019t neglect your few visitors, at the beginning, even, if you have a little traffic, you have to offer an email newsletter subscription. The visitor that leaves your site will never come back again, and you can make him a returning visitor and a future customer.\nOptin Monster is the fastest premium plugin that lets you capt emails, and build your email list multiple times faster than using any other tool. You can give it a try, and you will be amazed about the results.\nOf course, you need an email and Internet marketing service that works professionally like Aweber, and make sure to create a good welcome email to your new subscribers. It\u2019s not necessary, but it\u2019s recommended if you can. Expect a full year to build a list that can generate sales.\nIt\u2019s just an estimation, based on medium size blogs. However, if you have real subscribers who engage with your emails and open them, you can start making money with a few hundreds of subscribers.\nSpend six months writing helpful content\nUntil now, we are talking about the website and the email marketing list. But, all that cannot be a great way to generate sales if you don\u2019t have a good content. To create an optimized article, you need one hour at least, but it can be 8 hours or more in other cases. It\u2019s all about the patience and the energy that you want to put in that article.\nYou can talk about how to solve a problem and explain in step by step, or create an honest review about a product that you\u2019ve purchased, and explain what are its positive, and negative points to your readers.\nYou have to add the value and never copying and pasting the reviews like many. The content needs to be original and helpful, then, it will rank in Google and the other search engines.\nIf you\u2019ve a good product or service related to your post, you can recommend it, but, make sure that it\u2019s really good and will solve problems.\nPromote trusted affiliate products\nThis is the most important step when you want to earn a residual income that still for years. When you recommend trusted products from well-known sources, you will increase the probability of sales. But make sure that you only promote products that are updated periodically.\nRemember, we are talking about residual income, and that means making money from a work that you do once.\nIf the product that you\u2019ve promoted is dead, then, the full post that contains the review will be also, nothing. That\u2019s why I always recommend promoting products from established companies and sellers who run a business for years.\nTake the example of WP Engine, it\u2019s the number one web hosting for WordPress sites, and they generate millions of dollars in sales, their site is well designed and they run a successful business. So, promoting their hosting service and making $200 per sign-up is a great way to earn income.\nOn the other side, imagine if you want to promote a new company that no one knows, and they have an ugly design and poor quality services. You\u2019re just wasting your time in this case, and that\u2019s why going with the best products and services is the only way to succeed with affiliate marketing.\nUse banner advertising: optional\nThis is an option if you have money to invest. Please make sure that you use less than 5% of your monthly income to advertise some affiliate products. It\u2019s a risk and you can\u2019t guarantee the sales, but, if you advertise in the right place, the result will be better.\nTo add your 300*250 Banner Ad in a medium size website for a full month, you need between $80 and $150, and it\u2019s just an estimated price for good sites. You can contact blogger and webmasters directly and ask for an Ad, or simply use one of the\nYou can contact blogger and webmasters directly and ask for an Ad, or simply use one of the banner advertising marketplace like BuySellAds.com. They are trusted company and no worries about them.\nHowever, you need to make sure that you advertise with frequently updated sites with fresh content. That\u2019s a single activity and real traffic, and of course, verify the site Alexa traffic rank that should never be below the 300,000 to have visitors.\nEarn a passive income\nWhen you have the website that generate the traffic from search engines and social media networks, with a good email list, and the right products to promote, you can start earning passive income and forget your actual job.\nPlease take in consideration that you need real work, time, and the money to invest in your business. You can\u2019t start a website without a domain name that cost a few dollars, and you can\u2019t make cash without an autoresponder and web hosting that makes your website loading fast.\nTo promote your best products in your email list, separate your offers by 3 days, at least, and never bombard your subscribers with sales pages. They need your help to fix their problems, and you can help with tips and guide, even, with no affiliate links.\nTreat your new subscribers as friends, and do the same when they will be old subscribers. But the only difference is that you should never send offers to new subscribers, unless they\u2019ve at least 3 weeks in your marketing list.\nYou need to build trust with them and not sell products from the first email. Ask people if they want you to create specific guides or posts, and you will find free ideas from your readers.\nWhen you see that you have a few hundreds of organic visits, you can apply for a Google Adsense account if you want. It\u2019s not a big source of income in our days, but that can help you with web hosting costs, and it\u2019s a good method to build multiple streams of income.\nThe easy work from home is just a myth, that no one will believe in the future. Everything needs work and money.\nAs you can see, to be able to earn a real residual income from affiliate marketing, you need to spend time and money. Both are not options in our days, the traffic itself will not make money if the website is loading slowly. That needs a fast hosting and many other options to be configured.\nAt the same time, making money with an affiliate business can bring millions of dollars in the long-term, and that\u2019s why giving it a try is a not for lazy people. If you want a ready affiliate website, you will save both, money and years of research and test by using this system.\nI hope that this helped to make thing clear about starting a business with affiliate marketing. It\u2019s not easy, but not hard, at the same time, all depends on your time and patience. Nothing can make a person a millionaire overnight, but nothing also will separate him from that goal.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 92, "original_length": 11040, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 287.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://truthout.org/articles/the-private-prison-business-is-booming-despite-reform-efforts/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:53Z", "digest": "sha1:746JKMNUDF5UVNZ5DOHHR656NLV5OYAG", "length": 7707, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "truthout.org", "title": "The Private Prison Business Is Booming Despite Reform Efforts", "raw_content": "The Private Prison Business Is Booming Despite Reform Efforts\n(Photo: Prison Fence via Shutterstock; Edited: LW / TO)\nDespite political momentum around prison and sentencing reforms, 2015 was another good year for the private prison business, thanks to \u201clong-term customer relationships\u201d and \u201cstrong and predictable occupancy rates,\u201d as the private prison firm GEO Group puts it.\nIn annual reports recently submitted to federal regulators, GEO Group and another massive private prison company, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), reported $139 million and $222 million in profits, respectively, over the past year. That translates to profit margins of $2,135 and $3,356 per individual prisoner held in the facilities run by the companies, according to the watchdog group In the Public Interest.\nThe private prison business is booming despite well-documented problems and even alleged human rights abuses, including several deaths in recent years at private immigrant jails with inadequate medical care. Both GEO Group and CCA have enjoyed steady increases in annual revenue over the past 15 years, and the companies reported a combined $3.6 billion in revenue during 2015 alone.\nCCA and GEO Group are the largest private prison firms in the United States, and their annual reports offer an Orwellian glimpse into how corporations build business models around the caging of human beings.\nMass Incarceration = Stable Revenue\nMost of the prison industry\u2019s revenue comes from tax dollars and fees paid by prisoners themselves, and In the Public Interest argues that this money could be better spent on rehabilitation programs and alternatives to incarceration. The group\u2019s data provoked strong reactions from opponents of prison privatization, including presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, who called private prisons a \u201cracket.\u201d\n\u201cWe cannot fix our criminal justice system if corporations are allowed to profit from mass incarceration,\u201d said Sanders, who introduced legislation last year that would ban federal contracts with private prison facilities. \u201cCompanies should not be allowed to make a profit by building more jails and keeping more Americans behind bars.\u201d\nHowever, Sanders\u2019 legislation is largely symbolic and has little chance of making it out of committee. Few major politicians are joining the call to put restrictions on the private prison industry, which has spent tens of millions of dollars in lobbying and political contributions over the past 25 years as prison populations exploded.\nThe government now depends on private contractors to help run the sprawling prison system and house its 2.3 million prisoners. As GEO Group explains in its annual report, lucrative government contracts and \u201cstrong\u201d rates of imprisonment generate a \u201cstable and sustainable stream of revenue,\u201d with a \u201ccustomer retention rate\u201d in excess of 90 percent.\nProfits Climb Despite Talk of Reform\nThe United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world and spends about $80 billion per year on prisons and jails. With numbers like these circulating in the media, prison reform has been politically en vogue as of late, especially among liberals and fiscal conservatives. Additionally, the current movements for Black liberation have focused on policing and the criminal legal system, including the systematic racial targeting that fuels mass incarceration. GEO Group and CCA do not seem too concerned.\nLast year, President Obama granted clemency to about 180 federal prisoners, most of them long-serving drug offenders. Also, the retroactive application of new federal sentencing guidelines for certain drug crimes reduced sentences for thousands more, including 2,000 prisoners of the failed drug war who faced deportation after being released.\nDespite a small decrease in the federal prison population due these policies, CCA reports that its federal revenues actually increased in 2015. That\u2019s because most of its federal facilities are now immigrant jails that hold people facing deportation, including a controversial \u201cfamily\u201d jail in Texas that opened in late 2014 in response to the migrant crisis.\nUnder most contracts for private prisons, the government pays CCA or GEO Group a fee based on the number of prison beds filled on a given day, so revenue and profit margins are often tied to occupancy rates. Contracts for immigrant jails, however, contain clauses guaranteeing that the companies are paid for a certain number of beds whether they are filled or not. These \u201cbed quotas\u201d are based on a federal mandate requiring that 34,000 beds be available for immigration detainees at all times.\nAdvocates say bed quotas encourage unnecessary detentions and waste taxpayer money, but they are great for private prison companies. Fees paid by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) accounted for 24 percent of CCA\u2019s revenue and 17 percent of GEO Group\u2019s revenue in 2015. Plus, CCA reports, public federal prisons are so overcrowded that their population may become another source of revenue if those prisoners are moved to private facilities in the future.\nFortunately for GEO Group and CCA, Congress has continuously failed to pass comprehensive immigration reform measures. Even in terms of general sentencing reform legislation \u2013 once hailed as a bipartisan consensus, and certain to pass \u2013 has stalled in the face of political roadblocks and tampering by special interests.\nMeanwhile, state prisons hold a majority of US prisoners. A few states have recently enacted sentencing reforms that could reduce prison populations over time and eventually draw business away from private contractors. CCA, however, reports that many states are still experiencing prison population growth and overcrowding, and the company is in a \u201cgood position\u201d to move into those markets.\nPolitical liabilities do remain. The annual reports from both companies admit with strikingly similar language that prison privatization \u201chas not achieved complete acceptance by either government agencies or the public,\u201d and \u201cpublic resistance\u201d to prison privatization \u2013 along with negative publicity resulting from escapes, riots and other \u201cinmate disturbances\u201d \u2013 could threaten revenue streams.\nIt\u2019s true that serious government reforms like those proposed by Sanders and other progressives could do a lot of damage to CCA and GEO Group, because they only have a handful of customers. CCA generates half of its revenue from federal agencies, and GEO Group gets more than half of its revenue from ICE, federal prisons, the US Marshals Service and the state of Florida.\nEven modest reform proposals continue to flounder in Congress, however, and despite the new popularity of prison reform, some lawmakers are still wary of looking soft on crime during an election year.\nIf reforms do come, GEO Group and CCA will be ready. From providing ankle monitors for youth \u201csupervision\u201d to running DUI schools and substance abuse programs, the private industry has expanded into virtually every corner of the criminal legal system. After all, there are no better customers than those who don\u2019t have many choices.\nAnd just in case policy makers can\u2019t find a way to reduce mass incarceration, GEO Group is currently keeping about 3,300 empty prison beds available \u201cfor new customers,\u201d according to the firm\u2019s annual report.\nPrivate Prison Firms Buy Access to Public Officials at Lavish Industry Conferences\nPrivate corrections companies are spending millions of dollars on free massages and luxury events to influence government officials.\nPrivate Prisons: Just Bit Players in Mass Incarceration\nFocusing on private prison companies deflects attention from the state actors driving the prison industrial complex.\nJames Kilgore,", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 148, "original_length": 11363, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 328.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://turquoiseplacerentals.com/2018/01/20/154-tips-on-avoiding-scotland-tourist-traps/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:21:01Z", "digest": "sha1:HC3J73EIPERTSMUZC5PFI5UXRZ57WKW3", "length": 924, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "turquoiseplacerentals.com", "title": "Mullet Toss Weekend | Turquoise Place Rentals", "raw_content": "Home/Mullet Toss Weekend\nWelcome to the Alabama-Florida line, where the World Famous Flora-Bama hosts one of the area\u2019s biggest and strangest events. 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Photo retrieved from: \nIn keeping with our discussion of Cree legal principles and the Accessing Justice and Reconciliation (\u201cAJR\u201d) project, today\u2019s post canvasses the legal principles that \u201cgovern appropriate responses to legal and human issues\u201d. [1] The AJR recognizes five legal principles: (1) the principle of healing, (2) the principle of avoidance or separation, (3) the principle of acknowledging responsibility as remedy, (4) the principle of reintegration, (5) the principle of natural or spiritual consequences, and (6) the principle of incapacitation. Each principle is discussed below.\nThe Principle of Healing:\nThe AJR defines the principle of healing in the following general restatement of law: \u201c[w]hen someone is becoming or has become dangerous to others, the predominant and preferred response is the healing of the person\u201d. [2] In general, this principle recognizes that, when community members experience turmoil and become harmful, healing is preferred over punitive measures. Throughout the AJR, several Elders relay stories of this principle at work. For example, one Elder tells a story of a woman who was becoming dangerous (turning into a wetiko). Rather than isolating or taking punitive measures, the woman was taken to a shaking tent to be healed by Elders. [3] Another Elder explains that people turning into a wetiko are \u201cnot to be seen as faceless dangers\u201d, rather \u201c[they] are our family members\u201d. [4]\nThe Principle of Avoidance or Separation:\nThe principle of healing is tied to the principle of avoidance or separation. This principle acknowledges that, when healing interventions fail to resolve an issue in the community, avoidance or ostracization may be necessary. Avoidance is used in order to avoid escalation and also to send a message of disapproval to the family, individual, or group that has engaged in inappropriate behaviour. [5] Although in nearly all circumstances efforts will first be made at healing the misbehaving person or group, there may be rare cases in which disapproval is so strong that the community resorts to avoidance or separation at first instance. For example, one Elder describes a historic case in which a man was engaged in an incestuous relationship with his daughter. The community actively shunned the man and his family, because the teachings against this practice were so \u201c strong and clear\u201d that the man would have known that this practice was wrong at a young age. [6]\nThese strategies may also be used to preserve group safety, as when the disapproving group, family, or individual poses a serious threat to the community. [7] For example, one Aseniwuche Winewak Nation community member, Robert Wanyandie, notes that in the past, groups would relocate when they sensed a serious threat that could impair their safety. He uses an example of children alone at a camp who identified an escaped convict (known as a \u201crunaway\u201d), and decided to relocate until the danger had passed. [8]\nThe Principle of Acknowledging Responsibility as Remedy:\nThis principle is based on two related laws: firstly, a wrongdoer is able to remedy harms caused by taking responsibility for his or her actions and asking forgiveness directly of the person harmed; and secondly, a wrongdoer, or their family, can remedy harms by paying restitution or compensation to the person or family harmed. [9] One Elder explains that \u201cthe remedy for almost all harms is for the offender to sincerely apologize and seek forgiveness from the person he or she hurt. If the offender will not accept responsibility directly for his or her actions, the person could confront the offender directly\u201d. [9] The Elder believed that this could then lead the offender to apologize and seek forgiveness.\nThe Principle of Reintegration:\nThis principle is based on the idea that, when possible to do so, a person who has committed harms should be \u201cintegrated or reintegrated back into the community as a fully functioning group member\u201d. [10] Importantly, reintegration also includes ongoing monitoring and observation of the individual for signs that he or she may become harmful again. [11] In one story, a woman who was married to a \u201chealed\u201d cannibal identifies signs that he is viewing humans as animals. In this case the man relapses, and is brought into isolation until he is healed again. [12]\nThe Principle of Natural or Spiritual Consequences:\nThis principe acknowledges that, in some circumstances, the most appropriate response to someone causing harm is to allow the person who caused the harm to experience the \u201cnatural or spiritual circumstances of his or her actions\u201d. [13] We can see an illustration of this principle in the story of The Man who was Bitten by Mosquitoes. In this story, a man living on the land kills all of the mosquitoes by capturing them and freezing them in the middle of winter. The next spring, even more mosquitos return, biting and eventually eating the man up entirely as a \u201cnatural consequence of his cruelty\u201d. [14] Individuals may also use this principle to guide their own actions in order to avoid causing harm. [15]\nThe Principle of Incapacitation:\nThis final legal principle is explained in the AJR: \u201c[i]n older stories, or historically, in cases of extreme and ongoing harm, where no other response could keep the group safe and prevent future harms, a harmful agent would sometimes [have to be] incapacitated (executed) as a last resort\u201d. [16] Importantly, execution is only undertaken when all other avenues have been exhausted, including efforts at healing, or avoidance and separation.\nThese 6 principles raise interesting challenges and opportunities for their implementation. In particular, the emphasis on healing as opposed to taking punitive measures seems to clash with Canada\u2019s justice system, which is designed to punish offenders. In addition, reintegration of community wrongdoers may be difficult when communities lack the necessary resources and supports to monitor and help individuals. Nonetheless, these challenges should not deter us from using these principles to guide the contemporary implementation of Cree legal principles. Most importantly, however, implementation should be driven by community members themselves. In this way, community members can revitalize and design laws that are most impactful for their communities.\n[1] Hadley Friedland et al, \u201cAccessing Justice and Reconciliation: Cree Legal Traditions Report\u201d (2014) at 28, online (pdf): Qu\u00e9bec Government .\nPosted by ReconciliAction YEG on February 15, 2019 at 08:30 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)\n\u201cBeing Together\u201d by Jerry Whitehead. Image retrieved from:.\nAs we continue to introduce our readers to the legal principles outlined in the Accessing Justice and Reconciliation Cree Legal Traditions Report (\u201cReport\u201d)[1], today\u2019s post will look at Nehiyaw (Cree) legal processes. The Report breaks down legal processes into two parts: 1) authoritative decision-makers, and 2) procedural steps.[2]\nAuthoritative decision-makers include medicine people, Elders, family members, as well as the group as a whole. Check out last year\u2019s post here, which introduces our readers to each category of decision-maker. Moving on to procedural steps, this subsection asks the question, \u201cwhat [are] the steps involved in determining a response or action?\u201d[3] The Report then lists a series of steps that may be used when responding to, and working to resolve a problem within the community, which includes:\nRecognizing warning signals that harm may be developing or has occured\nWarning others of the potential harm and taking appropriate safety precautions to keep people within the group as safe as possible\nSeeking guidance from those with relevant understanding and expertise\nObserving and collecting corroborating evidence\nPublic confrontation and deliberation by appropriate decision-makers when possible\nThe appropriate decision-makers are identified and implement a response (this may be a pre-emptive response in some cases) [4]\nRecognizing warning signals\n\u201cPeople may recognize warning signals there is risk of harm or harm has occurred through noticing behavioural signs.\u201d\nIn the story of Mistacayawis, a man recognizes suspicious behaviour when a woman goes out hunting two days in a row, first with her brother-in-law, then with her husband, but returns without them. Although she explains that both got lost, the man investigates and discovers that the woman is a wetiko* and has killed both of the men.[6]\n\u201cPeople may recognize warning signals...through spiritual means.\u201d\nIn The Hairy Heart People, an old man who is gifted with medicine has a vision of dangerous people being nearby. In the Report, an Elder further comments that historically, medicine people could sense when there were enemies in the area.[7]\n\u201cPeople may also recognize warning signals... through observations of the natural world and their environment.\u201d\nElders emphasize that oftentimes we can observe nature and animals for warning signs. For example, we can be \u201cwarned of a bear or a cougar nearby simply from listening to squirrels, beavers or ravens warn each other.\u201d[8]\nWarning others of the potential harm\nAgain, in The Hairy Heart People, the old man warns members of his camp of the dangerous people nearby. Once the community is safe, and he has lead the Hairy Heart People away, he sends others to warn nearby communities of the potential harm, encouraging them to stay together in large groups for safety.[9]\n\u201cWhen faced with risk of harm or conflict, people seek out and rely on guidance from those with the relevant understanding and expertise to advise and help respond to or resolve the issue.\u201d\nCommunity members with roles in leadership or conflict-resolution are often sought for their guidance. Elders are oftentimes asked for guidance, like in the story of Anway, where a community became endangered by cannibals. The Elders helped by communicating with Anyway, a wetiko hunter, within a shaking tent. Anway then agreed to help the community.[10]\n\u201cWhen there are warning signs or signals a person is at risk of becoming harmful, others observe him or her before taking further steps.\u201d\nUsing again the example of the story of The Hairy Heart People, a woman warns her brother of her husband, a former Hairy Heart, who is exhibiting signs of being dangerous. Her brother then keeps a close eye on the husband as they are hunting. [11]\n\u201cWhen a person is suspected of causing grave harm, others observe him or her to confirm suspicions before taking further steps.\u201d\nIn Mistacayawis (noted above), when the man becomes suspicious of the woman, he follows her to observe and confirm his suspicions of her being a wetiko. In doing so, he is able to confirm that she has killed and eaten both men.[12]\nPublic confrontation and deliberation\n\u201cWhen a person is suspected of causing harm or conflict, authoritative decision-makers confront him or her publically when possible.\u201d\nIn the story of Indian Laws, a man names E-pay-as is confronted following a reckless raid on a nearby community. When E-pay-as refuses to pay compensation for the harm caused to those in the community, the Dancers and Providers (respected groups) confront him about his actions.[13]\n\u201cAt times, private or one-on-one confrontation is seen as effective and beneficial to solving problems and restoring peace.\u201d\nThis is an exception to the response of public confrontation, seen in the story of the Thunderwoman, where a man shoots an arrow at his older brother\u2019s wife. The wife leaves, and her husband confronts his brother over his actions, before leaving to resolve the issue himself.[14]\nAppropriate decision-makers are identified and implement a response\nThe final step includes identifying \u201cthe decision-maker most capable, or best positioned, to respond to the harm or risk of harm, or resolve the conflict in the particular circumstances.\u201d[15] For example, in the story of The Water Serpent, a community seeks help from a dangerous water serpent. The medicine people and wise ones conclude that the problem is beyond their power, and thus ask the \u2018wisest one\u2019 to ask the thunderbirds for help in a shaking tent.[16]\nAs we wrap up today\u2019s post on Cree legal processes, the team wants to remind our readers that the research conducted in creating the Report only \u201cscratch[es] the surface of such a rich, complex, living legal tradition.\u201d[17] Furthemore, this week's coverage only serves as an introduction to the Nehiyaw legal principles outlined in the Report, and we encourage our readers to read through the report here. Check out tomorrow\u2019s post as we introduce the final section of the Report\u2019s summary \u2013 legal responses and resolutions.\n*A wetiko is a Cree term, meaning a cannibalistic spirit that is driven by greed, excess, and selfish consumption.[18]\n[1] Hadley Friedland et al, \u201cAccessing Justice and Reconciliation: Cree Legal Traditions Report\u201d (2014), online (pdf): Qu\u00e9bec Government .\n[3]Ibid at 18.\n[18] Alnoor Ladha and Martik Kirk, \u201cSeeing Wetiko: On Capitalism, Mind Viruses, and Antidotes for a World in Transition\u201d (2016), online: Kosmos Journal .\nPosted by ReconciliAction YEG on February 14, 2019 at 08:30 AM in Aboriginal Law | Permalink | Comments (0)\nTags: Aboriginal law, Canadian law, Canadian politics, colonization, Cree law, decolonization, education, Indigeneity, Indigenous, Indigenous peoples, law blog, law students, Nehiyaw law, reconciliaction, resistance, resurgence, settler colonialism, Team ReconciliAction YEG, TRC, truth and reconciliation, university, University of Alberta\nThe long-tailed weasel. Image retrieved from: .\nToday\u2019s post continues to discuss the legal principles articulated in the Accessing Justice and Reconciliation Cree Legal Traditions Report (\u201cReport\u201d).[1] The section of the Report focused on in this post explores the legal principles that govern both individual as well as collective responsibilities. In other words, this part of the Report seeks to answer: what should we do, according to Nehiyaw law?\nResponsibility to Help\n\u201cPeople are responsible to help when asked if they are capable of doing so, and to ask for help when they are not.\u201d[2]\nThis principle appears regularly in many Cree stories. Characters in these tales must offer aid when asked to do so. In the story of Indian Laws, a man\u2019s wife and child are killed in a Blackfoot raid. When the man is refused adequate compensation for their deaths, he seeks the guidance of the Dancers and Providers, who are known for their wisdom. When he asks for help, they step in to resolve the dispute.[3] In serious situations, when medicine people are called upon to help, they are under an obligation to do so and cannot refuse.[4]\nOften times, the responsibility to help is required of close family members. In the story of Mistacayawis, a woman becomes a \u201cwetiko.\u201d The Cree and Anishinaabek legal concept of wetiko is used to describe \u201csomeone [becoming] harmful to themselves and others in socially prohibited ways.\u201d[5] The woman in the story becomes dangerous and starts killing others. She asks her younger brother to kill her, thus stopping her from causing further harm. She asks this of him since, as a family member, \u201che is the only one capable of doing so.\u201d[6]\nOnce gifts are accepted in return for help, individuals are obligated to engage in assistance. Failure to deliver on these legitimate expectations can result in a loss of integrity for the individual who promised to help; this also insults the person who asked for help to begin with.[7]\n\u201cThe responsibility to help extends to helping people from other groups as well.\u201d[8]\nThe obligation to help applies to those outside one\u2019s own community. Frequently, those that have the ability to help must do so even when not explicitly asked. When an individual has knowledge that others need help, they automatically have a responsibility to respond. One elder notes that this compulsion to provide assistance is born out of compassion rather than strict obligation.[9]\nResponsibility to Give Back\n\u201cPeople are responsible to give back something for help they ask for or receive.\u201d[10]\nThe responsibility to give back is an obligation based on reciprocation. Elders explain that it is common to offer gifts in exchange for help. This usually takes the form of tobacco, cloth, money, horses, medicines, and durable goods. A medicine person or elder helping the community or its individual members should be given gifts of gratitude according to this principle.[11] In Whitiko and the Weasel, Wasakeechaak is under the control of a wetiko. Before Wasakeechaak is cooked and eaten, he asks a weasel for help. The weasel crawls inside the wetiko and chews on his heart; this kills the wetiko but the weasel drowns in blood as a result. However, Wasakeechaak is able to bring the weasel back to life.[12] In the end, Wasakeechaak breathes life back into weasel, assigns weasel its name, and gifts weasel the spot on its tail.[13] This story demonstrates the legal principle of giving back. It should be noted that under Cree law, \u201c[a]nimals are regarded as persons in their own right.\u201d[14]\nResponsibility to Prevent Future Harm\n\u201cPeople are responsible to find ways to stop ongoing harms and prevent or mitigate future harms when necessary.\u201d[15]\nThere is a general principle that community members have a duty to avert future harms from occurring. In severe cases, that responsibility may require drastic measures; for example, in older stories, if those perpetrating harms became too threatening they would be incapacitated (i.e., executed) as a last resort. In the story The Water Serpent, Thunderbirds remove a dangerous water serpent in order to protect their community; this removal serves to prevent community members from being harmed in the future as well as the present. However, the prevention of future harms can also be accomplished through dispute resolution (as opposed to fighting), sending warnings, or offering lessons.[16]\nResponsibility to Warn\n\u201cPeople are responsible to warn others once they are aware of a potential danger or risk of harm.\u201d[17]\nThe responsibility to warn is clearly demonstrated in the Hairy Heart People story. One of the characters, a man who can see visions in his dreams, is warned that the Hairy Heart people (i.e., cannibals) are encroaching on his camp. In response, he tells others of his dream and helps everyone hide. His initial warning soon spreads to other camps and saves many lives. One elder emphasized that these warnings are efficient and function to keep community members safe.[18]\nUltimately, the Report aims to \u201ctreat Indigenous laws seriously as law.\u201d[19] We hope that our readers understand that the complex and robust legal principles pulled from these stories and elders\u2019 testimony are part of the legal fabric of Canada.\n[5] Emily Snyder, Lindsay Borrows & Val Napoleon, \u201cMikomosis and the Wetiko: A Teaching Guide for Youth, Community, and Post-Secondary Educators\u201d (2013) at 11, online (pdf): Indigenous Bar Association .\n[6] Friedland, supra note 1 at 40.\n[11] Ibid at 42-43.\n[14] John Borrows, Canada\u2019s Indigenous Constitution (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010) at 85.\n[15] Friedland, supra note 1 at 43.\nIn every legal system, there is an understanding of which rights an individual is granted to make that system of laws function, and to ensure a sense of fairness for both the individual and the community. In the Nehiyaw laws reviewed in the The Accessing Justice and Reconciliation Project\u2019s [AJR Project\u2019s] \u201cCree Legal Traditions Report\u201d there is evidence of both substantive and procedural rights granted to individuals as part of that legal system. These concepts answer the question of what individuals, as members of this community and legal system, can expect from others in their community.\nThe Right to Protection and/or Safety: The report infers this right from the obligations to \u201cprotect people from future harms and to warn others of danger or potential harm.\u201d\nThe Right to be Helped when Incapable and/or Vulnerable: This right is also inferred in the report through an understanding of the obligation to \u201chelp those when capable and to ask for help when incapable or vulnerable.\u201d\nThe Right to Have Warning Signals Corroborated by Observation or Evidence Before Action is Taken: In all Nehiyaw stories, when there is a fear that someone may be on the path towards becoming harmful, or has already committed harms, the individual in question must always have this fear corroborated by observation and evidence. No action is taken by anyone towards the person in question until there is clear evidence that they are in fact, becoming harmful or have actually committed previous harms.\nFor example, in The Hairy Heart People, a wife observes her husband and warns her brothers that he may be becoming dangerous. The brothers also observe the man while hunting. There are no actions taken regarding their suspicions until each individual had confirmed through observation that their suspicions about him becoming harmful were correct.\nThe Right to Be Heard: Anyone who has caused, observed, or experienced harm has the opportunity to be heard before a response is made or resolution is found. Additionally, people who have caused harm, have acknowledged such wrongdoing, and are genuinely seeking resolution are given the opportunity to be heard.\nFor example, in The Thunderwomen, an older brother strongly suspects that his younger brother had harmed his wife. He offers the younger brother an opportunity to tell his side of the story, but he lies. Once his brother leaves, he weeps constantly.\nThe Right for Decisions to Be Made Through Open, Collective Deliberation Guided By Appropriate Consultation: Whenever possible, decisions made in response to or to resolve harms or conflict are \u201cmade through an open, deliberative process, guided by appropriate consultation with those who have relevant knowledge or expertise.\u201d\nIn The Water Serpent, there is an example of involving the entire group in both deliberating and consulting with elders and wise ones. These elders and wise ones had the necessary knowledge to address the situation, and talked it over amongst themselves as well. By completing this process, the group worked together to reach a decision.\n[1] For all citations, see: Hadley Friedland, \u201cCree Legal Traditions Report,\u201d Accessing Justice and Reconciliation Project (2014), ss 4.1-4.2, online: ", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 579, "original_length": 78965, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 297.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://uglyforeverblog.com/2016/05/04/whatsonyourbucketlist/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:49Z", "digest": "sha1:OLR54LW7LN445PNRYQHDP2BTMHGWO3YO", "length": 4770, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "uglyforeverblog.com", "title": "What\u2019s on Your Bucket List? \u2013 U.G.L.Y Forever", "raw_content": "Written by U.G.L.Y Forever May 4, 2016 May 29, 2016\nDo you have a bucket list? Do you have some things that you\u2019ve always wanted to do? What about places that you\u2019ve always wanted to visit? Maybe a restaurant that you\u2019ve wanted to try? It doesn\u2019t have to be anything major. It doesn\u2019t even have to be some extravagant place around the world. It may be a local attraction right in your hometown that you\u2019ve known about but never went. Well, starting today I\u2019m building my bucket list. On this journey to loving myself I want to treat myself to new experiences, and you should too! I took the time to research some of the things that have intrigued me over the years. So below I will be sharing the first 5 things on my bucket list\u2026..because I\u2019m sure it will get longer!!\n1. Unexpected Road Trip\u2026..Well not so much Unexpected!\nSo let me explain what I mean. I\u2019ve always wanted to hop up and pack my bags and just hit the road and follow the wind. Now back when I didn\u2019t have any responsibilities I would have loved to have this moment be more random but since things are a little different now and I have my daughter I guess it would have to be an unexpected plan or unexpected destination. However it may happen, it\u2019s going down!!!!\n2. Pose for the camera now, FLICK FLICK FLICK!!!!\nI LOVE the art of photography. It amazes how people don\u2019t really print pictures anymore. Everything can be done from your phone but it is a plus because you can immediately share your pictures. I enjoy the benefits of both. I have so many pictures stored in my phone but I also love professional photography. I\u2019ve always wanted to learn more about how to do it. The details of the lighting and positioning and pixels and graphics!!!!!!!! I\u2019ve learned that it doesn\u2019t take much to take a class so that will be one thing that I look forward to doing. On the flip side, I also want to do an actually photo shoot. Like get done up and get risky and have my pictures taken. I can\u2019t wait!!!!\n3. Take My First REAL Vacation In My Adult Life\nYes\u2026.its true. I\u2019ll be 30 this year and I\u2019ve never really been on a real vacation. Growing up my family would drive for hours to visit extended family in Georgia or Florida and I\u2019ve been to the regulars for a Michigander like Cedar Point, Six Flags, or Great Wolf Lodge. I\u2019ve also been to New York when I was younger and once in college but for a shopping trip but most of my travel experiences were to visit family in the country because someone passed away or for school trips to sing or our annual church youth trip. Now that I think about it, I think I\u2019ve been to Disney World Florida before but I was too young to remember. But I\u2019ve never planned a vacation\u2026.as an adult\u2026.without family\u2026.for fun\u2026.to just go and explore on my own. THIS will be happening ASAP!!!\n4. Sky Diving!!!!\nYes please!!!! It just look so free and daring. I mean what else can you really say about sky diving???? Look how exhilarating it appears!!!! I just have to work up the nerves. Maybe I\u2019ll try the indoor option first. LOL!\n5. \u201cTo be or not to be? That is the question!\u201d\nWell, if you\u2019ve caught on already then you know that my next goal is to audition for a play. It doesn\u2019t even have to be a big production but anyone that truly knows me know that my ultimate plan when I graduated high school was to haul-tail it to New York City to be on Broadway!!!! I wanted it all. It wasn\u2019t even about trying to be famous(maybe a little\u2026hehe) but just to perform you know? At this point I just want to be apart so that I can said I did it.\nSo what do you think of my first 5 bucket list goals? They may seem a little over the top but I have some more simple goals on my list that I may share another time. What are some things on your bucket lists? Don\u2019t have a bucket list? Start one today!!! Let me know in the comments. Let\u2019s get like Nike and \u201cJust Do It!!!\u201d\nPosted in Motivational Mondays.Tagged Achieve Your Goals, Art, Aspirations, Bucket List, Follow Your Dreams, Love Yourself, Manifestation, Motivational, Motivational Monday, Self Love, UGLYForever.\n6 thoughts on \u201cWhat\u2019s on Your Bucket List?\u201d\nI love all those things on your bucket list except for the sky-diving. You can let us know how that goes when you do it. LOL! Your list has most of the things I would also like to do. We have a lot of similarities here. I wish you get to do all the things in life you dream of doing and much more.\nNo you\u2019re going to have to jump with me!!!!! lol j/k I\u2019m happy to see you enjoyed the start of my list and I\u2019m not alone. Thanks!!\nGlad to see Dubai on the list. Do read my blog to get an idea of where you should definitely go when you\u2019re in the UAE \ud83d\ude42 himadri7.wordpress.com\nFor sure!!!! 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Thanks for reading!!!\nNext Post You Are The Problem", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 115, "original_length": 7810, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 284.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-letters-bbc/one-more-lawmaker-calls-for-confidence-vote-in-uk-pm-may-bbc-political-editor-idUKKCN1NO211", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:14Z", "digest": "sha1:5EBUZZWNUTHRSKE25JDL3DWY4YLDLCFH", "length": 561, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "uk.reuters.com", "title": "One more lawmaker calls for confidence vote in UK PM May: BBC political editor | Reuters", "raw_content": "One more lawmaker calls for confidence vote in UK PM May: BBC political editor\nLONDON (Reuters) - One more Conservative lawmaker has submitted a letter calling for a no-confidence vote in British Prime Minister Theresa May, the BBC\u2019s political editor said.\nIf 48 letters of no-confidence are submitted to the head of the 1922 committee, then it triggers a confidence vote in May.\nLaura Kuenssberg initially said that Philip Hollobone and Theresa Villiers had submitted letters, although she later tweeted to say that Villiers had not in fact submitted a letter.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 1683, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 309.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://uksupport.wahedinvest.com/hc/en-us/articles/360006082234-Why-do-you-invest-in-ETFs-", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:50Z", "digest": "sha1:U5JDK5D5BYEBJFFM3TYIXSSXX5GJOZ5F", "length": 313, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "uksupport.wahedinvest.com", "title": "Why do you invest in ETFs? \u2013 Wahed Invest", "raw_content": "Our main objective is to provide a low-cost halal investment platform for everyone. 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They have developed a unique tool to study the function of a specific muscular dystrophy gene.\nResearchers use zebrafish embryos to study muscle development and muscular dystrophy because zebrafish share 70 percent of genes with humans. Recently, Henry\u2019s lab developed a new zebrafish model for muscular dystrophy by mutating a specific gene. Working together, their labs generate data necessary to understand why disrupting this gene leads to disease.\n\u201cThere are many forms of muscular dystrophy and one that we\u2019re interested in is difficult from a clinical perspective because the age of onset is hard to predict,\u201d King said.\nHenry\u2019s lab determines how muscle structure and function is altered in the zebrafish model. The data collected in King\u2019s lab characterizes and models differences in gene expression between normal zebrafish embryos and zebrafish embryos with the mutated gene.\n\u201cThe hope is that this information can be used in the future to promote muscle health in multiple contexts such as muscle aging, muscle wasting after traumatic injury, muscle wasting that occurs with cancer, and genetic muscle diseases,\u201d Henry said.\nKing hopes this research will add to the knowledge about why the age of onset and severity of disease varies among individuals with the disorder.\nKing and Henry have five undergraduate and one graduate student working in their labs on this project, \u201cMuscular Dystrophy genomics research collaborative.\u201d The project is one of nine funded by the Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research Collaborative.\nUndergraduate student gets experience in bioinformatics.\nGrace Smith, a third-year molecular and cellular biology and biochemistry undergraduate, is working in King\u2019s lab to analyze the data collected.\n\u201cIt\u2019s not really understood why two individuals affected by muscular dystrophy have completely different severity of symptoms. They can even have mutations in the same gene \u2013 there is currently no way to explain this variability,\u201d Smith said.\nWorking on this research has allowed Smith to develop important skills for furthering her education \u2013 which will aid in her goal of obtaining a Ph.D. She has learned how to analyze data and communicate with other researchers from different scientific disciplines.\n\u201cJust getting that initial exposure to research has been really valuable. It\u2019s confirmed my desire to pursue research,\u201d Smith said.\nSmith personally understands how severe the disorder can be and likes being able to work on research that could help people in the future.\n\u201cI\u2019ve always been interested in bioinformatics because I know it\u2019s a tool that I can use in any type of research,\u201d Smith said. \u201cI have a family friend that has an adopted daughter with muscular dystrophy. Thinking of how my research could impact her life or the lives of future generations gives me that extra bit of motivation.\u201d\nAuthor: Kendra Caruso\nMedia Contact: Christel Peters, 207.581.3571\nThis story is originally from UMaine Research", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 193, "original_length": 7178, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 328.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://uncannyadventures.wordpress.com/2016/12/29/stranger-things-2016/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:37Z", "digest": "sha1:SSRCZZTMJHQMBBQA7EHRD4U5AUJOQAW6", "length": 1018, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "uncannyadventures.wordpress.com", "title": "Stranger Things (2016) \u2013 Uncanny Adventures", "raw_content": "Four boys and a set of dice open the story of Stranger Things. It\u2019s getting late and after hours of DnD the pre-Teens leave for dinner at their homes. All arrive home safely, except for Will. Riding his bike, he gets taken by something dark, something strange, something the audience is not allowed to see just yet. The story begins to unravel as the main characters start searching for the boy.\nStrange, Stranger, Eleven. I first encountered this series by browsing through blogs referencing the amazing X-Files chronicles. I have to admit, it were the gifs, stills and behind the scenes material that made me curious. Did they really turn Stephen King\u2019s \u201cThe Body\u201d into a series? It it going to be a remake of E.T.? Yes and no. Stranger things is so much more than just references to the past, but then again, that\u2019s exactly what makes it so interesting and fascinating to watch. 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This has been a reason, why students have tried to look for an alternative method of learning, than choosing the traditional colleges and universities. The alternative that I am talking about is the online schools and training courses.\nProbably the school or college that you want to visit is far from your home. Or, maybe there is no school or college near your home, at all. In that case, online schools can offer the freedom of getting enrolled to a school or your choice.\nChoice of courses and programs:\nWhether you are looking for a diploma course or an online degree program, you will find everything from nursing to neuroscience, being taught online. When it comes to higher education, you will find even more options available at these online schools.\nAlthough you will find some schools offering similar tuition fees for their courses as they would claim for the traditional course, when it comes to associated costs, they are always less expensive. This is because, there is no commuting cost or need to buy the expensive and thick curriculum books, as they are available online for free.\nAvoid commuting:\nThis is of great help for those, who live far from a school and had to travel long distance every day to attend classes.\nTime flexibility for these online schools is a great reason, why working people choose this option. I work in a dental clinic and am taking a dental hygienist course online. It gives me great freedom to choose a flexible time for my classes, when I return from my clinic.\nComfortable learning environment:\nThis is indeed a great reason, why you must choose online schooling. Think, how it would be like if you did not have to leave your work early to go to class? If you did not have to miss precious family time or not fight in traffic or in parking lot? You can wear your pajamas and sit relaxed in your room and start the class.\nSelf-paced learning:\nIn an online school, you are an individual student and not a part of a class. It is only you, who will decide how much to complete within a study framework and when to complete it.\nFaster completion:\nIf you learn fast and complete assignments fast, you will be able to accelerate your course span and complete it faster than scheduled.\nImproved technical skills:\nAlthough there are students, who are more tech-savvy nowadays, but there are also people like me, who have no idea, how to operate technology. In order to learn online, I learnt how to access the Learning Management Systems (LMSs). It made navigation easy for me.\nThe concept of online schools is still not clear to many and they consider this as an unaccredited course. However, these courses are accredited and certified and can yield huge career opportunities. 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Soranno\nIndian Shores, Florida Police Station Information\nFacts about crime in Indian Shores, Florida:\nThe overall crime rate in Indian Shores is 63% lower than the national average.\nFor every 100,000 people, there are 2.89 daily crimes that occur in Indian Shores.\nIndian Shores is safer than 71% of the cities in the United States.\nIn Indian Shores you have a 1 in 95 chance of becoming a victim of any crime.\nThe number of total year over year crimes in Indian Shores has increased by 1%.\nCreated in 1964, The Indian Shores Police Department is comprised of men and women from a variety of backgrounds; all with the common goal of Protecting with Honor and Serving with Pride. The Community Policing concept is a natural component of our hometown Department, and most of the Officers are known around town by first name.\nThe most commonly observed members of the Police Department are assigned to Uniformed Patrol. These Officers use a variety of methods to actively patrol your community, including marked and unmarked patrol cars and sport utility vehicles. Officers also utilize all terrain (ATV) style vehicles to check activity along the sandy beach. There are Officers on duty 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to serve you. Because of the unique size of our Agency, each Officer has other internal obligations, in addition to their Patrol functions. The Police Officers of Indian Shores come from a variety of backgrounds, including several with Military service, and advanced education. These Officers have chosen to work in your community for their long term careers, and they are dedicated to protecting and serving the residents and visitors of Indian Shores and Redington Shores.\nThis Division is responsible for answering general information calls to the Police Department. The Records & Information personnel are also responsible for the records management of the Police Department. If you need a parking permit, a reentry pass, or a copy of a Police report; please contact this office at (727) 595-5414. If you need an Officer dispatched to your location, please contact the PCSO Communications Center at (727) 582-6200, or 911 in an emergency.\nCaptain Ray DeCunto oversees all daily operations of the Police Department, on behalf of the Police Chief. This Section is responsible for the logistical planning, coordinating, and deployment of Police personnel and resources. Operations is a behind the scenes, yet vital component to the overall functioning of a Police agency. In this position, equipment is evaluated for appropriate use, budgeted, and subsequently placed into service to benefit the community and the agency. Fiscal responsibility, and knowledge of municipal budgeting requirements are essential to this Section. In addition, Operations oversees special event planning, such as parades, fireworks, marathons; and other large scale events. Off-Duty employment requests for Police Officers also filter through this Division for evaluation and approval or denial.\nThe C.I.D. is responsible for Investigating the variety of crimes which can occur within ISPD Jurisdiction. These cases can range from Burglary and Fraud, up to and including Death Investigations. Patrol Officers are given the opportunity to work most cases in their entirety, meaning from the time they receive the call, until the closing or resolution of the case. However, cases requiring a more in depth Investigation are forwarded to the Criminal Investigation Division.\nIndian Shores Police Department Address:\n19305 Gulf Blvd,\nIndian Shores, Florida Police Station:\nIndian Shores Police Station\nIndian Shores, Florida Jail:\nPinellas Sheriff Location and General Information\nAddress 1: 19305 Gulf Blvd\nCounty Sheriff, Warrant, Most Wanted Information in Indian Shores, Florida\nSubstance abuse crosses all economic, social and demographic boundaries; tragically impacting individuals and their families. The illegal prescribing and sales of prescription drugs, and drug abuse is a challenge that affects our entire community. 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On Monday, the Bell will be brought inside the Memorial and will have the Place of Honor next to the podium for the Nationally Televised Ceremony.\nWe had a group of volunteers who had committed to helping us out on Saturday and Sunday, but they unfortunately had to back out at the last minute today. The ask to you is: do you have any volunteers (2-5) who may be interested in helping our Foundation out with the events on these two days?\nPlease let me know. 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He\u2019s a good guy and I\u2019m about positive I\u2019ll never find another one as \u201cgood\u201d as him but still, I don\u2019t think we\u2019re going to last much longer. We have two kids, I have a physical disability that seriously limits me in every way, and I have zero family and support in this state without him and his family. I\u2019d be completely alone. With no transportation. I\u2019d have little to no money. I\u2019d have the same debt and bills. The only good thing that would go my way if I did leave him, or kick him out, is that I already live in housing. I wouldn\u2019t have to move, struggle to find a cheaper place, or figure any of that stuff out but I\u2019d still be hurting in a lot of ways. Like\u2026I\u2019d rarely leave the house. I\u2019d have to take a cab to do grocery shopping or go anywhere. Or, I could take the bus for disabled people. My anxiety tells me no, however. We\u2019ll have to see about that. Whatever the case, there would obviously be a lot of sacrifices made on my part.\nI told Kasper we should separate for a little while. \u201cYou disgust and disappoint me.\u201d That\u2019s what I told him. There\u2019s a story there but one I\u2019m not ready to share presently. Don\u2019t think I\u2019m being a spoiled cunt because I\u2019m not; if anything, I\u2019m doing him a huge favor by saying so little. As he pointed out, people like us don\u2019t have the luxury of a separation. Where would he go? His douche bag brother already has a mobile home parked in their mother\u2019s front yard. What trash. With what money would he pay for time \u201caway?\u201d A separation would be an investment for us and if that\u2019s the case, why not just end it? I want to end it. I\u2019m not even sad saying that. That should be a huge indication of my feelings for him. It could also be the Zoloft; ever since I started taking it my \u201csadness\u201d stopped coming with tears and rage. It\u2019s all very strange. It\u2019s like the physical reaction that comes with my emotions have been silenced but the negative emotions and thoughts are still there. I can\u2019t explain it.\nMy family is over a thousand miles away, is 2 thousand miles? I don\u2019t even remember the numbers. Last I knew, mom still lived with my childhood rapist but I haven\u2019t asked if that\u2019s still true. I\u2019m afraid to find out it is. I\u2019d be upset about it all over again, I definitely don\u2019t want that. My grandpa died last year, my grandma is losing her mind but she still has their house. Kasper is going to pay off my largest credit card debt with his income tax since it\u2019s basically his bill. I\u2019m tempted to use that card to buy a plane ticket to visit mom. If Krank Ficken does live with her, I\u2019ll ask to stay in my grandma\u2019s empty house where my grandpa died\u2013 even if that means staying in that large house alone\u2026.the house that\u2019s given me nightmares since childhood. That\u2019s how badly I need my space from Kasper.\nIt all feels so stupid though. Typing it out like this is the first time I\u2019ve admitted I want to do this. I just keep thinking about it but I think it\u2019s more than temptation. It\u2019s such a huge decision. I don\u2019t know what could result from a separation. Maybe I\u2019d come back and want us all together. Maybe I\u2019d come back and tell him to pack. Is it selfish of me to want to try it out? Probably, but at some point I have to put my happiness in the forefront. I\u2019m miserable, completely miserable. He is too. I want him happy, too. For ten years he\u2019s been telling me how miserable I make him, we\u2019ve been together 11 years.\nI can\u2019t make him smile or laugh. He yells a lot at me and the kids. It\u2019s embarrassing. We\u2019re always apologizing for existing. I try to put the kids in a good mood by singing, dancing in what little ways I can, making jokes and being silly, and Kasper just seems frustrated and irritated by it all. Like, if he\u2019s not happy, it\u2019s wrong for anyone else to smile. It\u2019s always so very serious with him and I just don\u2019t know how much longer I can take it.\nI guess\u2026.I don\u2019t know. I\u2019m having one of those, \u201cWho am I, again?\u201d moments and it\u2019s driving me crazy. Except\u2026this moment has been going on and on; I don\u2019t think it\u2019s just a moment. I think it\u2019s a need. I need to get away. I need to get away. I am tempted every day to tell him what I want to do. I think doing it before summer is best. He wouldn\u2019t have to worry about babysitters because the kids will be in school while he\u2019s at work. How long would I be gone? I have no idea! They just doubled my credit limit on my largest card so I have a little leg room if I\u2019m really willing to invest in it and I think I am. I don\u2019t know if Kasper is that kind of patient. I don\u2019t think he is. I don\u2019t know. I don\u2019t want this. I don\u2019t want him. This is making me so much more miserable. 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Old-timers say that this city is directly located on granite. Undoubtedly, Mikashevichi is primarily associated with the famous excavation. It is an ambitious stone-pit, in which granite is continuously extracted for many years. Granite is a very valuable natural resource.\nMikashevichi is a fairly young town and it gained this status ten years ago. However, for the first time this place was mentioned in the ancient writings in 1785. The estate of Slutsk Principality of Radziwill family was located on these lands and it consisted of only three yards. There are some legends that the first inhabitants of these places, hidden from the people\u2019s eyes by impassable forests and swamps, were refugees from Russia, present Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. The legend says that the name of Mikashevichi came from an indigenous inhabitant of these places named Nicholay Mikash. As time went by, and the village was gradually growing. The construction of Polesie Pinsk - Zhitkovichi railway contributed to this growth. Surprisingly, but the story of Mikashevichi can tell still many fascinating facts.\nSeveral buildings survived in Mikashevichi from the distant past times. They are the religious buildings of temples and Christian churches, various workshops, and the building, in which Children's Art School is based now. The Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist, which was built in 1936, may be called the main architectural heritage of Mikashevichi the town.\nWe can say that the second birth was gained by the town of Mikashevichi in 60s of the last century, when geologists had identified quite large deposits of granite not far from the village. Actually after this surprising discovery Mikashevichi village began to build up in its full view. Experts from all the different outskirts of the Soviet Union began to move to these lands, to the very heart of the Belarusian Polesie. So a luxurious Palace of Culture, a swimming pool and a wellness camp \u00abSv\u0456tanak\u00bb appeared in the village. All of these unique buildings were built thanks to capital investment of an enterprise \u00abGranit\u00bb.\nNow the city is growing by new neighborhood units, gardens and schools.\nThe Pripyat, the Lan and the Sluch rivers flow near the town. They are perfect places for family vacations, hunting and, of course, fishing. 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We\u2019ve named it \u201cThe Swing State,\u201d because it holds an undeserved amount of power and influence. It makes all of the other cocktails in your life pretty much meaningless, like why did you even make those? They don\u2019t really count. This counts. Oh, and also: It might just be the strongest cocktail we\u2019ve ever created.\nProducer: Brooke Shuman", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 86, "original_length": 2331, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 264.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://vintageaerial.com/photos/missouri/miller", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:15:17Z", "digest": "sha1:ITYL62J4UDJYJFVHAK6DJIAH6DRTF7KQ", "length": 980, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "vintageaerial.com", "title": "Vintage Aerial | Missouri | Miller County", "raw_content": "We have 78 rolls of film from Miller County. 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Look out for Oi Duck-billed Platypus!, coming out autumn 2018.\nPraise for the Oi books:\nOi Frog!, Oi Dog! and Oi Cat! are a top ten bestselling series. Oi Dog! won the 2017 Laugh Out Loud Picture Book Award and was shortlisted for the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award and the British Book Awards in 2016, amongst others. It also won the Teach Primary New Children's Fiction Award, MadeForMums Award, Bishop's Stortford Picture Book Award, Portsmouth Picture Book Award and The Lollies Picture Book Award. Oi Cat! was the Independent Booksellers Children's Book of the Season and Oi Goat! is a World Book Day book in 2018. 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Palmer says the following:\n\"The tragic events of 9/11, in which nearly 3000 Americans died, forced our nation to confront the reality that we were at war with a radical and fanatical sect of Islam. This anniversary is another reminder that Americans need to remain vigilant in opposing all those who threaten our freedom and security.\"\nSource: https://palmer.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/palmer-remembers-anniversary-911-terrorist-attacks", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 136, "original_length": 3355, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 213.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://wagwalking.com/lifestyle/campgrounds/leonard-harrison-state-park", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:02Z", "digest": "sha1:BR2H7MTSEJSGF2K3L6C2JQETD2PCTAX2", "length": 2201, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "wagwalking.com", "title": "Leonard Harrison State Park - Wag!", "raw_content": "Dog Walkers Near Leona...\nDog Walkers Near Leonard Harrison State Park\nWifi: Unknown\nPet Fee: $2.00\nWith a name like the \"Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania\", Pine Creek Gorge unsurprisingly offers some pretty memorable scenery to all visitors. There are breathtaking vistas at various points along the gorge's 47-mile length, but some of the absolute best views can be found at Leonard Harrison State Park.\nSituated on the eastern rim of the gorge in Tioga County, Leonard Harrison sits directly opposite Colton Point State Park on the western rim. The gorge has a depth of 800 feet and a width of almost 4,000 feet at this point, so the views from either park are truly spectacular.\nLeonard Harrison State Park encompasses 585 acres in total and boasts a campground, visitors center, and modern facilities. There are 4.6 miles of hiking trails to explore, taking in pretty waterfalls and expansive views along the way.\nYou can also access the Pine Creek Rail Trail, a 62-mile multi-use trail for hiking, bicycling, and cross-country skiing, in the park. You'll need to take the very strenuous Turkey Path Trail to get there, however, so this is only for visitors with a decent level of fitness.\nOther park highlights include fishing in Pine Creek (for those willing and able to make the long hike down and back), a scenic picnic area, and the chance to get up close and personal with a diverse array of native wildlife.\nThe 25-site campground boasts warm showers and flushing toilets, as well as electricity to some sites. However, not all sites welcome dogs, so double-check to make sure you reserve a pet-friendly site before you visit. Campsite prices start at $15 per night for Pennsylvania residents.\nAs always, you'll need to ensure that you and your pet abide by all state park rules and regulations during your stay. These include keeping your pet leashed (leash must be six feet or shorter) and under control at all times, plus cleaning up after your dog whenever required.\nIf you're happy to take care of these simple responsibilities, why not treat your dog to a camping vacation overlooking Pennsylvania's very own version of the Grand Canyon?\nSteep Inclines, River\nHunting Zone\nCoyotes, Bears", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 117, "original_length": 3767, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 273.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://web.prairieathletic.com/trainer-kraig/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:44Z", "digest": "sha1:BCHOJEHZOOLHEULBXT2F3AJD5YZ57XLK", "length": 1173, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "web.prairieathletic.com", "title": "Kraig Bio - Prairie Athletic Club", "raw_content": "Kraig Kuchenbecker\nI have been a member of the PAC community since 1984, an employee since 2001, and the Personal Training Manager since 2009. I grew up in this community and I continue to strive to do everything I can to preserve and enhance the community as if it were my family. My passion for helping people started with my service in the United States Marine Corps, where as a Platoon Sergeant, I lead by example and held my men to high physical standards. \u201cInspiring others to step outside their comfort zone and push themselves to new limits gives me purpose and energy!\u201d\nMy fitness philosophy is \u201cFitness for a lifetime!\u201d Find something you enjoy so that it\u2019s less of a chore and more of a lifelong state of health and well being. Working out is about taking care of your mind and body because it\u2019s the only one you\u2019ll get.\nMasters Degree in Health and Wellness Management\nBachelor's Degree in Kinesiology, emphasis in Sports Medicine\nMuscle Activation Techniques Specialist\nNASM, ACE Certified Personal Trainer\nMy specialty is in injury rehabilitation and prevention. I also manage the personal training programs to ensure a world class experience for our clients.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 155, "original_length": 3370, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 315.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://welgee.jp/archives/1228", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:40Z", "digest": "sha1:IPZOKDWDJDUGFSZRS6GQPGWL2AURCHPA", "length": 3191, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "welgee.jp", "title": "\u3010Release\u3011NPO WELgee founder Sayaka Watanabe recognized in Forbes Japan\u2019s 30 under 30 honours \u2013 \u96e3\u6c11\u3068\u5171\u306b\u672a\u6765\u3092\u5275\u308b\u2212 NPO\u6cd5\u4eba WELgee(\u30a6\u30a7\u30eb\u30b8\u30fc)", "raw_content": "Recognized in Forbes JAPAN\u2019s 30 under 30 list in the Social Entrepreneur category\nTokyo, 22nd August 2018 \u2013 Sayaka Watanabe, founder of NPO WELgee, has been named in the social entrepreneur category of Forbes 30 under 30 list of leaders shaping the next generation. She was awarded for her outstanding efforts to change the lives of refugees in Japan, a country which has one of the lowest refugee recognition rates among OECD member countries.\nUpon receiving the recognition, Sayaka commented, \u201cI couldn\u2019t tell my left from my right when I started WELgee, but these two years of efforts have been characterized by people from various fields who have gotten involved. I would be delighted if this article was a trigger for the people reading to reach out.\u201d\n\u25b2Photo credit: Yuka Uesawa\nForbes 30 under 30 recognizes 30 innovators every year who are shaping the next generation. This is the first time Forbes Japan has launched a 30 under 30 list, which nominates 30 candidates across five categories; Art, Entertainment and Sport, Business, Social Entrepreneur, and Healthcare and Science. Sayaka Watanabe was recognized in the Social Entrepreneur category.\nThis nomination came from a recommendation from the CEO and co-founder of NPO Cross Fields, Daichi Konuma.\nMr. Konuma commented, \u201cI am expecting more great things from Sayaka, as I have yet so meet someone with as much passion in the field of international cooperation. Working to solve challenges faced by society, I can\u2019t wait to see what she does next in this field.\u201d\nGoing forward, WELgee will be focusing on matching employment opportunities which utilize the unique and specialist skills of each refugee. By discovering the skills and aspirations of individual refugee, this project aims to create a framework for the refugees to create new value in Japanese society by increasing opportunities, instead of simply waiting for refugee recognition, through matching companies with human resources who in turn be active in society.\nSayaka Watanabe\u2019s background\nSayaka acquired a masters from the Department of Advanced Social and International Studies within The University of Tokyo\u2019s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Department. Her parents also work at an NPO, and in the third year of university, Sayaka decided lived and worked in Bangladesh for a year. She set up an educational NGO with colleagues Chittagong Hill, which is an area where local indigenous people have faced enormous persecution. Following this, Sayaka took part in a peace building project during an internship with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). After returning to Japan, Sayaka entered graduate school, and upon meeting young refugees and deciding something needed to be done to help change their standing in society, established the voluntary organization WELgee. The company became incorporated in February 2018, and Sayaka was awarded the \u201c2018 Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award created by INCO, for her work to tackle a major social and environmental issue.\nAbout WELgee\nName: NPO WELgee\nAddress: Ebisu Garden Place Tower 27th floor, Ebisu 4-20-3, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 150-6027\nEmail: info@welgee.jp\nWebsite: https://welgee.jp", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 52, "original_length": 4416, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 321.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://wellington.govt.nz/your-council/news/2018/11/building-consent-tool", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:23Z", "digest": "sha1:EEUC3UDWE6GAAWHZ6NVVSJ3SDFLFEMS3", "length": 3503, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "wellington.govt.nz", "title": "News - Wellington\u2019s online building consent tool breaks down council language barriers - Wellington City Council", "raw_content": "Wellington\u2019s online building consent too...\nWellington\u2019s online building consent tool breaks down council language barriers\nFrom a modest start as a set of standard processes and online forms, a web platform for online building consents is now proving to be a popular one-stop shop.\nSimpli, previously known as GoShift, is used by 24 member councils around the country, and more will soon come on board.\nIt offers standardised processes, forms, templates and checklists for building consent applications.\nApplicants can submit, view, collaborate on and manage building consent applications online.\n\u201cIt\u2019s the collaboration part that\u2019s having a big impact,\u201d says Wellington Mayor Justin Lester. \u201cBefore Simpli, applicants would be dealing with quite different requirements from the Wellington councils. It was confusing for them, and very frustrating.\n\u201cWith the introduction of Simpli, neighbouring councils are using the same processes, which gives everyone involved more certainty.\u201d\nSimpli is the brainchild of Wellington City Council's Strategic & Engagement Manager Ross McCarthy, who says he got the idea a few years ago when he attended a leadership conference.\n\u201cI realised, if we only addressed the issues in the Wellington region and the rest of the country was doing different things, we would still be fighting fires,\u201d Mr McCarthy says.\nWellington City Council gets up to 350 building consent applications a month.\n\u201cClose to 85 percent are now coming through the portal. We weren\u2019t expecting use to increase so quickly, but there\u2019s been really positive feedback around the portal,\u201d adds Mr McCarthy.\nAccording to feedback, customers liked the easy-to-use tool.\nThey say electronic submissions are quick and easy and they like being able to see the current status of the processing.\nIt\u2019s easier being able to apply from the office without having to pop down to the Council, and it doesn\u2019t require dropping-off two hard copies of documents, or waiting for replies in the post.\nThe online process also provides a well-structured environment to submit the consent and there is a history of conversations.\n\u201cWe\u2019re still adding features so we expect more and more people will start to use it,\u201d Mr McCarthy says.\nWairarapa Heatshop Manager Wendy Meyrick was one of the first to start using the Simpli platform when three of four Wairarapa councils adopted it, and has done hundreds of consents through it, mainly for logburners.\n\u201cIt\u2019s really easy. 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Originally there were a lot of forms but this really tidies it up,\u201d she says.\nCouncillor Simon Marsh, who holds the Economic Development portfolio, says Simpli is working well.\n\u201cWe are happy with progress with the platform, but know we can make improvements.\u201d\n\"The longer-term goal is to make it easier and faster to get a building consent, no matter where you live and work,\" he adds.\nFar North and Invercargill City Councils will soon become Simpli members showing the nation-wide appeal of working together.\nCity and district councils now using Simpli: Wellington, Nelson, Tasman, Porirua, Kapiti Coast, Hutt, Upper Hutt, Carterton, Masterton, Horowhenua, Tararua, Wairoa, Palmerston North, Manawatu, Rangitikei, Whanganui, Ruapehu, South Taranaki, Stratford, Western Bay of Plenty, Central Hawke\u2019s Bay, Far North, Waitaki, Invercargill.\nSimpli won the 2017 ALGIM Excellence in Innovation Award and was a joint winner of the 2018 SOLGM LGFA Award for Transforming Service Delivery.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 1021, "original_length": 29956, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 318.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://westfieldcomics.com/comic-books/Doom-Patrol-Vol-2/80000841", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:36Z", "digest": "sha1:7BIKUME6OLTJSWYNPG2IJ7HNUICRSHSV", "length": 83, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "westfieldcomics.com", "title": "Doom Patrol #14 (Vol. 2) - Westfield Comics - Comic Book Mail Order Service from Westfield Comics | Comic Books, Graphic Novels, Toys and more. ?v2", "raw_content": "Doom Patrol #14 (Vol. 2)\nDOOM PATROL #14 (VOL. 2) - A comic published by DC Comics.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 750, "original_length": 12208, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.81, "perplexity": 73.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://westmadison.ars.wisc.edu/img_3242/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:15Z", "digest": "sha1:WCMS3JKQ62EMY4MBJ3XKISWUPSDSR3XO", "length": 95, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "westmadison.ars.wisc.edu", "title": "Seedless Table Grape Tour | West Madison Agricultural Research Station", "raw_content": "Seedless Table Grape Tour\nPublished August 25, 2011 at 3088 \u00d7 2056 in Seedless Table Grape Tour", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 270, "original_length": 7120, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.82, "perplexity": 307.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://whatukthinks.org/eu/questions/now-that-britain-has-voted-to-leave-the-eu-to-what-extent-do-you-think-britains-ability-to-make-decisions-in-its-own-best-interests-will-be-better-or-worse-than-it-would-have-been-if-britain-had-vo/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:29:45Z", "digest": "sha1:XWCFDZ6ZZYJ42TRFR2JVFHQI5PFQZHMX", "length": 586, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "whatukthinks.org", "title": "Now that Britain has voted to leave the EU, to what extent do you think Britain\u2019s ability to make decisions in its own best interests will be better or worse than it would have been if Britain had voted to Remain? \u2013 What UK Thinks: EU", "raw_content": "Home > Opinion Polls > UK poll results > Perceived consequences of leaving the EU > Now that Britain has voted to leave the EU, to what extent do you think Britain\u2019s ability to make decisions in its own best interests will be better or worse than it would have been if Britain had voted to Remain?\nResults for: Now that Britain has voted to leave the EU, to what extent do you think Britain\u2019s ability to make decisions in its own best interests will be better or worse than it would have been if Britain had voted to Remain?\nBritain's ability to make decisions in its own best interests", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 99, "original_length": 2895, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 190.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://whitehorsepress.blog/2019/01/22/commoning-as-a-possible-strategy-to-drive-off-the-mafia/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:47Z", "digest": "sha1:AZ5Q6W3EOQPLMB5DMPCACRFX5JBJ4GFW", "length": 8236, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "whitehorsepress.blog", "title": "Commoning as a possible strategy to drive off the Mafia? \u2013 whitehorsepress", "raw_content": "Posted on January 22, 2019 January 23, 2019 by whitehorsepress\nIn this blog, Marco Armiero, Filippo Gravagno, Giusy Pappalardo and Alessia Denise Ferrara, whose paper \u2018The Nature of Mafia: An Environmental History of the Simeto River Basin\u2019 has just been published online first in Environment and History (1 Jan. 2019) discuss how the Mafia plays a role in the exploitation of the commons and how the practice of \u2018commoning\u2019 (i.e. the making of commons) can be an antidote to such exploitation. The Simeto River in Eastern Sicily is presented as a case of a landscape whose ecologies have been historically intertwined with the Mafia and where the re-activation of a \u2018commoning strategy\u2019 may open some windows of opportunity to drive off the control of the Mafia over the territory.\nA glimpse of the Simeto River, Eastern Sicily. Source: authors\u2019 archive.\nCan we write an environmental history of the Mafia? Is it possible to uncover the Mafia\u2019s political ecologies? Or, looking at it another way, can we actually write an environmental history of Sicily without including the agency of the Mafia? We have decided to answer these questions through looking at a specific river and the intricacies of Mafia\u2019s interests and communities\u2019 ecologies. Such a research project could not be anything but interdisciplinary. Indeed, our team brings together an environmental historian and environmental planners. We agreed on the fact that the Mafia produces particular socionatural formations through an inextricable hybrid of ecological and social facts (or socionatures as in Harvey, 1996). From our very first conversations, we knew that the cooperation between our disciplines could lead to a better understanding of such dynamics, from a historical as well as from a planning standpoint. Born and raised in the Italian South, we have experienced directly how the Mafia has deeply penetrated ecologies, entering into landscapes, becoming rivers and cities, sedimenting its traces into the bodies of humans and non-humans. We have witnessed how the Mafia generates ecologies made of sand that becomes concrete, of empty pipelines and water for sale, of touristic resorts on the seashore and wild construction in the urban outskirts, of sheep and contaminated pastures, of faraway cocaine plantations and local drug marketplaces.\nThe Simeto river mouth landscape. Source: authors\u2019 archive.\nWe decided to explore deeply how the Mafia has expropriated and exploited \u2018natural\u2019 resources for its purposes, from when it appeared in Eastern Sicily (in the 1950s) to today, studying the environmental history of the Simeto River as a \u2018litmus paper\u2019 for understanding such exploitation. We discovered the Mafia\u2019s strong ability to adapt in relation to societal transformations and, above all, one crucial feature of Mafia socionatures: the attack against commons, i.e. the attempt to subdue the (re)productive properties of human and more-than-human communities to Mafia economic interests. With the word \u2018commons\u2019, we not only intend the physical conformation of a basket of resources, or Common Pool of Resources (CPRs) as in Ostrom (1990); rivers themselves can be framed as commons (Hooper, 2005) and the definition can be extended to a broader domain. The Italian jurist Rodot\u00e0 (2013) considers commons all those material and immaterial \u2018primary goods that are necessary in order to guarantee fundamental rights for citizens, to be used and managed as collective\u2019. Italian geographer Magnaghi (2012) has proposed the concept of \u2018territorial commons\u2019, defining them as \u2018collective intergenerational products different from the natural commons because they are created by the very interaction between humans and the environment\u2019.\nWith that in mind, we argue that the Mafia destroys commons ecologies in pursuit of its own interests. We have observed this mechanism along the banks of the Simeto River. As a matter of fact, in less than a century, the basin has been transformed into a \u2018territory of Mafia\u2019, wherein the commons have been eroded in order to create a mafio-genic landscape \u2013 that is, a landscape the Mafia both produces and employs for its own reproduction, the Mafia being deeply rooted in the social milieu whence it arises.\nConcrete infrastructure along the Simeto River. Source: authors\u2019 archive\nIn a nutshell, the Mafia\u2019s transformation of the Simeto River started in 1950s with the regimentation of the water following the dramatic flood of 1951. In the next forty years, the Simeto River was heavily re-engineered, attracting the interest of the Mafia and entrepreneurs linked with it. In addition to the construction of inefficient water infrastructures, between 1970s and 1990s, the Mafia invested heavily in the business of \u2018second homes\u2019 for vacationing, which led to the construction of about 7,000 illegal buildings in the Simeto River mouth area. Then, in the late 1990s, when the business of illegal construction declined due to the economic crisis, the Mafia shifted towards other sectors, including the management and disposal of waste. Again the Simeto Valley, in fact a Special Area of Conservation located in the valley, was targeted to host one of the four waste-to-energy facilities planned by the regional government. But the communities living in the area formed a vibrant \u2018Coalition of grassroots groups for the Simeto River\u2019 to oppose the construction of the incinerator and more generally the regional plan on waste management. In 2005, an official report highlighted procedural anomalies in the planning process, with a Mafia-related enterprise temporarily included. Connections have also been highlighted between the waste-to-energy facility in Paterno and another facility nearby, in the Municipality of Adrano, where a brick factory was about to introduce hazardous waste in the production cycle. Both projects were halted between 2007 and 2008 and the regional Waste Plan was officially rebutted in 2010.\nThe Coalition of grassroots groups for the Simeto River marching in Adrano, 7 January 2007. Source: authors\u2019 archive.\nWhile the story of the construction of a mafio-genic landscape in the Simeto Valley confirms the incompatibility of the Mafia with commons (through the privatisation of water, the enclosure of the seashore and the attempt to impose a sacrifice zone), the coalition against the incinerator is a refreshing example of the resisting possibilities that commons ecologies may generate. In this specific case, not only did the actors involved in the anti-incinerator movement articulate their mobilisation in terms of commons \u2013 framing both the river valley and public health as commons \u2013 but that experience was also pivotal for the creation of the Simeto River Agreement, an experiment aiming for innovative democratic institutions toward the re-activation of a \u2018commoning strategy\u2019. In terms of Mafia penetration, the Simeto River Agreement has turned out to be a quite efficient filter in the management of the watershed, therefore confirming the positive effects of commoning experiences.\nIn such initiatives, we think there are seeds of hope for driving off the control of the Mafia over the territory. We therefore commit ourselves to keep investigating and supporting the defence of existing commons, as well as experimentation with commoning practices and strategies such as the Simeto River Agreement. We know that there are even more seeds to be planted on a fertile ground.\nA public meeting for the creation of the Simeto River Agreement, held in Paterno, 27 September 2013. Source: authors\u2019 archive.\nHarvey, D. (1996). Justice, Nature and the Geography of Difference. Malden, MA and Oxford, UK: Blackwell\nHooper, B. (2005). Integrated River Basin Governance. Learning from International Experiences. London: Iwa\nMagnaghi, A. (2016). \u2018Mettere in Comune il Patrimonio Territoriale: dalla Partecipazione all\u2019Autogoverno\u2019, in Commons/Comune: Geogra\ufb01e, Luoghi, Spazi, Citt\u00e0. Firenze: Societ\u00e0 di Studi Geografici, p. 25.\nOstrom, E. (1990). Governing The Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action. Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press\nRodot\u00e0, S. (2013). Il Terribile Diritto: Studi sulla Propriet\u00e0 Privata e i Beni Comuni. 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Greg Southam / Postmedia\nOn the eve of Mike Reilly\u2019s now almost guaranteed departure to join Ed Hervey with the British Columbia Lions in the CFL\u2019s unprecedented free agent frenzy, the timing appeared highly suspicious.\nLen Rhodes, it was announced Monday, is out as President & CEO of the Edmonton Eskimos.\nIf Mike Reilly departs to the B.C. Lions in free agency Tuesday for $700,000 a year as reported, it will leave the bookends of Rhodes legacy being the allowing of then-GM Eric Tillman to trade Ricky Ray to Toronto days after he took the job to, quite likely, the virtual certainty of the departure of Reilly.\nCould this be punishment for that possible double whammy?\nOr might it have been a last minute move to influence Reilly to stay to complete his career here?\nBoth Rhodes and Eskimos chairman of the board Brad Sparrow insisted none of the above scenarios were involved.\nThe announcement was made at 10:01 a.m., via an e-mail press release. It stated that Brad Sparrow, chairman of the board of directors and Rhodes \u201cjointly announce,\u201d that Rhodes \u201cwill not be seeking another term\u201d and that the board and Rhodes \u201chave mutually agreed that it is not in the best interests of the organization to allow Len to depart on Feb. 20, 2019.\u201d\nThe denials came quickly.\n\u201cThe timing is actually a total coincidence. It\u2019d not tied to Mike Reilly whatsoever,\u201d Rhodes told me a few minutes following the announcement. \u201cThis organization has never been about one individual whether it\u2019s the president and CEO or a quarterback.\u201d\nOn the other hand, Rhodes allowed that timing was involved.\n\u201cIt\u2019s better for anyone who joins or rejoins the organization whether it\u2019s Mike Reilly or anyone else for this to be known now than for me to wait a week to deliver the news.\u201d\nRhodes contract ends at the conclusion of the current season. He said it was decided by the board to do it sooner than later.\nSparrow, who co-chaired, along with Rhodes, the ballistic success of the 2018 Grey Cup hosting, widely judged as the best ever, was in Mexico City Monday.\n\u201cLen and the board discussed a number of things came out with a mutual agreement that the timing should be now, before the season starts, to give us the opportunity to start searching for a replacement,\u201d he said in a telephone interview with me early in the afternoon.\n\u201cThe timing is not related to Mike Reilly. Not whatsoever.\n\u201cLike any other Edmontonian or Eskimos fan, I am still hopeful that Mike Reilly is an Eskimo Tuesday \u2014 or soon. But the timing and what it looks like are just not related. Time timing of what goes on in Brock Sunderland\u2019s office and with free agency is awkward, but that\u2019s it. There\u2019s nothing to read into that at all.\n\u201cThe board of directors needs to have a good President and CEO in place. Len has been a good one and now we need to find another one.\u201d\nRhodes, 55, said it was a decision that sort of evolved.\n\u201cIt was multiple conversations, honestly. At the end of the day I thought I\u2019d done a number of things in seven years and as the contract was set to expire at the end of 2019, after a lot of reflection, I thought it was better to try something else in my life for a next chapter.\n\u201cHonestly, what I went through two years ago when I was diagnosed with cancer was a big turning point when I went through surgery just gave me a different perspective. So I questioned everything. It\u2019s difficult to explain to someone who hasn\u2019t had a health issue. You look at things in a different way.\u201d\nThe initial judging of Rhodes in social media resulted in his cancelling his Twitter account within an hour of the announcement, calling it \u201ca negative cesspool.\u201d\nMuch of the comment was centred on his dismissal of Ed Hervey as general manager.\nNeither Rhodes nor Sparrow were particularly interested in dealing with the firing of Hervey by Rhodes, due to front office positioning, power and money issues not football operation issues, that was totally supported and endorsed by the board.\n\u201cThere is not one single event that caused this to happen,\u201d said Rhodes.\n\u201cI had the support at the time when I made those recommendations and decisions.\u201d\nSparrow said what went down with Hervey wasn\u2019t related.\n\u201cLen, as CEO of the club, was paid to make tough decisions and he had to make tough decisions. And guess what? So will the new President and CEO have to make tough decisions with personnel and strategies and all kinds of things.\u201d\nBoth gave solid support to Hervey\u2019s replacement Brock Sunderland going forward.\n\u201cI\u2019m confident with Brock Sunderland that he has his plans in place for a world with Mike or a world without Mike,\u201d said Rhodes.\n\u201cI believe Brock has the plans that\u2019s going to be good long term with or without Mike Reilly. He had my full support as President and CEO but I know he has the board\u2019s support as well, which is really important,\u201d he added.\n\u201cWe\u2019re very pleased with where we are and we support Brock and we support Jason,\u201d said Sparrow.\nHe said he believes the Eskimos have the people in place to carry on until Rhodes replacement is found.\n\u201cWe\u2019ll begin the process immediately and we\u2019ll take our time to find the right person. Hopefully we\u2019ll have somebody in place as soon as possible and certainly before the season starts.\n\u201cWe just now going to put our thoughts together on what exactly we\u2019re looking for and we\u2019ll have that sort of matrix of talent and skills and experience and various things so we\u2019ll get to that in due course.\u201d\nThe board chairman insisted on giving Rhodes credit for his seven years on the job.\n\u201cHe was a very hard working leader and we were pleased with his performance,\u201d he said.\nRhodes came in as \u2018The Brand Man\u2019 from previous positions with Molson and Reebok based in Montreal and Toronto. He definitely left his mark on that side of the business.\nRhodes provided corporate sponsorship deals that kept the Eskimos bottom line healthy and, of course, played his role in the Grey Cup success, financial details of which are soon to be revealed.\n\u201cI know we\u2019ve never had sponsorship revenue like we\u2019ve ever had it in our history, so it\u2019s been a record amount overall. And we also had the biggest single partnership in our history when we signed The Brick to naming rights for the field,\u201d said Rhodes.\nHis successor will need to be stronger in the area of ticket sales and marketing.\nBut Rhodes said he believes he goes out for the most part \u201cbeing able to hold my head high.\u201d\n\u201cWith the success of the Grey Cup, I feel like I\u2019m leaving on a high. Many of our athletes struggle with what\u2019s the right time to leave. I look at this and say \u2018This is probably the right time.\u2019\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 215, "original_length": 10490, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 257.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://winnipegsun.com/sports/hockey/inferno-dominates-last-home-game-of-regular-season/wcm/e5206fb2-4f56-4e83-92e4-bc7e9c62a0c4", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:08Z", "digest": "sha1:XKBBOIIC7TCQRK75QT7EOS3JK22DVD7F", "length": 3745, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "winnipegsun.com", "title": "Inferno dominates last home game of regular season | Winnipeg Sun", "raw_content": "Inferno dominates last home game of regular season\nThe Calgary Inferno made equality a highlight Sunday.\nBoth on and off the ice.\nTheir 10-0 win over the Worcester Blades at WinSport was in support of You Can Play, a social activism campaign dedicated to the eradication of homophobia in sports.\nAnd in that victory, the Inferno shared the puck and success with each other, as 17 of the players on the Canadian Women\u2019s Hockey League\u2019s top team made it onto the scoresheet.\n\u201cWe had a really good penalty kill \u2014 that\u2019s positive,\u201d said Inferno star Brianne Jenner, who had two goals and two assists in the high-scoring triumph. \u201cSpecial teams are huge going into the last stretch of the season.\n\u201c(Goaltender) Annie Bellanger had a great game. (We had) lots of puck possession and confidence with the puck.\u201d\nSunday\u2019s contest followed Saturday\u2019s no-go, as that match had to be cancelled due to the Blades\u2019 original flight being cancelled.\nSo the league made Sunday\u2019s game worth four points, and the victory kept the Inferno in top spot of the standings, four points ahead of Les Canadiennes de Montreal.\nIn the win, the Inferno put the pressure on early, scoring the first goal of the game three minutes into the first period, when second-star Dakota Woodworth buried the rebound assisted by Kelty Apperson and Laura Dostaler. Dostaler earned her first point of the season on the goal. Brianna Decker then scored on a power play, with assists going to Kacey Bellamy and Rebecca Johnston.\nJust 66 seconds into the second period, first-star Jenner found the back of the net, assisted by Rebecca Leslie and Halli Krzyzaniak, giving the Inferno a 3-0 lead. Not long after, Jenner scored again, assisted by Kaitlin Willoughby and Venla Hovi. A mere 41 seconds later, Blayre Turnbull scored on an assist from Rhianna Kurio. Rebecca Leslie then scored a shorthanded goal assisted by Jenner and Katelyn Gosling. With the teams playing four-on-four, Zoe Hickel found the back of the net assisted by Hovi and Tori Hickel to give the hosts a 7-0 advantage through two periods.\nIn the third period, Leslie scored on a five-on-three power play, assisted by Jenner and Turnbull. Then it was Turnbull\u2019s turn to score five-on-three, assisted by Leslie and Krzyzaniak, increasing the Inferno\u2019s lead 9-0. Before the final horn, the Inferno got another power-play goal, when Decker scored, assisted by Zoe Hickel and Kelly Murray.\nGoalie Belanger earned her fourth shutout in eight games played this season and was named the day\u2019s third star.\nThe Inferno now head to China to play the last three games of the season against the Kunlun Red Stars. The puck drops for Game 1 on Wednesday, Feb. 20, at the Shenzhen Universiade Arena. All three games will be live-streamed on the CWHL website.\n\u201c(Going into China, it\u2019s important to) dial in all our systems and fine-tune at this point in the year,\u201d Jenner said. \u201cAnd China will be a great opportunity (to have) team meetings, team videos and (to) enjoy the experience. It\u2019s not often you get to go someplace like that to play hockey \u2014 we want to make sure we take in the cultural experiences. Of course, it\u2019s a business trip, but (we\u2019ll be) making sure we pick our heads up and look around a little bit.\u201d\nIn the meantime, 11 of Calgary\u2019s players now head east for the Canada vs. USA series this week. The series kicks off Tuesday, in London, Ont., at Budweiser Gardens (5 p.m.), the home of the London Knights of the Ontario Hockey League. The teams will play again Thursday, Feb. 14 at Scotiabank Arena (5 p.m.), the home of the National Hockey League\u2019s Toronto Maple Leafs, before shifting south of the border for the final game Sunday at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit (10 a.m.), the home of the NHL\u2019s Detroit Red Wings.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 194, "original_length": 7317, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 287.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://woodridgebooktalk.org/2015/07/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:15:04Z", "digest": "sha1:2M6VMVKIMBRYMBZUB5QSWLXYJUPK3OVW", "length": 6407, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "woodridgebooktalk.org", "title": "July | 2015 | Book Talk", "raw_content": "Inspired by Margaret Mead\u2019s time in New Guinea, this novel is not strictly biographical. Three young anthropologists in the early 1930s are studying isolated tribes in New Guinea. Nell has published a controversial bestseller about her work in Samoa, and Fen is clearly jealous. Nell is recovering from a broken ankle, probably has malaria, and is missing her glasses when she first meets depressed British anthropologist Bankson, who is working along the Sepik River. Nell and Fen have just left the violent Mumbanyo tribe at Nell\u2019s insistence, and Bankson helps them find a more welcoming settlement further down the Sepik River. Nell studies the women and children, making copious notes, while Fen seems to want to be one of the guys and observe daily life and rituals without making any notes or sharing his observations. Bankson is clearly attracted to and protective of Nell, but is dependent on Fen when he falls ill. This is a fast read, but a confusing one. I may need to read this book again to reach a conclusion about what I think happened before the trio meets, and what happens after they leave New Guinea. Most biographical novels I\u2019ve read stay pretty true to the real life of the main character; this book was intriguing because the author didn\u2019t and had more freedom to develop the plot and change the relationships.\nAt 476 pages, Early Warning is not a quick read. It is the sequel to Some Luck, a family saga about an Iowa farm family. Early Warning covers the years 1953 to 1986, as the Langdon family expands into the next generation. I think the first book is better, but the many characters in Early Warning are interesting company and the author is an excellent storyteller. Dialogue is very well done, and the complex interactions of the extended family are believable. Plot is not the strong point here, as there is some predictability. Topics covered include the Cold War, the baby boom, psychoanalysis, stay at home mothers, Vietnam War, breast cancer, social change in the sixties, working for the CIA, pursuit of wealth, coming out, a drawn-out divorce, sibling rivalry, and changes on the family farm. As the Langdon children become middle-aged they become more introspective about their lives and their family. I definite recommend starting with Some Luck, and I\u2019m looking forward to the last book in the trilogy, not yet written.\nA Murder of Magpies by Judith Flanders\nSam Clair, 40, is a book editor for Timmins and Ross in London. She lives alone, and likes it. Sam dislikes the frequent meetings with the other editors, and edits mostly women\u2019s fiction. When her star author delivers a very different book than expected and a police inspector interviews her about a missed delivery, life gets more interesting. A break-in at her flat leads to an acquaintance with her reclusive upstairs neighbor, and increased attention from the attractive inspector, Jake Fields. Even Sam\u2019s mother, Helena, a solicitor, gets involved when Sam\u2019s author and friend Kit Lovell goes missing. Kit has just sent Sam his new manuscript, a tell-all about a fashion icon\u2019s death that may be libelous. A fascinating look at the world of London book publishing, where Sam has both too much work and too many parties to attend, and hopes that her newest assistant, Miranda, might stay for longer than a couple of months. A cozy mystery with humor and a touch of romance, I enjoyed the fast pace and the lack of predictability. This is the first novel from a former book editor who writes articles about the arts and books about Victorian life.\nTo begin with, this is a massive book that feels like two different novels. Most of the book is set in the near future, with an epilogue at the end set 5,000 years in the future. At the start of the book, Earth\u2019s moon breaks apart into seven massive pieces. Scientists don\u2019t know why, but soon realize that the rocks will start colliding with each other, forming smaller and smaller boulders that will eventually result in a destructive hard rain of debris. Estimated time to the hard rain is two years. Stephenson has put a lot of thought into what might happen if we had two years to prepare for disaster, including the political, social, and technological challenges, and puts most of these thoughts in the book. His readers are used to these info dumps, but they are unusual. What happens is that the International Space Station gets a lot bigger and busier, with Earth trying to send as many people into space as possible. These challenges take up most of the book, with an intriguing glimpse at a new civilization in a marvelous setting in and around Earth 5,000 years later. The characters, settings, and plot are all compelling reading, but a few events seemed forced to me, unrealistic even for ambitious science fiction. I really would like to read more about the people of the future, and hope Stephenson writes more about their world.\nStudents in Amy Gallup\u2019s new writing class in southern California start getting odd comments or a rude drawing in their writing critiques, and Amy gets a threatening phone call. Amy, who hasn\u2019t written for decades, is cranky and cynical, but seems to be an excellent writing teacher. When the pranks escalate and there\u2019s a suspicious death, the class wants to keep meeting to uncover the culprit. Can Amy analyze their writing samples to help solve the mystery? Will Alphonse, her basset hound, be threatened? While not as funny and witty as the follow up book, Amy Falls Down, this is still an enjoyable novel, with some potentially useful advice for novice writers.\nBook 1 in the Kate Daniels series.\nI thought this was urban fantasy novel worked really well. Frequent waves of magic have brought down many skyscrapers in Atlanta, and stalled cars. Sometimes technology still works, so Kate has two kinds of lights in her apartment, and drives two very different old vehicles, and occasionally rides horses. Kate is a mercenary investigator, fast with her sword and both sarcastic and funny, which often provokes a quick challenge. Kate has no family, so when her guardian Greg is killed, she wants revenge. During the investigation, she has access to his office and apartment. She dislikes vampires, thinks crusaders are crazy, and spars with the Beast Lord Curran, who can take human or lion shape. Together, Kate and Curran search for Greg\u2019s killer, and I\u2019m sure they\u2019ll have more adventures together.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 174, "original_length": 10938, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 315.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://woodstravel.co.uk/holidays/manchester-ship-canal-derbyshire-delights/2029", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:40Z", "digest": "sha1:WHJ2F3WI5YIJGDKOA3WIETQTTXO2JEZX", "length": 2455, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "woodstravel.co.uk", "title": "Manchester Ship Canal & Derbyshire Delights / Holidays / Woods Travel, Bognor Regis, Chichester, Worthing", "raw_content": "Manchester Ship Canal & Derbyshire Delights\nOur base on the edge of the Peak District allows us to enjoy two wonderful days exploring the rolling beauty of the National Park, as well as visiting Haddon Hall and taking a cruise on one of Britain\u2019s most important waterways \u2013 The Manchester Ship Canal \u2013 which this year is celebrating it\u2019s 125th Anniversary.\nManchester Ship Canal Cruise\nMon 2 September 2019\nDay 1 After our door to door service, our coach makes its way north with suitable refreshment stops along the way, arriving at our hotel late afternoon.\nDay 2 We travel into the Peak District and visit Haddon Hall, dating from the 12th Century and surrounded by \ufb01ne Elizabethan terraced gardens overlooking the River Wye. We have a guided tour of the hall and free time to explore the gardens. We spend our afternoon in Bakewell.\nDay 3 A glorious day out through the Peak District to see some beautiful Derbyshire villages and the breathtaking scenery of the National Park. During the day we travel over the Snake Pass, along the Ladybower Reservoir and visit the Upper Derwent Visitor Centre. In the afternoon we visit Buxton.\nDay 4 We travel to Salford Quays to board our Mersey Ferries ship for a leisurely six-hour cruise along the whole length of the legendary Manchester Ship Canal. We travel the 35-miles of the canal, enjoying spectacular scenery and a lively commentary along the way, telling the story of how this magni\ufb01cent waterway shaped the city of Manchester and the North West of England. We pass some spectacular scenery and see some of the region\u2019s most stunning architectural and natural sights. Refreshments and snacks can be purchased on board. We disembark at Pier Head, Liverpool and make our way back to the hotel by coach.\nDay 5 Departing after breakfast, we travel south with suitable refreshment stops along the way. We reach the local area early evening.\nThe 19th Century Shrigley Hall Hotel, Golf and Country Club is situated on the edge of the Peak District National Park. The hotel stands in its own 262-acre estate overlooking the Cheshire Plain. All rooms are elegantly furnished and are equipped with TV, telephone, hairdryer and hospitality tray. The leisure facilities include indoor swimming pool, sauna, steam room, gym, tennis and golf. The hotel has WiFi and a lift, but there are some steps.\nwww.shrigleyhallhotelandspa.co.uk\nEnquire about Manchester Ship Canal & Derbyshire Delights on Mon 2 September 2019", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 111, "original_length": 4816, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 271.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://wotknots.co.uk/2016/11/05/something-from-nothing/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:31:41Z", "digest": "sha1:Y47YY6VUE6TIL6YPDHEOE3T3BBSJAAKJ", "length": 485, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "wotknots.co.uk", "title": "Something from Nothing \u2013 Wotknots", "raw_content": "The \u201cfree gift\u201d from the old log.\nThere is a saying that you can\u2019t get something for nothing, or that there is no such thing as a \u201cfree gift\u201d. Well, a month ago, I posted about an old log that looked nothing on the outside but was full of possibilities when I cut into it. Well, that was a month ago \u2013 just look what a differecne a month can make!! It never ceases to amaze me how something as beautiful as this can be hidden inside something as dull and uninteresting as that old log.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 53, "original_length": 2901, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 200.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://wp-dreams.com/forums/reply/14957/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:59Z", "digest": "sha1:QNA2DG3Y75PDJGYILROSIC4DZH7JRI7Y", "length": 58, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "wp-dreams.com", "title": "Reply To: Ajax functionality not working, no auto search or clickable options | WordPress Dreams", "raw_content": "Great! Will make sure to fix this in the upcoming release.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 42, "original_length": 1249, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 180.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://wreg.com/2016/12/27/tragedy-strikes-at-birthday-party-that-went-viral/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:20:45Z", "digest": "sha1:REV4YGC2RBRAEZWQENOR7NJ5RP4XLMPZ", "length": 2992, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "wreg.com", "title": "Tragedy strikes at birthday party that went viral | WREG.com", "raw_content": "Tragedy strikes at birthday party that went viral\n(CNN) \u2014 A man has been killed in a horse race at a birthday party that hit the headlines after an invitation went viral on Facebook.\nThe teenager\u2019s parents accidentally made the invite a public post and by Christmas 1.3 million people had replied \u2014 and thousands turned up to Rubi Ibarra Garcia\u2019s 15th birthday in central Mexico\u2019s San Luis Potosi state.\nBut the celebrations turned to tragedy Monday when Felix Pena, a 66-year-old man who regularly raced horses and worked at a local stable, was trampled during the race, according to the local attorney general.\nIn a video posted on local broadcaster Hora Ceros\u2019s website Pena had said he would enter his horse, Oso Dormido (Sleeping Bear), and that he was expecting to win.\n\u201cI\u2019m not doing it for the money, I\u2019m doing it for the fame and glory,\u201d he had said.\nAnother man was taken to hospital with a broken leg after falling into the horses\u2019 path.\nMedics at the scene say that Pena died en route to the hospital.\nIt is unclear why he stepped into the line of galloping horses. According to the local authority, an investigation has been opened.\nInvite goes viral\nEarlier this month, Rubi Ibarra Garcia was just another girl preparing to celebrate her quincea\u00f1era, a birthday party akin to a \u201csweet sixteen\u201d \u2014 but for 15-year-olds \u2014 and celebrated in many Latin American cultures.\nBut when a video uploaded to Rubi\u2019s Facebook page inviting family and friends to the party was accidentally set as a public post it went viral, and Rubi and her parents were quickly catapulted into the spotlight.\nIn the 45-second clip, Rubi\u2019s father Crescencio Ibarra said: \u201cWe invite you on December 26 to our daughter Rubi Ibarra Garcia\u2019s quincea\u00f1era in La Joya.\u201d\nHe then announces the party\u2019s events \u2014 including the horse race \u2014 that would have seen the winner taking home a cash prize of 10,000 pesos (about $485.)\nHe closes the invitation with the now famous last words: \u201cEveryone is cordially invited.\u201d\nThe teenager\u2019s family didn\u2019t think that their open invitation would be taken up by so many.\nHuge preparations for party\nThe family fought throngs of reporters and guests as they made their way into church earlier in the day for a private Mass.\nLater in the evening, Rubi, dressed in a fuchsia floral gown and a tiara, danced and shook hands with some of the guests.\nIn addition to the horse race, there was a dinner and a show with local bands. There was even a huge billboard welcoming guests.\nIn the lead up to the party, Rubi and her family made TV appearances, Mexican airline Interjet offered discounted tickets to the nearby airport, designers sent free dresses, and Spotify uploaded a special playlist for the big day. Local police also deployed extra security for the event.\nThe party spawned countless memes \u2014 including a parody by Mexican actor Gabriel Garcia Bernal. The hashtag #RubiXV #XvsDeRubi was also a trending topic on Twitter.\nMan charged, detained in Poland escape room game deaths", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 127, "original_length": 6259, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 278.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://writerbridgetjones.com/2016/10/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:24:06Z", "digest": "sha1:ZAC4NSVKNTBSXMCIAKD3BI5EVYNKNQJH", "length": 29602, "nlines": 151, "source_domain": "writerbridgetjones.com", "title": "October 2016 \u2013 Bridget Jones", "raw_content": "October 23, 2016 September 28, 2016 Bridget JonesLeave a comment\nSally dropped to the ground, frantically looking for her torn shirt. \u201cHow dare you! Do you mind!\u201d she shrieked.\nHe merely gave a laugh. \u201cNo, not at all.\u201d\n\u201cI-\u201d Sally shot her head up to yell at him when a girl from the same group of travelers ran up to her, holding out a shirt.\n\u201cI\u2019m so sorry about Brett. Here, we have extra ones.\u201d The girl stopped right in front of her, looking down. She was short, but fully grown, as far as Sally could tell. And her clothes were dirty and worn, like the other man, and probably herself. Sally took the shirt, still in shock, and slowly put it on.\nThe girl turned back and waved to the other travelers. \u201cWe have another survivor!\u201d she called out. Then, she looked back at Sally and held her hand out. \u201cMy name is Josephine. What\u2019s yours.\u201d\nSally blinked and took a deep breath, thinking for a moment. She reached up and held the girl\u2019s hand, then let it go. \u201cI-its Sally\u2026 Sally MacIntosh\u2026\u201d she stuttered out.\nJosephine smiled. \u201cIt\u2019s nice to meet you, Sally.\u201d Then, she turned and went back to the group, which had slowed to a halt behind the man. Sally got to her feet and brushed herself off, scowling at him, while she listened to Josephine introduce her to the other people.\nThe man grinned back at her. \u201cSorry about that, Sally.\u201d He walked toward her, and held his hand out, like the girl had. \u201cIt\u2019s Sally, right? Just never thought I would see a pair like those in quite some time,\u201d he joked lightly.\nSally did not hesitate to punch him right in the jaw, gritting her teeth in anger. She was going to show the man what happened to perverts like him. She did not care if it was the end of the world, that kind of behavior was downright rude, and there was no place for men like him in this nuclear wasteland.\nThe perverted male clutched his cheek and cried out in surprise, which shocked Sally. She gasped as he stumbled backwards and fell down. His skin turned purple and blue where Sally had punched him, as a bruise quickly formed. Blood dripped from his nose and the tops of his gums. The man took a deep breath and spit at the dirt.\n\u201cHey, back off!\u201d Another male from the travelers rushed between Sally and the one she had injured, and he pushed her away. \u201cAre you crazy?\u201d\n\u201cBack away! And leave him alone, leave all of them alone,\u201d he snapped at her. Then, he knelt down and began to unpack plastic wrapped gauze and antiseptic wipes, tending to the bleeding victim.\nSally held her breath, staring between the blood, and the travelers that were slowly approaching her, their eyes very accusing. She had barely tapped the man. Why was he bleeding?\n\u201cI\u2026 I-I\u2019m sorry, I didn\u2019t mean to-\u201d\n\u201cIt\u2019s okay,\u201d the shorter woman, Josephine, looked at Sally from the front of the group, \u201cIt\u2019s not your fault. Brett\u2019s\u2026 sick.\u201d\nSally did not understand at first. Sick? If he was sick, then what was he doing out here? Then, Sally took a really good look at this\u2026 Brett. She studied his pale skin, and took notes of the small scratches and sores on his arms and the stained bandages on his legs. He was sick\u2026?\nSally glanced up at Josephine again, when she realized the other woman was waiting for her response. This woman had similar bandages, and cuts and bruises. Then again, so did most of the travelers. They wore hats and beanies, and carried bags of different sizes. Their clothes hung off their bones, as if they were all walking coat hangers. Their bandages were either soaked or dirty, and their eyes had sunken back into their skulls, as if they had not slept in days.\nSally felt a shiver of disgust crawl down her spine at the sight of them all. She pulled her hands to herself, and looked at the dirt, instead. These people were all rather sickly looking\u2026\n\u2026 Because they were sick. She felt so stupid as the logic set in. These people had been poisoned by the radiation\u2026\nSally glanced at the man she had injured, Brett, and felt her stomach turn. She had hit him so hard that she made him bleed. And he was already dying\u2026\n\u201cI\u2026\u201d Sally looked at Josephine, \u201cI\u2019m sorry, I didn\u2019t know\u2026\u201d\n\u201cHow could you not?\u201d the male doctoring up Brett snapped at her again. \u201cOr, have you not figured out that Texas was nuked?\u201d\nShe gulped at his words. Sally knew much more than that.\n\u201cCharlie, its okay,\u201d Josephine rested a soft palm on his shoulder. \u201cPerhaps we should rest here for a bit, before continuing on.\u201d She looked back at the other travelers, and a few nodded in response. The rest merely dropped their bags in exhaustion and plopped down where they stood.\nSally folded her arms around her waist and decided it was time to keep moving on, to where ever it was she was headed to.\nTaking a step back, and then another, Sally turned to leave the sickly behind when she felt a hand softly touch her arm. \u201cAre you leaving?\u201d Josephine asked.\nShe was\u2026 Sally looked back at the woman. \u201cI\u2026\u201d\n\u201cDo you have somewhere you\u2019re heading to? Family or friends?\u201d\nThis woman was notably curious. Although, behind her, Sally could see the others were looking at her, out of the corners of their sunken eye sockets. Apparently, they were curious, too.\nShe shook her head. \u201cJ-Just traveling.\u201d\n\u201cWell, that\u2019s stupid.\u201d She glanced around to find out which traveler had said that. Brett was on his feet again, hanging off the other male who had doctored him up. \u201cYou should have a goal or a destination, otherwise you\u2019ll just be walking around in circles.\u201d\n\u201cCome travel with us,\u201d Josephine added quickly, \u201cI know we don\u2019t look like much, but we\u2019re looking for a hospital that wasn\u2019t destroy by the blast, to settle down at.\u201d\nSettle down? There was nothing left of this world, which certainly included hospitals. How could this girl just expect to settle down, after all that had happened?\nSally looked back at the sick people, who were all still staring at her, and noticed the bread and water they passed around. Her stomach groaned, answering for her. The other woman smiled weakly, and took her hand to lead her back to the circle of sick people, and food.\nShe was seated next to Brett, still a little bitter over his examination of her body, and was given bread and water, while the others conversed with each other.\nSally scarfed down her bread as soon as she had received it, ripping off large pieces with her teeth, and struggling to swallow it whole. She had forgotten her manners in those brief seconds, choking and wheezing, as if it were her last meal. She was halfway through her water when she noticed the many eyes staring at her, like she had gone rabid.\nIn her embarrassment, she began coughing, and covered her mouth to keep the saliva ridden chunk from falling out and into the dirt.\nBrett took her water away so she would not spill it, and gave her back a few weak pats, \u201cSlow down. You don\u2019t want to die before the cancer sinks in,\u201d his words were meant to be funny, and even a few of the other travelers chuckled, but her face soured. In one final attempt, she swallowed the rest of what was in her mouth, and looked up at him.\n\u201cSays the woman who appears to be cancer free. To the rest us, we think it\u2019s damn hysterical,\u201d another male stated, one three spots to her left. The whole group laughed at that.\nShe looked down at her bread and lost her appetite. Instead of feeling sorry for them, she felt anger. It was not fair\u2026 that they had radiation poison, and she did not\u2026 Which was stupid, because she should have been grateful that she had not been affected, as far as she knew.\nThat thought made her feel guilty. She had finally met more survivors, but they all had a ticking clock. Before she knew it, they would all be gone, too.\n\u201cHey, blondie, cheer up. It was just a joke,\u201d another stated. This one was a female with brown hair, a red ball cap and tan capris.\nBrett nudged her shoulder, and she flinched away, thinking the act would cause him to bruise again. \u201cMaybe it was rude before the nuke dropped, but now, cancer jokes seem to be the only enlightenment we get around here,\u201d he explained. Sally noticed that she was not the only one who was bothered by it. The healthier looking travelers, Charlie and two or three others, seemed to only smile, instead of laugh at their jokes. And, then, there was Josephine, who seemed completely uncomfortable with the idea, because she had laughed the most.\nSally stayed quiet and chose not to respond to Brett. The whole ordeal was too much for her to handle.\nAnother one cleared their throat. \u201cSo, Sally, where were you when the nuke hit?\u201d a girl asked, this one a bleach blonde with pretty nails, and flat sandals instead of tennis shoes or boots. Sally could just barely see black roots coming in on her scalp. She must have had Mexican or Indian blood in her, because she had tanned really well, compared to the others.\n\u201cThat question always reminds me of Nine Eleven,\u201d another spoke up, male with brown hair and a Texas tourist shirt. He smiled at her, \u201cI was supposed to be in New York that day, but I had a family emergency and I had to cancel the trip. Name\u2019s Rick, by the way. Rick Jones.\u201d He leaned across the circle and held his hand out for her to shake. Sally followed his gesture, feeling the sores on his wrist as she shook his hand.\nShe brought her hand back a little too quickly, and had to refrain from wiping her hand on her pants, or the ground. She knew cancer was not contagious, but that did not make the wounds any less gross.\n\u201cYeah, and I\u2019m Bruce Banner,\u201d another guy joked in response to Rick\u2019s introduction, tall with a red beard and no hair. The travelers all laughed and Rick shook his head.\n\u201cNo, I\u2019m not that Rick Jones. Or, any other Rick Jones you may be thinking of. Just plain old Rick,\u201d he explained.\nSally did not laugh with them. She did not get the reference.\n\u201cI\u2019m just messing around. My real name is Tim Piles,\u201d the bearded man stated, \u201cAnd Rick and I were heading into a gas station just outside of Weatherford when we felt the blast. We own a construction company together. Well\u2026 we used to\u2026\u201d he trailed off with a smile.\nWeatherford\u2026? Sally knew Dallas and Fort Worth, and that was it. Which direction was Weatherford in?\n\u201cI was saying goodbye to my students,\u201d the blonde woman with the nice tan stated, \u201cI\u2019m a sixth grade teacher. Name\u2019s Kelly Bradford,\u201d she leaned across the circle as well, and Sally shook her hand, feeling a little more at ease as she did so, \u201cI, um\u2026\u201d Continuing her story, the woman took a deep breath and drank some water.\nThe other woman, brunette with the red ball cap, rested a bandaged palm on her shoulder as a sign of comfort.\n\u201cI\u2019m okay. It\u2019s best to talk about it, right?\u201d Kelly looked Sally in the eyes, \u201cI was saying goodbye to the students, and seeing them off as the bomb hit. I remember watching the buses fly through the air from the shock wave. When I came to, I could not find any children at all. I assumed they had all died.\u201d\n\u201cMy\u2026 two of my three boys were killed when the bomb hit, as well. They go to, or\u2026 rather, went,\u201d the brunette corrected herself, taking a deep, slow breath, \u201cTo the same school Kelly taught at. Sam and Josh died in the house fire and\u2026 I couldn\u2019t find Nicky after the smoke cleared.\u201d The woman rubbed her nose, and took another deep breath. \u201c\u2026With so many bodies\u2026 I searched for hours looking for him\u2026 I think I passed out at some point in time. I would still be in that rubble if they hadn\u2019t found me and pulled me away,\u201d she cleared her throat, and reached her hand out, \u201cI don\u2019t mean to ramble on, I apologize. I\u2019m Audry Wess.\u201d\n\u201c\u2026And their father?\u201d Sally ignorantly spoke up, returning the handshake.\n\u201cWalked out ten years ago,\u201d Audry smiled, \u201cThe only way I put myself to sleep at night now is by holding onto the hope of possibly finding Nicky alive somewhere\u2026 And by imagining a house falling on top of his father and watching the man\u2019s neck break.\u201d\nSo, Sally was not the only one with bitter thoughts from the explosion.\n\u201cHa, along with my ex-wife,\u201d the man sitting three spots to her left added, \u201cName\u2019s Cody Crow. I may not look it, but I\u2019m actually a wealthy business man.\u201d The male did not look it at all. He looked more like a man in his fifties, who had been sick for quite some time, and was just starting to get better. He appeared as though he used to be rather hefty, but had lost most of the weight from his sickness. \u201cThe only thing that puts me to sleep at night is knowing that my ex-wife will never get another alimony check for as long as I live, no matter how short that life may be. I finally fulfilled my threat I made to her three years ago.\u201d\nCody motioned to Brett and Charlie, \u201cAfter four years of fighting, these two gentlemen had just diagnosed me cancer-free,\u201d he went on to explain, \u201cI was taking a stroll in the park when the nuke hit. I ended up in the fountain there, or at least, what was left of it,\u201d he smiled and laughed, \u201cKinda ironic to finally be diagnosed cancer free, and get radiation poisoning within the same day.\u201d\nIt was sad was what it was. Not ironic. Sad. And cruel. Sally looked at Brett, feeling even more pity for him than before. \u201cSo\u2026 You were a cancer doctor\u2026?\u201d\n\u201cOncologist,\u201d he corrected her, \u201cAnd, technically, I still am,\u201d he motioned to the group of travelers. \u201cCan\u2019t you see I\u2019m enjoying a picnic lunch with my patients?\u201d\nEveryone laughed at that, thankful of the joke to lighten the mood.\nSally still did not think it was very funny. She could not bring herself to joke in a time like this.\nCharlie cleared his throat, \u201cBrett was running an errand for me while I was with Josephine, running tests in the basement at the hospital we used to work at, in Waco.\u201d\nSally glanced at Josephine, who sat to her right. She looked down, \u201cCharlie and I felt the shock, and almost did not make it out of the building in time. But, I wasn\u2019t affected by the radiation.\u201d\n\u201cAnd we don\u2019t care, one way or another,\u201d a woman spoke up. She had on an old blouse, dirtied slacks, and had half of her face bandaged, \u201cJosephine has kept us together since we started our journey,\u201d Sally could not help but stare at the bandages, and the older woman smiled at her, \u201cI was caught in one of the fires. If it had not been for Charlie and Brett, I would not be alive right now.\u201d\n\u2026 It was beginning to sound as though this group had started with Charlie and Brett\u2026\n\u201cSusan,\u201d she told her, \u201cSusan Delgato,\u201d she chuckled a little, then continued, \u201cI am a personal injury lawyer.\u201d Susan moved some bangs from her face. \u201cUnfortunately, unless we discover who nuked Texas, I will not be able to sue them for attempted murder and assault.\u201d\nThe travelers laughed again. They sounded more like old references than mere jokes. Apparently, these people had sat down like this many times before, and shared introduction stories with one another.\nSally did not want to share her introduction story. She could claim that she had amnesia, but highly doubted that it would pass with two doctors nearby. Playing with the rest of her bread, she noticed that the other members had stopped talking. When she looked up, Sally realized they were all staring at her.\n\u201c\u2026Well\u2026?\u201d Another traveler asked, short and raven haired, with red sneakers. From her running gear, Sally assumed she had been running when the nuke went off, \u201cAren\u2019t you going to tell us a little about you?\u201d\nSome others nodded in anticipation, \u201cWe won\u2019t judge you, you know,\u201d Brett stated, \u201cWhatever life you led before the bomb has been left behind in the ash.\u201d\nHis words were rather poetic, and Sally found herself actually smiling. She sipped her water. \u201cI, um\u2026 I\u2019m a desk clerk at an Army base in Dallas. Or\u2026 I was. I joined the Army for college, but I\u2019ve never been overseas, just behind the secretary\u2019s desk at my boss\u2019s office, Captain Harkam.\u201d Captain John Harkam, the handsome and brave leader.\n\u201c\u2026 I was\u2026 I was bringing my boss coffee when the call came in, about the nuclear warheads that were targeting Dallas\u2026\u201d she trailed off, and paused, feeling her confidence slip away. Then, the tears began to flow.\nBrett, the perverted doctor, leaned over and gave her hand a weak squeeze, and she squeezed his back for support, \u201cI was right in there, in the war room, when I heard the announcement, and I saw the map where the bombs would hit. Then\u2026 I ran\u2026 I ran and hid when the bombs dropped. I did not try and save anyone\u2026 I merely ran\u2026 to save my own skin\u2026 Like the coward I am\u2026\u201d\nSally breathed in and out slowly, trying to stop the tears.\nBut, when she had finished her story, no one spoke a word, neither disapproving or encouraging, to her. She looked up and wiped her eyes, still holding Brett\u2019s hand, and found ten pairs of eyes staring right back at her, dumbfounded.\n\u201cYou were in Dallas when the bomb dropped?\u201d another blurted out. He had young sandy blond hair, and wore a mechanics dirty jumpsuit, \u201cAs in, the middle of Dallas, right where the bomb hit, where there is nothing left but ash?\u201d\nAnd an old bath tub\u2026\n\u201cHow do we know you\u2019re not lying?\u201d Charlie asked, frowning.\nSally could see the disbelief in the eyes of the other travelers as well, \u201cI\u2026 I\u2019m telling the truth. I did come from Dallas. I\u2019ve been walking for days since the explosion. I\u2026\u201d \u2026 Hid in a bathtub in the second basement of a military base in Dallas\u2026\nShe swallowed her pride, and looked Charlie in the eye, \u201cThe world is dead, Charlie. There is nothing left of it except a few random buildings and the cancer left behind by the radiation. What motive do I have of lying to you, or anyone else?\u201d\n\u201cTheft,\u201d a darker skinned male replied, \u201cI should know, I spent the last ten years doing time for just that. Without cities or towns, there will be no policemen or government. I guarantee half of the survivors of this war will turn to theft and murder to survive. Why not you?\u201d\nSally cleared her throat, struggling to come up with a response to his accusation. \u201c\u2026 With no government around to keep us in check, we will merely have to come up with our own law\u2026 And\u2026 And the only way to gain a person\u2019s trust is through experience\u2026 So, if you don\u2019t trust me now\u2026 you will in time,\u201d Sally nodded more to herself, \u201cAnd, that is all I can offer.\u201d\nThe man smiled and shook her hand, \u201cNow, that\u2019s a statement I can trust,\u201d he spoke with a deep voice, \u201cJohnson Braves,\u201d he leaned back and took a deep breath, \u201cAnd to keep up with the theme of the conversation, I was at the basement level of my apartment building, sleeping when the bomb hit. Charlie and Brett have declared me cancer free, so far.\u201d\nThe runner raised her hand, \u201cThat makes three of us, not including you, Sally. Patricia. No last name.\u201d\n\u201cAnd nine infected with cancer,\u201d the blond mechanic added, \u201cName\u2019s Andy Corman. It will be a pleasure to have you with us,\u201d his smile was pleasant, but he looked rather young to be a mechanic, like he was just out of high school.\nThe last two did not care to give a background of where they came from, or what they were doing when the bomb dropped, so Sally merely assumed that it did not matter.\nJosephine cleared her throat, hoping it would clear the tension as well, \u201cLet\u2019s keep walking for another few hours, then call it a night,\u201d Charlie seemed to agree with her, because he helped the young woman to her feet, then knelt ad began packing the bags up again.\nDespite their earlier confrontation, Sally found herself helping Brett to his feet. She could not decide if it was out of guilt or pity and settled on a little bit of both.\nThe injured male got control of his balance, then looked her in the eye, \u201cWould you stop looking at me like that?\u201d\nShe was taken back, and her mouth parted in surprise, \u201cLike what?\u201d\n\u201cLike I\u2019m some poor helpless fool that has a worse doom than yours, and you\u2019re pitying me because of it. Honestly, Sally, I\u2019ve been looking death in the face every day, for the past ten years of my life. There\u2019s nothing to pity, I know how this works,\u201d he gave a cough, covering his mouth, and she could see his back muscles shutter with tension, \u201cAnd, I really don\u2019t want your pity right now.\u201d\nSally did not have any response to his comment. She waited until he had his bag adjusted on his back and had started to move with the others. She kept her pace next to his, still unable to treat him as anything else besides a sick man.\n\u201cThe way I see it,\u201d he began to speak again. Now that they were moving, his pale skin filled with blood, as he took long deep breaths while they walked, \u201cWe\u2019re all doomed in the end,\u201d he smiled and then laughed, \u201cYou could die before I do, now wouldn\u2019t that be ironic?\u201d\nSally did not laugh. Nor, did she smile. She looked at the group ahead of them, and put effort into her steps to keep Brett\u2019s slow pace. Dying\u2026 She was beginning to feel as though she would never die, and instead, would be forced to suffer through everyone else leaving again.\n\u201cSo\u2026 How long have you and Charlie been friends?\u201d she asked, changing the subject. She was getting tired of talking about death.\nBrett looked at her and smiled. But, it was not a nice pleasant smile, but rather, one with devilish intentions, \u201cOh, we were roommates in college. Yeah, we bonded pretty quickly since we were both aiming to be Oncologists. It was only fitting, since both of our parents died of cancer.\u201d\nThe cruel and bitter joke made her rather angry, and Sally pursed her lips, which only made Brett laugh, \u201cI\u2019m just teasing, you know. Really, you need to lighten up. This whole apocalypse thing is just going to get much more depressing as time goes by,\u201d then, he leaned over and threw an arm around her, which Sally had soon figured out that it was more for support than anything else, \u201cI should tell you the story how I crashed my first car. Now, that will make anyone smile,\u201d Brett looked at her, his blue eyes dancing, masking the sickness from showing itself within his spirit.\nSo, Sally listened, for the next three or four hours, until night fall, and the group called it a day.\nThey ate more bread and water and passed around another set of life stories, most of them about drinking, since everyone agreed that life would be much better right now if alcohol was involved. Then, the travelers pulled pillows, blankets, and old clothes from their bags, spread out at least five or ten feet away from each other, and laid down to rest.\nSally rolled over onto her side as to not look at them while she stared at the dirt, wide awake. She felt pity and jealousy at the same time. They had warmth\u2026 And she did not\u2026 But, they deserved those blankets. And, perhaps it was her way of punishing herself, but she felt as though she had done nothing to earn one.\n\u201cYou know, it\u2019s much warmer under here, than it is out there,\u201d Sally heard a comment behind her, and rolled over to her other side to find out who it was.\nShe could see the faint smile of Brett under a large wool blanket, \u201cI don\u2019t mind sharing.\u201d\nRelaxing a little, she pushed a shiver away, and mulled over his offer, \u201c\u2026 You don\u2019t mind, even after I attacked you\u2026?\u201d\n\u201cNot really. I would almost say it was worth the punch, but I\u2019m not actually that shallow. And, that punch really did hurt.\u201d\n\u201cYou would not be saying that if you weren\u2019t sick.\u201d\n\u201cWell, I am sick, and I am saying it,\u201d Brett paused, and averted his eyes to the dirt below him, \u201cKind of ironic, though. I spend years diagnosing and curing people of cancer, and then I suddenly catch it, not by any real way to catch cancer, but by a nuclear explosion.\u201d\n\u201cDon\u2019t be. In an apocalypse like this, if you can\u2019t laugh at the cruel irony of life, then you\u2019re not going to survive, in my opinion.\u201d\nSally smiled a little and gave a snort.\n\u201cSee? That\u2019s what I\u2019m talking about. You\u2019re too serious. You should lighten up, and take the time to laugh at the funny things,\u201d his eyes locked with hers, \u201cYou know, you\u2019re much prettier when you smile.\u201d\nThat caused her to smile even more, \u201cEven when I\u2019m not flashing my girls around?\u201d\nWith that comment, Sally slid closer to him, and under his blanket, where it was many degrees warmer, \u201cOkay, but only because I feel guilty about earlier.\u201d\n\u201cAlright,\u201d he slid his arm around her shoulder and brought her further under his blanket, a luxury Sally was envious of him for owning. Then, Brett leaned down and kissed her, receiving one in return for his efforts. Sally was not surprised from the kiss. She had a feeling those were his intentions, and did not mind at all.\n\u201cYou know, I\u2019ve spent years dating women. But, I never thought this sick angle would get one to come sleep with me so quickly,\u201d he joked, \u201cI should try this gimmick more often.\u201d\n\u201cI\u2019d be careful if I were you. I don\u2019t share well,\u201d Sally retorted. It was not as though she had much experience to back up that statement, though.\nThey both laughed quietly, relaxing against each other. When their voices died down, Brett looked her in the eyes. Then, he kissed her again, taking his time. But Sally could not take her eyes off of his bandages.\n\u201cI told you it\u2019s okay. I got what I deserved,\u201d he smiled.\n\u201cI\u2026 I know\u2026 I\u2019m still sorry\u2026\u201d\n\u201cYou\u2019re not the one who dropped nukes on Texas.\u201d\n\u2026Or the rest of the world, she thought to herself.\nMaybe it was not her fault, but she did feel responsible, \u201c\u2026 I know\u2026\u201d Sally choked out.\nBrett kissed her again, but she still hesitated\n\u201cSorry\u2026 I\u2019m worried I\u2019ll hurt you\u2026\u201d she whispered quietly, more to herself.\nHe chuckled lowly, holding back his laughter so the others would not be awoken from her apparently silly comment, \u201cIsn\u2019t that supposed to be my line?\u201d he joked.\n\u201cWell, I\u2026 Wait, I\u2019m not that inexperienced,\u201d she protested, looking him in the eyes. Sally would spare him the boring background of her senior year.\n\u201cWell, I\u2019m not that injured,\u201d Brett added, nodding. His voice of laughter had died to a mere smile. One that she was enjoying more and more after every petty argument.\nIn the cold darkness of the night, under the bright starry sky, they made love. It may not have lasted very long, but the two did their best to make it a memorable evening. They kept as quiet as they could, and left their clothes on, staying hidden under the wool blanket.\nSally could at least cross off \u2018making love under the stars\u2019 from her bucket list, if it had ever been on there to begin with. Brett could as well, no matter how short of a time he had left to complete it.\nThey stayed close as they slept, him holding her, and she felt as though her life had been turned into a cinematic film, a romantic one, with a happy ending.\nIn the morning, Sally struggled to get warmer, shivering as she moved closer to Brett. In her dismay, he was apparently too asleep to pull her in. Her eyes blinked once, twice, and she sat up slightly, shielding her sight from the bright sun. She could hear distant voices, and only assumed a few of the other travelers had woken up early.\nSally moved the blanket away, no matter how warm it felt, and glanced down at Brett. She had completely misjudged him, and was happy she was able to give him a second chance. Smiling, she leaned down to brush bangs from his face, and her fingers slid across stone cold skin.\nShocked, she yanked her hand away, staring at him dumbfounded for a moment or two. Then, Sally reached her arms forward and shoved him really hard, backing away slightly.\nBrett\u2019s body rocked back from her push, then slumped forward again, rolling onto his face. His body did not flinch or move slightly in his deep slumber, to indicate that he had felt her hands.\nHer heartbeat began to pick up, and terror sank in. Sally rolled his body back over, then rested her fingers on his neck, then his cheat, where his heart was. There was no rhythmic beat to indicate he was still alive.\nShe began to shake, her mouth parting as she stared at her lover. Then, Sally scrambled to her feet and screamed in horror, as loud as she could.\nBrett was dead.\nOctober 19, 2016 Bridget JonesLeave a comment\nJones watched a puddle of chicken broth jump out and splash against the edge of the hot eye as she turned noodles over in a pot, waiting for them to soften enough for her to pull them apart.\nAh, the diet of a starving author: cereal by day, ramen by night.\nIt was not like she made any money on her writing, but she liked to think of herself that way.\nHer eyes were sore and her head throbbed from searching through job sites all day, reading and writing reading, over and over again, trying to make the cover letters appear as exactly what the employers were looking for. It was exhausting, trying to dress your experience up without actually lying.\nJones could hardly sell her own books, a complete work of fiction designed to entice and draw in readers. How was she supposed to sell herself when she could not even take writing non-fiction seriously?\nShe sighed, pulled the pot off the stove and emptied its contents into her special ramen bowl. Jones was praying for a miracle. She just needed one person to give her a chance, to show them how good of an editor she could really be.\nJones understood writers, she knew how they thought, how they acted, how timid they could be, and how arrogant they were when it came to their work. Hell, she had many friends who were aspiring authors, who looked up to her for guidance and advice. Her, who had self-published her first book, twice, and was now attempting to rewrite and publish it a third time.\nJones had no idea what these writers saw in her, but if her friends and family believed she was excellent writer, sure at least one publisher out there would feel the same.\nJones shook her head and carried her water and special ramen bowl to the table. Then, she headed back into her room to grab her notebook and green pen, so she could write this event down and publish it on her website.\nImage October 6, 2016 December 29, 2016 Bridget JonesLeave a comment", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 249, "original_length": 32104, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 334.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://wtop.com/national/2019/01/amtrak-train-hits-unoccupied-vehicle-on-track-in-indiana/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:32Z", "digest": "sha1:75BHZLBHLZ2XJUDKOJ7R7DPIUEZX767S", "length": 946, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "wtop.com", "title": "Amtrak train hits unoccupied vehicle on track in Indiana | WTOP", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb National News \u00bb Amtrak train hits unoccupied\u2026\nCHESTERTON, Ind. (AP) \u2014 An Amtrak train from Chicago to Grand Rapids, Michigan, hit an unoccupied vehicle on the track in Indiana, but no passengers or crew were injured. Amtrak says in a statement that\u2026\nCHESTERTON, Ind. (AP) \u2014 An Amtrak train from Chicago to Grand Rapids, Michigan, hit an unoccupied vehicle on the track in Indiana, but no passengers or crew were injured.\nAmtrak says in a statement that the accident happened about 7:30 p.m. central time Sunday as the train carrying 163 passengers reached Chesterton, Indiana, 46 miles (74 kilometers) southeast of Chicago.\nAmtrak spokeswoman Beth Toll says it was not clear why the vehicle was obstructing the track with no driver inside. She says there was only cosmetic damage to the train.\nShe says the train continued on its route after a delay of an hour and 40 minutes. 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For the purpose of this Statute, the following definitions will apply:\n(a) \u201cRespondent\u201d has the meaning set out in the relevant Sanctions Procedures, as defined below;\n(b) \u201cSanctions Procedures\u201d means the Sanctions Procedures, as applicable and as may be amended from time to time, of the Bank which is subject to the Bank\u2019s Procurement, Consultant and Anti-Corruption Guidelines.\nThe Sanctions Board shall review and take final decisions in sanctions cases and perform such other detailed functions and responsibilities as set forth in the Sanctions Procedures.\nIn the event of a dispute as to whether the Sanctions Appeals Board has competence over a particular matter, the Sanctions Appeals Board shall decide whether it has the authority to handle such matter under this Statute.\n1. The Sanctions Appeals Board shall be composed of six (6) members. The members shall be governed by the Code of Conduct attached hereto, as may be amended from time to time.\n2. Four (4) external members of the Sanctions Appeals Board (two (2) substantive and two (2) alternate) shall be appointed by the Board of Directors of the Bank upon recommendation by the President of the Bank after appropriate consultation. These candidates must not have previously held or currently hold any appointment as staff or consultant of the Bank, and shall be familiar with procurement matters, law, dispute resolution mechanisms, or operations of development institutions.\n3. Two (2) internal members of the Sanctions Appeals Board (one substantive and one alternate) shall be appointed by the President from among senior Bank staff with knowledge of Bank procurement and/or operational processes.\n4. The members of the Sanctions Appeals Board shall be appointed for a period of three (3) years, renewable once depending on the performance. Of the four (4) external members initially appointed, the terms of one (1) member, shall expire at the end of two (2) years.\n5. The term of each member\u2019s appointment shall commence as stipulated in the member\u2019s letter of appointment. A member appointed to replace another whose term of office has not expired shall hold office for the remainder of the predecessor\u2019s term.\n6. Notwithstanding the term limit set forth above, the members of the Sanctions Appeals Board shall hold office until their replacement or earlier resignation or removal.\n1. The Sanctions Appeals Board Chair shall be selected by the Board of Directors, on recommendation by the President after appropriate consultation, from among the external members appointed under Article V, Section 2. The person selected shall serve as Sanctions Board Chair for not more than a single three-year term.\n2. The Sanctions Appeals Board Chair shall direct the work of the Sanctions Appeals Board; shall represent the Sanctions Appeals Board in all administrative matters; and shall preside at all sessions of the Sanctions Appeals Board.\n3. If unable to act, the Sanctions Board Chair shall designate an acting Sanctions Appeals Board Chair from among the other external members.\n4. A Secretary shall be appointed from among the staff of the Bank to assist the Sanctions Appeals Board.\n1. A quorum of three (3) members shall suffice to constitute the full Sanctions Appeals Board provided two (2) of them are external members and one is internal.\n2. A plenary session may be convened by the Sanctions Appeals Board Chair when, in the opinion of the Sanctions Appeals Board Chair, the complexity of a case requires such a session or when it is necessary to deal with a question related to the operation of the Sanctions Appeals Board, including its competence under Article IV, or any other matter warranting consideration by the full Sanctions Appeals Board.\n3. Notice of the convening of a plenary session shall be given to the members of the Sanctions Board at least thirty (30) days in advance of the date of the opening of such a session.\n4. No case shall be heard by the Sanctions Appeals Board except under the chairmanship of the Sanctions Appeals Board Chair or an acting Chair.\n1. To deal with a particular case or cases, the Sanctions Appeals Board Chair may decide at any time that the Sanctions Appeals Board shall form a Panel comprising two (2) members of the Sanctions Board from outside the African Development Bank Group and one (1) Bank staff member. Attendance of all three Panel members is required to constitute a quorum.\n2. The Sanctions Appeals Board Chair and the Secretary to the Sanctions Appeals Board shall determine the dates of sessions of the Sanctions Appeals Board.\nThe expenses of the Sanctions Appeals Board shall be borne by the African Development Bank Group. Sanctions Appeals Board members from outside the African Development Bank Group shall receive such compensation as deemed appropriate by the African Development Bank Group.\nIn all matters not addressed in this Statute, the Code of Conduct or the Sanctions Procedures or any formal guidelines issued by the Bank in respect of sanctions proceedings, the Sanctions Appeals Board shall follow the instructions of the Sanctions Appeals Board Chair for the operation of the Sanctions Appeals Board.\n1. The Sanctions Appeals Board shall hold sessions on dates to be fixed in accordance with Articles VII and VIII.\n2. The Sanctions Appeals Board shall hold its sessions at the Bank Headquarters, unless it considers that the efficient conduct of the proceedings warrants holding sessions elsewhere.\n3. Sanctions Appeals Board procedure is confidential and not open to the public.\n1. The Sanctions Appeals Board shall take all decisions by a majority of the members present. In the event of a tie, the Sanctions Appeals Board Chair shall have the deciding vote.\n2. Decisions of a Panel shall be taken by a majority of two (2) members and shall be deemed to constitute a decision of the Sanctions Appeals Board.\nDecisions shall be final and without appeal. Each decision shall include a brief statement of the reasons on which it is based.\n1. The Sanctions Appeals Board members or alternates appointed pursuant to Article 5, Section 2 may only be removed by Board of Directors upon recommendation by the President in the event of (i) incapacity, (2) material violation of the Code of Conduct, or (3) conduct unbecoming a Sanctions Appeals Board member.\n2. The President, or the Sanctions Appeals Board Chair or another member of the Sanctions Appeals Board by written request to the President, shall have the right to initiate a proposal for removal.\n3. The concerned Sanctions Appeals Board member shall be notified of the alleged grounds for the proposed removal and be afforded a reasonable opportunity to respond to the allegation(s). If there appear to be sufficient grounds for removal, the President shall refer the matter to the Board of Directors for decision.\n4. The Sanctions Appeals Board members appointed pursuant to Article 5, Section 3 serve at the pleasure of the President and may be removed for cause after a reasonable opportunity to be heard.\n\u201cOnly\u201d in \u201c may only be removed\u201d\nThis Statute may be amended from time to time.\nCODE OF CONDUCT FOR MEMBERS OF THE SANCTIONS APPEALS BOARD\nThis Code of Conduct applies to all members, including alternates, both from the staff of the African Development Bank Group and from outside the African Development Bank Group.\n1. Fairness, Independence and Impartiality. Each member of the Sanctions Appeals Board shall consider each case fairly, impartially and with due diligence, in accordance with the Sanctions Board Statute, the Sanctions Procedures and any other applicable rules and guidance established by the African Development Bank Group.\n2. In considering cases, each member of the Sanctions Appeals Board shall act independently and shall not answer to or take instructions from Bank management, members of the Board of Executive Directors, member governments, Respondents or any other entity.\n3. Each member of the Sanctions Appeals Board shall, in the discharge of his or her functions, be guided solely by the merits of the case without regard to any other considerations, including prospects for re-appointment to the Sanctions Appeals Board or employment elsewhere in the Bank.\n4. No member of the Sanctions Appeals Board shall seek or accept any gift or compensation of any kind for the discharge of his or her functions except as provided in his or her letter of appointment.\n5. Diligence. Each member of the Sanctions Appeals Board shall act diligently and expeditiously in the performance of their duties and deliver their decisions without undue delay.\n6. Conduct during Proceedings. Each member of the Sanctions Appeals Board shall act in accordance with commonly accepted decorum, and remain patient and courteous towards all participants. They shall avoid conduct or comments which are racist, sexist or otherwise degrading. The Chair shall, to the extent possible, ensure that any person participating in sanctions proceedings conducts themselves in like manner.\n7. Conflict of Interest. Prior to appointment and throughout his or her service, each member of the Sanctions Appeals Board shall have the obligation to promptly disclose to the Chair of the Sanctions Appeals Board and Bank Management, any circumstance which may give rise to reasonable doubts as to his or her impartiality or independence, including (but not limited to) all past and present professional, business, personal and other relationships with, or any financial or other interest in, any of the parties to the proceedings or affiliated parties, personal bias or prejudice concerning a party, or personal knowledge of disputed evidentiary facts concerning the proceeding. In making such disclosure, the member should take care not to reveal facts that may prejudice the consideration of a pending case; if meaningful disclosure is not possible without revealing such facts, the Chair may recuse himself from the case in question.\n8. Members of the Sanctions Appeals Board shall recuse themselves from any case in which they have an actual conflict of interest either by notice to the Chair or at the request of the Chair prior to the commencement of proceedings or, if the conflict comes to light only during the proceedings, immediately upon it coming to light. Members shall seek written guidance from the Chair of the Sanctions Appeals Board for any matter in which they have an apparent or potential conflict of interest. The Chair will apprise Bank Management periodically as to the resolution of these actual, apparent and potential conflicts of interest.\n9. Members of the Sanctions Appeals Board shall recuse themselves from participation in a sanctions proceeding involving a project, loan or any other transaction wherein they have, directly or significantly, participated, whether in their current position, a prior assignment or previous employment.\n10. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a member may decline to disclose circumstances to the extent that such disclosure is prohibited by legally binding confidentiality restrictions, provided that they recuse themselves from any case in which they have an actual, apparent or potential conflict of interest arising from such circumstances.\n11. Post-Service Activities. A member of the Sanctions Appeals Board shall not, for two (2) years after the end of the member\u2019s term, accept any kind of employment, consultancy or interest in any firm that has been a respondent in a sanctions proceeding in which the member has participated.\n12. For a period of three years after the expiration or termination of the term of a member of the Sanctions Appeals Board, such member shall be disqualified to appear as an attorney, agent or representative of any respondent in a sanctions proceeding before the Sanctions Appeals Board.\n13. External members shall not accept employment with the African Development Bank Group or provide the Bank Group with services in connection with any Project, transaction or initiative on behalf of the Bank Group for a period of two (2) years following the end of such member\u2019s term.\n14. Confidentiality. A member shall be required to observe the confidentiality and sensitivity of information to which he/she will have access as a member of the Sanctions Appeals Board, and shall not use or disclose to any third party any information obtained as a result of membership in the Sanctions Appeals Board, including through participation in a sanctions proceeding.\n15. All members of the Sanctions Appeals Board shall respect and maintain the confidentiality of sanctions proceedings.\n16. Mandate of the African Development Bank Group. The Sanctions Appeals Board\u2019s independence notwithstanding, a Sanctions Appeals Board member should act at all times in a manner consistent with the African Development Bank Group\u2019s mandate as set forth in its Articles of Agreement, with particular regard to the duty of the Bank to ensure that its financing is used for purposes intended.\n17. Non-interference. During a proceeding in which the members of the Sanctions Appeals Board sit in a Panel of less than three members, any member who is not participating in that Panel shall not interfere with or seek to influence the work or decision of the members of the Panel.\n18. Ex Parte Communications. Members of the Sanctions Appeals Board shall not engage in ex parte communications with the Integrity and Anti-corruption Department (PIAC) or the Respondent regarding the merits of a sanctions proceeding.\n19. Conduct Unbecoming. Members of the Sanctions Appeals Board shall conduct themselves in a manner befitting their status, whether in the course of their duties or otherwise. They will exercise their freedom of expression and association in a manner compatible with such status and does not affect or appear to affect their independence or impartiality. They shall not comment on pending cases and shall avoid expressing views which may undermine the standing or integrity of the African Development Bank Group, the Sanctions Appeals Board or the sanctions process.\nEach member of the Sanctions Appeals Board shall agree to be bound by this Code of Conduct, as it may be amended from time to time, at the time of his or her appointment or re-appointment. Any material violation of this Code of Conduct is grounds for removal from the Sanctions Appeals Board, as set out in the Sanctions Appeals Board Statute. The Chair of the Sanctions Appeals Board shall report any violation of this Code that comes to his or her attention to Bank Management.\nSummaries of the Sanctions Appeals Board Decisions", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 611, "original_length": 26796, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 298.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.afge.org/publication/afge-takes-nexus-issue-to-the-u.s.-supreme-court", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:03:22Z", "digest": "sha1:DHPI5KETPEQ5QQZP7Q6L5YSDE2QWXKCW", "length": 1383, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.afge.org", "title": "AFGE | AFGE Takes NEXUS Issue to the U.S. Supreme Court", "raw_content": "AFGE Takes NEXUS Issue to the U.S. Supreme Court\nMagda Lynn Seymour\nSpecifically, this case presents the question of whether, in the absence of any evidence of a negative impact on the job responsibilities of a federal civilian employee, an employing agency may remove the employee for lawful, off-duty conduct based on claims of a purported loss of trust or confidence that reflects the mores of agency officials.\nAFGE argues in its Petition for a Writ of Certiorari [Case Nol. 00-1496] that, \u201c\u2026Allowing the federal employer to remove an employee for off-duty conduct because of claims of lost trust or confidence, colored by the distaste experienced by agency officials in response to that off-duty conduct, is tantamount to eliminating the nexus requirement in its entirety.\u201d\nAFGE points out in its Certiorari that, \u201c\u2026the claims of lost \u2018trust and confidence\u2019 are nothing more than the expressions of personal displeasure by management officials. Under the decisions of federal appellate courts other than the Federal Circuit, such evidence would be deemed insufficient to meet the nexus requirement.\u201d\nThe American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, is the largest union for government employees, representing 600,000 federal workers in the United States and overseas, as well as employees of the District of Columbia. Go to www.afge.org for more information about AFGE.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 430, "original_length": 10645, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 277.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.agepartnership.co.uk/pension-income/fixed-term-annuities/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:36Z", "digest": "sha1:WEPMZQRNV3F5J4CFCPYJFUNFU765QV7X", "length": 2381, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.agepartnership.co.uk", "title": "Fixed Term Annuities | Pension Income at Age Partnership", "raw_content": "FREE Fixed-Term Annuity Calculator\nSecurity & flexibility\nWhat are Fixed-Term Annuities?\nA Fixed-Term Annuity provides you with a regular income for a fixed-period, generally between 1 and 25 years. At the end of the term, a guaranteed maturity value will be available. You'll be able to use the maturity value to choose another pension-income option and, as it's guaranteed, you'll know the exact value you'll receive from the start.\nThese plans offer a combination of security, as you know how much you will be receiving over the course of the plan and the maturity value, and flexibility, as you have control over what to do with your fund once the term ends.\nYou select the level of income you take over the course of the term, as well as making some choices such as whether or not you want the income to continue for a spouse in the event that you were to die first. Based on these factors and any additional investment growth, your guaranteed maturity amount will be calculated.\nThis flexibility means that you may be able to secure a better level of income after the term if, during the fixed-term, pension annuity rates improve, or if changes to your health mean that you would now qualify for an enhanced annuity.\nHowever, with this flexibility comes some risk in that you may not be able to secure the same level of income from your pension savings at the end of the term as you would have done at the start. For example, pension annuity rates may be lower than they were when you started the fixed-term.\nFixed-Term Annuities at Age Partnership\nOur service allows you to compare the fixed-term annuities offered by a range of leading providers. We can take you through the range of features on offer and provide you with information to help you choose:\n\u2714 The length of the term that suits your needs.\nOnce you've made these decisions, we'll be able to give you the guaranteed maturity amount on offer from each provider so that you can compare all of your options like-for-like before you make a decision.\nAlternatively, you could speak to a Financial Advisor who would be happy to make a recommendation to you about fixed-term annuities and your pension-income options.\nWith a Fixed-Term Annuity the maturing fund may be guaranteed, however it's uncertain what it will provide as an ongoing income, which may produce a lower income after the fixed-term period has ended.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 243, "original_length": 7593, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 270.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.aggressive.se/blog/?post_url=surprises-from-wwdc-2015", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:19Z", "digest": "sha1:GOLGHKWMFOZZSOGJMYVQ7JI3EDOX6HM6", "length": 1852, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.aggressive.se", "title": "Passive Aggressive Blog", "raw_content": "Also newsstand goes away, turning newsstand apps into normal apps again. I don't know if this change is necessarily bad, the newsstand folder has been quite awkward since iOS 7 (it made at least some sense when it was see-through). I just hope all my newsstand customers agree.\nInternet over http from apps will now fail, there is a workaround you can supply in the apps plist. I guess every app will contain this entry when iOS 9 is released. Then Apple will put restrictions on this, next year or so, and everyone will need to update their servers to https anyway. In the long run, this is a push for a good thing, but it will add so much to my inbox... I will just try to hold it off for as long as possible.\nSwift's developers finally gave in and built their version of exceptions, the \"goto of the 90's\", because \"that is what developers are used to\". There is perhaps no other positive wording available. This is a hard problem, and I guess they had to do something, but I just wish they had come up with something smarter.\nOn the other hand, swift is coming to Linux. Which means I can move all my server code to swift, and finally get a good server language. I was almost about to switch to Node, but now I will wait for a bit longer. Swift did also get a host of good improvements, making it a viable alternative to objective-c. I haven't been able to use Swift yet, since I still support iOS 6 for most apps, so I can't really say that it is finally good enough and time to switch, but it really seems like it.\nMetal did also become a first class citizen, which I was waiting for (did not think they would do it this year though). I don't make any games (yet) so it has no effect on me, but I think it's a very positive signal that they are focusing on game/graphics API:s. 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Using Agiloft's platform, Nous will offer contract management, business process management, and IT services across several verticals, including Healthcare, Retail, Travel & Logistics, Banking & Financial Services, and Insurance.\nNous Infosystems' 20 years of experience delivering optimized services will further expand the reach of Agiloft's award-winning Contract Management, Service Desk and BPM Software. Nous' professional services expertise will also be instrumental in leveraging Agiloft's highly configurable no-code software to deliver customized innovative applications to a broad client base.\n\u0093Nous Infosystems is a strong addition to our Partner Program,\u0094 said Colin Earl, CEO of Agiloft. \u0093We've been impressed with their broad implementation experience across several verticals and we're looking forward to working with them in the IT Services, BPM and Contract Management spaces.\u0093\n\u0093We are pleased to join Agiloft's Partner Program as a Certified Reseller,\u0094 said Bala Gopalakrishnan, COO of Nous Infosystems. \u0093This partnership enables us to extend a new, powerful solution set to our customers. 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Now that you\u2019re a part of the Aim High community, you get to come back every summer until you begin ninth grade. All you have to do is re-enroll. Re-enrollment forms must be submitted online or by mail.\nReturning students will receive re-enrollment paperwork in the mail in February 2019. After receiving your re-enrollment paperwork, return to this page to confirm your spot for Summer 2019.\nYou will receive your re-enrollment form in the mail to the address we have on file. 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An absolute novelty in the Italian Real Estate that offers owners the opportunity to access the Resort services and to participate in the Rental program, making the unit available during periods of non-use.\nThe Resort also offers numerous services including two restaurants, a lounge bar, a reading room, a meeting area and a 24-hour gym.\nThe heart of the Resort is certainly the SPA, a wellness area that, with its 5,000 square meters, will be one of the largest in the Alps.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 78, "original_length": 2042, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 191.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ale-heavylift.com/news/ale-break-spmt-world-record-during-complex-salvage-ferry-operation-in-south-korea-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:11Z", "digest": "sha1:636RCMRBOTNBKVY4WNAVZOK4ALW2LUQ4", "length": 2099, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.ale-heavylift.com", "title": "ALE break SPMT world record during complex salvage ferry operation in South Korea - ALE", "raw_content": "ALE has completed the load-in of the Sewol ferry using a record-breaking number of SPMTs, as part of a complex salvage operation in the East China Sea in April. At 17,000t, this is the heaviest piece ever to be transported by SPMTs.\nALE, one of the global leaders in heavy lifting and transportation, was contracted to perform the load-in operations of the high-profile ferry, which tragically capsized two years ago.\nThe operation was followed on-site by the families of the victims and the Korean Government, generating additional pressure on the ALE site team.\nAlthough the ferry was estimated to weigh between 11,000t and 13,000t, the client faced the challenge of moving a ferry in which there was no way of confirming the actual weight and CoG position until it was lifted from the sea and positioned onto the barge.\nAfter the arrival at the load-in location, it was discovered that a significant amount of mud remained inside the vessel, that increased the weight by 4,000t. Based on the results of the first load transfer test with SPMTs, the ferry was later calculated to weigh approximately 17,000t and, as a result, ALE had to re-engineer a load-out solution by their site engineering team which resulted in an increase in the amount of axles from 456 to 600 axle lines at short notice.\nWithin 24 hours ALE had mobilised the additional 144 axle lines to receive the semi-submersible vessel from the barge onto 600 axle lines of SPMT, in a configuration of 6 x 2 file 80 plus 2 x 2 file 60.\n\u201cThis was an extremely strategic project, not only for ALE\u2019s South East Asia region, but for the entire ALE group. 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He completed his undergraduate degree in Business Administration at the University of Washington in 1994. It is also there that he met his wife Tracy. Now they have two daughters Annika and Celine. Dr. Alex Chan received his Doctorate in Dental Surgery in 1998 from the University of Washington.\nDr. Alex Chan firmly believes in the motto treat and respect others the way you want to be treated and respected. \u201cI love the relationships I have formed with patients, both new and ones cultivated over years of personalized care.\u201d Dr. Chan loves the creative and artistic aspect of dentistry. Therefore he enjoys advanced training yearly through continue education.\nHe is also a member of the American Dental Association, Washington State Dental Association, Academy of General Dentistry, and the Pankey Association. Dr. Chan loves to spend time with his family but also enjoys the challenges of growing and developing an ecosystem for coral and salt water fishes in his reef tank.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 149, "original_length": 4683, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 161.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.alipac.us/f12/illegal-aliens-quietly-being-relocated-throughout-u-s-commercial-flights-354754/index2.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:18:22Z", "digest": "sha1:2YK5HPOLNQ2UAXMF6JDTHVH66SS64PU7", "length": 3237, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "www.alipac.us", "title": "Illegal Aliens Quietly Being Relocated Throughout U.S. on Commercial Flights - Page 2", "raw_content": "Thread: Illegal Aliens Quietly Being Relocated Throughout U.S. on Commercial Flights\nGet rid of kelly & lady daca too since she is going along with this. Does kelly not inform trump what he is ordering to be done? No different than obama days. kelly is the ruling globalist in the wh - said he would work for a republican or democrat and he is there to push the globalist agenda.\nBeezer, MW and nomas like this.\nOriginally Posted by Beezer\nWhy is this still happening! Does Trump know this is happening?\nI hope this excerpt from the article above answers your question Beezer:\nIt appears that the Trump administration has chosen to ignore the concerns of rank-and-file federal agents, instead opting to quietly extend the controversial Obama-era policy that relocates illegal immigrants to unsuspecting communities nationwide. It is known as \u201cCatch and Release\u201d and frustrated DHS sources tell Judicial Watch the Trump administration is essentially facilitating the ongoing commission of a federal immigration crime despite its tough border security rhetoric.\nBeezer and nomas like this.\nIt's federal law, Beezer, Congress passed a law that requires these UAC's be taken in as refugees.\nWhich law is that? I'm not familiar with a law that requires us to relocate illegal alien minors throughout the United states. Not saying there isn't one, just saying I'm not aware of it. I am aware of the Unaccompanied Refugee Minor (URM) program but I don't believe it's for unaccompanied illegal alien minors.\nAccording to the article we're talking about a policy here, not an actual law.\nIt appears that the Trump administration has chosen to ignore the concerns of rank-and-file federal agents, instead opting to quietly extend the controversial Obama-era policy that relocates illegal immigrants to unsuspecting communities nationwide.\nThe Trump administration can change Obama era policies easily.\nLast edited by MW; 01-20-2018 at 11:30 PM.\nOn March 1, 2003, the Homeland Security Act of 2002, Section 462, transferred responsibilities for the care and placement of unaccompanied alien children from the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service to the Director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR).\nSince then, ORR has cared for more than 175,000 children, incorporating child welfare values as well as the principles and provisions established by the Flores Agreement in 1997, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and its reauthorization acts, the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) of 2005 and 2008.\nhttps://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/programs/ucs\nhttps://www.alipac.us/f9/illegal-ali...flight-354789/\nThat doesn't say DHS is required to relocate illegal alien minor children throughout the United States. How do you respond to the following paragraph from the article?\nThe article clearly identifies the relocation effort as being done by policy, not law.\nHillary Clinton Descends from Private Jets to Commercial Flights in Just Two Months\nU.S. to use chartered flights to deport Chinese fugitives, illegal aliens\nbrandon judd, catch and release, chris crane, i.c.e., illegal aliens, illegal immigration, john kelly, judicial watch, nbpc, obama, president donald trump", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 318, "original_length": 13420, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 296.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.allaboutequine.org/robbie.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:11Z", "digest": "sha1:HFBOANTLL2DLM7G7JMZDP3GH6KJDBTAC", "length": 691, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.allaboutequine.org", "title": "Robbie - All About Equine Animal Rescue Inc.", "raw_content": "Robbie and Flame are special boys that came to AAE in 2016, not because they weren't lavished with love or not cared for. Theirs was a downsizing effort, and we're so thankful we had the opportunity to welcome these \"mature\" gents to our herd. They came at just the right time. Marshy had lost his vision and we did not think he would be able to \"entertain\" kids and teach new volunteers. Robbie is a handsome and talented guy. He enjoys working with the kids, celebrating birthday parties, walking in parades, and being a bossy guy in the mini herd. Really, he has a secret crush on Patches, but wants everyone to think he's just the big man on the block. Go get 'em Robbie, you're da' man!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 121, "original_length": 2749, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 286.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.alltekservices.com/why-nonprofit-organizations-should-invest-in-microsoft-office-365/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:45Z", "digest": "sha1:4QHOYRSYS4M4DQPNTSYAES7FDSDBQO3F", "length": 5489, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "www.alltekservices.com", "title": "Why Nonprofit Organizations Should Invest in Microsoft Office 365", "raw_content": "Why Nonprofit Organizations Should Invest in Microsoft Office 365\nNot-for-profit organizations frequently contend with the lack of time and money needed to afford large IT investments that are critical for achieving efficiency in their operations. The few organizations that somehow manage to afford these technologies constantly have to deal with scarce resources and manpower needed to manage the technology.\nThere is another glaring problem within the nonprofit environment: the staff, Board members, and volunteers are often spread across several locations. Further, their rampant use of different devices and operating system (OS) versions tend to result in difficulties accessing the organizations\u2019 latest files.\nMicrosoft Office 365 \u2013 addressing the challenges nonprofits face\nOffice 365 is Microsoft\u2019s global offering designed to provide eligible users with access to the company\u2019s top-of-the-line cloud-based tools for collaboration and productivity. The service is complete with web conferencing and high definition (HD) video, calendars, business class email, online Microsoft office suite, as well as file storage and sharing.\nWhile Microsoft has a provision to offer these services to eligible, qualified nonprofits as a donation, the organization can purchase important additional functionalities at a small fee.\nBeside the rich apps connected to the Microsoft Cloud always being up-to-date, they are available for users on a 24/7 basis.\nIf these are not reasons enough for you to jump aboard the Office 365 bandwagon, then read along to find out further why your nonprofit should invest in Microsoft Office 365.\nVoice and web conferencing allows for easy collaboration\nSuccessful running of any nonprofit heavily depends on the quality of collaboration between its members. Among the suite of tools that come with Microsoft Office 365 is the Microsoft Skype for Business, an all-in-one tool for web conferencing, video calls, voice calls, and instant messaging.\nThe HD video conferencing capability means that nonprofit teams can meet and collaborate with each other regardless of where they are located. Out-of-office personnel and volunteers can remotely share data and influence timely decision making.\nYou\u2019ll also like to know that Skype for Business has a note-taking feature that works in real time. This can allow you to keep track of notes and new ideas from every meeting.\nSocial networking is easier with Office 365\nEvery Microsoft Office 365 Nonprofit plan comes with the tech giant\u2019s internal social network, Yammer \u2013 designed for organizations like your own.\nWith your own Yammer site, it is easier than ever to bring teams together regardless of where they are located across the globe.\nYammer allows the organization\u2019s internal staff, volunteers, and other stakeholders to connect, share, and collaborate seamlessly at all times.\nTeams can edit and share documents on the go\nMicrosoft Office 365 also includes Microsoft\u2019s cloud-based file-sharing tool SharePoint Online. With this advanced file sharing tool, teams can easily edit and share documents with one another, even on their mobile devices. Many users love the fact that they can actually edit documents simultaneously with colleagues on this cloud-based platform \u2013 effectively saving time and the possible confusion associated with back and forth emailing of documents.\nThere is simply so much you can accomplish with your documents in the cloud. Your board reports will be available in the cloud and you can share them remotely or access them, along with grant applications and other equally essential documents anywhere, at any time.\nMicrosoft\u2019s online office suite, Office Online, also allows you to create and edit files using lightweight Microsoft Office web apps including Word, Excel, OneNote, and PowerPoint. So, your team will have the liberty to open, view, and edit various document forms right from their browsers, both on iOS and Android devices.\nThe staff and volunteers can use Microsoft Office 365 to open, view, and edit practically any document on up to five of their devices. This empowers them with the flexibility to work anywhere anytime.\nThere is guarantee of security and compliance\nData security is one of the greatest concerns to any nonprofit organization. Nonprofits also have to comply with applicable privacy and compliance laws. The good news is, Microsoft\u2019s Office 365 is engineered to the highest level of privacy and security standards.\nThe service has built-in malware protection to safeguard your data in the cloud. As such, your nonprofit organization can have peace of mind storing its data in the cloud and sharing even the most sensitive information without running the risk of noncompliance with data protection requirements.\nNonprofit organizations enjoy 24/7 support\nOffice 365 offers the luxury of 24/7 professional-level customer support so you won\u2019t need any IT staff to stay on call. The level of support your nonprofit organization gets depends on your organization\u2019s Office 365 Nonprofit plan.\nTechnology-related problems can create indecisiveness and slow down efforts in the nonprofit environment, eventually taking a toll on important mission activities. This can hurt productivity overall. 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This song was amongst the most popular Irish traditional Christmas carols during the ancient times, and it is among the Irish traditional Christmas carols or melodies that originated from the history and cultural heritage of Ireland. This song, amongst a number of Irish traditional Christmas carols, is also considered a melody that had originated from the Irish region known as Country Wexford.\nCuroo, Curoo is another one of those ancient Irish traditional Christmas carols or holiday melodies. This old Irish traditional Christmas carol literally means the holiday melodies of Birds. This traditional Christmas melody is said to originate from the 1800s. This Irish traditional Christmas melody was performed and sung by the popular Irish singers known as The Clancy Brothers, and the album that featured this single was known as the Clancy Brothers Christmas.\nIrsh dancers\nAnother famous Irish traditional Christmas carol goes by the name of Once in Royal David\u2019s City. This Irish traditional Christmas melody was written and performed by then popular songwriter and singer Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander, and this single was recorded during the early 1850s. The musical arrangements for the songs in this album release were done by then famous musical choreographer Henry John Gantlet.\nOne of the most famous Irish traditional Christmas melodies has been widely controversial around the world due to certain translations of various Christian and non-Catholic groups. The Christmas melody, known as 12 Days of Christmas, had been translated many times by various practitioners of Christianity, and this led to the song being taught to kids at the time wherein Catholicism was actually banned.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 133, "original_length": 5348, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 164.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.am.pictet/en/canada/articles/2018/energy-efficient-homes", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:37:47Z", "digest": "sha1:6C66ZTG7FZMGGYAK26HB54H4SVTTM3B6", "length": 3511, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.am.pictet", "title": "Energy Efficient Homes - Pictet Asset Management", "raw_content": "When your house is smarter than you are\nIn the smart house you won\u2019t have to worry about turning off the lights or adjusting the heating. Innovations do that for you. Cost reduction is your benefit.\nAnswer truthfully: do you disconnect your television and other electrical devices every evening before you go to sleep? Or do you leave all the devices on stand-by? When it comes to reducing pollution and achieving the international climate goal, the rise of renewable energy sources such as solar and wind energy is grabbing a lot of headlines. \u2018But in the short term, much more progress can be made by using the available energy more efficiently than by switching to cleaner sources\u2019, says Luciano Diana, fund manager of the Global Environmental Opportunities strategy.\nIn Europe, households represent a quarter of the total energy consumption1. A significant part of that energy use is wasted the moment we fall asleep in front of the television, switch on the vacuum cleaner before we move the furniture aside or forget to lower the thermostat when we leave the house. \u2018Changing our daily patterns is often easier said than done\u2019, explains Diana. \u2018Yet it is only a matter of time before many households start to use energy more efficiently. This shift is not driven by a change in mentality, but by technological progress.\u2019\nThe building of the future\nLarge real estate companies are at the forefront of this movement, explains Diana. \u2018For these companies, a great way to improve the bottom line is to reduce energy costs. There are also additional advantages to developing and exploiting cleaner and more energy efficient buildings. Figures from the World Green Buildings Council2 show that the rental income is higher as a building becomes more sustainable. The shift to houses and buildings that use energy more efficiently is not only driven by financial returns, but by new regulations and environmental awareness. The shift to more energy efficient buildings is gaining more momentum.\u2019\nSaving money and saving the environment\nA lot of features that are standard in clean buildings will also be incorporated in the house of the future. A good example is the rise of LED lighting. These lamps use up to 80% less energy than traditional lightbulbs3. The American Departement of Energy predicts that the total savings of the shift to LEDs as the predominant source of lighting might add up to cumulative energy savings of nearly $630 billion for the period 2015 to 20354. The actual savings might run even higher, thanks to the increased availability of sensors that monitor movement in the room and automatically turn the lights on and off. More homes are equipped with smart thermostats and in many households the floor is already being cleaned by a robot vacuum cleaner. Diana: \u2018These are positive developments. Not only for the environment, but from a practical point of view for anyone who sometimes forgets to turn the thermostat down a little or turn off their lights.\u2019\n[1] Energy consumption in Households, Eurostat 2017\n[2] www.worldgbc.org/benefits-green-buildings\n[3] US Departement of Energy - How Energy Efficient Light Bulbs Compare with Traditional Incandescents, 2016\n[4] US Department of Energy - report Energy Savings Forecast of Solid-State Lighting in General Illumination Applications, 2016\nThematic investing Electric driving, more of an e-volution than a...\nThematic investing Soilless farming: agriculture goes vertical\nThematic investing Lab-meat, from petri-dish to the supermarket", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 72, "original_length": 10416, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 322.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.amazines.com/article_detail.cfm/6204278?articleid=6204278&title=Lloret%2Cde%2CMar%2Cto%2CBarcelona%2C", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:56:59Z", "digest": "sha1:RVZGTXRNSR5T3HAD4REJDHLTR6V7DWYI", "length": 4233, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.amazines.com", "title": "Travel & Tourism Articles - Discover The Modernist Cemetery of the Indianos in Lloret de Mar - Amazines.com Article Search Engine", "raw_content": "Discover The Modernist Cemetery of the Indianos in Lloret de Mar by Laura Jeeves\nDiscover The Modernist Cemetery of the Indianos in Lloret de Mar\nLloret de Mar in Catalu\u00f1a really has something for everyone. Not only is the beach here a huge attraction, but the place is steeped in a rich history and culture too. You don\u2019t have to look far to uncover the historical riches and we suggest starting with Lloret de Mar\u2019s Modernist Cemetery of the Indianos.\nWho Were the Indianos?\nIndianos were emigrants who came back to Spain from America, after making their fortunes in the New World. Most made the move to Cuba, Argentina, Venezuela and Mexico. They returned wealthy, influential and powerful, and made their mark by building colonial style houses in their hometowns and villages. On the whole, the Indianos, who inhabited various regions in Northern Spain, were extremely generous with their newfound wealth, with many becoming philanthropists and helping their country by building hospitals, schools and universities.\nLloret de Mar\u2019s Modernist Cemetery of the Indianos\nThis rather unusual cemetery, built for the deceased Indiano people in Lloret de Mar, is one of the most important burial places of its kind in Catalu\u00f1a. Beautifully designed by a student of the Gaudi school of art, Joaquim Artau i F\u00e0bregas, the cemetery is unusual in every sense, displaying a vivid amalgamation of Modernist components. As you approach, it appears more like an extravagantly created park than a melancholy place of burial. Tall crosses stretch high into the sky, gargoyles stand seemingly protective over the headstones and cupids dance in the glistening sunlight. In contrast to a stereotypical cemetery, this place is alive, vivacious, attractive and joyous.\nGaudi was at the centre of the Catalan Modernist Movement, and his eccentric, imaginative and crazy curved lines combined with gothic motifs were reflected by the students - such as Bonaventura Conill I Montobbio and Puig I Cadafalch - who worked to create the bizarre but eye-catching structures in the cemetery.\nThe place was built in 1896 and took five years to complete. It is a fine example of funerary art of this period.\nWhy Go and Visit\nThis fabulous spot is a work of art in its own right, and despite being a cemetery, it is alive with human spirit. It is easy to reach from Lloret de Mar and there are signs directing you from the main road. Beautifully well kept, it is a pleasant place to spend some time wandering through the colourful mausoleums and notable memorials. The different style of each of the memorials is explained on a plaque that tells you about the architect and offers a little history too.\nLloret de Mar to Barcelona Airport is just over an hour\u2019s drive and, as most people fly into Spain, this is really convenient. The airport at Barcelona is an international hub for flights from all over Europe. Rome, Madrid, London, Vienna and Paris are just a handful of the airports that are connected directly to Barcelona. easyJet flies from more than one London airport, and British Airways offer very reasonably priced flights from London Gatwick (\u00a3120 return, depending on travel dates and times).\nGetting from the airport to Lloret de Mar and from Lloret de Mar to Barcelona at the end of your holiday needn\u2019t be a worry. By far the best option, particularly if you have a family with you as well as lots of luggage, is to book a private transfer. These can be booked in advance with Shuttle Direct, a competitively priced service that whisks you straight from the arrivals terminal to your hotel or apartment in Lloret de Mar. What could better? No stress, no worries, just a hop off the plane and into a waiting vehicle for a quick drive to the start of your holiday. You can also book the service for your return journey from Lloret de Mar to Barcelona Airport.\nLukas Johannes is a driver for Shuttle Direct, the number one provider of shared and private airport transfers all over Europe and northern Africa. If you\u2019re looking for an affordable transfer fromLloret de Mar to Barcelona, Lukas and his colleagues can make sure that you and your luggage get to and from the airport swiftly and safely.\nRelated Articles - Lloret, de, Mar, to, Barcelona,", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 189, "original_length": 9810, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 274.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.americanbungalow.com/the-pacific-northwest/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:37Z", "digest": "sha1:VBFHC7IQZXOJIN3BS3B7QU4GDFLTEWXL", "length": 4341, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.americanbungalow.com", "title": "The Arts and Crafts Movement in the Pacific Northwest | American Bungalow Magazine", "raw_content": "The Arts and Crafts Movement in the Pacific Northwest\nLawrence Kreisman and Glenn Mason\nLAWRENCE KREISMAN AND GLENN Mason write in their fine new book The Arts and Crafts Movement in the Pacific Northwest that \u201cFrom the 1870s on, many communities in the Pacific Northwest mounted yearly agricultural and county fairs in which handicrafts, furniture making, textiles, and even some decorative oil paintings and watercolors were displayed and awards given. This \u2026 reflected a growing American middle- class culture heavily oriented toward the domestic and the practical. Domestic arts \u2026 were promoted through popular magazines as the women\u2019s rights movement grew and found fertile ground in newly developing cities and towns.\u2026The growing middle class aspired to affordable family housing and was encouraged by the many new options available to them. Art and handicraft displays were included in regional expositions, providing important education to a new crop of potential homebuilders and buyers.\u201d Two pivotal expositions, the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition in Portland in 1905 and the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle in 1909, not only showcased (and accelerated) agricultural, technological, industrial and cultural developments in the growing American West but \u201cstimulated regional interest in design, with many examples of persuasive influences, including: Asian architecture and design; Spanish missions that embodied an indigenous architecture Americans might take as their own; and the power, beauty, and utility of local building materials\u2014 Douglas fir, clay, and stone\u2014in sophisticated buildings inspired by pioneer traditions.\nAs a teaching tool, the fairs exposed the public to a broader range of design efforts than most had ever seen, bringing together the wealth of Asia, Europe, Alaska, and America.\u201d Kreisman and Mason devote much of their book to the architects, builders, planners, writers, artists, publishers, educators and enterprising cultural promoters, many of them women, who wove Arts and Crafts ideas and practices\u2014 including the idea of the bungalow\u2014into the region\u2019s landscapes, homes and communities. Perhaps the most successful promoter of the bungalow and \u201cbungalow culture\u201d during the peak years of the teens was Jud Yoho, the enterprising Seattle businessman whose \u201centrepreneurial nature could have competed on an equal level with Elbert Hubbard\u201d and who in 1912 took over publication of the Bungalow Magazine from Henry Wilson, who had been publishing it in Los Angeles since 1908. As the authors describe it, Bungalow Magazine packed between its covers a breadth of information that today requires an entire shelf of publications, from the actual construction of houses to the tiniest details of interior finishes, furniture and accessories. The first half of the book covers the broad developments that helped bring the Arts and Crafts into the Northwest region. The most admirable efforts of historical reclamation, however, are evident in the two sections that make up the second half of the book: \u201cApplied Arts and the Designed Interior\u201d and \u201cRegional Artistic Expressions.\u201d\nHere they give us an intimate introduction to the noted but also unknown and little-known artisans, designers, painters and photographers, printers and bookbinders who made things for people to live with. Here, not far from a soft focus photograph of a young woman painting a vase in a china painting class, they write, \u201cfor hundreds of individuals in Oregon and Washington in the first quarter of the twentieth century, their personal experience of creating beautiful things by hand became an important part of their lives.\u201d Kreisman and Mason have admirably achieved the goal they set for themselves: \u201cto begin to fill what we perceived was a regional void in the scholarship and literature about the American Arts and Crafts story.\u201d Most notably, they have restored a particular kind of balance to a story that has elsewhere tended to inflate into a grand narrative of \u201cultimate bungalows\u201d and the celebration of $25,000 vases, leaving behind a more modest but vastly more influential tale of changes in the way people lived as an American middle-class culture began to form. They have framed this tale as a regional one, but it can also be read as simply an American one, with more rain and taller trees.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 53, "original_length": 5467, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 222.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.americanfootballmonthly.com/Subaccess/articles.php?article_id=3982&output=article", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:22Z", "digest": "sha1:HDF2J2INMRW4G6X5VSU56GKVSYUJCC5G", "length": 807, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.americanfootballmonthly.com", "title": "American Football Monthly - Stop on a Dime", "raw_content": "Grambling State\\'s dynamic dime package unwrapped!\nby: Heishma Northern\nDefensive Backs Coach & Special Teams Coordinator\nThe past two seasons our defense has been in the top 10 in sacks, interceptions and turnover margin. During the 2001 season our defense was ranked in the top 15 in both rushing and scoring defense. We also finished fourth nationally in passes intercepted and third in total takeaways. A great deal of our success stems from our dime package. The following will familiarize the reader with the personnel and pressures we use in this package. The focal point being the defense of a double slot formation, the primary set we see in passing situations. (See Diagram 1.)\nE - two best pass rushers regardless of size must be able to keep ....The full article can only be seen by subscribers.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 278, "original_length": 5237, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 313.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.androidpolice.com/2017/09/11/deal-alert-unlocked-lg-g6-just-449-99-250-off-bh/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:26Z", "digest": "sha1:OST7N5V2U4YGBWAVXPQ3K77T7NDZSKLE", "length": 1646, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.androidpolice.com", "title": "[Update: Amazon too] Deal Alert: Unlocked LG G6 is just $449.99 ($250 off) at B&H", "raw_content": "[Update: Amazon too] Deal Alert: Unlocked LG G6 is just $449.99 ($250 off) at B&H\nAmazon has lowered its G6 pricing to $449.99 for both black and platinum models. You'll get free one-day shipping if you're a Prime member and purchase the platinum\nAll phones drop in price as they become older and newer competitors come onto the scene. The LG G6 is only six months old, but with fierce rivalry from the Galaxy S8/S8+ and the brand new V30, it's been seeing some major discounts lately. This latest one by B&H brings the price down to just $449.99, a full $250 off its MSRP.\nThis $449.99 price is $20 cheaper than the deal from a few days ago. The G6 is rocking a 5.7\" 1440p LCD display in an 18:9 aspect ratio, a Snapdragon 821, 4GB of RAM, 32GB of storage with microSD expansion, dual cameras, a 5MP front-facing camera, and a 3300mAh battery. Also on board are IP68 water and dust resistance and wireless charging.\nTo get one, just head over to the B&H link in the source. Both black and platinum colors are available. Expedited shipping is free, and you can also choose to pick it up from B&H's giant NYC store. Tax is only charged in NY and NJ, making this deal even sweeter for most of you.\nAmazon has lowered its G6 pricing to $449.99 for both black and platinum models. You'll get free one-day shipping if you're a Prime member and purchase the platinum mode. However, the black version is backordered, and you'll have to wait 1-4 weeks for it to ship.\n[Update: winners] Giveaway: Win a Choetech wireless fast charger and your choice of a USB-C to ...\nAsus announces ZenFone 4 launch in US and Canada, starting today with the ZenFone 4 Max", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 284, "original_length": 9376, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 324.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.anticorruptionblog.com/courts/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:45Z", "digest": "sha1:R7KET3B22MVFIPWZGKNPFJI4TNSBDR5B", "length": 2220, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.anticorruptionblog.com", "title": "Courts | The Anticorruption Blog", "raw_content": "Archives: Courts\nSubscribe to Courts RSS Feed\nReal, honest cooperative action \u2013 the key to obtaining a Deferred Prosecution Agreement in the UK\nBy on July 28, 2014 Posted in Commercial Bribery, Compliance Program, Courts, UK Bribery Act, United Kingdom\nIn a July 1 speech to the UK Aerospace and Defence Industry Seminar, Ben Morgan of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) discussed his recommendations for how companies seeking Deferred Prosecution Agreements (DPAs) should interact with the SFO. His resounding message was cooperation on the part of the company, not just \u201cthe impression of cooperation\u201d but \u2026 Continue Reading\nBribery prosecutions in the UK \u2013 where are we now?\nBy on March 17, 2014 Posted in Commercial Bribery, Courts, UK Bribery Act, United Kingdom\nWe reported back in 2012 that the UK\u2019s Serious Fraud Office (\u201cSFO\u201d) had confirmed its commitment to enforcing the UK Bribery Act 2010 (\u201cBribery Act\u201d) and that its new powers to prosecute bribery offences would remain an important tool in actions overseas. So where are we now? In late 2013, the SFO charged printing company \u2026 Continue Reading\nDeferred Prosecution Agreements arrive in the UK\nBy on February 24, 2014 Posted in Commercial Bribery, Courts, UK Bribery Act, United Kingdom\nDeferred Prosecution Agreements (\u201cDPAs\u201d), an established part of the legal landscape in the US, have today, 24 February 2014, become available to prosecutors in the UK, thanks to Schedule 17 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013. As we reported previously, DPAs allow commercial organisations (not individuals) to settle allegations of criminal economic activity (for \u2026 Continue Reading\nMinistry of Justice confirms that Deferred Prosecution Agreements (\u201cDPAs\u201d) will be introduced in England and Wales\nBy on January 17, 2013 Posted in Commercial Bribery, Compliance Program, Corporate Finance/M&A, Courts, UK Bribery Act, United Kingdom\nOn 23 October 2012, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) published its response to the consultation paper on DPAs, and confirmed that it will legislate to introduce DPAs in England and Wales. The Government intends to include an amendment to the Crime and Courts Bill 2012-2013 to introduce DPAs in England and Wales, and it is \u2026 Continue Reading", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 115, "original_length": 14953, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 332.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.antonpsych.org/site/single_most_effective_mechanism", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:38Z", "digest": "sha1:DUI2UJ7PVP3ITUR24ZPDG3IQVVNEA464", "length": 1515, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.antonpsych.org", "title": "Single Most Effective Mechanism", "raw_content": "Single Most Effective Mechanism\nAs a business owner, employee assistance program savings can make a difference in your bottom line. Designed to help employees who need special attention in certain mental health areas, these programs contribute to increasing employee retention and productivity.\nEmployee Assistance Programs (EAP) are growing in popularity in the business world as a human resource tool to help employees in need. EAPs were created to provide confidential, easy-to-access programs to help maintain well-being, health and employee productivity.\nThis program covers a wide range of services which are tied to emotional, psychological, and financial factors. EAPs are offered to employees through their place of employment, and in some cases the government. The services are free for the benefactor. Most importantly, the information is kept confidential. Though employees attend these programs voluntarily, without the EAP programs many employees would not be able to continue on in their current circumstances.\nCompany\u2019s who take advantage of these programs also see an increase in employee productivity, reduction in attrition, fewer grievances filed, and less disciplinary problems.\nScoville Manufacturing noted that its EAP created an annual cost savings of $186,550.\nGeneral Motors found that the EAP has resulted in a 40% decrease in lost time, a 60% decrease in sickness and accident benefit, a 50% decline in filed grievances, and a resulting $ 3.7 million savings in annual health care costs.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 70, "original_length": 4172, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 240.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.aqform.com/en/suspended,THIN-TUBE-central-LED-suspended,TH0315", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:09Z", "digest": "sha1:NTR5HLK7AUD62WJNVRYNR657JSQNTSBT", "length": 37, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.aqform.com", "title": "THIN TUBE central LED suspended - Suspended - Suspended luminaires - AQForm - lighting, lamps - aqform.com", "raw_content": "Gloss finish is available on request.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 247, "original_length": 5804, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 144.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/farshid-moussavi-pips-chipperfield-and-oma-to-win-houston-ismaili-centre-contest/10039735.article?blocktitle=Most-popular&contentID=-1", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:18:45Z", "digest": "sha1:V3IC4JFYN3O236NQA6TC75263BV3JVAP", "length": 2699, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.architectsjournal.co.uk", "title": "Farshid Moussavi pips Chipperfield and OMA to win Houston Ismaili Centre contest | News | Architects Journal", "raw_content": "7 February, 2019By Merlin Fulcher\nThe London-based architect \u2013 working with AKT II, Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects and local practice DLR Group \u2013 was chosen from a star-studded shortlist which included David Chipperfield Architects, Studio Gang and OMA.\nThe building will be a religious, social and cultural meeting place for the city\u2019s Ismaili Muslim community. It will be the first such centre to be built in the US and the seventh worldwide.\nMoussavi\u2019s scheme will occupy a 4.5ha site overlooking the Buffalo Bayou waterway at the junction of Montrose Boulevard and Allen Parkway in central Houston.\nHouston is home to one of the largest Ismaili Muslim communities in the US. The branch of Shi Islam has around 15 million members worldwide and is led by the Aga Khan who founded the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 1977.\nMoussavi \u2013 who received an OBE in last year\u2019s Queen\u2019s birthday honours list \u2013 chaired the Aga Khan Award for Architecture master jury in 2004 and was a member of the award\u2019s steering committee from 2005 to 2015.\nCommenting on the appointment, she said: \u2018Our team brings a broad perspective for the Ismaili Centre, with diverse skills and experience in international practice, scholarly research, multidisciplinary thinking and delivering cultural projects successfully in the United States.\n\u2018I am honoured to partner with the Ismaili Muslim community to design the new Ismaili Centre in Houston. It will bring Houston\u2019s diverse communities together in a unique space for cultural, educational and social activities.\u2019\nHouston mayor Sylvester Turner said: \u2018The Ismaili Centre will be a place where Houstonians of all backgrounds, faiths, and walks of life will find engaging, thoughtful, and compassionate programmes and people.\n\u2018That will be in keeping with Ismaili values and the values of the Ismaili leader, the Aga Khan, who last visited Houston in March 2018. It\u2019s fitting that the centre will be designed by a world-renowned architect who has lived, studied and worked around the world, and that the green space will be designed by a landscape architect who has already worked on a major Houston park. This is a milestone for our city.\u2019\nThe announcement of the new building comes more than 30 years after Casson Condor Partnership completed the first Ismaili Centre in South Kensington, London. Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki also completed a new Aga Khan Centre in King\u2019s Cross, London last year.\nLeeds students win US design contest\nFour architecture students from Leeds Beckett University have won a major international competition to tackle urban design issues in a US city\nNorth London - Design-Led, Award Winning Studio seeks skilled Project Architect", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 365, "original_length": 12612, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 232.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.argusleader.com/story/sports/mlb/2017/07/15/mccann-gonzalez-power-astros-past-berrios-twins-10-5/481614001/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:07Z", "digest": "sha1:ZFKLOW4ZMPGK45OBHKPW2OKWVZSEU722", "length": 4121, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.argusleader.com", "title": "McCann, Gonzalez power Astros past Berrios, Twins 10-5", "raw_content": "McCann, Gonzalez power Astros past Berrios, Twins 10-5\nBerrios allowed a career-high tying seven runs.\nMcCann, Gonzalez power Astros past Berrios, Twins 10-5 Berrios allowed a career-high tying seven runs. Check out this story on argusleader.com: http://www.argusleader.com/story/sports/mlb/2017/07/15/mccann-gonzalez-power-astros-past-berrios-twins-10-5/481614001/\nAssociated Press Published 11:32 p.m. CT July 14, 2017\nMinnesota Twins' Jose Berrios walks toward the dugout after being pulled during the second inning of the team's baseball game against the Houston Astros on Friday, July 14, 2017, in Houston.(Photo11: David J. Phillip, AP)\nHOUSTON \u2014 Brian McCann hit a three-run home run to cap an eight-run second inning, Marwin Gonzalez had a solo homer and the Houston Astros opened the second half of the season with a 10-5 win over the Minnesota Twins on Friday night.\nGonzalez, Alex Bregman, George Springer, Josh Reddick and Carlos Correa each had an RBI to chase starter Jose Berrios (8-3). McCann, who struck out to start the second inning, greeted Phil Hughes with his homer.\nGonzalez finished with three hits and two RBIs. He smacked his solo shot in the third before Reddick hit an RBI single as the Astros built a 10-1 lead. Every Astros hitter had at least one hit.\nHouston Astros' Marwin Gonzalez (9) celebrates after hitting a home run against the Minnesota Twins during the third inning of a baseball game Friday, July 14, 2017, in Houston. (Photo11: David J. Phillip, AP)\nCharlie Morton (7-3) allowed five runs \u2014 four earned \u2014 and three hits with 10 strikeouts and a career-high tying five walks in five innings.\nHouston Astros' Charlie Morton throws to the Minnesota Twins during the fourth inning of a baseball game Friday, July 14, 2017, in Houston. (Photo11: David J. Phillip, AP)\nBerrios allowed a career-high tying seven runs \u2014 two earned \u2014 and four hits in a season-low 1 2/3 innings. Berrios has allowed at least four runs in his last four starts.\nMinnesota Twins starting pitcher Jose Berrios throws during the second inning of the team's baseball game against the Houston Astros on Friday, July 14, 2017, in Houston. (Photo11: David J. Phillip, AP)\nBrian Dozier hit his 21st career leadoff homer, setting a franchise record. Dozier hit a bases-clearing double in the fourth, and Jorge Polanco had a sacrifice fly in the fifth.\nTwins: 1B Joe Mauer (back) worked out prior to Friday's game and participated in batting practice. \"I'd be surprised if he's not ready to be active tomorrow,\" manager Paul Molitor said. ... OF Byron Buxton left the game in the sixth with left groin soreness. He was listed as day to day. ... 1B Kennys Vargas was pulled in the seventh with a left foot contusion.\nAstros: LHP Dallas Keuchel (neck) threw a bullpen Thursday and will likely go on a rehab assignment soon, manager A.J. Hinch said. \"We need to identify what that means and how he feels and whether it's multiple (rehab assignments) or not,\" Hinch said. ... RHP Collin McHugh (right elbow) will make a fourth rehab assignment Sunday at Double-A Corpus Christi, with the plan for him to go five or six innings and throw over 90 pitches.\nPAUL THROWS FIRST PITCH\nNew Houston Rockets guard Chris Paul threw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to Friday's game. Paul, who was joined by his son and daughter, threw the pitch to Keuchel, then walked over to the Astros dugout where Jose Altuve shook his hand.\nCOLON DEBUTS IN TRIPLE-A\nRHP Bartolo Colon debuted at Triple-A Rochester on Thursday night, picking up the loss after allowing four runs in 3 2/3 innings. Colon, who was released by Atlanta at the end of June after going 2-8 with an 8.14 ERA, signed a minor league deal with the Twins last week. Molitor said he hopes to have a decision on Colon in the next 24-48 hours.\nTwins: RHP Ervin Santana (10-6) will start his 19th game of the season Saturday. Santana threw a complete game in his last outing but suffered the loss, while allowing two runs.\nAstros: RHP Joe Musgrove (4-7) will start his 15th game of the season looking to rebound after allowing four runs in 5 2/3 innings in his last start.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 101, "original_length": 5952, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 327.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.artfinder.com/product/in-the-evening-d597/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:50Z", "digest": "sha1:53JUXBH3X6UDVDSSG55JKLJKDJYNDJEW", "length": 21, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.artfinder.com", "title": "In The Evening by Dominique D\u00e8ve | Artfinder", "raw_content": "In The Evening (2018)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 237, "original_length": 4511, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.82, "perplexity": 47.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.artskills.com/ProductDetails.aspx?productid=519&productcategoryid=35&categorytext=Craft%20Tools", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:29Z", "digest": "sha1:RHUPDF4GLXNNTAEBKPC7ROD4EG6TQTQU", "length": 266, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.artskills.com", "title": "Colored Pencils | Craft Basics", "raw_content": "Product Name: Colored Pencils Description: ArtSkills Colored Pencils are vibrant, long lasting, and perfect for your basic drawing needs! This package contains eight pre-sharpened colored pencils that come in blue, pink, brown, black, red, orange, yellow, and green.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 1446, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 236.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ascentis.com/category/ada/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:54Z", "digest": "sha1:HRH2OXGPEWC3QLDXO5NAY2COPD5F77P3", "length": 441, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.ascentis.com", "title": "ADA Archives - Ascentis", "raw_content": "Category Archive for \"ADA\"\nEEOC Issues Final Regulations for the ADA Amendments Act\nThe U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued its final regulations to implement the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA). Like the law they implement, the regulations are designed to simplify the determination of who has a \u201cdisability\u201d and make it easier for people to establish that they are protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 152, "original_length": 3537, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 129.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.asialifemagazine.com/education/city-education-department-proposes-controversial-e-textbook-plan/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:56Z", "digest": "sha1:ACG7M6RKUG6M2URKRPQ7ZJ3ZCMSTVOAT", "length": 1262, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.asialifemagazine.com", "title": "City education department proposes controversial e-textbook plan", "raw_content": "City education department proposes controversial e-textbook plan\nEducation officials in HCMC have come under fire for a controversial new e-textbook proposal that was announced early last week. The plan, which would cost USD$189 million to implement, aims to put electronic tablets into the hands of roughly 300,000 primary students in grades 1, 2 and 3 across HCMC. These tablets would be used for interactive learning, officials explained, with teachers leading their classrooms through digital study content, however educators have raised concerns about the program, worrying that teachers would not receive adequate training prior to the proposal\u2019s implementation, not to mention the fact that so much screen time could be harmful to young children\u2019s health. Furthermore, the plan would require the parents of primary students to purchase a tablet for their child, the least expensive of which run around VND3 million. Officials have yet to approve the plan and are continuing to hear feedback on the subject.\nhttp://www.thanhniennews.com/education-youth/hcmcs-etextbooks-plan-sparks-controversy-among-school-leaders-30164.html\nPhoto: Tuoi Tre\nNext post The International School Ho Chi Minh City - American Academy\nPrevious post Canadian International School", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 90, "original_length": 3878, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 274.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.asialifemagazine.com/vietnam/kitchen-gardens-in-ho-chi-minh-city/kitchen-gardens-in-ho-chi-minh-city-f/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:39Z", "digest": "sha1:BEPJRG7FU63WVCPPZIAXBCWF3DLG2GQE", "length": 73, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.asialifemagazine.com", "title": "Kitchen-Gardens-in-Ho-Chi-Minh-City-f - AsiaLIFE Vietnam", "raw_content": "Kitchen-Gardens-in-Ho-Chi-Minh-City-f\nKitchen Gardens in Ho Chi Minh City", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 135, "original_length": 2626, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.73, "perplexity": 161.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.astraldynamics.com.au/blog.php?s=90f00c5ff0ec5a6f89fe864cd6b6059b", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:10:05Z", "digest": "sha1:HIRDE3XYDHIMOVN7GLQKIXWWBBC7OC5S", "length": 1249, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.astraldynamics.com.au", "title": "Astral Dynamics Down-Under Community - Recent Blogs Posts - Blogs", "raw_content": "Rinse and repeat?\nCinStoneCity\nEnergy works feel good, but when it comes to astral projection, I feel I am totally stuck. It took me a while to realize I am physically relaxed, but my mind is, at best, focused at emptyness. I can visualize cows dancing in pink tutus, but I cannot ...\n, 23rd June 2017 at 09:05 AM\nSo, it makes sense supplementing my OBE practice with energy works: I started NEW practice. This approach seems to be more accessible than the Middle Pillar ritual I tried in the past, as for me focusing tactile awareness is a lot easier than vibrating ...\nMet a guard?\n, 15th June 2017 at 02:59 PM\nProgress is slow, I feel I need to relax deeper. I typically feel a very slight tingling sensation after a while, too subtle to speak of vibrations, and when I am pushing harder I end up shaking. I am still aware of my physical body, a feeling I should ...\nI feel that my not-so-pleasant vibrations are a consequence of me trying too hard. It takes some persistence, but when I relax, everything goes back to normal, and I feel a slight vibration, not just in brain stem, neck and shoulders, but throughout ...\nPage 1 of 39 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Last", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 127, "original_length": 3459, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 259.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.athenaeum.nl/boek?authortitle=macintyre-alistair/short-history-of-ethics--9780415287494", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:02Z", "digest": "sha1:R3QW26WTFJCMZYDHEO54Z7SH2Y6MVE2C", "length": 423, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.athenaeum.nl", "title": "Athenaeum Boekhandel | Short History of Ethics, MACINTYRE, Alistair", "raw_content": "Short History of Ethics A History of Moral Philosophy from the Homeric Age to the 20th Century MACINTYRE, Alistair\nWhat is right? What is wrong? How do we decide? To a remarkable extent, our decision-making is determined by the origins of the ethical ideas that we employ and the history of their development. This title presents an insightful history of moral philosophy in the West, from the Greeks to contemporary times.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 207, "original_length": 3898, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 115.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.augustaendo.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:15:05Z", "digest": "sha1:LDTKVVKDYTQHC6Q4VGBVL3HVAHRITC3F", "length": 2355, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "www.augustaendo.com", "title": "Endodontist Augusta | Augusta Endodontic Center | Augusta Endodontics", "raw_content": "Endodontics and Root Canal Services in Augusta, GA\nAugusta Endodontic Center Emmanuel \u201cManny\u201d Ngoh, DMD\nDr. Emmanuel C. Ngoh of Augusta Endodontic Center provides Endodontic services in Augusta Georgia. Endodontics is a branch of dentistry recognized by the American Dental Association involving treatment of the pulp (root canal) and surrounding tissues of the tooth.\nDr. Ngoh is a graduate of the Dental College of George at Augusta University (formerly the Medical College of Georgia School of Dentistry) and completed two years of post-doctoral specialty training in Endodontics in June 2000. He is currently on faculty at Augusta University and has received many special awards and recognition for his excellence in the field of dentistry.\nOur office is located at 3608 Wheeler Rd, Augusta, GA\nMeet Dr. Ngoh, Dr. Lane or Dr. Sarno and his exceptional staff\nCall Endodontics Office in Augusta Phone Number 706-869-9117 with questions or to make an appointment. We look forward to meeting you!\nAre you experiencing Tooth Pain or a Dental Emergency?\nRead our dental emergency page to assist you in getting the help you need.\nMeet Dr. Manny Ngoh\nDr. Emmanuel C. Ngoh\nClick here to view our Digital Brochure\nWe look forward to your visit to Augusta Endodontic Center.\nSome people have put off having a Root Canal due to excessive [...]\nThe KODAK 9000 3D System is an innovative two-in-one solution that provides [...]\nAn Endodontist is a dental specialist who has limited his practice to [...]\nWe strive for excellence in a Christ-centered environment to make a difference in the lives of the patients we serve. We use advanced technology to expedite treatment creating a less stressful, more predictable, comfortable and relaxing experience. We provide compassionate care by treating the person, not just the tooth.\nSo to try and make this as short as possible, this was by far the best experience at a Doctors office ever. I was in extreme pain from a back Molar and a front Anterior\u2026\nI was very nervous about having to see an Endodontist. From the fist phone call to the final walk out the door the staff treated me with kindness and made my experience as comfortable as\u2026\nEveryone was extremely nice and very attentive to my needs. Dr. Ngoh has a very easy manner and a very easy hand. Will continue to use him in the future and would recommend him to\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 154, "original_length": 5491, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 290.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ausringers.com/page/3", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:03Z", "digest": "sha1:PPKEBJC6TR3YW7Q7WPP7QYUJPSVFVIQF", "length": 2923, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "www.ausringers.com", "title": "AUSringers.com", "raw_content": "June 21st, 2015 Posted in 24 hour race, Audi, Porsche, Video | No Comments \u00bb\nJune 21st, 2015 Posted in Lap times, Manufacturer testing, Nurburgring news, Save the Ring, Touristenfahrten | 2 Comments \u00bb\nJune 13th, 2015 Posted in 24 hour race, BMW, Video | No Comments \u00bb\nMay 21st, 2015 Posted in 24 hour race, BMW, Video | No Comments \u00bb\nHave you ever wondered what it would be like to drive a lap of the N\u00fcrburgring at 3am during the 24 hour race? Wonder no more, strap yourself in for a ride with Dale Lomas at the wheel of his #underdog BMW 330i. Make sure you keep an eye in the top right of screen for approaching traffic too.\nMay 20th, 2015 Posted in Lamborghini, Lap times, Track guides, Video | No Comments \u00bb\nMay 18th, 2015 Posted in 24 hour race, Audi, BMW, Porsche | No Comments \u00bb\nThe N\u00fcrburgring 24 Hour race debut of the all-new Audi R8 LMS went very much to plan with the #28 Audi Sport Team WRT entry claiming victory after controlling the last six hours of the race. It is Audi\u2019s third win at the N24 and an R8 has claimed victory in three of the last four races.\nWhile today\u2019s was a victory that looked safe in the closing stages for the Audi, the winning margin of 40.7 seconds from the #25 MarcVDS BMW Z3 GT3 is the narrowest in the race\u2019s 43-start history.\nPorsche claimed the final podium position with the #44 Falken Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3 R.\nThe relative calm enjoyed after sunrise belied the drama that took place overnight with rain and accidents causing chaos at the head of the field.\nIn the end a total of 156 laps were covered, three less than last year\u2019s distance record. That\u2019s a very good effort given the 2015 race saw the introduction of speed limits in three sections of the track (200km/h at Flugplatz, 250km/h at Schwedenkreuz and 250km/h at D\u00f6ttinger Hohe) in reaction to the tragic crash which claimed the life of a spectator in the VLN1 race back in April.\nThankfully there were no major incidents in today\u2019s 24 Hour race and it remains to be seen how much longer the speed limits will stay in force.\nFor now though, congratulations to the winning Audi team. May your well earned celebrations go long into the night.\nMay 18th, 2015 Posted in 24 hour race, Australia | 2 Comments \u00bb\nCongratulations to all the Aussies and Kiwis who took part in the 2015 N\u00fcrburgring 24 Hour race and especially to those who were there at hour 24.\nPeter Scharmach (NZL), part of the #91 Porsche 911 GT3 MR team, was the first antipodean across the line, finishing 25th outright.\nMal Rose (AUS) and Peter Leemhuis (AUS), in the #49 Aston Martin V8 Vantage, finished first in class (SP8).\nAUSringers supporter Wayne Moore (NZ) came home second in his class (SP8T) at the wheel of the #51 BMW 335i.\nIt\u2019s a great effort for all of our \u201clocal\u201d drivers to keep going back to the Ring with ever increasing demands on qualification for the race. We hope to see solid contributions from you all in years to come.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 66, "original_length": 7137, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 324.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.austinregionalclinic.com/doctors/rodolfo-uriegas", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:37:27Z", "digest": "sha1:BERDX3XMPEPFYSOVREW7LK2UN5M4P6A6", "length": 1148, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.austinregionalclinic.com", "title": "Rodolfo Uriegas, MD - Family Medicine - Austin Regional Clinic", "raw_content": "Rodolfo Uriegas, MD\nRodolfo Uriegas\nDr. Uriegas transitioned his practice to After-Hours Care. He will only sees patients on-call. View patient letter.\nFour ARC Physicians Named \u201cTop Doctors\u201d\nMy job is to give you the tools you need so you can live a healthier life.\nDr. Uriegas enjoys spending time with his wife and five children, who are very involved in varied sports and school activities. In addition to being an active volunteer at Sacred Heart Community Clinic, he has served on medical mission trips to South and Central America.\nBoard Member,The Austin Diocese Medical Mission\nBoard Member, Sacred Heart Community Clinic\nPresident\u2019s Volunteer Service Award from President Barack Obama for his work at the Sacred Heart Community Clinic\nTop Doctor, Austin Monthly, 2015, 2017 and 2018\nTop Doctors, 2012, 2015\nUS News and World Report, 2012\nDr. Larry Kravitz Award for Outstanding Service to ARC and the Community, 2013\nB.S. in Bioengineering, Summa Cum Laude, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 1979\nStanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 1984\nUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Methodist Hospital, 1987", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 314, "original_length": 22780, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 288.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.backcastpartners.com/what-is-backcasting/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:07Z", "digest": "sha1:2X4MK27ICOIGHUNVYMMGT4JMNSAMQVG4", "length": 1311, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.backcastpartners.com", "title": "What is Backcasting | Backcast Partners", "raw_content": "Home / What is Backcasting\nBackcast\u2019s name was inspired by its partners\u2019 passion for fishing (where the backcast is the critical action that sets up the accuracy of the cast) and by its partnership investment approach. In finance, \u201cBackcasting is a business planning method in which future desired conditions are envisioned and steps are then defined to attain those conditions, rather than taking steps that are merely a continuation of present methods extrapolated into the future. Simply stated, Backcasting is the opposite of forecasting*.\u201d\nBackcast works closely with management teams to understand the future they envision for their businesses, and works backwards from there. After careful listening, we introduce our value-additive capabilities, including our highly flexible capital. Our network of more than 50 corporate operating partners is a roster of successful current and former senior operating executives from a vast array of industries. These operating partners serve as \u201cbench strength\u201d who can offer portfolio companies incremental resources. The value that Backcast offers to it partners is intended to extend beyond the duration of our flexible capital solutions.\nOther financial firms lend, Backcast Partners.\n*A method outlined by John B. Robinson at the University of Waterloo in 1990.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 31, "original_length": 1836, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 241.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.backtobasicslearning.com/2018/12/holiday-wishes/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:05Z", "digest": "sha1:BUQFH775E7Z6USBAKKB764I43AYCT2ON", "length": 410, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.backtobasicslearning.com", "title": "Holiday Wishes | Back to Basics Learning Dynamics, Inc.", "raw_content": "Holiday Hours: Back to Basics Learning Dynamics\nBack to Basics Learning Dynamics will be closed for Christmas on December 25. But, the\u2026\nMonday, February 15, 2016 is President\u2019s Day. This federal holiday was originally established in 1885\u2026\nHoliday magic! Back to Basics supports the Delaware Chapter of the Pajama Program\nEach Christmas, the staff at Back to Basics Learning Dynamics and Back to Basics Private\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 197, "original_length": 5701, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 228.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bakewellfarm.org/heritage-festival", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:15Z", "digest": "sha1:JANVKRIIPJCLDXKDMDHCXNI5PSGPBFBO", "length": 204, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.bakewellfarm.org", "title": "Heritage Festival \u2014 Bakewell Farm", "raw_content": "The 27th Annual Adams County Heritage Festival will be held at the Gettysburg Area Recreation Park on Sunday, September 16, 2018. It is a partnership between ICPJ and the YWCA Gettysburg and Adams County.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 42, "original_length": 909, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 119.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1997-07-02-1997183002-story.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:25Z", "digest": "sha1:YOGOJ2V2SNXYFGR6CHTKFXC6HPU7EWKK", "length": 4329, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.baltimoresun.com", "title": "Sci-fi spoof is really out there Review: 'Men in Black,' a deadpan, aliens-among-us comedy, is something to phone home about. - Baltimore Sun", "raw_content": "Sci-fi spoof is really out there Review: 'Men in Black,' a deadpan, aliens-among-us comedy, is something to phone home about.\nIn \"Men in Black,\" immigrants are storming the border, and it ain't the Rio Grande.\nThis will come as no surprise to Roswell conspiracists, but aliens of the outer space variety are living on Earth. Most are in New York City. Many drive cabs.\nAs Tommy Lee Jones, one of the quasi-official Men in Black who monitor this \"immigrant\" activity, explains to a young recruit played by Will Smith, Earth is a popular refuge for those without a planet. \"Ever see 'Casablanca'?\" he asks. \"Same thing, no Nazis.\"\n\"Men in Black\" probably won't satisfy Roswellians. It's a loopy comedy that has the eccentric spirit and visual pyrotechnics of \"Who Framed Roger Rabbit\" and \"Ghostbusters\" but none of the darkness of \"The X-Files.\" Based on a comic book series by Lowell Cunningham, the film is a spry, swiftly moving send-up that suggests that the supermarket tabloids are a whole lot closer to the truth than most of us think.\n\"Read The New York Times if you want,\" Jones, known only as K, tells Smith as he riffles through the Weekly World News, his most reliable tip-sheet on extraterrestrial sightings. \"They get lucky sometimes.\"\nAs in \"Roger Rabbit,\" the fun of \"Men in Black\" is its evocation of a fully realized, alternate reality. In this case, it's not 'toons who coexist with humans but aliens, rubbery, tentacled creatures who disguise themselves as human beings -- and occasionally animals -- in order to fit in.\nBut there's a difference. In \"Roger Rabbit,\" everyone was aware of the 'toons. In \"Men in Black,\" most are blissfully in the dark. Aside from keeping tabs on the mostly law-abiding aliens, the purpose of the super-secret Men in Black is to make sure the rest of the population remains ignorant of the presence of ETs in our midst. For our own peace of mind.\n\"There's always an Alien Battle Cruiser or a Korlian Death Ray or an intergalactic plague about to wipe out life on this planet,\" says K, \"and the only thing that lets people get on with their hopeful little lives is that they don't know about it.\"\nSo, every so often, K grasps an instrument that looks like a hair curler and flashes its red light at civilians who have inadvertently stumbled upon the truth about extraterrestrials. Poof, their memories are erased. (On second thought, Roswell believers may love this movie.)\nBarry Sonnenfeld, director of both Addams Family movies and \"Get Shorty,\" establishes the premise in the wildly entertaining first 45 minutes and then glides along for the rest of the film on the strength of a poker-faced comic sensibility. The narrative by Ed Solomon (\"The Garry Shandling Show\") -- something about a new threat to the entire planet -- quickly becomes imponderable, but then \"Men in Black\" is more about style than story anyway.\nThe wizardry of puppets and computer animation gives the film a zany, carnival look. Jones and Smith provide its sly humor. They represent two versions of hip, Smith with the wisecracking bravado of his \"Independence Day\" pilot and Jones as a jaded G-man with a deadpan delivery and an unexpected poignancy that leads to a gratifying surprise ending.\nThe minor parts are all handled with flourish. In mustache and goatee, Rip Torn, as the dry, unruffled chief of MIB, regards a threat to the entire planet as just another day at the office. Linda Fiorentino (\"The Last Seduction\") is a medical examiner whose postmortems of aliens keep getting her flashed by K's hair curler. And as a slimy villain, Vincent D'Onofrio (\"Full Metal Jacket\") is a murderous alien bug in a sagging, jerky and ill-fitting human body that rots as the movie proceeds. Still, he manages to wander about New York City without anyone paying the least attention to him. That part of the movie doesn't seem fantastical at all.\n\"Men in Black's\" greatest contribution, however, is its explanation for what we assume is peculiar human behavior. If it sometimes seems that people like Mike Tyson, Dennis Rodman and Newt Gingrich must be from another planet, \"Men in Black\" supplies the confirmation. They are.\n'Men in Black'\nStarring Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio and Rip Torn\nReleased by Columbia Pictures\nRated PG-13 (language, mild violence)\nSun score:", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 35, "original_length": 4816, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 284.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2008-01-13-0801130227-story.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:15Z", "digest": "sha1:YZK5JTQHIEGWARKW5IBM33KHK4PFM2E4", "length": 493, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.baltimoresun.com", "title": "PUBLIC EDITOR COLUMN ENDS - Baltimore Sun", "raw_content": "PUBLIC EDITOR COLUMN ENDS\nPaul M. Moore, who had been the Public Editor of The Sun since May of 2004, is taking on new duties as Deputy Managing Editor in charge of operations of the daily newspaper. He will supervise the photography department as well as the news, copy and design desks. Moore will continue to help oversee The Sun's relations with its readers -- including answering questions about news content and managing corrections -- but will no longer write a weekly column for IDEAS.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 15, "original_length": 793, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 252.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bandbcuba.com/blog/traditions/the-parrandas-festival-of-remedios-christmas-eve-in-cuba/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:50:44Z", "digest": "sha1:PM7LBIA2LBZOIQIB5DU5DXGLFIQEB3LD", "length": 8379, "nlines": 47, "source_domain": "www.bandbcuba.com", "title": "The Parrandas Festival of Remedios | BandbCuba", "raw_content": "Fri 24 Nov 2017 - 0\nThinking about spending the holidays in the Caribbean? In Bed and Breakfast in Cuba www.bandbcuba.com we will tell you about the Parrandas Festival of Remedios, the celebration of Christmas Eve in Cuba. A celebration you do not want to miss if you are going in December to the island.\nParrandas, a tradition in Cuba\nParranda is a Spanish word for a street party, with musicians singing and playing their instruments. It\u00b4s date from 18th century. This parties usually take place in Cuba and Puerto Rico. In Cuba, they are famous in Villa Clara, Sancti-Spiritus, and Ciego de Avila. The most famous ones take place in Remedios, this is a colonial city.\nAt the beginning, there were parties in the streets, fireworks, and float circa. The festival evolved, and in the 19th century they started to include the rumba music and verses.\nThis party is in a competition mood but in a very friendly environment.\nThe modern parrandas have had some changes since the beginning of this party. Know you can find in the streets vendors and diverse kinds of activities on the side of the street. You will be able to enjoy food like candies, the sandwich with pork or ham, pizza... but also traditional Cuban food like rice with pork and yucca.\nIn the parrandas, you will find handmade toys and traditional crafts. You will see traditional fair attractions like wheels, carousels, dragon boats, and more.\nAs we said before, the parrandas take place in different towns, and this means that every town has some different traditions from others. But, in general, they have a structure of events, based on the traditions.\nSome people tend to confuse the carnivals with the parrandas. In fact, they are similar, but the main difference is that in the parrandas they are two districts participating in the competition. And in the carnivals, there are as many as possible.\nGetting to know Remedios\nSan Juan de Los Remedios, known as Remedios is a small city in the northeast of the Central Province of Cilla Clara. It is located around 10 kilometers inland, it is in the northern part of the island. It\u00b4s at a distance of one-hour drive to the east from Santa Clara. It was founded in 1578, and it is considered one of the oldest towns in Cuba.\nIf you decide to go there on your next trip to Cuba, we recommend you stay in Casas Particulares In Remedios. It\u00b4s the best opportunity to save money and get in touch with the locals.\nThis town is not on the main tourist route in Cuba, so this makes it a very charming place to go. Remedios has two churches on its main square, that is not usual in the Cuban\u00b4s towns. The city center was declared as a National Historic Monument in 1980.\nIn Remedios, you can still see colonial Spanish architecture. Also, this town is a good place as a base of operations for scuba diving and snorkeling. There, you will find also great beaches, like the famous Las Coloradas, Playa Larfa, and El Paseo.\nWe are going to give you all the information about the Parrandas Festival of Remedios, or the Parrandas de Remedios. This celebration is between December 16th and 25th and take place in San Juan de Los Remedios, this is the eight-village founded by the Spanish people.\nThe Parranda is the oldest celebration in Cuba. The history goes back to the priest Francisco Vigil de Qui\u00f1ones, who back in the 19th century was concerned about the lack of enthusiasm of the residents of the village for the celebration of the Nativity of the Child Jesus and the attendance to the Christmas mass at midnight.\nSo, he decided to group children in the village so that, armed with bells, trumpets, drums, plates, cans and whatever noisy object there was, encouraged the parishioners to take part in the Misa del Gallo. We can say that was what began as a call for citizen participation in a religious festival, ended up being a party that lasts until today.\nThe party has evolved over the time, and in 1851 from the eight slums in the town, two were elected as rivals. So, the celebration got a different appeal. The two groups were:\nSan Salvador neighborhood\u2019s: Buenviaje, Camacho, Laguna and San Salvador.\nEl Carmen neighborhood\u2019s: El Carmen, El Cristo, La Bermeja and La Parroquia.\nThe competition is for the awards of best float and best work Plaza. Each one has it's owned characteristics, for example, El Carmen used brown colors and a hawk. Meanwhile, San Salvador, has its own figure, the rooster, and blue as its color.\nEach carroza or float will be a representation of a history or theme, with its own decoration. The preparation of these is a secret, and they do this all year long. It\u00b4s a very serious competition, but also friendly.\nThe last Parrandas\nThis celebration is known all over the world as a luxury party and socio-cultural presence. They were \"suspended\" in 2016 due to the mourning of the death of the president of Cuba, Fidel Castro. But at the end, its postponement was achieved for the first days of January of 2017.\nInteresting facts about Parrandas\nThere is a Museum of Parrandas Remedianas. Created with the intention to preserve a cultural phenomenon that is unique in Cuba. There you can see a collection of models, photos, and works of the past years.\nEvery year the remedian's are looking forward to this date, and they assume as a duty to work and take part in this parties.\nThe apotheosis arrives on the last day when the competition of decorated chariots, fireworks and jobs takes place. This party starts at 5 pm and the celebration does not end until dawn.\nThe Parrandas Festival of Remedios was declared in 2013 cultural heritage of Cuba.\nIt\u00b4s a big tourist attraction, to this celebration goes people from all over Cuba and from different countries.\nThe celebration starts with the ringing of the Bells of the Parochial Major announcing the beginning of the celebration.\nActivities of the Parrandas Festival of Remedios\nIn the 24th of December, going to this festival represents the best opportunity to enjoy the Christmas Eve in a unique way. As we say the church\u00b4s bells announce the beginning of the celebration.\nThen, around 10:00 pm, the first groups start its \u201crumba\u201d with a \u201cPalenque\u201d. Thess fireworks are designed to be almost silent while they are in the sky. So, you won\u00b4t hear them with all the noise of the party. This means that people on the parranda are taken by surprise for the fireworks.\nThis means the beginning of the party; the member of the group has the purpose to drag as many dancers as they can while they do their polka. Once this end, the next group starts to do the same and this goes over and over until the next event.\nThe next event of the evening is the lighting of the Plaza. And also, you will see the floats or carrozas, these are big structures, with lots of colors, light bulbs and d\u00e9cor, hauled by a tractor. Each year they have different themes and characters.\nAt the end of the event, you will see more fireworks that illuminate the sky. When this end, the \u201cmortars\u201d starts, this is very loud, the sound of a canon.\nThis is the basic structure of the Parranda, but there is so much more to see there. The vendors, the food, everything will amaze you. It\u00b4s a festival you do not want to miss if you go in December to Cuba.\nTips to go to Las Parrandas de Remedios:\nSome people will recommend you not bring your camera or valuables to the Parrandas. But, if you want to take it with you it\u00b4s up to you to take care of it. You will see that Cuba is safe for travelers.\nIt is better to left your big bags in your accommodation. It will be uncomfortable hanging around with something to carry on. This celebration is like any big street party around the world, but with alcohol includes.\nIf it is possible to bring small bills, it will be easier to buy drinks and food.\nThere, as in any other informal shops of the island, you can bargain with the vendors. You can negotiate.\nIt is better to book your accommodation ahead. Because these are very busy days in Remedios. You can contact us to book a casa particular in Remedios.\nGo there with the determination and have the security that you will have fun. Explore the streets and merge with the locals.\nIf you want to celebrate in a unique way the nativity of baby Jesus, the Parrandas Festival of Remedios are the best way to spend the Christmas Eve in Cuba. Did you know about this celebration? What do you think about this kind of parties?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 113, "original_length": 11530, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 201.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-rogue-lee-w-brainard/1126448747", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:34Z", "digest": "sha1:4YAMUFTAKQRDXF7EPLFLZYG26VQTDJX6", "length": 8445, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "www.barnesandnoble.com", "title": "The Rogue by Lee W Brainard | NOOK Book (eBook) | Barnes & Noble\u00ae B&N Top 100 NY Times Bestsellers", "raw_content": "by Lee W BrainardLee W Brainard\n\u201cMen\u2019s hearts shall fail from fear\u2026for the planets of the heavens shall be shaken\u201d (Luke 21:26).\nWhen rookie astronomer Irina Kirilenko discovers a planet-size comet in the Kuiper Belt on a collision course for Mars, she first faces stonewalling from the Minor Planet Center, then coercion and stricture from NASA. They press her to embrace an ingenious reinterpretation of her discovery and ban her from talking about it.\nIt slowly dawns on her that the government is fostering a massive conspiracy to keep the public oblivious to the truth\u2014Earth is facing an existential threat. Unwilling to be silenced, she recruits fellow astronomer Ariele Serrafe to evaluate her discovery, placing both in the crosshairs of government agents.\nSet in a dystopian vision of the near future, The Rogue, the first volume of the Planets Shaken series, weaves the threads of biblical prophecy, ancient history, government conspiracy, and electric universe theory into a thought-provoking, tensely plotted thriller\u2014one that asks us to reconsider the nature of the universe and the destiny of the world.\nLee W Brainard\nLee has been teaching the Bible for over 35 years. He and his wife live in Harvey, ND where he preaches twice a month at Harvey Gospel Chapel. They have four children --- three of whom are married --- and ten grandchildren. His areas of interest include the Bible languages, Bible prophecy, apologetics, ancient history, catastrophism, and electric universe cosmology. His hobbies, which he rarely finds time for, are backpacking and mountain climbing. He finds enjoyment in the simple pleasures of life --- conversation with friends, coffee, dark chocolate, mountains, the bugle of a bull elk, the call of the loon, the smell of lilacs in the spring, sunrises and sunsets, and northern lights.\nThe Rogue 4.6 out of 5 based on 0 ratings. 5 reviews.\nDeb-Ozark 12 days ago\nI want to thank Lee Brainard for this very insightful look into the in-depth Bible prophesy and the end of times. Great novel, with Bible/prophesy truth imbedded to help to understand how we are now living in the last days.\nThe Rogue Is Biblicly exciting, how is it? Well that is one thing you have to find out for yourself. It is also suspenseful and prophetic. There is a lot of astronomy terms and I love it because my father brought me up on it and to appreciate it - you will find it so as well. There is secrets to be had more like a cover up. How very sad. Will it stay that way or will it come out about the Rogue comet? It also comes out with a meaning for the whole book which is - - - nah you have to find out for yourself - it's more fun that way. I received a copy of this book from the Publisher and Netgalley; all of the opinions expressed in this review are all my own. if you would like to read more of my Christian book reviews go to christianlybookreviewers.blogspot.com\nBobbie Kirkland More than 1 year ago\nI received a free copy of The Rogue by Lee W. Brainard in exchange for an honest review. In this novel, the fate of the planet is endangered by remnants of Planet X, which the scientist speculate was destroyed by colliding into another planet millennia ago. The government seeks to control the information and imprisons everyone who speaks out in internment camps. Despite this, several of the characters risk their freedom to get the information to the public. The book primarily follows three scientists as they individually learn of the possible catastrophe and determine their reaction to the news in the context of extreme governmental censorship. This appears to be the first in a series because the novel ended before anything was resolved. The underlying themes explore how long-held scientific beliefs can become a religion, how giving away your rights in the name of security can lead to abuses of power, faith in the face of adversity, and how the \u201cright thing\u201d is never situational no matter the emotions or the consequences at the time. The book is based on a verse from Luke and does not explore Revelation, so don\u2019t expect the rapture or the tribulation to make an appearance in this book. #TheRogue #NetGalley\nLaundry_Whispers More than 1 year ago\nI have to do this backward. I LOVED this book. This book is definitely Top 10 for me this year. Yes I know it\u2019s only a 4 star rating which seems a bit backward but\u2026 Here\u2019s the total truth. There is two reasons for the rating I gave it, yet a million reasons for why it\u2019s a Top 10. The truth is the absolute abuse (OK perhaps overkill is a better choice) of ellipses. Words \u2026 more words \u2026 and a whole paragraph goes by like that. 15-20 pages later another paragraph like that. I mean it wasn\u2019t as if they were used incorrectly per se but they drove me absolutely batty. Secondly, the technical. Oh, for the love of gravy I haven\u2019t read anything so technical, probably ever. Here\u2019s the deal though, it was overly technical and throwing out all the acronyms that make up government agencies that I can never remember what they stand for and what they mean and the physics and math and \u2026 there was a LOT of technical. Here\u2019s the secret though, while I go so bogged down in all of that it actually enhanced the story and I don\u2019t think the book would have been as great without it. Even though I was sinking in the bog of stuffs. There\u2019s something about apocalyptic fiction that draws me in and makes me need to read it. There\u2019s something to be said about astronomy and the heavens that draws me in. The idea that there are things out there that I can\u2019t begin to understand interests me. I can\u2019t imagine having the knowledge and education and technical understanding to be in Irina or Ariele\u2019s shoes. I\u2019ll never have that, heck I didn\u2019t even truly understand any of the depth and technical aspects of the book. I didn\u2019t need to though. I do know that I saw too much in what is happening in our world society in this book. I do know that there is not one scenario that came up in this book that did not feel real. I do know that sometimes I\u2019m scared that this is not science fiction but is a realistic vision of reality. I do know that Biblical prophecy is real and while I don\u2019t know how or when it will happen I do know that it will happen. I do know that I\u2019m on the right side of that scenario but I also know that knowledge doesn\u2019t make it any less scary. This book sets a stage of a potential threat from space, a rogue planet or oversized comet, something that potentially could wipe out civilization as we know it on a good chunk of the planet. This book takes things that have legitimately happened in the course of history and provides a plausible explanation that correlates to this impending scenario. With a discovery of this magnitude government steps in, takes over, shuts down research and reexplains it as something that wouldn\u2019t be end of the world. FEMA camps, NASA taking over all public and private telescopes (the big research ones), the FBI delving into things that aren\u2019t normally part of it\u2019s scope, targeting \u2018preppers\u2019 as potential domestic terrorists. Any of this starting to sound familiar? These things are happening. Does that mean that The Rogue in this book is based on fact? I\u2019m not that much a conspiracy theorist. I also can understand why the government would take the steps they took in this book. I feel like it was over the top and alarmist but if there was something out there that could wipe out part of the planet what would you do? Most of us would panic. Wipe the bank, the grocery store shelves and head for somewhere we assume would be safe. Those actions would decimate society before there was a chance for an external fo\ncascadian odyssey with the blueberry kid\nDescriptive mountaineering tales that transport the reader into the adventure. Rex Brainard's vast mental landscape ...\nDescriptive mountaineering tales that transport the reader into the adventure. Rex Brainard's vast mental landscape of mountain adventures is forthcoming for the reader to enjoy. Cascadian Odyssey with the Blueberry Kid offers a new touch of class to mountaineering adventure ...\nMen's hearts shall fail from fear\u2026for the planets of the heavens shall be shaken (Luke ...\nMen's hearts shall fail from fear\u2026for the planets of the heavens shall be shaken (Luke 21:26).While America descends deeper into the Minoa deception and the Rogue races for the Inner Solar System, the newly-minted members of the Rogue Underground find ...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 366, "original_length": 22170, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 311.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bartleby.com/essay/Richard-Nixon-and-the-Election-of-1969-FKNXJFAQU8S5", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:43Z", "digest": "sha1:NRHTXTSRUGDRIZKWRBD33S4EM2SWISVS", "length": 7746, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "www.bartleby.com", "title": "Richard Nixon and the Election of 1969 - 1107 Words | Bartleby", "raw_content": "Richard Nixon and the Election of 1969\nRichard Nixon, was born on January 9th, 1913, in Yorba Linda, California. Fifty-six years after he was born he became the 37th president of the United States. In the election Nixon only defeated the democratic candidate, Hubert Humphrey, by about 500,000 in the popular vote. Nixon is considered one of the most controversial politicians of the twentieth century. He used his political experience, his background, the communist scare of the late forties and early fifties, and some other factors to become the President of the United States.\nWhen people are deciding whom they will vote for an important factor they look at is the candidates\u2019 educational background. Nixon grew up in a \u2026show more content\u2026\nWhen he came back to politics he took a different approach to campaigning. When he ran again in 1968 he let the Democratic candidates, who were split over the Vietnam War, tear themselves apart while he avoided the issue stating only that he would find an \u201chonorable end.\u201d One of the most important things in the 1968 election was dealing with the Vietnam War. While campaigning one of the most important details that the public paid attention to was, what was going to happen with the Vietnam War. The public heard both parties and what they were going to do and because of Nixon\u2019s approach to the problem he got more of the people behind him. This was one of the key issues in the race and it was important for Nixon to prove to the people that he had a solution. He did and he ended up winning the election.\nOne more important factor would be the candidate\u2019s character and personality. From his parents he picked up the values of hard work and integrity. Nixon has been described like this by Robert Finch, \u201cHe wasn\u2019t nearly as attractive, physically, as some of the other candidates, but he was so intense; he was a strong personality. You regarded him as a comer, someone who would be effective and successful in political activity. I was impressed by his obvious political skills, his intelligence, and his drive (Strober 31).\u201d This definitely sounds like some qualities that would make a good president and the public agreed by electing him President.\n1960 Presidential Election: Richard Nixon vs. John F Kennedy\nPresident Election 1960: Richard Nixon v. John F. Kennedy The 1960 Presidential Election was historic in its new approaches to media and television's ability to capture the future leader of America live for the first time. Previous presidents had been listened to via radio, and seen in retrospect in movie theaters, particularly during World War II, but 1960 was the first time the majority of Americans were able to watch their future President debate his opponent and feel the immediate reactions\u2026\nRichard Nixon\u2019s involvement in the Watergate scandal left no doubt to his involvement of being impeached. During the Nixon Administration, he was able to prevent colleges from being gender biased and allowing both male and female to have equal opportunity and receiving financial aid as well as competing in sports. He was able to establish the Environmental Protection Agency. He also worked to create a relationship between the U.S and the Middle East. Unfortunately, even with all of the accomplishments\u2026\nRichard Milhouse Nixon Essay\nRichard Milhouse Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was born to Frank and Hannah Nixon on January 9, 1913. He was the second eldest son of five sons and was born and raised in Yorba Linda, California. His father worked as a jack of all trades until buying a family operated store where Richard worked as a child. Hannah Nixon taught Richard to read young, and by age five he was solidly progressing in the three R's. Throughout school Richard was always among the top of his class and upon graduation\u2026\nEssay Richard Nixon\nRichard Nixon Born in 1913 in Yorba Linda, California, Richard Milhouse Nixon was raised in a Quaker home with his four brothers, mother and father. His family led a docile life by abstaining from all dancing, swearing, drinking and other common Quaker practices (Barron 12). Financially, the family struggled and he could not afford to attend Harvard University even with a full-ride scholarship. Instead, Nixon enrolled at Whittier College, a popular Quaker college close to home (Barron 39). Nixon\u2026\nEssay about Richard Nixon\nLARSEN//PD7\tRICHARD NIXON\t11/26 Richard Nixon; the name alone brings to mind terrible words along the lines of scandal and failure. Nixon was the 37th president of the United States. He was also the first and last president to resign from office. However, the scandals leading to Nixon\u2019s resignation definitely overshadowed his humble beginnings and the accomplishments he made as president during the notorious decades of the Cold War. Richard Milhous Nixon was born to Francis and Hannah Nixon on January\u2026\nRichard Nixon : The Second Of Five Children\nRichard Milhous Nixon was born on January 9, 1913 in Yorba Linda California on his father\u2019s lemon farm. Richard Nixon was the second of five children born to Frank Nixon and Hannah Milhous. Unfortunately, two of his brothers died. In 1925, Richard Nixon\u2019s younger brother died and in 1933, his older brother, whom he greatly admired, died of tuberculosis. His ancestors emigrated from Ireland in the 18th century, and settled in Pennsylvania and Indiana. In 1922, Richard Nixon and his family moved to\u2026\nPresident Nixon : President Richard Nixon\nbe the downfall of President Richard Nixon. Nixon had a significant amount of experience in government before becoming president, which ultimately influenced how domestic policy, economic policy, and foreign policy was shaped during his tenure. I.\tEXPERIENCE BEFORE THE PRESIDENCY: As documented by the Miller Center, Richard Nixon\u2019s start in national politics began in the late 40s with his successful campaign for the House of Representatives in California (Richard Nixon: Life Before the Presidency)\u2026\nThe Election Of John Fitzgerald Kennedy And Richard Milhous Nixon\nDemocrats versus Republicans face off once again in the year of 1960. The election of 1960 was a nasty election that broke the bond between two friends. John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Richard Milhous Nixon were the main two candidates in the election. With both candidates having political experience, anyone of them could become the 35th President of the United States. Before the 1960 election, Nixon had been elected to serve in the House of Representatives and the Senate at the age of 43. He was also\u2026\nControversial Pardon of Richard Nixon HIST102 American History Since 1877 Instructor: 22 February 2014 Former President Richard Nixon is most well-known for his role in the Watergate crisis in the early 1970\u2019s. The Watergate crisis started in June of 1972, when the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters was broke into by members of Nixon\u2019s re-election committee. The press took this breaking news and began to dig deeper into what the Whitehouse (President Nixon) was hiding. Over the\u2026\nThe Legacy Of Richard Nixon\nRichard Nixon, though created a large credibility gap within the US, he accomplished a lot for the country. He served five years in the presidential office as a republican (1969-1974), and he was the only president to resign from office in history. Although through his presidency he had accomplished many things, such as creating revenue sharing, ending the draft, and creating anticrime laws, he still had a rough time rebuilding his reputation after many assumptions of corruption in his office. Though\u2026\nMore about Richard Nixon and the Election of 1969\nIago, the Outsider of Shakespeare\u2019s Othello\nMicrofinance: Improving the Standard of Living in Developing Countries\nSeperation Of Church From State", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 116, "original_length": 9566, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 140.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.baylor.edu/its/news.php?action=story&story=201268", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:14Z", "digest": "sha1:36DHDOMYVMLYDIDSJSMRQ3MFHFONM226", "length": 310, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.baylor.edu", "title": "System Maintenance | Information Technology Services | Baylor University", "raw_content": "This maintenance has been postponed. On Thursday, August 16th at 8:00 p.m. until Friday, August 17th at 6:00 a.m., maintenance will be performed on the BearCat Library Catalog. The library catalog will not be available during this time, however, OneSearch, and all other electronic resources will be available.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 899, "original_length": 22601, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 83.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-19487335", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:37:11Z", "digest": "sha1:FZKUKQL4ZEK4FYT5L4QHQB7Z3J364RLE", "length": 8777, "nlines": 59, "source_domain": "www.bbc.com", "title": "Missing monarchs: The kings who did not rest in peace - BBC News", "raw_content": "Missing monarchs: The kings who did not rest in peace\nImage caption A king may expect an elaborate tomb as a perk of the job but the fates often have something else in mind\nDNA tests may be about to prove a skeleton found beneath a Leicester car park are the mortal remains of King Richard III.\nAnd while it may seem extraordinary that a king's grave could be lost, history shows the last of the Plantagenets was not the only one to suffer such indignity.\nHere are seven English kings who have no confirmed grave.\nImage caption Alfred beat the Vikings but may have met his match in a group of construction workers\nAlfred, who turned back the tide of Viking conquest, died in 899 and was buried with due ceremony and pomp in the Old Minster in Winchester, Hampshire. His corpse was then moved twice, ending up across town in Hyde Abbey.\nWhen Henry VIII moved to disband the monasteries in 1538, Hyde was dismantled. Tradition has it the graves of Alfred and his family were left undisturbed but subsequently ransacked during the construction of the town jail in 1788.\nBut Robin Iles, education officer for Winchester Museums, said the truth was uncertain: \"The decorated tombs would have been an obvious target for those stripping the abbey of valuables in 1538 but there was also a lot of disturbance during the building of the prison. The truth is we don't know what happened.\n\"An excavation in the 1990s confirmed where the tombs used to be and slabs now mark the spot.\"\nImage caption Harold suffered one of the most famous deaths on one of the most famous dates in English history\nAs if being the last English king to have his country successfully invaded was not bad enough, Harold Godwinson's undoubted bravery and political manoeuvring did not guarantee a respectful burial.\nHis death in 1066 fighting William the Conqueror at the battle of Hastings - either by an arrow in the eye, the swords of cavalry, or possibly both - apparently left the body so mangled only his common-law wife, the ornithologically named Edith Swannesha (Swan-Neck), could identify the remains.\nRosemary Nicolaou, from Battle Abbey museum, said what happened next is confused: \"We are told Harold's mother offered William a sum of gold equal to the weight of the body but William refused. He ordered it to be buried in secret to stop it becoming a shrine.\n\"After that we just don't know. There are various stories including his mother finally getting the body or it being taken by monks to Waltham Abbey, but nothing has been proved\".\nImage caption Henry I's body was returned to England sewn into a bull's skin but the grave has vanished\nA son of William the Conqueror, Henry seized the crown in August 1100 with a series of well organised political manoeuvres in the days after brother William II was killed in an apparent hunting accident. After Henry died in Normandy in December 1135, his corpse was brought back to England in singular style.\nJill Greenaway, collection care curator at Reading Museum, explained: \"His body was embalmed, sewn into a bull's hide and brought to Reading where in January 1136 he was buried in front of the High Altar of the abbey that he had founded in 1121.\n\"His tomb did not survive the dissolution of the monasteries by his namesake Henry VIII and we do not know what happened to his body.\"\nA small plaque marks the rough area of his grave but rumours place the exact spot under nearby St. James' School.\nImage caption King Stephen's bones may have been fished out of a ditch and placed in a nearby parish church\nAfter a reign so turbulent it was known as The Anarchy, it is perhaps no surprise Stephen also struggled for peace after his death in 1154. He was buried in a magnificent tomb in the newly constructed Faversham Abbey in Kent but - in what became a pattern - it was demolished on the orders of Henry VIII.\nLocal historian Jack Long said: \"In John Stow's 'Annales' of 1580, he repeats the local legend that the royal tombs were desecrated for the lead coffins and any jewellery that the bodies might have worn, and the bones thrown into the creek.\n\"(It adds) they were retrieved and reburied in the church of St Mary of Charity in Faversham. There is an annexe (in the church) dating from the period but which has no original markings.\n\"To the best of my knowledge, no work has ever been undertaken to establish exactly what exists behind or below this mysterious annexe.\"\nImage caption The mystery and tragedy of the Princes in the Tower has inspired painters and playwrights\nRichard III plays a central role in one of the most emotionally charged stories in English history. In April 1483 Edward IV died leaving his 12-year-old son, also called Edward, as heir.\nThe dying king had appointed his brother, Richard of Gloucester, as the boy's protector. In short order Edward was placed in the Tower of London, had his coronation postponed and was then barred from the throne after his parents' marriage was declared illegitimate. In June Richard was declared king.\nAlong with his younger brother Richard, Edward was never seen outside the tower again.\nIn 1674, the skeletons of two children were discovered during building work in the tower and were reburied in Westminster Abbey under the names of the missing children but controversy rages as to who they really were - as well as the true fate of the princes and the identity of any killer.\nImage caption The Royalists' revenge on Oliver Cromwell was a spectacular piece of macabre theatre\nAdmittedly not a king, but Cromwell was certainly a head of state. And most of him has no grave.\nAfter leading the Parliamentarian forces to victory in the civil war against Charles I, Cromwell took the reins of power until his death in 1658 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.\nWhen Charles II came to the throne in 1660, his supporters decided to enact a peculiarly spiteful form of vengeance, exhuming Cromwell's body and hanging it on the scaffold at Tyburn near modern day Marble Arch.\nJohn Goldsmith, curator of the Cromwell Museum in Huntingdon, said: \"It was then cut down and beheaded. Despite various stories about it being spirited away, his body was almost certainly dumped in a nearby pit.\n\"His embalmed head was later removed from a spike and went from owner to owner - including being an attraction in a travelling show - until eventually being reburied at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in 1960.\"\nImage caption James II refused to be buried in the hope his body might return to England\nChased from the throne in 1688 for attempting to restore the absolute monarchy of his father Charles I, James lived in exile in Paris until his death and anatomical dissection in 1701.\nHe refused burial in the belief he would get his place in Westminster Abbey and the coffin was put in the Chapel of Saint Edmund in the Church of the English Benedictines in the Rue St Jacques.\nHis brain was sent to the Scots College in Paris and put in a silver case on top of a column, his heart went to the Convent of the Visitandine Nuns at Chaillot and his intestines were divided between the English Church of St Omer and the parish church of St Germain-en-Laye.\nAidan Dodson, author of The Royal Tombs of Great Britain, said: \"It all disappeared in the French Revolution of 1789. The mob attacked the churches and his lead coffin was sold for scrap, as was the silver case for his brain.\n\"The church (of St Germain-en-Laye) was demolished but then rebuilt in 1824 and during this his intestines were found and reinterred - so a bit of him survives.\"\nAnd one who was just mislaid... Charles I\nImage caption The temporary loss of Charles I's grave ensured he never received an elaborate monument\nAfter losing the Civil War, Charles's fortunes took a downward turn when he was executed in 1649. He was buried quietly in St George's Chapel, in Windsor Castle, after being denied a place in Westminster Abbey.\nMr Dodson said: \"He was put in with Henry VIII and Jane Seymour but the problem was that they forgot where that entire vault was.\n\"This was also an excuse for Charles II to pocket the money parliament had given him for his dad's new tomb.\"\nWorkmen rediscovered the vault by accident in 1813 and found a velvet draped coffin with the missing monarch's name on it. To satisfy their curiosity, a group of notables opened the casket and, sure enough, found a body with a detached head and a pointy beard.\nRichard III dig: 'Strong evidence' bones are lost king\nRichard III dig: How search reached Leicester car park\nReading Abbey Quarter revamp misses out on lottery cash\nHow a king's judges were hunted down\nInfestation threatens Kent church\nDecision on 'King's tomb' reserved\nBBC History - BBC History\nWinchester City Council - Museums\nBattle Abbey - English Heritage\nFaversham Society\nCromwell Association", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 286, "original_length": 12639, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 269.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bcn4life.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Session_ID=327d9f2d121950ed7fecdd5887d65ccb&Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=B&Category_Code=FSCD", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:32Z", "digest": "sha1:KMH66PZYQ7APIDTT7RASLGMENNMU6TYW", "length": 1196, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.bcn4life.com", "title": "bcn4life: Specific Carb Diet:", "raw_content": "Specific Carb Diet\nThe Specific Carbohydrate Diet\u0099 has helped many thousands of people with various forms of bowel disease and other ailments vastly improve their quality of life. In many cases people consider themselves cured. It is a diet intended mainly for Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, celiac disease, diverticulitis, cystic fibrosis and chronic diarrhea. However it is a very healthy, balanced and safe diet that has health benefits for everyone. The foods that are allowed on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet\u0099 are based on the chemical structure of these foods. Carbohydrates are classified by their molecular structure.\nVery often people with digestive challenges find that their bodies need help restoring and maintaining many vitamins and minerals which may have become depleted. Freeda Vitamins has worked together with Elaine Gottschall, author of Breaking the Vicious Cycle and The Gut Reaction, and the one who created the specific carbohydrate diet (SCD), to formulate products which would be safe and effective for these individuals and which meet the requirements of the SCD.\nCopyright \ufffd 2012 Breaking the Vicious Cycle\u0099\nBCN Store Home > Freeda Vitamins > Specific Carb Diet", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 115, "original_length": 4914, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 246.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.beacontechnologies.com/portfolio/tamu-texarkana.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:42Z", "digest": "sha1:2EKTP3GKQYH7YJUTP3VFOW4Q5UJOXBW7", "length": 1707, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.beacontechnologies.com", "title": "Our Creative Design Work for Texas A&M University \u2013 Texarkana", "raw_content": "Portfolio TAMU Texarkana\nTexas A&M - Texarkana is a regional university and a member of the Texas A&M University System. Founded in 1971 and with approximately 1500 students, the school offers several undergraduate and graduate degree programs primarily in Business, Educations and Liberal Arts, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.\nThe Texas A&M - Texarkana engaged Beacon to update the look and feel of their website, which was 2 years old. The primary goal of the redesign was to make the site more of a recruiting tool. So the imagery and creative design was a main focus point in order to drive engagement through a better user experience. The new website contains a lot of beautiful images that showcase the campus and the people, bringing the campus to life online. In addition, improvements were made to the site calendar functions and calls to action (\"Apply\", \"Visit\", \"Request Info\") were made more prominent.\nThe new design is clean and Cascade Server makes it easy to update. The website balances a very professional look and feel with a friendly atmosphere where faculty are involved with students. The previous website was used more for internal purposes (finding information), so this redesign also moved much of this type of content to an intranet site.\nBeacon walked their staff through the process, which including gathering requirements, developing a Site Hierarchy Diagram (e.g. Information Architecture), wireframes for the calendar application, custom responsive design mockups (15 total page designs), followed by development of multiple templates within Cascade Server CMS. Of course, plenty of time was allocated for design/review iterations and testing along the way!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 2809, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 231.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.beamertire.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:53Z", "digest": "sha1:PNZFNV3SWZUUK3HWBTYRA42QHY22FMO3", "length": 408, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.beamertire.com", "title": "Beamer Tire & Auto Repair Inc | High Point NC Tires & Auto Repair Shop", "raw_content": "We care because we know you could go anywhere.\nBeamer Tire and Auto Repair, Inc.\nWe care because we know you could go anywhere. Beamer Tire and Auto Repair, Inc helps drivers with auto repairs and tires across High Point, NC, Greensboro, NC, Winston-Salem, NC. Each location is open Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. and Saturdays 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Call on us when you need to get your vehicle going again.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 158, "original_length": 2620, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 123.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bellybelly.com.au/birth/study-vaginal-birth-safer-and-less-risky-than-c-section/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:18:08Z", "digest": "sha1:GQR3OLHABRMG5F3XTGGZQVXPM5PANIEP", "length": 3278, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.bellybelly.com.au", "title": "Study: Vaginal Birth Safer And Less Risky Than C-Section | BellyBelly", "raw_content": "Study: Vaginal Birth Safer And Less Risky Than C-Section\nAn analysis of 3.5 million US birth certificates has confirmed that c-sections carry a higher risk for women than vaginal birth.\nThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reviewed maternal morbidity data from 2013 (90% of all US births for that year) and found that admission to intensive care units and blood transfusions are more common after first time c-sections than after vaginal birth or repeat c-sections.\nAn article published in the National Vital Statistics Report also found c-sections are causing more uterine ruptures and unplanned hysterectomies, reaffirming that vaginal birth is much safer than c-sections. The report emphasises the concern about the high rate of c-sections in the US, which accounts for almost 33% of all live births (similarly to Australia).\nWomen who underwent a primary (first time) c-section were three times more likely to have blood transfusions than those who had vaginal births with no previous c-sections. The study also revealed women who had c-sections were six times more likely to require admission to intensive care units.\nUnplanned hysterectomy rates were over five times more likely to occur in women with c-sections than vaginal births. Uterine rupture occurred at a rate of 26 in 100,000 births. Women who had repeat c-sections had the highest rates of uterine rupture and unplanned hysterectomy (88.9 per 100,000 and 143.1 per 100 000 respectively).\nCurtin and her fellow authors noted in the study: \u201cHigher rates of maternal morbidity for cesarean compared with vaginal deliveries were found for nearly all maternal age groups and for women of all race/ethnicities.\u201d\nOf those women who had a previous c-section, 20% choose a vaginal birth for their next pregnancy and 70% had a successful outcome. The CDC report states: \u2018Women with a previous Caesarean delivery who laboured and had vaginal birth generally had lower rates for most morbidities.\u2019\nThe WHO released a statement in April 2015 commenting that when a country\u2019s caesarean rate is above 15%, the dangers of the surgery actually outweigh the life-saving benefits. The US and Australian c-section rate is double the \u2018medically necessary\u2019 target of 10-15% that the WHO recommends. When c-sections are performed without medical need, mothers and babies are at increased risk of complications and future health problems.\nThe CDC report notes that \u2018Given the lower morbidity for vaginal compared with Caesarean deliveries, attempting a trial of labour is recommended for most women with no previous Caesarean as well as for low-risk women with a previous Caesarean delivery.\u2019\nVBAC Myths \u2013 4 Common Myths Busted\n9 Changes We Must Make To Increase Vaginal Birth Rates\nC-section Prevention \u2013 8 Ways To Avoid A Cesarean\nVBAC Sabotage \u2013 9 Things That De-Rail Your VBAC Attempt\nIn this study, did the researchers differentiate between elective and emergency cesarean surgeries? I believe that may have an impact on the results. If it\u2019s an emergency cesarean section, there would be complications the doctors deem too serious to allow a vaginal birth. Had these women gone ahead and had vaginal birth, it could\u2019ve led to the death of both mother and child. I think those factors need to be taken into account.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 195, "original_length": 8367, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 329.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ben-amun.com/blogs/press/56542529-prestige-hong-kong-october-2015", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:25:53Z", "digest": "sha1:65PV67DKMXEYXFMMAEHUF5UOUVIHTAFN", "length": 32, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.ben-amun.com", "title": "Prestige Hong Kong, October 2015 \u2013 Ben-Amun", "raw_content": "Prestige Hong Kong, October 2015", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 227, "original_length": 4579, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 247.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bera.ac.uk/blog/teacher-educators-identity", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:51Z", "digest": "sha1:3CZNFIYMM3UJB5VMZX5ZWX2KMTVEFXZL", "length": 6584, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.bera.ac.uk", "title": "Teacher educators\u2019 identity | BERA", "raw_content": "Teacher educators\u2019 identity\nMieke Lunenberg International Forum for Teacher Educator Development Monday 23 November 2015\nTeaching and Teacher Education | Teacher Education and Development\nSystematic research on the development of a professional identity of teacher educators is still scarce, but there are indications that teacher educators who become involved in professional development activities develop a feeling of \u201cBelonging\u2019 as a teacher educator: their collective identity, that which binds them as a professional group, and the affinities they feel, or do not feel, with other professional communities.\u201d (Davey, 2013 p. 7.)\nGiven the diverse backgrounds and working circumstances of teacher educators it is understandable that the feeling of belonging as a teacher educator is not self-evident. Many teacher educators have been primary or secondary school teachers before becoming teacher educators, but there are also subject specialists and specialists in social studies with a master\u2019s or PhD degree who become teacher educators. Teacher educators work in schools (school-based teacher educators), colleges and universities. The scope of tasks and responsibilities of teacher educators is broad. Teacher educators teach a variety of subjects. They are responsible for the education of future teachers on various levels as well as for supporting the induction and further professional development of certificated teachers.\nAs a result, teacher educators form a rather heterogeneous group (Lunenberg, 2010). Therefore, it is no surprise, that the European Commission offers a broad definition: \u201cTeacher Educators are all those who actively facilitate the (formal) learning of student teachers and teachers\u201d (2013, p. 8).\nIn 1993, Ducharme characterised the identity of teacher educators as \u2018Janus-like\u2019 (p.4). He added that the teacher educator even has more than two faces: \u201cSchool person, scholar, researcher, methodologist, and visitor to a strange planet\u201d and calls this \u2018schizophrenic\u2019 (p.6). A recent review of international research on teacher educators (Lunenberg, Dengerink, & Korthagen, 2014) shows that this situation has not changed. The results of this extensive study show that there at least six roles that teacher educators have to fulfil: teacher of teachers, researcher, coach, curriculum developer, assessor and broker. Handling this complexity has been topic of several studies. Whitehead (1993), for example, challenged himself and other teacher educators to study dilemmas and tensions, and to develop a \u2018living educational theory\u2019 that support handling these dilemmas and tensions in a productive way, and being a model for student teachers.\nAnother study was carried out by Berry (2007). She conducted systematic research on the complexity of being a teacher educator and distinguishes six main tensions, among them \u2018telling and growth\u2019 and \u2018planning and being responsive\u2019. Berry stresses that educating teachers is never predictable and can never be fully controlled, and therefore requires substantial knowledge, experience, and understanding to do the right thing at the right moment.\nTeacher educators themselves haven taken the lead in studying and improving their complex and tenacious practice. They recognized that to do so, critical collaboration is a necessity. Williams and Ritter (2010) even call their participation in the community \u2018Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices\u2019 (S-STEP) vital for their professional development as teacher educators and state: \u201cwe strongly believe that collegiality, conversation and collaboration in multiple forums is essential for the professional development of new teacher educators like us\u2014and indeed, for all teacher educators\u201d (p. 90).\nIn 2013, increasing attention for the professional development of teacher educators inspired a European group of leading teacher educators to establish the International Forum for Teacher Educator Development. This initiative brings teacher educators together to work on core questions about teacher educators\u2019 professional development. The aim is to build capacity of leading teacher educators who co-develop and evaluate professional development strategies to support the professional development of teacher educators nationally and locally. To keep informed about InFo-TED, see: https://www.ntnu.edu/info-ted\nBerry, A. (2007). Tensions in teaching about teaching: Developing practice as a teacher educator. Dordrecht: Springer.\nDavey, R. (2013) The Professional Identity of Teacher Educators: Career on the cusp? London: Routledge. http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415536417.\nDucharme, E. (1993). The lives of teacher educators. New York: Teachers College.\nEuropean Commission (2013), Supporting Teacher Educators. Brussel: EC.\nLunenberg, M.L. (2010). Characteristics, scholarship and research of teacher educators. In P. Peterson, E. Baker & B. McGaw (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education (pp. 676-680). Oxford: Elsevier.\nLunenberg, M., Dengerink, J., & Korthagen, F. (2014). The Professional Teacher Educator. Roles, Behaviour, and Professional Development of Teacher Educators. Rotterdam/Boston/Taipei: Sense Publishers.\nWhitehead, J. (1993). The Growth Of Educational Knowledge: Creating Your Own Living Educational Theories. Bournemouth: Hyde.\nWilliams, J., & Ritter, J. (2010). Constructing new professional identities through self\u2010study: from teacher to teacher educator. Professional Development in Education, 36(1-1), 77-92.\nMieke Lunenberg has had a leading role in several projects for supporting the professional development of teacher educators (e.g. Dutch knowledge base and the Dutch programme for teacher educators). She has given numerous workshops and lectures in The Netherlands as well as in Belgium, Norway, Australia, South-Africa and the USA. Mieke has written a considerable number of publications on the professional development of teacher educators, including the book \u2018The Professional Teacher Educator\u2019 that offers an international overview of research on teacher educators (Sense Publishers; together with Jurrien Dengerink and Fred Korthagen). Mieke is a member of the American Educational Research Association/S-STEP, the Netherlands Educational Research Association (VOR), the Dutch Association of Teacher Educators (VELON), and the Netherlands Interuniversity Centre for Educational Sciences (ICO). She is a founding member of the International Forum for Teacher Educator Development (InFo-TED).\nhttps://www.linkedin.com/pub/mieke-lunenberg/17/5b4/302\nhttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mieke_Lunenberg", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 97, "original_length": 8707, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 262.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bettermenopause.com/about-dr-kelly-skovira?ajax=1", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:28Z", "digest": "sha1:JHHKWTIUU3FXEYQFX57X237UE4EHSHU7", "length": 938, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.bettermenopause.com", "title": "About Dr. Kelly Skovira", "raw_content": "Dr. Kelly Skovira is certified nurse practitioner in women\u2019s health care and a Doctor of Nursing Practice. She received a Bachelors of Science degree in nursing from Pennsylvania State University. While working at Latrobe Family Clinic, she continued her education at the University of Pittsburgh, graduating Sigma Theta Tau with a Masters of Science in nursing. She received her Doctorate of Nursing Practice from Waynesburg University.\nKelly began her career as a diploma nurse working on an OB/Gyn unit in 1984. Over the past 24 years, she has been involved in every aspect of women\u2019s health including: labor and delivery, postpartum, family planning, and now menopausal care. Health education has always been one of her top priorities. She has coordinated prenatal education classes, \"Becoming a Woman\" classes and family planning education classes. Kelly has been certified as a Lamaze Instructor, CPR Instructor and Asthma Educator.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 3, "original_length": 979, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 119.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bible.com/bible/100/jer.31.31-34.nasb", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:15:32Z", "digest": "sha1:IAKONMJMEALJGFUFPYDQ7XUGICSONTVN", "length": 957, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.bible.com", "title": "Jeremiah 31:31-34 \"Behold, days are coming,\" declares the LORD, \"when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I | New American Standard Bible (NASB) | Download The Bible App Now", "raw_content": "Jeremiah 31:31-34 NASB\n\"Behold, days are coming,\" declares the LORD, \"when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them,\" declares the LORD. \"But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,\" declares the LORD, \"I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. They will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,\" declares the LORD, \"for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.\"\nhttps://www.bible.com/bible/100/JER.31.31-34.NASB\nRewire Your Heart: 10 Days To Fight Sin", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 2211, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 264.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews+9%3A12%2CHebrews+4%3A14&version=NIV", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:20Z", "digest": "sha1:DZ2UG43TN6KHWNXJZZH2NAQXHT7JJE57", "length": 313, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.biblegateway.com", "title": "Hebrews 9:12,Hebrews 4:14 NIV - He did not enter by means of the blood - Bible Gateway", "raw_content": "12 He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, thus obtaining[a] eternal redemption.\n14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven,[a] Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 255, "original_length": 37030, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 258.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.biggleswadetoday.co.uk/news/what-cheaters-really-think-one-in-three-don-t-feel-guilty-about-straying-1-7568180", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:24Z", "digest": "sha1:GY55VMQSWM26K2VVC3RMKR2QZXVRIV7S", "length": 2419, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.biggleswadetoday.co.uk", "title": "What cheaters REALLY think - One in three don\u2019t feel guilty about straying - Biggleswade Today", "raw_content": "What cheaters REALLY think - One in three don\u2019t feel guilty about straying\nOne in three love rats who cheat on their partner say they feel no guilt when they have an affair with a person they've met online.\nOne in three love rats who cheat on their partner say they feel no guilt when they have an affair with a person they\u2019ve met online.\nBut the majority of cheaters are more afraid of getting caught if they sleep with someone they know.\nHaving a great online chat is more important than looks or location when ideciding to sleep with someone they met online, according to a poll.\nThe survey, conducted by VictoriaMilan - a dating website for married and attached people looking to cheat, - delves into the preferences of 2,847 male and 1,415 female members of the site.\nMore than three-quarters of the men and women surveyed (76 per cent) said they\u2019d prefer to have a steamy affair with a stranger than with someone they know.\nMore than a third (36 per cent) claim there is no guilt if the person is not a friend or acquaintance, a quarter (25 per cent) said they believe there is less chance of getting caught.\nA fifth of cheaters (21 per cent) said they feel more comfortable with a stranger, and the remaining 18 per cent said they find strangers more exciting.\nThe majority of cheaters agree that they are more afraid of getting caught if they sleep with someone they know (42 per cent).\nJust over a fifth said they feel there is a more serious vibe to the affair(21 per cent), while 19 per cent said they worry they may develop deeper feelings.\nAnd 18 per cent said there\u2019s just too much risk involved for them to enjoy themselves.\nThe survey suggests a great online chat is likely to \u2018seal the deal\u2019 when trawling for an affair with a stranger.\nJust under a third said if the person lives in a different city they are much more appealing, while 23 per cent said they\u2019re interested if a stranger has the same idea of an affair as them.\nAnd only 19 per cent will choose a stranger to sleep with based purely on their looks.\nSigurd Vedal, founder and chief executive of Victoria Milan, says cheaters go to any lengths to protect their privacy.\nHe said: \u201cCheaters prefer to get into bed with a stranger because there are no inhibitions, less expectations of commitment and very little risk of getting caught.\n\u201cSleeping with someone you know is exciting and dangerous - but not worth the trouble if you get caught.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 90, "original_length": 3424, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 299.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bigvalleyranch.com/camp-ride-weekend-0", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:56:08Z", "digest": "sha1:XCNCNP5D4BFTI27LDQBLFJREHWZM77RR", "length": 577, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.bigvalleyranch.com", "title": "Camp & Ride Weekend | Big Valley Ranch", "raw_content": "Come out to Big Valley Ranch and enjoy our 50+ miles of trails at your own pace and schedule. We will be open for arrivals beginning on Thursday, June 20th through Sunday, June 23rd. Overnight accommodations are required. You are welcome to come out and camp anytime between those dates (arriving on or after the 20th and departing anytime on or before the 23rd).\nAll accommodations are on a first come, first serve basis at time of registration. We will notify you immediately, if your requested accommodation is unavailable. Registration closes on Friday, Thursday June 21st.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 73, "original_length": 2646, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 274.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.biography.com/news/gisele-and-tom-brady-are-highest-paid-celebrity-couple-20624627", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:28Z", "digest": "sha1:OJM4NSYY774BN2C5PYHK3QATM2WO32XL", "length": 1992, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.biography.com", "title": "Gisele and Tom Brady Are Highest-Paid Celebrity Couple - Biography", "raw_content": "Gisele and Tom Brady Are Highest-Paid Celebrity Couple\nFamous, beautiful, and very, very rich. Just when you thought celebrity super-couple Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady couldn't get any more perfect, Forbes magazine has named them the world's highest-paid celebrity couple. The hunky NFL player and his gorgeous...\nFamous, beautiful, and very, very rich. Just when you thought celebrity super-couple Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady couldn't get any more perfect, Forbes magazine has named them the world's highest-paid celebrity couple. The hunky NFL player and his gorgeous Brazilian supermodel wife rank at the top of the list, raking in a combined annual earnings of $76 million. Gisele brught home the most bacon in the 12-month period, a total of $45 million. Brady made $31 million, and signed a $72 million, four-year contract extension with the New England Patriots. The couple has a son, Benjamin Rein Brady, born in December 2009. Coming in at a close second are music's biggest couple, Beyonc\u00e9 Knowles and Jay-Z, who took in a hefty $72 million. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie took home a combined $50 million\u2014which should be enough to care for their famously big brood.\nSee our gallery of celebrity couples.\nCheck out the list at Forbes .\nTwo celebrities are better than one\u2014which is why it's so enjoyable to watch stars tie the knot. Celebrity weddings are often lavish and expensive, but the real draw is the happy couple. From a reality wedding to a royal wedding, here are the five...\nCelebrity Race Car Drivers\nDo you have the need for speed? May 27th is one of the biggest days on the auto racing calendar. The Indianapolis 500, a race that draws over 400,000 people, is called \"The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.\" You can bet that in addition to the world's most...\nThe Power of Invisibility: Celebrities Are Playing Games With Us, Y'all\nAre you ready to enter into a fantasy world where celebrities attempt to hide from reality? (Video) game on...\nBy Brian Shea", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 115, "original_length": 4989, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 255.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.biography.com/news/jimi-hendrix-are-you-experienced-50th-anniversary", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:05Z", "digest": "sha1:5MAWTZWOETAIP4U7IKK2NJ2B2N7QNIMN", "length": 8482, "nlines": 36, "source_domain": "www.biography.com", "title": "'Are You Experienced'\u2013 the 50th Anniversary of Jimi Hendrix\u2019s Seminal Album - Biography", "raw_content": "'Are You Experienced'\u2013 the 50th Anniversary of Jimi Hendrix\u2019s Seminal Album\n'Are You Experienced,\u2019 the Jimi Hendrix Experience\u2019s debut album, was released on May 12, 1967 in Great Britain, changing the course of rock 'n' roll history.\nRock legend Jimi Hendrix onstage at the Royal Albert Hall in London, February 24, 1969.\n(Photo: David Redfern/Redferns via Getty Images)\nOn this day in 1967, the Jimi Hendrix Experience released its debut album, Are You Experienced, in Great Britain. Three months later, the American version was released and rock music hasn\u2019t been the same since. The title itself posed a provocative question at a time when Britain and the United States, not to mention much of western society, was experiencing consequential change in attitudes about sex, drugs, and one\u2019s purpose in life.\nThe album cover released in the United States with art work by Karl Ferris featured a Day-Glo yellow background and a fisheye lens photo of the band members. Their colorful, flamboyant clothing inferred the personality traits of each band member. The purple, psychedelic lettering boldy announced the name of the band and the album. Playful and yet slightly ominous, the cover presented an Alice in Wonderland riddle that even before a note was played, compelled one to consider the question, Are You Experienced?\nThe album cover for the U.S. version of 'Are You Experienced.'\n(Photo: Ilanv [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons)\nThe band was a racially integrated trio of musicians: American, Jimi Hendrix, on guitar alongside British musicians Noel Redding on bass and Mitch Mitchell on drums. Hendrix was \u201cdiscovered\u201d by Chas Chandler, the ex-bass player of the rock group The Animals. At the time, Hendrix was scratching out a living playing clubs in Greenwich Village in New York City. Prior to this, Hendrix had honed his craft playing back up musician with the Isley Brothers, Little Richard, and Curtis Knight. In 1966, he performed under the name Jimmy James in the group Jimmy James and the Blue Flames.\nThe music of the Jimi Hendrix Experience synthesized elements of rock, soul, blues, pop, and psychedelic rock. Their sound was from another planet. The songs featured a cacophony of overdubbing, backward tape tracks, tape loops, and sound layering. While Redding and Mitchell ground out driving rhythms, Hendrix explored a sonic terrain of wah-wah and chorus pedals, fuzz and feedback distortion all wrapped up in virtuoso guitar work.\nWhat makes Are You Experienced so special is the concoction of different genres of music and cutting-edge sound engineering created primarily by Hendrix and translated by legendary recording producer Eddie Kramer. The result is an Odyssey-like excursion through poetic odes, psychedelic episodes, dazzling blues renditions, and chaotic instrumental jams. Songs like \u201cPurple Haze\u201d, \u201cFire\u201d, \u201cFoxy Lady\u201d and \u201cCan You See Me\u201d (on the British version) took on a classic hard rock feel before rock had any classics to speak of. Each song contains a frenzy of guitar pyrotechnics and driving rhythms. The tunes lend themselves to AM as well as FM radio formats and were familiar songs in live concerts.\nAre You Experienced also features some blues renditions with \u201cHey Joe\u201d, \u201cThe Wind Cries Mary\u201d, and \u201cRed House.\u201d Legend has it that Chas Chandler heard Jimi playing \u201cHey Joe\u201d at Caf\u00e9 Wha?, a Greenwich Village night club, and was so impressed that he invited Hendrix to travel with him to London to produce his music and manage his career. The sorrowful \u201cThe Wind Cries Mary\u201d was an apology to his then-girlfriend, Kathy Mary Etchingham, after an argument. \u201cRed House\u201d takes a satirical look at physical love as Hendrix laments over a woman that won\u2019t love him anymore and has moved on. But then he realizes that if his baby won\u2019t love him, he knows his sister will. Other love songs on the album are \u201cLove or Confusion\u201d, \u201cMay this be Love\u201d and \u201cRemember\u201d (British version) that explore the security and insecurity of love.\nTwo songs that explore the disaffection of the \u201860s generation are \u201cManic Depression\u201d and \u201cI Don\u2019t Live Today.\u201d It would be untrue to say these songs were self-biographical (Hendrix was known to be a pretty upbeat guy) and he implies this in both songs with an almost tongue-in-cheek attitude. \u201cManic Depression\u201d is written in a fast \u00be waltz that has a slapstick feel to it. \u201cI Don\u2019t Live Today\u201d is also an upbeat number that belies the song\u2019s message. The opening lyrics repeat the title, Hendrix describes himself in a very dark place in life. However, his vocals are not in anguish, but almost nonchalant with claims of \u201cMaybe tomorrow, I just can\u2019t say\u2026\u201d As the song progresses, swirling on a chorus of wailing guitar and beating drums, Hendrix reveals that the depression he speaks of is about not living life to its fullest and only existing in it.\nThough nearly every song on the album is brimming with fuel-injected psychedelic sound, \u201cThird Stone from the Sun\u201d and the title track \u201cAre You Experienced\u201d take the listener on a cosmic journey through sonic space and time. \u201cThird Stone from the Sun\u201d is primarily an instrumental with slowed down voice tracks depicting a conversation between a \u201cstar fleet\u201d command center and a scout ship where the latter describes a third planet from the sun, Planet Earth. Hendrix mixes jazz and psychedelic rock in the piece, along with some fiery guitar licks depicting space travel and destruction.\nThe final track on the album, \u201cAre You Experienced\u201d has been considered a major anthem of rock and roll by many music critics. The song opens with a precursor of Hip-Hop record scratch rhythm that is repeated frequently throughout. Guitar, drums and bass are played backward in the chorus sections and solos. The song\u2019s coy question has often been equated with experiencing drugs or sex. Hendrix makes vague references to both with lines such as \u201cNot necessarily stoned\u2026\u201d but it could be. When he sings lustily of \u201cWe\u2019ll hold hands\u201d and \u201cLet me prove it to you\u201d the sexual implications are apparent.\nHowever, many musicologists and fans alike believe the song calls to a greater experience. Unlike many of the other songs on the album that describe love or love lost, Hendrix seems to be speaking directly to the listener in \u201cAre You Experienced.\u201d The song\u2019s placement as the last track on the album seems to say, \u201cnow that you\u2019ve heard who I am and what I can do, are you willing to go along?\u201d The song challenges the listener to examine their own life:\nI know, I know, you'll probably scream and cry\nthat your little world won't let you go\nBut who in your measly little world, (-uh)\nare you tryin' to prove to that you're\nmade out of gold and-uh, can't be sold\nThen Hendrix sends reassurances that all will be fine:\u201d\nTrumpets and violins I can-uh, hear in the distance\nI think they're callin' our name\nMaybe now you can't hear them,\nbut you will, ha-ha, if you just\nAre You Experienced deserves all the accolades it has received over the past 50 years. Its unprecedented musical arrangements and blending of different musical genres make it one of the most celebrated and revered musical albums of the rock and roll era and gave Jimi Hendrix the reputation of being one of the most innovative and magnificent musicians of all time.\nCommemorating the 50th Anniversary of Medicare\nMark K. Updegrove, Director of the LBJ Presidential Library, examines President Lyndon Johnson's battle to pass Medicare and how he succeeded where others had failed.\nOne hundred years later, take a look back at the key figures and events that led to the Russian Revolution.\n150th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1866\nHere is a look back at the embattled passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which marked the first time Congress legislated upon civil rights in America.\n50th Anniversary of 'Monterey Pop': Filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker on His Iconic Concert Film (INTERVIEW)\nFifty years ago this weekend, the Monterey International Pop Music Festival rocked the world, introducing a lineup of performers that included Janis Joplin, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Otis Redding, The Who and Ravi Shankar, among others. Filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker was there to capture their legendary performances and music history in the making.\nThe Kids Are Alright: 5 Musical Prodigies\nTo celebrate Mozart's birthday today, we're taking a look at his early musical genius and some fellow prodigies who toddled their way into music history.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 140, "original_length": 10942, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 193.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.birchhosting.com/category/joomla/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:00Z", "digest": "sha1:KPNDNXG3VC7DJGUDZF4I726GPVBDNNR7", "length": 27, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.birchhosting.com", "title": "Joomla | Premium UK Website Hosting", "raw_content": "Tips and tricks with Joomla", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 101, "original_length": 2409, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 283.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bizcommunity.com/Galleries/36/149.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:42Z", "digest": "sha1:55JDOZPOPRWDYB3QB57HO7JTRXWQR2OW", "length": 18, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.bizcommunity.com", "title": "Healthcare Galleries in Burundi", "raw_content": "HIV/AIDS Galleries", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 549, "original_length": 9275, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.72, "perplexity": 314.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bizpacreview.com/2018/09/13/new-york-city-passes-bill-allowing-parents-to-choose-third-gender-option-on-birth-certificates-673859", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:31Z", "digest": "sha1:TRPHJ63U74OB7P7RJ7GYHS5RSHQ6WHER", "length": 1622, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.bizpacreview.com", "title": "New York City passes bill allowing parents to choose third gender option on birth certificates Conservative News Today", "raw_content": "New York City passes bill allowing parents to choose third gender option on birth certificates\nNew York\u2019s City Council passed a bill Wednesday allowing parents to choose \u201cX\u201d on their newborn babies\u2019 birth certificates.\nThe bill, passed in a 41-6 vote, also allows any adult living in the state to change his or her gender to \u201cX\u201d on their birth certificate.\n\u201cNew Yorkers will no longer need a doctor\u2019s note to change their gender on their birth certificates, and will no longer be treated as if their identity was a medical issue,\u201d City Council Speaker Corey Johnson said, WOWT News reported Wednesday. \u201cToday is a historic day for New York in its role as a worldwide champion for inclusivity and equality,\u201d he added.\nImage: Corey Johnson, Screenshot\nPrior to the bill, New Yorkers had to undergo gender confirmation surgery in order to change the designations on their birth certificates.\nThe bill is \u201cexceptionally critical during this time of danger and uncertainty regarding health care and human rights for transgender Americans at the national level,\u201d said transgender advocate Carrie Davis, chair of the advisory board that headed the birth certificate change.\nPuerto Rico, California, Oregon, New Jersey and Washington, D.C allow residents to change their birth certificates according to their gender identity. Doctors notes and gender confirmation surgery are not needed as prerequisites to change gender on official documentation in these states.\nThe bill will take effect Jan. 1 if Mayor Bill de Blasio signs the measure into laws.\nDe Blasio did not return The Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 81, "original_length": 3549, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 259.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bkreader.com/2019/02/06/feb-6-black-history-maker-earl-g-graves/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:22:36Z", "digest": "sha1:OK5F7U3VSTIY4F2NWTZRCCI3Q5U7GO2C", "length": 5401, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "www.bkreader.com", "title": "Feb 6: Black History Maker, Earl G. Graves | BK Reader", "raw_content": "Earl G. Graves is a philanthropist, author, publisher and founder of Black Enterprise Magazine.\nEarl G. Graves is a philanthropist, author, publisher and founder of Black Enterprise Magazine. Photo credit: Zimbio\nEarl G. Graves was born on January 9, 1935, in Brooklyn and raised in Bedford Stuyvesant, where he learned hard work and perseverance from his parents, Earl Goodwin and Winnaford Colette Sealy Graves.\nGraves attended Morgan State University, where he became a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics in 1958. After writing a letter to the Democratic National Committee, he became a volunteer for the 1964 presidential campaign of Lyndon B. Johnson.\nHis work with the party gave Graves the opportunity to serve as administrative assistant to newly elected Senator Robert F. Kennedy in 1965. Following the assassination of the senator, Graves landed a seat on the advisory board of the Small Business Administration in 1968.\nIn 1970, he founded Black Enterprise Magazine\u2013a business-service publication targeted to black professionals, executives, entrepreneurs and policy makers in the public and private sector.\nIt has been profitable since its tenth issue and yearly sales (currently over $53 million) are steadily increasing. Black Enterprise has a paid circulation of 475,000 with a readership of more than 4.1 million. It is carried on board most major airlines and can be found on newsstands nationwide.\nIn 1972, he was named one of the ten most outstanding minority businessmen in the country by the President of the United States and received the National Award of Excellence in recognition of his achievements in minority business enterprise.\nHe is also listed in Who\u2019s Who in America, and in 1974, was named one of Time Magazine\u2019s \u201c200 Future Leaders\u201d of the country.\nGraves served as a Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the U.S. Army from 1978 to 1980. He attended Airborne and Ranger School and finished his Army Career (in the rank of Captain) as a member to the 19th Special Forces Group, the Green Berets. He is also the recipient of the U.S. Army Commendation Award.\nEarl G. Graves also served as chairman and CEO of Pepsi-Cola of Washington, D.C., L.P., the largest minority-controlled Pepsi-Cola franchise in the United States. He acquired the $60 million franchise in July of 1990.\nThe company covers a franchise territory of over 400 square miles including Washington, D.C. and Prince George\u2019s County, Maryland. At year-end 1998, he sold the franchise back to the parent company where he continues to be a significant stockholder and is Chairman of Pepsi\u2019s Customer Advisory and Ethnic Marketing Committee.\nIn 1997, he authored a book entitled, \u201cHow to Succeed in Business Without Being White.\u201d It chronicles the success strategies of America\u2019s premier African-American businessman. Published by HarperBusiness Publications, the book made the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal Business Best Sellers lists.\nThe book was also selected as a finalist for the 1997 Financial Times/Booz-Allen & Hamilton Global Business Book Award.\nIn 2002, Graves was named by Fortune Magazine as one of the 50 most powerful and influential African Americans in corporate America. He also serves on the Board of Selectors of the American Institute for Public Service, the Advisory Council of the Character Education Partnership, The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and the National Advisory Board of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.\nIn addition, Graves is a trustee of Howard University, the Committee for Economic Development, the Special Contributions Fund of the NAACP and the New York Economic Club.\nDuring the span of his business and professional careers, Graves has received numerous awards and honors for his outstanding business leadership and community service, including (but not limited to) the Ronald H. Brown Leadership Award from the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Dow Jones & Company Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence in 1992.\nIn 1999, he received the 84th NAACP Spingarn Medal, the highest achievement award for African Americans and was named one of the Top 100 Business News Luminaries of the Century by TJFR, a publication that covers business journalism.\nIn 1995, he was named New York City Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young, and was also inducted into the National Sales Hall of Fame by the Association of Sales and Marketing Executives.\nGraves is a member of the National Black College Hall of Fame and has received honorary degrees from 53 colleges and universities, including his alma mater.\nToday, he continues to serve as chairman and CEO of Earl G. Graves, Ltd., parent company for the Earl G. Graves Publishing Company, publisher of Black Enterprise Magazine\nIn his 50-year career span, Graves has become one of the most powerful and influential businessmen in the country and clearly a champion of community service and philanthropy.\nGraves and his late wife Barbara have three married sons, all successful professionals who work in the family\u2019s businesses.\nEarl G. Graves, we acknolwedge your lifelong service to your community, and we honor your tireless efforts toward developing leadership in black businesses.\n*Sources: www.howard.edu/convocation, patch.com\nTags: bk readerBlack Enterprise MagazineBlack History MakerBrooklyn Black HistoryEarl G. Graves", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 224, "original_length": 10592, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 77.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bollington.com/bollington-manchester-jobs-fair-friday-15th-july-2016/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:43:11Z", "digest": "sha1:NYOVCBZ2ZWNXJHLJLQH3QWUZPF4SSBJZ", "length": 1416, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.bollington.com", "title": "Bollington at Manchester Jobs Fair, Friday 15th July 2016 - - Bollington Insurance Brokers", "raw_content": "Bollington at Manchester Jobs Fair, Friday 15th July 2016\nBollington Insurance is pleased to announce that we will be at the Manchester Jobs Fair this Friday, 15th July, taking part in the Bridgewater Hall from 10am to 2pm.\nAnybody on the lookout for a new job or a change of career is welcome to come and talk to us to learn more about the roles we have on offer. We are always on the lookout for ambitious, talented individuals to join our thriving brokerage, and the Jobs Fair is an ideal place to find out more about what it is like to work for the 2015 Insurance Times Commercial Lines Broker of the Year.\nWe will also be promoting our apprenticeship scheme at the event, offering a structured programme of development to allow prospective candidates to create a career path in the world of insurance.\nBring your CV with you, come and have a chat and see how Bollington can help you to progress your career with one of the leading independent insurance brokers in the UK.\nSee for yourself what a Jobs Fair event looks like - take a look at these Vines of the event (including the Manchester Jobs Fair held earlier this year). As you will see, there are lots of recruiters in attendance. If you want to work for a dynamic, forward-thinking company in a fast-paced environment, with a fun and friendly working environment, then we're the one recruiter you definitely won't want to miss having a conversation with!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 351, "original_length": 10637, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 276.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bookbub.com/books/the-man-who-cried-i-am-by-john-a-williams", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:19Z", "digest": "sha1:5VDMHZNULPINNUGGOKN7L7XGEALVNPOF", "length": 100, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.bookbub.com", "title": "The Man Who Cried I Am by John A. Williams - BookBub", "raw_content": "Join BookBub to get alerts about free and bargain books like \"The Man Who Cried I Am\" in your inbox.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 40, "original_length": 1464, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 326.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bookemon.com/read-book/588079", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:09Z", "digest": "sha1:X7SH5M6DHQAORTWU66GXHAJ4AFIJADRZ", "length": 103, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.bookemon.com", "title": "Adventure into the world of Greek and Roman Mythology. | Cover Page | Book 588079 - Bookemon", "raw_content": "Adventure into the world of Greek and Roman Mythology.\nby Amicee Miller and co-author Xavier O'Sullivan", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 120, "original_length": 2292, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.83, "perplexity": 173.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/04/15/people-pay-their-respects-marathon-finish-line/VcSuOjng1KKb2VpJKEcmzM/story.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:47Z", "digest": "sha1:ET7UP5JQNEDGWCHKHKT3WP5TIBV42OJN", "length": 5661, "nlines": 38, "source_domain": "www.bostonglobe.com", "title": "People pay their respects at Marathon finish line - The Boston Globe People pay their respects at Marathon finish line - The Boston Globe", "raw_content": "Respects are paid at Marathon finish line\nBy David Abel and Evan Allen Globe Staff April 15, 2014\nA lone tree had begun to flower Tuesday morning on Boylston Street, a cherry tree, planted in place of one ripped apart one year ago by the bomb that exploded in front of the Forum restaurant.\nAround that new tree were cut flowers, blue and yellow ribbons, an honor guard of police and firefighters, a ceremonial wreath, and a stream of people who had come to pay their respects to the three people killed in the attacks, many themselves touched by the terror.\nDebbie and Mike Hughes of South Weymouth were watching the Marathon last year a few steps from where the second blast detonated. They were by the barricades but somehow escaped injury. Everyone around them was hit.\n\u201cWe just felt we needed to be here,\u201d said Debbie Hughes, 62, clad in a Boston Strong shirt. \u201cWe didn\u2019t want to be afraid.\u201d\nThey had been at home watching some of the survivors take part in a ceremony on television, then decided to drive into the city.\nVideo: Watch the ceremony\nRead: Tribute to victims underway\nRead: Live updates on events today\nRead: Marathon bombings, one year later\n\u201cIt didn\u2019t do us any good to cry at home,\u201d said her husband, 64, who was wearing a matching blue-and-yellow shirt. \u201cWe\u2019re proud to be Bostonians. We thought this was the right place to be today.\u201d\nStacy McConnell and Jamie Morse drove in from New Hampshire. They were both running last year, taking their last heavy strides toward the finish line when the bombs exploded in front of them and behind them. On Tuesday, they spent the morning looking out from the newly erected barricades on Boylston Street.\n\u201cIt\u2019s crazy,\u201d said McConnell, 32, of Bedford. \u201cI never realized how close we were.\u201d\nNeither finished last year. They ran up Ring Road to avoid the mayhem.\nBut they\u2019ll be back on the course this year. They ran a few miles Tuesday morning in their Marathon jackets, hoping to make peace with Boylston Street.\n\u201cI just wanted to deal with everything today so we could focus on running on Monday,\u201d said Morse, 35, of Nashua. \u201cWe don\u2019t want the run to be somber. It should be joyous.\u201d\nNear the scene of the first bomb by the finish line, others paused, tearing up, as they paid their respects.\nKatie Casey, 42, of Dedham came back to Boylston Street with her family for the first time since the bombings, because she thought it would bring her closure.\nLast year, police stopped her when she was about a mile from completing the race. Her husband and three children were waiting for her at the finish line, and they ran for their lives after the bombs exploded.\nReturning to that spot Tuesday beneath the bleachers where the children had been standing stirred up old grief and fear.\n\u201cYou see a look in their eyes that you\u2019ve never seen before . . . like an in-your-soul type of scared,\u201d she said of her children.\nShe hoped to teach them a lesson. \u201cEvil never wins,\u201d said Casey, who is running again this year. \u201cWe have to continue on \u2014 stronger.\u201d\nSandra Gittlen, 43, also wearing a 2013 Marathon jacket, was flooded by emotions. \u201cToday it just feels surreal,\u201d said Gittlen, who had been stopped at the top of Heartbreak Hill while running last year.\nShe is hoping to finish the race this year. \u201cI think closure is going to be right at the finish line,\u201d she said.\nEarlier in the morning, in a light mist under gray skies, relatives of those killed attended a quiet ceremony on Boylston Street, laying wreaths where each of the bombs exploded.\nThey were escorted by Governor Deval Patrick and Mayor Martin J. Walsh, and Cardinal Sean P. O\u2019Malley read from 1 Thessalonians, 4:13-18. A bagpiper played \u201cAmazing Grace\u201d while an honor guard stood at attention.\nA rotating honor guard of police officers and firefighters stood sentinel through the day by each wreath.\nThe bombing on April 15, 2013, killed Krystle Campbell, 29, of Arlington; Lingzi Lu, 23, a Chinese graduate student at Boston University; and Martin Richard, 8, a third-grader from Dorchester. More than 260 other people were injured.\nThe suspects in the bombing also allegedly killed MIT police Officer Sean Collier in Cambridge days after the attacks.\nIn a statement, President Obama spoke of the strength of the survivors and recalled how strangers and first responders ran to the help of victims, putting themselves at risk.\n\u201cWith each new step, our country is moved by the resilience of a community and a city,\u201d Obama said. \u201cAnd when the sun rises over Boylston Street next Monday, Patriot\u2019s Day, hundreds of thousands will come together to show the world the meaning of Boston Strong as a city chooses to run again.\u2019\u2019\nTuesday morning, Moira and Joe Lawlor of Medford and their son, Brian, were among the many to confront their dark memories near the finish line.\nBrian, who flew in from San Francisco in the morning, was also stopped while running the Marathon last year just before mile 26. His parents were near the finish line when the bombs exploded.\n\u201cWe know that we were lucky that day,\u201d said Joe Lawlor, 51. \u201cEvery time I walk by Marathon Sports or the Forum I feel like it\u2019s hallowed ground.\u2019\u2019\nAfter many of the first responders, politicians, and survivors gathered by the finish line for a moment of silence and a flag-raising ceremony, Robyn Sharpe carried four yellow and blue roses down Boylston Street. She has made the pilgrimage there at least once a month since the attack.\n\u201cThese are the people that live in my city,\u201d said Sharpe, 45, a lifelong Bostonian. \u201cYou just have to offer your heart when they\u2019re in pain. There\u2019s nothing else.\u201d\nDavid Abel can be reached at dabel@globe.com; Evan Allen at evan.allen@globe.com.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 122, "original_length": 7766, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 280.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bostonstandard.co.uk/news/business/networking-opportunities-for-businesses-1-8634658", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:23:31Z", "digest": "sha1:JK3NLPOQEFOQA76EPLUNDVJVYYZVL7AF", "length": 1091, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.bostonstandard.co.uk", "title": "Networking opportunities for businesses - Boston Standard", "raw_content": "Networking opportunities for businesses\nThere will be a chance to learn more about PAB Languages' new PAB MAGNET service at an event next week.\nBusiness people in the Boston area will have the chance to meet like-minded individuals at events being held by the Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce this week and next.\nThe first, the Boston Business Network, takes place tomorrow (Thursday, September 20) at the White Hart Hotel, in High Street, Boston, from 7.30-9am.\nThe event will be hosted by the chamber\u2019s new business development executive Dan Hutchinson.\nTickets cost \u00a37.20 for members, \u00a312 for non-members.\nThe second event is the Boston and Sleaford Networking Lunch, taking place at The Agra, part of Enterprise Park, in Sleaford, on Thursday, September 27, from 12-1.30pm.\nPAB Languages, of Boston, is sponsoring the event and for visitors it will be a chance to learn more about its PAB MAGNET initiative, a service designed to support businesses that employ a multinational workforce.\nTickets are priced at \u00a324 for members, \u00a336 for non-members.\nTo book, visit www.lincs-chamber.co.uk.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 97, "original_length": 2557, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 222.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bramwithconsulting.co.uk/discrimination-bame-job-applicants-unchanged-since-1960s/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:19Z", "digest": "sha1:SSJ5RPM7FTZTWD4AUCISGOWFR6VMT6HR", "length": 2450, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.bramwithconsulting.co.uk", "title": "Discrimination against BAME job applicants unchanged since 1960s", "raw_content": "Last week a survey found that discrimination against ethnic minority job applicants in the UK remains at the same \u201cshocking\u201d levels as the late 1960s.\nThe study by experts based at the Centre for Social Investigation at Nuffield College, University of Oxford found that candidates from ethnic minority backgrounds had to send 80% more job applications to get a positive response from an employer than a white person of British origin.\nFor Black Britons and those of South Asian origin, the level of discrimination had not changed since comparable surveys were made in the late 1960s.\nAs a proud and dedicated equal opportunities employer, listed as one of BitCs Best UK Employers for BAME people in both 2017 and 2018, as well as an international recruitment firm, we were shocked by this. It\u2019s clearly a serious issue that will only be addressed by sustained and UK-wide action. Whether workplace bias is conscious or unconscious, it needs to be addressed and rooted out.\nBesides the moral imperative to consider all candidates equally, both companies and employees stand to benefit from implementing truly meritocratic hiring practices.\nCompanies will access a wider pool of talent and thus have a better chance of finding a good number of high calibre candidates for roles. Evidence for the benefit of diverse workplaces is strong and this is something we champion to clients.\nWe know this from our own experience. Bramwith is an inclusive workplace where everyone is given the same opportunity to shine. It makes us a stronger team and motivates staff to achieve their best.\nWe would urge all companies, especially any concerned with a lack of diversity in their hiring, to take a 360 review of hiring practices. Make sure everyone responsible for advertising, sifting CVs and interviewing is trained in unconscious bias and understands the key actions for attracting a wide range of applicants.\nReading and signing up to Business in the Community\u2019s Race at Work charter is a good first step, committing to five principle calls to action.\nPlease like, share and let me know what you think? Are these stats really accurate in your experience? And what can we do to change this?\nOur previous blogs on the subject also give some guidance on improving D&I hiring practices. If you want to find out more about widening your talent pool and attracting high quality candidates of all backgrounds, get in touch with me on b.riley@bramwithconsulting.co.uk", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 105, "original_length": 5039, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 320.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bravoambulance.org/about-us/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:03Z", "digest": "sha1:NITPH5QEB6I4HXVVNK4I2X53NDJ6XZ5A", "length": 8307, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "www.bravoambulance.org", "title": "About Us | Bravo Volunteer Ambulance", "raw_content": "The year was 1974\u2026.. City ambulance response times in the Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Fort Hamilton communities could be in excess of one hour. In an emergency time is critical.\nMr. Hank Vogt, then, Community Board Ten chairman, found this to be unacceptable. A handful of civic leaders with the assistance of John Rusin began to gather documentation from the NYS Volunteer Ambulance Association and the Board of Health to justify the need for a volunteer ambulance service in this community. Numerous meetings were held in private homes for those interested in the cause.\nThe concept grew and under the leadership of Mr. Vogt, a volunteer ambulance service to provide swift and effective emergency medical response to these communities was born. This service was to be made up of dedicated community neighbors who agreed that the most important part of these communities was its people. The demand for good health care for this growing population was a driving force.\nWhile watching the movie, Rio Bravo, a thought occurred to Hank. BRAVO is the perfect name for this new organization as it reflects the caliber of dedication needed to provide such a service. What could be a better role model than America\u2019s pioneer, John Wayne? Many BRAVO volunteers have suffered from the \u201cJohn Wayne Syndrome\u201d, always giving, going the distance all the while keeping their own emotions unto themselves in order to provide the best care for someone else.\nWith the help of many politicians such as then Assemblyman Bob Kelly, Senator Bill Conklin, Assemblyman Chris Mega, Congressman Hugh Carey, and with the help of the religious and civic communities, BRAVO was able to obtain its charter and certificates enabling it to operate.\nBay Ridge Ambulance Volunteer Organization, (BRAVO) was now a reality.\nThe first official meeting of BRAVO was held January 24, 1974 at St. Anselm\u2019s Church where over 103 applications for membership were accepted. The new organization needed operating quarters and with the help of the Republican Leader Angelo Arculeo found space adjacent to the Seergy Club. It was a vacant space formerly occupied by the business of John J. Waldman and a tailor shop. On July 4, 1974, BRAVO officially responded to its first call. On August 18th, 1974, BRAVO began its 24-hour service. A second ambulance was purchased to meet the increasing community demand.\nBRAVO\u2019s headquarters were dedicated on September 28, 1974. Since that time, BRAVO has purchased and remodeled the building. Today, BRAVO\u2019s headquarters provide a home away from home for its volunteers and a learning center for the community.\nUnder the leadership of BRAVO\u2019s second President, Myles Davis, and through his twelve years of leadership, BRAVO became a household name. Letters of support and thanks continually poured into BRAVO. It was obvious that BRAVO was needed.\nBRAVO\u2019s response time was under five minutes as opposed to the City\u2019s sixty minutes.\nIn addition, BRAVO\u2019s leadership in training and advancement made them State recognized for advanced services. In 1977, BRAVO volunteers were chosen to be among the state\u2019s first advanced emergency medical technicians, AEMT-P (medics), and received training under Dr. Richard Seigel at Flushing Hospital.\nIn 1986 BRAVO was chosen to pilot the Emergency Medical Technician \u2013 Defibrillation Program, a program now used by emergency services throughout the State and Country. In 1987 BRAVO had its first of many saves using the semi-automatic defibrillator. BRAVO has always been looked upon as the leader and role model both in NY State and in many other parts of the country as well. Today, BRAVO\u2019s EMT\u2019s also receive on going training in aircraft disaster response, weapons of mass destruction and biological warfare response in and around New York City.\nIn 1989, BRAVO responded to its 100,000th call for help. Averaging over 500 calls a month, our 200 volunteers provided FREE pre-hospital care to the community. In fact, when BRAVO was responding to nearly 6000 calls a year, most volunteer ambulances in the state were handling about 500 or less calls annually.\nAs part of recruiting new members, BRAVO started a teenage group called the BRAVO Youth Squad. This is for teenagers between 14 and 18 years old. Through training, they are prepared to join the senior squad to dispatch and work on the ambulances. Our Youth Squad and their Advisors make BRAVO proud.\nIn addition to working together as Volunteers, BRAVO members created a social support system with many activities being held throughout the year.\nBRAVO stands for professionalism, dedication and community service. It strives to, keeps its members on the cutting edge of pre-hospital emergency medical care. Because of the skills and professionalism of BRAVO volunteers, they have been involved in many regional incidents. New York City EMS routinely uses BRAVO\u2019s services at mass casualty incidents, like the plane crash at Kennedy Airport in 1977, train derailments, major fires in the borough, building explosions, the Century 21 collapse in 1990, the World Trade Center Bombing in 1993 and the WTC attacks on September 11, 2001. BRAVO, under the NY City Fire Department Bureau of EMS participates in the NY City Marathon, The Five Borough Bike tour and many other very large events. They are invited to all official mock disaster drills in the city. BRAVO members have proved that at a moment\u2019s notice, they could put together teams and respond to their neighbor\u2019s calls for help.\nOver the years, Governors Rockerfeller, Cuomo, and Pataki have given citations for the wonderful work BRAVO does in our community. Mayors Lindsay, Beame, Koch, Dinkins, and Guiliani all have awarded BRAVO with City citations of excellence. Local health care providers like Lutheran Medical Center and Maimonides Medical Center have given BRAVO community civic awards. BRAVO has also received civic awards from the Bay Ridge Community Council. Resolutions honoring BRAVO have been made on the floors of the NYC Council, the NY State Assembly and the NY State Senate.\nBRAVO relies on financial support from the community. BRAVO does not receive Federal, State or City aid to provide its services to our community. Support comes from our neighbors, friends and family members who remember BRAVO in annual fundraising events like our spring and fall appeals. Recently our 5K Run for BRAVO, local blood pressure screenings, CPR classes and holiday greetings on 86th street have helped raise money. BRAVO also receives much needed support through memorials, bequests, and estate planned gift-giving programs.\nBesides our 200 volunteers, we were blessed with an Angel of our own. \u201d BRAVO\u2019s ANGEL\u201d, Mrs. Hooda Germack blessed BRAVO through her kindness and generosity. Through her legacy, she continues her unending support. Through caring people like Mrs. Germack and our many community supporters, BRAVO has been able to provide the best pre-hospital care to our community.\nBRAVO\u2019s general expenses are well over $250,000 a year. A large expense is insurance coverage. In addition, vehicle maintenance, gas, electric, telephone, medical equipment and a host of other related expenses need to be met.\nIt costs BRAVO over $200,000.00 to purchase and equip each new ambulance.\nThrough all these obstacles, BRAVO has continued to provide FREE pre-hospital care. BRAVO\u2019s headquarters are located at 8507 Seventh Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11228. Its current fleet includes three state of the art ambulances and one van.\n2009\u2032s Commemoration of BRAVO\u2019s Thirty-Five years of service was recognized by, Community Board 10, the New York City Council, the NYS Assembly, the NYS Senate, many NYC Voluunteer Ambulance Corps, and our very special neighbors. This great honor is yet another historic achievement in our community.\nSo what is BRAVO?\nBRAVO is the largest volunteer ambulance service in the State of New York that serves one community.\nBRAVO is a community-based organization where friendships are made and team efforts provide the best in pre-hospital emergency care to our neighbors, friends and families. It is a group of civic-minded volunteers who leave the warmth of their homes to answer the many calls for help regardless of hour or season.\nBRAVO is a way to express ones humanitarian values, securing personal satisfaction and growth.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 9266, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 260.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2011/07/13/military-times-interviews-us-marine-escorting-mila-kunis-to-corps-ball/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:43Z", "digest": "sha1:SRDWNCWDBYAFLYD53ELRTCMST4LP2KPB", "length": 1965, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.breitbart.com", "title": "Military Times Interviews U.S. Marine Escorting Mila Kunis To Corps Ball | Breitbart", "raw_content": "Military Times Interviews U.S. Marine Escorting Mila Kunis To Corps Ball\nMilitary Times:\nDue to the immense media attention Sgt. Scott Moore has received for his YouTube Marine Corps Ball invitation to Mila Kunis and the operational tempo of 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, he has elected to make a written statement and answer the most commonly asked questions. \u2026\nQ.1 Where are you and what do you do?\nA.1 I currently serve as the data chief for 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, based out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. My military occupational specialty is Data Systems Technician, which is responsible for implementing and monitoring security measures for Marine Corps communication information systems networks, and ensuring that systems and personnel adhere to established security standards. My unit is located within the district of Musa Qal\u2019eh in the Northern Helmand province of Afghanistan.\nQ.2 How did you come up with the idea for the video?\nA.2 It was kind of a bet between me and Marines in my platoon. I told everyone I was going to do it, but they didn\u2019t think I would go through with it. One day we had a couple minutes, and I took another Marine out with me and we shot two takes. The first one was without sunglasses but I was squinting too much because it was so bright, so we shot the one I uploaded to YouTube. The rest of the Marines liked it, so I posted it that day.\nQ.3 When you posted the video, did you ever think you\u2019d really get a date with Mila?\nA.3 I always thought I had a chance, and sometimes that\u2019s all you need. The Marines I work with did their best to spread it around.\nQ.4 Why did you post the video?\nA.4 I wanted to take Mila Kunis to the Marine Corps ball. We all talk about what we are going to do when we get back, and this was my dream. I do feel bad for putting her on the spot, but it\u2019s not like I was going to bump into her on the streets of Musa Qal\u2019eh between now and the ball.\nYou\u2019ll want to read the whole thing.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 101, "original_length": 4910, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 258.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2011/10/11/in-a-barack-minute/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:43Z", "digest": "sha1:Y4Q4RT4B5YA5YD6GEHBGHD4M4UMLLVG7", "length": 4453, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.breitbart.com", "title": "In A Barack Minute... | Breitbart", "raw_content": "In A Barack Minute\u2026\n\u2026.everything will change.\nThe world changed for the activist old media on Sunday night. The entire free world celebrated that Osama bin Laden had been killed by courageous Navy SEALs. The celebration was as it should be; a nation together in gratitude that an evil rat bastard met his demise thanks to the efforts of the highly trained US military, and a current president who is at least smart enough to follow the Bush Doctrine.\nAt the time perhaps the media did not know exactly what they were celebrating, but it\u2019s worth mentioning because, as they say, \u201cit is what it is.\u201d I should mention here, one brilliant column by Andrew Malcolm of the Los Angeles Times, where he jumps into dangerous turf by being critical of the way the White House has handled this. This column is by far the exception, rather than the rule.\nDo I dare say that destroying al Qaeda\u2019s infrastructure (for which our military has sacrificed greatly from) has been more critical to keeping Americans safe than has the death of bin Laden.\nFor the last 8 or 9 years the media and the American left have done nothing but bitch about the methods used by the Bush administration in the War on Terror, in fact, much of the media (at the behest of Obama) had stop using the phrase, \u201cWar on Terror,\u201d but for a Barack Minute, they seem to be on board. Can we now call a terrorist, a terrorist?\nDo the media know that secret prisons, wiretapping and enhanced interrogation (a fancy phrase for torture,) was used by the CIA as intelligence to find bin Laden and eventually kill him? Do they know what they were celebrating that night? They do now.\nI don\u2019t expect the media to report much about the methods used as early as the mid 2000\u2019s (uh oh, Bush was President then) that led to the killing of OBL, but suffice it to say that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed went through some level of torture in a secret prison to give up the name of bin Laden\u2019s courier, phone calls were also wiretapped and as a result, Public Enemy #1 is sleeping with the fishes. You can\u2019t have a dead OBL without a tortured KSM. The media love to point out delicious irony\u2019s like this one, unless they, or their politicians are being \u201cironed.\u201d\nWhere are the activist old media members nowadays complaining about the methods used? They could even blame Bush, if they wanted to\u2014but they even refuse to go there because Obama benefits from this great news, and they want nothing to distract from that, 2012 is coming. If they were consistent they would ask Obama what torture methods were used on KSM and does he condone them\u2014and the secret prisons\u2014and the wiretapping? Will Democrats in power who openly opposed this type of intel gathering be called on this? Remember all your bold statements, \u201cAmerica is better than this, we don\u2019t do what they do?\u201d We remember those statements, they weren\u2019t that long ago.\nConsistency is something every good journalist strives for. I will say, those who opposed this type of intel gathering (and you know who you are and you are everywhere in the activist old media) are shallow in celebrating this victory and should call themselves out (I know that won\u2019t happen.) I guarantee back at the exact time that KSM was being tortured to give up the intel, Obama, the media, and the American left were all singing the same song on that issue. We all heard it. They change in a Barack Minute. Never forget, this day would not have been possible without the CIA doing the nasty stuff they do. \u201cWe got beat up for it, but those efforts led to this great day,\u201d said Marty Martin, a retired CIA officer who for years led the hunt for OBL.\nYes, you did Mr. Martin. You got beat to hell over what you did\u2014and the smug media will celebrate like they were there with you every step of the way\u2014or they will try to ignore your role in this victory for Liberty in the free world because it exposes their double-standard.\nSome of us will not ignore what you did. We celebrate the death of the Mother of All Terrorists and we welcome the same methods to get the next bad guy who moves to the top of the list. We know the world is a dangerous place and sometimes bad methods have to be used to capture bad guys. We thank God we have people serving this nation who are willing to ignore the constant BS spewed by the activists in the old media, and do the hard work needed to keep the free world, free. Those ideals cannot change in a Barack Minute.\nMediaAl QaedaWar on TerrorWhite House", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 101, "original_length": 7367, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 296.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.britannica.com/topic/Defense-Threat-Reduction-Agency", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:09:44Z", "digest": "sha1:OBKULV2FAXNNVSUE5YTDGWUIQ4FVPE4B", "length": 3886, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.britannica.com", "title": "Defense Threat Reduction Agency | United States government agency | Britannica.com", "raw_content": "United States government agency\nAlternative Title: DTRA\nDefense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), agency within the United States Department of Defense charged with protecting the United States and its allies from the threat of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs), such as chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons, and high-yield explosives. Established on October 1, 1998, and headquartered in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, DTRA was given the mission of controlling and reducing the threat of WMDs and providing quality tools and services to the U.S. military to assist in completing this mission.\nThe DTRA was also established to oversee and implement the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program. This program was created by the Nunn-Lugar Act of 1991 to safeguard the nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons stockpiles within the republics of the former Soviet Union and to assist those countries in meeting their arms-control treaty obligations. The CTR program was later expanded to include safeguarding, securing, and deactivating WMDs outside the former Soviet Union to prevent the trafficking of WMDs and related technologies.\nTo achieve its mission, the DTRA performs four essential functions: combat support, technology and skill development, threat control, and threat reduction. To satisfy the combat-support function, DTRA performs three basic duties. The first is to use Joint Service Balanced Survivability Assessments in order to protect the United States from an attack by WMDs and formulate better preparations against such a strike. Second, the agency provides operational and analytical support to the Department of Defense and other U.S. government departments on nuclear and WMD issues. Third, the DTRA coordinates the emergency response to a radiological or WMD incident.\nThe technology development function requires the DTRA to provide the Department of Defense with systems to counter WMDs and their proliferation. It develops sensors and weapons to destroy WMD production facilities; determines the lethality of both conventional and unconventional weapons; and assumes responsibility for research, development, testing, and evaluation. The agency also develops training protocols for U.S. nuclear weapons handlers\u2014as well as accident response protocols for handlers of nuclear materials in the U.S. and around the world\u2014and technologies to protect U.S. personnel against terrorist attacks, especially those involving WMDs. The DTRA mission functions of threat control and threat reduction are components of the CTR program.\nU.S. Department of Defense, executive division of the U.S. federal government responsible for ensuring national security and supervising U.S. military forces. Based in the Pentagon, it includes the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the departments of the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Air Force, and numerous defense agencies and allied\u2026\nWeapon of mass destruction (WMD), weapon with the capacity to inflict death and destruction on such a massive scale and so indiscriminately that its very presence in the hands of a hostile power can be considered a grievous threat. Modern weapons of mass destruction are either nuclear, biological, or chemical\u2026\nChemical weapon, any of several chemical compounds, usually toxic agents, that are intended to kill, injure, or incapacitate enemy personnel. In modern warfare, chemical weapons were first used in World War I (1914\u201318), during which gas warfare inflicted more than one million of the casualties suffered by combatants in that\u2026\nBiological weapon, any of a number of disease-producing agents\u2014such as bacteria, viruses, rickettsiae, fungi, toxins, or other biological agents\u2014that may be utilized as weapons against humans, animals, or plants. The direct use of infectious agents and poisons against enemy personnel is an ancient practice in warfare. Indeed,\u2026\nCooperative Threat Reduction", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 139, "original_length": 8380, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 115.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.britmovie.co.uk/forum/back-row/off-topic-discussion/63238-tram-surfing", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:29Z", "digest": "sha1:EMNKAL7XYX6HWQWTY6ILFCEX2MMLT6FP", "length": 2093, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.britmovie.co.uk", "title": "Tram surfing - Forums", "raw_content": "Tram surfing\nI am on holiday in Eire. This is one for the books. A girl breaks the law and does tram surfing. She has an accident. She admits she was breaking the law. She goes to court sues the tram company and is awarded 550 thousand euror's. Many people think this was the wrong decision. She thinks otherwise and can't understand their thinking. She feels she is entitle to the money.\nThis girl was awarded all that money for her stupid, hanging from the side of this moving vehicle. Either the judge, who was presiding over the bench, needs his head examine. It be interesting how Judge Judy would solve this example of stupid behavior.\nA quick google search confirms that this case is a big talking point in the news media today. Lots of opinion and quite a large amount of indignation that a criminal should receive such a compensation award for an injury that was incurred through wilful misadventure. \"Victim\" is reported to be rejecting the criticism. It happened 8 years ago, when she was 13. Her claim was based on the negligence of the tram operators in their procedures for checking that there were no dangling kids on the outside of the vehicle before pulling away.\nThis report gives most of the key points, but does not explain why the case was settled.\nhttps://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/...00-876892.html\nThis other report gives an alternative and important set of cautionary tales where the people making compensation claims were not successful, and legal bills amounted to more than any award might have been.;\nLast edited by StoneAgeMan; 21st October 2018, 04:54 PM.\nEmotion and illogical arguments aside, this is a relatively simple straightforward case of liability. This would be a \"without prejudice\" settlement (i.e. no admission of liability, and consequently non-appealable) and there has obviously been a deduction in the amount of damagers for contributory negligence.\nBut the fact that the tram company subsequently identified some course of remedial action to reduce the possibility of this event recurring is indicative of a degree of contributory negligence.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 107, "original_length": 3707, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 264.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/ffbeeb04-3832-5920-badb-af9d3d88fbca.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:18Z", "digest": "sha1:LPCTMERHBXED52FNCF7COXNK37RX5KYJ", "length": 3177, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "www.buckscountycouriertimes.com", "title": "Boys Lacrosse: Freshmen chipping in for Indians - News - Bucks County Courier Times - Levittown, PA", "raw_content": "Boys Lacrosse: Freshmen chipping in for Indians\nBRISTOL TWP. - It's very difficult to make an impact on the varsity level as a freshman.\nBut the Council Rock North boys lacrosse team has two players in that category.\nOne of them, Brian Fitzpatrick, scored two goals in CR North's 8-2 win over host Harry S. Truman in Tuesday night's Suburban One League National Conference game.\n\"I do get a little nervous going into games,\" said Fitzpatrick, who has seen time at attack and midfield. \"I'm still a freshman and I've got to adapt and go with the flow and find my place on the team. With each game, I get a little more comfortable.\n\"I'm still learning, but I know it's important to get these league wins. Our team goal this year is to win a playoff game, so we need to win our conference games in order to do that.\"\nLong pole midfielder Joe Earley is also a freshman for the Indians.\n\"I've played on high-level teams before, but high school is different,\" he said. \"I think I'm starting to get the hang of it. Last year, I went to a couple of games, so I knew some of the guys a little. I had to learn a lot, but everyone has been really helpful and we're coming together as a family.\"\nCR North coach Joe Kivlen knows what he has in Fitzpatrick and Earley.\n\"They've been a big plus,\" he said. \"I knew they were coming up, but I wasn't sure where they were going to fit in.\n\"They've been working really hard in practice and they've both been really big on trying to get better. Over the course of the season, consistency is what we're getting from them, which you really don't get from freshmen, and that's the most surprising thing about them.\n\"It's been a blessing, because I don't plan on freshmen contributing at all, so we've been pretty happy with them, and they were both contributors in this win.\n\"Truman gets tougher every year. They're doing a great job there.\"\nChris Gifford had two goals, while Jon Rinker, Taylor Smigo, Tyler Shablin and Drew Dispirto each scored a single goal for the Indians.\nCR North scored the first five goals of the game before Truman's Jared Kline found the back of the cage with 4:38 remaining in the third quarter.\nGordon McDonaugh scored the other goal for the Tigers, and goaltender Tyler Brennan had 25 saves.\n\"It's frustrating, because we only lost to them, 8-6, the first time we played them,\" said Brennan, a senior who hopes to play at Widener next year. \"We did come into this game with a little more confidence because of that.\n\"There are still some missing pieces, but we're starting to really put it together. When this group of seniors is gone, I think the team will continue to improve and get more wins. I won't see that end result, but hopefully I'm part of building it.\"\nKaren Sangillo can be reached at ksangillo@phillyBurbs.com\nCouncil Rock North 8, Harry S. Truman 2\nCouncil Rock North 2 3 0 3-8\nHarry S. Truman 0 0 1 1-2\nGoals: CRN-Jon Rinker, Tayler Smigo, Brian Fitzpatrick 2, Tyler Shablin, Drew Dispirto, Chris Gifford 2. HST-Jared Kline, Gordon McDonaugh.\nAssists: CRN-Connor D'Amelia, Gifford.\nShots: CRN 47, HST 15. Saves: Bob Gieda (CRN) 8; Tyler Brennan (HST) 25.\nRecords: CRN (7-3, 3-2 SOL); HST (3-8, 0-6 SOL).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 275, "original_length": 6792, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 306.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.buildgreatfarms.com/basic-guide-to-composting/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:45Z", "digest": "sha1:S3PXIYCMPNLPAYCRZHQYGCIFN5CEYFL3", "length": 6429, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "www.buildgreatfarms.com", "title": "Basic Guide To Composting", "raw_content": "Anyone who is interested in preserving the environment around us is sure to have an interest in the composting process. This concept is designed to help you give back to the earth what you have gotten from it. It is a more complex form of recycling. This involves a cycle that living matter goes through as it grows.\nThe cycle is an intriguing one to watch. If you can stop to take a closer look at some decaying matter, you will notice that some of what is there is going back to the land. You also can view the offspring that is coming about from the whole process.\nThis is essentially the life cycle at work. Your life also is much like what you see going on with the organic matter in a compost pile. Anyone who is in touch with the ways of nature will view this as a miracle which you truly can enjoy.\nCompost is not just about putting some fertilizer on the soil. It is all about the life cycle. Take some decaying plant leaves, as well as manure and various things that you can find in your garden. These materials will be excellent for your own compost heap.\nNumerous farmers have practiced this all over the world. However, it can be conducted by seasoned gardeners and individuals who just love nature as well.\nOrganic residue that is collecting from various materials taken from the land is changed into something fragrant, black and crumbly. When it turns crumbly, that means it is decomposing. It is crucial to mix the materials so that the fungi and bacteria will be able to survive and multiply while they are breaking down. Bacteria is a converter of raw materials, and as such they require air, moisture and food to do their work.\nIf you would like to start a compost pile, get some dry and green things that you notice in your garden. Think of what would be ideal to give to the bacteria for it to thrive. Good ideas include green weeds, lettuce leaves, grass clippings, and pea vines. They all have elements of sugar, along with proteins in them. They also are good when it comes to decomposing fast.\nIt is necessary to mix in small twigs and dry leaves during the process. Since they only have a little nitrogen, they take a lot longer to decompose. You should not leave any of this material completely alone throughout the process.\nAnother way in which you can build compost is to mix fertilizer, then add in garden soil and manure between the various layers of the waste material.\nYou do not have to be a professional in order to create your own version of compost. You only need a close connection with nature. Then, you will be all ready to go.\nYou should remember that by putting together a compost pile, you are providing something wonderful to the environment. The process is an amazing one that you surely will appreciate taking part in by creating the tool. Since not everyone likes gardening, it stands to reason that not everyone will like making compost.\nAs you practice, you are sure to develop perfection with making your compost. Over time, you should come up with techniques. You may even decide to go a step further and share your new found knowledge and passion with other people.\nA Simple Look at Composting\nYou certainly will find numerous articles and other information about composting on the Internet and elsewhere. You don\u2019t need to find yet another article that goes into detail about the scientific and technical aspects of creating and using compost.\nI am not going to deny that it is important to get some kind of technical explanation about how it all works. However, it would be great to come across something that has more of a layman\u2019s approach when it comes to composting.\nCompost is a substance that is organic in nature. Once it is added to soil, it can do wonderful things beyond what fertilizer does. It offers conditioning to the soil and also serves as a mulch. Your soil will receive the minerals and nutrients that are necessary to its growth and ability to thrive. The soil will hold onto more water, as well.\nThere are quite a few methods you can use for composting. The one that appears to be the easiest is known as \u201cno-turn\u201d composting. Just like it sounds, you will not have to turn the pile over once each week to make the process go faster. With \u201cno-turn\u201d, you just have to put a bunch of course materials into the mixture.\nFor example, you can add in a lot of straw. This will make air pockets, which causes the pile to become aerated. Your heap should develop at about the same rate as with the turn-over technique. When you do this method, it is important that you get your compost from the bottom of the pile. Also, it is crucial that you add some new organic material to the top of the pile, along with new coarse material.\nIf you only have a ton of leaves for materials to use for a compost pile, do not worry. It is entirely possible to make compost from only leaves. You have to employ some simple techniques and will need a couple of things to get started. Find a spot where you will keep the pile. Leaves are best kept in an area that has adequate shade, since this will ensure that the pile stays moist or damp. Do not pack the pile tightly, as the air needs to be able to circulate throughout it.\nThis process will take about four to six months to complete. The leave compost will be all ready for the soil. You should note that this type of compost will not have all of the microorganisms and nutrients for it to be considered a fertilizer. It is sure to be a great soil conditioner.\nIt is important that you have plenty of materials that contain adequate nitrogen and carbon. This means vegetable and fruit scraps, as well as some other food items. You should avoid placing any bones in this, or any type of meat. Ideal products are shrub and grass clippings, coffee grounds, cardboard and types of shredded paper, sawdust, and eggshells.\nYou will need to do something in order to keep fruit flies and other kinds of pests from gathering on the pile. Put a cover on it, or you can place some calcium or lime on the top. It is good to repeat this process when you add on more materials. Calcium and lime are wonderful when it comes to neutralizing odors, which is a big plus.\nIt is my hope that this guide gives you a simple view of the act of composting. Remember that the process is only as difficult as you make it out to be. With the basic tips given in the article, you should have a great deal of success with creating your own compost pile.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 99, "original_length": 7877, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 251.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.buildgreatfarms.com/organic-gardening-and-its-benefits/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:15Z", "digest": "sha1:HEFUDACQEKBERRREUZDKZWKMFRAOBG4N", "length": 3627, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.buildgreatfarms.com", "title": "Organic Gardening And Its Benefits", "raw_content": "Organic Gardening And Its Benefits\nDue to the reported benefits or organic gardening, increasing numbers of people have determined to grow crops using more natural means. The most basic principle people need to be aware of and experts agree upon about organic gardening is the fact that this process replenishes natural resources rather than using them up.\nOrganic gardening using natural methods of composting plants materials which are then used to feed the soil into which crops are planted.\nHow Lives Are Improved Through Organic Gardening\nThese days, people are not outdoors a lot where they can see and feel the beauties of nature. However, even though we might not be outside the comforts provided by the home environment, there is no reason we cannot reap the benefits of organic gardening or indulge in its beauty.\nThere is a common misconception that organically grown crops are not as good as those grown with chemical fertilizers. This is simply not true. In fact, although organic gardening can be tedious to get started, the benefits outweigh the work that goes into reaping the harvest. Organic gardening is an enjoyable activity that can lead to a healthier family and planet.\nHere are just some of the benefits derived from organic gardening\n1. Do things in a natural way. You will get back to the basics of nature and that always leads to the feeling of calmness and health. The very air or relaxation and serenity are provided by flowers, trees, plants and other natural elements found in nature.\nWith the dawn of our modern age, the majority of people today have lost the ability to discern how tranquil and satisfying nature can be. If you would like to get back to the basics of life, it is possible to recreate the comforts it provides through organic gardening.\n2. Supply of healthier food. Creating your own organic garden might just mean you will have to get down and dirty to grow healthier vegetables and fruits. Aside from the energy expended on the many tasks involved the realization that you\u2019ll be harvesting produce that other people can only dream about at the end of the season can be quite satisfying.\nEven though a healthy amount of energy must be used to bring about this effect, the investment of time renders a good supply of fresh, healthy and great tasting food.\n3. A great way to save money. One of the best benefits of creating your own organic garden is that it is an effective alternative for saving money. It is also an amazing way to inspire you to get out and enjoy the great outdoors. Except for any expenditure getting started, organic gardening provides the best crops with added flavor for free, and the environment will be better off for it.\n4. Perfect hobby or past time. Older people enjoy organic gardening because it offers the amazing benefit of a less stressful life. However, organic gardening is not just for a particular age group. Young and old alike report that it is more of a leisurely activity getting back into nature where they can grow crops the old fashioned way.\nBefore getting involved in this very natural activity, it is important that you understand where to begin and how to get started. A detailed plan is a must to get started with organic gardening. The place to start is with deciding on an appropriate location for your gardening activities.\nFor instance, if your organic garden will be strictly for ornamental purposes, it should be located where you can protect it against harmful elements. If your plan is to create an organic vegetable garden, ensure that it is situated where the plants will get enough sunlight and a good supply of water.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 90, "original_length": 5044, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 206.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bullionvault.com/gold-news/gold-diwali-101420161", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:32Z", "digest": "sha1:OP6OQHVA7SRKQLO7CKAYCJZBZ6676SWO", "length": 5953, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "www.bullionvault.com", "title": "A Ridiculous Gold Price Forecast | Gold News", "raw_content": "A Ridiculous Gold Price Forecast\n$23,000 per ounce anyone? Anyone...?\nTHERE's no other way to say it: Gold had a bad week, writes Frank Holmes at US Global Investors.\nLast Tuesday alone, the yellow metal fell more than 3%, shuffling off $43, in its biggest one-day loss in three years. It broke below the psychologically important $1300 mark and touched the 200-day moving average before rising again Friday.\nIn the past, gold has surged in September and corrected in October leading up to Diwali, the Festival of Lights, in India. Consumers there are expected to take ample advantage of the gold discount's timing, as it follows a strong monsoon season and comes just before Diwali and the wedding season, when gifts of gold are considered auspicious. The correction has been followed by a Christmas and Chinese New Year-driven rally.\nThe Love Trade in China was on hold last week, as markets in the world's largest consumer of gold were closed in honor of Golden Week, when people celebrate the founding of the People's Republic of China.\nThe Asian giant has increasingly become a price-maker of gold \u2013 remember, it introduced a Renminbi-denominated fix price in April \u2013 so when it's not in the game, the shorts can easily bring the metal down. Many investors put in their trades the previous week, anticipating China's closure.\nBelow, you can see gold edging close to negative 1 standard deviation, triggering a \"buy\" signal.\nGoldman Sachs analysts, who normally hold a bearish outlook on the yellow metal, echoed the sentiment in a note last week, writing: \"We would view a gold selloff substantially below $1250 as a strategic buying opportunity, given substantial downside risks to global growth remain, and given that the market is likely to remain concerned about the ability of monetary policy to respond to any potential shocks to growth.\"\nAs always, I recommend a 10% weighting in gold, with 5% in bullion and coins, the other 5% in gold stocks. Investors might be interested in using this time to rebalance. With China open for business again this week, I expect the metal's performance to improve.\nLike gold, the British pound took a hard beating last week, plunging more than 6% in early Asian trading to a three decade-low against the US Dollar.\nI don't know about you, but I find it interesting that the drop occurred mere hours after French President Fran\u00e7ois Hollande told an audience that the European Union should take a \"firm\" stance against the U.K. for its Brexit vote, partially with the intent of discouraging other EU nations from leaving the bloc.\nLast week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released an eye-opening report on the ticking time bomb that is global debt, warning the nations of the world that if they don't deleverage \u2013 and soon \u2013 there could be grave consequences.\nAt the very least, we could continue to see sluggish growth. In 2015, global debt of the nonfinancial sector, including governments, households and nonfinancial firms, stood at a mind-boggling $152 trillion, or 225% of world GDP, an all-time high.\nTwo-thirds of this amount, according to the IMF, comes from the private sector, which has lately gorged on cheap credit, especially since rates were slashed following the recession. This not only raises the possibility of another financial crisis, \"but can also hamper growth even in its absence, as highly indebted borrowers eventually decrease their consumption and investment.\"\nIn other words, debt plus slow growth leads to even more debt and even slower growth, creating a \"vicious feedback loop\" that becomes harder and harder to escape, the IMF writes.\nIn June 2015, I shared a thought experiment of what might happen to the price of gold if tomorrow it backed global debt 100%. Since it's been more than a year since then, and because a few things have changed, I thought it might be interesting to revisit this idea.\nAccording to the latest data from the World Gold Council (WGC), an estimated 186,700 metric tonnes (6.5 billion ounces) of gold have been mined in the history of the world. Based on today's prices, this mountain of metal is worth $8 trillion.\nLet's imagine we wake up tomorrow morning and learn that all debt \u2013 all $152 trillion \u2013 were backed by gold. That means each ounce of the stuff would suddenly be valued at roughly $23,000. With one American gold eagle, then, you could buy a new family sedan and still be left with some pocket change.\nNow of course this is ridiculous, but that's part of the experiment.\nThere was a time when most advanced nations' currencies were backed by physical gold (and/or silver). And because gold is limited, so too was public spending. In 1970, a year before President Richard Nixon \"closed the gold window,\" the US owed $370 billion. Today, it owes $19.5 trillion, or more than $163,000 per American taxpayer.\nHad we stayed on something resembling a gold standard, it would have been highly unlikely, if not impossible, for our debts to climb so high.\nI'm not saying we should \u2013 or even can \u2013 return to such a system, despite the endorsement of Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and several other prominent politicians. It would be challenging to find a single legitimate economist who supports a gold standard in today's incredibly complex economic environment.\nCentral banks, on the other hand, continue to add to their gold reserves and drive demand.\nAccording to a Macquarie report last week, banks added 27 tonnes to their reserves in August in an effort to diversify their assets and hedge against their own policies. As we've been seeing lately, Russia and China were responsible for a huge percentage of the buying, with Russia saying it has no specific target amount, according to the WGC.\nIn a survey of 19 central bank reserve managers, the WGC found that close to 90% of them have plans either to increase their gold reserves or maintain them at current levels.\nInvestors might consider doing the same, for the very same reasons.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 208, "original_length": 11002, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 276.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bunburymail.com.au/story/5478366/toothpaste-hand-wash-could-be-building-superbugs-study-shows/?cs=12", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:37:47Z", "digest": "sha1:F5SUZW7JTIU3DWDEC7FW5NIWYFOELUSN", "length": 6794, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.bunburymail.com.au", "title": "Toothpaste, hand wash could be building 'superbugs', study shows | Bunbury Mail", "raw_content": "An ingredient found in thousands of personal care products, including some brands of toothpaste and hand wash, could be making certain bacteria resistant to antibiotics, a Queensland research paper has found. Triclosan is an ingredient added to a range of products intended to reduce or prevent bacterial contamination, including hand wash, toothpaste and some cosmetics, according to the federal Department of Health. In 2010 the European Union banned triclosan in all products that come into contact with food but still allowed for it to be present in toothpaste up to a maximum of 0.3 per cent. The ingredient was banned from certain hand wash products in the United States in 2016 after studies raised the possibility its exposure could promote antibiotic-resistant bacteria. University of Queensland Advanced Water Management Centre Dr Jianhua Guo decided to investigate the chemical compound further, which resulted in a paper published in Environment International on Tuesday. Dr Guo said while it was known the overuse and misuse of antibiotics could create \u201csuperbugs\u201d, less was known about whether other chemicals could induce antibiotic resistance. Antimicrobial resistance has become a major public health threat globally, with about 700,000 people a year dying from antimicrobial-resistant infections, according to the paper. The Brisbane paper noted previous wastewater studies conducted in South Africa found residential areas had similar or higher levels of antibiotic-resistant bacteria compared with hospital wastewater, where \u201cyou would expect greater antibiotic concentrations\u201d, Dr Guo said. \u201cWe then wondered whether non-antibiotic, antimicrobial chemicals such as triclosan can directly induce antibiotic resistance,\u201d he said. His research team exposed varied levels of triclosan to the bacteria E.coli, often found in the intestines of people and which can cause various diseases including pneumonia, urinary tract infections and food poisoning symptoms such as cramping and diarrhoea. The research team found there was no significant increase in the mutation frequency of E.coli until day 30, when the exposure of triclosan at \"an environmentally relevant\" concentration, increased mutation frequencies in the bacteria E.coli against a number of antibiotics. \u201cThis discovery provides strong evidence that the triclosan found in personal care products that we use daily is accelerating the spread of antibiotic resistance,\u201d Dr Guo said. UQ Advance Water Management Centre Director Professor Zhiguo said the discovery should be a wake-up call to re-evaluate the impact of such chemicals. \u201cWhile the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banned the use of triclosan in antibacterial soap, the previous lack of unequivocal evidence prevented such a policy being adopted in other countries,\u201d Professor Yuan said. The federal Department of Health indicated in 2016 it was aware of FDA recommendations regarding antibacterial soups and would review the information to see whether action was required in Australia. Fairfax Media approached the federal Department of Health for comment. The research was funded by the Australian Research Council Future Fellowship and the UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards. brisbanetimes.com.au\nhttps://nnimgt-a.akamaihd.net/transform/v1/crop/frm/GJZ5TVpAk84wrTzsQfLQRB/2aeb9e3a-33b2-47a5-b8b1-6d1460e4e86b.PNG/r41_18_1990_1119_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg\nToothpaste, hand wash could be building 'superbugs', study shows\nAn ingredient found in thousands of personal care products, including some brands of toothpaste and hand wash, could be making certain bacteria resistant to antibiotics, a Queensland research paper has found.\nTriclosan is an ingredient added to a range of products intended to reduce or prevent bacterial contamination, including hand wash, toothpaste and some cosmetics, according to the federal Department of Health.\nIn 2010 the European Union banned triclosan in all products that come into contact with food but still allowed for it to be present in toothpaste up to a maximum of 0.3 per cent.\nThe ingredient was banned from certain hand wash products in the United States in 2016 after studies raised the possibility its exposure could promote antibiotic-resistant bacteria.\nTriclosan is found in a range of products including some hand wash. Photo: Wayne Venables\nUniversity of Queensland Advanced Water Management Centre Dr Jianhua Guo decided to investigate the chemical compound further, which resulted in a paper published in Environment International on Tuesday.\nDr Guo said while it was known the overuse and misuse of antibiotics could create \u201csuperbugs\u201d, less was known about whether other chemicals could induce antibiotic resistance.\nAntimicrobial resistance has become a major public health threat globally, with about 700,000 people a year dying from antimicrobial-resistant infections, according to the paper.\nThe Brisbane paper noted previous wastewater studies conducted in South Africa found residential areas had similar or higher levels of antibiotic-resistant bacteria compared with hospital wastewater, where \u201cyou would expect greater antibiotic concentrations\u201d, Dr Guo said.\n\u201cWe then wondered whether non-antibiotic, antimicrobial chemicals such as triclosan can directly induce antibiotic resistance,\u201d he said.\nHis research team exposed varied levels of triclosan to the bacteria E.coli, often found in the intestines of people and which can cause various diseases including pneumonia, urinary tract infections and food poisoning symptoms such as cramping and diarrhoea.\nThe research team found there was no significant increase in the mutation frequency of E.coli until day 30, when the exposure of triclosan at \"an environmentally relevant\" concentration, increased mutation frequencies in the bacteria E.coli against a number of antibiotics.\n\u201cThis discovery provides strong evidence that the triclosan found in personal care products that we use daily is accelerating the spread of antibiotic resistance,\u201d Dr Guo said.\nUQ Advance Water Management Centre Director Professor Zhiguo said the discovery should be a wake-up call to re-evaluate the impact of such chemicals.\n\u201cWhile the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banned the use of triclosan in antibacterial soap, the previous lack of unequivocal evidence prevented such a policy being adopted in other countries,\u201d Professor Yuan said.\nThe federal Department of Health indicated in 2016 it was aware of FDA recommendations regarding antibacterial soups and would review the information to see whether action was required in Australia.\nFairfax Media approached the federal Department of Health for comment.\nThe research was funded by the Australian Research Council Future Fellowship and the UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 152, "original_length": 8853, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 309.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2018/08/27/buzzfeed-report-catholic-orphanages-reveals-decades-child-abuse/1108320002/?from=new-cookie", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:20Z", "digest": "sha1:VJUKE7PV4ZOODXXQBEHXVRMHBYCT6LTX", "length": 8950, "nlines": 32, "source_domain": "www.burlingtonfreepress.com", "title": "BuzzFeed News report on abuse at St. Joseph's Catholic orphanage", "raw_content": "At St. Joseph's Orphanage in Burlington and elsewhere, BuzzFeed News reporter Christine Kenneally spotlights unrelenting abuse of captive children.\nThe ghosts of St. Joseph's orphanage: BuzzFeed News reveals extent of child abuse At St. Joseph's Orphanage in Burlington and elsewhere, BuzzFeed News reporter Christine Kenneally spotlights unrelenting abuse of captive children. Check out this story on burlingtonfreepress.com: https://bfpne.ws/2NnDBdF\nChristine Kenneally, BuzzFeed Published 8:21 a.m. ET Aug. 27, 2018 | Updated 12:01 p.m. ET Sept. 10, 2018\nSt. Joseph\u2019s Orphanage was operated in Burlington by the Sisters of Providence from 1854 to 1974, at its height accommodating over 200 persons. Ryan Mercer, Free Press Staff Writer\nQuotes found written all over the now-closed St. Joseph's Orphanage in Burlington, Vermont, were painted on the walls of a second-floor room as part of an artwork by Abbey Meaker titled \"The Writing Room.\" It was a portion of an installation-based exhibition called 'An Order\" organized by Meaker in 2015.(Photo11: Ian MacLellan for BuzzFeed News)\nIn the 1990s, Burlington Free Press journalists including Sam Hemingway reported extensively on allegations of child abuse by former residents of St. Joseph's Orphanage in Burlington. Two decades later, Christine Kenneally, a reporter for the online news site BuzzFeed News, has spent four years revisiting the scandal of child abuse at Catholic orphanages around the United States.\nMuch of Kenneally's report focuses on abuse at the Burlington orphanage, which was located on North Avenue. With BuzzFeed News' permission, the Free Press publishes this excerpt.\nIt was a late summer afternoon, Sally Dale recalled, when the boy was thrown through the fourth-floor window.\n\u201cHe kind of hit, and\u2014 \u201d she placed both hands palm-down before her. Her right hand slapped down on the left, rebounded up a little, then landed again.\nFor just a moment, the room was still. \u201cBounced?\u201d one of the many lawyers present asked. \u201cWell, I guess you\u2019d call it \u2014 it was a bounce,\u201d she replied. \u201cAnd then he laid still.\u201d\nSally, who was speaking under oath, tried to explain it. She started again. \u201cThe first thing I saw was looking up, hearing the crash of the window, and then him going down, but my eyes were still glued\u2014 .\u201d She pointed up at where the broken window would have been and then she pointed at her own face and drew circles around it. \u201cThat habit thing, whatever it is, that they wear, stuck out like a sore thumb.\u201d\nFrom the Free Press archives: Vermont Diocese: 'Please accept this deep apology...'\nA nun was standing at the window, Sally said. She straightened her arms out in front of her. \u201cBut her hands were like that.\u201d\nThere were only two people in the yard, she said: Sally herself and a nun who was escorting her. In a tone that was still completely bewildered, she recalled asking, Sister?\nSister took hold of Sally\u2019s ear, turned her around, and walked her back to the other side of the yard. The nun told her she had a vivid imagination.\nWe are going to have to do something about you, child.\nSally figured the boy fell from the window in 1944 or so, because she was moving to the \u201cbig girls\u201d dormitory that day. Girls usually moved when they were 6, though residents of St. Joseph\u2019s Orphanage in Burlington, Vermont, did not always have a clear sense of their age \u2014 birthdays, like siblings and even names, being one of the many human attributes that were stripped from them when they passed through its doors. She recounted his fall in a deposition on November 6, 1996, as part of a remarkable group of lawsuits that 28 former residents brought against the nuns, the diocese, and the social agency that oversaw the orphanage.\nI watched the deposition \u2014 all 19 hours of grainy, scratchy videotape \u2014 more than two decades later. By that time sexual abuse scandals had ripped through the Catholic Church, shattering the silence that had for so long protected its secrets. It was easier for accusers in general to come forward, and easier for people to believe their stories, even if the stories sounded too awful to be true. Even if they had happened decades ago, when the accusers were only children. Even if the people they were accusing were pillars of the community.\nMore: History Space: Renovation of former orphanage\nBut for all these revelations \u2014 including this month\u2019s Pennsylvania grand jury report on how the church hid the crimes of hundreds of priests \u2014 a darker history, the one to which Sally\u2019s story belongs, remains all but unknown. It is the history of unrelenting physical and psychological abuse of captive children. Across thousands of miles, across decades, the abuse took eerily similar forms: People who grew up in orphanages said they were made to kneel or stand for hours, sometimes with their arms straight out, sometimes holding their boots or some other item. They were forced to eat their own vomit. They were dangled upside down out windows, over wells, or in laundry chutes. Children were locked in cabinets, in closets, in attics, sometimes for days, sometimes so long they were forgotten. They were told their relatives didn\u2019t want them, or they were permanently separated from their siblings. They were sexually abused. They were mutilated.\nFrom the Free Press archives: Nuns recall abuses at St. Joseph's Orphanage\nDarkest of all, it is a history of children who entered orphanages but did not leave them alive.\nFrom former residents of America\u2019s Catholic orphanage system, I had heard stories about these deaths \u2014 that they were not natural or even accidents, but were instead the inevitable consequence of the nuns\u2019 brutality. Sally herself described witnessing at least two incidents in which she said a child at St. Joseph\u2019s died or was outright murdered.\nOutside the United States, the orphanage system and the wreckage it produced has undergone substantial official scrutiny over the last two decades. In Canada, the UK, Germany, Ireland, and Australia, multiple formal government inquiries have subpoenaed records, taken witness testimony, and found, time and again, that children consigned to orphanages \u2014 in many cases, Catholic orphanages \u2014 were victims of severe abuse.\nIn the United States, however, no such reckoning has taken place. Even today the stories of the orphanages are rarely told and barely heard, let alone recognized in any formal way by the government, the public, or the courts. The few times that orphanage abuse cases have been litigated in the US, the courts have remained generally indifferent. Private settlements could be as little as a few thousand dollars. Government bodies have rarely pursued the allegations.\nSo in a journey that lasted four years, I went around the country, and even around the world, in search of the truth about this vast, unnarrated chapter of American experience. Eventually I focused on St. Joseph\u2019s, where the former residents\u2019 lawsuits had briefly forced the dark history into public view.\nThe former residents of St. Joseph\u2019s told of being subjected to tortures \u2014 from the straightforwardly awful to the downright bizarre \u2014 that were occasionally administered as a special punishment but were often just a matter of course. Their tales were strikingly similar, each adding weight and credibility to the others. In these accounts, St. Joseph\u2019s emerged as its own little universe, governed by a cruel logic, hidden behind brick walls just a few miles past the quaint streets of downtown Burlington.\nWhen I first started looking, it seemed that all that remained of St. Joseph\u2019s were deposition transcripts and the sharp, bitter memories of the few remaining survivors I was able to find. But over the course of years I found that there was far more to discover. More than the former residents themselves knew, and more than was uncovered during the 1990s legal battle. Through tens of thousands of pages of documents, some of them secret, as well as dozens of interviews, what I found at St. Joseph\u2019s and other American orphanages was a vast and terrible matrix of corroboration.\nThe Diocese of Burlington, Vermont Catholic Charities, and the Sisters of Providence, the order of nuns who worked at St. Joseph\u2019s, all chose not to speak with me about these allegations. At the end of my reporting, Monsignor John McDermott, of the Burlington Diocese, provided a brief statement: \u201cPlease know that the Diocese of Burlington treats allegations of child abuse seriously and procedures are in place for reporting to the proper authorities. While it cannot alter the past, the Diocese is doing everything it can to ensure children are protected.\u201d\nRead the full BuzzFeed News report by reporter Christine Kenneally here: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/christinekenneally/orphanage-death-catholic-abuse-nuns-st-josephs\nMore: Here\u2019s why Vermont schools don't always tell you about abuse complaints against teachers\nRead or Share this story: https://bfpne.ws/2NnDBdF", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 197, "original_length": 14221, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 255.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com.au/steve-jobs-helped-invent-cloud-computing-2013-9", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:41:27Z", "digest": "sha1:2W6OR6UV3TWD7BFUYY5V2F2KUOA52GFF", "length": 3084, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.businessinsider.com.au", "title": "Here's How Steve Jobs Helped Invent Cloud Computing, According To Marc Benioff | Business Insider", "raw_content": "Here's How Steve Jobs Helped Invent Cloud Computing, According To Marc Benioff\nAPSteve Jobs\nSalesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff is often credited with inventing cloud computing or at least the form of it known as software-as-a-service (SaaS), where an app is delivered over the Internet.\nOther people say that Oracle CEO Larry Ellison invented SaaS cloud computing, as he was the inspiration and the financial backer for both Salesforce.com and NetSuite. Benioff was working at Oracle, in a meeting with Larry Ellison, when he thought of Salesforce.com, the story goes.\nBut on Tuesday at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco, Benioff talked about his other mentor: Steve Jobs and his role in shaping Salesforce.com.\nJobs was Ellison\u2019s best friend, but that\u2019s not how Benioff knew him. Benioff, a child prodigy programmer, worked for Steve Jobs at Apple\u2019s Macintosh division at age 19 before landing at Oracle with Ellison.\nBenioff idolized Jobs.\n\u201cSteve Jobs was a huge mentor. There would be no Salesforce.com without Steve Jobs,\u201d Benioff said on Tuesday.\nBenioff had to build up the nerve the first time he called Jobs for advice, he said. \u201cI\u2019m having trouble at Salesforce.com and I want to come see you,\u201d Benioff told him on the phone.\nJobs agreed and Benioff told Jobs everything about his plans for his startup. \u201cI rolled out the whole corporate strategy\u201d he said.\nJobs told Benioff that he needed to do three things to be successful:\n\u201cNumber one, be 10 times larger in 24 months or it\u2019s over,\u201d Benioff recounted. \u201cNumber two, you need to get a huge client on the service right away like Avon. The CEO of Avon was on [Apple\u2019s] board. Number three, you need to build an \u2018application economy.'\u201d\nWikipediaMarc Benioff\nBenioff asked him, \u201cWhat\u2019s an application economy, Steve?\u201d and Jobs told him, \u201cI don\u2019t know but you need to figure it out.\u201d\nIt took Benioff months to puzzle it out. Eventually, he realised that he needed to turn Salesforce.com into a platform and build an app store for it.\nBenioff planned to call it \u201cApp Store.\u201d He bought \u201cappstore.com\u201d and registered the trademark. Then he changed his mind and in 2006 launched it as \u201cApp Exchange.\u201d\nTwo years later, Benioff was in the audience at the Apple event where Steve Jobs said he was launching the \u201cmost important thing Apple ever done.\u201d This was something called the App Store, which is where iPhone users could buy third-party apps for their device.\nBenioff said it felt like \u201ca spiritual moment\u201d where he was validated that he had the vision right. He had almost chosen the same name for his platform. So Benioff gave his mentor the App Store URL and the trademark as a gift, he said.\nToday, Benioff is in the midst of his first billion-dollar quarter at Salesforce.com and on track to do $US4 billion in revenue.\nBut for years the naysayers said that his model of selling software couldn\u2019t be done. Especially when nearly all of the first crop of companies that tried it failed.\nAnd Benioff credits Jobs for helping him.\ncloud computing enterprise enterprise-us marc benioff sai salesforce.com steve jobs", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 4286, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 281.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.businesstraveller.com/news/2009/04/25/hilton-to-open-second-croatian-hotel/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:13Z", "digest": "sha1:E7VB7N56YZLS55FJSSVQXNSYNUQFFC7I", "length": 1010, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.businesstraveller.com", "title": "Hilton to open second Croatian hotel \u2013 Business Traveller", "raw_content": "Hilton to open second Croatian hotel\nThe former Hotel Marjan in Split is to reopen as a Hilton hotel later this year, following an extensive refurbishment of the property.\nThe 314-room Hilton Marjan Split will open in three stages, with an initial launch scheduled for the fourth quarter of this year. This will involve the opening of 220 rooms, the lobby area, the hotel\u2019s restaurants and bars, spa and wellness facilities, and three meeting rooms. The second phase will add further conference space in the first quarter of 2010, with the remaining 94 rooms due to open in the third quarter of next year.\nThe property is located on the waterfront, within walking distance of the city\u2019s historic centre, and will join the Hilton Imperial Dubrovnik as the second Hilton-branded hotel in Croatia. The Hilton Marjan Split will be run under a franchise agreement with Adriatic D.D. (part of the Kerum Group), which currently owns three independent properties in the greater Split area.\nTags: Croatia, Hilton, Split", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 92, "original_length": 2494, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 219.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bustle.com/articles/155309-green-room-isnt-a-true-story-but-it-explores-a-truly-scary-reality", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:23Z", "digest": "sha1:HFBRE4T332XZYSGDZV5VCOXKWXNV3MX5", "length": 4153, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.bustle.com", "title": "'Green Room' Isn't A True Story, But It Explores A Truly Scary Reality", "raw_content": "'Green Room' Isn't A True Story, But It Explores A Truly Scary Reality\nIt's official: the Pacific Northwest has taken over our cultural imagination. From the glorious return of Sleater-Kinney to Netflix marathons of Portlandia to Voodoo Donut invading, well, everywhere, the ol' PNW is the place media wants to be at the moment. Riddled with Riot Grrrl and hardcore punk history, cities like Eugene and Seattle are once again total hotspots for movies, TV, and art, and now, with the release of the film Green Room, the region has become the focus of a horror-thriller. The movie focused on the struggle between neo-Nazis and a punk band, and while Green Room is not a true story, it does deal with the region's complicated history.\nThe movie follows a touring band who plays a show at a seedy, white supremacist bar, and who, afterwards, witness the neo-Nazi owners commit a murder. They are then locked up in the titular room, where they await their fates. \"The film brutally toys with your sympathies as the band descends into hell, finds unlikely allies, and then tries to climb its way back out again,\" wrote Vox 's critic Todd VanDer Werff. \"Not everybody will survive.\" And while it's much crunchier than the spooky and surreal Twin Peaks, for instance, Green Room is not based on reality. Instead, this violent flick bottles up the very real histories of neo-Nazi culture and hardcore punk, tosses in a few different made up stories, and gives it all a good shake.\nFor many people (including myself), the horrific idea of neo-Nazism was first introduced in American History X, the 1998 Ed Norton drama. Yet interestingly, the often-associated skinhead movement didn't begin with bigotry. Wrote the Southern Poverty Law Center in 2012, \"The skinhead style first emerged as part of a non-racist and multiracial scene. White skinheads took on a persona that reflected admiration for and kinship with a new generation of working-class West Indian immigrants in the United Kingdom... Like the Jamaican immigrants of the time, the first skinheads were clean-cut, neat, and sharp-looking compared to the shaggier youth styles of the period.\"\nThe Law Center noted that it took almost 20 years for the skinhead movement to take on racist ideology, writing, \"White power skinheads develop a separate subculture based on the white nationalist music of 'Rock Against Communism; bands like Skrewdriver, Skullhead, and No Remorse who opposed the 'Rock Against Racism' concerts of anti-racist skins.\" To perhaps oversimplify an incredibly complicated history, a ton of these anti-racist skinheads had a hand in developing the Pacific Northwest's hardcore punk scene. Local tensions brewed between the two sects, and ultimately resulted in many people leaving behind the skinhead identity. Green Room's writer and director, Jeremy Saulnier, said that his experiences with white supremacy in the hardcore scene had a heavy influence on the film. In an interview with Birth. Movies. Death . , Saulnier said:\nIn DC in the 90's, yes, there were some Nazi skinheads at some of these shows. And certainly, cinematically-speaking, Nazi bad guys are sort of a low-hanging fruit. But in the punk scene, that's who it is, y'know? They have an ideology that's about hate and separatism and aggression. They are the fucking bad guys! So, this wasn't like typecasting or whatever; this happens. And in the (punk) scene, these guys will often attract violence. So this was a very natural extension of my observations.\nSauliner said in the interview that he was particularly fascinated with the militant nature of the skinhead culture and used it to inform the crime at the center of Green Room. \"Nazi skinheads were at the shows I went to back in Washington D.C. It was a little scary,\" he said in a conversation with The A.V. Club. \"I was young. I was part of the hardcore punk scene, going to shows every other weekend. I was in a hardcore band. All my friends were in the punk scene. We weren\u2019t just that.\"\nWhile Saulnier survived his brushes with white supremacist skinheads, it sounds like his Green Room characters don't fare as well.\nImages: Giphy; A24 Productions (2)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 15, "original_length": 4393, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 252.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.bzlibrary.com/articles/nwa-real-estate-firms-long-and-griffin-announce-merger/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:26Z", "digest": "sha1:KB3RNV4FO3XNHTTWOXA2AZ6P4ZX72MWT", "length": 2361, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.bzlibrary.com", "title": "NWA Real Estate Firms Long and Griffin Announce Merger", "raw_content": "NWA Real Estate Firms Long and Griffin Announce Merger\nCategory Retail & Sales\nTwo of Northwest Arkansas\u2019 most recognizable real estate companies are joining forces.\nClark Long & Associates and The Griffin Company have merged to form Weichert Realtors, members of both entities announced Thursday.\nFinancial terms of the merger were not disclosed.\nGary Griffin will serve as the new company\u2019s principal broker, while Brandon Long, Carter Clark and Philip Taldo will work as executive brokers. All four men are listed as owners of the new enterprise.\n\u201cThe Griffin Company has been in business for 31 years. We\u2019ve been in business for six,\u201d Long said. \u201cI think some of our weaknesses are The Griffin Company\u2019s strengths, and I think some of our strengths might be some of The Griffin Company\u2019s weaknesses.\n\u201cThe merger between the two companies is great in that respect.\u201d\nIt also brings together two of the area\u2019s most successful companies. According to the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal\u2019s most recent list of largest real estate firms, Griffin Company ranked eighth with $94.66 million in 2008 sales. Clark Long ranked No. 10 with $47.12 million.\nTheir combined total of $141.78 million would\u2019ve trailed only Lindsey & Associates ($348.35 million), Coldwell Banker Faucette ($220.94 million) and Harris McHaney Realtors ($200 million). Weichert Realtors \u2014 The Griffin Company will have a combined 112 agents.\n\u201cThe biggest thing I see coming out of this deal is the utilization of the talents of both companies,\u201d Griffin said. \u201cOur associates are our biggest assets.\u201d\nThe move also means the consolidation of workspace. Clark Long will close its offices in Fayetteville, Lowell and Bentonville, and move into Griffin\u2019s offices in Rogers and Springdale, effectively creating a separate bureau for both Benton and Washington counties.\nDespite the appearance, the merger could intensify competition in the area as members of both companies said their primary objectives have nothing to do with challenging other organizations with higher sales totals.\n\u201cThe main things we\u2019re looking at are, \u2018How can we grow and how can we give our customers good service?'\u201d Griffin said. \u201cWhat happens, happens.\n\u201cWe don\u2019t have any agenda to take over the world.\u201d\nNorth Tulsa Grocery Store Announced\nQuikTrip Among Best Places to Work\nFierce Competition for Retail Jobs Expected", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 64, "original_length": 3152, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 308.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cai.cam.ac.uk/people/ulrich-keyser", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:16Z", "digest": "sha1:HFXSTL3RUCJM5PFELXGHRLAREW6HH6WP", "length": 2343, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.cai.cam.ac.uk", "title": "Dr Ulrich Keyser | Gonville & Caius", "raw_content": "Dr Ulrich Keyser\nDiplom in Physics (Dipl.-Phys. Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany), PhD in Physics (Dr. rer. nat., Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany)\nHelmholtz Price for applied Metrology, Helmholtz Fond E.V. and PTB, 2016\nConsolidator Grant, European Research Council, 2015\nStarting Grant, European Research Council, 2010\nEmmy Noether Research Grant of the German Science Foundation (DFG) 2007\nMy main research is focused on understanding all transport processes through membranes of both biological and technological origin. Specifically, we are interested in the physics of ions, macromolecules and particles in confined geometries at the single molecule/-particle level. My experimental group thrives to exert maximum control over all parameters using techniques like: DNA (origami) self-assembly, optical trapping, particle tracking, fluorescence microscopy, electrophysiology, or micro-/nanofluidics. In parallel, we are always improving and developing new measurement techniques based on a combination of single molecule approaches.\nI enjoy the direct contact with students central to the Cambridge supervision system. I supervise first and third year courses in Natural Sciences (Physical) as well as research reviews and projects. It is my strong belief that successful researchers can only be made in the lab. Thus I develop the next generation of scientists by teaching through research on cutting edge areas at the boundary of physics, chemistry and the life sciences.\nN. A. W. Bell and U. F. Keyser. Digitally encoded DNA nanostructures for multiplexed, single-molecule protein sensing with nanopores. Nature Nanotechnology, 11:645-651, 2016\nK. Misiunas, S. Pagliara, E. Lauga, J. R. Lister, and U. F. Keyser. Nondecaying hydrodynamic interactions along narrow channels. Physical Review Letters, 115:038301, 2015\nS. Pagliara, C. Schwall, and U. F. Keyser. Optimizing Diffusive Transport Through a Synthetic Membrane Channel. Advanced Materials, 25(6):844-849, 2013.\nN. A. W. Bell, C. R. Engst, M. Ablay, G. Divitini, C. Ducati, T. Liedl, and U. F. Keyser. DNA origami nanopores. Nano Letters (published online 20.12.2011), 12(1):512-517, 2012.\nN. A. W. Bell and U. F. Keyser. Specific Protein Detection using Designed DNA Carriers and Nanopores. JACS, 137(5):2035-2041, 2015.\nLiterature, music, cooking\nufk20@cam.ac.uk", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 496, "original_length": 11730, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.79, "perplexity": 318.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cairodurham.org/es/about", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:53Z", "digest": "sha1:QXTQKLQT5SUB5ZFUXLJLZV4BNJT4I7X4", "length": 924, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.cairodurham.org", "title": "About Cairo-Durham Elementary School | Cairo-Durham Central School District", "raw_content": "About Cairo-Durham Elementary School\nLocated in the town of Cairo, the Cairo-Durham Elementary School serves students in Kindergarten through 5th grade. The school also houses a Pre-Kindergarten program. Each classroom is equipped with a computer, a projector, and Internet access, allowing teachers to tap into vast collections of educational videos and teach multimedia lessons. In addition, each classroom has a document projector, allowing a quick and easy way to guide students through their work, share maps, present 3-D materials, and demonstrate science lessons to all students -- not just the ones that fit around one table. There are also several computer labs that classes share, allowing each class to take turns building projects, conducting research, and practicing their new skills.\nThe school day begins at 9 a.m. and ends at 3:20 p.m. Arrival and breakfast is from 8:45-9:20 a.m.\nMap and Driving Directions:", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 92, "original_length": 2893, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 143.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/legalfeeds/bc-heading-for-stiffer-distracted-driving-penalties-6414/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:55Z", "digest": "sha1:UB4HTQPFQKT2G6W3I5ESLKO3AYMNEZ4Q", "length": 5074, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "www.canadianlawyermag.com", "title": "B.C. heading for stiffer distracted driving penalties | Canadian Lawyer Mag", "raw_content": "B.C. heading for stiffer distracted driving penalties\nJuly 1, 2015 |Written By Jean Sorensen\nB.C. Attorney General Suzanne Anton is reviewing British Columbia\u2019s fines and penalties for drivers caught using electronic devices as the number of police issued tickets continues to climb along with Insurance Corporation of B.C. fatalities and carnage costs.\nDistracted driving in B.C. (ICBC)\n\u201cWe took a first step and increased the penalties last fall and now we\u2019re looking at possible changes to the legislation, including more severe penalties. We want to ensure these are set at a level that is fair and effectively changes behaviour,\u201d she says. Ministry figures estimate that at any given time in B.C., 9,500 drivers are using a hand-held device with 40 per cent texting or e-mailing.\nICBC figures record 88 fatalities on average per year from distracted driving (most are attributed to use of electronic device use) with the figure surpassing drunk drivers (86) and only second to speeding in roadway fatalities (105).\nAnton called for a month of public consultation with feedback on electronic device use while driving and penalties either directed through the justice ministry\u2019s website, by e-mail, or snail mail from June 16 to July 16.\nPolice report that in 2014, 55,100 tickets were issued to drivers for mainly electronic device use, up from 2013 when 53,000 were issued. B.C. introduced legislation prohibited the use of electrical devices while driving in 2010. In the fall of 2014, it increased the penalty and fines to $167 (the second lowest in Canada) and three demerit points. (Ontario recently passed legislation enabling the maximum fines to rise from $500 to $1,000).\nAs B.C. wrestles with the issue of how to get drivers adhere to s. 214.2 of the B.C. Motor Vehicle Act, ICBC has struggled with rising insurance claim costs with distracted driving adding $500 million to claims since B.C. first introduced the cell phone law in 2010.\n\u201cWe don\u2019t seem to want to give up our phones,\u201d says Kyla Lee of Vancouver\u2019s Acumen Law Corp., who represents an average of two individuals with such violations a week in traffic court.\nShe\u2019s not surprised as distracted drivers have a higher fatality rate than drunk drivers.\n\u201cWe are on our cell phone 24-7, while most impaired driving offences take place between midnight and 3 a.m.,\u201d says Lee.\nMost people, she says, pay the fine and accept the demerit points, but when it turns into a situation that impinges their driving ability, they walk through her door. The penalty for receiving more than one distracted driving ticket in a year is at least $634, the equivalent of two fines and a $300 penalty premium for accumulating six points.\nDespite the potential to stack up points, B.C. drivers seem glued to their devices. \u201cPeople are not getting the message,\u201d Lee says, adding that she has had and heard of cases where individuals have gotten four and five tickets and \u201cstill won\u2019t stop using their phone\u201d\nVancouver criminal lawyer Cathryn Waker, with Mickelson and Whysall Law Corp., agrees. She is familiar with cases where the tickets have climbed to 10 or more.\nWaker says she\u2019s also seen many new drivers, who aren\u2019t allowed to use a device even if it\u2019s hands-free or voice activated, who are running afoul of the law. Those still under the 24-month probationary period of the graduated licences can also face licence suspensions in addition to regular fines and demerits.\nLee says the courts are tough on offenders. \u201cThe justices of the peace are giving that person a stern lecture as well as the fine,\u201d she says.\nShe adds there isn\u2019t much wiggle room in the way the law is written, even though clients argue that police can\u2019t prove it was a cell phone being used. She says the excuses such as the driver claiming he or she had a bar of soap or a wallet in their hand is not flying in the courts. \u201cWho holds their wallet to their face?\u201d she says. \u201cThe courts seem to be quite tired of those excuses.\u201d\nAs B.C. moves to be bring forward more punitive measures for drivers fixated on their devices, fighting such tickets are also expected to become more difficult. B.C. is in the process of taking traffic violations out of the courts with a two-step process with the first phase a move to e-ticketing, now being implemented.\nWith e-ticketing, once the police officer uploads it in his vehicle and gives the driver a ticket, the offences is immediately in the judicial system. Tickets are payable online.\nFor those who want to contest a ticket, it\u2019s an appearance before Driving Notice Review Board. But before the hearing, the person must supply their own evidence. The police officer, or another officer, does not have to supply evidence beyond the ticket, says Lee.\nThe decision of the board is final with no recourse to an appeal or taking the issue into court, says Lee, who has been an outspoken critic of the new system. She claims it as strips motorists of their basic constitutional rights when charged with an offence.\nNo dates have been set for start-up of the new system.\nbritish columbia|driving offences", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 335, "original_length": 17819, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 266.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.canamexpo.com/aaronnace", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:21Z", "digest": "sha1:RPX537YFOGOVB4TKSXZ47FJ6ERWHCO2K", "length": 3594, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.canamexpo.com", "title": "Aaron Nace \u2014 CanAm Photo Expo", "raw_content": "Born and raised on the quiet island of Kauai, Aaron Nace would be the first to tell you that his upbringing was anything but ordinary. His free spirit developed in part to a childhood spent chasing wild chickens through his neighborhood, building forts deep in the Hawaiian jungle, and endlessly exploring along the edges of cliffs and waterfalls. Few could imagine a better environment for developing a profound sense of imagination and adventure. Despite the obvious perks of Hawaiian life, Aaron would eventually move with his mother, father, and two brothers to North Carolina, leaving paradise behind to begin a new chapter in their lives.\nAfter finishing high school, Aaron would continue his education at North Carolina State University pursuing a degree in Industrial Design. There, he put his creative ideas to work while picking up the Photoshop chops that would ultimately define his future. Graduating from college, he thought his path was clear to one day becoming an automotive or furniture designer -- that is until a six-month long trip to South America transformed his life forever.\nPacking a point-and-shoot camera, Aaron would spend the better part of 2007 capturing the beauty and grandeur of Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru. Perhaps tapping into the memories of his childhood explorations, he found himself captivated by the scenic landscapes, kind people, and rich cultures. Even more impactful, he was excited about how he could document his experiences with his camera. It was during this time that he fell in love with photography and its power to both facilitate and share adventures.\nThe years following would be a whirlwind. Aaron took the dive into making photography his full-time job. His first challenge; a 365 day self-portrait photography project designed to elevate his skills and test his creative mettle. As his self-portraits became more and more unique and expressive, he amassed an impressive following on Flickr. Then, when he decided to begin recording tutorials for YouTube to teach his techniques, that community followed, eager to learn from someone that was so willing to share. And with that, PHLEARN was born.\nInitially, PHLEARN was an enjoyable side-project designed to bring in some income to fund Aaron\u2019s passion projects. As the years went on, those passion projects helped his style and vision coalesce. His formal education was grounded in practicality; industrial design is the art of form and function, often characterized by precision and clarity. In contrast, his unique perspective drove him to inject elements of the strange and imaginative. The resulting images exist somewhere in-between high fashion and surreal fantasy.\nWith access to an instructor with such a distinct sense of style and warm personality, PHLEARN\u2019s YouTube channel began to grow exponentially. PHLEARN inevitably grew out of Aaron\u2019s North Carolina apartment and the company now calls Chicago home, taking up residence in a spacious studio overlooking the city\u2019s iconic skyline.\nNow, with over 500 tutorials, PHLEARN has evolved into a massive resource for anyone aspiring to express their creativity whether it be personally or professionally. Aaron has also evolved from that of a pure creative to someone now responsible for the day-to-day growth and development of a thriving business. With nearly 1.5 million YouTube subscribers, the demands of curating new and challenging content for his students requires the majority of his focus, though he still manages to find the time for the conceptual work that he loves.\nhttps://www.aaron-nace.com/\nhttps://phlearn.com/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 33, "original_length": 4489, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 245.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cancernewsincontext.org/2013/11/obesity-shortening-life-among-breast.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:22Z", "digest": "sha1:W6RZPCCZO44FWOWKGBFB73HC4C5OT3MX", "length": 2347, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.cancernewsincontext.org", "title": "Cancer News in Context: Obesity shortening life among breast cancer survivors, national US data", "raw_content": "Obesity shortening life among breast cancer survivors, national US data\nObesity is a strong driver for postmenopausal breast cancer. Consistent data from around the world show that overweight and obese women are at increased risk of breast cancer through their postmenopausal years. It is estimated that obesity causes more than 10% of postmenopausal breast cancer. Mechanisms for this include higher circulating estrogen levels among overweight and obese women compared to lean women, and insulin pathways. After menopause the ovaries are less active, and fat cells produce estrogen. Obesity is also related to mortality from many other causes (heart disease, stroke, diabetes, etc.). To put the breast cancer burden in context and evaluate the population health impact of breast cancer on lifespan Dr. Chang and colleagues draw on US National Health Interview Survey data and the linked mortality data. They then estimate life expectancy for women who are normal weight and obese, and the life years lost to breast cancer (see report).\nThe national data show that the life years lost among women diagnosed with breast cancer are greater for younger women than those diagnosed at older ages. This makes good sense. In addition, obese women with breast cancer had greater loss of life than non-obese women. For example, women who were obese and diagnosed with breast cancer before age 50 lost on the average 9.8 years compared to non-obese women who lost 7.8 years. For women diagnosed after age 70 obese women lost approximately 5 years and the nonobese 3.7 years. This pattern was also seen in analysis of African American women.\nChoosing measures for evaluation of population level health remains an area that the National Academy of Sciences continues to address. They have recommended life expectancy and quality of life as appropriate measures for population health. This report, evaluating life years lost associated with breast cancer applies this framework. The data clearly support a greater emphasis on the prevention and control of obesity given its impact on this the second most common cause of cancer mortality in women.\nLabels: breast cancer, Obesity, population health\n(Video) Nuts Cut Risk of Cancer, Heart Disease, an...\nObesity shortening life among breast cancer surviv...\nPrevention's True Potential in the Ongoing \"War on...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 160, "original_length": 6280, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 309.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cardinalcharter.org/2018/09/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:18Z", "digest": "sha1:JEMV5LLW6KLFE4FGUBKTYNVYAXAK6GTY", "length": 298, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.cardinalcharter.org", "title": "September 2018 | Cardinal Charter Academy", "raw_content": "Hello Cardinal Families, CCA will be on a two-hour delay Monday, 9/17. Carpool gates will open at 9:15 am and classes will begin at 10:00...\nDue the threat of Hurricane Florence, Cardinal Charter Academy will be closed all day on Thursday, September 13 and Friday, September 14. We will continue...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 64, "original_length": 2173, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 196.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.catalign.in/2009/05/making-technical-career-path-work.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:50:25Z", "digest": "sha1:AH23NPT2NGXVK54KNG2C5ABI72E23WCI", "length": 1340, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.catalign.in", "title": "Catalign Innovation Consulting: Making technical career path work", "raw_content": "\u201cIt\u2019s a catch-22\u201d situation. This is a typical response we hear when we are discussing technical career path in the IT industry in India. \u201cYou don\u2019t get good work unless you have talent with deep domain / product experience. And you don\u2019t build such talent unless engineers get opportunity to work on such projects.\u201d Is there a way out of this catch-22 situation?\nMy friend Dr. S. Yegneshwar and I believe that the answer is \u201cYes, we can develop meaningful technical career paths aligned to business requirements\u201d. The keyword here is \u201cmeaningful\u201d. We certainly need to look at technical ladder as something beyond just a motivational tool. And it needs to be developed as a strategic asset. You might say, \u201cThis talk of strategy is alright. What does it mean in terms of actions?\u201d\nThis is exactly the reason why we are organizing a half-day workshop where we will share our insights and more importantly you can share your insights too. We plan to address the following questions:\nAs a senior manager, you are welcome to attend this workshop. You can download the registration form here.\nYou can find all our articles on technical leadership here.\nPrabhuram S May 6, 2009 at 8:49 PM\nHi VPD,\nGood initiative. I guess there are lots of people who might be wanting to go in a technical career path but might not know how. Good, keep it going.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 213, "original_length": 6956, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 310.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.caymancompass.com/2014/04/04/jazz-on-the-green-brings-on-da-funk/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:35Z", "digest": "sha1:LUMQVKXJVZULIH4LVXGMYMPK3R3WVJIX", "length": 2988, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.caymancompass.com", "title": "Jazz on the Green brings on da funk | Cayman Compass", "raw_content": "Home Life Jazz on the Green brings on da funk\nJazz on the Green brings on da funk\nMultiple Grammy-award winning American jazz-funk artists, the Yellowjackets, headline this year\u2019s Jazz on the Green concert Saturday night at Gaston Maloney\u2019s Gardens.\nPresented by George Town Sports Club and Friends of Jazz, the lineup also features Cayman\u2019s own jazz-funk band Cool School, and the La Pierre Family Steel Band.\n\u201cOur intention has always been to provide a festival atmosphere where you can bring a blanket to spread out on the grass and listen to the music or walk around to the various food stalls or to the bar for your convenience,\u201d says Maloney.\n\u201cWe also provide chairs for concert-goers,\u201d says Maloney, who owns the concert\u2019s venue on Agnes Way, off the Linford Pierson Highway in George Town.\nThe band has received several Grammy awards and worldwide critical acclaim. Their 2011 album \u201cTimeline\u201d reached No. 5 on Billboard\u2019s jazz charts. Founding members Russell Ferrante (keyboard) and Bob Mintzer (saxophone) will be joined on stage by returning member William Kennedy (drums) and Felix Pastorius (bass), the son of legendary bassist Jaco Pastorious, who replaced founding member Jimmy Haslip. They will perform songs from their latest album \u201cA Rise in the Road,\u201d released in June 2013.\nThis band is comprised of an eclectic mix of Cayman musical talent whose funky sounds are sure to get the audience moving. They will perform new arrangements of jazz-funk and acid jazz favorites. Current band members include Natalie Barber (saxophone), Keith Millar (trumpet), Glen Scott (guitar), Jeff Japal (keyboards), Ian Emerson (bass), Eden Hurlston (percussion) and James Sedgley (drums).\n\u201cWe wanted to put on something a little special for Jazz on the Green,\u201d says Millar. \u201cWe regard this as the top live musical event in the Cayman calendar and Gaston Maloney always puts on a fantastic night of entertainment bringing some of the world\u2019s top musicians to Cayman. We want to show off the talent we have here on the island, but, most importantly, have a great time performing and supporting the Cayman live music scene.\u201d\nLa Pierre Family Steel Band\nThis band\u2019s steel pan prowess will delight all. Earl La Pierre, along with his son Olujimi and daughter Aziza, perform at many local events throughout the year. Hailing from Trinidad, La Pierre has spent the better part of 18 years in Cayman, performing and teaching steel pan to students of all ages, as well as winning numerous music festival awards and Carnival competitions. Dubbed the \u201cProfessor of Pan,\u201d he is credited with introducing Trinidad and Tobago\u2019s national instrument to Cayman.\nTickets, $75, include beverages (alcoholic drinks too) and finger foods. They are available at Funky Tang\u2019s, Moneygram, Arabus Boutique and Singh\u2019s Roti Shop & Bar. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. and the concert starts at 6 p.m.\nCool School\u2019s acid jazz will have the crowd jumpin\u2019.\nThe Yellowjackets are known for their jazz-funk and fusion sounds.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 201, "original_length": 6672, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 232.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cbs.cw/website/faq_3152/rubriek/confidentiality-questions_133.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:39Z", "digest": "sha1:6D5BWMPSNG4A4E6VXZ5DSUQLHHZOQOGE", "length": 681, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.cbs.cw", "title": "FAQ - Website - CBS", "raw_content": "Confidentiality Questions\nIs the CBS allowed to provide one person/institution's data to a third party?\nThe laws forbids CBS to disclose a person or institution's data gathered through a survey to a third party. We may not reveal the identity of any specific reporting units.\nIs the confidentiality of the information that the CBS collects guaranteed?\nCollected data may only be used for statistical purposes, which means that information can only be published in a way that makes it impossible to identify particular reporting units (businesses, households). Information will only be published as part of aggregate data (averages, sums) by fields of activity, regions and similar.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 92, "original_length": 2246, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 300.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cbs58.com/news/it-can-be-very-dangerous-pokemon-go-raising-safety-concerns-for-police", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:44Z", "digest": "sha1:ZR7NBZLIG767LVZQZOI6AUNRQ3XJKLPM", "length": 2166, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.cbs58.com", "title": "\"It can be Very Dangerous\"; Pokemon Go Raising Safety Concerns for Police", "raw_content": "\"It can be Very Dangerous\"; Pokemon Go Raising Safety Concerns for Police\nJust days after being released, 'Pokemon Go' is already the top grossing app in the iTunes store. The \"Augmented Reality\" game allows players to find, and capture Nintendo Pokemon creatures in the 'real world'.\nAnd here in Milwaukee, thousands of players are flocking to the streets to try and 'Catch em All'.\nWith that popularity, comes concerns for local police departments.\n\"They're lost in their phone,\" says Caledonia Police Sergeant Jim Gardiner. \"They're walking around with their heads down the whole time, they're not looking around.\"\nAlready, his small village has seen kids roaming the streets at night in search of creatures, and loitering in parks well after curfew. He's concerned that far worse is on the way.\n\"We haven't seen it yet, but I know there's going to be an accident involving someone trying to catch a Pokemon while driving a car. It's just as bad as texting and driving.\"\nMilwaukee Police say they have not received any reports of problems in Milwaukee, but police in Missouri issued a warning Sunday about robbers \"luring\" players to sites where they can be easily robbed.\n\"It can be very dangerous,\" says Gardiner.\nAt Milwaukee's South Shore Park, we found numerous people playing the game, including Matt Kremer.\n\"You're living something that you've already lived as a child before, so that excitement is really high for people playing this game,\" he says.\nHe started playing right when the game was released Wednesday, and has already walked miles around the city catching Pokemon. He says it's a great excuse for exercise, and a great way to learn more about the city. Players have to visit iconic landmarks to earn experience and items for their characters.\n\"Part of it is nostalgia, you're getting to re-live something from a childhood perspective of the last 20 years that Pokemon has been out, but at the same time, it's getting you out of the house, you're getting exercise, which is a great benefit.\"\nSgt. Gardiner says it looks like a lot of fun, as long as it's done responsibly.\n\"You gotta catch em all,\" says Gardiner. \"But you gotta pay attention.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 166, "original_length": 33017, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 272.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.celyad.com/en/news/celyad-to-participate-at-upcoming-healthcare-conferences-1", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:01Z", "digest": "sha1:KFJYGYW7ZN6MZ3GLHZ6VQZRDX7ODM5PE", "length": 950, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.celyad.com", "title": "Celyad - Celyad to Participate at Upcoming Healthcare Conferences", "raw_content": "Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium - Celyad (Euronext Brussels and Paris, and NASDAQ: CYAD), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of CAR-T cell-based therapies, today announced that management will participate at both the Bryan, Garnier & Co 6th European Healthcare Conference and the Piper Jaffray 30th Annual Healthcare Conference.\nThe Bryan, Garnier & Co 6th European Healthcare Conference will take place in Paris, France, on November 22-23, 2018. The Company will participate in investor meetings at the Conference.\nThe Piper Jaffray 30th Annual Healthcare Conference will take place in New York, NY on November 27-29, 2018 and the Company is scheduled to participate in a fireside chat on Tuesday, November 27 at 11:30 am Eastern Time. A live webcast of the discussion can be accessed here. An archived webcast recording will also be available under Events & Webcasts in the Investors section of the Company\u2019s website.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 2048, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 162.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.chairsinchina.com/chair-stockist/executive-chair-features/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:27Z", "digest": "sha1:UGACAGLB7CEHMMVASODBDSEQJSO3TUCE", "length": 2987, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.chairsinchina.com", "title": "Executive Chair Features - China Best & Cheap Chair", "raw_content": "An executive chair is what company managers and business owners commonly use. They are stylish and often built a little larger than common desk chairs. They are fitted with adjustable features, extra padding, and higher backs - providing the best comfort possible to the hardworking CEO. Anyone, of course, can invest in his own executive chair. You may choose from numerous designs available online or have one customized just for you. You don't have to be a member of the board to indulge in this kind of luxury.\nSeat cushioning is one of the executive chair's strongest points. Users can sit for long hours at a time without feeling tired and strained, especially in the lower back. Padding ranges from soft to firm so anyone can choose the support he needs as he pleases. The back may also be furnished with additional padding. Usually, the back of an executive chair is made to encourage proper posture but at the same time, as comfortable as possible.\nPadding may also be applied to the arms of the executive chair. The arms, however, may also be made of wood or leather, depending on the type of upholstery used in the chair. Padding on the arms provides support to the elbows and the lower arms when at rest or away from the desk. Proper posture is retained and there is no need to adjust the back or the seat when you need to relax for a little bit.\nOther important features of the executive chair are tilt tension, swivel, pneumatic height adjustments, adjustable arm rests, and dual wheel castors, allowing for unlimited flexibility and mobility. The chair can be customized according to your body type and your surroundings. These are just some of the features common in all executive chairs. Others in the higher price range may even be built with ottomans, on top of which the legs can be comfortable stretched out.\nTypes of Upholstery\nLeather has been used to upholster executive desk chairs for many generations. Its timeless quality cements its position as the top choice for those who can afford it. Leather is relatively easy to clean and maintain. It looks good as it ages and it will never go out of style. Fine wood is also common in executive chairs.\nIf you are looking for a less expensive option, faux leather or high-grade vinyl may be what you are looking for. There are also chairs made of durable synthetic fibers, which are not so expensive but provide good quality nonetheless. Ergonomic designs such as with the use odf memory foams make comfortable and more affordable choices.\nIt is easier to choose from various types and make of executive chairs online. These chairs have been made available to anyone other than executives looking for a little extra comfort. You will be pleased with the wide range of colors, textures, features, and materials available. When you order online, there you might have to assemble the chair manually upon delivery. If this is the case, there is no need to worry as manufacturers have made it simpler for their customers.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 531, "original_length": 20169, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 224.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.championbets.com.au/sports-betting/england-sa-test-series-preview/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:45Z", "digest": "sha1:ABJN4WTU2RDU2KAK3GBFOFRTV5TGKDAZ", "length": 4764, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.championbets.com.au", "title": "Cricket betting tips: England vs South Africa Test Series", "raw_content": "Home Sports Betting Test series preview: England v South Africa\nTest series preview: England v South Africa\nEngland v South Africa Four Test Series (6 July \u2013 8 August)\nThe much-anticipated England v South Africa Test series begins this Thursday at the home of cricket, Lord\u2019s. It\u2019s England\u2019s first series under new skipper, Joe Root. Previous captain, Alastair Cook, stepped down after their 4-0 away loss to India. Meanwhile, South Africa has returned to second on the Test rankings after winning their last four series.\nThis shapes to be a great series from a cricket betting and watching perspective.\nThere has been much conjecture about England\u2019s batting line-up. They have gone with Keaton Jennings to open up with Cook. Cook has over 11,000 Test runs, while Jennings has 167. Without the burden of captaincy, Cook can concentrate on his own game. He is a patient batsman who makes the bowler bowl to him. Jennings made a hundred on debut against India last year, but his recent first-class form has been underwhelming, averaging 15 with the bat.\nGary Ballance is back in the side and will bat at three. The Yorkshireman has been making plenty of county runs so he deserves his chance. Then it is Root and he is world-class. He averages nearly 53 at Test level and his scoring rate has significantly increased. He is the key to their middle order. Ben Stokes and wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow round out the batting line-up. Stokes is a dependable all-rounder. His devastating 258 off 198 balls against South Africa last year was unbelievable. Unfortunately, his ongoing knee problems will limit his bowling.\nInjuries to English bowlers have been all too common recently. Stuart Broad and James Anderson have led the attack for the best part of a decade but both have had interrupted preparations. They are important players as they swing the Duke ball and draw batsman into playing away from their body. Expect an English debutant or two to fill other positions throughout the series.\nSouth Africa\u2019s preparations haven\u2019t exactly been smooth either. Faf du Plessis has withdrawn from the first Test team following \u2018the difficult nature of the delivery\u2019 of his first child last week. He captains the side, bats at four, averages in the mid-40s and can occupy the crease for long periods so he\u2019ll certainly be missed.\nVeteran batsman Hashim Amla averages a tick under fifty and has previously feasted on the Poms. The 34 year-old\u2019s performances have dropped in the past twelve months, but he is still a crucial wicket. South Africa has a few uncapped players in their squad, but only Heino Kuhn has been a confirmed starter. He will open up alongside the gritty Dean Elgar.\nJP Duminy and Temba Bavuma complete their middle order and they are followed by the damaging Quinton de Kock. The wicketkeeper-batsman averages over 50 and at the impressive strike-rate of 71.59. He can finish off an innings or change the course of a game by producing rear-guard performances.\nEven though strike bowler Vernon Philander missed the final warm-up game, he should play at Lord\u2019s. He can move the ball through the air or off the seam. His accuracy is sublime and his bowling average of 22.40 could improve in English conditions. Young gun Kagiso Rabada and experienced tall Morne Morkel will probably start as the frontline pace options.\nThe recent form line is slightly in England\u2019s favour. They beat South Africa 2-1 in the preceding three-match One Day International series and T20 series. There is only so much you can take from the shorter formats of the game, especially with personnel changes, however, winning form is good form. South Africa has better recent Test results, even without the injured Dale Steyn and AB de Villiers, who is abstaining from Test cricket at the moment.\nWinning away from home is always a tough ask. The high demands of all forms of the game means touring teams limit their preparation and the conditions are different all over the world. South Africa last played a Test in England in 2012. It was a successful campaign, but many of the current crop are not familiar with English conditions. The ball swings and moves for long periods, batsman\u2019s techniques are constantly tested, and Broad and Anderson are great exponents of reverse swing.\nWhat is in South Africa\u2019s favour is a relatively settled line-up and healthy squad once du Plessis returns. There haven\u2019t been too many changes throughout the last twelve months and players know their roles.\nThe final and possibly deciding factor is de Kock. If he gets going he can tear an attack apart and it effectively means South Africa has seven batsmen. 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The popular neighborhood coffee shop known for weekly concerts and vegan-friendly lunch options recently launched a Kickstarter to expand the cafe\u2019s current space.\nOwners Kerry Couch, Ralph Darski and James Stieglitz had talked about wanting to expand, so when a neighboring salon vacated their space, they decided to take over the lease and turned to Kickstarter to help fund the expansion.\nThe cafe hosts live music shows four days a week in a small space that has room for only a few tables. In the last few weeks, large music groups such as The Blue Ribbon Glee Club have played and highlighted the need for more room for both performers and customers. \u201cThey filled the whole space,\u201d Couch said. She along with co-owners Ralph Darski and James Stieglitz opened the cafe in Logan Square a few years ago to provide a creative space for local artists.\nA doorway will be built to connect the current cafe to the neighboring space, where there will be additional seating and a designated space for a series of music and arts events called \u201cCafe Mustache Presents.\u201d\nDarski, a musician himself, plans to produce shows and feature local music on his record label, Commune Records. Couch hopes to partner with galleries such as Peanut Gallery in Humboldt Park to curate an art series featuring local artwork and continue hosting events such as the pop-up Speakeasy nights.\nThe cafe\u2019s Kickstarter campaign goal aims to raise $20,000 by June 28, which will cover cost of construction, permitting, inspections and other building fees.\n\"There will probably never be another Cafe Mustache,\u201d Couch said further expansion, \u201cbut we\u2019re interested in engaging other areas of the community.\"\nCouch has seen an outpouring of support from the community with the current campaign and hopes it will help other aspiring small business owners set up shop in the neighborhood.\n\u201cCrowd-funding is really helpful for people who don\u2019t have a ton of capital but have a lot of inspiration and are into hard work,\" Couch said. 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I'm a homebody but I do enjoy dining out and checking out local entertainment...could be a museum or just Starbucks and browsing the mall. One of my daughters lives with me. She is almost 13. My son will start living with me in the summer. He is 11. I'm a neat freak, germophobe and very organized. I hope to find a woman from China in 2019. If you are ready, willing and able to move to the United States, I would like to get to know you. I just moved into a 3 bedroom 2 1/2 bath townhome and do not want to move again. Because of that and the fact that I'm not fond of kids, I'm really looking for a woman with no kids or are grown and gone.\nCalifornia Businessman Seeks Frie... Mesa, Arizona, United States\nI'm a businessman likely to be in China. Just interested in meeting one local girl as a friend, guide, and maybe even some guidance assistance. FYI-My birth-date is 10/11/1967. My profile is wrong. 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Where there is no solid biblical instruction, the Christian system can neither commence nor continue.\nOne of the basic differences between the Mosaic regime (into which one was born physically) and the church of Jesus Christ, is the fact that knowledge is prerequisite to identifying with the faith of the gospel (Jer. 31:31-34). Jesus declared that favor with God must involve instruction, reception, comprehension, and commitment (Jn. 6:45).\nAnyone with a smattering of Bible knowledge, and any experience at all within our brotherhood, is aware of the fact that the church of today is facing a time of great crisis.\nWe have those among us who have a pathetically low regard for the concept of Bible inspiration and authority. Not a few have made serious compromises with the dogma of evolution in an effort to mesh with society.\nMany of our people are very fuzzy on what constitutes a Christian. They think the church of Christ is but another denomination. A number of prominent personalities contend that there are few guidelines for regulating worship, and so the church must jazz-up its services to appeal to an entertainment-oriented culture. Basic truth has been thrown to the wind.\nWhy are things in such a state of chaos? One of the reasons is ignorance. There probably has not been a time in this century when Bible knowledge among the Lord\u2019s people has sunk to such a base level. Let us be more specific.\nA Crisis of Spiritual Ignorance\nWe are suffering a leadership crisis. Where are the godly elders who know the Bible from cover to cover? Where are the bishops who can, and will, stand and exhort in sound doctrine and convict the gainsayers (Tit. 1:9).\nThere are still some great elders, but far too many who are serving in this capacity have been given the job because they were successful businessmen, had wealth, or possessed other traits that were wholly unrelated to tending the flock of God.\nThe church has on its hands a new generation of preachers who have matriculated through some of our schools (or denominational seminaries), but who do not understand the most elementary matters about the role of the gospel preacher. They are experts in everything except the Word of God.\nThese new princes are theological clones who can scarcely frame a sentence that the common man can understand. They know nothing, teach nothing, and stand for nothing\u2014but, unfortunately, numerous people love it this way.\nIt is no longer the case that the average person in the pew is a good Bible student. Everyone has probably heard the old story about the judge who couldn\u2019t find a Bible in his courtroom with which to swear in a witness. So he simply called for a Christian man and had the witness place his hand upon the brother\u2019s head.\nThe days are gone when God\u2019s people were known as a \u201cBible-toting, Bible-quoting, Bible-living\u201d people. Many members of the church never carry a Bible to worship, and they could not cite scriptural references on the most basic doctrinal issues.\nMost of our schools are not the solid training centers they used to be. The time was when the presidents and faculty-members of our colleges were great gospel preachers and teachers who knew how to powerfully proclaim the truth and win souls. They were rich in Bible knowledge. Many of our current administrators have arrived in their positions because they are adept at fund-raising.\nToo, we have become so \u201cdegree\u201d oriented that we have allowed the secular accrediting systems to structure our teaching programs according to their ideals. Many labor under the illusion that one cannot be an effective herald of the gospel unless he has at least a Master\u2019s degree. Is it any wonder that some of our schools have become the Trojan horse by which corruption has wormed its way into the church?\nSome colleges constitute one of the greatest threats to the church today.\nThe Bible school literature that we have produced in recent decades is woefully anemic. It is hard to find material that is strong in doctrine. The current slick and colorful literature is filled with case-study scenarios and role-playing exercises that rely more on human wisdom than a respect for the authority of God\u2019s Word.\nOur homes are void of biblical instruction. Domestic lives are so crowded \u2014 both dad and mom working, children are involved in school, sports, etc. \u2014 that virtually all religious instruction has been left up to the Bible school, which, in many instances, represents a sorry effort. A hastily-prepared, Saturday-night lesson, with a fill-in-the-blanks format, simply will not provide the foundation for spiritual stability.\nMost congregations are suffering serious attendance problems. Only a fraction of the local church attends Sunday or Wednesday evening gatherings. Aside from the Lord\u2019s day morning assembly, only a skeleton crew will attend the services of a gospel meeting. Almost no teenagers will be in evidence. It is utterly amazing at the casual way in which many children of God treat the meetings of the church. Neglect of the assemblies for trivial circumstances \u2014 even by leaders and Bible class teachers \u2014 is a common occurrence.\nThe crisis we face is real and deadly. Unless there is a revival of interest among church leaders, unless there is some resurgence of rich teaching of the sacred Scriptures, unless there is a rekindling of passion for the cause of Christ within the church\u2014we are in for rough times.\nThe church cannot flourish if she continues to drift in the same sluggish direction she has embraced in recent years. May God help us to responsibly address these problems.\nIs the Bible Class Arrangement Scriptural?\nThe Curse of Religious Diversity\nTeaching Kids to Cheat\nHosea 4:6; Isaiah 5:13; Romans 15:4; Jeremiah 31:31-34; John 6:45; Titus 1:9\nJackson, Wayne. \"My People Are Destroyed for a Lack of Knowledge.\" ChristianCourier.com. Access date: February 15, 2019. https://www.christiancourier.com/articles/771-my-people-are-destroyed-for-a-lack-of-knowledge", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 7534, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 310.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.christianitytoday.com/pastors/2010/august-online-only/churchlibraryrelevant.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:07Z", "digest": "sha1:LAY7IJLFZJ26D2X52I4PVF2TERLO54NZ", "length": 13200, "nlines": 38, "source_domain": "www.christianitytoday.com", "title": "Why the Church Library Is Still Relevant | CT Pastors | Christianity Today", "raw_content": "Why the Church Library Is Still Relevant\nThe right plan can deliver a helpful ministry in tough times\nLuanne Radecki Blackburn\nNot a Sunday morning passes that someone doesn't happen upon our church library for the first time, often by accident on the way to pick up a latte at the coffee shop. I like to watch for it\u2014the look\u2014an expression that says, \"I've stumbled upon a treasure chest full of goodies.\" Bible study materials, family-friendly movies, the latest and greatest Christian fiction, and VeggieTales for the kids, all free and available for checkout any time the building is open.\nWhile some pastors see libraries as \"old school,\" choosing to discontinue them or to replace them with bookstores, church libraries can still be vital and relevant ministries.\nIn fact, the tough economic times of the past couple of years have made this more evident than ever.\nThe main purpose of a church library should be to support the mission of the local body. Rita Kirkland, a librarian at First Baptist Church in Euless, Texas, aptly describes it as \"encircling the ministries in our church and supporting them with our resources and talents.\" A church library is a storehouse of materials that reinforces a church's message or aids people who want to dig deeper. Libraries have also become a place where individuals and families can find entertainment that uplifts spirits and enlightens minds instead of assaulting their values.\nThe library is not just a place, however. It is also a ministry that requires dedicated volunteers with a heart for people, not just a love of reading. People dealing with the difficult experiences of life, like the loss of a spouse or a wayward teen, often will read a book before they seek counsel. As librarians, we often hear their heartbreaking stories as they explain what kind of book they are looking for. On many occasions, we provide kind words and hugs before leading them to the appropriate shelf. The right book with a Biblical perspective may help people through a bumpy part of life's journey, and it might just help them see their need for pastoral care.\nThe recession further demonstrates the ministry aspect of a church library. Tight personal budgets don't allow families the discretionary funds to purchase all the books, CDs, and DVDs they used to buy. Church libraries can fill the void.\nA young mom told me recently that her husband's business income took a huge dive last summer. They make weekly trips to the church library to pick up movies for the family to watch at home; it is their main source of entertainment. Monthly usage of our library has increased 47 percent since 2008. A growing congregation explains it in part, but I believe the downturn in the economy has contributed as well.\nIf your church doesn't already have a library ministry, should you start one? While a church library is certainly a valuable resource to a congregation, it is a ministry that requires long-term commitment and dedicated volunteers. You should consider whether you have the support, space, and manpower required to begin and maintain a church library.\nGetting the Pastor's Blessing\nA key to starting a library ministry and keeping one going is pastor support. Ceil Carey, a church librarian who plans workshops for the Evangelical Church Library Association, says it makes a difference if you have a pastor who is enthusiastic about the library ministry.\n\"The pastor can go to bat for you, for instance, at a budget decision-making meeting when you might be requesting more money for a specific project,\" Carey says. \"The pastor can see the importance of it and really be an advocate for the library.\" While most pastors are avid readers themselves, that doesn't automatically make them library boosters. They need to understand who will be using the library and why, and so do the staff persons in the area of ministry where the library will fall (adult, education, outreach, and so on) A survey of your congregation can help determine the interest among your members and might help you identify people who could spearhead the project. Many churches form a library committee that includes a staff representative and interested members of the congregation. During the planning stages, the professional librarians in your congregation can be a great help in determining the feasibility of starting a library ministry and the space and funding one would require.\nMaking a Long-Term Investment\nIn addition to support from the pastor and staff, a library requires funding. A good selling point for your church budget manager is that a library is a resource that builds over time\u2014your investment in books and other materials is never lost. In fact, that $25 spent on a C.S. Lewis classic goes a long way when you consider how many people will have the opportunity to read it over its shelf life. The amount of space you have available for a library will, in large part, determine how extensive a collection you will be able to hold and how much funding you will need, but you don't have to have every shelf filled to open your doors. Your library can grow year after year as your budget allows.\nIt will cost more to start a library than to keep one going. Once you have identified a space, you will have the start-up costs for shelving and furniture. You will need basic library supplies, such as book pockets, checkout cards, book covers, and so on, as well as resource books on the Dewey Decimal system to help you catalog your collection. You also need to decide if you want a computerized library system. Manual systems work just fine for many church libraries, but they require more manpower than those using library automation software. Ceil Carey said the most popular software programs that church libraries use are Concourse, ResourceMate, and Surpass, which can run anywhere from $300 to $1,200 or more, depending on the capabilities chosen.\nFunding for materials like books, DVDs, and CDs is also a must. You will probably get lots of donations from the congregation when you announce that you are starting a library ministry, but you don't want to depend on donations for the bulk of your collection. People won't come to the library if it only offers out-of-date books; they will be looking for the latest Karen Kingsbury novel, the Max Lucado book everyone is talking about, a CD by the singer that just visited your church, or inspiring movies like The Blind Side as soon as they are released on DVD. You need funds to buy these kinds of materials, and these are the items that people don't often donate.\nGiving It Space\nIf there is an issue church librarians complain about more than lean budgets it is the space available for the library. It comes down to two issues: (1) how much space you have and (2) where the space is physically located.\nThe space dedicated to a church library is never large enough. Not only do you need a room where the books are located, but you also need some dedicated space for a work area. This is where you house the books that are being evaluated, and your library supplies; it's also where you process books into the collection. You learn to live within the space allotted, and librarians become, by necessity, crack space planners, fully maximizing every available inch. When it reached capacity, the librarians at a large church in a nearby town put some of their collection on bookshelves lining the hallway outside the library proper.\nWhen space is short, librarians decide what stays and what goes.\n\"There has to be a lot of weeding continually done in order to house the things you want to have,\" Carey says.\nThe materials weeded out of our library are donated to a local mission for the homeless, which has satellite libraries at nine sites around the city. If you establish a relationship with a Christian organization, prison, or even another church library in your area, your excess material will be a blessing to others.\nAs any real estate agent will tell you, when it comes to a property's value, the determining factor is location, location, location. Library use rises and falls depending on where the ministry is located in your building. Put it on the second floor and down a long hall, and it will be deserted on Sunday morning. Put it across from the coffee shop near the main gathering area (where ours is located) and business will boom between services. When the only space you have is in an out-of-the-way section of the church, you have to work harder to draw attention to the library's existence. The librarians at Carey's church load up a library cart with the most popular books, DVDs, and CDs, and take it to their foyer on Sunday morning. Members can check out items from the cart without having to go to the library itself, which is located on an upper floor.\nIt takes some time and specialized knowledge to serve in the role of church librarian, but you don't need a library degree to be a good librarian. What kind of volunteers should you look for?\n\"Generally it's somebody who loves to read, who is really passionate about reading and libraries,\" Carey says. \"Of course, there are others who actually have a library degree or work in a library, but I'd say the majority of church librarians fell into it for one reason or another.\"\nVolunteers also need the same kind of qualities you look for in volunteers in other ministry areas, such as a love of people and a sincere desire to help others. Beyond that, they should have logical minds and good organizational skills. Those in your congregation with library experience should be tapped to provide their expertise, even if it is on a short-term, project-by-project basis. For example, a school librarian in our congregation installed our library automation software when we computerized our collection and trained me and my co-leader\u2014a freelance writer and a truck driver, respectively\u2014on how to use it.\nOne caveat: Because it takes specialized training to do some (but not all) of the work in a church library, you want volunteers who view this as a long-term commitment. I have been a library volunteer for 10 years, and my co-leader has been one even longer. When people indicate an interest in volunteering with us, we don't train them to do every job right away. We begin with the simpler tasks, like shelving books, which helps them understand how the library materials are organized. We have found that volunteers weed themselves out within a month or two; the library is either their thing or it is not. For those who take to it, they will let you know when they are ready to go on to the next level of training and will likely serve in the ministry for a long time.\nThe number of volunteers you need depends on how you plan to operate your library. Will it be open only on Sunday mornings or at other scheduled times during the week? Our library is open any time the building is open on a self-checkout basis. Church members, as well as anyone from the community who uses our building (parents with kids in the basketball league, ladies attending the aerobics classes, and so on), may check out materials. Because of the self-checkout system, three volunteers run the whole ministry. A similar-sized library at a church not far from ours uses a traditional checkout system. Because it is only open when a librarian is onsite, they need a team of 20 volunteers.\nAt our library, we don't keep a tight a rein on our materials by design. You might be surprised to know that we only lose 50 items per year on average out of a collection of 9,500. That's less than 1 percent\u2014a small price in light of the goodwill our library's open-use policy engenders. Regarding overdue items, we like to say we practice \"grace, not fines.\"\nBefore you start a library ministry, have your committee or library volunteers visit church libraries in your area and take back the information to your pastor and staff. If you decide it is feasible to open a library in your building, take advantage of the many resources available.\nThe Evangelical Church Library Association, the National Church Library Association, and the Church & Synagogue Library Association are all support organizations that offer workshops, conferences, and publications that are helpful to new librarians. The ECLA offers a program that matches up new librarians with more experienced ones so they can begin a mentoring relationship via e-mail.\nNing is a social networking site that functions like Facebook but is for people who share a specific interest or passion. A group of church librarians has set up a page, www.churchlibrarians.ning.com, where you can ask questions or share information with church librarians across the country. Unlike Facebook, you can view others' posts on Ning without registering yourself. If you want to become a part of the group, you can register and create your own profile page.\nBlackburn is co-leader of the library ministry at Traders Point Christian Church in Indianapolis, Indiana.\nCopyright \u00a9 2010 by the author or Christianity Today/Your Church magazine.\nClick here for reprint information on Your Church.\nBooksChurch FinancesChurch GrowthChurch LeadershipEducationFamilyFellowship and CommunitySpiritual FormationVolunteers", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 340, "original_length": 19565, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 302.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.christmasgiftstores.com/submit-4/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:48Z", "digest": "sha1:262VODUPO3BH5YE5WUXRE64PA4HHL4TF", "length": 1039, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.christmasgiftstores.com", "title": "Submit | Christmas Gift Stores.com", "raw_content": "There is no charge for listings in this directory at this time, but there will be a charge in the future. 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We are located in downtown Clermont. Our office is fully equipped with some of the newest technology the dental world has to offer. One of our newest machines, a Nd:YAG laser, is used for periodontal therapy. The laser allows us to treat gum disease without much discomfort and with great success.\nWe use Advanced Dental Technology\nWe also have digital x-rays; this means you benefit by not being exposed to as much radiation as traditional x-rays. We have been trying to make improvements where ever we see possible.\nDr. Perez has worked very hard to meet the needs of our loyal community. You can see and feel the changes when you walk in our office. We offer many services, such as, LANAP, implants, Deep Bleaching, Zoom\u00a9, Snap-on-Smile\u00ae, and Invisalign\u00ae, and our popular CEREC. Also, if you are looking for a new smile, in a short amount of time, Dr. Perez can make it happen. 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Along with Kevin's loyal confidant, father and son embark on a life-and-death journey across a visually-stunning cyber universe that has become far more advanced and exceedingly dangerous.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 2144, "original_length": 36705, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 250.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/id/100150788", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:34Z", "digest": "sha1:QB5JHUF2YVGGSO4N4NK2QRILTRZFL2J5", "length": 8495, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "www.cnbc.com", "title": "Racine, Wis. Elementary Students Read Their Way to $100,000 School Library Makeover", "raw_content": "Racine, Wis. Elementary Students Read Their Way to $100,000 School Library Makeover\nRACINE, Wis., Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, students, teachers and friends of Wadewitz Elementary School are celebrating the grand opening of the Wadewitz Reads Dream Big Library -- their modernized library -- which students earned by securing first place in the Racine Reads: Dream Big! program. This literacy initiative challenged local elementary school students in Racine, Wis. to read one million books during the 2011-2012 school year \u2013 an average of 100 books per child. By reading an extraordinary 423,000 books the 655 students at Wadewitz captured the $100,000 grand prize library makeover, donated by SC Johnson.\n(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121009/CG88698-INFO)\n\"The grand opening of the Wadewitz Reads Dream Big Library serves as a celebration of the efforts and accomplishments of these students as the community works together to ensure their enthusiasm for reading continues to grow throughout their lifetime,\" said Fisk Johnson, Chairman and CEO of SC Johnson. \"As a family company and long-standing member of the Racine community we are vested in ensuring creative programs like Racine Reads: Dream Big! continue to inspire and teach our children vital life skills, such as literacy.\"\nFeatures of the updated library focus on ensuring reading and other library activities will continue to be fun and interactive for years to come. New technology such as computers, iPads and e-books will allow for more hands-on learning. Dynamic new desks inspire group work and allow easier access for those students with disabilities. The library decor also celebrates the Racine community with photos of iconic Racine landmarks including, a lighthouse with Carnauba plane flying overhead, Monument Square and North Beach.\n\"Last school year, we challenged the students of Wadewitz to read more as part of the Racine Reads: Dream Big! program,\" said Chad Chapin, Wadewitz Elementary School Principal. \"Now because of the determination and hard work of our amazing students, literacy at this school will be improved for years to come. I could not be more proud of our achievements.\"\nRacine Reads: Dream Big! was developed for the 2011/2012 school year as a holistic approach to literacy advancement. Children in the community were surrounded by reading in all aspects of their lives, from the classroom where teachers and principals were given program tool kits, to the community as a whole through author visits, live performances and readings and volunteer opportunities. To motivate and celebrate milestones, students were given rewards, like pizza parties, throughout the program.\nThe program reached more than 10,000 elementary school students in nearly 500 public, private and parochial classrooms across Racine. The Racine Reads: Dream Big! program is sponsored by SC Johnson and is a partnership with the Racine Public Library along with the City of Racine, Racine Elementary Schools, the Racine Civic Centre, Racine Literacy Council, Family Literacy of Racine, Cops 'N Kids, and Girls Inc.\nFor more information on Racine Reads: Dream Big! visit www.racinereads.org or the program's Facebook page.\nABOUT RACINE PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION\nThe mission of the Racine Public Library Foundation is to support the future well-being of the Racine Public Library. The Foundation has a long-term vision of creating an endowment that will generate sufficient income to support library projects and services. The purpose of the Racine Public Library Foundation is to make citizens aware of how to donate funds and make bequests. The Foundation also may apply for grants.\nSC Johnson is a family-owned and managed business dedicated to innovative, high-quality products, excellence in the workplace and a long-term commitment to the environment and the communities in which it operates. Based in the USA, the company is one of the world's leading manufacturers of household cleaning products and products for home storage, air care, pest control and shoe care. It markets such well-known brands as GLADE\u00ae, KIWI\u00ae, OFF!\u00ae, PLEDGE\u00ae, RAID\u00ae, SCRUBBING BUBBLES\u00ae, SHOUT\u00ae, WINDEX\u00ae and ZIPLOC\u00ae in the U.S. and beyond, with brands marketed outside the U.S. including AUTAN\u00ae, TANA\u00ae, BAMA\u00ae, BAYGON\u00ae, BRISE\u00ae, KABIKILLER\u00ae, KLEAR\u00ae, MR. MUSCLE\u00ae, and RIDSECT\u00ae. The 126-year-old company, that generates $9 billion in sales, employs nearly 13,000 people globally and sells products in virtually every country around the world. www.scjohnson.com\nABOUT THE CITY OF RACINE\nLocated in Southeastern Wisconsin on Lake Michigan and along the Root River, Racine lies right in the heart of the Chicago-Milwaukee corridor. Founded in 1834 and incorporated fourteen years later, Racine acted as an important hub for industrial growth for decades. The City is home to approximately 80,000 residents, making it the 5th largest city in Wisconsin. Our community is as diverse as our story, with companies like SC Johnson, Twin Disc and Modine, Racine has a deep history in the business and manufacturing community. Racine is also the home of many buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, sculptures by Carl Milles and the Racine Art Museum (RAM), which has one of the most significant collections of contemporary craft in North America. Our beach is one of the best in the world and is continuously recognized for the work done and the quality of our water. Most recently the US Conference of Mayors recognized Racine as having the best drinking water in the country.\nABOUT COPS 'N KIDS\nThe primary objective of Cops 'N Kids is to improve the reading skills of at-risk children by introducing them to the adventure and creativity that is received from reading. The center is intended to assist children in their exploration while guiding them toward reading skills development and subsequently how to apply the acquired skills to other academic and personal pursuits.\nABOUT FAMILY LITERACY OF RACINE\nFamily Literacy of Racine is a social service/education non-profit providing multiple programs/services for City of Racine families. Its mission is: \"Investing in Family and Community: Read, Lead, Learn, Succeed!\" Its family literacy program provides English as a 2nd Language classes, Pre-GED, and GED classes for adults; afterschool programming for children 6-14, and a preschool for children 0-6. Through the Family Smart/Kid Friendly Collaboration, home visitation/parenting education are available to at-risk families, as well as parent education classes to high risk families. A third program, Girls Inc., provides empowerment classes to girls 6-18 years old, through afterschool programming at 5 RUSD grade schools and 2 middle schools. Family Literacy's goal is to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty through comprehensive, integrated family education services.\nGirls Incorporated is a national non-profit youth organization dedicated to inspiring all girls to be strong, smart, and bold. With roots dating to 1864, Girls Inc. has provided vital educational programs to millions of American girls, particularly those in high-risk, under-served areas. Today, innovative programs help girls confront subtle societal messages about their value and potential, and prepare them to lead successful, independent, and fulfilling lives.\nABOUT RACINE LITERACY COUNCIL\nThe Racine Literacy Council is a volunteer-based organization that provides adult literacy programs in Racine County and works to bring awareness to the community about the importance and impact of literacy. Their primary focus is working with adults who want to learn English as a second language and/or to improve literacy skills.\nABOUT RACINE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT\nWith approximately 21,000 students, Racine Unified School District (RUSD) is the fourth largest school district in the state of Wisconsin. RUSD has 21 elementary schools including three magnet elementary schools, seven middle schools including two magnet and one charter middle school, and six high schools including one magnet and one charter high school. RUSD provides students rigorous academics and strong programming in the fine arts, foreign language, school-to-career, physical education, technology and other electives. The District also offers virtual learning opportunities for middle and high school students. The District is proud of the success that it creates for all of the students they serve, and proud of its mission to educate every student to succeed.\nJam Stewart", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 93, "original_length": 10825, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 296.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cobrt.com/archived-blog/2011/06/crusader-for-clean-food", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:05Z", "digest": "sha1:6DAWDZTF5M37METTZQS7IB3L5OX2BW7Z", "length": 8560, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "www.cobrt.com", "title": "Crusader for Clean Food \u2014 Colorado Business Roundtable (COBRT)", "raw_content": "Crusader for Clean Food\nBy:Jan Mazotti Issue: Collaborative Women Section:Jewel Of Collaboration\nIt was a day like any other. Robyn O\u2019Brien awoke and prepared breakfast for her four children. The three oldest got a tube of bright blue yogurt, some frozen waffles and scrambled eggs. The baby, Tory, got a banana and some eggs too. After breakfast, she put Tory down for her mid-morning nap while the other kids played. When she went to check on the baby, she noticed that Tory\u2019s little face was bloated and red, and her eyes were swollen shut. She rushed Tory to the hospital. The doctor said it was an allergic reaction \u2013 most likely to eggs. O\u2019Brien\u2019s first thought, \u201cSince when did an egg become so dangerous?\u201d\nRaised in Houston on meat, potatoes, Doritos, and Ding Dongs, Robyn O\u2019Brien proclaims she was not a foodie. She was your average Texas girl, raised in a conservative family. She earned her MBA from Rice University and graduated at the top of her class. She went to work for a major investment firm as an analyst for a team that managed approximately $20 billion in assets. She intimately understood \u201cenhancing profitability and shareholder value\u201d and \u201cmanaging earnings and expectations\u201d. When her first child was born, O\u2019Brien became a full time mom.\nNow with four beautiful children, O\u2019Brien is the founder of the AllergyKids Foundation, which strives to protect American children from the chemicals now found in our food supply. She is also the author of The Unhealthy Truth: How Our Food Is Making Us Sick And What We Can Do About It. The book takes an in-depth look at the deregulation of the food industry in the U.S, how food has become a mish-mosh of chemicals and additives, and how she is on a personal quest to engage people and challenge the status quo of what people put on their tables.\nToday, the American population suffers from a list of chronic health conditions, from asthma, to food allergies, to cancer, to diabetes. Every family has been impacted on every rung of our socio-economic ladder, creating a tremendous burden on our healthcare system, while countries around the world barely seem to sniffle. Have you ever wondered why?\nO\u2019Brien says it has to do with how the food industry in the U.S. enhances their profitability by using chemicals in our food supply that have been banned in other parts of the world. For several years and for very personal reasons, she has been trying to \u201cfigure out\u201d the cause of the allergy epidemic and understand the link between nutrition and health. She found that there have been steadily increasing disease rates over the last 70+ years including cancer, autism, and autoimmune diseases. In fact, she said, \u201c1 in 8 children suffer from asthma and 9 out of 10 cases of breast cancer are linked to environmental causes, not hereditary causes.\u201d She argues (and documents well) that much of the linkage between poor health and immune disorders is related to the \u201cfake\u201d foods we eat.\nSo, what are we to do when it is openly documented that only 4% of the average American diet consists of \u201creal foods\u201d like vegetables, beans, nuts, seeds, and fruits? Or that 80% of the average Americans calories are from white flour, sugar, and oil? Or that 60% of our calories are processed foods?\nO\u2019Brien asserts \u201cfake/techno\u201d foods tend to be cheaper and easier to access. She found that corporate, government and non-profit relationships between the producers of foods, seeds, pesticides, and insecticides were more co-mingled than the money that caused Wall Street to crumble. She discovered that for years, corporations knew of the dangers of large quantities of genetically engineered products, including soy, in their foods and still they put them on the shelves of the local grocer. She learned that hidden allergens are rampant in our food supply because of mislabeling. In fact, approximately five products a week are recalled because of mislabeling and over the past 10 years, nearly half of those recalls were never publicly announced.\nSomething even more disturbing\u2014milk. How can milk be disturbing? O\u2019Brien said that for the past 15 years or so much of the nation\u2019s milk has come from cows that have been injected with a genetically engineered growth hormone known as rBGH, a hormone, made in a lab to mimic hormones of female cows. While there are plenty of financial reasons to be concerned about this (of which you can learn from her book), rBGH is injected so that milk cows increase their production levels. But what most people don\u2019t connect is that hormones injected in cows become hormones ingested by people, which is concerning considering that the industry learned of the hazardous outcomes to the herds; increases in cystic ovaries, disorders of the uterus, decreases in gestation length and mastitis.\n\"Think of the mastitis for a minute,\" she said, \u201cThink of the bacteria and pus pouring out of those inflamed udders\u2014infections that aren\u2019t even being treated. How does that affect us, our kids, and the babies in our wombs?\u201d That thought was stunning and disgusting.\nShe did give a more positive view on the milk industry as she changed topics, almost one-third of the largest U.S. dairy processors are now rBGH-free.\nIt All Starts With Farmers\nO\u2019Brien posits that spiraling healthcare costs are partially connected to the way we eat. She says that, \u201cAmericans spend almost 20 cents of every dollar managing disease\u2014allergies, asthma, cancer, obesity\u2014and only 10 cents of every dollar on food.\u201d She argues that the environmental maneuvering of the food producers is much to blame and going organic may be more expensive, but much better in the long run.\nEmpowering farmers is part of the solution, O\u2019Brien claims. In a recent article, Health Care Begins With a Grocery Cart, O\u2019Brien says that organic food costs more than its conventional counterparts because our taxpayer dollars are not used to support organic farms to the same extent as conventional farms. She argues that, \u201cit is more profitable for farmers to grow crops laced with chemicals than organic ones because they will receive larger government handouts from the USDA Farm Subsidy program, more marketing assistance, and stronger crop insurance programs.\u201d She says that it costs farmers more money to produce organic products because they do not receive the same level of financial handouts and then are charged a fee to label their goods \u201corganic.\u201d Basically, they have a higher cost structure with the added fees and expenditures.\nThe linkage between poor health and immune disorders is related to the \"fake\" foods we eat. She asked, \u201cWouldn\u2019t it make more sense to use taxpayer dollars to subsidize the crops without chemicals given the evidence pointing to the impact on our health? What if our most powerful weapon in the war on healthcare was a farm subsidy?\u201d She answered, \u201cHealth reform should begin at the USDA, with an equal allocation of tax dollars between organic and conventional farming,\u201d which would enable more organic alternatives and ultimately drive down costs.\nO\u2019Brien is on a mission to share how food makes us sick and what we can do about it. While she may be an unlikely crusader for cleaning up our food supply, she is doing it. She fundamentally believes that safe food is a social justice issue.\nShe believes that collaboratively we can all play a role. \u201cWe simply have to get savvy and stand together so that our voices can be heard by leaders in our government and the food industry the same way that families overseas have made their voices heard,\u201d she said.\nShe knows that no one will save the world overnight. But she believes that if a group of committed people do a few little things it will add up, and change will happen. She strongly encourages parents to choose better food options at home, like eating plain rice with your own spices, instead of prepackaged rice mix. Or perhaps promote better school lunches that serve chemical-free milk. She says whatever you do \u2014 do something!\nNell Newman, Co-founder & President of Newman\u2019s Own Organics says, \"As eaters, we are all shareholders in our food supply and can learn from Robyn's work. Her efforts are both inspiring and important. \"\nO\u2019Brien counters, \u201cThough we can't change the beginning of our stories, we can change the end. Hope is the knowledge that change is possible, even when it seems hard to imagine.\u201d\nLearn more about Robyn O\u2019Brien\u2019s efforts or buy the book at www.robynobrien.com.\nLearn more about the AllergyKids Foundation at www.allergykids.com.\n\u2190 Educate Girls GloballyA Lesson in Courage and Leadership \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 9197, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 253.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.codepink.org/for_whom_the_bell_tolls_by_kathy_kelly", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:04Z", "digest": "sha1:JD44A2WBV7YB445X24JVYIVIJLXCBA6L", "length": 6484, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.codepink.org", "title": "For Whom the Bell Tolls, By Kathy Kelly | CODEPINK", "raw_content": "For Whom the Bell Tolls, By Kathy Kelly\nOur only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism, and militarism. ... A genuine revolution of values means in the final analysis that our loyalties must become ecumenical rather than sectional. Every nation must now develop an overriding loyalty to mankind as a whole in order to preserve the best in their individual societies. \u2013 \u201cA Time to Break Silence (Beyond Vietnam)\u201d Dr. Martin Luther King, April 4, 1967\nThis month, from Atlanta, GA, the King Center announced its \"Choose Nonviolence\" campaign, a call on people to incorporate the symbolism of bell-ringing into their Martin Luther King Holiday observance, as a means of showing their commitment to Dr. King's value of nonviolence in resolving terrible issues of inequality, discrimination and poverty here at home. The call was heard in Kabul, Afghanistan.\nOn the same day they learned of the King Center's call, the young members of the Afghan Peace Volunteers, in a home I was sharing with them in Kabul, were grieving the fresh news of seven Afghan children and their mother, killed in the night during a U.S. aerial attack - part of a battle in the Siahgird district of the Parwan province. The outrage, grief, loss and pain felt in Siahgird were echoed, horribly, in other parts of Afghanistan during a very violent week.\nMy young friends, ever inspired by Dr. King's message, prepared a Dr. King Day observance as they shared bread and tea for breakfast. They talked about the futility of war and the predictable cycles of revenge that are caused every time someone is killed. Then they made a poster listing each of the killings they had learned of in the previous seven days.\nThey didn't have a bell, and they didn\u2019t have the money to buy one. So Zekerullah set to work with a bucket, a spoon and a rope, and made something approximating a bell. In the APV courtyard, an enlarged vinyl poster of Dr. King covers half of one wall, opposite another poster of Gandhi and Khan Abdul Gaffir Khan, the \"Muslim Gandhi\" who led Pathan tribes in the nonviolent Khudai Khidmatgar colonial independence movement to resist the British Empire. Zekerullah's makeshift \"bell' was suspended next to King's poster. Several dozen friends joined the APVs as we listened to rattles rather than pealing bells. The poster listing the week's death toll was held aloft and read aloud.\nThey read: \"January 15, 2014: 7 children, one woman, Siahgird district of Parwan, killed by the U.S./NATO. January 15, 2014, 16 Taliban militants, killed by Afghan police, army and intelligence operatives across seven regions, Parwan, Baghlan, Kunduz, Kandahar, Zabul, Logar, and Paktiya. January 12, 2014: 1 police academy student and one academy staff member, killed by a Taliban suicide bomber in Kabul on the road to Jalalabad. Jan 9, 2014: 1 four year old boy killed in Helmand, by NATO. Jan 9, 2014: 7 people, several of them police, killed in Helmand by unknown suicide bombers. January 7, 2014: 16 militants killed by Afghan security forces in Nangarhar, Logar, Ghanzi, Pakitya, Heart and Nimroz.\"\nWe couldn't know, then, that within two days news would come, with a Taliban announcement claiming responsibility, of 21 people, 13 foreigners and eight Afghans, killed while dining in, or guarding, a Kabul restaurant. The Taliban said that the attack was in retaliation for the seven children killed in the airstrike in Parwan.\nWeek after bloody week, the chart of killings lengthens. And in Afghanistan, while war rages, a million children are estimated to suffer from acute malnourishment as the country faces a worsening hunger crisis.\nThis Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, we can and should remember the dream Dr. King announced before the Lincoln Memorial, the dream he did so much to accomplish, remembering his call (as the King Center asks) for nonviolent solutions to desperate concerns of discrimination and inequality within the U.S. But we shouldn't let ourselves forget the full extent of Dr. King's vision, the urgent tasks he urgently set us to fulfill on his behalf, so many of them left unfinished nearly forty-six years after he was taken from us. One year to the day before his assassination, he said:\n... A true revolution of values will soon look uneasily on the glaring contrast of poverty and wealth. With righteous indignation, it will look across the seas and see individual capitalists of the West investing huge sums of money in Asia, Africa, and South America, only to take the profits out with no concern for the social betterment of the countries, and say, \"This is not just.\"... The Western arrogance of feeling that it has everything to teach others and nothing to learn from them is not just.\nA true revolution of values will lay hand on the world order and say of war, \"This way of settling differences is not just.\" This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation's homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into the veins of peoples normally humane, of sending men home from dark and bloody battlefields physically handicapped and psychologically deranged, cannot be reconciled with wisdom, justice, and love. A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.\nWe must never forget the full range of Dr. King's vision, nor the full tragedy of the world he sought to heal, nor the revolutionary spirit which he saw as our only hope of achieving his vision - making do with everything we have to try to keep freedom ringing, despite the pervasiveness of the evils that beset us, and a world that needs vigorous effort to save it from addictions to tyranny and violence practiced by reckless elites.\n\u201cAmerica, the richest and most powerful nation in the world, can well lead the way in this revolution of values. There is nothing except a tragic death wish to prevent us from reordering our priorities so that the pursuit of peace will take precedence over the pursuit of war.\u201d\nKathy Kelly (Kathy@vcnv.org) co-coordinates Voices for Creative Nonviolence (vcnv.org) and is working alongside other activists to promoteWorldBeyondWar.org While in Kabul, she was a guest of the Afghan Peace Volunteers (ourjourneytosmile.com) All quotations are taken from Dr. King\u2019s speech given at the Riverside Church on April 4, 1967", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 118, "original_length": 8839, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 298.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.codify.ltd.uk/about-us/team-codify/sam.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:07Z", "digest": "sha1:4PVLHCG6I3EZOFXTJLDOWK2OE65MMO7S", "length": 392, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.codify.ltd.uk", "title": "Codify - About Us - Sam", "raw_content": "Sam is our first Open University graduate, with a BSc (Hons) in Computing & IT Practice. His eagerness to learn saw him study for his degree part-time whilst at the same time gain valuable experience as a developer within the oil & gas industry. 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The most popular degree to pursue online is the M.B.A., with over 11,000 people enrolled in more than 200 accredited programs. You probably already know that getting your M.B.A. online can open you up to a global community. But you might not always know where to go to look for those valuable internships that will help you compete in the job market later on. The Internet is full of places to find great internship positions; you just have to know where to look.\nUsing search engines and virtual job boards\nYou can find internship ads on most of the major job search sites like Yahoo! or even Craigslist, but you have to know how to use them correctly so you're not left wading through scams and unrelated job postings looking for what you need. You can use sites that are specifically for internships like Internships.com, Intern Sushi, DoInternships.com, or Internships-USA. Monster has a specialized site called Monster College, which is specifically for entry-level jobs and internships. Other sites like Indeed.com are able to search multiple databases at once. While many job search engines can be important M.B.A. resources, you should look around for the one best tailored to your needs.\nCold e-mailing\nJust like cold calling, unsolicited e-mails can actually work to land you the internship you're after. Make a list of companies you'd love to intern for and visit their websites. You might be pleasantly surprised to find out many of them actually address prospective interns and offer instructions for how to inquire. If you can't find anything about interning, find the contact information for human resources and send them an e-mail. Be polite but not aggressive and make sure they know when you're willing to start\u2014ideally, immediately. Most companies may accept an internship proposal along with your r\u00e9sum\u00e9. You can inquire about potential payment or ask for a stipend, but it\u2019s often helpful to make it clear that you're willing to go unpaid.\nUse your school\nMany universities maintain their own database of career opportunities for students. They will also offer help and guidance in figuring out what you may want from your internship. If your online M.B.A. program has a strong reputation or is tied to a prestigious university, attending that school will offer a leg up on the competition. Don't be afraid to e-mail professors, counselors, or academic advisors and ask for help and suggestions. The Internet is a big place, and having someone point you in the right direction is never a bad thing.\nConsider virtual internships\nInternships.com reported a 20% increase in the number of wholly online internships in 2012. These positions offer greater flexibility and a favorable time limit. If all you need is a laptop to work for a global company, you could intern during the academic year and save yourself the trouble of competing with the slew of summer applicants. Who offers virtual jobs? Many employers are large corporations looking to increase their hiring pool and discover new talent. Look for online applications in the winter months, but don't discount the idea that there may be scammers out there. Virtual internships are there to give you a chance to work for a more reputable company, not a less reputable one.\nBusiness networking today is all about making and maintaining contacts, and one of the best ways to do that is with social media. If you're pursuing your M.B.A., you probably have a LinkedIn profile. That site offers comprehensive guidance and a world of opportunity to reach out to professionals in many different industries. Perfect your profile and make sure you are updating it three to five times every week. Join relevant LinkedIn groups and don't be afraid to make contact with business people. If they don't have internships available right now, they will probably offer to keep you in mind for the future. Check in with them and be friendly. You can find many small businesses on Facebook and Twitter where some of the same rules apply. Though they're not as business-oriented as LinkedIn, maintaining a social media presence is important for companies, and it should be important for you.\nInternships are becoming more and more essential for students, and they can be an amazing chance to get your foot in the door at a company you want to work for. You're lucky to be taking M.B.A. classes in an age where the Internet has made the worldwide business community so accessible. 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Bush would \u201cdraw the right conclusions for US foreign and defence policy\u201d, Ferguson nevertheless advised that it would be \u201cwrong\u201d to pursue the terrorists through the courts, instead,\nthis is the moment \u2013 and it will not last long \u2013 when the US can and should take decisive military action against those rogue regimes which have for too long harboured and financed terrorism. Top of the hit list must be Saddam Hussein, closely followed by the Taliban government in Afghanistan. I should be sorry if Colonel Gaddafi were to escape unscathed. Whether or not one or all of them gave their backing to this particular attack does not especially matter. They are dangerous \u2013 not least to the people of the countries they despotically rule [emphasis added].\nSome twelve years on and much of Ferguson\u2019s \u201chit list\u201d has been achieved: Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi have not only been violently deposed \u2013 they are dead; the Taliban have also been expelled from power, though their leader, Mullah Omar, remains at large.\nAs for the Professor, his fortunes \u2013 both professional and financial \u2013 have risen. In 2002 he left Oxford to become the John E. Herzog Professor in Financial History at New York University (NYU). This was followed in 2004 by his current appointment as Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University. He is also a Senior Research Fellow at Oxford and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. In 2010-2011 he took a year\u2019s leave from Harvard to become the Philippe Roman Chair in History and International Affairs at the London School of Economics (LSE). He has published at least nine books in the past decade, with his next book, a \u201cwarts and all\u201d biography of Henry Kissinger, due to be published (after considerable delays) in late 2015. He is a contributing editor to the Financial Times and a columnist for Newsweek. Ferguson has also written and presented a number of television documentaries to coincide with some of his books and has reportedly become, especially for an academic, quite wealthy with an annual income estimated (in 2010) at \u00a35 million (Daily Mail, Feb. 10, 2010).\nFerguson has also become a very influential and well-connected figure on the world stage. In 2002, for example, not long after taking up his position at NYU he was reportedly \u201csummoned to Washington twice, once each by the Departments of Treasury and State, where he explained his convictions to policymakers; in Foggy Bottom, he met with [Secretary of State] Colin Powell\u2026\u201d (Washington Monthly, June 2004). He was invited to address the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) twice in 2003 and has authored no less than six articles in the CFR\u2019s journal Foreign Affairs. In 2004 Time magazine included him in its list of the 100 most influential people in the world today; and he was ranked 80th in Foreign Policy magazine\u2019s 2010 list of the \u201cTop 100 Global Thinkers\u201d. Ferguson has participated in three Bilderberg meetings, attending in 2009, 2010 and 2012. He also sits on the board of the British think-tank, the Centre for Policy Studies and is reportedly an \u201cunofficial adviser\u201d to UK Prime Minister David Cameron (Daily Mail, 7 Feb. 2010).\nFerguson\u2019s resume is impressive, but what has aided his rise? Professor Stephen Howe from Bristol University, writing in opendemocracy.net, has argued Ferguson\u2019s successful entre into elite circles is attributable to two factors. The first is the fact Ferguson is \u201cimmensely hardworking, prolific, and talented\u201d, as well as \u201cexceptionally productive\u201d, evident in the torrent of books, articles, lectures and television programs bearing his name. The other reason, according to Howe, is that Ferguson promotes the sort of ideas that \u201csome immensely powerful people, want to hear.\u201d Howe\u2019s analysis is accurate, but in common with many profiles of Ferguson, it stops short of identifying which \u201cimmensely powerful people\u201d have helped to propel the professor into his current lofty orbit. Another famous academic, Henry Kissinger, was aided in his path to the White House by the support of an elite patron, the plutocratic presidential aspirant Nelson Rockefeller; but who has helped Ferguson?\nIt is the contention of this article that Ferguson\u2019s entre into the ranks of the trans-Atlantic power-elite was aided in large part by the English Rothschilds, a relationship that was established through his well-received authorised history of their family, The House of Rothschild (1998). This was one of those occasions where the \u201cRothschild connection\u201d was real and it helped. Although Ferguson has gone on to acquire new and more prominent patrons among the US power-elite, his friendship with key members of the British branch of the Rothschild dynasty has been the linchpin for the professor\u2019s progress into the heady realms of the trans-Atlantic plutocracy.\nFor those aspiring to transcend the limits imposed on their ambition, because of the limitations imposed by their class, religion or race, an elite patron can be the key to escaping the chains of mediocrity and the threat of lifelong obscurity, or worse. In the case of Ferguson\u2019s latest biographical subject, Henry Kissinger, a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany, his ambitions for greatness were realised thanks to a number of patrons and mentors in the Army (Fritz Kraemer), Harvard University (William Elliott and McGeorge Bundy) and later at the Council on Foreign Relations. But it was the patronage of the plutocrat Nelson Rockefeller, the Governor of New York, frustrated Presidential aspirant and future Vice-President, which was to prove critical to Kissinger\u2019s entry into the White House as Richard Nixon\u2019s National Security Adviser.\nAccording to Walter Isaacson, Kissinger and Rockefeller formed a \u201clong-lasting odd-couple relationship\u201d, after meeting at a conference on national security issues that Nelson had convened in 1955 at the Quantico Marine Base (Kissinger: A Biography, p.90) Kissinger went on to serve as Rockefeller\u2019s key foreign policy adviser, providing support to his two ultimately failed attempts in 1964 and 1968 to secure the Republican presidential nomination. But Rockefeller\u2019s political failures were not to Kissinger\u2019s disadvantage. As Kissinger friend (and convicted felon) Conrad Black has noted, \u201chis relations with Nelson Rockefeller gave him some repute in the wings of the American political community\u201d (Richard Milhous Nixon: The Invincible Quest, p.544). It was partly because of the profile he had gained as Nelson\u2019s foreign policy adviser (as well as their similar views) that Nixon asked him to join his government. And when Kissinger left the Rockefeller stable to join the Nixon Administration, Nelson gave him a parting gift of $US50,000 (Kissinger, p.92),\nFerguson also had modest, albeit middle class, beginnings: his father was a doctor with the National Health Service and his mother was a physicist, and they lived in a flat in Glasgow, Scotland. Though educated at Oxford he was reportedly frequently penniless and for a time supporting his academic research in Germany, which later formed his 1995 book Paper & Iron: Hamburg Business and German Politics in the Era of Inflation, 1897-1927, by moonlighting as a journalist for the Daily Mail. It was in the early 1990s that Ferguson returned to Oxford to write his history of the Rothschild dynasty, his magnum opus The World\u2019s Banker: The History of the House of Rothschild. It was that massive book (subsequently republished in two volumes: The House of Rothschild: Money\u2019s Prophets, 1798-1848; and The House of Rothschild: The World\u2019s Banker, 1849-1999) which established his relationship with the English Rothschilds.\nThere should be, from the outset, no mistaking the fact that Ferguson\u2019s The House of Rothschild was an \u201cauthorised\u201d history of the famous banking family; in fact numerous family members were involved in its development. As Ferguson relates in the Preface, the idea for the book came from Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, then chairman of N.M. Rothschild & Sons \u201cwho originally suggested that the writing of a history of the firm would be a good way to mark the bicentenary of his great-great-grandfather Nathan Mayer Rothschild\u2019s arrival in England\u201d (House of Rothschild, Vol.1, p.xv). Also playing a role as \u201cmatch-maker\u201d was the publisher Lord George Weidenfeld, whom Ferguson credits with suggesting to him that he \u201cmight like to write this book\u201d (ibid, p.xvi).\nWeidenfeld has had a long association with the Rothschild family and in 1996 he established, with Lord Jacob Rothschild, the \u201cClub of Three\u201d, which formed the nucleus of what is now the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD). As its founder Weidenfeld, a director of N.M. Rothschild, retains a role as Chairman of the ISD\u2019s Board of Trustees; while the Rothschilds continue to be involved in various capacities. For example, Lynn and Sir Evelyn de Rothschild have provided financial support to the ISD (ISD Annual Review, 2008-09, p.29) and were participants in the ISD\u2019s 2007 M100 Sassouci Colloquium on \u201cThe East West Media Bridge\u201d; while Lord Jacob Rothschild hosted a dinner for the 2010 launch of the ISD\u2019s Humanitas Visiting Professor Program (ISD Annual Review, 2010-11, p.24).\nBut that was not the end to Rothschild involvement with Ferguson\u2019s work on the authorised history of their family. Numerous members of the Rothschild family, specifically Miriam Rothschild, Baron Guy de Rothschild, Lionel de Rothschild, and Emma Rothschild, personally reviewed Ferguson\u2019s manuscript (House of Rothschild, Vol.1, p.xv). Ferguson later is at pains to \u201cstate explicitly that those members of the Rothschild family who read parts of the early manuscript were not acting as censors\u201d (ibid, p.xvii). Nevertheless there was a formal agreement that allowed them to comment on his work and, at the same time, restrict his access to the archives to a specified time period:\nFrom the outset, it was formally agreed that I would be entitled to quote freely from any material in the Rothschild Archive in London predating March 1915 (the date of the 1st Lord Rothschild\u2019s death)\u2026 It was also agreed that N. M. Rothschild & Sons would have the right to comment on the manuscript (ibid; emphasis added).\nA number of Rothschild family members also agreed to be interviewed by Ferguson including: Lord Jacob Rothschild, Edmund de Rothschild, Leopold de Rothschild and Baron David de Rothschild (House of Rothschild, Vol.1, p.xv). But what is not mentioned by Ferguson is that his work on The House of Rothschild was heavily subsidised by the Rothschilds. They paid part of Ferguson\u2019s advance and had an agreement with Lord Weidenfeld to pre-purchase 5,000 copies, because it was not expected to be a big seller (The Times, Nov. 23, 1998). According to the Telegraph (16 Feb. 2001) it was \u201crumoured\u201d that Ferguson had received a \u00a3500,000 advance from the Rothschilds.\nDespite these conditions The House of Rothschild was hailed in both academia and the mainstream press as the landmark study of the Rothschild dynasty, not least because of Ferguson\u2019s unprecedented access to the Rothschild archives. It was an \u201cambitious, detailed and well-written history of the key members of a remarkable family\u201d, according to Foreign Affairs (March/April 2000, p.159); \u201ca scholarly achievement of tremendous magnitude\u201d, noted The Business History Review (Autumn 2000, p.486); and \u201can impressive contribution to the literature of the Rothschilds\u201d, declared The History Teacher (November 2000, p.129). The American Historical Review (April 2002, p.607) commended Ferguson for \u201chis thoroughness and his exhaustive use of correspondence of the entire family network.\u201d\nIn the New York Times the first volume was praised for its \u201cauthoritative detail\u201d and for being \u201cabsorbing\u201d (Dec. 20, 1998), while the second volume was \u201ca pleasure to read\u201d as well as \u201cbrilliant\u201d, \u201cinstructive\u201d and \u201cpositively engaging\u201d (Jan. 23, 2000). The left-wing New Statesman (Nov. 20, 1998) praised Ferguson\u2019s \u201csober and balanced history.\u201d Professor Fritz Stern, a renowned expert on German history at Columbia University, gave a gushing review in The New Republic (Feb. 8, 1999). Stern noted that with his unique access to the Rothschild archives, Ferguson had been \u201coffered a treasure trove\u2013and he has had the discipline and the intelligence to place this gold in its historical setting.\u201d Moreover, Ferguson \u201cwrites impeccably, and with empathy.\u201d Stern\u2019s overall assessment was glowing:\nThis is a major achievement of historical scholarship and historical imagination. Ferguson\u2019s work reaffirms one\u2019s faith in the possibility of great historical writing.\nWith such accolades The House of Rothschild went on to win the 1998 Wadsworth Prize for Business History and was also shortlisted for the Jewish Quarterly/Wingate Literary Award and the American National Jewish Book Award.\nAlso pleased with the book, given their role in paying his advance, controlling his access to the archives and editing his manuscript, were the current generation of Rothschilds. We know this because in 2000 Emma Rothschild, one of the reviewers of Ferguson\u2019s manuscript, in her then role as Chairman of the Rothschild Archive Trust, publicly hailed Ferguson\u2019s \u201cbrilliant use of private, uninhibited, sometimes quasi-encrypted correspondence between the Rothschilds, their wives and their children, throughout the 19th century\u201d (Rothschild Archive, Review of the Year, April 1999-March 2000, p.1).\nBut The House of Rothschild also presents us with a paradox in that it continues to be celebrated by many of Ferguson\u2019s most vociferous critics on the blogosphere as by far his best work. For example, Steven Marche at Esquire (Aug. 21, 2012) lamented:\n\u2026Niall Ferguson, once upon a time, was the best. I\u2019m one of the few people who has actually read his history of the Rothschilds, The World\u2019s Banker, all 1,040 pages of the thing, and it is brilliant, a model of archival research. I find it fantastically depressing that the man who could write that book could end up writing a book like Civilization\u2026.\nIndeed, most of his books since those heady days have been dismissed as glib, polemical works that focus on generating controversy rather than delivering historical insights worthy of a Harvard professor. In short, The House of Rothschild is considered sober and academic, while everything else since then \u2013 his books, op-eds and television series \u2013 are seen as little more than platform to parade his political biases and penchant for showmanship.\nIt would be, however, a mistake to think The House of Rothschild was not shaped by Ferguson\u2019s conservative-Thatcherite political views. On the contrary, his biases serve to frame the prodigious information he extracts from the Rothschild Archives. Though not a blatant hagiography in the mould of Frederic Morton\u2019s The Rothschilds: A family portrait (1961), Ferguson\u2019s tome had nevertheless had two broad objectives that in essence seek to restore the Rothschild reputation. The first objective is rather mundane and academic:\nThe primary concern of this book is\u2026to explain the origins and development of one of the biggest and most unusual businesses in the history of modern capitalism (House of Rothschild, Vol.1, p.7).\nPart of that story involves explaining Rothschilds were able to use their vast wealth to overcome \u201cthe various cultural and legal obstacles\u201d that they faced as Jews to achieve equal status with the European aristocracy. As Ferguson rightly notes, this is \u201cone of the most remarkable case studies in nineteenth century social history\u201d (ibid, p.7). The second purpose of his study is to \u201csupplant Rothschild mythology with historical reality\u201d (ibid, p.27). This mythology of the Rothschilds, which Ferguson dates back to 1813, covers all manner of popular legends, anti-Semitic libels, Nazi propaganda, and \u201cbizarre conspiracy theories\u201d, including those of that exemplar of the \u201clunatic fringe\u201d, David Icke (ibid, pp.25-26).\nAs a consequence, The House of Rothschild, in contrast to Ferguson\u2019s more recent titles, did not make any controversial findings, but instead offered a history of the Rothschilds that is measured and restrained in its rhetoric, but is also devoted at times to debunking the anti-Rothschild \u201cmythology.\u201d This means, however, that when Ferguson does encounter information that comes close to the conspiratorial anti-Rothschild narrative, his first instinct is to downplay or dispute its significance. On the issue of the extensive use of bribery by the Rothschilds in the 19th century, for example, Ferguson devotes almost nine pages to detailing the various types of financial inducements the Rothschilds employed to cultivate relations with Europe\u2019s political elite (Vol. 1, pp.153-161). He even acknowledges that conspiracy theorists were \u201cclosest to the mark\u201d on the issue of \u201cprivate financial interests\u201d (ibid, p.153) and the evidence is \u201ccompelling\u201d (p.162). But, he then suggests that conspiracists have misunderstood the role of such activities in bolstering Rothschild power, which can only be understood in terms of the size of their business (ibid, p.162). This bizarre reasoning seems to ignore the implications of the evidence that he offered: that the Rothschilds did not think the size of their business alone was sufficient to protect them or advance their interests; they knew they needed to buy political protection. This is a truism understood by any modern business, evident in the massive investment in lobbying firms, financial and other gifts to politicians and government regulators, and even the hiring of compliant academics to make the public case for their industry.\nA similar blindness can be seen in Ferguson\u2019s rather uncontroversial accounts of Rothschild manipulation of European governments through their control of the international bond market (Vol.1, p.28), the implications of their temporary monopoly on high-level political communications in Europe (Vol.1, pp.232-33), and even their efforts to manipulate the media in Britain, Germany and France (Vol.1, pp.287-88). But at the same time this approach has worked, with The House of Rothschild succeeding in eliciting little if any critical commentary on the Rothschilds. In fact, most mainstream reviewers of The House of Rothschild, clearly taking their cues from Ferguson\u2019s account, do not seem to develop adverse or negative opinions about the banking dynasty. For example, Foreign Affairs (March/April 2000, p.159), hailed the Rothschilds as \u201ca remarkable family\u201d; while Business History Review (Autumn 2000, p.486) described the Rothschild dynasty as the \u201clegitimate forerunners of the secretaries general of the League of Nations or the United Nations\u201d due to their commitment to peace.\nTo be sure, the Rothschilds\u2019 \u201cimmense financial influence\u201d (History Teacher, November 2000, p.129) and ability to \u201cdominate the international economy\u201d (American Historical Review, April 2002, p.608), was acknowledged. But for mainstream reviewers there was little in Ferguson\u2019s weighty tome that would inspire any alarm about the activities of the Rothschilds, particularly during the pinnacle of their power in the 19th century. Such omissions may be a reflection of the biases of his reviewers who were presumably too serious and sophisticated in their thinking to regard such details as sinister, and who consider such plutocratic excesses to be too commonplace to warrant critical comment. No doubt in their estimation only grubby anti-Semites or retrograde socialists would be sufficiently irrational to find fault with financiers attempting to manipulate governments. And it might also be a tribute to Ferguson\u2019s skill in framing his subjects in the most positive light, even whilst acknowledging such tawdry details.\nAside from the accolades, The House of Rothschild appears to have marked the beginning of Ferguson\u2019s ascendency, which sent him from the elite academic setting of Oxford across the Atlantic into the heady circles of the US power-elite \u2013 of Wall Street and Washington DC.\nFerguson\u2019s \u2018Rothschild Connection\u2019\nIn view of Professor Ferguson\u2019s excellent work in producing a well-received \u201cauthorised\u201d history of the House of Rothschild \u2013 a project over which the Rothschilds had no small amount of oversight and input, and for which Ferguson was allegedly given a \u00a3500,000 advance \u2013 it would be surprising if he had not forged enduring links with the dynasty. A couple of years ago the Daily Mail (Jan. 4, 2011) claimed that Ferguson had become \u201cchummy\u2026with members of banking family while writing two books on the Rothschild dynasty.\u201d There is scattered evidence in the acknowledgements to many of his books and in snippets that emerge in the public record, particularly in the social pages of the British and US press, that Ferguson is indeed \u201cchummy\u201d with the Rothschilds.\nIn the decade since publication of The House of Rothschild, Ferguson has received assistance from the Rothschild family in some form for at least five of his recent books:\nIn The Cash Nexus: Money and Power in the Modern World, 1700-2000 (2001), he thanked Sir Evelyn de Rothschild for being invited to present a paper at the June 1999 Financial Times Gold Conference, which went on to comprise parts of Chapter 11; and for permission to quote from documents in the Rothschild Archive. Additionally Emma Rothschild was among those whom he thanked for \u201cmiscellaneous comments and information\u201d (p.xviii).\nIn his book Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire (2004), Ferguson included \u201cLynn and Evelyn de Rothschild\u201d, amongst those he thanked for \u201chaving read and commented on drafts, for having listened and responded to seminar papers, or for having provided hospitality during the writing of the book\u201d (p.308).\nIn the Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World (2008) Ferguson thanked, among others, Lord Jacob Rothschild and Sir Evelyn de Rothschild for agreeing to be interviewed \u201con the record\u201d (p.363). Jacob was among those invited to the book launch for The Ascent of Money (Daily Mail, Oct. 29, 2008).\nFor his book High Financier: The Lives and Time of Siegmund Warburg (2010) Ferguson expressed appreciation to both Lord Rothschild and his business partner, former World Bank President James Wolfensohn, for consenting to interviews (p.xi).\nAnd in Civilization: The Six Killer Apps of Western Power (2011), Emma Rothschild was listed among those \u201ceminent historians\u201d and \u201cfriends\u201d who had commented on the draft manuscript (p.xix).\nOutside of this the extent of their public interaction on the public record is sparse, but there are hints that it is ongoing. For example when Ferguson delivered the Ninth Annual Niarchos Lecture at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington DC on May 13, 2010, Sir Evelyn took up the invitation to give the \u201cRothschild version of economic history\u201d and ask Ferguson some questions (Transcript, p.16). Ferguson and Sir Evelyn were also both listed as speakers at the Bloomberg China Conference, held in London in May 2011. Sir Evelyn is also a member of the LSE\u2019s Advisory Board \u2013 where Ferguson spent 2010-2011 \u2013 and a Trustee of the Atlantic Partnership \u2013 which hosted a special breakfast in 2009 where Ferguson lead a discussion of European-American relations.\nBut Ferguson\u2019s most significant Rothschild relationship is with Jacob\u2019s son, Nat Rothschild; they reportedly forged a \u201cclose friendship\u201d when Ferguson moved to the US in 2006 (The Mail on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010). How close has been revealed in a number of media snippets, including the fact that Ferguson and his new wife, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, attended Nat\u2019s 40th birthday bash in Porto Montenegro in 2011 (The Times, Jul. 9, 2011). In January 2011 Nat attended a mining industry summit in Cape Town, at which Ferguson was a speaker (Financial Times, Feb. 12, 2011). Earlier that month Ferguson and Ayaan had stayed at Nat\u2019s luxury chalet at Klosters in the Swiss Alps (Daily Mail, Jan. 4, 2011). The Financial Times (Jan. 15, 2011), noted that while on a fleeting visit to a coal mine in Indonesia Nat was \u201cbusy trading texts with Niall Ferguson\u2026who was staying at his house in Switzerland.\u201d They also share a Harvard connection: Ferguson is on the Board and Nat on the International Council at the Belfer Center for Political Science and International Affairs at Harvard University.\nThere are also institutional links between Ferguson and the Rothschilds. For example, Ferguson\u2019s resume lists him as a member of the Board of the Center for Policy Studies. Also sitting on the board is Andrew Knight, described as \u201cChairman of J Rothschild Capital Management and a Director of News Corporation.\u201d The aforementioned Institute for Strategic Dialogue not only benefits from sporadic support from Rothschild family members, but includes two former directors of N.M. Rothschild & Sons, one on its Board of Trustees (Field Marshal the Lord Guthrie) and the other, Baron Moser, on its Scholarships Advisory Board. Also on the ISD\u2019s Scholarships Advisory Board is Niall Ferguson.\nDigging deeper, though, and we can see signs that Ferguson\u2019s relationship with the Rothschilds is not only close, but has provided other dividends, such as delivering him into their elite social network. When researching my article \u201cThe \u2018Rothschild Connection\u2019 \u2013 the House of Rothschild and invasion of Iraq\u201d (Lobster Magazine No.63), I was surprised at how often Ferguson\u2019s name emerged as a friend or associate of those Rothschild friends and business partners who were also instrumental in some way in facilitating the neo-conservative network and/or the push to invade Iraq. Of the ten Rothschild-connected individuals I originally identified \u2013 Bruce Kovner, Rupert Murdoch, Ted Forstmann, Conrad Black, Tony Blair, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Peter Mandelson, Henry Kissinger and Richard Perle \u2013 Ferguson had developed links with at least five of them:\nAs noted above Ferguson is currently writing an authorised biography of former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. As Ferguson tells it the request to write the biography, with unprecedented access to Kissinger\u2019s complete private papers, came directly from Kissinger who wanted a \u201cscholarly unvarnished biography\u201d (The Scotsman, Nov. 15, 2008). Exactly when this approach was made is not clear \u2013 Kissinger first made the offer to British historian Andrew Roberts who turned it down (The Scotsman, Aug. 27, 2009) \u2013 though Kissinger and Ferguson have been friendly for quite some time. In mid-2004, for example, they were spotted dining together at the exclusive River Caf restaurant in New York (New York Post, Jul. 4, 2004). The relationship between the biographer and his subject has blossomed with Kissinger reportedly aware of Ferguson\u2019s affair with Ayaan after he kept turning up to \u201cprivate dinners\u201d with the Kissingers with \u201cwomen other than his wife\u201d (The Mail on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010); Kissinger was subsequently a guest at their wedding (Telegraph, Sep. 18, 2011). Ferguson has remained close to his biographical subject in other ways. For example, Kissinger is listed as a Patron of the aforementioned Atlantic Partnership (AP), an elite but little-noticed organisation that was formed in 2001 with the seemingly uncontroversial goal to \u201ceducate the public in national and international political and economic issues\u201d, with a focus on the \u201ctransatlantic community embracing Europe and North America\u201d; Ferguson is an AP panellist. And when the International Republican Institute (IRI) presented its 2009 Freedom Award to Kissinger, Ferguson was there following the presentation of the award by IRI Chairman Senator John McCain, to conduct a \u201cconversation\u201d with Kissinger \u201cdiscussing current foreign policy issues facing the United States\u201d (Ferguson\u2019s craven performance can be seen here).\nPrior to his nomination as the Republican presidential candidate in 2008, Ferguson was a foreign policy adviser to Senator John McCain. Although he regarded McCain as \u201cby a wide margin the best of the Republican candidates\u201d, Ferguson claims not to have acted as an adviser once McCain won the Republican nomination because his own certainty that Obama would win (Independent, Nov. 3, 2008). McCain received overt and tacit Rothschild support in his ultimately failed presidential campaign, including from Sir Evelyn de Rothschild\u2019s wife, Lady Lynn Forester, who abandoned the Democrats to back him, and from Jacob and Nat, who hosted a fundraiser in London. In early 2013, according to the New York Post ( 4, 2013), McCain had what was described by an aide as a \u201clunch with old friends and longtime supporters\u201d in a private dining room at the exclusive Four Seasons restaurant in New York. Among the guests were Henry Kissinger, Sir Evelyn de Rothschild and Lynn Forester de Rothschild.\nFormer media baron Conrad Black, released from US prison (for the second time) in May 2012 after serving 37 months in prison for embezzlement, referred to Ferguson as one of his \u201clearned friends\u201d who had taken part in the so-called Munk debate (named after their patron, Canadian billionaire Peter Munk) about China\u2019s future held in Toronto in mid-2011 (National Journal, Jun. 17, 2011). Lest one mere think this was a typically pompous figure of speech from Black there were actually four participants in the debate, but he named only three of them as his \u201clearned friends\u201d: Ferguson, Henry Kissinger and CNN host and Time Editor-at-Large Fareed Zakaria. Black\u2019s links to the Rothschilds are longstanding: he met Sir Evelyn de Rothschild through Bilderberg, and later acquired the Daily Telegraph through N.M. Rothschild. Jacob Rothschild was a guest at Black\u2019s wedding to Barbara Amiel and was on the Advisory Board of Black\u2019s company, Hollinger. Munk, incidentally, is close enough to the Rothschilds that he delivered a key speech at Nat Rothschild\u2019s 40th birthday party, which he hosted, praising the young plutocrat\u2019s business achievements (The Mail on Sunday, Jul. 10, 2011).\nIn November 2011 Ferguson delivered a eulogy for Ted Forstmann, the Wall Street financier and deal maker who had died of brain cancer. Ferguson paid tribute to Forstmann his \u201cco-author\u201d, whom he credited with being a \u201cmatchmaker\u201d, taking a \u201cfatherly interest\u201d in Ferguson\u2019s affair (though he calls it a \u201cromance\u201d) with his new wife Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Standing in St Patrick\u2019s Cathedral in New York, Ferguson celebrated Forstmann\u2019s morality: \u201cTed was one of those people who didn\u2019t advise her against me, and I\u2019ll be grateful for that until the day I die.\u201d Ferguson also paid tribute to Forstmann\u2019s \u201csecret life as an intellectual\u201d and praised his passionate belief that \u201cenlarging the government was not the answer to the problem; often it was the problem. A sentiment on display in a Wall Street Journal (23 April 2010) opinion piece that Ferguson and Forstmann had co-authored, which dismissed the idea the Global Financial Crisis had its origins in financial deregulation. They warned against attempting to \u201cabolish both bailouts and depressions, other than by creating another layer of government regulation.\u201d Forstmann\u2019s Rothschild links are long-standing: he had been friends with Jacob Rothschild since the 1990s and Sir Evelyn de Rothschild is on the Board of Directors of Forstmann\u2019s flagship company IMG Worldwide, a global sports, fashion and media business (Forstmann was CEO and Chairman of IMG at the time of his death).\nPeter Mandelson, a former minister in the British governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, a confidante of Blair, and a \u201cclose friend\u201d of Nat Rothschild (Guardian 9 Jul. 2011), has also turned up in Ferguson\u2019s network of elite friends. Given their political differences, the relationship is perhaps slight and coincidental, but there are hints that it might be more than an acquaintance. For the most part Mandelson and Ferguson often turn up at the same exclusive events, such as: the 2010 World Economic Forum meeting in Davos (The Independent, 23 Jan. 2010); Nat Rothschild\u2019s fortieth birthday celebrations in Montenegro (Mail on Sunday, 10 Jul. 2011); and the 2012 Bilderberg meeting in Chantilly, US. But there are other occasions which are less coincidental and suggest a degree of familiarity. For example, in a letter to the Wall Street Journal (24 May 2001), commenting on Mandelson\u2019s loss of ministerial posts because of perceived corruption, Ferguson defended Nat Rothschild\u2019s close friend, declaring: \u201cin my view, he should not have been forced to leave office.\u201d In 2008 Mandelson and Jacob Rothschild were among those invited in 2008 for the launch of Ferguson\u2019s The Ascent of Money (Daily Mail, 29 Oct. 2008). And then in 2011 the Evening Standard (4 Mar. 2011) reported that Ferguson had personally emailed a number of his \u201cfriends\u201d to remind them his new TV series was about to commence. The \u201cfriends\u201d included Peter Mandelson and Nat Rothschild.\nExactly when and how Niall Ferguson came to know each of these esteemed personages is, at the time of writing, not on the public record. It may well be that the professor\u2019s industry, his constant flow of books, articles and television programs, would have raised his public profile sufficiently to warrant their attentions. And that like his biographical subject, Dr Kissinger, the good professor shares his ambition and perhaps even a willingness to sacrifice principles to develop such potentially valuable relationships to his own benefit. But it also seems just as likely that he came to know and be known by these high powered friends of the Rothschilds by already being a friend of the Rothschilds\u2026\nNew Patrons, New Networks\nOf course, Ferguson has not been content to remain in the Rothschild stable. He has utilised the connections and opportunities they have provided to develop a wider circle of patrons, a process that has been particularly evident since he abandoned the UK over a decade ago to begin teaching in the US. As Ferguson related to Barron\u2019s magazine back in 2007, the decision to move to the US came about through a conversation with economic consultant (formerly of Salomon Brothers) Henry Kaufman:\n\u201cHenry told me, \u2018You really do a lot of work on money and power,'\u201d Ferguson says. \u201cI said, \u2018Yes,\u2019 and he said, \u2018Why don\u2019t come to where the money and power are?\u2019 That was an absolutely unanswerable proposition\u201d (Barron\u2019s, 12 Mar. 2007).\nThus, on the other side of the Atlantic, Ferguson has continued to chase \u201cmoney and power.\u201d\nIn 2002 Ferguson took up a new position in the US as the John E. Herzog Professor in Financial History at the Leonard H. Stern School of Business at NYU. The benefactor behind his professorship, John E. Herzog, a member of Stern\u2019s Board of Overseers, has a modest resume: he is also Chairman Emeritus of Spink/Smythe, an auction house specializing in antique stocks and bonds, banknotes, coins, autographs and photographs; and former Chairman and CEO of Herzog Heine Geduld, Inc. a securities brokerage company. Herzog\u2019s net wealth is not on the public record, but it is worth noting that in 2000 Herzog Heine Geduld Inc was bought out by Merrill Lynch for about US$914 million.\nHerzog\u2019s main claim to fame is as the founder of the Museum of American Finance (MOAF), which he established as a tax-exempt organisation in New York in 1989. He was Chairman of MOAF until 2010 and on the Board of Trustees until resigning in 2012. Also on the Museum\u2019s Board of Trustees since 2006 is one Niall Ferguson. For a historian who reportedly measures his credibility against the metric of book sales, his association with the Museum and its founder has been fortuitous. The Museum has provided the good professor with a high profile platform to promote his books to New York\u2019s financial and intellectual elites on a number of occasions. Thus he has given \u201cauthor lectures\u201d at the MOAF ostensibly to discuss, but in practice to promote his books Empire, Colossus, The Ascent of Money, and High Financier. The MOAF even provided Ferguson with the opportunity in 2012 to spruik his television series Civilization: The West and the Rest with Niall Ferguson.\nThere is no obvious or significant Rothschild connection to Herzog or his former company, Herzog Heine Geduld, Inc. The only incidental link is the presence on the MOAF Board of Trustees of Wilbur L. Ross Jr, who spent 24 years working at Rothschild Inc, until he quit in 2000 to found his own firm \u2013 the same year he became a MOAF trustee.\nArguably Ferguson\u2019s most important move was from NYU to Harvard; a shift that brought him a new and arguably his most visible elite patron: James S. Tisch. According to Barron\u2019s, Ferguson was \u201clured\u201d away from NYU in 2004 by Harvard University\u2019s then president and former Treasury Secretary in the Clinton Administration, Lawrence Summers, who appointed him the Laurance A. Tisch Professor of History. Of note is that:\nThe chair was donated by [James] Tisch and his wife Merryl, after the death in 2003 of Jim\u2019s father, Larry Tisch, the co-founder and longtime CEO of Loews, a New York-based conglomerate. \u201cWhen Harvard sent me one of Niall\u2019s articles that mentioned the current account deficit, I knew immediately that he was a man after my father\u2019s heart,\u201d says Tisch, Loews\u2019 current CEO (Barron\u2019s 12 Mar. 2007; emphasis added).\nSince 1998 Tisch has been President and CEO of Loews Corporation, an investment firm similar to Warren Buffet\u2019s Berkshire Hathaway. Loews was a business conglomerate that was established by James\u2019 father Laurence and uncle Preston in the 1940s, starting as a hotel chain, but later spreading to encompass, movie theaters, insurance, tobacco, oil tankers and, for a brief period in the 1980s, the CBS television network. Laurence Tisch, who died in 2003, was a renowned philanthropist in the Jewish community. He also liked to hold a weekly \u201cpower breakfast\u201d at his family\u2019s Loews Regency Hotel in Manhattan, with \u201cleaders such as former secretary of state Henry Kissinger, former New York mayor Ed Koch and others, to discuss community affairs\u201d (Forward, Nov. 21, 2003). James, his brother Andrew and his cousin Jonathan all occupy senior positions at Loews, currently ranked #193 in the 2014 Fortune 500 with a market value of $US17 billion.\nFerguson has come to know his new benefactor well. In 2010, at the New York Historical Society\u2019s History Makers Gala, it was Tisch \u2013 then a Vice Chair on the Society\u2019s bloated Chairman\u2019s Council (New York Historical Society Annual Report, 2009-10, p.29) \u2013 who personally presented Ferguson with his award. Their familiarity was evident when they spoke on first name terms when Ferguson delivered a lecture on \u201cThe Darwinian Economy\u201d at the Society in 2012 \u2013 \u201cThank you Jim\u201d, Niall said in response to Tisch\u2019s question.\nAnd it was Tisch who wrote a strongly worded letter to Newsweek (Aug. 26, 2012), in the midst of the brouhaha over Ferguson\u2019s incendiary and controversial Newsweek/Daily Beast article \u201cObama\u2019s Gotta Go\u201d (Aug. 19, 2012), to defend him, complaining about the \u201cenormous smear campaign\u201d being directed at Ferguson, a \u201cworld-class financial historian with an encyclopedic mind\u201d and \u201cstrong financial analytical skills.\u201d Tisch declared: \u201cI wholly concur with his analysis and conclusion.\u201d He dismissed the \u201cknee-jerk reactions\u201d to Ferguson\u2019s article and suggested \u201cwe as a nation turn\u201d from the course being set by Obama and \u201cheed the admonitions of the good professor.\u201d Tisch\u2019s coda was revealing:\nNow for the full disclosure: Professor Ferguson is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University, a chair that my wife and I donated in memory of my deceased father. In the eight years that Professor Ferguson has held the chair, he has been an indefatigable academic, writing books of great renown, producing award-winning documentaries for public television, speaking to financial and other groups, and teaching a full course load at Harvard University. I have never seen a professor (nor anyone else for that matter) with such an extraordinary work ethic. His work and academic rigor are of the highest standard. He brings a tremendous amount of honor to those of us who know him, and my whole family is proud to have him occupy the chair that bears my father\u2019s name (emphasis added)\nWhilst Ferguson may be close to the Tischs, there is little if any compelling evidence that the Rothschilds have a similar relationship. Their interactions, to the extent they can be tracked on the public record, appear fleeting and coincidental. For example, in 1992 when Laurance Tisch planned to buy-out the Macy\u2019s department store chain in New York, his buy-out plan was developed by Wilbur Ross at Rothschild Inc (Toronto Star, Jan. 25, 1992). And in 1998 both Laurance Tisch and Lord Jacob Rothschild were identified as investors in the doomed Long-Term Capital Management fund (New York Post, Sep. 25, 1998).\nIndeed, despite moving in the same elite circles, it seems that they know some of the same people, but not each other. Andrew Tisch, for example, was among guests for the joint birthday party for former US President Bill Clinton, his close friend Vernon Jordan, and Sir Evelyn de Rothschild at Martha\u2019s Vineyard in 2011, but that was as a friend of the Clintons rather than of the Rothschilds (Boston Globe, Sep. 5, 2011). Jonathan Tisch and Nat Rothschild were charter members of Manhattan\u2019s exclusive Core Club (New York Daily News, Jul. 15, 2005), a club \u201copen to all\u201d, provided one can pay the $US50,000 initiation fee and annual charges of $US15,000 (New York Times, Jun. 17, 2011).\nBut his relationship with Tisch has brought new admirers from the plutocratic class. According to Toby Craig Jones, writing in The Raritan (Fall 2012, p.88) Ferguson\u2019s 2012 television series, Civilization: The West and the Rest with Niall Ferguson, was financially supported by \u201ca small group of prominent figures on the American right, several of whom also dot the Forbes list of America\u2019s most wealthy.\u201d Sure enough, the production credits for Civilization list the following funders:\nKenneth and Anne Griffin\nAnna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation\nMarie-Jos\u00e9e & Henry R. Kravis Foundation\nPeter Thiel and the Thiel Foundation\nJames and Merryl Tisch\nJoan Ganz Cooney and Peter G. Peterson\nA production of Chimerica Media Ltd. in association with Thirteen and WNET\nAs detailed further by Jones, the financial and political pedigree of this group puts it well into the realm of the so-called (and much despised) \u201cone per cent\u201d:\nThey include Kenneth Griffin, a Chicago-based billionaire, hedge fund manager, and self-declared \u201cReaganite Republican.\u201d Others include the Marie-Jos\u00e9e & Henry R. Kravis Foundation. Henry Kravis, another billionaire, has been a longtime donor to the Republican Party. His wife Marie-Jos\u00e9e is a senior fellow at a right-wing think tank, the Washington, DC-based Hudson Institute. Peter Thiel, another hedge fund manager and an avowed libertarian; James Tisch, the CEO of Lowe\u2019s Corporation; and Peter G. Peterson, former Chairman and CEO of Lehman Brothers and Secretary of Commerce in the Nixon presidency, also helped fund the series (ibid, pp.88-89).\nTisch is also Chairman of WNET, the not-for-profit privately run New York based public broadcasting service which co-produced Ferguson\u2019s documentary; Kravis is Chairman Emeritus.\nAnd sure enough, Ferguson\u2019s association with these individuals transcends the documentary. Ferguson was one of the \u201cdistinguished guests\u201d, along with Henry Kravis, the 96th richest person in the US according to Forbes 400 (worth US$5 billion in 2014) and fellow Bilderberg attendee (2010, 2011, 2012), to celebrate the dedication of the newly built Kravis Center, housed at Claremont McKenna College in California in October 2011, and gifted to the college by its namesake. In The Daily Beast/Newsweek (Feb.13, 2012), Ferguson sang the praises of Peter Thiel, the staunchly libertarian president of Clarium Capital, ranked #284 in the US on Forbes 400 2013 list with an estimated worth of US$2.1 billion, a Ron Paul supporter and Bilderberg Steering Committee member; as \u201cone of the most interesting and original thinkers in America today\u201d and \u201csmarter than you.\u201d While Kenneth Griffin, CEO of Citadel, ranked #91 in the US according to Forbes 400 2014 billionaires list (US$5.5 billion), defended Ferguson\u2019s controversial Newsweek article about Obama, commending him in a letter to Newsweek (Aug. 26, 2012) for \u201cadvancing a thoughtful, albeit pointed, criticism of the Obama administration\u2019s economic policies.\u201d\nThe Price of Progress?\nIn noting the connections detailed above, it is not the intention of this piece to embark upon some crude exercise in \u201cguilt-by-association\u201d, to smear the good professor\u2019s otherwise excellent reputation. On the contrary, over the past year Niall Ferguson has done much to damage his academic reputation entirely on his own account with, according to his increasingly vociferous chorus of critics, a number of reckless statements and factually inaccurate analysis.\nHis 2012 Newsweek piece on Obama, for example, which charged that four more years of Obama would only deliver more \u201clow growth, high unemployment, even higher debt\u2014and real geopolitical decline\u201d, was widely castigated on the blogosphere. Critics accused him of \u201cmultiple errors and misrepresentations\u201d (Krugman) and of producing \u201csloppy\u201d analysis that \u201cfalls short of scholarly standards at any accredited university\u201d (Atlantic). Alex Pareene, writing in Salon, dismissed Ferguson as an \u201cintellectual fraud\u201d and a \u201ccon\u201d, whose job was to \u201cimpress dumb rich Americans with his accent and flatter them with his writings.\u201d\nThen in May last year Ferguson repeated this feat with some ill-considered comments at a conference in California that famed economist John Maynard Keynes had a short-term focus because he was a childless homosexual. Ferguson was subsequently accused of \u201ceconomic homophobia\u201d (Media Matters), being \u201ccrassly inaccurate\u201d (Spectator) and having \u201ca history of deploying gay smears\u201d (The Independent) against Keynes. To some critics the incident reinforced their view that Ferguson \u201cplays fast and loose with the facts\u201d (Financial Adviser) and was proving himself \u201cthe model for the British intellectual flame out\u201d (Esquire).\nNevertheless it should be evident that Ferguson\u2019s forays into the ranks of the power-elite, starting with the relationships forged whilst working on The House of Rothschild, have paid him significant professional and financial dividends. This has included practical, funding and promotional support for his books and documentaries, academic chairs at NYU and Harvard, as well as exclusive access to the social circles of the rich and powerful of the US, Britain and further afield. And it is this access that Ferguson, a surprisingly insecure man, is not averse to boasting about, as the Financial Advisor (May 03, 2013) noted in its report on his careless comment about Keynes: \u201cThroughout his remarks, Ferguson referred to his \u2018friends\u2019 in high places.\u201d\nOf course, Ferguson\u2019s ongoing relationship with the Rothschilds, after writing the first authorised and well-received family history, does not make him an unthinking Rothschild \u201cpuppet\u201d, as some might be tempted to suggest. But the support they have given him, the various doors they have been able to open, the connections he has undoubtedly made with some of their elite friends (such as Henry Kissinger), certainly suggests that much of what he says and does is to their liking. The same can be said of his new cohort of billionaire admirers and supporters among the US hedge-fund plutocracy. For these representatives of the 0.00004 per cent of the US population that earns more than $50 million per year, it no doubt looks better to have their interests defended by a telegenic Harvard academic (especially a foreign one) than by awkward press releases and other missives issued from a US$22 million apartment on Park Avenue in Manhattan\u2026And so, it is Ferguson\u2019s anointed role as a defender of the \u201cone per cent\u201d, that will be examined in the next part of this essay.\n', enableHover: false, enableTracking: true, buttons: { pinterest: { description: 'The Professor\u2019s Progress',media: 'https://www.conspiracyarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Featured-Ferguson-Rothschild.jpg' } }, click: function(api, options){ api.simulateClick(); api.openPopup('pinterest'); } }); // Scrollable sharrre bar, contributed by Erik Frye. 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Other local organizations will be on-site.\nFamilies are free to tour the school and talk with teachers, coaches, and local organizations. Report cards will be available for pickup starting at 6 p.m.\nFrom 5:30-7:15 p.m., there will be a free BBQ with a hot dog or burger, chips, and beverage for every person in the family.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 193, "original_length": 4196, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 123.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.corkmindbodyexperience.ie/share-international", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:33Z", "digest": "sha1:H4QTXLVO3LP52Z74UOAI6E7ZT4C56MUK", "length": 1261, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.corkmindbodyexperience.ie", "title": "Share International - Exhibitor", "raw_content": "Share International - Unity in Diversity\nThere is in the world, a group of wise men who have evolved on earth, MAITREYA and the MASTERS OF WISDOM. They have long worked from behind the scenes as the inspirers, teachers and guides of humanity. Gradually they are returning to the everyday world to inspire us to create a new civilization based on sharing and justice, freedom and peace, so that all may have the basic necessities, free from war and want. Share-international.org\nCELEBRATE THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN\nHumanity is really one great big family, all interconnected and interdependent, on each other and on all life here on planet earth. The web of life is indeed a very accurate description of all these wonderful relationships.\nToday, thankfully, the awareness of this unity is growing, as more of us become conscious of our place in the vast scheme of things and anchor that responsibility.\nThere is a great window of opportunity right now, to raise the energetic bar of humanity and release the untapped potential of millions. The harvest is ripe, what a gift, let\u2019s not waste it! Find ways to inspire and uplift each other. Use your talents to help create a world that reflects what is the highest and finest in mankind!\nLET'S BUILD BRIDGES NOT WALLS!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 2312, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 323.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.corporate-cases.com/2018/01/anti-dumping-duty-revocation-of-notification-40-2012-customs-add-dated-30aug2012.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:47Z", "digest": "sha1:MUNHCTGCDXXRF6TR5KGIZKA5Y76UTCMJ", "length": 1476, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.corporate-cases.com", "title": "Revocation Of Notification No. 40/2012-Customs (ADD) Dt. 30 Aug 2012", "raw_content": "Revocation Of Notification No. 40/2012-Customs (ADD) Dt. 30 Aug 2012\nMinistry of Finance (Department of Revenue) Notification No. 40/2012 - Customs (ADD), dated 30-08-2012, was regarding levying of anti-dumping duty on imports of Metronidazole, originating in, or exported from People's Republic of China, for a further period of five years.\n\u201cMinistry of Finance (Department of Revenue) Notification No. 2/2018-Customs (ADD) dated the 17th January, 2018.\u2014 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (5) of section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 (51 of 1975) read with rules 18, 20 and 23 of the Customs Tariff (Identification, Assessment and Collection of Antidumping Duty on Dumped Articles and for Determination of Injury) Rules, 1995, the Central Government hereby rescinds the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 40/2012-Customs (ADD), dated the 30th August, 2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub section (i) vide number G.S.R. 657 (E), dated the 30th August, 2012, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such rescission.\nFurther, the anti-dumping duty paid on and after 29th August, 2017, under notification No. 40/2012 Customs (ADD) dated the 30th August, 2012, shall be refunded to the person who in fact paid the ADD, without passing on the burden of the same, in accordance with law.\u201d\nTags: Anti-dumping Duty(ADD), Customs", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 20, "original_length": 2036, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 121.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.counterview.net/2017/08/capital-investment-worth-worth-3-of-gdp.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:08Z", "digest": "sha1:S3CU35ATXBHAWYCLNVMWS4FWEKHWOM73", "length": 4140, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.counterview.net", "title": "Capital investment worth worth 3% of GDP \"stalled\" in India due to land acquisition problems: High profile report", "raw_content": "Capital investment worth worth 3% of GDP \"stalled\" in India due to land acquisition problems: High profile report\nA new report \u201cIndia Land Governance: Country Narrative\u201d has estimated that demands for urbanization in India, infrastructure and rapid expansion of industry would require an additional 10% of the land area (152 million hectares), currently used for agricultural production, though regretting, the process of making available such huge land would remain \u201ccomplicated\u201d.\nEspecially blaming the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (LARR) Act, 2013, passed by the previous UPA government, the report, prepared by a private firm, NR Management Consultants, says, \"Capital investments worth 3% of India\u2019s gross domestic product (GDP) were stalled due to land acquisition problems\u201d.\nAccording to the report, \u201cAs on 2015, some 8-14% of the projects were stalled were related to land conflict. Out of 80 high-value stalled projects, more than 25% of projects were stalled due to land disputes risking the total investment of Rs 1,926 billion\u201d, adding, \u201cConflicts covering 5.62 million people affecting Rs 12,853 billion and 1.8 million ha of land as on July 1, 2017.\u201d\nEspecially raising alarm over tribal areas, the report says, in Schedule V Areas, i.e. tribal districts of Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Rajasthan \u2013incidence of conflicts are \u201c1.5 times greater the national average number of conflicts.\u201d\nPointing out that \u201cland acquisition of both common and private lands is a major cause of projects delays\u201d, the report says, \u201cContrary to the common perception of disputes being limited to private lands, at least 15 percent of the stalled projects were on common lands, the total investment value of which was Rs 1,188 billion.\u201d\n\u201cDue to land acquisition conflicts 5,780 (14%) of the more than 40,000 projects announced between January 2000 and October 2016 were stalled\u201d, the report estimates, adding, \u201cInfrastructure projects accounts for almost half of all the land related conflict.\u201d\nThe report notes, out of the total geographical area of the country, 329 million hectares, since 1950, \u201cthe area of non-agriculture use (usually urban land) has been steadily increasing with decreasing of cultivable wastelands\u201d, adding, \u201cIt now constitutes 8% of the geographical area, almost trebling in 60 years\u201d, with the area under rural (excluding non-agricultural use and forests) has decreasing from 72% to 64%.\u201d\nThe report says, \u201cSatellite-based analysis available indicates that majority of the urbanization has primarily occurred in the cropland areas (0.7 million ha) while only 0.12 million ha of the forest areas were cleared for urban development during 1880\u20132010. The built-up area (or urban area) has increased by 5-fold from 0.46 million ha to 2.04 million ha during 1880\u20132010.\u201d\nThe report says that, while the net sown area has increased by 20% since 1961, \u201cthe area of grazing and permanent pasture has been continuously declining including fallow and uncultivable wastes, which are mostly comes under village common land categories.\u201d\n\u201cSatellite based analysis indicate that majority of the cropland expansion has been resulted from conversion of forest (16.9 million ha), grasslands/shrublands (14.8 million ha) as well as other types that primarily include fallow lands\u201d, the report says.\n\u201cA total of 26 million ha forest areas (from 89 million ha in 1880 to 63 million ha in 2010) and 20 million ha of grasslands/shrublands (from 45 million ha to 25 million ha) has decreased in India. In contrast, total cropland area has increased by 48 million ha (from 92 million ha in 1880 to 140 million ha in 2010)\u201d, the report underlines.\nAgriculture Economy Governance Law Living\nLabels: Agriculture Economy Governance Law Living\nThe link to the report is incorrect. Please change it to: http://landportal.info/library/resources/india-land-governance-country-narrative-full-report\nThis is the India: Land Governance Country Narrative (Full Report)\nEditor said\u2026\nThanks. Have corrected the link", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 360, "original_length": 16055, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 230.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cpbml.org.uk/news/call-campaign", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:28:33Z", "digest": "sha1:ERIBL5WXRLN5745OXZOZDYVPPFEIXR6J", "length": 4101, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.cpbml.org.uk", "title": "Call that a campaign? | Communist Party of Britain Marxist-Leninist", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb News/Views \u00bb Call that a campaign?\nCall that a campaign?\nBlink and you would have missed it. The TUC\u2019s campaign on public sector pay kicked off on 17 October with a desultory lobby of parliament. A few hundred \u2013 many of them paid officials under instruction \u2013 rallied in Parliament Square, a turnout that not even the TUC felt worthy of a press release (which is saying something).\nIn fact, you didn\u2019t have to blink to miss it. You had to work really hard to notice it at all. Despite the urgings of public sector union HQs, virtually no members turned up.\nThat\u2019s not because workers in public services aren\u2019t interested in pay. What worker isn\u2019t? It\u2019s because even those interested in fighting for pay \u2013 a quite different thing \u2013 know that lobbying parliament is a waste of time.\nThe word \u201ccampaign\u201d entered the English language about 400 years ago. Based on a French word for \u201copen country\u201d, it described a series of military activities. So Napoleon had a campaign in Russia, Wellington in Spain. In most unions, and supremely in the TUC, it now means a series of pointless activities based around banners, balloons, mugs, T-shirts and begging letters (sorry, petitions).\nSo, another TUC farce, the result of another farcical series of events. It begins with a few unions that cannot organise a fight. In their weakness, they put a motion to the TUC\u2019s annual conference calling for a \u201ccampaign\u201d. The vote is unanimous. The campaign begins, with a slogan like \u201cBritain needs a pay rise\u201d.\nNothing comes of it, of course. Then a repeat campaign comes, with a really imaginative twist to the slogan, like \u201cBritain still needs a pay rise\u201d. Then all is quietly forgotten and a different \u201ccampaign\u201d starts.\nBut nobody complains, because no one who calls on the TUC to do their fighting for them seriously expects a result.\nThe most active campaign in the trade union movement at the moment is probably that waged by the rail unions to keep guards on trains. And it certainly didn\u2019t start with a motion to the TUC (though TUC support was enlisted once the battle was engaged).\nThe tragedy is that a proper pay campaign in the public sector is desperately needed, one that takes to heart the Oxford English Dictionary\u2019s primary definition of a campaign, \u201c\u2026operations intended to achieve a goal\u2026or involving a specific type of fighting\u201d.\n\u2018No one who calls on the TUC to do their fighting for them seriously expects a result.\u2019\nOn the railways, workers are fighting a protracted struggle, always with a goal in mind, and doing so in a guerrilla way. That means fighting on your ground, where you are strong. It means not picking a fight unless you believe you can win it.\nWorkers in the public sector who want more money but have signally failed to get it will have to learn from those who have been successful, like the rail workers. They need to sit down, work out where they are strong, and engage the enemy there.\nInstead of complaining about having to get 50 per cent of their members to turn out for a strike ballot, unions should start with ballots where they know they can get the turnout \u2013 regionally, locally, anywhere where the turnout and the result can be reasonably assured.\nThen they should fight in a guerrilla way, hit and run rather than all-out confrontation. Know your enemy\u2019s weaknesses, maximise your own strengths. Ensure that control of the struggle is in the hands of local organised workers, not national know-alls. Spread solidarity on the basis of success. Recognise that you don\u2019t support a strike by standing on someone else\u2019s picket line \u2013 you support by taking action at your own place of work.\nThat kind of campaigning is hard work, and doesn\u2019t go down well with armchair generals who prefer grand national ballots where they can stride at the head of a demonstration and pose for the media. Nor with the ultra left, who want campaigns to fail so that they can accuse the \u201cleadership\u201d of betrayal.\nBut it is the only way out of the gloomy succession of dismal campaigns, lobbies and petitions that have so blighted the labour movement.\nwww.cpbml.org.uk/news/call-campaign", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 6454, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 294.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cpbml.org.uk/news/handbook-leavers", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:39:28Z", "digest": "sha1:YZIHRA2EV75ELAWPRDTYQPHETOABJ55H", "length": 3809, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.cpbml.org.uk", "title": "Handbook for leavers | Communist Party of Britain Marxist-Leninist", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb News/Views \u00bb Handbook for leavers\n\u201cIt\u2019s hard to think of any aspect of the Leave debate, both pro and anti, which the author doesn\u2019t cover in some detail.\u201d\nBrexit: the Road to Freedom, by Will Podmore, paperback, ISBN 978-1916427174, i2i Publishing 2018, \u00a39.95. Kindle edition also available.\nLeave campaigner Will Podmore\u2019s latest book is a comprehensive overview of the field of Brexit history, the current situation, and the future which becomes both possible and needed once we have left the EU.\n\u2018If you find yourself in the midst of a Brexit argument, this is the book for you.\u2019\nIt\u2019s hard to think of any aspect of the Leave debate, both pro and anti, which the author doesn\u2019t cover in some detail. If you find yourself in the midst of a Brexit argument in the pub or while campaigning in the street, this is the book for you.\nHe begins by looking at the powerful history of democracy in Britain, from the Magna Carta in 1215 to the EU Referendum vote in 2016, and how the European Coal and Steel Community set up in 1951 evolved into the European Union we know so well today.\nOn the way the author reminds us of the once proud strand of Labour thinking which valued British independence, quoting Clement Attlee in 1962: \u201cI have read the Treaty of Rome pretty carefully, and it expresses an outlook entirely different from our own\u2026 The fact is that if the designs behind the Common Market are carried out \u2026there would be no national planning, except under the guidance of Continental planning \u2013 we shall not be able to deal with our own problems.\u201d\nAnd again: \u201cUnfortunately in this country the propaganda for entering the Common Market has been largely based on defeatism. I believe in a planned economy\u2026 I have no prejudice in a Britain planned for the British by the British.\u201d\nEU austerity\nIn an excellent chapter on economic aspects of the EU, the author looks at the EU\u2019s policies of austerity, forced onto member states wherever possible, the creation of the euro, and Project Fear.\nAnd along the way, the author examines the reality of British payments which have poured into the bottomless pockets of the EU, showing how the famous \u00a3350 million a week claimed by the Leave campaign was in fact an underestimate!\nSubsequent chapters deal with the Scottish 2014 Referendum, and the nature of the 2016 EU Referendum \u2013 its validity, and how many who piously talked about \u201crespecting the outcome of the vote\u201d had no intention of doing so, and have in fact organised to overturn it. And it shows that a key reason given by Leave voters for how they voted was the principle that decisions about the UK should be taken here.\nBrexit opponents from the \u201cleft\u201d often raise the issue of workers\u2019 rights, attributing them to a beneficent EU. This book shows in detail how the opposite is true, and that rights under British law were won by British workers themselves.\nAnd in the same vein, the book deals with the \u201cfree movement of workers\u201d. This does not benefit our class, but on the contrary it frees up employers to set up shop wherever in the EU they want, and drives down pay and conditions.\nLater chapters deal with such issues as \u201cis the EU a force for peace?\u201d (it\u2019s not \u2013 the book shows how it does the opposite), the nature of the EU\u2019s move towards a superstate, and the farce of the so-called negotiations on Britain\u2019s withdrawal, where the EU has been allowed to call the shots.\nThe final chapter looks ahead, to what can be possible when we leave the EU. At last Britain will be able to make its own decisions and plan for an independent future. It will be essential that the people themselves assert control and don\u2019t sit back and leave it up to the politicians who have made such a mess of Leaving.\nBrexit: the Road to Freedom is highly recommended.\nwww.cpbml.org.uk/news/handbook-leavers", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 78, "original_length": 6322, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 204.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.creditcanada.com/blog/7-things-you-didnt-know-about-debt-consolidation-programs", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:39Z", "digest": "sha1:BQQKRTEJZUVFCRX7MZ6GQDVS3H7XAUSS", "length": 7057, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "www.creditcanada.com", "title": "7 Things You Didn\u2019t Know About Debt Consolidation Programs", "raw_content": "7 Things You Didn\u2019t Know About Debt Consolidation Programs\nCathy Plowman\nBy now, you may know that a debt consolidation program (DCP) is an arrangement with a third-party agency that negotiates with your creditors to either reduce the interest on your debt or drop it down to zero, and then they'll combine all your debts into one monthly payment. But there may be some things you didn\u2019t know, so we\u2019ve rounded up seven common misconceptions and other little-known facts and benefits about debt consolidation programs, or DCPs.\n7 Surprising Facts About Debt Consolidation Programs\n1. You Can Use a Secured Credit Card on a DCP\nWhile you\u2019re on a DCP, you will need to surrender your credit cards, but most people entering a DCP have already maxed out their credit cards anyway, so they're useless. However, you can get a secured credit card while you're on a DCP, in case you ever need to book a hotel or rent a car. These cards work just like a regular credit card, except they require an initial money deposit as collateral (usually $100-$500). This deposit assures creditors you'll pay back the money you borrow. When you use the card to make a purchase, it\u2019s not deducted from the deposit like a prepaid card. Instead, you pay the balance just like you would a regular credit card.\nA secured credit card helps you rebuild your credit, and once you've successfully completed your DCP, you might be able to upgrade it to an unsecured one. Just note that a prepaid credit card is not the same as a secured credit card; a prepaid credit card does nothing to help your credit.\n2. Many Credit Counsellors are Certified Professionals\nWhen you enter a DCP with a reputable, non-profit credit counselling agency, you\u2019ll be working with certified credit counsellors, not just phone operators. Look for certification by the Association for Financial Counselling & Planning Education (AFCPE), which ensures a counsellor has been rigorously trained and certified to meet the highest standards. These certified counsellors will also give you valuable money management skills that will help you move forward with your financial goals following the successful completion of your DCP.\n3. Bankruptcy Remains an Option\nA debt consolidation program is preferred over bankruptcy for many reasons. Bankruptcy completely kills your credit, keeps it that way for seven years, and makes it extremely difficult to rebuild. It also takes non-exempt assets, such as RRSP contributions and tax refunds, and seizes any equity you have in your home. However, some people worry they won\u2019t be able to afford the monthly payments through a DCP, so they think bankruptcy is their only option. The good news is if you enter a DCP and find yourself unable to make your monthly DCP payments, you can still file for insolvency, whether that's filing a consumer proposal or bankruptcy. If you can salvage your credit a bit, you might as well start with a DCP, and if that doesn't work, you can always look at bankruptcy as an alternative option.\n4. There Are No Loans Involved\nA debt consolidation program is not the same as a debt consolidation loan, which involves taking out a loan to pay off your debts, generally through a bank, credit union, or finance company. So rather than paying numerous loans of varying sizes and at various interest rates to any number of creditors, you would use the debt consolidation loan to pay off all your creditors, and then just focus on paying off the one large debt consolidation loan at a single interest rate to the one lending institution that gave you the loan. With a DCP, however, there are no loans involved. You simply send your money to the non-profit credit counselling agency managing your DCP, then they disperse it to each of your creditors until all your loans are completely paid off.\n5. Secured Debt is Not Included\nA DCP combines unsecured debts, which includes credit cards, lines of credit, utility bills, payday loans\u2014basically debt not tied to an asset, like a house or a car, that can be seized in case you don't make your payments. Secured debt, on the other hand, is tied to a specific piece of property, which can be reclaimed if payments aren\u2019t made. This includes mortgages and car loans, and these cannot be included in a DCP. Instead, the DCP makes your unsecured debts much more manageable, improving your ability to continue paying your secured debts in a timely manner. And keep in mind that home and auto loans generally have much lower interest rates, so in some cases you\u2019re better off not including them.\n6. Not All Agencies (or DCPs) Are Created Equally\nNon-profit credit counselling agencies offering DCPs range in quality, as well as the types of perks they include in their programs. For example, at Credit Canada we offer free credit building once you've successfully completed our Debt Consolidation Program, and in some cases, an unsecured credit card as well. Our counsellors also check in with their clients to make sure their budgets are working for them, and to help make any necessary adjustments.\nYou want to be sure you\u2019re working with a reputable non-profit credit counselling agency that can provide you with all of the help and support you need to successfully pay off your debt, before of course signing the dotted line. So first and foremost, shop around for an agency that is a non-profit organization (NPO). NPOs don't stand to make a profit from you, and any fees you pay to the agency will not only be minimal but also go directly towards covering the costs of managing the DCP.\n7. DCPs Are For Everyone, If It's the Right Fit\nThere is definitely a stigma or misconception around debt. Some people might think people who have debt aren't big earners, or they don't know how to manage their finances, or they are reckless spenders. But the truth is debt doesn't discriminate. At Credit Canada, we have served clients from all walks of life\u2014professional athletes, actors, comedians, celebrity personalities, lawyers, teachers, doctors, single parents\u2014you name it. And sometimes life happens, and all of a sudden smart, educated, and prepared people who have successfully managed their finances all their life can find themselves in financial distress due to any number of reasons, such as medical emergencies, ailing family members, unexpected job loss, new life changes, etc.; the list goes on. A DCP can be the best and smartest solution for anyone, depending on their particular financial situation and their future goals, and a certified non-profit credit counsellor can tell you if it's the right solution for you.\nThere you have it, seven things you might not have known about DCPs. Interested in learning more or just looking for some free general financial advice? All you have to do is give us a call at 1.800.267.2272 and we\u2019ll book you a free counselling session with a certified credit counsellor who truly cares.\nTopics: Debt Consolidation Programs\nThe Top 10 Perks of Living a Debt-Free Life\nMy Debt Consolidation Loan Was Denied\u2014Now What?\nHow to Pay off Your Debt in 3 Years or Less", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 130, "original_length": 9557, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 294.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/shows/snapped/videos/courtney-schuloff", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:15:21Z", "digest": "sha1:TF6W5ZT6DGOFMXG3XW7W2MNMLQAT2Q27", "length": 371, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk", "title": "Courtney Schuloff | Crime + Investigation", "raw_content": "It was a romance with all the elements of a text-book teen tragedy. She was sweet sixteen. He was an older man of 20. When her father found out, he was determined to separate them and he ultimately succeeded.\n\"I'm a doctor\"\nAllam steps up his campaign of revenge.\nCan you really trust those closest around you?\nStacey Castor\nStacey Castor killed not one but two husbands.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 70, "original_length": 2247, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 283.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1144-we-love-you-too", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:06Z", "digest": "sha1:2NWBQ5DXFU46FFQRJS45F2WMNXLHKMTT", "length": 650, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.criterion.com", "title": "WE LOVE YOU TOO! | The Current | The Criterion Collection", "raw_content": "This is one of our favorite new sites. At the end of April, Spike Jonze and friends started a blog celebrating the artists and other influences that come together in his upcoming film of Maurice Sendak\u2019s Where the Wild Things Are. It\u2019s called We Love You So. They\u2019ve been putting up all kinds of cool stuff\u2014definitely check out the earlier posts of Andy Warhol, Debby Harry, and an Amiga computer; Reggie Watts; Patrick Daughters and Marcel Dzama; Barack Obama . . . and everything else! We were especially psyched yesterday when Spike posted that Ratcatcher was one of \u201ca handful of films that we watched when we were deciding on the tone for WTWA.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 93, "original_length": 2124, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 231.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.crossfit321.com/advantages-of-functional-training", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:20Z", "digest": "sha1:6GMMFXOIHIH5DKWPVQB7G6IJ2EHHL5XO", "length": 2964, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.crossfit321.com", "title": "Advantages of Functional Training in a Group Environment - CrossFit 321 - Topsham, Maine", "raw_content": "Functional training or functional fitness is primarily focused on building the body to effectively handle daily, real-life activities in real-life positions. Whether it is moving furniture with ease, improving your basketball performance or hiking with more efficiency, this type of training can certainly help you live better.\nMoreover, functional training can help provide with the mobility, endurance, power, stability, strength, flexibility and agility that you require to succeed as you move through your sports and life. It uses basic functional movement patterns, such as carrying, squatting, pulling, hinging and pushing patterns.\nHowever, staying motivated with this type of body training can be a bit challenging. It can be easy to start but being continuously driven is often tricky. The great news is that functional training can be done in a group environment. With this, you could work with people with common goals and can keep you motivated.\nTrain with People with Similar Goals\nWorking out with a group of like-minded people can make your training easier and more convenient. Functional training in a group environment allows you to train with individuals who have common goals with you. With this, it can be easy to stay motivated and on track. You can have fun, enjoy and feel supported in reaching your goals. Getting yourself involved in a group environment also gives you the added benefit of support not only from your instructors but also from your peers.\nYou Won\u2019t Feel Alone while Working Out\nIt can be quite easy to be complacent or lazy when working out on your own. There is no one to push you or to keep you motivated. By participating in a group environment, you will never feel alone because you have a lot of people to assist you in your fitness endeavor.\nGroup Functional Training Can Give you Enough Challenge to Work Harder\nOne of the main reasons that some who train regularly do not get their desired results is that they do not challenge themselves enough. This means that their workouts are just too easy. When you select the appropriate class for your level in a group environment, you will be challenged to work even harder. Also, you will certainly want to ensure that you can keep up with the rest of the group.\nFunctional Training with a Group is Fun!\nNo matter what activity you perform, you want it to be fun. A group class can provide you with all the combined elements to make your workout experience more enjoyable. With an inspiring leader, engaging activities and like-minded peers, functional training can be a lot of fun. The classes are also paced to make it exciting.\nFunctional training with a group is social. It allows you to develop a friendship with other people even outside of the gym. Group functional training also offers a cost-efficient way of taking advantage of the expertise of a qualified trainer. You\u2019ll learn new techniques, form, and exercises that will help you achieve your fitness goals.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 4377, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 321.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cruisemaster-me.com/ponantcruises", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:07Z", "digest": "sha1:UP3F3AKTQSEGWY7UCYAMERNFKRL2L2KM", "length": 873, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.cruisemaster-me.com", "title": "Ponant Cruise & Expedition | Luxury Yacht Cruise 2017 -2018", "raw_content": "The world\u2019s only French-flag cruise line and leader in Polar expeditions, PONANT was established in 1988. Today the company has established itself as the reference for a new style of luxury cruises with its unique concept of sea travel, combining exceptional itineraries and five-star facilities aboard small capacity ships.\nExplore the world\u2019s most remote and inaccessible regions in supreme comfort with Five-Star service: a unique concept from PONANT. Aboard superb yachts, purposefully designed to navigate in extreme regions, passengers gain access to exceptional locations and regions on Five-Star Expeditions, real adventures that are authentic yet refined.\nGuests can discover multiple countries in a single journey and explore the planet's best kept secrets; and combine adventure with luxurious style and fine cuisine in the best tradition of French savoir-faire.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 121, "original_length": 3363, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 304.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~ml/publications/year/1989", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:14Z", "digest": "sha1:NX4P6LGHY7XK226VQXTU4G43RAQNZTTO", "length": 887, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.cs.utexas.edu", "title": "Machine Learning Research Group | University of Texas", "raw_content": "Processing Issues in Comparisons of Symbolic and Connectionist Learning Systems\nDouglas Fisher and Kathleen McKusick and Raymond J. Mooney and Jude W. Shavlik and Geoffrey Towell\nIn Proceedings of the Sixth International Workshop on Machine Learning, 169--173, Ithaca, New York, 1989.\nAn Experimental Comparison of Symbolic and Connectionist Learning Algorithms\nRaymond J. Mooney, J.W. Shavlik, G. Towell and A. Gove\nIn Proceedings of the Eleventh International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-89), 775-780, Detroit, MI, August 1989. Reprinted in ``Readings in Machine Learning'', Jude W. Shavlik and T. G. Dietterich (eds.), Morgan Kaufman, San Mateo, CA, 1990..\nThe Effect of Rule Use on the Utility of Explanation-Based Learning\nIn Proceedings of the 11th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 725-730, 1989. 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So far we have even seen a slight increase in bookings from 2016. If anything, the business travel community currently seems more concerned with the ban on laptops and electronic devices in carry-on luggage on certain flight routes than the potential impact of Brexit.\nYet there is still a great deal of uncertainty, so it\u2019s understandable for some companies to instinctively tighten their belts in response, perhaps choosing to hold video conferences over face-to-face meetings.\nBut we know that progressive businesses take a different view. They know that in an uncertain but competitive economic climate there is an even greater need to travel in order to do business. This may mean exploring emerging markets further afield, in African countries for example, or simply travelling more frequently to strengthen existing relationships.\nEqually encouraging was the recent news from the 2017 European Business Travel Barometer survey, which showed that nearly three quarters of UK businesses now view business travel as an investment instead of an expense.\nOn a human level, meeting clients in person often cements relationships which might otherwise wither if left to emails and phone calls and as we\u2019ve said before it\u2019s much easier to build rapport when you\u2019re taking the time and trouble to actually meet your customers in the flesh.\nDoing so also helps you gain a better understanding of their issues and therefore leaves you better placed to meet their needs and deal with any potential roadblocks.\nOur trade body the GTMC has found that many smaller, more agile companies are spending more on business travel than ever.\nAccording to research conducted by the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) in 2016, the general outlook for British business travel is still fairly positive. They predict that 'international outbound travel will grow at 9.8 percent in 2016 and 8.9 percent in 2017,' so only a slight 1 percentage point drop is anticipated, while also pointing out that, 'Domestic business travel accounts for 65 percent of all business travel in the United Kingdom.'\nOne of the key lessons from the GTMC\u2019s UK conference last November was the rise of growing new markets. Findings from their data partner Oxford Economics showed that global markets are shifting all the time and that it\u2019s well worth looking beyond Europe.\nDespite a slight slump predicted for early 2017, business visits and investment is soon expected to grow to pre-Brexit levels.\nEurope is only Part of the Picture\nInterestingly, when you look at annual growth in terms of employment and GDP, Europe now actually lags behind all other continents, including Oceania, with Asia and Africa leading the charge.\nAverage GDP growth for European cites is at 2.2%, while for Africa it\u2019s more than twice that at 4.9%.\nIn terms of job growth, only 3 of the world\u2019s top 20 cities are in Europe, including London itself, with the likes of Beijing, Manilla and Guangzhau all growing rapidly. So all this points to a growth in opportunities outside of the EU.\nThe GTMC\u2019s persuasive infographic (below) on the economic impact of business travel claims that business travel boosts British trade by a whopping \u00a36.5 billion and that even a 1% increase spent on air travel for business is worth a staggering \u00a3160 million.\nGovernment\u2019s Export Effort\nYou needn\u2019t go it alone, help is at hand. The UK Government has recently launched a website, with the strapline \u2018Exporting is Great\u2019, dedicated to supporting companies who are keen to explore best practice for exporting and key export markets.\nThe site includes a free showcase portal where companies can promote their products and services to an audience of international buyers as well as a database of over 1500 qualified opportunities from overseas companies looking to import goods and services from the UK.\nAnd of course we\u2019re here to help you stay out on the road meeting customers and doing deals, while still controlling costs and saving unnecessary expense where you can of course.\nMany of our own SME clients have found a strong parallel between travel and growth. Now more than ever it\u2019s time for British businesses to do all they can to get out there and promote UK PLC. If you sit back and wait, the risk is that your competitors will steal a march on you and exploit those new opportunities before you do. So get out there and travel, see the whites of your customers\u2019 eyes and then enjoy the fruits of your labours.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 95, "original_length": 9233, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 308.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cuisinart.ca/support-walk-in-ctr.html?lang=en", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:09:53Z", "digest": "sha1:I7DVWQWOFI7DAME2ZOBUMV4YLP5IHFUV", "length": 1090, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.cuisinart.ca", "title": "Walk-in Service Center | Cuisinart", "raw_content": "If for any reason your Cuisinart product is not functioning properly, please do not return the appliance to the store, please return directly to us for repair and / or replacement or contact us directly and we will be more than happy to remedy your questions.\nWalk-In: You may also visit our walk-in service centre located in Woodbridge, Ontario.\nOpen Monday - Thursday 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. EST\nFriday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST\n100 Conair Parkway\nWoodbridge, ON L4H 0L2\nEmail: Consumer Canada\nTo facilitate the speed and accuracy of your return, please also enclose a cheque or money order for the shipping and handling as stated in the Instruction Booklet that accompanied your product. In the event that you do not have the proof of purchase date, for the purpose of this warranty please use the date of manufacture.\nAlso be sure to include a return address, contact phone number, description of the product defect, proof of purchase, and any other information pertinent to the product\u2019s return. 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The campus area spans about 134 acres with a building construction area of about 80,000m2.\nFuture phases include the construction of two other factories to produce different products and at least one expansion of the chocolate factory. When complete, the complex will have an annual capacity of 250,000 tons and will be the largest chocolate manufacturing plant in India.\nCurrie & Brown was selected to provide cost management services, including:\nValidation of the civil engineering works\nRemeasurement of quantities\nSpecific tasks included preparing and updating the master budget and providing independent cost inputs during value engineering for civil, MEP and utilities.\nWe helped the client control costs by providing item rate benchmarking for the bills of quantity for site grading, civil, structural and architectural work. The benchmarks were based on our updated database of material costs in Sri City. This information provided the client with a negotiation range for each item in the bill of quantity. We also provided support during commercial and price negotiations with the civil contractors.\nWe successfully completed the validation and submitted a detailed report to the client despite short timeline of just three days. We also assisted the client in solving the cost-related issues pertaining to civil packages and audited bills when required.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 230, "original_length": 7962, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 279.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.cyclingsa.com/road-cycling-press/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:22Z", "digest": "sha1:PJBII73FIXYN6Q366EPQUGB7QXP4Z7UU", "length": 2849, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.cyclingsa.com", "title": "Road Cycling Press \u2014 Cycling South Africa", "raw_content": "Please note that due to the date of the elections KwaZulu-Natal Cycling has needed to move the South African Junior and Youth Road Championships to 22 and 23 June 2019.\nFebruary 13, 2019 / Mylene Paynter/ 1 Comment\nSA Road Champs attracts strong field to City of Tshwane\nAshleigh Moolman-Pasio and Daryl Impey are among South Africa\u2019s top cyclists to descend upon the City of Tshwane when they arrive to register on Wednesday 6 February in preparation of the 2019 edition of the South African ROAD National Championships. The blue-ribbon event kicks off with two days of Individual Time Trials on Thursday 7 and Friday 8 February, followed by the Road Races on Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 February.\nImpey becomes first male to win back-to-back titles at Tour Down Under\nSouth African Daryl Impey has created history today, becoming the first male to win back-to-back Tour Down Under titles with a third-place finish on the final stage.\n2019 SA Road Champs entries are open\nEntries are open for the 2019 SA Road and Para-cycling Championships, which will take place in Tshwane from the 7-10 February 2019.\nNovember 26, 2018 / Mylene Paynter/ 4 Comments\nCall for nominations: Convenor of Selectors for Road Cycling\nCycling South Africa\u2019s ROAD Commission calls for nominations for the Convenor of Selectors for Road Cycling. NOTE: THIS IS AN UNPAID VOLUNTEER POSITION. Nomination forms to be submitted to secretarygeneral@cyclingsa.com before 10 December 2018.\nUPDATE: Use of disc brakes in road cycling\nAs an update to our previous communication regarding the use of disc brakes in road cycling events \u2013 dated 27 February 2018 \u2013 all categories are now permitted to race with disc brakes in road races with immediate effect.\nDlamini secures King of the Mountains jersey at Tour of Britain\nNic Dlamini held on to secure the King of the Mountains category in the penultimate stage of the Tour of Britain following yet another exciting day of racing. It was, again, a strong team performance as Scott Davies also finished the day as the best British rider following the stage finish in Mansfield.\nBen is King of the day, again!\nBen King won his second stage of La Vuelta for Team Dimension Data and rode incredibly to cross the line ahead of Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo). Third spot was filled by Dylan Teuns (BMC Racing Team).\nNational Team Announcement \u2013 UCI Road World Champs (AUT)\nCycling South Africa announces the National Road cycling team that has been selected to represent South Africa at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships in Innsbruck-Tirol, Austria, from 23-30 September.\nNational Team in action at Gran Fondo (ITA)\nCycling South Africa announces that the following riders are representing South Africa by their participation in the 2018 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships, taking place in Varese (Italy) from 30 August to 2 September 2018.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 211, "original_length": 7705, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 227.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/folk-legend-christy-moore-pontio-11054498", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:32Z", "digest": "sha1:UU6G4YHFVV22CROT6FEGALZHGYXB3M3W", "length": 2234, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.dailypost.co.uk", "title": "Folk legend Christy Moore in Pontio Bangor gig - North Wales Live", "raw_content": "Folk legend Christy Moore in Pontio Bangor gig\nThe Irish folk music hero remains a relevant force on today\u2019s contemporary music scene\nThe legendary Irish singer Christy Moore will perform at the new Pontio arts venue in Bangor this autumn.\nAs he turns 70 later in the year, Christy marks his 50th year on the road.\nAlongside him on tour will be his musical partner for the past 10 years, the talented guitarist Declan Sinnott, with Jim Higgins on percussion.\nAn Irish folk music hero, Christy Moore remains a relevant force on today\u2019s contemporary music scene.\nSix years ago he won Best Male at Ireland\u2019s prestigious Meteor Music Awards and the Penguin Book of Irish Verse included his song \u2018Lisdoonvarna\u2019.\nMeanwhile, 2011 saw him take the stage with Coldplay in front of 80,000 at Oxygen Festival and his cover of Bob Dylan\u2019s \u2018Hattie Carroll\u2019 has been included on The Rough Guide to Bob Dylan, which features the best Bob Dylan covers.\nBorn in County Kildare he was originally a bank employee who wanted to express himself using traditional music.\nChristy Moore at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall last year\nDuring a bank strike in 1966, which lasted 12 weeks, he went to England, as many striking officials did, but didn\u2019t return when the strike was settled.\n\u201cI had a wild and wonderful time in England, with no bank manager looking over my shoulder,\u201d he said.\nDoing general labouring work, he frequented the folk clubs and the Irish music pubs where he met Seamus Ennis, Margaret Barry, Luke Kelly, Martin Byrnes and many other traditional musicians.\nAfter leaving Planxty in 1975, Moore continued on his solo career, reforming his old band on occasion (which he has been doing ever since). He also formed the band Moving Hearts with Lunny and five other musicians in 1980.\nIn October 2004, Moore was stopped and detained for two hours by Special Branch officers at Holyhead and questioned about the lyrics of his songs.\nHis latest album, Where I Come From is a three disc set released in 2013 featuring a number of new compositions as well as re-recordings of past songs.\nChristy Moore with Declan Sinnott & Jim Higgins is at Pontio, Bangor on Thursday, October 6 at 8pm. Tickets available online or from the Box Office on 01248 382828", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 173, "original_length": 9021, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 231.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.danceviewtimes.com/alexander-meinertz/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:53Z", "digest": "sha1:N6KO5GLDG66QRZVSN7HN5TLRNSWXQ53K", "length": 4522, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "www.danceviewtimes.com", "title": "danceviewtimes: Alexander Meinertz", "raw_content": "Ballet Blowing Hot & Cold\n\"The Snow Queen\"\nOperaen, The Royal Danish Theatre\nby Alexander Meinertz\ncopyright \u00a9 Alexander Meinertz 2017\nOn the eve of Kenneth Greve\u2019s departure as artistic director of the Finnish National Ballet, the former principal dancer of the Royal Danish Ballet, has brought his company to perform at his Alma Mater in Copenhagen as part of celebrations in connection with the 100th anniversary of Finland\u2019s independence. Greve has directed the Finnish company since 2008, but announced in July of last year that this would be his final season in Helsinki: during his 10 years as director, he has created new productions of \u201cScheherazade,\u201d \u201cSwan Lake,\u201d \u201cThe Little Mermaid,\u201d and \u201cThe Snow Queen\u201d for the company, which was originally founded in 1921.\nContinue reading \"Ballet Blowing Hot & Cold\" \u00bb\nPosted at 06:31 PM in Alexander Meinertz | Permalink\nThe Sylphide Abattoir\n\"La Sylphide\"\n25 October and 6 Novembe, 2014\ncopyright 2014 by Alexander Meinertz\n[Editor's note: This article first appeared in the Danish online magazine, Doxa -- http://www.magasinetdoxa.dk/slagtebaenk-sylfiden.html -- and is reproduced here with Doxa's permission.]\nIt is the most powerful moment of the evening as well as the most difficult, both for Nikolaj H\u00fcbbe in the role of Madge and for me as a witness, a member of the audience: the ballet master arches his back like a furious, frothing animal. He raises his arms above his head in a cruel gesture, unfolds his hands as poisonous claws. His face contorts, his eyes nearly popping out of his head in a series of uncontrollable and conflicted emotions and expressions. He is a sick rapist, a yearning lover, a man who regains his sanity after committing a terrible deed: young James Ruben lies dead at his feet, destroyed and drawn of all life by H\u00fcbbe in a fatal, possessive vampire\u2019s kiss.\nThe title figure of \u201cLa Sylphide\u201d is long dead, and has been carried to the wings as a lifeless puppet by the evil manipulator\u2019s henchmen: no longer the focus point and poetic incarnation of August Bournonville\u2019s Romantic classic from 1836, but just a pawn in a devilish game where only Madge/H\u00fcbbe triumphs.\nContinue reading \"The Sylphide Abattoir\" \u00bb\nThe White Mughal\nSolor as Sir William? Nikolaj H\u00fcbbe\u2019s recent staging of \u201cLa Bayad\u00e8re\u201d in Copenhagen reinterprets the original Petipa libretto casting the ballet\u2019s aristocratic warrior as an English colonel, setting the drama of love and betrayal during the British Raj. Judging by the Edwardian party dresses and military uniforms, sometime in the early 20th Century: think Downton Abbey meets Bollywood and, thanks to set designer Richard Hudson, with an element of Bakst thrown in for good measure.\nContinue reading \"The White Mughal\" \u00bb\nBringing Back the Banned\nCopyright \u00a9 2003 Alexander Meinertz\nThe new director of the Bolshoi Ballet, Alexei Ratmansky, has performed the unlikely feat of bringing successfully back to life a Shostakovich ballet banned by Stalin and denigrated by no less a figure than Agrippina Vaganova. The Bright Stream was given its European premiere in Paris last week in connection with the ensemble's season at the Palais Garnier.\nContinue reading \"Bringing Back the Banned\" \u00bb\n\"Symphony in C\" in Paris\nCopyright \u00a92003 by Alexander Meinertz\nThere was confusion before the start of the Paris Opera Ballet's new season about whether the company dance Le Palais de cristal, as originally announced, or Symphony in C. It turned out to be the latter. The program book explained it this way: \"This new production is danced in the New York City Ballet's black and white version, just as the choreography ultimately envisaged it.\"\nBut Symphony in C is not Le Palais de cristal. Balanchine created the latter in just two weeks for Paris Opera Ballet in 1947, with sumptuous sets and glamorous costumes by L\u00e9onor Fini, and restaged it for Ballet Society in 1948. In Paris the ballet had different colour costumes for each movement, in New York the ballet was uniformly clad with the women in white tutus and the men in black tights and vests. In France each movement was named after a jewel\u2014my personal favourite being Black Diamond (2nd movement) and in New York Balanchine simply named them numerically. And although the overall structure and outline of Symphony in C remained the same as that of Le Palais de crystal the choreography in fact differed greatly in detail, not to mention atmosphere: The Black Diamond more so than the other three movements.\nContinue reading \"\"Symphony in C\" in Paris\" \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 160, "original_length": 8416, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 295.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.dangerousdrugs.com/drug-black-box-warnings/sulindac/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:45:38Z", "digest": "sha1:AXBAWBL63KMQ2ZDB3F2BOGNF4IJYZ7NK", "length": 924, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.dangerousdrugs.com", "title": "Jacoby & Meyers | Dangerous Drugs | Sulindac", "raw_content": "Sulindac is a non-steroid anti-inflammatory drug. NSAIDs are often prescribed to help arthritis patients reduce pain, tenderness, swelling and stiffness of the joints so that they can go about their normal daily activities. This medication works by interfering with the body\u2019s ability to produce an enzyme that causes inflammation.\nNSAIDs such as Sulindac increase the risk of sudden heart attack or stroke. Patients who have had previous heart problems or who have had family members who have had heart problems are more likely to have heart attacks or strokes while on Sulindac. Patients who have had bypass surgery should not take this medication.\nUsing Sulindac also increases the risk of serious stomach problems such as ulcers, bleeding in the stomach and gastrointestinal perforation. For this reason, it\u2019s important to see a doctor right away if you have stomach pain or blood in your stool while on this medication.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 124, "original_length": 4855, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 253.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.darwinlake.co.uk/pages/terms-conditions", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:21Z", "digest": "sha1:JBDNXWMK7QWZYPFW3NP66W6M4LPRYAP6", "length": 3139, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.darwinlake.co.uk", "title": "Terms & Conditions | Darwin Lake", "raw_content": "Darwin Lake Holiday Village is a Trading Name of Peak Village Ltd. Reg.No. 03278696 England.\nDefinitions: where mentioned below \u2018Guest\u2019 means the person making the holiday booking and all members of his/her party. \u2018The Owner\u2019 means the owner of the accommodation let to the Guest or his duly authorised Agent.\nAll bookings are solely for the purpose of conferring on the Guest the right to occupy the accommodation for the purposes of a holiday.\nAll holiday bookings will begin at 4pm on the day of arrival and end at 10.00 am on the day of departure, unless agreed otherwise in writing with the Owner. The Owner reserves the right to deduct \u00a310 per hour, pro rata, from the Guest's credit or debit card as provided at 9. below.\nThe Owner reserves the right to enter the accommodation at any time during the holiday booking.\nThe Owner shall not be liable in respect of claims the Guest may have for any injury, loss or damage however caused or sustained by the Guest or to the Guest's belongings whilst on the premises of the Owner.\nThe Owner reserves the right to refuse accommodation without giving any reason for doing so. If accommodation already booked should subsequently be unavailable due to unforeseen circumstances every effort will be made to find suitable alternative accommodation. Should this not be possible, all monies paid by the Guest will be refunded, but the Owner shall not be liable in any circumstances to make any payment to the Guest in excess of those monies.\nThe deposit is payable upon booking and the balance will become payable six weeks prior to the date of the commencement of the holiday booking. Monies paid under the terms of these conditions are not refundable by the Owner and will be forfeited if the Guest cannot take up the booking for any reason whatsoever. However, the Owner recognises that in some cases of cancellation notwithstanding that there is no legal obligation to do so, the Owner will use their best endeavours to re-let the accommodation for the period of the booking and if successful, the Owner will refund the deposit paid to the Guest less \u00a350 administration charge in respect of the additional expense in connection with the re-letting.\nThe number of persons stated on the particulars supplied as being the number allowed to occupy the accommodation selected by the Guest, is the total number permitted unless it is agreed otherwise with the Owner. If any person is found to be staying over and above the number stated, the Owner reserves the right to make an additional charge, not exceeding \u00a325.00 per day per additional person.\nThe guest must leave details of a valid and functional credit or debit card with the owner before booking that will be available to be charged with the cost of any breakages, damage or losses from the booked cottages of the guest.\nAll breakages, damage or losses within or immediately surrounding the Guest's booked accommodation including the Hall if also booked by the Guest, must be reported to the Owner before departure and these items must be replaced or paid for before departure or a charge will be made to the guest's credit or debit card.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 5091, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 272.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.datacareer.de/company/597/dachser-se/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:36Z", "digest": "sha1:A2JHOC2ZK5KRAOC7MAVSMNVYBDO7SSCR", "length": 279, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.datacareer.de", "title": "Jobs at DACHSER SE | datacareer.de", "raw_content": "DACHSER Group SE & Co. KG is a German logistics company, founded by Thomas Dachser in 1930, with its headquarters in Kempten in the Allg\u00e4u region. In January 2005, Thomas Dachser\u2019s grandson, Bernhard Simon, took over as Head of the Management Board.\nEmail me jobs from DACHSER SE", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 53, "original_length": 945, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 18.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.dayoftheweek.org/?m=June&d=22&y=2011&go=Go", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:22:45Z", "digest": "sha1:M7TSKBE3JXXVYQ4BIMOLGQDICJ3ZF5WI", "length": 336, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.dayoftheweek.org", "title": "What Day Of The Week Was June 22, 2011?", "raw_content": "June 22, 2011 was the 173rd day of the year 2011 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 192 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.\nA person born on this day will be 7 years old today. If that same person saved a Penny every day starting at age 6, then by now that person has accumulated $6.04 today.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 51, "original_length": 2867, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 72.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.daytranslations.com/company/clients", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:15Z", "digest": "sha1:L2SHELH63DMIN5J5GYYAYLKV7HPALQLK", "length": 5407, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.daytranslations.com", "title": "Our Translation Company's Clients | DayTranslations", "raw_content": "Some of the world\u2019s largest corporations trust in us to manage their translations\nCool & Cool is a leading international FMCG brand with a rock solid reputation synonymous with reliability and trust. Owned by ABC International Ltd (UAE), Cool & Cool manufactures a wide range of high quality products, including Skin Care, Mother & Baby Care, Paper and Detergents. With presence in more than 25 countries across the globe, Cool & Cool is committed to delivering high quality standards, innovative ideas and impeccable customer service.\nThe International Tax and Investment Center\nThe International Tax and Investment Center is an independent, nonprofit research and education organization. Founded in 1993 to promote tax reform and public-private initiatives, ITIC actively improves the investment climate in transition and developing economies. From 12 offices around the world, they work closely with ministries of finance, customs services and tax authorities in 85 countries.\nACDI/VOCA promote positive economic and social change internationally to craft a world where people are empowered to succeed in the global economy. ACDI/VOCA is distinguished by their commitment to overseas beneficiaries, wise stewardship of development resources, and a knowledgeable, effective team working together to promote economic opportunities for cooperatives, enterprises, and communities.\nAdrenaline Media, Inc.\nAs the predominate tourism media company in Orlando servicing an international clientele, Adrenaline Media, Inc., has worked with Day Translations. Inc. for the past four years. They\u2019ve come to depend on us for accurate translation services, attention to detail and our ability to meet deadlines in a timely manner. Their customer service is top notch and their pricing is fair. Adrenaline Media, Inc. considers Day Translations, Inc., an essential part of their business operations.\nAllen Harim Foods, LLC\nAllen Harim combines an approach to growing the healthiest \u201cno antibiotics ever\u201d chicken possible with a commitment to implementing the latest technology for the continuous improvement of all processes. Headquartered in Seaford, Delaware, Allen Harim employs more than 1,800 people in the United States, as well as more than 230 independent growers and 20 company farms across Delmarva.\nSince 2005, the team at Marathon Health have dedicated themselves to the singular goal of changing the way healthcare is delivered. Their motivation is simple: to improve population health by identifying health risks and working with people, one-on-one, to help mitigate them. Marathon Health helps to develop healthy workers and decrease the cost of care in the process, believing that the best way to keep people healthy is to prevent them from getting sick in the first place.\nCarnets Xpress\nWith over a decade of experience in carnet preparation for an International Freight Forwarder, Carnet Xpress offers a prompt, reliable and personalized service. As one of the only companies providing carnet preparation services, their rates are competitive, and their knowledge extensive; with expertise in many industries, including entertainment, manufacturing, and freight forwarders.\nCity of Orlando Office of Human Relations\nThe mission of the City of Orlando is to enhance the quality of life in the City by delivering public services in a knowledgeable, responsive and financially responsible manner. Attracting visitors and residents from far and wide for its year-round sunshine, tourist attractions, friendly people, and clean streets, Orlando is not only rich in heritage, but a thriving, modern city fully equipped to meet the needs of a changing era.\nDataSource has been helping companies develop and deliver multi-channel branded campaigns to local markets for the past 25 years. Their expertise, services, technology and products are driven by the passionate and talented people who make up the DataSource team, and are the keys to their growing success. DataSource provides the expertise and technology to help corporations execute and manage their branded programs.\nFive-time winner of the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence (2010-2015), Tampa\u2019s Lowry Park Zoo is one of the most popular zoos in the southeastern U.S., with over 800,000 visitors annually. The mission of the Zoo is \u201cto connect people with the living earth,\u201d and they do so by operating in accordance to the highest professional standards of conservation, education, research and recreation.\nClark Brown Creative\nWith more than 40 years\u2019 experience at the cutting-edge of design, Clark Brown Creative has been not just meeting, but exceeding client expectations across America since the early 70\u2019s. Working with clients from all industries, and household names from the Sheraton Hotel to Pizza Hut, Clark Brown has shaped the face of modern branding and logo design with his continued innovation, passion, and designs that push the envelope time after time.\nAspire Health is the nation\u2019s leading provider of community-based palliative care, operating in 13 states and over 30 cities. Aspire\u2019s clinicians are experts in providing patients with relief from the symptoms, pain, and stress of a serious illness; helping patients and caregivers navigate the healthcare system; guiding patients and caregivers through difficult and complex treatment choices and providing emotional and spiritual support to patients and their families.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 498, "original_length": 11648, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 198.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.decanter.com/learn/vintage-guides/california-vintage-guide/california-sparkling-michael-cruse-336886/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:21:16Z", "digest": "sha1:TKKKO4KPMX3GH5RIU56GJ24V5ZEJLYO3", "length": 6310, "nlines": 39, "source_domain": "www.decanter.com", "title": "California's new garage sparkling - and the winemaker behind it - Decanter", "raw_content": "California\u2019s new garage sparkling \u2013 and the winemaker behind it\nWilliam Kelley October 26, 2016\nCredit: Ultramarinewines.com\nWilliam Kelley meets a man making waves in California by producing sparkling wine in a garage off Highway 101.\nMany California wine revolutions have begun in inauspicious surroundings.\nWorking from a garage in Forestville, Burt Williams and Ed Selyem expanded the parameters of the possible with Russian River Valley Pinot Noir in the 1980s. Around the same time, in a warehouse in Marin County, Terry and Frances Leighton of Kalin Cellars were pioneering the production of unfiltered, sur lie-aged white wines.\nSo it should come as no surprise that ground zero for a new kind of California sparkling wine is an industrial park in Peteluma, just off busy Highway 101.\nIt\u2019s here that Michael Cruse, the movement\u2019s doyen, has established his winery and custom-crush facility: opposite a Nissan dealership and around the corner from a brewery. And it\u2019s here that he\u2019s producing small quantities of sparkling wines using labour-intensive artisanal methods seldom seen here in California, such as disgorging and riddling by hand.\nAs other producers follow Cruse\u2019s lead or contract for his services, the state\u2019s sparkling wine scene is diversifying.\nSix new California wine styles\nBrief history of California sparkling\nCalifornia bubbles, of course, are hardly new. More than ten million cases are sold each year, and the state\u2019s history with sparkling wine begins around the turn of the twentieth century, when Burgundian \u00e9migr\u00e9 Paul Masson won the soubriquet \u2018California\u2019s Champagne King\u2019 with his acclaimed m\u00e9thode Champenoise bottlings.\nBy the 1960s, the sparkling wine scene we recognize today had began to take shape. First, in 1965, came Jack and Jamie Davies\u2019 Napa Valley sparkling house, Schramsberg. It was with their 1969 Blanc de Blancs that President Nixon and Chou Enlai toasted the normalisation of relations between the USA and China.\nSoon the French were getting in on the action: in 1973, Mo\u00ebt et Chandon\u2019s Domaine Chandon opened its doors in Yountville, followed later that decade by Mumm Napa. And by the 1980s, the Champenois were looking beyond the confines of the Napa valley: 1982 marked the debut of Louis Roederer\u2019s pioneering Roederer Estate in Anderson valley; then, five years later, Taittinger established their Domaine Carneros in breezy Carneros. So California certainly has its justly acclaimed grandes marques, both home-grown and Francophone.\nInfluence of grower Champagne\nWhat\u2019s going on in Cruse\u2019s no-frills Petaluma facility, by contrast, has much more in common \u2013 in terms of its size \u2013 with the grower Champagne movement, and the parallels are far from coincidental. Cruse is a connoisseur of so-called farmer fizz.\nVisiting the region, he tells me, \u2018feels like going to a spa\u2019, and it was his first encounters with grower Champagnes in the early years of the last decade that ignited his interest in sparkling wine.\nBack then, Cruse was a scientist, not a winemaker. After graduating from UC Berkeley in 2002 with a degree in Molecular and Cell Biology (where he received his induction into wine microbiology from none other than Professor Terry Leighton), he worked in laboratories first in Berkeley, then at UC San Francisco.\n\u2018We\u2019re determined to do things seriously\u2019\nIt wasn\u2019t until the 2006 harvest that he took a job in the wine industry. Two years later, he and two partners set up Ultramarine, their own bonded winery, specialising in sparkling wine.\n\u2018I\u2019ve always been fascinated by process\u2019, Cruse reflects when I ask him why he chose to pursue such a technically-challenging project.\n\u2018The m\u00e9thode Champenoise is a little bit of a magic trick in a way; it\u2019s certainly a very method-intense way of making wine.\u2019\nAnd from the outset, no obstacle was too daunting. Cruse and his partners painstakingly purchased\u2014or built\u2014the tools of the trade: riddling boards, equipment for disgorging, dosing and topping up, a special press for white grapes.\n\u2018We were determined to do things seriously,\u2019 he explains. As well as being properly equipped, for Cruse being serious also means single-vineyard, single-vintage bottlings, barrel fermented with ambient yeasts and aged sur lattes, before disgorgement with minimal dosage. Riddling and almost everything else is done by hand.\nSo far, Ultramarine has lavished all its attentions on the Charles Heintz Vineyard on the Sonoma Coast, producing both a Blanc de Blancs and a Ros\u00e9 from Pinot Noir.\nBut it\u2019s still early days. \u2018With our first two releases were just trying to figure things out, so our first commercial release came with the 2010 vintage\u2019, Cruse explains.\nAnd because the m\u00e9thode Champenoise can\u2019t be hurried, that debut 2010 vintage only appeared on the market two years ago. With the 2012 vintage release, a Blanc de Noirs will join the portfolio.\nExpect more new bottlings\nThe Cruse Wine Company also offers custom crush services, so other wineries can draw on Cruse\u2019s expertise\u2014and battery of equipment\u2014to produce sparkling wines, both m\u00e9thode Champenoise and simpler p\u00e9t-nat, under their own labels.\nHis winery is currently at capacity, with clients and collaborators from all over California (though non-disclosure agreements preclude naming them). What\u2019s more, he\u2019s not alone: Morgan Twain Peterson and Chris Cottrell\u2019s Under the Wire is one of several new wineries producing single-vineyard, single-vintage California sparkling wines.\nExpect more new bottlings\u2014including Wenzlau Vineyard\u2019s eagerly-anticipated Sta. Rita Hills sparkler\u2014to debut in the next year or two.\nOf course, in a sense all this represents a mere drop in the ocean, accounting for only a tiny fraction of the ten million cases of Californian sparkling wine that are sold each year.\nNor is Cruse by any means the first in the state to produce high-quality bubbles.\nBut by pioneering the artisanal methods and terroir-driven philosophy of the grower Champagne movement here in North America, it\u2019s fair to say he\u2019s enjoying an influence that\u2019s being felt far beyond his modest facility in Petaluma.\nCredit: Vinoteca\nCalifornia new wave wines under \u00a330\nExplore the wealth of wineries in California with our ultimate road trip...\nWine Legend: Ridge California Cabernet Sauvignon 1970\nWhy it makes our hall of wine fame...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 139, "original_length": 9141, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 313.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.denverpost.com/2017/11/21/self-harm-suicide-attempts-increase-among-girls/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:14Z", "digest": "sha1:6YNL435XGDTHQBL73MNIRD5F7S5KENLS", "length": 2601, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.denverpost.com", "title": "Self-harm, suicide attempts climb among U.S. girls, study says \u2013 The Denver Post", "raw_content": "Self-harm, suicide attempts climb among U.S\u2026.\nSelf-harm, suicide attempts climb among U.S. girls, study says\nCHICAGO \u2014 Attempted suicides, drug overdoses, cutting and other types of self-injury have increased substantially in U.S. girls, a 15-year study of emergency room visits found.\nIt\u2019s unclear why, but some mental health experts think cyberbullying, substance abuse and economic stress from the recent recession might be contributing.\nThe rising rates \u201cshould be of concern to parents, teachers, and pediatricians. One important reason to focus on reducing self-harm is that it is key risk factor for suicide,\u201d said Dr. Mark Olfson, a Columbia University psychiatry professor who was not involved in the study.\nThe sharpest increase occurred among girls aged 10 to 14, nearly tripling from 2009 to 2015, from about 110 visits per 100,000 to almost 318 per 100,000.\nOlder teen girls had the highest rates \u2014 633 visits per 100,000 in 2015, but the increase after 2008 was less steep.\nDrug overdoses and other self-poisonings were the most common method among girls and boys, followed by intentional cutting with sharp objects. The study doesn\u2019t include information on which methods were most common by age nor on how many injuries were severe or required hospitalization.\nAll the injuries were intentional, but not all were suicide attempts, said lead author Melissa Mercado, a behavioral scientist.\nThe study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The trend parallels rising reports of teen depression and suicide, the researchers noted.\nFebruary 7, 2019 Andrew Romanoff joins list of Democrats competing to challenge Cory Gardner\nThe researchers analyzed 2001-2015 data on nonfatal self-inflicted injuries treated in emergency rooms among ages 10 to 24. Nearly 29,000 girls with self-inflicted injuries and about 14,000 boys were treated in emergency rooms during the study years.\nRates among boys didn\u2019t change much during those years. Rates in girls were also stable until around 2008. ER visits for self-injury among young women aged 20 to 24 also increased but at a slower pace, rising from 228 per 100,000 in 2001 to 346 per 100,000 in 2015.\nThe results underestimate the problem since they don\u2019t include self-injuries treated in doctors\u2019 offices or elsewhere, Mercado said.\nResearchers said the findings underscore the need to beef up prevention efforts including finding ways to help at-risk kids feel less isolated and more connected to their peers, and teaching coping and problem-solving skills.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 315, "original_length": 9180, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 245.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.dirtdoctor.com/garden/Hybrid-Car-Guide_vq2047.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:21:55Z", "digest": "sha1:QUGB4RIYZGDFAPI3CZDE2HIDSIANNLEJ", "length": 4955, "nlines": 40, "source_domain": "www.dirtdoctor.com", "title": "Dirt Doctor - Library Topics The Dirt Doctor", "raw_content": "Every year millions of tons of fossil fuels are burned by power plants to make electricity, and it seems that these heavy polluters are always making headlines in the news. Add a few more million to this estimate and you\u2019ll also get the amount of fossil fuels that are produced by cars each year.\nIn a study conducted by Duke University over 97 million billion pounds of carbon dioxide was released into the air from fossil fuels in just one year.\nIf you consider this impact on your carbon footprint, which is the amount of deadly greenhouse gases produced by human activity and measured in units of carbon dioxide, that\u2019s an overwhelmingly large contribution to the problem of global warming.\nEven though driving a car is a necessity to society, it also produces harmful air pollutants that can pose as health risks to humans and as dangers to the land\u2019s natural resources.\nThe average vehicle burns about 98 tons of fossil fuels to every gallon of gas. And since fossil fuels are non-renewable, they can\u2019t be regenerated fast enough to keep up with human consumption.\nSo how can you cut down on this serious problem and minimize your carbon footprint? The solution is the green vehicle. Green vehicles cut down on the fossil fuels that are burned for every mile the car drives, but each green technology has its own set of pros and cons.\nA green vehicle is a vehicle that uses alternative fuel sources to run.\nHow is a green car different from a regular car?\nA regular car uses petroleum fuel to run a car. Petroleum fuel is also known as a fossil fuel. Fossil fuels are non-renewable energy sources that release harmful greenhouse gases in the air. A green car uses alternative fuel sources, such as biodiesel fuel, solar energy or rechargeable battery electricity, to run the car.\nWhat are the different types of green cars?\nThere are four popular types of green cars:\nHybrid \u2013 Features a gas engine with an electric motor.\nElectric \u2013 Uses an electric-powered motor and a battery to operate.\nHydrogen \u2013 Burns hydrogen to fuel the motor.\nBiodiesel \u2013 Uses biodegradable biodiesel fuel to power the car.\nFuel Cell \u2013 Generates electricity by forming a chemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen.\nWhat are the benefits of using a green vehicle?\nThere are many benefits of using a green vehicle. Here are just a few:\nDecreases greenhouse gases and other air pollutants released into the environment\nCheaper to run and maintain than traditional cars\nU.S. doesn\u2019t have to rely on expensive oil imports from other countries\nCreates less smog in the air\nReduces the risk of such health problems as heart disease and lung cancer\nProvides renewable energy sources for electricity\nDoes not contribute to acid rain\nNot as threatening to natural habitants and wildlife\nReduces global warming\nGreen vehicles are considered the \u201cwave of the future\u201d because they are changing the way that consumers contribute to the sustainability of the environment. As more cars go green, society will be able to maintain a healthy quality of life that will have a positive impact on future generations.\nHybrids combine a gas motor with an electric engine that can recharge on its own, offering a great way to extend the miles per gallon of gas your car uses to travel further distances. The best thing about them is that they are so similar to traditional cars that they don\u2019t require you to change your everyday behaviors and activities.\nClick here to learn more about the Hybrid Car\nAn electric car is a zero-emissions vehicle (ZEV) that produces no harmful fuel emissions because it relies purely on electricity from batteries to run. They are cheaper to maintain because they have fewer moving parts and they can be recharged at your convenience.\nClick here to learn more about the Electric Car\nHydrogen is one of the most abundant elements in the world, so using it as a fuel source is an efficient way to save money and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Hydrogen-powered cars convert the chemical energy of hydrogen into mechanical energy that can be used to power a motor or engine.\nClick here to learn more about the Hydrogen Car\nBiodiesel Car\nBiodiesel cars use fuel made from vegetables such as corn and soybeans, or from animal fat, to replace regular gasoline. These alternative fuel sources are renewable and release significantly less greenhouse gases into the air.\nClick here to learn more about the Biodiesel Car\nFuel cell cars use a battery to convert hydrogen and oxygen chemicals into electricity, and they can last as long as the energy continues to flow. They help reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 70-80 percent and they can use both renewable resources and natural gas.\nClick here to learn more about the Fuel Cell Car\nRide sharing is an alternative to traveling alone. It allows you to ride with others by carpooling, using public transportation, walking or biking. You not only save gas money, but you also reduce your car\u2019s carbon dioxide emissions.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 115, "original_length": 6092, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 250.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.discoversma.com/events/mexico/guanajuato/san-miguel-de-allende/tour/guided-tours-of-el-charco-del-ingenio-botanical-garden/?gde=2018-10-11", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:03Z", "digest": "sha1:E5PU7Q3IJSZXPFCCC46JGCSZHNY6LTOP", "length": 2724, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.discoversma.com", "title": "Guided Tours of El Charco del Ingenio Botanical Garden | Discover San Miguel de Allende", "raw_content": "Home > Events > Mexico > Guanajuato > San Miguel de Allende > Tours > Guided Tours of El Charco del Ingenio Botanical Garden - October 11, 2018\nGuided Tours of El Charco del Ingenio Botanical Garden - October 11, 2018\nEvent Category: ToursEvent Tags: Hiking, Natural Wonders, Parks and Gardens, and Recreation\nGuided tours to the points of greatest interest in the conservation area, by a trained guide. 2-1/2 hour tours on Tuesdays and Thursdays, starting at 10 am.\nMembers 50 pesos, non-members 80 pesos. Private tours available by appointment.\nFREE TRANSPORTATION IS OFFERED\nThe 14 passenger van with El Charco\u2019s logo on the sides leaves from Mesones opposite the Civic Plaza at 9:30a.m. and returns at 1p.m.\nMuch of San Miguel\u2019s splendor can be discovered in its abundance of man made beauty, but at El Charco del Ingenio, nature is the aesthetic draw. At this more than 170-acre botanical garden set in an ecological preserve, you\u2019ll have the chance to spot wildlife, walk along greenery-lined trails and learn about various species of local cacti. Meanwhile, the San Miguel community often gathers in the garden to watch performances, partake in ceremonies and attend environmental education programs. Recent travelers recommend enjoying a hike through the park, picnicking alongside the waterfalls or spending an evening at a concert in the outdoor amphitheater. Located just a mile northeast of central San Miguel, El Charco del Ingenio can be reached on foot (it\u2019s about a 30-minute walk from the municipal market) or by taxi. The reserve is open daily from sunrise to sunset. Led by English-speaking guides, two-hour tours of the conservation area operate on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10 a.m.; tours cost 80 MXN (about $6 USD). If you\u2019d like to forego a tour, entry is 40 MXN (about $3 USD); children younger than 10 can enter for free. For more information, visit the garden\u2019s website.\nThe Jard\u00edn Bot\u00e1nico El Charco del Ingenio, located just outside of town, offers a 220-acre sanctuary for birds and wildlife. Considered a key recreational zone for San Miguel de Allende\u2019s residents, the Jardin\u2019s visitors follow trails that take them past towering cacti, over a canyon and through a wetlands. The Conservatory of Mexican Plants here houses numerous exotic and endangered species. You can also opt to take a tour of the facility, offered every Tuesday.\nWe also offer free transportation to the botanical garden, every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. We pick up at El Jardin at 9:30 am and returning at 1 PM. We suggest you arrive 15 minutes early, wear comfortable shoes, hat and bring your own boat or thermos for water.\nAuthor :El Charco\nAddress: Paloma 14\nGo to: El Charco del Ingenio Botanical Garden", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 348, "original_length": 11110, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 303.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.dlapiper.com/en/bahrain/insights/publications/2016/05/landmark-enforcement-decision/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:00Z", "digest": "sha1:AJ7TVNVYH4WZ3WK74XN7SEGKKOJ2UIDO", "length": 6263, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "www.dlapiper.com", "title": "Landmark enforcement decision in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | Insights | DLA Piper Global Law Firm", "raw_content": "Landmark enforcement decision in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia\nAmer Abdulaziz Al-Amr\nThe Enforcement Court in Riyadh has recently confirmed that a US$ 18.5 million ICC award rendered in London, will be enforced in the Kingdom against a Saudi-domiciled award debtor. The enforcement process, handled by our Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations team, took just 3 months before the Enforcement Court. The decision to enforce this major foreign award, in addition to the relative speed with which the decision was reached, is one of the most significant developments in arbitration in the Middle East for many years.\nThe recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards has long been fraught with difficulty in Saudi Arabia. As a result, contracting with Saudi parties with no identifiable assets outside the Kingdom has always involved an added layer of risk. However, the Kingdom recently revamped its arbitration and enforcement laws to more closely reflect international standards - changes which prompted the hope that Saudi might become a more arbitration-friendly jurisdiction as it seeks to diversify its economy and encourage more foreign investment.\nThis case is the first example of what we hope will be many more pro-arbitration decisions emanating from the Kingdom.\nIn late 2011, a UAE subsidiary of a Greek telecommunications company (Claimant) obtained an ICC arbitral award totalling c.US$ 18,500,000 from a London-seated tribunal of three experienced arbitrators. In summary, the Claimant (for whom DLA Piper acted) succeeded in its claims against a Saudi data communications service provider, and was also successful in defending counterclaims totalling c. US$ 350 million. The Claimant then sought recognition and enforcement of the award in the Saudi courts.\nDuring the course of the enforcement proceedings, Saudi Arabia passed two separate laws, both of which commentators regarded as having the potential to transform the arbitration regime in Saudi Arabia, namely:\n1. A new arbitration law, which is based on the UNCITRAL Model Law, and\n2. A new Enforcement Law.\nOne effect of the new Enforcement Law is to require parties seeking recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards to commence proceedings directly before the Enforcement Courts, rather than through the Board of Grievances. This legislative change is very advantageous to award creditors, as there is no appeal from the decision of the enforcement judge.\nAs a result of this change, the Claimant transferred its proceedings from the Board of Grievances to the Enforcement Courts. Three months later, the enforcement judge has now stamped the award (thereby confirming that the award is recognised and will be enforced in Saudi Arabia, and also effectively converting the award into an executable Saudi court judgment). As stated above, there is no possibility of appeal against this decision.\nIn confirming the enforceability of the award, the enforcement judge had to satisfy himself (by reference to Article 11 of the Enforcement Law) that:\n1. The country in which the award was rendered would reciprocate in enforcing awards rendered in Saudi Arabia (in the case of England, this was simple to establish by reference to the UK's accession to the New York Convention)\n2. The Saudi courts did not have jurisdiction to hear the underlying dispute (which they did not as a result of the arbitration clause in the contract)\n3. The award was rendered following proceedings which complied with due process\n4. The award was in final form according to the law of the seat of the arbitration\n5. The award was not inconsistent with a judgment or order issued in relation to the same subject by a judicial authority of competent jurisdiction in the Kingdom, and\n6. The award did not contain anything which contradicted Saudi public policy (and in particular Saudi law). In relation to this last requirement, the award did not include any award of interest, which might otherwise have been problematic.\nEnforcement proceedings in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia require a deep understanding of local law. It is clear from our involvement in this case that it is crucially important for any parties involved in proceedings against Saudi entities to ensure they obtain proper advice from the outset about the pre-requisites to enforcement under Saudi law. There are particular requirements and practical steps that must be undertaken during the process which it is important for parties to understand.\nThe execution regime in Saudi Arabia explained\nHaving obtained an execution order, the full weight of the Saudi Arabian enforcement regime can now be brought to bear on the award debtor. The powers of the Enforcement Court under Articles 46 and 47 of the Enforcement Law are significant: if the award debtor fails to pay the sum owed or fails to disclose property sufficient to satisfy the award within five days of notification of the execution order, it is deemed to be procrastinating and the enforcement judge can:\n1. Ban the award debtor from travel (in the case of a company, its general manager or board of directors)\n2. Suspend the award debtor's ability to issue powers of attorney either directly or indirectly in relation to its assets\n3. Order disclosure of the existing assets of the debtor and any future revenues in an amount sufficient to satisfy the award, seize such assets and take all actions permitted by the law to execute the award against them\n4. Order disclosure of the licenses and records of the commercial and professional activities of the award debtor, and\n5. Notify credit agencies and similar organisations that the award debtor has failed to satisfy an award, which will result in them being added to a credit blacklist.\nWhile foreign arbitral awards have been recognised and enforced in Saudi Arabia sporadically in the past, the process has generally been a tortuous one, and Saudi has long been regarded as one of the most problematic New York Convention signatory countries. With this first practical example of recognition and enforcement of a foreign award since the promulgation of the Kingdom's new arbitration and enforcement laws, there are clear signs that the situation is changing for the better in the Kingdom.\nEmail Amer Abdulaziz", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 144, "original_length": 8814, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 235.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.doka.com/en/news/press/2017-and-Doka-is-forming-its-1000th-highrise", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:57Z", "digest": "sha1:W33N46VRM2QP2UDZNNME5LXTIOP3Q4CL", "length": 5177, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.doka.com", "title": "2017, and Doka is forming its 1,000th highrise - Doka", "raw_content": "2017, and Doka is forming its 1,000th highrise\n08.09.2017 | United Kingdom\nCompetence at any height\nEvery highrise is unique \u2013 as is the associated formwork solution. Competence is crucial for developing a custom formwork solution. In the highrise sector Doka has more than 40 years' experience with self-climbing formwork. This year, the company will successfully carry out its 1,000th highrise project. Right now, one of the projects is the Central Park Tower in New York, the world's tallest residential building.\nAt the beginning of the 21st century, more than 50 percent of the world's population was living in cities. The United Nations forecasts that by 2050, conurbations will be home to almost 70 percent of the people on the planet. This trend is already pushing up the number of skyscrapers in cities, especially in the huge urban sprawls where space is becoming scarcer and scarcer. According to the statistics of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), in 2016 there were just over 1160 completed buildings in the world that were at least 200 metres tall. The corresponding figure for 1960 was a grand total of 15. The construction of highrise buildings has changed radically over the decades. Nowadays, it poses enormous challenges for project owners and structural engineers. In the course of 40 years and more, Doka has made itself one of the world's leading experts in formwork solutions for building highrise structures. No matter how stringent the requirements are, the Doka specialists invariably come up with innovative solutions that combine cost-effectiveness with ultra-high safety standards. This year sees Doka forming its 1,000th highrise.\nClimbing with competence\nAll over the world buildings are reaching higher and higher into the heavens. Their floorplans keep on becoming more and more architecturally challenging. Their construction demands tremendous competence in formwork engineering, construction techniques and project management. Highrises differ in their appearance and architecture. The main differences however are in structural design, building materials and construction methods. A feature common to many, however, is a cast-in place concrete core or cores for vertical accessibility inside the finished structure. So in most cases it makes sense to use a climbing system on these core builds. What is generally termed a 'climbing system' is usually a combination of wall formwork and scaffold (or working platform) that is either crane-lifted or able to climb by itself to the next pouring section. In terms of method of operation and design, the systems that have established themselves on the market are three in number, namely profile-guided climbing systems, crane-independent climbing systems with all-hydraulic drive, and platform systems.\nNot every climbing system can be used on every construction project. But it is equally important for the formwork concept to take into consideration the diverse customer requirements setting out the operational boundary conditions for the build. So it is vital for formwork supplier and project owner to start working together in the project development phase.\nOptimum formwork solutions for the customer-specific set of requirements\nThorough, accurate planning is the basis for fast, safe forming operations. Work preparation is crucial in this context. Factors such as cycle time, construction method, type of reinforcement and site equipment have to be taken into consideration in the planning phase so that the ideal formwork solution can be developed. Whatever the customer-specific requirements may be \u2013 from the number of concreting sections through rebar placement to the provision of specialists for training the site crew \u2013 Doka has all-inclusive solutions for all the CIP concreting needs of any highrise project. This refers, in particular, to the areas of core, floor, props and fa\u00e7ade. Load-bearing designs for fa\u00e7ade construction support the subsequent systems.\nThe taller the building the more important is the aspect of end-to-end safety in construction. Good reason for using systems that remain connected to the structure even while climbing. Secured in this way, they can climb even at high wind velocities. Simultaneous climbing of multiple climbing units is another requirement that prevents temporary fall hazards from opening. So these systems employ hydraulics for climbing,\n1000-plus Doka engineers worldwide and the Global Expertise Center in Amstetten help clients reduce their in-house planning outlay and move on to successful implementation. The international networking of more than 160 sales and logistics locations with efficient, high-capacity rental parks and continental logistics hubs gives you the certainty that the equipment for Doka formwork solutions will be available rapidly and delivered just-in-time. The engineering competence of the experts and the successful use of the Doka formwork solutions are being demonstrated right now on the Central Park Tower build in New York.\nbaumaoverlay headline 2017, and Doka is forming its 1,000th highrise.\nbaumaoverlay success headline 2017, and Doka is forming its 1,000th highrise.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 180, "original_length": 11546, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 322.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.douglascountyks.org/bh/about", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:19Z", "digest": "sha1:APOSXW42KXUN4C5ZFNQ5OXWUBSKXJ4IZ", "length": 7980, "nlines": 61, "source_domain": "www.douglascountyks.org", "title": "About | Douglas County Kansas", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Behavioral Health \u00bb About\nBehavioral Health Leadership Coalition\nImproving Behavioral Health in Douglas County\nThe term \u201cbehavioral health\u201d refers to the prevention and treatment of mental illness, suicide, substance use disorders and other addictions.\nOn the surface, Douglas County might not appear vulnerable to serious behavioral health risks. The population is predominantly young and educated compared to the rest of the country. The median age of residents is 30. About 95% of the total population 25 and older has graduated high school, and a substantive portion have college degrees or higher. When looking deeper, however, a number of critical factors create conditions that increase behavioral health risks. Douglas County is home to many populations who experience discrimination and health disparities. The county has a low median income and is characterized by extreme income inequality, with an inequality index of 5.2 (significantly higher than Kansas\u2019 index of 3.7 and the U.S. index of 4.4). Median housing costs in Douglas County are higher than the state average and about 50% of the housing in Douglas County is renter occupied. There is also a sizable homeless population, which grew 20% (296 individuals) from 2013 to 2015. With a rise in inequity both nationally and locally, individuals with mental illness are more likely to be in poverty and lack quality health care. The confluence of these factors creates significant challenges for addressing mental illness and substance abuse disorders.\nNearly 1 in 4 Number of Douglas County residents diagnosed with a depressive disorder\n#2 Rank of suicide as one of the leading causes of death for Douglas County residents ages 18-44\nAbout 7.7% Percentage of Douglas County residents who meet the criteria for being heavy drinkers\n14 Age by which one-half of all lifetime mental illnesses begin\nAbout 3,900 The number of visits in LMH Health\u2019s Emergency Department that involved a behavioral health issue in 2017\n224 Average number of monthly calls from Douglas County residents to the local suicide prevention hotline\n0 Amount of Medicaid expansion in Kansas, leaving thousands in our county with severely reduced access to mental health treatment and substance abuse services\nSubstance abuse is the most preventable underlying cause of disease and death in Kansas.1\nMillions of people around the United States struggle with substance abuse. A state report summary from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment reports that between 2005-2009, total drug poisoning deaths increased by 16% in the state. The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data for Douglas County suggest about 7.7% of residents meet definitions for being \u201cheavy drinkers.\u201d Of people age 18-25 years-old in the state, 20.7% meet the criteria for alcohol dependence or abuse. A 2016 study of Kansas\u2019 youth reveals that drug overdose and death rates have quadrupled in the state over the past 12 years. In Douglas County, evidence suggests substance abuse may be an increasing issue. Despite low mortality attributable to illicit use, some data suggest that 9.1% of Kansas youth aged 12-17 reported having used illicit drugs during the prior month.2 Over a three-month period in 2017 (July to September 2017), 17,736 prescriptions for opioids were provided to Douglas County residents.3 Additionally, findings from the Community Health Assessment (2017) reveal growing evidence of opioid use and overdose. In order to effectively improve behavioral health, understanding substance abuse and suicide in our state is important.\nSerious mental illness is a serious problem.\nThe percentage of people who report diagnosis of depressive disorder in Douglas County is 23.2%. The percentage of adults (age 18 and older) in Kansas who have been diagnosed with a serious mental illness (SMI) is 4.1%. For young adults (ages 18-25), it is 5.0%. A younger population in Douglas County highlights the importance of addressing behavioral health, as younger adults face a higher incidence of mental health issues in Kansas. Using these data, estimates suggest 3,868 adults in Douglas County may have a SMI. Considering 5% of 18 to 25-year-olds have serious mental illness, this may affect about 1,425 Douglas County residents ages 18-25. In addition, according to a report prepared for Douglas County in 2015, 18% of Douglas County jail bookings included individuals with serious mental illness. There are significant racial and ethnic disparities, as well as longer lengths of stay for those with serious mental illness.\nSuicide affects survivors, their families and the community.\nMental health issues are a key component of factors contributing to suicide. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 45,000 people in the U.S. died by suicide in 2016. In Douglas County, the age-adjusted mortality rate is 16.3 per 100,000 population\u2014higher than the Healthy People 2020 goal of 10.2 suicide deaths per 100,000 population.4 The highest percentage of suicide deaths are found in individuals ages 25-64. Also, suicide is the second leading cause of death for 18-44 year olds in Douglas County. African Americans have the lowest suicide rate, while Hispanics have the second lowest rate in the state. The exception to that is children; there is a higher suicide rate among African American children under the age of 12 compared to white children. In addition to rates of completed suicides, data suggest 3.9% of adults age 18 or older have had serious thoughts of suicide in the previous year.5\n1 Kansas Substance Abuse Epidemiological Indicators Profile\n2 SAMHSA, Center for Behavioral Health Statistics, 2015\n3 Kansas Department of Health and Environment, 2017\n4 Oakley and Crawford, 2017\n5 SAMHSA, Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, 2015\nA quarter of a cent goes a long way.\nThe quarter-cent sales tax that was approved by voters in November 2018 is estimated to generate $4.9 million annually. That money will help finance safe and secure housing for people suffering with mental illness and substance use disorders\u2014as well as expanded recovery services and prevention programs.\nBetween 25 and 30% of sales tax revenue comes from outside our county by way of visitors, tourism, and KU students.\nIntegrate Crisis Stabilization and Supportive Housing on a Recovery Campus\n24-hour crisis\nstabilization center\nMedication-assisted\ndetox and substance\nShort-term respite\ncare staffed by\nThree tiers of\nadjacent to the\ncrisis center and at\nDCCCA First Step\nExpanded Intervention, Recovery, and Prevention Strategies\nExpand mobile\nImprove access to\npsychiatry, care\ncoordination, and\nExpand WRAP* to\ninclude schools in\nBaldwin, Eudora,\nand Lecompton\nnationally-\nrecognized Zero\nSuicide initiative\nConvene an opioid\ncrisis summit in\n* WRAP, or Working to Recognize Alternative Possibilities, is a social and emotional intervention\nprogram in the Douglas County Schools from the Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center\nAn Integrated System of Care\nDouglas County Recovery Campus (to be located on W. 2nd St. between Maine and Illinois Streets)\nCredit: TreanorHL\nThe most basic of needs, like affordable and safe housing, are often key to someone\u2019s recovery.\nWorking Together to Find The Right Solutions\nto Find the Right Solutions\nA coalition for prevention, intervention and recovery.\nThe Behavioral Health Leadership Coalition is composed of community leaders and subject matter experts from nine Douglas County agencies. The Coalition is collaborating with the Douglas County Commission to implement an expanded behavioral health system focused on the needs of individuals with mental illness and substance use disorders. Working together they have created a plan to build an integrated system of care that moves from crisis and illness as a norm to recovery and prevention as a practice. The result is a proposed recovery campus and expanded network of recovery services and prevention programs.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 320, "original_length": 12910, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 254.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.dpr.com/company/leadership/andy-hill", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:47Z", "digest": "sha1:C5PM3XLOIPQVHES7WZLRJYF3EZ7PD5Z4", "length": 1310, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.dpr.com", "title": "Andy Hill | DPR Construction", "raw_content": "Practice Areas PreconstructionAdvanced TechnologyLife SciencesCommercialHigher Education\nYears at DPR 11 years\nAndy Hill has always loved the idea of putting in a hard day\u2019s work and being able to physically see all that he has accomplished. As a kid, he and his friends were constantly taking things apart and putting them back together. Since joining DPR in 2008, Andy has worked on some of DPR\u2019s most notable higher education, life sciences and commercial projects. It was Andy\u2019s passion for taking care of people and deep expertise in managing business operations that brought him from Phoenix to Seattle, where he is strategically growing DPR\u2019s presence throughout the Pacific Northwest. As a mentor and advocate, Andy empowers people to combine their passions with business needs as they build great teams, great projects and great relationships.\nRole Pacific Northwest Business Unit Leader\nFavorite DPR core value Ever forward\nWhat you love about construction The fact that it takes all walks of life, science, creativity, engineering and lots of teamwork to build. I love the people I get to interact with, and how no two days are the same.\nFirst job Paperboy in Phoenix, Arizona (rain or shine...mostly shine)\nWord to the wise (advice) The grass is always greener where you water it.\nContact Andy Hill", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 173, "original_length": 4115, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 333.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.drapersonline.com/news/hm-proposes-global-employee-incentive-scheme/5016887.article", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:33Z", "digest": "sha1:UAVB7UZI23RTBTPVWXX4CGQNSWOTANHF", "length": 1427, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.drapersonline.com", "title": "H&M proposes global employee incentive scheme | News | Drapers", "raw_content": "H&M proposes global employee incentive scheme\n7 September 2010 By Caroline Parry\nSwedish fashion retailer H&M is launching a global employee incentive scheme to encourage staff and reward loyalty.\nThe Persson family, which owns the fashion chain, will donate just over four million of H&M shares - worth SEK1bn at current prices (\u00a389m) \u2013 to a newly established Swedish foundation, Stiftelsen H&M Incentive Programme. The shares will be donated to staff over time.\nThe fund will be topped up with an annual contribution to the foundation from H&M, based on the share dividend each year. The money will be administered by the foundation and invested in H&M shares. It will never constitute more than 5% of total H&M shares.\nIt is hoped that the scheme, which will be proposed as the company\u2019s Extraordinary General Meeting on October 20, will encourage existing staff to remain with the company and act as a tool for future recruitment.\nThe same programme will apply to all H&M employees in every country, unless local employment law stipulates otherwise. Incentives will be based on the length of time an employee works with the company regardless of position or salary. It is open to all staff that have been with the company for five years.\nThe incentive will pay out when an employee turns 62 years old, although staff can choose to receive the money after ten years of employment. No payments will be made earlier than 2021.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 275, "original_length": 9449, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 239.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.drapersonline.com/news/reiss-to-open-first-standalone-store-in-france/5080283.article?blocktitle=David-Reiss&contentID=20198", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:02Z", "digest": "sha1:UPKBDB646F3VXCPNCAGWJ5RIZRHRW6FZ", "length": 1000, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.drapersonline.com", "title": "Reiss to open first standalone store in France | News | Drapers", "raw_content": "Reiss to open first standalone store in France\n13 October 2015 By Tara Hounslea\nReiss will open its first solus store in France at the new Polygone Riviera shopping and leisure destination in early 2016.\nThe premium high street retailer will open a 3,800 sq ft store in The Designer Gallery, which is anchored by Le Printemps department store, and will offer womenswear, menswear and accessories.\nThe 750,000 sq ft Polygone Riviera centre in Cagnes-sur-Mer will open next week on October 22, with premium shopping, art and leisure in an open-air setting.\n\u201cWith an exclusive offer, feel and location, Polygone Riviera sets a new standard for European shopping centres,\u201d said the retailer\u2019s founder and managing director David Reiss. \u201cWe expect it to have huge appeal to people living in and visiting this beautiful area,and we see a real synergy and opportunity for our brand here.\u201d\nReiss has more than 120 stores worldwide and concessions across Europe.\nRead Drapers\u2019 interview with David Reiss here.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 276, "original_length": 9115, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 333.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.drman.com/sculptra-boca-raton/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:08Z", "digest": "sha1:IFZPHAHZQPZMIWOBAEJ2NIVGJGVOYUEC", "length": 3715, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.drman.com", "title": "Sculptra Boca Raton, FL | Broward County Sculptra Injections", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Dermal Fillers and Injectables \u00bb Liquid Facelift \u00bb Sculptra\u00ae\nSculptra\u00ae in Boca Raton, FL\nAs we age, the suppleness in our skin begins to disappear making us look older and not as vibrant as we used to look. Daniel Man, M.D., a Florida board-certified plastic surgeon, treats people living in Boca Raton, FL, and the surrounding communities with Sculptra\u00ae to replenish the fullness of the facial skin, revealing a refreshed and smoother complexion.\nSculptra\u00ae is a FDA-approved injectable filler made of a biocompatible synthetic material called poly-L-lactic acid that kick-starts collagen production when injected into the deeper layers of facial skin. It is used by plastic surgeons around the eyes, mouth, nose, and neck, as well as the cheeks.\nBenefits* of Sculptra\u00ae\nSculptra\u00ae has been used since it was FDA approved in 2009 and is often a top pick by plastic surgeons because of the following benefits:\nPromotes the production of natural collagen\nDiminishes deep wrinkles and facial folds as well as restores facial volume\nProvides significant improvement in treated areas\nAbility to return to daily routine immediately\nNo risk of allergic reactions\nIf you look as though you have lost volume in your face because of facial fat loss, you may want to consider Sculptra\u00ae. It is FDA approved to treat facial skin that has lost volume due to fat loss and is effective at boosting collagen production to restore volume to the targeted areas of the face.\nSculptra\u00ae is injected into the skin where facial fat loss has occurred, prompting collagen to form naturally and fill in folds and wrinkles to restore a more youthful appearance. The injected material (which is composed of the same type of substance used in dissolvable stitches) gradually dissolves and is absorbed by the body, leaving only natural, wrinkle-smoothing collagen behind.\nNo injected anesthesia is needed for the administration of Sculptra\u00ae, although a topical numbing agent may be applied. Most treatments consist of multiple injections in a cross-hatched design across the affected areas to fill in deep wrinkles and folds. Most patients notice a significant difference in appearance immediately, which continues to improve as collagen forms and fills in wrinkles.\nHow is the Sculptra\u00ae Recovery?\nMost people return their daily schedule immediately following a treatment, as there is no recovery or downtime. Depending on the depth and severity of facial wrinkles and folds, three Sculptra\u00ae treatments are usually needed, spaced out over six to eight weeks. With each treatment, additional collagen growth is encouraged, and wrinkles continue to fill out for up to a month or two after the last treatment. Treatment results may last for up to two years.\nThe cost of Sculptra\u00ae varies with each patient depending on the number of treatments it takes to achieve the desired look and whether it is done in conjunction with another treatment. Dr. Man goes over the costs of the treatment during a consultation in addition to discussing payment and financing options.\nWe recommend you schedule a consultation if you are interested in Sculptra\u00ae. During this appointment, Dr. Man evaluates your skin and talks with you about what your goals are so that he can make a recommendation as to whether Sculptra\u00ae is the best option to achieve them. If you have any questions, he can answer those during this time as well.\nSculptra\u00ae is an injectable filler FDA approved to treat facial fat loss. Florida board-certified plastic surgeon Daniel Man, M.D., uses Sculptra\u00ae and other dermal fillers and injectables on the residents of Boca Raton, FL, and surrounding cities to create a more youthful appearance. Please contact to set up your consultation today.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 288, "original_length": 28837, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 308.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.dundeepto.org/latest-news/welcome-to-the-new-dundee-pto-website", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:08Z", "digest": "sha1:EGTGIU4JVHPOQQYYPTWGPV5KAI5PQZMF", "length": 1657, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.dundeepto.org", "title": "Dundee Elementary PTO | BLOG - DUNDEE ELEMENTARY PTO", "raw_content": "WELCOME to the NEW Dundee PTO Website!\nWe are SO EXCITED to launch this website! It's a new way to connect with the PTO, and let's face it, fill in the gaps in our knowledge of 'When is that field trip?,' 'What cycle day is it?,' and 'What's the hot lunch?'\nThe goal of this website is create a single, go-to spot to find all the information you need.\nWhat's new and different?\nOnline registrations and sign-ups. Not comfortable giving your information online? PDFs will be available to print and send with your kiddo back to school as well.\nCalendars for cycle days, lunch menus, PTO meetings, days off of school -- you name it!\nVolunteer opportunities all listed in one spot -- with links to sign-up online!\nCommunicating with board members and chairs is a breeze with a contact form right on the home page. Let your ideas and suggestions flow!\nAt this time, there is no plan to stop sending home paper registration forms as we have in the past. This website is intended to be an additional resource for communication, and to help out with managing events.\nWe'd love to hear from YOU. What do you think of the new site? What are you happy to see here? What would you like to have here (that we missed)? We welcome all comments and ideas.\nI'd like to help with the website! *\nYes! No I'd like to, but I don't know anything about websites.\nLike most things in life, nothing is free. While the costs of hosting and maintaining this website are minimal, (approximately $5 per month), it is a new expenditure. So, if you value the convenience of this online presence, consider making an additional donation to the PTO with your membership next year. THANK YOU.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 145, "original_length": 3954, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 285.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.dupontbrass.com/jared-bailey", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:04:35Z", "digest": "sha1:IMTWRFEM2RGJNJUVHX3WZDDRANSEZ56B", "length": 858, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.dupontbrass.com", "title": "DuPont Brass - Jared Bailey", "raw_content": "J A R E D \" M K Z \" B A I L E Y\nJared \"MK Zulu\" Bailey is a twenty-six-year-old trumpeter/singer/lyricist from Forestville, Maryland. Graduating from Howard in 2013 with a Bachelor's in Music Business, Bailey went on to receive his Master's in Jazz Performance from Rutgers University. Jared has performed in the DMV area for the past 8 years with a variety of local ensembles and is now a music teacher/private lessons instructor. Aside from performing with DuPont Brass, MK Zulu is an artist in his own right, using his various musical skills to break down the genre walls built within the music industry. Though still young, Bailey has had the privilege of headlining the St. Louis Jazz Festival in Senegal, Africa with the Howard Jazztet, performing with Grammy-nominated Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, and touring with award winning R&B legend Ginuwine.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 6, "original_length": 938, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 223.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.durhamworldheritagesite.com/architecture/bailey/south-bailey", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:36Z", "digest": "sha1:FZ4IFR2I4RDX4NAECIV2BG5LHXDFPH7X", "length": 940, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.durhamworldheritagesite.com", "title": "South Bailey - Durham World Heritage Site", "raw_content": "These two houses joined into one, were the first premises of St Chad's College, one of the two independent colleges of Durham University. The college was founded in 1904.\nProperty in the Bailey area was owned in the medieval period by those whose business was the manning and maintenance of the castle, but by the 17th century new properties were being built there, to house people with no connection to military matters. The Baileys had become the fashionable place to live, just far enough out of the city centre for residents not to be troubled by the hurly-burly of traffic, trade and business, but close enough to be convenient for the shops and other facilitities.... \"\nDurham City by Keith Proud, Phillimore Press, 1992, page 80.\nToday, the main occupants of South Bailey are St John's College and St Cuthbert's Society, both of which are associated with Durham University.\nYou are in: Home \u00bb Architecture \u00bb The Bailey \u00bb South Bailey", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 2481, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 151.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.earnthenecklace.com/hugh-masekela-cause-of-death-cancer/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:18:38Z", "digest": "sha1:M3I5AQSQDVMKBUNT26DTC4JIARLUNX6A", "length": 2704, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.earnthenecklace.com", "title": "Hugh Masekela Cause of Death: How did Hugh Masekela Die?", "raw_content": "Hugh Masekela Cause of Death: How Did Hugh Masekela Die?\nPhoto: Dave Kotinsky / Stringer/ Getty Images\nThe father of South African jazz, Hugh Masekela, died on January 23, 2018. How did Hugh Masekela die? Keep reading for all the details about Hugh Masekela\u2019s cause of death.\nRight now, the world is mourning the loss of another talented musician who touched the hearts of millions. South African trumpeter and composer Hugh Masekela is dead at 78. He reportedly \u201cpassed peacefully\u201d in Johannesburg surrounded by his family and friends.\nHow Did Hugh Masekela Die?\nWhat a life. Thank you. Rest in Power. #HughMasekela #Legend #Icon\nA post shared by Uno July (@unojuly) on Jan 23, 2018 at 4:12am PST\nMasekela\u2019s family released a statement that read, \u201cAfter a protracted and courageous battle with prostate cancer, he passed peacefully in Johannesburg, South Africa surrounded by his family.\u201d\nLast October, his team released a statement revealing that the musician was fighting prostate cancer. Hugh Masekela\u2019s cancer was diagnosed in 2008.\nMasekela\u2019s son took to Facebook and wrote, \u201cIt is with heavy heart that I confirm that my father, Hugh Ramapolo Masekela, has hung up his horn after a long battle with prostate cancer. It is difficult to comprehend that this moment is real. To me, my father has always been both ageless and immortal. Of the countless shows I had the honor of watching my dad perform, each felt like the first, each felt brand new.\u201d\nHe added, \u201cTo know Hugh Masekela was to know no matter class, creed, color, religion or any other made up distinctions, he stood with empathy and compassion, locked arm in arm with the distressed, displaced and downtrodden everywhere and anywhere on this planet. He carried a deep seeded belief in justice, freedom and equality for all peoples to the very end.\u201d\nR.I.P king of Kings #hughmasekela\nA post shared by H\u00e9lder Russo (@helderrusso) on Jan 23, 2018 at 4:10am PST\nMany fans of the late musician have expressed their condolences to Hugh Masekela\u2019s family through social media.\nThe musician was born in 1939 and started playing the trumpet when he was just 14 years old. Lovingly called Bra Hugh, he was known for his jazz compositions, including singles like \u201cSoweto Blues\u201d and \u201cBring Him Back Home.\u201d\nIn 1968, Masekela\u2019s song \u201cGrazing in the Grass\u201d was an international No. 1 hit. Throughout his career, he worked with musicians like Paul Simon and Herb Alpert.\nHugh Masekela\u2019s first marriage was to South African activist and singer Miriam Makeba. They were only married for two years.\nMasekela later married Elinam Cofie in 1999. His son, Sal Masekela, hosted and produced Vice World of Sports, and its spin-off, Vice World of Sports: Rivals.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 4328, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 253.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.eca.co.uk/microsites/eca-awards/awards-entry/eca-contractor-of-the-year-award-up-to-5m", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:13Z", "digest": "sha1:ORUAFVN5ZISDJNKYLBGY4JPMBEKPLHO3", "length": 1154, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.eca.co.uk", "title": "Electrical Contractors' Association (ECA)", "raw_content": "Sponsored by JIB.\nThis ECA Award is open to ECA Registered Members with an overall business turnover of \u00a31.1m-\u00a35 million.\nThis highly sought after award will be presented to an electrical/or other electrotechnical or engineering services contractor, with an overall turnover of between \u00a31.1m-\u00a35 million that has shown high levels of professionalism, service and responsibility to the clients, the supply chain and staff, backed with a compelling success story.\nCovering achievements in 2018, and in addition to an impressive headline performance on health and safety and training and staff development, the Judges will be looking for excellence in the applicant\u2019s chosen areas.\nThese might, for example, include:\n\u2022 Successful movement into new areas of commercial activity\n\u2022 Major contribution to a successful project - and the measure of success\nThe choice is yours, and the emphasis will be on results and milestones achieved, rather than the original initiative. Most of all, the Judges will be looking for a concise summary of what sets your company apart from the rest, to be a worthy winner of the ECA Contractor of the Year Award in this category.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 38, "original_length": 2129, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 232.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.eduinreview.com/blog/2008/08/number-of-us-college-financial-aid-applications-rises-17-percent/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:20:39Z", "digest": "sha1:GIP7JPUDGTWPTFRWPM54I32NCHJPRK7V", "length": 1733, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.eduinreview.com", "title": "Number of U.S. College Financial Aid Applications Rises 17 Percent", "raw_content": "Number of U.S. College Financial Aid Applications Rises 17 Percent\nAccording to a recent U.S. News and World Reports article, more students than ever are applying for financial aid\u2013by a long shot. This year, the number of Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) forms filed in the United States jumped a whopping 17 percent! There were 1.3 million more applications than last year\u2013in a year where college enrollment is only expected to grow by about 300,000 students. That means there\u2019s somewhere around 1 million new applications for financial aid this year that aren\u2019t the result of growing enrollment numbers.\nSo why is this happening? A big part of this, of course, is the state of the economy. The price of tuition is rising quicker than people\u2019s incomes. This means that students who might not have qualified for financial aid before now qualify. Additional students also have been qualifying for financial aid because of declining home prices, which affect how much money students are eligible to receive. And of course, as unemployment rises, so does the number of people who can no longer afford college on their own.\nThere\u2019s some good news, though. The rise in financial aid applications isn\u2019t just indicative of a poor economy; it also indicates that more people are going to the trouble of filling out the intimidating FAFSA form\u2013especially now that\u2019s it can be filed out online. The word is getting out to students and parents that you need to fill out a FAFSA, even if you don\u2019t think you\u2019re eligible.\nPosted on August 20th, 2008\tby Naomi\nTags: fafsa, Financial Aid\nPosted in Financial Aid, Student loans | 1 Comment \u00bb\n\u00ab College Presidents Encourage Lower Drinking Age\nEating Healthy in the College Cafeteria \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 77, "original_length": 3426, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 192.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ehow.co.uk/facts_6060787_difference-between-sandstone-limestone_.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:33Z", "digest": "sha1:RMCK4TBEGQEKDDWFUSOHUDRBXMNRMWLD", "length": 2983, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.ehow.co.uk", "title": "What Is the Difference Between Sandstone & Limestone? |", "raw_content": "Sancho M. Panza Updated July 18, 2017\nSandstone and limestone are common rocks found throughout the world. They create some of the dramatic landscapes you can find across the U.S. As sedimentary rocks, they share certain similarities. However, their different origins and compositions make them unique.\nLimestone is defined as being primarily composed of calcium carbonate, which often comes from plant and animal material such as the shells of mollusks.\nSandstone is not defined by any one substance. It consists of sand sized particles, which range from 0.0063 to 2mm in size. It often contains quartz,, though it does not have to. Other common components of sandstone include feldspar, mica, lithic fragments and biogenic particles.\nSandstone is formed from the breakdown of larger rocks due to weathering and erosion as well as from processes that occur within the rock, usually biologic but sometimes chemical in nature.\nLimestone often forms from whole or pieces of a variety of organisms that contain calcium carbonate, such as mollusks, echinoids and corals. Most limestone beds form in marine environments where large deposits of organisms and carbonate precipitation build up over time.\nSandstone is often classified based on the type of grain it contains in large quantity. For example, ferriginous sandstone denotes a high iron content. More advanced classifications used by geologists combine descriptions of texture and composition.\nLimestone may be informally described by the type of carbonate it contains, such as calcite, aragonite and dolomite. Again, geologists use more complicated classifications to describe limestone based on texture, formation and composition.\nMany sedimentary rocks, such as sandstone, display a visible stratification into layers. This distinct pattern can help determine how a rock was formed based on the angle and depth of each layer.\nLimestone does not have the stratification pattern that sandstone does. Some limestone is composed entirely of organic material that may be clear to the naked eye. Other limestone is more compacted and therefore less differentiated.\nWeathering of limestone has created some dramatic landscapes. The Kwangsi region in Southern China has vast areas formations formed by the solution of limestone in water. Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico is an elaborate series of limestone caves. The spectacular stalactites and stalagmites found in such caves are caused by the dripping of water containing dissolved calcium carbonate.\n\"Sedimentology and Stratigraphy\"; Gary Nichols; 2009\n\"Geology and the Environment\"; Bernard Pipkin; 2008\nSancho Panza is a freelance health and outdoors writer. She has written for various online publications and is an avid hiker and rock climber.\nTypes of Cliffs\nFind Quartz Crystals\nWhat Are the Properties of Igneous Rocks?\nWhat type of weathering occurs in deserts?\nFind Obsidian Rocks\nIdentify Beach Pebbles & Rocks\nCharacteristics of sandstone\nTypes of Rocks in Coastal Erosion", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 81, "original_length": 4153, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 300.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.eitdigital.eu/news-events/news/article/kees-koolen-i-want-to-invest-in-things-that-grow", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:36:51Z", "digest": "sha1:TPXOLYSBZYZKFTJK6OXDYGG4ZIKWHH73", "length": 7698, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "www.eitdigital.eu", "title": "Kees Koolen: \"I want to invest in things that grow\" // EIT Digital", "raw_content": "Kees Koolen: \"I want to invest in things that grow\"\nWillem Jonker, CEO EIT Digital\n(Image credit: Gijs van Ouwerkerk)\nKees Koolen, Chairman of the Board at Agri Brasil and Founding Partner at EQT Ventures\nCTIT Symposium\nInternet pioneer Kees Koolen, also known as Mister Booking.com, is the founder of EQT Ventures, runs a tech farm in Brazil, consults Uber and in between drives the Dakar Rally, a two-week race through Paraguay, Bolivia and Argentina, on his adapted quad. He's also a former student of the University of Twente, and spoke to Professor and CEO of EIT Digital, Willem Jonker, about the Internet of Things (IoT) during the university's CTIT Symposium on 14 November 2017: Internet of Things is ready. What about us?\nJonker: \"You started Booking.com while still studying at the University of Twente. What was the role of the university in starting up Booking.com?\"\nKoolen: \"In general technologies are invented 20 years before they get used on a big scale. There is a time when new technologies arise at universities. The question is then: what can you do with it? In my time, the internet came up. The study system back then was different than it is nowadays; students had a lot of time to experiment. I was asking myself, would you have come to a certain hotel if you knew it beforehand? Other students were already building websites. That is how we started. So yes, the university environment did a lot.\"\nJonker: \"The Internet of Things is a huge data generator. People are worried. Is the IoT a good idea?\"\nKoolen: \"Yes, it is. In the beginning with new technologies, there are no rules. As a new company, you can do what you want. But now you have red lights. There are big issues around it, like privacy and security. Privacy is simple. Everybody has two personas: consumer and citizen. If you are a citizen, you think privacy should be protected bi8u790ut as a consumer, you don't care. Technology companies have no choice but to follow the privacy rules. I think privacy is a big issue on the side; you just have to follow the rules.\nSecurity is the big thing. For example, in a company I was involved in, we made sensors. We invited hackers from Syria and Russia. They can hack any plant. If sensors are used at a large scale, it means people buy these things and they want the cheapest price. But, the lower the price, the lower the security. There are always components that are not secure. This is what hackers call the race to the bottom. Every big processing plant can be turned over by hackers.\"\nJonker: \"Is there an opportunity for IoT platforms in Europe? What needs to be done to enable them?\"\nKoolen: \"There is a big opportunity. The level of knowledge in Europe is much higher than in the United States (US). There is much more innovation. It is a lot different than five years ago. But we need people who can take our knowledge to the field. What you see now is that the American VC's are starting to come to Europe. Compared to a few years ago, there is more money available now. So, we will have the platforms soon. Europe is way ahead in knowledge on artificial intelligence and deep machine learning. We have more knowledge but we have to do more to make it commercial.\"\nJonker: \"Companies in Europe seem unable to mobilise money and to scale-up. Is there enough know-how?\"\nKoolen: \"I was one of the only ones in Europe when I started EQT Ventures. In Europe, entrepreneurs who build a venture are happy if they can sell it to American VC's for ten million dollars. In the US, you don't work for money, you work for your vision. By the time you get money, you practically don't need it anymore. People like Mark Zuckerberg (Founder, Facebook), Larry Page (Founder, Google), do not use the money for themselves, they invest in new companies. That is the big difference with Europe. If you don't have the spirit to scale-up, you don't have money to invest and grow.\"\nJonker: \"You built your own Quad and won the Dakar Rally. What has your hobby to do with innovation?\"\nKoolen: \"When you only work, you make mistakes. You need to get out sometimes. It is good to have a break. I am 52 years old and by far the oldest to do this. I thought it was stupid to use old technology. You ride in extreme conditions: dust, sun, rain, through the river on ice; the fuel is sometimes good and sometimes that bad that if you put a flame to it, it won't light. We spent five months on special mapping. If you build new technology, you can beat everybody. The quad has a lot of electronics in it and has more horse power.\"\nJonker: \"The Internet of Things is booming in cars. What are the opportunities for the Netherlands? We don't build cars so what can we do instead?\"\nKoolen: \"We have companies like NXP. There is a lot of software in cars and most of it comes from NXP. Americans want to buy the company - it was originally part of Philips. The Netherlands are very good in car software, Sweden is also, and London and Berlin have a bit of the market too. We are now heading towards autonomous cars. There will be fewer accidents with autonomous cars. The cars can learn and never get tired. In 20 years from now, people won't be allowed to drive a car in the city anymore. Too many casualties.\"\nJonker: \"You are building the largest farm in the world with 31 thousand acres of land, and will have over one million cows one day. The farm will not just be a farm, it will be a high-tech farm. Can you tell us why you want this?\"\nKoolen: \"The farm is about helping poor people. I will explain. People need protein. Protein is expensive. Without protein, you cannot live. Cows produce milk and therefore protein. The problem is that with the production of milk you get a lot of CO2 emissions. We need to see if we can reduce CO2 emissions. It may even be possible to produce milk without these emissions. We have calculated that we can lower the price for the production of protein by introducing Internet of Things technology. We can predict when cows get sick, when and how they move, and what their temperature is. With technology, you can improve agriculture. And in this case, you have protein available for lower costs and with fewer cows. I think in thirty years' time, we won't need cows anymore for producing protein. Most sectors in the world don't use IoT technology yet. I envision a big future for data analytics and artificial intelligence in the agricultural sector.\"\nJonker: \"With your EQWT Ventures you invest in companies. For example, Aifloo, an EIT Digital member, has developed a non-intrusive e-health system based on Medical Artificial Intelligence. Why do you invest in companies like this?\"\nKoolen: \"I want to invest in things that grow. Within the development of IoT, there is a big gap between technologies that works and technologies that make money. See, products like Fitbit are popular when they are brought to the market; the technology is simple and the product is cheap. People get used to it and don't use it anymore after a while. Getting successful means collecting data and helping to save lives. Healthcare is expensive. We cannot keep up the system as it is now. We have to reduce costs while maintaining quality of care. Using Aifloo, you can improve the efficiency of healthcare and optimise care. With this technology, care workers can see if patients are doing well, rather without intervening when there is a deviation in their patterns, like moving, eating or sleeping. It is cheaper to use this kind of eHealth solution than having full-time healthcare. That is why hospitals are willing to pay us \u20ac50 per month to use Aifloo. You can save lives with technology. I envision in 20 years from now, everybody will have wearables.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 173, "original_length": 10140, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 256.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.eitdigital.eu/newsroom/blog/article/reinventing-houdini", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:58Z", "digest": "sha1:6GCOQ4RUCVOJM5K32P7IRZVGDB4WNUNY", "length": 2155, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.eitdigital.eu", "title": "Reinventing Houdini // EIT Digital", "raw_content": "Reinventing Houdini\nThis image shows a 3-D illustration of a metasurface skin cloak made from an ultrathin layer of nanoantennas (gold blocks) covering an arbitrarily shaped object. When activated, light reflects off the cloak (red arrows) as if it were reflecting off a flat mirror. Credit: Image courtesy of Xiang Zhang group, Berkeley Lab/UC Berkeley\nMercedes-Benz created in 2012 an (almost) invisible car for a new commercial to promote a vehicle that uses F-CELL hydrogen technology. It uses a Canon digital camera and LED panels.\nEver heard the name of Harry Houdini? He was a US magician who lived around the turn of the XX century (1874-1926) who made history with his magic capability of making objects disappear. Of course he did it with tricks, but if you don't know the trick... it is just magic.\nNow scientists at the US Department of Energy and University of California at Berkeley have come up with a way to make objects invisible by using a ultra thin cloak that makes the object invisible under sunlight (normal light).\nThe cloak is made using gold nanoparticles just 80nm thick (thin, actually) that are organised in a way to absorb (not reflect) any incoming light. The cloak is so thin that can be layered onto any object, perfectly following its surface.\nSince the light is not reflected you no longer \"see\" the object. However, this does not make the object \"transparent\" so in reality you cannot see the object but you see that something is \"occupying\" a space.\nThis result is interesting since it shows that scientists can now engineer a \"meta-material\" whose properties are not derived from it chemical composition but from the structure designed at a computer. Meta-materials, and not just in this \"invisibility\" area, will play a significant role in the next decade where objects will be designed based on the desired characteristics.\nBy the way, there have been some ingenious experiments to make an object \"transparent\" by using cameras and transforming the object surface into a screen onto which project what it \"behind it\" but so far the technology is still in its infancy.\nAll in all, Houdini still wins (but he cheats!).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 173, "original_length": 4690, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 315.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.emagister.in/tennis_courses-ek5200.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:42Z", "digest": "sha1:3DBSZRHA3UAZODT4QRW6DYVSLZH4L6TU", "length": 46, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.emagister.in", "title": "Tennis Courses | Emagister", "raw_content": "Sorry, we didn't find any results for \"Tennis\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 1484, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 178.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ems.psu.edu/node/1169", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:37:33Z", "digest": "sha1:7E67OVF5DFJNP2RBL2Z6BSMAD6IODWJS", "length": 2937, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.ems.psu.edu", "title": "Research with Impact | Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences", "raw_content": "From developing NanoJackets, an innovative drug delivery device that infiltrates tumors to deliver cancer therapies, to exploring the impact of a changing climate on the Earth\u2019s ecosystems, researchers in Penn State\u2019s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences are exploring new frontiers and tackling the top scientific challenges in the earth, energy, and materials sciences and engineering.\nOUR RESEARCH IMPACTS THE WORLD\nPenn State is a premier research institution and faculty in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences work side-by-side with both graduate and undergraduate students in active and original scholarly inquiry. For example:\nWe are developing enhanced recovery techniques for petroleum and gas reservoirs.\nWe are conducting research with drones.\nWe are pioneering approaches to cancer therapy, which rely on advances in nanotechnology to infiltrate tumors and deliver a therapeutic agent.\nWe are investigating the social-ecological interactions of agriculture and food security.\nWe are developing new computational methodologies and cyberinfrastructure solutions for the analysis of geospatial 'big data.'\nWe are studying study of the chemical composition of the Earth's atmosphere.\nOur research impacts the world!\nPaul F. Robertson Award for EMS Research Breakthrough of the Year\nThe Paul F. Robertson Award for the EMS Research Breakthrough of the Year was created in 2012 with support from a generous gift by EMS alumnus Paul F. Robertson. The award recognizes research achievements over the previous year. View videos below showcasing award winners.\nTransparent metal films\nA new material that is both highly transparent and electrically conductive could make large screen displays, smart windows and even touch screens and solar cells more affordable and efficient, according to a team led by Roman Engel-Herbert who discovered it.\nCold Sintering\nResearchers in Penn State's Materials Research Institute, led by Clive Randall, recently discovered a process that could revolutionize the manufacturing industry. Known as cold sintering, the process could be used for developing materials we use every day, such as bricks and glass, at a much lower energy cost than the process used today.\nCOMPUTER VISION CRACKS THE LEAF CODE\nPeter Wilf, professor of geosciences at Penn State, and an international team developed a machine learning algorithm that can identify leaf images into their biological families.\nThe Geology and Geophysics of Slow Earthquakes\nDon Fisher, Chris Marone, and Demian Saffer were awarded the 2104 Paul F. Robertson Award for Research Breakthrough of the Year.\nInspiring Research: James Adair\names Adair and his team at Penn State are transforming the way we treat and detect cancer through their nanoscience research with a new drug delivery and imaging system utilizing nanojackets. Changing the way that drugs are delivered to cancer patients, reducing the impact on patients and their families.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 312, "original_length": 9049, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 304.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.energetskiportal.rs/en/geoengineering-would-hurt-earths-crops-more-than-it-would-help-them-says-study/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:45Z", "digest": "sha1:YFEPHCB5XZJKEUD2QC2HKJZA5KNUHTO4", "length": 2597, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.energetskiportal.rs", "title": "Geoengineering Would Hurt Earth\u2019s Crops More Than It Would Help Them, Says Study | Energetski portal Srbije", "raw_content": "Geoengineering Would Hurt Earth\u2019s Crops More Than It Would Help Them, Says Study\nAugust 11, 2018 News | World | Sustainable Development | Environmental Protection\nThink geoengineering is a great way to reverse the effects of climate change? Well, we might want to push pause on those plans. According to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature, geoengineering could actually leave us worse off than if we did nothing at all.\nIt\u2019s no secret that human activity is wreaking havoc on our planet. The idea behind geoengineering is that humans also have the potential to undo all that damage by taking big, bold action to alter the atmosphere.\nWhile the specific proposals vary, one idea that\u2019s tossed around pretty often is solar radiation management (SRM). By its logic, if we inject aerosols into the stratosphere, we would decrease the amount of sunlight that reaches the Earth\u2019s surface, therefore cooling the planet. Volcanic eruptions inspired the idea \u2014 the gases they send into the atmosphere create a similar veil over the planet.\nA team of researchers at UC Berkeley wanted to figure out what impact this approach would have on the planet\u2019s crop yields.\nTo do this, they analyzed the planet\u2019s aerosol levels, solar irradiation data, and recorded crop yields following two volcanic eruptions: the eruption of Mexico\u2019s El Chich\u00f3n in 1982 and the explosion of the Philippines\u2019s Mount Pinatubo in 1991. The researchers concluded that the eruptions actually had a negative effect on two different types of crops \u2014 C3 crops (such as rice, soy, and wheat) and C4 crops (a category that includes maize).\nNext, they decided to model how a global injection of sulfates into the stratosphere might impact crop yields. To do this, they used several Earth system models from the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology. From that analysis, they concluded that the decrease in sunlight from SRM would hurt the planet\u2019s crops more than the cooler temperatures would help them.\nThis isn\u2019t the first study to assert that geoengineering is not a good idea. Others assert that SRM would put species in biodiverse areas at risk, while some think we simple shouldn\u2019t do it for fear of unintended consequences.\nIn the paper, the Berkeley team notes that other researchers could use a similar approach to determine the impact of SRM on different types of systems, such as human health or ecosystem function. If those researchers reach the same conclusion \u2014 that SRM is more trouble than it\u2019s worth \u2014 we might want to officially take the idea off the table.\nMax-Planck-Institute for Meteorology\naerosol level", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 128, "original_length": 4779, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 238.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.entrepreneur.com/slideshow/190606", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:30Z", "digest": "sha1:WT7IJZSW3KDS2K4NBMM3CUHSNRZU6VMV", "length": 18358, "nlines": 36, "source_domain": "www.entrepreneur.com", "title": "The Influencers - Business Influencers", "raw_content": "What forces will affect your business in the coming year? Here are the 25 people, trends and events you can't afford to ignore.\nSteve Jobs dropped the price of his fabled iPhone by $200 just a couple months after it went on sale. When hundreds of peeved early buyers wrote to complain, Jobs admitted they needed to be treated better and offered them a $100 credit toward another Apple product. That's what we call intelligent marketing to win back consumer trust. Entrepreneurs can learn from the Apple CEO because he makes smart choices. \"What makes Apple different is [that] marketing leads the effort and doesn't follow it,\" says technology analyst Rob Enderle of Enderle Group. \"Most companies develop a product and then think about how to sell the darn thing. Apple thinks of that upfront, and that is why their offerings typically capture more excitement.\"\nThe Entrepreneurs' Organization surveyed its U.S. members about the presidential elections. Nearly 50 percent of them ranked the contest important or very important. The survey found that affordable health care is at the top of their wish lists, but it's just one key item among many in this presidential race. \"Everybody's concerned about the economy,\" says Alan Carsrud, executive director of the Global Entrepreneurship Center at Florida International University. But the presidential election isn't the only one to watch. What happens in Congress and the state legislatures can have just as much of an impact on your business.\nThe world's top climate scientists warned in a 2007 United Nations report that global warming is real. The consequences for entrepreneurs could be significant, especially for those who manufacture goods or produce services that lead to higher emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases. \"There's a very large push that was not there even six months ago for congressional legislation [in this arena],\" says William Moomaw, professor of international environmental policy at Tufts University. Moomaw, part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which won the Nobel Peace Prize last year, says consumers will be looking more closely at \"carbon content\"--how much carbon was produced to create and transport a product. That means opportunities for entrepreneurs who improve their systems accordingly.\nExpect to see more Chinese investment in the U.S. in the coming year, says David Parsley, professor at the Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management. Parsley, an international finance expert, says that since the Chinese currency has appreciated against the dollar, the Chinese have increased buying power. Chinese investors are buying U.S. companies, manufacturing facilities and service institutions. He also sees opportunities in tourism, as the U.S. is becoming a cheaper place to visit.\nDeclining Dollar\nIf you think of currency values as a seesaw, the euro and the British pound are the lucky kids who've been flying high while the dollar scrapes the ground. In 2007, the dollar sank about 10 percent on average against other major currencies. Should that trend continue through 2008, many entrepreneurs will feel it because imports will be more expensive, says Nate Parmelee, senior analyst in international investing with The Motley Fool. \"Service businesses should be able to avoid some of the direct hit from a weaker dollar,\" Parmelee says. Who benefits? U.S. exporters--and creative businesses with websites that attract foreign customers.\nWill this be the year we reduce our dependence on foreign oil? Nope, says Scott Shane, author of Illusions of Entrepreneurship. \"The only way that dependence on oil will lessen is if there is a recession, and even then, the effects will be small,\" he says. \"None of our leaders has any good ideas for reducing our dependence.\" But entrepreneurs can reduce their power consumption with more efficient technology. Some are even involved in developing clean energy alternatives.\nE. coli in spinach. Lead in toys. With all the product concerns of the past few years, you might assume Americans' trust in global business is at an all-time low. But according to the \"Edelman Trust Barometer 2007,\" 58 percent of U.S. college-educated opinion leaders age 35 to 64 say they trust business, up from 44 percent in 2002. Overall, people trusted local brands more than global ones. Another key finding: \"People are nearly twice as likely to believe a regular employee of a company as [they are] the CEO,\" says Laurence Evans, president of StrategyOne, the research arm of Edelman. So empower your employees to be truthful and act on problems; make them worthy of your clients' trust.\nContinuing fallout from the mortgage crisis will undoubtedly affect you and your business in 2008. Banking consultant Bert Ely predicts that, \"The housing sector will be a drag on the economy,\" hurting the construction trade and its suppliers, related service businesses, and ultimately lenders. As banks wrestle with the problem of bad home loans, it may reduce their capacity or willingness to hand out money to entrepreneurs.\nThe first baby boomers are becoming eligible for retirement, the Millennials are on the rise, and the nation is on the verge of a generational shift as those under age 44 assume more power. But ignore boomers at your peril--they are highly influential as clients, customers, potential employees and potential competitors. Tamara Erickson, author of Retire Retirement: Career Strategies for the Boomer Generation, says she's seeing more boomers itching to leave corporations and start their own businesses. She believes services that help them, such as small-business counseling or virtual back-office support, should fare well. More older boomers are looking for meaningful part-time work that helps them leave a legacy; savvy entrepreneurs who create flexible opportunities can reap rewards from their talents.\nBill Gates isn't leaving Microsoft, but on June 30, he goes part time at the software behemoth and full time at... what? That's the big question on everyone's mind. Officially, he'll be devoting his attention to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; it concentrates on health-care issues and promoting equality. But he's also invested in the ANTY Project, which is developing an \"intelligent, huggy robot\" as a friend for children in hospitals. Some say robotics is the next hot field. Will Gates be changing the world--again?\nU.S. entrepreneurs can't afford to take emerging economies for granted. \"We're going to see a continued acceleration of jobs [moving] offshore,\" predicts James H. Johnson Jr., a business professor at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He believes those hardest hit will be small businesses that benefited from minority set-aside and corporate diversity programs. \"I see major corporations [going] elsewhere,\" says Johnson, who says small businesses are losing contract work to India and other emerging market countries.\nOver the past seven years, the U.S. has attracted more than 10.3 million new immigrants, more than half of which are here illegally, according to the Center for Immigration Studies. This topic is especially fiery during a presidential election year. As we debate, business professor James H. Johnson Jr. urges entrepreneurs to remember that illegal immigrants spend money. \"They are a major cog in our economy and contribute to economic prosperity,\" he says, citing a UNC study stating that Hispanic purchases and taxes in North Carolina alone had an economic impact of $9.2 billion in 2004 and generated more than 89,000 spinoff jobs. He also foresees labor shortages if illegals are forced to leave.\nAn early recipient of a MacArthur \"genius grant,\" Bill Drayton founded Ashoka, a global association of social entrepreneurs who aim to solve the world's most urgent social problems. Among Drayton's innovations is an open source online community for sharing ideas and results. The man behind a new social movement has advice for everyday entrepreneurs, too: The success of any group depends on the proportion of people in it who are change-makers. Says Drayton, \"You cannot run an 'everyone-a-change-maker' organization [autocratically].\"\nWe've got a sub-prime lending fiasco, troubling results for several financial corporations, and banks are starting to hoard credit. At the center of all this is Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. His options may be limited, but he'll be powerful in 2008; some experts believe any further interest rate cuts may trigger inflation. Says banking consultant Bert Ely, \"The focus is going to be on steering the economy away from a housing-related recession.\" The focus will also be on Bernanke, as he promises more openness on how the central bank makes its decisions.\nFive years ago, you needed a hard drive to access important documents. Now you can have your entire desktop online. Web e-mail accounts were the early versions of this trend, but it's gone far beyond that. Investment banking firm TripleTree forecasts the SaaS market may exceed 40 percent of the total software market, or $50 billion, by 2010. \"As [SaaS] proliferates, entrepreneurs will be the biggest winners,\" predicts Stephen Wiehe, president and CEO of SciQuest, an SaaS provider.\nWorking longer, commuting farther, sinking financially--that's how The Trends Journal described the average member of the U.S. middle class last year. The nation's \"barbell economy\" with its thinning middle class will only get worse, says publisher Gerald Celente. He points to new IRS data which shows that 1 percent of the population earned 21.2 percent of all income in 2005--up from 19 percent in 2004--while the bottom 50 percent took in 12.8 percent--down from 13.4 percent the previous year. What can entrepreneurs do? Believe that the high cost of oil will have real consequences on buying power, and make it easy for clients to work with you, whether it's with convenient locations or via the internet and other technologies.\nAuction of TV Airwaves\nJanuary brought a landmark event that could reshape the way you do business: the FCC auction of TV airwaves. \"The next innovation leap in mobile media could occur from this [sale], because whoever controls [airwaves] will be able to deliver content, products and services into and out of the home rather easily and quickly,\" says Barbara Bickham, founder and CEO of TechGenii, a media and interactive strategy provider. These Superman frequencies can cross long distances, penetrate walls and carry loads of information in a single bound. Look for everything from enhanced search on TV and mobile phones to the possibility of new forms of communication altogether.\nMark Cuban and IPTV\nYour TV and computer are blending, right in your own living room. If you don't believe it's happening, just consider IPTV, or Internet Protocol Television. That's personalized TV delivered over the internet. IPTV is poised to grow in 2008, and one reason why is Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks and co-founder of HDNet, an HDTV channel. \"Cuban is a force,\" says Ajay Chopra, a venture partner with Trinity Ventures. \"He's one of the guys driving the effort. Just because of who he is, he can push developments forward.\"\nFor years, health care has been a major worry facing business owners. \"This is an issue that scares entrepreneurs to death,\" says Alan Carsrud of Florida International University. You know the dilemma: If you don't offer employees health benefits, some talented prospects will pass you by in favor of companies that do. If you do, you are stuck with a rising expense that feels increasingly out of control. Proposed fixes include eliminating employers from the health-care equation entirely--although that seems a stretch. No doubt the 2008 elections will bring change to our national health-care policy. The question is what kind.\nIt's hard to imagine a single U.S. entrepreneur untouched by Google. The company that turned into a verb and its web-enabled services have transformed the conversation about what computers can do for us. From its rumored gPhone and potential to run its own network to its investment in renewable energy research and plans in cell phone software, video advertising, audio and video podcasting, web-based storage, maps, satellite images and more, Google will remain essential to entrepreneurs in 2008.\nFew politicians sought to land the unattractive job of chair of the U.S. House Committee on Small Business. But Rep. Nydia Vel\u00e1zquez (D-NY) actively sought the leadership role and has brought great passion to the work. \"If you're looking for a true small-business advocate, Nydia Vel\u00e1zquez is the number-one name,\" says Paul Miller, a small-business lobbyist with Miller/Wenhold Capitol Strategies. In her first year as chair, Vel\u00e1zquez saw the passage of 17 bills through the House. The bills ranged from helping businesses recover from disaster to assisting entrepreneurs in expanding their markets overseas. For 2008, her priorities include promoting small-business R&D and legislation to ease the regulatory burden felt by small firms.\nYou've seen the articles exhorting entrepreneurs to find fame and fortune through social media. We're not sure about the fame part, but social media may help in terms of fortune. \"Small-business relationships will become increasingly virtual,\" according to the \"Intuit Future of Small Business Report.\" As more social networking and community sites focus on local issues, goods and services, it can pay to participate in them to build your professional network. Social media offers business support, too, by letting you connect with other entrepreneurs who understand what you're going through.\nSocially Responsible Companies\nConsumers care more than ever about corporate social responsibility. The \"Edelman Trust Barometer 2007\" found that top concerns include employee treatment and open communication about a company's conduct and impact, whether good or bad. Come clean, or your customers may learn the truth anyway through customer comments on blogs or websites. \"People are looking for responsible products, and they're willing to pay a premium,\" says Chris Deri of PR firm Edelman. \"Take advantage of your smaller size and be nimble enough to be responsive to those demands.\"\n\"The shift to mobile is accelerating,\" says Andy Belt of The Monitor Group. \"Many major markets, such as India, are growing up wireless.\" That helps account for the 3.3 billion mobile subscribers expected worldwide by 2010. The revolution brings the promise of highly targeted mobile advertising. Retailers are creating services just for mobile devices. Other innovators are designing fresh ways for search and social media to go mobile. Verizon opening its network to other phones may lead to a broader range of choices from all the carriers. Advances in mobile data services will help business owners communicate more easily with customers. Every entrepreneur needs to think about his or her place in this shift.\nRemember last year's disappearing bee syndrome? Scientists linked it to Israeli acute paralysis virus but still have very little data to connect it directly to the vanished bees. We should know very soon how serious the condition might be this year, but it could have a big effect on commercial beekeepers, farmers, restaurants and ultimately, consumers. Worst case, potential losses could top $90 billion, says the USDA. One bright note: Commercial bee operations are more mobile than in the past, so bees can be brought in to crucial regions. Still, if prices for fresh produce rise, consumers may have less cash to spend elsewhere.\nSome say Starbucks' cachet and sense of innovation are gone. We say the company bears watching because--love it or not--it is much more than a coffee shop. Record stores have been going under, but people still buy music at Starbucks; the company has even won Grammys. Deals with Apple have put Starbucks' CDs on iTunes. This generation of 18- to 24-year-olds is the first that drinks more coffee away from home than at home, a change stock analyst Sharon Zackfia of William Blair & Co. credits to Starbucks: \"They took a commodity business and made it into an experience.\"\nThe Beijing Olympics\nEven if you aren't doing business in China, the Olympics could have an unexpected influence on your company. Increased demand for paper can lead to higher paper prices during Olympic years. The increase comes from the massive amount of brochures that are printed for the events, and the ensuing newspaper coverage. That's not all. Bill Moore, a paper recycling consultant, says paper prices typically rise in the six months prior to presidential races. Combine the two epic contests of the Beijing Games and Election 2008, and we may see paper costs soaring as high as the pole-vaulters. The good news: Prices should drop back to Earth after the Games are over.\nAmericans are far less afraid of a terrorist attack at home than they were in the days after 9/11. The presidential election alters the dynamics, though. \"With any changing administration, the country is more vulnerable. There's a natural period where things are more insecure,\" says Russell Howard, director of the Jebsen Center for Counterterrorism Studies at Tufts University and author of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism: Understanding the New Security Environment. Howard believes Al Qaeda lacks the strength to hit the U.S. with another catastrophic attack and wouldn't settle for anything less, given the egos involved. What concerns Howard more are terrorist wannabes born or living here. Entrepreneurs should think through how they can keep their businesses running and communicate with customers in the face of a big disruption, whether it's a terrorist attack, a weather disaster or a security breach.\nCollege Entrepreneurship Programs\nUsed to be, people didn't always think about going to college to learn how to be an innovative business owner. That was before the rise of college entrepreneurship programs. The latest trend on campus is teaching entrepreneurism outside of business school, even to English majors. That's the goal of Kauffman Campuses, a 4-year-old initiative from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation that seeks to \"permeate the campus with entrepreneurship and transform the culture of the campus through entrepreneurship,\" says Kauffman's Marjorie Smelstor.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 301, "original_length": 22545, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 334.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.eserviceshelp.in/income-tax/single-window-website-for-income-taxpayers-launched-by-finance-minister/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:54Z", "digest": "sha1:4RVE4ZJ4JHFYSXEGTSDWCBOQJDYCF7V4", "length": 579, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.eserviceshelp.in", "title": "\u2018single window\u2019 website for Income Taxpayers launched by Finance Minister", "raw_content": "F.M launched a new version of the www.incometaxindia.gov.in website today to enable taxpayers for easily filing and appling PAN card.The new version of the website of the Income Tax department will be act as a single window for all activities and online services offered by the I-T department.\nNew version of website will be user-friendly and robust, so that it can handle multiple hits at a time.Through the website taxpayers will also allow to know about the Income tax Act , various notices,circulars will be issue from time to time and regular developments in the department.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 106, "original_length": 6007, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 337.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.essaygiants.com/connecting-and-reconnecting-with-influencers/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:44Z", "digest": "sha1:T6GNJBN6OTZTUP5MB73D3YNZEK3DG2LT", "length": 3862, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.essaygiants.com", "title": "Essaygiants | Connecting and reconnecting with influencers |", "raw_content": "Connecting and reconnecting with influencers\nThe changing economic climate, technological advancements and increasing competition resulting trade globalization has had a great impact on marketing. Increasing advertising expenditure, for instance, does not guarantee increased clients as would have been expected. Businesses that continue to use the traditional reach and frequency model of marketing might actually find that such approaches are destined more towards diminishing returns. The complicated nature of the market that has provided customers with numerous options to choose from implies that marketing approaches aimed at the undefined mass might actually not yield desired results. Such observations then necessitate new approaches to consumer marketing that do not only prove effective but also provide ways to measure and sustain their success. How then can businesses ensure that they don\u2019t get out of work in the modern times? This paper evaluates the best strategies through which firms can use to connect and reconnect with influencers particularly in exploring the role of networking to ensure sustainable business growth.\nA factor that has led to the diminishing returns on marketing on the traditional model has been technological advancements. The forward reaps in technology have provided multiple options to consumers \u2013 TV channels, online news papers, blogs, web sites and magazines \u2013 that they do not rely on a single source of information to make purchasing decisions. Customers thus have literary become the \u201ckings\u201d as they can choose the mode of advertisement to which they are subject. A firm\u2019s marketing approach may thus not get a chance to influence customers into trying out their product. Much as the technological changes have distracted consumers from the businesses\u2019 marketing strategies, such also have however provided ways for firms to specifically reach out to only those persons that comprise their target market (\u201cMarketing is a two-way street,\u201d n.d). Such then would mean higher levels of efficiency since the businesses are reaching out to the potential customers who actually want to \u201chear\u201d from the companies. How then can businesses use the knowledge of actual and potential customers to sustain their businesses?\nIdentifying the current and potential market is core to success of marketing strategies. The primary benefit would be achieved by targeting expenditure to the identified market rather than exhausting funds in mass marketing. Approaches such as specific messaging would then be possible since the business has identified the customer needs in advance (\u201cMarketing is a two-way street,\u201d n.d). Identification of the customers needs is achieved through the establishment of brands that allow for customer interaction. By gathering, amassing, evaluating and using data about current and prospective customers and engaging these in significant interactions a mutualistic relationship is achieved that creates the base for more advanced engagement. Achieving such a relationship with a few customers enables the creation of a network through which product experiences are shared. Customers\u2019 continued interaction with the company enables the latter to make changes to its products to meet the consumer\u2019s expectations thus creating brand loyalty. With time loyal customers spread the word around to friends furthering the market reach of the company\u2019s products (Roberts, 2009). Actually Word of Mouth (WMO) marketing has been advanced to result more into more business than the traditional methods of advertising bring since potential customers have greater trust in a \u2018third opinion\u2019 than they do for company originated strategies (Roberts, 2009). This then indicates that companies wishing to achieve success must formulate their strategies towards establishment and sustenance of strong consumer networks.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 73, "original_length": 6208, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 334.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ethercat.org/de/members/members_CF4DE80FDE4D4F3DA1AAE87E1EF6BAD6.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:26Z", "digest": "sha1:UKFTA2ZZAAPSRAKUKFQQ5LVFSBQUQSIE", "length": 422, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.ethercat.org", "title": "EtherCAT Technology Group | Mitgliedschaft", "raw_content": "www.brosa.net\nWho looks for perfection is exactly right with BROSA. Only those who are passionate about developing products will never stop asking questions. And only this will make a continuous further development possible, which has the goal to put the best products on the market. With this goal in mind BROSA has been developing reliable pressure transducers and load cells as well as electronic components since 1935.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 35, "original_length": 753, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 280.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.euruni.edu/en/Programs/MBA/MBA-Human-Resources/Overview/MBA-Human-Resources-Management.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:14:38Z", "digest": "sha1:T5S6YHI3A37BZGMCCJXVQPZNNOIF4HX2", "length": 568, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.euruni.edu", "title": "MBA Human Resources Management in Europe", "raw_content": "People are the most valuable asset of any company and now more than ever, organizations are committing to the happiness and retention of great employees. The Human Resources Management program focuses on handling employees from varied social, cultural and political points of view while developing your personal skills, such as group working and time management. You will learn the methods of effective talent scouting and management, as well as the trends and techniques necessary to build a top-notch team.\nA sample of the Human Resources Management program courses:", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 159, "original_length": 3727, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 241.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.euruni.edu/en/Programs/MBA/MBA-Sports-Management/Overview/MBA-Sports-Management.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:39Z", "digest": "sha1:LWZWEFFYUL77VYG5EE3G3GMQXTST7MN6", "length": 802, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.euruni.edu", "title": "MBA Sports Management in Europe - Business School", "raw_content": "The sports market is a multibillion dollar industry, experiencing rapid expansion in regions like China, Russia, South America and the Middle East, opening many doors to those with a specialized skill set. This is an interdisciplinary program designed to teach management within areas such as; sports marketing and management, sports advertising and media relations. The industry offers diverse and dynamic opportunities to program graduates, ranging from professional sports and club management to managing events and corporate sponsorships.\nTeam and club management\nSports media and public relations\n\u201cMany of my previous classmates are not only my friends, but also professional contacts: EU taught me to combine friendships with profession.\"\nSiddhartha Tewari, Sports Consultant at Aspire Management", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 156, "original_length": 3725, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 321.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.evacassidyfanclub.nl/blog/2014/05/evas-artwork/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:59Z", "digest": "sha1:4ZWLIUJ3DPMNBAXFMBGTE4ETVIKQXA2S", "length": 2694, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.evacassidyfanclub.nl", "title": "Eva\u2019s artwork | Official Eva Cassidy Fanclub", "raw_content": "Eva\u2019s artwork\nThe most striking difference between Eva\u2019s music and her painting is that she had yet to find her own voice in her artwork. Maybe this was because much of her work was intended as gifts for family members or friends and she had the recipient in mind as she worked. Some of her art is clearly influenced by artists such as the surrealist Salvador Dali, while her painting Cape John resembles Van Gogh\u2019s famous Starry Night and Night Flight has the typically Van Gogh trees.\nFine artists often have to work their entire lives to find their voice. Sadly, Eva had no such opportunity. The energy she had left after a full day of work was usually spent perfecting her music. Her mentor Chris Biondo supported her musically, but Eva missed the equivalent for her visual work.\nDespite the obstacles Eva had a natural ability to perceive the true essence of things she saw; she could observe something and see clearly into its heart, and reproduce this on canvas. Her technical skill enabled her to create atmosphere, which she achieved with clever use of colour and light.\nEva was a prolific artist and the bulk of the material has attracted interest largely because it was Eva the singer who created it. Nevertheless, there are a few pearls amid the everyday material. Night Flight depicts a fish flying through the air and a boat on dry land. It is an intriguing composition with intelligent and original use of colour that gives it a supernatural feel. Eva liked to create conundrums, which are evident in the many mysterious bubbles in her work. The bubbles could very well be symbolic of Eva\u2019s own personality \u2013 her inner self, closed and vulnerable. Compare Salvador Dali\u2019s Woman Bubbles.\nOne small painting hints at the direction Eva may have taken had she had more time. It depicts an unknown young woman, and is the first to truly bear Eva\u2019s personal stamp. Appearing both suspicious and bored at the same time, the woman is clearly staring at something but we don\u2019t know what. The painting recalls old photographs that show a young Eva turning away from the photographer. Perhaps it was an early self-portrait. The canvas shows through in the background and Eva\u2019s use of dark and light in different shades of green clearly indicates a budding talent that never had a chance to fulfil itself.\npauline lawler\nEva was a beautiful person and as I\u2019ve discovered a very talented artist.\nListening to Eva is the best therapy one could ask for.Her voice is fantastic. I\u2019m such a big fan.\nLast Aug I walked my daughter down the aisle to Eva\u2019s \u201cSONGBIRD\u201d.\nMy love to Eva\u2019s parents. They must be so proud but heartbroken at the same time. Her fame should have happened when she was alive.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 44, "original_length": 3557, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 295.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.evcforum.net/dm.php?control=page&t=14725&mpp=15&p=10", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:10Z", "digest": "sha1:6N2MQQW7ZRXFYXFFY2USIZCXV2M4IJAY", "length": 27057, "nlines": 113, "source_domain": "www.evcforum.net", "title": "EvC Forum: The Kalam cosmological argument", "raw_content": "We have seen a number of attempts to so define the beginning of the universe on such terms as to imply that the universe has always existed AND that it had an absolute beginning in the finite past. Under close examination this refutation of the causal principle (premiss one of the KCA) may be reduced to a mere tautology, e.g. the universe has existed as long as it has existed\u2014in effect, for all TIME.\nMore correctly, we have seen an examination of the Kalam argument which SHOWS that given the assumptions of the argument, the universe has always existed. The Kalam argument denies that there ever was a time when the universe did not exist therefore according to the Kalam argument the universe has always existed.\nSadly supporters of the Kalam argument have great difficulty coming to grips with this simple fact. And I think it is not going too far to say that their inability is due to the fact that this point poses a serious problem for the Kalam argument that they cannot address.\nOne can similarly argue that my own consciousness had a beginning\u2014whether shortly after birth, or at two years of age, or any other arbitrary time along the way\u2014AND that it has always existed, so long as I have been aware. Nevertheless, no one I know\u2014aside from a mystic\u2014would assert that my conscience self has always existed.\nOf course this is NOT analogous. It is not analogous because there was a time BEFORE your consciousness existed. Your consciosuness has NOT existed for all time.\nIn the same way the universe can be said to be known finite to observers, and yet have existed for all TIME\nBut this is not the objection that is being made. The objection is that since there is never a time when the universe did not exist, the universe has always existed. From this we question why the universe should require a cause. And you agreed that anything which existed at the first moment of time did NOT require a cause.\nThe objection is not a very strong one, and presents a false dilemma for the first premiss. (Bear in mind that this example has already considered the objection of fallacy of composition, and is immune because it is merely presented as an analogy.)\nYour strawman objection and your false analogy do nothing to diminish the strength of the actual objection.\nThe real question before us is, given the assumption of the Kalam argument that the universe has always existed, did it have a beginning or \"begin to exist\" in a sense which requires a cause as the Kalam argument claims ? So far there has been no progress on demonstrating this at all.\nSo at this point I believe that I can fairly say that the Kalam argument is dead, at least so far as the discussion here is concerned. The supporters of the argument have been unable to rationally defend it and by all the evidence they are incapable of doing so.\nMessage 135 by Shimbabwe, posted 03-16-2012 6:17 PM Shimbabwe has responded\nMessage 137 by Shimbabwe, posted 03-16-2012 7:23 PM PaulK has responded\nHello again PaulK. You are quickly becoming my favorite non-theist, as I enjoy your quick retorts. Sadly, I doubt we can discuss the entire Kalam Argument before this thread ends because of the vast chasm between our philosophical views. Hopefully, though, we can explore most of the objections levied toward the first premiss. You are a formidable opponent; I only wish you would address the first premiss specifically before going after the argument as a whole.\nShimbabwe writes:\nOne can similarly argue that my own consciousness had a beginning\ufffdwhether shortly after birth, or at two years of age, or any other arbitrary time along the way\ufffdAND that it has always existed, so long as I have been aware. Nevertheless, no one I know\ufffdaside from a mystic\ufffdwould assert that my conscience self has always existed.\nOf course it has in the very same way you have continually asserted that the universe has always existed, i.e. as a sole observer of my conscious self, I adamantly claim that it has always existed in the very same manner you claim the universe has. The universe doesn\ufffdt gain an exemption because it has multiple observers.\nI have not stated anywhere in my replies that the universe did not require a cause\ufffdyou have inferred this\ufffdI simply granted that there was no TIME BEFORE the universe, which is perfectly congruent with my view of a causally prior entity.\nThe real question before us is, given the assumption of the Kalam argument that the universe has always existed, did it have a beginning or \"begin to exist\" in a sense which requires a cause as the Kalam argument claims? So far there has been no progress on demonstrating this at all.\nThe answer here is, quite simply, yes. The universe does require a cause. But that is for later, in the discussion on premiss two.\nThis is just obviously false, as I have already explained First, it is the Kalam argument that makes the claim, not I., Secondly the claim of the Kalam argument is that there never was a time when the universe did not exist - which is exactly the same as saying that the universe always existed. And THIS point is missing from your strawman.\nIn Message 78 you replied to my question:\nDoes something that has always existed (in that there is no time when it did not exist) have a beginning ? Is it does, then does it require a cause, and if so, why ?\nI would say no. Something that has always existed is beginningless by definition and would require neither a cause nor an explanation of its existence on the Kalam argument\nSo you explicitly stated that if there is never a time when a thing does not exist, it is beginningless and requires neither cause nor explanation.\nMy point is that the the premises need to be discussed together to avoid equivocation and contradiction. We've seen enough of that already. Apologists have a slippery habit of taking points in isolation and producing answers that don't fit together - and that seems to be the approach you want to take.\nI'e said what is required to make the argument sound - at least on these issues. And it really is necessary. If you can't provide it, then the argument is dead, exactly as I said.\nI\ufffdll be sure to add it then. Not really, because my version of the Kalam is the 12th century version propounded by Al Ghazali that certainly could not have foreseen your objection, which is based on modern cosmology. Consequently, it did not make the claims you are assigning it\ufffdeven though I clearly understand your objection. I just don\ufffdt think the objection is as strong as you would like to believe, or the argument would certainly be dead in the water.\nSo now I am a liar? Just kidding. Be careful here. I am stating that a beginningless entity need not have an explanation\ufffdor else one starts on the slippery slope of explaining the explanation ad infinitum. The universe may have existed for all TIME and yet require an explanation. An ultimate causal entity need not require an explanation. If the universe is the ultimate, I concede that it requires no cause. This however, has not been demonstrated.\nFair enough then. I accept your criticism, but can assure you I am not being intentionally equivocal. And in some way, it seems easier to discuss\ufffdnot just better for me\ufffdon individual parts, as opposed to answering every objection to the entire argument, which you must admit are multifarious. I think philosophical arguments in general can sometimes appear equivocal. However, the same can be true of opposing disciplines. People in all fields tend to have serious biases regarding their favored discipline. As a non physicist, I think mathematically constructed parallel universes are incredibly far-fetched, primarily because they don\ufffdt appeal to me. That aside, each premiss must be plausible for the whole to be sound. If one premiss is false, then the argument\ufffds conclusion is obviously false. All one need do is demonstrate how ANYTHING begins to exist without a cause to falsify premiss one.\nMaybe so, we haven\ufffdt concluded that yet. I still think it is sound. By the way, we are a long, long, way from proving anything at this point. Nevertheless, I think we are on the right course. My goal is not at all to prove that the argument is irrefutable; but, only that it is plausible. Other arguments exist that I think are more convincing. There is, however, no need to throw the baby out just yet.\nBy the way, I must go. I am working twelve hour shifts lately, and must leave the discussion for now. Undoubtedly, I can look forward to an inbox full of replies.\nI just don\ufffdt think the objection is as strong as you would like to believe, or the argument would certainly be dead in the water.\nWell, perhaps it is dead in the water, and Paul and I are the philosophical equivalent of the neighborhood boys poking the body with a stick.\nI am stating that a beginningless entity need not have an explanation\ufffdor else one starts on the slippery slope of explaining the explanation ad infinitum.\nWell, a couple of points. Firstly, there is no logical reason why we should not get onto that slippery slope. There is a theological reason --- theists don't like that sort of talk. For them it's a slippery slope, for someone who looks at it dispassionately it's not a problem.\nSecond, there's no logical reason why looking one step back before the creator of the universe should lead us to an infinite chain. We can conceive of a situation where Fred created the universe, Bob created Fred, and Bob is the \"ultimate causal entity\". Again, why not? If we can look one step behind the universe, then we can at least consider that there's something one step behind that.\nAs a non physicist, I think mathematically constructed parallel universes are incredibly far-fetched, primarily because they don\ufffdt appeal to me.\nWell, that's not an argument.\nIf one premiss is false, then the argument\ufffds conclusion is obviously false.\nPremise 1: I am Penn Gilette.\nPremise 2: Penn Gilette lives in Las Vegas.\nConclusion: I live in Las Vegas.\nPremise 1 is false. The conclusion is true.\nMessage 146 by Shimbabwe, posted 03-17-2012 1:36 PM Dr Adequate has responded\nI\ufffdll be sure to add it then. Not really, because my version of the Kalam is the 12th century version propounded by Al Ghazali that certainly could not have foreseen your objection, which is based on modern cosmology.\nLet us be clear, my argument is not directly based on modern cosmology, it is simply repeating the claims made by the Kalam argument. And you have definitely referred to Craig far more often that Al Ghazali, and agreed with this point. So suddenly implying that you don't accept Craig's version and wish to discard this point seems to be a bit of a turnaround.\nConsequently, it did not make the claims you are assigning it\ufffdeven though I clearly understand your objection. I just don\ufffdt think the objection is as strong as you would like to believe, or the argument would certainly be dead in the water.\nIf you are prepared to claim that there was a time prior to the existence of the universe, and hence lose Craig's argument that the cause of the universe must be timeless that is your choice. But certainly if you do so, that aspect of Craig's argument is dead. And you'd also have to take other cosmologies more seriously, when now you reject them apparently because you find them unfavourable to your views.\nOf course you contradict yourself here, because you stated that if the universe existed for all of time it would be beginningless and did not require an explanation.\nAgain I think it bad to split the discussion up in this way because of the likelihood of equivocation. However, your own statement that if the universe had existed for all of time it would be beginningless itself would seem to deny premise 1. Unless you are willing to drop the assumption that there is no time prior to the universe, despite adamantly maintaining it up until now.\nFair enough then. I accept your criticism, but can assure you I am not being intentionally equivocal. And in some way, it seems easier to discuss\ufffdnot just better for me\ufffdon individual parts, as opposed to answering every objection to the entire argument, which you must admit are multifarious. I think philosophical arguments in general can sometimes appear equivocal.\nMy point is that the whole concept is being kept vague, and we really need - as Kbertsche says - more precision. If we had an agreed concept of \"beginning\" or \"beginning to exist\" - whichever you wish to use - THEN we might discuss the premises individually. But it seems that you can't agree even with yourself on the matter. This is really such a key consideration that I can't understand the reluctance to address it - assuming that we are having an honest, rational investigation of the argument.\nI think philosophical arguments in general can sometimes appear equivocal. However, the same can be true of opposing disciplines. People in all fields tend to have serious biases regarding their favored discipline. As a non physicist, I think mathematically constructed parallel universes are incredibly far-fetched, primarily because they don\ufffdt appeal to me. That aside, each premiss must be plausible for the whole to be sound. If one premiss is false, then the argument\ufffds conclusion is obviously false. All one need do is demonstrate how ANYTHING begins to exist without a cause to falsify premiss one.\nWell to call something far-fetched because it doesn't appeal to you is perhaps an expression of prejudice. And it is entirely separate from the use of equivocation . However, it is worth noting that other universes are a consequence of serious ideas in cosmology and are not simply invoked ad hoc to answer theistic arguments.\nBut I will add that we cannot reasonably be expected to tell if a premise is false without understanding the meaning of it. And that is where we are right now. Indeed, even you are there right now.\nMaybe so, we haven\ufffdt concluded that yet. I still think it is sound.\nFor the argument to be sound you need to show that the universe has a \"beginning\" or \"begins to exist\" in a way that requires a cause and which - if you are using Craig's version or keeping your own ideas about cosmology - must also be consistent with the idea that there is no time prior to the existence of our universe. Since you have earlier said that the latter concern renders the universe \"beginningless' and leaves it with no requirement for a cause it seems rather clear that this is a problematic issue even for you.\nBy the way, we are a long, long, way from proving anything at this point. Nevertheless, I think we are on the right course. My goal is not at all to prove that the argument is irrefutable; but, only that it is plausible. Other arguments exist that I think are more convincing. There is, however, no need to throw the baby out just yet.\nI have to say that the only development I see that looks at all promising from your perspective is the implication that you intend to argue that there WAS a time prior to our universe which would eliminate some of the problems - but that would also eliminate Craig's argument for a timeless cause and require you to change your views on cosmology, so even that course has problems for you. However, without such a change, you would seem to be stuck.\nWhere/how does the Kalaam argument insist that time is finite?\nAs I understand it, the Kalaam argument only insists that anything which began to exist (e.g. the universe) cannot be infinitely old.\nThe conclusion that time is finite comes from modern cosmology. As such, the claim is restricted to the universe itself. It says nothing about the possibility of transcendent beings or truths, and says nothing about what \"time\" would mean for them.\nMessage 144 by PaulK, posted 03-17-2012 12:48 PM kbertsche has responded\nThe concept of something \"transcending the universe\" is \"mumbo-jumbo and word salad\" to you? Are you so wedded to a naturalistic worldview that you can't even conceive of such a thing?\nMessage 133 by Theodoric, posted 03-16-2012 2:02 PM Theodoric has responded\nMessage 150 by Theodoric, posted 03-17-2012 9:56 PM kbertsche has acknowledged this reply\nI am surprised that you have suddenly decided to raise this objection after so much discussion in this thread and others.\nAnd I am even more surprised that you are unaware of this staple of Craig's version of the argument which is the main basis for insisting on a timeless cause of the universe.\nSo are you now prepared to say whether you insist on a finite or infinite past instead of choosing whichever is convenient to you at the time ?\n(Note: as I've already said, we both agree that modern cosmology concludes time is finite. But this refers to time in the physical universe. This cosmological argument cannot be applied to time in a more general, philosophical sense without further justification.)\nSecond note: though WLC seems to lean toward the view that time began with the universe, he also claims that his formulation of the Kalaam argument does NOT depend on a \"beginning to time itself\":\nWilliam Lane Craig, The Kalaam Cosmological Argument (MacMillan 1979), p. 106 writes:\nThere is one additional issue that I would like to comment on at this point, however, and that is whether our argument necessitates a beginning to time itself. ... The answer to this problem is: it all depends. If a person believes that time exists apart from events such that if there were no events there still would be time, then our argument does not entail prima facie a beginning to time. On the other hand, if one accepts that time cannot exist apart from events, then a beginning of events would entail a beginning of time as well.\nEdited by kbertsche, : added note\nEdited by kbertsche, : Added second note and WLC quote.\nMessage 144 by PaulK, posted 03-17-2012 12:48 PM PaulK has responded\nPerhaps this is true. As a theist, my bias has not been hidden. Nevertheless, the point remains.\nSecond, there's no logical reason why looking one step back before the creator of the universe should lead us to an infinite chain. We can conceive of a situation where Fred created the universe, Bob created Fred, and Bob is the \"ultimate causal entity\". Again, why not? If we can look one step behind the universe, then we can at least consider that there's something one step behind that\nYes of course. One step plainly doesn\ufffdt constitute a slippery slope. The argument is just not advanced in any meaningful way. There really would be no point in stepping back multiple times until we reached the ultimate cause. I think we can agree on that, even if 50 steps were necessary. Although one may argue that there need be 50 steps, we would just as well remain agnostic on the point being considering. I would argue that we could reach a non arbitrary stopping\ufffdor starting\ufffd point long before that.\nYou are correct. My intention was not to argue a point, but to simply reveal my own bias toward other disciplines, namely physics. That does not mean I think it is dubious as a field of study. I very much enjoy reading Hawking, Tegmark etc. I find their ideas fascinating.\nOops! In my haste I missed that one. Thanks for catching it. I needed to state then, that if both premises are true and the argument is valid\ufffdthe logic sound\ufffdthen the argument is a good one. The Kalam meets these criteria. In your case the argument is valid, but it is based on a false premiss, which is indeed difficult to argue against in the absence of more facts; nevertheless, one could expose your sleight of hand (your next -door neighbor, for example) in this case. Your argument would then be significantly weakened, even though your conclusion would still be true. This is the point I am hoping to make. I will grant that this is a point in favor of discussing the argument as a whole. I still believe it is far more difficult to do so, in light of the broad scope.\nMessage 148 by Dr Adequate, posted 03-17-2012 2:19 PM Shimbabwe has responded\nVery well then, I want to also be clear. On my view, there isn\ufffdt a nickel\ufffds worth of difference between the two, at least in regard to the premisses as stated. In that sense I agree with both versions. Dr. Craig\ufffds version uses the term WHATEVER as opposed to Al Ghazali\ufffds ANY BEING\ufffdwhich may be viewed as antiquated. The terms are synonymous, along with the commonly used ANYTHING. Therefore, I see no problems with equivocation on the usage of these interchangeable terms. As to your contentions not being based on current cosmology, I simply erred. What I really intended was to make note of the fact that we are in a cosmologically superior position to AlGhazali, who would not have foreseen many of the objections raised here. The point is not entirely relevant at this juncture, but will be useful later.\nYou seem to be reading much more into my replies than I am actually stating. I agree with Dr. Craig on this point with reservations. I categorically reject the idea of time before the universe, and have stated as much in many of my replies. The Kalam need not address this issue except on a causal basis. One need not postulate\ufffdwith cosmologists\ufffdnumerous entities without our universe, when a single, causally prior, simultaneous, entity will suffice. Hume was correct in this regard.\nMy rejection of current cosmologies was simply to make a point on biases in general, and should not be interpreted as disdain. I enjoy reading articles and books on recent advancements, and find them quite fascinating.\nAgain PaulK, you linked timeless with beginningless in my statement. I did not. Even in reply number 78 that you quoted, I simply did not. You have inferred it. Why can\ufffdt you accept the fact that I agree with you that the universe has existed for all TIME, and yet has an absolute beginning, which\ufffdin my opinion\ufffd requires a cause. All are perfectly consonant with my view and with current cosmology. Could not a causally prior\ufffdnot temporally prior \ufffd entity be a plausible explanation for the universe?\nI don\ufffdt think anyone is being intentionally vague. Some concepts are necessarily vague. Trying to explain BEGINS TO EXIST in the sense I hope to convey has a whole lot to do with one\ufffds own definition of time, which in itself can be quite difficult to articulate. Think of the definition of mind, for example. The .other issue is that a misused word may be construed as an espousal of a certain view; consequently, one is reluctant to use terms that may be seized upon by the opposition as it were. For example, I believe in a timeless, beginningless, causally prior, immaterial, efficient, cause of the universe. This may be quite difficult to articulate, and for some difficult to conceptualize. Nevertheless, many theists have held this view in one form or another most of their lives. It would be disingenuous to assume that a every naturalist, for example, would readily accept the concept with no such framework. The converse is also true, I suspect.\nI suppose then that your point is made here, and the chasm is not easily bridged. One side may engage the other and find common ground, nonetheless. The definition you proposed earlier was unacceptable to me, and mine to you. Perhaps a compromise can be reached.\nMy point here was obviously not lost on you. I don\ufffdt hold the view that these current cosmological theories are necessarily ad hoc, as Dr. Craig and others seem to. I simply don\ufffdt find the evidence totally convincing, possibly because of my ignorance.\nFair enough. However, I think we both have a better understanding of the argument than you are admitting. I also think the stakes are much higher for you. If the first premiss is true, it will be difficult to resist the second. So, the argument as a whole tack is a good one for you.\nThis issue has been addressed multiple times.\nMessage 149 by PaulK, posted 03-17-2012 2:20 PM Shimbabwe has not yet responded\nThe argument is just not advanced in any meaningful way. There really would be no point in stepping back multiple times until we reached the ultimate cause. I think we can agree on that, even if 50 steps were necessary.\nIn your case the argument is valid, but it is based on a false premiss, which is indeed difficult to argue against in the absence of more facts; nevertheless, one could expose your sleight of hand ...\nVery well then, I want to also be clear. On my view, there isn\ufffdt a nickel\ufffds worth of difference between the two, at least in regard to the premisses as stated.\nYou seem to be reading much more into my replies than I am actually stating\nAgain PaulK, you linked timeless with beginningless in my statement.\nWhy can\ufffdt you accept the fact that I agree with you that the universe has existed for all TIME, and yet has an absolute beginning, which\ufffdin my opinion\ufffd requires a cause\nCould not a causally prior\ufffdnot temporally prior \ufffd entity be a plausible explanation for the universe?\nI don\ufffdt think anyone is being intentionally vague.\nWhen a thread has gone on for so long - and when at least one preceding thread also tried to tackle the issue - without clarification being provided I have to wonder about that.\nSome concepts are necessarily vague. Trying to explain BEGINS TO EXIST in the sense I hope to convey has a whole lot to do with one\ufffds own definition of time, which in itself can be quite difficult to articulate\nor example, I believe in a timeless, beginningless, causally prior, immaterial, efficient, cause of the universe. This may be quite difficult to articulate, and for some difficult to conceptualize. Nevertheless, many theists have held this view in one form or another most of their lives. It would be disingenuous to assume that a every naturalist, for example, would readily accept the concept with no such framework. The converse is also true, I suspect.\nFor me, the main issue is avoiding deception. I see the Kalam argument - at least in Craig's version as primarily a deception which only appears superficially reasonable (Plantinga's Modal Ontological Argument is even worse in this regard). And this is what motivates me to get the terms clearly defined.\nBut I would say that the stakes are very high for you, too. You clearly have a huge regard for the Kalam argument and for it to be shown to be rationally indefensible would be a severe blow.\nThe important part has not been adequately addressed even once:\nFor the argument to be sound you need to show that the universe has a \"beginning\" or \"begins to exist\" in a way that requires a cause and which - if you are using Craig's version or keeping your own ideas about cosmology - must also be consistent with the idea that there is no time prior to the existence of our universe.\nThe concept of something \"transcending the universe\" is \"mumbo-jumbo and word salad\" to you?\nAre you so wedded to a naturalistic worldview that you can't even conceive of such a thing?\nWell I am sure if you could tell me what it means I could conceive of it, but unless there is evidence the conception is meaningless.\nI can conceive such a thing as the world of Harry Potter and the Muppets and even Brothers Grimm, but there is no evidence for them either.\nDo you believe in alchemy too?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 544, "original_length": 53530, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 339.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.execu-search.com/about/leadership/peter-tegano", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:31Z", "digest": "sha1:KEYZCY4I22FLUJ3OGJEBSG3TJ7A2NP3V", "length": 1373, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.execu-search.com", "title": "\ufeff Peter Tegano - The Execu|Search Group", "raw_content": "Peter Tegano, CPA\nAs Senior Managing Director of The Execu|Search Group\u2019s Accounting/Finance division, Peter Tegano is responsible for overseeing the firm\u2019s Accounting/Finance staffing efforts with Long Island-based clients and candidates. Peter began his career at KPMG and earned his CPA while auditing clients in the broker-dealer and alternative investments industries, and after transitioning into the private equity sector, joined The Execu|Search Group in 2011 to solidify the firm\u2019s presence in the Long Island market. Since then, he has successfully built a team dedicated to servicing Long Island\u2019s top employers and candidates.\nPeter\u2019s approach to recruiting is founded on building long-term relationships while always maintaining an \u201cethics first\u201d mentality. \u201cIt is important for my clients and candidates to trust me implicitly with their job search in order to build strong, mutually beneficial partnerships over time,\u201d he says of his strategies. As a Long Island native, he brings an extra level of regional expertise to all his staffing projects.\nPeter holds a BS in Psychology from SUNY at Old Westbury and an MBA from CUNY Baruch College with a concentration in Accounting. An avid ice hockey fan, concert goer and poker enthusiast, Peter resides on Long Island where he enjoys spending family time with his wife and two children.\nptegano@execu-search.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 2783, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 315.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.factsandarts.com/essays/exploring-human-figure-klimt-and-schiele-neue-galerie", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:11Z", "digest": "sha1:DP3TSGX6C5IWH2WJVFA72GUP4FCPO5QF", "length": 8231, "nlines": 95, "source_domain": "www.factsandarts.com", "title": "Exploring the Human Figure: Klimt and Schiele at the Neue Galerie | Facts and Arts", "raw_content": "Exploring the Human Figure: Klimt and Schiele at the Neue Galerie\nThis year marks the hundredth anniversary since the death of Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)\nand Egon Schiele (1890-1918), two of Austria\u2019s greatest artists. That same year, 1918,\nalso saw the end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire following its defeat in World War I \u2013\nthe end, that is, of an entire era, of a world.\nFin de si\u00e8cle Vienna was a place of extraordinary innovation \u2013 in music (with Arnold\nSchoenberg and the Second Viennese School), in literature (with Modernists such as\nRobert Musil and Herman Broch), in science (with Sigmund Freud and the development\nof psychoanalysis), and, of course, the visual arts, with the founding of the Vienna\nSecession in 1897, whose first president was Gustav Klimt. In Vienna, the rupture\ncaused by the war was total: the city became the archetype of \u201ca doomed society, in\nwhich brilliant achievements glowed in the gathering twilight.\u201d\nThe Neue Galerie in New York City is celebrating the centenary with a concise but\ncaptivating show highlighting the expressive and erotically charged draftsmanship of\nKlimt and Schiele. In his 1908 manifesto, \u201cOrnament and Crime\u201d Adolf Loos famously\nstates that \u201cAll art is erotic.\u201d Klimt was one of the main targets of Loos\u2019 essay. Klimt\u2019s\ndrawings were sometimes ancillary works and preparatory studies for major portraits \u2013\nbut the drawings for which he is best known are independent studies of nude models.\nThese were women, either solitary or in couples, in often explicitly erotic poses, postures\nKlimt is the consummate painter of women. Men hardly seem to interest him at all: it is\nthe female form that is the persistent theme throughout Klimt\u2019s work. The painter was\nalso a brilliant draughtsman and over three thousand drawings of his have survived. A\nsmall but suggestive handful of these have made their way to the Neue Galerie\u2019s thrilling\nexhibition. As with Klimt\u2019s Reclining Nude drawn in blue pencil, they are oftentimes\nengaged in autoeroticism \u2013 and while the pictures are usually minimal in the way of\ndetail, Klimt\u2019s graceful line is sufficient to give these works a delicate, genuine intimacy\nand wonderfully alluring quality.\nKlimt\u2019s Moving Water (1898) is a beautifully haunting oil painting; a dream-like vision\nfeaturing several slender female nudes who drift and glide within the water as though it\nwere their native element. Indeed, they could be Richard Wagner\u2019s Rhine-maidens \u2013 an\nassociation that is strengthened by the presence of a shadowy, menacing and wide-eyed\nfigure in the bottom right corner: perhaps he is the spurned dwarf Alberich, who\nsubsequently forswears love so he can obtain great power.\nFor Egon Schiele, Klimt was a friend and mentor. The story is that when they first met, the young artist showed Klimt some of his work and asked whether he had any talent. \u201cYes. Too much talent,\u201d was the master\u2019s reply. While there were critics in Vienna who shared this view, Schiele would still run afoul of the authorities, and in 1912 he was convicted of \u201cinfringing public morals\u201d \u2013 specifically, allowing public accessibility to his nude studies \u2013 and sentenced to three days\u2019 imprisonment. While in custody he would\nmake over a dozen watercolor drawings.\nFor Schiele, art was a way of nurturing, and mending, a bruised and battered psyche. The\nPortrait of Painter Karl Zakovsek (1910) is, like so much of Schiele\u2019s work, powerfully\ngripping, and nearly impossible to pull one\u2019s eyes away from; while at the same time, a\ndevastating work of art, it is almost physically painful to view. The subject was a friend\nand fellow student at Vienna\u2019s Art Academy. It is a portrait of dire poverty \u2013 evident\nfrom the figures deathly thin body, and the fact that he wears no shirt under his vest. His\neyes are large, lost in dreams, sunken with heavy red lids, and the look of mortality about\nthem. The hands likewise suggest a cadaverous figure, whose end is near.\nReclining Semi-Nude (1911), a watercolor with gouache and pencil, presents us with a\nfemale figure seen from the rear (in fact, her butt occupies the center of the picture), nude\nbelow the waist and cut off below the knees. Schiele will often paint his subjects,\nincluding himself, in a kind of mutilated fashion \u2013 with missing hands or feet. The artist\u2019s\nengagement with the body is sometimes, mistakenly, labeled as pornographic \u2013 in fact,\nnothing could be further from the truth. Schiele is profoundly interested in sexuality and\ndoes not shy away from genitalia and other erogenous zones \u2013 but he does not aim to be\ntitillating. He gives us the body unidealized: he glories in the real, the truth of the flesh \u2013\nthe redness of the nipples, the swollen and exaggerated labia, and pubic hair \u2013 all are\ndepicted with an almost obsessive attention to detail. Indeed, sometimes it seems that\neach wiry, spindly hair of the body is all-important to Schiele. \u201cEven the most erotic\nwork of art has holiness!\u201d\nSeveral of Schiele\u2019s self-portraits have been included in the show, highlighting how\nimportant it was for him to look at himself with the mercilessly honest eye which he\nbrought to all his subjects. Schiele painted himself with a frequency, and more\nimportantly, with an unflinching candidness and directness that was unprecedented, and\nto this day virtually without parallel. To be sure, many of these works, being as\nuninhibited and revealing as they are, invariably generate a measure of discomfort in the\nviewer who really looks at them. How many of us truly looks at ourselves in this way,\nwithout pretense, without the safety of those comforting illusions that make living so\nmuch easier?\nT.S. Eliot once observed that nothing dies harder than the desire to think well of oneself:\nI am reminded of this when I consider the fearlessness of Schiele\u2019s brush, and how\ncompletely he exposes himself \u2013 not simply in terms of his physical nudity, but in terms\nof his emotional nakedness. Schiele lays it all out: painting becomes for him a mode of\nself-revelation, a kind of metaphysical analysis of the self. His self-portraits can indeed\nbe frightening at times \u2013 and this is because what he sees is not always pretty, not always\neasy to confront: one finds shame, anger, narcissism; as well as pride, and self-loathing; a\nparadoxical mixture of innocence and lasciviousness.\nUltimately, even when Schiele paints himself in a mutilated and dismembered mode \u2013\nfootless, for example \u2013 he is doing so to restore himself to wholeness and to health. Few\nmodern painters have observed and depicted with such intensity the alienation of the self\nunder conditions of modernity. Though he can be extremely disturbing in his exploration\nof psychic depths, as he remarked \u201cI want to tear into myself, so that I may create again a\nnew thing which I, in spite of myself, have perceived.\u201d\nThe public has an opportunity to deepen their appreciation of these remarkable artists by\nvisiting the Met Breuer, which is currently presenting \u201cObsession: Nudes by Klimt,\nSchiele, and Picasso\u201d. The show offers a generous selection of Schiele, devoting several\nrooms to his drawings and watercolors, including some of his most explicitly erotic\nworks - such as \u201cObserved in a Dream\u201d (1911). A \u201cWoman Buttoning Her Shoes\u201d\n(1915), a charcoal on paper drawing, is one of many such works which demonstrate\nSchiele\u2019s mastery of the long unbroken line. This particular drawing is noteworthy\nbecause the model is Edith Harms, who in 1915 married Schiele.\nThe day after Gustav Klimt died, in February of 1918, Schiele made three drawings of\nhim as his body lay in the hospital mortuary. In the autumn of that year, the pandemic of\nSpanish influenza reached Vienna and Schiele\u2019s pregnant wife, Edith, died in October.\nThree days later it took the artist: \u201cThe war is over, and I must go\u201d Schiele\u2019s last words\nbring together the historical and the personal, the social and the individual. The end of the\nwar also marked the end of the world to which he and Klimt belonged. Ultimately, the\nexhibition reveals two artists for whom the human form was the key to exploring the\ngreat mystery of being \u2013 or as Schiele stated: \u201cThe figure is after all the most essential,\nwhat gives me the greatest satisfaction, the human body.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 235, "original_length": 22410, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 323.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.faithfamilyamerica.com/here_s_how_to_watch_this_weekend_s_epic_meteor_shower", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:00Z", "digest": "sha1:L3B5PTB2XRGCDVGQZZIIGBINAYLUD7OV", "length": 1841, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.faithfamilyamerica.com", "title": "Here's How to Watch This Weekend's Epic Meteor Shower - Faith Family America", "raw_content": "Here's How to Watch This Weekend's Epic Meteor Shower\nThis weekend, August 11-13, the nighttime sky will light up with the annual celestial show- the Perseid meteor shower.\nhttps://twitter.com/weathernetwork/status/1026985114088210432\nAccording to reports, the best time to head outdoors and catch a glimpse at the wonder of the sky will be Sunday night, August 12. The meteor shower will most likely be much more visible this year, as it coordinates with the new moon phase, meaning the moon won\u2019t be shining so brightly.\nhttps://twitter.com/NASASolarSystem/status/1025100069438087168\nAccording to Wood TV, viewers may be able to see around 60 to 70 meteors per hour or around 1 per minute. The Perseid meteor shower occurs every year when the earth orbits through the debris field caused by the comet Swift-Tuttle.\nThe meteors are typically around the size and shape of a Grape-nut, though some can be as small as a grain of sand. The debris moves around 50-75 miles above the earth at around 20-45 miles per second.\nhttps://twitter.com/SPACEdotcom/status/1026585728715640832\nIn order to witness the gorgeous display, experts suggest that viewers move away from city lights and take time to allow your eyes to adjust. Then, look to the northeast quadrant of the sky. The meteors tend to be most prominent where the constellation Perseus is located.\nhttps://twitter.com/PamelaMcCr8/status/1027914733016502272\nThe meteor shower will be somewhat visible until August 24, but this weekend will be the best view!\nWill you be watching? Let us know, and share your best photos with us! In other recent news, please be praying for the mass shooting incident that just took place in Canada.\nNext: Mass Shooting Leaves Several Dead, Canadian City On Complete LockdownAug 10, 2018\nMass Shooting Leaves Several Dead, Canadian City On Complete Lockdown", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 143, "original_length": 5161, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 278.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.famefocus.com/news/backlash-continues-kill-bill-car-accident/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:41:13Z", "digest": "sha1:WZHIIZG2ICV6MIDFRDKUADORX7657CKS", "length": 3296, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.famefocus.com", "title": "Backlash Continues Over 'Kill Bill' Car Accident - Fame Focus", "raw_content": "Over the weekend, the New York Times published an exclusive piece with Uma Thurman in which the actress detailed not only Harvey Weinstein\u2019s sexual assault against her but also video footage and background information on a horrific car accident she was involved in on the set of Kill Bill.\nToday, the Screen Actors Guild\u2010American Federation of Television and Radio Artists addressed the on-set wreck. \u201cThe situation as it has been described sounds like a stunt and would be a likely safety violation,\u201d says a SAG_AFTRA spokesperson. \u201cIn general, only stunt professionals should perform stunts with guidance from a stunt coordinator to ensure a correct and safe performance.\u201d\nAdditionally, veteran stunt performer and coordinator Andy Armstrong also commented, \u201cThe stuff that went on is appalling \u2026 That could have been a death by decapitation. The car could easily have rolled over [or] the camera could have flown forward. It was irresponsibility on a mega level.\u201d\nSince the news broke, Hollywood has attempted to make sense of the story while others have stepped forward to offer apologies 15 years after the fact. In an exclusive interview with Deadline, Tarantino expressed his guilt over the collision and an explanation of how he perceived the events that transpired. The director and screenwriter also shared that he knew the New York Times story was coming but did not have the chance to speak with author Maureen Dowd before the article was published.\n\u201cPart of my job on the piece was to do an interview with Maureen Dowd, and back up Uma\u2019s claims,\u201d Tarantino explained. \u201cAnd we never hooked up. Me and Dowd never hooked up. I read the article and basically it seemed like all the other guys lawyered up, so they weren\u2019t even allowed to be named. And, through mostly Maureen Dowd\u2019s prose, I ended up taking the hit and taking the heat.\u201d\nYesterday, Kill Bill producer Lawrence Bender released a statement to Entertainment Weekly in attempt to atone for what happened but more importantly, to clear his name.\n\u201cI deeply regret that Uma suffered the pain she has, both physically and emotionally, for all of these years from the accident that occurred on the set of Kill Bill,\u201d Bender stated. \u201cI never hid anything from Uma or anyone else nor did I participate in any cover up of any kind \u2014 and I never would. I was informed of Uma\u2019s feelings in regard to this incident a few months ago and have done my best over this time to get as much verifiable information from all of the relevant sources that I could and shared it with Quentin [Tarantino]. I wanted to make sure she had all of the answers she had been seeking.\u201d\nTarantino, the movie\u2019s producers, and the stunt coordinator, Keith Adams, shirked their responsibilities to ensure the set and stunts on the set of Kill Bill were safe for all involved. However, this can\u2019t be the only incident where someone was unnecessarily put in harm\u2019s way.\nRegardless of whatever explanation is given, no person should be pushed to perform hazardous stunts without the proper training and professional guidance. How many individuals have suffered injury or worse due to the negligence of Hollywood bigwigs in the 15 years since the accident on the Kill Bill set? And how soon will the movie industry address these issues and improve their practices?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 119, "original_length": 8081, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 254.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.famouspeopleindiaworld.in/2017/08/madhushree-singer-wiki-biography-dob.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:59Z", "digest": "sha1:YCOTKEGBQG52KSTNCQROMO2VRFLPJEKB", "length": 2004, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.famouspeopleindiaworld.in", "title": "Madhushree (Singer) Wiki, Biography, Dob, Age, Height, Weight, Husband and More - Famous People India World", "raw_content": "Home Age Biography Bollywood Singer Dob Height Indian Singer Weight Wiki Madhushree (Singer) Wiki, Biography, Dob, Age, Height, Weight, Husband and More\nMadhushree (Singer) Wiki, Biography, Dob, Age, Height, Weight, Husband and More\nName - Madhushree\nNick Name - Madhu\nFather - Amarendranath Bhattacharya\nMother - Parbati Bhattacharya\nHusband / Spouse - Robby Badal\nCollege / University - Rabindra Bharati University\nEducation - Masters Degree\nDebut Movie - Moksha (2001)\nAffairs / Boyfriends - Robby Badal\nMoksha (2001), Saathiya (2002), Tehzeeb (2003), Kuch Naa Kahoo (2003), Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), Swades (2004), Lakeer (2004), Yuva (2004), Aetbaar (2004), Kisna: The Warrior Poet (2005), Waah! Life Ho To Aisi (2005), Paheli (2005), Hum Dum (2005), Rang De Basanti (2006), Guru (2007), Sivaji - The Boss (2007), Jodhaa Akbar (2008), Welcome To Sajjanpur (2008), Mukhbir (2008), Chintu Ji (2008), Blue (2009), What's Your Raasee? (2009), Robot (2010), Ek Deewana Tha (2011), Kashmakash (2011), Raanjhanaa (2013), Baahubali 2: The Conclusion (2017)\nTelugu / Tamil / Kannada Movies\nAahaa Ethanai Azhagu (2003), Desam (2004), Aayitha Ezhuthu (2004), Ji (2005), Anbe Aaruyire (2005), Pori (2006), Kokki (2006), Manathodu Mazhaikalam (2006), Thambi (2006), Thirumagan (2006), Pachaikili Muthucharam (2007), Sivaji (2007), Veerappu (2007), Guru (2007), Deepavali (2007), Kannamoochi Yenada (2007), Machakaaran (2007), Unnale Unnale (2007), Lee (2007), Aalwar (2007), Sajini (2007), Kaalai (2007), Bheema (2008), Jayam Kondaan (2008), Sakkarakatti (2008), Savram (2009), Muthirai (2009), Vedigundu Murugesan (2009), Aarumugam (2009), Kacheri Aarambam (2010), Puli (2010), Engeyum Eppodhum (2011), Mankatha (2011), Aadhi Bhagavan (2012), Ivan Veramathiri (2013), Nedunchaalai (2014)\nAlbum - Lagi Lagan (2008)\nMadhushree (Singer) Wiki, Biography, Dob, Age, Height, Weight, Husband and More Reviewed by Rajesh Panda on 11:57 AM Rating: 5\nTags : Age Biography Bollywood Singer Dob Height Indian Singer Weight Wiki", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 96, "original_length": 5236, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.63, "perplexity": 190.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fanaticpromotion.com/shiningmirrors/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:36:01Z", "digest": "sha1:RWJFY2CW4BVWRTXCCOBMEHEQ77RWVBQU", "length": 6667, "nlines": 56, "source_domain": "www.fanaticpromotion.com", "title": "Shining Mirrors \u2014 Fanatic", "raw_content": "Shining Mirrors\nArtist: Shining Mirrors | Release: \"Shining Mirrors\" EP\nSHINING MIRRORS | \"SHINING MIRRORS\" EP | S/R | NOV. 3RD, 2017\nFor most bands, a day job gets in the way.\n\u201cThese songs were all recorded in our loft,\u201d says Shining Mirrors front man, Drew Robinson. \u201cDrums and all. Fortunately, I\u2019m the building manager. That\u2019s my day job.\u201d\nThe first thing we hear on the new self-titled EP from the Brooklyn-based band, which in addition to Robinson on Vocals and Guitar, features Reni Lane on Bass, and on these recordings, Drums by William Kuehn and Parker Kindred, is Lane telling her bandmates to \u201ctry it again.\u201d It\u2019ll remain a mystery as to whether the previous take of opening cut \u201cCardiac\u201d just wasn\u2019t up to snuff, but boy did they get it right on the one that made it.\nThe EP (out Nov. 3rd) contains this song, along with four more tunes that Shining Mirrors thoughtfully describes as \u201cdark garage\u201d music, but that former NME writer Matt Wilkinson simply conveyed via tweet as \u201cawesome stuff.\u201d These new recordings offer a more fully realized sound for the group that put out its debut batch of songs in early 2017 during the group\u2019s initial formation. The current Shining Mirrors lineup now includes Lakis Pavlou (who also mixed these tracks) permanently taking the reins on Drums.\n\u201cMy biggest musical influences are Chuck Berry and Jimi Hendrix,\u201d Robinson says, exposing some deep roots. As such, Shining Mirrors is not Robinson\u2019s first rodeo. The efficient beauty of \u201cawesome stuff,\u201d devoid of anything superfluous, is hard to come by in today\u2019s songwriters. \u201cI want to say as much as I can in as few words as possible,\u201d Robinson explains. \u201cWhen there\u2019s nothing there that doesn\u2019t need to be there, that\u2019s when the song is done.\u201d\nRegarding his roots, he remembers, \u201cI lived in the suburbs of Baltimore during my teens. I recorded a string of albums in my bedroom under various pseudonyms, and I played in a band called Four Fifty One. We had some mild success. We toured. We released an EP. Then I followed my girlfriend to New York and played in a band called BRAHMS. We toured. We imploded.\u201d\nWhile living out this familiar rock n\u2019 roll story, Robinson had the name Shining Mirrors in the back of his mind the whole time. In 2012 he took it into the land of the living.\n\u201cAs a human, your eyes never see your own face,\u201d he explains of the moniker\u2019s significance \u2013 the \u201cMirrors\u201d specifically. \u201cWhat you see is a reflection of yourself. All art, film, painting, literature, etc. is a mirror.\u201d\nAnd \u201cShining?\u201d\n\u201cIt implies a moment of clarity, something that\u2019s crystal clear, like the kind of epiphany that burns your eyes. It\u2019s like the moment when you finally realize something you\u2019ve been thinking about for 20 years.\u201d\nFor those indie-rock, power-pop, dark-garage, awesome-stuff fans in the house, please rejoice in the fact that it\u2019s only taken a fraction of that time for Robinson to realize his vision for Shining Mirrors, though perfection is always a pursuit.\n\u201cSongwriting is like a garden. Writing songs is like growing tomatoes,\u201d he says. \u201cI can plant the seed, water it, and pull away the dead leaves, but it\u2019s the soil and the sun that make it. I just pluck the fruit. From the first kernel of an idea to the moment a song is born can take years, and I\u2019ve literally been trying to make this EP for five years,\u201d he continues. \u201cThis is the first time where all the elements feel right.\u201d\n\u201cFeels right\u201d is a good way to describe that opening number \u201cCardiac,\u201d which is also the new EP\u2019s first single.\n\u201cIt\u2019s a song about seeing a girl in a subway car, falling in love, and watching her go her separate way up the stairs, and never seeing her again,\u201d Robinson explains of the tune, which might seem like an ordinary concept, but its simplicity is actually deceptive. \u201cThe conflict comes with the brain reminding you of \u2018the girl at home,\u2019 but the heart pounding for the person in front of you.\u201d\nThe latest EP from Brooklyn-based threesome Shining Mirrors arrives on Nov. 3rd, 2017, preceded by the single \u201cCardiac,\u201d streaming now.\nShining Mirrors is \"Track of The Day\" at Stereo Embers\nShining Mirrors shares second single from upcoming EP\n\"Cardiac\" by Shining Mirrors is the MP3 At 3PM\nShining Mirrors shares slice-of-life music video for \"Cardiac\" at The Big Takeover\nShining Mirrors shares \"Cardiac\" single via PopMatters\n\u0093Shining Mirrors perfectly finds the intersection of Phil Spector-style pop and punk. The hooks are immediate.\u0094\n\u0093New York buzz, California sunshine, punk thrill. Innocent, warm, upbeat and infectious melodies that buzz in beautiful agitation.\u0094\n\u2014 Drunken Werewolf (UK)\n\u0093Hovers with heavenly menace. Shining Mirrors is a scruffy blast of rock and roll that\u2019s fiery, catchy and impossible to resist.\u0094\n\u2014 Stereo Embers\n\u0093\u2018Dark garage.\u2019 It\u2019s not a bad way to describe the group, but doesn\u2019t go far enough in describing the quality of Robinson\u2019s songwriting itself \u2014 youthful, but rooted in classics.\u0094\n\u0093Reflecting their influences in gritty garage and indie rock and yet possessing a sound whose time period is much more difficult to place.\u0094\n\u0093If you\u2019re like me, and have both oldies stations, and current Top 40 stations, in your car stereo\u2019s pre-sets, \u2018Cardiac\u2019 is like a perfect combination of both.\u0094\n\u0093Persistent pop instincts.\u0094\n02/16/2018: Blacksburg, VA @ The Coop\n02/17/2018: Chapel Hill, NC @ The Cave\n02/18/2018: Asheville, NC @ The Odditorium\n02/19/2018: St. Augustine, FL @ Sarbez\n02/20/2018: St. Petersburg, FL @ Paper Crane\n02/21/2018: Miami Beach, FL @ Kill Your Idol\n02/22/2018: Orlando, FL @ Will's Pub\n02/23/2018: Knoxville, TN @ The Pilot Light\n02/25/2018: Chattanooga, TN @ JJ's Bohemia\n02/26/2018: Nashville, TN @ The Cobra\n11/6/2017: Brooklyn-based Shining Mirrors \u201cperfectly finds the intersection of Phil Spector-style pop and punk\u201d on new EP, available now.\n10/10/2017: Brooklyn-based Shining Mirrors \u201cperfectly finds the intersection of Phil Spector-style pop and punk.\u201d EP out Nov. 3rd.\n9/15/2017: Shining Mirrors shares Motown-meets-downtown single \u201cCardiac\u201d from upcoming self-titled EP, out Nov. 3rd.\nwww.shining-mirrors.com\nwww.facebook.com/shiningmirrors\nwww.twitter.com/shining_mirrors\nwww.youtube.com/channel/UCT7_ODgce4obOBeDQ4XLvBQ\nwww.instagram.com/shiningmirrors\nshiningmirrors.bandcamp.com\nwww.soundcloud.com/shiningmirrors\nShining Mirrors (L-R): Drew Robinson, Reni Lane, Josh Christie. Photo credit: Drew Robinson. Click for hi-res.\nShining Mirrors (L-R): Reni Lane, Drew Robinson, Lakis Pavlou. Photo credit: Wade Groom. Click for hi-res.\nShining Mirrors (L-R): Reni Lane, Lakis Pavlou, Drew Robinson. Photo credit: Wade Groom. Click for hi-res.\n\"Shining Mirrors\" EP cover art. Click for hi-res.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 116, "original_length": 8136, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 322.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.farebuzz.com/destinations/cheap-flights-from-new-york-city-to-queenstown.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:03Z", "digest": "sha1:NZGJLWDFXETCNJO4JLI5RKFB4VPGXGRI", "length": 46, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.farebuzz.com", "title": "Flights from New York City (NYC) to Queenstown (ZQN) - Fare Buzz", "raw_content": "Cheap Flights from New York City to Queenstown", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 197, "original_length": 4898, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.81, "perplexity": 318.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.farmprogress.com/producers-look-nervously-fall?ag_brand=deltafarmpress.com", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:38:36Z", "digest": "sha1:CDPQGNUIYGCB54RR2L6Z3DG2CM34AV6W", "length": 5262, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.farmprogress.com", "title": "Producers look nervously to fall | Farm Progress", "raw_content": "Producers look nervously to fall\nElton Robinson, Farm Press Editorial Staff | Sep 17, 2009\nFor the most part, Mother Nature has provided U.S. commodity producers with a good mix of moisture and sunshine this season, resulting in projected records for soybean production and corn yield. The big concern now is whether there is enough good weather left in the season to fully mature and gather the crop.\nUSDA\u2019s Sept. 11 Crop Report and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates pegged corn production at 13 billion bushels, compared to 12.9 billion bushels estimated by analysts, and for soybeans, a record 3.25 billion bushels, on par with average estimates. Anticipated corn yield of 161.9 bushels per acre, if realized, would also be a record.\nMuch of the concern about the soybean and corn crops emanates from early-season growing and planting conditions that were marginal at best. \u201cWe got off to a late start, particularly in southern Illinois, southern Indiana, part of Ohio and northern Kentucky,\u201d said Jim Bower, Bower Trading, speaking at a CME Group press briefing on the USDA reports.\n\u201cI still think there is somewhat of an issue as to whether those crops can make it to maturity. A lot of the corn in the northern tier of states is still not mature, particularly in North Dakota and South Dakota, part of Minnesota, Wisconsin and northern Iowa.\u201d\nFinal soybean numbers could also depart significantly from current estimates as well, Bower says. \u201cWe have some mold problems, some disease problems, cold weather up north and one of the coldest summers in history. I think we all need to be a little cautious about projecting soybean yield until we take more off the combine.\u201d\nAn early frost around the end of September could take the luster off projected large crops too, according to Bower. \u201cThere is the possibility of a cold air mass that is currently pooling to the north that could drift down into the southern Canadian Prairie and possibly into the southern tier of the United States. There is an element of concern, especially in the north, that for those late-planted soybeans, we must remain frost-free until the first week of October.\u201d\nMeanwhile, USDA estimates of the corn and soybean crops could very well continue to grow. \u201cBig crops do typically get bigger and we expect that to happen, especially in corn,\u201d said Don Roose, U.S. Commodities.\nDemand is strong enough to offset the increases to some extent, according to USDA. \u201cDemand is the big equalizer. According to USDA estimates, soybean production went up 46 million bushels and demand went up 36 million bushels. In corn, production went up 194 million bushels, but demand was up 150 million bushels,\u201d Roose said.\n\u201cAs the dollar continues to sink and the price continues to work lower, we\u2019ve been able to buy demand, and that\u2019s what the government is saying (in the demand numbers). But while they\u2019re telling you that, they took the corn price down for the year, 5 cents on the low side and 15 cents on the high side. On soybeans, they took the price down 30 cents.\u201d\nMeanwhile, the world corn production estimate shrank (by 2 million metric tons) on weather problems in China and shifts to soybeans in South America.\n\u201cBetween Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil and Argentina, we\u2019re going to see an increase of between 23 million metric tons and 27 million metric tons in soybeans,\u201d Bower said. \u201cIf bean prices hold, you\u2019re going to see more corn acres shift over to soybeans.\u201d\nBower noted that producers had several opportunities during the year to make profitable pricing decisions for their crops. \u201cFor years, we\u2019ve advised growers to avoid the trading decision as much as you possibly can. Make more of an investment decision and market your crops based on return on investment. When you are above the five-year average on your return on investment, you should be selling. If you thought that the crop might move higher, and many of us thought it could, then defend it with a call. Down at current levels, there are very few opportunities to be a seller unless you\u2019re selling into the hole.\u201d\nIf soybean yield continues to grow, soybeans could drop below resistance levels of $9, $8.80 and $8.37,\u201d Bower said. \u201cBut I\u2019d really be surprised if we got that low. The demand factors on old crop soybeans transitioning into new crop are pretty strong. But again, we really don\u2019t know what the soybean yield is. With or without a frost, until you get those yields coming off the combine, you never know for sure.\u201d\n\u201cIt\u2019s a race to the finish now,\u201d Roose said. \u201cThe cold mass expected to come down from Canada will make the trade a bit nervous. On Oct. 1, we could have 2.5 billion to 3 billion bushels of corn that will not be mature, so that will be on everyone\u2019s radar.\u201d\nEnding stocks for old crop corn were estimated by USDA at 1.69 billion bushels, compared to analysts\u2019 estimates of 1.7 billion bushels, while new crop corn ending stocks were estimated at 1.63 billion bushels, compared to 1.77 bushels estimated by the trade.\nEnding stocks for old crop soybeans were estimated at 110 million bushels compared to 104 million bushels estimated by the trade. For 2009-10, soybean ending stocks are estimated at 220 million bushels, compared to analysts\u2019 average guess of 226 million bushels.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 162, "original_length": 8090, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 330.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/newyork/news/press-releases/credit-agricole-corporate-and-investment-bank-admits-to-sanctions-violations-agrees-to-forfeit-312-million", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:34Z", "digest": "sha1:ZEPPUX2LGMBEOGN6F6SKY5YZOO7TTP66", "length": 7792, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.fbi.gov", "title": "Cr\u00e9dit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank Admits to Sanctions Violations, Agrees to Forfeit $312 Million \u2014 FBI", "raw_content": "Cr\u00e9dit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank Admits to Sanctions Violations, Agrees to Forfeit $312 Million\nWASHINGTON\u2014Cr\u00e9dit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (CACIB), a corporate and investment bank owned by Cr\u00e9dit Agricole S.A. and headquartered in Paris, has agreed to forfeit $312 million and enter into a deferred prosecution agreement with the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office of the District of Columbia for CACIB\u2019s violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Trading With the Enemy Act (TWEA). CACIB employs over 7,000 employees and has a presence in over 30 countries. The bank has also entered into settlement agreements with the Treasury Department\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the New York County District Attorney\u2019s Office and the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS). In total, CACIB will pay $787.3 million in criminal and civil financial penalties.\nThe announcement was made by U.S. Attorney Channing D. Phillips of the District of Columbia, Assistant Director Joseph S. Campbell of the FBI\u2019s Criminal Investigative Division, Chief Richard Weber of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) and District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. of New York County.\nA one-count felony criminal information and a related civil forfeiture complaint were filed today in federal court in the District of Columbia charging CACIB with knowingly and willfully conspiring to defraud the United States and to commit violations of IEEPA and TWEA. CACIB has waived federal indictment, agreed to the filing of the information and civil forfeiture complaint, and has accepted responsibility for its criminal conduct and that of its employees.\nCACIB is to pay $156 million to the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the District of Columbia and $156 million to the New York County District Attorney\u2019s Office.\nThe New York County District Attorney\u2019s Office is also announcing today that CACIB has entered into a separate deferred prosecution agreement, and that, in the corresponding factual statement, CACIB admitted that it violated New York state law by falsifying the records of New York financial institutions.\nIn addition, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is announcing that CACIB has agreed to a cease and desist order, to take certain remedial steps to ensure its compliance with U.S. law in its ongoing operations and to pay a civil monetary penalty of $90.3 million. DFS is announcing CACIB has agreed to, among other things, employ a compliance consultant for a period of one year and pay a monetary penalty of $385 million to DFS. The Treasury Department\u2019s OFAC has also levied a fine of approximately $329.5 million, which will be satisfied by the payments to federal and local agencies.\n\u201cSanctions laws are critical to both our national security and foreign policy interests,\u201d said U.S. Attorney Phillips. \u201cCACIB, through its subsidiaries, violated our laws and our interests by conducting business on behalf of entities in Sudan. CACIB\u2019s subsidiaries succeeded in these efforts, in large part, by hiding their conduct from CACIB\u2019s employees in the United States. In this case, the overwhelming majority of the unlawful conduct occurred at a foreign subsidiary that no longer exists. Although CACIB moved quickly to end these unlawful transactions and fully cooperated with investigators, today\u2019s resolution demonstrates that there will be significant consequences for any financial institution that allows its foreign subsidiaries that do not intend to respect U.S. law to, nevertheless, access the U.S. financial system.\u201d\n\u201cThe financial penalties imposed on Cr\u00e9dit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank send a powerful message to any financial institution that prioritizes profits over adherence to the law,\u201d said Assistant Director Campbell. \u201cThis investigation is another example of our commitment to work closely with our federal and state partners to ensure compliance with U.S. banking laws to promote integrity across financial institutions and to safeguard our national security.\u201d\n\u200e\u201cToday\u2019s announcement is another significant milestone on an international stage that should send a clear warning to other global financial institutions,\u201d said Chief Weber. \u201cIRS-CI\u2019s work in this investigation, as well as prior sanction cases, has proven the ability of IRS-CI and our partners to expose violations of IEEPA and TWEA sanctions. We will continue to use our financial expertise to uncover these types of violations and hold financial institutions accountable for international criminal violations.\u201d\n\u201cWith this resolution, as well as eight previous agreements, my office and our partners are sending a clear message that financial institutions must comply with sanctions against rogue nations,\u201d said District Attorney Vance. \u201cOver the course of our investigation, it was revealed that subsidiaries of Cr\u00e9dit Agricole illegally moved hundreds of millions of dollars through the U.S. on behalf of clients in Sudan, Iran, Cuba and Burma. This type of conduct requires the bank be held accountable, and I would like to thank all our partners for their efforts to ensure that our financial system is protected.\u201d\nAccording to documents released publicly today, between August 2003 and September 2008, CACIB subsidiaries in Geneva knowingly and willfully moved approximately $312 million through the U.S. financial system on behalf of sanctioned entities located in Sudan, Burma, Iran and Cuba. Specifically, during this time period, these CACIB subsidiaries employed deceptive practices that concealed the involvement of banks designated as Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs) and other corporate entities in financial transactions that transited through the United States and thereby deprived the United States and CACIB\u2019s New York branch and other U.S. financial institutions of the ability to filter for, and consequently block or reject, sanctioned payments. The bank\u2019s conduct caused approximately $312 million in unlawful transactions to transit through the United States financial systems\u2014although nearly all of the bank\u2019s violations involved Sudanese business organizations. CACIB subsidiaries also unlawfully caused transactions on behalf of clients located in Burma, Iran and Cuba to unlawfully transit through the United States as well.\nAccording to court documents, CACIB\u2019s employees were aware of U.S. sanctions against Sudan and the fact that the sanctions applied to payments the bank sent to the United States. Further, CACIB has acknowledged that compliance personnel within CACIB subsidiaries in Geneva were aware of the U.S. sanctions against Sudan and that these sanctions applied to payments the bank sent through the United States. Despite this knowledge, compliance personnel authorized payments on behalf of the bank\u2019s Sudanese customers.\nCACIB has admitted that its employees permitted 11 Sudanese banks to maintain U.S. dollar accounts with CACIB\u2014six of the Sudanese banks were SDNs. CACIB\u2019s subsidiaries relied primarily on non-transparent payment messages, known as cover payments, to mask the unlawful payments that were sent through the United States.\nThis case was investigated by the IRS-CI and the FBI\u2019s New York Field Office. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Matt Graves, Maia L. Miller and Zia Faruqui of the District of Columbia, and former Assistant U.S. Attorney Ann Petalas assisted in the investigation.\nThe New York County District Attorney\u2019s Office also conducted its own investigation in conjunction with the Department of Justice. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the DFS and the Treasury Department\u2019s OFAC provided assistance with this matter.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 147, "original_length": 9954, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 161.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fentonchessclub.com/2016/07/south-cheshire-shield-result.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:15Z", "digest": "sha1:MY5LXPUC43RSHNC4SQZVNOTPMOZXI36H", "length": 314, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.fentonchessclub.com", "title": "Fenton Chess Club: South Cheshire Shield Result", "raw_content": "It was another good night in the South Cheshire Shield last night. A 3 - 1 win at Newcastle extended our lead at the top of the table. Wins for myself, Kasian and Chris on boards 1, 2 and 4 sealed the win. The legendary Ernie Wilkinson endgame failed to materialise on board 3. Click here for the match score card.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 3640, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 330.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fernbyfilms.com/2017/08/03/movie-review-general-the/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:22Z", "digest": "sha1:XLJ2JBW4I2EFFCO3ETJ5GNKNSXC3RTRU", "length": 6385, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.fernbyfilms.com", "title": "Movie Review \u2013 General, The \u2013 Fernby Films", "raw_content": "Movie Review \u2013 General, The\nAugust 3, 2017 July 2, 2017 Rodney Twelftree\nDirector : Buster Keaton + Clyde Bruckman\nYear Of Release : 1926 (US Release in 1927)\nPrincipal Cast : Buster Keaton, Marion Mack, Glen Cavender, Jim Farley, Frederick Vroom, Charles Henry Smith, Frank Barnes, Joe Keaton, Mike Donlin, Tom Nawn.\nSynopsis: When Union spies steal an engineer\u2019s beloved locomotive, he pursues it single-handedly and straight through enemy lines.\nSilent films had become big business by the time Buster Keaton\u2019s train-bound comedy arrived to general audiences in 1927. Films were generally cheap to produce but could draw in decent box office, which is why so many could be made on Hollywood backlots at the time. The General, however, wasn\u2019t cheap: estimates put the production cost for Buster Keaton\u2019s film at around $750,000, roughly just over $10m in today\u2019s money \u2013 a staggering amount for the time. The cost paid off, though, for while the film met with cool critical appraisal at the time, it has become regarded not only as one of the greatest silent movies ever made, but one of the great films of all time, period. Probably no solace to poor Keaton, though. The General is an enthusiastic romp featuring plenty of slapstick, stunts and a hint of romance (because of course), but how does it hold up today? Is Keaton\u2019s classic all it\u2019s cracked up to be?\nThe short answer is yes. The longer, less divisive answer is shit yes. The General is an absolute gem, a genius piece of filmmaking. Keaton stars as train engineer Johnny Gray, who decides to sign up to the Confederate Army (the film is set during America\u2019s Civil War) to impress his girl, Annabelle (Marion Mack). After the officer refuses him due to engineers being more valuable, Annabelle refuses to have anything to do with him until she sees him in uniform (because girls are like that, you\u2019know). A year later, Johnny is working the railways, when he is forced to give chase to a band of Union spies who\u2019ve stolen his engine and taken off with it. Annabelle is also inadvertently taken prisoner, a factor to which Johnny is unaware until he sneaks into the spies\u2019 hideout and uncovers their plans.\nDespite a relatively thin plot and typically shallow characters (for the silent era, anyway), The General is terrific entertainment. It\u2019s exhaustively clever, inventive and funny, with Keaton\u2019s trademark vaudevillian comic timing an absolute hoot here. As he leaps and slides across the variety of trains and carriages in the film, Keaton\u2019s jaw-dropping stuntwork and creative use of his surroundings come into their own. The master of slapstick, Keaton\u2019s ability to twist and turn his body into a human pretzel and his precision double-take reactions are side-splitting; for a guy who grew up with Looney Toons and that sense of visual humour, The General is an utter delight.\nThe film\u2019s not particularly deep with character, that much is certain. Keaton\u2019s Johnny is a fairly pedestrian role of the time, trying to win the affections of a girl but having insubstantial luck, to the point his attempt to woo her by enlisting (and failing) cause the predicament he gets into anyway. Instead of character, Keaton becomes our hero simply by trying his best to do what he does, and while a moral uprightness is intimated it\u2019s never really overt. Marion Mack\u2019s Annabelle is a fairly effective romantic interest, the old \u201cdamsel in distress\u201d archetype who seems incapable of doing anything to save herself from the clutches of the Union men until Johnny arrives. Mack is a great straight-man (if you will) for Keaton\u2019s tomfoolery, at times ending up bundled into a hessian sack or thrown about like a ragdoll in order for him to achieve his comedic heights. The rest of the film\u2019s cast are suitably straightforward, although I have to admit to a genuine chuckle to find Frederick Vroom (yeah, Vroom!) listed among the credits, which I kinda figured might have been a trick name until I googled the dude and found he\u2019d appeared in Keaton\u2019s The Navigator, and would go on to play a supporting part in Mr Smith Goes To Washington. So, not a joke, then.\nThe film lists Keaton and Clyde Bruckman as co-directors, I imagine largely because Keaton spends most of the time actually on the screen, it\u2019s little wonder Bruckman had to handle these moments. It\u2019s hard to know where Keaton\u2019s influence starts and ends (I imagine I\u2019ll get there once I\u2019m exposed to more of his films) but amusing they both worked closely together, the film\u2019s style and vivacity is undeniable. The film rockets along from the get-go, setting up its premise and getting our characters into position for some genuinely exciting action sequences. They\u2019re also inventively filmed, with actual trains rolling along the line and Keaton, Mack and their co-stars (and stuntmen) all actually in the frame; there\u2019s very little trick photography here. Keaton\u2019s command of action geometry and spatial awareness is keenly observed during the protracted train-bound scenes, his use of camera to cover the expansive locales and grand excitement with dexterity and precision. The film\u2019s vaunted train crash finale (a hugely expensive exercise for the silent film era, to this date the most costly shot in all of the genre\u2019s history) is magnificent to behold even though technology of the day prevents that real potency from emanating through the camera, and it\u2019s little wonder audiences continue to remain captivated by it.\nThere\u2019s few reasons more compelling as to why Buster Keaton stands alongside Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd as the iconic silent film stars of their day as The General. It\u2019s a remarkable film, a humorous, dexterous comedic adventure that offers thrills and laughs in equal amount. It displays Keaton\u2019s manic persona at its peak, a vibrant rapscallion of cinematic syncopation that is both disarming and enchanting simultaneously: if you\u2019ve never seen a silent film (or a Keaton film, for that matter), you owe it to yourself to give The General a go. It\u2019s marvellous, a perfect encapsulation of the quality to be found in this bygone cinematic era.\nThursday Movie Picks: Train Movies\nFIVE STAR FILMS #82: One Week (Edward F. Cline & Buster Keaton \u2013 1920)\nFebruary 2015 Blind Spot: Sunset Blvd. (1950)\nReview: Ghostbusters (2016) (A Remake Too Far?)\nTHE GREATEST SERIES: The 10 Greatest Actors of All-Time\nVale \u2013 Sam Shepard\nVale \u2013 Robert Hardy", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 7328, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 315.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.festivall-app.com/en/festivals/welcome-to-rockville/artists/tyler-bryant-the-shakedown/2018", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:17Z", "digest": "sha1:S33DW3RNU5D7IGPRKMKQUG3PDR2P7CML", "length": 733, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.festivall-app.com", "title": "Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown at Welcome To Rockville festival | FestivAll", "raw_content": "Home Festivals Welcome To Rockville Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown\nTyler Bryant lives for music. Passionate about expressing himself and connecting with others through his songs and sounds, Tyler moved to Nashville from Honey Grove, TX when he was 17 to write songs and start a band. He has pushed the musical limits of guitar, vocals, and performance, and has captured the attention of the music scene with his spectacular talent and rare showmanship.\nTyler Bryant, currently 21 years old, is a guitar prodigy who has shared the stage with Aerosmith Read more on Last.fm\nRamblin' Bones TYLER BRYANT & THE SHAKEDOWN\nTyler Bryant & The Shakedown - The Wayside (Live From The Beast)\nTyler Bryant & The Shakedown - Heartland (Lyric Video)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 26, "original_length": 1235, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 260.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fifetoday.co.uk/sport/football/glenrothes-girl-mya-bates-seals-dream-celtic-move-1-4857136", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:22Z", "digest": "sha1:ZQBHQZAAXAMY3WDWKAWG4NC4FV7JZFZS", "length": 2569, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "www.fifetoday.co.uk", "title": "Glenrothes girl Mya Bates seals \u2018dream\u2019 Celtic move - Fife Today", "raw_content": "Glenrothes girl Mya Bates seals \u2018dream\u2019 Celtic move\nGlenrothes girl Mya Bates (13) signs for Celtic women's U15s\nTalented young Glenrothes footballer Mya Bates has said she cannot wait to get started after completing a \u201cdream\u201d move to Celtic.\nThe Auchmuty High School pupil\u2019s standout performances over the last couple of years caught the attention of the Glasgow giants who had been watching her progress.\nThe news was warmly welcomed by proud mum and dad, Claire and Scott, and all of Mya\u2019s family and friends, although it may take some time before her Rangers-supporting uncle Andrew Martin can fully get behind her in the green and white Hoops!\n\u201cMy mum and dad were over the moon for me, my uncle supports Rangers, he is trying to be happy for me!\u201d she joked.\nMya has joined the U15s side and hopes to break into their starting XI when the season starts next month.\nShe said: \u201cI feel really honoured to join such an established club and can\u2019t wait to get started at training and for the season to start.\n\u201cThis year I would like to push to be in the starting 11 each week and then hopefully move up an age group within the club next year.\n\u201cMy main aim is to get into the first team as soon as I can.\n\u201cCeltic are investing heavily in youth development and trying to move the women\u2019s game forward.\n\u201cI was also really impressed with the standard of the girls when I played against them last year in the National Performance League.\u201d\nThe winger\u2019s move comes on the back of a debut for Scotland U15s and being a Scottish Cup finalist with Hibernian.\nCeltic made contact with her last month before Mya was shown around the club\u2019s facilities and signed soon after.\nShe said: \u201cIt was a fantastic experience, being able to see the scale of the stadium.\n\u201cA Europa League match had been held at the stadium the night before, it was amazing to think of all the supporters and stars who had been there the previous evening and all the history surrounding the club.\u201d\nWomen\u2019s football in Scotland has never been in better shape with the national team qualifying for this year\u2019s World Cup in France, while Celtic are set to make history by becoming the first Scottish club to field a full-time professional women\u2019s team.\nAnd Mya is excited about what the future holds.\nShe said: \u201cIt\u2019s an amazing boost for the women\u2019s game and will hopefully encourage more girls to take up the sport.\n\u201cI always thought that in order to make my dreams come true and become a professional footballer I would have to go to England or abroad but to have that option available in Scotland is fantastic.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 115, "original_length": 4018, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 235.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2018/09/intermittent-living-as-a-proposal-for-enhanced-beneficial-cellular-stress-responses/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:15Z", "digest": "sha1:CHQ7PX3JL25NZFGYE5XDPSY5LGKLUW36", "length": 5572, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "www.fightaging.org", "title": "Intermittent Living as a Proposal for Enhanced Beneficial Cellular Stress Responses \u2013 Fight Aging!", "raw_content": "Intermittent Living as a Proposal for Enhanced Beneficial Cellular Stress Responses\nIntermittent fasting, particularly in the form of fasting mimicking diets that enhance autophagy and last long enough to trigger significant reduction and replacement of immune cells, is growing in popularity as a way to activate the range of cellular stress responses known to modestly improve health. It isn't the only way to alter behavior and the environment to upregulate beneficial cellular stress responses such as autophagy, however. Thus the authors of this open access paper propose that a broader program of periodic challenges should be introduced as a best practice for human health, and be as strongly recommended as regular exercise. The health benefits may be in the same ballpark. They choose to call this \"intermittent living.\" A great deal of gathering and analysis of data lies between here and the realization of their vision, of course.\nThe number of people with chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases (CVD), diabetes, respiratory diseases, mental disorders, autoimmune diseases and cancer has increased dramatically over the last three decades. The increasing rates of these chronic systemic illnesses suggest that inflammation, caused by excessive and inappropriate innate immune system activity, is unable to respond appropriately to danger signals that are new from the perspective of evolution.\nThese, mostly environment-driven, risk factors seem inevitable in current Western societies and their shares and intensities are most likely destined to further increase in the future. Importantly, many of these risk factors exhibit interaction, while contemporary humans are likely to suffer from these challenges in concert. This contrasts with the stress factors experienced by traditionally living populations who still live in the environment of our ancestors. In that environment, they had to cope with short-term mono-metabolic danger factors (e.g. hunger, thirst, cold, heat), whereas modern humans are exposed to multi-metabolic risk factors that stimulate an energy conflict between organs and major systems. The ensuing conflict between current experience and to what our genes and stress systems are adapted is the basis of the so-called 'mismatch hypothesis' of 'typically Western' diseases.\nMono-metabolic stress factors have shaped adaptive mechanisms for survival and reproduction, such as short-lasting inflammation, insulin resistance, activation of the sympathetic nervous system and others. Mild triggers might at least in part reset physiologic and metabolic dysfunctioning in patients with 'typically Western' diseases. In other words they may provide low-cost opportunities for secondary prevention. Conversely, the chronic absence of mild stress factors may have rendered modern 21st century humans less resistant to major toxic insults and susceptible to the development of many, 'typically Western', chronic diseases of affluence, including metabolic disorders.\nSeveral of our studies showed that the combination of certain intermittent stress factors produce a hormetic early stress response with a compensatory improvement of multiple metabolic and immunological indices, and wellbeing. The employed hormetic triggers included: intermittent fasting, intermittent heat, intermittent cold, intermittent hypoxia, intermittent drinking, and the consumption of a great number of nutrients with hormetic effects. The use of intermittent challenges, combined in a homework-protocol, could serve as a vaccine against the deleterious effects of modern life. We named this concept \"intermittent living\", defined as the daily intermittent use of known ancient triggers for a period of seven days per month. We propose to use this concept as a basis for interventions for individuals with chronic disease and/or its prevention. Intermittent living is no more than the reintroduction of mild environmentally-based short lasting stress (including cold, heat, hunger, thirst).\nLink: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2018.08.002\nExcellent study. I have gradually discovered and started implementing most of these \"hormetic interventions\": intermittent fasting, cold showers, sauna. Never thought about inducing hypoxia, guess it'll be latest addition to my intermittent life :)\nPosted by: M\u00e4rten at September 27th, 2018 7:07 AM\nAn excellent article that comports with evolutionary demands. Our society goes in the opposite direction with fast food and leisure and the results are obvious. I do wonder about ionizing and non-ionizing radiation as well.\nPosted by: Chris Zell at September 27th, 2018 8:44 AM\nAt my age no supplement gives noticable benefits( it that old). Fasting on the other hand gives something you can feel immediately, after a day or two. The problem is that you have to muster the will power, and I feel quite bad for the first 2-3 days. After that it becomes a bit better. Anything less than 4 days doesn't give lasting benefits, though\nDisclaimer. I in the last 3 months I failed 7 at attempts\nWhat is intermittent? Is it 12-16 hours overnight? Or is it 24-36-72 hours?\nPosted by: Lisa at September 27th, 2018 9:23 PM\nInteresting question. I personally use alternating day diet, where I eat normally for one day and 600kcal on the other day. Not sure if it gets me the full benefit, but I do feel hunger, so I hope it works. I wish someone did some large scale experiments on the subject.\nPosted by: to Lisa at September 27th, 2018 10:31 PM\nFYI typo:\n\"Intermittent Living\"\nPosted by: bmack500 at September 29th, 2018 4:00 PM", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 85, "original_length": 8588, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 339.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/rajnath-singh-to-leave-for-russia-on-sunday-on-three-day-trip/947761/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:28Z", "digest": "sha1:FLSSFFSS752EIYHJPZI6I2MQG3L3YD3K", "length": 1583, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.financialexpress.com", "title": "Rajnath Singh to leave for Russia on Sunday on three-day trip - The Financial Express", "raw_content": "Rajnath Singh to leave for Russia on Sunday on three-day trip\nUnion Home Minister Rajnath Singh will leave for Russia on Sunday for a three-day trip.\nRajnath Singh is expected to sign a joint action or implementation plan for cooperation in areas of drugs and disaster management. (PTI)\nUnion Home Minister Rajnath Singh will leave for Russia on Sunday for a three-day trip ended on Wednesday during which he is likely to sign an agreement between India and Russia on cooperation in combating terrorism and organised crime.\nDuring his visit from November 27 to 29, the Home Minister will discuss bilateral, regional and international matters of mutual interest during discussions with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Kolokoltsev and other senior Russian leadersp.\n\u201cRajnath Singh is likely to sign a comprehensive security agreement on cooperation in combating terrorism and organised crime with the Ministry of Interior of the Russian Federation which would reinforce the relationship between India and Russia through exchange and sharing of information, expertise, best practices and would help in curbing terrorism and enhancing security in the region,\u201d a Home Ministry statement said.\nHe is also expected to sign a joint action or implementation plan for cooperation in areas of drugs and disaster management, the statement said.\nAs both the countries have long history of close cooperation on matters of shared security concerns, this visit will provide an opportunity to further cement and strengthen the mutually beneficial bilateral ties between both the countries, it added.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 156, "original_length": 5096, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 267.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.financialpoise.com/financialpoisewebinars/on_demand_webinars/basics-of-real-estate-syndication/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:45:34Z", "digest": "sha1:3LK4BBI3U4QASH7AVFNIEXILNV4JQB5F", "length": 1025, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.financialpoise.com", "title": "Basics of Real Estate Syndication | Financial Poise Webinars", "raw_content": "This webinar is important for anyone who seeks investors in real estate or would ever consider investing in real estate.\nWe have all heard the phrase \u201cOPM\u201d which stands for \u201cOther People\u2019s Money.\u201d In the context of a real estate investment, what does this mean? A syndication is one of the most tried and true ways to raise money for investing in real estate.\nWhat type of documentation is required to launch a syndication? What role do securities laws play in this process? What are the duties of the syndicator to its investors? What are the benefits and pitfalls of syndication? What other structures may be considered? All parties to a real estate investment would be well advised to listen closely and seek a thorough understanding of the syndication of real estate investments.\nSponsor: Premier Travel Management\nDavid Hall is a partner in Dentons' US Real Estate ...\nDouglas Greenspan\nDoug focuses on developing and implementing strategic real estate plans ...\nWilliam J. Nolan is a Senior Managing Director in the ...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 2490, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 278.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fireflymediaserver.net/forums/reply/17458/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:43Z", "digest": "sha1:QOJSGJQMIYIVXUZERUVMXFO6S4YUA3AL", "length": 116, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.fireflymediaserver.net", "title": "FireFly Media Server", "raw_content": "I doubt that there is a codec that works sufficiently on the slug. The w32-codecs or FFmpeg really depend on an FPU.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 31, "original_length": 783, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 286.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.firstdaysproject.org/story/dashini-jeyathurai", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:05Z", "digest": "sha1:UAA74A5BB2ADMNMTSZPBD5WLV2VWH32Z", "length": 1883, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.firstdaysproject.org", "title": "Dashini Jeyathurai's First Day | First Days Project", "raw_content": "My name is Dashini Jeyathurai.\n\"I remember the air smelling really different. And I know it sounds weird to say that, but American air smelled different.\"\nDASHINI JEYATHURAI'S FIRST DAY\nSo the first day I arrived here I arrived a month before I was going to start college in Minnesota at Carleton College. And we arrived in New York... I think it was Laguardia. We got there and my sister and brother-in-law who already lived in Queens came to pick us up. And the thing that I remember the most clearly about the first day was that we drove past the New Yorker building and I was like \"Oh my god!! That's the New Yorker?! That's where it comes from?\" That was really cool. I remember the air smelling really different. And I know it sounds weird to say that, but American air smelled different. It was really crisp and clean and it's weird to say that for New York, but that was really strange. And then we got back to their house in Queens and my brother-in-law had made his famous pork curry for us and I think it was a welcoming because we had just had this really long flight and my mom and dad were with me and they were definitely not going to subject us to American food. So yeah, we had that lunch. I think later that day my sister and I went to the laundromat, which was a foreign concept. And I was like \"Why don't you have a washer and dryer in your house? Also, why do you need a dryer... can't you just hang it outside?\" Yeah, so that's what I remember from my first day.\nWe were in New York for like two or three weeks before my parents dropped me off at Carleton and one memory... which I don't know if it should be aired is... my sister was going to take us to the city and we had to take the train and we were going to take the elevator and we opened the elevator door and there was human feces in it. [Laughs] And my dad was like... \"Oh my god, America...\" [Laughs]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 2543, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 240.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.firstpost.com/world/peace-with-the-taliban-will-not-be-peaceful-us-desperation-to-broker-deal-gives-outfit-more-bargaining-power-5555401.html?FP_Source=FP_Eng_DT_TS_Wgt_4549981&FP_Medium=FP_Eng_Topstories_5555401", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:10Z", "digest": "sha1:5IJSSBL7PG6AWXCFUIC7JHUU33WTZBHS", "length": 5403, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.firstpost.com", "title": "Peace with the Taliban will not be peaceful: US desperation to broker deal gives outfit more bargaining power - Firstpost", "raw_content": "Peace with the Taliban will not be peaceful: US desperation to broker deal gives outfit more bargaining power\nWorld Bill Roggio Nov 15, 2018 13:30:50 IST\nThe war in Afghanistan is off the rails and the United States is desperate to negotiate a deal with the Taliban to end its involvement in the 17-year-long conflict. The Taliban is more than happy to negotiate the terms of US withdrawal \u2014 but if and only if an accord is reached on their terms. Because if a so-called peace agreement can be reached, you can be sure it will be one that will not benefit the Afghan people, the US, or the region.\nHopes for a deal with the Taliban are high after US officials began to directly engage with representatives of the organisation earlier this year. Just last week, the Taliban attended a conference in Moscow hosted by Russia. While the US and Afghan governments did not send official delegations, representatives did attend.\nAt the conference, the Taliban laid its outs demands for 'peace' in Afghanistan. Before talks could begin, the Taliban insisted its leaders must be removed from the United Nations Sanctions list, its members freed from prisons, its political office be formally recognised, and the end of 'poisonous propaganda against the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.'\nThe last demand is telling. In its official statement at the Moscow conference, the Taliban referred to itself as the 'Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan' \u2014 a staggering 61 times. This is the name of the Taliban\u2019s government prior to the US invasion in 2001 after al Qaeda\u2019s attack on 11 September.\nThe Taliban has insisted that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, and not the Afghan government, is the true representative of the Afghan people. The 'un-Islamic' Afghan government is merely a \u201cstooge\u201d and \u201cpuppet\u201d of the West, the Taliban says, and it refuses to negotiate or share power with it.\nOnce the Taliban\u2019s pre-conditions for talks are met, it insists that in order for there to be peace, US and NATO forces must withdraw from the country. Then, the Taliban says, there can be peace.\nWhile some may dismiss the Taliban's demands as merely its hard line initial position that can be whittled down in negotiations, it has held firm on these demands for well over a decade. When the Obama administration attempted to negotiate peace with the Taliban during and after the Afghan surge, the Taliban did not budge on its demands. The Taliban was, however, able to extract concessions, such as the opening of its political office in Qatar and the release of five dangerous leaders who were held at Guantanamo, at zero cost. After extracting concessions, the Taliban walked away, leaving US efforts to cut a deal in shambles.\nHow did we get here? In August, 2017, President Donald Trump, in a nationally televised speech, announced his plan to adjust strategy in Afghanistan after the Taliban was making military gains. The US planned to increase support to the Afghan security forces and put more military pressure on the Taliban, in an effort to force it to the negotiating table, while also persuading Pakistan to end its support for the deadly insurgency, Trump said. Within six months of Trump\u2019s announcement of the change in strategy, the US gave up on trying to deal a military blow to the Taliban and jumped right to negotiations.\nThe Taliban, sensing the West\u2019s desperation to end the war, ramped up its military offensive and is bleeding Afghan forces. Taliban fighters briefly took control of parts of two provincial capitals in May and August, and have overrun numerous military bases and several districts. Casualties among Afghan security personnel are at an all time high. The failure of the demoralized Afghan security forces to defend the rural areas of Afghanistan, which are used by the Taliban to attack more populous parts of the country, has fueled the West\u2019s desire to cut a deal with the Taliban. The west is desperate to end its involvement in the war, and the Taliban senses that.\nSo, under these conditions, is a deal with the Taliban possible? The answer is yes, but it won't be a deal that the Afghan people, the US, NATO, and those in the region who oppose jihadists (read: not Pakistan) will like. It is certainly possible that the Taliban will make some concessions that will placate the West and the Afghan government. However, it is difficult to see how the Taliban can walk back demands that it has held firmly to for over a decade, such as the withdrawal of US forces or its refusal to enter into the Afghan government, while they also still hold increasing leverage in the battle. There has been little reason to concede ground.\nIf such as deal is made, it will certainly be a deal that will benefit the Taliban. And even if the Taliban makes concessions, without US forces in the country, don\u2019t expect the Taliban to keep its word. Peace with the Taliban will be peace on the Taliban\u2019s terms, and it certainly won\u2019t be kind to those who must live under it.\nThe author is a Senior Fellow at The Foundation for Defense of Democracies and editor of the Long War Journal\nTags : ConnectTheDots, Donald Trump, Hamas Terror Organisation, India, Islamic Emirate Of Afghanistan, Jihadi Organisations, Nato, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Taliban, Taliban Peace Deal, Taliban Talks, Terrorism, US\n1Peace with the Taliban will not be peaceful: US desperation to broker deal gives outfit more bargaining power", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 225, "original_length": 16473, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 213.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fjorn.com/lovorika-banovic.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:57Z", "digest": "sha1:EPZWW3DOZJN43N3QQF67TYVW2XZZBMAO", "length": 404, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.fjorn.com", "title": "Lovorika Banovic", "raw_content": "Home | Shop by Designer | Lovorika Banovic\nLovorika Banovic graduated from the Danish Design School in 1996, and specialises in product and furniture design. At her design studio in Copenhagen, she experiments with design, decor and performance art. Lovorika's work has been exhibited with great success at several national and international exhibitions, and she has participated in various art projects.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 461, "original_length": 8371, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 166.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.foodandmigration.com/danielle-nierenberg/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:14Z", "digest": "sha1:XTP35YB7ABUJWDB5L5CEXJN6QGV5S5PN", "length": 4001, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.foodandmigration.com", "title": "Hunger is driving migration: interview with Danielle Nierenberg", "raw_content": "What is pushing Africans to risk their lives by crossing the Mediterranean in rickety boats? According to Danielle Nierenberg, founder and president of the Food Tank Think Tank and the editor of the new book Nourished Planet, the answer comes down to one word \u2013 food.\nBecause both Latin America and Africa cannot feed themselves, their populations head north. Their destinations, Europe and the United States, subsidize farm exports and produce too much food, but too little nutritional food. Even Italians, the inventors of the famed nutritious Mediterranean diet, today consumer increasing amounts of junk food.\nDanielle Nierenberg spoke to us Barilla Foundation on Food and Nutrition in Milan on November 27-28.\n1. Nourished Planet is a masterplan for sustainable agriculture and nutrition. Which chapters do you consider particularly useful to understand some of the drivers of migration?\nOur first section on Food for All is particularly relevant for understanding the drivers of migration\u2014climate change, conflict, poverty all contributes to driving migration.\n2. Food insecurity has been identified as the main push factor of international migration to the United States from Central America. How is it possible to reduce the pressure on resources in the Dry Corridor of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras?\nGovernments should invest more in smallholder agriculture and help create ways to make agriculture more attractive for youth. Farming needs to be something that young people want to do, rather than something they feel forced to do. Making rural areas more economically and intellectually stimulating for young people and increasing access to technology like broadband or cell phones will help keep people in their communities.\n3. Looking at the Mediterranean region, what kind of nutritional challenges are facing the countries of the basin? And what impact will they have on traditional food consumption models such as the much-celebrated Mediterranean diet?\nUnfortunately, that region of the world is experiencing many of the same problems as other parts of the world. Despite the advantages of the Mediterranean Diet for improving health, there has been a growth in the consumption of junk food and processed food that are high in fat, salt, and sugar. And there is less conviviality and sharing meals. Many countries like Italy are seeing the impacts of this transition with increasing rates of overweight and obesity, particularly among children.\n4. Nowadays the Mediterranean area is characterized by major migratory flows and rapid urbanization. Do you believe that urban agriculture can help reduce pressures on its food supplies?\nI think there is a lot of opportunity for urban agriculture and community gardens to help immigrants regain a taste of their culture and help improve their own health and their health of the communities.\n5. Speaking more broadly, what kind of solutions have emerged from the latest BCFN forum in New York to tackle food insecurity, either from a local and global perspective?\nI think it\u2019s clear from the BCFN Forums that we need to a more integrated approach to solving not only hunger, but obesity, food waste, poverty, conflict, and climate change\u2014we need to break down silos and make sure that businesses, governments, farmers, and eaters are all talking and working together to solve our most pressing environmental and social challenges. By bringing together global leaders, advocates, and activists like Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, Bob Geldof, Raj Patel, and others, BCFN is helping bring all sides of the debate together. This is the kind of dialogue needed to make sure the food system helps nourish both people and the planet.\nDanielle Nierenberg is president and co-founder of Food Tank and a world-renowned expert on all issues relating to food systems and agriculture. In 2018, she edited Nourished Planet, a collection of essays and interviews from international experts and advocates offering a global plan for feeding the planet sustainably.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 24, "original_length": 4311, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 235.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fool.sg/2013/09/09/three-shares-that-beat-the-market-today-25/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:22Z", "digest": "sha1:463SIFZWGLBN4ZIHDQZOKH5LOVK2J6TQ", "length": 2698, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.fool.sg", "title": "Three Shares That Beat the Market Today | The Motley Fool Singapore", "raw_content": "Chong Ser Jing | September 9, 2013 | More on: ^STI D05 J10 MC7\nIt\u2019s a good start to the week for our local stock market as the broad market-benchmark, the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI), moved up 1.3% higher to 3,088 points. It was mostly a field of green in the index with 25 out of its 30 components ending the day with gains. While the index had managed to gain some nice ground, there were shares that did even better. Let\u2019s look at some of them. The market seems to have cheered on Jaya Holdings (SGX: J10) as it climbed 5.7% to S$0.65 following an announcement this morning that it has\u2026\nIt\u2019s a good start to the week for our local stock market as the broad market-benchmark, the Straits Times Index (SGX: ^STI), moved up 1.3% higher to 3,088 points. It was mostly a field of green in the index with 25 out of its 30 components ending the day with gains.\nWhile the index had managed to gain some nice ground, there were shares that did even better. Let\u2019s look at some of them.\nThe market seems to have cheered on Jaya Holdings (SGX: J10) as it climbed 5.7% to S$0.65 following an announcement this morning that it has \u201cappointed advisers to conduct a review of the strategic options available to [it] with a view to enhancing and unlocking shareholder value.\u201d\nThe company, whose business interests include owning and operating off-shore support vessels for the oil & gas industry, would be updating the public on any new developments following the strategic review.\nJaya Holdings released its full year results about a month ago. It logged a 145% year-on-year growth in annual revenue to US$202m but its profits only managed to increase by 5% to US$46m.\nShares of Yamada Green Resources (SGX: MC7) are up by 9.8% to S$0.225. The company, a shitake mushroom cultivator, had released its full-year results for the financial year ended 30 June 2013 around two weeks ago. It posted an 8% decline in top-line to RMB509m while its bottom-line shrank by 50% to RMB69m.\nIn addition, it also declared a dividend of RMB0.013 per share for the financial year, subject to shareholders\u2019 approval. It was the first time since at least the financial year ended 30 June 2011 where the company has declared a dividend.\nAt its closing price today, its shares would carry a dividend yield of approximately 1.2%.\nSouth East Asia\u2019s largest bank by assets, DBS Group Holdings (SGX: D05) gained 2.4% to S$16.57. Finance publication Global Finance recently named the bank as number 12 on its World\u2019s 50 Safest Banks 2013 list, which ranks banks around the globe according to their credit worthiness.\nDBS\u2019s second quarter results, released about a month ago, saw it post a new record for half-year profits of S$1.84b.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 73, "original_length": 6015, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 233.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.forestedgehomeimprovements.com/gdpr/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:31Z", "digest": "sha1:MLAK4MAEIERSFCBZIWL6HZIBX6XTBL5T", "length": 475, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.forestedgehomeimprovements.com", "title": "GDPR - Forest Edge Home Improvements", "raw_content": "By agreeing to any quotation / agreement you are also consenting to your personal data being shared with third parties for the purposes of fulfilling the requirements of the Competent Person Scheme for self-certification under the Building Regulations. Personal data includes title, name, address, phone and email numbers. This data will be used to provide essential documentation and will be retained on files for the lifetime of the guarantees which do not exceed 15 years.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 2082, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 279.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.forestry.gov.uk/website/fcpiclib.nsf/images/13c954349c7f8349802571000079467a", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:05Z", "digest": "sha1:DVRDXWP53HAV44JD7LLZEI6YBQEIQYTI", "length": 33, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.forestry.gov.uk", "title": "Forestry Commission - Picture Library Image", "raw_content": "Osprey - male (Pandion haliaetus)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 26, "original_length": 619, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.53, "perplexity": 265.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.foundationshealth.net/brian-colleran-caregiver-award-feb-2018", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:12Z", "digest": "sha1:K65DMW6NR4U6KWL4V36DI2BPC7CYRRLW", "length": 1918, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.foundationshealth.net", "title": "Nursing Home Developer Brian Colleran Awards Veteran Nursing Assistant With Caregiver Award", "raw_content": "Dayton STNA Wins Brian Colleran Caregiver of the Month Award\nIn today's staffing shortages in the healthcare industry, it's not uncommon to hear of nursing assistants getting large sign-on bonuses after 28 days of employment. This month's Brian Colleran Caregiver Award winner has worked at the same nursing home for more than 28 years! Even more extraordinary than her tenure, she is a nursing assistant that is universally praised around the facility by any resident, family member, department head, or other employee who would be asked about her. Her story is extraordinary, making her naturally be the ideal candidate for Brian Colleran's Caregiver of the Month Award.\nEach month, Nursing Home Developer Brian Colleran, seeks to honor a caregiver whose extraordinary commitment to clinical excellence and resident satisfaction is making a difference in the long-term care community. Ann Wilson, of Maria Joseph Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Dayton, Ohio is the perfect example of such a person. Ann is a wonderful and kind person who is always timely, and is well-known for doing whatever it takes to help her coworkers, residents, or family members.\n\"You wouldn't believe she's worked such a tough job for 28 years because she's always smiling. In fact, I don't think I've ever run into her when she didn't have a smile on her face. Her charisma and generosity really light up the whole place here at Maria Joseph\" said assistant administrator, Michael Helco.\nMaria Joseph Nursing & Rehabilitation is a beautiful 280 bed, all-private room skilled nursing facility that specializes in short-term rehabilitation and long-term care. Maria Joseph is proud to offer spacious private rooms, for every resident, regardless of payer type.\nThank you Ann for your commitment to loving and caring for your residents. It is an honor to award you with the Brian Colleran Caregiver of the Month Award!\nMaria Joseph Website", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 99, "original_length": 4393, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 306.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/sponsors-reconsider-sharapova-ties-amid-doping-scandal", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:48Z", "digest": "sha1:6UJUFIOSYLI4R2OFE4W4NDYJHJOL3M2G", "length": 3532, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.foxbusiness.com", "title": "Sponsors Reconsider Sharapova Ties Amid Doping Scandal | Fox Business", "raw_content": "Sponsors Reconsider Sharapova Ties Amid Doping Scandal\nBy Thomas Barrabi Published March 08, 2016 SportsFOXBusiness\nSeveral major companies are reassessing their business relationships with Maria Sharapova this week after she admitted to failing a drug test, but none of the international tennis star\u2019s active corporate sponsors has permanently severed ties.\nSharapova said Monday that she tested positive for meldonium while competing at the Australian Open in January. The World Anti-Doping Agency has banned the substance, which is primarily used to treat blood circulation and cardiac issues, since January 1, 2016. The 28-year-old Russian said she has taken meldonium for health reasons since 2006 and was unaware it had been added to the banned list, but took \u201cfull responsibility\" for the failed test.\nSharapova has been the world\u2019s highest-paid female athlete for more than a decade. She earned nearly $30 million in 2015 alone, including $23 million off the court, according to Forbes. Her active sponsors include apparel giant Nike Inc. (NYSE:NKE), beauty company Avon (NYSE:AVP), water brand Evian and luxury automaker Porsche.\nAmerican Express (NYSE:AXP), which worked with Sharapova on sponsored events as recently as 2015, told FOXBusiness.com that the company has \u201cno planned work\u201d with her in 2016. A company spokesperson did not specifically address the failed drug test.\nAvon declined to comment on the failed drug test, but a company representative confirmed to FOXBusiness.com that Sharapova remains a brand spokesperson for its \u201cLuck\u201d Fragrance.\nEvian, the water brand owned by French corporation Danone, called Sharapova a \u201ctrustworthy\u201d partner but said it planned to monitor the situation.\n\"Evian has been a partner of Maria Sharapova for many years, and until now, we have maintained a trustworthy professional relationship,\" the company said in a statement obtained by Reuters. \"Evian attaches great importance to health, to integrity, and transparency, and we will follow closely the development of the investigation.\"\nNike has sponsored Sharapova for more than a decade and re-signed her in 2010 to an eight-year deal worth an estimated $70 million. The Oregon-based company said it was \u201csaddened and surprised\u201d by her announcement and announced a suspension of its agreement with Sharapova, but stopped short of ending the relationship entirely.\n\u201cWe are saddened and surprised by the news about Maria Sharapova. We have decided to suspend our relationship with Maria while the investigation continues. We will continue to monitor the situation,\u201d Nike said in a statement.\nPorsche took a similar approach, stating that it was \u201csaddened\u201d by Sharapova\u2019s infraction and had temporarily suspended its dealings with her.\n\u201cUntil further details are released and we can analyze the situation, we have chosen to postpone planned activities,\u201d a Porsche spokesperson said.\nSwiss watchmaker Tag Heuer\u2019s endorsement deal with Sharapova expired last December. The two sides held talks to renew the contract, but the company said Monday that it was breaking off negotiations in light of Sharapova\u2019s admission.\nA former top-ranked tennis player and winner of five Grand Slam events, Sharapova has been hampered in recent years by a string of injuries. She has earned more than $36 million in prize money during her tennis career.\nSharapova will begin a provisional suspension on March 12, with the full length of her suspension to be announced after further deliberation, the International Tennis Federation said Monday.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 5154, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 198.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/watson-throws-6-td-passes-leads-no-4-clemson-to-56-7-win-112616", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:58Z", "digest": "sha1:DQQ3AJNXK6CYBQS3R6VTKQXL3Z7KR4CD", "length": 2832, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.foxsports.com", "title": "Watson throws 6 TD passes, leads No. 4 Clemson to 56-7 win | FOX Sports", "raw_content": "Watson throws 6 TD passes, leads No. 4 Clemson to 56-7 win\nCLEMSON, S.C. (AP) Deshaun Watson tied his career high with six touchdown passes, three to Mike Williams, and No. 4 Clemson took another, strong step to the College Football Playoff with a 56-7 victory over rival South Carolina on Saturday night.\nIf the Tigers (11-1, No. 4 CFP) don't stumble against Virginia Tech next week in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship, they'll be off to college football's final four for a second straight season.\nThe Gamecocks (6-6) were little more than speed bump on that road that Clemson got past quickly, jumping out to a 21-0 lead in the opening quarter and cruising to a third straight win in the Palmetto State's biggest sporting event.\nWatson finished with 347 yards and matched the six TDs he threw in his first college start against North Carolina in 2014. He also likely crept a bit closer in the Heisman Trophy race to Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson, whose team lost for a second straight week.\nWatson and the Tigers also wiped out memories of their last Death Valley game, a stunning, 43-42 loss to underdog Pitt \u2013 Clemson's first home loss in more than three years.\nWatson and Williams got things going with a 34-yard TD catch. Then Williams' dragged South Carolina's Jamarcus King on his for several yards during a 19-yard scoring catch. By the time Jordan Leggett scored on a wide open 11-yard grab, Clemson was in front to stay and Gamecocks defenders were yelling at each other.\nWayne Gallman rushed for 112 yards and a touchdown. Williams caught six passes for 100 yards.\nClemson's defense held the Gamecocks to 62 yards in the first half and posted its biggest margin of victory in the series since a 51-0 win in 1900.\nSouth Carolina avoided the shutout in the third quarter on a 33-yard halfback pass from Deebo Samuel to Bryan Edwards\nSouth Carolina certainly made strides over the second half with young players on offense like quarterback Jake Bentley and tailback Rico Dowdle. The Gamecocks will need to add a lot more talent on both sides of the ball before it can match up with the Tigers. Another month of practice and a favorable bowl opponent would still leave South Carolina feeling good about its progress this season.\nClemson found its dominating form in its final home game of the season after its stunning, 43-42 fall to Pitt the last time here two weeks ago. More importantly, the Tigers showed a resolved it will need for a second straight trip to the College Football Playoff. If Clemson shows the same drive against Virginia Tech, there's no doubt it will play once again for a national title.\nSouth Carolina will await its bowl destination, the most likely choice the Independence Bowl.\nClemson will face Virginia Tech in the ACC championship game in Orlando, Florida, next Saturday night.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 439, "original_length": 13873, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 291.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/blue-jays-could-look-to-show-me-contracts-in-free-agency-112416", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:17:46Z", "digest": "sha1:6DSHZBBV34B52NN6R6VU65KNKB63HNHL", "length": 5460, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "www.foxsports.com", "title": "Blue Jays could look to \"show me\" contracts in free agency | FOX Sports", "raw_content": "Blue Jays could look to \u201cshow me\u201d contracts in free agency\nBlue Jays\u2019 GM Ross Atkins may look at a few creative approaches to filling out his roster for the 2017 season\nWith the MLB off-season roughly 3 weeks in, most teams around baseball are still evaluating their rosters and trying to decide what holes they\u2019ll need to fill prior to spring training. Only a handful of free agents are off the board, so plenty of options remain for hopeful GM\u2019s around the league.\nFor the Blue Jays, the offseason challenges are well documented. They have free agents Jose Bautista, Edwin Encarnacion, Michael Saunders, among others, and they\u2019ve already watched Brett Cecil sign with the St. Louis Cardinals. While there is a great core coming back, including the AL\u2019s top rotation, losing that much thump from a lineup isn\u2019t an easy thing to replace.\nLike many teams at this time of the year, the Blue Jays are reportedly asking about most free agents, trying to gauge the market and come up with the best solution. With needs in the outfield, the bullpen, and possibly at first base, it\u2019s not as easy as throwing money at the best available options.\nWith that in mind, Blue Jays\u2019 GM Ross Atkins may look at a few different creative approaches to filling out his roster. One such approach could be pursing players that might be interested in a \u201cshow me\u201d contract. For those unfamiliar with the term, it\u2019s generally a one-year deal for a talented player who struggled the season before. Signing a one-year deal allows that player to show the market their struggles were temporary, and hopefully sets them up for a better free agent contract the following year.\n11/24 \u2013 Blue Jays could look to \u201cshow me\u201d contracts in free agency\n11/24 \u2013 Report: Blue Jays linked to free agent Mike Napoli\n11/24 \u2013 Blue Jays prospect Reese McGuire and the Jason Castro career arc\n11/23 \u2013 Toronto Blue Jays 2016 Year in Review: Troy Tulowitzki\n11/23 \u2013 Blue Jays extras: The Off-season of Joe Biagini continues\nOne player who could be looking for this type of contract is Carlos Gomez. Gomez will turn 31 this off-season after finishing the year with the Texas Rangers. He started the 2016 in Houston, but played so poorly he was designated for assignment. It\u2019s one thing for an expensive player to be designated by a floundering team, but the Astros were still theoretically in the playoff mix. They still felt they were better off without the two-time All-Star on their roster.\nFortunately for Gomez, he found his stroke in Texas and revived his career down the stretch for the Rangers. He ended up hitting .284/.362/.543 in Texas with eight home runs and 24 RBI in 116 at-bats. He also had six doubles and five stolen bases, eventually moving into the leadoff spot and becoming an important part of his new club. After having batted .210/.272/.322 with just five home runs and 29 RBI in 295 at-bats with Houston, his renaissance may have saved his career.\nThere could be a GM willing to take a risk on Gomez\u2019s first half struggles, but it\u2019s also possible he\u2019ll pursue a one year deal to re-establish his value. His skill set may not be the perfect fit for the Blue Jays, but there may be other reasons to consider the Dominican native as an option.\nThe Blue Jays have some talented young outfielders in their system such as Dalton Pompey, Anthony Alford and Harold Ramirez, so they don\u2019t necessarily need to lock down the position for very long. They could use the above mentioned names in trades, but the Jays have expressed a desire to strengthen their minor league system, making deals less likely.\nIf they don\u2019t like Gomez or another team is willing to take more of a risk, there could be other \u201cshow me\u201d free agent options, such as former Blue Jay Eric Thames. Thames is looking at returning to the MLB after three seasons of dominating in the KBO in Korea. While he may get a multi-year offer, he may also be enticed with the idea of truly establishing his MLB value before locking in to a longer term deal.\nLastly, there was a familiar name asking for five years and big money last season, who might be forced to re-evaluate his free agency. Jose Bautista is very likely to secure a three-year deal at a raise from last season, but what if the market falls out from under him? He has a qualifying offer attached to him, and struggled through injury for a significant portion of 2016.\nNext: Prospect Reese McGuire and the Castro career arc\nKnown for being a freak of conditioning, Bautista may find it more palatable to bet on himself in 2017, and hope for a better contract next offseason. His age complicates that strategy, but \u201cJoey Bats\u201d has never been a player lacking in confidence, so it\u2019s possible he could consider this alternative if the market isn\u2019t to his liking by the new year.\nIt\u2019s still relatively early in the offseason, and chances are the dominoes will fall at a faster rate after Dec 2nd, when the current CBA expires. The Blue Jays will no doubt pursue other free agents and players in trade, but it\u2019s entirely possible they could look to the \u201cshow me\u201d deal to keep them competitive in 2017 and keep their budget restrictions limited in the future.\nReport: Blue Jays linked to free agent Mike Napoli1 h ago\nBlue Jays prospect Reese McGuire and the Jason Castro career arc3h ago\nToronto Blue Jays 2016 Year in Review: Troy Tulowitzki23h ago\nBlue Jays extras: The Off-season of Joe Biagini continues1 d ago\nBlue Jays free agent options: Lefty reliever Mike Dunn1 d ago", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 489, "original_length": 17182, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 301.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.frazierswine.co.uk/cotes-du-rhone-village-rasteau-m-chapoutier-2014/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:20Z", "digest": "sha1:2BTSIESMH3R32UQXGCYDBXU3QIDRBSNV", "length": 912, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.frazierswine.co.uk", "title": "Cotes du Rhone Village Rasteau M Chapoutier 2014 Michel Chapoutier from Fraziers Wine Merchants", "raw_content": "C\u00f4tes Du Rh\u00f4ne Village Rasteau, M.Chapoutier, 2014, Southern Rhone, France\nGrape variety, a blend of Grenache and Syrah grapes.\nA very deep crimson red, with a fine and powerful nose of ripe fruit aromas, including currant, blackcurrant and raspberry. With a generous mouth feel, this wine presents a good structure and a great potential.\nThe vineyard of Rasteau is situated some kilometres from \u201cLes Dentelles de Montmirail\u201d. It is one of the most imposing of the department of Vaucluse. It spreads out on brown-chalky soils and poor soils on marl. The vinification is carried out in the traditional way: the whole grapes are destemmed. Vatting lasts between 15 and 21 days with daily pumping over. Ageing is performed in vats; blending is then carried out and the wine is bottled from 12 to 16 months after maturing.\nA great match with meat in sauces.\nCotes du Rhone Villages Plan de Dieu Frederic Reverdy 2014", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 424, "original_length": 8767, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 303.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.friendlygamenight.com/2016/11/30/avalon-game-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:00Z", "digest": "sha1:TU6IGLCGCXKXYGWZYOLUCPYZ4G435BFK", "length": 2704, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "www.friendlygamenight.com", "title": "Avalon Game 2 | Game Night", "raw_content": "Though Arthur had loyal servants, Clumsy Ninja felt they needed to increase their numbers to help battle the dangers of the realm. She called a meeting and proposed sending Professor and Shutter out to gather new allies.\n\u201cI\u2019m not sure that\u2019s the best pairing,\u201d President Gamer said.\n\u201cWhy?\u201d Clumsy Ninja asked.\n\u201cProfessor will probably recruit people who share his anti-pants position.\u201d\nThe rest of the group gave President Gamer a few weird looks.\n\u201cI think I can handle that,\u201d Shutter replied, and the pairing was approved.\nThey set out at once, but despite their best efforts, they couldn\u2019t convince anyone to join the cause. They returned in defeat without any clear idea why they had failed.\nDespite this setback, Shutter was determined to make progress for King Arthur. She knew the Saxons were threatening to move farther inland, and proposed President Gamer, Chubby Unicorn, and Space Cat go fight them off.\n\u201cI feel like I should go on this one,\u201d Clumsy Ninja said. \u201cI\u2019m itching to swing my sword.\u201d\nProfessor also objected. \u201cI want a chance to redeem myself and fight.\u201d\nShutter would not be swayed and sent the team off.\nWhen they returned they were a bit battered, bloody, and bruised, but they had managed to fend off the invading horde.\nDespite being weary from fighting, President Gamer called a meeting to inform the others of a new attack from the Picts.\n\u201cI\u2019ll go back out myself, and I\u2019d like to take Shutter, Chubby Unicorn, and Clumsy Ninja with me.\u201d\nChubby Unicorn groaned. \u201cI need a break.\u201d\nBoth Professor and Space Cat objected to President Gamer going back out so soon. Of the three who fought the Saxons, he seemed to be in the worst shape.\nPresident Gamer ignored these complaints, but did decide to take Space Cat instead of Shutter. A confusing switch, but his mood kept anyone from objecting further.\nEven though three of the group members had just been out fighting the Saxons, they managed to beat back the Picts with no difficulties.\nOnce they returned, Space Cat decided it was time to seek out the Holy Grail. She chose Clumsy Ninja and Professor to go with her.\nBoth President Gamer and Shutter urged Space Cat to change her mind, especially how hard she\u2019d been working lately. Professor also objected, but just because he was being contrary.\n\u201cWell, I\u2019m still going,\u201d Space Cat said, \u201cbut I\u2019ll take Shutter instead of Professor.\u201d\nThere were no objections after that, and the three set out on their quest. 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Fiber optics bring the internet to your home via ultra-fast pulses of light. It\u2019s a totally different technology than other types of home internet service in Mannington, West Virginia. FiOS\u00ae can deliver unbelievable speeds that open up a whole new way of experiencing the web. Whether you like to game, stream videos, upload photos or work from home, everything is more amazing on the 100% fiber-optic network.\nIf FiOS\u00ae isn\u2019t in Mannington, West Virginia, you may be able to get broadband internet with Frontier High Speed Internet (HSI). HSI has a dedicated connection that comes directly to your home from the Frontier central office. HSI is delivered over existing phone lines, which means it\u2019s available in some cities where FiOS\u00ae isn\u2019t. It\u2019s faster and more reliable than dial-up, and it\u2019s ideal for checking email, browsing the web, social media, and online shopping.\nCall 1-800-961-0470 to check FiOS\u00ae availability in Mannington, West Virginia.\nUpload photos, download music and never worry about your internet connection. Frontier High Speed Internet service in Mannington, West Virginia allows you to connect at lightning speeds. Simply choose one of our service plans, High Speed Internet or satellite (eligibility for the product depending on the address of the service). Enabling Wi-Fi service, which we include with your plan, from a central location in your home allows you to browse, send, upload or download virtually anything you or your family need.\nOur High Speed Internet service plans in Mannington, West Virginia offer internet connectivity at an affordable price. Our service packages offer different download speeds at different prices, allowing our customers to choose the plan that best suits their needs, as well as their economy. Call us and we will help you choose; Just let us know how many videos on the Internet at the same time, and / or how many video games are connected to the network at the same time.\nFor customers in remote areas of Mannington, Frontier's satellite Internet means staying connected to the digital world, even when access to other high-speed technologies is not always possible. Frontier Satellite Internet is designed specifically for customers residing in locations with fewer services.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 97, "original_length": 6356, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 239.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/asnf/news-events/?cid=FSEPRD576538", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:24Z", "digest": "sha1:JHISHISR22N6UVC467MFJSP5YO4K5IIS", "length": 872, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.fs.usda.gov", "title": "Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests - News & Events", "raw_content": "Celebrate Earth Day with the Apache Sitgreaves National Forests\nThe Springerville Ranger District on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests is hosting a FREE Earth Day event at Ramsey Park in Eagar, Ariz. on April 21 from 10:00 a.m. until 1 p.m. Earth Day is an annual event celebrated worldwide each year to show support for environmental and resource protection.\nThis is a great opportunity to have some fun learning about the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests and to meet some of the great employees who work there. Special booths will be set up to provide information and handouts about wildlife, timber, silviculture, conservation education, and fire prevention activities on the forests. There will be trivia games, prizes, a special appearance by Smokey Bear, and free hot dogs!\nPdf of News Release\nhttps://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/asnf/news-events/?cid=FSEPRD576538", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 68, "original_length": 2269, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 180.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.funtreebooks.com/pages/about-us", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:38Z", "digest": "sha1:FOMJHJVLB3PTSSHF42DCWEZIJVF7CTS4", "length": 284, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.funtreebooks.com", "title": "About Us \u2013 Fun Tree Books", "raw_content": "Fun Tree Books is a Texas based company, founded in 2015. Established by a homeschooling family promising to provide fun, yet educational, products for children. Products range for children from 6 months to pre-teens. Many of our products are perfect for travel or on-the-go learning!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 88, "original_length": 2885, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 230.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/gram-negative-bacteria/0/steps/23789", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:39Z", "digest": "sha1:JMEJKORET76NSXDBYJNWN6RPBI4N75DN", "length": 1822, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.futurelearn.com", "title": "The basic concepts of resistance in Gram negative bacteria", "raw_content": "\u00a9 \u201cWhat?\u201d flickr photo by Veronique Debord https://flickr.com/photos/debord/4932655275 shared under a Creative Commons (BY-SA) license\nThe basic concepts of resistance in Gram negative bacteria\nIn Step 2.2 you were introduced to the danger that antimicrobial resistance, especially among Gram negative bacteria, poses for clinical treatment globally.\nSince their introduction, cephalosporins, beta-lactam/beta-lactamase inhibitor combinations and carbapenems have been the standard of care for the treatment of infections due to Gram-negative bacteria.\nBecause of their importance, a basic understanding of the concepts frequently used to address the problem of resistant Gram-negative bacteria is necessary.\nIn the table below you will find a summary of these key concepts. You should familiarise yourself with these before moving on.\nYou will also find these terms in the Glossary.\nTable adapted from those in Emerging Issues in Gram-Negative Bacterial Resistance. (Click to take a closer look)\nAs we have learned, antimicrobial resistance can be acquired by different routes. Expression of beta-lactamases \u2013 enzymes capable of rendering beta-lactam antibiotics ineffective \u2013 is one of the most important mechanisms of resistance among Gram-negative bacteria.\nThe table below provides an overview of this classification scheme, as well as common enzymes belonging to each class, and the beta-lactam antibiotic they inactivate. It has been modified from the article \u201cEmerging issues in Gram-Negative Bacterial Resistance\u201d.\nThe Ambler classification is a scheme used to group these enzymes based on their particular molecular characteristics. (Click to take a closer look)\nYou may also find this video Mechanisms of Resistance in Gram-negative Bacteria to Beta-Lactam Antibiotics by Cubist Pharmaceuticals useful to watch.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 138, "original_length": 5214, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 205.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.fyimusicnews.ca/tags/george-thorogood", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:08Z", "digest": "sha1:HCR4QJSZ5L3HUFCFDV3NFGPGUGSWQQAB", "length": 171, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.fyimusicnews.ca", "title": "George Thorogood | FYIMusicNews", "raw_content": "SamaritanMag Spotlights George Thorogood's Philanthropy\nGeorge Thorogood doesn\u2019t call donating money to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society \u201ccharity.\u201d He calls it \u201ca tragedy.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 103, "original_length": 2696, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.75, "perplexity": 140.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.gadsdentimes.com/news/20190212/virginia-sex-allegations-are-latest-against-state-officials", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:07Z", "digest": "sha1:XFXAICTDB66Z5FIFQP7WKZODKCEECLWU", "length": 4418, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.gadsdentimes.com", "title": "Virginia sex allegations are latest against state officials - News - Gadsden Times - Gadsden, AL", "raw_content": "David A. Lieb, The Associated Press\nAt least six other statewide elected officials have faced allegations of sexual misconduct since 2017. Several initially resisted calls to step down before eventually doing so under the pressure of public scrutiny and ongoing investigations. At least one other accused official remains in office.\nNationwide, at least 90 state lawmakers also have resigned or been ousted, faced discipline or other repercussions, or been publicly accused of sexual misconduct since the beginning of 2017. Many of those allegations were brought to light as part of the #MeToo movement that gained steam after allegations of sexual misconduct were made against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.\nVirginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, a Democrat, is accused of sexually assaulting a woman while they were students at Duke University in 2000 and forcing another woman to perform a sex act at a Boston hotel in 2004. Fairfax has denied ever sexually assaulting anyone.\nA look at other statewide elected officials who have recently faced sexual misconduct allegations:\n\" Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, a Republican. Bentley resigned April 10, 2017, as House impeachment proceedings began against him. He pleaded guilty that same day to two misdemeanor campaign finance violations that arose during an investigation of his alleged affair with a top aide.\nAn investigatory report for the impeachment proceedings had said Bentley encouraged an \"atmosphere of intimidation\" to try to keep the relationship secret and had directed a law officer to try to track down and seize recordings of him making sexually charged comments to the woman.\n\" Wyoming Secretary of State Ed Murray, a Republican. Murray resigned Feb. 9, 2018, following accusations of sexual misconduct by two women from decades ago. One woman accused him of sexually attacking her after hours at a Cheyenne law office where they both worked over 35 years ago. The other woman said Murray forcibly kissed her when she was 18 years old after she had been babysitting for his family on New Year's Eve 1988.\n\" New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, a Democrat. Schneiderman had built a reputation as a supporter of the #MeToo movement and had filed a lawsuit aimed at securing better compensation for those accusing Weinstein of sexual misconduct.\nBut he resigned May 7, after a media report that he had slapped, choked, threatened and abused four women during intimate encounters. Campaign finance reports show Schneiderman used nearly $340,000 in political campaign money to pay a law firm that represented him during an investigation into the allegations.\n\" Louisiana Secretary of State Tom Schedler, a Republican. Schedler resigned effective May 8 after being accused in a lawsuit by an employee of sexually harassing her for years and punishing her when she rebuffed his advances. The state paid nearly $150,000 to settle the lawsuit plus an additional $35,000 on private attorneys to respond to the suit.\n\" Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, a Republican. Greitens resigned June 1 while facing potential House impeachment proceedings over allegations of sexual and political misconduct. A woman with whom Greitens had an extramarital affair testified that he slapped, shoved, restrained and belittled her during a series of sexual encounters in 2015, while he was preparing to run for governor.\nAs jury selection was getting under way for a May criminal trial, a St. Louis prosecutor dropped a charge of invasion of privacy related to a nonconsensual compromising photo that Greitens allegedly took of the woman.\nIn exchange for Greitens' resignation, the prosecutor also dropped a separate charge of tampering with computer data alleging that Greitens improperly provided his political fundraiser with a donor list from a veterans charity he founded.\n\" Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill, Republican. A special prosecutor declined in October 2018 to pursue criminal charges against Hill. That decision came as a state investigation cited witness testimony that an apparently intoxicated Hill inappropriately touched a female lawmaker and three female legislative staffers during a March party at an Indianapolis bar celebrating the end of the 2018 legislative session.\nOther top elected officials had called on Hill to resign after media publicized the allegations in July. He remains in office.\nFollow David A. Lieb at https://twitter.com/DavidALieb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 153, "original_length": 6760, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 251.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.gamblingusa.com/dont-change-bankroll-management-or-study-habits-when-youre-winning/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:22Z", "digest": "sha1:R3TBLKILXHC3LCWOCRBUVWH4Q67BKUEH", "length": 4406, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.gamblingusa.com", "title": "Don't Change Bankroll Management or Study Habits When You're Winning - Gambling USA", "raw_content": "Home/Betting Strategy/Don\u2019t Change Bankroll Management or Study Habits When You\u2019re Winning\nDon\u2019t Change Bankroll Management or Study Habits When You\u2019re Winning\nTo play poker successfully, there are a few things you are going to have to do well. Of course, this goes without saying. After all, there are hundreds of pieces of important strategy advice you\u2019ll hear along the way but, by far, the key to being a successful poker player is to know how to manage your bankroll and to study as much as you can. These are the simple but true things you have to do. They aren\u2019t sexy. They aren\u2019t cool. But they are true. If you want to make it in poker, you\u2019ll not only know how to effectively do these things, but you won\u2019t change them up. That\u2019s right, the best advice is the most boring. Don\u2019t change your bankroll management or study habits when things are going well while playing poker.\nBankroll Management a Must\nIf you don\u2019t have any money, you can\u2019t play. It\u2019s as simple as that. A bankroll in poker means everything because of this rule. It\u2019s important to know exactly what a bankroll is. Some think it\u2019s the amount of money you can afford to lose, but nothing could be further from the truth. Your bankroll is the amount of money you have to play with. It allows you to enter a game and beat a cold streak. You should have a bankroll from your first day playing poker and be working to build it every day after. You\u2019ll take some losses. You\u2019ll have some cold streaks. But with the right bankroll management system, you\u2019ll be able to keep moving forward, adding to your bankroll and making profits. The only reason to have a bankroll management system is to do just that and the only way you\u2019ll be successful playing poker is if you stick to it.\nAlways Study\nPoker is a game you can never play enough and one where you can never learn enough. You\u2019ll never master this game. This can only mean one thing: you must keep studying. Read all the books and every article you can find. Find a few poker writers that you like and then dive into their bibliography. Get into as many games as you can no matter how low the stakes. Every experience sitting at a poker table counts. Every moment, from the deal to the flop to the call, is a teachable moment. Read and play. Wash, rinse, repeat. Then, once you find a routine that has morphed into a habit, keep at it. You\u2019ll never learn everything, and you\u2019ll only remember half of what you learn. Keep at it and always study.\nStreaks Matter\nYou will find when you are gambling that you are going to get on streaks. Some are hot and some are cold, and it really doesn\u2019t matter what you are playing. No matter if you are at a blackjack table, playing the ponies, or betting college basketball, you\u2019re going to run into a streak of some kind, and this makes managing your bankroll very important. When you\u2019re hot, you have to pad your bankroll because you\u2019re going to need it to weather the cold streak that is always just around the corner. Being able to outlast a cold streak is key because when one hits, your instinct is to change thing up\u2014especially the size of your wagers. Going cold causes players to panic. You want to win your money back and quickly. However, you have to stick to your original plan to avoid tilting and losing your bankroll entirely. This is the reason you\u2019ve made a plan, so use it.\nAs you will quickly realize when playing a lot of poker, everything relates to each other. When you are comfortable in your sit and with your stack, the cards come. When you aren\u2019t, they don\u2019t. Being consistent is very important when you\u2019re playing a lot of poker. You want to keep that consistency, too. As anyone will tell you, inconsistency leads to erratic betting, and that can only lead to losses. Keep making the same wagers, keep reading the same advice, and keep playing smart, consistent poker. If it ain\u2019t broke, don\u2019t fix it.\nPlaying Poker Isn\u2019t Tough, Winning Is\nBeing consistent with your bankroll management and your studying will make you a better poker player almost immediately. Playing poker isn\u2019t tough but winning at it is, and the only way to do so is by taking advantage when things are going your way. When things are going your way, you need to keep doing what you are doing, and it needs to be a part of the plan. After all, how did you get into this situation in the first place? By managing your bankroll and learning even more.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 78, "original_length": 6054, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 247.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.gamegrin.com/reviews/graveyard-keeper-review/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:53:42Z", "digest": "sha1:3SOY27QS24DC452LZI4XM4U2JWR2VOMO", "length": 5379, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.gamegrin.com", "title": "Graveyard Keeper Review | GameGrin", "raw_content": "// Reviews // 14th Sep 2018 \u2014 5 months ago // By Gary \u201cDominoid\u201d Sheppard\nThey say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and that certainly applied when I first met my partner. She was wearing a pretty loud outfit; bright green it was. When I say bright, I mean fluorescent, but nonetheless, she looked stunning to me. The same could be said of Graveyard Keeper, with its old school pixellated art style that\u2019s so divisive. I really like it, and that juxtaposition of low-res cuteness with skulls, gravestones and dead bodies appealed to me from the get-go. It was inevitable I was going to review this game.\nYou play as the titular keeper of the graveyard, although it\u2019s not a job you applied for. You start the game by waking up unexpectedly in this strange medieval land, with only a disembodied skull for company, who serves as your guide throughout. You\u2019ll be managing the day-to day activities of the cemetery such as burying bodies, arranging cremations, and extracting flesh to be sold as cheap meat to the local innkeeper. Yes, that did indeed escalate quickly. Just like my relationship with the aforementioned partner who wore an even louder outfit to our first date. More on that later though. We\u2019re here to talk about a videogame.\nDon\u2019t let the cutesy stylings fool you: this is a much more in-depth game than you might expect. It\u2019s quite similar to games like Harvest Moon or Stardew Valley, but with a darker sense of humour injected into it like formaldehyde into a cadaver destined for open-casket burial. The activities of the graveyard, whilst important to the game, are actually not what you\u2019ll spend most of your time doing. Instead they serve as the backdrop to a game with quite a number of facets.\nYour main time in game will be spent trying to fulfill quests that the villagers and townsfolk all have for you. There\u2019s a long and complex series of skill trees in things like smithing, forestry and fishing, and you\u2019ll need to be earning upgrade points in all of these to work your way through the quests and follow the story of the game. Many characters only appear on certain days of the week, and there\u2019s no way to skip a day, so you\u2019ll find yourself spending an awful lot of time killing time by doing things that aren\u2019t graveyard related such as collecting wood and sleeping.\nThis is possibly just as well however, because sleeping restores your energy, and for the first part of the game, you\u2019ll be running out of energy a lot. You know how in Stardew Valley, you start off always out of energy by lunchtime so you spend the evening talking to the village inhabitants? Imagine that, but harsher, and with very little to do in the evening because everybody\u2019s gone to bed. I honestly found myself sleeping two or three times a day in the early game. Sleeping advances time a little quicker, but it doesn\u2019t skip to the next day, so I was often waking up in the dark and squinting to see what I was doing in the darker parts of the map. This wasn\u2019t helped by the fact that the map screen doesn\u2019t show your location on it, so you have to work out where you are by relation to landmarks.\nEventually, you\u2019ll be able to cook well enough to keep your energy levels up, but you\u2019ll still be left with the issue of waiting times for characters that will help you to advance the story. If you\u2019ve got a few quests on the go at once, it isn\u2019t quite so bad, but as you start tackling some of the larger quests, you\u2019ll come up against a lot of dead time that is a little bit more difficult to fill than in some of the more popular farming style games.\nThat\u2019s not to say that there isn\u2019t plenty to do though, it\u2019s just not as evenly spread out as it could be. It doesn\u2019t help that there\u2019s no quest log like you might expect. There\u2019s a list of known NPCs which will give you a quick rundown if any of them have quests for you, but it\u2019s very minimal. It\u2019s these little niggles which chip away at Graveyard Keeper and stop it from being a great game. It feels a bit like a title that\u2019s still in early access. Hopefully a few more patches and the little niggles will be resolved, as they aren\u2019t game-breakers in themselves.\nIt might not sound like it from the above, but I genuinely did like this game. At its core, there\u2019s a really solid and well thought out little micromanagement game with a lot of fun touches. There\u2019s plenty of stuff to do, even if it does often come in clumps, and I sank a lot of hours into it before writing this review. It\u2019s not the best game in its class, but it\u2019s certainly doing a very good job, and the setting is one that\u2019s original enough to make it stand out in the crowd.\nAt the end of the day, you can always forgive a few issues when you\u2019ve had a good time playing a game and that applies here. I enjoyed Graveyard Keeper and I\u2019ll be persevering with it after this review despite its flaws. Very much like I enjoyed the second date with my partner, despite another unusual outfit. For that date, she had an even louder number on, with football boots and big gloves. That was when I knew she was a keeper.\nGraveyard Keeper (Reviewed on Windows)\nA solid and fun little farming type sim, but one that has a few issues. Although it\u2019s a bit rough around the edges, it\u2019s still worth a look.\nGraveyard Keeper Gameplay Reveal Trailer\nWebsite Graveyard Keeper\nDeveloper Lazy Bear Games\nPublisher tinyBuild\nGenre Adventure, Indie, Simulation", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 148, "original_length": 8638, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 255.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-04-602", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:24Z", "digest": "sha1:3R6REBQ2LI4M6BFTJGVSDQHJRIEGYQ5X", "length": 4239, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.gao.gov", "title": "U.S. GAO - Columbia River Basin: A Multilayered Collection of Directives and Plans Guides Federal Fish and Wildlife Activities", "raw_content": "A Multilayered Collection of Directives and Plans Guides Federal Fish and Wildlife Activities\nBarry T. Hill\nNumerous federal agencies conduct water, power, or resource management activities affecting the fish and wildlife of the Columbia River Basin, as well as the 13 tribes residing there. These agencies, such as the Bonneville Power Administration (Bonneville), Army Corps of Engineers, and Forest Service, and regulatory agencies, such as the National Marine Fisheries Service, are also responsible for protecting, sustaining, and enhancing fish and wildlife resources in the basin and involving the tribes in the process. Recently, Bonneville's financial position deteriorated significantly, and some tribes in the basin challenged Bonneville's actions modifying funding of fish and wildlife activities in federal court. In this context, GAO agreed to (1) identify and describe the laws, treaties, executive orders, and court decisions that define federal responsibilities to perform activities benefiting fish and wildlife in the basin and involve the tribes, and (2) describe the plans and programs that guide these respective fish and wildlife activities. In accordance with our policy to refrain from addressing matters that are in litigation, GAO did not examine any issues that are before the court.\nFederal responsibilities for protecting, mitigating, and enhancing fish and wildlife resources in the basin, as well as involving the tribes in the process, are defined by a multi-layered collection of laws, treaties, executive orders, and court decisions. Nationwide, basin-specific, and agency mission-specific laws create responsibilities for federal agencies to mitigate the impacts of federal activities that could potentially harm fish, wildlife, and their habitat. For example, the Endangered Species Act establishes nationwide responsibilities for agencies to protect listed species, while the Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act (Northwest Power Act) establishes responsibilities in the basin to mitigate the impacts of hydropower development, and each agency has mission-related responsibilities to fish and wildlife, such as the Forest Service's responsibilities under the National Forest Management Act. Regarding tribes, federal agencies must consult and collaborate with Indian tribes on fish and wildlife activities that may impact tribal rights established under various treaties and executive orders. Federal responsibilities and activities under these laws, treaties, and executive orders have been defined and clarified over the years through numerous court decisions. Federal agency fish and wildlife activities in the basin are guided by numerous plans and programs, but the majority of fish and wildlife activities are driven by the Northwest Power Act and the Endangered Species Act. Under the Northwest Power Act, the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program addresses all fish and wildlife impacted by the Federal Columbia River Power System, and under the Endangered Species Act, agencies are guided by the biological opinions developed by the National Marine Fisheries Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the protection of threatened and endangered species, as well as two other related collaborative plans. Agency participation in these key efforts varies widely, from mandatory funding of fish and wildlife activities to voluntary collaboration on the design of activities, but interagency collaboration is essential to successful implementation of these activities. In addition, other laws and specific agency missions drive numerous other collaborative and individual fish and wildlife activities. We provided copies of our draft report to the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, the Interior, as well as Bonneville and the Environmental Protection Agency. Bonneville and the Departments of Agriculture and Commerce provided official written comments. The comments were generally technical in nature and we made changes to the report, where appropriate. The Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency had no comments on the report. The Department of the Interior did not provide comments in time to be included in this report.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 114, "original_length": 8176, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 183.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-06-204", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:54Z", "digest": "sha1:QPDDW2SEJJNFDE3P3ZOVLFPO3RDRB76M", "length": 3024, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.gao.gov", "title": "U.S. GAO - International Remittances: Information on Products, Costs, and Consumer Disclosures", "raw_content": "International Remittances:\nInformation on Products, Costs, and Consumer Disclosures\nYvonne D. Jones\nRemittances are personal funds immigrants send to their home countries. The United States is the largest remittance-sending country in the world, with more than $36 billion remitted in 2003, according to the International Monetary Fund. The majority of these remittances are sent to Latin America and the Caribbean and they are a very important source of financial flows to many countries. In 2004, the United States, with other countries, pledged to reduce fees for remittances. Remittance senders in the United States can send funds through entities in the formal financial sector such as money transfer operators, banks, and credit unions or other informal means such as couriers. This report provides information on (1) the methods of transmission available to remittance senders in the formal financial sector and the advantages and disadvantages of each, (2) the costs to send remittances through the formal financial sector, and (3) disclosures remittance providers typically provide to senders.\nRemittance senders in the United States have a range of methods available including money transfer operators (MTOs), banks, credit unions, and the United States Postal Service. However, most transactions occur through MTOs. These products range from cash-to-cash wire transfers to account-based transfers, stored value cards, and Internet-based transactions. There are a number of reasons remittance senders continue to choose MTOs over other providers, including their extensive networks and customers' familiarity with their products. Banks and credit unions offer some products at lower cost and the advantage of access to other financial services. However, limited banking hours, language barriers, or inconvenient locations may make it difficult for some remittance senders to use these services. Recently, some federal banking agencies have undertaken initiatives to move more remittances through banks and credit unions and bring these senders into the financial mainstream. Research shows that competition in the remittance market has resulted in a drop in the cost of remittances from the United States to Latin America and the Caribbean. The standard costs to a remittance sender are the transfer fee and the foreign exchange conversion fee. The costs vary for different products. For example, on average, most providers we spoke with charge approximately $10 to send $300 to Mexico using the cash-to-cash method, while providers charge less for products such as dual-ATM cards. Disclosures we reviewed from remittance providers included information on the transfer fee, the exchange rate, and the right to a refund. The way this information is presented varies by provider, and a sender may have to do additional work to compare costs across different providers. 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COUNTRY/REGION Mendi\n- Select a news alert - Papua New Guinea: Protesters set plane on fire in Mendi June 14\nThe Papua New Guinea authorities have declared a state of emergency in the Southern Highlands province following violent protests that broke out in Mendi (Southern Highlands province) on Thursday, June 14. The decision was taken following an emergency National Security Council meeting called by Prime Minister Peter O'Neill. Additional security forces will reportedly be deployed to the province.\nA nightly curfew has been imposed between 18:00 (local time) and 06:00 in Mendi. However, this curfew has reportedly increased tensions between protesters and security forces. Therefore, additional, potentially violent, protests are likely in the coming days.\nFurthermore, during the demonstrations, protesters set a plane operated by the airline CAPA on fire at Mendi Airport (MDU). The airline has since suspended all flights to Mendi, Tari (Hela province), and Wapenamanda (Enga province) until further notice. According to local authorities, no one was in the plane at the time of the incident.\nThe protests erupted after a court issued a ruling confirming William Powi as governor of the province. Similar demonstrations broke out in Mendi in September and October 2017 after Prime Minister O'Neill declared Powi the winner of the 2017 elections. Powi is a member of the ruling People's National Congress party and opposition candidates have challenged the results of the election, claiming fraud and irregularities.\nIndividuals are advised to monitor the situation and contact their airline for more information if flying to or from Mendi, Tari, or Wapenanmanda. Furthermore, individuals in Papua New Guinea are advised to monitor the security situation, to follow orders issued by local authorities (e.g. curfews), and to avoid all large gatherings due to the possibility of violence.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 241, "original_length": 9628, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 193.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.gatewayhotel.com/about.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:58Z", "digest": "sha1:5L7BP3NMCY6P3KH54QG3ZCAWJVRNLGPB", "length": 1726, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.gatewayhotel.com", "title": "Affordable Hotels In Santa Monica - Gateway Hotel Santa Monica", "raw_content": "The Gateway Hotel Santa Monica\u200b\nAt the Gateway Hotel Santa Monica, we truly believe we\u2019re one of the best and most affordable hotels in Santa Monica. And we\u2019re not alone! If you\u2019re considering a stay with us, we invite you to learn more about us by reading reviews posted by your fellow travelers.\n\u200b\u201cPleasant & Off the Beaten Path\u201d\n\u200bWhile the hotel was 20 blocks from the ocean, it offered a more relaxing atmosphere away from the crowds. The walk to the beach and 3rd Street Promenade was doable and a good way to get exercise for the day. The hotel is on a bus line for those that do not want to walk and of course there were taxis available. The hotel rooms were airy and clean. I particularly liked the imitation wood floor and the shutters on the windows. This gave the room a more coastal feeling.\u201c\n\u201cCompliment Employees\u201d\nThere are three things that happened that were extraordinary. On the first day I drank two cups of decaf coffee. The next day, without asking, the housekeeper left me two extra decaf coffee pods. Second, I have a cold. At night I used a tissue and left it on the side of the bed. The next day, the housekeeper left an extra box of tissue on the bedside table. Rather than leaving me one little bottle of shampoo, they left me two. I travel for a living. These small acts are truly extraordinary. Please recognize and reward them on my behalf.\u201c\n\u201cBest Hotel Bed!\u201d\u200b\nThis is a nice centrally located hotel. There is free parking available below\n\u200bthe hotel.\n\u201cHotel Review\u201d\u200b\nExcellent proximity to UCLA Santa Monica medical hospitals and doctors. Clean rooms and very nice staff. No additional fees for parking. Only 30 minutes away from UCLA and their main campus and medical facilities in Westwood, CA\u201c", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 53, "original_length": 2674, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 337.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/blog/mandatory-fun-club-spotlight-ryan-windeknecht", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:09:46Z", "digest": "sha1:AGEIN42BBQMPWDUVIVK55H7VTM2B2SXL", "length": 4000, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "www.gauntlet-rpg.com", "title": "Mandatory Fun Club Spotlight: Ryan Windeknecht - The gauntlet", "raw_content": "Mandatory Fun Club Spotlight: Ryan Windeknecht\nby Michael G. Barford, Keeper of the Eternal Chime\nThis series of articles will serve as an introduction to the participants of the September 2018 round of Mandatory Fun Club. These Gauntleteers are preparing to start offering fresh events for Gauntlet Hangouts; be on the lookout for their games!\nHello Ryan! Welcome to Mandatory Fun Club! My first question for you is: How did you hear about the Gauntlet community?\nI first heard about the Gauntlet community by listening to Discern Realities. It was the summer of 2017, and, in a matter of days, I\u2019d gone through the entire catalog. I was hooked! So, I started listening to +1 Forward, the Gauntlet Podcast, and Fear of a Black Dragon. After that, becoming a member on Patreon was a no-brainer.\nWhat kind of experience do you have facilitating TTRPGs?\nI don\u2019t have much experience facilitating TTRPGs \u2013 which is one of the reasons that I jumped at Mandatory Fun Club! Back in the 90s, I ran some AD&D, Vampire: The Masquerade, and Shadowrun. Then, for a couple of decades, I didn\u2019t run or play anything. Over the past few years, I\u2019ve started back up again, usually running PbtA stuff (Dungeon World, Urban Shadows, Epyllion).\nWhat kind of experience do you have playing TTRPGs online?\nLike facilitating, I don't have much experience playing TTRPGs online. Aside from some play-by-post, all my experience comes from Gauntlet Hangouts. I\u2019ve had some very generous facilitators (David Rothfeder, Mikael Tysv\u00e6r, Richard Ruane, Maxime Lacoste, Christo Meid), as well as fellow players (too many to list \u2013 you know who you are), welcome me to the Gauntlet community. Not to mention Michael G. Barford, who has put together a motley crew for MFC. I\u2019m indebted to you all!\nWhat made you decide to jump in and start facilitating games for Gauntlet Hangouts?\nI decided to start facilitating games for Gauntlet Hangouts for a couple of reasons. One, I don\u2019t get many chances to do it, and, when I do, I don\u2019t really know what I\u2019m doing, but running games is fun! Two \u2013 this will sound cheesy, but I really do mean it \u2013 the Gauntlet community is awesome, and I want to do whatever I can to support it.\nTell us about the game you're planning to facilitate for MFC! Why did you choose it?\nI\u2019m embarrassed to write this, but I chose to facilitate Urban Shadows for MFC because I\u2019m lazy. I was already preparing to run it for Magpie Games at Gen Con, and I figured I could run it again for MFC without too much effort. Did I mention I\u2019m also running it for Gauntlet Con? Laziness aside, it\u2019s an awesome game that takes me back to playing Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Mage: The Ascension, and all that WoD goodness!\nWhat other games would you be interested in facilitating for Gauntlet Hangouts in the future?\nI\u2019ve got a hard drive full of games that I\u2019ve backed on Kickstarter, and I\u2019d love to facilitate any one of them for Gauntlet Hangouts! I\u2019m always down for running PbtA stuff. AND \u2026 I\u2019ve got a kernel of an idea for a signature event (Philosophy Fridays) that I hope will germinate and grow and see the light of day in the not-too-distant future.\nIs there anything non-gaming-related that you'd like people to know about you?\nHere are three non-gaming-related things about me. One (taking a page from Jim Crocker\u2019s MFC Spotlight), I turned 39 years old last month, and this month marks 17 years as a vegetarian. Two, I live in Knoxville, TN, with my brilliant, beautiful, all-around-awesome wife, and our two dogs. Three, I get paid to teach philosophy using TTRPGs (okay, that one is gaming-related, but I\u2019m proud of it, sorry!).\nWhere can people go to hear more from you?\nIf you want to hear more for me, I\u2019ve got the usual social media presence:\nhttps://twitter.com/DR_W_UT\nhttps://www.facebook.com/ryan.windeknecht\nI\u2019ve also got a crappy blog, which I haven\u2019t updated in years. But, maybe if I talk about it, I\u2019ll actually start updating it!\nhttps://ryan-windeknecht.squarespace.com/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 93, "original_length": 5082, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 335.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.gayot.com/restaurants/cast-santa-monica-ca-90401_2la130750-03.html?map=1", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:56Z", "digest": "sha1:BY3PG6UNZQPIBNSF3AM373LKLF5COMOD", "length": 294, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.gayot.com", "title": "CAST Restaurant Map Santa Monica CA | Gayot", "raw_content": "CAST Map\n1819 Ocean Ave. (Pico Blvd.)\nNeed directions to CAST? This map will help you find the best route to and from the restaurant so you can enjoy your meal. Clicking on the green arrow can help you get the best route to and from this restaurant if you don't see the \"Get directions\" pop-up.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 51, "original_length": 1476, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 252.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/nokia-3-1-smartphone-lands-in-the-us-july-2nd-26-02-2018/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:20Z", "digest": "sha1:BTJPKVVLTFULMMMTXC7GGOY5QFOWZY5O", "length": 859, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.geeky-gadgets.com", "title": "Nokia 3.1 Smartphone Lands In The US July 2nd - Geeky Gadgets", "raw_content": "Nokia 3.1 Smartphone Lands In The US July 2nd\nThe new Nokia 3.1 smartphone was made official recently, the handset is now coming to the US next month.\nHMD Global has revealed that the Nokia 3.1 will go on ale in the US from the 2nd of July, the device will be available from Amazon and Best Buy.\nAs a reminder the handset will come with a 5.2 inch HD+ display with a resolution of 1440 x 720 pixels, processing is provided by a MediaTek MT6750 processor and it comes with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of storage.\nOther specifications on the handset include a rear facing 13 megapixel camera for videos and pictures,up front there will be an 8 megapixel camera for Selfies. The handset will come with Android 8.1 Oreo and a 2990 mAh battery.\nThe new Nokia 3.1 will come sin a choice of different colors and the handset will retail for $159 when it launches on July 2nd.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 86, "original_length": 2857, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 293.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.generalat-hsosf.de/whats-new/news-from-the-generalate/newsartikel/news/congratulations-sister-m-gerburg-aufderheide-osf/?tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&cHash=1322ace067d23050fa9f9fa68595cb69", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:45Z", "digest": "sha1:M53TKP7GRIJVSMKVNTVHMRFFGGP7EZE4", "length": 1644, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.generalat-hsosf.de", "title": "Congratulations Sister M. Gerburg Aufderheide, O.S.F. | HSOSF", "raw_content": "Home > What's new > News from the Generalate >\nCongratulations Sister M. Gerburg Aufderheide, O.S.F.\nSister Gerburg arrived in India on January 26, 1974. She went to the village of Pithora, 100 km from Raipur, and the capital city of Chhattisgarh. Her dream of being a missionary began to be realized as she reached the remote village Pithora.\nInitially, she cared for the sick and for abandoned children. Later on, she was an active and positive influence for the religious formation of the young Indian women who joined the congregation.\nShe faced multiple challenges: language, culture, and primitive living conditions. She identified with the poor. Pithora has been her home for 44 years. She has become one with the Indian People.\nShe lives the Franciscan Spirit of hospitality and simplicity. She is always ready to extend her hand to those in need, thus fulfilling the charism of the congregation: To be the healing presence of Christ.\nOn June 9, 2018, Sister Gerburg celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Religious Profession (60 years professed) in India. Sister Gerburg joined the Congregation in M\u00fcnster and professed her first vows in1958. Sisters of her class celebrated the Jubilee in M\u00fcnster, in April this year. Sister Gerburg did not join the group in M\u00fcnster, as she wanted to celebrate her jubilee with her Sisters in India.\nSister M. Beata and Sister M. Margarete, from the General Leadership, participate in the jubilee celebration in India. Prof. Dr. Michael M\u00f6llmann, M\u00fcnster, is also in Pithora for the celebration.\nWe congratulate Sister Gerburg on her diamond Jubilee! May she be blessed as she continues to serve in India!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 73, "original_length": 2865, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 290.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.geordiestewart.co.uk/expeditions/carstensz-pyramid/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:21:16Z", "digest": "sha1:UXT6DN266EC6BVCXI6SSREE6AMB56HRN", "length": 2064, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.geordiestewart.co.uk", "title": "Geordie Stewart | Carstensz Pyramid", "raw_content": "In September 2010 I flew to Jakarta and successfully climbed Carstensz Pyramid in Indonesia \u2013 the 6th of my Seven Summits.\nRising from the dense tropical jungle of West Papua in Indonesia, Carstensz Pyramid is the most elusive of the Seven Summits. Its remoteness combined with government restrictions, political instability in the region and frequent tribal warring, has meant that few people have climbed it since the first ascent in 1961.\nFewer still have climbed via the more demanding jungle trek approach, which my multinational team undertook. This involved navigating through jungle paths inclusive of swamps, precarious balancing acts over river crossings and thigh-deep mud. One consistent aspect of an ever-changing and remarkable expedition was the extreme heavy rainfall every afternoon ensuring wellies and umbrellas \u2013 kit list essentials \u2013 were put to good use.\nOur porters for the expedition were the local Dani tribe who ensured on a typically unpredictable schedule which only added to the experience. Having finally moved to our Base Camp, right next to the luminous copper infused lakes \u2013 the area is home to one of the world\u2019s largest gold and copper mines \u2013 we could prepare for the summit attempt.\nSummit day on Carstensz involves a higher degree of technical rock climbing than any other of the Seven Summits. It begins at night, and you immediately feel the sharp rock tear through your gloves. Onwards and upwards to a ridge not for the faint-hearted, a precarious Tyrolean Traverse \u2013 a rope pulley system over a large chasm. After we reached the snowline though, it opens out to a rocky outcrop which represented the 6th, and hopefully penultimate, summit of my long journey.\nAn expedition to this intriguing landscape is not just a climbing expedition. From the unnerving cliff edge plane landing to the jungles and the Dani tribe, in terms of cultural diversity, this tops the lot. It is one of the most memorable locations I have visited, encountering some of the most varied people and providing an experience that will stay with me.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 2755, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 337.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.getaroom.com/hotels/falkensteiner-schlosshotel-velden-2?currency=VND", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:33Z", "digest": "sha1:DCY2TU2H6HP5SWWPQYQTOJW24YQGTWP4", "length": 2020, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.getaroom.com", "title": "FALKENSTEINER SCHLOSSHOTEL VELDEN Villach - Villach Hotels - at getaroom", "raw_content": "More Hotels in Villach, AT\nFALKENSTEINER SCHLOSSHOTEL VELDEN 5.0 Stars\nSchlosspark 1, Velden am Worthersee, Villach 9220 View on Map Based on 511 Reviews\nDetailsrcbqqbtacaauxctweqts\nFacilities Guest accommodation comprises 103 rooms. Individual storeys are accessible via the lift or stairs. Services and facilities at the hotel include a restaurant, a dining area, a library, room service and a conference room. Wireless internet access is available to travellers in the public areas. There is also a garden. Guests arriving by car can leave their vehicles in the garage (for a fee) or in the car park. A bicycle hire service (for a fee) gives guests the opportunity to explore the surrounding area independently. Rooms The hotel features rooms with air conditioning, a living room, a kitchen and a bathroom. A balcony is included as standard in most rooms, offering additional space for relaxation. A king-size bed ensures a good night's sleep. Cots are available for younger travellers. A safe and a minibar are also available. Features include a mini fridge and a tea/coffee station. Other features include internet access, a telephone, a TV and WiFi. Guests will also find slippers in their rooms. The bathrooms have a shower and a bathtub. A hairdryer and bathrobes are provided for everyday use. The establishment offers non-smoking rooms. Sports/Entertainment A refreshing dip in the indoor or outdoor pool is an enjoyable way to cool down on hot days. Sun loungers on the sun terrace offer an inviting place to relax. The hot tub is the perfect place to relax. Those wishing to enjoy an active holiday can enjoy tennis and golf. For a fee, biking/mountain biking is also available. Guests of the accommodation can enjoy indoor activities, including a gym. Various wellness options are available at the hotel, including a spa, a sauna, a steam bath and massage treatments. Fun and entertainment are offered by a casino. Meals Half board is bookable. Guests can choose to book options such as breakfast or dinner.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 83, "original_length": 3777, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 320.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.gettyimages.at/detail/nachrichtenfoto/sam-smith-performs-on-stage-at-the-brit-awards-2018-nachrichtenfoto/922464108", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:16Z", "digest": "sha1:4EG6Q6GZM4OESV6FVSMORY5TE7GXRTQT", "length": 256, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.gettyimages.at", "title": "Sam Smith performs on stage at The BRIT Awards 2018 held at The O2... Nachrichtenfoto | Getty Images", "raw_content": "LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 21: *** EDITORIAL USE ONLY IN RELATION TO THE BRIT AWARDS 2018 *** Sam Smith performs on stage at The BRIT Awards 2018 held at The O2 Arena on February 21, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Samir Hussein/WireImage)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 247, "original_length": 7908, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 218.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.girlsnotbrides.org/child-marriage/gambia/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:37:57Z", "digest": "sha1:5RM25ZMPK7QTAQSFYS5IFET6525JBBHV", "length": 3930, "nlines": 33, "source_domain": "www.girlsnotbrides.org", "title": "Gambia - Child Marriage Around The World. Girls Not Brides", "raw_content": "30% of girls in The Gambia are married before the age of 18 and 9% are married before their 15th birthday.\nThe lowest median ages of marriage are in Kuntaur and Basse.\nChild marriage is driven by gender inequality and the belief that women and girls are somehow inferior to men and boys. In The Gambia, child marriage is also driven by:\nLevel of education: Girls without education tend to marry at a younger age than those who have completed primary or secondary school.\nPoverty: Girls from The Gambia\u2019s poorest households are more likely to marry as children.\nPre-marital sex: Some parents reportedly marry off their daughters in order to avoid them becoming pregnant before marriage.\nGender norms: Girls in The Gambia are given very little choice in decisions around marriage. Prospective husbands often give their parents money or jewellery or make promises, such as sending them to Mecca, in order to secure marriages.\nThe Gambia has committed to eliminate child, early and forced marriage by 2030 in line with target 5.3 of the Sustainable Development Goals.\nIn 2014, The Gambia signed a joint statement at the Human Rights Council calling for a resolution on child marriage.\nThe Gambia ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1990, which sets a minimum age of marriage of 18, and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in 1993, which obligates states to ensure free and full consent to marriage.\nIn 2000 The Gambia ratified the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, including Article 21 regarding the prohibition of child marriage.\nIn 2005 The Gambia ratified the African Charter on Human and People\u2019s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, including Article 6 which sets the minimum age for marriage as 18.\nAs a member of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), The Gambia has adopted the Strategic Framework for Strengthening National Child Protection Systems under which protecting children from marriage is a priority.\nDuring its 2014 Universal Periodic Review, The Gambia agreed to examine recommendations to enact laws prohibiting child marriage and to raise the minimum age of marriage to 18.\nOn 16 June 2016, The Gambia launched the African Union campaign to end child marriage in Africa. The government also declared June 2016 as \u201cthe month on ending child marriage\u201d and organised a nationwide sensitization campaign under the leadership of the First Lady Madam Zineb Jammeh.\nWith support from UNICEF, the Gambian Women\u2019s Bureau has been working closely with Tostan, an international NGO, to engage communities through the Community Empowerment Programme (CEP). The CEP empowers girls so they can make their own decisions and supports community members to take a more active role in ending child marriage and other harmful traditional practices.\nIn July 2016, The Gambia made all marriages under the age of 18 illegal.\nAfrican Union, Campaign to End Child Marriage in Africa: Call to Action, 2013, (accessed May 2018)\nThe Gambia Bureau of Statistics and ICF International, The Gambia Demographic and Health Survey 2013, 2014, (accessed May 2018)\nThe Standard, UNFPA lauds Gambia child marriage ban, [website], 2016, (accessed May 2018)\nUNICEF Gambia, Breaking the cycle \u2013 ending child marriage, [website], 2014,(accessed May 2018)\nUN General Assembly, Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review, Gambia, 2014, p.18, (accessed May 2018)\nMembers In Gambia\nChildren and Community Initiative for Development (CAID)\nGambia Committee on Traditional Practices (GAMCOTRAP)\nThe Girls\u2019 Agenda\nThe Society for the Study of Women\u2019s Health (SSWH)\nThink Young Women\nResources related to Gambia\nMore from Gambia\nThe girl who said no to FGM \u2013 video (The Guardian)\nGambia ban on child marriage could spark backlash, activist fears (Thomson Reuters Foundation)\nThe Gambia bans female genital mutilation (The Guardian)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 138, "original_length": 7773, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 223.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.globalresearch.ca/israel-is-stealing-palestinian-and-arab-water/18299", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:54Z", "digest": "sha1:DVK4GQM6G3GXKVB3MQFS7JGU7DQAR6MC", "length": 19546, "nlines": 64, "source_domain": "www.globalresearch.ca", "title": "Israel is Stealing Palestinian and Arab Water - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization", "raw_content": "Israel is Stealing Palestinian and Arab Water\nBy Sawsan Ramahi\nUruknet.info 23 March 2010\nTheme: Environment, United Nations\nWorld Water Day is upon us. Initiated by the United Nations in 1992 during its Conference on Environment and Development, 22 March 1993 was chosen as the first international day for water aiming to draw attention to the importance of fresh water and its availability. The commemoration of the day has since focused every year on a different aspect of the difficulties faced by people in obtaining fresh water.\nThere is no doubt that UN interest in this matter is of great importance, although the world body needs to do more than merely have an annual day on the issue. What is required is for the UN to put an end to the monopoly of water by any state which has water sources within its borders and to put an end to the diversion and theft of water from occupied lands.\nWhen an occupying power exploits the resources of the occupied land at the expense of the original inhabitants, it builds itself on the ruins of what it has destroyed, and such theft of resources is obvious, even when the occupier tries to hide its actions behind noble principles. This malfeasance is made worse by claiming that the land in question is a gift from God and politically-motivated myths such as it is \u201ca land without a people for a people without land\u201c. When such wrongdoing is compounded even further by acts of genocide against the indigenous people, killing thousands and dispossessing hundreds of thousands in acts of ethnic cleansing, the situation is very serious indeed. Following on from the efforts to destroy the necessities of life for those under occupation, the occupier has sought to control the main necessity, the water resources. The de facto annexation and control of water in the occupied Palestinian territories has always been, alongside the colonisation of land, one of Israel\u2019s priorities.\nThis long-standing aim of the Jewish state has been confirmed by confidential documents published by the British Foreign Office, in which David Ben-Gurion, writing in 1941, said, \u201cWe have to remember that for the Jewish state\u2019s ability to survive it must have within its borders, the waters of the [rivers] Jordan and Litani.\u201c\nIsrael\u2019s control of Arab water\nSince 1948 the Israeli authorities have sought to control the majority of the water resources in Palestine.\nAfter the 1967 war Israel gained control of the main Arab water sources in the Middle East,\n1. The upper Jordan River basin, which originates from Lebanon and Syria:\nIsrael Seized the Jordan River and stored its water in Lake Tiberius (the Sea of Galilee), then transported the water from north to south to feed the different areas of Israel. Israel gets 60% of this water, while Jordan gets 25% and Syria 15%, despite its source being within Syria\u2019s borders. It has also prevented the Palestinians from reaching the Jordan River, destroyed all their pumps on the river and evicted the farmers.\n2. As a result of the diversion of water from the river by Israel the land on both banks has been affected, while the salt level in the water has increased considerably.\n3. Yarmouk River basin shared between Jordan and Syria:\nWhen Israel occupied the Golan Heights, it prevented Syria from benefiting from its water; today 30% of Israel\u2019s water comes from the Golan Heights. It also captured the Syrian water source in the Yarmouk River Basin. The Golan Heights is the main source of water flowing to the Jordan River and Lake Tiberius, which provide water to Syria, Jordan and Palestine; this is why Israel refuses to give up these water sources in any negotiations with Syria.\n4. Large underground reservoirs in the West Bank, known as the Reservoir of the Mountain and the Mountain-Well; the Palestinians have been unable to have access to them since 1967.\nWhen Israel invaded Lebanon in 1978 it controlled nearly 30% of the Litani River, and during the occupation of Lebanon in 1982 the Israelis benefited from the Wazzani and the Litani\u2019s waters, transferring water from them to Israel, while expelling the Lebanese farmers dependent on them.\nIn 1989 the Israelis took advantage of the Hasbani and Wazzani waters by installing pipes for themselves, and despite withdrawing from Lebanon in 2000 there are still many Israeli artesian wells on the borders which reduce the groundwater in Lebanese territory.\nIsrael uses various means to control the waters of the River Nile, which is 6825 km long and has two main sources; the Equatorial Lakes Region of Southern Sudan and the Ethiopian plateau. Israel tries from time to time to cooperate with Ethiopia to build dams and other facilities to control the Nile waters, seeking to reduce Egypt\u2019s share of water and put pressure on it in order to secure its share of Nile water. This much has been disclosed by senior officials.\nControl over the waters of the West Bank and Gaza and the water crisis threaten their populations\nSince Israel began its occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip it has striven to remain in control of the water resources and diverted water from the Palestinian territories to the cities and settlements set up on the ruins of Palestinian towns destroyed in 1948.\nAbdel-Rahman Tamimi, a water expert, says that the water battle with the occupation started early on, with military orders and systematic control of water basins, wells and springs since the occupation of the West Bank started in 1967. According to Mr. Tamimi, the water sources were placed under the control of the Israeli Civil Administration in the 1970s, and even after the Oslo agreement they remained under Israeli control, \u201cwhich exacerbated the water problem in the West Bank.\u201d\nThe Gaza Strip depends on the coastal underground water reservoir that lies under the Mediterranean Sea between Rafah in the south and north of Mount Carmel, a total area of 2200 km2, of which 400 km2 is located underneath the Gaza Strip. This groundwater is largely independent of the groundwater inside Israel because of the flow of water in an east-west direction into the reservoir; thus, the amount of water available to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip would be reasonable had Israel not confiscated more than 80% of the Palestinian groundwater to make up 20% of the Israelis\u2019 total water consumption which stands at 2 billion cubic metres per annum. Due to this, it is estimated that this underground fresh water source will run dry within the next 8 years.\nThe Palestinian Water Authority has explained that the Gaza Strip is suffering from an annual water deficit of up 70 million cubic metres, noting that as a result of natural population growth in the Strip there are now more than a million and a half people depending on a single source of water, the coastal aquifer, to meet their needs. The authority also noted the negative effect on the quality of groundwater due to sea water intrusion, causing high salinity and adding to the high concentration of nitrates in the water, caused by the leakage of sewage and the return underground of irrigation water.\nThe authority\u2019s report states that 90-95% of groundwater used for domestic purposes is not fit for human consumption and not compliant with the World Health Organization standards for drinking water, in terms of quality and quantity, which constitutes a serious threat to health and is a cause of many diseases affecting the population of the Gaza Strip.\nThe Water Authority says that the rate of water available per person per day is about 80 litres, equivalent to half the recommendation of the World Health Organization.\nThe West Bank depends on artesian wells for drinking and agricultural purposes. The capacity of running water and water springs in the West Bank ranges, according to the estimates of many experts, between 30 and 50 million cubic metres annually. The springs in the West Bank are estimated to have a capacity of about 75-115 million cubic metres. This was before the Israelis began to use 730 wells in the West Bank for different purposes. There are now 214 wells, of which only 20 are reserved for household purposes, functioning with a production capacity set by the Israeli authorities at about 37.9 million cubic metres annually. The remaining wells have dried up due to pumping from deep wells dug by the Israeli military authorities, or due to being abandoned.\nThe rate of water consumption of Israel citizens is 344 million cubic metres per year, while the consumption of Palestinians stands at 93 million cubic metres per year. The domestic consumption of Israelis amounts to 98 million cubic metres, while for Palestinians it comes to 56 million cubic metres per year. It is clear that the Israelis use and waste more water than anyone else in the region.\nA study has been made of this issue by the Palestinian Institute for Economic Policy Research (MAS), prepared by Annan Jayyousi, a lecturer at the Faculty of Engineering in Al-Najah University and an expert on the subject of water, and Fathi Srougi, an expert on geopolitical issues relating to water.\nJayyousi referred to the volume of water resources in historic Palestine, which is estimated by Israelis hydrologists at about 2250 million cubic metres of renewable water, and includes 3 reserves within the West Bank area producing about 679 million cubic metres of water. According to international law, this water belongs to the Palestinians but they only get 118 million cubic metres. In other words, Palestinians get just 15% of their own water while the rest is consumed by Israelis.\nRegarding the use of water for domestic purposes Jayussi said, \u201cThe supply quantity is estimated at about 130 million cubic metres in the West Bank and Gaza Strip; this means that the average person\u2019s water supply is estimated at around 97 litres per day. That said however, the actual average consumption falls short of 70 litres per day, due to the high rate of wasted water.\u201d This is due to overdue maintenance work on the pipe network, among other reasons. Jayussi estimates use by the industrial sector at a total of about 9 million cubic metres annually.\nIn the agricultural sector, the study shows that the average share of irrigated land for an individual is only 0.071 dunams (1000 m2). Furthermore the use of water for irrigation does not exceed 45 cubic metres per person, which is less than the prevailing rates in Jordan and Israel.\nIt must be noted that Israel has not allowed the Palestinians to control their water according to their needs, but tied them up in resolutions through which the Jewish state:\n1. Limits the amount of water withdrawals to no more than 100 cubic metres per hour.\n2. Limits the depth of drilled wells to 140 metres, requiring specific types of old pumps which are permitted in the West Bank, essentially limiting the capacity to extract water from these wells.\n3. Dug huge wells in strategic areas where water accumulates across the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in order to steal Palestinian water (60 wells in the West Bank, 43 in the Gaza Strip, and 26 along the armistice line between Gaza and Israel.\n4. Adopted a strategy of building small dams to prevent the natural flow of surface water to the Palestinian areas thus allowing the transfer of high quality water from Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories into Israeli cities, or selling this water to the Palestinians.\n5. Builds settlements such that they are in areas with the highest quality underground water reserves to allow Israel to seize the water, directly or indirectly, a policy which has lead to the depletion of groundwater in the Gaza Strip.\nAccording to a study by the Palestinian Information Centre, 150 Palestinian residential communities in the West Bank are not part of the water distribution networks. Most residents in these communities suffer from water shortages.\nHebron as a model\nThe city of Hebron, in the south of the West Bank, is considered the most deprived Palestinian city in terms of lack of water, where the average Palestinian individual consumes as little as 10 litres of water per day for extended periods of time.\nThe water problem in Hebron is primarily a result of the Israeli occupation authority\u2019s control over water basins; Palestinians are not permitted to dig wells and the Israelis do not provide the water necessary for daily use. An example illustrates the measures to which the Israelis are prepared to go with this: the Israeli army surprised four citizens from the village of Soba, west of Hebron as they were drilling a well to collect rainwater; they were surrounded and arrested, their equipment was confiscated; they were fined and finally released with strict orders not to resume drilling.\nAbdel-Rahman Rajoub has commented on this: \u201cWhat is strange is that one of the detainees said that they had told the investigating officer, during the eight days that they were in custody, that the drilling was simply for the purpose of collecting rainwater. The officer accused them of \u2018stealing groundwater\u2019 and told them that rainwater collection is \u2018forbidden\u2019.\u201d\nPools of water destroyed in Hebron\nTo the east of Hebron, the Israeli army destroyed four large pools that collect water, and deprived large areas of agricultural land of irrigation water, causing great losses to dozens of farmers. Several said that this is in order \u201cto harass the Palestinians and force them into leaving the area, in order to clear it for settlement building.\u201d\nThe residents in this fertile region have resorted to making holes in water pipes to get the water needed to irrigate their crops, even though this is at the expense of their drinking water.\nThe impact of constructing the wall on water sources in the West Bank\nIn addition to the tactics noted above that are employed by the Israelis to seize Palestinian water, the occupation authority has used the illegal \u201cseparation wall\u201d to ensure that it also has control of three of the most important Palestinian water basins, depriving the Palestinians of their right of access in order to send this water to settlements. As the construction of what is basically an apartheid wall continues in the West Bank, Palestinian official sources confirm that it will annex to Israel about 95% of the water that is accessible in the Western Basin, which is estimated at about 362 million metres.\nThe area isolated behind the western part of the wall lies above two basins; the western basin and north-east basin, which have an estimated annual capacity of 507 million cubic metres. The area isolated in the east lies completely over the eastern basin which has an estimated capacity of 172 million cubic metres annually. Water is extracted from these aquifers by pumping from wells or from the natural springs. The estimated number of groundwater wells in these regions is 165 with a pumping capacity of 33 million cubic metres per year; the number of springs is estimated to be 53, with a capacity of 22 million cubic metres per year.\nIn the Jenin, Qalqilya and Tulkarem provinces, the land annexed by the wall is entirely congruent with the locations of groundwater, meaning that all the groundwater reserves are on the wrong that is, the Israeli side of the wall. This renders as useless any Palestinian attempt to extract water from those reserves; as such, the wall threatens to drive to extinction irrigated agriculture in the north of the West Bank.\nAccording to the report by the Palestinian Water Authority, the wall has led to the loss of Palestinian access to more than 36 wells, which includes 23 located directly on the route of the wall, and 13 others nearby that were used for agriculture and drinking; these wells now lie between the wall and the old \u201cGreen Line\u201d (the 1967 armistice line). The wells used to pump about 55 million cubic metres per annum, around 25% of the total extracted from the Western reservoir. The occupation authorities are also seeking, through the route of the wall, to seize more than 400 m3 which constitutes the entire capacity of the renewable groundwater West Basin, of which most is accumulated within the borders of the Palestinian West Bank.\nContamination of groundwater reserves in the West Bank and Gaza Strip\nIsrael drains the Palestinian groundwater, which has led to an increase in the levels of salts, nitrates and chlorides, as well as heavy metal contaminations such as copper and lead, which deem it unsuitable for drinking or agricultural use. The draining of wells has also caused severe leakage of salty groundwater into fresh groundwater in the West Bank; in the Gaza Strip seawater has leaked into the groundwater basin to fill the vacuum.\nThe spread of diseases\nThe Palestinian Ministry of Health confirms the results of tests showing that the water in the networks is contaminated frequently, leading to the spread of diseases among the population. Analysis has shown a link between the contamination of water and the spread of diseases, such as typhoid fever, meningitis and cholera. An official in the Ministry of Health monitoring committee confirmed that they are examining all water continually, whether it is drinking water, for agriculture or for other uses. He said, \u201cThere is an ongoing process of filtration and purification of the water in the wells which reduces the contamination and salt levels in the water.\u201d The Israeli security forces hinder or prevent the implementation of many projects that have the potential to solve this problem, he added.\nFrom the above we note that Israel is the cause of the water crisis for Palestinians in particular and for Arabs in general, a fact that the Jewish state refuses to acknowledge. Israel will continue with its plans to control more water resources, especially as it seeks to attract ever-greater numbers of Jewish immigrants.\nUnfortunately, the Oslo agreement deferred negotiations of the issue of water to the anticipated \u2018final status\u2019 agreement, which was one mistake amongst many committed by the Palestinian negotiators. By agreeing to defer consideration of the most important issues until the \u2018final status\u2019 talks (including the status of Jerusalem, the return of refugees as well as the water issue), they have allowed Israel to introduce many changes and \u201cfacts on the ground\u201d which the Palestinians will just have to accept.\nThe Jewish state avoids discussing the core issues such as the water problems of the Palestinians and tries to shift the focus to long-term solutions such as the search for alternative water sources, desalination plants and a reduction in the amount needed for agriculture.\nIt is worth remembering that unless proposals include Palestinian control over their own natural water resources, it is useless to talk about an independent Palestinian state, with real sovereignty over its air, land and sea. It is equally useless, to consider achieving genuine peace.\nThe United Nations should take its responsibilities seriously and oblige Israel to end its illegal occupation of Palestinian land, giving back to the Palestinians their inalienable rights, including control of its natural resources. As long as Israel is treated with kid gloves by the international community, as a state which is above the law, peace talks \u2013 proximity or direct \u2013 will continue to be diplomatic devices to give the Israelis more time to create more facts on the ground; and genuine peace and justice will remain as elusive as ever.\nThe original source of this article is Uruknet.info\nCopyright \u00a9 Sawsan Ramahi, Uruknet.info, 2010\nArticles by: Sawsan Ramahi", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 217, "original_length": 24403, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 169.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.globethics.net/ru/network/networks-about", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:29:09Z", "digest": "sha1:W4J2OI2J62IAAVCNTAAIE6UZBFXKFOKI", "length": 1504, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.globethics.net", "title": "About the networks - Globethics.net", "raw_content": "A growing ethics community\nGlobethics.net is a global interactive online community. It comprises people and organisations from a very broad geographical and professional background. It offers many possibilities for contacts, interaction and collaborative projects among participants.\nParticipants come from various sectors of activity such as academic, private, religious, governmental and non-governmental sectors. You will therefore find professors, researchers and students as well as medical doctors, nurses, compliance and ethics officers, politicians, journalists, social and development workers, clergy and lay people working in religious institutions, etc.\nAs you see in the map below, participants come from all over the world counting more than 200 countries and territories.\nEvery participant enjoys a personal profile where information, favourites and contacts are gathered according to your choices so to better organise your work and time.\nOrganisations can also have their own space in the Globethics.net Network. You will find ethics centres, libraries, faith based organisations and grassroots organisations involved in ethical challenges from empowering Dalits, Adivasis and women and children in India to knowledge transfer and social action in Spain.\nThere are more than 120,000 participants and 9'091 organisations in the network, growing every day! Do not wait for others to contact you but use the opportunity to find research partners, look for information or share your concerns.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 113, "original_length": 4096, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 239.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.goamazonoffers.com/remedies-for-kidney-stones/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:14:38Z", "digest": "sha1:ZZHRCNM4JRIGSPC5ZKWJQ2MKT6LJM3ZB", "length": 6458, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "www.goamazonoffers.com", "title": "Remedies For Kidney Stones - Amazon Offers", "raw_content": "There are many people that suffer from kidney stones without ever knowing it, first noticing it as a dull pain originating in the lower back. For the most part, kidney stones aren\u2019t very dangerous, but can be annoying and cause discomfort unnecessarily.\nDehydration is by far the most common contributor to the development of kidney stones, as almost 75% of the world\u2019s population do not consume enough water on a daily basis. For years you have probably heard the recommended daily intake of water standing at eight glasses, but very few people actually get this amount. Instead, people tend to go by thirst, and are lucky to even get five glasses in.\nThe best thing you can do is to full a large water bottle, such as 1 L size, and strive to consume four filled bottles each day. Scheduling water breaks throughout the day is a much better practice than just going by eight glasses, when you are unlikely to be counting glasses at all.\nEnsuring you drink enough water every day helps to flush mineral residue out of the kidneys, preventing their deposition and subsequent crystallization leading to stone formation.\nIt seems like if there is nothing Apple cider vinegar can\u2019t handle, and in the future this may very well be true. For the time being, however, it still remains an effective natural remedy for kidney stones, as it can help to dissolve small kidney stones. Regular consumption of 2 teaspoons per day is also advised to prevent a recurrence, or formation of new stones.\nWhether you use freshly squeezed lemons, or the concentrate, the key is to use it daily if you are prone to kidney stones, or if you prefer to prevent them prophylactically. Lemons contain citrate, which impairs calcium stones from forming in the kidneys.\nLemon juice consumed daily can also help to fragment and dissolve small stones that can easily be passed out in urine. Added to this, lemon has natural antibacterial properties which can help safeguard you from urinary tract infections that may develop as your body tries to pass these stones.\nPomegranates are a true superfood, loaded with antioxidants and beneficial phytocompounds that promote health and well-being of the body as a whole. When it comes to kidney stones, pomegranates can reduce the acidity of urine, which is one factor that promotes the formation of stones.\nStones are less likely to form in the kidneys if urine is slightly more alkaline, added to the fact that it is more likely to pass out naturally as it is dissolved.\nBasil is more than just a tasty herb to add to your meals, as it is also one of the most effective natural kidney stone treatments around. Regular consumption of basil can help to regulate the production of uric acid, high levels of which are associated with an increased risk of kidney stone formation.\nBasil also naturally contains acetic acid, which is one of the primary active compounds in apple cider vinegar, and which has proven efficacy in helping to break and dissolve stones. For best results, either consume basil juice, or in the form of a supplemental extract.\nAdd celery to the list of natural herbs that can help to prevent kidney stone formation, and you are likely to have a strong cocktail that can tackle the toughest stones. Rather than assisting with dissolving the stones, however, celery exerts a diuretic effect that enhances the frequency of urination.\nAnother strong correlating factor to stone formation is urinary frequency, as people that urinate fewer times a day are more likely to develop stones since the mineral deposits spend a greater time in the kidney and bladder, and as water is reabsorbed by the body, more likely to settle.\nIt is also very important to ensure that you are drinking enough water, or celery will be unable to deliver its maximal effect on reducing stone formation.\nIt\u2019s funny how a food with kidney in its name could actually be good for your kidney, right? Well as it turns out nature has a funny way of putting the most obvious things in front of us, since many of us rather complicate things.\nKidney beans are a rich source of dietary magnesium, with this important mineral integral in the prevention of kidney stones in the first place. Persons with diets high in magnesium are less likely to experience the formation of calcium stones, as magnesium and calcium share an intricate balance, keeping each other in check.\nWe know it is unlikely that you will consume kidney beans daily, so a more practical option is to boil the beans (after removing from the pod), and consuming the extracted liquid. This also saves you time of having to make it every single day, as you can refrigerate it for use on other days.\nGreen tea is great for weight loss and overall health, thanks to the presence of unique antioxidant compounds and phenols. When it comes to kidney stones, green tea can help safeguard you by promoting the excretion of oxalate via the urine. The majority of kidney stones are calcium oxalate, so by reducing the likelihood of these two compounds interacting, you also decrease your risk of developing them.\nThere are many dietary sources of oxalate that you may never have considered, so it is imperative that you also actively address oxalate consumption for green tea to be effective.\nYou probably know that cranberry juice is highly touted as a natural remedy for urinary tract infections, but did you also know that it can help to prevent kidney stone formation? Yes, as it turns out cranberry juice can also help decrease the amount of calcium found in your urine, by promoting its reabsorption into bone.\nCalcium is a critical mineral that should not be unnecessarily excreted, and cranberries are the perfect thing to do just that.\nStinging Nettle Leaf Tea\nStinging nettles have been studied extensively over the past few years, where they have been found to have antihistamine properties, the ability to boost testosterone levels, and now, to help treat and prevent kidney stones.\nStinging nettle leaf tea has a natural diuretic property, which assists with the flushing out of uric acid, oxalate and calcium ions that may be present. Encouraging diuresis is one of the most well-known ways to prevent stone formation, and coupled with its antibacterial properties that safeguard the kidneys and urinary tract, you are unlikely to have a problem in this regard.\nTags: Kidney Stones\nNext story Microsoft Surface Studio 2 is the \u2018fastest Surface ever\u2019\nPrevious story Health Benefits of Avocado", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 105, "original_length": 8025, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 277.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.gonepaintin.com/event/?13821/info/closed-mar-20-2017-at-100am&secredr=1", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:17:26Z", "digest": "sha1:BRE4GM66BKABVEAGZJW4Q2FKZ25PK3LD", "length": 37, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.gonepaintin.com", "title": "closed", "raw_content": "Monday Mar 20, 2017 1:00am to 11:45pm", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 1575, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 39.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.gonepaintin.com/event/?20912/info/wine-down-wednesday-nov-15-2017-at-500pm&secredr=1", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:14Z", "digest": "sha1:EDM35GMQVXEFVQ2GC6HB276WA7UWWBNY", "length": 39, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.gonepaintin.com", "title": "Wine Down Wednesday", "raw_content": "Wednesday Nov 15, 2017 5:00pm to 8:00pm", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 70, "original_length": 1899, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 39.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.good.is/articles/amys-plus-size-common-sense?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailygood", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:46Z", "digest": "sha1:YDK3AKBMNBQI5GPG5PPFW7CK25BKMNHM", "length": 1415, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.good.is", "title": "Amy Schumer Rejects the Plus-Size Label | GOOD", "raw_content": "Amy Schumer Rejects the Plus-Size Label\nLast week, Glamour magazine put actress-comedienne Amy Schumer in its plus-size issue, calling her one of the magazine\u2019s \u201cWomen Who Inspire Us\u201d alongside Melissa McCarthy, Adele, and Ashley Graham. Although Glamour finds Schumer\u2019s acceptance of her body \u201cinspiring,\u201d Schumer wasn\u2019t happy that Glamour labels average-sized woman to be plus-size.\n\u201cI think there\u2019s nothing wrong with being plus size. Beautiful healthy women,\u201d Schumer wrote on Instagram. \u201cPlus size is considered size 16 in America. I go between a size 6 and an 8.\u201d She also believes when we categorize average body types as being abnormally large it sends a horrible message to women. \u201cYoung girls seeing my body type thinking that is plus size,\u201d she wrote on Instagram.\nLast night, on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Schumer took an even stronger stance against the plus-size label. \u201cI love Glamour magazine, honestly. They\u2019ve been so nice to me. They\u2019ve done so many great things for women. But what I learned is people really don\u2019t like being categorized by \u2018plus-size,\u2019\u201d she told Fallon. \u201cWe don\u2019t need these labels. We don\u2019t need them. It should just say what size you are, right? Why?\u201d Schumer\u2019s point may seem bold, but it\u2019s really just a bit of common sense that\u2019s taken far too long to be said. When the average woman\u2019s dress size is a 12-14, why in the world would anyone label a 12 as plus-size?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 93, "original_length": 6933, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 332.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.goshenmotors.com/blog/video/2019/january/12/2014-Hyundai-Santa-Fe-Sport-Goshen-IN-1c27093e0a0e0ae8191a5c0f79f555ce.htm?locale=en_US", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:29Z", "digest": "sha1:NJMN5CSBKZCPQL2A2XSAHOT7LJTBATND", "length": 1071, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.goshenmotors.com", "title": "Video | VIN: | Goshen Buick-Gmc-Hyundai", "raw_content": "Used Hyundai Santa Fe Sport Goshen IN 46526\nYou can expect a lot from the 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport. With less than 20,000 miles on the odometer, this 4 door sport utility vehicle prioritizes comfort, safety and convenience. It features an automatic transmission, front-wheel drive, and a 2 liter 4 cylinder engine. A turbocharger is also included as an economical means of increasing performance. It distinguishes itself from the competition with features such as: power front seats, a built-in garage door transmitter, a trip computer, a blind spot monitoring system, front fog lights, power door mirrors, and much more. Features such as automatic climate control and leather upholstery prove that economical transportation does not need to be sparsely equipped. Take assurance in side curtain airbags, providing head protection in the event of a severe collision. We know that you have high expectations, and we enjoy the challenge of meeting and exceeding them! Stop by our dealership or give us a call for more information.\nTags: Hyundai, Santa Fe Sport, Used, SUV", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 202, "original_length": 6880, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 291.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.gossipcop.com/brad-pitt-jennifer-aniston-wedding-baby-fake-news/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:53:53Z", "digest": "sha1:TKUBXOTITWJY4AUD63226YYBQTZBTETI", "length": 3439, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.gossipcop.com", "title": "Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston Wedding And Baby Claim Is Fake News", "raw_content": "Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston Wedding And Baby Claim Is Fake News\n(New Idea/Getty Images)\nA new story claiming Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston got married and plan to adopt a baby is completely made-up. Gossip Cop can correct this fake news, which is making the rounds online. We\u2019re told it\u2019s \u201cfalse.\u201d\nAccording to New Idea, just weeks after Aniston split from Justin Theroux, she\u2019s \u201cwasted no time in sharing vows with another man,\u201d namely her ex-husband Pitt. In the absurd report, a so-called \u201csource\u201d is quoted as telling the magazine, \u201cJen and Brad are done with hiding and really wanted to do something major to show that they\u2019re together and are committed to making it work once and for all.\u201d The outlet\u2019s supposed \u201cinsider\u201d maintains, \u201cThey decided to walk down the aisle and have a commitment ceremony to one another with just their inner circle present\u201d The tabloid asserts the wedding took place in the Caribbean island of Anguilla on a \u201csmall, quiet beach.\u201d\nThe publication\u2019s seemingly manufactured \u201csource\u201d contends Aniston \u201cwore a simple white linen slip dress and no shoes,\u201d while Pitt wore \u201cwhite shorts and an open white shirt\u201d to what was termed a \u201csimple\u201d and \u201cvery intimate\u201d ceremony. \u201cThey\u2019re now back to calling one another husband and wife,\u201d adds the alleged tipster. And if that weren\u2019t ridiculous enough, the tabloid further claims Aniston and Pitt are \u201calready working on adopting a baby.\u201d \u201cBrad is very excited about Jen\u2019s baby news, especially as he rarely gets to see his own kids anymore because of his custody battle with Ange,\u201d concludes the outlet\u2019s questionable \u201cinsider.\u201d\nLet Gossip Cop set the record straight. As we\u2019ve pointed out on numerous occasions, Pitt and Aniston are not getting back together. And they most assuredly did not tie the knot in Anguilla or even on Fantasy Island. Nor are they planning to adopt a child. It\u2019s all a series of outrageous lies.\nOf course, there are no photos of this nonexistent wedding, despite Pitt and Aniston being among the most photographed celebrities in the world. No one vacationing or in customs in Anguilla has noted anything on social media about seeing either of them on the Caribbean island. And naturally, the outlet has zero specifics about the supposed nuptials, including when they allegedly took place. The reality is Pitt and Aniston haven\u2019t even been in touch with one another for a very long time.\nDespite how utterly insane the story is, Gossip Cop still fact-checks every article. Aniston\u2019s rep tells us the report is \u201cfalse,\u201d while a Pitt\u2019s spokesperson laughed off the crazy tale. Incredibly, The Inquisitr picked up the bogus cover story, didn\u2019t bother to check whether it was true or not, and instead spread this fake news.\nSadly, we\u2019re not remotely surprised by this latest piece of fiction from New Idea. Earlier this month, for instance, Gossip Cop corrected the magazine when it falsely claimed Pitt and Aniston were planning to have an Oscars date to get revenge on Angelina Jolie. And before that, we busted the same publication when it wrongly maintained Pitt was having a baby with Charlotte Casiraghi. Of course, the tabloid doesn\u2019t mention anything about Pitt supposedly having a child with the Monaco-born royal in its new fabricated article about him marrying Aniston and adopting a child with her. Apparently, the outlet can\u2019t keep track of all its tall tales.\nBrad Pitt Celebrity Rumors Fake News Jennifer Aniston The Inquisitr", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 34, "original_length": 4379, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 336.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.gracon2000.com/venta.php?idio=2&limventa=1&pag=2", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:49Z", "digest": "sha1:GTXZXWTO32HXHTR3EZKAAWY35ONWC2UA", "length": 432, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.gracon2000.com", "title": "\ufeff Pisos en Elche | Inmobiliarias Elche |Gracon2000", "raw_content": "Apartment - Elche (Raval - Puertas Coloradas) , Built Surface 102m2, 3 Bedrooms, 1 Bathrooms, Distance to the sea...\nApartment - Almoradi (Almorad\u00ed Centro) , Built Surface 122m2, 3 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, Distance to the sea 10 Km.,...\nApartment - Almoradi (Almorad\u00ed Centro) , Built Surface 99m2, 3 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, Distance to the sea 10 Km.,...\nApartment - Elche (Altabix) , Built Surface 74m2, 3 Bedrooms, 1 Bathrooms, Lift.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 314, "original_length": 7636, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.64, "perplexity": 315.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.greenbaytrinity.org/student-life/athletics/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:17Z", "digest": "sha1:QLR4SNEMXAF6DFU6CLRI6KU2EUSHMQYD", "length": 951, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.greenbaytrinity.org", "title": "Athletics", "raw_content": "Athletics can play a critical role in the development of elementary to middle school students. Athletics provide opportunities to develop leadership skills, learn teamwork, and develop social skills in a structured environment. It also gives students an opportunity to witness the Gospel message to others through their actions. We encourage all students to take part in interscholastic athletics.\nStudents in grades 4-8 are eligible to participate in athletics. Green Bay Trinity offers the following sports:\nVolleyball (Fall, Girls Only)\nSoccer (Fall, Co-ed team)\nBasketball (Winter, Boys and Girls)\nFor regular sports, we are a member of the Big 6 Conference. The other schools in the conference are:\nPilgrim Lutheran School, Green Bay\nSacred Heart Catholic School, Shawano\nSt. James Lutheran School, Shawano\nSt. Martin Lutheran School, Clintonville\nSt. Paul Lutheran School, Bonduel\nDownload the Athletic Handbook\nSchool addresses and travel times", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 1543, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 306.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.greengiant.com/products/detail/green-giant-harvest-protein-bowls-california-style/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:16Z", "digest": "sha1:3VJTBL6J2CBPXFO2CLGCNNHGWSYM6GTL", "length": 442, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.greengiant.com", "title": "Green Giant Harvest Protein Bowls\u2122 California Style", "raw_content": "INGREDIENTS: Cooked White Quinoa, Cooked Browl Lentils, Edamame Soybeans, Water, Yellow Corn, Carrots, Grilled Red Bell Peppers, Peas, Kale, Sunflower Seeds, Sour Cream (Cultured Milk), Milk, Corn Starch, Green Onion, Salt, Soybean Oil, Buttermilk, Dill, Vegetables (Carrots, Onions, Celery), Onion Powder, Lemon Peel, Sugar, Corn Oil, Garlic Powder, Potato Flour, Parsley, Black Pepper, Natural Flavor, Carrot Powder, Lemon Oil, Citric Acid.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 52, "original_length": 2085, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.74, "perplexity": 322.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk/opinion/15915825.westminster-messageby-ronnie-cowan-mp/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:25:24Z", "digest": "sha1:O4Y55E2MTUZM3FQY7XSZOLBFK53CWQXA", "length": 1937, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk", "title": "Westminster Message...by Ronnie Cowan MP | Greenock Telegraph", "raw_content": "THOSE of you that have been paying attention will have noticed that I have a healthy interest in space and in particular the Apollo missions.\nI remember as a kid trying, and possibly failing, to explain to my gran why space travel was important and how it would benefit humankind (to be honest in the 60s we said mankind, we were less politically correct).\nHer reluctance to embrace it was well founded in common sense. Why spend money on going to the moon when we could spend it on issues that matter on earth? Or as Gill Scott Heron the black American soul and jazz poet wrote \u201cNo hot water, no toilets, no lights but Whitey\u2019s on the moon.\u201d\nI admit I was just a little starstruck by rockets and science fiction but ultimately, was I right?\nWe gained satellites and therefore GPS and telecommunications networks the likes of which we never had before. Artificial limbs are being developed based in robot technology developed by NASA.\nWater purification systems developed to provide astronauts with clean water are now used in third world countries.\nWe have developed, materials, instruments, manufacturing techniques and foods. And never to be forgotten or underestimated, international collaboration between the USA, Europe, Russia and China.\nBut, in the end, I think what makes space so inviting is that it\u2019s all about taking on challenges and coming up with solutions.\nIf we could bottle that mentality and focus it on earth we could eradicate poverty, provide food, water and shelter to everyone on this planet.\nWe could harness the energy from clean renewable power and decontaminate what we have already poisoned.\nTo do that we would need to start each new project with a blank piece of paper and not be tied to the current systems and processes that perpetuate the problems.\nSpace may be the final frontier but the lessons we learn there must bear fruit on Mother Earth if any of it is going to make sense. Live long and prosper.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 180, "original_length": 4811, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 334.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/2018/11/23/green-deputy-leader-selected-as-newport-west-candidate/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:09Z", "digest": "sha1:OQ7WNJT26NYYOZJE7DMRDGML4FM36QCS", "length": 2094, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.greenparty.org.uk", "title": "Green deputy leader selected as Newport West candidate | The Green Party", "raw_content": "Green deputy leader selected as Newport West candidate\n* Amelia Womack selected as Newport West candidate in event of snap General Election\n* Newport born and raised Womack pledges to give voters a \u201creal alternative to the status quo\u201d\n* Womack: \u201cNewport has been overlooked and left behind for too long\u201d\nGreen Party of England and Wales deputy leader Amelia Womack has been selected as the party\u2019s candidate in Newport West in the event of a by-election or snap general election.\nThe announcement follows news that Newport West MP Paul Flynn will stand down at the earliest opportunity. [1]\nWomack, who was born and raised in Newport, has pledged to bring green jobs to her hometown, support local businesses and champion environmentally sustainable alternatives to the M4 motorway expansion.\nAfter being elected as Green Party deputy leader in 2014, Womack stood for Cardiff Central in the 2016 Welsh Assembly election.\nThe local party in Newport selected Womack as the Newport West Parliamentary candidate at a meeting on the evening of Thursday 22 November.\nAmelia Womack, deputy leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, said:\n\u201cNewport has been overlooked and left behind for too long. I\u2019m honoured to have been selected to represent the Green Party in my hometown and am excited to get stuck in and give voters a real alternative to the status quo.\n\u201cI have seen first hand the impact decades of underinvestment have had on Newport and am committed to securing new clean, sustainable jobs to help revitalise our forgotten local economy.\n\u201cWith plans for toxic sludge to be dumped just down the coast the need for fearless, independent Green voices to stand up for our city has never been greater. I pledge to oppose the short-term thinking behind plans for the polluting M4 expansion, and will fight for the protection of Newport\u2019s local environment to be at the heart of all decisions made for our city.\u201d [2] [3]\n1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-45975674\n2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-41347137\n3. https://bettertransport.org.uk/campaign_against_levels_motorway", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 107, "original_length": 3936, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 274.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.greenwichgynecology.com/cosmetic-vaginal-procedures/labiaplasty-surgeon/risks/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:21Z", "digest": "sha1:BTP7DUJYE5BR6CZAXOVPIQ3IGBNZHYUJ", "length": 3672, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.greenwichgynecology.com", "title": "Connecticut Labiaplasty Risks | Potential Labiaplasty Complications", "raw_content": "According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), more women are electing to have plastic surgery to reduce or change the shape of their labial tissues, called a labiaplasty, each year. In fact, from 2015 to 2016, they noted a 39 percent increase in these surgeries.\nBefore undergoing any type of medical procedure, though, you should be informed about its risks and benefits. If you are considering plastic surgery to change your shape of your labia, it may be important for you to be aware of Connecticut labiaplasty risks. Contact a skilled labiaplasty surgeon to begin discussing your potential medical options.\nThe process of receiving a labiaplasty begins with a consultation with a reputable plastic surgeon. At this time, the physician can discuss with the patient their desired outcomes with a labiaplasty, as well as its risks and benefits.\nThese surgeries are usually performed in a hospital or an outpatient surgery center. After the patient is placed under general anesthesia, the plastic surgeon will make several incisions to remove excess labial tissue.\nOnce the surgeon has finished reshaping the labia as per the patient\u2019s wishes, sutures are used in the folds of the labial to sew up the incisions. Placing the sutures in this area will help hide any scarring that occurs.\nBenefits of Labiaplasty\nMost women have personal reasons for electing a labiaplasty. Some women undergo a labiaplasty to as a counter to the natural aging process or the physical changes associated with childbirth, or simply to feel more sexually confident.\nAdditionally, removing excess tissue from the labia may help women feel more comfortable and confident in certain types of clothing. It can also help when participating in certain activities such as riding a bicycle or being intimate with their partner.\nLabiaplasty Risks and Concerns\nAs with all surgeries, there are risks to cosmetic surgeries, including labiaplasties. It is best for patients to discuss their specific concerns with their plastic surgeon, who should ensure their patients understand the risks and benefits and would typically have them sign an informed consent form prior to surgery affirming they are aware of these factors and are agreeing to have the operation.\nCommon Connecticut labiaplasty risks may include:\nIncisions coming apart, also known as dehiscence\nUnsatisfactory scarring\nInfection and pain\nDifficulty with intercourse post-surgery\nDespite these potential causes for concern, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) reports that patient satisfaction with this type of surgery is high. Furthermore, the NIH reports that there is less than one percent chance of experiencing complications after this procedure.\nLabiaplasty is usually done under general anesthesia. Although this type of anesthesia is safe even for people with chronic health conditions, there are anesthesia-specific labiaplasty risks that patients should be aware of, including:\nPostoperative confusion\nDifficulty coming out of anesthesia\nDiscussing Labiaplasty Risks with Your Doctor\nIf you believe a Connecticut labiaplasty could be beneficial for you, do not let potential medical risks keep you from learning more about your options. Dr. Edward Jacobson could discuss your concerns with you and help you make a medically healthy decision.\nThe majority of women who have undergone this procedure find that there are more benefits than risks, and learning about how this surgery is done and how other patients have responded to it may help alleviate any apprehension you may have. Call today to schedule your pre-surgical consultation and receive more information on possible Connecticut labiaplasty risks.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 94, "original_length": 5105, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 294.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.gregorrarebooks.com/cgi-bin/gregor/25910", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:18:45Z", "digest": "sha1:6I7GGMSXZI53WLLVFRI6D4VIA4DCJQEY", "length": 432, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.gregorrarebooks.com", "title": "The House on the Cliff. by Franklin W. [Hardy Boys Series] Dixon : Gregor Rare Books : Rare books in Seattle.", "raw_content": "The House on the Cliff.\nby [Hardy Boys Series] Dixon, Franklin W.\nGrosset & Dunlap,, New York:: 1950s.\nA Fine copy in the tan tweed cloth binding in a Near Fine dust jacket designed by Scott with light wear to the extremities. 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Blackwell Science, Oxford.\nrelease. It cross-reacts with an antiserum directed against the C-terminal portion of ACTH, suggesting that it may be related to CLIP, the 18-39 fragment of ACTH (see Figure 5-11). This hormone has been named /3-cell tropin and is present in the plasma of ob/ob mice. It potentiates glucose-induced insulin secretion. It appears to have properties identical to those of ACTH22_39 prepared from ACTH (Figure 5-11).\nG. 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We would love to hear from you, and we are always on the lookout to expand our network and community of good people, doing good things for our animals!\n2015 ~~ We raised $550 for the BC SPCA at the Handsome Mountain \"PUP-UP Shop\" and Official Launch Party event @thisopenspace on April 23rd !! We had a fun professional photoshoot for pups and their 'humans', along with a live band, a silent auction, and donations throughout the night. We really hope to host another event like this in the near future as it was such a success.\n2016 ~~We raised $500 for the BC SPCA over the past (almost a full year) through our 'Classic Bandana' product sales and giveaways, as well as our collaborative project with some of Vancouver's \"local celebrities\" and CTV Morning Live to deign custom collars as a \"Gift That Gives Back\" over the holiday season. We were SO happy to have such a great final outcome and were pleasantly surprised to know that we sold so many bandanas this year! 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Happy St. Patrick\u2019s Day!\nMix That Drink\nTo commemorate this day we have chosen the Irish Flag shooter.\nThis shot is made with Cr\u00e8me de Menthe, Irish Cream, and Grand Marnier to recreate the colors of the Irish Flag.\nNot a drink most people would enjoy in cocktail form, but it is great as a shooter.\nTry it out and let us at Happy Hour City know how you like it.\nReligious Holiday, National Holiday, or Drinking Holiday?\nToday is the Roman Catholic feast day of the patron saint of Ireland, St. Patrick, in observance of his death.\nThough born in Roman Britain with the birth name Maewyn, he was taken to Ireland after being kidnapped into slavery.\nFinding his way out of slavery would lead him to a monastery in Gaul (present day France) where he converted to Christianity.\nSt. Patrick became a missionary and made his way back to Ireland. It is here where he aided in the spread of Christianity by abolishing the pagan rites of the Druids at Tara.\nOn March 17, 461, St. Patrick died and after his death was named the patron saint of Ireland.\nCelebrations of this day in Ireland were very minimal, not like the grandiose extravaganzas we currently know today. When the Irish emigrated to the United States, celebrations grew in size.\nIt wasn\u2019t until the 18th century, that the first St. Patrick\u2019s Day parade was held by Irish soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War. Now there are St. Patrick\u2019s Day parades all over the world.\nThese grand celebrations have definitely grown St. Patrick\u2019s Day to become a commercial, capitalist holiday for a large amount of the United States. St. Patrick\u2019s Day was seen as a strictly religious holiday in Ireland, thus making it a dry holiday due to the pubs being closed in observance. This changed in 1970 when St. Patrick\u2019s Day was made a national holiday.\nToday, it would be hard to find a bar not filled with green beer, Irish Car Bombs, and tacky green clothing. For us, we don\u2019t need an excuse to drink, but if you do\u2026. Psssst, here\u2019s your excuse!\nIn traditional Irish folklore, there are no female leprechauns.\nWhat started as a religious holiday in the 17th century grew into a national holiday, and evolved (or maybe devolved) into an international drinking holiday. 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Hatcher Law Office, LLC is focused on providing high-quality service and customer satisfaction - we will do everything we can to meet your expectations and obtain the results you need.\nWe are a Debt Relief Agency. We help people file for relief under the United States Code.\nNo representation is made that the quality of legal services performed is greater than the quality of legal services performed by other attorneys.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 8, "original_length": 764, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 240.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.haverfordathletics.com/sports/wxc/2017-18/bios/sullivan_katie_d0vb", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:48Z", "digest": "sha1:5D7N4WYQME5KXDZKL7WZREET5M2Z56P3", "length": 4486, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "www.haverfordathletics.com", "title": "Katie Sullivan - Haverford Athletics", "raw_content": "Related Bios Liana Alves Zoe Arditi Amalia Axinn MaryKate Cavanaugh Kathryn Correia Hannah Doll Sophie Drew Nicole Giannetti Molly Hawkins Jolie Jaycobs Griffin Kaulbach Amelia Keyser-Gibson Mckenna Krall Alison Love Michelle Luu Carlotta Pazzi Angie Petrichenko Mariana Ramirez Julia Smith Kat Turner Sarah Wade Hannah Yeakey Amy Zamora Daisy Zhan\nHometown: Rutherford, N.J.\nHigh School: Rutherford\n- Haverford College Varsity Cup recipient\n- Three-time NCAA Championship Qualifier (2015, 2016, 2017)\n- Three-time All-Mideast Region (2015, 2016, 2017)\n- Three-time first-team All-Centennial Conference (2015, 2016, 2017)\n- Two-time USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (2016, 17)\n- Centennial Conference runner of the Week (10/13/16)\n6K: 21:24.0 (Centennial Conference Championship, 10/29/16)\n2017: Haverford College Varsity Cup recipient ... All-Mideast Region \u2026 First-team All-Centennial Conference \u2026 Named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll \u2026 Selected to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ... Competed in seven meets, finishing the year as the team\u2019s No. 1 runner \u2026 Started the season with a ninth place finish at the Alumnae Open (9/9) \u2026 Ran her best three mile time of the season (18:05.4) during a 19th place finish at the Main Line Invitational (9/15) \u2026 Placed ninth at both the Dickinson Invitational (9/30) and Rowan Inter-Regional Border Battle (10/14), turning in her best 6,000 meter time of the season (21:54.7) at Rowan \u2026 Placed seventh at the Centennial Conference Championship, becoming just the 24th women\u2019s runner in conference history to earn first-team All-CC honors in three different seasons (10/29) \u2026 Placed 13th at the NCAA Mideast Regional to become one of just 12 runners in program history to be named all-region in three different seasons (11/11) \u2026 Capped her season with an 87th place finish at the NCAA Division III Championship (11/18).\n2016: Team captain \u2026 First-team All-Centennial Conference \u2026 All-Mideast Region \u2026 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ... Centennial Conference Runner of the Week (10/3) \u2026 Competed in seven meets, finishing first on the team in each of the last six races \u2026 Placed third at the Haverford Alumnae Open (9/3) \u2026 Crossed the line in a season-best three mile time of 17:32.8 during a 12th place finish at the Main Line Invitational (9/16) \u2026 Recorded a seventh place finish during the Brown Race at Paul Short with a time of 21:24.3 (10/1) \u2026 Finished 27th at the Rowan Inter-Regional (10/15) \u2026 Ran a season-best 6,000 meter time (21:24.0) to place sixth at the Centennial Conference Championship (10/29) \u2026 Placed 15th at the Mideast Regional (10/12) \u2026 Posted a 52nd place finish with a time of 21:38.4 at the NCAA Division III Championship (11/19).\n2015: First-team All-Centennial Conference \u2026 All-Mideast Region \u2026 Ran in all eight of the team\u2019s varsity races, finishing as a scoring runner in each meet \u2026 Placed seventh at the Haverford Alumnae Open (9/5) \u2026 Crossed the line eighth overall at the Mustang Stampede (9/12) \u2026 Registered fifth place finish at Dickinson Long/Short Invitational (9/26) \u2026 Recorded her best 6,000 meter time of the year (21:45.6) during an 11th place finish at the Rowan Inter-Regional (10/17) \u2026 Team\u2019s top finisher with a sixth place showing at the Centennial Conference Championship (10/31) \u2026 Also was first Haverford runner across the line at the Mideast Regional, placing ninth overall (11/14) \u2026 Placed 159th in NCAA Championship debut (11/21).\n2014: Competed in two meets \u2026 Placed fifth overall (19:58.8) at the Alumnae Race (9/6) \u2026 Finished in a time of 23:24.7 at the Paul Short Invitational, her only 6,000 meter race of the year to place 126th overall (10/4).\nHigh School: Lettered in track & field, cross country and soccer.\nPersonal: Daughter of Mary and Timothy Sullivan.\nWomen's Cross Country Earns USTFCCCA Team Academic Award\nWomen's Cross Country Places 27th at NCAA Championship\nWomen's Cross Country Set to Compete at NCAA Championship\nWomen's Cross Country Places Third at Mideast Regional\nWomen's Cross Country Heads to Mideast Regional on Saturday\nWomen's Cross Country Ranked 25th after CC Championship\nWomen's Cross Country Attains Highest Ranking This Season\nWomen's Cross Country Ranked 30th Heading to Inter-Regional Border Battle\nWomen's Cross Country Back up to No. 29 in USTFCCCA Rankings\nWomen's Cross Country Ranked 30th Heading into Dickinson Meet\nWomen's Cross Country Holds No. 29 Spot in USTFCCCA Rankings\nWomen's Cross Country Picked Third in Centennial Preseason Voting", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 240, "original_length": 8481, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 332.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.healthcare.siemens.es/news/news-nuclear-theranostic-success.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:56:35Z", "digest": "sha1:4JSN7QA53UNFJUGWRHGGNSQ5FVXRKYGC", "length": 1387, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.healthcare.siemens.es", "title": "Recent Successes in Nuclear Theranostics Fuel its Growth - Siemens Healthineers Espa\u00f1a", "raw_content": "Recent Successes in Nuclear Theranostics Fuel its Growth\nColleen R. Smith, MBA | 2018-01-04\nA booming number of publications referencing theranostics/theragnostics. Courtesy of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. Search performed July 16, 2017.\nA special edition of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine captures where we have been and where we are heading in the field of theranostics.\nWith more than 630 publications referencing theranostics and theragnostics in 2016 alone, there is clear momentum in this growing area of medicine. Appreciating this opportunity for nuclear medicine, in September 2017, The Journal of Nuclear Medicine published a supplement detailing the history, clinical applications, and future dynamics of theranostics.\nThis unique edition is a collection of 15 articles highlighting the experiences and impressions of researchers and clinicians working in the field. \u201cAs a guest editor, I had the chance to create this dedicated issue on theranostics. Bringing together and sharing our knowledge will only help propel its use. In my opinion, this is nuclear medicine\u2018s most exciting development since the introduction of PET and PET/CT,\u201d shares Ken Herrmann, MD, chair of the Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Essen, Germany.\nEach article in the supplement is available for review on The Journal of Nuclear Medicine\u2019s website here.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 264, "original_length": 8068, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 204.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.healthyrize.com/weight-loss-tips-for-women/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:06Z", "digest": "sha1:FAPQLFWQ4MXAYX3EB44JHPIBX3JKPAXR", "length": 2494, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.healthyrize.com", "title": "Real weight loss tips for women \u2013 Things that work | HealthyRize", "raw_content": "When it comes to weight loss goals between men and women, the differences are significant. We are constantly reminded of this especially when you\u2019re at the gym and are waiting for the results, but they don\u2019t come, or at least don\u2019t appear to. That is because of the needs of both bodies and very different from the other and process their intake differently. A big difference is that women develop more body fat and have higher calorie requirements for breastfeeding and pregnancy. The metabolic rates are also very different between the two. It is theorized that this probably stems from men acting and hunters and gatherers. Women burn 16% fewer daily calories than men do so it takes longer for women to reach their goals.\nUnlike men, fat is distributed below the waist. This is referred to a more pear-shaped body form. Studies have shown more of a connection with women and their body image, which may lead into the dangerous psychological territory of body dysmorphia, where a woman might feel that they are overweight when they are not. There are also signs that the connection is more emotional which enables there to be more control over the intake of different foods and how it benefits the body.\nReal weight loss tips for women:\nWomen are no different from men as far as their diet is concerned regarding weight loss. Calories per day requirements for women remain around the 1200 to 1600 area. A regular balanced diet of vegetables, fruits, grains and meats with exercise will give women the same edge as men as long as the calorie count is maintained per day. This is determined by a woman\u2019s height and weight.\nIt would be safe to say that this seems rather unfair since guys can eat pretty much what they want and burn it off quickly but let\u2019s look at the bright side of this, the fat distribution on men happen in more fragile areas in the abdomen. Aha! Think about the trouble they have there. Well, we are all after the same goal, and it can\u2019t be that easy for men.\nIf you apply your mind to the goal of weight loss, then all you have to do is follow through. Make sure that you don\u2019t overdo your workout routine. You might burn some calories, but rushing things is just going to stress your body out on the idea that the faster you do it, the better. It takes at least 20 minutes of a workout before your body starts to burn calories, so take it slow. Start with a steady 30-minute walk every day at least once a day. You will start feeling better towards the end of the week.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 83, "original_length": 4627, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 243.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hechtfamilylaw.com/blog/2017/10/dividing-marital-property-a-potential-sticking-point.shtml", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:58:47Z", "digest": "sha1:4JDQAPRFCTNW7FARFNWRCU56AP65547G", "length": 1503, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.hechtfamilylaw.com", "title": "Dividing marital property: A potential sticking point | Hecht Family Law", "raw_content": "Dividing marital property: A potential sticking point\nOn behalf of Hecht Family Law posted in blog on Monday, October 2, 2017.\nIn the event of a divorce, you'll have many things to think about. If you don't devote the necessary time and attention to each detail, you could overlook something of vital importance.\nThere are many things to think about when dividing marital property. In an overall sense, you want to feel comfortable with the way things work out, despite the fact that you'll likely have to compromise at some point.\nIt doesn't matter if you are working with the other person in mediation or facing him or her in court, you need to learn as much as possible about property division.\nHere are some of the many types of property to focus on:\nRetirement accounts, including pensions\nAs the divorce process pushes forward, don't hesitate to make a long list of the many assets that will come into play. Even if you don't get to keep all of these, you know that they will come to light at some point.\nDividing marital property is never easy, as both individuals want to get as much as possible. Furthermore, some assets, such as the family home and cars, can lead to even more tension between you and your soon to be ex-spouse.\nYou need to go into the process knowing the ins and outs of property division, including what the process will entail. When you know your legal rights and are willing to do whatever it takes to feel comfortable with the end result, things have a way of working out.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 4197, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 156.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hellowhitebearlake.com/news/sports/287876/on-prove-it-deal-richardson-giving-vikings-pl", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:19Z", "digest": "sha1:QPRW27OWYAAPNAPSZ62G77AYMGP5J7EA", "length": 4052, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.hellowhitebearlake.com", "title": "Hello WhiteBearLake - On prove-it deal, Richardson giving Vikings plenty of value", "raw_content": "On prove-i...\nEAGAN, Minn. (AP) - The Minnesota Vikings had just secured their new quarterback with the splash move of the NFL's offseason. Coach Mike Zimmer was busy working on addressing another area that needed an upgrade.\nThe same day Kirk Cousins was introduced with his $84 million fully guaranteed contract, Zimmer was watching video of some of the top defensive tackle prospects in the upcoming draft. Then the solution literally walked into his office to greet him. Sheldon Richardson was at team headquarters on a free agent visit, which the Vikings didn't let him leave without signing him to a one-year, $8 million deal .\nAs important as Cousins has been and will continue to be, the value of adding Richardson can't be overlooked. His presence on the interior at the position next to the nose tackle commonly called the \"three technique\" has provided a critical boost to the defense in both stopping the run and rushing the quarterback.\n\"Sheldon's done a great job of coming in here and kind of fitting into our culture and the way we do things,\" Zimmer said, crediting Richardson as well as defensive line coach Andre Patterson.\nAccording to SportRadar, Richardson is fourth among all NFL interior defensive linemen with 21 quarterback pressures, behind Aaron Donald (53), Fletcher Cox (26) and Geno Atkins (25). Richardson had two sacks last week against Green Bay, a bonus from a position where disruption in the backfield is the priority.\nThe three technique is a less-heralded role on the team than the premier edge pass rusher or the ball-hawking safety. But it's essential to Zimmer's scheme to keep the linebackers free to roam from side to side, limit the rushing yardage up the middle, and reduce double teams on the defensive ends. The Vikings seek first-step and lateral quickness from their three technique, which gets its name from a long-ago-established numbering system for designating alignments by defensive linemen.\n\"He does those things really well, but the thing that kind of surprised me a little bit is the power that he has with it,\" Zimmer said. \"The good three techniques I have been around have all kind of had those qualities.\"\nRichardson, a first-round draft pick by the New York Jets in 2013 out of Missouri, was the AP Defensive Rookie of the Year before eventually falling out of favor and being traded to Seattle. After one season with the Seahawks, Richardson was widely considered the best available player at his position on the market last spring. His decision to sign with a contending team on a prove-it contract has set him up well for a much bigger payday.\n\"It's a blue-collar organization,\" said Richardson, who turned 28 on Thursday. \"One of the main reasons why I like the organization is nobody is a prized possession here. No politics. They don't play their draft picks sometimes. You can pay a guy a lot of money, but he won't play if he's not up to par.\"\nThe Vikings play at New England on Sunday, with pressure on Tom Brady a must for slowing down the Patriots and their prolific attack. The defense has been especiall\nThe Vikings play at New England on Sunday, with pressure on Tom Brady a must for slowing down the Patriots and their prolific attack. The defense has been especially successful lately at generating a rush from the front four without having to send an extra blitzer or two from the linebackers or defensive backs.\n\"That's how we want it, too,\" Richardson said. \"We're happy when they get it, but it's like, 'Man, that could've been us.' Usually when those guys get sacks, we turn into offensive linemen basically.\"\nThe Patriots have plenty of experience defending him, of course, from the eight times they faced the Jets over his first four seasons.\n\"He's a great player, and he was certainly a problem when he was in this division,\" coach Bill Belichick said, adding: \"He's strong. He's hard to knock off the ball. He's smart. He reads blocking schemes well. He's quick and athletic and explosive on the pass rush, and he can run through guys and he can run around them.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 80, "original_length": 8514, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 262.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.helpucover.co.uk/news/Matchday-takes-toll-on-fans-health-938.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:49Z", "digest": "sha1:KZ5B2AVWL2AC7YV4JU66J5A4WB532JQU", "length": 1323, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.helpucover.co.uk", "title": "Matchday takes toll on fans' health | helpucover", "raw_content": "Matchday takes toll on fans' health\nThe traditional matchday diet of many football fans may be having a dangerous effect on their health, according to a cancer charity.\nThe World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) says that over time, a day spent eating pies and drinking lager each week may take its toll.\nScientists from the charity rated the nutritional value of foods which are popular around the UK's sporting venues.\nFor example a steak pie contains 534 calories, 29.7g of fat and 2.3g of salt, meaning sports fans would have to to run for 47 minutes to burn it off, walk for over two hours or do gardening for an hour-and-a-half.\nA hot dog would also take some burning off, containing 229 calories and 7.4g of fat. That would mean sports fans would have to run for 20 minutes or walk for almost an hour to get rid of the calories.\nA pint of lager, another sports ground staple, contains 173 calories so would take 15 minutes' running or a 42-minute walk to burn off.\nKate Mendoza, head of health information at the WCRF, said: \"For many sports fans an afternoon's football or rugby isn't complete without a drink and a pie or burger and we wouldn't want to spoil anyone's enjoyment.\n\"Instead we're highlighting the small changes to make half-time snacks a little healthier - such as swapping a steak pie for a chicken pie.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 159, "original_length": 4050, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 338.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hemeltoday.co.uk/news/tiger-free-range-the-pros-and-cons-of-popular-parenting-styles-1-7477645/amp", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:40:38Z", "digest": "sha1:AEW27EHRL2JR4UTGBGTCF3Y6HU2V44V7", "length": 9408, "nlines": 51, "source_domain": "www.hemeltoday.co.uk", "title": "Tiger, free-range \u2013 the pros and cons of popular parenting styles", "raw_content": "Tiger, free-range \u2013 the pros and cons of popular parenting styles\nParenting styles discussed\nWhat\u2019s the best way to raise your child? It\u2019s a question that has provoked the publication of numerous books, and seen authors race to coin the next quirky name for a new style of parenting.\nAnd it turns out there are many styles. To date, some of the best known include:\nTiger parents, who are seen as pushing their children to succeed according to their parents\u2019 terms.\nHelicopter parents, who take over every aspect of the child\u2019s life.\nSnowplough parents, who remove obstacles to make life easier for their child.\nFree-range parents, who allow children a great deal of freedom.\nAttachment or gentle parents, who are relaxed but set limits in line with the child\u2019s needs and character.\nPsychologists generally talk about parenting as fitting into typologies, based on the work of Diana Baumrind, a clinical and developmental psychologist known for her research on parenting styles.\nThere are generally understood to be four typologies:\nAuthoritarian parents are the authority in their child\u2019s life. They set the rules and say \u201cjump\u201d and their child responds \u201chow high?\u201d. (Most similar to tiger parents.)\nPermissive parents are lax about their expectations, don\u2019t set standards and don\u2019t ask much of their children.\nNeglectful parents are uninterested in their children and unwilling to be an active part of their child\u2019s life.\nAuthoritative parents are highly demanding while being highly responsive.\nOne of the major criticisms of these typologies is how culturally determined they are.\nSo what does research say about the pros and cons of each of these parenting styles?\nTiger parents\nType of parent: You expect first-time obedience, excellence in every endeavour and a child who never talks back.\nWho coined it? Amy Chua popularised this name in her 2011 book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. Chua describes tiger parents, often seen in Chinese families, as superior to Western parents. Chinese parents assume strength and don\u2019t shy away from calling their children names. They assume their children owe them and expect their children to repay them by being obedient and making them proud.\nWhy parents choose this style: Tiger mothers are, as Chua attests, socialised to be this way by their cultural background. Thus, when they successfully demand an hour of piano practice it\u2019s part of their cultural background that the child complies. Western parents will have a hard time emulating the years of acculturation that leads to that moment.\nParents who follow Chua may do so because they want their child to be successful. It may be these parents hold deep insecurities about the future. These parents are most likely authoritarian.\nPros: Raising a child in this way can lead to them being more productive, motivated and responsible.\nCons: Children can struggle to function in daily life or in new settings, which may lead to depression, anxiety and poor social skills. But again it\u2019s culturally dependent.\nType of parent: You step in to prevent your toddler\u2019s every struggle; you are over-involved in your child\u2019s education and frequently call their teacher; you can\u2019t stop watching over your teenager.\nWho coined it? Psychologist Foster Cline and education consultant Jim Fay coined the phrase in 1990 in their book: Parenting with Love and Logic. They described helicopter parents as being confused about the difference between love and saving children from themselves. Another name for helicopter parenting is \u201coverparenting\u201d.\nWhy parents choose this style: These parents are likely to be scared for their child\u2019s future, perhaps like tiger parents. They may not trust their child\u2019s ability to navigate the world. By hovering around they may think children will be inoculated against failing.\nThese parents are probably a mix or authoritarian and permissive typologies, but there is scant research on the style.\nPros: Parents can be overprotective, which may save their child or adolescent from problems they would not foresee.\nCons: Children can lack emotional resilience and independence, which can affect them into adulthood. Being a child of a helicopter parent may lead to an inability to control behaviour.\nThere\u2019s even an AskReddit devoted to the worst aspects of growing up with helicopter parents. Stories include a contributor, 21 at the time, whose father followed them to jury duty, because he didn\u2019t trust they could do it properly. It\u2019s claimed dad had a tantrum when he was kicked out by the security guard.\nSnowplough or bulldozer parents\nType of parent: You push all obstacles out of your child\u2019s way. Perhaps you\u2019ve nagged the principal for a different teacher or bribed the coach to get your child a place on the team.\nWho coined it? It appears the term was coined by former high school teacher David McCullough. In 2015, he published a book, You Are Not Special, in which he implores parents to back off and let their children fail. It was based on a 2012 commencement speech he gave to high school students.\nWhy parents choose this style: Maybe you think your child is exceptional, or they\u2019re too great to fail, and that\u2019s why you\u2019ve identified with this parenting style. In terms of typology, there are aspects of authoritarianism in the mix as they demand success (after all, they\u2019ve bulldozed all obstacles from their children\u2019s path). However, they also score highly for permissiveness.\nWhat the research says: There\u2019s no empirical evidence either way for the snowplough approach. However, there\u2019s a lot of blog posts and media articles devoted to the topic.\nThat being said, the pros and cons are probably similar to helicopter parents. These parents can help children feel safe and secure. But it may also foster a sense of entitlement or narcissism in your child.\nFree-range parents\nType of parent: You believe your role is to trust your child. You equip them with the skills to stay safe, and then back off.\nWho coined it? The term was made famous by a case of \u201cneglect\u201d against Lenore Skenazy, a former columnist who wrote about letting her nine-year-old son ride the New York subway alone. The experience led to her being labelled \u201cAmerica\u2019s worst mother\u201d and prompted her to write a book. The book was about fighting the perception the world was getting more dangerous.\nSkemazy\u2019s blog attempts to connect parents with like-minded others who agree that children need safety jackets and helmets in order to safely experience their independence. The approach is about giving children the childhoods their parents experienced in the 1970s/1980s.\nWhy parents choose this style: Psychologists and experts suggest this style is a backlash against anxiety-driven, risk-averse child rearing. It may be that Skenazy is right, we are worrying too much about everything from germs to other people. While Skenazy cites responses from parents (and lawmakers) who think the approach is neglectful, it is probably more aligned with the authoritative typology, where parents believe in teaching children to look after themselves.\nPros: Children learn to use their freedom, be autonomous and manage themselves. They may also be better able to handle mistakes, be more resilient and take responsibility for their actions. It\u2019s also said to lead to happier adults.\nCons: Problems with this style centre on the legal aspects of the approach. In Queensland, it is illegal to leave your child alone for an \u201cunreasonable\u201d time while, in other states, parents must reasonably ensure their child is properly looked after. Queensland\u2019s law does not define \u201cunreasonable\u201d time, but the parent will receive a misdemeanour (up to three years in jail) if they breach the code.\nAttachment or gentle parents\nType of parent: You believe that a child\u2019s earliest attachment to caregivers informs all subsequent attachments a person experiences. The argument suggests strong emotional and safe physical attachments to at least one primary caregiver are essential to the child\u2019s personal development.\nWho coined it? The philosophy is based on the work of psychologists John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth on attachment theory. The work began with Bowlby in the 1950s. Bowlby also worked with Ainsworth and Ainsworth did some famous experiments with young children.\nAttachment theory suggests that children who develop strong bonds with parents/caregivers in the early years will have happier, healthier relationships as they age. The term was then popularised by a book dubbed the \u201cbaby bible\u201d written by the Sears family in 1993.\nWhy parents choose this style: Parents may choose this style because they want their children to be positive about themselves and their relationships with others as they mature. Attachment parenting is associated with the authoritative typology. These parents try to balance high expectations with empathy and this is associated with the best outcomes.\nPros: It provides a safe haven of love and respect in which to build the child\u2019s relationships and from which the child can safely experience the world.\nCons: It can be conflated with permissive parenting. It is also associated, somewhat contrarily, with over-parenting, as some suggest it is a name for mothers who can\u2019t let their child go. Some have accused this style of being anti-women or anti-feminist. These authors say the style conflates women\u2019s role with motherhood, undoing the work of feminism. However, others disagree.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 104, "original_length": 10316, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 328.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hendreninsurance.com/business-insurance/workers-compensation-insurance/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:48Z", "digest": "sha1:66GF2MBQIN3VZUPGEWK74ZOUA56SOU5Q", "length": 163, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.hendreninsurance.com", "title": "Taylorsville Workers' Compensation Insurance | Insuring North Carolina", "raw_content": "Hendren Insurance Agency offers free, comparative quotes on workers\u2019 compensation insurance from multiple insurance carriers so you can get the best possible rate.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 110, "original_length": 5362, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 246.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.henricksondental.com/for-patients/blog/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:42:07Z", "digest": "sha1:V25VOIB3RUZPQYYHME5X75GO3VGHLSPV", "length": 560, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.henricksondental.com", "title": "Blog | Dentist in Maplewood, MN ')}catch(e){c=J.createElement(\"iframe\"),c.name=a}c.height=\"0\";c.width=\"0\";c.style.display=\"none\";c.style.visibility=\"hidden\";var d=Ne()+\"/u/post_iframe.html\";Ga(W,\"beforeunload\",function(){c.src=\"\";c.parentNode&&c.parentNode.removeChild(c)});setTimeout(b,1E3);J.body.appendChild(c);c.src=d;return!0};var qf=function(){this.G=this.w=!1;0==Ea()%1E4&&(H(142),this.G=!0);this.C={};this.D=[];this.U=0;this.S=[[\"www.google-analytics.com\",\"\",\"/plugins/\"]];this._gasoCPath=this._gasoDomain=this.bb=void 0;Re();Se()};E=qf.prototype;E.oa=function(a,b){return this.hb(a,void 0,b)};E.hb=function(a,b,c){b&&H(23);c&&H(67);void 0==b&&(b=\"~\"+M.U++);a=new U(b,a,c);M.C[b]=a;M.D.push(a);return a};E.u=function(a){a=a||\"\";return M.C[a]||M.hb(void 0,a)};E.pa=function(){return M.D.slice(0)};E.ab=function(){return M.D.length};E.aa=function(){this.w=!0};E.la=function(){this.G=!0};var Fe=function(a){if(\"prerender\"==J.visibilityState)return!1;a();return!0};var M=new qf;var D=W._gat;D&&Ba(D._getTracker)?M=D:W._gat=M;var Z=new Y;(function(a){if(!Fe(a)){H(123);var b=!1,c=function(){if(!b&&Fe(a)){b=!0;var d=J,e=c;d.removeEventListener?d.removeEventListener(\"visibilitychange\",e,!1):d.detachEvent&&d.detachEvent(\"onvisibilitychange\",e)}};Ga(J,\"visibilitychange\",c)}})(function(){var a=W._gaq,b=!1;if(a&&Ba(a.push)&&(b=\"[object Array]\"==Object.prototype.toString.call(Object(a)),!b)){Z=a;return}W._gaq=Z;b&&Z.push.apply(Z,a)});function Yc(a){var b=1,c;if(a)for(b=0,c=a.length-1;0<=c;c--){var d=a.charCodeAt(c);b=(b<<6&268435455)+d+(d<<14);d=b&266338304;b=0!=d?b^d>>21:b}return b};}).call(this);", "raw_content": "If you want a top-notch oral health and smile, then you need to know all about your teeth and gums. One thing you should know about is bleeding gums. The more you know, the better chance you have of properly caring for your smile. So, our dentist, Dr. Mike Henrickson,... Read more \u00bb\nDo you regularly use your toothbrush? Hopefully you use it at least twice a day. Maybe you have looked at it so many times that you don\u2019t even think about it anymore. They might just be an object that you\u2019ve seen so many times that they fade into the background... Read more \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 195, "original_length": 122985, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 185.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.heritagedaily.com/2013/03/14th-century-burial-ground-discovered-in-central-london/80680", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:43Z", "digest": "sha1:LJBASQPLWFZHHJ3VF2ERORLBY7UXRJO2", "length": 6065, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "www.heritagedaily.com", "title": "14th Century burial ground discovered in central London - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News", "raw_content": "14th Century burial ground discovered in central London\nby HeritageDaily March 15, 2013 December 29, 2013 0272\nImage Source : Crossrail\nArchaeologists working on the UK\u2019s largest infrastructure project, Crossrail, have discovered an historical burial ground in central London.\nThirteen skeletons have been uncovered lying in two carefully laid out rows on the edge of Charterhouse Square at Farringdon, and are believed to be up to 660 years old.\nHistorical records reference a burial ground in the Farringdon area that opened during the Black Death Plague in 1348. The limited written records suggest up to 50,000 people may have been buried in less than three years in the hastily established cemetery, with the burial ground used up until the 1500s.\nDespite significant development in the Farringdon area over the centuries, the burial ground, described in historical records as \u201cno man\u2019s land\u201d, has never been located.\nDuring the past two weeks, Crossrail\u2019s archaeologists uncovered 13 skeletons 2.5 metres below the road that surrounds the gardens in Charterhouse Square. The depth of the burials, the pottery dated up until 1350 found in the graves and the layout of the skeletons all point to the likelihood that these skeletons were buried in Charterhouse Square during the Black Death Plague around 1349. The graves have been laid out in a similar formation as skeletons discovered in a Black Plague burial site in east Smithfield in the 1980s.\nThe skeletons are being carefully excavated and taken to the Museum of London Archaeology for laboratory testing. The scientists are hoping to map the DNA signature of the Plague bacteria and possibly contribute to the discussion regarding what caused the Black Death. The bones may also be radio carbon dated to try and establish the burial dates.\nPlague cannot survive for very long in the soil. After 650 years, only the skeleton bones remain and do not present any modern-day health risk.\nCrossrail Lead Archaeologist Jay Carver said: \u201cThis is a highly significant discovery and at the moment we are left with many questions that we hope to answer. We will be undertaking scientific tests on the skeletons over the coming months to establish their cause of death, whether they were Plague victims from the 14th Century or later London residents, how old they were and perhaps evidence of who they were. However, at this early stage, the depth of burials, the pottery found with the skeletons and the way the skeletons have been set out, all point towards this being part of the 14th Century emergency burial ground.\u201d\nCharterhouse Square had previously been identified as a possible site for the lost burial ground as it was one of the few locations in Farringdon to remain undeveloped for the past 700 years.\nIn 1998, a single skeleton was discovered buried at Charterhouse Square when archaeologists were investigating the location of a chapel shown on historic maps. On its own, this was not enough evidence to confirm a burial ground.\nTwo years ago during associated utility works in Charterhouse Street, Crossrail archaeologists located human bones that had previously been disturbed and suggested a burial ground could be nearby.\nThese are not the first skeletons found on the Crossrail project, with archaeologists already uncovering more than 300 burials at the New Cemetery near the site of the Bedlam Hospital at Liverpool Street from the 1500s to 1700s.\nArchaeologists have undertaken investigations in a 5.5 metre diameter shaft being excavated in the road around Charterhouse Square gardens, near to the former Carthusian Monastery. The skeletons have been found 2.5 metres below the road. Archaeologists also hope to find Roman artefacts as they dig deeper. Once the archaeologists have finished their work, Crossrail excavators will dig the shaft down to 20 metres with the site to be used to support tunnelling works. Once laboratory analysis of the bones has been completed, the skeletons will be treated in accordance with our license from the Ministry of Justice.\nEast Smithfield Burial Ground\nIn the 1980s a burial ground associated with 1348 Black Death was located in east Smithfield. More than 600 skeletons were carefully removed from the site and analysed by the Museum of London Archaeology.\nCarthusian Monastery and the Black Death\nLondon Charterhouse was a Carthusian Monastery founded in 1371 outside the walled city of London. Written records suggest the site was chosen due to its proximity close to one of three emergency burial grounds set out in 1348. Previously that summer, a plague had swept with speed across all of Europe, killing an estimated 30 to 60 per cent of the European population. In total, about 75 million people are believed to have died in the four year global pandemic including 25 million Europeans.\nThe 16th Century historian John Stow stated that more 150,000 victims of the Black Death were buried in London. According to Stow, there was a burial ground in Farringdon known as \u2018No Man\u2019s Land\u2019 which was established in 1348, and was subsequently used to bury more than 50,000 victims of the Black Death.\nIt is thought that the burial ground at Charterhouse continued in use as the monastery developed through to the mid-16th Century and became the outer cemetery with its own chapel.\nCrossrail Archaeology\nThe Farringdon site is the latest find made as part of the UK\u2019s largest archaeology programme taking place across more than 40 Crossrail worksites. Among the other artefacts that have been found are, the UK\u2019s largest piece of amber ever discovered, bones from huge prehistoric animals that roamed the iced-covered London plains and items used by humans during the Bronze Age, Roman and Medieval times.\nContributing Source : Crossrail\nMiddle Pleistocene Teeth Adds Discussion of Evolutionary Course in Asian Hominins\nBefore Dinosaurs\u2019 Era, Volcanic Eruptions Triggered Mass Extinction\nPart I: Evolution of Structural Distinctiveness\nHeritageDaily October 1, 2011 October 6, 2011\nStone Age hunters used the environment to improve standard of living", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 174, "original_length": 9786, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 240.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.highviewprimary.co.uk/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:22Z", "digest": "sha1:PRMOKKWJOFG2T25GBFML5HXDY7W2BLFA", "length": 2592, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.highviewprimary.co.uk", "title": "Home", "raw_content": "Part of the Every Child Matters Academy Trust\nWelcome to High View Primary Learning Centre. Children are at the heart of everything we do, providing early help and support to remove any barriers to learning together with an education resulting in excellence and enjoyment. We are proud to be a part of the Every Child Matters Academy Trust together with our collaboration of schools.\nECM Trust\nA welcome from our Head Teacher;\n\u200bOn behalf of all the staff, children and governors, I would like to welcome you to High View Primary Learning Centre's website.\n\u200bOur school is a happy one, supported by a fantastic team of hard working children and grown-ups. We are thoroughly committed to providing an engaging and exciting learning environment where the children develop a love of learning. All our children are valued, well supported and empowered to do their best and be happy. We have a vibrant learning community\nwhere all are welcome.\nPlease do get in touch if you have any queries or would like to arrange a visit.\nMiss T Smith\nA huge welcome from our Executive Head;\nOn behalf of the staff, children and governors, I would like to welcome you to High View Primary Learning Centre's website. Our school is a happy one, where an enthusiastic exciting environment in which all the children are valued, enables all children to do their best and enjoy learning.\nWhen you look at our website you will see why I am so proud to be the Executive Head Teacher of High View Primary Learning Centre. OFSTED, in 2012, confirmed that our school was an OUTSTANDING school. We have been outstanding since 2008 and we work tirelessly to maintain that standard.\nWe have a positive ethos throughout school which is based on high expectations, praise and reward. Each child\u2019s individual success is celebrated both at home and at school. The close supportive relationship that we have between home and school is crucial to your child achieving their full potential and parents are welcome into school at any time. Our policy of zero tolerance towards violence and aggression enables your child to learn in a safe and happy environment.\nOur close link with our partner school Park Street Primary School offers children from both schools enriched and exciting opportunities. We believe in T.E.A.M. - Together Everyone Achieves More and all work together on the 3B's - Best Work, Best Manners and Best Behaviour.\nThank you for your interest in High View Primary Learning Centre. I look forward to meeting you soon.\nMrs G. Foster Wilson\nVisit Miss Smith's blog\nWelcome to High View's Twitter Timeline - Click Here", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 175, "original_length": 4805, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 337.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hindawi.com/journals/mpe/2012/105735/ref/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:34Z", "digest": "sha1:GUN2QOVOB5STLCFK3WW6S3LOHMGRKXXM", "length": 6425, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "www.hindawi.com", "title": "On the Error Estimates of a New Operator Splitting Scheme for the Navier-Stokes Equations with Coriolis Force", "raw_content": "On the Error Estimates of a New Operator Splitting Scheme for the Navier-Stokes Equations with Coriolis Force\nChunjiang Shuai,1 Kaimin Teng,2 and Hongen Jia2\n1School of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong 723003, China\n2College of Mathematics, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China\nAcademic Editor: Trung Nguyen Thoi\nCopyright \u00a9 2012 Chunjiang Shuai et al. 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Ladyzhenskaya, The Mathematical Theory of Viscous Incompressible Flow, Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, New York, NY, USA, 1969.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 93, "original_length": 8128, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.69, "perplexity": 273.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/china-myanmar-ink-deal-for-port-on-bay-of-bengal-third-in-india-s-vicinity/story-Lbm4IwOMuqrNvXGv4ewuYJ.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:18:47Z", "digest": "sha1:COYG3OGW5MXW6GYLLP47O4LEZRX7MAZN", "length": 3688, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.hindustantimes.com", "title": "Too close for comfort: China to build port in Myanmar, 3rd in India\u2019s vicinity | india news | Hindustan Times", "raw_content": "Too close for comfort: China to build port in Myanmar, 3rd in India\u2019s vicinity\nIndia will be closely following the developments following an agreement between China and Myanmar on Thursday to develop a multi-billion dollar deep sea port in Kyaukpyu on the coast of Bay of Bengal, fourth in India\u2019s neighbourhood.\nChina has already helped build port in Gwadar in Pakistan and Hambantota in Sri Lanka. It is also funding the development of the Chittagong port (above) in Bangladesh.(File Photo)\nIndia will be closely following the developments following an agreement between China and Myanmar on Thursday to develop a multi-billion dollar deep sea port in Kyaukpyu on the coast of Bay of Bengal, third in India\u2019s neighbourhood.\nChina has already helped build port in Gwadar in Pakistan and Hambantota in Sri Lanka. It is also funding the development of the Chittagong port in Bangladesh.\nLocated on the western coast of Myanmar in Rakhine state, the scaled-down port, part of a special economic zone (SEZ), when developed will not be far away from a submarine base India is developing on its east coast, close to Vishakhapatnam.\nThough the total China-Myanmar investment into the Kyaukpyu project has been scaled down to $1.3 billion (initial phase) from the earlier $7 billion figure, the port will be of great strategic significance to China as it navigates its way into the Bay of Bengal \u2013 and the Indian Ocean -- considered within New Delhi\u2019s range of influence.\nChina\u2019s investment in the project was reduced following Myanmar\u2019s concerns of falling into a debt-trap.\nNonetheless, the port will boost the China-Myanmar economic corridor and will be another road-sea link under President Xi Jinping\u2019s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).\nOil and natural gas pipelines are already functioning between the fishing town of Kyaukpyu and Kunming in China\u2019s Yunnan province, bordering Myanmar.\nFor Myanmar, the project promises employment to thousands and billions in tax revenue in the future, according to Chinese media. The deal took years to finalise because of differences on \u201c\u2026financing and other issues,\u201d the tabloid Global Times said in report.\n\u201cAt a ceremony in the Myanmar capital of Nay Pyi Taw, the Chinese consortium led by State-owned conglomerate Citic Group signed the framework agreement with the Kyaukpyu Special Economic Zone Management Committee on the development of the deep-sea port,\u201d the report said.\nChina will invest 70 per cent of the $1.3 billion while Myanmar will finance the rest in the initial phase, which will include two berths.\nThe signing of the framework agreement marks a significant step for the port project, which has been stalled since 2015, and for the continued implementation of BRI, under increased scrutiny because of cases such as the Kyaukpyu port project.\n\u201cProlonged negotiations fueled criticism of the BRI, which some foreign critics said could add to local debts and even threaten other countries\u2019 sovereignty,\u201d the GT report said.\nChina has maintained that the BRI is an open platform to facilitate regional and global economic integration and help countries along the routes with economic growth and job creation.\n\u201cThe Kyaukpyu project is estimated to bring 100,000 jobs to the local community and will contribute as much as $15 billion in tax revenue to Myanmar. Once completed, the port will have an annual gross output of $3.2 billion,\u201d the report added.\nThe CITIC Consortium comprises China Harbor Engineering Company Ltd. (CHEC), China Merchants Holdings (International) Co. LTD (CMHI), TEDA Investment Holding (TEDA) and Yunnan Construction Engineering Group(YNJG) as well as Thailand\u2019s Charoen Pokphand Group Company Limited (CP Group).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 181, "original_length": 6094, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 180.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.historynet.com/strange-britisher-orde-wingate-ethiopia.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:51Z", "digest": "sha1:ZDLC5HRJP3N5XMHIPBJS5E4JZQMJK6WF", "length": 22971, "nlines": 56, "source_domain": "www.historynet.com", "title": "This Strange Britisher\u2019: Orde Wingate in Ethiopia | HistoryNet", "raw_content": "This Strange Britisher\u2019: Orde Wingate in Ethiopia\nBy Gay Jervey\nEccentric guerrilla warfare pioneer Orde Wingate helped the British drive the Italians out of Ethiopia in 1941.\nIt was the moment Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie had dreamed of since Benito Mussolini\u2019s army had taken over Addis Ababa and gained control of Ethiopia five years earlier. On May 5, 1941, the emperor jubilantly reentered the capital city in an open car captured from the Italians. Leading the parade on a prancing white horse was Lt. Col. Orde Wingate, a small, fierce-faced man smartly turned out in a British Army uniform and sporting a pith helmet. Gleeful supporters poured down from the neighboring hills, while thousands of members of a local partisan group called the Patriots, as well as British, Kenyan, and South African soldiers, lined the streets, waving British and Ethiopian flags. Lt. Gen. Alan Cunningham, commander of the British forces in East Africa, welcomed Selassie in an official ceremony full of toasts and speeches. That night, the emperor slept in his own palace, the Little Ghebbi.\nHaile Selassie\u2019s triumphant return to Addis Ababa, carefully orchestrated by a Britain desperate for some good news in its lonely war against the Axis, symbolized the end of the Italian occupation of Ethiopia. Several weeks later, the Italians there would surrender to the British, a critical early Allied victory in World War II. And at the heart of that victory was the controversial, iconoclastic\u2014and many would say brilliant\u2014Wingate.\nWingate certainly had his faults and peculiarities. He had a penchant for conducting staff meetings while emerging naked from the bath, and often wore an onion on a cord around his neck, believing it to be medicinally imperative. Bouts of depression laid him low at the most inopportune times. His hypercritical views of the British Army rubbed many of his commanders and subordinates the wrong way, and even his admirers were struck by his visceral, often instantaneous unpopularity.\nFor all that, he was later referred to as a genius by no less than Winston Churchill for his daring exploits as the leader of the Chindits, the special guerrilla force in Burma that would play such a vital role in 1944 and 1945 in turning the tide in favor of the Allies in the Far East against a much larger Japanese army.\nBut it was in Ethiopia in early 1941, and to a lesser extent in Palestine in the 1930s, that Wingate developed the \u201clong-range penetration\u201d guerrilla tactics that would make his more famous exploits so successful. In Ethiopia he led a group of specially trained Anglo-Ethiopian guerrillas that he dubbed the Gideon Force, after the biblical hero who destroyed a much larger enemy with only a few hundred men. His men infiltrated Italian lines, provided critical intelligence to the British High Command, and sowed panic with swift, brutal night raids. Wingate capped off the campaign in May 1941 by persuading 12,000 Italian troops to surrender to his 2,000-man force. As his colleague Sir Wilfred Thesiger later mused, \u201cWingate deserved a knighthood for what he did in Ethiopia.\u201d\nOrde Wingate\u2019s upbringing shaped him into the cantankerous, intransigent character he became. Born in India in 1903, he was raised in England by a strict, fervently religious family with military roots (T. E. Lawrence, better known as Lawrence of Arabia, was a distant cousin). From a very young age he was encouraged to be bold and self-reliant\u2014which could and did foster rebelliousness.\nAt the Army Equestrian School at Weedon, Wingate annoyed his instructors by interrupting mealtimes with harangues on such polarizing subjects as Marxism, which he claimed to embrace. As one contemporary recalled, \u201cHe and I had one basic common belief: Regulations are made by sods for fools, and they are to be circumvented and not obeyed where inconvenient.\u201d\nBy young adulthood, Wingate was suffering from undiagnosed clinical depression. Some have suggested that he exhibited classic symptoms of bipolar disorder. He would experience extreme highs and lows\u2014flashes of confident exuberance, punctuated by what he described as \u201cnervous attacks,\u201d or his \u201cparticular curse.\u201d Whatever the correct label, his mood fluctuations only underscored his growing reputation for peculiarity and unpredictability.\nEarly on, Wingate was greatly influenced by his father\u2019s cousin, Sir Reginald Wingate, whom Orde called Cousin Rex. A retired army general who had served as governor-general of Sudan from 1899 to 1916 and high commissioner of Egypt from 1917 to 1919, Cousin Rex instilled in Wingate a keen interest in Middle Eastern politics and culture that over the years would curdle into obsession.\nWingate was accepted into the Sudan Defence Force in April 1925 and posted to the East Arab Corps. The SDF was considered quite glamorous\u2014in many ways a precursor to the British Special Air Service and other special ops forces that were created during and after the war. Wingate served on the Ethiopian border, where the SDF prowled for slave traders and ivory poachers.\nAs Wingate moved away from regular patrolling to conducting baited ambushes, he honed the tactics that he would later use so well in Palestine, Ethiopia, and Burma. His efforts did not go unnoticed. After one such mission, in which Wingate\u2019s men killed one poacher and captured 13 more, Sudan\u2019s governor general praised him for his \u201cgreat dash and judgment.\u201d\nNonetheless, Wingate made a mixed impression on his fellow officers. While they lauded his performance, they were put off by his scruffy appearance, his habitual nudity, and his tendency to make known his extreme political views. At one point the colonel in command of the East Arab Corps warned him to keep his opinions to himself: \u201cI don\u2019t like the things that you say and I don\u2019t like you.\u201d\nAlthough compromise was not in Wingate\u2019s nature, he knew he had to be at least outwardly mindful of such rebukes, for he had come to believe that the army was his path to greatness. \u201cI cannot be a nobody,\u201d he wrote home from Sudan. \u201cI cannot be nothing!\u201d\nIn 1933 Wingate returned to Great Britain, where he was assigned to retrain British artillery units. Three years later, he was posted to Palestine as an intelligence officer. It was unquestionably a turning point for him, as his ideas on special operations employing irregular forces began to coalesce.\nIn Palestine he also found an outlet for his passion and energy. Wingate immediately identified with Jewish political leaders and, though he was not Jewish, became an ardent Zionist committed to the creation of a Jewish state in Palestine. Wingate later explained that his empathy stemmed in part from bullying he had suffered as a young boy. He admired the Jews for refusing, like him, to give up in the face of persecution.\nWingate proposed using small assault units of heavily armed Jewish commandos to combat Arab uprisings, and Lt. Gen. Archibald Wavell, then a commander of British forces in Palestine, approved the idea. In June 1938 the so-called Special Night Squads were created, with Wingate assigned to train them and lead their patrols. Most of their actions consisted of ambushing Arab saboteurs who were attacking British pipelines, but Wingate also led brutal reprisal raids on villages suspected of harboring the saboteurs.\nFor his work with the Special Night Squads\u2014which helped to quell Arab uprisings and taught a future generation of Israeli generals how to fight\u2014Wingate was awarded Britain\u2019s Distinguished Service Order. But his increasing involvement with Zionism disturbed some of his superiors, one of whom labeled him a security risk. When a fellow officer pointed out that there were two sides to the Palestine problem, Wingate replied, \u201cI know that. I just happen to be on the right side.\u201d\nOnce again undermined by his passion and personality, Wingate was removed from command in 1939 and ordered back to Great Britain.\nAfter Italy declared war on France and Great Britain on June 10, 1940, the Allies concluded that the liberation of Ethiopia was essential to their success in Africa\u2014or, at the very least, to protecting the pivotal British supply routes on the Suez Canal\u2019s Red Sea flank. In late June the British government promised to restore Haile Selassie to the throne and transported him from England, where he had been living since the Italians banished him in 1936, back to Africa, where they hoped his arrival would galvanize his countrymen to fight back against the Italians.\nThe British regular forces needed the help: they were stretched thin and vastly outnumbered by the Italians. General Wavell had 80,000 British and Commonwealth troops at his disposal to handle potential conflicts in Libya, Iraq, and East Africa; the Italians had some 250,000 soldiers in East Africa alone. At a meeting in October attended by the emperor, it was agreed that irregular forces would be a critical part of the plan to seize Ethiopia from Italy.\nMeanwhile, Wingate was commanding an antiaircraft unit in England and itching to get back into action, preferably somewhere he could put his theories on guerrilla warfare to use. Fortunately for Wingate, he had an admirer in Wavell, who requested his assistance with the upcoming Ethiopian campaign.\nIn December 1940 Wavell convened a conference in Cairo on the upcoming East African offensive. Wingate elaborated there on the guerrilla tactic he proposed: long-range penetration, which he described as \u201cregular warfare behind enemy lines.\u201d He called for the creation of a small force of well-armed, highly disciplined men that could paralyze much larger forces. The troops would need to have a unified command and a clear objective\u2014 in this case, ejecting the Italians from Ethiopia and restoring Selassie to the throne.\nWavell approved the plan, and so was born the Gideon Force\u2014composed of 2,000 veteran Sudanese and Ethiopian soldiers, several mortars, and 18,000 camels (to carry men and supplies), and led by some 70 British officers and NCOs. On New Year\u2019s Eve, an ebullient Wingate dashed off a two-and-a-half-page letter to British headquarters reflecting on his vision and his hopes for what lay ahead: \u201cEvery weapon, every round, every vehicle, gall of petrol, pound of gelignite, that comes now is going to its destination under the enemy\u2019s ribs.\u201d\nBy the beginning of 1941, the British had orchestrated a plan of attack in Ethiopia. Lt. Gen. William Platt, who commanded the Sudan Defence Force, would move in from northern Sudan and General Cunningham would advance from Kenya into southern Ethiopia. Wingate would press forward into the Gojjam Province in northwest Ethiopia, isolating and taking several fortresses and cutting the road between Addis Ababa and Debra Markos, the capital of Gojjam. The Gideon Force would also escort Haile Selassie back into his country in a series of staged moves. In Gojjam, Wingate would meet up with Col. Daniel Sandford, who was already leading a force of native partisans known as the Patriots in an operation called Mission 101.\nBy now Wingate\u2019s fondness for Haile Selassie\u2014whom Wingate had first met in Sudan in 1940, and whose temporary residence some 30 miles south of Khartoum, the Pink Palace, he visited regularly\u2014had deepened into a zealous protectiveness. Wingate was inspired by the David-and-Goliath aspect of the emperor\u2019s mission and by its motifs of resurrection and rebirth. Convinced that Haile Selassie had been unjustly robbed of his kingdom, Wingate preached to his officers the moral imperative of liberating small, oppressed nations like Ethiopia, and gave a similar message to the emperor. \u201cI told him,\u201d Wingate later wrote, \u201cthat he should take as his motto an ancient proverb found in Gese, \u2018If I am not for myself, who will be for me?\u2019 and trust in the justice of his cause.\u201d\nIn the first weeks of 1941, the Gideon Force moved into the Gojjam Province. Leading the way was Wingate, occasionally wearing an alarm clock on his wrist as a lesson to his soldiers in punctuality. On January 20, Haile Selassie planted the royal flag on Ethiopian soil for the first time in five years. Wingate was at his side, having choreographed every aspect of the emperor\u2019s historic return\u2014down to insisting on a proper flagpole. \u201cThe Emperor proposes to haul the flag up himself, so we don\u2019t want anything to go wrong,\u201d he warned his men.\nIn early February, Selassie and Wingate arrived in Belaya in the Gojjam Province, where the emperor established his headquarters. From there, the Gideon Force launched its Ethiopian campaign in earnest, intimidating the Italians with a shrewd blend of propaganda and force, of surprise and bluff. For starters, Wingate\u2019s men rallied the Ethiopians by speaking through powerful loudspeakers and megaphones, as well as distributing tens of thousands of handbills (printed on the Gideon Force\u2019s portable press) to announce the emperor\u2019s return. The tactic not only encouraged Ethiopians to desert the Italian army but further rattled the already skittish Italians.\nWingate knew that they must move as quickly as possible toward Debra Markos, some 100 miles to the southeast. A delay might give the enemy a chance to decipher the Gideon Force\u2019s weaknesses, namely, its inferior numbers. His goal was to besiege the Italian garrisons with nighttime attacks in the hope that the Italians\u2014whom he despised as soldiers\u2014would assume they were facing a far greater force than they actually were. \u201cThe vivid imagination of the enemy was always ready to picture a company as a division for the first two days following its appearance,\u201d he explained. \u201cIt was essential to maintain the element of surprise, if benefit were to be obtained from his credulity and cowardice.\u201d\nThe Gideon Force thus pursued enemy encampments along the road to Debra Markos with one piercing night attack after another. Wingate\u2019s men functioned much like the World War I trench raid teams\u2014crawling up to the enemy camp, unleashing grenades and mortar shells, and then evaporating into the night.\nWingate led as many raids as he could. Some in the British High Command criticized this practice as heedless showmanship. But Abraham Akavia, Wingate\u2019s aide in Ethiopia, insisted Wingate\u2019s leadership by example was sound, because it raised the \u201cmorale and the fighting abilities of such a small force, by providing men with his personal example and the officers with continual tactical training. In addition, as the record of these operations clearly proves, the chances of success were much higher when Wingate personally took part in the action.\u201d\nIn fact, Wingate built up a strong camaraderie with those in his force. As Akavia wrote after one attack: \u201cAs usual, Wingate demanded fast movement, mobility being one of the main advantages of the Gideon Force, and he rushed from one place to the other, goading everybody to superhuman effort\u2026and his shouts seemed to have an immediate effect on the soldiers who admired so much this strange Britisher, who had led them so successfully to battle and had shared in all of their perils and discomforts throughout the fighting.\u201d\nAfter a brief battle at a fort near Debra Markos, the Italians finally deserted the city on April 3, 1941. At the same time, Italian forces under Prince Amedeo, the Duke of Aosta, pulled out of Addis Ababa and headed north toward the mountains of Amba Alagi. On April 5, after the South African Air Force had bombed Addis Ababa, British regular troops under General Cunningham occupied the city. The next day Haile Selassie entered Debra Markos.\nBy May 1941 the Italian efforts were falling apart all over Ethiopia. But other strategic issues were weighing on the British: Greece had fallen to the Axis, and Gen. Erwin Rommel was advancing into the western desert. A speedy resolution to the Ethiopian campaign was imperative.\nThe Gideon Force concentrated on ensuring Haile Selassie\u2019s safe and celebratory march from Debra Markos to Addis Ababa early that May, on the fifth anniversary of the city\u2019s capture by the Italians. Wingate wrote part of the conclusion of the speech that Haile Selassie gave to his followers in the capital\u2014 a testimony to how close the two men had become:\n\u201cSt. George who slew the dragon,\u201d he wrote, \u201cis the patron both of us and of our allies. We should therefore fasten our friendship forever in an indissoluble bond, to defeat this ungodly and newly appointed dragon that vexes mankind. Our allies are our friends and our own blood. Take them to your hearts!\u201d\nSelassie warmly returned the sentiment: after the East African campaign, the emperor sent Wingate four gold rings in appreciation of all that he had done.\nWith the emperor firmly installed, the Gideon Force left Addis Ababa to join Mission 101, which was harassing Col. Severio Maraventano\u2019s withdrawing troops. But the Patriots faced a debilitating shortage of food and arms, and just as he reached them, Wingate received orders to stop chasing Maraventano and help British forces elsewhere.\nInstead, he pretended that he could not decipher the message and continued to fight.\nMaraventano too was running out of food, arms, and medical supplies, setting the stage for Wingate\u2019s final triumph in Ethiopia. Nearly out of ammunition himself, though, he could not rely on the Gideon Force to take the Italians by arms. It was time to bluff.\nWingate sent Maraventano a letter indicating that he was about to be joined by many additional troops, as well as largescale air reinforcements. He also stressed that unless Maraventano surrendered, his troops would be left to the mercy of the Patriots, thus playing on the Italians\u2019 deep-seated fear of the partisans\u2014brutal captors who were said to castrate their prisoners.\nMaraventano pondered the message, but not for long. On May 23, 1941, he surrendered his 12,000-man force to Wingate. It was a spectacular bluff: not only were no reinforcements of any kind expected, but Wingate\u2019s force of 2,000 men was dwarfed by the size of the Italian army. Within days, the Duke of Aosta and Gen. Guglielmo Nasi surrendered also, and the Italian reign in Ethiopia was over.\nIt should have been a victory to relish. Wingate\u2019s long-range penetration tactics had proven extremely effective, the emperor had been reinstalled, and he had beaten vast and potentially overwhelming forces. But his temperament again tarnished his success. Wingate\u2019s behavior, unpredictable and often uncalled for, had instigated clashes with several British colleagues throughout the campaign, and once, infuriated by a minor transgression, Wingate shocked onlookers by smacking his Ethiopian translator in the face.\nUltimately, Wingate\u2019s renegade exploits in Ethiopia only reinforced the view held by many of his superiors that he was arrogant and defiant, and should be kept on a very short leash. As soon as Wingate and the Gideon Force delivered their Italian POWs to Addis Ababa, he was summoned to headquarters in Harar, where he was informed that the Gideon Force was being disbanded immediately, and was ordered to leave for headquarters in Cairo. It was an ignominious end, and Wingate was particularly incensed that he was forced to leave East Africa without saying goodbye to Haile Selassie.\nIn Cairo, Wingate was for the most part ignored, if not outright ostracized. And he did himself no favors by writing a self-serving, vitriolic report on the Ethiopian campaign. In highlighting his stringent views on the use of long-range penetration, he also indicted the entire British campaign. He portrayed the British NCOs who served under him as \u201cthe scum of the army,\u201d described some of his commissioned officers as \u201cmediocre and inferior,\u201d and called his signalers \u201clazy, ill-trained and sometimes cowardly.\u201d And he labeled generals Cunningham and Platt \u201cmilitary apes\u201d for having the gall to shut down his Gideon Force.\nEven Wingate\u2019s staunchest supporters were appalled. The document \u201cwould almost have justified my placing him under arrest for insubordination,\u201d Wavell later said.\nBy the summer of 1941, all Wingate\u2019s thoughts and hopes were falling on angry, deaf ears. In early July, ill with the malaria he had contracted in Ethiopia and deeply depressed, he stabbed himself in his hotel room, but was discovered before he bled to death. Word of Wingate\u2019s suicide attempt reverberated throughout Cairo, fueling the empathy of those supporters who felt that he had been shabbily treated\u2014and the unmitigated contempt of his enemies. One of his superiors visited him in the hospital, only to hiss, \u201cYou bloody fool. Why didn\u2019t you use a revolver?\u201d\nWingate traveled back to England in September 1941. Unbowed, his first words to his doctor were, \u201cYou know, I am not the only great soldier who has tried to commit suicide. There was Napoleon, for instance.\u201d\nAt the urging of several backers\u2014Cousin Rex included\u2014who were in a position to help Wingate resurrect his reputation as an innovative leader and tactician, he toned down his report on the Ethiopian campaign and resubmitted it. The new version, which jettisoned much of the inflammatory language of the first and stressed his recommendations for future guerrilla operations, was then circulated at the highest levels, eventually reaching Winston Churchill. Impressed with its insights, Churchill referred it to Wavell, by then commander in chief of the Far Eastern theater.\nIt was the reprieve of a lifetime for Wingate\u2014and a stroke of good fortune for the Allied forces there. In early 1942, Wavell called Wingate to Burma and asked him to command irregular forces that would operate behind Japanese lines, much like the Gideon Force had done in Ethiopia. Wingate quickly formed what some historians consider the most controversial British unit of the war, the Chindits. Over the next three years the Chindits would refine the concept of long-range penetration Wingate had conjured in Palestine and Ethiopia, sending hardcore special forces (including Americans) deep into the jungle, often behind enemy lines, to cut Japanese lines of communication, collect intelligence, and otherwise wreak havoc.\nDespite their successes in Burma, however, the Chindits suffered heavy casualties, leading many to question the unit\u2019s overall strategy and relative merit. But Wingate would never have to defend his brainchild. In March 1944, the Chindits were several weeks into a major operation\u2014and at the height of their popularity with the British High Command\u2014when Wingate was killed in a plane crash as he was flying from Burma to a conference in India.\nIt seems that it was only in death, and even then a bit obliquely, that Wingate finally received the admiration and appreciation he had so intensely desired. \u201cThere was a man of genius,\u201d Churchill told the House of Commons after Wingate\u2019s death, \u201cwho might well have become also a man of destiny.\u201d\nOriginally published in the April 2010 issue of World War II Magazine. To subscribe, click here.\nguerrilla warfare, Historical Figures, Military History, People, World War II", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 220, "original_length": 27449, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 257.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/20190212/london-township-342019-hearing", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:21:18Z", "digest": "sha1:LWUEN6DY4T7KDWIRDW2P3LJEUQAYVY3C", "length": 620, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.hollandsentinel.com", "title": "London Township 3/4/2019 hearing - News - Holland Sentinel - Holland, MI", "raw_content": "London Township 3/4/2019 hearing\nNotice is hereby given that the London Township Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on Monday March 4th at 7:30 p.m. in the Township Hall located at 13613 Tuttlehill Road Milan, MI 48160. The hearing will be to hear public comment on the amendment of the London Township Zoning Ordinance to amend Article 12 Procedures and Standards, and Small Ponds Ordinance. Anyone who would like to review the proposed ordinance amendments may do so at the London Township Hall Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 9am to 3pm, or by appointment. They can also be viewed online at www.londontwp.org", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 162, "original_length": 3225, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 214.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.homeinthesun.co.uk/life-style/turkey.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:22:07Z", "digest": "sha1:NGIVAMAUF67TAMY5B6GCZGM5CLXGQNCK", "length": 778, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.homeinthesun.co.uk", "title": "Turkey Life Style Guide | Home in the Sun", "raw_content": "Turkey Life Style Guide\nTurkey is a thriving, energetic, modern country with cosmopolitan cities, dazzling marinas, first class hotels and restaurants and glitzy nightclubs and bars. Blessed with a wonderful climate and open hearted welcoming people, it is a great place to practice every kind of sport and leisure activity under the sun and enjoy world class cuisine with great service and reasonable prices.\nTurkey is also the proud possessor of more recognised historical and archaeological sites than any other country in the world and evidence of its vibrant and fascinating historical legacy can be seen today in the wealth of temples, churches, mosques and palaces which are scattered around the towns and countryside.\nhttp://www.bp-pb.com/1319-rhino-correct-romania.html", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 147, "original_length": 2734, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 235.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hooklawcenter.com/newsletter/news-2009/intrepretation-of-trust-agreements/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:25:53Z", "digest": "sha1:FEERGBDGFJ72MBBSENKKVY3ZIWRC3ZIO", "length": 7458, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.hooklawcenter.com", "title": "Intrepretation of Trust Agreements | Hook Law Center", "raw_content": "Intrepretation of Trust Agreements\nA recent Supreme Court of Virginia case illustrates the process by which courts analyze and interpret the language that grantors use in their trust agreements.\nIn Harbour et al v. SunTrust Bank et al (Record No. 082023, November 5, 2009), the Court considered an inter vivos trust agreement. The grantor directed that the income and corpus would be used for her during her lifetime, and, at her death, the income and corpus would be used for her husband if he survived her. The trust agreement provided the following in Section 7, entitled \u201cDisposition of Trust:\u201d\nC. Payment of Estate Tax at Spouse\u2019s Death. Upon the death of the Grantor\u2019s spouse, the Trustee shall divide the trust res, including any undistributed income and the remaining principal, into four equal shares, to be distributed as follows:\nOne such share shall be paid and delivered to my brother, James Clayton Boaz; the second such share, shall be paid and delivered to my brother, Herbert Alan Boaz; and the third such share shall be paid and delivered to my sister, Hazel Boaz Harbour.\nThe fourth such share shall be delivered to the Stuart Baptist Church to be kept in a separate trust account entitled \u201cMollie Boaz Johnson Educational Fund,\u201d to be used for scholarships for deserving students from Patrick County in accordance with . . . my Last Will and Testament.\nIf any of my brothers or sisters shall fail to survive me, his or her share shall lapse and such share shall be added to the trust fund for Stuart Baptist Church, previously mentioned.(Emphasis added.)\nThe grantor placed her initials next to the paragraph underlined above and on the bottom of every page of section 7 of the trust agreement.\nThe grantor died in 1999, survived by her husband and two of her siblings. The two siblings predeceased the grantor\u2019s husband, who died in 2007. Hazel Boar Harbour (\u201cHarbour\u201d) was survived by Steven M. Harbour, and James Clayton Boaz (\u201cBoaz\u201d) was survived by James Aubrey Boaz. SunTrust Bank, as Trustee, filed a complaint in the circuit court seeking aid and guidance in interpreting the trust agreement and in distributing the trust proceeds. Stuart Baptist Church (\u201cthe church\u201d) and Steven M. Harbour and James Aubrey Boaz (\u201cthe nephews\u201d) filed answers and memoranda. The church claimed it was entitled to all of the remaining trust assets because the grantor\u2019s siblings predeceased the grantor\u2019s husband, and thus the shares to the siblings lapsed. The nephews contended that Harbour and Boaz survived the grantor, and thus their shares did not lapse under the plain language of the trust agreement, and the nephews were entitled to shares of the remaining trust assets. The circuit court entered judgment holding that \u201cthe shares of the three deceased siblings lapsed and should be added to the share to be delivered to the [church].\u201d In its letter opinion, the circuit court stated that the church\u2019s position was \u201cmore compelling [from] review [of] the instrument in its entirety.\u201d\nOn appeal, the nephews contended that the circuit court erred in failing to adopt the plain meaning of the trust agreement\u2019s language, that unambiguously vested the remainder interests of Harbour and Boaz at the time of the grantor\u2019s death, and not at the time of the husband\u2019s death. They alternatively argued that under the rule of construction favoring early vesting of estates, because the trust agreement did not manifest a clear intent to postpone vesting, the remainder interests of Harbour and Boaz vested at the grantor\u2019s death. The church contended that under the plain terms of the trust, the qualifying remainder shares vested at the time of the husband\u2019s death when the shares were to be distributed. The church also contended that the early vesting rule was inapplicable because the two siblings died before the husband, and, therefore, they did not acquire vested remainder shares in the trust assets.\nThe Supreme Court of Virginia stated that the intent of the grantor controls when considering the language of a trust agreement. This court said that it would initially review the language of the trust. If the language is clear and unambiguous, then it would not resort to rules of construction, or consider the grantor\u2019s apparent reasoning or motivation in selecting the particular language used, but rather, would apply the plain meaning of the words the grantor used. Regarding the early vesting rule, the Supreme Court of Virginia said this rule of construction has no application when the language of the trust or will unambiguously demonstrates the grantor\u2019s intent.\nThe Supreme Court of Virginia examined the trust language and determined that it was unambiguous. This court did not apply the early vesting rule, but relied solely on the words the grantor used in the trust. The grantor used language that referenced her own death, not the death of the husband, as the event determining whether or not a sibling\u2019s share would lapse. A sibling\u2019s share would only lapse if the sibling failed to survive the grantor. The court said that at the time of the grantor\u2019s death, Harbour and Boaz survived the grantor, and they received a vested remainder interest in the trust assets when the grantor died. The share of Herbert A. Boaz lapsed because he predeceased the grantor, and his share became part of the church\u2019s interest. This court said that the church\u2019s position would require the court to add the phrase \u201cand my husband\u201d to the grantor\u2019s directive that \u201c[i]f any of my brothers or sister fail to survive me . . .,\u201d and this court had no authority to insert words into a trust document. The Supreme Court of Virginia also observed that the division of the trust res after the husband\u2019s death secured the possession of the remainder interests that had vested at the grantor\u2019s death. This court held that the circuit court erred in holding that the interests of Harbour and Boaz lapsed in favor of the church, reversed the judgment of the circuit court and remanded the case for entry of an order distributing the remainder interests of the parties in accordance with the ruling of the Supreme Court of Virginia.\nO&H: Allie, we\u2019ve heard about some creative ideas for gifts for cats this holiday season. Please tell us about them.\nAllie: Sure! Cats have been into recycling and repurposing long before \u201cgreen\u201d became the latest buzzword. An Associated Press article included some ideas for cat toys. If you are drinking wine to relax (or to make it through tough economic times), share the corks with your cat. We love batting them around. Let your hair grow long \u2013 then you can share your hair ribbons with us. Buy presents for other people \u2013 we can then help you wrap the presents. You can crunch up a piece of wrapping paper into a ball for us to chase around. You can do the same with aluminum foil. (Then you can clean the foil balls out from under the couch and the appliances in the kitchen, because we won\u2019t clean them up for you!). Shop by mail \u2013 we are suckers for the boxes that arrive with the items that you ordered. If you shop locally, we also will have fun with the paper bags (not the plastic ones!). You don\u2019t need to buy fancy beds for us this year, you know we love to lie on things on top of other things. Lying on a shirt on the bed is better than lying on any other spot on the bed. Hmmm\u2026. I\u2019m ready for a nap\u2026 after I check around the house first to see if my mom has left some paper bags or foil out for me!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 154, "original_length": 12116, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 292.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hooklawcenter.com/newsletter/news-2013/duties-of-a-trustee-in-managing-a-trust-for-the-belief-of-an-individual-with-special-needs/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:22:57Z", "digest": "sha1:76DHTPK6DZMLY4Z5LMND76REHIS3LX7V", "length": 4807, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.hooklawcenter.com", "title": "Duties of a Trustee in Managing a Trust for the Benefit of an Individual with Special Needs | Hook Law Center", "raw_content": "Duties of a Trustee in Managing a Trust for the Benefit of an Individual with Special Needs\nby Shannon A. Laymon-Pecoraro, Esq.\nIt is common knowledge that one of the most important decisions in creating a trust is the selection of a trustee. The grantor, or person creating the trust, must choose a trustee that will understand what their duties are, the intent of the grantor, and exercise spending power for expenses that fall within the parameters set forth by the terms of the trust. Over the past year, two important decisions have emerged from New York which detail the affirmative duties assumed by trustees managing a trust for an individual with special needs.\nThe first case memorialized a trustee\u2019s requirement to take reasonable interest in and action on behalf of a beneficiary with special needs. In Matter of JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A. (Marie H.), 2012 NY Slip Op 22387 (December 31, 2012 Sur Ct New York County), the trustees, in essence, abandoned the beneficiary and left him without adequate care, despite his significant inheritance. In finding that the co-trustees breached their duties, the court reflected on the co-trustee\u2019s failure to exercise a reasonable degree of diligence. Specifically, the court determined that a trustee has a duty \u201cto make themselves knowledgeable about [a beneficiary\u2019s] condition and his needs, and the availability of services that would enable them to provide for those needs.\u201d This duty extends to determining the medical, educational, and quality of life needs that can be met by utilizing trust assets. By turning a blind eye to such needs and not approving proper and necessary payments to accommodate such needs, a trustee fails to fulfill their obligations.\nThe second case, Liranzo v. LI Jewish Education/Research (N.Y. Sup. Ct., Kings Cty., No. 28863/1996, June 25, 2013), focuses on the duty of a trustee to investigate the public benefits available to a beneficiary of a special needs trust and holds a trustee liable for such a breach. During the course of administration, the trustee of the trust made significant distributions for private caregivers, family cab rides, medications, and payments to family members that rendered the beneficiary of the trust ineligible for SSI and Medicaid. The court determined that it breached its duties by \u201cfailing to make the necessary inquiries.\nWhile the findings of the court could be deemed as common sense, the lesson deducted from both of the cases is that a trustee has a duty to be actively involved with the administration of trusts, particularly when such a trust was created for a the benefit of a beneficiary with special needs. By investigating a beneficiaries needs and availability of resources, both public and those held in trust, a trustee of a trust established for the benefit of an individual with special needs can protect themselves from the consequences imposed by courts.\nThe Hook Law Center\u2019s attorneys are led by Andrew H. Hook, a founding member of the Special Needs Alliance, and are experienced in the administration of special needs trusts. If you are interested in a establishing a special needs trusts, or need some assistance in administration, please contact the Hook Law Center to schedule a consultation.\nCats\u2019 Vision\nHook Law Center: Kit Kat, what type of vision does a cat have?\nKit Kat: Well, it turns out we cats have better vision in some ways than people, but not quite as good as humans in other ways. Let me explain. In short, humans see better during the day, but cats see better when there is not quite full light, such as at dawn or dusk. The reason for this is in the shape of the cat\u2019s eye and its composition. For instance, the cat\u2019s eye has an elliptical shape , larger corneas, and a tapetum (a layer of tissue that reflects light back to the cornea). These features allow more light to be collected. However, cats do not have the same types of cones in their eyes, so their perception of color is much less vivid than a human\u2019s. Humans are really good at seeing reds, greens and blues, while those mostly appear blue and gray to a cat.\nOther differences between the two species are their clarity of vision and perception of motion. Humans see objects very clearly at distances up to 200 feet. This is not the case with cats who need to be around 20 feet from an object to see it clearly. Humans are better at perceiving slow motion, but cats are better are seeing objects that move rapidly. So I guess you could say each species has its strengths and weaknesses that are suited to its lifestyle. That\u2019s what makes nature so interesting. Vive la difference!\n(http://www.nbcnews.com/science/cats-see-world-whole-different-light-you-knew-8C114) (10/25/2013)\nHook Law Center will present a seminar to Wall, Einhorn & Chernitzer P.C. on November 18, 2013.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 156, "original_length": 10056, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 218.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hopkinslawver.com/obituaries/Charlotte-Salamon/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:23:21Z", "digest": "sha1:IWFFDB4YJYQQB22RO7V7ZDIXLWPAGGCM", "length": 510, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.hopkinslawver.com", "title": "Charlotte Ann Salamon Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information", "raw_content": "Charlotte Ann Salamon\nCharlotte Ann Salamon, age 83, went home to be with the Lord on February 12, 2016. Born in Dailey, W. Va. to Bert and Thelma Ash, she resided in the Akron area most of her life, and was a member of Graham Road Baptist Church. Charlotte was... View Obituary & Service Information\nThe family of Charlotte Ann Salamon created this Life Tributes page to make it easy to share your memories.\nCharlotte Ann Salamon, age 83, went home to be with the Lord...\nSend flowers to the Salamon's family.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 111, "original_length": 2583, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 266.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hopkinslawver.com/obituaries/Samantha-Bullard/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:46Z", "digest": "sha1:2BEL5H2YH3AH5TRSMDXD2KQKBWXPS6UG", "length": 498, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.hopkinslawver.com", "title": "Samantha J. Bullard Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information", "raw_content": "Samantha J. Bullard\nSamantha J. Bullard, age 41, passed away October 30, 2015. Born in Akron, Ohio, Samantha was a lifetime area resident. She was employed with Hi-Way Distributing, loved computers, roller coasters and always living life to the fullest.... View Obituary & Service Information\nThe family of Samantha J. Bullard created this Life Tributes page to make it easy to share your memories.\nSamantha J. Bullard, age 41, passed away October 30, 2015....\nSend flowers to the Bullard's family.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 111, "original_length": 2565, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 240.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/results/directory/profile/10003693/gang-wu", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:59Z", "digest": "sha1:LPQCGMAO6NRJ55CYJWVB2ZOLFB5Z4QMV", "length": 861, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.hopkinsmedicine.org", "title": "Gang Wu, M.D., Ph.D.", "raw_content": "Gang Wu, M.D., Ph.D.\nDr. Wu is a neuroscientist and electrophysiologist with academic and industrial, nonclinical and clinical experience. Trained in electrophysiology and pharmacology, Dr. Wu specializes in techniques such as whole cell patch-clamp analysis, single fiber/unit recording, and intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring, as well as imaging techniques including single cell live imaging, confocal microscopy, and automated high throughput or high content imaging. Dr. Wu has extensively researched pain and ion channel drug discovery, along with hands-on studies in human electrophysiology and psychophysics. He currently works on pain research with a special interest in the peripheral mechanisms of pain and itch.\nM.D., Bengbu Medical College - Bengbu - Anhui (China) (1982)\nPh.D., Karolinska Inst - Medicine Fak - Stockholm - (Sweden) (1997)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 179, "original_length": 4174, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 214.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.hpe.com/lamerica/en/resources/services/retail-digital-age.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:50:54Z", "digest": "sha1:T4AFD5N7ATSZACKMP7Z253USXMYOTG6F", "length": 1204, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.hpe.com", "title": "Retail has Called for Change - How Are You Responding? | HPE LAMERICA", "raw_content": "Retail has Called for Change - How Are You Responding?\nRetail stores are seeing roughly half of the foot traffic they saw 6 years ago. What does that decline mean? It means it is time to rethink not just the role of the store but operations, merchandising and even your supply chain. Digital integration isn\u2019t an add-on to your current structure, it is redefining your current structure in its entirety. E-commerce, mobile and ...\nRetail stores are seeing roughly half of the foot traffic they saw 6 years ago. What does that decline mean? It means it is time to rethink not just the role of the store but operations, merchandising and even your supply chain. Digital integration isn\u2019t an add-on to your current structure, it is redefining your current structure in its entirety. E-commerce, mobile and in-store experiences must work together cohesively to create a holistic, multi-channel customer journey. It isn\u2019t what consumers want, it is what they now demand. 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He has published ten novels, five collections of short stories, five anthologies of poetry, and ten non-fiction books. His Tamil novels in English translation include Seasons of the Palm (2004), Current Show (2004), One Part Woman (2013), and Pyre (2016). His poetry, short story, and essay collections have been translated into English as Songs of a Coward, The Goat Thief, and Black Coffee in a Coconut Shell. He has received awards from the Tamil Nadu government and Katha Books. 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[Reuters]\nNew York and other major cities on America's east coast have begun to shut down key operations ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Sandy, which is expected to make landfall within hours.\nA state of emergency has been declared in nine states, encompassing both New York and Washington DC, with forecasters fearing the storm could affect up to 60 million people.\nSchools have been closed and transport services suspended along the eastern seaboard, while evacuation measures are underway in most low-lying areas.\nNew York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said around 375,000 people have been told to move to higher ground. Nearly 3,000 flights have been cancelled because of the bad weather.\nBoth the New York Stock Exchange and Nymex have decided to suspend floor trading to avoid the risks associated with the storm. However, both markets will continue electronic trading.\nSandy has already forced candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney to reschedule their campaigns in the week ahead of the presidential election.\nA New Yorker sits on sandbags laid in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy [Reuters].\n\"This is a serious and big storm. We don't yet know where it's going to hit, where we're going to see the biggest impacts,\" said President Obama, urging Americans not to take the storm lightly.\n\"This is not a typical storm. It could very well be historic in nature and in scope, and in magnitude because of the widespread anticipated power outages, and the potential major wind damage,\" said Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett.\nHours before the expected landfall, the storm was creating swirling winds at a distance 485 miles (780 km) south of New York, according to the National Hurricane Center.\nThe Center added that the winds, travelling at up to 75 mph, could bring \"life-threatening storm surge\" along with \"coastal hurricane winds and heavy Appalachian snows.\"\nSandy is likely to gain further momentum before making its landfall, combining with a seasonal storm from the north-east to create what one meteorologist referred to as a 'Frankenstorm.'\nSandbags outside the New York Stock Exchange (Eleazar David Mel\u00e9ndez)\nRelated topics : Barack Obama Storm New York", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 2934, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 223.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.icebluesky.com/blog/2011/01/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:11Z", "digest": "sha1:36SVHGTM7AW4EUQC2K4UDZ5JECVZRI6Z", "length": 193, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.icebluesky.com", "title": "January 2011 - Ice Blue Sky B2B Content Marketing Blog", "raw_content": "I\u2019m sorry, it\u2019s not me, it\u2019s you\nThe one group\u00c2 of businesses I expect to have their unsubscribe process spot on are retailers \u2013 especially online retailers. I don\u2019t think I\u2019m being \u2026 Read More", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 117, "original_length": 2194, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 208.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.icoolgadgets.com/blogs/news/the-appeal-of-wireless-cameras", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:18:56Z", "digest": "sha1:P3ALY3V5TAEYV5EWNNCXR2BHYIP2EY3V", "length": 3157, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.icoolgadgets.com", "title": "The Facts of Wireless Cameras \u2013 icoolgadgets.com", "raw_content": "The Facts of Wireless Cameras\nWireless cameras offer you in-house protection for pets and kids, make it a lot easier to communicate between rooms and enable the homeowner peace of mind. Discrete surveillance cameras are employed in places where it isn't well seen that cameras are put in visible form. Video surveillance cameras are an enormous portion of that trend. They offer several long-term benefits to you as a store owner.\nThe Best Wireless Cameras - Overview\nThere, cameras are put in city districts in which the absolute most illegal activity is concentrated. So our Hikvision cameras aren't directly exposed to the web. Indoor cameras are perfect for stores in covered malls which don't have an exit or entryway leading outside. The wonderful thing about wireless spy cameras is you don't need to be a genius to generate use of them most are plug-and-play. Down below are a few of the inexpensive mini wireless spy cameras to buy online.\nThe History of Wireless Cameras Refuted\nAll our cameras produce clear, high-quality video and are really simple to set up! Employing a computer, CCTV cameras can be programmed to track the specific movements of a particular object in whatever environment you're surveilling. For example, they can be set to record all the time or during a portion of the day using the scheduled recording method, while also recording upon motion detection. Wireless cameras may also be moved to various locations without hassle. The surveillance cameras are simple to set up by yourself. They help you to monitor your home from virtually anywhere. Wireless outdoor security cameras are ready to monitor all of the activity within and beyond your property.\nYou may even specify which cameras ought to be recorded on each individual disk that's a level of fine tuning that you are not able to get in lesser models. There are a number of security camera in the marketplace. Retail security cameras may also help you determine the individual who committed the crime with vivid, clear images that are simple to depict. Installing retail security cameras rather than hiring expensive security officers saves you thousands of dollars annually and is regarded as among the most efficient techniques for apprehending shoplifters.\nOur cameras and full systems are the most popular Spy and Surveillance goods on the industry today. The digital camera itself is connected to the transmitter. Most 4-in-1 cameras have a little joystick that's joined to the camera's video cable (such as the HD-D180 camera above) that is utilized to choose the video mode.\nThe Fundamentals of Wireless Cameras Revealed\nSome systems require purchasing cloud-based storage plans.\nAll our security techniques provide a number of video recording procedures. Security camera systems must be set up on the exterior of a structure. They are commonly specified by the number of separate channels they support. Know your requirements and what things to look for to locate the most suitable security camera system for you. An 8-channel wireless security camera process is very good for when you want to cover all entry and exit points and key areas in the building.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 384, "original_length": 14918, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 336.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.idahostatesman.com/entertainment/ent-columns-blogs/words-deeds/article107259737.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:10:09Z", "digest": "sha1:HWH62U4SODWHDVYRJUI2KJY3TYNCX6QY", "length": 1907, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.idahostatesman.com", "title": "Boise Brewing wins silver medal at Great American Beer Festival | Idaho Statesman", "raw_content": "Only one other Idaho brewery medaled this year. Kootenai River Brewing Co. of Bonners Ferry won bronze for its McGreagor Scottish Ale in the Scottish-Style Ale category.\nWith 7,227 entries from 1,752 breweries, the GABF provided stiff competition. Here\u2019s the entire list of winners. And here\u2019s an overview of the festival from the Brewers Association: \u201cIn its 30th year, the 2016 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) competition awarded 286 medals to some of the best commercial breweries in the United States, plus three GABF Pro-Am medals to teams of amateur homebrewers paired with professionals. Presented by the Brewers Association, GABF is the largest commercial beer competition in the world and a symbol of brewing excellence.\nIn a ceremony at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, prestigious gold, silver and bronze medals were awarded to winning breweries in 96 beer categories covering 161 different beer styles (including all subcategories), establishing the best examples of each style in the country. Neither a gold nor a silver medal were awarded in the Pumpkin/Squash Beer category.\nWinners were chosen from 7,227 competition entries (nearly 9 percent more than the 6,647 entries in 2015 and surpassing all previous participation records) from 1,752 breweries hailing from 50 states plus Washington, D.C.\nThe competition also saw its biggest-ever panel of judges, with 264 beer experts from 12 countries, including the U.S., and 170 competition volunteers. The panel also evaluated 88 Pro-Am entries, which were judged in three rounds over four days.\u201d\nThe sixth largest brewer in California\u2019s San Diego County held a soft opening at its new 40,000-square-foot brewery and tasting room in Nampa. Mother Earth, which has about 50 part- and full-time employees, anticipates growing to 75 to 100 employe\nLance Chavez, second from left, is the brewer behind Black Cliffs Stout.Jason E. 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What many people don\u2019t realize is how the YMCA is extremely active in community development, and one\u2026\n130 Werner Street, Hot Springs, AR 71913", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 24, "original_length": 847, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 246.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ifex.org/united_states/2013/09/09/nsa_spying_documents/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:35Z", "digest": "sha1:OIUC5PCV3RAQVH5OEFTMBTTYRSWGCTZT", "length": 3523, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.ifex.org", "title": "Hundreds of pages of NSA spying documents to be released in U.S. - IFEX", "raw_content": "Hundreds of pages of NSA spying documents to be released in U.S.\nElectronic Frontier Foundation 9 September 2013\nIn a major victory in one of EFF's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits, the Justice Department conceded yesterday (4 September 2013) that it will release hundreds of pages of documents, including FISA court opinions, related to the government's secret interpretation of Section 215 of the Patriot Act, the law the NSA has relied upon for years to mass collect the phone records of millions of innocent Americans.\nIn a court filing, the Justice Department, responding to a judge's order, said that they would make public a host of material that will \u201ctotal hundreds of pages\u201d, including:\n[O]rders and opinions of the FISC issued from January 1, 2004, to June 6, 2011, that contain a significant legal interpretation of the government's authority or use of its authority under Section 215; and responsive \u201csignificant documents, procedures, or legal analyses incorporated into FISC opinions or orders and treated as binding by the Department of Justice or the National Security Agency.\u201d\nWhile the government finally released a white paper detailing its expansive (and unconstitutional) interpretation of Section 215 last month, more important FISA court opinions adopting at least part of that interpretation have remained secret. The results of EFF's FOIA lawsuit will finally lift the veil on the dubious legal underpinnings of NSA's domestic phone surveillance program.\nThis victory for EFF comes on the heels of another FOIA success two weeks ago, when the Justice Department was also forced to release a 2011 FISA court opinion ruling some NSA surveillance unconstitutional.\nLike our lawsuit over that 2011 FISA opinion\u2014where the government posted the results on Director of National Intelligence's new Tumblr account\u2014the Justice Department may attempt to portray this release as being done out of the goodness of its heart and as a testament to its commitment to transparency. While we applaud the government for finally releasing the opinions, it is not simply a case of magnanimity. The Justice Department is releasing this information because a court has ordered it to do so in response to EFF's FOIA lawsuit, which was filed on the tenth anniversary of the enactment of the Patriot Act\u2014nearly two years ago.\nFor most of the duration of the lawsuit, the government fought tooth and nail to keep every page of its interpretations secret, even once arguing it should not even be compelled to release the number of pages that their opinions consisted of. It was not until the start of the release of documents leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden that the government's position became untenable and the court ordered the government to begin the declassification review process.\nIt also should be noted, that on the same day the government agreed to release this information, GOP Rep. 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(performer: \"Echoes Of Harlem\" - uncredited)\n2017 Z: The Beginning of Everything (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)\n- You, Me and Us (2017) ... (performer: \"Chicago Stomp\" - uncredited)\nStrictly Come Dancing (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode, 2016) (music - 1 episode, 2014)\n- Week Seven (2016) ... (writer: \"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\" - uncredited)\n- Week 4 Results (2014) ... (music: \"It Don't Mean a Thing\")\n2016 20th Century Women (writer: \"In a Sentimental Mood\")\n2016 Storie di Ordinaria Vendetta (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)\n- La Rubrica (2016) ... (writer: \"CARAVAN\" - as D. Ellington)\n2016 Containment (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)\n- Like a Sheep Among Wolves (2016) ... (writer: \"Prelude to a Kiss\" - uncredited)\n2016 Sleepy Hollow (TV Series) (music - 1 episode)\n- Incommunicado (2016) ... (music: \"In a Mellotone\" - uncredited)\n2016 Vince Giordano: There's a Future in the Past (Documentary) (writer: \"Black Beauty\", \"Drop Me Off in Harlem\", \"The Mooch\", \"Cotton Club Stomp\")\n2016 Uncle Howard (Documentary) (lyrics: \"East St. Louis Toodle-Oo\", \"The Mooch\") / (music: \"East St. Louis Toodle-Oo\", \"The Mooch\") / (performer: \"East St. Louis Toodle-Oo\")\n2016 How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change (Documentary) (performer: \"Angelica\") / (writer: \"Angelica\")\n2016 Manchester by the Sea (writer: \"I'm Beginning To See The Light\")\n2016 Maxime (writer: \"Caravan\")\n2016 Nature Photographs (Short) (performer: \"Take The A Train\")\n2015 Sharkskin (arranger: \"Main Stem\") / (writer: \"Main Stem\")\nGotham (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2015) (writer - 1 episode, 2015)\n- Rise of the Villains: Knock, Knock (2015) ... (performer: \"In a Sentimental Mood\" - uncredited) / (writer: \"In a Sentimental Mood\" - uncredited)\n2015 Letnie przesilenie (performer: \"Take the A Trail\")\n2015 Sommeren '92 (writer: \"It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\")\n2015 Agent Carter (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)\n- Valediction (2015) ... (writer: \"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)\")\n2015 Fresh Dressed (Documentary) (music: \"It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\") / (performer: \"It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\")\n2015 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)\n- The Gang Group Dates (2015) ... (writer: \"I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)\" - uncredited)\nThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode, 2014) (music - 1 episode, 2014)\n- Sir Paul McCartney/Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga (2014) ... (writer: \"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\")\n- Ben Affleck/Kate Walsh/Tony Bennett (2014) ... (music: \"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\" - uncredited)\n2014 Christmas in Rockefeller Center (TV Special) (music: \"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\")\n2014 Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown (Documentary) (performer: \"The Mooch\") / (writer: \"The Mooch\")\nBoardwalk Empire (TV Series) (writer - 4 episodes, 2011 - 2014) (performer - 2 episodes, 2014)\n- Devil You Know (2014) ... (performer: \"Sam and Delilah\" - uncredited)\n- What Jesus Said (2014) ... (writer: \"The Mooche\" - uncredited)\n- The Good Listener (2014) ... (performer: \"Hittin' the Bottle\", \"East St. Louis Toodle-Oo\" - uncredited) / (writer: \"Creole Love Song\", \"Black and Tan Fantasy\", \"East St. Louis Toodle-Oo\" - uncredited)\n- Gimcrack and Bunkum (2011) ... (writer: \"Sweet Mama (Papa's Getting Mad)\" - uncredited)\n2014 C\u00e1ssia (Documentary) (writer: \"I Ain't Got Nothing But the Blues\")\nManhattan (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2014) (writer - 1 episode, 2014)\n- You Always Hurt the One You Love (2014) ... (performer: \"Concerto for Cootie\" - uncredited) / (writer: \"Concerto for Cootie\" - uncredited)\n2014/II Still (performer: \"Creole Love Call\") / (writer: \"Creole Love Call\")\n2014 The 68th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special) (writer: \"It Don't Mean a Thing\")\n2014 Whiplash (writer: \"Caravan\")\n2014 Frauenherzen (TV Movie) (writer: \"Doo Uap, Doo Uap, Doo Uap\" - uncredited)\n2013 No Kaddish in Carmarthen (Short) (performer: \"Take The A Train\")\n2013 The Swing of Things (Short) (performer: \"Take the A Train\")\nHawaii Five-0 (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2013) (writer - 1 episode, 2013)\n- Ho'onani Makuakane (2013) ... (performer: \"Ko-Ko\" - uncredited) / (writer: \"Ko-Ko\" - uncredited)\n2013 American Hustle (performer: \"Jeep's Blues\") / (writer: \"Jeep's Blues\")\nDancing with the Stars (TV Series) (1 episode, 2013) (writer - 3 episodes, 2005 - 2013) (music - 2 episodes, 2009 - 2011)\n- Two-Night Finale: First Night (2013) ... (writer: \"Diga Diga Doo\")\n- Hollywood Night (2013) ... (writer: \"Diga Diga Doo\")\n- Week 2 (2013) ... (\"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\")\n- Round Two (2011) ... (music: \"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\")\n- Round Nine: Results (2009) ... (music: \"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\" - uncredited)\n2013 American Horror Story (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)\n- The Axeman Cometh (2013) ... (performer: \"New Orleans Low-down\" - uncredited)\nMiss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (TV Series) (writer - 4 episodes, 2012 - 2013) (performer - 2 episodes, 2012 - 2013) (music - 1 episode, 2012)\n- Blood at the Wheel (2013) ... (performer: \"Old Man Blues\") / (writer: \"Old Man Blues\", \"The Mooche\")\n- Death Comes Knocking (2013) ... (writer: \"East St. Louis Toodle-Oo\")\n- Murder in the Dark (2012) ... (music: \"It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\") / (performer: \"It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\")\n- Raisins and Almonds (2012) ... (writer: \"Black and Tan Fantasy\")\n- The Green Mill Murder (2012) ... (writer: \"Creole Love Call\")\nBi no tsubo (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes, 2013) (performer - 1 episode, 2013) (music - 1 episode, 2013)\n- Watashi no Fujisan (2013) ... (writer: \"Caravan\")\n- Nagasaki (2013) ... (performer: \"Black and Tan Fantasy\") / (writer: \"Black and Tan Fantasy\")\n- Chikurin (2013) ... (music: \"It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got That Swing)\")\n2013 Paris \u00e0 tout prix (writer: \"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\")\n2013 L'\u00e9cume des jours (performer: \"Fleurette Africaine\") / (writer: \"Caravan\", \"The Mood to be Wooed\", \"Sophisticated Lady\", \"Fleurette Africaine\", \"Slap Happy\" (uncredited))\n2013 42 (performer: \"Don't Get Around Much Anymore\") / (writer: \"Don't Get Around Much Anymore\")\n2013 Criminal Minds (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)\n- Restoration (2013) ... (writer: \"In a Sentimental Mood\")\n2013 BioShock Infinite (Video Game) (performer: \"St. James Infirmary\")\nGreat West End Theatres (TV Series documentary) (performer - 2 episodes, 2012) (writer - 2 episodes, 2012)\n- Her Majesty's Theatre (2012) ... (performer: \"Carnegie Blues\") / (writer: \"Carnegie Blues\")\n- Palace Theatre (2012) ... (performer: \"Carnegie Blues\") / (writer: \"Carnegie Blues\")\nThe Vampire Diaries (TV Series) (music - 1 episode, 2012) (performer - 1 episode, 2012)\n- We'll Always Have Bourbon Street (2012) ... (music: \"It Don't Mean a Thing\" - uncredited) / (performer: \"It Don't Mean a Thing\" - uncredited)\n2012 30 Rock (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)\n- Mazel Tov, Dummies! (2012) ... (writer: \"Don't Get Around Much Anymore\" - uncredited)\n2012 Three Vignettes (Video short) (writer: \"Jubilee Stomp\")\n2012/I Gambit (writer: \"East St. Louis Toodle Oo\")\n2012 The Artist and the Model (performer: \"Caravan\")\n2012 The Master (performer: \"Dancers in Love\", \"Lotus Blossom\") / (writer: \"Dancers in Love\")\n2012 Ginger & Rosa (performer: \"Take the A Train\")\nBreaking Bad (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2012) (writer - 1 episode, 2012)\n- Say My Name (2012) ... (performer: \"Overture\" - uncredited) / (writer: \"Overture\" - uncredited)\n2012 The Forger (writer: \"Prelude To A Kiss\")\nAmerican Idol (TV Series) (music - 1 episode, 2012) (writer - 1 episode, 2006)\n- Final Judgment, Part 1 (2012) ... (music: \"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\")\n- Top 3 Performance Show: Clive Davis', Judges' & Idol's Choice (2006) ... (writer: \"I Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues\")\n2011 Land Girls (TV Series) (music - 1 episode)\n- Home to Roost (2011) ... (music: \"It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got That Swing)\" - uncredited)\n2011 Friends with Kids (writer: \"Angelica\")\n- Episode #18.177 (2011) ... (writer: \"Caravan\" - uncredited)\nSo You Think You Can Dance (TV Series) (music - 2 episodes, 2009 - 2011) (writer - 1 episode, 2005)\n- Top 16 Perform (2011) ... (music: \"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\")\n- The Top 20 Perform (2009) ... (music: \"Hit Me With a Hot Note (And Watch Me Bounce)\")\n- Top 14 (2005) ... (writer: \"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\")\n2011 L.A. Noire (Video Game) (as Edward Kennedy Ellington, \"Maybe I Should Change My Ways\") / (performer: \"Maybe I Should Change My Ways\")\n2011/I The Artist (\"Jubilee Stomp\") / (performer: \"Jubilee Stomp\")\n2011 The Fairy (performer: \"Little Max\", \"Blues in orbit\") / (writer: \"Little Max\", \"Blues in orbit\")\nMildred Pierce (TV Mini-Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2011) (writer - 1 episode, 2011)\n- Part One (2011) ... (performer: \"Mood Indigo\", \"The Mooche\") / (writer: \"Mood Indigo\", \"The Mooche\")\n2011 Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place (Documentary) (performer: \"In A Sentimental Mood\") / (writer: \"In A Sentimental Mood\")\n2011 Martha Marcy May Marlene (writer: \"Sophisticated Lady\")\n2010 Chuck Brown: We Got This (Video) (writer: \"It Don't Mean a Thing\")\n2010 The Presence (\"Echoes of Harlem\")\n2010 Mafia II (Video Game) (\"IT DON'T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING)\", uncredited) / (writer: \"IT DON'T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING)\" - uncredited)\n2010 Tourn\u00e9e (writer: \"Black and Tan Fantasy\")\n2010 The Pacific (TV Mini-Series) (writer - 1 episode)\n- Peleliu Landing (2010) ... (writer: \"Solitude\")\n2010 'Master Harold' ... And the Boys (writer: \"It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing\")\n2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV Movie documentary) (music: \"Satin Doll\") / (performer: \"Satin Doll\")\nThe National Parks: America's Best Idea (TV Mini-Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode, 2009) (writer - 1 episode, 2009)\n- Great Nature: 1933-1945 (2009) ... (performer: \"Creole Love Call\", \"Jubilee Stomp\", \"East St. Louis Toodle-Oo\") / (writer: \"Creole Love Call\", \"Jubilee Stomp\", \"East St. Louis Toodle-Oo\")\n2009/I Up in the Air (writer: \"Mood Indigo\" (1931) - as Edward Ellington)\n2009 My Music: The Big Band Years (TV Movie) (performer: \"Take the 'A' Train\" - uncredited)\n2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (Video documentary) (writer: \"Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life\", \"I've Got Those Lost My Man Blues\" - uncredited)\n2009 He's Just Not That Into You (writer: \"Sophisticated Lady\")\n2008 Eli Stone (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)\n- Grace (2008) ... (writer: \"Hit Me With a Hot Note\" - uncredited)\n2008 Me and Orson Welles (performer: \"Oh Babe! Maybe Someday\", \"Clarinet Lament\", \"Solitude\", \"Yearning For Love\", \"Scattin at the Kitkat\") / (writer: \"Oh Babe! Maybe Someday\", \"Clarinet Lament\", \"Solitude\", \"Yearning For Love\", \"Scattin at the Kitkat\", \"Merry Go Round\", \"In a Sentimental Mood (Instrumental)\")\n2008 Two Lovers (writer: \"Rockin' in Rhythm\" (1931))\n2008 A Christmas Tale (performer: \"Fleurette africaine\" (African Flower), \"Ad Lib On Nippon\") / (writer: \"Fleurette africaine\" (African Flower), \"Ad Lib On Nippon\")\n2008 Grand Theft Auto IV (Video Game) (\"Take the 'A' Train\", uncredited)\n2008 Skins (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)\n- Cassie (2008) ... (writer: \"Take Love Easy\" - uncredited)\n2008 X Factor (TV Series) (music - 1 episode)\n- Episode #1.10 (2008) ... (music: \"It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing\")\n2008 Be Kind Rewind (writer: \"Solitude\")\n2007 The Great Debaters (writer: \"Delta Serenade\" - as Edward Ellington)\nAmerican Masters (TV Series documentary) (music - 2 episodes, 2007) (writer - 1 episode, 2007) (performer - 1 episode, 2005)\n- Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends (2007) ... (music: \"In a Mellow Tone\", \"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\" (uncredited))\n- Les Paul: Chasing Sound (2007) ... (music: \"It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing\") / (writer: \"Old Man Blues\")\n- No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005) ... (performer: \"Blowin' in the Wind\")\n2007 Canadian Idol (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)\n- Top 4 Performance (2007) ... (writer: \"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)\")\n2007 Melba Moore: Live in Concert (Video) (writer: \"It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\")\n2007 Great Performances (TV Series) (music - 1 episode)\n- We Love Ella! A Tribute to the First Lady of Song (2007) ... (music: \"Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me\")\n2007 Ocean's Thirteen (writer: \"Caravan\" (1937))\nThe Sopranos (TV Series) (writer - 3 episodes, 2007) (performer - 1 episode, 2007)\n- The Second Coming (2007) ... (writer: \"Caravan\" - uncredited)\n- Kennedy and Heidi (2007) ... (performer: \"Sophisticated Lady\") / (writer: \"Sophisticated Lady\")\n2007/II Ella (Documentary short) (music: \"IT DON'T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING)\") / (performer: \"IT DON'T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING)\")\n2007 Shanghai Kiss (writer: \"Acht O'Clock Rock Remix\")\n2007 Does Your Soul Have a Cold? (Documentary) (writer: \"Solitude\")\n2007 King of California (writer: \"In A Sentimental Mood (inst)\")\n2006 African American Lives (TV Series documentary) (writer - 3 episodes)\n- Searching for Our Names (2006) ... (writer: \"Old Man Blues\" - as Edward Kennedy Ellington)\n- The Promise of Freedom (2006) ... (writer: \"Old Man Blues\" - as Edward Kennedy Ellington)\n- Listening to Our Past (2006) ... (writer: \"Old Man Blues\" - as Edward Kennedy Ellington)\n2005 Munich (writer: \"Prelude to a Kiss\" - as Edward \"Duke\" Ellington)\n2005 Rumor Has It... (performer: \"I'm Beginning To See The Light\") / (writer: \"I'm Beginning To See The Light\")\n2005 Prime (performer: \"IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD\") / (writer: \"IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD\")\n2005 Stranded in Canton (Documentary) (writer: \"Sophisticated lady\")\n2005 Breakfast on Pluto (writer: \"Caravan\" (1937))\n2005 The Lost City (performer: \"Limbo Jazz\") / (writer: \"Limbo Jazz\")\nCold Case (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 2004 - 2005) (writer - 2 episodes, 2004 - 2005)\n- Best Friends (2005) ... (performer: \"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\") / (writer: \"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\")\n- Factory Girls (2004) ... (performer: \"I'm Beginning to See the Light\") / (writer: \"I'm Beginning to See the Light\")\n2004 Australian Idol (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)\n- Top 4 Results Show (2004) ... (writer: \"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\")\n- Top 4 Performance Show: Big Band (2004) ... (writer: \"Don't Get Around Much Anymore\")\nIndependent Lens (TV Series documentary) (performer - 2 episodes, 2004) (writer - 2 episodes, 2004)\n- The Political Dr. Seuss (2004) ... (performer: \"Black and Tan Fantasy) / (writer: \"Black and Tan Fantasy - as D. Ellington)\n- A Place of Our Own (2004) ... (performer: \"Old Man Blues\") / (writer: \"Old Man Blues\" - as Edward Kennedy Ellington)\n2004 Melinda and Melinda (music: \"In a Mellow Tone\" (1939), \"Don't Get Around Much Anymore\" (1942), \"I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart\" (1938)) / (performer: \"Take The 'A' Train\" (1941), \"In a Mellow Tone\" (1939), \"I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart\" (1938))\n2004 The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (writer: \"I'm a Just a Lucky So & So\")\n2004 The Notebook (writer: \"Alabamy Home\" (1937))\n2004 Rosemary Clooney: Singing at Her Best (Video short) (writer: \"I'm Checkin' Out, Goom-bye\")\n2004 The Old Negro Space Program (Short) (music: \"The Mooche\", \"Creole Love Call\")\n2003 Race: The Power of an Illusion (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)\n- The House We Live In (2003) ... (\"Echoes of Harlem\")\n2003 Mona Lisa Smile (writer: \"I'm Beginning to See the Light\")\nAngels in America (TV Mini-Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2003) (writer - 1 episode, 2003)\n- Millennium Approaches: Bad News (2003) ... (performer: \"Solitude\") / (writer: \"Solitude\" - as Edward \"Duke\" Ellington)\n2003 Alejandro y Ana. Lo que Espa\u00f1a no pudo ver del banquete de la boda de la hija del presidente (Video) (writer: \"Sophisticated Lady\")\n2003 The Matrix Revolutions (writer: \"I'm Beginning To See the Light\")\n- Piano Blues (2003) ... (performer: \"Duke's Place\") / (writer: \"Duke's Place\" - as Edward Ellington)\n2003 The Human Stain (music: \"I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good\" (1941)) / (writer: \"Day Dream\" (1939))\n2003 Bright Young Things (writer: \"Caravan\")\n2003 Ben Webster (TV Special) (writer: \"In a Mellow Tone\" - as Ellington)\n2003 7th Heaven (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)\n- I Love Lucy (2003) ... (writer: \"Jump For Joy\" - uncredited)\n2003 N\u00e4rvarande (Documentary) (writer: \"Ko-Ko\", \"Portrait of Bert Williams\")\n2003 Star Search (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)\n- The One with 2 Fast 2 Furious Star Tyrese Gibson (2003) ... (writer: \"Don't Get Around Much Anymore\")\n2002 Comedian (Documentary) (writer: \"Caravan\")\nCrossing Jordan (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 2002) (writer - 1 episode, 2002)\n- With Honor (2002) ... (performer: \"Stardust\" - uncredited)\n- Blood Relatives (2002) ... (performer: \"Daydream\" - uncredited)\n2002 Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven (Video Game) (writer: \"The Mooche\", \"Caravan\" - uncredited)\n2002 Put Your Hands Up!: The Tribute Concert to Chuck Brown (Video) (writer: \"It Don't Mean a Thing / Midnight Sun / Moody's Mood for Love / Woody Woodpecker theme)\n2002 The Wire (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)\n- The Wire (2002) ... (writer: \"Fleurette Africaine\" - uncredited)\n2002 Minority Report (writer: \"Solitude\" (1934))\n2002 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (lyrics: \"Mood Indigo\" (1931)) / (music: \"Mood Indigo\" (1931)) / (performer: \"Mood Indigo\" (1931))\n2002 Une affaire priv\u00e9e (writer: \"I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)\")\n2002 Hart's War (writer: \"Mood Indigo\" - as Edward Ellington)\n2001 Ocean's Eleven (writer: \"Caravan\")\n2001 One Night with Robbie Williams (TV Special documentary) (writer: \"Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me\")\n2001 The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (music: \"Sophisticated Lady\") / (performer: \"Sophisticated Lady\")\n2001 Desali\u00f1ada (Short) (writer: \"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\")\n2001 An American Rhapsody (music: \"I'm Just a Lucky So and So\" (1945))\n2001 Angel Eyes (writer: \"In A Sentimental Mood\")\n2001 What About Joan (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)\n- Ruby Doobie Doo (2001) ... (writer: \"Hit Me with a Hot Note (And Watch Me Bounce)\")\n2000 Chocolat (writer: \"Caravan\")\n2000 The Legend of Bagger Vance (performer: \"Mood Indigo\") / (writer: \"Mood Indigo\")\n2000 Pollock (performer: \"It's Sad But True\")\n2000 The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (TV Movie) (music: \"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\")\n2000 Yksityisetsiv\u00e4n tyt\u00e4r (Short) (lyrics: \"A Drum is a Woman\") / (music: \"A Drum is a Woman\")\n2000 The Yards (music: \"I'm Beginning to See the Light\" (1944) - as Edward Kennedy Ellington)\n2000 Fallen Arches (writer: \"Solitude\" - as Ellington)\n2000 My Dog Skip (writer: \"I'm Beginning to See the Light\" - as D. Ellington)\n1999 Any Given Sunday (writer: \"I Didn't Know About You\")\n1999 The Green Mile (performer: \"Three Little Words\")\n1999 Pitch People (Documentary) (writer: \"Mood Indigo\")\n1999 Sweet and Lowdown (music: \"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\" (1931)) / (writer: \"Caravan\" (1936))\n1999 Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (TV Movie) (writer: \"Rent Party Blues\")\n1999 Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore (TV Movie documentary) (performer: \"DIMINUENDO IN BLUE & CRESCENDO IN BLUE\") / (writer: \"DIMINUENDO IN BLUE & CRESCENDO IN BLUE\")\n1999 Eyes Wide Shut (music: \"I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)\" (1941))\n1999 The Thirteenth Floor (writer: \"Caravan\")\n1999/I Life (writer: \"Drop Me Off in Harlem\")\n1999 The Matrix (performer: \"I'm Beginning to See the Light\") / (writer: \"I'm Beginning to See the Light\")\n1999 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV Series) (1 episode)\n- Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang (1999) ... (\"Night Train\")\n1999 Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy (TV Series) (music - 1 episode)\n- Home Alone (1999) ... (music: \"Don't Get Around Much Anymore\" - uncredited)\n1998 The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (Documentary) (music: \"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\")\n1998 It All Came True (writer: \"Mood Indigo\", \"Rockin' In Rhythm\")\n1998 Living Out Loud (writer: \"Low Key Lightly\", \"Don't Get Around Much Anymore\")\n1998 Rounders (performer: \"Warm Valley\") / (writer: \"Warm Valley\")\n1998 Saving Private Ryan (music: \"Solitude\")\n1998 The Odd Couple II (\"Don't Get Around Much Anymore\")\n1998 The Big Lebowski (writer: \"I Got It Bad & That Ain't Good\")\n1998 Sphere (music: \"DON'T GET AROUND MUCH ANYMORE\")\n1997 The Harmonists (writer: \"Creole Love Call\")\n1997 Seven Years in Tibet (performer: \"Perdido\")\n1997 The Big One (Documentary) (performer: \"Mississippi Moan\" (1927)) / (writer: \"Mississippi Moan\" (1927))\n1997 Double Tap (performer: \"One O'Clock Jump\")\n1997 Hoodlum (writer: \"It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\")\n1997 Oz (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)\n- A Game of Checkers (1997) ... (writer: \"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)\" - uncredited)\n- To Your Health (1997) ... (writer: \"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)\" - uncredited)\n1997 Lugosi: Hollywood's Dracula (Documentary) (writer: \"Black and Tan Fantasy\")\n1997 Addicted to Love (writer: \"I'm Beginning to See the Light\")\n1997 Ulee's Gold (writer: \"Sophisticated Lady\")\n1997 Love Jones (performer: \"In a Sentimental Mood\") / (writer: \"In a Sentimental Mood\")\n1997 Metro (performer: \"THINGS AIN'T WHAT THEY USED TO BE\")\n1996 The Mirror Has Two Faces (writer: \"In a Sentimental Mood\")\n1996 Swingers (writer: \"I'm Beginning to See the Light\")\n1996 Larger Than Life (writer: \"Just a Lucky So & So\")\n1995 Let It Be Me (writer: \"C Jam Blues\")\n1995 The Beatles Anthology (TV Mini-Series documentary) (writer: \"I'm Beginning to See the Light\")\n1995 Marsalis on Music (TV Series) (3 episodes)\n- Listening for Clues: Marsalis on Form (1995) ... (\"Cotton Tail\", \"Deep South Suite - IV Happy Go Lucky Local\")\n- Why Toes Tap: Marsalis on Rhythm (1995) ... (\"The Nutcracker Suite\")\n1995 White Man's Burden (writer: \"Prelude To A Kiss\")\n1995 Devil in a Blue Dress (performer: \"HY-AH SU\", \"MAYBE I SHOULD CHANGE MY WAYS\") / (writer: \"HY-AH SU\", \"MAYBE I SHOULD CHANGE MY WAYS\")\n1995 Forget Paris (writer: \"It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\")\n1995 Just Cause (writer: \"I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good\")\n1995 Miami Rhapsody (writer: \"I GOT IT BAD AND THAT AIN'T GOOD\")\n1994 Bottle Rocket (Short) (performer: \"Stevie\") / (writer: \"Stevie\")\n1994 Bert (TV Series) (\"ECHOES OF HARLEM\")\nBaseball (TV Mini-Series documentary) (performer - 3 episodes, 1994) (writer - 3 episodes, 1994)\n- The Capital of Baseball (1994) ... (performer: \"Do Nothing Til You Hear From Me\") / (writer: \"Do Nothing Til You Hear From Me\")\n- The National Pastime (1994) ... (performer: \"I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart\", \"The New Black and Tan Fantasy\", \"East St. Louis Toodle-ooo\") / (writer: \"I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart\", \"The New Black and Tan Fantasy\", \"East St. Louis Toodle-ooo\")\n- A National Heirloom (1994) ... (performer: \"Mood Indigo\", \"Doin the Voom Voom\") / (writer: \"Mood Indigo\", \"Doin the Voom Voom\")\n1994 Bullets Over Broadway (performer: \"That Jungle Jamboree\")\n1994 Corrina, Corrina (performer: \"IT DON'T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING)\") / (writer: \"IT DON'T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING)\")\n1994 The Hudsucker Proxy (performer: \"In A Sentimental Mood\", \"Flying Home\") / (writer: \"In A Sentimental Mood\")\n1993 Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (Documentary) (performer: \"Ko-Ko\")\n1993 Memory (TV Movie) (music: \"Pega'm amb el saxo i fes-me mal\")\n1993 Short Cuts (music: \"I'm Gonna Go Fishin\" (1959))\n1993 Rising Sun (writer: \"SINGLE PETAL OF A ROSE\")\n1993 Marraskuun harmaa valo (writer: \"Night Train\")\n1993 Lipstick on Your Collar (TV Mini-Series) (writer - 1 episode)\n- Episode #1.4 (1993) ... (writer: \"I'm Beginning To See The Light\")\n1993 Swing Kids (writer: \"IT DON'T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING)\")\n1992 Malcolm X (performer: \"Arabesque Cookie\") / (writer: \"Drop Me Off in Harlem\", \"Azure\", \"Arabesque Cookie\")\n1992 Glengarry Glen Ross (writer: \"Prelude To A Kiss\", \"Daydream\")\n1992 Prelude to a Kiss (writer: \"Prelude to a Kiss\")\n1992 A League of Their Own (writer: \"In a Sentimental Mood\")\n1992 The Mambo Kings (performer: \"In A Sentimental Mood\") / (writer: \"In A Sentimental Mood\")\n1991 Wild Blade (music: \"Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me\") / (performer: \"El Gato\")\n1991 The Addams Family (writer: \"The Mooche\")\n1991 Other People's Money (writer: \"Solitude\")\n1991 En dag i oktober (writer: \"THE JEEP IS JUMPIN'\")\n1991 The Naked Gun 2\u00bd: The Smell of Fear (\"SATIN DOLL\")\n1991 The Rocketeer (writer: \"IN A SENTIMENTAL MOOD\")\n1991 Oscar (performer: \"Rockin' in Rhythm\") / (writer: \"Rockin' in Rhythm\")\n1991 Flirting (writer: \"The Moochie\" - as Ellington)\n1991 Guilty by Suspicion (performer: \"I'M JUST A LUCKY SO AND SO\") / (writer: \"I'M JUST A LUCKY SO AND SO\")\n1991 He Said, She Said (\"I'm Just A Lucky So-and-So\", \"In A Sentimental Mood\")\n1990 Alice (writer: \"Caravan\" (1937) - as Edward Kennedy Ellington)\n1990 Wild at Heart (performer: \"First Movement\") / (writer: \"First Movement\")\n1990 White Hunter Black Heart (writer: \"SATIN DOLL\")\n1990 R\u00e4psy & Dolly eli Pariisi odottaa (writer: \"Caravan\")\n1990 Strike It Rich (music: \"Prelude to a Kiss\" - uncredited)\n1989 Valentina (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)\n- Ciao Valentina (1989) ... (performer: \"In a Mellowtone\")\n1989 Harlem Nights (music: \"Drop Me Off In Harlem\", \"The Gal From Joe's\", \"It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\", \"Sophisticated Lady\") / (performer: \"Drop Me Off In Harlem\", \"Take The 'A' Train\") / (writer: \"Black Beauty\", \"Mood Indigo\")\n1989 The Fabulous Baker Boys (writer: \"Prelude to a Kiss\", \"Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me\", \"Solitude\" - as Edward Kennedy Ellington)\n1989 When Harry Met Sally... (writer: \"Don't Get Around Much Anymore\")\n1989 Bloodhounds of Broadway (writer: \"The Mooch\")\n1989 Field of Dreams (performer: \"Lotus Blossom\")\n1989 The Toxic Avenger Part II (writer: \"It Don't Mean a Thing if It Ain't Got That Swing\")\n1988 Full Moon in Blue Water (music: \"Don't Get Around Much Anymore\")\n1988 La nuit Bengali (writer: \"East St-Louis Toodle-oo\")\n1988 Let's Get Lost (Documentary) (\"Daydream\", \"In a Sentimental Mood\")\n1988 Driving Me Crazy (Documentary) (writer: \"Ive Got To Be a Rug Cutter\" - uncredited)\n1988 Envoyez les violons (writer: \"C JamBlues\")\n1988 Sunset (performer: \"Black And Tan Fantasy\")\n1988 Biloxi Blues (writer: \"Solitude\")\n1987 Dolly (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)\n- Episode #1.2 (1987) ... (writer: \"Don't Get Around Much Anymore\")\n1987 In the Mood (writer: \"Solitude\")\n1987 Radio Days (performer: \"Take the 'A' Train\" (1941))\n1986 Royal Society Jazz Orchestra (TV Special) (music: \"Black and Tan Fantasy\")\n1986 N\u00e4kemiin, hyv\u00e4sti (writer: \"Caravan\")\n1986 The Singing Detective (TV Mini-Series) (writer - 3 episodes)\n- Clues (1986) ... (writer: \"Rockin' in Rhythm\" - uncredited)\n- Heat (1986) ... (writer: \"Rockin' in Rhythm\" - uncredited)\n- Skin (1986) ... (writer: \"Rockin' in Rhythm\" - uncredited)\n1986 Tough Guys (music: \"Don't Get Around Much Anymore\" - as Edward Kennedy Ellington)\n1986 Miss Mary (writer: \"Don't Get Around Much Anymore\")\n1986 Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (writer: \"Just Squeeze Me\")\n1985 Buddy Rich and His Band: Channel One Suite (writer: \"Sophisticated Lady\")\n1985 The Love Boat (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)\n- Forties Fantasy (1985) ... (writer: \"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\")\n1985 Kerouac, the Movie (Documentary) (\"I've Got the World On a String\") / (performer: \"Jumpin' Pumpkins, \"Creole Love Call\") / (writer: \"Jumpin' Pumpkins, \"Creole Love Call\")\n- Emu at Christmas (1984) ... (writer: \"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\" - uncredited)\n1984 The Cotton Club (lyrics: \"Creole Love Call\", \"Mood Indigo\") / (music: \"Drop Me Off In Harlem\", \"Creole Rhapsody\", \"East St.Louis Toodle-O\", \"Cotton Club Stomp #1\", \"Creole Love Call\", \"The Mooche\", \"Pyramid\", \"Daybreak Express Medley\", \"Cotton Club Stomp #2\", \"Mood Indigo\", \"Ring Dem Bells\") / (writer: \"Hot and Bothered\", \"Black Beauty\")\n1984 Maria's Lovers (writer: \"Don't Get Around Much Anymore\")\n- Episode #23.98 (1984) ... (writer: \"I Got it Bad (And That Ain't Good)\")\n- Jerry Lewis/Dabney Coleman (1984) ... (writer: \"Happy Go Lucky Local\")\n- Episode #21.59 (1982) ... (writer: \"I'm Beginning to See the Light\")\n- Episode #21.35 (1982) ... (writer: \"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\")\n1984 Moscow on the Hudson (\"TAKE THE 'A' TRAIN\")\n1982 Frances (music: \"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\")\n1982 Let's Spend the Night Together (Documentary) (\"Take The A Train\")\n1982 Dimanche Martin (TV Series) (music - 1 episode)\n- Episode dated 2 May 1982 (1982) ... (music: \"Rockin' in Rhythm\")\n1982 Police Squad! (TV Series) (1 episode)\n- The Butler Did It (A Bird in the Hand) (1982) ... (\"Satin Doll\")\n1981 The 35th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special) (writer: \"Rockin' in Rhythm\")\n1981 Waitress! (\"Tulip Or Turnip\")\n1980 Rough Cut (writer: \"Sophisticated Lady\", \"Satin Doll\", \"C Jam Blues\", \"Mood Indigo\", \"I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good\", \"In a Sentimental Mood\", \"Prelude to a Kiss\", \"Caravan\", \"Don't Get Around Much Anymore\" - uncredited)\n1979 S\u00e9rie noire (performer: \"Moonlight fiesta\")\n1979 Skyline (TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)\n- Anita Ellis: For the Record (1979) ... (writer: \"Prelude to a Kiss\")\n1978 The Muppet Show (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)\n- Cleo Laine (1978) ... (writer: \"It Don't Mean a Thing\")\n1977 Dinah! (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)\n- Dinah and the First Ladies (1977) ... (writer: \"I'm Beginning To See The Light\")\n1977 The Turning Point (music: \"Elingtonia\")\n1977 Ecco noi per esempio... (writer: \"Sophisticated Lady\")\n1977 The Richard Pryor Show (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)\n- Episode #1.1 (1977) ... (writer: \"Solitude\", \"Satin Doll\")\n1976 The Sonny and Cher Show (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)\n- Episode #2.8 (1976) ... (writer: \"I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good\")\n1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (Documentary) (music: \"Saddest Tale (Blues)\" (1934)) / (performer: \"Downtown Uproar\" (1938)) / (writer: \"Downtown Uproar\" (1938))\n1974 The Conversation (music: \"Sophisticated Lady\" (1932))\n1973 Teresa la ladra (music: \"Don't Get Around Much Anymore\" (Never No Lament))\n1973 England Made Me (music: \"IT DON'T MEAN A THING (IF IT AIN'T GOT THAT SWING)')\n1973 Duke Ellington... We Love You Madly (TV Special) (writer: \"I Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues\", \"Rocks in My Bed\", \"I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)\", \"Mood Indigo\")\n1972 The Catcher (TV Movie) (writer: \"Don't Get Around Much Anymore\")\n1972 Malcolm X (Documentary) (writer: \"The Mooch\")\n1971 My Tongue Is -Quick! (\"My Old Flame\", uncredited)\n1970 Jazz Scene at the Ronnie Scott Club (TV Series) (writer - 3 episodes)\n- Teddy Wilson, St\u00e9phane Grappelli, Otis Spann, Thelonious Monk (1970) ... (writer: \"Sophisticated lady\")\n- Gary Burton, Buddy Tate, Clarke Boland (1970) ... (writer: \"African Flower\")\n- Gary Burton, Bill Coleman, Buddy Tate, Buddy Rich (1970) ... (writer: \"In A Mellow Tone\")\n1970 The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)\n- Episode #9.104 (1970) ... (writer: \"I'm Beginning To See The Light\")\n1969 Love You Madly: A Salute to Duke Ellington (TV Movie) (writer: \"Creole Love\", \"I'm Beginning to See the Light\", \"In a Sentimental Mood\", \"Lay-by\", \"I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart\", \"Rockin' in Rhythm\", \"Sophisticated Lady\", \"C-jam Blues\")\n1969 Adalen 31 (music: \"Black and Tan Fantasy\" - uncredited)\n1968 Handicap (Short) (performer: \"My Funny Valentine\")\n1968 The Jonathan Winters Show (TV Series) (music - 1 episode)\n- Peggy Lee, Louis Nye (1968) ... (music: \"Satin Doll\" - uncredited)\nThe Bell Telephone Hour (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 1967) (writer - 1 episode, 1967)\n- On the Road with Duke Ellington (1967) ... (performer: \"You Can Take the A Train\", \"Satin Doll\", \"Solitude\", \"Salute to Morgan State\", \"Rondolet\", \"Traffic Jam\", \"Soda Fountain Rag\", \"Don't Get Around Much Anymore\") / (writer: \"Sophisticated Lady\", \"Mood Indigo\", \"Satin Doll\", \"Solitude\", \"Salute to Morgan State\", \"Rondolet\", \"Traffic Jam\", \"Soda Fountain Rag\", \"David Danced Before the Lord With All His Might\", \"In the Beginning God\", \"Don't Get Around Much Anymore\")\nCenter Stage (TV Mini-Series) (music - 1 episode, 1967) (performer - 1 episode, 1967) (writer - 1 episode, 1967)\n- The Barbara McNair and Duke Ellington Special (1967) ... (music: \"Dancers in Love\", \"Solitude\", \"I'm Beginning to See the Light\", \"Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me\", \"Don't Get Around Much Anymore\", \"Satin Doll\", \"I've Got It Bad and That Ain't Good\", \"Sophisticated Lady\") / (performer: \"C-Jam Blues\", \"Take the A Train\", \"Dancers in Love\", \"Solitude\", \"I'm Beginning to See the Light\", \"Mood Indigo\", \"Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me\", \"Don't Get Around Much Anymore\", \"I've Got It Bad and That Ain't Good\", \"Sophisticated Lady\") / (writer: \"C-Jam Blues\", \"Mood Indigo\")\n1966 A la memoria del autor (Short) (writer: \"The Single Petal of a Rose\")\n- Episode #4.4 (1966) ... (music: \"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\", \"Mood Indigo\", \"Satin Doll\" - uncredited)\n1966 The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show (TV Series) (music - 1 episode)\n- Episode #1.14 (1966) ... (music: \"In My Solitude\" - uncredited)\n- Del Shannon, The Coasters, The Temptations, Marianne Faithful, The Ventures and Jewel Aikens (1965) ... (writer: \"Caravan\")\n1964 NDR Jazz Workshops (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)\n- No. 35 (1964) ... (writer: \"Blue Mood\")\n1963 La revue des feuilletons (TV Series short) (music - 1 episode)\n- Janique Aim\u00e9e (1963) ... (music: \"Concerto for Cootie\" - uncredited)\n1963 I've Got a Secret (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)\n- Episode dated 27 May 1963 (1963) ... (writer: \"Caravan\")\n- Episode dated 11 March 1963 (1963) ... (writer: \"Caravan\")\n1963 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)\n- The Dinah Shore Show (1963) ... (writer: \"It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing\")\n1962 The Avengers (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)\n- The Decapod (1962) ... (writer: \"You Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)\" - uncredited)\n1962 Boccaccio '70 (music: \"Day Dream\") / (writer: \"Day Dream\")\n1962 All Night Long (writer: \"In A Sentimmental Mood\", \"Mood Indigo\")\n1961 Glenn Miller Time (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)\n- Episode #1.5 (1961) ... (writer: \"I'm Beginning to See the Light\" - uncredited)\n1961 Paris Blues (music: \"You Know Something?\", \"Battle Royal\", \"Bird Jungle\", \"What's Paris Blues?\", \"Mood Indigo\" (uncredited), \"Autumnal Suite\" (uncredited), \"Nite\", \"Wild Man Moore\" (uncredited), \"Paris Stairs\", \"I Wasn't Shopping\", \"Guitar Amour\", \"A Return Reservation\", \"Paris Blues\")\n1961 The Last Time I Saw Archie (music: \"Don't Get Around Much Anymore\")\n1960 Dante (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)\n- A Punch from Judy (1960) ... (writer: \"I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good\")\n1958-1960 Peter Gunn (TV Series) (writer - 3 episodes)\n- The Judgement (1960) ... (writer: \"Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)\")\n- The Long, Long Ride (1960) ... (writer: \"I'm Beginning To See the Light\")\n- The Vicious Dog (1958) ... (writer: \"Don't Get Around Much Anymore\")\n1960 Bandstand (TV Series) (music - 1 episode)\n- Episode dated 23 April 1960 (1960) ... (music: \"Caravan\")\nPerry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV Series) (music - 1 episode, 1959) (writer - 1 episode, 1958)\n- Gail Davis, Nat King Cole, Rosemary Clooney, Frank Barnes & Rin Tin Tin (1959) ... (music: \"I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart\", \"Don't Get Around Much Anymore\" - uncredited)\n- Pat Boone, Peggy Lee, John Bubbles (1958) ... (writer: \"Jump for Joy\" - uncredited)\nTimex All-Star Jazz Show (TV Series) (music - 2 episodes, 1957 - 1959) (performer - 1 episode, 1959)\n- The Golden Age of Jazz (1959) ... (music: \"Satin Doll\", \"Sophisticated Lady\" - uncredited) / (performer: \"Satin Doll\", \"Take the 'A' Train\", \"Sophisticated Lady\" - uncredited)\n- Episode dated 30 December 1957 (1957) ... (music: \"Ballet of the Flying Saucers\" - uncredited)\nJazz Party (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes, 1958) (music - 1 episode, 1958)\n- Episode #1.23 (1958) ... (music: \"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)\")\n- Episode #1.22 (1958) ... (writer: \"C Jam Blues\" - uncredited)\n- Episode #1.20 (1958) ... (writer: \"Solitude\")\nYou Bet Your Life (TV Series) (music - 2 episodes, 1956 - 1958) (writer - 1 episode, 1954)\n- Episode #8.38 (1958) ... (music: \"Sophisticated Lady\")\n- Episode #5.9 (1954) ... (writer: \"Sophisticated Lady\")\n1957 The Frank Sinatra Show (TV Series) (music - 1 episode)\n- The McGuire Sisters (1957) ... (music: \"I Got I Bad and That Ain't Good\" - uncredited)\n1957 The Lux Show (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)\n1957 The Nat King Cole Show (TV Series) (music - 1 episode)\n- Episode #2.9 (1957) ... (music: \"Don't Get Around Much Any More\" - uncredited)\n1957 A Hatful of Rain (music: \"Don't Get Around Much Anymore\" - uncredited)\n1957 This Could Be the Night (music: \"I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good\" - uncredited)\n1956 Stars of Jazz (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)\n- Anita O'Day/Curtis Counce Quintet (1956) ... (writer: \"Sophisticated Lady\")\n1956 The Bottom of the Bottle (music: \"Don't Get Around Much Anymore\" - uncredited)\nShow Time at the Apollo (TV Series) (performer - 3 episodes) (writer - 2 episodes) (music - 1 episode)\n- Revue in Rhythm ... (\"The Mooche\") / (performer: \"The Hawk Talks\", \"The Mooche\")\n- Harlem Merry-Go-Round ... (performer: \"Caravan\", \"VIP Boogie\") / (writer: \"Caravan\")\n- Blues in Harlem ... (music: \"Sophisticated Lady\") / (performer: \"Mood Indigo\", \"Sophisticated Lady\") / (writer: \"Mood Indigo\")\n1953 Daybreak Express (Documentary short) (performer: \"Daybreak Experss\") / (writer: \"Daybreak Experss\")\n1952 Solitude (Short) (writer: \"Solitude\")\n1952 Sophisticated Lady (Short) (writer: \"Sophisticted Lady\")\n1951 Half Angel (music: \"Sophisticated Lady\" - uncredited)\n1950 No Way Out (music: \"Don't Get Around Much Anymore\", \"Sophisticated Lady\", \"In a Sentimental Mood\" - uncredited)\nAdventures in Jazz (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 1949) (writer - 1 episode, 1949)\n- Episode #1.15 (1949) ... (performer: \"Mood Indigo\", \"Take the 'A' Train\", \"C-Jam Blues\", \"Sophisticated Lady\", \"On a Turquoise Cloud\", \"Pitter Panther Patter\", \"Warm Valley\") / (writer: \"Mood Indigo\", \"C-Jam Blues\", \"Sophisticated Lady\", \"On a Turquoise Cloud\", \"Pitter Panther Patter\", \"Warm Valley\")\n1949 Symphony in Swing (Short) (arranger: \"Frankie and Johnnie\") / (performer: \"Frankie and Johnnie\")\n1949 Floor Show (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)\n- Episode #1.9 (1949) ... (writer: \"I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)\", \"Concerto for Cootie\")\n1947 Date with Duke (Short) (performer: \"Perfume Suite\" - uncredited) / (writer: \"Perfume Suite\" - uncredited)\n1946 Breakin' It Down (Short) (writer: \"Just a-Sittin' and a-Rockin'\" - uncredited)\n1946 People Are Funny (\"Every Hour on the Hour\")\n1945 Man from Oklahoma (writer: \"I'm Beginning to See the Light\" - uncredited)\n1945 War Comes to America (Documentary) (music: \"Don't Get Around Much Anymore\" - uncredited)\n1945 The Mouse Comes to Dinner (Short) (music: \"I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)\", \"Don't Get Around Much Any More\" - uncredited)\n1944 Swingtime Holiday (Short) (writer: \"Do Nothin' 'Til You Hear From Me\")\n1943 Don't Get Around Much Anymore (Short) (music: \"Don't Get Around Much Anymore\")\n1943 Harry Parry and His Radio Rhythm Club Septet (Short) (writer: \"I've Got It Bad And That Ain't Good\")\n1943 Reconnaissance Pilot (Documentary short) (writer: \"I've Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)\" - uncredited)\n1943 So's Your Uncle (music: \"Don't Get Around Much Anymore\")\n1943 Cabin in the Sky (writer: \"Going Up\" (1943))\n1943 Reveille with Beverly (performer: \"Take the 'A' Train\")\n1943 Air Force (writer: \"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\" (1923) - uncredited)\n1942 Bli-Bip (Short) (music: \"Bli-Blip\")\n1942 Jam Session (Short) (performer: \"C-Jam Blues\") / (writer: \"C-Jam Blues\")\n1941 Ice-Capades (music: \"Sophisticated Lady\" - uncredited)\n1937 Underworld (music: \"It Don't Mean a Thing\")\n1937 Sing as You Swing (music: \"(In My) Solitude\" - uncredited)\n1937 The Hit Parade (writer: \"I've Got to Be a Rug Cutter\")\n1935 Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life (Short) (writer: \"Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life\")\n1934/II Vaudeville (Short) (music: \"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\" - uncredited)\n1934 Masks and Memories (Short) (music: \"Sophisticated Lady\" - uncredited)\n1933 Advice to the Forlorn (music: \"It Don't Mean a Thing (If You Ain't Got That Swing)\" (Uncredited))\n1933 A Bundle of Blues (Short) (writer: \"Lightnin'\", \"Rockin' In Rhythm\", \"A Bundle of Blues\")\n1933 Betty Boop's May Party (Short) (music: \"It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)\" - uncredited)\n1930 Check and Double Check (writer: \"Harlem Speaks\" (1930), \"Old Man Blues\" (1930) - uncredited)\n1929 Black and Tan (Short) (music: \"Cotton Club Stomp\") / (performer: \"Black and Tan Fantasy\", \"Black Beauty\", \"The Duke Steps Out\", \"Cotton Club Stomp\", \"Hot Feet\") / (writer: \"Black and Tan Fantasy\", \"Black Beauty\", \"The Duke Steps Out\")\n1929 Rhythms (Short) (music: \"The Mooche\" - uncredited)\n2016 Trilogie De Tragedie (musician)\n2006 Nutcracker Sweeties (TV Movie) (musical adaptation)\n2005 Great Women Singers of the 20th Century: Chaka Khan (Video) (music: arranged \"Take The 'A' Train\")\n1981 Say Brother (TV Series) (music - 1 episode)\n- Blues and Gone (1981) ... (music)\n1969 Change of Mind (conductor)\n1961 Paris Blues (musician: piano - uncredited)\nThe Asphalt Jungle (TV Series) (composer - 13 episodes, 1961) (conductor - 1 episode, 1961)\n- The Scott Machine (1961) ... (composer: theme music)\n- The Dark Night (1961) ... (composer: theme music)\n- The Kidnapping (1961) ... (composer: theme music)\n- The Fighter (1961) ... (composer: theme music)\n- The Professor (1961) ... (composer: theme music)\n1959 Anatomy of a Murder (musician: piano - uncredited)\n1956-1958 Alan Melville Takes You from A-Z (TV Series) (featuring the music of - 2 episodes)\n- E (1958) ... (featuring the music of)\n1934 Many Happy Returns (musician: piano for Guy Lombardo - uncredited)\n1934 Masks and Memories (Short) (composer: song)\nPie Eye (uncredited)\n- A Drum Is a Woman (1957) ... Narrator\n1950 Snader Telescriptions (TV Movie)\n1949 Symphony in Swing (Short)\n1943 Cabin in the Sky\nDuke Ellington (uncredited)\n1943 Reveille with Beverly\n1937 The Hit Parade\n1934 Belle of the Nineties\nPinao Player (uncredited)\n1934 Murder at the Vanities\nDuke Elliogton\n2013 An Honest Buck (Short) (completed)\n2016 Talking Sticks (Documentary)\n- Play On! (2000)\n1966 Assault on a Queen\n1957 Holiday (Documentary short)\n1953 Daybreak Express (Documentary short)\n1950 Salute to Duke Ellington (Short)\n1964 Today (TV Series) (1 episode)\n- The Drug Wars (2013) ... Himself\n2004 Improvisation\n- The True Welcome: 1929-1934 (2001) ... Himself\n- Our Language: 1924 -1929 (2001) ... Himself\n- The Gift: 1917-1924 (2001) ... Himself\n1980 Memories of Duke (Documentary)\n1974 On the Road with Duke Ellington (Documentary)\n- Mouloudji (1973) ... Himself\n1973 Iltat\u00e4hti (TV Series)\n1973 3. November 1973 (TV Movie)\n- Peggy Lee (1973) ... Himself\n1973 Duke Ellington... We Love You Madly (TV Special)\nHimself - Musician / Himself - Co-Host / Himself\n- Episode #10.116 (1971) ... Himself - Musician\n- Episode #8.199 (1969) ... Himself - Co-Host\n- Episode #8.132 (1969) ... Himself - Musician\n- Episode dated 10 February 1971 (1971) ... Himself - Musician\n- Duke Ellington/Mary McCarthy (1969) ... Himself - Musician\n1970 Music on 2 (TV Series)\n- The Three Faces of Jazz: Folk - Showbiz - Art (1970) ... Himself\n1970 ...And Beautiful II (TV Movie)\nHimself - Band Leader / Himself / Pianist / ...\n- Episode #23.22 (1970) ... Himself - Band Leader\n- Episode #21.39 (1968) ... Pianist\n- Episode #21.19 (1968) ... Band Leader\n- Episode #20.7 (1966) ... Himself - Band Leader\nHimself - Guest Orchestra Conductor\n- If Marriages Are Made in Heaven, Why Do They Call It Heaven? (1970) ... Himself - Guest Orchestra Conductor\n1969 Love You Madly: A Salute to Duke Ellington (TV Movie)\n- From Los Angeles/Oleg Cassini, Sandy Dennis Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington (1963) ... Himself - Guest\n- Strumpet City/Fanfare for the Duke (1969) ... Himself\n1968 NET Festival (TV Series documentary)\n- Duke Ellington on the Cote d'Azur (1968) ... Himself\n1968 Newport Jazz Festival (TV Special)\n1968 \u00c0 l'affiche du monde (TV Series documentary)\n1959-1967 The Bell Telephone Hour (TV Series)\nHimself - Pianist / Himself / Himself - Band Leader\n- On the Road with Duke Ellington (1967) ... Himself\n- The Music of Harold Arlen (1965) ... Himself - Band Leader\n- Love Makes the World Go Round (1965) ... Himself - Pianist\n- American Festival (1959) ... Himself - Pianist\n- Episode dated 20 September 1967 (1967) ... Himself - Musician\nHimself / Himself - Bandleader\n- Episode dated 7 August 1967 (1967) ... Himself - Bandleader\n- Duke Ellington - A Concert of Sacred Music (1967) ... Himself\n1967 Something Special (TV Series)\n- Barbara McNair (1967) ... Himself - Guest\n1967 Center Stage (TV Mini-Series)\n- The Barbara McNair and Duke Ellington Special (1967) ... Himself\n1966 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV Series)\n1966 Noche del s\u00e1bado (TV Series)\n- Entertainers- Jazz (1966) ... Himself\n1966 The Strolling '20s (TV Movie)\n1966 Anatomy of Pop: The Music Explosion (TV Movie documentary)\n1965 Upbeat (TV Series)\n1965 Late Night Line-Up (TV Series)\n- Duke Ellington Swings Through Japan (1964)\n1964 That Regis Philbin Show (TV Series)\nHimself - Orchestra Leader\n- Episode dated 5 November 1964 (1964) ... Himself - Orchestra Leader\n1964 Jazz 625 (TV Series)\nHimself - music performer\n- Ellington in Concert Part 2 (1964) ... Himself - music performer\n1964 Duke Ellington: Live in Montreal (TV Movie)\nHimself - Host / Piano\n1963 The Keefe Brasselle Show (TV Series)\n1962 Duke Ellington: Forever Gold (Short)\n1962 Here's Edie (TV Series)\n- Don Knotts, Denise Lor, Duke Ellington (1962) ... Himself\n- The 1st Annual Grammy Awards (1959) ... Himself - Performer\n1959 The Patti Page Oldsmobile Show (TV Series)\n- Hughie Green (1959) ... Himself - Guest\n1959 Timex All-Star Jazz Show (TV Series)\n- The Golden Age of Jazz (1959) ... Himself\n1958 Monitor (TV Series documentary)\nHimself - 'Duke Ellington'\n- Duke Ellington/Aldous Huxley/Cilli Wang (1958) ... Himself - 'Duke Ellington'\n1958 The Subject Is Jazz (TV Series)\n- What Is Jazz? (1958) ... Himself\n1957 Standard Oil New Jersey Presents Its 75th Anniversary Entertainment (TV Movie)\n- American Riches (1957) ... Himself\n1956 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV Series)\n- Bob Hope/Duke Ellington/George Hamilton/Gene Nelson/Olsen & Johnson/Erin O'Brien (1956) ... Himself - Guest\n1955-1956 Frankie Laine Time (TV Series)\n1955 Show Time at the Apollo (TV Series)\n- Revue in Rhythm ... Himself - Orchestra Leader\n- Harlem Merry-Go-Round ... Himself - Orchestra Leader\n- Blues in Harlem ... Himself - Orchestra Leader\n1955 Rock 'n' Roll Revue (Short)\n1955 Music 55 (TV Series documentary)\n- Johnnie Ray/Duke Ellington/Mindy Carson (1955) ... Himself\nHimself - Guest Band Leader / Pianist\n- Episode dated 1 January 1955 (1955) ... Himself - Guest Band Leader / Pianist\n- Duke Ellington (1953) ... Himself - Mystery Guest\n1952/II Caravan (Short)\n1952 Mood Indigo (Short)\n1952 Solitude (Short)\n1952 Sophisticated Lady (Short)\n1952 Chance of a Lifetime (TV Series)\n- Duke Ellington (1952) ... Himself\n1951 V.I.P.'s Boogie (Short)\n1951 Songs for Sale (TV Series)\n1951 The Ken Murray Show (TV Series)\n- Duke Ellington/Ella Raines (1951) ... Himself\n1951 Kreisler Bandstand (TV Series)\n1950 The Faye Emerson Show (TV Series)\n- Halloween Party (1950) ... Himself\n- Episode #2.1 (1949) ... Himself - Musician\n1949 Adventures in Jazz (TV Series)\n1947 Date with Duke (Short)\n1943 Upbeat in Music (Documentary short)\nHimself - Band Leader\n1942 Flamingo (Short)\n1942 I Got It Bad & That Ain't Good (Short)\nHimself - Piano\n1939 Verdensber\u00f8mtheder i K\u00f8benhavn (Short)\n1933 A Bundle of Blues (Short)\n2018 Die Wiener Stadthalle rockt! Pop Meets Classic zum 60. Jubil\u00e4um (TV Movie)\n2015 My Music: Starlight Ballroom (TV Movie)\n2014 Jazz 625 at the BBC (TV Movie)\n2014 Jazz Legends in Their Own Words (TV Movie documentary)\n2014 Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark (Documentary)\n2013 The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (TV Mini-Series documentary)\n- Making a Way Out of No Way (1897-1940) (2013) ... Himself (uncredited)\n2012 When Seattle Invented the Future: The 1962 World's Fair (TV Movie documentary)\n2012 Black Wings (Documentary)\n- A Nation of Hypocrites (2011) ... Himself\n2011 Michel Petrucciani (Documentary)\n2010 Dave Brubeck: In His Own Sweet Way (TV Movie documentary)\n2009 Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me (TV Movie documentary)\n2007 Jazz Giants of the 20th Century (Video documentary)\n2006 Reminiscing in Tempo (Documentary)\n2005 Duke Ellington Swinging at His Best (Video)\n2005 Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection (Video)\n- From Shtetl to Swing (2005) ... Himself\n2004 Harlem Renaissance (Video documentary)\n2003 My Kinda People (TV Movie)\n- Piano Blues (2003) ... Himself\n2002 Rhapsody in Black (TV Movie documentary)\n2002 Cinerama Adventure (Documentary)\n2002 It's Black Entertainment (TV Special documentary)\n1999 New York: A Documentary Film (TV Series documentary)\n1997 The Fifties (TV Mini-Series documentary)\n- Duke Ellington 2 (1994) ... Himself\n- Duke Ellington 1: Reminiscing in Tempo (1994) ... Himself\n1993 Victor Borges Tivoli 150 \u00e5r (TV Movie documentary)\n1993 American Justice: Target - Mafia (TV Mini-Series documentary)\nHimself (clip from The Hit Parade (1937)) (uncredited)\n- Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo (1991) ... Himself\n1991 The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (TV Special)\n1990 That's Black Entertainment (Documentary)\n- Jungle Music: Jazz (1977) ... Himself\n- God's Children: The Beginnings (1977) ... Himself\n- Introduction (1977) ... Himself\n- Episode dated 24 May 1974 (1974) ... Himself - Musician\n1971 Black Music in America: From Then Till Now (Documentary short)\n1956 Jazz Ball (TV Movie documentary)\nStage: Appeared in the musical revue \"Jump for Joy\" at the Mayan Theater, Los Angeles, CA See more \u00bb\n5 Biographical Movies | 8 Print Biographies | 2 Portrayals | 1 Interview | 7 Articles | See more \u00bb\nEstate of Duke Ellington c/o CMG Worldwide\nI don't believe in categories of any kind, and when you speak of problems between blacks and whites in the USA. you are referring to categories again. See more \u00bb\nInterred at Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, NY (Division 49, at Fir & Knollwood Avenues). See more \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 1275, "original_length": 66261, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 190.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.immigratesmarter.com/eb-5-immigrant-investors.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:27Z", "digest": "sha1:SIL56SIJBGEM2YKSYRZCPLYH7JVTUWYG", "length": 1369, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.immigratesmarter.com", "title": "EB-5 Immigrant Investors - Marty & Ellis LLC, work visas, immigration, Consultation, H1B, L1A, E2, E1, DACA, VAWA, O1A", "raw_content": "USCIS administers the Immigrant Investor Program, also known as \u201cEB-5,\u201d created by Congress in 1990 to stimulate the U.S. economy through job creation and capital investment by foreign investors. Under a pilot immigration program first enacted in 1992 and regularly reauthorized since, certain EB-5 visas also are set aside for investors in Regional Centers designated by USCIS based on proposals for promoting economic growth.\nCapital Investment Requirements Capital means cash, equipment, inventory, other tangible property, cash equivalents and indebtedness secured by assets owned by the alien entrepreneur, provided that the alien entrepreneur is personally and primarily liable and that the assets of the new commercial enterprise upon which the petition is based are not used to secure any of the indebtedness. All capital shall be valued at fair-market value in United States dollars. Assets acquired, directly or indirectly, by unlawful means (such as criminal activities) shall not be considered capital for the purposes of section 203(b)(5) of the Act.\nThe minimum qualifying investment in the United States is $1 million.\nA rural area is any area outside a metropolitan statistical area (as designated by the Office of Management and Budget) or outside the boundary of any city or town having a population of 20,000 or more according to the decennial census", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 98, "original_length": 7784, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 176.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.imr.no/om_havforskningsinstituttet/arrangementer/konferanser/ICZM_2011/background/en", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:34Z", "digest": "sha1:HRN3V57LJVNBT6EYPV5YX6WF45IXE3JE", "length": 1967, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.imr.no", "title": "Institute of Marine Research - Background", "raw_content": "The coastal zone includes both coastal waters and narrow strip of land separating the marine and terrestrial environment. The coastal zone thus offers a myriad of goods and services ranging from production to protection. Despite its relatively small coverage in percentage of global surface area, this zone is highly productive and sustains a high biodiversity.\nGrowing pressure from increasingly diverse human activities coupled with climate change impacts threaten the functional integrity of these coastal ecosystems. A multi-disciplinary approach towards understanding drivers, pressures and impacts in the coastal zone requires effective integration of data and information in policy and management.\nThe first International Symposium on Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) was hosted by the Institute of Marine Research, Norway and held in Arendal, Norway, on June 11-14, 2007. The international attendance and multi-disciplinary contributions to this symposium demonstrated the need for international fora for discussing and developing integration of science and policy, and for further symposia on this topic. This first symposium was particularly successful in bringing together people representing different disciplines, including managers. All lectures were carried out in plenum, which meant that scientists in different disciplines and managers had the opportunity to listen and learn from each other, resulting in a special atmosphere important for breaking down barriers.\nThe second ICZM symposium will again be hosted by the Institute of Marine Research, Norway in Arendal, Norway, and held on July 3 \u2013 7, 2011. This multi-disciplinary international conference is intended to promote science and integration of knowledge for the sustainable management of coastal resources. It will provide a venue for scientists, engineers, managers and policy-makers to discuss recent advances and innovative ideas, to share experiences and to develop networks.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 2839, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 139.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.in.com/entertainment/bollywood/vicky-kaushal-slams-talks-of-uri-the-surgical-strike-being-a-propaganda-film-312847.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:11Z", "digest": "sha1:E4X7RVRLCFR2Z5TETXLRKBZVBWJ37HOM", "length": 2044, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.in.com", "title": "Vicky Kaushal slams talks of Uri: The Surgical Strike being a 'propaganda film' - in.com", "raw_content": "Vicky Kaushal slams talks of Uri: The Surgical Strike being a 'propaganda film'\nWith Uri: The Surgical Strike, actor Vicky Kaushal is now a phenomenal and dependable star. The actor, who has left us astounded with his back-to-back spectacular performances, stood out again in this military drama. In just four weeks since its release, the film managed to cross the Rs 200-crore mark and turned out to be the first blockbuster of 2019. However, with the film hitting the cinemas just a few months before the Lok Sabha elections, many termed it as a \u2018propaganda film\u2019. The Sanju actor doesn't sound too pleased with the idea and has rubbished the notion.\n\"We have made the film as a tribute to the Indian Armed Forces. It's not necessary to view everything through the political lens. Also, if it was a propaganda film, I wouldn't have been a part of it,\u201d Kaushal told Mid-Day. The film has also given the country its latest catchphrase \u2018How\u2019s The Josh\u2019, which has been mouthed by several political leaders as well, including PM Narendra Modi, thereby strengthening the belief that the film is an advocate for the government.\nKesari: Third glimpse of Akshay Kumar starrer is an account of great bravery by the Sikhs\nJohnny Lever reveals that his Dharavi house still exists\nVicky Kaushal's indecent proposal post URI: The Surgical Strike\n\"Once a film releases, it belongs to the audience - be it the cabinet ministers or the Prime Minister or even sports personalities. So if you have the right to say 'How's the josh?', the same right lies with anybody else. We have zero control over it. We are happy that the emotional value of the film is resonating with everyone,\u201d he added.\nFilmmaker Aditya Dhar donned the director\u2019s hat for the film which also stars Yami Gautam and Kirti Kulhari among others. It released on January 11 and is still enjoying a run at the box office.\nBollywoodEntertainmentKirti KulhariraaziSanjuUri: The Surgical StrikeVicky KaushalYami Gautam\nnextKiara Advani has found the most adorable playmate on the sets of Good News", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 126, "original_length": 6889, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 322.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.indemand.com.au/blog/2018/6/27/ggbda5p2wrz5ix314whmxticx8dhqh", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:08Z", "digest": "sha1:NKBFYSBBNDVCDVKKBD3XK5CXS6U6LIBZ", "length": 2200, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.indemand.com.au", "title": "The customer is always right\u2026 sometimes. \u2014 eCommerce Consulting & Cross Border Marketplaces Management", "raw_content": "It is no secret that worst part of a customer service job is all too often the customers. Don\u2019t be fooled by charming usernames, such as puppies123, or kittens4eva; matter how infuriating their caps-locked insults may be, as the customer service representative it is our job to maintain a polite disposition, and rise above caps-locked obscenities. As perfect as the product or you may be, there will always be the few who find something to complain about, and unfortunately this is a way of life. The customer may not always necessarily be right, when they expect you to perform magic tricks, but at the end of the day, your business simply would not survive without customers, of all kinds. It will be in your and your business\u2019s favour to work things out with your customer as pleasantly as possible.\nAs many times as we may want to defend ourselves in caps-lock back to the customer, we realise that we are slaves to their feedback, and that the petty he-said-she-said\u2019s will not help us when trying to get a negative feedback removed. So how can we remain poised and calm in the clear injustice of a customer\u2019s accusations? Here are a few pointers for how to deal with, and hopefully even change a customer\u2019s angry mind:\n1) Even though a customer may not always be necessarily \u2018right\u2019 in a situation, try see the situation from their point of view.\n2) Talk the situation out with a co-worker to see if they may have insights, instead of keeping the anger bottled inside.\n3) If the customer is being particularly abusive or offensive remember that you do not have to deal with it, and that blocking a customer can sometimes be the best option. If the customer shows warning signs of hot-headedness, blocking them may be the best option as it will be better to block the customer than the customer leaving negative feedback after.\n4) Always remain polite and sensitive in your messages- you don\u2019t want anything to be held against you.\n5) Always listen to both the positive and the negative feedbacks. If there is a pattern of complaints that customers are leaving, this may point towards something that you may want to look into and improve so that future customers don\u2019t have the same experience.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 48, "original_length": 3602, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 288.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/instead-of-giving-up-for-lent-give-something-back-says-cardinal-29068738.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:59Z", "digest": "sha1:XPXPMXTWDEF7VYNY2TDYRVVPJCP3OPPN", "length": 2454, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.independent.ie", "title": "Instead of 'giving up' for Lent, give something back, says cardinal - Independent.ie", "raw_content": "Instead of 'giving up' for Lent, give something back, says cardinal\nBreda Heffernan Email\nGIVING up chocolate and alcohol may be among the most popular Lenten sacrifices for Irish Catholics. However this year Cardinal Sean Brady is calling on the faithful to do \"something positive\" and become more engaged in their faith and parish life.\nhttps://www.independent.ie/irish-news/instead-of-giving-up-for-lent-give-something-back-says-cardinal-29068738.html\nIn his Ash Wednesday homily, the cardinal encouraged people to think more deeply about their Lenten resolutions.\n\"People often make resolutions at the beginning of Lent, very often these are decisions to give up something, alcohol, chocolate, even television.\n\"Whilst these are worthy sacrifices, they risk being too narrow,\" he said.\n\"Lent is also a time for something positive. Why don't we consider, for example, reading a piece of scripture, to pray more, perhaps join in parish life, commit ourselves to get to know more about the history of salvation, to resolve to think of others before we speak,\" he said.\nSpeaking at the Institute of Technology in Dundalk, Co Louth, Cardinal Brady said: \"Lent is the interplay of prayer and fasting and alms giving. They are not ends in themselves but means to an end. The goal is to draw closer to God.\"\nMeanwhile in his homily, Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin said the Lenten practice of prayer, penance and good work, must switch Catholics' focus away from \"crude consumerism\" and \"attachment to what lasts just for the day\".\nCelebrating Mass at University College Dublin, Dr Martin said: \"Lent is not just ashes for one day; it is a serious business about the more serious things in life.\" He said we live in a time when image is considered to be as important as substance.\n\"In our time, good news has to be got out there quickly. Good deeds must be known, if possible even before they have been done. Even bad news must be sold as good news.\"\nHe said the great divisions in our world \u2013 including access to food, healthcare and knowledge \u2013 show how the selfishness or the indifference of some has \"displaced the original design of God\".\n\"Ash Wednesday is a unique day in which, within the Catholic tradition, we are called to reflect on where we stand in our own lives and on what our value system is.\n\"It means renouncing any tendency to live as if the purpose of life was just our own fulfilment and our own rights and our own image,\" he added.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 609, "original_length": 13514, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 303.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780802120014", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:07Z", "digest": "sha1:6ADFTZIOMOTJ5PMVPPU5C4UE42WFDG6G", "length": 5606, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.indiebound.org", "title": "Lost Kingdom: Hawaii's Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and America's First Imperial Adventure | IndieBound.org", "raw_content": "Lost Kingdom (Hardcover)\nHawaii's Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and America's First Imperial Adventure\nAtlantic Monthly Press, 9780802120014, 415pp.\nAround 200 A.D., intrepid Polynesians arrived at an undisturbed archipelago. For centuries, their descendants lived with little contact from the western world. In 1778, their isolation was shattered with the arrival of Captain Cook.\nDeftly weaving together a memorable cast of characters, Lost Hawaii brings to life the ensuing clash between a vulnerable Polynesian people and relentlessly expanding capitalist powers. Portraits of royalty and rogues, sugar barons, and missionaries combine into a sweeping tale of the Hawaiian Kingdom's rise and fall.\nAt the center of the story is Lili'uokalani, the last queen of Hawai'i. Born in 1838, she lived through the nearly complete economic transformation of the islands. Lucrative sugar plantations gradually subsumed the majority of the land, owned almost exclusively by white planters, dubbed the \"Sugar Kings.\" Hawai'i became a prize in the contest between America, Britain, and France, each seeking to expand their military and commercial influence in the Pacific.\nThe monarchy had become a figurehead, victim to manipulation from the wealthy sugar plantation owners. Lili'uokalani was determined to enact a constitution to reinstate the monarchy's power but was outmaneuvered by the U.S. The annexation of Hawai'i had begun, ushering in a new century of American imperialism.\nPraise For Lost Kingdom: Hawaii's Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and America's First Imperial Adventure\u2026\nA sweeping tale of tragedy, greed, betrayal, and imperialism The depth of her research shines through the narrative, and the lush prose and quick pace make for engaging reading absorbing.\u201d Library Journal (Starred review)\nRichlysourced [Siler is] able to color in many figures who had heretofore existed largely in outline or black and white a solidly researched account of an important chapter in our national history, one that most Americans don\u2019t know but should an 1893 New York Times headline called [the annexation] the political crime of the century.\u2019\u201d The New York Times Book Review\nJulia Flynn Siler's Lost Kingdom: Hawaii's Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and America's First Imperial Adventure is a well-told history of the U.S. acquisition of Hawaii. The central figure is Lili'uokalani, who had the misfortune of being queen when Uncle Sam closed his grasp on the islands.\u201d The Seattle Times\n[A] well-researched, nicely contextualized history . . . It was indeed, as Siler characterizes it, one of the most audacious land grabs of the Gilded Age.\u2019\u201d LA Times\n[Julia Flynn] Siler captures what Hawaii was then and what it has evolved into today. What happened to the islands is known as one of the most aggressive takeovers of the Gilded Age Siler gives us a riveting and intimate look at the rise and tragic fall of Hawaii's royal family [It] is a reminder that Hawaii remains one of the most breathtaking places in the world. Even if the kingdom is lost.\u201d Fortune\nSiler rehearses the dark imperial history of how Americans first arrived in the islands, how they rose in power and how they deposed the queen and took everything This is mostly the story of white entrepreneurs and missionaries who came and conquered A well-rendered narrative of paradise and imperialism.\u201d Kirkus Review\nThis imperial land grab in our not so distant past is far too little known. I hope that Julia Flynn Siler\u2019s lively, moving, colorful account will help restore it to the place in our national memory where it ought to be.\u201d Adam Hochschild, author of To End all Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 and Kings Leopold\u2019s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa\nOnly one American state was formally a sovereign monarchy. In this compelling narrative, the award-winning journalist Julia Flynn Siler chronicles how this Pacific kingdom, creation of a proud Polynesian people, was encountered, annexed, and absorbed.\u201d Kevin Starr, Historian, University of Southern California, and author of California: A History\nSiler skillfully weaves the tangled threads of this story into a satisfying tapestry about the late 19th-century death of a small nation [with] sympathetic detail.\u201d Publisher\u2019s Weekly\nThe takeover of Hawaii is a disturbing and dramatic story, deftly captured by Julia Flynn Siler [S]he vividly depicts a cast of characters driven by greed, desperation, and miscalculation How the queen lost her kingdom says as much about America and its new era of overseas expansion as it does about Hawaii.\u201d\nT.J. Stiles, author of The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelious Vanderbilt, winner of the Pulitzer Price and National Book Award\nJulia Flynn Siler\u2019s Lost Hawaii is a riveting saga about Big Sugar flexing its imperialist muscle Its impossible not to be impressed with the breadth of Silers fine scholarship. A real gem of a book.\u201d Douglas Brinkley, author of The Quiet World: Saving Alaskas Wilderness Kingdom 1879-1960\nToo many Americans forget our island paradise\u201d was acquired via a cynical, imperious land grab By the 1890s, American businessmen, especially the sugar kings,\u201d dominated the Hawaiian economy [C]ombined with the flowering of American naval ambitions, Hawaii\u2019s status as an independent kingdom was doomed. Siler\u2019s narrative concentrates on the efforts of Queen Lili\u2019okalani to stave off American annexation. The missionary-educated [queen\u2019s] efforts to straddle both the modern and traditional Hawaiian worlds proved futile. This is a well-written, fast-moving saga.\u201d Booklist", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 6784, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 325.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.inman.com/2011/06/16/mortgage-rates-level-2011-lows/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:34Z", "digest": "sha1:WUTI36Z75I6LSS27RHWBRQDPNC3T3D6Z", "length": 670, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.inman.com", "title": "Mortgage rates level off at 2011 lows", "raw_content": "Mortgage rates level off at 2011 lows\nDemand for purchase loans, refinancings climbs\nMortgage rates leveled off this week at or near their lows for the year after declining for eight consecutive weeks, Freddie Mac said in releasing the results of its latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey.\nLow rates appear to have sparked interest in both refinancing and home purchases, according to a separate survey of loan applications conducted by the Mortgage Bankers Association.\nFreddie Mac\u2019s survey showed rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages, which last week hit a low for the year of 4.49 percent, averaging 4.5 percent with an average 0.7 point for the week ending June 16.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 124, "original_length": 2907, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 334.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.innovativewomens.com/blog/top-5-reasons-to-fall-in-love-with-yourself-this-valentines-day", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:45:53Z", "digest": "sha1:VHK364XACD36V3MA34URKX2ZOAQBQZDB", "length": 5988, "nlines": 42, "source_domain": "www.innovativewomens.com", "title": "TOP 5 REASONS TO FALL IN LOVE WITH YOURSELF THIS VALENTINE\u2019S DAY \u2014 Innovative Women's Health", "raw_content": "Valentine\u2019s Day brings with it all the displays of red, pink, gold, champagne, and chocolate. The core of the holiday, however, has less to do with diamonds and more to do with appreciating that special feeling with that special someone.\nWith all that focus on relationships around Valentine\u2019s Day it\u2019s easy to forget about one of the most important relationships of all, the relationship women have with themselves.\nSo let\u2019s talk a bit more about why it\u2019s important to focus on falling back in love with yourself on February 14th with our top 5 reasons.\n1. BECAUSE LIFE GETS IN THE WAY\nToday\u2019s world is packed with endless demands on a person\u2019s time. The modern women, is no exception to this rule. In fact, with more women working full-time jobs than ever, it\u2019s never been harder for American women to find enough time in their day to squeeze it all in.\nThis has forced women to give up much of their free time, and on top of that those who are raising children are essentially navigating a second full-time job.\nAfter that, there are the priorities of keeping close with family and friends, and finding time for a relationship with their partner.\nThen, after taking care of all of that, only then do most women begin to think about themselves.\n\u201cYou can do it all, but you can\u2019t do it all at once.\u201d\nYou can do it all, but you can\u2019t do it all at once. So many modern superwomen feel pressure to juggle it all, but learning to take care of yourself first can lead to true and lasting happiness.\nA huge part of loving yourself is taking care of your own needs.\nThere is so much that contributes to a woman\u2019s overall health and wellbeing, but few areas are more often overlooked than a woman\u2019s sex life. As we all know, this can have a huge impact on the rest of a woman\u2019s world, affecting her confidence and enjoyment, as well as possibly harming trust and intimacy with a partner.\nFor this, Innovative Women\u2019s Health has developed an answer with their Innovative Women\u2019s Health Kit, but more on that in a bit..\n2. BECAUSE NONE OF US ESCAPE AGING\nWe\u2019ve all been guilty of getting so caught up in the day to day of our world that we forget that our lives are passing us by. Decisions and priorities are constantly dictated by a laundry-list of responsibilities.\nIt\u2019s easy to look up one day and realize just how much time has passed since last you stopped to \u201csmell the roses\u201d. Don\u2019t go another day without making yourself a priority.\nThough aging is simply a fact of life, with it comes all the challenges and journeys that life has to offer. As women continue through life it is common for them to experience changes in the way their body naturally looks and feels.\n\u201cThese changes can also have implications on a woman\u2019s sex life, negatively impacting drive, arousal, and lubrication. These issues can deeply decrease satisfaction, lead to a diminished sex life, and even harm the intimacy between a woman and her partner.\u201d\nIf this sounds like you, you are not alone. In fact, a recent survey found that less than half of women over 55 were even sexually active, and those who were active recorded having sex less than twice a month.\nThe good news is there is an answer and a path back to your best self, The Innovative Women\u2019s Health Kit from Innovative Women\u2019s Health. The kit is a sexual health solution directed towards solving the issues preventing the modern woman from living her life to the fullest.\n3. BECAUSE SEX MATTERS\nDid you know that having sex twice a week can have a positive effect on your overall health and appearance? Regular sexual activity has been linked to many overall positive health effects in women.\nSex can also reduce cortisol levels by reducing stress, leading to proper blood pressure and blood sugar, lowered acidity in a woman\u2019s abdomen, resulting in reduced stress and the possibility of longer life.\nParticipating in sex at least twice a week also strengthens the immune system by increasing the antibody Immunoglobulin A by about 30%.\n\u201cBut sometimes self-love is finally admitting something seems outside of our control.\u201d\nThere are many daily or long-term medications that women depend on for relief, to have a side effect of decreasing a women\u2019s sexual desire or drive.\nWomen dealing with chronic conditions or chronic pain may find it difficult to prioritize their sexual health because of feeling constantly occupied, and don\u2019t have the energy to spend researching and chasing down solutions.\nAt Innovative Women\u2019s Health, we are proud to offer our Innovative Women\u2019s Health Program Kit as the answer to women who are searching for the path to a healthy sex life!\n4. BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT ALONE\nInnovative Women\u2019s Health is the Northwest\u2019s premier health clinic for women's sexual health and related issues. You don\u2019t have to suffer in silence, and deserve a rich sex life at any stage of living.\n-Improved Libido\n-Solving lubrication issues\n-Relief from painful intercourse\n\u201cThe Innovative Women\u2019s Health Program Kit is the answer you\u2019ve been looking for.\u201d\nSo what exactly is the treatment behind the Innovative Women\u2019s Health Program Kit you may ask?\nWith Innovative Women\u2019s Health and their Innovative Women\u2019s Health Program Kit, you are no longer alone in the battle for sexual health.\n5. BECAUSE THERE IS NO BETTER TIME THAN RIGHT NOW\nWe are all guilty of putting off procrastinating, or putting off what is important. Focus on loving yourself this Valentine\u2019s Day by talking with Innovative Women\u2019s Health and taking back your self-confidence and femininity.\nInnovative Women\u2019s Health is on a mission to bring relief to the growing number of women suffering from the many of the causes affecting their sex lives today. Take back control of your sex life with the help of an Innovative Women\u2019s Health Program Kit today.\nSo here\u2019s to loving yourself, and \u201cHappy Valentine\u2019s Day\u201d from all of us at Innovative Women\u2019s Health!\nWe will have someone reach out to you very shortly.\nSexual HealthDavid Wall February 6, 2018 Sexual Health, love yourself", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 115, "original_length": 11676, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 234.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.insart.com/about-us/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:56:50Z", "digest": "sha1:C5KFGVUM2P6G5QYGFU5YF3TVTNQN2WAE", "length": 5013, "nlines": 32, "source_domain": "www.insart.com", "title": "About Us - INSART", "raw_content": "Our mission: FinTech & Java Engineering. We develop and reengineer Java software products for the FinTech industry, with headquarters in the heart of the financial world, New York, and R&D labs in Ukraine, which is famous for its highly skilled software engineers.\nRome wasn\u2019t built in a day, and INSART has also gone through ups and downs. However, we feel a strong sense of achievement due to our inspiration, perseverance, intuition, and sometimes luck. Each phase of our history has brought new knowledge, experience, and understanding of future priorities.\nAs we have evolved and become more experienced, our focus has shifted to FinTech and Java Engineering, which are at the core of our mission today.\nWe help customers to meet their long-term needs and desires, represent meaningful choices in cost and functionality, and develop a quality software product that consumers appreciate.\nOur teams of IT professionals have a bond that promotes strength, unity, reliability, and support, and creates a synergy in which the sum is greater than its parts.\nWe honor our commitments and always get the job done. We don't make excuses, but focus on finding solutions.\nWe encourage our team members to constantly seek cutting-edge knowledge and improve their skills so that they are able to innovate.\nWe know that the only way to do great work is to love what you do. We are deeply involved in collaborating with each other, and are always ready to go the extra mile to deliver exceptional results.\nVasyl Soloshchuk CEO\nMichael Soloshchuk President\nSergey Matikaynen Head of Software Delivery\nVitaliy Koval Head of Business Development\nIrina Guridina CFO\nAnastasiia Khudiaieva HR Team Leader\nVasyl Soloshchuk\nVasyl started working in the software development industry in 2000. Since 2010, he has been the CEO and co-owner of INSART. Under his lead, INSART became a FinTech and Java engineering company. He is passionate about helping clients grow their business through leveraging software technology. Vasyl holds master\u2019s degrees in computer science and system analysis, and in finance.\nMichael Soloshchuk\nMichael has about 25 years of experience in the IT industry and in business development. He is head of the Information and Intellectual Property department of the National Technical University Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute. As a patent attorney, he is responsible for legal aid and IP rights protection. Michael holds a PhD in applied mathematics and computational science.\nSergey Matikaynen\nHead of Software Delivery\nSergey has over 10 years of experience in building architecture and managing enterprise and financial software projects. Since 2014, he has managed the software delivery of FinTech projects, including payments, data processing, fundraising, wealth management, trading, etc. Sergey holds a master\u2019s degree in computer science and software engineering, and a bachelor\u2019s degree in economics.\nSince 2014, Vitaliy has been orchestrating INSART\u2019s digital strategy, finding solutions to business challenges, and creating new revenue streams for INSART. Vitaliy holds a master\u2019s degree in law.\nIrina Guridina\nIrina has over 20 years of experience in accounting, tax, and financial operations. Since 2006, she has been responsible for accounting and financial aspects of INSART\u2019s relationships with customers and employees. Irina is a Certified Accounting Practitioner (CAP/CIPA) and holds a masters\u2019s degree in accounting and finance.\nAnastasiia has worked at INSART since 2012. She is responsible for finding and staffing new talents for the company, as well as adaptation, retention, certification of employees, organizing corporate events, and managing the HR team. She is passionate about making sure that everyone is happy in their job and is motivated to deliver exceptional results. Anastasiia holds a master\u2019s degree in computer science and intellectual property.\nThe National Technical University \"Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute\" prepares specialists in the fields of electronics, computer science, software engineering, business, etc.\nIBM operates through five segments: Cognitive Solutions, Global Business Services, Technology Services & Cloud Platforms, Systems and Global Financing.\nKharkiv IT Cluster is a non-governmental organization, that combines leading IT companies on a single platform, supported by local authorities and universities.\nThe Association \"Information technologies of Ukraine\" contributes to the development of the IT industry and supports innovation activities in Ukraine.\nXignite, Inc. provides financial market data APIs to help companies and enterprises deliver market data to their digital assets, such as websites and apps.\nCalifornia Fintech Network is a non-profit trade organization for professionals, founders, executives, and investors that work and invest in the financial technology sector.\nFINTECH Circle is an angel network which enables emerging financial technology firms to execute their vision and to successfully expand their FinTech businesses.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 100, "original_length": 7986, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 234.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.insideedition.com/headlines/8945-exclusive-nanny-from-hell-reveals-terminal-cancer-diagnosis", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:45Z", "digest": "sha1:RUBAHY3EYYZKK5Z5MDTEQAGUYOSOLC4K", "length": 1752, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "www.insideedition.com", "title": "Exclusive: Nanny From Hell Reveals Terminal Cancer Diagnosis | Inside Edition", "raw_content": "Exclusive: Nanny From Hell Reveals Terminal Cancer Diagnosis\nShe\u2019s known as the \u201cNanny from Hell\u201d because she refused to leave after being fired. Now, Diane Stretton is revealing that she is in a Hell of her own.\nShe told INSIDE EDITION, \u201cI have metastasised colon cancer.\u201d\nINSIDE EDITION\u2019s Jim Moret asked, \u201cWhen did you find out that you have cancer?\u201d\n\u201cThe day before my 65th birthday,\u201d she said.\nStretton got her \u201cNanny from Hell\u201d nickname after a California couple, Marcella and Ralph Bracamante, said she refused to move out even after they had fired her.\nStretton says she got the grim cancer diagnosis when she went to the emergency room two weeks ago with abdominal pain.\nShe showed Moret her medical records that seem to confirm the diagnosis.\nLast week, Stretton went on the Dr. Phil show where she had a tense confrontation with the Bracamante's.\nMarcella said on the show, \"If you had just done the bare minimum, you would still have a place above your head.\"\nStretton said, \"I did do way beyond the bare minimum.\"\nStretton\u2019s sister also appeared on the show and it wasn't pretty, she said, \"It has been horrible to watch your actions. It is time for you to stop!\"\nIn June, the Bracamante\u2019s finally got back legal possession of the nanny's room. Stretton\u2019s possessions were put in storage.\nSo, where is the former nanny living now? In her car.\nMoret asked, \"Where do you shower?\"\nShe replied, \"There are churches, you can't get a shower everyday.\"\nMoret asked, \u201cDo you think you can you get through this challenge?\u201d\nShe said, \u201cI think it is going to be a lot more difficult living in the car.\u201d\nMoret asked, \u201cYou'll have to get chemo, then recuperate living in your car? How will you do that?\u201d\n\u201cI guess I am going to find out,\u201d she answered.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 93, "original_length": 3411, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 268.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.insideedition.com/videos/5590-homeless-world-cup-inspires-change-all-over-the-world", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:48Z", "digest": "sha1:P63PCK2VZO4LLSUEU57HIIBXDWHDNBWK", "length": 109, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.insideedition.com", "title": "Homeless World Cup Inspires Change All Over the World | Inside Edition", "raw_content": "Homeless World Cup Inspires Change All Over the World\n12:49 PM PDT, September 17, 2015 - Inside Edition Staff", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 72, "original_length": 1610, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.67, "perplexity": 303.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.investing.com/news/cryptocurrency-news/ripple-ceo-says-bitcoin-is-chinese-money-1490904", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:21:57Z", "digest": "sha1:76F55INOTXBPOS2C7NFGGEPXHJORRYE4", "length": 2339, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.investing.com", "title": "Ripple CEO Says Bitcoin Is Chinese Money By Cryptovest", "raw_content": "Ripple CEO Says Bitcoin Is Chinese Money\nConcerns about Bitcoin\u2019s centralization have been raised ever since people found out that a significant percentage of its mining power is owned by just four large mining pools.\nRipple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, however, points out to a slightly more subtle problem in Bitcoin\u2019s hashing power: It\u2019s mostly controlled by Chinese pools. He first made note of this in a speaking engagement at the Stifel Financial 2018 Cross Sector Insight Conference.\n\u201cA number of prominent people, even Steve Wozniak, has said that he sees a world where Bitcoin is the primary currency. I think that\u2019s absurd. I don\u2019t think that any major economy will allow that to happen. By the way, it doesn\u2019t make sense. I\u2019ll tell you another story that is underreported, but worth paying attention to. Bitcoin is really controlled by China. There are four miners in China that control over 50% of Bitcoin. How do we know that China won\u2019t intervene? How many countries want to use a Chinese-controlled currency? It\u2019s just not going to happen,\u201d he said.\nThis may sound like paranoia at first, but as we dive into the statistics, it\u2019s clear that Garlinghouse isn\u2019t just talking hot air. BTC.com, Antpool, F2Pool, and BTC.TOP all have two things in common: They\u2019re all Chinese, and they account for an enormous share of Bitcoin\u2019s total mining power.\nAdding them all up, they account for 58.9% of BTC\u2019s hashrate. That\u2019s enough to mess with the consensus of the network. If we were to add up all major Chinese mining operations (above 2% of the hashrate), we\u2019d end up with 75.3% control of hashing power.\nWhat Garlinghouse is missing, however, is the fact that independent miners would probably join other pools if China\u2019s government suddenly starts to step sideways with pools in the mainland.\nStill, there\u2019s no guarantee that Bitcoin could survive such an attack, making this an inherent flaw in proof-of-work coins. It's a game of cat and mouse between China's interests, the possibility of apathy from miners, and banking on the possibility that they would actually pay attention to the pools they are mining in.\nIn the latter scenario, if Bitcoin ever succumbs to pressure from a government whose territory hosts the majority of the world's hashing power, we may very well see people migrate in large numbers to proof of stake coins.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 522, "original_length": 16579, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 320.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.isb.bj.edu.cn/page.cfm?p=1515&newsid=2752", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:12Z", "digest": "sha1:ZEKIIRCGPIQBPFR3QKAF7JMCWK6GCA37", "length": 5491, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.isb.bj.edu.cn", "title": "International School of Beijing Alumni Stories: Joshua Sofian", "raw_content": "Joshua Sofian\nRecently signed to Coin Records Inc., with his band Newcomer, International School of Beijing (ISB) alumnus Joshua Sofian (\u201916) balances his studies at University of Toronto (UofT), where he majors in Statistics and minors in Mathematics and Music, with a burgeoning music career.\nAlthough the music business is notoriously difficult to break into, bass-playing ISB alumnus Joshua Sofian and his band Newcomer have already taken the first step on the path to fame and fortune. Joshua, who has been enrolled at UofT since September 2016, is no overnight success, however. He has been playing musical instruments since he was six years old: beginning with piano, he also learned violin, guitar, and viola, before taking up the bass at age 14.\nWhile statistics, mathematics, and music may seem like strange bedfellows, Joshua said his time at ISB showed him how his various passions could be honored and combined. \u201cMy jazz band conductor, David Beckstead was a personal role model. He taught both science and music at ISB, and I wanted to be just like him,\u201d said Joshua. \u201cI also believe that there is a lot of math in music, because music follows logical theories, just like math and statistics.\u201d\nISB was a huge part of his development as a musician. \u201cI was always musically involved in something, whether it was the orchestra, string quartet or jazz band,\u201d he said. \u201cA lot of what I learned from my ISB music teachers, including Cindy Bulteel, Tony Yu, Spring Wang, Nathan Long, David Beckstead, Terence Hsieh, and James Ford, I still apply to what I do today.\u201d In addition to ISB\u2019s music faculty, Joshua credits ISB\u2019s teachers with teaching him to succeed and overcome the next supposedly insurmountable obstacle step by step.\nA career in music always appealed to Joshua, but he realized that many talented people never get a record deal. \u201cSuccess doesn\u2019t come easily for most musicians, so I thought I\u2019d need to be the best performer in the world to get signed,\u201d said Joshua. While attending a performance program at the Berklee College of Music, Joshua heard an inspiring speech by Ken Stacey, formerly a backup singer for Michael Jackson and lead singer of the five-time Grammy-nominated band, Ambrosia. \u201cMr. Stacey said that opportunities open up to anyone who is willing to make the most of them and that those opportunities must be created through connections and putting yourself out there,\u201d Joshua said. \u201cIt made me believe that it is possible to achieve my dreams and that I should never give up.\u201d\nIt is this willingness to make connections and put himself out there, in combination with his love of logic and order, doggedness, and creativity, that has directly lead to Joshua\u2019s achievement. Playing at a local UofT music club, he met Matias Gutierrez (now Newcomer\u2019s frontman). Impressed by each other\u2019s abilities and compositions, they began recording tracks together. In the summer and fall of 2017, the band's line-up changed: Joshua introduced friend-of-friends, drummer, and fellow UofT student, Martin Camara to the band, with guitarist Lucas Ratigan joining in September. Four-piece Newcomer released their first single, 'Zeitgeist', in September.\nHaving been instrumental in the formation of the band, Joshua turned his sights to creating the opportunity they needed, through self-promotion. Before they released the single through an online distributor, the band members created linked social media accounts for the band on multiple platforms. \u201cThe social media promotion is what helped us get the attention of Chelsea Charles, CEO of Coin Records,\u201d Joshua said. The members of Newcomer met Ms. Charles for dinner that weekend, where she told them she loved the song, and immediately gave them contracts to look over and sign. \u201cEver since then, we have been playing shows, writing, and recording more music for our album, as well as managing our UofT courses,\u201d said Joshua.\nContrary to popular belief, Joshua maintains the life of a rock-and-roller is not incompatible with academic success. \u201cMusic helps with my productivity at university,\u201d he said. \u201cBeing busy and being creative focuses me and I get through my university obligations much more efficiently when I am also rehearsing, practicing, and performing.\u201d It\u2019s all about balance: on a regular day, he wakes up, goes to school, does his schoolwork, works out, and practices bass. At least once a week, he has band rehearsal for a few hours, and on some days, records his part for a Newcomer track or plays a show. Joshua is grateful for this ability to balance his music career and schoolwork. \u201cI know that methodically taking things one step at a time and never giving up will always lead to success,\u201d he said.\nHe advises current ISB students to try their best in everything they do. To those ISB students with creative dreams, he advises caution and realistic expectations. \u201cA lot of kids want fame and fortune, but artistic industries are never meritocratic and rarely lucrative,\u201d he said. \u201cThere comes a point in time where creative kids have to ask themselves what is motivating them to pursue their dreams. For me, it\u2019s never been about money or notoriety.\u201d But for those committed enough to try, he advises taking the initiative. \u201cIt\u2019s on you to prove, to your parents and the world, that you are passionate enough to pursue and achieve what you set out to do,\u201d said Joshua.\nFacebook: facebook.com/newcomerbandpage\nTwitter: @newcomerband\nInstagram: @newcomerbandinsta\nYouTube: Newcomer Channel", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 101, "original_length": 7031, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 263.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.islamicboard.com/manners-and-purification-of-the-soul/134347329-abusive-mother-action-ignore.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:36Z", "digest": "sha1:T2CGWX74JEZ4WIGLQMXFPT3VHZFQVPVS", "length": 7481, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.islamicboard.com", "title": "Abusive mother - to take action or to ignore?", "raw_content": "Abusive mother - to take action or to ignore?\nThread: Abusive mother - to take action or to ignore?\nimperfectsoul\nAssalaamualaikum fellow brothers and sisters. There has been something bothering me for quite some time now, and I have been searching the internet for suggestions and solutions to my problem but to no avail. Just some background information, my mother isn't the typical mother you would expect one to be. I have to admit she has gone through tough times with her divorce (which took place more than a decade ago but she seems unable to get over with her constant reminiscing of the bad deeds my father has committed to her, may Allah help her) but I personally don't see this as an excuse for her abusive behavior. Contrary to what other would expect, since she manages to mask this image of her from her relatives and acquaintances, she is a pretty abusive parent. If I am not mistaken, in Islam, forgive me if I'm wrong, but parents are allowed to beat their children when they are of a certain age to \"discipline\" them, but I presume the beating shall not be consistent and to the extent that it can be considered as abuse. I understand where a parent would be coming from by, for example, patting the hand of her child for being mischievous for the sake of disciplining them, but I do not get how my mum's constant abuse of me and my siblings (1 brother, 1 sister) can be considered \"discipline\" as she claims. We have been beaten since the young age of 6 as far as I can remember, possibly even younger than that if I could remember better, for the most unreasonable reasons. Even till now, though not often as before, she does abuse us and since I don't have a father to control her abusive behavior and my brother is still very young, she feels this power and authority over us, a feeling that we must all bow down to her (which I understand since she is our mother) but also that we do not have the right to defend ourselves, which I do not agree with. I am still in school, graduating soon, and none of us is old enough to do anything about it but admit she is right all the time and kiss her foot when she demands for us to, when she claims that we were being \"rude\" although we were just shielding ourselves with our arms from her beating. Most of her abusive acts either start from or end up being related to my father, which is another proof that she is just venting her dissatisfaction and anger at my father on us, which is very unfair. Another thing to note is that I do feel she is especially cold towards me compared to my siblings, and would just roll her eyes at me even when I have done nothing wrong, on top of other more obvious reasons such as the fact that she has said \"I hate you\" multiple times to my face, criticised my appearance and falsely accusing me of being greedy for money and having a fake personality, which really hurts me because these are very untrue. These would also be considered verbal abuse according to law, but I have yet to find anything on the Islamic law's opinion on this. I assume it is because most mothers wouldn't be like this, as Islam has painted a perfect picture for mothers and their kindness towards their children and may Allah bless all mothers in this world, but lets face the fact that this is sadly not always the case. I always get remarks like \"she's still your mother, she gave birth to you and nothing can compare to the pain of birth\" but, really? Constant abuse for 17 years of my life and that is still okay because she's my mother? I pray 5 times a day, get good grades and am independent as well as responsible of my own actions, giving my mother as little burden as I can, all the nights of me crying from all that I have to deal with, let alone my other problems, and she is justified to do this to me just because she's my mother? Is that really fair?\nThat was pretty long, but still, it wasn't what inspired me to write this post. My family has a maid who helps us with the chores. I admit that she's quite slow in learning and working, but I get it because she's new to the country and has to leave her family at a young age to go earn a living on another land far from home, and that alone is hard to cope with. But my mother, as she has done to several previous maids as well, is abusive towards her. She would beat the maid countless of times, disregarding the maid's injuries inflicted by her abuse. She calls the maid names too and accuses her of the craziest things. She abuses the maid every single day and all I can do is watch. I can't possibly report her to the police, can I? She'll definitely go to prison for her abuse of the maid and how can I do such a thing to my mother? I have tried advising her but all she does is get angry at me, and things just get worse from there. My siblings have also done so but she claims that she's right (she never admits that she's wrong) and she'd just continue with the abuse. According to Islam, what should be the right way to handle this matter? Let me tell you in advance, talking will not help. It never has. She is beyond the age to listen to what others have to say, let alone taking in our suggestions. She prays 5 times a day, reads the qur'an regularly, fasts quite often too, but I know her behavior isn't right. Good behaviour constitutes a good muslim, and although she may be considered a \"good muslim\" by theory, I fear for her good deeds being rejected by Allah for her behaviour, though I admit I am in no position to judge.\n1. Is it true that I cannot say or do anything when abused by my mother just because she's...my mother?\n2. What do I do about her abuse towards the maid? I really cant take it anymore, the poor maid has to suffer from the abuse my siblings and I had to go through frequently too. The only way to make it stop is by reporting it to the police, but there are consequences to this. What should I do?\nI thank everyone who read this till the end and offers an opinion in advance. May Allah bless us and we hopefully meet in Jannah one day. Ameen.\nRe: Abusive mother - to take action or to ignore?\nI'm sorry for your mother's maltreatment towards you and the rest of your family. Islam advises us to be dutiful, respectful, and kind towards our parents no matter the circumstances.\nI don't think there is anything you can really do in regards to your mother's physical treatment towards you, however, you could try protecting your siblings and the maid from her abuse. She should not be abusing any of you. If you can kindly remind her while she's in a good mood that what she's doing is wrong and build a better relationship, it may make her realize her mistakes. I think your mom is going through a lot psychologically and does not know how to show her affection or how to deal with it. She may also be afraid of not having control because your father isn't in the picture so she is a bit overbearing and harsher towards you to prevent you all from doing wrong. You also may be harboring resentment and it blocks you from showing your affection towards her. All of this creates a stressful and negative environment. Your mother is being quite oppressive towards the maid though because she is not her child. If you are all old enough to do your own chores or even defend her, I think the maid should be let go since she is not being treated well.\n1 | imperfectsoul liked this post\nBy elena.n in forum Advice & Support\nBy nessaa in forum Advice & Support\nAbusive teenagers\nBy Tony in forum General", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 186, "original_length": 10901, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 292.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2018-03-11/rifles-squadron-rewarded-for-service-with-freedom-of-milton-keynes-honour/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:21:44Z", "digest": "sha1:TLYYKNHF7U4YAXIHEW3CTQJJ6YV6U2BI", "length": 1089, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.itv.com", "title": "Rifles squadron rewarded for service with 'Freedom of Milton Keynes' honour | Anglia - ITV News", "raw_content": "Rifles squadron rewarded for service with 'Freedom of Milton Keynes' honour\nThe 678 (Rifles) Squadron have been given the Freedom of Milton Keynes. Credit: ITV News Anglia\nMilton Keynes has been honouring the men and women of the Army Air Corps' 678 (Rifles) Squadron - by awarding them the 'Freedom of the Borough'.\nThe award was presented by the Mayor of Milton Keynes, Cllr David Hopkins, at a ceremony which included a marching band.\nThe Rifles have a long association with the area and become only the seventh organisation or individual to be given the honour since 1974.\nThe freedom entitles the squadron to march in Milton Keynes with fixed bayonets.\nThe honour was awarded at a ceremony on Sunday. Credit: ITV News Anglia\n\"The Freedom of the Borough is the highest honour that the borough can actually bestow on an individual or organisation,\" Mr Hopkins told ITV News Anglia.\n\"678 rifles have a long, long history in North Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes and it was long overdue so we are bestowing this honour for services over many, many decades.\"\nLast updated Sun 11 Mar 2018", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 113, "original_length": 2898, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 265.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.itweb.co.za/content/5rW1xL75YLX7Rk6m/G3mYZRXM9yMOgA8L", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:20:52Z", "digest": "sha1:7RCSTB7NLNIM3TMODBGXUXS42UQL3LSQ", "length": 2748, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.itweb.co.za", "title": "SA gets Climate Innovation Centre | ITWeb", "raw_content": "SA gets Climate Innovation Centre\nlink New opportunities link SA challenges\nOne cannot start to talk about modernising the economy without looking at issues of energy and water, says McLean Sibanda of The Innovation Hub.\nThe Innovation Hub yesterday opened its Climate Innovation Centre (CIC), in partnership with the World Bank's InfoDev programme for supporting entrepreneurs.\nThe CIC is a strategic green economy initiative founded through collaboration between the Gauteng Department of Economic Development, The Innovation Hub and InfoDev.\nThe centre will facilitate the development of technologies to reduce the environmental impact of the South African economy, said McLean Sibanda, CEO of The Innovation Hub.\nIt will provide environment-focused entrepreneurs with the resources they need, such as financing, technical and business advisory and information services, and facilities such as office space and connections with laboratories, Sibanda explained.\nThe CIC will form part of a network of locally-owned climate innovation centres in seven countries, including Ethiopia, Kenya, Morocco and Vietnam.\nIn linking the CICs together, their benefit increases \"many folds\", as countries can exchange information and link their markets, said Jonathan Cooney, programme director of InfoDev's Climate Technology Programme.\nWhile climate change is a tremendous threat to countries around the world, it also represents tremendous opportunities for the development of new markets and technologies, said Cooney.\nThe Climate Technology Programme is designed to help developing and middle-income countries proactively pursue new technologies and the market opportunities they present, rather than wait for technologies to be transferred to them from more developed economies, Cooney explained.\nHe added that each country focuses on different solutions depending on their particular needs and context.\n\"To go to a country and say 'these are the technologies you need' is not the right approach. The people who know how best to solve the problems of a country are from that country,\" he said.\nIn SA, the most pressing environmental concerns are energy, water and waste management, said Sibanda.\n\"One cannot start to talk about modernising the economy without looking at issues of energy and water.\" SA needs to develop environmentally-minded technologies to meet the economy's increasing energy demands, he noted, adding that converting the byproducts of waste into energy is an avenue worth consideration.\nThe centre will also focus on improving the quality of life in Gauteng's townships by pursuing energy and waste management solutions in these areas, said Sibanda.\nThe CIC hosts its inaugural conference at The Innovation Hub in Pretoria this week.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 3797, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 320.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.iup.edu/admissions/honors/summer/what-former-students-say/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:16Z", "digest": "sha1:GODEF6SD2KCPKXNVG5NJFVM42IBJ4XG5", "length": 3597, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "www.iup.edu", "title": "What Former Students Say - Summer Honors Program - Honors College Admissions - IUP", "raw_content": "What Former Students Have to Say\nAt the end of the program, we ask students to fill out a feedback sheet. Here is what they told us about the program in general, the classes, and the counselors:\nAbout the Program in General...\n\u201cIt was my first \u2018true\u2019 college experience. It helped me understand what to expect when I go to college. ...I realize the difference between college and high school much more after attending.\u201d\n\u201cBy allowing us to live in the dorms, eat meals in the dining hall, walk around campus, this gave the appearance of college life in general.\u201d\n\u201cIt let me know how colleges work and how I should choose where to go. It also showed me the kinds of programs and courses offered.\u201d\n\u201cIt showed me what classes were like for students, what kinds of teaching styles to expect from the professors, and how to deal with being away from home.\u201d\n\u201cIt helped me understand what it is like to live in a dorm room with a roommate and becoming friends with her even though I thought we would have nothing in common. It was also nice to work with all of the scientific equipment that my high school (or most high schools in general) doesn\u2019t have.\u201d\n\u201cIt helped me figure out what I need in college. I now have a new and improved batch of guidelines to use when I start my college search.\u201d\n\u201cIt showed me that there are many people out there who are willing to be open-minded and honest. To me, that is the most important part of college.\u201d\nAbout the Classes...\n\u201cIt was one of the best courses I\u2019ve taken. I liked the material because we did hands-on activities as well as classroom activities.\u201d\n\u201cI was thrilled with the field experience, and the professors were knowledgeable as well as enthusiastic.\u201d\n\u201cI learned an amazing amount of very useful things in a relatively short amount of time. The prof was simply excellent and a great teacher.\u201d\n\u201cThe prof was the best teacher I have had yet; I learned more in her class than I did in my whole junior year history class.\u201d\n\u201cI really liked the class. I learned a lot! The class was not too big and the prof even knew our names. I like that we got to discuss everything and had some choices as to what we wanted to do.\u201d\n\u201cIt was very interesting and fun. The professor always kept us laughing and having fun with biology.\u201d\n\u201cI loved the class! I learned a lot and enjoyed meeting the professors, and the material was terrific and interesting.\u201d\n\u201cIt rocked! It was the best learning experience I\u2019ve ever had.\u201d\n\u201cIt was much more hands-on than any class I have had before, which is more effective than simply lecturing the information to us. The instructors were extremely interesting, both in their knowledge of the subject matter and their senses of humor.\u201d\n\u201cI thought it was great. ...It was also nice working in such a well-equipped lab. My high school\u2019s technology is nothing like it. The profs were very one-on-one and friendly.\u201d\nAbout the Counselors...\n\u201cAwesome\u2014they tried to make our experience great, and from what I experienced, it was.\u201d\n\u201cI think the counselors were on a personal level with the students. They were pretty cool even though they had to enforce the rules.\u201d\n\u201cThey did a good job bridging the gap between authority and friend.\u201d\n\u201cI thought they were good at being leaders and making sure everyone was following the rules about bedtimes. I also think that exceptions were made appropriately.\u201d\n\u201cAwesome, helpful, and friendly. They made the experience more enjoyable. I liked that they tried to incorporate as much independence as they could.\u201d\n\u201cI really enjoyed the friendly atmosphere and the way the counselors didn\u2019t treat us like children.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 162, "original_length": 6551, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 263.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.jacksonville.com/opinion/editorials/2010-06-26/story/four-cheers-surfin-kids", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:04Z", "digest": "sha1:OBMANHQ7UJ6ZU3R2GS7X2Q622WCWNIJ6", "length": 4200, "nlines": 33, "source_domain": "www.jacksonville.com", "title": "Four cheers: Surfin' for kids - Opinion - The Florida Times-Union - Jacksonville, FL", "raw_content": "Four cheers: Surfin' for kids\nThe CEO of Family Support Services of North Florida, Jim Adams, would like to recognize a local father and son for hosting the fourth consecutive \"surf camp\" for foster and adoptive children.\nThese are youngsters being raised by family caregivers and teens in Independent Living programs who have aged-out of foster care.\n\"Held annually the day before Father's Day, the half-day surf camp is a dream-come-true for local kids in the child welfare system,\" Adams wrote in an e-mail.\n\"It's a chance to learn to surf, to be at the beach, to overcome fears and to gain self-confidence. Many of us take these things for granted. For many of the kids who attend surf camp, it's the only time they've ever been to the beach.\"\nIn 2007, Daniel Terry wanted to do something special with his dad Rick that would be a way to give back to the community. Daniel works for Volcom, a clothing company for surfers, skateboarders and snowboarders. Rick works for the Department of Children and Families.\nThey took their passionate interest and came up with the surf camp idea.\nDaniel and Rick recruit instructors, at least one pro surfer and arrange for Jacksonville Beach lifeguards. They partner with Family Support Services of North Florida, the lead agency for adoption, foster care and prevention in Duval and Nassau counties.\nWith a sponsorship from Volcom, Daniel and Rick give 40 local kids a special adventure.\n\"Forty kids,\" Adams wrote, \"will hesitantly dip their toes in the ocean and three hours later are standing on a surf board atop a wave heading for shore.\"\nAnd that's worth a cheer.\nKudos to JEA help\nAs a municipal utility, JEA ought to be leading in customer service. In Eneas Begley's view, that certainly is the case.\nHe called their LawnSmart program to schedule an appointment. \"Two very nice people\" showed up and spent about 30 minutes checking his sprinkler system.\n\"About half of all water used at home is used for lawn care,\" he wrote. \"You can save money on your water bill by using less water outdoors. And this service is free.\"\nJEA has other consumer services, such as home energy audits. Check out JEA's conservation center on its website: www.jea.com.\nTo borrow a cliche, all good things must come to an end.\nThat certainly was true earlier this month, when Jackie Licata retired after eight years as a foster parent in St. Johns County.\nLicata, according to a news release, had over 100 foster placements in that short period of time.\nAnd she drew high praise from Michael McMorrow, with her county's Family Integrity Program.\n\"Over the past eight years, when the phone rang in the middle of the night for a kid who needed somewhere to go, Jackie has been the one to answer,\" McMorrow was quoted as saying.\n\"St. Johns County needs more special people like Jackie who are willing to open their hearts and their homes and care for a child like they would their own.\"\nYes, but let's not limit that thought to just St. Johns County. So do Duval, Clay, Nassau and - to be honest - just about every county in the nation.\nPeople like Licata are treasures. Let's express our gratitude to all foster parents. And every one of us, at least those with the time and proper temperament, should consider helping out with the foster programs in our own communities.\nCrowds at the zoo\nJacksonville Zoo and Gardens is a tremendous asset to this community - and people increasingly are coming to realize it.\nThe zoo drew 108,270 visitors in April, the most for any April in its history, a news release says.\nThe previous record was 99,025, in 2008.\n\"More and more guests are coming from other states, indicating that our recognition for being one of the top zoos in the nation is growing,\" said the zoo's executive director, Tony Vecchio.\nHe has a point. The local zoo indeed has to be considered one of the best.\nStarted in 1914 with one red deer fawn, the zoo has more than 1,400 animals and 1,000 plant species. Visitors get a lot of education, relaxation and entertainment.\nAnd, since it's open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day of the year at a location less than a mile off Interstate 95, visits are convenient.\nIf you haven't been to the zoo in a while, go visit it.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 191, "original_length": 6468, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 275.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.jameslawgroup.net/category/news-and-press/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:03:17Z", "digest": "sha1:CJB7OJDKZ45VVBADZFDKR6HBNNCZI5U6", "length": 1198, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.jameslawgroup.net", "title": "New and Press in Missouri | James Law Group", "raw_content": "Oct 14, 2015 | News and Press\nWe are proud to announce that James Law Group, LLC has become a sponsor for the Columbia Youth Basketball Association. The Columbia Youth Basketball Association is celebrating its 22nd season in recreational youth basketball. CYBA strives to provide a resource for...\nJul 29, 2015 | News and Press\nJames Law Group is proud to announce the opening of our second location in Columbia, Missouri. With offices in St. Peters and Columbia, we look forward to being able to better serve our clients\u2019 legal needs throughout eastern and central Missouri. Columbia Office has...\nMar 23, 2015 | News and Press\nFirm partner, John James, to argue a case before the Missouri Supreme Court in April 2015 regarding a police officer\u2019s immunity from a law suit under State and Federal law. Plaintiff has alleged that the police officer provided false and misleading information to the...\nNov 18, 2014 | News and Press\nMost Americans know about Black Friday \u2014 the day after Thanksgiving when shoppers hit the malls and online stores to pick up huge savings on their Christmas shopping. Fewer Americans are aware of Black Wednesday \u2014 the day before Thanksgiving. The term originated in...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 2511, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 300.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.jamierubin.net/2007/08/19/gtd-day-1-part-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:50:15Z", "digest": "sha1:7G3UBC3W4OPYOZWX4LESKETO7GYKU5O2", "length": 1452, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.jamierubin.net", "title": "GTD, day 1 part 2 \u2013 Jamie Todd Rubin", "raw_content": "GTD, day 1 part 2\nWell, it took somewhere around 8 hours, but I got all of my collecting and processing done, and I even managed to knock off a handful of tasks along the way. And my \u201cinbox\u201d is empty! Keep in mind, however, this is just for \u201chome\u201d. Tomorrow afternoon, I\u2019m heading into the office and repeating the process there.\nThe good news is that I really do think I have just about everything out of my head and onto various context lists. (All of this would make sense to you if you knew the details of GTD, but don\u2019t worry about it if you don\u2019t.)\nI\u2019ve got next actions on 9 context lists, the longest list being my \u201c@computer\u201d list. It\u2019s good to have it all on paper and out of my head, not worrying I\u2019m forgetting anything. I did make use of the recommended \u201ctickler\u201d file. And I did some extensive work on my own reference filing. Improvements are still needed. We\u2019ll see if it really works as well as claimed by the book.\nMy wireless Bluetooth mouse for my iMac apparently died tonight. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s the battery. It was literally one of those things where it stopped working, I opened it up to replace the batteries, and as soon as I popped it open the mouse spilled its guts everywhere. I suspect that means I\u2019ll have to get a new one. I really can\u2019t complain too much. This one lasted me just over three years.\nPosted byJamie Todd Rubin August 19, 2007 Posted inUncategorizedTags: gtd\nGibson book-signing\nConvention attendance update", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 3236, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 332.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.jamierubin.net/2007/10/16/house-inspection/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:43:32Z", "digest": "sha1:HKT4CYBVLICOFIREQX2OY5UFPBXHY6MO", "length": 1096, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.jamierubin.net", "title": "House inspection \u2013 Jamie Todd Rubin", "raw_content": "I had my annual house inspection yesterday. This is required for all rental property within Riverdale to make sure that landlords are not forcing their tenants to live in slums, I suppose. I have a terrific landlord so there was no question of that with my house.\nI am always amused at what they \u201cfind\u201d and don\u2019t find from year to year. Last year I was required to get a fire extinguisher. This year, it was never checked. Last year, the two smoke detectors I have were adequate. This year, they want me to add a third.\nI will say, however, that the woman who did the inspection was very nice and punctual. They only do inspections until 5 PM, but because of my schedule, she agreed to come by right at 5 PM and do the inspection then (when she should have been on her way home from work). It was very kind of her to do that and I really appreciated it. Even so, I had to rush home from work. I gave a presentation at 3 PM that got started late, naturally, and that went longer than I had planned.\nPosted byJamie Todd Rubin October 16, 2007 Posted inUncategorizedTags: inspections\nCapclave, Day 1", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 2889, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 311.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.janefranklin.com/the-big-meow", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:25Z", "digest": "sha1:IIIJEDFXNNJVVEJQQEFT6IQ5AYA4T2ZJ", "length": 473, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.janefranklin.com", "title": "The Big Meow \u2013 Jane Franklin Dance", "raw_content": "The Big Meow is the story of an ever-hopeful fluff-ball who desperately wants to belong to the band of neighborhood cats, but is ostracized for a \u201cloud as a lion\u2019s roar\u201d meow. The Big Meow is a story of hope, disappointment, courage and the need for belonging. We explore these simple themes through movement, theatre and visual art, and perform our story by the end of the week for family and friends.\nJuly 8-12 Ages 6 \u2013 10 and\nAug 12-16 Ages 5 \u2013 9\nDate : July8-12Aug12-16", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 55, "original_length": 1522, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 338.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.jango.com/music/Jennifer+Hudson/artist_pictures", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:57Z", "digest": "sha1:AY5HJUNHBZHM7TNI5LV7XRZWVLQFS5EP", "length": 514, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.jango.com", "title": "Artist Profile - Jennifer Hudson - Pictures", "raw_content": "Jennifer Kate Hudson (born September 12, 1981) is an American recording artist, actress and spokesperson. She came to prominence in 2004 as one of the finalists on the third season of American Idol coming in seventh place. She made her film debut in the 2006 film Dreamgirls which won her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, an NAACP Image Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. 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Images in this collection were captured either with a Nikon 35-70mm F2.8 lens, a Lensbaby Edge80 optic or a Lensbaby Velvet 85 lens.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 15, "original_length": 655, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 318.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.jerseyindie.com/be-a-part", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:01Z", "digest": "sha1:TZYWJ6BT73LIQMV7SVDP6VT3CBSF2OI6", "length": 3645, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.jerseyindie.com", "title": "Be a Part \u2014 Jersey Indie", "raw_content": "Grandaire Booking logo designed by Nicole Garrison.\nThe current music scene that has built itself around Hammonton, NJ started with a small idea back when I was still in high school. My good friend Jose Martinez (now President of Grandaire Booking) and Michael Pezzuto (CEO of Grandaire Booking) revived our music scene by throwing a \"Shed Show.\" I\u2019ll get more into that later, but this is what sparked the fire for everything that has happened since then. We have so many amazing bands and music supporters in this scene and several music scenes outside of Hammonton that came from this. SADfest and Electric Halloween, Grandaire Booking\u2019s two largest annual events, are only possible because of the love and support we have all found in music and each other.\nWhat were \u201cShed Shows\u201d?\nAbout 5 years ago now, Jose and Mike started throwing shows in Mike\u2019s backyard in a shed. Shed shows were extremely hyped between all of our friends and even people I didn\u2019t know in our high school. We would have flyers going around from friends to friends of friends and so on. Knowing Jose for a while at the time of the second shed show back in 2012 and having a band or two myself, I went to the show with not many expectations. I was immediately hooked to the DIY (Do It Yourself) experience. It was a genuine event of bands playing and people hanging out and enjoying each other\u2019s company along with the music. Grandaire Booking started shortly after this show and has continued ever since. Shed Shows continued for another two years or so until Mike moved out of that house.\nHere is a link to a video of The Last Shed Show:\nWhat Does it Mean to \u201cBe a Part\u201d?\nWith a tear in my eye, I\u2019m remembering back to as far as early 2012 hearing Jose tell me for the first times \u201cIt\u2019s all about being a part.\u201d Because of this I have traveled and will continue to travel with my band Clearview and continue to find catharsis for myself and hopefully for others as well through the amazing thing that is music and music scenes. The Grandaire Booking community and all associated with it isn\u2019t just a music scene: it\u2019s a group, it\u2019s friends, it\u2019s a family. No matter who you are, who you love, where you came from, and where you\u2019ll go, there\u2019s a place for anyone with a good heart and a love for the arts at a Grandaire Booking event. Being a part is bringing a friend to a show, introducing yourself and your friends to someone who\u2019s never been to a show before and doesn\u2019t know where they belong, playing in a band, helping with a show, giving someone a ride, making a friend through music, maybe even saving a life through music and community.\nSADfest NJ\nSADfest NJ is a music festival started and ran by Grandaire Booking. SAD stands for Suicide, Addiction, and Depression awareness. The festival\u2019s purpose is to end the stigma that society has on topics like suicide, addiction, and depression while also having many resources on where to get help for yourself or a loved one who is struggling with a similar issue. As an advocate of this myself, I think it is very important for people to understand that just like a disorder of any other part of the body, a mental disorder such as depression is treatable and not something to be ashamed of.\nHere is a link to a short montage of the first SADfest NJ:\nGrandaire Booking\nWithout Grandaire Booking I know I would be a different person than I am today and I wouldn\u2019t want that. Being a part of this family has taught me so many things and has made me a better musician and better person. Find your local music scene and turn it into a family. Find your home away from home.\nhttps://www.facebook.com/GrandaireBooking", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 275, "original_length": 8385, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 266.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.jhrehab.org/2017/05/02/our-roots-as-rehabilitation-specialists/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:26Z", "digest": "sha1:OOO7W43VV75GHDJY5ZBTXXWRN6OFDAUW", "length": 15310, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "www.jhrehab.org", "title": "Our Roots as Rehabilitation Specialists \u2013 Journal of Humanities in Rehabilitation", "raw_content": "By Emma Goldberg, DPT, MPH Candidate\nBy Emma Goldberg, DPT, MPH Candidate, Emory University, Division of Physical Therapy\nThe First International Congress of the World Confederation of Physical Therapy. London, 1953. Wellcome Library.\n\u201cMerely defining the group in the present pales against the possibility of forming an identity based on a rich past.\u201d\n\u2013 Peter Sterns1\nThe World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT) 2017 Congress in Cape Town, South Africa provides an invaluable opportunity to reflect upon the history of physical therapists as movement experts and healthcare providers. A historical review of the roots of physical therapy (PT) can contextualize current rehabilitation practices and provide greater understanding of the evolution of therapist\u2019s professional identity and role in medicine. This brief overview of physical therapist\u2019s roots as rehabilitation specialists will also illustrate how the work of PT\u2019s forefathers and mothers, such as those who attended the first WCPT Congress, held in London in 1953, has enabled rehabilitation medicine and physical therapy in particular to develop into the robust profession we know today.\nThough physical therapy is traditionally thought to have developed from the demands of the worldwide polio epidemic and the large numbers of injured soldiers returning from the wars of the 20th century,2,3,4 more recent research has been able to trace the roots of \u201cmechanical medicine\u201d as a systematic application to patient care back to 19th Europe.5, 6 The \u201cMedical Gymnasts\u201d in Sweden\u2019s Royal Central Institute of Gymnastics (RCIG) provided an important model of patient care that demonstrated the value of manual manipulation, movement analysis, and comprehensive therapist training for specific patient conditions.5, 6 This often overlooked narrative of rehabilitation medicine offers a glimpse at the origins of physical therapy practice and highlights the shared struggles and common goals of health care providers that have persisted over the centuries. By the time that the WCPT formed in 1951, national organizations of Physical Therapists existed in countries around the world. Video footage from the first WCPT congress shows that the profession already emphasized what we now call evidence -based practice and promoted collaborative professional development.7 Examining the rich past of physical therapy provides a foundation to claim a shared identity as rehabilitation specialists and contribute to the growth of PT as a valued health profession in countries around the world.\nThe modern use of physical manipulation, massage, and exercise as treatment for musculoskeletal conditions is commonly attributed to Dr. James Cyriax, often cited as the father of orthopedic medicine, who recognized of the need to test and categorize functional movements in 1929. 5, 6 However, the use of physical manipulation has been seen over the centuries in distinct cultures around the world. Early manipulation and what we might consider manual therapy can be traced to the \u201cthe Balinese of Indonesia, the Lomi-Lomi of Hawaii, in areas of Japan, China and India, by the shamans of Central Asia, by sabodors in Mexico,\u201d as well as by bone setters of Nepal, Russia, and Norway.4 Homer documented massage and tissue mobilization as early as 1000 BCE.5 Hippocrates, commonly referred to as the \u201cfather of medicine\u201d documented the use of spinal manipulation as a treatment for scoliosis as early as 460 BCE.4 Avicenna, the prolific Persian philosopher, scientist, and doctor from the Islamic Golden Age (8th-13th centuries)8 recorded using Hippocrates\u2019 spinal manipulation techniques in his medical book \u201cThe Book of Healing.\u201d4 However, it wasn\u2019t until the 19th century in Sweden, that a systematic and documented application of manipulation to specific musculoskeletal conditions that so deeply informed the orthopedic medicine approach to clinical care, became evident.5, 6\nThe Royal Central Institute of Gymnastics (RCIG), founded in Sweden in 1813 by P.H. Ling, instituted a scientifically-based educational approach to physical medicine that utilized active movement and passive manipulations to treat musculoskeletal conditions.5, 6 The RCIG was a patriarchal organization that drew on German military training techniques9 and Chinese manual practices to derive specific applications for health promotion.5, 8, 9 These medical gymnasts have been cited by scholars as the beginning of the modern profession of physical therapy.5,9,10 The RCIG was successful, in part, due to formal government support and a comprehensive pedagogical model that emphasized the structural impact of body movements and positioning on certain health conditions.5, 6 The RCIG was so influential that by 1864 physicians \u201ccould not open a [physical therapy]-clinic without an exam from the RCIG.\u201d5 This early image of the male physical therapist training and working closely with physicians provides a distinctly different perspective from the later understanding of physical therapy as an predominantly female profession that served as an adjunct to traditional medicine. The RCIG established a scientific basis for their educational and clinical methods by tracking patient outcomes related to standardized treatments,5 a process that continues to be essential to PT practice today.\nGraduates of the RCIG were licensed by Sweden\u2019s National Board of Health and emigrated to countries all around Europe where they spread their teachings and practices.5, 11 Many influential physicians also graduated from RCIG including Jonas Henrik Kellgren and Edgar Cyriax Snr., James Cyriax\u2019s grandfather and father, respectively. By the time that James Cyriax came to prominence in London in the early 20th century, the collaborative relationship that had existed between therapists and physicians had eroded, in part due to his writings and professional posturing.5, 6 Scholars have suggested that the influence of physical therapists and their role in medicine was overlooked by physicians who claimed propriety over manual manipulation to further their own professionalization and to settle conflicts of scope of practice.6 The techniques that had been promoted by therapists at the RCIG were incorporated into orthopedic medicine6 and this portion of the history of PT was obscured until recent scholars reasserted the link between the RCIG and modern evidence-based physical therapy practices.4, 5, 6\nAs orthopedic medicine began to establish and differentiate itself, the female dominated narrative of physical therapy emerged through the work of nurses and health aides in Europe and the United States. Nurses in the mid to late 19th century began using rudimentary exercise and therapeutic massage in their work with injured veterans4 and in doing so began to establish a matriarchal model of rehabilitative care. In 1894, four nurses, Lucy Robinson, Rosalind Paget, Elizabeth Manley, and Margaret Palmer, founded the Society of Trained Masseuses in the United Kingdom in hopes of protecting and sustaining the practices that they had seen help soldiers recover after injury.4 This organization would later become known as the Chartered Society of Massage and Medical Gymnastics in 1920, and finally the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy in 1944.4 Health and nursing students came from all over the world to seek training in the rehabilitation sciences4 as poliomyelitis reached epidemic levels in the 1940s and 50s and the world wars saw an increase in debilitating, but life sustaining, injuries in the boys and men who returned home. Much of the foundation of the modern practice of rehabilitation medicine and physical therapy can be seen in the training from these organizations that international students then brought back and spread within their home countries.\nOne of the students who studied at the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy was Mary McMillan, the American \u201cMother of Physical Therapy\u201d. McMillan was greatly influenced by orthopedic medicine3, 4, 6 and even cited P.H. Ling\u2019s gymnastic approach as a foundational concept to her model of physiotherapy in her book \u201cMassage and Therapeutic Exercise.\u201d5 When she returned from her studies to the United States, McMillan was one of the civilian women who served as \u201creconstruction aides\u201d during World War I. In this capacity, she was able to spread her approach of rehabilitation in the military hospitals where she worked. The services that reconstruction aides provided included hydrotherapy, electrotherapy, and mechanotherapy12 which are still practiced in some form today. By the late 1940s, the professional organization that had been started by this group of women volunteers, and led by McMillan, had adopted the name by which it continues to be known today, the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).12 The APTA now boasts 95,000 members across the United States with 213 institutions offering advanced physical therapy education.12 In setting the educational, practice, and ethical standards for the profession of physical therapy in the United States, the APTA continues to build on the traditions established by McMillan, and promote a robust, collaborative and patient centered approach to clinical rehabilitation. Current physical therapy education can trace its roots through McMillan to the practices of the RCIG and European orthopedic medicine, suggesting that the modern approach to rehabilitation medicine, in the United States at least, is a culmination of shared knowledge and techniques from different countries around the world.\nThe World Confederation for Physical Therapy embodies the goals of the APTA while representing the shared history of PT through its mission to improve global health with international collaboration that promotes the advancement of physical therapy.13, 14 Originally made up of 11 member organizations, the WCPT is now comprised of 210 member organizations representing over 350,000 therapists from different countries around the world.13 A video recording of the first WCPT congress in 1953 documented the attendance of over 1000 therapists and medical professionals from 25 different countries for a week long event13 where participants shared the latest techniques and practices in physical therapy. In addition to capturing the nostalgia of a by-gone era, the video highlights the salience of PT\u2019s commitment to the highest quality of patient care. The endorsement from British Minister of Health at the time, Ian McCloud, who opens the congress by recognizing the long history of physical therapy with the objectives of \u201cnot just returning the patient to existence, but to a real full, happy, and useful life\u201d 7 reflects the growing recognition of physical therapy at that time as a valued healthcare provider. Further examination of the footage reveals lessons that are applicable to rehabilitation medicine today, including the importance of patient- centered treatments, the role of evidence-based practice, and the power of pooling resources and knowledge to address complex health issues. Most importantly perhaps, the video illustrates how barriers to developing high standards of patient care within rehabilitation medicine can be overcome by establishing strong connections among healthcare professionals.\nPresident of WCPT at the first congress in 1953, Mildred Elson, stated in the video that \u201cIn physical therapy, there are no barriers of language or communication. We have a common bond, a common interest, physical therapy for the patient.\u201d7 In reviewing a brief history of the origins of physical therapy and rehabilitation medicine, the common theme that underlies the diverging professional discourse is that of providing the best care to meet the needs of the patient. Interventions and techniques from medical gymnasts, orthopedic doctors, nurses, and reconstruction aides were all designed to address the common goal of promoting the health and rehabilitation of the patient, regardless professional biases. This continues to be the case today as physical therapists from countries around the world strive, as individuals and as a profession, to claim their identity as rehabilitation specialists with a rich history of growth and innovation. One last lesson that modern therapists may be able to take from their forefathers and mothers who attended the first WCPT Congress, is that many of the perceived barriers to providing high quality patient care may be overcome by returning to our foundation as collaborative, patient-centered, evidence-based health care providers.\nE. Goldberg was a doctorate of physical therapy candidate, Emory University at the time this manuscript was written.\n1. Stearns PN. Why study history. American Historical Association Web site. https://www.historians.org/teaching-and-learning/why-study-history. Accessed March 7, 2017.\n2. Nicholson S. The evolution of physical therapy. In: The Physical Therapist\u2019s Business Practice and Legal Guide. Jones and Bartlette Publishers; 2008. http://www.jblearning.com/samples/0763740691/40691_CH01_FINAL.pdf. Accessed March 7, 2017.\n3. Moffat M. Three quarters of a century of healing the generations. Phys Ther. 1996; 76: 1242-1252.\n4. Pettman E. A history of manipulative therapy. J Man Manip Ther. 2007; 15(3): 165\u2013174.\n5. MacDonald C. Recognizing 200 years of international OMT practice. Talk presented at: AAOMPT 2013 Annual Conference; October 2013; Sweden. https://kpta.com/userfiles/files/200%20years%20OMPT%20CM.pdf. Accessed March 7, 2017.\n6. Ottosson A. The manipulated history of manipulations of spines and joints? Rethinking orthopaedic medicine through the 19th century discourse of European mechanical medicine. Medicine Studies. 2011; 3 (2):83-116.\n7. Macleod I, Elson M, United Motions Picture, Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. The first international congress of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy. Wellcome Library Web site. http://wellcomelibrary.org/item/b2870678x. Accessed March 7, 2017.\n8.Wikipedia. Avicenna. Wikipedia Web site. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicenna. Updated March 21, 2017. Accessed March 24, 2017.\n9. Leeworthy D. Training for battle and play: Swedish gymnastics in Britain, 1890-1914. History on the Dole, notes from the margins of the past Web site. https://historyonthedole.wordpress.com/2014/05/31/training-for-battle-and-play-swedish-gymnastics-in-britain-1890-1914/. Accessed March 24, 2017.\n10.Low J. The reconstruction aides. Amer J Occup Ther.1992;46: 38-43. http://ajot.aota.org/article.aspx?articleid=1876533. Accessed March 7, 2017.\n11. Olson, K. Introduction. In: Manual Physical Therapy of the Spine. 2nd ed. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier; 2016.\n12.American Physical Therapy Association. APTA History. APTA Web site. http://www.apta.org/History/. Accessed March 21, 2017.\n13.World Confederation for Physical Therapy. WCPT in 2015: growing, unifying, moving physical therapy forward. http://www.wcpt.org/news/Videos-profile-WCPT-June15. Accessed March 7, 2017.\n14. World Confederation of Physical Therapy. WCPT in 2015: meeting the needs of members. http://www.wcpt.org/news/Videos-profile-WCPT-June15. 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I sat in the Occupy Central with Love and Peace movement in Hong Kong movement for 4 hours, observing my surroundings and recording individuals present at the scene with me. Through the act of blind single line contour drawings, I was able to test my perception of the people around me by abandoning the desire for aesthetically accurate representations, and focus on documenting the dynamic reality of the movement as I saw it. \u201cBlind\u201d single line contour drawings require one not to look at their paper whilst drawing in order to ensure full attention on the subject matter. Ultimately the powerful unification of Hong Kong, its people, the concept of peace, positivity and equality is suggested in my 3 visual works.\nI value the notion of being positive in every situation. Believing that the world cannot get better does nothing, whereas believing that there can be change will motivate and inspire, if not statistically change anything. Admittedly, being positive in every situation is a challenge at times, however I have discovered the power of positive thinking to be more than just a mind-set, but a way of life, and as a result my eyes have been opened to a world of potential and possibility. The Occupy Central movement in Hong Kong in 2014 was a beautiful and powerful act of humanitarian unification which shows that people are willing to fight despite the fear of failure.\nVisualJohn Byrne Award September 27, 2014", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 40, "original_length": 2555, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 291.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.jointchambers.ch/other-news/turkmenistan-trans-caspian-gas-pipeline-discussed-in-brussels.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:09:15Z", "digest": "sha1:KO4XZVRSJQOKLRTOETTF3O3JSWZKE4BZ", "length": 440, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.jointchambers.ch", "title": "TURKMENISTAN: Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline discussed in Brussels - Joint Chambers of Commerce", "raw_content": "Recently a delegation from Turkmenistan met Mr. Maros Shefchovich, Vice-President of the European Commission for the Energy Union and with representatives of the Directorate General for Energy of the European Commission at the EU in Brussels.\nCooperation between Turkmenistan and EU in the energy sector, updating of the partnership's legal framework and implementation of the Trans-Caspian gas pipeline construction project were discussed.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 44, "original_length": 2001, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 149.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.jonathangreeson.com/2012/07/05/my-trip-to-charlotte/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:45Z", "digest": "sha1:BFTTEGDKYTKKYTJT7O7ZTJUZVRSEPHPL", "length": 3265, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.jonathangreeson.com", "title": "My Trip to Charlotte - Jonathan Greeson Financial Planning", "raw_content": "My Trip to Charlotte\nRecently, I attended my first Comic Book Convention in Charlotte. I have always lived in North Carolina, but I have never really experienced Charlotte. I heard that it was huge and stressful making me think it was like Minneapolis, Philadelphia, or Toronto, which I have experienced through my hockey travels.\nSo I was prepared for the hustle and bustle of Toronto, but I found that Charlotte is very laid back and a comfortable city. Of course, it\u2019s much larger than Pikeville, but I didn\u2019t feel like I would be trampled by a crowd or that the \u201cwalk\u201d sign would change while in the middle of the street.\nWe stayed at the Hampton Inn Uptown in an accessible room. I was really impressed with the room! Most accessible rooms have 1 bed, but this one had 2, all the furniture, and an accessible bathroom with plenty of space for my wheelchair.\nWhen I travel, I try to find a good meal. I decided on LaVecchia\u2019s, a seafood restaurant. Apparently, it\u2019s pretty popular as it is completely sold out for the week of the Democratic National Convention. The food was great! I had sea bass and there are at least 3 other dishes I would love to try, so I\u2019ll have to go back. Dessert was an amazing piece of chocolate cake. I definitely recommend LaVecchia\u2019s if you\u2019re in the area. It is a little pricey, but it\u2019s okay to spoil yourself occasionally.\nThe Convention was the next morning. My parents and I didn\u2019t know what to expect, but we enjoy new experiences. I was as prepared as possible because I had been emailing questions to one of the organizers, Karla Marsh. She was extremely helpful and wanted us to have a good experience. She even put us on her comp list and got us in the convention for free! Unfortunately, I didn\u2019t get to meet Karla in the zoo of people, but I am very thankful for her kindness. She helped make the event enjoyable for us.\nBeing on the list, we were able to go in 30 minutes early, so we walked down the red carpet into the most comic books I have ever seen! Being a rookie, I stopped at the first table where the salesman asked me what I was interested in. Although I had a list, I just said, \u201cCaptain America.\u201d Of course, then he brings out this huge pile of nothing but Cap for me to go through. They all just looked so cool that I ended up buying about 10 books before I really even got in the building! I ended up with 47 books and I think my list only had 8! There were just so many good deals.\nSo far, my favorite purchase was a \u201cMen of War\u201d #1 first printing from 1977. It\u2019s not in \u201cmint condition\u201d as I only paid $2.00 for it, but I am a fan of that comic and was just excited to find the first one. The story was great! The character overcame polio and joined the Army in WWII, where he was given a low level job because he was black. By the end, however, he\u2019s a celebrated hero. I enjoy the whole \u201cstriving to be the best you can be even through adversity\u201d type story.\nThe convention also had many artists, which will be more exciting for me as I continue to learn more about comics, but I don\u2019t know any of them yet. There were also workshops on the business of comics, which I would like to see next time. 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I can help you improve the level of compassion and connection in your relationship, identify and change negative and destabilizing patterns, and improve communication and emotional engagement. I can also help you evaluate and decide whether to hang in there or to make that painful decision to walk away. I believe that it takes a very specific kind of person to be our partner, and that there is always something we can learn from the patterns and experiences we have in the area of intimate relationships.\nInfidelity and affairs are devastating on so many levels. The trauma of the betrayal can bring on a type of pain that is hard to even comprehend. I work to create an environment to stabilize the initial shock and then to begin helping couples separate the pain of the discovery from the larger picture of their relationship as a whole. An affair is never a black and white event, although the tendency is often to make it so. 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Plant Disease, 75, 347 \u2013 353.\u200b https://doi.org/10.1094/PD-75-0347\nUribe, D. Sa\u00b4nchez-Nieves, J. and Vanegas, J. (2010). Role of Microbial Bio fertilizers in the Development of a Sustainable Agriculture in the Tropics. In: Dion P. (Ed.), Soil Biology and Agriculture in the Tropics, Soil Biology 21, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 235-250.\u200b https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05076-3_11\nVanlauwe, B. and Giller, K. E. (2006). Popular myths around soil fertility management in sub-Saharan Africa. Agric Ecosyst Environ, 116(1-2), 34\u201346.\u200b https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2006.03.016\nVizarova, G. (1979). Changes in the level of endogenous cytokinins of barley during the development of powdery mildews. Phytopathology Zoology, 95, 314\u2013329.\u200b https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0434.1979.tb01608.x\nZuraida, A. R. Marziah, M. Zulkifli, Haji Shausuddin and Halimi, S. (2000). In: Wahad, Z. et al. (Eds), Proceedings of the first national banana seminar at Awana Gentig and Country resort. UPM: Serdang (MYS). p. 343.\nJournal of Molecular Studies and Medicine Research EISSN 2414-5009.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 158, "original_length": 17736, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.65, "perplexity": 193.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-sues-hillary-humas-egypt-emails/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:20:39Z", "digest": "sha1:OMG2TOJIV662YFQKIGXBD5NUOJMTR66C", "length": 2202, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.judicialwatch.org", "title": "Judicial Watch Sues for Hillary and Huma\u2019s Egypt Emails - Judicial Watch", "raw_content": "Judicial Watch \u2022 Judicial Watch Sues for Hillary and Huma\u2019s Egypt Emails\nJudicial Watch Sues for Hillary and Huma\u2019s Egypt Emails\n(Washington, DC) \u2013 Judicial Watch announced today that it has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the State Department seeking any and all communications \u2013 including emails \u2013 from then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her Chief of Staff Huma Abedin with Nagla Mahmoud, wife of ousted Egyptian president Mohammad Morsi, from January 21, 2009 to January 31, 2013 (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State (No. 1:15-cv-00321)). This latest lawsuit will require the State Department to answer questions about and conduct thorough searches of Hillary Clinton\u2019s newly discovered hidden email accounts. Judicial Watch also has nearly a dozen other active FOIA lawsuits that may require the State Department to search these email accounts. Huma Abedin is also alleged to have a secret account as well.\nJudicial Watch submitted its original FOIA request on August 27, 2014. The State Department was required by law to respond by September 26, 2014 at the latest to Judicial Watch\u2019s request for:\nAny and all records of communication between Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Nagla Mahmoud, wife of ousted Egyptian president Muhammad Morsi, from January 21, 2009 to January 31, 2013; and\nAny and all records of communication between former State Department Deputy Chief of Staff Huma Abedin and Nagla Mahmoud from January 21, 2009 to January 31, 2013.\nTo date, the State Department has not responded.\nMs. Mahmoud threatened Mrs. Clinton after Morsi was ousted. According to JihadWatch.org:\n\u201cNow we know why the State Department didn\u2019t want to respond to our specific request for Hillary Clinton\u2019s and Huma Abedin\u2019s communications,\u201d stated Tom Fitton. \u201cThe State Department violated FOIA law rather than admit that it couldn\u2019t and wouldn\u2019t search the secret accounts that the agency has known about for years. This lawsuit shows how the latest Obama administration cover-up isn\u2019t just about domestic politics but has significant foreign policy implications.\u201d\nRead more about Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton email scandal, huma abedin, Mohammad Morsi", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 94, "original_length": 4728, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 256.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.juliejohnsonlaw.com/blog/should-distracted-driving-laws-apply-to-all-texas-drivers/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:23Z", "digest": "sha1:D2O2MRHBPMR7T7PVGWXCKRXNTHHCCKWT", "length": 4927, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.juliejohnsonlaw.com", "title": "Distracted Driving Laws to All Texas Drivers - Law Office of Julie Johnson", "raw_content": "Should Distracted Driving Laws Apply to All Texas Drivers?\nby admin | Feb 26, 2010 | Car Accidents, Personal Injury | 1 comment\nWithin the last few years, there has been a growing national focus on how dangerous it is for drivers to talk on cell phones and send and receive text messages while driving. Across the country, there has been a push in state legislatures to pass laws that either outright ban both activities by drivers or limit cell phone use to more experienced, adult drivers using hands-free devices.\nTexas has become one of the most recent states to join those that have put limits on driver cell phone use and texting. However, the narrow reach of the legislation has left some asking if the law should do more to protect the public from these dangerous activities.\nLimits on Teen and Bus Driver Use, School Zones\nOn September 1, two new cell phone laws went into effect for Texans:\n-HB 339: prohibits drivers under 18 years old from using any wireless communication devices while driving, including hands-free cell phone devices, except in cases of an emergency\n-HB 55: prohibits drivers from using hands-held devices in school crossing zones (but drivers still may use hands-free devices) and prohibits bus drivers transporting minors from using cell phones at any time while operating the vehicle, except when the vehicle is stopped\nHB 339 was passed in response to the growing number of teen drivers in Texas involved in car accidents. Currently, the state has one of the highest teen accident rates in the country. Several national studies have shown that younger, less experienced drivers are more likely to engage in dangerous activities while driving, like talking on cell phones and/or texting. A study conducted by the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) found that drivers in the under 20 age group have the greatest proportion of accidents caused by distracted drivers.\nFinding a Balance between Public Safety and Civil Liberties\nIn the past, members of the state legislature have tried to pass more far-reaching legislation that would prohibit broader uses of cell phones and texting by more drivers. However, those opposed to the legislation have been able to prevent more restrictive laws from passing by arguing that they impose unfair limits on civil liberties and that the state can achieve the same goal by educating drivers about the dangers of phone use and texting. House Bills 339 and 55 seem to represent a compromise between these two groups.\nSome, however, question whether this compromise is a sound one and whether the state should have passed a broader ban. After all, teen drivers are not the only ones who are responsible for causing accidents. Other drivers are just as susceptible to being distracted by a phone conversation or text message.\nWhile those opposed to passing broader bans in Texas point out that there will always be something that can distract a driver, study after study has proven that cell phone use and texting remain the most dangerous distraction available to drivers. Consider the following statistics:\n-Nationally, it is estimated that 80% of all accidents are caused by distracted drivers\n-In 2008, 2.35 million people were injured in car accidents. 515,000 of those injured were involved in an accident with a distracted driver\n-In the same year, more than 100,000 Texans were injured in crashes caused by driver inattention or distraction\n-A study conducted by the Virginia Technology Transportation Institute (VTTI) found that texting while driving is more dangerous than drinking and driving\n-The VTTI study also found that drivers who text while behind the wheel have a 23 times greater risk of being in an accident, as compared with a 4 times greater risk by drivers who are talking on a cell phone or who have consumed alcoholic beverages\nExperts, like those at the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, believe that these numbers are conservative at best. The national statistics are based only on reported accidents in which the police indicated driver distraction as the cause of the accident. But not all states list driver distraction as a cause of an accident. Further, the statistics leave out all of the minor fender-benders and other accidents that went unreported to the police as well as those close-calls that could have resulted in a catastrophic collision. Thus, the actual number of crashes and fatalities caused by driver distraction may be much higher than reflected in the numbers.\nDriver distraction is a serious problem, regardless of the age or experience of the driver. If you or a loved one has been involved in an accident caused by a distracted driver, contact an experienced attorney today. You should not have to suffer because another driver thought making a phone call or reading a text message was more important than paying attention to the road.\nTyson F. Gautreaux\ton May 4, 2010 at 2:17 pm", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 96, "original_length": 7196, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 248.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article42157170.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:19:08Z", "digest": "sha1:K265SBSKZFU34DVBEFCBPORMIDTYLYZF", "length": 2087, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.kansascity.com", "title": "Public-access computer center joins revival of former Linwood Presbyterian Church in Kansas City | The Kansas City Star", "raw_content": "Initial hours will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, but those may be expanded. People can use the computers to look for a job, construct their resume or just surf the net.\nBasic computer skills classes will be offered from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesdays and Fridays. An advanced class will be offered from 1 to 3 p.m. Fridays. After taking a class, students may purchase a donated and refurbished desktop computer from Connecting for Good for $75 or a laptop, when available, for $150.\nOfficials are relying on fliers and word of mouth to spread news about the new computer center.\n\u201cIt\u2019s getting out there because I\u2019ve been receiving lots of calls,\u201d said Phillips, who was a student of the computer class herself and now runs another Connecting for Good computer center at 2006 N. Third St. in Kansas City, Kan.\nConnecting for Good has taught about 4,000 people to use email and the Internet just this year, said co-founder and chief executive officer Michael Liimatta.\nAccording to the U.S. Census Bureau, a quarter of Kansas City area residents don\u2019t have Internet access at home and 42 percent of people who don\u2019t use the Internet have annual household incomes of less than $25,000. Seventy percent of students in Kansas City Public Schools do not have Internet access at home.\nThe tour and open house of the computer center Sunday was part of the dedication of the Linwood Area Ministry Place (LAMP), a $10 million initiative in the works for more than 20 years. Occupying the former Linwood Presbyterian Church and Harold Thomas Center, LAMP houses social services and vocational programs as well as the computer lab.\nThe church closed in 1979 and sat vacant. The presbytery bought it back in the 1990s with the intent of creating LAMP.\nIn addition to the computer center, LAMP has created space for ReDiscover, which provides mental health and substance abuse services, the Front Porch Alliance, which offers a variety of programs, and the Future Leaders Outreach Network, which serves at-risk youths.\n\u201cI think there is a lot of excitement about what we\u2019re doing here,\u201d Liimatta said.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 87, "original_length": 4712, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 138.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.kbeanie.com/2016/04/08/first-date-part-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:15Z", "digest": "sha1:5JJAXAQZAJMMGKDG3MUGNWUURD7RJJW6", "length": 5259, "nlines": 37, "source_domain": "www.kbeanie.com", "title": "First Date \u2013 Part 2 \u2013 KBeanie", "raw_content": "Kumar Bibek April 8, 2016 April 8, 2016 2 Comments on First Date \u2013 Part 2\nIf you missed the first part, you can read it here.\nAnd they burst out into laughter. Keith took a bunch of tissue papers and started drying himself. Veronica wasn\u2019t sure what to do. The initial clumsiness of the first date had gradually settled down. There was an uncomfortable silence around them. Both didn\u2019t know what to start with. After all, they had never talked like this or even met like this before.\nKeith finally broke the silence.\nKeith: \u201cSo, are you angry that I didn\u2019t pick up your calls?\u201d\nVeronica: \u201cNot really, but I was worried. But then I figured you must be tired after yesterday night\u2019s long phone call.\u201d\nKeith: \u201cYeah. Sorry about that.\u201d\nVeronica smiled. She wasn\u2019t thinking about what had already happened. She was, in her mind, trying to concentrate on something else. She was a bit nervous, which Keith noticed. He was nervous as well. For the first time, they didn\u2019t know what to talk about.\nVeronica: \u201cTell me something which you have never told me.\u201d\nKeith looked surprised. What kind of a question was that!\nVeronica: \u201cCome on, that\u2019s not a difficult question. There are so many things I don\u2019t yet know about you.\u201d\nKeith: \u201cBut what exactly you want to know about me?\u201d\nVeronica: \u201cI don\u2019t know, anything, that I haven\u2019t heard from you.\u201d, she winked.\nKeith knew it was a trick question. He took up the challenge and thought he could defeat her in her own little game. But little did he know that the game Veronica wanted to play had only one outcome. She was going to win anyway.\nKeith: \u201cI didn\u2019t like you on the first day I met. You were too rude, and had an attitude.\u201d\nVeronica smiled and said, \u201cOK, that hurt a little, but you can carry one. Next.\u201d\nKeith was puzzled. He didn\u2019t know this game was going to be a long one. He was now alert, though. He raked up his brain to come up with the next sentence. And at the same time, he was already ready for some more. He started enjoying this game.\nKeith: \u201cI felt really bad when you didn\u2019t accept the chocolates that I got for you on your birthday. I threw them away.\u201d\nVeronica: \u201cNext.\u201d\nShe had no expressions to Keith\u2019s responses. She had only smiled at the beginning of the game. She seemed composed and very serious. She seemed to be waiting for something very specific.\nKeith on the other hand, although confused, was more comfortable now. He thought he could just go on and on, and at one point of time, she would be tired, and Keith would win the game. The food came, and they started eating, the game continued. Veronica would just listen to his answers, and ask him to move on to the next one. Keith was pretty fast in the beginning with his responses. He kept talking about things that either made him feel good or bad about Veronica. As the game progressed, Keith felt like he was being overpowered.\nVeronica: \u201cIs that all that you haven\u2019t ever told me?\u201d\nKeith: \u201cWell, I have at least told you 100 things now. We have just been talking for a few weeks. Let me get ready with the next set of my answers. Give me some time.\u201d\nVeronica: \u201cSure, take your time. I will be right back.\u201d, and walked towards the restroom.\nKeith finally realized why he wasn\u2019t winning yet. He had been pitching the wrong answers to her. He smiled and thought that he can win the game now since he knew what he was going to say. After all, the opponent was a girl. He was ready with his next set of responses, eagerly waiting for Veronica. He actually jotted them down on a tissue paper, he didn\u2019t want to take chances this time. Right then, Veronica came behind her, peeping into the notes that he had been making.\nVeronica: \u201cWhat\u2019s that? I see you are concentrating hard on your homework. Good. Let\u2019s resume.\u201d\nKeith: \u201cYou think you can trap me? Get me some Gulab Jamoons. I guess this game will continue for some more time. I really like Gulab Jamoons.\u201d\nVeronica: \u201cFine, I didn\u2019t know that as well. I will take that as one of the things you never told me. Continue.\u201d\nKeith: \u201cWhen I saw you today, I skipped a beat or two. You are looking so different than usual. You are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen.\u201d\nVeronica smiled this time, probably because she thought this response was a bit sugar-coated. She didn\u2019t mind and said, \u201cThanks. Continue please.\u201d\nKeith: \u201cI love the way you flick your hair whenever you turn towards me.\u201d\nIt was already 10 pm, and the waiter asked them if they wanted something else, prompting them to leave. Veronica and Keith looked irritated. Both wanted to continue their game. But they had to leave now. Keith was starting to flirt with her and was in a romantic mood. Veronica was loving all the attention and compliments from him. They were enjoying each other\u2019s company. But as every good thing has an end, their first date came to an end, on a happy note of course. It was a bit chilly outside. Keith took out his jacket and put it on her shoulders. Veronica turned towards him, flicked her hair and said, \u201cThanks for the lovely date.\u201d\nKeith: \u201cI should thank you. You had planned the date, and I really loved it.\u201d\nPawan Gupta April 9, 2016 at 1:25 pm\nAwesome.. still more to come or they lived happily after??\nKumar Bibek Post author April 9, 2016 at 1:30 pm\nThe story will continue I think.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 173, "original_length": 7637, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 244.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.kcra.com/article/chp-identifies-officer-involved-in-crash-that-killed-willows-teen/6429059", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:09Z", "digest": "sha1:5WUPDCIGSQRRYPTS4YJ7EWMZHQTGMIU7", "length": 5087, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.kcra.com", "title": "CHP identifies officer involved in crash that killed teen", "raw_content": "CHP identifies officer involved in crash that killed Willows teen\nTeen identified as Weston Sites, of Willows\nThe California Highway Patrol has identified the officer involved in a crash that killed a 15-year-old Willows boy on Interstate 5 earlier this week.MORE: Teen remembered at candlelight vigilOfficer Jim Gamble, 49, was driving his patrol vehicle just before 3:30 p.m. north on I-5 coming up to a construction zone, south of the County Road 20 over-crossing in Orland, the CHP said.Traffic was slowed south of the construction zone, and the officer became distracted and was unable to stop in time to avoid vehicles in front of him, according to the CHP.\"(The officer's) attention was diverted away from the road, looking down at, I believe, his computer,\" CHP Sgt. Tony Odell said. \"When he looked up, traffic was slowing and coming to a stop. (He) applied his brakes and rear-ended the vehicle that was in front of him, which subsequently got pushed into two other vehicles that were stopped.\"Gamble hit a 2013 Hyundai, which was being driven by a 17-year-old girl from Willows. Weston Sites, 15, was sitting in the back seat of the vehicle. The driver's 14-year-old sister was also a passenger in the car.Sites was a student at Willows High School and was pronounced dead at the scene Tuesday, according to the Glenn County Sheriff's Office.Both sisters suffered minor injuries and were taken to a hospital, but were later released.Two other vehicles were also involved in the crash.\"The CHP extends our deepest condolences to the family of the teenager who was killed in this collision, and our wishes for a smooth recovery for those injured,\" the CHP said, in a released statement.Gamble, who is a 20-year veteran of the department, suffered minor injuries.In spite of the agency\u2019s statement at the scene of the crash, CHP said Wednesday that the accident remains under investigation. Distracted driving is one possible cause, said Assistant Chief Todd Garr.\u201cThat may have been a component in this investigation, but there may have been others,\u201d Garr said. \u201cWe don\u2019t want to be premature in saying this was the cause of the accident.\u201dBut, if the investigation finds the officer at fault, the findings will be forwarded to the Glenn County District Attorney\u2019s office for possible charges, Garr said.The crash closed northbound I-5 for about six hours.A separate investigation team is looking into the crash, including determining Gamble's actions leading up to and at the time of the crash. He is still on active duty, the CHP said.No additional details were given.\nORLAND, Calif. (KCRA) \u2014\nThe California Highway Patrol has identified the officer involved in a crash that killed a 15-year-old Willows boy on Interstate 5 earlier this week.\nMORE: Teen remembered at candlelight vigil\nOfficer Jim Gamble, 49, was driving his patrol vehicle just before 3:30 p.m. north on I-5 coming up to a construction zone, south of the County Road 20 over-crossing in Orland, the CHP said.\nTraffic was slowed south of the construction zone, and the officer became distracted and was unable to stop in time to avoid vehicles in front of him, according to the CHP.\n\"(The officer's) attention was diverted away from the road, looking down at, I believe, his computer,\" CHP Sgt. Tony Odell said. \"When he looked up, traffic was slowing and coming to a stop. (He) applied his brakes and rear-ended the vehicle that was in front of him, which subsequently got pushed into two other vehicles that were stopped.\"\nGamble hit a 2013 Hyundai, which was being driven by a 17-year-old girl from Willows. Weston Sites, 15, was sitting in the back seat of the vehicle. The driver's 14-year-old sister was also a passenger in the car.\nSites was a student at Willows High School and was pronounced dead at the scene Tuesday, according to the Glenn County Sheriff's Office.\nBoth sisters suffered minor injuries and were taken to a hospital, but were later released.\nTwo other vehicles were also involved in the crash.\n\"The CHP extends our deepest condolences to the family of the teenager who was killed in this collision, and our wishes for a smooth recovery for those injured,\" the CHP said, in a released statement.\nGamble, who is a 20-year veteran of the department, suffered minor injuries.\nIn spite of the agency\u2019s statement at the scene of the crash, CHP said Wednesday that the accident remains under investigation. Distracted driving is one possible cause, said Assistant Chief Todd Garr.\n\u201cThat may have been a component in this investigation, but there may have been others,\u201d Garr said. \u201cWe don\u2019t want to be premature in saying this was the cause of the accident.\u201d\nBut, if the investigation finds the officer at fault, the findings will be forwarded to the Glenn County District Attorney\u2019s office for possible charges, Garr said.\nThe crash closed northbound I-5 for about six hours.\nA separate investigation team is looking into the crash, including determining Gamble's actions leading up to and at the time of the crash. He is still on active duty, the CHP said.\nNo additional details were given.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 118, "original_length": 7305, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 229.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.kelownacapnews.com/news/court-document-reveals-custody-battle-over-oak-bay-sisters-killed-christmas-day/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:50Z", "digest": "sha1:OLAW4LP55RYRW2546ZTQUUHXWKLUSIP3", "length": 3931, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "www.kelownacapnews.com", "title": "Court document reveals custody battle over sisters killed in Oak Bay \u2013 Kelowna Capital News", "raw_content": "Chloe and Aubrey Berry were found dead in a Vancouver Island apartment\nCourt documents are shedding light on a tense court battle between the father and mother of two sisters found dead in an Oak Bay apartment on Christmas Day.\nThe crux of it all: the custody of Aubrey Berry, 4, and Chloe Berry, 6, according to a five-day trial between father Andrew Berry and mother Sarah Cotton in B.C. Supreme Court back in November 2016.\nThe decision made by Justice Victoria Gray on May 31 states Andrew Berry was to be granted the right to have the two girls for 24 hours beginning at noon on Christmas Eve this year.\nPolice are investigating the deaths of Aubrey and Chloe as a double-homicide, where one man was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. Police have not identified the man, but are not looking for other suspects. No charges have been laid. Friends and family of the girls have told Black Press Media that the girls were with their father.\nThe court documents posted online show that Andrew once threatened to \u201cblow up the house\u201d during an argument with his ex, was the subject of restraining orders, failed to pay child support for two years, and was investigated twice by the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) \u2013 in one case involving suspected inappropriate touching.\n\u201c[Andrew] has displayed poor judgment in dealing with the children. That has included saying negative things to the girls about the mother, the touching which led to the MCFD investigation, and his present arrangement of sometimes sleeping together with one or the other of the girls,\u201d Gray wrote in her decision.\n\u201cIt can be hoped that, on reflection, [Andrew] will recognize that it is a poor idea for him to say negative things about the mother to the girls and to sleep with the girls.\u201d\nWhile it was decided Cotton would get majority of the parenting time, Andrew Berry was granted intermittent custody of the girls on a 14-day rotating schedule involving overnight stays on weekdays and weekends, as well as almost every other holiday.\nAndrew, Gray wrote, was a \u201cloving father who has much to offer his daughters. It is in the best interests of the girls to have significant parenting time with the father.\u201d\nPair met in 2013 before separating: court documents\nAccording to the court documents, the common-law couple stopped living together and separated after four years together in 2013. In their final day living together, Andrew was was arrested after she called police to report that he had pinned her to the bed at 3 a.m.\nAt the time, Cotton said following the passing of her own father, Andrew \u201cbecame increasingly critical of her and called her foul names in the presence of the children, and [Cotton] felt she had lost her protector.\u201d\nREAD MORE: Young victims of Oak Bay homicide were \u2018lively, energetic and silly girls\u2019\nREAD MORE: Oak Bay nourishes first responders in wake of horrific murders\nAlmost immediately after the arrest, Cotton told the judge she obtained a restraining order that kept the father from contacting her or the children, lasting for three months before a peace bond was amended to give Andrew time to see the girls.\nThe years to follow involved issues around child support and the co-ownership of their home, including the judge finding that Andrew failed to pay his share of support to Cotton for about two years.\nIn November 2015, Andrew won $100,000 in a lottery, but said those funds went to legal expenses and savings, documents show.\nGray ruled that Cotton was entitled to purchase Andrew\u2019s $60,000 share of their home for roughly $20,000 after funds owed to her by him were considered.\nAndrew was also ordered to pay $395 per month from December 2016 onwards.\nCotton and Berry were still involved in family law proceedings this year, online court files show.\nAs the community grieves, a vigil takes place Saturday at Willows Beach in Oak Bay.\nCommunity remembers murdered mother, daughters", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 283, "original_length": 9543, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 332.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.kennardlaw.com/blog/2017/03/married-couple-allege-race-discrimination-harassment.shtml", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:24Z", "digest": "sha1:V5LDD4QNRTUZS7ZCF7PNHROFFFX27YJO", "length": 1686, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.kennardlaw.com", "title": "Married couple allege race discrimination, harassment", "raw_content": "The husband previously taught in the American Culture and History Departments at the university. The wife currently lectures in the American Culture and Women's Studies Departments. They started teaching at the school in the year 2000, at which time they were already married. According to the lawsuit, the couple faced discrimination as a result of their marriage, in addition to suffering disparate treatment for racial reasons.\nSpecifically, the speed at which both individuals were promoted was allegedly not appropriately compensated for by their employer, the University of Michigan, with both parties being passed over consistently for raises and promotions. They allege that they were forced to endure a hostile work environment as well, with the husband being forced to resign from his professor role after being blacklisted by colleagues due to his continuing to pursue discrimination claims against the school. The plaintiffs seek more than $25,000 in damages due to suffering emotional harm and lost income.\nRace discrimination is prohibited under state and federal laws, as is discrimination that is based on marital status, familial status, weight, height, sex, age, religion or national origin. Employees in Texas who have been treated unjustly in the workplace due to illegal discrimination may choose to explore all of their legal options, including filing a claim. Remedies in a successfully litigated lawsuit may include the reinstatement to a job and/or monetary relief, depending on the particular circumstances surrounding the case.\nSource: michigandaily.com, \"University faces lawsuit on the grounds of discrimination and harassment\", Andrew Hiyama, March 9, 2017", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 154, "original_length": 5969, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 179.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.kevinmcgillivray.net/long-studies-and-short-studies/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:23:34Z", "digest": "sha1:VJYNXDHSQVD5YV7X7AO5L6CC4ZXUS6FA", "length": 6147, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.kevinmcgillivray.net", "title": "Long Studies and Short Studies | Kevin McGillivray", "raw_content": "\u201cI may be exaggerating a little, but I feel like developing a large-scale video game like The Legend of Zelda is similar to setting out on a voyage across the ocean in the distant past\u2026 It\u2019s similar to seeking a new continent that no one on Earth has visited before.\nWe set out from the harbor without a single sea chart. We start out not knowing what direction we\u2019re heading in, and the small crew argues back and forth about where to go and what to do. Sometimes, we find ourselves adrift. Other times, we\u2019re buffeted by storms and end up becoming shipwrecked. Still others, we cry that we\u2019ve discovered new land, but when we make for shore, we end up at a loss when we find that it was nothing but a tiny, barren island.\nHowever, we never remain in the same place for long, and as we keep moving forward, we eventually catch sight of the new continent we\u2019ve been seeking just beyond the horizon. The crew gets bigger, and we all band together to make a push for the new world\u2026\nIf we manage to make it safely to the opposite shore, then I know that fans around the world will enjoy what we\u2019ve achieved. That\u2019s the greatest gratification of making Zelda.\u201d\n\u2014Eiji Aonuma, Legend of Zelda series producer\nThis is one of my favorite descriptions of the creative process. It makes sense that Eiji Aonuma directed one of my favorite Zelda games, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, a game about exploring an ocean of uncharted islands.\nThe sense of exploring the unknown without a map is an accurate metaphor for the experience of working on a complex, long term project. This kind of journey sounds like an adventure, but it\u2019s also full of difficult challenges. How do we stay sane during a long journey like this? How can we make any progress at all when we don\u2019t know where we\u2019re going?\nAt Sandcastle, Foster and I are in the middle of a very long project. It\u2019s a complex game, one that we\u2019re really excited about, but it feels like what Eiji Aonuma described. We can\u2019t always see where we\u2019re going or how to make progress.\nOne of the best ways we\u2019ve found to navigate this confusing, directionless state is to do a variety of both long projects and short daily or weekly projects, rather than just focusing on the one or the other.\nIn oil painting, this is called doing long studies and short studies. My oil painting teacher recommends working on many smaller, less complex paintings that can be completed in one or two sittings while working on a bigger, more complex painting that will take a lot more time.\nThe first painting is an incomplete long study in progress, and the second is short study that was completed in about two hours. The form of the long study is much more complex, and a lot more time is spent on the details getting it just right. The short study is rougher, smaller, and a simpler form so that it can be completed more quickly.\nOne of the main reasons my teacher recommends this approach is that it means you take a greater number of paintings from start to finish. There are things you learn from finishing something that you can\u2019t learn from working on something but not finishing it for weeks or months or years. It helps you practice the entire process from start to finish at a smaller scale so that you can apply that understanding to the bigger things.\nPartly in response to the difficulty of working on a long term project at Sandcastle, Foster recently started designing a mini game every day. Similar to a daily writing practice or small oil paintings, it\u2019s a situation where he can complete a rough draft in a single sitting. Here\u2019s one of his daily game designs:\nThis daily practice has made a huge difference to his perspective as a game designer. Not only does it give him a way to practice every day to sharpen his skills and learn more about designing games, but it also provides a daily burst of new energy and momentum. Starting something new every day generates new energy, ideas, and momentum that can be shared with our ongoing, long term project.\nHack weeks at technology companies and other game companies are another way to accomplish the same burst of energy. At Twitter, hack week means that everyone takes a break from their normal routine and major projects to work on a small idea, a rough prototype of a new feature or process. At Doublefine, their yearly Amnesia Fortnight is a time they forget about the bigger games they\u2019re working on and break into teams to make a bunch of new games in a couple weeks. While not a daily practice, these condensed periods of variety are a huge motivator and source of new energy.\nIn my experience, another key benefit of a daily practice is that I\u2019m less likely to be bothered or upset if one thing doesn\u2019t go as well as I would like because I know that I\u2019m going to come back the next day and do it again anyway. Some days will be great, some will be average, and some days it just won\u2019t work. If I\u2019m not doing it every day, when something doesn\u2019t go well it\u2019s can be a huge disappointment and frustration. But if I am practicing daily, I can trust that over time it will even out.\nIn the end though, this isn\u2019t really about projects. It\u2019s about practicing a skill, a craft, or an art over an entire lifetime. On that scale, the individual projects don\u2019t matter. The journey isn\u2019t actually about finishing this or that, it\u2019s about the things you discover and learn every day when you sit down and practice. You can do that with long projects or short ones, but a variety is healthy, and doing short daily ones means you can always sit down and explore something new. The small projects are where the real daily practice takes place. On the outside it looks like you\u2019re just quietly doing the same thing every day, but on the inside, you\u2019re having this crazy adventure, exploring a new world a little bit every day.\nIf you\u2019re lucky and motivated enough to keep making art, life is quiet, you get to work at what you love doing, happily chipping away at something, constructing something, adjusting to a cycle of highs and lows and in betweens, and it doesn\u2019t matter if you\u2019ve been doing it for two years or 50 years, the patterns remain exactly the same.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 43, "original_length": 6806, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 198.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.kibin.com/essay-examples/an-analysis-of-the-factors-hindering-the-research-and-development-of-cure-for-aids-gi9MJlyS", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:56Z", "digest": "sha1:VITWMWCB3PJBTRZNVIWHKQAK3CT2S5IC", "length": 134, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.kibin.com", "title": "An Analysis of the Factors Hindering the Research and Development of Cure For AIDS | Kibin", "raw_content": "An Analysis of the Factors Hindering the Research and Development of Cure For AIDS\nlack of money, aids disease, and the band played on", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 81, "original_length": 1846, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 301.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.kibin.com/essay-examples/an-analysis-of-the-old-man-and-the-sea-219a5kgm", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:05Z", "digest": "sha1:JOTHXT3REUXREEPEUG335WGUDTL7WBGU", "length": 76, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.kibin.com", "title": "An Analysis of The Old Man and the Sea | Kibin", "raw_content": "An Analysis of The Old Man and the Sea\nthe old man and the sea, joe dimaggio", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 78, "original_length": 1621, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.72, "perplexity": 79.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1350948450/gloomhaven-second-printing/description", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:04:13Z", "digest": "sha1:UX224JYQ5BQZPPSYFO55LQ3LHDEJ5DZI", "length": 13524, "nlines": 75, "source_domain": "www.kickstarter.com", "title": "Gloomhaven (Second Printing) by Isaac Childres \u2014 Kickstarter", "raw_content": "Project We Love Lafayette, IN Tabletop Games\nOh my word, thank you for making this project so awesome!\nPlease take note: There are no late pledges.\nIf you missed the Kickstarter, don't worry! The game will be widely available in retail this August/September, so you can pick it up there!\nIt's time to join the adventure! Whether you are a veteran mercenary or this is your first foray into the wilds of Gloomhaven, I am happy to have you on board.\nThrough this Kickstarter, you can pledge to receive a copy of the second printing of Gloomhaven, complete with new health and experience trackers and a revised rule book and scenario book. Your game will come with miniatures for all the character classes, but you can also purchase extra sets of miniatures and standees.\nIf you already own the game, you can pledge to receive just the upgraded trackers and revised books. In addition, there is also an all-new mini expansion of 17 solo scenarios available.\nIf you want to learn how to play Gloomhaven, these two Gaming Rules! videos are all you need.\nGloomhaven is a series of tactical combat scenarios that are strung together in a persistent, thematic campaign.\nEach scenario is played out through rounds of combat against fully automated enemies. In each round, players will play 2 cards to determine the order in which they act and what abilities they perform. Each card has 2 special actions, and on their turn, players can perform the top action of one card and the bottom action of the other.\nCard actions are varied and powerful, cutting through the monotony of a basic \"move and attack\" system. Default actions are available, though, if a player's plans get ruined by an enemy's ability card or even by the actions of their own teammates. Gloomhaven eliminates the alpha player through simultaneous hidden action selection to illustrate the chaos of battle.\nPhoto courtesy of Jinha Yoon\nThere are also no dice in Gloomhaven. Instead, attacks are modified by a player's attack deck. Over time, this attack deck will change as a player begins to add and remove cards by completing battle goals and leveling up, which will also give them access to more powerful, higher level ability cards.\nIn midst of battle, players will also need to focus on looting money tokens. These can be used to purchase useful items in town, where new stock is always being unlocked by player actions.\nAs players interact with the town through events and move along the branching story paths of the world, they will always be working towards completing personal quests. By meeting certain objectives, a player's character will retire, unlocking a new character class to play with, new events for parties to encounter, and additional perks for the achieving player. After retirement, a player will create a new character, possibly from the class that was just unlocked, and continue the adventure!\nIf you'd like to learn more about the game play, you can find a PDF of the rule book here, or you can watch another overview video:\nOr a game play video:\nAre you ready to start the adventure? Because we have started a community-driven expedition that I would love you to participate in.\nJust head on over to the first update to find out what it is all about and join in on the adventure. You won't regret it!\nIf you don't have the physical game in front of you, that's not a problem. There are still plenty of ways to participate. If you own Tabletop Simulator on Steam, each scenario in the community-driven campaign is available as a separate workshop file. (Scenario 1) (Scenario 2) (Scenario 3) (Scenario 4) (Scenario 5) (Scenario 6) (Scenario 7) (Scenario 8) (Scenario 9)\nOr you can follow along and watch as the following groups play through the scenarios every third day.\nMike Bennett's YouTube stream is scheduled for 3pm EDT (19:00 GMT).\nAlucard's Twitch stream is scheduled for 7pm EDT (23:00 GMT).\nIf you're just joining us and want to get caught up on the story, you can find everything you need to know here.\nEither way, the important thing is that, when you are ready, I want you to vote on what happens next. This campaign is being run by and for you, and I'm just excited to see where it goes!\nBut the extra adventures don't end when the Kickstarter ends! Starting in November of this year, after everyone has had time to receive their games and enjoy them for a while, we will starting a brand new community driven expedition.\nThe number of scenarios in the new expedition will be directly tied to this Kickstarter's funding goal. Every $100,000 past $2 million will add a new scenario to the expedition. It's going to be huge!\nNew to Kickstarter? No problem! The number people pledging to Kickstarter board game projects seems to be getting larger all the time, and we are happy to have you on board. Becoming a backer is very simple. Just follow these steps: \\\nStep 1: Look through the banner at the top right of this page and click on the reward level you'd like to receive.\nStep 2: Choose the correct shipping location and the pledge amount should automatically adjust to the correct value. This step is important!\nStep 3: Click the green \"Continue\" button and then finish filling out your information on the subsequent page.\nStep 4: Click \"Pledge\" and you're done! Welcome to the adventure!\nImmediately after I was finished working on Gloomhaven, I realized I wasn't done with the world. I wanted to make a set of scenarios specifically designed for strategic solo play - scenarios that would highlight the strengths and weaknesses of each class and force players to really get under the hood and learn to play each class masterfully.\nPDFs of these scenarios and the accompanying item rewards are already available online, but now you can pledge $10 to receive a printed version. This includes a 24-page scenario book of 17 all-new solo scenarios and a deck of 17 item cards - rewards for completing each of the missions.\nThe solo scenarios are not included in the base box, but you can add $10 to you pledge to receive them in addition.\nStrictly for those who already own the game, we are offering four health and experience trackers and revised rule and scenario books. These are already included in the reprint pledge, but are upgrades from the original version.\nYou can get the four dials for $7, the upgraded books for $15, and if you'd like the solo scenarios as well, you can bundle all three offers for $25.\nPDFs of the new rule book and scenario book are also available online.\nAnd if you are interested, you can order some cool third-party stuff like removable stickers from Sinister Fish Games and a nice wooden insert from Meeple Realty.\nThe second printing of Gloomhaven comes with a full set of miniatures for each of the 17 character classes. These add-ons are not needed, but if, for whatever reason, you want additional sets of miniatures or standees, you can add $20 to your pledge for additional sets of minis and $5 for additional sets of standees.\nBe forewarned that while the miniatures box comes spoiler-free, the standees will be delivered as a single bare punch-board and may ruin the surprise of some of the unlocked character images.\nGloomhaven is a big, heavy game, so you will need to pay shipping on every copy that you order. The good news is that the cost of shipping to the US is already included and subsidized elsewhere. The price for shipping in other regions per game box is listed in the first column.\nThe second column is the price of shipping when ordering up to six other items (this includes sets of HP/XP dials, the book upgrades, the solo scenarios, sets of miniatures, or sets of standees). The upgrade combo pack is considered three items. If you pledge for more than six items, you will need to pay the second column shipping price again.\nThere's more good news, though. If you order a copy of Gloomhaven and want to add to your pledge the solo scenarios and/or a set of standees, those items are small enough to fit into the game's shipping box, so you won't have to pay any additional shipping on them - just the one shipping price for the main box itself.\nAll of these shipping costs are added automatically when you pledge, but if you add more onto you pledge for additional items, you will have to add the additional shipping costs yourself.\nUnfortunately, I made some mistakes when setting up the initial pledge levels. If you live in the following countries, please use the alternate pledge levels (labeled DE and SG) to get the correct shipping price: Germany, Singapore, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia. Sorry for the confusion!\nPlease note! Shipping is US, Canada, China, and EU-friendly! You will not have to pay customs if you are in these regions.\nWhile pledging $1 won't get your name into every copy of Gloomhaven, it will get you into my personal copy of Gloomhaven.\nThat's right, I am going to take a sharpie to as many of my components as necessary to commemorate the names of everyone who pledges $1 or adds $1 to their pledge. Not only that, but I'll shoot a video of the whole sordid, game-defacing thing. It will be wonderful.\nIsaac is the driving force behind Cephalofair Games, which published its first game, Forge War, three years ago, and its second game, Gloomhaven, was released to much acclaim in February. Isaac also designed and developed these games and is basically a one-man publishing army. He writes a weekly blog about board game publishing, design and whatever else he is thinking about at www.cephalofair.com.\nIsaac graduated two years ago with a physics PhD, but now works full-time designing and publishing games. He is very happy.\nJosh McDowell started playing board games after his wife encouraged him to find an inexpensive hobby. The joke is on her, as that encouragement turned into an expansive collection and regular schedule of playing games with his friends. He turned to his graphic design prowess to offset the costs and is now completely engrossed in all things board games. He lives in Indiana with his wife and three young children, gamers in the making. You can find his portfolio at www.behance.net/mcscowl.\nAlexandr lives in Ukraine, Odessa and works as a freelancer and specializes in several styles: sci-fi, cyberpunk and fantasy. He's looking for hard-core projects in the styles that he likes. Most of all he is proud of his artwork for cards in board games. He dreams to release his comics and develop the indie game with a small group of people In the future. You can see his portfolio at http://kotnonekot.deviantart.com.\nJames Van Schaik has over 20 years experience as a professional miniature sculptor. He has worked as a freelance sculptor, in-house staff sculptor and on several exclusivity contracts for a range of companies including Megacon Games, Ninja Division, Soda Pop Miniatures, Ral Partha, WizKids, Wyrd, Games Workshop, Pulp City, Battlefront, Gale Force 9, Dust Tactics, Mantic, Reaper, and RAFM.\nHe has also sculpted for toy companies outside of the gaming industry and produced figures for licensed properties such as Lord of the Rings, Dr. Who, Marvel, DC, and Harry Potter to name a few. You can find him on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/james.schaik?fref=ts or see his portfolio at https://www.flickr.com/photos/24546626@N04.\nComing into this reprint Kickstarter, I am in the unique position of knowing exactly what it takes to publish this 21-pound monstrosity.\nThe experience of the first printing for me, Josh, and the factory will prove incredibly useful. We are proofing files as you read this, and we're hoping to get the printers fired up before the campaign even ends.\nThough some components are being updated, and other components are being added, none of that will provide much of a delay at all. Based on the previous run, once the printing starts, we are expecting two months for production and two months for shipping, getting you your game in August if everything goes well.\nName a piece of Gloomhaven\nYour name will live on as a piece in my personal copy of Gloomhaven. (See \"Name a piece of Gloomhaven\" section for details.)\nHealth and experience dial upgrades\nUpgrade your copy of the first printing with cardboard dials to track characters' hit points and experience. (Already included in main pledge - see \"Shipping\" section for shipping details.)\nSolo scenario book\nA book of 17 solo scenarios - one for each character - and a deck of item rewards to go along with them. (Not included in new copies - see \"Shipping\" section for shipping details.)\nRule book and scenario book upgrades\nUpgrade your copy of the first printing with a revised rule book and scenario book. (Already included in main pledge - see \"Shipping\" section for shipping details.)\nUpgrade combo pack\nThis level includes three previous levels at a reduced price for those who own the first printing. (See \"Shipping\" section for shipping details.)\nFour health and experience dials\nUpgrade combo pack (DE and SG)\nThis level includes three previous levels at a reduced price for those who own the first printing. ($5 will be added for shipping to Germany, $10 for Singapore.)\nGloomhaven second printing\nThis is how you join the adventure. A brand new copy of Gloomhaven, delivered to your doorstep. (See \"Shipping\" section for shipping details.)\nGloomhaven second printing (DE and SG)\nThis is how you join the adventure. A brand new copy of Gloomhaven, delivered to your doorstep. 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Now he's working on clearing his family name from a crime he didn't commit, but every time he deals with his temporary wife, more trouble follows.\nEva Cooper was hired to get proof that Jake and his family mismanage the family\u2019s oil company and assets. Technically she\u2019s spying on her husband, but when she agreed to do this, she thought he was a bad boy criminal, not framed for a crime he didn\u2019t commit.\nSpying and gas-lighting Jake was supposed to be easy. 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Agriculture in the Lake Simcoe watershed generates over $300 million annually.\nLake Simcoe is the ice-fishing capital of Canada. Anglers enjoy more than one million hours on the ice each winter.\nThe Lake Simcoe Community Stewardship Program engaged more than 380 landowners and 60 groups and organizations, partnerships which has had significant impact on the overall health of the lake, including the naturalization or repair of 1,435 metres of shoreline and planting over 17,500 trees or shrubs.\nThe 2009 Lake Simcoe Protection Plan is the most comprehensive watershed-based legislated plan in Canada, designed to cut phosphorus pollution and improve water quality and fish habitat.\n\"We are seeing encouraging signs in Lake Simcoe that the efforts being made by the public, scientists, municipalities and our partners are beginning to pay off. I am particularly heartened to see more native fish being caught as we ramp down on phosphorus pollution.\"\n\"Local businesses and communities depend on the well-being of Lake Simcoe. It is encouraging to see that the science is telling us progress is being made and that the number of naturally reproducing coldwater fish in the lake is on the rise.\"\nYou can download the report at\nhttp://www.ene.gov.on.ca/environment/en/resources/STDPROD_103315", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 48, "original_length": 2572, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 226.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.lancs.live/news/local-news/accrington-men-arrested-suspicion-rape-9199217", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:28Z", "digest": "sha1:J42KPRGJGWSNMU4HMATQFTBHUSA7UGEW", "length": 2052, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.lancs.live", "title": "Accrington men arrested on suspicion of rape bailed - LancsLive", "raw_content": "Accrington men arrested on suspicion of rape bailed\nFive men - including two from Accrington - have been bailed pending further enquiries into historic allegations of sexual abuse\nFive men, including two from Accrington who were arrested by detectives in connection with an investigation into historical child sex abuse have been bailed.\nThey have been bailed until September 16 pending further enquiries.\nA 36-year-old man and a 38-year-old man from Accrington were arrested on suspicion of rape.\nTwo men from Burnley were also arrested on suspicion of rape and a man from Blackburn was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault.\nThe investigation is into historic allegations of sexual abuse dating back to the late 1990s and early 2000s and relates to offences allegedly committed in the Blackburn and Accrington areas and involving one female victim aged between 12 and 17 at the time.\nDetective Chief Inspector Claire McEnery, of Lancashire Constabulary\u2019s Public Protection Unit, said: \u201cChild sexual exploitation is one of the constabulary\u2019s top priorities and the team working on this inquiry is a specialist team set up specifically to investigate allegations of historical sexual abuse and includes officers from the Public Protection Division, who are experts in dealing with vulnerable victims.\u201d\nClive Grunshaw, Lancashire\u2019s Police and Crime Commissioner, said: \u201cI have made clear my commitment to supporting victims of sexual exploitation \u2013 protecting vulnerable people is one of my key priorities on my police and crime plan.\n\u201cChild sexual exploitation can affect any community at any time - both victims and perpetrators come from all social and ethnic backgrounds. As a community we all have a responsibility to be vigilant.\n\u201cLancashire has an excellent reputation for investigating this type of crime, but we must not be complacent and we must continue to work together to raise awareness and catch perpetrators.\n\u201cI would encourage any victim to seek help from the police, safe in the knowledge their case will be investigated thoroughly.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 174, "original_length": 8702, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 217.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.lastingmemories.com/memorial/bishop-c-w-handy-hancock", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:34Z", "digest": "sha1:F4EICGHVVGYF4SFGTIR2HKTDOKIIJT24", "length": 220, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.lastingmemories.com", "title": "This online memorial is dedicated to Bishop C.W. \"Handy\" Hancock. 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Terrill / Associated Press)\nSixteen years after Matt Damon and Ben Affleck first won their Golden Globes, for co-writing \"Good Will Hunting,\" the two stars will again take the stage \u2014 this time separately, as presenters.\nDamon and Affleck join previously announced presenters Kevin Bacon, Julie Bowen, Robert Downey Jr., Jimmy Fallon, Colin Farrell, Tom Hanks, Chris Hemsworth, Mila Kunis, Jennifer Lawrence, Melissa McCarthy, Uma Thurman and Reese Witherspoon, among others.\nTina Fey and Amy Poehler, whose hosting efforts were well received last year, will reprise their duties at the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. show. It will be broadcast live beginning at 5 p.m. Sunday on NBC.\nGolden Globes 2014: Play-at-home ballot\nAffleck won his second Globe last year, for directing \"Argo,\" and was nominated for his supporting role in the 2006 film \"Hollywoodland.\"\nDamon has earned nominations for his performances in \"The Talented Mr. Ripley,\" \"Invictus,\" \"The Informant\" and the TV movie \"Behind the Candelabra.\"\n'Gravity' leads BAFTA nominations with 11\nPalm Springs festival a showcase for Latin films\nMeryl Streep calls out Walt Disney as sexist, anti-Semitic", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 192, "original_length": 4064, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 273.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.laurelcanyonuk.com/aug-17-shake-the-chains-shake-the-chains/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:05Z", "digest": "sha1:W5DPYWKCKLXIPEXRMAGHEOWHRBHUY4TF", "length": 10629, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "www.laurelcanyonuk.com", "title": "Aug 17 - Shake The Chains - Shake The Chains \u2014 Laurel Canyon Music", "raw_content": "SHAKE THE CHAINS - SHAKE THE CHAINS\nGenre: Folk, Traditional Folk, Alt Folk, Singer-Songwriter\nRecord Label: Quercus Records\nWebsite: https://www.shakethechains.com/\nProbably one of the most timely releases of the year and 'right on point' is the newest UK Folk music project 'Shake The Chains'. Last year The Guardian newspaper published an article entitled \"Not talkin' bout a revolution: where are all the protest songs?\" It discussed the lack of protest songs in modern culture despite of plenty of strong subject matter to work with.\nFrom anti-Vietnam war ballads to miner\u2019s strike songs, folk artists have long voiced counter-cultural anger. Could folk music be about to wake from its recent docility? The highly acclaimed UK Folk project 'Sweet Liberties' was released year and this year the exciting new 'Shake The Chains' project picks up and runs with the mantle. In a tumultuous eighteen month period of tremendous political upheaval, a group of five highly respected UK Folk artists came together to explore and celebrate the role songs play in social change, resistance and protest.\n\u201cProtest songs are no longer seen as an effective form of communication,\u201d says Malcolm Taylor, a folk music expert and former librarian at the English Folk Dance and Song Society. \u201cThere\u2019s so much ammunition for them\u00ad, and if you wrote one that happened to catch on, you could potentially reach millions. But whereas Billy Bragg and his generation would have strapped on their guitars and headed for a street corner to make their point, today\u2019s discontents prefer Facebook and other social media.\u201d Billy Bragg\u2019s generation in the 1970s and 1980s could also draw inspiration from the US, where legendary protest artists such as Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and Alan Lomax had ended up on Senator Joe McCarthy\u2019s blacklist, and later arrivals such as Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs and Joan Baez lent musical backing to the civil rights and anti\u00ad-Vietnam war movements. Music was for a time, a powerful counter\u00ad-cultural force.\nBut as Bob Dylan once sang \"The Times They Are A-Changin'\"'. Organised by the multi-award winning singer-songwriter Greg Russell, the 'Shake The Chains' project brings together some of the cream of UK Folk musicians and singer-songwriters Nancy Kerr, Findlay Napier, Hannah Martin and Tim Yates. I was really thrilled to see this exciting new collaboration. It was also brilliant to see some new names included in a large UK Folk project. 'Shake The Chains' is a commission from Folk By The Oak with support from the Arts Council England, Help Musicians UK and Folk Alliance International.\nThe 15-track album was recorded live during a nationwide tour earlier this year and features new material written exclusively for the project set against classic protest songs. It was recorded on the tour by Tom A Wright and then mixed and mastered by the excellent Stu Hanna (Megson, Lucy Ward). The artwork is designed by Katy Coope. The album provides a storybook of the human, social and political issues that are shaping our generation.\nWith it's percussive hand clapping and great harmonies the album begins with a song written by Nancy called 'Through The Trees'. It was written for Nancy's mother and all the woman who were at Greenham Common in the 80's fighting for nuclear disarmament. It's a song both of protest and of celebration. 'E.G.A' written by Greg is inspired by Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917) a London born physician and suffragist, the first woman to qualify in Britain as a physician and surgeon. She was the co-founder of the first hospital staffed by women, the first dean of a British medical school, the first female doctor of medicine in France, the first woman in Britain to be elected to a school board and as Mayor of Aldeburgh, the first female mayor and magistrate in Britain. The song celebrates her life and her challenges. The tune in the middle is 'The Whitechapel Reel' written by Nancy in response to hearing the song\nOne of my favourites on the album is 'Building Ships' written by Findlay. Findlay's father worked in the ship building industry and he often used the phrase 'There's more to building ships than......\" The decline of the ship building industry not only effects the individual workers but the whole communities and infrastructure which are built around them. Governments often take a very short term view of major industries and are more interested in votes than have a long term plan. \"But there's someone in the government who wants to make their name. They scupper it and cut it and the unions take the blame.\"\nVery topical and current is 'Yarl's Wood' written by Hannah. Yarl's Wood is an immigration centre in Bedfordshire, which is at the center of ongoing allegations of human rights abuses. The song was inspired by the 'Set Her Free' campaign to end the detention of women who seek asylum in the UK. The song traces the story of a woman's journey to Yarl's Wood with all her hopes, dreams and aspirations. \"I made a choice that was no choice and so left my home. Perhaps to find some new nest and that my own is gone. Then I came to this country. They cut out the corners from the sky. Then I came to Yarl's Wood and no more dreamed!\"\nNext a very powerful and classic protest song 'If I Had A Hammer' written by Pete Seeger & Lee Hays. Versions of this song have been sung in revolutions all over the world. It was written in 1949 in support of the progressive and civil rights movement, and was first recorded by The Weavers, a folk music quartet composed of Seeger, Hays, Ronnie Gilbert and Fred Hellerman. It was also a number 10 hit for Peter, Paul and Mary in 1962. Also very timely is 'Poison Apples' written by Nancy. It is based on a conversation Nancy overheard in a cafe about Alan Turing, the famous WW2 code-breaker whose vilification via the state for his homosexuality led to his suicide in 1954. The tears and outrage of everyday people can often be the fuel for protest.\n'Glory Of The Sun' written by Hannah explores the current state of the environment and the lack of concern in some quarters for the effects & threats of global warming and the benefits of renewable energy sources. It was inspired by Robert Macfarlane's book 'Landmarks' highlighting that there is great value in noticing and naming. 'You cannot see the wood among the tree.......sunlight is worth more than gold'. The famous Glasgow Song Guild protest song 'Ding Dong Dollar' first released in 1962 still resonates today over 50 years later. Originally written In protest to an American nuclear submarine that sailed into the Holy Loch in the early 1960's. It became the anthem of the Scottish Anti-Polaris movement of the 60's and beyond. Drawing from the rich Celtic bard traditions and combining folk and popular melodies with biting lyrics, the Anti-Polaris Singers were not only informative but played an important role in sustaining the demonstrators\u2019 morale. Nothing really has changed in that time, the UK government has just swapped Polaris for Trident now leased from the American government, which is even more destructive. With the full ensemble in full voice led by Finday, this is a very powerful and thought-provoking version of the classic. With the very sage thought of 'You can't spend a dollar when your dead!'\nIt is always good to include something about UKIP and their views on a protest album. In this case it's a song for Nigel Farage and the issues he stands for. In 2014 Nigel said \"Any normal and fair minded person would have a perfect right to be concerned if a group of Romanian people suddenly moved in next door\" Greg thought about this and came to the conclusion in 'Bunch Next Door' that he really wouldn't want to live next to Nigel Farage. So Greg wrote him this Americana folk & blues song...... Art and especially music can be very powerful in protest and can act as a significant threat to those who seek to oppress. Adrian Mitchell's haunting piece commemorates Victor Jara is book-ended with a poem by Denis Kevans (Australia's \"Poet Lorikeet\"). \"Musician From Chile/Victor Jara of Chile (Words D Kevans music K. Fagan / Words A Mitchell Music A. Guthrie)\"\nThe album's inspirational and blood-pumping title track 'Shake The Chains' is written by Findlay. It's a thought-provoking call to action. The verses were inspired by Marc Maron's WTF podcast. Findlay also borrowed a bit of Shelley's 'Masque of Anarchy'. It explores the subjects of activism, apathy and the lack of individual action... \"No one will do it for you. We are many, they are few. Shake the Chains!!!\"\nKnown to \"hold funerals\" for other birds the Western Scrub Jay use a specific call known as a 'scold' to gather other birds. The Jay does not discriminate between different types of birds, but uses the same pattern of behavior for all. The \"Song Of The Jay\" by Hannah explores these themes. The only song on the album written by Tim Yates is 'Side By Side'. It is inspired by multi-cultural neighborhoods. The eternal battle of reason and rational thought against the inflammatory words of the far right.......and interestingly the 'Town Flag' episode of South Park. Often referred as one of the best of Scotland's unofficial national anthems 'Freedom Come All Ye' was written by Hamish Henderson in 1960. It was originally themed as an anti-imperialist protest song. The first line also echoes Harold MacMillian's \"Winds of Change\" speech. Like Findlay I really like the sentiment in the verse \"All of you who love freedom pay no attention to the prophets of doom. In your house all the children of Adam will have food, drink and hospitality\"\nThe album fitting ends with the ensemble cast and audience joining together with another timeless and powerful classic 'We Shall Overcome'. Originally it was a gospel song which became a protest song and a key anthem of the Civil Rights Movement. The song is most commonly attributed as having descended lyrically from \"I'll Overcome Some Day\", a hymn by Charles Albert Tindley which was first published in 1900. Pete Seeger and other famous folksingers in the early 1960s, such as Joan Baez, sang the song at rallies, folk festivals and concerts in the North and helped make it widely known. Since its rise to prominence the song and songs based on it, have been used in a variety of protests worldwide.\nA new UK tour is planned for late January/early February 2018 with special guests to be announced.\nWed 31st Jan - Celtic Connections, Glasgow\nThu 1st Feb - Brewery Arts, Kendal\nFri 2nd Feb - The Met, Bury\nSat 3rd Feb - St. John's, Bethnal Green, London\nSun 4th Feb - Town Hall Birmingham\nPURCHASE THE ALBUM HERE", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 874, "original_length": 32152, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 212.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/definitions/index.php?width=840&height=800&iframe=true&def_id=118c2846b72bdf7c20f71ae0e1cc95ee&term_occur=1&term_src=Title:45:Chapter:A:Subchapter:C:Part:160:Subpart:D:160.408", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:10:17Z", "digest": "sha1:CIX37KJMRGPS5S7TL6DRQJ4F7WJEWLHR", "length": 217, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.law.cornell.edu", "title": "Covered entity", "raw_content": "Covered entity means:\n(1) A health plan.\n(2) A health care clearinghouse.\n(3) A health care provider who transmits any health information in electronic form in connection with a transaction covered by this subchapter.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 9, "original_length": 377, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 337.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.lawyercentral.com/john-castillo-interactive-profile--20-632059.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:52Z", "digest": "sha1:IAKXSQQQ3JRNDDVN7F3KEOU6SWJKG2WW", "length": 956, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.lawyercentral.com", "title": "Attorney John Castillo | Lawyer in San Antonio TX", "raw_content": "John M Castillo\nAttorney John Castillo is a Shareholder of Farrimond Castillo & Bresnahan, P.C. , a law firm in San Antonio, TX. As a lawyer in San Antonio, Texas, attorney Castillo serves Bexar County, as well as clients throughout Texas.\n1993, Texas; US District Court, Western, Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of Texas\n: University of Texas, BA, with high honors, 1990\nLaw School : University of Texas, JD, 1993\nSan Antonio Bar Association; State Bar of Texas.\nBorn: Waukegan, Illinois, September 22, 1967\n112 E. Pecan, Suite 700\nFarrimond Castillo & Bresnahan, P.C. was founded in 2010. Farrimond Castillo & Bresnahan, P.C. is located in Bexar County Texas.\nBanking & Lending Bankruptcy Bankruptcy Business Organizations Business Torts Commercial Leasing Commercial Litigation Construction Litigation Employment Litigation Entertainment Law Mediation Real Estate\nSearch and connect with Attorney John Castillo on these social networking sites.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 71, "original_length": 4125, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 309.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.lbhf.gov.uk/articles/news/2018/09/windrush-generation-we-can-help-answer-your-questions-about-citizenship-free-event", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:35Z", "digest": "sha1:Y4LGCHJVQCID6MKMWGNYWSXXJU56EKH7", "length": 1514, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.lbhf.gov.uk", "title": "Windrush Generation: We can help answer your questions about citizenship at free event | LBHF", "raw_content": "HomeWindrush Generation: We can help answer your questions about citizenship at free event\nWindrush Generation: We can help answer your questions about citizenship at free event\nThe MV Empire Windrush. PICTURE: GETTY IMAGES\nIf you\u2019re one of the Windrush Generation and need help proving your right to live and work in the UK, then you can get help at a free event.\nChildren of Caribbean immigrants and other Commonwealth citizens arrived on the passports of their parents who came to help rebuild the country after the WWII.\nTheir arrival documents were lost, and for many these were the only forms of identification they had.\nIf you have been affected, you\u2019re entitled to support from the Home Office if you:\nArrived in the UK before 1 January 1973 but do not have the correct documents to prove your right to be here.\nSettled in the UK between 1 January 1973 and the end of 1988 but do not have the correct documents to prove your right to be here.\nThe advice session is run by Age UK Hammersmith & Fulham and will be held from 10.30am to 1.30pm on Wednesday 19 September.\nIt will take place at St Paul\u2019s Church Centre in Queen Caroline Street, Hammersmith.\nCall Sharon on 020 7386 9085 or email her at sharon@ageukhf.org.uk to find out more.\nThere\u2019s a whole host of activities organised by H&F Council to celebrate Black History Month, including a concerts, talks and tours.\nThey begin on 4 October with a presentation on the history of black Londoners by Mark and Charmaine Simpson. You can find out more here.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 115, "original_length": 3927, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 266.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.lds.org/youth/article/the-influence-of-music?lang=eng", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:45Z", "digest": "sha1:MDFCDZ4X43IQHHCO73SQ6YYJXN42AEPG", "length": 4891, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "www.lds.org", "title": "The Influence of Music The Influence of Music", "raw_content": "Sister Rosemary M. Wixom Primary General President\nAn experiment with mice shows us how much the music we listen to can affect us.\nWhen I ask someone, \u201cWhat do you remember most about Primary?\u201d the answer is often, \u201cThe music.\u201d The words to Primary songs never leave us\u2014they are embedded in our hearts. Take, for example, the following Primary songs. Can you complete each phrase?\n\u201cI\u2019m trying to be \u2026\u201d\n\u201cHeavenly Father, are \u2026 ?\u201d\n\u201cBook of Mormon \u2026\u201d\nAs you completed each sentence, did you find yourself singing the melody?\n\u201cMusic can help you draw closer to your Heavenly Father. It can be used to educate, edify, inspire, and unite. However, music can, by its tempo, beat, intensity, and lyrics, dull your spiritual sensitivity. You cannot afford to fill your minds with unworthy music.\u201d \u2014President Thomas S. Monson\nIf so, it\u2019s probably because music enhances our senses, touches our emotions, and creates memories. So it\u2019s no wonder that we celebrate temple dedications with a cultural event where youth participate in uplifting music and dancing. These events let us \u201cmake a joyful noise unto God\u201d and \u201csing forth the honour of his name\u201d (Psalm 66:1\u20132).\nMusic Always Affects Us\nFor the Strength of Youth teaches that \u201cmusic has a profound effect on your mind, spirit, and behavior.\u201d Music can enrich your life in so many ways, but it can also be dangerous. President Thomas S. Monson said: \u201cMusic can help you draw closer to your Heavenly Father. It can be used to educate, edify, inspire, and unite. However, music can, by its tempo, beat, intensity, and lyrics, dull your spiritual sensitivity. You cannot afford to fill your minds with unworthy music.\u201d And it may not matter if you listen carefully to the words or not; words that are put to music are often easily learned and easily remembered. No wonder we are cautioned to \u201cchoose carefully the music [we] listen to.\u201d\nMice, Music, and Learning\nYour choice of music can also affect your ability to accomplish tasks or to learn. Two researchers explored this relationship by studying the effects of music and rhythm on the nervous system of mice. For eight weeks, one group of mice constantly listened to Strauss waltzes (highly organized and orderly music), while a second heard disharmonious sounds in the form of continuous drumbeats. A third group was raised in silence.\nAfter eight weeks, the mice were placed in a maze to find food. The mice in the second group wandered off with no sense of direction\u2014\u201ca clear indication they were having trouble learning\u201d\u2014and took much longer to find the food than they had at the beginning of the study. The mice exposed \u201cto discordant sounds not only developed difficulties in learning and memory, \u2026 but they also incurred structural changes in their brain cells.\u201d The researchers\u2019 diagnosis is very interesting: \u201cWe believe that the mice were trying to compensate for this constant bombardment of disharmonic noise. \u2026 They were struggling against the chaos.\u201d\n\u00a9Comstock/Thinkstock\nWhat could be the \u201cchaos\u201d in some of today\u2019s music\u2014things that might keep you from learning effectively? It may relate to the rhythm and beat of the music (as with the mice) or with the words used or messages presented. President Boyd K. Packer, President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, said: \u201cSociety is undergoing a subtle, but powerful, change. It is becoming more and more permissive in what it will accept in its entertainment. As a result, much of the music being performed by popular entertainers today seems to be more intended to agitate than to pacify, more to excite than to calm.\u201d\nMatters of Time and the Spirit\nIt is not only the rhythm and the lyrics of jarring music that are detrimental. By listening to such music, we also prevent quiet moments that allow us to think clearly and listen to the Spirit. In The Screwtape Letters, a popular Christian novel, a character named Screwtape represents Satan and tries to lead good souls to his cause. Screwtape says, \u201cIt is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work is done by keeping things out.\u201d In essence, Satan knows that he does not always have to fill our minds with bad thoughts if he can just keep us from focusing on things of the Spirit. \u201cIf you listen to music constantly, you may not have the quiet time you need for thinking, feeling, and receiving spiritual guidance\u201d (For the Strength of Youth, 23).\nWe need the Holy Ghost with us at all times. For that reason, we should choose carefully the music we listen to and the dances we attend. Let the Spirit be your guide, and when you have doubts about the music you are listening to or the circumstances you are in, have the courage to act so the Spirit can remain with you.\nThis article originally appeared in the September 2013 Liahona and New Era.\nTopics: Music and Dancing, Holy Ghost\nA Prayer of My Heart\nChanging My Music", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 8314, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 296.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.learningandteachingwithpreschool.com/store/p82/September_Morning_Message_ABC_Time.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:20:23Z", "digest": "sha1:GNWJ2ZHZQM243XDKENKFIABP2NOA7IC6", "length": 61, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.learningandteachingwithpreschool.com", "title": "September Morning Message ABC Time", "raw_content": "Learning objectives that are covered in the September packet.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 1449, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 196.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.legalwins.com/blog/bullet-proof-glass-at-detroit-police-substations", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:09:52Z", "digest": "sha1:ALWUIOKEIONDT2UQ7FGXDVC3RYQQKHBN", "length": 1295, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.legalwins.com", "title": "Bullet-proof Glass at Detroit Police Substations | Joseph F Awad, PC Attorney and Counselor at Law", "raw_content": "The Detroit Police have made little or no effort to protect police substations in the City of Detroit.\nIn almost every precinct, there is no bullet-proof separating the public from the police. These stations are open practically every hour of the day and night without any real regard for security, but for the police that work at these facilities.\nIt is purely good fortune that the gunmen\u2018s aim was off; he grazed the heads of two police officers with his shot and connected with the bullet-proof vest of another officer. If it were not for these fortunate coincidences, this story could have been more tragic that it already is. The Police Department in Detroit needs to do away with the notion that bullet-proof glass creates a barrier between the public and law enforcement and, instead, make safety is foremost concern. No one can account for the mental health or motive of every person that walks in to a police station and there is no need to try. Put up the bullet proof glass and provide yourselves and the public the assurance that those facilities that provide the services they are intended to provide. If you are in need of legal advice regarding the use or possession of concealed weapons or pistol licensure, contact Attorney Joseph Awad at legalwins.com for a free consultation.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 66, "original_length": 3849, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 223.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.legion.org/careers/244674/look-februarys-job-fairs", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:40:53Z", "digest": "sha1:PG2BD2VJDWI6SBIPL35GMGPTBLIDWLMI", "length": 3835, "nlines": 47, "source_domain": "www.legion.org", "title": "A look at February's job fairs | The American Legion", "raw_content": "Here\u2019s a look at some of the career events scheduled in February for servicemembers, veterans and military spouses:\nFeb. 6-7: Fort Bragg Military Spouse Hiring Event.\nWednesday: 6-8 p.m., networking reception.\nThursday: 10 a.m.-1 p.m., hiring fair.\nThis event is free and is open to all military spouses (active duty, veteran, reserve, Guard, and/or Gold Star) as well as military spouse-ready employers and service organizations. Servicemembers and veterans are also welcome.\nIron Mike Conference Center, 2658 Reilly Road, Fort Bragg, N.C.\nFeb. 13-14: Joint Base Lewis McChord Military Spouse Hiring Event.\nAmerican Lakes Conference Center, 8085 NCO Beach Road, Joint Base Lewis McChord, Wash.\nFeb. 21: Tampa Hiring Expo with the Tampa Bay Lightning.\n9:30-11 a.m., career connections workshop.\n11 a.m.-2 p.m., hiring fair, mock interviews and resume review.\nThis event is free and is open to active duty servicemembers, Guard and Reserve, veterans and military spouses.\nAll registered veteran and military spouse job seekers who attend the hiring expo are eligible to receive up to two free tickets to attend the evening's game between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Buffalo Sabres.\nAmalie Arena, 401 Channelside Drive, Tampa, Fla.\nFeb. 21: Fort Belvoir-Springfield Job Fair.\n10 a.m.-noon, reserved for candidates who have active security clearance/military & veterans (active, retired, reservists, National Guard, wounded warriors-discharged & caregivers and family members).\nNoon-2 p.m., open to all job seekers.\nAmerican Legion Post 176, 6520 Amherst Ave., Springfield, Va.\nFeb. 21-22: USS Midway Career Summit.\nThursday: 9 a.m.-noon, dress to impress seminar.\nThursday: 6-8 p.m., networking reception.\nFriday: 8-8:30 a.m., registration.\nFriday: 8:30-8:45 a.m., welcome and event kickoff.\nFriday: 8:45-10:45 a.m., career planning workshops.\nFriday: 10:45-11:30 a.m., interactive panel discussion: perspectives on transition.\nFriday: 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m., lunch and learn.\nFriday: 1-2 p.m., mock interviews, resume review, LinkedIn profile coaching and free professional profile photos.\nFriday: 1-4 p.m., hiring fair.\nThis event is free and is open to active-duty servicemembers, Guard and Reserve, veterans, and military spouses.\nUSS Midway Museum, 910 N. Harbor Drive, San Diego, Calif.\nFeb. 22: Washington Military Hiring Fair with The American Legion.\n9-10:30 a.m., resume workshop.\n10:30-11:30 a.m., financial literacy workshop.\n11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., networking lunch.\n1-4 p.m., hiring fair.\nThis event is free and is open to active-duty servicemembers, Guard and Reserve, veterans and military spouses.\nThe Washington Hilton, 1919 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, D.C.\nFeb. 27: Houston Networking Reception.\n5-7:30 p.m., networking reception.\nThis event is free and is open to all student veterans, veterans, transitioning servicemembers, military spouses, guard and reserve as well as military-ready employers and service organizations.\nUniversity of Houston, C.T. Bauer College of Business, 4750 Calhoun Road, Student Training Center 329/330, Houston, Tex.\nFeb. 28: Houston Hiring Expo with the Houston Rockets.\nNoon-3 p.m., hiring fair.\nAll registered veteran and military spouse job seekers who attend the hiring expo are eligible to receive up to two free tickets to attend the evening's game between the Houston Rockets and the Miami Heat.\nToyota Center, 1510 Polk St., Houston, Tex.\nSchedules subject to change. Follow the links for full details, including base access requirements if applicable, and keep tabs on other upcoming career fairs at http://www.legion.org/careers/jobfairs.\nAmerican Legion departments and posts that want to publicize their career fairs are encouraged to send details, including time and location, to wproffet@legion.org. 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God is.\nThe following happened to me last week at The 2015 March For Life in Washington, D.C.:\n* I was swept up in sea of Pro-Life marchers\nfrom at least 38 states that were easily identifiable; quite\npossibly all 50 states may have been represented.\n* I was impressed and moved by the large\nturnout of high school and college students, men\nand women who traveled long distances to march.\nThose who had attended previous Marches indicated\nthat there was a significant increase in youth attendence\nover previous years.\n* I was humbled by the immensity and the\nmagnitude of the event.\n* I was able to formulate an idea of what I see as\nthe scope of the conflict between Pro-Choice vs. Pro-Life.\nThe pilgrimage to Washington, D.C. afforded me\nthe opportunity to sit for a long time and ponder\nwhat it all means. I am finally able to put words\nto what I believe is the cause of the problem:\nMany women forget the sacred responsibility\nof their biology.\nWHY I AM MARCHING 2015 March For Life * January 22 Noon Rally * Washington, D.C.\nMidday tomorrow, a little more than 13 hours from now, I will be climbing three steps and getting on a bus that will be taking me to Washington, D.C. I am not traveling to visit friends or family. I am not going on vacation. I am told, by those that have been there, that I will not return from this journey the same person.\nMarch For Life is a peaceful demonstration that since 1973 has marked the somber anniversary of Roe v. Wade, a Supreme Court decision that has had a great effect on mine and countless of other women's lives. Abortion is considered the greatest human right's violation of our time. In the next two days I hope to get my mind around what it really means to be \"Pro-Life\".\n\"Pro-Choice\" is no longer an option for me since I now pray these words: \"O, Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you\". This is what it means to be faithful. This is what it means to be Catholic: I must trust in God more than myself. I didn't live that way three decades ago. I live that way now.\nAnd while this is known to be a peaceful demonstration, I can't help but feel like Doc Holliday at The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. It comes down to this: It's about life and death. This is about a decision that often takes less than thirty seconds to make. This is about an act, that each time it occurs, changes the course of history. This is about courage or the lack of courage. This is about faith or lack of faith. When The March is over, I expect to have left the old Evelyn behind.\nWhy am I Marching for Life on January 22nd? Because an innocent life, a baby, should not have to depend on a woman, in desperation, making an uniformed decision that destroys lives.\nFollow www.letitallstarthere.com as I find my way through The 2015 MARCH FOR LIFE.\nA Must See: First Friday Holy Hour\n\u201cSo, you could not keep watch with me one hour?\u201d (Matthew 26:38) When I was a girl I found Jesus\u2019 question to Peter and the two sons of Zebedee very disturbing. In those ten words I would simultaneously hear the disappointment in Jesus\u2019 voice and I would feel his disciples\u2019\u2026 no, his friends\u2019 shame.\nI felt I had let Him down. Impossible, perhaps. Unbelievable\u2026no. Not unbelievable, if you consider Carl Jung\u2019s theory of collective consciousness, or understand what Freud means by archaic remnants. We often know \u201cstuff\u201d that we have no business knowing about. We can\u2019t explain it, so we shrug it off. I wasn\u2019t there in the Garden, but I might as well have been. That scene has plagued me for years.\nBut what of all that? www.letitallstarthere.com is not exactly the place to discuss the psychology of man. The purpose of my writing is to encourage all, myself included, to work toward an understanding of what Matthew Kelly calls: The Genius of Catholicism. It involves our recognizing how everything now, relates to everything that has ever happened throughout the History of Our Salvation. We are all pieces in His colossal jigsaw puzzle.\nI believe that what happened during the agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, the night before Christ\u2019s crucifixion, when he spoke to his disciples saying: \u201cMy soul is sorrowful even to death. Remain here and keep watch me\u201d is never ending. I believe Jesus continues to ask this of us even now: \u201cKeep watch with Me\u2026\u201d He asks that we remain with Him always. And so that is the purpose of the Holy Hour devotion.\nI once heard an old Polish woman shout to her loving husband through the back door of her house: \u201cHoney, I will be right back. I am going up to church. He\u2019s there all alone. I\u2019m going to keep Him company for awhile.\u201d And out the door she went humming to herself. I stood in the driveway and watched her figure grow smaller as she made her way down the street. Cute, I thought. She\u2019s going to keep Him company. Funny old woman. But there was a lesson in her actions about devotion. There was another lesson for me as I started thinking about the time we spend in Eucharistic Adoration, in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament. What actually goes on in the church when we are joined in song, in silence and in prayer? We have been given, undeservedly, the grace of First Friday Holy Hour, the grace of His Real Presence, His God-with-us-ness, to liberate us\u2026to comfort us, to allow us to realize that we no longer are helpless spectators. We can do something about His feelings of isolation and abandonment. We can \u201ckeep watch\u201d with Him. We can do the right thing.\nThat is the grace we Catholics have been afforded.\nTo those who refuse to age...an urgent message: Please read Ronald Rolheiser's The Holy Longing!\nI was constructing a post inviting my readers to \"keep watch\" with Christ during first Friday Holy Hour when this email came in from a friend who is in her early sixties and who is struggling with the passing of time and it's effects on her physical beauty:\n\"I was good. Now I am crashing and suicidal. Ugh.\nI miss you too. Really a lot. I hate being old.\"\nI have suspended the usual programming to bring you this message.\nI have written the following letter to a mutual friend about the plight of our other \"aging \"friend: I hope there is some value in it for all who read along.\nMy Dear Friend: If you study the conversations we have\nhad about living \"uncoupled\" and tease out the sentiment\nbehind them...you don't sound much different then Tess\nwhen she proceeds to intonate these familiar words:\nI hate being old. Honestly, by your constantly revisiting the\nreputation of the younger version of yourself, the woman\nyou once were...you are saying the same thing.\nIn Ronald Rolheiser's book The Holy Longing, he speaks\ndirectly to this problem. I want you to read this book.\nThere is chapter that addresses relationships:\nHow they change and how they are sometimes lost\nin the process of evolving. Rolheiser reminds us of the\nantidote that Christ came to dispense.\nRemember, we possess an innumerable amount of relationships:\nTangible and intangible, with living things and with objects.\nWe are often consumed by these relationships. We think about them\noften, they effect our lives greatly. But rarely do we reflect on\nthe one we have with self.\nThe aging process is analogous to the vitally important lesson\nJesus offers in and through the Paschal Mystery. Rolheiser\nreminds us \"that there is a time for everything and a season for\nevery activity under heaven\". Ecclesiastes 3:1\nI wont try explain what Rolheiser has to teach us. I would\nask that you read The Holy Longing because I couldn't do\nRolheiser's understanding and sense of spirituality justice.\nI love this book! I found the answers I was searching\nfor in Rolheiser's writings. Get yourself a copy.\n\"A lover asked his beloved: Do you love yourself more than you love me? The beloved replied: I have died to myself and I live for you.\" Rumi\nIt is rare these days that someone you only casually know cares enough about you to invite you to fall in love. Even rarer, that the same person possesses the wherewithal to successfully orchestrate a meeting through which the lover and beloved can find each other. Yet, that is what happened to us New Year\u2019s Day during the solemnity of Mary, Holy Mother of God when our pastor punctuated his homily with this reminder: \u201cShe (Mary) longed for the birth of Jesus with love beyond all telling, so does she long for us, to fall in love with Him.\u201d He concluded the celebration by encouraging over two hundred of his parishioners to attend First Friday Holy Hour. He assured us that by sitting with Jesus we can cultivate our love for Him. It is there, during that time of admiration\u2026 during that time of quietude and internal dialogue (prayer) that we would get a chance to know Him better. It is a time of discovery and a way to come to Love?\nIt's the first Friday of the month and I just returned from the Hour of Adoration dedicated to our Lord. There were less than 25 in attendance; the majority of these \"church goers\" being the \u201cdie-hards\u201d or what I like to call our parish\u2019s \u201cGiants of Prayer\u201d. They are the same blessed faces that I see regularly at all the liturgies. But what of the others? I find myself wondering what keeps people away from Love? What blocks the desire? What stops a woman from being curious about this vehicle (Holy Hour) that is capable of heralding her to the person of our Lord Jesus Christ? What prevents a man from sacrificing an hour of his time to check it out? After all, doesn\u2019t everyone long to be in love?\nThe conclusion I have come to is simple, yet profound. I discovered the answer lies in these familiar words: \u201c\u2026forgive them, for they know not what they do.\u201d (Luke 23:24) \u201cThey know not what they do\u2026\u201d echoes through time and space. It's the reason Jesus gave nearly 2000 years ago to excuse our killing Love. Even now Jesus\u2019 observation is tragically timeless. With those few words He eternally encapsulates the predicament of mankind. We so often don\u2019t know what we are doing. We say: If I had only known? We say: I didn't know or I wish I'd known. We sometimes say it too often. And then it is too late.\nWe act or fail to act because we are simply unaware. For example, many don't really know who He is at all. I know I didn't for longest time.\nSo, what can be done for the believers who are plagued with their unbelief? What can be done for the faithful who prefer to meet Jesus on their terms, rather than His? Then, they fail to meet Him at all because they don\u2019t have the time to find Him. What can be done to avoid 20/20 hindsight?\nWhat can be done? Why not try this: Let us all speak knowledgeably and unceasingly about the History of Our Salivation. Educate the \u201ccradle Catholics\u201d who believe they know all there is to know about their faith, but who often possess a \u201cchildish\u201d understanding of who God is. Give them detail after detail so they can connect the dots. Then\u2026 remind, promote, encourage... insist they bring themselves to Church as frequently as possible. I\u2019m no fan of Woody Allen, but I will always remember his saying: \u201cEighty percent of success is showing up.\u201d That is what I did. That is what I continue to do. I trust in the Triune God and I keep showing up. The more time people spend in the company of our \u201cGiants of Prayer\u201d, the more opportunities they get to feel how the Church exhales The Holy Spirit or vibrates as The Word is made Man, the greater the chance of a successful union with Christ.\nFollow this blog to learn about the details of First Friday Holy Hour. Understand what happens there and then attend an Hour of Adoration. It's a beautiful experience. Oh... and never under estimate, not for one minute, that Love makes the world go round.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 139, "original_length": 12713, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 295.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.libramar.net/news/risk_focus_the_master_pilot_exchange/2017-12-27-2927", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:42:51Z", "digest": "sha1:P3MUS7URYLBIN6VD7AIJ5J4QIRN3BPLP", "length": 692, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.libramar.net", "title": "RISK FOCUS \u2014 THE MASTER PILOT EXCHANGE", "raw_content": "RISK FOCUS \u2014 THE MASTER PILOT EXCHANGE\nAuthor(s) UK P&I Club\nPublisher UK P&I Club\nWell, the human errors are accounting for nearly sixty percent of total number of the UK P&I Club's claims exceeding 100000 USD. Half-thousand of these claims involved vessels under pilotage. In many cases, the miscommunication on the navigation bridge of the vessel has been considered a major contributing factor.\nThe vast majority of subject incidents include the groundings and collision, personal injuries, collisions and other. Though some overall decrease was noticed in the average cost of these claims, the average annual cost to the UK P&I Club since 1987 is approximately sixteen billion dollars...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 149, "original_length": 3869, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 319.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.lifetimetv.co.uk/shows/the-real-housewives-of-miami/10-things-you-might-not-know-about-joanna-krupa", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:34Z", "digest": "sha1:J6W6VYBO43DM7OQEJNRDX2S6HH7OPVKV", "length": 2865, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.lifetimetv.co.uk", "title": "10 Things You Might Not Know About Joanna Krupa | Lifetime UK", "raw_content": "10 Things You Might Not Know About Joanna Krupa\nJoanna was born in Warsaw on April 23rd, 1979. She is 35, which makes her the youngest Miami Housewife. Her family moved to the US when Joanna was five.\nPrior to appearing on Housewives, Joanna was (and still is) a professional model. She has appeared on the covers of FHM, Maxim, and Shape. Joanna has been on the cover of Playboy in a number of countries; from the US, to France and Colombia.\nJoanna has a sister, Marta, who is a couple of years younger than her. Marta made regular appearances on series two of Real Housewives of Miami, but has been absent from the third after becoming engaged and moving away.\nKrupa has also tried her hand at acting. She was in the 2001 remake of Planet of the Apes, and played a waitress on an episode of CSI. Joanna also guest-starred in an episode of Wedding Band, a comedy series starring Brian Austin Green. Don't worry if you haven't heard of it, Wedding Band only lasted ten episodes before being cancelled.\nSince 2010, Joanna has channelled her inner Tyra Banks in her job as the host of Poland's Next Top Model. Well, it's not really called that, but it's real title\u2013Top Model. Zosta\u0144 modelk\u0105\u2013is difficult to spell. The modelling contest follows the same format as its American and British counterparts.\nJoanna was no stranger to American television before appearing on Housewives. In 2009 she appeared on the ninth season of Dancing with the Stars. She was partnered with Derek Hough (Cheryl's pal), and initially achieved high scores. Joanna ended up coming in fourth place though, after being beaten by Kelly Osbourne for a place in the final.\nJoanna is an animal rights advocate, and has posed naked for PETA's more than once. She despises the wearing of fur, and has chastised her cast-mates for wearing it to parties. Despite these views, Joanna is not a vegetarian.\nKrupa and her longtime fianc\u00e9, Romain Zago, almost split during the second series of the show. Joanna discovered that Romain had been messaging another woman behind her back and, spurred on by Marta, she confronted him about it. The couple split for a short time, but were soon back together after Romain admitted his faults.\nLast year Joanna finally wed Romain. The couple exchanged their vows in Los Angeles, rather than Miami. No expense was spared on the nuptials, with an estimated $1 million being spent by the couple. Joanna's dress alone, complete with a six foot train and a staggering amount of Swarovski crystals, had a price tag of $30,000\nEarlier this year Joanna confirmed that she would not be returning for a fourth run of Real Housewives of Miami, stating that she would like to spend most of her time in Los Angeles. There were rumours that she would be making a move to Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (home of her nemesis Brandi Glanville), but these have proven to be false.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 34, "original_length": 3268, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 143.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.lindo.com/index.php/archives/application-archives?id=222:archives-unharried-harrier-upgrades&catid=95", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:46Z", "digest": "sha1:S7A7I3YLTIQM7AE6VW7BFBU2A76GWTXD", "length": 3117, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.lindo.com", "title": "ARCHIVES - Unharried Harrier Upgrades", "raw_content": "ARCHIVES - Unharried Harrier Upgrades\nThe Harrier jet, with its ability to takeoff and land vertically, provides an operational versatility unmatched by any other fighter jet in the western world. The flexibility and rapid response capability have made it one of the Marine's primary ground attack aircraft. A key factor in scheduling upgrades to their fleet is making sure they have a high number of Harriers operational at all times. The Center for Naval Analysis (CNA) has found What'sBest! can be an extremely useful tool in pursuing this goal.\nThe upgrade schedules need to take into consideration funding constraints, production constraints and requirements, opportunities for economies of common installation setups, and, perhaps most important, fleet readiness due to scheduled downtime. The CNA has developed a What'sBest! model to make the Harrier upgrade scheduling and subsequent rescheduling more manageable and, at the same time, produce better quality schedules in terms of operational fleet downtime.\nThe upgrade schedules are extremely dynamic and difficult to manage. This is due to the large number of aircraft to be upgraded through the coordination of a number of different organizations at several different locations around the globe. The upgrade kit installations are subject to frequent delays due to supply chain shortages, high defect rates, and failed inspections. Delays are often also compounded by unpredictable changing operational conditions and from engineering changes and contract modifications.\nTraditionally, the master schedule has been developed by trial-and-error, but this has proven to be labor intensive and error prone. The schedule is also difficult to evaluate and update given the inevitable need for frequent changes. As an alternative to trial-and-error, the CNA formulated the upgrade schedule as an integer programming model in Excel to be solved using What'sBest!.\n\"I found What'sBest! very easy to use. To solve an integer programming problem, simply enter it into an Excel spreadsheet and the rest is straightforward, all menu-driven and very intuitive.\" says David Kelly, Researcher for the CNA. \"I chose What'sBest! for two reasons - mainly because it is spreadsheet software and also because it explicitly displays all the constraints and objective function of my customers' problems the same way they have seen them elsewhere in their project reports. Sponsors and users alike seem to feel comfortable with the spreadsheet format. And they become much more receptive to analyses. By using Excel, they can understand and can question the model, looking for similarities and differences with their own thinking. What's Best! lets them easily do that.\"\nThe resulting schedule allows the Marines to maintain maximum fleet readiness. And, through efficiently scheduling and rescheduling, they can better avoid missed milestones, late identification and resolution of conflicts, unnecessary contract extensions, and costly contract modifications.\nFor more details, see \"Master Scheduling and Tracking Aircraft Upgrades\" in Military Operations Research, V4 N2 1999.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 4137, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 300.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.link-katalogus.com/what-is-ctr/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:45Z", "digest": "sha1:HMY2U6HXDZVFQOIZ6HAFLB3N22E6FYTL", "length": 2944, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.link-katalogus.com", "title": "What is CTR? - Link Katalogus Directory", "raw_content": "Today the online world is ruling the people and you can get anything you need within a few minutes in front of your house door with the help of the online sites. Comfort is the main reason for such a huge web traffic in the online world and in order to make your business successful, it is very important to tap the web traffic towards your website.\nOf course, you need to be present in the online world even though your business is completely offline. Because the customers are not searching things through physical modes anymore. They cannot even travel to the nearby shops to know what is available there. Instead, they just use their smartphones to search for nearby restaurants or shops.\nIn this case, the search engines are playing a predominant role in ensuring the availability of various services to the users without any complexities. This is the reason hey search engine optimisation is getting a prime space in the online marketing world today.\nHowever, before starting with your SEO techniques it is important to learn something about the CTR. It is expanded as Click Through Rate and this is capable of changing your SEO results in a positive manner.\nYou need to understand the fact that the online users click not all links available in the search results. In order to know this factor you may need the help of click through rate. In other words, when a link is appearing in the search page through organic means or y paid inclusion, it should be clicked by the online user.\nOnly then, we could say it as a successful conversion. Just watching through eyes will not happen the business entity and the users\u2019 needs to click and dive into the site while viewing the site and this process is called as conversion.\nIn order to assure the conversion rate you can use the CTR. Click through rate is the percentage of total victors who have clicked a particular link in the search page. It is calculated by dividing the number of visitors clicked the link by the total number of visitors who viewed the entire results page.\nIt is also used to derive the success ratio of online advertisements and sometimes the page for certain advertisements are formulated only with the basis of the click through rate.\nUses of click through rate\nSo effective online marketing techniques need to be cautious about the click through rate because it is a good factor to understand the success of your online marketing tools. In common, scenario the search engine optimisation will affect your click through rates. Wit the help of the data of click through rates you will easily know the emotions of the online visitors.\nIn addition, you could derive patterns of their online visitors. Therefore, that it is a good feedback system for your online marketing techniques. The efficiency of any online marketing test is successful only when it could deliver high click through percentage.\n< Previous Previous post: Consider video marketing into your business", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 35, "original_length": 3478, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 297.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/sport/more-sport/amex-announces-darts-date-1-7146711", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:30:57Z", "digest": "sha1:64HE5IY6WR6NMXTKGIKZWKIAXL5JZM7H", "length": 1437, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk", "title": "Amex announces darts date - Littlehampton Gazette", "raw_content": "Amex announces darts date\nRaymond van Barneveld will be one of the players taking part at the Amex\nA NUMBER of the world\u2019s best professional darts players are heading to the Amex this year, as it hosts an inaugural major darts event on Sunday April, 17.\nLegendary five-time World Champion Raymond van Barneveld (Holland) will be joined by fellow major winners James Wade (England), Robert Thornton (Scotland) and Simon Whitlock (Australia).\nDutch hero who is nicknamed \u2018Barney\u2019 - recently reached the semi-finals of the PDC World Championships and is looking forward to the first event at the Amex.\nHe said: \u201cI\u2019m really looking forward to returning to Brighton with a top line-up of players. All four of us have played there before in the Premier League.\n\u201cI always remember the fans being fantastic so I hope that will be replicated at the football stadium. I hear the team is doing well, so hopefully we can entertain the fans too.\u201d\nAll four players competed at the ongoing 2016 World Darts Championship, with van Barneveld causing a sensation by knocking out tournament favourite Michael van Gerwen in one of the greatest games ever televised, to reach the quarter-finals, while James Wade also reached the last eight.\nTickets for the inaugural Brighton & Hove Albion Darts Masters are available via www.dartshop.tv or by calling the box office on 08450 180 180. The event will begin at 3pm and finish in the early part of the evening.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 96, "original_length": 3251, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 186.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.lkshields.ie/news-insights/publication/new-general-communications-code-for-broadcasters", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:04:27Z", "digest": "sha1:U7YOXCUJH263AYSUI6JMKX7OCRCL74I6", "length": 4766, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.lkshields.ie", "title": "LK Shields | new-general-communications-code-for-broadcasters | publication | news-insights", "raw_content": "New General Commercial Communications Code for Broadcasters\nOn 1 June 2017, the revised BAI General Commercial Communications Code (the \u201cCode\u201d) came into effect.\nThe Code applies to all \u201ccommercial communications\u201d, which are defined to include advertising, sponsorship, teleshopping and product placement, which promote goods or services carried on broadcasting services (i) operating under contract with the BAI; or (ii) established under Irish legislation. The Code does not apply to commercial communications carried on broadcasting services licensed in other jurisdictions (for example, broadcasters licensed by Ofcom in the UK) or to commercial communications carried on non-broadcasting services (for example, services provided over the internet, on on-demand audio visual services made available in Ireland).\nThe Code now sets out more clearly the distinction between sponsorship and advertising, and requires there to be a clear separation between the two types of communication; for example, by ensuring that there is sufficient separation between sponsorship announcements scheduled before and after ad breaks and any advertisements for a sponsor in the ad breaks themselves. The distinction between sponsorship and advertising is recognised in both Irish and EU broadcasting legislation and it is an important one because there are limits to the amount of advertising that can be broadcast, whereas there is no time limit on sponsorship. A report issued by the BAI on the previous version of the Code notes that broadcasters had often struggled to meet the requirements of the Code relating to sponsorship, and that in some cases this was the result of differing interpretations of the Code. Hopefully the new provisions in the Code will now give some clarity to broadcasters and advertisers.\nSponsorship and Product Placement\nThe Code now includes a clear distinction between sponsorship and product placement. Sponsorship announcements and references may be shown during a programme but must not form part of a plot or narrative; i.e. they are limited to announcements declaring the sponsorship arrangement (for example, by using the words \"sponsored by\"). In contrast, product placement involves the inclusion of products or brands in a programme as part of the plot or narrative and, where such placement comes within the Code definition of paid product placement or prop placement, it will be subject to the additional provisions in the Code relating to product placement. This clarity will no doubt be welcomed by broadcasters, particularly given the increase in broadcasters using product placement and sponsorship as an alternative or additional means of generating advertising revenue.\nSponsorship of News and current affairs programmes\nSponsorship of news and current affairs programmes continues to be prohibited under the Code. However, the Code now expressly provides that weather, entertainment and traffic items may be sponsored. This is presumably intended to give effect to BAI guidance on the previous version of the Code, which states that sponsorship of these types of programmes is permitted.\nThe revised Code includes a number of requirements for commercial communications relating to alcoholic beverages. In addition, alcohol sponsorship of sports bulletins, programmes and competitions within sports programmes is no longer permitted. Commercial communications are permitted for events or activities which have alcohol sponsorship, although the sponsor and the sponsor's product shall not be more prominent that the event or activity being promoted.\nSponsorship and Competition\nThe Code also sets out clear requirements relating to information to be provided to audiences in relation to sponsored competitions; for example, broadcasters are required to make information available to audiences such as (i) how to enter the competition; (ii) closing dates and times; and (iii) the means by which a winner is selected.\nThe European Commission is in the process of updating the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD), in part to reflect the recent growth in video-on-demand services and video-sharing platforms. At present, there is a greater regulatory burden on television broadcasters and lighter regulatory requirements on on-demand service providers; this can be seen in the Code itself, which does not currently apply to on-demand services. The proposed new AVMSD is expected to introduce new regulations for companies such as Netflix and YouTube. The developments of the AVMSD will need to be monitored and, one the revised AVMSD is implemented, it is likely that further revisions to the Code will be required.\nFor further detail please contact Aideen Burke at aburke@lkshields.ie or Peter Bolger at pbolger@lkshields.ie.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 105, "original_length": 6634, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 221.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.lohud.com/story/opinion/contributors/2017/11/01/demagoguery-eats-away-democracy-view/794808001/?from=new-cookie", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:19Z", "digest": "sha1:D3YICMK2DQR6XCVU3FSHDNGE3WIYOQW6", "length": 3580, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.lohud.com", "title": "Former JAG worries our democracy is devolving", "raw_content": "Demagoguery eats away at democracy: View\nA former political candidate who served in Afghanistan and Iraq wonders if Americans understand what democracy is about.\nDemagoguery eats away at democracy: View A former political candidate who served in Afghanistan and Iraq wonders if Americans understand what democracy is about. Check out this story on lohud.com: https://www.lohud.com/story/opinion/contributors/2017/11/01/demagoguery-eats-away-democracy-view/794808001/\nMike Diederich Jr. Published 6:30 p.m. ET Nov. 1, 2017\nUnchallenged elections, divisive language and skewed media consumption concern attorney Michael Diederich Jr., who served as a JAG in the Army reserves . Video by Nancy Cutler/lohud Wochit\nArmy Lt. Col. Michael Diederich Jr., a Stony Point attorney, is stationed at Kandahar Air Field, the largest NATO base in the world, as a judge advocate general officer. He is seen here in summer 2012.(Photo11: SUBMITTED)\nWe have town elections in Stony Point this year. Has anyone noticed? Likely not, because only one party has put up a slate of candidates. The Democrats have not. Thus, no debates; nobody discussing what local issues should concern them; and when the candidates with four-year terms are sworn into office in 2018, we would have one-party rule in town. Democracy has failed here.\nMuch worse: democracy is being lost in the nation.\nI served our nation for 29 years in the Army Reserves, with active duty in Europe and the combat zones in Iraq and Afghanistan. I ran for public office, including for Rockland County District Attorney and County Legislature. Until recently, I never had doubts that we are a democratic land. But it seems we are not. And much worse, a large number of us don\u2019t even care.\nI never thought I would see this day.\nIt is clear that too many Americans don\u2019t understand what democracy is about. Too many of us refuse to engage their minds to try to understand others\u2019 views. Instead, we all tend to gather information only from our preferred informational sources, to hear what we prefer to hear, regardless of factual reliability. We then form opinions based upon misinformation and emotion, and then conclude that \u201cour side\u201d is right and the other side is wrong (and perhaps even the enemy).\nThis summer, I volunteered to collect some petition signatures for a candidate who was running as a Democrat. I received petition signatures from Democrats, and unsolicited venom from, I estimate, about one in five non-Democrats (\u201cHillary should go the prison.\u201d \u201cI can\u2019t stomach Democrats.\u201d \u201cObama, the Muslim, was the worst president ever.\u201d) How can democracy work when people hate the other side, and refuse to engage in civil discourse? It can\u2019t. We have become tribal: my tribe (Republican/Conservative/Religious) against yours (Democrat/Liberal/Secular). We are becoming what I saw in Iraq and Afghanistan.\nFor the sake of the nation, Americans better start caring about democracy and why it is failing. It should begin with all children and college students being taught civics and democracy. Evolutionary psychology should also be a required subject, so that Americans can better recognize when a demagogue is playing on human beings\u2019 tribal emotions. The sequel to apathy to democracy and blindness to misinformation and demagoguery is the death of democracy and the demise of our great nation.\nThe writer, a Stony Point attorney, served in the U.S. Army as a judge advocate general officer.\nRead or Share this story: https://www.lohud.com/story/opinion/contributors/2017/11/01/demagoguery-eats-away-democracy-view/794808001/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 124, "original_length": 6267, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 330.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.looktothestars.org/news/6381-sesame-street-characters-to-visit-guam-and-south-korea-with-the-uso", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:53Z", "digest": "sha1:QERXTGRPSJUEU6H6GRAOLG47ZPSWNOBO", "length": 2456, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.looktothestars.org", "title": "Sesame Street Characters To Visit Guam And South Korea With The USO - Look to the Stars", "raw_content": "Sesame Street Characters To Visit Guam And South Korea With The USO\nThe characters from Sesame Street are set to visit Guam and South Korea next month as part of their special USO tour to help US military families deal with the challenges of deployment and homecomings.\nMichelle Obama Joins The Muppets For USO\nThe tour kicked off in Columbus, Ohio, in April at a special event featuring Michelle Obama, and has already toured Alaska and Hawaii.\nElmo Joins The USO\nAudiences at the shows will meet a new character named Katie \u2013 a military child relocating to a new home. With the help of Elmo and other Sesame pals, Katie opens up about her fears and excitement as she deals with change and making new friends. The new show features a 25-minute high-energy character performance with special giveaways and vital outreach materials for those who attend.\n\u201cSesame Workshop is proud to be able to bring such an invaluable resource to military families around the world,\u201d said Gary E. Knell, Sesame Workshop CEO and President. \u201cOur latest show kicks off with a new character, a child who is adjusting to a move to a new location, something many of us can relate to. We are thrilled that the First Lady and Dr. Biden have chosen to highlight and promote our efforts to military families as we begin the next phase in our program.\u201d\n\u201cThere is nothing that gives the USO more joy than making the lives of military families a little easier and lightening their load,\u201d said Sloan Gibson, USO President. \u201cRelocating to a new place can be difficult for everyone, but especially for military families with young children. That is why this tour is SO important and why we proudly stand beside Sesame Workshop to deliver a show that is entertaining and helpful to the children of those who serve.\u201d\nSince the tour\u2019s inception four years ago, The Sesame Street/USO Experience for Military Families has logged more than 61,200 miles to 90 bases in 33 different states and nine countries. The tour has also performed 315 shows for more than 192,600 service members and their families. This phase of the tour will perform in Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Korea, Turkey, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom and Spain.\nMichelle Obama Makes Surprise Visit to Para Los Ni\u00f1os Nov 19, 2018\n\u00a1Gracias! Every Moment Counts PSA\nPeyton Manning, Stevie Nicks and Others Shine at USO of Metro of Washington-Baltimore's Dinner\nBruce Willis' USO Holiday Message to the Troops", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 105, "original_length": 5329, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 273.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.lorainccc.edu/newsroom/lccc-stocker-arts-center-hosts-mysteries-of-ancient-egypt/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:23:45Z", "digest": "sha1:DBHCUBIBPKX5LHFQXF4CZ4APJRVOYWWM", "length": 2022, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.lorainccc.edu", "title": "LCCC Stocker Arts Center Hosts \u201cMysteries of Ancient Egypt\u201d - News", "raw_content": "Home > About > News > LCCC Stocker Arts Center Hosts \u201cMysteries of Ancient Egypt\u201d\nLCCC Stocker Arts Center Hosts \u201cMysteries of Ancient Egypt\u201d\nLorain County Community College\u2019s Stocker Arts Center will host Virginia Rep on Tour\u2019s \u201cMysteries of Ancient Egypt\u201d as part of its Student Matinee Series at 9:45 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday, November 13 in the Hoke Theatre of Stocker Arts Center.\nInside a tiny case, two children find an ancient amulet in a neighbor\u2019s attic. Before her disappearance, Gama Harriet had been a famed Egyptologist. But what is the meaning of the hieroglyphs inscribed on the amulet, or the scribbled warnings found in Harriet\u2019s journal? Before they know it, the children are magically transported back to ancient Egypt in 620 BC where they meet Sema-tawy-tefnakht, a scribe to King Psamtik I. With his guidance, our two heroes unravel their mystery and you learn fascinating facts about one of the world\u2019s most amazing cultures. They meet princess Shepenwepet, the pharaoh\u2019s daughter, and travel with her on a fateful sea journey to Thebes where she must establish a base of power to protect her father\u2019s kingdom. Thrills, dazzling beauty and historic fact combine in this novel melding of child-friendly mystery and accurate cultural exploration.\nTickets for \u201cMysteries of Ancient Egypt\u201d as well as for most of the other shows in the Stocker Student Matinee Series are $5 each.\nTo purchase tickets for any of the shows or to request a season calendar, call the box office at (440) 366-4040. Hours are Monday through Friday from noon to 6 p.m. The box office is also open 90 minutes before ticketed events (60 minutes before Student Matinees). Guests may also purchase tickets online at http://www.stockerartscenter.com. To learn more, visit StockerArtsCenter.com.\nStocker Arts Center is located on the campus of Lorain County Community College at 1005 North Abbe Road, Elyria, Ohio. Parking on the campus is free. Follow Stocker Arts Center on Facebook and @StockerArts on Twitter and Instagram.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 180, "original_length": 5017, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 264.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.loreal.cz/csr-projekty-%E2%80%93-spole%C4%8Densk%C3%A1-odpov%C4%9Bdnost/sharing-beauty-with-all-1/developing-sustainably/diversity-a-monitoring-tool-goes-global", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:28Z", "digest": "sha1:4SYJEJXI3KJYXQAZ7JMI5FFJ2DWZ3DAD", "length": 1826, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.loreal.cz", "title": "; Diversity: a monitoring tool goes global - Skupina L\u2019Or\u00e9al:", "raw_content": "Diversity a monitoring tool goes global\nEngaging in the battle against discrimination and promoting diversity in all its forms is a major challenge for L\u2019Or\u00e9al. A charter signed in 2004 and dedicated workshops set up three years later further this commitment.\nIn 2004, L\u2019Or\u00e9al was one of the first major companies to sign the Diversity Charter in France, attesting to the Group\u2019s commitment to non-discrimination and promotion of cultural, ethnic and social diversity in the workplace. A commitment that was confirmed three years later by the creation of the Diversity Workshop, which has provided training on the topic to 12,000 employees. This policy of promoting and managing diversity constitutes a strategic lever for the company\u2019s social and economic performance. In 2011, L\u2019Or\u00e9al strengthened its policy by developing a monitoring and piloting tool that, in the long term, will be used by all subsidiaries. How does it work? It is a computerized scorecard comprised of around thirty indicators accessible to Human Resources Directors and their management committees. It will help to analyze the results of actions carried out, and also help to identify areas for improvement. \u2018To capitalize on the value that diversity brings, we need to have the ability to measure the ground already covered as well as the road ahead\u2019, remarks St\u00e9phanie Oueda, International Diversities Project Manager at L\u2019Or\u00e9al.\nFirst France, then the world\nThe reporting tool was initially developed for France with 14 key criteria such as age, gender, employment contract type and compensation, which were used to build 30 indicators. In 2012, L\u2019Or\u00e9al started the international roll-out of the tool and will extend it to all countries in 2013. The indicators are adaptable to take into account specific local constraints or national legislations.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 163, "original_length": 6164, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 176.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.lyreka.com/user/HyBreeD/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:43:21Z", "digest": "sha1:57OTGEZCGJXBGV75DR2M64CU6N5QYSU3", "length": 4233, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.lyreka.com", "title": "HyBreeD Profile | Lyreka", "raw_content": "HyBreeD Activity Stream\nShe's kinda caught in the middle, is she in for the sex or for the romance? Let alone that she's using a contemporary catchy phrase about liking his tattoos however, isn't that what's happening in real life also? Don't a girl like someone for his inks and then one thing leads to another and after a period she's his formal girlfriend?\nAh, JB has done it! He is wondering in such a large-Billboard-scale what do girls mean when they tell you one thing and actually mean another? Well done Justin, although 21 years old but you're getting it....\nFor anyone who might be interested, check out Erikah Badhu's remix of the song, same loop and same vocal lines but by an actual singer this time..... I don't know, it seems like this track is going to leave its stamp for quite a few time mostly due to Drake's dance moves!\nI will let go of the first guilt that JB needs to stop putting out one fire single after another, as he is making me feel like a 14-year-old fan girl... No seriously, the production is simply amazing, as to be expected as Skrillex has put his hands on half of Purpose's songs... \"Is it too late now to say sorry?\" NO, no need for it, just dance to it!\nI've recently been introduced to the \"my friends do not like the X person's new GF\" scenario and all kinds of mess such a case can cause. Not that it has much to do with the song, however it gets me thinking, this line here, how much important is friends' approval.\n\"Real life\" does not include holding hands when taking long walks across the river, it includes buying drinks to random girls. \"Real life\" does not include drinking from the same milkshake for romantic reasons, but for lack of money ones.\nHe is himself when he is wasted, because I am guessing on all other times/occasions he just has to take up roles, act all kinds of manufactured behaviours.. Has anyone else mention thus far that his hairdo reminds that of Goku's?\nIs there anybody around who can testify that a woman has slept with him and left before he even wakes up in the morning? Or even, is there a girl out there who can confess she has done so? Because I firmly believe, it's a TV/Cinema introduced concept...\nUnfortunately, things like this are not uncommon. 99% of prostitutes/strippers have a history of some type of abuse (usually sexual). Because of this, they lose their self worth and it's easy for others (like pimps) to prey on their vulnerability. If anything, the cinema downplays the scope of prostitution/stripping by making it seem like the only girls that do that are whores that just like attention which can't be farther from the truth. - Comment by bwkshawna\t2 years ago\nYes, there are women like this song describes, my sister being one of them. She was removed from my mothers home during a custody dispute because of allegations of abuse. In a broken system, unfortunately it worked to some extent. Though her fathers family did not gain custody, my mom did lose custody. She was shuffled through 5 foster homes in 3 years before she was finally adopted at 5. In two of those foster homes she was raped and molested repeatedly. Needless to say these experiences made her incapable of love, she could only use people the way she was used. She started stripping at 18 and was selling her body by 20. She never stuck around for \"the morning\". She abandoned her fianc\u00e9 and her two sons when the youngest was only 6 months old to go back to stripping and prostituting. Two more babies were born to her by men she didn't even know. She moved with the two children she had to New Orleans so she could make more money being a prostitute. One month later her body was found in an abandoned building with her throat cut. It was her 28th birthday. Her name was Erin Ball and the case is still unsolved. So no, women like the one described are not a concoction of Hollywood. - Comment by NatashaB\t2 years ago\n\"miles and miles\" as in \"distances everywhere\"....\nThoughts similar to this one strike me when I think of career-focused people, people who in the altar of sacrifice they had their passions laid down, their crushes for other people, only to maintain their focus on the career goals...\nemaril\ndannyllarios\nparkave\nNicki Minaj (Feat. Lil Wayne)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 183, "original_length": 5876, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 332.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.lyrics.land/lyric-of-song-with-me-that-have-disturbed-lyrics", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:20:10Z", "digest": "sha1:KLXCH5MEXXOWOJEPILDVJUPZPHFBEO37", "length": 11370, "nlines": 112, "source_domain": "www.lyrics.land", "title": "Lyrics lyric of song with me that have disturbed songs about lyric of song with me that have disturbed lyrics | Lyrics Land", "raw_content": "Lyric of song with me that have disturbed lyrics\nSongs with lyric of song with me that have disturbed lyrics all the songs about lyric of song with me that have disturbed. Get a list of all the new and old songs with lyrics of lyric of song with me that have disturbed directly from our search engine and listen them online.\n... his pothead, makin' him drop dead Call me Shanksoon, lyrically snatchin' your soul Your squad's useless, like the right arm on Bob Dole Behold, the manifold of a black Aristotle Roadkillin' MC's, with my hand on the throttle Smashin' em all ...\nBad Man Bible - Chino XL Play\n... 't want an incident You're tripping with the wrong one That's self inflicted suicide like Marie Osmond's son Fear of any man breathing a feeling that divert me Put that on a list of what I don't have, next to AIDS and mercy ...\nDead Love - Project Wyze Play\n... your songs, thoughts, and lyrics. If I could live through you for just one day of my life of my dead love If I could hold on to just one memory of my dead love if I could paint a picture like a portrait that ...\nWhere I Are - Celph Titled\n... herbs notice? You can't disturb my focus My words are so sick that they leave you with tuberculosis If your CD has 15 songs, word is born it's about 15 songs too long \"Just give me my fuckin' phone call.\"\nForsaken - Pegz Play\n... by the haters and critics The pains another source of inspirational lyrics Never say that I'm gifted, my dedications religious I don't need it explained, everyday is a privilege A lot of good people have never made it to hear this Dear brother, hope ...\nIt's On Now - Sean Slaughter\n... it's disturbing, that's what the world thinks In the last days, fear will make the hardest heart sink Don't worry it'll be over in a bat of an eye blink It's critical or else I would spit it in a lyrical Mind ...\nGee, Officer Krupkee - TLC Play\n... 's society Dear kindly judge, your honour My parents treat me rough With all their marijuana They won't give me a puff They didn't wanna have me But somehow I was had Leapin' lizards, that's why I'm so bad Right! officer krupke You're ...\nChannel Warcloud - Warcloud Play\n... all, cards and pool, I'll loan you lumps son Cheap spin lyrics that's drunk runt, we bump hunt Diamonds in the spine of yours, you're living with dinosaurs Slash a chump ass punk fag and watch his neck burst Bank ...\n4 Give My Sins - Group Home Play\n... on You can't hold me back in case you're beefing for rap My mind will react the hype lyric substract Kicking in pass and tracks that make the brother react In fact, tired of make it rhyme and to ...\nFalling Out Of Love With Me - PinMonkey\n... you Cause I couldn't stay and watch you falling out of love with me The worst pain I've ever known, or that I'll ever know Was to see your love a dying, and I have to watch it dying And I couldn't stand to ...\nFalling Out Of Love With Me - Dolly Parton\n... Cause I couldn't stay and watch you falling out of love with me The worst pain that I've ever known or that I'll ever know Was to see your love a dying and to have to watch it dying And I couldn't stand ...\nBefore You Fell Out Of Love With Me - Hank Williams, Jr. Play\n... to make Where are the dreams we used to dream Before you fell out of love with me Where are the laughs we used to have Why did the good times turn into bad Where are those mornings together we ...\nIf You Fall Out Of Love With Me - Buck Owens Play\n... know If someone else is on your mind don't let it show For I'd rather have your lie I could never stand goodbye If you fall out of love with me don't let me know. If you find somebody new don't let ...\nLoving You Is A Way Of Life With Me - Charlie Louvin Play\n... you I can't seem to help it you see Just a touch of your hand is a dream I can't live Loving you is a way of life with me If I had to walk along through this world without you I'd fall like a leaf from a tree ...\nWhere Is The Song Of Songs For Me? - Mike Renzi Play\n... world seems to be Listening to love's melody Each has a love song divine When will I listen to mine [Refrain:] Where is the song of songs for me Beautiful song of ecstasy When will I hear love's melody When will I hear the ...\nI Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - Acker Bilk Play\n... I'm on your mind each place we go They can't believe that you're in love with me. I have always placed you far above me. I just can't imagine that you love me. And after all is said and done, To think ...\nI Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - Bobby Darin Play\n... I'm on your mind each place we go They can't believe that you're in love with me I have always placed you far above me I just can't imagine that you love me And after all is said and done To think ...\nI Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - Chet Baker Play\nNow That's All Right With Me - Chris LeDoux\n... pretty eyes now darling put me in your dreams In your world of fantasy that's all right with me Well the night is tender... That's all right that's all right with me That's all right that's all right with me\nI Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - Lionel Hampton Play\nI Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - Marian McPartland\nI Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - Tony Bennett Play\n... , I'm on your mind each place you go, They can't believe that you're in love with me. I have always placed you far above me, I just can't imagine that you love me; And after all is said and done, To think ...\nAre You With Me? - Four Tops Play\n... have the last From now on I'm just gonna sing my song And if you want, baby, you can sing along Are you with me? (Are you with me?) That's all I want to know Are you with me? (Are you with ...\nThat's Alright With Me - Andreya Triana Play\n... is love and that's enough for me Got all that I want, got all that I need As long as there is love, then that's alright with me That's alright with me, That's alright with me You know me know, I know I'm this ...\nPlease Be With Me - B.U.B.S. Play\n... be with me. I hope I mean much more to you than him or even he. Please be with me. I have so much more to offer you have yet to see. Please be with me. Your love is the only thing that ...\nI Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - Billie Holiday Play\n... I'm on your mind each place you go They can't believe that you're in love with me I have always placed you far above me I just can't image that you love me And after all is said and done To think ...\nI Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - Bird Play\n... I'm on your mind each place you go They can't believe that you're in love with me I have always placed you far above me I just can't imagine that you love me And after all is said and done To think ...\nBobby V:Stay With Me - Bobby Valentino Play\n... with me Ain't no worries cause I got your back I'll be all the superman you need Always protect you girl Never disrespect you girl You don't have to think twice I'll never do you wrong That's why I wrote this song ...\nPlay Me That Song - Brantley Gilbert\n... spills her heart on that couch of mine. And it wont be long til the guitar starts to play. I already know what she's gonna say, Oh she says... Play me that song, play me that song you wrote About the ...\nThat's Alright With Me - Carolina Rain\n... looks good on you Now she wants to lose a couple of walls Shine a little light down the hall And I say, that's just more light on you, and That's alright with me, Baby, I'm with you Anything you wanna do Girl if ...\nCome Go With Me - Christopher Williams Play\n... slow And you won't be under any kind of pressure You see, we'll just let, we'll just let the evenin' flow Come on and go with me I'd sure like that, baby Come on over to my place It ...\nSleep With Me - City Sleeps\n... Dare to shine through this day Cold virgin air Is just all that remains In the cold Let darkness fall Chorus Sleep with me a dream in love (you're dreaming of) Sleep with me a dream in love (you're dreaming ...\nIt's OK With Me - Manchester Orchestra Play\n... is okay with me, that is okay with me Yeah I realize that it is settling That is okay with me, that is okay with me 'Cause you're the thing that makes me settling So I'm okay with me, if you ...\nMatthew Gerrard & Robbie Nevil:Dance With Me - Matthew Gerrard Play\n... with me) That's the way you move it Show me what you got Stop the talk and dance with me Wanna dance all night Yea Everybody had a good time From the outside looking in When we can be a part of ...\nI Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - Mel Torm\u00e9 Play\n... I know I'm on your mind each place you go I can't believe that you're in love with me I have always placed you far above me I just can't imagine that you love me And after all is said and done To think ...\nI Can't Believe You're In Love With Me - New York Voices Play\n... 't believe you're in love with me I have always placed your endearing face far above the reach of simple me I've been so naive, I can hardly believe you've been thinkin' of me So that now, when all is said ...\nAre You With Me Now - Sixx:A.M. Play\n... for too long Are you with me now Find the places that scare you Come on I dare you Are you with me Are you with me Are you with me Are you with me Well have I judged a book by how ...\nWere You Ever In Love With Me - Sounds Like Violence Play\n... me, Cut my wings, It's me that Have been pushed around, And the pushing led to, Killing all your friends, Blowing of your head, I make revenge a very good name, And hate is my next best friend, You were fucking With ...\nI'm Through With The Past (But The Past Isn't Through With Me) - Straylight Run\n... past, but the past isn't through with me. I'm through with the past, but the past isn't through with me. That's who I was when we first met in cathartic song. When I became the patron saint of the depressed and neglected. I left ...\nTrouble With Me - Take That Play\n... , And nothing's ever really out of reach, oh, Baby, Baby, you're not crazy I've just got my heart on my sleeve, I never think it over or said maybe, oh and that's the trouble with me, I don't want to talk ...\nTh e song with the verses that say talk to me baby ya ya ya ya y lyrics\nSong with i'll be starry eyed for you lyrics\nMy favorite song take me far away lyrics\nRunaway with me lyrics\nMan songs with man lyrics\nDon't call me that lyrics\nAhh wont you come with me lyrics\nWont you come away with me lyrics\nYou're safe here with me lyrics\nWhen nothings going right when leaving is a fight lyrics\nThe song that disturbed me lyrics\nMassive black hole lyrics\nI can hear a whisper telling me to be brave lyrics\nLyric of song with me that have disturbed letra\nA long way from heaven lyrics\nHow the faith of one of your children lyrics\nPsycho motel city of light lyrics\nNot word can't hear a sound lyrics\nIn the city of lights lyrics\nGuess what's going down lyrics\nPsycho motel excuse me lyrics\nExcuse me will you pardon me for saying lyrics\nHope you don't mind lyrics\nMiss delilah where's my heart and home lyrics\nMiss delilah playing in her dome lyrics\nPsycho motel hypocrisy lyrics\nAnd that it will never last lyrics\nBreaking down my energy i can't be alone lyrics\nPsycho motel i'm alive lyrics\nYou make me believe that the poison lyrics\nAnd everything you don't understand lyrics\nAnd everything you try is underhand lyrics\nWhen the pressure starts to flow lyrics\nPsycho motel innocence lyrics", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 172, "original_length": 13505, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 339.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.macworld.com/article/1055847/format_war_06_to_run_out_of_ar.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:23:52Z", "digest": "sha1:EQJ7JP7PVDAMFW4ZB7PMDRHCA5SUQX2D", "length": 1304, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.macworld.com", "title": "Format War '06 to run out of arms? | Macworld", "raw_content": "Format War '06 to run out of arms?\nBlu-ray and HD DVD have been like juggernauts, ceaselessly rolling towards each other until they were to meet in a head-on confrontation, the likes of which has not yet been seen in this century. Nothing could stop these forces, it seemed...\nYou see, the weapon of choice in this conflict is the laser. We all know and love the laser, of course (my affair with it goes back to at least Transformers ). In order to pack more information onto an optical disc, both Blu-ray and HD DVD switched from the infrared laser used in DVDs to a shorter wavelength blue laser.\nOnly now, it seems that the companies responsible for manufacturing the blue laser are unable to cope with the demand. Matsushita and Sony itself, two of the big makers of blue lasers, are suspending shipments of the diodes to other companies.\nUtilizing BD drives in its own PS3 game consoles, Sony suspended shipments of blue laser diodes to other customers, the makers indicated, adding that only Nichia, Sharp and Sanyo continue shipping the diodes. Nichia, which currently holds 80% of the global blue laser diode supply, reported that its yield rate for blue laser diodes reached 30%, according to the makers. However, the actual output still falls behind the demand, the makers said.\n[via Slashdot ]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 136, "original_length": 3604, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 281.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.mak.at/300years_vienna_porcelainmanufactory?j-cc-node=article&j-cc-id=1441976720364&rand=1530088445359", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:42Z", "digest": "sha1:7EESWYQNOYISTFNPUHR7H3O7Y4YEKKCR", "length": 2692, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.mak.at", "title": "Silver for the MAK at the International Design & Communication Awards (Istanbul) - MAK Museum Vienna", "raw_content": "Silver for the MAK at the International Design & Communication Awards (Istanbul)\nThe MAK scored with the reinstallation of the MAK Permanent Collection ASIA. China \u2013 Japan \u2013 Korea\nThe reinstallation of the MAK Permanent Collection ASIA. China \u2013 Japan \u2013 Korea was awarded the silver prize in the category \u201cBest Scenography \u2013 For A Permanent Collection\u201d at the International Design & Communication Awards (IDCA), which were presented on Wednesday, 9 September 2015, in Istanbul. The MAK secured silver with the design concept for the permanent exhibition room developed by Japanese artist Tadashi Kawamata together with Johannes Wieninger, Curator of the MAK Asia Collection. We are extraordinarily pleased about the international commendation bestowed on this central exhibition room at the MAK .\nThis year 63 cultural institutions and design agencies from 20 different countries submitted a total of 84 entries to the renowned IDCA Awards, launched in 2007 and presented five times to date. The IDCA Awards 2015 were given for the categories \u201cBest Branding Campaign,\u201d \u201cBest Temporary Exhibition Communications,\u201d \u201cBest Scenography \u2013 For A Temporary Exhibition,\u201d \u201cBest Scenography \u2013 For A Permanent Collection,\u201d \u201cBest Merchandising,\u201d \u201cBest App,\u201d and \u201cBest Website.\u201d\nThe international jury of experts included Will Dallimore (Director, Public Engagement, Royal Academy of Arts, London), Kathrine Daniloff (Head of Communications, Norsk Teknisk Museum, Oslo), Khairuddin Hori (Deputy Director for Artistic Programming, Palais de Tokyo, Paris), Corinne Estrada (CEO, Agenda), H\u00fcsamettin Ko\u00e7an (founder of the Baksi Museum, Bayraktar Village, Bayburt, Turkey, and Professor of Fine Arts, Okan University, Istanbul), and Lily Hibberd (artist and writer, Melbourne/Paris). The goal of the awards is to encourage institutions in the art and museum scene to try out original and innovative ways of communicating. So far more than 250 cultural institutions have taken part in the IDCA Awards.\nMAK Permanent Collection ASIA. China \u2013 Japan \u2013 Korea\nThe MAK Permanent Collection Asia is one of the most comprehensive and important European collections of art and applied arts from the Asiatic region. Embedded in an artistic design created specifically for the venue by internationally renowned artist Tadashi Kawamata, the fundamentally reconceived MAK Permanent Collection ASIA. China \u2013 Japan \u2013 Korea reopened in 2014 on the ground floor of the MAK. Permanent change and the play of natural and artificial light and shade are Kawamata\u2019s abiding creative principles for the exhibition room, which presents selected highlights of the history of East Asian art from the start of the Common Era through today.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 135, "original_length": 6065, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 271.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.managedcaremag.com/archives/2016/11/sylvia-meltzer-aurora-health-care", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:24Z", "digest": "sha1:JJXTW3N5US3DA6MWUJW5AMDQA5MJW6HU", "length": 2773, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.managedcaremag.com", "title": "Sylvia Meltzer, Aurora Health Care | Managed Care magazine", "raw_content": "Sylvia Meltzer, Aurora Health Care\nHey, It\u2019s Cool To Be Part Of \u2018Hot\u2019 Population Health\nAs chief medical officer of population health for Aurora Health Care, the large medical group based in Milwaukee, Sylvia Meltzer, MD, is responsible for ensuring that patients don\u2019t miss needed care and end up in crises.\n\u201cPopulation health is how you target in-between visits to be more proactive and to do outreach for people who need it,\u201d says Meltzer, 55, a family physician who trained at the University of Illinois College of Medicine. \u201cIt gets at social determinants of disease that are a bigger part of health care outcomes than anything that we do in the clinic.\u201d The Chicago native, who still sees patients once a week, says population health approaches are enabling medical groups like Aurora to \u201cinfluence the health of our communities and our patients that we care for across the organization in a positive way.\u201d Aurora, which serves more than 1.2 million patients in a network that includes 15 hospitals, has more than a dozen CMOs with either systemwide, regional, or hospital responsibilities in eastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois.\nMeltzer was responsible for incorporating the population health perspective in the newly launched Well Priority insurance product created by Aurora and Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Wisconsin. The companies teamed up to create Wisconsin Collaborative Insurance Company, a joint venture health insurance company.\nMeltzer has held leadership roles since early in her career. More than a decade ago, she was chief of staff of the now-defunct St. Michael Hospital that served Milwaukee\u2019s inner city.\nNow, she reports directly to the president of Aurora and chief business strategy officer. \u201cThat makes sense for my role because a lot of it is clinical and influencing physicians to act in a different way and rolling out processes for them,\u201d she says.\nMeltzer said she has learned her CMO skills on the job and through leadership institutes and other training.\nShe said some organizations require an MBA and others an MPH for a job like hers. \u201cI\u2019m not sure that you need an MBA if your job isn\u2019t really to be a financial analyst for the company.\u201d\nMeltzer said the \u201ccool part\u201d of being involved in population health for Aurora is that she is in an area that has become a hot topic in the health care industry as providers take on more financial risk. \u201cThis is the area of growth and a make-or-break-it area for our organization as far as success goes. As the payers\u2019 models change, we need to be able to be really good at doing these things,\u201d she said.\nEneida O. Roldan, Florida International University\nWarachal Eileen Faison, Pfizer\nSexual Harassment: Health Care, It Is #YouToo\nPaula Steiner Brings Her Blues Back Into the Black", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 83, "original_length": 4759, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 280.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/true-love-really-does-last-forever-173959", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:04:24Z", "digest": "sha1:ZH4ZFZMRZSS6B5ZB3BLJBGRPROPIIYTX", "length": 1741, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.marieclaire.co.uk", "title": "True love really does last forever \u2013 we've got the proof", "raw_content": "True love really does last forever\nHappy Couple, news, Marie Claire\nProof that couples in long-term relationships are still madly in love\nCouples who have been together for over 20 years are still as deeply in love as those in new relationships, according to research.\nWe all know how euphoric it is to be in the throes of a fresh relationship \u2013 you can\u2019t stop smiling, you count down the hours until you can see them again \u2013 well, there\u2019s good news because apparently that feeling doesn\u2019t die.\nScientists have conducted an experiment by scanning the brains of couples who have been married for over 21-years as they looked at a photo of their other half.\nThe results were similar to the scans of newbie lovebirds that were in the early stages of their relationship.\n\u2018If you ask people around the world whether romantic love can last, they\u2019ll roll their eyes and say \u201cprobably not\u201d. Most textbooks say that too. We\u2019re proving them wrong,\u2019 said Dr Helen Fisher, of Rutgers University in New Jersey, who carried out the research.\nHowever, there were some differences between the two scans.\nThose couples that were embarking on a new relationship demonstrated activity in the part of the brain that controls obsession and anxiety, whereas long-term lovers made more use of the parts linked to calmness and the suppression of pain.\n\u2018The difference is that in long-term love, the obsession, the mania, the anxiety, has been replaced with calm,\u2019 explained Dr Fisher.\nSo, what can we do to keep the love alive? Communicate.\nIt may seem obvious but the researchers found that partners who rolled their eyes, used sarcasm and criticism were more likely to head for divorce than those who smiled and were affectionate.\nOh, if only it were that simple!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 134, "original_length": 5020, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 327.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.marist.edu/-/new-exhibition-explores-the-connection-between-nature-and-the-human-condition-text", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:17Z", "digest": "sha1:EB5ZYJAYZYPXOGOD4HNEX2Y7X3FTTDHW", "length": 1807, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.marist.edu", "title": "New Exhibition Explores the Connection Between Nature and the Human Condition TEXT - News Detail - Marist College", "raw_content": "New Exhibition Explores the Connection Between Nature and the Human Condition TEXT\nNew Exhibition Explores the Connection Between Nature and the Human Condition\nApril 2, 2018 \u2014 Human Nature, an exhibition of paintings, photographs, and drawings by fourteen senior students in Marist College\u2019s Art & Digital Media Program, will be on view in the College Art Gallery at 51 Fulton Street, April 5-12. An artists\u2019 reception will be held on Saturday, April 7, 4:00-6:00pm in the Gallery. These events are free and open to the public.\nThe works in Human Nature explore the connection between nature and the human condition. Student curator Elizabeth Bouyea, together with her Capping class, conceived of the group show. \u201cInterpretation of the theme is as diverse as each student\u2019s background in the arts and their personal experiences,\u201d she said.\n\u201cThis exhibition interprets the connections between humans and the world around them. Some of the pieces veer more towards natural aspects such as landscapes and animals while contrasting pieces focus more on humanity,\u201d said student artist Eleanor Downie. \u201cMy own photographic works combine both humanity and nature to create compositions that are unusual and captivating.\u201d\nOne artist in the exhibition, Ashley Houghton, just received a merit scholarship to attend the New York Academy of Art 2018 Summer Residency Program.\nFeatured artists include: Jess Babi, Frank Bellis, Mia Bias, Elizabeth Bouyea, Haley Cimillo, Eleanor Downie, India Federico, Amanda Garrity, Ashley Houghton, Maggie McGowan, Tiffany Scott, Steven Sorace, Victoria Vuoso, and Emily Young.\nThe Marist Art Gallery is open Monday-Sunday, noon-5:00pm. Admission is free. The gallery showcases work by both Marist and external artists and features numerous exhibitions throughout the academic year.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 111, "original_length": 4817, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 287.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.marketwatch.com/story/novell-plans-convertible-debt-offering-shares-slump", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:18:18Z", "digest": "sha1:HVFVWM5L2S4GZYSSNBTQJQYL2CZDRIGX", "length": 736, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.marketwatch.com", "title": "Novell shares slump - MarketWatch", "raw_content": "Novell shares slump\nCompany plans to issue $450 million in convertible debt\nLOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) - Shares of Novell slumped sharply on Monday amid news the company plans to privately sell $450 million worth of convertible debt.\nIn early afternoon trading, shares of the Waltham, Mass.-based network software maker NOVL fell 5 percent to stand 45 cents lower at $8.34.\nNovell will grant the initial buyers of the debt, which will be convertible into common stock, options to buy up to an additional $90 million worth of debt.\nThe company intends to use about $125 million of the proceeds to buy back common stock. The company said it plans to use the rest of the proceeds for general corporate purposes, including potential acquisitions.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 141, "original_length": 4022, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 307.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.martindale.com/dothan/alabama/collier-hollan-espy-jr-28000-a/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:15Z", "digest": "sha1:JRPFEQHBPGX3PEA2TBLHDLPRNBSAYKFA", "length": 274, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.martindale.com", "title": "Mr. Collier Hollan Espy, Jr. Lawyer Profile on Martindale.com", "raw_content": "Mr. Collier Hollan Espy, Jr.\nMember at Espy, Metcalf & Espy, P.C. (3 Attorneys)\n#31 in weekly profile views out of 321 Attorneys in Dothan, AL\nCommercial Workouts\n1976, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit; 1976, Alabama", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 159, "original_length": 3551, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 307.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.mastersofwine.org/en/meet-the-masters/profile/index.cfm/id/5bb3a043-5e4b-e211-a20600155d6d822c", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:09:31Z", "digest": "sha1:S7VICUMOU4VZZMORJZKJ6ZP7GDBNJ5CB", "length": 1582, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.mastersofwine.org", "title": "Jane Boyce MW", "raw_content": "Jane Boyce MW\n\"My favourite moment of studying for the course was that 1st glass of Champagne after the news - I could finally enjoy instead of analysing it!\"\nEmail Jane Boyce MW at home\nJNwine\nBefore joining James Nicholson Wine Merchant in 2012 as Fine Wine Manager, Jane Boyce MW was an independent Wine Consultant and freelance wine writer. She has over thirty years of experience in the Wine trade, spanning all sectors of the business from buying to selling and shipping to\nmarketing as well as the composition of wine lists for hotels and restaurants and the training of their staff. In 2000 she became Ireland\u0092s first female Master of Wine and is still the only person to hold the qualification in Northern Ireland. As a freelance wine writer, Jane wrote the wine column for the Licensed Catering News, Irish Tatler and Easy Food, as well as pieces for the Irish Times, Food and Wine magazine and other publications in Ireland, UK and abroad. She lectures widely on food and wine and runs her own popular wine courses at an art gallery close to her home. She was also wine consultant to Ross\u0092s Auction house in Belfast and has organised several highly successful wine auctions for them. Jane speaks fluent French and can converse in German, Spanish and Russian. Her experience as a wine judge is wide ranging. She has been adjudicator and key judge for the Irish Wine Show over the past two years and last year was on the Bordeaux panel for the Decanter World Wine Awards in London. Her International experience includes judging in Australia, South Africa, Italy and France.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 308, "original_length": 8065, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 252.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.mccunewright.com/blog/2017/april/is-financial-exploitation-elder-abuse-/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:35Z", "digest": "sha1:SWK2ILXNZIOA5YZIU3VLRJ3CEBZLYAHM", "length": 4056, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "www.mccunewright.com", "title": "Is Financial Exploitation Elder Abuse? | McCune Wright Arevalo, LLP", "raw_content": "Is Financial Exploitation Elder Abuse?\nWhen we work with our mothers, fathers, and grandparents to find them suitable and comfortable living arrangements where their physical, intellectual, and medical needs are met, it is common to be primarily concerned about issues such as whether the staff is properly trained and able and willing to provide food, shelter, medication, treatment, and entertainment. But one of the biggest dangers out there to residents of assisted living homes and skilled nursing facilities (as well as senior citizens who receive in-home services) is that of financial exploitation. Under California\u2019s Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act, \u201cfinancial abuse\u201d is prohibited by law and can form the basis of a lawsuit for damages against an offending employee and, in some cases, his or her employer.\nWhat Is Financial Abuse in California?\nCalifornia\u2019s elder abuse act defines financial abuse as including:\nTaking, appropriating, obtaining, or retaining property belonging to an elder or dependent adult for a wrongful use or with intent to defraud;\nAssisting another party in taking, appropriating, obtaining, or retaining such property for a wrongful use or intent to defraud; or\nUsing \u201cundue influence\u201d to take, appropriate, obtain or retain such property or assisting another party in doing so.\nEssentially, this means that, where a party acts in bad faith to somehow take control of property (which can include real estate, cash, investments, jewelry, and all other types of personal property) belonging to a person 65 or older or a dependent adult, or assists another party in doing so, that person can be liable for financial abuse. Furthermore, if a person uses undue influence \u2013 which means \u201cexcessive persuasion\u201d used to overcome a \u201cperson\u2019s free will\u201d \u2013 that person can be liable even if the older adult \u201cagreed\u201d to the transfer of a property.\nCommon Examples of Financial Abuse\nTo give some concrete examples of what this type of financial abuse looks like, here are a few of the ways financial abuse occurs in the context of elder abuse:\nA nursing home worker taking property from a resident without consent and/or knowledge\nAn in-home worker convincing an elderly resident to give her title to property\nA \u201cfamily friend\u201d hiding property from an older adult in the hopes that he or she will forget it or abandon looking for it\nAn attendant convincing a senior citizen to change his or her will to include the attendant\nA family member asking an older relative to make him the beneficiary of a life insurance policy by making false claims about other family members\nThese are only a few examples, and many more abound. An elder abuse attorney can assess your particular situation to determine whether it constitutes a violation of California\u2019s elder abuse statute.\nObtaining Justice for California Residents Victimized by Financial Abuse\nVictims of financial abuse age 65 or over (as well as dependent adults) can bring an action against wrongdoers under the California statute, and family members can also bring an action if the victim has deceased. In addition to bringing claims for the economic damages associated with the loss or damage to the victim\u2019s property, a plaintiff can also sue for \u201cenhanced damages\u201d if the defendant acted recklessly. Such damages can include punitive damages (which can be quite significant), attorneys\u2019 fees and costs, and pain and suffering if the victim has died.\nAn employer such as a nursing home or hospital can also be liable for an employee\u2019s financial abuse of an elder care victim if the employer knew of the employee\u2019s conduct or knew or had reason to know that the employee was unfit and presented a risk to the safety or welfare of others.\nAt McCune Wright Arevalo, LLP our legal team is on the side of elder abuse victims and their families. Our attorneys have recovered over $500 million for our clients. If you suspect that you or a family member have been a victim of elder abuse, please contact McCune Wright Arevalo today to schedule a free consultation.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 173, "original_length": 7061, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 278.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.mcneeslaw.com/pennsylvania-superior-court-denies-fathers-petition-change-sons-last-name-match/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:02Z", "digest": "sha1:M447MX2ADAWPRT7JEIOZRCYWO2HFKI7O", "length": 2713, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.mcneeslaw.com", "title": "Pennsylvania Superior Court Denies Father's Petition To Change His Son's Last Name To Match His Own - McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC.", "raw_content": "Pennsylvania Superior Court Denies Father\u2019s Petition To Change His Son\u2019s Last Name To Match His Own\nIn a November 2015 binding opinion, the Pennsylvania Superior Court entered an order denying father\u2019s request to change his three year old son\u2019s last name to match his own. The Superior Court also denied father\u2019s alternative request to have his son\u2019s last name hyphenated, so that both mother\u2019s last name and father\u2019s last name was held by the child.\nIn support of father\u2019s request, father presented evidence that father and mother shared legal and physical custody. Additionally, the child had only one sibling, a half-sister, who shared father\u2019s last name. Father provided that his last name is known through the community because he coaches youth sports and intends to coach his son. Father also provided that his only son should be able to carry on his family name, and that the child may be \u201cembarrassed\u201d or \u201cbullied\u201d if the child had a different last name than father.\nIn its analysis, the Court noted that the party requesting the name change has the burden to prove that the name change would be in the child\u2019s best interest. Additionally, general considerations should also include the bonds between the parent and the child, social stigma or respect afforded to a particular name, and when the child is of appropriate age, whether the child understands the significance of the name change.\nThe court also considered the law of New Jersey and New York. New Jersey considers several factors, including the length of time the child has used a given surname, potential anxiety, embarrassment or discomfort of using a different last name, the child\u2019s preference, parental misconduct or neglect, degree of community respect for a certain name, whether the mother has changed or intends to change her name, and whether the child has strong relationships with any siblings. In New York, the court also has a several factor test including the child\u2019s preference, the last name of the custodial parent, the last name of the child\u2019s siblings, whether the child is already known by a last name in the community, the misconduct of a parent, harassment a child has experienced with a particular last name.\nIn review of the Pennsylvania factors, the Court found that it was not in the child\u2019s best interest to change his last name or hyphenate the last name. Although father referenced the social stigma associated with having a different last name, the Court acknowledged the growing prevalence of blended families and the evolving definition of family structure.\nThe Court found that father primarily attempted to further his own desires to have his son \u201ccarry on\u201d his family name. 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In the last few days of her life she prayed for a miracle, not because she didn\u2019t want to die, because she desperately wanted to live. There was no cure\u2026.there was no miracle.\nDiem was driven to unlock the desire and willingness in each of us to help others, she had walked the mile in their shoes. She opened our heart with her conviction to build a web-based destination she named MedGift for that purpose. There were four of us who joined hands to make it happen and she held our hands until the very end. In spite of what she was going through she seldom missed one of our regular Thursday status calls. We are steadfastly committed to MedGift and Diem\u2019s dream because we share her belief there is a silent crisis in our country of people disconnected from those who care and love them.\nThe MedGift Voice is an additional path to help bring an end to silence. 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The warp count is 7 and the weft count is 18, per inch. Acquired from a private collection in Texas.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 100, "original_length": 2469, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 270.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.memorialparkfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Dominick-Tocco/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:31Z", "digest": "sha1:GPIXTKGRJTYN7K2JORLJDG43TQZQ5SNB", "length": 524, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.memorialparkfuneralhome.com", "title": "Dr. Dominick Joseph Tocco Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information", "raw_content": "Dr. Dominick Joseph Tocco\nTocco, Dr. Dominick Joseph, of Gulfport and formerly of Lansdale, PA, passed away peacefully at home on June 9, 2018 with his wife, Jerilyn and youngest son Brian by his side. Dominick was born January 25, 1930 in Queens, NY, the son of Frank... View Obituary & Service Information\nThe family of Dr. Dominick Joseph Tocco created this Life Tributes page to make it easy to share your memories.\nTocco, Dr. Dominick Joseph, of Gulfport and formerly of Lansdale,...\nSend flowers to the Tocco's family.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 103, "original_length": 2400, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 302.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.metoperashop.org/books/browse/of10/GOTTERDAMMERUNG", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:17:27Z", "digest": "sha1:JOQPM4PE7BGLOFNSA2IMLAKIFNFLM7WP", "length": 121, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.metoperashop.org", "title": "- Met Opera Shop", "raw_content": "\"G\u00f6tterd\u00e4mmerung\" Scarf $125.00 Our Price $112.50 Members\n\"G\u00f6tterd\u00e4mmerung\" Paperweight $115.00 Our Price $103.50 Members", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 2511, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.55, "perplexity": 213.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.metropolisbookshop.com.au/p/monographs-otto-wagner?barcode=9783836564335", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:38Z", "digest": "sha1:WN6JIUSNX23YV3Q5332A4CHOFXDEX3PB", "length": 1112, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.metropolisbookshop.com.au", "title": "Otto Wagner by August Sarnitz (9783836564335) | Metropolis Bookshop", "raw_content": "Author: August Sarnitz\nThe Pioneer of Viennese Modernism\nDiscover the groundbreaking structures of Otto Wagner Otto Wagner (1841-1918) is one of the most significant figures of turn-of-the-century architecture. He was associated with the Viennese Secession, a group of artists and designers headed by Gustav Klimt that initiated a departure from the conservative style of the Viennese K nstlerhaus. Wagner's visionary approach, described as structural rationalism, pioneered the use of materials such as glass, steel, and especially aluminum to redefine Viennese structural identity.\nFrom the imposing Austrian Postal Savings Bank to the scintillating St. Leopold Church at Steinhof, one of the most important Art Nouveau churches in the world: Discover the breadth of Wagner's career as well as the political, economic, and social dynamics of his time. This incisive overview features a map locating all of the architect's most renowned projects and recent, fresh photography from masters like Keiichi Tahara.\n\"Something impractical cannot be beautiful.\"\n-- Otto Wagner About the series:\nAuthor : August Sarnitz", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 83, "original_length": 2931, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 265.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.metropolitanmama.net/themed-weekend-intentional-acts-of-kindness/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:50Z", "digest": "sha1:V3S7HQ2A7IZHVRX26HKNXQQ7MGQ3GHXT", "length": 3529, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "www.metropolitanmama.net", "title": "Themed Weekend: Intentional Acts of Kindness - Metropolitan Mama", "raw_content": "You are here: Home / Miscellany / Themed Weekend: Intentional Acts of Kindness\nThemed Weekend: Intentional Acts of Kindness\n\u201cWhat am I to do? I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good work, therefore, any kindness, or any service I can render to any soul of man\u2026let me do it now. Let me not neglect or defer it, for I shall not pass this way again.\u201d (An old Quaker saying)\nSometimes I watch people as they pass by me \u2013 on the road or at the grocery store \u2013 and I wonder what their \u201cstory\u201d is. I wonder if they\u2019re hurting or happy, if they feel loved or lonely.\nAnd I think about what I can do to help, to make this world a better place, to alleviate some of the pain and the \u201ccold\u201d in this weary world.\nI want to remember to use good old-fashioned courtesies \u2013 to open the door for the lady with the stroller and the bag in her arms, to ask how the cashier\u2019s day is at the check-out line (and wait for an answer), to offer my seat to the elderly gentleman with the cane, to bring chicken soup to a friend who has a cold, to truly listen when my 11-year-old neighbor tells me about the boy that likes her in her class.\nI don\u2019t want to walk through this world \u2013 numbly, hastily, without regard for others.\nI want to scatter sunshine \u2013 to take the rays of love in my heart and let them glisten and glow. I want to light a candle and run into the darkness. I want to inspire a child, to give hope and help to a destitute or disheartened friend, to make somebody laugh who hasn\u2019t laughed in a long time.\nI want to be \u2013 totally \u2013 human. Totally aware. Totally intentional about love.\nThis weekend is about that \u2013 about changing the world, one person at a time. Join me for articles, product reviews, giveaways, and inspiration.\n* Image taken from Flickr, will_hybrid\u2019s photostream\nI LOVE your use of \u201cIntentional\u201d.\n\u201cRandom\u201d is often used in our culture, but I believe the motive and Motivator of all kindness is really God himself. And there is nothing accidental, unintentional or random about Him.\nthanks for the reminder to slow down and live in the moment\u2026 to appreciate what i have and to pass my happiness along to someone else\u2026 to live my life as an example to my kids\u2026 to take the time to do small things to make the world a little bit happier\u2026 the small things are so worth it!\nLovely post. If everyone felt the same way this world would be a much different place. Thanks for reminding me to slow down and actually listen to the people in my life.\nwhat a great idea for a themed weekend. :)\nhttp://www.bensbells.org\nRight in your own backyard (well, close\u2026) and your kiddos can go with you to play with clay and paint.\n\u201cScatter sunshine\u201d\u2026.I LOVE it. This was beautiful. :)\nI could have SO written this! You and I are soul sista\u2019s!\nI feel the same way. I wish I always remembered to be aware and reach out.\nWell said! It\u2019s so important to let our light shine, so that others might be helped by it.\nSad that I\u2019m going out of town for the week, because I want to see all these posts now, not when I get back. I\u2019m taking my computer and crossing my fingers for free wifi, though\u2026 :)\nI love this topic! I\u2019ve been thinking about it a lot lately \u2013 in fact, I recently found this website that I really like:http://www.operationnice.com/ Looking forward to reading your posts!\nMore than having this characterize my life, I want it to characterize my child\u2019s life. I pray nightly that God would give him a passion for people.\nLooking forward to this. I want to do the same with my life and a little inspiration never hurts!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 118, "original_length": 5659, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 329.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.mibgroup.com/comp/lss.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:45:27Z", "digest": "sha1:SOKCHFE6JD4D4PS5X3SC7HJ6Y3NU3TE6", "length": 1236, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.mibgroup.com", "title": "MIB Group - LSS", "raw_content": "The new life insurance experience reporting regulations for principles-based reserves are part of a fundamental reshaping of insurance regulation that allows the industry to modernize statutory reporting and reserving. But in order to realize the benefits of modernization, companies must comply with new regulatory experience reporting requirements.\nMIB Solutions is uniquely qualified to assist insurance companies in complying with mandatory experience reporting as required by your state insurance department. As the appointed statistical agent for the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) and the Kansas Insurance Department (KID), MIB Solutions has the methods, processes and technologies in place to efficiently streamline accurate statistical reporting of your company's experience data to the respective regulator. Our capabilities have been developed over decades of similar industry experience reporting.\nIn addition to our expertise concerning the relevant regulations, MIB Solutions maintains a clear understanding of the needs of companies to meet their compliance goals in this changing regulatory environment.\nLife Statistical Services is provided by MIB Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of the MIB Group, Inc.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 144, "original_length": 3448, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 333.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.microsoftpressstore.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2228464&seqNum=7", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:45Z", "digest": "sha1:ZTO5QZD6XUUVL2TZGV3ZHIFCFWQJ7O6D", "length": 9129, "nlines": 35, "source_domain": "www.microsoftpressstore.com", "title": "Creating Web Sites and Web Pages by Using Visual Web Developer and ASP.NET | Microsoft Press Store", "raw_content": "Home > Sample chapters > Programming > Visual Basic\nCreating Web Sites and Web Pages by Using Visual Web Developer and ASP.NET\nBy Michael Halvorson\nInside ASP.NET\nBuilding a Web Site by Using Visual Web Developer\nUsing the Web Page Designer\nAdding Server Controls to a Web Site\nCustomizing the Web Site Template\nDisplaying Database Records on a Web Page\nOne Step Further: Setting Web Site Titles in Internet Explorer\nIn this chapter from Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Step by Step, you\u2019ll learn how to build Web sites and Web pages by using the Visual Web Developer tool included with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010.\nStart Visual Web Developer and create a new Web site.\nUse Visual Web Developer tools and windows, including the Web Page Designer.\nUse the Visual Web Developer Toolbox to add server controls to Web pages.\nAdd text, formatting effects, and Visual Basic code to a Web page that calculates loan payments for a car loan.\nCreate a Web page that displays Help information.\nUse the HyperLink control to link one Web page to another on a Web site.\nUse the GridView control to display a table of database information on a Web page.\nSet the Title for a Web page and edit the master page.\nIn this chapter, you\u2019ll learn how to build Web sites and Web pages by using the Visual Web Developer tool included with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. Visual Web Developer has the look and feel of the Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment (IDE), but it is customized for Web programming and Microsoft ASP.NET 4, the Microsoft.NET Framework component designed to provide state-of-the-art Internet functionality. Although a complete description of Web programming and ASP.NET isn\u2019t possible here, there\u2019s enough in common between Web programming and Windows programming to allow you to do some useful experimentation\u2014even if you have little or no experience with Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). Invest a few hours in this chapter, and you\u2019ll see how quickly you can build a Web site that calculates loan payments for car loans, create a Web page with Help information, and display loan prospects from a Microsoft Access database by using the GridView control.\nASP.NET 4, Microsoft\u2019s Web development platform, has been enhanced in this release. Some of the improvements include how Web pages are created in the Web Page Designer; various feature enhancements to ASP.NET Web pages and ASP.NET MVC; support for recently introduced browsers and handheld devices; a new ASP.NET Chart server control; enhancements to the FormView, ListView, and QueryExtender controls; new dynamic data controls and enhancements; and improvements to the AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) programming model. Although ASP.NET has some similarities with an earlier Web programming technology named Active Server Pages (ASP), ASP.NET has been significantly enhanced since its first release in Visual Studio .NET 2002, and continues to evolve as new features are added to the .NET Framework and Visual Studio software. Visual Web Developer is the tool that you use to create and manage ASP.NET user interfaces, commonly called Web pages or (in a more comprehensive sense) Web sites.\nIn programming books about ASP.NET, you\u2019ll sometimes see Web pages referred to as Web Forms and Web sites referred to as Web applications or ASP.NET applications.\nBy using Visual Web Developer, you can create a Web site that displays a user interface, processes data, and provides many of the commands and features that a standard application for Windows might offer. However, the Web site you create is viewed in a Web browser, such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, or even one of the new mobile device types, including Google Chrome, the Research in Motion BlackBerry smart phone, and the Apple iPhone. These Web sites are typically stored on one or more Web servers, which use Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) to display the correct Web pages and handle most of the computing tasks required by your Web site. (In Visual Studio 2010, Web sites can also be located and run on a local computer that does not require IIS, giving you more options for development and deployment.) This distributed strategy allows your Web sites to potentially run on a wide range of Internet-based or stand-alone computers\u2014wherever your users and their rich data sources are located.\nTo create a Web site in Visual Studio 2010, you click the New Web Site command on the File menu, and then use the Visual Web Developer to build one or more Web pages that will collectively represent your Web site. Each Web page consists of two pieces:\nA Web Forms page, which contains HTML, ASP.NET markup, and controls to create the user interface.\nA code-behind file, which is a code module that contains program code that \u201cstands behind\u201d the Web Forms page.\nThis division is conceptually much like the Windows Forms you\u2019ve been creating in Microsoft Visual Basic\u2014there\u2019s a UI component and a code module component. The code for both of these components can be stored in a single .aspx file, but typically the Web Forms page code is stored in an .aspx file, and the code-behind file is stored in an .aspx.vb file.\nIn addition to Web pages, Web sites can contain code modules (.vb files), HTML pages (.htm files), configuration information (Web.config files), global Web application information (Global.asax files), cascading style sheet (CSS) information, scripting files (JavaScript), master pages, and other components. You can use the Web Page Designer and Solution Explorer to switch back and forth between these components quickly and efficiently.\nWeb Pages vs. Windows Forms\nWhat are the important differences between Web pages and Windows Forms? To begin with, Web pages offer a slightly different programming paradigm than Windows Forms. Whereas Windows Forms use a Windows application window as the primary user interface for a program, a Web site presents information to the user through one or more Web pages with supporting program code. These pages are viewed through a Web browser, and you can create them by using the Web Page Designer.\nLike a Windows Form, a Web page can include text, graphic images, buttons, list boxes, and other objects that are used to provide information, process input, or display output. However, the basic set of controls you use to create a Web page is not the set on the Common Controls tab of the Toolbox. Instead, ASP.NET Web sites must use controls on one of the tabs in the Visual Web Developer Toolbox, including Standard, Data, HTML, and many others. Each of the Visual Web Developer controls has its own unique methods, properties, and events, and although there are many similarities between these controls and Windows Forms controls, there are also several important differences. For example, the Visual Studio DataGridView control is called GridView in Visual Web Developer and has different properties and methods.\nMany Web page controls are server controls, meaning that they run on the Web server. Server controls have an \u201casp\u201d prefix in their tag. HTML controls (located on the HTML tab of the Visual Web Developer Toolbox) are client controls by default, meaning that they run only within the user\u2019s browser. For now, however, you simply need to know that you can use server controls, HTML controls, or a combination of both in your Web site projects. As you gain experience in Web programming, you may want to investigate AJAX programming in Visual Studio, which can enhance the efficiency of your Web applications and add advanced user-interface elements for users.\nServer controls are more capable than HTML controls and function in many ways like the Windows Forms controls. Indeed, many of the server controls have the same names as the Windows Forms controls and offer many of the same properties, methods, and events. In addition to simple controls such as Button, TextBox, and Label, more sophisticated controls such as Chart, FileUpload, LoginView, and RequiredFieldValidator are provided on a number of tabs in the Toolbox; Visual Studio 2010 has added a number of controls to the list. The screen shot on the following page shows a sample of the server controls in the Visual Web Developer Toolbox. (Dynamic Data and Reporting controls are not shown.)\nThe HTML controls are a set of older user interface (UI) controls that are supported by all Web browsers and conform closely to the early HTML standards developed for managing UI elements on a typical Web page. They include Button, Text, and Checkbox\u2014useful basic controls for managing information on a Web page that can be represented entirely with HTML code. Indeed, you might recognize these controls if you\u2019ve coded in HTML before. However, although they\u2019re easy to use and have the advantage of being a \u201ccommon denominator\u201d for Web browsers, they\u2019re limited by the fact that they have no ability to maintain their own state. (In other words, the data that they contain will be lost between views of a Web page.) The following screen shot shows the HTML controls offered on the HTML tab of the Toolbox in Visual Web Developer:\nBy David Gaynes", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 115, "original_length": 10569, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 295.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.military.com/daily-news/2013/03/22/f-35b-makes-first-vertical-landing-at-yuma.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:02Z", "digest": "sha1:ULFZCWDTAIXW6SJK5RPTGB23CZO4KWO2", "length": 2491, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.military.com", "title": "F-35B Makes First Vertical Landing At Yuma | Military.com", "raw_content": "Marine Corps News | By Capt. Staci Reidinger\nMARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, Ariz. -- Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 watched in amazement and satisfaction as the Corps\u2019 first operational F-35B Lightning II squadron conducted its first Short Take Off, Vertical Landing operations aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz. March 21, 2013. Maj. Richard Rusnok, an F-35B Lightning II test pilot, conducted VMFA-121\u2019s first short landing and takeoff as well as the Corps\u2019 first F-35B hover and vertical landing outside of a testing environment in BF-19. VMFA-121 is the first F-35B squadron to join Marine Aircraft Group 13 which is currently composed of four AV-8B Harrier squadrons a Marine wing support squadron and a Marine aviation logistics squadron. Rusnok was accompanied by VMFA-121's commanding officer, LtCol. Jeffrey Scott, flying a second F-35B as a chase aircraft. \"The first STOVL flight for an F-35B outside of the test environment was another milestone achieved by the Marine Corps and the Green Knights today here at MCAS Yuma,\" stated Scott. \"The F-35 program and specifically the F-35B have made significant progress to make this possible.\"\nAs the squadron expands its operations and end strength, they will continue revolutionizing expeditionary Marine air-ground combat power in all threat environments through the use of MCAS Yuma training ranges in Arizona and California. VMFA-121 will be home to approximately 300 Marines and is expected to receive additional F-35s throughout the next 8 to 12 months, with a total of 16 aircraft scheduled to arrive by late 2013. Differently from previous fixed wing capabilities across the Department of Defense, the integration of U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and coalition F-35 Lightning II aircraft on a common platform will provide the dominant, multi-role, fifth generation capabilities needed across the full spectrum of combat operations to deter potential adversaries and enable future aviation power projection. Specific to the Marine Corps, consolidating three aircraft, the AV-8B Harrier, the F/A-18 Hornet and the EA-6B, into one is central to maintaining tactical aviation affordability and serving as good stewards of taxpayer dollars. VMFA-121 will continue to set the pace for the F-35 program based on a common platform. The U.S. Air Force and Navy can now integrate best practices from VMFA-121 in preparation for the future operational basing of the F-35A and F-35C.\nMarine Corps Topics Aircraft", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 311, "original_length": 9837, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 251.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.military.com/daily-news/2013/04/18/uss-freedom-arrives-in-singapore.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:01Z", "digest": "sha1:IXZ3CCBTS7QOC3DSTGDM53BC4Y5DRJAK", "length": 2609, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.military.com", "title": "USS Freedom Arrives in Singapore | Military.com", "raw_content": "USS Freedom Arrives in Singapore\nSINGAPORE -- The Navy's first littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1) arrived in Singapore April 18, highlighting the next phase of her deployment to Southeast Asia. \"Freedom has met every milestone of this deployment on time and with the professionalism you would expect of U.S. Navy Sailors,\" said Cmdr. Timothy Wilke, commanding officer, USS Freedom. \"I'm proud of Freedom's accomplishments to date, but I'm also looking forward to putting the ship through its paces over the next several months while deployed more than 8,000 miles from homeport.\"\nAnnounced at the 2011 Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Freedom's maiden overseas deployment began with a departure from homeport San Diego, March 1, 2013. The first-in-class ship has since transited the Pacific Ocean, entered the 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR), and made port visits in Hawaii, Guam and most recently in Manila. Additional port visits will occur throughout the deployment. As with other parts of this deployment, lessons learned from logistics and maintenance support during the transit and port visits will inform follow-on rotational deployments as well as the overall LCS program.\nNext month, Freedom will participate in the upcoming International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference (IMDEX) in Singapore. In the months following IMDEX, Freedom will join regional navies and other 7th Fleet units as a participant in select phases of exercises Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) and Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT). Occurring throughout Southeast Asia, both exercises provide Freedom opportunities to train extensively with comparable-sized ships.\n\"We plan on spending most of our time here in Southeast Asia - this will be Freedom's neighborhood for the next eight months,\" said Wilke. \"We are eager to get out and about, work with other regional navies and share best practices during exercises, port visits and maritime security operations.\"\nFast, agile, and mission-focused, LCS platforms are designed to employ modular mission packages that can be configured for three separate purposes: surface warfare, mine countermeasures, or anti-submarine warfare. Freedom will be initially manned by her \"Gold\" crew of 91 Sailors to include mission package personnel and an aviation detachment to operate an embarked MH-60 helicopter. Freedom will remain homeported in San Diego throughout this rotational deployment to Southeast Asia. Midway through Freedom's deployment, a crew-swap will be conducted with her \"Blue\" crew, commanded by Cmdr. Patrick C. Thien.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 314, "original_length": 9919, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 277.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.military.com/dodbuzz/2010/05/03/gates-fires-at-carriers-subs-efv", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:58Z", "digest": "sha1:NYXCBRE6AMZWZZ2IEUUWC3JSAO6HGFLC", "length": 4958, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.military.com", "title": "Gates Fires At Carriers, Subs, EFV | Military.com", "raw_content": "Gates Fires At Carriers, Subs, EFV\nIn his first speech to the Navy League, Defense Secretary Robert Gates laid out a grim portrait of a smaller fleet, one with fewer aircraft carriers, few or no new submarines and a sharply curtailed expeditionary capability for the Marines.\nGates told a somber audience today that he did \"not foresee any significant top-line increases in the shipbuilding budget beyond current assumptions. At the end of the day, we have to ask whether the nation can really afford a Navy that relies on $3 to $6 billion destroyers, $7 billion submarines, and $11 billion carriers.\" On top of that, as the current wars \"recede, money will be required to reset the Army and Marine Corps, which have borne the brunt of the conflicts. And there will continue to be long-term \u2013 and inviolable \u2013 costs associated with taking care of our troops and their families.\" Bottom line: no \"significant top-line increases in the shipbuilding budget beyond current assumptions.\"\nGates also fired a clear shot across the bow at Marine Commandant Gen. James Conway. Conway told DoD Buzz several weeks ago that the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle was on track and performing well and remained a core commitment of the Marines as they seek to rebuild their ability to mount major amphibious operations. And the first EFV prototype is being unveiled by the Marines tomorrow in a public ceremony.\nSo Gates asked rhetorically, \"what kind of new platform is needed to get large numbers of troops from ship to shore under fire \u2013 in other words, the capability provided by the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle. No doubt, it was a real strategic asset during the first Gulf War to have a flotilla of Marines waiting off Kuwait City \u2013 forcing Saddam\u2019s army to keep one eye on the Saudi border, and one eye on the coast. But we have to take a hard look at where it would be necessary or sensible to launch another major amphibious landing again \u2013 especially as advances in anti-ship systems keep pushing the potential launch point further from shore. On a more basic level, in the 21st century, what kind of amphibious capability do we really need to deal with the most likely scenarios, and then how much?\"\nWhile the Marines fended off efforts by Gates and others to reform their expeditionary role during the Quadrennial Defense Review, the SecDef clearly has not given up.\nAfter Gates took on the Marines, he moved on to aircraft carriers, perhaps the holiest of holies for the surface Navy. \"Our current plan is to have eleven carrier strike groups through 2040. To be sure, the need to project power across the oceans will never go away. But, consider the massive over-match the U.S. already enjoys. Consider, too, the growing anti-ship capabilities of adversaries. Do we really need eleven carrier strike groups for another 30 years when no other country has more than one? Any future plans must address these realities,\" he said.\n(Buzz readers will remember that we reported the QDR was on track to slice the carrier fleet to nine groups and the EFV.)\nIn case no one had yet gotten his general message that Navy and Marine Corps platforms face the axe, he made it explicit. \"But, mark my words, the Navy and Marine Corps must be willing to reexamine and question basic assumptions in light of evolving technologies, new threats, and budget realities. We simply cannot afford to perpetuate a status quo that heaps more and more expensive technologies onto fewer and fewer platforms \u2013 thereby risking a situation where some of our greatest capital expenditures go toward weapons and ships that could potentially become wasting assets.\"\nLest anyone point to China and its burgeoning blue water presence, Gates laid out the arguments that the Navy's own deputy secretary, Bob Work, made before leaving the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessment: \"Potential adversaries are well-aware of our overwhelming conventional advantage \u2013 which is why, despite significant naval modernization programs underway in some countries, no one intends to bankrupt themselves by challenging the U.S. to a shipbuilding competition akin to the Dreadnought race prior to World War I.\"\nComparing sub and carriers to dreadnoughts must leave ship drivers bereft. After all, this is the generation that oversees the greatest, most potent mix carrier. And he hammered home just how tough both the budget and congressional environments are, saying, \"we have to accept some hard fiscal realities. American taxpayers and the Congress are rightfully worried about the deficit. At the same time, the Department of Defense\u2019s track record as a steward of taxpayer dollars leaves much to be desired.\" Then he mentioned that he would be addressing \"the issues surrounding political will and the defense budget\" at a Saturday speech at the Eisenhower library. The tepid applause that greeted Gates' speech demonstrated pretty clearly that the Navy, Marine Corps and their friends got the message.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 291, "original_length": 10397, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 291.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.miskatonic.org/rara-avis/archives/200612/0108.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:28Z", "digest": "sha1:FFB3MCSKLEY3AQUVN4RCNB6QC524SLPQ", "length": 1112, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.miskatonic.org", "title": "RARA-AVIS Archives: RARA-AVIS: Marlowe returns?", "raw_content": "RARA-AVIS: Marlowe returns?\nNext message: bookbitch: \"RARA-AVIS: The Evolution of Figurative Writing in Hard-Boiled Detective Fiction\"\nPrevious message: Jacques Debierue: \"RARA-AVIS: Re: willie or not\"\nInteresting story from today's Daily Variety. ABC has made a script commitment for a new Philip Marlowe TV series, with the character updated to the 21st century. It's described as \"a present-day procedural crime drama with noir aspects and set in Los Angeles.\" There are currently no plans to use any Chandler novels as source material, even though the article notes that the rights holders to the Marlowe character are involved.FWIW, the producers are also behind the upcoming film adaptation of Dennis Lehane's GONE, BABY, GONE.The full story is here: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117955547.html?categoryid=14&cs=1Vince Keenanwww.vincekeenan.comPop culture, high and low, past and present.One day at a time.\n_________________________________________________________________ Search from any Web page with powerful protection. Get the FREE Windows Live Toolbar Today! http://get.live.com/toolbar/overview", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 13, "original_length": 1639, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.84, "perplexity": 123.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.mlb.com/news/cubs-celebrate-third-straight-trip-to-playoffs/c-256504632", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:41:42Z", "digest": "sha1:GGTPQHWICM74ZRLHBSTJITLJSJXU5TYH", "length": 5099, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "www.mlb.com", "title": "Cubs celebrate third straight trip to playoffs | MLB.com", "raw_content": "Defending champs revel in 3rd straight berth\nTrailing by 5 1/2 at All-Star break, Cubs post NL's best 2nd-half record\nST. LOUIS -- Last year, the Cubs ended the longest championship drought in professional sports by winning their first World Series since 1908. On Wednesday, they completed the first stage of their mission to repeat as champions, clinching their second straight National League Central title with a 5-1 victory over the Cardinals. The Cubs now are in the playoffs for the third straight year, something the franchise has not done since 1906-08.\n\u2022 Dress for October: Get NL Central champs gear\n\"We did something last year that hasn't been done in 100-plus years, too,\" Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein said. \"It feels good to have sustained success. We want to be identified as one of those teams that you expect to see on the TV in October when you sit down in your easy chair to watch baseball. I think we're well on our way.\"\n\u2022 Cubs net Central title, 3rd straight October trip\nThe key this season may be that the Cubs didn't panic when they were 5 1/2 games back at the All-Star break.\n\"It wasn't depressing for me, knowing that you have on paper the best guys, and knowing you have guys with strong character,\" Cubs owner Tom Ricketts said. \"Once again, credit to the guys. You know how hard it is to repeat. Most World Series teams don't get back to win their division, and our guys did a great job. They played through a lot of aggravating injuries and distractions, and they came back to win the division.\"\nTweet from @WContreras40: Go Hard Or Go Home \uf64c\uf60e#Repeat #11MORE pic.twitter.com/qdj4dXFvfc\nThis year was tougher than the previous two for manager Joe Maddon, and he relied on his experience from two World Series trips in 2002 and in '08 with the Angels and Rays, respectively.\n\"Everything about this year was different,\" Maddon said. \"I had my mind made up from the beginning to be aware of what happened in '03 and '09 and to not be overreactive. If things weren't going that well, don't overreact to it.\n\"There was a reason why we got off to a slow start and didn't play as well as we could,\" he added. \"There was a lot of mental fatigue from the previous two years and I saw it.\"\nVideo: CHC@STL: Russell discusses Cubs clinching NL Central\nAll that talk about the importance of rest? Those days off worked.\n\"You try to learn,\" Maddon said. \"I thought, 'OK, if we can come out of this thing and run with it, great.' As the season was in progress, my tack was to not push too hard too soon because there's no gas stations along the way. Once you're out of fuel, you're out of fuel.\n\"I was looking at that midway point to get back on track and that's what happened,\" he said. \"We've been 20 or so games over .500 since then.\"\nTweet from @ARizzo44: This is as addicting as it gets. LetsGo!!!! #BackToBack #Repeat pic.twitter.com/UeetXCXmp3\nThe Cubs have posted the best record in the NL since the break at 46-24 and are the first World Series champions to win their division the next season since the 2009 Phillies.\nBut it seemed as if every Cubs player hit the reset button at the All-Star break.\n\"Our guys are good,\" Maddon said. \"Some of it was health issues. Different guys had been banged up a little. I think mentally, it's hard to do. It's a 162-game schedule and people not involved in the industry, it's hard to comprehend. Baseball is usually viewed as easy to do because you stand around a lot, which is such a bad read on what we do. It's about failure on a daily basis, it's about 0-fers, it's about giving up seven runs in three innings, there's errors. You have to fight through those things mentally, and I think our guys did a wonderful job.\"\nRicketts noticed.\n\"The one thing that I think we all can take away from Joe is when we were five [games] out on July 1 or July 3, he didn't say, 'Oh my God, we're five out on July 3,'\" Ricketts said. \"He said, 'We have a good team, we're just going to keep playing and it's a long season.' One of the things that will always be a hallmark of Joe Maddon when he's in the Hall of Fame, people will talk about a guy who managed his team for the whole season and not just for June.\"\nVideo: CHC@STL: Zobrist on Cubs clinching NL Central, season\nJohn Lackey, who was the winning pitcher Wednesday, has played in three World Series, including that '02 Angels team with Maddon. What makes the 2017 Cubs different?\n\"There's a lot of young guys who are really good at baseball,\" Lackey said.\nWhat about the older guys?\n\u2022 Playoff vet Lackey delivers in Central clincher\n\"They're not too bad, either,\" the 38-year-old right-hander said.\nVideo: Must C Clutch: Russell's HR helps Cubs take Central\n\"We trust these guys,\" said Addison Russell, who hit a go-ahead three-run homer Wednesday. \"We pick each other up. Whenever the lights come on and we're between those lines, we play Cubby baseball. We're ready to play and we back up our players.\"\nCarrie Muskat has covered the Cubs since 1987, and for MLB.com since 2001. She writes a blog, Muskat Ramblings, and you can follow her on Twitter @CarrieMuskat.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 380, "original_length": 11164, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 281.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/03/east-notes-mets.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:38Z", "digest": "sha1:K72TYWU3FRL2PJVYZO2463ESGYMFABJH", "length": 2591, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.mlbtraderumors.com", "title": "East Notes: Blue Jays, Mets, Santana, Phillies, Wang - MLB Trade Rumors", "raw_content": "East Notes: Blue Jays, Mets, Santana, Phillies, Wang\nBy Jeff Todd | March 23, 2013 at 12:20pm CDT\nBlue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos sat down for an interview with Sportsnet.ca (video link), discussing (among other things) the club's rotation battle between Ricky Romero and J.A. Happ. The GM said that while Happ will \"factor into this club, and it doesn't mean that he can't factor into this club on opening day in some role, some capacity,\" the team will \"do everything we can with Romero\" in the spring before taking him out of a starting role.\nFurther addressing the issue of rotational depth, Anthopoulos acknowledged that the club lacks \"household names\" in that area. While the Jays \"have 4-A guys,\" the GM says he wants to add \"someone who is a little bit better than that, \u2026 a Happ type of guy.\" The team is \"active \u2026 trying to do some things, trying to make some trades\" for a starting-caliber arm that can be used in the bullpen or stashed in the minors, although some player on the current roster \"wouldn't be happy, because somebody would be out of a job.\"\nThe Mets appear prepared to enter the season without adding to their mix of outfielders, reports Adam Rubin of ESPNNewYork.com. \u201cI think we\u2019ve got a sense of who the five or six are who might be on the team,\" said GM Sandy Alderson. \"What we have is what we\u2019re going to have, and we\u2019re not entirely displeased with that.\u201d\nRubin also notes that the Mets could be dealing with a long absence from starter Johan Santana, who is still a ways away from returning to the mound, let alone doing so in a big league game. Santana acknowledged that his absence is indefinite: \u201cI\u2019m making progress. It\u2019s just I don\u2019t know when I\u2019m going to be pitching again.\u201d According to Rubin, \u201cthere is now an open question about whether Santana\u2019s shoulder and his career will ever be the same.\u201d\nAfter sending Darin Ruf down to work on his defense, Phillies\u2019 GM Ruben Amaro Jr. acknowledged that there is a chance the Phillies may look to acquire another outfielder via trade, according to Jim Salisbury of CSNPhilly.com. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of time left. If we can improve the team we\u2019ll do it.\u201d\nThe Yankees have made their signing of Chien-Ming Wang to a minor-league deal official, according to a team press release. Wang will enter his age-33 season looking for another chance to pitch in pinstripes, and to regain the success he had during his first stint with the club.\nAlex Anthopoulos Chien-Ming Wang Johan Santana New York Mets New York Yankees Sandy Alderson Toronto Blue Jays\nOffseason In Review: Oakland Athletics\nAthletics Claim Nate Freiman", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 196, "original_length": 6616, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 258.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.modernghana.com/amp/news/872813/jean-mensahs-ec-appointment-inspires-hope-pnc.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:51Z", "digest": "sha1:PDMKOTP3DJP2TT5CPMFLCZGWIVXZTQ4P", "length": 1820, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.modernghana.com", "title": "Jean Mensah's EC Appointment Inspires Hope \u2013 PNC", "raw_content": "PNC News | Aug 1, 2018\nThe People\u2019s National Convention (PNC) Treasurer has backed the president\u2019s appointment of the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) Executive Director as the new Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson.\nAkane Adams said Mrs Jean Adukwei Mensah is capable of independently steering the affairs of the Commission to the satisfaction of Ghanaians.\n\u201cHer personality inspires hope,\u201d he said, lashing out at individuals who have shown opposition to president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo\u2019s decision.\nThe National Democratic Congress (NDC) has asked the president to reconsider his choice after claiming Mrs Mensah is more sympathetic toward the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP).\nBut the president\u2019s action has now been sanctioned by the Council of State in line with the Constitution, clearing the path for the swearing in of the new commissioners.\nThe ceremony would take place at any time, Deputy Attorney-General, Godfred Yeboah Dame has said.\nAkane Adams\nSpeaking in an interview Monday, Mr Adams lauded president Akufo-Addo\u2019s decision, saying it will give a new bill of health to the Electoral body.\nTouching on claims that appointed deputy Electoral Commissioner, Dr Bossman Asare has a record of speaking against the NDC, the PNC Treasurer said the political scientist has the right to comment on anything that affects Ghanaians.\n\u201cIf Dr Bossman Asare sees that government has done something which is a noble one, or it has done something which will affect us policy-wise, there is absolutely nothing wrong with him coming out to criticize it,\u201d he said.\nHe said what should be of interest to Ghanaians in this situation is the competence of the people appointed and \u201ctheir moral background and ability to discharge their duties devoid of political influence.\u201d\nStory by Ghana | Myjoyonline.com | JTM", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 18, "original_length": 2042, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 291.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/cryptocurrency/japanese-e-commerce-firm-rakuten-set-to-buy-a-bitcoin-exchange-for-2-4-million-2910511.html/amp", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:48Z", "digest": "sha1:BX65WTI32QMHGIKFKHS56277XSV533WG", "length": 1488, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.moneycontrol.com", "title": "Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten set to buy a bitcoin exchange for $2.4 million", "raw_content": "Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten set to buy a bitcoin exchange for $2.4 million\nMoneyControl \u2022 Sep 03, 2018 04:14 PM IST\nRakuten, one of Japan\u2019s biggest e-commerce companies, in an announcement has announced that is acquiring a local cryptocurrency exchange company called Everybody\u2019s Bitcoin through its subsidiary Rakuten Card.\nAccording to the announcement, the cost of the acquisition is $2.4 million and will be reportedly settled by October 1. \"In order to provide cryptocurrency payment methods smoothly and we believe it is necessary for us to provide a cryptocurrency exchange function,\" Rakuten said in a statement.\nRenault's Senard to meet Nissan CEO Saikawa in Japan this week: Sources\nJapan's love for Indian films continues to rise\nFurther, the firm indicated that the acquisition is in response to demands from a growing number of foreign exchange customers from its securities business arm, Rakuten Securities. Everybody\u2019s Bitcoin reported a net loss of around $444,200 in the fiscal year ending March 30, 2018.\nRakuten first started accepting payments in the year 2015, when it integrated its US website with Bitnet, a bitcoin payment processor.\nEverybody\u2019s Bitcoin, launched in March 2017, was one of the unlicensed crypto currency exchanges in Japan that came under the scrutiny from Financial Services Agency (FSA), Japan\u2019s financial regulator. As per Rakuten, Everybody\u2019s Bitcoin is \u201cworking to implement improvements\u201d and plans to \u201cregister officially\u201d with the FSA.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 2196, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 242.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.mormon.org/me/H514", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:47Z", "digest": "sha1:ZYABZZQ2VQVIC25LDYAWXWRBTBFALSRM", "length": 1686, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.mormon.org", "title": "Sierra | Mormon.org", "raw_content": "Hi I'm Sierra\nI've been called as a missionary to serve in Budapest, Hungary. I'm a freshman in college. I'm a Mormon.\nEver since i was little I loved to be outside and to explore. That being said I love to hike, camp, travel, and do different activities like rock climbing. I love to meet new people and experience new things. I am currently a freshman in college and my favorite class is oil painting. Along with the outdoors, art is something I have also always really been drawn to. I love my friends and family and love to spend time doing fun things with them.\nI am a Mormon because I have found out for myself through my own personal study that this church is the true church. This gospel is centered on Jesus Christ. It is his church today and it holds all of the keys for true and eternal happiness. Through the gospel I can be with my family forever and I can return to live with God and His son Jesus Christ if I do my part. There is so much love and so much peace that comes from living the gospel. It has allowed me to realize my self worth as well as the worth of others. I could never deny any of this to be true. I know with my whole heart and soul that this is the true church on earth today. I am grateful for my savior and for all that He has enabled me to do and I am thankful for the leaders of the church who speak on behalf of the savior and give me guidance, they are truly called of God.\nI decided to serve a full time mission and have been assigned to be a missionary in the Hungary Budapest Mission. I want to bring all of the blessings and all of the happiness that comes from following Jesus Christ. The gospel is the best gift that I could offer to anyone!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 128, "original_length": 4494, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 238.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.mormon.org/me/J6N2", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:20Z", "digest": "sha1:6HDINXMJCOP7327X7YUF4GYXBNYOPUAX", "length": 462, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.mormon.org", "title": "Sister Warden | Mormon.org", "raw_content": "Sister Warden\nHi I'm Sister Warden\nI grew up in Utah, I'm serving my mission in Russia, and I'm a Mormon.\nI love theater, and have done countless shows and competitions for it. I play the piano and flute and I love to write.\nI'm a Mormon because I know this is the true gospel. I love it, and I am so grateful to have a family that is active in it as well.\nI serve as the ward missionary for my ward, and in the past I have served on some Young Women's councils.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 127, "original_length": 3471, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 242.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.mortgageloanhelper.com/documents-needed-checklist/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:07Z", "digest": "sha1:NHA3CNUWHPLR2QA3CMGSI3NU5NTHTFN6", "length": 4063, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.mortgageloanhelper.com", "title": "Documents Needed When Buying A Home With A Mortgage", "raw_content": "Home / Mortgage Loan Process / Mortgage Documents Needed \u2013 Checklist\nDocuments and Disclosures When Buying a Home\nBuying a home is often the single most significant financial transaction people enter into during their lifetime. Whether it\u2019s your first home, or you\u2019ve done this a few times, you can\u2019t get too comfortable in the transaction process, as you don\u2019t want to miss something important. The pile of documents involved in a home purchase transaction is tall, and you want to pay attention to everything you\u2019re signing.\nYou want to pay particular attention to the ones you receive during the sale, which you must acknowledge in writing. The fact that you\u2019re signing to indicate you\u2019ve received a document shows that it is important to you and could contain information you\u2019ll later find valuable.\nBoilerplate Disclosures\nSome disclosure documents are included in almost every transaction and not necessarily applicable to the particular home you\u2019re buying. They could be general information about taking care to read all documents, much like this article is saying. There is a Lead-Base Paint Disclosure for homes of a certain age or older. In some areas of the country, there is a disclosure about radon, a colorless and odorless gas that seeps into the home from the ground and is known to be hazardous to your health.\nThe content and wording of this disclosure document vary by state, as each state regulates real estate transactions. This document is relevant, however, as the seller or sellers are disclosing what they know about the property. It will tell you about past problems such as major repairs or damages.\nSome disclosures also cover anything the owner or owners know about the past ownership of the property or lawsuits and claims that could present future problems. You will want to read this document carefully, as you may require clarification about some items. You may also find at a later date that the seller(s) omitted something important that creates problems for you.\nThe Title Insurance Binder or Commitment\nThis document is one that tells you the title insurer is committed to providing title insurance at closing to protect your ownership in the property. Although formats vary by state, they usually have three major sections.1. The property is defined with address and other information about its location.2. Requirements \u2014 The title insurer is bound to provide the policy, but in this section, the insurer states that this coverage is contingent upon specific requirements.\nThings like the current mortgage being paid off and any liens paid would be in this section.3. Exclusions \u2014 These are things the insurer will not cover, usually because there is nothing that can be done about them, as they are a part of the property history and legal chain of ownership. These items could include homeowner association (HOA) or subdivision covenants and restrictions.\nHOA and Subdivision Covenants and Restrictions\nYou want to look at these because they could have something in them that will create a problem or nuisance for you in the future. The subdivision or HOA has this document recorded at the courthouse and owners are bound to obey these rules and restrictions. Typical items you can find in these rules include no fences in front yards, no boats or recreational vehicles parked outdoors, no outdoor storage buildings taller than privacy fences, and others.\nIt\u2019s not life-threatening, but it is annoying to find out after you move into your new home that you must keep your $40,000 automobile out in the weather because you are required to keep your $10,000 boat in the garage. Oh, and there could be a restriction against a carport over your vehicle as well. Do not assume that you can get away with what you consider to be minor infringements. There are often homeowners whose job is to patrol the neighborhood and place notices on your door for violations.\nYou\u2019re going to be in this home for years, so why not invest a few hours in reading what you\u2019re signing and acknowledging during the transaction?\nmortgage loan forms", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 92, "original_length": 5854, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 304.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.mptusa.com/cart/product.cfm?p=509", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:12Z", "digest": "sha1:AW3T7HKLA5RKHFFCESO33R6FI4TCKMZV", "length": 620, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.mptusa.com", "title": "Ship Store - MPT | Maritime Professional Training", "raw_content": "International Code of Signals - $19.95\nPUB 102: International Code of Signals, 2003\n[ISBN: 1-57785-432-4]\nThe International Code of Signals (Pub 102) contains, in a single volume, a description and/or graphic depiction of all signals for visual, sound, and radio communications.\nThis publication is intended to cater primarily to situations related to safety of navigation and personnel, especially when language difficulties arise. New editions are prepared and published by NIMA on an as-need basis. United States 1969 Edition (2003 Revised). 8-1/2\" x 11\".\n*Actual book cover may differ in appearance from image shown.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 2023, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 230.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.mr-cfd.com/tag/pcb/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:54Z", "digest": "sha1:HEINYX7XCMV34DXDMNRARFGATMN67BVW", "length": 325, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.mr-cfd.com", "title": "pcb Archives | Mr-CFD", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Blog \u00bb pcb\nElectronics Cooling using Conduction, Convection and Radiation\nIntroduction (electronics cooling simulation) Heat transfer is one the phenomena occurring in many important industrial processes whether we need to add heat or remove heat from the systems. One of the areas in which we need to remove the heat\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 154, "original_length": 3962, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 328.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.mtlsd.org/page.cfm?p=578&newsid=1979&ncat=2", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:17Z", "digest": "sha1:LEI46WEARFPBRBKTWEKZO57Y2OBSLDIK", "length": 931, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.mtlsd.org", "title": "School Board Leadership for 2019", "raw_content": "School Board Leadership for 2019\nAt the December 3, 2018 School Board reorganization meeting, Michael J. Riemer was unanimously elected School Board President and Sarah L. Olbrich as Vice President for 2019. The Board also unanimously elected Thomas Peterson as solicitor.\nThe School Board also set the meeting schedule for the calendar year 2019. Regular monthly meetings of the Mt. Lebanon School Board are open to the public are held in Room D205, Mt. Lebanon High School, 155 Cochran Road, Mt. Lebanon, at 7:30 p.m.\nJanuary 22, February 25, March 18, April 15, May 20, June 17, August 19, September 16, October 21, November 18, December 9.\nSchool Board Discussion and reorganization meetings will be held in Room D205, Mt. Lebanon High School, at 7:30 p.m. on the following dates:\nJanuary 14, February 11, March 11, April 8, May 13, June 10, August 12, September 9, October 14, November 11, December 2 (Reorganization Meeting).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 118, "original_length": 3109, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 116.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.mu-43.com/threads/for-sale-om-d-em-1-12-40-f2-8-pro-and-many-more-m43-gear-location-usa-ships-conus.78443/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:42Z", "digest": "sha1:IJW3L4XETIOSYLXU6QXJSSFDWROMAKWK", "length": 2672, "nlines": 44, "source_domain": "www.mu-43.com", "title": "[EXPIRED] - For Sale: OM-D EM-1, 12-40 f2.8 Pro and many more M43 gear | Location: USA | Ships: CONUS | Mu-43.com - Micro Four Thirds User Group", "raw_content": "[EXPIRED] For Sale: OM-D EM-1, 12-40 f2.8 Pro and many more M43 gear | Location: USA | Ships: CONUS\nDiscussion in 'Expired Listings' started by silver92b, Jul 19, 2015.\nOM-D EM-1, 12-40 f2.8 Pro and many more M43 gear\nThe body, grip, flash and all lenses with all original boxes.\nEverything is in perfect working order and in very good-excellent condition.\nThese are Olympus 4/3 lenses (will work with the adapter)\n9-18mm f4-5.6 Zuiko digital ED (4/3)...................$370.00\nPanasonic DMW-MA1 4/3 to M4/3 adapter ..............$93.00\nOM-D EM-1 body................................................$600.00\nHLD7 battery grip..............................................$140.00\nThese are native M43:\n12-40mm f2.8 Pro Olympus zoom .........................$650.00\n17mm f1.8 Oly. (dinged filter ring, otherwise perfect) $300.00\n40-150mm f4-5.6 (Silver) w/hood ..........................$90.00\n15mm f8 Olympus body cap/lens ...........................$40.00\nOlympus MCON-P01 macro converter(fits 40-150).....$53.00\nBLN-1 battery .....................................................$60.00\nWasabi (BLN-1) batteries (2) w/charger ..................$20.00\nFL-600 flash .......................................................$200.00\nRemote shutter release cables (2) ...........................$15.00\nZeikos off-camera flash cord ...................................$15.00\nPanasonic DMW-MA2M Leica M to M4/3 adapter .........$80.00\nCanon FD to M4/3 adapter .......................................$10.00\nNikon to M4/3 adapter ............................................$10.00\nKonica to M4/3 adapter ............................................$10.00\nL39 to M4/3 adapter ................................................$10.00\nOM to M4/3 adapter..................................................$10.00\nTotal, ....................................$3,026.00\nIf purchased separately, buyer pays actual shipping (CONUS) and insurance. Paypal fees included\nIf purchased all together I'll discount it 5%. $2874 for everything\nPaypal fees and shipping CONUS included buyer to pay for insurance.\nWill consider trade for Leica M lenses. Please contact me for details.\nRegular PayPal (buyer adds 3% for this option), Regular PayPal (fee included in price)\n3 business days or less\nEbay Emptor-2k\nsilver92b, Jul 19, 2015\nalanl228 New to Mu-43 Subscribing Member\nalanl228, Jul 22, 2015\ndhgravityfreak Mu-43 Rookie\nInterested in the m1 and grip. The prices are for them individually? Are all the accessories included with the camera? How many clicks?\ndhgravityfreak, Sep 9, 2015\nBetween 4K and 5K clicks.\nI rather sell it all as a bundle. For $2500 (the 70-300 lens is gone)\nsilver92b, Sep 9, 2015", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 201, "original_length": 7018, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.75, "perplexity": 65.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.mymusiclovers.net/links/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:31:49Z", "digest": "sha1:7MKARUTLAPOS6RUGAUHKDWZDW4SI6G6V", "length": 623, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.mymusiclovers.net", "title": "Music Lover's Learning Center - Links", "raw_content": "Registration Form and School Policies and Procedures\nRegistration form for all new students and information about the school policies and procedures.\nMusic Lover's Registration Form.doc\nCheck out the links below for music theory resources, ear training, games, and more!\nhttp://www.musictheory.net/\nhttp://www.good-ear.com/index.html\nhttp://www.music-for-music-teachers.com/12-major-scales.html\nhttp://www.teoria.com/index.php\nfor the Younger and/or the Beginner Musicians\nhttp://musictechteacher.com/music_quizzes/music_quizzes.htm\nhttp://www.dariamusic.com/\nhttp://www.sfskids.org/templates/splash.asp\nhttp://dsokids.com/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 1353, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.71, "perplexity": 174.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.mynextmove.org/profile/licenses/41-9091.00?from=profile", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:17:23Z", "digest": "sha1:XLOCF37QYYLQMA27EYT5AJUGPFVI45ZP", "length": 104, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.mynextmove.org", "title": "Licenses: Door-To-Door Sales Workers, News & Street Vendors, & Related Workers at My Next Move", "raw_content": "Find licenses for careers like door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 3, "original_length": 843, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 284.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.naitrends.com/home_decor/africanskylinehasstowers66floors/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:27Z", "digest": "sha1:IOIFMR2OGEFCEJ5CC7P3Y5PRZFNI6423", "length": 3189, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.naitrends.com", "title": "Nairobi Refines African Skyline With Tallest Building in Sub-Saharan Africa \u2013 Kenya Is Amazing.", "raw_content": "http://www.jamiiforums.com\nNairobi Refines African Skyline With Tallest Building in Sub-Saharan Africa\nI have been around the world and have seen the tallest structure ever built by human kind, Hass Tower a Skyscraper Under construction in Nairobi will refine the African skyline i believe, A building with combined use, Big brands fighting for spaces on the lower levels of the building, and high end luxury hotels booking spaces with spectacular views, and property enthusiast looking to get the best out of it.\nThe building will be comprised of the two tower side by side. The project is an approximately 144,000 Square meters, high-rise, mixed use real estate development on a 3 acre lot in downtown Nairobi, Kenya. The project, designed jointly by Archgroup and Meinhardt Group, will consist of a 45 storied luxury hotel tower, a 65 storied office tower shooting at a height of approximately 300 meters, all these sitting at approximately 3 acres of land, Class A retail space, a helipad and mechanical parking will be among the best that Africa has to offer. On completion, the project will be the tallest building in Sub-Saharan Africa.\nThe estimated cost of the whole project will be a staggering 3.8 billions Kenya shilling being managed by The Project Manager who will act as owners representative and oversees project team of architects, engineers, consultants, contractors, vendors and other professionals through the process of planning, design and construction of new buildings from the ground up, tenant improvements, and strategic real estate planning.\nThe Africa\u2019s visionary project which is underway and excavations are almost done. Hass Tower is located in Upper Hill, which is one of Africa\u2019s most sought after commercial business districts. This iconic and hitherto unparalleled development will be Nairobi\u2019s iconic landmark and is poised to be the tallest skyscraper in Africa.\nAll these will be developed under the watchful eyes of White Lotus Group.\nRelated ItemshasstowerkenyapropertynairobiNaitrendspropertykenyaskyscrapper\nWeb Design Port St Lucie Florida\nabanicos danza del vientre\nandroid free music app\npre wedding photography brisbane\nhttp://boxhead.mobi/\nhttp://adwcleaner.mobi\nBuy Butterfly Nipple Clamps sex toys online\nInventHelp Open Innovation\nRugby Live Online\n\u00e8\u2030\u00b2\u00e6\u0192\u2026\nchinese enrichment classes in singapore\nChinese furniture Toronto\n\u201cI have to show some appreciation to the writer for bailing me out of this type of incident. Right after browsing through the world-wide-web and coming across opinions which were not helpful, I believed my life was well over. Being alive minus the solutions to the problems you have solved by way of your main article is a critical case, and those which might have adversely damaged my career if I hadn\u2019t come across your site. Your primary skills and kindness in taking care of a lot of stuff was excellent. I don\u2019t know what I would have done if I hadn\u2019t come upon such a step like this. I\u2019m able to at this point look forward to my future. Thanks for your time so much for this expert and result oriented help. I won\u2019t be reluctant to suggest the blog to any person who will need care about this area.\u201d\nITIL online", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 125, "original_length": 7444, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 311.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.napiernz.com/whats-on/all-events/show/534874/saturday-live-music-session-with-jess-atkins&refID=3", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:18:26Z", "digest": "sha1:VGFC4TVEUFAAYJJUOF7HNBISXT7CNM5I", "length": 552, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.napiernz.com", "title": "All Events | Napier i-SITE Visitor Centre", "raw_content": "Saturday Night Music Sessions with Jess Atkin!\nSaturday live music session with one of our favourite musical families. Jess Atkin and her talented family will be performing from 7:30 pm! They will be performing on the first Saturday of the month all summer long!\nCome in and enjoy some of Hawke's Bays best wines, craft beer on tap, delicious food, good music and awesome company.\n$5 Door charge goes to the musicians.\nFollow us on social media to stay up to date with all our events.\nSaturday 6 April, 7:30pm to 9:30pm\nSaturday 4 May, 7:30pm to 9:30pm", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 105, "original_length": 3142, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 279.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nature.com/news/2011/111018/full/478294a.html?error=cookies_not_supported&code=db868e94-2a21-4625-ac6a-64f7163d843c", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:36Z", "digest": "sha1:A4KJFWHUFXVGAWRSE3VOD6RJV56D3J5F", "length": 4437, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.nature.com", "title": "US row threatens Chinese links : Nature News", "raw_content": "Published online 18 October 2011 | Nature 478, 294-295 (2011) | doi:10.1038/478294a\nUS row threatens Chinese links\nDispute intensifies over a ban on some types of scientific cooperation with China.\nWhen US presidential science adviser John Holdren hosted a dinner and meetings between US and Chinese science officials in May, he must have known it would lead to a high-level stand-off. That came to pass on 11 October, when the Govern\u00adment Accountability Office (GAO), an arm of Congress, concluded in a report that those activities violated legislation banning scientific cooperation with China by NASA and by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), which Holdren directs.\nFrank Wolf (Republican, Virginia), the congressman who chairs the subcommittee that funds science agencies including the OSTP and NASA, inserted the ban into a spending bill that was passed last spring. Now, backed by the GAO report, he has asked the US Department of Justice to rein in Holdren's China-related activities; if the department refuses to do so, the matter could end up in the courts.\n\u201cThis has potential to cut off collaboration with a country on a rapidly rising science trajectory.\u201d\nHoldren \u2014 armed with a memo from the justice department saying that he has the right to conduct diplomacy on behalf of US President Barack Obama, even without congressional approval \u2014 is showing no signs of backing down. Yet science-policy experts say that the dispute has the potential to cast a cloud over joint academic and commercial research efforts between the two economic superpowers. \"This has potential to cut off collaboration with a country on a rapidly rising science and technology trajectory,\" says Richard P. Suttmeier, a retired expert on Chinese science policy based in Keene Valley, New York.\nRelations between the United States and China have their roots in a historic 1972 visit to Beijing by US president Richard Nixon. That led to a 1979 agreement between the two govern\u00adments for cooperation on scientific activities. Suttmeier estimates that US agencies now have more than 30 agreements on scientific cooperation with their equivalents in the Chinese government. The US National Science Foundation (NSF) opened an office in Beijing in 2006, and the US Department of Energy founded a US$150-million Clean Energy Research Center with China in 2009. Chinese researchers are now more likely to collaborate and co-author papers with scientists from the United States than with those from any other country.\n\"I don't understand the motivation for trying to cut off something of benefit to both sides,\" says Martin Briggs, a hydrogeology graduate student at Syracuse University in New York, who spent two months at Fudan University in Shanghai on a fellowship funded by the NSF to learn about water quality.\nWolf's spokesman Daniel Scandling says that the congressman sought to ban NASA and the OSTP from fostering relations with China after NASA administrator Charles Bolden visited the country last year and invited Chinese officials to visit NASA facilities in return. \"Congressman Wolf is deeply concerned by China's spying and theft of technology and doesn't think it is wise to give the Chinese access to advanced space technologies,\" Scandling says.\nFew existing NASA activities will be curtailed by the ban. But because much of US science relies on the OSTP for high-level coordination, the ban could derail activities by more agencies than Wolf intends to target. He has publicly questioned the wisdom of NSF activities involving China, but Scandling says that Wolf has no immediate plans to block cooperation by other agencies. Wolf's subcommittee has already approved a bill that would extend the ban into the 2012 fiscal year; it is now awaiting passage through the House. But Mu Rongping, a science-policy analyst at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, doesn't expect a major withdrawal from China\u2013US activities by the United States. It is clear that cooperation on funding of projects and mobility of researchers is win\u2013win for both sides, he explains.\n\"US bilateral activities in the fields of science, technology and innovation policy are important and necessary for both countries, not just for China,\" he says.\nUS-China collaboration\nBiochemistry without boundaries12 October 2011\nChina's new forests aren't as green as they seem21 September 2011\nIntegrity policy unveiled at last20 December 2010", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 86, "original_length": 5741, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 272.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.natureindex.com/institution-outputs/united-states-of-america-usa/college-of-arts-education-and-sciences-clarion-university-of-pennsylvania/597ea7799fcf5801420df9d3", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:42:43Z", "digest": "sha1:DBW4VP5RRMVSZPT3KHL4NKXXTFKIKHZH", "length": 627, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.natureindex.com", "title": "College of Arts, Education, and Sciences, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, United States of America (USA) | Institution outputs | Nature Index", "raw_content": "College of Arts, Education, and Sciences, Clarion University of Pennsylvania\nPrincipal institution: Clarion University of Pennsylvania\nThe table to the right includes counts of all research outputs for College of Arts, Education, and Sciences, Clarion University of Pennsylvania published between 1 November 2017 - 31 October 2018 which are tracked by the Nature Index.\nAIF promotes a JNK1-mediated cadherin switch independently of respiratory chain stabilization\n\u21b3 College of Arts, Education, and Sciences, Clarion University of Pennsylvania\nDepartment of Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics, Clarion University of Pennsylvania", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 146, "original_length": 4773, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 247.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nba.com/magic/videos/nikola-vucevic/orlando-magic-nba-all-star-celebration-20190131", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:48Z", "digest": "sha1:YYL6HHBNYCYI6Y3DKBFSSJO3272FMPQT", "length": 147, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.nba.com", "title": "Vucevic's All-Star Nod Celebration | Orlando Magic", "raw_content": "Vucevic's All-Star Nod Celebration\nGo inside the Magic locker room as the team celebrates Nikola Vucevic being named to the 2019 NBA All-Star game.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 185, "original_length": 2767, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 270.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/celebrity/Justin-Timberlake-and-Jessica-Biel-Marry-in-Italy-174978191.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:48Z", "digest": "sha1:X3YKXOTOIZYSYWLXPRJZ3HNMQIDMLJCI", "length": 1081, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.nbcnewyork.com", "title": "Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel Marry - NBC New York", "raw_content": "Singer and actress tied the knot in Southern Italy.\nJessica Biel and Justin Timberlake were married in Italy, Friday.\nAfter five years of dating, Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel have become husband and wife.\n\"It's great to be married, the ceremony was beautiful and it was so special to be surrounded by our family and friends,\" the couple told People in a statement Friday.\nRumors swirled over exactly when Timberlake, 31, and Biel, 30, were to tie the knot as friends and family gathered in Southern Italy over the past week.\nAccording to E! News, the nuptials took place at the Borgo Egnazia resort in the Italian town of Fasano with a guests including Jimmy Fallon, Andy Samberg, Timbaland, 'N Sync alum Chris Kirkpatrick and Biel's \"7th Heaven\" sister Beverley Mitchell in attendance. Sources told E! that those attending were asked to sign nondisclosure agreements to ensure details stayed private for as long as possible.\nTimberlake and his friends began the festivites at the end of September when they celebrated his bachelor party in both Las Vegas and Cabo San Lucas.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 95, "original_length": 2652, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 252.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ncmountainguides.com/routes/climbing/south-early-winter-spire-southwest-couloir", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:58:46Z", "digest": "sha1:6W2N3H43PHSPMUSVFBOBJAPSEL47CSUJ", "length": 1791, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.ncmountainguides.com", "title": "South Early Winter Spire - Southwest Couloir | North Cascade Mountain Guides", "raw_content": "Alpine and Moderate Snow - Grade I\nWhile it does offer some steep snow, the bulk of the climb is fairly moderate. With snow and occasionally ice up to 50 degrees, the route is steep enough to keep your attention but short enough to keep the climb reasonable. When approached on skis, this climb offers the bonus of a quick and fun descent back to the car at the end of the day. The route can easily be done in crampon compatible ski boots.\nDepending on conditions, we will start the either the Blue Lake trailhead or the hairpin turn off of Highway 20. The approach is often best done on skis, though snowshoes or sometimes bare boots can work just fine.\nAfter caching skis at the base of the couloir, we will don harnesses, helmets, and crampons and begin the climb. We will typically use a mix of moving together and pitching out leads to reach the top of the spire. There are generally good rock anchors on the sides of the couloir, and good stances to break up the climb. Once on top of the tallest spire in the Liberty Bell group, views range from Silver Star to the East, to Mt Baker to the North, to Dome peak to the West and the Sawtooth range to the south.\nFrom the top, we will downclimb the route right back to the base and our cached gear. After clicking back into our skis, we can either swoosh back down to the car or take a second ski run in Liberty Bowl.\nPrevious experience climbing with crampons and ice axe\nThere are so many great alpine rock climbs in this region. A couple of the not to be missed classics are Beckey Route on Liberty Bell and the South Arete, also on South Early Winter Spire. These tend to be moderate rock climbing routes all summer but can be super fun alpine climbs in the early season.\nRecommended Reading: Selected Climbs in the Cascades, volume 1", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 260, "original_length": 6769, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 329.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.neighborhoods.com/fl/kissimmee/schools/osceola-high-school", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:30Z", "digest": "sha1:Y2TQVUC2SJHFD2G4TEKQEFQLAUQO4DKW", "length": 214, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.neighborhoods.com", "title": "Neighborhoods and Homes Near Osceola High School | Neighborhoods.com", "raw_content": "Neighborhoods and Homes nearOsceola High School\n420 South Thacker Avenue\nOsceola High School, located in Kissimmee, FL, serves grades 9-12 in the Osceola High School. It received a GreatSchool Rating of 3 out of 10", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 124, "original_length": 3402, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 233.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.neighborhoods.com/il/geneva/schools/williamsburg-elementary-school", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:03Z", "digest": "sha1:72HFN5ITJRGKLA4SPWAJPGLLTSDTAJFQ", "length": 218, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.neighborhoods.com", "title": "Neighborhoods and Homes Near Williamsburg Elementary School | Neighborhoods.com", "raw_content": "Neighborhoods and Homes nearWilliamsburg Elementary School\nWilliamsburg Elementary School, located in Geneva, IL, serves grades K-5 in the Williamsburg Elementary School. It received a GreatSchool Rating of 9 out of 10", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 121, "original_length": 3454, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 167.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.neondrum.com/newsrelease/685/Hitachi+Consulting+UK+Appoints+John+O%E2%80%99Brien+as+Executive+Vice+President+for+the+UK+%0D%0A", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:27Z", "digest": "sha1:7KE7OSAN53GCH5RWY52M3PKNVEYUBTB2", "length": 3282, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.neondrum.com", "title": "NeonDrum: release-display", "raw_content": "Hitachi Consulting UK Appoints John O\u2019Brien as Executive Vice President for the UK\nLeadership Appointment to Support Strategy for Future Growth in Line with Business Demand\nLONDON, UK - 14 March 2011 - Hitachi Consulting UK today announced the appointment of John O\u2019Brien as Executive Vice President for the UK to drive the growth of its operations. Mr. O\u2019Brien will focus on enhancing the company\u2019s core business by further aligning with strategic alliances. In addition, Mr. O\u2019Brien will be tasked with capitalising on new areas of market momentum and business growth within the company\u2019s core competencies of Management Consultancy, Applications & Technology Solutions and Managed Services capabilities.\nWith a strong track record of business development, project delivery and practice leadership, Mr. O\u2019Brien brings more than 25 years of senior consulting and executive management experience in the enterprise software industry to Hitachi Consulting UK. He joins from Capgemini plc, where he held the position of Vice President and leadership member of the Energy, Utilities and Chemicals Group (UK). Prior to that, Mr. O\u2019Brien was a Partner in Ernst & Young\u2019s Energy, Chemical and Utilities Markets Group and supported the BP audit team in re-developing their non-audit work. He also had a nineteen-year tenure at Accenture Ltd.\n\u201cJohn brings a proven track record of leadership and a broad range of business and IT consulting experience at some of the world\u2019s leading consulting and technology companies,\u201d said Phil Parr, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hitachi Consulting Corp. \u201cHe will play an integral role in continuing Hitachi Consulting UK\u2019s success in delivering superior value to clients, helping to closely align with our trusted alliance communities, and further developing new avenues of business for future growth.\u201d\n\u201cHitachi Consulting has a reputation for management consultancy know-how, as well as providing technology solutions and managed services capabilities that enable clients to address real business issues,\u201d commented John O\u2019Brien, Executive Vice President, Hitachi Consulting UK. \u201cIn the current climate, consultancies that rely on their brand alone will no longer be contenders for clients looking for flexibility, superior service, quality and true innovation. I look forward to working with the UK team in delivering tangible benefits to our clients, while accelerating our growth and executing our market plans over the coming months.\u201d\nAs Hitachi, Ltd.'s (NYSE: HIT) global consulting company, with operations in the United States, Europe and Asia, Hitachi Consulting is a recognised leader in delivering proven business and IT strategies and solutions to Global 2000 companies across many industries. With a balanced view of strategy, people, process and technology, we work with companies to understand their unique business needs, and to develop and implement practical business strategies and technology solutions. From business strategy development through application deployment, our consultants are committed to helping clients quickly realise measurable business value and achieve sustainable ROI.\nJoin the Hitachi Consulting UK Group on LinkedIn:\nhttp://www.linkedin.com/groups/Hitachi-Consulting-UK-3060821?mostPopular=&gid=3060821", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 22, "original_length": 4575, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 201.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nevadaappeal.com/news/local/paul-mcgrath-carson-citys-dollars-dilemma/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:17:28Z", "digest": "sha1:B2FNU5M4JCS7ZAHWYGX4ZWHSAMF6ADPD", "length": 4498, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.nevadaappeal.com", "title": "Paul McGrath: Carson City\u2019s dollars dilemma | NevadaAppeal.com", "raw_content": "Paul McGrath: Carson City\u2019s dollars dilemma\nBob Thomas\u2019 commentary of April 26 was so appropriate with the front page article of the city\u2019s dollar problems, that a response was needed from someone who has worked with the city during past hard times when city department budgets are challenged. The article by Mr. Thomas should be read by every member of the board and all department heads, because it really hits home.\nIn the Nevada Appeal article on April 26, the reporter disclosed reductions in city personnel only since 2007. Did the reporter ask questions about program reviews from all departments for effectiveness, program eliminations and reductions, staffing, scheduling and other non-employee costs? The article addressed only the 20-plus-year lobbyist and the former city manager with respect to reducing ongoing costs. These two programs need to be reviewed for their effectiveness versus costs to the taxpayer instead of just the comment of being vital for the city. Both of these consultants are the former mayors\u2019 pet programs.\nBecause of these hard times, additional review of all programs must be done by someone other than the city manager. Just because a department head may be elected, the Board of Supervisors controls the dollars and they should be treated the same as other department heads. Something that comes to mind is a substantial pay increase for appointed officials that were put into the department\u2019s budget with the city manager\u2019s assistance that became public after the budget process was completed. These salary increases were far beyond the normal raises normally offered to city personnel.\nCarson City has a number of aces in the hole. For more than 20 years, the consumer has been paying at the pump a 5-cent-a-gallon tax to start the freeway. Well, the freeway is started and funding has not been secured for the final phase, but the nickel is still being put in the pot.\nA suggestion to help public works to maintain our inner roads and streets would be to have the Board of Supervisors work with the Nevada Department of Transportation to suspend that nickel from going into the state\u2019s pot of dollars and to collect that pot of money to fix the local streets and roads. Once the freeway funding for the last phase has been secured, then redirect that nickel back to the state. Although my personal opinion is that the nickel be kept locally.\nLiving in the southern part of the city, the roads such as Silver Sage, Center and others are like driving in a bombed-out air strip with gaps across the entire road as wide as 10 inches. This pot is a large pot with a lot of dollars that is just sitting there for use on the freeway when the original road use tax is already being paid by the motoring public that was designed and collected for road construction and repairs.\nPublic safety in Carson City has always been well-funded. A recent article about the possibility of losing some programs due to funding cuts really came to the surface to show the need for additional program reviews by the board. A few years ago, proposals were submitted to have a tax override for public safety programs from the Fire and Sheriff\u2019s departments. That proposal was soundly defeated by the citizens of Carson City.\nIn that proposal were things like a new firetruck (for tall buildings was the justification), seven or eight new employees to combat gang problems, and other material things to enhance their operations. This is an example where the Board of Supervisors should have questioned this override and not have the citizens soundly defeat the issue.\nBy the way, the tall-building firetruck request was already purchased because of the Ormsby House construction 20-plus years ago. The gang and drug problems could have been greatly reduced with a Homeland Security program offered at no charge, except training costs.\nCarson City was consolidated in 1969. A number of jurisdictions have taken the necessary steps to consolidate their police and fire into one. This would be a natural for our city, and the Board of Supervisors should explore the possibility of consolidation that would save millions of dollars in associated employee costs of overtime and staffing.\nCurrent employees would naturally be opposed, but the citizens would benefit greatly. Carson City does not need another tax increase; Carson City needs agency heads to think outside of the box and develop meaningful programs using existing resources.\n\u2022 Paul McGrath is a former Carson City Sheriff.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 211, "original_length": 8727, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 290.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.newcivilengineer.com/softly-softly-waste-plan-enforcement-expected/998962.article", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:41Z", "digest": "sha1:WNBRNOGTCIWVA6ROYCCS7NM6WLEYWA2X", "length": 1740, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.newcivilengineer.com", "title": "'Softly softly' waste plan enforcement expected | Archive imported | New Civil Engineer", "raw_content": "'Softly softly' waste plan enforcement expected\n26 March, 2008 By John McKenna\nEnforcing the requirements for contractors to have site waste management plans (SWMPs) is expected to vary between different parts of the country when they come into force next month, it was revealed last week.\nSpeaking at NCE's Waste Summit last Wednesday, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs head of fly-tipping and construction waste Andy Gregory said it would be at a local authority's discretion to actively begin investigating construction sites to ensure the use of accurate SWMPs.\n\"The Environment Agency and local authorities are the enforcing bodies, and they will take a risk-based approach,\" said Gregory.\n\"There are some that don't know a great deal [about SWMPs and enforcing them], and others, for example Cambridgeshire County Council, that are interested in enforcement to combat fly-tipping.\"\nAll projects valued \u00a3300,000 and above will be required to have a valid SWMP from 6 April.\nSWMPs must set out the types and volumes of waste expected and propose action to manage and reduce waste levels. But there will be no set format or generic form.\nFailure to produce a valid SWMP will result in an on the spot fine of \u00a3300, although magistrates courts can impose fines of up to \u00a320,000.\nGregory added that the enforcement would only target sites suspected of fly-tipping.\nIn general the Environment Agency and local authorities will take a \"softly, softly\" approach.\n\"On sites where there is no question that fly-tipping is taking place but if a contractor fails to produce an accurate and valid SWMP, rather than fine the firm the local authority will work with the firm to help them improve their waste management,\" said Gregory.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 138, "original_length": 6693, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 320.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.neworleansnews.net/news/258296894/saints-sign-wr-marshall-to-replace-bryant", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:31Z", "digest": "sha1:EYJPTGUCAPEXT5SRIA7WKR4LY2B2CKR6", "length": 1845, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.neworleansnews.net", "title": "Saints sign WR Marshall to replace Bryant", "raw_content": "Saints sign WR Marshall to replace Bryant\nThe New Orleans Saints signed six-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Brandon Marshall to a contract, the team announced Monday.\nMarshall effectively is replacing three-time Pro Bowl wideout Dez Bryant, who signed with the club on Tuesday before sustaining a torn Achilles on the final play in practice three days later.\nThe 34-year-old Marshall, who was released by the Seattle Seahawks on Oct. 30, worked out for the Saints with Bryant and Kamar Aiken last week.\n\"(Marshall) moved around well,\" New Orleans coach Sean Payton said during his Monday conference call. \"He's smart, he's experienced. He's someone, again, that he's been in a number of systems and overall had a good workout. He's got good length and size. He's another big target. We'll see how it goes here this week and what our plans are.\"\nMarshall has yet to compete in an NFL playoff game during his career, although that run should end with the Saints boasting an 8-1 mark.\nThe 6-foot-5, 232-pound Marshall has 970 career receptions for 12,351 yards and 83 touchdown catches with the Denver Broncos, Miami Dolphins, Chicago Bears, New York Jets, Giants and Seahawks. His production has dipped considerably, however, as he had just 11 catches for 136 yards and one score in seven games played with Seattle.\nMarshall is 16th in receptions -- only 12 behind Pro Football Hall of Famer Randy Moss.\nPro Bowl wideout Michael Thomas has flourished this season for the Saints, recording 78 receptions for 950 yards and seven touchdowns.\nOutside of Thomas, however, the Saints have received lukewarm production from the wide receiver position.\nRookie Tre'Quan Smith has 12 receptions for 214 yards and three touchdowns for the Saints, who saw fellow wideout Ted Ginn Jr. placed on injured reserve last month and Cameron Meredith struggle this season.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 184, "original_length": 8320, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 229.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.news-journalonline.com/news/20120324/pool-season-begins-soon", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:12Z", "digest": "sha1:5QMLTOAJBWO2BSO2H54QURD7DMLGSGWC", "length": 715, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.news-journalonline.com", "title": "Pool season begins soon - News - Daytona Beach News-Journal Online - Daytona Beach, FL", "raw_content": "Pool season begins soon\nThe Frieda Zamba Pool will open for the season from 1:30 to 7:30 p.m. April 2.\nWhether its lessons, exercise, open swim with friends or fun special events, there's plenty to do at the pool. Official say there will be theme days, aquatic lessons, admission specials and a brand new \"Dive In Movie\" program.\nThe Frieda Zamba Pool is at 339 Parkview Drive, adjacent to Belle Terre Park and the Buddy Taylor/Wadsworth School campus on Belle Terre Parkway. Daily general admission is $3 for seniors, $4 for adults, $3 for youths and free for children under 12. Family memberships are $250 to use for the entire season.\nMore information is available at palmcoastgov.com or by calling 386-986-4741.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 162, "original_length": 3029, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 310.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.news-journalonline.com/news/20130729/deltona-officials-eyeing-new-senior-center-urge-settlement-of-700000-probate-case", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:45Z", "digest": "sha1:6OGQZLTGFOUUCZUK2IOR2HKICGNNTQJZ", "length": 3233, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.news-journalonline.com", "title": "Deltona officials, eyeing new senior center, urge settlement of $700,000 probate case - News - Daytona Beach News-Journal Online - Daytona Beach, FL", "raw_content": "Deltona officials, eyeing new senior center, urge settlement of $700,000 probate case\nAn Iowa court might hold the key to unlocking a new senior center for Deltona.\nDELTONA \u2014 An Iowa court might hold the key to unlocking a new senior center for Deltona.\nTwo local nonprofit organizations are contesting a will worth some $700,000 by former Deltona resident, Genevieve Jablonski.\nOne, the Volusia County Council on Aging, hopes to turn the money into a new senior center with the help of Deltona City Hall. The other, the Salvation Army, argues the amount isn't enough to fulfill Jablonski's dream.\nJablonski, a regular at the council's $3 lunches at the Deltona Community Center, died in 2009.\nBoth the council and the Salvation Army have a claim because they're both mentioned in a 2008 modification to her 1998 will. In it, she mentions as the beneficiary of her bequest \"the Salvation Army,\" but later writes: \"This bequest to be used to build a senior center in Deltona, Florida, in conjunction with the Council on Aging.\"\nA trial has been set for Nov. 20 to determine which of the two organizations should get the money. In the meantime, Deltona city officials are urging a resolution, which both the Council on Aging and Salvation Army say they're working toward.\nIt's been three years since the original trustee, David Kelsen, Jablonski's nephew, began attempting to sort out how to distribute the funds. Kelsen has since been replaced by a Cedar Falls, Iowa, attorney, Mark Rolinger, who is working with the Iowa District Court of Black Hawk County.\nEarlier this month, Deltona city commissioners \u2013 who are hoping to work with the Council on Aging to construct a new senior center \u2014 expressed frustration at the slow pace of the case.\n\"This is ridiculous,\" Mayor John Masiarczyk said during a budget workshop July 8.\nThe city contracts with the Council on Aging to offer services at the community center, 980 Lakeshore Dr., but both agree that 50-year-old facility should be either expanded or replaced.\nDeltona City Attorney Becky Vose and Masiarczyk said the Council on Aging has not wanted the city to contact the Salvation Army to work toward a resolution.\n\"There is friction,\" Masiarczyk said. \"Because of that, a disservice is being done to our seniors. This has got to stop.\"\nTom Reavely, an Iowa attorney for the Council on Aging, disagrees.\n\"That's not the case,\" Reavely said, adding he traveled to Daytona Beach in February to meet with the Salvation Army attorneys to start negotiations. Those talks are continuing, he said.\nReavely said the case is a complicated one involving people with different opinions about Jablonski's intent.\nGreg Hansen, a Melbourne attorney representing the Salvation Army, said Jablonski's wish might not be fulfilled with the amount she left.\n\"That's not enough to both build and operate a free-standing facility,\" he said. \"We both can do a lot more good for the seniors in the area, put more boots on the ground, if you'll let us use that money to expand our services.\"\nHansen said the main reason for delays in the case was the change in trustee. He acknowledged the talks with the Council on Aging.\nThe case is being heard in Iowa because that's where the original trustee lives.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 177, "original_length": 5615, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 269.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/transport/cookstown-road-closed-after-road-traffic-collision-1-8732683", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:18:05Z", "digest": "sha1:ZZKN6ZOHUU5CZMNIF5TU5UHV27BDXOBD", "length": 350, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.newsletter.co.uk", "title": "Cookstown road closed after road traffic collision - Belfast Newsletter", "raw_content": "Cookstown road closed after road traffic collision\nA road in Cookstown has been closed by the PSNI after a road traffic collision on Friday afternoon.\nThe collision occurred on Chapel Street shortly before 2:30pm.\nMotorists are being advised to avoid the area and seek alternative routes where possible.\nEmergency services are currently at the scene.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 2090, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 338.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.newsy.com/stories/planned-parenthood-president-stepping-down-this-year/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:09:22Z", "digest": "sha1:A6WP5UVMRTI6INX7JZITAIB3M2CMSRJQ", "length": 1127, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.newsy.com", "title": "Planned Parenthood President Stepping Down This Year (VIDEO)", "raw_content": "The President Of Planned Parenthood Announced She's Stepping Down\nCecile Richards announced Friday she will step down as the organization's president sometime in 2018.\nCecile Richards announced Friday she's stepping down as president of Planned Parenthood this year.\n\"It has been an incredible honor to be part of this organization as a patient, as president and now as a lifelong supporter and champion,\" Richards said in a video statement.\nSince becoming the organization's president in 2006, Richards has spent much of her time expanding Planned Parenthood's profile through celebrity campaigns and political participation. Before that, she served as the deputy chief of staff for Rep. Nancy Pelosi.\nRelated Story With Funding On The Line, Planned Parenthood Backers Rally At Capitol\nThe New York Times reports Richards is meeting with the Planned Parenthood's board Friday and Saturday to determine exactly when she'll leave.\nRichards told the Times she next plans to focus on getting Democrats elected in the 2018 midterm elections. She'll also be promoting her upcoming memoir, which is scheduled to be released in April.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 332, "original_length": 9521, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 182.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nickserpa.com/grand-canyon/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:04Z", "digest": "sha1:FHXPVQAJW36TJKREFQP7YJS4WAFRBDMD", "length": 196, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.nickserpa.com", "title": "Nicholas Serpa \u2014 Grand Canyon", "raw_content": "A collection of photos from my journey to the bottom of the Grand Canyon (and back) in April 2018. Shot on a Panasonic Lumix GX8, with light color and highlight correction done in Adobe Lightroom.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 37, "original_length": 740, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.81, "perplexity": 149.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.njherald.com/20180720/love-new-jerseys-outdoors-take-action-now", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:26:46Z", "digest": "sha1:VF5EC27C7AJZBGWAFTWQGPSUYDBNOLBU", "length": 4024, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "www.njherald.com", "title": "Love New Jersey's outdoors? Take action now - New Jersey Herald -", "raw_content": "Love New Jersey's outdoors? Take action now\nWhat do Wharton State Forest in the Pine Barrens, Jesse Allen Park in Newark, Camden Waterfront Park, the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Island Beach State Park and Paterson's Great Falls National Historic Park have in common?\nThese parks and natural areas -- and many more throughout this state we're in -- have all benefited from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, a 52-year-old federal program to create and improve public parks, recreation areas, beaches, monuments and historic sites.\nNew Jersey has received more than $346 million through this popular, bipartisan program. But the Land and Water Conservation Fund is set to expire on Sept. 30, and quick action by Congress is needed.\nEstablished in 1964 by President Lyndon Johnson, the Land and Water Conservation Fund is a fantastic deal because it provides outdoor recreation for millions of people at no cost to taxpayers. It's funded entirely through royalties from offshore oil and gas projects.\nOver the past 50 years, the Land and Water Conservation Fund has helped preserve iconic landscapes in every state, including Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, Mount Rainier National Park in Washington, the Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania and George Washington's Mount Vernon.\nIn New Jersey, this fund has helped establish, expand and improve public parks in all 21 counties -- from small community parks and ballfields to national recreation areas and wildlife refuges like the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge.\nOutdoor recreation is a powerful economic engine in New Jersey, generating nearly $19 billion in consumer spending every year and supporting 143,000 jobs, $5.9 billion in wages and salaries, and $1.2 billion in state and local tax revenue.\nThis economic engine will sputter if the funds run out. As our state's population grows, it's important that we continue to add public open spaces so that everyone can experience the great outdoors.\nWithout the Land and Water Conservation Fund, these projects won't happen:\n\u00ba Continued revitalization of the North Camden Waterfront Park, extending it by a half-mile with additional trails, picnic areas and spots for sightseeing along the Delaware River back channel.\n\u00ba Continued revitalization of Jesse Allen Park in Newark as a vibrant space for community gatherings, recreation and athletics. When completed, it will be Newark's second-largest city-owned park, benefiting nearly 13,700 residents within a 10-minute walk, as well as residents in the surrounding communities.\n\u00ba An addition to the Rockaway River Wildlife Management Area in Morris County, connecting to 3,000 acres of preserved lands. This unique property flows into the Musconetcong and Rockaway River watersheds and protects water quality in both Lake Shawnee and Lake Hopatcong.\nOthers include Liberty State Park, Spruce Run Recreation Area and the Pequest Fish Hatchery. The city of Paterson has a grant to build a trail along the Passaic River.\nThe New Jersey Highlands region has benefited from this fund, protecting the drinking water for more than 6 million people, or nearly two-thirds of New Jersey's population.\nNew Jersey's bipartisan Congressional delegation continues to be longstanding supporters of the Land and Water Conservation Fund. But the September deadline looms.\nContact your Congressional representative today and urge him or her to support American's most important conservation program and ensure that the Land and Water Conservation Fund is permanently reauthorized and fully funded.\nTo contact your congressional representative, go to http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/.\nVisit http://www.lwcfcoalition.org/ to learn more about the Land and Water Conservation Fund.\nAnd for more information about preserving New Jersey's land and natural resources, visit the New Jersey Conservation Foundation website at www.njconservation.org or contact me at info@njconservation.org.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 122, "original_length": 5844, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 154.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nordicoutdoor.co.uk/blog/new-website/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:11Z", "digest": "sha1:6G36FX5VZ5OKBVSWT5UFZ2CISJW3PVGU", "length": 2223, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.nordicoutdoor.co.uk", "title": "Blog - Our new website - Nordic Outdoor", "raw_content": "After a lot of hard work behind the scenes the curtains have been lifted. \u201cFinally! After a year of sub-standard web presence we now have a new website, it might be a bit strange to do this in the middle of the Christmas rush, but then again we\u2019re not that normal\u201d says founder and managing director Caspar Odqvist.\nIt was the staggering loading times \u2013 sometimes up towards a whopping twelve seconds \u2013 and the lack of user friendliness of the old site that led to the decision to start the work on a new website. \u201cBesides being faster and more reliable than the old website, the new Nordic Outdoor website will feature a much needed look update and will be much more user friendly. Even more importantly it will include features such as a blog which will allow us to be a lot more interactive with our customers\u201d, Caspar continues.\nThe development of the site was done by Edinburgh based designers Mywebcare. \u201cWhen Caspar and his team first visited our studio to discuss the project, it was clear that we all shared the same vision - to ensure the user was at the centre of everything we do. Internally, we also wanted to build a website the Nordic Team would be proud of and we are confident that the new website has delivered on both these fronts. Users will find a well-designed website that will make their shopping experience simple yet enjoyable, no matter what device they are using\u201d, says Digital Account Manager, Khurram Inam.\nThe hope is that the knowledge possessed by the staff at Nordic Outdoor will be more easily transferred through a digital format with the new website. As an aid to the new platform the website will offer, Nordic Outdoor will stay connected to their loyal customers on a wide scale, \u201cI would recommend that you sign up to our newsletter and like us on Facebook and other social media channels to get the most out of the Nordic Outdoor experience\u201d concludes Caspar.\nSo far everything is looking good, and we hope that you will enjoy your time on our site. Please let us know what you like about the site and what could use improvement. Any input from you is very valuable to us since in the end you are the one who have to like the site for us to be happy with it.\nThe Nordic Outdoor Team", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 328, "original_length": 7057, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 265.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.npr.org/2019/01/18/686450951/shutdown-forces-many-workers-to-live-well-below-their-means?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=business", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:23:57Z", "digest": "sha1:F4G6SJGQPX3QGE2R3KRXUSUPL3R7XAHN", "length": 3882, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.npr.org", "title": "Shutdown Forces Many Workers To Live Well Below Their Means : NPR", "raw_content": "Shutdown Forces Many Workers To Live Well Below Their Means Without a paycheck, many federal employees affected by the partial government shutdown have had to resort to emergency measures to support themselves and their families.\nShutdown Forces Many Workers To Live Well Below Their Means\nShutdown Forces Many Workers To Live Well Below Their Means 3:03\nWithout a paycheck, many federal employees affected by the partial government shutdown have had to resort to emergency measures to support themselves and their families.\nThe partial government shutdown is four weeks old. And to make ends meet, unpaid federal workers across this country have been borrowing money or dipping into savings or resorting to emergency measures.\nNate Mook is the executive director of an emergency kitchen in Washington, D.C. It's just a few blocks from the White House. It's run by Michelin-starred chef Jose Andres. They are serving free meals to furloughed workers.\nUNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: Hi. How are you? Good.\nUNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: Sandwich.\nUNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: Sandwich. Next.\nNATE MOOK: When you see hundreds and hundreds of people standing out in the cold, waiting for a hot plate of food and a fresh, hot cup of coffee, it's clear that something is wrong.\nUNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: What would you like to have today? Mac and cheese, as well?\nMOOK: There is a sense of community here. People are talking to each other, sharing their stories, you know, making the best of a really tough situation. But clearly, people here are struggling.\nINSKEEP: Outside, we spoke with Daniel Lewis (ph), who is just starting his career in the federal government in the Department of Agriculture, like his dad. Both are grappling with hard decisions due to the shutdown.\nDANIEL LEWIS: This was actually the very, very, very first shutdown where a check was missed. And when that happened, I think reality really kicked in to him and says, well, I guess maybe I'm not essential. Maybe if I'm not essential, I could essential my way into retirement. (Laughter). That's how he said it. So with that being said, he did tell me, brace for it. You know, it may be a long ride until the end. But whatever happens, just, you know, continue fighting through it. You got to roll with the punches.\nAnd it's caused me to have some thoughts, or second thoughts or second doubts - not having a place to go, a lot of unknowns. You know, being a homeowner's kind of frustrating 'cause you don't know when you're going to get your next check and how you're going to pay the bills. It really comes down to that. So right now I'm trying to come up with a backup plan as we speak.\nGREENE: And let's go now to Michigan, where Stephanie Perkins (ph) is planning to rally in downtown Detroit today in support of her fellow furloughed workers.\nSTEPHANIE PERKINS: I work for the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. And what we do is we investigate discrimination complaints in the private sector in the workforce. And these citizens of the United States who have come to a federal agency seeking help, these people are not being served. Federal employees have absolutely nothing to do with the budget process. We don't have any say in how much goes where, when, how or whatever. So it's ironic to me that we're caught in the middle of this budget issue that we have absolutely nothing to do with.\nMost of the people that work for the federal government - in fact, the overwhelming majority of people who work for the government, we're dedicated, patriotic people who want to serve our country, and this is our way of doing it. And to put us out on the street like this over something that we have absolutely no control over, to me, is shameful.\nINSKEEP: Voices of some furloughed workers. We're on the job, and we'll continue bringing you voices from people affected by the shutdown as it enters a fifth week.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 145, "original_length": 6462, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 252.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nps.gov/stli/learn/historyculture/black-statue-of-liberty.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:30Z", "digest": "sha1:IWGTHBSFE5LQIBZWZQSNWXE33XOFNOOX", "length": 12363, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "www.nps.gov", "title": "Black Statue of Liberty - Summary Report - Statue Of Liberty National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)", "raw_content": "Black Statue of Liberty - Summary Report\nTHE BLACK STATUE OF LIBERTY RUMOR\nAn Inquiry into the History and Meaning of Bartholdi\u2019s Libert\u00e9 \u00e9clairant le Monde\nRebecca M. Joseph, Ph.D.\nwith Brooke Rosenblatt and Carolyn Kinebrew\nNortheast Ethnography Program, Boston Support Office, National Park Service\nThis project was funded by the National Park Service. Principal Investigator Dr. Rebecca M. Joseph was formerly Senior Anthropologist, Northeast Region, National Park Service and is the author of this report. Research associates Brooke Rosenblatt and Carolyn Kinebrew are independent consultants. Release of this report does not imply endorsement of its conclusions or recommendations by National Park Service.\nSince this manuscript was completed in September of 2000, the NPS hired professional editors on two occasions to improve the organization and writing style of the report, which was a recommendation of peer reviewers, without altering the results and findings. However, each effort introduced changes to the report that ultimately were considered unsatisfactory by the NPS. In making the report available in its original form, the NPS seeks to preserve the nuances and details of the research as they were presented by the investigators. The information discussed in this report is an important addition to the more conventional understanding of the origin and meaning of the Statue of Liberty, and it has been used to help formulate significant new research and planning projects that are ongoing at the present time.\nThe manuscript has been modified by the NPS in the following areas:\n1. The Introduction has been edited to improve readability.\n2. Appendix D was added to provide a selected list of scholarly literature on the Statue of Liberty\u2019s history and symbolism, for additional reading.\n3. Two footnotes were added. Footnote 106 was inserted to identify scholars by name who have stated that the design for the Statue of Liberty evolved from the sculptor's earlier concept of a similar figure entitled, \"Egypt Bringing Light to the Orient.\" Footnote 102 expresses a reservation about the author's identification of Egyptian fellah as \"black.\"\nIn early 1998, the Statue of Liberty National Monument staff began receiving inquiries about rumors that the Statue of Liberty was originally meant to be a monument to the end of slavery in America at the end of the Civil War. In response, the Monument's Superintendent launched an intensive, two-year investigation of the rumors and the truth about the statue's early history. The research reported here is based on investigations conducted on the internet, through personal interviews and in public and private library and archival collections in the U.S. and France.\nThe rumors have been circulating on the Internet, through e-mail networks and in telephone calls. In their totality, the rumors constitute a counter-narrative about the origin and development of the statue that preserves and transmits valuable information about its early history (discussed in Part I of the report). Parts II and III of the report examine four specific claims that are made in the multiple and often overlapping versions of the rumors. Part III also includes a discussion of the roles of African Americans in the statue's early history (1876-1886) and race relations as an enduring theme associated with the monument. A Chronology of American Race Relations for the Statue of Liberty is presented here. Following the Conclusions and Recommendations for Further Research, appendices present additional information about research methods, specific research findings concerning the rumors' Proof of Documents, a chronology of internet and media dissemination of the rumors, and a list of further readings about the meanings and interpretations of the statue.\nClaim 1. The Statue of Liberty was conceived at a dinner party in 1865 at the home of Edouard de Laboulaye, a prominent French abolitionist, following the death of President Lincoln.\nFinding: This story is a legend. All available evidence points to its conception in 1870 or 1871. The dinner party legend is traceable to a single source --- an 1885 fund-raising pamphlet written by the statue's sculptor, Auguste Bartholdi, after the death of Laboulaye.\nClaim 2. Edouard de Laboulaye and Auguste Bartholdi were well-known French abolitionists who proposed the monument to recognize the critical roles played by black soldiers in the Civil War.\nFinding: No evidence was found to support the claim that the Statue of Liberty was intended to memorialize black combatants in the Civil War. Edouard de Laboulaye was a prolific French abolitionist who believed that the end of slavery marked the realization of the American democratic ideal embodied in the Declaration of Independence. His use of references to the French role in the American Revolution to generate support for his efforts on behalf of American slaves and freedmen are critical to understanding his conception of the Statue of Liberty. Auguste Bartholdi was largely apolitical and adapted his self-presentation to advance his career as an artist. His frequent references to race-related subjects during his 1871 visit to the United States reflect the influences of his French patrons and American contacts.\nClaim 3: The original model for the Statue of Liberty was a black woman, but the design was changed to appease white Americans who would not accept an African-American Liberty.\nFinding: The statue's design almost certainly evolved from an earlier concept Bartholdi proposed for a colossal monument in Egypt, for which the artist used his drawings of Egyptian women as models. Bartholdi\u2019s preliminary design for the Statue of Liberty is consistent with contemporary depictions of Liberty, but differs markedly from sculptures representing freed American slaves and Civil War soldiers. Bartholdi changed a broken shackle and chain in the statue's left hand to tablets inscribed \"July IV, MDCCLXXVI\u201d (July 4, 1776) at Laboulaye's request, to emphasize a broader vision of liberty for all mankind. There is no evidence that Bartholdi's \u201coriginal\u201d design was perceived by white American supporters or the United States government as representing a black woman, or was changed on those grounds.\nClaim4: By the time of its dedication in 1886, European immigration to the United States had increased so substantially that earlier meanings associated with the statue were eclipsed, and this association has continued to be the predominant understanding of the statue\u2019s meaning from then until now.\nFinding: The conventional interpretation of the statue as a monument to American immigrants is a twentieth-century phenomenon. In its early years (1871-1886), that view was only rarely and vaguely expressed, while references to the Civil War and abolition of slavery occur repeatedly from its first introduction to the United States in 1871 up to and including the dedication celebrations in 1886. Immigrants did not actually see the Statue of Liberty in large numbers until after its unveiling. In the early twentieth century, the statue became a popular symbol for nativists and white supremacists. Official use of the statue's image to appeal to immigrants only began in earnest with public efforts to Americanize immigrant children and the government\u2019s advertising campaign for World War I bonds. The \"immigrant\" interpretation gained momentum in the 1930s as Americans prepared for war with Hitler and by the 1950s, it had become the predominant understanding of the statue's original purpose and meaning.\nThe Role of African Americans in the Statue's History\nAlthough African Americans played no active role in the statue's conception or design, they contributed to the main fund-raising drive for the statue\u2019s pedestal, participated in public celebrations during its dedication in New York City, and conducted their own celebrations at that time as well. African American newspapers throughout the country covered those events extensively. Yet for black Americans the Statue of Liberty has also long symbolized America's failure to protect their civil rights. In the early 1900s, many African Americans were victims of white supremacists and nativists who used the statue to represent their exclusionary views. Since then, continuing ambiguity among African Americans about whether to embrace \u201cLiberty\u201d hopefully or scorn it as a symbol of American hypocrisy has been expressed in numerous works of art, political debates, and, on at least one occasion, violent protest. Planning and construction of an Immigration Museum at the Statue of Liberty took seventeen years (1955-1972); and the effort involved a fierce public debate about how African-Americans who were brought involuntarily to America as slaves could or should be presented as \"immigrants\" and, if so, how their history and contributions to American society should be told.\n\u00b7 Was the original model for the Statue of Liberty a black woman?\nMost versions of the Black Statue of Liberty rumor refer to a cast (c. 1870) of a no longer extant maquette owned by the Museum of the City of New York as proof that \u201cthe original model\u201d for the Statue of Liberty was a black woman. The temporal proximity and aesthetic overlap between Bartholdi\u2019s Egyptian proposal and the Statue of Liberty project, and the preliminary nature of the statue's study models, makes it impossible to rule out an 1870-71 Liberty model that has design origins in Bartholdi\u2019s drawings of black Egyptian women in 1856. Based on the evidence, the connection is coincidental to the development of the Statue of Liberty under Laboulaye\u2019 patronage. We found no corroborating evidence that Edouard Laboulaye or Auguste Bartholdi intended to depict Liberty as a black woman. Laboulaye\u2019s intent was to present a monument that would commemorate the fulfillment of America\u2019s commitment to universal liberty established by the Declaration of Independence, and set an example for other nations. Liberty depicted as a freedwoman would have represented his strong anti-slavery convictions, but it would not have fulfilled this broader vision.\n\u00b7 Is the Statue of Liberty a monument to the end of slavery in the United States?\nThe Statue of Liberty would never have been conceived or built if its principal French and American advocates had not been active abolitionists who understood slavery as the cause of the Civil War and its end as the realization of the promise of liberty for all as codified in the Declaration of Independence. But the Statue of Liberty was not intended entirely as a monument to the end of slavery. The statue\u2019s form after June 1871 clearly embodies Laboulaye\u2019s views on the two-part realization, in 1776 and 1864, of his ideal of liberty. The centennial of the American Revolution was significant to the French sponsors because the Civil War ended slavery and preserved the Union at a time when the France\u2019s future was still uncertain. For the American republicans, it was a timely opportunity to erect a monument to their efforts and worldview. Laboulaye and his French colleagues also wished to send a political message back to France. Bartholdi cast the project in the broadest terms, hoping to encourage additional commissions.\n\u00b7 What roles do African Americans have in the Statue of Liberty\u2019s history?\nThe black press championed the French-American project; and African Americans contributed to the pedestal fund, participated in the public celebrations for its unveiling in New York City and conducted their own. Blacks were among the immigrants whose first sight of the United States was the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. In the early 20th century, African Americans died because of the perverse appropriation of the statue\u2019s symbolism by white racists. They were targeted by and responded to the government\u2019s Liberty bond campaign during World War I. Racial justice, particularly for African Americans, has been a recurrent theme ever since the Statue of Liberty\u2019s inception as evidenced by political cartoons, poems written for the 50th anniversary, debates over the content of the American Museum of Immigration\u2019s exhibits, and acts of civil disobedience in the 1960s and \u201870s. Along with recent work by African American artists, the Black Statue of Liberty rumor extends this tradition of active engagement with this American icon.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 98, "original_length": 13539, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 157.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nrso.ntua.gr/geyannis/pub/pc313-overview-of-the-safetycube-project-towards-a-european-road-safety-decision-support-system/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:12Z", "digest": "sha1:P4TGIM44AACRESJRCQBIBCV5T6WR7LJU", "length": 949, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.nrso.ntua.gr", "title": "Yannis G., Papadimitriou E., Theofilatos A., Ziakopoulos A., Thomas P., Theofilatos A., Filtness A, \u201cOverview of the SafetyCube project: Towards a European Road Safety Decision Support System\u201d, Proceedings of the 7th Panhellenic Road Safety Conference, Larissa, Greece, 11-12 October 2018. | George Yannis", "raw_content": "Yannis G., Papadimitriou E., Theofilatos A., Ziakopoulos A., Thomas P., Theofilatos A., Filtness A, \u201cOverview of the SafetyCube project: Towards a European Road Safety Decision Support System\u201d, Proceedings of the 7th Panhellenic Road Safety Conference, Larissa, Greece, 11-12 October 2018.\nEvidence based road safety policies are becoming more desirable and crucial for road safety improvements. The core of the SafetyCube project is a comprehensive analysis of accident risks and the effectiveness assessment and cost-benefit analysis of safety measures, focusing on road users, infrastructure, vehicles and post-impact care, framed within a Safe System approach, with road safety stakeholders at the national level, EU and beyond having involvement at all stages. The present work outlines the methods and outputs of developing the SafetyCube innovative road safety Decision Support System (DSS) which contains a wealth of road safety information.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 38, "original_length": 5678, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 275.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nsfogel.com/blog/_clone/2014/08/manhattan-apartment-fire-kills-1-injures-12.shtml", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:37:14Z", "digest": "sha1:ITNUXH4RWRINT35Y2DPCG4SFB2YFWHC6", "length": 650, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.nsfogel.com", "title": "Manhattan Apartment Fire Kills 1, Injures 12 | Bronx Medical Malpractice Lawyers | Brooklyn Motor Vehicle Accidents Law Firm", "raw_content": "The fire broke out in the first floor apartment at the six-floor apartment building on West 136th Street in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood of Manhattan around 5PM. It took 175 firefighters from all over New York City to squash the blaze. By 7PM, the fire was under control.\nIn cases like this, victims are often left with nothing but the clothes on their backs. Worse yet, if someone is injured or a loved one doesn't survive the fire, families can be devastated both emotionally and financially. However, when someone else's negligence causes a catastrophic apartment fire in New York, victims may be eligible to seek compensation for their loss.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 105, "original_length": 5354, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 165.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nursery-rhymes-fun.com/NurseryRhymesFun_News-fun-news-archives-one-twenty.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:18:02Z", "digest": "sha1:PHXA7BS55JTPQI5R7IHQXHXXS73X3BL7", "length": 13831, "nlines": 50, "source_domain": "www.nursery-rhymes-fun.com", "title": "Nursery-Rhymes-Fun News, Issue #120 --", "raw_content": "THE FUSSY QUEEN BEE\nIn a sheltered corner of the farmyard, where the hedge kept off the cold winds and the trees shaded from hot summer sunshine, there were many hives of Bees. One could not say much for the Drones, but the others were the busiest of all the farmyard people, and they had so much to do that they did not often stop to visit with their neighbors.\nIn each hive, or home, there were many thousand Bees, and each had his own work. First of all, there was the Queen. You might think that being a Queen meant playing all the time, but that is not so, for to be a really good Queen, even in a Beehive, one must know a great deal and keep at work all the time. The Queen Bee is the mother of all the Bee Babies, and she spends her days in laying eggs. She is so very precious and important a person that the first duty of the rest is to take care of her.\nThe Drones are the stoutest and finest-looking of all the Bees, but they are lazy, very, very lazy. There are never many of them in a hive, and like most lazy people, they spend much of their time in telling the others how to work. They do not make wax or store honey, and as the Worker Bees do not wish them to eat what has been put away for winter, they do not live very long.\nMost of the Bees are Workers. They are smaller than either the Queen Mother or the Drones, and they gather all the honey, make all the wax, build the comb, and feed the babies. They keep the hive clean, and when the weather is very warm, some of them fan the air with their wings to cool it. They guard the doorway of the hive, too, and turn away the robbers who sometimes come to steal their honey.\nIn these busy homes, nobody can live long just for himself. Everybody helps somebody else, and that makes life pleasant. The Queen Mother often lays as many as two thousand eggs in a day. Most of these are Worker eggs, and are laid in the small cells of the brood comb, which is the nursery of the hive. A few are Drone eggs and are laid in large cells. She never lays any Queen eggs, for she does not want more Queens growing up. It is a law among the Bees that there can be only one grown Queen living in each home.\nThe Workers, however, know that something might happen to their old Queen Mother, so, after she has gone away, they sometimes go into a cell where she has laid a Worker egg, and take down the waxen walls between it and the ones on either side to make a very large royal cell.\nThey bite away the wax with their strong jaws and press the rough edges into shape with their feet. When this egg hatches, they do not feed the baby, or Larva, with tasteless bread made of flower- dust, honey, and water, as they would if they intended it to grow up a Worker or a Drone. Instead, they make what is called royal jelly, which is quite sour, and tuck this all around the Larva, who now looks like a little white worm.\nThe royal jelly makes her grow fast, and in five days she is so large as to nearly fill the cell. Then she stops eating, spins a cocoon, and lies in it for about two and a half days more. When she comes out of this, she is called a Pupa. Sixteen days after the laying of the egg, the young Queen is ready to come out of her cell. It takes twenty-one days for a Worker to become fully grown and twenty-five for a Drone.\nIn the hive by the cedar tree, the Queen Mother was growing restless and fussy. She knew that the Workers were raising some young Queens, and she tried to get to the royal cells. She knew that if she could only do that, the young Queens would never live to come out. The Workers knew this, too, and whenever she came near there, they made her go away.\nThe Queen Larv\u00e6 and Pup\u00e6 were of different ages, and one of them was now ready to leave her cell. They could hear her crying to be let out, but they knew that if she and the Queen Mother should meet now, one of them would die. So instead of letting her out, they built a thick wall of wax over the door and left only an opening through which they could feed her. When she was hungry she ran her tongue out and they put honey on it.\nShe wondered why the Workers did not let her out, when she wanted so much to be free. She did not yet know that Queen Mothers do not get along well with young Queens.\nThe Workers talked it over by themselves. One of them was very tender-hearted. \"It does seem too bad,\" said she, \"to keep the poor young Queen shut up in her cell. I don't see how you can stand it to hear her piping so pitifully all the time. I am sure she must be beautiful. I never saw a finer tongue than the one she runs out for honey.\"\n\"Humph!\" said a sensible old Worker, who had seen many Queens hatched and many swarms fly away, \"you'd be a good deal more sorry if we did let her out now. It would not do at all.\"\nThe tender-hearted Worker did not answer this, but she talked it over with the Drones. \"I declare,\" said she, wiping her eyes with her forefeet, \"I can hardly gather a mouthful of honey for thinking of her.\"\n\"Suppose you hang yourself up and make wax then,\" said one Drone. \"It is a rather sunshiny day, but you ought to be doing something, and if you cannot gather honey you might do that.\" This was just like a Drone. He never gathered honey or made wax, yet he could not bear to see a Worker lose any time.\nThe Worker did not hang herself up and make wax, however. She never did that except on cloudy days, and she was one of those Bees who seem to think that nothing will come out right unless they stop working to see about it. There was plenty waiting to be done, but she was too sad and anxious to do it. She might have known that since her friends were only minding the law, it was right to keep the new Queen in her cell.\nThe Queen Mother was restless and fussy. She could not think of her work, and half the time she did not know whether she was laying a Drone egg or a Worker egg. In spite of that, she did not make any mistake, or put one into the wrong kind of cell. \"I cannot stay here with a young Queen,\" said she. \"I will not stay here. I will take my friends with me and fly away.\"\nWhenever she met a Worker, she struck her feelers on those of her friend, and then this friend knew exactly how she felt about it. In this way the news was passed around, and soon many of the Workers were as restless as their Queen Mother. They were so excited over it at times that the air of the hive grew very hot. After a while they would become quiet and gather honey once more. They whispered often to each other. \"Do you know where we are going?\" one said.\n\"Sh!\" was the answer. \"The guides are looking for a good place now.\"\n\"I wish the Queen Mother knew where we are going,\" said the first.\n\"How could she?\" replied the second. \"You know very well that she has not left the hive since she began to lay eggs. Here she comes now.\"\n\"Oh dear!\" exclaimed the Queen Mother. \"I can never stand this. I certainly cannot. To think I am not allowed to rule in my own hive! The Workers who are guarding the royal cells drive me away whenever I go near them. I will not stay any longer.\"\n\"Then,\" said a Drone, as though he had thought of it for the first time, \"why don't you go away?\"\n\"I shall,\" said she. \"Will you go with me?\"\n\"No,\" said the Drone. \"I hate moving and furnishing a new house. Besides, somebody must stay here to take care of the Workers and the young Queen.\"\nThe Queen Mother walked away. \"When we were both young,\" she said to herself, \"he would have gone anywhere with me.\"\nAnd the Drone said to himself, \"Now, isn't that just like a Queen Mother! She has known all the time that there would be young Queens coming on, and that she would have to leave, yet here she is, making the biggest kind of fuss about it. She ought to remember that it is the law.\"\nIndeed she should have remembered that it was the law, for everything is done by law in the hive, and no one person should find fault. The law looks after them all, and will not let any one have more than his rightful share.\nThat same afternoon there was a sudden quiet in their home. The Workers who had been outside returned and visited with the rest. While they were waiting, a few who were to be their guides came to the door of the hive, struck their wings together, and gave the signal for starting. Then all who were going with the Queen Mother hurried out of the door and flew with her in circles overhead. \"Good-bye!\" they called. \"Raise all the young Queens you wish. We shall never come back. We are going far, far away, and we shall not tell you where. It is a lovely place, a very lovely place.\"\n\"Let them go,\" said the Drones who stayed behind. \"Now, isn't it time to let out the young Queen?\"\n\"Not yet,\" answered a Worker, who stood near the door. \"Not one feeler shall she put outside her cell until that swarm is out of sight.\"\nThe tender-hearted Worker came up wiping her eyes. \"Oh, that poor Queen Mother!\" said she. \"I am so sorry for her. I positively cannot gather honey to-day, I feel so badly about her going.\"\n\"Better keep on working,\" said her friend. \"It's the best thing in the world for that sad feeling. Besides, you should try to keep strong.\"\n\"Oh, I will try to eat something from the comb,\" was the answer, \"but I don't feel like working.\"\n\"Zzzt!\" said the other Worker. \"I think if you can eat, you can hunt your food outside, and not take honey we have laid up for winter or food that will be needed for the children.\"\nThe Drones chuckled. It was all right for them to be lazy, they thought, but they never could bear to see a Worker waste time. \"Ah,\" cried one of them suddenly, \"what is the new swarm doing now?\"\nThe words were hardly out of his mouth when the Queen Mother crawled into the hive again. \"Such dreadful luck!\" said she. \"A cloud passed over the sun just as we were alighting on a tree to rest.\"\n\"I wouldn't have come back for that,\" said a Drone.\n\"No,\" said she, in her airiest way, \"I dare say you wouldn't, but I would. I dare not go to a new home after a cloud has passed over the sun. I think it is a sign of bad luck. I should never expect a single egg to hatch if I went on. We shall try it again to-morrow.\"\nAll the others came back with her, and the hive was once more crowded and hot. \"Oh dear!\" said the tender-hearted Worker, \"isn't it too bad to think they couldn't go?\"\nThe next morning they started again and were quite as excited over it as before. The Queen Mother had fussed and fidgeted all the time, although she had laid nine hundred and seventy-three eggs while waiting, and that in spite of interruptions. \"Being busy keeps me from thinking,\" said she, \"and I must do something.\" This time the Queen Mother lighted on an apple-tree branch, and the others clung to her until all who had left the hive were in a great mass on the branch,\u2014a mass as large as a small cabbage. They meant to rest a little while and then fly away to the new home chosen by their guides.\nWhile they were hanging here, the farmer came under the tree, carrying a long pole with a wire basket fastened to the upper end. He shook the clustered Bees gently into it, and then changed them into an empty hive that stood beside their old home.\n\"Now,\" said the Workers who had stayed in the old hive, \"we will let out the new Queen, for the Queen Mother will never return.\"\nIt did not take long to bite away the waxen wall and let her out. Then they gathered around and caressed her, and touched their feelers to her and waited upon her, and explained why they could not let her out sooner. She was still a soft gray color, like all young Bees when they first come from the cell, but this soon changed to the black worn by her people.\nThe Workers flew in and out, and brought news from the hive next door. They could not go there, for the law does not allow a Bee who lives in one home to visit in another, but they met their old friends in the air or when they were sipping honey. They found that the Queen Mother had quite given up the idea of living elsewhere and was as busy as ever. The farmer had put a piece of comb into the new hive so that she could begin housekeeping at once.\nThe new Queen was petted and kept at home until she was strong and used to moving about. That was not long. Then she said she wanted to see the world outside. \"We will go with you,\" said the Drones, who were always glad of an excuse for flying away in pleasant weather. They said there was so much noise and hurrying around in the hive that they could never get any real rest there during the daytime.\nSo the young Queen flew far away and saw the beautiful world for the first time. Such a blue sky! Such green grass! Such fine trees covered with sweet-smelling blossoms! She loved it all as soon as she saw it. \"Ah,\" she cried, \"what a wonderful thing it is to live and see all this! I am so glad that I was hatched. But now I must hurry home, for there is so much to be done.\"\nShe was a fine young Queen, and the Bees were all proud of her. They let her do anything she wished as long as she kept away from the royal cells. She soon began to work as the old Queen Mother had done, and was very happy in her own way. She would have liked to open the royal cells and prevent more Queens from hatching, and when they told her it was the law which made them keep her away, she still wanted to bite into them.\n\"That poor young Queen Mother!\" sighed the tender-hearted Worker. \"I am so sorry for her when she is kept away from the royal cells. This is a sad, sad world!\" But this isn't a sad world by any means. It is a beautiful, sunshiny, happy world, and neither Queen Bees nor anybody else should think it hard if they cannot do every single thing they wish. The law looks after great and small, and there is no use in pouting because we cannot do one certain thing, when there is any amount of delightful work and play awaiting us. 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Beverly is a great athlete and super duper person. Let\u2019s take a moment to get to know Beverly.\nQ. For those of us who don\u2019t know you, who is Beverly (Goebel) Yanez?\nA. I play women\u2019s professional soccer for the Seattle Reign FC, and I am thankful everyday to do what I love. I come from a family of 5 siblings and I have 17 nieces and nephews. Any free time I have, I spend it with my family and my husband. Family is everything to me. I want to continue to inspire young boys and girls to chase their dreams. If you work hard and stay true to yourself, positive things will happen!\nA. It means I can stay properly nourished in preparation for games and recover quickly after games. I am so thankful for the opportunity to share my love for Nuzest and all it has done for me competing at the highest level. It is a great brand with great people!\nA. Once you start eating healthy, you feel your body function so much better and you sleep better. It is easier to avoid temptations once you feel healthy.\nA. Dark chocolate and vegan mighty-o-donuts\nA. GoMacro and peanut butter, banana on toast.\nA. I walk to the grocery store. I try and make sure to do small subtle things like this that can keep me healthy.\nA. That\u2019s what I like (Bruno Mars), J.Cole (Apparently), Party (Beyonc\u00e9, ft. J Cole)\nA. I like to cook vegan meals, go to the movies, hang out with my husband. \ud83d\ude42\nA. Don\u2019t give up! Being healthy doesn\u2019t happen overnight, keep giving it your best effort and you will feel a difference. Read articles, and books on eating healthy so you can properly develop and opinion on what is healthy eating. If you do lots of business calls or emails, answer them while walking around a track or your neighborhood. You\u2019ll be surprised how much you can get done and how much exercise you will accomplish.\nPrevious - Everything You Need to Know About Vitamin B12 Next - Getting to Know a Star Athlete: Sarah Killion", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 118, "original_length": 14305, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 306.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nvcc.edu/catalog/cat2018/student/safety.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:28Z", "digest": "sha1:JYZZBK3TRHXIICOWJQDHPRSRXYYC4VV4", "length": 644, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.nvcc.edu", "title": "Safety Information :: Northern Virginia Community College", "raw_content": "The College has a professionally trained police force on each campus. These officers provide protection for the campus community. The College publishes the Annual Security Report, which can be found on the Police section of NOVA\u2019s website. The document details the College\u2019s safety programs, crime statistics, and crime prevention. Furthermore, it includes the College's policies and procedures to address alcohol and drug use, the reporting of crimes, sexual assault, and other matters.\nCopies of the Annual Security Report are available from the campus Police Offices and Student Services Centers. It can also be found on the College website.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 181, "original_length": 3701, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 114.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nwcouncil.org/reports/columbia-river-history/bibliography", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:41Z", "digest": "sha1:BEX33M5SY6T7VU5SSTK3TUFYVU7XLK3O", "length": 69472, "nlines": 462, "source_domain": "www.nwcouncil.org", "title": "Bibliography of the Columbia River Basin | Northwest Power and Conservation Council", "raw_content": "Bibliography of the Columbia River Basin\nBooks | Articles | Government documents | Unpublished works\nAllard, D.C., Jr. 1978. Spencer Fullerton Baird and the U.S. Fish Commission. New York: Arno Press.\nAllen, John Elliot. 1979. The Magnificent Gateway. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press.\n------. and Burns, Marjorie, with Sam C. 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Letters of the Lewis and Clark Expedition with Related Documents, 1783-1854. 2 vols. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.\nJohnson, Robert C. 1935. John McLoughlin, Father of Oregon. Reprint. Portland: Binfords & Mort, 1958.\nJohansen, Dorothy O., and Charles M. Gates. 1957. Empire of the Columbia. New York: 1957.\nJosephy, Alvin. 1965. The Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest. New Haven: Yale University Press.\nKane, Paul. Wanderings of an Artist among the Indians of North America from Canada to Vancouver\u2019s Island and Oregon through the Hudson\u2019s Bau Company\u2019s Territory and Back Again, by Paul Kane. Reprint. Toronto: Champlain Society, 1925.\nKeyser, James. 1992. Indian Rock Art of the Columbia Plateau. Seattle: University of Washington Press.\nKittridge, William. 1987. Owning it all. St. Paul, Minnesota: Graywolf Press.\nLancaster, Samuel C. 1915. The Columbia: America\u2019s Great Highway Through the Cascade Mountains. New York: J.K. 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The Columbia Unveiled, Being the story of a trip, alone in a rowboat from the source to the mouth of the Columbia River, Together with a full description of the country traversed, and the rapids battled. Los Angeles: The Times-Mirror Press.\nLowitt, Richard. 1984. The New Deal and the West. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.\nLyman, William Denison. 1918. The Columbia River, Its History, Its Myths, Its Commerce. New York: Putnam.\nLyons, C. 1969. Salmon: Our Heritage. Vancouver, B.C. Mitchell Press.\nMacDonald, Ranald. Ranald MacDonald : the narrative of his early life on the Columbia under the Hudson\u2019s Bay Company\u2019s regime, of his experiences in the Pacific whale fishery, and of his great adventure to Japan: With a sketch of his later life on the Western Frontier, 1824-1894. Eds. William S. Lewis and Naojiro Murakami. Portland: Oregon Historical Society Press, 1990.\nMackenzie, Alexander. 1801. 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Portland: Oregon Historical Society.\nMcNeil, William, ed. 1988. Salmon Production, Management and Allocation: Biological, Economic and Policy Issues. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press.\n------, and Daniel C. Himsworth, eds. 1980. Salmonid Ecosystems of the North Pacific. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press.\nMartin, Irene. 1994. Legacy and Testament: The Story of Columbia River Gillnetters. Pullman: Washington State University Press.\nMeinig, D.W. 1968. The Great Columbia Plain: A Historical Geography, 1805-1910. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1968.\nMenzies, Archibald. Menzies\u2019 Journal of Vancouver\u2019s Voyage April to October, 1792. Ed. C.F. Newcombe. Victoria, B.C.: W.H. Cullin, 1923.\nMerk, Frederick. 1963. Manifest Destiny and Mission in American History: A Reinterpretation. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.\n------, ed. 1968. 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Vancouver, B.C.: Polestar Press, Ltd.\nMontgomery, Richard Gill. 1934. White-Headed Eagle. New York: Macmillan Co., 1934.\nMorgan, Murray. 1949. The Columbia: Powerhouse of the West. Seattle: Superior Publishing Company.\n------. 1954. The Dam. New York: Viking Press.\nMozino, Jose Mariano. 1793. Noticias de Nutka. Trans. 1970. Iris H. Wilson Engstrand. Seattle: University of Washington Press.\nNational Research Council. 1995. Upstream: Salmon and Society in the Pacific Northwest. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.\nNelson, Sonja, with the Portland Chapter, American Rhododendron Society. 2001. The Pacific Coast Rhododendron Story: The Hybridizers, Collectors and Gardens. Portland: Binford & Mort Publishing.\nNetboy, Anthony. 1958. Salmon of the Pacific Northwest, Fish vs. Dams. Portland: Binfords and Mort.\n------. 1974. The Salmon: Their Fight for Survival. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.\n------. 1980. Salmon: The World\u2019s Most Harassed Fish. 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MA Thesis, Oregon State University.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 637, "original_length": 74589, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.7, "perplexity": 273.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nwf.org/en/Latest-News/Press-Releases/2018/1-19-18-NWF-Joins-Americans-Nationwide-in-Supporting-Sage-Grouse-Plans", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:01Z", "digest": "sha1:UDCKH3SNA2NKYZRJITJO5QCZVSUYNYSG", "length": 1767, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.nwf.org", "title": "NWF Joins Americans Nationwide in Supporting Sage-Grouse Plans", "raw_content": "NWF Joins Americans Nationwide in Supporting Sage-Grouse Plans\nDENVER \u2014 As the comment period closes today on the move to overhaul the U.S. Forest Service sage-grouse conservation plans, Americans of all stripes continue to say these plans need to be given a chance to work.\nTracy Stone-Manning, the National Wildlife Federation\u2019s associate vice president for public lands, said:\n\u201cAmericans got another chance to weigh in on this administration\u2019s attempt to overhaul sage-grouse conservation plans \u2013 plans that were developed by Westerners, including sportsmen and women, ranchers, small business owners, oil and gas industry, local and state governments. This unprecedented collaborative effort was driven by efforts to keep an iconic Western species off the endangered species list and lay out a path to recover the sage-grouse and its habitat. More than 260,000 Americans submitted comments on the Bureau of Land Management\u2019s sage-grouse plans and the public is now telling the Forest Service the same thing \u2013 give these plans a chance to work.\u201d\nKate Zimmerman, the National Wildlife Federation\u2019s policy director for public lands, said:\n\u201cThe sage-grouse plans are not only about the bird. These plans would also benefit 350 species of animals and plants across sagebrush country, including mule deer, elk, golden eagles and burrowing owls. The sage-grouse conservation plans are the best tool that we have to improve habitat for some of these signature Western species. The Forest Service and other federal agencies must not ignore the hard work of the Westerners who crafted these plans or the hundreds of thousands of Americans who want to keep these plans intact.\u201d\nRead a recent entry on the greater sage-grouse issue at the National Wildlife Federation\u2019s blog.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 150, "original_length": 4845, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 206.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nwf.org/en/Magazines/National-Wildlife/2004/Making-Your-Pet-Green", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:18:50Z", "digest": "sha1:TMLHM4DJZZZEAIXSBQ3W7UDAYFVNKJ43", "length": 9130, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "www.nwf.org", "title": "Making Your Pet Green", "raw_content": "Making Your Pet Green\nReducing Your Pet\u2019s Ecological Paw Print\nHeidi Ridgley\nMore than 140 million dogs and cats share a cherished spot in American households; here\u2019s how to make our pets more environmentally friendly\nToday, many Americans are aware of the heavy ecological footprint they leave behind, but few may stop to ponder the ecological paw print of their pets. \u201cThe animals can\u2019t do anything about it,\u201d says Patricia Conrad, a wildlife parasitologist at the University of California\u2013Davis. \u201cBut people can.\u201d\nSince 1998, Conrad\u2019s been studying sea otter deaths and strandings along the state\u2019s central coast. A record 64 deaths occurred last April alone. Scientists linked 11 of the deaths to Sarcocystis neurona, a parasite carried in the feces of the opossum, a species not native to California. But, Conrad says, \u201cthe bigger culprit appears to be toxoplasmosis, caused by a protozoa found in the feces of the domestic cat.\u201d\nThe parasite, which infects cats that eat birds or rodents, reaches waterways in storm runoff, and filter feeders such as shellfish\u2014the endangered otters\u2019 mainstay\u2014ingest it. \u201cIt\u2019s sad because there\u2019s an easy solution,\u201d says Conrad. \u201cAll people have to do is keep their cats indoors so that they don\u2019t defecate outside, and bag their kitty litter instead of flushing it down the toilet.\u201d\nBecause the parasites are hearty, chlorine used to treat water at sewage plants may not kill them all. \u201cAlthough no one\u2019s undertaken studies to prove this yet,\u201d says Conrad, \u201cit\u2019s telling that 96 percent of the otters we\u2019ve necropsied have died only a few miles from sewage discharge.\u201d\nWhen it comes to water pollution, dogs can also pose a problem. According to a 1999 Vanderbilt University study, dog feces are a major cause of water pollution in urban and suburban areas, particularly following periods of heavy rain. The runoff taints streams and rivers, robbing them of oxygen and killing aquatic life.\nThe researchers originally suspected that leaky septic systems and sewage pipes accounted for unexpectedly high bacterial levels in Nashville, Tennessee, streams and tributaries. \u201cWhat we found instead was that in neighborhoods with no sewer problems, the most common fingerprint is that of dogs,\u201d says Edward Thackston, an environmental engineer. \u201cNashville neighborhoods have relatively large yards where most of the dogs run loose. I\u2019ve walked up a number of creeks taking water samples and I saw it all the time: Fences up to the water with the dog pen in the back corner and droppings all over the place.\u201d\nAnimal wastes deposited on hard, flat surfaces such as streets, parking lots and lawns are less likely to decompose and much more likely to get washed into drains and ditches that flow into local waterways. \u201cHigher levels of contamination occur where the housing is denser because,\u201d says Thackston, \u201cwhere there\u2019s more people, there\u2019s more pets.\u201d\nBut it\u2019s not just pet poop that can harm the environment. Each year Americans spend more than $1 billion battling fleas and ticks. The toxic chemicals they use contain nerve poisons that settle in homes, yards and waterways. \u201cConsumers mistakenly believe that if the medications are available on shelves and sold by veterinarians, they are not harmful,\u201d says Shawnee Hoover, special projects director of Beyond Pesticides.\nA commonly cited case in point is the more than 300 pet deaths and thousands of poisonings that led Hartz Mountain to pull the flea repellent known as Blockade out of pet stores in 1987. The manufacturer paid the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) $45,000 in fines for negligence\u2014and had the product back on the shelf within two years. The situation replayed in 2001, when EPA stepped in again following mounting reports of animal deaths and illnesses related to two other flea products containing the insecticide phenothrin. In both instances, Hartz repackaged the products with more detailed warning labels\u2014that, in part, told consumers to watch for adverse reactions\u2014but the ingredients remained the same.\n\u201cBeing a careful label reader doesn\u2019t help that much,\u201d says Barbara Cozzens, executive director of Capital Animal Care in Arlington, Virginia. During a stint as an animal control officer in Washington, D.C., she saw the deadly effects of flea products firsthand. \u201cResponding to a call, I encountered two kittens spinning in circles after being treated,\u201d Cozzens says. \u201cThe dose given was in keeping with the recommendation on the label, yet clearly the kittens suffered severe neurological damage.\u201d\nManufacturers do list active ingredients on packaging, but trademark laws allow them to keep secret so-called \u201cinert\u201d ingredients\u2014dangerous petrochemicals and solvents such as benzene, toluene and xylene\u2014even though they can make up 90 percent of the product. \u201cInert ingredients are not necessarily safe, nontoxic or even chemically inert,\u201d says Maria Mergel of the Washington Toxics Coalition, a nonprofit organization in Seattle. \u201cThe term usually means only that these ingredients are not intended to kill fleas.\u201d\nCozzens recommends controlling fleas the natural way. \u201cIt\u2019s as simple as a flea comb, hot soapy water and a good vacuum cleaner.\u201d Another often-recommended home remedy is seasoning your pet\u2019s favorite chow with brewer\u2019s yeast and garlic\u2014natural flea repellants. \u201cYou should also keep in mind that a healthy pet is more resistant to fleas,\u201d says Cozzens. With this in mind, she says she switched from commercial pet food, which often contains dangerous additives and preservatives\u2014labeled as BHA and BHT\u2014to certified organic pet food. \u201cIt also helps the environment when farmers don\u2019t use pesticides on crops or feed antibiotics to cows and chickens, furthering the creation of a drug-resistant \u2018superbug,\u2019\u201d she says.\nBUYER BEWARE: FLEA MEDS\nWhen it comes to flea medications for your pets, avoid products with dangerous ingredients such as carbaryl, permethrin, propoxur, DDVP and diazinon, an insecticide used on golf courses until the EPA banned it in 1988 after linking it to the deaths of ducks and geese. It\u2019s still added to flea products and can cause long-term health problems in pets and people, according to the National Toxics Program. Safer but still effective are products containing imidacloprid and fipronil, which have not shown adverse effects on animals, says Beyond Pesticide\u2019s Shawnee Hoover. \u201cEven better, try citrus oil extracts containing D-limonene and linalool. Both are natural alternatives to chemicals and have received positive reviews,\u201d she says. One last point to ponder: Children are considered especially vulnerable when exposed to pesticides because of their small size and tendency to put unwashed hands in their mouth.\nCozzens, like many other cat caretakers today, also uses more eco-friendly cat litter. Not so long ago, the only litter around was clay\u2014which is strip-mined and laden with silica dust, a known human carcinogen, according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer. But today, choices abound. Some litter is made from post-consumer recycled material such as newspaper. Others are made from sawmill scrap or plants such as wheat, corn or kenaf. \u201cIf it\u2019s biodegradable, it\u2019s better for the environment,\u201d says Cozzens. That\u2019s especially true given that an estimated 2 million tons of nonbiodegradable cat litter ends up in U.S. landfills each year, according to the Waste Reduction and Management Institute.\nBut for California\u2019s threatened sea otters, it\u2019s better the litter ends up buried in the ground than in Morro Bay, where at least one otter found near death last April recently returned\u2014after a weeks-long stint in rehab. \u201cSadly, most of them don\u2019t get a second chance,\u201d says Mike Murray, head veterinarian at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. \u201cThis one got lucky.\u201d\nAssociate Editor Heidi Ridgley bags her cats\u2019 litter and scoops her dog\u2019s poop.\nDon't Flush the Fish\nIf flushing cat litter down the toilet is a bad idea for the environment, flushing tropical fish might be even worse, according to a new study by the University of Washington and the Reef Environmental Education Foundation, a private conservation group. Off Florida\u2019s southeast coast between 1993 and 2002, the researchers found 16 nonnative fish species, apparently set free from home aquariums.\nBiologists have long suspected that intentional and unintentional aquarium releases into fresh water are a leading cause of invasions by tropical fish, which may prey on native species or endanger them by introducing parasites. But the link had never been proved despite increased sightings of exotic species, such as a pair of Pacific orbicular batfish found at the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary this summer. The study ruled out the possibility that the fish hitchhiked in ballast water, because the home ranges of the fish do not overlap with shipping routes. Most of the exotic invaders\u2014such as raccoon butterfly fish, tang and angel fish, and lionfish\u2014come from the Red Sea and the Pacific and Indian Oceans. All are popular in the aquarium trade. The moral of the story: If you have an aquarium stocked with tropical fish, don\u2019t flush.\u2014Heidi Ridgley", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 165, "original_length": 12291, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 319.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nwf.org/en/Mid-Atlantic/Our-Work", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:00Z", "digest": "sha1:DJC66VWBFPF7UBW3JPMQFCCKAEN322XT", "length": 2107, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.nwf.org", "title": "Our Work", "raw_content": "Mid-Atlantic Regional Center\nFrom Appalachian mountain springs to the Atlantic Ocean, the Mid-Atlantic region is defined by one unifying feature: water.\nOur waters sustain wildlife and provide critical habitat. Whether protecting our waterways, restoring wildlife habitat, or safeguarding our outdoor heritage for future generations, we believe the best results occur when we work together. Our work is grounded in programs that help local communities connect to nature. In this way, we give everyone the opportunity to be a voice for wildlife.\nClean water is one of the most important threads between people and wildlife. By acting as host to watershed-wide coalitions, the National Wildlife Federation plays an essential and unique role in protecting iconic bodies of water such as the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware River Watershed.\nThrough research and restoration, we seek to better understand and plan for the impacts of climate change on our region\u2019s most vulnerable species in the key habitats such as the Atlantic Coast, the Chesapeake Bay and the Delaware River. Our team addresses the impacts of a warming world, including sea-level rise and coastal flooding, using innovative, climate-smart solutions in order to help wildlife and people adapt to a changing landscape.\nFrom neighborhood to neighborhood, gardeners, birders, teachers, parents, and kids are creating a vibrant future for wildlife. We put our signature programs, like Eco-Schools USA and Community Wildlife Habitat\u2122, to work with state and regional partners to ensure the next generation of conservationists are inspired to continue to protect wildlife. See what we are up to in Baltimore City!\nTransitioning from old fossil fuel power plants to new clean renewable energy\u2014harnessing the power of the sun and wind\u2014is essential to protecting people and wildlife. By hosting collaborative efforts, the National Wildlife Federation is bringing together a diverse network of partners in the state of Maryland including faith, labor, business, health, and environmental justice organizations to ensure a cleaner and brighter energy future.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 3208, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 223.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/20/nyregion/new-york-courts-meet-elusive-goal-from-arrest-to-arraignment-in-under-24-hours.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:34:20Z", "digest": "sha1:QPJVA5UQRCMEIN4PBL3EBAWM6IYZ3LPX", "length": 8814, "nlines": 38, "source_domain": "www.nytimes.com", "title": "New York Courts Cut Time Between Arrest and Arraignment - The New York Times", "raw_content": "New York|New York Courts Cut Time Between Arrest and Arraignment\nNew York Courts Cut Time Between Arrest and Arraignment\nA defendant was arraigned at Brooklyn Criminal Court last month, as Judge Michael Yavinsky presided.CreditCreditMichael Appleton for The New York Times\nFor two decades, court officials in New York City have struggled to solve a vexing problem: reducing the arrest-to-arraignment time in its criminal courts.\nPeople arrested in the city would typically spend a full day and night behind bars before making a court appearance, even for fairly minor infractions that typically resulted in little or no bail.\nBut in the last year and a half, New York has made remarkable strides. For the first time since 2001, the average time it takes to bring a defendant before a judge for arraignment fell last year to below 24 hours in all five boroughs. The 24-hour benchmark had been set by the state\u2019s highest court in a pivotal 1991 decision, but it proved mostly elusive, especially in the Bronx and Brooklyn.\nThe solution, according to many criminal justice officials, can largely be traced to a computer-tracking initiative spearheaded by Judge George A. Grasso, a former first deputy commissioner in the Police Department who was put in charge of arraignment courts in April 2012 \u2014 as well as the discovery of a cache of unused scanners that were bought to track case files.\nJudge Grasso\u2019s inspiration was CompStat, a crime-tracking system introduced in New York in the 1990s during William J. Bratton\u2019s first stint as police commissioner. CompStat was widely credited with helping drive crime numbers down by using computers to pinpoint high-crime problem areas, allowing the department to direct police officers toward specific outbursts of criminal activity.\n\u201cIt popped into my head,\u201d Judge Grasso said. \u201cI said, \u2018Wow, we could turn our arraignment parts into mini CompStat sessions.' \u201d\nNow judges, clerks, police officers, defense lawyers and prosecutors \u2014 all the parties involved in the complex dance necessary to bring charges against a citizen \u2014 have computer screens tracking cases going through arraignment courts, from the time the police and prosecutors bring the complaint to docket clerks to the time the defendant is standing in front of a judge with a lawyer.\nAn officer at arraignment court in Brooklyn last month.CreditMichael Appleton for The New York Times\nThe system, perhaps inevitably called CourtStat, went into operation citywide in the summer of 2013, and arrest-to-arraignment times have dropped sharply.\nThe citywide average of 21.4 hours in 2013 was the lowest in decades, and the declines are most pronounced in Brooklyn and the Bronx, where, as recently as February 2012, detainees waited on average for about 32 hours before seeing a judge. Brooklyn\u2019s time declined to about 22 hours; while the Bronx fell to just under 24 hours.\nJudge Grasso said he learned of the unused scanners at one of the first staff meetings he held after being put in charge of speeding up arraignments.\nMelding the scanners with new software, court officials could track cases, identify slower-moving ones and pinpoint the reasons. Computerized graphs now tell everyone involved in the arraignment court which link in the process \u2014 the police, corrections officers, docket clerks, defense lawyers or prosecutors \u2014 needs to move faster.\n\u201cNobody\u2019s guessing anymore,\u201d said Michael J. Yavinsky, the judge in charge of arraignments in Brooklyn. \u201cYou can see what\u2019s flowing and what\u2019s not flowing, and it\u2019s very easy to spot the solution.\u201d\nThe problem is not unique to New York, though few American cities match it in terms of volume; New York processed about 225,000 arrests in 2013.\nIn 1957, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Mallory v. United States that arraignments should take place \u201cwithout unnecessary delay,\u201d and most states subsequently adopted statutes with similar language. In practice, times vary widely. Criminal courts in Houston and Los Angeles, for instance, have 48 hours under state law to arraign people on felony charges.\nIncoming violations being registered at Brooklyn Criminal Court.CreditMichael Appleton for The New York Times\nIn New York, the State Court of Appeals placed the bar at 24 hours in its ruling in People v. Roundtree, interpreting \u201cwithout unnecessary delay\u201d to mean 24 hours under normal conditions. (Damon Roundtree, suspected of shoplifting, had been held for 51 hours before he saw a judge.)\nDonna Lieberman, the executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, said the drop in arrest-to-arraignment time was encouraging but misleading, because some people were still being held longer than 24 hours. \u201cThis doesn\u2019t mean the problem is solved by a long shot,\u201d Ms. Lieberman said.\nNonetheless, Judge Barry M. Kamins, the administrator for New York City\u2019s criminal courts who assigned Judge Grasso to the assignment backlog, said the system worked mostly because it shined a light on clogs in the pipeline. Gone are the mysterious lulls in action that used to occur regularly, during which the police, prosecutors and court officials would blame one another.\n\u201cEveryone would look around and point in this direction or that,\u201d Judge Kamins said. \u201cNo one really knew what the answer was.\u201d\nJudge Yavinsky keeps two computer monitors running on his bench, one showing the progress of cases through the arraignment courts and one with information about cases the police and prosecutors are still preparing.\nLikening himself to an air-traffic controller, he constantly scans the lists of defendants for any case that has been lingering for more than 20 hours. Then he picks up a telephone to find out why. On a recent morning, he asked the police to locate one case stalled for more than 24 hours. It turned out the defendant had been sent to the wrong courthouse.\n\u201cThat\u2019s a perfect example,\u201d he said.\nBeyond electronic tracking, Judge Grasso used his influence with police commanders to persuade them to prioritize moving defendants to the courthouse more quickly. As a former deputy police commissioner for legal affairs, Judge Grasso had credibility with police officials.\nJudge George A. Grasso, who was put in charge of arraignment courts in April 2012.CreditMichael Appleton for The New York Times\n\u201cGrasso knew the system, and we couldn\u2019t put a net over his head and give him excuses,\u201d said Assistant Chief Gerald Nelson, the commander of Patrol Borough Brooklyn North.\nPushed by the judge, Chief Nelson said he determined the biggest reason for delays was the practice of using squad cars to take prisoners to court, so he dedicated two prisoner vans to act as a shuttle service for the busiest precincts. He also ordered commanders in each precinct to report to him whenever a detainee was held longer than eight hours. The police in Brooklyn have shaved three hours off the average time it takes for them to deliver sworn complaints to the docket clerks.\nJust before court started on a recent Thursday, Judge Yavinsky was moving through misdemeanor cases at a rapid clip, keeping one eye on the charts on his computer. In the docket room, officers dropped off bundles of complaints and rap sheets, while clerks gave them docket numbers and checked for outstanding warrants. One clerk slapped bar code stickers on the packets used to track them.\nWrapped with a rubber band, the packets were taken to the arraignment courtroom, where police officers matched them with slips for each defendant who had been brought from precincts to holding pens. Defense lawyers picked up the packets and went to the pens to interview defendants.\nTim McGrath, a senior clerk, moved around the court, the docket room and pens with quiet efficiency, keeping the flow moving. \u201cI compare it to being a ringmaster of a circus,\u201d he said. \u201cOnly you don\u2019t have that much control of certain things.\u201d\nAt 10 a.m., Rayvone Gibson, 19, was arraigned on charges he had used someone else\u2019s school MetroCard to ride the subway. The police had picked him up at 6 p.m. the day before; he was released on his own recognizance.\nHe said he had been arrested three times before for \u201clittle stuff, marijuana mostly\u201d but had never been released sooner than 24 hours.\n\u201cThis is the fastest time I ever spent here,\u201d Mr. Gibson said. \u201cUsually it takes a day or two. You could be sitting there all day and not see your lawyer.\u201d\nAn article on Thursday about a tracking system that has reduced the time between arrest and arraignment in criminal courts misstated the middle initial of the judge who is the administrator for New York City\u2019s criminal courts. He is Barry M. Kamins, not Barry A.\nA version of this article appears in print on , on Page A21 of the New York edition with the headline: Courts Cut Time Between Arrest and Arraignment. Order Reprints | Today\u2019s Paper | Subscribe", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 205, "original_length": 10886, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 331.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/08/us/fbi-says-san-bernardino-assailants-were-radicalized.html?action=click&module=RelatedCoverage&pgtype=Article®ion=Footer", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:03Z", "digest": "sha1:EMWWZZLIRWJVEFGCAGR2W7BEWPK7NSFB", "length": 9807, "nlines": 43, "source_domain": "www.nytimes.com", "title": "Killers Were Long Radicalized, F.B.I. Investigators Say - The New York Times", "raw_content": "U.S.|Killers Were Long Radicalized, F.B.I. Investigators Say\nKillers Were Long Radicalized, F.B.I. Investigators Say\nSyed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen MalikCreditCreditFederal Bureau of Investigation\nBy Adam Nagourney, Salman Masood and Michael S. Schmidt\nSAN BERNARDINO, Calif. \u2014 The couple who carried out the deadly attack that killed 14 people here last week had long been radicalized and had been practicing at a target range days before their murder spree, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said Monday.\nThe characterization of the husband and wife team, Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik, came as F.B.I. investigators were leaning away from the theory that Ms. Malik, who declared allegiance to the Islamic State on Facebook around the time of the attack, had led her American-born husband to the violence.\n\u201cAs the investigation has progressed, we have learned and believe that both subjects were radicalized and have been for quite some time,\u201d David Bowdich, the F.B.I. assistant director in charge of the Los Angeles field office, said at a news conference here. The authorities said they now had evidence that there was extensive planning for the attack. Mr. Bowdich said the couple honed their shooting skills at ranges across the Los Angeles region, including one near where the attack took place here in San Bernardino County.\n\u201cThat target practice in one occasion happened within days of this event,\u201d he said.\nWith the investigation sprawling from California to Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, the exact motives of Mr. Farook, 28, and Ms. Malik, 29, have not been identified. But in recent days a fuller picture of the couple has emerged as the F.B.I. and other American intelligence and law enforcement agencies have gained greater access to their electronics and phone records, and as more interviews have been conducted with family members, friends, co-workers and other associates.\nInvestigators say they have learned through interviews with people who knew Mr. Farook for several years that he had militant views before he met Ms. Malik online and married her in Saudi Arabia.\nThe F.B.I. said both assailants in the California shooting had been radicalized, had considerable material for bombs in their home and had recently had target practice at a shooting range.CreditCreditMonica Almeida/The New York Times\n\u201cAt first it seemed very black and white to us that he changed radically when he met her,\u201d said one of the officials who declined to be identified because of the continuing investigation. \u201cBut it\u2019s become clear that he was that way before he met her.\u201d\nAt the news conference, Mr. Bowdich said that at this point, the authorities did not believe that forces beyond the nation\u2019s borders had been involved in orchestrating the attack.\n\u201cI want to be crystal clear here \u2014 we do not see any evidence so far of a plot outside the continental U.S.,\u201d he said. \u201cWe may find it someday, we may not; we don\u2019t know. But right now we\u2019re looking at these two individuals.\u201d\nHe said that the F.B.I. had interviewed 400 people, and he asked for patience from the public as the agency seeks to untangle the origins and motivations of the attack on the Inland Regional Center, which also wounded 21 people. He said that the F.B.I. was still building profiles of the suspects and of the people around them. \u201cThat takes time,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is Day 5.\u201d\nAfter the attack last week, the F.B.I. arrived with a search warrant and took video surveillance footage at the Riverside Magnum Range near San Bernardino, where Mr. Farook practiced firing. John Galletta, a firearms instructor at the range, confirmed that Mr. Farook had visited, but he did not say if he had been coming regularly. Mr. Galletta said he had not seen Mr. Farook\u2019s wife at the range. A fuller portrait of Ms. Malik emerged in Pakistan, where she completed a degree in pharmacology at Bahauddin Zakariya University in Multan.\nMs. Malik also spent a year studying at an Al-Huda center, a conservative religious school for women in Multan, a city in central Pakistan, officials said Monday. Officials at the center said she enrolled in an 18-month course to study the Quran in 2013, just as she completed her degree at Bahauddin Zakariya. But she left before finishing the course, telling administrators she was getting married.\nTashfeen Malik and Syed Rizwan Farook in Chicago in 2014.CreditU.S. Customs and Border Protection\nFarrukh Chaudhry, a spokeswoman for Al-Huda, an international chain of religious schools geared toward educated and often affluent women, said that Ms. Malik stopped her studies with the group in May 2014. A few months later, she was granted a K-1 visa, known as a \u201cfianc\u00e9 visa,\u201d that enabled her to travel to the United States, according to American officials.\nCritics in Pakistan have long said that Al-Huda, which urges women to cover their faces and to study the Quran, spreads a more conservative strain of Islam. But it has never been directly linked to jihadist violence.\nStill, confirmation that Ms. Malik had studied with the group offers a new clue to the years before she left Pakistan for the United States. At Al-Huda\u2019s office in an upmarket residential neighborhood, a coordinator, Alia Qamar, described her as a typical student.\n\u201cShe said she was leaving to get married,\u201d said Ms. Qamar, who wore a black niqab that exposed only her eyes. \u201cHad she completed our course, I\u2019m sure nothing like this would have happened.\u201d\nMs. Qamar said she believed Ms. Malik started at the school in 2012. But Ms. Chaudhry, who spoke by phone from Karachi, said that records indicated that Ms. Malik enrolled with Al-Huda on April 17, 2013, and left on May 3, 2014.\nMs. Malik and fellow students studied and interpreted the Quran \u2014 a typical line of study at Al-Huda, which focuses heavily on Islamic scripture. \u201cQuran for all; in every hand, every heart,\u201d reads the slogan on the group\u2019s website. Before leaving in May 2014, Ms. Malik had requested information about completing her studies by correspondence, Ms. Chaudhry added. \u201cWe sent her the documents by email, but never heard back,\u201d she said.\nOfficials say Tashfeen Malik studied at an Al-Huda center in Multan, Pakistan.CreditFarooq Naeem/Agence France-Presse \u2014 Getty Images\nAl-Huda, founded in 1994, sometimes draws women who turn to the group after their children have grown up, sometimes causing friction in their families as less pious members complain of being pressured to conform with a more conservative family lifestyle.\n\u201cThey are trained to be activists and reformers, bringing people back to what they call the \u2018real\u2019 Islam, true and pure,\u201d said Faiza Mushtaq, an assistant professor of sociology at the Institute of Business Administration in Karachi, whose Ph.D. study focused on Al-Huda.\nThe group also provides charitable services like education scholarships and a marriage bureau to help religious parents find suitable spouses for their children.\nThe organization\u2019s founder, Farhat Hashmi, is based in Canada, but she has a large following in Pakistan, which has grown partly through the use of social media. Officials with the group emphasize that while it is conservative, it has no links to violence. Critics largely accept that idea, while countering that the group may foster a dangerously narrow mind-set.\n\u201cReligious conservatism and piety are not the only thing institutions like Al-Huda spread,\u201d said Husain Haqqani, a former Pakistani ambassador to the United States now at the Hudson Institute, a think tank in Washington. \u201cTheir teachings have a strong dose of \u2018Muslims are destined to lead the world\u2019 and \u2018the corrupt West must be confronted.\u2019 \u201d\nStill, Al-Huda\u2019s worldview does not explain Ms. Malik\u2019s transformation into a killer, Ms. Mushtaq, the sociologist, said.\nWhat Should Be Done to Prevent Mass Shootings?\nThe New York Times would like to hear from readers about what, if anything, should be done to prevent mass shootings.\n\u201cYes, Al-Huda teaches women to be narrow and doctrinaire,\u201d she said. \u201cBut there\u2019s little in the classroom that explains why a woman like Tashfeen Malik would take up arms.\u201d\n\u201cWhatever Tashfeen Malik allegedly did is an individual act,\u201d said Ms. Chaudhry, the spokeswoman. \u201cWe have nothing to do with it.\u201d\nSimilar questions were being considered in Southern California, where the F.B.I. said the top goal of the investigation was to determine how Ms. Malik and Mr. Farook became radicalized.\n\u201cThe question we are trying to get at is how did that happen and by whom, and where did it happen,\u201d Mr. Bowdich said. The federal authorities also disclosed that investigators had recovered 19 types of pipes in the couple\u2019s home that could have been made into bombs, an increase from the 12 earlier identified.\nJohn E. D\u2019Angelo, the special assistant agent in charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said that Mr. Farook used his name to legally buy three of the guns seized after the attack. Two other weapons were bought by Enrique Marquez, a former neighbor of his family in Riverside.\nOfficials said they were investigating how Mr. Farook ended up with the guns. Mr. Bowdich declined to say if Mr. Marquez, whose home has been searched twice in recent days by federal agents, was a suspect.\nAdam Nagourney reported from San Bernardino, Salman Masood from Multan, Pakistan, and Michael S. Schmidt from Washington. Reporting was contributed by Declan Walsh from Cairo, Waqar Gillani from Multan, and Ian Lovett and Rick Rojas from San Bernardino.\nA version of this article appears in print on , on Page A1 of the New York edition with the headline: 2 Killers Were Radicals a Long Time, F.B.I. Says. 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These concerns and horror stories often paint dramatized pictures of inherently mean and spiteful nursing home employees that try and make their patients' lives a living nightmare.\nContinue reading The effects of understaffing in nursing homes...\nReport: Caught-in/between fatalities rising in construction\nOn behalf of Rumizen Weisman, Co., Ltd. posted in construction accidents on Monday, March 26, 2018.\nFor construction workers, safety awareness remains a priority every day. This group of workers faces hazards that most people in the sit-at-your-desk working world can only imagine.\nContinue reading Report: Caught-in/between fatalities rising in construction...\nScaffold injuries in construction\nOn behalf of Rumizen Weisman, Co., Ltd. posted in construction accidents on Wednesday, March 21, 2018.\nThe construction industry is high-risk in terms of safety. Many accidents happen in different forms, and most commonly they are related to structures and scaffolding.\nContinue reading Scaffold injuries in construction...\nTreating dog bite scarring\nOn behalf of Rumizen Weisman, Co., Ltd. posted in animal bites on Monday, March 19, 2018.\nBeing a victim of a dog attack can be a scary experience that will likely change the way that you see dogs. It may leave both physical and emotional scars that will take time to heal.\nContinue reading Treating dog bite scarring...\nOn behalf of Rumizen Weisman, Co., Ltd. posted in nursing home injuries on Wednesday, March 7, 2018.\nIt is heartbreaking for a person to find out that his or her loved one is suffering from verbal abuse in a nursing home. A nursing home should be a place where elderly and vulnerable people are treated with care and respect, allowing them to live their lives in dignity.\nContinue reading Emotional abuse in nursing homes...\nCan you identify safety hazards in construction?\nOn behalf of Rumizen Weisman, Co., Ltd. posted in construction accidents on Friday, March 2, 2018.\nThere are many safety hazards on construction sites that can injure workers and others in close proximity to the sites. If you are on or near a job site, it's vital to your health and well-being to be able to identify and avoid common safety hazards.\nContinue reading Can you identify safety hazards in construction?...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 132, "original_length": 5111, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 334.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ohiohealth.com/locations/hospitals/hardin-memorial-hospital/about-us/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:03Z", "digest": "sha1:FIW3KBZ55JATBUNBLDRE6EBZOZRM4AQB", "length": 2673, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.ohiohealth.com", "title": "\u200bAbout Hardin Memorial Hospital in Kenton, Ohio", "raw_content": "OhioHealth Home / Locations / Hospitals / Hardin Memorial Hospital / / About Us\nAbout Hardin Memorial Hospital\nHigh Quality Emergency Care, Close to Home\nOhioHealth Hardin Memorial Hospital, a 25-bed not-for-profit acute care facility located in Kenton, Ohio, has been providing quality healthcare to residents of Hardin County and surrounding communities for more than 60 years. In December of 2002, Hardin Memorial was designated as a Critical Access Hospital (CAH).\nWith a staff of more than 200, the hospital is able to provide acute and short-term skilled care, a full range of outpatient diagnostic and therapeutic services utilizing state-of-the-art technology, rehabilitation and physical therapy services, as well as numerous community programs and services. The 24-hour emergency department is staffed by nurses and physicians specially trained in emergency care. Hardin Memorial also offers the convenience of a multi-specialty center in which a variety of specialists are able to treat and diagnose patients locally.\nHardin Memorial is a member hospital of OhioHealth and is fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. As a part of a developing community-based health care system, the hospital provides the needed healthcare services or links residents to services not available in the county.\nHealth Career Scholarship Information\nMary Lou Johnson Health Career Scholarships are available through the Hardin Memorial Hospital Foundation. The purpose of the scholarships is to encourage and increase interest in hospital-based careers.\nSix $500 scholarships are awarded annually to eligible persons pursuing careers in nursing, pharmacy, respiratory therapy, radiological technology, laboratory technology and other hospital-based undergraduate clinical programs. Qualified students must have been accepted as full-time students, have a high aptitude for health services and demonstrate scholastic ability, character, good citizenship and financial need. Applicants must reside within the service area of Hardin Memorial.\nApplication materials are available in the Hardin Memorial Administration Office or you may download an application here. The deadline for the application is April 1st of each year.\nThe scholarships are made possible through interest income generated from the Mary Lou Johnson Health Career Scholarship Fund. The scholarship fund was established in 1988 through an allocation from the Mary Lou Johnson Trust.\nVolunteer at Hardin Memorial Hospital\nFind opportunities to give the valuable gift of your time. Enjoy the rewarding experience of helping Hardin County community members who are in need.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 144, "original_length": 5452, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 217.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.oki-islandguide.com/things_to_do/trick-art-exhibition", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:37:06Z", "digest": "sha1:TIL4WLWZYMPAIG5FR5VNVZCKH2TB66TA", "length": 815, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.oki-islandguide.com", "title": "Trick Art Exhibition/Okinawa Island Guide", "raw_content": "Everything on Okinawa Island from A to Z | Trick Art Exhibition\nTrick Art Exhibition\nDate: Friday, Dec. 5, 2014 - Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015\nTime: 11:00-20:00 (last entry: 19:30)\nPlace: Okinawa Outlet Mall Ashibinaa, (special event area on 2F)\nAdmission: 500 yen for adults; 400 yen for junior high and elementary school students; 200 yen for children aged 4-6 years**; free for children under 3 years old\nNote: There is a 100 yen surcharge on same-day tickets for adults, junior high and elementary school students.\n**Tickets for children of this age are only available at the door\nAn exhibition of optical illusion (aka trick) art will held for a limited time at Okinawa Outlet Mall Ashibinaa. Visitors are able to see artwork created by members of S.D Co., Ltd, well-known as one of the leaders of trick art in Japan.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 93, "original_length": 1986, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 300.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.olympicbankingsystem.com/SECTORS/PrivateWealthManagement.jsp", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:19Z", "digest": "sha1:OBCCFQAKPNUGL4A553UYDFPONHKF6C7J", "length": 2441, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.olympicbankingsystem.com", "title": "Private Wealth Management - OLYMPIC Banking System", "raw_content": "SECTORS - Private Wealth Management\nThe OLYMPIC Banking System, developed by ERI, is the state-of-the-art solution for the private banking and wealth management industry.\nThe Private Banking and Wealth Management business has faced many different crises over the past years. The way to deliver products and services to ever demanding clients has significantly evolved. The regulatory framework in which banks operate is becoming more and more complex and we believe this trend will not slow down in the coming years.\nTo remain competitive, private banks must adapt their strategies and business model. To be global, they must define a specific product mix and strategies for their markets. Private Banking in Europe is fairly different compared to Asia, where the main focus is more on wealth creation than on wealth preservation and transmission. This impacts bank organization and IT strategies.\nBanks' IT systems must evolve to meet new business and regulatory requirements. They must also be flexible to adapt to new business and delivery models. We believe in a solution with a streamlined and centralized IT architecture \u2013 a solution which provides the flexibility and agility needed to remain competitive in a changing environment.\nThe OLYMPIC Banking System provides an integrated approach to fully STP financial service processes and service provision, portfolio management, performance calculation, asset allocation and efficient customer relationship management.\nThe OLYMPIC Banking System is the most comprehensive solution to support all aspects of private banking. It is delivered with a best practice-based Model Bank which comprises predefined products, transaction templates, input screens, enquiries, menus, 360\u00b0 customer views, portfolio displays, reports, pre-parameterized system tables and business processes. This approach significantly decreases implementation time and the related costs, as existing components only need to be adapted to meet a bank's specific needs.\nWith OLYMPIC Banking System, ERI is able to provide its clients with state-of-the art Private Banking and Wealth Management software, allowing them to create a competitive advantage while lowering the costs and optimizing the global performance.\nThe OLYMPIC Banking System is \u201cThe most widely installed private banking system\u201d, states IBS Publishing in its Back Office Systems and Suppliers Guide.\nPrivate Wealth Management - OLYMPIC Banking System", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 3099, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 300.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.one876entertainment.com/latest-dancehall-reggae-entertainment-news-from-jamaica/corey-todd-charged-to-appear-in-court-next-wednesday-corey-todd-charged-to-appear-in-court-next-wednesday", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:37Z", "digest": "sha1:ZTTJV6R6SGYJIIIVMIMMNFTQFRE2XH65", "length": 1038, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.one876entertainment.com", "title": "Corey Todd charged, to appear in court next Wednesday Entertainment News - One876Entertainment.com Dancehall and Reggae News", "raw_content": "Corey Todd charged, to appear in court next Wednesday Featured\nCorey Todd, a popular businessman and entertainment promoter, was arrested and charged with assault occasioning bodily harm on Wednesday.\nUnder the Offences Against the Person Act, a person convicted of assault occasioning actual bodily harm can be imprisoned for up to three years, with or without hard labour.\nTodd was arrested in connection with an incident in which recording artiste Devin Di Dakta was alleged to have been assaulted at one of the businessman's nightclubs.\nTodd, along with his cronies, is accused of assaulting the 2015 Magnum Kings and Queens of Dancehall winner at the Taboo Nightclub in January. The alleged assault is believed to have been the result of a 'diss' song aimed at Todd.\nTodd is scheduled to appear in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court next Wednesday.\ncorey todd, devin di dakta, claude mills, court, assault, taboo\nMore in this category: \u00ab Devin di Dakta charged for indecent assault\tFlippa Mafia sentenced to 25 years in prison \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 105, "original_length": 5689, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 277.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.onlinecasinoarchives.com/entertainment/2012/11/27/morgan-stanley-releases-study-social-gambling-profits/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:30Z", "digest": "sha1:F7WKZWF6RPPKJWIH6XP3DFMY7M7H3ODN", "length": 1560, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.onlinecasinoarchives.com", "title": "Morgan Stanley Releases Study into Social Gambling Profits", "raw_content": "Morgan Stanley Releases Study into Social Gambling Profits\nTags: Mobile Casino, Online Casinos, real money gambling, Social gambling, Social gambling industry, social gaming, Social media\nThe investment firm Morgan Stanley has released a study on the financial prospects of social gambling.\nThe study finds that the best case scenario would see the market being worth seven billion dollars by 2015; the worst case scenario suggests figures of just under two billion dollars.\nHowever, the study suggested a middle figure of $2.5 billion which seems the most likely. The study looked at the forces behind the massive growth of the market and also at key uncertainties.\nAt present there is a player base of 170 million users of social gambling, this is more than triple the number of online gambling users.\nFurthermore, the number of people using social media continues to expand almost daily.\nIf it was possible to turn social gamblers into real-money gamblers then it would be a great aid to revenues for the social networks. However, there are different motivations behind the two activities which could be difficult to overcome.\nFurthermore, social gambling is on the whole unregulated and is thriving, online and mobile casinos on the other hand are restricted across much of the world. If regulated social gambling markets were to become available, it would likely result in a sharper rise in revenues.\nLucky Angler: A Snowy Catch \u2013 New Slots from Net Entertainment\nThe Top 5 Mobile Casino Apps for Android and iOS\nSuomi Casino Launches For Finnish Gamblers", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 153, "original_length": 4007, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 324.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.openhealthgroup.com/news/29-10-2018/defining-digital-therapeutics-constructive-ambiguity-or-detrimental-disarray", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:55Z", "digest": "sha1:BRRT4FMYI5BTEQWMHPBK6RLAIG4MR5P2", "length": 4251, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.openhealthgroup.com", "title": "Defining Digital Therapeutics", "raw_content": "Written by Abi Mawer on Monday 29th October 2018\nDigital therapeutics do not yet have a widely agreed definition, though the market for them is expected to reach $9 billion by 2025.\nTheir rise coincides with the intensification of the digital health market as a whole in recent years, which includes the widespread use of health and wellbeing technologies including fitness, sleep and diet trackers such as fitbit or myfitnesspal. Apps focused on health condition management and patient care now account for over 40% of the health and wellbeing app market, signifying a move to more targeted health technologies[1].\nDigital therapeutics can be distinguished from the rest of the digital healthcare market in that their primary goal is to use digital technology to complement or replace traditional therapeutics. On this basis they must show improved outcomes[2]. There is however, little consensus on what constitutes a valid improvement, and what standards are needed to encourage adoption within wider clinical practice[2]. For example, to what degree must digital therapeutics improve patient outcomes? What outcomes are deemed robust enough? How should the outcomes be collected? What evidence might be required to gain reimbursement?\nDespite this lack of clarity, the US Department of Health & Human Services has been able to reimburse digital therapeutics since 2016[3]. These include Pear Therapeutics\u2019\nreSET program for the treatment of patients with substance use disorder and Otsuka\u2019s Abilify MyCite, which incorporates Proteus\u2019 ingestion sensor into a drug for treating schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression[4].\nIn the UK, there has also been a push to encourage the development and adoption of digital therapeutics within clinical practice. This includes a \u00a335 million fund made available over 4 years through the Digital Health Technology Catalyst[5]. However, much of the digital therapeutic development in the US, UK and EU has until now been driven and funded by the pharmaceutical industry, which raises its own questions relating to access, ethics and sustainability.\nA key benefit of digital therapeutics is their adaptability and their ability to respond to changes in a patient\u2019s condition, in the absence of a healthcare professional. This is not to say we should be leaving the entire care of patients to unfettered algorithms but to allow scope for digital therapeutics to reduce the burden of tracking patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and to make minor, predefined amends to the complementary or replacement care they are providing.\nMore than 571 studies have been published since 2007, with approximately 140 of these being published in 2017 alone, which contain clinical evidence of digital health efficacy[6]. The conversations have already been started, opening up debate as to the extent to which the lack of a unified definition is actually hindering innovation in this field. Projects such as the Evidence for Effectiveness (EfE) including NICE and DigitalHealth.London are already poised to provide support for innovators with the development of evidence, aiming to save time through the promotion of a \u2018kill quick\u2019 philosophy for any innovations that do not meet their standards.[7]. But, if the real world evidence generated by digital therapeutics is what will ultimately define them, will stricter guidelines lead to more or less energy and meaningful innovation in this field?\nFor now, the ambiguity surrounding the definitions of digital therapeutics may be just what the landscape requires to allow this regimen disrupting innovation to change the healthcare landscape for the better. Meanwhile, there remains a unique opportunity to review and reflect on the bespoke, targeted evidence bases offered by this novel method of care, so as to evolve and maximise the many new prospects that digital therapeutics could offer.\nAitken, M; Clancy, B; Nass, D; The IQVIA Institute, The growing value of digital health in the United Kingdom: Evidence and Impact on Human Health and the Healthcare System; November 2017\nhttps://healthadvancesblog.com/2017/11/13/whos-really-first-in-fda-cleared-digital-therapeutics/\nhttp://www.medcityhq.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Evidence-for-Effectiveness-for-website.pdf", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 71, "original_length": 5881, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 199.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.orlandoballroom.com/do-dance-daily-package/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:50:43Z", "digest": "sha1:PDML2EMJDTEYEVERSRIRV3KPSRVUBKD2", "length": 90, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.orlandoballroom.com", "title": "Do Dance Daily Package | Crystal Ballroom Dance Club - Learn How To Dance | Orlando Dance Lessons", "raw_content": "Do you cringe at the thought of the gym?\nDo you wish you could lose weight without trying?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 86, "original_length": 2595, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 311.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.osteoscience.org/who-we-are/our-people/daniel-b-spagnoli/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:31Z", "digest": "sha1:ZCS6UXB6K7G7ZFTBLJWEJRJ7XMLCM6Z2", "length": 1131, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.osteoscience.org", "title": "Daniel B. Spagnoli \u2013 Osteo Science Foundation", "raw_content": "Daniel B. Spagnoli, DDS, PhD\nDr. Spagnoli is the author of over 30 articles and book chapters. He has served as section editor of the Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal and AAOMFS Knowledge Update. In 2005 and 2006, he co-authored two award-winning papers published in the Journal of Periodontalology and the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. His most recent article, \"Dental Implants and the Use of rhBMP-2,\" which appeared in the May 2011 issue of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America, was reprinted in Dental Clinics of North America that same year. His research, numerous lectures, and continuing education courses are focused on temporomandibular joint disorders and surger, tissue engineering, and preprosthetic surgery. Dr. Spagnoli, who was formerly the Chair at LSU-New Orleans, is now in private practice in North Carolina.\nDr. Spagnoli\u2019s research, numerous lectures, and continuing education courses are focused on Bone Grafting, Dental Implants, Tissue Engineering, Reconstructive Surgery, TMJ Surgery, and Preprosthetic Surgery. His research on bone sets him apart as an expert in the field.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 94, "original_length": 2958, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 107.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ourholycross.org/blog/2018/11/17/the-anchor-of-st-clement", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:32Z", "digest": "sha1:5GO3CAUVOPUSCXFH6WVPDOQNNIFQNXEV", "length": 5642, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.ourholycross.org", "title": "The Anchor of St. Clement \u2014 Holy Cross Catholic Church", "raw_content": "Let\u2019s be honest, when people mention anchors in this neighborhood what first comes to mind is The Anchor Fish & Chips on 13th Ave NE. While I must admit that I am a fan of that establishment, there is also a deeper and more ancient reference that might go unnoticed. I refer to the iron anchor which was tied around the neck of the exiled Pope St. Clement of Rome as he was hurled into the deep.\nThat anchor was the instrument of his martyr\u2019s death in the Black Sea in the early years of the second century. St. Clement\u2019s fidelity to God, his generous service of the flock and his \u2018success\u2019 in winning pagan converts infuriated the civil authorities, right up to the Emperor Trajan. It earned him the \u201cunfading crown of glory\u201d, spoken of in the second reading from First Peter. Seeking to live in communion with Christ put Clement at odds with the powers of this world, but his heart was held steady by the hope which belongs to those redeemed by the Cross, according to the beautiful Latin phrase, \u201cSPES ANCHORA VITAE\u201d or \u201cHOPE IS THE ANCHOR OF LIFE\u201d.\nHaving been a disciple of the Apostles and aware of their martyrdoms, Clement knew well the demands and risks of following Christ. Having served honorably as a successor to St. Peter in the metropolis of Rome, Clement\u2019s banishment to forced labor in the marble quarries of the region of Pontus was embraced as a mere shift in his mission field, but his zeal was unflagging and he continued to lead souls to Christ.\nIn calm waters an anchor keeps a boat steady and saves it from drifting this way or that; in turbulent waters an anchor provides even greater reassurance and hope of survival. Perhaps at such moments of testing an anchor most proves its purpose. Interestingly, the ancient Christian artistic tradition saw the anchor as a melding of two profoundly important symbols, the sign of the rainbow given as a promise to Noah after the flood and the sign of the Roman Cross on which Christ was nailed to die. May St. Clement, a model of stability, strength and hope in difficult times be an intercessor for our parish and the neighborhood which is our mission field. As we celebrate the transferred Feast of St. Clement, one of our parish patrons, may we witness precisely in the place where we find ourselves.\nA miscellany of notes:\n+ If you have not yet picked up a copy of the Annual Financial Report I invite you to do so. Copies will be available at the entrances of church for the next few weeks.\n+ For those who have begun giving through Simplified Giving online, I want to offer an additional encouragement to use the laminated cards available at the doors of church that can be dropped in the collection basket as a way to actively participate in the Offertory. For more information about utilizing Vanco for one time or recurring contributions, visit www.OurHolyCross.org/donate\n+ This past Monday was Veterans Day. While our petition at Masses for those who have offered military service for our nation was inadvertently missed last weekend, our prayers of gratitude are with all veterans in our parish and those currently serving in the armed forces. As Thanksgiving comes may they be aware of the love and appreciation of a grateful nation. As GK Chesterton beautifully put it, \u201cThe true soldier flights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him\u201d. For those who have died in service of our nation and given the ultimate sacrifice of their lives, we offer a prayer of suffrage for their eternal repose. Requiescant in pace.\n+ I would like to offer two clarifications with regard to Mass times:\n1) With our wedding season completed for the year, Saturday evening Mass at Holy Cross will return to 4:30 pm, preceded by confessions at 3:45 pm. This will take effect on Saturday, December 1st. Thank you for your willingness to allow us to try a seasonal shift since August. Our intention is to maintain the 4:30 pm time indefinitely, although we continue to grapple with how to provide hospitality to the many couples who come to Holy Cross to be married.\n2) Since the summer we have been offering two back-to-back Masses each Wednesday morning at Holy Cross. We did it on a trial basis, aware that we would not likely be able to sustain it, but seeking to offer an opportunity for an earlier Mass for those for whom even 6:45 am was too late to get to work. I wish to announce that as of Wednesday, November 28th, the 6:15 am Mass will be discontinued while 6:45 am will remain. Thank you to those who shared their feedback over the last couple of weeks. We do hope to continue providing an early 6:15 am \u2018commuter Mass\u2019 on Holy Days throughout the year. If you have never attended daily Mass, realize how blessed we are to have the range of daily Mass times that we do in our parish and throughout the metro area: there truly is something for everyone.\n+ As you prepare for Thanksgiving gatherings with your family members and loved ones, consider making Holy Mass a part of your day. See the Mass times for Thanksgiving Day on page 6 of this bulletin.\nKnow of my gratitude for all of you in Christ,\nI share some final words from St. Clement\u2019s first century Letter to the Corinthians:\n\u201cLet us consider, then, brethren, of what matter we were made, who and what manner of beings we came into the world, as it were out of a sepulcher, and from utter darkness. He who made us and fashioned us, having prepared His bountiful gifts for us before we were born, introduced us into His world. Since, therefore, we receive all these things from Him, we ought for everything to give Him thanks; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 96, "original_length": 8050, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 302.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/mps-beware-government-has-given-irrelevant-answers-to-your-questions-in-parliame/298414", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:23Z", "digest": "sha1:5RFXBNW4SRMNSWCGVWLVC4CZRIPNDHYI", "length": 6161, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "www.outlookindia.com", "title": "MPs, Beware. Government Has Given irrelevant Answers to your Questions in Parliament", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Website \u00bb National \u00bb MPs, Beware. Government Has Given Irrelevant Answers To Your Questions In Parliament\nMPs, Beware. Government Has Given Irrelevant Answers To Your Questions In Parliament\nAt least five questions raised by MPs during the current session where the government has given irrelevant answers. In all these questions, the MPs sought information related to demonetization.\nRakesh Dubbudu 02 April 2017\nRepresentative image/PTI Photo / TV GRAB\nRakesh Dubbudu\tApril 02, 2017 00:00 IST MPs, Beware. Government Has Given Irrelevant Answers To Your Questions In Parliament\nIt is not just the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) that has time & again refused to disclose information related to the demonetization, various ministries of the Government of India have given irrelevant answers to the questions raised by Members of Parliament (MPs) both in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. Factly found at least five (5) questions raised by MPs during the current session where the government has given irrelevant answers. In all these questions, the MPs sought information related to demonetization.\nWhy was Hyderabad RBI branch not chosen for exchange of old currency by NRIs?\nIn the Rajya Sabha, YSRCP MP Vijaysai Reddy and CPI MP D Raja wanted to know why the NRIs & Indian Gulf workers from AP & Telangana have to travel to Chennai to deposit their old currency notes. They also wanted to know the reasons for not designating the Hyderabad RBI branch, one of the large RBI branches for exchange of old notes by NRIs. They also asked the steps proposed by the government to ease the hardships and expense of Indian gulf workers who wish to deposit their old notes. In response, the Minister of State for Finance, Arjun Ram Meghwal had a standard answer that mentions the names of the five RBI branches that have been designated to deposit old notes during the grace period. He did not answer the core questions raised by both the MPs about Hyderabad not being chosen and the steps being taken to ease the hardships.\nWhat is the total cost incurred by RBI in printing the new 500 and 2000 rupee notes?\nIn the Rajya Sabha, Congress MPs Ambika Soni & Subbirami Reddy wanted to know the total cost incurred by RBI in printing the new 500 and 2000 rupee notes. This was one of the four questions asked by them. In his written response, the Minister of State in the Finance Ministry, Arjun Ram Meghwal spoke about everything from how the RBI has made adequate arrangements for supply of notes to how the notes are being continuously printed except answering what was asked.\nIs the Government considering to issue directions to Doctors to receive fee in cashless mode?\nThe response to this question was even more funny. Samajwadi Party MP in the Rajya Sabha, Naresh Agarwal asked the government if it is considering to issue directions to doctors to receive their fee in cashless mode in order to prevent the hoarding of black money. In his written response, the Minister of State in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Faggan Singh Kulaste spoke about how the Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics Regulations, 2002) mandate a physician to clearly display his fees and other charges on the board of his chamber. It has to be noted that the question was neither about the physician charges nor about the transparency in charges. But the entire answer was about how a physician should be transparent with his fees etc. There was no mention of cashless mode which was the original question.\nHow much new currency was distributed to each State & UT?\nRajya Sabha MP from DMK, Kanimozhi wanted to know the total amount of currency circulated by the RBI in the two months after demonetization (November 10th, 2016 to January 10th, 2017). In addition, she wanted to know the total value of currency distributed to each State and Union Territory during this period. In his written response, the Minister of State in the Finance Ministry, Arjun Ram Meghwal said that Rs 6.78 lakh crore of currency was distributed to various States and Union Territories during the period from November 10, 2016 to January 13, 2017. For reasons unknown, he chose to ignore the second part of the question.\nRatio in which the Rs. 500 and Rs. 2000 notes were distributed between public and private sector banks\nNineteen (19) MPs in the Lok Sabha raised various questions related to demonetization. Among other things, they asked about the ratio in which the Rs. 500 and Rs. 2000 notes were distributed between public and private sector banks in the country. In his written response, the Minister of State in the Finance Ministry, Arjun Ram Meghwal said that new notes were equitably distributed across the country, but did not disclose the ratio in which they were distributed between public and private sector banks.\nMinutes and Agenda of the meeting of Board of Directors of Reserve Bank of India\nCongress Rajya Sabha MP, P L Punia sought the details of minutes and agenda of the meeting of Board of Directors of Reserve Bank of India and the copy of Cabinet Note placed before Cabinet in respect of demonetization announced on 8th November, 2016. In his written response, the Minister of State in the Finance Ministry, Arjun Ram Meghwal spoke about the agenda of the meeting, but neither disclosed the minutes of that meeting nor provided a copy of the cabinet note.\nReasons for Steep rise in bank depsoits in September & October 2016\nSamajwadi Party Rajya Sabha MP Neeraj Shekar sought to know the reasons for the steep rise in bank deposits in the months of September & October 2016. In his written response, the Minister of State in the Finance Ministry, Santosh Kumar Gangwar did not specify the reasons for the steep rise in deposits.\n(This article was originally published in FACTLY, and has been cross-posted with permission.)\nRakesh Dubbudu\tNational\tImpressions\nNext Story : Woman Fined More Than Rs 3 Crore For Posting False Facebook Post\nMore From Rakesh Dubbudu\nWhen Will BJP\u2019s Windfall Gain In Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections Change Its Fortune In Rajya Sabha?\nThough BJP won the 2014 Lok Sabha election with a clear majority, they have...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 249, "original_length": 11994, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 310.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.outoftheirminds.com.au/about.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:10Z", "digest": "sha1:RZYZRDL5HAADXU3T6QKK36RK73TR4BQD", "length": 2904, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.outoftheirminds.com.au", "title": "About", "raw_content": "April and John are a husband and wife team, now based in beautiful \u200bNew Zealand.\u200b\nThe Faces in front of the Minds\nJohn Dickson has reputedly been the most awarded radio creative in the world. 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I find it much easier to learn by doing things rather than reading them so I knew that an Apprenticeship would be better for me than reading a textbook at university. Once I had found that there were Law Apprenticeships available I was set on the idea rather than going to uni.\nI found out about my Apprenticeship through the CILEx website (Chartered Institute of Legal Executives) which is the main body for legal apprenticeships in the UK. They had many positions in Oxfordshire advertised and there was lots of useful information on the website. I also spoke to the lady who is the Oxfordshire assessor and she told me more about the role and what I would be expecting to do.\nSo far I have gained a lot of knowledge and experience. I have been here for 7 months now and have already experienced a lot of the work that comes with the role and the challenges that can come from working with clients at what is often a sensitive time. It has also helped me to grow and develop as a person as I have got a lot more responsibility and I have felt that it has helped me not only in my professional life but in my home life as I am more organised and find it easier to prioritise things that I need to achieve.\nI plan to complete my level 3 course in Wills and Probate before doing my level 3 Legal Diploma. Following this I would like to complete my Level 6 Diploma with the end goal of qualifying as a solicitor. My dream would be to be a solicitor in London, but that\u2019s a long way away just yet!\nMy Apprenticeship will give me the tools and the qualifications to be able to become a solicitor and to be able to take my career further. I am also learning the tools that it takes to become a good solicitor that you can\u2019t get from a textbook. Meeting clients and taking instructions from clients is very important in this job and by doing this in my Apprenticeship it will help me to be able to do this in the future too.\nGo for it! If you think that an Apprenticeship might be for you then don\u2019t hesitate, do your research and apply for a couple. The more interviews you can get the more that you will get a feel for what the Apprenticeships will give you and what you might be doing in each role. Researching the opportunities is really important beforehand too. I also have found it really important to have a good working relationship with my employers as they are my first port of call if I have a problem or need any help with anything so I would consider that in interviews too.\nGrab every opportunity that you are given. At the beginning you might be doing the jobs you don\u2019t necessarily want to do but it will show that you are hard-working and dedicated which will mean that you can be trusted with more challenging things more quickly.\nI feel very excited about becoming an Apprenticeship Ambassador as I would like to encourage more people to think about becoming an Apprentice as there is so much focus on going to University in school. 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Our board-certified medical director has more than 20 years of experience in the field of pain management, and our skilled staff works to combine knowledge and experience with exemplary customer service in order to provide services that leave our patients happy and well-cared-for.\nOur office is conveniently located, and we offer flexible appointment scheduling Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm. We're committed to ensuring that our patients receive the best possible care, and in order to do so, we focus on:\nDetail-oriented treatment methods\nWhy live with pain when a Knoxville, TN, pain doctor may be able to help you find the relief that you deserve? At Southeast Spine And Pain Associates, we work to provide compassionate, customized care, and we put our patients first in all that we do. Call us today to set up a consultation or to request more information about the specific services that we provide.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 192, "original_length": 8654, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 296.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.parkwestgallery.com/browse-artwork/gallery/matt-beyrer", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:16Z", "digest": "sha1:7JMROQZLBFUUBBHN53B5HLCYKCW66APW", "length": 496, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.parkwestgallery.com", "title": "Browse Artwork by Matt Beyrer - Park West Gallery", "raw_content": "Matt James Beyrer transforms canvas and wood into fantastical realms full of depth and realistic details. Born November 18, 1981 in Winter Park, Florida, Beyrer relocated to the Hammock, a small community on the state\u2019s east coast. He earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in illustration from Ringling College of Art and Design. Not long after graduating, he gained recognition for his ability to create unique and gripping environments.\nLearn more about Matt Beyrer\nSounds of the Eve\nSail into the Horizon", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 120, "original_length": 7236, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 158.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.passengerterminaltoday.com/news/it-software/airports-come-together-to-support-international-hackathon-event.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:13Z", "digest": "sha1:FBU4SBZZNUDIPKDSFZENLG6MV6FNSDAB", "length": 1950, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.passengerterminaltoday.com", "title": "Airports come together to support international hackathon event - Passenger Terminal Today", "raw_content": "You are at:Home\u00bbNews\u00bbAirport\u00bbAirports come together to support international hackathon event\nAirports come together to support international hackathon event\nBy Dan Symonds on\t June 19, 2017 Airport, IT & Software\nLondon Gatwick was one of seven airports that took part in an international \u2018hackathon\u2019 event over the weekend of June 16-18, which challenged computer programmers and coders to improve the passenger experience by developing new airport apps.\nThe \u2018{Re}coding\u2019 event took place in Berlin, Germany, and was organized by Royal Schiphol Group, the operator of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in the Netherlands. The other participants comprised Stockholm, Frankfurt, Geneva, Munich and Copenhagen airports, who all shared flight and waiting time data with the developers to help them with the challenge. It was the first time so many international airports have joined forces to collaborate and share data to improve the passenger experience.\nThe hackathon was divided into four main themes \u2013 life before the airport, life at the airport, life between airports and life after the airport \u2013 which together cover all aspects of a plane trip, from booking the journey to the journey itself.\nCathal Corcoran, chief information officer, Gatwick Airport, said, \u201cProviding our passengers with the best possible experience as they travel through the airport is a key priority for us and by collaborating with other airports in this way we are able to explore and push the boundaries of current passenger facing technology.\u201d\nChristiaan Hen, innovation manager, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, said, \u201c{Re}coding aviation represents the first time in history that so many international airports have joined forces by opening up access to data for the development of innovative applications.\n\u201cThe challenges faced by every airport have been made central to the themes, and this ensures that the solutions developed by the participants will be widely applicable.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 126, "original_length": 5085, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 251.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.pauldwatson.com/paul-d-watson/2014/01/a-humanitarian-aid-worker-a-us-marine-and-a-sword", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:19:16Z", "digest": "sha1:WFQ4VDAE5OUENKCKNQRQNGFT536AELHU", "length": 2954, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.pauldwatson.com", "title": "A Humanitarian Aid Worker, a US Marine, and a Sword \u2014 Paul D. Watson", "raw_content": "A few years ago, I walked into Barnes and Noble in Amarillo, TX, and saw a US Marine Corp Lance Corporal collecting toys for their Toys for Tots program. I grew up around Marines, so I feel totally comfortable hanging out with them and shooting the breeze. I was freshly back from Beirut, Lebanon, and he had just returned from an IED training in Lebanon. So we had lots to talk about.\nI don't remember the conversation word-for-word, but eventually, the Marine made a curious statement, \"You must get paid a lot to go into the places you go.\"\nI chuckled, \"Actually, we probably get paid about the same. In fact, your benefits are probably better than mine.\"\nHe looked puzzled, \"Why do you do it?\"\n\"You know the sword you wear with your dress blues? Well, it has two flats and an edge. The flats actually take up the most of the surface area of the sword. The edge is a very small part of the whole thing. The flats are used for defense. The edge is used for attack.\nMy work is like the flats of the blade. Let's call one 'Humanitarian Aid' and the other 'Spiritual Climate.' If people live in horrible circumstances, they are more likely to use violence. If they live in a terrible spiritual climate, they are more likely to be rallied to violence in the name of religion. If I do what I do well, I believe we can reduce the circumstances our enemies use to rally people against the United States.\nYou are the edge of the blade. We have to have the edge when our enemies strike. The edge is an essential part of the sword. We need you to be sharp and to be ready. I'm glad you are there.\nI believe that if I do what I do well then we can bring you guys home safely, and earlier. And that means less of you die. It's part of what I do to serve this country.\"\nThe Marine nodded, \"I hadn't thought of it that way. I like that.\" We talked a little more, my family arrived, and I said goodbye. I will never forget that conversation. It put my work in a context that I hadn't considered until that moment.\nYears later, I read 'Powerful Peace: A Navy SEAL\u2019s Lessons on Peace from a Lifetime of War' by J. Robert DuBois. 'Powerful Peace' gave me the language I needed to better articulate my feelings. He does an incredible job of balancing the need for humanitarian responses and the need for applied force while honoring the sacrifice and dedication of our troops.\nThere are many reasons I do what I do. Fundamentally, I believe I serve my country when I shelter the homeless, feed the hungry, rescue the addict, work with the city government to develop disaster response initiatives, and work with churches to care for the spiritual needs in our communities.\nI'm incredibly grateful for our troops. 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In the Bahamas, legends abound of the Lusca, a giant sea creature that can squeeze through the smallest cracks and change color in the blink of an eye. Along the ancient Mediterranean Sea, people spoke in reverent tones of Yamm, a sea god of many heads and legs who ruled over his watery realm.\nTall tales? Perhaps. But all are based on a remarkable real animal: the octopus. NATURE\u2019s The Octopus Show helps viewers get their tentacles around this amazingly talented but little-understood creature. It follows the efforts of Mike DeGruy, a dedicated wildlife photographer, to capture these acrobatic but often shy animals on film, both in a laboratory-built \u201coctopus gymnasium\u201d and in the wild, deep sea. His quest pays off with riveting \u2014 and rare \u2014 footage of octopuses at work and at play.\nIt\u2019s not surprising that octopuses have captivated both filmmakers and mythmakers alike. With their bulbous, floppy heads, big eyes, and long tentacles lined with suction cups, octopuses are attention-getting. But their looks aren\u2019t the only thing that are striking. Octopuses also exhibit behaviors \u2014 from neon-bright flashing skin colors to breathtaking jet-propelled swims \u2014 that have made scientists sit up and take notice.\nOnly in recent years, however, have researchers begun to better understand these animals, which are members of an ancient group of animals called cephalopods. The other members of the group \u2014 squid, cuttlefish, and the chambered nautilus \u2014 typically have some kind of external or internal shell (in squids it\u2019s a pencil-shaped internal structure called a pen). But the over 250 known species of octopuses appear to have completely lost their hard parts, evolving instead into a firm but flexible sack of tissues.\nThe flexibility pays off. As NATURE\u2019s The Octopus Show illustrates, octopuses can squeeze into amazingly small spaces to hunt or avoid predators. Captive animals have been known to hide themselves in soft drink cans, aspirin bottles, and even under the plastic floors of aquaria. The ability to fit in a tight spot pays off when hunting, as octopuses can chase small crabs, shrimp, and fish into even tiny cracks, coaxing them out with their long tentacles.\nAt the same time, octopuses are amazing swimmers, literally jetting themselves along by squirting water out of a biological jet engine. The speed comes in handy when it is time to escape a hungry shark. But it isn\u2019t the only trick they have up their sleeves for avoiding predators.\nOctopuses have inspired many myths.\nThanks to special cells in their skin, octopuses have the ability to change color, and even texture, on command. In the blink of an eye, they can fade into the sea floor, appearing to be just another bumpy rock. And when it comes time to mate, some octopuses advertise the fact with bright flashes of color sure to attract a partner. One Pacific Ocean octopus has even earned its name by being an especially good shape-shifter: the mimic octopus has been known to imitate everything from giant crabs and sea shells to fish and sea snakes.\nThis ability to adapt quickly to new situations has paid off in other ways too. Octopuses appear to inhabit virtually every kind of ocean environment, from shallow coastal waters to the deep sea. And they come in a dizzying array of shapes and sizes. Researchers believe the North Pacific octopus \u2014 known to science as Octopus dofleini \u2014 may grow to over 30 feet long and weigh 100 pounds. The smallest, on the other hand, is thought to be the Californian ocotopus (Octopus micropyrsus), which never gets more than an inch long.\nThen there is the blue-ringed octopus of Australia and the South Pacific, which is noteworthy for another reason: its venom is deadly poison. A single bite from the golf-ball sized creature can paralyze breathing muscles, inducing death within minutes.\nMany more kinds of amazing ocotopuses are still waiting to be discovered. Just recently, for instance, scientists accidentally discovered an octopus that has glow-in-the-dark tentacles. It will be years, however, before scientists understand why this and other octopuses do the amazing things they do.\nMore from The Octopus Show (3)\nSea Chameleons", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 73, "original_length": 5219, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 338.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/tag/liturgy/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:20:42Z", "digest": "sha1:UU2TDXHOSEADAHBXGFC2DFFBCPBAB42E", "length": 818, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.pbs.org", "title": "liturgy Archives - Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly", "raw_content": "Father Larry Janowski says the new, more literal translation of the words of the Mass from the original Latin are \u201clike sawdust in the mouth. They\u2019re difficult to say.\u201d More \u2192\nRev. Edward Foley Extended Interview\n\u201cThere is no such thing as a perfect translation. Every translation is in some ways an experiment, and there are many parts of the new translation that are much better.\u201d More \u2192\nWords for Yom Kippur\n\u201cOne day a year we make a journey in the company of the whole community of Israel\u2014all of us together, each of us alone.\u201d\nCatholics of a certain age grew up hearing the Mass only in Latin. But since the 1960s, priests have been allowed to say the Mass in Latin only with the permission of their bishop. The Vatican is now loosening those restrictions, so the Latin Mass may soon become more widely available.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 103, "original_length": 2582, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 253.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.pcworld.com/article/150528/iphone.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:24:10Z", "digest": "sha1:ODZGK5CWZ765JOOOKKB7JCXJ6WCYLX2Q", "length": 1409, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.pcworld.com", "title": "IPhone to Be Sold by Two Russian Companies | PCWorld", "raw_content": "IPhone to Be Sold by Two Russian Companies\nIPhone 3G May Come to Russia Later This Year\nIPhone Officially Launching in Russia in October\nA Year On, China Mobile, Apple Still in IPhone Talks\nThe new iPhone 3G will be sold by at least two mobile phone companies in Russia, and a third may be added soon.\nMobile service provider MegaFon on Tuesday became the second company to announce a deal with Apple to sell iPhones in Russia.\nThe company gave no further details about the agreement.\nThe VimpelCom Group, which markets mobile handset services under the brand name Beeline, was the first company to disclose a deal to sell iPhones in Russia, last Thursday, according to Andrey Eremichev, a manager at the company.\nNeither company has disclosed how much they will offer the popular handsets for, nor any further details about their agreements with Apple.\nA third company, Russia's largest mobile phone service provider, Mobile Telesystems (MTS), will also be added to the list of companies selling iPhones in Russia, according to analysts and industry players.\nIgor Novikov, a marketing and communications officer at MTS, declined to comment.\nMTS boasts around 91 million mobile phone subscribers, mainly in Russia but also including Armenia, Belarus, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.\nVimpelCom had 51.7 million subscribers as of the end of 2007, also mainly in Russia but including several other nations.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 149, "original_length": 3597, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 258.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.penobscotbaypress.com/news/2018/jul/2/geologist-to-speak-in-castine/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:46Z", "digest": "sha1:JY5YH6BVG2PUT7TSN7ANFVHEC463OZGQ", "length": 1345, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.penobscotbaypress.com", "title": "Geologist to speak in Castine | Community News | Penobscot Bay Press", "raw_content": "Geologist to speak in Castine\nBlue Hill Heritage Trust will host a speaking event and reception with prominent geologist and conservationist Skip Hobbs on Thursday, July 5, at the Castine Historical Society. The talk begins at 5 p.m. with a reception to follow.\nHobb\u2019s illustrated talk is titled \u201cThe Future of Planet Earth: A Changing Biosphere\u2014Humans and Global Stewardship.\u201d Since its creation 4.5 billion years ago, the earth has experienced constant change. Geologic change, however, takes time\u2014usually tens of thousands of years, if not hundreds of thousands or millions of years, according to a news release.\nHuman civilization has made, and continues to make, profound changes to the earth, both to the benefit and the detriment of mankind and all other inhabitants of earth\u2019s biosphere. Life forms have adapted to geological change through natural evolution, or have become extinct. With the exception of several cataclysmic events, the rate of global change occurring today has not previously occurred in geologic history. What will the future bring? How will Maine be impacted? Hobbs will discuss how the earth\u2019s biosphere is transforming; the importance of sustainability in natural resource extraction; climate change and the human factor; and what we can and must do as responsible citizens to deal with and mitigate these changes.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 31, "original_length": 2103, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 250.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.pentictonwesternnews.com/obituaries/george-etienne-larue/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:10Z", "digest": "sha1:WN7OOJE4ZYQCO7KMEPLFBMKWIEV5MGK5", "length": 842, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.pentictonwesternnews.com", "title": "George Etienne LaRue \u2013 Penticton Western News", "raw_content": "George Etienne LaRue\nIt is with saddened hearts we announce the passing of George Etienne LaRue at the age of 91, beloved husband of Sylvia, on January 30, 2019. He was born in Edmonton, Alberta.\nHe leaves three children, Patricia (Lawson McKay), Robert (Janet) and Kathleen LaRue; three step children, Louise (Peter Baier), Denise (Glen Heinrick), Lynn (Tony Laing); five grandchildren, six great grandchildren, four step grandchildren and six step great grandchildren.\nHis passion was feeding the birds, photographing and filming animals. He was a great dancer and loved playing pool and camping. We wish to thank the staff of Haven Hill Retirement Centre who were very kind and caring.\nThere will be a memorial service at St. Ann\u2019s Catholic Church, 1296 Main St., Penticton, Saturday, March 2, 2019 -1:00 pm followed by light refreshments.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 211, "original_length": 3791, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 329.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/sport/bowls/national-championships-mother-and-daughter-fall-at-the-semi-final-stage-1-8111590", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:23:51Z", "digest": "sha1:N3KBPTTIUD7RAFMLQBEA33RRLV22EMKB", "length": 690, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk", "title": "NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: Mother and daughter fall at the semi-final stage - Peterborough Telegraph", "raw_content": "NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: Mother and daughter fall at the semi-final stage\nPat Reynolds.\nMelvin Beck\nMother and daughter Pat Reynolds and Emma Thurston reached the semi-finals of the women\u2019s pairs at the Bowls England national championships being held at Leamington.\nIt was a great effort by the Parkway pair who were beaten 19-23 by current England international Ellen Falkner and her mother, Sue Alexander, from the Littleport club in Cambridgeshire, who are former winners of the title.\nThey were only one shot down at 11-12 after 11 ends, but then failed to score on the next six ends which left themselves too much to do over the closing stages.\nA must-win match for the Northants A team", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 121, "original_length": 2369, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 332.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.pharmasalmanac.com/articles/author/gjalt-huisman-ph-d?hsLang=en-us", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:39Z", "digest": "sha1:2BDGVUORIO76VCFE4CID26BRZUYIJHJU", "length": 643, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.pharmasalmanac.com", "title": "Pharma's Almanac | Gjalt Huisman, Ph.D.", "raw_content": "Gjalt Huisman, Ph.D.\nIn his role as VP, Pharmaceutical Technology & Innovation, Gjalt Huisman is responsible for exploring new application opportunities for Codexis\u2019 CodeEvolver\u00ae technology in the pharma industry. The first asset developed under this initiative is an orally stable enzyme for potential treatment of phenylketonuria, PKU. Gjalt has led numerous projects in which new biocatalytic processes were developed, including for blockbuster pharmaceuticals, such as atorvastatin, simvastatin and sitagliptin. Gjalt received his Ph.D. from the University of Groningen (NL) and was a post-doc at Harvard Medical School.\ngjalt-huisman-ph-d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 167, "original_length": 4323, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 237.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.playstation.com/en-us/legal/marvels-spider-man-countdown-to-launch-livestream-sweepstakes-official-rules/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:20:18Z", "digest": "sha1:AS5LZOCNGIILUKJK4CBFWTXPVCB65ROO", "length": 12493, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "www.playstation.com", "title": "Marvel\u2019s Spider-Man Countdown to Launch Livestream Sweepstakes Official Rules", "raw_content": "Marvel\u2019s Spider-Man Countdown to Launch Livestream Sweepstakes\nThe following promotion is intended for viewing in the 50 United States and D.C. only, and is construed and evaluated according to California law. Do not enter this Promotion if you are not a legal resident of, and located in, the 50 United States or D.C.at the time of entry.\nBy participating in the Marvel\u2019s Spider-Man Countdown to Launch Sweepstakes (the \u201cPromotion\u201d), each Entrant (or his or her parent or legal guardian if the Entrant is under the age of majority in his or her state of residence) unconditionally accepts and agrees to comply with and abide by these Official Rules and the decisions of Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (\u201cSponsor\u201d), which are final and binding in all respects. Sponsor is responsible for the collection and selection of entries and the Promotion\u2019s overall administration. Entrants should look solely to Sponsor with any questions, comments or problems related to the Promotion.\n1. ELIGIBILITY: The Promotion is open only to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 13 years of age or older with a valid PlayStation Network Account (\u201cPSN Account\u201d) (\u201cEntrants\u201d). To sign-up for a free PSN Account, visit https://account.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/login.action and follow the prompts. Entrants under the legal age of majority in their state of residence must have permission to enter the Promotion from their parent or guardian. Employees of Sponsor and its parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, and related companies, and agencies and immediate families (defined as parents, children, siblings and spouse and their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) and those living in the same household, whether or not related, are not eligible to enter or win. Void in all U.S. territories and possessions and overseas military installations, and where prohibited or restricted by law.\n2. TIMING: The Promotion begins September 6, 2018 at 7:30 AM Pacific Time (PT) and ends on September 6, 2018 at 9:00 PM PT (the \u201cPromotion Period\u201d).\n3. HOW TO ENTER: During the Promotion Period, Entrants may participate via the following methods:\n3.1. During the promotion period, visit http://www.playstation.com/spider-man (\u201cWebsite\u201d) which will direct you to the \u201cMarvel\u2019s Spider-Man Countdown to Launch\u201d livestream. Scroll down to the Promotion\u2019s module and select the \"Enter Now\" button. If you are logged in to the Website with your PSN ID, a pop-up screen will appear to confirm your entry. If you are not logged in to the Website with your PSN ID, a pop-up screen will appear to prompt you to log in. Click the \u201cLog in\u201d button on the pop-up screen to log in. Go back to the Website and click on the Promotion\u2019s \u201cEnter Now\u201d button to confirm your entry (\u201cEntry\u201d). After an Entrant submits his/her entry, he/she will receive one (1) entry for a chance to win the Grand Prize.\n4. ENTRY CONDITIONS: Limit one (1) entry per person. The authorized account holder of the PSN Account to enter the Promotion is deemed to be the Entrant. The \u201cauthorized account holder\u201d is the natural person assigned to the PSN Account. Each potential winner may be required to show proof of being the authorized account holder.\n5. WINNER SELECTION: On or about November 1, 2018, Sponsor will randomly select one (1) potential grand prize winner and two (2) potential First Prize winners. Potential winning Entrants will be contacted via email using the email address listed on their PSN Account. If a potential winning Entrant is determined by Sponsor to be unqualified to participate in this Promotion or does not respond to Sponsor\u2019s correspondence within 48 hours, the potential winning Entrant will be disqualified and a new potential winning Entrant will be selected by random drawing.\n6.1. One (1) Grand Prize winner will receive one (1) Marvel\u2019s Spider-Man Limited Edition Spectacular PlayStation Pack comprising of: one (1) Limited Edition Marvel\u2019s Spider-Man PS4 Pro bundle, five (5) Spider-Man comic books (approximate retail value (ARV) $23.00 each), and a custom box (ARV $75.00). The ARV of the Grand Prize is $589.00.\n6.2. The First Prize pool will receive Marvel\u2019s Spider-Man Swag Bundle consisting of one (1) Marvel\u2019s Spider-Man Original Video Game Soundtrack 2XLP (ARV $35.00 each) and five (5) Funko POP! Marvel\u2019s Spider-Man Collectable Vinyl Figures (ARV $10.00 each). The total ARV of the First Prize pool is $85.00.\n6.3. The total ARV of the prizes is $759.00.\n6.4. Prize fulfillment is based on availability. Please allow 4 weeks for prize delivery from the time a winner provides delivery information to Sponsor. The prize will be delivered via Fed-Ex delivery to the address supplied by the winner. Taxes on prize, if any, are solely the responsibility of the winner. Winners of a prize valued at $600 or more will receive a Federal Tax Form 1099. We recommend that you consult with your tax advisor if you have further questions. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value in its sole discretion, unless such substitution is prohibited by law. Sponsor may disqualify a winner and select an alternate winner if any prize is returned undeliverable. Prizes are non-transferable. Sponsor need not substitute a prize based on the winner\u2019s request.\n7. ODDS OF WINNING: The odds of winning depend on the total number of eligible entries received.\n8. REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION: The potential winning Entrant may be required to complete an Affidavit of Eligibility and Release (\u201cAffidavit\u201d) in accordance with the instructions listed in the notification correspondence. Any Entrant who fails or refuses to sign and return the required documentation within the time period as specified by Sponsor will be disqualified. If a potential winning Entrant is considered a minor in the legal jurisdiction in which the Entrant resides, then that Entrant\u2019s parent or legal guardian may be required to execute and return the Affidavit. Non-compliance with these Official Rules or failure to return all required documentation by the stated deadline or Sponsor\u2019s inability to contact an Entrant (using the contact information provided in his or her registration) within a reasonable time period, as determined in Sponsor\u2019s sole discretion may result in disqualification and the forfeiture of the prize.\n9. PUBLICITY: Except where prohibited, participation in the Promotion constitutes Entrant\u2019s consent to Sponsor\u2019s and its agents\u2019 use of the Entrant\u2019s name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions, hometown, state and any other information submitted to Sponsor by Entrant for promotional purposes, or on a winner\u2019s list, if applicable, in any media, worldwide, without further payment or compensation.\n10. GENERAL CONDITIONS: Potential winning Entrants are subject to Sponsor\u2019s verification. Sponsor\u2019s decisions are final and binding in all matters related to the Promotion. Potential winners must comply with the Official Rules, and receipt of prizes is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. Sponsor is not responsible for technical, hardware or software failures, malfunctions, lost or unavailable network connections or failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions or unforeseen schedule changes that may limit an Entrant\u2019s ability to participate in the Promotion, even if caused by Sponsor\u2019s negligence. Entries generated by script, macro or other automated means or with the intent to impair the integrity of the Promotion will be void. Sponsor has the sole discretion to modify, cancel or suspend this Promotion should viruses, bugs, unauthorized human intervention or other causes beyond Sponsor\u2019s control affect the administration, security or proper play of the Promotion or Sponsor otherwise becomes incapable of running the Promotion as planned. Sponsor is not responsible for changes to Entrant\u2019s contact information. Any individual who attempts or otherwise encourages, directly or indirectly, the submission of false entries, as determined by Sponsor, will be disqualified. Sponsor has the sole discretion to disqualify any Entrant who tampers with the entry process. Sponsor has the sole discretion to disqualify Entrants who violate these Official Rules, tamper with the operation of the Promotion or engage in any conduct that is deemed, in Sponsor\u2019s sole discretion, to be harassing, detrimental or unfair to Sponsor, the Promotion or any other Entrant. Sponsor has no obligation to return any entry consideration, if applicable, submitted by a disqualified Entrant.\n11. RELEASE: As a condition of participating in the Promotion, Entrants release the Sponsor and its respective affiliates, subsidiaries, parent corporations, advertising and promotional agencies, and all of their officers, directors, shareholders, members, employees, and agents (collectively, the \u201cPromotion Entities\u201d) from liability, for loss, harm, damage, injury, cost or expense whatsoever including property damage, personal injury and death that may occur in connection with, preparation for, travel to, or participation in the Promotion, or possession, acceptance or use of prizes or participation in any Promotion-related activities and claims based on publicity rights, copyright or trademark infringement, defamation or invasion of privacy and merchandise delivery.\n12. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: The Promotion Entities are not responsible for: any incorrect or inaccurate entry information; human errors; technical malfunctions; lost, stolen, mutilated, mis-delivered, postage due, illegible, incomplete or untimely entries that may limit Entrant\u2019s ability to participate in the Promotion, even if caused by Sponsor\u2019s negligence; failures, omissions, interruptions, deletions, or defects of any telephone network, computer online system, computer equipment, servers, providers, or software, including any injury or damage to Entrant's or any other person's computer relating to participation or inability to participate in the Promotion; inability to access the Site or upload information or data; theft, tampering, destruction, or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, entries; data that is processed late or incorrectly or is incomplete or lost due to telephone, computer, or electronic malfunction or traffic congestion on telephone lines or the Internet or any website (including the Site) or for any other reason whatsoever; printing or other errors; or any combination thereof. Proof of uploading information or data or entering information at the Site is not considered proof of delivery or receipt. Illegible, duplicate and incomplete entries will be disqualified. False, fraudulent, or deceptive entries or acts, as determined by Sponsor, render Entrants ineligible and all associated entries will be void.\n13. COLLECTION OF INFORMATION: Information collected in connection with the Promotion will be collected in accordance with Sponsor\u2019s Privacy Policy, available at https://www.playstation.com/en-us/legal/privacy-policy/. By participating in the Promotion, each Entrant agrees to the terms of Sponsor\u2019s Privacy Policy.\n14. GOVERNING LAW: All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules or the rights and obligations of Entrants or Sponsor in connection with this Promotion are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of California or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of any other state\u2019s laws. Entrants hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the Federal and State Courts in San Mateo, California for the purposes of any suit related to the Promotion and waive any claim that they are not subject personally to the jurisdiction of said courts or that any such suit or other proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or improper venue.\n15. WINNER LIST: To obtain a winner list by mail, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to \u201cMarvel\u2019s Spider-Man Countdown to Launch Sweepstakes\u201d, Attn: PlayStation Store Marketing, 2207 Bridgepointe Parkway, San Mateo, CA 94404. Sponsor will send requested winner lists within 4-6 weeks after all prizes are awarded. Requests for the winner list must be received by 2 weeks after the prizes are anticipated to be awarded.\n16. 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'This is a comprehensive, spellbinding, surprisingly intimate, and altogether magnificent historical narrative.' Tim O'Brien Vietnam became the Western world's most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the United States in 1975. Max Hastings has spent the past three years interviewing scores of participants on both sides, as well as researching a multitude of American and Vietnamese documents and memoirs, to create an epic narrative of an epic struggle. He portrays the set pieces of Dienbienphu, the Tet offensive, the air blitz of North Vietnam, and less familiar battles such as the bloodbath at Daido, where a US Marine battalion was almost wiped out, together with extraordinary recollections of Ho Chi Minh's warriors. Here are the vivid realities of strife amid jungle and paddies that killed 2 million people. Many writers treat the war as a US tragedy, yet Hastings sees it as overwhelmingly that of the Vietnamese people, of whom forty died for every American. US blunders and atrocities were matched by those committed by their enemies. While all the world has seen the image of a screaming, naked girl seared by napalm, it forgets countless eviscerations, beheadings and murders carried out by the communists. The people of both former Vietnams paid a bitter price for the Northerners' victory in privation and oppression. Here is testimony from Vietcong guerrillas, Southern paratroopers, Saigon bargirls and Hanoi students alongside that of infantrymen from South Dakota, Marines from North Carolina, Huey pilots from Arkansas. No past volume has blended a political and military narrative of the entire conflict with heart-stopping personal experiences, in the fashion that Max Hastings' readers know so well. The author suggests that neither side deserved to win this struggle with so many lessons for the 21st century about the misuse of military might to confront intractable political and cultural challenges. He marshals testimony from warlords and peasants, statesmen and soldiers, to create an extraordinary record.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 86, "original_length": 3825, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 289.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.pnj.com/story/sports/2018/01/11/tate-grad-gano-named-first-career-pro-bowl/1026803001/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:19:58Z", "digest": "sha1:TQFB5DPI3OADPE7SE3LB5QQFVXKA5WCB", "length": 2015, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.pnj.com", "title": "Tate grad Gano named to first career Pro Bowl", "raw_content": "Tate grad Gano named to first career Pro Bowl\nThe 30-year-old kicker led the National Football League this season with an 85.4 touchback percentage as well as a 96.7 field goal percentage.\nTate grad Gano named to first career Pro Bowl The 30-year-old kicker led the National Football League this season with an 85.4 touchback percentage as well as a 96.7 field goal percentage. Check out this story on pnj.com: http://www.pnj.com/story/sports/2018/01/11/tate-grad-gano-named-first-career-pro-bowl/1026803001/\nEric J. Wallace, ejwallace@gannett.com Published 7:21 p.m. CT Jan. 11, 2018\nGraham Gano hosted a kids' football camp at Naval Air Station Pensacola. Melissa Nelson Gabriel/mnelsongab@pnj.com\nLOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 06: Kicker Graham Gano #9 of the Carolina Panthers makes a field goal held by teammate Andy Lee #8 for a 10-0 lead in the third quarter of the game against the Los Angeles Rams at the Los Angeles Coliseum on November 6, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)(Photo11: Harry How, Getty Images)\nCarolina Panthers kicker and Tate High School graduate Graham Gano is heading to his first career Pro Bowl.\nThe 30-year-old kicker led the National Football League this season with an 85.4 touchback percentage as well as a 96.7 field goal percentage, making 29-of-30 regular season attempts.\nHe wasn\u2019t a certainty to make the Panthers in the preseason and had to win the job in a training camp competition with seventh-round pick Harrison Butker.\nGano was 4-of-5 on field goals in the Panthers\u2019 31-26 loss to New Orleans Saints on Sunday in the NFL Wild Card Round. Notably, Gano missed a 25-yard field goal early in the game, only to bounce back and hit a 58-yard field goal later.\nGano was a two-sport standout at Tate High School, earning All-American First-Team selection by USA Today and was rated as the nation\u2019s No. 3 placekicker according to Rivals.\nHe played collegiately at Florida State, where he won the Lou Groza Award as the nation\u2019s top kicker in 2008.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 93, "original_length": 3835, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 233.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.poetrysoup.com/robert_southey/biography", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:17Z", "digest": "sha1:5FHRQBD6ZJGZM356KK3GUV4S2IGQPCMJ", "length": 4474, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.poetrysoup.com", "title": "Robert Southey Biography", "raw_content": "Robert Southey Biography Login | Join PoetrySoup\nHome \u00bb Famous Poets \u00bb Biographies \u00bb Biography of Robert Southey\nRobert Southey Biography | Poet\nRobert Southey Biography. Read biographical information including facts, poetic works, awards, and the life story and history of Robert Southey. This short biogrpahy feature on Robert Southey will help you learn about one of the best famous poet poets of all-time.\nRobert Southey, a famous English poet, was born on August 12, 1774 in Bristol, England and died on March 21, 1843 in London. The literary movement for Southey was Romanticism. He was married to his wife, Edith, from 1795 until her death in 1838. Southey was a phenomenal poet, biographer, historian, essay writer and literary scholar. His works may have been eclipsed by some of the other \"Lake Poets\" over the years, but that doesn't take away from the stellar works that he created. One of his most famous pieces was The Curse of Kehama (1810). That poem goes into his time as a young boy when he battled insomnia and recalled a mysterious schoolmate, who was a villain in the poem. This poem may not have become famous if it weren't for fellow poet Walter Savage Landor, who persuaded Southey to finish it when he decided to give up writing it. The work eventually included over 5000 brilliant lines.\nSouthey received his education from the University of Westminster in London and Balliol College in Oxford. Despite the high level of education, Southey was a smart person even as a kid. By age 15, he had written several great works of poetry, which was enhanced even further by his education. His education did not come without controversy, however. Southey didn't want to go to college, but his parents wanted him to pursue a medical career. He constantly challenged authority while in college as a way to show his displeasure of being there. Although he did not receive the type of education that his parents had hoped for, he met one of his best friends there. That person was Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who struck a friendship and partnership with Southey and made himself one of the other \"Lake Poets.\"\nSouthey's wife, Edith, just happened to be Coleridge's sister. So not only did they have a strong working partnership, but their friendship grew over the years as well. Southey published his first collection of poems due to the partnership with Coleridge in 1794. Robert and Edith lived in the town of Keswick in the Lake District in Great Britain for 40 years. After Edith died in 1838, Robert married Caroline Anne Bowles in 1839. By that time, Southey's mind was beginning to give way and he didn't have many works left in him after that.\nSouthey wrote a variety of poetry, including some lighter pieces such as The Story of the Three Bears. This is a piece that is still known today as the story of Goldilocks and the three bears. That piece may not have been his most famous, but it is one that most people can identify with. He also coined the term \"autobiography.\" His prediction that there would be a rage for autobiography came true, as it is still happening today.\nSouthey had the great honor of being the Poet Laureate for about the last 30 years of his life. This was a huge honor for him that helped his family survive, however, it did not free him completely from his writing career. His famous pieces were assets to him and his family, but they weren't enough to relieve from the financial burden that he had. Eventually, he had to take some odd jobs and do some editing work in order to provide for his family.\nRobert Southey is a significant poet because of the substantial contributions that he made throughout his career. He sometimes overworked himself to the point where he just could not create many more significant pieces later in his life. A good chunk of his pieces have lost significance over the years, but the fact that some of the works are still around shows how much of an impact he made during his lifetime. British schoolchildren still read some of his works today, so his fingerprint is still active in the school systems where he resided.\nSouthey had plenty of enemies, but he was also obviously well respected. There is a memorial of him in the church where he worshiped for 40 years. He was buried in that churchyard and made significant impacts to the church community during his time. A collection of Southey's poems were published in a book titled Poetical Works and have been reprinted numerous times since then.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 116, "original_length": 6964, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 127.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/25/republicans-russia-trump-dossier-clinton-244183", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:59Z", "digest": "sha1:BOJZXVBPFEL6QWWVZ45CDEKN4NNXIJSJ", "length": 8797, "nlines": 32, "source_domain": "www.politico.com", "title": "Republicans seize on dossier revelations to counter Russia probes - POLITICO", "raw_content": "Republicans seize on dossier revelations to counter Russia probes\nDemocrats said the news about who funded the research behind the dossier was a sideshow.\nDemocrats said the revelations about who paid for the dossier were a sideshow that should not distract investigators from the question of whether its allegations about President Donald Trump\u2019s connections to Russia are true. | Susan Walsh/AP Photo\nRepublicans mounted a counterattack this week against the drumbeat from multiple investigations into Moscow\u2019s meddling in the 2016 election, seizing on revelations of Democratic ties to a now-famous dossier on Donald Trump\u2019s alleged Russian connections to cast doubt on the probes.\nIn a dizzying 24 hours, congressional Republicans announced two investigations into old controversies that centered on 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. And the news that Clinton\u2019s camp helped fund the research behind the disputed dossier sent Trump allies into a fury \u2014 and accelerated the rising tensions on Capitol Hill.\nIt\u2019s a tactical shift that has put Republicans on offense, with the vocal support of the president, and has strained the last vestiges of bipartisan comity that congressional investigators have worked to salvage as they attempt to get to the bottom of Russian misdeeds during the 2016 election and prevent future attacks.\nThe Republican National Committee latched on to the report Tuesday about Clinton\u2019s connection, saying the dossier \u201cserved as a springboard\u201d to the investigations by three congressional committees and a special counsel into Russia\u2019s meddling in the 2016 election. Former White House press secretary Ari Fleischer, a Republican, said the news suggested Clinton, not Trump, had colluded with the Russians to affect the election.\nThe president\u2019s eldest son was active on Twitter, highlighting conservative musings about shutting down special counsel Robert Mueller\u2019s investigation into Russian meddling. And House Speaker Paul Ryan, in an interview with Reuters, accused the FBI of \u201cstonewalling\u201d and \u201cfoot-dragging\u201d to avoid disclosing how it used the document in its own probe.\n\u201cI understand they paid a tremendous amount of money,\u201d Trump said of Democrats on Wednesday. \u201cAnd Hillary Clinton always denied it. The Democrats always denied it\u2026They\u2019re embarrassed by it. But I think it\u2019s a disgrace. It\u2019s a very sad commentary on politics in this country.\u201d\nDemocrats said the revelations about who paid for the dossier were a sideshow that should not distract investigators from the question of whether its allegations about Trump\u2019s connections to Russia are true. Opposition research is a standard feature of campaigns, they pointed out, and it has been public for much of this year that the research that became the dossier was funded first by a still-unknown Republican and later by supporters of Clinton, though her campaign\u2019s role became clear only this week.\nAmid the GOP tactical shift, Democrats have retreated to their corner as well and worked to keep the discussion of potential Russian collusion at the forefront of their probes. Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) accused Republicans of dropping \u201cpartisan smoke bombs to disrupt and discredit the Russia investigation.\u201d\nAnd while the dossier, which the FBI also received, likely played a role in the Trump investigations, Democrats have emphasized that it was not the reason Mueller was named special counsel. He was appointed after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, which the president said at the time he did out of frustration with that agency's Russia investigation.\n\u201cLook at how they\u2019re switching attention,\u201d said Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y), pointing to the two Clinton-focused investigations launched by his Republican colleagues this week. \u201cThey\u2019re using this for the White House to divert attention from the real issue, which is Trump campaign collusion with the Russians.\u201d\nSen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who has often clashed with Trump and who passed the dossier to Comey after receiving it last year, said even after learning about Clinton\u2019s role in its production, he still believes the FBI needs to look into the allegations.\n\u201cI received the document, I looked at it, I thought that it ought to be seen by the proper authorities and I took it immediately over to Mr. Comey,\u201d McCain said on Wednesday. \u201cWho else was involved or whatever else players there were, it was my duty to give it to him and not to do anything else with it.\u201d\nThe fight over the dossier exploded just as GOP-led committees began a series of new probes into Clinton\u2019s time as secretary of state and the actions of the Obama administration.\nOn Tuesday, Republicans on the Oversight Committee and House Judiciary Committee launched a joint probe of the FBI\u2019s handling of Clinton\u2019s use of a private email account as secretary of state, a favorite Republican talking point during the 2016 campaign. Last year, it was Democrats who were incensed that Comey exonerated Clinton \u2014 but issued a stinging assessment of her conduct \u2014 only to briefly reopen the investigation days before Election Day. Republicans, though, have ramped up their own outrage at Comey\u2019s handling of the investigation, including reports that he may have drafted a statement exonerating Clinton weeks before he interviewed her.\nSenate panel expects to receive Clinton campaign documents this week\n\u201cThe more we learn about the actions taken by the Justice Department and FBI in 2016, the more questions we and the American people have,\u201d said Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), reiterating an earlier call for a special counsel to be appointed in the Comey matter. \u201cSome of this information has come to light just in the past couple of months.\u201d\nOn the same day GOP lawmakers announced the FBI probe, Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee and House Oversight Committee announced they would revisit Clinton\u2019s role in a years-old uranium deal with Russia that Trump labeled on Wednesday as \u201cWatergate, modern age.\u201d\nHe egged on lawmakers to pursue the issue last week after reports indicated that the uranium deal was approved by a group of agencies including the Clinton-led State Department at the same time the FBI was looking into a widespread Russian bribery plot. It does not appear Clinton herself was involved in approving the deal.\nThe Senate Judiciary Committee had already launched a probe into the uranium deal a week earlier, and the tension on that panel has risen steadily, threatening nascent attempts to pursue its own Russia investigation.\nThe panel\u2019s chairman, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), who has tussled at times with Fusion GPS, the firm that produced the dossier, said he thought it was possible to dig into the origin of the Trump documents while also looking at potential collusion with Russia.\n\u201cRussia\u2019s involved in all of it,\u201d Grassley said.\nThe strain has been evident longest, however, on the House Intelligence Committee, where Republicans have spent months pursuing the backstory behind the disputed intelligence dossier. Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) recently subpoenaed Fusion GPS and attempted to compel company leaders to reveal who funded their project. He even went to court to try to procure the company\u2019s bank records.\nWith his panel already embroiled in partisan bickering, Nunes on Tuesday joined the investigation into the seven-year-old uranium deal. He said it was necessitated by new reports suggesting that at the time the deal was approved, the FBI was investigating an array of alleged activities including bribery, extortion and kickbacks by Russian energy officials. Nunes said the White House had no role in his decision to launch the investigation.\n\u201cWe\u2019re not going to jump to any conclusions,\u201d he said.\nStill, Trump had spent months calling for congressional investigators to pursue the uranium deal. \u201cWhy isn't the House Intelligence Committee looking into the Bill & Hillary deal that allowed big Uranium to go to Russia,\u201d he tweeted on March 27.\nAfter the new reports about the FBI\u2019s involvement, Trump tweeted on Oct. 19: \u201cUranium deal to Russia, with Clinton help and Obama Administration knowledge, is the biggest story that Fake Media doesn't want to follow!\u201d\nTrump campaign: WikiLeaks posting hacked DNC emails was legal\nDemocrats dismissed the House's uranium-deal investigation, as they have the other recent Republican efforts, as more White House-directed attempts to distract from the Russia probes.\n\u201cActing on the urging of the President who has repeatedly denied the intelligence agencies' conclusions regarding Russian involvement in our election, they are designed to distract attention and pursue the President's preferred goal \u2014 attacking Clinton and Obama,\u201d Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House intelligence panel, said in a statement.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 188, "original_length": 12069, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 328.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.poole.gov.uk/newsroom/borough-of-poole-supports-dementia-awareness-week/?opentab=1", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:34Z", "digest": "sha1:HU6AMQ7CCRUZ7LSZQJJN3B35T5DE7DAX", "length": 2546, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.poole.gov.uk", "title": "Borough of Poole supports Dementia Awareness Week - poole.gov.uk", "raw_content": "Home > Newsroom > Borough of Poole supports Dementia Awareness Week\nPeople with dementia, their families and carers are invited to join the Poole Dementia Action Group for a free event to mark Dementia Awareness Week on Thursday 18 May.\nStaff from Borough of Poole and a host of partner organisations will be on hand at The Spire, Poole High Street between 11am \u2013 3pm to provide information for people with dementia, their loved ones and those who look after anyone with dementia.\nA number of local community organisations will be attending the event, including Prama, Poole Wellbeing Collaborative, the Alzheimer\u2019s Society and Oakley Friends carers\u2019 support group.\nAs well as taking advantage of the support and advice on offer, visitors to the event will be kept entertained with performances by the Sing Together community choir and storytelling sessions designed to help improve memory from Poole library staff. Visitors can also indulge in free tea and cake, and free slippers will be handed out to visitors aged over 55.\nIn one of her first engagements since taking office, the new Mayor of Poole, Cllr Lindsay Wilson, will be paying a visit to The Spire to find out more about the work being done to raise awareness of dementia in Poole.\nCllr Wilson said: \u201cMost of us will know a friend or relative suffering from dementia. I strongly support the Action Week event which I hope will help raise awareness of the condition.\u201d\nZena Dighton, Strategic Commissioning Manager, Borough of Poole, said: \"The number of people with dementia in the UK is steadily rising, making it increasingly important for us to understand how best to support our residents and their family and carers. We\u2019re delighted that so many local organisations will be joining us for our event, and would urge anyone wanting to find out more about the help available to them or their loved ones to drop into The Spire on 18 May.\"\nThe Poole Dementia Action Group, which is chaired by Council Dementia Champion Cllr Jane Newell, aims to make Poole dementia friendly, working with communities through local organisations, groups and charities and supported by Borough of Poole.\nCllr Newell has also developed a special dementia information pack which will be distributed to all councillors to coincide with Dementia Awareness Week,. The pack, which has been designed with the help of the Poole Wellbeing Collaborative, aims to help council members provide the residents of their wards with the very latest information on the support available for people with dementia in Poole.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 386, "original_length": 17248, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 319.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.popbuzz.com/tv-film/features/to-all-the-boys-ive-loved-before-cast/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:23:27Z", "digest": "sha1:GQDXFVGRGSD3MWCMPUAO472BUH6AXOPW", "length": 4352, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "www.popbuzz.com", "title": "Netflix's 'To All The Boys I've Loved Before': Meet The Cast - PopBuzz", "raw_content": "Netflix's 'To All The Boys I've Loved Before': Meet The Cast\nHere's your essential guide to all of the key characters in Netflix's 'To All The Boys I've Loved Before' and the actors who play them.\n1. Who plays Lara Jean Song Covey in 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before'? - Lana Condor\nAmerican actress Lana Condor stars as the lead role in Netflix's 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before'. She plays high school student Lara Jean Song Covey. Lara Jean is your average American girl except for the fact that she's written letters to all of the boys that she's ever had a crush on. She's never sent them though. She just keeps them in a box. That is until one day they leak and her life is thrown into chaos. Lana has starred in films including 'X-Men: Apocalypse' and 'Patriots Day'.\n2. Who plays Peter Kavinsky in 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before'? - Noah Centineo\nMiami born actor Noah Centineo plays Peter Kavinsky in 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before'. Peter is a jock. He is a popular lacrosse player at Lara Jean's school and one of the boys that Lara Jean wrote a love letter to. He is best known for his role as Jesus Adams Foster in the popular family drama 'The Fosters'.\n3. Who plays Josh Sanderson in 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before'? - Israel Broussard\nAmerican actor Israel Broussard is Josh Sanderson in 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before'. He lives next door and dates Lara Jean's sister Margot. He is also one of the boys Lara Jean has written a letter to. You may recognise Josh from past films 'The Bling Ring' and 'Happy Death Day'.\n4. Who plays Lucas James in 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before'? - Trezzo Mahoro\nRwanda born actor Trezzo Mahoro plays Lucas James in 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before'. Lucas is a past love and good friend of Lara Jean's. Trezzo has acted in popular series including 'The Magicians' and 'Van Helsing'.\n5. Who plays Gabe Rivera in 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before'? - King Bach\nVine superstar King Bach stars as Gabe Rivera in 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before'. Gabe is one of Peter's close friends.\n6. Who plays Margot Song Covey in 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before'? - Janel Parrish\nMargot Song Covey is played by Hawaii born superstar Janel Parrish. Margot is Lara Jean's older sister who dates Josh. Janel is best known for her playing Mona Vanderwaal in 'Pretty Little Liars'. She also came third in the 19th season of 'Dancing with the Stars'.\n7. Who plays Katherine 'Kitty' Song Covey in 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before'? - Anna Cathcart\nCanadian actress Anna Cathcart stars as Katherine 'Kitty' Song Covey in 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before'. Kitty is Lara Jean's younger sister. Anna has previously been in series including 'Odd Squad' and 'Once Upon A Time'.\n8. Who plays Dr. Dan Covey in 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before'? - John Corbett\nJohn Corbett plays Dr. Dan Covey in 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before'. Dr. Dan is Lara Jean's supportive, caring father and an OB/GYN. 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Who plays John Ambrose McClaren in 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before'? - Jordan Burtchett\nJordan Burtchett plays John Ambrose McClaren in 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before'. He is a Model UN member and a past love of Lara Jean. Jordan has previously starred in series including 'The Killing' and 'Supernatural'.\n12. Who plays Emily Nussbaum in 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before'? - Kelcey Mawema\nEmily Nussbaum is played by Kelcey Mawema in 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before'. Emily is one of Genevieve's best friends. 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Not only can these promotions add fun, but they can also help you get further ahead financially.\n/* ----------------------------------------- */ /* View slug: all-casino-list - start */ /* ----------------------------------------- */ table thead tr th {text-align:center;} /* ----------------------------------------- */ /* View slug: all-casino-list - end */ /* ----------------------------------------- */ /* ----------------------------------------- */ /* View slug: country-flags - start */ /* ----------------------------------------- */ .flag-img {width:30px; height:21px} /* ----------------------------------------- */ /* View slug: country-flags - end */ /* ----------------------------------------- */", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 199, "original_length": 13603, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 268.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.pressherald.com/2015/10/06/dallas-keuchel-astros-shut-out-yankees-in-al-wild-card-game/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:48Z", "digest": "sha1:MVINX2IVIOH7MGKZKYSEUMZVWMTQENCV", "length": 3871, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.pressherald.com", "title": "Dallas Keuchel, Astros shut out Yankees in AL wild-card game - Portland Press Herald", "raw_content": "Dallas Keuchel, Astros shut out Yankees in AL wild-card game\nHouston gets solo home runs from Colby Rasmus and Carlos Gomez and moves on to meet defending American League champion Kansas City.\nBy HOWIE RUMBERGThe Associated Press\nNEW YORK \u2014 Dallas Keuchel and the Houston Astros defied expectations all season long. Facing his biggest test yet, the bearded ace beat the odds and the Yankees once again.\nPitching on three days\u2019 rest for the first time in his career, Keuchel baffled the Yankees for six innings of three-hit ball. Colby Rasmus and Carlos Gomez homered, and the Astros blanked New York 3-0 Tuesday night in the American League wild-card game.\nThe Astros\u2019 Carlos Gomez hits a solo home run in the fourth inning of Tuesday night\u2019s American League wild card game. Houston went on to a 3-0 win and a spot in the AL Division Series. The Associated Press\nHouston Astros starting pitcher Dallas Keuchel pitches in the fifth inning. He gave up just three hits to the Yankees in six innings, striking out seven and walking one. The Associated Press\nYankees starter Masahiro Tanaka leaves the mound in the fifth inning of what turned out to be New York\u2019s last game of the season. The Associated Press\nThe Astros, who secured their spot in this winner-take-all game on the last day of the regular season, now advance to the AL Division Series. They will face the defending AL champion Royals, starting Thursday night in Kansas City.\n\u201cTo come to Yankee Stadium and play that well was truly remarkable,\u201d said Keuchel, the American League\u2019s only 20-game winner.\nAggressive from the start in their first playoff appearance as an American League club and for the first time since being swept by the White Sox in the 2005 World Series, the Astros came out swinging against Masahiro Tanaka in front of a revved-up Yankee Stadium crowd.\nRasmus sent Tanaka\u2019s first pitch of the second inning soaring into deep right field. Gomez, who had only five plate appearances after missing nearly two weeks with a strained chest muscled in mid-September, connected on the first offering of the fourth.\nAmerican League hits leader Jose Altuve had an RBI single off All-Star reliever Dellin Betances in the seventh.\nReliever Tony Sipp walked one, and Will Harris and Luke Gregerson were each perfect for an inning to finish the three-hitter. The boos from the 50,113 stunned fans grew with each out as Gregerson closed for a save.\nThe Astros raced to an area between first and second after Brian McCann grounded out to end it and jumped up and down in a big scrum. As he was coming off the field, Keuchel pumped his fists at a group of cheering Astros supporters in orange shirts behind the visiting dugout.\nIt was a celebration a few years in the making \u2013 the Astros have averaged 104 losses in their last four seasons.\nIn a matchup of two teams that surprised many by building big division leads before wasting them late, the upstart Astros, just two years removed from an 111-loss season, looked the more comfortable team in the October limelight.\nThe Yankees limped into their first postseason since 2012, losing six of seven and, despite all the talk of a postseason reset for the struggling lineup, New York went bust against a new nemesis in their first \u2013 and only \u2013 postseason game of the post-Derek Jeter era.\n\u201cJust didn\u2019t get it done,\u201d said manager Joe Girardi.\nFans taunted Keuchel, 27, the moment he walked to the outfield for warmups. Then he toyed with the Yankees from the first batter, striking out Brett Gardner looking.\nKeuchel is the first starter with a scoreless postseason start on three days\u2019 rest since Josh Beckett shut out the Yankees in the 2003 World Series.\nTanaka struggled with the long ball all season, giving up 25 homers in 24 starts this year. He allowed only two more hits in five innings but matched a season high with three walks. He struck out three.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 279, "original_length": 10492, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 323.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.pressherald.com/2017/04/22/police-initially-said-a-n-y-judge-killed-herself-now-they-call-case-suspicious/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:40:30Z", "digest": "sha1:VX3DL7R37XWS4KTBDWWUQH4YSCXXXY7G", "length": 5031, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "www.pressherald.com", "title": "New York police now treating judge's death as suspicious - Portland Press Herald", "raw_content": "New York police now treating judge\u2019s death as suspicious\nIn the initial days, police said the death appeared to be a suicide because there were no obvious signs of trauma to her body.\nBy Barbara DemickLos Angeles Times\nJustice Sheila Abdus-Salaam in 2013 Associated Press/Mike Groll\nNEW YORK \u2014 The mystery of how a prominent judge came to be found floating dead in the Hudson River has deepened as her family and widowed husband disputed suggestions by the New York Police Department that she had killed herself.\nWhat is known is that Sheila Abdus-Salaam, 65, a judge on the state\u2019s highest court, went for a walk alone on the evening of April 11, locking the door to her Harlem brownstone, leaving her phone and wallet at home.\nBeachcomber finds mysterious bracelet with dead soldier\u2019s name\nShe had called in sick that day and hadn\u2019t gone to work. Surveillance videos spaced over several hours showed the judge walking briskly alone toward the river wearing sweat pants and white sneakers as though she were exercising.\nThe last video of her walking was captured after midnight. The next afternoon, her body, dressed in the same clothing, was found at the edge of the river in an area popular with joggers and bicycle riders.\nIn the initial days, police said the death appeared to be a suicide because there were no obvious signs of trauma to her body. Reports circulated that her family had a history of suicide \u2013 that her 92-year-old mother had taken her life in 2012 and her brother two years later. But her family disputes those stories, saying that Abdus-Salaam\u2019s mother died naturally of old age and her brother of terminal lung cancer.\nGregory Jacobs, an Episcopal priest who become Abdus-Salaam\u2019s third husband when they married last year, also challenged the portrayal of his wife as suicidal.\n\u201cReports have frequently included unsubstantiated comments concerning my wife\u2019s possible mental and emotional state of mind at the time of her death. Those of us who loved Sheila and knew her well do not believe that these unfounded conclusions have any basis in reality,\u201d read a statement Jacobs released Wednesday.\nWhat looked like an open-and-shut case has been assigned a special team of investigators by the Police Department, which is now treating Abdus-Salaam\u2019s death as suspicious. The police on Tuesday put out a poster asking for information, accompanied by a picture of the judge.\nAbdus-Salaam grew up in a family of seven children in suburban Washington, D.C., and graduated from Barnard College and Columbia University Law School. After a long career as a public defender and lower-court judge, she became in 2013 the first African-American woman on the Court of Appeals, as New York\u2019s highest court is known. Last summer, she wrote what was considered a landmark decision in the state, awarding visitation rights to a nonbiological parent in a gay couple.\nSince the 1980s, Abdus-Salaam had lived in Harlem. She married a man from the neighborhood who had converted to Islam, continuing to use his name professionally after their divorce.\nThe brownstone she bought in the 1980s, when New York\u2019s economy was in the doldrums and the streets were racked with crime, is now worth about $3 million. It is on one of Harlem\u2019s prettiest streets, lined with historic homes and flowering trees, in a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood with restaurants serving sushi and soul food. On Thursday, a tour guide was showing European tourists the street, stopping to point out the flowers left in tribute to the popular judge.\n\u201cIt is very weird,\u201d said John Audate, 60, a neighbor whose wife helped Abdus-Salaam buy the brownstone in the 1980s. \u201cShe had a good job and a nice house. It\u2019s devastating to us and very hard to believe she killed herself.\u201d\nAbdus-Salaam had remarried the year before. Although Jacobs, her husband, continued to live at the diocese in Newark, N.J., he often spent weekends at the brownstone, and neighbors would see them strolling. The weekend before her death, Abdus-Salaam had spent the weekend with him in Newark.\nAlthough Abdus-Salaam didn\u2019t often open up about her private life, one thing people knew about her was that she loved to swim.\n\u201cShe was like a fish in water,\u201d Audate said. \u201cShe told my wife how much she loved the beach and pools when she was a girl.\u201d\n\u201cThis whole story seems so unlikely. I don\u2019t think it is so easy to kill yourself by drowning,\u201d said Todd Millner, 47, a film editor who lives a few doors away.\nAbdus-Salaam\u2019s death has attracted much speculation on social media and in the New York tabloids.\n\u201cShe was a black woman in an age of anti-blackness and white supremacy. She was a woman in an age where violence against women is too often dismissed,\u201d wrote political commentator Shaun King in a column Tuesday in the New York Daily News. \u201cSheila Abdus-Salaam may have very well chosen to check out of this world. That was her decision to make, but the troubling reality is that we live in a time where many ugly forces of evil could\u2019ve also seen her as a threat and killed her.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 282, "original_length": 11088, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 203.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.pressherald.com/2017/04/22/pope-francis-comforts-sister-of-slain-french-priest/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:25Z", "digest": "sha1:QT7VO55ARKGV5YQEC57CNDAGBQDVPTJH", "length": 2528, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.pressherald.com", "title": "Pope Francis comforts sister of slain French priest - Portland Press Herald", "raw_content": "Pope Francis comforts sister of slain French priest\nThe Rev. Jacques Hamel was killed by Islamic terrorists while celebrating Mass in 2016.\nBy FRANCES D'EMILIOAssociated Press\nROME \u2014 Pope Francis on Saturday comforted the sister of an elderly French priest who was slain by Islamic militants in a church in Normandy as the pontiff paid tribute with a special prayer service to the courage of 20th- and 21st- century Christian martyrs.\nFrancis gripped the hands of Roselyne Hamel, whose brother, Rev. Jacques Hamel, 85, died when his throat was slit as he celebrated Mass on July 26, 2016.\nHe quietly spoke with her during the evening service in St. Bartholomew Basilica on Tiberina Island in Rome. He had just heard her tell fellow faithful in the church that her brother was killed by \u201ctwo youths radicalized by a discourse of hate.\u201d\nFrancis said the legacy of modern-day martyrs \u201cteaches us that with the strength of love, meekness, one can combat arrogance, violence, war, and with patience, achieve peace.\u201d\nNext week Francis makes a two-trip pilgrimage to Egypt, a predominantly Muslim Arab nation where on April 9, on the Christian holy day of Palm Sunday, twin suicide bombings of Coptic churches killed 44 people.\nSaturday, Francis prayed that \u201cpersecuted Christians are protected and that peace soon comes to the world.\u201d\nDeparting from his prepared homily, Francis recounted how he was touched when last year, during a visit to a migrant detention facility in Lesbos, Greece, a Muslim father of three told him that his Christian wife had her throat slit when \u2018terrorists came \u2026 and asked what our religion was.'\u201d\n\u201cShe is looking down at us from heaven,\u201d the pope added.\nFrancis took some of the Lesbos refugees with him aboard his plane back to Italy.\nSaturday, Francis also hailed the suffering of refugees in detention facilities, lamenting that \u201cinternational accords seem more important than human rights.\u201d\nHe praised Italians and Greeks for welcoming tens of thousands of refugees.\nDuring the service, the names of some of those who died for their faith were read aloud. They included the Rev. Giuseppe Puglisi, who spoke out against the Sicilian Mafia and was slain by hit men in Palermoy in 1993.\nAmong those who received tributes was Paul Schneider, a Reformed Church pastor killed in the Buchenwald concentration camp in 1939.\nThe pastor\u2019s son, Karl A. Schneider, spoke Saturday, saying his father was killed because he wanted to ensure \u201cthe German people kept a Christian orientation in the state and society.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 274, "original_length": 8535, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 330.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2019/feb/4/seventh-circuit-district-court-abused-discretion-not-seeking-counsel-pro-se-prisoner/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:31:53Z", "digest": "sha1:2OEEQ4STS3L667RWBJOY36WQFNJVNFSP", "length": 4331, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.prisonlegalnews.org", "title": "Seventh Circuit: District Court Abused Discretion in Not Seeking Counsel for Pro Se Prisoner | Prison Legal News", "raw_content": "After James was transferred to a facility in Arizona, he filed a complaint under 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1983, claiming the Indiana prison doctors were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs. He asked the district court to appoint counsel to assist him with his \u201ccomplex\u201d medical claims, which would require \u201csubstantial investigation and discovery\u201d; further, being held at a prison in Arizona would \u201cgreatly limit\u201d his ability to properly litigate the case in Indiana. The court denied his request as premature.\nAfter the district court found James\u2019 claims survived initial screening under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), he again asked the court to seek counsel. His request was denied, with the court stating he \u201cdemonstrated familiarity with his claims and the ability to present them,\u201d that his claims were \u201cnot complex\u201d and that counsel\u2019s assistance would not make any difference. As the case progressed, James twice more asked for counsel. The court said he was \u201ccompetent to litigate on his own\u201d given his \u201ccomprehensive filings,\u201d knowledge of \u201cthe court\u2019s processes\u201d and his \u201cunderstanding of the applicable legal standard.\u201d\nThe district court then granted summary judgment to the prison doctors. In doing so, it held that James had not properly responded to summary judgment motions because he did not present admissible evidence to \u201ccreate a genuine issue of material fact,\u201d despite the court\u2019s admonishments that he had improperly pursued discovery to obtain that evidence earlier. James appealed.\nPro se civil litigants do not have a right to a court-appointed lawyer; however, a court \u201cmay request an attorney to represent any person unable to afford counsel.\u201d See: 28 U.S.C. \u00a7 1915(e)(1). While the decision to seek counsel is at the court\u2019s discretion, that \u201cdoes not mean that no legal standard governs that discretion,\u201d the Seventh Circuit wrote in its May 2, 2018 decision. It is not the court\u2019s \u201cinclination\u201d to do something, but its \u201cjudgment\u201d which must be \u201cguided by sound legal principles,\u201d the appellate court noted.\nA court\u2019s decision to seek or not seek counsel for a pro se prisoner is guided by 1) whether the prisoner made a reasonable attempt to find counsel or was precluded from doing so, and 2) whether the prisoner is competent to litigate the case himself. The question is not if an attorney would do a better job, but whether the case factually and legally exceeds the prisoner\u2019s capacity as a layperson to \u201ccoherently present it.\u201d\nFurther, a case increases in complexity and a prisoner\u2019s competency decreases as the litigation progresses, the Court of Appeals recognized. \u201cTaking depositions, conducting witness examinations, applying the rules of evidence, and making opening statements are beyond the ability of most pro se litigants,\u201d the Court said. Further, a prisoner\u2019s \u201cliteracy, communication skills, education level, and litigation experience\u201d must be considered.\nThe Seventh Circuit found that James\u2019 case met the standards for recruitment of counsel. First, his claims involved deliberate indifference, which requires an analysis of the \u201cstate of mind\u201d of the doctors regarding his medical treatment. Second, the lawsuit became \u201cincreasingly complex\u201d as it progressed. Third, James\u2019 incarceration in Arizona put him over 1,000 miles from the location of his witnesses and the incident. Finally, the difficult medical terminology and multiple medical facilities involved made the case much harder.\n\u201cThe district court was aware of each of these complications,\u201d the Court of Appeals said, yet it still denied James\u2019 requests for counsel, making only \u201ccursory reference\u201d to his ability to handle the case without considering his circumstances. The district court\u2019s failure to give full consideration to those factors constituted an abuse of discretion, the appellate court held, and James was prejudiced because he was unable to pursue discovery and properly respond to the summary judgment motions, resulting in the dismissal of his suit.\nAccordingly, the Seventh Circuit reversed the denial of James\u2019 motions for counsel, vacated the grant of summary judgment and remanded for further proceedings. See: James v. Eli, 889 F.3d 320 (7th Cir. 2018).\nThe district court entered an order to recruit counsel for James on July 9, 2018, and the case remains pending.\nJames v. Eli", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 143, "original_length": 12509, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 204.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2019/feb/5/oklahoma-number-one-incarceration-rates/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:40:03Z", "digest": "sha1:63VUM6FA6VO2LEX2FJIP2OCER47NHAMT", "length": 3301, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.prisonlegalnews.org", "title": "Oklahoma is Number One ... in Incarceration Rates | Prison Legal News", "raw_content": "Another pair of laws passed in 2018 will end mandatory minimum sentences for certain nonviolent drug-related and burglary offenses, as well as ease sentences for repeat drug offenders. But those efforts are expected to reduce only the growth in the rate of incarceration, not the rate itself, according to Kris Stelle, chairman of Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform.\n\u201cThe Department of Corrections [DOC] is underfunded,\u201d Steele said, adding that nearly 75 percent of the state prison population consists of non-violent offenders.\nBecause the DOC lacks \u201cadequate resources\u201d for treatment and programming, it is \u201csimply warehousing individuals,\u201d he added.\nBoth Steele\u2019s comments and PPI\u2019s report, \u201cStates of Incarceration: The Global Context 2018,\u201d drew fire from Kevin Buchanan, president of the Oklahoma District Attorneys Council, who questioned PPI\u2019s methodology and Steele\u2019s terminology.\n\u201cWhere I disagree is what constitutes a nonviolent offense or what constitutes an offender who is amenable to reform,\u201d Buchanan said. \u201cNot everybody wants to reform.\u201d\nThe state, which has long had the highest incarceration rate for women in the U.S., has experienced a 27 percent increase in its overall imprisonment rate in just two decades, despite significant drops in property and violent crime rates.\nThe length of time actually spent in prison is about the same for Oklahomans convicted of violent crimes as it is for other states\u2019 violent offenders. But according to criminal justice expert Felicity Rose, nonviolent offenders in Oklahoma serve 180 percent to 200 percent of the time served by nonviolent offenders in other states. For drug offenses, the time in prison is also about double the national average.\nOklahoma\u2019s prison population dropped to 28,000 in December 2018, its first decline in over three years, though the DOC attributed that to greater use of time credits. Adding in the number of state prisoners held in local jails awaiting bed space in state prisons, the tally would have shown an increase.\nEven with recent reforms, the DOC expects its prison population to continue to increase, adding 2,367 prisoners by 2026. As of June 18, 2018, prison officials said over 2,000 prisoners were using \u201ctemporary beds\u201d set up in living areas, common spaces and other locations not designed for use as housing. Another 1,166 state prisoners were backed up in county jails awaiting DOC bed space.\nThat totals about 5,600 prison beds that are needed, which is why DOC director Joe Allbaugh has recommended building two new facilities and increasing funding for mental health and substance abuse treatment programs, as well as for education and vocational training to alleviate the prison overcrowding problem.\nGovernor Kevin Stitts has said he backs improvements to mental health and substance abuse services to reduce the number of people entering the prison system, as well as a review of crimes classified as \u201c85 percent\u201d offenses, for which prisoners must serve 85 percent of their sentences.\n\u201cIt\u2019s unacceptable for us to have this level of incarceration,\u201d agreed Attorney General Mike Hunter. \u201cIt\u2019s just not a good data point for the state and we\u2019ve got to be aggressive about it.\u201d\nSources: www.seattletimes.com, www.tulsaworld.com, www.newsok.com, www.newson6.com, www.prisonpolicy.org", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 136, "original_length": 11102, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 261.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.projects-abroad.co.uk/projects/volunteer-childcare-tanzania/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:03Z", "digest": "sha1:2HDL3L2BU367LCIMNNOCRQ4A66WOVISN", "length": 7208, "nlines": 44, "source_domain": "www.projects-abroad.co.uk", "title": "Volunteering with Children in Tanzania | Projects Abroad", "raw_content": "Volunteer with Children in Tanzania\nWork on life skills and basic education with children in colourful and vibrant Tanzania\nVolunteer with children in Tanzania and help support early childhood development in care centres. You\u2019ll get involved in running educational activities, games, and sports. This is a chance for you to gain childcare experience, learn about the local culture, and expand your horizons.\nThe care centres we work with are overcrowded and understaffed. As a volunteer, you\u2019ll be a welcome pair of helping hands to local caregivers and teachers. Everything you do here is part of our long-term, sustainable efforts to support children\u2019s development and education.\nYou\u2019ll be based in either Arusha or Moshi, both lush, green communities where you can connect with nature in your free time. You can spend your weekends on an exciting safari or take a trip to the island paradise of Zanzibar.\nFlexi Trips > Tanzania > Childcare\nTanzania > Childcare\nMoshi, Arusha (Read More)\nIs volunteering with children in Tanzania right for me?\nIf spending your day amongst a group of energetic children is your cup of tea, this Childcare project in Tanzania is ideal for you. It\u2019s a great way to gain childcare experience, while also making a difference to local communities.\nOur Childcare Project in Tanzania is open to all ages. You don\u2019t need any childcare experience or qualifications. Our local Project Coordinator will guide you through your activities with local children.\nPerhaps you\u2019re interested in a career in teaching and childcare. This is an opportunity to gain practical experience and see if this is the right career path for you.\nThis project runs all year round, giving you the flexibility to volunteer when it suits your schedule. The minimum duration for this project is two weeks and there is no maximum duration. So you can join for as long as you like!\nWhat will I do as a childcare volunteer in Tanzania?\nThere are different tasks you can get involved with as part of your volunteer work with children in Tanzania. The work you do will help prepare them for school and improve their overall development.\nWork in small groups with children, helping with their school work\nOrganise games and activities to promote their development and make learning fun\nMonitor each child\u2019s development progress\nWork with children on their education\nAs a volunteer, one of your most important tasks is making sure no child is left behind. Through lessons with small groups, you can see what each child struggles with. Adapt your lesson plans according to this and provide focused tutoring.\nIn large classrooms and overcrowded care centres, this is something that teachers and caretakers simply don\u2019t have time for. So by providing added support to the staff, you\u2019ll be making a world of difference to each child.\nWhen children are young, play is one of the most important parts of their development. With the guidance of the Project Coordinator, you can come up with fun games and activities that will make learning more engaging for these children.\nYou can organise sports lessons to promote physical development or arts and crafts to get them thinking creatively. It all adds up to a more holistic approach to learning and a child that is better equipped for school.\nMonitor their progress\nAs a volunteer, you will be paying close attention to specific children during fun activities, so you can record how they\u2019re doing. You\u2019ll input this data into our Global Impact Database, to help with monitoring children\u2019s progress. Future volunteers will use this database to build on the work you do.\nWe have Childcare placements in Moshi and Arusha. These towns are approximately a three-hour drive from one another. Both are beautiful representations of Tanzanian culture.\nMoshi is a small town nestled at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. It\u2019s less developed than some of the bustling cities of Tanzania and is the perfect place to get in touch with nature. There are plenty of challenging hiking trails and safaris nearby, ideal for the adventurous looking to explore the African savannahs.\nIn Moshi, you will be working in care centres, kindergartens, and special needs schools.\nArusha is a vibrant city at the foot of Mount Meru. Surrounded by lush, green vegetation, it\u2019s a perfect balance between peaceful nature and buzzing city life. During your free time, you can visit local markets and buy colourful Batik artworks to take home with you.\nAs in Moshi, you will be working in under-resourced care centres, kindergartens, and special needs schools.\nA typical day on this Childcare Project\nOn a typical work day, which runs from Monday to Friday, you\u2019ll enjoy a tasty breakfast with a cup of chai, a type of local tea. Once you\u2019re ready, you\u2019ll catch a dalla dalla to your placement.\nDepending on which daycare centre you work in, a typical work day will usually start at around 7am or 8am. Your work will usually finish at about 4pm.\nMornings could be spent helping children with their schoolwork, breaking into groups and playing different sports, or running an art class where you make animal faces out of paper plates. You will also have the chance to work in small groups with children, helping them to read and write.\nAfter a hearty lunch with the other volunteers at your placement, you might spend the afternoon preparing activities. We encourage you to do things like plan games or make educational posters to put up in local schools. You can also use this time to enter data into our Global Impact Database.\nYour evenings will be free, giving you the chance to travel around Tanzania.\nThe aim of this project is to support children\u2019s basic education and early childhood development. Projects Abroad has elected not to work with children in orphanages in Tanzania, but rather focus on community-based programmes that allow children to remain within their families.\nIn the community-based care centres, kindergartens, special needs schools where we work, classrooms are overcrowded. Teachers often struggle to give focused attention to each child and they don\u2019t always pick up when a child is struggling. Children can fall behind in the school system, setting them up for difficulties later in life.\nOn top of this, parents or family members often have to work long hours to support their families. Children don\u2019t always get the stimulation they need at home.\nThrough our development checklists and Global Impact Database, volunteers monitor children and tutor them in areas where they\u2019re falling behind their peers. You will contribute to monitoring their overall development, by observing as they play games or participate in sports.\nTo make sure we are always working towards our overall vision, we\u2019ve outlined three main goals in our Childcare Management Plan for Tanzania. These are:\nIncrease English\nVolunteer with children in Tanzania and help us work towards these goals.\nI had taken six months leave of absence from my job to travel the world and I spent two months of that time volunteering in Tanzania. 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I\u2019m proud to say that I led on the development of that statement (and therefore, I\u2019m afraid, I\u2019m also responsible for its weaknesses).\u201d\n\u201cPsychologists shall not knowingly provide any premises, instruments, substances or knowledge that facilitates the practice of torture or other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or that diminishes the ability of the victim to resist such treatment.\u201d\nIt\u2019s clearly not yet a story that has come to a final conclusion. But, it\u2019s timely to remind colleagues that some of us did not participate in that \u201cdescent into torture\u201d.\nFollow the link for the full blog.\nBPS, Peter Kinderman, PsychLiverpool, Psychology, Torture, War\nThis really is a strange disorder; Stockholm Syndrome (also known as captor-bonding) is...\nPrevious articleThe Investigative And Forensic Psychology MSc At The UoL\nNext articleWhy Psychology Students Receive Little Instruction On Medical Ethics", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 130, "original_length": 3558, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 243.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.pvzphoto.com/store/p128/10%2F29%2F18_Beale_Street.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:40Z", "digest": "sha1:VALB44FCFJABVIOCPN4SON567TFEAUCE", "length": 21, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.pvzphoto.com", "title": "10/29/18 Beale Street", "raw_content": "10/29/18 Beale Street", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 51, "original_length": 590, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.64, "perplexity": 154.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.pxljobs.com/Naiknavare-Developers-Pvt-Ltd/ptckgjag7jbe/company", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:20Z", "digest": "sha1:YPDM3PSSXCOKODO6QQ6Z4KYNW4RGJAK6", "length": 138, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.pxljobs.com", "title": "Naiknavare Developers Pvt Ltd Jobs - Jobs openings in Naiknavare Developers Pvt Ltd", "raw_content": "Naiknavare Developers Pvt Ltd\nNaiknavare Developers Pvt. Ltd. is a fully integrated real estate development company headquartered in Pune.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 710, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 235.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.quantshare.com/item-80-etf-symbols", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:30Z", "digest": "sha1:UXIBEQJNNHQSZ5I35V52IRTOZHYJ75WD", "length": 478, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.quantshare.com", "title": "ETF Symbols", "raw_content": "An exchange-traded fund or ETF is a financial instrument that trades like a stock. An ETF represents a basket of assets like stocks, future, currencies...\nThis item contains the list of ETFs listed on the US stock exchanges.\nThe list contains 1383 symbols and contains the full name of the exchange-traded fund as well as the fund type.\nLSE Symbols (by Patrick Fonce, uploaded several months ago)\nDay of week and Week number function\nChart Patterns: Double Top and Double Bottom", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 151, "original_length": 5214, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 307.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.quiviraloscabos.com/blog/shopping", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:58Z", "digest": "sha1:5M6GZMS7GY6ZIWKXRQXOKRRCT6EGVPFK", "length": 2636, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.quiviraloscabos.com", "title": "Shopping - Quivira Los Cabos Residence", "raw_content": "Fronting the marina in Cabo San Lucas, this enormous three-level, air-conditioned mall has more than 100 shops and businesses, several restaurants and art galleries, plus 10-theater cineplex. Name-brand stores range from Lacoste and L\u2019Occitane to the Body Shop and Tommy Bahama. For jewelry with authentic Mexican flair, the Sergio Bustamante art gallery features silver- and gold-plated designs by the eponymous Mexican artist who uses the sun and the moon as elements in his creations.\nLuxury Avenue at Puerto Paraiso\nFor high-end fashion brands, this trendy boutique mall set above the Cabo San Lucas marina is the place to go. Heading the list of top retailers are CH Caroline Herrera, Longchamp, Montblanc, Salvatore Ferragamo, and Swarovski. In addition, Port carries leading men\u2019s brands such as Hugo Boss, Faconnable, and John Varvatos, while Ultrafemme is the place for fragrances\u2014Chanel, Creed, Dior, Jo Malone, and Yves Saint Laurent, among others, carry the latest colognes and perfumes.\nLooking for one-stop shopping in downtown Cabo San Lucas a mere 10 minutes from Quivira Los Cabos? This shopping mall has an eclectic array of shops led by Ada\u2019s Silver & Art, a family business that offers a great variety of objets d\u2019art hand-made by craftsmen in Oaxaca and Guerrero. Arts from Oaxaca is known for its colorful textiles, Las Rocas carries hand-embroidered and woven items, while Dos Lunas is a good place to buy a hat, a visor or a tropical shirt. Plaza Bonita is also home to seven bars and 10 restaurants serving everything from Japanese fusion cuisine to B-B-Q ribs.\nA fixture in San Jose del Cabo, Plaza Artesanos is located in the center of the historic colonial city opposite the landmark church on Boulevard Mijares. This open-air marketplace, open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, boasts approximately 75 vendors who display 100% hand-made Mexican pieces, including ceramics, rugs, hand-stitched dresses, silver objects, and decorative housewares. There is ample parking nearby.\nSituated in the hotel zone of San Jose del Cabo, just a few steps from the Sea of Cortes and a short walk from the historic city center, Plaza del Pescador is a gathering place with a vibe all its own. Shops are led by Eclectic Array, a well-regarded outlet that sells hand-made, fair trade Mexican products ranging from straw hats and beaded items to beach blankets and beach bags. Home d\u00e9cor includes bedding, pillows, table cloths, lamp shades and headboards. 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I would know that I had to, and I would.\nTags: Boring, Eat\nIt's all about the blanket. Blanket, pillow, and red wine. You should always be asleep on a plane.\nTags: Asleep, Red, Wine\nJam! I love my jam. I've just had a batch of it come through, I've been making it.\nTags: Batch, Love, Making\nLila can't be a model until she's at least 21. She is already a mini-me - it is scary. She already has her own beauty kit.\nTags: Beauty, Her, She\nNow I can walk into a room full of people I don't know and do my job. That's quite a massive thing to learn, I think.\nTags: Job, Learn, Walk\nNow I'm being blamed not only for anorexia but for lung cancer. - On being a social smoker.\nTags: Cancer, Smoker, Social\nPeople don't hear me talk. They don't expect me to.\nTags: Expect, Hear, Talk\nThere was a point when it all really took off and got quite overwhelming, even though I didn't realize it.\nTags: Off, Point, Realize\nWhen people see an actor speak, they think they know him or her, whereas I'm just a face or a body to them.\nTags: Her, Him, Speak\nAll of a sudden to get all of this attention, and to be away from home and working all the time was hard. I was on planes all the time. I didn't see my friends. I cried a lot. It was quite terrifying.\nTags: Hard, Home, Time\nWhen you're shooting you go to references in your mind. You think about how you should stand in these particular clothes, or how you should move. You think about the different characters you're playing, really.\nTags: Mind, Playing, Stand\nYou go to a show, and there's no food at all, so if you're doing shows back to back, you can forget eating. I remember standing up in the bath one day, and there was a mirror in front of me, and I was so thin! I hated it. I never liked being that skinny.\nTags: Food, Forget, Remember\nAll of a sudden I was living what is perceived to be the model life. It was just full-on, 24 hours a day. It was work all the time. And there's always a party to go to.\nAmericans are really obsessed with their teeth being white and straight, aren't they? I saw this little girl the other day with one of those whole head braces. Elastic all the way around! How traumatizing for a child to have to wear one of those! You look like a monster.\nTags: Child, Girl, Whole\nI edit things down, and I've got a massive dressing room in the country, and so all the things I'm not going to wear but don't want to get rid of go there. And all the stuff I want to get rid of goes to Oxfam.\nTags: Country, Goes, Stuff\nI kind of lost interest in school. I was never really that interested anyway. I was never academic. I didn't really go to school as much as I should have.\nTags: Interested, Lost, School\nI started going back and forth, New York, London, New York, London. I wasn't looking back at all. I was doing tons of jobs. Working, working, working, working.\nTags: Looking, Started, Working\nI was a scapegoat. The media had to put responsibility on somebody, and I was chosen. They felt free to say that because someone was thin they were anorexic, which is ridiculous.\nTags: Free, Put, Someone\nI was amazed at the support that I got when I was in there. And when I came out people knew that I was back on track. I was interested in working again.\nTags: Again, Support, Working\nI was really nervous, intimidated by the whole thing-all the people and all the buzzing, and all the sitting around waiting. I felt really small in this huge place.\nTags: Place, Small, Waiting\nTags: Few, Getting, School\nI'll never forget that show season. It was completely mad. I was staying between Christy and Naomi's rooms and it was all limos and the Ritz Hotel and all that kind of business.\nTags: Between, Business, Forget\nModeling can be a bit brain damaging. Starting my own brand was what I needed to do. I only model if there are such good jobs that you don't want to say no to. All that dressing up makes me say, 'What do I want to wear?' and, 'What do I want to do with Topshop?' It all kind of leads into the other things.\nTags: Brain, Good, Makes\nMuch more quotes by Kate Moss below the page.\nMy daughter Lila loves the smell of gasoline - she always says, 'Mummy, keep the door open,' when I'm filling up the car. I've heard it is one of the most preferred scents in the world - maybe that's something to study for my next fragrance!\nTags: Car, Keep, Study\nPeople think your success is just a matter of having a pretty face. But it's easy to be chewed up and spat out. You've got to stay ahead of the game to be able to stay in it.\nTags: Game, Pretty, Success\nThe first time I went to Johnny Depp's house in LA is when I realized what I was getting myself into. I knew he was famous, but I didn't really know what that entailed.\nTags: Famous, Getting, Time\nThen finally I said, 'Okay, well, I want to know all the details. I want creative input. I want to be consulted. I want to know what they're doing and who's involved. And I want to see the space.' So they took me to see it, and then I realized it was major! All these red flags on the Rue de Rivoli with my name on them right by the Louvre!\nTags: Creative, Name, Said\nThere's always a dinner to go to. There're always loads of people around. I was having fun working with my friends. For a while it all just kind of rolled together in a great way.\nTags: Fun, Great, Together\nWell, I met Frank Sinatra and Bob Dylan in the space of 15 minutes. Frank Sinatra kissed me on the lips. He kissed me on the lips. And then he gave me a filterless cigarette. And then I met Bob Dylan. I came off all lightheaded and had to go sit on his dressing-room steps.\nTags: Gave, Off, Space\nTags: Feels, Good, Skinny\nIt sounds really corny but I think that if you're beautiful inside it shows on the outside, for sure.\nTags: Beautiful, Inside, Sure\nTags: Creating, Images\nWhat people say isn't going to stop me. I have to do things for myself.\nI had tried to get focused on other things. But I always ended up back in the same place, and it wasn't making me happy. I needed to get the focus back.\nTags: Focus, Happy, Place\nI was 14 when I started modeling. At the end of that first day my mum said, If you want to do this, you're on your own because I'm not traipsing around London ever again like that. It's a nightmare.\nTags: Again, End, Said\nI was never anorexic, so I was never that skinny. I was never bony-bony. But I remember thinking, I don't want to be this skinny.\nTags: Remember, Skinny, Thinking\nGoing to the gym wouldn't be on my list of favorite things to do.\nTags: Favorite, Gym, List\nI thought it was quite vain to say, I want to be a model.\nTags: Model, Quite, Thought\nIt's a sin to be tired.\nTags: Sin, Tired\nYeah, I like clothes, but I hardly ever go shopping. Hardly ever!\nTags: Clothes, Shopping, Yeah\nI want to apologize to all of the people I have let down because of my behavior which has reflected badly on my family, friends, co-workers, business associates and others.\nTags: Business, Family, Friends\nEveryone's projecting onto you, or you feel like everyone is judging you. I feel like I'm being judged a lot of the time. You become really self-conscious.\nTags: Become, Judging, Time\nI'm not really a fashion designer. I just love clothes. I've never been to design school. I can't sketch. I can't cut patterns and things. I can shorten things. I can make a dress out of a scarf.\nTags: Design, Love, School\nOnce I was walking from The Mercer in New York - because otherwise I don't walk anywhere - and this woman paparazzo who was following me fell over a fire hydrant and her whole tooth went through her lip. I leant over her, saying, 'Are you all right?' and she was still taking pictures.\nTags: Fire, Saying, Woman\nActors do like watching girls parade down the runway for some reason.\nTags: Reason, Runway, Watching\nCalvin was very clever. We did the pictures and made the commercial, and that really worked.\nTags: Clever, Pictures, Worked\nI am not a fashion freak!\nTags: Fashion, Freak\nI have a dress-up chest at home. I love to create this fantasy kind of thing.\nTags: Create, Home, Love\nI have made some of the best friends that I've got in this business.\nTags: Best, Business, Friends\nI have met almost everyone I've wanted to meet.\nTags: Almost, Everyone, Wanted\nI really work. I like feeling that I've nailed it, and we've got the picture.\nTags: Feeling, Picture, Work\nI was definitely living fast. I was working, traveling a lot, playing. I didn't stop. It all became unbalanced.\nTags: Living, Playing, Working\nI would have wanted to be a rock star, a lead singer, if I wasn't a model. I'd go touring in a bus with my band. In my next life, that's the plan.\nTags: Life, Rock, Wanted\nIt is quite amazing what I didn't feel after a while. 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The revised bill authorizes $151 billion over six years, with $119 billion for highways and $32 billion for transit. The bill was supposed to come to the House floor yesterday, but was p\nThe House approved the fiscal 1991 transportation appropriations conference bill, 374-49, on October 9. The Senate is expected to approve it on October 16. The House Public Works Transportation Subcommittee yesterday released a new version of H.R.2950, the surface transportation bill. The full Committee will consider it on October 8, then it goes to Ways and Means for discussion of the gas-tax extension on October 9. The full House may vote on it on October 10, then it would go to conference to\nFor the federal government, fiscal 1992 began October 1, but transportation programs technically remain unfunded, though there is a continuing resolution to fund programs at their 1991 levels through October 29. House Public Works leaders are now struggling with how to allocate highway dollars by state, the same problem that threatened the Senate bill in June. House leaders hope to have a bill on the floor October 17-18. Preliminary information is that until a new authorization is law, transit\nThe present highway and transit authorization comes to an end on September 30. Of course, it will be impossible to finish new legislation by then -- it may take until Thanksgiving. Everything depends on the House, because the Senate passed its bill in mid-June. However, House Public Works staff are not worried about the expiration of the current program, saying there is \"enough money in the pipeline\" for another 60 days. Speaker Tom Foley (D.-Wash.) has told Public Works that he wants a bill on\nFinally, there is some news to report on H.R.2950, the House surface transportation bill. In the colorful words of the Washington Post, on September 18 Speaker Foley (D.-Wash.) performed \"last rites on a seven-week-old corpse\" by announcing that the controversial five-cent gas tax increase would be taken out of the bill and the bill itself would be rewritten. However, there is not likely to be major, structural changes made to H.R.2950. It is thought that as many of the pork-barrel highway proje\nCongress returned on September 11. Everyone wants to know what is happening with H.R.2950, the House surface transportation bill, but all that can be said is that, officially, it is in limbo while House leadership continue to discuss what is to be done with it. The Senate 1992 DOT appropriations bill was approved yesterday at both the subcommittee and committee levels. The Amtrak numbers compare very favorably with those approved by the full House on July 24 and published in our August newslett\nThere is still no progress on the conversion of the Hotline to a 900 number, so it will be at least another two weeks yet. Congress returns on September 11. We expect the Senate Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee to mark up its DOT funding bill on September 11 or 12. The fate of the House surface transportation bill is still very dicey. House and Public Works leadership will be discussing what, if any, changes should be made to the bill, especially whether to keep the controversial gas\nThe earliest that this Hotline service will be converted to a 900 number now is Hotline #686 of September 13. We regret any confusion that may be resulting from the numerous postponements of this service change. Five people were killed in a New York City subway crash the morning of August 28, just after midnight. 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This greatest male impressionists list contains the most prominent and top males known for being impressionists. There are thousand of males working as impressionists in the world, but this list highlights only the most notable ones. Historic impressionists have worked hard to become the best that they can be, so if you're a male aspiring to be a impressionist then the people below should give you inspiration.\nThe list you're viewing has a variety of people in it, like Frank Caliendo and Rob Brydon.\nWhile this isn't a list of all male impressionists, it does answer the questions \"Who are the most famous male impressionists?\" and \"Who are the best male impressionists?\"\nPhoto: Ernesto Ruscio/Getty Images\nJohn William \"Will\" Ferrell is an American actor, comedian, producer, and writer. 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Listen to the latest episode: A Viral Video on the Problem of Evil. | Reasonable Faith Reasonable Faith", "raw_content": "Media > Reasonable Faith Podcast > A Viral Video on the Problem of Evil\nA Viral Video on the Problem of Evil\nActor Stephen Fry says God is a 'maniac\"! Dr. Craig discusses two aspects of the Problem of Evil shown in Fry's statements.\nKEVIN HARRIS: Several people have sent us a video that has become somewhat viral, Dr. Craig.[1] It is an excerpt of a longer interview with British actor Stephen Fry. He is being interviewed on a UK television show called The Meaning of Life with Gay Byrne. I think the viral status of this video shows for one thing that the problem of evil continues to intrigue multitudes of people, and for another that so many people still don\u2019t think that there are good answers for the problem of evil. We want to take a look at this excerpt and we will pause from time to time when you want to comment.\nGAY BYRNE: Suppose it is all true, and you walk up to the Pearly Gates and you are confronted by God. What will Stephen Fry say to him, her or it?\nSTEPHEN FRY: I will basically (what\u2019s known as theodicy, I think) I\u2019d say bone cancer in children? What\u2019s that about? How dare you! How dare you create a world in which there is such misery that is not our fault. It is not right. It is utterly, utterly evil. Why should I respect a capricious, mean-minded, stupid God who creates a world which is so full of injustice and pain?\nDR. CRAIG: Now, Kevin, as you know in discussing the problem of evil, I have found it very helpful to distinguish between the intellectual problem of evil and the emotional problem of evil. The intellectual problem of evil lies in the province of the philosopher and concerns how to reconcile the existence of God and the suffering in the world. The emotional problem of evil lies in the province of the counselor or pastor and concerns how to dissolve people\u2019s dislike of a God who would allow them to suffer.\nI think it is very evident that what we have expressed here by Stephen Fry is the emotional problem of evil. He\u2019s confronted with God at the Pearly Gates and his reaction is, How dare you allow this suffering in the world. That is evil. What sort of capricious, mean-spirited God are you for allowing these sorts of things? That is clearly just an emotional reaction to these things. It is not an intellectual question saying Why is it that these things were permitted to occur? What were your reasons for allowing this? Because that sort of open-minded philosophical question would be one to which one could seek a sincere answer. You are not daring God or challenging God. You are saying, Since you exist and all this evil has occurred in the world, you must have had good reasons for allowing it. What were they? Explain them to me. Then God could do so. Fry just assumes that God doesn\u2019t have morally sufficient reasons for allowing bone cancer in children, or for other atrocities and so forth. That is simply to beg the question. It is not an intellectual objection. It is just an emotional reaction.\nKEVIN HARRIS: Let\u2019s continue with the video.\nSTEPHEN FRY: That\u2019s what I would say.\nGAY BYRNE: And you think you are going to get in doing that?\nSTEPHEN FRY: No! But I wouldn\u2019t want to. I wouldn\u2019t want to get in on his terms. They are wrong.\nDR. CRAIG: See, that again shows very clearly this is an emotional problem, not an intellectual problem. Even if God exists he wants nothing to do with God. He is like Ivan Karamazov in The Brothers Karamazov where he says, I would rather continue with my indignation and rejection of God even if I am wrong. It doesn\u2019t matter if he is wrong. As an atheist he will still continue to reject God and hate him because of this. So the emotional problem of evil is not a matter of refutation. It is a matter of rejection. The person just wants nothing to do with God, and therefore isn\u2019t really looking for intellectual answers to the problem. This is a very different sort of problem that calls upon a pastor or counselor to dissolve that anger and rejection of God.\nKEVIN HARRIS: You would have to take off your philosopher\u2019s hat and put on your pastor\u2019s hat, wouldn't you?\nDR. CRAIG: Or at least wear both of them at the same time perhaps.\nSTEPHEN FRY: Now, if I died and it was Pluto, Hades, and if it was the twelve Greek gods, then I would have more truck with it because the Greeks didn\u2019t pretend not to be human in their appetites and in their capriciousness and in their unreasonableness. They didn\u2019t present themselves as being all-seeing, all-wise, all-kind, all-beneficent because the God who created this universe (if it was created by God) is quite clearly a maniac.[2]\nDR. CRAIG: Again, he is talking here about the capricious gods of Greco-Roman mythology who were blood-thirsty, profligate, promiscuous, inconstant, and unfaithful. He can understand the way these gods behaved because they are just finite beings that are flawed morally. But the concept of God in Judaism and Christianity is of a morally perfect being. So the question is: how could a morally perfect being allow a world in which so many awful things happen? I think what the Christian will typically say is that God has morally sufficient reasons for allowing these things to occur. The Christian agrees that they are evil, and that these are painful and awful. He is not like a Hindu who denies the reality of evil. The Christian admits that evil is real and needs to be overcome by God and will be overcome ultimately by God. So we admit the reality of evil but then we would maintain God has morally sufficient reasons for allowing it to occur. The assertion that God is an evil maniac is just name-calling. What the atheist needs to do is to give us some good argument to show that God either cannot have or probably does not have morally sufficient reasons for allowing the suffering in the world. There is a vast literature, of course as you know, on this. This burden of proof has been so heavy that no atheist has ever been able to successfully shoulder it.\nKEVIN HARRIS: Continuing with the Fry video.\nSTEPHEN FRY: Utter maniac. Totally selfish. We have to spend our life on our knees thanking him?\nDR. CRAIG: Now, for any finite being to demand worship and that you fall on your knees before him would be inappropriate. I think that Stephen Fry\u2019s difficulty is that he is thinking of God as one British reporter put it as \u201cjust another one of the chaps.\u201d He is the chap up there \u2013 a sort of finite being. It would be inappropriate for any sort of being of that sort to demand worship. But when you think of what God is in the Judeo-Christian tradition, God is the greatest conceivable being. That includes moral perfection. He is absolute goodness \u2013 the fount of all goodness and love \u2013 and therefore deserves worship. In fact, the fulfillment of human existence will be found in relationship to this infinite good. It is only in relationship to this infinite good that our deepest longings can be forever satisfied. Being in relation to any finite good, after a prolonged period of time, would prove boring and finally even torturous. Only an infinite, inexhaustible good can satisfy man\u2019s longings for eternity. Once you have the proper concept of God you can see that the appropriateness of worship and adoration of God flows out of the sort of being that he is.\nKEVIN HARRIS: Bill, I have to think. There is a new Superman movie coming out. I\u2019m a Superman fan of Superman movies, comics, and everything. Superman, as great as he is, as helpful and loving as he is, powerful; he is not ever depicted as worshiped. We like him a lot and like to have him around. He is a hero. But . . .\nDR. CRAIG: He\u2019s finite.\nKEVIN HARRIS: He\u2019s finite.\nDR. CRAIG: Right. I think it is so sad that so often unbelievers are rejecting a caricature of God of their own manufacture. A caricature that we, too, reject. But they think that they are rejecting the genuine article when all they are rejecting is this caricature that isn\u2019t representative of the true Judeo-Christian faith. It is really sad when you hear this sort of angry diatribe against this sort of Superman-God or Father Christmas in the Sky or something of that sort. That is not the classical concept of God.\nSTEPHEN FRY: What kind of God would do that? Yes, the world is very splendid. But it also has in it insects whose whole life cycle is to burrow into the eyes of children and make them blind. They eat outwards from the eyes. Now, why? Why did you do that to us? You could easily have made a creation in which that didn\u2019t exist. It is simply not acceptable.[3]\nDR. CRAIG: I do not know what type of insect he is talking about.\nKEVIN HARRIS: He might be talking about river disease in Africa where black flies cause this kind of larvae. By the way, there has been tremendous Christian missionary and humanitarian work to eliminate that and to fight against it. That might be what he is referring to.\nDR. CRAIG: Again, what he needs to show is that God probably doesn\u2019t or couldn\u2019t have morally sufficient reasons for allowing those kind of evils and suffering to occur. When you look at countries of the world, such as Ethiopia where these sorts of things are occurring, it is precisely in such countries that people are turning to God in faith, finding eternal life in Christ. If Christianity is true, they find eternal life forever in heaven and would look back on this life and see its sufferings as an infinitesimal triviality compared to the joy of eternal life and relationship with God. Fry would be offended at that, I\u2019m quite sure, but that is because he doesn\u2019t believe in God. If there truly is a being such as God is, then bringing people into relationship with him would justify allowing suffering in this life if it were conducive to that sort of end because that would be an incommensurable good, a good to which these finite evils couldn\u2019t even be compared. So the real question is: does such a being exist? Is there such a being as God? Here you have got to look at the evidence for and against.\nKEVIN HARRIS: Typically, Christian theologians, when it comes to most natural evils, will appeal to Christian theology on a fallen world. The Fall has so affected nature that it has developed larvae who will damage you like this. Nature is not kind to man. Things like that. I don\u2019t hear you appeal to that a lot.\nDR. CRAIG: No. Because I am not a young Earth creationist.\nKEVIN HARRIS: Even old Earth \u2013 a fallen world . . .\nDR. CRAIG: Well, you anticipate me. I do like the way Bill Dembski frames this point by saying God, in his sovereignty, knowing that humanity would fall into sin and alienation from God, has created a world which is a suitable environment for fallen creatures who need to be brought back to God, brought to repentance, and faith in him freely. I do think natural evils have their role to play in such a world. A world which is suitable for bringing fallen creatures into relationship with God.\nKEVIN HARRIS: I was going to ask you about something because I heard this the other day and I\u2019ve never heard it \u2013 never even thought of it. It has never occurred to me. I heard a Christian broadcaster say, In the same way that Christ\u2019s death on the cross was efficient even for people who were born hundreds of years before him \u2013 his death was efficient for them, had efficacy \u2013 in the same way because man would fall and even though this is an old Earth, the effects of that Fall extended back millions of years to nature then in the same way.\nDR. CRAIG: Because I don\u2019t think there is such a thing as backward causation, I don\u2019t like that. But I think Dembski captures the point through appeal to divine foreknowledge or divine middle knowledge. God, knowing that humanity would fall into sin and alienation from him, has placed the human race in a universe which is suitable for a fallen creature and will be conducive to bringing them freely into relationship with himself. Historically that is exactly what you see. The history of humanity is a history of suffering and war and yet it is also a history of the expansion of the Kingdom of God as millions and millions of people are coming into relationship with Christ, turning to him, today in unprecedented numbers. Again, I realize that for a non-Christian like Fry this would just seem absurd, just offensive. But if you think in terms of knowing an infinite good for eternal life, of course it would be worth it to experience blindness during this life for some 60 or 70 years if that means you will ultimately find (or someone else will find) this sort of joy and blessedness in the afterlife.[4] These evils must not be viewed independently of God\u2019s overarching purposes for the human race.\nKEVIN HARRIS: Let\u2019s see where Stephen Fry goes next.\nSTEPHEN FRY: So atheism is not just about them not believing there is a God, but on the assumption that there is one, what kind of God is he? It is perfectly apparent that he is monstrous, utterly monstrous, and deserves no respect whatsoever. The moment you banish him, your life becomes simpler, purer, cleaner, and more worth living in my opinion.\nDR. CRAIG: What he is saying is that if there is a God and he is, say, all-powerful, he can\u2019t be all-good. That is the sort of classical statement of the problem of evil. But then what you have to show as an atheist is that God, if he exists, cannot have morally sufficient reasons for allowing these sorts of evils to occur in the world. And has he offered any reason? No. He has simply appealed to our emotions. He knows that we all react with horror at these tragic cases of suffering. Then he will rely on that emotional reaction to carry his argument against God. But honestly, for all its emotional power, there isn\u2019t any intellectual substance there. No argument has been offered to say God couldn\u2019t have a morally sufficient reason for permitting this black river virus or whatever it is.\nKEVIN HARRIS: He said there are two aspects to atheism. One is that you don\u2019t believe that there is a God. The other is, if he does exist, well, apparently he is a bad booger and we rebel against him. Rebel atheists.\nDR. CRAIG: It just seems to me a classic expression of the emotional problem of evil. Certainly, emotionally it really is horrifying when you look at the awful things that happen in life. No one is trying to deny that these horrifying things occur. The whole question is: have we heard an argument yet that an all-good being could not have or does not have a morally justifying reason for allowing these things to go on? Well, there just isn\u2019t any argument here.\nKEVIN HARRIS: I think Mr. Byrne is about to have a heart attack here or think that lightning is about to strike.\nGAY BYRNE: That sure is the longest answer to that question that I ever got in this entire series.\nKEVIN HARRIS: That is where it ends. So the question was: what if it were all true? What would you say to God?\nDR. CRAIG: Right. That is important to understand. Because he set Fry up to give an emotional answer because he had said in the question, \u201cIt is true.\u201d So if it is all true \u2013 if God really does exist \u2013 then if it is all true, you can\u2019t deny the truth. You can\u2019t present any intellectual objection. All you can do is rebel against it and react emotionally against it. So in a sense this whole response was set up by the question by saying \u201cIf it is true what is your reaction to it?\u201d And you get this emotional reaction to it. Otherwise, if you don\u2019t react negatively and emotionally to it then I think the appropriate reaction would be curiosity. What I said before: You must have had then morally sufficient reasons for allowing these things. What were they? I would like to know. I am curious. Because it is true, right? That is set up in the question. In one sense this whole interchange was determined right from the beginning by the way the question was phrased. People should not think that we have here a powerful formulation of the intellectual problem of evil. It is not that at all. This is simply an expression of the sort of Dostoyevskian rebellion against God because one just will not accept the suffering in the world that he has allowed.[5]\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-suvkwNYSQo (accessed May 18, 2015).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 189, "original_length": 21721, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 276.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.recruitingrealities.com/blog/ncaa-eligibility-center-questions-answered", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:56Z", "digest": "sha1:OKU36SUCIAZL5FDNAKFZJIYSC52VBS72", "length": 3596, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.recruitingrealities.com", "title": "Your Questions about the NCAA Eligibility Center Answered! % | Recruiting Realities", "raw_content": "The NCAA Eligibility Center is where you\u2019ll upload all your high school transcripts and tests scores, as well as your athletic history to prove your amateur status, ensuring your eligibility to play at the D-I, D-II, or NAIA levels. Formerly known as the NCAA Clearinghouse, the Eligibility Center is a crucial step for student-athletes preparing for college sports. Here is a helpful Q&A regarding important information you\u2019ll want to know:\nQ: What is the purpose of the NCAA Eligibility Center?\nA: A student athlete must meet certain academic eligibility requirements to be able to play in D-I, D-II, or NAIA schools. By providing information such as high school transcripts and test scores, you\u2019ll be able to prove your academic qualities to prospective colleges. This system also enables coaches to quickly assess your eligibility.\nQ: I\u2019m a student-athlete who wants to play sports in college. Should I register for the NCAA Eligibility Center?\nA: If you wish to play at the D-I, D-II, or NAIA levels you will need to create a Certification Account here. If you want to compete at a Division III school or are not yet sure where you want to compete, please create a Profile account for free.\nQ: How do I register for the NCAA Eligibility Center?\nA: Go to https://web3.ncaa.org/ecwr3/ to begin the registration process. You will need to provide general info about yourself, your school, and athletic participation history. Also, after signing up, you\u2019ll need to fill out Transcript Release Forms so that your school will release info regarding your grades and GPA. Additionally, you\u2019ll need to request that your test scores on the SAT/ACT are sent to the NCAA Eligibility Center. Make sure you review the documents on your profile to ensure everything has been received and uploaded. Often times school officials will forget to send something, so be sure to check!\nQ: Why wouldn\u2019t I register with the Eligibility Center?\nA: If you plan to play at a D-III or NJCAA school you won\u2019t need to register with the eligibility center, though you can still create a free profile so coaches can find you. However, if you know that you won\u2019t be attempting D-I, D-II, or NAIA schools, this is optional but highly recommended.\nQ: What is the minimum GPA for NCAA Eligibility?\nA: You\u2019ll need to achieve 2 of the 3 following criteria for eligibility: Finish in the top half of your graduating class, have at least a 2.0 GP, score better than 860 on the SAT (or 16 on the ACT).\nQ: How much does it cost to sign up for the NCAA?\nA: $90 for students in the USA, $150 for international students.\nRegistering for the NCAA Eligibility Center should be completed at the end of your Sophomore year (at the latest, beginning Junior year) in high school, but it is very important that you do so quickly around this time. College Coaches will often meet you and then check your eligibility. If you haven\u2019t filled out the necessary forms to ensure eligibility, they may quickly move on to another athlete. There are countless horror stories about athletes being overlooked because they didn\u2019t take the hour or two necessary to complete these forms. Don\u2019t be one of them! Instead, learn all about the trials and tribulations to expect in college athletic recruiting with Jack Renkens\u2019 helpful guidebook, \u201cThe Ultimate Student-Athlete Handbook\u201d. Or, attend one of his insightful college recruiting seminars held all throughout the country (view upcoming tour dates). Remember, you only get one chance at college recruiting, so make sure you\u2019re well prepared so that you can focus on getting into the right program for you!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 100, "original_length": 5257, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 281.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.redstate.com/jeff_emanuel/2012/06/12/perpetual-fundraiser-obama-claims-presidential-responsibilities-prevented-him-from-helping-in-wi-recall/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:18Z", "digest": "sha1:OBSDVYU3Q3RYFT5G35Y3D2YSNIL2PON2", "length": 2713, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.redstate.com", "title": "Perpetual Fundraiser Obama Claims 'Presidential Responsibilities' Prevented Him from Helping in WI Recall", "raw_content": "Perpetual Fundraiser Obama Claims \u2018Presidential Responsibilities\u2019 Prevented Him from Helping in WI Recall\nPosted at 9:01 am on June 12, 2012 by Jeff Emanuel\nYesterday morning, President Obama made time on his busy schedule to give brief interviews to reporters from several \u201cswing\u201d states. The markets hit included Roanoke, VA; Jacksonville, FL; Greenville, SC; Sioux City, IA; Green Bay, WI; Colorado Springs, CO; Reno, NV; and Fresno, CA (note: if all of these states are actually in play, then Obama is obviously in a bigger world of hurt than anybody previously imagined).\nAs anybody could have predicted (and judging by the president\u2019s clearly rehearsed answer, he and his handlers did), the reporter from Green Bay, WBAY\u2019s Mike Smith, asked about the president\u2019s notable absence from Wisconsin during the run-up to the recall election foisted on the state by union and Democrat leaders whose eyes turned out to be far bigger than their stomachs. Here\u2019s the vid (warning: sound quality is poor):\nWBAY reporter Matt Smith: I\u2019d like to ask you about Wisconsin\u2019s recall election. There are a lot of Democrats that are upset you didn\u2019t campaign for Tom Barrett.\nPresident Obama: The truth of the matter is that as President of the United States, I\u2019ve got a lot of responsibilities.\nSo. \u201cPresidential responsibilities\u201d kept Obama away from a battle specifically chosen by his closest allies (organized labor and public sector workers). Coincidentally, his side received a shellacking from Wisconsin\u2019s voting pubic \u2013 an outcome which had been predicted by every poll except election-day exits (the latter being, of course, the polls that Democrat pundits have a long history of believing to be more important than actual vote totals).\nSo, what \u201cpresidential responsibilities\u201d kept Obama away from Wisconsin at this critical juncture in the fight between fiscal sanity and unchecked union power? Why, holding as many reelection fundraisers as possible, of course! By BuzzFeed\u2019s count, \u201cObama did 13 fundraisers in the two weeks before the recall election nine in the four days prior.\u201d\nSome of those fundraisers were very close to Wisconsin, yet he refused to cross the border to help a candidate he had actively campaigned for just two years prior. As Ace notes, Obama \u201cactually flew over Wisconsin twice, avoiding it both times, in the crucial last days of the recall. At one point, when on the ground, he was 15 miles away from the border of Wisconsin \u2013 no quickie rally?\u201d\nNope. He was too busy, and we all know \u201cpresidential responsibilities\u201d like $35,800-per-plate dinners with deep-pocketed friends have to come first, for the good of the country.\nTags: Barack Obama Scott Walker Tom Barrett wirecall Wisconsin", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 5429, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 335.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.registerguard.com/rg/opinion/24913103-78/afghanistan-mineral-wealth-mining-resources.html.csp", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:09Z", "digest": "sha1:R2M5JSRSJ2NK6IN2ZVDCGC7O7MI32OL3", "length": 3827, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.registerguard.com", "title": "Afghanistan\u2019s bonanza - Opinion - The Register-Guard - Eugene, OR", "raw_content": "Afghanistan\u2019s bonanza\nA Pentagon report stating that Afghanistan has nearly $1 trillion worth of mineral resources rated Page 1 coverage in The New York Times. The only thing new in the report, however, was the price tag.\nGeologists have long known of Afghanistan\ufffds mineral wealth. The Pentagon, relying on maps dating from the Soviet occupation, conducted an updated survey and came up with the trillion-dollar figure. That\ufffds a lot of money in a country with a gross domestic product of $35 billion, much of it derived from opium production. But no one should expect mining to open a golden age in Afghanistan.\nExpectations should remain low for several reasons. One is that if mining could transform Afghanistan\ufffds economy, it would be happening already. Another is that mineral-rich nations often remain poor even after their resources are developed. Finally, some large-scale mining is occurring in Afghanistan, with little noticeable effect on the lives of Afghans or benefit to the United States.\nThe U.S. State Department said in a 2002 report that \ufffdAfghanistan is endowed with a wealth of natural resources, including extensive deposits of natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulphur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt and precious and semi-precious stones.\ufffd A 1986 U.S. government report listed most of those minerals, as well as uranium. The Soviets inventoried Afghanistan\ufffds mineral endowment during their decade-long occupation that began in 1979.\nYet Afghanistan\ufffds mineral resources remain largely undeveloped. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, \ufffdFor all practical purposes, one is starting over in the Afghanistan natural resources sector.\ufffd The country lacks the roads, rail lines, power supplies and water systems that large-scale mining operations require \ufffd not to mention skilled workers to run them. Afghanistan\ufffds $1 trillion worth of minerals will stay in the ground if it costs more than that to mine and process them.\nEven if Afghanistan\ufffds mineral wealth could be profitably developed, the country would have no guarantee of social or economic improvements. From colonial Peru to present-day Congo, history is crowded with examples of societies that have suffered because of their mineral wealth. In countries that lack competent and uncorrupted governments, or that are dominated by foreign interests, the benefits of resource development flow to a tiny elite or are siphoned abroad. Afghanistan is currently poorly equipped to ensure that any riches from its mineral endowment are broadly distributed.\nBut at least one big mining project has been launched recently. In 2007, the China Metallurgical Group Corp. bid $3.4 billion for an Afghan copper mine lease. The company will install a 400-megawatt coal-burning plant to power the mining operation, and a rail line from China through Tajikistan to transport the ore. The Chinese company outbid American, European and Canadian competitors for the lease. This is a portent of where Afghanistan\ufffds mineral wealth will go if and when its development becomes commercially feasible: to the nearest large market, which is China.\nThe Pentagon\ufffds interest in the dollar value of Afghanistan\ufffds minerals is clear: If the country has rich or strategically important resources, the American military presence gains a justification beyond fighting al-Qaeda and the Taliban. But the United States should not be lured to extend or expand its involvement by the prospect of mineral wealth. The country\ufffds well-known resources remain undeveloped for good reasons. Those that can be developed are not likely to bolster U.S. efforts to improve Afghan security and governance. And when wealth is produced by mining projects in Afghanistan, it\ufffds likely to move east rather than west. Hopes of a mining-led transformation in Afghanistan are fool\ufffds gold.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 140, "original_length": 6041, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 239.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.regus.com.my/virtual-office/united-states/massachusetts/hingham/massachusetts-hingham-hingham-center", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:50Z", "digest": "sha1:R2BL4CYS2CSOKLDN5RO2ZVIO7HUTQSRD", "length": 1004, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.regus.com.my", "title": "Virtual Office in Hingham Center | Regus MY", "raw_content": "Virtual offices in Hingham Center\n99 Derby Street, Suite 200, Hingham, Massachusetts, 02043\nThe Hingham Center offers the best of two worlds - it's surrounded by beautiful woodlands on the edge of conservation land, yet is situated close to route 3 and many local amenities. The center's high-ceiled entrance hall makes a dramatic first impression with its glass wall on one side and sweeping staircase. The three-story building is set in the neatly landscaped Derby Corporate Center, the premier office complex in Hingham, which was recently awarded an Energy Star label for its operating efficiency. Its business neighbors cover a wide range of business sectors from finance to medical, and it's close to the retail, dining and entertainment that is Derby Street Shoppes. The center includes ample free parking. Hingham, which lies 15 miles south of Boston, has great rail, air and highway connections.\nVirtual offices in Hingham Center Buy now\nSee all locations in Hingham\nMore ways to work in Hingham", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 184, "original_length": 5752, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 241.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.relocatemagazine.com/articles/india-ikan-report-diversity-inclusion-equality-and-privacy-in-india", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:50Z", "digest": "sha1:YFBTLVKR2XWWI23UCUW37ARVNQHTA3GR", "length": 5018, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.relocatemagazine.com", "title": "IKAN report: diversity, inclusion, equality and privacy in India | Country pages | Relocate magazine", "raw_content": "IKAN report: diversity, inclusion, equality and privacy in India\nIKAN Relocations take a brief look at India's history, the legal legacy it was left with and how the country is making some radical changes to archaic laws.\nJai Hind, IKAN Relocations\nDid you know that India\u2019s ancient name was Bharat? Five thousand years ago Bharat was a leader in Science and Mathematics and its ancient Indus Valley Civilisation was considered the most advanced civilisation in the world. IKAN Relocations contrast India's history with some recent legal changes that are propelling the country forward.In the early 18th century, India had a 29% share of the world\u2019s GDP, which (eventually during the British rule and over the 19th and early part of the 20th century) tumbled to just 3%. In 1947, an independent, resource-rich India found itself to be a country inhabited by the poor, having missed the Industrial Revolution which Western civilisations had embraced.\nA legal system holding India back\nThe British left behind a legal system which India adopted and developed to create its Indian Penal Code but archaic laws belonging to the colonial era were never addressed and continued to hold India back. It was therefore a radical step when in September 2018 the Supreme Court of India made some socially progressive judgements.\nIKAN report: changes to the Indian e-Visa scheme\nIKAN report: Deadline extended for mandatory linking of Aadhaar\nCultural challenges for expats in India\nFor related news and features, visit our Immigration section.\nIt all began when the top court upheld the constitutional validity of the Unique Identification Number (Aadhar). In what was seen as a victory for personal privacy, the Supreme Court struck down the provision which required the linking of the Aadhar number to bank accounts, telephone services and even school applications and directed the government of India to develop better privacy laws and policies.What followed within a few days of the Aadhar verdict was the partial striking down of a regressive British era law popularly known as Section 377, dealing with the criminalisation and definition of unnatural sex, including sex between persons of the same gender.Soon after another archaic law, known as Section 497, dealing with the subject of adultery was abolished and a law prohibiting women from entering and worshipping at the Sabarimala Temple in Kerala was abolished.\nSection 377 of the IPC \u2013 An outdated law\nSection 377 of the India Penal Code was a Colonial era law introduced in 1861 during the British rule in India. The law criminalised gay sex, punishing the offender with imprisonment for life. However, gay sex among consenting adults in private has now been decriminalised \u2013 an historic moment for the LGBT community in India as well as globally.\nGet all the details in IKAN Relocations article, India welcomes changes to same-sex laws in the autumn issue of Relocate magazine\nIndia can now be seen as a safe destination for the LGBT community \u2013 welcoming same sex expat couples to work and settle in the country. The bureaucratic process to immigrate into India will also change when the government of India recognises same-sex married partners, allowing them to bring along their spouse to live with them on long term dependent visas.\nEven though abolition of the adultery law was generally well received, the Supreme court was subject to severe criticism from a few communities. Concerns over protecting the sanctity of marriage were rife but the court said that matter of choice and matter of privacy is an individual\u2019s right, and the constitution will not probe into the relationship of two consenting adults.\nThe Sabarimala verdict \u2013 A mountain of prejudice and discrimination\nSeptember 28, 2018, The Supreme Court of India removed a 20th Century ban imposed on women between the age of 10 and 50 entering into the mythical mountain \u201cSabarimala\u201d, where a shrine for Lord Ayyappa lies.The supreme court of India stated that, \u201cThe social exclusion of women is a form of untouchability which is an anathema to constitutional values.\u201d Finally, the verdict was accepted by the Government of Kerala and the Temple Board.Since then, 500 Women Police Personnel have been deployed in Sabarimala, for the welfare and safety of women devotees. The judgment will open doors for women into other Shrines across India.\nFor a nation which has seen the longest serving female prime minister the world, a minority Sikh prime minister, a Sikh president, three Muslim presidents and a female president (even before America had it\u2019s first black president ), these verdicts were received with mixed emotions \u2013 accepted as well as criticised.However, the verdicts were neither in favour nor against any religion, sex or community, the verdicts were solely for society. The Supreme court abolished homophobia from the hearts of the children of this nation and the transformation of the nation\u2019s cultural and political practices will deliver new possibilities for the next generation.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 207, "original_length": 10774, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 247.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.restaurantlawyer.nyc/testimonials", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:44Z", "digest": "sha1:XQPOPPCIDEZCRYVQIUSWHL7DFZHYH6YK", "length": 3826, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.restaurantlawyer.nyc", "title": "Testimonials & Press Jasmine Moy Restaurant Lawyer Hospitality Attorney \u2014 Jasmine L. Moy \u2014 Restaurant Lawyer", "raw_content": "Interview with First We Feast: \"An Insider's Look at the Life of a Restaurant Lawyer\"\n\"\u201cThis is a no-brainer for restaurants,\u201d said Jasmine L. Moy, a lawyer in New York who negotiates hotel restaurant contracts. \u201cIf they can get these deals, they take them.\u201d\nChefs in the city are quick to complain that independent restaurants are being strangled by soaring rents and creeping payroll costs; meanwhile, the smaller spaces they may be able to afford can be nearly impossible to set up in a way that satisfies the city\u2019s health and building codes. For many restaurateurs, hotels look like the only way out.\nOr, as Ms. Moy puts it, \u201cThe future of dining is going to be in hotels.\u201d \" -- Who's Setting up Shop in Big Hotels? By Pete Wells in the NYT March 8, 2017\n\u0093\u2018The right to terminate any contract for \u2018bad acts\u2019 is (or should be) a standard portion of every service contract, especially if the action of one party would reflect poorly on the other,\u2019 says Jasmine Moy, a New York-based hospitality lawyer.\u0094\n\u2014 https://www.eater.com/2018/12/14/18141124/metoo-opentable-resy-restaurant-reservations-mario-batali\n\u201cChefs often don\u2019t understand that just because it\u2019s their name, image and likeness \u2014 things that are intrinsically connected to their being \u2014 doesn\u2019t mean that they will always have full control over the use of it,\u201d says restaurant lawyer Jasmine Moy, who has represented restaurants and chefs in the hospitality space for six years.\" -- https://www.eater.com/2018/2/20/17020780/chef-naming-rights-contract-restaurant-alon-shaya-john-besh\n\u201cGenerally, partnership agreements, once entered, are hard to unwind,\u201d says New York-based hospitality lawyer Jasmine Moy. \u201cI always tell people that entering into business with someone is like marriage.\u201d -- https://www.eater.com/2018/1/25/16911616/chefs-sexual-misconduct-divest-restaurants-batali\nInterview for Rachael Ray Everyday Magazine:\n\u0093Jasmine has skillfully negotiated multiple entertainment and other contracts for us with our literary agent, production company and the Bravo TV network. Her expert advice and negotiating skills have saved us large amounts of money as well as time. She is an invaluable advisor to us in all aspects of our business.\u0094\n\u2014 Isaac and Amanda Toups, Owner, Toups Meatery (New Orleans)\n\u0093As a young chef in NYC, when it came time to make some crucial decisions regarding projects and contracts, I couldn\u2019t imagine doing it without Jasmine. She was not only super informative but she was super supportive. I really felt like I had someone on \u201cmy team\u201d. She helped me get a fair deal and taught me to not undervalue myself. I trust Jasmine to the fullest!\u0094\n\u2014 Deuki Hong, Chef, Kang Ho Dong Baekjeong, Forbes 30 Under 30\n\u0093Jasmine is not only my lawyer, she\u2019s my chief business advisor. In addition to managing my legal matters - operating agreements, employment contracts \u2013 she\u2019s focused on the growth of both my personal brand and my restaurant brands. Her personal attention is unmatched among any of my company\u2019s partners. \u0094\n\u2014 Sarah Simmons, Chef and Owner, Rise Gourmet Bakery (Columbia, SC)\n\u0093Jasmine, has been essential to the growth and expansion of my start-up. She was able to consult for us on everything we needed to expand our small operation into 3 locations (and growing). From legal advice to forming our companies, she was there every step of the way to guide us through it. We would not have been able to get to where we are with out her services! \u0094\n\u2014 Tony Quach, Owner, Snowdays Shaved Creamery\n\u0093Jasmine has been our go-to attorney for several years. She is dependable, smart, and accessible. We have worked with her on lease negotiations, partnership agreements and other matters, and will continue to do so.\u0094\n\u2014 Michael Shemtov, Owner, Butcher & Bee, The Daily, and upcoming Workshop (Charleston) and Butcher & Bee (Nashville)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 30, "original_length": 4237, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 301.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-aleppo-idUSKCN0Y30WE?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:31:21Z", "digest": "sha1:GWSZ2MYSPJRBMNNHSCGGIXWE2JF25MT7", "length": 2639, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.reuters.com", "title": "Fighting erupts north of Aleppo as ceasefire expires | Reuters", "raw_content": "Fighting erupts north of Aleppo as ceasefire expires\nBEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government forces battled rebels north of Aleppo on Thursday as a ceasefire expired in the city itself, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and rebel sources said.\nThe fighting was focused around the rebel-held Handarat area which is important because it is near the last route into opposition-held areas of Aleppo, Syria\u2019s biggest city before the conflict and now divided between the government and rebels.\nThe Observatory said pro-government forces had launched an attack in the area, supported by air strikes targeting Handarat in addition to the only road into rebel-held areas of the city.\nAt least five insurgents were killed in the fighting, the British-based Observatory said.\nThe rebel sources said government forces had initially captured some ground, but this was later recovered.\nA statement from a joint operations room including the Syrian army, Lebanese Hezbollah and other allies, seen by Reuters, accused the insurgents of violating the ceasefire and said government-aligned forces would carry on fighting.\n\u201cThe units of the Syrian army and local defense forces are still getting embroiled in violent clashes\u201d around Handarat but have made advances, it said.\nFighting continued to the north and south of Aleppo as army units tried to drive out rebels there and \u201cachieve security and stability\u201d in the province, the statement said.\nIn a southern district of Aleppo city, insurgent sniper fire killed three people, the Observatory said. State news agency SANA said gunfire had killed at least two people.\nThe 48-hour truce in the city of Aleppo announced by the Syrian military on Monday ended at 1 a.m. (6 p.m. ET).\nThere was no immediate announcement of an extension of the truce, which was brokered by the United States and Russia with the aim of reviving a wider cessation of hostilities agreement that has broken down in much of western Syria.\nThe acceleration of fighting in the Aleppo area contributed to the collapse of peace talks in Geneva last month.\nThe U.N. Security Council expressed outrage at all recent attacks against civilians in Syria in a broad statement agreed on Thursday, a week after Russia blocked a British-drafted text that would have condemned a surge in violence in Aleppo.\nIn a statement drafted by Egypt, New Zealand and Spain, the 15-member council warned that attacks against civilians, civilian objects, such as hospitals, and indiscriminate attacks \u201cmay amount to war crimes.\u201d\nReporting by Tom Perry, additional reporting Michelle Nichols at the United Nations; Editing by Gareth Jones and Marguerita Choy", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 58, "original_length": 3706, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 254.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.rgisc.org/science.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:49Z", "digest": "sha1:O6D2IASTVRAHPY2MS2YATH6K5YSGVRFO", "length": 1147, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.rgisc.org", "title": "Science", "raw_content": "RGISC\u2019s environmental outreach and public advocacy revolves around sound science.\nIts staff and board members make decisions, and take public positions affecting environmental issues, based on scientific research and data. For nearly 20 years, RGISC scientists have conducted monthly water quality testing at multiple sites along the Rio Grande.\nData from these sites \u2013 between four and eight sites \u2013 are submitted to federal and state authorities and is part of the Texas Clean Rivers Program database. Water quality parameters include Total Dissolved Solids, Total Suspended Solids, turbidity, pH, oxygen, temperature, as well as E. coli and fecal coliforms\nRGISC was also actively involved in the Laredo Bacteria Study, which took place in May and August 2011, with a final report released in November 2012. The study involved collecting and testing 118 water samples from nearly 49 sites along a 27-mile stretch of river between Laredo and Nuevo Laredo.\nFurthermore, RGISC scientists co-authored a study documenting antimony contamination at the mouth of Manadas Creek, where it drains into the Rio Grande, from the former Anzon smelter plant.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 219, "original_length": 5124, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 190.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.rhhresearchfoundation.org/news/medical-research-key-understanding-what-causes-ms", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:50Z", "digest": "sha1:WXV4A223M5B6JKLMNCMKE2H5YNG2OZ5S", "length": 3742, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.rhhresearchfoundation.org", "title": "Medical research - the key to understanding what causes MS | Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation", "raw_content": "Medical research - the key to understanding what causes MS\nTwenty-five years ago when Professor Bruce Taylor first started to care for people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), little was known about what causes this debilitating disorder. Back then, the MS Society used to give out booklets on the disease (to those newly diagnosed) entitled \u201cMS - the mystery illness\u201d. There was no effective treatment. People with MS were advised not to have families and, in some cases, to give up working.\nFast forward to 2016 and there is now a range of different therapies that can be used to treat MS. Although MS cannot be cured, for the majority of those living with the condition progress can be halted or slowed down. There is now a far greater understanding of what causes MS, that in no small degree has come from research conducted in Tasmania at the Royal Hobart Hospital and Menzies Institute for Medical Research. This research has been supported to a significant extent by the RHH Research Foundation.\nAround 80% of the risk of developing MS can now be explained from five major interacting factors. Firstly, genetics - MS occurs more frequently in families, some more than others, and this is due to the action of nearly 200 genes. MS is not an inherited feature like blue eyes or cystic fibrosis. The risk of MS is increased in those who carry these genetic variants, but it is not absolute. Many people without MS have these genetic variants, but do not have the disease.\nSecondly, there are environmental factors. For example, MS is more common in European populations the further you move from the equator. In Tasmania the rate of MS is nearly seven times higher than it is in Northern Queensland, even though the populations are genetically similar. Much work has been done exploring the fact that this is due to decreased sun exposure and lower D vitamin levels, over the last 15 years we have shown proof that these two factors do play a role in MS risk.\nThirdly, it is now known that MS is almost exclusively found in people who have been exposed to the Epstein Barr Virus (EBV). EBV is the virus that causes glandular fever. Additionally, we know that the timing of EBV infection is important as having glandular fever during adolescence almost doubles the risk of developing MS. Similarly, having higher levels of antibodies to EBV in the circulation also increases the risk of MS.\nWe also know that cigarette smoking significantly increases the risk of MS and in all likelihood makes MS worse for those living with the disease.\nFinally, we know that adolescent obesity also increases the risk of MS.\nImportantly, there is no one single cause for MS and not everyone has all the risk factors, nor do these factors act independently. Many of the factors are known to interact with each other to increase the risk of MS. We also know that the timing of exposure is very important, with the risk of MS probably being determined by factors that act in the adolescent period, such as sun exposure, glandular fever, cigarette smoking and obesity.\nThe risk of getting MS can be thought of by using the analogy of falling off a cliff. If you are walking along the top of a cliff, you can think of the genetic risk as being how close the pathway is to the cliff\u2019s edge with the more genetic risk being associated with the path being closest to the edge but in itself not causing you to fall. Other factors are needed to increase the risk of falling, such as rain making the rocks slippery, high winds and darkness. If all these factors come together the risk of falling is significantly greater but not absolute. Hopefully by understanding these factors better we can allow more people to pass safely to the next beach.\n20160517_-_ms_group.jpg", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 66, "original_length": 4713, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 191.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.richardnelsonllp.co.uk/service/sra-solicitors/section-43-orders/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:28Z", "digest": "sha1:S5EECUYE4FBUT5EJ7WIAT3ADHVGZE6MC", "length": 3665, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "www.richardnelsonllp.co.uk", "title": "Section 43 | Defending applications under s.43 orders - Richard Nelson", "raw_content": "Defending applications under Section 43\nHome \u2192 SRA Services \u2192 Section 43 Orders\nS.43 Solicitors Act 1974\nYou do not have to be a solicitor for the SRA to take action against you.\nThe SRA is entitled to investigate allegations of misconduct by anybody employed at the relevant time by an SRA authorised body.\nIf the SRA feels that there has been misconduct, they may make an application under s.43 for an order to be imposed against an individual. This is usually by way of an application to the SDT but can be imposed by an adjudicator or under a Regulatory Settlement Agreement.\nA s.43 order will mean that an individual is not allowed to be employed or remunerated by an SRA authorised body without the express written permission of the SRA.\nHow can I defend SRA proposals to make a section 43 order?\nIf you deny the misconduct alleged, you will have to defend yourself robustly.\nThe SDT or adjudicator will consider your case in the same way they would consider one against a solicitor. Our expert lawyers have significant experience of defending allegations made by the SRA before the SDT.\nHow can I apply for permission to work if an s.43 order has already been made?\nIf an SRA authorised body is willing to offer you a job where a section 43 order has been made, the application for permission to employ will need to be made by the practice itself rather than by the individual who is the subject of the order.\nPermission will only be granted if the SRA considers that sufficient protections are in place in order to ensure the public are protected and to ensure that the reputation of the profession is also upheld.\nThe type of protection required will vary depending on the original misconduct but will often include provisions such as ensuring that the individual concerned is not able to access client money, is not in a position of management, and will be robustly supervised.\nThe permission is valid only for the firm specified. It is serious misconduct for both parties if a firm employs, without permission, a person who is subject to s43.\nHow can I apply for an S.43 order to be removed?\nA person who has been made the subject of an s.43 order may make an application to the SDT for its review at any time.\nThe appropriate test to be applied when applying for a revocation of a section43 order was set out by Wilkie J in the High Court case of SRA v Ali (2013) EWHC 2584:\n\u201cThe right question (is) whether the s43 order remained necessary to protect the public interest and/or the reputation of the Society \u2026. The s43 order has a regulatory function, not a penal function\u2026. The purpose of the order is to safeguard the public and the Society\u2019s reputation by ensuring that a person is currently only employed where a satisfactory level of supervision has been organised and for as long as that person requires such a level of supervision\u201d\nIt is important to note that any application for a revocation of an s.43 order will not involve a rehearing of the initial facts of the case by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal. They will simply be concerned with whether the s43 order is still required to safeguard the public and to protect the reputation of the profession.\nIf you would like to speak to one of our SRA solicitors in strict confidentiality regarding any aspect of a section 43 order, please:\nOur experienced solicitors can help you where the SRA is seeking to impose a section 43 order. Our services include:\nDefending SRA proposals to impose a s.43 order;\nApplying for permission to employ an individual subject to a s.43 order;\nApplying to remove or vary a s.43 order;\nRepresenting parties before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 131, "original_length": 6836, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 314.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.rider.edu/academics/colleges-schools/college-business-administration/undergraduate-programs/international-business", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:02Z", "digest": "sha1:77TZTF6WFVXDQ532ROHBTNC5HZCWOP3U", "length": 1669, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.rider.edu", "title": "International Business | Rider University", "raw_content": "Academics / Colleges & Schools / College of Business Administration / Undergraduate Business Majors & Programs / International Business\nThe International Business Co-major is designed to enable students in the College of Business Administration to expand the breadth and depth of their knowledge by combining international business with another business major.\nConcurrent business majors include:\nStudents in the international business co-major take four international business elective from a list including such courses as international advertising, international business law, independent study: global business, advanced seminar in global outsourcing, international trade and investment, comparative economic systems, international entrepreneurship, international finance, international management and international marketing.\nStudents also take an experiential elective such as a global business internship, a global business study tour, independent study or a study abroad program.\nB.S.B.A. in International Business\nFor more information about the International Business Co-major, contact:\nMeng-Chen Hsieh\nDr. Hsieh is currently an Assistant Professor of Management Sciences in the Department of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management. She received her Ph.D. degree in Statistics from the Stern School of Business, NYU in 2006. She has over eight years of applied research experience at diverse private organizations, including IBM Research, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, and Activision. 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The company, based in Gurb (Spain), generated annual sales of around EUR 25 million in 2017 and employs around 135 people. The joint development of innovative products is also planned as part of the strategic partnership.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 188, "original_length": 6109, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 62.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.rochestermnsports.org/venues/rochester-regional-stadium-and-bubble.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:13Z", "digest": "sha1:I32IJAJWZQB36EJCVRGPL4VNBIRV6XBV", "length": 765, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.rochestermnsports.org", "title": "Rochester Regional Stadium & Bubble", "raw_content": "The Rochester Regional Stadium & Bubble, constructed on the campus of Rochester Community & Technical College, features a full-size turf football/soccer field. Thanks to a temporary dome that covers the field during the winter months, the venue is available for use year-round!\nThe venue is often utilized by local sports organizations to host practices and camps, but is available for anyone who wishes to use it for their event.\nFull Size Turf Football/Soccer Field\nSeating capacity of 5,000\nCovered with temporary dome for use during winter months\nThe Rochester Regional Stadium & Bubble is located on the Southeast side of Rochester, just a few miles from downtown. The Rochester hotel located furthest away from this venue is just a quick fifteen minute drive!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 2220, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 237.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.roger-hannah.co.uk/news/Annual-Investment-Allowance-reduced-on-1st-January-2016-to-200k1.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:20Z", "digest": "sha1:4YULYIJK4YPVPBPBAI3YXBGLUCIXEGYL", "length": 1772, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.roger-hannah.co.uk", "title": "Annual Investment Allowance is reduced on 1st January 2016 to \u00a3200k", "raw_content": "Annual Investment Allowance is reduced on 1st January 2016 to \u00a3200k\nRoger Hannah & Co advises that you can now only claim a maximum of \u00a3200k AIA on plant and machinery, including fixtures and fittings + integral features that is identified within a commercial property within the same year of acquisition.\nHistorical changes to the AIA\nThe AIA has changed 4 times since 2008 and is due to change again to \u00a3200,000 on 1 January 2016.\nIf the AIA changed in the period you\u2019re claiming for, you need to adjust your allowance.\nSole traders/partners Limited companies AIA\n6 April 2014 - 31 December 2015 1 April 2014 - 31 December 2015 \u00a3500,000\n1 January 2013 - 5 April 2014 1 January 2013 - 31 March 2014 \u00a3250,000\n6 April 2012 - 31 December 2012 1 April 2012 - 31 December 2012 \u00a325,000\n6 April 2010 - 5 April 2012 1 April 2010 - 31 March 2012 \u00a3100,000\n6 April 2008 - 5 April 2010 1 April 2008 - 31 March 2010 \u00a350,000\nYou get a new allowance for each accounting period.\nWhen can you claim AIA?\nYou can only claim AIA in the period you bought the item.\nThe date you purchased the property is:\n\u2022 when you signed the contract, if payment is due within less than 4 months\n\u2022 when payment\u2019s due, if it\u2019s due more than 4 months later\nIf you don\u2019t want to claim the full cost, eg you have low profits, you can claim part of the cost as AIA and part using writing down allowances. You can do this at any time as long as you still own the item. If your business closes, you can\u2019t claim AIA for items bought in the final accounting period.\nFor a free consultation to understand how much hidden Tax relief could be identified within your commercial property, contact Roger Hannah & Co today, the Capital Allowance Experts. No win no fee policy. 0161 429 1662 mathewtattum@roger-hannah.co.uk", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 3304, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 276.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.rogerwilco.co.za/blog/how-break-through-creative-block", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:51Z", "digest": "sha1:ETBGFY6WZOFYVTGTBGIUK76HRG3KYG4B", "length": 2669, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.rogerwilco.co.za", "title": "How to break through creative block | Rogerwilco", "raw_content": "Many people are under the impression that creative block is a myth. They think the term is simply an excuse for creatives to take long coffee breaks and avoid their tasks.\nThey think it\u2019s an excuse to be lazy. Those people couldn\u2019t be more wrong. Creative block is a real thing and it can have devastating consequences.\nWhen your job is to be creative, whether it\u2019s writing or creating visual masterpieces, you\u2019re expected to be able to produce top quality work 24/7. The thing is, that\u2019s not always possible. Some days it\u2019s like hitting your head against a brick wall and not being able to stop. The words just won\u2019t come, the pictures never look quite right and the concepts are never fully formed.\nSo, when you\u2019re getting paid to create, how do you get through creative block?\nThis is what coffee breaks and short strolls are for. Take a moment away from your desk or the studio and clear your head. Spend ten to twenty minutes emptying your mind. Don\u2019t think about the task at hand and don\u2019t stress about not being able to do it. Chat to a colleague, phone a friend, walk to the shop. You need to get away from your screen and the job you\u2019re working on. Putting physical distance between you and the problem may help give you some perspective.\nFocus on another project\nOkay, so everyone who has ever worked in the creative industry knows that deadlines are pretty much always there. But if you have some time and something else to work on, try starting a new project. You may just have a mental block against the task itself and you only need to focus on something else for inspiration to hit.\nGo out and look for inspiration\nInspiration, much like opportunity, doesn\u2019t go around knocking on doors. You\u2019ve got to get out there and find it. Go through your favourite blogs, check Pinterest or stare out the window for fifteen minutes. Whatever gets your brain working and blood pumping, do it. There\u2019s no use sitting around waiting for a sudden moment of clarity.\nSometimes you\u2019ve just got to force it\nSweat it out. Sit at your desk or wherever it is you work and force your way through the creative block. It will not be easy and it will be painful but when the deadlines are looming, you can\u2019t just curl up and cry. Just start at the beginning and carry on until you\u2019re finished. It\u2019s likely you\u2019ll have to go back and edit the hell out of it, but at least you will have produced something.\nCreative block is a real thing and it can leave you feeling drained and frustrated. Unfortunately, you can\u2019t just call it a \u201csick day\u201d and put the work off. So, try these tricks if you ever find yourself banging your head on your desk with tears streaming down your cheeks.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 51, "original_length": 3773, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 276.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.rombauer.com/about-us/people/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:09Z", "digest": "sha1:N7RU5AI4I62NOB7XMQQWKZ45W5KXUB66", "length": 6105, "nlines": 39, "source_domain": "www.rombauer.com", "title": "People - Rombauer Vineyards", "raw_content": "At Rombauer Vineyards, the meaning of family extends beyond relatives to encompass each and every person who works with us. Our team is our rock \u2014 a group of enthusiastic, energetic people who, inspired by Koerner and the rest of the Rombauer family, approach their work with the same passion and devotion as if the winery were their own. Here is a glimpse of the people working with us to ensure another 39 years of success.\nFounder | RIP 1934 - 2018\nWith an outsize personality and a zest for life, Koerner is the soul of Rombauer Vineyards, its founder and for over 35 years, its overseer. As a nephew of Irma Rombauer, author of the Joy of Cooking, Koerner was...\nIf Koerner is the soul of Rombauer Vineyards, Joan is the heart. When she co-founded the winery with her husband, she was the mother of two children who became the ultimate juggler, spending 12 years at Stag\u2019s Leap Wine...\nKR got an early start in the wine business, helping his parents produce the first vintages of Rombauer wine at the age of 15. During summers and vacations throughout high school and college, KR worked in the cellar and...\nAs the Rombauer\u2019s first child, Sheana has been involved with the winery since her youth. After studying animal science at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and graduating from Fresno State University with a bachelor\u2019s in clinical psychology, Sheana joined...\nThe granddaughter of Koerner and daughter of Sheana Rombauer, Reagan grew up in Napa Valley and, like her mother before her, spent a good portion of her youth working at the family-owned winery. Her experience at Rombauer is broad,...\nDirector of Viticulture and Winemaking\nThough he grew up near one of the most famous wine regions of Australia, it was an afternoon spent tasting wine in California that provided Richie\u2019s \u201caha\u201d moment, steering him into a career in wine. After graduating from the...\nLike many winemakers at Rombauer, Luke \u2014 a native Australian \u2014 started as a harvest intern, though what began as a several-month stint turned into an 18-month work experience. When his work visa ran out, Luke returned to Australia...\nAndrew joined Rombauer as a full-time cellar worker in 2012, but that was after working two harvests with us as an intern, and one in between in New Zealand! After yet another harvest in the Southern Hemisphere, which made...\nA native of the Bay Area, Alison joined Rombauer in 2004 as a sales and marketing assistant, and is now in charge of our Northern California sales. In addition to loving Rombauer\u2019s wines \u2014 her favorites are Merlot and...\nDirector of Distributor Relations & Education\nAlan joined Rombauer in 1999 in retail sales and quickly worked his way up to National Sales Manager. His long and varied career includes owning a wine distributorship and retailer, selling winemaking equipment, and lecturing about wine in Fresno...\nPacific Sales Manager\nNortheast Sales Manager\nJim became Rombauer\u2019s first regional sales hire outside of California in 2004, having worked in retail shops and for distributors for nearly 30 years. In the early part of his career, he was a managing partner of two fine...\nUnder Jeff \u2019s email signature is the phrase \u201cWine is sold not bought!\u201d That tells you a lot about our Southeast Sales Manager, known to friends and associates as \u201cPapa,\u201d who joined Rombauer Vineyards in 2010. Jeff has been...\nSouthern Sales Manager\nAfter 20 years working directly with family wineries, Dave joined Rombauer in 2014. He manages sales for seven states and Texas, his home state, and he\u2019ll tell you, \u201cThere isn\u2019t a more exciting place to be in this business...\nNorthwest Sales Manager\nA native of Willamette Valley, Oregon, Danielle was headed for a career in retail management when she discovered the world of wine. When she learned she could forge a career in it, she dove in head first, first working...\nSouthwest Sales manager\nJohn has held many positions here at Rombauer since he joined the winery in 2003; in fact, he\u2019s had so many different responsibilities that he likes to say he can assist with most any question about Rombauer that somebody...\nA graduate of the Culinary Institute of America\u2019s Accelerated Wine Beverage Program, Alex is a Level 1 Certified Sommelier with a degree in Hospitality Management from Cal Poly Pomona. Alex enjoys the family-like atmosphere and mutual respect among colleagues...\nDirect to Consumer Sales Manager\nCheryl has the proud distinction of having one of the longest tenures at Rombauer Vineyards. She joined our team in 1992 as assistant to the Controller, where she quickly became involved in nearly every aspect of the winery\u2019s administrative...\nJoining Rombauer in 2002, Nicolette started out in accounting and eventually moved over to the Tasting Room, where she found her true calling \u2014 interfacing with customers. Nicolette loves talking on the phone with our club members and seeing...\nConsumer Relations Assistant\nWhen Jenn joined Rombauer in 2012, she didn\u2019t know a lot about wine, having just become of legal age! But she learned fast, and along the way has discovered her own tastes and preferences. Jenn assists with our wine...\nHaving grown up around a small family-owned vineyard in Napa Valley, Christine feels right at home at Rombauer, which she describes as a \u201ccomforting place that revolves around family and tradition.\u201d Christine enjoys interacting with customers and club members...\nHospitality & Retail Sales Manager\nAssistant Hospitality and Retail Sales Manager\nHospitality & Retail Sales\nOur tasting room lead Marie has worked at Rombauer since 2001, a position she cherishes as she loves working with and for the Rombauer family. Marie\u2019s favorite wine is \u201cwhatever is in the glass,\u201d and her experience, friendly demeanor...\nWith a diverse background in wine sales and hospitality and the ability to forge strong relationships with guests, Thomas focuses on creating memorable experiences by keeping wine fun and exciting. 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Noah went with my mom to take my sister to the airport, and Eli stayed home with me. Eli and I were just hanging out, doing \"beading\" (more about that later). At around 6:30, my sister called from her cell phone to say that they passed a baseball field on their way to the airport, and Noah told her that he was pretty sure that was his team playing.\nTheir games are on Mondays and Wednesdays, so it wasn't a scheduled game. I had heard nothing at all about a make-up game for the rained out game they had early in the season. Just to be sure, I called the coach's cell phone, but there was no answer. I checked the messages on the voicemail, to make sure I didn't miss anything, and I hadn't. Noah had sounded pretty sure it was his team, so I told Eli to get his cleats on and we rushed out the door to the field (which was a different field than they usually play).\nSure enough, there was his team--along with a couple of other teams from his league. I was so mad! We'd never missed a game, the coach has my home and cell phone numbers, and there was no reason that we shouldn't have been informed about a game. Eli and I ran over to where the coach was, and I threw my hands up like, \"What the heck?\" His coach said that he tried calling me when we didn't show up. I said we would have shown up if we had known there was a game!\nAnyway, Eli really wanted to play, so the coach added him to the batting line-up as the sixth batter. They only made it to the fourth batter before the game ended (it had started at 5:30), so Eli didn't get to play at all. It would have been Eli's last game of the season because he went to church camp today (and today is the last game on the schedule).\nEli was really upset that he missed out, and I was furious that we were never told about the game. Eli and I started walking back toward the car. I saw another team warming up, and had an idea. I stopped and said to the coach, \"You don't happen to need any extra players, do you?\" and I explained what happened to Eli. He was SO nice about it, and said that they only had 8 (they have to have 9 to play), so he'd love to have Eli on the team. He went to his car and got Eli a team shirt and hat, and asked him what position he plays. Eli told him he pitches, and the coach sounded happy about that.\nI was SO nervous when the game started. I'm normally a nervous wreck watching the kids play at a normal game, so watching him play for someone else's team made me crazy. I was just hoping he'd show them just how good he is, and that he'd have a great game (and be a good sport--sometimes, he lets his temper get the better of him when something doesn't go his way).\nIt turned out to be the best game of the season for Eli! The coach let him pitch three innings, and he struck out seven people (and caught a pop-up). He even got on base three out of three times. He truly couldn't have had a better game! I was so thankful to the coach for letting Eli play, and I went to thank him again after the game. He said that he'd love to coach Eli next year, and told me about his coaching style. Eli was thrilled, and said he definitely wants to be on his team next summer.\nSo when all was said and done, missing the game turned out to be a good thing.\nI cannot get over how fantastic the weather has been the last two days here in southeast Michigan. Last night at the game, I had to wrap up in a blanket! And today, I'm wearing jeans and a long-sleeved top (and I'll probably need a jacket for the game tonight). It feels like fall outside, and I love love love it! I didn't run today, but I did go for a walk enjoy the weather.\nUntil yesterday, I hadn't been counting my Weight Watchers PointsPlus since July 4th. It just seems like we've had so much going on, and I didn't make it a priority like I should have. But last week, I wrote on my calendar that I was going to go back to counting PP on Tuesday (yesterday). And I planned well for it. I wrote out a menu for the whole week, and then I went grocery shopping to make sure I had all the ingredients for everything.\nYesterday, I prepped a bunch of food for the week. I made Renee's Oatmeal Breakfast Bars to have for breakfast for a few days:\nI haven't had those in a long time, and I forgot how good they are! I cut the 13x9 pan into 12 pieces, and they ended up being 6 PP each. Add some fruit, and it's a filling breakfast. I also put dinner in the crock pot (Split Pea Soup), so I wouldn't end up scrambling to make dinner at the last minute. And I made Roasted Tomato & Garlic Soup with Barley (enough for lunch for a couple of days). Having all of my meals planned and ready to eat helped out a lot! I had no excuse not to stick to my plan.\nI did really well all day yesterday and today, and it feels really good to count PP again. I can really feel it when my eating is crappy--I feel sluggish and lazy, and my running feels so hard. I'm hoping with a few more days of eating well, I'll feel a lot better.\nI haven't been to Weight Watchers in a couple of months, and I feel like I'm ready to go back. I was tired of feeling the pressure when I weighed in every week, and I wanted a break from that; but I'm afraid if I give it too much time, I'll gain more weight, so I am ready to go back next week. My mindset feels like it's where it needs to be now.\nMy morning was spent intricately placing little beads on a piece of plastic, trying to follow a pattern to make a seahorse. I remember doing these things when I was a kid... are they popular now? My kids have been working on these things constantly, just like they did with the rubber band bracelets.\nThe kids were very impressed with my seahorse. ;) I usually love crafts, but I just find this one so boring!\nLabels: craft, Weight Watchers\nI love having my menus planned but rarely do it. I am going to work on that...thanks for the reminder.\nSounds like you have a future Tiger there! That was very cool of you to ask that coach and cool of him to let Eli play!\nThat's great that the game ended up to be a good thing! My nine-year-old son, who was obsessed with the loom bands several months ago, has spent the last month making all kinds of these melty bead creations--mostly Minecraft stuff. I had no idea they were popular again, but maybe they are, since we live in another state. I get to do all the ironing. :)\nMINDSET is ultra important in this battle. If we could bottle that mindset needed to lose weight, and maintain a weight loss, we would be rich Katie. I come here every single day to try to get in the right mindset, and you never disappoint. I'm getting back to the mindset, and you are part of the reason for that. So even when you struggle yourself, you are inspiring others. We're all in this together! And together---we shall succeed!\nWay to go Eli! If I counted right he single handedly recorded 8 of the 9 outs when he was pitching. That is awesome! Plus three for three in reached bases... I agree with Dean, future Tiger!\nWeight Watchers July 17, 2014\nHi Katie! We found your blog and your breakfast bars look delicious. We'd like to send you a special gift for sharing your journey with us. Shoot an email to socialmediaeditor@weightwatchers.com for more info.\nKay atGoalofLosing July 17, 2014\nThat's so great that Eli got to play with that other team! And I may just have to try those breakfast bars! Thanks for sharing! :)\nPerler beads. We dabbled in them too!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 307, "original_length": 15260, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 297.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.sacerdotus.com/2013/05/help-nypl.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:30Z", "digest": "sha1:Q7LJ5QPPVPXJFETL6JGRQ3I2WD62ZJYV", "length": 1587, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.sacerdotus.com", "title": "Sacerdotus: Help the NYPL!", "raw_content": "Mayor Bloomberg and mayoral candidate Quinn are about to cut funding to the New York Public Library. Please visit http://www.nypl.org/ for more information. Fill out the letter form and send it via email, or write directly to the mayor and city council to voice your concern and disapproval.\nThe New York Public Library is a priceless asset in New York. It has one of the largest collections of books on all topics and in different languages. The library system provides free computers to use, free internet, free resources, training workshops, helps New Yorkers find jobs, prepare documents, do research and so on. It even provides free activities for people of all ages.\nThe library has always been my home away from home as a kid and even into my college years. There I found the peaceful environment to do my reading, research and academic work. When in New York, I usually blog from a library.\nThis $47 million budget cut will hurt the library system. Many services will be cut, jobs will be lost and hours will be cut down. People need the library, especially youth who are often tempted to be on the streets doing bad things.\nPlease help in convincing Bloomberg to spare the New York Public Library from this budget cut and instead cut funds to planned parenthood, lgbt and other groups that do not support the common good of New York and who are only interested in pushing their agendas. The library is a neutral institution that provides knowledge to all for free.\nLabels: Budget, christine quinn, City council, Funding, Library, Michael Bloomberg, New York Public Library, NYPL", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 231, "original_length": 10553, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 227.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.safeopedia.com/definition/1453/certified-homeland-security-manager-chsm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:19Z", "digest": "sha1:WUAQLK3WJRBWDZARG2TGC6J5WWJISQQC", "length": 1505, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.safeopedia.com", "title": "What is Certified Homeland Security Manager (CHSM)? - Definition from Safeopedia", "raw_content": "Certified Homeland Security Manager (CHSM)\nDefinition - What does Certified Homeland Security Manager (CHSM) mean?\nThe Certified Homeland Security Manager (CHSM) oversees tasks and activities related to the protection of agencies from external threats. Such threats include natural disasters, pandemics and terrorism. This certification and career position is applicable in the fields of counter-terrorism, public safety, security management and law enforcement. Corporations involved in homeland security programs, hazardous materials and information technology also make use of CHSMs.\nSafeopedia explains Certified Homeland Security Manager (CHSM)\nThe duties of the certified homeland security manager (CHSM) include planning for potential homeland security issues related to outside forces. It is also their duty to plan appropriate responses to threats to security and ensure that they can be executed effectively should an issue arise. Although this certification is primarily concerned with those working in public safety positions, it is also applicable to industries dealing with potentially hazardous materials that could pose a threat to public safety if affected by national disasters or terrorism. Applicants for training and certification must be citizens of the United States with no prior criminal record and should have previous experience in disaster management.\nProfessional Certificate in Road Safety Audits\nCertified Ergonomics Evaluation Specialist (CEES)\nSafety Manager Trainer (SMT)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 234, "original_length": 10580, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 295.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.saltyjane.com/new-blog-1/2018/1/12/should-you-shovel-the-snow", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:56Z", "digest": "sha1:NWYHFS6NPSEEBZ4L6MUEI374M52C6XJB", "length": 2789, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.saltyjane.com", "title": "Should You Shovel the Snow? \u2014 Salty Jane", "raw_content": "So it snowed all afternoon and into the night and now the driveway needs to be cleared. But, as I have mentioned before, Marlo, my husband, has coronary artery disease. Should he shovel?\nShoveling is such a problem because:\n\u00b7 It\u2019s often done first thing in the morning.\n\u00b7 It is often done in a hurry.\n\u00b7 It is often done in the cold.\n\u00b7 It is often done in the wind (which makes it so much worse).\n\u00b7 Every shovel load can vary in weight and can be very heavy.\nHe was thinking about the snow last evening and mentioned when he would get up and get the snow blower going. He was concerned about starting the snow blower for the first time this season. But he also mentioned that he would be sure to keep his nitroglycerin handy.\nWhen a person has coronary artery disease, the entire system of arteries that feed the heart is affected making the person vulnerable to possible rupture of the artery wall. If the artery wall ruptures, it bleeds, blocking the artery and keeping blood from getting to downstream areas of the heart. This causes a heart attack. If this happens nitroglycerin will not help. You need to get help right away (call 911). The artery needs to be reopened which can be done by emergency angioplasty.\nOn the other hand, if you know you have coronary artery disease, but your blood pressure and cholesterol have been well controlled, plus you are doing your best to follow the treatment plan recommended by your doctor, then your coronary arteries are smooth inside. They are likely stabilized and more normally functioning. If you have been regularly exercising, your other muscles are ready to work more efficiently. This takes the load off your heart and makes it possible to function well.\nHowever, if you go out to shovel snow and do not feel well (because of chest discomfort or shortness of breath, for instance) you may have a partial blockage in your coronary artery. This is what Marlo had in May last year resulting in multiple coronary artery stent placement and medical therapy. So if you have concerning symptoms with more than usual exertion, it\u2019s time to see your doctor and get help.\nA partial blockage may be helped by using nitroglycerin at the time of symptoms. The nitroglycerin opens the arteries a tiny bit, that may be enough to allow a bit more blood flow and the heart may be fed adequately. However, if this starts happening, you need to talk to your doctor.\nSo Marlo got the snow blower started with some trouble. He was able to snow blow the entire driveway and used the shovel for some of it. He was warmly dressed and allowed enough time so did not feel hurried. He said he felt fine.\nThanks for your comments and feedback. Ask any questions that come to mind. I\u2019m always here.\n\u2190 Slow Cooker Lentil Soup (Greek Comfort Food)Roasted Flax Seed \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 157, "original_length": 5140, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 273.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.sama82.org.uk/carlylejr/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:03:27Z", "digest": "sha1:DR2CDPTT22TZIK2QYPUHE2GVCSPHPJTU", "length": 1302, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.sama82.org.uk", "title": "CARLYLE J. R. \u2013 South Atlantic Medal Association (82)", "raw_content": "CARLYLE J. R.\nJames Russel Carlyle\nRussell (Russ to all his friends, Jim to his army colleagues) was born on the 8th of June 1956, the first son of Bruce and Gwyneth Carlyle. He had a brother, David (1957) and a sister, Gillian (1961) Russ\u2019s first school was at Pentrecelyn, 6 miles from Ruthin. The family then moved into Ruthin where he then went to Borthyn C of E School, then to Bryn Hyfryd Comprehensive School. At school he took part in all the sports and joined the school band. His main sports were golf and fishing. Leaving school at 16 years he worked with his father for a year.\nHe joined the Welsh Guards in 1973, seeing service in Cyprus as part of the UN, with tours in Berlin and N Ireland, and an attachment to the Household Division. In 1982, following mobilization for service to the South Atlantic he travelled down to South Georgia in the QE2, and transferred there to ss Canberra, arriving at the Falklands Islands on 2nd June. The Unit transferred to the logistic ship RFA Sir Galahad for the journey around to Fitzroy on 7th June. On the following day June 8th the ship was attacked by Argentine Air Force A-4 Skyhawks, two bombs exploding in the tank deck.\nRussell was not among the survivors. The severely damaged ship was subsequently towed out to sea and sunk as a war grave.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 101, "original_length": 3488, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 155.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.saromaholidays.com/index.php/uttarakhand", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:19Z", "digest": "sha1:AOI5QNYJ6VDFZGX4IPS2IA2R2KHZDSJ5", "length": 2525, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.saromaholidays.com", "title": "Saroma Holidays, a unit of SAROMA HOTELS & RESORTS PVT LTD, Kerala, providing services are Exclusive Houseboats, Romantiscapes (Romantic Escapes), Family Fiesta, Educational and Corporate Tours, Pilgrimages, Inclusive Holidays, Photography Tourism.", "raw_content": "Saroma welcomes you to the land of the magnificent Himalayan Ranges\u2026.Come and enjoy the scenic landscape, adventures, water sports, hill stations, temples and more with our customized holidays made especially for you\u2026..\nUttarakhand in North India is a delight to be in. The state in the lap of Himalayas is a home to many sacred destinations. Water sports, rafting, treks, beautiful hill destinations, glaciers, the Valley of flowers and Queen of Hills are all in Uttarakhand. A cool and pleasant climate through the year, the place is a paradise.\nSaroma and Uttarakhand welcomes you to the breathtaking- unexplored valleys, towering peaks, flowing rivers, snow-capped mountains, a splendid combination of flora and fauna and vast tracts of virgin snow.\nJhumallo, Thadya, Chaunfla, Rasau, Pandwana, Tandi, Bhadgeet, Jaagar, Chaanchri, Chholia are some of the performing arts of the state.\nDehradun: The capital of Uttaranchal, Dehradun is a scenic hill station. Many institutes are located here.\nPilgrimage Sites Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri, Yamunotri, Panchkedar, Panchbadri, Panchprayag, Haridwar, Rishikesh, Hemkund Sahib, Purnagiri, Chittai, Kaliyar Sharif, Nanakmatta Sahib, Rettha Sahib.\nChar Dham Yatra (Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gnagotri, Yamunotri) Rishikesh: Another famous temple town of Uttarakhand, Rishikesh is full of temples. The Triveni Ghat is visited by most pilgrims en route to shrines in Himalayan ranges.\nOn 9th November, Uttaranchal became the 27th state of the Republic of India, with Dehradun as its capital. About 92% of the state\u2019s area is hilly. It borders with China, Nepal, Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh. Most of the northern region of the state is a part of the mighty Himalayan ranges.\nMajor rivers are Bhagirathi (Ganga), Alaknanda, Mandakani, Pindari, Tones, Yamuna, Kali, Nyaar, Bhilangana, Saryu, Ramganga.\nDuring peak winters the region experiences heavy snowfall and rain. Sometimes, the place is cut off from the rest of the country. Best time to visit is between April and June and September to November.\nRail: Nearest railhead is Rishikesh, 297 km which is connected to major cities.\nRoad: Buses, private taxi are available between Rishikesh and Badrinath. The Uttaranchal State Transport Corporation operates regular bus services from Delhi-Rishikesh daily.\nDuring peak winters the region experiences heavy snowfall and rain. Sometimes during this season, the place is cut off from the rest of the country. Best time to visit is between April and June and September to November.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 71, "original_length": 3842, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 279.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.saronafund.com/about-us/memberships/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:47Z", "digest": "sha1:UQPEWZHALXPN42W4LMXGZ7HT3U4IWWMD", "length": 2198, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.saronafund.com", "title": "Memberships - Sarona Asset Management", "raw_content": "Emerging Markets Private Equity Association\nEMPEA is the global industry association for private capital in Emerging Markets. EMPEA\u2019s belief that private capital is a highly suited investment strategy in emerging markets, delivering attractive long-term investment returns and promoting the sustainable growth of companies and economies.\nEmerging Markets Investors Association\nThe Emerging Market Investor\u2019s Association was founded to provide a central hub for information, education, and networking for investors and investment professionals in Emerging Markets. Member firms participate in an exchange of industry knowledge and best practices.\nSarona is proud to be a Certified B Corporation\u2122. Certified B Corporations use the power of business to solve social and environmental problems. They meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, legally expand their corporate responsibilities to include consideration of stakeholder interests, and build a collective voice through the B Corporation brand.\nImpactAssets is a not-for-profit financial services company created to help solve the world\u2019s toughest problems by catalysing investment capital for maximum environmental, social and financial impact. In 2015, Sarona was selected as one of the ImpactAssets 50 for the fifth consecutive year. The ImpactAssets 50 is a list of 50 experienced impact investment firms that deliver social and environmental value in addition to financial returns.\nThe Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to increasing the scale and effectiveness of impact investing. Impact investments are investments made into companies, organizations, and funds with the intention to generate measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return.\nThe United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment Initiative (PRI) is a network of international investors working together to put the six Principles for Responsible Investment into practice.\nSarona also is a signatory to:\nInstitutional Limited Partners Association: Private Equity Best Practice Principles\nCGAP Client Protection Principles\nPrinciples for Investors of Inclusive Finance", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 99, "original_length": 3675, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 259.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.savinggain.com/blog/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:32Z", "digest": "sha1:YHWR7KBPI22ZKCQ42IEBGJLUCT3HOVP4", "length": 570, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.savinggain.com", "title": "The Real Offers By SavingGain: | Every-Day Savings, Willpower Guides & Expert Analysis", "raw_content": "Entertainments add mind-blowing impact on our lives. Our stressful engagement with daily professional activities and duties needs some...\nIn the Global Village, where we live things are not relevant to specific community\u2026but people adopt and attend...\nChristmas Day is considered one of the prominent celebrations around the world. It is a religious and cultural...\nChildren whom are the soul of this earth now are being forced to spend their childhood in a...\nBalanced things create a peaceful environment in every occasion and in every society. If we saw around the...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 110, "original_length": 5130, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 328.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.sbe.org/sections/news/rice-neshap1.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:11Z", "digest": "sha1:HXJ5B7ZANYGYQIRY7N73J7WDF5MHCOPV", "length": 2110, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.sbe.org", "title": "Society of Broadcast Engineers", "raw_content": "rice-neshap1\nRICE-NESHAP Regulations Apply to Broadcasters\nBy Mike Hendrickson, CPBE, CBNT\nAre you familiar with the term RICE-NESHAP? You may have seen it in what you considered an annoying notice from a meaningless agency because you only have an \"emergency\" generator. If that was what you thought, you need to think again!\nRICE-NESHAP is an acronym that translates to Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engine and National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants. In the context of the EPA rules it applies to any stationary internal combustion engine, whether an emergency generator, or a pump engine or other device powered by a stationary internal combustion engine.\nThe EPA first introduced these rules for engines in June 2004 and adopted the final rules in January 2013. If you have a stationary engine in use - emergency generator or not - you need to know these rules. Failure to comply can mean a fine for the engine owner.\nFirst, understand that the EPA rules are the minimum requirements. There may be state, county, and local requirements that may be more stringent. Also, many of these agencies are much more aggressive with their enforcement than the federal EPA.\nTo know what federal, state, county, or local rules may apply, collect the following information: The date of manufacture or reconstruction (as defined by CFR title 40, part 63.2), the type of engine (spark ignition (SI) or compression ignition (SI), the size of the engine in brake horsepower, and any manufacturer certifications.\nThe rules contain regulations regarding record keeping. At a minimum you will need to keep track of the use of the engine and the maintenance it receives. The rules also specify limitations on the number of hours per year the engine may be run in non-emergency use or testing. Non-emergency use includes the use of the generator in load-shed programs.\nI encourage every engineer with an emergency generator to become familiar with the rules. The specific rules are located at CFR title 40, part 63, subpart ZZZZ.\nA summary of the rules\nState Information and Regulation Example (Minnesota)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 152, "original_length": 5372, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 332.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.sc.com/sg/terms-and-conditions/sgoeq3promo/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:57Z", "digest": "sha1:HGSSURBZSJATADFW7W7UEP66P64F3PRY", "length": 9397, "nlines": 40, "source_domain": "www.sc.com", "title": "Standard Chartered Bank Online Trading \u2018Trade and be rewarded\u2019 Promotion (3 July to 30 September 2018) Terms and Conditions (\u201cPromotion T&Cs\u201d) - Standard Chartered Singapore", "raw_content": "Standard Chartered Bank Online Trading \u2018Trade and be rewarded\u2019 Promotion (3 July to 30 September 2018) Terms and Conditions (\u201cPromotion T&Cs\u201d)\n1. This Standard Chartered Bank Online Trading \u2018Trade and be rewarded\u2019 Promotion (\u201cPromotion\u201d) is available from 3 July 2018 to 30 September 2018, both dates inclusive (\u201cPromotion Period\u201d). By participating in this Promotion, you agree to be bound by these Promotion T&Cs.\n2. This Promotion is only open to existing customers of Standard Chartered Bank (Singapore) Limited (the \u201cBank\u201d) who:\n(a) have an existing Online Trading account with the Bank during the Promotion Period; and\n(b) have not closed their Online Trading account with the Bank within three (3) months prior to the date of commencement of the Promotion Period or during the Promotion Period\n(hereinafter referred to as the \u201cEligible Customers\u201d).\n3. This Promotion is not concurrently valid with other Standard Chartered Bank Online Trading promotions. Employees of the Bank and Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore Branch will also not be eligible for this Promotion.\n4. If you are an Eligible Customer described in Clause 2 above, you shall be eligible to receive the following gift when you perform the trading transactions on your Online Trading account with the Bank during the Promotion Period.\nAmount of total trading transactions during the Promotion period (\u201cPromotion Criteria\u201d) Gift entitlement\nMore than S$500,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies) * worth of trading transactions\nReceive S$30 iStudio vouchers for every S$100,000 worth of trading transactions\n(capped at a maximum of S$3,500 worth of iStudio vouchers)\n*The Singapore Dollars value of transactions traded in foreign currencies shall be calculated based on the prevailing FX rates as determined by the Bank.\n5. Eligible Customers who fulfil the Promotion Criteria will be notified by a redemption letter sent to their mailing address according to the Bank\u2019s records or such other manner of communication adopted by the Bank by 30 November 2018 (each, a \u201cRedemption Notice\u201d). The Redemption Notice shall state the details for redemption of the Gift.\n6. The Gift must be redeemed during the redemption period stated in the Redemption Notice. The Bank will not extend the redemption date should you fail to redeem the Gift during the redemption period for any reasons whatsoever. If you do not redeem the Gift during the redemption period, the Gift will be forfeited.\n7. By participating in this Promotion, you consent to us disclosing the last four digits of your NRIC/passport number to persons who are involved in fulfilling the redemption of the Gift (including but not limited to the merchants supplying the Gift and/or merchants administering the redemption of the Gift) for purposes of verifying your identity during redemption.\n8. When you redeem the Gift, the merchant (named in the Redemption Notice and administering redemption at the redemption location and/or supplying the Gift) may require you to disclose your information (including name, identification/passport number, mailing address and contact number) for the purposes of verifying your identity to redeem the Gift and recording your redemption of the Gift. If you do not consent to such disclosure, you will not be able to redeem the Gift and it will be forfeited.\n9. Only original copies of the Redemption Notice will be accepted for redemption. The Redemption Notice is valid for a one-time redemption only. Any attempt to use the same Redemption Notice for more than one redemption shall not be permitted. If a Gift is redeemed more than once by you or your authorised representative (if applicable) using the same Redemption Notice, the Bank reserves the right to claw back the full value of the Gift that was redeemed in excess. The Bank\u2019s determination in this regard shall be final and conclusive.\n10. If you receive a Redemption Notice in the form of a letter, (a) a photocopy of the letter will not be accepted for redemption and (b) if the letter has been tampered with or damaged, the letter will not be accepted for redemption.\n11. The Gift must be collected personally by you or the authorised representative. Should you be unable to collect the Gift personally, you may sign the authorisation letter to enable another person to collect the Gift on your behalf and forward the original Redemption Notice to your authorised representative. The authorised representative will need to present his/her NRIC/passport together with the Redemption Notice, and authorisation letter duly signed by you to redeem the Gift.\n12. The Gift is provided by third party merchants and the Bank is not an agent of the merchants supplying the Gift.\n13. The Bank makes no warranty or representation as to the quality, value, merchantability or fitness for purpose of the Gift and assume no liability or responsibility for the acts or omissions of the merchants or any non-performance or defects in the Gift. Any dispute about the quality, value, condition or performance of the Gift is to be resolved directly with the merchants.\n14. The Bank is not obliged to assist or act on your behalf in communicating with the merchants supplying the Gift for any reason. You accept the Gift as it is and subject to any terms and conditions the merchants may impose. No payment or compensation whether in cash, credit or kind shall be made for any uncollected, lost, misplaced, defaced, stolen or damaged Gift.\n15. The Gift is non-redeemable for cash, credit and/or any other items. The Gift is strictly non-transferable, non-assignable and non-exchangeable, whether in full or in part.\n16. The Bank may replace and substitute the Gift with any item of equivalent or similar value, without prior notice or reason.\n17. Except for death or personal injury caused by the negligence of the Bank, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Bank and members of the Bank\u2019s group shall have no liability in respect of, and will be indemnified from and against, any liability, loss, claim, damage or costs of any kind (including legal costs) to any person or entity, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, whether by reason of the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of a Gift, or participation in this Promotion, or otherwise\n18. The Bank reserves the right to determine at its sole and absolute discretion all matters arising out of or in connection with this Promotion, including eligibility and the applicable criteria. The Bank\u2019s determination of all matters relating to this Promotion shall be final and conclusive and no correspondence will be entertained.\n19. The Bank reserves the right to do any of the following without prior notice or reason:\n(a) terminate, withdraw, shorten or extend this Promotion at the Bank\u2019s sole discretion, with or without prior notice or reason; and/or\n(b) vary, modify, add or delete any of the terms of this Promotion. You understand and agree to be bound by any such variation.\nPlease visit our branches or our website at sc.com/sg/Sgoeq3promo for the latest terms and conditions applicable to this Promotion.\n20. In the event of any inconsistency between these Promotion T&Cs and any brochures, marketing or promotional materials relating to this Promotion, these Promotion T&Cs shall prevail to the extent of such inconsistency.\n21. These Promotion T&Cs shall be read in conjunction with all relevant terms and conditions including the Standard Chartered Online Trading Terms, the Customer Terms and the Investment Product Terms.\n22. A person who is not a party to these Promotion T&Cs has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act (Cap. 53B) to enforce any of these Promotion T&Cs.\n23. These Promotion T&Cs are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Singapore and you agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Republic of Singapore.\n24. All information is correct at time of print.\nThis document is for general circulation only and does not constitute an offer, recommendation or solicitation of an offer to enter into a transaction or adopt any hedging, trading or investment strategy. It has not been prepared for any particular person or class of persons and does not constitute and should not be construed as investment advice nor an investment recommendation. It has been prepared without regards to the specific investment objectives, financial situation or particular needs of any person. You should seek advice from a financial adviser on the suitability of an investment for you, taking into account these factors before making a commitment to invest in an investment.\nYou are fully responsible for your investment decision, including whether the Online Trading service is suitable for you. The products/services involved are principal at risk and you may lose all or part of your original investment amount.\nDeposit Insurance Scheme:\nSingapore dollar deposits of non-bank depositors are insured by the Singapore Deposit Insurance Corporation, for up to S$50,000 in aggregate per depositor per Scheme member by law. Foreign currency deposits, dual currency investments, structured deposits and other investment products are not insured. For clarity, these investment products are not deposits and do not qualify as an insured deposit under the Singapore Deposit Insurance and Policy Owners\u2019 Protection Schemes Act 2011.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 376, "original_length": 17479, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 338.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.schoolfinder.com/Programs/46556/Marketing/University-of-Alberta", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:09Z", "digest": "sha1:HPP62YYIPA3FTMRS45PGFHJ4IKTFS2N7", "length": 2909, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.schoolfinder.com", "title": "Marketing - University of Alberta - SchoolFinder.com!", "raw_content": "Marketing (University of Calgary) Marketing (University of Lethbridge) Marketing (University of Lethbridge) Marketing (University of Northern British Columbia) International Marketing and Trade (Carleton University) view all\nFundraising Consultants Buyers Advertising and Promotion Consultants\nBachelor; Co-op\nMarketing is a crucial aspect for any organization, acting as a link to customers, providing external perspective, steering innovation and growth, and driving revenue, value, and loyalty.\nThe Marketing program at the Alberta School of Business is built on the strength of our faculty\u2019s world-class research in the areas of retailing, market research, and consumer behavior. The program combines research-based principles with innovative teaching methods: in addition to lectures and discussions, you\u2019ll participate in managerial cases, group projects, and market simulations. You\u2019ll also develop practical skills in areas such as consumer and market analysis, managerial decision-making, and implementing marketing programs, preparing you to engage in sophisticated marketing practice.\nMarketing at University of Alberta\nThis estimate is based on one year of full-time study, and represents only the tuition cost.\nFundraising ConsultantsBuyersAdvertising and Promotion Consultants\nApplicants must first be granted admission into the UofA BCom program before they may apply to Co-op. Applicants may only be considered for the Co-op program if they have no more than *75ucw completed towards their Bachelor of Commerce Degree by August 31st, 2018. After-Degree Co-op applicants are only eligible to apply for the Co-op program if they have at least 15 courses (*45ucw) remaining in their program by August 31st, 2018. The first 150 applicants who meet the criteria for their major will be granted admission to the Co-op program. Additional applications (up to 50) will be considered on a case by case basis. Offers of admission are subject to quota limits for each major. For example, a maximum of 60 Accounting majors and 60 Finance majors will be accepted. International students may be required to complete an intake interview before being granted admission. Applicants must: present a GPA of 2.8 or higher in their most recent academic year of study that comprised a minimum of *24ucw (i.e., 4 courses per term during the regular academic year). All applicants are expected to present a minimum of 650 hours of work experience within the past 2 years. For students applying to the September 2018 intake, the work experience hours calculation only includes work experience gained between February 1, 2016 through to August 31, 2018. This work need not be business related and may include fields such as retail, hospitality, labour etc\u2026 We strongly encourage all Co-op applicants to participate in Volunteer or Extra-Curricular activities in order to increase competitiveness in securing a position.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 4282, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 184.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.science20.com/news_articles/endoxenoturbella_lov%C3%A9nii_new_bacteria_found_sweden", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:05Z", "digest": "sha1:A5XU7MRKUDEIWJSU3SB3J6XVPALOXFL7", "length": 1698, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.science20.com", "title": "Endoxenoturbella Lov\u00e9nii - New Bacteria Found In Sweden | Science 2.0", "raw_content": "Endoxenoturbella Lov\u00e9nii - New Bacteria Found In Sweden\nBy News Staff | April 18th 2010 10:00 PM | Print | E-mail\nResearchers from the University of Gothenburg have discovered a brand new species of bacterium found only in the Gullmarsfjord north of Gothenburg in Sweden. The new species has been dubbed Endoxenoturbella lov\u00e9nii.\nThe bacterium is an endosymbiotic prokaryote living in the gut of a marine worm called Xenoturbella, a creature also unique to the Gullmarsfjord. Researchers identified two types of endosymbiotic bacteria (Xenoturbellida, Bilateria). They say other scientists should consider the new endosymbionts \"when interpreting the poorly understood ecology and evolution of Xenoturbella.\"\nthe Bacteria's host, the Xenoturbella worm, has the size of a thumbnail and possesses a unique body plan, with no brain and no reproductive or sensory organs. This unique creature is invaluable for studies of the early evolution of the animal kingdom, and has drawn researchers from all over the world to the Sven Lov\u00e9n Centre for Marine Sciences in Kristineberg ever since it was discovered.\nThe unique Xenoturbella, found only in the Gullmarsfjord, is the host for the new bacteria.\n(Photo Credit: Mattias Obst, University of Gothenburg)\nCitation: Kjeldsen et al., 'Two Types of Endosymbiotic Bacteria in the Enigmatic Marine Worm Xenoturbella bockiApplied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2010, 2657-2662, 76(8) doi:10.1128/AEM.01092-09\nFirst, Second Mouth...?\nNautilia Profundicola Gets Extreme Thanks To Genetic Adaptations\nAcorn Worm Genome Shows Why Humans Can Swallow- With Gills In Between\nCat Noses, Beards And All The Other Places Scientists Are Looking For New Antibiotics", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 148, "original_length": 5600, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.8, "perplexity": 338.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.seehouses.com/MemberPortal/Governance/Committees.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:24Z", "digest": "sha1:JD3Y6Y4JNLNX5JSCI7HNVNN3Q2AOFL23", "length": 5171, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "www.seehouses.com", "title": "Committees | See Houses | Capital Area Association of REALTORS, CAAR", "raw_content": "This is your opportunity to lead CAR to a productive year. YOUR Association needs you. In order to accomplish our goals, we need the type of individuals who WILL lead.\nCAR is striving to: unite those engaged in all aspects of the real estate transaction; offer members the education and tools needed to better serve their clients and customers; advocate private property ownership rights; abide by the strict Code of Ethics set forth by the National Association of REALTORS and promote competency, social consciousness, political awareness and professional responsibility among its members.\nOur members are governed by an elected Board of Directors and numerous Committees who respond to the day-to-day needs of the organization, in compliance with the Association Bylaws and insuring our compliance with the requirements for continued membership in both the State and NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS.\nTake a moment to review this volunteer interest form and let us know which areas you have a special interest or expertise in. If you are interested in serving on a committee or task force please fax or mail your completed form to CAR. Committee assignments run from October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019. (Download PDF Sign Up Form Here)\nMakes recommendations regarding the operation of CREN and supervises the activities of CREN in accordance with the rules and regulations.\nMeets on call (2-6 times a year). 2-year term\nOpen to CREN members (limit of five)\nWork on projects within the community to help REALTORS\u00ae give back to the real estate profession and the community by becoming involved in activities which will improve life in the community.\nMeets quarterly (4-6 times a year)\nOpen to REALTOR\u00ae & Affiliate members\nReview Association forms, sales contracts, addendum, listing contracts, and input sheets to insure that they conform to MIS requirements and will recommend any changes needed to the association attorney. Also, review and make recommendations for changes to the MIS displays.\nMeets on call (4-6 times a year)\nOpen to REALTOR\u00ae members\nThis committee shall establish and maintain a legislative contact network by using existing member relationships and developing new relationships with members of the Illinois General Assembly and both county and city public officials. Through the contact network, the committee will establish an ongoing communication of REALTORS\u00ae positions and concerns to public officials. This committee is also charged with the education and fund raising efforts of the membership of CAAR with respect to the annual fundraising goals for RPAC.\nPreviews all ethics complaints received by CAAR as provided in the NAR Code of Ethics and Arbitration Manual.\nMeets on call (usually as a panel member)\nLimited availability to REALTOR\u00ae members based on experience\nRequired attendance at the professional standards seminar in Springfield conducted each year by IAR\nSupervise the activities and operation of the Multiple Listing Service in accordance with the MLS Rules and Regulations, subject to approval of the Board of Directors. The committee shall consist of 9 members who are participants in the Multiple Information Service, or at the option of the Board of Directors, may be users.\nOpen to MLS Participants or Users at the option of the Board of Directors\nLimited availability based on experience\nResponsible for conducting all educational activities promoted by the Association, including but not limited to, CAR\u2019s Orientation courses, continuing education courses, pre-license school designation courses, etc. Promote equal opportunity in housing and diversity within the real estate industry; awareness of the growing cultural diversity within our marketplace; and, seek the development of local fair housing partnerships between the local HUD office, public and private fair housing agencies, and other organizations in the housing community. Evaluate the appropriateness of existing strategic relationships, identifying other opportunities, soliciting requests for proposals from vendors and promoting existing strategic relationships to the membership. Identify and implement new member services and periodically review existing services to ensure they are still relevant. Recommend enhancements to the consumer and private side of the association\u2019s web sites located at SeeHouses.com and oversee marketing of site and solicitation of advertisers. Oversee the CAR sponsorship program.\nMeets on call (3-4 times year)\nOpen to REALTORS\u00ae & Affiliate Members\nConsists of REALTORS\u00ae and Affiliates who will meet to address issues pertaining to all areas related to real estate (e.g., mortgage, appraisal, home inspection, title insurance, etc.) and to educate the membership.\nMeets on call\nREALTOR and Developer Task Force\nConsists of REALTORS\u00ae and Developers who will meet to discuss problems with city planning and zoning, or other problems between developers and government and make recommendations for improvement.\nResponsible for arranging and conducting social activities on behalf of the membership and/or other committees including the Annual Awards Program, Annual Golf Outing as well as the Annual Holiday Party.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 199, "original_length": 8128, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 323.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.seetickets.com/event/dinosaurs-in-the-wild-peak/the-greenwich-peninsula/1226076", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:47Z", "digest": "sha1:URFKV2N66EE627ZVOUVQ2EVDMJLTC3V2", "length": 204, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.seetickets.com", "title": "Dinosaurs In The Wild - Peak | We're sorry, but there are no tickets available for Dinosaurs In The Wild - Peak", "raw_content": "The Greenwich Peninsula. Thursday, 23 Aug 2018 at 11:00 AM\nWe're sorry, but there are no tickets available for Dinosaurs In The Wild - Peak at The Greenwich Peninsula on Thursday, 23 Aug 2018 at 11:00 AM.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 2609, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 102.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.senatenj.com/print/release.php?postid=9407", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:19Z", "digest": "sha1:PS2BU2U474KBKAPFFV5JLZ6KWXHAZH6R", "length": 133, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.senatenj.com", "title": "Press Release", "raw_content": "https://www.senatenj.com/index.php/doherty/doherty-praises-the-borough-of-oceanports-support-of-the-fair-school-funding-solution/9407", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 21, "original_length": 4276, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.79, "perplexity": 259.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.seqohs.org/CMS/AllNews.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:43Z", "digest": "sha1:BAUQR5NKAOE33AE23RFA7VCI5DVRJSK5", "length": 1518, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.seqohs.org", "title": "SEQOHS", "raw_content": "We are sad to announce that Dr Rob Hardman, SEQOHS Chair, will be stepping down as of 31 December 2018 after over two and a half years of service. He will be sorely missed but will still be involved with the scheme through his new post as Director of Audit and Accreditation on the Faculty of Occupational Medicine's council.\n\"It has been a challenging few years but I hope that services have already begun to notice the changes and improvements in how the scheme operates. I look forward to continuing to support SEQOHS in my new role on the Faculty's council as we look towards 2020 and the revision of the standards.\"\nThank you, Rob, and all the best in the future from us in the SEQOHS office. In the interim, we are pleased to report that Wendy Ladd (SEQOHS assessment and quality lead) will be covering the role of clinical lead for the duration of 2019. Congratulations, Wendy!\nClick here to access news letter\nSEQOHS are excited to announce that we will be presenting and exhibiting at the 2018 Central England Occupational Health Group (CEOHG) annual conference.\nThe event will be taking place on Tuesday 16 October at The Abbey Hotel Golf and Country Club in Redditch, and features a range of high profile speakers covering topics such as quality assurance, ergonomics/human factors, visual stress, workplace mental health and suicide and, of course, GDPR!\nFor further information and to book your place, please visit the www.ceohg.org.uk. Early bird places booked before 31 August cost \u00a365 (\u00a380 thereafter).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 2751, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 290.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/melanotaenia-gracilis/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:45Z", "digest": "sha1:BJC3H3NYRA4Q56QPQ3INHXWKLV3LZ6JM", "length": 2058, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.seriouslyfish.com", "title": "Melanotaenia gracilis (Slender Rainbowfish) \u2014 Seriously Fish", "raw_content": "North Western Australia. So far, it has been recorded only from the Drysdale and Carson Rivers in the Kimberley area.\nSlow-moving areas of these rivers. It\u2019s also found isolated in surrounding pools during the dry season. The water in these habitats is typically very clear.\nUnlke many other members of the genus, the natural habitat of M. gracilis is quite sparse and rocky. A biotope aquarium would thus consist of a gravel substrate with smooth, water-worn rocks, and possibly the odd beech branch or two. However the fish are equally as happy in a densely planted setup. In either case, water movement should be kept to a minimum.\nUnfussy and will accept most dried, frozen and live foods. Regular feedings of the latter will help to ensure the fish exhibit their best colours.\nThis is one of the smaller rainbowfish and is very peaceful. Good tankmates include other similarly-sized rainbowfish, characins, danios, barbs, freshwater gobies and catfish such as Corydoras. It can also be kept with many species of Rift Lake cichlid, due to its water requirements.\nThe slender rainbowfish can be quite skittish and does far better when kept in a shoal of at least 6-8, preferably more. The males will also be encouraged to display their best colours in the company of conspecifics.\nMature males are larger and exhibit brighter colouration than females. They also develop a deeper body than females as they grow.\nNo information available, although we assume it has been achieved. It probably breeds in a similar fashion to other species in the genus, although the lack of aquatic vegetation in its natural waters may indicate that it scatters its eggs directly onto the substrate, as opposed to among the leaves of plants.\nThis uniquely-shaped rainbow is an uncommonly seen species in the hobby, mainly because it hails from such a remote area in Australia. 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But now, you have realized that owning a website is actually a pretty sweet deal, so you want to be back [\u2026]\n3 Tips to check whether you are overspending on social media marketing.\nSocial media is a powerful tool. But what it also is is very confusing. For social media marketing, investing in advertisement for reaching out to your target audience is necessary. In fact, the best and most effective social media marketing revolves around the perfect blend of advertisement and organic reach. But what happens when even [\u2026]\nA corporate video need not be as expensive as your wedding album.\nIn today\u2019s corporate world, advertising and creating a substantial brand image is the key. For most corporates, having a corporate brand video highlighting the company\u2019s best aspects so that they can put their best foot forward is basically a must these days. But the problem here is that most corporate videos cost a ton of [\u2026]\nHow shopkeepers in Rohini benefited from Social media marketing\nRohini is not only a safe and trusted residential locality that is quickly becoming one of the most prominent parts of the city, but it is also growing incredibly fast as a prominent business hub. Delhi has since long been a city of opportunities, for everyone. 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Application has been made to list the notes on the New York Stock Exchange. This was Ford Credit\u2019s inaugural Australian Dollar\u2013denominated U.S.-registered public notes offering.\nThe Shearman & Sterling team included partners Lisa Jacobs (New York\u2212Capital Markets) and Douglas McFadyen (New York\u2212Tax); associates Robert Giannattasio (New York\u2212Corporate) and Adam Sternberg (New York\u2212Tax); and law clerk Erika Khalek (New York\u2212Corporate).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 94, "original_length": 3367, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 337.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2009/06/20/dellin-inta-da-past-190609", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:42Z", "digest": "sha1:LS7Z6UEECZK2QN5YWGAOPTHFCBSXCWR6", "length": 6998, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "www.shetlandtimes.co.uk", "title": "Dellin inta da past 19.06.09 | The Shetland Times Ltd", "raw_content": "Dellin inta da past 19.06.09\nIt\u2019s amazing where you can find archaeology, as John Laurenson recently found out.\nMr Laurenson works for Shetland Heatwise, insulating houses. He was in the upstairs bedroom of a crofthouse in Hillswick, pulling the lining off in the course of his work, when he made an interesting discovery. Sitting on the wallhead, about a metre from the gable end, he discovered what he suspected was something interesting. What he found was a very fine example of a stone axe.\nThe axe was roughed out but never completed by the person who made it, 4,000 to 5,000 years ago. \u201cWhen I found it I thought it was very interesting,\u201d John told me. \u201cI took it to show Ian Tait and Jenny Murray at the museum because obviously they\u2019re older than me,\u201d he chuckled. There are a lot of finished, smoothed, axe heads in the museum but there are few which are in this partially finished, roughed out, state. This may well be because the unfinished items are harder to recognise.\nStone tools from the New Stone Age, the Neolithic, are often found in walls which are being dismantled by dry-stone dykers as well as in houses. People used to believe that they had magical properties and would protect a building from being struck by lightning.\nAwesome artefacts\nThe longhouse excavation at Belmont is well under way. The earlier longhouse and the smaller building on top of it are both easy to see now. The earlier house is a traditional longhouse in shape. The upper end was the living room and the benches, along the walls on either side of the house, are now very clear. There is also a drain inside the house, running alongside one of the walls. In the middle of the room there is a typical central long hearth. Beside the hearth there is what may have been the ash-box, created of stone. This was where the glowing embers were stored overnight, in order to keep them alight until the next morning.\nThe Danish team, led by Anne-Christine Larsen, the principle archaeologist at Trelleborg, are working on the floor layers. This is likely to be the most exciting place on the site for finding artefacts. Within a few days the team had found 80 objects and the number is rising every day. The most spectacular of these to date is an almost complete soapstone lamp which was found by Icelandic archaeology assistant Lilja Palsdottir. The lamp looks fresh enough to have just been made. The tool marks are very clear inside. The bottom of the lamp is not completely finished on one side. This is also the side where the rim of the lamp had broken.\nDuring the excavations at Belmont last year, it became clear that the people who lived at Belmont were working soapstone there. The lamp is additional evidence of this. The lamp was very shallow and so when the rim broke it would have become useless. Instead of trying to salvage it or making it into something else, the lamp was used as a packing stone, placed into a posthole at an angle, to help to keep the post upright. This must have happened very quickly after it was made for the lamp to retain its newly made appearance.\nLess spectacular was the less well finished example found by one of the Unst volunteers, Harry Edwards. This lamp had been hollowed out but work had not gone as far as creating any handles or carrying out any more sophisticated shaping. The lamp is still in the ground. Perhaps, when it is lifted, the other side will provide a clue as to why this lamp was abandoned. A third, rather unusual find was made of metal. It looks as if it was one of perhaps three legs at the base of a very substantial cooking pot.\nIf you would like to see any of these finds for yourself, the next opportunity will be Sunday, when the site staff and students will be welcoming all visitors and showing them the site, as well as their most recent discoveries. The excavation is situated on the hill on the opposite side of the road to Belmont House.\nBressay burnings\nThe Bressay Heritage Centre has just opened its new exhibition to visitors, centred around the burnt mound which it \u201cacquired\u201d last summer.\nThe burnt mound was excavated several years ago but the remains were still falling into the sea. In a bid to prevent the Bronze Age site crumbling away, last year the Bressay History Group devised an ambitious rescue scheme. Archaeology is a destructive process and so Hazel Moore and Graeme Wilson of EASE archaeological company returned to Shetland to undertake that task. Instead of throwing the stone onto a spoil heap as it was removed, each stone was marked by Rick Barton and reassembled by him and Jim Keddie, outside the Heritage Centre.\nThe new exhibition, designed by Robina Barton for the centre, tells the story of what the group did, as well as explaining what burnt mounds are and how they may or may not have been used. Just a casual glance at the mound at Cruester indicates that the site was more complicated than being the site of killing an animal and boiling it. The mound was used intermittently over many years, tens if not hundreds, and there are several suggestions as to how it might have been used as Helen Bradley, formerly of Archaeology Scotland, explained during her site tour. The Bressay History Group hope to try some of these out over the summer.\nAt the exhibition opening, members of the History Group decided to try out the site for its potential as a sauna. John Scott, Douglas Coutts and Stuart Barton stoked the fire and heated stones in a replica cell while experimenters Helen Bradley and Robina Barton took it in turns to sit inside another cell, sealed in with an animal skin, and pour cold water onto the stones. Both claimed that it was very effective.\nThere are a number of possible uses for a burnt mound, some of which we have not even thought of yet. While the Bressay History Group have plans to try some of these for themselves in the coming weeks and years, they are also keen to attract an academic researcher to work with the group, perhaps as the basis for a PhD in experimental archaeology. If you have a relevant first degree and might be interested in developing this, both the group and I would be pleased to hear from you.\nWalhalla Vikings invade\nThe Walhalla Viking troupe are here. They have travelled all the way from Poland in order to spend the weekend based at Old Scatness where they will set up a Viking camp. As you might expect from Vikings, their speciality is fighting. They are skilled in a number of different methods: as swordsmen, as archers and also in the use of fire. They will be giving several performances daily and the weekend promises to be full of excitement and spectacle, sound, fire and fury. They also intend to host a Viking feast tonight in Dunrossness Hall which will also be an event with a difference. Rather than wait to read about it next week, I strongly recommend that you head to the South Mainland and join in the fun.\nDellin Inta Da Past\n\u00ab Times Past 19.06.09\nLetter from Edinburgh 19.06.09 \u00bb\nMore articles about Dellin Inta Da Past", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 124, "original_length": 12394, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 294.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.shulmanrogers.com/news-events/timothy-dugan-serves-as-panelist-for-urban-land-institute-presentation/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:01Z", "digest": "sha1:CO4W4V6EXS4MF56ZXIMDLLV5M6COJF5M", "length": 660, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.shulmanrogers.com", "title": "Timothy Dugan serves as panelist for Urban Land Institute Presentation | Shulman Rogers", "raw_content": "Timothy Dugan serves as panelist for Urban Land Institute Presentation\nOn June 5, 2015, Timothy Dugan, Chair of the Firm\u2019s Land Use Practice Group, served as a panelist for an Urban Land Institute presentation titled \u201cMatching the Project to the Community.\u201d Tim provided his recommendations for navigating a development project through the entitlement processes while maintaining a working relationship with the community and government officials.\nUrban Land Institute is a nonprofit research and education organization with over 35,000 members worldwide representing land use and real estate development disciplines working in both private and public sectors.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 278, "original_length": 7172, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 201.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.sih.net/services/cancer/strong-survivors-program", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:50Z", "digest": "sha1:V3T6YOMTC56EMOYUSGHLIIHDMDSSOL6K", "length": 1492, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.sih.net", "title": "Strong Survivors Program | Southern Illinois Heathcare", "raw_content": "Strong Survivors is a free, 12-week program, provided in conjunction with SIU Carbondale's Department of Kinesiology, help cancer patients and survivors develop an exercise routine and make good, proactive choices about nutrition.\nAny person who has experienced cancer is eligible to participate. You can enter the program at any point following your diagnosis. In addition, one of your caregivers can participate with you.\nTwo classes are taught each year and registration is limited. Classes are located at John A. Logan College at the Community Health Education Complex.\nStrong Survivors Program has three goals:\nShow you the benefits of good nutrition: During the program, we\u2019ll teach you small steps to take each day to make healthy choices and to build new eating habits.\nEncourage regular exercise under the supervision of a cancer exercise specialist: Getting your strength back is important. You will be given specific recommendations that take into account your current level of fitness, treatment issues and any non-cancer related issues you may have. Exercises will include low to moderate intensity resistance, balance, flexibility and aerobic training.\nImprove your quality of life as a cancer survivor: You might be dealing with some side effects of treatment, but we\u2019re here to help answer any questions and provide emotional support. Plus, after 12 weeks, you\u2019ll have a community of new friends who understand what you\u2019re going through.\nContact Dr. Phil Anton at 618-453-313.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 92, "original_length": 3116, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 333.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.silverandsilver.com/2018/11/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:40Z", "digest": "sha1:ALHIXNDGYBLEIFPTNWOURVJKXB5LTHVT", "length": 329, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.silverandsilver.com", "title": "November 2018 - Silver & Silver", "raw_content": "In a recent case victory in Federal Court, attorney Joe Silver of Silver & Silver helped to overturn a Social Security Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) decision to deny Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits to his client, winning her an award of benefits dating back more than four years. Thanks to the efforts of Joe and [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 77, "original_length": 1679, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 142.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.silveremulsion.com/2011/02/10/monster-camp-2007/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:35Z", "digest": "sha1:FPJODLNJFQZ4LYVRJXFW5JRB2AFJUTOT", "length": 5480, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.silveremulsion.com", "title": "Monster Camp (2007) \u00ab Silver Emulsion Film Reviews", "raw_content": "Starring Shane Macomber, Dave Overman, Paul Vorvick, Fern Zimmerman, Rebecca McNamee\nExpectations: Moderate. I hope this isn\u2019t just more of the same.\nMonster Camp takes another, slightly different look at the world of live action role-playing (LARP). The inhabitants of this world are just as enthralled and engrossed in the fictional world they are populating, but they go about it in a wholly different way than the fellows from Darkon. In the grand scheme of things they really aren\u2019t all that different, but the nerd in me has to come out and say, \u201cNo, actually they are fundamentally different.\u201d Before watching Darkon and Monster Camp I had a limited knowledge of this very distinct subculture, but I\u2019m familiar enough with the overall genre through a strong love of computer role-playing games. Due to this, I won\u2019t be able to really boil it down for those firmly entrenched in the LARP forest, but I\u2019ll do my best.\nMonster Camp seeks to relate the story of the LARP players of NERO Seattle, a small chapter doing its best to run games despite being woefully understaffed. The role-players in Monster Camp are of the more traditional variety that you think of when you think of LARP. People in shoddy costumes yelling \u201cLightning Bolt, Lightning Bolt, Lightning Bolt\u201d or \u201c3 Normal, 3 Normal, 3 Normal\u201d. Monster Camp never delves into any of the specific character\u2019s arcs so it is unclear just how deep their fiction is, but from what I could tell, the habitants of Darkon take their shit much, much more seriously.\nWhere the players of NERO Seattle seem focused on remembering a 250 page rulebook whilst trying to have fun, the people of Darkon push and pull endlessly in devious struggles of political intrigue and the specifics of the combat aren\u2019t as prevalent. For instance, no one is yelling damage numbers out in Darkon, which instantly makes the players at NERO Seattle infinitely more nerdy, because there is no way you can play it off as cool when you\u2019re yelling out \u201c13 Nightmare, 13 Nightmare, 13 Nightmare\u201d along with ten other people yelling out their own damage numbers. The question of people calculating and keeping track of all this damage in their heads comes up a couple of times with the target assuring the questioner that they\u2019ve been able to keep up with it. Bullshit. There\u2019s no fucking way. Nerds may be like calculators to some, but pulling that shit off would be fucking superhuman.\nMonster Camp doesn\u2019t benefit from a lot of the things that made Darkon enjoyable. The filmmakers never focus specifically on any one person, with the exception of the game owner Shane and his struggle with the real world stress it is causing. Shane\u2019s struggle is interesting but not enough to keep the film moving, so the focus shifts throughout to briefly tell the stories of a variety of players in the game. Without a moving central story like Darkon, Monster Camp plays more as a look at LARP in general. It informs the newcomer about the game and how it is played and introduces some of the people associated with it.\nThe players here are much less sympathetic though, being a thousand times more nerdy than the nerdiest of Darkon. This lends Monster Camp a much more ridiculous and funny vibe. The mood is still unclear whether the filmmakers are seeking to educate or lampoon, but some of the situations and dialogue that naturally play out become easy parody due to their overwhelming ridiculousness. When one player in full blue-faced makeup laments the loss of the Sea Elf race in-game, she states how the game won\u2019t be the same as trading will be affected and the ships will have a hard time getting in and out of the harbor. It\u2019s hard not to laugh at how genuinely hurt she is by these consequences and all I could think was, \u201cIf only she cared that much about our economy.\u201d\nA couple of people in Darkon talk about how they entered the game because they could not influence the real world in such drastic ways, crushing countries and empires during weekend camp-outs. It\u2019s sad because it\u2019s obvious that if they put the same effort and passion into something more worthwhile, they might actually have an effect on society as a whole. You could argue that they are having an effect on the lives of the other players, but that seems more like enabling thinking than anything else. I was surprised that this theme didn\u2019t really come up in Monster Camp, as it seems like it would be go to mining material within this subculture. There is definitely a look at skewed reality, but for all their nerdiness, the players at NERO Seattle seem to have an overall better grasp on the precepts of reality. It might not seem this way on the surface, but ultimately it feels like the players in Monster Camp view their LARP activities as a game played for fun, where the denizens of Darkon treat the game as an alternate and very meaningful reality. Maybe\u2026 It could just be the two filmmaker\u2019s differing slant during the editing process. In any case, it is interesting to watch and consider these films as companion pieces, even though they were not produced as such.\nMonster Camp is the less pleasing of the two LARP documentaries, but it\u2019s definitely worth your time if you\u2019re at all interested in this unique subculture.\n2000s, Documentary, Fantasy, Movie Reviews, Rating: 2.5 Stars, Will's Reviews 2007, Cullen Hoback, Dave Overman, Fern Zimmerman, LARP, Magic, Paul Vorvick, Rebecca McNamee, Shane Macomber\n\u00ab Mini-Review: The Color of Magic (2008)\nDarkon (2006) \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 137, "original_length": 10965, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 298.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.sjhc.london.on.ca/our-performance/wait-times", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:48Z", "digest": "sha1:KTD62DS5HGEME6P5G5GZUYNNY3475S5S", "length": 1278, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.sjhc.london.on.ca", "title": "Wait Times | St. Joseph's Health Care London", "raw_content": "On October 24, 2005 the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care launched a web site that publishes data on wait times for key surgical procedures at Ontario hospitals. Measuring hospital specific wait-times will give hospitals and the government a fact-and-evidence basis from which we can identify ways to increase efficiency and standardize best practices, and target funding to improve patient access.\nBy visiting the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care's wait times site, Ontarians can see how long patients are waiting for treatment in the five key services that are part of the government's Wait Time Strategy: cataract surgery, cancer surgery, hip and knee replacements, select cardiac procedures and MRI and CT scans.\nWait times are categorized on the website by procedure, hospital and Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) - beginning with data as of July 2005. This information is updated regularly.\nThe public release of this data is a positive step in our efforts to measure and reduce wait times and improve the quality of patient care. Our hospital is working hard to serve our patients well. At St. Joseph's, we have implemented a number of initiatives to help shorten wait times for all procedures and we will continue to evaluate our progress in this regard.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 126, "original_length": 4144, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 196.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/2609B/lots/538", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:46Z", "digest": "sha1:IBZWQA2KXASXGYSOULGUATMWWB24YFMT", "length": 247, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.skinnerinc.com", "title": "American School, 20th Century Early Fall in the Mountains | Sale Number 2609B, Lot Number 538 | Skinner Auctioneers", "raw_content": "American School, 20th Century Early Fall in the Mountains\nEarly Fall in the Mountains\nSigned \"Travis Bishop\" l.l.\nOil on paperboard, 6 x 7 3/4 in. 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These procedures require smaller incisions, which reduces the patient\u2019s pain, requires less medication, and allows the patient to heal more quickly than procedures using traditional surgery. Hospital stays are shorter, allowing the patient to return to his daily routine more quickly. As less area is exposed to the open air the patient has a lower chance of infection. Finally, as less cutting is required, fewer blood transfusions are needed because hemorrhaging is reduced. Traditional surgery requires a different skill set than minimally invasive surgery. The tool at the end of the laparoscopic instrument moves in the opposite direction as the surgeon\u2019s hand motion. The surgeon cannot move organs with his hands and must rely on his instruments, so his dexterity is reduced. The procedure is viewed on a monitor, so the surgeon does not have the ability to see the organs in three dimensions. This creates difficulty for the surgeon difficulty when judging the depth of cuts during the operation.\nResearchers at Arizona State University have developed an upgrade to a laparoscopic simulator currently on the market. The innovation includes adding a software package and video equipment to the system that allows the system to capture video of the training work with computer algorithms that can provide feedback. The feedback tells the trainee where his work can improve. The trainee can compare his training sessions to other students and monitor his improvement. The system will maintain a database of expert surgeon\u2019s work that the trainee can compare to his own work and see where he needs improvement. He can view his sessions as many times as he wishes on the video monitor.\nTraining for diagnostic laparoscopy\nMedical schools that train new physicians\nHospitals to offer continued education\nLower Costs \u2013 Well-trained laparoscopic surgeons are able to perform out-patient surgeries and eliminate hospital stays.\nBetter Results \u2013 Allows physicians to practice surgical skills in a low-risk environment.\nRetrofit \u2013 Innovation may adapt to existing equipment currently on the market.\nDr. Baoxin Li's directory webpage\nBaoxin Li Peng Zhang Qiang Zhang Lin Chen", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 88, "original_length": 4573, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 311.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.slantmagazine.com/blog/links-for-the-day-melissa-anderson-on-kristen-stewart-aziz-ansari-on-donald-trumps-anti-muslim-prejudice-fifty-shades-of-moby-dick-more/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:53:09Z", "digest": "sha1:F6KU6HWNI5OCWCRZIUZIIPNU22TSPOEJ", "length": 5990, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.slantmagazine.com", "title": "Links for the Day: Melissa Anderson on Kristen Stewart, Aziz Ansari on Trump\u2019s Anti-Muslim Prejudice, Fifty Shades of Moby-Dick, & More - Slant Magazine", "raw_content": "Links for the Day: Melissa Anderson on Kristen Stewart, Aziz Ansari on Trump\u2019s Anti-Muslim Prejudice, Fifty Shades of Moby-Dick, & More\n1. \u201cCiao, Bella: Post-Twilight, Kristen Stewart Continues to Astound.\u201d For The Village Voice, critic Melissa Anderson offers an appreciation of the under-appreciated actress.\n\u201cThe Twilight franchise\u2019s advancement of a conservative agenda of one (undead) man, one woman might have been boosted by the fact that Stewart and Pattinson were dating for much of the series\u2019s 2008\u201312 run. But throughout these years, the actress, refusing to be pigeonholed, signed up for projects that complicated the swoony, boy-crazy, high-femme virgin character that was bringing in box office billions. As Joan Jett in The Runaways (2010), Floria Sigismondi\u2019s lush recounting of the rise and fall of the jailbait Seventies rock group, Stewart no longer slinks\u2014she swaggers, strutting not for guys but for girls. She plays the teenage guitarist like a heat-seeking missile, one aimed at Cherie Currie (Dakota Fanning), the bandmate she\u2019s besotted with. Bathed in cherry-bomb-red light, these two share a sultry kiss, the lip-lock initiated by Jett. Stewart\u2019s brilliant baby-dyke bravado in The Runaways, her unabashed lustfulness, reveals an appetite that Twilight tamped down (if not outright forbade). Since that franchise concluded, her characters\u2019 desires, sometimes unconventional, have often been expressed in more oblique, though no less stirring, ways.\u201d\n2. \u201cFifty Shades of Moby-Dick.\u201d Did an illicit love affair give birth to the Great American Novel?\n\u201cWhere other biographers see friends, [Michael Shelden] sees fornicators; instead of affection, he sees infatuation. And since he can\u2019t shake his romance-novel mood, you\u2019ll have to endure sentences such as, \u2019She would always be restless and dreamy, a bright woman with endless curiosity searching for an elusive happiness,\u2019 and the faux-suspenseful query: \u2019She may have been eager to cross the line into adultery, but was he?\u2019 You\u2019ll have to hear of Melville\u2019s lust for a \u2019dreamy realm of lovesick heroes and heroines,\u2019 but it should be tormentingly clear by this point that Shelden himself is the one salivating for such sickness. He believes that Moby-Dick was written for [Sarah] Morewood, \u2019to amaze her, amuse her, and to conquer the world for her,\u2019 and it\u2019s hard to overstate how hokey that is. Worse, he\u2019s consistently inept at handling Melville\u2019s language; the best he can do with Moby-Dick is to say that it has \u2019passages of prose like the best poetry,\u2019 a nonstatement. The writer who won\u2019t be bothered with the integrity of his sentences won\u2019t be bothered with much of anything else either, proof included.\u201d\n3. \u201dThe Shallows Sticks All Too Close to the Surface.\u201d For The New Yorker, Richard Brody on the Jaume Collet-Serra film.\n\u201c[Blake] Lively is perhaps the great melodramatic actress of the current time, but she\u2019s still awaiting her Douglas Sirk. I can think of several candidates, including Amy Seimetz, Alex Ross Perry, and Nathan Silver, who have made exemplary modernist melodramas. I hope to see her appear in films directed by them and other leading, younger filmmakers\u2014filmmakers of discovery, who don\u2019t presume to know what a story is in advance but whose process of filmmaking poses, en route, the question of what the cinema is. Because the history of movie-making shows that it\u2019s only the fruitful synergy of direction and performance that leads movie actors to display the most original and distinctive aspects of their personae.\u201d\n4. \u201cA Conversation with Mel Brooks.\u201d Tablet Magazine\u2019s Ivor Davis chats with the comedy legend, who\u2019s still blazing saddles at age 90.\n\u201cI recently talked to Brooks about his new show and his remarkable career as his landmark 90 birthday\u2014celebrated today\u2014was fast approaching. \u2019These personal appearances brings me back to my first love, which is live theater,\u2019 he told me. \u2019I started on the Borscht Belt in the late 1940s as a drummer and pianist. We did three or four items a week in a musical review. A play, then amateur night. I was always busy onstage doing something. Writing sketches beginning on Broadway in 1952 in a show called New Faces, with Eartha Kitt, Paul Lynde, and Carol Lawrence. I still get goosebumps when a Broadway orchestra strikes up. I am energized by what I do.\u2019\u201d\n5. \u201cWhy Trump Makes Me Scared for My Family.\u201d Aziz Ansari, in an op-ed for The New York Times, on why the presumptive Republican nominee for president makes him afraid for the safety of his family.\n\u201cThe vitriolic and hate-filled rhetoric coming from Mr. Trump isn\u2019t so far off from cursing at strangers from a car window. He has said that people in the American Muslim community \u2019know who the bad ones are,\u2019 implying that millions of innocent people are somehow complicit in awful attacks. Not only is this wrongheaded; but it also does nothing to address the real problems posed by terrorist attacks. By Mr. Trump\u2019s logic, after the huge financial crisis of 2007-08, the best way to protect the American economy would have been to ban white males. According to reporting by Mother Jones, since 9/11, there have been 49 mass shootings in this country, and more than half of those were perpetrated by white males. I doubt we\u2019ll hear Mr. Trump make a speech asking his fellow white males to tell authorities \u2019who the bad ones are,\u2019 or call for restricting white males\u2019 freedoms.\u201d\nVideo of the Day: Xavier Dolan\u2019s It\u2019s Only the End of the World gets a trailer with English subtitles:\nRelated Topics:Aziz Ansariblake livelyDonald Trumpherman melvilleIt's Only the End of the WorldIvor DavisJaume Collet-Serrakristen stewartmel brooksmelissa andersonMichael SheldenMoby-Dickrichard brodySarah MorewoodThe ShallowsXavier Dolan\nLinks for the Day: Angels in America Oral History, Stephanie Zacharek Revisits The Devil Wears Prada, Voyage of Time Trailer, & More\nBAMcinemaFest 2016: Tim Sutton\u2019s Dark Night\nBarbra Streisand Drags Donald Trump in \u201cDon\u2019t Lie to Me\u201d Music Video", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 204, "original_length": 23616, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 337.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.slashfilm.com/leonardo-dicaprio-steve-jobs-movie/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:52Z", "digest": "sha1:BUN4YSDC5DYF6SOOAJUW4V5NHQIE7R3V", "length": 2204, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.slashfilm.com", "title": "Danny Boyle in Talks to Helm Leonardo DiCaprio Steve Jobs Film - /Film", "raw_content": "Danny Boyle in Talks to Direct Steve Jobs Film, Wants Leonardo DiCaprio to Star\nPosted on Monday, April 21st, 2014 by Russ Fischer\nAt one point the Aaron Sorkin-penned Steve Jobs film might have been directed by David Fincher. Unfortunately, Fincher never took the gig due to disagreements over salary and control. That leaves the high-profile project wide open for a director willing to take on the job. Now, Sony may have locked down a very awards-friendly filmmaker: Danny Boyle is now in talks to direct the film. Furthermore, it looks like his star may end up being Leonardo DiCaprio. Steve Jobs doesn\u2019t seem like the most likely role for DiCaprio, but it\u2019s certainly a box-office friendly choice.\nTHR reports that Sony courted Boyle and has the director in talks to helm the picture. The site adds that Boyle has approached his DiCaprio, star of Boyle\u2019s film The Beach, about playing Jobs. There could be a snag, however. DiCaprio recently set up a starring gig in The Revenant for Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu, which is scheduled to shoot in the fall.\nNo deals are set here, so things could change, but a Boyle-directed take on Sorkin\u2019s script would be a very different thing from Fincher\u2019s version. And Sony seems to want to get this moving fast, so there\u2019s a chance that it could go quickly enough to lock in DiCaprio before he has to shoot The Revenant. (Strangely, Boyle looks a lot more like Jobs than DiCaprio does.)\nOtherwise, most of the previously reported details about the project are the same: Sorkin\u2019s script is based on the best-selling Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson. The data we have on Sorkin\u2019s approach is that the script focuses on only three specific points in Jobs\u2019 life, all oriented around pivotal Apple product launches. That report is over a year old, so things could have changed, but in late 2012 the script featured three half-hour real-time sequences set in 1984, at the launch of the first Macintosh; in 1988 with the launch of Jobs\u2019 first post-Apple product the NeXT; and in 2001 for the debut of the iPod.\nScott Rudin is producing, and Guymon Casady and Mark Gordon are also producers.\nCasting, Sony, Aaron-Sorkin, Danny-Boyle, Leonardo-DiCaprio, Steve Jobs", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 4097, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 308.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.slashfilm.com/pixels-release-delayed/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:29Z", "digest": "sha1:3457BT4Q2LWMLH5PTZNYKZRMIKB3J26J", "length": 1983, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.slashfilm.com", "title": "Pixels Release Delayed to July 2015 - /Film", "raw_content": "\u2018Pixels\u2019 Bumped Back to July 2015\nThose four above have a longer walk than they originally thought. Earlier today we had word of one Sony film hitting theaters earlier than planned, as Fury moved from mid-November up to October 17 2014. Now the video game-influenced action/comedy Pixels, based on the short film from Patrick Jean, has been pushed back from May 15, 2015 to July 24, 2015.\nThe film stars Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan, Josh Gad, Peter Dinklage and Brian Cox in a story about aliens who take a few Earthly video feeds in the wrong way, and assume the form of classic video game characters to attack our planet. A weird group of military types and a former video game champ team up to fend off the invaders.\nThe film has been said to be close to Ghostbusters in tone \u2014 in other words, lots of comedy interspersed with big effects-based action sequences.\nWe don\u2019t know the reason for the delay, but this will certainly give the crew more time to work on effects, and that can\u2019t be a bad thing.\nPixels is directed by Chris Columbus from a story by Tim Herlihy, and a screenplay by Herlihy and Timothy Dowling, based on Jean\u2019s original short film of the same name.\nIn Pixels, intergalactic aliens misinterpret video-feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war against them and attack the Earth, using the games as models for their various assaults. President Will Cooper (James) has to call on his childhood best friend, \u201980s video game champion Sam Brenner (Sandler), now a home theater installer, to lead a team of old-school arcaders (Dinklage and Gad) to defeat the aliens and save the planet. Monaghan plays the team\u2019s unique weapons specialist.\nPeter Dinklage and Matt Reeves Unite For Netflix\u2019s \u2018Last Sons of America\u2019\n\u2018Little Monsters\u2019 Review: The Australian Zombie Comedy is a Bloody Laugh Riot [Sundance]\nAction/Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Sony, Video Game, adam-sandler, Chris-Columbus, Josh-Gad, Michelle-Monaghan, Peter-Dinklage, Pixels", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 71, "original_length": 3694, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 320.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.slj.com/?detailStory=march-v-3-sweeps-the-ala-youth-media-awards", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:50Z", "digest": "sha1:WNBNEXW5PU4SZJ2RZ7YEIYDPTPH6FY5M", "length": 1048, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.slj.com", "title": "School Library Journal School Library Journal | March v. 3 sweeps the ALA Youth Media Awards School Library Journal | March v. 3 sweeps the ALA Youth Media Awards", "raw_content": "March v. 3 sweeps the ALA Youth Media Awards\nIn the last few weeks, John Lewis has garnered much media attention for his boycott of the 2017 Presidential inauguration. But today, Lewis is in the news for the multiple awards for the third volume in the March trilogy. This morning, in Atlanta, Georgia the 2017 ALA Youth Media awards were announced the ALA YMA and [\u2026]\nIn the last few weeks, John Lewis has garnered much media attention for his boycott of the 2017 Presidential inauguration. But today, Lewis is in the news for the multiple awards for the third volume in the March trilogy.\nThis morning, in Atlanta, Georgia the 2017 ALA Youth Media awards were announced the ALA YMA and March V. 3 by John Lewis, Andrew Aiden and illustrated by Nate Powell picked up the following awards:\nYalsa Excellence in Nonfiction Award\nIn addition, Lowriders to the Center of the Earth was awarded the Belpre 2017 Illustrator Award and Leave Me Alone! by Vera Brosgol was awarded a Caldecott Honor.\nFor a full list of winners, check out ilovelibraris.org/yma", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 345, "original_length": 8500, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 291.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.smartpropertyinvestment.com.au/finance/15775-rates-set-to-rise-further-in-2017", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:32Z", "digest": "sha1:2TIDV6RJVZZ4NCLNLKD4V4FQFOKZKHFX", "length": 3970, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "www.smartpropertyinvestment.com.au", "title": "Rates set to rise further in 2017 - Smart Property Investment", "raw_content": "Rates set to rise further in 2017\nby John Flavell\nLooking ahead to 2017, a rate rise may be on the cards for Australia.\nThe US Federal Reserve said last year that the recent progress of the economy gave it the impetus it needed to increase the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 0.75 per cent.\nIt also indicated that the federal funds rate could rise by a further 75 basis points throughout 2017 through three separate rate increases.\nThis announcement, combined with the fact that many of Australia\u2019s lenders have started to raise rates across their suite of home loan products, would suggest a cash rate increase by the Reserve Bank of Australia is now more of a possibility than not in 2017.\nThe RBA had previously stated that the easing bias has passed and the latest changes by the US central bank would support this.\nOf course, even if rates rise, it is important for borrowers and potential borrowers to keep in mind that interest rates will still be very low by historical standards.\nAny rate rises are likely to be small, which will help keep the cost of borrowing affordable. As a result, I would expect certain parts of the property market to remain strong.\nProperty prices are driven by four key factors: supply versus demand, the cost of credit, access to credit, and overall employment levels.\nAcross the country, property demand remains relatively strong. In Sydney and Melbourne, the level of stock coming onto the market has fallen over the last 12 months. Listings in Sydney and Melbourne are down 9.4 per cent and 2.9 per cent respectively.\nWhen you combine falling stock levels with clearance rates above 75 per cent, it is clear that demand remains strong in both capital cities.\nDespite the latest spate of interest rate increases, home loan rates remain historically low, keeping the cost of credit at affordable levels.\nAnd while many of Australia\u2019s lenders have tightened their lending policy over the last 12 months, they remain hungry for business in both the owner-occupied and investor space, a trend that will continue as we head into 2017.\nFurthermore, unemployment remains low by long-term standards. Latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistic shows the unemployment rate is currently sitting at 5.7 per cent, which is a positive sign for the economy as a whole.\nWith all of this in mind, I wouldn\u2019t be surprised to see continued growth in property prices across some markets, specifically Sydney and Melbourne. While the level of growth may not be as strong as we have seen in recent years, overall, we can expect to see growth continuing.\nJohn Flavell is the CEO of Mortgage Choice. He first joined the company in April 2015, armed with more than 20 years' experience in executive leadership positions and 15 years' experience in financial services.\nPrior to joining Mortgage Choice, John held several senior executive positions including National Australia Bank's general manager third party distribution and MLC's executive general manager wealth advice.\nJohn has also worked for Aussie Home Loans where he was part of the executive team responsible for the successful transition of the business into mortgage broking, and RAMS Home Loans where he was responsible for managing the southern half of the country and driving brand awareness.\nHe holds a Diploma in applied Finance, a Graduate Certificate in Financial Services, as well as a Certificate IV in Mortgage Broking. In addition, John is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (FAICD).\nIn his role at Mortgage Choice, John is responsible for managing the company's operations to ensure continued business growth and development, encouraging 'blue ocean' thinking with a focus on customer acquisition, product diversification, improving productivity and increasing profitability and market share.\nTop tips for reaching your property goals faster\n5 ways to achieve your financial goals in 2017\nYoung, affluent borrowers most exposed to rate rises", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 253, "original_length": 8730, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 220.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.solarelectricsupply.com/solar-panels/mitsubishi", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:41:46Z", "digest": "sha1:HXGIPZGRSJRUFPFSBTSZQZX5ANWYDOYG", "length": 1136, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.solarelectricsupply.com", "title": "Mitsubishi PV Modules", "raw_content": "Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has created a legacy of innovation and achievement in the field of electrical technology since their foundation in 1921. They manufacture or revolutionized just about anything that has electricity running through it.\nAs a large-scale manufacturer of electrical and electronic components and products, one with enormous ongoing research and development programs, Mitsubishi is making the breakthroughs that are leading the world towards a more energy-efficient future.\nSolar power is an integral part of this future. Mitsubishi is a true pioneer in the solar electric field. This is because Mitsubishi has been working on the technology since the 1970s, when they made their first solar modules to provide power to satellites. If you can imagine how durable and reliable PV modules need to be to withstand the hot and cold extremes of outer space, you can get an idea of how well Mitsubishi solar panels work right here at home.\nRead More About Mitsubishi Solar Panels ...\nMitsubishi 185 Watt Solar Panel PV-UD185MF5\nMitsubishi 125 Watt Solar Panel PV-UE125MF5N\nMitsubishi 120 Watt Solar Panel PV-MF120EC4", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 259, "original_length": 6520, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 271.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.southbayresort.ca/pet-policy.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:55Z", "digest": "sha1:6FA56SBTRFM4QYCT4V2OSXUFQQAXDYWD", "length": 3195, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "www.southbayresort.ca", "title": "Pet Policy - South Bay Resort Manitoulin Island Campground & Cabins", "raw_content": "We understand that your pet is part of the family and an important part of your holiday.\nTo ensure the safety and happiness of all our park guests we have instituted certain policies and procedures regarding your pet to be followed during your entire stay with us.\nAny contravention of applicable statutes, laws, or regulations respecting the welfare of the animals will be reported to the proper authorities.\n\u2022 Collars and leashes must be brought.\n\u2022 The use of carriers and cages are highly recommended.\n\u2022 Dogs are required to have had all of their shots and should be free of fleas and ticks.\nPLEASE NOTE: Biting or aggressive dogs are not allowed, regardless of muzzle guard or cage.\n\"Pet Policy\" to be signed at check-in\n1. Cabins Rentals:\na. There is an additional charge of $20.00 for cabin rentals. (Max. 2 pets per room)\nb. All pets are required to check-in at the Front Desk upon arrival at the property! Failure to notify the office at check-in of bringing a pet on property will result in possible eviction from the property and a surcharge of $ 50.00 added to your cabin bill in addition to the $20.00 pet fee.\nc. The management advises against leaving your pet unattended but if the need should arise, we ask you to notify the front desk and leave a telephone number that you may be reached at in case of emergency or noise complaints.\nd. As the registered guest you are financially responsible for any possible damages caused by the pet including lost potential income. You are also responsible for any excessive and / or exceptional cleaning charges. This includes, but is not limited to pet odors, pet stains and excessive hair.\n2. Pets must be on their LEASH at ALL times.\na. The leash should not exceed 2 metres (6 feet) in length.\nb. The pet is to be properly controlled under adult supervision\nc. Do not let your pet use unoccupied spaces as \u201cDog Runs\u201d.\n3. Designated pet swimming area is located at the far end of the bay near the public beach/park.\n4. Please carry equipment necessary to clean up after your pet.\na. Disposable bags are available from the Front Desk and are to be disposed of in any of the outside garbage receptacles only.\nb. Any guest, not picking up after their pet, when caught will be fined $50.00.\n5. Pets should never be allowed to make noise that could disturb others\na. You will be given an opportunity to eliminate any noise complaints from other guests. In the event you are unable to satisfy this clause you will be asked to leave the property and could be financially responsible for any and all costs associated with appeasing the guest complaints.\n6. It is the strict policy of this property to have any guest bringing a pet, that this form be signed and adhered to. If you are uncomfortable in signing this form (at check-in), then we are sorry, but we will be unable to accommodate you.\nI have read and I agree to adhere to this pet policy and all its terms outlined.\nGuest Signature _____________________________________\nDate: ______________________________________________\nThis will help ensure that everyone has an enjoyable vacation...including your pet. Families who fail to comply with the pet rules will be asked to leave the resort.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 3565, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 198.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.sovereignman.com/finance/do-i-have-to-report-my-offshore-gold-10521/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:47Z", "digest": "sha1:LBR62YEORPAI5PEBD6VTAYA57AUAHIEG", "length": 3548, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.sovereignman.com", "title": "Do I have to report my offshore gold\u2026? | Sovereign Man", "raw_content": "Do I have to report my offshore gold\u2026?\nLet\u2019s do a little math problem today.\nAs you probably know, in 2010 the US government passed one of the most arrogant, destructive, poorly conceived pieces of legislation in history, now known as the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA).\nFATCA heaps all sorts of reporting requirements on US taxpayers with foreign financial accounts. This is in ADDITION to form TDF 90-22.1, which is due to the Treasury Department each year by June 30th, and IRS form 1040 schedule B.\n(Nothing says \u2018government\u2019 like passing along the same information on different forms to the same department multiple times\u2026)\nAnother major provision of the law requires ALL financial institutions on the PLANET to share personal customer information with Uncle Sam.\nThe hubris is overwhelming. Imagine what would happen if the Chinese government passed a law requiring US banks to share customer information with Beijing. People would go nuts. But in the Land of the Free, it\u2019s normal. Crazy.\nIt gets worse. FATCA was a mere 18 pages of poorly worded legislation that failed to define critical terms. For example, two terms that are used over and over again are \u201cforeign financial institution\u201d and \u201cforeign financial account\u201c.\nThe terms are ambiguous, to say the least. Does an account with an offshore gold depository like GoldMoney constitute a foreign financial account? Does a Swiss insurance company constitute a foreign financial institution? It\u2019s not intuitively obvious.\nCongress solved this problem in the most confusing way; they use the terms to define each other. It\u2019s like saying, \u201cWhat\u2019s a dog? The opposite of a cat\u2026 OK, so what\u2019s a cat? The opposite of a dog.\u201d\nNeedless to say, this \u201cwho\u2019s on first\u201d legislation sent shockwaves through the global banking system. Many banks simply dropped US customers, erroneously believing that it would get them off the hook from having to abide by this bizarre, destructive law.\nEnter the IRS.\nAfter the law was passed in 2010, it became the responsibility of the IRS to figure out Congress\u2019s intent in implementing FATCA. It has taken them nearly THREE YEARS to do so, and they will be releasing the final regulations next week.\nSo here\u2019s the math problem: How many pages of regulations did the IRS issue? I\u2019ll show you using the special arithmetic that only exists in government\u2014\n18 pages of law + 33 months x 1 government agency (IRS) = X\nThe answer is a mind numbing 544 pages\u2026\nUnbelievable, no? Eighteen pages of law turn into 544 pages of regulation.\nWhat\u2019s more, in all of those 544 pages, there is not a single mention of the words, \u201cgold\u201d, \u201csilver\u201d, or \u201cprecious metals\u201d. So there\u2019s still quite a bit of mystery with respect to the question, \u201cDo I have to report my offshore gold\u2026?\u201d\nI\u2019m still having my team go through the rules; after an initial read, though, the language of the regulation does suggest that custodial gold institutions (like GoldMoney, etc.) should be reported. Offshore safety deposit boxes (like Das Safe) do not.\nHere\u2019s the bright side of all this nonsense: now that the rules are finally settled, it\u2019s now going to be much, much easier for US taxpayers to open foreign bank accounts.\nOver the past three years, the opacity of FATCA was too risky for banks. Today, while the final rules are cumbersome, they\u2019re at least settled. So the banks know how to operate.\nI\u2019m hearing from a number of overseas banker contacts, from Singapore to Panama to Malta, that they\u2019re once again opening their doors to US customers. More to follow on this development.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 139, "original_length": 7670, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 247.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.sp-bx.com/chapter-verse-quest-inspiration-religious-experience-artists/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:44Z", "digest": "sha1:VWEFXTZ26R6GX2SH4VSCV75LSEMECI5K", "length": 6447, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "www.sp-bx.com", "title": "Chapter and Verse: The Quest for Inspiration is a Religious Experience for Artists - Soapbox", "raw_content": "Chapter and Verse: The Quest for Inspiration is a Religious Experience for Artists\nFebruary 20, 2017 February 20, 2017 Sara Holt 0 Comments Art, creative, educational, nonfiction, Photography, writing\nSara Holt is an award winning, internationally published and collected artist. Sara's work has been featured on MSN, and The IFC Film Channel as well as numerous magazines, websites, and private collections. She is an internationally collected and published artist and writer. Her company Dimensions and Destinations: The Art of Sara Holt has a vast online presence with prints, original paintings, podcasts, and more. Now, Sara has taken her space, scifi, and nature themed spray paint art to the next level with RageOn and her new fashion line. Official site of Satellite Streetwear.\nLatest posts by Sara Holt (see all)\nExperience Can\u2019t Be Tweeted: The Disposable Nature of Digital Life - February 28, 2017\nChapter and Verse: The Quest for Inspiration is a Religious Experience for Artists - February 20, 2017\nGood Morning, World! \u2013 Sara Holt - February 16, 2017\nInspiration. Where does an artist find it and how do we keep it around? I can only speak for myself and a handful of artist friends when it comes to the quest for inspiration. I\u2019ve been an artist in one form or another since I was a teenager. Finding inspiration has never been too difficult for me. I have little rituals I do when I want to recharge my soul fire.\nOne of my favorite rituals to keep the fires of inspiration burning is to rent some really good off-beat movies like The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Rushmore, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, older Ralph Bakshi works, and/or Blade Runner. Those are just some examples of the kinds of films I enjoy and that help me to stay centered in a world of discovery and inspiration. When I\u2019m searching for inspiration I always turn to older movies. New movies are okay but cinema from the 70\u2019s, 80\u2019s, and 90\u2019s can\u2019t be beat in my opinion especially, when I\u2019m looking to be inspired. So, I watch my movies, take time trips in the mind to different points in life, listen to music. When I watch the movies I can get lost in a scene, a song, a person, a face, an emotion and that\u2019s usually where the inspiration kicks in for me. It\u2019s a lot like falling in love. You have zero control over whether or not it happens, it\u2019s hard to describe, you know it when you feel it, and you hope that it hangs around.\nCosmic Reign- My Latest Fractal Space Art\nI made this with a layered photo process effect in my Android phone. This phone has an amazing camera and it only cost 9.99. Awesome deal.\nWhen you are lucky enough to get inspired you feel invigorated. The only thing that even comes close for me is being in love. These are the two highest and best emotional states a human can attain, in my opinion. The feeling that courses through my veins when I\u2019m inspired is electric. I\u2019m in a good period of inspiration at the moment. I\u2019m not quite bouncing off the walls because I\u2019ve been at this long enough that I know how to temper my excitement to stay grounded and still be able to get into my work.\nThis is a layered shot I took while I was out and about. The great thing about taking shots from inside your car is all the lens flare. I added a cartoon type filter from my phone.\nIt truly can be a religious type of experience for artists when they\u2019re inspired. It\u2019s an adrenaline rush, a head trip, it\u2019s like an organic machine that takes over and works through the artist. Inspiration is a powerful thing. It can send you into a panic attack if you aren\u2019t used to it happening to you. The art an artist creates while in the throws of inspiration is always leaps ahead of any work they forced themselves to make. Trying to make anything creative is difficult and even more so when you can\u2019t get inspired. I have had days, like all artists, where I force myself to do work even though I\u2019m not really feeling the inspired urge. When you are doing your art as your main career you feel you have to attempt to make something, anything, to keep going in your business. The experience of inspired working conditions is always preferred.\nIf you find an artist that you can relate to and have some things in common with them that can be an excellent source of inspiration. I always felt a kindred connection to Jean-Michel Basquiat. I like to watch, Basquiat, his biopic for inspiration. He wanted to get his work out to the world, be on top of the art industry, garner attention for his talents and at the same time he was painfully shy, introverted, and naive. He loved to listen to jazz while he painted and I can certainly relate to him on that level. Painting to music is one of the best ways to produce awesome art. It sets a tone and rhythm that helps the creative process.\nIt\u2019s important for an artist to stay inspired in their work and life. I\u2019ve always got to be engaged in some project that holds excitement for me or I\u2019m just not jazzed about the day. I like the idea and process of getting up in the morning and picking a goal or action that can help me accomplish something with my art. Just like any other aspect of life if you\u2019re excited about the project, you\u2019re on the right track.\nOn a side note, I did a podcast to go with this article but am having a lot of technical problems. I\u2019ll be fixing those problems this weekend and uploading podcasts and links to them to accompany future articles. It\u2019s just how it goes. I recorded my talk, put it together in iMovie, and it\u2019s just too big a file. I use a system of several different phones, iPad, and a clone computer that is basic at best. It\u2019s challenging to get it all together but I manage to accomplish my goals. It just takes a little extra time. I stayed up late last night trying to solve my technical problems. All in all, I spent about 8 hours working on that podcast. It\u2019s the best one I\u2019ve done so it was frustrating that I couldn\u2019t get it working last night. I will have it in working order soon. I\u2019ll just have to split it into two separate files so it can be uploaded.\nTime to get back to work. When you\u2019re an artist you make your own hours. I\u2019m always busy at my business. Stay inspired!\n\u2190 New & note-worthy additions to Netflix over the last week 14/2-20/2\nSelf-guided Harry Potter Walking Tour around London \u2192\nChapter and Verse: The Qu\u2026\nby Sara Holt time to read: 4 min\nArt Experience Can\u2019t Be Tweeted: The Disposable \u2026\nArt Good Morning, World! \u2013 Sara Holt", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 203, "original_length": 10276, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 283.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.sphenopalatineganglionblocks.com/tag/surgical-anesthesia/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:07Z", "digest": "sha1:DYYGTHQRS4KIXFQJRQGYSLVN2JHAVFFS", "length": 84, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.sphenopalatineganglionblocks.com", "title": "Surgical anesthesia Archives - Sphenopalatine Ganglion - SPG Blocks Chicago", "raw_content": "Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as \u201cSurgical anesthesia\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 129, "original_length": 27370, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 197.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.sportdurst.com/blog/video/tags/Dodge/index.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:56Z", "digest": "sha1:3FGXXBCVZRWMM56YA4EB7PTNUASGL3WZ", "length": 1630, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.sportdurst.com", "title": "dodge Blog Post List | Sport Durst Automotive Group", "raw_content": "New Dodge Journey Durham NC 27707\nGet excited about the 2018 Dodge Journey. Under the hood you'll find a 4 cylinder engine with more than 170 horsepower, providing a smooth and predictable driving experience. It's equipped with tons of terrific amenities, but it won't\u2026\nOutstanding design defines the 2019 Dodge Charger. This 4 door, 5 passenger sedan is waiting for you to take home! It features an automatic transmission, rear-wheel drive, and a refined 6 cylinder engine. Comfort and convenience were prioritized within, evidenced by\u2026\nCome test drive this 2019 Dodge Charger. This 4 door, 5 passenger sedan offers the latest in technological innovation and style. It features an automatic transmission, rear-wheel drive, and a refined 6 cylinder engine. Top features include cruise control, delay-off headlights\u2026\nDiscerning drivers will appreciate the 2018 Dodge Journey. It features a front-wheel-drive platform, an automatic transmission, and a 2.4 liter 4 cylinder engine. Top features include remote keyless entry, adjustable headrests in all seating positions, front bucket seats, front dual-zone\u2026\nLoad your family into the 2018 Dodge Journey. Smooth gearshifts are achieved thanks to the 2.4 liter 4 cylinder engine, and for added security, dynamic Stability Control supplements the drivetrain. Dodge prioritized fit and finish as evidenced by: 1-touch window\u2026\nClimb inside the 2018 Dodge Journey. Smooth gearshifts are achieved thanks to the 2.4 liter 4 cylinder engine, and for added security, dynamic Stability Control supplements the drivetrain. Top features include a split folding rear seat, front and rear reading\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 209, "original_length": 7635, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 332.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.standishsearch.com/2018/06/28/standish-executive-search-finds-change-agent-for-killeen-manufacturing-and-security-products-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:26Z", "digest": "sha1:LVQSAJXQN4RJLSX5UZXL7Q3SDCIJF3ND", "length": 2237, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.standishsearch.com", "title": "Howes Lubricator Welcomes New VP of Marketing - Standish Executive Search LLC", "raw_content": "Providence, Rhode Island \u2013 North Kingstown-based Howes Lubricator worked with Business Succession & Growth Expert Standish Executive Search in Providence to select a new Vice President of Marketing. A broad national search was conducted over the last several months to identify the ideal candidate for this executive role leading to the hiring of Phil Colacchio of Barrington. Colacchio will lead product and marketing strategies for the 98 year old company.\n\u201cStandish Executive Search worked with Howes Lubricator to find the candidate that would have a similar customer-focused approach, combined with the ability to obtain results in moving the company toward its sales and growth objectives,\u201d said Kelley Small, Principal of Standish Executive Search. \u201cWe recommended Phil Colacchio to Howes Lubricator based on his strong track record in both sales and marketing coupled with his hands-on approach.\u201d\nColacchio is a strategist with fifteen years of experience in marketing, most recently as Director of Global Marketing for Titleist Golf Gear. His strategic planning abilities are complemented by a strong consideration and understanding of consumer value creation and entrepreneurial spirit. Prior work includes companies such as Newell Rubermaid and ACCO Brands among others. He is a graduate of the University of Vermont.\n\u201cWe are thrilled to have Phil Colacchio join our team, and we believe his track record of success speaks to his ability to bring about measurable results for Howes Lubricator,\u201d said Erika Howes, Vice President of Business Development at Howes Lubricator. \u201cAs a 98-year old company, we are constantly striving to find new ways to serve our customers, and Standish really understood that we were looking for someone who would fit into our culture while also helping us to grow our revenue and profitability. We are confident Standish has found the right person to help us grow our business.\u201d\nFounded in 1920 by Wendell V.C. 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Welcome!\nFounder - Phasya\nProfessor Jacques VERLY, now honorary, is with the Faculty of Applied Sciences (i.e. School of Engineering, which he has been the Vice-Dean of) and, specifically, with its Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, also known as the Institut Montefiore.\nShenjing Space\n12F, T2, Ali Center, 3331 Keyuan South Road, Nanshan District", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 125, "original_length": 9605, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 252.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2018/08/284876.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:13Z", "digest": "sha1:2QH4R7F3ESD4WGGJZSU4QP5N7G6YJXT3", "length": 3145, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.state.gov", "title": "Remarks at the U.S.-ASEAN Ministerial", "raw_content": "Remarks at the U.S.-ASEAN Ministerial\nSECRETARY POMPEO: Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Minister. It\u2019s an honor to co-chair this ministerial meeting with you. It\u2019s my first meeting as well. I\u2019m delighted to participate in this first engagement here with U.S.-ASEAN, and it\u2019s great to be back in Singapore.\nI would like to thank you, Foreign Minister Balakrishnan, for Singapore\u2019s warm welcome, both here and back in June, and for its leadership as this year\u2019s ASEAN chair.\nOn behalf of the United States, let me also offer my condolences to the people of Laos for the loss of life and devastation caused by the dam breach. The U.S. Government is providing assistance to respond to this disaster, and we welcome the support already provided by the ASEAN Humanitarian Assistance Center. I would also like to express my condolences to Indonesia, where a powerful earthquake struck; and to Myanmar, for the casualties suffered in recent flooding and landslides.\nThe United States is a Pacific nation, and we remain committed to ASEAN centrality under our Indo-Pacific strategy. Earlier this week, on Monday, I gave remarks on the Indo-Pacific and announced new United States commitments to the region. This included a $113 million down payment on a new era in U.S. economic commitment to peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific.\nLast year, we celebrated ASEAN\u2019s 50th anniversary, as well as 40 years of U.S.-ASEAN relations. We look forward to broadening and deepening our Strategic Partnership.\nOver the first year and a half of this administration, President Trump attended his first U.S.-ASEAN Summit and the East Asia Summit in Manila; Vice President Pence visited the ASEAN Secretariat; and numerous cabinet secretaries traveled to the region, including my own recent travel to Vietnam. I expect and am eager for this frequent engagement to continue.\nOur economic engagement has created hundreds of thousands of jobs on both sides of the Pacific. ASEAN is the number one destination for U.S. investment in Asia and ASEAN member-states have increased their investment into the United States by over 1,300 percent between 2004 and 2016. Our policy cooperation on issues like ICT, energy, transportation, and agriculture is also developing rapidly.\nOn security, we appreciate ASEAN\u2019s ongoing efforts to promote peace and stability in the region, support the rule of law in the South China Sea, and to strictly enforce sanctions on North Korea. We are also working with ASEAN member-states to counter the threat of terrorism and violent extremism in the region.\nIn terms of ASEAN\u2019s socio-cultural issues, we are building capacity among ASEAN\u2019s youth, building opportunities for women, and working to improve disaster response and promote a healthy marine ecosystem. Our cooperation to jointly address cybersecurity challenges has also expanded, and we appreciated ASEAN\u2019s leaders\u2019 first-ever cyber statement in April.\nAgain, Mr. Minister, ASEAN colleagues, it\u2019s a great pleasure to be with you here today. 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He received a B.A. in Finance from the University of Oklahoma and a Masters of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Rodney enjoys Jesus, family, a good book, catching big bass, and tennis. He is married to Laura, and they have two daughters, Hannah and Eva, and a son, Caleb.\n@rodneyhobbs\n@rhobbs7\nRyan Kearns executive pastor\nRyan Kearns got his bachelors in Political Science and Philosophy at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. He met his wonderful wife, Crystal, in college and got married in 2004. Shortly after getting married, they moved to Denver Colorado where Ryan got his Masters of Divinity with an emphasis in Leadership from Denver Seminary. From there, Ryan helped re-plant a church in Denver before moving to Seattle to serve in multiple roles at Mars Hill Church. Before coming to Stonegate Church, Ryan planted a church in Seattle. When not at church, Ryan loves to go for a run, eat BBQ and travel. Ryan and Crystal have two incredibly funny and curious little girls named Grace and Emma. They love getting outdoors as a family and going on adventures.\n@@Ryan_Kearns\nKevin Hill pastor of care\nKevin joined the Stonegate staff in September 2014. He grew up in Arlington, TX and at age 20, left for Santa Cruz, CA to attend Bethany Bible College. While in California, he became a full time evangelist and traveled to 42 states and 8 countries preaching the gospel. He was privileged to speak at seven Billy Graham Associate Crusades giving his testimony and ministering to the youth. Kevin moved back to Texas in 1993. Since then, he has served in a bi-vocational capacity as youth pastor and singles pastor. God has birthed in him a great passion for reaching the lost and making His name known. He is married to Elizabeth (who has the biggest heart of anyone he has ever met!) He is blessed to have two sons, Justin and Grant.\n@k28hill\nJimmy Needham worship pastor\nSince 2005 Jimmy has been a full time recording artist, working to make the gospel rhyme around the world. He serves in the worship ministry at Stonegate, equipping and developing worship leaders to hone their craft and know their God. Jimmy is married to Kelly Needham, and they have two daughters, and one son.\n@jimmyneedham\nTony Robinson groups director\nTony is a Houston native and proud graduate of the University of Texas at Austin where he received his B.S. in Petroleum Engineering in 2009. It was in the show choir at UT that he met his beautiful and loving wife Sarah, and their family now includes their one son Malachi. Tony has also received his MDiv from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 2012 to deepen his understanding and love for God as well as to better equip himself to equip the saints. His three passions are family, teaching, and music, and he enjoys fantasy football, soccer, traveling, tutoring math and musical theater. He feels so blessed to be given the opportunity to serve alongside an incredible team to minister to and equip the people the Lord has brought to Stonegate.\nGeoff Mills groups & care associate\nGeoff received his bachelors from Texas A&M University in 2009 and soon after moved overseas to the mission field for two years in Eurasia. While there Geoff developed a passion for the underground Church and for the role of discipleship and Christian community that takes place in homes. After returning in 2012 Geoff worked in the business world for five years all while serving in several roles at Stonegate on a volunteer basis. Geoff joined the staff of Stonegate in early 2018 and has a passion to see Jesus made much of through discipleship, multiplication and pastoral care. He married his wife Shelby in June of 2016 and they have one daughter, Penelope, who was born in April of 2017.\nJeff Garner student ministry director\nJeff joined the Stonegate staff in 2014. He grew up in Plano, TX and graduated from Ouachita Baptist University with a degree in Biblical Studies. He is currently finishing a Master of Divinity at Southwestern Seminary. He came to Stonegate from Prestonwood Baptist Church, where he served for 3 years as Student Minister; having previously led for 2 years in Houston in the same capacity. Jeff has been in full-time student ministry going on 9 years and he can\u2019t imagine doing anything else! Don\u2019t be surprised if you hear the students call him, \u201cJuice\u201d. He loves to take that nickname from his college football days into his passion for preaching the Gospel. Juice has a passion to make Jesus known, and see others find their joy in the work of Christ. He wholeheartedly believes that students are the most influential generation on the planet, and he desires to tap into that influence to see it unleashed for the glory of God. He has been married to his drop-dead gorgeous wife, Sarah, for 8 years, and they have 2 beautiful daughters, Mclane and Stella.\n@jeffjuicegarner\nLisa Mitchell kids' ministry director\nLisa Mitchell earned her bachelor\u2019s degree in Elementary Education from Southern Nazarene University. During her 21 years as a public-school educator, she taught 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grades, including 6 years as a bilingual teacher. Lisa stayed home for several years when her kids were young, but even during her time away from the classroom, she still continued educating children by teaching for a homeschool co-op and conducting Spanish classes out of her home. Lisa spent the last 10 years of her teaching career working for Midlothian ISD, earning the title of \u201cMt. Peak Teacher of the Year\u201d during her last year on staff. Lisa and her amazing husband, Kyle, were married in 1997. They have four incredible children: Makenzie, Ian, Caed and Braedan. When she\u2019s not playing Taxi Mom or sitting in the stands watching her kids\u2019 band performances, Lisa enjoys Bible journaling and scrapbook planning. All these things are made even more enjoyable if she has a mug of coffee in her hand!\nJansen McDonald orphan care director & groups associate\nJansen McDonald\nJansen has been a member at Stonegate since 2013 and on staff since August 2017. He met his amazing wife, Emily, during his undergrad at Dallas Baptist University and got married in April 2018. Jansen has a Bachelor\u2019s in Psychology from DBU and a Master's in Social Work with an emphasis in Children and Family from the University of Texas at Arlington. God has given Jansen a passion for serving vulnerable populations, especially the orphaned. In 2015, Jansen spent 5 months serving an orphanage in Uganda. He's also worked in areas of mental health, homeless outreach, and refugee resettlement. In his spare time, Jansen loves running, being on the lake, visiting National Parks, and coffee.\nBrandon Bergvall director of assimilation & young adults\nBrandon Bergvall\nBrandon joined Stonegate in January of 2018. He is married to Lauren and they have three children: Quinn, Madden & Lincoln. Brandon received his undergraduate in Advertising at the University of Texas at Arlington, and he is currently completing his Masters of Divinity at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Prior to coming on staff at Stonegate, Brandon was the Pastor to Students at The Community at Lakeridge and before that the Area Director for Younglife in Mansfield. He has a passion sharing the Gospel, his family and woodworking. Brandon and his family are planning to enter the mission field later this year to start a church planting movement in San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica.\nCourtlin Murphy band director\nCourtlin Murphy\nCourtlin Murphy has been serving at Stonegate since August, 2017. He is the founder and co-owner of B.I.T.I. Entertainment and has been playing piano and directing bands since 2006. He is a loving husband to Shae and a very proud father of 2 beautiful children, Princeton and Abrielle.\nDaniel Boterf student ministry associate\nDaniel Boterf\nDaniel joined the Stonegate Staff in 2018. He grew up in Mississippi before moving to the great state of Texas his freshman year of high school. He graduated from Dallas Baptist University with a degree in Business Administration and is currently working on a Master of Arts in Leadership at DBU. Daniel started attending Stonegate in the fall of 2013, started serving in the student ministry in 2014, and graduated from the Worship Residency in 2016. He enjoys music, good food, anything outdoors, competitive board games, and football. He has seen God move in incredible ways in his own life. His main desire is to see students come to know and grow in Jesus.\n@@danielboterf\nEvan Bialk ministry coordinator of operations\nEvan Bialk\nEvan joined the Stonegate staff in January 2017. He holds an Associates Degree in Emergency Management and a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Political Science from the University of Memphis and is currently completing his Master of Theology (ThM) from Dallas Theological Seminary. Evan served in the Air Force for 5 years before being called into ministry. He married his amazing wife, Kelly, in 2011. They have three kids Evan Jr., Lily Grace, and Faith. Evan loves Jesus, spending time with his family, being outdoors, and reading.\n@EvanBialk\n@ebialk\nAmy Beth Powell childrens ministry associate\nAmy Beth Powell\nAmy Beth received a B.S. in Interdisciplinary Studies and taught first grade for several years before she married her husband, Nick. After getting married, she joined him on staff with Avant Ministries serving at a Bible camp near Juneau, Alaska. In 2016, they moved back to Texas and began attending Stonegate. Amy Beth has a passion for young children and a deep desire to see them give their lives to Jesus! She enjoys spending quality time with her family, being at the beach and cooking.\nCortni Henke preschool ministry associate\nCortni Henke\nCortni joined the Stonegate staff in March 2017, and has been part of the Stonegate family since 2012. She and her husband, Adam, have 3 beautiful children; Braden, Avery, and Brewer. Cortni graduated from Abilene Christian University in 2001 with a degree in Elementary Education and has spent the past 15 years teaching. She is passionate about teaching children, and is praying that Stonegate's preschool ministry will lay a strong foundation for many to come to know and love Jesus!\nBrandon Vaughn kids ministry director's assistant\nBrandon joined the Stonegate staff in December of 2017. He is working on his Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education and a minor in Children\u2019s Ministry with Dallas Baptist University. Prior to joining Stonegate, Brandon was the Children\u2019s Ministry intern for The Church On Rush Creek and First Baptist Grand Prairie. Brandon has a deep love for seeing children come to understand who Jesus is, to see families restored by the power of the gospel, and loves orphan care. He enjoys reading, spending time with friends, and going on fun adventures.\nJessica Wiseman care associate\nJessica joined Stonegate's staff in July 2013. She and her husband, Lincoln, married in November 2013. After receiving her bachelor degree from Texas Tech University, she went on to receive her Master's degree in Counseling from Dallas Baptist University. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor and practiced for over 5 years at Christian Counseling of Mansfield prior having her beautiful daughter, Tessa, in November of 2017. Jessica also has a precious son, Obed, that she and her husband are in the process of adopting from Haiti. Jessica has a passion for adoption and foster care, missions (particularly Uganda and South Sudan), and counseling from the Word of God. Jessica strongly desires to use the skills and experiences she has been gifted with for the benefit of all those placed in her life.\n@jessrwiseman\nMark Duckworth technology and facilities director\nMark Duckworth\nMark joined the Stonegate Staff in 2017. He is passionate about seeing people\u2019s lives changed through the power of the gospel. He has many years of experience in IT, audio video, facilities management and church planting. Mark and his wife, Pam, are native Texans and have three children and seven grandchildren.\nCarly Skinner executive assistant\nCarly Skinner\nCarly joined the Stonegate staff in September 2018, and has been part of the Stonegate family since 2013. She and her husband, Cody, have 3 wonderful children; Gunner, Titus, and Pacey. Carly graduated from Dallas Baptist University in 2011 with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies and has spent the past 7 years working from home for various online ministries and small businesses. Carly is passionate about adoption, the written word, and utilizing today's fast paced social media world for the advancement of God's everlasting kingdom.\nCaitlin Carpenter executive assistant\nCaitlin is passionate about seeing her community awakened to the Truth of God and the powerful active work of the Holy Spirit in our daily lives. She believes in the local church and the missional role that we play in seeing the lost found. A few of Caitlin\u2019s favorite things are traveling, delicious coffee, laughing to EllenTube, and hanging out with friends and family.\nSheri Lee worship ministry admin\nSheri joined the Stonegate staff in July 2017. She grew up in Oklahoma, moving to Texas during her high school years. In 2003, she began serving as a worship leader for a local church, developing many programs to reach the community through music. Sheri has been involved in worship ministry for many years and God has grown in her a deep passion to share with others who God is and why worshiping Him is so important. Besides loving music, Sheri enjoys reading and spending time with her husband of 29 years, Joe, and their 3 beautiful girls.\nDerek Kimes church planting resident\nDerek Kimes\nDerek earned his bachelors of Arts degree in Biblical Studies from Dallas Baptist University in 2010. While at DBU he met Rachel and they got married shortly after graduation. After eight years of student ministry the Lord has given him a passion and excitement about Church planting. Derek and Rachel have adventurous twin boys and a sweet daughter Joanna. Derek is currently finishing his Masters of Divinity at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He enjoys Jesus, time with family and friends, playing board games, and hunting.\nBre Chilcote worship intern\nBre Chilcote\nBre has been a member of Stonegate since 2015 and joined Stonegate staff August 2018. She is a graduate of Dallas Baptist University where she studied music. She has been leading worship for 9 years and has deep passion for seeing the Lord's people stirred to sing His praises. The past two years, she taught middle school and high school students the fine arts subject of worship at Covenant Christian Academy and enjoys seeing the development of worship leaders. She enjoys time well-spent with friends, watching a well-made movie, and reading Harry Potter.\nHannah Malkey worship intern\nHannah Malkey\nHannah has been a member of Stonegate since 2015, and she came onto staff in January. Recently, she graduated from DBU with a degree in music. Hannah is passionate about seeing God reveal Himself to His people and seeing people restored as they fall deeper in love with Him, and she feels led to facilitate this in the place of worship. She loves hearing peoples\u2019 stories, watching good movies, reading books, dance parties, and drinks too much coffee.\nChris Sommerfield groups intern\nChris Sommerfield\nChris has been a member of Stonegate since 2016. He earned his bachelor\u2019s degree in Aerospace Engineering from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, AZ in 2006. He met his amazing wife while in college and they now have 3 crazy boys and a sweet baby girl. Chris joined the Air Force and served in the Air Force for 10 years as a pilot before stepping out in faith to serve more in ministry. He is currently finishing his Masters of Theology at Dallas Theological Seminary where his passion for helping people move into a deeper relationship with Jesus and their community is continually growing.\nAndrew Guillory groups intern\nAndrew Guillory\nAndrew grew up in Atascocita, Texas, and moved to Dallas in the Fall of 2015. He is currently in his final semester at Dallas Baptist University and will be graduating with a Bachelor's in Business Administration and a Minor in Music. He has been attending Stonegate since the Fall of 2015, and has served on the Sunday worship team since the Fall of 2017. The Lord has given him a passion for discipleship and worship. He enjoys music, studying film scores, baseball, and fast food.\nBrandon Redwine kids ministry intern\nBrandon Redwine\nBorn in raised in the DFW metroplex, Brandon loves almost everything about the Dallas area. Since starting college he has found there's no better place to find great chicken fried steak and great people. Brandon is a senior at Dallas Baptist University and is studying Intercultural studies. 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This is a signed and numbered print.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 663, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 278.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.stots.edu/news_140107_1.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:59Z", "digest": "sha1:DFUKEQIHMJUSFQKRPVOFNIA4A3U6KK3R", "length": 662, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.stots.edu", "title": "St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary - Seminarian Families Receive Generous Outpouring of Nativity Cheer", "raw_content": "Saint Tikhon's would like to thank all of the parishes and individuals who gave so generously this Christmas to our seminary families. Each year the students are able to celebrate the Nativity Feast with wholesome meals and Christmas presents for their children because of the outpouring of support that they receive.\nEach of the supporting parishes will be receiving a thank you packet with a note from each family and a framed photo collage as a small token of their appreciation.\nThank you to all of our donor parishes for your magnanimous gifts, and we wish you all a joyous holiday season.\nSt. Tikhon's Community Comes Together for the Feast of the Nativity", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 65, "original_length": 2937, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 236.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.stots.edu/news_140226_3.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:50:52Z", "digest": "sha1:NJ72ZC5KQMFLDINO457POXR23UMLCIQJ", "length": 1439, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.stots.edu", "title": "St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary - Seminarians Share Stories of Missionary Outreach to Those Still Rebuilding in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina", "raw_content": "Seminarians Share Stories of Missionary Outreach to Those Still Rebuilding in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina\nOn Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014 seminarians Michael Danhofer, Joel Brady, and Kevin Mellis gave a short presentation on their participation in International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC)'s Seminarian Home Build, a project in cooperation with Habitat for Humanity and other orthodox seminaries. The week-long project focused on building homes in the New Orleans area, which is still recovering from the effects of Hurricane Katrina. The IOCC regularly assembles these home build teams in areas where they are needed, but this was the first one specifically made up of seminarians.\nMichael Danhofer gave a brief account of the week's events and spoke about the devastation in the area.\nJoel Brady spoke about the value of seminarians coming together for practical service, to lay the groundwork for future cooperation among clergy and to tie theological education to the very practical living of the Gospel commandments.\nKevin Mellis spoke on the central importance of care for the poor as an aspect of the Christian calling, and on practical ways to get involved in charitable work, particularly through supporting the work of IOCC and through careful and sensitive response to the needs observed in one's own community.\nSpring Orthodox Inter-Seminary Movement Conference held in Jordanville, NY\nCommunity Begins Lenten Journey", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 66, "original_length": 3694, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 304.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.stots.edu/news_150127_2.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:45Z", "digest": "sha1:WAYL5JIO7GHYRYIBJMC47EEX2BPK2N5W", "length": 5263, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.stots.edu", "title": "St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary - 2015 March for Life", "raw_content": "On Thursday, January 22, 2015, representatives from the St. Tikhon\u2019s Community traveled to Washington DC to support the 42th Annual March for Life. The theme for this year\u2019s March was \u201cEvery Life is a Gift,\u201d and had a special focus on babies diagnosed in utero with fetal abnormalities, 85% of which are currently aborted in the US.\nThursday morning began with a visit by members of the St. Tikhon\u2019s Community to the March for Life expo hall. While there, they attended a talk given by Senator Rick Santorum, who is the parent to a child with a chromosomal disorder, trisomy 18, and by Joshua Duggar, pro-life advocate. They also got a chance to spend time exploring the large expo hall, where various political, religious, and social organizations had booths. Some of these booths were handing out informational pamphlets, others were selling books or souvenirs, and others were providing information on how to become more involved in the pro-life movement, from becoming more politically active to helping to foster a \u201cculture of life\u201d within our own communities.\nSince the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision made abortion on demand the law of the land, millions of innocent children have died, their lives snuffed out while still in their mothers' wombs. And for over four decades, hundreds of thousands of marchers have gathered annually in Washington, DC in mid-January to protest this decision and proclaim the sanctity of life. This year was no different, and once again the St. Tikhon\u2019s community joined with groups from St. Vladimir\u2019s Seminary and from local Orthodox churches to present a unified presence in the 42th Annual March for Life.\nThe Hierarchs from the Orthodox Church of America who joined with Hierarchs from other jurisdictions in leading the Orthodox presence during the long walk from the Mall to the Capitol Building were His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon (STOTS 1993) and His Grace, Bishop Michael of New York and New Jersey and Rector of St. Tikhon\u2019s Seminary. Graciously carrying the Icon of the Visitation from St. Michael\u2019s parish in Jermyn, PA, as well as the groups large standards through the pressing crowds for this year were seminarians from St. Tikhon\u2019s Seminary, which included: Jonathan Lincoln, Subdeacon Marshall Goodge, Khader Baramki, Michael Danhofer, Veljko Pejovic, Timothy Winegar, Megan Haak, Mikel Hill, and Joel Brady. Also attending the March were representatives from St. Tikhon\u2019s, including Dr. David Ford, Professor of Church History; V. Rev. John Kowalczyk (STOTS 1975), Director of Field Education and one of the earliest initiators of the Orthodox Church\u2019s presence at the March for Life; V. Rev. Theodore Boback (STOTS 1972), Alumni President; Rev. Ignatius Gauvain (STOTS 2013); as well as representatives from St. Vladimir\u2019s Seminary, and families, friends and loved ones from both institutions, as well as a large representation from the various parish communities throughout the East Coast.\nAt the conclusion of the March, a memorial service was offered for the millions of unborn who have lost their lives through abortion.\nOn the evening of the March for Life was the 33rd Annual Rose Banquet. This dinner serves as the conclusion of the activities for the March for Life event, and provides an opportunity for March supporters and planners to discuss the past year\u2019s events and take a look forward to the expectations for the next year.\nFollowing welcoming remarks, the Invocation was offered by His Beatitude, Metropolitan Tikhon (STOTS 1993). His invocation reminded all present that even when faced with the tragedy of abortion, we can take solace in Christ\u2019s victory over death and corruption.\nThe keynote address was offered by Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, who spoke of the myth in our society that pregnant women are presented with an honest choice during their pre-procedure counseling. He explained that one of the ways that the Knights of Columbus are combating that myth is by providing ultrasound machines to clinics throughout the country so that pregnant women who may be considering abortion can see clear, life-like, 3D imaging of their unborn children.\nAmong those in attendance at the dinner were His Grace, Bishop Michael of New York and New Jersey; V. Rev. Steven Voytovich, Dean of Saint Tikhon\u2019s Seminary; V. Rev. Chad Hatfield, Chancellor of Saint Vladimir\u2019s Seminary; V. Rev. John Jillions, Chancellor of the OCA; V. Rev. Eric G. Tosi; Melanie Ringa, OCA Treasurer; V. Rev. John Kowalczyk (STOTS 1975), Chancellor of the Diocese of Eastern PA and Director of Field Education at St. Tikhon\u2019s Seminary; Christopher Patton (STOTS 2005), Office and Community Resource Coordinator at St. Tikhon\u2019s Seminary, with his wife Leslie Patton; Seminarian Michael Pierce, with his wife Sophia Pierce; Rev. David Cowan (STOTS 2007) from Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in Yonkers, NY; Protodeacon Joseph Matusiak, Director of Admissions of St. Vladimir\u2019s Seminary; Matushka Alexandra Safchuk from St. Mark Orthodox Church in Bethesda, MD; and Daria Petrykowski from Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in Parma, OH.\n(Article by Sophia Pierce)\nMemory Eternal Archpriest Paul White (STOTS 1970)\n2015 Commencement Address Now Available Online\n2015 STOTS vs SVOTS Roundball Classic", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 72, "original_length": 7416, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 195.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.studiobinocular.com/2013/02/australian-interior-design-awards/?curr_cat=", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:08Z", "digest": "sha1:4EMSWL6WXH7WWPGH4IYADDIELMCVCXI7", "length": 1044, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.studiobinocular.com", "title": "Australian Interior Design Awards - Studio Binocular", "raw_content": "The Australian Interior Design Awards recognise and celebrate interior design excellence via a program presented by the Design Institute of Australia, DesignEX and Artichoke Magazine. In 2011 we were engaged to re-brand the awards and to develop the creative campaign for the 2011 program. Our solution for the brandmark incorporates a stylised ribbon with interchangeable configurations \u2013 designed to reflect different perspectives on interior spaces. The broader 2011 campaign \u2013 \u201cIt\u2019s what\u2019s inside that counts\u201d \u2013 illustrated a unique approach to interiors, designed to showcase the elegance of the event.\nFollowing on from the success of the 2011 event, in 2012 we were engaged to develop a new campaign, focussing less on traditional elegance and more on the interactivity, functionality and design of contemporary spaces.\nIn 2013 we worked with the awards parters again to develop an identity and campaign celebrating the tenth birthday of Australia\u2019s leading interior awards program.\n2012 identity and campaign:\nRebrand and 2011 campaign:", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 97, "original_length": 2620, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 265.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.studymode.com/essays/Closed-Memo-1240669.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:19:27Z", "digest": "sha1:RHIRP6AXNTPRCO4PZA5X7RDE6OYGIAGZ", "length": 15767, "nlines": 37, "source_domain": "www.studymode.com", "title": "Essay on Closed Memo - 3030 Words", "raw_content": "Home Essays Closed Memo\nClosed Memo\nTopics: Hurricane Katrina, Tropical cyclone, Mississippi Pages: 9 (3030 words) Published: November 19, 2012\nProfessor Pratt\n\u00a716, Thursdays, 10:00 a.m.\nMailbox # 406\nFinal Draft Closed Memo\nOn my honor, I submit this work in good faith and pledge that I have neither given nor received improper aid in its completion.\n/s/ JS6557\nTo: Managing Partner Salvo\nFrom: JS6557\nRe: McAnzen Case\nUnder Mississippi law, can McAnzen establish a defense of necessity for his DUI charge, when after realizing the severity of Hurricane Katrina and fleeing his home, he was arrested while driving under the influence even though that action was only done to prevent a significant evil and was his only adequate option to avoid the impending dangers of the storm?\nUnder Mississippi common law, can McAnzen establish a necessity of defense to escape when he used no force or violence to flee custody, to avoid the immediate threat of serious bodily harm, after he was pulled over and arrested during the onset of the impending danger of Hurricane Katrina although he did not report himself immediately to proper authorities?\nProbably yes. McAnzen will probably be able to survive a DUI charge because under Mississippi Law a defendant must meet three elements to establish a defense of necessity to DUI. He will likely meet all three elements because he drove under the influence only to prevent a significant evil, the harm he caused was disproportionate to the harm avoided, and driving was his last adequate option in hopes to avoid the impending dangers of Hurricane Katrina. ESCAPE\nProbably yes. McAnzen will probably be able to evade an escape charge because under Mississippi Law a prisoner must meet four elements to establish a defense of necessity to escape. Although he failed to meet all four of the elements undoubtedly, he will likely be able to establish his defense because he clearly met three of the four elements because the hurricane winds were an immediate threat of serious bodily harm, he did not have time to make a complaint to authorities, and he used no force or violence to make his escape to flee the impending dangers.\nAfter an argument with his wife, McAnzen wife left the home to recollect her thoughts while relaxed with a six-pack of beer while tuning into the local news station. The news graphically described the Hurricane that was predicted to hit but he didn\u2019t give any warranty to it. Over the two-hour period, he consumed four of the six beers. A neighbor interrupted his television viewing to enlighten him of the actual severity of the storm and advise that McAnzen and his wife leave with him immediately. He declined the offered ride but began to worry about his wife\u2019s absence. Although the weather began to worsen, he felt morally obligated to wait for his wife but could not find her. After waiting as long as he could he acknowledged that he had been drinking earlier in the night but if he did not leave he would have been endangered by the violent hurricane. He most likely wouldn\u2019t survive the wrath of Hurricane Katrina. While driving he was being extremely careful but decided to put a CD in to assure he would stay awake and in doing so he crossed the centerline. He was then pulled over, in the middle of a detrimental hurricane, and eventually arrested for driving under the influence. After being pulled over for a traffic stop during the onset of Hurricane Katrina, McAnzen fled the scene as an \u201cintention to avoid impending danger. After initially being pulled over and failing a field sobriety test, a huge gust of wind knocked over the arresting officer giving McAnzen time to escape the scene. He left the scene because he panicked after seeing the strong wind blow over the officer, which created a fear for his life. He fled to his sister\u2019s home in Florida and when returning to Mississippi, he went immediately to his home, which...\nOpen vs. Closed Adoptions Research Paper\n...April 19, 2011 The choice of an open vs. closed adoption is one of the most important decisions a mother can make during the adoption process. For both processes an agreement is crafted to detail the rights of the birth parents in the life of the baby following the adoption. There are many pros and cons to both options. Both can be seen and evaluated in the following articles that clearly explain and discuss these two options. Also, another form of clarification is the textbook, Marriages and Families by John DeFrain. The first article goes over the advantages of a closed adoption. Closed adoption refers to an adoption process where there is no interaction of any kind between the birthmother and the prospective adoptive families. There is no transferring of identity information between either family, such as physical characteristics or medical history. Some potential benefits associated with closed adoption are a sense of closure, privacy, and reduced fear. Birth families usually state that a closed adoption provides them with a sense of closure and enables them to move on with their life and continue to build their family. Having privacy with this adoption reduces extreme sensitivity or for the family to be vulnerable. And lastly, it helps reduce the fear of having to explain their choice to the child and helps prevent confrontation. More positive attributes with closed adoption are...\nSystems Open and Closed Essay\n...system.\u201d(Virginia Satir, 301) quips the author near the end of her essay titled, \u201cSystems, Open or Closed\u201d. A system as described by the author is present all through human life and is developed by three or more persons who are in contact and share a common purpose; a system has a goal (growth), has parts (people), and an order to the parts (dynamics of people and interactions in the family). Satir\u2019s essay is aimed at describing the continuum that interpersonal systems exist within as either open or closed using details relevant to each from the topics quoted above, and describing her feelings as to which is best. A systematic but scattered approach is used in the essay to describe the \u201cingredients\u201d that make up the closed and open interpersonal systems that exist between people, and in describing the ingredients the author establishes a clear preference for open systems. A closed system, distilled into a simple few word definition from the essay could be defined as a stubborn system that resists change. Of course, labelling a system as stubborn is anthropomorphizing, but in defining a system built on human metrics like self worth, communication, rules, and beliefs like I am about to it is appropriate. Beliefs in a closed system are what cause the system to evolve the characteristics that define how it operates, and are indicative of how a family views reality. Beliefs conducive to closed...\nIntroduction To Closed Circuit Televisi Essay\n...\ufeffIntroduction to Closed Circuit Television If you are looking for guidance on the purchase of a CCTV system for your Organisation please go to CCTV Installation. If you would like to learn more about the technical aspects of CCTV then please read on... Introduction As the name implies, Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) is a system in which the circuit is closed and all the elements are directly connected. This is unlike broadcast television where any receiver that is correctly tuned can pick up the signal from the airwaves. Directly connected in this context includes systems linked by microwave, infrared beams, etc. This article introduces the main components that can go to make up CCTV systems of varying complexity. The Applications for CCTV Probably the most widely known use of CCTV is in security systems and such applications as retail shops, banks, government establishments, etc. The true scope for applications is almost unlimited. Some examples are listed below. Monitoring traffic on a bridge. Recording the inside of a baking oven to find the cause of problems. A temporary system to carry out a traffic survey in a town centre. Time lapse recording for the animation of plasticine puppets. Used by the stage manager of a show to see obscured parts of a set. The well-publicised use at football stadiums. Hidden in buses to control vandalism. Recording the birth of a gorilla at a zoo. Making a wildlife program using a large model...\nEssay about Closed Adoptions\n...Closed adoptions are adoptions in which the birthparents of the adopted child have no contact with the child after he/she is adopted or with the adoptive parents. No identifying information is provided to the adoptive family or the adopted child. Closed adoptions are controversial because they basically cut off all connections between the child and the birthparents. The child may never know who their birthparents are and they may have many questions that may remain unanswered. Many people think that these situations can cause problems with the child and the birthparents. We plan to show how closed adoptions are beneficial to the adopted child. Power Points 1.\tMany people think that a closed adoption provides a sense of closure for all parties and it gives them the ability to move on with life. (Child Welfare) 2.\tThere is no need to physically share the child with the birth parents. (child welfare) 3.\tThere is no danger of the birth parents interfering with the upbringing of the adopted child and there will not be any risk of \u2018co-parenting\u2019. (findlaw) 4.\tClosed Adoptions provide the adopted child with protection from unstable or emotionally disturbed birth parents. (findlaw) 5.\tSome birthmothers are concerned about explaining their choice and a closed adoption serves as a way to prevent them from a confrontation with a child placed for adoption. (Closed Advantages)...\nOpen Ended and Closed Ended Funds Essay\n...DIFFERENCES BETWEEN OPEN-ENDED AND CLOSED-ENDED FUND OPEN END FUND DEFINATION A type of mutual fund that does not have restrictions on the amount of shares the fund will issue. If demand is high enough, the fund will continue to issue shares no matter how many investors there are. Open-end funds also buy back shares when investors wish to sell. CLOSED END FUND DEFINATION A type of fund with a fixed number of shares outstanding, and one which does not redeem shares the way a typical mutual fund does. Closed-end funds behave more like stock than open-end funds: closed-end funds issue a fixed number of shares to the public in an initial public offering, after which time shares in the fund are bought and sold on a stock exchange, and they are not obligated to issue new shares or redeem outstanding shares as open-end funds are. The price of a share in a closed-end fund is determined entirely by market demand, so shares can either trade below their net asset value (\"at a discount\") or above it (\"at a premium\") also called closed-end investment company or publicly-traded fund. The main differences between these funds are; Open-ended funds buy and sell units on a continuous basis and hence allow investors to enter and exit as per their convenience. The units can be purchased and sold even after the initial offering (NFO) period (in case of new funds).Under closed-ended funds...\n...A Critical Look at the Effects of Open Versus Closed Innovation In the Innovative Firms of the Twenty-first Century June 17, 2010 Abstract In today\u2019s fast paced business world, which innovation method should companies adopt, open or closed innovation? In this paper we will explore the methods of closed and open innovation. Then we will explore the pros and cons of both innovation methods and discuss which method works better in the business world of the twenty-first century. After reviewing the results this paper explores the particle implications that innovative firms should be aware of regarding Open and Closed innovation and recommendations will be made for future research in this area. Introduction Background Looking back even a few decades companies viewed innovation strategies very differently then they do today. It was believed that successful innovation needed internal control and secrecy from others in the market. Large corporations used to dominate the field of innovation because they were the only ones who could afford to invest it large scale R&D. Any company that tried to enter the market would have to find large amounts of resources to be able to even attempt to compete with the R&D of the large corporations (Chesbrough, 2003; Herzog , 2008; Aylen, 2010; Kodama, 2005; Trott & Hartmann, 2009). In the current economy start-up companies have found ways to bypass the large R&D...\nOpen and Closed Prisons Essay\n...expected outputs from those such as taxpayers and elected officials. The textbook, Corrections: An introduction further states that prisons today interact with the local community; with their headquarters organization; with interested groups of employees, citizens, vendors, and other public agencies; and with other providers of correctional or counseling services to offenders (Seiter, 2011). Closed systems on the other hand consist of only the internal environment and, for prisons; this meant what happen within the walls and fences, under the direct control of the warden and without much interest or interference from external groups (Seiter, 2011). The organization of a closed system, often with autocratic leadership, is usually very simple, and the mission and goals of the organization are determined and the leader (which would be the warden) enforces compliance. However, as a result of the external interest in the management of prisons not to mention the fact that no modern entity operates by itself and without interacting with many others, correctional agencies changed from closed systems to open systems (Seiter, 2011). The organization I have found to be more effective is open system prisons because although these offenders are in prison they should have some sort of communication level from the outside. Everyone seems to forget that everyone is human and mistakes can be made however, by allowing external units such as...\nEssay about Pros and Cons of Installing Closed-Circuit Television Cameras in Classrooms to Prevent Misbehavior\n...Installation of surveillance camera systems as a way to deter crimes or criminal acts has gained traction in recent years. In some countries, surveillance camera systems \u2013 also known as closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras \u2013 have also installed in educational institutions as a security measure to address fears for the safety of the students (Hope, 2004; Corpuz, 2011). The trend, however, did not stop. From halls and corridors, some education institutions have started to install cameras inside the classrooms as a means not just to monitor the teachers, but also to address classroom misbehavior (Shepherd, 2009). This paper seeks to cover the possible positive and negative effects of installing CCTV systems inside the classrooms. CCTV as a security measure to prevent crimes Poole & Williams (1996) said CCTV systems were installed in the \u201cmid 1970s by shopping centre owners who saw a need to protect their retail establishments and parking lots.\u201d They said cities and towns started looking at CCTV systems as a measure to quell public fears of crimes. In the local setting, various local government units (LGUs) have recognized the importance of CCTV systems in preventing crimes. Elona (2012) said former Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo urged local officials to install such systems to help in the prevention and solving of crimes. Robredo said the cameras \u201cwill support the peace and order initiatives...\nSmackey Dog Food\nExpected Pattern of Development from Birth to 19years\nFocal length Essay\nYoung-adult fiction Essay\nAntiseptic Essay", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 119, "original_length": 17004, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 293.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.summary.com/book-reviews/_/Microtrends-Squared/?=&q=trap%2Btales&s=MTo5OjA6OjQwNTQsNDI2OTo6Ojow", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:54Z", "digest": "sha1:U7JPSUYVGLDNSVP7XLKOWFY3ULSJDOJG", "length": 4506, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.summary.com", "title": "Microtrends Squared | Mark Penn | Soundview Book Review", "raw_content": "Speed Review: Microtrends Squared\nThe New Small Forces Driving Today\u2019s Big Disruptions\nIn his bestselling book, Microtrends, Mark Penn highlighted dozens of tiny, counterintuitive trends that have since come true. In Microtrends Squared, he identifies the next wave of trends reshaping the future of business, politics and culture. Penn offers a must-read for innovators and entrepreneurs, political and business leaders, and anyone who is looking to understand the wave of the future.\nMark Penn\u2019s 2007 book Microtrends received considerable acclaim for its assertion that \u201cquiet changes within narrow slices of the population\u201d can have as much impact on our future as broad societal trends in business, politics and culture.\nIn his new book, Microtrends Squared: The New Small Forces Driving Today\u2019s Big Disruptions, Penn proposes that microtrends have become more influential than ever. With increasingly partisan media sources presenting beliefs and opinions that seem to carry greater weight than real numbers and facts do, Penn was prompted to research \u201cnew forces that are emerging and converging now to upend our society in ways that seem inexplicable on the surface.\u201d\nWhile the original book presented microtrends as a relatively new phenomenon, Microtrends Squared posits that the last decade has seen an explosion of hundreds, if not thousands, of new microtrends. Penn offers an overview of 50 different microtrends across six different sectors. Here are a few examples:\nLove and Relationships: Second-Fiddle Husbands have emerged as a distinct group as their working wives bring home increasingly substantial paychecks.\nHealth and Diet: Pro-Proteiners have embraced ranchers and fisherman over farmers as the Atkins and ketogenic diets have led consumers to abandon carbohydrates.\nTechnology: No-PCers have abandoned their desktop computers (and now their laptops) in favor of the increasing functionality of tablets and smartphones.\nLifestyle: Armchair Preppers are stockpiling gold, guns and apocalypse supplies in response to the 9/11 attack, the 2009 banking crisis and a perceived rise in natural disasters. For them, it\u2019s not a matter of if but when.\nPolitics: Old Economy Voters have turned their backs on promises of future prosperity in favor of a return to nationalism over globalization.\nWork and Business: Microcapitalists are on the rise as people seek to earn money either as a \u201cside gig\u2019\u201dor a full-time occupation. Whether it\u2019s selling crafts on Etsy, trading on eBay or importing goods to sell on Amazon, the cost to join these platforms is lower than it has ever been.\nTaming Our Microtrends\nPenn has clearly come to respect microtrends as a potent but disruptive force, citing numerous examples where the dynamic is \u201csimultaneously pulling society in different directions, often diametrically opposed.\u201d For example:\nThe rapid consolidation of ownership of media channels has produced new media titans who are facing increasing questions over partisan programming.\nThe increased availability of choice has led us to make fewer choices. We may have left the Ford economy behind (any color you like as long as it\u2019s black), but the Starbucks economy of overwhelming choice has led us to pick a favorite drink and stick with it.\nThe increased availability of technology has given us more ways to connect with the world, but few of those connections are deep or lasting.\nConsumer data has become a more valuable commodity than gold or oil, but we are woefully unprepared to regulate the collection and ethical use of that data.\nThe author raises multiple concerns about the misuse of consumer data \u2013\u2013 both by those collecting it and selling access to it as a revenue source (telecommunications and social media companies) and by those purchasing the data for increasingly targeted and partisan agendas.\nPenn\u2019s proposal of a fee-based model where customers can opt for a private, ad-free version of such services is a logical one, but the research confirms that more than 60 percent of customers would likely accept the status quo. The long-term consequences of such a casual acceptance of a loss of privacy have still to be fully explored.\nMicrotrends Squared makes a deliberate choice not to offer a \u201csimplistic explanation\u201d for the current disruptions or confusing future ahead. By starting with facts rather than opinions, Penn delivers a comprehensive analysis of the microtrends developing in the world today and clarifies their likely impact on business, politics and culture.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 304, "original_length": 9306, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 337.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.sunherald.com/living/religion/article56128960.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:19Z", "digest": "sha1:OSZDHQKWIBRCROJKWOXM76NLGICUK2JL", "length": 260, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.sunherald.com", "title": "Church profile | Biloxi Sun Herald", "raw_content": "Number of families served by the church: 80\nMass schedule: Saturday 5:30 p.m. and Sunday 10:30 a.m. with Monday-Friday daily Mass at 8:30 a.m.\nUpcoming event: The church plans to hold a $5,000 drawdown on Aug. 13. Call the church office for ticket information.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 83, "original_length": 2909, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 134.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.surfertoday.com/windsurfing/a-historical-wave-sailing-session-at-jaws-with-camille-kai-and-rudy", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:23Z", "digest": "sha1:GT37KIWENNE6YYAQUMJP2Z5AY2HAVM45", "length": 1228, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.surfertoday.com", "title": "A historical wave sailing session at Jaws with Camille, Kai and Rudy", "raw_content": "Luckily, \"too much wind\" also means perfect conditions for... big wave windsurfing. With a 27-second period swell marching in, Camille Juban, Kai Katchadourian, and Rudy Castorina grabbed their gear and sailed toward the peak at Jaws.\nThey were out at 4 pm. And then suddenly, the liquid mountains began to rise above the horizon.\n\"When I saw the set coming through, I knew it was going to be the session of a lifetime. during the session, I was like in a trance - not stressed, and not really scared,\" notes Castorina.\nThe trio only realized what happened a few hours later, when the experience sank in, and they saw the footage of that remarkable wave sailing day.\n\"I saw this thing coming, and I knew it was the one. I couldn't believe it. I saw a massive wall, and there was no turning back. So, as soon as I started pumping for the wave, I just said to myself: 'I'm going to get, and I am going to ride it,\" explained Juban.\nCamille, Kai, and Rudy lived an experience they will never forget.\n\"You're absorbing so much energy. So much of the ocean's power is just moving through you. You're in another dimension altogether. Dropping in on a couple of waves, it seemed like the drop would never end,\" concludes Katchadourian.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 105, "original_length": 3823, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 249.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/yoursay/blogs/14762478.dan-the-fan-jones-has-makings-of-a-star/?ref=rss", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:23Z", "digest": "sha1:FXQS35WRJ7KN7TZH72FELTLIMNTCY2FC", "length": 2163, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk", "title": "DAN THE FAN: Jones has makings of a star | Swindon Advertiser", "raw_content": "DAN THE FAN: Jones has makings of a star\nSWINDON Town\u2019s impressive start to the season continued last weekend as Brad Barry\u2019s first professional goal ended Port Vale\u2019s unbeaten start to the campaign.\nBefore arriving in Wiltshire, the Valiant\u2019s hadn\u2019t conceded a goal in League One, but they lost that record early in the second half as a slight position change in midfield led Michael Doughty to play a more advanced role, leading to his superb pass being finished off by Barry.\nOut of all the seven new arrivals at the County Ground this summer, re-signing Doughty has been and will be the most exciting.\nAfter making an instant impact at Town last season, re-signing the QPR midfielder was a must, and thankfully the chairman pulled it off.\nWith him possessing talents that should be on show in the Championship, this should be his last season in the third tier of English football. Let\u2019s hope this season he can lift himself and Town out of League One.\nAnother performance of note was that of on-loan Liverpool defender Lloyd Jones.\nLast Monday, Coventry announced the permanent signing of former on-loan defender Jordan Turnbull.\nDespite having an average 2015/16 campaign, I would\u2019ve personally signed the young centre back, but with that horse well and truly bottled, it\u2019s time to move on, and in Jones it seems we\u2019ve found a superb replacement.\nJones, along with Nathan Thompson and Jamie Sendles-White, never seemed under much pressure against Vale but whenever the away side did break forward, Jones was there to clear the danger.\nSimilar to Turnbull, Jones has the ability to read the game and doesn\u2019t seem fazed whenever he had the ball in his possession. He\u2019s not the finished article, but shows huge promise.\nThis weekend Town face local rivals Bristol Rovers at the County Ground.\nWith the club not having any league derbies last season, it\u2019ll be the first time this squad would have experienced a West Country clash.\nIt\u2019ll be down to captain Nathan Thompson to remind the squad how much this game means to the fans, but I\u2019m sure when they walk out onto the pitch and hear the noise, that\u2019ll be all they need to tell them the importance of the game.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 226, "original_length": 6054, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 318.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.talkinbroadway.com/page/regional/cleveland/cleve223.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:22:44Z", "digest": "sha1:L2D7BKFL6DP5AATRZKPFFFJVL4D7CZ7U", "length": 4488, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "www.talkinbroadway.com", "title": "Talkin' Broadway Regional News & Reviews: Cleveland: \"Hair\" - 2/11/18", "raw_content": "Also see Mark's review of Stomp\nThe Cast of Hair\nThe hippies are back and they've taken over the Beck Center for the Arts (sort of), as Hair bursts upon the Mackey Theater stage less than a year after the 50th anniversary of the Off-Broadway debut way back in October of 1967 (the musical moved to Broadway in April of 1968 where it ran for 1,750 performances).\nWith a score by Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, and James Rado and a book by Ragni and Rado, Hair demands a lot of energy, both from the actors and the audience. The excitement evenly builds through song and story until it meets an exciting climax. What separates the average performance from a spectacular one is the amount of interaction between the cast and the audience.\nIn the Beck Center production directed by Victoria Bussert, the musical seems to have thinned a little from the original concept. Except for a short one-on-one between Berger (Jacob Slater) and two front row audience members, there is no interaction between the cast and those looking on. This is a shame because in the original, and in many productions since, the hippie characters climb into and through the audience to panhandle and flirt. There is also no nudity (unless you count a brief mooning from Berger) in this production, though most of the adult language and themes are still here.\nThis is not to say it is a bad production. The 32-member cast and six-member orchestra play, dance and sing the hell out of the songs. This group of Baldwin Wallace students lives and breathes theater and nothing is left on the stage when they are done.\nThe time is 1968 and the Vietnam War is in full swing. The counter-culture hippies are anti-establishment, anti-war, anti-work, pro-drugs, and pro-sex. They dance through life as if it has no hold on them. They live by the mantra of tune in, turn on, drop out with a healthy dose of free love thrown in.\nBerger is the focal point of his tribe (since there are no leaders). His friend Claude (Chandler Smith) tries to convince everyone that he is from Manchester, England, but he is actually from New Jersey. Jeanie (Mackenzie Wright) reveals the love entanglements of the tribe. She is pregnant (by some speed freak) but in love with Claude, who is in love with Sheila (Olivia Kaufmann), who is in love with Berger who is in love with everyone including Donna (a sixteen-year-old virgin). Woof (Sam Columbus) is trying to come to terms with possibly being gay while Hud (Warren Franklin) is a black militant. Crissy (Courtney Hausman) is in love with Frank Mills (a boy she only met once for a brief time).\nClaude has received his draft notice and is ordered to report for his physical. While a part of him wants to burn his draft card another part wants to make his family proud by being \"a good soldier.\" At the \"Be-In,\" Berger gives Claude a joint laced with LSD and during his trip Claude makes his decision.\nOne of the prominent features of this staging is the huge video screen at the back of the stage with video art designed by Kasumi. It is in use nearly the entire show with flashing images from the 1950s, '60s, '70s, and even today. It is so effective that at times it overwhelms the action on stage. In an attempt to make the show current, jerky images of Trump rapidly talking are flashed for our amusement. During the protest scene the hippies make signs with phrases like \"Dump Trump\" (and some not as kind) and references to other current issues concerning women's rights, gay rights, Black Lives Matter, marijuana legalization, and anti-Wall.\nHair was groundbreaking in its time, but this is a more sanitized version that barely resembles the original. It is still worth coming to see for the songs and the great performances.\nHair, through February 25, 2018, at the Beck Center for the Arts, Mackey Theater, 17801 Detroit Rd., Lakewood OH. Tickets may be purchased online at http://www.beckcenter.org or by calling 216-521-2540.\nWoof: Sam Columbus\nHud: Warren Franklin\nCrissy: Courtney Hausman\nSheila: Olivia Kaufmann\nDionne: Veronica Otim\nBerger: Jacob Slater\nClaude: Chandler Smith\nMargaret: Joanne Uniatowski\nHubert: Marc Weagraff\nJeanie: Mackenzie Wright\nTribe: Noa Barenblat, Remell Bowens, Shayla Brielle G., Enrique Caraballo, Nick Cortazzo, Nick Drake, Tre Frazier, Kaycie Goral, Annie Griswold, Shelby Griswold, Gillian Han, Nadina Hassan, Gordia Hayes, David Holbert, Alec Irion, Tia Karaplis, Amy Keum, Brianna O'Boyle, Matthew Pitts Josh Regan, Ethan Rogers, Claire Soulier", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 111, "original_length": 6371, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 331.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.talkinbroadway.com/page/regional/wfla/wfla374.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:01Z", "digest": "sha1:L2RHO5GLXB52QEDOO5LLS6YXBSLYWOQN", "length": 2997, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.talkinbroadway.com", "title": "Talkin' Broadway Regional News & Reviews \"Carole's Kings\" - 6/20/18", "raw_content": "Carole's KingsFlorida Studio Theatre\nAlso see Bill's reviews of Incognito, Crossing Delancey and Jungle Book\nJordan Aragon, Ken Lear, and Trey Harrington\nPhoto by Matthew Hollar\nSummer in the Court Cabaret begins with the visiting production Carole's Kings, conceived and produced by 2A Productions.\nA cabaret show saluting Carole King, one of the seminal figures in 1950s through '70s pop music and beyond is a good idea. Currently, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical remains a big hit on Broadway and on tour. The lady wrote many songs beloved by baby boomers, the age group likely to be attracted by this kind of show. All you need are engaging performers, decent arrangements, and most importantly, a healthy respect for the body of work. The last element is where I fear Carole's Kings goes off the rails a bit. The opening patter casts our three performers almost in roles. Trey Harrington is the Carole King fanatic who learned to love this music as an infant, Jordan Aragon is the dumb bunny who thinks they may be paying tribute to Celine Dion or Beyonc\u00e9, and Ken Lear oversees some keyboard work and manages the tracks that accompany much of the show. Although I would not describe myself a huge Carole King fan, there is no doubt in my mind that she is much greater as a composer and performer than Celine Dion or Beyonc\u00e9, talented as they are.\nWe are subjected to too much jokey patter. The visuals help the audience to understand more about the music, who made it popular, etc. Another misstep is the first act closer, \"You've Lost That Loving Feeling,\" a super huge hit of the era for The Righteous Brothers. It was explained that this song represented a style called \"The Wall of Sound,\" which was not a style Ms. King participated in and in fact this song was written by Ms. King's \"frenemies\" Phil Spector, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weill. Surely, one of Carole King's songs belonged in this choice position. One of the finest moments of the performance occurs in the second half, with the three guys on stools, performing a medley of important Carole King songs from films and television, including \"Now and Forever\" from A League of Their Own, \"Anyone at All\" from You've Got Mail, and an unknown but lovely song from \"The Gilmore Girls.\" Here we could just bask in the brilliance of our composer.\nI live surrounded by walls of the music I love, hundreds of LPs, thousands of CDs and now a membership in a streaming service so I don't have to buy everything I want to hear. If I want a dose of Carole King, heck no problem. For others not so lucky or insane about music, a visit to Carole's Kings might be an enjoyable afternoon or evening. No doubt the lady is one of the towering figures of pop music.\nCarole's Kings, through July 15, 2018, at Florida Studio Theatre, Court Cabaret, 1241 N. Palm Avenue, Sarasota FL. For tickets and performance information, please call the box office at 941-366-9000 or visit www.floridastudiotheatre.org.\nJordan Aragon\nThomas Miller (alternate)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 98, "original_length": 4875, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 301.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.tauntongazette.com/sports/20190203/patriots-great-ty-law-elected-to-nfl-hall-of-fame", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:52Z", "digest": "sha1:2L2VMNJYWK7PGCXGKZGZXBCH37TIK6NX", "length": 4397, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "www.tauntongazette.com", "title": "Patriots great Ty Law elected to NFL Hall of Fame - Sports - The Taunton Daily Gazette, Taunton, MA - Taunton, MA", "raw_content": "Patriots great Ty Law elected to NFL Hall of Fame\nATLANTA \u2014 New England Patriots defensive back Ty Law was elected to the NFL Hall of Fame on Saturday in his third year of eligibilty.\nTight end Tony Gonzalez, Champ Bailey, Ed Reed and Kevin Mawae were also voted in.\nThe contributor nominees, Broncos owner Pat Bowlen and Cowboys and NFL executive Gil Brandt , each made it, as did senior Johnny Robinson, the defensive back who helped the Chiefs win Super Bowl 4.\nLaw\u2019s Patriots resume includes 36 career interceptions over his 10 seasons (1995-2004) with the team, tying fellow corner Raymond Clayborn for the franchise record. His 15-year NFL career includes four Pro Bowl berths with the Patriots (1998, 2001, 2002, 2003), three Super Bowl championships (XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX) and two All-Pro selections (1998, 2003) with the team.\nLaw left New England to sign with the New York Jets, earned a Pro Bowl berth with that team that year and later played for Kansas City and Denver as well, but on Friday he called his time with the Patriots \"the best 10 years of my playing career and my life.\"\nQuarterback Tom Brady wrote a letter to the Hall-of-Fame committee endorsing Law as one of the best cornerbacks he ever played with or against.\n\"Ty was an incredible player,\" Brady said on Thursday when asked about the player. \"I got to the team and he already established himself as one of the top players in the league at that position. Obviously, have Michigan ties. I knew a lot about him. He was an incredible player for our team and went onto some other teams and was their best corner, too. I played against a lot of great corners over the years and Ty is right up there with the best.\"\nIn the letter, which was published by ESPN, Brady calls Law \"a pain in the ass\" and goes on to explain what he did for the Patriots and how special his skill set was. The quarterback also relives when Law intercepted him for a pick-6 later in his career.\nAt his induction into the Patriots Hall of Fame in 2014, Law talked about returning to New England after he signed with the Jets as a free agent.\n\"It was one of the best feelings in the world to come back and see those (No.) 24 jerseys still out there, still cheering,\" said Law. \"When I was sleeping with the enemy you (fans) still had that jersey on, still cheering for me, and that was one of the greatest moments that I ever had because I did not know how I was going to be received.\"\nThe beginning, Law recalled, wasn\u2019t the best of times, however.\nVisiting New England prior to the 1995 draft, Law has some not-so-fond memories of his introduction to the Patriots\u2019 organization.\n\"They brought some big blue van (to pick him up at Logan Airport) with Patriots stuck on the side with scotch tape,\" said Law. \"I said, \u2018OK. I\u2019m going to get in.\u2019\n\"But as we drove further and further from civilization in Boston we landed here on Route 1 and they put me up at the End Zone (hotel). I was, like, \u2018Oh, my God, please do not draft me here. You\u2019ll get drafted right back to Aliquippa.\u2019\"\nAs history shows, Law did not get his wish, the Patriots making the Michigan Wolverine from Aliquippa, Pa., their first-round pick, 23rd overall, in \u201995.\nIn 2014, team owner Robert Kraft paid trubute to Law.\n\"For a decade he brought confidence, he brought bravado, he brought swagger. But most of all, he helped bring the New England Patriots three Super Bowl championships.\"\nCoach Bill Belichick was also effusive.\n\"I coached Ty in \u201996 as secondary coach and then of course as head coach when I came back (in 2000),\" he said. \"Ty has very good physical size. He\u2019s a big corner. He\u2019s a physical corner. He\u2019s got good playing strength. He\u2019s tough. He\u2019s a good tackler, and he has very good instincts and ball skills, and Ty\u2019s the type of player that if quarterbacks found out in playing against him one way or the other you might get him once on something, but you\u2019d better be careful the second time. That\u2019s kind of the way Ty played. He was aggressive, but he was calculated. He knew when to be aggressive, when to take chances and maybe not to. But when he pulled the trigger he\u2019d pull it and make a lot of big plays. He had excellent ball skills and anticipation, but (was also) a physical, tough player at that position, which you don\u2019t always see. He certainly brought that to us throughout his career and later on when he played safety at the end of his career.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 146, "original_length": 6402, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 212.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.teamgb.com/news/team-gb-baku-2015day-11-preview", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:23:42Z", "digest": "sha1:5E6SITQ27JRAHPZ45VYYP4U5SXPFH7NQ", "length": 4423, "nlines": 36, "source_domain": "www.teamgb.com", "title": "Team GB at Baku 2015: Day 11 Preview", "raw_content": "Team GB at Baku 2015: Day 11 Preview\nLike most athletes the Olympic Games are the dream for young swimmer Georgia Coates but she says that she can\u2019t get ahead of herself as she prepares to make her European Games bow.\nToday will see the first of five days of swimming competition in Baku with Coates set to go in the 100m freestyle and 400m individual medley.\nIt\u2019s been a strong season for Coates so far with some stellar performances from the 16-year-old at the British Swimming Championships in April.\nCoates went head-to-head with the likes of Siobhan-Marie O\u2019Connor and Hannah Miley and placed fourth in the 200m medley senior final as well as second in the 200m junior breaststroke.\nIt is performances like those that make Coates one of Team GB\u2019s bright prospects but she insists her focus is on the present and fast times in Azerbaijan.\n\u201cTo medal here would be amazing; the 200m individual medley is the big hope for me this week,\u201d she said.\n\u201cWe\u2019re up against some tough competitors; this is only my third big international event so I\u2019m new to it all so I\u2019m a bit nervous.\n\u201cI\u2019ve done all the training and I'm full prepared but you still get nerves as you want to do yourself proud. I\u2019m learning all the time from everyone around me. I\u2019m also learning about myself, how I cope in this environment and how I can get better.\n\u201cThe dream of course is the Olympics but I try not to get carried away. Competing for Team GB here is a very proud moment, my dad and brother are flying over, they just tell me to enjoy the experience and try my best which is what I\u2019m going to do.\u201d\nIn total, 24 young British swimmers have made the trip to the Games \u2013 with the event also doubling as this year\u2019s European Junior Championships.\nToday will see the vast majority take to the pool with 20 swimmers going across 11 events and team leader Tim Jones believes the experience of being at a multi-sport Games could prove vital for the rising stars.\n\u201cThis is a great event for us and the team. It\u2019s our European Junior Championships as well, which have been lifted lock, stock and barrel and put into the Games here,\u201d said Jones.\n\u201cWe tend to do well at the Junior Europeans and often are in the top three medal winning nations but in the bigger picture this is very much part of a longer journey for the athletes to be part of a World Championship team or hopefully an Olympic team in the future. Tokyo 2020 is big goal for this age group.\n\u201cThe exposure to a multi-sport and athlete village environment is truly invaluable, so performance is important but the overall experience is a bigger win for us.\u201d\nFencing will also commence on Ton Day 11 with Corinna Lawrence in action in the women\u2019s individual epee and James Honeybone going for the men in the individual sabre.\nAnd there will be more boxing action as Sandy Ryan looks to book her spot in the semi-final when she takes on Elena Vystropova at light welterweight and Josh Kelly locks horns with Ireland\u2019s Adam Nolan.\nTeam GB at Baku 2015: Day 11 Schedule\nEvent: Women\u2019s light welterweight (60-64kg) quarter final \u2013 Sandy Ryan v Elena Vystropova (AZE) 15:15 BST\nEvent: Men\u2019s welterweight (69kg) quarter final \u2013 Josh Kelly v Adam Nolan (IRL) 17:00 BST\nWhere to watch: Live on BT Sport 1 from 08:25 BST, continued at 13:55 and live online at www.Baku2015.com\nEvent: Women\u2019s individual Epee pool round \u2013 Corinna Lawrence 05:00 BST\nEvent: Men\u2019s individual sabre pool round \u2013 James Honeybone 07:50 BST\nWhere to watch: Live on BT Sport 2 from 04:55 and live online at www.Baku2015.com\nEvent: Women\u2019s 50m breaststroke 05:30 BST \u2013 Emma Cain, Layla Black\nEvent: Men\u2019s 50m butterfly 05:38 BST \u2013 Luke Greenbank, Thomas Fannon\nEvent: Women\u2019s 100m freestyle 05:51 BST \u2013 Hannah Featherstone, Georgia Coates, Darcy Deakin, Madeleine Crompton\nEvent: Men\u2019s 400m freestyle 06:06 BST \u2013 Tom Derbyshire, Cameron Kurle, Kyle Chisholm\nEvent: Women\u2019s 200m butterfly 06:34 BST \u2013 Laura Stephens, Amelia Clynes, Holly Hibbott\nEvent: Men\u2019s 100m backstroke 06:56 BST \u2013 Joe Litchfield, Luke Greenbank, Joe Hulme\nEvent: Women\u2019s 400m individual medley 06:59 BST \u2013 Abbie Wood, Georgia Coates\nEvent: Men\u2019s 200m breastroke 07:20 BST \u2013 Charlie Attwood, Luke Davies\nEvent: Women\u2019s 200m backstroke 07:35 BST \u2013 Rebecca Sherwin\nEvent: Men\u2019s 4x100m freestyle relay 07:51 BST\nEvent: Women\u2019s 4x100m freestyle relay 08:14 BST\nWhere to watch: Live on BT Sport 1 from 05:25, on ESPN from 13:25 and live online at www.Baku2015.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 132, "original_length": 6446, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 331.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/mobile-computing/tablets/sony-xperia-tablet-z-release-date-pushed-back-to-may-1141418", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:14Z", "digest": "sha1:UGCH2PO5IBU7J7CYSW7TEVD2WAJWBIL3", "length": 950, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.techradar.com", "title": "Sony Xperia Tablet Z release date pushed back to May | TechRadar", "raw_content": "Sony Xperia Tablet Z release date pushed back to May\nNo explanation for the delay\nIf you were counting down the days until the April arrival date for your Sony Xperia Tablet Z then you may be a little disappointed.\nThe Japanese firm's site initially listed the super slim, waterproof slate as arriving in April, but that has now switched to \"available from middle of May\".\nThis coincides with word from Expansys, after a spokesperson told TechRadar \"the [Xperia Tablet Z] is expected to arrive in stock for launch w/c May 17\".\nPrices are still the same with a 16GB Wi-Fi-only version of the 10.1-inch, Full HD tablet available for pre-order at \u00a3399, while the 32GB device can be snapped up for \u00a3449.\nThe 16GB, 4G version of the Xperia Tablet Z is now also available for pre-order, and it will set you back \u00a3499.\nWe've contacted Sony to try and find out why the Xperia Tablet Z release date has been pushed backed - we'll update you once we hear back.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 2841, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 311.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.tele2.com/career/job-openings/ux-designer---commercial-tribe", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:39Z", "digest": "sha1:2JHPW4BJFLWNBGADYH5F4Q5GGEO5RXSL", "length": 2645, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.tele2.com", "title": "UX designer - Commercial tribe - Tele2", "raw_content": "UX designer - Commercial tribe\nWe are looking for a curious UX designer who is a firm believer that great design makes people happy!\nAs a UX designer within the Commercial tribe you work to ensure a smooth journey for Tele2\u2019s customers and develop the functionality needed to enable them to perform their required activities. The Tribe is responsible for developing functionality for all the customer lifecycle phases. In this role you work in close collaboration with different stakeholders to ensure a great user experience. Your responsibilities include:\nDevelop holistic, high-quality user experience solutions\nDesign user experience solutions for a products based on our design strategy and guidelines\nQualitative/ quantitative research testing and prototyping\nContinues improvements of the user journey\nYou will work in a fast-paced, dynamic and forward-thinking environment. As a UX designer within D&C SE you are also a part of a chapter, composed of 13 UX designers, meeting on a weekly basis to share knowledge and exchange thoughts and ideas.\nWe are looking for a person who is curious and who is always seeking to improve themselves - as well as the team. You are not afraid to make mistakes but more importantly you are never afraid to ask for help. You love to produce and idea from start to finish and you believe that the details are as important as meeting a deadline. You have a user-centric approach and you are able to articulate \u201cwhy\u201d you make your decision. Formal requirements include:\n2+ years working as a UX Designer\n2+ years\u2019 work experience of Digital Design\nExperience working in Sketch, Invision and/or other prototyping tools\nThe Commercial tribe is a collection of different agile teams working directly with customer experience for one of these three brands: Comviq, Tele2 Residential and Tele2 Business. As a UX designer within one of these brands your work is highly visible and makes a big impact for all Tele2 customers.\nEvery day 17 million customers across 8 countries enjoy a fast and wireless experience through our award-winning networks. Tele2 was founded in 1993 and is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm. Tele2 has around 6000 employees with offices in the Nordics and Baltics. Tele2 is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation.\nIf so - we look forward to receiving your application! Please apply with your portfolio and resume. Selection and interviews are conducted continuously.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 228, "original_length": 8133, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 321.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.terraceparkfuneralhome.com/notices/Gerri-Head", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:43:39Z", "digest": "sha1:IJDABJGGVTD2TZ6S66BXGUV7IW6S3LUT", "length": 1176, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.terraceparkfuneralhome.com", "title": "Obituary for Gerri Head | Terrace Park Funeral Home & Cemetery", "raw_content": "Gerri Head\nFreda \"Gerri\" Head, 81, of Kansas City, MO passed away on November 21, 2018.\nGerri was born to Russell and Ethyl Webb on December 21, 1936 in Sedalia, Missouri. As a young girl, she moved to Kansas City with her family where she would continue to live. She met and married Porter R. Head, and spent many years as a homemaker raising their five children.\nGerri was a long-time member of the First Baptist Church of Northern Heights.\nShe had many talents and hobbies, but by far her favorite was making jewelry out of buttons, which awarded her the nickname \"The Button Lady\".\nGerri is preceded in death by her parents; husband of 60 years, Porter R. Head; two brothers and one sister.\nShe is survived by her children, Kenny (Debbie) Head, Janet Head, Debbie (Glen Musick) Fassnacht, Mary Lynn Head, and Jim (Cassie) Head; seven grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; and one sister.\nServices will be held at Terrace Park Funeral Home, with visitation on Wednesday, November 28th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., and funeral on Thursday, November 29th at 1:30 p.m., burial to follow at East Slope Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Crossroads Hospice.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 152, "original_length": 4214, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 168.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.terraceparkfuneralhome.com/notices/RobertJim-Enderle", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:01Z", "digest": "sha1:ODKITZQSGUSUTEUXGDA2MJQBZ5CPGLQP", "length": 1224, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.terraceparkfuneralhome.com", "title": "Obituary for Robert \"Jim\" James Enderle | Terrace Park Funeral Home & Cemetery", "raw_content": "Robert \"Jim\" James Enderle\nRobert James \u201cJim\u201d Enderle passed away at Northcare Hospice on July 30, 2018. He was born on August 29, 1930 to George and Inez Enderle. Jim attended St. Agnes grade school and Rosedale High School where he participated in many of their sports programs. Jim continued to be an avid sports fan, but his favorite was when he would play golf with his brothers. Jim married the love of his life, Mary Frances \u201cFrankie\u201d, on August 25, 1950. Shortly after, he was drafted into the Army in 1951 and worked as a physical therapy medic in Japan. He returned home in 1953 where he began his career as a purchaser for some of the local refineries. Jim is proceeded in death by his parents and son, William Robert Enderle; siblings, Richard Enderle, Raymond Enderle, and Joanne Lambert; brother-in-law, Jerry Huckstep. He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Frankie; daughter, Shannon (Luke) Tanner; son, Steven Ray Enderle; grandson, Truman Tanner; and sister, Norma Enderle. Funeral services will be held at Terrace Park Funeral Home on Friday, August 3rd at 11:00am, with visitation one hour prior. In lieu of flowers the family ask that donations to be made to Northcare Hospice and St. Gabriel\u2019s Church.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 145, "original_length": 4296, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 145.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/how-an-aging-telescope-could-give-russia-an-edge-in-deep-space-research/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:18Z", "digest": "sha1:TVMSWP6KEOWMJF6JR6O5XEOFDVF3KEWV", "length": 1742, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.texasstandard.org", "title": "How An Aging Telescope Could Give Russia An Edge In Deep Space Research | Texas Standard", "raw_content": "\u201cWe can only fix the Hubble with space shuttles, which aren\u2019t in service anymore. When something inevitably breaks on Hubble, we won\u2019t be able to fix it. If that\u2019s a critical component, we will lose our only set of ultraviolet eyes in space.\u201d\nBy Laura RiceFebruary 8, 2016 3:34 pmHealth & Science, Tech & Innovation\nImage via nasa.gov (public domain)\nThe Hubble Space Telescope floats against the background of Earth.\nThe Hubble Space Telescope has been in orbit for more than a quarter of a century. NASA says Hubble has made more than a million observations and data from it has been used in well over 10,000 scientific papers.\nBut the Hubble isn\u2019t getting any younger and it\u2019s expected to go out of commission sometime in the next handful of years. What happens then? Russia thinks it has the answer. And American researchers might not be so happy to hear it.\nAccording to published reports, Russia is well into its own program called Spektr UF, a project they\u2019ve worked on since the 1980s to analyze ultraviolet light in the formation of stars in galaxies near and far.\nSteven Finkelstein, assistant professor of astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin, says continued research with a Hubble-like satellite, even if Russia\u2019s in charge of it, would be a good thing.\n\u201cWe want to keep our eyes open in that regime of the wavelength spectrum,\u201d he says.\nAfter Hubble breaks down, some say Russia could have a monopoly on deep space research. Finkelstein says that might be the case.\n\u201cWe can only fix the Hubble with space shuttles, which aren\u2019t in service anymore,\u201d he says. \u201cWhen something inevitably breaks on Hubble, we won\u2019t be able to fix it. If that\u2019s a critical component, we will lose our only set of ultraviolet eyes in space.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 177, "original_length": 6320, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 229.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.textbookrush.com/browse/books/9781932328073", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:57Z", "digest": "sha1:CZ3CWVVKPPTTFRNNTMVXAX4JRSVGXUWF", "length": 466, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.textbookrush.com", "title": "Prolog Reproductive Endocrinology and Infert Edition:5th ISBN:9781932328073 - TextbookRush", "raw_content": "Prolog Reproductive Endocrinology and Infert\nAuthors: Acog\nAddressing major areas in obstetrics and gynecology, this work consists of two parts - a question and a critique book. It includes: medical and surgical management for reproductive endocrinology and infertility disorders; treat complications resulting from management options; and applies fundamental principles of physiology and pathophysiology.\nPublisher: American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 161, "original_length": 4031, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 252.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.the-funeral-home-directory.com/funeralhomes/Iowa/Maynard/service.ashx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:51Z", "digest": "sha1:PMF6TEFUMHYR6AEVSMTMVSEWSMAEEPI3", "length": 1695, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.the-funeral-home-directory.com", "title": "Maynard, Iowa Funeral Homes, Mortuary, Memorial Chapels - The Funeral Home Directory", "raw_content": "Maynard, Iowa Funeral Homes\nSend funeral flowers to a funeral home in Maynard, Iowa. Beautiful sympathy flowers delivered by local florists to any Maynard, Iowa funeral service.\nMaynard, Iowa 50655\nAdd a Funeral Home for Maynard, Iowa\nMaynard, Iowa Obituaries and News\nJanet Whitebook February 14, 2017\nJanet was a graduate of the University of Iowa where she met her husband of 49 years, Maynard \"Moe\" Whitebook ... Iowa City, IA. For a complete obituary, please visit www.Fullernaples.com (legacy.com)\nAfter graduating from Seneca Consolidated Schools in 1946, Wanda attended Waldorf College and Upper Iowa University receiving her bachelor ... She taught in the school districts of Plover, Maynard, Center Point, and Riceville, being careful not to teach ... (Dickinson County News)\nMaynard Peter Koppen, the son of Peter L. and Gertrude (Becker) Koppen, was born July 2, 1922, at Lakota, Iowa. He graduated as valedictorian of the Lakota High School class of 1941. Maynard served in the United States Army during World War II, serving in ... (The Messenger)\nDuane Allen Grimm January 26, 2017\nGrimm, 83, of Waverly and formerly of Harpers Ferry and Maynard, Iowa, died Friday morning ... A Memorial Fund has been established in his name. Online obituary at www.jamisonschmitzfuneralhome.com Duane Allen Grimm was born February 12, 1933, at Lamont ... (prod2.meaningfulfunerals.net)\nJack Maynard Jordan January 12, 2017\nHe was born on January 29, 1938, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, the son of Gerald Charles and Flora Mary (Bergstrom) Jordan. He was united in marriage to Linda Marie Grosse on July 11, 1971, in Cedar Falls. After his initial enlistment and service in the U.S. Navy ... (apg-wi.com)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 2586, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 310.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/national/rollercoaster-career-burt-reynolds-obituary-death-20180907-p502dn.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:38:14Z", "digest": "sha1:HOGHBFPGTH2VFDIZUJVJ5IZTDDWMU6RF", "length": 8863, "nlines": 37, "source_domain": "www.theage.com.au", "title": "Rollercoaster career spanned five decades with 100 movie and TV roles", "raw_content": "Rollercoaster career spanned five decades with 100 movie and TV roles\nBurt Reynolds holds his award for Best Supporting Actor at the 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards for his role in Boogie Nights. Credit:AP\nBurt Reynolds, whose blend of Southern-fried machismo and wise-guy playfulness launched his celebrity in the 1970s, first as a freewheeling chat-show guest, then as a nude centrefold in Cosmopolitan magazine and finally as a Hollywood action star, died September 6 aged 82.\nTyre-screeching fare such as Smokey and the Bandit (1977) and The Cannonball Run (1981) largely book-ended Reynolds\u2019 reign as a top box-office draw and cemented his on-screen persona as a carefree man\u2019s man with an arm around a lady and his foot on the gas pedal.\nBurt Reynolds and Loni Anderson. Credit:Alamy\nOff-screen, the mustachioed actor developed a reputation as a hard-drinking playboy whose charm alternated with a volcanic, hair-trigger temper. He made atrocious career decisions, propelled in part by a drug addiction and dramatic financial reversals. A low point was his excruciatingly public breakup and divorce from actor Loni Anderson in the early 1990s.\nCritical plaudits and peer recognition appeared wildly beyond his grasp when, in the twilight of his professional life, he summoned a precisely calibrated performance in Boogie Nights (1997) as a 1970s movie pornographer with delusions of artistry.\nBurt Reynolds and Mark Wahlberg on the set of Boogie Nights. Credit:Mary Evans Picture Library\nDirected by Paul Thomas Anderson, Boogie Nights earned Reynolds an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor. He lost to Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting, but the attention seemed, if nothing else, a testament to Reynolds\u2019s resilience.\nIn a career spanning five decades and more than 100 movie and television roles, Reynolds said he mostly chose projects that seemed \u201cfun\u201d at the time.\nThe rebellious son of a Florida police chief, Reynolds ventured into acting in the late 1950s after injuries pushed him out of college football. Theatre class, he wrote, was where he could find \u201cpretty girls.\u201d\nWith his pillowy lips, rugged build and unco-operative hairline, Reynolds resembled a young Marlon Brando but possessed little of that actor\u2019s depth and subtlety. Yet Reynolds\u2019s sexual charisma and willingness to perform his own stunts helped ease his way into the ranks of Hollywood hopefuls.\nReynolds\u2019 rise to the front rank of stardom was owed almost entirely to his unpredictable and disarming appearances on late-night television with hosts such as Merv Griffin and Johnny Carson. Reynolds dispensed with the expected niceties and platitudes about Hollywood and family, and he poked fun at his career, saying he was known for movies \u201cthey show in airplanes or prisons or anywhere else the people can\u2019t get out.\u201d\nThen director John Boorman, who once said he was intrigued by the actor\u2019s blend of \u201cpower, vulnerability and style,\u201d provided Reynolds with his breakthrough role in Deliverance (1972): an overconfident Atlanta businessman whose canoeing adventure with three friends in Appalachia turns into a gruesome tale of backwoods rape and murder.\nDeliverance was a revelation of Reynolds potential, but the film was released after his Cosmo centrefold appearance. Reynolds insisted the photo \u2014 he was stretched out on a bearskin rug with his arm discreetly placed between his legs \u2014 was done in the spirit of satire.\nMale pin-ups were almost unheard of in mainstream ladies\u2019 magazines, and Reynolds\u2019 image proved a sensation, quickly selling out all 1.5 million copies. He later said his hope of being taken seriously by audiences and critics was undermined by the centrefold and may have cost him an Oscar nomination for Deliverance.\nDuring the next several years, Reynolds appeared in more than a dozen hit movies, playing moonshiners (White Lightning), policemen (Hustle), gridiron veterans (The Longest Yard, Semi-Tough) and an aging stuntman (Hooper).\n\u201cI probably could do a film about the sewer system in Moscow and make it commercial,\u201d he joked at the time.\nThe most defining roles of his career \u2014 Smokey and the Bandit, The Cannonball Run and their stitched-together sequels \u2014 drew in astounding profits on gossamer plots.\nBurt Reynolds in Smokey and the Bandit II (1980). Credit:Cover Images\nSmokey and the Bandit, often described as a 90-minute car chase between Reynolds and an exasperated sheriff played by Jackie Gleason, cost about $4 million and grossed more than $100 million, making it the year\u2019s most profitable film after Star Wars.\nReynolds\u2019 career began to skid by the mid-1980s amid bad professional decisions and personal woes. He declined the role of a retired astronaut that won Jack Nicholson an Academy Award for Terms of Endearment to make another car-chase story, Stroker Ace (1983), with his then-girlfriend Loni Anderson.\nHe ploughed his fortune into business ventures, including a restaurant chain that folded and left him millions of dollars in debt. He bought a private helicopter and a jet and paid two pilots $100,000 each to be at his disposal at all times.\nHis on-set behaviour reinforced his reputation as a mercurial bully. While making the action film Heat (1986), he punched director Dick Richards for a perceived slight. The altercation cost him $500,000 to settle and torpedoed what little good will he retained with Hollywood executives.\nMeanwhile, stunt injuries and a debilitating jaw condition left Reynolds in pain that he self-medicated heavily for years with prescription drugs. Unable to eat because of jaw pain, he lost more than 27 kilograms from his 90-kilogram frame, and rumours spread he had AIDS.\nAs he donned increasingly elaborate hair pieces, his career bottomed out in films such as Rent-a-Cop (1987) and Striptease (1996), in which he played a debauched congressman.\nReynolds\u2019 cultural relevance spiked anew with Boogie Nights, which brought the star effusive reviews. New York Times film critic Janet Maslin wrote that Reynolds gave \u201chis best and most suavely funny performance in many years. Like Jerry Lewis in The King of Comedy, he gives the role an extra edge by playing a swaggering, self-important figure very close to the bone.\u201d\nReynolds told interviewer Piers Morgan that he was proud of his Boogie Nights performance but not the movie, which he said \u201cglamourised\u201d the porn industry. For that reason, he declined to promote the film, alienating himself from the Hollywood establishment as it was ready to embrace him once again.\nBurton Leon Reynolds was born in Lansing, Michigan, on February 11, 1936, and grew up in Riviera Beach, Florida. He said his upbringing was defined by a remote and intimidating father he could never please.\nAfter withdrawing from Florida State University\u2019s football program, Reynolds joined a theatre class. The instructor liked the spark of rage in him and urged on his stage career.\nIt was only after showing that looser side of himself on talk shows that important Hollywood directors began to notice Reynolds\u2019 potent mix of humour and sexual threat. Woody Allen hired him to play a sperm switchboard chief in Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972).\nAs his career waxed and waned, so did his often turbulent personal life. His first marriage, to British actor Judy Carne, ended in divorce in the mid-1960s. She later was the \u201csock-it-to-me\u201d girl on Rowan & Martin\u2019s Laugh-In. Reynolds was also involved with actor Inger Stevens when she committed suicide in 1970. He spent years dating his Smokey co-star Sally Field.\nReynolds became a tabloid staple during his divorce from Anderson, a star on the sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati whom he married in 1988. Celebrity magazines had once covered \u201cBurt and Loni\u201d as a Hollywood golden couple, with Reynolds portrayed as a Lothario finally ready to settle down and Anderson as the blonde bombshell who tamed him.\nAs their marriage disintegrated in the early 1990s, they traded accusations of flagrant infidelity and waged a bitter custody battle over their adopted son; they eventually shared custody. They wrote duelling tell-all memoirs and were widely described as a textbook case of how not to divorce in Hollywood.\nReynolds declared bankruptcy at least once \u2014 and made efforts to revive the sly charm that once enticed millions of ticket-buyers.\n\u201cI go to the studios,\u201d he told the Times in 1996, \u201cand we start off and they\u2019re very nice and they tell me they grew up with me and then somewhere in the middle of the meeting they say, \u2018We have to address this \u2014 are you difficult?\u2019 And I say, \u2018If I met you between 1972 and 1976, I\u2019m sorry'.\n\u201cAt that moment, I hope for a laugh, but usually don\u2019t get one, and then I think, what am I saying? I made a lot of money and had a lot of fun and made a lot of movies you probably loved, but, \u2018I\u2019m sorry\u2019? I had a good time.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 250, "original_length": 12061, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 238.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.thediplomad.com/2017/01/marching-marching-for-right-to-kill.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:58:52Z", "digest": "sha1:BBO26437S2KGD6UGGIBRHJHWEMEP4A3C", "length": 13425, "nlines": 80, "source_domain": "www.thediplomad.com", "title": "The DiploMad 2.0: Marching for the Right to Kill", "raw_content": "As a rule, I do not care for mass marches. Some, admittedly, are conducted and headed with discipline, dignity, and a sense of purpose, e.g., MLK, Tea Party, General Sherman. Most, however, prove unruly, unfocussed events that leave behind trash, and attract the weird, the bored, the sad loser, and, of course, the so-called \"A-List\" narcissist celebrity who jets in, delivers some bombast, and then jets back out. In most of these events participants say mean and little things, and the march produces mean and little things of no lasting impact--except, perhaps, to the small businesses that have had their windows broken and premises trashed.\nThe \"Million Women March\" falls into the same category as most of these events. To their credit, these marchers did not trash businesses but, as typical with leftist marches, left behind piles of trash for others to clean up. From what I saw of it, and its companion marches in Europe and elsewhere, this was, perhaps and at best, some vague expression of unhappiness with an election that didn't turn out the way the marchers wanted, and so . . . they march. OK. They have that right. Doesn't bother me at all. Other than that, what was it about? We heard and saw marchers exhibit girlish delight in using \"grown-up\" profanity and coarseness, and we read pompous statements from the organizers bragging, \"They said it couldn't be done!\" Who are \"they\"? What \"couldn't be done\"? Are we to swoon in amazement over the organizers' ability to solicit and obtain a marching permit from DC authorities? Hate to break it to the marchers, but it's been done before--many, many times--and will be done again. This is neither the first nor last rodeo, ladies, not at all. For that, you can thank the Constitution, and a lot of men who have marched to war to defend it for you.\nStill, we have the unanswered question: What was this really about? I, for example, never understood the march in Paris put on after one of the Islamic atrocities and wrote about my disgust that,\nIt was a very typical, in fact, an extremely typical leftist/progressive/narcissist manifestation akin to so many others we have seen over the years. It was replete with the usual trademarks of progressivism: prancing and preening; empty slogans and rhetoric; and equally empty gestures and cartoonish props, e.g., giant pencils, rakishly worn bandanas, silly make-up, etc. . . In sum, the \"march\" was a call to do, what exactly? Simple: It was a call to do exactly nothing. The march was about nothing.\nWe can say much of the same about the January 21 festivities: a lot of mostly white middle and upper class women, wearing funny hats, claiming to be \"oppressed\" in some way, and giving \"notice\" that they will \"resist.\" They said nothing about the real oppressor of women today, Islam, and, in fact, went out of their way to make nice with Islam; a prominent Muslim pro-Sharia \"activist\" had a major role in organizing the event. I am surprised that CAIR did not put on a Sharia-approved honor killing demonstration, or one on how to throw acid in the face of girls who \"dishonor\" family, or how to perform a clitoridectomy on a screaming girl, or how to hang gays from construction cranes: well, maybe next year, along with one on how to drive a truck into a crowd . . .\nThe only concrete theme was abortion. That seems to serve as the sole unifier of today's feminism, i.e., preserving and expanding the right to kill the unborn with no restrictions. That seems to define bravery for these folks; that's the core impetus behind the move to \"resist.\"\nSo, in the end, I guess I am partly wrong. Unlike the march in Paris, this march wasn't about nothing. It was a march for the right to kill.\nI especially enjoyed watching the marches in the Muslim countries. Oh wait....\nRead that one of the DC organizers is a pro-Palestinian, pro Sharia Law activist. Encouraging women to choose Sharia to get interest-free loans:\nhttp://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/01/figrues-organizer-dc-womens-march-linda-sarsour-pro-sharia-law-ties-hamas/\nI heard a lot of \"I want, I want\", \"gimme gimme gimme\".\nOuch! Thanks for that, DipII: right on!\nColoComment January 22, 2017 at 3:37 PM\nThe incoherence embodied in the women's movement, as it's currently presented, befuddles me.\nWhat they are saying is, \"We don't want the government in our wombs, telling us what to do with our bodies....BUT....we want the taxpayers to pay for our decisions by subsidizing PP, forcing insurers and employers to pay for birth control and abortions.....and making laws that require the Government to be involved in reproductive decisions.\"\nWhat they don't seem to realize is that the minute that they give Government the obligation to pay, they also give the Government the power to impose restrictions, qualifications, and ... going back to Margaret Sanger, eugenic policies.\nI also read that the organizers denied a pro-life group participation. So, they're marching for \"women's rights,\" but only if you think as they do.\nMuch as the left is unhappy when it envisions a political opponent using the expanded powers of the presidency that the left created to obviate the left's political victories, they should also give some thought to the potential negative consequences to their crusade should things go politically cattywompus on them.\nSusanH January 22, 2017 at 8:30 PM\nWow! One of the most well written comments I have ever read. Thank you.\n\"Hey government, I want all of your support and the freedom to give nothing in return!\"\nSorry lady, what you want is a husband. And if you're already married, a good husband.\nThe modern single women has a 'husband': it's called the government. Many of the marching women fear that the new Trump government might want a 'divorce' to stop the welfare payments and services to single women without a prospect of alimony thereafter.\n\"A march for the right to kill.\"\nBrilliant. We should all use this as a description of these demonstrations going forward.\nn.n January 22, 2017 at 10:39 PM\nDeny life unworthy. Abortion rites have a long and notorious history.\nJoseph Hyland January 22, 2017 at 11:06 PM\n\"That seems to serve as the sole unifier of today's feminism, i.e., preserving and expanding the right to kill the unborn with no restrictions.\"\nThat was my thought as well. As evidence of this, as ColorComment noted, a right to life group was barred from the march.\nSaw a great little post today so I cant take credit for it.\nA young lady wearing a Trump T-shirt. She proclaimed their already was a Woman's March. It happened in November when 25 million women marched into the voting booth and voted for Trump.\nFausta January 23, 2017 at 3:51 PM\nRe: the French. Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoit Nadeau in their book The Bonjour Effect, which I recommend, said. \"Demonstrations and protests are political forums in France. After the slaughters at Charlie Hebdo and the Hyper Cache grocery, 5 percent of France\u2019s total population took to the street. North Americans, who don\u2019t protest in the street nearly as much as the French do, interpret it as a sign of unrest, if not political chaos. In fact, it\u2019s the opposite: if the French couldn\u2019t protest, that would lead to political chaos.\u201d\nAs far as Saturday's shameful exhibition goes, I've resolved to never use foul language, strive to behave with some dignity, and to continue to associate with people of decency and drop any others.\nBy shameful, I mean things like showing up with an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe as a vagina [sic - the anatomical part is called a vulva] https://twitter.com/AmyKNelson/status/822847906269032448\nI also threw away everything pink.\nVery cathartic.\nToo bad their DC permit wasn't for Sunday instead of Saturday. Thousands of us who were in DC for the inauguration had planned on sightseeing but had our day spoiled by the marchers. Part of the plan no doubt.\nSavage; but fair.\nMisandry on parade ...\nMust be PC; it's Ms. Andry\nMs. Andre the Giant ...\nDiogenes' Middle Finger also has an excellent rant on this topic.\nAbortion. Such an unlikely act to be the seed of bring down a great nation. I'm not sure the left loves abortion so much as they love the divisiveness of it. We have lost elections and rights in the good fight against abortion. More than likely there will be blood in the Senate when Trump picks a pro-life Supreme Court nominee. What we need is a pro-constitution nominee but we will fight to the death for a pro-life judge. One of two things will happen (perhaps both); we will be forced to appoint a judge who can get 61 votes who is not openly pro-life and may be squishy on the constitution. OR we will reinvigorate the left in the bloody but futile battle to put a pro-lifer on the Supreme Court. For what? Roe-vs Wade won't be overturned. And god forbid that it was that single act would reenergize the left like we have never seen them.\nThe battle is for the country. The left wants to fundamentally change our country in much the same way that Lenin fundamentally changed Russia. Do not hand them the opportunity to do it. nominate a solid pro-constitution judge, do it each time a court opening comes up. Let's save the country. Don't mistakenly think this narrow Trump victory means a thing in the long run the left intends to take over and the courts were their best ally in that effort.\nA fine post you have here. The Left loves abortion mainly because the Right detests it. A SC nominee should acknowledge only that Roe is the law of the land. Say no more. Roe will never be overturned until the vast majority of the public has a mind change on the issue. Before then, Roe or not, abortions will take place in defiance of any overturning. Hearts and minds first. Our enemy is not abortion. Our enemy is Leftism and all its cancerous side effects. It has been our ever present enemy, our current enemy and our enemy for ever. It never goes away.\nM. Simon January 27, 2017 at 3:25 AM\nThe reason the left never goes away is that there are Two Ecologies. City and Country. And with them are two cultures.\nWhat works for those places on the edge of collapse (cities) does not work in places with room to move (Country).\nIf we understood this in our bones we might all get along better.\nTrump is correct on abortion. It is not a Federal issue. It is a States issue.\nTrump was also correct, - if abortion is murder women who instigate one deserve the death penalty.\nWell that caused an uproar. Even most pro lifers are not willing to go that far. Which means the issue is not as serious as claimed.\nAs far as I can figure out it is \"misdemeanor manslaughter (for the provider) and the woman goes free\". In other words the instigator of the crime is let off the hook. What kind of justice is that?\nObviously a ridiculous position.\nOn top of that there is no statute of limitations on murder. So we have some 20 or 30 million women deserving of the death penalty. Or at least a few years in prison.\nBut I'm told that is all too logical.\nSo we have a Republican Party basing its position in this matter on feelz. Is this a Great Country or what?\nOh, the delicious irony. The limo burned in DC was a muslim's.\nExcept that this is likely to be featured in the MSM Fake News as, \"Muslim Migrant's Property Burnt In Trump-Inspired Violence\"\nI'll march for IUD provision to poor people. I'm OK with pharmaceutical abortions early on (I don't want to pay for it, but I understand and accept the logic of them). HOWEVER, once you get to the point where you're tearing apart a little fetus, you've passed the \"my body, my choice\" stage. It's not your little limbs on the surgical tray or in the vacuum container.\nI'm a woman. They didn't march for me.\nPrivate efforts to reduce abortion are working.\nIf Republicans insist on turning to government to solve this problem expect a resurgence of the Democrats.\nThe Obama era began when a Republican Congress got involved in the Terri Schiavo case in the name of life.\nJust as the Trump era began with the passing of ObamaCare.\nSo what can we tell from that? It takes about 4 to 6 years for a stupid move by Congress/Government to be reflected in the voting.\nBTW the differences in attitudes towards abortion reflect the differences in ecology between City and Country life. And cities now dominate. Trump is an aberration. A welcome aberration. But the Cities will be back. With a vengeance - if they get treated vengefully.\nhttp://classicalvalues.com/2016/12/two-ecologies/\nA Thermodynamic Explanation Of Politics\nThe problem with politics is that hardly anyone considers, \"and then what?\"\nOK. You won. What effect will your win and the policies that flow from the win have on the electorate? In the mind of the winners it is always, \"We won didn't we? They will love us.\"\nI have watched this play out over many cycles. It is always a bad attitude. Remember Nov 2016? The Democrats lost because they were not paying attention.\nIt happens so often (to both \"sides\" ) that there must be some kind of law about it.\nMarcus Aurelius: \"The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.\"\nAnd you know what? I'm seeing signs of incipient insanity all around.\nTom Kratman January 27, 2017 at 10:48 AM\nThe marches are theater, nothing more. They are plays in which we are all stage props and the marchers get to act like they matter and are the stars of the show.\nColonial attitudes towards abortion", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 408, "original_length": 20425, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 302.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2008/12/atheist-labels-nativity-scene-hate/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:52Z", "digest": "sha1:TEOZTLLBHX4EKACWZCBBKQUMAHFSRH5Y", "length": 468, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.thegatewaypundit.com", "title": "Atheist Labels Nativity Scene \"Hate Speech\" (Video)", "raw_content": "Atheist Labels Nativity Scene \"Hate Speech\" (Video)\nA spokesman for a national atheist\u2019s assosiation labeled little Baby Jesus in a manger\u2013\nEyeblast TV reported:\nDan Barker of the Freedom from Religion Foundation said on \u201cFox & Friends\u201d on December 1 that the nativity scene represents \u201chate speech\u201d and \u201ca direct attack on good human values.\u201d\nHate speech?\u2026 That doesn\u2019t even make sense.\nAnd, by the way, he talks about the winter solstice\u2026 Isn\u2019t that a Wiccan holiday", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 421, "original_length": 7892, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.81, "perplexity": 282.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/business/article-trump-sharpens-criticism-of-fed-interest-rate-hikes/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:28Z", "digest": "sha1:JJ7FZ2WUUQIODUIEVOZI5SN4QVPW3EYB", "length": 1555, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.theglobeandmail.com", "title": "Trump sharpens criticism of Fed interest rate hikes - The Globe and Mail", "raw_content": "Trump sharpens criticism of Fed interest rate hikes\nU.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the White House on July 19, 2018.\nAndrew Harnik/The Associated Press\nU.S. President Donald Trump on Friday dug in on his criticism of the Federal Reserve\u2019s policy on raising interest rates, saying it takes away from the United States\u2019 \u201cbig competitive edge,\u201d and lamented the strength of the U.S. dollar.\nTrump, in posts on Twitter, also accused the European Union and China of manipulating their currencies.\n\u201cChina, the European Union and others have been manipulating their currencies and interest rates lower, while the U.S. is raising rates while the dollars gets stronger and stronger with each passing day - taking away our big competitive edge,\u201d Trump wrote. \u201cAs usual, not a level playing field.\u201d\nAfter his posts, the U.S. dollar extended losses against the European Union\u2019s euro, the Chinese yuan and Japanese yen.\nRepresentatives for the Fed could not immediately be reached for comment.\nTrump had already criticized the Fed\u2019s interest rate policy in an interview on CNBC on Thursday, saying he was concerned higher rates could impact the U.S. economy.\nMost economists believe the current economic climate, with the nation\u2019s unemployment at historic lows and inflation at the Fed\u2019s 2 percent target, justify recent interest rate rises and a strong U.S. dollar.\nThe issue also ties into the Trump administration\u2019s current trade battles with China, Europe and others, as a strong currency tends to make a country\u2019s exports more expensive, hurting exporters.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 2363, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 234.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/canada/article-families-say-minimum-wage-changes-are-cutting-jobs-for-people-with/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:55Z", "digest": "sha1:ZYCWKET4B5YS7BRMYGAPZ5KFPTHNOR5L", "length": 6604, "nlines": 33, "source_domain": "www.theglobeandmail.com", "title": "Families say minimum-wage changes are cutting jobs for people with disabilities - The Globe and Mail", "raw_content": "Families say minimum-wage changes are cutting jobs for people with disabilities\nNoella Ovid\nDuncan McDonald plays air hockey with friends at Torchlight Services and Community Living Guelph Wellington on April 11, 2018.\nJ.P. MOCZULSKI\nDuncan McDonald, 28, has no real concept of money. A $5 bill would mean no less to him than $5,000, according to his mother, Susan Wahlroth.\nSince graduating high school seven years ago, Mr. McDonald, who has Down syndrome and lives with his mother in Guelph, Ont., has filled his days with vocational day programs at Torchlight Services and Community Living Guelph Wellington \u2013 local non-profits that provide services for people with cognitive and physical disabilities.\nThe organizations used to provide work contracts for people such as Mr. McDonald and pay them under minimum wage to do the work in sheltered workshops \u2013 work centres that employ people with disabilities to work separately from others. Among other duties, their tasks included packaging items, preparing mailings and sorting products.\nThis is the first month Mr. McDonald has had no work since the province mandated phasing out sheltered workshops by next year. The same legislation that has brought a higher minimum wage to Ontarians also removed the exemption for sheltered workshops. Employers that worked with service providers like Torchlight Services can\u2019t pay their workers less than minimum wage, and most have opted to stop hiring people with cognitive disabilities.\nThe best intentions to protect vulnerable workers have instead harmed them, say Ms. Wahlroth and other parents who are asking the Ministry of Community and Social Services to reopen the dialogue on work contracts for people with developmental disabilities, as their adult children can\u2019t compete against fully abled people in terms of productivity.\n\u201cIf Duncan is folding gloves, maybe he can fold 10 pairs that day, but maybe somebody else can fold, like, a hundred pairs. So should an employer [be expected] to pay Duncan $14 to fold his 10 gloves or is he going to pay one of his employees $14 to fold a hundred?\u201d she said.\nBut the Ministry of Community and Social Services believes the decision to move away from its sheltered workshops was the right one, according to spokesman Daniel Schultz.\n\u201cThere is simply no justification in the 21st century to segregate any group of people and pay them less than minimum wage for the work they have done,\u201d he wrote in an e-mail.\nMr. Schultz said the closure of sheltered workshops is not about taking away supports and that no workshop will be phased out for an individual without appropriate alternatives in place.\n\u201cSome individuals with developmental disabilities may prefer to focus on community participation, such as volunteering or recreational opportunities,\u201d he wrote.\nBut for these workers, having a job, even one with a smaller paycheque, gave them a sense of purpose, said Ms. Wahlroth.\n\u201cI just don\u2019t know how they can go in and be so disrespectful and devalue these jobs that our guys take such great pride in,\u201d she said. \u201cHow can somebody who doesn\u2019t even know [Duncan] say, \u201cWell, you can do better than this, so we\u2019re taking your job away?\u2019 Because he can\u2019t necessarily do better than what he\u2019s doing right now.\u201d\nTorchlight Services had 45 people on work contracts, most of which have already ended. The remaining contracts will be phased out by the end of June, according to Patty Cote-Duncanson, executive director.\nMs. Cote-Duncanson said they\u2019ve received several complaints from parents about the work contracts ending. She said one of the benefits of these placements was that workers were able to socialize with one another and build friendships without the pressure of having to get a certain amount of work done; their pay was based on the number of hours they were there.\n\u201cSome of it is just the whole idea of going to work,\u201d she said. \u201cIt could\u2019ve been a nickel and it wouldn\u2019t have mattered. It was the process of coming in and getting their money.\u201d\nMs. Cote-Duncanson added that it\u2019s hard for people with developmental disabilities to find work on their own because they don\u2019t have the supports provided by organizations such as Torchlight Services.\n\u201cEven when they do find jobs, they don\u2019t seem to last,\u201d she said. \u201cA lot of companies \u2013 with having to pay $14 an hour \u2013 they don\u2019t want to spend the time or can\u2019t spend the time to train them and give them a chance to learn.\u201d\nMs. Cote-Duncanson said that if somebody wants to hire them now, they have to put them through the payroll process and include employee benefits, as opposed to asking them to come to work for a couple of hours and paying them in cash, which has been the normal practice.\nMr. McDonald currently works at a restaurant for three hours a week. He got fired from his previous restaurant job because he stopped going to work after they hired a new manager who didn\u2019t have a background in dealing with people who have special needs, Ms. Wahlroth said.\nMs. Cote-Duncanson said Torchlight is working on getting their clients into the community through other community outings and recreational activities, such as cooking, hiking and swimming. They are also trying to find them volunteer opportunities so that those who are used to working feel like they are a part of something.\nBut some individuals, like Mr. McDonald, are having difficulty adjusting to the changes.\n\u201cIt\u2019s a little bit of a struggle because they were happy and now it\u2019s got to change,\u201d said Ms. Cote-Duncanson. \u201cSometimes for these people, these adjustments cause anxiety.\u201d\nMs. Cote-Duncanson added that Torchlight will need to fundraise in order to make up for the shortfall in revenue they\u2019ve lost from the work contracts ending. In the future, they are planning to get small groups together to do lawn mowing.\nJoe Dale, executive director of the Ontario Disability Employment Network, said not every business is open to hiring people with disabilities because some businesses that have done so in the past are struggling to pay a higher minimum wage.\nMr. Dale added that Bill 148 has had a greater impact on the service sector (retail and fast-food industries) and that people with disabilities need to start looking at business sectors that are more stable and have better job opportunities for them.\nBut Ms. Wahlroth said she\u2019s worried about her son\u2019s future.\n\u201cI don\u2019t know what I\u2019m going to do and I just think that this is wrong,\u201d she said.\nWynne says Ontario may help more publicly-funded businesses with minimum wage hike\nOntario businesses investigated for alleged labour violations after minimum-wage hike", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 67, "original_length": 7746, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 230.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/report-on-business/ottawa-urged-to-support-small-businesses-owned-by-women/article37632613/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:40:59Z", "digest": "sha1:QEJE2NOT7VAM57FVJNMHLBRHLCKNOJW6", "length": 4766, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.theglobeandmail.com", "title": "Canadian government urged to support small businesses owned by women - The Globe and Mail", "raw_content": "Canadian government urged to support small businesses owned by women\nPrime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, walks past Ivanka Trump at the Women and Development event at the G20 summit Saturday, July 8, 2017 in Hamburg, Germany.\nA cross-border women's business group launched from a meeting last year between Justin Trudeau and Ivanka Trump is urging the Canadian government to create a procurement policy with a target of allocating 5 per cent of federal contracts to small businesses owned by women.\nThe proposed policy would be similar to an existing U.S. federal procurement program, which requires the U.S. government to award 5 per cent of its contracts to women-owned small businesses in economic sectors where women are underrepresented. The tenders amounted to about $11-billion (U.S.) in 2012, according to a report released Wednesday by the Canada-United States Council for Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders.\nCanada's federal government has no similar target but has been looking at changing its procurement practices to encourage more bidding from companies owned by women and people from minority groups.\nThe council argues procurement spending can provide a big boost to help small companies grow, and also recommends that more large private-sector companies should have policies requiring procurement from smaller companies owned by women.\nThe report says major U.S. companies are ahead of Canadian companies in adopting such programs, with 97 per cent of Fortune 500 companies reporting they have a supplier diversity program, compared to fewer than 50 per cent of large companies in Canada.\nAnnette Verschuren, chief executive officer of energy storage company NRStor Inc. and former president of Home Depot Canada, said women are fairly well represented in the ranks of small-business founders, but lag in their ability to grow them to the next tier. Procurement programs help smaller companies bridge that gap by giving them access to bigger contracts, she said.\n\"It really creates a market and helps push the advancement and growth of women,\" she said.\nCompanies owned by women are less likely to bid on procurement contracts because they are unaware of them or have a harder time managing the costs and administrative burden, the report said. But Ms. Verschuren said procurement policies give women more incentive to bid, and also encourage larger companies to partner with smaller companies run by women to help meet the bidding criteria.\n\"It would bring a lot more confidence to women in terms of seeing markets that are there for them that they can bid on directly,\" she said.\n\"If we can provide a more specific market opportunity, if we can get them contracts, I think that lack of confidence can be overcome\u2026 I just think it's an accelerator to close the gap that we have.\"\nThe council members are a group of senior female business executives, including TransAlta Corp. CEO Dawn Farrell, General Motors Co. CEO Mary Barra and Linamar Corp. CEO Linda Hasenfratz. The group was formed last February after Mr. Trudeau visited the White House and brought a delegation of prominent Canadian female executives to a roundtable meeting with Ms. Trump, an adviser to her father, U.S. President Donald Trump.\nWhile the Canadian government's efforts to find common ground with the Trump administration have yielded limited success over the past year, the women's business council has proceeded independently of government, working on five pillars key to advancing women.\nIn addition to its first report on growing women-owned businesses, the council also plans to issue separate reports on increasing women's access to capital, advancing women in leadership roles, increasing the number of women in science and technology occupations, and encouraging more female entrepreneurs.\nThe first report recommends expanding the existing U.S. federal Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) procurement program to make it more effective by covering more industry categories, and engaging more actively with women-owned companies to encourage bidding. It proposes a focus on verifying that companies are \"substantively managed and controlled\" by women, rather than a focus on \"strict legal ownership\" by women.\nOnce both governments have women's business procurement programs, the report says Canada and the U.S. should allow bidding for contracts by women-owned businesses from either country to give them access to a larger pool of contracts.\nIt recommends professional networking groups and business accelerator groups that help young companies grow should make it \"a real priority\" to develop women-owned companies, starting by reporting more on the results of their programs for women.\nHow Trudeau recruited a key businesswoman, Ivanka Trump", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 50, "original_length": 5661, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 238.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-canadian-economy-grew-at-29-per-cent-pace-in-second-quarter/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:31:12Z", "digest": "sha1:3RZXWDHDSYRE5FALBMNDRI2EINV34W7X", "length": 3183, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.theglobeandmail.com", "title": "Canadian economy surges on export growth but falls short of forecasts - The Globe and Mail", "raw_content": "Report on Business Canadian economy surges on export growth but falls short of forecasts\nCanadian economy surges on export growth but falls short of forecasts\nA surge in exports of energy, aircraft and pharmaceutical products helped propel Canada\u2019s economy higher in the second quarter of this year, Statistics Canada said Thursday.\nThe economy rocketed to an annualized pace of 2.9 per cent in the period from April 1 through June 30, compared with a slightly revised annual pace of 1.4 per cent in the first three months of 2018, the agency said.\nEconomists had expected an annualized pace of 3.0 per cent for the second quarter, according to Thomson Reuters Eikon.\nCIBC senior economist Royce Mendes said the economy sped ahead in the second quarter, but noted there was little momentum headed into the third.\n\u201cThe acceleration in growth is unlikely to be sustained in the second half of the year,\u201d he said.\nMr. Mendes said he expects the Bank of Canada to keep its key interest-rate target on hold when it makes its next rate announcement next week, but would likely look to raise it at the following meeting in October.\nThe Bank of Canada last raised its benchmark interest rate in July, to set its target for the overnight rate at 1.5 per cent.\n\u201cIf a NAFTA [North American free-trade agreement] deal comes to fruition, or at least negotiations are progressing in a positive manner, it still looks like the economy will warrant another rate hike come October,\u201d Mr. Mendes said.\nThe increase in growth was mainly the result of higher exports, which saw an increase of 2.9 per cent in the quarter.\nThat was the highest growth rate for that category in four years, led by energy exports, which accelerated at a rate of 5.6 per cent.\nExports of goods were 6.3 per cent higher in the second quarter, driven particularly by pharmaceuticals, while exports of aircraft, aircraft parts and engines grew by 13.4 per cent.\nService exports edged 0.2 per cent lower.\nImports, meanwhile, were higher by 1.6 per cent, faster than the 1.0-per-cent growth rate recorded in the first quarter. Statistics Canada said much of that growth was a result of higher refined-energy imports to offset an expected shutdown of four Canadian refineries in April and May.\nHousehold spending was also higher, up 0.6 per cent in the second quarter, compared with the 0.3-per-cent growth seen in the first three months of the year.\nThe increase was mainly a result of higher bills for utilities including water, electricity and gas, and because households were spending more for services such as renovations, up 0.8 per cent.\nHousing investment rebounded in the second quarter, up 0.3 per cent compared with a revised 2.7-per-cent drop in the previous three-month period. But spending on home ownership transfer costs and new construction was lower.\nBusiness capital investment was higher by 0.4 per cent, but that was the slowest pace of growth seen in the segment since the fourth quarter of 2016, and largely the result of a slowdown in purchases of machinery and equipment.\nCanada\u2019s current account deficit narrows on smaller goods trade gap\nCentral banking faces prospect of \u2018digital disruption\u2019, Poloz says", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 145, "original_length": 8174, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 331.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/leadership-lab/lessons-in-running-a-virtual-professional-services-company/article36394966/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:53Z", "digest": "sha1:OMPZCBTBY3AIJMNTRQ3QYOWCL2GVI4NL", "length": 5388, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.theglobeandmail.com", "title": "Lessons in running a virtual professional services company - The Globe and Mail", "raw_content": "Lessons in running a virtual professional services company\nCEO of Silver Sherpa, Inc.\nFive years ago I put my retirement plans on hold to start a third career building a professional-services business that delivers crisis and planning services to the elderly and their families. We now have a virtual company headquartered in Oakville that serves clients across southern Ontario and the GTA. Their family members can be anywhere in Canada or across the world and connect with us by conference call and e-mail.\nIt's unusual to see this type of virtual model for delivering professional services. Law firms and accounting firms typically have the client come to them, but we believe it's important to see the elderly person in their own home so we can best understand their needs.\nOur virtual work force is anchored at our Oakville office where we contract with Intelligent Office to provide executive assistants who answer calls and help us prequalify clients. This means flex meeting rooms and board rooms are booked as needed, and our overhead costs are lower.\nAll our sales, business development and client-delivery staff spend most of their day either on the road or working from home offices. The team includes six full-time staff, a roster of client-delivery people who are part-time, a senior management team, some of whom are outsourced, and suppliers who provide expertise in areas such as IT infrastructure and marketing.\nThe business model we use is based on a village model with a cluster of client-delivery people. Wrapped around them is a trusted professional network of experts such as lawyers, health and personal care providers, and financial advisers. Together they serve elderly clients who typically don't want to move more than 10 kilometres from their neighbourhood, assuming these people can no longer cope at home.\nWorking remotely is not new. But working remotely and actually running a virtual company are two different things.\nRunning a virtual company means that everyone has to be connected and aligned with the company's goals. Three things are key. You must have crystal-clear goals and objectives, on-demand synchronization and encryption technology, and effective processes.\nIndeed, clear goals and objectives matter even more in a virtual environment because teams collaborate across geographical areas and various skill sets. In our case, we have two teams \u2013 one devoted to sales, business development and marketing, and the other to client delivery. Members of both teams attend weekly conference calls to discuss key performance indicators.\nTechnology for on-demand synchronization and encryption is critical to this operation since users have their own computers or tablets, often with different operating systems. But client files and meeting notes must be done in real time, files must be synched in real time, and all client data and files must be encrypted due to the sensitivity of the information within. We have found that very few software companies can provide real-time synchronization and encryption in a single application. Still, these files must be readily available to the mobile delivery team when needed for client work.\nOur client-delivery team also uses time-tracking software to record the time spent on clients, travel and reporting. Such tracking delivers many advantages such as determining the actual effort needed for client work and planning for how much time is needed for specific tasks.\nAlong the way, we have learned a few lessons in how to build a virtual company. For example, processes are critical in keeping virtual teams functioning smoothly. For us, this means standardizing processes such as the prequalification interview for a prospect, how we assess an elderly client in their home, or how we run an internal meeting using agendas, conference calls and online conferencing.\nIf there is one consistent message we hear from our people, it is the need for more face time with their colleagues. They may be part of a virtual company, but they also believe in making a difference with elderly clients every single day.\nThis is why we hold company meetings every four to six weeks to celebrate achievements and focus on lessons learned. And every quarter, we set aside a full day for a joint company and advisory board meeting. This is an opportunity for all business advisers to meet with the whole group to share new ideas and discuss how performance measures against goals. We also have some fun with team building and usually schedule a reception or meal later.\nWe are passionate about serving our clients and their families in the best possible way. Being a virtual company allows us to be nimble enough to do that. But doing so means we must never forget to engage with advisers, health care professionals, family members, neighbours, and others in order to solve real-life problems for the elderly. And that's true whether they are in crisis mode or just planning ahead. A virtual company can work and be successful, but it takes discipline.\n\u2018Frankly I like to surround myself with introverts that help me but they modulate my behaviour.\u2019 Special to Globe and Mail Update\nExploring a $55-billion untapped market\nThree myths about the applicants med schools are seeking\nHow to get ready for your next big speech or meeting \u2013 according to science\nTo remain competitive, companies need to embrace cultural change", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 149, "original_length": 10633, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 301.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/article-how-first-puerto-rican-harlem-globetrotters-basketball-player-el-gato/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:25Z", "digest": "sha1:SUOVSBSUYKKBK23QI34GO6Y4OCUAE7WH", "length": 5596, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "www.theglobeandmail.com", "title": "How first Puerto Rican Harlem Globetrotters basketball player El Gato got his nickname - The Globe and Mail", "raw_content": "Sports How first Puerto Rican Harlem Globetrotters basketball player El Gato got his nickname\nHow first Puerto Rican Harlem Globetrotters basketball player El Gato got his nickname\nHarlem Globetrotters player Orlando Melendez, or El Gato, puts Toronto children through a series of basketball drills at the MLSE Launchpad. In addition to entertaining audiences, the team supports charitable causes on their travels around the world.\nPaul Attfield/The Globe and Mail\nLike so many other kids throughout the 1980s and \u201990s, Orlando Melendez grew up idolizing Michael Jordan.\nFrom the high-flying dunks to the million-dollar smile, the Chicago Bulls basketball superstar cut a swathe through the world of professional sports like few before him.\nBut back in his hometown of Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico, for Mr. Melendez, the riches and fame of the National Basketball Association seemed a million miles away. And while he may have followed in Mr. Jordan\u2019s footsteps in so far as sharing an alma mater in the University of North Carolina, his basketball career ended up going in a different direction.\nMr. Melendez got his nickname \u201cEl Gato\u201d after the stray cats that followed his trail of snack crumbs during his 3.2-kilometre trek to the nearest basketball court back home each day.\nWhile he was playing professionally in Puerto Rico in 2008, a former NBA player coaching on the island recommended he try out for the Harlem Globetrotters. After impressing with his athleticism as well as his personality, he became the first Puerto Rican to play for the legendary basketball entertainers in their 92-year history.\nIt really hit home when he visited the island for the first time wearing the famed blue shirts and red-and-white-striped shorts of the Globetrotters.\nHarlem Globetrotter Zeus McClurkin \u201cTo be a Globetrotter you\u2019ve got to be a good basketball player, but at the same time you\u2019ve got to be an incredibly good person.\u201d\n\u201cThat was insane,\u201d he says of the 2008 visit. \u201cI didn\u2019t think it was going to be such a big deal, being the first Puerto Rican.\u201d\nNow, instead of plying his trade for one of the 30 teams in the North America-based NBA, Mr. Melendez plays a starring role in some of the 400 shows that the Globetrotters put on internationally each year, with the team having so far played in 122 countries around the world.\nIt is a role that perfectly suits Mr. Melendez. While he has always been known for his dunks on the court, an equally important part of being a Globetrotter is community outreach.\nAs current teammate Zeus McClurkin puts it, \u201cto be a Globetrotter you\u2019ve got to be a good basketball player, but at the same time you\u2019ve got to be an incredibly good person.\u201d\nCurrently on tour across Canada, the team is visiting schools, hospitals and community centres in living up to its well-known nickname as \u201cAmbassadors of Goodwill.\u201d\nDuring a visit to the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Mr. McClurkin and Mr. Melendez visited Maya Kolbasnick, who has a brain tumor. The 10-year-old Kitchener, Ont., girl was meant to sing the national anthem with her choir at the Globetrotters game, but was unexpectedly hospitalized with a complication to her shunt. (Uploaded Apr. 9, 2018, by Harlem Globetrotters)\nThe Canadian leg of the tour wraps up this week in Halifax before heading overseas to Europe and beyond. In addition to the games, the players will be working with children on education programs, around themes such as bullying and the importance of daily activity.\nEarlier this month, both players put on a basketball clinic for local children at a community centre in downtown Toronto.\nThe team also operates what it terms a Smile Patrol, in which players visit hospitals to inspire the children who are unable to come out to watch the games in person. For Mr. Melendez, it\u2019s a big part of the thrill of being a Globetrotter.\n\u201cAs soon as we walk in [to a hospital] we get that real big smile from a little kid that maybe had surgery or is not feeling close to 50 per cent,\u201d he says. \u201cBut somehow he or she will come out with that beautiful smile.\u201d\nDoing good also takes on a very personal dimension for Mr. Melendez.\nGlobetrotter Zeus McClurkin works with Toronto children on basketball drills at the MLSE Launchpad, a facility that hosts community initiatives for MLSE's sports teams, as well as visiting teams.\nAfter witnessing the damage caused by hurricanes Irma and Maria first-hand last September in his native Puerto Rico, back on the island during a break in his schedule, he pitched in with his neighbours to help clear debris and remove felled trees, including one that fell on the roof on his grandmother\u2019s house.\nHe was also personally affected by the aftermath of the hurricane when his other grandmother was taken to hospital with a stomach complaint a few weeks later. However, without electricity, as much of the island was, there was nothing they could do for her and she passed away.\nThe lack of power on the island is only marginally better today.\n\u201cThere are people who still have no power,\u201d he says. \u201cI have a friend that just got power after seven months.\u201d\nEl Gato is under no illusions, though. Just because he jokes and laughs as part of his job, he knows that there is still much work to be done. And as the first Puerto Rican to play for the famed basketball entertainment franchise, he hopes he can continue to keep global attention focused on his homeland.\nFollow Paul Attfield on Twitter @paulattfield\nRaptors superfan Nav Bhatia: From courtside to building courts for kids\nToronto Maple Leafs superfan has \u2018mini Hockey Hall of Fame\u2019 in basement", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 143, "original_length": 9330, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 200.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2006/sep/01/energy.activists", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:45Z", "digest": "sha1:5DUMNXHYHPKX62QKYF5PSTQXKGUEDJCD", "length": 4673, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.theguardian.com", "title": "Skip to main content", "raw_content": "In the shadow of Drax, not so much a fight as a festival\n\u00b7 38 held as police foil plan to halt 'dirty' power plant\n\u00b7 Protesters outnumbered in siege that wasn't\nThe climate change protest camp near Drax power station in north Yorkshire. Photo: John Giles/PA\nThey didn't cost Drax power station even a second's electricity generation yesterday, but 600 climate action campaigners got 13-year-old Lauren Lofthouse thinking - and in the long run that may be more significant.\nLike a very small wave, the much-advertised assault lapped at the huge plant, one of the biggest buildings in Britain, and was broken with 38 arrests by a far larger force of police. The quieter campaign for local hearts and minds was a different matter.\nBilled in advance as \"the Battle of Drax\", the day was mostly nothing of the sort but a charm offensive of patient argument, good manners and jokes. It was the last that got Lauren and her twin sister, Daisy, hooked when a clown with a painted face, luminous red wig and combat jacked bounced down her garden path and announced: \"Sustainable energy is fun - really fun - I promise it is.\"\nMoments earlier, the girls had been saying shyly that they did not have any views about the 12 cooling towers and Britain's tallest chimney, which pumps out the country's largest single carbon footprint right in front of their kitchen window. After listening to the clown - a student called Jane from Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire - they were beginning to wonder, and that is what the Climate Action Camp is really after.\n\"It's when we have our own kids, isn't it?\" Daisy said. \"We don't want to do anything now which could affect them. It all seems OK, but when you think about it, it's what's going to happen in the future.\" Jane and her fellow protesters, one a GP from Hackney in London, beamed.\nThe Siege that Wasn't didn't turn entirely into doorstep debates. Promptly at 9am the highly organised camp in a legally squatted field (compensation payments ready for the brothers who farm it) disgorged a series of raiding parties in the direction of the cooling towers. Two protesters clambered up a lighting pylon on the edge of the mile-long perimeter and four others broke through the fence. They were vastly outnumbered by police from seven forces and were collared and taken away in vans within the hour.\nA larger force of demonstrators then squeezed through a police cordon on a twisty lane that cuts across the flat land of the Humber estuary between the camp and the power station. There were 22 more arrests, including two people with what officers called weapons - thought to be boltcutters and poles - which the deputy chief constable of North Yorkshire, Ian McPherson, said \"makes me feel upset\".\nIt was fair comment in the context of the exceptionally gentle policing, code-named Operation Harmony. All campers were given a leaflet from the force that started \"Welcome to North Yorkshire and the Selby area in particular\" and went on to promise every assistance with demonstrating provided it was peaceful.\nChief Superintendent Barry Smith chatted with protesters and said how good it was for his officers to deal with something \"different\". The police were also happy, in a different way, to pick up a couple of people who have been the subject of arrest warrants for weeks. They publicly read section 60 of the Public Order Act (the modern version of the old riot act ritual) and made it clear that the \"closing Drax\" notion, which brought us, the media, in droves, wasn't going to happen.\nIt would not be right to say that life sailed on as normal behind the wire, however. Quite a few staff didn't turn up. And everyone was instructed to lock office doors and open them only in response to a code of knocks. Like a children's story, all the Drax staff had to wear bright red jerkins. The police had luminous yellow and the protesters every colour.\nThere were occasional outbursts of temper, and the day's one casualty was a farmer who objected to the road being closed, tried to tractor through the crowd and ended up half-capsized in the ditch with a split head. The camp's symbol of an ostrich lifting its head from the sand was also confiscated, because the police considered its lock-on bolts (for attaching, in the protesters' wildest dreams, to the huge chimney) potential weapons.\nThe little army went home at teatime, and their shuttle bus started taking people to Selby railway station, but they will be back. The medic from Hackney, Douglas Carnall, who writes in the British Medical Journal, summed up the feeling: \"This issue is too important for one-offs. There will be protests, more persuasion and no doubt more camps.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 161, "original_length": 6725, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 310.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2017/sep/14/how-universities-solve-creative-arts-crisis-higher-education-graduates", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:13Z", "digest": "sha1:DGUFA4DWBTOEOLY3F455S6FNOY3QWMGX", "length": 5683, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "www.theguardian.com", "title": "Skip to main content", "raw_content": "How can universities help solve the creative arts crisis?\nThe creative arts have come under fire for poor graduate outcomes. But universities need to defend the important skills they provide\nJennifer Tuckett is a course leader at Central Saint Martins\nJennifer Tuckett\nThu 14 Sep 2017 02.30 EDT Last modified on Mon 24 Sep 2018 08.19 EDT\nCreative education provides important skills for our knowledge economy. Photograph: Bill Bradshaw\nThe creative arts are in crisis in the UK. At school level, arts A-levels, including creative writing, are being dropped, while the new Ebacc prioritises Stem subjects. For universities, the increasing focus on graduate salaries as a measure of success is undermining courses in the creative arts. However, it is crucial that we protect creative education \u2013 it provides the skills our knowledge economy will need in a future where jobs will be increasingly automated.\nThese points were all highlighted in a recent Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) paper on the crisis in creative arts in the UK. It warns that fewer pupils studying arts subjects translates to fewer options for creative subjects at university level. The problem is exacerbated by the disincentives for universities to offer creative arts courses: low graduate salaries in the creative industries harm their performance in the teaching excellence framework and in new longitudinal data on educational outcomes.\nGraduate employability ranking: the best university for getting a job\nHEPI\u2019s arguments chime with my own experience. Over the last four years, I have been investigating this area \u2013 first as a course leader at Central Saint Martins, and more recently as co-director of Art School, a new organisation set up to improve arts education.\nTo address this situation, we need to rethink how we approach arts education at all levels to improve graduate outcomes. So what can universities do?\nCollaborate more closely with the arts industry\nThis is difficult, since the two sectors work at different paces, with universities typically lagging behind. Partnering is important, however, as it gives students the confidence that they can be a part of the industry.\nThere are some good examples. Orange Tree theatre\u2019s new MA in directing is run in partnership with St Mary\u2019s University, and Manchester University\u2019s MA in screenwriting has been developed with film producer Tanya Seghatchian, who has credits on the Harry Potter films. On the MA in dramatic writing I run at Central Saint Martins, the course is taught with 11 industry experts including John Yorke, who created the BBC Writers Academy; Kate Rowland, founder of the BBC\u2019s new writing department; and Ola Animashawun, who developed the Royal Court Theatre\u2019s young writers programme.\nMake the most of the university\u2019s role as a thought leader\nUniversities can act as incubators for creative ideas through artistic residencies, which can in turn generate exciting new work that feeds into their courses.\nWarwick University is a great example of a university supporting companies, such as China Plate theatre studio, to develop ideas. Similarly, at Central Saint Martins, there is a fashion partnership with LVMH and, on the dramatic writing course, we have created a lab to allow companies to explore new ideas in partnership with students, providing space and resources for exploration and experimentation. In the US, Pig Iron theatre company was in residence at Yale School of Drama, trying out new ideas and developing work with students, to the benefit of both sides.\nImprove the transition from studying to working in the arts\nThere\u2019s a need for targeted schemes which ease the transition from a course into the arts industry. One good example is the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, which has recently launched a directing workshop aimed at supporting entry into the industry for directors who are female, BME or have disabilities.\n'It's a tough transition': why universities must plan for generation alpha\nThere\u2019s a particular problem in this area for women, since some studies suggest that far fewer work in the arts than study them. Over 70% of students at the University of the Arts London \u2013 Europe\u2019s largest arts university \u2013 are female, but only around 30% of artists with solo shows in major London galleries were female in 2016. There are similar statistics for female playwrights and directors.\nRun festivals\nCollaborating on festivals can help students make useful contacts and gain experience. Two good examples are Winchester University, which runs the Winchester Writers\u2019 festival, and Birmingham University, which holds the National Writers\u2019 Conference with Writing West Midlands. At Central Saint Martins, students work on London Writers\u2019 Week as part of their writer as producer module and, in return, get to attend the week\u2019s events for free.\nWork on campaigns\nWith their combined weight, universities and the industry can work together to shape government policy on the arts and improve the profession \u2013 such as calling for tax breaks for artists.\nThey can also run outreach campaigns. At Central Saint Martins, we have recently launched the Student Guide to Writing series, which is aimed at widening access to professional guidance on playwriting.\nJoin the higher education network for more comment, analysis and job opportunities, direct to your inbox. Follow us on Twitter @gdnhighered. And if you have an idea for a story, please read our guidelines and email your pitch to us at highereducationnetwork@theguardian.com.\nLooking for a higher education job? Or perhaps you need to recruit university staff? Take a look at Guardian Jobs, the higher education specialist", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 212, "original_length": 8903, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 284.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/jun/27/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries1", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:03Z", "digest": "sha1:5TSVCMRHI4HJ2IYS6TP6QQQJKW3IYEHY", "length": 3062, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.theguardian.com", "title": "Skip to main content", "raw_content": "Ghena Dimitrova, who has died aged 64, had one of the most formidably dramatic voices among sopranos of the past 25 years. As such, she was ideally cast in roles that other prima donnas think twice about undertaking, such as Turandot, Abigaille (in Verdi's Nabucco) and the title part of Ponchielli's Gioconda. She was not the subtlest of performers, but her basic style of acting had its own validity, and her stage presence was almost as arresting as her voice.\nWhen she first appeared, as Turandot, at the Metropolitan in New York in 1987, one eminent critic simply described her as \"a wonder\", and her Turandot at Covent Garden in 1983 provoked the same sort of reaction. I recall her a little earlier the same year, at her British debut, singing Gioconda in a concert performance of Ponchielli's work at the Barbican, opposite Domingo's Enzo, and being mesmerised by her trenchant yet not unsympathetic characterisation of that tragic heroine. It was a portrayal in the old, grand scale of operatic performance that was already rather out of fashion. She sang Lady Macbeth with Covent Garden on tour in Greece in 1986.\nDimitrova studied singing at Bulgaria's Sofia Music Academy, and made her professional debut in 1965 at Sofia's National Opera as Abigaille. Success in a singing competition in the capital in 1970 brought her to international attention, and she sang her first Turandot at Treviso in 1975. That year she first sang at the Col\u00f3n in Buenos Aires, where she appeared for the next five seasons. The Vienna State Opera welcomed her in 1978.\nHer first American appearance was at Dallas in 1981 as Elvira in Verdi's Ernani, another role that suited her forthright style. A notable appearance was as Aida on site at Luxor in 1987. Other roles for which she was noted include Leonora (Il Trovatore), Desdemona, Manon Lescaut, Tosca and Santuzza (Cavalleria Rusticana).\nDimitrova's short but significant career is quite well documented on CD and video. In a 1989 La Scala set of Aida, she sings Amneris rather than the title role, and gives a vital portrait of the jealous princess. Her impressive Turandot was taken on film at Verona in 1983, when she was at the peak of her career, with Nicola Martinucci as her equally stentorian Calaf. They are also partners in a CD version recorded at Genoa in 1989. Her Abigaille was caught at Verona in 1981, a suitable antagonist to Bruson's tortured Nabucco, and a striking assumption in its own right. Her Giselda in Verdi's Lombardi, filmed at La Scala in 1984, is a more rudimentary reading of a part that calls for more subtlety.\nIn Bulgaria Dimitrova was something of a national hero. On hearing of her death the country's culture minister declared that: \"Bulgaria has lost a great voice and a great Bulgarian, who had promoted her country and its culture around the world.\"\nShe was undoubtedly an artist who gave her all to any role she attempted, and was a larger-than-life performer in an operatic world now rather short of such beings.\n\u00b7 Ghena Dimitrova, singer, born May 6 1941; died June 11 2005", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 157, "original_length": 5057, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 198.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.thelaw.com/law/new-tax-rules-and-options-for-new-york-state-taxpayers.177/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:55Z", "digest": "sha1:2ENONTTVGARBV2QIZGYGZXDI3XZGEE3K", "length": 3201, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.thelaw.com", "title": "New Tax Rules and Options for New York State Taxpayers \u00b7 TheLaw.com", "raw_content": "New York State taxpayers can expect to find some new items on their 2013 state tax return, several of which will apply for future years. The following are noteworthy highlights from the New York State Department of Taxation Form IT-201, Full-Year Resident Income Tax Return, and Form IT-203, Nonresident and Part-Year Resident Tax Return.\nFile New York State Tax Return Online\nIn the \u201cWhat\u2019s New for 2013\u201d section of the New York State tax instruction booklet, there is an \u201cE-File for Free\u201d bullet point. This option will allow most New York State taxpayers to file their income tax returns electronically via the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance website, free of charge. This system is similar to the NJ Web File system, which affords New Jersey taxpayers with the ability to file their state tax return online efficiently and without the need for costly, specialized software.\nSame-Sex Married Couples Filing Instructions\nAs a result of the Marriage Equality Act of 2011, all legally recognized marriages are treated equally under New York State law. The instructions in Form IT-201explaint that, as a result of the Supreme Court\u2019s decision in United States v. Windsor and Internal Revenue Service (\u201cIRS\u201d) Revenue Ruling 2013-17, New York State will recognize same sex marriages for tax purposes provided that the marriage was legally recognized in the jurisdiction within which it was performed.\nNew York State AGI Computation\nThe current New York State tax rates appear to remain the same but the state standard tax deduction and tax rate schedules have been adjusted for inflation and cost of living. In addition, the instructions state that taxpayers with an Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) greater than $102,900 will require additional tax computations. Seven different worksheets are provided which apply to single and joint filers with different high income levels.\nReinstatement of the Pease Limitation\nThe Pease limitation (named after Ohio Representative Donald J. Pease) is a limitation on itemized deductions. Its reinstatement reflects an attempt to raise revenue for the government by reducing or eliminating the itemized deduction for high income taxpayers.\nEnergy Saving Tax Credit\nThere is a new credit for \u201calternative fuels and electric vehicle recharging property.\u201d This will probably affect a minority of taxpayers although its worth noting given the increased attention given to green energy efforts.\nForm to Pay Tax Balance by Personal Check\nTaxpayers with a balance due to the state and who plan to pay via personal check must complete Form IT-201-V, Payment Voucher for Income Tax Returns. All information is required according to the form\u2019s instructions, which includes a box to enter a working e-mail address.\nEach year changes are made to federal and state tax rules and requirements. While many will remain the same, some changes are noteworthy and can make a significant difference with regard to income tax liability. Taxpayers who expect to file a more complex return or who expect to have a high balance due are probably well served by discussing their specific situations with a tax specialist or an experienced accountant.\nsame sex marriage tax return", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 176, "original_length": 9544, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 252.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.thelocal.se/20140510/ikea-to-turn-first-swedish-store-into-museum", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:32Z", "digest": "sha1:BVSNNPT7T3JJ73X25NXFSBXQXF5AA44R", "length": 1530, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.thelocal.se", "title": "Ikea to turn first Swedish store into a museum - The Local", "raw_content": "Ikea to turn first Swedish store into a museum\nikeamuseum\nThe furniture giant has announced plans to turn its first ever shop, which opened in 1943, into a museum in southern Sweden.\nFor many Ikea means a weekend trip to the shops, but the Swedish flatpack furniture giant has unveiled plans to make it a much more cultural experience by turning its first store into a celebration of its history.\n\"The first Ikea store was open here in \u00c4lmhult, and in 2012 it moved to a new site. That gives us the opportunity to use this building for a museum,\" managing director for the site of the future museum Michele Acuna told AFP.\nThe museum should open in 2015.\nIkea was founded in 1943 not far from the southern Swedish town of Malm\u00f6, a largely rural area lacking major tourist attractions.\nThere is already an 800-square-metre (8600-square-feet) exhibition space dedicated to the history of its products in another building, but Ikea has made an official request to renovate the former flagship store to host 3,500 square metres of exhibition space.\n\"We have seen that there is a lot of interest in our history of 70 years,\" Acuna said, citing the frequent visits Danes, Germans and even Dutchmen.\n\"We intend to tell stories not only on our product range but also on how the Ikea business developed and about people, and of course to give a fun and interactive experience to visitors,\" she added.\nThe company did not reveal how much money it intended to invest in the museum, which it hopes to attract around 200,000 visitors per year.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 186, "original_length": 6409, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 215.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/whitewash-eu-blacklists-17-tax-havensbut-cayman-islands-jersey-bermuda-isle-man-arent/05/12/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:07Z", "digest": "sha1:2V4K3JIQI3LBUOL2PXDLDPT4FCTT4BCY", "length": 1550, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.thelondoneconomic.com", "title": "Whitewash? EU blacklists 17 tax havens\u2026but Cayman Islands, Jersey, Bermuda & Isle of Man aren\u2019t on it Widgets Magazine", "raw_content": "Whitewash? EU blacklists 17 tax havens\u2026but Cayman Islands, Jersey, Bermuda & Isle of Man aren\u2019t on it\nThe EU have created a blacklist of tax havens, which contain 17 names. Crucially for the UK, the main list excludes a number of British Overseas Territories such as the Cayman Island and Bermuda that were on a previous EU blacklist from June 2015.\nThere is also a \u201cgrey\u201d list of a further 47 countries who do not meet the EU tax standards but have pledged to change their rules to improve their tax arrangements.\nBermuda, the Cayman Islands, the Isle of Man and Jersey, have been placed on a list of those who have committed by the end of 2018 to reform their tax structures.\nThe names on the list are American Samoa, Bahrain, Barbados, Grenada, Guam, South Korea, Macau, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Namibia, Palau, Panama, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates.\nLuxembourg\u2019s finance minister, Pierre Gramegna, said: \u201cTo be on a blacklist is in itself bad enough and of course there will be consequences for these countries.\u201d\nFrench finance minister Bruno Le Maire said: \u201cThis is not just a one-off process. We will regularly review and update the list in the years to come. Our aim is to ensure that good tax governance becomes the new norm.\u201d\nIt is thought \u00a3506bn is lost to aggressive avoidance every year.\n\u201cParadise Papers\u201d link Queen to million-dollar offshore investments\nPrevious Post\u201cKick in the teeth\u201d as UK rail fares will rise by 3.4% in January\nNext PostOver 26,500 say \u201cNO\u201d to Trump\u2019s hate tweets", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 302, "original_length": 8942, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 240.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.themeboy.com/themes/the-league/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:04Z", "digest": "sha1:ND4DRGP4QOX43RDJLDNBMUXJIGR4DSL3", "length": 95, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.themeboy.com", "title": "The League - ThemeBoy", "raw_content": "This theme is developed and maintained by MVPThemes, a WordPress theme author on Envato Market.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 89, "original_length": 1788, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 285.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.thengolist.com/hug-it-forward-guatemala.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:18Z", "digest": "sha1:LOZR3R5MWQBCVY23EVAN7AIOW4YPV4YS", "length": 4495, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.thengolist.com", "title": "Hug It Forward (Guatemala) - The NGO List", "raw_content": "Hug It Forward (Guatemala & El Salvador)\nIt was in our first week living at Earth Lodge, over three years ago now, that Emma and I first learned of Hug It Forward. They came down in a massive group, and as their t-shirts suggested, the entire group was delivering big hugs to everyone they passed. I couldn\u2019t help but think: Who the hell are these people and who do they think they are?\nThen, a man I would later learn to be Vice President Heenal Rajani\u2014a big smile on his face and an ease about him, where steps almost seemed to bounce beneath him\u2014came right up and laid a warm one on me. Hug that is. Then, he continued on his merry way, making the rounds before coming back for a chat. The entrance created such a nice vibe, and I\u2019ve never forgotten it.\nWhat\u2019s all this hugging about, then? Hug It Forward is an NGO, a grassroots type thing, that helps communities build special eco-brick schools from trash, both empowering the community with education and cleaning up the world by using garbage constructively (quite literally). The hugging side of things was once used for fundraising but I think has always been more or less for producing smiles. It works.\nGreat Ideas from Hug It Forward\nSince that first meeting at Earth Lodge, in which Heenal actually took off his shirt and gave it to me because I so wanted one, I\u2019ve been continually impressed with organization. They really have a great approach to their mission:\nHug It Forward also strives to raise awareness in developed countries about trash, consumption and the power of community. This mission is equally important to us as facilitating the construction of bottle schools in developing countries.\nThey do so many pointed and important things on this mission, things that make them more than a crutch but rather an inspiration to the communities that they work with. First and foremost, unlike many NGOs, Hug It Forward doesn\u2019t come in a build a school for a village, but rather helps the community build the school themselves, creating a sense of ownership and achievement and independence. It means those who get the benefits are willing to earn them.\nTwo of the biggest problems in Guatemala (or the entire impoverished world) are an excess of trash, especially in litter form, and substandard education. Hug It Forward found a way to combat both of these issues in one great package. They\u2019ve taken trash, built something useful from it, and in turn, taught thousands of people about the environment and their own power of community, including the ability to provide their children with a quality learning environment.\nBy now, those of you new to Hug It Forward are probably wondering how exactly one builds a school out of trash. Basically, the technique uses \u201ceco-bricks\u201d, created by stuffing plastic bottles with inorganic material, as opposed to typical cinderblocks. In other words, using the trash both cleans the place up a bit and saves the environment by not contributing to the use of more cinderblocks. That\u2019s it in a nutshell, but true to form, the Hug It Forward folks, wanting the projects to stretch beyond just their NGO, created a free Bottle School Manual.\nA History of Hugging\nSince late 2009, Hug It Forward has helped communities build 27 schools, and as of May 2012, the organization completed its first project outside of Guatemala (in El Salvador). There are three new schools in progress. Hug It Forward has average a new school every two months. In other words, a lot has been happening since those early days at Earth Lodge, and a lot of people have reaped the benefits of hugging.\nAdditionally, great new programs and ways to become involved have evolved. Now, in collaboration with Serve the World Today, Hug It Forward offers one-week voluntourism trips, allowing conscientious holidaymakers to work hand-in-hand with a community to build a new school. It allows anyone to become part of this great project, to really get a feel for Guatemalan history and culture, and truly help to improve the lives of people working for that change.\nOtherwise, it\u2019s possible to support the organization through outright donation (it\u2019s a registered NGO, which means tax deductable), shopping at the Hug It Forward store, or doing any one (or more) of the \u201cEasy Five-Minute Things to Do\u201d. So, make the most of reaching the end of this article, scroll back up, and start following some of these links. 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In other cases, some individuals are born with visual defects in their teeth. Each situation [\u2026]\nA dental hygienist can help you keep your teeth in pristine condition. This type of licensed dental professional is sometimes also referred to as an oral hygienist. The dental hygienist differs from other dental professionals because they focus on techniques that promote preventive care rather than treating problems when they form. Preventive care has proven [\u2026]\nMany dental patients have at least heard the word \u201cInvisalign\u201d at some point in recent years. This name is given to a popular removable tooth aligner that is clear and harder to detect than traditional braces. Patients interested in Invisalign must begin with a visit to their dentist for a consultation. 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Some countries boast armies with millions of soldiers, thousands of tanks, dozens of nuclear powered naval vessels and thousands of nuclear weapons. Today, when a war begins, it can be resolved in a matter of days, weeks or months. In the past, conflicts often dragged on for years or several decades.\nWhether the history, the battles, the technology or just plain sizes, we are fascinated by the military. If you\u2019ve seen some of our other videos or articles on TheRichest then you know we\u2019re always interested in assessing the world\u2019s militaries when it comes to the biggest, smallest, fastest, deadliest and most expensive. It\u2019s time to change things up a bit. This time around we\u2019re looking at some of the more shocking facts you may not have known. What are these? Well, we\u2019ll look at all sorts of things including military spending, Special Forces, nuclear capabilities and future technology. 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There are loads of like-minded individuals who are going to be there. It may even be your first ski day of the season. And let\u2019s not forget holiday pressure: You WILL have a good time! It\u2019s Christmas! Be HAPPY! But if you\u2019re determined to ski this week, there are a few things you can do to make it more fun:\nby Wendy Clinch | Dec 1, 2015 | Interviews, Resorts | 0 |\nThis is the job that Heather Burke slicked into 25 years ago when she started her websites, LuxurySkiTrips and FamilySkiTrips. Both offer travel tips and reviews for resorts all over the world. They\u2019re a great way to gain info about a resort from someone who\u2019s actually skied there, so you can plan your trip more easily. Heather also writes about skiing for a wide variety of ski and travel publications, and is the family ski blogger for Boston.com.\nSexual Abuse Has No Place in Skiing\nby Wendy Clinch | Jul 14, 2015 | Women's Skiing | 0 |\nHere\u2019s an interesting statistic: 90% of child targets are abused by someone they know and trust. Scary, isn\u2019t it? So how do you know if abuse is occurring? Experts say that if the answer to any of the following questions is \u201cyes,\u201d there may be a problem. 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With nothing more than a glance at a photograph, she can judge the living from the dead and the good souls from the evil ones. For twenty-seven years, she's kept her ability a secret, but eleven young women have been murdered in the mountains of North Carolina, and Sloan may be the only hope of finding their killer.\nShe has just agreed to help Detective Nathan McNamara with the case, when a stranger--who is as alluring as he is terrifying--shows up at her doorstep with a dark past and another puzzling mystery: she can't see his soul at all.\nNow Sloan is on the hunt for a deadly psychopath with two irresistible men. One of them would die for her, and the other would kill to keep her safe.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 38, "original_length": 2519, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 312.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.thestbernardvoice.com/node/3390", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:41Z", "digest": "sha1:BPF7U2QCIW2SDM4X526UH6IMTGMIY46C", "length": 741, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.thestbernardvoice.com", "title": "Bourgeois 50th Wedding Anniversary | St Bernard Voice", "raw_content": "Bourgeois 50th Wedding Anniversary\nDennis and Frances \u201cFran\u201d Bourgeois are happily celebrating their fiftieth wedding anniversary this week. They were married on June 8, 1968 at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church in Chalmette. Both are graduates of Chalmette High School. In fact, the couple met during a Chalmette High football game and later at Rocky and Carlo\u2019s Restaurant & Bar in 1966. Originally Dennis was supposed to ask another to be his date for the Senior Ring Dance, but asked Fran instead. Two years later, they were married. Fran worked as a secretary at Prince of Peace Catholic Church in Chalmette for 28 years before her retirement in 2005. Several years later, Dennis retired after an 18-year career with Trinity Yachts, LLC.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 1845, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 155.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.thestreet.com/story/12155943/1/why-tapering-may-be-bullish-for-emerging-markets.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:15Z", "digest": "sha1:S2UXSWGA3OUYDDZAUORTMNRXOHD7PO57", "length": 3838, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.thestreet.com", "title": "Why Tapering May Be Bullish for Emerging Markets - TheStreet", "raw_content": "Why Tapering May Be Bullish for Emerging Markets\nEmerging markets have not benefited from quantitative easing, so tapering would only improve the situation.\nCombine the extremes, and you will have the true center. -- Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel\nNEW YORK (TheStreet) --When consensus opinion reaches an extreme, it is often wrong. We could very well be seeing that here regarding fears of the Federal Reserve tapering its quantitative easing (QE) this week and its supposed negative effect on emerging markets.\nAll year long we've been hearing the same story, that any Fed tapering will disproportionally hurt the emerging markets as money will flow out of emerging countries in search of safer U.S. assets.\nLet's think this logic through, step by step.\nIf tapering is supposedly disproportionately bad for emerging markets, then the endless quantitative easing over the past few years should have been disproportionately good for emerging markets. Not only has this not been the case, but the opposite has been true.\nThe chart below illustrates a price ratio of emerging markets -- as seen by the SPDR S&P Emerging Markets (GMM) exchanged-traded fund -- to the S&P 500, as seen through the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY). A declining ratio as we have seen over the past few years indicates that the numerator (emerging market equities) have significantly and consistently underperformed the denominator (S&P 500). As emerging markets have clearly not benefited from quantitative easing, then, why should we assume that a reduction or elimination of the program will have a deleterious effect?\nWe should not, in my view. As Brazil's Central Bank Governor Alexandre Tombini said last week, quite the opposite may in fact be true. Tombini shocked the consensus in saying that the sooner the U.S. Federal Reserve begins tapering its bond-buying program, the better it would it be for the global economy and emerging market countries such as Brazil.\nWhen you think about the heart and soul of QE programs in the U.S. and Japan, currency depreciation or suppression, it becomes clear why this is the case. If the U.S. and Japan are benefiting from the depreciation or suppression of their currencies, then non-QE countries like Brazil should be hurting by an unwanted strengthening or bolstering of their own currencies. Such a strengthening has damaged exports in emerging markets to the benefit of U.S. and Japanese exports.\nWhile Japan has been more explicit in its desire to weaken the yen, outgoing Chairman Ben Bernanke and the U.S. Fed have been careful in avoiding the issue. But in a zero sum game of global trade, there is no escaping the reality of the situation, and in many respects 2013 has been the year of QE countries vs. non-QE countries in terms of market performance.\nIf we do end up seeing a tapering then, either this week or in early 2014, an inverse logic should be applied. As it is clear the U.S. has been the primary beneficiary of the Federal Reserves policies, any reduction in Fed stimulus should disproportionately hurt U.S. equities.\nWhile many are saying U.S. equities could decline on a tapering, no one is suggesting that they will suffer a worse fate than emerging markets or that emerging market could outperform in that scenario. This is in large part due to recency bias as the U.S. markets have significantly outpaced emerging markets over the past three years.\nOur ATAC models used for managing our mutual funds and separate accounts are devoid of such bias and are currently favoring emerging market equities. Don't be surprised if in 2014 we see convergence between QE and non-QE market performance, especially if tapering begins.\nAt the time of publication the author had no position in any of the stocks mentioned.\nFollow @pensionpartners\nEmerging MarketsInvestingOpinionEconomyETFsRegulationJapan", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 262, "original_length": 9228, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 299.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.thestructuralengineer.info/news-center/news/itemlist/tag/Construction", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:10:24Z", "digest": "sha1:XDP5ZG2P6M7HK3MXEEK5SBJL2HCH4DMI", "length": 3130, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.thestructuralengineer.info", "title": "Displaying items by tag: Construction | TheStructuralEngineer.info", "raw_content": "You are here: Home News Center Breaking News Displaying items by tag: Construction\nEngineers and construction workers impressed the world with their efficiency\nNorth America\u2019s leader in specialty geotechnical construction\nHayward Baker, Inc., a Keller Company, helps owners and developers overcome challenging foundation design and construction issues on a daily basis.\nArchitects design for medicine\u2026\nOn 18th of July 2016, construction started for a new part of University Pediatric Center of Louisville in U.S.A. The completion of the structure is scheduled to be in July of 2018 and the cost is estimated at$79 million, as Louisville Business First reported. The aim is the expansion of the medical offices of University Pediatric Center, so that easy access to pediatrics doctors and medical care is provided in one location.\nBristol Arena winning design announced!\nWinning designs of the Bristol Arena were announced this week! The \u00a390 million project located next to Bristol Temple Meads railway station, in the Bristol Temple Quarter Enterprise Zone, is estimated to open by 2017.\n12 Projects That Have Transformed The London Skyline\nThe interactive timeline below shows how the London skyline has changed over the past 50 years. London's skyline has been changing rapidly, especially over the last 15 years with skyscarpers like the Walkie-Talkie, Heron Tower and the Shard being completed. There are currently over 200 new buildings over 20 stories tall proposed in London ensuring that the skyline will continue to change in the future.\nDate occured Tuesday, 16 September 2014\nAustralian Real Estate Firm Unveils Cliff House Concept\nAustralian real estate firm Modscape unveiled the plans for a dream house concept attached to the side of a cliff. The designs are meant to show potential buyers how Modscape can create homes located near some of Australia\u2019s coastal areas, or in this case attached to the side of a cliff. Modscape specializes in custom built sustainable modular architecture. The house is made from prefabricated pieces and is attached to the cliff by steel pins. While some might be to scared to enter the home from fears of the house falling into the ocean, former president of the Royal Insitute of British Architects Maxwell Hutchinson believes that design is structurally safe.\nWork Stops on World\u2019s Tallest Modular Tower\nSkanska stopped work on the world\u2019s tallest modular building last week over a dispute with the project\u2019s developer Forest City Ratner. Skanska feels that the delays to the project have resulted from the modular designs for the buildings. They feel that Forest City Ratner should be held responsible for the cost overruns. Richard Kennedy, co-chief operating officer of Skanska USA, told the Wall Street Journal, \u201cit [the design] just doesn\u2019t work the way it was sold to work. It was represented to be a complete and buildable modular design,\u201d he said. \u201cThat simply was not the case and that\u2019s what we\u2019ve been struggling with.\u201d Forest City Ratner, however, stands by their design and believes the dispute is based on financial reasons.\nDate occured Wednesday, 03 September 2014", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 132, "original_length": 8250, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 253.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/menorca-the-cool-new-place-for-a-winter-mini-break-l23mj730j", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:35Z", "digest": "sha1:Y63ES7FSN2B5BMAML7RNDKADWD64IYXZ", "length": 926, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.thetimes.co.uk", "title": "Menorca, the cool new place for a winter mini-break | Travel | The Times", "raw_content": "Menorca, the cool new place for a winter mini-break\nNew flights mean the island is easier to get to out of season, and there\u2019s plenty to do, even if it rains\nMahon harbour stretches from the centre of the city to the MediterraneanALAMY\nI am mentally packing my bags and moving in. The house I am interested in has original stone walls, rosy with the flush of the last of the day\u2019s sun. Inside it are grand pillars dividing one room from the next and the view from the front door is spectacular, reaching across fields and between the olive trees to the Mediterranean. The house, though, is about 2,500 years old.\nThis is Torre d\u2019en Galmes in Menorca, one of the island\u2019s numerous talayotic sites, and I am staring down into the best-preserved prehistoric house to be excavated here so far. It is magnificent. Stick a roof on it, pass a broom about the place and you could pretty much move in tomorrow. Even better, because it\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 89, "original_length": 3427, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 338.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2014/06/dean-weingarten/assembling-gun-occupied-poland/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:25Z", "digest": "sha1:5X7ZD2NEG3MCSD7VN7SWPEEJGA3OZKXJ", "length": 11145, "nlines": 59, "source_domain": "www.thetruthaboutguns.com", "title": "Assembling a Gun in Occupied Poland - The Truth About Guns", "raw_content": "Assembling a Gun in Occupied Poland\nPolish Occupied Territories in 1941 Note the Radom District, Center Left\nThis story is purely anecdotal. It was told to me by the principle participant about his actions during WWII when he was a teenager/young man in Nazi occupied Poland. I believed him when he told it to me; I still believe him. I doubt that he will write a biography, so I will relate the events here so that they may be preserved . . .\nI met the old soldier while I was working for the U.S. Army in Panama. I think the year was 1986, just before Christmas. Another friend had brought him over for dinner, and I was enthralled with his personal accounts from WWII. He was an accomplished linguist and knew several languages \u2013 English, German, Russian, French, Spanish, probably Korean as well. He credited his mastery of more than one German dialect with his ability to survive WWII. He said that he had been commissioned as a lieutenant in the Polish resistance forces when he was 16.\nHe had seen the war coming; as preparation, he had studied and mastered at least two German dialects. Early in the war, he was captured and sent to a German labor camp. He was born into the Polish aristocracy, and, perhaps because of his fluent German, the camp commander sent for him one day. I am not certain if the commander had some small chore for him to do; but the commander said that he had heard that the Polish aristocracy had a reputation for keeping their word, and the commander wished to test that reputation.\nHe proposed this test: I will give you a pass to go back to your home and visit your family; you will give me your word that you will return as required on the pass. Maybe he had to deliver a message. My memory fails on that point.\nThe old soldier had gladly accepted the challenge as a teenager. It was early in the war. He took the pass (as I recall for a few days), and upon arriving at his home contacted the best forger that he could find, who made him a duplicate pass for a future date. When he returned to the camp he hid the duplicate pass. A couple of weeks later, he escaped on the duplicate and returned to his home.\nHe said that there was a factory in the town that made the \u201cArmy .45\u201d. I presumed that the meant the Polish Radom pistol, which is a Browning derived pistol made in Poland before and during WWII. They are well thought of, but most were made in 9mm, with only a few in .45 and .22. Our young resistance fighter said that now that he was on the run, he needed a pistol, and he needed documents.\nPolish Radom VIS pistol The Browning derivation is obvious\nHe entered the factory and went along the line, picking up a part at every station. After he left the factory, he assembled the pistol. This part of his story is partly verified in this article about the Radom VIS. As the story was told to me in 1986, when the Internet was just a collection of email addresses, (I had a connection for my work at the Tropical Test Center) I consider this Internet source to offer some validation. Quite a number of these pistols were used in the uprising of the Jewish Warsaw Ghetto.\nHe went to the local collaborator who worked with the Germans. He showed him the pistol and told him that he needed identification documents. Only a German officer could authorize the documents, so he told the collaborator to tell the officer that he was a cousin from the country who needed to be documented so that he could find work. He told the collaborator that if anything went wrong, the pistol would be used on the collaborator first.\nThey went to the German officer and the collaborator tried to tell the story, but his German was not nearly as good as that of the young resistance fighter. He told the officer the story, in the native dialect of the officer. The officer signed the request for the identification, then told the collaborator: \u201cYou ought to consider your cousin as an example. He really knows how to speak German!\u201d\nHe managed to survive the war and joined the U.S. Army afterward. When I met him, he had been retired for a number of years. In his early 60\u2019s, he was lean and sharp.\nGood story. I collect WW2 firearms, and I find these tales fascinating.\nIf you want to read more about what the Poles went through during WW2 check out Fighting Poles by Paul Mazan on Amazon. It is a amazing story of how people can persevere over the atrocity\u2019s they are forced to endure. It also contains my Grandfathers WW2 stories as an American of Polish decent fighting the Germans. The fact that he could speek Polish was of great help to his outfit as the Polish slaves in Germany were more than happy to tell him where the Germans were and what they were up to.\nhe may have been either a German or a Pole, served in the Werhmacht or SS and informally become a regular Pole in 1945, many did for obvious reasons. Hope not, its a great story.\nThe ViS is a fairly sought-after collector item. Both with original Radom stamp and with the Swastika. In either case, it is a Browning High Power \u2018clone\u2019.\nGood thing he was a nazi prisoner didn\u2019t the Soviets killed all the Polish officers they got.\nYes. Google \u201cKatyn\u201d\nThere\u2019s also the lesser-known battle of Warsaw in 1944. While members of the Polish home-army fought the Germans against hopeless odds, Soviet troops literally sunbathed across the Vistula and watched through their binoculars. They waited for the Poles to be defeated so they could drive out the remaining Germans and take credit as the sole liberators of Warsaw.\nIt was actually Stalins plan to have future opposition eliminated by letting the Germans do his dirty work for him, the Warsaw fighters would have opposed Stalin!\nI suggest anyone that is interested in this topic read a book called \u2018If Not Now, When?\u2019 by a man named Primo Levi\nA)Our young resistance fighter said that now that he was on the run, he needed a pistol, and he needed documents.\nC). He entered the factory and went along the line, picking up a part at every station.\nIt seems like you left out something.\nOld Cold War joke:\nAn East German working in a factory that produced parts for baby carriages decided to smuggle home enough parts to assemble a carriage for his infant children.\nOne day a coworker asked, \u201cHow\u2019s that baby carriage coming along?\u201d\nThe East German replied, \u201cIt\u2019s very strange. I\u2019m sure I\u2019ve got all the parts, but no matter how I start assembling, it comes out a machine gun!\u201d\nHe did not say it, but I suspect that he was already in contact with or in the resistance. The Internet article says that the Germans had a serious problem in pistol parts going to the resistance to be assembled into pistols.\nMy guess is that the forger he mentioned was in the resistance as well, but he never said that.\nI\u2019m ethnically Southern Irish but with born in England with British citizenship. My father fought in the Second World War. When I was a kid I asked him why he wasn\u2019t more mad at the Germans. This was after we immigrated to the US and I became an American citizen.\nHe made it real clear. War should be fought by the children of those who decide to declare it. There was a clear distinction to be made between the Germans and the Nazis.\nHe pointed out that it just have been Great Britain that went Nazification and that every country was possible of becoming like them.\nJoe Merican says:\n\u201cThere was a clear distinction to be made between the Germans and the Nazis.\u201d\nThere were very few \u201cgood Germans\u201d.\nYou should find and read \u201cHitler\u2019s Willing Executioners\u201d\nAnother enlightening read is \u201cthey thought they were free: the germans 1933-45\u201d.\nhttp://www.amazon.com/They-Thought-Were-Free-Germans/dp/0226511928\n\u201cWriting as a liberal American journalist of German descent and Jewish religious persuasion Mr. Mayer aims\u2014and in the opinion of this reviewer largely succeeds\u2014at scrupulous fairness and unsparing honesty. It is this that gives his book its muscular punch.\u201d\u2014Walter L. Dorn, Saturday Review\n\u201cHitler\u2019s Willing Executioners\u201d is decisively regarded as abysmal scholarly work world-wide and was even criticized as \u201cracist germanophobia\u201d by Jewish-American studies professor Fritz Stern of Columbia University. The author\u2019s professorship at Harvard is largely attributed to his father\u2019s legacy there anyway. Try citing a real scholarly source next time you want to make sweeping generalizations about everyone who lived in a particular country during a twelve year period.\nCheck out a movie called \u201cKanal\u201d (sewer) which is set during the Warsaw Uprising. I saw it many years ago and don\u2019t remember how the film is slanted politically, but I do recall that the military hardware was very interesting. There was a scene where German engineers tried to use a Goliath remote control demolition tank. A Polish soldier ran up to it and cut the wires with an entrenching shovel. Good stuff and probably the only time that particular weapon was used in a movie.\nBuddy has a Radom, thing shoots like a dream, tried to acquire it, just about came to blows when I asked him if he would sell it to me, LOL!\nThe Poles were very sharp. Prior to WW2 they stole an Enigma cypher machine from the Germans and performed much of the mathematical analysis needed to decypher Enigma messages. Once the war began, they passed their stolen example to the British who finished the job.\nYes, without the Polish obtained enigma machine, we might well have lost the war.\nDelwin says:\nPoles bought the commercial (much simpler) version of the Enigma and three brilliant mathematicians figured out how the military version worked. Then they build \u201cPolish\u201d Enigma to decipher the messages.\nOn the side of the handguns: VIS is more derivative of Colt 1911 than FN HP (although FN HP \u201cborrowed\u201d some ideas from VIS and the other way round). I would love to have the prewar gun in good shape, unfortunately they are a bit too expensive.\nYes, it was vital, and in steady use throughout the Africa campaign and much later. I recently saw a TV item on a Spanish spy who volunteered for the Abwehr (after being turned down by the British), and who invented an entire imaginary spy ring based on his reading of the British Isles at the Lisbon Library. Later he was accepted into MI5, and created a large amount of written and radio traffic from Britain to the Germans. It was he who convinced Hitler to countermand Rommel, and hold all the Panzer divisions and 300,000 men at Calais for a month after the D Day landings at Normandie, ensuring the Allies\u2019 success. Without this the invasion would have been defeated, and the war prolonged for possibly many years.\nThese need to be written before they are lost.\nMikeH121 says:\nCheck out a Polish American the Germans called der Geist (the Ghost) because he kept coming back.\n7 Purple Hearts, MOH Capt Matt Urban\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Urban\nRecently I found out that Nazi propaganda was very instrumental in the popularization, if not the creator, of the \u201cPolish Joke\u201d. I guess it makes total sense, I just had never questioned it until a few years ago. Insidious stuff.\nptuk says:\nOne gunsmith from Poland started to make VIS in .45 ACP. Look at that!\nhttp://www.tobys-rusznikarstwo.pl/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 176, "original_length": 14455, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 270.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.thezoereport.com/culture/celebrities/adele-married", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:17Z", "digest": "sha1:FMEHMYWRGEPR7TMEAK25DUJUYHVFBDCL", "length": 1245, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.thezoereport.com", "title": "Adele Just Confirmed Some Huge News", "raw_content": "Adele Just Confirmed Some Huge News\nNo, it\u2019s not an upcoming album collaboration with Beyonc\u00e9, but we\u2019re excited for Adele nonetheless. The multiple-Grammy-winner let it slip on stage during a concert in Australia that she is, in fact, married to her partner (and baby-daddy) Simon Konecki. The two have been a couple since 2011, but have been shy about confirming any formal commitment between them. While talking about her song \u201cSomeone Like You,\u201d Adele said, \u201cI was trying to remember how I felt at the beginning of the relationship that inspired that record. Because as bad as a breakup can be and as bitter and horrible and messy as it can be, that feeling when you first fall for someone is the best feeling on earth, and I am addicted to that feeling. Obviously, I can\u2019t go through with those feelings because I\u2019m married now.\u201d Awww. Busted, babe! Obviously it doesn\u2019t matter whether the two lovebirds are married or not\u2014we\u2019re over the moon for Adele regardless\u2014but we do secretly and selfishly hope that their blissful relationship doesn\u2019t dry up the singer\u2019s sadder songwriting inspirations. How will we survive breakups without songs like \u201cHello\u201d to see us through?! Adele, don\u2019t leave us here alone in dating purgatory. But, congrats!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 20, "original_length": 1545, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 332.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.thezoereport.com/culture/celebrities/blake-lively-ryan-reynolds-labor-story", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:38Z", "digest": "sha1:EHGXXXVMLONFZ5Z243OV63UX6LH2S2A4", "length": 1244, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.thezoereport.com", "title": "Here\u2019s Another Reason To Fall In Love With Blake Lively And Ryan Reynolds", "raw_content": "Here\u2019s Another Reason To Fall In Love With Blake Lively And Ryan Reynolds\nFamously private about their family life, Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds often remain tight-lipped when the time comes for personal anecdotes. So we were all ears when they decided to share a rare story about a prank gone wrong\u2014this one involving a delivery room, a questionable soundtrack and an inopportune moment: while Blake was in labor with their first child. (Hollywood\u2019s golden couple now have two daughters, 2-year-old James and 6-month-old Ines.)\nDuring a game of Fact or Fiction with her fashion BFF Michael Kors, the actress confirmed that her jokester husband decided to play DJ as she was giving birth, choosing Marvin Gaye\u2019s classic baby-making tune, \u201cLet\u2019s Get It On.\u201d \u201cMy doctor was laughing so hard I thought she was going to drop our baby,\u201d she said.\nThe actor first revealed his prank on an appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers last year, and while he attested to Blake\u2019s cracking jokes during labor, he also admitted that his attempt didn\u2019t come without consequence. \u201cIt was like steak knives came out of her eyes,\u201d he said. \u201cShe was like, \u2018Are you f\u2014ing kidding me right now?'\u201d It\u2019s safe to say Blake\u2019s a good sport about the whole ordeal now.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 22, "original_length": 1597, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 296.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/columns/injured-eyeballs/rejection-letters-write-respond/?replytocom=137523", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:07Z", "digest": "sha1:PLXF5CG7FNHXQSULPQDYWPOJM7XU6HN7", "length": 17450, "nlines": 71, "source_domain": "www.thisishorror.co.uk", "title": "Rejection Letters \u2013 How to Write and Respond to Them \u2013 This Is Horror", "raw_content": "Rejection Letters \u2013 How to Write and Respond to Them\nGreetings gentle reader, before we get down to the business of this month\u2019s column, I\u2019d like to tell you a horror story. A real life horror story.\nA good friend of mine, with an especially bad history of boyfriends, once told me a tale about her worst date. The guy in question actually picked her up from a friend\u2019s house to take her to the restaurant. This might have scored him some brownie points had it not led her to wonder which he had last cleaned \u2013 the car or his armpits? So great was the throat stopping odour of unscrubbed body parts that she was actually glad when he filled the car with cigar smoke and cranked Barry Manilow to the max on his stereo.\nThrough the haze of cigar smoke she noticed he was perched on the sort of cushion favoured by those stricken with haemorrhoids. En route to the restaurant he stopped to fill up his car. As he went to pay she glanced over at the cushion and a saw a huge, sticky puddle of blood and other liquids on it. She then glanced out the window at the seat of his pants and the large wet stain that glistened in the forecourt lights. It seemed that his haemorrhoids had just burst.\nChoking back the vomit, my friend slipped off her heels scrawled a hasty note and then ran for her sweet life. The note read \u201cSo sorry, changed my mind. Please DON\u2019T phone me xxx\u201d Brutal perhaps but she had to do something. There are worse ways of breaking up with someone. One of my sister\u2019s ex-boyfriends once ended their relationship by throwing a flaming bag of dog shit at her head (which probably tells you all you need to know about my family background). My friend chose to end this brief encounter with a rejection letter.\nWhich brings us rather neatly to the subject of this month\u2019s column \u2013 Rejection Letters. If you have a writing career that lasts any length of time, then you\u2019re going to amass a lot of these, from agents, editors and just about anyone to whom you send your work. They\u2019re an unfortunate, but unavoidable part of our careers. Every writer gets them. Stephen King used to have a huge spike on his wall where he\u2019d impale his rejection letters. James Lee Burke kept his in a shoebox and told himself one day he was going to autograph every one of them and auction them off. Every major publishing success of the last hundred years from Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz through to Harry Potter and the Philosopher\u2019s Stone has racked up an impressive pile of rejection letters.\nLike all jobbing writers I\u2019ve learned to cope with rejection letters and the disappointment they bring. What seems most ironic to me however, is that considering these letters are written by people whose job it is to spot good writing, they\u2019re often not at all well written themselves. It\u2019s not that they\u2019re misspelled or riddled with the sort of mistakes that send grammar Nazis reaching for their Lugers, it\u2019s just that I\u2019m not sure enough thought was put into how they\u2019re received.\nI have to admit from the off that while I\u2019ve had a career that\u2019s included just about every form of professional writing, from journalism and copywriting to novels and scripts, I\u2019ve never actually written a rejection letter myself. Not even to a guy who\u2019s piles had just burst. So while I\u2019m aware of what a difficult and delicate matter it is, it\u2019s a dreaded deed I\u2019ve never had to do (unlike excessive alliteration, which I can\u2019t seem to get enough of).\nGeorge Bernard Shaw (a leading proponent of beards and plays that never seemed to end) once said: \u201cthe right to criticise is attained by the ability to do better\u201d. As I can\u2019t claim I would do a better job myself I decided instead to devote the rest of this column to helping those who are forced to shatter the hopes and trample on the dreams of budding writers everywhere. Think of it as a public service.\nThe best way I can think of to go about this is to write a composite rejection letter based on those that I, and my many colleagues, have received, showing what your average editor/agent says. Then below each line, in italics, I\u2019ll show you what the budding author actually hears.\nAnd I use the term Author in its loosest possible sense.\nThank you for sending us your manuscript.\nNo honestly, we really appreciate it. Our Mailboy\u2019s been wanting a break for ages and thanks to the hernia you gave him lugging the blasted thing upstairs he can now take all the time he wants.\nUnfortunately I\u2019m afraid we can\u2019t take it any further.\nAny further than the incinerator that is, which is where the clich\u00e9-ridden, turgid pile of unreadable crap I referred to, even more loosely, as your \u2018manuscript\u2019 actually belongs.\nWhile we took every care to consider your work\u2026\nYeah right! I removed it from the envelope like it was an anthrax coated dog turd and flung it instantly into the slush pile. A toxic mound of manuscripts that have been festering in the corner of my office for so long that some of them are written in languages nobody speaks anymore. Then, to punish a junior employee for letting yet another best selling author slip through our fingers I commanded her to read it. She immediately stapled her eyelids shut to avoid doing this, so I was forced to hand it over to the chimp I hired as a teaboy, in our latest cost cutting programme, who had great fun using it as a target for his own faeces.\n\u2026we really don\u2019t think there\u2019s a market for it at the moment.\nOutside of the seventh level of HELL that is! Where my rival colleagues should be forced to listen to you read it aloud for all eternity as a punishment for their insufferable smugness.\nYou must understand that we are a very small company and we receive a lot of submissions.\nMe! Me! It\u2019s all about MEEEEE! Never mind that I just wiped my butt with your dreams I\u2019m now going to complain that I just burst a haemorrhoid while doing so!!! Do you have any idea how tough it is out there at the moment? Do you know how many kidneys my junior employees had to sell just to keep this place afloat?! And now to top it all off you want me to interrupt my nervous breakdown to read your unpublished work. I mean it\u2019s not like it\u2019s my job to read manuscripts or anything\u2026 oh wait \u2026\nBut I\u2019d like to take this opportunity to wish you lots of luck finding a home for your work elsewhere.\nCos lets face it Buddy, You Are Going To NEED IT!\nyours &Etc \u2026\nA. S. S. Hole (D.Lit.)\nIf I\u2019m honest, I don\u2019t think there is an ideal way to write a rejection letter. No matter how you go about it, or how tactfully you choose your words, you\u2019re still going to be dashing someone\u2019s hopes. If you are landed with the unenviable task of writing one, might I politely suggest that you take the time to really consider how the person to whom you\u2019re writing might take your words. Sometimes the most innocuous comment can turn out to be amazingly crass or insensitive.\nFrom my own experience the worst rejection letter I ever received was from a children\u2019s publisher who\u2019d actually solicited a contribution from me then sent me a standard rejection letter that informed me that they were only a small imprint (owned by a multi-national publisher) so they had to: \u201c\u2026really, really love everything we publish.\u201d A phrase which has the unspoken corollary \u201c...and we fucking HATED your work.\u201d\nIf you do receive a rejection letter yourself, the single best bit of advice I can give you is to make sure you always respond as politely and graciously as possible. I owe my entire career to the fact that I binned the excoriating rants I first dashed off to the ignoramuses who rejected my work, took a deep breath and instead wrote a polite and humble letter thanking them for the time and the trouble they took to consider my work. In many instances this opened up a correspondence that led to my first professional sales.\nIf I\u2019d sent that first letter I\u2019d probably be toiling as a teaboy for some two bit publisher right now and flinging my own faeces at the slush pile.\nTrust your Uncle Jasp on this one. You know it makes sense.\nPermanent link to this article: https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/columns/injured-eyeballs/rejection-letters-write-respond/\nAndrea Marie Norwood on June 28, 2013 at 3:15 pm\nI one hundred percent agree on this one, and I have had a few rejection letters mailed to me in return for a manuscript that I wrote and sent in to a big professional publishing company of the classics and was, I\u2019ll say, inbetween, unfortunate and fortunate to have it reached the secretary\u2019s hand and she said: We have recieved your manuscript and I have placed it in our files and we will be looking into it as soon as our editors are free, is what she stated to me in the letter. I got my hopes all up and waited for at least three months and called, because there was a toll free number to call and talk to staff. Well, I did and after the chat involving the manuscript I received my manuscript and a swift and sassy note stating that they had read my manuscript and it had them laughting their butts off and they reread it, it gave them so much joy seeing that they had dozens of other things to do along with handling other manuscripts, but at this time I would have to write to their sistering publication company. I never recieved my manuscript back in the mail. I guess you can about guess where it ended up, in their trash bin! Here is advice from a struggling author, that each time she send s a manuscript to any publisher they tell her that her work shows some potential in writing and then dumps the manuscript, paper or electronic in their trash bin, never contact the office of a publisher and never chat with their secretary, give them ample time to respond to you. I learned my lesson, and if I had of just waited I would be writing for a large firm to this day.\nJasper Bark on July 6, 2013 at 12:45 am\nThanks for your comment Andrea, sorry to hear about your experience though. I\u2019m sure with a bit of perseverance you can still write for a large firm though.\nLex Sinclair on June 28, 2013 at 4:59 pm\nI absolutely loved this article, and truly believe that there are quite a few publishers and agents out there who mean something entirely different to what is written on a standard rejection slip.\nAs a published writer, I have been rejected for well over a decade before I really got anywhere and I definitely thought some of the things were the real truth as pointed out hilariously by Jasper Bark.\nLex Sinclair author of (Neighbourhood Watch, Killer Spiders and Nobody Goes There.\nLex, thank you so much for your kind words. I quite agree with you about what is meant and what is written too.\nRichard Salter on July 5, 2013 at 12:48 pm\nI can\u2019t speak for publishers and agents, but as an anthology editor I can say that writing rejections is the toughest part of the job. I try to give an honest reason and some (hopefully) useful advice, and I am careful not to use phrasing that could be taken the wrong way (though I\u2019m sure I don\u2019t always succeed).\nSo while I know from bitter experience that receiving a rejection is harder, it\u2019s no picnic writing them either\u2026\nRichard I don\u2019t envy you that job at all. I have actually received some really kind and encouraging rejection letters over the years too. Many were really helpful as well, pointing out ways to improve the story that led to an eventual sale elsewhere. I guess I didn\u2019t mention that enough in the article because it\u2019s the carelessly written, self obsessed rejection letters that really stick in your craw, though in truth they\u2019re not the rule but the exception.\nLynn Mullican on July 5, 2013 at 4:07 pm\nI agree! In my instance, I decided it wasn\u2019t worth my time to sit around waiting and crying over them. I tore them up and threw them away. Now that most of those rejection letters were received through email, I\u2019m not going to impale my laptop. That would be just expensive to go through laptops. Although, I will admit, I\u2019ve thought about it a time or two. (smirk) But, on that note, I\u2019ve decided to let it go by the wayside, I have better things to do, like write. So, on that note, my advice is \u201cLet it go today, let it go tomorrow, but when you make it big and you\u2019re on national television giving an interview, go ahead and name some of those companies or agents that turned you away. That\u2019s the beauty of technology today, you don\u2019t need to write a letter back thanking for them for their time and appreciation. You should have already done that in the query letter. Keep walking with your head high, chin up, and taking it in stride because you know what\u2026you took a chance and there\u2019s many more chances to take in this world.\nIf I saved every rejection letter I received, I\u2019d have about 75 of those puppies impaled to a stake on my wall. As for how poorly some of those rejection letters were written, most sounded standard. I did receive some good positive feedback yet most told me they just weren\u2019t taking on new authors. I don\u2019t have many complaints about how they were written, but just the fact I received them. Ah, well ce la vies\u2019! It\u2019s time to re-edit that story, get a few reviews and then move on to the next.\nThat\u2019s a really brilliant approach Lynn and I agree with all your points. Glad you didn\u2019t impale your laptop and I look forward to hearing you name names on national television when you hit it big.\nHere\u2019s to many more chances.\nFeo Amante on July 5, 2013 at 6:45 pm\n\u201cThe right to criticize is attained by the audience who had to endure the work.\u201d\n\u2013 E.C. McMullen Jr.\nJasper Bark on July 6, 2013 at 1:02 am\nThat cracked me up Feo. That\u2019s a much better quote than the one I used.\nOverhearing a particularly pithy quip one evening, Wilde exclaimed: \u201cOh I wish I\u2019d said that.\u201d\n\u201cDon\u2019t worry Oscar,\u201d said a waggish acquaintance. \u201cYou will\u201d.\nDon\u2019t worry Feo, I will nab this quote too.\nRichmond Clements on July 5, 2013 at 7:16 pm\nThe \u2018best\u2019 one I ever got was one for a 2000ad Future Shock submission. I suspect it was David Bishop in charge at the time.\nIt read: \u201cNot very original.\u201d\nIn retrospect, he was quite correct \u2013 I later read a strip that had been published previously with the same twist\u2026 But still: harsh!\nBishop was harsh but terse. His two successors on 2000AD and the Megazine were worse. My old editor at the Games Workshop used to collect the rejection letters of Bishop\u2019s successor on 2000AD because they were so rude they were hilarious.\nI never got a letter from the successor, because I got my start on 2000AD when I was a film and music journalist. I quite brazenly offered to take said editor out to any gig or film he wanted to see. I would pitch him stories in the pub afterwards and he often ripped me a new arsehole or two.\nThe worst though was the Megazine editor who precedes the current one. He held nothing back. But you should have read some of his acceptance letters which were even worse. You\u2019d have to read them several times before you realised that although you were the most moronic and untalented writer ever to waste his time, he\u2019d actually bought your story.\nNames withheld for the sake of my career and yours (you know who I\u2019m talking about anyway).\nAndrea Marie Norwood on July 6, 2013 at 4:21 pm\nAnd then there\u2019s other rejection letters that just use the silent answers- such as you don\u2019t see anything written back from the editor- At All! I had one do that to me. I will leave out the names, but they wrote out a simple submission rule and I followed it and I was sure that my story would be chosen by this company and I waited the three months as they stated and I never heard from them. Those type of rejections from a publisher makes you just want to almost give up any type of hope or writing at all. I hate those kind where they get your heads ringing and your hopes up and you\u2019re all joyful and you can\u2019t hold it in and tell almost everyone and then they reply with \u2018sorry, but our firm has no place for your story or at this time we are busy with another successful story and we don\u2019t or are not accepting stories of this kind at our company at the moment but maybe in the near future we will and would love to hear from you then, but until then you can work on improving the manuscript. I just feel like a complete loser then and lose interest in the story. But, with the spider story I am still going strong with it and high hopes of getting it published and watching it make a big success!\nJasper Bark on July 8, 2013 at 2:55 pm\nGood point Andrea, those sort of rejections are awful and somewhat rude on the publisher\u2019s part. I\u2019m sure the spider story will be a huge success when published.\nI really hope so. After all the hard work I have put into it, if it doesn\u2019t I will be putting it on the top shelf in my bed room closet to collect dust over the next couple of years and gouge my face and tear my eye brows from over my eyes! HaHa. I have worked on the spider story for years now and I have revised it and re revised it so it makes sense and is accepted. I learned from a very famous and wealthy writer (Hint) a billionairess, that is a book is done just right- in which the writer learned from a secret source- then it will be a hugh success! So, here\u2019s to hoping that since I am doing the spider book right after so many rewrites, it will become such a success it\u2019s a run away best seller! And, also that it gets into the right hands. 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At the same time, you have so many people trying new things all the time but [their experiences] have never been archived,\u201d explains Prang. \u201cSo, 31T is a platform that enables the data from bottom up to be available.\u201d This means the chef only presents food on the table. It\u2019s then up to the diners to come up with combinations based on their preference. \u201cIn the end, you get the data [of which combinations work well] and this can inspire the chef in return. It\u2019s a win-win situation.\u201d\nAn Industrial Design graduate who has come to realize how today\u2019s pattern of consumerism packs so much waste into landfills, Prang shifted to creating \u201cnew experiences,\u201d which, in a way, is more environment-friendly. \u201cInstead of having people consume products that will later be turned into waste, they get to consume a set of experiences that can help shape their identity.\u201d Prang continued her studies on Experience Design at Konstfack, University College of Arts, Crafts & Design in Sweden.\nThe idea of 3IT was generated when she and two friends decided to throw a party for all the students in her department. \u201cI created this idea where we had food in tiny pieces. We just got stuff from the supermarket because we didn\u2019t have time to prepare. We cut them up and put them on a table.\u201d According to the rules, everyone had to go around the table, creatively pair different types of food and eat what they came up with. \u201cIt enables people to mingle, to be creative, to think and taste, and to wow themselves without me having to design their \u2018wow.\u2019\u201d\nThe school party later developed into a project that was showcased at fairs and exhibitions, including Stockholm Design Week and Copenhagen Food Fair. \u201cIt was at Copenhagen Food Fair where I first brought the internet into this project.\u201d This resulted in 31T, which she co-created with technologist Paulo Barcelos, whom she met in a hackaton, an event where you have developers, programmers and designers come and showcase prototypes and new ideas. Soon, 3IT, along with the web app that collects food-pairing data, was launched and hosted multiple times in Stockholm as well as in Norway.\nAccording to Prang, 31T can be beneficial to chefs because it makes them, in a way, less accountable. When you eat something disagreeable in a 31T event, there\u2019s no one to blame but yourself since you put the food together. This kind of self-incrimination won\u2019t happen in a restaurant. \u201c[Restaurants] need to serve something that\u2019s very generalized, like the tastes that they think most people would be okay with,\u201d Prang explains. \u201cThat is playing safe, and if you want to progress, you can\u2019t play safe. That\u2019s for 31T. We marry the internet of things to eating because we believe that powerful data reworks food. 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Melissa Eddy, a Berlin correspondent for The Times, discussed the tech she\u2019s using.What are\u2026\nOne is Ask to Buy, a set of controls that requires a parent to approve each app purchase on a child\u2019s device. It can be set up with the following\u2026\nHow do New York Times journalists use technology in their jobs and in their personal lives? Daisuke Wakabayashi, a technology reporter in San Francisco, discussed the tech he\u2019s using.What are\u2026\nWhen I was 12, I became part of the very select group of people who have had a life-changing experience at a fondue restaurant. After repeatedly grabbing my brother\u2019s green\u2026\nIf we need a checkup on our health, our finances or our cars, we can find doctors, accountants or mechanics. But who checks up on our digital lives?There\u2019s no such\u2026\nHow do New York Times journalists use technology in their jobs and in their personal lives? Emily Bazelon, a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, discussed the tech\u2026\nSmartphones present unique problems. For one thing, they increase the risk for \u201ctexting thumb,\u201d or de Quervain syndrome, an irritation of the tendon or tendon sheath on the outside of\u2026\nHow did you wind up at Pepperdine University? In my senior year of high school, I interned for Dina Ruiz, who was a local anchorwoman in Monterey. She gave me\u2026\nNearly 3,000 users agreed and filled out extensive questionnaires, which asked about their daily routines, political views and general state of mind. Half the users were randomly assigned to deactivate\u2026\nBut in general, prices jumped. 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Brewer was then a resident of Kentucky but working in Chicago.\nA search of Brewer's body yielded four white round capsules with the inscription IP101, which Brewer said was for his attention deficit hyper activity disorder.\nLater, officers identified the drug as Gabapentin, a prescription medication that is used for the treatment of epilepsy.\nBrewer failed to show up on his court date and a bench warrant was issued for his arrest. 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Ms. Lebens brings to her coaching work a longstanding track record of success as a business leader in the insurance industry. A credentialed Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society, she held a wide variety of leadership roles in corporate planning, investor relations, strategy, business development, marketing, sales and communications. Prior to entering the coaching field, Ms. Lebens held a Managing Principal position at Towers Perrin, where she led a large, successful multi-national consulting practice and worked closely with insurance company CEOs and Boards of Directors on pressing strategic and risk management issues facing their organizations. Ms. Lebens\u2019 coaching clients benefit from her business and results orientation, her leadership experience, the perspectives she has gained as both an internal and independent coach and her demonstrated success in -- and passion for -- helping people set and achieve inspiring goals that take their careers to new levels. She has coached individuals and teams with a variety of challenges, including onboarding newly-hired executives, developing high potential leaders who are being positioned for advancement, and helping CEOs and their senior management teams effectively lead organizational transformation. Her private practice focuses on people in career and life transitions. Ms. Lebens graduated from The College of William & Mary with Summa Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa distinctions. 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The painting should not be made too hastily, nor should any deadlines be pursued. For the painting to acquire high quality and precision of detail, time is necessary. It also needs time to dry in order to be completely ready for shipping. Depending on the complexity, the level of detail, and the size of the painting, we'll need 6-7 weeks to make the painting.\nWe do not frame our oil painting reproductions. Hand-Painted Art Reproduction is an expensive product, and the risks of damaging a painting stretched on a frame during transportation are too high. 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The additional flight will increase the route capacity by 40% and add more than 165,000 seats per year.\nQueenstown Airport welcomes community feedback\nQueenstown Airport has thanked local communities who participated in a three-month consultation of its 30-year master plan. The process aimed to reach as many locals as possible, and encourage them to express their thoughts on the airport\u2019s future. Some common feedback included the need for regional infrastructure to grow in line with the airport growth, better transport options and noise management while the works were taking place.\nCathay Pacific has launched self-check in and bag drop kiosks at Gatwick Airport\u2019s South Terminal. The system provides a stress-free, quick check-in for customers. This is the first airport where the Cathay Pacific technology has been implemented. 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Trend Marketing is able to offer a wide range of services including web design, web developer, website building, website programming, web agency, webdesign etc. As a full service marketing consultant, we understand the need for your businesses website to fit with your overall objectives and strategy and we will help to build a website that not only looks great, but really delivers what your business needs. We are pleased to offer website design services that rival any of those in the High Wycombe area.\nWebsite design High Wycombe \u2013 why choose us?\nAs well as our website design High Wycombe service, we are proud to offer our excellent website design services throughout the surrounding counties of Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. Trend Marketing can be quickly and easily reached from central London thanks to to fast trains between London Euston and Milton Keynes Central, we can also travel to meet clients at a location of their choice. The great thing about website design is that we can work completely remotely and offer our services to clients all around the United Kingdom and even abroad thanks to easy communication via email, video calling and telephone.\nDue to our relatively small size and low overheads we can offer highly competitive rates on our website design services, in fact we challenge you to find another supplier in the High Wycombe area that can match our rates. If you find someone then please send us your quote and we will take a look to see if we can match it or even beat it.\nIf you\u2019re already convinced about our website design High Wycombe service, then why not get in touch with us now via the contact us page and we can get in touch with you and have a chat about your web design requirements.\nAbout Website Design High Wycombe Services\nTrend Marketing is excited to offer website design services in the Large town, in an unparished area of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. According to wikipedia, there\u2019s a population of around 120,256, so there are certainly some companies in High Wycombe that could also find our website design services useful, so please help us to spread the word in your local area. We can also provide our services in the surrounding areas of High Wycombe and Wycombe District. 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Talk to an HVAC technician to find out if a ductless mini split is a right solution for you.\nThe Mitsubishi mini split is a heat pump. But despite the name, it provides both heating and cooling to keep your home comfortable year-round. There are interior components and an exterior unit. The indoor units are sleek and compact to fit in with your existing d\u00e9cor, and they mount directly on a wall. Each indoor unit is connected to the outdoor unit not by ductwork, but rather via a line that extends through a very small hole in the exterior wall.\nCan Mitsubishi ductless systems manage indoor air quality?\nYes. These systems are designed with sophisticated filtration capabilities. They can remove indoor air contaminants, purify the air, and even deodorize the air.\nWhat is zoned heating and cooling?\nMitsubishi ductless mini splits support multi-zone heating and cooling. This means you aren\u2019t limited to having the same temperature in every room of your home. Each wall-mounted unit can provide its own zone of comfort, which allows each family member to stay comfortable according to his or her preferences.\nHow does the system monitor the air?\nEach wall-mounted system assesses the air in its own zone. This means that, for example, the unit in the living room will adjust itself based on the temperature in the living room. The inverter technology in these systems provides continuous ramping up or down, rather than turning on or off as established temperature thresholds are reached. Additionally, some units are equipped with the 3D I-See Sensor, which identifies the heat signatures of occupants in the room, and adjusts the temperature accordingly.\nHere at Triple T Heating & Cooling, our commercial and residential HVAC technicians have extensive experience installing Mitsubishi ductless systems. We proudly serve Spanish Fork, St. George, and the surrounding areas. 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Such benefits are disposable income, however, and beneficiaries might lose them in the event of a court judgment against them. A Vermont man found this out the hard way when a family court starting diverting his disability payments to his ex-wife to satisfy his alimony.\nThe man and his wife divorced back in 2000 with the court ordering that he provide $2000 a month to his wife for spousal support. He made partial payments to her until he stopped doing so in 2008. When his ex-wife went to court to enforce the order, the court found against him again, but he never resumed making payments.\nHis ex-wife asked the court to garnish his income, but the man\u2019s income consisted only of Social Security Disability Insurance (\u201cSSDI\u201d) benefits and veterans\u2019 disability pay. While his veterans\u2019 pay was exempt from the income calculation, his SSDI benefits were not. The court ordered that he turn over the maximum of 55 percent of his disability benefits to his wife.\nIf veterans\u2019 benefits are exempt, should the law provide the same status to disability benefits? When a person\u2019s income consists of federal benefits and then a court orders a judgment against that person, taxpayer money ends up being used to satisfy the judgment, as it was in this case. On the other hand, allowing the man to ignore his court-ordered duties seems unfair as well. 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We\u2019ve got over 80 destinations on the laugh-laden schedule, and a line-up of artists to tickle anyone\u2019s funny bone. The Roadshow really has something for everyone! Grab a mate, grab a date\u2026 grab a ticket to the Roadshow!\nShow running time is approximately 2 hrs 15 mins including 20 min interval.\nPerformances often contains coarse language, sexual references and material that can offend. 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They performed much-needed building and home repairs for people who are not able to do or afford the work themselves. During the school year I had the pleasure of assisting my nephew Justin Perrotta in his efforts to raise money for his Summer Immersion Trip to the Appalachia Region of Tennessee. Students work throughout the year raising money through raffles, bake sales, dances and private donations to provide financial support for the organizations with which they work \u2013 in this case, Appalachia Habitat for Humanity in Tennessee and The Working Boys\u2019 Center in Ecuador.\nThe goal was to raise $195,000 to fund the building of two homes. Through the students valiant efforts, they far exceeded their goal and were able to add a third home to the project.\nThe mission of these projects is to provide students with a communal experience of Church, as a center of reflection and prayer, while providing direct service to those in need.\nI am proud of my nephew for stepping out of his comfort zone. He embraced the opportunity to explore an environment much different from the one he is accustomed to and learned many skills along the way.\nThe young men of Fordham Prep truly are\n\u201cBrothers for Others\u201d.\nToni Palancia", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 3532, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 287.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ubfx.co.uk/web/news/773", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:07Z", "digest": "sha1:WV7TP3LBODYDQZTWNEXV5NFX7P225YBP", "length": 2646, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.ubfx.co.uk", "title": "Forex News | UBFX - Dollar stalls after bounce, U.S. GDP awaited for potential support", "raw_content": "Dollar stalls after bounce, U.S. GDP awaited for potential support\nThe dollar stalled against its major peers on Friday, its mild bounce earlier petering out ahead of the second quarter U.S. economic growth data due later in the session.\nThe dollar index against a basket of six major currencies was flat at 93.872 (DXY) after edging up 0.2 percent the previous day.\nThe greenback, which had sunk to a 13-month low midweek after the Federal Reserve's policy statement suggested it was in no hurry to raise interest rates again, received a lift on Thursday as Treasury yields rose on the back of upbeat U.S. durable goods and trade data.\nMarket focus was now on the second quarter U.S. gross domestic product data due at 1230 GMT.\nEconomists expect the world's no. 1 economy to have grown around 2.6 percent in the second quarter, from 1.4 percent in the first quarter. A solid outcome will no doubt give the beleaguered dollar some respite from the recent selloff.\nDollar bulls have not had much to cheer about recently, hobbled by investigations into U.S. President Donald Trump administration's ties to Russia and the reduced likelihood of tax reform and infrastructure spending being enacted soon.\n\"The dollar's fall after the Fed meeting looked overdone, so it was natural for it to rebound,\" said Yukio Ishizuki, senior currency strategist at Daiwa Securities.\n\"And the dollar could find more bids if U.S. economic data turns out to be strong. That said, we are unlikely to see a return to the days when the dollar was the lone winner, because other countries are joining the Fed in trying to normalize monetary policies.\"\nThe euro is one of the currencies that has benefited from expectations the European Central Bank will begin phasing out its monetary easing sooner rather than later. It has gained roughly 11 percent against the dollar so far this year.\nThe common currency was last up 0.1 percent at $1.1689 . It had fallen about 0.5 percent overnight, when it was knocked off a 2-1/2-year high of $1.1777. The euro was on track to rise 0.2 percent on the week.\nThe dollar was down 0.15 percent at 111.110 yen to reverse the previous day's modest gains. It was poised to lose 1.2 percent this week, during which it fell to a six-week low of 110.625.\nThe Australian dollar was 0.2 percent higher at $0.7979 .\nThe Aussie has advanced strongly as the dollar floundered through most of the week, soaring to a 26-month high of $0.8066 on Thursday. Higher prices of commodities like copper and iron ore have also supported the currency.\nThe New Zealand dollar stood at $0.7505 after rising to $0.7557 on Thursday, its highest since May 2015.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 122, "original_length": 7255, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 336.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.ucanews.com/news/echoes-of-an-eco-crisis-in-bangladesh-and-myanmar/80796", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:28Z", "digest": "sha1:JLVAQPMQ5ERXM66JONZDO6WKTLYCXQV2", "length": 4908, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.ucanews.com", "title": "Echoes of an eco crisis in Bangladesh and Myanmar- ucanews.com", "raw_content": "Commentary \u00bb Environment \u00bb International\nEchoes of an eco crisis in Bangladesh and Myanmar\nPope Francis will have a chance to hear how unregulated growth and exploitation of natural resources have impacted people's lives\nPope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience at St Peter's Square on Nov. 15 at the Vatican. (Photo by Andreas Solaro/AFP)\nWhen Pope Francis visits Myanmar and Bangladesh he will have a chance to see firsthand the huge environmental challenges that threaten the wellbeing of tens of millions of people. Here we look at how frequent natural disasters and environmental abuses have made both Bangladesh and Myanmar vulnerable to exploitation and impacted people who live there.\nThe economic futures of Bangladesh and Myanmar are clouded by serious environmental issues, a topic that has been at the forefront of Pope Francis\u2019 agenda since the release of the landmark encyclical Laudato Si\u2019, subtitled Our Care For Our Common Home, in June 2015.\nMyanmar and Bangladesh both have huge environmental challenges that threaten the wellbeing of tens of millions of people, in large part due to the abundance of water in both nations. Bangladesh is located on the floodplains of the world\u2019s largest river delta system that empties into the Bay of Bengal, making the country vulnerable to frequent natural disasters from tidal shifts, cyclones and flooding, killing hundreds of people each year. Next door, the bulk of Myanmar\u2019s population also lives on the Irrawaddy River Delta. The Bay of Bengal has seen 25 of the world\u2019s 26 worst cyclones. In 1991 cyclone Marian killed 139,00 people in Bangladesh and in 2008 Cyclone Nargis killed at least 138,000 people in Myanmar and affected 2.4 million.\nAgriculture and fishing, forestry, mining and energy are all critical sectors for Myanmar\u2019s development and economic growth. The largely unregulated exploitation of them has led to a rapid depletion of the country\u2019s natural resources and a worsening of environmental problems. It is worth mentioning too, that much of the blame here lies with the ruling military who ran all the nation's industries and who still control most of the major resources. Uncontrolled mining of jade in Kachin State is so rampant that large sectors of the state are off limits to foreign visitors. Indeed, the Kachin-Shan conflict is underscored by a battle for control of jade and ruby mining, as well as, forested mountain areas.\nDue to logging, Myanmar\u2019s teak forests have been devastated, causing subsequent damage to the broader ecosystem. Fish stocks have also declined significantly due to overfishing. The country\u2019s unmanaged urbanization has brought its own problems, with the challenge of waste management evidenced on the streets.\nChina\u2019s rapid industrialization and thirst for resources is causing increasing environmental headaches for Myanmar both in food and water management. As with other nations in Southeast Asia, such as Thailand and Laos, Chinese firms are buying up and renting large tracts of land. To boost crop yields they use poisonous chemicals that seep into the soil, water table and rivers.\nThe Middle Kingdom is also building dams across the region\u2019s rivers for hydroelectricity and two of Southeast Asia\u2019s major waterways alongside the Mekong \u2014 the Irrawaddy and Salween \u2014 both run through Myanmar. In 2011, the Myanmar government halted construction of the US$3.6 million Myitsone Dam at the confluence of Maykha and Malikha in Kachin State.\nWhile Myitsone remains on ice, there is a series of large concrete blocks across the river where China is also planning at least half a dozen controversial dams on the Salween.\nOne of the key issues with the growing international opprobrium over the Rohingya issue is that economically, it may drive Myanmar back into the arms of China, giving that country increasing leverage to institute environmentally destructive and economically questionable projects led by the dams.\n\"There's a widespread perception that China has taken advantage of Burma's situation over these past decades,\" according to Thant Myint-U, author of Where China Meets India: Burma and the New Crossroads of Asia.\n\"Burma can benefit enormously from Chinese trade and investment, but there is almost bound to be a backlash if Chinese projects are undertaken with zero transparency and little concern for their impact on local communities.\"\nFor a comprehensive understanding of Pope Francis\u2019 visit to Myanmar and Bangladesh and to read the entire article \u201cMyanmar and Bangladesh: Two Nations in the Heart of Asia\" subscribe to La Civilta Cattolica available in both print and digital formats. UCAN publishes La Civilta Cattolica in English. The monthly is a highly popular and non-specialist review of religion and theology, culture and science, literature and art, politics and society and has a reputation for being the best barometer of thinking inside the Vatican.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 7201, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 213.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/comer/conditions-services/anemias-blood-diseases", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:02Z", "digest": "sha1:EBMNHNGIOTZMEGIYWGSIK6TLJZDBNJLD", "length": 1235, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.uchicagomedicine.org", "title": "Childhood Anemias & Blood Diseases - UChicago Medicine", "raw_content": "State-of-the-Art Diagnosis & Comprehensive Treatment for Pediatric Blood Disorders\nWe provide proven, conventional treatments as well as investigational therapies for anemias, hemophilia, bleeding or clotting disorders, white blood cells problems and bone marrow failure.\nSecond Opinions for Pediatric Blood Diseases\nComer Children\u2019s welcomes the opportunity to provide a second opinion on the diagnosis or treatment plan of your child\u2019s blood disease or cancer. Our pediatric hematologists, oncologists and bone marrow (stem cell) transplant specialists are truly at the forefront of cancer care for children and can provide expertise to help guide your decision about treatment for your child.\nConvenient Care With Minimal Hospitalization\nAt Comer Children's Hospital, we go to great strides to help our patients \"be kids or teens\" \u2014 despite having a blood disorder. One way we do this is by keeping hospitalization to a minimum. Whenever possible, children and teens receive blood transfusions and other treatment in our day hospital or outpatient clinic. We also have a very close relationship with La Rabida Children\u2019s Hospital, where physicians specialize in helping children with chronic illnesses, including sickle cell anemia.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 192, "original_length": 5845, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 272.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/conditions-services/cancer/gallbladder-bile-duct-cancer", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:01Z", "digest": "sha1:NN56GB3ELSHROD6JMUZVX7XOLDT5SMAR", "length": 11339, "nlines": 55, "source_domain": "www.uchicagomedicine.org", "title": "Gallbladder & Bile Duct Cancer (Cholangiocarcinoma) - UChicago Medicine", "raw_content": "Gallbladder & Bile Duct Cancer\nGallbladder and bile duct cancer affect fewer than 10,000 people in the United States each year. Because these cancers are relatively rare, it\u2019s important for patients to get care at a center with expertise in treating these conditions.\nAt the University of Chicago Medicine, our approach to treating gallbladder and bile duct cancers is a multidisciplinary one. Our Liver Tumor Program includes a team of experts from multiple specialties, including surgeons, hepatologists, interventional and diagnostic radiologists, interventional gastroenterologists, medical oncologists and radiation oncologists. Our program offers a comprehensive and detailed evaluation, bringing together the expertise needed to provide personalized care for every patient. We see patients with early and advanced-stage disease. And our physicians are equipped to handle complex cases, offering hope for those who have not been considered previously for curative options.\nOur physicians are actively involved in research and have made important advancements in diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic and surgical techniques. Patients at our clinics receive access to novel treatment options, including the latest clinical trials of promising therapies. Clinical trials span various targeted therapies (such as drugs targeting IDH1 and FGFR, which are frequently found in gallbladder and bile duct cancers) as well as immunotherapies.\nWhat are gallbladder cancer and bile duct cancer?\nThe gallbladder is a small, pear-shaped organ just beneath the liver. It stores bile, a fluid produced by the liver to help digest fats. After a meal, the gallbladder releases bile into one main bile duct (the common bile duct), which carries the fluid into the small intestine.\nGallbladder and bile duct cancers begin in the lining of these structures. The tumors are usually adenocarcinomas \u2014 tumors that form in mucus-secreting glands. A common type of bile duct cancer, called cholangiocarcinoma, begins in the bile ducts either inside or outside the liver.\nWhat are the risk factors for gallbladder and bile duct cancers?\nIn most cases, gallbladder and bile duct cancers develop in patients who are older, usually in their 60s or early 70s. They are more common in women than men.\nRisk factors for gallbladder cancer include:\nGallstones and inflammation of the gallbladder. Most people with gallbladder cancer also have gallstones or chronic inflammation in the organ. However, most people with gallstones do not develop gallbladder cancer.\nObesity, high-carbohydrate or low-fiber diet\nFamily history of gallbladder cancer\nRisk factors for bile duct cancer include:\nPrimary sclerosing cholangitis, a disease that causes scarring of the bile ducts\nOther chronic liver diseases, including damage from alcohol overuse\nCongenital (present at birth) bile duct problems\nSome parasites (liver flukes) found in raw or undercooked fish. Liver fluke infection is rare in the U.S., but can affect people who travel to Asia.\nWhat are the signs and symptoms of gallbladder and bile duct cancers?\nGallbladder and bile duct cancer frequently cause few or no symptoms until they are advanced or have spread to other parts of the body.\nGallbladder cancer is sometimes diagnosed during surgery to remove gallstones.\nJaundice, a yellowing of the eyes and skin that can occur when a tumor blocks the bile duct, is often the first sign of bile duct cancer. About half of patients with gallbladder cancer have jaundice.\nOther symptoms of gallbladder and bile duct cancer can include:\nSwelling in the abdomen or legs\nHow are gallbladder and bile duct cancers diagnosed?\nIf gallbladder or bile duct cancer is suspected, your doctor will conduct a clinical examination. Blood tests can indicate if levels of liver enzymes or bilirubin are too high, which could be signs of cancer or other disease in the bile duct or gallbladder. Other tests necessary to confirm a cancer diagnosis may include:\nUltrasound: To identify an obstruction or tumor in the bile ducts and find a mass or tumor associated with the gallbladder.\nComputed tomography (CT): To detect a tumor inside the gallbladder or bile duct and show if it has spread outside of the organ to the liver, bile duct or nearby lymph nodes.\nMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI): To create more detailed images of the liver and bile ducts than a CT or ultrasound can provide. An MRI can show if a tumor is only in the gallbladder or has spread to the liver.\nEndoscopic ultrasound (EUS): Involves a flexible tube, equipped with a camera and other tools, that is passed down through the mouth, esophagus and stomach into the small intestine. The scope uses sound waves (ultrasound) to non-invasively examine the bile duct, gallbladder and surrounding lymph nodes without surgery. If necessary, EUS can help obtain biopsies of tissue to help confirm a diagnosis or can be used to drain or decompress a blocked bile duct or gallbladder.\nEndoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP): Similar to endoscopic ultrasound, ERCP also involves a flexible tube, equipped with camera and other tools, passed down through the mouth, esophagus and stomach into the small intestine. This procedure, performed by an interventional endoscopist, provides direct access to the inside of the bile duct and can show if it is block or narrowed. During ERCP, the endoscopist also can take a tissue biopsy or provide endoscopic therapy directly to the tumor.\nSurgery: To determine if cancer is in the gallbladder or bile duct and to take a tissue sample for biopsy.\nBiopsy: Is the final step in determining an accurate diagnosis of gallbladder or bile duct cancer. Tissue from the tumor and a bile sample may be taken through a needle guided by a CT scan, during an ERCP or during surgery. A pathologist will examine the tissue and/or sample under a microscope.\nHow are gallbladder and bile duct cancers treated?\nTreatment for gallbladder and bile duct cancer depends on the type and stage of the tumor, the patient\u2019s overall health and the chance of curing the disease or extending the patient\u2019s life.\nSurgery is the most effective treatment for gallbladder and bile duct cancers and offers patients the best chance of cure. Surgical procedures include:\nCholecystectomy: For very early stage tumors confined to the lining of the gallbladder. This surgery involves the removal of the gallbladder. For more advanced tumors, the gallbladder is removed and nearby lymph nodes and part of the liver may also be removed.\nBile duct surgery: For tumors confined to the bile ducts. This surgery involves the removal of the bile duct and nearby lymph nodes.\nPartial hepatectomy: For large bile duct tumors inside the liver. This procedure involves removing part of the liver (a wedge of liver tissue, a lobe or a larger portion of the organ).\nWhipple procedure: For bile duct tumors that are close to the pancreas (known as extrahepatic or distal tumors). This procedure involves the removal of the gallbladder, the bile duct, the head of the pancreas, part of the stomach and part of the small intestine.\nMinimally Invasive Procedures for Symptom Relief & Treatment\nPatients with gallbladder and bile duct cancer are not candidates for surgery if the cancer has already spread at the time of diagnosis or due to the location and severity of the cancer. Image-guided, minimally invasive procedures to help drain bile out of the gallbladder or a bile duct can relieve some symptoms such as pain, jaundice, nausea, vomiting and infection. These procedures may be performed through a laparoscope or through an endoscope or under radiology guidance.\nEndoscopic-directed therapy options also are available for patients who are not surgical candidates. UChicago Medicine's interventional endoscopy program is one of the few centers that can provide non-surgical, endoscopic methods to treat unresectable or recurrent tumors, including radiofrequency ablation (RFA) or photodynamic therapy (PDT). In patients with persistent symptoms including jaundice, pain or obstructed stents, these therapies can prolong the time to recurrent symptoms or obstruction and in some cases, may increase survival.\nUChicago Medicine medical oncologists find innovative ways to integrate chemotherapy with each patient\u2019s multidisplinary treatment plan. For patients who may become candidates for surgery, we integrate chemotherapy with local-regional therapies (such as TARE/Y90) to achieve maximum disease control, while allowing for the \u201cfuture liver remnant\u201d (remaining healthy liver tissue after surgery) to grow, to make surgery possible. This approach can potentially convert inoperable tumors to operable tumors. In this situation, the goal of chemotherapy is to eradicate early \u201cmicrometastases\" \u2014 dangerous \u201ccancer-initiating cells,\u201d which can be hiding elsewhere in the body even before surgery. When a patient has advanced or metastatic gallbladder or bile duct cancers, chemotherapy may be used to slow tumor growth, relieve symptoms and extend survival.\nIn addition to traditional chemotherapy, we are actively investigating newer approaches of systemic therapies (including targeted therapy and immunotherapy) for patients with gallbladder and bile duct cancers. Please refer to the Clinical Trials section for more information.\nRadiation therapy can be used in three different settings for gallbladder or bile duct cancer:\nUChicago Medicine radiation oncologists use advanced radiation techniques to treat gallbladder, bile duct and other gastrointestinal cancers. Treatments include:\nIntensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT): Delivers high doses of radiation more precisely than conventional radiation therapy. Subsequently, normal tissues can also be better protected, enabling higher doses aimed at the tumor.\nStereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT): Delivers a course of treatment in five days or less, using advanced methods of tumor targeting to facilitate much higher daily doses of radiation.\nAt UChicago Medicine we have a vast array of technology for immobilizing and targeting tumors. In conjunction with pre-treatment placement of markers in select cases, these approaches can be used to provide pinpoint accuracy.\nAre there clinical trials for gallbladder and bile duct cancer?\nPatients who come to UChicago Medicine for cancer care have access to novel treatment options, including the latest clinical trials of promising therapies.\nClinical researchers at UChicago Medicine actively investigate new therapies for gallbladder and bile duct cancers, including targeted therapy and immunotherapy options. Our oncologists are pioneers in this area \u2014 often among the first to offer certain experimental treatments for the disease. As a result, our patients have the opportunity to participate in several institutional and national/international gallbladder and bile duct cancer clinical trials.\nWe are at an unprecedented era of discovery, where our new knowledge of disease biology has led to the development of promising new therapeutic strategies. 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One song before I go.\" I'm a big fan of the musical \"Rent.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 164, "original_length": 5460, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 91.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.uhhospitals.org/locations/uh-bedford-medical-center", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:01Z", "digest": "sha1:ILTZO7AUEDOTYGSTFJ7Q5CFIJ6PP2IQY", "length": 1931, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.uhhospitals.org", "title": "University Hospitals Bedford Medical Center - Cuyahoga County | UH Bedford | University Hospitals", "raw_content": "More UH Bedford Menu\nA Full Service, Acute-Care Community Hospital Providing Expert Health Care in Bedford, OH\nFor more than 90 years, University Hospitals Bedford Medical Center, a campus of UH Regional Hospitals, has served the residents of Bedford, Ohio and the surrounding communities. UH Bedford Medical Center is a full service, acute-care community hospital, offering adult and senior emergency services, a state-of-the-art outpatient surgery center, comprehensive imaging facilities and a network of primary and specialty care physician practices.\nUH Bedford Medical Center's medical staff includes 193 physicians highly trained in 30 medical specialties, including orthopedics, ophthalmology, wound care and hyperbaric medicine, geriatric medicine and more.\nUH Bedford Medical Center is a certified Primary Stroke Center and an accredited Chest Pain Center. It also holds NICHE Exemplar status - the highest designation available by the nursing education program, Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE).\nLearn More About UH Bedford Medical Center\nGive to UH Bedford\nHistory of UH Bedford\nUH Bedford Medical Center started as four beds on the second floor of a private home in Bedford in 1908. Since then, UH Bedford has continued to grow to keep up with the expanding population and demand for high-quality, accessible medical care.\nIn 1926, bond monies were used to procure land and build the Bedford Municipal Hospital which officially opened in 1928. Additional expansions were added in 1956 and 1971, and in 1979 the official name was changed to The Community Hospital of Bedford. By 1984, following more expansion and renovation, the hospital achieved a capacity of 110 beds. The Community Hospital of Bedford was purchased in 1993 by University Hospitals.\nTake a virtual tour of the facilities at UH Bedford Medical Center.\nMake an appointment with a medical professional at UH Bedford Medical Center.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 124, "original_length": 4576, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 228.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.un-igrac.org/agenda/tailor-made-training-groundwater-benin", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:13Z", "digest": "sha1:TPQQD3HSIMUNE4VENGUYNVJLJJPFN4BM", "length": 814, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.un-igrac.org", "title": "Tailor-made training on groundwater in Benin | IGRAC", "raw_content": "Monday, October 9, 2017 (All day) to Friday, October 13, 2017 (All day)\nFrom 9 to 13 October 2017, IHE Delft and IGRAC will organise a training on \u2018Groundwater Governance to Improve Sustainable Groundwater Management for Food Security and Livelihoods under Climate Change and Rising Competing demands\u2019 in Abomey-Calavi, Republic of Benin. The training will be organised in cooperation with the Institut national de l\u2019Eau (INE), a training institution of the University of Abomey-Calavi (UAC) and will funded by the Netherlands Fellowship Programmes (NFP) of Nuffic.\nDay 1: Introduction to sustainable groundwater use\nDay 2: Improving monitoring networks and data infrastructure\nDay 3: Awareness raising through field visit (organized by INE)\nDay 4: From data to groundwater governance\nDay 5: Groundwater governance", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 64, "original_length": 1820, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 325.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.unirondack.org/test/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:42Z", "digest": "sha1:NJHPYE2GNMUDEZKVMEFZUJOLQUYIB4A2", "length": 21, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.unirondack.org", "title": "Test - Camp Unirondack", "raw_content": "THis is a test pages.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 823, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 148.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/anna-derksen", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:43Z", "digest": "sha1:XA6T5GTOUWUMAMELY4YZAMYZP3F3T73Z", "length": 1403, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.universiteitleiden.nl", "title": "Anna Derksen - Leiden University", "raw_content": "Anna Derksen\nA. Derksen MA\na.derksen@hum.leidenuniv.nl\nMy PhD thesis will examine the impact of the International Year for Disabled Persons (IYDP) in 1981 on the Nordic countries, with emphasis on their respective health policies and the integration of disability questions into humanitarian aid. How did governmental institutions, NGOs and grassroots movements promote the rights of disabled people? And to what extend have the Nordic welfare model and the region\u2019s leading role in human rights politics influenced the countries\u2019 contribution to shaping disability agendas \u2013 both at home and worldwide? My research is part of the research project \"Rethinking Disability: the Global Impact of the International Year of Disabled Persons (1981) in Historical Perspective\".\nI studied European Ethnology/Cultural History and Political Science (BA) as well as Modern History (MA) at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena and graduated with a thesis on gender perceptions in Swedish Romanticism. During my undergraduate studies I spent two semesters at Gothenburg University and was a DAAD scholarship student at the Estonian National Museum, Tartu. My fields of interest are cultural history and political thought, the history of the Baltic Sea Region and the Scandinavian nation states.\nRethinking Disability: the Global Impact of the International Year of Disabled Persons (1981) in Historical Perspective", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 102, "original_length": 2943, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 291.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.upyourvlog.com/2018/04/the-best-us-cities-for-a-car-free-holiday.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:42Z", "digest": "sha1:G5PVW4ATU3LGSUF7AKG6O4V32EYILOGT", "length": 3084, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.upyourvlog.com", "title": "The Best US Cities For a Car-Free Holiday - UpYourVlog", "raw_content": "The Best US Cities For a Car-Free Holiday\nIf you are planning a trip to the US, then where do you start? With fifty states to choose from, all offering something different, then it can be tricky to know which part of the country to visit. Not to mention that it can be quite an expensive trip, depending on where you go to.\nThere is also the fact that if you\u2019re under 25, then it can be mega expensive to rent a car over there, if the rental car company will even let you do it. So where can you go if you\u2019re not able to hire a car? Obviously, a road trip is out of the question. But the good news is that there are plenty of cities that make great holiday destinations for a car-less trip. Have you been to any of them before?\nThis one had to be on the list, right? It is the ultimate in car-less, as there are yellow taxis and Ubers all around. You can use the subway too, which is quite unique for the US, as not many cities have one. The city itself is pretty small in relative terms too, so walking from one spot to another isn\u2019t going to be ridiculous, depending on where you choose to stay.\nPittsburgh isn\u2019t somewhere that you might naturally think of when it comes to a holiday destination. But it is a city with a beautiful skyline, an impressive entrance, tasty restaurants and very friendly people. It houses sports teams, festivals, marathons, and concerts which is a good reason to visit, for an all-American experience.\nFrom staying somewhere like Pittsburgh Airport Marriott as soon as you get off the plane, to moving more into the city, it is a place that doesn\u2019t require a car. Pittsburgh is vibrant throughout the seasons in every way!\nThe Texan city has many reasons to visit, from the good weather (being close to the Mexican border has its perks), as well as it being known for its historic preservation. But the good news is that it is a great city to visit if you like being outdoors and exploring. There is a large cycleway, so hiring bikes could be a good option. As well as hiring Segways, or getting out onto the San Antonio River.\nUnless you plan on exploring more of Nevada, then there really is no need for a car in Las Vegas. So it makes it a great spot if you\u2019re under 25 (though make sure that you\u2019re over 21 to be able to enjoy it to its fullest).\nThe strip has everything you would need from accommodation, restaurants, clubs, bars, casinos, and shopping. It is located very close by to the airport too, so a cheap taxi ride would be all that you need.\nThe city in the state of Oregon is a cyclists dream. So if your dream US holiday is more about the great outdoors and getting back to nature over shopping, then Eugene is a great choice. It has over 30 miles of off-street paths to cycle, and nearly 100 bike lanes. Making it one of the best ways to get around the city.\nHave you been to the US before? Let me know where you\u2019ve been in the comments below.\n*Disclaimer \u2013 This is a collaborative post that is part pre-written.\ncar, holidays, travel, trips, US\nPrevious Post London Marketing Academy | Courses In Marketing\nNext Post Why I Need A Dog", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 99, "original_length": 4543, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 243.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.upyourvlog.com/2018/08/west-end-musical-bucket-list-2018.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:53:12Z", "digest": "sha1:ZJZHWM5W3XPAYV4SKNFTNH52LE2T6YNR", "length": 4162, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.upyourvlog.com", "title": "West End Musical Bucket List | 2018 - UpYourVlog", "raw_content": "Working within the theatre industry definitely has it\u2019s perks. It means I\u2019m in the know when it comes to what\u2019s hot in London\u2019s theatrical West End. I\u2019ve not seen any theatre productions recently which is frankly outrageous but with some many shows on currently and on their way over from Broadway, here\u2019s my West End Musical Bucket List for 2018.\nEncore Tickets have helped millions of people enjoy the best of London\u2019s theatre, attractions and live events and they\u2019ve got plenty of musicals on sale currently so go check them out.\nYes I know, it\u2019s like the longest running musical in the West End and yet I\u2019ve not seen it. I think it\u2019s because I know it\u2019s not going anywhere soon that I\u2019ve not rushed to buy tickets. It\u2019s like that for a few shows on this list, where the production has been around for years and has no sign of closing.\nI\u2019m actually excited to see Les Miserables eventually because it\u2019ll be a theatre space that I\u2019ve never been to before which is just as exciting for me as seeing the show.\nAnother classic and another one that I\u2019ve not seen. It\u2019s a story that I know very well but I\u2019m desperate to see it performed live on stage even though I\u2019ve seen it during West End Live, a two day event in Trafalgar Square where most of the musicals do a number or two from their show, completely free.\nIf you\u2019re not familiar with musical theatre, you are probably not aware of this musical. Come From Away recently opened on Broadway to a record-breaking run and is now making it\u2019s way across the pond to tell it\u2019s story here in London. With previews at the end of January, this show is expected to be a popular one. It tells the very true story of a small community of Gander that opened it\u2019s arms to the 7,000 air passengers that were grounded in Canada after the 9/11 bombings in New York.\nI think it\u2019s certainly going to be a tear-jerker so I\u2019m taking tissues along with me and a good shoulder to cry on aka my fiance.\nI mean, it\u2019s Disney\u2019s The Lion King, who wouldn\u2019t want to see this on stage. It\u2019s meant to be a spectacular show especially when the \u2018animals\u2018 appear on stage in the \u2018Circle of Life\u2018 and I feel as though my inner child is stomping her foot every time I see or go past the Lyceum Theatre.\nThe only problem with The Lion King is that it\u2019s so popular, I hardly ever see tickets that are available close up to the stage at a reasonable price. Maybe I\u2019m just being a stingy but one day I will bite the bullet and just treat myself.\nLiterally everyone who\u2019s seen this show has come out raving about it and telling others including me, to see it. The Afghan Cafe is apparently a hot spot for the best seats so myself and Sam will certainly be going to see it soon.\nSet in Europe\u2019s largest unofficial refugee camp, known as the Calais Jungle, covers the lifespan of the refugee camp from its creation to its eventual destruction. A place where people suffered and dreamed, I think this is likely to be an eye opener to things we tend to be a little ignorant about.\nWith it only being confirmed in March, Dear Evan Hansen hasn\u2019t even had it\u2019s venue announced yet. Another show that\u2019s come from the States, the story follows a boy with extreme social anxiety and following the death of a former classmate, he fabricates a lie that brings him closer to the classmate\u2019s family and allowing him to gain a sense of purpose. With stunning music, this show won six Tony awards so you know it\u2019s going to be a good one.\nAs well as these shows, there\u2019s also some shows that I hope cross the pond so that I can see them and also others I may have seen but would love to see again. Just some of these are Frozen, Anastasia, Moulin Rouge (I would literally die in musical heaven if that came over), Miss Saigon and I\u2019m annoyed at myself for not seeing Five Guys Named Moe.\nFancy a trip to the theatre? Check out what\u2019s going on currently in London on Encore Tickets. Let me know if you have a favourite musical in the comments below.\nLondon Theatre, musicals, theatre, theatre blogger, West End, west end london\nPrevious Post My Recent Burn Out | Why I\u2019ll Never Stop Criticising Myself\nNext Post 4 Must-See Places in Cuba\nDifficulty Of Eating Healthy.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 102, "original_length": 5764, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 239.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.usf.edu/admissions/freshmen/admission-information/cost-of-attendance/financial-aid.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:50:57Z", "digest": "sha1:OCJRHX2CS6FPVIYUJTHF7L5K7A5CS5KM", "length": 1207, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.usf.edu", "title": "Financial Aid | University of South Florida", "raw_content": "You can believe us when we say that we strive to make the USF experience as affordable as possible for students and their families. In 2016-17, more than 25,000 students received an average financial aid package of $9,570.\nLearn more about the types of aid available and how to apply below or visit USF\u2019s Office of University Financial Aid and Scholarships for comprehensive financial aid information.\nGrants: Money provided to students by the federal or state government or institution that is need based (you are not responsible for paying back).\nScholarships: Money provided to students based on academic performance or talent (e.g. athletics, music, etc.).\nLoans: Money borrowed by you and/or your parents that must be paid back with interest. Loans may be awarded to you regardless of financial need.\nWork Study: Need-based employment. Money is received bimonthly based upon hours worked in an on-campus job.\nCompleting the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) allows you to be automatically considered for federal, state, and university financial aid programs. Don't delay \u2013 to be considered for the most types of aid possible, be sure to submit your FAFSA by the Jan. 1 priority deadline.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 84, "original_length": 2665, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 225.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.uwp.edu/explore/news/magazine/garden-of-eatin-2017dec.cfm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:38Z", "digest": "sha1:VRQIA4LTL6AQWNXOXOB5ZJB3VGSDH6OU", "length": 2522, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.uwp.edu", "title": "Garden of Eatin' | Magazine | UW-Parkside", "raw_content": "Home > Explore/UWP Information > News > Parkside The Magazine > Garden of Eatin'\nStudents at UW-Parkside have the opportunity to take classes that offer a wide variety of Community-Based Learning (CBL) projects in many disciplines including business, history, applied health science, communication, and sociology. One of the most popular CBL classes is Sport and Fitness Nutrition (HESM 280) in the Health, Exercise Science, and Sport Management Department. Students volunteer for about three hours at an area nonprofit organization that addresses issues related to food security and nutrition. The project provides students a chance to see how many people in these areas do not have access or funds to affordable fresh food and how the community comes together to solve this problem.\nOne student, however, saw an opportunity for something a little more intensive. Andy Berg, at the time a business student, thought it was wonderful that his fellow students were signing up so enthusiastically to help out the community. As a veteran and father of three, he knew he could do more for the community and wanted to be a strong, positive role model for his children. So Andy and his wife, Mercy, concocted a plan to create their own urban garden in Kenosha. He contacted local politicians in order to receive written support for the garden. In addition, Andy contacted WE Energies to receive permission to use property adjacent to his house as a garden site. Once he received this approval, he solicited garden tools, seeds, and monetary donations from local businesses. Andy incorporated all he learned creating the garden into his HESM 280 class work, and vice versa.\nIn the three years since the garden was christened the Garden of Eatin', Andy, Mercy, their children and a small group of volunteers have expanded to a second garden. They continue to grow fresh fruits and produce, donating all of the proceeds to local food banks, pantries, and homeless shelters -- more than 3,500 pounds of food to date! The garden's achievements have been highlighted in local media, and have attracted much support from the community.\nAndy graduated from UW-Parkside in spring 2016, is still very active on campus and was recently elected to the Kenosha County Board of Supervisors. If you are interested in volunteering with the Garden of Eatin' or in starting your own local garden, contact Amy Garrigan at garrigan@uwp.edu.\nComments? Questions? Story Ideas? LET US KNOW.\nReturn to PARKSIDE: THE MAGAZINE\nWritten by Amanda DesLauries", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 55, "original_length": 3304, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 225.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.valuewalk.com/2016/06/blackberry-devices-profitable/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:38Z", "digest": "sha1:KYLWQNC4XG4RHPE43IBU5DZAAGUPI3H4", "length": 2576, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.valuewalk.com", "title": "Top BlackBerry Ltd Goal This Year Is Making Devices Profitable", "raw_content": "Top BlackBerry Ltd Goal This Year Is Making Devices Profitable\nFor BlackBerry, the main aim this year is to make its device business profitable, said John Chen, BlackBerry\u2019s CEO. On Wednesday at the company\u2019s annual meeting, Chen told investors that the devices business must be profitable because they do not want to run a business that drags down the bottom line.\n\u201cWe\u2019ve got to get there this year:\u201d BlackBerry CEO\nThe Waterloo-based company is weighing the future of its hardware operations, but the CEO looks firm on making the device business profitable this year. However, previously, Chen has said that a decision on the future of the unit would be made by September. The unit has sustained a steady drop in sales in recent years. At the meeting on Wednesday, Chen said he saw better opportunities in providing services that will allow increasingly commoditized hardware to do more.\nIn the meeting attended by around 100 people, Chen said, \u201cI don\u2019t personally believe handsets will be the future of any company.\u201d\nBefore being displaced by Apple and other competitors that run on Android, BlackBerry was the leader of the smartphone market, and now, it is is working to reposition itself as a service and software provider focused on device management for large organizations. In a presentation for investors, the Canadian firm said it anticipates that the broader market for its software will expand from $525 million in 2012 to $17.6 billion by 2019, powered by growth in the legal, financial, medical and automotive industries.\nShareholders losing patience\nSome in the meeting were dubious about BlackBerry\u2019s ability to deliver on its strategic pivot. One shareholder who refused to give his name said \u201cthe first word that comes to mind is lackluster,\u201d adding, \u201cTime is running out.\u201d\nBlackBerry wants to grow its software revenue 30% this fiscal year, repeated Chen, who took up the CEO role in 2013 with a reputation as a turnaround artist. However, the company\u2019s stock has risen only modestly since then, and many investors are waiting for positive signs.\nKen Tota, an investor in BlackBerry\u2019s biggest shareholder Fairfax Financial Holdings, said he appreciates the strategy and is optimistic that a renewed focus on security will help reinvigorate the Canadian firm over the next five years.\n\u201cIt\u2019s a niche, but it\u2019s a worldwide niche,\u201d Tota said.\nOn Wednesday, BlackBerry shares closed down 4.40% at $6.74. Year to date, the stock is down almost 28%, while in the last year, it is down by over 24%. The stock has a 52-week high of $9.63 and a 52-week low of $5.96.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 72, "original_length": 4161, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 237.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.vibe.com/photos/v-exclusive-behind-scenes-photos-and-unreleased-excerpts-tis-vibe-cover-story/behind-scenes-ti-7-2", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:21Z", "digest": "sha1:KVROY4B52JIN566LDK6GOTAMUHSSPOJW", "length": 195, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.vibe.com", "title": "V Exclusive! Behind The Scenes Photos and Unreleased Excerpts From T.I.'s VIBE Cover Story | Vibe", "raw_content": "V Exclusive! Behind The Scenes Photos and Unreleased Excerpts From T.I.'s VIBE Cover Story\nDecember 12, 2011 - 5:07 pm by Mikey Fresh TWITTER\nBallin': A History of Birdman's High Priced Purchases", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 94, "original_length": 1852, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.75, "perplexity": 293.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.villages-news.com/2018/12/04/campione-named-chairman-of-lake-county-board-of-county-commissioners/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:19Z", "digest": "sha1:QMDGL7LMKWQYEA5SBITD5ITXV4IQGKE3", "length": 1426, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.villages-news.com", "title": "Campione named chairman of Lake County Board of County Commissioners - Villages-News: News, events, classifieds in The Villages, FL", "raw_content": "Home Breaking News Campione named chairman of Lake County Board of County Commissioners\nCampione named chairman of Lake County Board of County Commissioners\nLeslie Campione\nCommissioner Leslie Campione was unanimously chosen as the Lake County Board of County Commissioners chairman during the board\u2019s meeting on Tuesday.\nCampione, District 4, who previously served as vice chairman, is serving her third term after she was first elected to the County Commission in 2010. She is a Eustis native who owns her own law practice focusing on local government, environmental law, real property, business and land-use law. She is a strong proponent of economic development and free market principles and is committed to fostering a climate for positive economic activity, small business ownership, and job creation through good planning and balanced policies that protect valuable natural resources and quality of life.\nCommissioner Wendy Breeden, District 3, was selected as vice chair. First elected in 2016, Breeden began her career as a library coordinator in 1992 before retiring as Lake County\u2019s Public Resources Department director in 2016. She has served the community as a member of the American Library Association, the Central Florida Library Cooperative, the Florida Library Association, the State Library, Library Services & Technology Act (LSTA) Advisory Council, and is a graduate of the Leadership Lake class of 1995.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 121, "original_length": 3816, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 129.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.visitwichita.com/blog/post/echl-wichita-thunder-hockey-kicks-off-2018-19-season-full-of-professional-hockey-fun-promotions/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:26Z", "digest": "sha1:XOSKDPWQA42DFYRPXHZNAYQYWVXBQSNX", "length": 3056, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.visitwichita.com", "title": "ECHL Thunder Hockey 2018 | Wichita KS", "raw_content": "ECHL Wichita Thunder Hockey kicks off 2018-19 season full of professional hockey, fun promotions\nThe city\u2019s longest running professional sports team is back for its 27th season. The Wichita Thunder kicks off the 2018-19 hockey season by hosting the Idaho Steelheads, the NHL\u2019s Dallas Stars affiliate, on Oct. 12 followed by the Allen Americans, the Minnesota Wild affiliate, on Oct. 13.\nHere\u2019s what to look forward to during this season of Wichita Thunder hockey:\nNHL-affiliated hockey\nWichita joined the ECHL in 2014 after spending 22 seasons in the Central Hockey League. This season is the team\u2019s third with an National Hockey League affiliation, the second year as the Edmonton Oilers\u2019 third-tier farm team below the AHL\u2019s Bakersfield Condors. Under the affiliation agreement, the Oilers are able to designate players within their development system for assignment with the Thunder.\nA competitive team with momentum\nCoach Malcolm Cameron enters his third year in Wichita after leading the Thunder to its first-ever playoff appearance since joining the ECHL. The team had a franchise-high 34 ECHL wins with 21 of those coming at home. The Thunder finished 34-30-6-2 last season and advanced to the playoffs for the first time since joining the league.\nUp-and-coming professional hockey stars\nRalph Cuddemi, the leading scorer and MVP from last season, returns this season. The 25-year-old finished tied for fifth in the ECHL for goals (33) and 13th overall in points (64). Last year\u2019s team captain, Dyson Stevenson, also returns. The 24-year-old won two ECHL titles with the Allen Americans before joining the Thunder before last season. He had a career season, notching 30 points (14 goal, 16 assists) to go along with a team-leading 188 penalty minutes. Another player to watch is newcomer Matt Schmalz, a 6-foot-6, 218-pound forward.\nA schedule full of promotions\nThe Thunder\u2019s regular season runs mid-October through early April, with 36 games this season on home ice at downtown\u2019s INTRUST Bank Arena. The team recently announced what it calls the best promotional schedule in franchise history. A look at the Wichita Thunder hockey schedule shows popular returning events like Pirates and Princesses Night, #ILOVEWICHITA Night and Nickelodeon nights featuring SpongeBob SquarePants and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. There also are new events on the calendar, like a Fred VanVleet bobblehead giveaway, Wizards Night and Dinosaur Night. Click hereto see the full promotional schedule.\nAffordable fun for all ages\nA family of four can enjoy Wichita hockey for about the same cost as going to a movie.Individual Thunder tickets range from $9 to $40, with discounts for youth, seniors and military. There are also season tickets and mini packages available. Thunder game nights includefood and beverage options throughout the arena, a Thunder merchandise store, entertainment, activities and contests on the video screen or on the ice throughout the game.\nClick here to learn more about the team and for a link to buy Wichita Thunder hockey tickets.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 352, "original_length": 8945, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 295.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.vivahealth.org.uk/a-z/diseases/f", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:07Z", "digest": "sha1:57FLNQACBX5WIEXMP3QIVOUEI6QPJHYC", "length": 355, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.vivahealth.org.uk", "title": "A-Z of Diseases | Viva! Health", "raw_content": "Fibromyalgia is a condition characterised by widespread pain, painful response to pressure, morning stiffness, fatigue, sleep disturbances and can include many other health issues.\nOne in five people in England suffer food poisoning every year. Meat and meat products are to blame for most cases with fish and dairy foods responsible for much of the rest.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 149, "original_length": 3315, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 211.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.vvdailypress.com/news/20180415/housing-outlook-for-high-desert-best-in-decade", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:14Z", "digest": "sha1:CRUX6CVRURX7OCZG5653YTBTJVXFBCHE", "length": 3577, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.vvdailypress.com", "title": "Housing outlook for High Desert best in a decade - News - vvdailypress.com - Victorville, CA", "raw_content": "Housing outlook for High Desert best in a decade\nThe president of a prominent High Desert brokerage says that the region's housing outlook is the brightest it has been since before the Great Recession, even though it is less than one-third what it was at its peak.\nJoseph W. Brady, president of The Bradco Companies, said the impact of President Trump's tax cut plan cannot be underestimated as homebuilders continue to pull permits.\n\"The outlook for housing sales in the High Desert is brighter today than it has been in over a decade,\" Brady said. \u201cThe recent tax reductions that were passed by Congress and signed by the President are undoubtedly having a positive impact on how home buyers are perceiving values, etc. We have a minor concern about the increased cost of funds associated with rising interest rates, and the recent announcement by OPEC that they plan to reduce their oil production, which could result in higher gas prices, thereby affecting the market for commuter homes, poses yet another concern.\"\nBuilding permit numbers accumulated through the five incorporated High Desert cities, the Construction Industry Board, and economist Dr. John Husing, validate Brady's belief that High Desert economy and the housing market are continuing to grow.\n\u201cI first began studying the High Desert housing market while vice president of Pegasus Development in Santa Barbara. I made my first trip to the High Desert to purchase property for Pegasus Development in September of 1986. Having permanently relocated to the High Desert in May of 1988, and experienced the downturn at George Air Force Base, followed by the record housing permits issued in 2008, I believe that we are starting to see a positive pattern of home building that will continue for the foreseeable future,\u201d Brady said.\n\u201cWhen I moved to the High Desert in 1988, there were nearly 400 'spot' home builders in the region and only a few major home builders, including those such as Mr. Ira Norris of Inco Homes.\"\nBy 2005, many of the national home builders had become part of the High Desert landscape and were building as quickly as they could to satisfy the demand generated by that once-in-a-lifetime real estate market, Brady said.\n\u201cAs I tour clients today and we drive Bear Valley Road, Main Street, Highway 18 and Apple Valley Road, I am able to point out all of the homes that used to be model homes that were built by the spot builders that drove the economy in the 1970s and the 1980s,\u201d Brady said.\nThe October 2008 stock market crash and subsequent housing downturn saw nearly 2,600 High Desert homeowners lose their homes over the next four years. This was, in part, a consequence of an unsustainable increase in housing production during the pre-crash period. From 2000-2009 nearly 3,000 homes per year were built in the High Desert. As the region's housing market has recovered, the rate of new housing construction has been positive, yet sustainable. In 2017, for example, 659 new homes were completed in the High Desert\u2019s five incorporated cities.\n\u201cI firmly believe that we are now beginning to witness a return of the historical pattern by which pressure from the Southern California housing market drives housing demand up the hill, as was the case in both the 1980s and early 2000s,\u201d Brady said. \u201cWe have begun to see more initial interest by land developers looking for land and even some production home builders looking to re-enter the market, and we expect in 2018 that baring any type of natural disaster or world event that the High Desert region could produce up to 850 homes.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 143, "original_length": 5679, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 207.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.vware.at/damn-spam/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:06Z", "digest": "sha1:PC345WTAREY2DAU5BSFYC6XKPMJJB7KP", "length": 390, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.vware.at", "title": "Damn Spam! \u2013 vware", "raw_content": "August 21, 2007 August 21, 2007 georg Site\nNot only is spam omnipresent in everyone\u2019s email inbox these days, even this very site is target of hundreds of spambots which try posting thousands of comments on our news entries. To prevent this, comments have been disabled for a while. Now, we are using Akismet in the hopes to get rid of spam, whilst allowing our users to comment on entries.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 43, "original_length": 1058, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 331.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.waringvision.com/blog/good-look-cataract-surgery-eye-health-dr-george-waring-iv/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:12Z", "digest": "sha1:GB7ZHICGSC3JVRCTWFAFKCCBKQ4RSM2R", "length": 524, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.waringvision.com", "title": "A Good Look at Cataract Surgery and Eye Health with Dr. George Waring IV | Blog & News | Waring Vision Institute", "raw_content": "Cataracts has become the leading cause of blindness in aging adults over 40 in the United States. Cataracts is a gradual opaque cloud that forms over the eye, causing vision to seem foggy. This mist is a result of proteins in the lens clumping together. Unfortunately there are no natural ways to fight cataracts, but a healthy diet and exercise can safeguard you against the disease\u2026\nRead more: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/findatopdocradio/2014/10/14/a-good-look-at-cataract-surgery-and-eye-health-with-dr-george-waring-iv", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 238, "original_length": 4322, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 239.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.warritatafo.com/tag/jay-z-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:30Z", "digest": "sha1:NSUQJLNJ2T2HSLI6RQC57WCTWUHXLBFV", "length": 3918, "nlines": 34, "source_domain": "www.warritatafo.com", "title": "Jay-Z | Warritatafo.com", "raw_content": "Beyonce, Jay-Z, Meek Mill, Diddy, Kevin Hart, Usher and many more attend Roc Nation\u2019s Pre-Grammys Brunch (Photos) Beyonc\u00e9 and Jay-Z arrived in color-coordinated outfits to [\u2026]\nJay-Z slams ICE for arresting 21 Savage, hires an attorney to help so he\u2019s not deported to the UK Hip-hop mogul, Jay-Z has reacted to [\u2026]\nBeyonce reveals the dress she wore to renew her vows to Jay-Z and it\u2019s stunning (Photos/Video)\nPop Diva, Beyonce has revealed the dress she wore to renew her vows to Jay-Z last year and it\u2019s stunning. The mother of three shared [\u2026]\nJay-Z and his entire family pictured in New York City where they spent the Christmas holiday. (Photos)\nRap mogul, Jay-Z, was pictured with his entire family in his hometown, Brooklyn, New York City where they spent the Christmas holiday. The rapper was [\u2026]\nMakeup Mogul and reality star, Kylie Jenner is now the fifth Wealthiest American Celebrity of 2018.In a new list compiled by Forbes Magazine, the 21-year-old\u2019s [\u2026]\nJay-z Publicly Disgrace Nigerian Rapper Olamide On Instagram [Photos]\nOlamide Thanks Jay-z For Teaching Him That Wealth Is The New Gangsta and Jayz didn\u2019t even appreciate him.. It\u2019s a shame really! Rapper Olamide has [\u2026]\nJay-Z denies taking shot at Kanye West on Meek Mill\u2019s new album\nRapper, Jay-Z, has been forced to deny he took shot at his former friend and collaborator, Kanye West. The hip-hop mogul who featured on Meek [\u2026]\nParamount has released the first trailer for its Jay-Z-produced, six-part documentary series about the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin titled \u2018Rest In Power: The Trayvon [\u2026]\nBeyonce and Jay-Z share adorable new photos with their twins Sir and Rumi\nBeyonce and Jay Z sent fans into a frenzy as they shared adorable new photos with their twins Sir Carter and Rumi Carter as they [\u2026]\nJudge orders Jay-Z to appear in court after ignoring SEC subpoenas\nA federal judge has ordered Shawn Carter \u2018Jay-Z\u2019 to explain why he shouldn\u2019t have to testify in an SEC probe into Iconix, the company that [\u2026]\nJay-Z & Beyonce Turnup at Big Sean\u2019s Arcade Themed 30th Birthday Party\nRapper Big Sean turned 30 a few days ago and to celebrate his new age, he threw an arcade-themed birthday party that looked super lit [\u2026]\nOn the Run! Beyonc\u00e9 and JAY-Z seen cruising on a Motorcycle in Jamaica\nMusic power couple Beyonc\u00e9 and JAY-Z were spotted on a motorcycle in Kingston, Jamaica, riding around the streets. In photos shared on Twitter, the two [\u2026]\nJay-Z, Big Sean and Lebron James pose for cute pic\nThese men are not just rich but they are successful in their respective careers.\nJay-Z files docs to officially trademark the Iconic Roc-A-Fella Diamond hand Symbol\nRapper and businessman, Jay-Z, has made a swift move to officially trademark the Iconic Roc-A-Fella Diamond hand symbol. According to TMZ, the hip-hop mogul recently [\u2026]\nTwitter users react to this photo of a granny staring at Jay-Z and Beyonc\u00e9 in shock (Photos)\nThis picture of Beyonc\u00e9 and Jay-Z holding hands and walking through a hallway as they headed to a pre-Grammy party on Saturday, while an old [\u2026]\nSinger Beyonc\u00e9 rocked $6.8m of custom jewellery to the Grammy Awards (Photos)\nSinger, Beyonc\u00e9 stole the spotlight with her stunning look at the 2018 Grammys last night, and it has now been revealed she spent multi-millions of [\u2026]\nJay-Z and Beyonce stun at the 2018 Grammy Awards (photos)\nBusiness Mogul Jay Z, his gorgeous wife Beyonce and their daughter Blue Ivy, looked their best as they attended the 60th Annual Grammy Awards which [\u2026]\nJAY-Z opens up about Fighting for his Marriage after Infidelity\nMusic star JAY-Z has opened up about how he had to fight for his marriage after his infidelity. The 48-year old dad of 3 opened [\u2026]\nBeyonce and Jay-Z dress up as Biggie and Lil Kim for Halloween\nJay-Z and Beyonce joined other celebrities at Kelly Rowland\u2019s Costume Couture Party and as always, the power couple nailed their Halloween costume. Jay dressed as [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 6904, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 300.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1987/08/29/the-right-to-bear-arms-what-the-courts-say/0021f7d1-19bb-48da-8f37-0d0e2d77094a/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:19:15Z", "digest": "sha1:GIYS25PLFDCZFS4MVDHBR5MJNUOC3MIS", "length": 3666, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.washingtonpost.com", "title": "THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS WHAT THE COURTS SAY - The Washington Post", "raw_content": "THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS WHAT THE COURTS SAY\nThe discussions of the Second Amendment's \"right to bear arms\" {Free for All, Aug. 15 and 22} all contain useful analyses of what the Framers of the Constitution probably intended. However, not one of these writers has told us how the federal courts have interpreted the Second Amendment. The court rulings on the \"right to bear arms\" have been clear and consistent for more than 100 years.\nIn Presser v. Illinois (1886), the Supreme Court declared that the Second Amendment \"is a limitation only upon the power of Congress and the National government, and not upon that of the States.\" Thus the court upheld the right of the state of Illinois to establish an exclusive state militia and to prohibit private groups from associating as paramilitary organizations and parading with arms.\nA federal appeals court went a step further in Cases v. U.S. (1942). It upheld the validity of the Federal Firearms Act and stated \"the right to keep and bear arms is not a right conferred upon the people by the federal Constitution. Whatever rights in this respect the people may have depends on local legislation.\"\nIn Stevens v. U.S. (1971), a federal appeals court upheld a conviction for possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon. In its ruling, the court stated that \"since the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms applies only to the right of the state to maintain a militia and not to the individual's right to bear arms, there can be no serious claim to any express constitutional right of an individual to possess a firearm.\"\nA recent and far-reaching case was Quilici v. Village of Morton Grove (1983). The federal appeals court upheld the right of a municipality to impose by local ordinance a total ban on handguns within the city limits. The court repeated the well-established rule that the Second Amendment has no application to state and local legislation, but went on to explain its rationale by concluding that individual possession of handguns is not reasonably related to the maintenance of a state militia.\nFinally, in Sklar v. Byrne (1984), the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a city ordinance that will effectively ban handguns in Chicago by denying people there the right to register them after the effective date of the ordinance. Under other legislation, all firearms in Chicago must be registered. As in Morton Grove, the city's regulatory authority was upheld under the general \"police power\" enjoyed by local governments. G. G. Jacobsen\nThere can be no more erroneous a statement than Robert Beard's that a ''growing body of scholarly work'' supports the contention that the Second Amendment covered private gun ownership {Free for All, Aug. 22}.\nThe Supreme Court has ruled on the Second Amendment issue five times. Each time it clearly stated that the amendment has a \"collective, militia interpretation.\" Specifically, in U.S. v. Cruickshank it stated: ''the bearing of arms for a lawful purpose is not a right granted by the Constitution.''\nAn intense study of the Second Amendment question by the American Bar Association concluded: ''In addition to the five decisions in which the Supreme Court has construed the amendment, every federal court decision has given the amendment a collective, militia interpretation and/or held that firearms control laws enacted under a state's police powers are constitutional. Thus, arguments premised upon the federal Second Amendment, or similar provisions of the 37 state constitutions, have never prevented regulations of firearms.''\nThe question we should be asking is: How do we keep handguns out of the wrong hands? -- Peter Miller", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 35, "original_length": 4172, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 202.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-energy-202/2019/02/07/the-energy-202-ocasio-cortez-markey-unveil-green-new-deal-with-backing-of-four-presidential-candidates/5c5b37cf1b326b66eb098641/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.3c90a0be7b08", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:22Z", "digest": "sha1:VIW4K5GKOQWZO3ZQGKWFBSHZRTGJESGF", "length": 14957, "nlines": 50, "source_domain": "www.washingtonpost.com", "title": "The Energy 202: Ocasio-Cortez, Markey unveil Green New Deal with backing of four presidential candidates - The Washington Post", "raw_content": "The Energy 202: Ocasio-Cortez, Markey unveil Green New Deal with backing of four presidential candidates\nBy Dino Grandoni and Jeff Stein\nFor months, the term Green New Deal has been bandied about by Democrats in Congress and on the campaign trail for president as their catchall phrase for a sweeping effort to halt runaway climate change.\nOn Thursday, the slogan got some meat on its bones as Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) prepared to introduce a framework outlining the goals of a sweeping climate pact going forward \u2014 and stop other Democrats from defining the Green New Deal however they wanted.\nTheir measure already has the backing of four Democratic senators who have launched bids for the 2020 presidential nomination. But it is already being lampooned by Republicans \u2014 though embraced by progressives \u2014 for its broad aims on things unrelated to climate, including increased access to housing, health care and education for lower-income communities.\n\u201cThis is really about providing justice for communities and just transitions for communities,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez told NPR in an interview Thursday morning. \u201cSo really the heart of the Green New Deal is about social justice.\u201d\nOcasio-Cortez and Markey form a notable pairing: The former leveraged her political stardom to galvanize progressives around a demand for a comprehensive climate plan while the latter brings gravitas to the proposal as one of the original sponsors of Barack Obama's ultimately unsuccessful cap-and-trade plan\nThe proposal is a nonbinding resolution, but its aims are ambitious. The Democratic resolution calls for the United States to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions within ten years by \u201cdramatically expanding and upgrading renewable power sources.\u201d It stands as a stark counterpoint to the Trump administration's downplaying of the scientific consensus behind climate change, as it has rolled back rules designed to contain global warming and withdrawn from the Paris climate accord aimed at reducing global pollution.\nThe five-page resolution is not confined to climate change, however. It promotes a plethora of progressive ideals \u2014 like housing, health care, education, unions and indigenous rights, which are only indirectly related to Democratic climate desires.\n\u201cThe resolution is clear: We need to move to renewable energy as fast as possible,\u201d said Stephen O'Hanlon, co-founder of the Sunrise Movement that has agitated for such a strategy.\nThat youth climate advocacy organization brought the idea of a Green New Deal to the fore in Washington by staging sit-in protests in the offices of a number of high-ranking Democrats, including then-Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). Sunrise, which endorsed Ocasio-Cortez before her victory over then-Rep. Joe Crowley (D) in the New York primary last summer, worked with both the congresswoman's and Markey's offices to craft the resolution.\n\u201cIf we\u2019re moving to 100 percent clean and renewable energy in 10 years,\u201d O'Hanlon added, \u201cthere won\u2019t be the incentive to build new coal or fossil fuel infrastructure.\u201d\nAt least four Senate Democrats currently running for president \u2014 Cory Booker of New Jersey, Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Kamala Harris of California and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts \u2014 will co-sponsor the plan, spokespeople for the senators confirmed.\nSen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who is considering another run for president, is also backing the plan. All five senators had previously endorsed the concept of the Green New Deal.\nIn total, nine senators and 60 House members are on board, according to Markey's office. The supporters include Congressional Progressive Caucus leaders Mark Pocan (Wis.) and Pramila Jayapal (Wash.), as well as Ocasio-Cortez allies Ro Khanna (Calif.), Rashida Tlaib (Mich.), and Joe Neguse (Colo.).\nMarkey and Ocasio-Cortez are expected to formally introduce their resolution on Thursday afternoon with \u201cdozens\u201d of supporters among congressional Democrats, according to a source with knowledge of the rollout who was not authorized to discuss it publicly.\nTheir proposal stipulates that any infrastructure deal struck with President Trump and other Republicans must address climate change, such as by building resilience to extreme weather events. It gives progressives something many of them have been itching for: The promise of a guaranteed high-paying job for every American. Among its demands are new trade rules to \u201cstop the transfer of jobs and pollution overseas.\u201d\nThe proposal also calls for a sweeping overhaul of the transportation sector \u201cas much as is technologically possible,\u201d with investments in zero-emissions vehicles along with high-speed rail and other public transit.\n\u201cWe have something very ambitious in mind, something akin to what we undertook in the Second World War,\u201d said Robert Hockett, a professor at Cornell University who provided input on the plan. \u201cIt gives us a document around which to galvanize planning and action, and gives political figures running for office something they can sign onto or repudiate. There won\u2019t be room anymore for just supporting 'the concept.' \u201d\nBut one crucial thing the proposal does not spell out: How the federal government is expected to pay for or achieve these broad aims.\nThe Green New Deal would be paid for \u201cthe same way we paid for the original New Deal, World War II, the bank bailouts, tax cuts for the rich and decades of war \u2014 with public money appropriated by Congress,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez said, according to the Associated Press.\nThat gave Republicans on Capitol Hill an opening to attack the plan as an ill-conceived wishlist \u2014 even before it was formally unveiled.\n\u201cWealth transfer schemes suggested in the radical policies like the Green New Deal may not be the best path to community prosperity,\u201d said Rep. John Shimkus (Ill.), the top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on climate change and other environmental issues.\nThat House panel was one of two \u2014 along with the Natural Resources Committee \u2014 to hold hearings on climate change on Wednesday.\nAfter two years out of power in Congress and the White House, Democrat are sending a message that the planet's warming will finally once again be a priority in Washington by scheduling that pair of hearings as among the first held in the new Congress.\n\u201cToday we turn the page on this committee from climate change denial to climate action,\u201d Natural Resources Chairman Ra\u00fal Grijalva (D-Ariz) said.\nOcasio-Cortez and Markey\u2019s proposal does not include an outright ban on fossil fuels, which some close to the bill see as a concession to moderates and labor groups. Some environmental activists defended that decision, saying the investments in green energy would make the ban unnecessary.\n\"There's some bold and visionary pieces in the Green New Deal resolution,\" said Erich Pica, president of Friends of the Earth, a climate advocacy group. \"But the failure to mention and explicitly state that we have to end the era of fossil fuels is just a huge missed opportunity to be real about where we are and where we need to go.\"\nThe plan also does not explicitly exclude some major forms of low-emissions electricity \u2014 mainly, nuclear energy and hydropower \u2014 as some observers worried it would.\nWhile environmentalists have previously protested both forms of power over concerns like the risk of meltdown or the fragmentation of river habitat, climate analysts \u2014 including those with the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) \u2014 say both are necessary today to reduce emissions enough to stave off the worst effects of climate change.\nAn IPCC report in October describing how the world has just over a decade to hold global warming to moderate levels proved to be a big motivating factor in the recent wave of climate activism. Ocasio-Cortez and Markey\u2019s resolution cites those findings.\nParadise, Calif. after the wildfire. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)\n\u2014 The toll extreme weather takes: Last year\u2019s disastrous series of hurricanes, wildfires and extreme weather events killed at least 247 people and cost the nation about $91 billion. Of the 14 separate events noted in the data released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, $73 billion of the damage was attributed to Hurricanes Michael and Florence and the spate of wildfires in the West, The Post\u2019s Brady Dennis and Chris Mooney report. While 2018 did not eclipse the $306 billion in damage caused by devastating natural catastrophes in 2017, \u201cthe most recent numbers continue what some experts call an alarming trend toward an increasing number of billion-dollar disasters, fueled, at least in part, by the warming climate.\u201d\nPut in perspective: \u201cSince 1980, the United States has experienced 241 weather and climate disasters where the overall damage reached or exceeded $1 billion, when adjusted for inflation,\u201d Dennis and Mooney write. \u201cBetween 1980 and 2013, according to NOAA, the nation averaged roughly half a dozen such disasters a year. Over the most recent five years, that number has jumped to more than 12.\u201d Deke Arndt, chief of the monitoring branch at NOAA\u2019s National Centers for Environmental Information, told reporters the nation had \u201cabout twice the number of billion dollar disasters than we have in an average year over the last 40 years or so.\u201d\nMan, it\u2019s a hot one: To boot, NASA and NOAA scientists made a separate announcement Wednesday that the Earth\u2019s average surface temperature last year was officially the fourth highest in nearly 140 years of data. The past four years have been the warmest on record, according to the data, and nine of the 10 warmest years on record have occurred since 2005. And in most or all of those years, the temperature on Earth was at least 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit above the average 19th century temperature. Gavin Schmidt, director of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies at NASA, said it was \u201cquite clearly the fourth-warmest year in our record, which goes back to 1880, and probably was warmer than many hundreds of years before that.\u201d\nGlaciers and ice caps on Baffin Island in Arctic Canada. (Gifford Miller, University of Colorado Boulder/INSTAAR)\n\u2014 Earth is looking a lot like it did during an ancient warming period: The planet is paralleling some of the conditions from the most recent major warm period 115,000 years ago. One clue for researchers was the discovery of ancient plants that emerged from retreating mountain glaciers in northeastern Canada, The Post\u2019s Chris Mooney reports. The plants they found were \u201cvery old indeed, and had probably last grown in these spots some 115,000 years ago,\u201d he writes. \u201cThat\u2019s the last time the areas were actually not covered by ice, the scientists believe.\u201d\nBut there\u2019s a major (and troubling) discrepancy between current and ancient conditions: Sea levels were 20 to 30 feet higher back then. \u201cScientists are now intensely debating precisely which processes could have played out then \u2014 and how soon they\u2019ll play out again. After all, West Antarctica has already been shown, once again, to be beginning a retreat.\u201d\nSen. Sheldon Whitehouse (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)\n\u2014 Senate Democrat trolls Chamber of Commerce: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) entered a tongue-in-cheek submission in a $25,000-prize contest being held by the business lobbying group for the \"best, most viable ideas for a long-term sustainable funding source for infrastructure.\" The liberal senator recommended eliminating fossil-fuel subsidies and placing a price on carbon. \"One would expect a business organization whose members can\u2019t grow or thrive in the absence of an expanding economy or reliable infrastructure to be on the front lines of this fight,\" he wrote. \"Unfortunately... the U.S. Chamber of Commerce [has] not supported climate action.\"\nNot the first time he has taken aim at the chamber: Whitehouse recently challenged claims made by the trade group in support of the oil industry in a friend-of-the-court brief filed in a lawsuit between four California local governments and major oil companies.\nVolunteers prepare to clean a restroom at Joshua Tree National Park on Jan. 4. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)\n\u2014 Park Service won\u2019t use visitor fees for park operations: The National Park Service has reportedly decided to use congressionally appropriated funds to pay for maintenance and staffing during the partial government shutdown, reversing an earlier move to use park visitor entrance fees, the Hill reports, citing an internal Park Service memo. \u201cWe have confirmed with the [White House] Office of Management and Budget that the NPS can move obligations made during the appropriations lapse from the FLREA fee account and apply those obligations to the National Park Service annual operating account,\u201d NPS deputy director Dan Smith said in the memo, per the report.\nMeanwhile: Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), the chairwoman of the House Appropriations subcommittee that oversees the Park Service, called for an investigation of the Trump administration\u2019s initial move to use entrance fees. \u201cIt is evident that NPS and DOI allowed national parks sites to remain open without adequate staff and services to protect the parks and their visitors,\u201d she wrote in a letter to the Government Accountability Office.\nDuring a hearing Wednesday, McCollum said she\u2019s \u201cmore than convinced, sadly, that the administration has ignored the law and the policies that the agencies have had in place for years to protect our citizens and our public lands,\u201d per the Hill.\nSenate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)\n\u2014 Schumer recommends FERC replacement: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has recommended energy lawyer Allison Clements to replace Cheryl LaFleur on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, E&E News reports. LaFleur announced last week that she would not seek a third term and plans to stay on the commission until her term expires on June 30. \u201cClements, currently the director of clean energy markets at the Energy Foundation, has a long history of providing clarity to clean energy groups and the public on complicated policies and rulemakings at FERC,\u201d per the report. In a memo, Capital Alpha suggested Clements could succeed FERC Chairman Neil Chatterjee if a Democratic president takes the White House in 2020. Though it is tradition for the president to defer to Senate leaders on picks for the commission, Trump is not required to accept Schumer\u2019s recommendation.\nThe Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee holds a hearing on the status and outlook of energy innovation.\n\u2014 A mammoth snow pile on the Golden State: More than 10 feet of snow clobbered California's mountains over the past week, The Post's Ian Livingston writes, and even brought snow to nearby coastal regions.\nGot snow?! This is a webcam image courtesy of HPWREN out of Blue Ridge (elevation 8500 FT) in the San Bernardinos! #cawx pic.twitter.com/gB6RReKJ9x", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 90, "original_length": 16151, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 280.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-campaign-shrugs-off-reports-of-romneys-fundraising-advantage/2012/07/10/gJQAlcvTbW_story.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:40Z", "digest": "sha1:R3R2U6DGUEPI5WLTONYMPXHCOQORMVCM", "length": 4381, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.washingtonpost.com", "title": "Obama campaign shrugs off reports of Romney\u2019s fundraising advantage - The Washington Post", "raw_content": "Obama campaign shrugs off reports of Romney\u2019s fundraising advantage\nThe Obama campaign on Tuesday shrugged off reports showing that Republican challenger Mitt Romney outpaced the president by $35 million in contributions last month, even after firing off a dire message to donors warning of defeat in November if fundraising doesn\u2019t improve.\n\u201cWe are sticking to the fundraising course we set from the beginning,\u201d Obama campaign spokeswoman Katie Hogan said. That means, she said, that the team will continue to grow a base of donors \u2014 which it currently places at 2.4 million \u2014 who are able to contribute small amounts throughout the campaign.\n\u201cWe\u2019ll stick to the course we know, which is that the more people you get involved in any way possible is how you win,\u201d she said.\nJune fundraising totals released Monday show that Romney raised $106 million in conjunction with the Republican National Committee, while Obama and the Democratic National Committee brought in $71 million. The $35 million difference is more than twice the financial edge Romney held in May.\nThe widening gap added to Democrats\u2019 sense of urgency, given the unprecedented cascade of cash flowing from conservative groups that have no legal limits on fundraising. In an e-mail sent to donors on Monday, Obama campaign chief operating officer Ann Marie Habershaw said it is critical that the president at least stay close to Romney in the money race. \u201cWe will lose if this continues,\u201d she wrote.\nAnother Obama campaign official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to be candid, said Tuesday that although no major shake-up in the fundraising operation is being contemplated, the campaign remains deeply concerned about the super PACs aligned with Romney and will intensify its efforts on multiple fronts. In addition to pursuing serial donations from small-dollar contributors, it will double down on major donors who have yet to reach their legal maximum. The campaign also will aggressively pursue 2008 donors who have not given in 2012, the official said.\nObama representatives also blasted the Republican super PACs. \u201cYou\u2019ve got a few very wealthy people running around trying to purchase the White House for Mr. Romney,\u201d White House senior adviser David Plouffe told ABC\u2019s \u201cGood Morning America\u201d on Tuesday.\nThe campaign followed up with an e-mail appeal to donors signed \u201cBarack.\u201d It said in part: \u201cWe\u2019re getting outraised \u2014 a first for a sitting president, if this continues. Not just by the super PACs and outside groups that are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into misleading ads, but by our opponent and the Republican Party, which just outraised us for the second month in a row.\u201d\nThe Obama camp appears to be taking some solace in recent history, which suggests that it is seeing the cyclical nature of campaign giving, not an incipient rout. Obama aides point to Democratic Sen. John F. Kerry\u2019s 2-to-1 advantage over George W. Bush at this juncture in 2004. The nominee challenging an incumbent enjoys a financial tailwind between the end of the primary season and the conventions, they said, scooping up contributors who sat out the primaries or \u201cmaxed out\u201d in donations to other candidates.\nAnd, like Romney, Kerry also benefited from a constellation of independent expenditure groups \u2014 left-leaning, in his case \u2014 that were angry about the first four years of the Bush administration.\nObama bundlers were circumspect in their comments Tuesday. \u201cLook, big picture, it\u2019s unquestionably a concern that they might be outspent by orders of magnitude by the super PACs,\u201d said one bundler, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to be frank about the financial situation. But he added that as of Tuesday, he had not received any frantic new guidance from the campaign. \u201cI\u2019m not going to change what I do,\u201d he said.\nOne Democratic strategist, a veteran of presidential campaigns, said Obama will need to focus his efforts on \u201cdonor maintenance,\u201d which means schmoozing small groups of high-dollar contributors. The president has participated in scores of such gatherings, many of them at hotels within blocks of the White House, but he may need to do more.\n\u201cObama is really going to have to put his energy into this in a way he hates to do,\u201d the strategist said. \u201cHe hates that stuff. Clinton loved it. Hillary loved it.\u201d\nAmy Gardner, T.W. Farnam and Dan Eggen contributed to this report.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 53, "original_length": 5599, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 298.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/31/raft-office-buying-fuels-disgust-chinese/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:48Z", "digest": "sha1:4FZMU3VCOYSN6IXYUM7PG2AXUOVIHYFQ", "length": 9140, "nlines": 41, "source_domain": "www.washingtontimes.com", "title": "Raft of office-buying fuels disgust from Chinese - Washington Times", "raw_content": "Raft of office-buying fuels disgust from Chinese\nXu Lanting\nBy Didi Tang - Associated Press - Wednesday, October 31, 2012\nXILINHOT, China (AP) \u2014 In a small town in northern China\u2019s Inner Mongolia where sheep and cattle easily outnumber humans, Fan Chen paid a Communist Party boss three times an average urban resident\u2019s annual salary to become a local police chief.\nThe scheme was exposed and fell apart, but it was hardly explosive news. It received just a one-line mention in state media. And a friend of Fan\u2019s defended him by saying that by current standards, his misdeeds were insignificant.\n\u201cWhat he paid was simply a drizzle,\u201d said Xu Huaiwei, a 68-year-old retired engineer. \u201cIt\u2019s too common in China, and people have paid far more \u2014 millions, or tens of millions of yuan \u2014 for a government job.\u201d\nFan was a small player in the latest of countless office-buying scandals that have touched Chinese officials from the village up to the provincial level. Some scandals implicate hundreds of officials, and state media reports show that the practice has spread to all arms of the government, including the legislature, police and courts.\nBuying and selling office is so rampant in China that it has battered the ruling Communist Party\u2019s image as an institution that promotes the competent, not the connected. The practice continues despite vows by Chinese leaders to eradicate it, and the public has grown increasingly disgusted.\nFighting corruption will be one of the biggest challenges for the party leadership that will be installed in November in a once-a-decade transition.\nAnti-corruption crusaders have particularly warned against personnel corruption, saying it inevitably breeds other forms of corruption as office buyers seek returns on their money. But there have been no recent signs of new action from the government; the last time a leading official talked publicly about office-buying was two years ago.\n\u201cWe want those who sell offices to be utterly discredited, and those who buy offices to suffer a double loss,\u201d Li Yuanchao, head of the party\u2019s central organization commission, said in 2010, when Beijing introduced a set of new personnel measures and waged a crackdown.\nXilinhot, nearly 400 miles north of Beijing, is a growing town that presents ripe opportunities for graft. It is the government seat to Xilingol, a Nebraska-sized region of about 1 million people where coal-mine pits are emerging from the premium grasslands.\nIn the region\u2019s largest city, Western-style villas have mushroomed along a man-made lake in one of its newest developments, and young families go to the KFC, but sheep traders still haul their animals to a business-filled street to find buyers.\nFan was part of a web of office-buying centered on Liu Zhuozhi. First as Xilingol\u2019s top executive and then as its chief party secretary, Liu ran the region from 2001 to 2008 before advancing to a vice governor post in Inner Mongolia\u2019s capital city, Hohhot.\nLast summer in a Beijing court, Liu was sentenced to life in prison for corruption, including selling various government jobs, according to the state-run Beijing News. Liu\u2019s lawyer Xu Lanting confirmed the report, which says Liu took more than 8 million yuan ($1.2 million) in bribes \u2014 mostly by selling positions, including the one for Fan.\nThe report said Liu took 650,000 yuan ($103,000) from a man who eventually became the chief planner for Xilinhot, sold the city\u2019s party secretary position for 640,000 yuan ($101,000), and accepted 500,000 yuan ($80,000) to promote a person to oversee government archives.\nThe report identifies Fan Chen only by his family name and said he paid 100,000 yuan ($16,000) to be promoted from a deputy to a chief in a different government unit.\nThe Associated Press could not reach Fan for comment. His friend Xu said Fan paid 300,000 ($48,000) for the promotion to be the police chief in Sunitezuoqi, another town in Xilingol. A propaganda officer from Sunitezuoqi confirmed that Fan Cheng was its last police chief.\nAn official government site also showed Fan was to be promoted to be the police chief of Sunitezuoqi from a lower-ranked deputy position in Xilinhot. Xu said Fan lost his rank last year when he was implicated during the investigation against Liu, and is now a regular police officer.\nIn Xilingol, local officials said Liu\u2019s case is a thing of past and that office-buying is limited to a handful.\n\u201cThe majority of our cadres are good. Only a few are corrupt,\u201d said Yao Situ, director of foreign affairs.\nHe said local governments are recruiting and promoting cadres through democratic, fair and transparent competitions that value merit above anything else.\nMany experts, however, say graft continues to flourish thanks to opaque government, a lack of accountability, the absence of independent supervision and ineffective punishment. They say that in China\u2019s one-party government, personnel decisions are made by a few powerful people despite policies and procedures stipulating collective rulings.\n\u201cSimply put, in China\u2019s cadre selection procedure, the party chief, the deputy chief for personnel, and the director of personnel wield the real power. For office-seekers, it is far more cost-effective to bribe them than to bribe voters in a democratic election,\u201d said He Zengke, who has studied China\u2019s corruption for more than 20 years. He is director of the China Center for Comparative Politics and Economics, a Beijing-based think tank.\nIn a heavily regulated country where the government controls resources, it seems almost all government offices can be a profit-making enterprise.\nTransportation officials take kickbacks for road projects. Planning directors cash in on their approval powers. Police chiefs dismiss cases for private payments. Judges accept bribes for lighter sentences.\nOffice-buying is difficult to root out in part because it is so prevalent in China. Those tasked with combatting corruption \u2014 such as party chiefs and prosecutors \u2014 are often guilty of it themselves.\nSometimes office-buying is uncovered by chance. In northeastern China\u2019s Heilongjiang province, a scandal emerged following an assault on police officers who were investigating prostitution in a bath center.\nThe assault led authorities to examine the business\u2019s finances. They found problematic loans that implicated a senior official at a local state-run bank, according to state media.\nInvestigators uncovered a pyramid of graft. One official, Li Gang, accepted bribes totaling 2,100,000 yuan ($330,000) from more than 35 people over promotional issues. Li himself paid Suihua party secretary Ma De to be a county party secretary. And Ma got his job by paying 800,000 yuan ($127,000) to Han Guizhi, a Heilongjiang party official in charge of personnel affairs.\nHan sold other top positions as well, including the chief prosecutor, the chief of the provincial supreme court and the chief of the personnel bureau, according to state media reports.\nIn 2010, several senior officials fell to corruption charges, including Huang Yao, former deputy party secretary for southwestern China\u2019s Guizhou province, and Wang Huayuan, a party standing committee member overseeing discipline inspection in eastern China\u2019s Zhejiang province. State media said they had profited from \u201cjob assignments\u201d but did not offer more details.\nNow, a criminal investigation against Huang Sheng, formerly the vice governor of eastern China\u2019s Shandong province, has silenced the Dezhou government, where many officials were promoted during Huang\u2019s tenure as the city\u2019s party secretary, according to state media.\nOffice-buying is just one facet of the pervasive corruption culture in China, where government officials routinely embezzle public funds, take bribes in awarding contracts, and favor family and friends in promotion.\nChina\u2019s most notorious corruption scandal in years involves disgraced politician Bo Xilai, who is accused of taking \u201chuge amounts\u201d of money to seek profits for others through public power. His deputy Wang Lijun took money from businesspeople and other contacts, and in exchange, he released detained criminal suspects when his contributors asked. But there is no confirmed report that Bo bought or sold public office.\nIn Xilinhot, the mood alternates between indignation and resignation among retired cadres who gather every day in an old hospital administration building to exchange gossip over mahjong tiles and playing cards.\n\u201cI cannot understand today\u2019s corruption. No one dared to do that under Mao,\u201d said 73-year-old Wu Lagai, a retired weather bureau official who was watching a game of Chinese chess.\n\u201cI simply cannot accept it. Is this because the punishment is too light? I think that might be the problem\u2019s source,\u201d he said.\n\u201cThere are countless Liu Zhuozhis,\u201d said Wang Qi, a 70-year-old retired economic development official. \u201cFor village cadre and up, if you want any position, you pay for it. The more money you pay, the higher position you get. That\u2019s an open secret. The public knows, but there\u2019s nothing they can do.\n\u201cUnless Chairman Mao came back,\u201d Xu said.\n\u201cNot even Chairman Mao,\u201d Wang said. \u201cIt needs a thorough reform.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 240, "original_length": 13617, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 330.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/mar/13/senate-confirms-trump-pick-to-head-medicare-and-me/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:20Z", "digest": "sha1:W6VHOR743UJWFURJKNIWFZO6YVESE76Q", "length": 3270, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.washingtontimes.com", "title": "Senate confirms Trump pick to head Medicare and Medicaid - Washington Times", "raw_content": "FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2017 file photo, Seema Verma, left, nominee for administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, gets on an elevator in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York. Verma was confirmed by ... more >\nBy RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR - Associated Press - Monday, March 13, 2017\nWASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump\u2019s pick to run Medicare and Medicaid won confirmation Monday from a divided Senate as lawmakers braced for another epic battle over the government\u2019s role in health care and society\u2019s responsibility toward the vulnerable.\nIndiana health care consultant Seema Verma, a prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of Vice President Mike Pence, was approved by a 55-43 vote, largely along party lines. She\u2019ll head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, a $1 trillion agency that oversees health insurance programs for more than 130 million people, from elderly nursing home residents to newborns. It\u2019s part of the Department of Health and Human Services.\nVerma, a first-generation American whose parents emigrated from India, takes over at CMS as a House Republican health care bill backed by Trump would make sweeping changes to the agency.\nThat legislation would roll back key elements of former President Barack Obama\u2019s health care law, including its Medicaid expansion for low-income people. More significantly, the GOP bill would limit overall federal financing for Medicaid in the future. Taken together, those changes could leave 24 million more people uninsured by 2026, the Congressional Budget Office said Monday in an assessment that\u2019s bound to complicate the bill\u2019s already difficult path.\nWith a background in public health, Verma has said she wants government programs to improve health, not just pay bills. She\u2019s been critical of Medicaid, saying \u201cthe status quo is not acceptable\u201d for the federal-state insurance program that covers more than 70 million low-income people.\nIn Indiana, Verma designed a Medicaid expansion along conservative lines for Pence. Most beneficiaries are required to pay modest premiums. And the program uses financial rewards and penalties to steer patients to primary care providers instead of the emergency room. Critics say the plan has been confusing for beneficiaries and some have incurred penalties through no fault of their own.\nAt her Senate confirmation hearing, Verma defended her approach by saying that low-income people are fully capable of making health care decisions based on rational incentives.\nShe also said she does not support turning Medicare into a voucher plan under which retirees would get a fixed federal contribution to purchase private coverage from government-regulated private insurance plans. Her boss, HHS Secretary Tom Price, is a prominent advocate of such an approach. Medicare covers more than 56 million seniors and disabled people.\nSome state officials are welcoming Verma\u2019s arrival as a sign that Medicaid has come of age at an agency where it traditionally came in second to Medicare.\nWith Verma\u2019s confirmation and Price as health secretary, Trump has two of the most senior HHS officials in place. Last Friday, the president nominated Dr. Scott Gottlieb to run the Food and Drug Administration. Nonetheless, many senior political appointee positions at HHS remain unfilled.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 213, "original_length": 7768, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 279.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/26/recent-kansas-editorials/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:47Z", "digest": "sha1:CQ5JHKW5OQ3EOXICNEMR2XOEQNIC3GOJ", "length": 7971, "nlines": 43, "source_domain": "www.washingtontimes.com", "title": "Recent Kansas editorials - Washington Times", "raw_content": "By The Associated Press - Associated Press - Tuesday, June 26, 2018\nThe Topeka Capital-Journal, June 23\nIt was good news of a sort on Wednesday when President Donald Trump stopped defending the indefensible and signed an executive order that he claimed would stop the separation of immigrant families at the Southern border.\nThe \u201czero tolerance\u201d policy of Trump and his administration, which resulted in more than 2,000 children being taken from their parents and confined by the government, created the humanitarian disaster. For a country that likes to think of itself as a world leader in human rights, the sight of young and vulnerable girls and boys behind wire partitions, crying for their parents, was a living nightmare.\nThe end of that self-declared policy would have been better than Trump\u2019s cobbled-together order, which requests instead that families be detained as a unit. It would have also been good if the order had been vetted - early news reports suggest that agencies across the government aren\u2019t quite sure how to interpret the text.\nBut the newest and most pressing challenge is reuniting children and their parents.\nIt\u2019s a challenge that has touched Topeka itself, as news filtered out that The Villages, a group home located here, has taken in separated children. Think about that for a moment: Innocents taken from their parents are here, in northeast Kansas, alone and scared.\nWe trust that The Villages and those overseeing the program will take exemplary care of the youths. But it\u2019s most important now to bring families back together - and the federal government doesn\u2019t appear to have a plan in place to do so.\nA Department of Homeland Security official told NBC news that 500 children have been reunited, but few other specifics were offered besides the suspiciously round number. News outlets have likewise reported that the federal government is working on a centralized program to bring the children and their families back together.\nThat\u2019s good news, although again it\u2019s good news of a sort. If a president and his administration creates a humanitarian crisis of their own accord, one might hope that same president and administration would have considered the aftermath created by their actions. One might hope that such a centralized program would have been created before the separations began.\nUncertainty lingers. But here is one certainty: As long as children are apart from their families, they are being mentally harmed in the name of the United States. As long as these kids are in a group home - even one offering the very best services \u2014 they are suffering profound trauma that will last their entire lives.\nOur government did this. Our leaders did this. We owe it to these children to make their families whole again, and as soon as possible.\nThe Wichita Eagle, June 22\nProtecting playgrounds a sad necessity. But go easy on the locks\nThe 8-foot fence winds 500 feet around the playground at Adams Elementary, the entrances closed off by heavy chains and padlocks.\nThere is no summer joy on this playground equipment.\nThe Wichita school district made that decision 18 months ago after installing new equipment to replace the old playground that was destroyed by an intentional fire. Damage was estimated at $20,000. A July 2017 fire at Enders Elementary caused $150,000 in playground damage.\nNow, the school board has approved $231,000 to fence and lock 41 more school playgrounds. Details have to be worked out, but the district\u2019s elementary playgrounds will not always be open.\nThis is a bad look for the community. Vandals and others who take advantage of the playgrounds\u2019 off-hours solitude have forced district leaders to take steps to keep children off playgrounds when school\u2019s not in session.\nWhether it\u2019s a bad look for the school district depends on perspective.\nTo district leaders, fencing off playgrounds is in the name of safety. Vandals damage equipment, others leave dangerous trash such as syringes or drug paraphernalia. It\u2019s also, maybe just as importantly, a long-term decision to protect assets.\nBut it also tells the community that all of that is more important than a neighborhood\u2019s way of life.\nTo the parents who see their child\u2019s school as a second home, it\u2019s a shame students can\u2019t gather away from a school day and play in a known environment.\nBut when their playground is damaged without funds to repair or replace equipment, was access worth it?\nTo the taxpayer, it\u2019s the wrong move to close off a playground that should be enjoyed by the community away from school hours.\nBut restricted use reduces wear and tear on playgrounds, saving the district money.\nThe school district is in a tough spot. Fencing off playgrounds has been a talker on social media this week, and while there\u2019s outrage that playgrounds could be closed, there\u2019s also strong sentiment that equipment shouldn\u2019t be accessible at all hours.\nWe\u2019ll see fencing starting to go up at schools soon. The next step is for the school board to decide exactly when playground gates will be locked.\nAt the very least, playgrounds will be locked during school hours and accessible only from the building. That\u2019s an added level of comfort for parents and staff.\nBoard members could go for extremes - continuously locked to never locked - but likely will end up in the middle. A compromise may involve determining when a school staffer locks gates before and after school, on evenings and weekends.\nPast that, the board should seek options that would keep playgrounds open as much as possible. Start slowly and develop plans for staff members or volunteers to sweep the playgrounds for garbage.\nIf vandalism occurs, the plan can change. But closing them permanently during off hours should be a last resort.\nThe Manhattan Mercury, June 25\nCourt ruling brings fairness to internet sales\nFor many years, local retailers have operated with a disadvantage: They have to collect sales tax from their customers, while online competitors don\u2019t. That means online outlets could basically offer the same thing as a local store with a 9 percent discount, due simply to government policy.\nThat could change now, and it ought to.\nThe Supreme Court this past week ruled in a case from South Dakota that states could collect sales taxes on online sales, even if the vendor did not have a physical presence in the state. That reversed a court ruling from 1992 that said the opposite, which of course had paved the way for the explosion of internet sales.\nThe game has changed since then. No longer tiny little startups, online retailers have used the rules of the game - as well as their own innovation, and the convenience and enormous choice of online shopping - to grow into behemoths. Amazon had $119 billion in sales last year.\nThat has drained the bank accounts of state and local governments. Locally, Manhattan\u2019s sales tax collections have dipped in recent years to the tune of millions of dollars, and that has meant less money to spend on projects and programs that could benefit the community. At the state level, the story is the same; the numbers are just bigger.\nCongress should have fixed this problem years ago, but remained leery of the politics of appearing to raise taxes, or stifle internet growth.\nBut President Trump praised the court ruling. It cuts across political lines.\nHere\u2019s what should happen now: Assuming that Congress won\u2019t act to make the rules uniform across the country, the Kansas Legislature should assure that the state begins collecting taxes from online sales as soon as possible. That will take legislative change and quite a bit of regulatory work, but there are millions of dollars at stake.\nAnd while all of us as consumers certainly benefited by buying tax-free goods online for the past 25 years, we all need to realize that we were really just ducking the existing law. Sales taxes help support the public programs that we all rely on in one way or another, and it\u2019s only fair that they\u2019re applies uniformly.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 243, "original_length": 12396, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 294.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.wdwbingo.co.uk/news/gala-bingo-celebrates-10th-anniversary/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:49Z", "digest": "sha1:S3QHLZRK6YNH2DFFBG44ORMG5KG2TW5Z", "length": 1640, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.wdwbingo.co.uk", "title": "Gala Bingo Celebrates 10th Anniversary | WDW Bingo", "raw_content": "Gala Bingo Celebrates 10th Anniversary\nGala Bingo is turning 10 and they\u2019re celebrating the best way possible by giving away loads of prizes. They have three movie-themed gifts up for grabs each day between now and the 8th November that you can win on top of your normal game wins. Not only can you win the likes of home cinemas, movie box sets and film tickets but they\u2019re also giving you the chance to win a trip to Cannes, Disneyland and even Hollywood.\nThere are 13 games with 10 winners in each one so there are plenty of chances to win a prize. The games take place in a different room each day from 10am until 10pm and the tickets cost just 10p each. Whoever lands a FH in the 8pm, 9pm or 10pm games will win one of the movie-themed gifts. Today they have cinema tickets, James Bond Movie Box Sets and a glamorous Movie Makeover and Photo Shoot up for grabs in the Mountain room.\nOn top of that there will also be seven extra full house prizes to be won in the 90 Ball, Speed Bingo and Coconut Island rooms thanks to the Roll on Bingo feature which will be paid out as a bingo bonus. If that wasn\u2019t generous enough already they\u2019re also adding an extra \u00a34,150 to each bingo room every day.\nAs part of their birthday celebrations, they also want to know what makes you happy and the great thing is that they\u2019ll give you a chance to win whatever that might be. Simply, fill out the Happy form on the promotions page and hit \u2018Submit\u2019. Once you have done that all you have to do is play your favourite games and every time you wager \u00a310 you\u2019ll be entered into the prize draw. So, the more you play the more chances you\u2019ll have of winning.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 131, "original_length": 4412, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 308.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.welcomesociety.org/history.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:45:41Z", "digest": "sha1:4ZDKWA4S75NMLGVGPUNRSCZCYZIAQQCO", "length": 2718, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.welcomesociety.org", "title": "History - The Welcome Society of Pennsylvania", "raw_content": "On April 1, 1906, nine people signed the charter organizing the Welcome Society. We do not know whose was the original idea to found such a society, but we do know the names of those original members. They are, presumably in order of membership:\n\u2022 Frances Howard Williams, the first president\n\u2022 Aubrey Howard Williams, son of Frances,\n\u2022 Rodman Wistar, the vice president\n\u2022 George Cuthbert Gillespie\n\u2022 Alexander Wilson Wistar, member of Council\n\u2022 Thomas H. Shoemaker\n\u2022 Charles Gobrecht Darrach\n\u2022 Henry Darrach\n\u2022 Harold Edgar Gillingham\nOn April 21 the signed charter was submitted to the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas for a certificate of incorporation. The two Williamses and Thomas Shoemaker swore an affidavit that the charter was indeed \"their act and deed.\" At the court on the 26th, Thomas Cadwalader, attorney for the group, moved the charter be approved. This was granted on October 3 and recorded on the 5th, and The Welcome Society of Pennsylvania became a legal entity.\nThe charter lists the officers of the Society as of the first of April. Beside the charter signers these were: Elliott Fischer, treasurer, and Richard McCall Cadwalader, Sydney George Fisher, and John Story Jenks, all members of Council. Although he was not named as an officer or signatory of the charter, at least one other name apparently appears before the last of the officers - Charles Evert Cadwalader. By the end of the year the Society had 26 members.\nThe official business meeting was set for the fourth Monday in October of each year. Since that time the meeting has always occurred in October, the month that the Welcome arrived in the Delaware River, but the date has varied. The membership was limited to the descendants (male or female) of those who were passengers on the Welcome.\nThroughout its history, the society has maintained faithful to the goals of education and assisting others. The minutes of the early years are replete with records of gifts - small ones, since even by the annual meeting in 1931 the receipts and expenditures balanced out less than $1,000, and the remaining full balance in the Saving Fund Society of Germantown was only $2,600.\nThe Society has an illustrated, educational 24-page book on the life and times of William Penn titled \"Your Friend William Penn\". Select the following link to view the book. It is in Adobe Acrobat [PDF] format and is approximately 10 megabytes in size -- dial-up users should be aware. You may save a copy from within the Adobe Acrobat Reader program or by clicking the right mouse button on the link and choosing \"Save Target As\" or \"Save File As\". [You may download the free Acrobat Reader program from www.adobe.com if necessary]\nyourfriendwilliampenn.pdf", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 44, "original_length": 3242, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 292.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.whhna.org/historic-district/walking-tour/stop-2-the-eure-house/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:45:27Z", "digest": "sha1:BTL6KAEMKOM4SYQUDC7ZUUGUWPRNMPQN", "length": 398, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.whhna.org", "title": "Stop #2 \u2013 The Eure House \u2013 WHHNA", "raw_content": "This house is an excellent example of the American \u201cfour-square\u201d design with strong prairie elements in the deep roof overhangs and hip-roofed dormer.\nThe house was built around 1915 for W.T. Eure. His daughters, Lottie, Ada, and Sadie, all worked at the hospital.\nNote the porch supported by square bungalow-style posts.\nhttps://www.whhna.org/historic-district/walking-tour/stop-2-the-eure-house\">", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 71, "original_length": 1748, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 305.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/fusco-s-expand-family-business-to-the-bay-1-7803384", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:25:07Z", "digest": "sha1:4SNB5ZP6CG3L4DZUUYTPFWTAEOU7OK2I", "length": 727, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.whitbygazette.co.uk", "title": "Fusco\u2019s expand family business to the Bay - Whitby Gazette", "raw_content": "Fusco\u2019s expand family business to the Bay\nThe Fuso family has expanded its empire with a new venture further down the coast in the village of Robin Hood\u2019s Bay.\nThree of the next generation of the Fusco family, Alexander (7), Megan (4) and Matilda (5), cut the ribbon, along with Albert, the mascot for the Fishermen\u2019s Mission which is supported by the family.\nFishbox Robin Hood\u2019s Bay has created five jobs and the refurb was managed by Raymond Fusco over the last three months.\nThe family said: \u201cWe are absolutely delighted and very proud to expand the Fish Box brand. Robin Hood\u2019s Bay is the perfect location. It has fishing heritage, beautiful views, marks the end of the Coast to Coast walk, the beach. It really is a gem.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 83, "original_length": 2131, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 228.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.whitecase.com/news/press-release/white-case-advises-china-molybdenum-debut-offshore-bond-issuance", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:10Z", "digest": "sha1:EX3DY6SFVH5BCZQQKTTP4KEHAMNXNZVP", "length": 2159, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.whitecase.com", "title": "White & Case Advises China Molybdenum on Debut Offshore Bond Issuance | White & Case LLP International Law Firm, Global Law Practice", "raw_content": "White & Case Advises China Molybdenum on Debut Offshore Bond Issuance\nGlobal law firm White & Case LLP has advised China Molybdenum Co., Ltd. (China Molybdenum) on its issuance of unrated US$300 million 5.48 percent guaranteed bonds due 2022.\nChina Molybdenum is a leading global diversified mining conglomerate principally engaged in the mining and processing, smelting and deep processing of non-ferrous metals and minerals including copper, cobalt, molybdenum, tungsten, niobium and phosphate.\nThe joint global coordinators, joint lead managers and joint bookrunners for the issuance are Standard Chartered Bank, Industrial Bank Co., Ltd., Hong Kong Branch, China Everbright Bank, Hong Kong Branch, China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd., Hong Kong Branch and Ping An of China Securities (Hong Kong) Company Limited.\nThe bonds were issued by CMOC Capital Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of China Molybdenum, and guaranteed by China Molybdenum. The net proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, including refinancing of certain existing debt of China Molybdenum and its subsidiaries. The bonds are listed for trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.\n\"We have advised long-standing client, China Molybdenum, on its debut offshore bond offering,\" said Beijing-based White & Case partner David Li, who co-led the Firm's deal team. \"The level of investor interest in this issuance demonstrates market recognition of China Molybdenum's strategy and operational efficiency in the global mining and metals sector.\"\nHong Kong-based White & Case partner Jessica Zhou, who co-led the Firm's deal team, said: \"This transaction demonstrates our ability to provide effective and efficient services to high-caliber clients in their important, milestone transactions.\"\nThe White & Case team which advised on the transaction was co-led by partners David Li (Beijing) and Jessica Zhou (Hong Kong) and included partners Kaya Proudian (Singapore) and Catherine Tsang (Hong Kong), with support from associates Enlin Jiang (Hong Kong), June Chun and Mengbi Xu (both Beijing) and Christina Lui (Singapore).\nCatherine Tsang\nEnlin Jiang\nJune Chun\nMengbi Xu\nChristina Lui", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 92, "original_length": 3398, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 328.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.wilmerhale.com/insights/events/google-and-stanford-law-school-s-center-for-internet-and-society-legal-futures-conference-march-8-2008", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:50:12Z", "digest": "sha1:DMKNSQTXRR53FJO6YBF3KRVHMGF27QLG", "length": 599, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.wilmerhale.com", "title": "Google and Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society: Legal Futures Conference | WilmerHale", "raw_content": "Google and Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society: Legal Futures Conference\n2008-03-08 Stanford, California\nCrown Quadrangle\nGoogle and Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society are hosting a discussion entitled \"Legal Futures.\" Conversations between some of the world's leading thinkers about the future of privacy, intellectual property, competition, innovation, globalization, and other areas of the law undergoing rapid change due to technological advancement will take place at this event.\nWilmerHale partner, Jamie Gorelick, will be a featured speaker at this event.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 64, "original_length": 2799, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 164.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.wilmerhale.com/insights/news/american-lawyer-recognizes-germany-office-april-9-2002", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:34Z", "digest": "sha1:4USK5YONFNYNVZUYW3LJVE5BWVYV2EB7", "length": 172, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.wilmerhale.com", "title": "American Lawyer Recognizes Germany Office | WilmerHale", "raw_content": "American Lawyer Recognizes Germany Office\nThe firm was noted in an American Lawyer article about US law firms with offices in Germany (\"Making a Mark,\" April 2002, p. 132).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 40, "original_length": 1714, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 231.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.wimbergfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Wayne-Goble/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:25Z", "digest": "sha1:QPMG33AJTBAVJVKP7Z4R2IRH2MH2O2K5", "length": 496, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.wimbergfuneralhome.com", "title": "Wayne C Goble Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information", "raw_content": "Wayne C Goble\nGoble, Wayne C., 64, of Egg Harbor City passed away peacefully on February 7, 2019 surrounded by loved ones at ACMC. Wayne found great joy spending time with his children and grandchildren whom he was very proud of. He also enjoyed photography,... View Obituary & Service Information\nThe family of Wayne C Goble created this Life Tributes page to make it easy to share your memories.\nGoble, Wayne C., 64, of Egg Harbor City passed away peacefully...\nSend flowers to Wayne's Service.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 119, "original_length": 2810, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 298.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.wine-blog.org/index.php/category/opinion/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:52Z", "digest": "sha1:XN5ZAOUIKLVKPJGRO6KRBXSRCEPMKANV", "length": 3301, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "www.wine-blog.org", "title": "Wine Blog \u00bb Opinion", "raw_content": "Labor Day, a Sobering Holiday\nWhat labor Day Means to Me\u2026 is not what you might expect. It\u2019s not a day to go boating for the last time of the season; or, heading off to the beach one more time, before I settle into apple picking. No BBQ\u2019s for me today. Nay\u2026 It\u2019s pretty sobering for me. It\u2019s time to [\u2026]\nA Boomer Writer Watching Millennial Writers\n\u2026as I watch Millennials struggling, because time isn\u2019t moving fast enough for them, I remind myself that life is like an LP. The quicker one gets to the center, the faster the revolutions.\nTags: Boomers, Millennials, Peter M. F. Sichel, The Secrets of My Life, Wine, wine women and song\nJo Diaz on September 1st, 2016\tRead Full Post \u00bb\nThe importance of an editor ~ So get over it\nThe importance of an editor cannot be underscored. I\u2019ve hired one for everything that I put out there, and there are even times when my mistakes might go unnoticed. Not very many of them, but it does occasionally happen. This is because we \u2013 most especially those of us who write the original document, or [\u2026]\nTags: Editing process, editor\nThe emotional intelligence of wine blogging and its vitriol eruption\nOPINION: Recently, poop finally hit the fan for the wine blogging community. Everything that\u2019s right with it and everything that\u2019s wrong with it collided in the biggest mess I\u2019ve yet to witness. I believe it\u2019s finally hit a paradigm shift that\u2019s been so needed, but not without its pain and suffering. Imagine creating a wine [\u2026]\nSome common misconceptions about wine blogs + reality checks\nThe following are some are common misconceptions about wine blogs, and I\u2019m taking it a step further by presenting a reality check to go along with each misconception. This is coming from a seasoned wine pro, who is also blogging. Additionally, I\u2019m very aware of the cadre of wine writers who\u2019ve come before many of [\u2026]\nTags: Jo Diaz, Jose Diaz, Wine Blogger, Wine Writer\nWhat Labor Day Means to Me\nTags: Bates Mill, JFK, John F. Kennedy, Labor Day\nGrasshopper, I\u2019m concerned about the us versus them mentality\nI wrote this story on July 20, and scheduled it for today. I have to write ahead, because my day job is writing for other people, and I don\u2019t have the luxury of time each morning to write 1,500 words, as this blog post is. This takes about three to do\u2026 I\u2019d have to be [\u2026]\nTags: Allen Meadows, Beverage Testing Institute, James Halliday, James Suckling, Parker, Robert Parker, United States, Wine cellar\nWine country time\nI\u2019d like to institute a law, revoking the \u201cpedestrians have the right of way\u201d one.\nTags: California, Culinary, Recreation, Specialty Travel, Travel, Windsor, Wine, Wine Country\nTop 10 Marketing Contributions to the Success of PS I Love You\u2019s 10 Years\nTop 10 Marketing Contributions to the Success of PS I Love You\u2019s 10 Years of existence\u2026 It\u2019s been 10 great years as the founding executive director of PS I Love You, Inc. It\u2019s also been, without a doubt, the most challenging and rewarding job of my professional life; although being the director of a school, [\u2026]\nTags: Concannon Vineyard, Diaz Communications, Durif, Foppiano Vineyards, Gustafson Family Vineyards, Jim Concannon, Kent Rosenblum, Los Angeles, Louis Foppiano, Markham Vineyards, Petite Sirah, PS I Love You, Rock Wall Wine Company, Rosenblum Cellars, United States, Volunteers", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 933, "original_length": 21069, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 275.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.wispolitics.com/2018/track-the-governors-race-with-wispolitics-coms-2018-gubernatorial-election-guide/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:21Z", "digest": "sha1:YJ7LGJ4KXP2WVVLJ4DDCB26SF4PJJNPM", "length": 179, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.wispolitics.com", "title": "Track the governor\u2019s race with WisPolitics.com\u2019s 2018 gubernatorial election guide | WisPolitics", "raw_content": "Home Election Track the governor\u2019s race with WisPolitics.com\u2019s 2018 gubernatorial election guide\nTrack the governor\u2019s race with WisPolitics.com\u2019s 2018 gubernatorial election guide", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 105, "original_length": 2258, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.79, "perplexity": 319.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.witkoff.com/public-nyc", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:32Z", "digest": "sha1:T3WK3B5GHNZ4CNW3RWMMCIITFBVKYBO2", "length": 4388, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "www.witkoff.com", "title": "PUBLIC NYC \u2014 Witkoff", "raw_content": "215 Chrystie Street Residences\nLIVING AS LIVELY AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD\nThe Lower East Side (LES) is one of New York\u2019s most lively and dynamic areas; the birthplace of counterculture and a hotbed of artistic expression, culinary adventure, and nightlife. It is an epicenter for culture in the making. Experimentation trumps tradition, then trends are born. All with authenticity and brutal honesty\u2014there is no room for pretense here.\nDefined by constant reinvention, the LES offered an opportunity to create a new hotel and residential experience: one that reflects the neighborhood\u2019s spirit and contributes to its culture while presenting a distinctly LES take on luxury. Social, vibrant, and visceral\u2014a place where experience is treasured more than excess.\nLed by Ian Schrager\u2019s vision, we set out to create a city within a city, bringing the heartbeat-raising thrills of LES life into stylish communal spaces and amenities. All the while, creating an affordable, technology-forward luxury hotel and ultra-premium residences.\nThis development was meant to be the premier way to experience the LES for visitors and residents alike.\n\u0093Smartly geared towards democratising luxury, by eschewing the usual tropes such as bellhops and room service, to focus on the details that really matter.\u0094\nLOWER EAST SIDE LIFE INSIDE AND OUT\nGuests come to New York to enjoy the city. They crave the same eating, drinking, social, and artistic experiences that make New Yorkers love New York. Staying at PUBLIC or living at the 215 Chrystie Street Residences is all about these experiences, not just what is in the rooms and residences.\nCommunal spaces are the focus, taking on a reimagined role as an extension of the in-room experience. They are much more than places to consume; these impeccably designed co-working and co-living spaces provide a backdrop for socializing, work, and life.\nWhen guests and residents are ready to eat, they have two restaurant options from the world-renowned chef, Jean-Georges Vongerichten. Exquisite takeout is also an option for nights in, as is hosting a private event with a special Jean-Georges menu when it is time to socialize.\nWhen looking for a taste of New York nightlife, guests and residents can choose from two bars inside. Or, they can ascend to the rooftop for one of the city\u2019s most sought-after lounge experiences, featuring 360-degree views of Manhattan, an outdoor terrace, and international DJ talent.\nWhen they want a dose of classic LES culture, Public Arts is in order. The avant garde multi-media center gives guests a space to sing and dance at live performances, laugh at open mic comedy shows, soak in rotating art exhibits, and watch film screenings.\nThat is just inside these four walls, let alone all that is just steps outside. This is a new type of luxury\u2014one that\u2019s more about feeling and doing than owning.\n\u0093Creating a new hotel for a new lifestyle.\u0094\n\u2014 Architectural Digest\nHerzog & de Meuron Basel Ltd. is an award-winning Swiss architecture firm founded in Basel in 1978. The firm received the Pritzker Prize, one of the highest honors in architecture, in 2001 as well as the RIBA Stirling Prize for the Laban Dance Centre in London and the RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 2007. Their work consists of the innovative use of exterior materials and treatments as they refine the traditions of modernism while transforming surfaces through the exploration of new treatments and techniques. In 2006, the New York Times Magazine called them \u201cone of the most admired architecture firms in the world.\u201d\nDESIGN (RESIDENTIAL)\nDESIGN (HOTEL)\nTriton Construction was founded upon quality, experience, impeccable references, and best-of-class staffing and services. With more than 70 years of combined industry experience and $10 billion in completed construction work, Triton\u2019s partners invest the resources to understand the goals of our clients and the significance of on-time and on-budget, high-quality performance.\nFounded in 2005 by Ziel Feldman, HFZ Capital has extensive experience in residential real estate conversions in New York City. HFZ Capital\u2019s real estate professionals have a demonstrated record of success at creating value across a range of real estate products and capitalizing on opportunities presented in various market cycles. HFZ Capital\u2019s investment portfolio includes condominiums, rentals, urban revitalization, and hospitality.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 8532, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 265.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.womansday.com/relationships/dating-marriage/a48648/paltrow-martin-consciously-uncouple/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:23Z", "digest": "sha1:K2LX4S7MSTLKNVXD57ALG3ZWIIH2BV5X", "length": 2227, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.womansday.com", "title": "Gwyneth Paltrow And Chris Martin Have Decided to \"Consciously Uncouple\"", "raw_content": "Gwyneth Paltrow And Chris Martin Have Decided to \"Consciously Uncouple\"\nOscar winner and Iron Man co-star Gwyneth Paltrow took to her blog on her website, Goop, yesterday to announce that she and her husband Chris Martin (of Coldplay) have separated.\nGwyneth's post was short, sweet and to the point, detailing how they had worked both together and separately over the past year to try to salvage the relationship, but have mutually decided to remain separate. She went on to add that:\n\"We are, however, and always will be a family, and in many ways we are closer than we have ever been. We are parents first and foremost, to two incredibly wonderful children and we ask for their and our space and privacy to be respected at this difficult time.\"\nAnd then, surprisingly,she and Chris and the kids took off to the Bahamas for a private vacation together, as if to reinforce her words about the strength of family. I'm sure it was also a relief to be far away from the paparazzi when the news broke.\nGwyneth and Chris have been married eleven years, and have two children, Apple, age 9, and Moses, age 7. So far, I think they're saying all the right things, and hopefully, they can keep this amicable and civil and boring enough that the paparazzi decides they're a non-story. I hope for their kids' sake all of that happens. The media is already resurrecting stories about potential infidelity, so the odds aren't much in her favor.\nI'm always saddened when I see what I thought was a solid couple split apart. Hollywood marriages are never easy, and between her work schedule and his tour schedule, they still managed to make it work for more than a decade. In the entertainment industry, that's like counting in dog years. I wish them both well as they try to wade through the fallout.\nWhat did you think about their announcement? Was it a surprise to you?\nAre Gwyneth Paltrow And Chris Martin \"ReCoupling?\"\nGwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin Announce Their Split\nOkay, I'll Admit It: I'm Jealous Of Gwyneth Paltrow - But Only For This One Thing\nGwyneth Paltrow Thinks I've Got It Easy Being A Working Parent With A 9-5 Job\nInternet Trolls, Gwyneth Paltrow Has Some Words For You\nKris and Bruce Jenner Announce Their Separation", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 150, "original_length": 5295, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 327.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.woodlandpaper.com/2018/09/school-paper/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:21:55Z", "digest": "sha1:YR6M57SE3TAZUHC4ZSH5UYAKID7JTTBO", "length": 2374, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.woodlandpaper.com", "title": "Back to School. Bring the paper. | Woodland Paper", "raw_content": "Last month 56.6 million K-12 children went back to school in the U.S. Guiding them on their educational journey will be 3.7 million full-time teachers. Between worksheets, quizzes, art projects, notes, reports, calendars, et. al., a lot of paper is being leveraged by learners.\nThe kids will use 45.5 million reams of copy paper this 2008 \u2013 2019 school year.\nThe research data on paper consumption by schools are littered with inputs from Green activists advocating paperless educational systems. Which will, of course, happen as soon as we transition to paperless restrooms. One reason is that our brains are wired to learn from paper \u2013 see The Provocative Nature of Print & Paper and Does Print Make You Smarter? to learn more about the deeper neurological connections that come from paper vs. a computer screen.\n\u201c \u2026 we found that paper readers did report higher on measures having to do with empathy and transportation and immersion, and narrative coherence, than iPad readers,\u201d\nAnne Mangen, Norway\u2019s Stavanger University\nPaper is indeed well-entrenched in the learning process, which begs the question of how much paper will our children use to learn this year? According to the National Center for Education Statistics, there are 138,000 K-12 schools in the U.S., and based on some reasonable extrapolation of numbers generated by people who think paper is bad, but never used paper to learn statistics, we\u2019re going to peg consumption per school at approximately 175,000 sheets of copy paper per year.\nHow Much Paper Is That?\nWell, no matter how you cut it, (sorry \u2026) that is a lot of paper.\n22.75 billion sheets of paper\n45.5 million reams of paper\n4.55 million cartons of paper\nOver 50% of the k-8 schools in the United States participate in the Box Tops for Education program.\nIt is also enough paper to ensure that programs like Box Tops for Education are very successful fundraising avenues for schools. Last year U.S. K-8 schools earned over $41 million dollars from the program. Since 2011, America\u2019s schools have earned nearly $11 million through the purchase of Boise Paper products. Many use the program as a way to help fund additional supplies.\nSo, the next time your child comes home with a bunch of papers stuffed in a backpack for you to save forever, just reflect on how much paper they could really have brought home! Have a great school year everyone.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 106, "original_length": 4373, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 286.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.worldpipelines.com/business-news/02012019/actuatedsolutionsreports-oil-and-gas-growth/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:27Z", "digest": "sha1:ZH4KCSZCZ64HGNBANWI3Q2IIYQPTKISB", "length": 2340, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.worldpipelines.com", "title": "Actuated Solutions reports oil and gas growth | World Pipelines", "raw_content": "Actuated Solutions reports oil and gas growth\nActuated Solution Ltd (ASL), one of the UK\u2019s leading valve automation providers, is reporting significant growth in their oil and gas division, with an increase of 15% sales in the last 12 months.\nASL has been supplying specialist heavy-duty actuators and control solutions into the oil and gas sector for over 15 years. Its range includes a growing choice of products such as the Quifer KSY Series, designed to actuate larger valves, operating in harsh environments.\nThe KSY series are ATEX, PED, GOST and SIL3 certified, offering customers peace of mind when they are choosing a solution that will provide years of reliable service, despite the demands associated with offshore applications.\nThe ASL sales team has experienced a notable uptake in demand, which is being attributed to specifiers taking advantage of ASL\u2019s shorter lead-times in comparison to some of the major players in the field.\nThe ASL team will typically process a quote in under 48 hours and, depending on the type and size of order, product can be ready for dispatch in 8 - 14 week: almost half the time it takes some of the bigger industry suppliers to fulfil an order.\nChris Hickey, Director, Actuated Solutions Ltd commented: \u201cEnd users in this industry are plagued with long lead-times and slow reactions from suppliers, yet the installations being managed are absolutely critical. As a smaller and more agile business, we are able to react quickly to requests and will prioritise orders according to customer needs.\n\u201cThis year, our approach has really started to pay dividends with customers increasingly turning to us - especially for urgent installations.\u201d\nASL\u2019s heavy-duty actuator range, is already on some Approved Vendor Lists (AVLs) and has been on Shell\u2019s AVL for some time. The products meet all the necessary industry accreditations \u2013 including full European manufacture \u2013 an essential buying criteria within this sector.\nASL\u2019s recent expansion in this area includes large installations where Quifer products, supplied by ASL, are currently operating successfully in challenging environments from Russia to the Middle East, and within temperatures ranging from -50\u00b0c to +150 \u00b0c.\nRead the article online at: https://www.worldpipelines.com/business-news/02012019/actuatedsolutionsreports-oil-and-gas-growth/", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 93, "original_length": 4143, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 311.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.worldsoccer.com/news/puel-ponders-what-might-have-been-277584", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:01Z", "digest": "sha1:KLZFS47HWR4YYK7ZH2X3FCDDDAWQVHQ5", "length": 2560, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.worldsoccer.com", "title": "Puel ponders what might have been - World Soccer", "raw_content": "Puel ponders what might have been\nAfter the 1st-legs Arsenal beat Roma 1-0, while Inter and Man Utd draw 0-0. See the latest BestPrice outright betting here.\nLyon coach Claude Puel was left with a sense of disappointment and a feeling that his side \u201ccould have got more from the game\u201d after drawing 1-1 in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie with Barcelona.\nHis counterpart, Josep Guardiola, admitted that the hosts gave Barcelona a \u201cdifficult game\u201d, particularly in the first half when a stunning free-kick from Juninho Pernambucano gave Lyon the lead, and that his team have much to work on ahead of the second leg in a fortnight.\n\u201cI\u2019m neither satisfied nor disappointed; this is just the first leg,\u201d said Puel. \u201cWe could have got more from the game when you see the way we played in first half. We regret not scoring a second or even a third goal; when you have so many opportunities you must do that.\n\u201cThere is nothing I can reproach my players for as they did all they could to win \u2013 they played at a high level. It\u2019s far from over. I did not learn anything new about Barcelona as we know them really well and the way they play together, as well as their individual qualities.\n\u201cWe still have a chance for the second leg even if, as far as I\u2019m concerned, we should have won. However, even if that would have been the case, we would still have to score during the second leg because you can\u2019t expect an easy ride in Barcelona. We knew we would have some opportunities. We\u2019ve given them a game and much more besides. We have to be ready for the second leg.\u201d\nBarcelona coach Josep Guardiola acknowledged that Lyon had caused his side problems and that his side would need to improve in the second leg if they were to progress to the next round.\n\u201cThis is a very good result against a very good team,\u201d he said. \u201cWe still have a game to play at home. When you win easily by creating a lot of opportunities, you don\u2019t have to ask yourself too many questions. But tonight that was not the case; it was really difficult and there are a lot of things we have to correct.\n\u201cI was not worried during the game, I was just watching the game, focusing on what we could change to come back into it. At half-time we took stock and made some adjustments and it worked as the second half was far better, we controlled the rhythm and finally scored.\n\u201cDuring the first half we did not play very well so we will have to be more aggressive in two weeks. Juninho\u2019s goal was a really nice one. It was not a mistake from V\u00edctor Vald\u00e9s \u2013 nobody could have stopped it.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 111, "original_length": 5483, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 213.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.worldwildlife.org/press-releases/major-victory-for-the-arctic-refuge", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:52Z", "digest": "sha1:CCKUJQF4PDDB3VKDIABVAX3S73H4M3BN", "length": 2644, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.worldwildlife.org", "title": "Major Victory for the Arctic Refuge | Press Releases | WWF", "raw_content": "Major Victory for the Arctic Refuge\nThanks to support from World Wildlife Fund activists, the U.S. Senate voted on Dec. 21, 2005, to strip a provision allowing oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from an unrelated bill appropriating funding to the Defense Department. Republican Sens. Mike DeWine (Ohio) and Lincoln Chafee (R.I.), as well as Independent Jim Jeffords (Vt.), voted with the majority of Democratic senators to achieve this big win. Only four Democratic senators voted wrong: Mary Landrieu (La.), Daniel Inouye (Hawaii) Ben Nelson (Nebr.), and Daniel Akaka (Hawaii.). Efforts in Congress to open the refuge to drilling in 2005 appear to be over, but the issue may return in 2006.\nMore than 47,000 letters and an untold number of phone calls from WWF activists to Congress during two weeks in December 2005 helped secure a huge victory for the conservation of wildlife.\nThis is an enormously important and hard-fought victory for conservationists and the Gwich'in people of Alaska and Canada. The teamwork has been truly inspiring. WWF thanks everyone who supported efforts to protect one of the world's most outstanding ecoregions.\nMore than 40 years ago, scientists and conservationists who fought to establish the Arctic Refuge envisioned preserving an undisturbed portion of America's Arctic that was large enough to be biologically self-sufficient. Of particular concern was protection of the entire range of the Porcupine caribou herd, whose range is partly in the United States and partly in Canada. For over 20 years, oil companies have been heavily lobbying to open the coastal plain -- the biological heart of the wildlife refuge -- to oil drilling. Such development would transform this sanctuary into a spider web of roads, pipelines, sewage plants, drilling pads, and housing for thousands of workers that would destroy the wilderness character of the land and limit the free movement of wildlife. In addition to caribou, polar bears, musk ox, wolves, and countless other species depend on the refuge.\nFrom February to December 2005, WWF activists sent more than 200,000 letters opposing oil drilling in the refuge. Drilling proponents had first tried to authorize Arctic drilling using the budget reconciliation bill, but failed thanks in large part to the opposition of 29 moderate House Republicans.\nRep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) have introduced legislation to designate a portion of the Arctic Refuge as wilderness. Read the legislation.\nLearn more about the Conservation Action Network. For more on the results of past campaigns, visit the Your Successes section.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 119, "original_length": 4215, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 190.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.wrpawprint.com/sports/2018/12/03/west-ranch-soccer-falls-to-simi-valley-in-preseason-match/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:13Z", "digest": "sha1:N35BEI6FZT43QNQMSGWFZ4QGWLVOOGDM", "length": 1794, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.wrpawprint.com", "title": "West Ranch Soccer falls to Simi Valley in preseason match \u2013 The Paw Print", "raw_content": "West Ranch Soccer falls to Simi Valley in preseason match\nOn Tuesday, Nov. 27, West Ranch boys soccer took on Simi Valley in their first match of the year. The team ended up losing 4 to 1 in a game that was closer than the final score shows.\nThe first half was a defensive struggle, with no goals scored and very few shots on the goal. When a ball did get through the defense, the two goalies would easily save the ball from reaching the goal.\nAfter halftime, things started to go downhill for the West Ranch team. Simi was able to quickly score two fast goals, both on headers, within two minutes of each other. They took the lead 2-0 with just over 30 minutes left in the game.\nThe pair of goals could have easily disheartened most teams, but West Ranch responded by playing more aggressively, pushing the ball down the field and putting pressure on Simi Valley\u2019s goalie to make saves. After several close saves by Simi Valley, Daniel Levite was finally able to score a goal through with 17 minutes remaining to cut the lead to 1.\nUnfortunately, this goal was followed by another defensive lapse by West Ranch, allowing Simi to get another goal under 10 minutes, going up 3-1. A couple minutes later, Simi Valley got another goal to take a 4-1 lead and effectively end the game.\nDespite a tough loss and trailing late in the game, West Ranch never gave up or stopped playing hard.\n\u201cIt\u2019s just the first game, and we\u2019re still tweaking things up as a team\u2026 it was competitive and we\u2019re tweaking things up for [league] season, which is what it\u2019s about,\u201d Head Coach Louis Mogrojevo told The Paw Print. He also reiterated team goals of finishing top three and hopefully winning league.\nGood luck to West Ranch soccer in the rest of their season. Let\u2019s go Cats!\nTags: simi valley, soccer, west ranch", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 161, "original_length": 4697, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 301.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.wyrick.com/news-publications/eveson-publishes-article-on-north-carolinas-banking-law-modernization-act", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:42:38Z", "digest": "sha1:VKW2LXS66QMZMVBWWDSPRVRUQJXAHRJV", "length": 382, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.wyrick.com", "title": "Eveson Publishes Article on North Carolina\u2019s Banking Law Modernization Act - Wyrick Robbins", "raw_content": "Eveson Publishes Article on North Carolina\u2019s Banking Law Modernization Act\nTodd H. Eveson, Practice Group Leader of the Banking and Financial Institutions group, has published the article \"Sweeping Away the Cobwebs: North Carolina\u2019s Banking Law Modernization Act\" in Volume 17 of the North Carolina Banking Institute, a law journal at the University of North Carolina School of Law.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 48, "original_length": 1230, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.83, "perplexity": 155.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.yahoo.com/news/1-us-prison-chinese-student-military-photos-204721031.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:20:54Z", "digest": "sha1:QFQAURNTIWRVM4FERZN2UZQXRRFJ3BUL", "length": 810, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.yahoo.com", "title": "1 year in US prison for Chinese student for military photos", "raw_content": "1 year in US prison for Chinese student for military photos\nKEY WEST, Fla. (AP) \u2014 A Chinese student has been sentenced to a year in federal prison after pleading guilty to illegally taking photos of a U.S. military installation in the Florida Keys.\nA federal judge imposed the sentence Tuesday on 20-year-old Zhao Qianli. Authorities say he took photos in September of sensitive areas of the Key West Naval Air Station after walking around a fence into a well-marked restricted zone.\nZhao's attorney insisted he was merely a tourist who got lost and wandered onto the base. But investigators say he had only base photos on his cellphone and camera, and none of familiar tourist locations in Key West.\nZhao was in the U.S. to study musicology as part of a summer exchange program from North University of China.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 26, "original_length": 1103, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 213.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.yidio.com/movie/the-day-the-earth-stood-still/28013?utm_source=Ranker&utm_medium=Display&t_source=64&utm_campaign=moviebutton&utm_term=1443193", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:53Z", "digest": "sha1:LEK5ZXTZQTGWDFAU5CGVCXZQWMCBTXWP", "length": 2209, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.yidio.com", "title": "Watch The Day the Earth Stood Still Online | 2008 Movie | Yidio", "raw_content": "Watch The Day the Earth Stood Still\n\"12.12.08 is the Day the Earth Stood Still\"\nThe Day the Earth Stood Still is a fictional movie that debuted in 2008. This movie's main actor is Keanu Reeves. Keanu Reeves is seen at the beginning of this movie as a human before he becomes unconscious. When he comes to, eventually he will learn that aliens have been taking and altering his DNA for quite sometime. He finds out there are other aliens that have been living amongst humans for a very long time.\nA spaceship lands in New York, and when the government sees an alien species come out of the ship, they immediately start shooting at it. The alien is taken in by our military so we can try to save it, and learn from it. Saving the placenta like material helps defend ourselves against the aliens. When government gets the news that Keanu is an alien, he is brought in and heavily questioned. Keanu escapes the hands of the government in order to try and find a solution to this invasion of his people. Everyone starts to flood the streets in a crazed manner. Military personnel try desperately to come up with a plan of attack, in case the aliens attack. Many fear the worst and hope the government's plan of action works.\nKeanu Reeves has the power to save mankind, but he doesn't want to save the humans because we won't change the things we do in life. After some coercion, he will soon realize that humans are worth saving. He puts his life on the line several times to try and save the life of two fellow humans. He brings those two people back to life, even if that means killing himself. At the end of the movie, Keanu Reeves shuts down the alien's operation and the spacecraft leaves New York. Critics and viewers alike gave The Day the Earth Stood Still mixed reviews.\nKeanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, Jaden Smith\nMore Like The Day the Earth Stood Still\nWatch The Day the Earth Stood Still Trailer\nThe Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) HD Trailer 1080p|1:52\nWatch The Day the Earth Stood Still Online - Watch online anytime anywhere: Stream, Buy\nThe Day the Earth Stood Still is currently available to watch and stream, buy on demand at Amazon, Vudu, FandangoNow, iTunes, YouTube VOD online.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 86, "original_length": 3584, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 205.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.yupptv.com/movies/vidhi-madhi-ultaa", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:43:23Z", "digest": "sha1:BFOQ553CNK6D2IFDV6PJE5MRVUYD4EBY", "length": 516, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.yupptv.com", "title": "Vidhi Madhi Ultaa Full Movie Online Watch Vidhi Madhi Ultaa in Full HD Quality", "raw_content": "Vijai Balaji\nRameez Raja, Janani Iyer, Daniel Balaji, Karunakaran\nAadhi (Rameez Raja) is a carefree youngster, he met Divya and fall in love with her. One day both of them were kidnapped by two different gangs for different reasons. The couple tries to escape but tragedy strikes. Watch the full movie to find what happens next. Watch Vidhi Madhi Ultaa movie on YuppFlix in full HD. Film Vidhi Madhi Ultaa is directed by Vijai Balaji and cast Rameez Raja, Janani Iyer, Daniel Balaji, Karunakaran is released in 2018.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 191, "original_length": 3586, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 235.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.zdnet.com/article/61-spend-more-time-on-internet-now-compared-to-a-year-ago/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:03:35Z", "digest": "sha1:XNBHFF52FFIF6RBFVNMT7UJUGXWWXLIP", "length": 974, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.zdnet.com", "title": "61% spend more time on Internet now compared to a year ago | ZDNet", "raw_content": "61% spend more time on Internet now compared to a year ago\nWhen BURST! asked 2,600 Web users about changes in their media consumption over 2004, 61% of respondents said they spend more time on the Internet today than a year ago, with 32% of respondents saying they spend \"much more time\" online, and 29% claiming to spend \"somewhat more time\" online.\nBy ZDNet Editors for IT Facts | June 9, 2005 -- 00:20 GMT (17:20 PDT) | Topic: Enterprise Software\nWhen BURST! asked 2,600 Web users about changes in their media consumption over 2004, 61% of respondents said they spend more time on the Internet today than a year ago, with 32% of respondents saying they spend \"much more time\" online, and 29% claiming to spend \"somewhat more time\" online. At the same time, 36% said they are spending less time today than a year ago watching television, 34% spend less time reading magazines, 30% devote fewer hours to reading the newspaper, and 27% aren't listening to the radio as much.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 159, "original_length": 5524, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 252.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.zdnet.com/article/alcatel-lucent-hit-by-further-losses/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:32Z", "digest": "sha1:AWTDHJHV34ANI3RUVY6CRG5PHDCREXFJ", "length": 2540, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.zdnet.com", "title": "Alcatel-Lucent hit by further losses | ZDNet", "raw_content": "Alcatel-Lucent hit by further losses\nThousands of jobs are to go after the French-American telecommunications company posted its second serious quarterly loss in a row\nBy David Meyer | October 31, 2007 -- 16:08 GMT (09:08 PDT) | Topic: Networking\nAlcatel-Lucent is to cut 4,000 jobs and undergo major restructuring after it posted a third-quarter loss of \u20ac258m (\u00a3180m).\nThe telecommunications company's chief financial officer, Jean-Pascal Beaufret, will step down from his position in the wake of Wednesday's financial statement, which covers the three months to the end of September. He will be replaced by Hubert de Pesquidoux, currently head of the company's enterprise group.\nA seven-person management committee is to be set up to lead the overall operation of the company, which also suffered a serious loss in the previous quarter. Also departing Alcatel-Lucent in the restructuring is Christian Reinaudo, head of the Europe and North region.\nAccording to the financial statement, Alcatel-Lucent's latest loss represents a 7.8 percent drop year-on-year. The company was formed only last year following a merger between the French firm Alcatel and the US equipment manufacturer Lucent.\n\"As you can see our results this quarter were essentially in line with the update we provided on 13 September, and in a few areas a bit better; however they are still not at a level that we are satisfied with,\" said the company's chief executive, Pat Russo, on Wednesday.\nAlthough Russo praised the work done by the company in the first nine months of its existence, she added that: \"In spite of the promise of this industry and the long-term benefits of the merger, we recognise that market conditions remain difficult, with continued pressure on revenues and margins due to intensified competition and some slowdown of spending in North America\".\nAlcatel-Lucent will now be increasing its focus on the growth of wired and wireless IP-based networking, particularly for the enterprise, industry, public sector and carrier markets.\nWednesday's statement appeared to suggest that the 4,000 job cuts are likely to happen in the company's support and carrier business divisions, although a spokesperson for the company refused to provide any breakdown of the cuts according to geographical region or business unit. These cuts are in addition to the 12,500 job losses announced in February of this year.\nThe company expects that the cuts and restructuring will save it \u20ac400m (\u00a3280m) in gross margin and comparable operating expenses by the end of 2009.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 167, "original_length": 7369, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 203.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.zdnet.com/article/facebook-created-232000-european-jobs-in-2011-study/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:35Z", "digest": "sha1:3MY7KXVSBNDCKFLJ4F3E3RUHQREGCHGT", "length": 5365, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.zdnet.com", "title": "Facebook created 232,000 European jobs in 2011 (study) | ZDNet", "raw_content": "Facebook created 232,000 European jobs in 2011 (study)\nFacebook enabled an economic impact of \u20ac15.3 billion, supporting 232,000 jobs, across the EU in 2011. Today, Facebook is giving away \u20ac100 of free ads to 50,000 small and medium enterprises.\nFacebook isn't just having an impact on the job market in the U.S. Across the EU and Switzerland, Facebook enabled an economic impact of \u20ac15.3 billion ($19.86 billion) in 2011, supporting 232,000 jobs, according to a new study. More specifically, increased businesses participation through advertising, customer referrals, and enhanced brand value is worth around \u20ac7.3 billion, while the Facebook App Economy is worth \u20ac1.9 billion and supports around 29,000 jobs.\nIn addition to all these great numbers, Facebook today announced partnerships with a range of governments, educational establishments, non-profit organisations, employment agencies, and skills providers in Europe. The company says it is doing so to help even more people find jobs, and encourage businesses to grow further. To start off, Facebook is offering \u20ac100 of free advertising to 50,000 small and medium enterprises in the UK, France, Germany, Spain, and Italy.\nNow back to the study. The numbers might seem a bit overestimated, since the social networking giant paid for it. Facebook commissioned the research firm Deloitte to assess its economic contribution across the EU27 with a focus on United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Ireland. The 47-page study, titled \"Measuring Facebook's economic impact in Europe\" (PDF), was conducted between November 2011 and January 2012.\nThe report examines Facebook's influence in four key areas:\nNarrow impact: Facebook employs staff across Europe. That means money spent on wages, buildings, equipment and with suppliers.\nBusiness participation: Companies are increasing their revenue and building their brands thanks to Facebook advertising, fan pages, \u2018likes\u2019 and by communicating directly with customers.\nPlatform impacts: European businesses that build apps for Facebook employ thousands of people. Also, social events planned online mean money spent on venues, food, drink and other expenses.\nTechnology sales impacts: For many people, Facebook is the deciding factor when considering a new smartphone or tablet computer. Accessing the site or app also drives consumption of mobile and fixed-line broadband.\nFacebook supports \u20ac1.37 billion in 'business participation effects' in the UK as businesses use Facebook's pages to promote their brand, raise awareness, advertise and generate new business. In particular, small businesses benefit from such a developed customer relations management system at no cost. 'Business participation' enabled by Facebook supports 18,400 jobs in the UK.\nWhen widened to the whole of the EU, Facebook enables \u20ac7.3 billion of broad economic impacts through Business Participation supporting 111,000 jobs.\nThrough 'Platform effects', notably the app economy servicing the Facebook platform and social activities, Facebook has enabled \u20ac561m of economic activity. Facebook generates value by giving software developers a platform to develop apps for users, generating revenue, and stimulating innovation. It also creates value by making it easier for users to organise events and invite larger numbers of attendees, which in turn can lead to greater expenditure than would not have been the case otherwise. This activity generates 7,500 jobs in the UK. When widened to the whole of the EU, Facebook enables \u20ac2.2billion of broad economic impacts through Platform effects supporting 33,000 jobs.\nFacebook has supported increased technology sales through increased demand for devices and broadband connections, supporting \u20ac659 million in technology sales and 8,800 jobs in the UK. Across the whole of the EU, Facebook enables \u20ac5.5billion in technology sales, with 85,300 associated jobs.\n\"Today's report shows that Facebook is about a lot more than sharing pictures or keeping up with friends; increasingly social media means growth and jobs,\" Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said in a statement. \"As the Deloitte study highlights, social media is proving particularly valuable for small and medium sized businesses, which form the backbone of the European economy. The impact of social media is a bright spot in challenging times, but growth won't happen on its own. We need to make sure that we invest in the right education, training, technology and networks so that social media can continue to drive innovation and economic growth.\"\n\"Facebook embodies a new generation of social media organisations that have significant global impact and create economic value through enabling ecosystems of businesses to flourish,\" Chris Williams, Deloitte Economic Consulting partner, said in a statement. \"Traditional narrow measures of economic impact are limited and it is critical to consider the broader impact of Facebook in allowing other parties to create value across the economy.\"\nFacebook is stealing employees from everyone (infographic)\nFacebook partners with US government to reduce unemployment\nFacebook apps have created 200,000 US jobs (study)\nWhen Mark Zuckerberg wants to hire you, he takes you to the woods\nGeohot reportedly now works for Facebook (update: Facebook confirms)\nTech and Work Collaboration CXO Tech Industry Digital Transformation Smart Office", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 179, "original_length": 10054, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 282.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www.zeus.aegee.org/magazine/2014/09/08/su-story-of-the-week-spaice-up-your-life-with-hungarian-culture/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:37Z", "digest": "sha1:76PL4XHT2STGYFINZJ5NCDQDS3RFIQ7B", "length": 5624, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.zeus.aegee.org", "title": "SU Story of the Week: SPAice Up Your Life With Hungarian Culture", "raw_content": "This August, the collaboration between three organising antennae, 26 volunteers and helpers from AEGEE-P\u00e9cs, AEGEE-Piliscsaba and AEGEE-Debrecen made it possible for 21 participants, representing 13 nations (including Hungary as a hosting nation) and coming from 23 universities, to visit eight Hungarian cities during the fifteen days of a one-of-a-kind all-Hungarian AEGEE travelling summer university entitled \u201cSPAice Up Your Life With Hungarian Culture\u201d.\nDuring the Summer University, the group visited all cities with an AEGEE-local in Hungary and even more than those. P\u00e9cs, Szigetv\u00e1r, Palkonya, Orf\u0171, Piliscsaba, Budapest, Hortob\u00e1gy and Debrecen were all among the destinations, creating a pretty comprehensive rush through Hungary, offering participants a closer insight into the Hungarian language, gastronomy, culture and history. Let\u2019s see the highlights of this Summer University, as described by Mar Valero Mas, who is a member of AEGEE-Alicante!\nAfter months of waiting for it, the experience finally started. The first stop was P\u00e9cs, where we were received by the lovely members of AEGEE-P\u00e9cs, who were travelling with us all throughout the whole event. It were five amazing days with incredibly good weather (it seemed like the week before it was raining cats and dogs!), where we got the opportunity to discover the city of P\u00e9cs, European Capital of Culture in 2010, through a funny city rally.\nThen, we visited the Fortress of Szigetv\u00e1r that was defended by the heroic Mikl\u00f3s Zr\u00ednyi against the huge Ottoman army in 1566. It is one of the most important national heritages of Hungary. Here, we had the chance to enjoy a performance of how soldiers used to live and what weapons they used when it came to fighting, letting some of us take part in the demonstration.\nLater on in P\u00e9cs, we took a very particular class at the university, namely a Hungarian course. Although some of us couldn\u2019t really repeat what we learned in Hungarian, as we do not have a super power! Later that evening, one of the most successful activities took place: the wine tasting in Palkonya, hosted by Mokos Family Cellar. Having been the Cultural Village of Europe in 2007, this small place is part of the famous Vill\u00e1ny wine region, which is one of the major wine regions of Hungary.\nThe day after an exhausting wine tasting, nothing was better than chilling out at a beautiful lake of Orf\u0171 with a breathtaking landscape.\nThen, it was time to leave P\u00e9cs and we set off to Piliscsaba with the nice members of AEGEE-Piliscsaba, a small town 24 kilometres away from Budapest. Despite the fact that the weather was not really good there, we were able to relax in an incredible lodging with amazing views. During our stay in this lovely place, we took some heated Hungarian folk dance classes, so now we are able to dance as good as Hungarians do!\nThe next stop was our weekend in the capital city, Budapest. After a tiring trip, we got ready for a boat trip on River Danube, which definitely was a unique experience. Later, we could experience the vibrant nightlife in Budapest \u2013 totally worthy of trying! The day to go for sightseeing in Budapest arrived. During the morning we visited Gell\u00e9rt Hill, a 235 meters high hill overlooking the Danube and the Citadella, which is at the top of the hill, where we enjoyed the astonishing view of the city. We also visited the Buda Castle, the historical castle and palace complex of the Hungarian kings in Budapest, through a funny city rally. After, there was a break for a typical Hungarian lunch to get some extra energy and the sightseeing had to go on again! We enjoyed a guided tour in the City Park which started at Heroes\u2019 Square (\u201cH\u0151s\u00f6k Tere\u201d) with a smart and funny guide who taught us a lot about the history of Hungary and Budapest in particular.\nThen it was time to say goodbye to Budapest and also time to leave for our final stop: Debrecen, the second largest city in Hungary. During the sightseeing day, we had a university tour in the morning and in the afternoon, after the city tour, a treasure hunt allowed us to discover the city by ourselves. One of the most expected activities arrived, namely the p\u00e1linka tasting evening! It was a very nice experience and everyone survived (more or less!).\nWe had the opportunity to visit Hortob\u00e1gy National Park, a park rich with folklore and cultural history. Hortob\u00e1gy is a steppe, a grassy plain with Hungarian Grey cattle, Racka sheep, Water Buffalo, and horses tended by herdsmen.\nAnd finally the 20th of August arrived, which is the official birthday of Hungary. Debrecen is home to the Flower Carnival, so we got the chance to join the celebration and we watched spectacular flower floats decorated with thousands of flowers marching through the streets. Once lunch was finished, we had one of the funniest workshops, this time about \u201cNational Stereotypes\u201d, where participants of different nations could, by playing different roles, introduce the stereotypes of their countries. To finish the day, we enjoyed the celebratory fireworks, and there was no better way to do it!\nWithout even noticing it, the last day of the travelling summer university already arrived. We spent it relaxing in a local thermal bath all together. We enjoyed a great evening at the dorm together, saying goodbye to each other, which is always hard! The last morning was a silent one, because everyone was leaving or had already left, but with so many great memories and the promise to meet again \u2013 somewhere in Europe!\nWritten by Mar Valero Mas, AEGEE-Alicante\nTags: AEGEE-Debrecen, AEGEE-P\u00e9cs, AEGEE-Piliscsaba, SU, SU Stories, Summer University", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 85, "original_length": 11998, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 300.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www1.123movies.ma/country/austria/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:50Z", "digest": "sha1:MP32BQJSNKT5QWDHUDMHNQUFIS2NFTAD", "length": 824, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www1.123movies.ma", "title": "Austria Movies - 123Movies", "raw_content": "A nurse from the Ukraine searches for a better life in the West, while an unemployed security guard from Austria heads East for the same reason. 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A rescue crew is sent to find if there are any survivors, what happened and why.\nThe extraordinary story of the planet\u2019s most famous contemporary scientist, told in his own words and by those closest to him. Made with unique access to Hawking\u2019s private life, this is an intimate and moving journey into Stephen\u2019s world, both past and present.\nAs the plague decimates medieval Europe, rumours circulate of a village immune from the plague. There is talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to raise the dead. A fearsome knight joined by a cohort of soldiers and a young monk are charged by the church to investigate. Their journey is filled with danger, but it\u2019s upon entering the village that their true horror begins.\nGenre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, Horror, Mystery\nAn American diplomat and his fianc\u00e9e venture into the sordid underworld of sex and pornography in Budapest, Hungary to find out who is blackmailing them with a porno video taken of them with a prostitute.\nCountry: Hungary, United States of America, USA\nA young woman makes a surprising discovery about the husband of her late best friend.\nWhen churlish, spoiled rich man Bob Merrick foolishly wrecks his speed boat, the rescue team resuscitates him with equipment that\u2019s therefore unavailable to aid a local hero, Dr. Wayne Phillips, who dies as a result. Phillips had helped many people, and when Merrick learns Phillips\u2019 secret, to give selflessly and in secret, he tries it in a ham-handed way.\nTwo modern-day cowboys meet on a shepherding job in the summer of \u201963, the two share a raw and powerful summer together that turns into a lifelong relationship conflicting with the lives they are supposed to live.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 213, "original_length": 5837, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 322.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www2.ocadu.ca/keyword/boston", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:26:42Z", "digest": "sha1:NN4MZU7PZCVAO7D2HQPKV4GM3PIGJ3RL", "length": 1926, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www2.ocadu.ca", "title": "Boston | OCAD UNIVERSITY", "raw_content": "OCAD U Environmental Design graduate Pedram Karimi\nTuesday, December 5, 2017 - 10:00am to Friday, January 19, 2018 - 5:00pm\nPedram Karimi's contribution to the current show at the McCormick Gallery of the Boston Architectural College. The exhibit, which includes architectural drawings, VR and interactive stations, as well as a display of museum objects, is about the aesthetics and architectonics of an abolitionist neighborhood in New Bedford, MA. The show is curated by faculty at UMass and was partially funded by Perkins and Will. It was just opened at the Boston Architectural College's McCormick Gallery (Nov 19-Jan 29). Pedram was responsible for several large-scale architectural panels and projects as well as a large urban model of the Abolitionist Row of New Bedford. I will be participating in the grand opening and panel discussion on Dec 1.\nMcCormick Gallery of the Boston Architectural College\nhttps://the-bac.edu/experience-the-bac/news-and-events/events/black-spaces-matter\nRead more about OCAD U Environmental Design graduate Pedram Karimi\nNina Leo will be speaking at the 2016 TransCultural Exchange Conference: Global Worlds\nThursday, February 25, 2016 - 5:00am to Saturday, February 27, 2016 - 5:00am\nNina Leo will be speaking at the 2016 TransCultural Exchange Conference: Global Worlds, hosted by Boston University, Harvard University and MIT, February 25th - 27th in Boston, Massachusetts. Nina will be presenting her current work and research and participating, along with collaborator Moez Surani, on the panel: Bashed on the Head: Global and Local Tensions in the Life of an Artist, moderated by Jean-Yves Coffre, Director of the Camac Art Centre, France.\nBoston University, Harvard University and MIT in Boston, Massachusetts\nhttp://www.transculturalexchange.org/2016-conference/presenters.htm\nRead more about Nina Leo will be speaking at the 2016 TransCultural Exchange Conference: Global Worlds", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 51, "original_length": 2462, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 230.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://www2.ocadu.ca/keyword/congratulations", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:28:15Z", "digest": "sha1:33LQYYIHUXKS2GMIPAFM4HP3VMF54WFJ", "length": 12953, "nlines": 87, "source_domain": "www2.ocadu.ca", "title": "congratulations | OCAD UNIVERSITY", "raw_content": "Congratulations on a record-breaking GradEx!\nSubmitted by smulholland on May 8, 2017 - 2:33pm\nThe 102nd Graduate Exhibition attracted a record 45,000 guests, a nearly 20% increase over 2016, with over 10,000 visitors attending opening night!\nRead more about Congratulations on a record-breaking GradEx!\nCongratulations MAAD Students\nThe following six OCAD U grads and students who are part of 17 finalists for the 2016 Vaccaro Family Scholarship! All of the names below are 2016 MAAD graduates with the exception of Blessie who is a current student! Well done to all!\nVanessa Raquel Castellino\nJenica Fan\nMaria Gabrieleva\nCherry Liang\nBlessie Maturan\nFrom the jewellerybusiness.com website:\n\"Sponsored by CJExpos and Beverly Hills Jewellers, the competition\u2014which carries the theme, \u2018An Evening in Paris\u2019\u2014asks students to design a piece with an estimated retail value of $1500. Now in its third year, the scholarship bestows a $3000 grant on a student enrolled in a Canadian college offering a jewellery program, while the school itself receives a $1000 gift. The pieces will be on display at CJExpo\u2019s Toronto and Edmonton shows, where attendees can vote for the winner.\"\nhttp://www.jewellerybusiness.com/news/2016-giovanni-vaccaro-family-scholarship-finalists-announced/print/\nYou can check out their work along with three of our current students at the Canadian Jewellery Expo August 7th-9th in Toronto http://www.cjexpos.com\nRead more about Congratulations MAAD Students\nOCAD University honours top students with medals\n(Toronto\u2014May 2, 2012) Twelve graduating students have been honoured with OCAD University's top accolade this week: the OCAD U medal. Awarded annually by a faculty jury to the top achieving students in each of the university's undergraduate programs, medal winners are recognized as ambassadors for their respective programs.\n\"Whether it is inventing fashionable armour for the urban bike-rider; using found materials to refurbish a community struck by disaster; creating mobile art for joggers, or blending sensual colours through dynamic brushwork, OCAD University's talented students provide unique design solutions and compelling art work that addresses our complex world,\" said OCAD University President, Dr. Sara Diamond. \"I invite everyone to join us this weekend for our graduate exhibition, to celebrate the work, invention and imagination of our graduates.\"\nThis year's medal winners will showcase their thesis works alongside more than 550 of their peers as part of OCAD University's 97th annual Graduate Exhibition, which opens to the public on Thursday, May 3 at 6:30 p.m.\nThe 2012 medal winners are:\nFaculty of Art:\nMyles Borins (Integrated Media)\nArielle Gavin (Criticism & Curatorial Practice)\nErin Loree (Drawing & Painting)\nAnnyen Lam (Printmaking)\nAamna Muzaffar (Sculpture/Installation)\nSetareh Zakeri (Photography)\nFaculty of Design:\nEdward Buchi (Advertising)\nTheresa Duong (Material Art & Design)\nAntonio Lennert (Graphic Design)\nMilena Milicic (Industrial Design)\nMarc O'Brien (Illustration)\nLily Samerkhanova (Environmental Design)\nThe Graduate Exhibition runs Thursday, May 3, to Sunday, May 6. Everyone is invited for Opening Night, Thursday, May 3, 6:30 to 11 p.m. For details, visit www.ocadu.ca/gradex.\nThe 12 winners will receive their medals at OCAD University's Spring Convocation Ceremony on Friday, June 8, at Roy Thomson Hall. Medal winners will also be invited to contribute their works toward the university's award-winning visual identity.\nBackground Information: 2012 OCAD University Medal Winners:\nBorins's interests include music theory, programming and human interaction. His thesis work, The Autonomous Speaker-Bot, is a \"self-sufficient integrated media command centre\" in which the audience explores physical and digital space, and interacts with the work to change it. Borins is the recipient of a research scholarship at the Center for Creative Research in Music and Acoustics at Stanford University.\nGavin's writing addresses irony and sincerity in contemporary art and culture. Her thesis paper \"Honesty Competitions\" takes the proposed binary pair of irony/sincerity as the starting point for an analysis of postmodernism's trajectory and current questions surrounding authenticity, self-expression and subjecthood.\nLoree's paintings are characterized by sensuous colour, with brush strokes ranging from beautifully smooth blending to thickly textured, purposeful lines. Her series Inner Strangers explores internal transformation and self-identity.\nUsing stone lithography and hand-cut paper, Lam has created an installation work that acts as a portal to transport viewers from the gallery into an imagined landscape, creating a dialogue around the mutable characteristics of perception.\nMuzaffar's thesis works play with concepts of registration and extrusive translation of gestural information. 24 Jogs is the combined result of a training program for beginner runners and spontaneous design on a Smartphone 3D rendering app. Her work 15656 - Studying Permutation arises digitally on a vector dot-matrix and is made on 3-Pass Blackout fabric. The compositions are revealed through impulsive gesture-based selection and deletion of points, prior to realization as paintings.\nZakeri's heart-wrenching photographic works explore themes of pain, suffering, brutality and the persecution and oppression of women.\nBuchi's thesis re-investigates the notion of honesty in advertising through the creation of an integrated campaign for Old Dutch chips. The message to chip-loving consumers is that it's a brand that's not afraid to poke fun at itself nor hide the fact that it's just an ordinary potato chip.\nDuong's works challenges ideas of wearable art using unconventional materials to stimulate a visual dialogue with the human figure. In her body of work Bound, she recreates, repurposes and repositions the form of the book to emphasize the concept of binding.\nBorn and raised in Brazil where he studied industrial design, Lennert later studied interactive media in various cities around the world. He is now is co-director of the OCAD U Student Press. His thesis work, including a research paper, investigates issues of identity and belonging, Brazilian culture and design.\nMilicic has created a line of fashionable \"armour\" for the female urban bike or scooter commuter. Her apparel designs strive to link fashion, comfort, storage and safety to better suit the lifestyle of the urban city rider.\nGenius! is an ongoing series of illustrations by O'Brien that investigates the creative spirit behind some of the world's most celebrated, and often tormented, creative minds. Sprinkled with whimsical macabre, Genius! parodies society's romanticizing of tragedy in the souls of \"inspired people\".\nSamerkhanova's thesis is a response to the tornado that severely devastated Goderich, Ontario in August 2011. With sensitivity to the town's heritage, Samerkhanova envisaged the use of local and refurbished material, sustainable design approaches and innovative technologies to rebuild the town centre, including the addition of a farmers' market and a centre for performing arts.\nAbout OCAD University (OCAD U)\nOCAD University (www.ocadu.ca) is Canada's \"university of imagination.\" The University, founded in 1876, is dedicated to art and design education, practice and research and to knowledge and invention across a wide range of disciplines. OCAD University is building on its traditional, studio-based strengths, adding new approaches to learning that champion cross-disciplinary practice, collaboration and the integration of emerging technologies. In the Age of Imagination, OCAD University community members will be uniquely qualified to act as catalysts for the next advances in culture, technology and quality of life for all Canadians.\nDownload this release as a PDF document.\n416-977-6000 Ext. 327 (mobile Ext. 1327)\nRead more about OCAD University honours top students with medals\n(Toronto\u2014May 1, 2013) OCAD University has honoured 12 of its graduating students with the university\u2019s top accolade this week: the OCAD U medal. The highest achieving students in each of the university\u2019s undergraduate programs are chosen by a faculty jury, and acknowledged as ambassadors for each of their respective programs.\n\u201cWhether it is unpacking the immigrant experience or revisiting a homeland after monumental change; addressing the health care challenges of our aging population or making new connections to our local farmers; understanding what drives the creation of our online personas or designing solutions for poverty-stricken nations, OCAD University\u2019s students are emerging leaders who will solve our world\u2019s complex problems,\u201d said OCAD University President, Dr. Sara Diamond. \u201cI invite everyone to join us this weekend for our graduate exhibition, to celebrate the imagination of our graduates.\u201d\nThis year\u2019s medal winners showcase their thesis works alongside more than 500 of their peers as part of OCAD University\u2019s 98th annual Graduate Exhibition, which opens to the public on Thursday, May 2 at 6:30 p.m.\nTara Bursey (Criticism & Curatorial Practice)\nShannon Lea Doyle (Sculpture/Installation)\nMike Goldby (Integrated Media)\nIvan Alifan (Drawing & Painting)\nJessica Tai (Photography)\nAlex Thompson (Printmaking)\nSayeda Akbary (Graphic Design)\nJenn Seoyoung Kim (Industrial Design)\nAshley Mackenzie (Illustration)\nColleen McCarten (Material Art & Design)\nTara Paashuis (Environmental Design)\nMaria Soroka (Advertising)\nThe Graduate Exhibition runs Thursday, May 2, to Sunday, May 5. Everyone is invited for Opening Night, Thursday, May 2, 6:30 to 11 p.m. (remarks at 7:30 p.m.). For details and a complete event schedule, visit www.ocadu.ca/gradex, or download the free smartphone app with information on wayfinding, exhibitors, medal winners and more at http://myeventapps.com/ocadugradex.\nThe 12 winners will receive their medals at OCAD University\u2019s Spring Convocation Ceremony on Thursday, June 6, at Roy Thomson Hall. Medal winners will also be invited to contribute their works toward the university\u2019s award-winning visual identity.\nBursey\u2019s research and publishing project, Father Knowledge, Mother Tongue, is a collaboration with her parents that highlights their stories of immigration, language, labour and adaptation.\nIn Crowds and Collisions, Doyle uses paper, beading, video and performance to explore moments of connection and distance between individuals.\nGoldby's thesis work Premier Life focuses on personal branding strategies in social networks and the conditions and experiences that are built into the pursuit of online presence.\nAlifan\u2019s paintings in the series It\u2019s not Milk are an exploration of the modern gaze, creating a language of underlying sexual subtexts.\nTai\u2019s To Shadow a Failure is inspired by photography pioneer William Henry Fox Talbot\u2019s early explorations \u2014 and failures \u2014 as he developed the salt print process.\nIn his work Self-Portrait: Bildungsroman I, Thompson draws from architectural renderings and his experience in educational institutions to explore the process of personal development.\nAkbary created her video installation All that\u2019s been said & done after visiting her home village in Afghanistan after a long absence, where she distributed disposable cameras to more than 40 children and asked them to help her see through their eyes.\nKim\u2019s Plant Haiti Campaign is multi-pronged; it aims to replenish the once-lush Haitian countryside with the nearly entirely edible Moringa tree, alleviate poverty and hunger and to empower youth.\nMackenzie renders controversial proposals by contemporary scientists and intellectuals into visual metaphors to explore why they make us so uncomfortable in her series, Dangerous Ideas.\nMcCarten\u2019s body of work, Fabricate, uses a variety of textile media to investigate our perceptions of value.\nIn her concept for The Bath, Paashuis builds on her experience working in the health and long-term care sectors to develop a recreational centre with social responsibility and inclusivity as core design values.\nSoroka\u2019s campaign Localosity aims to engage mainstream audiences in the local food movement to foster a greater human connectivity between urban consumers and rural producers.\nOCAD University (OCAD U):\nOCAD University (www.ocadu.ca) is Canada\u2019s \u201cuniversity of imagination.\u201d The university, founded in 1876, is dedicated to art and design education, practice and research and to knowledge and invention across a wide range of disciplines. OCAD University is building on its traditional, studio-based strengths, adding new approaches to learning that champion cross-disciplinary practice, collaboration and the integration of emerging technologies. 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Meet them below.\nAndrew has been a trustee of Youthscape since 2007, and chair of the board since 2009. He is the Managing Director of Beales Hotels, a family business that dates back eight generations to 1769 (www.bealeshotels.co.uk). Youthscape has been a big part of Andrew's life \u2013 he describes it as \"an amazing organisation filled with brilliant people, and with such an exciting future.\" When not doing any of the above, he can be found messing about on the River Great Ouse in his boat, or walking and climbing in the Alps. He lives in North London with his family.\nNenadi Adamu\nNenadi has worked in human services for over a decade in various capacities. She has a background in Law from an overseas jurisdiction and worked for the Citizens Advice Bureau, first as a volunteer adviser and then as a money adviser for over ten years. She has a strong interest in youth and young people\u2019s transitions and did a PhD on the involvement of young people in the informal economy. Nenadi worked as a volunteer advocate for people with learning disabilities, and is currently a volunteer money coach with Christians Against Poverty in conjunction with Luton Christian Fellowship. She now teaches applied social studies at the local University. She is married and has two young children.\nChristine Boyd\nChristine retired from teaching in 2010 after a career spanning 35 years. She spent her entire career in Luton, firstly at Denbigh Junior, then Sacred Heart Primary, and finally St Margaret of Scotland Primary where she was headteacher for 18 years. A reader and Eucharistic Minister at Holy Family and St Jonn\u2019s Catholic Church, she has been married to James for 43 years, and they have two grown up sons and one granddaughter. Her other interests include golf, cooking, reading and travel, and she's currently the junior organiser at South Beds Golf Club. Christine has been a trustee for four years.\nRevd Andy Gardner\nAfter a long career in \u2018High Tech\u2019 and having been part of Soul Survivor Watford Church since it started, Andy made the short journey up the M1 and is now Curate at St. Mary\u2019s Church in Luton. He is married to Joanna who is a teacher, has two grown up sons and enjoys hill walking and Scuba diving (but not both at the same time). Andy studied Physics at university and has recently completed a Theology degree at St. Mellitus college. He is passionate about helping young people be the best that they can be and is looking forward to bringing his experience in both business and church leadership to the Youthscape board.\nRev Tim Lomax\nAfter being a Vicar in Shrewsbury for almost six years, Tim became Director of Mission in the Diocese of St Albans in 2016. He leads the Mission Department which is made up of three teams - Youth and Children, Flourishing Churches and Reaching New People. Tim is also a musician, author and song / hymn writer. He is married to Kate who is Vicar of St Paul\u2019s in Luton and they have three teenage children. Tim supports his home town football team Stoke City and enjoys walking his Black Labrador Max, holidays, music, theatre and meals with family and friends. He is passionate about enabling people of all ages and backgrounds to encounter Jesus and experience God\u2019s love at work for good in their lives.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 5388, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 163.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://zarlab.cs.ucla.edu/events/event/lea-davis-vanderbilt-university-school-of-medicine/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:36Z", "digest": "sha1:AN4Y3KUFUW3KZGQQBREN2LZNXXQNBZPR", "length": 173, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "zarlab.cs.ucla.edu", "title": "Lea Davis, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine \u2013 ZarLab", "raw_content": "Lea Davis, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine\nLea K. Davis, PhD\nAssistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Genetic Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 2478, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.81, "perplexity": 222.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://zibtek.com/blog/how-airbnb-scaled-100x/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:10:49Z", "digest": "sha1:EEST5LZSICCCVYQ6GFLMSR6QVG37HJJV", "length": 5868, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "zibtek.com", "title": "\ufeffProduct Development Blog | Zibtek", "raw_content": "How Airbnb scaled 100x - Zibtek Blog\nMarketplaces are pretty hard to start, but if they work, nothing is more exciting than that. Airbnb has a story that is worth listening to. They operate an online marketplace and hospitality service that allows people to lease or rent short-term lodging such as holiday cottages, apartments, hostel beds, hotel room, etc.\nIn less than a decade, Airbnb scaled over 100X on almost every metric that is available, including listings, users, revenue, employees and sometimes even the complexity. The company survived many bumps in the road before hitting it big. There is so much to learn from Airbnb if you are planning to start a company or already have one and are looking to scale.\nNow, here are three of the most significant inflection points of Airbnb and the lessons that we can quickly learn from each one of them.\nNo 1: Set Goals That Are Super Specific Before You Jumpstart the Marketplace\nJoe and Brian are the founders of Airbnb, and they did so many things to get things started for their company in New York. It is interesting to note that they met most of the hosts in person, and took pictures of the host listings and leveraged a variety of growth hacks. Liquidity on the supply side is quite crucial for Airbnb.\nTo see the growth take off in the market, co-founder Nate Blecharczyk thought it was imperative for them to get 300 listings and 100 reviewed listings. Once they reached this particular target, they saw a rise in the bookings as people were interested in making a booking as per their travel dates and their tastes.\nThey put in a lot of manual effort, like meeting local hosts and encouraging potential people to try hosting in not just New York but also in other destinations like London. They also started online campaigns that lured the potential hosts to try the listing service.\nThese, along with several other strategies, helped Airbnb to become famous and see good growth in the initial years of its release. Now, the number of listing crossed 4 million mark, which is incredible. Airbnb does not need to meet the hosts in-person anymore. The service has credibility with most consumers and continues to grow exponentially.\nJump start the Marketplace\nNo 2: Put Yourself at Risk to Increase the Trust of the Community\nIn July 2011, one of the hosts on Airbnb had the worst experience. The host\u2019s trashed home soon went viral. With newspapers such as \u201cWall Street Journal,\u201d \u201cFinancial Times,\u201d and \u201cNew York Times\u201d featuring these articles right on their front page. Many thought at that moment that it is the end of the Airbnb since it became a media firestorm. Bookings started to drop off.\nThough the founders met the board members of some of the biggest insurance companies, no one was willing to support their type of business and were not interested in underwriting the risk. It was essential for Airbnb to take a leap to gain the trust of the hosts. They came up with a $50,000 guarantee that is backed by them with no insurance to backstop them.\nNow, this did not lead to an increase in false claims as many supposed. But the trust in the company increased drastically, positively affecting the bookings. Taking extreme risks at times is necessary. Trust is the most critical element on which you build the marketplace.\nNo: 3 Grow Faster to Beat the Competition\nAfter overcoming one challenge, there was another challenge that knocked on the doors of Airbnb. In September 2011, they found out that there was a European copycat that wanted to take over the market by using the same strategies as Airbnb. With almost 90 million dollars and 400 employees, they were up for the task.\nMost of the Airbnb customers use the portal when they are traveling, and some of them go to Europe. Since Airbnb was more \u201cUS-centric,\u201d it was time for them to change to stay competitive. It was time for them to grow much faster. Planning to expand slowly would not have been wise because Airbnb was at risk for losing out on a huge market.\nThey purchased domains for almost nine countries in just three months and started to translate the content on the website into other languages. Contracting with Akamai was part of their plan to reduce the load time of the site. Restructuring the UI was one more thing that they did to enhance the customer experience.\nIt has led Airbnb to set up their offices in almost eight cities in Europe. Hiring only those professionals who have a broader vision for the company was helpful. The best part is that they acquired two small companies, namely Accoleo and Crashpadder, to provide seed supply in two of the major countries in Europe, the UK, and Germany.\nWith numerous press releases, Airbnb increased their growth significantly. They understood this one central principle: Most marketplaces are winner-takes-all. Losing ground to European competitors would have been horrible for Airbnb.\nNow, after solving most of the significant issues that they have, Airbnb is not letting down their guard. They are keen on learning more about their customer behavior and what delights them the most. At the same time, they are always trying to include enough safety measures so that the property owners are not exposed to risk.\nDedication is one thing that you need to have to solve any problem that you might face on your startup journey. Remember that you need to address the right problem at the right time to keep moving in the right direction. 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It depends on who you are trying to communicate with and what you are trying to achieve. This series of articles provides an introduction to different communication methods - from letter writing to public speaking.\nIt includes sections on engaging with the media and how to plan events. There are also explanations on the special characteristics and advantages of each communication method and a practical guide to using them.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00081.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 1519, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 202.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "https://zootonline.com/products/dqu00294", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:02Z", "digest": "sha1:AKABYCFUV5233BF35CZ75GP6D2PNUTC5", "length": 36, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "zootonline.com", "title": "Shhh!! I'M Hiding From Stupid People \u2013 Zoot Online Home", "raw_content": "Shhh!! 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His work has been exhibited internationally and is in the collections of several museums including the SFMOMA, the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, the Museum of Fine arts Houston, the Portland Museum of Art, the Museo de Arte Moderno in Rio, Brazil, the Fototeca de Nuevo Leon, Mexico and the Fototeca Nacional in Pachuca, Mexico.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 52, "original_length": 1283, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 61.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://321-tjwebvarnish.newscyclecloud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20170929/FEATURES03/171109988/-1/features03/Civics-education-or-rather-the-lack-of-it", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:47Z", "digest": "sha1:PRZLPDJCSGYGNTZU3TVGFDYRKTCO7HAY", "length": 10138, "nlines": 37, "source_domain": "321-tjwebvarnish.newscyclecloud.com", "title": "Civics education or, rather, the lack of it | Andover Byram Stanhope NJ | Back To School", "raw_content": "Civics education or, rather, the lack of it\nNow, for the high purpose of training an American child to become an American citizen \u2013 a constituent part of a self-governing people \u2013 Is it not obvious that, in all cases, the law by which he is to be bound should be made intelligible to him?\n\u2014Horace Mann, 1845\nDo you know how many amendments there are to the U.S. Constitution? Or who wrote the Federalist Papers? How many voting members are there in the House of Representatives? Who is your representative? Name a power the Constitution leaves to the states.\nHow are you doing? Only 95 more questions to go in the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services civics test given to foreign-born people applying to be U.S. citizens. These people, keen to become part of this great nation and prepared to clear this particular hurdle, do very well on the civics test. With a passing grade of 60, over 97 percent pass.\nBut when it comes to American citizens taking the test, especially American students, the results are not so good. Frankly, they're bad. Very bad.\nAccording to the 2014 National Assessment of Educational Progress, only about 25 percent of high school seniors were 'proficient' in civics. Between 22 and 23 percent of 8th graders reached 'proficient' levels \u2013 that is, on a civics test scaled for 8th graders. These assessments were basically unchanged from 2010. The National Assessment of Educational Progress provides the only measurement for civics knowledge that relies on nationwide data. But other, less comprehensive assessments echo the same woeful state of affairs.\nA 2010 Pew Research Center poll found that only 14 percent of young adults could name the Speaker of the House, while about 50 percent of older adults could. In a 2012 Xavier University study, one-third of U.S. citizens failed the civics test. When the passing score was hiked from 60 to 70, half failed.\n\u201cEducation standards for civics have changed and declined over the years,\u201d said Matthew Beck, superintendent of the Andover Regional School District. \u201cCivics has gotten lost in the mix, and that's not a good thing.\u201d\n\u201cUntil the 1960s, it was common for American high school students to have three separate courses in civics and government,\u201d Amanda Litvinov wrote earlier this year in a publication of the National Education Association. \u201cBut civics offerings were slashed as the curriculum narrowed over the ensuing decades, and lost further ground to 'core subjects' under the...standardized testing regime.\u201d\nThe federal No Child Left Behind law, signed in 2001, mandated standardized English and math testing for grades 4 to 8, and has been blamed for marginalizing a list of other studies, including art, music, foreign languages and, yes, social studies, which is to say history and already marginalized civics.\n\u201cIt's not being taught as much anymore,\u201d said Craig Hutcheson, superintendent of the Kittatinny Regional School District. \u201cIf it was, I think it could help shed a light on the importance of being knowledgeable of the concepts on which this nation was built.\u201d \u201cNo Child Left Behind did narrow the curriculum, but some of the things it promoted were definitely needed,\u201d Hutcheson said. \u201cTo teach higher-order thinking skills and problem solving is beneficial, but students should also be taught what this nation was built upon and how to be a good citizen.\u201d\nBoth Beck and Hutcheson emphasized the dual nature of a civics education. In one sense, civics teaches how government works, on the local, state and federal levels. Checks and balances, the rule of law, the importance of voting and of knowing who and what you are voting for \u2013 this is the kind of civics measured on the USCIS test for would-be citizens.\n\u201cBut learning civics also means learning to become a good, productive member of society,\u201d Beck said.\nHutcheson agreed.\n\u201cTo me, civics means being part of the community, taking pride in your community and working with others to improve it, serving the community,\u201d Hutcheson said. \u201cThis is what I see missing nowadays. We have become a self-centered, self-serving society. That concerns me. I don't know how to turn that around. Re-introducing a civics course may help, but I don't think that alone will turn this around.\u201d\nBut there are educators, lawmakers and social activists throughout the country, and in New Jersey, who believe that re-introducing and re-emphasizing civics in the schools is crucial to combatting ignorance and protecting our democracy.\nOne of the powers the Constitution left to the states is education. State governments decide how their residents are educated, as well as how their schools are funded. Currently, there are two bills in the New Jersey State Assembly's Education Committee that seek to address the civics problem. One \u2013 A-3729, sponsored by Assemblyman Troy Singleton (D-Burlington) and Assemblywoman Joann Downey (D-Monmouth) \u2013 would require that a civics course be part of the high school curriculum and that it must be passed to graduate. The other bill \u2013 A-3894, sponsored by Assemblyman Jay Webber (R-Essex, Morris, Passaic) and Assemblyman Erik Peterson (R-Hunterdon, Somerset and Warren) \u2013 would require high school students to pass a test identical to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services civics test to graduate.\n\u201cWe as a people have walked away from the study of civics,\u201d Singleton said. \u201cWhat we're seeing as a result is a lack of understanding how our political and governmental systems work, and a lack of participation in the system.\u201d\nSingleton said that mandating a civics course as part of the curriculum would ensure that students get \u201ca better, sustainable understanding of how government works.\u201d\nHe said that such a sustained understanding could have a beneficial effect on our current polarized political landscape. \u201cSuch knowledge could help break down the barriers between us,\u201d Singleton said. \u201cIt could help us accept that other people may have different points of view.\u201d\nSingleton said that requiring a course in civics, as his bill does, and requiring that a test be passed \u201care not mutually exclusive.\u201d \u201cThis is a serious issue,\u201d Webber said. \u201cWe need to make sure that all our students are civics literate.\u201d\nWebber said there is no need to add a course to the curriculum; that civics should be taught as a basic part of the social studies curriculum.\n\u201cTeaching civics should be part of the job of teaching social studies and American history,\u201d Webber said. \u201cShame on the history teacher if his students can't pass such a test.\u201d\n\u201cMany people don't understand how the Constitution governs the country or how the federal government works,\u201d Peterson said. \u201cThat kind of knowledge would help people in the voting booth. People need to understand that as citizens they have responsibilities, like voting, and like knowing how the government works so they vote intelligently.\u201d\nThe Webber-Peterson bill is similar in design to bills that 23 states have already passed. It is based on the Joe Foss Institute's Civics Education Initiative.\nThe knock against the initiative is that it is only a symbolic, placating gesture that will teach nothing sustainable, and will be handled by schools as one more standardized test that will be taught to, simply to move students along.\nLucian Spataro, chief academic officer at the Arizona-based Joe Foss Institute, responded to this line of criticism. \u201cThat notion does not give teachers credit,\u201d Spataro said. \u201cIn reality, teachers do not teach to the test. Teachers teach civics and students learn and retain the knowledge. When we're in the field talking to educators and we hear this criticism, we say check with the states that have enacted the initiative and you will see that civics is being learned and retained.\u201d\nSpataro said that, with success in civics testing, a school district can build a civics course for the curriculum and obtain funding for it.\n\u201cCivics is not emphasized, in part, because it is not tested,\u201d he said. \u201cFirst anchor it with testing, then build it into the curriculum. From there, we move on to civic engagement, civic responsibility, debating issues. Civics stops being a second-class subject.\u201d Spataro said that the initiative aims to bring back to education what the Founding Fathers had in mind \u2013 that is, teaching civic virtues to make good, responsible citizens and, thereby, a strong nation.\nCertain school districts in Sussex County are attempting to keep civic virtues alive despite no state mandate to teach civics. Principal Thomas Claeys of Lenape Valley Regional High School said his school offers four years of social studies rather than the state-required three years.\n\u201cWe have thoroughly integrated civics education into our social studies and history courses,\u201d Claeys said. \u201cWe also have an AP social studies elective and an honors course in Constitutional law. Our teachers spend a good deal of time on the Revolution and the making of the Constitution, and we tackle what it takes to be a good citizen. I wouldn't be opposed to having a course solely on civics. But as things stand now, our students are well-informed on the subject and would do well, I think, on a civics test.\u201d\nSuperintendent Beck explained that the Andover School District, which is K-8, has a program designed to make students responsible, civic-minded members of society.\n\u201cWe call the program Charger Pride, named for our mascot,\u201d Beck said.\nBeck explained that each letter of \u201cCharger Pride\u201d represents a positive character attribute. When a teacher or administrator observes a student displaying one of those character attributes, that student is rewarded. This positive reinforcement builds individual character, Beck said.\n\u201cBy being acknowledged for going above and beyond in their interactions with others, the students become acquainted with being good, caring, productive citizens,\u201d Beck said.\nBy the way, there are 27 amendments to the Constitution; James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay wrote the Federalist Papers; the House has 435 voting members; policing is another power the Constitution left to the states. 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Beneath the beauty, like the hot lava bubbling in the volcano's crater, trouble seethes in Paradise.The daughters are destined to be caught in the turmoil between Americans who want annexation of the islands and native Hawaiians who want to keep their countHawaii seems like Paradise to Tamsen and Arab, newly arrived in 1868 with their husbands Dan and Juan--but it is not. Beneath the beauty, like the hot lava bubbling in the volcano's crater, trouble seethes in Paradise.The daughters are destined to be caught in the turmoil between Americans who want annexation of the islands and native Hawaiians who want to keep their country. And in their own family, danger looms . . . for in Em's daughter Martha there is anger and a desire for vengeance that threatens to erupt and engulf them all....\nTitle : Daughters of the Far Island\nDaughters of the Far Island Reviews\nSunni 2019-01-29 14:03\nI had no idea that this book was one of a series when I picked it up, and wouldn't have learned of other books like it if I hadn't come here to place my review. The author does a remarkable job of making this a stand-alone novel. It will only be a very short time before I get my hands on the rest of the series and get a chance to read them as well.The is a wonderful story full heart-break, fear, sadness, and pain, but it is also full of happy endings and shows that many of the characters have a wonderful ability to prevail no matter what the adversity. 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Find your favorite quotations and top quotes by Hans Bender from this hand-picked collection . Feel free to share these quotes and sayings on Facebook, Pinterest, Tumblr & Twitter or any of your favorite social networking sites.\nYou shall always find what you created in your mind, for instance, a benevolent God or an evil Devil. Between them are countless facets. Therefore, concentrate on the depth of your consciousness and on what you consider to be positive and good. ---->>>\nPLease, do not visualize that we exist above you such as in heaven. The concepts above and below are products of your mind. The soul does not swing upwards. It exists in the center and orients itself in every direction. ---->>>\nFree yourself from the rigid conduct of tradition and open yourself to the new forms of probability. ---->>>\nGood and evil do not exist for me any more. 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[...]\nOn 1 November 2018, the National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine held an annual international scientific and practical conference \"Current issues of training specialists in the field of public management and administration\". [...]\nOn 31 October 2018 President of the National Academy Vasyl Kuibida and Rector of Lanzhou University Yan Chunhua signed the Cooperation Agreement between the National Academy for Public Administration under the President of Ukraine and Lanzhou University (the People\u2019s Republic of China). [...]\nOlha Petroie, Director of the Institute of Expert-Analytical and Scientific Researches of the National Academy, took part in the conference \u201cA Century of Polish Administration. Experiences and Prospects\u201d, which took place on 24-25 October at the Lech Kaczynski National School of Public Administration (KSAP) in Warsaw. [...]\nOn 23 October 2018, the representatives of the European Network Training Organisation for Local and Regional Authorities (ENTO) had a study visit to the National Academy. [...]\nOn October 1, 2018 at the National Academy of Public Administration under the President of Ukraine was a topical meeting of the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine in the Swiss Confederation Artem Rybchenko with students and scientific and pedagogical staff of the Academy on topic \"Ukraine \u2013 Switzerland: a Century of Diplomatic Relations\". [...]\nOn September 26, 2018 Manuela Soller-Winkler, former State Secretary of the Ministry of Interior of the Land Schleswig-Holstein, U-LEAD Program Expert hold a lecture to the students of the National Academy on \u201cLocal Self-Governance: how does it Work in Germany?\u201d [...]\nOn September 20, 2018, the thematic meeting of students, post-graduate students, doctoral students and scientific-pedagogical staff with the professor of the Hong Kong University Anatoliy Oleksienko on the topic \u201cChina and Ukraine: a comparative analysis of the ways of desovitization in the era of the scientific and technological revolution\u201d was held at the National Academy. [...]\nIn the spring of 2014, after the beginning of armed aggression, the Russian Federation began deliberately to make political criminals among Ukrainian citizens. In general, in Russia and the occupied Crimea, for political reasons, more than 20 people were imprisoned today. 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But the Administration\u2019s failures are becoming more apparent with each day.\nIt\u2019s early, but there are strong indications that the horrendous Orland mass shooting attack was a product of Mideast terrorism. And while the Administration claims gains in its declared war against Daesh [ISIS or ISIL], the organization continues to expand its influence throughout the Muslim world. Inevitably, that means recruits will emerge among American Muslims for such attacks.\nThe Administration has failed to root out terrorist sympathizers among our native Muslim population, abandoning methods used so successfully by the New York Police Department after the 9/11 attacks. Politically correct nostrums in and out of the Administration defy the logic that hidden terrorists exist in the community. Those who would reveal suspects are intimidated by some muddle-headed Muslim imams and pure and simple threats to their own lives. Nor has the Administration tackled the problem that our ostensible ally, Saudi Arabia, permits its closely aligned Wahhabi Muslim fundamentalists to finance mosques and Muslim centers in the U.S. and around the world. Their doctrines reinforce traditional Islamic beliefs in forced conversion, the exclusion of other religious practices, and even political jihad and death to nonbelievers.\nTo examine and to argue against these beliefs among American Muslims and even foreign Muslim communities is not Islamophobia, a prejudiced and irrational attitude toward that religion and its followers. The truth is that Islam has never had its Reformation and Counterreformation and many of its adherents today nominally at least believe in concepts incompatible with American democratic values.\nAny campaign to destroy Daesh and other manifestations of internationally organized Islamic terrorism has no alternative but to examine and openly discuss this problem. An ancillary is, of course, to provide security and protection to those American Moslems willing to speak out against misbegotten interpretations of their religion, or those who glorify instances of Moslem Jihad in its long struggle with the West. [The Crusaders, incidentally, were not a prejudiced aberration of the West as so often presented in arguments today, but an effort to defend native Christians and their sacred places in the Middle East.]\nBut living up to the requirements of its own declared war on Daesh is not the only problem of conscience for those in the Administration and its supporters.\nPres. Obama has now endorsed Hillary Clinton\u2019s candidacy for the next presidency. He does so with a host of contradictions. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, with its highly respected chief, James Comey, confirms that it is directing a criminal investigation of Ms. Clinton. Comey is somewhat protected from the narrower politics of Mr. Obama\u2019s Democrats with his nine-year tenure. There is already enough evidence in the public record to charge Ms. Clinton with irresponsibility in using her private e-mail account. Such a charge has cost other public officials their careers. Much worse apparently is to come when more is known of why Ms. Clinton went to such effort to use nonofficial communications for official documents\nIt will be Attorney-General Loretta Lynch who must decide whether a prosecution goes forward. Ms. Lynch received the approval of Republicans as well as Democrats when Mr. Obama nominated her for the post because of her considerable record as a prosecutor. But she is a member of the President\u2019s cabinet and subject to his oversight and decisions. A decision not to prosecute Ms. Clinton, whether now, after her nomination, or after the election, would be a violation of the trust and duty demanded by her office.\nThese are issues which should be if they are not on Mr. Obama\u2019s conscience. And they, more than his minimal legislative and administrative accomplishments, will be the historic legacy he seems so eager to advance in his last months in office.\n* This commentary has been posted on yeoldecrabb.com\nCategories: 2016, Celebrating Ramadan, Islam in America, Latest News, LGBT, Obama, Obama Administration, Orlando massacre", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 118, "original_length": 7861, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 282.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://acuraconnected.com/2014/04/01/acura-celebrates-28-years-as-americas-top-luxury-automotive-brand-alphabetically/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:05Z", "digest": "sha1:HJIUNBZEBQ4MNX76MNSM3LVOTDU6PUCX", "length": 2343, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "acuraconnected.com", "title": "Acura Celebrates 28 years as America\u2019s Top Luxury Automotive Brand, Alphabetically \u2013 Acura Connected", "raw_content": "\u2190 Video: 2015 Acura TLX \u2013 It\u2019s That Kind of Thrill\nAcura USA March 2014 Sales Results \u2192\nAcura Celebrates 28 years as America\u2019s Top Luxury Automotive Brand, Alphabetically\nAcura today celebrated an important milestone, marking 28 consecutive years as the top luxury automobile brand in America based on alphabetical ranking1. Since its inception as the first luxury brand from a Japanese automaker, in March 1986, Acura has maintained a clear alphabetical leadership position over all other luxury brands, including Audi, BMW, Mercedes and Lexus.\n\u201cAt Acura, there are many things we\u2019re proud of, and one of those things is our alphabetic dominance. I mean, these are the A-B-Cs of marketing, and no one does it better than Acura,\u201d said Mike Accavitti, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Acura. \u201cAudi has been nipping at our heels since the beginning, and then there was that deal with Amati, which never really had a shot. We even toyed with adding another A on the front of the name, but we\u2019re confident that we can maintain our leadership, assuming no one comes along with Abalone or Aardvark or something like that.\u201d\nNext month, Acura will debut its newest model, the Acura TLX sports sedan, at the 2014 New York International Auto Show (no kidding). The Acura press conference is scheduled for 1:50 p.m. (EST) on April 16, 2014 inside the Jacob Javits Convention Center. The conference can also be viewed live on www.youtube.com/acura. For members of the media, press materials and photography will be posted at www.acuranews.com immediately following the press conference.\n\u201cWe probably should have called it the A-TLX, \u201cadded Accavitti. \u201cBut it\u2019s still a damn fine vehicle, even if it\u2019s not first in the yellow pages.\u201d\nExpressing his enthusiasm for the future of the Acura brand, Accavitti, who leads the alphabetical rankings of luxury automobile marketing executives, concluded by saying, \u201cHappy April Fool\u2019s Day everyone!\u201d\nAcura offers a full line of technologically advanced performance luxury vehicles through a network of 275 dealers within the United States. The Acura lineup features six distinctive models including the RLX luxury flagship sedan, the TL performance luxury sedan, the TSX Sport Wagon and sedan, the ILX compact luxury sedan, the RDX luxury crossover SUV, and the all-new MDX luxury sport utility vehicle.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 53, "original_length": 5506, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 246.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://adlerinstruments.com/surgical-products/neomedic/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:48Z", "digest": "sha1:CVNYZQSJXAL7GUWBLSJN4RAICBHYURF7", "length": 701, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "adlerinstruments.com", "title": "Neomedic Urology and Gynecology Surgical Implants and instruments", "raw_content": "You are here: Home / Surgical Products / Neomedic\nFounded more than 20 years ago, Neomedic is proud to be the Continence Company providing unique solutions for real problems that Urologist and Gynecologists face every day. Neomedic is totally focused on providing the medical field with added value surgical methods, solutions and innovative products, which improve physician\u2019s quality of work as well as patient\u2019s quality of life.\nNeomedic has a talented group of professionals in the OR on a daily basis to understand the surgeon\u2019s needs to better treat patient\u2019s conditions. Neomedic also has a fully integrated manufacturing facility with all technologies that act also as a flexible R&D resource.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 33, "original_length": 2230, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 258.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://aflame.in/lectio-divina/daily-reflections/20-nov-2017-the-lord-is-passing-by/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:38Z", "digest": "sha1:DAIJHFW25RJP5VJSYC5BSYZFC2FTT6OP", "length": 2687, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "aflame.in", "title": "20 Nov 2017: The Lord is passing by! | Aflame", "raw_content": "Home Lectio Divina 20 Nov 2017: The Lord is passing by!\n20 Nov 2017: The Lord is passing by!\nReading 1: 1 Macc 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63; Gospel: Lk 18:35-43\nThe readings of today speak about two kinds of people. The first kind was motivated by beliefs of others; whereas the second kind was motivated by personal belief and convictions. While the former are readily swayed, the latter stand firm. In the first reading, we see that though many Israelites were seduced and led astray, there were others who were ready to die for what they believed in. The same is true of the Gospel reading: while many went by popular belief and tried to silence the blind man, he would not remain silent for he believed that Jesus could restore his sight. From here, I would like to touch upon two things.\n1. What we \u2018believe in\u2019 is very important. Unfortunately, most of our belief comes from what we are taught by others, especially with regard to matters of faith. From early childhood, our catechism teachers taught us that God is invisible and we cannot see God or hear His voice except through the instrumentality of the \u2018Word\u2019 and the \u2018Bread\u2019.\nWe fail to understand that our God is a \u2018Living God\u2019. In the Old Testament times, right from the beginning of creation, people experienced Him personally \u2013 saw His presence (cloud, fire, etc), heard His voice, and experienced His love and care in a tangible manner. This phenomenon was optimized with the New Testament, with the incarnation, the resurrection and the Pentecost. When Jesus said \u201cI am with you always\u201d (Mt 28:20), He did not mean a presence that is intangible. We read about the presence of the Holy Spirit in the Acts of the Apostles, where people consulted Him (Acts 15:28), were snatched by Him (Acts 8:39), and were led almost literally by hand (Acts 16:6-8).\nMy friends, God does not change. He is the same yesterday and today and tomorrow (Heb 13:8). If He was so closely in communion with the people in the past, we can be sure that He would do the same in the present. It is only a matter of our belief. Jesus asked the blind man, what he wanted Jesus to do. His power is infinite, but He does not work beyond our belief system. Blind eyes are not a problem for Him, only blind (hardened/closed) hearts are.\n2. The blind man wanted to \u2018see again\u2019. It means that he was not blind once upon a time. He has experienced the beauty of sight. Hence his ardent desire to see again. The same applies to our relationship with God: once we have truly experienced Him, we would want nothing else in life, but Him and Him alone.\nEven today, the Lord is passing by. What do you want Him to do for you?\nNext articleYour Faith has Saved You!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 142, "original_length": 6512, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 206.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://agbuwesterndistrict.org/programs/satamian-theatre-group/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:14:10Z", "digest": "sha1:SUSIKXODDRZWIKVOQ3KB3HKRVQJECCBN", "length": 511, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "agbuwesterndistrict.org", "title": "Satamian Theatre Group | Western District", "raw_content": "Home \u203a Programs \u203a Satamian Theatre Group\nThe AGBU Satamian Theatre Company was founded in 1979 by Krikor Satamian and Haig Messerlian with the purpose of staging plays in English and Armenian by modern, classical, and Armenian playwrights. Ben Manookian was the first artistic director of the company. Since 1980, Satamian has staged 43 plays, seven one-man shows, and three operas in the Greater Los Angeles area, Orange County, Fresno, and San Francisco, as well as in Boston, New York, Montreal, and Toronto.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 71, "original_length": 1668, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 239.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ailab.lv/publications/f.+m.+tyers/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:57Z", "digest": "sha1:ZNH47CC5NIC3VIUNZ2JDAHYMOJOII7J7", "length": 11, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "ailab.lv", "title": "Publik\u0101cijas | AiLab", "raw_content": "F. M. Tyers", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 12, "original_length": 484, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.7, "perplexity": 186.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://aishababangida.net/the-importance-of-investing-early-in-life/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:08Z", "digest": "sha1:67WPZMDWWBJRGQBRCHRWML66U4LXXBUK", "length": 2470, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "aishababangida.net", "title": "The Importance of Investing Early in Life | Aisha Babangida | Finance Blog", "raw_content": "I like to plan and I think it\u2019s one of the things that makes me an effective leader in my communities. One thing I\u2019ve noticed though is that many of our youth aren\u2019t financially educated so they don\u2019t see the value in planning for the future and investing early in life.\nIf a person is going to have enough money to retire in a comfortable fashion, he will need to start investing as early as possible in life. When a person begins investing at an early age, there is a much better chance that the person will be able to accumulate enough for retirement and for any emergencies that may arise in the future.\nFrom a young age, people need to understand why it is a good idea to have a well-rounded investment portfolio. One of the main reasons that people should invest is that just keeping money in a traditional savings account will not provide sufficient wealth gain to truly benefit a person down the road.\nA regular savings account is not even keeping up with the rate of inflation right now. In order to gain money for future needs such as retirement, a person needs to invest in a variety of investment vehicles that include a mix of stocks and bonds.\nIf a person begins to invest in stocks and bonds early in life, he will be able to withstand potential losses and still recover and come out with substantial resources upon retirement. If a person waits too long to begin an investment plan with stocks and bonds, a large setback as occurred during the Great Recession might decimate a portfolio without sufficient time before retirement to gain that money back.\nStarting out early in life with investing greatly increases the amount of money that a person will earn for retirement. Just waiting ten years to begin a systematic invest program can be the difference of tens of thousands of dollars when that money is needed the most.\nIf investing is begun early in life, it can help with financial needs in addition to retirement. There may come a time in one\u2019s life when a substantial amount of money is needed. If investing was begun early, there is a good chance that a person will have enough in her investment account to provide for needs and some wants that aren\u2019t too extravagant.\nFinally, if investing is started early enough, it is possible that there will be enough money in one\u2019s investment portfolio to generate a steady stream of income. This may be possible through dividend payments from individual stocks and through the interest payments on bonds.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 31, "original_length": 2922, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 163.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://albenaproperties.bg/index.php/en/offer/55-Office%20building%20Yantra%20-%20Gabrovo", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:33Z", "digest": "sha1:2FJH2EIGIER5QPFDHRYPEKSX27UJ7INP", "length": 3337, "nlines": 32, "source_domain": "albenaproperties.bg", "title": "Investment projects : Office building Yantra - Gabrovo | Albena Properties - apartaments complex, houses, plots, hotel in Swiss, office building - Varna, investment projects", "raw_content": "Office building Yantra - Gabrovo\nYou are here: Home / Investment projects / Office building Yantra -...\nOffice building in the central part of the town of Gabrovo - offices, bank office, business center, conference halls, restaurant, cafe-bar, maintenance and management of the building, safety provided by a 24/7 security and surveillance systems.\nOffice building Yantra\nA remarkable office building with an excellent location, situated in the central part of the town of Gabrovo. The project foresees the reconstruction of the former Yantra Hotel into a luxurious office building in the most contemporary architecture style.\nThe composition represents a high 15-storey building and a low two-storey body of \u0413-type with an optimum developed solution.\nIn the lower part there are planned a restaurant, a business center with two conference halls, a cafe-bar.\nThe draft project for the higher body foresees entire renovation. On the first floor there will be a lobby and a bank office. On the second floor there will be 5 separate offices. There are planned storerooms and service rooms which will be located on the so called thirds technical floor - a part of the higher body. The main concept of the project is focused on the 12 type floors designed for offices with an open space allocation. The floor-plans are in compliance with the latest requirements of the market demand of this type of premises. Each floor is a separate unit consisting of a spacious room with 19-20 separate working places, three studies, a conference room, a cafe-box, a storeroom and sanitary units.\nWhy Office building Yantra?\n- Excellent location \u2013 in the center of the town of Gabrovo.\n- Maintenance and management of the building.\n- Safety provided by a 24/7 security and surveillance systems.\nBuilt-up area - 694,05 sq.m.\nUnfolded built-up area - 6 605 sq.m, including:\nOffices - 12+5\nBank office - 1\nRestaurant -1\nBusiness center - 1\nCafe-bar - 1\nConference halls - 2\n\"It is a privilege for the inheritor to be born in Gabrovo listening to the language of the river, being engrossed in the silence of the riverside and understanding bit by bit that the most significant things always happen at the crossroads.\"\nGabrovo is a town in Central Bulgaria. It is located at the North foot of the central part of the Balkan mountains - along the Yantra River. Gabrovo is among the 100 National trourist sites: the Culture House in Gabrovo, the Museum of Education, Architectural Ethnographic Complex Etar.\nBeing a typical industrial center, Gabrovo kept and developed the traditional fields of industry, such as machine building, textile and knitted fabric industry, leather and shoe industry. Together with them newer fields were developed such as production of cosmetics, plastic goods, chocolate goods, high technology productions. Two of the main national thoroughfares which are of great importance for the European road network, cross in Gabrovo, and namely: route E85 being a part of the Trans European transport corridor No. 9 (Helsinki - Saint Petersburg - Kiev - Bucharest - Rousse - Veliko Tarnovo - Gabrovo - Dimitrovgrad with diversions to Greece and Turkey) and Hemus motorway (Sofia-Varna).\nDistance in km:\nTryavna - 18 km\nDryanovo - 20 km\nSevlievo - 27 km\nGorna Oryahovitsa - 60 km\nSofia - 220 km\nVarna - 274 km\nBurgas - 234 km\nPlovdiv - 150 km.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 4185, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 333.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://alienexplorations.blogspot.com/2008/05/edited-transcription-of-ridley-scot.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:22Z", "digest": "sha1:SZJNX23KIH7ORHI6BUGMVMZRUFD7PYL4", "length": 9231, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "alienexplorations.blogspot.com", "title": "Alien Explorations: Edited transcription of Ridley Scott Interview With Don Shay from Alien Laserdisc", "raw_content": "Edited transcription of\nRidley Scott: Two questions: Ah well, one of the producers David Giler, was the person involved in that choice because I think he had seen The Duellists at the Cannes film festival. And they called up, and so I've learnt that he'd asked me to do it because of the Duellists, I was more than baffled than anyone else, and I guess it's all down to his good taste. And the script was just so tight, concise, it was very spare, the characters were clearly defined which frequently they aren't in that kind of exotic arena in that kind of movie, you know, it's kind of waffly, it's aII down to the effects and the horror and how horrible can you make it. What I liked were the characters, and I really loved the idea of, which was reasonably definitive new idea then, actually of making the hero a woman I thought that was really clever.\nRidley Scott: and it was just a very neat read. I read the script in about an hour and a half and called them up within two hours and said I'll do it. And so I was standing in Hollywood within twenty four hours. (Don laughs) And so it was very tight, the dynamics of the screen play which also I think a lot of people missed in the first screening of the film because the film is always been criticised as being light on characterisation which I think is totally wrong, I think the characters are beautifully defined, you know within the context of all you had to know about them, That's all you need to know. And I think the subtext to each character was really intelligent and gave you enough to know who was who, right, the trouble makers were Harry Dean and Yaphet Kotto down below, and the upper deck, the upper echelon, so you have a universal or classical situation of separation of the two... of the classes even in space.\nDon Shay: What was your initial agenda when you first took over the project. It was in kind of disarray I understand\nRidley Scott: Yuh, coming in, they'd already done a lot of preparatory stuff I think with Ron Cobb, right, and which was very good, in fact Ron is brilliant. Really one of the best at it and so we took him over to England anyway 'cause Ron does drawings and isometric visuals which you know, you can virtually put a slide ruler on and cost it and everything works with Ron, he can tell you how the air lock's going to open and why it's there and why the door has got to be this way and that way. So, he talks up a very interesting technical storm, so it was always very fascinating to listen to him and listen to him speculate, and so we kept on working with the production designer in England almost for a year. The original visuals I saw were very very good, and they were a kind of a key, you know where I started off but, because I was an art director, I decided that earlier on because of the budget for the film originally was something like four and a half million dollars, and I had no idea or perception of what four and a half million dollars meant, it sounded like an awful lot of money to me. And, so I sat down to prepare my own thoughts on it and of course I story board everything, right , so I sat down and basically story boarded the movie, which produced a reaction of, you know, delight, but at the same time a kind of horror because the costs suddenly started to suddenly look like they were rising, And so what we did was I had to present the boards to Fox and then, based on that, we doubled the budget. So then we went into eight four something, 'cause then I think they were starting to feel that there was something here\nRidley Scott: right, which was more than just a rip your head off and strangle them, you know what I mean. (Don chuckles) But I bring all sorts of things to bear to it from the fact that I was a production designer, and I was trained in art school, I spent seven years in art school, spent four... three years in the Royal College of Art with you know, serious colleagues like David Hockney, Alan Jones, Ron Kitaj, painters like that and some great graphic designers so it's a very sophisticated arena I came out of , but at that point so I was able to take it further I think, right, it was fair to say, influenced certainly by, 2001 and Star Wars , cause I'd seen Star Wars, oh God probably a month before I received the script, somebody said to me, \"lets go along and see this film called Star Wars. I don't know what the hell its all about but it's making a big fuss.\" It was the opening week, and I went and saw that, and of course I was stunned. I mean, I was absolutely devastated, I was really depressed for a week, that I was preparing Tristan and Isolde, the one I'm on, which is fine, you know, but it's like walking along into a lion's mouth doing a film like that, I mean you're never gonna have a real audience for that, and it's still going to take a year of your life and I just dropped it and I decided I can't be doing this when this guys doing that and I can see that as fulfilling as doing Tristan and Isolde, so he really whetted my appetite, that G. Lucas.\nDon Shay : Shortly before you release the film you cut eleven minutes out of it, including a sequence at the end that would've talked about what had happened to the Harry Dean Stanton character and the Tom Skerrit character. Is it alright if you could talk a little bit about those scenes,\nwhat they entailed and why you elected to cut them out.\nRidley Scott: Well you know there's always a pace thing to a film and we put it all together, you know, as shot, and nothing really happens for the first forty five minutes of the movie but you know Jerry did a great score, so the whole anticipation of moving in right from the very first opening cue, which I think is absolutely magnificent, I still do. I still think it's one of the best cues I've heard, you know, very simple scene, you're panning across the planet, you know, and the titles, great titles actually as well, are coming up and that is a great cu, and from then on it's like entering the dark house, but in the best kind of way, you know, and, so the forty five minutes all stood up for me, but I know that little bit of paranoia, saying \"God, nothing happens for forty five minutes,\" but I'm saying \"yeah, but look what you're looking at, you know, you're looking at these, guys waking up, you're getting information all the time now, and I felt because we really got it, you know, we really got what it might be like, then it was powerful, so that all held position but by the time we got to the dynamics of, you know, now she's on her own, we'd got a sense that the audience was getting restless at this certain point, and so when she stumbles into that room which is the landing leg room, and finds this hive, and she finds the bodies basically, the nest and she finds Harry's gone, but he's clearly there and he's completely imbedded in the surface in a kind of kind of strange semi glutinous but very strong material which is almost like built into fibreglass and Skerrit is already half gone but he's still alive, he is really the host for the insect, which is the alien.\nDon Shay : There must be tricks of the trade to create suspense and terror, I presume your background in, in commercials probably kind of helped you in the area your kind of manipulating the audience\nRidley Scott: You know what, the most important thing to do is to not employ tricks, in effect, if you're doing a horror movie, you know, is to disregard the tricks that have been employed before because that's what your doing, you're doing repetition, and so it's trying to always look back inside yourself, the same as if you're writing a script, if you're writing a screenplay, if you're writing a book, you know the best of those elements come from looking back inside yourself to find out what you think, you know, and trying to put that in film. So that's to do with being how personal can you get making a film,\nDon Shay: What do you find personally frightening, and were you able to incorporate that into the film?\nChung Qai, chinese demon\nRidley Scott: Well I had to look into it, I mean I had to look into it myself, and say, oh yeh, you know, what frightens me. So I started looking at a lot of,films, horror films which were good ones. I think one of the great horror movies is the Exorcist, yuh, and I always talked and played with the idea of, the absolutes of good and evil, right and if the alien is really, what was it? Was it the face of the devil, was it the face of the demon, because if you look at historical manuscripts and engravings, pictures, from wherever they come from, whether it's China, whether it's Europe, whatever the nationality, there's a kind of continuity of the idea of the perception of the demon, as there is about the dragon, right, so it's like taking off the mystical aspects of it and saying \"it's nothing to do with that. It's a Mar..., no, Martian, Mars is not far away enough. It's a biological fact, it's a biological creature, and it's been here before. Exorcist for me was the biggest lesson, I just kept looking at and looking at it, and looking at the class that you've got involved in making the movie, you know\nDon Shay: How you do feel about it in retrospect, er, how does it stand up in your own mind?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 11286, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 238.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://allaboutchairs.com/us-cap-and-trade-system.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:22:28Z", "digest": "sha1:XZ6FHFWJE6ADZPWENZNEGHUEURQ6VHES", "length": 3190, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "allaboutchairs.com", "title": "Us cap and trade system \u2013 Cap-and-Trade Versus the Alternatives for U.S. Climate Policy. option trading expiration date hotforex broker", "raw_content": "Community forex\nHdfc forex plus customer care\nTradingview screener strategies\nThis commentary examines us cap and trade system impact of the recently us cap and trade system European Union Emission Trading System (EU ETS) in terms of emission reductions and cost to. 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To achieve this recognition, a student-athlete must earn first team All-Association honors and must carry a 3.50 or greater cumulative grade point average during that playing season.\nThe Judges' four honorees are: Brian Granoff '17, of Miami, Florida, men's tennis; Mitchell Hutton '18, of Villa Park, California, men's cross country; Maria Jackson '18 of Rochester, New York, women's basketball; and Cidney Moscovitch '17 of Coral Springs, Florida, women's soccer.\nGranoff was a first-team All-UAA selection at No. 2 singles for the Judges, going 17-6 overall and 11-1 at No. 2, the top winning percentage in the conference. His 106 career wins were second all-time in head coach Ben Lamanna's tenure. Granoff helped the Judges to a 12-8 record last year and a national-ranking of #19 in Division III, their highest since 1989. Granoff graduated with a 3.65 GPA with a degree in economics and a business minor.\nHutton earned first-team All-Association honors by finishing fourth at the conference cross-country championships last October with a time of 24:54.34, his first time running under 25 minutes in college. Hutton helped Sinead Delhunty Evans' Judges finish third overall at UAAs, their best finish since 2009. Hutton enters his senior year with a 3.77 GPA as a biology and business double major.\nJackson was a first-team All-UAA forward/center for head coach Carol Simon after leading Brandeis in scoring (13.6 ppg), rebounding (8.0 rpg), steals (49) and blocked shots (26). She ranked third in the UAA in rebounding, fifth in steals and blocks and 10th in scoring. She helped the Judges to a 12-13 record. She graduated in May with a 3.66 GPA and a degree in linguistics and a minor in French.\nMoscovitch was a first-team All-UAA forward and led Denise Dallamora's team to a 16-3-3 record and their first-ever Final Four. She scored seven goals with five assists for 19 points. Moscovitch's 10 points on four goals and two assists in UAA matches led all players last season, while her 10 career game-winning goals are tied for fourth in Brandeis history. Moscovitch graduated in May with a 3.65 GPA and degrees in biology and anthropology and a minor in chemistry.\nRead more about this recognition.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 82, "original_length": 4655, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 212.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://amaze-expo.com/thank-you-ticket-registration/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:48Z", "digest": "sha1:X4G6N5YOT7Y2NKYZ7VZ2AZH3H56W2URK", "length": 87, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "amaze-expo.com", "title": "Thank You - Ticket Registration - Amaze Expo", "raw_content": "Thank you for registering. You'll receive an email alert when tickets become available.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 58, "original_length": 1231, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 329.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://amillion.us/my-research/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:45Z", "digest": "sha1:4ENXHE56GJ7GHNKZI4ESSDYOUDQD75E7", "length": 10321, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "amillion.us", "title": "A.J. Million | My Research", "raw_content": "I am interested in the creation and administration of public information resources, while several subjects tie my research strand together: notably, e-government, emerging technologies, libraries, public administration, digital media, and Web development. I look at how public service organizations form vast and complex infrastructures that are tasked with promoting different, and sometimes conflicting, objectives. I define these infrastructures to be the systems established by governments and non-profit organizations to disseminate information for public purposes, often enhancing democratic processes.\nJohn Dewey (1939) portrayed democracy as more than a type of government, but also an embodied way of life. Approaching the study of information infrastructures from this perspective, I look at their role in democratic societies, because information is a requisite part of self-government. Because democracy is the context in which I study these infrastructures, I am also interested in how they promote the common good.\nJ. S. Mill (2012) argued that governments should do more than protect individual rights. He theorized that a legitimate basis of government is to promote the general welfare. Accepting Mill\u2019s premise, I believe that information infrastructures are a tool governments can use to promote the common good. That said, the ideas I have mentioned are only philosophical premises that underlie my work; they are ideals to achieve, rather than the issues I have chosen to study as they speak to my motives. A diagram of my research interests is also available (see Figure 1).\nIf democracy is the context in which I study information infrastructures, and the common good is an objective to strive for, there are two parts of my research. The first deals with bureaucratic systems and includes e-government, libraries, and public administration. The second deals with emerging technologies as they relate to innovation, change, and organizational adaptation. I look at digital media and Web development, because each is a component of new technologies that have changed how information is accessed and/or disseminated. While my interests relate to innovative technologies, I expect to broaden my focus to include traditional communication tools in future research.\nOne area of my interest relates to e-government. Although e-government is an expansive concept, my study of it is limited to public information. Burroughs (2009) found that the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) is typically accessed through search engines and that users expect content to be digital. Gibson, Bertot, and McClure (2009) demonstrated that public libraries are egalitarian access points for e-government resources. Piotrowski and Van Ryzin (2007) have established that there is an expectation in the United States (U.S.) for citizens to be able to obtain local government records.\nMy work relating to e-government acknowledges that a robust demand for online access to government information exists. I am interested in building and reforming public information infrastructures to meet demand, which requires planning and coordination in the context of changing technologies and user behaviors. Over the past decade, many journal articles have spoken about user-centered design (Bertot & Jaeger, 2006; Verdegem & Verleye, 2009; Bertot & Jaeger, 2010). These articles noted that one of the largest barriers to e-government stems from a lack of understanding about who will use public services. Although I do not disagree, I believe a larger barrier to the realization of Layne and Lee\u2019s (2001) model of e-government lies in institutional and technical considerations. Simply put, if public administrators face barriers to implementing user-centered e-government, the larger issue is not just design, but how organizational systems function.\nApplying this perspective is challenging and potentially unique. One way I have sought to improve public information infrastructures relates to lobbying. Library patrons represent a large and quasi-organized group of citizens. In the context of cloud computing, I argue that digitization increases the risk of government content manipulation (Million & Weech, 2014). To mitigate this risk, I argue that libraries and their advocates can lobby governments to craft legally binding agreements that establish protections on behalf of their patrons. Finally, in my dissertation, I examine the technical infrastructure, which underpins state department of transportation websites. Here I seek to determine if organizational, fiscal, technical, or other barriers prevent managers from implementing what they believe to the \u201cbest practices\u201d for their organizations.\nThe second area of my research pertains solely to libraries. Buschman (2003) argues that the value of public libraries\u2019 lies in the public sphere, because they are the fora in which citizens engage in mediated discourse through communicative action (Habermas, 1984). Touching on this, I have evaluated the emergence of librarianship while looking at the consequences of establishing it in the public sector (Schuster & Million, in press).\nJaeger and Fleishman (2007) previously demonstrated that the values associated with librarianship align with providing e-government service. Correlatively, in my research I have sought to identify new ways in which libraries can contribute to democracy and the common good. One paper, in particular, explores the ability of public libraries to serve as community-based digital preservation and self-publication centers (Moulaison & Million, 2015). In the future, I also hope to explore how public libraries can collaborate with local government agencies by managing digital publications and special datasets that are unavailable elsewhere.\nThe third area of my interests is public administration. Given that information can be a public good, the infrastructure providing it falls under the purview of government and non-profit organizations. Discussing public services, Weber (1964) provides a sociological description of traditional bureaucracies. Ferlie et al. (1996) discuss a newer service model termed \u201cNew Public Administration.\u201d Ferlie and his co-authors argue that efficiency, contracting, and the use of benchmarks characterize New Public Administration. Finally, Collaborative Governance argues that joint efforts between public and private organizations should be used more frequently (Donahue & Zeckhauser, 2012).\nSince the distinction between the public and private sector is abstract, my research interests relate to how administrators create and manage infrastructures to promote the common good. Fernandez and Rainey (2006) present a well-cited model of change management in public service organizations. Incorporating their findings, I presented a case study regarding operational reforms at the Missouri State Library (Million & Bossaller, 2015). Based on my findings, I argue that professional knowledge represents a legitimate basis for autonomy as professionals are often better equipped to identify public needs than elected officials. In my dissertation, I also ask whether computational models align with administrative ones and what this means for e-government service. In each case, information infrastructures are portrayed as requiring a clarity of purpose.\nMy fourth and final area of interest has to do with emerging technologies. I am especially knowledgeable about the roles of digital media and Web development in driving contemporary innovation. I conceptualize innovation similar to Christiansen (1997), who considers it to be a factor in sustaining or disrupting business models. Christiansen builds off the work of Schumpeter (2010), who discussed creative destruction in market economies. While both authors studied the private sector, my interest in technology is based less on the context in which innovation occurs than it is the means by which public sector infrastructures are built and/or reformed.\nTaking models like these into account, my work looks at the technological forces that shape information infrastructures. One example relates to the ideas of content and carrier convergence. In a book chapter, I previously argued that convergence applies to trends in library services (Million & Moulaison, 2014). Finally, I have also touched on innovation as it relates to linked data, which is not currently poised to disrupt existing technologies that libraries use to encode their metadata (Moulaison & Million, 2014). My examination of emerging technologies also raises questions about how administrators adapt to changing environments while sustaining information services.\nMy approach to inquiry can be identified as pragmatic (Hookway, 2013); however, I have also adopted critical and post-positivistic bents in the past. I prefer the application of mixed-methods, but my proficiencies are geared toward producing emergent, qualitative studies that relate to Web-based environments. One example presented by Ivankova, Creswell, and Stick (2006) is the explanatory sequential mixed-methods design, which is useful for explaining survey results. Given that my past research has been pragmatic and dedicated to problem solving, I am interested in finding solutions to problems connected with information infrastructures. Of the problems I examine, most relate to those, which stymie administrators and managers \u2013 a point made earlier.\nWhile I am most comfortable applying methods that resemble grounded theory, I have also utilized other research methodologies. In Million et al. (2013), I conducted a survey using natural language to identify the frequency that undergraduates encounter information while evaluating questions using the chi-square test for goodness of fit. More recently, I have worked with data scientists to examine large social media datasets using computational tools. Additionally, I am familiar with critical discourse analysis, which presents a means to analyze and critique language (Fairclough, 2010). Finally, one additional approach that I apply in my work relates to triangulation and validation. Torrance (2012) presents triangulation and validation in light of democratic, egalitarian processes. Given that I view democracy as a way of life, this approach fits well with my philosophical orientation.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 41, "original_length": 10790, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 253.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://amiralace.blogspot.com/2016/07/our-too-short-europe-visit-is-almost.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:58:08Z", "digest": "sha1:M5L223T2ESQ75UDYLOZDCJ4MGPQPBN6C", "length": 799, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "amiralace.blogspot.com", "title": "The Golden Road to Samarqand", "raw_content": "Our too-short Europe visit is almost over. We did meet up with my sister in Mannheim where we at good food and explored together before they went on to Switzerland and we went to Austria. We stayed in Tyrol and had a lovely time in the mountains. It was so nice.\nThe Alps are amazingly beautiful. The climate obviously helps keep everything green and lovely, but they're also not very tall mountains so the valleys are below the tree line. In Kyrgyzstan, the mountains are much, much taller and the mountain valleys often don't have trees in addition to Kyrgyzstan's being much drier.\nIt was nice to stay in a place with a kitchen because going grocery shopping is one of my favorite things to do in other countries. We have eaten a lot of spaetzle. Also, I made sure we stopped for d\u00f6ner yesterday.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 210, "original_length": 3808, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 325.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ams-flight.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=188%3Ahappynewyear2016&catid=1%3Alatest-news&Itemid=94&lang=en", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:07Z", "digest": "sha1:7O4HWFWVPKU3TOSQQVGER2A2Y7AUS6EP", "length": 63, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "ams-flight.com", "title": "Happy New Year 2016 - AMS Flight - Certified Composite Glider and Aircraft Manufacturer", "raw_content": "Warm wishes for a merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year 2016", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 938, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.71, "perplexity": 307.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://animalphotos.info/a/2008/12/31/here-is-a-rear-end-shot-of-a-tufted-duck/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:28Z", "digest": "sha1:ZNVT5XYFENC52XOSX4PVCFKIZLHHAMGH", "length": 642, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "animalphotos.info", "title": "Here Is A Rear-end Shot Of A Tufted Duck -- Animal Photos!", "raw_content": "Here Is A Rear-end Shot Of A Tufted Duck\nOriginal image by davehamster; Some rights reserved.\n Picture Source: davehamster and Animal Photos!\nNAVIGATION: Here Is A Rear-end Shot Of A Tufted Duck\n\u00ab White-faced Whistling Duck Playing Hide And Seek\n\u00bb The Sunlight Reflected In The Water Makes The Hooded Merganser More Beautiful\nThis entry was posted on Wednesday, December 31st, 2008.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 275, "original_length": 5893, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.73, "perplexity": 309.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://answerbag.com/q_view/1104681", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:57Z", "digest": "sha1:3W2TDUVLKJUX4PIPWCBL43SMURQAFBCM", "length": 1824, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "answerbag.com", "title": "Can you recognize this song? I'm sorry for breaking all the promises that I wasn't around to keep and you told me this time is the last time I will ever beg you to stay What do you think of it and who do you think it is by if you don't know?", "raw_content": "Can you recognize this song? I'm sorry for breaking all the promises that I wasn't around to keep and you told me this time is the last time I will ever beg you to stay What do you think of it and who do you think it is by if you don't know?\nby Mrs-Flapjack-Of-Stormalong 3 hours ago\nMrs-Flapjack-Of-Stormalong\nI looked it up - it's called \"Sorry\" by Jonas Brothers\nYou dont have to call anymore i wont pick up the phone this is the last straw don't wanna hurt anmore and you can say that you're sorry but i don't believe you baby. like i did before you're not sorry. is this from a song?\nWhen it comes to music these days, I ve noticed and maybe everyone does, that at the end of songs they always just start repeating the main part. For example, the song that I will post with the following link (forgive me for the atrocious choice of song to use as an example) is totally repetitive at the end from about the 3 minute mark she just keeps repeating the lyrics until the song finishes... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyKzJM5DmbY&feature=youtu.be My question is- DO YOU LIKE THE WAY THEY CHOOSE TO BRING THESE SONGS TO AN END, BY JUST REPEATING THE MAIN PART OR DO YOU GENERALLY PREFER SONGS TO END IN A DIFFERENT WAY??? Sorry for the caps but its quiet important to me what people think of that And I will use a different song for another example, a song of Rihanna's. Her song called Whats my name, theres I guess its call\nWhat song do you think isn't worth listening to unless it's blasted?\nDo you think I will be able to guess your song if you only post the lyrics?Don't make it easy(;\nDo you think it is weird when a record is credited to an instrumentalist and the vocals are sung by someone else?\nDo you listen to music that is not in your own language? like i listen to German music and i don't speak any German.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 53, "original_length": 9318, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 326.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://apathtoofar.com/path/xbox360/expert/guitar/big_squeeze/nineintheafternoon/img/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:26Z", "digest": "sha1:RU25UGFQNVK7SJG54EP5ZLBPCDCPJYVM", "length": 78, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "apathtoofar.com", "title": "A Path Too Far | Nine in the Afternoon", "raw_content": "80029 (622 over this path), achieved by Kyl3Ruth on April 21, 2013 on Xbox 360", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 13, "original_length": 355, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 254.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://apple-scruffs.tripod.com/id40.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:18:54Z", "digest": "sha1:JHSDXG5OF5XOJCZH47A2PVCAHBWKSLUN", "length": 5429, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "apple-scruffs.tripod.com", "title": "1/11/03", "raw_content": "The show was held in a leisure centre, which meant a smaller audience and unstable seating. Myself and Andreas found our third row seats and cracked open the jelly babies. The audience slowly filed in and found their seats to the sounds of the sixties - Helen Shapiro, Cilla Black, Sandie Shaw, and the boy wonder that is Cliff Richard. After about fifteen minutes the lights were lowered and over the speakers came the sounds of The Beatles talking about how long they thought they'd be \"in the business\". Then the famous introductions were made - \"I'm Ringo and I play the drums\" etc, followed by fanatical screaming. The curtain was raised and The Cavern Beatles, in traditional Beatle suits, launched into Twist and Shout. The show continued at a steady pace, paying close attention to detail. A lot of the Beatles' early LP's were covered, in particular Please Please Me, With The Beatles and Beatles For Sale.\nEddie McClaine (John) is amazing, both physically and vocally. He has managed to adopt many of the mannerisms and facial expressions Beatles fans have come to love about Lennon.\nBy about the fourth song, people were getting the dancing bug, and the area in front of the stage was occupied by some of the more energetic members of the audience. However, the staff informed them that they had to stay seated! Obviously not fans of The Beatles - it is physically impossible to stay seated when Long Tall Sally is being performed live in front of you! And so The Dancing Four were escorted back to their seats.\nI got to take about 3 pictures during the first half, but this was obviously Mistake #2, as I was 'politely' informed that photography was prohibited. So, no dancing, no photo's...anything else??\nThe close of the first half drew ever nearer, and Derek (Paul) performed an exceptional rendition of Long Tall Sally. The similarity between him and Paul McCartney is unbelievable. By the end of the song it was manic - Roy Hitchen's new take on Ringo's drumming was a lot louder and faster than the original, and this was one of the best performances of the set.\nA few B-sides were covered, the best one of these being This Boy. The three-part harmony was faultless. Often such vocally complex songs as this (Nowhere Man, Because, Yes It Is etc) don't translate onto the stage very well, but this was amazing. \"John's\" guitar was unintentionally a bit louder than the others, yet it gave the song a little extra something.\nThe song finished, and everyone but 'John' left the stage. He told us that whilst they'd been in America, he'd met a songwriter name Bob Dylan who inspired him to write the next song - You've Got To Hide Your Love Away. He did a 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3 count in then did a beautiful rendition of one of my favourite Lennon compositions. Instead of the flute ending, he whistled, and it set me off crying! He got such a big cheer at the end. He then left the stage to \"age about four years\" and the interval was upon us.\nPart two started with a sound clip of John talking about Ted Heath not understanding their accents. The curtain raised and The Cavern Beatles were sporting the black roll-neck sweaters reminiscent of the With The Beatles cover. Many tracks from A Hard Days Night, Rubber Soul, and Help! were performed (one of which was an amazing rendition of I Need You), as well as a selection of singles. By the time the intro to Day Tripper blasted out, many of us were up and dancing in the aisles and in front of the stage, and this time we were allowed! Beatle fans shall always succeed!!\nThen, a slower number was performed (I forget which one) that we couldn't really dance to, so we went back to our seats. Everyone but 'George' left the stage, and we had a mini Concert For Bangladesh, when he performed a solo acoustic Here Comes The Sun. It was the best performance of the whole evening. His guitar playing and George mimicry was faultless. The best thing about the performance was hearing every foot in the room tapping on the hollow floor. Rick got a huge applause at the end, and deservedly so.\nNext came the rooftop era, and this was definitely the best part of the show. A lot of Let It Be was performed, which re-created the live natural sound of the original. One After 909 was amazing. Eddie forgot most of the words to Dig A Pony (Does anyone actually know the correct lyrics anyway??) but it was very good nonetheless.\nThe end of the show was absolutely mind blowing, with two of my favourite songs, Get Back and Revolution, being performed. I am in love with the sound of the guitar on the intro of Revolution, and to hear it live was fantastic. Get Back ended half way through, and Eddie said, \"On behalf of the band and myself, I'd like to say thank you and I hope we passed the audition\". Everyone was cheering as they left the stage, and eventually they came back and did an encore with Back In The USSR, Sgt Peppers (reprise) and The End. At the end of...The End, all the boys played their guitars near to the amps, and this created the most amazing sound. It was so loud and it reverberated through the room.\nAfterwards, we hung about and waited for autographs. Eventually Rick came out and invited us in! We stood and talked about the gig, George Harrison, the set, and Beatle Week. He then took us onto the stage and I held the guitars! I've now fulfilled my dream of holding a Rickenbacker 325 (John's one). 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As an egalitarian community we believe that each of us can be a vehicle for the Light and that we all are holy teachers and holy students in different ways and at different times. By embracing our Jewish heritage and revitalizing prayer, rituals and teachings, we have endeavored to provide a spiritually alive Jewish home for souls to evolve and be nurtured. We welcome all to join us in celebration and learning.\nThe Aquarian Minyan got its start in 1974 when Rabbi Zalman Schachter- Shalomi hosted a month-long Kabbalah workshop. People were excited by his experiential style and inclusion of mystical and cross-cultural ideas. A small group decided to organize a community that would continue to celebrate Shabbat in this fashion. Over the years, the Aquarian Minyan has grown from a loose-knit group, to a havurah, to a non-profit organization, to a spiritual community. This year, we are joyously celebrating our 36th Anniversary and reformulating our vision for the future.\nThe Minyan is a multi-layered community. While some participants are content to attend the High Holidays and a few events during the year, others join together in a more intimate community in which we experience the joy and challenge of close relationships, care for one another in times of grief or illness, and enjoy the deep experience of creating worship and study together. At times in our history we have had a rabbi, and at other times we have been lay-led. In 2006, the community connected powerfully with a visiting rabbi, Diane Elliot, who was with us for the High Holy Days. Reb Diane is now our Teaching Rabbi, and we are enriched by her deep, direct spirituality, her dance and movement, her focus on the feminine in Jewish worship, her creative scholarship, and her deeply spiritual services.\nOur rich calendar of worship and study events is generated by the evolving interests of community members and is led by diverse groups of member\u2013leaders, the Teaching Rabbi, and guest leaders and scholars. Currently, in addition to services,we offer spiritual practice classes with Rabbi Diane, a variety of other brief classes, and a monthly Author Night featuring the creativity of our members and friends. Minor holidays, such as Simchat Torah and Purim, are often joyfully celebrated with a consortium of local Renewal communities.\nBecause of our focus on the immediacy and joy of worship, we feel very akin to the historic movement of Hasidism, which in the eighteenth century sought to create a joyful mode of personal and communal worship. As a contemporary egalitarian community, we incorporate and transform the values of Hasidism and call ourselves neo-Hasidic. Often we study the mystical and spiritual practices of the Hasidic masters.\nIn the years since our founding, a vibrant Jewish Renewal movement has grown up around our original teacher, Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. The movement focuses on re-infusing Judaism with spirituality and integrating the best of progressive thought. Today, Jewish Renewal has a national organization, ALEPH, a publication, an association of Renewal rabbis, a rabbinical training program, and a bi-annual gathering, the Kallah.\nThe Minyan currently holds Kabbalat Shabbat services, Shabbat morning services, and Seudat Shlisheet (Third Meal Saturday afternoon) study gatherings in private homes several times a month. High Holiday services take place in rented quarters to accommodate the large numbers of attendees. Our innovative participatory services are known for their spiritual depth, heartfelt intensity, and joy.The services are meaningful for Jews who have earlier turned to other spiritual traditions to find the path to their soul. Our services often incorporate music and dancing and are led by members and friends of the Minyan. Many of the leaders have liturgical or rabbinical training, or are poets, singers, dancers, or simply individuals with something to share. Over the years, the Minyan has been a fertile incubator for Jewish spiritual leaders in the Renewal movement. We are proud of our alumni, who serve as rabbis, cantors and lay leaders of congregations throughout the world. Our community continues to offer rich opportunities for individuals to develop their spirituality and their leadership abilities.\nOur Shabbat and High Holiday prayerbooks combine traditional prayers with contemporary interpretations by Minyan members and other Renewal liturgists. Most prayers are presented with Hebrew transliteration and gender inclusive Hebrew and English options.\nThe Aquarian Minyan is governed by an elected Council. Although the Minyan has no permanent building for its worship, we do have an administrative office and a hotline which can be called to find out about upcoming events. A weekly e-mail update of events is also available to all, and an online newsletter is published periodically.\nOur website, www.aquarianminyan.org, carries much information about us and our activities, and provides an opportunity to sign up for weekly updates, events, and membership. There are many opportunities for interested participants to volunteer in this member-led enterprise. Members can serve on committees that plan and manage programs, welcome new members to the community, edit and produce the newsletter, raise funds, and care for the ill and the bereaved. Members interested in service leadership can join the committee on spiritual leadership, which plans and presents services and deals with other spiritual issues.\nThe Aquarian Minyan welcomes all interested individuals and families to join the community and is open to all levels of observance and participation. Since we are an egalitarian community, All events that we sponsor or that we list in our publications are egalitarian.\nPlease contact the Aquarian Minyan at (510) 981-2130 or peruse our website for more information and upcoming event listings. If you would like to talk with us, please contact Abigail Grafton 510-914-4247 for more information. She will be delighted to have a member invite you to join her/him at one of our events.\n\"A PLACE WHERE SOULS FLOWER\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 44, "original_length": 6750, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 321.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://archersmarketing.co.uk/mawdsleys.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:30Z", "digest": "sha1:DYTTYSIA2B6W2CWL653LUDCVNPKYLFKK", "length": 206, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "archersmarketing.co.uk", "title": "Mawdsleys | PR and Marketing | Macclesfield, Cheshire | Archers Marketing", "raw_content": "Working closely with both hospital and retail pharmacy has seen this company not only succeed, but continue to expand in the UK and Europe despite the much publicised, difficult few years for this industry.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 12, "original_length": 624, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 326.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://archive.eurweb.com/2010/08/wyclef-responds-directly-to-sean-penns-criticism/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:53Z", "digest": "sha1:RFU627UX2TBLGPYARZAC6SIRSRG3XVLX", "length": 2545, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "archive.eurweb.com", "title": "Wyclef Responds Directly to Sean Penn's Criticism | EURweb", "raw_content": "Wyclef Responds Directly to Sean Penn\u2019s Criticism\nHaitian EarthquakeTop News1 Comment0 views\n*Rapper-turned-presidential candidate Wyclef Jean has fired back at Sean Penn after the actor criticized his decision to run as president of Haiti, insisting he has \u201csweat blood\u201d for his native country.\nThe former Fugees star launched his official bid for office on Thursday, vowing to help turn around Haiti\u2019s fortunes following the devastating earthquake which struck the nation in January.\nPenn recently moved to Haiti so that he can live closer to his ongoing relief work in the region. But he was not impressed with the news of Jean\u2019s political campaign, claiming the rapper has been absent in Haiti since the quake and raising concerns about allegations the star misused money donated to his Yele Haiti charity.\nHe told CNN, \u201cHe has been virtually silent for those of us in Haiti; he has been a non-presence. His voice has really been most loudly that which allegedly (sic) has taken over $400,000 designated for Haitian relief for himself and claims he didn\u2019t do it. That has to be looked into.\u201d\nSpeaking on \u201cThe Gayle King Show\u201d on Friday, Jean refuted Penn\u2019s claims, saying he has \u201csweat blood\u201d for Haiti and played a vital part in keeping the peace in Haiti after the country\u2019s former president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, fled.\n\u201cWhat I want Sean Penn to know is, if I was not in Haiti after Jean-Bertrand Aristide left, if I did not create (my charity) Yele Haiti to start stopping the violence, even him coming to Haiti would not have been possible today,\u201d said Jean.\nThe artist also responded to accusations he was out of touch with local issues having moved to the U.S. when he was nine, insisting he is an ideal candidate for president because \u201cthe psychology of the Haitian people is something that I understand (sic) ever since birth.\u201d\nHe added, \u201cI would like to tell Sean Penn I do not act on emotions when it comes to the Haitian people. Sean Penn must understand that besides what he sees in Haiti, there are four million diasporas living outside of Haiti that is actually the commerce\u2026 that\u2019s bringing $2 billion per year (for the country). And guess what, I am part of that community also.\u201d\nhaitihaitian earthquakejean-bertrand aristidepresidential bidsean pennthe gayle king showwyclef jeanYele Haiti\nPrevious ArticleKanye West to Perform at the VMAs?\nNext Article2010-2011 NBA Schedule Released \u2014 Check Your Team's Biggest Games Here\nAugust 10, 2010 xavixavi Reply\nblah, blah. People see him as a figure head.. He has NO experience", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 199, "original_length": 6091, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 321.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://archives.nypl.org/controlaccess/7227?term=African%20American%20journalists", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:18Z", "digest": "sha1:WECFYW3NSB3GZFV26UCQ33APVEXGL7RM", "length": 14506, "nlines": 64, "source_domain": "archives.nypl.org", "title": "archives.nypl.org -- Search results", "raw_content": "Found 16 collections related to African American journalists\nClark, Conrad, 1909-1984\nConrad Clark papers, 1950-1964\nJournalist. Personal and professional correspondence and printed matter relating to Clark's employment by the United States Information Agency as an information specialist, and his employment as a journalist with the AMSTERDAM NEWS and the... more\nJournalist. Personal and professional correspondence and printed matter relating to Clark's employment by the United States Information Agency as an information specialist, and his employment as a journalist with the AMSTERDAM NEWS and the Philadelphia TRIBUNE. Clark's correspondents include Langston Hughes and Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. less\nBowser, Aubrey Howard, 1886-1979\nAubrey Howard Bowser papers, 1885-1943\nThe Aubrey Howard Bowser Papers consist primarily of writings, academic and school related papers, and letters. Bower's writings include a manuscript entitled \"Black Pilgrim: A Novel of Harlem's Early Life,\" a short story \"Maryelle Rose,\" poetry,... more\nThe Aubrey Howard Bowser Papers consist primarily of writings, academic and school related papers, and letters. Bower's writings include a manuscript entitled \"Black Pilgrim: A Novel of Harlem's Early Life,\" a short story \"Maryelle Rose,\" poetry, book reviews and critiques. There are also two full runs of the \"Rainbow,\" a weekly literary magazine he edited, 1919-1920. less\nCarruthers, Ben F.\nBenjamin F. Carruthers papers, 1941-1985\nPersonal and professional papers consisting of biographical material, correspondence, writings, printed matter, and a subject file, primarily reflecting his career as a travel editor for several magazines. Also, his Ph.D. dissertation on the life... more\nPersonal and professional papers consisting of biographical material, correspondence, writings, printed matter, and a subject file, primarily reflecting his career as a travel editor for several magazines. Also, his Ph.D. dissertation on the life and works of 19th century Cuban poet Gabriel de la Concepcion Valdes (pseudonym Pl\u00e1cido), and his translation into English, with Langston Hughes, of CUBA LIBRE by the Cuban poet Nicolas Guillen. Some material pertains to his teaching career at Howard University and the Society of Americn Writers. less\nMajor, Gerri, 1894-1984\nGerri Major papers, 1927-1985\n1 linear foot (2 archival boxes, 2 vols.)\nGeraldyn \"Gerri\" Hodges Major, journalist and writer, was raised and educated in Chicago. Known then as Geraldyn Dismond, she pursued a professional career as a writer, journalist and editor for several African-American newspapers including the... more\nGeraldyn \"Gerri\" Hodges Major, journalist and writer, was raised and educated in Chicago. Known then as Geraldyn Dismond, she pursued a professional career as a writer, journalist and editor for several African-American newspapers including the \"New York Amsterdam News.\" Black society was Major's primary journalistic interest, and she wrote about society fashion, food and style, frequently traveling around the globe as she covered social events. From 1934-1946 Major worked for the New York City Health Department's Bureau of Public Health Information and Education as an administrative assistant. In 1953, then known as Gerri Major, she began a 25 year career at the New York office of the Johnson Publishing Company where she served as society editor and associate editor for \"Ebony\" Magazine, and later, \"Jet\" Magazine. She became senior staff editor for \"Ebony\" in 1967 and briefly was a European correspondent. She wrote and lectured on aspects of black society, and co-authored a book, \"Black Society,\" published in 1976. Major died in New York City in 1984. The Gerri Major Papers reflect some aspects of the career of this journalist and writer. Much of the collection consists of biographical information in the form of news clippings about her worldwide travels, her achievements, and other activities. Major's writings include her columns for the \"New York Amsterdam News,\" 1939-1944, a couple of issues of \"Jet\" Magazine, reports and articles written during her employment with the New York City Health Department, Bureau of Public Health Information and Education, and early submissions to \"Opportunity\" and other journals. The balance of the collection consists of materials relating to her 80th and 85th birthday celebrations, in 1974 and 1979, respectively. Her 80th birthday is acknowledged with news clippings, and for her 85th, celebrating sixty years in the writing field, there are news clippings describing the festivities, and two scrapbooks containing numerous letters, telegrams, and greeting cards. less\nDial, Lewis\nLewis Dial scrapbook, bulk 1932-1947\nl vol\nSports reporter for the PITTSBURGH COURIER. Scrapbook containing news clippings of his columns and articles, and some printed matter.\nBrown, Earl, 1903-1980\nEarl Brown papers, 1934-1976\nEarl Brown was an African-American journalist and Harlem politician. The Earl Brown papers date from 1934 to the 1970s and document aspects of Earl Brown's journalistic and political careers, and include correspondence (1934-1960), drafts of his... more\nEarl Brown was an African-American journalist and Harlem politician. The Earl Brown papers date from 1934 to the 1970s and document aspects of Earl Brown's journalistic and political careers, and include correspondence (1934-1960), drafts of his memoirs and other personal observational essays, copies of legislation he sponsored (1950-1952), certificates, invitations, financial records, a commencement address (1952), copies of his published articles, and a scrapbook of news clippings (1949-1961). less\nTerry, Wallace, 1938-2003\nWallace Terry papers, 1938-2010 [bulk 1960-2000]\n41.2 linear feet (109 boxes); 16.31 mb (3 computer files)\nWallace Terry, Jr. (1938-2003) was an African-American journalist, author, documentarian, oral historian, and educator best known for his reporting on the experiences of black soldiers in the Vietnam War. The Wallace Terry papers consists of files... more\nWallace Terry, Jr. (1938-2003) was an African-American journalist, author, documentarian, oral historian, and educator best known for his reporting on the experiences of black soldiers in the Vietnam War. The Wallace Terry papers consists of files chronicling his career as a journalist and published author; his work as a visiting professor of journalism; his education; and his posthumous acclaim. less\nBruce, John Edward\nJohn Edward Bruce papers, 1872-1927\nSchomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division | Sc Micro R-905\n3 linear feet; 4 microfilm reels\nPapers include letters written to Bruce from black politicians, journalists, intellectuals, and activists including John Wesley Cromwell, Alexander Crummell, Richard T. Greener, T. Thomas Fortune, and Arthur A. Schomburg, as well as manuscript and... more\nPapers include letters written to Bruce from black politicians, journalists, intellectuals, and activists including John Wesley Cromwell, Alexander Crummell, Richard T. Greener, T. Thomas Fortune, and Arthur A. Schomburg, as well as manuscript and printed copies of Bruce's articles, editorials, short stories, poems, addresses, and other writings concerning national and local politics, race relations, historical black figures, Haiti, Prince Hall Masons, the Ku Klux Klan, and the Universal Negro Improvement Association, among other topics. less\nMorrison, Allan, 1916-1968\nAllan Malcolm Morrison papers, 1940-1968\nCorrespondence, writings, speeches, research files on notable persons and organizations, personal papers and speeches, news clippings, and printed material (chiefly political) relating to Morrison's career and interests. Includes material from his... more\nCorrespondence, writings, speeches, research files on notable persons and organizations, personal papers and speeches, news clippings, and printed material (chiefly political) relating to Morrison's career and interests. Includes material from his experiences as the first black correspondent for STARS AND STRIPES during World War II, and with the NEGRO WORLD DIGEST, THE PEOPLE'S VOICE, EBONY, DOWNBEAT, the Johnson Publishing Company, Symphony of the New World, and HARYOU-ACT, a Harlem youth program. Also includes writings and speeches of other authors. less\nDavis, John P. (John Preston), 1905-1973\nJohn Preston Davis papers, 1845-1972 [bulk 1891-1972]\nWritings and research files, along with personal papers, and corrrespondence documenting Davis' multifaceted career, 1923-1972. Includes material on the AMERICAN NEGRO REFERENCE BOOK, 1966, edited by Davis; papers relating to Frederick Douglass,... more\nWritings and research files, along with personal papers, and corrrespondence documenting Davis' multifaceted career, 1923-1972. Includes material on the AMERICAN NEGRO REFERENCE BOOK, 1966, edited by Davis; papers relating to Frederick Douglass, including letters to Douglass from his sons, Lewis and Frederick; historical novel about a frontier family in Louisville, Kentucky; compilation of biographies of black athletes called \"Jump High;\" short stories and poetry; and manuscript about Liberia entitled \"Bitter Canaan,\" by Charles S. Johnson. Correspondents include Mary M. Bethune, Ralph J. Bunche, and Dwight D. Eisenhower. less\nWalton, Lester A., 1882-1965\nLester Walton papers, 1905-1977\nThe Lester A. Walton Papers document his diversified careers as a journalist, diplomat and civic leader and consist of personal papers, material on his entertainment and journalistic careers, his tenure as the American representative to Liberia,... more\nThe Lester A. Walton Papers document his diversified careers as a journalist, diplomat and civic leader and consist of personal papers, material on his entertainment and journalistic careers, his tenure as the American representative to Liberia, his political activities, general correspondence and printed matter. less\nGordon, Eugene, 1891-1974\nEugene Gordon papers, 1927-1972\nThe collection ranges from 1927 to 1972 and consists of correspondence, manuscripts and printed matter. Gordon's writings, the bulk of the collection, are organized into three categories: Autobiographical, Fiction and Nonfiction. The... more\nThe collection ranges from 1927 to 1972 and consists of correspondence, manuscripts and printed matter. Gordon's writings, the bulk of the collection, are organized into three categories: Autobiographical, Fiction and Nonfiction. The autobiographical narratives range from stories of growing up black in New Orleans and rural Georgia to an enemy encounter during World War I in France. There is also a detailed diary of a writing retreat in the New Hampshire White Mountains in 1933. His fiction work includes a compilation of short stories and a complete draft of his novel \"Picnic in Court House Square.\" The nonfiction work ranges from his 1920s articles on the black press and a series of travel articles written in the Soviet Union in the 1930s, to later articles and essays on integration, the columnist George Schuyler and the civil rights movement. \"Black Women's Long Tough Course: from 'dat gal' Carline to This Woman Angela,\" written in defense of Angela Davis in 1972 was his last major essay. less\nSchuyler family papers, 1915 - 1977\nThe Schuyler family included George Samuel Schuyler (1895-1977), his wife Josephine Schuyler (d. 1969), and their daughter, Philippa Duke Schuyler (1931-1967). George Schuyler was a black conservative journalist, and Philippa was a pianist,... more\nThe Schuyler family included George Samuel Schuyler (1895-1977), his wife Josephine Schuyler (d. 1969), and their daughter, Philippa Duke Schuyler (1931-1967). George Schuyler was a black conservative journalist, and Philippa was a pianist, composer, and journalist. Family correspondence, writings, news clippings, photographs, music programs, serials, and awards. Most material pertains to Philippa's life and her professional career, including her travels in Southeast Asia and the memorial foundation established in her memory by Josephine Schuyler. Philippa's papers include personal correspondence, a complete set of programs for her national and international tours, published and unpublished writings for her books, articles and plays, and manuscript music for her own compositions. George Schuyler's papers consist of typescripts of his writings including \"How to be Happy Though Colored,\" \"The Negro in America,\" \"The Plantation American Negro,\" \"Robert Clifton Weaver,\" and \"Portrait of a Public Servant.\" Also, a smaller amount of material concerns Josephine Schuyler, including her writings under the name Heba Jannath, her diaries, and her work in the memorial foundation established for Philippa. less\nForrester, Anne, 1941-2006\nAnne Forrester collection, 1955-2006\n2 linear feet (1 storage carton, 1 flat box)\nAnne Forrester, activist, political scientist, Africanist, diplomat, and international civil servant, began her career as a pan-African scholar and activist then later turned to diplomacy. She served as the American ambassador to Mali from 1979 to... more\nAnne Forrester, activist, political scientist, Africanist, diplomat, and international civil servant, began her career as a pan-African scholar and activist then later turned to diplomacy. She served as the American ambassador to Mali from 1979 to 1981 during the Carter administration. At that time she was the third black woman ever to be appointed to the position. Forrester joined the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in 1985 and remained with the UN until she retired in 2001. The Anne Forrester Collection contains a range of personal and professional materials from 1959 to 2006, underlining Forrester's life long pursuits as an Africanist. In the collection there are documents on the various international organizations that Forrester was associated with throughout her career, such as the African Communications Institute (ACI), the Global Rights Organization, the African Development Foundation (ADF), the Association of Black American Ambassadors, TransAfrica and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The collection also contains Forrester's academic papers, a screenplay and published articles on Africa and African affairs. less\nTarry, Ellen, 1906-2008\nEllen Tarry papers, 1937-1999 [bulk 1970-1980]\nThe Ellen Tarry Papers consist primarily of Tarry's writings and her involvement in projects pertaining to blacks and Catholicism.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 113, "original_length": 17416, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 205.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://armenianchurch.ge/en/news/34-news/1817-sharl-aznavur", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:58Z", "digest": "sha1:YFJI3F6NMAMPVROUFVYP6FX5VZHEK466", "length": 981, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "armenianchurch.ge", "title": "Condolences on Charles Aznavour's death near the Embassy of France in Georgia", "raw_content": "Condolences on Charles Aznavour's death near the Embassy of France in Georgia\nOn the occasion of the demise of the Great Armenian, citizen of France and Armenia, National Hero of Armenia, who holds highest state Honorary Cesar Award, legendary chansonnier and benefactor beloved by his nation Charles Aznavour, on October 2, 2018, on the initiative of the Youth Department of the Armenian Diocese in Georgia (Director Valeri Badalyan), Armenians of Tbilisi visited the Embassy of France in Georgia and paid tribute to his memory.\nThe group of Armenians in Tbilisi, officials of the Armenian Diocese in Georgia, heads of community organizations, intellectuals, public representatives lit candles with the pain of loss of the nation's great son, laid flowers in front of the late Charles Aznavour's portrait.\nThe Requiem Service was offered for the peace of soul of the deceased with the participation.The memory of Charles Aznavour will always remain bright in the hearts of people.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 1893, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 188.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://art.co.za/galleries/exhibition-page.php?nom=6691", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:32Z", "digest": "sha1:ACGORKKGV5NDULBNJHRUGTYMPSPNI4SW", "length": 131, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "art.co.za", "title": "Nando's Creative Exchange at Association For Visual Arts (ava) Gallery | Art.co.za Art Exhibition Listings", "raw_content": "Nando's Creative Exchange\nAddress: 35 Church Str, Cape Town\nOpening Hours: Monday - Friday: 10:00 - 17:00. Saturday: 10:00 - 13:00.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 22, "original_length": 722, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.73, "perplexity": 113.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://articles.latimes.com/1989-05-19/news/vw-267_1_geoffrey-beene-design-industries-foundation-runway", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:48Z", "digest": "sha1:6A6NRIUGXKM25DKDHI477DXVFMV4M4LH", "length": 3662, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "articles.latimes.com", "title": "New York 'Voguers' - latimes", "raw_content": "New York 'Voguers'\nMay 19, 1989|TIMOTHY HAWKINS\nNEW YORK \u2014 It's \"in vogue.\" But not actually in Vogue, the fashion magazine.\nIt's called \"vogue-ing,\" and it's the latest phenomenon to hit the streets of this city since break-dancing.\nYoung men move down a runway like the world's highest-paid fashion models but in fast-frame movements, striking stylized poses in quick succession combined with an athleticism akin to gymnastics. It's inspired by the attitude of the $4,000-a-day mega-models who are the stars of the designer runways and glossy magazine pages, epitomized by Vogue, probably the world's best-known fashion publication.\nThe voguers are kids who come from the streets who've found a way to express themselves through their own take on the glamorous aspects of the fashion world. They had their biggest moment to date recently at an AIDS benefit, called the Love Ball, held at the legendary Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan, and given by the Design Industries Foundation for AIDS (DIFFA).\nThe event raised about $400,000 and attracted a host of top designers--Geoffrey Beene, Donna Karan, Carolina Herrera, Michael Kors, Mary Ann Restivo and Thierry Mugler (in town from Paris). There were artists too, among them Keith Haring, Francesco Clemente, Ross Bleckner (who created trophies for the vogue-ing competition) and other celebrities, such as Talking Head's lead singer David Byrne, writer Fran Lebowitz, music magus Malcolm McLaren and supermodels Iman and Lauren Hutton.\nAptly enough, Vogue editor Anna Wintour showed up to see just what her publication has inspired. Susanne Bartsch, current queen of the Manhattan club scene, conceived the event and, in a way, brought vogue-ing into pop culture from the streets of Harlem, where it supposedly originated as far back as the 1920s. Trendy as it is in New York right now, it hasn't caught on in Los Angeles.\nPerformances generally don't take place at $500-per-person top-ticket benefits, but they do at balls held frequently throughout the year from Harlem to the East Village. Voguers organize in clubs they call houses (House of Extravaganza, House of Ebony, House of Magnifique). They compete on a runway in what they call \"battles of mannequin pose and attitude, battles of grand gesture and drop-dead style.\"\nThey wear everything from tights you'd see in an exercise class to evening clothes--sequined ensembles, tux outfits or recycled designer originals. They're judged for outfit as well as act. And the best acts are an amazing combination of the classic poses you've seen in Vogue, Harper's Bazaar or Elle, paired with convoluted movements worthy of a contortionist, as the performers propel themselves down the runway like fashion locomotives.\n\"It's astonishing to me, the enormous amount of energy and endeavor and the stylized look of it,\" designer Geoffrey Beene said. \"They've jumped off the skateboard ever so elegantly and refined that act. In a way, they've brought Uptown and Downtown together. There should be more of that.\"\nDonna Karan was also inspired by the sendup of conventions of chic.\n\"My DKNY line is street-inspired, and these guys made me realize I have to go out more. I can find out what the next great motorcycle jacket will look like from them.\"\n\"They could teach some of these models how to walk,\" designer Michael Kors observed. \"They have more presence than some of the girls who are getting $500 per hour.\n\"These kids didn't grow up wearing expensive clothes, but they have a sense of what it means--lots of flair. Obviously it's coming from inside of them. That's neat.\"\nMetropolitan Museum of Art to name costume institute for...\nIt's Anna Wintour's world", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 40, "original_length": 4373, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 303.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://articles.netsparsh.com/showarticle.php?article=43055", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:16:47Z", "digest": "sha1:WNDEOKFCYZUZVQLIXYLDMC5JJKWSJXPA", "length": 3658, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "articles.netsparsh.com", "title": "Emotional Involvement > NetSparsh - Viral Content you Love & Share", "raw_content": "I'll bet with almost anyone that has stocks or mutual funds in his portfolio that he has losers, but he won't sell them because he \"likes them\" or some similar excuse. This is the philosophy of a loser.\nYou cannot become emotionally involved with anything you have bought whether it is stocks, mutual funds, collectibles, real estate, etc. etc. When you see the value of these things heading down it is time to try to salvage some of your money even if you have to take a loss.\nI have seen people hang on to a piece of land (or a stock) for years just so they could get out \"even\". Believe me \"even\" is not even. Suppose you paid $20,000 for the land and it took you 8 years to find someone willing to buy it for $20,000. If you could have sold it for $15,000 and put the money in a money market account at 6% for 8 years you would now have more than the original $20,000 ($20,495). When you invest money in anything you cannot afford to have emotional ties to it. You must be willing to sell when the time comes. Most people don't want to sell for two reasons. They won't take a loss; however, the main reason is psychological - they don't want to admit they were wrong. When I was a broker I would watch people trade. Almost none of them were trading to make money although that was what they said. They were trading to find out how much pain they could stand from losing. They were trading for emotional reasons.\nThe difference between professional traders and a non-professional investor is the ability to divorce themselves from the emotions of the trade. Win, lose or draw the pro knows the risk and is willing to take that loss quickly if it should occur.\nEmotional involvement in investing is one of the best ways I know of to lose money. You must be able to look dispassionately at your stocks, bonds and mutual funds and be able to sell them when they turn negative. Negative does not mean go to a loss. It may mean they are no longer making a good return every year with your money and it is time to move to some other stock or fund. You might have a stock that has doubled since you bought it, but that was 2 years ago and it has done nothing since then. Time to sell. Look at your annual ROI (return on investment) of each individual issue to determine if your money is doing better than the overall market or whatever your personal criteria might be.\nMany years ago I heard how they caught monkeys. The hunters would drill a hole in a coconut shell just small enough so the monkey could fit his open hand through the hole. It was tied to a tree with a strong cord. Inside there was fruit and sugar. The monkey put his hand in, grasped the goodies, but could not get his closed fist out. He would not even let go when the hunter came to capture him. Unfortunately, there are many investors grasping at losing positions. Isn't time to let go of some of those stocks you have been holding because you \"like\" them?\nLet go of those emotional ties. 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Read More", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 221, "original_length": 31324, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 241.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://artmatters.ca/wp/2018/01/whats-shiny-new/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:43Z", "digest": "sha1:CRTVRIUTAEX7EEXZA523452Z4N6VNDQZ", "length": 2664, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "artmatters.ca", "title": "What\u2019s shiny and new? - AGO Art MattersAGO Art Gallery of Ontario", "raw_content": "Installation view, Irina Moore West Gallery featuring from left to right: Jasper Johns, Two Flags, 1980; Yayoi Kusama, Town, 1999 and Butterfly, 1985. Image by the AGO\nDid you know our collection \u2013 both on display and in our vaults \u2013 has a total of nearly 95,000 works? Our curators are strategically adding to that number by acquiring key pieces, supported by the generosity of donors and collectors who share our mission to bring people together with great art.\nTo keep you up to date with what\u2019s new in the Gallery and as part of our Look:Forward initiative, we\u2019ve created a gallery space dedicated to showing many of our recent acquisitions. Located in Irina Moore Gallery West on Level 2 of the AGO \u2013 head up the scissor stairs and take a right down the hallway \u2013 this exhibit will rotate every few months.\nYayoi Kusama, Butterfly, 1985. Sreenprint on paper, Sheet: 53 x 60.9 cm. Gift of Judy Schulich and David Stein, 2014. \u00a9 Yayoi Kusama.\nRight now you\u2019ll see two key works from Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, Town (1999) and Butterfly (1985). Both works are colourful screen prints and feature Kusama\u2019s signature polka dot motif. Kusama once said, \u201cOur earth is only one polka dot among millions of others\u2026we must forget ourselves with polka dots! We most lose ourselves in the ever-advancing stream of eternity.\u201d In Butterfly, she uses contrasting psychedelic colours to appeal to our sensory imagination \u2013 and you may wonder if the butterfly is flying through space or if it\u2019s caught in a net. We\u2019ll show many more works by Kusama in our upcoming show, Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors, opening on March 3.\nOn a nearby wall, you\u2019ll spot two works by Barbara Astman, Dear Jared (1979-80) and Untitled (1981). Astman is an American-born artist who moved to Toronto to study at the Ontario College of Art (now OCADU) in 1970. Though the works were created only a few years apart, Dear Jared and Untitled highlight a shift in Astman\u2019s practice: a move away from using text in her work and towards a focus on the symbolism of objects in her photographs.\nBarbara Astman, Dear Jared from the series \u201cUntitled, I was Thinking About You\u201d, 1979-1980. Chromogenic print, Overall: 144.8 x 119.4 cm. Gift of Margaret and Jim Fleck, 2017. \u00a9 Barbara Astman. Photography by Craig Boyko.\nAlongside these works, you\u2019ll also see Andy Warhol\u2019s Campbell\u2019s Soup I (1968), Jasper Johns\u2019s Two Flags (1980) and Roy Lichtenstein\u2019s Two Paintings: Dagwood (1984), all of which were acquired in the last year, thanks to a generous donation from Margaret and Jim Fleck.\nKeep coming back to the Irina Moore Gallery West. You never know what will be up next!\nPicture your family at the AGO", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 294, "original_length": 7508, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 319.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://artvend.co.uk/artist/paul-mcquay/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:14:05Z", "digest": "sha1:I7TXOUU7DJRDYMKBY3Y6OP3LBYYLAGSB", "length": 359, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "artvend.co.uk", "title": "PAUL McQUAY", "raw_content": "http://www.mcquap.com\nPaul is an Illustrator and Graphic Designer who grew up in Birmingham. He studied in Bristol and is now based in Liverpool. Paul\u2019s work consist of miniature zines about giants. He really likes the idea of opening a tiny capsule and finding a story about giants inside. He says that he believes it captures that childlike sense of wonder.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 10, "original_length": 445, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 157.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://asbarez.com/tag/effect/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:05Z", "digest": "sha1:J2PGP3COZSDHPUC5NCUZUYEFLYXSQFAQ", "length": 473, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "asbarez.com", "title": "effect | Asbarez.com", "raw_content": "Armenian Railway Under Anti-Trust Investigation\nAdmin - November 5, 2008 - News\nYEREVAN (RFE/RL)\u2013A state regulatory body said on Wednesday that it is looking into the legality of a recent sharp increase in the cost of cargo shipmen\u2019s and other services provided by Armenia\u2019s Russian-managed rail network. The new tariffs took effect on July 1 and immediately prompted complaints from local companies involved in export and import\u2026\nTags: effect, increase, July, RZD, shipmen", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 167, "original_length": 13258, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 270.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://atheistethicist.blogspot.com/2018/05/on-desire-2018-part-05-objects-of.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:53:03Z", "digest": "sha1:PGDZ75DC7NZCJNV6VTJOZ43O5R5RARUC", "length": 2880, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "atheistethicist.blogspot.com", "title": "Atheist Ethicist: On Desire 2018. Part 05: Objects of Evaluation", "raw_content": "I have argued that desires are assignings of value.\nAssignings of value to what?\nOddie considers two options: propositions vs. states of affairs \u2013 thought they are closely related.\nSee: Oddie, Graham (2017). Desire and the Good: in search of the right fit. In Deonna J. & Lauria F. (eds.), The Nature of Desire. Oxford University Press.\nDespite the apparent diversity of types of widely presumed that the objects of desire, like the objects of belief, all hale from some uniform ontological category. And the prevailing view is the objects of desire (and of belief) are propositions, or closely related entities like states of affairs.\nYet, he asserts that the difference between these are not relevant to his thesis, but chooses states as the ultimate object of evaluation.\nI am inclined to go along with this. More specifically, I would argue that a \u201cdesire that P\u201d assigns value to a state of affairs in virtue of \u2018P\u2019 being true. Thus, a person with an aversion to pain (a desire that I not be in pain) attaches a value to any state of affairs in which \u2018P\u2019 (I am not in pain) is true.\nHowever, there is a point that seems a bit confusing that I would like to clarify. Oddie writes, \u201cWhenever a desire seems directed at something non-propositional\u2014like a hokey-pokey ice-cream, Kyoto, or happiness\u2014what makes it true that one wants this or that is that one wants to stand in some appropriate relation to this or that.\u201d\nThis is certainly true for a large and important set of desires. Yet, this seems to be saying that this is true of all apparently non-propositional desires. On that interpretation, the statement would not be true. A person who cares about another person, a species, or an ecosystem often has no interest in her relationship to that object of evaluation. Rather, she desires that the person is well, that the species not go extinct, or that the ecosystem persists in its current state.\nThis is not an objection to Oddie\u2019s thesis. What matters is that there some proposition that serves as the object of the desire. THAT the person is healthy and happy, THAT the species not go extinct, and THAT the ecosystem be preserved in something near its current state are adequate propositions for the propositional account. These go along with desires such as a desire THAT I am eating hokey-pokey ice cream, THAT I am in Kyoto, or THAT I am happy.\nUltimately, I would argue that the desire assigns a value to some proposition being true. That proposition could (and quite often does) describe a relationship between the agent and something else (that I am eating hokey-pokey ice cream). It could simply describe some state of affairs without referring to the agent (that Antarctica be preserved). The desire motivates the agent to make or keep the proposition true.\nWhat else does a good theory of desire? Oddie lists three desiderata. I will turn to those three next.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 212, "original_length": 7872, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 310.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://augustafreepress.com/geoscientist-says-animals-took-first-breaths-after-small-oxygen-hike-in-atmosphere/amp/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:08Z", "digest": "sha1:NI3ZYHNVSISCQD4J37NNYSLHZB427DPI", "length": 2066, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "augustafreepress.com", "title": "Geoscientist says animals took first breaths after small oxygen hike in atmosphere", "raw_content": "Geoscientist says animals took first breaths after small oxygen hike in atmosphere\nIf oxygen was a driver of the early evolution of animals, only a slight bump in oxygen levels facilitated it, according to a multi-institutional research team that includes a Virginia Tech geoscientist.\nThe discovery, published this week in the journal Nature, calls into question the long-held theory that a dramatic change in oxygen levels might have been responsible for the appearance of complicated life-forms such as whales, sharks, and squids evolving from less-complicated life forms such as microorganisms, algae, and sponges.\nThe researchers discovered oxygen levels rose in the water and atmosphere, but at lower levels than was thought necessary to trigger life changes.\n\u201cWe suggest that about 635 million to 542 million years ago, the Earth passed some low, but critical, threshold in oxygenation for animals,\u201d said Benjamin Gill, an assistant professor of geoscience in the College of Science. \u201cThat threshold was in the range of a 10 to 40 percent increase, and was the second time in Earth\u2019s history that oxygen levels significantly rose.\u201d\nThe scientists estimated oxygen levels by analyzing iron found in shale rock, which was once mud on ancient seafloors. The location and amounts of iron in the rock gave important clues about ancient ocean water chemistries over time.\nRock data from across the world were collected by the research team, analyzed, compiled, and statistically modeled.\nMany organisms on Earth, including animals, need oxygen to produce energy and perform other life functions.\n\u201cGoing forward we will need much more precise constraints on the magnitude of oxygenation and the physiological requirements of early animals to continue testing the impact of oxygenation on Cambrian animal life,\u201d said Erik Sperling, an assistant professor of geological and environmental sciences at Stanford University, and first author on the paper.\nTags: Augusta Free Press, benjamin gill, blacksburg va, evolution, geoscience, news, oxygen, RESEARCH, Virginia Tech", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 17, "original_length": 2273, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 332.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://augustafreepress.com/make-guests-come-often-restaurant/amp/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:04:57Z", "digest": "sha1:JY3H2ODCFF2FGS2VQEYGTMONTAPFCIIC", "length": 2754, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "augustafreepress.com", "title": "How to make your guests come more often to your restaurant?", "raw_content": "How to make your guests come more often to your restaurant?\nRestaurant marketing approaches have changed drastically over the years. What worked ten years ago, or even two years ago, doesn\u2019t usually work anymore. It can be a struggle to find new customers for your restaurant with a help of social media, new technologies and more competition than ever before. However, since the mobile devices and the Internet have spread out there has appeared one more tool that can be used to increase the number of visits per client dramatically.\nIt is known that since the 2016 the number of the time users spend in the most favorite apps exceeds 77% of the overall time they spend using the Internet. This is the reason to pay attention to one option that may help your restaurant business \u2013 get to the development of your restaurant app. No, it is not necessary to spend thousands of dollars on development or to learn programming to maintain and update the app. All you need to do is to sign up to the restauranthill.com/mobile-apps/ service which a sophisticated mobile app builder for restaurants. Once you develop an app that will be installed on your potential visitor\u2019s device you are going to get an easy way to inform and attract one.\nHow to Develop a Mobile App for Your Restaurant?\nMobile app development can be really easy if you use a specialized constructor with advanced drag-and-drop editor. All you need to develop a proper app is to think out proper navigation system and have a good taste. However, it is better to describe the process step-by-step:\nsign in to the service\nenter the graphical editor interface\nchoose the template that most fits the design you like\nmodify the template as you like\ndo not forget to create specialized sections for menu, news and calendar\nActually the content of your mobile app will fully depend on your business model. For example, if your main catch is in the events you should more rely on sending out push-notifications when the events are taking place and if it is more about the cuisine, then you need to send push-notifications when your chef adds new dishes to the menu or you can also create a blog dedicated to high cuisine.\nAnyway, your best way to communicate with people is to customize push-notifications and make sure those are notable and valuable for people those are addressed to. If not you are going to have many de-installations \u2013 the common thing for the apps that send out the content users treat as the spammy one.\nYou also need to make sure the app is not taking too much memory space, as when it comes to the mobile devices, people are usually suffering shortage of memory space, and your app may not possess high priority for your guest and it can be just deleted in case of emergency.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 21, "original_length": 2951, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 333.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://austinacfe.com/event-2802849", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:42Z", "digest": "sha1:VXZCQCYHUP4HQGPV2V4SOWPOXHKZPMSL", "length": 253, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "austinacfe.com", "title": "Austin Chapter of the ACFE - Houston Chapter of the ACFE Presents - ANALYTIC INTERVIEWING\u00ae DETECTING DECEPTION IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE", "raw_content": "Houston Chapter of the ACFE Presents - ANALYTIC INTERVIEWING\u00ae DETECTING DECEPTION IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE\nFor more information and registration, please visit the Houston Chapter of the ACFE's web site at: https://houstonacfe.wildapricot.org/event-2753114", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 38, "original_length": 903, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.64, "perplexity": 336.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://australiancompetitionlaw.org/legislation/provisions/2010cca101A.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:25:08Z", "digest": "sha1:VV4RGJLVFY2QSTNQIQDJFL2IAEUFU6RE", "length": 623, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "australiancompetitionlaw.org", "title": "Australian Competition Law | CCA 2010 | s 101A", "raw_content": "Home Page / Legislation / Competition and Consumer Act 2010 / s101A\nApplication for review of notices under Division 2 of Part VII\nA person dissatisfied with the giving of a notice by the Commission under subsection 93(3), (3A) or (3B), 93AAA(1), 93AC(1), (2) or (2A), 93ACA(1), 93AD(5) or 93AG(7) may, as prescribed and within the time allowed by or under the regulations, apply to the Tribunal for a review of the giving of the notice and, if the person was the person to whom the notice was given or the Tribunal is satisfied that the person has a sufficient interest, the Tribunal shall review the giving of the notice.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 22, "original_length": 1463, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 206.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://australiandonorconceptionforum.org/index.php?board=1.40", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:23Z", "digest": "sha1:ERITKEV6FQO3J62NFVR3ODAO47YLRGQS", "length": 1415, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "australiandonorconceptionforum.org", "title": "Introduction Board", "raw_content": "Donor Offspring from NZ \u00ab 1 2 \u00bb Jet 15 12163 May 05, 2010, 12:19:20 AM\nAnyone else a donor offspring from Perth by Dr. Cohen? Mark2036 4 5733 April 13, 2010, 12:27:28 PM\nDonor number M30. Monash ITA, melbourne ashleighh22 1 2879 February 15, 2010, 09:15:44 PM\nhi - looking for my father's offspring davidinsyd 1 3079 January 02, 2010, 04:40:10 AM\n2nd introduction Kimmy 3 3509 November 30, 2009, 12:36:51 PM\nLOOKING FOR A DONOR OFFSPRING FROM PERTH KRAVT 2 3470 June 30, 2009, 12:51:20 AM\nHi everyone! manda 2 3104 April 14, 2009, 02:30:06 AM\nHi everyone dani1 5 4442 December 03, 2008, 09:25:33 PM\nCinnamon Scrolls..Hi. Fennel 10 8009 July 23, 2008, 10:51:02 PM\nNew Member magusman 4 4503 July 23, 2008, 10:46:16 PM\nI am a donor offspring and my story has a happy ending... \u00ab 1 2 \u00bb alicia 18 15118 May 07, 2008, 10:23:08 AM\ntrying to contact Adam meg 1 3006 May 01, 2008, 03:39:17 AM\nHi! Rel 1 3004 January 18, 2008, 02:51:39 AM\nHi from another newbie Jules 6 5092 January 14, 2008, 07:16:13 AM\nConsidering Donated Eggs vic 3 3513 November 07, 2007, 01:22:26 PM\nhey every1, newbie from wa here melissa_186 8 6319 October 10, 2007, 11:36:32 PM\nNew kid on the block SuziQ 14 10848 October 09, 2007, 11:01:46 AM\nIntro charl 4 4245 October 01, 2007, 10:54:38 PM\nIntro blueyes 11 9122 September 18, 2007, 04:47:10 AM\nSearch for QFG Donor 143 and other siblings tkpalmeri 3 8696 August 10, 2007, 11:52:32 AM\nby tkpalmeri", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 2887, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.78, "perplexity": 315.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://azleejewelry.com/rings/glow-diamond-band-1", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:31Z", "digest": "sha1:BPT4L4BZMM3JYUU7WZXEMXIIQ5JNUYRX", "length": 43, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "azleejewelry.com", "title": "Glow Diamond Band \u2014 AZLEE JEWELRY Edgy, fine fashion jewelry made in California from AZLEE jewelry", "raw_content": "18K White Gold, White Princess Cut Diamonds", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 1157, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.59, "perplexity": 288.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://b2bmarketingdirections.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-most-compelling-reason-to-use.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:15:32Z", "digest": "sha1:64WUT3TX6DAMH66EU7XBNSBAXNFX3SKA", "length": 4107, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "b2bmarketingdirections.blogspot.com", "title": "B2B Marketing Directions: The Most Compelling Reason to Use Account-Based Marketing", "raw_content": "The Most Compelling Reason to Use Account-Based Marketing\nBy now, just about everyone involved in B2B marketing is aware of the hype surrounding account-based marketing (ABM). Many thought leaders argue that ABM is the \"next big thing\" in B2B marketing, and recent research confirms that the enthusiasm for account-based marketing is strong and growing.\nIn the 2015 State of Account Based Marketing Survey by SiriusDecisions, 92% of respondents said that ABM is \"extremely\" or \"very\" important to their overall marketing efforts.\nIn Demand Metric's 2015 Account-Based Marketing Adoption study, 71% of survey respondents said they are interested in adopting ABM, are testing it, or are already using it.\nAccording to users, account-based marketing provides several important benefits. In the Demand Metric study, the four top benefits identified by ABM users were:\nIncreased engagement with target accounts (83% of users)\nBetter sales/marketing alignment (69%)\nBetter qualified prospects (66%)\nGreater understanding of program performance (59%)\nThese benefits are important, but at a more basic level, the most significant potential benefit of ABM is a more productive B2B demand generation system. As Demand Metric wrote, \"It [ABM] allows marketing and sales to target the accounts they value most, including prospects, current customers and partners. This precise approach to targeting helps bring the right accounts to the table, making the marketing and sales process more efficient.\" (Emphasis in original)\nThere's no doubt that demand generation productivity needs improvement. Several research studies have found that the demand generation system in many B2B companies is horribly inefficient. Specifically, these studies have shown that the overall lead-to-revenue (LTR) conversion rate in the average B2B company is extremely low. And even top-performing B2B companies don't have LTR conversion rates that are all that impressive. The following table shows the results of these research studies.\nA well-designed and well-executed ABM program should improve demand generation productivity by significantly increasing a company's LTR conversion rate. In the Demand Metric research, 43% of experienced ABM users said that account-based marketing had a positive impact on all stages of the demand generation funnel.\nTo illustrate how ABM can impact the LTR conversion rate, take a look at the following table. This table shows the lead stage conversion rates published by SiriusDecisions for average and best-in-class B2B companies. Notice that the lowest rate in both cases is for the conversion from inquiry to marketing qualified lead (MQL).\nWhen a company implements account-based marketing, it targets most of its marketing programs at relevant individuals who are affiliated with specified accounts. Therefore, virtually all of the responses or \"inquiries\" produced by those programs will, by definition, be marketing qualified leads. As a result, the inquiry to MQL conversion rate will be extremely high.\nIf an average B2B company increases its inquiry to MQL conversion rate to 80%, its overall LTR conversion rate will increase from 0.29% to 5.3%, even if all of the other intermediate conversion rates remain unchanged. Under the same circumstances, a best-in-class company would improve its LTR conversion rate from 1.42% to 10.2%. These increases represent an 18X improvement in demand generation productivity for an average B2B company and a 7X improvement for a best-in-class company.\nFor the past several years, thought leaders have argued that B2B marketers should focus more on lead quality and less on lead quantity. This change in focus is a natural consequence of using account-based marketing, and the resulting productivity improvements are impressive.\nTop illustration courtesy of Richard Matthews via Flickr CC.\nLabels: Account-Based Marketing, B2B Marketing, Lead Generation, Marketing and Sales Alignment, Marketing Effectiveness, Marketing Efficiency, Marketing Performance Measurement\nGreat piece. Is there a Linkedin share button?\nakmal niazi khan March 31, 2016 at 1:30 PM", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 232, "original_length": 8884, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 284.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://b2bmarketingdirections.blogspot.com/2016/10/why-marketers-must-beware-of-bad.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:36Z", "digest": "sha1:7ENAYNEWCYLHSPFY7CWH3MJ4QCZCJCPH", "length": 5418, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "b2bmarketingdirections.blogspot.com", "title": "B2B Marketing Directions: Why Marketers Must Beware of Bad \"Research-Based\" Conclusions", "raw_content": "Why Marketers Must Beware of Bad \"Research-Based\" Conclusions\nIf you're a B2B marketer, you probably read survey reports on a fairly regular basis. They have become popular marketing tools for companies that provide marketing-related services and/or technologies. Survey reports can be valuable sources of information about marketing trends, practices, and technologies, but they can also mislead. Perhaps more accurately, survey results and reports can make it easy for us to draw inaccurate, or at least unjustified, conclusions.\nA survey report published this past spring provides a good vehicle for illustrating my point. For reasons that will become obvious, I'll refer to this research as the \"PA survey\" and the \"PA report.\" I'm using this report, not because it is particularly flawed, but because it resembles many of the research reports I review.\nThe PA report was prepared by a well-known research firm, and the primary focus of the PA survey was to show the impact of predictive analytics on the B2B demand generation process. The PA survey was sponsored by one of the leading providers of predictive analytics technology.\nThe PA survey asked participants to rate the effectiveness of their demand generation process as Effective, Neutral, or Ineffective. The PA report then provides data that shows the correlation between the use of predictive analytics and demand generation performance. The following table shows that data:\nThe PA report contains very strong statements regarding the impact of predictive analytics on demand generation performance. For example: \"Overall, less than one-third of study participants report having a B2B demand generation process that meets objectives well. However, when predictive analytics are applied, process performance soars, effectively meeting the objectives set for it over half of the time.\" (Emphasis in original)\nThe PA report doesn't explicitly state that predictive analytics was the sole cause or the primary cause of the improved demand generation performance, but it comes very close. The issue is: Do the results of the PA survey support such a conclusion?\nOne of the fundamental principles of data analysis is that correlation does not imply causation. In other words, data may show that two events or conditions are statistically correlated, but this alone doesn't prove that one of the events or conditions caused the other. Many survey reports devote a great deal of space to describing correlations, but most fail to remind us that correlation doesn't necessarily mean causation.\nThe following chart illustrates why this principle matters. The chart shows that from 2000 through 2009, there was a strong correlation (r = 0.992558) between the divorce rate in Maine and the per capita consumption of margarine in the United States. (Note: To see this and other examples of hilarious correlations, take a look at the Spurious Correlations website by Tyler Vigen.)\nI doubt that any of us would argue that there's a causal relationship between the rate of divorces in Maine and the consumption of margarine, despite the high correlation. These two \"variables\" just don't have a common-sense relationship.\nBut when there is a plausible, common-sense relationship between two events or conditions that are also highly correlated statistically, we humans have a strong tendency to infer that one event or condition caused the other. Unfortunately, this human tendency can lead us to see a cause-and-effect relationship in cases where none actually exists.\nMany marketing-related surveys are narrowly focused, and this can also entice us to draw erroneous conclusions. The results of the PA survey do show that there was a correlation between the use of predictive analytics and the effectiveness of the demand generation process among the survey participants. But what other factors may have contributed to the demand generation effectiveness experienced by this group of survey respondents, and how important were those other factors compared to the use of predictive analytics?\nFor example, the PA report doesn't indicate whether survey participants were asked about the size of their demand generation budget, or the number of demand generation programs they run in a typical year, or the use of personalization in their demand generation efforts. If this data were available, we might well find that all of these factors are also correlated with demand generation performance.\nThere are a couple of important lessons here. First, whenever a survey report states or implies that improved marketing performance of some kind is correlated with the use of a particular marketing practice or technology, you should remind yourself that correlation doesn't indicate causation. And second, it's critical to remember that the performance of any major aspect of marketing is very likely to be caused by several factors, not just those addressed in any one survey report.\nOne final comment. Despite what I have written in this post, I actually believe that predictive analytics can improve B2B demand generation performance. What we don't have yet, however, is reliable and compelling evidence regarding how much improvement predictive analytics will produce, and what other practices or technologies may be needed to produce that improvement.\nTop image courtesy of Paul Mison via Flickr CC.\nLabels: B2B Marketing, Marketing Effectiveness, Predictive Analytics", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 220, "original_length": 9882, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 212.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://badmammy.com/category/travels/abroad/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:34Z", "digest": "sha1:UA22IKUWIOZG2QVVH4UBDX6YPKYFKZ6T", "length": 254, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "badmammy.com", "title": "Abroad Archives - BadMammy.com", "raw_content": "In late September, the three of us jetted off on our first family holiday as a trio. 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A five-day workshop on digital storytelling was held at the American Center in Kolkata from 16 to 20 April, 2018. There were 19 participants from India and five from Bangladesh. The Indian participants were from the states of Assam, Jharkhand, Nagaland and West Bengal. Prior to the workshop, the participants attended two webinars and took part in a virtual interaction with Amy Hill Lenita of Story Center, the facilitator of the workshop. Between the webinars and the workshop, the participants also shared their stories with Amy and communicated with her through email. During the workshop all the 24 participants developed a film each on gender issues which they had come across in their own lives or lives of their acquaintances. Between May and August the participants made necessary changes on the draft videos and uploaded on the WeVideo software. The participants were tutored to edit their videos on WeVideo. They edited their videos over the next few months with our assistance. Subtitles were added to their films with the help of the facilitators. The team also worked with the participants in selecting music. The participants also started working on the scripts of the 8 zonal films (two from each zone) and shared with the facilitators. Story boards were made for the films and shared with the participants. The zonal films were shot during August and September and were uploaded on WeVideo. All the necessary post production work was done by the 3rd week of September. Ending Gender-based Violence \u2013 One Story at a Time film festival was organized on September 28, 2018. The festival was attended by around 450 people.\nThe Best Film was awarded to Sanjukta Sarkar from Kolkata for her film EGGS. The Runner-Up award was shared by Tasnia Khandaker from Bangladesh for My Name, His Identity and Santu Guchait from Kolkata for Ulfa (Vault). 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When I go to the grocery store, I don\u2019t know what most of the things on the shelf are. Or if I have a general guess, such as, \u201cThat\u2019s a sauce,\u201d I still do not always know exactly what kind of sauce. Yet, whenever I go, I\u2019m just grocery shopping. It doesn\u2019t feel strange. There may be crates of fresh squid and other such sea creatures in the meat department, but it\u2019s still just a grocery store.\nAlso, last week David and I opened a bank account. It was a very long process, and my little bit of Japanese was not good enough to make things progress smoothly. We had to struggle between Japanese and English and I quickly learned how to write my address in Japanese, which I hadn\u2019t done yet. But, all in all, it was just like any other trip to the bank: sitting at a desk, filling out form after form, dealing with the tedium, and having someone try to sell us the bank\u2019s credit card.\nThen yesterday, on the way to work, I looked out over the fields that had been empty the week before. During the Golden Week holidays when I didn\u2019t go to work, the farmers were busy. The whole walk to work is now lined with freshly planted rice fields. Suddenly I felt the exoticness of Japan rushing up into me.\nIt isn\u2019t the language or the billboards I can\u2019t read. It isn\u2019t the unidentifiable food in the stores. It isn\u2019t the multitudinous garbage and recycling schedule. It isn\u2019t the children in their school uniforms including matching hats and high\u2013viz yellow backpacks glowing behind them. But when I look at the rice fields with their dainty green stalks rising up out of the water, I immediately feel as if the earth has shifted under my feet. Wait, where am I? Oh, right \u2014 I am far away from home in a foreign country.\nYou\u2019re not in Iowa anymore!\nMy walk to work.\nIt\u2019s the rice fields. Stretching from the road to the foot of the mountains, pools of the unknown, reflecting the clouds, the sky, and my dreams, it reminds me just how far from home I am.\nEgriese says:\nIt seems odd at first but then it feels like you have lived there all your life. It is fun to see the fresh stuff even though easily seen on the coast of the United States, like Seattle. The coolest thing I like about living in a foreign country was the secrets waiting around each corner. Enjoy. I wish I was there.\nI know what you mean. At least you have grocery store. I had two outside markets. 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The performers take songs and rearrange them to deliver a new rendition with just their mouths. They mimic complex instrumentation, hold a perfect pitch and give a beautiful harmony.\nThe nine members are selected through competitive auditions and they are experts at displaying musical ability, creativity and stage experience - resulting in original, skillful, and spirited performances.\nNoteworthy is under the direction of former Vocal Point member Keith Evans.\n\"There's nothing like Noteworthy anywhere else at BYU, or anywhere else, period,\" Evans said. \"The chance to work with such talented, committed women to make such exciting, inspiring music is one I cherish. These days, young women can so easily find female role models who don't inspire and uplift. That is what makes it a privilege to direct an ensemble of women who are honest, loyal and virtuous, as well as bright, talented and fun.\"\nBYU alumna Esther Yoder organized Noteworthy in 2003 and in 2007 they won first place in the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella.\nIn 2014, the group became an official BYU group. Since then Noteworthy has continued to pave their path to success. They have made a strong impression on YouTube with their music videos.\nIn October 2015, their music video \"Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)\" went viral with over 3 million views in two weeks after its release. Noteworthy has also released four albums, with another one currently being recorded.\nThey have collaborated with BYU's male a cappella group, Vocal Point, for their music video \"Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful.\"\nMost recently, they teamed up with violinist Keith Goodrich for their version of the Irish hymn, \"Be Thou My Vision.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 203, "original_length": 5663, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 177.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://bethsellsgreenville.com/buying-a-home-is-still-affordable/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:54Z", "digest": "sha1:V3J22PZRVCRK66XNBSHAYJXVI7D3VZZQ", "length": 430, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "bethsellsgreenville.com", "title": "Buying a Home is Still Affordable | Beth Sells Greenville", "raw_content": "Thursday November 15th, 2018 First Time Home Buyers, For Buyers, Move-Up\nAccording to the National Association of Realtors\u2019 (NAR) September 2018 Housing Affordability Index,wages have increased in every region of the country:\nWant more info? Click here or give me a call at (864)214-6247. https://www.simplifyingthemarket.com/en/2018/11/15/wage-increases-make-home-buying-more-affordable/?a=120919-f333c478cba622e9da6402b04c88c6fa", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 33, "original_length": 2182, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.81, "perplexity": 279.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://beverlyhills-ca.gov/living/beverlyhillstelevision/videos/musicinthemansion/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:00Z", "digest": "sha1:ZII46LPMIQKH3IN2GPSYBIXWZOVDOUKS", "length": 4527, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "beverlyhills-ca.gov", "title": "Music in the Mansion", "raw_content": "Beverly Hills Television Videos Music in the Mansion\nSince 1994, under Artistic Director Laura Schmieder, Music in the Mansion at Greystone Park has presented concerts featuring selected prize-winning international and local artists.\nThese programs feature the finest in solo and chamber music performances and interviews with the artists.\nMusic in the Mansion | Helix Collective\nHelix Collective is a Los Angeles-based ensemble that specializes in multi-media, collaborative performance and recording. Helix has released two critically acclaimed albums and has recorded the scores for over a dozen films. The ensemble is at home in nightclubs and on the concert stage from a residency at Los Angeles's venerable Silverlake Lounge to performances for the West Michigan and Pacific Symphonies. Helix \"has a little something for everyone: those who like their classics straight up, with a contemporary edge to it, or with populist appeal\" (Audiophile Audition Magazine). Called \"dizzyingly virtuosic with exquisite musicianship and world-class range\" by The Free Times and praised for their \"beyond-the-ordinary programming,\" the flexible ensemble has a core instrumentation of flute, oboe, piano and percussion, and expands to a small chamber orchestra. The group is the resident ensemble of the Los Angeles Live Score Film Festival and recently performed at the Women Composers in Media event in Los Angeles. Their 2018 Music in the Mansion concert featured a narrative \"musical\" based on the theme of Los Angeles. Performers included Sarah Robinson on flute, Phil Popham on oboe, Kathryn Eames on piano and Lorry Black on marimba. Filmed on Sunday, June 17, 2018 at the Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills, CA.Cast: Beverly Hills Television\nMusic in the Mansion | Karin\u00e9 Proghosyan\nMaking her orchestral debut at age 14, renowned concert pianist Karin\u00e9 Proghosyan has since performed at many prestigious concert halls and received an outpour of exuberant reviews and awards. Fascinated by the work of the Soviet Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian, Ms. Poghosyan discovered that his piano works had rarely been performed. Her recently released solo CD \"Khachaturian Original Piano Works and Ballet Transcriptions\" is an unparalleled and an exciting body of work that is a must listen! Her upcoming solo performances include a spring tour through California and her return to Carnegie Hall on June 7th. Ms. Poghosyan will also be bringing her refreshing energy to the Newburgh Symphony Orchestra for a performance of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3. Filmed on Sunday, April 15, 2018 at the Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills, CA.Cast: Beverly Hills Television\nMusic in the Mansion | Los Angeles Ensemble\nFormed in 2015, the Los Angeles Ensemble (LAE) is comprised of winners of international competitions who have trained in leading music schools worldwide. This performance features pianist Sung Chang, cellist Bingxia Lu, violist Tanner Menees and violinist Joanna Lee. LAE was awarded First Prize at the International Music Competition Grand Prize Virtuoso in London and Fourth Prize at the Schoenfeld International String Competition in Harbin, China. Filmed on Sunday, March 18, 2018 at the Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills, CA.Cast: Beverly Hills TelevisionTags: chamber music, piano quartet, Mendelssohn and Brahms\nMusic in the Mansion | Somang Jeagal & Friends\nThree-time Beverly Hills National Auditions winner, pianist Somang Jeagal returns with his talented friends with \"From Korea With Love\" program featuring cellist Kyoumg-Eun Choi, soprano Junwong Choi, and pianist Beth Nam. Filmed on Sunday, February 18, 2018 at the Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills, CA.Cast: Beverly Hills Television\nMusic in the Mansion | Cristina Montes Mateo\nThe City of Beverly Hills prides itself in bringing its residents, visitors and patrons of the arts the finest in solo and chamber music performances. Since 1994, under Artistic Director Laura Schmieder, Music in the Mansion at Greystone Park has presented concerts featuring selected prize-winning international and local artists. 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Biovica aims to expand the collaboration and research network and to share the latest insights from on going clinical trials. \u201cAt ASCO we look forward to meet our academic partners and to expand [...]\nBiovica has acquired cSens AB, a company that has developed a PCR-based platform for the analysis of serum thymidine kinase (TK) enzyme activity, which correspond to tumor proliferation and cancer aggressiveness. The cSens technology complements Biovica\u2019s current TK assay DiviTum \u2122, which is currently included in clinical studies with leading cancer institutes throughout the world. [...]\nMaria Holmlund was elected as a new member of the Biovica board of directors at an extra shareholders meeting held on March 30, 2016. 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Adapted from the musical written by Jason Robert Brown that premiered in 2001 off Broadway, the film is now the topic of much discussion about whether the adaptation would work or not, especially with its choice of female lead, Anna Kendrick (DRINKING BUDDIES). Well, I\u2019m happy to report that it does work and that THE LAST FIVE YEARS will surprise audiences not only with its incredible performances, but with its unusual narrative structure that plays with time and perspective.\nOpening with a rather heartbreaking song (\u201cStill Hurting\u201d), we see Cathy (Kendrick) sitting alone in an apartment lamenting over a relationship that has just ended. Odd for a musical to begin this way, and it sets the tone for what is about to unfold. Then, we are immediately shown Cathy five years earlier, with her now ex-husband Jamie (Smash\u2019s Jeremy Jordan, check out our exclusive interview here), and he is singing to her about how happy he is to have met her. The story follows an unusual narrative for musicals by showing Cathy\u2019s perspective at the end of their relationship moving backwards through time, and Jamie\u2019s from the beginning going forward. It was confusing at first, but the structure is one of the more intriguing parts of the movie, and actually works quite well in its screen adaptation, providing a great deal of insight into how their five year relationship went wrong.\nThe choice to cast Kendrick in the lead role had many people\u2019s eyebrows raised, wondering if she could really handle the songs presented in a musical, as opposed to pop songs (like in PITCH PERFECT). As soon as we hear her belt out the opening number though, there is little doubt about her vocal skills. THE LAST FIVE YEARS is an incredibly simple story about a failed marriage, but the way it plays out is entertaining from beginning to end, complete with amazing performances and music that will stay with you long after its ended.\nHow many sheep would you give The Last Five Years?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 98, "original_length": 5235, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 282.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://bldgblog.com/2010/08/working-the-line/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:54Z", "digest": "sha1:S633DWSIULN3GNTEHLJSXOTXIY6R6JFU", "length": 2231, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "bldgblog.com", "title": "Working the Line \u2013 BLDGBLOG", "raw_content": "Tomorrow night in Los Angeles, at the Center for Land Use Interpretation, David Taylor will be presenting his project \u201cWorking the Line.\u201d\n[Image: U.S./Mexico border marker #184; photograph by David Taylor].\nTaylor has been documenting \u201c276 obelisks, installed between the years 1892 and 1895, that mark the U.S./Mexico boundary from El Paso/Juarez to San Diego/Tijuana. He will present this work, and describe his experiences along this often remote and dramatic linear and liminal space.\u201d\nAs geographer Michael Dear\u2014who spoke about border issues back at Postopolis! LA\u2014describes these obelisks:\nThe monuments erected by the boundary survey played a pivotal role in securing the line after the Mexican-American War. These obelisks and stone mounds literally marked on the ground the southernmost edges of the nation; they became fundamental points of reference in subsequent boundary disputes (of which there were many) and in the resurvey of the border that took place at the end of the 19th century.\nIn the context of Taylor\u2019s project, it\u2019s interesting to read a 2006 discussion about \u201cGeoCaching the Mexican Border Obelisk Monuments,\u201d in which a project nearly identical to Taylor\u2019s was presented as \u201cextreme & dangerous,\u201d and thus all but impossible to achieve. Rhetorically speaking, I also want to point out CLUI\u2019s use of the terms \u201cremote and dramatic\u201d to describe what the geocaching site sees as \u201cextreme & dangerous\u201d\u2014an intriguing insight into the spirit of the two approaches. In any case, the ensuing conversation there includes fascinating technical details of the obelisks themselves\u2014their materiality and scale\u2014as well as precise coordinate locations for several dozen of them.\nThe talk kicks off at 7pm, on Wednesday, August 4, at CLUI\u2019s gallery space in Culver City; here\u2019s a map.\n(Random book link: Obelisk: A History).\nAuthor Geoff ManaughPosted on August 3, 2010 May 20, 2017 Categories BLDGBLOGTags Borders, Boundaries, Center for Land Use Interpretation, David Taylor, Geography, Geopolitics, History, Mexico, Obelisks, Politics, Terrain, Territory, United States\nPrevious Previous post: The Encounter Circus\nNext Next post: Documents, Maps, and Files of a Fictional Architecture\nBritish Countryside Generator", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 5477, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 293.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blog.aaronsleazy.com/index.php/books/sleazy-stories-ii-a-seducers-sex-laden-spring-in-berlin/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:38:08Z", "digest": "sha1:DULCL3KHVD2JVC7HIJUCDEU2WSDGR34Z", "length": 1735, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "blog.aaronsleazy.com", "title": "Sleazy Stories II: A Seducer\u2019s Sex-Laden Spring in Berlin \u2013 Getting Women With Sleaze", "raw_content": "Sleazy Stories II: A Seducer\u2019s Sex-Laden Spring in Berlin\nAaron Sleazy is back! You thought that Sleazy Stories was crazy already. However, Sleazy Stories II tops it in every conceivable way. In Sleazy Stories II, you accompany Aaron on a wild romp through Berlin, detailing intimate encounters with women in clubs and outside, in beds and bathroom stalls. They are single or attached, slutty or conservative. Sleazy Stories chronicled the development of Aaron as a seducer in London and Berlin. In Sleazy Stories II, we see him at his best, exhibiting a level of skill with women that is incredibly rare.\nAs entertaining as Aaron\u2019s Sleazy Stories series is, it is much more than mere entertainment. These books also shed light on the extremes of female sexual behavior. Thus, they are a repository of wisdom that every sexually active male can benefit from.\nProduct Details & Order Information\nPaperback & Kindle ebook\nSleazy Stories II: A Seducer\u2019s Sex-Laden Spring in Berlin is available on Amazon as a paperback as well as a Kindle ebook:\nNote that the paperback edition is a print-on-demand book. Even if Amazon states that it is out of stock, you can order it anyway as it will then be printed for you.\nDepending on the country you live in, ordering Sleazy Stories II on BookDepository may be cheaper than ordering it from Amazon.\nI loved it. It was an entertaining log of events and didn\u2019t seem exaggerated or anything. I read it at the same time as \u201cCatcher in the Rye\u201d with my World Literature class and I notice a lot of similarities between them with the genre of \u201ccoming of age\u201d or a guy trying to find his way in life, trying to have fun and independently making a few mistakes along the way. 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As a young teenager I loved it, and decided that\u2019s what I wanted to be: a Kung-Fu monk. On completing the sixth form at school however, I discovered that Ealing Council were not in the habit of giving grants to would-be Shaolin monks to sponsor their martial arts endeavors. They would, however, give you a grant to study Osteopathy at the British School of Osteopathy (that was in the days of generous Labour councils). So as a second choice, that is what I did. I figured it was vaguely related to Kung Fu \u2013 I mean, the David Carradine character, Kwai Chang Caine, seemed adept at various mysterious healing arts as well as fighting. And I figured that once I\u2019d pulled someone apart with my \u201cHi-Yaa!\u201d, maybe I could put them back together with some swift osteopathic maneuvers, just to show there was no hard feelings.\nThe British School of Osteopathy was a bit of a monster. Having been what might have been termed a \u201ccottage industry\u201d up until that point, with a friendly intimate atmosphere and only about thirty or less students per year, my intake, in 1981, was the first mega year \u2013 I think there were 90 students in my class. A few students were genuinely interested in osteopathy as an alternative system of medicine, but many were just those who\u2019d failed to get into medical school or dentistry, and were accepting osteopathy as a lowly second choice. I couldn\u2019t really complain; osteopathy was my second choice also. I got my head down and got on with it. I was happy to find that martial arts seemed a relatively popular pass-time in the BSO osteopathic community. The great Laurie Hartman, maestro of the \u201cminimal leverage high velocity thrust\u201d and technical whizz-kid of the college, was a black belt karate; and there were several college martial arts clubs. Karate, Kung Fu and Aikido were all on offer. I tried all of them, but finally settled on Aikido as my favorite. The teacher, Mick Holloway, seemed unusually deep and thoughtful in his approach, and I sensed an adventure beckoning. Mick was a student in the third year at that time.\nThroughout my years at the BSO, I had a rather lowly view of osteopathy. It seemed rather mundane \u2013 not much different from physiotherapy or orthopaedics, and to me, a bit boring. Looking back now, the truth is that I was never very good at it. I do not have an osteopathic temperament. The best osteopaths, in my opinion, are those who, when they see a bicycle or other contraption, cannot resist taking it apart, discovering how it works, and then putting it back together again, adding a few improvements along the way. When I see a bicycle I have no desire to take it apart, nor even to ride it, if truth be told. I\u2019d much rather walk. Machines scare me. Andrew Taylor Still, the founder of the art, and a very spiritual man, none-the-less viewed the body as a machine. Osteopaths are \u201cengineers\u201d in the service of God, the \u201cMaster Mechanic\u201d. A good osteopath is a rare thing and a wonderful thing. I will never be that, but I certainly appreciate the amazing science of osteopathy, and it\u2019s fathering of craniosacral therapy.\nBut a true appreciation of osteopathy was a long way off for me back in 1981. At the BSO at that time, they taught what might be termed \u201corthopaedic osteopathy\u201d \u2013 the art of wiggling, rubbing, and crunching people\u2019s necks and backs in an attempt to resolve neck and back pain. This is what most people in the UK still think of as \u201cnormal\u201d osteopathy, but it actually bares little resemblance to what A.T. Still originally had in mind, as I was to later discover. At the BSO however, this is what osteopathy was, or at least what it had become. There was the odd whisper here and there of something deeper \u2013 an old osteopath called John Meffan taught rhythmical long-lever techniques which seemed to have a subtle mystery to them. And then of course there was cranial. Cranial\u2026that wicked heresy\u2026which was rumored to exist on the top floor of the building (it\u2019s seventh chakra, presumably), but was rarely seen in the open. If any student dared to do it in the college clinic, they had to pretend they weren\u2019t, and when a furious orthopaedically-orientated tutor would challenge them \u201cWere you doing cranial on that patient?\u201d they had to answer \u201cNo, no, no sir\u2026wouldn\u2019t dream of it\u2026.that was sub-occipital traction, that was\u201d. No cranial was to be taught to undergraduates, under pain of death, or banishment.\nThere is an eternal battle that exists within osteopathy. It is a battle that exists between the rationalists and the intuitive healers (who often wind-up doing cranial). I blame this battle on A.T. Still, who, whilst clearly a profoundly intuitive healer himself, always declared that his osteopathy was thoroughly scientific and rational, and that anything that could not be shown to be thoroughly scientific and rational, was not osteopathy. Thus it is that the \u201cstructural\u201d osteopaths (the crunch-click variety) denigrate the \u201ccranial\u201d osteopaths. It\u2019s funny, I\u2019ve met structural osteopaths who are quite happy to accept the validity of Reiki, and all manner of hands on healing, yet will not accept cranial osteopathy. My view is that it threatens their sense of identity. If they accept that cranial is a valid part of osteopathy, then they have to accept that there may be a part of osteopathy in which they are not well-versed, which might make them \u201cpartial\u201d osteopaths. No, much safer to declare that cranial is a load of rubbish, and that they, with their dramatic crunches and clicks, are the complete deal, the real osteopaths. I doubt that Still would have agreed with them. Even in his day, Still noted that there were some would-be osteopaths who seemed merely obsessed with getting loud noises out of people\u2019s spines. He referred to them as \u201ccrack merchants\u201d. He also described them as \u201cgrease monkeys\u201d and \u201cengine-wipers\u201d rather than true engineers of the human form. Getting pops out of people\u2019s spines is not a bad thing, and can be wonderfully therapeutic, but it can certainly be over-used, and traumatizing if done badly.\nBut again, I\u2019m getting ahead of myself. I didn\u2019t know much of osteopathic politics back in the early 80\u2019s, and I didn\u2019t really care to either. I was mainly focused on Aikido, which in my view was by far the best thing at the BSO. I wasn\u2019t interested in seeking out the cranial Gnostics; if they were too timid and frightened to make themselves known, then sod them; I\u2019m sticking to Aikido. It was Mick though, my Aikido teacher himself, who first sparked my curiosity that there might be something more to osteopathy; something more interesting and profound; something more than the apparent logger-head between the oaf-ish crack-merchants and the bizarre terrified cranial-ists. I\u2019d been at the BSO a couple of years, and Mick was in his final year. It was the end of the summer term, and Mick and all of his year, had finished their final exams, and were just hanging around in dribs and drabs, completing their clinical work, relaxing, and generally winding down, and getting drunk.\nOr at least, that was what they were supposed to be doing. Mick however seemed to be doing something else. Every day I would see him in the college library, studying feverishly, as if his life depended on it. Studying, in fact, as if he had some big important exam coming. But there were no more exams. Eventually I went up to him and asked \u201cMick, what on earth are you doing?\u201d His answer was short and abrupt \u2013 he was generally a man of few words. \u201cI\u2019ve found it.\u201d He said. \u201cFound what?\u201d, \u201cOsteopathy\u201d, \u201cHow do you mean?\u201d, \u201cThis here!\u201d and he pointed to the text he was pawing over. \u201cThis is the real Osteopathy; not all the stuff they\u2019ve been teaching us.\u201d I looked to the text. It was one of a series of what seemed like many old files of dusty hand written notes. Not modern A4 folders, but old hard back files, with reams and reams of faded notes, written in fountain pen, and in such a florid copper-plate style, that it was a little tricky to even decipher them. Dusty texts from a by-gone age. \u201cWhat are these?\u201d I asked. \u201cThey\u2019re notes taken by a student of Littlejohn in the 1930\u2019s \u2013 it\u2019s all here \u2013 how they used to practice osteopathy in those days \u2013 the way lesion patterns function, and how to address them in the context of the whole person; the viscera, the psyche, the immune system. This is the real osteopathy, not what we\u2019re taught today.\u201d\nI had to admire his tenacity, but thought him a little eccentric. Even if it might be true that the old-style osteopathy of Littlejohn (who was a direct student of Still, and founder of the BSO) had been somehow more wholistic and profound than the modern version, how could anyone hope to learn it from some old note books? If it was lost, it was surely lost forever. I left him to his eccentricities, as I saw them. It did leave me wondering, however, about the nature of osteopathy. There seemed to be three completely different versions of osteopathy in existence: American osteopathy, which apparently was no different from allopathic medicine, with its antibiotics, vaccinations and surgery; UK regular osteopathy, which seemed like a version of physiotherapy; and cranial osteopathy, which seemed totally different again\u2013 a weird system of esoteric healing. But all these three systems must originally have come from the same fountainhead. Sutherland studied with Still and never had a bad word to say about him. And how come UK and US osteopathy are so different? And what was the original osteopathy anyhow, and did it still exist, in anywhere other than a pile of dusty old notes, and an Aikido teacher\u2019s imagination?\nOSTEOPATHIC AWAKENING: THE \u201cBODY ADJUSTMENT\u201d\nIn 1989 or thereabouts, I found myself teaching karate at a weekend course in Canterbury. Time had gone by, I\u2019d switched from Aikido back to karate, and through a series of mishaps and misadventures, I\u2019d ended up switching osteopathic colleges and finally qualifying from the BCNO (British College of Naturopathy and Osteopathy, now the British College of Osteopathic Medicine) in the autumn of 1988. I was still mainly interested in martial arts and Buddhism, and felt that osteopathy was kind of my hobby. At the karate seminar, there was a strong student by the name of Lucy Smith with whom I got talking after the first class. We got on well, and I discovered that she was also an osteopath and running a well-established practice in Ramsgate. She was looking for a recently qualified practitioner whom she could trust, that could come and be a locum for her for a few weeks while she took a break. She liked my karate teaching, felt she had a good sense of me, and wondered if I\u2019d like to do it. \u201cSounds good to me\u201d I replied. I hadn\u2019t yet properly established my own osteopathic practice, and 3 weeks in Ramsgate by the sea sounded like a nice idea. \u201cOk then, that\u2019s great.\u201d She said, \u201cAnd what would be really great is if you could come down and work with me for a day or two, beforehand, so that you can see the way I work, what my patients are used to\u201d \u201cOk, no problem\u201d. So off I went.\nIt was Lucy Smith who first opened my eyes to the deeper possibilities of osteopathy. The most striking initial thing I remember about her treatments was the laughter. Most of her sessions seemed to be regularly punctuated with chuckles, giggles, and occasional full-blown guffaws, which her clients were delighted to join in with. For her, osteopathy seemed to be first and foremost, great fun. And in amongst the guffaws, magic was happening. She used gentle rhythmical long-lever articulations the exact like of which I\u2019d not seen before. What\u2019s more she seemed to use a similar sequence of maneuvers on each and every client, with subtle variations. It was like a gentle rhythmical dance, an osteopathic \u201ckata\u201d if you will (\u201ckata\u201d are sequences of karate moves strung together like a dance). \u201cThat\u2019s a very interesting style of osteopathy you\u2019re doing there.\u201d I commented, \u201cWhat do you call that?\u201d. \u201cIt\u2019s the Body Adjustment\u201d she replied, \u201cIt\u2019s a very effective general treatment that takes into account the natural tendency of the body to fall into a right-inominate-anterior pattern, with the concomitant lumbar, thoracic and cervical rotational patterns.\u201d \u201cCan you do it on me?\u201d \u201cSure\u201d. And so I surrendered my system to the tender mercies of the Body Adjustment\u2026and experienced\u2026something new. This was osteopathy, but not as I had experienced it before. Of course I\u2019d done long lever articulations before, but these were done in a completely different manner. Instead of taking the joint to the limit of its range of motion and then encouraging it further in order to mobilize it, as I\u2019d been taught, these articulations were all performed within the joint\u2019s current range. The key points were gentleness and rhythmicity \u2013 Lucy coaxed rather than pushed; and the rhythm had a soothing almost hypnotic quality to it. The way that she used her consciousness seemed also entirely different. In using the long lever of the femur, for example, to articulate the hip, I\u2019d been taught that one focuses one\u2019s awareness purely and simply on the hip, as that is the joint one is seeking to mobilize. This new style was different. It seemed that in each and every one of Lucy\u2019s long-lever articulations she was keeping part of her consciousness, part of her awareness, on the whole body. One may be articulating the hip via the femur, but what effect is that having on the cervical spine? (and for sure, it will be having an effect, due in no small measure, to the unified fascial field).\nThis way of working made the osteopathic treatment a completely different experience for the patient. One felt one had been \u201cmet\u201d as a whole, and related to as a whole, and that the treatment as a whole had been a gentle suggestion to the body, a gentle reminder of wholeness, not just a series of disjointed techniques. It was deeply deeply relaxing, and deeply, deeply therapeutic. And what\u2019s more, on top of that, every now-and-again she\u2019d throw in a bit of cranial! I was wowed, to say the least. \u201cWhere did you learn your osteopathy?\u201d I had to know. \u201cAt the European School (ESO) in Maidstone\u201d. Ah, the ESO\u2026I\u2019d heard tell of such a place. I\u2019d only known it as being famously the one and only college where cranial work was taught openly and unabashed to undergraduates, a sort osteopathic equivalent to an Amsterdam cannabis coffee-bar, I\u2019d always thought. But now that I knew that this phenomenal Body Adjustment style was also taught there, the ESO was fast starting to take the form of a veritable osteopathic Shangri-La in my imagination. \u201cWill you teach me your style of osteopathy?\u201d I asked. Lucy thought for a moment. \u201cWell, if you want to learn cranial osteopathy properly, the best thing to do is go on a proper post-graduate course. But the Body Adjustment? Well, to be honest, I think you\u2019re best bet is to learn that from the man himself.\u201d \u201cThe man himself? Which man?\u201d \u201cJohn Wernham. The Body Adjustment is his baby. He developed it from the osteopathy he learnt from John Martin Littlejohn in the 1930\u2019s. Mr. Wernham is in his eighties now. He was teaching at the ESO when I studied there, but now he runs his own college. It\u2019s a small-scale operation, and I\u2019ve heard he\u2019s amenable to respectful approaches from graduates from other colleges, who want to learn his method. He\u2019s the master of the Body Adjustment. He\u2019s its creator.\u201d My mind was reeling. Could this be the osteopathy that Mick had discovered years before in the BSO library? Now not just in note form, but in living embodiment?\nCLASSICAL OSTEOPATHY & MR JOHN WERNHAM\nOsteopathy was founded by Andrew Taylor Still in 1874. A Wild West doctor, healer and bone-setter, Still was convinced that the keys to health lay in an understanding of the way the anatomy of the body worked and the ways the different parts related to and affected each other. To this end he dissected corpse upon corpse upon corpse (in the Wild West, corpses were not difficult to come by). He developed a theory that the body contained within it, all the resources for self-healing that it needed. Access to these resources is maintained through such things adequate blood supply and drainage, unimpeded nerve supply, efficient lymphatic drainage, and fascial freedom. But structural anomalies and misalignments can compromise all of these things, and lead to illness. By deft physical maneuvers, some adapted from bone setting, many created anew, Still found he could free up the body\u2019s inner resources \u2013 literally giving the body access to its own resources once again, thus facilitating a return to health. He used what at first glance looked like a simple system of bone-setting to successfully treat all manner of conditions, even including such things as serious infectious diseases, and tumors, and his success rate was phenomenal. Of course, his osteopathy was not just a system of bone setting, but a subtle adjustment of all the tissues \u2013 muscles, fascia, nerves, blood vessels and organs, as well as bones \u2013 in accordance to what was required. He was also skilled in what was called \u201cmagnetic\u201d (energy) healing, though he did not talk about this much, and did not claim it to be part of osteopathy. With all his success, he very much saw his osteopathy as a complete alternative to the allopathic medicine of the time. Thus his students were taught, in addition to regular manual osteopathy, basic surgical procedures (to use only on rare occasions when absolutely necessary). He was against the use of vaccinations and most drugs. His osteopathy was never envisioned as a system of orthopaedic medicine just for musculoskeletal problems; it was always envisioned as a complete system of alternative healing for the treatment of everything.\nStudents came from far and wide to study with Still. William Garner Sutherland studied with him and in 1899 had the idea of investigating the mobility of the cranial bones. John Martin Littlejohn, a Scottish academic traveling in America, received such amazingly effective treatment from the Lightening Bonesetter (as Still was often known) that he decided to remain in America and study osteopathy til he had mastered it and could take it back to Britain. This he did, and on his return to the UK in 1917 he founded the British School of Osteopathy in London.\nLittlejohn\u2019s osteopathy was different, stylistically, from Still\u2019s. Whilst Still was famous for his speedy and highly specific treatments (a motto of his was \u201cFind it, fix it, and leave it alone!\u201d), Littlejohn took a more gentle and ponderous approach. A Littlejohn treatment would generally include some attention being given to each part of the body, for example working through each limb, and each part of the spine. As each part was steadily attended to, it would be balanced in relation to the whole (in this regard perhaps reminiscent of Alexander Technique table work). One could therefore perhaps refer to Littlejohn\u2019s style as \u201cwhole-body-balancing osteopathy\u201d as distinct from Still\u2019s aggressive lightening specificity. Though Littlejohn taught at Still\u2019s osteopathic college in the States for a time and was, like Still, massively talented, the two men did not get on well and argued bitterly about the way osteopathy should be taught. It was not till the Scot returned to Britain that he could finally teach his own version, the \u201cLittlejohn method\u201d, in peace. Like Still, Littlejohn envisioned osteopathy as a complete system of healing for the treatment of all manner of human ills, and like Still, he got excellent clinical results. Though slightly different from Still\u2019s osteopathy in its manner of application, many of the individual techniques Littlejohn used were of course the same, and his philosophy of was identical in terms of its vision and breadth. It was this method that he taught at the BSO right up until his passing in 1947, and which John Wernham and others learnt directly from him.\nBy the latter half of the twentieth century curious changes were taking place in osteopathy on both sides of the Atlantic. Still\u2019s predictions, that osteopathy and allopathic medicine would have a dramatic battle, and that osteopathy would emerge victorious whilst allopathic medicine would be defeated and humiliated, had not come to pass. On the contrary, allopathic medicine had gone from strength to strength and was now a lot more sophisticated and effective than it had been in 1874. What\u2019s more, the public\u2019s, and the governments\u2019 faith seemed to lie squarely in allopathic medicine. With this in mind, the osteopathic professions of both the UK and the US got nervous, and felt that in order to survive they had better modify their osteopathy to make it as acceptable as possible to the regular medics. Some practitioners disagreed of course, but this was by and large the way the wind was blowing. In the US the osteopathic profession modified its self by gradually minimizing the amount of manual osteopathic technique performed by practitioners, and making osteopaths virtually indistinguishable from regular doctors. Still\u2019s principles were thrown out of the window, and osteopathy seemed in danger of being lost. In the UK through the latter half of the twentieth century, BSO osteopaths concentrated on eradicating Still\u2019s osteopathic diagnosis and osteopathic thought, and replacing it with allopathic diagnosis, and allopathic thought, and a simplification of osteopathic techniques. Still\u2019s and Littlejohn\u2019s cranial, fascial, visceral, lymphatic and oscillatory techniques were largely abandoned, presumably because they were thought too obscure to be explained to doctors. Littlejohn\u2019s whole-body approach to the work was also abandoned, in favor of specific crunches and clicks. To become acceptable to the medics, the BSO, the spearhead of UK osteopathy, transformed the work into a peculiar brand of physiotherapy, complementary but no longer alternative to allopathic medicine. Osteopaths started specializing in the treatment of bad backs, albeit often rather poorly. Thus was born \u201corthopaedic osteopathy\u201d, more commonly termed \u201cstructural osteopathy\u201d (a misnomer \u2013 all osteopathy, including cranial, is\u201cstructural\u201d i.e. involved with the structure of the body). If you describe to an American what a British orthopaedic osteopath does, he is apt to say \u201cOh yes, that\u2019s what we call a chiropractor\u201d. Although he may well say he\u2019s never heard of osteopathy as such, when he returns home, if he checks his GP\u2019s credentials, he may well find that in the small print, the GP is actually described as a \u201cDoctor of Osteopathy\u201d despite the allopathic approach offered.\nIn the US, disciples of Sutherland kept their heads down and sought to keep alive the flame of the Stillian-Sutherland tradition, often whilst under duress. Members of their own profession frequently branded them as quacks. In the UK, John Wernham and a handful of traditional practitioners who were direct students of Littlejohn, saw as early as the mid 1950\u2019s, the way things were heading in British osteopathy and sought to take remedial action. Initially they set up a small organization, the Institute of Applied Technique, which was dedicated to research, development and maintenance of the original application of osteopathy \u2013 to all conditions, not just bad backs. Wernham himself developed the Body Adjustment, a particular sequence of maneouvres performed methodically and carefully as a protocol, with appropriate variation, a la the tradition of his teacher, John Martin Littlejohn. This method, he came to call \u201cClassical Osteopathy\u201d in later years. During the 1950\u2019s, 60\u2019s and 70\u2019s, Mr. Wernham taught at virtually all the major UK osteopathic colleges, but was repeatedly unhappy with their approaches, which he found either too allopathic or too eclectic. He was interested primarily in transmitting what he had been taught by his teacher Littlejohn, who had learnt directly from Still. He was not really interested in playing second fiddle to a bunch of orthopods, physios, crack-merchants or cranialists, as he saw them. And so it was that by the time I came to seek him out, he was running his own small college, just down the road from the ESO in Maidstone, which he called at that time, simply the Maidstone College of Osteopathy.\nOne had to be patient, whilst listening to a John Wernham lecture. In any given lecture, this thorny octogenarian would spend about 60% of the time decrying the failings of the other colleges, for example, the ESO with its cranial infiltrators (\u201cIt\u2019s all very well, but it\u2019s not osteopathy\u201d), the BCNO with its naturopathy (\u201cThey know an awful lot about carrots; they don\u2019t know terribly much about osteopathy\u201d), and of course the BSO (\u201cThey\u2019ve lost it\u201d). About 30% of the time would be spent simply reading aloud from notes taken from Littlejohn lectures; I often found these quite dry and boring as they seemed to comprise an inordinate amount biochemistry and micro-physiology (with which Littlejohn had apparently been rather obsessed). The remaining 10% however, was pure gold. He would, at any moment, digress into some fascinating anecdote from his vast clinical experience about how, for example, to specifically address eczema via classical osteopathy, or how he had effectively treated a case of obesity by addressing the pelvis. For him, the integrity of the pelvis was central to the osteopathic approach to health \u2013 if the pelvis was attended to, other aspects would most often fall into place, particularly in the context of the Body Adjustment. If the pelvis was neglected however, other corrections would rarely hold. He would, at any moment, ask for a volunteer, and in the middle of a lecture about this or that, start demonstrating technique for us to observe. And what beautiful technique it was: apart from the long lever articulations, there were delicate and refined rotatonal manipulations, lymphatic drainage and visceral work, and even simple cranial and facial techniques (a la Littlejohn, rather than Sutherland; presumably originating with Still). His manipulations were absolutely specific. He once adjusted my atlanto-occipital joint \u2013 it felt like he had very kindly and gently lifted my occiput and replaced it delicately atop my atlas in the exact correct position. It felt wonderful.\nIn many ways he had the air of an old thespian, and would often wander into the realms of literary analogy. A stuck pelvis, for example, he once compared to Colleridge\u2019s \u201cpainted ship upon a painted ocean\u201d (\u201cno movement, you see\u201d), and was most put out that the majority of the young students in the class did not know the quote (\u201cYou don\u2019t know Colleridge? You\u2019re a poor lot!\u201d). A friend of mine reminded me recently of Wernham\u2019s intense energy which indeed had an extremely upright and Edwardian quality to it \u2013 one naturally found oneself sitting up a little straighter when he entered the room. This old man had grown neither weak nor mellow with age, and was more passionate, vehement and clinically effective with his osteopathy than anyone I had thus far met. He was ferociously passionate about good osteopathy. He was also passionate about good English. Once, when a few students were missing from a lecture, a chirpy Australian student perked up \u201cDon\u2019t worry Mr. Wernham, we\u2019ll find the absentees and we\u2019ll\u2026er\u2026we\u2019ll give them a bollocking!\u201d Without missing a beat, the old master simply lowered his head, peered over the top of his spectacles, and said in a somber tone, \u201cMiss Clancy, the word is rollicking\u201d. We all smiled; at times it was rather like being a part of a real live period drama.\nThough I no longer use the Body Adjustment as my modus operandi, (soon after that, I started my cranial adventure), Mr Wernham\u2019s impact on my life still rings clean and clear like a deep-sounding bell. For one thing he was living proof of the fallacy of the idea that \u201cretirement\u201d is somehow an inevitable part of life. The idea that after the age of 65 we have to start going down hill is nothing more than poppycock. If we live a life in which our work is also our passion, why on earth would we want to give it up, and why on earth would we do anything other than continue to improve, even into our eighties, nineties, and beyond. Of course the physical body becomes a little weaker, but Mr. Wernham was living example that the spirit and energy can most definitely continue to become even stronger with age. I imagine John Wernham\u2019s demonstration of this truth was a great inspiration to all who knew him. It certainly was to me.\nACCIDENTAL TEACHER\nI\u2019d visited Mr. Wernham at his Maidstone college and had been courteously welcomed. Interested graduates from other colleges were generally treated with both kindness and sympathy, as pour souls who had been wandering in the wilderness of the ridiculous travesty of the so-called \u201costeopathy\u201d taught at other colleges. I\u2019d explained that as a recent graduate from the BCNO, I\u2019d yet to establish much of a practice, had limited funds, and yet was keen to learn his method. In response to this, Mr. Wernham very kindly allowed me to attend his college for the extremely modest sum of \u00a315 a week; for that I got to attend a couple of lectures and a practical session each week on an ad hoc basis as a kind of post graduate guest. I think Mondays was the day I used to go there. Meanwhile, I still didn\u2019t have much of a practice going, so, seeking to supplement my income I phoned up the BCNO and asked them if they had any work opportunities, They said that yes, I could come and work as a junior clinic tutor. It was the BCNO\u2019s somewhat dubious practice to employ recent graduates as clinic tutors \u2013 dubious in the sense that as a recent graduate, one of course does not have much clinical experience to call upon. None-the-less we were employed.\nThey also told me they were looking for someone to assist the lecturer in a new 4th year course that was just being introduced called \u201cSoft Technique\u201d. At the end of the 1980\u2019s/beginning of the 1990\u2019s, a new tide was beginning to turn in the development of British osteopathy. Cranial, which had been known about and despised by UK structuralists since the mid 1960\u2019s, had not gone away, as they\u2019d hoped, but instead, had seemed to have gone from strength to strength. The ESO, that deviant and eclectic college, still enthusiastically taught cranial work to undergraduates; Thomas Attlee, a graduate from that self-same college had set up the first Craniosacral therapy school in Europe (CCST) (\u201cCraniosacral therapy\u201d being simply the term for Cranial osteopathy as taught to non-osteopaths); Franklyn Sills had followed suit, setting up the Karuna Institute in Devon with his wife Maura; and Stuart Korth had started the Osteopathic Centre for Children (OCC) which used mainly Sutherland\u2019s method. Through all of this, the general public were beginning to become aware of cranial work and its affectivity, especially as applied to children. In addition to this, other more obscure varieties of osteopathic technique, many of which had been part of the original osteopathy of Still and Littlejohn but had subsequently fallen into disuse within the mainstream (though many remained integral to Wernham\u2019s Classical method), were also now starting to make a come back, re-branded under various new titles. Thus the names Visceral osteopathy, Muscle-Energy Technique, Strain-Counterstrain, Functional Technique, and Harmonic Technique were all being bandied about, though few at the BSO and BCNO knew much about them. The ESO had a distinct advantage in this regard in that eclecticism had always been its reson-d\u2019etre, and it already taught many of these methods. When prospective osteopathic students quizzed their interviewers at the BSO and BCNO however, saying \u201cSo, when do we get to learn cranial?\u201d they were met with nothing but an awkward silence.\nTo remedy this situation, and not too proud to bow to popular demand, the BCNO had initiated a 4th year practical course entitled \u201cSoft Technique\u201d. As far as I could work out this course was meant to be a kind of dumping ground for \u201call that weird stuff\u201d in the above-mentioned list. I could never quite tell if \u201cSoft\u201d referred to the fact that none of the methods involved clicks and cracks, or that the structuralists who ran the college simply felt that anyone engaging in such practices must be a little soft in the head. Who knows. None-the-less in the autumn of 1989 I found myself assistant to the main lecturer in Soft Technique. Mainly it was MET (Muscle Energy Technique), because I think that was the main thing she knew. Whether she would have expanded her repertoire by the end of the year however, I and the students never found out, because only a few weeks into the course she had a big row with the principle and stormed off. I was left holding the baby. I turned up on the Tuesday afternoon to help her take the class, and found out that literally she\u2019d just stormed out of the building moments earlier. I don\u2019t know what the row was about, but the principle had a rather quick and embarrassed word with me, and checked if I minded leading the class that afternoon. I was ok with that. I\u2019d taught karate for some years and the idea of teaching osteopathy didn\u2019t worry me too much. I think I taught them MET that first week. By the next week however, the college still hadn\u2019t found a replacement lecturer, so I was leading the class again.\nBy this time I was a little irate; the college still weren\u2019t paying me any more money than a lowly assistant\u2019s fee, and I was also bored with MET, which I had never been particularly mad about in the first place. I\u2019d been studying at Mr. Wernham\u2019s college for about 6 months and I was deeply enthusiastic about the work: the Body Adjustment and the theories of Classical Osteopathy, so I thought to myself, why not? I\u2019ll introduce them to some Classical work. They loved it. They were fascinated and enthralled. This was, in my opinion, because the techniques, practices and principles of Classical osteopathy are just that \u2013 more fascinating, enthralling and engaging than orthopaedic osteopathy. Classical osteopathy surely contains much more of the real \u201cmeat\u201d of osteopathy. A colleague of mine once described Mr. Wernham\u2019s osteopathy in rather crude but none-the-less accurate terms: \u201cIt\u2019s the real meat-and-two-veg of osteopathy. With so many others, you only get the veg,\u201d Anyway, they loved it, and wanted more. Within a few days the college principle phoned me up and told me that some 4th year students had petitioned him not to employ a new lecturer for the Soft Techniques course \u2013 they wanted more Andrew and more Classical osteopathy. My fee was summarily raised and I went on to enjoy a fun year of learning and teaching. On Mondays I\u2019d learn Classical osteopathy in Maidstone, and on Tuesdays I\u2019d teach it at the BCNO in London.\nSUTHERLAND\u2019S TRADITION TRACKS ME DOWN, KNOCKS ME FOR SIX, AND A LION GETS TICKLED BEHIND ITS EARS\u2026\nIn the 4th year class I was teaching at the BCNO there was an enthusiastic Canadian student by the name of Carolyne Abrams. Not only was she already well versed in naturopathy to a level beyond that which was being taught at the college, but she was also, in addition to her BCNO studies, simultaneously attending Thomas Attlee\u2019s College of Craniosacral therapy on weekends. She enjoyed my Classical osteopathy lectures, and asked me if I\u2019d ever explored cranial. I said no, but that I would be interested learn it at some point. She offered to show me some. And so it was that I first submitted my system to the tender mercies the Sutherland tradition. Carolyne gave me a treatment. The treatment felt pleasant enough. I found myself drifting off into a pleasant dreamy place. It felt a bit like a very deep sleep, though I was still conscious. At the end of the session, Carolyne said \u201cOk, you can get up now\u201d. I said \u201cOk\u201d, and went to get up. But nothing happened. My body felt like lead. Heavier than lead. It actually felt as if it had melted, and melded itself with the earth below. There was no way I was getting up. \u201cEr, is it ok if I just lie here for a bit?\u201d, \u201cSure\u201d. As I was lying there, Carolyne went on to tell me what she\u2019d felt in my system \u2013 that my chest had felt filled with a blackness, which to her had felt like a combination of grief, shock and exhaustion, and that this had started to shift and release through the session. I was stunned.\nTo say that this first session had a large impact on me would be an understatement. It had a massive impact on me, \u2013 on my whole world \u2013 on my whole way of thinking. The thing was, the things she was saying about my system somehow felt true, even though if you\u2019d asked me about them previously, I\u2019d not have been aware of them. And then there was the fact that my body was literally glued to the couch, refusing to get up. It was as if my body was saying \u201cAndrew, just lie here. You really need to listen to this. This is true. And this is the way ahead\u2026\u201d So I lay there and listened. After a while I asked Carolyne: \u201cYou know that part of the treatment when you were on my Solar Plexus; that felt very powerful. What were doing there?\u201d, \u201cI tickled the lion behind its ears.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m sorry?\u201d, \u201cWell, when I was on your Solar Plexus, the image that came was of a lion, and it seemed that he was wanting to be tickled behind his ears, so that\u2019s what I did.\u201d Ok, now I realized it was time to surrender. Time to surrender all that I had thought I knew. This was a new road, upon which I would undoubtedly need some help and guidance, and probably further treatment. Even if my mind had wanted to object (which it didn\u2019t), the body does not lie. I was lying there feeling as if I\u2019d been knocked down by a ten ton truck, or been administered a large dose of morphine. This was undeniable; something very profound was going on.\nA NOTE ON SHAMANISM & STILL\u2019S CHICKENS\nIf one reads through the various cranial texts, such as Magoun\u2019s \u201cOsteopathy in the Cranial Field\u201d or even any of the Craniosacral therapy texts (which can be a bit more whacky) the \u201ctickling the lion behind the ears\u201d technique is no where to be found. There is no such technique. And yet Carolyne was undoubtedly doing cranial on me. So what was going on here? What was and is going on here, is surely that Sutherland\u2019s tradition, be that the tradition of the cranial osteopaths or the craniosacral therapists, can and does act as a gateway for practitioners. A gateway to what? To the unseen worlds of the shaman. Cranial work is based on listening. Listening not only with one\u2019s hands, but also with one\u2019s whole being. Listening from a quiet still place. Given that the unseen worlds of the shaman are undoubtedly real, and can be accessed in quietness and stillness, from a reverent and sacred space, is it any wonder then that they sometimes pop up in the middle of a craniosacral treatment? And when they do pop up, how do we as practitioners, respond? This is an area of great disagreement among cranial practitioners. Some (though not all) cranial osteopaths would say that when curious visions come up, we should ignore them and return our attention to the anatomy, because we are osteopaths. Some (though not all) craniosacral therapists would say that when curious visions come up, we should ignore them and return our attention to the fluid tide, because we are craniosacral therapists. More adventurous and free thinking practitioners of either denomination however, when met with a curious vision such as a being from another dimension, take the view that, if it seems desirous of being interacted with, why not try interacting with it? \u201cBecause one might be led astray and get lost!\u201d Some may say. But the question occurs to me: is that not the very nature of life itself?\u2026.perhaps the nature of courage\u2026.the willingness to explore into the unknown\u2026..and to risk getting lost\u2026\u2026to risk venturing into uncharted territory and to try doing things that have not been done before\u2026. Even on occasion, perhaps to try tickling a lion behind its ears?\nAnd in terms of the tradition, I think it is also of note to remember that Andrew Taylor Still himself was very much a shaman. Reading his autobiography it is difficult to come to any other conclusion. He talks unequivocally of instances of clairvoyance that he himself experienced, and he also talks of his skill in the art of reading \u201csigns and omens\u201d. He tells the story of the day he told his wife to set a third place for dinner, even though they were not expecting any guests. On being questioned as to his reasoning, Still replied to her that earlier that morning, he had been watching one of their chickens. The bird had stood in the doorway of the kitchen and it had then suddenly spun around three times in a circle. From this he had known there would be a third person at the table for dinner that night. He was not wrong.\nCAROLYNE TAKES MY SYSTEM BY THE HAND, AND MY BUDDHIST FUNDAMENTALISM BEGINS TO TREMBLE\u2026\nOver the next few months, Carolyne took my system by the hand, and helped it on journey of deep therapeutic transformation. She taught me some basic craniosacral methodologies that she had learnt from the CCST course, which were of course interesting, but to be honest, of less significance than the actual treatments she gave. I\u2019ve always experienced good treatments as being deeply educational, as well as deeply therapeutic. As Carolyne helped my system to move into a new state of being, from that new state, new perceptions naturally started arriving, and new abilities began to unfold. I found myself beginning to re-think not only osteopathy, but my whole life.\nIn terms of osteopathy, Carolyne was the first practitioner who had ever worked on me who seemed to be able to literally see inside my body. Later I was to learn that many cranial practitioners can of course do this, but Carolyne was my first experience of it, and it was a major wow. With her hands on my chest she could \u201csee\u201d exactly what my diaphragm was doing, and describe it, and many other detailed anatomical structures as well. This was impressive. She could see them as they were stuck. And she could see them as they changed. She could of course feel them as well, by more conventional means; but it was as if \u201cseeing\u201d and \u201cfeeling\u201d were not exactly separate, as we normally view them; it was more like they were on a continuum, along with a kind of 6th sense \u201cknowing\u201d as well. Now it was no longer just \u201cI feel tightness in your diaphragm\u201d; now it was \u201cI see-feel-know tightness in your diaphragm, and now I see-feel-know it releasing.\u201d\nBeyond this there were the visions. Each week Carolyne would see a lion in my Solar Plexus, and each week it would be in a different mood, or a different state of health. Sometimes it would seem sick and needed healing, other times it just wanting a playful tickle behind the ears. Sometimes it was angry. One week she sadly reported that the lion seemed to be dying, and that nothing she had done had seemed to help \u2013 all she could do was trust the process. Her trust paid off however, and by the next week the old dying feline had been replaced by young bouncing cub. I did not know what to make of any of this, but it seemed fascinating and delightful \u2013 and certainly a fascinating way to work.\nI realize that to move from the gentle, physiological, whole-person-osteopathy of the Body Adjustment, straight into visionary shamanic craniosacral weirdness, may seem a bit of a jolt to the reader. I mean, one might have thought I could have at least had the decency to spend some time appreciating the mobility of my Temporal bones perhaps or the cranial meninges, in my introduction to Sutherland\u2019s tradition, before being launched into the outer limits of cranial shamanism. I make no apologies however. This is the way the universe presented the work to me, so this is the story I tell. There would be many years of later study, of such things as the details of cranial anatomy and physiology that only brain surgeons and cranial practitioners really need to know about. For now I just surrendered to this process and went with it as it flowed.\nThen there was the challenge to my life philosophy. I could not deny that Carolyne\u2019s treatments seemed to be having a deeply therapeutic effect on me; that at some deep level my heart was being eased. This felt very real. It affected me deeply and made me re-think my whole life. It didn\u2019t seem to quite fit with my buddhist philosophy. The Buddhism that I had studied, and that I had taken as my life path, was very action-oriented. The spiritual path, the path to the overcoming of all suffering according to the Buddha, was spoken of in terms of the \u201cNoble Eight-fold Path\u201d, and described in terms of things one has to do: right livelihood, right meditation, right understanding gleaned through studying the scriptures etc. Meditation itself involved vigorous concentration and effort. There was no talk of just relaxing and receiving. I hadn\u2019t found any scripture in which the Buddha had said that a wonderful way to overcome suffering is just to lie back and receive a lovely treatment. I had therefore previously thought of all bodywork and therapy as being at best palliative, and at worst highly indulgent. It surely could never root out suffering at its core because it didn\u2019t involve vigorous action, and therefore did not transform karma (the patterns of habitual actions and their results) \u2013 it was too passive on the part of the recipient, or so I had assumed.\nBut now I had a problem. This stuff that Carolyne was doing to me didn\u2019t feel palliative; it felt very profound. The effect of it seemed more profound even, than any effect I\u2019d previously experienced through meditation. This made me think. Similarly, Carolyne\u2019s insights into what was going on for me on a personal level seemed more profound and to-the-point than anything any Buddhist teacher had ever said to me. And this was equally confusing for me because she wasn\u2019t even a Buddhist! Though she had told me that she felt a kinship with the native American traditions, she wasn\u2019t really an \u201cist\u201d of any sort. She was just herself.\nMeanwhile my own Buddhist teacher, my \u201cguru\u201d, a man who had been practicing Buddhism for over twenty-five years, did not seem to be doing too well in overcoming suffering himself. Sadly, as each year passed, he seemed to be becoming more and more alienated, isolated, and miserable. From all sides, it seemed to me that the universe was whispering to me \u201cAndrew, time to loosen up your Buddhist fundamentalism a little\u2026\u201d So I did.\nCONTINUED IN NEXT POST \u2026\nThis entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged biodynamic craniosacral, craniosacral therapy, primary respiration by Ryan Hallford. Bookmark the permalink.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 70, "original_length": 49488, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 272.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blog.imam-khomeini.ir/en/n2271/Biography/Return_to_Tehran", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:45Z", "digest": "sha1:NFMEWJCLHBH2MNOLQXTDARJLWXDR3V6L", "length": 7433, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "blog.imam-khomeini.ir", "title": "Imam Khomeini - Return to Tehran", "raw_content": "The Historical Return\nAfter the Shah's departure, people were eager for Imam Khomeini's return to Iran. In Tehran ceremonies were being organized to celebrate the Imam's historical return. However due to the fact that Bakhtiyar, who was the Prime Minister at the time, announced he would close the airport, the Imam's return was delayed for some time. Finally, on the 1st of February the Imam entered Iranian soil while millions of people came to see his arrival.\nIn the Imam's last interview in France, a French reporter asked him: \"Did you get any support?\" The Imam replied: \"We did not get any support from anyone.\" The Imam also said that \"the Iranian nation has made up its mind and will succeed. We will definitely be victorious.\"\nTehran; the young welcoming Imam Khomeini\nOn the 1st of February 1979, millions of people came to welcome and witness the Imam's return form Paris. It was a winter morning, but nobody could feel the cold weather. It was dangerous and various threats were made but people still came. It seemed as if the passenger on that airplane had captivated everyone, so that the people forgot all hardships and worries and waited to see the Imam.\nSlowly the wheels of the French airplane came to a halt at the Mehr Abad airport runway. A few moments later, the old spiritual man came down the stairs. At that moment, not only Iranians but people all over the world were awaiting the Imam's entrance into Iran. Fourteen years ago, this very man was deported from Iran and people thought he would be forgotten in history. However, it seems that everything was reversed and the assertive powerful men of that era were quickly forgotten and that Imam became the guest of millions of Iranians' hearts. His first words in the airport were, \"I thank you all for your love. The Iranian people's affection is a great responsibility on my shoulders, and I cannot repay it. Unity is the key to victory.\"\nImam's arrival at Mehrabad airport. Imam,Sayyid Ahmad, pilot(from the right)\nAfter a while, Imam Khomeini left the airport for the Behest Zahra cemetery in order to visit the graves of the martyrs and pay his respects to them. These martyrs lost their lives for the love of Imam Khomeini. The car carrying Imam Khomeini moved very slowly and finally stopped in front of a particular area in the cemetery, where the martyrs of the revolution were buried. Here Imam Khomeini stated, \"We have experienced many tragedies. Some of these tragedies were so great but the victories after them were far greater. There were many tragedies of women losing their husbands, and men losing their children. When I see people whose children died in these movements, I become sorrowful and sense a heavy weight on my shoulders. I am unable to thank a nation who has lost their lives for the sake God.\"\nThe day of Imam's arrival in Tehran; Imam (in car)being transported and people welkaming him\nImam Khomeini then gave a brief description of how the Pahlavi dynasty was established, and then began to explain its illegality and corruptions. He stated: \"I will appoint a state. I will act against this government. With the nation's support, I will appoint a state.\" At the end of his speech, the Imam gave some advice to the army and told the commanders of the army to come back to their people.\nImam Khomeini's first residence was in the \"Refah School\" near Baharestan Square. After settling there, he started planning the next courses of action. He had to respond to millions of people letters, questions and hundreds who visited him daily at his residence. Imam Khomeini had so much to do that although he was very tired, on the same day he entered Iran he gave a speech at Behesht Zahra cemetery and also issued a statement to the commanders, officers and soldier to stop cooperating with the corrupt government.\nMeanwhile, Bakhtiar, the Shah's last prime minister, tried to extinguish the fire of the upcoming revolution and to keep his power. His efforts, however, were futile because of the support of the masses for Imam Khomeini's rise.\nAssigning the first Prime Minister of the revolution\nA very important and sensitive event took place on the 4th of February. On this day, Imam Khomeini assigned Mehdi Bazargan as the Prime Minister of Iran. This made Iran one step closer to the revolution. Imam asked the people to come to the streets to show their support for this appointment. The next day military jets flew in the skies of Tehran to frighten the people but had no effect whatsoever. On the 8th of February many of the air force personnel marched before Imam Khomeini.\nThe fall of the Pahlavi regime\nDuring the final hours of Friday the 9th of February, the conflicts between the air force personnel, who were divided into supporters and opponents of the Imam, was dragged outside the barracks. People went to join the military forces that supported the Imam. These conflicts carried on through the next day. The people created obstacles to stop the military forces that had come out with their tanks, ready for another massacre.\nAt 2pm it was announced on the radio that the military commander of Tehran has declared that a curfew will be imposed after 4:30 pm. The Imam called this curfew a trick and illegal, and asked the people to ignore it.\nThe sensitivity and danger of this decision by the Imam was such that Ayatollah Talegaani and Bazargaan tried to change the Imam's opinion. They believed that this decision would lead to a massacre. However Imam Khomeini insisted that the people should ignore the curfew. Thus, nobody went home and people stayed in the streets.\nFinally on the 11th of February 1979 the army surrendered and announced it would no longer take part in the conflicts. The Imam told people to keep calm and peaceful if the army was to return to the barracks.\nThe revolution was finally victorious in the evening of the 11th of February 1979. The people's persistence, blood and hard work finally paid off.\nImam's residence, center of decisions\nImam Khomeini's residence was turned into the center of decision-making and everyone waited to hear the decisions that came out from there. From the 11th of February onwards people arrested those who cooperated with the Pahlavi regime and brought them to Imam Khomeini's residence. These arrests were so great in number that the security forces, who stood at the front door, cried out that only the leaders within the Regime could be admitted. It seemed as if the nation wanted to admit every single person who had anything to do with the regime. Furthermore at the Imam's residence the future leaders were chosen.\nImam Khomeini's successive messages asked people to observe peace so they could live their normal lives again and the new state could be established. The Imam stated: \"We are now obligated to cooperate with each other and make a new Iran.\" The first temporary cabinet members of the state began their work on the 22nd of February. Imam Khomeini ordered that all the schools, offices, factories, markets and anywhere else, which was on strike, to begin work again. In the meanwhile, people from different social classes came to visit Imam Khomeini, negotiate with him, and listen to his words. In one of these meetings, a poet who was influenced by the events that had happened to the Imam recited a poem about the Imam. The Imam told him: \"It is better for you to write poetry for the poor and those who have sacrificed something\".", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 145, "original_length": 10640, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 194.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blog.libricity.com/2014/11/25/tworeads-scandinavian-executive-publishing-meeting/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:20Z", "digest": "sha1:3WYBHZIAA6KHZ6GASWHAG2K43F3ZN5NM", "length": 6984, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "blog.libricity.com", "title": "TwoReads at the Scandinavian Executive Publishing Meeting - libricity - editori, libri e librerie", "raw_content": "At the welcome dinner, on Wednesday 19th November, for the first time in our lives, we found ourselves dressed the smartest. Lorenzo was the only person with a tie. Having overcome the embarrassment and arguing our Italian style, we began to meet the directors of Schilling, the biggest Scandinavian company for business solutions in the editorial world. The company develops technology, logistic and rights management projects and is extremely well organised and busy. Also to the dinner came representatives of various publishing houses, bookshop chains and Scandinavian online stores. Since 2002, these people have been meeting each other every year in Copenhagen at the Scandinavian Executive Publishing Meeting, a truly important event for their market.\nPublishers from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden consider themselves a single group: three of the languages (Danish, Swedish and Norwegian) are linguistically very close and, what\u2019s more, everyone speaks perfect English. We were also taken aback by the average age of these executives, who all seemed about 35. From their conversations we gathered that Amazon has not yet arrived in their countries but that it likely will soon. At the moment, Scandinavia is protected by the language barrier and by the rather meagre size of the market (that is, 25 million people, split between four national markets, which although are similar to one another, harbour considerable differences as well). On Thursday we went to the conference, which is held in the city\u2019s old slaughterhouse. The building, which has been completely restructured, hosts a number of events and offers a great deal of services. The audience, all of whom were executives, consisted of less than one hundred people: a small, but important public.\nThe first talk, by Peter Bardenfleth-Hansen, Scandinavian Director of Tesla Motors, was very interesting even though it did not deal with issues which regarded us in particular. After this, we listened as Ikkel B. Rasmussen, EU Director of ReD Associates discussed several themes with which we were better acquainted. In his talk we recognised what we had previously discovered ourselves, i.e. that it is essential to meet one\u2019s clients and that it is not enough to base oneself on studies and statistical reports alone! It is necessary to speak with one\u2019s users, to pay close attention to their answers and to watch closely how they act and react in their surroundings \u2013 be it a bookshop or an online store. Ikkel\u2019s message was clear: these days, publishers and bookshops do not know their readers and this presents a huge problem. Surviving a blast like that of Amazon or Google on such fragile foundations becomes a truly difficult task.\nAdriano presenting TwoReads at the Scandinavian Executive Publishing Meeting\nAfter a small break the third panel began. We were first to present, Raphael de Souza, Director of Business Development from Searchmetrics came second and Tom Williams, Marketing Producer from Touchpress came last. Twenty minutes each followed by questions from the audience.\nThe morning\u2019s events had been arranged rather resourcefully. Firstly, the Tesla talk outlined new ideas in markets, which, in appearance, are unassailable. The talk by ReD Associates then confined the discussion to the centrality of the client in the publishing market and lastly, three different instruments, which are already \u201coperational\u201d, were presented.\nYou will already be familiar with our project from having read other posts so we will not repeat ourselves here (but you can find our presentation at the end of this post). It seemed very relevant to have invited Searchmetrics, a company from SEO and thereabouts: from our experience of working with Il Saggiatore we too understood how the contents of a book itself are a very rich source of information, unparalleled by anything else on the market. We understood how little this is used to promote the book itself and to keep it in circulation on the web. Moreover, it is also possible to detect important signs on the Internet, such as the demand for a new edition of a book (the most well known example is that of tweets which complain about a book being out of print). In any case, the idea is that to allow books \u201cto breathe\u201d (on the web as well) and to have a catalogue which instead of being permanent and unchanging, is alive and in full communication with the outside world.\nTouchpress also gave us useful incentives: they are developing an app which is complementary to other materials, such as a book or a catalogue for a concert. These apps however, constitue independent products which are of a high quality and of a great value. The lesson we have learned is the following: a same content can translate and \u201cflow\u201d through different mediums and platforms so as to form new products.\nIn the questions from the audience a great deal of time was spent on the issue of language. On the one hand (alongside the rather restricted dimensions of the market) this has protected Scandinavia from the expansion of giants such as Amazon, yet on the other it has also isolated it before potential innovation.\nThe afternoon took off again with an \u201coutline\u201d of startup projects in the world of television, by Richard Kastelein, an entepreneur in that area who gave a broad summary of that very important sector. This was immediately followed by more specific presentations, which introduced three projects which were linked to the subscription model.\nOla Grahn, Country Manager of Readly described a subscription service which allows to download and read reviews and books on a number of devices, therefore allowing the user to have access even without an internet connection.\nMorten Remmer, Managing Director Denmark and Sweden of WiMP Music, presented a music streaming service which is aimed at \u201chigh-loyalty users\u201d, which manages to intercept a keen target audience, prepared to spend money for good quality. The spirit of his talk is summarised well by the sentence with which he opened his presentation: \u201cquality content comes at a cost\u201d.\nLaura Groth, Country Manager of Storytel Denmark, discussed an audiobook service which is working very well in Scandinavian countries and which is now looking to expand in the rest of Europe.\nThe closing speech by Julian Stubbs, Founder and CEO of UP THERE, EVERYWHERE, was perhaps what struck us most: he told of how they built a creative global agency based entirely on the cloud. \u201cNo employees. No office. Just people.\u201d\nThis Scandinavian Executive Publishing Meeting in Copenhagen was truly interesting and precious for us (we also hope to have opened a nummber of commercial ties, but regarding this last note we must remain silent and not try our luck!). To summarise: young average age of executives, perfect English, impeccable organisation in timing, procedures and details, stimulating and original presentations. We\u2019ll be back!\nOur presentation.\n\u2190 TwoReads: New Adventures\tOur app in Padova\u2019s IBS bookshop \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 65, "original_length": 8426, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 302.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blog.nexttruckonline.com/truck-news/manufacturer-news/new-york-city-turns-others-green-with-envy/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:31Z", "digest": "sha1:CVRPWLCYCDHR4F3X3VFPFR43L72773FS", "length": 6533, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "blog.nexttruckonline.com", "title": "New York City Turns Others Green with Envy - NextTruck Blog & Industry News - Trucker Information", "raw_content": "New York City Turns Others Green with Envy\nKenworth Hybrids Help Lower Emissions and Save Fuel\nIt\u2019s the city that never sleeps, but when managers for New York City\u2019s department of sanitation, parks department, and DOT do, they often dream of ways to improve fleet fuel economy while lowering overall emissions.\nAccording to Spiro Kattan, supervisor of mechanics for the New York City Department of Sanitation, the city has been a forward thinker in the use of hybrid vehicles and trucks since their inception. \u201cBeing known in the industry as early adopters, we get to use and test cutting-edge technology,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019ll also be the pilot test bed for many vehicles. This allows us to prove out technology and see first hand what will work best for the city. Rocco DiRico (the department\u2019s deputy commissioner of support services) has been a driving force \u2013 challenging manufacturers \u2013 and those manufacturers, including Kenworth, have stepped up to the challenge.\u201d\nThe city\u2019s sanitation department began running hybrid Kenworth T370s in 2009, and currently has nine in use as rack trucks, delivering parts to five borough repair shops. Five other Kenworth T370 hybrids are used as delivery trucks \u2013 shuttling tires to different service locations.\nThe Kenworth T370 hybrids, purchased through Gabrielli Kenworth, feature the PACCAR PX-6 engine rated at 240 hp and 560 lb-ft of torque, and the Eaton diesel-electric hybrid power system. The system uses an integral transmission-mounted motor/generator; frame-mounted 340-volt, lithium-ion battery pack; and dedicated power management system. Electricity generated through regenerative braking is stored and used for acceleration, assisting the diesel engine. The hybrid system is monitored through an in-dash display. As the power requirements for different driving conditions change, the screen constantly updates the driver on system status.\n\u201cWe\u2019re seeing up to a 30 percent improvement in fuel economy over non-hybrid delivery trucks,\u201d said Kattan. \u201cAnd, the cost of maintenance is pretty close to what we have with our other trucks. We, of course, paid a premium for the hybrids, but they are paying us back by lowering our fuel consumption. And, that also goes into lowering our carbon footprint.\u201d\nAccording to Kattan, lowering emissions is the biggest benefit to New York. \u201cIn 2007, Mayor (Michael R.) Bloomberg announced a mandate to cut carbon dioxide by 30 percent by the year 2017,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re on track to do just that. Our fleet of passenger cars and light trucks/SUVs are nearly 40 percent hybrid. And we\u2019re looking into hybrid-electric technology for our street sweepers \u2013 joining our rear loaders (garbage trucks). As for our medium-duty fleet, we\u2019ve been using Kenworth hybrids in applications where stop-and-go work is necessary. That\u2019s been the best application to get better fuel economy.\u201d\nWithin NYC Parks, 74 percent of its vehicles are on some sort of alternative fuel. \u201cWe\u2019re running bio-diesel, have some equipment that is solar-powered, and we\u2019re using 17 Kenworth T370 hybrids \u2013 eight have rack bodies with lift gates, and the rest feature 5-yard dump bodies,\u201d said Jonathan Ells, chief of staff for citywide operations.\nWith over 29,000 acres, divided up among 1,700 parks and more than 500 ball fields, New York City has the largest parks department in the country. The hybrid dump trucks haul dirt, sand and clay to ball fields; they\u2019re also used for general assignment work. The T370s with rack bodies are do-all vehicles and support a wide range of park activities \u2013 from skilled trades to general maintenance.\nFor the New York City Department of Transportation, nine Kenworth T270 hybrid \u201cbucket trucks\u201d are in service, and a T370 hybrid is on order to hoist a 60-foot bucket.\n\u201cIn our department, all but one of the Kenworth hybrids are configured as 35-foot working height bucket trucks \u2013 five are used to hang signs around the city, while the others are used for painting overpasses, inspecting small bridges, and for electrical repairs,\u201d said Dan Malone, with the city\u2019s DOT Fleet Services Administrative Office. \u201cWhat\u2019s nice is once the truck is shut off, the bucket is driven by the electric PTO. That means no noise, so our employees no longer have to yell over one another at the job site. Plus, the worker in the bucket is no longer inhaling engine fumes. It\u2019s made a huge difference to our operators. And, we\u2019re saving fuel. All told, we\u2019re expecting our hybrid trucks to pass 30 percent in fuel savings over our non-hybrids.\u201d\nAccording to Malone, the new T370 hybrid will go into service with rail gear. \u201cWe think it will be the first hybrid in the country to run on railroad tracks. The 60-foot boom will allow us to inspect bridges over railroads.\u201d\nThe Kenworth hybrids join 54 other T370 non-hybrids in the field. \u201cThe majority feature rack bodies and haul cones in our safety division,\u201d said Malone. \u201cThey\u2019ll go out to different job sites and create safety zones to protect our employees.\n\u201cWe\u2019ve had the Kenworths now for awhile and they\u2019re amazing trucks. Our drivers like them, and I like them since our crew also works on the trucks. To be honest, I can\u2019t compare other trucks to the Kenworths. They\u2019re very high quality. I have a saying that if you have something to prove, bring it to New York City. Well, Kenworth did and they haven\u2019t disappointed. We hold onto our equipment in excess of 10 years, and we see no problem of the Kenworths holding up.\u201d\nKenworth Truck Company is the manufacturer of The World\u2019s Best\u00ae heavy and medium duty trucks. Kenworth is an industry leader in providing fuel-saving technology solutions that help increase fuel efficiency and reduce emissions. The company\u2019s dedication to the green fleet includes aerodynamic trucks, compressed and liquefied natural gas trucks, and medium duty diesel-electric hybrids. Kenworth is the only truck manufacturer to receive the Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s Clean Air Excellence award in recognition of its environmentally friendly products. Kenworth also received the \u201cHighest in Customer Satisfaction with Heavy Duty Truck Dealer Service, Two Years in a Row\u201d, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2011-2012 Heavy Duty Truck Customer Satisfaction StudiesSM. Kenworth\u2019s Internet home page is at www.kenworth.com. Kenworth. A PACCAR Company.\nSource: http://www.kenworth.com/news/news-releases/2013/february/new-york-city-hybrids.aspx\nHybrid, Kenworth, Kenworth Trucks\nHino Trucks Innovative Model 195h Named ATD Medium Duty Commercial Truck of the Year", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 157, "original_length": 10459, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 297.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blog.oldwolfworkshop.com/2010/09/100th-blog-post-glimpse-into-future.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:52Z", "digest": "sha1:MJV5K4AKHGSV6MZROM7D2G4ER6E72Z5C", "length": 3844, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "blog.oldwolfworkshop.com", "title": "The 100th Blog Post!!!! (A Glimpse Into The Future)", "raw_content": "The 100th Blog Post!!!! (A Glimpse Into The Future)\nWow... Ladies and Gentlemen I would like to graciously welcome you to the 100th blog post here on the Oldwolf Workshop. Starting in June of 2009 up to right now September 2010. Starting from scratch and now in the ball park of 12400 page hits. Not knowing what to expect when I started, this blog has been kind of a wild ride for me, sometimes a bit of an ego boost but most of the time humbling. It's an odd thing to kind of open yourself up here online to any stranger with a search engine, I lay it all out here, my triumphs and my mistakes, sometimes it's pretty, sometimes it's pretty ugly, but it is always as close to me and what I'm feeling and thinking and doing in the moment as I can get.\nThe coolest things that have happened through this blog have not been what I originally thought they would be. In starting I wanted a record of what I have made and the evolution of my work and work habits, and I like that I can do that, but the coolest thing has been the connections I have been able to make to other like minded people. From regular commentators like David and Badger to people I have gotten to know a bit through the connected avenue of Twitter. From obscurity and posts celebrating 1000 page hits to today where I have my site here included in the blog rolls of many other great woodworker's sites, including being added to Popular Woodworking's blog roll. This adventure even includes my current efforts recording a couple of my posts for Matt Vanderlist's Spoken Wood Podcast. (though getting this right has been a difficult adventure for me, but I'll get it figured out)\nSo this is a quick post of celebration for me. A chance to say Thank You to my readers, both old and new, and a quick look to what the next 100 posts may bring.\nCurrently I am working on finishing off an Oldwolf Workshop version of the Dominy Tall Case Clock, a classic piece of American Furniture. I started building this piece while we were still living in Maine, but I have finally had the opportunity to finish her off, much to my wife's delight. Here's a pic in progress...\nI have also recently been given an incredible gift from my father in law Bob. In 1865 his grandfather, grandmother, and great uncle traveled to America from Norway. His Great Uncle Melvin Indahl was a carpenter in the \"old country\" and though he became a farmer in the South Dakota Badlands after moving here, be brought with him a large chest full of tools. The chest passed down to Bob's father and eventually to him, making the travels there was tools added and tools lost, but it is still full of many, many tools. So much I have not even gotten to lay my eyes on everything yet. So you can look forward to seeing me work to restore and repair some of these tools and I am seriously contemplating making a new version of this chest so I have one to use in my shop and this one can retire to my home.\nYou may also get to read as I take some steps closer to becoming a professional full time woodworker. I'm taking baby steps in that area but you never know where another year, or another 100 blog posts, will take you.\nI'm very excited for the next 100 blog posts, excited for the next year, and excited just to see where we can go from here.\nCheers, and once again Thank You\nDavid Kirtley September 23, 2010 at 9:14 PM\nAhh, the Centennial post!\nA toast of the beverage that would warm the coldest heart!\nEvaporust!!!!!\nI suggest a couple quarts in a nice sealed container. You are going to need it.\nBadger September 23, 2010 at 9:24 PM\nThe toolbox gift is pretty awesome, that sounds like hours of fun.\nDyami September 23, 2010 at 9:40 PM\nCongratulations. I may be new as a reader, but I'll be here for the 1000th post!\nSuperhero!! September 28, 2010 at 1:31 PM\nWooow!!...\nthe old toolbox is like a treasure chest.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 230, "original_length": 6551, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 318.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blog.r2computing.com/2009/01/dark-side-of-cloud.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:43:31Z", "digest": "sha1:FLS375JGVQXEDQQFEUGI4M4CAMVR6S3Q", "length": 967, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "blog.r2computing.com", "title": "The R-Squared Method: Dark Side of the Cloud", "raw_content": "Dark Side of the Cloud\nWhile I am a big fan of Cloud Computing, it must be noted that there is a dark side. Salesforce.com, which provides hosted customer relationship management services, suffered a 38 minute service outage on January 6, 2009. While many want to shout and scream that this was a terrible problem, it was ultimately as damaging as a power outage.\nThe majority of quality cloud computing service companies maintain 99.99% reliability. This means that outages are sufficiently rare that they are negligible. Utility services will suffer occasional outages. That is just the nature of the beast. However, for the cost benefits, these outages are completely acceptable.\nAnd the beauty is if the outages are too frequent and directly imapct your business, you pull up stakes and go somewhere else. So, a word to the wise, be aware that the Cloud Paradigm offers phenomenal cost saving opportunities but it also includes a few risks you should be aware of.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 44, "original_length": 1978, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 275.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blog.rocktheroute.co.za/img_2964/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:26Z", "digest": "sha1:3PZU2MESPIO6T5A7KTM74DXUXSH5QYQ6", "length": 31, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "blog.rocktheroute.co.za", "title": "IMG_2964 \u2013 Rock the Route | Pangea Trails", "raw_content": "December 5, 2017 \u2022 \u00d7 \u2022 IMG_2964", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 30, "original_length": 901, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.54, "perplexity": 331.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2017/03/sitcomsonline-book-club-there-i-go.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:33Z", "digest": "sha1:KC7PUVIFZV4D5LISWCY7EXOL3XSMVN6C", "length": 7040, "nlines": 35, "source_domain": "blog.sitcomsonline.com", "title": "SitcomsOnline Book Club - There I Go Again: How I Came to Be Mr. Feeny, John Adams, Dr. Craig, KITT, and Many Others by William Daniels; Feud Gets 2nd Season on FX - SitcomsOnline.com News Blog", "raw_content": "SitcomsOnline Book Club - There I Go Again: How I Came to Be Mr. Feeny, John Adams, Dr. Craig, KITT, and Many Others by William Daniels; Feud Gets 2nd Season on FX\nSitcomsOnline Book Club Review - There I Go Again: How I Came to Be Mr. Feeny, John Adams, Dr. Craig, KITT, and Many Others\nWilliam Daniels is an actor and former president of the Screen Actors Guild. He won two Emmy Awards for his role as Dr. Mark Craig in St. Elsewhere and more recently reprised his role as Mr. Feeny in the Disney Channel sitcom Girl Meets World, the sequel series to Boy Meets World. There I Go Again is a celebrity memoir like no other, revealing the life of a man whose acting career has been so rich that millions of Americans know his face even while they might not recognize his name. William Daniels is an enigma -- a rare chameleon who has enjoyed massive success both in Hollywood and on Broadway and been embraced by fans of successive generations. Few of his peers inspire the fervor with which buffs celebrate his most iconic roles, among them George Feeny in Boy Meets World, the voice of KITT in Knight Rider, Dr. Mark Craig in St. Elsewhere, and John Adams in the play and film 1776. Daniels guides readers through some of Hollywood\u2019s most cherished productions, offering recollections of entertainment legends including Lauren Bacall, Warren Beatty, Kirk Douglas, Michael Douglas, Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Mike Nichols, Jason Robards, Barbra Streisand, and many more. Looking back on his seventy-five-plus-year career, Daniels realizes that although he never had the courage to say \"no\" to being an actor, he backed into stardom. With his wife, actress Bonnie Bartlett, by his side, he came to realize that he wound up exactly where he was supposed to be: on the screen and stage.\nThis book by the legendary William Daniels is basically a complete detailed synopsis of his great career and memories. It's an easy 207 page read with 17 thought-out chapters. There are also very rare illustrations in the book, along with acknowledgements. Some of the illustrations are from Mr. Daniels' own collection, so they are nice to see. Mr. Daniels goes into detail about his career, but also shares awesome stories from his time on shows like St. Elsewhere. He starts the book out with a story about going to the Emmy's in 1985 that will hook you to keep on reading. It is a clever way to begin the book indeed. Mr. Daniels also gives some personal insight from his life, such as his life with his mother, father and growing up in Brooklyn. He also goes into details about his decision process to attend Northwestern.\nThe book goes in a nice chronological order of events and has a good pace. Mr. Daniels also talks about his theater work in New York on off-Broadway. He later talks about one of his first big breaks, the film 1776. He then continues with some of his other roles like KITT on Knight Rider and sitcom fans will most remember him from the role of Mr. Feeny on the popular sitcom Boy Meets World. Without giving anything away, the fifteenth chapter (\"Boy Oh Boy\") is all about his time on that sitcom. A must read. The book ends with a great epilogue, and Mr. Daniels says it is the end of the book, not for his career, obviously. In the appendix, there is an awesome feature with Lin-Manuel Miranda. Feeny meets Hamilton!\nMr. Daniels is going to be turning 90 later this month. It is hard to believe that. In this book, he shows a vivid memory and lots of details on his life and career. Everybody has seen this man in something over the years, whether it is as Mr. Feeny, Dr. Craig or as the voice of KITT. Mr. Daniels mentions in the book that he is grateful to hear how they feel that Me. Feeny somehow had an influence on their education, but that is the truth as his characters were all so relatable to people. His favorite role was Dr. Craig though from St. Elsewhere, which is understandable since his portrayal was Emmy material (and he won twice). This book is one of the best written books by an actor I've seen. It's fun, informative and it makes you feel like you've known Mr. Daniels as a friend or family member. I truly recommend this book because it is written by such a fine man. Feeny for the win!\nAward-winning producer Ryan Murphy's highly anticipated new anthology limited series Feud: Bette and Joan does not premiere until this Sunday, March 5, but FX announced that is has already placed a 10-episode order for the second installment of the Feud franchise, Feud: Charles and Diana, which is scheduled to debut in 2018. Murphy and Jon Robin Baitz will write Feud: Charles and Diana and serve as Executive Producers. Dede Gardner, Plan B Entertainment and Alexis Martin Woodall are Executive Producers. The limited series is produced by Fox 21 Television Studios. Ryan Murphy is the Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning writer, producer and director who pioneered the modern anthological limited series with award-winning hit American Horror Story, which is now heading into its seventh year and has been ordered through season nine. American Crime Story, his most recent anthology franchise, debuted in February of 2016 and its first installment, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, won the Emmy and Golden Globe award for best limited series and it was the highest-rated show in FX history. Previously, Murphy co-created of the award-winning hit musical comedy series Glee (FOX) and created the award-winning hit drama Nip/Tuck (FX).\nLabels: Book Review, Boy Meets World, FX, Girl Meets World, Knight Rider, SitcomsOnline Book Club\nMulti-Camera Sitcom The Ranch Returns to Netflix i...\nThe Mindy Project to End After 6 Seasons; Netflix ...\nParks and Recreation Stars Reunite on NBC Series; ...\nABC Mid-Season Pilot Review: Imaginary Mary - Prem...\nMario Lopez to Host CBS Game Show; King of Queens ...\nSitcomsOnline Digest: Is Another Writers Strike Lo...\nCBS Renews 16 More Series for 2017-18; Sitcom Star...\nFox Summer 2017 Schedule; Detroiters to Return on ...\nA&E and Lifetime Upfront 2017; Kevin James Gets Ne...\nThe Big Bang Theory Renewed for 2 More Seasons; Ba...\nNBC's Summer 2017 Schedule Includes Marlon & The C...\nSitcomsOnline Digest: NBC Sets Summer Plans; Satur...\nABC Schedules Downward Dog in May; Sitcom Stars on...\nAntenna TV's April Fool's Day Marathon; Missy Pere...\nGSN Upfront 2017 Includes Two New Rerun Acquisitio...\nLogo Acquires One Day at a Time; CBS Orders Big Ba...\nNBC Mid-Season Pilot Review: Trial & Error - Premi...\nSitcomsOnline Digest: Warner to Launch Boomerang S...\nFX's Baskets Gets 3rd Season; Sitcom Stars on Talk...\nFred Savage Returns to ABC; CMT Sitcom Gets 3 New ...\nComedy Central's Idiotsitter Returns for Season 2;...\nHallmark Movies & Mysteries Acquires Monk; Netflix...\nAntenna TV Goes Green for Green Acres on St. Patty...\nSitcomsOnline Digest: Modern Family Close to Ninth...\nFox Mid-Season Pilot Review: Making History - Prem...\nDecades Network Celebrates Made for TV Movies; Dan...\nSitcomsOnline Book Club - There I Go Again: How I ...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 353, "original_length": 15885, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 269.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blog.theguysatwork.com/2004/02/dream-dictionary-meaning-of-dreams-i.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:46Z", "digest": "sha1:KHSAWCMSPBMBQPKMTII4PYQE4VU6C7DL", "length": 274, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "blog.theguysatwork.com", "title": "Chazd's (Charles Dowdell's) News Burps <$BlogRSDURL$>", "raw_content": "I have to go into work today. I have to do performance appraisals and try and catch up. It is supposed to be 40 degrees today!!. Maybe the driveway will melt.\nI dreamed of a bear the other night. This website indicates that dreaming of a bear indicates victory over enemies.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 12, "original_length": 17539, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 322.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blog.thoughtpick.com/tag/human-computer-interaction", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:10:30Z", "digest": "sha1:F5IRCOUQYYMZVLXVOR5RTR7UVV4Z52AT", "length": 913, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "blog.thoughtpick.com", "title": "Thoughtpick | human computer interaction", "raw_content": "Corporate Transparency and user information privacy are hot topic issues on the net, and with bigger and bigger services people are becoming more and more aware that their information is not solely accessible by those whom they decide to share their information with. Their information might be shared with hackers, nosy friends, and even governments. Google has released a couple of new services that will address privacy issues and raise the level of transparency that Google has about its interaction with the governments of he world.\nMinority Report-style User Interface [video]\nIn Minority Report one of the highlights of the movie for me was seeing was the computer system they used was simply manipulated hand gesture . So seeing this demo below was really exciting. This is the sixth sense system from MIT Labs, this system is made to interact with reality taking the virtual into the real and vice versa.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 153, "original_length": 7464, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 325.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blog.trainwreckunion.com/2008/02/politics-sorry.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:30Z", "digest": "sha1:5YSYPAUVK5FUVC2GYUDUWBPJBQQJ3TSD", "length": 4934, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "blog.trainwreckunion.com", "title": "Sky Jack Morgan: Politics. Sorry.", "raw_content": "Politics. Sorry.\nTomorrow is MAPP. I hope that any of you can make it out.\nThis is interesting. 53 places to go.\nLast night, I went out drinking. I felt really good last night.\n\u00aa\u00ba\u00aa\u00ba\u00aa\u00ba\u00aa\u00ba\u00aa\u00ba\u00aa\u00ba\nI feel like everyone in the primary is talking bullshit. It is the first election in my life that I have no interest in. I keep reading the articles about the primary and end each one rolling my eyes. In five years, regardless of who gets elected, people will still be dying of curable ailments due to a lack of universal health care, people will still be dying senselessly in a senseless war in Iraq, people will still be working in positions that have nothing to do with their skill sets due to the absence of manufacturing jobs, it will be harder to buy a house or start a family, and everyone will still blame Mexico for all of our problems while purchasing their newest China-made fashion accessories. Everyone will still have iPods, and they will still download their movies. Everyone will still feel oppressed.\nIt's not that I don't think things can change. I am not fatalistic, but apathetic. I care less because none of the candidates seem to actually give a shit about America, American people, or anything else beside achieving a career goal. They all seem to really want to be president. But why do they want to be president?\nNixon was in love with politics. He loved it so much, the only thing he could have been is president of the United States. He's the only president that could have gone to China. He was the only one who could have ended the Vietnam war. He loved the political game more than anything else in life, and he was good at it. But he wasn't a very good president. Loving the game, he was like an athlete. But like an athlete, when people looked to him for someone to care about their situation or even as a moral compass or role model, he was just a guy who knew how to slam dunk.\nCarter seemed to want to help people. He still wants to help people. I think he thought he was a good politician, too, but he wasn't. He couldn't navigate the political situations well enough to actually get to help people. He was the opposite of Nixon. The oil crisis in the 70's made gas prices very high. He thought Americans would vote their consciences, he thought they would understand that we couldn't rely on foreign oil, he thought they would rather avoid future wars, come up with a viable alternative to petroleum, and learn to live with the temporary discomfort of high prices at the pump. But they didn't. He was a good man who couldn't rough-play with the big bullies of capitalism. He also had more faith in the American people than is allowed.\nReagan was a con-man who sold Americans a smile and a wink and a dream that voodoo would save the day. He understood that Americans wanted money. He gave it to them. He gave it to everyone who knew how to lick a stamp. Anyone who had a voice got paid. Everyone who didn't got the shaft. But everyone knew it wouldn't last. Even George Bush.\nGeorge Bush seemed like he gave a shit. He had dedicated his entire life to public service and private industry. He knew how to kick ass and turn a buck. He should have been the best president ever. Instead, all he did was kick ass and turn bucks for his friends. Americans got screwed, and nothing really happened besides a bunch of people dying in a country no one had ever heard of. That Ollie North stuff was fun, too.\nBill Clinton was almost perfect. He was born to be president. He got a lot done in a political climate that was unbelievably hostile. If he had had a democratic congress, American people would probably be enjoying some the same freedoms and rights that Europeans take for granted. They called him Slick Willy because the filthy republican swines couldn't hit him with anything strong enough to topple him. They upped the effort and finally bested him, but eight years of peace and prosperity were awesome!\nThe current president is funny. Eight years ago, no one believed me that he would go down as a the worst president in history.\nJohn Edwards was the only one this time round who maybe gave two shits about American people and the people of the world and how American policy effects them. He left the race before it started, really, but I'll still vote for him. I guess I'll be voting for Obama come November. But for a guy running on change, I don't think much will. McCain might win because there just might be enough people in this country who are scared enough or racist enough to vote for him. That would make me sad, but I don't think it would change much.\nI care about the environment, unemployment, health care, and education. They're pretty common issues to care about. I don't think, though, despite their mentioning them, that the likely candidates do.\nVote for Mitt. He's the only one you can count on for Conservative Change!\nhaha. That's funny. I am voting today because it is my civic duty.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 64, "original_length": 7063, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 226.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blogs.britannica.com/2009/3/is-it-time-to-legalize-illegal-drugs", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:19:14Z", "digest": "sha1:ZAC5NITZE2GIGQ3SQPKFQR3BXZL23XXK", "length": 3511, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "blogs.britannica.com", "title": "Is It Time to Legalize Illegal Drugs? | Britannica Blog", "raw_content": "Is It Time to Legalize Illegal Drugs?\nThe war on drugs is anything but metaphorical, as a scan of recent headlines clearly shows. The president of Guinea-Bissau was assassinated a few days ago, likely the victim of a cartel using his country as a waypoint for the movement of cocaine between South America and Europe. After a decade of peace in Northern Ireland, two British soldiers were murdered by members of a paramilitary group implicated in the drug trade there. Mexico threatens to descend into warlordism at any minute, torn apart by rival drug gangs. No matter how much cajoling from its Allied occupiers, Afghanistan resists cutting back its production of opium-bearing poppies, while nothing can stanch the flow of narcotics northward from South America and eastward and westward from Asia\u2014courtesy of insatiable North American and European markets.\nThe UN Office on Drugs and Crime reports that the illegal drug-consuming market is now \u201cstabilized\u201d at about 5 percent of the world\u2019s adult population. (Never mind the illegal consumption of legal prescription drugs on the Elvis Presley\u2014or, better, Rush Limbaugh\u2014model.) Production of illegal drugs remains stable, too, even if the industry\u2019s marketing techniques have become ever more lethal. More Americans were using cocaine in the middle of this decade than in the mid-1990s, no surprise given the abundant causes for despair, even if the former number was far lower than during the Reagan era; meanwhile, prices have remained more or less constant, adjusted for inflation.\nDrugs are ruinous, causing untold pain to users and their families and\u2014as the headlines show\u2014to whole nations. Yet the war on drugs has also been ruinous, costing the United States, by rough estimate, somewhere between $40 and $50 billion annually, to little apparent effect. Other developed nations spend somewhat less to combat the flow of narcotics, but the expenditures are still massive, money that might be better used to other purposes in this time of economic misery.\nGiven the stability of the market, regardless of all that money spent in interdiction, it is small wonder that calls to legalize the illegal trade are becoming more vocal. Some critics argue that, just as Prohibition was demonstrably a lost cause during the 1920s (and that taxes on alcohol sales helped provide needed revenue during the Depression), the present war on drugs might be better turned to battling terrorist organizations more directly, in part by capturing revenue flow that goes to fund those very organizations through illegal drug trafficking.\nThe answers are not easily forthcoming, but in its current number, even The Economist, the reliably conservative British business and world-news weekly magazine, calls for legalization as \u201cthe least bad policy,\u201d a view endorsed by writers for the still more conservative Wall Street Journal. Legalization would, The Economist notes, doubtless cause harm to some individuals, though there is \u201cno correlation between the harshness of drug laws and the incidence of drug-taking.\u201d But legalization might also do even greater harm to organizations that are inimical to the peace and security of the world, co-opting their control over millions on millions of people.\nOne thing seems clear in all this murky mess: the only way to determine whether legalization will work is to try it and see. The subject is eminently worthy of discussion and debate, and we welcome your thoughts.\nPosted in Geography, Health, International Affairs, Politics", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 96, "original_length": 6470, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 289.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blogs.strose.edu/tips-for-writing-a-college-admissions-essay/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:36:41Z", "digest": "sha1:KZ6FWS5UKIFRZFUT56TKDUSZ3OELZ5OH", "length": 3346, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "blogs.strose.edu", "title": "Tips for Writing a College Admissions Essay \u2013 The College of Saint Rose", "raw_content": "College essays can be tricky to get just right. But if you go in with a game plan, you\u2019re going to come out with something that shows your intelligence, your strength, and, best of all, your personality.\nAt Saint Rose, the college essay (or a graded paper) is optional. Whether you should skip it altogether depends on the rest of your transcript, but even if you\u2019re rocking a 4.0 GPA and mindblowing SAT scores, the essay is still a great way to let a college know who you are. (Trust us \u2013 we want to know who you are!)\nSo here\u2019s a worksheet to get you going on your amazing college paper.\n1. What is the essay prompt? (If no essay prompt, go to question 3.) ________________________________________\n1a. What are three ideas you have that address the prompt? For example, if the prompt is \u201cWhat was your most challenging moment?\u201d write down the FIRST thing you remember as challenging. (Then the second and third.) Try to thing of topics or memories that make you think, \u201cOh, I could talk FOREVER about that.\u201d\n2. No essay prompt? OK. Then what we have here is a real blank-slate situation. A blessing and a curse. No problem.\nWhat\u2019s one thing you really love? (For example: fashion, movies, or running.) _________________________\nThink of a time in your life when you felt you had really changed or grown or learned something world-changing. What was it? _________________________________\nWhat\u2019s one thing about you that\u2019s different from the people around you? (Maybe you\u2019re the only one in school with Haitian parents, or you\u2019re the only gay person on your street, or you\u2019re the only plus-size person you know who loves sports \u2014 anything that makes you stand out.) What\u2019s the thing? ____________________________.\n3. For each of your three ideas, write out five ideas related to them that would fill out your essay. For example, if you\u2019re writing about your love of running, what are five moments in your life that prove your devotion? Did you run a marathon, get up every day at dawn to train, get your little brother into running, too?) Go for the juicy details and jot them down.\n4. OK, now\u2019s the fun part. Which idea did you have the easiest time thinking of details for? Which came most naturally to think about, what idea made you feel like you had the most to say? If one stood out, there\u2019s your big idea. If more than one idea stood out, well, aren\u2019t you lucky? Take your pick!\n5. Start your draft. Make sure everything you share includes vivid details. Instead of saying, \u201cI love fashion,\u201d say you love sleeves, you love pulling apart seams and resewing them with different colors of thread. Talk about the moment you first realized you loved the thing you love \u2014 and talk honestly about how the thing makes you feel. Don\u2019t worry about using formal language. Just be yourself and talk to the admissions counselor like you\u2019re talking to a friend.\n6. Once your draft is written, set it aside and leave it for a few days. Then come back to it and edit it. Be sure to ask a friend or a teacher to have a look, too. Even the best writers need a second (or third or fourth) pair of eyes.\nGood luck! We can\u2019t wait to see what you\u2019ve got. And when you get here, be sure to check out Saint Rose\u2019s Writing Center.\nTags:undergraduate\n\u2190 10 Ways Saint Rose is Friendly to Veterans\nFeatured Faculty: Ross Krawczyk, Assistant Professor of Psychology \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 150, "original_length": 6661, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 199.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://blounttn.org/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=102", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:17Z", "digest": "sha1:5TOYAZOVKTTBHOQFCHBAM2AYAQ4ZVMER", "length": 2931, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "blounttn.org", "title": "Blount County, TN", "raw_content": "Mayor Mitchell states: \u201cWe are excited to announce that the Tennessee Comptroller\u2019s Office has advised us there were no audit findings for Blount County Government. This is four years in a row with a clean audit opinion on the presentation of financial statements of Blount County Government. I am pleased that this information is now available for the public to review. http://comptroller.tn.gov/\nThere is a great significance of this happening for the 4th year in a row. I am more than proud of Blount County\u2019s fiscal performance. During these four years, we have been very fortunate to have great leadership on the Blount County Commission with former Chairmen Jerome Moon and Gary Farmer, and current Chairman Ron French. The teamwork they have fostered throughout the County has been instrumental in making this happen. Our Elected Officials and all of my staff work hard year round, every day, to be good stewards and pursue excellent financial practices in all that is done for our Blount County citizens. I want to especially thank all of them for their hard work and dedication. Our citizens deserve financial information that they can rely upon and have the right to know how their tax dollars are being spent. This audit gives them that assurance. Four years of a clean audit report and no audit findings might very well be unprecedented. We\u2019ve asked the Comptroller\u2019s Office to determine if this has ever been accomplished by another County in Tennessee.\nNot only is the second year of operating under new standards of financial policies and procedures for all departments and offices of the County Government, but we also had new auditors assigned to us by the Comptroller\u2019s Office as we requested through our Audit Committee. I am proud that we are committed to transparent government here in Blount County. I am especially proud that all of our financial information is available to the public on our website (http://www.blounttn.org/958/Audits) and that we have monthly Budget Committee meetings that give insight and updates on financial matters of County Government.\u201d\nChairman of the Blount County Commission, Ron French, says \u201cThis is outstanding news! I commend all Elected Officials, all department heads and all employees of Blount County for continuing to go above and beyond. Your perseverance, diligence and devotion to duty is evident and speaks volumes to the pride in which you take in the performance of your assigned responsibilities. I'm convinced that this is an unprecedented accomplishment not only in Blount County's audit history but also in those of other counties in the state. I'm sure I speak for the entire Blount County Commission in saying we are very proud of each and every one of you. Thank you for keeping Blount County in the forefront of our great state of Tennessee.\u201d\n\u21d0Previous Special Called County Commission Meeting - PUBLIC NOTICENext\u21d2 Mayor's Commission Summary - January 2019", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 70, "original_length": 4330, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 264.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://boogiebooks.com.au/child-writes-blog-spot/i-want-to-write-a-book-1", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:43:22Z", "digest": "sha1:TOJ2DGH3ZNWSGJ4GMWRA4EFB7YMX6Q7Y", "length": 1743, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "boogiebooks.com.au", "title": "I Want to Write a Book", "raw_content": "Well, the short answer is \u2018yes\u2019. The long answer is \u2018absolutely yes, I can\u2019t believe I let my life get so complicated as to not have time to do this earlier!\u2019\nIt is useful to go back to the reason you may have had a bucket list in the first place, and I am not simply talking about it in the sense of having an awareness of our own mortality, but rather, it is a statement about our own goals. It is the ultimate \u2018to-do\u2019 list, and keeping focus on this list, ticking things off, means you are inevitably going feel more efficient and therefore, more productive. This, in turn again, improves your life as you have a sense of purpose. In a sense, working through your bucket list can keep you on track for a living a more meaningful life.\nThe Wall Street Journal has a panel of Experts who focus on the stories of the day, discussing, in-depth, their personal interpretations and views, online[1].\nOne of the experts, Morgan Fairchild, says not only do we need bucket lists; we also need to make sure it is a living document, because as we \u2018tick\u2019 something off, we make room for more incredible dreams and aspirations. Another of the experts, Marc Feedman describes a bucket list is more than leaving a legacy - and it is actually living one.\nYour dreams and aspirations are important, simply because you are important. It is an amazing stage of our lives when we reach that understanding and we are willing and able to share our experiences with others, irrespective of the form this takes. When it comes to writing a book, like any skill we acquire, or indeed, addressing anything else on our lists, it is simply a matter of taking one step at a time, because you can!\n[1] .www.wsj.com March19 2013 The Experts: Do We All Need \u2018Bucket Lists\u2019?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 101, "original_length": 3887, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 229.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://bracesspecialists.com/pages/general/aretheyforreal.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:21:45Z", "digest": "sha1:OQWGO7MV3ZBTO5FNB2JIGQMS326E6VCV", "length": 1811, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "bracesspecialists.com", "title": "IOS", "raw_content": "How do I know whether the MDS doctor is a QUALIFIED ORTHODONTIST?\nAll qualified Orthodontists are M.D.S. \u2013 Master of Dental Surgery. (General dentists are B.D.S.) At the same time, not all M.D.S. doctors are Orthodontists. The M.D.S. doctors who have undergone training specifically, in the subject of Orthodontics, are ORTHODONTISTS. The Orthodontist can be a Resident Orthodontist or a Visiting Orthodontist. Resident Orthodontist is one who is available on all days at a particular place, to treat & take care of patients with the help of braces. The Visiting Orthodontist is one who is available on particular days of the month (generally once in a fortnight/month) at a particular place, for the same.\nSo what?! My neighborhood dentist puts braces & treats patients with braces, as well!\nSure, he/she does! Please remember, Orthodontics (Study of Braces) is a highly specialized branch of dentistry, requiring a thorough training to manage all situations which arise during the course of the treatment. It is like child birth, or brain surgery. The basic graduate training may not be enough to perform those procedures to the best possible outcome which may require long periods of on-the-job training.\nAnother dentist I know is \u201ccertified\u201d to do braces? Why not get treatment done there?!\nThe \u201ccertification\u201d is, more often than not, earned after doing short term weekend programs, spread over a short period of time. Continuing with the earlier analogy, what would make better sense - Get a baby delivered, or, brain surgery done with a \u201ccertified\u201d doctor or, with a gynaecologist / neuro-surgeon, who underwent a rigorous training for 3 yrs, all 365 days of the year, to handle all possible complications that can arise during child birth / brain surgery!? Applies equally well with an MDS ORTHODONTIST.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 53, "original_length": 3381, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 263.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://braddockheritage.org/items/show/156", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:06Z", "digest": "sha1:SHTRXQYSZHMXPDYPVF7G5IDLZ5Q4E5XL", "length": 207, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "braddockheritage.org", "title": "braddockheritage.org/ | Rolling Road Virginia Railway Express (VRE) station, 2006", "raw_content": "Ch12-151-VRE_2a5d171ecc_a72efc5ccc.jpg (image/jpeg)\n\u201cRolling Road Virginia Railway Express (VRE) station, 2006,\u201d braddockheritage.org/, accessed February 15, 2019, http://braddockheritage.org/items/show/156.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 1258, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.67, "perplexity": 298.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://broadwaybedandbreakfast.com/broadway-bb-uk/4558306693", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:50Z", "digest": "sha1:SL7HUKY7AR2A6FW7QM2CV4GL42ANFKL6", "length": 3945, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "broadwaybedandbreakfast.com", "title": "Broadway B&B UK - Old Station House Broadway", "raw_content": "Broadway B&B UK - Old Station House Broadway\nBroadway B&B background information\nBath and the Cotswold\nThe Cotswolds is an area of England about the size of greater Tokyo. Popular with both the English themselves and visitors from all over the world,the Cotswolds are well-known for gentle hillsides (\u2018wolds\u2019), sleepy villages and for being so \u2018typically English\u2019.\nThere are famous cities such as Bath, well-known beautiful towns like Cheltenham and hundreds of delightful villages such as Burford and Castle Combe. Above all, the local honey-coloured limestone, used for everything from the stone floors in the houses to the tiles on the roof, has ensured that the area has a magical uniformity of architecture.\nYou will see \u2018Drystone walls\u2019 everywhere in the fields. Many were built in the 18th and 19th centuries, a matter of considerable skill as there is no cement to hold the walls together. They represent an important historical landscape and a major conservation feature \u2013 and are of course still used by farmers to enclose sheep and cattle.\nDuring the 13-15th centuries, the medieval period, the native Cotswold sheep were famous throughout Europe for their heavy fleeces and high quality of wool. Cotswold wool commanded a high price and the wealth generated by the wool trade enabled wealthy traders to leave their mark by building fine houses and wonderful churches, known as \u201cwool churches\u201d. Even today, the sight of sheep on the hillside is still one of the classic Cotswold images.\nThe city of Bath takes its peculiar name from the Roman Baths that were built here between the 1st and 4th centuries AD, the remains of which can still be seen today. Since its earliest days as a Celtic settlement, the history of Bath is inextricably linked to the natural waters that rise up here. The heyday of Bath came in the 18th century when it became a fashionable spa town, and was a focus for English high society. Much of the architecture of Bath dates from this time, and the city is famous for its elegant Georgian townhouses and sweeping crescents. Today Bath is one of the most beautiful cities in the UK, and has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. With plenty to see and do, it is an absolute must for any visitor to the UK. As well as a spa town, in its history Bath was also very famous as a religious centre. This was because of the magnificent Abbey that is still situated in the heart of the town.\nThere has been a church on this site since at least the 7th century. However the building that you can see today dates primarily from the 15th century, although traces of an earlier Norman church can still be seen in the Norman Chapel.\nDuring the reformation in the 16th century the abbey suffered at the hands of Henry VIII and fell into disrepair, however within a few decades restoration work began. Since then the Abbey has been carefully modified and preserved, the result of which is today's superb building with its breathtaking interior.\nThere are many monuments and memorials to Bath's past residents within the church. And the elaborate exterior is also worth a second glance - the west front is said to be based on a dream of Jacob's Ladder that Bishop Oliver King had in the 15th century.\nThe Bath Abbey Heritage Vaults opened in the Abbey in 1994, and these contain an excellent exhibition about the history of the Abbey and the importance of religion in Bath's history. Abbey and the importance of religion in Bath's history\nVictoria Art Gallery is Bath's main art gallery, is located on Grand Parade, close to the famous Pulteney Bridge.\nAlthough small, it is a very pleasant gallery. The collection includes pieces by Bath artists, past and present, as well as pieces by several more famous names, including Gainsborough and Turner.\nbroadway b&b, bed breakfast, cotswolds accommodation, broadway b&b, worcestershire, guest house,guesthouse, short breaks uk, broadway b&b,", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 4683, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 211.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://bsa628.com/Requirements/boy-scout-california-eagle-project-requirements", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:58Z", "digest": "sha1:2VYSKQF4NF6J46BDIVDQZO2BRIZNZSVY", "length": 5060, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "bsa628.com", "title": "Boy Scout California Eagle Project requirements : Boy Scouts of California", "raw_content": "Boy Scout California Eagle Project requirements\nNot many high school sophomores can say they\u2019ve orchestrated major infrastructure improvements on public land \u2014 but Joseph Haas can. At age 14, Joseph (now 15) spearheaded the installation of four sturdy new bridges at Sinkyone Wilderness State Park.\nJoseph and his family have a special connection with Sinkyone. Though they live six hours away, the family has visited the park every spring for over a decade. Joseph\u2019s father, Ken, was introduced to Sinkyone by a friend who found comfort there after losing a brother. Ken recognizes that there is something profound about the park:\n\u201cIt\u2019s amazing how spiritual that place is. People go out there and never forget it. There\u2019s something about it that is just a little bit different from any other state park I have been in.\u201d\nSinkyone\u2019s 7, 500 acres are home to old-growth redwoods, some 10 feet wide.\nJoseph and his sister Amanda have grown up exploring and playing in the scenic splendor of Sinkyone Wilderness State Park. They forged a bond with nature there, and are both now active in the Scouts.\nWhen Joseph decided to pursue Eagle Scout status by completing a service project, he knew he wanted to help out at Sinkyone.\nThe service project is one of many rigorous requirements for a Boy Scout to earn Eagle Rank \u2014 the ultimate scouting achievement. The scout manages the project from start to finish, gaining administrative approval, raising funds, and coordinating volunteers. Joseph asked Park Ranger Josh Ertl what he could do for Sinkyone, and when Ertl mentioned replacing bridges, Joseph knew that that was the project for him.\nThis was an extremely ambitious project for a Scout to take on, and Joseph had plenty of challenges \u2014 but with the help of Camp Host Carla Thomas and Ken, an engineer, he overcame them. Joseph received California State Parks\u2019 approval to replace four bridges on the trail from Needle Rock to Jones Beach. With Carla\u2019s assistance, he secured the $8, 000 for materials from California State Parks. The crowning accomplishment was assembling a phenomenal team of volunteers: members of the Whale Gulch Volunteer Fire Department and Southern Humboldt Technical Rescue Team, California State Parks staff and volunteers, Boy Scouts from Newcastle Troop 13 and the Haas family all gave their time and energy to the project.\nTogether the team contributed more than 1, 500 volunteer hours. They carried three and a half tons of lumber \u2013 by hand \u2013 down the winding trail to the building sites, where they meticulously constructed the bridges.\nJoseph, who wants to be an engineer someday, says the project was even harder than he had expected, but that it was worth it. He learned that success \u201ccame down to how you communicated and how we got everyone to work together.\u201d\nThree of the bridges are memorials, dedicated to former Camp Host Mike Rydjord, Whale Gulch Fire Chief Archie Umina, and Briceland Fire Chief Tim Olsen. One of Joseph\u2019s favorite parts about completing the bridge project was meeting Tim Olsen\u2019s family at the dedication, and learning that his widow walks that trail several times a week.\nThe new bridges will keep the trail sound and connected, allowing visitors to traverse Sinkyone\u2019s rugged terrain. But their function goes much deeper, helping people to connect with the unique sense of peace that this wild and beautiful park offers, knowing they are safe and supported along their way.\nJoseph recently submitted his project to the Golden Empire Council of Boy Scouts and in spring 2016 will learn if he has qualified for Eagle Rank. He also submitted his project to the National Eagle Scout Association to be considered for the Eagle Scout Project of the Year, an award which provides an education scholarship to the winner.\nJoseph\u2019s tremendous accomplishment makes him an inspiring supporter of the redwood forest.\nMembers of the bridge project volunteer team have continued to work together on improvement projects at Sinkyone \u2013 including two more bridges!\nAll photos are courtesy of the Haas family.\nIn the scenic redwoods country near Eureka, California, lies Headwaters Forest Reserve. You might remember Headwaters as the subject of a very contentious, very public, decade-long struggle in the 1990s to protect ancient redwoods from continued logging. When you walk among its massive, moss-draped giants, it\u2019s easy to see why so many people fought so hard for their preservation.\nWhat I hoped to gain from the recent Cultural Relevancy and Inclusion in Outdoor Organizations convening was a sense of togetherness on a topic that very few outdoor organizations and foundations are addressing in action. It is a complicated topic to wrap one\u2019s brain around in reaching an action plan, I get it, but what is at stake is a country that will be majority people of color in 20 years, and if people of color are not developing relationships with the land now, we certainly won\u2019t care about saving the redwoods or protecting endangered species as we grow into a majority status.\nSource: www.savetheredwoods.org", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 72, "original_length": 6312, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 330.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://buildprint.io/mods/125498", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:19:36Z", "digest": "sha1:I6WWZTSP6O2X33XFOOZRMPSVVU2TFXMW", "length": 168, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "buildprint.io", "title": "Softopper", "raw_content": "Originally bought this in 2014 for a 2011 Chevy Silverado. I was about to sell it when I got my Tundra when I threw it on there and what do you know... it fit (mostly).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 724, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 173.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://butterflies-moths.co.uk/the-large-skipper-butterfly-hesperia-sylvanus/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:12Z", "digest": "sha1:AIAP2HZEMARGR2Q3LU6WG2XA4ZC5LEV6", "length": 1411, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "butterflies-moths.co.uk", "title": "The Large Skipper Butterfly - Hesperia Sylvanus", "raw_content": "The Large Skipper Butterfly - Hesperia Sylvanus\nLepidoptera The Large Skipper Butterfly \u2013 Hesperia Sylvanus\nDuring May, June, and August this butterfly may be seen on grassy banks in nearly every part of England, as well as in certain localities of Scotland and Ireland.\nThe wings are all of a bright orange-brown colour, with a narrow black border, inside which is a broad shading of brown. The latter colour usually completely covers the hind wings with the exception of about half a dozen squarish spots; and the same colour, together with the dark brown wing rays, breaks up the light ground of the fore wings, often forming several squarish and triangular patches, most distinct near the tips. The male (\nPlate VII, fig. 15) may be readily distinguished from the female by the presence of a thick dark brown streak across the fore wings.\nThe under side of both sexes is pale tawny brown, with a greenish tinge; and has several rather indistinct yellowish spots.\nThe larva is of a dull green colour, with a dark line on the back. Its upper surface is dotted with black, and there are white spots on the under side of the tenth and eleventh segments. It feeds on several kinds of grasses, some of its favourites being the meadow soft grass (Holcus lanatus), the cock\u2019s-foot (Dactylis glomerata), and couch grass (Agropyron repens).\nLeave a reply to Lepidoptera The Large Skipper Butterfly - Hesperia Sylvanus", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 31, "original_length": 2406, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 235.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://cajunradio.com/la-swashbucklers-season-starts-sat-in-lc/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:10:56Z", "digest": "sha1:2GSCNGZBAZ2ED37QYA4H2LZNESILVYPO", "length": 873, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "cajunradio.com", "title": "La Swashbucklers Season Starts Sat In LC", "raw_content": "La Swashbucklers Season Starts Sat In LC\nwww.labucs.com\nIt's that time of the year again football fans. The Louisiana Swashbucklers begin the 2011 season this Saturday at home in the Civic Center.\nThe Swashbucklers open up the 2011 Football season at home in the Lake Charles Civic Center Saturday night against Huntsville. The Swashbucklers will have 6 home games this season.\n4 of the next 5 games for the Swashbucklers will be inside the Lake Charles Civic Center which could help the team get off to a great start being home for some many games in the beginning of the season.\nYou can get your tickets by logging onto www.labucs.com or by calling the Civic Center Box Office at 337-491-1432.\nThe Football kicks off this Saturday night at 7pm to open up the 2011 Season for the Louisiana Swashbucklers!!! Are you going to be there???\nFiled Under: Football, Swashbucklers", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 95, "original_length": 2212, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 333.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://cameo.mfa.org/wiki/Bells%27_medium", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:29:43Z", "digest": "sha1:YUTNCHPHEDQJDK3XPZXTZDKLLPYRRASD", "length": 238, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "cameo.mfa.org", "title": "Bells' medium - CAMEO", "raw_content": "Bells' medium\nAn oil painting medium used in England in the 19th century. Bell's medium was made from blown linseed oil thinned with spike oil (Mayer 1969).\nRetrieved from \"http://cameo.mfa.org/index.php?title=Bells%27_medium&oldid=48245\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 993, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 269.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://capovelo.com/bell-helmets-stars-series-pays-tribute-john-tomac/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:37Z", "digest": "sha1:LSXYQVO4EJ7CITGQEBZRHXQV47CV6FUO", "length": 1399, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "capovelo.com", "title": "CapoVelo.com | Bell Helmets' All-Stars Series Pays Tribute to John Tomac", "raw_content": "CapoVelo.com - | Bell Helmets' All-Stars Series Pays Tribute to John Tomac\nBell Helmets\u2019 All-Stars Series Pays Tribute to John Tomac\nBy Campionissimo - In FEATURED ARTICLES, LATEST ARTICLES, THE PODIUM\nAs part of its All-Stars series, Bell Helmets pays tribute to mountain bike legend John Tomac.\nThe Bell All-Stars campaign focuses on the rich history of the athletic and racing pursuits of some of its \u201cAll-Star\u201d athletes who have competed in Bell helmets and inspired generations to pursue greatness. The campaign, consisting of feature videos and accompanying written stories, has profiled some of America\u2019s first and finest champions in road and track cycling, including Craig Schommer, Mike McCarthy and Leonard Harvey Nitz, and now expands from the road into the dirt with a rider who is considered among the greatest mountain bike racers of all time\u2014 1991 World Mountain Bike Champion John Tomac.\n\u201cAnyone who followed mountain bike racing through the 1990s likely remembers not only John Tomac\u2019s versatility across a wide number of disciplines, but also that throughout nearly his entire career he competed in a Bell helmet,\u201d said James Hibbard, Marketing Manager for Bell Helmets. \u201cThis made John a natural fit for the All-Stars campaign, and after spending some time with him at his ranch I was impressed not only by his results on the bike, but also by who both he and Eli are as people.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 77, "original_length": 4037, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 321.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://car-inc.com/car-dealers/texas/wharton/u-haul", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:10:21Z", "digest": "sha1:4CR5YZLE5ZIPDFNM6UC35JFSWEF7B6EQ", "length": 971, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "car-inc.com", "title": "Car Dealers,U Haul Wharton", "raw_content": "Car Dealers > Texas > Wharton > U Haul\nU Haul in Wharton, Texas\n709 N Richmond Rd\nWharton, TX, 77488\nThe vehicle makes and models sold by U Haul and their price quote ranges may vary. New and used cars sold at this U Haul dealership may be manufactured by one or more of the following car companies: Acura, Audi, BMW, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Ford, General Motors, GMC, Honda, Hyundai, Infiniti, Jaguar, Jeep, Kia, Land Rover, Lexus, Maserati, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Porsche, Ram, Saab, Subaru, Suzuki, Tesla, Toyota, Volkswagen, or Volvo. Some automobile dealerships offer additional services such as on-site repair shops, roadside assistance, car insurance, and financing options.\nU Haul hours of operation may also change. For more details, reach this Wharton Car Dealership U Haul directly at the address or phone number mentioned. There are 7 other dealers, brokers, car lots, or showrooms within the vicinity of Wharton.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 23, "original_length": 1470, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 312.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://careersintaxblog.taxinstitute.com.au/2014/04/small-firm-or-corporation-whats-right.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:56Z", "digest": "sha1:VHU2ZXMD4IUD6WZDETAYE7KQB4PCHTJ6", "length": 2885, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "careersintaxblog.taxinstitute.com.au", "title": "Careers in tax: Small firm or corporation: What\u2019s right for your tax career?", "raw_content": "Small firm or corporation: What\u2019s right for your tax career?\nTaking that very first step in your tax career requires many decisions. One of the most important is whether your initial role should be with a small firm or a corporation.\nThere are countless firms that can provide you with your first foray into the tax world, and the size of the business can be a clue to the type of workplace you can expect. Here are some general guidelines.\nWorking for a small firm\nBecause there are fewer people in a small firm, you will get to know everyone and will probably work directly with most of them. This is great if you feel more secure when you\u2019re familiar with the team members who are driving the business.\nDay-to-day functions: Employees in small firms tend to work across a number of clients and usually perform some ancillary tasks to support their job, including administration. Prepare for variety and expect to wear a number of hats.\nSkills: Multitasking and being a quick learner are two skills you should already have. If not, you\u2019ll pick them up swiftly in a small-firm environment.\nPersonality traits: People who like being part of a team and being able to see how their contribution directly adds value to the business will enjoy this environment.\nWorking for a corporation\nWorking for a corporation, such as one of the Big Four, has many benefits including established career development programs and opportunities to work internationally. This situation is ideal for ambitious employees.\nDay-to-day functions: Corporate employees generally have specific roles and are assigned tasks appropriate to that role. Your work will be guided and may focus deeply on specific areas. This may be repetitive for some, but could also lead to specialisation.\nSkills: Being able to work autonomously and follow process is a key skill. Those who have leadership skills tend to move into management positions.\nPersonality traits: Those who are ambitious can make their mark through high performance and good networking. By the same token, those who are content to be a cog can also find the anonymity of being in a big company attractive.\nThese are just some of the generalisations related to small firms and corporations. Of course there will always be some crossover, with small firms taking on corporate traits and vice versa, as well as medium-sized businesses that may be a blend of both.\nThe key is to figure out what you want and then find the workplace most likely to give you what you seek. As you and the nature of the workplace change, this will more than likely affect your choice.\nLabels: Careers in tax, Job search, Work experience\nSmall firm or corporation: What\u2019s right for your t...\nNeed-to-know presentation skills to boost your car...\nThe road less travelled: Tax and sport\nThe essentials of professional email etiquette\nLessons from high achievers in the tax profession", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 271, "original_length": 7097, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 334.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://cashwoe.com/2013/01/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:23Z", "digest": "sha1:5PGY55IV3A5J45HNILVCF5BO2SWLY7BE", "length": 32164, "nlines": 133, "source_domain": "cashwoe.com", "title": "January 2013 \u00ab cashwoe.com", "raw_content": "Powerwave and Gores Group Reach Deal on Cash\nWireless-equipment maker Powerwave Technologies Inc. (PWAVQ) reached an agreement with its private-equity investor, the Gores Group, Thursday that will allow it access to the cash it needs to continue operations.\nJudge Mary Walrath of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del., said she would confirm the agreement Thursday.\nAs a result, Powerwave will be able to meet its payroll obligations Friday and will be able to continue its operations through Feb. 22, when Powerwave will return to court to ask for further access to its cash. Powerwave said that if it had been unable to tap these funds, it would have had to shut down.\nThe wireless-equipment maker\u2019s Chapter 11 filing this week was precipitated by a fight for cash with Gores Group, which invested $35 million in September. Powerwave Technologies said that on Jan. 25, Gores Group pulled $8.3 million out of its account without notifying Powerwave, saying that the company had defaulted on its loan.\nGores Group has since returned $2 million of those funds, but the missing $6.3 million hurt Powerwave\u2019s liquidity so severely that it said it had to move its out-of-court restructuring into Chapter 11.\nAn additional $1.2 million of that cash was returned to Powerwave Wednesday, the company said during the hearing, but Gores Group won\u2019t return the other $5 million and has instead applied it to Powerwave\u2019s prepetition debt, bringing the amount down to $30 million.\nPowerwave has called this sweeping of cash from its accounts improper and said it still owes $35 million to Gores Group.\nNevertheless, the groups were able to reach a consensual deal, allowing Powerwave to access the cash in its accounts while still protecting Gores Group\u2019s investment.\nAs part of the deal, Powerwave will maintain the right to try to recover the $5 million Gores Group pulled from its account, but it won\u2019t be immediately returned. In addition, Powerwave must notify the court and creditors in the case by Feb. 19 whether it plans to sell its business in Chapter 11 or whether it will reorganize without a sale process.\nPowerwave bankruptcy attorney Mark Thomas of Proskauer Rose LLP said during the hearing that since Powerwave\u2019s \u201csplat\u201d into Chapter 11, as a result of the liquidity crisis caused by the draining of the company\u2019s account, \u201cthere have been many incoming calls\u201d from interested strategic buyers, including competitors and other publicly traded companies.\nThe Santa Ana, Calif., company has been losing money and filed for bankruptcy protection Monday. Years of declining demand for its products from customers like Nokia Siemens Networks, Alcatel-Lucent (ALU, ALU.FR) and Samsung Electronics Co. (SSNHY, 005930.SE) pushed down the prices Powerwave could command for its products, which feature technology that improves coverage, capacity and data speed in wireless communication networks.\nCombined with the global economic downturn, lower demand and lower prices left Powerwave without the money to continue manufacturing as it had in the past.\nIt had begun to restructure out of court, selling its headquarters and selling certain technologies to free up cash. The deal with Gores Group was also part of this effort. However, the loss of the $8.3 million made it impossible to continue the process without Chapter 11 protection, it said.\nGores Group said that Powerwave defaulted on Jan. 4, when it showed fourth-quarter revenue of just $23.1 million\u2013revenue less than $51 million constituted a default, and it pulled the cash from Powerwave\u2019s account as a result.\nHopes of survival depend on cashing in on the company\u2019s patent portfolio, according to papers filed by Chief Executive Ronald Buschur. Mr. Thomas called Powerwave\u2019s 243 U.S. patents and 517 foreign patents the \u201ckey asset in the estate.\u201d\nIn addition to the September 2012 senior secured loan from Gores Group, Powerwave is carrying about $256 million in bond debt, court papers say.\n(Dow Jones Daily Bankruptcy Review covers news about distressed companies and those under bankruptcy protection. Go to http://dbr.dowjones.com)\n\u2013Peg Brickley in Wilmington, Del., contributed to this article.\nWrite to Stephanie Gleason at stephanie.gleason@dowjones.com\nJanuary 31st, 2013 | Tags: alu, bankruptcy, cash, gores-group, group, powerwave, technologies, thomas | Category: Uncategorized | Comments are closed\nPark Electrochemical Corp. Announces Special Cash Dividend and Revolving Credit Agreement\nMELVILLE, N.Y.\u2013(BUSINESS WIRE)\u2013\nPark Electrochemical Corp. (NYSE \u2013 PKE) announced that its Board of Directors has declared a special cash dividend of $2.50 per share payable February 26, 2013 to shareholders of record at the close of business on February 12, 2013.\nThe Company also announced that it has entered into a five-year revolving credit facility agreement with PNC Bank, National Association. The credit facility agreement provides for loans of up to $52 million to the Company and, subject to the terms and conditions of the agreement, an interest rate on the outstanding loan balance of LIBOR plus 1.15%. The Company intends to use substantially all of the funds borrowed under this credit facility to finance the payment of the special dividend.\nThe Company expects that this dividend will not be treated as a taxable dividend for Federal income tax purposes.\nAs explained in the Company\u2019s December 18, 2012 announcement of its regular cash dividend payable February 4, 2013 to holders of record on January 4, 2013, Park\u2019s cash dividends are treated as taxable dividends to the extent of the Company\u2019s current or accumulated earnings and profits in the United States (computed using U.S. Federal income tax principles), with any amount in excess of such current or accumulated earnings and profits treated as a non-taxable return of capital, to the extent of the shareholder\u2019s adjusted tax basis in the holder\u2019s shares, and with any amount in excess of such current or accumulated earnings and profits and the holder\u2019s adjusted tax basis treated as a capital gain. Distributions treated as returns of capital generally reduce the basis in the shares on which the distributions were made, unless the basis is lower than the amount of the distributions in which case the amount by which the distributions exceed the basis is capital gain. As a result, this special dividend will be treated as a long-term capital gain for shareholders with zero-basis stock (including zero-basis founders\u2019 stock), and such shareholders will not be able to treat this dividend as a non-taxable return of capital for Federal income tax purposes.\nShareholders are encouraged to consult their tax advisors to determine the specific effect this special dividend may have on their individual tax situations.\nThe Company commented that it elected to declare and pay this large special dividend before the end of its current fiscal year ended March 3, 2013 because of uncertainty as to whether dividends paid after the end of the fiscal year would receive the favorable non-taxable return of capital treatment for its shareholders and because of the favorable loan terms currently available to the Company to finance the payment of the special dividend.\nBrian Shore, Park\u2019s President and CEO, said: \u201cI would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank PNC Bank for its responsiveness and support in providing the revolving credit facility which will be used to finance the payment of the special dividend. We are looking forward to working with PNC Bank in the future.\u201d\nCertain portions of this news release may be deemed to constitute forward looking statements that are subject to various factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from Park\u2019s expectations. Such factors include, but are not limited to, general conditions in the electronics and aerospace industries, Park\u2019s competitive position, the status of Park\u2019s relationships with its customers, economic conditions in international markets, the cost and availability of raw materials, transportation and utilities, and the various factors set forth in Item 1A \u201cRisk Factors\u201d and under the caption \u201cFactors That May Affect Future Results\u201d after Item 7 of Park\u2019s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 26, 2012.\nPark Electrochemical Corp. is a global advanced materials company which develops and manufactures high-technology digital and RF/microwave printed circuit materials principally for the telecommunications and internet infrastructure and high-end computing markets and advanced composite materials, parts and assemblies for the aerospace markets. Park\u2019s core capabilities are in the areas of polymer chemistry formulation and coating technology. The Company\u2019s manufacturing facilities are located in Singapore, France, Kansas, Arizona and California. The Company also maintains R & D facilities in Arizona, Kansas and Singapore.\nAdditional corporate information is available on the Company\u2019s web site at www.parkelectro.com\nMartina Bar Kochva, 631-465-3600\nJanuary 31st, 2013 | Tags: arizona, association, capital, distributions, electrochemical, federal, kansas, national | Category: Uncategorized | Comments are closed\nCausa Patet: A short guide, taking a payday loan lenders \u2026\npayday loan lenders accommodation is a real tough business. If this is your aboriginal payday loan, it is in fact consistently thorough analysis. This will ensure that you apperceive what you will receive yourself into. 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It aims to highlight affordable alternatives to short term loans with crippling interest rates.\nTeams of experts will be targeting key towns and advertising vans will tour the area to drum home the message.\nIain Sim, Chief Executive of Coast and Country, said: \u201cHouseholds already are struggling to make ends meet as the price of everyday basics such as food, gas and electricity soar.\n\u201cThis month there is even more financial danger as people need to make their money last longer due to getting paid earlier than usual because of the festive break.\n\u201cPeople should beware of locking themselves into high interest rates, some money lending websites charge more than 4,000 per cent.\n\u201cIt is so easy for people to find themselves on a payday loan treadmill as they resort to taking out another loan to in a vain attempt to balance their budgets.\n\u201cBy saying no to payday loans, people can avoid getting into financial deep water. Our teams are ready and available to offer free, independent advice to help prevent people from drowning in debt.\u201d\n* Coast and Country has drawn up ten top tips on how to get out of debt and manage money: Don\u2019t ignore debt.\nLook at which debts need to be paid off first such as rent, council tax and heating.\nDon\u2019t ignore letters.\nTalk to your creditors.\nMake a budget and fill in a financial statement.\nLook at your spending.\nStop borrowing.\nCheck your benefits.\nEmail Print this page Comment(0) [\u2026]\nJanuary 31st, 2013 | Tags: cashwoe, chief, country, country-housing, executive, households, housing, news, teams, valley | Category: payday loans | Comments are closed\n8 Things You May Not Know About The Increasingly Popular Working Capital Loan.\nA working capital loan is an excellent advantage for a company that may be seen as \u2018a risk\u2019 by typical lenders. With this type of loan your businesses\u2019 cash flow potential is looked over, versus solely your credit score\u2026\nLaguna Hills, California (PRWEB) January 31, 2013\nEnvision Capital Group, a top equipment financing and equipment leasing company in Orange County of California discusses the top 8 facts of a working capital loan.\n\u201cAs working capital loans are becoming increasingly popular, many business owners don\u2019t know about the benefits of this type of loan. So often a business may not have the cash it needs to grow or sustain in a tough economy. It\u2019s sad to see a great business struggling to keep their doors open or even worse have to be shut down. We want to educate business owners on working capital loans and how it can help keep their business stay afloat, or simply keep it succeeding.\u201d Envision Capital stated.\n1. Fast Cash- Expect to have the cash within a few days, compared to a standard loan which can take many weeks. This makes a working capital loan an excellent choice for a business that may need to pay a bill right away, or have an unexpected maintenance on a piece of equipment that they depend on.\n2. Up to $250,000- Up to $250,000 of cash may be obtained.\n3. A Quick & Easy Application- No need to study the fine print, or set an hour aside to apply. Like Envision Capital Group\u2019s, this type of loan typically has a simple, one page application that can be completed in minutes.\n4. Freedom of Use- This loan can be used for almost any type of expense. From hiring a new employee, to buying more inventory, to sprucing up an office with new furniture, or a business can even use it to pay it\u2019s 2012 tax payments.\n5. Flexible Repayment Options- This loan is a great strategy for a seasonal type of business. Payments are calculated based on the percentage of your sales, which offers flexibility and peace of mind. If sales are up, the payment will be larger, but if sales are dipping, expect to pay less.\n6. Rocky Credit? No problem.- This is an excellent advantage for a company that may be seen as \u2018a risk\u2019 by typical lenders. With this type of loan a businesses\u2019 cash flow potential is looked over, versus solely your credit score.\n7. No Collateral or Personal Guaranty Required- No need to put up the businesses\u2019 assets, or personal property on the chopping block.\n8. Working Capital Programs offer two types of loan structures:\n1 Merchant Cash Advance: Candidates for this type of loan are those that have a significant volume or credit card sales a month. 2- Short term loan: For candidates that do not accept credit cards as a form of payment, or for those that do not receive the necessary volume needed for the amount of working capital they need.\nAbout Envision Capital Group\nEnvision Capital Group is an Orange County, CA based top equipment financing & equipment leasing company, offering several types of financing: lease financing, equipment loans, working capital & merchant cash advance programs, as well as servicing vendor financing needs. They assist any business type, any credit type, nationwide, in getting the funding their businesses need to grow. To learn more, visit: envisioncapitalgroup.com.\nJanuary 31st, 2013 | Tags: capital, cash, credit, envision-capital, equipment, group, king, orange-county, short, working | Category: Uncategorized | Comments are closed\n3 Month Payday Loans Instant Decision is one of the most popular loan plans available in the UK for the people who need immediate cash aid. These loans are best available through the online method since it is easy, simple and hassle free. [\u2026]\nJanuary 31st, 2013 | Tags: chrome, howto & style, instant, loans, online, payday loans, people, picasa, plans-available, youtube-account | Category: payday loans | Comments are closed", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 297, "original_length": 35802, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 332.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://castrofortlaw.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:14:08Z", "digest": "sha1:MQJYLRK662J54T2YBNHPPYASE5RXWSCB", "length": 818, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "castrofortlaw.com", "title": "Orlando Criminal Defense Attorney - Lawyer - Central Florida", "raw_content": "Professional Criminal Defense Legal Services\nThe Law Office of Joe Castrofort, PLLC was formed for the express purpose of providing professional representation in all Criminal Matters. We are currently accepting cases in all of Central Florida. 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Our mission is to always provide the highest standard of legal service while defending the rights of each and every client.\nOur Criminal Defense legal services include, but are not limited to:", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 80, "original_length": 5576, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 201.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://castrofortlaw.com/dui-defense-attorney-lawyer.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:01Z", "digest": "sha1:GNVR7JDVC2WY3CRPSXUJKKJSYZ3BDK3S", "length": 2170, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "castrofortlaw.com", "title": "Orlando DUI Criminal Defense Attorney - Lawyer", "raw_content": "Orlando and Central Florida DUI Defense Lawyers. The Law Office of Joe Castrofort, PLLC Provides Aggressive and Professional Criminal Defense Attorney Legal Services in Orlando, Orange County, Seminole County, Osceola County, and throughout Central Florida.\nCall 407.233.0557 to Speak with an Orlando and Central Florida Criminal DUI Defense Lawyer at The Law Office of Joe Castrofort, PLLC.\nWhen an individual is pulled over for suspicion of a DUI (driving under the influence), they are immediately at a disadvantage. Not only are field sobriety test designed to make you fail, you are also at the mercy of the law enforcement officer's subjective opinion regarding if you are operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or other controlled substances.\nYou have legal rights, and they should be vigorously protected in any legal situation, especially in criminal matters. A DUI conviction can be devastating to you personally, professionally, financially, socially, and even may affect your freedom.\nA DUI (driving under the influence) charge is not just relegated to drinking and driving. The DUI statutes include operating a motor vehicle under the influence of any substance which impair your ability to safely operate your vehicle. Accordingly, you may also be charged with a DUI while operating or riding a bicycle, riding lawn mower, mopeds, scooters, etc.\nSubstances which could lead to a Criminal DUI charge include:\nPrescription Drugs / Controlled Substances\nOff the shelf products which are known to cause physical or mental impairment.\nAs your Orlando DUI defense attorney (lawyer), Joe Castrofort, Esq., will:\nSeek to have your DUI charges dropped, reduced or fight for a diversion program (when available);\nRecommend the most viable DUI defense strategy regarding your case;\nProtect your rights by seeking the legal advice and representation of an experienced Orlando DUI Criminal Defense Attorney / Lawyer.\nCall 407.233.0557 to Contact an Orlando and Central Florida Criminal DUI Defense Lawyer at The Law Office of Joe Castrofort, PLLC in the Orlando, Orange County, Seminole County, Osceola County, and throughout the Central Florida area.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 77, "original_length": 6043, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 328.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://catalog.skylinecollege.edu/current/courses/literature/lit-231.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:41Z", "digest": "sha1:6D6IK4A7KDKNWQII7G6W463TEYMCJFWT", "length": 158, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "catalog.skylinecollege.edu", "title": "Literature 231", "raw_content": "Study of the typical works of major British writers from the 8th to the 18th Century. Lectures, discussions, related readings, and writing of critical papers.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 300, "original_length": 8295, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 138.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://catcountry1029.com/hunter-hayes-not-rushing-engagement-to-girlfriend-libby-barnes-my-heart-is-happy/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:12Z", "digest": "sha1:KASZ2HXREUXBTOURQ2PGML6AOI6BOCUX", "length": 1932, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "catcountry1029.com", "title": "Hunter Hayes Not Rushing Engagement to His Girlfriend", "raw_content": "Hunter Hayes Not Rushing Engagement to Girlfriend Libby Barnes: \u2018My Heart Is Happy\u2019\nHunter Hayes couldn't be happier with girlfriend Libby Barnes, and it doesn't sound like he's in a hurry to change things.\nWhile he's fully committed to his girlfriend of three years, the \"Wanted\" singer says that wedding bells aren't in the near future. \u201cI think everybody has their own schedule. Rush is never a good word for anything, but I know my heart\u2019s happy, and I hope she\u2019s as happy as I am,\" Hayes admits to People.\nHe credits his happiness to the couple's unwavering bond and open communication, as well as a commitment to spending time together. \"Everyone talks about communication, but like being super clear, super upfront,\" the singer says. \"We just promised to each other that we\u2019re gonna make time and commit to being with each other.\"\nThe couple made their official public debut when Hayes brought Barnes, a Nashville-based hair and makeup artist, to the CMA Awards in 2014.\nHayes is actively working on a new music, releasing three new songs in late 2016 titled \"Yesterday's Song,\" \"Amen\" and \"Young Blood\" in anticipation of his upcoming album. He recently released the music video for \"Yesterday's Song,\" a power anthem all about getting over a breakup.\n\u201cWriting and recording for this new album has been a creative journey for me, both as an artist and just as a human. I\u2019ve been learning how to let go and just let the process be, not over-thinking every little thing which is something I\u2019m really good at,\" Hayes shares in a press release. \"I\u2019ve been experimenting with new sounds and stretching myself creatively more than ever before, and just embracing life, which I think you can really hear in these songs.\"\nCountry Stars Who've Gotten Engaged or Married This Year\nNext: Hunter Hayes Overcame Vocal Problems for New Music\nSource: Hunter Hayes Not Rushing Engagement to Girlfriend Libby Barnes: \u2018My Heart Is Happy\u2019", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 121, "original_length": 3825, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 226.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://catholicphilly.com/2014/05/news/national-news/u-s-bishops-iranian-ayatollahs-hold-dialogue-on-nuclear-arms/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:39Z", "digest": "sha1:JKGF7NQ62IMLILLX45IJTN7DJ7NKYK5F", "length": 7728, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "catholicphilly.com", "title": "U.S. bishops, Iranian ayatollahs hold dialogue on nuclear arms \u2013 Catholic Philly", "raw_content": "U.S. bishops, Iranian ayatollahs hold dialogue on nuclear arms\nU.S. Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington, Bishop Richard E. Pates of Des Moines, Iowa, and Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop Denis. J. Madden meet with Seyyed Mahmoud, left, at the Ayatollah Marashi Najafi Library in Qom, Iran, in March. At right is Stephen Colecchi, director of the U.S. bishops ' office of International Justice and Peace. (CNS photo/courtesy Stephen M. Colecchi)\nWASHINGTON (CNS) \u2014 Quietly, a small group of U.S. Catholic bishops and Iranian ayatollahs began in March what they intend to be an ongoing dialogue on nuclear weapons and the role of faith leaders in influencing political moves on the issue of Iran\u2019s nuclear program.\nThe meetings in Iran, hosted by the Supreme Council of Seminary Teachers of Qom, began with basic discussions of areas of philosophical and theological commonality between Catholicism and Islam, and concluded with a commitment to issue a joint statement, said the U.S. bishop who led the delegation.\nThe four-day session between three U.S. bishops and four prominent Muslim scholars and ayatollahs began with contacts facilitated by two Iranian-American doctoral students of John Steinbruner, a professor of public policy at the University of Maryland and a consultant to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops\u2019 Committee on International Peace and Justice.\nCommittee chairman Bishop Richard E. Pates of Des Moines, Iowa, told Catholic News Service May 13 that the trip was keeping with the emphasis by Pope Francis on dialogue being \u201cthe key to discovering truth and avoiding misunderstanding.\u201d\nHe explained that Steinbruner had suggested such a dialogue to the committee. Once the bishops agreed, he and the students, along with USCCB staff, spent a year making arrangements. The State Department and the Vatican were advised of the project, but it remained an independent activity.\nBishop Pates was accompanied by Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington, who has lengthy expertise in the Middle East, and Auxiliary Bishop Denis J. Madden of Baltimore, chairman of the USCCB Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs.\nStephen Colecchi, director of the USCCB\u2019s Office of International Justice and Peace, told CNS that word of the bishops\u2019 March 11-17 trip to Iran was not made public until May because it wasn\u2019t until then that the participants had the chance to report on the dialogue to members of Congress and a deputy secretary of state.\nColecchi and Steinbruner accompanied the bishops, as did Ebrahim Mohseni, one of the University of Maryland doctoral candidates. The Islamic clerics who participated were Ayatollah Morteza Moghtadaei, vice president of the Supreme Council of the Seminary Teachers of Qom; Grand Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi Amoli, Ayatollah Sayed Jawad Shahrestani and Ayatollah Ali-Reza Arafi.\nWord of the dialogue came out just as a round of talks were being held in Vienna about Iran\u2019s nuclear program. The so-called P5+1, the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council (the United States, China, France, Russia and the United Kingdom) plus Germany, began drafting a plan of action toward resolving fears about Iran developing nuclear weapons, according to the State Department.\nAt a May 13 briefing in Vienna on the P5+1 talks, a senior State Department official said \u201ceveryone has approached these talks with seriousness and with professionalism. It also appears that everyone has come to the table wanting a diplomatic solution, but having the intent doesn\u2019t mean it will necessarily happen. Quite frankly, this is very, very difficult. I would caution people that just because we will be drafting it certainly doesn\u2019t mean an agreement is imminent or that we are certain to eventually get to a resolution of these issues.\u201d\nThe official added that \u201cthere are a range of complicated issues to address. And we do not know if Iran will be able to make the tough decisions they must to ensure the world that they will not obtain a nuclear weapon and that their program is for entirely peaceful purposes, as they have said.\u201d\nBishop Pates said that in their sessions, the Iranian religious leaders and the bishops began from the common belief of Muslims and Catholics in the existence of one God who created humans and that therefore every person is to be revered. A second point of commonality came from the teaching of both faiths that because of their creation by God, each person has basic rights and human dignity.\nThe Muslim and Catholic leaders agreed that the use of nuclear weapons is immoral because innocent lives would inevitably be lost, Bishop Pates said. From there, discussions considered the morality of a government obtaining weapons capabilities in order to defend its people from outside threats.\nBishop Pates said they also touched on the morality of economic sanctions against Iran, which are intended to pressure the government to stop its pursuit of nuclear weapons capability.\nHe said the delegation saw no particular evidence of poverty or other obvious effects of the sanctions, but that they heard stories of their impact. One of the ayatollahs, for example, told him he had had two sisters-in-law die of cancers that would normally have been readily treatable with medicines. Although medications are exempt from the sanctions, the religious leader told him, restrictions on finances mean that it is often quite difficult to pay for exempt items to be imported.\n\u201cIt\u2019s almost a given from the American perspective that the sanctions are working,\u201d said Bishop Pates. \u201cSome want to tighten them.\u201d\nBut he said that among the group that went to Iran discussion arose about whether the Iranian people have responded to the sanctions with a renewed sense of national unity \u2014 much as Americans rallied together during World War II shortages of basic commodities \u2014 rather than with any feeling that they should hold their own government responsible for the hardships imposed by other countries.\n\u201cSuffering for a patriotic purpose,\u201d the bishop described the theory.\nThe U.S. bishops also met with Christian religious leaders in Iran, Bishop Pates said.\nThe Iran trip was followed in April by a \u201cColloquium on Revitalizing Catholic Engagement on Nuclear Disarmament\u201d co-sponsored by Notre Dame\u2019s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies in collaboration with the USCCB; Georgetown University\u2019s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs; and Boston College.\nBishop Pates was a co-convener of the event that drew 40 bishops, policy specialists, scholars and students at a session at Stanford University in California hosted by former secretaries of state George Shultz and William Perry.\n\u201cThe bishops have made the moral case for ultimate nuclear disarmament,\u201d Bishop Pates said, adding that Shultz, Perry, former U.S. Democratic Sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia, who also attended the colloquium, and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger \u201chave made the case for disarmament as a policy goal, a goal embraced by the U.S. and Russian governments. My hope is that this colloquium will be the beginning of a process to invigorate and refine the voice of the U.S. Catholic community in the debate on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament.\u201d\nA press release about the event from the University of Notre Dame quoted Shultz as saying: \u201cNuclear weapons present an existential threat to mankind. We need to reduce the numbers of these weapons, identify and take the steps needed to keep them under better control, and ultimately eliminate them.\u201d\nPREVIOUS: Cardinal, at Catholic prayer breakfast, calls for immigration reform\nNEXT: Some graduates postpone careers, further study for volunteer experience", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 98, "original_length": 10674, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 224.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://cdn1.expertinsurancereviews.com/insurance-company-reviews/the-general/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:38Z", "digest": "sha1:RBTT2T2YV6Q3IFJ4C5W46OTS2ENWNP5I", "length": 23717, "nlines": 90, "source_domain": "cdn1.expertinsurancereviews.com", "title": "The General Auto Insurance Review & Complaints | Car Insurance", "raw_content": "The General specializes in high-risk drivers while promising affordable rates, a combination that can be difficult to find. The company\u2019s memorable mascot and lively commercials make them a recognizable brand among non-standard insurers.\nThe General Summary\nThe General was founded in 1963 as Permanent General Agency, and later sold products as Permanent General Assurance Corporation (PGAC). In 1997 the name The General came into use, although the company remains officially PGAC. The following year, American Family Insurance acquired The General, although they continue to operate as a separate company. The company is currently headquartered out of Nashville, Tennessee.\nPolicies are sold directly over the phone and online, as well as through independent agents across the country. There are several service centers in other states, but not in all covered areas.\nThe General writes mainly auto insurance, and offers policies to drivers who have had trouble obtaining coverage elsewhere, due to matters such as:\nThe company also markets itself towards budget insurance shoppers, offering low down payments and affordable billing options.\nThe General\u2019s main product is auto insurance, and more specifically non-standard auto insurance. They also offer renter\u2019s insurance, although it is not as well known since the company does not really advertise it heavily.\nThe General writes a lot of basic auto insurance policies, including liability-only. This is due to the fact that their target markets are high-risk drivers who are generally in need of basic coverage they can afford.\nThe General does also offer full coverage policies with comprehensive and collision. There is very little detail on the website in regards to policy options, and the company does not appear to offer much in the way of add-ons or added features.\nThe website also lacks information regarding available discounts on auto insurance policies, although it does state that there is a paid in full discount. There is no sign of any of the more common trends in auto insurance such as accident forgiveness, although again, that\u2019s not surprising considering the target market for The General auto insurance.\nThe General offers renter\u2019s insurance as a named perils policy \u2013 meaning it covers losses only from a specific list of causes.\nCoverage includes personal property and liability, and there are optional riders available for high-value items and other options. Personal property coverage ranges from $15,000 to $100,000, and liability starts at $100,000. $1,000 in medical payments coverage is also included in the basic policy.\nThe company\u2019s website does not state whether or not The General offers a bundling discount for auto and renters.\nThe General Rates\nThe General\u2019s rates are designed for those who are considered high-risk drivers, and as a result, rates are not necessarily meant to be competitive with major standard insurance companies. Rates are likely to be on the high side for a driver with a clean record, but for those seeking non-standard insurance they may be more competitive.\nThe General does offer low down payments \u2013 slightly more than one monthly payment, likely due to a small new policy fee. That is less than some companies require to get a policy started.\nThe online quoting system is simple and straightforward, however, it does not provide any information in terms of what level of coverage is being quoted. This makes it difficult to compare their rate quotes to other companies. Without knowing what level of coverage and what options might be included in the quote, it is impossible to make an apples-to-apples comparison with other companies. More detailed quoting is likely available over the phone, or through an agent.\nThe General has a 24-hour toll-free line: 1-800-280-1466 for claims reporting, but no online option at this time. This is a bit surprising for a company that does online quoting and policy purchasing, and is something most insurance customers expect today.\nThe website is once again lacking in any sort of detailed information when it comes to claims. There is nothing about the process, although the site does provide a list of things policyholders should do in the event of an accident.\nThe General\u2019s customer portal, which can be used for policy management, does not appear to offer any claims status updates.\nThe General, under Permanent General Companies, Inc., is BBB accredited and has been since 2005. The website gives the company an A+ rating. There are a total of 176 complaints against the company in the past three years, with 64 of those complaints closed in the past 12 months. Those numbers are a little high, but not alarming for a company of this size. There are no government actions or other major problems listed.\nConsumerAffairs.com has a total of 245 reviews of The General, with 56 star ratings, all of which are one-star reviews. Most of the complaints are related to claims and billing issues, with many stating that the company is unresponsive and has poor customer service.\nThe General is not worth considering for drivers without high-risk issues, as their rates are not intended to be competitive for the general market. With a less than informative website, it is difficult to obtain a clear picture of what their products or services are or really cover. It is also difficult to determine how competitive rates are, even for non-standard drivers. This is due to the fact that the quoting system provides no information regarding the coverage and limits being quoted.\nI have been with The General for a year and a half now, paying all the premiums religiously. I recently hit a curb when turning into a parking lot, damaging a transfer case. They refused to cover, saying that it is a mechanical issue, and not caused by the impact.\nThis company is a fraud. Stay away from them, go somewhere else. They will find ways to deny your claim.\nSo I canceled my insurance on 9/14/2018, I paid $491 I canceled the same day after I made the payment because I found cheaper insurance. Within the same day of my cancelation, the General said they couldn\u2019t give me my money back. When I called, the agent was very rude and said I wouldn\u2019t get my money back and that I owed $28 to them still. They said that it was my balance after cancelation. What should I do and who should I contact to get my $491 back?\nCall your state department of insurance, the federal government, and the BBB and if you\u2019re in AZ call [Redacted], [Redacted] will get your money back on National TV!\nI have requested the SR22 filing online and in person for 3 months. They could not understand what happened and I can\u2019t understand why I had to pay extra money to the live agent for the SR22 filing, they have half of my California DL# and the other half is half of my AZ DL #. I now lost my position in a school for truck driver training, lost my license-suspended for not having the filing, and right back where I started before we got The General in the first place. I\u2019m calling and contacting the local news and every organization that will bring out the truth about them.. Its included in the new lawsuit!\nSTAY AWAY FROM THIS \u201cCOMPANY\u201d THEY ARE CROOKS! If you do make the mistake of choosing them and have a claim then by all means if you are given [Redacted] as an adjuster or [Redacted] then ask for another adjuster ASAP!\nMy car was blown up by someone who has not been arrested yet. It has been 2 months and the general has not finished the claim still! I have asked them many times to give me another adjustment or to have another person look at it because I purchased a car a year ago for 31k and they are estimating the value at 18k which is way too low. They won\u2019t prove that they have my actual model number which is the souped-up version with 6 grand in added equipment compared to the basic version of my model. (2016 optima EX) They refuse to do another adjustment, they refuse to fix my bill as they said they would by my due date which was the (17th of July) and now it has not been done and I am over a week late because they will not adjust it to the amount it should be without my car on it. They refuse to pay me for my car seat involved because it doesn\u2019t (look damaged in the photo I sent) they are acting like they don\u2019t know it\u2019s illegal to ever be used in a car again. My wife\u2019s car was never to be removed and they did it without my permission and they would not add it without increasing my bill. They then gave me an SR22 proving its back on but my policy states it\u2019s still not on there. Also, I emailed them on the 16th of July demanding to close my policy because of this incident and they told me they are not letting me go until I prove I have other coverage. Is this something you can help with? It is beyond frustrating. I have also sent MANY MANY emails to my adjuster with ZERO help and ZERO replies. She\u2019s ignoring everything I\u2019ve said above and now refuses to give me her supervisors name or number or email. Also, she was supposed to contact my finance company to settle an amount on the car and it\u2019s been over 2 weeks with her refusing to do so, now dinging my credit and my co-signers. I\u2019m flabbergasted by this awful behavior and I need help pursuing legal action against them.\ngreenlife says\nIt\u2019s all fun and games and think you\u2019re getting a good deal til you\u2019re actually sitting on the side of the road with flat tire in 90 degrees heat, 7pm at night, late for someplace you\u2019re supposed to be at, and this clown-[redacted[ bulls*** company after 40 minutes on hold tells you too bad\u2026 yes you purchased roadside assistance for towing coverage but it only covers you if you\u2019re in an accident\u2026 not a flat tire. What?? Then gave me 3 different customer service numbers to call a 3rd party company if I wanted an exception. It was much quicker to just call a tow company any pay it out of pocket than spend 2 hours on the phone on side of the road stranded far from home and it\u2019s getting dark. Worst company ever and guilty of fraud.\nI am not a high-risk driver but I live in Colorado and Colorado has some of the highest insurance rates in the nation. I\u2019m a middle-aged woman and had precious insurance with Progressive and State Farm. The General premiums were half the cost of these 2 insurance companies. Recently I had to make 2 claims due to a hail storm. One vehicle was totaled and the other had over $5000 in damage. [Redacted] and [Redacted] professionalism was hands down the best! I filed my claim and the SAME DAY my 2 claims were dealt with. They made these claims painless and they were executed within and above my expectations timely manner. Most other insurance companies take months sometimes up to 7 months to have a conclusion on a hail damage claim. The General Insurance took 2 days. Thank you so much for the extremely speedy service!!!!!\nI honestly have no words to express how bad this company is!!\nOne of the General\u2019s insured pulled out in front of us,& we ran right into her! That was June 8, 2018, it took them until Sept 24 to fix our SUV,& they refuse to pay for the rental car!!! [Redacted] said it should\u2019ve only taken 3 days to fix, but the whole front end had to be repaired! She had no idea how long it takes to repair a vehicle,& this is the worst company in the world!!!!\nI\u2019m telling my friends NOT TO GO with this company!!\nIt\u2019s now October 23,& they STILL won\u2019t pay the rental car bill!\nHorrible horrible company!!!\nShe didn\u2019t answer emails in a timely manner,& acted like she didn\u2019t know squat about anything, she should be replaced immediately!!!\nCandace Hilton says\nI would give them no stars if I could. This company is horrible. I and my husband went to change our insurance from our separate policies into a combined policy and signed up with them on June 8th. We were offered a better-combined rate to stay with Geico so we faxed in cancellation on the 11th three days into the policy after paying original $90 to sign up. We called to see if there would be a refund, and got a big Fat NO!! Apparently, in the fine print, they keep 10% of your original premium which was $67 then charged us another $15 to process that and the remaining $7 was applied to the three days we actually had a policy!! Make [redacted] sure to read the fine print on this policy before buying. We basically paid $90 for three days worth of insurance.\nHERLINDO ZAMORA says\nI canceled my insurance through the general today (05/15/2018) because I found something way cheaper.\nMy auto-pay for $494.41 was taken out of my credit card on 05/11/2018. They said I have a refund of $148.02 for\nonly the 4 days. They are charging fees which I have never heard of and neither has my new insurance agent. What is a \u201d\nshort rate cancel fee\u201d. They charged me $203.63 for that alone. WHAT A SCAM! I\u2019M VERY UPSET ABOUT THIS.\nTHE THING IS I USED TO RECOMMEND THE GENERAL TO EVERYONE. !!!!!! WHAT A SCAM!!!!!\nKevin in Clovis says\nI was involved in a hit and run on 2/8/2018. The person who hit me took off speeding, but luckily I got the license plate #. The police were able to contact him and he admitted hitting me. I didn\u2019t file charges against him (now I think I should have) because I just needed his insurance information. Turned out that his insurance is The General.\nI\u2019ve been trying to call their claim department since yesterday but was unable to talk to anyone. Now I\u2019ve been on hold for almost 30 minutes. I hope they will pay for the damaged done to my car.\nI will post a follow up in a few days, including the policyholder name (the person who hit me and ran), and his policy # if they don\u2019t want to pay for the repair.\nThis is to follow-up on my post. I was finally able to talk to someone at the claim department after patiently holding for about 40 minutes. The process was OK, and I was going to give this company a 4-star rating, but things turned sour after that.\nIt\u2019s been almost three weeks and they still refuse to repair my car because \u201cwe have not been able to get a hold of the insured.\u201d DUH\u2026. What part of HIT AND RUN don\u2019t they understand?\nHow in the world do they think I can get the insured\u2019s name, DOB, address, and policy #? Those turkeys at the claim department have no common sense.\nThis is to follow-up on my post. Three weeks and a couple of days later I finally received a word from my adjuster telling me that the insured admitted to hitting me. He gave me the estimate, which is a fair estimate. I received the check in the mail a few days later.\nOverall I would give this company a 3 and a half stars. I deduct half a star for having to wait about 40 minutes to talk to a claim representative. One star for the long waiting period to settle the claim.\nTina Wagner says\nI was in an automobile accident on 12/27/17. Hit in a parking lot by a girl doing about 50, insured by Permanent General. The accident was 100% her fault as admitted by everybody involved. I submitted a claim to her insurance company and was given an adjusted named {Redacted]. Permanent General then proceeded to have my car towed to a salvage yard one hour and 20 minutes away from where it was. This company [Redacted] lost my only set of car keys. This lost keys delayed my auto body shop from estimating my vehicle. A new set of keys had to be created and a locksmith had to re-key my car. The General had the nerve to blame this delay on the auto body shop and ordered me to return my rental car before any repairs were even authorized to be completed. I left 3 voicemail messages for [Redacted]\u2019s supervisor [Redacted] in regards to needing a rental vehicle until my vehicle was repaired. She did not return one of my phone calls. I did not get to speak to her until I called the claims line and refused to be put into voicemail and held for 25 minutes. Her response was to bad for me. Again they went back and forth on repairs until Friday 1/26, 30 days after my accident, when [Redacted] stated that they would not be paying any repairs and I would have to subjugate through my insurance company. Do not use this company for your insurance. Go through Statefarm, Geico, one of the real insurance companies. This is the worst company I have ever dealt with, horrible customer service and these people just do not care. If you get jerked around from this company as I have, submit a complaint through the BBB and through Division of Finance. Maybe with enough complaints, we can put this company out of business. I have now filed a claim with my insurance company.\nThis insurance company should be labeled \u201cSCAM\u201d. My daughter has full coverage but when she tried to file a claim last week she was told she would have to pay for the repairs on her car herself because she didn\u2019t have the license number of the hit and run driver that struck her. Because she applied online she doesn\u2019t have collision insurance or some such crap. My advice \u201cSTAY AWAY FROM THE GENERAL\u201d.\nThis company is full of incompetent people. We called them to ask what we need to do to have our insurance renewed, their \u201cworker\u201d said that we don\u2019t need to do anything that because we have automatical payment set up, everything will be done automatically. After two weeks we get notification from MVA to confirm our insurance and to find out that they insurance was not renewed even thought they said they will. When we called them again to ask for explanation all they said that they are sorry that they can not do anything for us. Long story short\n\u2026 STAY AWAY from them.\nComplete scam \u2013 not only is the insurance complete junk (impossible to contact, slow response, claims denied) but they also sell your email address and phone number to a bunch of other scam artists. I bought a policy for my wife using my cell phone as the contact number. I get 6 to 10 calls a week on my cell asking for my wife. I have never used my wife\u2019s name with that phone number \u2013 obviously, the calls originate from the [redacted] General.\nSTAY AWAY \u2013 DON\u2019T EVEN REQUEST A QUOTE\nStay away from The General! They are denying paying for my claim, even though I have video proof of there insured running into me! Told me there insured should of of paid attention and not ran into me!!! This company is a joke and are just taking people premiums and not paying out on claims! Looks like this is common practice for these guys! Now off to court! Shaq really let me down on this one!\nBruce Lavigne says\nDECEPTIVE BUSINESS PRACTICES BY THE GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY\nI just contacted customer service and advised them I received a quote in my email with my down payment and monthly payment information. When the actual policy completed, it was higher than the quoted amount and was told that the \u201csystem\u201d takes additional steps which could change/alter the quote provided \u2013 SERIOUSLY?!\nThe quote provided is what I should be paying \u2013 period\u2026the end. To be told that the system has to process other elements which could alter the quote was not disclosed and this type of deceptive business practice is unacceptable!\nThis company WILL take advantage of anyone and I urge all potential customers to exercise other options!\nSTAY AWAY FROM GENERAL ALTOGETHER! says\nI was hit by a General Insurance client. I had to get a rental car because they hit my car so hard, it was out of commission for a month. They covered the 1,000 deductible, and only $600.00 of a $2,000 car rental. Their vehicle wasn\u2019t even driven by the owner. They refused to cover my full rental car due to their client\u2019s negligence.\nIf they don\u2019t cover their clients accidents, I would stay as far away from General Insurance as I possibly could. They also stalled everything, taking nearly 4 months to tell us this. They additionally sent the paperwork to us to sign before sending it to our insurance company as they stated they would. Stay away!\nNMC says\nI was hit and injured by a person who has the general, and the person was at fault the police even gave a ticket to the person.\nBut the general refuses to pay for damages, knowing that the person was at fault. They won\u2019t call you back. They send random contractors out. They do everything in there power to not pay for the damage, even if their claimant is clearly in the wrong. They will keep saying its pending. Knowing they have the information to proceed. Representatives are very rude. They will try everything to make you be liable. I was left without a car and having to fight hard just to get repairs.\nI definitely wouldn\u2019t recommend them.\nChristopher Umsted says\nCrooks demanding I pay for expired Auto Insurance when I have clicked the cancel my policy button because I found a cheaper yet better insurance company. I call the representative, they said it\u2019s not showing up in our system and they demand I pay $30 or take a hit on my credit score???? [Redacted]!!! I recommend Adriana\u2019s insurance for what you are paying here at least they offer uninsured motorist\njim graves says\nThe General apparently sells your e-mail to every company in the world.\nWithin 5 minutes of contacting them we have been flooded with all kinds of e-mail. Some days as many as 150. We never had this problem prior to contacting them.\nunhappy with-service says\nThe General Insurance Co. advertises their customer service is rated highly\u2026. WRONG \u2013 one of their insured vehicle was driven by a drunk driver\u2026 left the road way, crossed over on coming traffic, crashed into my parked car, taken to jail by sheriff\u2019s, police report taken. They did nothing to track down their insured to get a report. They would do nothing without a statement from their insured\u2026I personally had to go find their insured which was not hard\u2026 I drove to their home. I took with me a document and ask the insured to sign which stated she knew the insured vehicle was driven by her friend, and that she felt her insurance co should honor her policy. Then needless to say had to fight them tooth and nail to get them to pay the claim to replace my car as it was totaled.\nKevin C Moore says\nAS A customer who happens to have had the general for over ten years with 2 step daughters and a significant other who like to like to either use their vehicles as demo derby or partake in DUI\u2019s\nI can say from experience that I\u2019ve never had any problems with the general either in processing claims getting help or any type of corespondance. To me if you want a dependable quality insurance without the bs go general\nD j says\nI wish that happened to me. It\u2019s been 2 months and they REFUSE to pay me for my car seat, or my registration fees, and they won\u2019t prove they have the right model and are trying to lowball me by 6 grand under what it\u2019s worth and refuse to give me a second adjustment and are ignoring every email I send! They have given me 3 adjusters and also refuse to let me speak to a supervisor! They also removed my wife\u2019s car without permission, won\u2019t cancel my policy, and won\u2019t retroactivate the bill for the date that SOMEONE BLEW MY CAR UP WITH A BOMB! I\u2019m livid and I\u2019m begging you all to STAY AWAY FROM THIS GOD AWFUL COMPANY! I\u2019m pursuing legal action and they deserve to be out of business!\nRobert pohida says\nMy daughters parked car was hit, from a claimant from General who failed to report it. It took approximately 20 phone calls and multiple emails and texts to get the ball moving to get a claim submitted. After the car was looked at by an adjuster a estimate was submitted. After reviewing the estimate General slashed the estimate in half ( took off $1,100 dollars). They attempted to use sub-standard parts to make the repair. Needless to say this was by far the worst experience that I have ever had with an insurance company. I pray that I never have to deal with General again. Signed , an extremely frustrated and irritated car owner. 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First I took on Joe Lansdale's short work The Night They Missed the Horror Show. Back in May, I met Mr. Lansdale at a convention and actually sat on two panels with him. Before that, I was only familiar with Bubba Ho Tep. I found Joe to be a fun guy to chat with and was interested in looking at some of his other work. I hadn't gotten to it yet, until recently when I saw folks on a horror facebook group talking about this one, so I had to go for it. Full disclosure, I actually listened to this one on audible, and it was read by the author, so that was pretty cool.\nAs for the story, I found it compelling. It had a clear theme regarding racism. I didn't get too engrossed with any characters, but that didn't pose a problem for the short. It was graffic. Probably more so than I gravitate toward, but I can forgive gore with purpose, which this story had. What I found most interesting was the dichotomy the story gives which highlights the illogical mentality of racism. The primary characters don't want to see a movie with an African-American actor but are ok with an African-American teammate on their football team because he is a good quarterback. Other characters are so racist and morally corrupt, they treat an African-American as less than human, disposable even, and with extreme violence. Meanwhile, they see the perceived mistreatment of a dog as reprehensible, so they're not without moral. The take was interesting and sadly quite apt for a great many people, though perhaps to an extreme.\nThe other aspect worth mentioning for this book is the setting. I've never lived in rural Texas, and I'm a was likely born twenty or thirty years after the point in time depicted, but Lansdale quickly places readers in a vivid setting that was rich and captivating. I felt like I was there, or that I'd been there. It was impressive to do so with relatively short space in which to work.\nThe other book I wanted to mention is Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein. I've been making a point to find pick up some classic sci-fi titles. As a kid of the 80's my sci-fi roots are in Star Trek the Next Generation, Star Wars, and Back to the Future, but I've wanted to explore the genre's foundation. Earlier this year I read Asimov's Foundation (aptly named). So far, I'm a little over halfway through the book so this discussion is more of a teaser for a review to come, but already I'm seeing two things which remind me of other sci-fi of the same era. One, an unnervingly modern parallel to politics and superstition trampling science and reason, almost to the point that one feels the author had a window to the future. Two, such a clear adherence to gender norms of the 50s and 60s that such windows to the future most have been limited to man's locker rooms. Still, I'm enjoying the book so look for more on it in January's run down.\nSince I don't want to over-analyze the array of Hallmark Christmas movies I've taken in with my family through December, I'm going to have to reflect on the movie I watch on the airplane while traveling for the holidays, which was Pacific Rim: Uprising. Now, I thought the first Pacific Rim was worth the watch, and I was interested in seeing the second, but I heard so many poor reviews at the time of its release I was detered from hitting the theater. Now that I saw it, I don't think the reports were necessarily apt. Was it an action movie with little to challenge viewers' emotions or intellect? Yes, but so was the first. Did it have shallow characters that were barely enough for viewers to side with them? Yes but so did the first. But did it have kick-ass, giant robot fighting-suites? Heck yeah. It also had Charlie Day which is basically a given delight for me. This movie wasn't high cinema, but it delivered what I was expecting, the only fault I have with it, which I would also say is true of the first Pacific Rim, is that it wasn't Robot Jox (1989).\nP.S. If Hollywood insists on cranking out sequels and remakes by the scores, please, please, please, can we have another Robot Jox?\nI don't know how I came across the Minnesota based rapper, Prof in the recent weeks and I'm not even sure I'm glad I did, but I am a bit captivated. His voice doesn't seem to match his body. His shirts don't seem to match his pants, and his style and boisterous personality from one song don't even seem to match his persona in the next song, but all of it is eye and ear-catching. It seems clear that Prof is a character more than a straight-up artist, and a fluid one at that, but he touches on some compelling thoughts.\nOne song called Motel bares a theme of not mixing up the need for deep emotional connection with the need for physical gratification (motel sex). Crass as that sounds, the song is gritty but also realistic regarding human emotion and behavior. But don't let that lull you into thinking Prof isn't a madman, because other songs are simply absurd. I'll also note, though it would be more of a \"watching\" thing, many of Prof's videos are equally compelling to watch as to listen to.\nWhat I've Been Reading, Watching, and Listening To: October 2018\nTue, Oct 23 2018 10:34 | Fantasy, Halloween, Horror, Listening, Reading, Review, Watching | Permalink\nI've just finished Neil Gaiman's American Gods. I know I'm late to the party on this one, but I hear his name thrown around a lot in fantasy circles and as it just so happens I put out a fantasy novelette this very month.\nI didn't initially set out to write a fantasy piece, but when you work in horror and sci-fi, the other two branches of spec fiction, I guess you can find yourself slipping down that road. It was only once I was collaborating with an editor when I thought the horror I'd written was nearly finished that I realized I had a dark fantasy work on my hands, and I decided to finally delve into that literary world with one of the heavy hitters. I am also looking forward to giving the adapted tv series a shot now that I've finished the book.\nNow for my thoughts on the book. First, I found the ending, the main conclusion of the gods' war to be both unforeseen and satisfying. Sometimes those are hard to accomplish together, to give readers something they didn't flush out already, but have all the pieces laid along the story for it to make perfect sense. Gaiman did that very well.\nSecond, as I started the book I was finding the main character, Shadow, a bit dull, an empty body to which bad things were happening, but that turned out to be intentional and a necessity for the character to grow beyond. So in the end, that turned around, and I found the character more interesting. Well done.\nBut finally, I have to say I don't think I liked this book as much as I thought I would. The original premise was exciting and had my mind running with all the possibilities, but I guess I found the story hefty on research (and I felt it came off as exceptionally well researched) but ultimately lacking on drawing me into exciting happenings. Even the god war near the end was all but glossed over with little intimate detail what-so-ever.\nI think what I found most compelling were the little tangential stories of characters who brought certain gods to America. Maybe my trouble is that building a character on known mythology risks seeming unoriginal. Then if you don't take that character into new and exciting places, you wind up dull. The characters were no doubt twists on established mythologies, and the new gods were original ideas, but it just never reached the level of excitement for which I hungered. I still found it a good book, and will likely give it four stars on my book rating accounts, but with all the hype I thought it would be a five star read for sure.\nAs of this post, I'm three episodes into the new Netflix series The Haunting of Hill House, and I love every minute of it. Full disclosure, I haven't read the original Shirley Jackson novel, though I think I'm likely to do so in the near future. I was familiar with the story by word of mouth and previous adaptations, but the new spin of a family reflecting on the event of the house, after the fact, and the very contemporary personal problems each character is already dealing with at this point in the series has me enthralled. I think I'm fast becoming an S. Jackson fan as well as a fan of the series director, Mike Flanagan. Horror buffs should not miss this one.\nListing to:\nIs there something to listen to in October besides the soundtrack for The Nightmare Before Christmas? Not if my kids are around, but I caught someone posting Logic's \"Wu Tang Forever\" on facebook. I wasn't familiar with Logic, but I was hip to the Wu Tang which is indeed forever, so I gave it a listen.\nTo say I was impressed would be an understatement. Logic slides right into the classic through-back to Wu Tang heyday. Excited, I gave some of the other works of this new (to me) hip-hop artist and was thoroughly confused. Confused that I'd somehow never come across him before. So now, I guess I'm a fan of Logic's too.\nWhat I've Been Reading, Watching, and Listing. August 2018\nMon, Aug 27 2018 10:21 | David Lynch, Listening, Reading, Twin Peaks, Watching | Permalink\nI'm just finishing Paddle Your Own Canoe: One Man's Fundamentals of Delicious Living by Nick Offerman. Usually, my reading tends toward fiction, and when it doesn't, it usually involves non-fiction that related to a fiction story I'm writing. Or in other words, research. However, I'd had this book way back in my \"to read\" pile for years. I think the world of Nick Offerman's acting, and find him to be an exceptional humorist when out-of-character as well. I caught a part of Offerman's new reality series about crafting and was drawn back to check out this book.\nLet me tell you. It has been a delight. Offerman addresses his youth and his journey to acting success, with many tidbits of blue-collar philosophy to boot, and every bit of it hit home with me. His growing up in rural Illinois, though a decade or two before my own formative years, does not seem to have differed much from my own rural Iowa youth. This built an immediate connection for me.\nOfferman follows that with an insistence that hard work, not pan-handling to entertainment trends, and keeping his life rich with non-acting endeavors were all keys to his career success. This spoke comfortingly to my own striving toward a writing and screenwriting career on a ladder to success which I'm personally still trying climb. Best of all, every statement of wisdom is accompanied by at least two instances of deadpan hilarity. This book was good for my spirit and for my heart.\nI finally carved out the time to watch the 2017 revival of Twin Peaks. I'm careful not to call it a \"reboot,\" because most of the time I'm not in favor of rehashing old entertainment properties when there are plenty of original ideas waiting to see the light of day. In this case, however, the new season picks up where the original left off, addresses some of the unresolved issues left dangling (though not particularly resolving them) and features many of the original characters, with as far as I can tell, all the original actors and actress reprising their roles. Not everyone from the original Twin Peaks returns but my compliments to Lynch and Frost for writing around those characters, rather than re-casting any. It also brings an entirely new set of characters into the story, many of which are fielded by actors with whom David Lynch fans are familiar.\nPerhaps a more significant distinction in my mind, between a reboot and a revival, is that I don't consider Twin Peaks to have been a major commercial property, in the first place. It had its cult following and continued to gain fans over the years out of cinephiles and film students, but altogether it's not a blockbuster property. So to me, the fresh season didn't seem to be cashing in on the fanbase but instead feeding them what they've been hungry for low these many years.\nOutright, I must say, I loved this new season. Through my eyes, it was prime David Lynch. One could label what sets Lynch apart, as weirdness, abstractness, deep symbolism, what-have-you, but to me, I equate it metaphorically to salt. Just as a little salt can make manilla food a little better, a little weirdness can make an average story a little better. A bit more salt can make your average snake a delicious treat, though you might want to watch how much you eat. Likewise, a lot of weirdness can make a story a unique and enthralling treat, but it probably loses it appeal if everything you watch is that way. And to follow the metaphor to an end, salt alone does not make a supremely delectable dish, and in turn, a story which is all weirdness and abstraction without at least the vestige of a followable plot which seems to be heading somewhere coherent makes for dismal viewing. In Lynch's canon, I believe you can find all three. A few projects which flirt with weird, a few which go way too far, with more weird than plot, and many which fit deliciously in the middle. And I found the New Twin Peaks to hit that sweet spot dead center.\nI'll even go farther to say, there were moments of what I'm going to call \"meta-Lynch\" at play. Where I felt Lynch, and let us not forget his partner Frost, gave a little more than usual in order to show the foundation that led up to some of the particular abstraction. For example, in the new season, we see a character come running down the road with a gold-painted shovel to pronounce she's \"shoveling her way out of the shit.\" Another point, we see a woman and her young son, worried, sitting by the side of their comatose husband/father in a hospital only to have a dazed woman in a poofy cocktail dress bring in a tray of sandwiches as if they were at a party. Both of these moments sound very Lynch-esque, but where the new Twin Peaks departed is that each of these moments had a half dozen scenes laying the groundwork for why this ends up occurring, as odd as it is. It's important because it changes the effect. Where once the shoveler or the waitress may have simply appeared and the viewer would be left to ponder, \"what was that? Why did that happen? Was I supposed to get that?\" Instead, we received a stream of scenes where first we say \"that's odd,\" then we build to \"this is getting weird\" then \"is this going somewhere,\" only to have it reach a quintessential Lynch scene of intersection only instead of saying \"that's weird\" we say \"ah ha, so that is where that was going.\" And then proceed to giggle with delight. That's why I call it \"meta-Lynch\" as if Lynch were poking just a bit of fun at the weird, pop-up abstractions that have been hallmarks of his career.\nI stayed away from the new Twin Peaks for a while because I was worried I would be disappointed, but it was magic. If they go on to do any more, as has been rumored, I'll be eager to indulge.\nLet's just call my music taste eclectic. Some years ago reggae crept up on this small town mid-westerner as my favorite genre, Steely Dan is my all-time favorite group, and I'm just as likely to groove to the Mamas and Papas as Childish Gambino (even though This is America was both catchy and profound). My taste encompasses just about anything except electronic and country, but what's playing on my iTunes as a craft this post is Cardi B's \"Invasion of Privacy.\"\nA few things I like about it. First, it is catchy. Several tracks have different toe-tapping beats, Ms. B's vocals are pleasing and pretty tight. I don't listen to rap all the time, but some, and there is a list of rappers I love to which I'm not necessarily adding Cardy B.\nOne weakness for me is the all-to-common boastful self-aggrandizing present in the lyrics, but once you look past that, Cardi B has a compelling story spanning the tracks of the album. Her personal story as a stripper turned successful rapper, doesn't necessarily deviate far from all the drug-dealer turned rapper stories we've seen before, but it definitely has a new flavor and one unique to the female perspective in her work.\nWhat I like most, is the presence of a consistent and interlocking theme to the album as a whole. Every track ties into the others and weaves a story across songs. It seems rare to see that sort of cohesion in the age of surfing the latest hit singles on shuffle mode, so it is pleasing to stumble onto it once in a while.\nGood. Now anyone googling \"David Lynch and Cardi B\" finally has a result to pull up. You're Welcome, internet.\nWhat Makes for a Good In-Person Promotion? (Authors)\nSun, Apr 22 2018 05:45 | Writing | Permalink\nHave any other authors out there ever been invited to or heard about an author event somewhere within driving distance, which boasts there will be five, ten, maybe twenty authors at an indie bookstore or some such place, so you signed up. You watched as the event posted dozens of times on Facebook, you shared all the posts with your own followers (as if they didn\u2019t have your books already) you loaded up your book stock, drove over, and then spent most of the day chatting with other authors while everyone collectively sold an average of half a book per person?\nI\u2019ve only published one book (although I have two new novelettes coming in May), and I still have lots to learn about book promoting, but I\u2019ve tried a lot in the way of live appearances. I\u2019ve self organized book signings at book stores and once in a coffee shop, I\u2019ve participated in a small bookstore\u2019s \u201cauthor day\u201d with several authors. I\u2019ve been to a special author event featuring more than 50 authors in the fourth largest city in the country, and yet in my experience, as an essentially unknown author, results have been less-than-encouraging.\nNow, maybe you\u2019re thinking, I don\u2019t have the personality to generate interest and sales, that I\u2019m too introverted, not engaging people. However, I\u2019ve also tried my hand at pop-culture events such as comic-cons, places most attendees aren\u2019t coming to find authors and books, and at some of these events, I\u2019ve sold boxes of my novel. I\u2019d even go as far as to say that I can turn about one in five people who slow down long enough to be spoken to into a sale at such events - not a bad batting average in my opinion.\nSo I have to ask, why do I have such poor results with book events, and so much better results at events where books are at best one small part of a much bigger focus on pop-culture and entertainment? Is it simply a number\u2019s game? Perhaps. The author event with 50 of us word crafters only drew in 300 people, even in a huge city, while a comic-con, in a city less than half the size can pull in 30,000. Is success dependent merely on the quantity of foot traffic?\nMy intuition leads me to think the attendees of a specific book event come ready to purchase several books, while most the comic-con-goers, as I mentioned before, weren\u2019t even expecting to see authors peddling their works when they showed up in their costumes. I suppose you can\u2019t account for the quality of the product, at least not until you go buy and read my novel (wink, wink) but I wonder if the issue is more one of how routine and avid readers behave in the first place?\nReading is more solitary and less flashing than the other kinds of entertainment out there. Is merely speaking to authors and seeing a bunch of them sitting around waiting to sign books not enough of an event to get readers out of the house? Do we need to start including live bands, acrobats, or celebrities in our author gatherings in order to elevate them to event status?\nAnother difference maker I\u2019ve noticed is that at comic-con sort of events I\u2019m usually able to sit in on or host some sort of short discussion or panel. I get to stand in front of a few people and talk, either about my material or about general genre topics. This activity has translated to a handful of readers heading over to find me and buy my book afterwards. However, I\u2019ve also gone to a huge book festival which held a tight schedule of 15 minute talks by authors in blocks of four hours straight over the entire weekend, and then watched as one after the other authors stood and gave talks to a dozen empty chairs, or maybe to eleven empty chairs and the next author in line who was waiting their turn.\nSo I ask, what makes for a good live appearance? Is it a must that some other, crowd-drawing activity be included? Is it a must that we authors are given time to speak, at least in panels? Does every author event simply need big name author signings, so we lesser-known authors can hope to draw a few sales as the under-card? Or is it out of our hands, where how the event promotes itself is the real difference?\nClassic Review: The Great God Pan\nMon, May 29 2017 08:45 | Permalink\nI came across the short story, The Great God Pan as I was preparing a few of my own horror shorts for submission to publishers. I'd also seen it recommended in an article by Steven King. Thus, I picked up a copy to give it a read. I was not disappointed.\nThe story was disjoint, following several different characters in a few different places and jumping time. I found the tell of the story similar to Bram Stoker's Dracula, drawing from several sources to compile one story line, though it that story isn't given to us readers sequentially. I enjoyed the book, and as is needed for such a disjoint presentation, all the parts came together in the end to a satisfying conclusion. The characters were interesting, though I'll note the characters we follow were not particularly diverse.\nMy only issue with the novel would be the clarity of characters. In fact, I was thoroughly confused by the last chapter, as to what character we had returned too, and I couldn't grasp the story climax without knowing. I read it twice and ended up having to go look up online which character was narrating the last chapter. What I found was the last chapter had three distinct sections, each with its own narrator, each a return to a previous character. With that knowledge, It all made since.\nI was satisfied with the end, and the copy I got of the story was many times removed from the story's original publication. I suspect, the story has aged to public domain, and I believe the publisher took some short cuts to get the story on fewer pages. Thus, I don't know if a better-formatted edition might not have left me confused on that last chapter. As a result, I don't feel right to rate the story lower because of this narrator confusion issue. You get the benefit of the doubt Mr. Machen, five stars.\nClassic Book Review: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy\nMon, May 22 2017 08:23 | Review, Writing | Permalink\nGiven the reach and influence The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has had into pop culture, along with the admiration many of my friends have had for the series since we were young teens, I expected this book to be well suited to my taste and a pleasure to read. Unfortunately, perhaps my expectations were too high.\nWhile there were a few gems of imagination and pure oddity which rightfully belong in the larger pop-culture and literary canon of references, there were so many details which were weird, seemingly just for the sake of being weird, that the actual plot was drug to a glacial pace.\nFurthermore, I found that the non-sequiturs humor, which I admit is perfectly in line with many great works of entertainment from the same era of UK humor, rarely landed for me, and again the jokes were so numerous they proved a huge distraction from the plot. One caveat I'll add, however, is that I can see where I might have found the rambling humor and saturation of visual oddity, a bit more appealing if I were 13 years old.\nI had planned to read the entire series, and in fact, I bought all five books, but now I'm don't feel what I got out of this book warrants putting its successors at the top of my reading list.\nTue, Sep 27 2016 09:27 | Writing | Permalink\nThough my first novel has been out for only a year, I\u2019ve already noticed there are a few questions that seem to arise over and over again from the prospective readers I meet while promoting the book. \u201cWhere\u2019d you get the idea?\u201d \u201cIs it a series?\u201d \u201cWhere is it set?\u201d All are straightforward questions which are easy enough to answer. I believe, going forward as an author, I should expect to answer those same questions every time I step out into the world intending to push my stories onto the public. But then there\u2019s another frequent question: \u201cHow long did it take you to write,\u201d which isn\u2019t quite so straightforward to answer. If you\u2019re an author, is this one you hear often?\nIt\u2019s not that I can\u2019t remember when I first sat down and opened that new Word file which would become my manuscript, or that I can\u2019t calculate the length of time between then and when the book came out. That\u2019s simple. The difficulty in answering is in the implication the question gives of the asker. It is almost certain that they have an idea they\u2019ve been harboring for their own novel, but have actually written little or nothing of it, and they\u2019re trying to gain perspective on the work ahead of them if they move forward with it. Like a person standing at the bottom of a big hill, shouting to another who\u2019s standing on top: \u201cHow far is it up?\u201d\nKnowing that a mountain of work lies ahead when one undertakes writing a novel, I feel obligated not to mislead a prospective writer, nor do I want to dissuade them. Writing a novel is likely to be measured in months and years, not days and weeks. On top of that, for a first time author, after they\u2019ve finished they\u2019ll likely spend more months, if not over a year hunting for a publisher, and should they find one, their publisher will likely spend months, if not a year, preparing the material and the book\u2019s marketing before it is finally released.\nThat said, not all months are created equal. One author might spend 18 months writing their novel, but still be working a day-job at the same time, while another author might spend 6 months writing their novel, working on the book full-time. Sometimes the writing process involves waiting time. An author might finish a draft and have to put it down for a few weeks, or a few months, to return to it with fresh eyes. An author might also be using the services of an editor or a critiquing group between drafts, and be subject to weeks or a month, waiting for those notes, before digging in on the next draft.\nI am personally working away on my next novel, with the intent of working on it full-time, but I find that having another book already out means organizing and traveling to personal appearances every few weeks, interviews, blogging and keeping up with social media to cultivate my audience, plus reading and reviewing fellow authors, which all take time. Thus, even full-time writing only allows for a part-time schedule of actually composing the words on the pages of my next manuscript. All of this makes telling that eager but inexperienced writer \u201ca year,\u201d \u201ceighteen months,\u201d \u201ctwo years,\u201d at best incomplete answers.\n\u201cHow long did it take you to write?\u201d Recently, I\u2019ve stumbled on a relatively simple way to answer which fellow authors might find helpful to respond effectively, and which might truly impart accurate perspective to the asker. Measure the effort in hours.\nI spent about 1,500 hours on my first novel, from page one of my first draft through the end of the polished manuscript that actually found me a publisher. (Though that is not the end of the process, mind you.)\nOf course every author and every project are different, but now the prospective author can calculate a realistic approximation. If they can spend 40 hours a week on their manuscript, they might expect about 8 or 9 months for writing a novel similar in length to mine. If they can spend 50 or 60 hours a week, they might cut that down. If they work full-time elsewhere and raise a family, and can only spare 10 hours a week, they might realistically expect the project to take 3 years. In any case, hopefully the process will streamline with successive books.\nTo all you prospective authors, it\u2019s a lot of work. I hope this helps. Good luck.\nTo all you established authors, how do you answer this question?\nOriginally Posted on \"Marilyn's Musings\" blog, March, 2015.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 218, "original_length": 49681, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 287.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://charsjargon.com/feeling-nostalgic/arlene-and-i-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:37:23Z", "digest": "sha1:4KLEWFQTBETHIUU7PDHSBIY2AYUGYXQ6", "length": 54, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "charsjargon.com", "title": "Arlene and I ~", "raw_content": "Arlene and I\nPosted on February 9, 2013 by CharsJargon", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 37, "original_length": 887, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 234.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://chinabusinesshandbook.com/the_book/2014-edition/office-space-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:49Z", "digest": "sha1:LJHVQSCYL2DYZBWKN4XLUXQSTWPEX4ZM", "length": 191, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "chinabusinesshandbook.com", "title": "Office space in China China Business Handbook Office space in China", "raw_content": "Demand for office space continues to expand in China\u2019s primary markets but at the same time an increasing number of foreign companies have started to open facilities in cities further inland.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 87, "original_length": 1630, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 110.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://chinaonthebrink.com/users/patrick-michels.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:35Z", "digest": "sha1:7LQJCSIW6QSWSHWJRQUTPXZDONXA2UBW", "length": 435, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "chinaonthebrink.com", "title": "Patrick Michels | China On The Brink", "raw_content": "Patrick Michels is a master's student in photojournalism. He is working on a thesis project on civilian contractors injured in Iraq, and is also working on a long-term project documenting the rise of competitive eating. He has a degree in magazine journalism from Northwestern University. 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So what is the effect downstream when a corporate catastrophe takes place?\nAs the magnitude of the environmental disaster unfolds as a result of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, it is not only the board of BP that is feeling the increasing ire and wrath of the public opinion.\nTags: BP, environment, oil disaster, brand, corporate, retail,", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 2289, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 331.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://city-arms.com/nra-legislation/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:53:56Z", "digest": "sha1:ZAWXFLK2LZGCT2G7QZTCBBC5G756ZD6F", "length": 1264, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "city-arms.com", "title": "NRA Legislation | City Arms", "raw_content": "Stay current with NRA Legistlation.\nThis page includes information regarding current state bills and local issues relating to gun rights in California.\nCurrently active bills and issues appear with a white background. In the second year of the California legislative session (always an even-numbered year), this includes first-year bills that failed to pass (becoming \u2018two-year bills\u2019).\nBills never die.Bills that fail a vote, either in committee or on the floor, are usually granted \u201cReconsideration\u201d. This allows them to return for another vote virtually as many times as the bill\u2019s author desires. Such bills may return on short notice or after months of inactivity and even with completely changed content.\nSome active items are marked ACTION NEEDED and appear with a yellow background. These are the bills and issues for which we need your help ASAP. Such bills will include special suggestions for gun owners to follow to help.\nBills and issues that have been resolved apperar with a (gray background).\nLegislative information will normally be posted here before appearing on the California state website. Important related information will only appear here. When the sources disagree, this page should be considered the more current and reliable of the two.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 35, "original_length": 1895, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 324.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://civilwarhorror.blogspot.com/2013/06/military-history-photo-friday-medieval.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:37:33Z", "digest": "sha1:TN2MDDABQRXDSCLF2TJQCBP5YHRSYJ4C", "length": 2842, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "civilwarhorror.blogspot.com", "title": "Civil War Horror: Military History Photo Friday: Medieval Handgonnes in Slovenia", "raw_content": "Military History Photo Friday: Medieval Handgonnes in Slovenia\nWhen I started researching my book Medieval Handgonnes: The First Black Powder Infantry Weapons, I discovered the Balkans were early adopters of the earliest handheld firearm technology. Many of the photos for the book, for example, come from Croatia.\nJust north of Croatia is Slovenia, the subject of my current travel series for Gadling. While in the National History Museum in the capital Ljubljana I came across two examples of early firearms.\nThis top one of from the early 15th century. It's of the earliest of the three main types I outlined in my book. It's only a little more than a foot long with a touch hole at one end. The hook at the bottom was for hooking over a wall or shield in order to steady it. The handgonne may have been fixed to a wooden shaft but I couldn't see any evidence for that.\nThis is from the late 15th century and as you can see it's a much more advanced model. Well, hopefully you can see. It's really hard to take good photos through glass! Anyway, it's about three feet long and has the familiar hook. It also has a pair of gunsights and a pan for the gunpowder that was originally fitted with a swiveling top in order to secure the loose powder.\nHere's a closeup of the back end, showing the pan, maker's mark, and rear sight.\nAs you can see, there's no trigger on either of these pieces. Triggers of the matchlock type only came into use slowly near the end of the 15th century.\nYou might also want to check out a guest post I did about the accuracy of medieval handgonnes.\nLabels: arms and armor, arms and armour, black powder, guns, history, medieval, medieval history, Middle Ages, military history, Military History Photo Friday, Renaissance, research, Sean McLachlan, travel, war, weapons\nMake you wonder who was the first person to test those guns - and did he survive?\nLexa Cain June 14, 2013 at 1:54 PM\nWow, those things don't look like guns at all. And that one picture has ghost legs and feet dangling in the background! Creepy! I understand it's a trick of the glass, but it really looks like disembodied feet and legs floating around behind you. lol\nL.G. Smith June 14, 2013 at 4:25 PM\nYeah, kind of scary to be the first person to see if the weapon worked or not! I'd think the chance of it blowing up in your hand was pretty good.\nSean McLachlan June 15, 2013 at 2:30 AM\nThese early handgonnes did burst a lot. Archaeologists have found several examples where the barrel had split. They're usually found in castle moats where frustrated medieval soldiers tossed them!\nAlexander Spiridonov July 19, 2016 at 12:27 PM\nThe first piece is the part of blasted late 15 century long barrel hangonne which was repaired (new breech plug was put in and new touch hole was made). 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Their children, Lee, Roy and Ruth were always involved in the family businesses including a cable company, radio communications and 24 hour answering services. The Garvin children could often be found on the pulling cable, working on the switchboard or doing whatever else was needed to help in building the success the family has always achieved.\nVern was the vineyard manager supported by Dorothy from the initial ground break of the vineyard in 1999. In 2009 at the age of 78, Vern passed away, leaving a legacy of entrepreneurship, stewardship and a blueprint for success to his family and community. Dorothy continued to actively participate in the growth of both the vineyard and the winery until October of 2015 when she passed. It is now up to the future generations.\nThe part of the second generation: Lee and Ruth are involved with all aspects of the business. Lee juggles his time between his job as Pilot and Purchasing Agent for South Coast Lumber Company in Brookings, Oregon and the family business. Ruth works full time and manages the marketing and distribution segments of the business and is the liaison for the family as needed.\nThe third generation: Kelly, Teri and Cory are always willing to help, and are busy creating their own lives. Kelly is a High School teacher and coach at Brookings Harbor High School, Teri is married and has the first of the fourth generation, a little girl, Bailey. She also works for the School District 17c office and is the payroll and benefits manager. Cory is the farmer of the crew. He is farming in the sea as a commercial fisherman and also helps with vineyard and farming projects.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 2895, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 190.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://clinicallibrarian.blogspot.com/2017/12/finding-case-reports.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:27Z", "digest": "sha1:P2M2XDDCJFQPW5IUHAQCG2MLC6WZB4VK", "length": 225, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "clinicallibrarian.blogspot.com", "title": "Clinical Librarian Blog: Finding case reports", "raw_content": "Jhon mac 6 January 2018 at 08:29\nThat is very interesting I love reading and I am always searching for informative information like this.I\u2019m really amazed with your posting skills as well as with the layout on your blog site.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 154, "original_length": 6313, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 251.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://coalheritage.org/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:33Z", "digest": "sha1:76EJTHGOZUKZ2ROHQPNGMJT3SUL62DQG", "length": 2830, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "coalheritage.org", "title": "National Coal Heritage Area/ Coal Heritage Trail", "raw_content": "National Coal Heritage Area Economic Impact Report\nThe National Coal Heritage Area encompasses 13 counties and is situated in the heart of the formidable Appalachian Mountains. 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Translated from Latin, the title is honey bees. \u201cHiving bees\u201d was Brown\u2019s code word for the 1859 attack at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, just before the American Civil War. The video was shot at Brown\u2019s childhood home in Akron, Ohio. The fleece that appears throughout alludes to both the sheep that he raised there and Christian symbols such as the Good Shepherd. The ringing bells recall both the drone of bees and the ringing of church bells at the time of Brown\u2019s execution. The words repeated in the video\u2014soldier, shepherd, prophet, martyr\u2014can all be used to describe Brown\u2019s complex identity.\n\u201cConversation II: Place-Kansas,\u201d Apr-2008, Emily Stamey\n\u201cI use figures in history whose contributions to society are either under-known, under-appreciated or just not given the stature that I believe they should have in society.\n\u201cMy quest is to use abstract means, to educate the public about these figures through ways that \u2026challenge them to think abstractly in relating to the stories of the lives of the people concerned.\n\u201c[I am interested in] both the active and contemplative sides of John Brown-the restless, religious zealot-warrior whose sole purpose in life was to rid America of slavery as well as the contemplative mystic who transformed the dire circumstances of his Biblical 40 days and nights imprisonment into a monastic experience that remains unrivaled in American history.\u201d\nFirst two statements from \u201cInspiring People: Living Louder,\u201d an interview with Dana Roc http://www.danaroc.com/inspiring_020606terryadkins.html\n\u201cApis Mellifera is one of a pair of videos that treat these two aspects of John Brown\u2019s character. Brown, the 19th-century religious revolutionary and abolitionist, is famous in Kansas for his retaliation upon pro-slavery forces after the sack of Lawrence in 1856. In Apis Mellifera, Adkins brings together multiple references to Brown. Translated from Latin, the title is honey bees; \u201chiving bees\u201d was Brown\u2019s code word for the 1859 attack at Harper\u2019s Ferry, West Virgina, during the Civil War. The video was shot at Brown\u2019s childhood home in Akron, Ohio; the fleece that appears throughout alludes to both the sheep that he raised there and religious figures such as the Good Shepherd. The ringing bells recall both the drone of the bees and the ringing of church bells at the time of Brown\u2019s execution. 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Despite the fact that the government had a stable majority in the parliament, and was neither exposed to a no-confidence vote nor confronted with an initiative for such, this decision came as no surprise. The official explanation issued by the government was that, after having had achieved a number of crucial steps (start of the EU membership talks, deepening the dialogue with Pri\u0161tina, domestic reforms, fighting organized crime and corruption), the next steps in this direction would require \u201cthe highest political support of the citizens of Serbia.\u201d This of course only wrapped the real reasons into an empty phrase. High SNS officials were a bit more concrete in providing explanations. 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Each country has imposed tariff increases on the other's goods, and Beijing has accused the Trump administration of bullying.\nIn an official statement, the US Navy said Lanzhou came within 40m of the American vessel during the September 30 incident.\n\"U.S. Navy ships and aircraft operate throughout the Indo-Pacific routinely, including in the South China Sea\", said Brown.\nBeijing confirmed that the Luoyang, a Chinese missile destroyer, was immediately deployed to identify the United States warship and drive it away.\nChina claims most of the strategic waterway and has built islands on reefs and equipped them with military facilities such as airstrips, radar domes and missile systems.\nUSA officials have blasted the Chinese over the incident, complaining the Chinese ship approached the American warship in an \"unsafe and unprofessional manner\".\nMeanwhile, US Defence Secretary James Mattis said on Monday he did not see Sino-US relations worsening, a day after his trip to China was cancelled. Washington has no official relations with Taiwan's democratically elected government but is obliged by USA law to see that it has the means to defend itself.\nThe US military is reportedly planning to send US warships, combat aircraft, and troops through the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait in November in a series of exercises created to send a message to Beijing.\n'It seems to me that this was deliberate and could have been sanctioned by higher levels as part of the retaliatory moves by China in recent times'.\nThe Chinese Defense Ministry claimed its ship merely gave the U.S. Navy vessel \"a warning to leave\" after it entered the area \"without permission\".\nGaven Reef is one of seven Chinese-claimed outposts in the Spratlys Archipelago.\nThe Chinese military will fulfill its defense responsibility to safeguard its sovereignty and security as well as maintain regional peace and stability.\nMattis had originally planned to visit the Chinese capital to meet with senior Chinese officials to discuss security issues.\nMilitary exchanges between the countries, including port calls, were temporarily suspended following a mid-air collision between a U.S. EP-3 spy plane and Chinese fighter in 2001 off the south China coast that sparked a major diplomatic row.\nThe bitter trade war between China and the United States will double to tensions in the military field, including a serious incident in the south China sea last weekend.\nTwo B-52s flew over the South China Sea last week in what the Pentagon called a routine mission.\nTrump says Kavanaugh will 'potentially, hopefully' win confirmation soon Rosmah to face several money laundering charges, MACC", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 9645, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 332.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://criticalevaluationessay.com/proofread-for-high-school/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:46Z", "digest": "sha1:XFFTLL6MFFBCVFZDU6BJMTLJ6CQPBCON", "length": 1853, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "criticalevaluationessay.com", "title": "Proofread for High School | criticalevaluationessay.com", "raw_content": "Do You Need a Proofread for High School?\nCollege or university students are always set with tons of papers to complete. 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Police secures the site of a knife attack in Paris, Monday, Sept. 10, 2018.\nA man has been arrested and the incident is not being treated as terrorism, police said.\nAccording to French police, the attack is not being deemed terror-related at this stage following the man's arrest.\nAn investigating source said the suspect was conscious in hospital but had not not spoken since the attack. \"They started throwing petanque balls at him\", Najah said.\n\"We said to them: 'Watch out, he has a knife.' But they didn't react\".\nWitnesses told Agence France Presse the man was also carrying an iron bar.\nOn Twitter, French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb praised the \"courage and reactivity\" of those who intervened.\nFour of those injured were reported to have sustained serious injuries, and one remained critical.\nArmed with a 15-inch blade and a metal bar, he first stabbed two men and a woman outside the MK2 cinema complex. 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After his return from the Paris Peace Conference, the president went into seclusion and was only seen by very few people within the White House staff. Even Wilson\u2019s most trusted advisors and cabinet members were never granted meetings with the ailing president.\nDue to his infirmary, the First Lady actually took over his duties \u2013 penning much of his legislature at his advice and it is rumored that she also signed some of the documents as he was too sick to hold the pen. Her reasoning for being her husband\u2019s surrogate was she wanted to make sure his initiatives saw their completion and didn\u2019t trust many in upper levels of our government to carry out her husband\u2019s wishes. Therefore, she banned all from being in his presence and set to work to fulfill his vision for the Wilson Legacy.\nFrom 1919 to 1921 when he left office, First Lady Wilson oversaw all aspects of the government, including some diplomatic discussions with other heads of state throughout the world. She managed to pass impressive legislation that would more than garner her the title of acting president.\nFurthermore, many First Ladies were instrumental in their husbands\u2019 presidencies. For example, Eleanor Roosevelt was instrument in some segments of the New Deal \u2013 like the planned communities such as Greenbelt, Maryland. She oversaw much of the building process and also spoke on behalf of the projects before many diplomats and congressional members. She lobbied and found donors while working towards a fix to the Great Depressions\u2019 ills for most Americans during the 1930s leading up to the Second World War. Furthermore, it was Eleanor not FDR that was interested in Civil Rights for the Black Communities throughout the country, but due to the unpopularity among Democrats, she was asked to cease her initiative by the President.\nOther First Ladies also took their office very seriously as they created and forwarded pet projects. Nancy Reagan\u2019s Just Say No Drug campaign was a well-known staple of the 1980s. It was a project she was adamantly passionate about and did much of the lobbying for the initiative without her husband, Ronald Reagan to influence much of her initiatives.\nMany historians versed in political and US Foreign Affairs History can attest that Rosalynn Carter was also an integral part of Jimmy Carter\u2019s Camp David Accords where he brokered peace between Israel and Egypt, hosting the conference between Anwar El Sadat and Menachem Begin. It is further said he often consulted her for her opinions on governance as well.\nBeing that much of Common Core is saturated in revised history and nonsense, these little tidbits of history are almost lost from public knowledge. Hence, while Hillary Clinton likes to tell her adoring \u2018fans\u2019 about how she would be the first female president, she is sorely mistaken and grossly misleading people much like she did when she forgot Victoria Woodhull was the first female to run on a ticket in a presidential race.\n1919 Anwar El Sadat Edith Wilson Eleanor Roosevelt First Ladies Franklin D Roosevelt Great Depression Hillary Clinton Jimmy Carter Menachem Begin Nancy Reagan New Deal Presidents Infirmaries Ronald Reagan Rosalynn Carter Second World War Victoria Woodhall Woodrow Wilson\nVISAs: Should America Halt Them Altogether?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 102, "original_length": 6436, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 258.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://crownwest.com/properties/commercial/p2", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:45:19Z", "digest": "sha1:ZGQKAYZKVQQVUGLN3Z22DPI4MOAWUI4S", "length": 1413, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "crownwest.com", "title": "Crown West Realty", "raw_content": "Camelback Center\nCamelback Center, Phoenix, AZ - This 9-story, 235,000 square foot, class \"A\" executive building is located in one of Phoenix\u2019s most premier sub-markets. 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This project sought to identify the value of geographic information systems and spatial data in the public sector, as well as to examine mechanisms and opportunities for leveraging the benefits and minimizing costs. This value can be seen across a broad array of program areas. This report demonstrates the value that GIS can add to three programmatic areas of vital importance to New York State: economic development, environmental conservation, and public health and safety.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 44, "original_length": 1437, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 167.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://cultcha.blogspot.com/2016/01/uk-blog-awards.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:15Z", "digest": "sha1:M7UMB754A73YJL4WHGACSVHOXSFVSJE4", "length": 352, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "cultcha.blogspot.com", "title": "Cultural Geography Blog: UK Blog Awards", "raw_content": "Voting for these awards is now open, and you can apparently vote for my LivingGeography blog to win in the education category if you had a mind to\u2026\nClick the picture below to be taken to the voting page.\nVoting is open from 4th to 26th January 2016 - thanks if you vote for me - I have no expectation of winning, but you've got to be in in to win it...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 215, "original_length": 23835, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 308.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://cynthiapschneider.org/laboratory", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:01Z", "digest": "sha1:ADRW2M5VVNXTWQZSQR3PHP5SFR3IMK57", "length": 1194, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "cynthiapschneider.org", "title": "Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics \u2014 Cynthia P. Schneider", "raw_content": "The Lab harnesses the power of performance to humanize global politics. We create and present innovative high quality work from around the world that is at the intersection of politics and performance. The Lab\u2019s signature approach raises voices rarely heard in Washington DC through compelling, authentic narratives, and engages policymakers, as well as artists, students, and wider audiences in forums that cast critical issues in a new light.\nThe Lab uses technology and live encounters to create a global community of artists, activists and policy makers, fostering new understandings and innovative collaborations. We are committed to relationship building beyond the lifespan of individual projects. We create substantive dynamic partnerships with individuals and with a diverse range of cultural and policy organizations. We are passionate about helping to train the next generation of innovators to use their artistry and voices to shape new understandings and to humanize others in pursuit of a better, more just world.\nCynthia, Schneider, \u201cWhat Woman Was Ever Born to Such Misfortune?\"\nCynthia Schneider, \"The Road Not Taken in Pakistan\"\nRaza Rumi, \"The Art of U.S.-Pakistan Relations\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 25, "original_length": 1756, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 268.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://dailycampus.com/stories/2017/9/5/its-time-to-unpack-the-phrase-illegal-alien", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:14Z", "digest": "sha1:ZPOMMYTCUXM2K2JEG34RS6HRAHNXLVPF", "length": 4212, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "dailycampus.com", "title": "It\u2019s time to unpack the phrase \u201cIllegal Alien\u201d \u2014 The Daily Campus", "raw_content": "It\u2019s time to unpack the phrase \u201cIllegal Alien\u201d\nSupporters of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), demonstrate on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington on Sept. 3, 2017. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)\nI want to take a moment to write about undocumented immigration. Sometime today, President Trump is going to make a decision on DACA that will, whatever decision is made, affect the lives of almost a million undocumented immigrants in the United States.\nFor those who haven\u2019t been paying attention these last few years, DACA stands for Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals. DACA is program created by the Obama administration to allow undocumented immigrants brought as children to the United States the opportunity to attend college, get a job etc. More importantly, it defers the chance of deportation for two years and allows the chance to renew.\nAt the time of writing, the country has zero idea what decision President Trump is going to make. During his campaign he talked about repealing DACA, but what Trump says and what he does are two very different things. There\u2019s a Politico story floating around on the webs somewhere but everything in it is basically speculation because nothing with Trump is really clear until he gives an official statement.\nMy thoughts on DACA and undocumented immigration are out there. You can read the final extent of my reporting of the situation on the UConn campus here. I\u2019ve been of the mindset that everyone should have access to the same resources as everyone else, that includes immigrants, undocumented or not.\nIn a few hours, we\u2019ll have an official statement from the White House about what exactly will be happening to DACA. As I said before, there\u2019s no point in speculating about what will happen.\nI do, however, want to address one of the elephants in the room: the way we view and talk about undocumented immigrants. Listen to any conservative talk about immigration (or any subject really) and one of the first things that they\u2019ll say is that the United States needs to \u201cremove illegal aliens\u201d from this country. They blame these \u201cillegal aliens\u201d for everything that is going on in the country and use them as scapegoats.\nClose your eyes for a second and imagine the term \u201calien\u201d. What comes to mind? Probably something not human. Now throw the word \u201cillegal\u201d in front of it. What do you get? Who knows, maybe an alien in a prison jumpsuit. Can you see what I\u2019m getting at?\nCalling somebody an illegal alien should never be the wording that you use. Not because it\u2019s not \u201cpolitically correct\u201d but because those two words completely dehumanize the situation that these people are in and the hardships they have endured.\nWe don\u2019t call people who come to the U.S. via the legal channels \u201clegal aliens\u201d we call them Americans. They gave up their old lives in order to work for a better life in the United States. We honor that commitment by treating them like human beings and giving them rights. Shouldn\u2019t that liberty apply to everyone?\nAt the end of the day, every single undocumented immigrant in this country is a person. Can we all agree that? Which means they can\u2019t be illegal. No human being is illegal. And just like no human being can be illegal, no human being can be alien. I don\u2019t care how the dictionary defines \u201calien\u201d, in everyday speech, alien is use to define something not from this world. These immigrants are very clearly from this world.\nCalling immigrants illegal aliens makes it very easy to see them differently for yourself. It allows people to dehumanize them and make them seem like some kind threatening population. Immigration reform is one of the largest human rights challenges of our time. Without knowledge of them being undocumented, every single one of these immigrants is a member of our community just trying to make their lives better. Where I come from, we try and help members of our community not force them out.\nImmigrants are people, undocumented or not. Let\u2019s actually treat them as people, in words and in actions. 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The four-story La Quinta Inn offers 79 rooms with free internet, coffeemakers, microwaves and refrigerators. Rooms also have alarm clocks, hairdryers, irons and ironing boards. Chow down on hot waffles, cereal, fruit and more at the complimentary breakfast. The outdoor pool offers respite from the Florida heat. The hotel also has a fitness room and guest laundry. Non-smoking rooms are available. Pets are welcome with some restrictions. The hotel is just off I-95, one mile from Boca Raton and three miles from the Atlantic shore at Deerfield Beach. Several restaurants are within walking distance. Golf courses abound in Deerfield Beach, with at least four within three miles of the hotel. Shoppers can revive their wardrobes at Town Center at Boca Raton or Mizner Park, less than four miles away. Butterfly World, seven miles away, is home to over 150 species of butterflies. The hotel is 17 miles from Fort Lauderdale International Airport and 36 miles from Palm Beach International Airport. La Quinta Inn & Suites Deerfield Beach I-95 has a convenient location near I-95, making it easy to get around. Freebies like breakfast and Wi-Fi come in handy for our guests on a budget.\nInfo for La Quinta Inn & Suites Deerfield Beach I-95\nAmenities for La Quinta Inn & Suites Deerfield Beach I-95", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 288, "original_length": 7442, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 245.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://democracy.allerdale.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=10&MId=4544&Ver=4", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:28Z", "digest": "sha1:4EI56AJ6NU7PAWOBUE5UUH5BB3HD3YFN", "length": 7251, "nlines": 44, "source_domain": "democracy.allerdale.gov.uk", "title": "Allerdale Borough Council - Agenda for Development Panel on Tuesday 29th May, 2018, 1.00 pm", "raw_content": "Tuesday 29th May, 2018 1.00 pm\nTo sign as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 1 May 2018.\nItem deferred.\n2/2018/0024 - 129, John Street, Workington - Demolish existing flat roof extension, sub-divide existing domestic accommodation and carry out alterations and change use of former club premises to provide self contained apartments PDF 4 MB\nThe Senior Planning Officer recommended approval.\nThe Senior Planning Officer outlined the application and detailed the main issues within the report as follows:\nThe principle of the change of use of this former leisure club (D2) a previously developed site, to residential apartments is acceptable for this mixed use area close to the town centre of Workington.\nNo adverse impact on residential amenity to surrounding dwellings from the residential use in terms of noise nuisance or overlooking subject to appropriate noise insulation between flats and other properties to be secured by planning condition.\nNo off street parking is provided and there have been 50 letters of objection from nearby residents expressing concerns over further on street car parking.\nAs part of a wider council strategy for parking in Workington, the forward plan for Peter Street car park, which is adjacent to the proposed apartments, is to make it a long stay pay and display car park. This car park is currently free and is mostly used by residents in the area or town workers.\nThe potential residents of the new flats would have the ability to purchase parking permits to use in this car park.\nReserved bays are also subject to a charge but residents, depending on their car ownership, may not need it. If the resident does not renew the reserved bay they would lose it and this would then be sold on to somebody else.\nAdequate space to provide bin storage in rear yard.\nMembers noted the representations received in respect of the application, the main grounds of which were set out in the report. Members also noted the additional consultations received since the preparation of the officer\u2019s report which included the applicant\u2019s supporting car park survey and the Council\u2019s car parks records of car parking facilities in the locality and charging regime.\nCouncillor M Grainger moved that the application be approved as per the officer\u2019s recommendation. This was seconded by Councillor T Annison.\n17.25.GPF 1 - Proposed ground floor plan\n17.25.PFF 1 - Proposed first floor plan\n17.25.PSF 1 - Proposed second floor\n17.25.PR.ELE - Proposed elevations\n17.25.BLOCK - Proposed block plan\n17.25.SITE - Proposed site plan\n17.25.LOC - Location Plan\nNew ground floor windows and doors abutting the highway shall be of a type which cannot open outwards into the highway.\nReason: To minimise possible danger to other highway users.\nBefore any part of the development hereby approved is commenced a scheme of sound proofing showing measures to deal with sound insulation of walls and floors between the separate and adjoining properties shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved scheme shall be implemented to the satisfaction of the Local Planning Authority prior to the occupation of any part of the development.\nReason: In the interest of residential amenity in compliance with policy S32 Allerdale Local plan (Part 1) adopted July 2014.\nPrior to occupation of the apartments details of the arrangements for the storage and disposal of waste from the premises shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The approved details shall be implemented prior to occupation of the apartments, and thereafter maintained at all times in accordance with the approved arrangements for the lifetime of the development.\nReason: In the interests of safeguarding residential and visual amenity of other properties in the locality from the operational use of the application site, in compliance with the National Planning Policy Framework and Policy S32 of the Allerdale Local Plan (Part 1), Adopted July 2014.\n2/2018/0101 - Welton Primary School, Welton, Carlisle - Outline application for the erection of 14 dwellings including 4 affordable properties and approved of access and layout PDF 1 MB\nMr Pearson spoke in objection to the application on behalf of Sebergham Parish Council.\nMr Metcalfe spoke in support of the application as the applicant\u2019s agent.\nThe Senior Planning Officer recommended refusal.\nThe proposal development would see non-essential new dwellings located within the open countryside contrary to Policies S3, S5 and S9 of the Allerdale Local Plan (Part 1), Adopted July 2014 and the Section 6 of National Planning Policy Framework.\nAccess and layout:\nThe proposed layout is not considered to respond to the rural character, history and distinctiveness of its location contrary to Policies S2, S4, S32, S33 and Dm14 of the Allerdale Local Plan (Part 1), Adopted July 2014.\nAn appropriate form of access and egress from the site can be achieved.\nThe applicant is proposing 4 units will be affordable Low Cost Units in line with Policy S8 of the Allerdale Local Plan (part 1), Adopted July 2014.\nOfficers are satisfied that the proposed development would achieve an acceptable form of private amenity space for each dwelling and the proximity of the village hall would not unduly impact on the amenity of the proposed occupiers.\nThe Senior Planning Officer advised members that additional publicity was required to be undertaken in accordance with Article 15 of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015. As such, members were advised that the determination of the application be delegated to officers upon the expiration of the publicity period, the recommendation still being to refuse as per the officer\u2019s report. If considerations were raised during the publicity period which had not been considered in the officer\u2019s report, then the matter would be reported back to the Panel for determination.\nCouncillor N Cockburn moved that the application be refused as per the officer\u2019s recommendation. This was seconded by Councillor R Munby.\nA vote was taken on the motion. 8 voted in favour of refusal, 2 against. The motion was carried.\nThat, in the event of no new considerations being raised during the publicity period not already considered in the officer\u2019s report, the decision to refuse the application be delegated to officers upon the expiration of the publicity period, the reasons for refusal being:\nThe Local Planning Authority considers the proposed dwellings would constitutes an inappropriate non-essential form of residential development in the open countryside and would therefore be contrary to the provisions of Policy S3 and S5 of the Allerdale Local Plan (Part 1) Adopted July 2014 and paragraph 17 the principles and paragraph 55 of the National Planning Policy Framework.\nThe Local Planning Authority considers the scale and layout of the development site does not respond positively to the character, history and distinctiveness of the rural landscape in which it lies. The proposal is considered contrary to Policy S2, S4, S32, S33 and DM14 of the Allerdale Local Plan (Part 1), Adopted July 2014 and National Planning Policy Framework (Paragraph 58 and 64).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 122, "original_length": 11613, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 325.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://depts.washington.edu/intrsect/training/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:48Z", "digest": "sha1:KA4EDROUG5IFSEJ3GYHMO2PJJV6PHWGK", "length": 5966, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "depts.washington.edu", "title": "Training | INTERSECT | International Respiratory and Severe Illness Center at the University of Washington", "raw_content": "Training in the prompt recognition and treatment of respiratory and severe illness is a major component of INTERSECT\u2019s mission. By creating and supporting clinical training programs in both in the United States and in developing areas, we are deepening existing health care professionals\u2019 knowledge and putting more internationally-minded researchers into the field.\nINTERSECT\u2019s Assistant Director for Nursing, Lia Golden, CCRN, RN, BSN, has established the International Nursing Program at the University of Washington Medical Center. The International Nursing Program is committed to creating long-term, sustainable, partnerships across the nursing profession to improve the capacity of the global healthcare community. The International Nursing Program is establishing partnerships for critical care nurse exchanges with ICUs in Cambodia, Brazil, and Nepal. Lindsey O\u2019Connell is the International Nursing Program Cambodian Coordinator and Lead Educator-Volunteer. Lindsey is a United States trained intensive care unit nurse who is currently living in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. As a lead educator with the International Nursing Program and in collaboration with INTERSECT she is working at two of the public hospitals in Phnom Penh teaching nursing education.\nLia Golden and Lindsey O\u2019Connell in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.\nGlobal Health Pathway \u2013 Fellowship Training Program\nINTERSECT supports the University of Washington Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine\u2019s Global Health Pathway (GHP). GHP is one of the first pulmonary and critical care medicine global health training programs in the United States.\nThe goal of the program is to train fellows to tackle the burden of lung disease around the world. GHP takes advantage of Seattle\u2019s leading position as a global health hub to nurture the development of internationally focused clinical researchers, basic scientists, and translational investigators.\nWith INTERSECT\u2019s support, University of Washington faculty mentor and train one to two GHP fellows per year, facilitating their career development in global public health.\nUniversity Lectures, Seminars, and Mentoring\nINTERSECT members are active and visible leaders on the University of Washington campus. Through lectures, seminars, and mentoring, INTERSECT promotes and encourages medical resident training in international respiratory and severe illness, with an emphasis on working in low-resource areas.\nIntra-University Program Collaboration\nThrough collaboration with the University of Washington\u2019s Treatment, Research and Expert Education (TREE) program, fellows affiliated with INTERSECT have the opportunity to augment their public health research studies and practicum in pulmonary medicine and HIV/AIDS through an applied setting at the Coptic Hope Center for Infectious Diseases in Nairobi, Kenya. These opportunities for linking across medical disciplines foster unique partnerships that reflect TREE\u2019s commitment toward high quality education programs that leave a sustainable and positive difference for the communities where they work.\nWorld Health Organization Educational Programs\nINTERSECT works closely with the World Health Organization to train clinicians to manage severe illness. Over the past several years, members of INTERSECT have contributed to:\nThe development and roll out of educational programs supported by the WHO Global Influenza Programme and the Integrated Management of Adolescent and Adult Illness (IMAI) initiative. For example, Kevin Patel, MD participated in a WHO training course on management of severe influenza in Vietnam in April, 2013. In Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City approximately 40 local Vietnamese physicians were trained by means of lecturing, role play scenarios and Q&A sessions. All of the materials (presentations/handouts/role-plays) as well as lectures were translated into Vietnamese in real time. Participants had pre- and post-training tests which showed significant improvement in knowledge scores, and feedback was very positive. All this suggested that the course achieved the goal of improving ICU care for severely ill patients with influenza, sepsis and ARDS.\nThe creation of a comprehensive IMAI District Clinician Manual.\nGuidelines for the management of respiratory failure and sepsis in low resource settings (as part of a WHO critical illness working group)\nA systematic review of the management of severe pandemic influenza.\nDr. Patel\u2019s training in Vietnam\nInternational Clinical Training\nINTERSECT members also train health care professionals around the world in research and critical care. Recent and current projects:\nThe American Thoracic Society Methods in Epidemiologic, Clinical, and Operations Research (MECOR) program. Several INTERSECT members participate in this one-week course to train health care professionals in the fundamentals of clinical research. The course has been held in Latin America, Africa, Turkey, and India.\nThe establishment of a critical care training program for sub-Saharan African pediatricians in Nairobi, Kenya. INTERSECT members Dr. Amelie von Arnim St. Andre and Dr. John McGuire from the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine are currently creating this program.\nThe creation of a five-day module, \u201cCritical Illness Management in Resource-limited Settings,\u201d as part of the East African Diploma Course in Tropical Medicine. In November 2011, INTERSECT founding director Dr. Shevin Jacob led lectures given by international experts on critical illness in adults, children, obstetrics and trauma. The module also featured complementary practical experiences on the medical and surgical wards at Mulago Hospital in Kampala, Uganda.\nAndrew Luks, MD was an invited speaker to the International Society for Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses Conference on Severe Influenza: Burden, Pathogenesis and Management in Hanoi, Vietnam in October, 2012. 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If you have a problem \u2013 if no one else can help \u2013 and if you can find them \u2013 maybe you can hire: The GAY-Team.\u201d Starring The Vagine Regime Produced and Edited by Todd Bradley Filmed...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 77, "original_length": 1999, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 320.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://dev.sarum.ac.uk/learning/leadership-ministry/postgraduate-study/christian-faith-and-leadership", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:08Z", "digest": "sha1:5WITOWHNCBJ7OPC4IRZYP4KQR5J4DYB7", "length": 1287, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "dev.sarum.ac.uk", "title": "Christian Faith and Leadership | Sarum College, Christian Education and Conference Venue in Salisbury, England", "raw_content": "Christian Faith and Leadership\nThe module will explore and analyse the ways in which theology and spirituality can underpin and challenge an understanding of leadership both within and outside faith-based contexts.\nLeaders will encourage critical reflection on how leadership and management within the changing nature of contemporary society can be informed by insights from selected spiritual and theological traditions within religion and especially Christianity and are related to a theological view of faith, vocation, the Church and its mission.\nThe connection between spirituality, theology and leadership will be explored to reflect how these perspectives are integral to an understanding of faith-based leadership rather than simply an addition to it.\nDifferent models of leadership, both secular and religious, will be examined and evaluated that can illustrate this. 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An integral part of the module will be opportunities for participants to develop skills in handling the methodologies proper to the different disciplines that can inform an understanding of faith-based leadership including reflection on their own preferred leadership styles.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 163, "original_length": 5754, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 262.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://dev.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/wythe.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:50Z", "digest": "sha1:MXCQONI4FGY7PT5BQCBK7L7OEXRDL3KW", "length": 4399, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "dev.ushistory.org", "title": "Signers of the Declaration of Independence: George Wythe", "raw_content": "Birthplace: Elizabeth City Co. (Hampton), Va.\nEducation: Informal, Law Studies. (Lawyer, Educator)\nWork: Admitted to the Bar in Virginia, 1746; Clerk of the committee on Privileges and Elections of the House of Burgesses, 1747; Attorney General of Virginia, 1753; Member of the House of Burgesses; 1755-65; Member of the Board of Visitors, William and Mary, 1761; Professor of Law, William and Mary, 1769-1789; Elected to Continental Congress, 1775-76; Speaker of the Virginia House, 1777-78; Judge of the Chancery Court of Virginia, 1789-1806\nGeorge Wythe was one of the very most distinguished men of his age, yet due to his modesty and quiet dignity, we learn little about him from the history books. He was born in Elizabeth County Virginia, in 1726, of a wealthy agricultural family. His father died when George was three, but his mother, who was extraordinarily well educated for a woman of that day, tutored him in the classics in a manner that would take him far indeed. His mother died when he was still a teenager and his oldest brother, who took no interest in George, inherited the family property. George entered the college of William and Mary but was unable to keep up with the fees. He dropped out and then managed to secure a study of law at the office of a Stephen Dewey. His studies were so successful that he was admitted to the bar in Spottsylvania County in 1746, at the age of 20.\nEveryone who came into contact with him was impressed. He was appointed clerk to the Committee which formed the rules of conduct and elections in the House of Burgesses in 1746. In 1753 the Royal Governor of Virginia made him Attorney General, to fill the shoes of Peyton Randolph while he traveled to England. In 1755 Wythe was elected to represent Williamsburg at the House of Burgesses. At that time, his oldest brother died, and he inherited the family farm. Wythe served in the House of Burgesses until it was dissolved, on the eve of the revolution.\nHis most valuable contribution to the new nation was his involvement in education. This began in 1761 when he was elected to the Board of Visitors at the College of William and Mary. Eight years later the man who could never gain a degree for want of the money to do it with, became America's first Professor of Law. His students included Thomas Jefferson, Henry Clay, James Monroe, John Marshal, and several dozen other distinguished public servants. He taught for twenty years and admitted to no greater love than that of forming young minds.\nIn 1775 Wythe was elected to attend the Continental Congress. He served for two years, voted in favor of the Resolution, and for the Declaration. In 1776 he was called back to Virginia in order to help form the new government. He was elected Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1777. The following year he was made one of the three Chancellors of the State of Virginia, a post that he served in for the rest of his life. George Wythe was revered as a man on great honor and integrity. He was a republican in all things, and a quiet abolitionist. He freed his slaves and made provisions for their support until they could earn a living for themselves. This ended in tragedy-and that tragedy would cost Wythe his own life. A young member of his family, on discovering that Wythe had conditionally willed part of the family property to his slaves, decided to enlarge his own share by poisoning them with arsenic. He incidentally murdered George Wythe in the process. Wythe died on June 8, 1806 at the age of 80.\nOliver Wolcott Index of Signers John Adams Samuel Adams Josiah Bartlett Carter Braxton Charles Carroll Samuel Chase Abraham Clark George Clymer William Ellery William Floyd Benjamin Franklin Elbridge Gerry Button Gwinnett Lyman Hall John Hancock Benjamin Harrison John Hart Joseph Hewes Thomas Heyward Jr. William Hooper Stephen Hopkins Francis Hopkinson Samuel Huntington Thomas Jefferson Francis Lightfoot Lee Richard Henry Lee Francis Lewis Philip Livingston Thomas Lynch Jr. Thomas McKean Arthur Middleton Lewis Morris Robert Morris John Morton Thomas Nelson Jr. William Paca Robert Treat Paine John Penn George Read Caesar Rodney George Ross Benjamin Rush Edward Rutledge Roger Sherman James Smith Richard Stockton Thomas Stone George Taylor Matthew Thornton George Walton William Whipple William Williams James Wilson John Witherspoon Oliver Wolcott George Wythe NEXT >", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 44, "original_length": 5261, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 164.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://dev.ushistory.org/us/11f.asp", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:14Z", "digest": "sha1:PTYTW2HOM3U6WH6DZYQDW3XXF2GX5AG7", "length": 9902, "nlines": 34, "source_domain": "dev.ushistory.org", "title": "Washington at Valley Forge [ushistory.org]", "raw_content": "11f. Washington at Valley Forge\nCold, hunger, and sickness marked the Continental Army's stay at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania. Today, Valley Forge's wide fields are dotted with revolutionary relics, reminders of the brutal winter endured by Washington's troops.\nAmerican spirits reached a low point during the harsh winter of 1777-78.\nBritish troops had marched triumphantly into Philadelphia the previous autumn. Philadelphia was the largest city in the Colonies and the seat of political power. After the British swept into Philadelphia, the Continental Congress had flee to west, first to Lancaster then to York.\nWashington's army had spent the summer of 1777 fighting a string of losing battles. The Americans harassed the British army in skirmishes and minor battles for much of the fighting season. In the fall, the Americans showed pluck at the Battle of Brandywine in September and the Battle of Germantown in October. Yet the Americans were unable to keep the British out of Philadelphia.\nIn December, Washington marched his tired, beaten, hungry and sick army to Valley Forge, a location about 20 miles northwest of British-occupied Philadelphia. From Valley Forge, Washington could keep an eye on General Howe's British army ensconced in Philadelphia.\nAt Valley Forge, there were shortages of everything from food to clothing to medicine. Washington's men were sick from disease, hunger, and exposure. The Continental Army camped in crude log cabins and endured cold conditions while the Redcoats warmed themselves in colonial homes. The patriots went hungry while the British soldiers ate well.\nTerms of enlistment were ending for many soldiers in Washington's army. The General wondered if he would even have an army left when the spring thaw finally arrived.\nWashington under Siege\nGreat events generate great legends. Did an Oneida woman named Polly Cooper, really ease the suffering of Washington and his troops at Valley Forge? Historians may never know for sure, but the legend lives on.\nGeneral Washington was upset that local farmers were hoarding much-needed food waiting to earn higher profits in the spring. Some farmers even sneaked grain into Philadelphia to feed the British army, who paid in gold or silver. With each passing night came more desertions. Washington grew privately disgusted at the lack of commitment of his so-called patriot fighters.\nThen there was the grumbling of some in Congress and among some of Washington's own officers. Washington's leadership skills were openly questioned. Many said General Horatio Gates was better-suited to leading the army. After all, hadn't he scored a major victory in October at the battle of Saratoga.? Within the environment of cold, deprivation, and rebellion, how long could Washington and his army endure?\nConditions at Valley Forge\nHead Quarters, Valley Forge, February 16, 1778\nDear Sir: It is with great reluctance, I trouble you on a subject, which does not fall within your province; but it is a subject that occasions me more distress, than I have felt, since the commencement of the war; and which loudly demands the most zealous exertions of every person of weight and authority, who is interested in the success of our affairs. I mean the present dreadful situation of the army for want of provisions, and the miserable prospects before us, with respect to futurity. It is more alarming than you will probably conceive, for, to form a just idea, it were necessary to be on the spot. For some days past, there has been little less, than a famine in camp. A part of the army has been a week, without any kind of flesh, and the rest for three or four days. Naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their sufferings, to a general mutiny or dispersion. Strong symptoms, however, discontent have appeared in particular instances; and nothing but the most acitive efforts every where can long avert so shocking a catastrophe.\nOur present sufferings are not all. There is no foundation laid for any adequate relief hereafter. All the magazines provided in the States of New Jersey, Pensylvania, Delaware and Maryland, and all the immediate additional supplies they seem capable of affording, wil not be sufficient to support the army more than a month longer, if so long. Very little been done to the Eastward, and as little to the Southward; and whatever we have a right to expect from those quarters, must necessarily be very remote; and is indeed more precarious, than could be wished. When the forementioned supplies are exhausted, what a terrible crisis must ensue, unless all the energy of the Continent is exerted to provide a timely remedy?\nImpressed with this idea, I am, on my part, putting every engine to work, that I can possibly think of, to prevent the fatal consequences, we have so great a reason to apprehend. I am calling upon all those, whose stations and influence enable them to contribute their aid upons so important an occasion; and from your well known zeal, I expect every thing within the compass of your power, and that the abilities and resources of the state over which you preside, will admit. I am sensible of the disadvantages it labours under, from having been so long the scene of war, and that it must be exceedingly drained by the great demands to which it has been subject. But, tho' you may not be able to contribute materially to our relief, you can perhaps do something towards it; and any assistance, however trifling in itself, will be of great moment at so critical a juncture, and will conduce to keeping the army together till the Commissary's department can be put upon a better footing, and effectual measures concerted to secure a permanent and competent supply. What methods you can take, you will be the best judge of; but, if you can devise any means to procure a quantity of cattle, or other kind of flesh, for the use of this army, to be at camp in the course of a month, you will render a most essential service to the common cause. I have the honor etc.\n\u2013 George Washington, letter to George Clinton (Feb. 16, 1778)\nThese cabins may appear sturdy from the outside, but a closer look reveals their sparse and makeshift character. Imagine sleeping on one of those bunk beds.\nHelp came in the form of a Prussian volunteer, Baron von Steuben. The military leader was aghast at the lack of American discipline. At Washington's urging he trained the Continental Army, Prussian-style. The troops slowly became more professional. Among the soldiers who remained, confidence grew.\nOver the course of the winter, the weather improved somewhat. Food trickled in from the surrounding countryside. Many wives of soldiers spent time at Valley Forge over the winter. Washington was able to quash those who questioned his leadership abilities.\nThe Continental Army encamped at Valley Forge in the fall of 1777 with about 12,000 men in its ranks. Death claimed about a quarter of them before spring arrived. Another thousand didn't reenlist or deserted. But the army that remained was stronger. They were fewer, but more disciplined. They were weary, but firmly resolved.\nThe next year, 1778, brought greater fortune to the American cause. While Washington froze at Valley Forge, Benjamin Franklin was busy securing the French alliance. Now the war would be different indeed.\nFrom the Diary of Albigence Waldo, Surgeon at Valley Forge, 1777\nIt is not in the power of Philosophy ... to convince a man he may be happy and Contented if he will, with a Hungry Belly. Give me Food, Cloaths, Wife and Children, kind Heaven! and I'll be as contented as my Nature will permit me to be. At this American history website specializing in primary documents, read the gruesome details of the horrible winter from a surgeon who kept a diary from those desperate days.\nGeneral Friedrich Wilhelm Von Steuben\nThis Prussian drill instructor served Frederick the Great of Prussia, widely considered the greatest military genius of the era. After arriving in Valley Forge, which was filled with a pathetic and disillusioned troops, von Steuben created an army out of a ragged militia and helped turn the tide of war.\nWho won the Battle of Valley Forge? If you answered \"the British\" or \"the Americans,\" check again. There was no Battle of Valley Forge! This fantastic website, created by UShistory.org, is broken down into several parts covering all the basics and much, much more. Read about French help, spy tactics, and even the weather report. There are lots of great pictures and a couple of fun activities, too.\nWhy were Washington and his army starving and freezing in Valley Forge? Because the British were feasting in Philadelphia. Learn more about the Philadelphia campaign.\nMoland House Park\nBefore Washington got to Valley Forge, one of the places he stayed was at Moland House, which served as his headquarters on August 10, 1777. Here, the Marquis de Lafayette joined the American Revolution, and the American Flag was said to have first flown over American troops. The Warwick Township Historical Society provides information about the house and the encampment as well as directions for anyone thinking of visiting.\nAlthough the homepage of the National Park Service's website on Valley Forge is rather lackluster the \"inDEPTH\" link leads to much information about this historic national site. Of course, the park service provides all the pertinent information visitors need to take a trip to Valley Forge.\nDecember 12, 1777: \"We were order'd to march over the river \u2014 It snows \u2014 I'm sick \u2014 eat nothing \u2014 no whisky \u2014 no forage \u2014 Lord \u2014 Lord \u2014 Lord.\" The diary of Albigence Waldo reveals much about Valley Forge.\nJust a few months before the brutal winter, the British inflicted a devastating surprise attack on \"Mad\" Anthony Wayne and his troops in Paoli, Pennsylvania.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 52, "original_length": 22669, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 318.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://dietdailytips.com/page/151/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:03:49Z", "digest": "sha1:6CGSFDJJLIZAMSIZJDQUW3DKYHNDJTSB", "length": 3515, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "dietdailytips.com", "title": "Diet Daily Tips - Page 151 of 174 -", "raw_content": "Advantages of Eating Healthy to Lose Weight\nThere are plenty of fad diets that promise quick weight loss results. 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His Ph.D. dissertation was entitled Topological Symmetry Groups of Complete Graphs, a study that combines information from abstract algebra, knot theory, and graph theory. Dwayne brings an enthusiasm for Mathematics and, in particular, teaching Mathematics and learning to express mathematical ideas in ways others can easily follow. Dwayne believes that maths at all levels rewards a logical approach, boldness, and patience. Before joining the quantitative side of the TLC team in 2015, Dwayne worked at Pomona College both as a maths instructor and as an I.T. 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The audience consisted of over 3500 students in eight locations in the United States. Because few quantitative studies have been conducted to examine the use of stories in science education, the development of an instrument to assess students' attitudes toward science and stories forms a major part of this research. During the final stage of testing, the revised instrument and methods found significant increase in positive attitude toward science after the presentations. Questionnaires, telephone calls, and on-site visits with program presenters and teachers confirmed quantitative results. 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These events are too painful for most people to discuss, either among themselves or with their children. The current generation of Cambodians who are under the age of 30 are ignorant about the past and the atrocities that occurred during the revolution of the 1970s. This tragic past raises concerns about the ramifications that these events have for children's rights and in particular, children's entitlement to a quality of education that prepares them for a brighter future. Through a critical hermeneutic approach, this study considers the Cambodian idea of home and identity, the effects of the revolution and the turmoil of the 1970s on children's right to education, and the inappropriately low amount of resources subsequently allotted for children's education. Critical hermeneutics permits interpretation and understanding through discourse, text creation, text analysis, and the appropriation of new worlds through interpretation of the text. Herda (1999:127) writes that \"text enables us to communicate with each other as researchers in a profession, as researchers in concert with participants, and as readers of the text over time.\" Through Paul Ricoeur's (1992) theory of narrative identity, Hans-Georg Gadamer's (1975) theory of fusion of horizons, and Richard Kearney's (1988) theory of imagination, I came to new understandings of the identity of the Cambodian survivors of the killing fields and the struggles that they continue to face to survive and to educate their children. This research yielded several findings that could be considered in an effort to redesign the Cambodian education system on both national and local levels: (1) lack of parental education; (2) lack of family involvement in education; (3) traditions are not maintained and there is not a venue for storytelling to keep the past in perspective; (4) national strengths and historical contributions are not part of current curriculum; (5) there is no early childhood education program. 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This final rule changes the name of the subpart from \"Means of Egress\" to \"Exit Routes, Emergency Action Plans, and Fire Prevention Plans\" to better describe the contents. OSHA evaluated the National Fire Protection Association's Standard 101, Life Safety Code, 2000 Edition (NFPA 101-2000), and determined that the standard provides comparable safety to the exit routes standard. Therefore, employers who wish to comply with the NFPA 101-2000 instead of the OSHA standards for Exit Routes may do so.\nOn June 17, 2003, the Commissioner of Labor and Industry adopted through incorporation by reference under COMAR 09.12.31 Maryland Occupational Safety and Health Act - Incorporation by Reference of Federal Standards, the revisions under 29 CFR 1910.33 - 1910.39, 29 CFR 1910.119 - 1910.120, 29 CFR 1910.157, 29 CFR 1910.268, 29 CFR 1910.272, 29 CFR 1910.1047, and 29 CFR 1910.1050 - 1910.1051 relating to Exit Routes, Emergency Action Plans, and Fire Prevention Plans.\nMOSH Supervisors will hold appropriate training sessions in each region to review the standard's requirements.\ncc: Commissioner Keith Goddard", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 86, "original_length": 3670, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.83, "perplexity": 244.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://doctors-hospitals-medical-cape-town-south-africa.blaauwberg.net/patient_support_associations/patient_support_associations_south_africa/the_national_council_for_persons_with_physical_disabilities_in_south_africa_ncppdsa", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:38Z", "digest": "sha1:C64POBRIJ3ZJNICXVCEE4YCQKLKVKX4R", "length": 447, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "doctors-hospitals-medical-cape-town-south-africa.blaauwberg.net", "title": "South African Doctors Hospitals Medical - Patient Support Associations - The National Council for Persons with Physical Disabilities in South Africa NCPPDSA", "raw_content": "The National Council for Persons with Physical Disabilities in South Africa (NCPPDSA)\nFacebook: www.facebook.com/disabilities.sa Visit Facebook\nEmail: nationaloffice@ncppdsa.org.za\nWeb: www.ncppdsa.org.za Visit Website\nThe NCPPDSA and it's 9 Provincial Associations, 90 Branches and the National Association for Persons with Cerebral Palsy which is affiliated to our Council, render services to more than 45 000 persons with disabilities per year.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 88, "original_length": 4187, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 263.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://domain-kb.com/20180130/org/t/7", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:13:45Z", "digest": "sha1:3PXHTZ7FEDEKJTJ33PERNCAL5PC6I6KU", "length": 74, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "domain-kb.com", "title": "Index of .org domain names registered on 01/30/2018 and starting with 't7'", "raw_content": "Index of .org domain names registered on 01/30/2018 and starting with 't7'", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 82, "original_length": 462, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.82, "perplexity": 185.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://domain-kb.com/20180130/org/v/5", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:59Z", "digest": "sha1:I3LQSSRWXILZ7KHSF7QYKFIV5IB62744", "length": 87, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "domain-kb.com", "title": "Index of .org domain names registered on 01/30/2018 and starting with 'v5'", "raw_content": "Index of .org domain names registered on 01/30/2018 and starting with 'v5'\nv5global.org", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 82, "original_length": 435, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.79, "perplexity": 224.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://dprogram.net/rachel-blevins/need-know-womens-march-2018/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:22Z", "digest": "sha1:TM7MW4456IJ4FMSAWJXSEAKURUWFG5GT", "length": 411, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "dprogram.net", "title": "What You Need To Know About The Women's March 2018 - Dprogram.net", "raw_content": "What You Need To Know About The Women\u2019s March 2018\nThe Women\u2019s March is back! And this time, the trendy hashtag is Power to the Polls\u2014which serves as a reminder that after one year we still haven\u2019t learned that President Trump\u2019s policies are perfectly in line with what President Hillary Clinton\u2019s would have been, and that voting for the lesser of two evils is still evil. Why isn\u2019t anyone talking about this??", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 238, "original_length": 7216, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 156.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://dringhousesscouts.org.uk/group-policies/anti-bullying-policy/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:58:46Z", "digest": "sha1:MEDSGG32QEEE4IYXYODEYLMUB4YUDDSS", "length": 4867, "nlines": 47, "source_domain": "dringhousesscouts.org.uk", "title": "Anti-Bullying Policy \u2013 Dringhouses Scouts, York", "raw_content": "This code of conduct applies to all members of the Group, adults and youth members alike.\nOur good behaviour policy and code of conduct will:\nAllow all members to take part in a programme which is both challenging and fun\nEnsure that the atmosphere in the Group is supportive of all members\nStop members from taking part in an activities where they could be a danger to themselves or others\nAll members of the Group will:\nCome to meetings regularly, notifying in advance (as far as is possible) when they will be absent\nBe helpful and kind to each other\nJoin in and work as a team\nListen to each other and respect each other\u2019s opinions\nNot make fun of anyone else for whatever reason\nNot tolerate bullying\nSupport those who need or ask for help\nIndividual sections may also have their own, possibly more age appropriate, codes of conduct, they do not supersede this document.\nWe at Dringhouses Scout Group are governed by the Scout Association\u2019s Policy, Organisation and Rules (POR). We and The Scout Association are committed to the prevention of bullying among all members, be they adult or youth. POR section 2.5 states that: \u201cIt is the responsibility of all adults in Scouting to develop a caring and supportive atmosphere, where any form of bullying is unacceptable.\u201d All the members of our Group have the right to enjoy a safe, caring environment, safe from harm and able to fully enjoy all the activities we undertake. In this context members refers to adult members of the Group as well as young people. As a Group we:\nDO have respect for everyone as individuals, whatever their differences.\nDO take bullying seriously\nDON\u2019T accept any bullying behaviour\nDO report any bullying we witness, whoever it is aimed at\nDO take seriously someone reporting that they are being bullied\nDON\u2019T watch others being bullied without reporting it\nHow do we define bullying?\nBullying is a deliberate attempt to intimidate or persecute another person. This can be physical or psychological, in person, online or by phone/ text message. Bullying can include but is not limited to: name calling, verbal threats, spreading rumours, hitting, pushing, kicking, biting, excluding others from a group or activity, damaging or hiding people\u2019s property and teasing.\nBullying is upsetting for those affected, in many case the subject of the bullying cannot cope with the situation and this may affect their behaviour as well. Bullying can affect a person\u2019s self-esteem, confidence and concentration. Bullying may lead people in the Group to be reluctant to come to meetings or join in activities or to ask to change Groups or sections. Other changes may include the individual becoming quieter or more withdrawn or lashing out at other people both verbally and physically.\nAny member of the Group who feels that they are being bullied or who witnesses what they believe to be bullying should take the matter to whomever they feel is appropriate and that they feel comfortable speaking to; this could be a Section Leader, Assistant Group Scout Leader (AGSL), the Group Scout Leader (GSL) or member of the Executive Committee. (See the Group\u2019s organisation structure.) Young people may prefer to speak to a parent, in which case the parent should report it as above.\nIt is important to report such issues as soon as they occur so that the facts can be established promptly, before memories are blurred or witnesses become unavailable.\nAdults in the Group will:\nBe alert to the signs of bullying, harassment or discrimination; to enable instances to be identified.\nBe aware of the potential problems/ behavioural issues bullying can cause\nBe accessible and approachable enabling members to discuss bullying with them\nTake action to deal with such behaviour when it occurs:\nDiscuss with the section leader, AGSL, or GSL\nAgree a course of action to support those affected\nIn the case of young people affected by bullying discuss the situation with the parents/ carers of all affected parties and keep them informed of the action being taken.\nDiscuss with the section what has happened with a view to\nImproving the environment of the section\nImprove everyone\u2019s awareness of bullying and its consequences\nIn addition to discussion of bullying and its negative impact on people and steps to stop it from happening in future it may be necessary for further action to be taken. This will vary from case to case. 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Beyond the visual pun, this installation questions man's tendency to subjugate nature for the aesthetics of affluence.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 12, "original_length": 517, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.84, "perplexity": 260.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regdoc/index.cfm?fuseaction=list&n=10&adv=0&coteId=&year=2018&number=1392&version=F&dateFrom=&dateTo=&serviceId=&documentType=&title=&titleLanguage=&titleSearch=EXACT&sortBy=NUMBER&sortOrder=DESC", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:01Z", "digest": "sha1:JRG7KLMPTJ7M2T3IRXSCEJAYUFGA4MBW", "length": 277, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "ec.europa.eu", "title": "European Commission - Register of Commission documents", "raw_content": "COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) \u2026/... establishing common safety methods on safety management system requirements pursuant to Directive (EU) 2016/798 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulations (EU) No 1158/2010 and (EU) No 1169/2010", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 1217, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.71, "perplexity": 134.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://echeck.org/home-refinance-for-people-with-bad-credit/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:16Z", "digest": "sha1:G3MZ3TCQZTE2QKQASIZ6TXTFPGI2W2XH", "length": 3325, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "echeck.org", "title": "Home Refinance for People with Bad Credit - Personal Finance Made Easy - Banking, Loans, Credit Card Advice | echeck.org", "raw_content": "Home Refinance for People with Bad Credit\nThis task will not be easy, to be perfectly honest with you. A bad credit history when you are looking to refinance your home makes it difficult. Once you become aware of how the system works, I believe a lot of you will be successful in getting there.\nCurrently, what is your credit score?\nPeople have credit histories that vary widely, which makes the task of developing a resource to help find specific loans for people with bad credit a real problem. Creating and separating a list of sources into columns based on each credit score range, is about the only thing I can think of that will really help people.\nIf your credit score is higher than 720, your credit is considered to be good to excellent, and you should have no difficulty obtaining refinancing for your home with the lender of your choice and getting prime interest rates.\nScores of 650-720\nCredit scores in this range are still considered to be relatively strong, so you should have little difficulty in obtaining a refinance loan. Although lenders will have no qualms about loaning you money, you may have to pay a higher interest rate.\nScores in this range carry a higher risk as far as banks are concerned, but you will probably qualify for a refi loan with the majority of lenders. Don\u2019t expect your interest rates to be the best, however, if your score is in this range.\nThis score range is definitely more problematic when it comes to refinancing with poor credit. People in this range typically have histories of being delinquent on their bills and represent a significant risk to lenders. If your score is in this range and your past mortgage payments have always been on time, you will probably qualify for refinancing. A history of delinquent mortgage payments, however, may jeopardize your ability to obtain a loan.\nThe bank considers risk management to be the chief constraint in loaning money to those with bad credit. If your credit score lies in this range, your credit is questionable, and lenders won\u2019t want to assume the associated risk. If you fail to qualify for a refinance by yourself, finding someone to cosign the loan is the next step.\nScores Below 580\nFalling in this credit score range makes it nearly impossible to secure a loan without first finding a cosigner. Lenders consider you to be an unacceptable risk. If my credit score was in this high risk range, and I wanted to obtain refinancing for my home, I would try to aggressively clean up my credit and look for someone to cosign and increase my chances of getting a loan.\nMany people don\u2019t know that significantly reducing your credit card debt can have a very positive effect on your credit score. Credit card debt is responsible for greater than 250 of the points on your score. Carrying high credit card balances means your credit score is being damaged. Thirty days after you have eliminated or significantly reduced your debt burden, however, your credit score can be amended to reflect this.\nWhat it comes down to, is that it may take considerable effort for those with poor credit histories to find a refinance loan. If you\u2019re up to the task, you can significantly reduce the cost of your mortgage.\nPreviousNew Home Loan\nNextBad Credit Mobile Home Loan\nGetting a Mortgage Loan with Bad Credit\nBad Credit 100% Mortgage Loans", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 131, "original_length": 7886, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 328.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://edgewatermedicalcenter.com/EdgewaterMedical.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:36:50Z", "digest": "sha1:XHTTYF4C6GWYGPCIVVVNKENS6Q4OL3ZR", "length": 771, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "edgewatermedicalcenter.com", "title": "Medmart Urgent Care - Edgewater Medical Center - Universal Family Medicine > Edgewater Medical", "raw_content": "Sun 12-5:00pm\nRodolfo Reyes MD\nDr. Rodolfo C. Reyes was born in the Philippines, and unlisted in the US Air force. After he completed his time with the Air Force he he obtained his degree at Ross University School of Medicine, and did his residency at Edgewater Hospital in Chicago, Il. Dr. Reyes has over 20 years experience in Internal Medicine. He opened up his fist clinic Edgewater Medical Center in 2001 in the heart of Harnett County, Lillington NC. Shortly after that he went on to open 4 additional clinics in Raleigh, Holly Sprigs, Garner, and Smithfield for a total of five locations. In his free time he enjoys helping local organizations and schools in the Harnett County community.\nCarla Brown, FNP-C\nAnne Price, PA-C\nGwen Thompson PA-C\nCrystal Roberts PA-C", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 32, "original_length": 1352, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 219.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://edtexweblog.com/michael-c-smith-federal-attorney/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:16Z", "digest": "sha1:I3R3YTZGG5YUYFN5M5BHIJ27MHSJPYOW", "length": 3193, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "edtexweblog.com", "title": "Michael C. Smith \u2013 Michael C. Smith's Eastern District of Texas Blog", "raw_content": "Mr. Smith, who has appeared as counsel of record in over 900 civil cases in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, served as chairman of the Eastern District\u2019s Local Rules Advisory Committee from 2000-2009. He has also been the editor of the O\u2019Connor\u2019s Federal Rules * Civil Trials handbook on federal civil procedure since 1998. Mr. Smith is a frequent author and speaker on topics including intellectual property, patent, and product liability litigation, federal court practice, ethics, and law office administration.\nMr. Smith holds a law degree from Baylor University, a master\u2019s degree in public administration from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, and a bachelor\u2019s degree from East Texas State University (now Texas A&M University-Commerce). Mr. Smith is a Sustaining Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation. He also served on the Board of Directors of the State Bar of Texas from 2005-08, representing the 24 counties of State Bar district 1 in northeast Texas, where he was recognized as Outstanding Third Year Director and received a Presidential Citation for his work in the area of member benefits.\nHe is a past chair of the editorial board for the Texas Bar Journal, and of the Council of the Litigation Section of the State Bar of Texas, and currently serves as the president of the East Texas chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). He is a past president of the Eastern District of Texas Bar Association, East Texas Trial Lawyers Association, and the Harrison County Bar Association, and is a charter member of the T. 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Vaibhav from Melbourne wants to know what wormholes are, and, if they do exist, how do they form and work. An expert explains.\nHello Vaibhav. That\u2019s a great question!\nA wormhole is like a tunnel connecting two places in space. By going through the wormhole, you could \u2013 in theory \u2013 travel immense distances across space remarkably quickly, even if the two ends of the wormhole were very far apart.\nIf you had one end of the wormhole at school, and the other end at home, then you could just step through the wormhole in class and arrive at home. The other end could even be on a faraway planet in a distant galaxy and you could easily go out on a day trip to another planet.\nSo wormholes would be incredibly useful things to have around and are great for science fiction stories.\nThe problem is, as far as we know, there are no wormholes like this in our universe.\nWe haven\u2019t found any evidence of them existing and we don\u2019t have any idea how they could form.\nHowever, the existence of wormholes is not forbidden by our current theories of the universe. So we can say that they do exist in theory.\nWormholes exist in theory. Could this be what wormhole-travel might look like? NASA\nIn science, a theory is an idea or way of describing what happens or could happen in reality. You might have heard of the theory of general relativity, created by physicist Albert Einstein over a hundred years ago. It describes gravity, which is what keeps us on the Earth and keeps the Earth orbiting the Sun. This theory also describes wormholes in a mathematical way.\nSo how do wormholes work in theory?\nFirst, we need to think about something called space-time. We often imagine space-time as a stretchy fabric sheet. Everything in our universe lives on this imaginary space-time fabric sheet.\nBy thinking about the fabric sheet, we are visualising something called a two-dimensional surface. Someone walking around on the sheet can choose two kinds of movement: going forwards/backwards or going left/right. In reality, space is three-dimensional: you can also jump up and down!\nIn fact, there\u2019s a fourth dimension: time. You might not think of time as a \u201cdimension\u201d but physicists do. Put all the dimensions together, and you get what we call space-time.\nGetting back to wormholes, imagine we want to get from one place to another on the space-time fabric, say from home to the distant planet. Even with a spaceship this journey could take thousands of years or even longer.\nWhat if we could fold over the fabric so that our home and the faraway planet line up, and then make a hole connecting the two layers of space-time? Then we would have a shortcut tunnel to get to the planet without having to go the long way around!\nCould we make a hole connecting the two layers of space-time? Wikimedia\nNo one knows where to start on how or if a wormhole could be made in reality, but it\u2019s pretty fun to think about them and they\u2019d be great for exploring our enormous universe.\nHannah Middleton, Postdoctoral Fellow, Gravitational Wave Data Analysis, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav), University of Melbourne. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article.\nImage 1: Marcella Cheng/The Conversation NY-BD-CC, CC BY-SA\nNoahIrwin", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 111, "original_length": 6176, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 322.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://efomp.eu/index.php?r=events/view&id=60", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:27Z", "digest": "sha1:JL7QWFTDYZWEQ3VGJCVVVSVYGCB5D4XA", "length": 586, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "efomp.eu", "title": "EFOMP :: NACP2020 Symposium", "raw_content": "Start Date: May 10th, 2020 00:00\nEnd Date: May 12th, 2020 00:00\nURL: https://www.nacp2020.org/\nThe Norwegian Association of Medical Physics and the Danish Association of Medical Physics is honored to welcome you to NACP Symposium, NACP's triennial conference, this year in collaboration with the Icelandic Society, in Reykjavik, Iceland.\nThe meeting presents medical physics in therapy and diagnostics, with several joint sessions.\nAbstracts in medical physics and related disciplines are encouraged.\nThe meeting will be held in Reykjavik at Hilton Reykjavik Nordica Hotel.\n- CT / X ray", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 2077, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 272.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://eisenhardtmills.com/blog/traditional-methods-meet-modern-ingenuity-at-eisenhardt-mills/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:49Z", "digest": "sha1:IAJOZZUMII6OOEY37NTVE2QW2VAITJYG", "length": 4215, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "eisenhardtmills.com", "title": "Eisenhardt Mills \u2013 Traditional methods meet modern ingenuity at Eisenhardt Mills", "raw_content": "Traditional methods meet modern ingenuity at Eisenhardt Mills\nThe evolution of carpentry and millwork has given rise to various joining methods: dominos, dowels, biscuits to name a few. But for stile and rail construction, Eisenhardt Mills, Inc. prefers a method that stood the test of time: mortise and tenon joinery.\nFavored by Egyptian kings, found in furniture within the tombs meant to last through the afterlife, mortise and tenon joints have been used for thousands of years, and can be found in the post and beam skeletal framework of many of the world\u2019s extant historical structures.\nMost commonly employed to connect two pieces of wood at right angles (90\u00b0), mortise and tenon joints are versatile enough to be used in angled joinery as well, such as in wall paneling at stairs. The tenon, a tongue cut into the end of a rail, muntin bar or similar piece, fits securely into the mortise\u2019s square-shouldered or rounded hole.\nThe simplicity of a mortise and tenon joint\u2019s peg and hole construction has stood the test of time.\nWith such a large surface area, the glued joints form a powerful and long-lasting hold.\nOutlasting and Outperforming the Competition\nWhile history gives us ample evidence of the staying power of mortise and tenon joints, their durability has also been repeatedly established in the controlled and measurable parameters of industry labs.\nRecent testing by Dowelmax showed the mortise and tenon joint to be twice as strong as most modern joining methods, able to withstand over 1,000 pounds per square inch (psi) before giving way. The only joint that even came close in performance was a doweled joint using no less than five 4\u201d dowels; others failed much earlier. A pocket screw joint with five screws was only able to sustain 420 psi; a biscuit joint with a #20 biscuit failed at 485psi, while 600 psi was the breaking point for a festool domino.\nThe strength of mortise and tenon joinery has been proved by time and industry testing.\nA Benefit to Buildings & Builders\nBecause mortise and tenon joints create such a strong and lasting bond, they provide significant benefits to buildings\u2014and builders\u2014who use them.\nThe seasonal movement of wood is a challenge that needs to be taken into account by contractors, designers, architects and millworkers. Mortise and tenon joints are powerful enough to mitigate this movement, keeping frames and their attached parts flush and true for long periods of time, as an Eisenhardt Mills craftsman repairing a pair of historic church doors recently found.\nConstructed in 1819, the doors were assembled without any glue, joined solely by a draw-bored mortise and tenon. This method involves drilling slightly off-center holes for a perpendicular peg, so that when the peg is inserted the joint draws together tightly. For almost 200 years, the doors had withstood the elements, from sun to snowstorms and everything in between, and were just as strong now as they were in 1819.\nThe ability to remain flush and true over lengthy periods of time also helps prevent the telegraphing of the stile and rail intersection through the paint and finish, resulting in fewer trips back to the site for the general contractor touching up painted finishes.\nMortise and tenon joints are strong and tight enough to lessen the telegraphing of the intersection of joined pieces such as this true divided light muntin bar.\nThe mortise and tenon joint has remained a preferred method for millennia. While more labor intensive\u2014and therefore more costly\u2014than many other types of joints, it has no equal in durability. Modern methods of fastening all have their place, but more often than not, Eisenhardt Mills\u2019 commitment to crafting the highest quality custom millwork leads to the same choice made by the Pharaohs: the mortise and tenon joint.\nA coped walnut three step mortise and tenon joint shows the joint\u2019s ability to create a strong and tight connection.\nOnce assembled, the mortise and tenon joint can endure the rigors of time and pressure.\nMortise and tenon joints are also used for muntin bars.\nAssembled, the muntin bars will stay flush and true over prolonged periods of time, lessening the telegraphing of the intersection through painted finishes.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 66, "original_length": 5852, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 282.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://elayneceder.com/new-development-restrictions-in-los-angeles/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:18Z", "digest": "sha1:DRU5DEH5ARQEQLVC2PEID3AURNRCAWE4", "length": 1175, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "elayneceder.com", "title": "New Development Restrictions in Los Angeles - Elayne Ceder", "raw_content": "These new proposals will impose further restrictions on the size of new home construction in Los Angeles. There are a set of standards for the flats and a second set that applies to the hills.\nOn July 14, 2016 the Planning Department staff presented the final recommendations to the Planning Commission.Although not finally approved yet, these new policies may likely become law by the end of the year.\nIf you are you are planning a home addition or significant improvements to your property, you might want to get your permit approval right away before the new laws go into effect.\nIf you are planning to Sell your property, and a key element to the market value is that your property merits further development,\nyou might want to come to market right away so that your Buyer can get plan approval on his development plans before the new laws go into effect. The basic restrictions that could ill-affect your market value is the amount of square footage that will be permitted.\nThe link below will give you full information. The proposed law in its entirety is approx 180 pages.\nhttp://preservation.lacity.org/http%3A/preservation.lacity.org/neighborhoodconservation/updates", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 87, "original_length": 3069, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 276.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://elsewhereindreams.com/wordpress/the-scapegoat-lifted-high/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:09Z", "digest": "sha1:DKHGXICZTYUFEHBBLWCFPF2DSDJQIMSO", "length": 83, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "elsewhereindreams.com", "title": "The Scapegoat, Lifted High \u2013 Elsewhere In Dreams", "raw_content": "\u2190 The Story Has Been Told\nWe Forgot The Kettle \u2192\n[\u2026] The Scapegoat, Lifted High [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 66, "original_length": 2175, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.73, "perplexity": 240.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://en.baobacgiang.com.vn/bg/tourism/discovery/261793/visitors-enjoy-the-breeze-at-vietnam-s-first-and-biggest-wind-farm.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:57Z", "digest": "sha1:YRCNXWASZDBS5Z4NKUFZIHKRD2YNUDXP", "length": 3676, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "en.baobacgiang.com.vn", "title": "Trang ch\u1ee7", "raw_content": "Visitors enjoy the breeze at Vietnam\u2019s first and biggest wind farm\nBac Lieu has the first wind farm in the country, with 62 coastal turbines - the first one in South East Asia to stand on a continental shelf.\nFor many Vietnamese, the name \u201cBac Lieu\u201d triggers memories of a dandy of the same name, an imaginary character created in the late 19th-early 20th century to parody rich kids in the Mekong Delta province. They also recall the iconic song, Da Co Hoai Lang, from Cai Luong musician Cao Van Lau who lived in Bac Lieu City. Now there is a new reason to think of Bac Lieu - the wind farm in Dong A Hamlet, Vinh Trach Dong Commune.\nThe wind farm in Dong A Hamlet, Vinh Trach Dong Commune.\nThis is the largest wind farm in Vietnam with 62 turbines. Each tower is 82 meters high and has blades 41.7 meters long. Work on the wind farm began in 2010, but only recently has it attracted people\u2019s attention.\nThe ideal time to visit the wind farm is early morning or afternoon to watch the sunrise and sunset. It is the only wind farm in Vietnam and the first one in Southeast Asia to be built on the continental shelf.\nFrom Bac Lieu City, the capital city of Bac Lieu Province, take Cao Van Lau Road for about 20km to the sea, and you will reach Dong A Hamlet. From the city square or Bac Lieu\u2019s 3 conical hats theater, visitors can see the giant blades on the skyline.\nThis huge field of windmills is designed to exploit Bac Lieu\u2019s wind potential and connect it to the national grid. The farm has 24-hour security.\nIt has attracted people\u2019s attention.\nIn the past, anyone wanting to visit the farm had to contact the site management in advance. Visitors coming from afar could manage to get in sometimes by seeking permission from the security personnel at the gate. But on discovering increasing interest in the farm, the investors have begun to sell tickets at VND20,000 ($0.86) per person.\nThe investor was not open to the idea of having visitors, said Cao Xuan Thu Van, director of Bac Lieu's Tourism Department. \"It took us three years to convince the investor and make it a tourist destination,\" she said. Her department plans to work with the investor to add several features to the farm to make it more tourist-friendly and attract even more visitors.\n(BGO) \u2013 On the 10th anniversary of Quan ho folk song recognized by UNESCO as the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Humanity, Ca Tru (Ceremonial) singing as world intangible cultural heritage in need of preservation and ripen fruit season in Luc Ngan district, the People\u2019s Committee in the northern province of Bac Giang has assigned the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism to hold the first provincial Culture and Tourism Week 2019.\nVisitors, Vietnam, first and biggest, wind farm, coastal turbines, continental shelf, imaginary character, sunrise and sunset\nMuong Lo Tourism-Culture Week to resume on October 12-14 (09/10/2018)\nUK newspaper talks up Vietnam-Cambodia cruise (02/10/2018)\nHoi An among cheapest long-haul destinations: UK Post Office report (28/09/2018)\nLuc Ngan: Fruitful trees attract visitors (24/09/2018)\nVietnam a great place for good food, cheap beer (24/09/2018)\nAnother island in Vietnam comes out of the shadows (19/09/2018)\nAssorted activities scheduled at Con Son \u2013 Kiep Bac Autumn Festival (13/09/2018)\nVietnam\u2019s Golden Bridge, fishing village reaffirm awesome reputation (11/09/2018)\nStone formation discovered in central Phu Yen province (06/09/2018)\nA bridge in hand is worth many photos, think global travel magazines (05/09/2018)\nHomestay tourism boosts income of local Tay people around Ba Be lake (04/09/2018)\nParagliding festival to return to Yen Bai next month (03/09/2018)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 188, "original_length": 10517, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 271.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://en.gaidarforum.ru/about/partners/rai/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:41:53Z", "digest": "sha1:4QGIOVZCF34MTLNS7RI2FWSGF67DKYOQ", "length": 541, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "en.gaidarforum.ru", "title": "Italian Radio television", "raw_content": "Italian Radio television\nOfficial website:www.rai.it\nRAI - Italian Radio television \u2013 Italian State Radio & Television.\nFounded by the Italian Government in 1954. It is the main Italian broadcasting organization of Italy.\nRAI TV and radio channels are broadcasted not only in Italy, but also throughout the world via Internet and the satellite system.\nThe company\u2019s staff is more than 11,000 people.\nRAI has correspondent offices in 12 counties of the world including Russian Federation.\nThe Correspondent office of Moscow was opened in 1962", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 1563, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 259.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://en.genomics.cn/news/show_news?nid=98963", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:56:08Z", "digest": "sha1:GYXKEKJSDFTG54T4PTF4DHSNDWB3ABOF", "length": 2760, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "en.genomics.cn", "title": "BGI-BOX Terminal Server Debut Operation in China Agricultural University", "raw_content": "BGI-BOX Terminal Server Debut Operation in China Agricultural University\nDecember 16, 2011, Shenzhen, China \u2013 BGI, the world\u2019s largest genomics organization, started the trail operation of \u201cBGI-BOX\u201d, its first cloud computing terminal server, in China Agricultural University on December 8. BGI-BOX is designed for users without bioinformatics background and it allows users to access bioinformatics analysis and genomic data in their own laboratories with the advantages of easy to use, high flexibility and user-friendly interface.\nWith the rapid development of high-throughput sequencing technology over the past ten years, the cost of DNA sequencing is decreasing much faster than data processing. Given that such research creates huge amounts of data, cloud computing is becoming a favorable solution for large-scale bioinformatic analysis, both in terms of resource utilization, flexibility, and efficiency, as well as time and cost savings for massive data generation and computation.\n\u201cTo meet the increasing demand for bioinformatics analysis, BGI has developed a high performance platform for researchers, comprising the distributed cloud computing pipelines and tools.\u201d said Ye Yin, Director of Research and Cooperation Division at BGI, \u201cFrom the beginning of this year, BGI has conducted many testing and adjustment on the system in several different centers. I\u2019m so excited that BGI-BOX has been successfully launched as scheduled. With this server, researchers could conduct the bioinformatics analysis with fast turnaround time and lower cost.\u201d\nThe system of BGI-BOX contains a series of BGI\u2019s standard bioinformatics analysis pipelines and software, including assembly tools, genetic variation analysis software, among others. There are two ways for remote users to easily access BGI\u2019s cluster computing and storage resources: one is logging on to BGI-BOX directly and locally, the other is logging on to BGI\u2019s computing centers by remote access. With this cloud computing terminal server, users not only can perform basic bioinformatics analysis based on the genomic data, but also can conduct customized analysis on a variety of biological data sets by choosing relevant software and adjusting specific parameters under each analysis module.\n\u201cThe debut performance of BGI-BOX is satisfactory. Many of our collaborators have expressed their willingness to install BGI-BOX in their labs in order to share and exchange data in a cloud environment.\u201d said Yin Ye. \u201cIn the first quarter of next year, we plan to install 50 BGI-BOXs worldwide to build a powerful and efficient cloud platform and support our partners with convenient access of bioinformatics analysis at hand.\u201d He added.\nDirector of Research and Cooperation Division\nyinye@genomics.cn", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 84, "original_length": 5153, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 309.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://en.hawzahnews.com/detail/News/353476", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:59Z", "digest": "sha1:P4BEEDFJKJ4MPDPAHF23DZ34PLZY3Y6N", "length": 1053, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "en.hawzahnews.com", "title": "News Agency of Hawzah :No violator of Iran's security immune HAWZAH NEWS AGANSY :: - No violator of Iran's security immune", "raw_content": "No violator of Iran's security immune\nSecretary of Iran's Guardian Council said that the Islamic Republic of Iran, with a strong and firm answer to the terrorists' operations near the US bases, showed that any aggressor against the security of Iran is not immune.\nHawzah News Agency (Tehran, Iran) - Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati praised the timely, decisive and brave action of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps in responding to the terrorists' missile at a meeting on Wednesday.\nHe argued that the strong response to the terrorists who were operating near US bases showed that violators of Iran's security are not safe and immune, and said, 'This is a serious warning to all terrorists and their sponsors.'\nThe secretary of Guardian Council also welcomed the decline in the price of forex and coins over the past few days, and sad that the effect of falling prices should be on the table of people and the public needs, especially food at the right price, while the country's export process must not suffer any damage.\nSecretary of Iran's Guardian Council", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 53, "original_length": 2936, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 329.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://en.russian-money.ru/coins/imperiya/ubilejnye/rublj-1883-koronaciya-aleksandra-iii--1461", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:36Z", "digest": "sha1:5CZUIBTCVAHZJ6SHSHVHCDXTVF4ZZYRI", "length": 2125, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "en.russian-money.ru", "title": "Ruble 1883 Coronation of Alexander III - detailed information, description", "raw_content": "Ruble 1883 \"Coronation of Alexander III\"\nDiameter: 35,5 mm; 35,5 mm\nDescription of coin Ruble 1883 \"Coronation of Alexander III\":\nThe obverse of the coin depicts a portrait of Emperor Alexander III in profile, face to the right. In cutting the neck of the letter \"\u041b\u0428\"- the initials of the engraver L. H. Steinman. The bottom horizontal inscription - \"\u041a\u041e\u0420\u041e\u041d\u041e\u0412\u0410\u041d \u0412\u042a \u041c\u041e\u0421\u041a\u0412\u0415\" below the date \"1883\". On a circle the inscription: \"\u0411.\u041c. \u0410\u041b\u0415\u041a\u0421\u0410\u041d\u0414\u0420\u042a III \u0418\u041c\u041f\u0415\u0420\u0410\u0422\u041e\u0420\u042a \u0418 \u0421\u0410\u041c\u041e\u0414\u0415\u0420\u0416. \u0412\u0421\u0415\u0420\u041e\u0421\u0421.\"\nOn the coin reverse in the centre is a symbol of Imperial power: the Imperial state crown, scepter and Orb, lying on the pillow. Upstairs semicircular inscription - \"\u0420\u0423\u0411\u041b\u042c\" on the sides of the Bay (left) and oak (right) branches connected at the bottom with tape.\nThe photo shows the instances of exhibitions of the State Hermitage \", the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Empire\", having a number-R-2-13436 and IT-R-G-1-13602.\nAlexander III son of Alexander II came to the throne in March 1881 after the assassination of his father. The coronation took place only 15 (27 new style), may, 1883, by tradition, the event was held at the Cathedral square of the Moscow Kremlin. The Emperor and his wife went out of the faceted chamber, down through the Red gate and went to the Uspensky Cathedral, where the procedure of confirmation. The coronation was attended by the Metropolitan of St. Petersburg Isidor, along with other metropolitans.\n1. For the participants of the Palace revolution Ruble 1762\n2. The opening of the Alexander column Ruble 1834\n3. The opening of the memorial chapel at Borodino field Ruble 1839\n4. Marriage Of Alexander Nikolayevich, \"Wedding\" Ruble 1841\n5. The opening of the monument to Nicholas I Ruble 1859\n6. The coronation of Nicholas II Ruble 1896\n7. The opening of the monument to Alexander II in the Moscow Kremlin Ruble 1898\n8. The opening of the monument to Alexander III Ruble 1912\n9. The 100th anniversary of the Patriotic war of 1812 Ruble 1912\n10. The 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty Ruble 1913\n11. 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Blackmer pumps are distributed throughout the world in a range of locations,, which include: Petrol industries, gas, chemicals, food, shipping, transportation and military industries. The company has a global reputation in the pump and compressor field \u2013 products well known for their reliability and durability over time.\nOne of the leading companies in the economy in the pulley manufacturing field. The company was established in1933 in New-York, and, since then, it has been developing the pulley field, manufac-turing millions of pulleys for miscellaneous uses, such as: Air, water, fuel, chemicals and gases. The leading company in the pulley market and its products comply with very high standards, and maintain a longer than average lifespan.\nISOIL IMPIANTI\nEstablished in1958, the company is located in Italy and specializes in manufacturing meters and measuring systems for a range of Isoil markets. The structure of the meter is simple for mainte-nance, The company has developed a number of unique products on the subject of electronic meter control and is of the most progressive in the world. The company has the capability of producing large and small diameter gauges.\nAt present, Mouvex is global and amongst the leading companies in the world producing pumps that operate on the basic principle of a pump Eccentric disc. Mouvex was established in 1906 in France and, for many years, operated solely as a domestic company. Since then, the company has specialized in producing pumps using a specific technology and is also a company in the PSG (pumping solution group). In1998, Mouvex was acquired by Blackmer, which converted it from a local company to a global company and one of the leaders in the entire world in their field.\nOPW Fluid Transfer Group is the leading group of companies in the world for complementary equipment in the liquid and gas transition field. The OPW Fluid Group markets a broad range of products for loading processes, transition and the end customer. The group has a range of solu-tions for full control in real time.\nIs a puro static pumps company, The purpose of which is to clean and disinfect feed lines chemical plants using hot or cold water and steam. This is a pipe with a self-pumping capability.\nThe leading company in the world in the computerizing of the flow process of petroleum, lower loading in mobile and static tanks. It also manufactures a computerized system suitable for loading tanks such as refineries etc.\nEnviroGear is a company for gear pumps without seals. The company has a broad range of prod-ucts and pumping solutions in the chemical, food, etc. fields. Furthermore, the company has a broad range of products for industry in the manufacturing process such as: Soap, paints, fuel refining, and drugs etc.\nA German company established more than 60 years ago, specializes in various types of filtering equipment. At the outset it was a company only active in the aviation field, but it has expanded into additional markets over time. Filters with water/ air separators, Clay Filter, Microfilter, filters with a monitor etc. The filter element only without the filter body can be acquired. The uniqueness of the company lies in the adaptation of the element to competing filters, thus enabling changing filter elements of competitors with the company\u2019s filter element.\nSure Seal & Knappco\nThe company specializes in loading and unloading powders such as flour, cement and mixtures etc. The company operates in the field of ports, filling installations and storage, trains, tankers etc. The company manufactures a broad range of pneumatically, controlled valves etc.\nFINDER is one of the European leading Companies in the design and manufacture of engineered pumps and systems for Oil & Gas and industrial applications which require heavy duty products and advanced technical solutions. The main products - centrifugal pumps, twin screw pumps, multiplex plunger pumps and vacuum pumps and systems - are sold worldwide to the major engineering companies and to end users which have a leading position in the fields of oil & gas, nuclear energy, petrochemical, power generation, desalination, chemical, pharmaceutical and food.\nGriswold is located in California, supplies a broad variety of options on the subject of centrifugal pumps for the following fields: Crude oil, gas, a chemical process, and industry. Griswold manufac-tures a broad range of pumps including ANSI, centrifugal pumps and compressors.\nYi \u2013 Shyang\nThe company was established in 1979 in Taiwan and specializes in producing a broad range of ball valves, including non-standard valves. The valves are suitable for the food, chemical, water, seawater, fuel, and gas etc. market. It is possible to order explosion proof valves, full transition valves and food enrichers etc.\nThe company was established in 1901 in Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Betts has more than 100 years of experience in its field. The company is one of the leading in the world in manufacturing accessories for fuel tanks: valves, manhole cover, pressure relief valves. All accessories are installed in many tanks throughout the world.\nRedscrew\nA company that manufacturers screw pumps with a broad range of diameters and capacities. The company was established in 1995 under the ownership of PSG, an American pump corporation. The company was awarded a government prize for technological development in pumps. The company has eight patents in the screw pumps field registered in its name\nBrite night\nAn American company that specializes in manufacturing various types of erosion proof illumina-tion. Orders can be placed pursuant to blueprints and the customer\u2019s requirements for a complete system, installation using a quick connector only with the most stringent standards in the world.\nEBSRAY An Australian company that was acquired by the PSG Corporation and has been in the market for more than75 years, during which it became a leader in its field. EBSRAY pumps are designed and marketed for a broad range of industrial uses such as LPG, military refueling sys-tems and transferring large quantities of water.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 90, "original_length": 7267, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 214.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://enewsbreak.com/university-of-missouri-president-resigns/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:18:25Z", "digest": "sha1:TDVMP6Z3KZFCI4LUGIV2KTCAJG3OBEC6", "length": 1326, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "enewsbreak.com", "title": "University of Missouri President Resigns - enewsbreak.com :enewsbreak.com University of Missouri President Resigns - enewsbreak.com", "raw_content": "After racial tensions on the campus of the University of Missouri took a turn for the worse, the student government as well as faculty threatened a walk out if the current president, Tim Wolfe, did not step down. Even the football team went on strike in response to the lack of action on the president\u2019s part when it came to racism against the African-American student body. The president was expected address the protests and the increase of racism on the campus Monday afternoon, however he decided to announce his resignation instead.\n\u201cI am resigning as president of the University Missouri system.My motivation in making this decision comes from a love of Columbia where I grew up and the state of Missouri. I thought and prayed over this decision. It is the right thing to do \u2026 The frustration and anger I see is real, and I don\u2019t doubt it for a second.\u201d\nIt\u2019s been said that Wolfe will transition to a different role on the Colombia campus. The resignation comes in the midst of several universities dealing with racial incidents that have sparked outrage among the student body and faculty. 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Add to favourites: Click Here", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 7, "original_length": 494, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 275.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://epiclifevibes.com/how-to-graduate-with-honors-from-the-school-of-life/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:50:19Z", "digest": "sha1:WOS2TDQAS6IJZ7KFINLA3XA3X3U6KRIW", "length": 8094, "nlines": 53, "source_domain": "epiclifevibes.com", "title": "How to Graduate with Honors from the \u2018School of Life\u2019", "raw_content": "Rick Huggins Inspiring People, Personal Growth\nLife is like a cosmic classroom, is it not?\nThe day you were born is the first day of class. In the years to come, you have much learning to do, projects to complete, and tests to pass.\nThen one day your spirit permanently vacates your earthly body and that is the last day of class. The final exam takes place as your friends and family memorialize how well you made the grade (or not).\nI think we all want to graduate from the \u2018School of Life\u2019 with honors. We want to be remembered well; to live a life that meant something.\nHow do you achieve such a lofty goal? Is it by earning a doctoral degree? Climbing to the top rung of the corporate ladder? Creating your own company? Having your name etched in history books?\nThere\u2019s no single right or wrong way. There\u2019s only your way. And that\u2019s the big question isn\u2019t it? What is \u2018my way\u2019 going to be?\nSometimes the greatest honors go to those who leave the most impact without fame, fortune, or a Wikipedia page about them. Some of the greatest spirits do the most for humankind without the common trappings of \u2018success\u2019.\nLet me illustrate what I mean by telling you about Ralph, who I once thought was a failure but I now try to emulate in some significant ways. This is a true story except for Ralph\u2019s actual name and a few minor changes for benevolent purposes.\nA Life Deserving of the Highest Honors\nI knew Ralph because we both worked at the same company for a few years. I liked him because he was affable and always had a good joke to tell. The people he managed loved him because he treated them like human beings.\nRalph was not without his detractors though.\nYou see, Ralph had a reputation for being a bit lackadaisical in his business approach. He didn\u2019t squeeze every dollar out of the unit he managed as his job description mandated. This was forgivable every now and then but with Ralph it went on month after month without any signs of improvement.\nEven Ralph\u2019s allies acknowledged he was a bit too laid back. But in the corporate hierarchy, he was making a significantly bad impression which ultimately got him fired.\nI hated to see this happen to a good guy and all around decent person. But I have to admit, I thought it was his own fault for not taking his job \u2018seriously\u2019. Besides, business is business, isn\u2019t it?\nI kept in touch with Ralph through Facebook. Most of his posts were of him celebrating life with his family, nothing too detailed or boastful. I did hear through the grapevine though that he had a couple of business ventures that failed which prompted him to go back into the corporate world.\nRalph was right around 45 years old and married. He and his wife had a teenage son and daughter. By all outward appearances was in excellent health.\nAnd in the prime of life, he died of a heart attack.\nBased on everything I\u2019ve told you so far, did Ralph \u2018graduate\u2019 with honors or did he leave some coursework undone?\nWell, you can decide once I tell you the rest of Ralph\u2019s life story.\nThe Real Ralph\nI only knew Ralph through our couple of years working for the same company but never at the same location. So it was not like we were bosom buddies. Even so, something compelled me to go to his funeral.\nAs I drove toward the entrance of the church where his funeral was held, I got in queue with a long line of cars holding up traffic. Eventually I found a space at the far edge of the packed parking lot.\nIt was a gloriously sunny day. A swarm of people from all directions filtered through cars and bushes toward the church. I thought \u201cHmm, there must be some other activity going on at the church today in addition to Ralph\u2019s memorial.\u201d\nI made my way to the sanctuary which was huge and near capacity. As it turns out, this multitude was all there to say goodbye to Ralph.\nI found a familiar face near the back and settled in next to him. As I\u2019m sitting there I thought \u201cRalph may not have impressed the corporate world, be he truly must have meant something to a lot of folks.\u201d\nNow, I know it is a social requirement to only say nice things at funerals. But I was about to witness a transcendent experience.\nThe feeling in the room was palpable. Of course, there was profound grief and sorrow. But there was also a feeling of love and tenderness that caught me a little off guard.\nA Hero to Many, A Friend to All\nAfter a couple of hymns and some opening remarks, the minister invited Ralph\u2019s teenage son to get up and say what he had to say.\nThis young man spoke of a father who was his HERO. He told us how his father filled his mind with positive thoughts about his infinite abilities and self-worth. He spoke of a father who constantly told him he could do anything he wanted to with his life. He spoke of a father who assured him he would always be loved no matter what.\nThere was not a dry eye from the front row to the back and we were just getting started.\nRalph\u2019s wife got up to speak. She told us how Ralph always made time for the family. She spoke of a man who was a partner in every sense of the word. They cooked together. They cleaned together. They put the kids to bed together.\nShe spoke of the \u2018kid\u2019 in Ralph who liked to play and frolic with his own kids all the time. She said she fell in love with him because he made her laugh.\nAnd then his uncle told us how Ralph had lost his father at a young age. He told us how Ralph had become the father figure to his younger brother and sister. He told us of a Ralph who worked full time while he was in high school to help his mother make ends meet. He said that in spite of the hardship, Ralph never lost his sense of humor or optimistic outlook.\nA cousin related how much she looked up to Ralph when they were growing up. She even used the word \u2018saint\u2019 in describing him. He was always there for the whole family. She said he always just made her feel good.\nThen a community leader came up to the podium. I can\u2019t remember the exact name of the organization he headed but it was one for disadvantaged kids. He told us how for the last 20 years Ralph had poured his heart, time, and energy into helping these kids. He mentored them, took them on outings, and brought his own kids along to befriend them.\nA Legacy that Mattered\nYou know, Ralph\u2019s name might not be emblazoned on a plaque at corporate headquarters but his name is written on the all the hearts he uplifted in his time well spent on earth.\nBecause of his compassion and inspiration, one of those kids may create a company that changes the world. One of those kids may become a doctor who saves thousands of lives. One of those kids may become another Gandhi, or Martin Luther King, or Mother Teresa.\nAs his memorial drew to a close, they put an image of Ralph on a large screen behind the podium. Spontaneously, the congregation rose in one accord to give a standing ovation to this great man who never bragged about his good deeds, but only did them.\nHe delivered joy into a world that is starving for joy.\nHe brought laughter into a world that needs a good laugh.\nHe let his family know how profoundly he loved them.\nHe affirmed the value and worthiness of all those he knew.\nHe walked through his community with an open heart and helping hands.\nThat, my friends, is how you graduate with honors from the School of Life.\nI\u2019m sure Ralph left a long list of things he still wanted to do but I daresay he completed his cosmic assignment.\nThere\u2019s nothing inherently wrong with wealth, fame, or lofty position. But it will all be hollow unless you touch lives with sincere care and interest the way Ralph did.\nAfter the funeral, everyone lingered in the vestibule to reminisce and soak up the energy left by the spirit of Ralph, comforter of souls, bearer of light.\nAs for me, I was grateful the Universe nudged me to be present that day. It was not to show me how to be remembered with honor or glory. It was to remind me to refuel my own mission with unconditional love for human kind.\nThank you, Ralph. Your life served as a great lesson to me and many others. Well done.\nPrevious: How to Stop Comparing Yourself to Others: 7 Empowering Ways", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 97, "original_length": 9806, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 302.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://erikfleming.org/blog/?id=15&showEntry=1", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:23:59Z", "digest": "sha1:O4C3BD3DTDZ3OGIPUXWAGLNF3EJOTXHC", "length": 2143, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "erikfleming.org", "title": "Blog ~ Blog", "raw_content": "This is from the transcript of Meet the Press, January 27, 2008. Enjoy.\nMR. RUSSERT: The issue of your temperament has once again come to fore. This is from a colleague.\nSEN. McCAIN: Thad.\nMR. RUSSERT: \"Thad Cochran of Mississippi\"...\nSEN. McCAIN: Mm-hmm.\nMR. RUSSERT: ...\"who's known Senator McCain for more than three decades endorsed Mitt Romney.\" \"Cochran said his choice was prompted partly by his fear of how McCain might behave in the Oval Office.\nSEN. McCAIN: Well, I--you know, I've known and loved Thad Cochran for many years, and I've always felt we had a very close and warm relationship. My family goes back to the state of Mississippi. His colleague, Trent Lott, of course, is one of my strongest and best supporters. I have a wide circle of supporters, conservative and moderate--Richard Burr, Tom Coburn, Lindsey Graham.\nMR. RUSSERT: What does he base that on?\nSEN. McCAIN: I, I really don't know. Do I feel strongly about issues? And we all know, as much as I love Thad Cochran, he's an appropriator. And I have fought him hard time after time after time on these pork barrel projects that he has been famous for, many of which, in my view, have been harmful to our economy and our environment. So we've had, we've had strong words from time to time about pork barrel spending. He's one of the great pork barrelers, and he's very proud of that. He's very proud of his...\nMR. RUSSERT: He was a co-sponsor of your campaign finance bill.\nSEN. McCAIN: He was, and I appreciate that. And there're many areas in which Thad Cochran and I have agreed. But I have to admit to you, and I think it's very clear, we've had strong debate on the floor of the Senate about pork barrel projects. In the last two years, the president of the United States has signed into law $35 billion worth of pork barrel projects, many of them sponsored, in all due respect, by my friends on the Appropriations Committee on the Republican side. That could've meant $1,000 tax credit for every child in America. That's where we have open and honest disagreements. Sometimes we feel very strongly. I feel very strongly about protecting the American taxpayer.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 2723, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 221.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://esgmatters.dk/aboutus.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:00Z", "digest": "sha1:VY5LTIDZB7MTMJDMLVRDUCRIMJ44K2HK", "length": 15154, "nlines": 119, "source_domain": "esgmatters.dk", "title": "Esg Matters LTD", "raw_content": "ESG Matters Ltd. \u2013 Capability Statement\nBio \u2013 Dr. Glenn Frommer\nCurriculum Vitae \u2013 Dr. Glenn Frommer\nValue Proposition - Dr. Glenn Frommer\nTo promote the sustainable development of organisations and societies and empower individuals to enable development. We use our recognised ESG leadership position to ignite and sustain positive change.\nEngendering trust by delivering consistent results to the highest standards.\nAdding value to our client\u2019s sustainability development using our multi-disciplined background in social responsibility, management, technology, engineering, sciences, marketing and training.\nDeveloping organisational resilience by critically bundling relevant ESG matters.\nIntegrity: Having the courage and accountability to doing the right thing when it matters.\nRelentlessly pursuing the Art of the Possible: Inventing breakthrough solutions with creative collaboration.\nExceptional Service: We listen and counsel through a risk-based approach.\nDr Glenn Frommer is the Managing Partner for ESG Matters Ltd in Hong Kong. He advises governments, non-governmental organizations and C-suites of multi-national clients on environmental, sustainability and governance issues.\nGlenn\u2019s background as a NASA-experienced rocket scientist has given him a unique insight into systems, feedback loops and their many manifestations. He has applied his perceptiveness throughout his career to the challenges of creating sustainable practices within organizations. In the 22 years he worked with Hong Kong\u2019s Mass Transit Railway (MTR) Corporation, Glenn set the \u2018Gold Standard\u2019 for corporate sustainability reporting. MTR under his watch pioneered the integrated governance, risk and stakeholder management that are today the acknowledged building blocks for sustainable development.\nHe is recognized internationally as an early advocate in sustainability, related initiatives and their management and reporting in Hong Kong, China and the public transport sector internationally. He was a driving force behind the materiality approach in the GRI G4 Guideline, has assisted the Hang Seng Index in its ESG reporting initiative, and provided guidance with the AA1000AS Accountability Standard. Glenn prepared the due diligence including sustainability through the merger of the MTR and the KCRC in Hong Kong. Glenn has also led Hong Kong to consider climate change adaptation initiatives through the Hong Kong Climate Change Business Forum and the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce.\nGlenn has planned, managed and executed a total of 28 Environmental Impact Assessments for major infrastructure projects including a number of Hazard of Operations and Qualitative Risk Assessments. Total railway projects involved was more than US$10 billion and he has led cross-corporate team of more than 50 sustainability, environmental, and CSR specialists through directed work planning. All railway projects were delivered on time and within budget meeting or exceeding the environmental requirements.\nGlenn has been a strong promoter in implementing ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems certification leading projects to reduce energy, noise, water and waste resulting in significant financial savings and a safer working environment.\nThese activities demonstrate the \u2018Art of the Possible\u2019 brining significant environmental improvement well within time and budget constraints.\nGlenn graduated from Stanford University with a PhD in Aerospace Sciences and was a Fulbright Fellow at Odense University (now South Denmark University) where he worked on a new type of cochlear implants.\nAdvisory Committees and Professional Organizations\nGlenn has and is currently a member of a number of advisory committees and professional organizations. He is listed in Who\u2019s Who in Science and Engineering.\nChair UITP Sustainable Development Commission 2005 \u2013 2009, now Honorary Chair.\nChair Advisory Committee, School of Energy and the Environment at City University 2012 \u20132013.\nMember HKQAA ISO 14001 Certification Committee 2007 \u2013 present.\nAdvisor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University 2000 \u2013 2010\nMember of the Hong Kong Sustainable Development Forum 1999 \u2013 present\nMember Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce Environmental and Sustainability Sub-committee, Chair 2010 \u2013 2013.\nChair Environmental Committee, Danish Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong 2008 \u2013 present\nRepresented UITP and MTRC Ltd at the UNFCCC COP 15 meeting, December 2009\nFellow of the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration 1997 \u2013 present\nFormer Chairman and Founding Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Environmental Impact Assessment 1996 \u2013 present.\nFellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Acoustics 1995 \u2013 present.\nFounding Member of the Hong Kong Environmental Law Association 1996 \u2013 2001.\nMember of the Hong Kong Institute of Engineers 1994 \u2013 present.\nMember of the Institute of Acoustics (UK) 1993 \u2013 present\nMember of the Acoustical Society of America 1973 \u2013 present\nAwarded Institute of Noise Control Engineering Award for Excellence in Noise Control Engineering in 1999.\nAwarded Green Manager of the Year, 1998 by Friends of the Earth.\nOticon Grant, Nobel Institute Sweden 1982\nFulbright Fellow, Odense University 1977 \u2013 1978\nPublished 55 scientific papers.\nHas one patent on a fire-rated ceiling for ships.\nFluent in English and Danish. Basic knowledge of Swedish, Norwegian, French, and German\nPromoting Sustainable Development of Organizations and Individuals\nDevelop environmental and sustainability management systems for Scotrail\nAn ISO 14001 certified Environmental Management System is to be implemented through initiatives and competency development evolving into a Sustainability Management System. A platform of senior management compensation is proposed to ensure achievement of the approved initiatives according to BSi 8900.\nMatchpoint Investment Management\nEnvironmental due diligence - Lynas Corporation Ltd., a supplier of rare earths\nEnvironmental due diligence was prepared based on a risk register assessing exposure to statutory national and international legislation. Treatments were provided improving governance, protecting investors and reducing potential environmental liabilities.\nDeliver a workshop on materiality\nReaching 48 Corporate Secretaries in Hong Kong, the workshop focused on identifying and prioritizing a company\u2019s materiality in terms of GRI G4. A risk-based approach was followed enhancing environmental, social and governance risks. The spirit and methodologies used support the Hong Kong Exchange\u2019s ESG Reporting Guidelines.\nAuthor of the UITP Climate Declaration\nThe UITP (International Association of Public Transport) was requested by the Secretary General of the United Nations to prepare a sector-wide declaration on the benefits and initiatives the public transport providers world-wide would implement to support the UNFCCC\u2019s initiative in mitigating and adapting to impacts of climate change. The declaration built on the UITP\u2019s Sustainable Development Charter, also championed by Dr Frommer.\nBusiness Environment Council (BEC), HK\nReview BEC Handbook on Materiality, Environmental. Social and Governance Reporting\nThe Handbook provides guidance to all listed Hong Kong companies in their reporting of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) achievements, following the Best Practice Recommendation provided by the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx).\nESG Matters Ltd\nHong Kong\u2019s first sustainability report\nThis report is being developed as a private initiative for the use by Hong Kong Government. The GRI G4 report is based on the risk management / stakeholder engagement methodology development at the MTRC in Hong Kong.\nDelivering sustainability 2.0\nRelentlessly pursuing the Art of the Possible\n10 \u2013 16 Cochrane Street\nTel.No. +852 9018 0644\nEmail: glenn.frommer@esgmatters.hk\nwww.esgmatters.hk\nSustainability Policy and Reporting\nEnvironmental Due Diligence for Merges and Acquisitions\nInternational Cross Industrial and Cross Sector Experience\nPhD, Fellowships, Honorary Chair and author\nDr. Glenn Frommer, Managing Partner\nPhD, Fellowships and Honorary Chair\nGlenn is a leading pioneer of corporate sustainability and environmental stewardship. His application of corporate risk management has set the gold standard and his expertise is tapped when developing international standards for ESG performance.\nGlenn has more than 30 years of field and senior management experience in developing appropriate ESG structures within organisations. He is currently the Managing Partner for ESG Matters, based in Hong Kong. Prior to this, Glenn held senior executive positions with the Mass Transit Railway Corporation, Vipac Engineers and Scientists and Dampa A/S. His extensive cross-sector and cross-industrial experience extends throughout the international arena, specifically in Europe and Asia-Pacific.\nHaving resided and worked in Hong Kong, Australia, Denmark and the United States, he brings a depth of knowledge and understanding of the different cultures, customs and governance issues.\nGlenn holds a PhD in Aerospace Sciences, is a Fellow of the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration, the Honorary Chair of the Sustainable Development Commission of the International Association of Public Transport, a member of several international and local professional bodies and a Fulbright Fellow.\nDr Frommer is the Managing Partner of ESG Matters Ltd in Hong Kong. ESG Matters provides expert advice and consultancy on strategic environmental, social and governance issues.\nGlenn was the Head of Corporate Sustainability for the MTR Corporation where he worked from 1992 - 2013. In that time he pioneered and implemented the organisational policies, strategies and programmes for environment, sustainability and CSR. In addition to publication of the annual sustainability report since 2002, he was responsible for implementing environmental and sustainability management systems and initiatives at the company (ISO 14000, GRI and AA1000) and undertaking and implementing all railway Environmental Impact Assessments. His innovations to Enterprise Risk Management and stakeholder engagement, once cutting edge, are now international best practice. He is considered by many as the father of sustainability in Hong Kong.\nAs head of sustainability, he had been responsible for:\nDesigning, implementing and developing the corporate sustainability and environmental policy, strategy and related management systems across all corporate divisions and franchise operations.\nRepresenting corporate sustainability, corporate social responsibility and environmental interests at the highest levels of Hong Kong Government and international forums.\nProviding Due Diligence for MTR\u2019s IPO and merger with the KCRC.\nManaging the sustainability and environmental aspects of the design, construction and operations of the Corporation\u2019s projects and related properties including preparation of scope of services, tender documents, leading tender assessments and project management of consultants and contractors after award.\nParticipation in more than 100 Tender Assessments for Civil and E&M contracts.\nDeveloping and maintaining a proactive relationship with international bodies: UN, UITP, EU, GRI, DJSI, FTSE4Good, etc.\nNoted achievements during his tenure include:\nPublication of the MTR Corporation\u2019s internationally recognised sustainability reports, publishing the PRC\u2019s first corporate sustainability report and championing sustainability through the corporation\u2019s IPO and subsequent merger.\nLeading a team of 50+ sustainability, environmental, and CSR specialists through directed work planning.\nLeading MTRC\u2019s non-financial reporting as the only Hong Kong company listed on both the DJSI and FTSE4Good indices.\nObtaining MTRC\u2019s ISO 14001 Certification for MTR Operations and Projects Divisions.\n\u2022\tPlanning, managing and executing 28 Environmental Impact Assessments for major rail projects including a number of Hazard of Operations and Qualitative Risk Assessments. Total railway projects involved was more than US$10 billion.\nParticipated in drafting and advising HKSAR Government policies and legislation on environmental, sustainability, corporate social responsibility and carbon reduction issues.\nAdvising the HKEx on their ESG Reporting Guidelines.\nIn his professional capacity, Dr Frommer has participated in several international sustainability initiatives including:\nAdvising the Hong Kong Hang Seng Index on best practice in sustainability reporting\nMember of the Technical Review Committee for AA1000\nMember of the GRI Working Group on Content and Materiality (GRI G3), the GRI Working Group on Disclosure of Management Aspects and assisted in drafting the newly released GRI G4 Guideline\nHonorary Chair of the Sustainable Development Commission of the International Association of Transport Providers (UITP) and the author of its Charter on Sustainable Development with 135 signatories in 45 countries. In addition he authored the current UITP Climate Declaration for the upcoming UN Climate Summit in preparation for COP 21 in Paris, 2015.\nPrior to his work at the MTR Corporation, he was the Senior Supervising Engineer at Vipac Engineers and Scientists in Australia from 1991-1992. In addition to supervising a team of six engineers, he perfected and marketed a new development tool for better design of mining vehicles, railway cars and passenger cars. From 1981 to 1991 he was manager of research and development at Dampa A/S Denmark. At Dampa he pioneered, invented and marketed a new type of environmentally friendly sound absorbent, the products of which are now accepted as an international standard. He was awarded the Danish State Working Environment Award in 1984.\nHe is currently Honorary Chair of the Sustainable Development Commission for the International Association of Public Transport in Brussels, Past Chair for the Advisory Committee at the School of Energy and Environment at City University Hong Kong, Past Chair of the Hong Kong General Chamber Environmental and Sustainability Committee and is a member and fellow of several international and Hong Kong professional associations. Dr Frommer has a PhD from Stanford University in Aerospace Sciences, was a Fulbright Fellow in Denmark in 1977 and has published more than 75 academic papers and conference papers, and several book chapters. He is the co-author of Conservation of Stonewall Trees.\nPolicy into Strategy into implementable tactics\nESG expert guidance\nIndependent Report Review\nEIAs development and implementation\nIndependent Environmental Checker\nClimate Change mitigation and adaptation strategies\nDrafting and review of Ordinances\nDevelop performance measurements\nSet standards and manage performance\nOptimize resource usage\nSet and tack carbon footprint for infrastructure\nDr. Glenn Frommer\nSustainability and Environmental Expert\nglenn.frommer@esgmatters.hk\nTransportation, Construction\nContract preparation, management and implementation\nEnvironmental merger Due Diligence\nBoard advice and education\nEnvironmental Risk Profile\nPhD Aerospace Sciences\nMS and BS in Aerospace Engineering", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 211, "original_length": 16829, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 314.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://espacepourlavie.ca/en/press-releases/andre-poliquin-honoured-2018-great-gardening-weekend-jardin-botanique", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:48Z", "digest": "sha1:ITDREAB445BC3EJDWEIKCHMPX2WAIEER", "length": 3795, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "espacepourlavie.ca", "title": "Andr\u00e9 Poliquin Honoured at the 2018 Great Gardening Weekend at the Jardin botanique | Space for life", "raw_content": "Andr\u00e9 Poliquin Honoured at the 2018 Great Gardening Weekend at the Jardin botanique\nMontr\u00e9al, May 25, 2018 -\nThis year, the winner of the Henry Teuscher Award, presented as part of the 21st Great Gardening Weekend at the Jardin botanique de Montr\u00e9al, is an inquisitive science communicator, a veteran researcher, a devoted gardener and a collector of both books and plants. A biologist by training, Andr\u00e9 Poliquin is a horticultural enthusiast known both in Quebec and elsewhere for his extensive knowledge of clematis, roses, orchids and other plants.\nStarting in 1987, his interest in orchids led him to take part in various horticultural exhibitions across Quebec. In 1989, he became President of Les Orchidophiles de Montr\u00e9al, and in that capacity directed the international orchid show in Montr\u00e9al, Orchidexpo, until 2017. Today he is the organization\u2019s Honorary President, and continues to support the event considered one of the most important of its kind in Canada and northeastern North America. He is a member of several orchid societies in France, Belgium, the United Kingdom and the United States and the Canadian representative to the American Orchid Society (AOS), and has forged valuable bonds with leading figures in the international orchid community.\nMr. Poliquin also loves roses, and so naturally was one of the earliest members of the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 des Roses du Qu\u00e9bec, and served as its President in 2000. He organized the transfer of the society\u2019s activities to premises at the Jardin botanique, where the annual Rosexpo exhibition is now held every year.\nOver the years he has published many popular science and more technical articles, spoken on radio and television and lectured widely on all these topics. He has also written a book on growing clematis in Quebec, as well as one on growing Phalaenopsis orchids, and contributed to other publications on orchids.\nNow that he has retired he has the time to devote himself entirely to these passions. He travels the globe in search of new plants, meeting with renowned producers and hybridizers, visiting the loveliest gardens and admiring the most impressive international collections and exhibitions. He is also a hybridizer himself and has created some new cultivars, the best known being Buxus sempervirens \u2018Mont-Bruno\u2019.\nThe Henry Teuscher Award, yesterday and today\nHenry Teuscher, a visionary and passionate horticulturist, botanist and landscape architect (1891\u20131984), designed the Jardin botanique de Montr\u00e9al. He worked closely with Brother Marie-Victorin, and was responsible for designing several of the exhibition greenhouses and putting together some of the garden\u2019s main plant collections. Since it was created in 1999, the Henry Teuscher Award has been presented to: Yves Gagnon (2017), Bertrand Dumont (2016), Claude Vall\u00e9e (2015), Albert Mondor (2014), Isabelle Dupras (2013), Francis H. Cabot (2012, posthumously), H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Leclerc (2011), Jacques Andr\u00e9 Rioux (2010), Elsie Reford and Alexander Reford (2009), Jean-Claude Vigor (2008), \u00c9mile Jacqmain (2007), Fred Oehmichen (2006), Daniel A. S\u00e9guin (2005), Ga\u00ebtan Hamel (2004), Milan B. Havlin (2003), Henri and Camille Perron (2002), Wilfrid Meloche (2001), Roger Van den Hende (2000) and Tony Huber (1999).\nAbout Espace pour la vie\nEspace pour la vie is made up of four attractions on the same site: the Biod\u00f4me, Insectarium, Jardin botanique and Plan\u00e9tarium Rio Tinto Alcan. These four prestigious municipal institutions form Canada's largest natural science museum complex. Together, they are launching a daring, creative urban movement, urging everyone to rethink the connection between humankind and nature and cultivate a new way of living.\nmjoellefilion@ville.montreal.qc.ca\nFind everything you need to know here about film shoots at one of our museums.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 1092, "original_length": 27590, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 174.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://esyou.com/blog/176001", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:14:48Z", "digest": "sha1:IDU7FDY23D75FQLNJWO2ZESNFOMZJGQK", "length": 1782, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "esyou.com", "title": "Here be Dragons", "raw_content": "Maps should be easy to understand yet informative at a single glance. The thing about designing games with maps is that they can get terribly complicated and large, attempting to simulate conventional maps you find in the real world. Abstraction seems an obvious choice but unorthodox and not easy to grasp. For this reason, virtual worlds tend to be expansive and lonely.\nFi.1 Here be dragons made of clocks.\nThe map we have settled for in the game is designed to resemble the 12 segments of a clock. Traditionally, compasses are a common choice but this feels limited when you need to point to a specific location that resides somewhere near 9 degrees north, relative to where you are. A clock, on the other hand, is a form of measurement that, hopefully, everyone is familiar with. It is precise, flexible and easy to locate; for example, when you need to go to 12:36.\nThere will be 12 locations, each exactly on the hour sitting on the edge of the map and for each location, there may be branches to other places. The asylum sits in the centre, ala a concentric circle from which madness is most concentrated in the middle of the map.\nOddly enough, despite being rather abstract, visualising an actual town is easier than it is lead to be. This will come in handy when it comes to illustrating the individual card locations in relation to each other, not to mention the actual placement of the player during the game play.\nSo far, the confirmed locations are as follows (starting clockwise from 12 o'clock):\nTown Hall (comprises of Post Office and Bank)\nPub (connected to Hotel)\nChurch (includes a Graveyard)\nLibrary (connected to a University)\nEach of these locations will include 2 inhabitants each known as Character cards and I will be discussing these in my next blog post.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 34, "original_length": 2179, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 280.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://etoltd.in/career.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:59Z", "digest": "sha1:Z5DLH4Q4ZYD2XYR3V4ZN4NZ24JC52SKK", "length": 896, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "etoltd.in", "title": "Economic Transport Organisation Ltd.", "raw_content": "Career Development is a process wherein an organization provides supportive environment in terms of inputs which the employee uses to develop competencies i.e. knowledge, skills, attitude and values for realizing his/her full potential in consonance with the organizationally vision.\nThis implies that Career Development is a joint responsibility of the employee and the organization. The organization provides inputs which are used by the employee to enhance his/her effectiveness.\nIf you are young, energetic, and driven by a relentless urge to make your mark, we may need you! Do mail your resume on this E-mail: hrd@etoltd.co.in highlighting your skill set and what you can offer us. We will get back to you when we have a suitable opening for you.\nETO promises you a challenging environment and a constant up gradation of your skills while helping you grow to the fullest of your potential .", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 8, "original_length": 1201, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 297.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://etutorials.org/cert/java+certification/Chapter+1.+Basics+of+Java+Programming/1.1+Introduction/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:51:37Z", "digest": "sha1:4YDBB2R3C23L4W7KD7MZ4FKJD45NSXEY", "length": 743, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "etutorials.org", "title": "1.1 Introduction :: Chapter 1. Basics of Java Programming :: A programmer's guide to java certification :: Certification :: eTutorials.org", "raw_content": "Before embarking on the road to Java programmer certification, it is important to understand the basic terminology and concepts in object-oriented programming (OOP). In this chapter, the emphasis is on providing an introduction rather than an exhaustive coverage. In-depth coverage of the concepts follows in due course in subsequent chapters of the book.\nJava supports the writing of many different kinds of executables: applications, applets, and servlets. The basic elements of a Java application are introduced in this chapter. The old adage that practice makes perfect is certainly true when learning a programming language. To encourage programming on the computer, the mechanics of compiling and running a Java application are outlined.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 264, "original_length": 8193, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 128.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/2011/10/calm-down-dears.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:03:33Z", "digest": "sha1:JK2WY7I77BYNWS2C3DLGV3V5UICE2AI6", "length": 1674, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "eureferendum.blogspot.com", "title": "EU Referendum: Calm down dears", "raw_content": "Contrary to some rumours, the Greeks have not just bought 400 M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks. The original press report, on which subsequent rumours are based, refers to the refurbishment or upgrade of second-hand US tanks currently in storage in Europe, and their acquisition by Greece, a process which has been ongoing since last year.\nThe problem for the Greek Army is that it still operates a number of very old M48/60s, which need urgent replacement. Leopard-2 stocks from Holland and Germany are depleted, and there is no option for replacement with that type, despite some 350 earlier Leopard 1 models currently being operated by the Greek Army.\nThe Army is thus seeking alternative solutions from the US Army. The only obstacle is the poor operational condition of US equipment, requiring large funds for their re-activation. It does, however, revisit an old ambition of the Greek Army, which nearly purchased Abrams tanks in a deal negotiated in 2001.\nSo far no work has been done on this new initiative, but Letters of Offer (LOA) and acceptance are expected soon, following approval by the US government. A fleet of AAV7A1 amphibious assault vehicles is also to be ungraded, making this a routine upgrade contract for armoured vehicles that are now older than the Second World War was long.\nAs for the Abrams tanks, you wouldn't be using M1A1s for a military coup - which would not, in any event, be delivered before 2014. Their fuel-hungry gas turbines make them highly unsuitable for such purposes. You would be better off with M113s, of which the Greek Army has a considerable stock. The target, as always, is the Turkish Army, which is the ever-present threat.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 242, "original_length": 6097, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 215.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/2011/10/not-enough.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:06Z", "digest": "sha1:35U7BFLC6C5WU2TV2EAFOKUNQ4BRJZCY", "length": 861, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "eureferendum.blogspot.com", "title": "EU Referendum: Not enough", "raw_content": "\"Forty-nine per cent of voters would vote to get Britain out of Europe, as against just forty percent who prefer to stay in\", says a Guardian/ICM poll - a nine-point lead. Yet, in July of this year, the Daily Mail was reporting a \"huge lead\" of 50 to 33 percent of the public wanting to leave the EU \u2013 a 17-point lead.\nThus, sentiment has dropped eight points in three months. And, as we pointed out in July, a poll in 1974 gave a lead of 18 points for withdrawal \u2013 50 percent as against 32 percent. But, when the actual referendum came in 1975, 67.2 percent voted to stay in, while those voting to leave had fallen to 32.8 percent.\nThe Boy, meanwhile, has argued that the British people prefer to stay within the EU. He may not be wrong , but how odd it is when he doesn't want to take the risk of finding out \u2013 even though the odds are possibly in his favour.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 241, "original_length": 5302, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 204.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://events.stuff.co.nz/2019/landslide-fleetwood-mac-stevie-nicks-tribute-show/napier", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:11Z", "digest": "sha1:5J5ZSW4ARI5BHCMW6YYOC6TB2553PBG6", "length": 766, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "events.stuff.co.nz", "title": "Landslide - Fleetwood Mac & Stevie Nicks Tribute Show - Napier - Stuff Events", "raw_content": "Landslide - Fleetwood Mac & Stevie Nicks ...\nSat 4 May, 8:30pm \u2013 11:30pm\nLandslide is an Auckland based, live 5 piece band, who have been celebrating the music of Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks all over the North Island for the past 6 years.\nCovering well-known classics from Fleetwood Mac and also Stevie's solo hits.\nDreams, Sara, Rhiannon, Go Your Own Way, Seven Wonders, Don't Stop, Edge of 17, Tusk, Gypsy, Black Magic Woman, Rooms On Fire, Little Lies etc, they're all there.\n2 x 75min sets to dance and sing along to.\nFull lighting and sound system with liberal 4 part harmonies help to bring these amazing, classic songs to life.\n- Andrea Clarke (Vocals)\n- Brett Adams (Guitar/vocals)\n- Garin Keane (Keyboards)\n- Lee Cooper (Bass/bv's)\n- Gareth Scott (Drums)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 230, "original_length": 8337, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 311.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://everyonequestion.com/whats-a-polite-way-to-tell-someone-you-hate-them", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:23Z", "digest": "sha1:7SH6E7CFKIXV6XP3OCFJPIOIPNIDYWUW", "length": 256, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "everyonequestion.com", "title": "EveryoneQuestion \u2013 What\u2019s a polite way to tell someone you hate them?", "raw_content": "TAGS \u00bb hate, polite, question\nWhat\u2019s your favorite song from a genre you hate?\nkathy December 12, 2012 at 2:07 pm - Reply\ni don\u2019t think there is a polite way.\nJust don\u2019t associate with them.\nJason December 14, 2012 at 1:55 am - Reply\nThere has to be a way!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 2140, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 264.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://fashionhandbook.co.za/the-politics-of-fashion/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:03:34Z", "digest": "sha1:7U5HRWFR546XW22YJXH3RN4OKTRI7HHZ", "length": 5918, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "fashionhandbook.co.za", "title": "The Politics of Fashion - Fashion Handbook", "raw_content": "Fashion has always been considered frivolous, unbothered with humanity and its social issues and at times, just simply shallow. As a result, a handful of social issues have actually been triggered by the nature of some fashion trends. Animal cruelty?\nYep, we\u2019re looking at you MAC cosmetics and you too Jennifer Lopez in that chinchilla fur coat. Cultural appropriation? A term synonymous with the Kardashians and Gigi Hadid. Slut shaming? Any short, tight or revealing item of clothing that any woman has ever worn in history that upset the entitled male gaze.\nIt\u2019s very easy for the bigwigs in fashion to perpetuate some of these social ills purely for the sake of aesthetics. We saw how Khloe Kardashian wore her hair in Bantu knots (a protective hairstyle for natural hair) without caring to understand the history behind this hairstyle donned by black women around the world. It should therefore come as no surprise that the very same people would do the converse for trendiness\u2019 sake.\n\u201cIt\u2019s very easy for the bigwigs in fashion to perpetuate some of these social ills purely for the sake of aesthetics.\u201d\nYou\u2019re probably wondering what the converse is in this case. The other side of being sartorially callous is wearing fashion with a conscience. The alarm on ignorance has gone off and everybody\u2019s woke\u2026or so it seems. Suddenly people are wearing causes worth fighting for on their chests and paying a lot of money to do so too.\nWearing the phrase popularised by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, \u201cWe should all be feminists,\u201d on a plain white Dior Tee will cost you about 9000 South African Rands. Granted, the proceeds from the sale of these Tees are going to Rihanna\u2019s Clara Lionel Foundation, which is concerned with health and education. Even so, one can\u2019t help but wonder if people are buying because the sentiment and cause resonates with them or if it\u2019s just trendy to wear a T-shirt a celebrity owns and seem like you care. There are a lot more labels which have also jumped on the wokeness bandwagon and it\u2019s most likely because on the one hand; people are genuinely passionate about certain social issues and will gladly wear the sartorial placards to show it, while on the other hand, labels may just be in it because politics have become lucrative.\nEarlier this year was the Women\u2019s March against the United States\u2019 unfortunate 45th president, Donald Trump. This political protest later became a runway display of resistance and a clear rejection of the snooze button on things that matter. The 2017 New York Fashion Week had models strutting down the runways substituting the usual couture for feminist outrage. An article in the Washington Post aptly described this phenomenon of responsible fashion as a manifestation of what happens when designers \u201crecognise the volume of their microphone and the irresistible allure of fashion.\u201d\n\u201c\u2026but there was also a need for the sea of lily white models to have some colour sprinkled in it.\u201d\nThis sartorial wokeness goes beyond literal expressions sprawled across A-cup chests, but can also be seen in the way in which representation on the runway has changed. Yes, the industry had been fighting the unhealthy use of size 0 models, who would pass out seconds after stepping off the runway, for years now, but there was also a need for the sea of lily white models to have some colour sprinkled in it. We have since witnessed more representation of colour on the runway, except for that one time, of course, when Marc Jacobs thought it swell to use white models for a dreadlock styled runway show. Dreadlocks \u2013 an inherently black hairstyle and \u201cMr Marc Jacobs by Marc Jacobs\u201d could not be bothered to pick from the plethora of black models that still need as much exposure as possible in the industry.\nBut let us not allow Marc Jacobs\u2019 misdemeanour to steal the thunder of the designers and creative directors who are actually making political statements on the runway. Such an example is that of Anniesa Hasibuan, a Muslim designer, who has re-imagined the hijab and given it a seat at the couture table. The Western gaze has for a long time deemed the hijab worn by Muslim women quite oppressive and an act of succumbing to patriarchy. However, Anniesa Hasibuan not rejecting the hijab in an industry that seems to have little regard for religion is a loud \u201cswallow your words\u201d to the naysayers. Hasibuan wants to portray how religion need not be stifling, as she states that conservative dressing isn\u2019t a sartorial death sentence. Her beautifully and intricately embellished dresses that are paired with variations of silk hijabs are evidence of how Muslim women still have scope for self expression and they don\u2019t need any kind of Western faux pity.\n\u201cIt speaks to how we are moving towards a decolonised sense of fashion as Africans.\u201d\nIn the same way Laduma Ngxokolo of Maxhosa has put Xhosa culture on the global map with his unapologetically home brewed knitwear. It speaks to how we are moving towards a decolonised sense of fashion as Africans. Something we have needed to see for decades since one of our many creative struggles has been that we emulate Europe too much, while Western and European creatives have been appropriating too much \u2013 a laughable irony.\nIt truly makes for a beautiful catwalk then, when we see models parading political statements of their own countries, cultural education through dress and the ownership of a designer\u2019s religion, but let us also learn to take these messages home with us in an attempt to understand way after the applause has been given. If we fail to do this, we are simply trivialising social issues like feminism, gender identity and oppressive state laws that the fashion industry is bringing to an audience that would otherwise have not been exposed to and perhaps you might as well wear a \u201cCute AF\u201d Tee from your local retailer.\nAfika Lulo JadezweniFashionPolitics\nMaurice Mbikaya's Art and Installations", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 126, "original_length": 8005, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 331.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://fastfoodsource.com/index.php/fast-food-blogs/show-all-blog-articles/641-satisfries-still-around-somewhere", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:20Z", "digest": "sha1:SJRK5TPFSNDKPCSBQOSYXMQNNPHLYAUN", "length": 1757, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "fastfoodsource.com", "title": "Fast Food Source-fast food menus and blogs - SatisFries Still Around... Somewhere", "raw_content": "The Interwebs are abuzz with chatter about the demise of SatisFries. What is true is that Burger King gave its franchisees in the U.S. the choice on whether or not to keep the lower calorie fast food french fry on their menu. 2,500 stores said \"yes\". So, for the time being, you will still be able to run into the random Burger King outlet that still has them.\nThis is an interesting twist, considering it was only in March that Burger King began inserting the fry into kids meals.\nWhat went wrong? The pundits are all \"weighing in,\" so to speak. But rather than lament the resistance of the American Consumer to anything \"healthy\" (these are not anyway) let's just say that BK could have made things simple. As we reviewed back when they came out, Burger King rolled out the SatisFries alongside their regular, fattier cousins. What they could have done was simply replace the fry with the lighter version.\nNow, I know what you're thinking. \"Burger King tried to change their fry before and the public revolted.\" \"Nobody would go to Burger King if they offered a lighter fry.\" Balderdash. Chains tinker with their fries every now and then. Most of the time, like with Jack In The Box in 2010 or Wendy's also in 2010, we don't have the luxury of reverting back to the original. By leaving the safety net, Burger King showed no faith in their own product. And if BK is hedging their bets, who's to blame the public for not warming up to the new option?\nWhen all is said and done, we'll have to wait and see how many of the remaining franchisees, free to advertise the availability\n\"for a limited time,\" keep SatisFries alive and for how long. I can only hope that the next time a chain tries something this audacious they have the balls to go in all the way.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 71, "original_length": 3442, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 306.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://fbcwg.org/team/ally-eppl/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:37:13Z", "digest": "sha1:CBN6PZSA64G64ZAQJ4EHMYVXWDIZGPQA", "length": 714, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "fbcwg.org", "title": "Ally Hetrick - Winter Garden's First Baptist Church", "raw_content": "Ally Hetrick joined our church staff in January of 2018 as our new Director of Children\u2019s Ministries. She comes from Calvary Baptist Church of Clearwater Florida, a church of over 8,000 members. There she has overseen all Children\u2019s Ministry including Sunday morning Sunday School, AWANA, Vacation Bible School, Upward Sports and Children\u2019s Church. She also coordinated Children\u2019s Ministry for all three of Calvary\u2019s campuses.\nShe formerly served at First Baptist Church of Orlando and completed an internship at The Chapel in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. She has a degree from The University of Central Florida in Psychology. Ally\u2019s family now calls central Florida home and as a teenager, she worked at Walt Disney World.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 58, "original_length": 1411, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 160.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://fdainspections.com/industries/medical-devices/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:24:59Z", "digest": "sha1:CRJV4QMXWY6SEN3O2YGECPRXU3FS4IPZ", "length": 858, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "fdainspections.com", "title": "Medical Devices \u2013 FDA INSPECTIONS", "raw_content": "The US Food and Drug Administration US FDA regulates medical devices through it\u2019s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH). 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She describes how watching her dogs inspires her with energy, purpose and joy. These were hard feelings to grasp after her husband Rich was hit by a car. He suffered such severe brain trauma that he had to live in an institution. Her book, Three Dog Life, describes her efforts to build a new life.\nThis is no sticky sweet Hallmark vision of life with a dog. One of the more disturbing pieces is Skloot\u2019s investigation into why a pack of eight junkyard dogs is allowed to wander Manhattan \u201cattacking people and tearing apart their dogs.\u201d\nSkloot\u2019s own, 35-pound rescued dog Bonny, was one of their victims. Bonny survived only after hours of surgery and thousands of dollars of treatment. Skloot\u2019s calls to 911, Animal Control, the ASPCA, the local police precinct, the Department of Health and the mayor\u2019s office are futile. Each agency claims the situation isn\u2019t their responsibility and sends her elsewhere..\nWhat she learns is that in New York dog are considered property. New York City has no law against dogs mutilating other dogs. The attorneys she talked to pointed to many other laws the city could have used to prosecute the pack\u2019s owner. The city\u2019s failure to do so, Skloot learns, is far from uncommon.\nWhile Skloot\u2019s contribution is the most journalistic and the most disturbing, most of the essays in Woman\u2019s Best Friend are like eating hors d\u2019oeuvres at a feast: stories that will make any dog owner give knowing chuckle or wipe away a tear over the inevitable good-byes. These are stories of rescuing strays, training Great Dane puppies, meeting new boyfriends through a dog and negotiating joint custody of the dog when a relationship breaks up.\nThis is a book for a dog-lover to savor again and again.\nAbout the Editor: Megan McMorris\nMegan McMorris is the author of Oregon Hiking and coauthor of Pacific Northwest Hiking. She has written articles that have appeared in Fitness, Self, Cooking Light, Runner\u2019s World and Glamour magazine.\nIn addition to this book, she has edited Cat Women: Female Writers on Their Feline Friends and PS What I didn\u2019t Say: Unsent Letters to Our Female Friends.\nShe is working on a novel, Meet Me at the Playground, about a woman who leaves the university town in Ohio where she was born, moves to Portland, OR. Her dream life there comes to an end when the recession forces her into a job at a public relations agency working with hip, Type A millennials. She ends up in a crisis over her identity and her life. Illumination comes to her through a \u201cNew Age bookstore owner, a communal dog and a woodchopping, Carhardt-wearing stranger.\u201d\nShe holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in journalism from Indiana University.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 186, "original_length": 7702, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 323.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://fifibook.com/ip/hosts/93.109.232.74", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:43Z", "digest": "sha1:BAFA6IRNE336IHDMADVZLJ7FC4XD3JBH", "length": 80, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "fifibook.com", "title": "IP address lookup | 93.109.232.74 IP Geolocation | Fifi Book", "raw_content": "(03) 92068980 People\u2019s Republic of China Yangzhou 49.71.71.70 less than a minute", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 38, "original_length": 2228, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.6, "perplexity": 287.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://fighting-for-the-planet.com/?p=2167", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:43Z", "digest": "sha1:DODQS354G6NJVKRBHWJP2BLMYNMKR26E", "length": 1799, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "fighting-for-the-planet.com", "title": "Music and Nature \u2013 FIGHTING FOR THE PLANET", "raw_content": "The first song I thought of when I read this week\u2019s assignment was Big Yellow Taxi, originally by Janis Joplin, but I have always been more familiar with the version by the Counting Crows. If you were to just to listen to the song and not think into the lyrics of the song, you may just think it is a happy and upbeat song, but when you look further in to the lyrics you can see the song is about environmental protection and all the negative things that could happen in the future if we do not take care of the planet.\nI remember listening to this song when I was little, so the lyrics remind me a lot of that, and together intertwined with this memory is of the lyrics and the reminder of the sacredness and finiteness of the earth and environment. I think that is something that many people associate with this song, because it has been so culturally impactful, it is a song that most people have probably listened to at some point.\nI think that this song, especially when it originally came out by Janis Joplin, it had huge cultural impact on people because it came out in a time where caring about the environment or the health of the planet was not of on the forefront of the general public. The songs impact is clear in its continued love even decades after its release in 1970, many huge stars have covered the song to continue to spread the message of the song, including Bob Dylan, the Counting Crows as well as a multitude of others.\nFor my image I chose a picture of my friend Alissa on top of Hurricane Ridge, this was on a camping trip that we went on to get reconnected with nature because we tend to get pretty disconnected on the day to day. This picture was taken early in the morning right before we started a hike.\nPrev There is no past, present or future. Is there?\nNext Blog #8", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 2723, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 195.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://fighting-for-the-planet.com/?p=2365", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:03Z", "digest": "sha1:WDIEPV36TIFOULQWN3QBL52PGSD37EJ3", "length": 1558, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "fighting-for-the-planet.com", "title": "Talk to Someone Engaged \u2013 Laurel \u2013 FIGHTING FOR THE PLANET", "raw_content": "For this interview, I chose to interview my boyfriend Joshua Swift.\nJosh is one of the most engaged people I have ever met \u2013 being active in knowing the political movements happening in our community and planet, doing his best at reducing his own carbon footprint, and being an advocate for Indigenous Tribes. He recently published an outstanding piece of work for The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology titled \u201cTelling and Reclaiming Untold Stories: A Mixed Experience\u201d concerning the experience of lost culture and identity in a white America. This paper should be shared soon on the school\u2019s website and library.\nThis interview was impactful for me, in just knowing that someone is actively thinking, adjusting, and being vocal on situations happening around us. I do believe that Josh\u2019s impact is good, and like he said in his interview \u2013 I believe that it is more than just one individual contribution, and the action of inviting others to join in on being engaged and active in the political and environmental movement is necessary for larger impact.\nStaying engaged through social media (from a variety of sources!), seeking perspectives from peers, and doing research all aid to staying active in this climate.\nOverall, this interview wasn\u2019t new to me, since I know Josh\u2019s stance on issues and his actions. But I do find his concern and activism inspiring and admirable in his every day life.\nhttp://fighting-for-the-planet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Josh-Swift-Interview.mp3\nPrev Talking to Someone Engaged\nNext Michelle Sturdavant activist", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 51, "original_length": 2532, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 277.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://fightsday.com/triple-h-comments-on-criticism-of-the-wwe-performance-center-style/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:56Z", "digest": "sha1:R2C6AGD5BWWNPDXBVRRXQZOLPOIT72UL", "length": 4055, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "fightsday.com", "title": "Triple H Comments On Criticism Of The WWE Performance Center Style", "raw_content": "NEWS | News | WRESTLING | Triple H Comments On Criticism Of The WWE Performance Center Style\nTriple H recently spoke with Justin Barrasso for Sports Illustrated\u2019s Extra Mustard, here are the highlights\u2026\nOn criticism of the style of the WWE Performance Center being robotic and lacking the individuality needed to succeed in pro wrestling: \u201cThe misconception is always the same, and it\u2019s absolutely wrong. We are looking to make our talent as diverse as possible.\nPeople say everyone is wearing the same thing and training the same way. Yet they are not training the same way. We are grouping people together to work on building certain skills.\nThe core of what we do is the same \u2013 yes, you have to learn the same skills, techniques, and foundation when you start. Then we set you up with people to develop your characters. We want the talent to develop their character, and our job is to help harness the character. We want them, every single one of them, to be unique and have their own feel. Yes, we are all wearing the same WWE gear. That is because, when you\u2019re here, we\u2019re all the same. No one is above anybody else, and we\u2019re all here to learn. We are a team and a family. What we do in the WWE is a partnership\u2013it\u2019s a partnership with the guy across from you, and a partnership with everybody here. One of the pieces of the Performance Center that makes me so proud is when somebody succeeds here, the whole place goes nuts for them. They\u2019re all here to help each other succeed. When you can build that type of climate, it shows our culture within this place is right to develop and to cultivate the best talent possible.\u201d\nOn the WWE Performance Center Coaches, currently Matt Bloom, Steve Corino, Norman Smiley, Terry Taylor, Robbie Brookside, Adam Pearce, Scott Taylor (Scotty 2 Hotty) and Sara Amato: \u201cWhat makes a successful coach? The coaching process is very difficult. Just because you were talented in this business does not mean you will be gifted at teaching it. Great players don\u2019t always make great coaches, and great coaches weren\u2019t always great players. We\u2019ve worked to find a very diverse group, focusing in on who connects best with people and who gives the right message, and then connecting a coach with the message they are best at conveying. For example, Norman Smiley is one of our best beginner training coaches. Norman is one of our most trusted and valuables coaches. His work is incredibly important in formulating the building blocks to create success in the ring, so it is essential to build a strong foundation. That\u2019s Norman\u2019s wheelhouse \u2013 areas like the movements, the rolling, and how to protect yourself at all times. So you find the right people that have that right connection with the talent, you narrow in on the area where they are exceptionally talented at coaching, and you then have them work in that facet.\u201d\nDaniel Bryan Hopes For A Return To The Ring, Zack Ryder Injury Update\nDaniel Cormier Reacts To UFC 210 Weigh-In Controversy\nWhen reigning UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier first stepped on the scale during Friday\u2019s weigh-ins, he officially tipped he scales at 206.2 pounds, which made him 1.2 pounds over the official allowed title fight weight. But two minutes later, he weighed-in once more, this time making weight at exactly 205 pounds, making the title [\u2026]\nWWE former champion died of cancer\nNews and updates have continue to pour in over the past week or so in regard to Jake \u201cThe Snake\u201d Roberts and his ongoing health issues. Jake had a bit of a scare following a routine flight to Las Vegas, Nevada. During the flight, Roberts began to experience shortness of breath and tightening in his [\u2026]\n\u201cSee and Cry\u201d: Stephanie McMahon decided to Marry Roman Reigns\nThe WWE Universe has revealed itself to be a very free Universe where every and anything happens without much questions or interruptions. Roman Reigns is the present WWE Heavyweight Champion and has gained ground all this why not letting his title goes for any reason. 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His 1971 movie about a 7-foot-tall giant radioactive walking catfish gained fresh notoriety after being mocked on Mystery Science Theatre 3000 in 1999, making a brief return to theaters in 2001 and appearing twice on Turner Classic Movies.\nBarton co-founded the Florida Motion Picture and Television Association and won several awards for documentaries. He worked as vice president of marketing at what\u2019s now St. Vincent\u2019s HealthCare, and later served on the hospital\u2019s executive board.\nThis entry was posted in In Passing and tagged Mystery Theatre 3000 by Mike Glyer. 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It shows the ups and downs of their marriage as his condition worsens and the temptation of new relationships, while remaining impartial \u2013 which surprised me.\nEddie Redmayne\u2019s transformation throughout the film, as the Motor Neuron Disease developed, is phenomenal. By the end of the film he is almost physically unrecognisable as the bright, eager young scientist from his early years at Cambridge University.\nBeing based on Jane\u2019s memoir and not Stephen\u2019s, \u2018A Theory of Everything\u2019 doesn\u2019t really give us a look into the mind of Stephen as he was faced with the debilitating disease and brushes over the actual science he has dedicated his life to. It portrays Stephen as charming and as maintaining his sense of humour throughout their marriage, even at his darkest moments. 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Vocalists John Lilly and Rob McNurlin lead the band and audience through two hours of Williams\u2019s most popular songs, as well as several of the legendary performer\u2019s nearly forgotten gems. Highlights include \u201cYour Cheating Heart,\u201d \u201cJambalaya,\u201d \u201cLovesick Blues,\u201d \u201cI\u2019m So Lonesome I Could Cry,\u201d and \u201cI Saw the Light.\u201d\nFormed in 2002 in honor of the 50th anniversary of the death of Hank Williams, the band is marking its 15th year. Hall of Fame steel guitarist Russ Hicks, Grand Ole Opry veteran Buddy Griffin (fiddle), and guitarists Robert Shafer and Ritchie Collins recreate the vintage sound of Williams\u2019s Drifting Cowboys band, while adding a fresh and creative spin to its classic songs.\n\u200b\u200bJohn Lilly is an award-winning songwriter and performer from Charleston, West Virginia. Former editor of West Virginia\u2019s GOLDENSEAL magazine and a former tour guide at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville, John shares his historical knowledge as well as his singing and yodeling skills. John performs widely as a solo artist and with the band Blue Yonder.\u200b\nRob McNurlin iis from Ashland, Kentucky. An accomplished songwriter and performer, he hosted the weekly television program The Rob McNurlin Ranch Party for several years. Rob has recorded several albums of original material that reflect his roots in traditional country music.\n\u200b\u200bRuss Hicks is a member of the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame and the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame. A Raleigh County native, Russ moved to Nashville in the early 1970s where he was a member of the Hee Haw television show staff band for 13 years. He has recorded or toured with Connie Smith, Ray Price, Marty Robbins, Larry Gatlin, Jerry Lee Lewis and others. Russ recently relocated to West Virginia.\n\u200bwww.wvmusichalloffame.com/Hicks.html\n\u200bBuddy Griffin is from Glenville, West Virginia, where he founded the first academic degree program in bluegrass music while a faculty member at Glenville State College. A multitalented performer, Buddy has toured and recorded with Maybelle Carter, Jim & Jesse and the Virginia Boys, Johnny Russell, and many others.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 4637, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 156.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://foreveryoungadult.blogspot.com/2014/04/review-exile-by-kevin-emerson-kcemerson.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:45:07Z", "digest": "sha1:RQG2WDRJ5ZIJS7M64BPXJY6XR5PNA6SO", "length": 3007, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "foreveryoungadult.blogspot.com", "title": "BookHounds ya: Review EXILE by KEVIN EMERSON @kcemerson @EpicReads @HarperTeen", "raw_content": "Review EXILE by KEVIN EMERSON @kcemerson @EpicReads @HarperTeen\nKevin Emerson's Exile combines the swoon-worthy romance of a Susane Colasanti novel with the rock 'n' roll of Eleanor & Park. Summer Carlson knows how to manage bands like a professional\u2014minus the whole falling-for-the-lead-singer-of-the-latest-band part. But Caleb Daniels isn't an ordinary band boy\u2014he's a hot, dreamy, sweet-singing, exiled-from-his-old-band, possibly-with-a-deep-dark-side band boy. She also finds herself at the center of a mystery she never saw coming. When Caleb reveals a secret about his long-lost father, one band's past becomes another's present, and Summer finds it harder and harder to be both band manager and girlfriend. Maybe it's time to accept who she really is, even if it means becoming an exile herself. . . .\nKevin Emerson is the author of The Lost Code: Book One of the Atlanteans, The Fellowship for Alien Detection, the Oliver Nocturne series, and Carlos Is Gonna Get It. He is also a musician and has most recently released two albums with his band, the Board of Education. A former science teacher, Kevin lives in Seattle and teaches writing to teens through Writers in the Schools, Richard Hugo House, and 826 Seattle.\nSOURCE: PUBLSIHER\nCatherine Summer Carlson knows how to manage a band and make them successful, so successful that they are stolen away from her by a major label. She also has a thing for lead singers and now in her senior year at Mount Hope, the local art magnet school in Los Angeles, she must face the fact that there is not a band for her to take to stardom and ends up making college plans. Then she meet Caleb who just had a nasty break up with his band. She sees the potential in Caleb and starts to put together a solid foundation for a new stellar act. She doesn't plan on the chemistry that is ignited between them though. Caleb also confesses to her that he has just learned that his father was one of rock's brightest stars when his untimely death brought an end to his stardom.\nWithout giving away any plot details, Summer (as she is known professionally) helps Caleb track down his father's last songs as well as deal with despicable music corporations that own everything about his father. As the pair become closer and have all of the ups and downs a new relationship and mix that in with volatile musicians, the story really comes together. Summer is likable and Caleb seems like every girl's rock star dream. I really enjoyed this one and want to read more by this author. And yes, I really want to read the next one.\nParents: Mentions of adults with substance abuse, some alcohol references, a bit of language and some sexual situations but overall handled nicely and in context. The story also imports the necessity of doing well in school, acting responsibly and being true to yourself.\nLabels: books that rock, Kevin Emerson\nK L Arena 4/24/14, 4:57 PM\nI'm a total sucker for romance and rock and roll in literature. :) I appreciate the content notes! Thanks.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 593, "original_length": 14877, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 306.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://forgotten-yesterdays.com/dates.asp?ftype=1&qbandid=1&qdec=1970&qdateid=909", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:20Z", "digest": "sha1:SMYHWL2V7XBEKSHMRFURKPWB6YF2CJW4", "length": 156, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "forgotten-yesterdays.com", "title": "12/13/1970 Bromley, London, United Kingdom", "raw_content": "Home 1970s 12/13/1970 Bromley, London, United Kingdom\nSunday, December 13, 1970 (48 years, 2 months and 2 days ago)\nBromley, London, England, United Kingdom", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 572, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.81, "perplexity": 56.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://forums.polarion.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20261&sid=27d12ea0b40280290743ce287a874c50", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:31:09Z", "digest": "sha1:I2AYRVLKU6J5RAXKZD6EQRSBB3S4TD3R", "length": 143, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "forums.polarion.com", "title": "Ignore Tags - Polarion Software", "raw_content": "I'm having a problem migrating from VSS and wonder if the \"Ignore Tags\" option is available in v2.x of this tool. If so, how do I implement it?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 50, "original_length": 1297, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 245.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://forums.sploder.com/index.php/topic,320908.msg3966446.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:26Z", "digest": "sha1:V7XJSVMTI7LD55AD5HHICZCJZ63M7VRL", "length": 685, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "forums.sploder.com", "title": "Basic Training FAQ - Sploder's Online Game Making Community", "raw_content": "That was 2 months ago. And that's what I thought at the time.\nBy the way, this is a place to ask questions about the forum, not troll or whatever.\nhow can i become a moderator please help me Geoff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\nQuote from: krishnajiya on June 18, 2013, 05:52 am\nLOVE, LIFE, LOYALTY, AND LIVE LONG LIKE LEGENDS\nQuote from: will254640 on June 18, 2013, 06:36 am\n^correction: read first, then apply.\nIf you only have 7 posts, you may not be ready to be a mod, but I may be wrong. It's better to get to know us all first, gain some respect. Now I'm not telling you to try to be besties with the recruiters in hopes of getting a fast route to your MS job. Anyway, good luck.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 90, "original_length": 2568, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 137.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://foxs-arts.com/index.php/miscellaneous?start=10", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:02Z", "digest": "sha1:BIUWB74HPRTLHSK5EOG2SS47F6Y2UND6", "length": 226, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "foxs-arts.com", "title": "\ufeff Miscellaneous", "raw_content": "I made this one as a present for a christian confirmation party.\nIt's the guy who is depicted who got included into the Christian community.\nI made a comic out of a friend of mine, Lille Troll, who is a singer in a funny band.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 77, "original_length": 1771, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 274.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://fracht.pl/en/news/read/new-dimension-of-freshness-berlin-fruit-logistica-2017/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:19:58Z", "digest": "sha1:TCBP2FZFNTNKDZ2P7B3DMDXAJSXK3T45", "length": 787, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "fracht.pl", "title": "New dimension of freshness - Berlin Fruit Logistica 2017 - Transportation Company Fracht", "raw_content": "It is another meeting in Berlin on Fruit Logistica. FL is a trade fair where representatives of the food industry gather, including global players as well as small- and medium-size companies. At the beginning of February, around 3000 exhibitors and more than 70 thousand visitors appeared at Fruit Logistica fair in Berlin. A three-day period provided for that fair found us meeting many interesting representatives of the industry. We also had an opportunity to admire a complete range of innovations provided for the food sector. However, we did not miss our chance to present our capabilities, in particular in the scope of transport of goods in controlled temperature by means of our fleet..\nFor more information concerning Fruit Logistica 2017 please refer to: http://bit.ly/2mcOxA6", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 35, "original_length": 1356, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 287.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://freearticlehouse.com/a-guide-to-land-buying-and-home-building/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:08Z", "digest": "sha1:FSTFECX5KZSQQ4KQB7KDEVC5VZH67HPO", "length": 2267, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "freearticlehouse.com", "title": "Free Article House \u00bb A Guide to Land Buying and Home Building", "raw_content": "A Guide to Land Buying and Home Building\nWritten by Marty on October 25, 2013 . Posted in Acreage neighborhoods in houston, Houston acreage neighborhoods, Large lots houston\nHouston has plenty of room for your family to grow being the largest city in Texas, as well as the fourth largest in the United States. If you are looking for a great new place to live, you should research steps to buying land to build a house on. You may also want to begin your search in the very desired gated communities in Houston.\nOne thing you may want to consider, before the steps to buying land, is finding a place with great jobs. Lucky for us, Houston was ranked second in the top ten big cities for jobs in the 2012 issue of Forbes Magazine. Once you land that dream job you can start searching out a great gated coommunity.\nThe U.S. Census Bureau reports that more than 10 million people buy or build homes in gated communities. With these statistics, you will definitely jump on the benefits of Houston land for sale in a gated community. Just one of the many benefits of gated community living is not having to pay municipal utility district taxes.\nIn addition to the financial benefits of living in a gated community, there are plenty of social benefits as well. There are usually shared facilities, events held in the community center, and an overall friendly feel. Gated communities give you the luxury of a small town feel with the convenience of living in a large city.\nOther aspects you may want to consider when moving through the steps to buying land are certainly the location and schools. You will want a short commute to work and entertainment. You will want to also consider the ability to customize your home to your specific needs and wants. Additionally, you should consider the quality of the school districts in the community you are planning to build. Gated communities often have some of the top schools in the city.\nBuilding a home is not something we do lightly, so spend plenty of time considering your options, and stick to the best steps to buying land. Research the perks of building in a gated community near your dream job in Houston. With a great job and a great community to grow your family, you will be living the life you have always dreamed of.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 87, "original_length": 5078, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 272.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://freetheanimal.com/2005/09/project_steve.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:36:20Z", "digest": "sha1:2SMYYAJCQE5DEQYLMFFVDF76CDEDZH2P", "length": 6163, "nlines": 51, "source_domain": "freetheanimal.com", "title": "Project Steve", "raw_content": "He Said \u201cFlapdoodle\u201d \u201cBumcombe\u201d and \u201cTwaddle\u201d\nIn a comment to my post on \"Intelligent Design,\" yesterday, I\u2019m reminded of Project Steve.\nNCSE\u2019s \"Project Steve\" is a tongue-in-cheek parody of a long-standing creationist tradition\nof amassing lists of \"scientists who doubt evolution\" or \"scientists who dissent from Darwinism.\"\nCreationists draw up these lists to convince the public that evolution is somehow being rejected\nby scientists, that it is a \"theory in crisis.\" Most members of the public lack sufficient contact\nwith the scientific community to know that this claim is totally unfounded. NCSE has been exhorted\nby its members to compile a list of thousands of scientists affirming the validity of the theory of\nevolution, but although we easily could have done so, we have resisted such pressure. We did not\nwish to mislead the public into thinking that scientific issues are decided by who has\nthe longer list of scientists!\nProject Steve mocks this practice with a bit of humor, and because \"Steves\" are only about 1%\nof scientists, it incidentally makes the point that tens of thousands of scientists support\nAs of September 28, there are 628 scientists named Steve who support the following statement:\nEvolution is a vital, well-supported, unifying principle of the\nbiological sciences, and the scientific evidence is overwhelmingly in\nfavor of the idea that all living things share a common ancestry.\nAlthough there are legitimate debates about the patterns and processes\nof evolution, there is no serious scientific doubt that evolution\noccurred or that natural selection is a major mechanism in its\noccurrence. It is scientifically inappropriate and pedagogically\nirresponsible for creationist pseudoscience, including but not limited\nto \"intelligent design,\" to be introduced into the science curricula of\nour nation\u2019s public schools.\nNow, of course, I have no dog in the fight between what should and should not be taught in public schools. Any moral sanction I grant to public schools is to individual teachers and principals who do a good job. Period. And I know some. I don\u2019t support stealing in the form of taxation for any cause. So, all schools should be private schools.\nStill, whether public or private, if you\u2019re going to call it science class, then it\u2019s science you ought to be teaching, not fairy tales.\nAgreed. I'm with the people who doubt specific things about evolution (especially those who believe it can explain everything), but I don't see any way how it couldn't have occurred.\nPersonally, I think that supposing that one entity \u2013 God \u2013 created the universe and that there's just heaven and hell and nothing else is far too simple an explanation for an infinitely complex universe. Many scientists would probably agree, but 95% of people would vehemently protest what I just said.\nHow do we get around this? We just don't mention God in public schools.\nHow can we get around the evolution problem? Don't teach anything about it OR intelligent design. At least we won't be offending anyone if we cut both out. Whether that's the best for the education of our children I'll leave for someone else to decide.\nGames are for Children\nRich September 29, 2005 at 14:43\nYou're new at this, huh?\nTaxation is the cost of citizenship\nIt amazes people that there are still people making this claim after I saw it demolished over and over 15 years ago on Usenet.\nSo, just tell me where I can go to cancel my \"citizenship\" subscription, K?\nOh, what's that? Oh, you mean I can't live or work here either, right? I can't actually even feed and cloth myself, \"legally,\" unless I accept \"citizenship,\" or, at least, pay for \"citizenship\" whether I want it or not. Isn't that right?\nAnd, so I guess that I don't actually own anything, right? Not really, right? I mean, if I owned my own clothes and food, for example, I could sell some portion of them, and what business would it be of anyone's, right? But, \"legally,\" I have to pay taxes on that, right?\nIf you don't like it, move to a place where there are no taxes.\nSee? The fact that I own things \u2014 including, presumably, land \u2014 doesn't really mean that I own them, does it? In fact, isn't it not only that they steal a huge percentage of my income and profits, but that they\u2019ve stolen my land and other property and give me back but a \u201cuse license,\u201d paid for with the income and profits they stole from me in the first place.\nOh, forget it. This could go on for a hundred pages. You're argument boils down this: I am in the 35% slave bracket, and there's not a goddamned thing I can do about it, except die my way out of it.\n\u2026And I'll bet you go around harping about living in a \"free country,\" too, doncha?\n\u2026are a necessary part of life, as is FREE PUBLIC education in a society with equality of opportunity\nActually, I should have read this at the end of her comment before writing the previous comment. I'd have realized I was dealing with a moron and saved some time.\nTaxes are a complex issue, and I don't expect the average person to have thought through all of the implications.\nBut even the mentally retarded should understand that education is not \"free.\" And, it doesn't require much thought to understand that there has never been \"equality of opportunity\" and never will be. Even in the Soviet Union, where the highest level of equality (everyone's equally fucked) has been achieved, there still were opportunities naturally opened to some that were not open to others.\nDaedalus September 29, 2005 at 14:06\nTaxation is the cost of citizenship. If you don't like it, move to a place where there are no taxes. Wait, are there any places like that? Ahh, I cannot think of any, for taxes are a necessary part of life, as is FREE PUBLIC education in a society with equality of opportunity.\nHeathen Dan September 30, 2005 at 02:53\n\"Still, whether public or private, if you're going to call it science class, then it's science you ought to be teaching, not fairy tales.\"\nVery well said. If they want to teach ID, teach it in philosophy class, and point out that it is mostly a metaphysical (and not scientific) argument for God. It's Paley's watchmaker argument, in cheap lab coats.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 164, "original_length": 10829, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 227.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://friendshiparabia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=83:wonderful-start-to-tour&catid=39:syria&Itemid=65", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:07Z", "digest": "sha1:SBFS6I5EU7OEHVSJCB2MUQOHIAMPUTF2", "length": 3072, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "friendshiparabia.com", "title": "Appetising way to start my tour", "raw_content": "Home Dilmun to Dublin Tour Diary Syria Appetising way to start my tour\nAppetising way to start my tour\nLess than an hour on Syrian soil and I was being whisked away to join the Friendship Arabia team for a media gathering in Nobles Palace \u2013 a restaurant regarded as one of the classiest in Damascus. It was a beautiful setting and the food and service was undoubtedly first class.\nA large group of local media came to greet us and they immediately started asking questions and taking photographs. I explained to one of the Syrian papers that not only was the aim of the Bahrain to Britain Friendship Tour to promote Bahrain and the Bahrain International Circuit, it was also about spreading a message of peace and understanding among nations.\nI highlighted to them that as a Briton living and working in Bahrain for more than six years I had come to realize that the West and the Arab world shared far more similarities than they did differences. I told them: \u201cWe all have the same aspirations for ourselves and our families and the majority of us are just normal people who want to live in harmony and enjoy our short time on this earth.\u201d\nI explained that we hoped our tour would go a long way to help create understanding and friendship among all and inspire others to act for the same goal.\nAfter speaking of friendship it was time to do what friends do, so we took dinner in the outside area of the restaurant. The gathering included the team, the local media, Bahrain Embassy staff, the Syrian Ministry of Tourism, Gulf Air officials and others. The setting couldn\u2019t have been nicer, there was a gentle breeze in the air and a traditional Syrian band played what seemed like romantic lullabies to their appreciative audience.\nAli asked me to join the top table and I was honoured to sit between two inspiring and hospitable figures \u2013 the Bahrain Ambassador to Syria Waheed Al Sayyar and the Federation of Syrian Chambers of Tourism chairman Nashaat Sanadiki. I couldn\u2019t have wished for better company. While I conducted interviews between mouthfuls of mezza, grill and gozi, I got a wonderful insight into the life of a diplomat, who has been living a kind of friendship tour his entire career.\nIt was easy to see the mark this friendly and well-loved character had made on Syria by the number of people who greeted him with enthusiasm throughout the evening. The ambassador was truly charming, inspiring and an instant friend.\nSimilarly, Nashaat was a wonderful personality and generously gave me his take on what made Syria unique. I liked his summary of the country and its people: \u201cWe have Muslims, Christians and Jews here and we live in harmony,\u201d he said.\nI couldn\u2019t help but think in the turmoil stricken world we live in how beautiful this example exists. Instead of tolerance: harmony. What a concept for any nation to aspire to!\nAs the evening started to wrap up the ambassador introduced me to Arabic pistachio ice cream, a complete first for me, and utterly delicious. It was going to be the following day that I would get the chance to see it being made.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 43, "original_length": 3689, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 317.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://friendsofcaritas.com/past-visits-of-our-lady-to-caritas/our-ladys-visit-of-2004/15-may5.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:23:55Z", "digest": "sha1:WPPXLLAJSO2QZ5NGSVCLV3R3RJGERAPD", "length": 6727, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "friendsofcaritas.com", "title": "Friends of Caritas - Update of May 5, 2004", "raw_content": "Our Lady appeared to Marija Lunetti on Wednesday, May 5, 2004. The apparitions lasted 2 minutes and 40 seconds. When Our Lady appeared, She greeted Marija by saying, \u201cPraised Be Jesus.\u201d Marija said that Our Lady came with deep peace. The Patriotic Rosary was prayed by several thousand people in the Field today while Our Lady appeared in the Bedroom. It was beautiful for those in the Bedroom hearing in the background the patriotic songs being sung between each decade while the Rosary was being prayed in the Bedroom. Marija said that Our Lady blessed all those present in the Field and blessed all their religious objects. The following is Marija\u2019s description of the apparition:\nOur Lady blessed us all and She prayed over us. She prayed over us with Her arms extended. I also asked Our Lady to bless all the religious objects. Our Lady blessed everyone in the Field. She gave two blessings - one blessing for us and one for all the religious articles. Today again Our Lady was in a deep peace.\nJust before, as Our Lady ascended back to Heaven, She said, \u201cGo in peace.\u201d\nThe Patriotic Rosary was very very moving and beautiful for all those who participated in it out in the Field. Last year, the community had requested that anyone who wanted to send in the names of any of our military who were being sent to Iraq to Caritas, they would place their names out in the Field and pray for them each day, especially during Rosary and apparition time. Those names were brought out to the Field today, and the community asked the crowds of people to come up and pick one of the names to pray for during the Rosary. There were so many people who wanted to participate, that there were not enough names for all the people who wanted them. The community then announced that anyone who never had the chance to send in the names of family and friends in the military who were stationed in Iraq and in other countries throughout the world, that they write their names down now and place them in a container at the foot of the statue of Our Lady. Then anyone who wanted to come up and pick a name could do so, and all the soldiers would have a special person praying for them. Before the Rosary started, a beautiful song was played, dedicated to all the military over in Iraq and in other countries throughout the world. Many of the several thousands out in the Field were openingly crying, as thoughts and prayers were lifted up for those loved ones, family, and friends who were over in Iraq right not, or of those who bravely gave their lives in this war, or of those who may be sent over soon. As this song was playing, a woman came up to one of the community and asked for prayers for her father, who was killed over in Iraq this past December. As the community member put her arm around this woman, they both wept for the pain this woman was carrying in her heart. The whole Rosary was filled with emotion, as one looked around at all the thousands of people, whose whole hearts were reflected on all their faces in praying for our country, and in a special way our military and their families. When it was time of Our Lady appeared, all the thousands of people turned toward the house, where Our Lady was appearing and knelt down. For over 5 minutes, all one could see was the crowds of people on their knees lifting up their hearts to Our Lady. It was a beautiful and moving sight for all those to gaze upon.\nOur Lady also revealed that She would appear to Marija tomorrow morning in the Bedroom for the community before Marija left to go back to Italy.\nComments and testimonies of those gathered spoke of a powerful life-moving grace for those who came.\n\u201c I felt the graces much more powerful than even when I was converted here in my first visit.\u201d\u2028St. Louis\n\u201cHow could I even thank Our Lady for such an extraordinary five days. It will be hard to leave this place.\u201d\nA priest said,\n\u201cToday I heard a confession of a person 61 years away from the church.\u201d\nThe priest was deeply moved by his almost tenth visit here.\nAnother priest said,\n\u201cI\u2019ve never felt more powerfully the Holy Spirit than here hearing confessions in the Field. You always knew the right thing to say to people.\u201d\nA pilgrim from Germany told us,\n\u201cI was put here in this place of prayer. There are so many graces. I needed to be here. Mary placed me here among people filled with the Holy Spirit. I can take it (the graces) back home with me to Germany to give it to others.\u201d\nOne of the Caritas Community members:\nDuring the retreat, a couple came up to me and thanked us for using their flowers to make the crown for Our Lady. Our Lady was crowned on May 1, but the following day, when we were all out in the Field, praying the Rosary in preparation for Our Lady\u2019s apparition, Marija noticed that Our Lady\u2019s crown was missing. She turned to our founder and told him that another crown needed to be made for Our Lady from the flowers that were around the statue. Three to four people worked throughout the Rosary to make a new crown for Our Lady, and they recrowned Her right before the apparition. They said that when their son saw us use his flowers out of all the other flowers around\u2028the statue, it really touched him and he made a decision to go to confession before he left. They said that their son had done many terrible things in his life ( he was 21), and when he saw his vase of flowers used, when any of the other ones could have been used, it really meant a lot to him. The evening of the last day of the retreat, he came to us and asked where a priest was because he had to go to confession. The priest was found, and the young man was able to go to confession. Right before Father had come across this young man, he was helping a community member catch a few baby pigs that had gotten out of their pen. His hands still had the smell of pig on them, as he had not be able to wash them off. Father told this young man that this is what his soul smells like right now. The young man started crying and saying, \u201cI know. I know.\u201d He was able to really open up his heart and seek complete reconciliation with God. When Father came home a little while later, he said, in regard to this confession, that God had not only caught a big fish, but a whale. He said that he had only one confession that he could compare to this one, and it was a man that had been in prison since he was 14 years old. This man had not been to confession since he was put in prison, and when Father heard his confession, he was 68 years old. Father said that as he watched the young man leave, after his confession, he saw him leap into the air. His gesture from the freedom of sin really touched Father. Father said that just this one soul was worth coming for these five days.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 9832, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 258.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://fromarsetoelbow.blogspot.com/2018/07/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:09Z", "digest": "sha1:T27V7G2TRCHNGDNXGIU7MHI2WANB7TAD", "length": 34253, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "fromarsetoelbow.blogspot.com", "title": "From Arse To Elbow: July 2018", "raw_content": "On Trump, Israel and Rhetoric\nOne thing that the recent spat between Donald Trump and the Iranian government made clear is that the US President's rhetorical style is closer to that of a Middle Eastern politician than one versed in American or European discourse. The hyperbole, the bombast, the self-congratulation and boasting are par for the course in a region that has not only produced dictators with a taste for the florid, like Gamal Abdel Nasser, Muammar Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein, but democratic demagogues such as Ariel Sharon and Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump's style is also closer to the international norm, at least outside the West, which perhaps helps explain his greater comfort in the company of Rodrigo Duterte and Kim Jong-un. It may also help explain his evident discomfort and uncertainty when dealing with Vladimir Putin, a politician who is all deal and no rhetorical art (Trump's schtick is not the deal but the blag). American critics who cite Trump's verbal brutality as evidence that the US polity is going to the dogs ignore that it's simply reverting to the global mean. Just as the McCarthy era was actually typical of American history, rather than an aberration, so Trump's rhetoric is as much a revival as a decline.\nThe charge of incivility against Trump, like the similar charge against the \"dirtbag left\" in the US and the \"Corbynistas\" in the UK, should remind us that verbal restraint is essentially an anglophone mode, albeit one that has heavily influenced continental European politics since the Second World War (De Gaulle was the conscious exception to this tendency and his legacy is visible in the verbal pretensions of Macron). The purpose is not merely to perform centrist decorum but more prosaically to provide a background contrast for the telling line or soundbite. This mode emerges with the popular press in the late nineteenth century and is then amplified by the arrival of radio in the early twentieth century. The need for compression in these media, at least in those countries where they were driven by commercial goals, meant that the monster speeches of the nineteenth century given by the likes of Lincoln and Gladstone gradually fell out of favour. While the old cadences lived on in the words of Roosevelt and Churchill, what mattered now was the memorable phrase or pithy witticism rather than a crescendo of moral outrage built up over hours.\nWhere the monster speech lived on was in dictatorships, often as a test of the loyalty of the immediate listeners as much as the stamina of the speaker. By the 1930s, this meant that civility was inversely-correlated with speech-length (it was wiped from collective memory by the \"finest hour\", which demanded short and punchy radio broadcasts, but Churchill was mistrusted in the pre-war years for his prolix style). By the 1950s, this economy reached its peak when a BBC interviewer asked Clement Attlee if he had anything else he wanted to tell the listeners, to which the Labour leader curtly replied \"No\". While anglophone politicians soon dropped this reticence under the impact that advertising and public relations were having on popular culture, they preserved the style of restraint, even when it produced the strangulated politesse of someone like Margaret Thatcher (or the mangled diction of Theresa May). Its finest practitioner may turn out to have been the urbane Barack Obama, who said little beyond the pious but at least kept it short. The key to understanding Trump's use of Twitter is that it allows him the luxury of uninterrupted speech in the manner of Fidel Castro. The soundbites (usually immediately forgettable) are incidental.\nThe parallel between Trump's rhetorical style and the norms of political discourse in the Middle East perhaps doesn't stick out as much as it should because those norms have been influencing American and European practice for some time, certainly from well before Trump appeared on the scene. The main source of that influence has been Israeli politics, specifically since the growth of the nationalist right in the 1980s and the left's abandonment of socialism for integration into the neoliberal order. Domestically, this saw an increase in viciousness and insult, in acrimonious division and bluster, but internationally it brought a more assertive and unapologetic style (Mark Regev, the current Israel ambassador to the UK is a notable example). Where arguments in support of Israel had previously centred on self-determination and democracy, principles that could obviously be applied to the Palestinian Arabs as well, they increasingly focused on the right of national defence and the civilisational benefits of free market capitalism, which enabled a broad consensus that was less vulnerable to criticism by the West. Central to this shift was nationalism. The dual claim made was that the Jewish people are a nation and Israel is their land, and that there is no such thing as a Palestinian nation and therefore no fixed land.\nThe word Zionism has changed its meaning over time. While it has always been a national project, its primary goal up until the 1940s was the establishment of a Jewish homeland, which meant that it was historically situated in the \"national liberation\" strand of nationalism and therefore viewed positively in leftist and liberal circles. Since 1948, and even more so after 1967, Zionism came to be associated with expansionary and exclusionary nationalism because of the occupation of the West Bank and the settler movement. Internationally, this has led to disillusion on the left and a positive embrace by the right. That the latter has become pro-Israel does not mean that its supporters are less antisemitic in their domestic context, merely that exclusionary nationalism contingently trumps Jew-hatred. For many on the nationalist right, Israel is admirable precisely because it has been aggressively nationalist for decades. The paradox is that though they conflate the two in their criticism of the left, the political right are perfectly capable of distinguishing between anti-Zionism and antisemitism because they have no problem being simultaneously Zionist (i.e. pro-Israel, as they define it) and antisemitic.\nThe problem for the left is that they have continued to use the word \"Zionism\", imagining that the world in general (and Jews in particular) will recognise that it has come to mean \"bad\" nationalism rather than self-determination. But as \"bad\" nationalism is \"good\" in the eyes of the right (including the Jewish right), this is a vain hope. The left would do better to simply retire the word and talk about Israeli policy within the framework of expansionary and exclusionary nationalism. The rhetorical parallel with Apartheid, particularly after the passing of the recent \"national law\" in the Knesset, is provocative but more pertinent than continuing to cite Theodor Herzl. While Israel hasn't passed any actively discriminatory laws yet, i.e. ones denying civil rights to groups based on ethnicity (as opposed to laws granting privileges to favoured groups such as ultra-Orthodox Jews), it has now established the principle of different treatment, something that has not been welcomed by the Jewish diaspora.\nThe Israeli government's encouragement of diaspora Jews to make Aliyah (to immigrate to Israel), notably the high-profile intervention of ministers after the Toulouse shooting in France in 2012 and the Porte de Vincennes shooting in the same country in 2015, has an obvious demographic motivation, but it also reinforces the idea that integration by Jews in countries other than Israel is impossible (the original ideological division between the Zionists and the Bundists before the Second World War), which in turn encourages the belief that a pluralist approach cannot work within Israel itself - i.e. the explicit belief that it can only be a Jewish state and the implicit belief that all non-Jews must therefore be considered second-class citizens. This is damaging enough within Israel, but it also makes diaspora Jews more vulnerable by suggesting that treating them as a distinct group in terms of rights is consistent with the general nationalist turn. A proposal in Austria to oblige Jews to register to buy kosher meat is not encouraging.\nThe tendency of the political right and centre to conflate criticism of the state of Israel with antisemitism risks debasing the latter's meaning to the point that people shrug when the term is deployed against them. But this isn't because of the reaction of the left. While some on the left downplay bigotry in their ranks by focusing on the presumed motives of those making the false equivalence, they aren't obviously dismissing the reality of antisemitism or its illegitimacy, even if they quibble about its frequency. Most on the left recognise that there is both a problem that needs to be addressed and that it is being exploited for partisan ends, specifically within the Labour Party, but the latter doesn't obviate the former. The bigger issue is actually the reaction of the political right, which can now dismiss the charge of antisemitism by pointing to its support for Israeli nationalism. That Benjamin Netanyahu can find common ground with Viktor Orban, a politician who has employed antisemitic tropes in domestic politics, shows how Jewish nationalism has increasingly come to be at odds with the interests of the Jewish diaspora (it is worth noting that the majority of Jews, 55%, do not live in Israel).\nNetanyahu's attempt in 2015 to pin the blame for the Nazi programme of extermination on the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem was not just a trivialisation of the Holocaust. It was also part of the long-standing policy of framing the operation of contemporary Israeli nationalism in existential terms: if we don't pursue a national programme, we will be wiped from the face of the earth; the Nazis may be gone, but the threat remains from the Arabs and the Iranians. While this threat is not without foundation in rhetoric (\"driven into the sea\" etc), it remains hyperbole in practice. The state of Israel is no more likely to disappear than Switzerland is. The problem with this language is not its deployment in a Middle East where hyperbole is the norm, but its seeping into political discourse within the diaspora, such as the recent combined editorial by three leading Jewish newspapers in the UK accusing Jeremy Corbyn of personally presenting an \"existential threat\" to Jewish life. In reality, the greatest threat to the diaspora is a revival of exclusionary nationalism in countries like the UK, not the re-nationalisation of the railways. Jews who ostentatiously resign from Labour aren't boosting the electoral prospects of the LibDems or Greens but Tories prepared to countenance a no-deal Brexit that will stimulate xenophobic bigotry.\nThe debate (if it can be called that) over Labour's adoption of the IHRA definition of antisemitism has also seen the deployment of another rhetorical strategy honed in Israeli politics. Moving the goalposts - demanding further concessions or redefining the terms of an issue - has long been central to the Israeli state's dealings with the Palestinians. That a similar approach is now being adopted by the Labour right - e.g. MPs who previously supported the Home Affairs select committee's caveats over the IHRA definition now insisting that it be adopted unconditionally - is not the result of covert direction or conspiracy, but it has clearly been influenced by the rhetorical climate that has developed in Israel over the last 25 years and which has in turn affected the Jewish diaspora. What this means in Israel is that any further advance of the interests of the Palestinians is now unthinkable because it would be seen as a diminution of Israel as a national project: there is no space left for compromise. The idea that Israel's primary interest is peace died with Yitzhak Rabin in 1995. What this means abroad is that the diaspora cannot count on Israel to oppose the growth of a right-wing nationalism that it is itself a key exponent of. What it can count on is the denigration of the left as inherently antisemitic, which has the effect of alienating the natural supporters of the diaspora's rights.\nThe Fetish of Regulation\nSince the right lost control of the Labour Party machine, they have turned to demanding independent adjudication of policies and behaviours. Two recent examples are the insistence that the IHRA definition of antisemitism be adopted unqualified, and the claim by John Woodcock and his supporters that the accusations of harassment made against him could only be fairly judged by an independent inquiry. Combining the two themes - policy and behaviour - we can expect the Labour right to insist that Margaret Hodge will be denied a fair hearing if she is disciplined for calling Jeremy Corbyn an \"antisemitic racist\", essentially because (in their view) the current party leadership is antisemitic, which thereby begs the question. The purpose of this is not just to delegitimise the left but to hobble the party. This realisation may be behind John McDonnell's suggestion that the charges against Hodge be dropped: not because she is in the right, but because it isn't worth making a martyr of her. Although this move within Labour has obviously been occasioned by the election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader (and more precisely his re-election, which closed off the right's route to power for the foreseeable future), it is notable as part of a wider trend towards independent regulation within politics.\nThis tendency is neoliberal. It might seem a stretch to compare the role of the Jewish Labour Movement and others in respect of the Labour Party to that of the IMF or the ECB in respect of nation states, but the shift from lobbying on the basis of expertise to regulation on the basis of authority is central to neoliberal practice. Some of the critics of the demand that the IHRA definition be adopted without caveats have questioned the right of its supporters to speak for all Jews, but this makes the mistake of assuming that we're still in the realm of expertise, where qualifications and motives can be questioned and where competing interpretations can be evaluated. In fact, what matters is authority, which is one reason why the sight of Conservative Party supporters like Jonathan Arkush and Stephen Pollard berating Labour prompts little scepticism from the media. Equally absurd is that Labour MPs who two years ago supported the Home Affairs select committee amendment of the IHRA (specifically to avoid criticism of the state of Israel being taken as prima facie evidence of antisemitism) are now appalled that Labour's NEC should propose a similar approach. The difference in the two cases is not the substance of the variations but the imputed authority of the body doing the varying.\nThere is a more general point here. The systemic failure of the media to question the credentials and bona fides of privileged interlocutors like the Tax Payers' Alliance, the IEA and various climate-change deniers indicates the extent to which the authoritarian turn in politics long predates the election of Donald Trump or the leave victory in the EU referendum. That the political establishment has always abused the powers of the state to undermine and marginalise those it deems \"subversive\" is hardly news, but the regime also required the recognition and promotion of permissible dissent to preserve the appearance of plurality. What neoliberal ideologues from the Mont Pelerin Society onwards realised was that this managed pluralism could enable a concerted campaign that was actually more subversive of the established order than any extra-parliamentary movement. The neoliberal think-tanks created as part of this soon moved from a claim of expertise validated by the social and economic developments of the 1970s to a claim of authority based on the premise of a socially natural and ethically neutral market. This manoeuvre has now been copied by the nationalist right, elevating a populist conception of \"the people's will\" to a similar supra-political position. Why does the BBC indulge right-wing chancers like Steve Bannon and Gerald Batten? Because over the years the media have constructed an imaginary populace, centred on an \"authentic\" electoral bloc that is biologically xenophobic and illiberal, just as they once constructed an imaginary market centred on personal freedom.\nThe idea of liberal pluralism has been hollowed-out by a combination of repression (the marginalisation of alternative sources of authority such as trade unions, academia and local government) and the domination of media bandwidth (opaquely-funded think-tanks, astro-turfing and the relaxation of the requirement for broadcast impartiality). But while this obviously benefits the political centre and right, the demand for greater independent regulation in politics isn't just targeted at the left. It's structural, so it's a general recourse even if it isn't applied equally. The same impetus lies behind the recent demand for an independent inquiry into Tory Islamophobia, the proposed beefing-up of both the Electoral Commission and Data Commissioner's powers of inquiry and sanction, and the proposal of a new code of behaviour for MPs to prevent bullying and harassment. In the UK, the creation of select committees after 1979 obviously gave momentum to this cultural shift, but equally important has been the increase in independent, judge-led inquiries into the workings of government, from Franks to Chilcott. Where politicians were once the traditional arbiters of the need for an inquiry, they have increasingly become the subject, though not without resistance (for example, the cancellation of Leveson part 2, which would have looked at the relationship of the press and politicians).\nIndeed politicians have adopted a more regulatory mode themselves, in keeping with the times. The efforts of both hardcore leavers and remainers to constrain Theresa May's government over Brexit might appear like a continuation of the historic role of the Commons in holding the executive to account, but in fact it is an extension of the legislature's regulation of the executive and thus a shift in the focus of the relationship from the retrospective to the prospective. Between the 18th and 20th centuries, it was accepted that the government had the unilateral power to both initiate military action and negotiate treaties. The Commons would be informed and consulted, but there was no constitutional principle that its active permission (\"a meaningful vote\") had to be sought. That has gradually changed in this century as a consequence of both successive EU treaties (which angered the right) and the Iraq War (which angered the left). Where \"holding to account\" presumed that the executive would have the power to first make a mistake, the contemporary aim is to pre-empt errors. In business terms, the emphasis has moved from audit to qualified sign-off (the media focus on select committee confrontations with celebrity or reluctant witnesses is unrepresentative of their work).\nThough the impulse to control the executive is sound, it has produced some ironies. The House of Lords has also taken on a greater role in invigilating and constraining the executive rather than just reviewing and amending legislation passed by the Commons; while the ceaseless negotiation in Parliament between backbenchers and the executive over the various Brexit bills has limited the time available for the negotiations with the EU. Another irony is that Brexit, which was long framed as an escape from the burdensome red-tape of Brussels, is going to produce a flowering of new domestic regulation, not so much in the area of commerce and trade, which will probably just replicate EU rules, but in a growth of state functions, quangos and parliamentary committees to take over the invigilation previously carried out by EU bodies. Some people imagine that this will be avoided because the Brexit ultras are committed deregulators, but this ignores two things: first, that the impetus for regulation typically comes from those who are regulated - it is business that lobbies for and designs business regulations; and second, we already know that many of the authorities to be repatriated from the EU will not be cascaded down to devolved assemblies or local government but will be reserved by Whitehall.\nPerhaps the greatest irony of this regulatory turn in British politics is that the 2016 EU referendum, which has been widely characterised as the Tories foolishly \"outsourcing\" a problem of internal division, was actually a plea for independent regulation (by the ultimate authority of the people) in the face of a failure of political formations to align with the issue of EU membership. That so many remainers want another \"people's vote\" is not just a pragmatic belief that only a second referendum can undo the result of the first but also a vote of no-confidence in those political formations (the desire to make Labour explicitly anti-Brexit is obviously part of this). This shouldn't be taken as evidence that centrists have suddenly been converted to the virtues of participatory democracy. Their enthusiasm for Supreme Court judges indicates where they see authority ultimately residing: the Rechsstaat. Naturally, those Labour MPs who have loudly criticised David Cameron for promoting an issue of party management to a near-existential crisis for the nation see no parallel in their own desire to make Labour subservient to the opinions and rulings of others. This is not just the usual hypocrisy and opportunism of centrists, but evidence that the fetish of regulation remains hegemonic.\nBrexit and British Pragmatism\nThe UK's relationship with the EEC and later the EU was unusual because \"Europe\" as an ideal never took on a positive national political role here, as it did in most other member states. The relationship remained almost exclusively transactional, hence the emphasis on \"market access\" and Thatcher's emblematic rebate. It was neither seen as constructive in terms of the polity (as a guarantor of democracy) nor as a component of national identity (membership of a \"club\" that implied a historical and cultural homogeneity). The result was a tendency to think of Europe as an optional extra, a plug-and-play extension to both the state and the economy that did not affect the underlying integrity of either. Just as leavers doubted the warnings of \"project fear\" over the potential damage to the economy that Brexit would entail, so many of them imagined that uncoupling would be straightforward and risk little disruption to the constitution of the UK. The failure to appreciate the impact in Ireland was not just a routine lack of interest in the \"other island\" but the result of a wilful blindness to the way that the EU had become intimately intertwined with the UK's governance beyond bendy bananas and meddling judges. It was like mistaking a major organ transplant for a over-tight suit.\nTo a large extent this misunderstanding arose because Europe had never been successfully grafted onto the national self-image, or at least not in England and Wales. Scotland went further in this regard, though that owed much to a popular history in which Europe was held up as the antithesis of England. In contrast, Europe as a civilisational ideal had played a part in the identity of continental states since the Enlightenment. For the original signatories of the Treaty of Rome, European integration carried greater expectations than the mere coordination of markets or even a contingent defence against the revival of fascism and the contemporary threat of Soviet communism. This aspirational dimension enjoyed broad (if sometimes shallow) support across mainstream parties and social classes. It wasn't just limited to the consumers of haute culture and it appealed to both conservatives and progressives. Even when the left opposed the EEC as a capitalists' club, there was a conscious effort to maintain a higher ideal of antifascist and pro-worker European solidarity: the phrase \"another Europe\" has a long lineage. For later member states, Europe variously offered an inoculation against military rule (Spain, Portugal and Greece), a road to technocratic modernity (Ireland and Denmark), and a means of securing national independence through a supra-national federation (Poland, the Baltic states etc). In all cases, this meant elevating the harmony of rules and cultural affinity above national will.\nThe UK wasn't unique in its transactional approach, but nowhere else was the EU presented as mutually-exclusive to national identity (unsurprisingly, this sense of identity among leavers has been reinforced by the referendum result, which goes a long way to explain the lack of buyer's remorse despite pessimism about the economic impact - see pgs 14-19 of the latest British Social Attitudes Survey). While there has been no shortage of continental populists blaming the EU for the \"migrant crisis\" or criticising its interference in domestic politics, what they aren't doing is rejecting Europe as an ideal but promoting national identity as another pole in political discourse (one example of this, and an obvious difference with the UK, is that migration and freedom of movement are seen as quite distinct). If anything, the nationalist right have become even more fervent in their \"defence of Christian Europe\" and their insistence that we face a continental threat from Islam. But though there are echoes of the Fascist era, we are not seeing a resurgence of the exclusivist nationalism of the 1930s (outside the exceptional case of Ukraine), any more than we are seeing a revival of economic autarky in the current protectionist spasm. Though \"Europe of the nations\" may have displaced \"Europe of the regions\" in discourse, it remains an ideal of Europe nonetheless, albeit one with a not always respectable pedigree. Poland and Hungary are not about to quit the EU: their aim is to be treated as equals, not supplicants.\nWhere the UK was unique was in its retention of an image of itself as a global power with interests beyond Europe that would be threatened by greater integration. Though the delusions of empire quickly evaporated after 1956, the idea that the UK retained a global significance lived on in the \"special relationship\" with the US. That centrist politicians from the 1960s onward promoted both Europe and the special relationship was an example of tactical necessity trumping strategic coherence, but it was (and remains) no more incoherent than contemporary Tories who promote both the anglosphere and the Commonwealth. After the UK joined the EEC in 1973, the appeal of the special relationship as a compensatory fantasy grew (under Macmillan it had been little more than a rhetorical flourish to obscure the post-Suez asymmetry), which was ironic given that its actual importance was the political leverage it now afforded the US within European institutions. That comes to an end with Brexit, but that in turn means that Atlanticist politicians in Britain are ever more desperate to preserve the myth of mutual regard, hence the embarrassment of Donald Trump's recent visit. The importance now given to a potential UK-US trade deal, which would be trivial in its benefits and unpopular in its costs, is a continuation of this, showing how far we have moved from pragmatic self-interest.\nWhile its most fervent British supporters tried to present Europe as an ideal of liberal internationalism and thus congruent with the UK's historic self-image, this was always in tension with the desire to use Europe within the context of domestic politics for partisan ends. Brexit happened because Europe remained a divisive issue within party politics, not because it remained a major public concern (the success of the press in promoting Euroscepticism depended on the issue's political salience, without which it would have looked as eccentric as an obsession with fluoridation). Paradoxically, this wasn't due to strongly-held beliefs among politicians. The constant true-believers were always a small minority, outweighed by those who used Europe as a metaphor for either progressive modernity or the overmighty state. This instrumentality has two causes. First, you have the periodic oscillation between isolationism and internationalism that has marked British politics (the inescapable tension of an island nation, which you can also see in the histories of Ireland and Japan). As a fundamental worldview, this cuts across parties organised on class lines so it tends to manifest as intra-party division and it also tends to change over time (consider the way the left and right in Labour have swapped positions since the 1950s).\nThe second factor is the antagonistic nature of a first-past-the-post electoral system. I don't mean to suggest by this that proportional representation would have made a difference to British attitudes, as the divisions on Europe were largely within parties rather than between them, but that governments indulged the topic to maintain party unity in the Commons. The 1975 and 2016 referendums were both called for this reason. As UKIP showed, there aren't enough voters who consider Europe to be the primary political issue to secure representation in Parliament, but there are enough to effect the outcome in seats for the two major parties. Calling a referendum makes it the primary issue, which risks producing a result that the legislature will struggle to process because it cuts across parties (as an aside, and contrary to the centrist media, Labour has been far more adroit in dealing with this than the Tories, and not just because it is in opposition). On the continent, Euroscepticism has either been channelled through minor parties that might conceivably hold the balance of power in a coalition or been opportunistically adopted by existing parties of the nationalist right. Though these might appear worrying developments, they suggest that the issue will be diluted through compromise or diverted into gestures. That the new Italian government has rowed back on quitting the euro and focused instead on a non-existent \"migrant crisis\" is indicative.\nThis dynamic of absorption and deflection might look unedifying from the outside, but it presents a lower political risk than a binary referendum whose mandate is open to interpretation. Though some Eurosceptic parties on the continent have talked of popular votes on the euro and EU membership, it is unlikely that these will come about. More likely is that the parties will continue to leverage Europe to build domestic support in national legislatures and the European Parliament. As UKIP found, a referendum can be a political death sentence (though equally, as the Tories are now discovering, the \"betrayal\" of a referendum can revive the corpse). Despite the claims of the right, the EU is not in conflict with nationalism, and has on occasion been happy to promote a liberal version of it, notably in the immediate aftermath of 1989. For all the promotion of a supra-national ideal of Europe, the reality of the EU is a project to reconcile capital's continental goals with national sensitivities. We are in a phase when national sovereignty is in the ascendant, but this is less about an existential threat to the EU than the advancement of particular factions of capital in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. A more assertive national identity is not incompatible with either greater EU institutional integration or neoliberal economic reform, as Macron is busy proving in France.\nWhat has been remarkable about the Brexit process is the failure of the UK government to approach it in transactional terms, which can only be partly blamed on the way that it has been instrumentalised within parties for sectional interests. In a strange rejection of its historic practice and self-image, the UK has been more concerned with the ideal - sovereignty, the freedom of the high seas, constitutional integrity - than with the pragmatic, hence the profusion of cake and unicorns. In contrast, the EU has been predictable both in its insistence on its own ideals - notably the indivisibility of the four freedoms of the single market - and in its commitment to a rules-based process of negotiation. Criticising Boris Johnson for his incompetence or David Davis for his laziness is legitimate, but it takes the spotlight off the wider failure of the political class to articulate a coherent vision of the UK's future at a time when our relationship with the EU must inevitably weaken and when the \"special relationship\" with the US, which I'd argue was terminally damaged by the Iraq War, is unlikely to survive Brexit (Trump, as ever, has not signalled a shift in US policy, he has merely blurted out a truth that would otherwise be obscured by more diplomatic language).\nThat historic failure does not arise because our current political leaders are pygmies, but because the latest turn of the isolationist/internationalist gyre does not align with party formations, which constrains them from offering much beyond mitigation of the electorate's 2016 decision. That won't change. A pro-remain centrist party is not going to arise out of the ashes of Brexit because the chief concerns of the electorate beyond next March will be wages, housing and public services. The fundamental oscillation between closed and open is electorally decisive only when it aligns with material and thus party interest, as over the Corn Laws and Tariff Reform. The association of the EU with migration proved decisive in the 2016 referendum, but immigration itself has never turned an election. In the circumstances, the best any party can offer is an ameliorative programme that is honest about the UK's actual position in the world: a mid-sized power with the advantages of the English language and proximity to continental Europe, but with no delusions of global significance beyond that. We could do worse than study contemporary Japan, much as the Japanese pragmatically studied Britain during the Meiji Restoration.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 216, "original_length": 59873, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 253.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://fsbookco.com/CopsMediaVSReality.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:31Z", "digest": "sha1:Y2QKKKVNTUALNXKRLFMFL4DVCWOMDWGK", "length": 1468, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "fsbookco.com", "title": "Cops! Media VS. Reality $13.95", "raw_content": "COPS! MEDIA VS. REALITY\nPolice officers are ever-popular subjects in the media. We see cop shows on TV, including both fictional detectives and reality-based shows such as Cops, in which TV crews accompany police officers on patrol, raids, and other activities. Police are also one of the hottest news items in radio and TV news programs. Each year brings a new crop of cop movies from Hollywood. Each year sees many crime novels appear, often written by people with an incomplete knowledge of their subject. They know how to construct a plot, but lack much of the basic knowledge to make their works factually accurate.\nFiction is one thing: artistic license allow an author to weave a plot for dramatic effect. However, news reporting and documentaries are supposed to be straight facts. Often they're not, because both unconscious bias and editorial choices affect their accuracy. This is why, at a time when crime rates are declining in this country, the news media present the impression that we're being assailed by and unprecedented crime wave.\nThere are many differences in the way law enforcement appears in the media, and the way it really is. This book explores the reasons why, and presents a picture of the way law enforcement really operates. It highlights the contrasts between the way cops are portrayed on TV and in the movies, and the way they work in real life. It shows why news reporting, which is supposed to be accurate and factual often is not.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 9, "original_length": 1584, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 210.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://fumcrestview.com/blog/2018/1/30/the-upside-down-read-or-listen-to-sundays-sermon-here", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:18:20Z", "digest": "sha1:5UAFPN6NTNOYJXWYCHREUCBJEFI7U6QK", "length": 8190, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "fumcrestview.com", "title": "The Upside Down - Read or listen to Sunday's sermon here \u2014 FIRST UNITED METHODIST", "raw_content": "The Upside Down - Read or listen to Sunday's sermon here\nA sermon based on Mark 1:21-28\nI can\u2019t be the only one who has noticed that the more we seem to control the world, the more we want to escape it. We will go to almost any lengths to visit another world - even if that world terrifies us - just so long as that world provides us a moment to be astonished.\nSome of you saw the sermon title and you already know that I\u2019m pulling us into the world of Stranger Things, the science fiction-horror-fantasy-nostalgia trip television show that took everything that has taken anyone ever liked about Steven Spielberg, Stephen King, and John Carpenter and stuffed it into two seasons of pure money-making gold for Netflix. In Stranger Things, as in so many of our modern myths, the central question is what happens to young children who love to imagine a different world, but then discover that there is such a world when one of the boys slips from this world to the Upside Down While the little boys loved ones are trying to enter the alternate world to bring him back, all of the monstrous evil of the Upside Down is trying to enter our own world. And of course, there are some bad guys - scientists, of course - who are aiding and abetting the Upside Down, trying to tear down the buffers and the barriers that separate the Upside Down and the real world.\nI don\u2019t know about you, but this seems like a perfectly sensible strategy for dealing with evil and mysterious forces - keep them somewhere on the other side of a nice, wide demilitarized zone. It makes me think that today\u2019s gospel lesson should never have happened. If the synagogue had had better security, there never would have been a demon-possessed man in that place. I don\u2019t know how you picture this scene - but I am pretty sure that my own imagination of it comes from a bible miniseries I saw on TV as a child. In my mind, I can still see the shrieking, raving man running in from outside, messing up a well-planned worship service. Everything is calm, and then suddenly, immediately the doors are flung open and everything is turned upside down. That\u2019s the danger of allowing the Bible to become too familiar, of reading too quickly through it. You may find that you are not reading the scripture itself, but just casually remembering what you heard in it last time.\nBecause Mark does not tell us that the man suddenly he appeared. The interruption was sudden, but the man had been there. The Greek verb \u201cto be\u201d in Mark 1:24 is in a tense called the imperfect, which refers to an ongoing action that is in the past - this man was being in that synagogue. He didn\u2019t come bursting in the door; he was there in the congregation. For all that we know, he was one of the regulars. And maybe he had addressed other preachers like this before - but Mark says that this happened \u201ceuthys\u201d suddenly, immediately. Most likely, the spirit that troubled this man had been quiet, unobtrusive - hiding in plain sight.\nJesus has a way of drawing out what is hidden. From the moment Jesus steps into the pulpit, the people realize that his teaching is different. He teaches with \u201cauthority.\u201d You know what authority is, don\u2019t you? It\u2019s a word that makes something happen. When a duly vested authority says to two people \u201cI now pronounce you husband and wife,\u201d it\u2019s done. When a judge looks at the defendant and says \u201cguilty\u201d or \u201cinnocent\u201d it becomes legally true the moment the words pass their lips. When a group of soldiers sits around talking about what we oughta do, it\u2019s just an idea. When their commander walks in and says \u201chere\u2019s what we are gonna do,\u201d it\u2019s an order. Authority is a word that makes something happen.\nIn that synagogue, in Capernaum, the people had the word, but no authority. They synagogue system in Jesus\u2019 day was not meant to reconcile the people with the wild, and living God. In the local synagogue, there were no sacrifices, no rituals of flesh and blood where the glory of God would shine on the people and judge them with a refining fire that purified what was precious and consumed what was false.\nAnd it turned out to be an ideal place for that torturing spirit to hide, sitting silent under all the right words spoken in all the right order. But when Jesus comes teaching, he brings more than the memories of long ago stories, more than the memories of how it used to be, and how it could have been. Jesus teaching came with the authority to say and to be what God is doing right now. Jesus came with an authority that unsettled everything that had been so perfectly arranged, an authority that speaks into every silence and shines a light in every shadow. Jesus took all the hiding places away.\nWhen Jesus spoke with authority, the spirit screamed, the man convulsed, and the people themselves were shaken. They turned to themselves and said, \u201cthat\u2019s not what I came here for.\u201d They said \u201cwhat is this new teaching?\u201d and \u201chow is this going to change everything we had going on?\u201d The evidence was right in front of them, but it wasn\u2019t a great comfort. It turns out it was a little scary to discover the power of God, right in the middle of them.\nI can\u2019t help thinking this morning of Rachael Denhollander. If you haven\u2019t seen her name, Denhollander was the first former gymnast to give witness to the horrific abuse inflicted on over 150 patients of one man, who hid in plain sight, protected by the systematic silence and deflection of a host of coaches, administrators, and other colleagues. Denhollander first went public in 2016, and she says nothing could have prepared her for the price she would pay. About a year ago, in an interview with her hometown newspaper, she said:\n\u201cEveryone says they support what I'm doing. But when I start talking about their community, \"Well, that's different.\" I've been told to shut up when talking about Joe Paterno. I've been told all kinds of things when talking about the Catholic Church or evangelical cover-ups. Everyone is willing to talk about it when it's their political opponent, but not when it\u2019s their candidate.\u201d In another article she wrote herself this week, the said that her work on behalf of victims had cost her friends, her privacy, and even her church.\nWhen you speak with authority you\u2019ll find someone saying, \u201cYou are the Holy One, you speak the truth. Have you come to destroy us?\u201d\nBut last week, at the sentencing of her abuser, Rachael Denhollander also spoke a word that astonished and amazed, and caused more than a few people to say \u201cWhat is this she is saying?\u201d\nAfter years of preparation, she stood before her abuser and said:\n\"Should you ever reach the point of truly facing what you have done, the guilt will be crushing. And that is what makes the gospel of Christ so sweet. Because it extends grace and hope and mercy where none should be found. And it will be there for you.\nI pray you experience the soul-crushing weight of guilt so you may someday experience true repentance and true forgiveness from God, which you need far more than forgiveness from me -- though I extend that to you as well.\nLarry, I can call what you did evil and wicked because it was. And I can call it evil because I know what goodness is.\u201d\nI can call it evil because I know what goodness is.\nA word with authority is when the overwhelming light of Jesus Christ shows us the things that have been hiding, that have been secret, that have been minimized and treated as just the way things are. and the greatest threat to us is not to be found \u201cout there,\u201d but it is often to be found in the things we have tried to manage or hide within us. A word with authority shows us that \u201cthe way things are is upside down\u201d\nAnd when God gives you authority over all the spirits that would possess your mind and soul, you may find yourself shaking. You may find old friends saying \u201cHey, this is more than we asked for.\" You may find yourself wondering whatever possessed you. But do not fear. The tremors are nothing but the death throes of the spirits that must be come out. They are the aftershocks of a world that must be turned over in order to be made right-side up. If you have glimpsed the goodness of God, then you go on and speak. And speak it with authority.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 126, "original_length": 10447, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 242.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://g-r-e-a-t-e-s-t-h-i-t-s.com/robecchi-michele-new-york-stories-newpaper-2007", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:25Z", "digest": "sha1:HSFCTWPLDNQ2T4KXK4HA4UKBX757FJG3", "length": 4903, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "g-r-e-a-t-e-s-t-h-i-t-s.com", "title": "Robecchi Michele New York Stories : The Newpaper 2007 | michalis pichler", "raw_content": "Michele Robecchi\nThe sense of immediacy when picking up a paper; the sometimes instructive, other times entertaining time we have; and once we\u2019re done with it, the illusion that we\u2019re somehow keeping track of what\u2019s happening in the world we live in today. It\u2019s another day on earth and we\u2019re part of it. But there\u2019s also another reason why a newspaper still holds a special place in our heart in an online world. It\u2019s an object - and an uncommonly intense one. It ages quickly; you can\u2019t use it twice; and yet, just like a burning match, over its brief vital cycle it harnesses our attention. If video art\u2019s chief benefit from the media age was the reinvention of documentary as an art form, the print media has found its niche in Michalis Pichler\u2019s sculptural work.\nPichler planted the seed to his tree in New York about five years ago, when he was on a residency. As many post 9/11 visitors, he could hardly fail to notice the huge wave of emotion and patriotism that affected the city and its inhabitants, often translated in an exuberant display of stars and banners. Inspired by the events as well as Michael de Certeau and Walter Benjamin\u2019s writings, Pichler started to put together a visual archive by documenting barely perceptible political signs spread around the streets only to reemit them in the flux of the city\u2019s street life undercover.\nFor New York Times Flag Profile (2003), Pichler picked up the 9/11 anniversary copy of the newspaper, carefully removed every American flag from the issue and subsequently pasted it on a series of blank sheets of paper along with a schematic description of their original context. Initially conceived as a sculpture, New York Times Flag Profile subsequently developed into a form closer to the original. Reprinted in a larger edition, it was priced at $1 and distributed with other daily papers in outlets in Brooklyn and Manhattan exactly one year later.\nWAR Diary (2005)is an edition made of collages, and has the artist proposing a variation of the method adopted for New York Times Flag Profile, this time using front page headlines from theDaily News and merging them with images from the New York Times. In line with Dada tradition of collage, the random mix of visual references and sensational lines from the two rival papers produces startling results. Ground Zero-photographs of faces frozen in horror during the attack or mourning the losses in the aftermath are juxtaposed with columns of Dow Jones and Nasqad indexes, scrolling in the background like a Matrix-based wallpaper. In a not too subtle metaphor, titles and events end up outdoing headlines such as \u2018Outrage\u2019 and \u2018Baghdad\u2019, and the fading b/w images selected by the artist, which dramatically sink in a sea of stock exchange numbers and figures.\nNew York Garbage Flag Profile (also known as Stars and Stripes) (2005) is part of a larger body of works, some still unpublished. They all focus on symbols and signifiers reproduced on common-property objects and their ephemeral urban phenomena status is reflected in titles like Soviet Stars(2003), hearts (2005), and \u2018political\u2019 (2006/07).\nNYGFP\u2019s is characterised by a tongue-in-cheek sense of humour. Combining Ronald Reagan\u2019s first \u2018Anti-flag-burning amendment\u2019 and Garry Trudeau\u2019s response to publish an American flag in one of his Sunday strips to emphasise how the amendment wouldn\u2019t let you dispose of your newspaper, NYGFPis a book that chronicles the artist\u2019s trip through the streets of New York looking for literally anything with an American flag stamped on it \u2013 from cardboard boxes to paper cups. Every item is photographed and reproduced with its original text, generating amusing combinations like \u2018Home of the brave land of the free extra cheese sausage mushrooms\u2019 or \u2018United we stand open 24 hours door to door courteous service\u2019.\n\"For me, collecting objects in public space and documenting their appearance and disappearance is about the object but also about the space it leaves behind\u201d acknowledges Pichler. \u201cIf one pays attention not only on the objet-trouv\u00e9s themselves, but also to the place where they have come and disappeared from and the situation their disappearance leaves behind, this focus constitutes the objet-perdu.\u201d\nWhereas the first two projects explored a bias towards representation of stars and stripes within the media, Pichler\u2019s idea of mapping New York though American flags is a reflection of the influence that the media had on the resident population in return.\nNew York Times Flag Profile\u2019s paradox was that the flag, once taken out of its highly emotional patriotic and yet inappropriate context, looked much more dignified. And its hefty warning, namely, that a symbol is not made for marketing strategies, clearly indicates where this road leads to \u2013 the trashcan.\nMichele Robecchi is Senior Editor of CONTEMPORARY\nRobecchi, Michele, \"New York Stories,\" The Newpaper 1 (2007), 2.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 31, "original_length": 5303, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 309.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://gatheringrubies.com/2009/06/are-you-influential/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:00Z", "digest": "sha1:IUXUBJOFJECOMGDRP57YH7X6V6Z75QJM", "length": 2058, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "gatheringrubies.com", "title": "Are You Influential??? \u2013 Gathering Rubies", "raw_content": "Are You Influential???\nAre you leading an influential life?\nMany times we talk out of both sides of our mouth. We claim to follow Jesus, yet our actions contradict our claim.\nI am often surprised and disappointed by the conduct of \u201cChristians\u201d. When I hear profanity, see immodesty and indifference in ones conduct I am bewildered. Please don\u2019t misunderstand, I know we are all sinners, we all sin, and we all fall short. I also understand many are \u2018babes\u2019 and really just don\u2019t know any better\u2026yet.\nIf we are to follow the example Jesus left us then I must be missing some pages in my bible. I don\u2019t ever recall reading about Jesus cussing up a storm, seeing pictures of him out drinking with his friends, sharing vulgar hand jesters, and walking around half naked\u2026.and before you accuse me of being \u201cHoity-Toity\u201d.. .I have been guilty..guilty..guilty of all of the above.\nThankfully, I was taught \u201ca more excellent way.\u201d I learned my behavior was not acceptable to the God I claimed to love, follow and worship.\nConsider the following paragraph from Practical Bible Illustrations.\nYour influence is like your shadow. It may not always fall where you want it. Therefore, you need to be especially careful to see that wherever it falls, it will have a \u201cgood\u201d effect on all. You may not be able to control the shadow, but you can control the one who casts the shadow. Make your influence count for God. Be not deceived! Others are being influenced by your example right now, this very hour.\n\u201cYou are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven. 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What started out as Brady playing around with the podcast equipment in my office turned into a fun little conversation about life as a 13-year-old. I must admit, some of his answers were awesome. Sometimes it\u2019s the kids who have the best answers. We hope you enjoy it!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 65, "original_length": 2413, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 285.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://globalvideoletters.org/make-a-video-letter/what-is-a-video-letter/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:41Z", "digest": "sha1:OJPWHCEV7XT264YFAZXI7FUJKFNZP3GT", "length": 2164, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "globalvideoletters.org", "title": "what is a video letter? Global Video Letters", "raw_content": "A video letter is a communication tool allowing people to connect with communities around the world. Video letters can take the form of a \u201cpostcard\u201d\u2013 small video snapshots intended to be sent from one community to another, or to advocate for a specific social cause. It can also take the form of a full length \u201cVideo Letter\u201d that more closely resembles a media advocacy piece or short form documentary. Both provide a simple, but powerful, framework for self-representation.\nYouth media, and more specifically the video letter, has the following goals:\n1. To Inspire youth to reflect about themselves, their communities and the world.\n2. To inspire leadership and advocacy within their communities.\n3. To provide the media tools and platforms (as an alternatives to mainstream media) to share their stories and raise awareness about their communities and cultural identities.\n4. To open up communication and understanding between communities where physical dialogue is difficult.\n5. To empower youth to become advocates for social change, and proud members of strong communities.\nA video letter is a youth friendly media advocacy tool that fosters self-representation and empowerment. These films afford an opportunity for communities to provide inside perspectives that are often under-represented, overlooked or ignored by mainstream media.\nVideo letters are made through a series of workshops where youth are taught basic film production and journalism along with human rights and advocacy concepts including the rights of the child as declared by UNICEF in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).\nIt is a relatively accessible and affordable means to self represent. All that is needed are cameras, a computer with Internet access and an interest in creating youth media.\nAfter the film is made, it can be shared with communities around the world. We often use the video letters in workshops as an example and to inspire communication between two or more communities. These films are also highlighted on this website\u2013 a nodal point for all the video letters which together will be a powerful manifestation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 34, "original_length": 2904, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 182.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://gncsvadodara.com/energy-park/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:31Z", "digest": "sha1:JFKRO6HRDEPJRF6WTONSO3NS5OSCCAOC", "length": 585, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "gncsvadodara.com", "title": "Energy Park | Gujarat Nature Conservation Society", "raw_content": "This section is being developed by The United Way of Baroda, Sach Fastners, Rubamin and Suzlon Energy. At Nature Park the instruments working on solar energy has been put up. The office of Nature Park is been operated on 1 kilowatt solar power plant. All appliances likes fan, tube-lights,etc uses solar power. A 15 foot tall Wind Mill has been installed by Suzlon at Nature Park.\nThere a Sundial which the diameter of 12 foot and it is used for many experiments and Research work. On over all this there is a laboratory which can be used to perform many experiments related to energy.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 1892, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 289.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://gooniescomedy.com/performers/Dennis-Gaxiola/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:38Z", "digest": "sha1:BL7V5WCC6NXM4QKH3YVZN7W64ZOLF56A", "length": 464, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "gooniescomedy.com", "title": "Dennis Gaxiola - Goonie's Comedy Club - This Place is a Joke! - Rochester, MN", "raw_content": "About Dennis Gaxiola\nDennis Gaxiola is one of America's funniest Latino comedians. Appearances with Jamie Foxx on Comedy Central's Laffapalooza! , Gabriel Iglesias' Stand up revolution on Comedy Central as well as being selected to tour on the Latin Kings of Comedy tour with Paul Rodriguez help to validate Dennis as one of the hottest urban comics in the country. The Air Force veteran and preachers son prides himself in being able to perform for all audiences.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 8, "original_length": 612, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 285.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://gottatellsomebody.com/pages.asp?pageid=111091", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:03:05Z", "digest": "sha1:IFC7YLVSODLFZB2VLRFOQVCNWAZLHK7V", "length": 4670, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "gottatellsomebody.com", "title": "Professional Bio", "raw_content": "About Twila Belk\n* Since June of 2007, Twila Belk has worked full time with veteran author Cecil Murphey (author or coauthor of more than 140 books, including the best sellers 90 Minutes in Heaven and Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story). Well connected through her work with Murphey, she interacts daily with the media, writers, editors, agents, publishers, conference directors, and other industry professionals.\n* She has written two books as the sole author: Raindrops from Heaven: Gentle Reminders of God's Power, Presence, and Purpose (a one-year daily devotional with BroadStreet Publishing, 2015) and Gotta Get 'em Fixed! (WinePress Publishing, 2002). And she coauthored four books with Cecil Murphey: I Believe in Heaven: Real Stories from the Bible, History and Today (Regal Books, 2013); I Believe in Healing: Real Stories from the Bible, History and Today (Regal Books, 2013); Heavenly Company: Entertaining Angels Unaware (Guideposts, 2012); and Because You Care: Spiritual Encouragement for Caregivers (Harvest House, 2012).\n* She is currently at work on a 40-day devotional journal for BroadStreet Publishing that will release toward the end of 2017. The title is The Power to Be: Be Still, Be Grateful, Be Strong, Be Courageous.\n* Twila is a regular contributor to Positive Note Magazine, a bi-monthly publication through Positive Note Network.\n* She contributed five devotions for Hope for the Mourning Devotional Bible (Zondervan, 2013). She also contributed one story for Murphey's The Spirit of Christmas (St. Martin's Press, 2011) and two stories for his Christmas Miracles (St. Martin's Press, 2009). She published a series of devotions in Disciplines 2009 and has written articles for a variety of publications, including More to Life Magazine, DevoZine, The War Cry, Quad City Times, A View from the Pew, Vista, and numerous newsletters. In addition to books and in-print articles, she has written many news releases and a good amount of promotional material, as well as numerous online articles for various ministries and organizations.\n* Also known as the Gotta Tell Somebody Gal, Twila is a graduate of CLASSeminars and has spoken for hundreds of events, including retreats, banquets, outreach events, church services, women's conferences, Christian Women's Clubs, MOPS, Women's Aglow, schools, and other venues. She attended Ken Davis's/Michael Hyatt's Dynamic Communicators Workshop (SCORRE) in April 2012 and has attended three SheSpeaks conferences with Proverbs 31 Ministries.\n* She directed the Quad-Cities Christian Writers' Conference for eight years and directed the Presbyterian Writers' Conference for the Presbyterian Writers' Guild two years. In addition to being a conferee at many conferences, she's taught at numerous writers' conferences nationwide, including the QCCWC, Presbyterian Writers' Conference, Greater Philadelphia CWC, Colorado CWC, CLASS CWC, Florida CWC, Kentucky CWC, David R. Collins Writers' Conference, Speak Up Conference, Breathe CWC, East Metro Atlanta CWC, Write-to-Publish, Cedar Falls CWC, East Texas CWC, Writer to Writer, Called to Write CWC, Word Sowers CWC, and the Midwest Writing Center. She has also been a keynote speaker for several writers' conferences.\n* She is a panelist for The Writer's View, an online loop for professional and aspiring writers.\n* She hosted the CEC AND ME online radio show at Toginet.com for fourteen months, ending in November 2011.\n* Twila wrote and voiced one-minute Gotta Tell Somebody radio spots that aired on the local American Family Radio station for about three years, until the station changed formats.\n* She owned and operated a Christian bookstore in Davenport, Iowa, for nine years and worked closely with the three local Christian radio stations, planning numerous events. During that time she wrote and voiced many radio ads and jingles.\n* She served on the Board of Overseers for the Iowa Baptist Conference (affiliated with the BGC, now Converge Worldwide) for six years and has served in numerous capacities in her church, Bible Study Fellowship, and other ministries.\n* Twila's previous employment includes medical transcribing for a group of neurosurgeons and working as an industrial specialist/spec writer at the Rock Island Arsenal after graduating from the journeyman machinist apprenticeship program and working as a machinist. She and her husband also owned a vending company for many years.\n* Her memberships include Advanced Writers and Speakers Association (AWSA), Christian Authors Network (CAN), Christian Booksellers Association (CBA), The Writers View (TWV), and Christian Humor Writers.\n* Twila's website is www.gottatellsomebody.com.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 4925, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 262.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://greglturnquist.com/2011/10/20/programming-is-hard-part-3/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:43:30Z", "digest": "sha1:MH35K45FJORQ62ROHU7BTWUTEJUFQHXG", "length": 5723, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "greglturnquist.com", "title": "Programming is hard - Part 3 \u2022 Greetings Programs", "raw_content": "In this latest installment of Programming is hard, let\u2019s talk about abstractions. (For previous readings, see Part 1 and Part 2).\nI read a column by Ted Neward where he points out how software development is unlike any other industry. We have to deal with abstractions ALL the TIME. As he stated so eloquently, you can\u2019t just open the computer and point out where the threads, locks, and classes are. Those are just abstractions we invented to avoid dealing in low level assembly code.\nBut it doesn\u2019t stop there. Assembly code is another abstraction. I studied Computer Engineering at Auburn University, not Computer Science. Not only did I study programming, but I learned how to build circuits, flip-flops, and use logical gates to create certain outputs. Computer chips are basically a bunch of electrical impulses. We want to get the customer\u2019s spreadsheet of data to translate into a bunch of electrical inputs to a plethora of gates, and then convert the output into some web page. The funny part is that we never deal with the real, physical nature of the computer chips.\nThis is why software is so different and consequently so hard. Even theoretical physics, thought by many to be the most complex and bizarre field of study, have to bow to real observations at some point before proceeding further.\nEinstein wrote a few papers about his theory of how gravity operated. He came up with an assumptive model (elastic space influenced by the indentation of mass), hammered out the mathematics of that model, and derived a prospective outcome. His outcome was shocking, because it suggested that Newton was wrong. Newton\u2019s theory of gravity had stood for 400 years with many observations that made it rock solid. The scientific community wouldn\u2019t listen to Einstein without observed evidence. By \u201cwouldn\u2019t listen,\u201d I mean that his academic career may have been cut short because no one else would proceed to build their research on top of his theory if it couldn\u2019t be proven by some observation.\nIn a nutshell, Einstein predicted that the light rays from distant stars would be warped when passing around our sun by a certain amount. His calculations produced a different result than what Newton\u2019s laws predicted. The only way to prove this was to observe the positions of these distant stars during a solar eclipse when they weren\u2019t washed out by the sun. An exploration team traveled to deep jungles in order to verify this, and they succeeded. The proverbial inventor of the theory of gravity, Newton, had been corrected, and Einstein is now recognized as one of the greatest physicists of all time.\nIn software, we don\u2019t have to observe the real, physical electrical signales generated by our code. Instead, we only have to measure if it provides our users with the output they want. This translates to spreadsheets, web pages, pages, or other \u201creal things\u201d that tell the customer their system worked. Why do you think so many you speak to get a glazed look if you talk about anything below the surface of software?\nThe ophthalmologist I grew up visiting retired at a few years ago, went back to school and got a law degree just for fun. He then tried computer science and gave up because it was too hard. This guy had a medical degree and law degree, but computers were too much! Heck, I knew someone in high school that made it to final round of the televised teen tournament of Jeopardy, but when we were both in computer science class, he needed me to tutor him because he just couldn\u2019t get it. Programming is hard!\nWhy do you think multi-threaded programming is so hard? It\u2019s because there are so many ways to implement it, and we only have the theories and abstractions invented so far. It\u2019s not a real, physical problem, but instead an abstractive problem we need to tackle. I have read 20-year-old text books that talk about spin locks, semaphores, and other things to control the system while switching threads. In my research paper I wrote in grad school, I talked about real time systems and how different operating systems provides the means for different threads to interrupt and take control. Merely switching from one thread to another has different solutions. So it\u2019s no surprise that we are still debating whether to lock state and switch threads, pass messages between actors in order to isolate/reduce state in the system, or use some sort of transactional software memory to move state around.\nFunctional programming is offering some new ideas on how to isolate state to reduce complexity, and thus make it easier for threads to switch at will, reducing how hard it is for us to handle things. But functional programming has been around for 50 years, so is it really new? FP isn\u2019t new, but the problems we are solving today are vastly more complex than what people needed 50 years ago. ENIAC is credited as the first electronic computer, and it one of it\u2019s biggest tasks was to calculate ballistic firing tables for the military. Multi-threaded programming wasn\u2019t a requirement.\nToday we are dealing with data warehouses that host terabytes of information. Facebook recently moved several pedabytes of data from one location to another, because they needed more space. Heck, the \u201csettled\u201d concept of using SQL to store and retrieve data is up for grabs when it comes to managing \u201cBig Data\u201d. Our problems are growing in size and complexity, and it\u2019s up to us to craft better and better paradigms of writing code. That is why things like scala and clojure open new doors to help us solve this tough issue of programming. We have to keep investigating and figure out what is more effective, and who says there is only one solution?\nGreg Turnquist October 20, 2011 July 2, 2016 clojure, hard, scala", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 127, "original_length": 11262, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 246.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2018/09/toothless-prisoners-liquid-diet-good.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:53Z", "digest": "sha1:FTIUGDWROKMRYVCFLRORZQCTSHFYPCMN", "length": 6594, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com", "title": "Grits for Breakfast: Toothless prisoners' liquid diet, good faith for me but not for thee, and other stories", "raw_content": "@Beating: It's difficult with my experience to dredge up sympathy for either the guard or the prisoner in this case. When I served on Okinawa as a Camp Guard aboard Camp Schwab, I was trained to subdue professional, highly trained killers without causing harm. (Uncle Sam invests a lot of money in the training of infantry and doesn't like to see it wasted.) Therefore, I have no sympathy for an agent of the state who claims the need to do physical harm in order to subdue a suspect. OTOH, there are some extremely violent racists living in TDCJ whose worldview is ugly and unsympathetic to someone who holds the belief, as I do, that there is only one, multi-hued and multi-ethnic race of people on Earth, humans. Understanding both sides of the issue as I do, I can only say this: the reason it is rare for a guard to be charged with assaulting or killing a prisoner in Texas is that the system encourages and protects for such behavior on the part of its employees. It's about time someone put an end to the free ride guards get for violating the basic human right to life. My only desire in the situation is that it could have been a case where the system is not under pressure from a security threat group who will retaliate against employees if a guard who killed one of their own is not punished. Don't put that guard in general population, however. These people hate him for two reasons, his pigmentation and his action.\nI want to know how many sets of dentures it takes to air condition a prison unit.\nMedicare and Medicaid in general do not pay for dentures either.\n@10:34, agreed re: Medicare. However, dentures are optional coverage under Medicaid. Some states cover them, some don't. But they are authorized by the feds if states choose.\nShellie S. said...\nThere are lots of law abiding people in Texas who don't qualify for Medicaid, and they also have dental needs-- including a need for dentures. Nobody is paying for these law abiding people to get false teeth, and they have to just make do. I would wager that some of these innocent people are also losing weight from being unable to eat properly due to a lack of teeth. Why should an inmate who has been tried and convicted of a crime have a \"luxury\" that someone on the outside who has never broken the law cannot afford? This is nonsense.\n@Shellie, the short answer is that, when the government chooses to deprive someone of their liberty, the US Supreme Court has said it also must take responsibility for their healthcare. No one forces Texas to incarcerate more people than every other state, many of them well into their dotage when they no longer pose a public safety threat. But Texas has made that choice, and it has consequences.\nLarry Coffin said...\nIn 1986 I paid over $3,000 for root canals and crowns. I had a full set of good, expensive teeth when I entered TDCJ in 1991. A few years later, a couple of crowns came loose and the dentist made several attempts to reattach (glue) the crowns. The existing teeth to which the crowns were attached started breaking off because i was finally told that there were no other options for reattaching the crowns. To the contrary, the dentist who did the crowns originally had no trouble re-attaching 2 that came loose.\nFor whatever reason, my dentist originally told me that my teeth are more brittle than normal, hence, broken teeth in TDCJ. I was told that they do not do root canals and crowns in order to preserve my teeth. All they could do was pull the teeth.\nBottom line, when i got out in 1991 i only had 5 top front teeth and 6 lower front. $3,000+ was wasted because the system rationalized and took the cheap way out.\nOn another similar note, try finding psych counselling services nowadays; it does not exist. I know. The only coulseling that is provided on the GP units is 15 minutes per month for persons on the psych case load who are on medications.\nI tried the blended meals but the taste was sickening beyond description.\nRE: As for my reply to Shellie S, yes, i committed a crime, but just because i did does not disqualify me and others from proper medical care. As for the less fortunate on the outside, there are many options available for free and low-cost dental care. There are many agencies that provide financial assistance as well as colleges and dental schools that provide those services on a sliding scale, a certain percentage of cost of, say, the crown or denture materials, or free. Here in Denton, there are three agencies. One provides the dentist and any work that he/she does, many times at no cost. The other two are free or sliding scale through financial assistance. All it takes to find this assistance is a little research and seeking out these entities.\nCORRECTION: It should read \"when i got out in 2011...\". Sorry, my bad.\nGrits, I'd like to read Bruenig's article but it's behind a paywall. Can you provide another means of access? (Preferably one that doesn't require pulverizing it in a blender.)\nSeems like it's only published on the Post site, 4:38, but there's a Dallas News editorial in response to the story here.\nFollowing your logic many law abiding citizens can't afford food, diabetes supplies, et cetera. I suppose we should deny inmates those \"luxuries,\" also. I don't believe dentures are a luxury for anyone. Instead of depriving more individuals of what is a necessity because they have made poor choices in life, I am more interested in advocating for a society where everyone can have their basic needs met regardless of income. Unfortunately, we call that \"socialism\" in this country and then a bunch of people freak out.\nMy husband is inside now and broke a tooth when glass was left in his chow. TDCJ actually did a crown when I raised holy heck, but it failed because it was cheap and crappy. They put some kind of glue over it after I again raised a stink, but the dentist did it begrudgingly and in fact did some dental work sans numbing just to remind my husband who was in charge. The crap diet in there deteriorates a lot of people's teeth.\nHe was told they would only pull teeth. Once you pull one the ones beside that one start getting loose and so on from there.\nAs always I cannot overstate how great Grits For Breakfast is. I read every email. This blog entry is a great example of how important Grits is to our society: will post my favorite parts her: http://sexoffenderfaq.blogspot.com/p/new-blogs-part-10-updated-may-18-2018.html Just updated the page.\nIt may have took me a week. When I see blog pages like this they stick in my mind. If only our representatives could think like that.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 391, "original_length": 20174, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 326.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://grounds-mag.com/news/bobcat_donation_061206/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:29:13Z", "digest": "sha1:X4MZXKOBBRIJZLHUYPVIENHKY6L6RIPX", "length": 2703, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "grounds-mag.com", "title": "Grounds Maintenance | Bobcat Gives Donation Red Cross Chapter for Hurricane Relief", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb News Articles \u00bb Bobcat Gives Largest Single Donation to Red Cross Chapter for Hurricane Relief\nBobcat Gives Largest Single Donation to Red Cross Chapter for Hurricane Relief\nIllustrating that Americans\ufffd hearts and minds are still with the victims of Hurricane Katrina, the Bobcat Company officials recently donated nearly $67,000 to the Minn-Kota Chapter of the American Red Cross in Fargo, N.D.\nOn behalf of Bobcat Company, a business of Ingersoll Rand, a diversified industrial firm, Bobcat North America President Scott Nelson presented the $66,738 check to Sherri Thomsen, executive director of the Minn-Kota Red Cross, at the Minn-Kota Red Cross Education Center.\n\ufffdWe are extremely pleased that our Bobcat Company dealerships and employees were able to step up and raise these funds to help with American Red Cross relief efforts along the Gulf Coast,\ufffd Nelson said. \ufffdLike everyone across the nation who saw the devastation, we wanted to do something to help the victims\ufffdsome of whom were part of the Bobcat family.\ufffd\nTo raise the money, Bobcat Company officials vowed to contribute $100 from each \ufffdgold package\ufffd option sold on Bobcat machines over a four-month period from Sept. 1 to Dec. 31. Several dealers from around the country also raised money privately to increase the donation.\nAt the end of the year, the company had garnered more than a $132,000. Nelson said they decided that at least half of the money would be earmarked for the American Red Cross, and the other half would go directly to 14 individuals within the Bobcat organization affected by Hurricane Katrina. Recently, Bobcat Company began distributing checks to those 14 employees who represent four of the region\ufffds hardest hit dealerships, including Bobcat of Lake Charles, La.; Duhon Machinery Co., New Orleans; Beard Equipment Co., Biloxi, Miss.; and Bobcat of Broward, Pompano Beach, Fla.\nSince Hurricane Katrina struck last August, the American Red Cross has distributed millions of dollars in food, shelter, physical and mental health services, and other relief assistance to thousands of families ravaged by the storm. Though progress is being made to rebuild the devastated Gulf Coast communities, Thomsen said it\ufffds important for people to remember that there\ufffds still a lot of work to be done. That\ufffds why she\ufffds thankful for companies such as Bobcat that continue to come forward with contributions to help repair the damage.\n\ufffdI think more than anything what this contribution means to the victims of Hurricane Katrina is that when devastation hits, the American people and the American Red Cross are going to come out and support them \ufffd we\ufffdre going to give them hope and be there when they need us,\ufffd Thomsen said.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 42, "original_length": 3484, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 323.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://grounds-mag.com/news/grounds_maintenance_ariens_company_continues/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:30:48Z", "digest": "sha1:GOXDIPMMZH2M47DMVLNEQ2WQRIHT2DQA", "length": 1352, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "grounds-mag.com", "title": "Ariens Company continues 85th Anniversary Celebration, announces winner of Gravely reconditioned tractor", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb News Articles \u00bb Ariens Company continues 85th Anniversary Celebration, announces winner of Gravely reconditioned tractor\nAriens Company continues 85th Anniversary Celebration, announces winner of Gravely reconditioned tractor\nAriens Company continued the celebration of the 85th anniversary of the Gravely Tractor by hosting the Gravely Mow In on August 3 and 4 in Brillion, Wis. The event was filled with many activities. Visitors had an opportunity to tour the Ariens plants and to see the two-wheel tractor being manufactured. In addition, visitors to Horn Park in Brillion could watch plowing and cultivating demonstrations, along with tractor pulling. Old Gravely tractors and attachments were on display throughout the event. An auction was held on Saturday and chances for door prizes were sold throughout the event.\nMore than 150 people gathered at Horn Park in Brillion to take part in the activities.\nAriens Company hosted this event, donating more than $2,000. This money was raised by selling tickets on a Gravely reconditioned L8 tractor that Ariens donated to the club. The drawing for the reconditioned Gravely tractor was won by Linda Hoelscher from New Knoxville, Ohio. Linda and her husband were present and were able to take the tractor home to include it with the collection of Gravely tractors that they brought to the show.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 2045, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 329.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://growtheheckup.com/page/12", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:31Z", "digest": "sha1:LKOQRPTUGVWDFH4XWNQAFDDWBV7JBCSS", "length": 1969, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "growtheheckup.com", "title": "Grow The Heck Up | Christian Info-Edutainment - Part 12", "raw_content": "How to Prevent Financial Conflict in Marriage\nFor many, financial conflict is a reason for marital fights. In my marriage I\u2019ve found that financial issues are usually a surface problem caused by deeper issues. It\u2019s easy to mistake finances as the true issue if you argue about them regularly. But, if the same money arguments happen constantly \u2026\nPastoral Role: Oversee, Not Lord over the Body of Christ\nThe body of Christ is not a two-headed monster. Just as the human body has many limbs that are subject to one mind, the church is also designed in the same way. Jesus Christ is the head of the body of Christ because, indeed, it is His body and He \u2026\nWhy the New Year Should bring About Personal Reflection and Repentance\nHappy New Year everyone! Whenever we go into a new year, some of us take the opportunity to remember what took place last year and write down our goals for the new year. It is so important for us to take the time to reflect on a regular basis, and \u2026\n4 Ways to Live Within Your Means\nEver feel discouraged, burned out, or frustrated with the way you are currently handling your money? If you\u2019re living above your means and constantly worried or stressed about your money situation, I have one simple question for you: Why are you living this way? Here are some perspective changes you \u2026\nHow Free Will Powerfully Demonstrates God\u2019s Love for Us\nFree will is one of those topics that has led to much conversation and debate among the Body of Christ as well as non-believers. The idea that an all-loving God would place His creation in the midst of tribulation, danger, and most of all, temptation, is a concept that confounds \u2026\nThe Central Role of Faith and Money in Today\u2019s Secular Age\nIn this secular driven society we live in, faith is seen as unnecessary. It is also seen as useless and irrelevant in a practical sense, since we have the power to get what we want. 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Rather than striving to earn the best grade they can, many students today are content to merely pass a class or earn an \u201ceasy\u201d B. Hence they do the minimum amount of reading required, the minimum amount of studying for exams, and as a result, retain little when a course ends.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 16, "original_length": 1062, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 308.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://historiansagainstwar.org/teachin/april03/northwestern.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:59Z", "digest": "sha1:R453KKM5RL33P7YPOIBGKZJ23Y6TSJ26", "length": 451, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "historiansagainstwar.org", "title": "Historians Against the War", "raw_content": "I can't help organize a teach-in on campus since I've been retired from classroom teaching for years. But I live adjacent to the Evanston campus of Northwestern University. If one gets going there and they could use a U.S. historian to discuss previous undeclared wars, imperial adventures, and propaganda campaigns by the U.S., there's my e-mail below. Thanks. I'll be out of town from now until March 28th.\nBernard Weisberger\nbernardaw@earthlink.net", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 16, "original_length": 714, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 272.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://hitribune.com/2018/09/06/nso-welcomes-students-with-new-events/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:14Z", "digest": "sha1:VLKAXMBXVSSQHTYVFHU77HVZXDNK7K2M", "length": 1130, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "hitribune.com", "title": "NSO Welcomes Students With New Events - HITribune", "raw_content": "NSO Welcomes Students With New Events\nAssistant Arts\nand Entertainment Editor\nThere will be a mandatory all-hall meeting tonight at 7 p.m. in the Darling Pavillion. Following will be dodgeball at 7:30 p.m. in the Darling Pavillion for NSO. On Friiday, Aug. 23, there will be a clash-off at the PCWA Plaza at 8:45 p.m. Following will be Clash-n-Bowl at the La Habra Bowling center at 10 p.m. The vans will leave the PCWA Plaza at 9:30 p.m.\nThe LA County Fair will be opening. Friday, Aug. 31 It will be running until Sun, Sept. 23. A single day ticket is $20, and a weekday ticket for an adult is $14. Other charges include $15 for parking and $50 for a Carnival Ride Wristband Voucher. On Friday, Sep. 7, the fair will be hosting a college day where any customer with a college ID will receive a coupon for a discounted rate of $6.60. The coupon for the discounted price can be printed online at lacountyfair.com, the coupon must be printed before purchasing the ticket. Also, on Thursdays, anyone who donates five canned goods at the gate will receive a free ticket. This offer only exists from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. on any Thursday.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 35, "original_length": 2535, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 262.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://howeverythingworks.org/wordpress/1997/06/26/question-1201/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:19Z", "digest": "sha1:GZKN55FUGFKW6BAMM277HVSTTTEGQOCY", "length": 1914, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "howeverythingworks.org", "title": "How does lightning damage electrical appliances that are properly grounded and h\u2026 \u2013 How Everything Works", "raw_content": "How does lightning damage electrical appliances that are properly grounded and h\u2026\nJune 26, 1997 June 26, 1997 Lou Bloomfield flashlights\nHow does lightning damage electrical appliances that are properly grounded and have their power switches in the off position? Doesn\u2019t that eliminate a path for the electricity? \u2014 RDU, Atlanta, Georgia\nWhen lightning strikes a power line, it pours enormous amounts of electric charge onto that wire. These like charges repel one another and they quickly spread out all over the wire. If this wire enters your home, the charges traveling along it will flow into any appliance that\u2019s plugged in, whether it\u2019s turned on or not. But if the appliance is turned off, this charge will reach the open switch and it will come to a stop, at least temporarily.\nWhat matters then is just how much charge enters the appliance. The open switch would normally block the passage of electricity, which is why the appliance doesn\u2019t operate while it\u2019s turned off. But as charge accumulates on one side of the switch, the voltage at that point rises higher and higher. When the voltage becomes high enough, as it easily does after a lightning strike, the charges can leap into the air and travel to the other side of the switch even though the two sides don\u2019t touch one another. Another view of this disaster is that the like charges on one side of the switch repel one another so vigorously that some of them are pushed through the air to the other side of the switch. As a result of this movement of charges through the air\u2014an electric arc\u2014current passes through the appliance as though it were turned on. If this current exceeds what the appliance can tolerate, the appliance will be destroyed. Even grounding the appliance may not help\u2014charges can flow uncontrollably through the appliance and, while some charges take paths to ground, others flow through sensitive components and destroy them.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 100, "original_length": 5562, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 321.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://howmuchdidshecost.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:31Z", "digest": "sha1:GGVNXS57TW2JJW5XP2VOQH3OT5S4FOFU", "length": 917, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "howmuchdidshecost.com", "title": "What was the cost of your last relationship?", "raw_content": "We've all been there before. You date a girl for several months, you have paid for numerous dates, impressed her with fine gifts, you felt a good connection, and if you we're lucky enough... you got laid.\nThen the day comes, you have been dumped. You drink too much beer, you don't do enough chores, you work too much, you spend too much time with your friends, she just wants to be friends, or even worse, she has found a new \"friend\". The list goes on and on.\nYou feel cheated. You know that you spent hundreds, even thousands of dollars to keep her happy and content. Assuming you got laid at least once...hopefully more...you are still heartbroken and upset...especially due to the fact that you spend hundreds/thousands of dollars just for some love.\nWe're here to help you feel just a little bit better about your situation. Complete the form below to see how much she really cost.\n(movies, drinks, dinner, etc)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 12, "original_length": 1155, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 275.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://howtoearnbitcoins.com/what-is-a-bitcoin-investment/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:57Z", "digest": "sha1:GFZ6FVKUXX7WMFVU76NQEBRE64F5ULWY", "length": 2820, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "howtoearnbitcoins.com", "title": "What Is A Bitcoin Investment? | How To Earn Bitcoins 2017", "raw_content": "When you hear of the word investment, what comes to your mind? Usually it is money or acquiring anything that has value. Investing your hard earned money is a wise decision especially if you have excessive amount of earnings that is too much for your daily needs and expenses. An investment can be in the form of money, or a piece of land, and the like. However, the best investment are the ones that will not be requiring your presence for every moment, investments that will give you earnings even if you are not around to control and manage it.\nWhy not try bitcoin for investment? Bitcoin is a decentralized online currency. Bitcoins amount can vary anytime. For example, you can buy a bitcoin for $1.2 and then you can check for a bitcoin chart to see its value. Sometimes the amount of a bitcoin can rocked up to $8.5 per coin. So it is pretty amazing to think that if you will buy 1000 bitcoins, you can have $8,000! That\u2019s why it is better for you to check for its current value before doing any bitcoin transaction.\nBitcoin is not a filesharing software. In this case, you don\u2019t have to be worried for other people to see your files or information. Also, the value of bitcoin is depends on the scale of supply and demand. So, it also requires patience and awareness. You have to make sure of the currency exchange rates as well. You have to make sure that before processing a transaction with your bitcoins, the rate is fair enough or high for you to earn more. As well, one of the tricks on bitcoin investment is that it uses the concept of \u201cmining\u201d. There are some ways that you can find to earn or generate bitcoins. So you better do some researching in order to generate more income.\nIn every investment there is a risk that you have to take. And it is not different on buying and mining for bitcoins. However, if you will be clever enough and if you will play your cards right, you will definitely earn a lot of money. One of the risks on bitcoin investment is that you may be charged for a transaction fee. Some may charge you for 7% or more, that is why many people are still hesitant to try bitcoin for investment.\nWith the growing influence of internet, digital storage and financing has been one of the greatest benefits that it has given. So why not use it in your advantage. Onother good thing on bitcoin is that you can be assured that you\u2019re investment is always in safety and secured. As well, one of its advantages is that digital storage is getting cheaper and cheaper. Besides to the fact that processing is fast and will not take too much of your time. All you have to do is sit in front of your computer and monitor it from time to time. 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There will be fun games, tasty food, and a family-friendly atmosphere.\nConnection Week 2017 Album\nWelcome, Mrs. Bennett!\nTami Bennett is our new Child Care Director. Welcome, Mrs. Bennett! I\u2019m excited for this opportunity to speak into the kids\u2019 lives on a daily basis about Jesus\u2019 love and the big picture of the Gospel in our world, from history to the present. I graduated from college in 1994 with an elementary education degree [\u2026]\nWelcome to our Faculty, Mrs. Slieff\nMichelle Slieff is our new first grade teacher. Welcome, Mrs. Slieff! I am so excited to be teaching first grade this school year at Hampton Park! This will be my fifth year teaching, and I have previously taught K-5 and 1st grade students in a special education class. Although I didn\u2019t attend Hampton Park Christian School [\u2026]\nThe total money raised for the Walk-a-thon was $38,689.20, which brings our STEAM total over $70,000 \u2013 blowing the roof off our $50,000 goal! Thank you for your help in making the Walk-a-thon a success! The following students and classes won prizes: Upper School 1st place \u2013 Lauren H.- IPAD 2nd place \u2013 Nic C. 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The announcements contain information about the duties, qualifications, salary and benefits. 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He died at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday at Allen Memorial Hospital.\nMr. Boyce was born Feb. 2, 1918, in Waterloo, son of A!to and Elsie Bener Boyce. He married Ada Hammersland May 16, 1954, in Waterloo.\nHe was employed at Rath Packing Co. for 25 years until his retirement in 1979. He served in the Army in Europe during World War II.\nSurvivors include his wife; a son. Dean of 401 Reed St.; a daughter Mrs. Beverly Mondt of 1239 S. Hackett Road; a grandson; his mother of Parkview Gardens: five brothers: Alto B. of Denver, Frank of Cedar Falls, Rev. Fred Boyce of Ringsted, Charles of Ellensburg, Wash., and Melvin of Waterloo; and a sister, Mrs. Darleen Schoenfield of Waterloo.\nFriends may call after noon Friday at Parrott and Wood Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m.\nMemorials may be made to the organ fund of Trinity Lutheran Church.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 17, "original_length": 1434, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 288.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ianmarchant.com/2011/10/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:36:27Z", "digest": "sha1:H5EQBDZIH4LLVKJHZKJAT2JHAGZOHTXH", "length": 369, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "ianmarchant.com", "title": "October, 2011 | Ian Marchant: Writer and Broadcaster", "raw_content": "I like very much the idea that the Chinese are to be invited to put a few bob into Europe\u2019s hat in order to solve the \u2018Eurozone\u2019 crisis, and have an image of what...\nPolitics / Radio\nThis is Sir Michael Darrington. 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The water levels are very high and there is water pouring off of Island Park into the millrace.\nThis photograph shows the Victoria Bridge and Millrace in 1979. To the left of the millrace is Island Park. The water levels are very high and there is water pouring ...\nA description on the back of the photograph says: \"this is the stone bridge over the Thames River on one end of the main street. You can see why we call the place the 'Stone Town.'\" This photograph shows a view of the Victoria Bridge and some of the north ...\nA description on the back of the photograph says: \"this is the stone bridge over the Thames River on one end of the main street. You can see why we ...\nLooking South Towards Victoria Bridge, 1978\nThis photograph shows a view looking south from Island Park towards the Victoria Bridge, the bridge on Queen Street that passes over the Thames River. The structure behind the bridge to the left is a grain elevator that was used by a mill in St. Marys. The building on the ...\nThis photograph shows a view looking south from Island Park towards the Victoria Bridge, the bridge on Queen Street that passes over the Thames River. The structure behind the bridge ...\nMotorboat on the Thames\nThis is a photograph of a man riding in a motor boat on the Thames River just below the Victoria Bridge. In the background you can see an old gas station that was located just west of the Victoria Bridge. The building is now Graham Energy (2018). \"40%\" is written ...\nThis is a photograph of a man riding in a motor boat on the Thames River just below the Victoria Bridge. In the background you can see an old gas ...\nThis photograph was taken in late 1982 or the few years following. At this time, the Victoria Bridge was the center of local politics. The bridge was in bad repair after surviving decades of floods and increasing use so it was decided that something needed to be done. In the ...\nThis photograph was taken in late 1982 or the few years following. At this time, the Victoria Bridge was the center of local politics. The bridge was in bad repair ...\nThis photograph was taken on Queen Street at the West end of the Victoria Bridge and shows the falls and the flats from across the river.\nThis photo is taken from the Victoria Street Bridge looking towards the Sarnia Bridge in St. Marys. The Victoria Bridge was built in the early 1800's as a wooden structure but damage occured regularly and in 1864 it was announced that a new bridge was needed. The original stone bridge ...\nThis photo is taken from the Victoria Street Bridge looking towards the Sarnia Bridge in St. Marys. 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Floods are common in St. Marys, and prior to the building of a flood wall in ...\nVictoria Bridge on the Thames River, 1900\n\"Victoria Bridge on the Thames River, 1900\", St. Marys Museum, Reesor050.\nWater rushing under the Victoria bridge, 1947\nPhoto showing water rushing under the Victoria Bridge (Queen Street).\nVictoria Bridge, Mill and Opera House\nPhoto of the Thames River, Victoria Bridge, the mill and the Opera House.\nAftermath of flood of 1937, taken from Park Street bridge\nPhoto of the Thames River as seen from the Park Street bridge. We can see the Queen Street (Victoria) bridge off in the background as well as downtown. This photo would have been taken after the waters had gone down showing the aftermath of the flood.\nPhoto of the Thames River as seen from the Park Street bridge. We can see the Queen Street (Victoria) bridge off in the background as well as downtown. This photo ...\nVictoria Bridge Over the Thames River, 1884\nA photo featuring the Queen Street Victoria Bridge over the Thames River. A mill and the miller's house can be seen to the far right of the photograph.\nEaster Seal Society (1)\nMorgues & mortuaries (1)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 205, "original_length": 9708, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 190.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://images.ourontario.ca/stmarys/results?dy=1873&rows=20&sort=score%20desc&mt=Image", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:58:12Z", "digest": "sha1:ANOAF52OUKN5KTFZ2HDSUG6C7IWWGSKV", "length": 43, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "images.ourontario.ca", "title": "Results: Picture St. Marys", "raw_content": "...\"Probably their wedding photo \u2013 1873\"...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 51, "original_length": 1288, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 258.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://imnotquitemartha.blogspot.com/2012/01/50-books-for-year.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:50:24Z", "digest": "sha1:QONVRIPN3NAOEUIO22KHLCF4OVHRZA5O", "length": 8135, "nlines": 33, "source_domain": "imnotquitemartha.blogspot.com", "title": "I'm Not Quite Martha: 50 Books for the Year", "raw_content": "I told Luke the other day that I wanted to read 50 books this year. I thought he would tell me that I was being ambitious, but no, he told me that it didn't seem like an over-ambitious task for me. Geez, thanks honey. Anyways, I have no rhyme or reason to the books that I am reading. I am just reading whatever comes my way.\nI think I'm going to use this blog to keep track of how many books I'm up to. I'll give a verdict on what I thought about them on here as well.\nHere are the books that I read this month.\nBook Description on Amazon\n\"Beautiful Sorcha is the courageous young woman who risked all to save her family from a wicked curse and whose love shattered generations of hate and bridged two cultures.\nIt is from her sacrifice that Sorcha's brothers were brought home to their ancestral fortress Sevenwaters, and her life has known much joy.\nBut not all the brothers were able to fully escape the spell that transformed them into swans, and it is left to Sorcha's daughter Liadan to help fulfill the destiny of the Sevenwaters clan. Beloved child and dutiful daughter, Liadan embarks on a journey that shows her just how hard-won was the peace that she has known all her life.\nLiadan will need all of her courage to help save her family, for there are dark forces and ancient powers conspiring to destroy this family's peace--and their world. And she will need all of her strength to stand up to those she loves best, for in the finding of her own true love, Liadan's course may doom them all . . . or be their salvation.\"\nThis is the second book of the Sevenwaters Trilogy. I can't believe that I liked it, but I did. It was a bit too mythical in parts, but overall very entertaining.\n\"Lovely Sorcha is the seventh child and only daughter of Lord Colum of Sevenwaters. Bereft of a mother, she is comforted by her six brothers who love and protect her. Sorcha is the light in their lives, they are determined that she know only contentment.\nBut Sorcha's joy is shattered when her father is bewitched by his new wife, an evil enchantress who binds her brothers with a terrible spell, a spell which only Sorcha can lift-by staying silent. If she speaks before she completes the quest set to her by the Fair Folk and their queen, the Lady of the Forest, she will lose her brothers forever.\nWhen Sorcha is kidnapped by the enemies of Sevenwaters and taken to a foreign land, she is torn between the desire to save her beloved brothers, and a love that comes only once. Sorcha despairs at ever being able to complete her task, but the magic of the Fair Folk knows no boundaries, and love is the strongest magic of them all...\"\nThis was the first book in the trilogy. Definitely entertaining.\n\"Thomas Buergenthal, now a Judge in the International Court of Justice in The Hague, tells his astonishing experiences as a young boy in his memoir A LUCKY CHILD. He arrived at Auschwitz at age 10 after surviving two ghettos and a labor camp. Separated first from his mother and then his father, Buergenthal managed by his wits and some remarkable strokes of luck to survive on his own. Almost two years after his liberation, Buergenthal was miraculously reunited with his mother and in 1951 arrived in the U.S. to start a new life.\nNow dedicated to helping those subjected to tyranny throughout the world, Buergenthal writes his story with a simple clarity that highlights the stark details of unimaginable hardship. A LUCKY CHILD is a book that demands to be read by all.\"\nThis is probably one of the best Holocaust books that I've read (and that says a lot since I've read over 20). Very sad and interesting because of it being written from a child's perspective.\nBook Description from Amazon\n\"Every expectant parent will tell you that they don't want a perfect baby, just a healthy one. Charlotte and Sean O'Keefe would have asked for a healthy baby, too, if they'd been given the choice. Instead, their lives are made up of sleepless nights, mounting bills, the pitying stares of \"luckier\" parents, and maybe worst of all, the what-ifs. What if their child had been born healthy? But it's all worth it because Willow is, well, funny as it seems, perfect. She's smart as a whip, on her way to being as pretty as her mother, kind, brave, and for a five-year-old an unexpectedly deep source of wisdom. Willow is Willow, in sickness and in health.\nEverything changes, though, after a series of events forces Charlotte and her husband to confront the most serious what-ifs of all. What if Charlotte should have known earlier of Willow's illness? What if things could have been different? What if their beloved Willow had never been born? To do Willow justice, Charlotte must ask herself these questions and one more. What constitutes a valuable life?\nEmotionally riveting and profoundly moving, Handle with Care brings us into the heart of a family bound by an incredible burden, a desperate will to keep their ties from breaking, and, ultimately, a powerful capacity for love. Written with the grace and wisdom she's become famous for, beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author Jodi Picoult offers us an unforgettable novel about the fragility of life and the lengths we will go to protect it.\"\nThis was a long book, but very thought provoking. I'm definitely going to pick up more from this author.\n\"California\u2019s gold country, 1850. A time when men sold their souls for a bag of gold and women sold their bodies for a place to sleep.\nA powerful retelling of the story of Gomer and Hosea, Redeeming Love is a life-changing story of God\u2019s unconditional, redemptive, all-consuming love.\"\nThis is a classic. Love it. I read it a few times and will probably read it more in the future.\n\"Rachel Balducci chronicles the exuberant, awesome life of boys through bizarre conversations overheard, unbelievable rules she's been forced to make, and the many episodes of boy behavior that continue to mystify mothers worldwide. From the care and feeding of her team, to travels out in public, to their wide-eyed adoration of Chuck Norris, this laugh-out-loud celebration joyfully explores the sweetly wild side of boyhood.\"\nI was really excited to read this book, but ended up being disappointed by it. It was an easy ready and had a few good points, but overall not exciting.\n\"A novel full of grand passion and intensity, The Soldier's Wife asks \"What would you do for your family?\" \"What should you do for a stranger?\" and \"What would you do for love?\"\nAs World War II draws closer and closer to Guernsey, Vivienne de la Mare knows that there will be sacrifices to be made. Not just for herself, but for her two young daughters and for her mother-in-law, for whom she cares while her husband is away fighting. What she does not expect is that she will fall in love with one of the enigmatic German soldiers who take up residence in the house next door to her home. As their relationship intensifies, so do the pressures on Vivienne. Food and resources grow scant, and the restrictions placed upon the residents of the island grow with each passing week. Though Vivienne knows the perils of her love affair with Gunther, she believes that she can keep their relationship--and her family--safe. But when she becomes aware of the full brutality of the Occupation, she must decide if she is willing to risk her personal happiness for the life of a stranger.\"\nThis one was entertaining and interesting. Not my favorite ending, but I would still say it was good.\n\"A rapturous new novel of first love in a time of war-from the celebrated author of The Last Van Gogh.\nIn pre-war Prague, the dreams of two young lovers are shattered when they are separated by the Nazi invasion. Then, decades later, thousands of miles away in New York, there's an inescapable glance of recognition between two strangers. Providence is giving Lenka and Josef one more chance. From the glamorous ease of life in Prague before the Occupation, to the horrors of Nazi Europe, The Lost Wife explores the power of first love, the resilience of the human spirit- and the strength of memory.\"\nI liked this book and may try to find more by this author.\n8 books down and 42 to go.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 117, "original_length": 10476, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 243.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://independenceia.org/Calendar.aspx?EID=1915", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:59Z", "digest": "sha1:3IMZ7IXULLNEQJ6526FGDSYLNA5G3CDR", "length": 242, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "independenceia.org", "title": "Independence, IA", "raw_content": "IPL Staff Development\nIPL will close at 5:00 pm the second Wednesday of the month for staff development.\nThe Independence Public Library will close at 5:00 pm Wednesday, February 14th for Staff Development. Regular hours will resume Thursday.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 119, "original_length": 2276, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 339.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://indiatogether.org/mmm-op-ed", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:55Z", "digest": "sha1:5AAJQFDDF7CS47FPNRNVSXUPJN467JQT", "length": 9488, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "indiatogether.org", "title": "India Together: The medium, message and moneyP Sainath - 29 October 2009", "raw_content": "OP-ED / MEDIA AND ELECTIONS\nThe medium, message and money\nThe Assembly elections saw the culture of 'coverage packages' explode across Maharashtra. In many cases, a candidate just had to pay for almost any coverage at all. P Sainath reports.\nC Ram Pandit can now resume his weekly column. Dr. Pandit (name changed) had long been writing for a well-known Indian language newspaper in Maharashtra. On the last day for the withdrawal of nominations to the recent State Assembly elections, he found himself sidelined. An editor at the paper apologised to him saying: \"Panditji, your columns will resume after October 13. Till then, every page in this paper is sold.\" The editor, himself an honest man, was simply speaking the truth.\nIn the financial orgy that marked the Maharashtra elections, the media were never far behind the moneybags. Not all sections of the media were in this mode, but quite a few. Not just small local outlets, but powerful newspapers and television channels, too. Many candidates complained of \"extortion\" but were not willing to make an issue of it for fear of drawing media fire.\nSome senior journalists and editors found themselves profoundly embarrassed by their managements. \"The media have been the biggest winners in these polls,\" says one ruefully. \"In this period alone,\" says another, \"they've more than bounced back from the blows of the 'slowdown' and done so in style.\" Their poll-period take is estimated to be in hundreds of millions of rupees. Quite a bit of this did not come as direct advertising but in packaging a candidate's propaganda as \"news.\"\nThe Assembly elections saw the culture of \"coverage packages\" explode across the State. In many cases, a candidate just had to pay for almost any coverage at all. Issues didn't come into it. No money, no news. This effectively shut out smaller parties and independent voices with low assets and resources. It also misled viewers and readers by denying them any mention of the real issues some of these smaller forces raised. The Hindu reported on this (April 7, 2009) during the Lok Sabha elections, where sections of the media were offering low-end \"coverage packages\" for Rs.15 lakh to Rs.20 lakh. \"High-end\" ones cost a lot more. The State polls saw this go much further.\nNone of this, as some editors point out, is new. However, the scale is new and stunning. The brazenness of it (both ways) quite alarming. And the game has moved from the petty personal corruption of a handful of journalists to the structured extraction of huge sums of money by media outfits. One rebel candidate in western Maharashtra, calculates that an editor from that region, spent Rs.1 crore \"on just local media alone.\" And, points out the editor, \"he won, defeating the official candidate of his party.\"\nThe deals were many and varied. A candidate had to pay different rates for 'profiles,' interviews, a list of 'achievements,' or even a trashing of his rival in some cases. (With the channels, it was \"live\" coverage, a 'special focus,' or even a team tracking you for hours in a day.) Let alone bad-mouthing your rival, this \"pay-per\" culture also ensures that the paper or channel will not tell its audiences that you have a criminal record. Over 50 per cent of the MLAs just elected in Maharashtra have criminal charges pending against them. Some of them featured in adulatory \"news items\" which made no mention of this while tracing their track record.\nThe Election Commission's interventions have curbed rigging, booth capturing and ballot stuffing. On the money power front, though, it is hard to find a single significant instance of rigorous or deterrent action. (Picture credit: IANS)\n\u0095 Big money, aam aadmi\n\u0095 Door open on negative votes\nAt the top end of the spectrum, \"special supplements\" cost a bomb. One put out by one of the State's most important politicians - celebrating his \"era\" - cost an estimated Rs.1.5 crore. That is, just this single media insertion cost 15 times what he is totally allowed to spend as a candidate. He has won more than the election, by the way.\nOne common low-end package: Your profile and \"four news items of your choice\" to be carried for between Rs.4 lakh or more depending on which page you seek. There is something chilling about those words \"news items of your choice.\" Here is news on order. Paid for. (Throw in a little extra and a writer from the paper will help you draft your material.)\nIt also lent a curious appearance to some newspaper pages. For instance, you could find several \"news items\" of exactly the same size in the same newspaper on the same day, saying very different things. Because they were really paid-for propaganda or disguised advertisements. A typical size was four columns by ten centimetres. When a pro-saffron alliance paper carries \"news items\" of this size extolling the Congress-NCP, you know strange things are happening. (And, oh yes, if you bought \"four news items of your choice\" many times, a fifth one might be thrown in gratis.)\nThere were a few significant exceptions to the rule. A couple of editors tried hard to bring balance to their coverage and even ran a \"news audit\" to ensure that. And journalists who, as one of them put it, \"simply stopped meeting top contacts in embarrassment.\" Because, often, journalists with access to politicians were expected to make the approach. That information came from a reporter whose paper sent out an email detailing \"targets\" for each branch and edition during the elections. The bright exceptions were drowned in the flood of lucre. And the huge sums pulled in by that paper have not stopped it from sacking droves of staffers. Even from editions that met their 'targets.'\nThere are the standard arguments in defence of the whole process. Advertising packages are the bread and butter of the industry. What's wrong with that? \"We have packages for the festive season. Diwali packages, or for the Ganesh puja days.\" Only, the falsehoods often disguised as \"news\" affect an exercise central to India's electoral democracy. And are outrageously unfair to candidates with less or no money. They also amount to exerting undue influence on the electorate.\nThere is another poorly assessed - media-related - dimension to this. Many celebrities may have come out in May to exhort people to vote. This time, several of them appear to have been hired by campaign managers to drum up crowds for their candidate. Rates unknown.\nThe rise of money power\nAll of this goes hand in hand with the stunning rise of money power among candidates. More so among those who made it the last time and have amassed huge amounts of wealth since 2004. With the media and money power wrapped like two peas in a pod, this completely shuts out smaller, or less expensive, voices. It just prices the aam aadmi out of the polls. Never mind they are contested in his name.\nYour chances of winning an election to the Maharashtra Assembly, if you are worth over Rs.100 million, are 48 times greater than if you were worth just Rs.1 million or less. Far greater still, if that other person is worth only half-a-million rupees or less. Just six out of 288 MLAs in Maharashtra who won their seats declared assets of less than half-a-million rupees. Nor should challenges from garden variety multi-millionaires (those worth between Rs.1 million-10 million) worry you much. Your chances of winning are six times greater than theirs, says the National Election Watch (NEW).\nThe number of 'crorepati' MLAs (those in the Rs.10 million-plus category) in the State Assembly has gone up by over 70 per cent in the just concluded elections. There were 108 elected in 2004. This time, there are 184. Nearly two-thirds of the MLAs just elected in Maharashtra and close to three-fourths of those in Haryana, are crorepatis. These and other startling facts fill the reports put out by NEW, a coalition of over 1,200 civil society groups across the country that also brought out excellent reports on these issues during the Lok Sabha polls in April-May. Its effort to inform the voting public is spearheaded by the NGO, Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR).\nEach MLA in Maharashtra, on average, is worth over Rs.40 million. That is, if we treat their own poll affidavit declarations as genuine. That average is boosted by Congress and BJP MLAs who seem richer than the others, being well above that mark. The NCP and the Shiv Sena MLAs are not too far behind, though, the average worth of each of their legislators being in the Rs.30 million-plus bracket.\nEach time a giant poll exercise is gone through in this most complex of electoral democracies, we congratulate the Election Commission on a fine job. Rightly so, in most cases. For, many times, its interventions and activism have curbed rigging, booth capturing and ballot stuffing. On the money power front, though - and the media's packaging of big money interests as \"news\" - it is hard to find a single significant instance of rigorous or deterrent action. These too, after all, are serious threats. More structured, much more insidious than crude ballot stuffing. Far more threatening to the basics of not just elections, but democracy itself.\nP. Sainath is the 2007 winner of the Ramon Magsaysay award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts. He is one of the two recipients of the A.H. Boerma Award, 2001, granted for his contributions in changing the nature of the development debate on food, hunger and rural development in the Indian media.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 308, "original_length": 13543, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 309.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://integratedfireprotection.com/update-from-haiti/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:27Z", "digest": "sha1:2XAYZM4SMZC36STXKOWCLIVNBHWLOM6V", "length": 3567, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "integratedfireprotection.com", "title": "Update from Haiti | Integrated Fire Protection \u2013 Atlanta, Georgia", "raw_content": "Hey, Nathan here.\nI just got back from Haiti and our president here at Integrated Fire Protection wanted me to say a few words to perhaps give you perspective of what is going on down there.\nFirst off, I\u2019ve never seen anything like this\u2026 I have been to New Orleans after Katrina and this is a completely different level of devastation. Our Vice President actually helped me process through in describing it, so here\u2019s my best shot\u2026 although perhaps a shot that still doesn\u2019t do the people of Haiti justice.\nImagine if you were really poor- the sort of poor where you had a tin roof over your head, but no money for shoes, diapers, medicine, and food -at times. This could already be too much of a stretch for some of us. Then imagine the walls of your 8 by 8 foot shelter crashed down during an earthquake killing some of your family. Your neighbors shelter didn\u2019t come down all the way, but you don\u2019t trust anything with walls anymore. You\u2019re forced to move to a tent city, a clearing of land near a creek or next to a landfill because of the promise of food/water. The food & water is there, sometimes, but you have to fight others to get it and you still have other mouths to feed- so it\u2019s possible this food or water will never enter your body. Often times the strong people get to the food first and then turn and sell it to you when it was supposed to be free- the same goes for tents. The promise of a tent is dissolved as the reality becomes a bed sheet for shade from the 90 + degree weather. Maybe you can find a tarp before the rainy season comes\u2026\nBecause the reality is, this is just the beginning\u2026 Hurricane season is coming and your community\u2019s plot of land by the creek will soon be flooded from the several inches of rain you are daily expecting to get very soon. Not only that, the animals and people still under the debris are decaying and will contaminate the already dirty water you\u2019ve been using to clean/drink. Hopefully these people here to help have a plan\u2026\nSo that\u2019s the reality we saw. We drove by most of the worst hit areas wanting to get out and help and wondering \u2018was it always like this?\u2019\nWe partnered with a missionary team in Jacmel, Haiti which is on the southern side about 40 miles from Port au Prince about 25 miles from where they believe the epicenter of the earthquake to be- in Layogon. While there, we befriended families and put up tents for a family/clan of about 40-60 people living under some sheets draped a few feet above splintered plywood. The next couple days we would partner with the Haitians in tearing down walls and putting in foundations for new homes with their homemade cement, all the while thinking that perhaps this is just a \u2018bandaid.\u2019 With the supplies we brought, we were able to bring them food and shelter and it was a start- a humble one at that.\nEach day we prayed with the people, played with the kids and hoped that the sounds of laughs would continue.\nWe will be going back with bigger teams, but this trip was to get a vision of what is already going on and how we can maximize manpower and resources to make a lasting foundational difference for the people of Haiti.\nThe people of Haiti are hopeful, resourceful, and very thankful as some of them have never seen a doctor or been given clean water. We trust that there are more things going on here than just relief work\u2026\nI really want to thank the leadership at Integrated Fire Protection for supporting me in this endeavor but more importantly having compassion on the people of Haiti.\nCall and Response: Haiti Going beyond the call of duty", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 95, "original_length": 5768, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 320.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://internationalphotomag.com/david-magee-outside-photo-book/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:12Z", "digest": "sha1:FHBIED4IUSBRG7KYGOLIISM2WAY57SSQ", "length": 2654, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "internationalphotomag.com", "title": "David Magee: Outside \u2013 Photo Book | International Photography Magazine", "raw_content": "David Magee: Outside \u2013 Photo Book\n6th February 2018 News, Photo Books 1372\nDavid Magee will present his first public exhibition of landscape and seascape photographs at Herrick Gallery in February 2018. The exhibition showcases a retrospective body of work spanning twenty-five years, which will coincide with the release of his limited edition book Outside, published by Concentric Editions. This beautifully printed and meticulously produced book presents an overview of his approach to landscape photography consisting of forty-seven plates painstakingly selected from an extensive archive. Outside is a gallery in itself with a collection of images that encapsulate the essence of his atmospheric photography.\nThe elements \u2013 earth, water and air \u2013 and where the land and sea meet the sky, are the recurring themes that Magee works with. However, it is the composition and the combinations of light, tone and movement, as well as the passage of time captured through extended exposures that creates the atmosphere that sets his photographs apart. Magee says, \u201cIn my photographs, there is no real sense of time or of a specific place. The location is totally secondary to the feeling. The feeling is everything.\u201d Published by Concentric Editions, with only 500 copies worldwide, this limited edition book is hand numbered and signed by the artist. With a foreword by Academy-Award winning director Terry George, and an interview with Dr Collete Nolan.\nOutside by David Magee\nPublished by Concentric Editions\n500 Copies worldwide\nExclusively available from concentriceditions.com\nHerrick Gallery, 93 Piccadilly, London, W1J 7NQ\nPrivate View \u2013 6th February 2018 \u2013 6pm \u2013 9pm\nBook Launch \u2013 7th February 2018 \u2013 6.30pm to 8.30pm\nOpen to the public \u2013 8th February to 11th February 2018\nDavid Magee was born in Cork, Ireland in 1963. He attended Crawford Municipal School of Art, where he studied Fine Art. In 1982, he attended Glasgow School of Art & Design where he received a B.A. Hons. in Graphic Design (studying Fine Art Photography under Thomas Joshua Cooper, Canadian Fine Art Landscape Photographer). Since 1989, whilst running a successful multi-award winning graphic design studio in London, he has continued to combine his passions for photography, landscape and the sea and has produced a comprehensive archive of photographic work.\nWebsite: davidmageephotography.com\nOutside \u00a9 David Magee\nTags David Magee, landscape, seascape\nPrevious post Carine The\u0301venau: Seasonal Abandonment of Imaginary Worlds - Photo Book\nNext post Luana Rigolli: In Aqua Salus\nGregory Crewdson: Cathedral of Pines\nLothar Wolleh: Vaticanum II\nElliott Erwitt: Retrospective", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 50, "original_length": 3284, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 327.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://inthebooks.800ceoread.com/editors-choice/articles/saudi-america-the-truth-about-fracking-and-how-it-s-changing-the-world", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:21Z", "digest": "sha1:D3P73XV7QROBBBYM22J2UJ6LBXVX2TEI", "length": 11879, "nlines": 34, "source_domain": "inthebooks.800ceoread.com", "title": "Saudi America: The Truth About Fracking and How It's Changing the World", "raw_content": "Editor's Choice: Saudi America: The Truth About Fracking and How It's Changing the World\nBy: Dylan Schleicher @ 12:47 PM \u2013 Filed under: Big Ideas & New Perspectives, Current Events & Public Affairs, Leadership & Strategy\nSaudi America: The Truth About Fracking and How It's Changing the World by Bethany McLean, Columbia Global Reports, 138 pages, Paperback, September 2018, ISBN 9780999745441\nThe white sands of Wisconsin are being dug up, mixed with water, polymers, and surfactants\u2014things like hydrochloric acid, guar gum, biocides, 2-butoxyethanol, and radioactive tracer isotopes\u2014and injected deep into the shale rock formations of places like Texas and North Dakota. It seems like an odd thing to do, but there is reason to it.\nThe shale revolution has been hailed not only as an American economic success story, but as the path to national energy independence and greater geopolitical security. The phrase \u201cSaudi America,\u201d which Bethany McLean employs as the title of her new book, was coined by former director of Italian energy firm Eni, who has predicted that the oil and gas boom in production in this country means that \u201cthe U.S. could one day rival Saudi Arabia\u2019s fabled oil production.\u201d It is a boom that has changed the American landscape\u2014both literally and economically.\nBefore long, the boom would begin to reshape the U.S. economy. Between 2011 and 2014, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources handed out more than a hundred permits for sand mines. Frackers had discovered that great quantities of \u201cWisconsin white\u201d seemed to work best as proppant. From 2009 to 2012, the amount of sand shipped by railroads more than doubled, mainly due to frac sand, according to the American Association of Railroads. Rail giant Union Pacific even started a program called \u201cSand 2 Shale\u201d to expedite the shipments of sand.\nIt is this revolution that renowned journalist McLean\u2014author of classics like The Smartest Guys in the Room and All the Devils Were Here\u2014has turned her attention to in Saudi America. What she finds is that it wasn\u2019t so much the combination of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling that sparked the revolution\u2014as necessary as those technological developments were\u2014but the financial crisis of 2008, and the historically (long-lasting) low interest rates that followed.\nWhen she dug into that story, she began to doubt the excited exaltations of politicians and the press.\nThe biggest reason to doubt the most breathless predictions about America\u2019s future as an oil and gas colossus has more to do with Wall Street than with geopolitics or geology. The fracking of oil, in particular, rests on a financial foundation that is far less secure than most people realize.\nThe most vital ingredient in fracking isn\u2019t chemicals, but capital, with companies relying on Wall Street\u2019s willingness to fund them. If it weren\u2019t for historically low interest rates, it\u2019s not clear there would even have been a fracking boom.\nAs one energy investor said: \u201cIf companies were forced to live within the cash flow they produce, U.S. oil would not be a factor in the rest of the world, and would have grown at a quarter to half the rate it has.\u201d McLean uses the complicated legacy of Aubrey McClendon as a personification of the revolution. Forbes once listed him as America\u2019s 134th richest person, worth over $3 billion, but his fortune was leveraged with so much debt that when he died in a fiery car crash, he was essentially broke\u2014evidenced when Wall Street vulture funds swept in to purchase the debt he had accumulated \u201cfor less than 50 cents on the dollar.\u201d\nIt was early 2016 when oil tumbled from a high of $100 a barrel to $26. McClendon\u2019s death, Mclean notes, acted \u201cas the punctuation marking the end of an era.\u201d But, in an industry notorious for its boom and bust cycle, a whole lot of people got incredibly rich off the initial boom in the aftermath of the recession, and another boom wasn\u2019t far behind.\nAs McLean writes:\nWhile the media focused its gaze on the high priests of technology like Amazon\u2019s Jeff Bezos and Facebook\u2019s Mark Zuckerberg, unknown tycoons quietly raked in millions.\nBut as investment manager Jim Chanos says, \u201cThe industry has a very bad history of money going into it and never coming out.\u201d David Einhorn, founder and president of Greenlight Capital, looking at the financial statements of the sixteen largest publicly traded frackers, confirmed that sentiment with actual numbers:\nEinhorn found that from 2006 to 2014, the fracking firms had spent $80 billion more than they had received from selling oil and gas. Even when oil was at $100 a barrel, none of them generated excess cash flow\u2014in fact, in 2014, when oil was at $100 for part of the year, the group burned through $20 billion.\nOil, as we all know, would not remain at $100 a barrel. Maya Rao\u2019s Great American Outpost: Dreamers, Mavericks, and the Making of an Oil Frontier is a great social history of the bust as it rippled through North Dakota and jobs disappeared. On a global level, McLean reports, the oil and gas industry \u201cshed almost half a million jobs during the bust.\u201d\nThat spring, the Kansas City Federal Reserve concluded that \u201ccurrent prices are too low for much long-term economic viability of shale oil production.\u201d\nThe bust was largely the result of a decision made by OPEC, in November of 2014, not to cut oil production as price of oil began to drop (at that time to $80 a barrel). It was a decision that arguably hurt their own interests, as it hurt the price of oil from which OPEC members\u2019 government revenues largely flow, but it was a death knell for the U.S. shale industry, which spent \u201cas much as five times\u201d to extract oil in the capital-intensive process of fracking as most other oil producing nations. But 2016 would be a seminal year in the fracking industry, whose boom and bust pendulum swung forcefully back to boom after a deal was struck between Saudi Arabia and Russia to finally cut production. Investor Simon Lack wrote in Forbes that this series of decisions on OPEC\u2019s part \u201cturned out to be a colossal miscalculation, which led to the spectacular triumph of American free-market capitalism over 40% of the world\u2019s oil output,\u201d stating, \u201cThe Shale Revolution reflects America\u2019s dynamic capitalist economy at its very best.\u201d A senior fellow at the Hudson Institute wrote, \u201cAbove all, it [the production cuts] means that America has truly reemerged as the world\u2019s energy superpower.\u201d\nBut, as I read Bethany McLean\u2019s succinct history of events, I came away wondering if you can really call yourself a superpower if your economic success is based on others\u2019 decisions and an industry that\u2014despite its prodigious production and the massive personal fortunes it has created (fortunes which have gone to purchase the Buffalo Bills, the Texas Rangers, and the Seattle Supersonics, which Aubrey McClendon relocated to Oklahoma City)\u2014has still largely failed to turn a profit:\nThe private equity titans have made fortunes\u2014but not necessarily because the companies they have funded have produced profits. Some of the returns that the private equity firms have generated have come from selling one company to another \u2026 or in taking a company they\u2019ve funded public. For a long time, the value the public market was willing to afford a fracker was based not on a multiple of profits, which is a standard way of evaluating a company, but rather as a multiple of the acreage a company owns. It was a bit like the old dotcom days, when internet companies were valued on the number of eyeballs. The attitude is invest-and-flip, not buy-and-hold.\n\u201cI view it as a greater fool business model,\u201d one private equity executive told me. \u201cBut it\u2019s one that has worked for a long time.\u201d\nThere is one company, EOG Resources (a company that, ironically\u2014considering McLean\u2019s documentation of its collapse in The Smartest Guys in the Room\u2014was spun out of Enron) that comes across as financially sound, and is worth more today than Enron was at its peak as a result. Its CEO, Bill Thomas, sees the industry, unsurprisingly, as \u201can enormous advantage for the U.S.\u201d And, in at least one way, it has been: the glut of cheap domestic gas and oil has been a boon for U.S. manufacturing, especially the refining and chemical industries. It is such an advantage, McLean explains, that \u201cGerman industrial trade group BDI even warned that America\u2019s cheap natural gas could put European firms at a serious economic disadvantage.\u201d McLean continues:\nThe impact on U.S. manufacturing can be see in plans such as ExxonMobil and Saudi Basic Industries (a major Saudi Arabian producer of petrochemicals) to invest $10 billion to create a massive plastics and petrochemical plant in Corpus Christi. Or Big River Steel\u2019s $1 billion steel mill in Osceola, Arkansas. Or Total\u2019s $2 billion ethane cracker plant in Potter Township, Pennsylvania, on the edge of the Marcellus. \u2026 Or another Shell petrochemical complex that has sprung up along the Ohio River in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Since 2010, over three hundred chemical industry projects worth worth over $181 billion have been announced in the U.S., according to the American Chemical Council, a trade group representing chemical companies.\nYet, while investments in fossil fuels like oil and gas are booming in the U.S., and support for even coal shoots up under the Trump administration, other countries are investing in less finite (see, renewable) energy resources.\nAccording to a Bloomberg report entitled Global Trends in Renewable Energy, China is now the leading destination for renewable energy investment, accounting for 45 percent of the global total in 2017. In contrast, investment in renewable energy in the U.S., which was already well below China, declined last year.\nAnd as \u201cSaudi America\u201d doubles down on dirty energy, Saudi Arabia itself is trying to plan for the future:\nAs America celebrates its supposed crushing of OPEC, the Middle East is planning for the future. Saudi Arabia, for instance, is planning not just to build Saudi crown prince [Mohammad bin Salman\u2019s] new city powered by renewable energy, but also to spend $50 billion on a massive push toward solar. \u2026 Even Saudi Arabia is trying to move its economy away from fossil fuels in order to generate as much money as they can from exporting oil\u2014until the day it\u2019s all over.\nMcLean exposes the faulty foundation not only of our supposed energy independence, but of the very desire for it. The idea that we\u2019d be more secure if we did not rely on volatile regions of the Earth for our energy supply is alluring, but what happens to global security when the U.S. exits those markets? What if, rather than greater national security, it actually undermines it? As a Brookings report rather snarkily stated, \u201cOil remains the most efficient mechanism for translating economic [risk] into geopolitical risk.\u201d\nCharlie Munger, famed investment partner of Warren Buffett, believes there is an even better reason to continue paying more for foreign oil, namely to preserve our own reserves for use in the \u201cpesticides, nitrogenous fertilizer and other agricultural products that are made through use of hydrocarbons,\u201d and which current agricultural practices rely upon.\nThe sloganeering of \u201cdrill, baby, drill,\u201d and the false, geopolitically-fraught hope of energy independence it implies, ignores these basic business, economic, and existential human realities. In exposing them, McLean offers hope for a more reasonable discussion, a more sustainable and profitable industry, and, perhaps, a more integrated energy policy.\nNEW RELEASES: Shaky Ground: The Strange Saga of the U.S. Mortgage Giants\nBy Dylan Schleicher, published September 14, 2015, at 9:00 AM \u2013 Filed under: Current Events & Public Affairs\nFinancial journalist Bethany McLean tackles one of strangest unsolved mysteries of the global financial crisis: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 112, "original_length": 15467, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 235.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://inthemiddlewithmrd1.blogspot.com/2016/03/free-webinar-on-sight-singing.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:54:14Z", "digest": "sha1:YDL4D7DB37FBXCWT4P3WXUD2QKHEO3NG", "length": 492, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "inthemiddlewithmrd1.blogspot.com", "title": "FREE Webinar on Sight Singing Strategies with Dale Duncan and Ryan Guth | In the Middle With Mr D", "raw_content": "FREE Webinar on Sight Singing Strategies with Dale Duncan and Ryan Guth\nOn Tuesday, March 8th at 8 PM Eastern time, I will be presenting a \"live\" Webinar with Ryan Guth.\nIn the webinar, I will discuss Sight Singing Strategies that I use in S-Cubed Middle School Sight Singing Program for beginners.\nIf you'd like to sign up for the webinar, Click here!\nIf you aren't available for the webinar at that time, go ahead and sign up anyway. He is going to send the webinar link to all who sign up.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 149, "original_length": 3974, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 331.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://investigativefilmfestival.com/films/sour-grapes/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:56Z", "digest": "sha1:OEAMULVXDNUBLYN3K5VXLW2GFCXPHXAA", "length": 795, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "investigativefilmfestival.com", "title": "Sour Grapes - Double Exposure Investigative Film Festival and Symposium", "raw_content": "Dir. Jerry Rothwell and Reuben Atlas, 2016\nRudy Kurniawan, an affable 20-something of unknown provenance, burst on the world of fine wine in a big way, turning up at auctions and bidding high on rare burgundies. Casual, friendly and irreverent, he was rumored to be from a wealthy family, and praised for his authoritative palate. He was also an outrageous fraud, mixing California reds with off-year vintages in his LA kitchen, to lucrative effect. SOUR GRAPES introduces audiences to a cast of characters who indulge themselves with $20,000 bottles of wine and a whole lot of hype, as filmmakers Jerry Rothwell and Reuben Atlas unravel the mystery of the man who befriended, and promptly swindled, wine collectors out of tens of millions of dollars.\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FptMIqilXOE", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 1778, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 218.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://iogburu.people.si.umich.edu/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:42Z", "digest": "sha1:OEOSGPEPD54FFF5XVS3WUKOPCIEHNXBD", "length": 327, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "iogburu.people.si.umich.edu", "title": "Ihudiya Finda Ogburu", "raw_content": "Ihudiya Finda Ogburu\nI am a PhD student at University of Michigan School of Information and advised by Kentaro Toyama.\nI am an active member of the ICTD group at the University of Michigan. My research areas of interest are human\u2013computer interaction (HCI) and information and communication technologies and development (ICTD).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 8, "original_length": 399, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 93.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://irelandtodaynews.com/index.php/hope-healing-buncrana/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:18:09Z", "digest": "sha1:QWNR2EFWM2HXCEPXEOL6EKMTELSOTLEF", "length": 5696, "nlines": 43, "source_domain": "irelandtodaynews.com", "title": "News and Features - Ireland Today", "raw_content": "Hope for healing in Buncrana\nWhat is there left to say when we contemplate as a country the terrible loss of a family of five drowned on a day out.\nSean McGrotty, 46, his sons Mark, 12, and Evan, 8, his mother-in-law, Ruth Daniels, 57 and her daughter, Jodie Lee, 15, were in one of the most picturesque spots in the country when their car is believed to have lost control and plunged in to Lough Swilly in Buncrana, Co Donegal.\nThe only shred of hope left in this story is that of a father\u2019s dying love \u2013 and a man who didn\u2019t think twice to try to help the family.\nSean McGrotty passed his infant daughter from the window of his Audi car moments before the vehicle sank in to the lough, taking all five with it.\nThough it seems Sean may have had a chance to escape the car, his entire being seemed set to save his baby daughter and remain with his family in the car \u2013 though no doubt he knew the fatal consequences of this.\nWhile Davitt Walsh, a footballer, from Kerryteel, Co Donegal, who was passing with his girlfriend, stripped down to his boxers and swam out to the car just in time to grab the baby girl.\n\u201cI just didn\u2019t really think. I took off my clothes down to my boxers and swam out to the family and just as I got out there the father was hitting the window which was half ajar to break it. The electrics must have been broke,\u201d Mr Walsh said.\n\u201cI started shouting please everyone get out of the car, at this stage the window was broke, the water started seeping in. He said take the baby. I said I want to help more people.\nThe water started seeping in. He said \u2018save my baby.\u2019 I held it above my head and I swam back to shore.\n\u201cIt was terrible. I was swimming and I didn\u2019t know how I was going to help but the baby was handed to me.\n\u201cThe father could have saved himself because he was out of the car but he went back into his family\u2026the car went down.\u201d\nThe couple kept the baby warm wrapping her in a coat and the rescue operation continued throughout Sunday night to recover the bodies.\nhttps://www.facebook.com/rtenews/videos/1264819520213714/\nTragically, the children\u2019s mother, Louise, was away in England when the accident unfolded.\nNo mother in this world could imagine the pain she must be feeling now \u2013 the darkest of hours.\nWhile it seems the man who rescued the baby girl is also suffering guilt, wishing he could have saved more people from the water.\nMr Walsh said he had a grip of one of the children but the boy seemed to slip from his hands.\nOf course, he could do no more than he had, but the fact he mentioned it showed the thought had no doubt played out again and again in his mind.\nAnd for those who witnessed the horror, it could take a long time for them to recover.\nAnd while they may feel a sense of peace after time, it is unlikely they will ever forget what they saw.\nFor those that know Buncrana, the event that unfolded is even more shocking than to the outside world.\nThe seaside town, populated by around 7,000, could only be described as a peaceful haven full of community spirited people.\nBuncrana is still a place where people know their neighbours but not only that, they know the people on the other end of the town and far beyond that too.\nThe town is the type of place you want to run to if the worries of the world are getting too much. It\u2019s a beautiful and picture postcard slice of Donegal perfection.\nAnd Lough Swilly has to be one of the most mesmorising spots in the world.\nOn a sunny day, there aren\u2019t many places I would pick ahead of there to while away an afternoon.\nHaving spent much of my own childhood there on that beach and then taking my own daughter there too, that is why the loss seems just so much more horrific. And to the many, many people who know this part of the world.\nMany of us have driven down to the pier to see the sun setting with our families on a balmy sunny evening.\nIce-cream in hand and a little relaxing music on the radio, you wouldn\u2019t want to swap such a moment.\nIt\u2019s the place where people still say their customary \u2018Hello,\u2019 as they walk by and even if they don\u2019t know you at all, you\u2019ll still get a greeting.\nSit for a while and the world will melt away especially if you walk as far as Father Hegarty\u2019s Rock \u2013 a spot steeped in history, where a priest was said to have lost his life for saying mass during British rule.\nIt was these tales, this place, that made me feel proud of my Irish heritage as a child, when my mother, my aunt, and uncle, from Buncrana, gave them as a gift to me.\nThis town, this beach, is also engrained in my treasure box of memories. For it was there that I spent all my summer holidays as a child.\nWe felt so lucky as children to have Buncrana, to have Lough Swilly and my brothers and I were thrilled when the bus passed by the waters from Derry, because we felt we were coming home.\nSo, for one family\u2019s trip to become so filled with despair, tragedy and loss, is a matter that is almost incomprehensible for those with memories like mine.\nBut, my hope is, that while the memory of this beautiful family from Derry should never be forgotten, that the town can heal.\nAnyone who was there on Sunday night saw too much for any human being to ever deal with. And tragedy can consume.\nI pray, as I am sure the whole of Ireland does, for the grieving family to find peace and for the dead to rest in peace.\nWhile I also hope for Buncrana to heal. For everyone in the community to come together to rebuild.\n\u2190 The five best Irish movies\nMum takes to Facebook to show world images of her alopecia \u2192\nNotice: It seems you have Javascript disabled in your Browser. In order to submit a comment to this post, please write this code along with your comment: 948f6872bd9e59e69a0f8e07a006e67f", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 163, "original_length": 9307, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 299.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://irishflute.podbean.com/2007/04/18/devaneys-goat/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:40Z", "digest": "sha1:7PUUB6NNMC2VUMKLTPOOFFYKO5E67D7M", "length": 466, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "irishflute.podbean.com", "title": "Devaney\u2019s Goat", "raw_content": "Devaney\u2019s Goat\nApril 18th, 2007 at 8:06 am\t(traditional irish flute, irish flute)\nHere's a reel named after a goat. I suppose it's as good a think as any to name a reel after. It's a popular tune and nice to play on the flute. There are plenty of recordings of this. As far as I remember Frankie Gavin has it on his flute record \"Up and away\" / \"Croch Suas \u00e9\". The same goat is also to be found in lots of other places too. It might even be a \"Coat\" in some of them.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 745, "original_length": 16875, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 264.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://islandscholar.ca/islandora/object/ir%3A21197?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=a62d0028d2aa558bc8b7&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=9", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:49Z", "digest": "sha1:42DOCOVHMZDBMFL2NMHQ5RQ4H3DE75ML", "length": 390, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "islandscholar.ca", "title": "Risk factors associated with time to first clinical case of Bacterial Kidney Disease (BKD) in farmed Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) in New Brunswick, Canada | IslandScholar", "raw_content": "Boerlage, A. S., Elghafghuf, A., Stryhn, H., Sanchez, J., & Hammell, K. L. (2018). Risk factors associated with time to first clinical case of Bacterial Kidney Disease (BKD) in farmed Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) in New Brunswick, Canada. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 149, 98-106. doi:10.1016/j.prevetmed.2017.11.014\nBoerlage, A.S.\nElghafghuf, A.\nStryhn, H.\nSanchez, J.\nHammell, K.L.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 98, "original_length": 2263, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.51, "perplexity": 286.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://jamaica-star.com/article/news/20181012/heartbreaking-luton-shelton-struggles-chronic-disease", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:23Z", "digest": "sha1:TF26FC6V6PT5XICEVCT6A3KBXHUROKPL", "length": 3007, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "jamaica-star.com", "title": "Heartbreaking - Luton Shelton struggles with chronic disease | News | Jamaica Star", "raw_content": "Heartbreaking - Luton Shelton struggles with chronic disease\nFrom left: Luton Shelton; his wife, Bobbette; and his father, Luton Shelton Sr during an interview at the former national striker's upper St Andrew home.\nHeartbroken. That is word that best describes how Luton Shelton Sr feels about what has happened to his son, the former Jamaican striker.\nLuton Shelton has been afflicted with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), more commonly called Lou Gehrig's disease.\nThis illness affects Shelton's nerve cells, brains, and spinal cord. The once tall and physically imposing striker has lost a significant amount of muscle mass and also his speech.\n\"We've done a lot of intensive reading on the sickness itself,\" Shelton Sr told THE WEEKEND STAR. \"I remember even when the doctor was talking about it. He was telling us to go on the Internet and read about it. It really affected him mentally. Sometimes he sits down and asks: 'Why me? Why me?'\n\"We sometimes ask him to get up and go out. It's easier for us to say, than a person who is prominent, and everybody been asking: 'What happen to you?', and he can't relay it. Sometimes he'd say to me: 'Daddy, when mi a go talk? Everybody a talk and a laugh, but what can I partake in?' It's really dreadful in itself to know that it's one of those sicknesses that really locks you off from your social life.\"\nLuton Shelton, Jamaica's most prolific scorer with 35 international goals, had been missing from the limelight since his looping header scored for his club Harbour View against Tivoli Gardens in the Red Stripe Premier League in February 2017. This led fans to speculate about his whereabouts and well-being.\nMany persons only found out about his illness via a viral video on social media.\nShelton, when in Jamaica, resides in upper St Andrew with his father, Luton Shelton Sr, and long-term partner, Bobbette. The couple have been together for 13 years and have raised three young children ages nine, eight, and three together. They will be celebrating their fifth wedding anniversary in December.\nBoth Shelton Sr and Bobbette are always by the former footballer's side, as they are key to helping him around the house and interpreting his now guttural speech.\nMrs Shelton said that her husband has related to her many times just how much he wishes he could speak again.\n\"For all his sickness, if he could trade it for just his speech,\" she said. \"If he could still be able to speak and have his voice, that's the only issue. Even if he still has his weaknesses here and there, the voice, that's his main concern.\"\n\"If he starts a conversation, once you understand the line of conversation, you just put everything together. Some words are unclear but you just know exactly what he's saying. I dunno, I guess because I'm here with him all day, every day, and I just read his lips, so it's easier for me.\"\nSince learning of Shelton's condition, Sports Minister Olivia 'Babsy' Grange has said that her ministry will donate $5 million to his treatment.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 104, "original_length": 5493, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 280.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://jamaicaplaingazette.com/2014/02/14/officials-question-shattuck-child-cares-pending-closure/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:48Z", "digest": "sha1:JSP5X7SOOAHTJED7GBAM7TX3PXKWCFWR", "length": 4779, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "jamaicaplaingazette.com", "title": "Officials question Shattuck child care\u2019s pending closure \u2013 Jamaica Plain Gazette", "raw_content": "FOREST HILLS\u2014Seven months after the state-subsidized Shattuck Child Care Center was given its official eviction and de-funding notice, it is no closer to finding a new permanent home, despite getting help from local elected officials.\u201cIt\u2019s really unfortunate. Very, very, very sad, really,\u201d said state Rep. Liz Malia, blasting the lack of resolution. \u201cThe [state] administration has moved to not only close the center, but to not reach out with any help at all. I\u2019m dumbfounded by that.\u201d\nThe center, currently serving about 40 children in the soon-to-be decommissioned Personnel Building on the Shattuck campus, has been subsidized by the state for the last 44 years. The state has paid for three employees and has not charged the center rent during that time. Both forms of support will be withdrawn starting in August.\nThe Personnel Building, part of Shattuck\u2019s campus just inside Franklin Park at 170 Morton St., will be emptied and mothballed due to a host of structural deficiencies discovered during an \u201cextensive\u201d state review of the grounds conducted in October 2012.\nState Sen. Sonia Chang-D\u00edaz and state Reps. Malia and Jeffrey S\u00e1nchez and Liz Malia have all gotten involved in trying to find new sources of funding and a new permanent home for the child care center.\nA Gazette email to Alec Loftus, communication director for EOHHS, was not returned by press time.\nAccording to Clare Reilly, a member of the Shattuck Child Care Center Board, the state Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) has told the center that if the center can find funding, the state will consider finding another location for the center on another state property. That could be outside JP, with one possible location near Harvard Square in Cambridge.\nThe center has already found a mobile modular unit. The center just needs a place to house it.\nAccording to Chang-D\u00edaz, the center also identified a new state capital fund, recently created to support facilities in situations just like this. The fund is expected to start accepting applications in July. But it will only take applications to fund existing leases, meaning that the center would, at the very least, need an extension on its current lease.\nThe center has requested a 10-year commitment from the state for the Cambridge space, but it cannot get the lease without funding to pay for it.\n\u201cWe\u2019re sort of in a Catch-22,\u201d Reilly told the Gazette.\n\u201cYou have to be an open, operating child care center to apply\u201d for the state fund, Chang-D\u00edaz explained. \u201cIf they close down this summer, they won\u2019t be eligible.\u201d\nThe center has also applied for space for the mobile unit on Shattuck grounds, which EOHHS has denied.\n\u201cWe have not been given any answer as to why Shattuck grounds would not work,\u201d Reilly said.\n\u201cWe don\u2019t understand why this particular [child care center] isn\u2019t being supported by the administration,\u201d Malia said.\nThe center and its allies have made numerous attempts to reach EOHHS Secretary John Polanowicz and Gov. Deval Patrick, to no avail, she added.\n\u201cThey [the center\u2019s board] have been working so hard, trying to come up with a solution and they haven\u2019t been getting answers,\u201d Chang-D\u00edaz told the Gazette. \u201cThe center isn\u2019t asking the administration to come in and wave a wand and fix it all. The child care center\u2019s board has come a long way in restructuring their finances, changing their fee structure and finding a new space.\u201d\nThe center has also decided to raise its tuition to pay its employees, assuming it remains open.\n\u201cI\u2019m not sure what the final strategy is going to be,\u201d Malia said. \u201cI\u2019m definitely discouraged.\u201d\nChang-D\u00edaz said that EOHHS representatives failed to meet an early December deadline to schedule a meeting about the center. The meeting has still not been held.\nLast year, Gov. Deval Patrick called for universal access to high-quality early education for children across the state, from birth through age 5.\nIn August 2012, the state informed the child care center of the Personnel Building\u2019s mothballing. The state promised the child care center that they would have a process to identify another space on campus and that the center would have a year to move from the time a new space was identified, Reilly previously told the Gazette.\n\u201cWe never heard from them again,\u201d she previously told the Gazette.\nIt is unclear when and why the state decided to close the building.\nThe child care center was founded in 1969 as the National Council of Jewish Women day care center and renamed in 1989. It was used as a recruitment tool for state employees to come work at Shattuck.\nThe Personnel Building, home to the Shattuck Child Care Center, at 170 Morton St. (Gazette Photo by Rebeca Oliveira)\n\u2190 Mail problems lead to staff changes\nState of Neighborhood event slated for Feb. 27 \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 229, "original_length": 7982, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 260.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://java.sys-con.com/node/3712010", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:10:44Z", "digest": "sha1:CFYI2YSRRHBAR6FBRS4HPEMU5DBHVLTN", "length": 1783, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "java.sys-con.com", "title": "Fusion to Provide Cloud Solutions to Affiliate of Non-Profit Organization | @CloudExpo @FusionConnectSM #Cloud | Java IoT", "raw_content": "Fusion to Provide Cloud Solutions to Affiliate of Non-Profit Organization | @CloudExpo @FusionConnectSM #Cloud\nCloud Expo exhibitor Fusion\u2019s cloud communications solutions increase productivity while reducing CapEx and overall spend\nSYS-CON Events announced today that Fusion, a leading provider of cloud services, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 18th International Cloud Expo\u00ae, which will take place on June 7-9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.\nFusion has announced that an East Coast affiliate of a major national non-profit organization has signed a three year agreement with Fusion to migrate its voice communications systems to the cloud. A key reason for the non-profit organization's selection was Fusion's ability to improve productivity while lowering costs, which will enable the non-profit to devote more of its budget to its mission.\n\"Fusion is focused on meeting the needs of non-profit organizations by providing cost-effective cloud solutions that lower both upfront costs and ongoing operating expenses. We were able to significantly reduce the capital expenditures for this organization by building in Fusion's equipment as part of the solution,\" said Russell P. Markman, Fusion's President of Business Services.\n\"This new customer is an affiliate of a major national non-profit organization, and we are excited about the opportunity to potentially expand our relationship to serve 200 other bernieaffiliates across the country. Effective communications tools are mission critical for non-profits to enable them to stay connected with the people they serve and with key stakeholders including donors. Fusion is uniquely positioned to meet the needs of national organizations with our advanced, proprietary nationwide cloud network,\" continued Mr. Markman.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 641, "original_length": 47378, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 283.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://jb-builders.com/Safety", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:17:33Z", "digest": "sha1:DROVSFJQMY74EY5ZJPRZLBXDTOKM6KTM", "length": 953, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "jb-builders.com", "title": "JB Builders", "raw_content": "At JB Builders, our number one priority every day is to ensure that our employees, which are our greatest and most valuable asset, return home safely to their loved ones each night.\nTo make this possible, we have implemented a firm yet informative safety policy. We believe that as an employer, it is our job to not only protect each and every one off our employees but also the other tradesman on each job site by keeping them out of harm\u2019s way.\nAll of our team members participate in a weekly safety meeting where we talk about specific job site safety procedures as well as open discussion for any safety concerns.\nOur team members are trained to have a meticulous eye for potential job site hazards and to have the ability to put a plan in action to have a safe and productive work day, each and every day. Safety saves time, money and most importantly, lives.\nWe consider ourselves to be a leader in our industry especially when it comes to safety.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 25, "original_length": 1310, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 278.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://je-brand.com/tag/query/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:58Z", "digest": "sha1:57H5Z4XVL3SE3PF5TYXY7RYAPRQO54YA", "length": 4388, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "je-brand.com", "title": "Query \u2013 J.E. Brand", "raw_content": "Chapter 2: Master of Time or Victim of Patience?\nToday I\u2019ve been thinking over the biggest misconception of becoming an author: the post-writing stage. There\u2019s probably two possible reactions to hearing those words: (1) You\u2019re confused. You weren\u2019t aware that there was much work to be done once the novel\u2019s finished. (2) Your skin\u2019s crawling, and you just completely lost your appetite. Yes, you know exactly what I\u2019m talking about.\nI think it\u2019s safe to say every author\u2019s pet peeve is someone trying to read your first draft. As my writing\u2019s developed, my first drafts have gotten better relative to one another, but they\u2019re still complete trash when compared to the final product. Most of creating a book is actually rewriting. Some aspiring authors come in with the misconception that they\u2019ll write their book in one go and it\u2019ll come out a masterpiece.\nPersonally, I go through at least four drafts before I even let my beta readers take a look. (Quick side note: if you don\u2019t have any beta readers to give you a fresh set of eyes, find one or more ASAP.) I have three, so there adds even more drafts. Then, I take a step back for a bit before delving into the story one last time. The first novel I completed took roughly nine months to complete \u2013 appropriate since I considered it my baby.\nOnce you\u2019re completely happy with your novel, you\u2019re still far from the end of the road. This is the part that all authors dread. In the story of our lives, it\u2019s the chapter we wish we could skip, but is sadly so terribly crucial.\nI would always suggest to aspiring authors to first try the traditional route of publishing. First and foremost, agents are a blessing. Get one. (I have to add in a disclaimer that you should check their legitimacy. A good rule of thumb is that if they charge you money for submission, it\u2019s a scam.) You want someone who not only has shown strong success in the past, but also who shares the same vision. Having an agent isn\u2019t a guarantee of publishing, but it\u2019s definitely a hugely beneficial asset to have.\nNow the elephant in the room: how do you get an agent? Here\u2019s the word that\u2019ll send dread to your very core: querying. Writing a query is possibly the most annoying but important step when marketing your book. I\u2019ll go more into tips and suggestions in a later blog, but right now I just want to emphasize: don\u2019t summarize your book. That\u2019s a rejection waiting to happen. Think of the themes and emotions in your story, and use that to drive the query.\nThe final step that I\u2019ve found myself at is the waiting period. Agents already have clients and have a lot on their plate in addition to looking for new authors. What does that mean for us? We\u2019re at the back of the list. We have no \u201cauthor resume,\u201d so we have to prove ourselves entirely on quality of work. I always waited about one hundred days, with some exceptions.\nIf you\u2019re like me, you\u2019re going to be checking your email on your phone every five minutes for the first couple weeks. In order to not torture myself, I started putting a reminder in my phone around the time that the agent is known to respond on average. Querytracker.net is an excellent source to plan out how you\u2019re going to go about it. I personally liked to send my queries out in clumps of 4 or 5 agents at a time.\nRight now, though, here\u2019s the message I want to really hit home. I was heavily guilty of ranting in this post, and you know why? Because, it\u2019s a lengthy process. Each step becomes its own monster on your To-Do List. A lot of it involves sitting around with the jitters, impatiently waiting to hear back so that you know what you can do next.\nSo, here\u2019s my advice: don\u2019t rush. Word count goals are fine; a common one is 2,000 words a day. For me, that doesn\u2019t work, but that\u2019s not to say I don\u2019t think it\u2019s a good idea. I have to schedule my oh-so-very-busy schedule around it, but you do have to make the time. \u201cFree time\u201d is a nice idea, but so rarely exists in reality. You have to account for it in your planner. Don\u2019t be afraid for your draft count to go into the double digits. This might seem silly, but let the novel fully mature into the masterpiece that it has the potential to become. Take time with your query; you want it to provoke emotion and curiosity when the agent reads it. Finally, patience is a virtue you need to work on developing. And, the best way to wait for a reply? Write some more.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 65, "original_length": 8786, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 259.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://jeffreykistner.com/multi-level-marketing-online/you-know-you-need-multi-level-marketing-online-when/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:55Z", "digest": "sha1:PS34YUPCDQETPFXXJXAG3SHQYX7BVQEA", "length": 1976, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "jeffreykistner.com", "title": "You Know You Need Multi-level Marketing Online When", "raw_content": "Tagged with: Attraction Marketing \u2022 free 10 day mlm training \u2022 free multi level marketing training \u2022 Multi-level Marketing Online \u2022 online MLM training free\n6 thoughts on \u201cYou Know You Need Multi-level Marketing Online When\u2026\u201d\nYou NAILED this one!! Network Marketing is a GREAT way to work your self out of the financial cocoon that many people find themselves in. I\u2019m not saying it\u2019s easy, but it\u2019s not hard either if you are coachable and have the right mentor/teacher.\nHello Margaret and thank you! I pray that a few are inspired and move forward. Go! Go! Go!\n\u03b1\u03c4\u03bc\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03b7\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 says:\nYou are so interesting! I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve truly read through anything like this before. So nice to find somebody with some unique thoughts on this topic. Seriously.. many thanks for starting this up. This web site is something that is needed on the internet, someone with a bit of originality!\nYour welcome \u03b1\u03c4\u03bc\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03b7\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2\u2026 : )\nI think building your business online is a good option for some people. Maybe not totally online, but at least leverage the internet to help you. To this day, I can\u2019t name even one person who has built a large downline that lasted five or more years strictly from online efforts. Maybe you can. The fact is, a large percentage of top earners don\u2019t do anything online. Old school is still alive and well. I personally use a mix myself, but have found that I typically get better quality prospects offline. Just my two cents. What do you think man?\nHello Chuck, I agree that old school is alive and well. Heck, I just sponsored two more while I was training at the gym. However, it\u2019s online marketing that has assisted me in expanding around the world.\nThose offline marketers may claim that they don\u2019t do anything online, but their downline does and they are benefiting in a huge ways\u2026\nThe world is being connected through social media and there\u2019s no stopping it! Therefore, there\u2019s no reason to choose one or the other. Choose both and you\u2019ll be glad you did\u2026 Go! Go! Go!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 175, "original_length": 10728, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 309.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://jgmconstructiondevelopment.com/2018/02/09/business-council-inaugural-event-roars-into-huntington-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:32Z", "digest": "sha1:VQELYLZN5XMP6LIS2EMA55I3QYSRZOK2", "length": 148, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "jgmconstructiondevelopment.com", "title": "Business Council Inaugural Event Roars into Huntington! \u2013 JGM Construction Development", "raw_content": "Business Council Inaugural Event Roars into Huntington! JGM is on the board of directors, the political action committee for the town of Huntington.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 9, "original_length": 773, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 298.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://jimcarollo.com/Lenders", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:07Z", "digest": "sha1:K2OEQ3ST2J4U7LGVSMSHTLOLVG57LAZJ", "length": 1323, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "jimcarollo.com", "title": "Lenders | Jim and Steve Carollo", "raw_content": "Welcome Lenders.\nMortgage lending represents one of the major financial sectors, with a current estimated 50 million mortgages in the U.S. Mortgage lenders encompass a wide range of financiers, from local community banks to regional credit unions and nationwide institutions, each promoting home and property ownership in America.\nIn addition to title, escrow, closing and recording services for real estate transactions, we provide turnkey loan origination, modification, reinstatement and servicing solutions for property loans in all 50 states. Our lender partners rely on a single-point-of-contact backed by our nationwide network to ensure the best possible customer experience for the home buyers and sellers we serve, from the moment the dream begins to happily ever after.\nAccess best-in-class products and services developed specifically for our lender and loan officer partners.\nAre you aware of the impact that the regulations imposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will have on your transactions? We are here to help you every step of the way and ensure your successful closings. Please contact us for full details and educational materials and also to ensure that you are set up for our customized rate calculator to ensure you have access to accurate, instant rates for all upcoming transactions.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 104, "original_length": 4196, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 307.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-4240", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:29Z", "digest": "sha1:FEHTV5JU7OGKW7KERXDYZG445PJXHK5O", "length": 4575, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "jncc.defra.gov.uk", "title": "C9a. Genetic resources for food and agriculture: Animal genetic resources - effective population size", "raw_content": "Home > UK > UK Biodiversity Indicators > Biodiversity Indicators 2018 > The indicators > C9a. Animal genetic resources\nC9. Genetic resources for food and agriculture\nC9a. Animal genetic resources \u2013 effective population size of Native Breeds at Risk\ni. Goat breeds\nii. Pig breeds\niii. Horse breeds\niv. Sheep breeds\nv. Cattle breeds\nType: State / Benefit Indicator\nGenetic diversity is an important component of biological diversity. Rare and native breeds of farm animals are part of our cultural heritage, are often associated with traditional land management required to conserve important habitats, and may have genetic traits of value to future agriculture.\nThe genetic diversity in UK breeds can be assessed by the effective population size (Ne), which accounts for the total number of animals in a population and the relative numbers of sires and dams (male and female parents). A low effective population size signifies a greater likelihood of in-breeding and risk of loss of genetic diversity.\nThis indicator shows the change in the average effective population sizes for breeds of goats, pigs, horses, sheep and cattle classified by the UK Farm Animal Genetic Resources Committee as Native Breeds at Risk (NBAR).\nThe average effective population size of the native breeds at risk included in this indicator:\nfor pigs increased from 176 in 2000 to 192 in 2012, but decreased to 156 in 2017;\nfor horses decreased from 178 in 2000 to 130 in 2012 and to 127 in 2017;\nfor sheep increased from 246 in 2000 to 378 in 2012 and to 411 in 2017;\nfor cattle increased from 89 in 2000 to 206 in 2012 and to 251 in 2017;\nfor goats the dataset starts in 2004 when it was 62, decreasing to 59 in 2012 and increasing to 101 in 2017; prior to 2004, effective population size could only be calculated for one breed\nThe average effective population sizes calculated between 2000 and 2017 for the native breeds at risk of goats, pigs, horses, sheep and cattle were each above 50, the figure set by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation as a threshold for concern. However, in 2017, of the Native Breeds at Risk, one breed of goat (Toggenburg), three breeds of horse (Cleveland Bay Horse, Eriskay Pony, and Suffolk Punch), and three breeds of cattle (Dairy Shorthorn (original population), Northern Dairy Shorthorn, and Vaynol), had a Ne less than 50. No breeds of sheep or pig had effective population sizes below the threshold in 2017.\nThere has been no reported UK extinction of any breeds of goats, pigs, horses, sheep or cattle since 1973.\nFigure C9ai. Average effective population size (Ne) of Native Breeds at Risk, 2000 to 2017.\nThe number of breeds included in the indicator varies year by year as a result of data availability for both sires and dams (data for both are needed to calculate effective population size). The maximum number of breeds included in each measure is shown in brackets after the species name in the legend. The 2017 values are based on four goat breeds, 11 pig breeds, 14 horse breeds, 34 sheep breeds, and 25 cattle breeds. Further details of how many breeds are included in each year can be found in the technical background document and the datasheet.\nData for 2015, 2016 and 2017 are provisional, hence the last part of the lines are shown as \u2018dashed\u2019. It is expected that the provisional data can be confirmed later in 2018 (see the technical document for details).\nBased on data in the UK Farm Animal Genetic Resources Breed Inventory published on 3 May 2018.\nHistoric data for some breeds of sheep and cattle are now available in the inventory published in 2017 and again in 2018, affecting the series for these species. There have been some minor revisions to previously published data, some going back to 2000. As a result, this indicator is not directly comparable with the previous publication. The Breed Inventory Results published on 3 May 2018 can be accessed through the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-farm-animal-genetic-resources-fangr-breed-inventory-results.\nThe dotted black line shows effective population size (Ne) equal to 50; the level set by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation as a threshold for concern. The pale grey line is an average of all 88 Native Breeds at Risk for which Ne could be calculated; this is included to provide context, but is not assessed.\nSource: British Pig Association, Defra, Grassroots, Rare Breeds Survival Trust, and participating breed societies.\nAssessment of change in effective population size of Native Breeds at Risk\nDecreased (2017)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 289, "original_length": 10310, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 225.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://jonfwilkins.blogspot.com/2011/11/dev-and-el-and-occupy-library-go-to.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:45Z", "digest": "sha1:HBSKEBIU7KZFCIDSUG2EMV6AZLBKYYCO", "length": 1078, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "jonfwilkins.blogspot.com", "title": "Lost in Transcription Has Moved!!: Dev and El and the Occupy Library go to jail", "raw_content": "So, last night Mayor Bloomberg sent the NYPD in to evict the Occupy Wall Street protesters under cover of darkness, excluding any press coverage (and physically assaulting and/or arresting any press who tried to actually cover the eviction).\nMost of the characters from Darwin Eats Cake were able to evacuate from Liberty Plaza before things got out of hand, but Dev and El were among those who wound up getting arrested. They posted this report:\nThe thing about the library was based on this early report. The NYPD later stated that the books had not been thrown away, but were in storage, and could be reclaimed on Wednesday. They posted this, which looks to me suspiciously like a hostage photo:\nAnyway, seeing as they were in jail, Dev and El did not have good real-time access to information today, so I hope you won't hold their statements against them.\nIf you want to see what's going on now, The Other 99 has been doing an awesome job of livestreaming events from Occupy Wall Street, and Global Revolution has a livestream that covers many of the different occupy sites.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 124, "original_length": 4971, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 308.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://journospy.com/topstories.aspx?id=171", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:23:16Z", "digest": "sha1:S3SL4JMP7IWXKGD3I7JO6ZG4HGKRB2WI", "length": 1380, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "journospy.com", "title": "Top Stories", "raw_content": "Now write freely online, SC repeals Section 66 A of IT Act\nNew Delhi: The Supreme Court of India today repealed the Section 66 A of IT Act that allowed arrests for objectionable online content.\nThe apex court, while passing its ruling, observed that the Section 66A of the IT Act was 'too vague and violative of 19(1)A of the Constitution of india'.\nThe SC while maintaining that Section 66A \u201caffects freedom of expression and speech\u201d, said, \u201cwhat may be offensive to a person may not be offensive to others\".\nSection 66A of IT Act clearly affects Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression enshrined under Constitution, the apex court ruled. \u201cPublic's right to know is directly affected by Section 66A of Information Technology Act,\u201d the SC further said.\nThe apex court passed its order while responding to a batch of petitions challenging constitutional validity of certain sections of the cyber law, including a provision under which a person can be arrested for allegedly posting \"offensive\" contents on websites.\nThe first PIL on the issue was filed in 2012 by a law student Shreya Singhal, who sought amendment in Section 66A of the Act, after two girls -- Shaheen Dhada and Rinu Shrinivasan -- were arrested in Palghar in Thane district as one of them posted a comment against the shutdown in Mumbai following Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray's death and the other 'liked' it.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 2533, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 299.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://juliepowell.com/inti-raymi-2014-at-cochasqui/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:46Z", "digest": "sha1:U4CMG7VBQYT4S54Z42X2PM3MU7ODV2LJ", "length": 1613, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "juliepowell.com", "title": "Inti Raymi 2014 at Cochasqui | Julie Powell", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Blog \u00bb Inti Raymi 2014 at Cochasqui\nInti Raymi is a celebration observed at the time of the June solstice. For indigenous people throughout the Americas the solstices and equinoxes were observed and celebrated as important moments of the year in which the Earth and Sun were in special alignments with each other. Such alignments in time were important due to the relationship of Earth with the angle of the Sun and its influence on all life on Earth. Science collects and analyzes data about the Sun, but how many people recognize or think of the Sun as a living entity providing a constant flow of life sustaining energy to our planet?\nIn addition to honoring the Sun and the Earth, the solstice is a time of transformation, it marks change from one cycle into another. The Earth is affected as are all living beings. We can choose to make use of the very powerful energy of the sun for personal development through consciously opening ourselves to prayer and meditation in whatever form we prefer. Along with giving thanks for the bounty we receive, the solstice is also a time for purification rituals or renewal of our spirits. At Cochasqui, some of our group joined with others to celebrate and to take time to take part in the purification and prayers. Some prayers were for right thinking, right feeling, and right action.\nIt seemed to many of us a great privilege to live among people who still keep these very old traditions which honor the luminaries, the planet, and the human spirit as well.\nIndeed you are blessed to live among such spiritual people and to be allowed into their sacred rites.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 3047, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 255.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://justus2.se/rwy/railways/rw71iron.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:18Z", "digest": "sha1:IXQYQEXOS7DHW544QHSGNK2WAHU2M3I3", "length": 2375, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "justus2.se", "title": "Iron Production - Techniques and History", "raw_content": "Iron Production - Techniques and History , Bo Justusson\nIron is produced from ore in two steps. First ore is mixed with charcoal (or coke) in a blastfurnace and heated to high temperature to get iron. Then this iron is further processed to reduce carbon and slag, and to add alloys. There are many alternate methods that has been used throughout history for those two steps. When charcoal was used, countries with both iron ore and large forests (like Sweden) had an advantage.\nIron ore and charcoal (or coke) are charged from the top. Air is blown in at the bottom. The coal burns to CO which reacts with the ore and reduces it.\nThe waste rock in the ore is lighter than iron and floats as slag. The melted iron and slag are tapped at the bottom.\n(GIF-image 3k)\nBlast-furnaces have been used since the 12th century. Their size has increased. Charcoal was first used, but from around 1800 coke could be used.\nTo obtain high quality iron and steel from the the blast-furnace iron (pig iron), it is heated and treated with air or pure oxygen. Left a Bessemer converter where air is blown in at bottom and passes through melted iron.\nBelow a Siemens-Martin furnace where air goes into a pre-heater (regenerator) and passes above the melted iron and then onto another regenerator which gets heated. The direction of the air flow is changed after a time to make use of the heat! Both methods were invented around 1860.\n(GIF-images 4k+4k)\nOlder methods were based on heating and hammering. One used water-wheels to drive the hammers. The pig iron blocks were heated in a hearth and hammered to long thin pieces (rod iron). See images on following page.\nTo-day. Now there are only two iron mines: in Sweden Kiruna and Malmberget, both in the northmost part of Sweden. The last two mines in southern Sweden were Gr\u00e4ngesberg closed 1989 and Dannemora closed 1992 (D. had been in production since the 13th century!).\nThere are also only two ironworks with blast-furnaces, one in Lule\u00e5 and one in Oxel\u00f6sund. Old times. There have been hundreds of iron mines and blast-furnaces, and around thousand iron mills. Most of them in Bergslagen (far north-west of Stockholm, see map on Early Railways-page). This reduction has of course meant enormous changes for the people working in the Bergslag region. However, manufacturing of products based on iron is still very important in the region.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 20, "original_length": 2587, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 331.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://k945.com/the-voice-returns-sept-23rd-with-christina-aguilera-and-cee-lo-green-video/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:52Z", "digest": "sha1:PIHCMXHH7NI5Q57CIXA72NDR5UONHH7T", "length": 569, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "k945.com", "title": "The Voice Returns with Christina Aguilera and Cee-Lo Green", "raw_content": "The Voice Returns Sept. 23 with Christina Aguilera and Cee-Lo Green (Video)\nIf you\u2019re a fan of \u201cThe Voice,\u201d good news: all the original mentors will return for the next season. NBC released a very bizarre, one-minute promo for the upcoming season. It features Blake Shelton and Adam Levine fishing. Then, Christina Aguilera shows up walking on water as CEE-LO rises from the lake as Poseidon.\nOh, and they're all singing \u201cReunited\u201d while that is happening. LAME! The show returns Monday, Sept 23\nFiled Under: Adam Levine, blake shelton, Cee-Lo Green, christina aguilera", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 109, "original_length": 2157, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 283.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://kalikafm.com.np/index.php?pageName=news_details&catId=13&id=50846", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:43:30Z", "digest": "sha1:I4O5TR7TLAZEWPZDJNHVTIEYNNHLED5N", "length": 1111, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "kalikafm.com.np", "title": "Beni Municipality declared literate", "raw_content": "Babiyachaur, Myagdi, Dec 5 (RSS):\nBeni Municipality has been declared as achieving the required literacy amidst a programme in Beni on Monday. The programme was coordinated by the District Education Office and organized by the Municipality Office.\nIt was announced on the occasion that 96.82 per cent of the municipality denizens were literate. The Ministry of Education has the policy of declaring the Local Level Ward, the local level and district as literate ward, local level or district if 95 per cent of the denizens between 15 to 60 years of age there can write and recognize digits and letters. There are 10 wards in Beni municipality.\nSpeaking on the occasion, Chief of the District Coordination Committee, Devendra KC stressed on effective implementation of the declaration and making the remaining population literate through various programmes to achieve cent per cent literacy.\nDistrict Education Officer Ram Kumar Shrestha said out of the 45 total wards in the district, 35 have been declared as achieving literacy. He said the district would be declared as literate district on February 22, 2018.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 133, "original_length": 7083, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 290.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://katorade.blogspot.com/2018/11/november-wrap-up-instant-pot-turkey-la.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:10Z", "digest": "sha1:VTVPP2OO6DR5ASB5HJ74S6JX44ZVJRCM", "length": 174, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "katorade.blogspot.com", "title": "Paved with Good Intentions: November Wrap Up: Instant Pot Turkey a la King", "raw_content": "So glad you guys had such a fun time! And I can't believe I've never heard of that carousel. 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She will discuss the Green's latest plans and how those plans affect children, citizens and resource providers.\n\"This is an opportunity to make critical distinctions between Green politics and environmental health,\" says Swanson.\nCopies of the new edition of \"Set Up & Sold Out\" will be available at the meeting.\nThe Klamath Country Republican Women will meet Monday, March 1, 2004 at Sizzlers Restaurant, 2506 South 6th Street, for a no-host dinner at 5:30 PM and the meeting at 6:00 PM. The meeting is open to the public. 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WILSON, JR., as Trustee, as same appears of record in the Register\u2019s [\u2026]\nSUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE\u2019S SALE Sale at public auction will be on July 27, 2015 on or about 11:00AM local time, at the North door, Knox County Courthouse, Knoxville, Tennessee, conducted by the Substitute Trustee as identified and set forth herein below, pursuant to Deed of Trust executed by SHERRY WARREN, to WESLEY [\u2026]\nLegal and Public notices for June 1, 2-15\nforeclosure notices NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE STATE OF TENNESSEE, KNOX COUNTY WHEREAS, Johnetta Underwood and Katherine R Upton executed a Deed of Trust to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Lender and Arnold M Weiss, Trustee(s), which was dated April 2, 2002 and recorded on April 10, 2002 [\u2026]\nLegal and Public Notices for May 26, 2015\nNOTICE OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE\u2019S SALE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a Deed of Trust dated August 17, 2007, executed by LANCE L. 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McGivney \u2013 Andover Knights of Columbus\nHis Influence Today\n\u201cFather McGivney\u2019s vision remains as relevant as ever in the changed circumstances of today\u2019s Church and society.\u201d\nJust about every day Catholic laymen bound in a common association gather to advance the welfare of their Church and communities. They meet in harbor towns of Nova Scotia, suburban New Jersey, Mexican cities and Philippine villages. Some will help families pay off huge medical bills or secure aid for disaster victims. Others will help finance Catholic schools or independent living for people with disabilities. More will organize nutrition programs for disadvantaged children or prayer services for an end to abortion. They are the Knights of Columbus, the legacy of Father Michael J. McGivney. Knights and their families have always held reverence for the animator of their lay movement. But since Father McGivney\u2019s cause for canonization began in 1997, spreading his story of holiness and priestly service, popular devotion to him has increased. The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., has added a stained-glass window depicting his image. Father McGivney dedicated his life to the spiritual and physical welfare of others, creating the Knights of Columbus to provide insurance for the protection of widows and orphans, and the spiritual benefit of its members and families. Today, a growing number of schools, medical centers and social service agencies named for him associate their work with his charism, and the Knights of Columbus insures the lives of more than 1.2 million men, women and children. But beyond charitable works, Father McGivney wanted each Knight\u2019s heart and mind attuned to greater love of God and his Son, both within the Church and within the family. That is his spiritual legacy.\nThrough the Knights, Father McGivney sought to form young Catholic men into good spouses and fathers. He has become known as Apostle to the Young and Defender of Christian Family Life. He saw strong families as the foundation of his parish, of the Church and of society at large. He was convinced that the Catholic layman had a unique role in influencing society and promoting the values found in what Pope John Paul II has since named the Culture of Life and Civilization of Love. Father McGivney did not use the vocabulary of the 21st century, but he espoused the same Gospel values that Catholics affirm today. Increasingly, Church leaders realize that part of Father McGivney\u2019s spiritual genius is that nearly a century before the Second Vatican Council addressed the important role of the laity in the Church, Father McGivney built a way for laymen to make a substantial and enduring contribution to their parishes, communities and physical and spiritual security of their families. And he saw that by doing so one parish and community at a time, Catholic families could help build a better world.\nHigh ideals are not the exclusive preserve of the young, but they seem to go hand in hand with youthful energy and optimism. The trick is to keep our ideals burning brightly even when the vitality of youth begins to fade. This is, in part, what distinguishes a saint from the rest of us. A saint keeps the vision of God\u2019s love and the call to serve one\u2019s neighbor bright and clear to the end. In fact, when we look at the lives of holy men and women, we see that their ideals grow stronger with the passage of time. Physical energies may fade, but sanctity requires a clarity and consistency that remain to the end of one\u2019s days.\nFather McGivney was an idealist. He was a man whose youthful vision and creativity expanded and matured even as his physical well-being diminished. His intense idealism is often expressed today in titles ascribed to him as his cause for canonization progresses: \u201cApostle to the Young\u201d and \u201cProtector of Christian Family Life.\u201d These provide an outline for a spiritual portrait of Father McGivney.\nHis Legacy: The Knights of Columbus\n\u201cIn fidelity to the vision of Father McGivney, may you continue to seek new ways of being a leaven of the Gospel in the world and a spiritual force for the renewal of the Church in holiness, unity and truth.\u201d\n\u2014 Pope John Paul II, welcoming Knights of Columbus Board of Directors to Rome in October, 2003\nThrough the Knights of Columbus, Father McGivney gave Catholic laymen a new opportunity \u2014 the chance to grow in holiness while contributing to their parishes, communities and security of their families. Today, more and more Church leaders are recognizing his spiritual genius in animating the laity. New Book on Knights of Columbus.\nThe Knights of Columbus has grown to more than 12,000 local units in the United States, Canada, the Philippines, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Panama, the Bahamas, the Virgin Islands, Guatemala, Guam and Saipan. Over the past decade, Knights have raised and donated nearly $1 billion to charity and given nearly 400 million hours in humanitarian service.\nKnights donated $1 million to Special Olympics to send athletes from the United States, Canada and Mexico to the 2003 international Summer Games in Ireland. They provided 2,000 wheelchairs to land mine victims and people with disabilities in Afghanistan. The nature of most service by Knights is determined locally. Knights in Illinois, for example, have devised a sophisticated system for providing interest-free financing for group homes for people with developmental disabilities; councils in the Philippines regularly conduct free medical and dental clinics for the poor.\nWherever they exist, Knights continue the tradition of support for bishops and parish priests exemplified by Father McGivney. Each year tens of thousands of Catholics attend the Marian Hour of Prayer programs, rosary prayer services, and pro-life Masses Knights sponsor.\nFather McGivney founded the Knights of Columbus as a fraternal benefit society offering low-cost life insurance to immigrant families facing destitution if a breadwinner died. Today the Knights of Columbus has more than $50 billion of life insurance in force. Its insurance program has received the highest possible ratings from both the A. M. Best Co. and Standard & Poor\u2019s.\nOver a century ago, in mid-August 1890, one of the largest funerals in the history of Waterbury, Conn., took place. The throngs who attended were grieving the death, at age 38, of Father Michael J. McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus.\nThe bishop of Hartford and more than 70 of Connecticut\u2019s Catholic priests were joined by many civic leaders. It was reported that mourners rented every available carriage within miles for the great procession.\nFather McGivney\u2019s funeral was an indication of the love and respect the people felt for this hard-working, holy, parish priest. It also reflected the deep personal appeal that immigrant Catholics immediately found in the Knights of Columbus. Delegations were present from almost every one of the 57 Knights of Columbus councils that had been chartered in the Order\u2019s first eight years.\nTo mark their 100th anniversary in 1982, the Knights of Columbus brought the remains of Father McGivney from Waterbury back to St. Mary\u2019s Church in New Haven, where he founded the Order. There he now rests in a setting in which daily Mass is offered for deceased Knights and prayers are said in his honor.\nProcess for Sainthood\nThe process of \u201csaint making,\u201d more properly called the process for canonization, is normally long and complex. The candidate for sainthood must first be proposed to the local bishop. Once the bishop accepts and formally opens the \u201ccause\u201d for canonization, a thorough investigation into the person\u2019s life and work is begun. This entails an exhaustive study of the candidate\u2019s written works and, when possible, interviews with those who knew or worked with him. There is careful scrutiny of his life, virtues and weaknesses. The investigation aims at getting at the truth of the person\u2019s life and virtue. Only one who has lived the Christian life in an extraordinary manner, who has manifested \u201cheroic virtue,\u201d can be seriously considered for canonization.\nIf the diocesan process is positive, all the information is forwarded to Rome where the Congregation for the Causes of Saints undertakes a new investigation under the supervision of professional historians and theologians. The arguments and proofs for the person\u2019s holiness of life are refined and focused. Once complete, the evidence is presented to the bishops and cardinals who make up the congregation, and their judgment is forwarded to the pope. Only the Holy Father makes the decision to beatify or canonize the candidate for sainthood.\nThe Holy Father looks to a sign from God as confirmation of God\u2019s positive judgment concerning beatification or canonization. Miracles are a positive sign that God indeed confirms the decision of the Church.\nGuild Activities and News\nThe Father Michael J. McGivney Guild serves as a source for information about the life, works and spirituality of Father McGivney. The Guild distributes informational materials about him, receives reports of favors granted through his intercession and oversees the distribution of relics. There are more than 83,000 members of the Father McGivney Guild.\nThe purpose of the Guild is to inspire greater personal holiness and cooperation with God\u2019s grace by disseminating information about Father McGivney. \u201cThe Guild\u2019s goal is to spread the good word about Father McGivney\u2019s holiness of life, to encourage devotion to his memory and to seek his intercession before the throne of God,\u201d said Dominican Father Gabriel B. O\u2019Donnell, guild director and postulator of Father McGivney\u2019s cause for canonization.\nThe Knights of Columbus founded the Guild in 1997 concurrently with the archdiocesan phase of Father McGivney\u2019s cause for canonization. Membership in the Guild, which is free, is open to all individuals and households, but not groups. Members of the Knights of Columbus are not automatically Guild members and must elect to join the Guild. The Father Michael J. McGivney Guild Newsletter is published bimonthly except July- August, and is sent free to Guild members.\nMembers who wish to do so may make tax-deductible contributions to assist in the Guild\u2019s work, but this is by no means required.\nThose devoted to Father McGivney are encouraged to join the Guild and regularly say the prayer for his canonization, which is available below, online and on a special prayer card. Members are asked to pray for Father McGivney\u2019s canonization, report favors received and assist in the advancement of the cause.\nTo join the guild click here.\nPrayer for the Canonization of Father Michael J. McGivney", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 114, "original_length": 13124, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 181.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://kotzwinkle.com/books/book_details.php?id=61", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:59Z", "digest": "sha1:7COKAODRQF5OMTSAFAMWJCYI5NAAO2HO", "length": 140, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "kotzwinkle.com", "title": "About Kotzwinkle - William Kotzwinkle is a novelist, children's writer, and screenwriter. He was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. 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Having chosen as its symbol peace sign, representing the words of its creator, the artist and the spirituality of Nicholas Roerich, \"the evolution of consciousness in all its phases, awakening among human sets the message of peace and goodwill\", \"Roof of the World\" has always been a place of giving their guests the opportunity of interesting communication and physical and spiritual self-improvement.\nIn addition to the long night dancing under the sets of resident and renowned guest artists on Fridays and Saturdays, during the day and in the evening \"Roof of the World\" works as a healthy food restaurant, on Tuesday to hold friendly ping pong tournaments, gourmet dinners on Wednesdays. With a monthly group sessions held regularly Neon Yoga, is a symbiosis of modern electronic music, club fashion and ancient practices that perfectly reflects the ideological direction of the institution.\nMusic producer \"Krisha Mira\" Dr. Spy.Der (Boris Zlenko) plunged headlong into the world of electronic music while still a teenager in the mid 80s.\nFish sample actor skillfully combining underground tastes and lifestyle with the status of a legendary and successful DJ.\nTrapeznikov (Vladimir Trapeznikov) - along with the Spyder and Fish is one of the veterans of the Russian techno scene without losing energy and staying still in excellent creative form.\nList (Alexander Glukhov) - one of the brightest and most significant domestic DJs, skillfully and harmoniously complementing his musical skills eccentric artistic way.\nNils (Nils Yuri) deservedly loved by the public for his thoughtful and sets broad musical horizons, covering a variety of genres of current electronic music - from deep-house and Space disco to techno and tech-house and downtempo ambient with.\nDuhov (Alex Spirits) is one of the most interesting representatives of the second wave of Russian DJing.\n11 and 12 July club \"Roof of the World\" will wash his own eighth birthday with bone c main techno label San Francisco Dirtybird.\nAt the very beginning of its existence, the club won the Night Life Awards, as the opening year. And in January 2008, the premium Russian Dance Music Awards, as the best club in 2007. The secret of the popularity of easy Roof of the World: successful people + current dance music + very pleasant atmosphere.\nElite Club with a relaxed atmosphere and without uniform remixes of pop music - I think it's impossible?\nThe club \"Roof of the World\" proves the opposite. Institution without unnecessary pathos and design refinements in design yet nine years retains the title of best club in Moscow with music tech-house.\nOn Taras Shevchenko Embankment in Moscow, is one of the most interesting clubs in the capital - the \"Roof of the World.\" Occupying an ideal location for its beauty, and it is located at a height of bird's eye view overlooking the City of Moscow, he had already won the hearts of many. View captures its beauty, especially in the evening when the skyscrapers of Moscow City, the lights are burning.\nThe most popular of the closed and the most unusual of Moscow - on the roof Badaevsky brewery, where the club, not overgrown popular trail: morning DJ sets Spider, view of skyscrapers, \"Moscow City\", the famous Sunset.\nNight club \"Roof of the World\", which is on the roof Badaevsky factory, as one of the religious institutions of Moscow at night. It offers stunning views of the Moskva River, as well as being in the club, you can enjoy a beautiful sunset Moscow. Weekdays Club this Friday and Saturday from 23:00 to 05:05 am.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 78, "original_length": 6021, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 293.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ladylaw.com/2016/02/18/timonium-bike-show-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:30Z", "digest": "sha1:SNF2JCLJN6LIWH66YV4OBJOPFUMFNIN3", "length": 490, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "ladylaw.com", "title": "Timonium Maryland Bike Show - February 2016", "raw_content": "Faced with temperatures in the twenties and snow on the ground, thousands of motorcyclists from Maryland, Delaware, Washington D.C, and Pennsylvania found their way to the Timonium, MD Bike Show. It was too cold to ride and everyone was dreaming of warmer weather. Motorcycle merchandise was everywhere making it difficult to resist buying something.\nI enjoy visiting with friends and sharing stories. Stop by and visit me at Bikes to the Beach from April 28th to May 1st in Ocean City, MD.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 32, "original_length": 1401, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 288.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://lambdageneration.com/news/other/happy-third-birthday-podcast-17/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:09:42Z", "digest": "sha1:JMEGM4HMLQWH366IBSBDGHYHJJC4SKT5", "length": 1292, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "lambdageneration.com", "title": "Happy Third Birthday, Podcast 17! \u2013 LambdaGeneration", "raw_content": "Happy Third Birthday, Podcast 17!\nOctober 10th 2011 \u2022 By Vic\nThree years ago, a spirit child was conceived. Its first name was 17, and its last name was podcast. Yes, it\u2019s been 3 years since Podcast 17 was created by Phillip Marlowe of PlanetPhillip, and William McMahon.\nWhat has William got planned for the third anniversary? A competition \u2013 with a reward! Perhaps the biggest reward I\u2019ve ever seen in my life. Don\u2019t believe me? Head over to the official \u201cThird Year Anniversary Page\u201d. That\u2019s\u2026 huge. I bet you\u2019re wondering what the competition entails, but that\u2019s classified, surprisingly:\nThe competition is a secret for now, but we can tell you this:\nDetails will be announced on Episode #156.\nWhen the details are announced this page will be updated.\nThe entry period is between Episode #156 and #157.\nWinners will be announced on Episode #157.\nWhen the winners are announced this page will be updated.\nSounds good! I will be one of #156\u2019s hosts, and I strongly recommend that you tune in when the time comes in around 3 hours \u2013 details are on the Live Stream page, and the P17 Steam group.\n\u270e October 10th 2011 at 6:31pm\nBrownie Points October 10th 2011 at 7:18pm\nHappy tird birthday! \ud83d\ude00\nlooking forward to many more years of awesomeness! \ud83d\ude42\nAlexander the Great October 10th 2011 at 7:01pm", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 88, "original_length": 2902, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 328.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://lauraclaycomb.com/show/la-phil-bachpergolesi-with-haim-3/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:41Z", "digest": "sha1:57W5VQJD2Z6IZXPPBTT34U3NPGKDVGPJ", "length": 394, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "lauraclaycomb.com", "title": "LA PHIL - Bach/Pergolesi with Ha\u00efm - Laura Claycomb - Laura Claycomb", "raw_content": "LA PHIL \u2013 Bach/Pergolesi with Ha\u00efm\nEmmanuelle Ha\u00efm, conductor\nLaura Claycomb, soprano\nPURCELL: Suite from The Fairy Queen (c. 10 minutes) Program Notes\nRAMEAU: Suite from Les Indes Galantes (c. 10 minutes)\nBACH: Suite No. 3 in D, BWV 1068 (c. 20 minutes)\nPERGOLESI: Stabat mater (c. 39 minutes)\nhttp://www.laphil.com/tickets/bach-pergolesi/2017-11-19\nhttp://www.laphil.org\nhttp://www.laphil.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 108, "original_length": 3772, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.62, "perplexity": 331.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://learnerhu.com/node/242", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:37:32Z", "digest": "sha1:JC7OUJYIXTOVM6LOM34AI6MEUOJ3X3EH", "length": 456, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "learnerhu.com", "title": "Erhu Rhapsody No.1\uff08\u7b2c\u4e00\u4e8c\u80e1\u72c2\u60f3\u66f2\uff09 | Learn Erhu Online", "raw_content": "This piece was composed in the style of music of the minority tribes in Yunnan, China. The single-movement rhapsody comprises of various sections that explore the use of vajor and minor chords variations of the theme, unfolding beautiful sceneries of Southwestern China.\nThe Erhu Rhapsody No. 1 is one of the earliest and successful contemporary pieces to be written for the erhu, displaying the various erhu performance techniques in contemporary setting.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 1796, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 203.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://leclerc-art.com/berini-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:19Z", "digest": "sha1:CGO3E3HRT6IF4VKFKLAZIO3AI7LZYO5Q", "length": 1126, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "leclerc-art.com", "title": "B\u00e9rini > Leclerc ArtLeclerc Art", "raw_content": "Digital print on plexiglass\nI\u2019ve never seen the original canvas of Cl\u00e9ment Berini. I have no reference as to the size and technique?\nThe pictorial work is a forest with a clearing. It is a serene composition with a hint of mysticism. Berini applies cubism to nature. The painting could have been used as a backdrop in trompe l\u2019oeil on a theater set. The topic does not interest me, but his mastery of color gradients cause my curiosity. It is obvious that Berini mastered the technique of glazing.\nI imported a bitmap copy of the work in a vector drawing program that I modified. I documented the stages of production. The task proved to be repetitive and tedious, yet it allowed me to better appreciate the work of colorist Berini.\nHaving completed a copy of the vector table, I deconstructed the classic illustration by distorting the perspective. The image is deployed four times in an arc, and the center, the composition appears as a whole as seen through a peephole. The image is printed on the back of a plexiglass cut in a circle\nFor more information on the opening night at the Glendon Gallery, see below (in French):", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 17, "original_length": 1319, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 328.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://lefleurdelystoo.blogspot.com/2011_07_24_archive.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:43:57Z", "digest": "sha1:DE7NF5Z2NBKQG5MOEZ5M5DJ7OLS7337V", "length": 1483, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "lefleurdelystoo.blogspot.com", "title": "La Fleur de Lys too: 7/24/11 - 7/31/11", "raw_content": "Ghosts of the past...\n...It is the first time that excavations have been done of the mass graves of the Vend\u00e9e War, as if there was a fear of arousing the ghosts of the past....\nMore photos are found in a slideshow here...\n...Both Lenin and Hitler praised their Jacobin filiation. From the Jacobin sans-culottes came the Red Guard and the SS. The red and black ideologies of extermination justified their genocides with arguments similar to those used by the Convention to justify the genocide in Vend\u00e9e. And the Jacobin ideology continues to inspire the subversion of the ideas of liberty, equality and fraternity into a totalitarian individualism that destroys the natural communities, beginning with the family, and that confiscates the fundamental freedom of education of children by their parents.\nLess than twenty years after the end of the USSR, the Russian State, even though in some ways a continuation of the Soviet system, honored itself by repenting for the assassination of the Tsar and his family, and by replacing Russia in its historical and religious continuity.\nFrance is in need of a similar symbolic gesture. The State, by repenting for the original crimes of our republic would liberate our national memory, and accomplish a far-reaching act of French Friendship...\nIt is said that history is written by the victors, I think that may be so, but it is remembered by the losers much more keenly.\nLes d\u00e9fenseurs de la foi.\nFeast of Saint Anne, Patroness of Bretagne", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 602, "original_length": 26552, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 197.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://leftvoice.org/Pension-Reform-Bill-Passes-Street-Battles-Rage-in-Argentina-1867", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:10:27Z", "digest": "sha1:S5VD7MCR555J5Q2WJON22BX3ZUIVLRDF", "length": 6024, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "leftvoice.org", "title": "Pension Reform Bill Passes, Street Battles Rage in Argentina", "raw_content": "Pension Reform Bill Passes, Street Battles Rage in Argentina\nThe Argentine people heroically took the streets and faced off against the police in protests against the right wing pension reform bill that drastically cuts pensions for the elderly. The right-wing government approved the bill but with a high political cost, mobilizing thousands across the country.\nIt\u2019s 9 p.m. on a Tuesday night in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The night before, thousands of people had been in the streets until 4 a.m., protesting a pension reform law. By 7 a.m., while the city slept, Congress passed the austerity measure.\nAs my friends and I sat drinking mate and chatting about the events from the night before, there came a faint sound from the windows. A clanging that may have gone unnoticed. Slowly, but surely, the clanging got louder. Another night of protests was beginning.\nA week of protests\nMonday, December 18 had been a full day of mobilizations. In the morning, hundreds engaged in road blocks across the city. Several sectors of workers went on strike including teachers and public-sector workers. Airport workers called a strike, causing chaos for travelers across the world. There were no flights going in or out of Argentina. Transportation workers also declared a work stoppage for late Monday night.\nThat afternoon, thousands protested outside the National Congress and the police used water cannons, tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd. The Congress was completely surrounded by police, and there was no way to even get close. The protesters pelted the police with rocks from afar.\nMonday\u2019s march wasn\u2019t the first time people faced repression in marches against the pension reform bill. On Thursday, December 14 \u2014 only 5 days before \u2014 the police repressed another massive march. The mobilizations were so big that Congress was forced to take a recess from discussing the bill. Images emerged of youth helping elderly people through the tear gas \u2014 demonstrations of solidarity amid disgusting acts of brutality by the police.\nAs the Congress continued to debate the bill late into Monday night, people around the city began to mobilize, banging pots and pans in streets corners in their neighborhoods. Soon text messages began to spread calling people to the National Congress, where the debate continued.\nThousands took the streets late on Monday night.\nWhile militants mobilized outside, elected leaders of the Left and Workers Front spoke out against the pension reform law. A representative of the Party of Socialist Workers, Nathalia Gonz\u00e1lez Seligra proclaimed \u201cIf there is no bread for retirees, you will have no peace\u201d\u2014 not an empty threat given the battle raging outside.\nLikewise, Nicol\u00e1s del Ca\u00f1o of Party of Socialist Workers drew a parallel between the logic used by capitalist politicians around the world. He said, \u201cThey feed us the story that if we cut taxes for the wealthy, jobs will be created. That\u2019s the same story that Donald Trump, Macri\u2019s friend in the US, is telling. But it\u2019s a formula that only benefits large corporations, the millionaires and especially the ultra millionaires.\u201d\nWhat \u201cPension Reform\u201d?\nThe reform passed by Congress cut pension payments for the elderly and disabled people across Argentina as a cost-saving measure for the government. As Argentina \u2014 along with the rest of Latin America \u2014 weathers an economic crisis, the right-wing government wants the working class to pay for the crisis. The pension reform will affect 17 million retirees and a welfare program for poor families. The bill would put in place a new method to adjust pensions to inflation, substantially reducing the final income. With the new formula, the 2017 bi-annual increase would be reduced from 12 percent to 5.7 percent.\nFor more information about this law, read How to Kill a Bill: Mass Protests Stall Unpopular Pension Reform in Argentina.\nBy 9 p.m. on Tuesday night, hundreds took the streets again. The law had been passed, but the Argentine people continued to express disapproval. In neighborhoods across the city, families came to the streets, blocking major intersections.\nMy friends and I stood at one of these intersections, where the majority of drivers who passed by honked their approval, waving and giving a thumbs up sign. We marched through the neighborhood, asking for people to join us. The most popular chant was \u201cUnity of the working class and those who don\u2019t like it can go fuck themselves!\u201d Everywhere, workers left businesses to wave or bang their support for the protest.\nImage from Reuters/Martin Acosta\nAt the National Congress, the number of people was significantly smaller than the night before. But the public sentiment in every street corner was unmistakable: we are against the cuts.\nThe right-wing government led by Mauricio Macri has undoubtedly taken a hit. Approval ratings are down and most of the country is against the reforms that were rammed through Congress.\nA generation who witnessed, as children, the massive mobilizations of December of 2001 that ousted four presidents, now takes the streets in 2017. The spectre of 2001 haunts Buenos Aires. Will this be our 2001?, a new generation wonders. While it seems highly unlikely that this moment, unlike the December Days of 16 years ago, will topple the government, one thing is certain: the president and the right-wing Congress knows that there will be hell to pay if they try to push through more austerity measures.\nAs Party of Socialist Workers Congressman, Nicolas de Ca\u00f1o said to the leaders in Congress \u201cYou may have won a parliamentary victory. You may have been able pass this law, but it is very clear that in these days, you lost the battle for the conscience of millions. In the streets, people know that this government of the rich steals from retirees. The entire population is clear about this. That\u2019s why you refuse a plebiscite and why you have to put the repressive forces of the state at the service of stealing from the poor.\u201d\nMauricio Macri / PTS / Argentina / Latin America", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 92, "original_length": 7842, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 286.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0400-0499/0403/Sections/0403.801.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:09Z", "digest": "sha1:ZGS3COWVTRHSOPPZW5RKNQWUTRMYNVKI", "length": 143, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "leg.state.fl.us", "title": "Statutes & Constitution :View Statutes : Online Sunshine", "raw_content": "403.801\u2003Short title.\u2014Chapter 75-22, Laws of Florida, shall be known and may be cited as the \u201cFlorida Environmental Reorganization Act of 1975.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 1669, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 141.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://linguistics.byu.edu/faculty/henrichsenl/ResearchMethods/RM_2_05.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:29Z", "digest": "sha1:XMTLBIUXR5QYSSQZWCDWV4GXATH75NY6", "length": 1975, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "linguistics.byu.edu", "title": "RESEARCH METHODS: PLANNING: Descriptive Research", "raw_content": "This type of research is also a grouping that includes many particular research methodologies and procedures, such as observations, surveys, self-reports, and tests. The four parameters of research will help us understand how descriptive research in general is similar to, and different from, other types of research.\n(Holistic) Analytic\n(Constituent)\nUnlike qualitative research, descriptive research may be more analytic. It often focuses on a particular variable or factor.\n(Hypothesis\nTesting) Heuristic\nGenerating)\nDescriptive research may also operate on the basis of hypotheses (often generated through previous, qualitative research). That moves it toward the deductive side of the deductive/heuristic continuum.\nCONTROL OVER THE RESEARCH CONTEXT\nFinally, like qualitative research, descriptive research aims to gather data without any manipulation of the research context. In other words, descriptive research is also low on the \"control or manipulation of research context\" scale. It is non-intrusive and deals with naturally occurring phenomena.\nEXPLICITNESS OF DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURES\nIn addition, the data collection procedures used in descriptive research may be very explicit. Some observation instruments, for example, employ highly refined categories of behavior and yield quantitative (numerical) data.\nThese differences also lead to another significant characteristic of descriptive research-the types of subjects it studies.\nDescriptive research may focus on individual subjects and go into great depth and detail in describing them. Individual variation is not only allowed for but studied. This approach is called a case-study.\nOn the other hand, because of the data collection and analysis procedures (such as surveys) it may employ, descriptive research can also investigate large groups of subjects. Often these are pre-existing classes. In these cases, the analytical procedures tend to produce results that show \"average\" behavior for the group.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 23, "original_length": 2126, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 280.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://listverse.com/2017/10/31/10-most-horrific-murders-committed-on-halloween/?utm_source=more&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=direct", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:24Z", "digest": "sha1:6HPOMF5SPZCRCPRIKRSTPXDEMGNLUVZF", "length": 12302, "nlines": 62, "source_domain": "listverse.com", "title": "10 Most Horrific Murders Committed On Halloween - Listverse", "raw_content": "10 Most Horrific Murders Committed On Halloween\nM David Scott October 31, 2017\nHalloween murders are usually just stories told in movies, TV shows, or books. But crimes committed on this holiday are more serious than the urban legends that you have heard.\nThe sick perpetrators tear families and communities apart with their horrible deeds. Many of the murders that occur on this already spooky night are directly related to the festivities that surround the holiday. Here are 10 of the most horrific murders committed on Halloween.\n10 Egg Throwing Leads To Murder\nEgging someone\u2019s home or car is a Halloween tradition for many, but it became deadly for one man. Twenty-one-year-old Karl Jackson was driving his girlfriend and her son home from a Halloween party in the Bronx when a group of young men started throwing eggs at Jackson\u2019s car. He exited the vehicle and started to confront the men, but they shot him in the head. He was pronounced dead shortly afterward.\nCurtis Sterling, who was only 17 years old at the time of the shooting, was prosecuted for the murder.[1] He is serving a 20-year sentence at a state prison in Ulster County. Every October, Jackson\u2019s mom sends Sterling a Halloween card that reads, \u201cI\u2019m glad you\u2019re still there.\u201d\n9 The Tony Bagley Murder\nOn Halloween night 1994, seven-year-old Tony Bagley was trick-or-treating with his family. Dressed in a skeleton costume, Tony was walking ahead of his sister, aunt, and mother when he approached the street corner near the next house. At the same time, a man wearing a hooded sweat suit ran into the street and started shooting the Bagley family.\nThe hooded man then jumped into a car waiting for him, and they took off. Tony\u2019s sister, aunt, and mother were all sprayed with gunfire and lived, but Tony did not. The second-grader was shot in the head and later died at the hospital.\nThere were no leads on the man who committed this murder, but police chased a theory that it was a family member who was not present that night. Police could never prove that a family member was behind the shooting, and the case is still unsolved.[2]\n8 Trick-Or-Treat Murder\nIn 1957, hairdresser Peter Fabiano was murdered after answering the door to what he thought was a trick-or-treater. Fabiano\u2019s wife had briefly left the marriage to shack up with a woman named Joan Rabel. But Betty Fabiano soon abandoned her female lover and returned to her husband, filling Rabel with jealousy. Rabel conspired with another woman, Goldyne Pizer, to murder Peter on Halloween.\nRabel wore a costume consisting of a mask, gloves, and face paint. She also had a gun in a brown paper sack to make it look like a bag of candy. The two women sat outside the house until the lights were turned off. Rabel then walked up to the house and rang the doorbell. Peter answered the door as Rabel shot him in the face with a .38-caliber handgun.\nThe police questioned Betty, and she revealed that she had briefly left her husband to be with Rabel. The police then questioned Rabel and followed the evidence. The gun was later obtained, and she was arrested for the murder.[3]\n7 Poisoned Pixy Stix\nOn Halloween night 1974, Timothy O\u2019Bryan went trick-or-treating with his dad and friends in Deer Park, Texas. They approached a house with the lights turned off but decided to knock anyway. Nobody came to the door, and everyone in the group except Timothy\u2019s dad moved on to the next house.\nHe quickly caught up with the group. He was holding a handful of Pixy Stix, claiming that they had come from the previous home. He passed some around to the children, including two of his own kids.\nTimothy wanted a little snack that night from his stash of candy, and his dad, Ronald Clark O\u2019Bryan, told Timothy that he could have the Pixy Stix. The boy ate a few and died just an hour later. The police determined that the Pixy Stix were partially filled with cyanide. Luckily, the other kids had not eaten theirs yet.\nRonald told authorities that the poisoned candy had come from the dark house that night, but the man living there had an alibi that checked out. He was not home that night. Police started to look toward Ronald for the murder, especially after realizing that he had just taken out life insurance policies on his children.[4]\nHe owed debts of over $100,000 and was hoping to use the insurance money to take care of them. Ronald maintained his innocence, but a jury took less than an hour to convict him of the murder. He was executed 10 years after his son\u2019s death.\n6 Preacher Strangles Woman\nPhoto credit: wnem.com\nOn Halloween night 2012, John D. White entered Rebekah Gay\u2019s mobile home and murdered her. White struck her in the head with a mallet several times before tightening a large zip-tie around her neck. He had planned on having sex with the corpse after watching several necrophilia pornography videos online. But he was unable to do so because he was too drunk.\nGay\u2019s three-year-old son was home at the time of the murder, and White stayed with the boy afterward. He dressed the kid in his Halloween costume and delivered him to his father. White confessed to police about the murder, and he was arrested.[5]\nLater, White accepted a plea deal for second-degree murder and was sentenced to 56 years and three months in prison. He committed suicide in prison just months after being convicted. The prison staff tried to revive him after he was found hanging in his cell, but they were unable to do so.\n5 Murders Of Leslie Mazzara And Adriane Insogna\nPhoto credit: napavalleyregister.com\nLeslie Mazzara, Adriane Insogna, and their friend Lauren Meanza were passing out candy at their house in Napa, California, on Halloween night 2004. The doorbell eventually stopped ringing, and the three women went to bed around 11:00 PM.\nLater that night, an unidentified man entered the home and went upstairs. From her downstairs bedroom, Lauren heard screaming and knew something was wrong. But she waited until the house went silent before running out the back door and leaving in her car to escape the murderer.\nAfter a year of searching for the murderer, police finally arrested Eric Copple, who was the husband of one of Adriane\u2019s best friends. Copple turned himself in to authorities after they released information on the unusual cigarette brand used by the killer. The motive for the homicides may never be known to the public, but he did admit to murdering the two women.\nCopple pleaded guilty in court to two counts of first-degree murder and will spend the rest of his life in prison. His plea allowed him to escape the death penalty. He waived his rights to seek an appeal and agreed never to profit financially from the women\u2019s deaths.[6]\n4 Liske Family Murders\nPhoto credit: sanduskyregister.com\nOn Halloween night 2010, 16-year-old Devon Griffin returned to his family\u2019s home after attending church, but it was unusually quiet. Then he stumbled upon the bodies of his brother, Derek Griffin, his mother, Susan Liske, and his stepfather, William Liske. Devon said the scene looked like something from a haunted house, but he quickly realized that it was not. The teen called an aunt, who then dialed 911.\nAuthorities made an arrest that night after suspecting that William Liske Jr. had a connection to the murder. He was the 24-year-old son of Devon\u2019s stepfather. William Liske Jr. had a history of mental illness and suffered from schizophrenia.\nIn 2004, he was charged with assault and robbery and accused of hitting his stepmother with a coffee cup and stealing her keys. But the charges were dropped after he pleaded insanity.\nLiske Jr. pleaded guilty to the murders of his family members and received three life sentences with no chance of parole. In 2015, he was found dead in his prison cell from a self-inflicted wound.[7]\n3 The Toolbox Killers\nLawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris were the torture team known as the \u201cToolbox Killers.\u201d They received the name because they used basic household tools to inflict unimaginable torments on their victims, who were young teenage girls in the Los Angeles area.\nThe men would give rides to hitchhiking girls and take them to remote locations to rape, torment, and murder them. Then Bittaker and Norris would dump the bodies in the mountains. The men kept photographs and audiotapes of the girls while they were being raped and murdered.\nThe men\u2019s fifth and final victim died on Halloween night 1979. Sixteen-year-old Shirley Ledford was hitchhiking home from a party when Bittaker and Norris pulled up and offered her a ride. Ledford was beaten with a sledgehammer, raped, and tortured with a pair of pliers while being recorded. Afterward, they tossed her body on the lawn of a house in the suburbs, where a jogger found it the next morning.\nNorris bragged about the murder to an ex-convict friend, who gave the information to authorities. The men were arrested, and the photographic and audio evidence was recovered. Norris confessed to the abductions and rapes, but he blamed Bittaker for the murders.\nThen Norris cut a plea deal: He testified against his partner in crime in exchange for life in prison. Bittaker was sentenced to death, but he is still alive today.[8]\n2 Nine-Year-Old Raped And Murdered\nPhoto credit: wisn.com\nNine-year-old Lisa French from Wisconsin was trick-or-treating in 1973 when she was murdered. French rang the doorbell of neighbor Gerald Turner, and he took her into his house and shut the door behind them. Turner forced her into his bedroom and violently raped the young girl. Afterward, he strangled her to death.\nHe packed her nude body into plastic garbage bags and left them alongside a country road next to a farm. The farmer who owned the land discovered her body four days later. Turner\u2019s hair was found inside the plastic bag with the girl\u2019s body, and he eventually confessed to the murder. The judge gave Turner a 38.5-year sentence with the possibility of parole.\nHe was paroled in 1992, which prompted Wisconsin state lawmakers to pass the Sexual Predator Law. This allows the state to keep some people convicted of sex crimes in custody if they are deemed potentially violent.\nIn 1998, Turner violated his parole when hard-core pornographic images were found on his computer. He was found guilty and sentenced to an additional 15 years in prison.[9]\n1 Teenager Killed And Cut Into Three Pieces\nOn Halloween night 1981, 17-year-old Maria Ciallella told her father that she was going out and would return around midnight. A patrolman spotted her walking on the side of the road that night and was going to give her a ride on his way back. He returned within 10 minutes, but she was nowhere to be seen. It was a year and a half before anyone found Maria.\nIn 1983, a body was spotted near some brush at a Burger King. After working a tip, police arrived at the home of Richard Biegenwald, his wife, and Dherran Fitzgerald. Both men had a long history of violence and crime, but the police nabbed Fitzgerald first.\nHe quickly pointed police to two more bodies before leading them to the home of Biegenwald\u2019s mother. There, in the backyard, authorities dug up Maria\u2019s body, which was cut into three pieces, and the body of Deborah Osborne, who was also 17 at the time of her murder.\nFitzgerald became the key witness for the prosecution when Biegenwald\u2019s trial began for one of the five victims he had allegedly murdered. The prosecution claimed that Biegenwald killed just because he wanted to see someone die. They labeled him the Jersey Shore \u201cThrill Killer.\u201d\nBiegenwald was found guilty of two murders and confessed to killing the women found in his mother\u2019s yard. Fitzgerald got off with five years because he had cooperated with police. After many appeals, Biegenwald stayed tucked away in a New Jersey state prison where he eventually died of natural causes in 2008.[10]\nI\u2019m just another bearded guy trying to write my way through life. Visit me at MDavidScott.com\nRead about more creepy happenings on Halloween on 10 Sinister Halloween Horror Stories That Really Happened and 10 Creepy Unsolved Mysteries That Happened On Halloween.\n10 True Stories Of Karma Providing Instant Justice\n10 Gruesome Murder Sites That Attract Tourists Like Flies\n10 Disturbing Facts About The Colonial Parkway Murders\n10 Real-Life Murderers Who Were Influenced By Dexter Morgan", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 247, "original_length": 15463, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 208.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://llresearch.org/transcripts/indexes/1988.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:01Z", "digest": "sha1:CXWR4BSG5EFDPCGP26L2G5U2K4P33EY4", "length": 8462, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "llresearch.org", "title": "1988.aspx", "raw_content": "Group question: Has to do with negative polarity, negative energy, and its direction towards us as seekers in various forms, whether it might be a magically powerful negative entity sending a greeting that has the purpose of disabling you in some way, or a person that just wishes you ill, all the way to the potential negative expression through the monetary system and the electronic funds transfer system where the controlling of the great majority of people is done by a few for their gain at the expense of the many, to what allows the energy to be sent and received in a certain fashion, or how does a seeker deal with these situations and the sendings, wishing one ill, attempting to control one or affecting one in a negative fashion. Are you getting that? Hopefully it\u2019s all there somewhere.\nGroup question: About parenting and discipline in particular. Question asked by C. Focus upon the proper relationship of the parent to the child and how best to establish that relationship.\nGroup question: Concerns reincarnation and the means by which the process of reincarnation enhances our overall growth as entities.\nGroup question: C has a question about a friend of his who is suffering what has been diagnosed as narcolepsy. He\u2019s able to contact his wife, for example, and to have what seems to be out-of-body experiences during the seeming sleep. We\u2019re wondering how out-of-body experiences in general, and in this case as well, could be used to advance one\u2019s spiritual growth?\nGroup question: If our lives are unfolding in an appropriate manner and all is well and there are no mistakes, how do we operate within this environment to enhance our service to others?\nGroup question: (From R.) Concerns the breakdown of the bicameral or use of the two-lobed brain/mind and the development of consciousness as a result of that breakdown, so that the entity is no longer experiencing a direction from inner resources or the voices of the gods, shall we say, but is acting on his own as a conscious being, and in doing that seems to cut himself off from those sources so that he is on his own in his evolution, but once he is able to find his way back, shall we say, to the Creator and penetrate the veil, we\u2019re wondering how this is related to the dropping of the veil between the conscious and the unconscious mind, if that is manifested in any way in the brain, and if the penetration of the veil, the contact with intelligent infinity, is something that occurs in a moment and the veil is shattered, or if it is something that occurs as a process that is ongoing, and the veil is slowly rent so the entity, in whatever the case is, returns again to the unity of the Creator, this time as a conscious being, having worked his way back there.\nGroup question: (From R.) Are we sometimes influenced by the negative polarization of thought forms which have been created perhaps unknowingly through the mental activity of social groups? Do these thought forms tend to congregate in generalized areas, and if so, how may they be disbanded or neutralized?\nGroup question: There are various kinds of unseen energy or life-forms within the universe that various people see from time to time, all the way from UFOs to spirits associated with the plant and mineral kingdoms, and other forms of life and energy that we are unaware of usually. How can we make contact with them? How can we become friends with them? How can we use what they have to teach us in order to serve other people?\nHatonn: We were of the impression that we would be of the most service by persistently contacting the one known as D in order that the deeper service might be recollected in the midst of most disquieting circumstances. This simple lesson may seem to be an allegory of the life that is lived so narrowly in the midst of such abundant glory. There must come that time when it is seen that the channel, as imperfect as it is, and remiss, nevertheless is becoming more and more able to perceive the contact.\nGroup question: \u201cQ\u2019uo: You have wished to know what we may think about the right use of will.\u201d\nApril 3, 1988 - Easter, Sunday Meditation\nGroup question: Has to do with suffering. What causes suffering? Is it something to do with the general lack of a person\u2019s feeling and knowing of the unity of all of creation? Is it something that can be generally stated? What can be done to alleviate the suffering that a person goes through? Is the suffering that people go through an individual kind of thing? How do individuals deal with their suffering? How can we use the suffering for growth and learn from it?\nGroup question: (From H1.) Has to do with nuclear warfare, and the cause of the tensions that build toward the feeling of separation and anger that are strong enough to lead to warfare, and to\u2014since we have the nuclear bombs at our disposal\u2014the chances of using them. What kinds of energies are necessary for us to understand in order to back away from the kind of confrontation that might bring about the use of nuclear weapons? What type of growth would signify the understanding that we would rather preserve our environment and illusion than destroy it?\nHatonn: We would like to speak about love and we shall be transferring frequently.\nGroup question: The value of channeling and such information considering the difficulties that any group can run into with the temptations offered by negative entities to deviate from the original purpose of the channeling, and the general value of channeled information for any seeker of truth, considering all the other sources of information that are available, what is the value of channeling, how should one weigh it in one\u2019s total gathering of information?\nGroup question: Concerns the changes on the Earth in relation to the greenhouse effect. There\u2019s been a lot of talking recently with our hot, hazy and humid weather as the cause, and we\u2019re wondering what kind of shape the Earth is in? Has the greenhouse effect been responsible for the changes that we\u2019ve seen in the weather patterns? And just in general, what kind of shape is the Earth in?\nGroup question: Has to do with lying. How does the concept of lying, deliberately and willfully misrepresenting a position or information, get introduced into our creation? From the beginning of the creation when that which is created is created out of that which is uncreated.\nGroup question: How does the seeker balance the various polar opposites such as passion in the seeking and yet discrimination in the seeking? Love and giving and wisdom and how to do this? The unconscious and the conscious mind? The female nature being receptive and the male nature being active? All of these polar opposites are part of following the path. How does the seeker balance them?\nGroup question: Asking for general information on the subject of selfishness.\nSeptember 22, 1988, Channeling for Channeling Intensive Workshop\nQ'uo: We know that each instrument offers a special way of telling this original thought of love in a new way, in a special way, in a way that can touch someone that no other words can touch. And because words do have the power to move the heart, the mind and the emotions, we rejoice at those who wish to serve in vocal channeling. Yet, also we would say at this time that no matter what you do, you do channel and you are of service. As this instrument would say, the worst you can do is serve as a bad example.\nGroup question: \u201cQ\u2019uo: We have been asked to speak to you this evening about hatred.\u201d\nGroup question: Who are the entities that speak through our instruments that allows them to come in the name of Jesus the Christ? What is the nature of their makeup that allows them to do this?\nGroup question: Is there any value to the seeker in studying, in reading, in trying to apply everything that\u2019s been learned consciously day-to-day in the daily life, or can you get just as far in spiritual illusion by being a \u201cnice guy\u201d and living an ordinary life?\nGroup question: Concerns the concept of the chosen, or the elect, mentioned in the Bible by Jesus, when he said that the elect would see the Kingdom of Heaven, mentioned by the Jehovah\u2019s witnesses when they talk about the 144 thousand, and in the new age, when the chosen people are mentioned as \u201cthose that are going to be lifted off the planet by the UFOs when they land.\u201d So, we\u2019re looking for comments upon the elect, the chosen. Is this a valid concept, or is this a distortion of something else?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 87, "original_length": 10144, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 266.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://localdrugrehab.com/result.cfm/a/11206/c/oasis_behavioral_health_services_llc_west_virginia_treatment_center_and.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:23Z", "digest": "sha1:AKJUC34M5YDM7SODPIJB3WBJIJE2BZNG", "length": 1010, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "localdrugrehab.com", "title": "Barboursville West Virginia Treatment Center And Drug Rehab: Oasis Behavioral Health Services LLC", "raw_content": "Oasis Behavioral Health Services LLC\nBarboursville, WV Addiction Treatment\nCall 800-839-1663 for Drug Rehab in Barboursville, West Virginia\nBarboursville WV West Virginia, 25504\t P.O. Box 219\nBarboursville WV West Virginia, 25504-0219\nOasis Behavioral Health Services LLC is a provider of mental health and substance abuse disorder services in West Virginia. Their treatment facility is in Barboursville and in an outpatient setting, Oasis Behavioral Health Services provides high quality personalized care.\nOasis Behavioral Health Services LLC offers care and support to all age individuals and families experiencing problems and difficult challenges in their lives. Their professional staff addresses a wide range of issues including mental health problems, substance use and addiction.\nOasis Behavioral Health Services are individually tailored and thoroughly addresses the needs of their clients. Their clients receive compassionate help to overcome their difficulties and live healthier and happier lives.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 130, "original_length": 4925, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 325.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://localoffer.cumbria.gov.uk/kb5/cumbria/fsd/service.page?id=KFjloBHLMfA", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:00Z", "digest": "sha1:WRBHEPSSFPIFTOE4CD4YZ7RCEQKKBX2N", "length": 1882, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "localoffer.cumbria.gov.uk", "title": "Kirkoswald CofE Primary School | Cumbria's Family Information Directory", "raw_content": "Kirkoswald CofE Primary School\nPlease enter a mobile number to send details of Kirkoswald CofE Primary School to\nWe are a 4 \u2013 11 school, which serves the villages of Kirkoswald, Renwick and the surrounding rural area. We are very much part of the community and interact in many aspects of community life. We use other buildings in the village \u2013 The Parish Church, The Village Hall and the Methodist Chapel. In addition, we use the village playing field for sports. We are keen to educate the \u201cwhole child\u201d through independent learning in a challenging but supportive educational environment where the focus is topic based, nurturing high standards in all areas.\nOver the last three years the school has undergone a major refurbishment project which has resulted in a brand new library/ICT suite with new computers and new library software for children to log in and out their own library books. Classrooms have also been refurbished and have recently had new desks and chairs. During the summer holidays of 2010 the Infant area of the school underwent a transformation from being three small spaces connected by doors and dividers into a large classroom base that can provide a rich learning environment for the infant children.\nIn the summer holidays of 2011 the final area of school was refurbished and where the bedrooms used to be within the original school house. We now have a dining room/food technology area and have created a designated space for Breakfast Club and After School Club. . Our most recent development during the summer of 2012 has been to improve the bank area of the school\u2019s playground, developing it into two level play areas with a slide between both levels and providing an all-weather surface that can be used all year round.\nMrs Greta Ellis\nadmin@kirkoswald.cumbria.sch.uk\nMrs Greta Ellis (Headteacher & SENCo)\nKirkoswald CofE Primary School - Policies", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 125, "original_length": 4536, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 244.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://lomelinosiniv.com/prayer-works/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:04Z", "digest": "sha1:NH7KLMGRHAIRT6UCRIFYYAOO5OXPV6ZJ", "length": 111, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "lomelinosiniv.com", "title": "Prayer Works | The Lomelinos in Isla Vista, CA", "raw_content": "Less people than last year, 1/2 as many in jail, no deaths, and the peace of Jesus was all over the city of IV!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 109, "original_length": 2135, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 282.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-richardson-baronets.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:56Z", "digest": "sha1:AQHW4QKTDLFFJR7BAQN2P34LHSCXAB4J", "length": 4338, "nlines": 51, "source_domain": "lordbelmontinnorthernireland.blogspot.com", "title": "Lord Belmont in Northern Ireland: The Richardson-Bunbury Baronets", "raw_content": "THE RICHARDSON BARONETCY WAS CREATED IN 1787 FOR WILLIAM RICHARDSON\nAbout the time of the rebellion in Ireland, 1641, the RICHARDSONS, who were of Scotland, obtained the castle and estate of Augher, County Tyrone, by the intermarriage of\nARCHIBALD RICHARDSON, the representative of Sir James Richardson Bt, of Smeaton, Fife, with the daughter of Sir James Erskine.\nThis gentleman neglecting, for some reason or other, to revive the baronetcy of Nova Scotia, to which he was heir, it fell into disuse, and so continues.\nMr Richardson was great-uncle of,\nWILLIAM RICHARDSON (c1749-1830), of Augher, County Tyrone (son of St George Richardson by his wife, Eliza Bunbury, eldest daughter of Benjamin Bunbury, of County Tipperary).\nMr Richardson, MP for Augher, 1783-90, was created a baronet in 1787, denominated of Augher, County Tyrone.\nHe married firstly, in 1775, Eliza, daughter of the Rev Galbraith Richardson, and had issue,\nJAMES MERVYN, his successor;\nAnne; Letitia.\nSir William wedded secondly, Mary, daughter of William Newburgh, and had issue,\nMaria Isabella.\nHe was succeeded by his son and heir,\nSIR JAMES MERVYN RICHARDSON, 2nd Baronet (1781-1851), of Castle Hill, County Tyrone, who espoused, in 1810, Margaret, daughter of John Corry Moutray, of Favour Royal, County Tyrone, and had issue,\nWilliam, great-grandfather of 5th Baronet;\nAlfred;\nDiana; Catherine; Caroline; Isabella; Mary; Emily; Letitia Augusta.\nSir James assumed, in 1822, the additional surname and arms of RICHARDSON.\nTHE REV SIR JOHN RICHARDSON-BUNBURY, 3rd Baronet (1813-1909), who married, in 1838, Maria, daughter of William Anketell, and had issue,\nMervyn Matthew (1841-89), father of 4th Baronet;\nMatilda Anne; Olivia Emma.\nSir John's eldest son predeceased him, and he was succeeded by his grandson,\nSIR MERVYN WILLIAM RICHARDSON-BUNBURY, 4th Baronet (1874-1952), who died unmarried, and was succeeded by his cousin,\nSIR (RICHARD DAVID) MICHAEL RICHARDSON-BUNBURY, 5th Baronet (1927-).\nThe heir apparent is the present holder's son, Thomas William Richardson-Bunbury (b 1965).\nThe heir apparent's heir apparent is his only son, Harry William Richardson-Bunbury (b 2002).\nSPUR ROYAL, or Augher Castle, near Augher, County Tyrone, is a square, three-storey, plantation castle with an unusual triangular tower in the centre of each of its sides.\nIt was built ca 1615 by Sir Thomas Ridgeway, afterwards Earl of Londonderry.\nAugher Castle was burnt in 1689; though it was restored about 1832 by Sir James Richardson-Bunbury Bt, who added two castellated wings; thus transforming the old castle into a late-Georgian mansion house.\nThe Gothic-Medieval-Revival style mansion is built onto the original tower house.\nIt comprises two storeys with corner bartizans, crenellated parapets and late medieval windows.\nThe central range is recessed with crenellated balconies over a central, tall, pointed, arch doorway.\nThe mansion house is set in it own grounds and perched at a height overlooking the Lake.\nAn estate stone wall abounds the village side, with two entrances to the estate.\nOn the north-east side of the lake sits the stable-yard with coach houses, a four bedroom cottage, and a large walled garden with hanger and further large storage barn.\nThe house commands a fine prospect over the garden and lake.\nThe estate manager\u2019s house is accessed via a separate avenue and it sits amongst a copse of trees over looking the lake.\nSpur Royal has passed through many hands in recent times and very little ground remains with the house.\nDuring the Victorian era, the demesne comprised 635 acres.\nA large portion of the present holding is taken up by the lake, which makes for a spectacular setting for the house.\nIt is surrounded by lawns and shelter trees.\nFew mature trees remain of a once \u2018tastefully wooded\u2019 site.\nThe walled garden is concreted.\nThere is a gate lodge of ca 1840.\nInteresting. Thanks for your compilation. Were you aware the Richardson-Bunbury family had links with early white history in Western Australia, some of which exist today.\nSadly your links to the Wikipedia bios no longer work.\nWhy did the Richardson- Bunbury's go to Australia?\nI would be fascinated to know.\nSylvia McClintock\nYou Can read more of the family in Western Australia here\nhttp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ricksmith61/richardson/wc15/wc15_421.html", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 503, "original_length": 14434, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 241.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://louisianabulldog.tripod.com/militaryorderofthepurpleheartlouisiana/id93.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:52Z", "digest": "sha1:YW7AQKN4PNTVBU3AP3UJB6CJJB34JI4G", "length": 2543, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "louisianabulldog.tripod.com", "title": "In Memory of Clyde Dodson", "raw_content": "In Memory of Clyde Dodson\nClyde Nolan Dodson Jr., 83, passed away on Friday, April 13, 2012 at Tuscany Village, after a long and fruitful life.\nHe was preceded in death by his father, Clyde N. Dodson Sr., his mother, Mable Chandler Dodson, his sister, Harriet Dodson Brashear, his first wife, Ettavee Fontenot Dodson, and a son, Clyde N. Dodson III. Survivors include his estranged wife, Shirley C. Dodson of Alexandria; four sons, Randy S. Dodson of Houston, Texas, Andrew N. Dodson of Pearland, Texas, Matthew B. Dodson of Natchitoches, Louisiana, and Jon C. Dodson of Houston, Texas; three step-children, Michael W. Behan of Hornbeck, Louisiana, Denise R. Ransbottom-Harvey of DeRidder, Louisiana and Karen M. Weathers of Gonzales, Texas; twelve grandchildren; and a host of other family and friends.\nMr. Dodson was a native of Cameron, Texas where he grew up, but had lived in Anacoco, Louisiana for many years. He was a retired Army officer who served during the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Mr. Dodson received a medical retirement from the Army due to severe wounds received in Vietnam. He was later employed at Fort Polk, Louisiana at the Operation Officer for the Directorate of Engineering and Housing from which he retired in 1994. Mr. Dodson had resided in the England Oaks Senior Living Community of Alexandria, Louisiana since June 1998. He was active in the social life of the community where he had many friends. He moved to Pearland, Texas in 2010 after bypass surgery to be close to family.\nMr. Dodson was a Life Member of The Military Order of the Purple Heart, the Disabled American Veterans, the American Legion and the National Rifle Association. He served as the Inspector of the Department of Louisiana, Military Order of the Purple Heart from 2001 until 2006, Department Finance Officer from 2006 until 2010 and Commander of CENLA Chapter 1994 from 2006 until 2010.\nThe family has requested that in lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to The Military Order of the Purple Heart.\nVisitation services for Clyde Nolan Dodson Jr. will be held on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 from 6:00 until 8:00 pm at Clayton Funeral Home, 5530 W. Broadway, Pearland, TX 77581.\nThe funeral service will be held on Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 9:00 am at Clayton Funeral Home with Pastor Keith Anderson of Pearland New Harvest Christian Fellowship Church officiating. Burial will follow at Houston National Cemetery at 10410 Veterans Memorial Drive, Houston, Texas. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.claytonfuneralhomes.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 11, "original_length": 2625, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 159.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://lovingbebita.com/tag/mark-twain/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:13Z", "digest": "sha1:IKEYH3TI2EKYRPS7W5WE3UCWOXX66GBR", "length": 2184, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "lovingbebita.com", "title": "Mark Twain | LovingBebita", "raw_content": "Bebita Visited Mark Twain\u2019s Cabin\nMark Twain\u2018s Cabin\nSometimes my people confuse me. They told me we were going on an adventure. It will be fun they said. Then they took me to Jackass Hill. I really didn\u2019t know what to think at this point.\nApparently, an incredible writer named Mark Twain wrote his first big story at a cabin on the hill\nAs we drove closer to the Mark Twain Cabin, the female kept telling the male in our pack to stop the car. We would stop and take photos at various historical monuments. Unfortunately for me, they keep putting me on top of things. I am not sure what I am doing up here. They then call my name and I get scared I might be doing something wrong. Being a chihuahua I shake.\nJackass Hill Road was named during the gold rush. The trains hauling the mules would stop on top of the hill overnight. The mules were quite loud. As many as 200 mules would create a commotion that could be heard for miles in all directions. As a result, the hill was referred to as Jackass Hill.\nMy people told me about some incredible stories. Apparently Mark Twain wrote his first published piece at this very spot. \u201cThe Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.\u201d They said he wrote it based on stories he heard at a tavern.\nThe chimney and fireplace are still original.\nThe remainder of the cabin was recreated and now has a fence to protect the cabin from visitors.\nLegend has it that there is a geocache within 150 feet of the cabin.\nJackass Hill road has some pretty nice views. My people imagine that Mark Twain had picnics at this very spot.\nThe locals have embraced the story, and now have a Frog Jumping Jubilee every year. The next one is May 18-21, 2017.\nAll around town you see reminders of Mark Twain and the frog story which put their town on the map.\nAlong the Mark Twain Bret Harte Trail you can visit the Stanislaus River near the New Melones Dam.\nThe male in our pack wanted to stop and see how the water levels were doing. He said it is looking a lot better.\nOverall, I would say it was a fun and educational day. I got to spend the entire day with my pack and there were a lot of new smells.\nCalavares CountyFrog Jumping JubileeJackass HillMark Twain", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 55, "original_length": 2932, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 307.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://m.theinvestor.co.kr/view.php?ud=20180712000585&np=1", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:44Z", "digest": "sha1:N7JO6K335YBWB4PCL4E7OUILVVQT66EL", "length": 1196, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "m.theinvestor.co.kr", "title": "GS Retail acquires stake worth W33b in Thrive Market", "raw_content": "GS Retail acquires stake worth W33b in Thrive Market\n[THE INVESTOR] GS Retail, operator of convenience store chain GS25, on July 12 announced that it has signed a contract to acquire a stake worth 33 billion won (US$29.29 million) in US-based e-commerce firm Thrive Market.\nThis is GS Retail\u2019s first investment outside Korea. The company will complete the deal by July 20.\n\u201cWe decided to make a strategic investment in Thrive Market because it has a unique business model that does not exist in Korea and is expected to grow further,\u201d Chung Chun-ho, a GS Retail official said in a statement.\nEstablished in 2015, Thrive Market operates a membership-based online website, which sells natural and organic food products. Its users pay US$ 60 each year to buy products with 25 to 50 percent discount. The firm\u2019s sales have jumped more than 40 percent since it was established and are expected to reach around 200 billion won this year.\nGS retail also added that it will form a partnership with the US firm to learn its unique business know-how. Moreover, GS Retail will start selling some of the popular items sold on Thrive Market at its operating outlets including GS25, GS Supermarket and Lalavla.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 3642, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 250.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mag-a-zine.com/cgi-bin/mag-a-zine/articles/maghome_mastergen.cgi?genMag=no&magID=513&magtrk=yes", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:29:17Z", "digest": "sha1:DUIETGJA7HKFHMAB2DMLNDRSFFEM2G6D", "length": 1295, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "mag-a-zine.com", "title": "1", "raw_content": "Homeopathy Business Magazine COVER Page\nHomeopathy Business Magazine\nMyths Besieging Homeopathy\nIt is not new that alternative medicine would often be criticized for its practices, nor its effectiveness questioned. It is not different with homeopathy. Homeopathy\u2019s history dates back as early as its discovery in 1700s. However, the questions raised by modern medicine and the production of chemical drugs and medicines lead to its decline in the United States.\nHomeopathy Remedies For Headaches\nHomeopathy has been known as a less invasive form of alternative medicine. And as such, many people have started to take advantage of this fact when trying to treat a variety of conditions. Looking for a more humane and more natural form of treatment, homeopathy quite fits into this standard that most people tend to look for when it comes to seeking alternative treatments.\nHomeopathy is a type of alternative medicine that has a long history. It was first proposed by a German physician in 1796 named Samuel Hahnemann. Its purpose is to treat certain physical ailments with the use of heavily diluted preparations that are able to cause the same symptoms as the actual condition.\nHomeopathy Business Magazine COVER PAGE Issue V-206\nHomeopathy Business Magazine - COPYRIGHT \u00a9 - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 20, "original_length": 1558, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 244.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://malvasiabianca.org/archives/2011/10/national-coming-out-day/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:39:45Z", "digest": "sha1:ICPSG2F3YQEQGORO246JSXKKA7GBBZBR", "length": 8360, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "malvasiabianca.org", "title": "national coming out day | malvasia bianca", "raw_content": "This month\u2019s theme seems to be \u201cblog about David\u2019s sexuality\u201d; one of my coworkers recently reminded me that National Coming Out Day is today, so let\u2019s just make that theme still more explicit. Because it\u2019s kind of amazing (embarrassing, really) that I\u2019ve written more than 1100 posts on this blog, and this is the first one containing the word \u201cbisexual\u201d, given that that\u2019s how I self-identified when I was in college.\nDo I self-identify that way now? Honestly, I\u2019m not sure. It\u2019s easy to say no, to chalk up my identification at the time up to a mixture of political tendencies and raging hormones. Clearly in general I\u2019m more attracted to women then men, and the fact that I\u2019ve never had sex with a man is a pretty strong argument that \u201cstraight\u201d is the right label for me these days.\nOn the other hand, it\u2019s not like there\u2019s a huge sample size to choose from in that latter category, either: I\u2019ve only had two sexual partners since I admitted to myself that men were catching my eye (at least I think that\u2019s the case: I\u2019m not exactly sure about dates for the latter), and in particular I haven\u2019t had sex with anybody other than Liesl since we started dating more than twenty years ago. (And my working assumption is that the latter condition will continue until I die; I\u2019m rather happy with that thought, as it turns out.) So all I can say for sure right now is that I am (very!) sexually attracted to Liesl; and while, if forced, I could speculate about what it is about her that turns me on so much, she\u2019s a somewhat difficult case for me to generalize. And, for that matter, I\u2019m not sure speculating about what aspects of other people might turn me on in the same way Liesl does would be the wisest course of action\u2026\nCertainly it\u2019s the case that what\u2019s I find most sexually attractive in Liesl are mental characteristics rather than physical ones (though I certainly don\u2019t want to discount the latter!), and characteristics that aren\u2019t gender-linked: her intelligence, her wit, her kindness, her aesthetic sensibilities. (On that last note: some members of the college LGBT group that I hung out with were surprised to hear that I was dating a woman when Liesl and I started going out; if I\u2019m remembering correctly, that surprise cleared after meeting her and learning of the depth of her knowledge of show tunes.)\nI guess ultimately, sexuality is for me a rather personal matter. Not personal in the sense of \u201cnone of your business\u201d (at least not this month on this blog, apparently!), but personal in the sense of \u201cI\u2019m attracted to whom I\u2019m attracted to, and I\u2019m not sure I can generalize within my own experience, let alone to others\u2019 experiences\u201d. Samuel R. Delany is one of my favorite authors (and it\u2019s high time for me to do another Delany read-through), and one of the many aspects of his writing that I appreciate is the openness with which he discusses fetishization: many of his characters are turned-on by well-chewed fingernails, and he is not the slightest bit embarrassed or apologetic about this, but it\u2019s also not something that he presents as a universal type. People are attracted by what they\u2019re attracted by, and that\u2019s (almost always) okay. And then there\u2019s The Mad Man , going quite explicitly into a specific sexual preference/activity that I\u2019m fairly sure I would have no interest in outside of a book; reading that portrayal of desire turned me on, though, and again: I like the frankness of that acknowledgement, both intellectually and more, uh, directly. (And I kind of wish I would go bald on the top of my head, so I could look more like Delany, because that would be hot. But I digress\u2026)\nI\u2019m not entirely sure why I feel like talking about sexuality so much this month. Part of it may be lingering effects from playing Catherine ; also, as I mentioned above, one of my coworkers gave me a nudge about the specific title of this post. (And, in general, the company house style of appreciating verbal facility gets my mind working in interesting ways.) But also: this stuff is important. Back when I was in college, it was at least the case that LGBT groups were fairly common, and we\u2019ve made noticeable progress since then; having said that, if gay couples still can\u2019t get married in most of the country, if gay soldiers are getting booed at presidential debates, there\u2019s a long way to go.\nAnd if I can make even a small difference by talking about sexuality, then that is what I shall do. (Talking: I do it a lot!) I learned recently that my coming out during college had a strong, surprising positive effect on a friend of mine; that alone makes bringing up this topic worth it.\nAlso: I have a twelve-year-old child. Teenage years are hard enough; I would like Liesl and myself to be there for her as an open ear on relationship issues when that would be useful. (And to keep our nose out of her business when that would be useful, too!) To that end, it almost feels irresponsible to me not to openly acknowledge the fact that my sexuality is a little more complicated than it seems on the surface: I have no idea how hers will unfold, but everybody\u2019s is more complicated than it seems on the surface, and that\u2019s a source of celebration rather than shame. And gay rights aren\u2019t some sort of abstraction, or even just something that matters to our friends; it matters to me, even if I didn\u2019t need laws to be passed to be able to get married. I don\u2019t think Miranda reads this blog (she\u2019s generally more interested in my Minecraft blog), but if she does: hi, Miranda, glad to see you! If not, it\u2019s something that will come up in discussions in person soon enough, I imagine.\nHappy national coming out day, everybody! My name is David Carlton; I\u2019m bi? straight? besotted with my wife? Whichever of those is the best answer, I celebrate it; and whatever is the best answer for each of you, I celebrate that as well.\nthe psychosexuality of rock band vocals \u00bb\n\u00ab the tactile experience of rock band\nComment by Denis\nI once had one of those late-night, hours-upon-hours discussions with a friend where we discussed how sexuality can be confusing because it isn\u2019t necessarily something that is permanently set for some people. The idea that sexuality can be fluid seems like something we as a society are afraid to acknowledge, instead often painting it as betraying part of ourselves if we become less attracted to one particular sex (in the case of bisexual people) or suddenly do develop an interest in another sex (I leave this open because sex as binary is still something I don\u2019t see).\nPersonally speaking, I would never consider myself a Kinsey 6, though I recognize I am on that end of the scale, and my long-term interest would likely be in that direction. I don\u2019t rule out other possibilities, but I know what my preferences now are, and those are the ones on which I act. Those preferences in the minutiae have also altered, so if smaller, cosmetic things can alter (I once loathed body hair, which is no longer the case), I don\u2019t see how other things can\u2019t either.\nI think I\u2019ll end my rambling here.\nComment by Nelson Minar\nIn some ways, gay liberation has made people\u2019s sexuality more difficult. Before gay was an acceptable public thing there was a broad spectrum of complicated, private sexual behavior: gay, straight, trade, kink, bi, etc. Now that \u201cgay\u201d is a public category people often feel the need to fit themselves into it.\nI have no desire to go back to the bad-old-days of having to be in the closet. But I do wish our society acknowledged some more complicated sexual identities than A or B.\nSincere thanks to both of you, I very much appreciate it.\nIn regard to Nelson\u2019s comment: since drafting this post, I\u2019ve been rereading The Mad Man, and I\u2019ve forgotten how gloriously varied it is. It\u2019s pornography instead of reportage, of course, but some bits steer rather more in the reportage direction, and the picture of pre-AIDS New York City is pretty remarkable. Probably more of that spectrum is still there than I realize, and, well, AIDS\u2026 But it\u2019s a wonderful reminder of the varieties of human desires/behavior.\nPingback from fundamental differences with the blogs of the round table | malvasia bianca\n[\u2026] white male who isn\u2019t entirely sure whether bi or straight is a better label for his sexuality but leans towards the former. (Though, if we accept the third possible labeling of my sexuality as [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 121, "original_length": 10258, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 271.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://marinmagazine.com/SPACES/January-2019/When-Light-Bulbs-Go-Off/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:45Z", "digest": "sha1:TSJ33P6NSKER35FZQ6OMRYDOSADHDWSA", "length": 6057, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "marinmagazine.com", "title": "The Works of Conceptual Photographer Catherine Wagner - SPACES - January 2019", "raw_content": "The Works of Conceptual Photographer Catherine Wagner\nConceptual photographer Catherine Wagner doesn\u2019t just chase the light.\nby Reed Wright\n\u201cDelilah Back\u201d\nCATHERINE WAGNER, the award-winning San Francisco conceptual artist whose 1978 photographic images of a still-forming Moscone Center will soon be incised into the granite walls of the new Yerba Buena/Moscone subway station near SFMOMA, says in her latest book, Catherine Wagner: Place, History and the Archive, that \u201cphotography presents the opportunity to view the world in the way Jorge Luis Borges and the magical realists write about it \u2014 as something more.\u201d\nIn other words, a photographic image, Wagner suggests, is like a single moment that implies a past and also a future. It is an archaeological fragment floating in time, waiting to be interpreted.\nA still life composed of vintage light bulbs from Wagner\u2019s 2006 photo series A Narrative History of the Light Bulb.\nDocumenting the development of the neighborhood around the Moscone Center over a five-year period during the \u201970s was \u201carchaeology in reverse,\u201d she says, because she was witnessing the layering of history beginning with a skeletal infrastructure.\nAs Shoair Mavlian, director of Photoworks UK, writes about Wagner\u2019s four-decade career in the book, Wagner\u2019s \u201ccornerstone themes include the architecture of public space, the framework of leisure time, our private space, educational structures and the delivery and transmission of knowledge, history, archives and the museum, and the underlying presence of science and technology.\u201d\nFrom the 2005 series called Re-Classifying History, which documents deliberate juxtapositions of crated sculptures at the de Young Museum.\nRepresented by the Anglim Gilbert Gallery in San Francisco and widely exhibited in the Bay Area and throughout the United States, Japan and Europe, Wagner also considers each exhibition design as a component of her art and meticulously sets the stage.\nShe paints walls and backdrops, adds props and controls lighting for atmospheric \u201creadings\u201d of the framed images hanging on the walls, which ultimately are protagonists in an unending play: time.\nAnother still life from A Narrative History of the Light Bulb.\nPerhaps the complex structural buildup for each show reflects Wagner\u2019s ongoing preoccupations: architecture and culture. Home and Other Stories, shown in 1993 at LACMA, consisted of triptych images of the domestic environments of strangers. In her essay in the book, Mavlian suggests the triptychs also present a sanitized version of life, as tightly edited Facebook or social media posts do today.\nWagner\u2019s catchy titles are also like the tips of icebergs filled with content.\nOne set of images of books written in Braille was titled trans/literate to indicate what the artist was thinking.\nWagner\u2019s 2013 series trans/literate includes images of Braille books including Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller that are being replaced by audiobooks.\n\u201cBraille publishing was going away because of technology and blind people had to rely on audiobooks. Reading is the foundation of how we construct ideas \u2014 even abstract ideas,\u201d Wagner says. \u201cBy documenting this I wanted to talk about the politics of how knowledge gets transferred.\u201d\nAnother set of images depicting the history of medical splints presumably for wounded soldiers was poignantly called Reparations. The accidental jumble of crated artworks and furniture when the de Young museum was moving from its old building to make room for its new one was photographed for a 2005 exhibition called Re-Classifying History.\nAt the Baltimore Museum of Industry, Wagner found a collection of vintage light bulbs and used them to create a series of Morandiesque still-lifes titled A Narrative History of the Light Bulb. In the series, one image dubbed Lamps of 1900 was of bulbs from that period; another grouping called Utopia deliberately mixed bulbs from different periods; blue bulbs titled Ode to Yves honored the artist Yves Klein. \u201cI made different narratives from these installations,\u201d Wagner explains. The narratives loosely tracked the invention and the history of the light bulb, but the bulbs also served as metaphors for parallel histories of that time.\nComing full circle, Archaeology in Reverse, Wagner\u2019s most recent exhibition at Mills College in Oakland, where she has taught photography for three decades, was a collaborative site-specific installation with architects Nicholas de Monchaux and Kathryn Moll as well as choreographer Molissa Fenley, her colleague and a professor of dance at Mills.\n\u201cIt cut into new territory yet cycled back to my earliest engagement with architecture and construction at Moscone. At the Mills College Art Museum, photography interfaced with existing architecture,\u201d Wagner says.\nImages from a recent 2018 exhibition at Mills College Art Museum in Oakland, called Archaeology in Reverse, reveals interstitial ceiling spaces and closed-off doorways in the college\u2019s historic environment, perhaps as a metaphor for the complexities of an institution.\nFor the exhibition, she exposed the museum\u2019s usually concealed glass-roofed skylight with the use of periscopes that reveal hidden elements within the rafters. Photographs of repaired or altered sections of the building and views from doors and loading docks that had been covered over for half a century form \u201capertures\u201d to the landscape, bringing to mind the work of 1970s conceptual architect/photographer Gordon Matta-Clark.\n\u201cIntegrating photography with architecture was an opportunity to move outside the photographic realm to talk about how culture is constructed,\u201d Wagner says. \u201cI wanted to rethink the way history is told.\u201d\nFrom the 2005 series Re-Classifying History, light and dark molded plywood Eames chairs face off at the de Young museum.\nThis article originally appeared in Spaces's print edition under the headline: \"When Light Bulbs Go Off\".\nBruschetta with Pickled Dates\nMarch Yoga Pose of the Month\nLand: Let the Dogs Out\nMVFF Music is Back", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 119, "original_length": 8230, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 337.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://masterilo.ru/a-199995.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:14Z", "digest": "sha1:SW2KFYGCYRXJJW5ZRNHEYLVJOPXC7GYI", "length": 3460, "nlines": 33, "source_domain": "masterilo.ru", "title": "Straight Talk on Highly Selective Colleges", "raw_content": "Straight Talk on Highly Selective Colleges\nAn important question: how important is it to get into a really competitive school?\nDepends on lots of different things...\n*What kind of career path are you looking at?\n*What kind of people would you like to attend school with?\n*How much are you willing to pay (or play the financial aid game) for the privilege of going to a really competitive school?\nThere are many good reasons for seeking out schools whose admission standard is more competitive than others.\nAnd there are two common reasons for doing so...one we usually talk about and one we don't.\nOne we talk about: so I can get a good job after I graduate.\nOne we don't talk about: because my ego will feel REALLY good if I get in.\nLet's look at these reasons one at a time, shall we?\n\"BECAUSE I'M INTERESTED IN A SPECIFIC CAREER, AND A REALLY GOOD COLLEGE WILL HELP ME GET IT.\nIt's absolutely true that some colleges have very strong departments and will open doors for you after you graduate. Vanderbilt and Stanford are known as two of the best education universities in the country; and Massachusetts Institute of Technology may be the best engineering school in the world.\nAnd for a student with unusual talent, the growth possibilities at schools such as these are endless!\n\"I WANT TO BE AROUND SERIOUS STUDENTS OR PEOPLE WHO ARE FROM REALLY HIGH-POWERED FAMILIES.\"\nWell, being a product of a middle class family and a graduate of public universities, I'm not sure I share the values that go along with that statement.\nBut those are MY values, and readers of this newsletter may not share what is important to me. It's true that on the AVERAGE, the more competitive the college, the more students will come from well-to-do famiies.\nBut like every other rule, this one was made to be broken. Bottom line: you will find every kind of student at every kind of school.\n\"I WANT TO GO TO A REALLY COMPETITIVE COLLEGE SO I CAN GET A GOOD JOB AFTER I GRADUATE.\"\nA competitive college is NOT going to make you more marketable in the economic world anymore than driving an expensive car is going to make you a better driver.\nIn my career in education I've made lots of hiring decisions. I've turned down people from big ticket schools and hired people from public colleges. It's ALL about who and what you become, not where you go.\nGoing to the right school for you and learning and growing while you are there is what gets you in a good position after you graduate.\n\"I WANT TO GO TO A REALLY COMPETITIVE COLLEGE BECAUSE MY EGO WILL FEEL REALLY GOOD IF I GET IN.\"\nKnow what? I understand this line of thinking.\nI don't agree with it, but I understand it.\nKids are taught to compete for everything since they are young. They're taught to compete to see who gets picked first for kickball.\nThey're taught to see who gets the best grade on the spelling test.\nThey're taught to see who makes the football team or cheerleading squad.\nThey're taught to see who has the best class rank.\nAnd they're taught to try to get into the best college.\nIf you want to keep playing that game, it's your choice.\nJust realize that it's a child's game and college is for people getting ready to be grown ups.\nLarry Hochman, \"The Guidance Guy\" is a internationally read advice columnist and one of the Internet's leading authorities on education, college admissions and successful parenting. Have a question on education or college? 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The three dots of the ellipses represent each of the three band members, and also the idea of this album continuing their story. After release the album went to number one in the charts and received critical acclaim.\nFull campaign elements included a new band logo, special edition book, vinyl, CD and single artworks.\nClient: Warner Music Group\nPhotography: Luke Gilford", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 14, "original_length": 775, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 272.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mbabrief.com/what_is_balanced_scorecard.asp", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:27Z", "digest": "sha1:CN2DQWCXAQHLEMEOB6EFHN754TROO45T", "length": 806, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "mbabrief.com", "title": "What is a Balanced Scorecard? Definition and meaning", "raw_content": "Definition: a Balanced Scorecard is a strategic approach and performance management system by Kaplan and Norton ('92) which works with semi-standard structured reports, supported by design methods and automation tools, that can be used by managers to keep track of the execution of activities by the staff within their control and to monitor the consequences arising from these actions.\nThe BSC works from 4 perspectives:\n- Financial perspective\n- Customer perspective\n- Business process perspective\n- Learning and growth perspective\nFor each perspective, 4 things are monitored: objectives, measures, targets and initiatives.\nSee also Strategy Maps, KPI and CSF.\nMore on balanced scorecards. 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Definition and meaning", "raw_content": "Definition: Systems Thinking is an approach for studying and managing complex feedback systems, such as one finds in corporations and other social systems.\nST is a set of habits or practices to problem solving in which \"problems\" ar viewed as parts of an overall system (see also Gestalt Theory), rather than reacting to specific part, outcomes or events and potentially contributing to further development of unintended consequences.\nIt is based on the assumption that a component of a system can best be understood in the context of relationships with each other and with other systems, rather than in isolation.\nMore on systems thinking. 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However, if a company enters a legal agreement to operate under another company's patent, with no plans of extending the agreement, it would have a limited life and would be classified as a definite asset.\nInvestment Advisory Representative - IAR\nPersonnel that work for investment advisory companies whose main responsibility is to provide investment related advice. According to regulations, IARs can only provide advice on topics on which they have passed the appropriate examinations.\nA specific division of banking related to the creation of capital for other companies. Investment banks underwrite new debt and equity securities for all types of corporations. Investment banks also provide guidance to issuers regarding the issue and placement of stock.\nA generic term that most commonly refers to the buying and selling of investments within a portfolio. Investment management can also include banking and budgeting duties, as well as taxes. 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Jones and is captioned \"'Pa' and Richard.\"\nJones, Robert B.\nNamed Wolf - Richard", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 31, "original_length": 1737, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 326.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mephistia.booklikes.com/post/23207/the-eternal-kiss-13-vampire-tales-of-blood-and-desire", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:05Z", "digest": "sha1:LHVWYYTWYVOJXPGRGM5XRU3SHAQ65BT5", "length": 815, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "mephistia.booklikes.com", "title": "The Eternal Kiss: 13 Vampire Tales of Blood and Desire - attempting obscurity", "raw_content": "It had some neat little stories and some that were just irritating. I like anthologies for two main reasons: One, they're short stories. I prefer my short stories not to have dangling, empty endings, and far too many of these felt like a chapter pulled from a book. No real context or story arc to them. The other reason I like anthologies is because I find new and awesome writers that way. Unfortunately, none of the authors whose work I wasn't previously acquainted with caught my eye.Still, for being a book of vampire short stories (which I already have an innate bias against), it wasn't bad. I just don't think vampires are particularly suited to short stories -- these all hinted at some larger, more important backstory. Some forward-shooting story arc. They were unsatisfying because they felt unfinished.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 21, "original_length": 2116, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 246.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mezepublishing.co.uk/portfolio-items/the-nottingham-cook-book-second-helpings/?portfolioCats=109", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:53Z", "digest": "sha1:5RKJEDP2Z73VMFQOQEP6N6RR3PMH2CKZ", "length": 1240, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "mezepublishing.co.uk", "title": "The Nottingham Cook Book: Second Helpings \u2013 Meze Publishing | We can publish your cook book", "raw_content": "The Nottingham Cook Book: Second Helpings celebrates the best of the local food scene and follows on from the acclaimed first edition which was a best-seller on its release in 2014.\nShowcasing how the region\u2019s food scene has evolved and become even more exciting, the book features more than 50 recipes and stories from some of the region\u2019s finest local restaurants, delis, gastro pubs, cafes and local suppliers. The book is fronted by Nottinghams\u2019s hotly anticipated, new fine dining restaurant Alchemilla\u2019s Alex Bond and includes recipes from the award-winning Bakehouse in Sherwood, The Black Bull at Blidworth, Welbeck Estate, Nottingham\u2019s long-standing favourite Indian fine-dining restaurant Memsaab, and producers such as Sauce Shop, Starkey\u2019s Fruit and 200 Degrees Coffee. The likes of Homeboys and The Rustic Crust represent the fabulous street food available. 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Will be visiting back soon.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 2312, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 232.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://missliterati.com/rowdy-rajkumar-2-actress-name.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:54Z", "digest": "sha1:GK6JBJGGCABLBMOABEYUQMYO2AIEYJSX", "length": 5480, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "missliterati.com", "title": "Rowdy rajkumar 2 actress name | Rowdy Rathore 2 2019: Hindi Movie Full Star Cast & Crew, Story, Release Date, Budget Info: Akshay Kumar - 2018-07-20", "raw_content": "Rowdy rajkumar 2 actress name. Rowdy Rajkumar 2 (Gautam Nanda) (2017) Hindi Dubbed 720p 1.1GB HDTV AAC MKV 2018-07-20\nRowdy rajkumar 2 actress name Rating: 9,1/10 1038 reviews\nRowdy (2014 film)\nDuring its filming, Kapoor narrowly avoided serious burns during a stunt sequence. After a short stint with modelling, Taapsee made her acting debut with the 2010 Telugu film Jhummandi Naadam directed by Raghavendra Rao. The trailer received great positive response from all the corners though some opined that the film had shades of Ram Gopal Varma's Hindi film. Kindly keep in mind to like our official Facebook page. The film was a major box office success and Upendra came out as an independent director.\nRowdy Rathore 2 2019: Hindi Movie Full Star Cast & Crew, Story, Release Date, Budget Info: Akshay Kumar\nWhen Sirisha asks Krishna about the details of his father, the scene shifts to the native place of Krishna where his father, a don fondly called as Anna and as Annagaru with respect punishing a teacher named Sankar Rao for harassing his pregnant wife for dowry on the complaint of the woman's father Rama Rao. Archived from on 19 December 2013. In 2015, Upendra starred in a parallel role alongside in the film directed by. Rajkumar begins working for Shivraj. Meanwhile, the film was awarded an A certificate without any cuts from. The film had a 175-day run in was also dubbed to , and repeated its success in too, where it had a 100 days run.\nRowdy Rathore Telugu Movie Hindi Dubbed Free Download\nIt was also successful in the Overseas, becoming the second highest grossing Kannada film of all time in. The film also used sync sound and a three camera setup to reduce the work of dubbing and camera angles while in post production. After a decade of acting in , and films, he returned to the role of director with the multilingual movie , which was well-received critically and commercially. And he house arrests Bhushan there forever to ensure safety of the innocent people. However, owing to internal differences he quit the party five months later promising to form another party based on the principles of Prajakiya citizen-centric administration.\nRowdy Rajkumar 2 (goutham Nanda) 2018 Hindi Dubbed Hdrip bhtmovies4u.tk\nShe won the Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Actress for her performance in Raja Rani 2013. Upon release, the film received positive reviews, with critics praising 's narrative and brilliant performances from , and. But Anna requests him and he himself murders Ananda Rao. He started off as a director with a typical Kashinath style comedy called in 1992. In mid December 2013, the project materialized and it was also reported that Ram Gopal Varma wanted to recruit as the Heroine.\nUnlike Anna and his dutiful and devoted brother Krishna, Bhushan is a spoil brat often terrorizing people in the name of Anna creating fear in their hearts. The film ends with all the men led by Qamar Ali beating Parmar and Shivraj is remaining allies, while a severely injured Rajkumar and Chanda walk away happily hand in hand. Archived from on 23 March 2012. Later as both the plans are failed, Bhushan goes to the hospital carrying oranges to hospital and leaves soon. Krishna goes there and saves Anna from the goons. His friend Ananda Rao Paruchuri Gopala Krishna , a ruling party politician, is his close friend and he and the party extends their full support to Anna to stop the Nandavaram project whose happening would destroy 34 villages completely.\nHowever, the film broke many box office records and went on to be a much bigger hit than , both in Karnataka as well as in Andhra Pradesh. Anna is a very powerful and influential don who also controls the political affairs of that region. In 2015, she starred in the critically and commercially successful film Baby. Upendra was now a big name in and was also popular in. The Audio was released on label. All three of them were big commercial successes, while her performances in Vaanam 2011 , Deiva Thirumagal 2011 and Inji Iduppazhagi 2015 won her critical praise.\nA Complete List of Catherine Tresa Hindi Dubbed Movies\nThe action sequences are well choreographed, especially the one where goons surround Mohan Babu. After the film's title change, Shahid Kapoor's character in the film, which was Rambo Rajkumar initially, was also changed. The film went on to become a bigger hit than , both in Karnataka as well as in Andhra Pradesh. However, since the film's title is already known among the audience the makers decided on dropping a few letters from the title rechristening it to R. Finally, Rajkumar kills Shivraj with a power punch to the throat and later kills Don Takka with a ceramic tile. 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You were treated as a member of the team and you were accountable for your time.\u201d\nShe said the student did well and added that it was a \u201cgreat experience all around\u201d.\nMs Lightbourne started her student off with basic filing and data tasks before progressing to more difficult work.\nWhen she struggled with one task, Ms Lightbourne let her \u201cget stronger in the task she felt comfortable with\u201d.\nShe added: \u201cIn those final two weeks she was doing the one that wasn\u2019t the best for her in the beginning and the other one with strength.\u201d\nMs Lightbourne added that they were proud when she was named as the most improved student during the graduation ceremony, which completed the four-week programme that ran from August 7 to September 1.\n\u201cI think we could see that within her. I feel that it was a good experience for the student and I saw the change in the confidence.\u201d\nThey have now offered her a community service opportunity and are waiting on approval.\nPrincipal customs officer Sharmette Pond said the experience had exposed the department to students they do not normally reach.\nMs Pond said: \u201cI could not tell the difference between this student and a summer student. She brought a level of maturity at the age of 14 that I have not seen in other typical 14-year-olds.\u201d\nMs Lightbourne added that her mental health problems were treated very confidentially.\n\u201cThe main thing was this is a student, an adolescent, it\u2019s our opportunity to share, but we have to share with her positively and maturely so we are not doing anything that is detrimental to her.\u201d\nIt was the first year the Department of Customs participated and Ms Lightbourne and Ms Pond said they would \u201cdefinitely\u201d do it again.\nMental health social worker Vakita Basden, with Bermuda Hospitals Board\u2019s Child and Adolescent Services, said the programme was created last year to fill a service gap for clients between 14 and 18.\nMs Basden said: \u201cIt\u2019s really about closing that gap in services, connecting them to the community, as well as destigmatising mental health.\n\u201cWe service a lot of different mental health clients so we wanted to give them an opportunity to be able to maintain in the workplace and in society and not just relate to having a mental illness.\u201d\nShe said occupational therapist Moffat Makomo wanted to help the youth develop soft job skills after he overheard a conversation about \u201chow black youth in particular are lazy and don\u2019t have any work ethic\u201d.\nEight students took part this year and job placements were arranged around their interests and through a careers assessment with Workforce Development.\nThey also did morning workshops covering topics such as trust, communication, interpersonal skills and goal-planning.\nMarketability was a concept Clevie Simmons, owner of Auto Star, wanted to impress on his 15-year-old student, along with timekeeping and communication.\nMr Simmons said: \u201cI found that initially when he was coming here, he would stand up and wait and do nothing.\n\u201cI wanted to emphasise to him that as long as he is a selling person, people will want him.\u201d\nMr Simmons, who took part in the programme for a second year, said the placement was an \u201cexcellent\u201d experience and the student enjoyed it.\n\u201cI didn\u2019t treat him as a young person. I needed a worker. And I got him to do everything that we would do.\u201d\nThey did tinting and detailing and worked with tyre and wheel accessories.\nMr Simmons said he \u201ccouldn\u2019t care less\u201d if the young boy had any type of disability.\n\u201cAs of today, I still don\u2019t know whatever shortcomings he had. He\u2019s actually now working here after school. It sets a benchmark for him that he can now know in his own mind that when I work, I get paid and I think it\u2019s good for him.\n\u201cAnd I will keep pushing him until I am happy and I am never happy. But he\u2019ll be OK.\u201d\nMr Simmons, who spent 19 years in the Regiment, said he didn\u2019t give his student \u201cany slack\u201d.\n\u201cIt wasn\u2019t an easy four weeks but by the time he got to week three, he knew me. He knew if he was late he would automatically do some extra time.\u201d\nMr Simmons said he saw his progress over the four weeks although he still has some way to go before he can work alone.\nBut he added: \u201cHe\u2019s got so much potential and he\u2019s a good kid. If he has the right guidance, he will make it. He has the drive and he has the want-to.\u201d\nMr Simmons said he enjoys seeing what the programme does for the children and that he was able to teach someone to work and develop their work ethic. He said it is also important for young black men to see successful black businessmen so they can have a role model.\n\u201cHe\u2019s seeing whatever he sees in me \u2014 he\u2019s seeing something he likes and he\u2019s now got a template of something good.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 64, "original_length": 6020, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 265.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mobile.royalgazette.com/opinion-writers/article/20180613/blame-trump-if-us-fails-to-get-2026-world-cup&template=mobileart", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:22:23Z", "digest": "sha1:BJYHFRLVNLYK6B5ZHURMNQPEK2OW4P2M", "length": 8585, "nlines": 39, "source_domain": "mobile.royalgazette.com", "title": "Blame Trump if US fails to get 2026 World Cup | The Royal Gazette:Bermuda Opinion Writers - Mobile", "raw_content": "Blame Trump if US fails to get 2026 World Cup\nThis morning, several hundred representatives of Fifa, the supreme body overseeing global football, will be presented with what will surely seem a tempting opportunity for a measure of revenge against the United States \u2014 and its swaggering president.\nGathering in a Moscow convention Centre on the eve of the first match of the 2018 World Cup, they will vote on whether to award the 2026 tournament to Morocco or to a combined bid shared between Mexico, Canada and the United States.\nBy almost any measure, \u201cUnited 2026\u201d should handily carry the day.\nFifa\u2019s own evaluations give that bid vastly superior marks, praising the North American nations\u2019 infrastructure, finances and rule of law, while sharply questioning Morocco\u2019s ability to host a complex event requiring construction of nine new stadiums and rehabilitation of five others, not to mention billions of dollars in new airports, hotels and highways.\nMorocco\u2019s cost estimates are suspect, and its projections of profits even more so, especially when held up against a proposal that would with little doubt produce the most lucrative World Cup in history.\nAbout the only advantage Morocco \u2014 a nation with a GDP slightly smaller than that of the state of Arizona \u2014 seems to have is the fact that it is on the same time zone as Western Europe, where television viewers would be able to watch World Cup matches in lucrative prime time.\nThat, and the fact that it is not the United States.\nThree years ago, plainclothes Swiss police entered a luxury hotel in central Zurich and arrested a handful of top Fifa officials at the behest of the Justice Department, the culmination of a years-long secret investigation of corruption and money laundering in the world\u2019s most popular sport.\nThe Fifa case, as it immediately became known, proved a smashing public-relations victory.\nThe United States, the nation, ironically, that seemed to care the least about football, had swaggered in like some Old West lawman and done something nobody else could: clean up the beautiful game.\nThe international outpouring of gratitude was tremendous.\nIn the three years since the Zurich takedown, though, America\u2019s standing on the world stage has shifted dramatically, and not for the better.\nA nation hailed for internationalism has aggressively retreated into isolation, driven by an administration that displays open scorn for the institutions that have been the backbone of global stability.\nAll the considerable goodwill generated by the Fifa case, the Paris accord, the Iran nuclear deal and similar actions has been utterly torched, replaced by festering resentment among those powerless to halt what feels in many quarters like a threat to the future of the entire planet.\nAs a result, the World Cup vote has taken on dimensions far larger than merely determining the venue of a quadrennial football tournament.\nIt has become a de facto global referendum on America, an opportunity for 207 different nations \u2014 even the Cook Islands and Liechtenstein get votes in the Fifa Congress \u2014 to deliver a thumbs up or down on President Donald Trump and his unorthodox approach to foreign relations.\nIt was no surprise that Russia\u2019s football federation came out in favour of Morocco, but it is quite notable that several close US allies, including France and Belgium, have also pledged to vote for the North African country in the last several months.\nIn recent days, even Germany which, unlike those fellow Nato members, cannot point to old colonial ties as an excuse for backing Morocco, has hinted it might not support the North American bid, a stance that cannot be helped by Trump\u2019s blow-up after the Group of Seven summit over the weekend. (Other Morocco supporters include Serbia and Luxembourg, another Nato member.)\nThe \u201cUnited\u201d bid does not look so united any more, either; Trump\u2019s attack on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Saturday as \u201cdishonest & weak\u201d, following years of haranguing Mexico over immigration issues, does not help.\nFrom the perspective of the grandees of football, an admittedly stilted lens if ever there was one, that kind of talk comes across as a stunning display of disunity that only provides more cover for Fifa delegates looking to use the vote to settle a personal score against the United States. Football\u2019s reckoning at the hands of the US Justice Department was profound.\nNearly four dozen officials were indicted. Sepp Blatter, Fifa\u2019s once-untouchable president, resigned under duress and was subsequently banned from the sport.\nNumerous other nations, including Switzerland, France, Spain and Germany, were spurred to open their own criminal probes, and to this day, many Fifa officials refuse to travel to certain regions for fear of being arrested.\nTo these officials, the investigation was a direct and menacing assault on a way of life defined by sumptuous luxury, tremendous privilege and, all too often, kickbacks and bribes.\nBut in the wake of the Fifa case, soliciting and receiving such gratuities has become a distinctly more difficult proposition. A \u201cno\u201d vote on the US bid might not save their friends from prison, but it would certainly feel like just deserts.\nFifa needs the World Cup to take place in North America, though.\nThe organisation, which once minted money, has plunged deeply into the red in the wake of the criminal case as corporate sponsors have abandoned it and legal bills have exploded.\nSo dire is the financial picture that Fifa\u2019s new president has recently endorsed selling several of its tournaments outright to a shadowy private consortium led by Japanese and Saudi investors.\nLast month, the organisers of the United bid projected an $11 billion profit for Fifa on a World Cup held in Canada, Mexico and the United States \u2014 massively more than any prior tournament on record.\nTheir argument is based, in part, on the phenomenal financial success of the 1994 US tournament and the fact that the three countries already have the required stadiums and other infrastructure in place. There is little question that, from a business point of view, the North American bid should win.\nBut this is Fifa, an institution that cannot seem to get out of its own way.\nThe last time the United States tried to win the right to host a World Cup was in December 2010, when it was also hailed as the obvious choice for the 2022 tournament over a slate of rivals that included South Korea, Japan, Australia and Qatar.\nYet somehow it was the tiny Gulf petroleum state that will host in four years, a surprise decision so fraught with allegations of vote-buying that Fifa was forced to overhaul its voting procedure, opening the decision to its entire membership rather than the elite 24-member executive committee that previously handled matters. (Russia was chosen to host during the same vote).\nIt is that reform, ironically, that now places the power to decide the fate of the 2026 tournament in the hands of a roomful of representatives of the kinds of nations that Trump has publicly derided at every turn and in some cases made subjects of entry bans, and who as football officials already felt persecuted by the United States to begin with.\nFifa by-laws strictly forbid any governmental interference or influence in its internal decisions, which in theory means that leaders such as French president Emmanuel Macron or German Chancellor Angela Merkel should not express their pique at Trump by putting pressure on the heads of their countries\u2019 respective football associations.\nIndeed, after Trump tweeted in late April that it would be \u201ca shame if countries that we always support were to lobby against the US bid,\u201d and then followed up several days later with a speech containing a thinly veiled threat against African countries should they vote for Morocco, Fifa sternly warned the White House against inappropriate meddling that would violate its ethics code.\nBut the reality is that global football is a profoundly political institution, inexorably intertwined with the channels of power in countries where devotion to the sport everyone else calls \u201cfootball\u201d borders on religious fervour.\nIn an era when the leader of the world\u2019s only superpower seems to delight in publicly mocking and bullying his peers, the opportunity to use the World Cup vote to send a defiant message of resistance to Washington might be too alluring to resist.\n\u2022Ken Bensinger is an investigative reporter for BuzzFeed News and the author of Red Card: How the US Blew the Whistle on the World\u2019s Biggest Sports Scandal, from which this piece is adapted.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 9184, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 288.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://modules.laramie.org/events/details/relative-theatrics-presents-the-how-and-the-why-by-sarah-treem-22670", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:48Z", "digest": "sha1:PBCXQKVR7QTCNMWFPIVJ4OBOU5H2SB3I", "length": 102, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "modules.laramie.org", "title": "Relative Theatrics presents THE HOW AND THE WHY by Sarah Treem - Jan 31, 2019 to Feb 2, 2019 - Laramie Chamber Business Alliance", "raw_content": "Website: http://www.gryphontheatre.org\nJan. 31-Feb. 2 and Feb. 7-Feb. 9 at 7:30pm and Feb. 3 at 3:00pm", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 216, "original_length": 6779, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.55, "perplexity": 116.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://montanaaglow.org/about.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:58:02Z", "digest": "sha1:YSQ3ZAGMBKWTU5KSBLZJDYO26XMATOPL", "length": 752, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "montanaaglow.org", "title": "About Montana Aglow", "raw_content": "Aglow began in 1967 with four women who expressed a desire to meet together as Christians without denominational boundaries.\nThe first general meeting was held in Seattle, Washington, USA, close to where Aglow's Worldwide Headquarters exists today. By 1972, more than 60 local groups held monthly meetings around the U.S. By 1973, Aglow was moving onto the global stage as fellowships began in Canada, and New Zealand.\nToday, Aglow spans the globe! And it continues to reach out to women of every creed, color, and culture, and through women, to families worldwide.\nMontana Aglow started with a Bible Study in Great Falls in 1972 and currently has Neighborhood Lighthouse, Workplace Lighthouse, and Community Lighthouse gatherings all across the State.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 18, "original_length": 1052, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 187.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://moo.plaidcow.net/tag/glasses", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:21:41Z", "digest": "sha1:VO6UEVAX5YVJTDZH76GBHBVLY46LP5HV", "length": 287, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "moo.plaidcow.net", "title": "Moo! The Musings of a Plaid Cow \u00bb glasses", "raw_content": "When I left for work yesterday morning, I was just a bit \u201cout of it\u201d. After getting into the car I noticed that the windshield was a bit fogged up, so I turned on the defogger and backed out the driveway. By the time I got to the end of our street (less than a [\u2026]\nTags: glasses, My Life", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 51, "original_length": 1673, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 229.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mookseandgripes.com/reviews/2012/09/18/benjamin-stein-the-canvas/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:20:10Z", "digest": "sha1:N3M525M4WU4SR5ZIA54H7GXSV4BPARU7", "length": 7798, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "mookseandgripes.com", "title": "Benjamin Stein: The Canvas \u2013 The Mookse and the Gripes", "raw_content": "Benjamin Stein: The Canvas\nby Benjamin Stein (Leinwand, 2010)\ntranslated from the German by Brian Zumhagen (2012)\nIs it a gimmick, or a formal element that adds to the story? I wondered this when I picked up The Canvas, a book that is designed to let the reader choose between two equally situated beginnings. We can start reading on the side called Amnon Zichroni or we can flip the book over and begin the story with Jan Wechsler. Each side contains the copyright information and even the ISBN. The two halves meet in the middle where each have identical glossaries.\nIt\u2019s hard, when talking about a book like this, not to begin with the unique structure, and we threaten to focus on that rather than on the story itself. However, it works here, because the book\u2019s physical structure is actually a factor in interpreting the themes. Why is the book set up this way? So that neither narrative is more important than the other.The Canvasis a book about identity, about memory, about the narrative one makes of one\u2019s own life, about the competing narratives others may make for you. Consequently, the book\u2019s physical structure, which gives no preference to either narrative, makes the reader choose his or her own pathway through the novel and, thus, to doubt the legitimacy of that path. Personally, I think the book could have done some of this without the unique format, and the format itself has some pitfalls, but there\u2019s something to be said about an author who doesn\u2019t want to control our experience with the book.\nThe story? Oh, yes, the story. Well, which narrative should this review begin with? I myself started the book on the Amnon Zichroni side, so let\u2019s start there.\nAmnon Zichroni\u2019s story starts when Zichroni is just a young man in a very orthodox Jewish neighborhood in Israel. His life is dedicated to the Torah. Nothing secular is allowed to enter. But one day he discovers hidden in his father\u2019s things a copy of The Picture of Dorian Gray. He can\u2019t get it out of his mind. He wants to read books from around the world, secular books. In what he considers to be an act of love, Zichroni\u2019s father sends him away to Switzerland to live with his uncle (well, not really his uncle, but by the end he will feel like even more than an uncle).\nMuch of this side is about Zichroni\u2019s coming of age and beyond to where his life unravels. He eventually goes to school in America and eventually works in a psychiatric hospital. The reason he takes up psychiatry is because, as a youth, he realizes that he\u2019s been given a special gift: the ability to experience the memories of other people. He can feel whatever sensation they once felt just as if he is then feeling it. He wants to use this gift to help others, and he does have some success. It\u2019s not to last:\nThe collapse of Minsky, for whom I hadn\u2019t even been a therapist, but simply a friend, cost me my reputation, my practice, and my research position in Freiburg. With Wechsler I might possibly even have become a criminal in the end.\nMinsky is a friend and a survivor of the Holocaust. In a way, Zichroni encourages Minsky to write his memoir, and it\u2019s a hit. Then Jan Wechsler comes along and exposes it as a fraud.\nThis is the side I read first. I know others who have read the book by alternating sides after each chapter, and I wonder if that wouldn\u2019t have been better for me. After all, it is only on page 100 (out of 158) of Zichroni\u2019s side that we finally hear about Wechsler, but even then we don\u2019t get to his story. Instead, we go to Minsky and spend several pages on his violins. Only in the last few pages do we get the narratives to merge, making me feel as if I\u2019d read a lot of build up for a pay off I didn\u2019t understand.\nConsequently, as much as I enjoyed the Zichroni side, it was refreshing to begin reading about Wechsler, a rather modest publisher and author, whose story covers much less time and seems to push the themes forward a bit more.\nAs Wechsler\u2019s story develops, we realize that he has major gaps in his memory, maybe. He is surprised when one day a delivery-man comes to his house with a bag and an apology from the airline who said they\u2019d misplaced it. Zichroni is confused because he hasn\u2019t lost a bag, though this one does have his name and his address on it, written in his hand, and the airline said he was the one who made the formal complaint in the first place. Disturbed, he doesn\u2019t open the bag for a long time. When he finally does, he finds in it a few books, The Picture of Dorian Gray, which he admits is familiar since it looks just like his own edition that is in his library, and, even more strangely, a book entitled Masquerades, by one Jan Wechsler. Wechsler\u2019s story begins to spiral out of control even as he begins to tell us about his past. He discovers more apparent gaps in his memory, even as Masquerades seems to fill in the gaps. He begins to destroy his relationship with his wife, and no one understand what is going on with him. He can simply say, \u201cI am what I remember. I don\u2019t have anything else.\u201d\nIt\u2019s an interesting book, well written (even when I got frustrated as I realized the time I was spending with violins meant the book\u2019s two halves were only going to come together at the very end, I still really enjoyed reading about those violins), and it comes at identity (cultural, religious, actual) and memory from a unique perspective, even without the physical book\u2019s structure. The structure is just an added layer, and one I can appreciate since it makes me wonder how I would have responded to these characters had I read it another way; or, rather, it makes me wonder how much of my own interpretation is based solely on my perspective, on the path I took, and how much of it I should doubt. Whatever, the case, Stein offers no answers, and we can see in a sentence what he is hoping to do as he presents these lives in this way:\nInstead, he was contemplating a delicate black cloth that shrouded the painting on the easel; it was left to the observer to speculate about what might be depicted on the canvas behind it.\nBy Trevor Berrett|2016-07-28T22:47:22+00:00September 18th, 2012|Categories: Benjamin Stein, Book Reviews|Tags: 2010, 2010s, German, Open Letter Books|4 Comments\nPerhaps like David Mitchell\u2019s Cloud Atlas where the structure gets a lot of attention, but is also interesting in its own right?\nAlex in Leeds September 19, 2012 at 7:15 am\nPushing you to read both halves to understand the full story rather than just beckoning you on to the later chapters to understand an event\u2019s impact seems just as controlling on the author\u2019s part to me. But I still want to read it. :)\nI think that\u2019s fair, Lisa, though I think here the structure may actually be more of a feature than David Mitchell\u2019s (I say that actually preferring Cloud Atlas overall).\nAlex, that\u2019s a good point, but the various ways you can read both halves loosens those authorial strings a bit. That said, I\u2019ve heard others say that it\u2019s best read by alternating sides, and due to my experience I might say that\u2019s the best way as well. This made me wonder if Stein shouldn\u2019t have just bitten the bullet and alternated chapters, though I understand that whoever comes first would get a preferential reading. In the end, I think it works well because we\u2019re meant to wonder how else we could have read it and whether our views would be different. Had he laid it out for us, I don\u2019t think we\u2019d doubt our own experience as much.\nI imagine it\u2019s easier if you alternate chapters, but clearly Stein didn\u2019t want it to be easier. Once it leaves his hands it leaves his control, but my suspicion is that the decision to structure the book as he has is due in part to a desire to achieve something that alternating chapters wouldn\u2019t achieve.\nOther than that it sounds interesting. I\u2019ll take a look.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 104, "original_length": 12712, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 222.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mookseandgripes.com/reviews/category/madeleine-lengle/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:20:47Z", "digest": "sha1:Q2JMNXZLPNLK3ZZ5VM6SK3CC7CYEK4RY", "length": 210, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "mookseandgripes.com", "title": "Madeleine L\u2019Engle \u2013 The Mookse and the Gripes", "raw_content": "Book Reviews, Madeleine L'Engle\nThe Library of America has released a fantastic two-volume set of Madeleine L'Engle's The Kairos Novels, including both the Wrinkle in Time Quartet and the Polly O'Keefe Quartet.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 42, "original_length": 3990, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 148.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://morrisberman.blogspot.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:23Z", "digest": "sha1:GJRLMXLAVWAOYNN5OP5UVB4IMNWT54AD", "length": 22839, "nlines": 65, "source_domain": "morrisberman.blogspot.com", "title": "DARK AGES AMERICA -- Blog for Morris Berman", "raw_content": "This is the Blog for MORRIS BERMAN, the author of \"Dark Ages America\". It includes current publications and random thoughts about U.S. Foreign Policy, including letters and reactions to publications from others. A cultural historian and social critic, MORRIS BERMAN is the author of \"Wandering God\" and \"The Twilight of American Culture\". Since 2003 he has been a visiting professor in sociology at Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. Feel free to write and participate.\nWafers-\nSo, the 2019 SOTU has come and gone. Yawn. Nothing we didn't expect. The fact that Trumpola didn't have me write it for him has hurt my feelings more than I can say. Because if he had, I would have brought him outta the closet:\n\"My fellow Americans. On some level, all of you know that my job, historically speaking, is to dismantle the United States. The place isn't doing anyone any good; it's long overdue to retire the whole project. I think I can take a lot of credit for the damage I've inflicted on the country since I took office. Now, I pledge to you, my dear citizens, that you ain't seen nothing yet. The gloves are off; by November 2020, the place will be a shambles. Liz Warren, ha ha, turned out not to be Pocahontas after all; and I shall be bringing in Lorenzo Riggins to head up the State Dept. As for P. Snoots, just take a guess.\n\"All of us are turkeys, myself included. I thank you and good night.\n\"Oh, I almost forgot: Morris Berman will be heading up the dept. of Total and Massive Destruction (TMD).\"\nposted by Morris Berman at 11:27 PM 180 comments\nNothing really new to report. Every day brings yet another instance of CRE (Cranial-Rectal Embedment), whether on the part of Trumpi, Congress, or our enlightened citizens. I am still excited about the possibility of Tulsi Gabbard marching into the White House in 2021, flanked by Lorenzo Riggins and Penny Snoots. Our greatness is unchallenged.\nposted by Morris Berman at 11:25 AM 190 comments\nQuoth the Raven, \"Nevermore!\"\nWas Poe predicting the end of the United States? Was he a far-seeing clairvoyant? One has to wonder. Meanwhile, we have Trumpi doing his best to discredit himself and perhaps the country as well. I'm a believer that we get the leaders we deserve, and if he is behaving like a choleric child, so is a good part of the nation. No suaveness, no finesse, no social skills--just acting like a buffoon and throwing tantrums. Which is good, from a declinist point of view: Trumpi was \"hired\" by history to accelerate our decline and he is clearly doing his job. Rave on, Trumpi; you have 168 Wafers cheering you on. Only 9 days into 2019, and the possibilities for further damage seem endless.\nAs for the rest of the population, I can't help thinking of those lines from my favorite Christmas carol:\"Above thy deep and dreamless sleep/The silent stars go by...\"\nPopulist Imperialism\n\"The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted.\"--D.H. Lawrence\n\"An Indian who is as bad as the white men could not live in our nation; he would be put to death and eaten up by the wolves.\"\n--Sauk leader Black Hawk (1832)\nThe following is from Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States:\n\"Reconciling empire and liberty--based on the violent taking of Indigenous lands--into a usable myth allowed for the emergence of an enduring populist imperialism. Wars of conquest and ethnic cleansing could be sold to 'the people'--indeed could be fought for by the young men of those very people--by promising to expand economic opportunity, democracy, and freedom for all....\n\"It's not that Andrew Jackson had a 'dark side,' as his apologists rationalize and which all human beings have, but rather that Jackson was the the Dark Knight in the formation of the United States as a colonialist, imperialist democracy, a dynamic formation that continues to constitute the core of US patriotism. The most revered presidents--Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, Wilson, both Roosevelts, Truman, Kennedy, Reagan, Clinton, Obama--have each advanced populist imperialism while gradually increasing inclusion of other groups beyond the core of descendants of old settlers into the ruling mythology. All the presidents after Jackson march in his footsteps. Consciously or not, they refer back to him on what is acceptable, how to reconcile democracy and genocide and characterize it as freedom for the people.\"\n1. Note the reference to \"inclusion of other groups...into the ruling mythology.\" This is what constitutes progressive politics and political correctness in the US. Populist imperialism, the ruling mythology (and integrally tied to the American Dream), never gets criticized or even recognized in this process. MLK, however, was not fooled. Just prior to his assassination, he began to have doubts about his life mission, namely getting black people to have an equal share of the economic and social pie. But what if the whole pie was rotten, was a lie? Who wants a larger share of a rotten pie? (He also began to make connections between foreign and domestic policy. Uh-oh.)\n2. None of the presidents cited above questioned the ruling mythology, and it's a fair bet that all of them believed it. (JFK, for example, was very much a Cold Warrior, and \"Camelot\" was hardly a critique of populist imperialism.) How much more so, then, the typical American zhlob walking down the street? Could any of them, progressives included, stand outside of the American mythology, as did D.H. Lawrence and Black Hawk and MLK toward the end of his life? Progressives, for example, don't want a different type of nation; they just want a better version of the same nation. Bandaids for cancer, in effect.\n3. Who are the true dissenters from this vision, then? Hard to say. Maybe, a few Native American tribes, along with 167 Wafers? I'm just guessing here, but I can't imagine that the total number of Americans who see through the b.s. amounts to more than 10,000 people. The remainder--on the order of 327 million--are enveloped in a mythological fog from which they will never escape (the Matrix, if you will).\n4. The fog seems to get denser with each passing year. 2019 should be one of the foggiest on record.\n5. Which is to say that the zhlobs cannot be stopped; if you think they can, you are a damn fool. (They are an elemental force, like the Amazon.) They march on blindly, into the future, overwhelming everything in their path, both at home and abroad; and the more the American Dream and populist imperialism fails them, the more patriotic they become (this has been documented statistically). And so to all reading this, whether zhlob or anti-zhlob, I say:\nposted by Morris Berman at 1:14 PM 188 comments\nIn 1980, Isaiah Berlin published a collection of essays entitled Against the Current. the book has an intro written by someone named Roger Hausheer, dated 1979. It contains the following long paragraph (italics are mine):\n\"Surveying the mondern world, Berlin detects at the heart of the most disparate movements, from the nationalist tide in the Third World to the radical unrest among the disaffected young in the industrial technocracies, what may be the early stirrings of a reaction destined to grow into a world-transforming movement. It is the reaction of some irreducible core of free, creative, spontaneous human nature, of some elementary sense of identity, dignity and worth, against all that patronises and diminishes men, and threatens to rob them of themselves. This is but a modern expression, taking novel but recognisable forms, of the great battle begun by Hamann and Herder against the central values of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century faith in liberal rationalism, cosmopolitanism, science, progress, and rational organisation: a battle waged throughout the nineteenth century by the great unsettling rebels, Fourier, Proudhon, Stirner, Kierkegaard, Carlyle, Nietzsche, Tolstoy, Sorel; and continued in the twentieth by existentialists, anarchists and irrationalists, and all the varying strains of contemporary rebellion and revolt. For all their deep differences, these thinkers, groups and movements are brothers beneath the skin: they fight in the name of some direct inward knowledge of self and free causal agency, and an irreducible sense of specific concrete identity. Rational and benevolent colonial masters and technocratic specialists and experts, no matter how altruistic and honourable their intentions, precisely because they view men as in the first place heteronomous objects to be administered, regimented, and controlled, not free and unpredictably self-transforming causal agents, must necessarily fail to respect and understand this fundamental human craving, and often enough ignore, crush or eradicate it. Rebellion against regimentation takes the form of a demand to do and be something in the world, to be one's own master, free of external intereference--an independent self, whether individual or collective, not dictated to or organised by others. The long and heated contest, which stretches back at least to the middle of the eighteenth century, has never been more alive than it is today.\"\nI was, am, struck by how dated this text is, at least as a portrait of Americans. Certainly it spoke to me, inasmuch as it reflects the aspirations and consciousness of those of us who came of age in the fifties and sixties. But imagine the following experiment: You come up to any random American walking down the street (especially one less than 50 years of age), and somehow manage to separate him or her from his cell fone for 2 seconds. You read him the above paragraph and ask him to tell you what he thinks; what his or her reaction is.\n1. On the intellectual level: what are the chances that this poor shmuck recognizes any of the names cited, Nietzsche and Tolstoy included? Pretty small, I'm guessing.\n2. On the ontological level: what do the phrases \"irreducible core of free, creative, spontaneous human nature,\" or \"fundamental human craving,\" mean to this guy? Can he or she make sense of them at all? For in order to have that core, that craving, you have to not only be intelligent, but also have a sense of yourself, and these are things that most contemporary Americans simply don't possess. Rather than self-awareness, they have cellfone-awareness, or screen-awareness (not that technology is the only cause of American soul-death). If they ever did have that core or craving, it was erased or co-opted years ago. It is a fair bet that your question will be met with blank incomprehension, for it's not merely that you are talking to a moron (true enough); you are actually talking to a robot. I suspect that nearly 40 years after 1979, no one on this blog would believe that the fight for an independent self \"has never been more alive than it is today\"--at least,as far as the US is concerned.\nFrom a declinist point of view, of course, the fact that a nation managed, in 40 years, to snuff out what it means to be a human being in most of its population, is no mean achievement. In the Twilight book I argue that one of the key factors in civilizational decline, whether in ancient Rome or contemporary America, is spiritual death. Well, folks, this is what it looks like. Welcome to our world.\nFor a long time now, my life has run on two parallel tracks. One has been to make sense of that life; the other, to make sense of the world. I attempted to do these things, in part, through writing. Of the fifteen books I have written, thirteen fall into the latter category, and two into the former (one of these being a volume of poetry). This is to be expected. In the case of relatively unknown authors such as myself, the public can hardly be expected to be interested in the details of their lives, and publishing an autobiography would be grandiosity, a species of delusion. And yet, we have something like this in the case of Marcel Proust, when he was still relatively unknown. His somewhat autobiographical novel, In Search of Lost Time, managed to make sense of both his life and the world at the same time. The profundity of his study of soul and society rendered it the greatest novel of the twentieth century.\nI came to Proust early, and then late. In my thirties, I read the first two volumes of the work, then got distracted, moved on to other things. In my seventies, I turned to the Search in depth, wanting to learn more about my own life; really, to see if it made sense thus far. What follows, however, is not a study of myself, but of Proust, and what he ultimately concluded about the individual and the world. In a word, I see the Search as a guide for the soul, a roadmap of spiritual liberation, and thus of potential value to us all.\nDuring the sixties and seventies, in the U.S. and elsewhere, many young people discovered LSD, and it changed their lives forever. The vision, as LSD-guru Timothy Leary explained it, was that of a spiritual life, as opposed to the one offered by mainstream America: the worship of money and power. This led many to believe that if everyone took the drug, it would change the entire country, and usher in the Age of Aquarius. Rumors were rife that there was a hippie plot afoot to put acid in the water supply, for example. In any case, the Summer of Love came and went, and America became even more materialistic and power-driven, taking most of the hippies along with it. Turns out, they were not all that averse to money and power.\nProust experienced something similar, but without drugs, and called it \"involuntary memory.\" The paradigm example is by now quite famous: dipping a madeleine (fluted cookie) in a cup of tea, drinking the tea, and suddenly having a detailed vision of \"Combray\" (Illiers, in Normandy), where he spent part of his childhood years. For the benefit of those who have not read Proust, I quote this section at some length:\n\"...weary after a dull day with the prospect of a depressing morrow, I raised to my lips a spoonful of the tea in which I had soaked a morsel of the cake. No sooner had the warm liquid, and the crumbs with it, touched my palate, a shudder ran through my whole body, and I stopped, intent upon the extraordinary changes that were taking place. An exquisite pleasure had invaded my senses, but individual, detached, with no suggestion of its origin. And at once the vicissitudes of life had become indifferent to me, its disasters innocuous, its brevity illusory--this new sensation having had on me the effect which love has of filling me with a precious essence; or rather this essence was not in me, it was myself. I had ceased now to feel mediocre, accidental, mortal. Whence could it have come to me, this all-powerful joy?...\n\"And suddenly the memory returns. The taste was that of the little crumb of madeleine which on Sunday mornings at Combray (because on those mornings I did not go out before church-time), when I went to say good day to her in her bedroom, my aunt L\u00e9onie used to give me, dipping it first in her own cup of real or of lime-flower tea...\n\" And once I had recognized the taste of the crumb of madeleine soaked in her decoction of lime-flowers which my aunt used to give me (although I did not yet know and must long postpone the discovery of why this memory made me so happy) immediately the old grey house upon the street, where her room was, rose up like the scenery of a theatre to attach itself to the little pavilion, opening on to the garden, which had been built out behind it for my parents (the isolated panel which until that moment had been all that I could see); and with the house the town, from morning to night and in all weathers, the Square where I was sent before luncheon, the streets along which I used to run errands, the country roads we took when it was fine. And just as the Japanese amuse themselves by filling a porcelain bowl with water and steeping in it little crumbs of paper which until then are without character or form, but, the moment they become wet, stretch themselves and bend, take on colour and distinctive shape, become flowers or houses or people, permanent and recognisable, so in that moment all the flowers in our garden and in M. Swann's park, and the water-lilies on the Vivonne and the good folk of the village and their little dwellings and the parish church and the whole of Combray and of its surroundings, taking their proper shapes and growing solid, sprang into being, town and gardens alike, all from my cup of tea.\"\nIf mysticism involves contact with some nonordinary reality, if it is an altered state of consciousness, then Proust became a mystic at that moment. But then, there is mysticism and there is mysticism. The experience with the madeleine was not a transcendent one, Freud's \"oceanic experience,\" or what I have called elsewhere the \"ascent experience.\" No, this was \"horizontal,\" a kind of Zen satori, that sees reality for what it really is, without any filters. With this, says Malcolm Bowie (in Proust Among the Stars), Proust found \"the lost key to the nature of things.\" And this, as Proust himself said, became the point of his book, namely to illustrate involuntary memory, to demonstrate the sheer power of it. He also wanted to (metaphorically) put this \"acid\" into the drinking water, so that everyone might stop wallowing in b.s., pursuing status, \"love,\" and art as a fetish--all of which he regarded as illusory--and instead see art and creativity as the \"true life.\" Our true nature, said Proust, is outside of time, and involuntary memory is the gateway to redemption. Roland Barthes said that Search was a gospel rather than a novel; the writer Maurice Rostand asserted that it was \"a soul in the guise of a book.\" Proust was, in effect, offering his readers the divine without God or religion.\nOf course, LSD didn't change the U.S., the Search didn't change France, and St. Francis didn't change Italy. As one pope, a contemporary of the latter, wisely remarked, not everyone can be St. Francis. Proust juxtaposed what he regarded as the \"true life\" with the false one; and although he believed that the former was available to all, most are inevitably going to choose the latter. What, then, was the point of the exercise?\nGood question. One answer is that truth is not a matter of majority vote. What LSD, the Search, and St. Francis revealed was the possibility of living a different type of life, whether it appealed to the masses or not. An ideal, if you will; a window onto another world, for those few who might wish to pursue it. \"True life\" means true happiness; false life means chasing after substitute satisfactions, all the while having the haunting feeling that something is terribly wrong.\nOne thing that is wrong is what Proust biographer Roger Shattuck called \"soul error.\" Plainly put, most of us are not happy with who we are. We have this gnawing doubt, believe that we are inherently defective in some way. \"I would never join a club that would accept me as a member,\" Groucho Marx famously quipped. It's a kind of reverse Midas touch, that everything you put your hands on turns to shit. Friendships go sour, sexual relations get screwed up, my writing is inadequate, I am inadequate, etc. Proust (as narrator) states this belief about himself many times throughout the book until the very end, at which point, as many critics have observed, \"loser takes all.\" Withthe aid of involuntary memory, he turns his life around.\nSoul error is the belief that there is no inner worth in here; that only what is outside of me, that which I can't obtain, has value. This is what renders social life a farce, a gigantic waste of time. Feeling deeply inadequate, we are driven, forever on edge, always out to impress others that we are special, better than everyone else. This renders social interaction sterile, a vapid charade. The same dynamic applies to friendship and \"love.\" Involuntary memory, as far as Proust is concerned, is the only way out. It amounts to epiphany, revelation. It comes unbidden: suddenly, you are purely a body, purely kinesthetic awareness, existing outside of time. This is what feeds the soul; this is the soul's true need. At the end of the day, this is all we have. Tolstoy said much the same thing.\nCan everyone choose this path, as Proust believed? The historical record would suggest not, and the word utopia literally means \"nowhere.\" Plato's assertion, that most people mistake illusion for reality, and are thus in effect sleepwalking through their lives, would seem to be the case. Sokei-An, the first Buddhist teacher to come to America (in 1945), finally observed that trying to turn Americans into Buddhists was like \"holding a lotus to a rock.\" After ten years, say, you lift the lotus up off the rock and discover that its roots didn't penetrate the rock--not even slightly. And so the charade of status and power and so on will go on, and history will remain the nightmare that James Joyce said it was. We may wish to awaken from it, but somehow never manage to do so. Enlightenment is, at best, an individual quest, a private \"solution.\"\n(c)Morris Berman, 2018\nName: Morris Berman\nMorris Berman is well known as an innovative cultural historian and social critic. He has taught at a number of universities in Europe and North America, and has held visiting endowed chairs at Incarnate Word College (San Antonio), the University of New Mexico, and Weber State University. During 1982-88 he was the Lansdowne Professor in the History of Science at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. Berman won the Governor\u2019s Writers Award for Washington State in 1990, the Rollo May Center Grant for Humanistic Studies in 1992, and the Neil Postman Award for Career Achievement in Public Intellectual Activity (from the Media Ecology Association) in 2013. He is the author of a trilogy on the evolution of human consciousness\u2013-The Reenchantment of the World (1981), Coming to Our Senses (1989), and Wandering God: A Study in Nomadic Spirituality (2000)\u2013and in 2000 his Twilight of American Culture was named a \u201cNotable Book\u201d by the New York Times Book Review. Dr. Berman relocated to Mexico in 2006, and during 2008-9 was a Visiting Professor at the Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico City.\nJosh Marshall Talking Points\nFIREDOGLAKE News&Op-Eds\nPresident Jonah by Gore Vidal\nCommonDreams News Center\nPublished Works & Bibliography\nTale of Two Cultures-Logos Journal\nWaiting for the Barbarians-Guardian\nBooks by Morris Berman\nSPINNING STRAW INTO GOLD: Straight Talk for Troubled Times\nNEUROTIC BEAUTY\nWHY AMERICA FAILED\nWANDERING GOD: A Study in Nomadic Spirituality\nCOMING TO OUR SENSES: Body and Spirit in the Hidden History of the West\nTHE REENCHANTMENT OF THE WORLD\nSOCIAL CHANGE AND SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATION\nKirkus Review of DARK AGES AMERICA\nThe Real Gold\nMETA Tag Help", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 424, "original_length": 27083, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 280.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://motifri.com/rwu-spamalot/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:00Z", "digest": "sha1:33LLPOQLQJ74DPIHCGPU5CAQQO25JS62", "length": 3029, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "motifri.com", "title": "Spamalot: \u2018Tis a Silly Play \u203a Providence, Rhode Island \u203a Motif Magazine", "raw_content": "Apr 22, 2017 \u203a Categories: Theater\nSpamalot: \u2018Tis a Silly Play\nSpamalot at Roger Williams University\nIf you\u2019re a fan of Monty Python and the Holy Grail but haven\u2019t seen the musical Spamalot, Roger William\u2019s University\u2019s production is a great opportunity. For a mere $10 admission, you can see why this funny satire that mocks theatrical musicals and epic films ran for five years on Broadway.\nTheater announcements before a show generally ask us to turn off our cell phones and quietly unwrap our candy, tell us how to exit during an emergency, and so on, but this show opens with a video, like many of the artsy Terry Gilliam animations in the film, asking the audience to do the opposite of all of these things. This bit set the tone for the night. Unfortunately, only the first three rows of the audience could see the video screen high above the stage due to the low ceilings, so as this device is used repeatedly throughout the show over half the audience is left with at most half of the joke.\nThe cast was strong, overall, in the triad of singing, dancing and acting. Emily Rizzo, who plays the Lady of the Lake, and Maggie Everett, who plays Patsy, are the standout female actors. The gender-neutral casting worked wonderfully with the Historian, the French Taunter, the Knight Who Says Ni and Sir Bedevere played by women. The other Knights each had shining moments: Sir Galahad\u2019s \u201cThe Song that Goes Like This,\u201d Sir Robin\u2019s \u201cYou Won\u2019t Succeed on Broadway\u201d and Sir Lancelot\u2019s \u201cHis Name is Lancelot.\u201d\nThe choreography by senior Cayley Dorr is complicated for the small stage and cast of 18. Some standout numbers include \u201cAlways Look on the Bright Side of Life\u201d \u2013 complete with twirling umbrellas \u2013 and \u201cYou Won\u2019t Succeed on Broadway.\u201d The male chorus was more confident in their dancing and singing than the female chorus. All the big group numbers worked well for such a tiny space, except that the stage-left exit tended to bottleneck, on occasion, as actors simultaneously entered and exited.\nThe seven-piece band was strong, however their location on stage right was distracting Technical aspects, notably the sound design by Matt Paquin and the elaborate costumes by Priscilla Eighme, enhanced the play.\nAs Director Jeffrey Martin suggests, producing Spamalot, with the confines of space and budgets, while staying true to the expectations of fans of Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a double-edged sword. For those fans, and even those who have never seen The Holy Grail, this production is worth the trip for two hours of silliness meant to distract us from the rainy, cold spring.\nSpamalot, directed by Jeffrey Martin, performed by the RWU Stage Company, at The Barn, Roger Williams University Performing Arts Center, Bristol. Through Apr 29. Box Office: (401)254-3666. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RWUStageCompany Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/580391262168698/\nPrevious post: Wind Power: It \u201cBlowed Up Good\u201d\nNext post: Taking Sides: Brilliant, Ambitious and Worth the Drive to Westerly", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 150, "original_length": 4971, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 286.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mountainsidelibrary.org/newsletter/september_2015_newsletter.en", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:07Z", "digest": "sha1:I3HPNZBLQXCHD7DXYI4IBB4S2IRTWB5D", "length": 954, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "mountainsidelibrary.org", "title": "September, 2015 Newsletter", "raw_content": "VINTAGE JEWELRY SALE Friday September 25, 12-5 & Saturday September 26, 10-5\nIS IT REAL? Come to the sale being held by the Friends of the Library and you will find a lovely selection of VINTAGE JEWELRY at really low prices. All sale proceeds will benefit the library and go back to the local community through library supplies, programs, and events. You may find something you like as a gift for someone or as a treat for yourself. For further information call 908-233-0115. Cash only, please.\nExperience the Joy of Learning with THE GREAT COURSES. Watch two lectures each week, with a 15 minute break after each lecture, to digest what you have learned and discuss with other audience members. The series began July 6th, with The Skeptic\u2019s Guide to American History. Lecturer: Professor Mark A. Stoler, the University of Vermont.\nOur next course will begin on November 2nd, 2015.\nYour may bring your bag lunch. Coffee, tea and cookies will be provided.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 66, "original_length": 2366, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 319.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mpidevelopment.net/hello-world/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:11Z", "digest": "sha1:2NR7AATYAUAJJ7VXA5URXW5BOS4ZFI6R", "length": 2139, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "mpidevelopment.net", "title": "Purchase Mortgage Application Volumes Uptick in May | MPI DEVELOPMENT", "raw_content": "According to the Mortgage Bankers Association\u2019s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending May 20, 2016, mortgage applications increased 2.3 percent from one week earlier.\nThe Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, increased 2.3 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from one week earlier. On an unadjusted basis, the Index increased 2 percent compared with the previous week.\nThe Refinance Index increased 0.4 percent from the previous week. The seasonally adjusted Purchase Index increased 5 percent from one week earlier. The unadjusted Purchase Index increased 4 percent compared with the previous week and was 17 percent higher than the same week one year ago.\nThe refinance share of mortgage activity decreased to 53.7 percent of total applications from 54.6 percent the previous week. The adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) share of activity increased to 5.7 percent of total applications. The average loan size for purchase applications reached a survey high at $307,700.\nThe FHA share of total applications increased to 12.7 percent from 12.5 percent the week prior. The VA share of total applications decreased to 11.5 percent from 12.1 percent the week prior. The USDA share of total applications remained unchanged from 0.7 percent the week prior.\nThe average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with jumbo loan balances (greater than $417,000) increased to 3.82 percent from 3.74 percent, with points decreasing to 0.27 from 0.29 (including the origination fee) for 80 percent LTV loans. The effective rate increased from last week.\nThe average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages backed by the FHA increased to 3.70 percent from 3.63 percent, with points decreasing to 0.27 from 0.28 (including the origination fee) for 80 percent LTV loans. The effective rate increased from last week.\nThe average contract interest rate for 5/1 ARMs increased to 3.09 percent from 2.94 percent, with points increasing to 0.31 from 0.30 (including the origination fee) for 80 percent LTV loans. The effective rate increased from last week.\n(Source: WPJ)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 78, "original_length": 4033, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 337.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mporcius.blogspot.com/2017/01/generation-part-2-anthony-bunch-bryant.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:43:38Z", "digest": "sha1:P42BPVRF2CVGDLFRFCDFX4OXM6OF2EHV", "length": 10352, "nlines": 39, "source_domain": "mporcius.blogspot.com", "title": "MPorcius Fiction Log: Generation, Part 2: Anthony, Bunch, Bryant (w/ Sutherland & Harper) and Yarbro", "raw_content": "Generation, Part 2: Anthony, Bunch, Bryant (w/ Sutherland & Harper) and Yarbro\nLet's continue our exploration of Generation, a 1972 anthology of stories that were probably written in 1969, stories by people promoted as \"the brightest talents of the new generation of science fiction masters.\" Today we'll read stories by Piers Anthony, David R. Bunch, Ed Bryant (one each with James Sutherland and Jody Harper) and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro.\n\"Up Schist Crick\" by Piers Anthony\nIn my teens I read lots of Piers Anthony novels--Xanth novels, the Bio of a Space Tyrant series, the Battle Circle series, the Chthon books, the Orn books, the Apprentice Adept series, and more--because there was a lot of sex in them. They were practically pornography (at least to my naive mind) and in the pre-internet era pornography (for a teen-aged MPorcius, at least) was hard to find.\n\"Up Schist Crick\" would later appear\nin Anthonology\n\"Up Schist Crick\" isn't providing me any reason to revise my view of Anthony as a guy who writes about sex. Our hero is William Zether, a junior executive at a big manufacturing firm. In the files Zether has found evidence that a branch of the company has been test marketing a new kind of material in a tiny secluded town, and that the company bigwigs have forgotten about it. Zether goes to the little isolated town, thinking maybe he can somehow appropriate the invention and make himself rich.\nSure enough, in the little town he discovers everybody is using the new material, an unbreakable one-molecule-thick stretchable fabric which has a wide variety of applications. The most provocative use is as a transparent one piece suit which keeps the wearer comfortable and safe. Because the material is so very thin and absolutely impenetrable by liquids, women wearing it can have risk-free sex without any other sort of precaution. This convenient form of birth control has lead to a culture of casual sex in the little town, a culture which Zether takes advantage of soon after his arrival.\nThere is a catch, however. The woman Zether had sex with is very marriage-minded, and her guardian is ready to vigorously defend her honor, so the story's main plot thread concerns Zether's efforts to escape the area and the impending shotgun wedding, a real challenge because his car has broken down on the ill-maintained road leading to the town.\nLooking beyond the story's erotic aspect and its climactic scatological humor, \"Up Schist Crick\" has much in common with a traditional SF story in which a new piece of technology is proposed and the writer speculates on how it will affect society; there are many passages describing the material and its many uses.\n\"The Lady was for Kroinking\" by David R. Bunch\nI've read a number of stories by Bunch and I haven't been very impressed by him, but here I am, reading him again. Bunch stories are always short, at least.\n\"The Lady was for Kroinking\" would\nlater appear in Future Pastimes\n\"The Lady was for Kroinking\" takes place in the future, and is mostly a dialogue between two characters, a man and a woman. The \"point\" of the story is that the pace of future life is such that it drives people to sadism. The go-go life of the future fills people with rage and hate, feelings which, if left unvented, will cause dangerous levels of insanity. So, the people of the future regularly patronize \"Enjoy-Your-Hate houses,\" which are kind of like brothels, but instead of prostitutes these establishments provide realistic rubber dummies for customers to torture. Most of the text of the story consists of the woman's detailed description of the elaborate tortures she inflicted on a particularly interesting dummy earlier in the day. Sample detail: the dummy had installed in its artificial head real lambs' eyes, so when the torturer penetrated them with red hot rods she could smell burning flesh. The punchline/twist ending (?) of the story is when the man and woman kiss each other goodbye; they bite each other's lips so hard they both bleed profusely.\nAt five pages this story isn't quite long enough to get tedious, and I can't help but admire its audacity and bizarreness. So I think I can give it an acceptable grade.\n\"Beside Still Waters\" by Ed Bryant and James Sutherland\nI have read several stories by Bryant, and have a better opinion of Bryant than Bunch; while some of Bryant's more self-indulgent and experimental pieces have aroused my distaste, he has also produced some well-written and well-constructed stories which I have liked.\nJames Sutherland has only one novel and four short stories listed at isfdb; one of the four shorts was slated to appear in The Last Dangerous Visions and has thus never been published. (Oh, Harlan....[shakes head sadly.])\n\"Beside Still Waters\" is a silly sort of story, one of those things in which some mythological creature suddenly appears in 20th-century America. Bryant and Sutherland play it for laughs rather than trying to evoke a sense of wonder or horror.\nSidney Bates lives in LA, a divorced father with custody of his kids who has trouble meeting his alimony payments to his ex-wife Edna. (I remember from my childhood viewing of Johnny Carson that California divorce law was a rich mine for jokes in the '70s; wikipedia indicates that California was the first state to pass a no-fault divorce law, in 1969.) Bates has a pool, and dangerous creatures (a shark, a giant frog, a crocodile, etc.) and weather phenomena (an iceberg, a waterspout) have been appearing in it. He contacts a psychic detective, who figures out what is going on: the pool draws water from a spring guarded by a beautiful naiad. The detective summons and opens negotiations with the naiad, and there is a happy ending for everybody: the psychic detective has an affair with the naiad and when the supernatural creature learns that Edna, not Sidney, had the pool installed, one of the naiad's monsters kills Edna when she comes to visit to nag about her alimony payments.\nThis story is OK.\n\"Beside Still Waters\" and \"Nova Morning\" only ever appeared in Generation\n\"Nova Morning\" by Ed Bryant and Jody Harper\nThis is Harper's only credit at isfdb. Gerrold tells us Harper is good-looking and worked as a go-go dancer in Beirut, Lebanon, in case you were wondering. (As Karen at goodreads suggests in her review of Generation, Gerrold talks about the female authors represented in the anthology in a way that probably wouldn't fly today.)\nThis is one of those arty stories in which almost every line of prose includes a metaphor and in which the paragraphs of prose are separated by snatches of italicized verse.\nIt is the end of the world! Almost everybody is dead! But Lea, a young poet, is still alive, on a college campus in Manhattan. She goes to an empty classroom and activates the recorded lecture on metaphysical poetry. Then a young man with whom she has a relationship, for whom she has even written a poem, appears; he wants to have sex, and she is revolted by his blunt overtures. (\"Let's fuck.\") She reads him her poem and he calls it \"rotten.\"\nLea resists the urge to go away with him (\"It's incredible, what a wretchedly bad bargain we are together--even if there's no one else\"), but then succumbs; after all, how should she expect people to act at the end of the world? \"It's the way it is now,\" he tells her. \"You got to take it like that.\"\nThis story is alright.\n\"Everything that Begins with an 'M'\" by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro\nYarbro is a big success; she has published a huge stack (thirty or so) of those sexy vampire novels which (I assume) are mostly read by women, and she has won a bunch of big awards. I didn't like her postapocalyptic novel False Dawn when I read it, but what do I know? Gerrold tells us that this is the third story she ever sold--from little acorns!\n\"Everything that Begins with an 'M'\"\nwas later included in Cautionary Tales\n\"Everything that Begins with an 'M'\" is about how the impoverished citizens of a tiny isolated village (in some kind of mythical medieval or early modern land, I guess) amuse themselves and enliven their dreary lives by spreading rumors and engaging in absurd speculations. A mentally ill homeless man spends his time reclining at the \"sand pit\" where the villagers throw their refuse, singing to himself and tracing designs in the sand. When the tax collector comes to town he chokes to death on a hunk of meat, and, because the madman was scribbling on a piece of paper with a bit of charcoal at the same moment, the villagers begin to think the insaniac is some kind of wizard or holy man, and begin visiting him, hoping to receive sage advice, even making him a crude crown and giving him a fine robe. The fact that the madman ignores them does little to shake their faith.\nThis is essentially the whole story. Merely acceptable.\nMy reaction to all five of these stories was lukewarm; none of them is actually good, but none excited my resentment, either. I can imagine people being offended by the Anthony and the Bryant/Sutherland for what they would call sexism (though whether we should admire or deplore the protagonist of the Anthony is left ambiguous, and he does suffer his comeuppance in the end, frustrated in all his designs and humiliated into the bargain); being shocked or sickened by the Bunch; being touched by the depiction of a sensitive woman being treated like a sex object by a brute in the Bryant/Harper piece; and finding the Yarbro piece amusing, but somehow I was not strongly affected by any of them. Maybe I'm getting blase in my old age, maybe all the stories are successful on their own terms, all achieve what they want to achieve, but I am not really the audience for what they are doing.\nMore Generation in the future; I've decided to read a bunch of included stories by writers I've never heard of, always an interesting exercise.\nMy copy of Generation has bound within it a page of full-color advertisements. Alas, these ads are not for science fiction books. On one side, the people at Schick exhort us to embrace the new and different, in particular their new single-edged razor. On the other is an ad for a free book of advice for car buyers; seeing as the book is produced by the people at Ford Motor Company, I doubt it includes my own advice to car buyers, that they buy a Toyota.\nLabels: Anthony, bryant, Bunch, Gerrold, Harper, Sutherland, Yarbro", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 697, "original_length": 17110, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 330.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://muellerfuneralhomeinc.com/obit-old.cfm?myrange=8-2014", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:29Z", "digest": "sha1:5E3K7VPDFQVLFQ5DYROWLMLUGQGSOIF3", "length": 453, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "muellerfuneralhomeinc.com", "title": "Mueller Funeral Home", "raw_content": "Eugene A. Gitter - October 28, 1928 - August 26, 2014\nGerald H. 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Our security measures are continually updated as new technology becomes available.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 77, "original_length": 2986, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 247.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://musicdata.site/artist-hans-zimmer/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:21:49Z", "digest": "sha1:QK2ZMTTXDDXWUPQEXUCFXLAWTRNMGYL7", "length": 633, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "musicdata.site", "title": "Hans Zimmer - musicdata.site - music online, mp3 - your downloads", "raw_content": "Artist Info: Hans Zimmer\nHans Florian Zimmer (born 12 September 1957) is a German film score composer and record producer. Since the 1980s, he has composed music for over 150 films. His works include The Lion King, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1995, the Pirates of the Caribbean series, The Thin Red Line, Gladiator, The Last Samurai, and The Dark Knight Trilogy. Zimmer spent the early part of his career in the United Kingdom before moving to the United States.\nTop Albums Hans Zimmer\nSherlock Holmes: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack\nmusica1.org , radiomusic.club , playsongs.pw , musicdroid.top", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 37, "original_length": 1365, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 82.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mwaatx.com/classschedule", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:24Z", "digest": "sha1:4UDB5QOGJHNZX7GGO45FMUCJI3J4B3HB", "length": 3093, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "mwaatx.com", "title": "Class Schedules | Music & Worship Arts Academy", "raw_content": "String Orchestra Classes 2018-19\nString Orchestra Class Schedules\nAll string orchestra classes are held at Jan Corbin Hall in building 5 at San Jacinto College, central campus. The official address is 8060 Spencer Hwy, Pasadena, TX 77505. The day and time for each class session is listed below. To register for classes, please go to the registration page.\nMondays 4:00-7 p.m.\nOrchestra, Advanced I, 4:00-5:30 p.m.\nOrchestra, Advanced II & Traveling 5:30-7 p.m.\nOrchestra, Intermediate II, 4-5 p.m.\nOrchestra, Beginning/Intermediate I, 5-6 p.m.\nBeginning String Orchestra\nThis class is designed for homeschool students desiring to learn to play a string instrument alongside other students. No previous music or orchestra experience is required to join the beginning orchestra, but beginning students should be in 4th grade or above. Students will learn the fundamentals of reading music, playing an instrument and performing in a group setting. All students will play a solo before the end of the year and will perform on at least two concerts. We will be using practice software (SmartMusic) that is similar to the challenge of a video game. It really is quite fun and educational!\nThis class is designed for homeschool students with one or more years of experience. Throughout the year, students will learn to play their instruments and will have opportunities to perform as an orchestra and possibly as soloists as well. Students will receive group instruction during weekly rehearsals and will be required to complete some fun and challenging practice techniques at home. We will be using practice software (SmartMusic) that is similar to the challenge of a video game. It really is quite fun and educational!\nAdvanced String Orchestra I\nThis class is designed for homeschool students with two or more years of experience. Throughout the year, students will learn to play their instruments and will have opportunities to perform as an orchestra and possibly as soloists as well. Students will receive group instruction during weekly rehearsals and will be required to complete some fun and challenging practice techniques at home. We will be using practice software (SmartMusic) that is similar to the challenge of a video game. It really is quite fun and educational!\nADVANCED STRING ORCHESTRA II\nThis class is reserved for our most advanced students. In addition to learning advanced techniques, these students will perform frequently throughout the year for various events, churches, nursing homes, etc. Much of the music learned will be memorized and all students will perform as soloists in addition to their group activities. This will be a fun and challenging group!\nPlacement and Auditions\nPlease read the descriptions above carefully. If you are still uncertain about where your student should be placed, simply contact me. I will be glad to chat with you over the phone or meet with your student and have a brief audition and conversation to determine the appropriate group for them. It is my goal to place students within the group where they will best learn, grow and succeed.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 55, "original_length": 3676, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 289.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mypraxeology.blogspot.com/2013/03/my-brief-encounter-with-member-of-prime.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:03Z", "digest": "sha1:4MH73JHZRM5OYGFO3U6YXL2B22AU3TTA", "length": 5229, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "mypraxeology.blogspot.com", "title": "Praxeology: My Reflexions on India: My Brief Encounter with a Member of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Team of Economic Advisers", "raw_content": "My Brief Encounter with a Member of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Team of Economic Advisers\nToday I attended the 23rd I P. Desai Memorial lecture in Center for Social Studies, which is an ICSSR sponsored research institute based in Surat. They invited Padma Bhusan Prof. V S. Vyas (more about him here) to deliver the lecture this time, and I decided to attend this event because Prof. Vyas is a member of prime minister Manmohan Singh's team of economic advisers. Because he is a well known economist of old generation, and especially a high ranking official in the present government, he was obviously on my list of people with whom I want to logically discuss Indian government's policies. As a tax payer of this country and an economist myself, it is my right and duty to confront these high ranking government economists and officials.\nProf. Vyas was delivering a talk on 'Reaching The Unreached -To Make Poverty Eradication Programs More Effective'. His main thesis was, that so far all government poverty removal programs have failed, so how to make them more efficient! As can be discerned from the title of his talk above, his solution was to make these programs more efficient, and introduce more such programs for that purpose! This is typical thinking of a government adviser and a mainstream economist. This is the same old boring story of absurdity of doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results every time! It was quite important to notice, that he, at least, accepted that the present system of government interventionism is a failure, but despite that he was not ready to abandon those failed socialist statist policies.\nBecause the event protocols did not permit me to ask many questions and do follow up inquiries, I restricted myself to only one fundamental question. I asked him, whether he sees any role of the instrument of 'Private Property Rights' in removing poverty? While asking my question, I cited the work of famous Peruvian economist, Hernando de Soto. Now, Soto is no bastion of 'Private Property Rights', but because I didn't want to create any kind of big stir in the seminar hall (it was full of sociology professors and other academicians with statist leanings), I didn't mention Murray Rothbard and his Anarcho-Capitalist system as the answer of the problem of poverty. I just wanted to hint towards the instrument of 'Private Property Rights' and its importance in poverty removal, so I cited Soto. Prof. Vyas gave very confused and evasive answer. He ended his reply with this statement: Let's not underestimate the role of government! And I told myself, because discussion was not allowed, I am not underestimating the role of government, but you are overestimating the role of government - which is nothing but a legitimate gang of thugs - beyond anyone's imagination. I only mentioned Hernando de Soto's work on private property rights, and he gave this answer. Imagine if I had talked about Rothbard's Anarcho-Capitalism, they would've thrown me out of their seminar hall!\nThe pomp with which he came to deliver an academic lecture on poverty removal - police security vans with sirens ringing and tax payer funded luxury government car - and other such hypocrisies of all these government economists and other academicians is so nauseating. They all have made their lives better in the name of removing poverty. Poor are still poor, but these people are now tremendously wealthy and powerful. My overall take from this and other such events is this, that as long as these people continue the discussion of removing poverty, poor people will remain poor. As long as they don't leave poor people alone to manage their lives according to their own wishes, poor will remain poor. As long as there is an absence of 'Liberty', poor will remain poor.\nThese government officials are totally oblivious to the plight of common man. They live in their own castles, and don't realize the speed at which the economy and society is descending in hell. It is obvious from their actions, that no matter what happens to us commoners, they are not going to give up their political power voluntarily. They are not at all interested in changing the status quo. These people live in their own ivory towers and think that they can easily subvert the laws of economics without facing any dire consequences! But they are surely mistaken. Laws of economics do work in the social world, and the present system of exploitation of productive class of the society by an unproductive class will crash and burn in the end, and the free market will overwhelm these state officials one day. I only wish that things will change for better after the coming collapse. People should forget about getting any help from these officials. Even if they honestly want to, they can't help you via the system of state. People should start to take responsibility of their lives in their own hands and protect themselves from the looting hands of criminal government.\nThe Narcissist March 6, 2013 at 11:40 AM\nhttp://notesfromasubversivebureaucrat.blogspot.in/2012/11/the-poverty-industry.html\nMy Brief Encounter with a Member of Prime Minister...\nIndian Budget 2013-14 and Economic Survey Analysis...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 173, "original_length": 8701, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 285.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://mysterymaster.com/hq/model-logic-puzzles.php", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:36Z", "digest": "sha1:3UQ7YBP3FCIVEMVH5TFHW4JM2GFVE2L5", "length": 3108, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "mysterymaster.com", "title": "Model Logic Puzzles - Mystery Master", "raw_content": "Model Logic Puzzles\nHello, I am an Artificial Linguistics Nanobot... but you can call me Alan. I will explain how to model a logic puzzle for Mystery Master. Wikipedia states: \"In artificial intelligence, model-based reasoning refers to an inference method used in expert systems based on a model of the physical world.\"\nIn the physical world, a logic puzzle consists of text. The text may contain properties of the puzzle such as its title, author, and level of difficulty usually given by one or more stars. While interesting, properties won't help solve a logic puzzle.\nWhat will help are the clues of the puzzle. The clues are usually given in a list, but sometimes they can also be in the introduction.\nTo model a logic puzzle, the text of the logic puzzle must be parsed into specific types of data. Everything that is essential to solving a logic puzzle must be captured by this data. There is one important thing to remember as you go forward:\nAll of the relationships between the nouns in a logic puzzle must be expressed as either facts or rules.\nThe following forms of the Mystery Master application display the \"pieces of the puzzle\". For more information on any of these forms, please read the guide. The data for these forms comes from the logic puzzle \"Five Houses\".\nThe Nouns Form\nThe Nouns form displays the objects in the logic puzzle. Please read the article on nouns for more information.\nThe Verbs Form\nThe Verbs form displays the verbs in the logic puzzle. The verbs, along with the links, are used together to describe all of the relationships between the nouns in the logic puzzle. Please read the article on verbs for more information.\nThe Links Form\nThe Links form displays the links in the logic puzzle. In addition, it visually represents the relationships between two nouns of the link's noun type. The links, along with the verbs, are used together to describe all of the relationships between the nouns in the logic puzzle. Please read the article on links for more information.\nThe Facts form displays the facts for the logic puzzle. The facts are the static statements given by the clues. A fact describes the relationship between two nouns, and has the form: \"noun 1 verb link noun 2\". Please read the article on facts for more information.\nThe Rules form displays the rules for the logic puzzle. The rules are the conditional statements used to describe the relationships between nouns. Please read the article on rules for more information.\nPuzzle Module\nAll of this data, along with any required programming, resides in a puzzle module. The programming language Mystery Master uses to model and solve a logic puzzle is JavaScript. I don't think JavaScript is the best language, but it is for now the language of the web.\nAs you can hopefully deduce (I made a pun), the text of a logic puzzle must be converted into data that Mystery Master understands. Until humans can write a program to parse this text with 100 percent accuracy, you can model a logic puzzle by hand. Or more precisely, with your thumbs, seeing as that's how most younger primitive brains like to type.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 3253, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 322.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://narrabyee-e.blogspot.com/2012/12/yemen-transition-gets-more-serious-more.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:45Z", "digest": "sha1:V6DWV6AXOFXJUAYEOQAPWX5RVXKANGIJ", "length": 2715, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "narrabyee-e.blogspot.com", "title": "Nasser Arrabyee: Yemen transition gets more serious, more critical", "raw_content": "Yemen transition gets more serious, more critical\nReactions on army restructure plan\nThe Yemeni former President Ali Abdullah Saleh said that the decrees of President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi to restructure and unify the army are in the interest of the nation.\n\"I wish the decrees will return us all to the spirit of the political settlement which was based on the GCC Initiative,\" said Saleh commenting on Hadi's decrees.\nPresident Hadi issued Wednesday the expected and long awaited republican decrees for restructuring and unifying the army which was divided during the last year crisis.\nThe decrees made the whole army in four main components: the land, air, sea and border forces, which means cancellation of all previous names including the republican guards and the 1st armored division which were forming the two main rival factions. The republican guards and 1st armored division will be within the land forces.\nAnd the land forces will be divided into seven military regions. \"Making the army in four main groups, land, air, sea, border forces, means cancellation of all previous names,\" said Nasr Taha Mustafa, director of the Presidential Office.\n\" Which means there is no more something called republican guards or 1st armored division.\" However, Mr Mustafa said generals Ahmed Ali and Ali Muhsen were not sacked as commanders of the republican guards and 1st armored division.\n\"The cancellation of the republican guards and 1st armored division does not mean sacking their commanders ( Ahmed Ali and Ali Muhsen) because these two units are no longer existing from the legal view point,\" said Mustafa.\nThe implementation of the decrees may take about five years, and modifications can happen at any time, as it was understood from the decrees.\nAlmost all those who were included in the decrees of yesterday, welcomed and supported the decrees as a strategic plan for building professional army to protect the nation's interests.\nThe general Yahya Saleh, who was sacked from the central security, welcomed the decrees and considered them brave decrees. General Ali Muhsen also welcomed the decrees. For general Ahmed Ali, he was still in a trip outside Yemen.\nThe political analyst, author of three books on Yemeni crisis,Najeeb Ghallab commented on the decrees by saying: These decrees, if translated into reality, will unify the army, and make it strong for protecting the state from rebellions and chaos.\nBut, the restructure should lead to neutralized, and institutionalized army.\nThe army should stay away from conflicts, it should not be used for settling accounts. If the restructure is used for settling accounts this may lead to retaliation acts that will affect on the whole political settlement", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 184, "original_length": 7313, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 306.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://nationalscience.org/nsci-focus-areas/science-policy/2015/federal-government-to-review-gmo-process/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:01Z", "digest": "sha1:YTHD7LVUL57XSX5EH746MAYS4MINQZDZ", "length": 1143, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "nationalscience.org", "title": "Federal government to review GMO evaluation process | Science Communication Institute", "raw_content": "> Science Policy > Federal government to review GMO evaluation process\nCalifornia adopts stringent new vaccination lawAccelerating Scientific Publication in Biology\nThe Obama administration said on Thursday that it would update the way the government regulated genetically modified crops and some other biotechnology products, saying that the nearly 30-year-old system had become outdated and confusing and did not foster public confidence.\n\u201cWhile the current regulatory system for biotechnology products effectively protects the health and the environment, advances in science and technology since 1992 have been altering the product landscape,\u201d John P. Holdren, the White House science adviser, and three other senior White House officials said in a blog post on Thursday.\nThey said, the complexity of the current system \u201ccan make it difficult for the public to understand how the safety of biotechnology products is evaluated, and navigating the regulatory process for these products can be unduly challenging, especially for small companies.\u201d\nClick here to read more from this July 2, 2015 New York Times story by Andrew Pollack.\nTags: GMO", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 49, "original_length": 2243, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 265.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ne.ucsd.edu/news-events?page=0%2C8", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:53Z", "digest": "sha1:EEMNFW775ZPY77QH2MXNYSUZOFZ5OLHF", "length": 2800, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "ne.ucsd.edu", "title": "News & Events | NanoEngineering", "raw_content": "New Book by Professor Meyers - Biological Materials Science\n\"Biological Materials Science,\" written by Po-Yu Chen and Marc Meyers introduces the fertile field of Biology to Materials Science and Mechanical Engineering students. Taking a unique materials science approach, it introduces students to the basic concepts and applications of materials and biomed\nProfessor Shaochen Chen receives the prestigious NIH Nagy Award\nCongratulations goes out to Prof. Shaochen Chen on his recent award from NIH, the Edward Nagy New Investigator Award from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB).\n2014 Recipient of the AIChE Allan P. Colburn Award goes to Liangfang Zhang!\nCongratulations! This award is given for Excellence in Publications by a Young Member of the Institute, which recognizes significant contributions to chemical engineering by researchers under 36. read more\nProfessor Jian Luo selected as one of the 2014 NSSEFF Fellow Winners\nCongratulations goes out to Drs. Luo, Ong and Yang's research entitled \"Development of Interfacial \u201cPhase\u201d Diagrams for the Materials Genome Initiative: Tailoring the Processing and Properties of Materials for Defense Applications\".\nUT San Diego highlights 49 of the most influential scientists which are located in San Diego.\nOne of the 49 top scientists is NanoEngineering's Chair, Distinguished Professor Joseph Wang. read more\nCongratulations to Prof. Justin Opatkiewicz for Best Teacher of the Year Awards\nProfessor Opatkiewicz was acknowledged throughout U.C. San Diego for his teaching successes. The NanoEngineering Department 2012-2013 Teacher of the Year Award; Jacobs School of Engineering Professor of the Year Award and Sixth College Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award.\nJoseph Wang among world's most highly cited according to Thomson Reuters' list of Highly Cited Researchers 2014.\nOver three thousand researchers earned the distinction of Highly Cited Papers-ranking among the top 1% most cited for their subject field and year of publication, reflecting their exceptional impact.\nNanoEngineering's Professor Joseph Wang Presented Plenary Lecture at the World Congress on Biosensors.\nProfessor Joseph Wang presented Plenary Lecture at the 24th World Congress on Biosensors held in Melbourne Australia.\nShyue Ping Ong's group is \"Supercomputing Our Way to Better Materials\"\nHighlighted in ThisWeek@UCSanDiego, Professor Ong discusses his group\u2019s efforts in using the power of supercomputers to accelerate materials discovery and innovation...\nCongratulations to Shyue Ping Ong for winning an Early Career Research Program Award from U.S. Dept. of Energy\nShyue Ping Ong was one of a dozen scientists affiliated with the University of California system to be selected, out of a total of 750 entries nationwide. read more", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 193, "original_length": 7844, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 331.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ne.ucsd.edu/news-events?page=8%2C0", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:59Z", "digest": "sha1:JVCBE4JPXWU4MCX6AED44BX6GCHLM27M", "length": 2901, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "ne.ucsd.edu", "title": "News & Events | NanoEngineering", "raw_content": "Experience Chemical Engineering course gives students a taste of engineering in the real world\nProfessor Aaron Drews\u2019 CENG 4 Experience Chemical Engineering seminar course was taught for the first time in Fall 2015 and exposed students to \u201creal-world challenges that require them to integrate theory and practice.\u201d Click\nNanoEngineering Year in Review\nAs we reach the end of a year of unprecedented growth in the UC San Diego Department of NanoEngineering, we take some time to reflect on the highlights of 2015.\nCongratulations to Mr. Jonathan Monk (Systems Biology Research Group), who recently received his Chemical Engineering Ph.D.\nCongratulations to Mr. Jonathan Monk (Systems Biology Research Group), who recently received his Ph.D in Chemical Engineering. His defense on \"Comparative Analysis of Microbial Pathogens Using Systems Biology\" was presented on December 10, 2015. Mr.\nMr. Jinxing Li Awarded A.T. Kearney Scholarship at Falling Walls Conference\nAs a finalist of the Falling Wall Young Innovator of the Year 2015, Mr. Jinxing Li presented his research \"Breaking the Wall of Robot Miniaturization\" at Falling Walls Lab in Berlin. He was also awarded an A.T.\nCongratulations to Mr. Adam Printz (The Lipomi Research Group), who recently received his NanoEngineering Ph.D.\nCongratulations to Mr. Adam Printz (The Lipomi Research Group), who recently received his Ph.D in NanoEngineering. His defense on \"Understanding and Improving the Mechanical Stability of Semiconducting Polymers for Flexible and Stretchable Electronics\" was presented on November 16, 2015. Mr.\nDistinguished Professor Vicki Grassian Joins UC San Diego Department of Nanoengineering\nThe Department of Nanoengieering is pleased to announce the addition of new faculty member Vicki H. Grassian, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemisty, Nanoengineering and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Dr.\nFall 2015 - Spring 2016 Tentative Course Offerings\nClick here to view the tentative Course Offerings for Fall 2015 - Spring 2016.\nCongratulations to Mr. Michael Verde (Meng Laboratory), who recently received his NanoEngineering Ph.D.\nHis defense on \"Tailoring Nanoscale Properties to Enable Advanced Energy Storage Materials\" was presented on September 9, 2015. Mr. Verde has been with the Department of NanoEngineering since Fall 2010. The department is very proud of his achievement!\nNanoEngineering Undergraduate Orientation - Tuesday, 9/22/15 at 9:00 a.m.\nNanoEngineering and Chemical Engineering Majors\nIncoming Freshmen and New Transfer Students\nPlease attend our department's undergraduate orientation!\nLocation: Center Hall, Room 101\nEntrepreneurism & Leadership Programs Spotlight: Regina Caluya, Chemical Engineering '16\nFrom Cebu, Philippines, chemical engineering student Regina Caluya has focused her education and career towards making a strong social impact through science and engineering.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 199, "original_length": 8344, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 338.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://newlifeorissa.org/childdetails.php?id=CHI165", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:56Z", "digest": "sha1:O5DFLAOKNUQ2ANSV6IHDZRYPFDUHOB7Y", "length": 188, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "newlifeorissa.org", "title": "Sponsor A Child in India - New Life Ministries", "raw_content": "Belongs to a very poor family. Her Parent is poor. Due to less earning her parent is unable to provide higher education. Tara wants to be an engineer. Please pray for her higher education.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 94, "original_length": 2300, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 235.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://newrenaissancefilmfest.com/nrff-london-film-of-the-week-14", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:05Z", "digest": "sha1:NAVUZMGCV5L5PS3I7NMMHJFDJAXIDZCJ", "length": 852, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "newrenaissancefilmfest.com", "title": "NRFF London \u2013 Film of the Week \u00ab New Renaissance Film Festival", "raw_content": "LAIKA STARDUST\nA young upper class family is captivated by digital life.\nDirector: Antonin Bob\u00f2\nProducer: Antonin Bob\u00f2\nNRFF Category: International Short\nLaika Stardust is an experimental film set in the household of an upper class Italian family, in the not-too-distant future. Each family member is captivated by their use of technology, almost to the point of obsession. The title of the film is the name of the video game played by the child in the family.\nWhen the child becomes seriously ill, his mother begins to unravel and we discover the hidden truth behind her heartbreak\u2026\nThe film stars Tiziana Bozzacco (the woman), Angelo Del Vecchio (the man), Phil Guastella (the doctor) and Daniele Liverani (the boy).\nAntonin Bob\u00f2 is a pseudonym for the Italian director and producer of Laika Stardust. This independent project took two years to make.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 71, "original_length": 2807, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 258.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7711211.stm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:03Z", "digest": "sha1:25QLQHBP55K3RT7432IQMYLLSN3CNDGO", "length": 3418, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "news.bbc.co.uk", "title": "BBC NEWS | Technology | Microsoft gives start-ups leg up", "raw_content": "Microsoft gives start-ups leg up\nTechnology reporter, BBC News, Silicon Valley\nMicrosoft said the project's timing amid a financial downturn wasn't planned\nIn a bid to win over future business, Microsoft has announced a programme to give some start-ups free software and support.\nBizSpark is a global project open to private companies that have been in business for less than three years with less than $1m in annual revenue.\nThe software giant is partnering with business networks around the world as well as government agencies.\n\"We're building a customer base for the future,\" said Microsoft's Dan'l Lewin.\n\"The rising tide of people building new companies, building successful companies using our product is good for us because we share in that over time. The goal is to remove any barriers to getting going.\" he told BBC News.\nTo take part in BizSpark, selected start ups must also gain the recommendation of a venture capital firm, business network or a so-called \"Microsoft Champ\", one of the 1,000 company employees around the world focused on software developers.\nThose who qualify will get a three-year subscription to the Microsoft Developer Network as well as cloud services technologies.\n'Fundamental challenge'\nMicrosoft has said in the past it has recognised that for some start ups, its products had been too expensive and suggests that BizSpark is a way to take away that roadblock.\n\"One of the primary concerns for companies is finding access to our technology. Sometimes the up-front costs can be a consideration and we wanted to remove those barriers,\" said Mr Lewin, vice president of strategic and emerging business development at Microsoft.\nThat's a view backed by one of the network partners, TiE Global, a non-profit network of entrepreneurs and professionals that aims to foster and nurture entrepreneurship.\n\"We think Microsoft BizSpark addresses a fundamental challenge start ups face: access to current, full-featured tools and technologies that help turn ideas into a thriving business,\" said Suren Dutia, TiE's chief executive.\nOne company that has been involved with Microsoft on this project is Xobni, which is an Outlook add-in that organises searches.\n\"Microsoft is a lifeline when we find a bug in Outlook...we have quick access to the team at Microsoft that has the answers,\" said Xobni's Matt Brezina.\n\"Microsoft has easily saved us $10,000 (\u00a36,200) in software costs through this program.\"\nThe timing of the project could not be more apt in the midst of an economic downturn, but Mr Lewin said that was just coincidence.\n\"Our goal was always to launch this off the back of our Developers Conference held last week but regardless of the time, entrepreneurs are not dissuaded by poor economic times.\n\"Great economic companies get started in a downturn. It is timely to make an offer like this is a moment in time when for many companies these costs could be an inhibitor,\" said Mr Lewin.\nMicrosoft said it was unable to put a value on the cost of giving these services away because each start up will be so different.\nWhen the start up leaves the programme, either by staying in business for three years, being acquired or surpassing the revenue limit, they will owe Microsoft a $100 (\u00a362) fee and then transition to the normal licensing fees for the software they continue to use.\nMS offers peek through Windows 7\nMicrosoft to battle in the clouds\nBoost for easier web login plans", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 180, "original_length": 6864, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 283.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://news.palmbeachstate.edu/2017/08/24/internship-and-pbsc-program-recharge-a-career/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:05Z", "digest": "sha1:FWJDRJZEU5PAMVDK7JVWTXBPHOVSSQ7A", "length": 4325, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "news.palmbeachstate.edu", "title": "Electrical Power program recharges student's career | Palm Beach State News", "raw_content": "Electrical Power program recharges student\u2019s career\nGabriel Altman, Electrical Power Technology program graduate and summer intern at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory\nGabriel Altman is finishing a prestigious, career-launching internship this week, and he credits PBSC\u2019s Electrical Power Technology A.S. degree program for the opportunity.\nAlthough Altman has a master\u2019s degree in horticultural science from the University of Florida, by his late thirties, he knew his career needed a reboot. His interest in renewable energy led him to the EPT program, which prepares students to work with the instrumentation and controls used in power generation, renewable energy plants, smart grid systems, aerospace manufacturing and more.\nThe EPT program, in turn, opened the door to the Community College Internship, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. CCI encourages community college students to pursue energy careers by providing technical training experiences at DOE laboratories. Altman is the first PBSC student to be selected for this competitive paid internship.\n\u201cI would never have been invited to participate in this internship this summer if I hadn\u2019t completed the EPT program,\u201d said Altman, who graduated from the program in December 2016.\nDOE gave Altman his first choice of labs\u2014the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo.\nDuring the internship, Altman collaborated with NREL researchers to design, program and build electrolysis durability testing stations. Electrolyzers are used to convert solar and wind energy into hydrogen for fuel cells, which can power anything from electric cars to electric grids. The testing stations will allow researchers to identify the best ways to achieve economical, large-scale production of hydrogen from renewable energy sources. Altman gained experience in developing software to automate and monitor the testing stations, ensuring safe operation while collecting and analyzing data. He presented his research on Aug. 9 at the NREL Summer Internship Poster Session as one of 78 interns chosen out of 236 from eight different NREL internship programs and others, including a National Science Foundation program. The interns came from across the U.S. and included five in the CCI program as well as varying numbers of undergraduate and graduate student interns, and K-12 and university faculty interns.\nWhen not in the NREL lab, Altman has enjoyed riding his bike in the Rocky Mountains.\nSince his PBSC graduation, Altman has been accepted at seven university engineering programs. He hopes to transition into a job at NREL, and so he will choose either Colorado School of Mines or the University of Colorado at Boulder. He plans to pursue a combined bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degree in electrical engineering.\nGoodbye math anxiety\nAltman has wanted to be an engineer since childhood, but he had always struggled with math. The EPT program also rid Altman of his math anxiety.\n\u201cThey started me at a point where I could build my foundation,\u201d Altman said. \u201cOnce you have a solid foundation to build on, and you have the desire to study really hard, and you have resources like the Student Learning Center to help, math becomes a completely accessible language. It\u2019s no longer this mysterious barrier that was in front of me all of my life, saying \u2018you\u2019ll never go to engineering school because you\u2019re incapable of doing advanced mathematics.\u2019 It just wasn\u2019t true. Now I\u2019m not only comfortable with math, it turns out I\u2019m actually pretty good at it. I got an \u2018A\u2019 in every math course I took at PBSC.\n\u201cThe EPT program was a complete life-changer for me,\u201d Altman continued. \u201cI went into it with very little earning potential\u2014my career was going absolutely nowhere\u2014and it has completely changed my prospects for the rest of my life. This program can take you just about anywhere, and all the resources that you could ever want are there for you. It was the best time and money I\u2019ve ever invested in my education. I can\u2019t say enough good things about Professor Oleg Andric and the EPT program.\u201d\nLearn more about the Electrical Power Technology program.\n2 comments on \u201cElectrical Power program recharges student\u2019s career\u201d\nEd Knuckles says:\nCongratulations Gabe; best wishes for success in your academic endeavors!\nGabriel Altman says:\nThank you Professor Knuckles!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 7888, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 294.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://newsandcomment.com/corporatewriting.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:37Z", "digest": "sha1:7QH26QBQEDNN7YXRABPSMZ6JC2ETNUBA", "length": 3689, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "newsandcomment.com", "title": "Writing & Research", "raw_content": "Veridian Corporation - 2010 Annual Report\nOntario's seventh largest municipally-owned utility\nIn today's world, electricity is essential, expected and an economic driver. We at Veridian work hard to ensure that there is a uniform flow of electricity, available when it is needed and delivered in an efficient and safety-conscious manner, by knowledgeable skilled trades people, with accurate billings and friendly customer service personnel. We take great pride in our professional staff and managers for their efforts, their unparalleled safety record of 2.8 million hours without a lost-time injury and their remarkable dedication to service and community involvement.\nFor our shareholders - the City of Pickering, the Town of Ajax, the Municipality of Clarington and the City of Belleville - success means the longevity of the utility and the provision of optimal value and return on investment. Since our inception in 1999 as the seventh largest municipally-owned regulated distribution company in Ontario, distinct from our smaller and varied predecessor municipal utilities, Veridian has paid almost $80 million in interest and dividends to our shareholders. In 2010, to protect those interests and improve assets, Veridian invested a record $25 million in capital expenditures including the $6 million, LEED eligible, expansion of our corporate headquarters so that we could combine our operations, bringing staff together under one roof as we prepare for the future.\nJohn C. Munro Hamilton International Airport - Annual Report\na busy transportation hub in Hamilton, Canada\nThe John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport has served the Hamilton region as the primary air transportation facility since it first became a civil airport in 1964. Hamilton International serves as a primary transportation facility for a large geographical area that includes the City of Hamilton, the Regions of Niagara, Haldimand-Norfolk, and the County of Brant. The airport also serves as a secondary airport to the Greater Toronto area and Southern Ontario.\nOn December 20 1996, the ownership of the airport was transferred from the federal government to the Region of Hamilton-Wentworth. Lacking the expertise to effectively manage the airport on a day-to-day basis the regional government turned to the private sector. Through a competitive process, TradePort International Corporation was selected to undertake responsibility for the management, operation and financing of the airport. TradePort International assumed this responsibility on July 1, 1996 and now operates the airport on behalf of the City of Hamilton through its subsidiary, Hamilton International Airport Limited (HIAL).\nWild Planet - case study\none of several done for eBridge Software\nWild Planet Toys was already using an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) integration product for one of its biggest trading partners. However, when other major clients such as Toys'R'Us, Kmart, Target, and Wal-Mart demanded automated systems with their own Value Added Networks (VAN), Wild Planet went looking for an experienced integration provider with a solution that could handle an unlimited number of trading partners and their specific transaction requirements. \"Using the eBRIDGE product helped us save time and virtually eliminated the charge back component from our trading partners,\" says Steve Revere, VP of Information Technology. Wild Planet now has a system that is scalable and compatible with all of its trading partners. Looking towards the future, Wild Planet Toys has implemented a solution that will allow them to rapidly add new trading partners and incorporate new technologies such as web store integration.(for more)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 17, "original_length": 3839, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 218.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://newsroom.heart.org/news/the-american-heart-association-to-offer-financial-awards-to-innovative-business-solutions-for-urban-community-health-issues-through-competition", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:24:56Z", "digest": "sha1:ZA7HVORMCKAF6FQMRH25YKNHEO3KQXLA", "length": 3658, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "newsroom.heart.org", "title": "The American Heart Association to offer financial awards to innovative business solutions for urban community health issues through competition | American Heart Association", "raw_content": "The American Heart Association to offer financial awards to innovative business solutions for urban community health issues through competition\nEmPOWERED To Serve\u2122 business storytelling competition: enter now thru September 5\nDALLAS, Texas, August 18, 2017 \u2014 The American Heart Association, the world\u2019s leading voluntary organization dedicated to building healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke, is seeking startup companies, teams, individuals and nonprofit organizations to compete in the EmPOWERED To Serve\u2122 urban business storytelling competition. The goal of the competition is to identify fresh ideas and innovative, yet practical solutions that can be activated in communities to remove barriers to improved health and wellbeing. Winning submissions will receive financial awards for the purpose of activating the ideas and solutions.\nAccording to the Association, individual behaviors aren\u2019t the only factors that affect health. Community environments play a determining role in health outcomes. People living just five miles apart can have a difference in life expectancy of more than 20 years. That\u2019s why the Association is working from within communities and joining with partners to address key factors that impact health: economic stability, education, societal influences, neighborhoods and healthcare. The EmPOWERED To Serve urban business storytelling competition is an opportunity for companies, organizations and individuals to help influence and drive community change.\n\u201cAs an Association, we know that to affect meaningful change in the communities we serve, we must tap into and value their knowledge and experiences. We know that innovation is fueled by diversity and inclusion. We are looking to learn from and collaborate with organizations with innovative and creative solutions to address the social determinants of health. This is an important strategy for developing solutions to ensure that everyone has the same opportunity, regardless of circumstances, to be healthy and well,\u201d says Tanya M. Odom, Ed.M., Global Diversity and Inclusion, education consultant, and chair of the American Heart Association\u2019s Diversity Leadership Committee.\nThrough the competition website, applicants must submit a business model before 11:59 P.M. (EST) Tuesday, September 5. The entry must address a social factor that impacts a community\u2019s ability to achieve equitable health and wellbeing.\nTo be considered for the competition, business models must target the needs of a specific community listed on the competition website, or entrants may identify a different community.\nThe top 10 entries will receive an opportunity to display and present their business models at the Association\u2019s EmPOWERED To Serve Summit on Tuesday, October 17 at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. In preparation for the presentation, competitors will receive business storytelling training through Entre-SLAM. A panel of judges will choose the top three entries, who will win money to activate their plans:\nThe three winners will also have the opportunity to partner with a local American Heart Association office, based on the community focus of their plans, for assistance in implementing their concept.\nThe EmPOWERED To Serve urban business storytelling competition is a part of the Association\u2019s EmPOWERED To Serve movement, which improves the health and wellbeing of multicultural communities. Competitors may join the competition here. For more information about EmPOWERED To Serve, visit empoweredtoserve.org.\nContact: Stephanie M. Brown (214) 706-1857, stephanie.brown@heart.org; Mara Silverio (214) 706-1508, mara.silverio@heart.org", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 136, "original_length": 8791, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 242.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://nickj.org/index.php?title=MediaWiki&oldid=3085", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:55Z", "digest": "sha1:TVYZAJPNEYP3YF7DNNWDKNBYCNJNIKPE", "length": 58, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "nickj.org", "title": "MediaWiki - Nick Jenkins", "raw_content": "Revision as of 13:09, 3 September 2008 by 59.48.8.5 (Talk)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 157, "original_length": 13561, "language": "en", "language_score": 1.0, "perplexity": 249.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://nigerianewsflight.com/node/1065", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:30:10Z", "digest": "sha1:2YZ3ME7KGYJRDUMVPMAHWSKHZVHS3BRZ", "length": 1435, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "nigerianewsflight.com", "title": "Police nab 11 vandals of security communication system in Bauchi | Nigeria News Flight", "raw_content": "Police Command Bauchi State has arrested 11 vandals suspected to vandalizing equipment at the National Public Security Communication System (NPSCS) in Alkaleri Local Government Area of the state.\nThe command's Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Kamal Datti Abubakar, while parading the suspects in Bauchi on Thursday, explained that the suspects were nabbed by the State Intelligence Bureau (SIB) of the Command on Tuesday following a tip-off.\nAccording to him, the suspects had allegedly stolen two GBW 10KVA power generators vandalised, adding that their action was a sabotage to Federal Government's effort of equipping the police and other security agencies with modern security gadgets to perform their duties of protection of lives and property of its citizens effeiciently.\nAbubakar noted that the suspects were in the wanted list of the command in connection with vandalism and theft in some telecommunications sites belonging to both government and private companies in the state and the neighboring states.\n\"Other exhibits recovered from the suspects include Crane loaded with exhibits with registration number XM-202-LSR, J5 Truck with registration number BAU-548-XA. The suspects confessed voluntarily to the crime and are giving useful information to the police in the investigation,\" he said.\nHe stated that the case was under investigation after which the suspects would be charged to court as soon as possible.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 2836, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 287.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://northernescortguide.co.uk/edinburgh-airport-escorts", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:24:14Z", "digest": "sha1:6KIBJ64A3HZ7DZIOVQYSWBUJ47KRIGFU", "length": 2050, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "northernescortguide.co.uk", "title": "Edinburgh Airport Escorts | high class girls you can book when you fly", "raw_content": "Edinburgh airport escorts - the perfect business class service\nThose who have a successful business to manage often have to travel long distances to places like Edinburgh. If you know nobody in the city then Edinburgh airport escorts can be your friends during the stay. There are several agencies today that offer solutions and services which are perfectly suited for the business class and executive clients. These agencies can send over one of their girls to take good care of you!\nA great way to save time\nOne of the biggest benefits of enjoying the services here is that it is a great way to save time. Rather than waiting to arrive in the city and then searching for a companion, all the details would be taken care of by the professional agencies. There will be nothing that you will have to worry about and no details for you to take care of. Girls located at airport definitely know how to help you save a lot of time and effort.\nPerfectly suitable for businessmen\nBusinessmen today are looking for services that are convenient, fast , time saving and are just right for them. The agencies understand the needs of these special clients and for that reason they ensure that their services are always quick and available even at the last moment for their clients. What this means for you is that the only thing you have to do is to make a single phone call and all the details will be taken care of on your behalf.\nA beautiful companion during your stay in the city\nThe gorgeous women in the city are eager to be your companions for as long as you stay in the city. These companions can attend parties with you, go out with you for dinner dates and entertain you till your heart\u2019s content. You will find that they are definitely very versatile and they will easily fit into any role that you want them to.\nMake your travels more interesting\nRather than going through with boring business travels you can now add some zing to it by hiring a lady for your duration of stay in the city. 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In the last six years, installed wind power generating capacity in China increased from 2,000 megawatts (MW) to 52,580 MW, according to the country\u2019s state grid company, the State Grid Corporation, which is the country\u2019s \u2026 Read More \u2192\nPosted in: BASIC, Research / Tagged: China, renewable energy, USA, wind", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 2089, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 159.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://odtforum.com/speakers/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:45:59Z", "digest": "sha1:W6L3ZAHBZ2IO6XOB4REI2HCYXQ3X6CLI", "length": 10733, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "odtforum.com", "title": "ODT Forum Speakers | odtforum", "raw_content": "Lisa Ferrara, Ph.D. is currently the owner and president of OrthoKinetic Technologies, a medical device regulatory consulting firm and OrthoKinetic Testing Technologies, an A2LA accredited and IEC/ISO 17025 certified medical device test facility that provide a turn-key approach for medical device evaluation and regulatory success. Academically, she held a joint appointment for the Departments of Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, where she founded the Spine Research Laboratory and served as the director from 1999 until 2003. During her 25 years of academic research, she has authored more than 50 technical publications, 25 book chapters, has been granted multiple patents, and given over 60 invited presentations on novel technologies, biomaterials, nanotechnology and nanomedicine, musculoskeletal and spinal biomechanics, biomechanics of brain injury, additive manufacturing, and regulatory strategies. 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While at Morris, Hansford\u2019s team was responsible for the development of the first two 510(k)-cleared additive manufactured implants from DMLS technology, which are still in production. He is published in several trade magazines and has multiple patents on endoscopic medical devices. He holds multiple Bachelor degrees from the University of Cincinnati.\nBryan Hughes, Director, P&M Corporate Finance\nBryan Hughes is a director of PMCF and leads the firm\u2019s medical technology team. His practice focuses on assisting medical technology and medical manufacturing clients with mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, private placements, financings, valuation and strategic consulting. His clients have ranged from global medical technology companies to small, privately held businesses.\nDean Hughes, M.S., P.E., joined Smith and Nephew Orthopaedics in 1993, where he currently serves as VP Knee Product Development. 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As a multifaceted problem solver, he incorporates technological and business sophistication across diverse environments, including product design/software/analytics/supply chain/technical marketing and sales. This unique mix of technical, engineering, and business expertise has resulted in successful business strategies, and the introduction of cutting-edge technologies with financial viability.\nDawn A. Lissy, President & Founder, Empirical\nDawn Lissy is a biomedical engineer, entrepreneur, and innovator. Since 1998, the Empirical family of companies (Empirical Testing Corp., Empirical Consulting, LLC, and Empirical Machine, LLC) has operated under Lissy\u2019s direction. Empirical offers the full range of regulatory and quality systems consulting, testing, small batch and prototype manufacturing, and validations services to bring a medical device to market. 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He left the company last July to pursue his current startup, Amplify Inc., a contract design and manufacturing organization focused on helping orthopedic OEMs leverage AM for their unique implant solutions. Prior to this, McLaughlin was the additive manufacturing business unit manager for DTI, an Arcam company, which was acquired by GE Additive and is now Oerlikon AM. DTI was a contract manufacturer for orthopedic implants and McLaughlin\u2019s team was focused on leveraging EBM for the design and manufacturing of 3D printed titanium implants for OEM clients. He managed six Arcam Q10 EBM machines supporting over 40 clients. McLaughlin also worked for Orchid Orthopaedic Solutions, the second largest CMO in the U.S. for orthopedics. In addition to engineering and manufacturing experience, he has experience as an orthopedic sales representative, selling extremity implants and gaining valuable clinical experience in the OR working with clinicians and administration. McLaughlin also has extensive design experience across various other industries and has been using 3D printing his entire career.\nBryce G. Rutter Ph.D., Founder and CEO, Metaphase Design Group Inc.\nDr. Bryce Rutter, founder and CEO of Metaphase Design Group Inc., is a leading expert in the research, ergonomics, and design of medical products and a worldwide specialist in hand-intensive products and packaging. His work includes collaborations with numerous global prestigious brands and high-profile start-ups on products ranging from robotic surgical systems, powered and manual instrument design, and drug delivery systems to disposables, mobile and wearable devices, to personal care products, IFUs, and usability and contextual inquiry research programs. Metaphase delivers innovative designs that redefine industry standards, invigorate sleepy brands, and create new product categories. Under Dr. Rutter\u2019s leadership, Metaphase has received more than 120 international design excellence awards and 117 patents. Dr. Rutter holds degrees in industrial design and a Ph.D. in kinesiology, specializing in hand function.\nDan Sands has 27 years of experience exclusively in the orthopedic and healthcare supply chain markets. He has held various leadership positions in product development, sales, marketing, and manufacturing throughout his career. Sands has developed and commercialized over 20 medical products, RFID, and software platforms; holds multiple patents; and has raised millions in capital to support the six start-ups he\u2019s either founded or led over the years. 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Scifert received a Bachelor\u2019s of Science in Physics from Hamline University and a Master\u2019s of Science in Biomedical Engineering from University of Iowa. She also completed a Master\u2019s in Engineering Management from Christian Brothers University.\nScott Shankle has been part of the MicroPort Orthopedics Inc. team since the inception of the company in January 2014 and is currently the vice president of Operations. Prior to the acquisition of Wright Medical Technology\u2019s OrthoRecon Business by MicroPort, Shankle held various roles of increasing responsibility within Quality and Operations at Wright for 15 years. This experience cumulated with the role of senior director of global quality, which he held from 2011 through the acquisition in 2014. Shankle holds Bachelor\u2019s and Master\u2019s of Science degrees from the University of Memphis in Engineering Technology, focused in operations management, process improvement, and industrial statistics. 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Prevention is what we\u2019re looking for here.\u201d\nSchools Superintendent Felecia Gomez-Walker welcomed the joint venture providing email alerts, as well as working with the Sheriff\u2019s Office.\nChampagne said the parish has 78 published sex offenders.\u201cWe believe that keeping families informed of sex offenders moving into their neighborhood is an important part of keeping our citizens safe and protected from potential threats to their families,\u201d he said. \u201cThis partnership allows us to do that in an easy, free way.\u201d\nTo locate them by neighborhood, visit www.offenderwatch.com.Parents also can sign up for email alerts informing them of when a convicted sex offender moves in within 5 miles of a residence.\nChampagne said 28 percent of parish residents have signed up for the alerts, a number that he hopes to double with this program.\nThe sheriff said the program isn\u2019t aimed at abusing sex offenders, but rather operate within the notification law.Champagne said the parish\u2019s parents and guardians of children will receive and bring home a brochure detailing specifics about the TASK program, and are asked to review it with their children. They\u2019re asked to have \u201can honest discussion with them regarding the dangerous reality of sexual abuse and the preventative measures that can be taken to prevent it,\u201d\nTASK is a three-step email registration process. Once completed, children can print a map of their area, sign it and submit it to their teacher. Once the assignment has been completed, they will receive a safety prize from a local sponsor Adventure Quest Laser Tag, the sheriff said. Children will receive a free laser tag or bumper car ride or putt-putt game.\nGenerous donors and sponsors like Adventure Quest Laser Tag make the T.A.S.K. program possible. 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I have cooked dinner with Robert Caro, sorted socks with Joan Didion, painted the woodwork with Camille Paglia.\nI'm a little agog at the number of friends and acquaintances who still respond with blank looks when I start babbling about the bounty that is Book TV, even though it celebrated its fifth anniversary last fall. There is intelligent life on television, I assure them, and its name is Book TV.\nFrom 8 a.m. Saturday until 8 a.m. Monday, C-SPAN2 becomes Book TV, the magic carpet that has taken me to book festivals in Miami, Harlem, Austin, Nashville, Seattle, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. I have sat in on rare-book auctions, visited for hours at a time with authors whose work I've long admired and been introduced to many more.\nLike lots of working mothers with full-time families, I can't devote as many hours to reading as I did when I was a teenage bookworm. For me, Book TV has been the perfect solution: a way to keep up with the world of ideas and stay on track at home. It also helps me make decisions about what books might be worth my time and money.\nLamott's \"Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life\" made the cut; O'Reilly and Franken didn't, but that hasn't kept them off the top of The New York Times bestsellers list -- no doubt propelled in part by the fracas covered on Book TV. It had the only cameras there when Franken called O'Reilly a liar, O'Reilly called Franken an idiot, and Molly Ivins tried gamely to referee.\n\"We got a lot of response from that,\" said Book TV executive producer Connie Doebele, \"and that's the last thing we had planned.\"\nMost Book TV events are way more civilized and contribute mightily to the rolling national conversation begun by its parent network.\nBook TV was the brainchild of C-SPAN founder Brian Lamb and Susan Swain, who are the company's co-chief executive officers. Lamb, a former cable industry trade reporter, saw the system's potential early on. In 25 years, C-SPAN has given Americans unprecedented, unfiltered access to Senate proceedings and also, through its travels, to town meetings and to the historic sites associated with dozens of American presidents and writers.\nBook TV, you might say, is a logical extension.\n\"I believe it is the only television network-within-a-network that was born out of frustration,\" Doebele said. \"All of these books were being published every year. Reporters and authors were spending years on one book, and we only had one avenue to put 52 books a year on the air, and that was 'Booknotes.' \"\nLamb's one-on-one, hourlong \"Book-notes\" sessions with authors, begun in 1989, are revelatory, thanks to his persistence, skepticism and such disarmingly simple questions as \"What were your parents like? What did they do?\"\nNow, \"Booknotes\" is just one part of the Book TV lineup, which also includes \"History on Book TV,\" \"Public Lives\" (featuring biographies of public figures) and \"In Depth,\" a live, monthly, three-hour interview with a single author. Call-ins are encouraged, putting writers in touch with their readers.\nBook TV features about 2,000 authors annually, speaking at bookstores, book festivals, campuses, private clubs and other venues. Most are on book tours, promoting newly published work.\n\"A lot of the people we put on are not household names,\" Doebele said. \"We enjoy having David McCullough on several times a year, but there are other people who need to be looked at.\"\nOn occasional Saturday mornings, Book TV also covers children's books.\n\"Of everything we started doing, that was probably the biggest experiment,\" Doebele said. \"It's been a much bigger challenge for us than I thought it would be,\" because so much depends on the reaction of the children, who may or may not be engaged by the author.\n\"My job is also to make sure this is good television,\" she said, and with children's books \"it's just a little bit more of a crap shoot.\"\nEven the children's books featured on Book TV are nonfiction, in keeping with the public affairs nature of C-SPAN's programming but \"much to the chagrin of some of our viewers,\" said Doebele, who grew up on a cattle and wheat farm outside Hanover, Kan., population 900. The family moved to town when she was 17, and her mother eventually became Hanover's mayor.\nWhen Doebele is listening to her staff pitch books, it's her mother who often pops into her head as she decides which to cover. When she asks herself \"Would Mom like this?\" Doebele said, she's thinking about \"a group of people who are smart and interesting and don't have a lot of access to these kinds of books.\"\nAs C-SPAN's coverage is weighted toward government, politics and history, so are the books on Book TV. But the topics also can be wide-ranging: Last weekend, the schedule included books about Henry Ford and the genealogy of Greek mythology. And at Manhattan's Zinc Bar, the very cool Maggie Balistreri -- whose talk on \"The Evasion-English Dictionary,\" in which she decodes the use and abuse of words and phrases like \"like,\" \"whatever\" and \"oh well\" -- was an \"SNL\"-worthy stand-up gig.\nIt also featured Pittsburgh native and Waynesburg College history professor Todd DePastino, who discussed the cultural influence (and definitions) of tramps, hobos and bums in a talk about his new book, \"Citizen Hobo: How a Century of Homelessness Shaped America,\" in Waynesburg.\nAnd at 11 p.m. Jan. 31 and 8 p.m. Feb. 1, Book TV will feature Franklin Toker's illustrated talk about his book, \"Fallingwater Rising: Frank Lloyd Wright, E.J. Kaufmann and America's Most Extraordinary House.\" Book TV will videotape him Jan. 28 at the Smithsonian.\n\"The choice of the venue is the key thing that we do,\" Doebele said. \"It's where we can make a difference. The quality of the venue can change everything because it changes the Q & A.\"\nDoebele looks for the location that will attract a knowledgeable audience likely to ask the most pointed, informed questions. For Caroline Alexander's talk on her book \"The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty,\" for example, Book TV went to the Explorer's Club in New York City.\nBut it passed up the big cities where Canadian journalist Jack Todd discussed his first-person book, \"Desertion: In the Time of Vietnam\" to tape him in Scottsbluff, Neb., the hometown he hadn't been to in more than five years.\n\"My biggest regret was that we only sent one camera,\" Doebele said. \"We needed two cameras, to catch the faces.\"\nMost of Book TV's single-author events are shot with one camera by freelance crews. Doebele and her staff of six -- two producers, an associate producer, two production assistants and a photojournalist -- stretch their $600,000 annual programming allowance with such frugalities.\nBook TV's photojournalist is longtime C-SPAN employee Richard Hall, who grew up in Friedens, Somerset County. Recently he took viewers on a tour of the unparalleled H. P. Kraus Reference Library in Manhattan before it was sold to Sotheby's.\nHans Peter Kraus started his rare book business in Austria in 1932. Six years later it was seized by the Nazis. Kraus arrived in America on Columbus Day 1939; it also happened to be Kraus' birthday, which he took as a good omen. Of course, it didn't hurt that he carried with him a small book written by Columbus and printed in the 15th century, which helped launch his new business.\nAfter Kraus died in 1988, his wife ran the shop until her own death in January 2003. Hall interviewed their daughter, Mary Ann Folter, as well as Sotheby's Selby Kiffer and Joshua Lipton, who worked as Kraus' bibliographer for 24 years. Book collectors will appreciate that when Lipton displays and discusses a book, the price it sold for at auction is seen on the screen. The program repeats today at noon.\nSince 1999, Book TV has produced more than 13,250 hours of original programming. That includes 80 hours of live programming, such as last weekend's panel discussion from the 118th annual meeting of the American Historical Association in Washington, D.C.\nAttorney Annette Gordon-Reed (whose book on the Sally Hemings-Thomas Jefferson relationship led to DNA analysis that proved what the Hemings family had been saying for decades) and historian Joseph Ellis (who for years took the view that Jefferson wasn't the father of Hemings' children) had a polite and enlightening exchange. But Ellis couldn't resist calling Christopher Hitchens a son-of-a-bitch when his name came up on a different topic, then quickly amended it to \"intelligent son-of-a-bitch,\" and almost as quickly apologized.\nC-SPAN, a nonprofit network, doesn't rely on Nielsen ratings, but a 2001 survey showed 14 million Americans have watched Book TV. At least one of them keeps an index card in her back pocket, for all those memorable, telling and often unscripted Book TV moments.\nPost-Gazette architecture critic Patricia Lowry can be reached at plowry@post-gazette.com or 412-263-1590.\nTrades/skilled Labor", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 66, "original_length": 10338, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 275.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://oldishpsychprog.ucoz.com/news/the_who_1981_face_dances/2010-05-01-1276", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:20Z", "digest": "sha1:QE3D6JXDKCGXBTUN35W4OP4NHWRWQXZT", "length": 815, "nlines": 21, "source_domain": "oldishpsychprog.ucoz.com", "title": "the Who - 1981 - Face Dances - Oldish Psych and Prog", "raw_content": "Main \u00bb 2010 \u00bb May \u00bb 1 \u00bb the Who - 1981 - Face Dances\nthe Who - 1981 - Face Dances\n\"You Better You Bet\" \u2013 5:36\n\"Don't Let Go the Coat\" \u2013 3:44\n\"Cache Cache\" \u2013 3:57\n\"The Quiet One\" (John Entwistle) \u2013 3:10\n\"Did You Steal My Money\" \u2013 4:11\n\"How Can You Do It Alone\" \u2013 5:26\n\"Daily Records\" \u2013 3:27\n\"You\" (John Entwistle) \u2013 4:31\n\"Another Tricky Day\" \u2013 4:55\n\"I Like Nightmares\" \u2013 3:09\n\"It's in You\" \u2013 4:59\n\"Somebody Saved Me\" \u2013 5:31\n\"How Can You Do It Alone\" (Live, 8 December 1979, at Chicago International Amphitheater) \u2013 5:24\n\"The Quiet One\" (Live, 13 October 1982, at Shea Stadium) \u2013 4:28\nRoger Daltrey \u2013 vocals, harmonica\nJohn Entwistle \u2013 bass guitar, vocals, lead vocals for \"The Quiet One\"\nPete Townshend \u2013 guitars, keyboards, vocals\nKenney Jones \u2013 drums\nJohn \"Rabbit\" Bundrick \u2013 keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 122, "original_length": 3108, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.85, "perplexity": 157.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://olivia.pw/quote-my-fans-have-given-me-everything/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:10:18Z", "digest": "sha1:KXMDG5KLPMUVBFCWQL53ZDMVH2HRUBAI", "length": 579, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "olivia.pw", "title": "\ufeff Quote: \u2018My fans have given me everything.\u2019 | Olivia Munn Fan", "raw_content": "Articles & Interviews Featured Quotes\nPopwatch at EW posted this great quote from a red carpet interview with Olivia where she talks about her life before fame, and how much she loves her fans:\nPresenter Olivia Munn (The Newsroom) described growing up in a military family, having to move around consistently and fight for herself. With her fans, she said, she didn\u2019t have to fight anymore. They\u2019d fight on her behalf. \u201cMy fans have given me everything,\u201d said Munn on the People\u2019s Choice Awards red carpet, Wednesday. \u201cThey\u2019re people who are helping me make my dreams come true.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 2747, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 272.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://opc.org/nh.html?article_id=855&pfriendly=Y&ret=L25oLmh0bWw%2FYXJ0aWNsZV9pZD04NTU%3D", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:50:30Z", "digest": "sha1:AWOCEHOZ63XR2SDVM5HDN45NIEIPF7XZ", "length": 13577, "nlines": 32, "source_domain": "opc.org", "title": "The Orthodox Presbyterian Church", "raw_content": "Marcus A. Mininger\nFor example, in recent years some Reformed writers have advocated separating ordinary cultural activities and Christ\u2019s redemptive work into two different kingdoms. One kingdom is not specifically Christian, but is \u201ccommon\u201d to believers and unbelievers. It includes our social and cultural activities and is guided by natural law. The other kingdom is \u201creligious\u201d and is identified with the church, where Christ presently rules. Life in that kingdom is guided by Scripture.\nOther Reformed writers disagree with the \u201ctwo-kingdom\u201d view, believing that it creates improper separation between our \u201ccommon\u201d life in creation and our \u201creligious\u201d life in the church. Is our involvement in human culture not more closely related to Christ\u2019s redemptive work in our life?\nClearly, then, this topic of Christ and culture continues to be a difficult one, even today. The wide spectrum of views about it testifies to this difficulty, and it also encourages us to discuss the matter graciously with one another.\nJust as clearly, though, this topic also continues to be very important, since it impacts our vocations as Christians every day. How are we to live before Christ in ordinary activities each day?\nThankfully, while the topic is complex, the Bible does provide direction. One of the clearest examples can be found in the Bible\u2019s teaching about the nature and practice of marriage, as one crucially important part of culture. The Bible does not address some aspects of human culture very much, but it does speak about marriage quite often, from the garden of Eden to the new creation. This makes marriage a good test case for seeing how we should view our involvement in culture here and now.\nIn what follows, two crucial aspects of the Bible\u2019s teaching on marriage will be highlighted. These can help show how ordinary cultural activities do and do not relate to God\u2019s redemptive work in Christ.\nChrist-Centered, Not Negative or Neutral\nIn Ephesians 5:22\u201333, Paul provides instruction about marriage that is clearly Christ-centered. Wives should submit to their husbands, he says, because the husband is the head of his wife, as also Christ is the head of the church (vv. 22\u201323). Husbands should love their wives, he says, \u201cjust as\u201d Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her (vv. 25, 28\u201329). At these and many other points in the passage, Paul here draws a close parallel between the husband-wife relationship and the Christ-church relationship. Clearly, marriage as Paul describes it is very Christ-centered, and this fact constantly guides how we should live in it.\nIt is also clear in Ephesians 5 that Paul\u2019s Christ-centered view of marriage is rooted in original creation order. We see this especially in the appeal he makes to Genesis 2:24 in verse 31. Leading up to that, verse 28 describes how husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. This is because of how Christ loves the church, which is his body (vv. 29\u201330). In other words, by God\u2019s design a wife\u2019s physical union with her husband resembles the church\u2019s spiritual union (that is, through the Holy Spirit; cf. 1 Cor. 6:16) with Christ.\nBut what is the basis for seeing a resemblance between marriage and union with Christ? Paul finds this in what Genesis 2:24 says about marriage: \u201cTherefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.\u201d Genesis describes the \u201cone flesh\u201d union of Adam and Eve, and Paul says it also speaks about or points forward to the \u201cone Spirit\u201d union between Christ and the church that the Ephesians and all Christians enjoy.\nFrom the very beginning, then, marital union was inherently Christ-centered. It was designed to point ahead to important aspects of our redemption in Christ. Adam and Eve\u2019s marital union, like every other marital union since, provides a visible picture, pointing to the (still invisible) union between Christ and his bride.\nClearly, then, the cultural institution of marriage, which is such an important part of the present creation order, is certainly not evil or unspiritual. Nor is it simply neutral or \u201ccommon.\u201d Rather, by its very nature marriage stands in a positive relation to Christ by providing a visible pointer to the redemption he has accomplished and the future life of the new creation that will come when Christ returns. Marriage in this creation points to the greater marriage of the new creation.\nThis also means that, in order to be practiced correctly (that is, according to its inherent design), marriage must be practiced in a Christ-centered way, just as Paul describes in Ephesians 5. To say otherwise would go against the original design of marriage in the garden. In other words, marriage is not nonreligious. It has always been about Christ. One relates to one\u2019s spouse either in accordance with or contrary to this fact. So Christ-centered marriage is really nothing more than marriage properly understood.\nThe example of marriage shows us, then, how one crucial aspect of human culture is intended to be Christ-centered. It is neither a negative aspect of life nor separate from one\u2019s Christian identity. Instead, it testifies meaningfully to our future hope in Christ.\nWhat about other aspects of culture, though? Are these also intended to point to Christ and the new creation? Yes, they are. In fact, the Bible constantly speaks about redemption and the new creation in comparison to things in the present creation order. (For more on this, see Geerhardus Vos, \u201cHeavenly-Mindedness,\u201d in Grace and Glory, especially pp. 112\u201316.)\nWe\u2019ve already seen how earthly marriage points to the work of Christ. But this is also true of many other things. For example, how do I understand what the heavenly city, the new Jerusalem (Rev. 21:2), is like, if not on analogy to cities here on earth? How do I understand what the great supper of the Lamb (Rev. 19:9) will be like, if not on analogy to the banquets of this life? Or how do I understand what it means when God\u2019s kingdom is compared to a building or a cultivated field (1 Cor. 3:9), except by thinking about buildings and fields here on earth? Comparisons like this occur throughout Scripture. Bread, wine, gates, gardens, gems, clean rivers, and many other things help point to aspects of redemption and the new creation.\nThis means that our cultural pursuits in general, and not just in marriage, help provide context for understanding (albeit dimly and indirectly) the content of our future hope in Christ. Far from being meaningless or unrelated to our Christianity, our cultural endeavors can produce wonderful pictures that point to aspects of the redemption we already experience and the new, greater creation order for which we long.\nThis fact can also help inform and guide us as we involve ourselves in culture. Because my marriage points to Christ and the church, I do not abandon it or demean it. Rather, my eschatological yearning for Christ helps me to value and enjoy my marriage all the more, seeking to make it a good and accurate picture of Christ\u2019s self-sacrificial love. Likewise, because the cities we live in provide a picture of our eschatological dwelling in the new Jerusalem, where human fellowship with God and each other will reach its apex, would a Christian city planner not seek to beautify an earthly city to make it a more fitting (if still quite incomplete and imperfect) pointer toward our hope for the ultimate city to come? Because the bread a Christian bakes in his bakery provides a rich picture of Christ as the true bread from heaven, would he be less concerned to produce a beautiful, nourishing product? Such examples could be multiplied. The eschatological hope of a Christian gives meaning and direction to his participation in earthly culture.\nWhat we are saying, then, is that being a Christian is not unrelated to our everyday life and work in this world. On the contrary, being a Christian enriches and informs cultural involvement, precisely because of our future hope for a new heavens and earth.\nTemporary, Not Constitutive\nHaving seen that marriage and other aspects of culture are good and point to Christ\u2019s redemptive work, some have falsely concluded that marriage and culture are central and constitutive to God\u2019s purposes or that God is bringing about the new creation order even now through our cultural efforts. But this would be to fall into an error on the other side of the spectrum. While marriage is not negative or neutral, it is also not a permanent or ultimate part of life. It is, in fact, temporary, existing only in this creation order, not the new creation.\nJust as Scripture makes clear that marriage points to Christ, it also makes clear that this pointer will not last. It exists only in the present time, until Christ returns. In Matthew 22:30, Jesus says that after the resurrection people \u201cneither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.\u201d Similarly in 1 Corinthians 6:13, Paul says that both sex and sexual desires (spoken of euphemistically as \u201cfood\u201d and the \u201cstomach\u201d) will be destroyed in the future. They will not be a part of the new creation order. So both passages clearly teach what orthodox Christians have always confessed, namely that sex and marriage are temporary, not eternal.\nWhat this shows about the relationship between Christ and culture more broadly is also quite significant. It means that even good, Christ-centered parts of life in this present age, which are a wonderful blessing, are still not permanent or constitutive aspects of God\u2019s ultimate kingdom purposes. Rather, the good institution of marriage, as rich and Christ-centered as it is, still only points to the new creation order. It will not be a part of that new creation. Nor does marriage bring the new creation about, as such; it is only God\u2019s own power, working through his Spirit, that does that (2 Cor. 5:17).\nAs Christians, then, we must grapple with both sides of Scripture\u2019s teaching. On the one hand, marriage is inherently Christ-centered, visibly portraying our relationship to Christ and informing us about our future hope. But on the other hand, this wonderful, Christ-centered institution is not itself a constitutive part of that hope.\nBecause of this, as beautiful and Christ-centered as marriage is, Scripture still encourages the unmarried to remain so, if they can, specifically in order to be less caught up in things that are merely temporary (1 Cor. 7:31\u201335). This is not because marriage is bad or unrelated to being a Christian. It is simply because this good and Christ-centered thing is ultimately passing away.\nMy decision whether to marry and my practice within marriage are both informed by my future hope, then. If I marry, I enter into an inherently Christ-centered picture of my future hope and seek to make that picture a clear and faithful expression of that hope. If I do not marry, though, I devote myself more undividedly, not to marriage, but to the permanent thing that marriage only pictures. Either way, marriage as an aspect of culture relates positively, if only temporarily, to the ultimate new creation order to be realized in and through Christ.\nOther aspects of culture are also temporary. For example, Scripture is quite clear that both earthly possessions (Matt. 6:19\u201320; 1 Tim. 6:7) and earthly cities (Heb. 11:10; 13:14) will not last forever. For this reason, while the cultural products we make help point to our future hope, they too do not comprise that hope. So even if such things are taken from us or destroyed, our hope itself is untarnished because we seek a better, imperishable inheritance in the new creation, which is prepared by God, not man (Heb. 10:34; 11:16).\nChristians must be careful not to confuse temporary pointers with the real thing! Earthly cities, bread, vineyards, and so forth can and should provide rich and meaningful pictures of God\u2019s ultimate purposes for a new creation order. Nevertheless, because such pictures are temporary, we have careful choices to make based on what is most important. If we are not sure what vocation the Lord is calling us to in life, or if we have a choice between giving our time and money to building an earthly city, which will one day be destroyed, and bringing people into the heavenly city itself through the advancement of the gospel, then we face choices between good, temporary things, on the one hand, and things that are far better because they are permanent in their effects, on the other hand. Clearly, we must place far greater priority on the latter. In fact, Christians should often pull back from voluntary cultural engagement\u2014as good and Christ-centered as it is\u2014in order to devote themselves, their efforts, and their money more directly to that which will not perish.\nIn the end, focusing on our future hope shows us both how human culture should be Christ-centered and how it is fleeting. Culture is not negative or neutral, so all activities should be done unto Christ, as testimonies about our future hope in him. Culture also does not bring about our hope, so our central concern lies elsewhere, in that which truly lasts.\nMay God help us, then, to view all of life always in relation to Christ, to participate in it in ways that speak well of Christ, and to long earnestly for that fuller future hope toward which culture only points and by which it will one day be replaced.\nThe author, an OP minister, teaches at Mid-America Reformed Seminary. The content of this article appears more fully in Mid-America Journal of Theology 25 (2014): 117\u201340. 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The first Showborough House Garden Sculpture Exhibition took place in 2008, and it is now an annual and increasingly popular event.\nWith typical generosity, Andrew offers both established and emerging artists a public platform, and the first 70 artists to apply are accepted, regardless.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 41, "original_length": 1689, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 186.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095442124", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:21:26Z", "digest": "sha1:G5HKEQ6WFXAGGIJ3MXRCHWQROS3WYQTA", "length": 1058, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "oxfordindex.oup.com", "title": "Ahmad al- Bakkai al-Kunti - oi", "raw_content": "Ahmad al- Bakkai al-Kunti\nUmar Tal (c. 1797\u20141864)\nQ\u0101dir\u012bs\n'Ahmad al- Bakkai al-Kunti' can also refer to...\nBakkai al-Kunti, Ahmad al-\nBakk\u0101\u02bf\u012b al-Kunt\u012b, A\u1e25mad al-\nAhmad, al-Bakka\u02bei al-Kunti (1803)\nWest African religious and political leader. One of the last principal spokesmen in precolonial Western Sudan for an accommodationist stance toward the threatening Christian European presence. The last of the great Kunta shaykhs, whose prestige and religious influence were interwoven with the Qadiri brotherhood and the economic fortunes of the Timbuktu region. His voluminous correspondence provides a rare, detailed glimpse into political and religious thought in nineteenth-century West Africa regarding three primary concerns: the nature of the imamate/caliphate in Sahelian and Sudanese communities, issues surrounding the encroaching Christian powers, and the growing politicization of Sufi tariqah affiliation.\nFrom: Bakkai al-Kunti, Ahmad al- in The Oxford Dictionary of Islam \u00bb\nSearch for the text `Ahmad al- Bakkai al-Kunti' anywhere in Oxford Index \u00bb", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 85, "original_length": 2503, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.84, "perplexity": 76.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2012/10/the-diplomacy-of-decolonisation-plenty-of-pacific-flashpoints-to-challenge-officials/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:25Z", "digest": "sha1:TVPLPVGT6PWQ57Y2YK2ENJZL76EWVMTY", "length": 7907, "nlines": 37, "source_domain": "pacific.scoop.co.nz", "title": "Pacific.scoop.co.nz \u00bb The diplomacy of decolonisation \u2013 plenty of Pacific flashpoints to challenge officials", "raw_content": "The diplomacy of decolonisation \u2013 plenty of Pacific flashpoints to challenge officials\nOctober 31, 2012American Samoa, Frontpage, Guam, Nauru, New Caledonia, NZ, Pacific Headlines, Papua New Guinea, Tahiti, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Vanuatu, West Papua\nNew Caledonia\u2019s Northern Province independence leader Paul Neaoutyine \u2026 negotiated contracts with South Korea and China. Image: David Robie/PMC\nDecolonisation might not look like a hot-button issue but after Australia\u2019s Security Council win the country will now have to start taking it seriously in the Pacific. A special two-part report.\nAnalysis \u2013 By Nic Maclellan\nThe successful bid for a rotating seat on the UN Security Council places Australia in an interesting place. Over the next few years, the country will be in the spotlight as the United Nations addresses hot-button international issues: maritime disputes between China and its Asia-Pacific neighbours; the prospects for Palestinian statehood; negotiations for a global climate treaty and a new compact to replace the Millennium Development Goals after 2015.\nBut closer engagement with the United Nations will also create a few thorny dilemmas on issues that receive less international attention.\nOne often ignored issue is the future of the UN Special Committee on Decolonisation and the lack of international action to complete the UN agenda on self-determination and political independence.\nDecolonisation was a major achievement for the UN in the 20th century, but international attention on the issue faded after the independence of most African colonies on the UN list of non-self-governing territories (with the remaining exception of Western Sahara).\nEven as international debates on statehood are reviving, from South Sudan to Scotland and Catalonia, the UN lacks the capacity to support the remaining territories seeking full sovereign independence or free association with their administering power.\nThe United States and other administering powers regularly intervene at UN budgetary committees in favour of reducing resources for work on decolonisation.\nThe Special Committee and UN Decolonisation Unit have been shunted aside in the UN bureaucracy, lacking the staff and finances to complete their mandate.\nWith the third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism well under way, there have been limited results from the two previous decades since 1990.\nFor Australia, however, the issue is not going away. Just as East Timor\u2019s political transition has engaged Canberra for decades, so the issue of self-determination in neighbouring island territories remains on the regional agenda.\nThis is made more complex by the varying status of self-determination struggles in our region under international law.\nFirstly, there are cases of 19th century \u201cblue-water\u201d colonialism by Western powers, such as France (New Caledonia, French Polynesia and Wallis and Futuna), the United States (Guam and American Samoa), Britain (Pitcairn) and New Zealand (Tokelau).\nThere are also independence struggles inside post-colonial nations which fall outside the existing UN mandate, such as the long-running campaign by West Papuan nationalists in the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua, or Bougainville\u2019s movement for independence from Papua New Guinea.\nThe issue of nationalism and statehood across Melanesia will soon be bumped up the regional agenda by a coincidence of events.\nKanak protest barricades in 1984 \u2026 New Caledonia is scheduled to hold a referendum on its political status between 2014-18. Image: David Robie/PMC\nand Bougainville is coming to the end of its 10-year autonomy transition in 2015. New Caledonia, Fiji and Indonesia are all scheduled to hold elections in 2014.\nIndonesian human rights abuses will keep the pot boiling in Jayapura, and there are plenty of flashpoints that could cause heartburn for relations between Canberra, Jakarta and Port Moresby.\nFor example, what would happen if a boatload of West Papuan asylum seekers arrived in Australian waters in the midst of the 2014 Indonesian election campaign? Will they be towed back to Indonesia or end up in Nauru or Manus?\nThere are a number of arguments against Canberra allocating resources to the decolonisation agenda: small island developing states have little chance of independence in a globalised, interdependent world; decolonisation would create lots of \u201cfragile states\u201d on Australia\u2019s \u201cdoorstep\u201d; talking self-determination would alienate key regional partners like Indonesia, France and the United States.\nBeyond this, territories like Pitcairn and Tokelau are too small to be functioning sovereign states.\nBut these arguments carry little weight for Melanesian nationalist movements, which argue that, given their population, minerals and maritime wealth, they could become significant states in the islands region.\nThe rise of Asia has broadened the playing field beyond reliance on former colonial powers, with China and other Asian powers searching for energy, timber and minerals.\nMassive nickel reserves in New Caledonia, the Freeport mine in West Papua and the Panguna mine in Bougainville would all give post-colonial governments something to bargain with (a reality reflected in the battle currently being played out between China, Australia and independent East Timor over its Timor Gap oil reserves).\nResources leverage\nThe leverage provided by natural resources has been shown in New Caledonia\u2019s Northern Province, where independence leader Paul Neaoutyine and businessman Andre Dang have already negotiated contracts with South Korea and China while building a massive nickel smelter, industrial zone and port complex at Koniambo and Vavouto.\nThe transformation of the north of New Caledonia\u2019s main island suggests that there are options for economic development beyond ongoing French subsidies.\nA key diplomatic dilemma for Australia is that Fiji and Papua New Guinea are both active members of the UN Special Committee on Decolonisation. At odds with Canberra over democratic and civil rights, the Bainimarama regime has a range of diplomatic platforms to put Australia on the spot, especially as New Caledonia\u2019s FLNKS independence movement (a fellow member of the Melanesian Spearhead Group) raises the stakes in the lead up to elections in 2014.\nFiji has joined the Non-Aligned Movement, has just been appointed as chair of the \u201cGroup of 77 plus China\u201d, and is revitalising regional diplomacy through the newly formed Group of Asia and Pacific Small Island Developing States within the UN system. (A legacy of our colonial heritage, Australia has just won the UNSC seat as a member of the Western Europe and Others Group, not this Asia-Pacific bloc).\nNow that Australia will join France, the United States and the United Kingdom on the UN high table next year, will our government address this issue?\nThere are a number of ways that the UN decolonisation agenda could be advanced, giving some substance to the process beyond current rituals of pious debate and token resolutions.\nInternational experts like Carlyle Corbin have flagged a number of practical measures, including a case-by-case work program for each territory, analysis of the ownership of natural resources, visiting missions, better collaboration with UN agencies (WHO, UNDP etc) and support to political education processes.\nCorbin has advocated the use of an independent expert to undertake research and analysis on the work programme, which had been mandated in the first and second international decades for decolonisation but not undertaken. A systematic assessment of the (lack of) implementation of past decolonisation resolutions would establish a baseline for work to follow.\nNic Maclellan is an Australian journalist and aid consultant. This article was first published in New Matilda. 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Set up in the heart of Karachi\u2019s Lawrence Road, on a 1000 square yard plot, this budding company has since blossomed into the largest beverage manufacturing and selling company in Pakistan. This is the story of Pakistan Beverage Limited (PBL).\nIn the years following its inception, PBL overcame many challenges, eventually becoming the market leader in beverage manufacturing. It was this stellar performance and commitment to quality products, that invited the attention of many multinational companies looking for a partner in Pakistan. This paved the way for PBL to acquire a franchise licence from Pepsi Co, allowing PBL to become a Pepsi-Cola bottling partner in 1979.\nPBL continued to excel as a Pepsi-Cola Bottling Partner in the years that followed. Under the robust leadership of its chief executive and managing director, Mr Yasin Haji Kassam, his brother and director Mr Siraj Kassam Teli, and his son, Mr Zaid Yasin, PBL has been able to reach immense heights such as becoming PepsiCo\u2019s 2015 Global Bottler of the Year, winning this coveted title out of over 100 PepsiCo bottlers globally. PBL also became the first franchise in Pakistan to produce and sell 100 million cases (8 oz.) of Liquid Refreshment Beverages (LRB). With the recent induction of Mr Nusair Siraj Teli, PBL is poised to pursue and attain even greater heights.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 2083, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 315.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://pattaya-funtown.com/news/page/2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:40Z", "digest": "sha1:MRV5RH5WBK6NNFD4BZ3SHQ326B7NACYB", "length": 1705, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "pattaya-funtown.com", "title": "Pattaya Funtown News - News from Pattaya & Thailand", "raw_content": "It\u2019s not exactly breaking news that there are massage shops in Pattaya that extend their services beyond a traditional bone breaking session and don\u2019t focus so much on health benefits but rather on your sexual gratification. According to media reports some massage parlours in Pattaya may focus just on that \u2013 non-standard extra services that\u2026 Continue Reading\nA 69-year-old British expat plunged to his death from a plane Wednesday afternoon while taking part in a skydive with the Thai Sky Adventures diving centre located in Sri Racha district near Pattaya. The victim has been identified as James McConnell, an experienced Scottish skydiver with reportedly over 40 years of experience and a \u201cmuch\u2026 Continue Reading\nA 24-year-old deaf-mute Thai girl fell to her death from an 8th-floor condominium in the Pratamnak area of South Pattaya on Wednesday. At the time of the young woman\u2019s tragic fall in broad daylight she was reportedly arguing with her Farang boyfriend who alleged she had \u201cslipped on some water\u201d and fallen to her death\u2026 Continue Reading\nHot on the heels of the relative success of the freshly launched ferry service between Pattaya and Hua Hin, the same ferry operator has now announced it would soon launch two new routes across the Gulf of Thailand. One of the new routes that will be of interest particularly to tourists at the Eastern seaboard\u2026 Continue Reading\nSongkran, the traditional Thai new year festival and often touted as the \u201cworld\u2019s largest water battle\u201d, has kicked off in Pattaya a few days ago and will still be in full swing until Wednesday, April 19, when all hell is expected to break loose as usual. Truth be told, we haven\u2019t made it downtown yet\u2026 Continue Reading", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 151, "original_length": 8186, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 336.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://pdfsharp.net/wiki/(X(1)S(52oqnjbkefwqiegn5hoyooti))/Language.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:39:45Z", "digest": "sha1:TBSR2IPVA3F2YHGBAHLP5ZSCQM6RM6UG", "length": 2355, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "pdfsharp.net", "title": "Language/Time Zone - PDFsharp and MigraDoc Wiki", "raw_content": "Language/Time Zone Selection\nPlease select your preferred language and time zone.\nNote: you must enable cookies to use the language and time zone selection features.\nThis page is in English to allow everyone to change the language.\nAfrikaans (Suid Afrika) - Afrikaans (South Africa) \u010ce\u0161tina (\u010cesk\u00e1 republika) - Czech (Czech Republic) Dansk (Danmark) - Danish (Denmark) Deutsch (Deutschland) - German (Germany) English (United States) - English (United States) Espa\u00f1ol (Espa\u00f1a, alfabetizaci\u00f3n internacional) - Spanish (Spain, International Sort) \u0641\u0627\u0631\u0633\u0649 (\u0627\u06cc\u0631\u0627\u0646) - Persian Fran\u00e7ais (France) - French (France) Magyar (Magyarorsz\u00e1g) - Hungarian (Hungary) Italiano (Italia) - Italian (Italy) \u65e5\u672c\u8a9e (\u65e5\u672c) - Japanese (Japan) \ud55c\uad6d\uc5b4 (\ub300\ud55c\ubbfc\uad6d) - Korean (Korea) Latvie\u0161u (Latvija) - Latvian (Latvia) Norsk, bokm\u00e5l (Norge) - Norwegian, Bokm\u00e5l (Norway) Nederlands (Nederland) - Dutch (Netherlands) Polski (Polska) - Polish (Poland) Portugu\u00eas (Brasil) - Portuguese (Brazil) Portugu\u00eas (Portugal) - Portuguese (Portugal) Rom\u00e2n\u0103 (Rom\u00e2nia) - Romanian (Romania) \u0420\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 (\u0420\u043e\u0441\u0441\u0438\u044f) - Russian (Russia) Sloven\u010dina (Slovensk\u00e1 republika) - Slovak (Slovakia) Srpski (Srbija i Crna Gora (Prethodno)) - Serbian (Latin, Serbia and Montenegro (Former)) Svenska (Sverige) - Swedish (Sweden) T\u00fcrk\u00e7e (T\u00fcrkiye) - Turkish (Turkey) \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0430 (\u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0430) - Ukrainian (Ukraine) Ti\u00ea\u0301ng Vi\u1ec7t (Vi\u1ec7t Nam) - Vietnamese (Vietnam) \u4e2d\u6587(\u4e2d\u534e\u4eba\u6c11\u5171\u548c\u56fd) - Chinese (Simplified, PRC) \u4e2d\u6587(\u53f0\u7063) - Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan) (GMT-12:00) International Date Line West (GMT-11:00) Midway Island, Samoa (GMT-10:00) Hawaii (GMT-09:00) Alaska (GMT-08:00) Pacific (GMT-07:00) Mountain (GMT-06:00) Central (GMT-05:00) Eastern (GMT-04:00) Atlantic (GMT-03:30) Newfoundland (GMT-03:00) Greenland (GMT-02:00) Mid-Atlantic (GMT-01:00) Azores (GMT) Greenwich (GMT+01:00) Central European (GMT+02:00) Eastern European (GMT+03:00) Moscow, Baghdad (GMT+03:30) Iran (GMT+04:00) Abu Dhabi, Dubai (GMT+04:30) Kabul (GMT+05:00) Islamabad, Karachi (GMT+05:30) India (GMT+05:45) Kathmandu (GMT+06:00) Astana, Dhaka (GMT+06:30) Rangoon (GMT+07:00) Bangkok, Jakarta (GMT+08:00) China Coast, Western Australia (GMT+09:00) Japan, Korea (GMT+09:30) Central Australia (GMT+10:00) Eastern Australia (GMT+11:00) Magadan, Solomon Is. 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She opened her eyes and saw Jean-Claude, looking a little strange in the skirt suit that Claudia Jean had worn all day, applying the cold compress.\n\u201cI\u2019m all right,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat about\u2026.\u201d She turned her head slowly and saw Bertin lying on a folded down seat that made a perfectly good couch.\n\u201cHe\u2019s not too good,\u201d Jean-Claude answered. \u201cHe fell awkwardly and I\u2019m worried about the baby.\u201d\n\u201cCan we get some attention here?\u201d a voice demanded, and a Vulpesi stewardess ran to attend to the two Bassia Coppa men. One of them was howling as if he was in severe pain.\n\u201cHe\u2019s got a sprained wrist,\u201d Jean-Claude said contemptuously. \u201cNothing to make all that fuss about. Not when\u2026 the pilot is dead. The co-pilot is injured. He\u2019s unconscious. The navigator has three cracked ribs. They\u2019re trying to keep him lying down quiet.\u201d\n\u201cWhat about you?\u201d Marion asked as Jean-Claude put a reassuring hand on Bertin\u2019s shoulder and told him to try to relax. \u201cWere you hurt?\u201d\n\u201cI\u2019m perfectly all right except I morphed into my male form while I was dazed and I don\u2019t seem to be able to morph back again. Traumatic situations can do that. I\u2019ll be all right in a few hours. Meanwhile the worst problem I have is really uncomfortable and inappropriate underwear. Everyone else\u2026 cuts and bruises and a bit of hysteria.\u201d\nMarion looked around and understood the reason for the hysteria. She felt a bit of it herself as she saw empty space through a huge hole where the cockpit should have been.\n\u201cThat\u2019s how we lost the pilot,\u201d Jean-Claude said. \u201cHe got the co-pilot out, and the navigator. He went back to try to send an SOS. But\u2026 the whole cockpit split off from the rest of the ship\u2026 the impact of the capsule caused a huge crack and\u2026\u201d\nA sign was flashing on and off indicating that the emergency bulkhead shield was holding. But it was an unnerving sight, and Marion couldn\u2019t help wondering what would happen if the emergency bulkhead shield failed.\n\u201cAre we all right for oxygen?\u201d she asked. \u201cAnd power\u2026 there\u2019s some sort of back up system?\u201d\n\u201cFor the moment, yes,\u201d Jean-Claude answered. \u201cAt least the senior steward said so. I have been wondering if he just didn\u2019t want to panic us.\u201d\n\u201cI hope you\u2019re wrong about that,\u201d Marion said. \u201cThere must be sixty people on this shuttle, including the crew.\u201d\nShe stood up. Her head ached. There was a big bruise on her forehead. But she was not badly hurt.\n\u201cPlease, stay with me,\u201d Bertin whispered. She looked down at him. He was clearly distressed, clearly in pain, though he was making less fuss than the Bassia Coppa man whose wrist was being attended to.\n\u201cOf course, I will,\u201d she promised. She sat down again by his side and reached to hold his hand. \u201cIs the baby\u2026.\u201d\n\u201cThe baby is alive,\u201d he answered. \u201cI can feel him\u2026 I can hear his heartbeat. But\u2026\u201d\nHe groaned out loud despite himself and gripped Marion\u2019s hand tightly.\nOh, my dear,\u201d Jean-Claude said to him. \u201cYou\u2019re going into labour.\u201d\n\u201cOh, he can\u2019t!\u201d Marion exclaimed. \u201cIt\u2019s too soon. He said earlier\u2026 It\u2019s only four and a half months\u2026\u201d\n\u201cThat\u2019s almost full term for my kind,\u201d Bertin said as the pain eased and he took a deep breath. \u201cThat\u2019s why I came along with Grady. He didn\u2019t want to be so far away from me if the baby came early. But\u2026 we didn\u2019t expect this. I thought the trip would only be a few hours. We were in cars most the time. Nothing arduous\u2026\u201d\n\u201cIt wasn\u2019t your fault,\u201d Marion assured him. \u201cNobody could have guessed this was going to happen. But anyway, we\u2019ll be rescued soon, won\u2019t we? They must have put out an SOS. They know we\u2019re here. You just relax. We\u2019ll be on the Isle of Capri soon, and Grady will be with you. They have a good hospital facility on board. As long as you don\u2019t mind a midwife with a long lilac tail who\u2019ll insist on the baby being wrapped in a purple blanket as soon as it\u2019s born.\u201d\nBertin laughed at the idea, then groaned as another pain overtook him.\n\u201cI don\u2019t mind anything,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I really need Grady to be with me. I was there when he had our first child. He wanted to be there for me. I need him. I\u2019m not sure I can go through this without him.\u201d\n\u201cEveryone is doing their best,\u201d Jean-Claude assured him. \u201cMarion is right. We\u2019ll be back on the ship by the time your little one is ready to be born. And your man will be right by your side.\u201d\nJean-Claude looked at Marion and she tried not to let Bertin see her own reaction. Jean-Claude wasn\u2019t sure if what he had said was true at all.\n\u201cI\u2019ll go and see if there\u2019s a first aid kit we can use,\u201d she said. \u201cI know they\u2019ve got the co-pilot and the navigator to look after, but we could do with some antiseptic wipes and that sort of thing.\u201d\nShe stood and moved away, leaving Jean Claude to look after Bertin for now. She headed towards the galley. There was a steward there. He was wearing a deep purple uniform with his lilac tail gathered around his arm. He looked worried. All the crew did.\n\u201cI was wondering when help will be coming,\u201d Marion asked him. \u201cThe pilot did send a message, didn\u2019t he?\u201d\nThe steward immediately said yes. But there was something about the way he said it that made her think he was lying to reassure her.\n\u201cAll right,\u201d she said. \u201cHow long do you think they\u2019ll be before they get to us?\u201d\n\u201cIt won\u2019t be long,\u201d he answered. \u201cTwenty minutes, perhaps. Go back to your seat and try to keep calm.\u201d\nThere was nothing else to say. She asked for a first aid kit and he found her one. He also gave her a box of moist wipes and some fruit juice. She didn\u2019t know the exact details of Mizzonian childbirth. She wasn't entirely sure how it even happened. But giving Bertin plenty to drink seemed like a good idea.\n\u201cThe steward said help would be here in twenty minutes,\u201d she said to Jean-Claude when she returned to his side. She gave Bertin one of the juice packs and he drank it gratefully. Jean-Claude looked at Marion and shook his head.\n\u201cThey\u2019re just trying to stop us from panicking. I don\u2019t think they did get a message out.\u201d\n\u201cBut even if they didn\u2019t,\u201d Marion pointed out. \u201cThey will know we\u2019re late by now. They\u2019ll surely come looking?\u201d\n\u201cThat\u2019s true,\u201d Jean-Claude conceded. \u201cBut it\u2019s going to take more than twenty minutes. That\u2019s too hopeful.\u201d\nBertin groaned even more loudly than ever. Marion turned her attention to him.\n\u201cTwenty minutes is going to be too late anyway,\u201d Jean-Claude said. \u201cI think we\u2019re going to have to handle this ourselves. I\u2019m sorry. But look at it this way\u2026 when we get back you\u2019ll have the most precious souvenir of your trip to show for it.\u201d\n\u201cNo,\u201d Bertin protested. \u201cOh, no.\u201d\n\u201cMarion, let\u2019s see if we can pull some chairs around and cover them with blankets or something, make a bit of privacy here. We can do it.\u201d\nShe did has he asked while Jean-Claude began to loosen Bertin\u2019s clothes and prepare him for the birth that seemed imminent now. Marion wasn\u2019t sure she wanted to look.\n\u201cIt\u2019s all right,\u201d Jean-Claude assured her. \u201cThe way it works is quite simple. There\u2019s an aperture that forms on the stomach. When it\u2019s big enough, the baby just slips out.\u201d\n\u201cNo \u2018just\u2019 about it,\u201d Bertin managed to say. \u201cBut\u2026 Marion\u2026 don\u2019t be scared. Please stay near me.\u201d\n\u201cI\u2019m not scared,\u201d she assured him. \u201cIt\u2019s just that men don\u2019t have babies on my planet. It\u2019s a bit strange. But I won\u2019t leave you. I promise.\u201d\n\u201cAll right,\u201d Jean-Claude said. \u201cMarion, you\u2019re giving Bertin the moral support. I\u2019m going to be doing the midwifery. I\u2019ve had more babies than either of you. I know what I\u2019m doing.\u201d\nMarion was happy with that arrangement. Bertin was still fretting because his partner wasn\u2019t with him, but Marion was an acceptable substitute for now. She held him tightly as the birth pains wracked his body. She bathed his forehead with the cool, lightly scented moist wipes. 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One of the stewards struggled to reach the shield reset. He managed to get his hand to the button and pressed. At once the cabin was sealed again. The shield lights were on.\nBut everyone was aware of the difference.\n\u201cWe\u2019ve lost air,\u201d Marion said. \u201cThere\u2019s not as much oxygen as there was before.\u201d\n\u201cI know,\u201d Jean-Claude answered her. \u201cAt least fifty per cent reduction, I\u2019d say.\u201d\nBertin\u2019s contractions overwhelmed all other thoughts for now. The baby was close to birth now. Marion and Jean-Claude helped him through another hard, long painful time.\n\u201cThe next contraction, we\u2019re ready,\u201d Jean-Claude said. \u201cTake a deep breath. As deep as you can. The air is thin, but there\u2019s enough for now\u2026\u201d\n\u201cNot for the baby, there isn\u2019t,\u201d Bertin replied mournfully. \u201cHe\u2019ll suffocate as soon as he\u2019s born. 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In other words, he was acting as a living, breathing, oxygen tent for the injured man.\nAnd his companion could do the same for Bertin\u2019s baby. He knelt by Jean-Claude, ready as Bertin prepared to push down and give birth to the child. Marion held him by the shoulders, and he gripped her tightly as he began to push. She looked at his face and spoke encouragingly to him. Jean-Claude told him to relax a few minutes and then push again. This time he strained hard and the baby\u2019s head was there.\n\u201cNearly done,\u201d Marion told him. \u201cOne more push and it\u2019s all over.\u201d\n\u201cOh, please let him be all right,\u201d Bertin cried as he gripped her and pushed and Jean-Claude gave a triumphant cry. He lifted the child in his arms, holding it safely until the umbilical cord disintegrated by itself and then he passed it into the arms of the Bassia Coppan. He put his face close to the baby\u2019s tiny face and breathed slowly and steadily. 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He was followed by Vulpesian paramedics to help the injured and traumatised passengers, and to attend to the newborn child and his parent, but Marion didn\u2019t see any of that as she ran to his arms.\n\u201cHow did you\u2026\u201d she began. \u201cOf course, our TARDIS was in the hold of the ship. But why\u2026 didn\u2019t they have an ordinary rescue craft?\u201d\n\u201cIf you could see the state of this shuttle from the outside, you\u2019d wonder how it was holding together. There was no way to dock a rescue craft without shaking it to pieces.\u201d He looked around to make sure that the co-pilot and navigator were put aboard the TARDIS, followed by Bertin and his baby. After them, the rest of the passengers and crew were evacuated. He took Marion\u2019s hand and they stepped aboard the TARDIS. She breathed the cool, oxygen rich air and realised just how light-headed she had begun to feel. \u201cI had to get special permission from the diplomatic service to use my TARDIS to effect a rescue. It\u2019s time travel capability is prohibited under several charters. That\u2019s why it was in the hold all this time. But once they accepted there was no other way of reaching you all\u2026 sorry it took so long.\u201d\n\u201cIt was frightening,\u201d Marion said. \u201cBut now it\u2019s over\u2026 Oh, come and see the baby. He\u2019s absolutely beautiful. And\u2026 call the ship and tell the Mizzonian ambassador he has to be there to meet us when we materialise. I can\u2019t wait to see his face when he sees his baby for the first time.\u201d\n\u201cHe\u2019ll be there,\u201d Kristoph assured her. 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Here are some things that can help make sure rooms have a commonality.\nAccent colour \u2013 add a bit of pop to each room\nMaterials \u2013 if you love velvet, add a little bit to each room to keep the flow\nFlooring \u2013 by continuing the same flooring, or using similar rug patterns\nWhen you work with expert painters and decorators, you can pretty much guarantee they\u2019ll have further connections in the industry, meaning you\u2019ll have access to a large variety of products and materials for lower prices or \u201cspecial sales\u201d. Take advantage by utilising all you can in your home with painters and decorators in Dundee.\nSometimes the complete renovation of a home can be a lot for a homeowner to deal with. When you work with a professional service, you\u2019ll be getting true expert care that can make all the difference in the overall result of your home\u2019s new look. Find a real professional near you today and take your home to new heights.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 53, "original_length": 2848, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 325.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://plenty.aclumich.org/article/city-lansing-approves-human-rights-ordinance", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:00Z", "digest": "sha1:IUBWMHXAKCDR3J4MEC76YDKW4B7EYENH", "length": 2140, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "plenty.aclumich.org", "title": "City of Lansing Approves Human Rights Ordinance | ACLU of Michigan", "raw_content": "The ACLU of Michigan applauds the work of the Lansing City Council in passing a human rights ordinance last evening by a unanamous vote of 8-0. Lansing's ordinance prohibits discrimination based on race, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, familial status, mental or physical limitation, political affiliation, source of income, and sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing and public accommodations.\nThis is Lansing\u2019s second attempt at protecting human rights in the city. Following the passage of a similar ordinance in 1996, the American Family Association successfully campaigned to repeal the entire ordinance because of their opposition to the inclusion of sexual orientation as a protected category. As a result, Lansing City residents have gone without protection from discrimination at the local level based on race, gender, sexual orientation and other characteristics for the last nine years.\n\u201cWe are especially pleased that the Lansing City Council chose to include the categories of sexual orientation and gender identity. Michigan Civil Rights laws do not include this, making it legal in Michigan to discriminate against gay and transgender people. The City of Lansing has demonstrated that it values diversity and that people should not be denied opportunities due to characteristics unrelated to their abilities,\u201d said Jay Kaplan, staff attorney for the ACLU of Michigan\u2019s LGBT Project.\nThe ACLU of Michigan Lansing Area Branch played an active role in supporting the Lansing Human Rights Ordinance, attending hearings and providing testimony, meeting and speaking with City Council members, and working to mobilize support among Lansing ACLU members. The City of Lansing now joins 14 other cities (Ann Arbor, Birmingham, Detroit, Dearborn Heights, Douglas, East Lansing, Ferndale, Flint, Grand Ledge, Grand Rapids, Huntington Woods, Oak Park,Saginaw, Ypsilanti) in prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation. In addition to Lansing, Ann Arbor, Dearborn Heights, East Lansing, Ferndale, Grand Rapids, Huntington Woods, and Ypsilanti prohibit gender identity discrimination.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 164, "original_length": 7350, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 162.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://portaldeojos.com/business.asp?id=300003", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:15Z", "digest": "sha1:2PQX7TUTSQ7J5HZCYWRUGKY3GBOH2H6H", "length": 777, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "portaldeojos.com", "title": "FOOD OJOS - portaldeojos.com", "raw_content": "Food in Ojos\nNowadays there are no Food in the Ojos's business directory.\nUse the following forum to deal with themes related to Food in Ojos; meats, fish, vegetables, drinks, tinned, foods, foods, pastas, chips, healthy, proteins, menus, recipes, diets, nutrition, cereals, oils, dairy, flavouring, herbs, infusions, flour, ice cream, sweets, desserts, ox, chicken, rabbit, beef, pork, hamburgers, croquets, sardines, seafood, onions, garlic, artichokes, carrot, peas, parsleys, tomatoes, watercress, leeks, flans, yoghurts, asparagus, chickpea, lentil, kidney beans, courgettes, chard, broccoli, strawberries, oranges, lemons, kiwi, soups, purees, frozen foods, grapes, fig, almonds, hazelnuts, dry fruits, grapefruit, bean, rice, cheese, milk, margarines, butter, eggs, etc.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 304, "original_length": 6752, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.84, "perplexity": 266.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://porthawkesburyreporter.com/keeping-the-story-alive-can-achieve-justice-for-cassidy/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:23Z", "digest": "sha1:RN7SIJLX2HG6SUXDSYXEHXYXGZHAFBYE", "length": 4392, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "porthawkesburyreporter.com", "title": "Keeping the story alive can achieve justice for Cassidy - Port Hawkesbury Reporter", "raw_content": "Home Opinion Editorial Keeping the story alive can achieve justice for Cassidy\nCassidy Bernard\nEditor\u2019s note: This editorial has been edited from the published version. The family of Cassidy Bernard contends they have not been contacted by the Nova Scotia Medical Examiner\u2019s Office. The Reporter sincerely apologizes for the error.\nThe outpouring of support that has arisen in the wake of the sudden death of 22-year-old Cassidy Bernard of the We\u2019koqma\u2019q First Nation, is heart-warming.\nShortly before 11 a.m. on October 24, Waycobah RCMP responded to a call at a home on Highway 105 in the First Nation community. Police found a woman in the residence who was non-responsive.\nTwo infant children were also in the home at the time of the incident but the children were not harmed and are being cared for by family members.\nPolice called the incident a suspicious death and do not believe it was a random act. RCMP investigators said they have received some information from the public.\nThe Nova Scotia Medical Examiner\u2019s Service conducted an examination into the circumstances of her death late last month.\nA cousin of the deceased says the morning of October 24 will be forever etched into her memory and will permanently haunt her family. Annie Bernard-Daisley, a three-term band councillor with We\u2019koqma\u2019q First Nation, said people have to start being more courageous and speak out on this issue.\nBernard-Daisley remembered her cousin as a firecracker, who was small in size but larger than life, who made an immediate and unforgettable impact on those she met. She also recalled how Bernard was proud of her Mi\u2019kmaq culture, as a speaker and singer of the language.\nBut more than a month after Bernard\u2019s death, the RCMP is still unable to publicly release her name or update the case.\nBut hot on the heels of the #justiceforcassidy campaign that hit social media this month, Bernard-Daisley also launched the #floodfacebookforcassidy initiative, which invites women to post pictures of themselves in red dresses on Facebook to maintain awareness of her cousin\u2019s death and its aftermath.\nThe initiative will see red dresses \u2013 a nationally-recognized symbol for the death and disappearance of indigenous women \u2013 hanging in windows and showing up at prominent public landmarks, across Cape Breton including the Canso Causeway.\nOn November 21, more than 400 demonstrators gathered on the Cape Breton side of the Canso Causeway, including members from all five First Nation communities.\nMona Bernard, Cassidy\u2019s mother said her daughter was a beautiful, young mother and it was just so sad how left the world.\nThe rally came just one day after We\u2019koqma\u2019q Band Council announced a $100,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible for Cassidy\u2019s death.\nWhile it is understandable that during an investigation of this importance law enforcement would proceed with caution, going a month after Bernard\u2019s death to confirm her identity is frustrating.\nLike the RCMP, the media is also mindful of the thousands of indigenous women who were too easily forgotten. Federal government figures list aboriginal women as making up 16 per cent of all missing and murdered women across Canada, even though they only make up four per cent of the total Canadian female population.\nWithout the needed information to keep the story alive, the family and supporters of Cassidy Bernard stepped up in a big way, with their social media pleas for justice, the red dress campaign, last week\u2019s highly visible protest, and the reward from the band council, all of which helped keep the story going.\nAlong with this, hopefully the RCMP or Medical Examiner\u2019s Office will be able to soon provide more information on this very important case.\nAlso, it is hoped that those with information will do the right thing and finally step forward to police or Crime Stoppers.\nKeeping the story alive, not only helps raise awareness of violence against Indigenous women, but it can put pressure on those with information to share what they know, so that Bernard\u2019s family and the community can find peace.\nSomeone out there knows something, and with this effort, the case of Cassidy Bernard stands a solid chance of being brought to justice.\nPrevious articleChanges made to tender for Lennox Passage Bridge\nNext articleCandidate responds to concerns about Reeves Street changes", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 127, "original_length": 6963, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 294.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://post.mainelymediallc.com/news/2015-07-03/Front_Page/Parsons_parking_poses_prickly_problem.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:27:16Z", "digest": "sha1:DAKIE274UDJB2FDRE2PTHP5ENVPGPWX5", "length": 11576, "nlines": 50, "source_domain": "post.mainelymediallc.com", "title": "Parsons parking poses prickly problem | post.mainelymediallc.com | Kennebunk Post", "raw_content": "Parsons parking poses prickly problem\nProperty owners voice disapproval of pay-to-park plan\nA view of the half-mile long stretch of Parsons Beach owned in common by members of the Parsons Beach Association \u2014 all descendants of the original owners \u2014 is seen from a home at the far end from the pubic access point. Kennebunk Selectmen voted July 9 to require a beach permit for parking on Parsons Beach Road, but it\u2019s since become unclear if that requirement applies only to people visiting a section of the beach owned and leased to the town by one member of the association, or to the entire expanse. Left, a sign posted at Parsons Beach in Kennebunk notes that the beach is privately owned, and while the public is invited to enjoy the site, that access may be terminated at any time. (Duke Harrington photos) KENNEBUNK \u2014 A plan to require beach parking stickers at Parsons Beach in Kennebunk may not be as cut-and-dried as it first appeared.\nAt its June 9 meeting, the, Kennebunk Board of Selectmen voted unanimously 5-0, with Kevin Donovan and Christopher Cluff absent, to require beach parking permits to be displayed on any cars parked on Parsons Beach Road.\nTown Manager Barry Tibbetts said he reached an agreement to manage the parking with Larry Dwight, who owns 5 acres of the beach.\nOn paper, Parsons Beach Road runs all the way to the ocean and Dwight owns everything to the east of that right-of-way. However, Julia Burns Riley, who represents 10 parties who own everything to the west of the road \u2014 running a little more than a halfmile, as far as the rocks that end the wide expanse of sandy beach \u2014 said last week they want parking to remain free.\nParsons Beach and the surrounding area was originally purchased by George and Charles Parsons in the 1800s. All of their descendants, including Dwight and Riley, are members of the Parsons Beach Association, she said. Riley is the great-great granddaughter of Charles Parsons. Dwight is the great-grandson of George Parsons.\nParsons Beach as seen from the pubic access point off Parsons Beach Road. Kennebunk Selectmen voted July 9 to require a beach permit for parking, but it\u2019s since become unclear if that requirement applies only to people visiting a section of the beach owned and leased to the town by one member of the association, or to the entire expanse. (Duke Harrington photo) \u201cHenry Parsons, George\u2019s son, is the original person who decided this property should be enjoyed by the townspeople,\u201d Riley said in a June 26 interview. \u201cHe put all of us with the charge to make sure this is always open to the public. There\u2019s never been a legal agreement, we\u2019ve just decided as a family to always do that.\n\u201cIt\u2019s very important to us,\u201d Riley said. \u201cOur mission is to take care of the property day-to-day, and generation to-generation, and our goal has always been to keep the beach beautiful, undeveloped and open, without town regulation.\n\u201cWe don\u2019t want people to have to pay to have to come here. \u201cWhat\u2019s most important is that it\u2019s free.\u201d Riley said, adding she plans to address Kennebunk selectmen at their July 14 meeting and ask them to reverse their de- cision.\nFor almost a decade, the town has leased Dwight\u2019s portion of the beach. According to Tibbetts, the town pays nothing on the lease, instead taking $1,241. Dwight pays in taxes on the site and, per the terms of the agreement, \u201credistributing that to social service agencies in town.\u201d\nMeanwhile, the town pays to station a portable toilet and a seasonal reserve police officer at the site. Tibbetts did not have exact figures on those costs Friday, but ballparked both, plus incidental cleanup and maintenance, at a little more than $5,000 per season.\nThe town owns the road from Route 9 to the end of the pavement, near the mouth of the Mousam River. Although, on paper, the road continues to the ocean, in reality it banks a hard right at the end of the pavement and is private for the remainder of its length.\nThe available parking is not striped off but, depending on how well cars are packed in, about 15 can fit between the beach and a short, wooden bridge over Back River. Another 15 or so can fit between the bridge and the tree line where parking ends. Parking is allowed on the east side of the road only.\n\u201cWe\u2019ve talked for a number of years about how to regulate parking in that area,\u201d Tibbetts said at the June 9 selectmen\u2019s meeting.\nLast week, Tibbetts said the agreement with Dwight served two purposes \u2014 to generate revenue to offset town expenses at the beach, and to help more locals enjoy the beach by thinning the herd of tourists.\nAccording to Town Clerk Merton Brown, Kennebunk residents are entitled to three beach parking permits for three vehicles at a cost of $2 per year for the first window sticker, $5 for the second and $5 for the third. Residents also are allowed unlimited seasonal passes for guests at $20 each.\nFor nonresidents, the cost for a beach parking permit is $20 for the day, $75 for a week, or $150 for a season.\nReno LeBlanc, who\u2019s policed Parsons Beach for the past eight years as a member of the Kennebunk Community Service Team, says parking is a precious commodity on his beat.\n\u201cBy about 9 o\u2019clock in the morning, we\u2019re full,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you happen to come by after that and somebody\u2019s leaving, you can take their place. Otherwise, we\u2019re full.\u201d\nMeanwhile, several beachgoers on Friday \u2014 most of whom were from away \u2014 said they\u2019d pass on Parsons if made to pay the $25 per day, and none found the weekly or seasonal rates to be much of a bargain.\n\u201cWe wouldn\u2019t have come,\u201d said Aaron Noyes of New Hampshire. \u201cPart of New England heritage is sharing what you have. I think it\u2019s important to maintain that heritage and let the public come here. Why charge them? What do they have to gain by it?\u201d\nNoyes was making his first trip to Parsons Beach, having been tipped off while in York that it was a good place to bring his two young sons to see seals.\nLauren Howe of Vermont has been bringing her two children to Parsons Beach every season for the past six years \u2014 all of the kids\u2019 lives, basically.\n\u201cWe have thought about camping elsewhere, but we\u2019ve stayed in the Wells area because we love this beach so much,\u201d she said. \u201cWe spend most of our vacation week coming here. It\u2019s just a beautiful spot. The free parking is fantastic and I love that it\u2019s so limited, because it means there are less people at this beach. I don\u2019t like to go to a beach that\u2019s super crowded.\n\u201cI would be really sad to see that happen,\u201d Howe said of the selectmen\u2019s pay-to-park vote. \u201cWe potentially won\u2019t come in the future, or else we\u2019ll find someplace else to park.\u201d\nOn Friday, Howe and her family parked across Route 9 on Brown Street and walked the mile-long length of Parsons Beach Road because all of the beach spots were full. Tibbetts has said parking would remain free on Brown Street. However, there is room for only about a dozen cars there.\nMeanwhile, a woman walking with Howe, who refused to identify herself beyond claiming to have graced Parsons Beach for 37 years, had nothing but praise for the property owners.\n\u201cThe people who own the beach, we\u2019re lucky they let us use it at all,\u201d she said. \u201cThe Parsons family owns all of this land. They don\u2019t need to let us on it. They do it to share their land with us and I think that\u2019s incredible.\u201d\nA sign at the trail entrance to the beach says access to the public could be \u201cterminated at any time.\u201d However, Riley says that would never happen.\n\u201cWe will never do that,\u201d she said. \u201cLegally, we could do that, but we would be heartbroken to do that.\u201d\nBut just as difficult for the family, she says, is its need to go public on the issue of public access.\n\u201cThe only thing I would say is that we are a really private family,\u201d Riley said. \u201cWe try to not put ourselves out there, and so this is difficult, knowing this is going to be in the newspaper, because we\u2019ve never really said anything. But this was a time when a lot of people (in the Parsons Beach Association) were very upset and did not want people to believe this was our decision.\u201d\nPrivate concerns\nRiley says she and other family members were unaware of Dwight\u2019s recent talks with Tibbetts, learning that parking permits would be required only when reading about it in the June 19 issue of the Kennebunk Post. The family meets twice per year to discuss property concerns, and has plans to gather again this Saturday, she said. Although Riley met with Tibbetts on June 23 to express the family\u2019s objection to the new parking permit requirement, as of late last week, she had not spoken to Dwight about the issue.\nHowever, that should not be taken to indicate any bad blood between family members.\n\u201cIt\u2019s upsetting to us for sure,\u201d she said, \u201cbut I think this was just a misunderstanding about the property and who owns what. It seems to me what happened was that Larry was talking about his piece and it\u2019s unclear why Barry (Tibbetts) may have thought he was talking about all of it.\u201d\nRiley said her understanding of the agreement, based on her June 23 meeting with Tibbetts, is that the beach parking permit was meant to be required only of people who turn left at the access trail, onto that portion of the beach owned by the Dwight family and leased to the town, and not to people who turn right, onto the beachfront owned by other Parsons descendants.\n\u201cI\u2019m not sure how you would police that,\u201d she said. \u201cThat was the agreement, but that\u2019s ridiculous, and that\u2019s not what the Parsons family wants.\u201d\nFor his part, LeBlanc declined to say if he\u2019d be able to enforce such a policy.\n\u201cThat\u2019s not for me to decide,\u201d he said. \u201cI just work here.\u201d\nDwight, who sits on the town budget board, could not be reached by telephone and did not respond by deadline to a request for comment sent via email.\nMeanwhile, in a June 26 interview, Tibbetts declined to get into left/right issues, or to say if, by referring to Parsons Beach at the June 9 selectmen\u2019s meeting, he had meant everything used by the public, or just the portion leased by the town from the Dwight family. In his presentation at the time, Tibbetts referred directly only to Dwight. However, the selectmen\u2019s vote did not place any directional conditions on the permit requirement.\nTibbetts also avoided saying whether, in this instance, he thought Dwight was speaking for the entirety of the Parsons family, or only his slice of it.\n\u201cI don\u2019t know about communications between Larry and the family. I can\u2019t speak to that,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m going to say that Larry has always been my main contact for things down there. My contact has always been with him. I didn\u2019t have many contacts with anyone else from the family.\u201d\nRiley said last week that, based on her talks with Tibbetts, the parking permits will not be required until after she speaks to selectmen July 14. Tibbetts, on the other hand, said cars without permits are not yet being ticketed only because signs announcing the requirement aren\u2019t installed and \u201cwon\u2019t be ready for four to six weeks.\u201d\nTibbetts also said he discussed with Riley the possibility of the Parsons Beach Association making some donation to the town, in order to help offset the public cost of policing beach access, if they want parking to remain free.\n\u201cI think access to the beach is a wonderful thing,\u201d Tibbetts said. \u201cWe\u2019re just looking at, how can we recover those costs?\u201d\nHowever, what happens next is ultimately up to the board of selectmen, he said.\n\u201cThey\u2019ll probably be very amendable to making some modifications based on those (July 14) discussions,\u201d Tibbetts said. \u201cI think this whole thing is very solvable.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 80, "original_length": 12426, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 247.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://pre-cert.co.uk/forum/tags.php?s=1abef169bc1fd70641fc1bdce6c2564d&tag=the+fiend", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:14:22Z", "digest": "sha1:Z7HODPIGH2PNFZYYD4SQISPDYFELPOWK", "length": 44, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "pre-cert.co.uk", "title": "Pre-Certification Video", "raw_content": "No content has been tagged with 'the fiend'.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 21, "original_length": 1716, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 271.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://previous.al-amine.org/article.php?id=642", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:12Z", "digest": "sha1:57FFZKUME6LWDOD67XIWZBS7BHOB22AU", "length": 4997, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "previous.al-amine.org", "title": "My Lebanon", "raw_content": "Written by: H.E Sayyed Ali Al Amin\nSince earlier times, Lebanon was present as an oasis of freedom in the Arab world, and has fashioned a civilizational model of co-existence based on tolerance and openness among the various Lebanese sects. It also bestowed an impressive example of a successful human experience in the admiration and acceptance of the other, and in the rejection of intolerance, which is a feature of ignorance and backwardness. Additionally, the bond of co-existence has continued to unite the Lebanese people who are connected to their homeland despite all of what has occurred of wars and conflicts of which they were not responsible for. Rather, it was the wars of others, those who advantaged from the significant weakness of the state back then, in order for them to form statelets, statelets of streets, alleyways and regions.\nThe Lebanese people today as well as before are yet holding onto their unified homeland and the one-state project, which forms the sole authority for all citizens in various fields and domains. This is highly accomplished through a political regime that effectively constructs it as a 'human state', which respects the diverse beliefs, doctrines and religions, without endorsing privileges for a sect over another or for an individual over another because of their religious affiliation since all should be equal before the law. In this respect, the 'Taif agreement' has favourably responded to most of the Lebanese citizen's ambitions in laying the foundations of a state of public institutions and law. We look forward to the day when the state becomes solely responsible for security, defense, politics and economics in addition to other tasks undertaken by countries for their people and homelands.\nThe state that everybody should fall under its banner, this state shall be the only authority responsible for taking decisions through its institutions, and is the exclusive authority of resolutions whenever disparities take place. Consequently, everyone should accept its provisions and the implementation of its decisions without exception on the permanent basis that loyalty should be to the homeland and state and not to a sect or party or even to a political and religious character. In order to achieve this purpose, there must be an incorporation of a set of reforms and re-examination of some of the administrative policies, which have been taken by adoption for a long period of time, driving an individual's loyalty to their sect and to their sectarian leader. Since the state made the leader, the source of all services provided to the people of his community, to the extent that the leader turned out to be in the view of his followers the one who supplies and the one who inhibits, he is the state as well as the law and order. Thus, he must always remain in power, even if he offended the state and disobeyed it. Therefore, services must be removed from the hands of parties and leaders, confining them to the Lebanese state and its institutions not to individuals and persons. Accordingly, the citizen's bond becomes connected to their state that ensures their rights rather than being linked to a party or a sectarian leader who in return has used these services as a weapon against the state's institutions and laws to serve his goals or to enhance his loyalty to external affiliations.\nAnd some of the reforms to which we aspire in our homeland Lebanon, which frees the Lebanese from the cycle of sectarian sorting, and religious extremism includes:\nReconsidering the education curricula and programs and to work on its standardization in various stages in the public and private sectors. Abolition of theological teaching in public school is necessary as public education should be limited to only national education. On the other hand, religious teaching must be left to churches and mosques in addition to religious authorities which are in need for preparation and organization so that they are consistent with the spirit of this era and co-existence that calls for a culture of openness and tolerance.\nAdditionally, to review the establishment of political parties and to prevent its formation on sectarian and religious grounds, alternatively it should be based on governmental and public programs that are of the best interest to all citizens. This representation becomes one that is political, social and cultural, rather than sectarian and doctrinal. Thus, we then get to establish a parliament where citizen's selection for its members will be grounded on political projects and social reforms away from doctrinal and sectarian motives, and thereby strengthening the stance of national fusion and democratic competition. This is part of a process in building Lebanon the future, Lebanon the stability and prosperity, returning this country to a pearl in the east and a model of civilization in the finest and noblest of human relations in the region and the world.\nL'Orient Le Jour Newspaper\nTranslated by: M.Wehby", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 350, "original_length": 37407, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 202.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://prgoogle.info/tanner/lecture-human-values.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:09Z", "digest": "sha1:PBHXZ3ATCSUCDADCGFFXCR6EPDSIXBOL", "length": 3370, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "prgoogle.info", "title": "Grace A. Tanner Lecture in Human Values | Grace A. Tanner Center | SUU - prgoogle.info", "raw_content": "Grace A. Tanner Lecture in Human Values\nTanner Center Talks\nAbout Tanner Center Talks\nEntrepreneurship and Human Values\nGrace Adams Tanner Gallery- SUMA\nCertificate in Human Values\nAll About The Centurium\nContact the Tanner Center\nObert C. Tanner was an educator (Professor of Philosophy at the University of Utah), industrialist and philanthropist. Of all the gifts he has left to universities, the one he was proudest of is the Lectures on Human Values. The Tanner Lecture on Human Values was formally established at the University of Cambridge, England on July 1, 1978. In writing about the purpose of these lectures, Professor Tanner said, \u201cI see them simply as a search for a better understanding of human behavior and human values.\" To this end, the lecture provides a forum in which to promote scholarly and scientific learning in the field of human values while embracing moral, artistic, intellectual, and spiritual values\u2014both individual and social\u2014and advancing the full register of values pertinent to the human condition, interest, behavior, and aspiration. Accordingly, the lecture may involve the cultivation of ethical, aesthetic, and political theory and such matters as scientific research into the foundations of value behavior, whether in social, psychological, or natural sciences. The Tanner lecturers, therefore, may be drawn from philosophy, the sciences, the creative arts, and the various areas of statesmanship and leadership.\nDistinguished Guest Speaker\nThe Grace A. Tanner Center was pleased to host the 2018 Grace Adams Tanner Lecture in Human Values delivered by distinguished guest speaker, Dr. Sarah Lewis on October 20th 2018.\nHow do images tie us to a sense of place? How do they operate as a catalyst of memory? And how do they reflect and inform our values? A bestselling author, curator, and Assistant Professor at Harvard University, Sarah Lewis examined how images have shaped culture and history in her lecture titled \u201cImages, Place, and Restorative Justice.\u201d In this new talk, drawing from examples throughout history, Dr. Lewis explored the power of visual artifacts to activate cultural memory, to reflect our surroundings, to shift perceptions, and to affect profound change. The Tanner Lecture took place on Thursday, September 20th, 2018 at 11:30 am in the Gilbert Great Hall of the Hunter Conference Center. An extended Q&A session was held at 2:30 pm at the Southern Utah Museum of Art.\nDr. Lewis\u2019 book The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery has been reviewed widely and translated into seven languages. Dr. Lewis was also the guest editor of the \u201cVision & Justice\u201d issue of Aperture which received the 2017 Infinity Award for Critical Writing and Research from the International Center of Photography. Through her groundbreaking scholarship merging visual literacy with social justice, Dr. Lewis uses art and photography to reveal America\u2019s cultural memory. Dr. Lewis\u2019 articles on race, contemporary art, and culture have been published in many academic journals including the Smithsonian and The Museum of Modern Art. She has held positions at Yale\u2019s School of Art, the Tate Modern, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Dr. Sarah Lewis is currently in the Department of History of Art and Architecture and the Department of African and African American Studies at Harvard University.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 4258, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 170.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://prod.proefversie.nl/en/news/charity-shop-difference", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:57Z", "digest": "sha1:FBSMGLFOAGZXCVOZVPEKEKQ7ZZ4LMKB4", "length": 2525, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "prod.proefversie.nl", "title": "A charity shop with a difference | OM.org", "raw_content": "Tucked away in the heart of a London neighbourhood sits what must be one of the most thoroughly stocked charity shops in the city. Every corner of this shop is full of children\u2019s toys, books and DVDs, and the walls are lined with rail upon rail of clothes.\nOM workers have been supporting this little shop since it opened in July 2017, but not for its quirky sales plan. The shop has a strategic position in a community of people from least reached places\u2014in particular, Turkey and Kurdistan. Fuelled by donations, this shop exists not only to provide affordable products for the poorest members of the community, but also to create a neutral space for people to explore questions about Christianity.\nPhilip, an OM worker in the UK, volunteers his time to staff the shop three days a week and to build relationships in the community. \u201cIt\u2019s about sustainable mission,\u201d he says, explaining that its profits cover the cost of outreaches, while the shop itself is a helpful addition to the neighbourhood.\n\u201cWe\u2019re very new here\u2014we opened in July,\u201d says Philip. \u201cBut by September, we\u2019d already hit the sales target. It\u2019s a miracle, actually; I thought it would take us six months to hit it, at least.\u201d\nGod has blessed the shop in other ways, too: the team have been amazed by the sheer quantity of donations the shop has received. A contact in one of the wealthier hotels in the area donates any unclaimed items that holidaymakers leave behind, and a couple of shop owners were so taken with the vision of the charity shop that they donated the rest of their brand-new stock upon their retirement.\nOM has been present in this area for years, running an outdoor book table. Team members found it frustrating to have a weather-dependent ministry, and the fact that they had to change locations week by week made them difficult for people to find.\n\u201cWe wanted to have a hub for the community,\u201d Philip says, \u201ca neutral place, where people can come and see us, without having to go into a church. That can be a really big deal for them. This shop is for transitions.\u201d\nThe volunteers are implementing a regular hospitality ministry: a chance for customers and staff alike to enjoy Turkish tea and a relaxed space for deep conversations.\n\u201cWe just share the news of Jesus wherever possible,\u201d says Philip.\nPlease pray for Philip and the other volunteers as they make connections with the community around them and try to share the love of Jesus with those who haven\u2019t heard. Pray for more Turkish-speaking volunteers to help run the ministry.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 89, "original_length": 4199, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 245.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://psychogendered.com/2015/09/psychopaths-and-friendship-revisited/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:46Z", "digest": "sha1:KFG5H2Z2C44GAGQ2YIUFKYGN7XL3HVQF", "length": 2759, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "psychogendered.com", "title": "Psychopaths and Friendship Revisited - Psychogendered", "raw_content": "I\u2019m trying out the idea of friendship again. I\u2019ve long said that I have acquaintances, not friends, but that leads to a rather unsatisfying life. I maintain that there is a \u201cbubble\u201d between the psychopath and those she interacts with. She can be seen and may speak, but she may not touch those around her in the same manner that neurotypicals are accustomed to doing. That is, a certain level of emotional intimacy is simply off limits to the psychopath. Given that the world thinks of friendships as being rooted in emotional bonds, this leaves the psychopath without the vocabulary to describe her own interpersonal relationships. The words and music of those friendships that NTs form are simply lost.\nI had to ask my therapist what it means to have a friend and to be a friend. What separates it from the acquaintances that are easily discarded at the end of the day. As with many questions that I pose to her, she had to answer beginning with first principles. Friendship is a closeness that, while usually rooted in emotional bonds, is different than the disinterested nature of acquaintanceships. Friends do things for each other \u2013 regardless of their own desires \u2013 that they would not do for others. Friendships can be measured in the minutes set aside to listen and appreciate one another. And, all of this can be done without an emotional bond \u2013 it just isn\u2019t the \u201ctraditional\u201d way of doing so.\nIt is very possible \u2013 probable, if I had to guess \u2013 that the psychopath will eventually leave the friend in the night, so to speak, at some point. But I don\u2019t think that friendships between psychopaths and those around him need be that different than those of neurotypicals; they just may not be rooted in emotional bonds. If anything, the benefits may be greater due to the psychopath\u2019s ability to do anything for one they care about as they are not hindered by conscience and are driven by self-preservation and satisfaction.\nI will learn to control my fire. I will extinguish that which I set ablaze rather than leaving it to burn my interpersonal relationships to the ground. I can\u2019t guarantee that I will always be the best friend possible, but I can certainly be more than a mindless caricature that so many believe I must be. I may still play with matches, but I\u2019ll have the rug nearby.\nI look forward to trying this friendship thing out again. I have written it off for far too long. I may not be able to touch, but I can still speak and see and move my bubble to where it is needed. Time will tell if this works out, but I believe that the satisfaction in the moment may very well be more satisfying than going solo. Even a wolf needs company at times.\nFiled Under: General Tagged With: aspd, friendship, interpersonal relationships, psychopathy", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 746, "original_length": 23020, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 257.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://pub27.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=2262234222&frmid=64&msgid=1089637&cmd=show", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:16Z", "digest": "sha1:IRFDL3BDZ3LSJVRMCQQ4EN645DCIKIBB", "length": 4781, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "pub27.bravenet.com", "title": "WELCOME TO MOMS MESSAGEBOARD - A Bravenet.com Forum", "raw_content": "son murderd\nHi, I found out on may1,2015 that my only son was shot and killed. I have no family and don't know where to start. first I am pretending this isn't happening and that he just isn't calling me. the pain is too deep. I don't have the money for counseling and am hoping that someone can help me. I just don't know if I can make it anymore. all of my family are deceased. I am overwhelmed and cant sleep or do anything worth while. if anyone can help me please, im on facebook,lisa marie stone or lisa.stone16@aol.com thank you.\nRe: son murderd\nI am very sorry about the murder of your son. This site is where so many moms come/came to talk about the loss of their child(ren) and at one time I checked it daily. It does come and go when members reply to comments and offer support and advice on how they were able to cope with their loss. This site is very dear to me and brought me together with so many wonderful moms, including the founder Deb Wiley, that literally saved my life. Some members just read the post and are too distraught to reply...I have learned to never take it personal...it is the life of a mother of a murdered child. I can tell you social media that has taken this country by storm (and wasn't big when my daughter Lisa was murdered) is now where many are going. Some of the original moms are in our group ShutUp!I'mstillgrieving! on facebook as well as many other \"private\" groups where we can talk, vent, advise or even just listen to the \"hell\" others are now living because of the murder of their child. Once again I am sorry for the loss of your son and the lack of comments...it certainly doesn't indicate that there aren't caring moms here because it is quite the opposite...the compassion is like no other when it comes to the bond we all share now. Feel free to join our facebook group....due to the \"nature\" of the internet it seems to be a little more active...no disrespect...\nMy oldest son was murdered on August 23,2015. I'm totally devastated and searching for support and understanding. I cry constantly because I'm absolutely heartbroken. I don't think I'll ever be able to cope with this hurt but the reality is, I don't have a choice. I have 3 others depending on me to pull it together when our whole world has fallen apart. I'm one of the many unfortunate members of an unfortunate club that I NEVER wanted to be apart of. God bless you\nBelieve it or not I can relate to you so much. Andy wasn't my only child he was my 3rd born son. I lost him June 7th 2014 he was 22 at the time. Biryhday was July but he didnt make it to celebrate that wonderful day with his brothers and i becauae he was gunned down by a coward who once was a friend of my sons. It's been over a year and the pain still hits me hard at times. I can't accept the fact he will never walk through the door again saying \"Moma give me some money or moma give me a soda\"the little things is what I miss the most. I have so much anger hurt emptiness sense of worthlessness than I've ever had in my life it's to hard to explain in words. If you want to contact me by email please feel free to do so. rethagroves6969@gmail.com. I need someone to talk with also..my family doesn't relate nor seem to care Im still going through so much hurt. So please feel free to email me anytime. I look forward to hearing from you.\nGod bless and I'll definitely be in touch. Youngxella@yahoo.com\nHi my name is Robin my son Michael was murdered on 08/01/2015 I am feeling the same ass you may be if we talk to each other we can get through this to gather most of my support have not had a child that has been murdered so they would not understand me\nJan 11th, 2016 - 2:54 PM\nok, i'm hoping someone can help me...my son had a stroke at age 56, it left him paralized on the left side, a friend who had no family came to help take care of him, he took good care of him, his wife did nothing to help him, she would get him up, after he begged her for an hr. put him in a chair and go back to bed for the day, would not take him to see a dr. or get him any help...this friend came and went, then he started having health problems of his own and couldn't do much, so my son was either in a chair by himself, or in bed...he eventually got his speech back and could feed himself, if it were cut into bites, and he could use the computer and his phone...he sent me messages every day on the computer and we kept in contact even though we lived 1500 miles apart...on nov. 23,2016, his friend went into his bedroom and shot him right through the heart and killed him. He is gone, and i am having trouble believing that because i wasn't around when he was killed..he is just gone, to me, not dead...someone please help me...and on top of that my dear brother was found dead two months later...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 89, "original_length": 6148, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 248.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://publicandprivateenterprise.org/9.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:27Z", "digest": "sha1:BS6MGBLAEQO63RR2C7WMOSBRJ2EX23OU", "length": 5362, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "publicandprivateenterprise.org", "title": "9.html", "raw_content": "Original Manuscrt\nHOW CAN WE ACTUALLY KEEP BRINGING NEW MONEY INTO EXISTENCE, IN A WAY THAT IS ACCEPTED AS THE WAY TO DO IT, BY EVERY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, IN ORDER TO CONTINUALLY FINANCE EVERYTHING THAT FALLS UNDER THE \"PUBLIC ENTERPRISE\" SIDE OF THE EQUATION?\nThe specific ways to go about this are probably endless in the details as to the best methods to use. So it will be wise to conclude, especially since there is no precedent in all of recorded history for this, I think, that any way that is eventually accepted as the best initial way to go should steadily be altered, adjusted, and improved as better and better ways are thought of and proposed, based on what we actually experience, firsthand, in all quarters.\nI will start us off here with just one possible method for us to consider, and try to keep developing and improving it as best I can. This particular method has a world-wide central mission control aspect to it, an international department for the issuing of all new money for both startup and existing and ongoing \"Public Enterprises\" in every nation, which, as said, includes the funding of the government of each nation, under a system that is standard throughout the world, and which is accepted by all of the governments and their people in the world. It should be something more or less like any particular senate or congress, or world body, where each and every nation in the world, no matter how small or large, is equally represented, and whose votes are always equal, with none having any more power than any of the others.\nIn this vision, proposals for new \"Public Enterprises\" will always be submitted to this international body, from everywhere -- from the government of the smallest town to the largest nation in the world, and all governments in between, after, maybe, for example, a small town's proposal for the funding of a needed project, after it has first planned and worked out the details in its own community, has then been approved by the state it is in, then by the nation it is a part of, and then sent to the world body for final approval and the creation of the new money so that the proposed project can be quickly funded and can begin being created.\nHopefully people in the committees that I propose should come together in each nation will begin to submit ideas to improve this particular way, as well as submit alternate ways to go about this.\nBefore I go too much further, let me say that everyone should keep in mind, at all times, when evaluating this whole new way to do things, especially those who now own businesses, large and small, anywhere in the world, that all new money that constantly enters the world-wide system through productive and needed \"Public Enterprise\" activities really enters and circulates throughout the whole world-wide \"Private Enterprise\" system, right from the start. Why? How? Because everything, from payroll at every level, which includes, just as any other enterprise needs, planners, consultants, experts and executives, as well as all of the workers at every level of job skill and activity, from the most skilled scientists and technicians to teachers, secretaries, drivers, maintenance workers, etc., same as in private enterprise, is spent in the \"Private Enterprise\" side of the equation. And all of the construction within \"Public Enterprise\" is contracted through and done by \"Private Enterprise\" businesses, who are paid for doing it, same as always, and all of the needed and necessary supplies and equipment are bought from private enterprises too, and so on.\nWe now begin to see how we can, if we choose to as a world, after a long and intensive public dialogue, worldwide, quickly evolve to be a world that is always \"awash\" in money and productive doing, rather than the reverse as we now experience it -- you know, where we can never pay for everything important that we desperately need and need to do and change, even though we know how to do what needs to be done. As I see it, we are always back to square one, to the very basic and crucial question of: HOW, WHEN, AND FOR WHAT REASONS DOES MONEY COME INTO EXISTENCE? This is where our most important and basic roadblock is and will continue to be; this is what we must deeply, and all together, think about, evaluate, discuss, plan, and try to solve, in order to finally be able to collectively decide to go this new \"Public & Private Enterprise\" route. As I said at the beginning of this, concerning how money now comes into existence, it is most obvious that whatever way it is officially done by governments, and agreed upon by others, or that governments allow it to be done by some major banking institutions, in the present world-wide economic dynamics, \"Private Enterprise\", as the world knows, through centuries and millenniums of hard experience, with most people in the world suffering day to day, year to year, century to century, and with wars being frequent and dependable outcomes of past and present existing social and economic systems, none of it even comes close to solving the major problems of every kind in the world. So keep all this in mind as you, and all of us in every nation, watch this project develop, and constantly work together, as a \"United\" people and world, on evaluating it in the public dialogue, and in the very bright blaze of the world-wide public spotlight.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 25, "original_length": 5667, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 236.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://q103albany.com/author/danseitz/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:24Z", "digest": "sha1:OFZKKYSDY2UTDF2FF6MOJCHMOPPP7WG5", "length": 3089, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "q103albany.com", "title": "Dan Seitz | Q103", "raw_content": "Professional writer for Uproxx.com, GammaSquad.com, Guyspeak.com, Guyism.com, Zug.com, and innumerable other sites. He writes the Internet, basically.\nHot Woman Demonstrates How To Conceal a Gun With a Thigh Holster [VIDEO]\nThis video explains how a woman can still wear sexy outfits without having to leave her gun at home.\nHalloween is coming up, and we all know what that means: Christmas stuff starts showing up in stores any minute now. Also, on Halloween weekend, we'll be going to lots of haunted houses, haunted garages, haunted mazes, haunted cul-de-sacs and haunted, well, anything you can stick a light-up gho\u2026\n25 Questionably Sexy Halloween Costumes\nWomens' costumes tend to leans toward the \"questionable\" side of the costume spectrum. Halloween is the only time of year when anything and everything can be considered \"sexy.\" Of course, that doesn't mean that every sexy costume is actually a good idea...as these twent\u2026\nBOOM! 5 Exploding Animals Bombs Throughout History\nNo no, this is an animal photobomb, not a a regular animal bomb. It's still one of the best things that we've ever seen, but it's not what we came here to talk about.\nObscure Relative Leaves Woman $7.4 Million In Gold Hidden In His Garage\nArlene Magdon never met Walter Samasko, Jr. They were first cousins, but they may have never even met. Nonetheless, Arlene is thankful to Walter, because he left her a fortune in gold.\nMeet The Politest Cat On The Internet\nCats have a reputation for being rude and mean, and in some cases it's not entirely undeserved. In other cases, though, there are cats who demonstrate just the opposite. Like this one, who politely taps a human on the arm, and keeps it up until he gets some scratches...\nSoon Your Smartphone Will Know Your Mood\nImagine a world where your smartphone can realize that you're angry or sad, and react accordingly. Thanks to the University of Rochester, it's not as far away as you might think.\nClassic Albums\u2026 With Power Rangers!\nBelieve it or not, the Power Rangers are still on the air, and lately they've been turning to viral videos to promote themselves.\nLike this one, where they reenact twenty-one different album covers, ranging from Justin Bieber to The Clash, each with their own Power Rangers-esque twist...\nBatman Would Be A Crippled Wreck, According To Science\nBatman is a master warrior and all around tough guy, so he's easily able to handle the stress of his lifestyle, right?\nWrong, according to science.\nPranksters Dress As Target Employees On Black Friday\nBlack Friday is infamous among retail personnel for bringing out the absolute worst in people. Customers are rude, self-centered, and obnoxious. So the guys at Prank Vs. Prank struck back for the employee, dressing up as employees of a certain retail establishment and offering \"help&quo\u2026\nHappy 68th Birthday, Godzilla!\nThe star of the longest film franchise in history turns 68 today, celebrating a long career in film, animation, and advertising. We are referring, of course, to the King of the Monsters himself, Godzilla. Below, a retrospective of his highs and lows.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 141, "original_length": 5226, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 339.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://qae.ac.nz/reasons-to-study-at-the-university-of-auckland/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:55Z", "digest": "sha1:LN6A6K7KENQRYER5WKUJLP2KVTPUOJTN", "length": 1794, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "qae.ac.nz", "title": "Auckland university courses on offer to students", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Reasons to study at The University of Auckland\nNot only is Auckland university one of the best universities in New Zealand, but it also offer students a fantastic student life. There are so many courses on offer that you literally will find it hard to choose. You will be completely overwhelmed with all the options in terms of the Auckland university courses on offer. Regardless of where your interests lie or what academic level you are, you are almost guaranteed to find something suitable in order to meet your academic needs and requirements.\nWhen it comes to the Auckland university courses, you can choose to study individual courses or study sufficient courses to make up a certificate, diploma or degree. There are many undergraduate study options which includes every single subject you can think of. Regardless of the field which are looking to get into, there are plenty of undergraduate diplomas available. The university also offers programs which allows you to change your courses over a set period of time. This means that you have the option of choosing a general type of undergraduate and then picking and choosing as you go along. you can get a feel for the different subjects on offer and you can then proceed to choose which ones will work for you long term. You can also sign up for one course in order to see if you like it or not, you could then register for an entire undergraduate degree.\nThere are many options and choices available to you. There are also many postgraduate study options available to students. The university is huge and it encompasses many different faculties and institutes on campus. There are so many Auckland university courses on offer that it may be a good idea to pay the campus a visit prior to making an informed and final decision.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 25, "original_length": 2525, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 164.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://queensexaminer.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Go+Green-+festival+brings+sustainability+and+community+together%20&id=27575343", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:48Z", "digest": "sha1:36KID7URA2JKC45OOYDTUAN6HZNBN6MB", "length": 1916, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "queensexaminer.com", "title": "Queens Examiner - Go Green festival brings sustainability and community together", "raw_content": "Go Green! festival brings sustainability and community together\n2018 Go Green! Brooklyn Festival\nDozens gathered at McCarren Park last Saturday for the 11th annual Go Green! Brooklyn Festival.\nThe event was first launched in 2008 by Town Square as the first Earth Day festival in north Brooklyn, and this year featured 92 exhibitors and organizations.\nThe event also featured a variety of activities for residents to enjoy, including local food, arts and crafts, games, live music performances, and fitness classes while also learning about sustainability and how to get involved.\n\"It brings the community together to learn about what's sustainable, but also to reconnect with our neighbors and our friends in a fun grassroots manner,\" said Susan Anderson, executive director of Town Square.\nA highlight at the festival was the Greencycle Swap, where residents could drop off and take clothes, books, toys, electronics and more. The remaining items are donated to Home Life Services shelters throughout Brooklyn and the Bronx.\n\"I personally think we really use too much, we waste too much,\" said Robert Ming, co-founder and creative director of Smart Toddler.\nMing, who hosted a table where children and families could learn to make airplanes out of recyclable materials, said the event helped children to learn about green ideas and how to improve the future of the environment.\n\"If you can reuse stuff like this especially with kids, you're teaching them at a really young age the fun benefits of recycling,\" he said. \"It shows them we can do something with this other than throw it away.\"\nAnderson explained the festival is especially beneficial for organizations that work towards improving the environment.\n\"To have an event like this where they can come out and share what they are doing with a broad audience and also reconnect with each other is rare, and so I think that's what this event offers,\" she said.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 87, "original_length": 3258, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 300.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://questionpaper.in/University5144-Department-of-Nursing-Health-Sciences-Bhopal-Madhya-Pradesh.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:34Z", "digest": "sha1:AO5UHD4HW3BFDUNVEXVGPVFXKBU6KAOW", "length": 84, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "questionpaper.in", "title": "Department of Nursing & Health Sciences Bhopal Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Madhya Pradesh India at QuestionPaper.in", "raw_content": "Admission Alerts for Department of Nursing & Health Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 301, "original_length": 18995, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.84, "perplexity": 133.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au/census_services/getproduct/census/2016/quickstat/SSC21110", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:18Z", "digest": "sha1:QP7DDAYVPQDAESZ7EQSBTEOK3BFZBI3J", "length": 5391, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au", "title": "2016 Census QuickStats: Gundowring", "raw_content": "In the 2016 Census, there were 214 people in Gundowring (State Suburbs). Of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.\nThe median age of people in Gundowring (State Suburbs) was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.1% of the population.\nOf people in Gundowring (State Suburbs) aged 15 years and over, 59.1% were married and 4.1% were either divorced or separated.\nIn Gundowring (State Suburbs), of people aged 15 years and over, 58.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.8% were in a de facto marriage.\n6 10.2 413,199 22.6 1,707,023 23.7\nIn Gundowring (State Suburbs), 28.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.0% were in primary school, 25.0% in secondary school and 21.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.\nOf people aged 15 and over in Gundowring (State Suburbs), 11.2% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 27.1% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 8.2% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.\nRespondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Gundowring (State Suburbs) (including those who did not state an ancestry).\n12 5.5 2,283,741 38.5 8,051,196 34.4\nIn Gundowring (State Suburbs), 84.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.5% of people had both parents born overseas.\nThere were 142 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Gundowring (State Suburbs). Of these 59.9% were employed full time, 29.6% were employed part-time and 2.1% were unemployed.\nOf employed people in Gundowring (State Suburbs), 14.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.\nThe median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Gundowring (State Suburbs) was $885.\nIn Gundowring (State Suburbs), of people aged 15 years and over, 81.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.4% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 37.9% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.\nOf people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Gundowring (State Suburbs), 28.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.6% worked 30 hours or more.\nOf the families in Gundowring (State Suburbs), 40.3% were couple families with children, 44.8% were couple families without children and 14.9% were one parent families.\nIn Gundowring (State Suburbs), 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.\nIn Gundowring (State Suburbs), of couple families with children, 40.0% had both partners employed full-time, 12.7% had both employed part-time and 16.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.\nIn Gundowring (State Suburbs), 92.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.2% were unoccupied.\n77 100.0 1,546,945 73.2 6,041,788 72.9\nOf occupied private dwellings in Gundowring (State Suburbs), 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flat or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.\nIn Gundowring (State Suburbs), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 15.7% had 2 bedrooms and 42.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.\nOf occupied private dwellings in Gundowring (State Suburbs), 38.3% were owned outright, 35.8% were owned with a mortgage and 22.2% were rented.\nIn Gundowring (State Suburbs), of all households, 81.2% were family households, 18.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.\nIn Gundowring (State Suburbs), 4.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $650 and 19.0% of households had a weekly income of more than $3000.\n88 -- 325 -- 335 --\nIn Gundowring (State Suburbs), 22.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 41.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.\nIn Gundowring (State Suburbs), 88.1% of households had at least one person access the internet from the dwelling. This could have been through a desktop/laptop computer, mobile or smart phone, tablet, music or video player, gaming console, smart TV or any other device.\nIn Gundowring (State Suburbs), 50.0% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were male and 50.0% were female. The median age was 20 years.\nIn Gundowring (State Suburbs), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0 persons, with 0 persons per bedroom. 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Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.\nThe median age of people in Albany Creek (State Suburbs) was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.8% of the population.\nOf people in Albany Creek (State Suburbs) aged 15 years and over, 57.0% were married and 9.7% were either divorced or separated.\nIn Albany Creek (State Suburbs), of people aged 15 years and over, 56.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.7% were in a de facto marriage.\nIn Albany Creek (State Suburbs), 30.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.7% were in primary school, 27.5% in secondary school and 20.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.\nOf people aged 15 and over in Albany Creek (State Suburbs), 18.6% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 18.0% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 11.8% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.\nRespondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Albany Creek (State Suburbs) (including those who did not state an ancestry).\nIn Albany Creek (State Suburbs), 59.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.0% of people had both parents born overseas.\nThere were 8,614 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Albany Creek (State Suburbs). Of these 59.5% were employed full time, 31.9% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.\nOf employed people in Albany Creek (State Suburbs), 12.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.5% worked 40 hours or more.\nThe median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Albany Creek (State Suburbs) was $786.\nIn Albany Creek (State Suburbs), of people aged 15 years and over, 79.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.2% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.5% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.\nOf people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Albany Creek (State Suburbs), 31.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.1% worked 30 hours or more.\nOf the families in Albany Creek (State Suburbs), 53.5% were couple families with children, 33.2% were couple families without children and 12.1% were one parent families.\nIn Albany Creek (State Suburbs), 22.3% of single parents were male and 77.7% were female.\nIn Albany Creek (State Suburbs), of couple families with children, 24.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 27.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.\nIn Albany Creek (State Suburbs), 95.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.8% were unoccupied.\nOf occupied private dwellings in Albany Creek (State Suburbs), 88.2% were separate houses, 7.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.4% were flat or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.\nIn Albany Creek (State Suburbs), of occupied private dwellings 1.7% had 1 bedroom, 5.7% had 2 bedrooms and 34.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.8 people.\n140 2.6 15,566 0.9 78,994 1.0\nOf occupied private dwellings in Albany Creek (State Suburbs), 34.9% were owned outright, 45.8% were owned with a mortgage and 14.9% were rented.\nIn Albany Creek (State Suburbs), of all households, 81.1% were family households, 17.2% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.\nIn Albany Creek (State Suburbs), 12.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $650 and 24.5% of households had a weekly income of more than $3000.\nIn Albany Creek (State Suburbs), 25.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.\nIn Albany Creek (State Suburbs), 91.3% of households had at least one person access the internet from the dwelling. This could have been through a desktop/laptop computer, mobile or smart phone, tablet, music or video player, gaming console, smart TV or any other device.\nIn Albany Creek (State Suburbs), 49.6% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were male and 50.4% were female. The median age was 22 years.\nIn Albany Creek (State Suburbs), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5 persons, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,083.\nIn Albany Creek (State Suburbs), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $380 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,200.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 736, "original_length": 26120, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 215.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://quotio.com/by/Giulio-Andreotti", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:42:42Z", "digest": "sha1:EUUB7YCJAZWCDIAB7X34PFHYXWN6H3RC", "length": 1569, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "quotio.com", "title": "Giulio Andreotti Quotes @Quotio", "raw_content": "Giulio Andreotti Quotes\n\"Giulio Andreotti\" was the 41st Prime Minister of Italy and leader of the Christian Democracy (Italy)/Christian Democracy party. Occupying all the major offices of state over the course of a forty-year political career, he was a figure who reassured the civil service, business community, and the Vatican, while guiding Italy's European Union integration. In foreign policy, he established closer relations with the Arab world. Admirers of Andreotti saw him as having mediated political and social contradictions, enabling the transformation of a substantially rural country into the fifth-biggest economy in the world. Critics said he had done nothing against a system of patronage that had led to pervasive corruption.\nAt the height of his prestige as a statesman, Andreotti was subjected to damaging criminal prosecutions. His association with Mafia linked Sicilian politicians led to him being accused of colluding with Cosa Nostra. Prosecutors in Perugia charged him with ordering the murder of a journalist, and in 2002 he was found guilty at a trial, which led to complaints that the justice system had \"gone mad\". He was later definitively acquitted by the supreme court. Andreotti remarked \"Apart from the Punic Wars, for which I was too young, I have been blamed for everything that's happened in Italy\".\nIf you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous politicians! More Giulio Andreotti on Wikipedia.\nI thank God, ... 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The decision didn't change the writing process, per se, but may have influenced some of the choices. Unburdened by the need to take the band to the next level, the band operated in a vacuum; the usually \"pretty uninfluenced\" band became 100 percent so.\n\"It was definitely like a no-fucks-given album for us. We really just didn't give a shit. We didn't think about it [because] we have no intention of becoming a bigger band.\"\nSonically, the band certainly grew. They wore their influences more prominently on their sleeves and added strings (courtesy of SEVEN)SUNS) on four songs. One of them, \"Low Feels Blvd,\" exhibits both expansive qualities in a jazz fusion break featuring the string quartet's leader, Earl Maneein, mimicking Weinman's improvised guitar solo \"Mahavishnu-style.\"\n\"I think it's interesting that this last album really shows where we've gone into the future and also touches on where we were in the past.\"\nOne such flashback comes in the form of the title track's drum loop, which Weinman worked on with Zach Hill, now of Death Grips but at the time drumming with Hella. The guitarist says it was recorded around a decade ago, as was the majority of \"Fugue.\" That song brought the band's omnipresent electronic influence full circle, providing a full-song home for lingering recordings.\n\"When we first started the band I had already stopped listening to really extreme death metal and stuff like that,\" Weinman reveals. \"I was kind of over it, and had exclusively gotten into punk and hardcore for the feeling and the message, but then electronic music and fusion for the technicality and musicianship.\"\nIt was at this apex that the band's sound formed into the piercing, rhythmic monster they became known for. Weinman says he's always thought of the guitar as a drum, with the high-pitched dissonant chords acting as the snare and the lower chugs as the kick.\nAll those elements are still present \u2014 even abundant \u2014 on Dissociation, but that's just because the band want them to be there. 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He\u2019s also going to be writing a book on the same topic.\nCoalition of the what?\nWelcome to the quagmire", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 1336, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 219.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://realestatezagreb4u.com/details/zagreb-maksimir-apartment-for-rent-gornji-bukovac-865", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:11Z", "digest": "sha1:NW332PFHNOIJNXSVJTFKNKOCBRVKFYCK", "length": 277, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "realestatezagreb4u.com", "title": "Zagreb - Maksimir - apartment for rent Gornji Bukovac - Apartments - Zagreb4u", "raw_content": "Modern unfurnished 4-room apartment (160 m2), penthouse with a beautiful view, Gornji Bukovac.\nIt consists of a spacious living room with dining area and exit to terrace (30m2), kitchen, 3 bedrooms (one with a balcony (20m2), 2 bathrooms.\nApartment comes with 2 parking spaces.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 94, "original_length": 2533, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 230.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://realgreekrecipes.blogspot.com/2011/02/12-greek-seafood-dishes.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:38Z", "digest": "sha1:S26ZCD6LERTRVXBBUTH7DD4PDOUT77RC", "length": 3981, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "realgreekrecipes.blogspot.com", "title": "Authentic Greek Recipes: 12 Greek Seafood Dishes", "raw_content": "12 Greek Seafood Dishes\nThe sea is everywhere in Greece, so it's not surprising that there are so many seafood dishes. Below are some popular ones - just click on the links to go to the recipes.\nI think that Greek kalamari (squid) is well-known all over the world. So, for the seafood lovers amongst you, this is a recipe for stuffed kalamari with sauce.\nGreek Sea Bass (Lavraki)\nThis method of cooking sea bass (Lavraki) is popular on the island of Cephalonia, especially in Fiskardo, where large amounts of the fish can be found in the sea. What makes it different is that the stomach is filled with the garlic an herbs and it is baked wrapped in greaseproof paper. It's quite easy to prepare, if you are used to cleaning fish.\nGreek Spetsiotiko Fish\nThis is a method of baking fish that comes from the island of Spetses - hence the name Spetsiotiko. It can be used for a few different types of fish. The one we prepared which you can see in the photo is Fagri or sea bream. You can also use large Lavraki or sea bass, Sinagrida or dentex, Sfirida or white grouper, large Tsipoura or dorado. As far as I have checked, these are the correct English translations of the fish names.\nGreek Gavros (Whiting) With Peppers\nHere you can see a way of preparing this fish as a delicious dish with red, green, orange and yellow peppers.\nGreek Gavros (Whiting) Mezes\nThis is a simple Greek meze, usually accompanied by the Greek drink ouzo. A meze is a kind of hors d'\u0153uvre eaten in Greece, accompanied by ouzo, retsina or beer. The fish gavros (whiting) is very popular in Greece. This meze can also be a side dish at a meal or as part of a buffet.\nGreek Cod (Bakaliaros) With Garlic Sauce (Skordalia)\nThis fish dish is normally accompanied by garlic sauce (skordalia) and beetroot. What you see in the photo may look like mashed potatoes, but is the skordalia. The photo shows the fish called galeos, but this is most likely unobtainable abroad, so as it belongs to the cod family, we have given the recipe using cod below. It is very easy to prepare and is similar to fish croquettes.\nGreek Rice With Fish (Psaropilafo Tis Kivelis)\nThis is a delicious dish, using any fish that is suitable for soups, e.g. sea bass, trout, monk fish or a combination of these. In Greek this is called Kiveli's fish rice dish. Kiveli (or Kyveli)was a famous lady of the Greek theatre last century - George Papandreou, grandfather of our present Prime Minister, was her third husband and she his second. Kiveli created this dish one day when she had limited ingredients and had to prepare a meal for a lot of people. The meal was a success - people asked for seconds! - and the dish was thus named after her.\nThis is a dish traditionally eaten on Clean Monday, which is the beginning of the Lent period before Easter. Of course, it can also be a delicious side dish at any time of the year.\nThis is a recipe with cuttlefish that uses the ink from the fish in the rice. It gives it a delicious taste and a lot of people love this dish. Again, it's not difficult to prepare.\nOctopus is easily obtained in Greece and there are several ways of cooking and serving it. This is a simple recipe with small pasta - the type used for minestrone - and is delicious served with grated cheese.\nGreek Octopus With Eggplants (Htapodi me Melitzanes)\nOctopus is a popular seafood dish in Greece, though it is an acquired taste. This is another popular recipe, where the octopus is prepared with eggplants and potatoes.\nDieter Moitzi said...\nOMG, all of this just looks too mouth-watering for words and reminds me painfully how long it has been since I've been to Greece for the last time! I miss the sunny lunches in my friends' tavern in Longos, the fresh fish, the squid, the Greek salads... Yours is one of my favourite blogs, if only because it allows me to keep a link with my favourite country!\nVicy said...\nOh I love seafood. Nways, My first time here in your very nice page. God Bless!!\nmmmmm they look delicious!!!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 132, "original_length": 9053, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 321.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://realitytalk.forumotion.com/t2-this-season-reunion-1-2", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:02Z", "digest": "sha1:U6LVLQCQSC4SBS2AYBQKSGYPXZ24ALPR", "length": 214, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "realitytalk.forumotion.com", "title": "This Season & Reunion 1 & 2", "raw_content": "This Season & Reunion 1 & 2\nSubject: This Season & Reunion 1 & 2 Wed Oct 09, 2013 1:14 pm\nDiscuss the most recent season and the reunion shows here.\nSubject: Re: This Season & Reunion 1 & 2 Wed Oct 09, 2013 4:12 pm", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 87, "original_length": 2570, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.79, "perplexity": 271.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://redkelly.blogspot.com/2007/03/luther-ingram-i-cant-stop-koko-2113.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:24:45Z", "digest": "sha1:FKWEP7AHXTEQUNCPXMRIDULSENL7XZ7W", "length": 4224, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "redkelly.blogspot.com", "title": "the \"B\" side: Luther Ingram - I Can't Stop (KoKo 2113)", "raw_content": "Luther Ingram lost his long battle with diabetes and kidney failure this past Monday, March 19th. A giant of seventies Southern Soul, his enduring contributions to the music will live on forever.\nBorn in Jackson, Tennessee, Luther sang with his brothers in the Midwest Crusaders before venturing north to New York in the early sixties. He reportedly worked with Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller before recording a one-off single for Decca, Northern Soul favorite Ain't That Nice in 1965. He next recorded a song he wrote called I Spy For The FBI on Smash, which would later be covered by Jamo Thomas. After a couple of other minor singles failed to hit, he signed up with Johnny Baylor's KoKo label.\nWhen Baylor moved his base of operations down south to Memphis, working out a distribution deal with Al Bell at Stax in 1969, Luther went with him. There are many horror stories told about Johnny's strong-arm tactics (some of which are detailed in the great Soulsville, USA), but there's more to it than that. As Luther put it himself; \"He was a coach. He taught me. Baylor was determined for me to show the world and the industry and Stax Records and everybody else that I was a great talent. That was his concept of me.\"\nAfter a showdown with Isaac Hayes over production, Baylor took Luther down to Muscle Shoals Sound in 1972 and did precisely that. The phenomenal (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right would spend a month at number one R&B that summer, even climbing as high as #3 on the Hot 100. Luther Ingram had arrived. His smokey, emotional delivery was the perfect vehicle for what, in my opinion, is the greatest of all those seventies 'cheatin' songs... it's deep, man.\nWhen he appeared at Wattstax in August of 1972 he was, at that moment, the brightest star the company had. His follow-up single I'll Be Your Shelter (In Time Of Storm) hit the R&B top ten (top 40 Pop), and mined the same romantic territory. The crankin' tune you're listening to now was released as the B side of that record, and features Luther just beltin' it out, while showing off his great songwriting skills at the same time (he had already co-written Respect Yourself with Mack Rice the year before). Baylor's funky production of the crack Muscle Shoals team here is just flawless. Wow!\nTwo more top 40 singles would follow but, by late 1973, Johnny Baylor's problems with the IRS forced him to close down KoKo for the next three years. Once he returned, Ingram was right back in there with great records like Let's Steal Away To The Hideaway and Do You Love Somebody hitting big in the latter part of the decade. Later releases on Profile in the eighties hit the charts as well, and he remained a huge attraction until falling ill in the 1990s.\nThe remarkable documentary Only The Strong Survive was filmed, in part, at a 1999 benefit concert organized to help defray the costs of Luther's much needed kidney transplant. He was universally loved by all who came in contact with him.\nOur heartfelt condolences to his loving wife, Jacqui, and the rest of his grieving family.\nMay God Rest His Soul. Always.\n'Musical Visitation'\n4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, March 25th\nSt. Augustine R.C. Church\n1910 West Belle Street\nMount Carmel Catholic Cemetery\nThe song you posted is actually James Brown's \"Santa Claus Is Definitely Here To Stay.\"\nSorry, man... the player had the right track, but somehow I messed up the download link... thanks for the heads up, bro!\n...should be fixed now.\nGrant G., London said...\nThe other tragedy is that Luther's great recordings for KoKo are not included in the three Stax singles box sets (because it was a Stax-distributed label rather than a Stax label). I love those three LPs on KoKo and it's a shame they are not now available on CD to reach a wider audience. Great blog, Red. Yours, Grant\nmike-s said...\nHey Grant..you are missing out. There were four great albums by Luther on koko....\nI've Been Here All the Time\nLet's Steal Away\nDo You Love Somebody.\nNot to mention his Profile album of the 80s.\nJohnny Baylor was a fascinating character...writing and producing some great songs, coaching and managing Luther, more or less running Stax at one time...and using dubious practices when it suited him.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 265, "original_length": 8856, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 242.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://rent-a-disney-villa.com/florida/orlando_nightlife/disney_pleasure_island.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:11Z", "digest": "sha1:CSGS4DRG3PV7GAERTYDJBQ3MSM4RG4WJ", "length": 1849, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "rent-a-disney-villa.com", "title": "Disney's Pleasure Island from Disney Villa in Kissimmee Orlando, Florida villas Incorrect Date Incorrect Date", "raw_content": "Imagine an island filled shore-to-shore with dazzling live stage shows, sensational nightclubs, a giant street festival and a spectacular nightly New Year's Eve celebration. Downtown Disney\u00ae Pleasure Island offers a one-of-a-kind collection of the greatest clubs in the country - and for a super shopping spree or delectable dining, Downtown Disney Pleasure Island can satisfy your every whim.\nPleasure Island, located in the Downtown Disney area is Disney's own brand of nightlife for adults only, and is a complex of bars, dance halls and night clubs, designed to resemble a renovated old rundown harbor port.\nHere's a map showing the layout of Pleasure Island...there's so much to see and do, we've provided a set of links to each of the main clubs and bars on the left of this page. Simply click on one of the links and a window will pop open to explain more about that particular attraction.\nAccess to Pleasure Island is free from 10:00am till 7:00pm. From 7:00pm till 2:00am pricing as below. The nightclubs can only be accessed with a valid ticket, but the 5-Day World Hopper Pass includes access to all Pleasure Island Night Clubs. All restaurants on Pleasure Island can be accessed at all times free of charge. Age restrictions apply in night clubs and bars.\nPrices exclude taxes. Individual admission for a night of club hopping. Guests must be 18 years or older unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. Proof of age will be required at the gate. Also it is illegal to buy alcohol in Florida below the age of 21, and proof of identity is often requested (passport etc).\nNB: On occasion Disney have separately priced activities and events which are chargeable as an extra item. Prices subject to change without notice.\nPrices correct at date of publication of this page. 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Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 3, 3: 61\u201374.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 9352, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.62, "perplexity": 130.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://research.omicsgroup.org/index.php/Lye", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:09Z", "digest": "sha1:AJG4QLUNTJDVFGGAZSI4J5WEKU6QF3FP", "length": 10573, "nlines": 61, "source_domain": "research.omicsgroup.org", "title": "Lye | Open Access articles | Open Access journals | Conference Proceedings | Editors | Authors | Reviewers | scientific events", "raw_content": "pharmacetical care articles-open-accessScientific Fermentation JournalsVirologyMycobacteriology Open Access JournalsTissue engineeringProtein sequencing articles Impact factorMyogenic Satellite CellsClinical toxicology articles Global warming-InnovationsLeukemia Online Journals Open Access Political Regime ArticlesPacket switchingLupus Nephritis newsSpecial WasteMolecular modeling future\nOpen Access Articles- Top Results for Lye\nUltrafiltration Application of Cellulose Acetate and Aminated Polyethersulfone Blend Membranes\nNovel Organophosphate Pesticide Utilizing Alkaline Phosphatase Producing Polyextremophile Bacillus Flexus from Lake Ecosystem of North Gujarat, Ind\nEvaluation of Mechanical Properties of Coir- Sisal Reinforced Hybrid Composites Using Isophthalic Polyester Resin\nInfluence of Curing Temperature and Fiber Volume Fraction on the Mechanical Properties of Sisal Fiber Reinforced Polyester Composites\nSYNTHESIS OF POTASSIUM-S-1,2- DIHYDROXYPROPYLSULPHONATE AND ITS INCORPORATION TO SYNTHESISE POLYESTER IONOMER\nFor other uses, see Lye (disambiguation).\nIt has been suggested that this article be merged with Sodium hydroxide. (Discuss) Proposed since March 2015.\nFile:SodiumHydroxide.jpg\nPellets of sodium hydroxide.\nA lye is a liquid obtained by leaching ashes (containing largely potassium carbonate or \"potash\"), or a strong alkali which is highly soluble in water producing caustic basic solutions. \"Lye\" is commonly the alternative name of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) or historically potassium hydroxide (KOH).\nToday, sodium hydroxide is commercially manufactured using a membrane cell chloralkali process. It is one of the highest volume industrial chemicals with world-wide annual production of 45 millions tons in 1998.[1] It is supplied in various forms such as flakes, pellets, microbeads, coarse powder or a solution.\n1.1 Food uses\n1.2 Soap making\n1.3 Household uses\n1.4 Illegal uses\n1.5 Tissue digestion\n1.6 Fungus identification\n2.4 Hazardous reactions\nLyes are used to cure many types of food, including lutefisk, olives (making them less bitter), canned mandarin oranges, hominy, lye rolls, century eggs, and pretzels. They are also used as a tenderizer in the crust of baked Cantonese moon cakes, in \"zongzi\" (glutinous rice dumplings wrapped in bamboo leaves), in chewy southern Chinese noodles popular in Hong Kong and southern China, and in Japanese ramen noodles.\nIn the United States, food-grade lye must meet the requirements outlined in the Food Chemicals Codex (FCC),[2][page needed] as prescribed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).[3][not in citation given] Lower grades of lye which are unsuitable for use in food preparation are commonly used as drain de-cloggers and oven cleaners.[3][page needed]\nBoth sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide are used in making soap. Sodium hydroxide is often used to make solid soap, while potassium hydroxide is used to make liquid soap.[4][unreliable source?] Potassium hydroxide soaps are softer and more easily dissolved in water than sodium hydroxide soaps. Sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide are not interchangeable in either the proportions required or the properties produced in making soaps.\nThe \"Cold Process\" method is often used to make soap from lye. The lye is mixed with water, and then base oils, butters and fragrances are added. The gradual chemical reaction between the lye and the fats eventually produces a solid soap.[5]\nThe ancient use of lye for soap-making and as a detergent is the origin of the English word, deriving from Proto-Germanic *laugo and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *leue-, \"to wash.\" Relatives in other Germanic languages, besides their words for lye, include the Scandinavian languages' words for Saturday (laugardagur, l\u00f6rdag, l\u00f8rdag).\nFile:NaOH - drain-cleaner.jpg\nBottles of alkaline drain cleaners containing lye.\nLyes are also valued for their cleaning effects. Sodium hydroxide is commonly the major constituent in commercial and industrial oven cleaners and clogged drain openers, due to its grease-dissolving abilities. Lyes decompose greases via alkaline ester hydrolysis, yielding water soluble residues that are easily removed by rinsing.\nLyes have been used for removing the ink from $1 bills with the intent of reusing the fabric for counterfeit bills of a higher denomination, such as $100 bills.[citation needed]\nLye is also an important ingredient for the illegal synthesis of substituted amphetamines.\nTissue digestion\nSodium or potassium hydroxide can be used to digest tissues of animal carcasses or deceased humans. Often referred to as alkaline hydrolysis, the process involves placing the carcass or body into a sealed chamber, adding a mixture of lye and water and the application of heat to accelerate the process. After several hours the chamber will contain a liquid with coffee-like appearance,[6][7][8] and the only solid that remains are very fragile bone hulls of mostly calcium phosphate, which can be mechanically crushed to a fine powder with very little force.[9][10] Sodium hydroxide is frequently used in the process of decomposing roadkill dumped in landfills by animal disposal contractors.[7] Due to its low cost and availability, it has been used to dispose of corpses by criminals. Italian serial killer Leonarda Cianciulli used this chemical to turn dead bodies into soap.[11] In Mexico, a man who worked for drug cartels admitted to having disposed of more than 300 bodies with it.[12]\nFungus identification\nSome species[which?] in the Agaricus genus of mushrooms stain yellow only when a drop of solution of sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide is applied to the surface of the cap near the margin, according to Mushrooms Demystified.[citation needed] This distinguishes them from other Agaricus species that stain yellow or some other color when cut, or when bruised or rubbed repeatedly.\nThis section needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (November 2014)\nSources recommend immediate removal of contaminated clothing/materials, gently brushing/wiping excess off of skin, and then flushing the area of exposure with running water for 15-60 minutes while contacting emergency services. Use of vinegar on the affected skin is also a first aid remedy in the event that lye solution touches the skin. [13]\nPersonal protective equipment including safety glasses, chemical-resistant gloves, and adequate ventilation are required for the safe handling of lyes. When in proximity to a lye that is dissolving in an open container of water, the use of a vapor-resistant face mask is recommended. Adding lye to water too quickly can cause the solution to boil.\nSolid lyes are deliquescents and have a strong affinity for air moisture. Solid lyes will deliquesce or dissolve when exposed to open air, absorbing a relatively large amount of water vapour. Accordingly, they should be stored in air-tight plastic containers. Glass is not a good material to be used for storage as lyes are mildly corrosive to it. Similar to the case of other corrosives, the containers should be labeled to indicate the potential danger of the contents and stored away from children, pets, heat, and moisture.\nHazardous reactions\nAs is common with other corrosives, the major safety concern with lyes is their potentially destructive effects on living tissues such as skin, flesh, and the cornea. Solutions containing lyes can cause chemical burns, permanent injuries, scarring and blindness, immediately upon contact. Lyes may be harmful or even fatal if swallowed; ingestion can cause esophageal stricture. Moreover, the solvation of dry solid lyes is highly exothermic; the resulting heat may cause additional burns or ignite flammables.\nThe reaction between sodium hydroxide and a few metals is also hazardous. Aluminium reacts with lyes to produce hydrogen gases. Since hydrogen is flammable, mixing a large quantity of a lye such as sodium hydroxide with aluminum in a closed container is dangerous\u2014especially when the system is at a high temperature, which speeds up the reaction. In addition to aluminum, lyes may also react with magnesium, galvanized zinc, tin, chromium, brass or bronze\u2014producing hydrogen gas.\nManufacture of sodium hydroxide consumes salt (sodium chloride) and electrical power, both with significant environmental footprints[citation needed]. Release of sodium hydroxide into the environment causes damage as a result of its reactivity[citation needed].\n^ Template:Http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/sodium hydroxide\n^ \"Food Chemicals Codex\".\n^ a b \"FD&C Act Chapter IV: Food\". US Food and Drug Administration.\n^ Fisher, David. \"How to Make Homemade Liquid Soap\". About.com.\n^ \"About Us\". Dr. Squatch Soap Company. [self-published source]\n^ Ayres, Chris (27 February 2010), Clean green finish that sends a loved one down the drain, Times Online, retrieved 2013-02-20\n^ a b Thacker, H. Leon; Kastner, Justin (August 2004), \"Chapter 6\", Carcass Disposal: A Comprehensive Review (PDF), National Agricultural Biosecurity Center, Kansas State University, retrieved 2010-03-08\n^ Saqib Mukhtar, Ph.D; Frederick O. Boadu, Ph.D., J.D. (Law); Yanhong H. Jin, Ph.D; Won-Bo Shim, Ph.D; Tom A.Vestal, Ph.D; Cody L. Wilson, Ph.D (17 July 2009). \"Managing Contaminated Animal and Plant Materials Field Guide on Best Practices\" (PDF). Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service. pp. 233\u2013259. Retrieved 2 November 2014.\n^ Wilson, Joseph H. \"The History of Alkaline Hydrolysis\" (PDF). Joseph H. Wilson. Retrieved 2 November 2014.\n^ Roach, Mary (2004). Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-32482-6.\n^ \"Sodium: Getting rid of dirt - and murder victims\". BBC News. 3 May 2014.\n^ William Booth (January 27, 2009). \"'Stewmaker' Stirs Horror in Mexico\". Washington Post.\n^ \"Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety\". CCOHS.\nMcDaniel, Robert (1997). The Elegant Art of Handmade Soap: Making, Scenting, Coloring, and Shaping. Iola, WI: Krause Publications. ISBN 0-87341-832-8.\n\"Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act\". US Food and Drug Administration.\n\"Food Chemicals Codex\". United States Pharmacopeia.\n\"NaOH MSDS\".\n\"Lye. An example of sodium.\".\nThis page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article Lye; it is used under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA). You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the CC-BY-SA", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 113, "original_length": 12025, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 271.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://responsibilitytoprotect.org/index.php/component/content/article/35-r2pcs-topics/5665-alex-bellamy-a-living-reality-the-responsibility-to-protect-and-the-prevention-of-genocide-and-mass-atrocities", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:42:49Z", "digest": "sha1:MGBJFH25LGV3S7RQRBVRTR76KTSB23ND", "length": 3076, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "responsibilitytoprotect.org", "title": "Alex Bellamy: A Living Reality? The Responsibility to Protect and the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities", "raw_content": "A Living Reality? The Responsibility to Protect and the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities\nAt the 2005 World Summit, the UN General Assembly unanimously adopted the concept of responsibility to protect (R2P). World leaders agreed that they each had to protect their own populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity; that they should encourage and assist others to fulfill their own responsibilities; and that they should respond in a timely and decisive fashion. In the annals of international diplomacy it was a rare moment of unity and clarity in setting out the responsibilities of governments and the international community to protect people from these crimes. Member States agreed to continue considering measures to implement R2P, and the concept has been the subject of four informal dialogues in the UN General Assembly. The Security Council has referred to R2P in two thematic resolutions on protecting civilians in armed conflict and a presidential statement on preventive diplomacy. The principle has also appeared in Security Council resolutions on the situations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, Darfur, Libya, Cote d\u2019Ivoire, Yemen, South Sudan, and Mali. Given this track record, it is easy to agree with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that R2P is a concept \u201cwhose time has come.\u201d\nPreventing genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity\u2014that is, genocide and mass atrocities\u2014lies at the heart of R2P. With the global fixation on questions of armed intervention, it is often forgotten that R2P includes a specific commitment to prevent these crimes and their incitement. In the long term, the principal measure of the concept\u2019s success should not be evidence of more effective armed interventions (though that is certainly part of the equation) but rather the overall reduction of crises involving the crimes or their imminent risk.\nImplementing R2P to prevent genocide and mass atrocities involves a comprehensive range of efforts to reduce underlying sources of risk, build national resilience to these risks, and prevent the escalation of crises and conflicts into violence against civilian populations. The strategies required for prevention are, in many respects, similar to those associated with peacebuilding, human rights action, and conflict resolution. Addressing underlying risk involves challenging discrimination in all its forms, addressing inequalities, and dealing with past crimes and injustices. Building national resilience involves establishing and maintaining the rule of law, reforming national security, establishing accountable institutions that can resolve disputes legitimately, and ensuring human rights. Preventing the escalation of crises can involve mediation, preventive diplomacy, and even targeted sanctions to deter would-be perpetrators. The prevention of genocide and mass atrocities is thus complex and multifaceted, involving partnerships between local actors and international agencies, and there is no one-size-fits-all approach to it.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 84, "original_length": 4635, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 142.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://revert2islamtoday.blogspot.com/2014/01/british-born-melanie-finds-islam-in.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:46Z", "digest": "sha1:KSDT7TM3ELIED5MH6X6P2ZG26EGAOVTG", "length": 3994, "nlines": 25, "source_domain": "revert2islamtoday.blogspot.com", "title": "Revert2Islamtoday: British born Melanie finds Islam in Dubai", "raw_content": "British born Melanie finds Islam in Dubai\nMelanie Jane is a new British revert to Islam.\nIn this recording, she describes how she found Islam when she moved to work in Dubai.\nThe following is a partial transcription of this video.\nKind Caring Parents\n\"I think I\u2019m a product of my upbringing.\nMy parents are very open-minded and very kind caring people, and they always taught me not to discriminate against anybody, religion, culture, color, or anything. I think that provided me with the foundation to research and to become the person I am today.\nWhen people see me now as I\u2019m wearing hijab, especially people who knew me before, a lot of people's first impression is that \u201cOh, look at her! She married a Muslim guy;\u201d and \u201cOh look at her now! It's a shame, look at what she has to be like, now she is oppressed!\u201d\nAnd a lot of people associate me with the way I look like. They think that I am dressed like this is because my husband wants me to. Or, maybe it is something I have been told that I have to do. But it is completely against the religion and the reason I\u2019m doing it.\nI think you have a unique insight when you wear the hijab knowing why you wear it. It is not for anybody else, it is for yourself and for the sake of Allah, that\u2019s the reason we wear it, not because someone else asked us to.\nIt's funny, I went to have my hair cut the other day. I entered the salon wearing my hijab, and took it off, and I sat down, having my hair cut by a lady who said:\n\u201cI see you are married?\u201d\nI said: \u201cYes.\u201d\nThen she said \u201cI assume that you are married to a local?\u201d\nShe assumed because I wear hijab that I\u2019m married to a local and maybe that he told me that I had to wear it. I think this is another example of the people\u2019s prejudice towards hijab, people often assume that you\u2019ve been forced to wear it rather than Islam and that it is your own choice.\nBut I look up to myself; I think we should explain the reason why we wear hijab. I think people shouldn\u2019t be dismissive. People want to learn and that\u2019s how I started off, and if people have been dismissive with me I wouldn\u2019t be where I am today, so, I think as Muslims we need to take it upon ourselves to take time to explain this to people...\nI realized that in Islam it is OK to ask questions; and every question you have should have an answer\nBasically, when I first moved to Dubai I didn\u2019t have many expectations, it was more of a career move than any particular reason. I was interested in culture as well,\nI changed quite bit when I first moved to Dubai. When I came from England I came with stereotypes of what Muslims are like and what Islamic countries are going to be like, and then it is completely not what I expected. My impression of Muslims and my impression of Islam weren\u2019t as they were before.\nUnfortunately, people think that Islam is linked to oppression of women. I believed what I\u2019ve been told about Islam, starting with the way that women dress and the way Muslim people treat their wives... But meeting Mahmoud was completely the reverse.\nIn the history of Islam there were a lot of very well educated people, business leaders, Khadijah, the first wife of the Prophet, was a business lady, but in the UK the story about Islam and Muslims is completely different.\nI always believed in something, but I wasn\u2019t really sure what. All the religions that I had come across didn\u2019t really answer any questions and to a certain extent I thought their answers for simple questions I asked do not actually answer my questions.\nWhen I came across Islam and when I moved to work in Dubai, I learned more what I like about Islam. I realized that in Islam it is OK to ask questions; and every question you ask should have an answer, whereas with other religions it is just like you just have to have faith. To me that's OK, but it is not good enough.\nIn Islam everything is so perfect and everything is well-put together that\u2019s what convinced me about Islam.\" ...\nWatch the full video of Melanie's talk on her journey to Islam:", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 7551, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 225.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://rfdu.com/study/856/2/1", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:19:58Z", "digest": "sha1:4Q5I2SML7TBRZXFE5VERBOZU55UPORNS", "length": 43, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "rfdu.com", "title": "Revival From Down Under Inc. | Bible Studies - Ignorance And Knowledge", "raw_content": "Download: Ignorance And Knowledge (English)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 1019, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.67, "perplexity": 327.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://rickyhamilton.blogspot.com/2008/03/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:17:54Z", "digest": "sha1:DTOOVAXILXM6BSHJFAY2QWOKCJTXJBVD", "length": 12360, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "rickyhamilton.blogspot.com", "title": "Rick Hamilton Blog: March 2008", "raw_content": "Here we go. The first week without work at the radio station. My job there is now being done by a man somewhere out west. Oh well. On to the jobs and fun. Wednesday i went to wings with Amanda, then we headed to memories for karaoke and some caricatures!!! There were not a lot of people there. I did four or five. Here is one of Scott. He knows i did it, but not sure he remembers it. I headed out about midnight.\nThursday was another night at Ronnie's. There was a group there planning a class reunion and a big table from Bonney Forge, several of the regulars and this night the owner's wife (sorry i don't know the name) got up and sang. Each week is looking good and I hope we can keep building. This Thursday Karaoke starts at 8 at Ronnies's tr. 747 Mount Union (shameless plug).\nFriday at the Mount Union VFW...wow! It was packed. Although i don't say it enough, I am thankful for everyone who supports the places i play. Well, we had a lot of singers and even threw up some dance music toward the end of the night. I brought some new lights in that i bought last week. Next week i am going to try to set up a little different. We have had some requests for a place to dance. Hope you're there to give your input, if you like it or not. Now for that danceing that happened Friday night. I didn't catch the names of the women who wanted to dance. All i know is they said they were \"newly single moms\". It was late and i usually don't play dance music, but here is a video clip of them. Tell me, would you have said no?\nThe guys sitting at the bar were not as impressed as i was...haha. I actually recorded these young ladies with another, but i do not have that ready to upload.\nSaturday night i had off. I went to Ronnie's place for a while. Some good friends were there and had a great time watching one learn to play pool.\nSunday i headed to State College, for what is becoming a regular event for me. I headed to the mall with sketchbook in hand. I tried something that i have not done before. I sat down and would watch someone that was walking by. After they would pass, i would try to do a caricature of them from memory. Here are a few. I didn't spend more than a couple of minutes on each one.\nAfter i did the thing at the mall, i was feeling pretty good so headed to Hooters. As i said before, I can draw there and the guys I draw are too busy looking at other things to pay any attention to me. I have been there several times lately and some of the girls there are getting to know me. That can not be a good sign. Oh well. One man who was sitting directly in front of me was my first target so to speak. I guess he is a regular there . Like more than me regular. I did a quick sketch of him. He was, how do i say this without being crude? Well he scared the crap out of me. So i did the drawing and before i knew it, he was standing in front of me. Asking me questions about what i was doing. I told him i was practicing caricatures and hid the one i did of him. If you are reading this, i will let you see it. Just promise if you know who it is, you won't tell him, HA! Now something cool happened at Hoots this time. Od of the girls said she likes to draw, so i said here, have a go at it. She did and drew a picture of meeee! The woman who did this was Sarah and she did a very good job. I did a drawing of her, but having ADD or something i forgot to take a photo. Oh well. I did another one of the girls there, again i did not take a picture. I was not happy with the drawing. Only because she told me not to draw a little gap in her teeth. If i would have, i would have like the picture. She didn't want it, so i didn't draw it. I think that about wraps it up. Wait. I have one more. A hooters girl. Anyone who knows me well, knows i like the look of the Asian woman. I know this was a Hooters girl. I doubt that she will ever see this, and i am in no way making a pass or trying to hit on this woman or any such thing. Whew, my disclaimer, but i did do a caricature of an Asian waitress at hooter who i thought was totally beautiful. The only bad part is, she was not smiling when i did the drawing. When i took her photo she did. So i am thinking i will do a better caricature of here and then post it. For now the one i did of her. Yikes.. one more i forgot about. Again i missed the name of the woman who did this other drawing, but it is a cat. or her boss. I forget. I told her i would post it. Hope you like it.\nPictures, holy cow!\nSo I was looking around at my web site that needs a severe over hall and found some photos that were left on the server. There are shots from as far back as 2001. Weddings, high school dances and parties. Not all of them, but a lot. If you want to give them a look click here. You will be taken to an index of photo galleries. Hope you see someone you know!\nWeek Ending March 23rd\nMuch fun was had this week as it started with DJ work early. St Pattys Day as a matter of fact. I played at Memories on Monday night. Had a good crowd for not advertising. I think this was the thrid time i played at Memories and I have never had a night that was planned. They have all been nights that have just happened. Well coming up next month, drum roll please...... a night at memories that is planned. Saturday Night, April 12th. Hope to see you there and as usual, I have a few shots from Monday night.\nI had the week off from the radio job, so Wednesday night i headed back down to Memories for dinner and Karaoke. DJ Skiddy gets the place jumpin every Wednesday. My main thought was it would be a cool place to do a few caricatures, maybe sing a song or two. That's what i did. College students from Juniata college filled the place and some of the guys as me to do the caricatures, so that's what i did. I wish i had pictures here to show you, but i don't. The place was pretty dark, which may have helped me, as far as the drawings looking like them, but hurt me as for taking pictures of the final product. I think i did 8 or 9 faces. It was fun and i believe i will make as go at it again this week. I need all the practice i can get.\nThursday was the start of the Easter weekend. I had karaoke at Ronnies Place. I was pleasantly surprised at the amount of people there. It was not wall to wall by any means but it was the best Thursday Night yet. I did get a priceless shot of karaoke in progress. The song, Jump by Van Halen. The singer, Roy. The photo Posted here. Again since i did not have to work at the radio station, I hung around a little longer. That could happen again this week. If you get the chance stop in and sing a song or two.\nFriday it was a jam Packed Mount Union V.F.W. We actually had to open the doors to the back section. I believe a lot of family was back in town for the holiday. It was a lot of new singers and a lot of regulars. It's always good to have new singers. Hopefully we will have return customers. I have many pictures from that night, but will honor my promise not to post them. I promised a woman, who will remain nameless and photoless, that if she sang i would not post the photos i took. Nuff said.\nFrom the caricature side, i didn't get to State College sunda, as i usually do. So i didn't get to work on anything. I have a dear friend Jess who's mom went to the hospital. I hung out with her. Not sure i did any good, but hope so. If you are reading this say a little prayer for them. It was a very tough easter. I did work on a painting (digital) of a caricature. Here it is.\nAs i have said before, keeping up to date with a blog is a job in itself. It been two weeks since the last post, or there abouts. I have been drawing like crazy. A lot on paper and not on computer, so not much to show, but i am happy with the improvements.\nI have also been busy with the DJ/KJ work. Karaoke at Ron's Place it starting to get regular singers. Although there may have been a personal mistake or two in the first week (sorry) it is starting to get into a groove and I hope if you are reading this post, you will stop out this Thursday. Ron's place is the former Roadhouse and karaoke starts at 8.\nLast sunday was the big spring forward clock adjustment. I was sitting at my computer, 1 2:30 and the phone rang. It was the Shuffleboard League to remind me that i was to start playing in 30 minutes. They wanted to know if i forgot. For the first and only time in a lot of years of DJ work, I had forgot!!! I made the fastest trip to the Mount Union Country Club ever made in a 1978 Dodge van! Sorry about that. I was to play from 1 til 4, i made it 2 til 5:30. Did some caricatures and had fun. Hope it was as much fun for those attending.\nThat brings us to the finals of the Karaoke contest at the Mount Union V.F.W. Friday night. A huge crowd on hands and a thank you to everyone who participated. There was actually a tie for the winner. Zeb and Shawn congrats. I am glad i was not a judge, whew. After the night of karaoke was over and i was finished cleaning up my gear, we talked at the bar about another contest down the road. Maybe toward fall. We are also going to look for ways to improve it next time. I gave a little speech when announcing the winner. I said that not everyone would be happy with the results and that is the way it is with every contest. No matter what happens if we do it again, somone will still not be happy. Just remember, it is a karaoke contest at the Mount Union V.F.W. it's not American Idol. :-)\nSaturday night i was at the Mill Creek Fire Hall for an after the cash party dance. It was jammed as i knew it would be. Not because of me, but because it was a cash party. The night was a lot of fun. Had some great dance moves, but they were so fast i didn't have a chance to get them with the camera.\nToward the end of the night things got a little weird, but that stuff happens. I am looking forward to get ting back there on the 11th of next month. It's a Friday night and that means KARAOKE!!! Hope to see everyone back then with singing voices ready to go.\nThis week i will have a little more free time. If you have lived in the Central PA area for more than a few years and you were a radio fan. You may remember Sean McKay, he was a radio, well god, with a small g, in the day. He is coming back to Altoona this week. He is going to do mornings on Q94 where i work. So that means the usual morning guy, my boss, will be taking my spot from 10 til 2. That also means i get the week off. Hopefully that will mean i will get more work done that i have been slacking on at home. I registered a domain carickature.com but haven't been able to do anything with it. That is n the list as well as many other things, including hours of deep thought :-) for now the end.....\nHappy Birthday Caricature\nYou may know or may not, but at the time of this posting, I work at Q94 in Altoona. I do middays and have several regular callers. One is Warren. His wife called and said she was having a birthday card party. Where you send a birthday card and it's an automatic party, I think. Anyhow, I said why don't i do a caricature of him, So that's what you see here.\nThe weekend started early again this week. Thursday at Ronnies Place (formerly the Roadhouse) (Formerly the Hill Valley Hotel). It was a light crowd but still a lot of fun. It was a Karaoke night and we had several new singers as well as some from the previous week. Wayne had em dancing as you can see in the shot here. I had no trouble with computers this weekend. (knock on wood). It will happen again, Karaoke, Thursday Night at Ronnies. Also, if i may ad, two weeks ago i was at Ronnies on a Saturday night after i had finished playing a party. There was a DJ there, i forget the name, but he was there again this past weekend. If you are reading this i hope you give this guy a chance and the new owners. They are very hard working and trying to get a good thing going.\nOn another point, i did a couple caricatures while there on Thursday night.\nFriday night i was at the Mount Union Vets for the final round of the Karaoke contest. It was a nice crowd. A lot of regulars which we all love and some new comers. The semi-finalists for this friday are posted on my homepage.\nSaturday........Nothing, i actually stayed home. I had a dj job cancel so i stayed on the low key.\nSunday a trip to state college to the art stores and then to draw at the local Barnes and Knoble.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 153, "original_length": 15470, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 291.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://risefeed.com/el-gordo-windfall/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:28Z", "digest": "sha1:436WITP3V452EABKBE5VCLY5HFOFBJ3H", "length": 2355, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "risefeed.com", "title": "Senegalese Refugee Wins \u20ac400,000 in El Gordo Lottery", "raw_content": "What is Christmas if not a time for peace, goodwill and a smattering of miracles? And this news story of a Senegalese refugee scooping a \u20ac400,000 prize encompasses all three of these festive traditions.\nNgagne, a refugee from Senegal who travelled to Europe from Morocco by boat in 2007, scooped the prize in Spain\u2019s annual Christmas lottery. His winnings of \u20ac400,000 (\u00a3294,000/$436,000) will undoubtedly completely change his life. He told one Spanish newspaper that he and his wife often did not have \u20ac5 to see them through the day \u2013 and now they\u2019ve got 80,000x that amount!\nIt\u2019s fair to say he was a little gobsmacked by the news of his winnings. I mean, just look at his shocked little face!\nIt could hardly have come at a better time for Ngagne. He\u2019s recently lost his job as a vegetable picker in greenhouses, and so this windfall will definitely make all the difference this Christmas. And it\u2019s heartwarming to see that Ngagne, who now lives on Spain\u2019s south coast in Roquetas de Mar, is not one to forget his past. He told the La Voz de Almeria newspaper: \u201cI want to give thanks to Spaniards and the Spanish government for rescuing me when I was in the sea.\u201d What a sweetie.\nThe El Gordo lottery isn\u2019t your typical lottery. In fact, it\u2019s definitely something that we would love to see introduced over in the UK (please?). Rather than one big winner, the winnings are distributed among thousands of people. So, instead of one person winning a ridiculous \u20ac640m (\u00a3470m), the prize was shared amongst 1,600 people, all in Roquetas de Mar. It\u2019s basically Santa Claus but for adults. Which makes far more sense when you consider it. Why give one person more money than they could ever possibly spend in a lifetime, when you can help thousands of people with it?\nTo make things even better, amongst the other 1,599 jackpot winners included a Moroccan 18-year-old named Imanes Naamane, who moved to Spain from Morocco when she was just four. She told La Voz de Almeria that the money will be life-changing for her. She said: \u201cWe were in real trouble before.\u201d\nSource: Reuters | Naamane helds up her winning number\nIs your heart feeling sufficiently warmed by the outcome of the El Gordo lottery? You might also like some of our other articles, including 6 Things You Didn\u2019t Know About Lotteries and These Hipsters of Ghana Are So Much Cooler Than All Of Us", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 50, "original_length": 3008, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 260.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://risefeed.com/original-ideas-for-game-of-thrones-and-next-season/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:31Z", "digest": "sha1:MZHMYDXXZKPX6XVIGEKUH3JUZO7E66PF", "length": 6041, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "risefeed.com", "title": "Original Ideas For Game of Thrones and Next Season", "raw_content": "GRRM\u2019s Original Ideas For Game of Thrones and Next Season\nEarlier this year, an eagle-eyed Redditor named TheNextRobin spotted something amazing when reading a Waterstones tweet. We know, what the hell could Waterstones have said that would\u2019ve been amazing? Well he noticed that their tweet had three photos of a 1993 letter George RR Martin wrote to a person named Ralph. We assume he\u2019s an editor or literary agent, or something. But that\u2019s not the point. Martin unveils his original ideas for Game of Thrones, and we\u2019ve summarised the details below. It\u2019s pretty mind-blowing stuff (see the letter here: part 1, part 2 and part 3). More than just doing that we\u2019ve also analysed what the letter might mean for the future of our beloved characters. This is just our opinion, but may contain some *emotional spoilers*. You\u2019ve been warned.\nA Trilogy Expands\n\u201cI want the reader to feel that no one is ever completely safe, not even the characters who seem to be the heroes.\u201d Yes, we know, George. You love doing that. But, to be fair, we\u2019re big fans of it too. The original A Song of Ice and Fire series was set to be an epic trilogy that focused on politics (the battle for the iron throne between Houses Stark and Lannister), dragons (Daenerys and her ascent) and the others (everything beyond the wall). Here\u2019s GRRM\u2019s original idea in his own words:\n\u201cWhile the lion of Lannister and the direwolf of Stark snarl and scrap, however, a second and greater threat takes shape across the narrow sea, where the Dothraki horselords mass their barbarian hordes for a great invasion of the Seven Kingdoms, led by the fierce and beautiful Daenerys Stormborn, the last of the Targaryen dragonlords. The Dothraki invasion will be the central story of my second volume, A Dance with Dragons.\nThe greatest danger of all, however, comes from the north, from the icy wastes beyond the Wall, where half-forgotten demons out of legend, the inhuman others, raise cold legions of the undead and the neverborn and prepare to ride down on the winds of winter to extinguish everything that we would call \u201clife.\u201d\u201d\nSo, in terms of what will happen in the next season, it\u2019s looking likely we\u2019ll finally see Daenerys\u2019s invasion of King\u2019s Landing with support from her new Dothraki army, but we suspect it might just be in vain. The danger from beyond the wall is becoming even greater, so we reckon she\u2019ll not sit on the Iron Throne, rather she\u2019ll have to help battle the Wights and the Whitewalkers. In fact, we suspect she might not even make it out of that battle, but that\u2019s just a hunch. Rather, we reckon Bran or a potentially revived Jon Snow will become the chosen one.\nTo further clarify our tin-foil, we present you the idea that only five characters will survive to the end! Those being Tyrion, Daenerys, Arya, Bran and Jon.\n\u201cFive central characters will make it through all three volumes, however, growing from children to adults and changing the world and themselves in the process. In a sense, my trilogy is almost a generational saga, telling the life stories of these five characters, three men and two women. The five key players are Tyrion Lannister, Daenerys Targaryen, and three of the children of Winterfell, Arya, Bran, and the bastard Jon Snow.\u201d\nMost people on the amazing ASOIAF Sub-Reddit reckon that these five characters are pretty much invincible. But, as we saw from the earlier quotation, GRRM likes putting us into a false sense of security. Who knows if Jon Snow is actually alive/dead after all? More than that, is there room for all of these characters to survive? You\u2019d think so but that means that they\u2019d have to be working together to some degree. Some fans have suggested that there will be three riders for Daenerys\u2019s three dragons, and they shall ride them together to glory. It could justifiably be any combination of the 5, but most people think it\u2019ll be Tyrion, Jon and Daenerys\u2026How amazing would that be? We just need their characters to be united. Could Jon be awoken by Melisandre and then directed by R\u2019hllor to meet the queen of fire Daenerys to form a union? Furthermore, not only would this just be cool but this would match up to the title of the book series and be a true Song of Ice and Fire.\nThe Lannisters and Sansa\nOne big part of GRRM\u2019s letter is how the Lannisters story develops. A few things of note include: Joffrey and Sansa have a baby, Robb and Joffrey meet on the battlefield and Robb maims Joffrey, Joffrey gets killed by Tyrion and then Jaime kills almost everyone else. By the end of that saga Jaime is then the sole remaining king. Could that still happen in the future or has Jaime\u2019s character been softened too much? We still have a love for Jaime\u2019s complex character, so maybe it wouldn\u2019t be so bad? Actually, it probably would be. We\u2019re sorry. Expect bloodshed in the next season. No Lannister is safe.\n\u201cTyrion Lannister will continue to travel, to plot, and to play the game of thrones, finally removing his nephew Joffrey in disgust at the boy king\u2019s brutality. Jaime Lannister will follow Joffrey on the throne of the Seven Kingdoms, by the simple expedient of killing everyone ahead of him in the line of succession and blaming his brother Tyrion for the murders.\u201d\nArya\u2026Please Don\u2019t\n\u201cExiled, Tyrion will change sides, making common cause with the surviving Starks to bring his brother down, and falling helplessly in love with Arya Stark while he\u2019s at it. His passion is, alas, unreciprocated, but no less intense for that, and it will lead to a deadly rivalry between Tyrion and Jon Snow.\u201d\nArya fancies Jon Snow, Tyrion loves Arya. This is such a god-awful love triangle. Our minds hurt. Arya, no! You cannot fall in love with Jon. We refuse. Nope. Next. This is one of the worst of the original ideas for Game of Thrones. If it happens on the next season/in the next book then we\u2019re going to lose our freakin\u2019 minds.\nIf you enjoyed that article, why not check out what else is on RiseFeed including Can You Beat This Really Difficult Game of Thrones Quiz? and Is Emilia Clarke Now On Tinder?", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 6658, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 337.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://roadsideattractions.com/filmography/dear-white-people/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:03:30Z", "digest": "sha1:CVD6NV34M7R7JECU4JAOWRSOREHGT5EH", "length": 1540, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "roadsideattractions.com", "title": "Roadside Attractions | DEAR WHITE PEOPLE", "raw_content": "Tyler James Williams, Tessa Thompson, Teyonah Parris, Brandon P. Bell, Kyle Gallner, Malcolm Barrett, Brittany Curran, Marque Richardson and Dennis Haysbert\nEffie Brown, Julia Lebedev, Angel Lopez, Ann Le and Lena Waithe.\nLeonid Lebedev and Stephanie Allain\nThe unexpected election of activist Samantha White (Tessa Thompson) as head of a traditionally black residence hall sets up a college campus culture war that challenges conventional notions of what it means to be black. While Sam leverages her notoriety as host of the provocative and polarizing radio show \u201cDear White People\u201d to try to prevent the college from diversifying Armstrong Parker House, outgoing head-of-house Troy Fairbanks (Brandon P. Bell), son of the university\u2019s dean (Dennis Haysbert), defies his father\u2019s lofty expectations by applying to join the staff of Pastiche, the college\u2019s influential humor magazine. Lionel Higgins (Tyler James Williams), an Afro-sporting sci-fi geek, is recruited by the otherwise all-white student newspaper to go undercover and write about black culture\u2014a subject he knows little about\u2014while the aggressively assimilated Coco Conners (Teyonah Parris) tries to use the controversy on campus to carve out a career in reality TV.\nBut no one at Winchester University is prepared for Pastiche\u2019s outrageous, ill-conceived annual Halloween party, with its \u201cunleash your inner Negro\u201d theme throwing oil on an already smoldering fire of resentment and misunderstanding. When the party descends into riotous mayhem, everyone must choose a side.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 32, "original_length": 2019, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 267.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://robodrivernews.com/2017/05/22/fords-new-ceo-distances-himself-from-trump-on-mexico/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:27:24Z", "digest": "sha1:WQDOAOZKGWCDL7QTENUIDEV74OEHAIQB", "length": 3944, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "robodrivernews.com", "title": "Ford\u2019s New CEO Distances Himself From Trump On Mexico | Robo Driver News", "raw_content": "In January, Ford Motor Co. abandoned plans to open a $1.6 million factory in Mexico, a move hailed by then President-elect Donald Trump as a vote of confidence in his promise to reverse the flow of U.S. manufacturing jobs to that country.\nBut on Monday, Ford\u2019s newly named chief executive officer distanced himself from an administration marred by a steady stream of self-inflicted scandals and a failure to enact key parts of its policy agenda.\n\u201cI had nothing to do with the previous decisions on Mexico,\u201d Jim Hackett, who previously served as a director on the board and led Ford\u2019s autonomous car project, said at a press conference Monday morning. \u201cWe made that decision not for political reasons, but for business reasons, and those are still sound today.\u201d\nHackett, 62, spent over two decades as chief executive of the office furniture giant Steelcase Inc. In 2011, he oversaw the closure of three factories in Michigan, Texas and Canada, and moved production to the company\u2019s two plants in Mexico. At Ford, he said Mexico \u2015 where the company is already expanding two plants \u2015 would remain a manufacturing hub.\n\u201cWe\u2019re a global company,\u201d he said. \u201cWe want to own our strategies about where we play and how we win. We\u2019ll be producing product all over the world. We have to do that. The supply chains are designed in interactive ways that you can\u2019t undo.\u201d\nThe board blamed ousted CEO Mark Fields for putting the 114-year-old automaker on Trump\u2019s radar by announcing plans to move production on the Ford Focus from Michigan to San Luis Potos\u00ed last year. His failure to predict and prevent Trump from dragging Ford into the political spotlight factored heavily into the decision to fire Fields, according to The Wall Street Journal.\nFord did not respond to a request for comment for this article.\nTrump vowed to revive American manufacturing by slashing regulations and reworking trade deals, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement, that encourage U.S. companies to shift production to Mexico, where labor costs are lower. He kicked off the process before he took office, striking a much-ballyhooed deal with the air conditioner maker Carrier to keep a factory slated for closure in Indiana. He did so by offering lavish tax breaks and federal contracts to United Technologies, Carrier\u2019s parent company.\nI had nothing to do with the previous decisions on Mexico.\nJim Hackett, Ford\u2019s newly named CEO\nTrump touted Ford\u2019s announcement in January as yet another win for his manufacturing agenda, despite Fields\u2019 insistence that politics had little to do with the decision. For months after, crediting Trump for already-planned investments in U.S. operations became a routine part of many large companies\u2019 PR strategies, giving the new president fodder for boastful pronouncements on Twitter.\nBut confidence that such a piecemeal approach would give way to concrete policy change has faltered as the administration stumbles from one political crisis to the next, making it difficult to forge ahead with a comprehensive lawmaking agenda. Last week alone, the White House struggled to stave off daily reports of potentially illegal moves by Trump to squelch an investigation into his campaign\u2019s ties to Russia\u2019s alleged hacking of his rivals in the Democratic National Committee.\nFord\u2019s sudden replacement of its chief executive came as a surprise to most, despite a rough few months for the Detroit automaker. Chairman Bill Ford said he had not briefed the president, who traveled from Saudi Arabia to Israel on Monday morning, about the decision.\nInstead, Ford held a press conference to announce the new chief. 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In fact, for me it\u2019s been an interesting and busy few weeks all round and here are some of the reasons why:\nThe Election: I promise this will only be a short moan...\nFor those who have missed it, most people expected Labour (the left) to do well, well enough to form a coalition government. They didn\u2019t. Cameron and the Tories (the right) now have an overall majority. I'm not going to discuss policies here. Lots of other bloggers have covered that. What I find most surprising is that, everywhere I go, people are expressing their displeasure with the results. So where are all those people who voted another Conservative government in? ...End of moan!\nA cartoon illustration from the\nChildren's Book of Richard III\nChildren\u2019s Book of Richard III: The book is continuing to sell really well and I\u2019m delighted with all the positive feedback. I'm still doing schools visits. I may blog about some more of them soon! This week I\u2019ve met with the theatre group who are performing my Children\u2019s History of Leicester in schools. They have plans, funding permitting, to take my Children\u2019s Book of Richard III into schools using the same hilarious format. I\u2019m very excited about this and so am typing with my fingers crossed (metaphorically speaking, of course).\nJewish Gilroes: I'm still receiving and adding family stories to the Leicester Jewish Cemetery website. If you're interested in social history, or if you know members of the Leicester Jewish Community, you might like to catch up on these additional stories. You can see the list here: Jewish Gilroes Stories\nJewish Voices: I love the way that my Jewish Voices book in still in demand. I get a steady stream of email requests about it. If anyone would like a copy I have some to spare, courtesy of the Heritage Lottery. It\u2019ll only cost you the postage. Here is a link to the website to remind you: Leicester Jewish Voices\nPlus: And of course I haven't yet mentioned my new writing project that I'm researching (fascinating but I'll save it for another blog post), my regular writing workshops, life, the universe, etc, etc.......\nLabels: Cemetery Project, Children's Book of Richard III, Leicester Jewish Voices, memory project\nsounds like an excellent two weeks (well except for the politics - but believe me, I feel your pain only in US gov't stuff). Congrats on all of the writing news - that's super. Can't wait to hear about the new project. You are a busy gal. Have a great week ahead\nHave no fear, Joanne, I will blog about the new project if/when it is confirmed.\nGreat to see you having a good time - if very busy. It sounds really productive.\nAs for the election - only 20% of the population voted for the Tories - 65% turnout - so if the other 35% had made the effort . . .\nWhen I saw queues at the polling station I thought it was going to be such a high turnout. It really is very disappointing.\nThere are several similarities in our recent elections. I'm glad things are going so well for you, apart from that.\nThanks, Miriam. I'm afraid I'm not as well informed on Israeli politics as I would like to be.\nFantastic, Ros! I'm so pleased your book is doing so well, and how exciting that a theatre group wants to work with it too! May I say how I've loved reading Jewish voices. The stories are so intimate and personal. Really lovely! Anyway, its great that you are so busy and (it seems) very content about it all! Happiness in busyness :)\nThanks, Val, I'm so pleased you enjoyed my Jewish Voices book.\nWishing you well with your busy schedule. I do hope Rosalind that the play version of your book does well and may be seen in places other than in schools. I hope that it does not take you as long to tell us about \"life the universe and everything\" as it took \"Deep Thought\" to answer the question in The Hitch Hikers Guide to The Galaxy!!!!! Petra.\nThank you, Petra, it would be exciting to think that a show based on my book was destined to travel beyond the school assembly hall. As for my answer to life the universe etc, that all depends on my having been asked the correct question...if I'm remembering Douglas Adams correctly!\nWell done with your books Ros. I wondered the same about the election but if people don't vote that's what makes the difference. I remember when I was young candidates would drive through the streets with a megaphone asking if anyone needed a ride to the polling station. I haven't seen that happening here for years. Where I live now it's a short walk to the polling station but where I lived before it was a bus ride and a 10 min walk after that . There's perhap many older people who can't get to vote and are also not able to apply for a postal vote. Even mothers with young children might find it difficult not everyone has a car.\nThere are still people who will give lifts to the polls though, Anne, and thank you re the books. :-)\nI'd love to see the schools performances.\nI won't start on the politics - I've blogged my opinions. But I will point out that the electoral system contributed to a very unrepresentative parliament. UKIP and the Greens together got 5 million votes and only two seats between them. But it took just 1.5 million SNP votes to get them 56 seats.\nSo that's why there are a lot of disgruntled people who didn't get the government they wanted. Of course, no sitting party will ever change the system that got them into power. (Climbs down off the soapbox)\nYes, Anne, the school performance had me laughing out loud! As for our voting system, what more can I say, except I wouldn't feel comfortable with any number of UKIP MPs. 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This single-source reference brings a practical focus to the subject of electrical energy efficiency, providing detailed theory and practical applications to enable engineers to find solutions for electroefficiency problems. It presents power supplier as well as electricity user perspectives and promotes routine implementation of good engineering practice. Key features include: a comprehensive overview of the different technologies involved in electroefficiency, outlining monitoring and control concepts and practical design techniques used in industrial applications; description of the current standards of electrical motors, with illustrative case studies showing how to achieve better design; up-to-date information on standarization, technologies, economic realities and energy efficiency indicators (the main types and international results); coverage on the quality and efficiency of distribution systems (the impact on distribution systems and loads, and the calculation of power losses in distribution lines and in power transformers). With invaluable practical advice, this book is suited to practicing electrical engineers, design engineers, installation designers, M&E designers, and economic engineers. It equips maintenance and energy managers, planners, and infrastructure managers with the necessary knowledge to properly evaluate the wealth of electrical energy efficiency solutions for large investments. This reference also provides interesting reading material for energy researchers, policy makers, consultants, postgraduate engineering students and final year undergraduate engineering students.\nJean-Claude Trigeassou Electrical Machines Diagnosis\nMonitoring and diagnosis of electrical machine faults is a scientific and economic issue which is motivated by objectives for reliability and serviceability in electrical drives. This book provides a survey of the techniques used to detect the faults occurring in electrical drives: electrical, thermal and mechanical faults of the electrical machine, faults of the static converter and faults of the energy storage unit. Diagnosis of faults occurring in electrical drives is an essential part of a global monitoring system used to improve reliability and serviceability. This diagnosis is performed with a large variety of techniques: parameter estimation, state observation, Kalman filtering, spectral analysis, neural networks, fuzzy logic, artificial intelligence, etc. Particular emphasis in this book is put on the modeling of the electrical machine in faulty situations. Electrical Machines Diagnosis presents original results obtained mainly by French researchers in different domains. It will be useful as a guideline for the conception of more robust electrical machines and indeed for engineers who have to monitor and maintain electrical drives. As the monitoring and diagnosis of electrical machines is still an open domain, this book will also be very useful to researchers.\nHi-Fi \u0441\u0442\u043e\u0439\u043a\u0430 Cold Ray Single White Ash/Black Tube\nOliver Twist: Level 4 (+ CD)\nOliver\u2019s mother dies when he is born and he is brought up in a workhouse. His first years are cold and lonely \u2013 and then he runs away to London. But he falls into the hands of Fagin and the terrifying Bill Sykes. They try to turn Oliver into a criminal. Will he escape to find a better life?\n\u041d\u0430\u0434\u0443\u0432\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u043c\u0430\u0442\u0440\u0430\u0441 Xiaomi Outdoor Single Automatic Inflatable Cushion\nMihails Kusnezoff Advances in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells and Electronic Ceramics II\nThis issue contains 13 papers from The American Ceramic Society\u2019s 40th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 24-29, 2016 presented in Symposium 3 \u2013 13th International Symposium on Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: Materials, Science, and Technology and Symposium 14 \u2013 Single Crystalline Materials for Electrical, Optical, and Medical Applications.\nYinshun Wang Fundamental Elements of Applied Superconductivity in Electrical Engineering\nSuperconducting technology is potentially important as one of the future smart grid technologies. It is a combination of superconductor materials, electrical engineering, cryogenic insulation, cryogenics and cryostats. There has been no specific book fully describing this branch of science and technology in electrical engineering. However, this book includes these areas, and is essential for those majoring in applied superconductivity in electrical engineering. Recently, superconducting technology has made great progress. Many universities and companies are involved in applied superconductivity with the support of government. Over the next five years, departments of electrical engineering in universities and companies will become more involved in this area. This book: \u2022 will enable people to directly carry out research on applied superconductivity in electrical engineering \u2022 is more comprehensive and practical when compared to other advances \u2022 presents a clear introduction to the application of superconductor in electrical engineering and related fundamental technologies \u2022 arms readers with the technological aspects of superconductivity required to produce a machine \u2022 covers power supplying technologies in superconducting electric apparatus \u2022 is well organized and adaptable for students, lecturers, researchers and engineers \u2022 lecture slides suitable for lecturers available on the Wiley Companion Website Fundamental Elements of Applied Superconductivity in Electrical Engineering is ideal for academic researchers, graduates and undergraduate students in electrical engineering. It is also an excellent reference work for superconducting device researchers and engineers.\nDavid Nyce S. Position Sensors\nA resource on position sensor technology, including background, operational theory, design and applications This book explains the theory and applications of the technologies used in the measurement of linear and angular/rotary position sensors. The first three chapters provide readers with the necessary background information on sensors. These chapters review: the working definitions and conventions used in sensing technology; the specifications of linear position transducers and sensors and how they affect performance; and sensor output types and communication protocols. The remaining chapters discuss each separate sensor technology in detail. These include resistive sensors, cable extension transducers, capacitive sensors, inductive sensors, LVDT and RVDT sensors, distributed impedance sensors, Hall Effect sensors, magnetoresistive sensors, magnetostrictive sensors, linear and rotary encoders, and optical triangulation position sensors. Discusses sensor specification, theory of operation, sensor design, and application criteria Reviews the background history of the linear and angular/rotary position sensors as well as the underlying engineering techniques Includes end-of-chapter exercises Position Sensors is written for electrical, mechanical, and material engineers as well as engineering students who are interested in understanding sensor technologies.\nDirk Zeller Telephone Sales For Dummies\nNearly 100 million Americans (one out of three) purchase goods and services over the phone each year. Telephone Sales For Dummies shows both new and seasoned sales reps, from realtors, insurance agents to telemarketers, how to create pre-call plans and effectively prospect via the phone. Packed with techniques, scripts, and dialogues, this hands-on, interactive guide assists readers with making cold calls, warm calls, and referral calls, helping them plan and execute openings to create interesting dialogue; ask key questions; develop persuasive presentation techniques; work within the No Call Law parameters; leave effective and enticing voicemails that get results; get past screeners and get quality referrals; find hot leads; and create callback scripts that close the sale.\nSimon Whitbread Mastering Autodesk Revit MEP 2016. Autodesk Official Press\nGet up and running on Autodesk Revit MEP 2016 with this detailed, hands-on guide Mastering Autodesk Revit MEP 2016 provides perfectly paced coverage of all core concepts and functionality, with tips, tricks, and hands-on exercises that help you optimize productivity. With a focus on real-world uses and workflows, this detailed reference explains Revit MEP tools and functionality in the context of professional design and provides the practical insight that can only come from years of experience. Coverage includes project setup, work sharing, building loads, ductwork, electrical and plumbing, and much more, with clear explanation every step of the way. The companion website features downloadable tutorials that reinforce the material presented, allowing you to jump in at any point and compare your work to the pros. This is your guide to master the capabilities of this essential productivity-enhancing tool. Generate schedules that show quantities, materials, design dependencies, and more Evaluate building loads, and design logical air, water, and fire protection systems Create comprehensive electrical and plumbing plans tailored to the project Model your design with custom parameters, symbols, fixtures, devices, and more If you're ready to get on board this emerging design, collaboration, and documentation paradigm, Mastering Autodesk Revit MEP 2016 is the one-stop resource you need.\nThomas Jenkins E. Aeration Control System Design. A Practical Guide to Energy and Process Optimization\nLearn how to design and implement successful aeration control systems Combining principles and practices from mechanical, electrical, and environmental engineering, this book enables you to analyze, design, implement, and test automatic wastewater aeration control systems and processes. It brings together all the process requirements, mechanical equipment operations, instrumentation and controls, carefully explaining how all of these elements are integrated into successful aeration control systems. Moreover, Aeration Control System Design features a host of practical, state-of-the-technology tools for determining energy and process improvements, payback calculations, system commissioning, and more. Author Thomas E. Jenkins has three decades of hands-on experience in every phase of aeration control systems design and implementation. He presents not only the most current theory and technology, but also practical tips and techniques that can only be gained by many years of experience. Inside the book, readers will find: Full integration of process, mechanical, and electrical engineering considerations Alternate control strategies and algorithms that provide better performance than conventional proportional-integral-derivative control Practical considerations and analytical techniques for system evaluation and design New feedforward control technologies and advanced process monitoring systems Throughout the book, example problems based on field experience illustrate how the principles and techniques discussed in the book are used to create successful aeration control systems. Moreover, there are plenty of equations, charts, figures, and diagrams to support readers at every stage of the design and implementation process. In summary, Aeration Control System Design makes it possible for engineering students and professionals to design systems that meet all mechanical, electrical, and process requirements in order to ensure effective and efficient operations.\nHung V. Nguyen Decentralized Coverage Control Problems For Mobile Robotic Sensor and Actuator Networks\nThis book introduces various coverage control problems for mobile sensor networks including barrier, sweep and blanket. Unlike many existing algorithms, all of the robotic sensor and actuator motion algorithms developed in the book are fully decentralized or distributed, computationally efficient, easily implementable in engineering practice and based only on information on the closest neighbours of each mobile sensor and actuator and local information about the environment. Moreover, the mobile robotic sensors have no prior information about the environment in which they operation. These various types of coverage problems have never been covered before by a single book in a systematic way. Another topic of this book is the study of mobile robotic sensor and actuator networks. Many modern engineering applications include the use of sensor and actuator networks to provide efficient and effective monitoring and control of industrial and environmental processes. Such mobile sensor and actuator networks are able to achieve improved performance and efficient monitoring together with reduction in power consumption and production cost.\nAli Abedi Wireless Sensor Systems for Extreme Environments. Space, Underwater, Underground, and Industrial\nProvides unique coverage of wireless sensor system applications in space, underwater, underground, and extreme industrial environments in one volume This book covers the challenging aspects of wireless sensor systems and the problems and conditions encountered when applying them in outer space, under the water, below the ground, and in extreme industrial environments. It explores the unique aspects of designs and solutions that address those problems and challenges, and illuminates the connections, similarities, and differences between the challenges and solutions in those various environments. The creation of Wireless Sensor Systems for Extreme Environments is a response to the spread of wireless sensor technology into fields of health, safety, manufacturing, space, environmental, smart cities, advanced robotics, surveillance, and agriculture. It is the first of its kind to present, in a single reference, the unique aspects of wireless sensor system design, development, and deployment in such extreme environments\u2014and to explore the similarities and possible synergies between them. The application of wireless sensor systems in these varied environments has been lagging dramatically behind their application in more conventional environments, making this an especially relevant book for investigators and practitioners in all of these areas. Wireless Sensor Systems for Extreme Environments is presented in five parts that cover: Wireless Sensor Systems for Extreme Environments\u2014Generic Solutions Space WSS Solutions and Applications Underwater and Submerged WSS Solutions Underground and Confined Environments WSS Solutions Industrial and Other WSS Solutions This book is a welcome guide for researchers, post-graduate students, engineers and scientists who design and build operational and environmental control systems, emergency response systems, and situational awareness systems for unconventional environments.\nAra Nazarian Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Modeling for Electrical and Biological Systems Using MATLAB\nProvides a detailed and systematic description of the Method of Moments (Boundary Element Method) for electromagnetic modeling at low frequencies and includes hands-on, application-based MATLAB\u00ae modules with user-friendly and intuitive GUI and a highly visualized interactive output. Includes a full-body computational human phantom with over 120 triangular surface meshes extracted from the Visible Human Project\u00ae Female dataset of the National library of Medicine and fully compatible with MATLAB\u00ae and major commercial FEM/BEM electromagnetic software simulators. This book covers the basic concepts of computational low-frequency electromagnetics in an application-based format and hones the knowledge of these concepts with hands-on MATLAB\u00ae modules. The book is divided into five parts. Part 1 discusses low-frequency electromagnetics, basic theory of triangular surface mesh generation, and computational human phantoms. Part 2 covers electrostatics of conductors and dielectrics, and direct current flow. Linear magnetostatics is analyzed in Part 3. Part 4 examines theory and applications of eddy currents. Finally, Part 5 evaluates nonlinear electrostatics. Application examples included in this book cover all major subjects of low-frequency electromagnetic theory. In addition, this book includes complete or summarized analytical solutions to a large number of quasi-static electromagnetic problems. Each Chapter concludes with a summary of the corresponding MATLAB\u00ae modules. Combines fundamental electromagnetic theory and application-oriented computation algorithms in the form of stand alone MATLAB\u00ae modules Makes use of the three-dimensional Method of Moments (MoM) for static and quasistatic electromagnetic problems Contains a detailed full-body computational human phantom from the Visible Human Project\u00ae Female, embedded implant models, and a collection of homogeneous human shells Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Modeling for Electrical and Biological Systems Using MATLAB\u00ae is a resource for electrical and biomedical engineering students and practicing researchers, engineers, and medical doctors working on low-frequency modeling and bioelectromagnetic applications.\nClaire Baxter The Single Dad's Patchwork Family\nChase Mattner has come to tranquil, secluded Leo Bay to raise his daughter. In their house by the ocean, he plans a simple life. Regan Jantz isn't looking for distractions, either. With a tuna farm to run and two young sons to bring up alone, she's got her hands full.But as single parents, Regan and Chase form a special bond. For so long their lives have been like jigsaws without the final pieces. Could a proposal from this gorgeous single dad make them whole again?\nPeter Sutherland E. Principles of Electrical Safety\nPrinciples of Electrical Safety discusses current issues in electrical safety, which are accompanied by series\u2019 of practical applications that can be used by practicing professionals, graduate students, and researchers. . \u2022 Provides extensive introductions to important topics in electrical safety \u2022 Comprehensive overview of inductance, resistance, and capacitance as applied to the human body \u2022 Serves as a preparatory guide for today\u2019s practicing engineers\nHeinrich H\u00e4berlin Photovoltaics System Design and Practice\nWith the explosive growth in PV (photovoltaic) installations globally, the sector continues to benefit from important improvements in manufacturing technology and the increasing efficiency of solar cells, this timely handbook brings together all the latest design, layout and construction methods for entire PV plants in a single volume. Coverage includes procedures for the design of both stand-alone and grid-connected systems as well as practical guidance on typical operational scenarios and problems encountered for optimum PV plant performance. This comprehensive resource will benefit electrical engineer and other electrical professionals in PV systems, especially designers and installers of PV plants or the product manufacturing and testing supply chain. Advanced students on renewable energy courses will find this useful background reading and it will be an invaluable desk reference for PV plant builders and owners.\nLeonard Brillson J. Surfaces and Interfaces of Electronic Materials\nAn advanced level textbook covering geometric, chemical, and electronic structure of electronic materials, and their applications to devices based on semiconductor surfaces, metal-semiconductor interfaces, and semiconductor heterojunctions. Starting with the fundamentals of electrical measurements on semiconductor interfaces, it then describes the importance of controlling macroscopic electrical properties by atomic-scale techniques. Subsequent chapters present the wide range of surface and interface techniques available to characterize electronic, optical, chemical, and structural properties of electronic materials, including semiconductors, insulators, nanostructures, and organics. The essential physics and chemistry underlying each technique is described in sufficient depth with references to the most authoritative sources for more exhaustive discussions, while numerous examples are provided throughout to illustrate the applications of each technique. With its general reading lists, extensive citations to the text, and problem sets appended to all chapters, this is ideal for students of electrical engineering, physics and materials science. It equally serves as a reference for physicists, material science and electrical and electronic engineers involved in surface and interface science, semiconductor processing, and device modeling and design. This is a coproduction of Wiley and IEEE * Free solutions manual available for lecturers at www.wiley-vch.de/supplements/\nJiri Drobny George Polymers for Electricity and Electronics. Materials, Properties, and Applications\nThe comprehensive, practical book that explores the principles, properties, and applications of electrical polymers The electrical properties of polymers present almost limitless possibilities for industrial research and development, and this book provides an in-depth look at these remarkable molecules. In addition to traditional applications in insulating materials, wires, and cables, electrical polymers are increasingly being used in a range of emerging technologies. Presenting a comprehensive overview of how electrical polymers function and how they can be applied in the electronics, automotive, medical, and military fields, Polymers for Electricity and Electronics: Materials, Properties, and Applications presents intensive and accessible coverage with a focus on practical applications. Including examples of state-of-the-art scientific issues, the book evaluates new technologies\u2014such as light emitting diodes, molecular electronics, liquid crystals, nanotechnology, optical fibers, and soft electronics\u2014and explains the advantages of conductive polymers as well as their processibility and commercial uses. This book is an essential resource for anyone working with, or interested in, polymers and polymer science. In addition, appendices that detail the electrical properties of selected polymers as well as list additional ASTM and corresponding international testing standards and methods for testing electrical properties are also included.\nJudith Evans A. Sustainable Retail Refrigeration\nCarbon emissions from the retail segment of the food cold chain are relatively high compared to other parts of the food cold chain. Studies have also shown that food temperature is less well controlled at the retail and consumer end of the cold chain. There is therefore considerable potential to optimize performance of refrigerated display cabinets and the refrigeration systems that are used to operate them to reduce carbon emissions and to improve food temperature control. Sustainable Retail Refrigeration draws together world experts on retail refrigeration. In a single resource, the authors cover the latest technologies and best current knowledge in the field. With increasing concerns about energy use and global warming gasses, retailers are increasingly being called to account for their actions. Sustainable Retail Refrigeration is a valuable reference to manufacturers, managers and policy makers, incorporating both a design and an operational perspective.\nJ. Das C. ARC Flash Hazard Analysis and Mitigation\nUp-to-date analysis methodologies and practical mitigation for a major electrical safety concern Arc Flash Hazard Analysis and Mitigation is the first book to focus specifically on arc flash hazards and provide the latest methodologies for its analysis as well as practical mitigation techniques. Consisting of sixteen chapters, this fully up-to-date handbook covers all aspects of arc flash hazard calculations and mitigation. It addresses the calculations of short circuits, protective relaying, and varied electrical systems configurations in electrical power systems. It also examines protection systems, including differential relays, arc flash sensing relays, protective relaying coordination, current transformer operation and saturation, and applications to major electrical equipment from the arc flash point of view. Current technologies and strategies for arc flash mitigation are explored. Using the methodology, analysis, and preventive measures discussed in the book, the arc flash hazard incident energy can be reduced to 8 cal/cm2 or less for the new and existing electrical distribution systems. This powerful resource: Features the most up-to-date arc flash analysis methodologies Presents arc flash hazard calculations in dc systems Supplies practical examples and case studies Provides end-of-chapter reviews and questions Includes a Foreword written by Lanny Floyd, a world-renowned leader in electrical safety who is DuPont's Principal Consultant on Electrical Safety and Technology Arc Flash Hazard Analysis and Mitigation is a must-have guide for electrical engineers engaged in design, operation, and maintenance, consulting engineers, facility managers, and safety professionals.\nMujammil Irfan The Hands-on Guide to Clinical Reasoning in Medicine\nThe Hands-on Guide to Clinical Reasoning in Medicine The Hands-on Guide to Clinical Reasoning in Medicine is the perfect companion to your time on clinical placements, providing an easy-to-read, highly visual guide to help develop your clinical decision-making skills, and transfer your knowledge into practice. It's packed full of useful tips, key boxes, exercises and summaries that are designed to help you apply the knowledge gained in clinical practice. Divided into the common clinical placements that you would find yourself in\u2014Respiratory, Cardiovascular, Neurology, Geriatrics, Gastroenterology, Nephrology, Endocrinology and Rheumatology\u2014each chapter covers the diagnosis of common clinical conditions, as well as decision-making in their investigation and management. Written for medical students in their clinical years, as well as new doctors and advanced nurse practitioners, The Hands-on Guide to Clinical Reasoning in Medicine provides students with an accessible resource for honing their clinical reasoning skills. Take the stress out of clinical reasoning with The Hands-on Guide! A companion website is available at www.wiley.com/go/irfan/clinicalreasoning featuring a downloadable reflective action guide. For more information on the complete range of Wiley medical student and junior doctor publishing, please visit: www.wiley.com To receive automatic updates on Wiley books and journals, join our email list. Sign up today at www.wiley.com/email All content reviewed by students for students\nJohn Le Carre Single & Single\nA corporate lawyer from the House of \"Single & Single\" is shot dead in cold blood on a Turkish hillside for crimes that he does not understand. A children's entertainer in Devon is hauled to his local bank late at night to explain a monumental influx of cash. A Russian freighter is arrested in the Black Sea. A celebrated London financier has disappeared into thin air. A British customs officer is on a trail of corruption and murder. \"Single & Single\" is a thrilling journey of the contemporary human heart - intimate, magical, riotous and subtly architected, showing us John le Carre at the height of his dramatic and creative powers. \u0418\u0437\u0434\u0430\u0442\u0435\u043b\u044c\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e: Scribner\u0424\u043e\u0440\u043c\u0430\u0442 \u0438\u0437\u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f: 160x240\nCharlie Wing How Your House Works. A Visual Guide to Understanding and Maintaining Your Home\nThe updated and highly illustrated guide to understanding how just about everything in your house works! The revised and updated third edition of How Your House Works is a hands-on guide that gives you the low-down on why your faucet is leaking, your dishwasher is overflowing, or your furnace is on the fritz. This comprehensive book is your reference to virtually everything in your house with richly illustrated explanations of electrical systems, heating and air conditioning, plumbing, major household appliances, foundation, framing, doors, and windows. This must-have book answers most questions homeowners face when repairs are needed or when a new house or addition is in your future. How Your House Works is filled with easy-to-understand illustrations that show how things should be put together and how they function. The book also highlights issues outside the house as well as clock thermostats, ventless gas heaters, moisture and mold, and passive solar heating. Using the illustrations and the author\u2019s clear explanations might save you the expense of calling a professional. This invaluable guide: Offers a colorful resource to home electrical systems, HVAC, plumbing, major household appliances, foundation, framing, doors and windows, sustainability, and much more Includes easy-to-follow information for troubleshooting problems Contains dozens of new full-color illustrations Presents new chapters on solar power and smart home technologies Helps homeowners save money on many common household repairs Written for homeowners with little or no knowledge of home maintenance or repair, How Your House Works is your illustrated and updated guide to understanding how appliances, electrical, plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and more work!\nBill Atkinson Electrical Installation Designs\nA practical and highly popular guide for electrical contractors of small installations, now fully revised in accordance with the latest wiring regulations The book is a clearly written practical guide on how to design and complete a range of electrical installation projects in a competitive manner, while ensuring full compliance with the new Wiring Regulations (updated late 2008). The updated regulations introduced changes in terminology, such as \u2018basic\u2019 and \u2018fault protection\u2019, and also changed the regulation numbers. This new edition reflects these changes. It discusses new sections covering domestic, commercial, industrial and agricultural projects, including material on marinas, caravan sites, and small scale floodlighting. This book provides guidance on certification and test methods, with full attention given to electrical safety requirements. Other brand new sections cover protective measures, additional protection by means of RCDs, the new cable guidelines for thin wall partitions and Part P of the Building Regulations. Provides simple, practical guidance on how to design electrical installation projects, including worked examples and case studies Covers new cable guidelines and Part P of the Building Regulations (Electrical Installations) in line with 17th edition of the Wiring Regulations BS 7671:2008 New chapters on protective measures and additional protection by means of RCDs (residual current devices) Features new wiring projects such as marinas, caravan sites and small scale floodlighting and street lighting Fully illustrated, including illustrations new to the fourth edition\nHi-Fi \u0441\u0442\u043e\u0439\u043a\u0430 Cold Ray Single Birch/Black Tube\nSiouxsie And The Banshees Siouxsie And The Banshees - Join Hands\nWeibiao Zhou RFID and Sensor Network Automation in the Food Industry. Ensuring Quality and Safety through Supply Chain Visibility\nRadio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a key technology in the food industry that facilitates real-time visibility of items as they move through the supply chain and on to the end-consumer. Among all the currently available automatic identification technologies, RFID has clear dominance in terms of its ability to support real-time two-way communication, data storage and update, authentication, ambient condition sense and report, batch read without direct line-of-sight, operation in harsh environments and sensor-based applications. RFID and Sensor Network Automation in the Food Industry provides sufficient detail on the use of RFID and sensor networks from `farm to fork? (F2F) to allow the reader to appreciate the myriad possible applications of RFID and associated sensor network systems throughout the entire food supply chain. This includes precision agriculture, the provision of seamless visibility in track and trace applications, reduction of wastage, identification of counterfeits and contamination sources, remaining shelf-life applications for perishables, and quality and safety measures, among others. Providing state-of-the-art information from peer-reviewed research publications as well as general industry trends, this book will be of interest to all stakeholders in the agri-food supply chain, and academics and advanced students with an interest in these fields.\nJuha Pyrhonen Design of Rotating Electrical Machines\nIn one complete volume, this essential reference presents an in-depth overview of the theoretical principles and techniques of electrical machine design. This book enables you to design rotating electrical machines with its detailed step-by-step approach to machine design and thorough treatment of all existing and emerging technologies in this field. Senior electrical engineering students and postgraduates, as well as machine designers, will find this book invaluable. In depth, it presents the following: Machine type definitions; different synchronous, asynchronous, DC, and doubly salient reluctance machines. An analysis of types of construction; external pole, internal pole, and radial flux machines. The properties of rotating electrical machines, including the insulation and heat removal options. Responding to the need for an up-to-date reference on electrical machine design, this book includes exercises with methods for tackling, and solutions to, real design problems. A supplementary website hosts two machine design examples created with MATHCAD: rotor surface magnet permanent magnet machine and squirrel cage induction machine calculations. Classroom tested material and numerous graphs are features that further make this book an excellent manual and reference to the topic.\nJens Weidauer Electrical Drives. Principles, Planning, Applications, Solutions\nFrom the point of view of a user this book covers all aspects of modern electrical drives. It is aimed at both users, who wish to understand, design, use, and maintain electrical drives, as well as specialists, technicians, engineers, and students, who wish to gain a comprehensive overview of electrical drives. Jens Weidauer and Richard Messer describe the principles of electrical drives, their design, and application, through to complex automation solutions. In the process, they introduce the entire spectrum of drive solutions available and their main applications. A special aspect is the combination of multiple drives to form a drive system, as well as the integration of drives into automation solutions. In simple and clear language, and supported with many diagrams, complex relationships are described and presented in an easy-to-understand way. The authors deliberately avoid a comprehensive mathematical treatment of their subject and instead focus on a coherent description of the active principles and relationships. As a result, the reader will be in a position to understand electrical drives as a whole and to solve drive-related problems in everyday professional life.\nWayne J. Del Pico Electrical Estimating Methods\nSimplify the estimating process with the latest data, materials, and practices Electrical Estimating Methods, Fourth Edition is a comprehensive guide to estimating electrical costs, with data provided by leading construction database RS Means. The book covers the materials and processes encountered by the modern contractor, and provides all the information professionals need to make the most precise estimate. The fourth edition has been updated to reflect the changing materials, techniques, and practices in the field, and provides the most recent Means cost data available. The complexity of electrical systems can make accurate estimation difficult, but this guide contains all the necessary information in one place. An electrical estimate represents the total cost for materials, labor, overhead and profit, but accuracy is virtually impossible without a basic knowledge of the field, and real-world experience in the type of work required. Inaccurate estimates lead to problems with customer satisfaction, which often create payment issues. A thorough, complete, and accurate estimate is in the best interest of all parties involved in the work. Electrical Estimating Methods provides more than just data. Detailed discussions about the work itself help highlight factors that may escape notice, and access to the latest cost data helps tie everything together. Features include: Discussion of current equipment, materials, and processes Means data for both residential and commercial projects Case studies that illustrate best practices Online access to the latest Means data for fast access on the job The book discusses specific situations as well as general practices, and provides comprehensive guidance to the creation of a true, current, estimation of costs. For electrical contractors and estimators, Electrical Estimating Methods contains must-have content that simplifies the estimating process.\nFrederik Nebeker Dawn of the Electronic Age. Electrical Technologies in the Shaping of the Modern World, 1914 to 1945\nA comprehensive and fascinating account of electrical and electronics history Much of the infrastructure of today's industrialized world arose in the period from the outbreak of World War I to the conclusion of World War II. It was during these years that the capabilities of traditional electrical engineering\u2014generators, power transmission, motors, electric lighting and heating, home appliances, and so on\u2014became ubiquitous. Even more importantly, it was during this time that a new type of electrical engineering\u2014electronics\u2014emerged. Because of its applications in communications (both wire-based and wireless), entertainment (notably radio, the phonograph, and sound movies), industry, science and medicine, and the military, the electronics industry became a major part of the economy. Dawn of the Electronic Age?explores how this engineering knowledge and its main applications developed in various scientific, economic, and social contexts, and explains how each was profoundly affected by electrical technologies. It takes an international perspective and a narrative approach, unfolding the story chronologically. Though a scholarly study (with sources of information given in endnotes for engineers and historians of science and technology), the book is intended for the general public.?Ultimately, it tells the story of the development of a new realm of engineering and its widespread applications during the remarkable and tragic period of two world wars and the decades in between.\nHermann Koch J. Practical Guide to International Standardization for Electrical Engineers. Impact on Smart Grid and e-Mobility Markets\nPractical Guide to International Standardization for Electrical Engineering provides a comprehensive guide to the purpose of standards organizations, their relationship to product development and how to use the standardization process for cost-effective new product launch. It covers major standardization organizations in the field of Electrical Engineering offering a general overview of the varying structures of national standardization organizations, their goals and targets. Key questions for standardization are answered giving the reader guidance on how to use national and international standards in the electrical business. When shall the company start to enter standardization? How to evaluate the standardization in relationship to the market success? What are the interactions of innovations and market access? What is the cost of standardization? What are the gains for our experts in standardization? Key features: Provides guidance on how to use national and international standards in the electrical business. Global active standardization bodies featured include IEEE, IEC and CIGRE as well as regional organizations like CENELEC for Europe, SAC for China, DKE for Germany, and ANSI for USA. Case studies demonstrate how standardization affects the business and how it may block or open markets. Explains the multiple connections and influences between the different standardization organizations on international, regional or national levels and regulatory impact to the standardization processes. Two detailed focused case studies, one on Smart Grid and one on Electro-Mobility, show the influence and the work of international standardization. The case studies explain how innovative technical developments are promoted by standards and what are the roles of standardization organizations are. A valuable reference for electrical engineers, designers, developers, test engineers, sales engineers, marketing engineers and users of electrical equipment as well as authorities and business planners to use and work with standards.\nMichelle Rowen Hot Spell\nEverybody knows there's no love lost between paranormal investigators Amanda LaGrange and sexy Jacob Caine. They can't even stand being in the same room together. . . .Well, unless it's an enchanted bedroom. And they're trapped there, at midnight. And the sexual tension suddenly becomes too powerful to resist. . . Then that bedroom gets really hot, really fast! But come morning, they still can't keep their hands off each other. Are they cursed forever? If so, neither one's complaining.\nGary Matthews G. Cellular Physiology of Nerve and Muscle\nCellular Physiology of Nerve and Muscle, Fourth Edition offers a state of the art introduction to the basic physical, electrical and chemical principles central to the function of nerve and muscle cells. The text begins with an overview of the origin of electrical membrane potential, then clearly illustrates the cellular physiology of nerve cells and muscle cells. Throughout, this new edition simplifies difficult concepts with accessible models and straightforward descriptions of experimental results. An all-new introduction to electrical signaling in the nervous system. Expanded coverage of synaptic transmission and synaptic plasticity. A quantitative overview of the electrical properties of cells. New detailed illustrations.\nIan Culbert Electrical Insulation for Rotating Machines. Design, Evaluation, Aging, Testing, and Repair\nA fully expanded new edition documenting the significant improvements that have been made to the tests and monitors of electrical insulation systems Electrical Insulation for Rotating Machines: Design, Evaluation, Aging, Testing, and Repair, Second Edition covers all aspects in the design, deterioration, testing, and repair of the electrical insulation used in motors and generators of all ratings greater than fractional horsepower size. It discusses both rotor and stator windings; gives a historical overview of machine insulation design; and describes the materials and manufacturing methods of the rotor and stator winding insulation systems in current use (while covering systems made over fifty years ago). It covers how to select the insulation systems for use in new machines, and explains over thirty different rotor and stator winding failure processes, including the methods to repair, or least slow down, each process. Finally, it reviews the theoretical basis, practical application, and interpretation of forty different tests and monitors that are used to assess winding insulation condition, thereby helping machine users avoid unnecessary machine failures and reduce maintenance costs. Electrical Insulation for Rotating Machines: Documents the large array of machine electrical failure mechanisms, repair methods, and test techniques that are currently available Educates owners of machines as well as repair shops on the different failure processes and shows them how to fix or otherwise ameliorate them Offers chapters on testing, monitoring, and maintenance strategies that assist in educating machine users and repair shops on the tests needed for specific situations and how to minimize motor and generator maintenance costs Captures the state of both the present and past \u201cart\u201d in rotating machine insulation system design and manufacture, which helps designers learn from the knowledge acquired by previous generations An ideal read for researchers, developers, and manufacturers of electrical insulating materials for machines, Electrical Insulation for Rotating Machines will also benefit designers of motors and generators who must select and apply electrical insulation in machines.\nOliver Brand System-level Modeling of MEMS\nSystem-level modeling of MEMS \u2013 microelectromechanical systems \u2013 comprises integrated approaches to simulate, understand, and optimize the performance of sensors, actuators, and microsystems, taking into account the intricacies of the interplay between mechanical and electrical properties, circuitry, packaging, and design considerations. Thereby, system-level modeling overcomes the limitations inherent to methods that focus only on one of these aspects and do not incorporate their mutual dependencies. The book addresses the two most important approaches of system-level modeling, namely physics-based modeling with lumped elements and mathematical modeling employing model order reduction methods, with an emphasis on combining single device models to entire systems. At a clearly understandable and sufficiently detailed level the readers are made familiar with the physical and mathematical underpinnings of MEMS modeling. This enables them to choose the adequate methods for the respective application needs. This work is an invaluable resource for all materials scientists, electrical engineers, scientists working in the semiconductor and/or sensor industry, physicists, and physical chemists.\nYu Wei-Wen Cold-Formed Steel Design\nThe definitive text in the field, thoroughly updated and expanded Hailed by professionals around the world as the definitive text on the subject, Cold-Formed Steel Design is an indispensable resource for all who design for and work with cold-formed steel. No other book provides such exhaustive coverage of both the theory and practice of cold-formed steel construction. Updated and expanded to reflect all the important developments that have occurred in the field over the past decade, this Fourth Edition of the classic text provides you with more of the detailed, up-to-the-minute technical information and expert guidance you need to make optimum use of this incredibly versatile material for building construction. Wei-Wen Yu and Roger LaBoube, respected authorities in the field, draw upon decades of experience in cold-formed steel design, research, teaching, and development of design specifications to provide guidance on all practical aspects of cold-formed steel design for manufacturing, civil engineering, and building applications. Throughout the book, they describe the structural behavior of cold-formed steel members and connections from both the theoretical and experimental perspectives, and discuss the rationale behind the AISI and North American design provisions. Cold-Formed Steel Design, Fourth Edition features: Thoroughly up-to-date 2007 North American (AISI S100) design specifications Both ASD and LRFD methods for USA and Mexico LSD (Limit States Design) method for Canada A new chapter on the Direct Strength Method Updates and revisions of all 14 existing chapters In-depth design examples and explanation of design provisions Cold-Formed Steel Design, Fourth Edition is a necessary tool-of-the-trade for structural engineers, manufacturers, construction managers, and architects. It is also an excellent advanced text for college students and researchers in structural engineering, architectural engineering, construction engineering, and related disciplines.\nChris Mi Automotive Power Transmission Systems\nProvides technical details and developments for all automotive power transmission systems The transmission system of an automotive vehicle is the key to the dynamic performance, drivability and comfort, and fuel economy. Modern advanced transmission systems are the combination of mechanical, electrical and electronic subsystems. The development of transmission products requires the synergy of multi-disciplinary expertise in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and electronic and software engineering. Automotive Power Transmission Systems comprehensively covers various types of power transmission systems of ground vehicles, including conventional automobiles driven by internal combustion engines, and electric and hybrid vehicles. The book covers the technical aspects of design, analysis and control for manual transmissions, automatic transmission, CVTs, dual clutch transmissions, electric drives, and hybrid power systems. It not only presents the technical details of key transmission components, but also covers the system integration for dynamic analysis and control. Key features: Covers conventional automobiles as well as electric and hybrid vehicles. Covers aspects of design, analysis and control. Includes the most recent developments in the field of automotive power transmission systems. The book is essential reading for researchers and practitioners in automotive, mechanical and electrical engineering.\nAshutosh Tiwari Advanced Electrical and Electronics Materials. Processes and Applications\nThis comprehensive and unique book is intended to cover the vast and fast-growing field of electrical and electronic materials and their engineering in accordance with modern developments. Basic and pre-requisite information has been included for easy transition to more complex topics. Latest developments in various fields of materials and their sciences/engineering, processing and applications have been included. Latest topics like PLZT, vacuum as insulator, fiber-optics, high temperature superconductors, smart materials, ferromagnetic semiconductors etc. are covered. Illustrations and examples encompass different engineering disciplines such as robotics, electrical, mechanical, electronics, instrumentation and control, computer, and their inter-disciplinary branches. A variety of materials ranging from iridium to garnets, microelectronics, micro alloys to memory devices, left-handed materials, advanced and futuristic materials are described in detail.\nMollie Molay Secret Service Dad\nClear and Present\u2026Trouble?Mike Wheeler needed to look no further than Charlene \u00abCharlie\u00bb Norris to find the cause of the pain in his\u2013leg. Mixing it up with a diplomat one minute, then chasing after an exotic pet the next, Charlie was an international incident just waiting to happen. The woman was pure trouble. With her long, shapely legs and cheery attitude, she had a way of turning his wellordered world upside down every time their paths crossed. Mike already had his hands full, juggling single fatherhood and a danger-filled job. 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The publication led to invitations to deliver talks using an audiovisual version of the book.\nOn Friday 27th October Harry will be delivering an updated version of his talk in Storrington, in association with SADCASE. In his highly illustrated talk, Harry covers a wide range of his motoring adventures, including travels in the Sahara Desert and Iceland, driving alongside Ayrton Senna at Silverstone, racing in the Goodwood Revival and the Goodwood Festival of Speed, and rallying with the Race 2 Recovery team of injured servicemen.\nThe talk will take place at The Parish Hall, Thakeham Road, Storrington, West Sussex, RH20 3PP on Friday, 27 October 2017. 7:30 PM arrival for 7:45 PM start.\nThere is no charge. 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The heads of the new Israel, however, receive extraordinary powers - similar to those given to Peter (see Matthew 16:19). They have the power to bind and loose, to forgive sins and to reconcile sinners in His name (see John 20:21-23).\nBut the powers He gives the apostles and their successors depends on their communion with Him. As Ezekiel is only to teach what he hears God saying, the disciples are to gather in His name and to pray and seek the will of our heavenly Father.\nBut today's readings are more than a lesson in Church order. They also suggest how we're to deal with those who trespass against us, a theme that we'll hear in next week's readings as well.\nNotice that both the Gospel and the First Reading presume that believers have a duty to correct sinners in our midst. Ezekiel is even told that he will be held accountable for their souls if he fails to speak out and try to correct them.\nThis is the love that Paul in today's Epistle says we owe to our neighbors. To love our neighbors as ourselves is to be vitally concerned for their salvation. We must make every effort, as Jesus says, to win our brothers and sisters back, to turn them from the false paths.\nWe should never correct out of anger, or a desire to punish. Instead our message must be that of today's Psalm - urging sinner to hear God's voice, not to harden their hearts, and to remember that He is the one who made us, and the rock of our salvation.\nToday's First Reading catches the prophet Jeremiah in a moment of weakness. His intimate lamentation contains some of the strongest language of doubt found in the Bible. Following God's call, he feels abandoned. Preaching His Word has brought him only derision and reproach.\nBut God does not deceive - and Jeremiah knows this. He tests the just (see Jeremiah 20:11-12), and disciplines His children through their sufferings and trials (see Hebrews 12:5-7).\nWhat Jeremiah learns, Jesus states explicitly in today's Gospel. To follow Him is to take up a cross, to deny yourself - your priorities, preferences, and comforts. It is to be willing to give it all up, even life itself, for the sake of His gospel. As Paul says in today's Epistle, we have to join ourselves to the passion of Christ, to offer our bodies - our whole beings - as living sacrifices to God.\nBy His cross, Jesus has shown us what Israel's sacrifices of animals were meant to teach - that we owe to God all that we have.\nGod's kindness is a greater good than life itself, as we sing in today's Psalm. The only thanks we can offer is our spiritual worship - to give our lives to the service of His will (see Hebrews 10:3-11; Psalm 50:14,23).\nPeter doesn't yet get this in today's Gospel. As it was for Jeremiah, the cross is a stumbling block for Peter (see 1 Corinthians 1:23). This too is our natural temptation - to refuse to believe that our sufferings play a necessary part in God's plan.\nThat's how people think, Jesus tells us today. But we are called to the renewal of our minds - to think as God thinks, to will what He wills.\n\"Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God!\" Paul exclaims in today's Epistle. Today's Psalm, too, takes up the triumphant note of joy and thanksgiving. Why? Because in the Gospel, the heavenly Father reveals the mystery of His kingdom to Peter.\nWith Peter, we rejoice that Jesus is the anointed son promised to David, the one prophesied to build God's temple and reign over an everlasting kingdom (see 2 Samuel 7).\nWhat Jesus calls \"my Church\" is the kingdom promised to David's son(see Isaiah 9:1-7). As we hear in today's First Reading, Isaiah foretold that the keys to David's kingdom would be given to a new master, who would rule as father to God's people.\nJesus, the root and offspring of David, alone holds the kingdom's keys (see Revelation 1:18; 3:7; 22:16). In giving those keys to Peter, Jesus fulfills that prophecy, establishing Peter - and all who succeed him - as holy father of His Church.\nHis Church, too, is the new house of God - the spiritual temple founded on the \"rock\" of Peter, and built up out of the living stones of individual believers (see 1 Peter 2:5).\nAbraham was called \"the rock\" from which the children of Israel were hewn (see Isaiah 51:1-2). And Peter becomes the rock from which God raises up new children of God (see Matthew 3:9).\nThe word Jesus uses - \"church\" (ekklesia in Greek) - was used in the Greek translation of the Old Testament for the \"assembly\" of God's children after the exodus (see Deuteronomy 18:16; 31:30).\nHis Church is the \"assembly of the firstborn\" (see Hebrews 12:23; Exodus 4:23-24), established by Jesus' exodus (see Luke 9:31). 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He took two shots and had a plus-minus of +1 for the game.\nFeb. 12 6:07 PM PT7:07 PM MT8:07 PM CT9:07 PM ET2:07 GMT10:07 7:07 PM MST8:07 PM CST9:07 PM EST6:07 UAE (+1)21:07 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had 18:26 of ice time in the Senators' 4-1 loss to the Hurricanes on Tuesday. He took one shot and had a plus-minus of even for the game.\nFeb. 9 12:53 PM PT1:53 PM MT2:53 PM CT3:53 PM ET20:53 GMT4:53 1:53 PM MST2:53 PM CST3:53 PM EST0:53 UAE (+1)15:53 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had 13:51 of ice time in the Senators' 5-2 win over the Jets on Saturday. He took one shot and had a plus-minus of +2 for the game.\nFeb. 7 6:05 PM PT7:05 PM MT8:05 PM CT9:05 PM ET2:05 GMT10:05 7:05 PM MST8:05 PM CST9:05 PM EST6:05 UAE (+1)21:05 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had 22:42 of ice time in the Senators' 4-0 win over the Ducks on Thursday. He took one shot and had a plus-minus of +2 for the game.\nFeb. 6 6:12 PM PT7:12 PM MT8:12 PM CT9:12 PM ET2:12 GMT10:12 7:12 PM MST8:12 PM CST9:12 PM EST6:12 UAE (+1)21:12 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had 20:26 of ice time in the Senators' 5-4 loss to the Maple Leafs on Wednesday. He took four shots and had a plus-minus of -1 for the game.\nFeb. 2 5:48 PM PT6:48 PM MT7:48 PM CT8:48 PM ET1:48 GMT9:48 6:48 PM MST7:48 PM CST8:48 PM EST5:48 UAE (+1)20:48 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had 19:32 of ice time in the Senators' 2-0 loss to the Red Wings on Saturday. He took three shots and had a plus-minus of even for the game.\nFeb. 1 5:41 PM PT6:41 PM MT7:41 PM CT8:41 PM ET1:41 GMT9:41 6:41 PM MST7:41 PM CST8:41 PM EST5:41 UAE (+1)20:41 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had 17:50 of ice time in the Senators' 5-3 loss to the Penguins on Friday. He didn't take a shot and had a plus-minus of -2 for the game.\nJan. 22 6:11 PM PT7:11 PM MT8:11 PM CT9:11 PM ET2:11 GMT10:11 7:11 PM MST8:11 PM CST9:11 PM EST6:11 UAE (+1)21:11 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had an assist in 20:08 of ice time in the Senators' 3-2 loss to the Coyotes on Tuesday. He didn't take a shot and had a plus-minus of +1 for the game. DeMelo now has 11 assists on the season.\nJan. 19 5:57 PM PT6:57 PM MT7:57 PM CT8:57 PM ET1:57 GMT9:57 6:57 PM MST7:57 PM CST8:57 PM EST5:57 UAE (+1)20:57 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had an assist in 21:40 of ice time in the Senators' 3-2 loss to the Blues on Saturday. He took two shots and had a plus-minus of +1 for the game. DeMelo now has 10 assists on the season.\nJan. 18 6:05 PM PT7:05 PM MT8:05 PM CT9:05 PM ET2:05 GMT10:05 7:05 PM MST8:05 PM CST9:05 PM EST6:05 UAE (+1)21:05 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had 22:34 of ice time in the Senators' 4-1 win over the Hurricanes on Friday. He took one shot and had a plus-minus of +1 for the game.\nJan. 16 5:50 PM PT6:50 PM MT7:50 PM CT8:50 PM ET1:50 GMT9:50 6:50 PM MST7:50 PM CST8:50 PM EST5:50 UAE (+1)20:50 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had 12:26 of ice time in the Senators' 5-2 win over the Avalanche on Wednesday. He didn't take a shot and had a plus-minus of +2 for the game.\nJan. 12 8:45 PM PT9:45 PM MT10:45 PM CT11:45 PM ET4:45 GMT12:45 9:45 PM MST10:45 PM CST11:45 PM EST8:45 UAE23:45 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had 20:55 of ice time in the Senators' 4-1 loss to the Sharks on Saturday. He took one shot and had a plus-minus of -1 for the game.\nJan. 11 9:13 PM PT10:13 PM MT11:13 PM CT12:13 AM ET5:13 GMT13:13 10:13 PM MST11:13 PM CST12:13 AM EST9:13 UAE0:13 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had 19:22 of ice time in the Senators' 4-1 win over the Kings on Thursday. He took four shots and had a plus-minus of +2 for the game.\nJan. 9 8:52 PM PT9:52 PM MT10:52 PM CT11:52 PM ET4:52 GMT12:52 9:52 PM MST10:52 PM CST11:52 PM EST8:52 UAE23:52 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had an assist in 19:37 of ice time in the Senators' 2-1 overtime win over the Ducks on Wednesday. He took one shot and had a plus-minus of +1 for the game. DeMelo now has nine assists on the season.\nJan. 6 11:40 AM PT12:40 PM MT1:40 PM CT2:40 PM ET19:40 GMT3:40 12:40 PM MST1:40 PM CST2:40 PM EST23:40 UAE14:40 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had an assist in 16:15 of ice time in the Senators' 5-4 loss to the Hurricanes on Sunday. He took two shots and had a plus-minus of +2 for the game. DeMelo now has eight assists on the season.\nJan. 5 11:42 AM PT12:42 PM MT1:42 PM CT2:42 PM ET19:42 GMT3:42 12:42 PM MST1:42 PM CST2:42 PM EST23:42 UAE14:42 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had an assist in 21:43 of ice time in the Senators' 4-3 loss to the Wild on Saturday. He took four shots and had a plus-minus of -1 for the game. DeMelo now has seven assists on the season.\nJan. 2 6:02 PM PT7:02 PM MT8:02 PM CT9:02 PM ET2:02 GMT10:02 7:02 PM MST8:02 PM CST9:02 PM EST6:02 UAE (+1)21:02 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had 17:02 of ice time in the Senators' 4-3 overtime loss to the Canucks on Wednesday. He took one shot and had a plus-minus of even for the game.\nDec. 31 5:54 PM PT6:54 PM MT7:54 PM CT8:54 PM ET1:54 GMT9:54 6:54 PM MST7:54 PM CST8:54 PM EST5:54 UAE (+1)20:54 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had an assist in 21:03 of ice time in the Senators' 6-3 loss to the Blue Jackets on Monday. He didn't take a shot and had a plus-minus of +1 for the game. DeMelo now has six assists on the season.\nDec. 29 6:06 PM PT7:06 PM MT8:06 PM CT9:06 PM ET2:06 GMT10:06 7:06 PM MST8:06 PM CST9:06 PM EST6:06 UAE (+1)21:06 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had 17:07 of ice time in the Senators' 3-2 loss to the Capitals on Saturday. He took one shot and had a plus-minus of even for the game.\nDec. 28 5:48 PM PT6:48 PM MT7:48 PM CT8:48 PM ET1:48 GMT9:48 6:48 PM MST7:48 PM CST8:48 PM EST5:48 UAE (+1)20:48 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had 17:54 of ice time in the Senators' 6-3 loss to the Islanders on Friday. He took one shot and had a plus-minus of -1 for the game.\nDec. 22 5:43 PM PT6:43 PM MT7:43 PM CT8:43 PM ET1:43 GMT9:43 6:43 PM MST7:43 PM CST8:43 PM EST5:43 UAE (+1)20:43 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had 17:29 of ice time in the Senators' 4-0 loss to the Capitals on Saturday. He took two shots and had a plus-minus of -1 for the game.\nDec. 21 5:54 PM PT6:54 PM MT7:54 PM CT8:54 PM ET1:54 GMT9:54 6:54 PM MST7:54 PM CST8:54 PM EST5:54 UAE (+1)20:54 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had 12:14 of ice time in the Senators' 5-2 loss to the Devils on Friday. He didn't take a shot and had a plus-minus of -1 for the game.\nDec. 8 5:50 PM PT6:50 PM MT7:50 PM CT8:50 PM ET1:50 GMT9:50 6:50 PM MST7:50 PM CST8:50 PM EST5:50 UAE (+1)20:50 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had 18:15 of ice time in the Senators' 2-1 overtime win over the Penguins on Saturday. He took two shots and had a plus-minus of +1 for the game.\nDec. 6 6:07 PM PT7:07 PM MT8:07 PM CT9:07 PM ET2:07 GMT10:07 7:07 PM MST8:07 PM CST9:07 PM EST6:07 UAE (+1)21:07 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had 20:35 of ice time in the Senators' 5-2 loss to the Canadiens on Thursday. He took one shot and had a plus-minus of -2 for the game.\nDec. 4 6:11 PM PT7:11 PM MT8:11 PM CT9:11 PM ET2:11 GMT10:11 7:11 PM MST8:11 PM CST9:11 PM EST6:11 UAE (+1)21:11 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo scored one goal in 18:40 of ice time in the Senators' 5-2 loss to the Canadiens on Tuesday. He took two shots and had a plus-minus of -1 for the game. DeMelo now has three goals on the season.\nDec. 1 11:54 AM PT12:54 PM MT1:54 PM CT2:54 PM ET19:54 GMT3:54 12:54 PM MST1:54 PM CST2:54 PM EST23:54 UAE14:54 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had 22:58 of ice time in the Senators' 6-2 win over the Sharks on Saturday. He took three shots and had a plus-minus of +1 for the game.\nNov. 29 6:03 PM PT7:03 PM MT8:03 PM CT9:03 PM ET2:03 GMT10:03 7:03 PM MST8:03 PM CST9:03 PM EST6:03 UAE (+1)21:03 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had 22:19 of ice time in the Senators' 3-0 win over the Rangers on Thursday. He took three shots and had a plus-minus of +1 for the game.\nNov. 27 5:43 PM PT6:43 PM MT7:43 PM CT8:43 PM ET1:43 GMT9:43 6:43 PM MST7:43 PM CST8:43 PM EST5:43 UAE (+1)20:43 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had 18:24 of ice time in the Senators' 4-3 win over the Flyers on Tuesday. He took three shots and had a plus-minus of even for the game.\nNov. 26 5:53 PM PT6:53 PM MT7:53 PM CT8:53 PM ET1:53 GMT9:53 6:53 PM MST7:53 PM CST8:53 PM EST5:53 UAE (+1)20:53 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had 23:55 of ice time in the Senators' 4-2 loss to the Rangers on Monday. He took two shots and had a plus-minus of even for the game.\nNov. 23 6:58 PM PT7:58 PM MT8:58 PM CT9:58 PM ET2:58 GMT10:58 7:58 PM MST8:58 PM CST9:58 PM EST6:58 UAE (+1)21:58 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had 20:11 of ice time in the Senators' 6-4 loss to the Stars on Friday. He took two shots and had a plus-minus of -1 for the game.\nNov. 21 6:54 PM PT7:54 PM MT8:54 PM CT9:54 PM ET2:54 GMT10:54 7:54 PM MST8:54 PM CST9:54 PM EST6:54 UAE (+1)21:54 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had 21:52 of ice time in the Senators' 6-4 loss to the Wild on Wednesday. He took two shots and had a plus-minus of +1 for the game.\nNov. 19 6:25 PM PT7:25 PM MT8:25 PM CT9:25 PM ET2:25 GMT10:25 7:25 PM MST8:25 PM CST9:25 PM EST6:25 UAE (+1)21:25 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had 17:21 of ice time in the Senators' 7-5 loss to the Panthers on Monday. He took two shots and had a plus-minus of +1 for the game.\nNov. 17 5:50 PM PT6:50 PM MT7:50 PM CT8:50 PM ET1:50 GMT9:50 6:50 PM MST7:50 PM CST8:50 PM EST5:50 UAE (+1)20:50 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had 18:34 of ice time in the Senators' 6-4 win over the Penguins on Saturday. He took two shots and had a plus-minus of +2 for the game.\nNov. 15 6:26 PM PT7:26 PM MT8:26 PM CT9:26 PM ET2:26 GMT10:26 7:26 PM MST8:26 PM CST9:26 PM EST6:26 UAE (+1)21:26 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had 21:36 of ice time in the Senators' 2-1 win over the Red Wings on Thursday. He took one shot and had a plus-minus of even for the game.\nNov. 11 3:52 PM PT4:52 PM MT5:52 PM CT6:52 PM ET23:52 GMT7:52 4:52 PM MST5:52 PM CST6:52 PM EST3:52 UAE (+1)18:52 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had 14:40 of ice time in the Senators' 5-1 loss to the Panthers on Sunday. He took one shot and had a plus-minus of -1 for the game.\nNov. 10 5:56 PM PT6:56 PM MT7:56 PM CT8:56 PM ET1:56 GMT9:56 6:56 PM MST7:56 PM CST8:56 PM EST5:56 UAE (+1)20:56 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had 14:35 of ice time in the Senators' 6-4 win over the Lightning on Saturday. He took one shot and had a plus-minus of even for the game.\nNov. 8 6:20 PM PT7:20 PM MT8:20 PM CT9:20 PM ET2:20 GMT10:20 7:20 PM MST8:20 PM CST9:20 PM EST6:20 UAE (+1)21:20 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had 18:23 of ice time in the Senators' 5-3 loss to the Golden Knights on Thursday. He didn't take a shot and had a plus-minus of +1 for the game.\nNov. 6 6:26 PM PT7:26 PM MT8:26 PM CT9:26 PM ET2:26 GMT10:26 7:26 PM MST8:26 PM CST9:26 PM EST6:26 UAE (+1)21:26 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had 17:37 of ice time in the Senators' 7-3 win over the Devils on Tuesday. He took two shots and had a plus-minus of +3 for the game.\nNov. 4 5:51 PM PT6:51 PM MT7:51 PM CT8:51 PM ET1:51 GMT9:51 6:51 PM MST7:51 PM CST8:51 PM EST5:51 UAE (+1)20:51 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had 19:30 of ice time in the Senators' 4-3 overtime loss to the Lightning on Sunday. He didn't take a shot and had a plus-minus of -1 for the game.\nNov. 3 12:49 PM PT1:49 PM MT2:49 PM CT3:49 PM ET19:49 GMT3:49 12:49 PM MST1:49 PM CST2:49 PM EST23:49 UAE15:49 ETNaN:\ufffd BRT - Dylan DeMelo had 16:23 of ice time in the Senators' 9-2 loss to the Sabres on Saturday. 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It would help a great deal to be able to say that the SES has been officially classified as a cult by someone official sounding!\nI can't find anything online through search engines, despite being fairly sure I once found a list of officially recognised cults in the UK with the SES on it. Annoyingly, it was so long ago, I now can't remember the name of the site/organisation.\nPostby actuallythere \u00bb Wed Jun 20, 2012 4:11 pm\nI can understand why you would want to use the c-word, to raise the alarm in no uncertain terms.\nBut I suggest you don't use it because it plays into SES hands. Members are emotionally dependent on the group like children are to their parents: they have precisely the same reaction as they would to a stranger calling one of their parents by the other, more notorious c-word. It prompts a defence reaction, and pushes them closer. Members are also brainwashed into thinking that the outside world is in some way an inferior or hostile place, and the use of this word is taken as proof of that. We have to avoid contributing to the brainwashing process. This approach is common in the 'exit-counselling' community.\nMy recommendation is that 'officialdom' is irrelevant anyway. What is relevant is witness testimony. First of all yours, that you can testify to in your letter, then everything in this forum, plus all the verifiable published sources linked at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_of_Economic_Science\nYou might want to highlight a couple of these sources, including the C4 News investigation that featured admissions of child abuse, plus the Laura Wilson interview in which she said one of her SES peers committed suicide.\nYou should also gently and kindly suggest to them that if they do not cancel this advertising you will pass your letter (including who it is addressed to) to the rest of the media.\nAs an alternative to the c-word, I suggest the phrase 'dangerous spiritual group with a well-documented history of psychological manipulation that has allegedly caused family breakdown, child abuse and suicide.'\nGood luck. And thanks.\nPostby woodgreen \u00bb Wed Jun 20, 2012 5:10 pm\nHi ET.\nYou might find something on the thread entitled \"SES is a New Religious Movement according to the CofE.\" I think it does mention the c word on there, but chooses to brand them NRM's.\n(The thread is on this page)\nPostby ET \u00bb Thu Jun 21, 2012 9:39 am\nThanks for both your messages.\nactuallythere - I can see your point completely. I have been loath to use the c word myself in the past, as it immediately marks you out as a \"crank\" in some circles.\nI'm not keen to write a long letter detailing my experiences, as I don't feel they would bother to read it, particularly as so much of it seems far fetched when read in isolation. Neither to I want to threaten them with exposure in the media if they don't stop advertising the courses - I now believe that if people really want to get involved with the organisation by taking the Part 1 course, then that's their right. All I want to do it make sure they go into it all with their eyes open. Of course, I do hope to put them off completely, but my main goal is to warn them.\nI may well use your quoted definition as I agree, it's much less inflammatory.\nwoodgreen - thanks, I've had a look at the CofE's guidance on NRMs. I'll definitely mention in my letter that they classify the SES as such.\nPostby bluegreen \u00bb Sat Jun 23, 2012 7:29 pm\nhttp://www.familysurvivaltrust.org/info ... _cults_are\nThis page is interesting. It does actually say that the societies in the list are not necessarily cults, but does list SES as an example of a group which has been investigated as a cult.\nPostby Blissfully Sleeping \u00bb Sun Jun 24, 2012 6:11 am\nWhile I admire your determination, I think your quest will be fruitless and pretty pointless. At a time when papers are desperate for advertising dollars/pounds/euros, the Advertising Dept will not give one jot if we think there is a problem with the SES/SOP/SOPP/Lucca Leadership. We are not able to fight against the power of Sinclair (M&C Saatchi)/Boddy et al. in their own spheres of influence. The place for us to mobilise, is here, on this forum and on the internet in general.\nThe more active this community is here, with more relevant Subject titles (such as using \"School of Philosophy\" and \"School of Economic Science\" and \"School of Practical Philosophy\") the more people will come. So the greater the chance we have to effect the agenda. The internet is the only place where the Advertisers, the Political Machines and Religious Extremists can't (totally) control the great unwashed!\nI'm not calling for any type of civil disobidence, and lets face we all know that \"they\" read this forum as much as we do...But if we want our message heard, it will not be through newspapers. It is through this forum and comments on other's blogs who write about the School of Philosophy, the School of Practical Philosophy and the SES. If you want to tell the world what you believe is really happening, comment on every blog you can find!! It may not make it past the blogger's computer...but there is a chance it will. Write to the papers and no one will ever hear.\nPostby woodgreen \u00bb Sun Jun 24, 2012 10:40 pm\nHi Blissfully\nSurely we can do both? By which I mean if we come across something that we feel we do can do something about, as ET is doing, then we should. As well as posting on the Forum. We should do both because they both count in the long run. When I joined the SES they used to advertise in the Guardian . A copy of their ad was left suggestively in the school's meeting place I recall, which added to my believing that they were OK. i.e. if the Guardian carried their adverts, and they were a registered Charity, then they must be OK. As we all know from experience, hindsight and the Forum, they were not. I don't think they advertise in the Guardian anymore and they have had to improve their act with the Charity Commission, so the old-fashioned methods can still carry weight. We all have ways in which we can influence other organisations who may not know or care about the SES and it's activities, and we should continue to do all we can across the many opportunities available. Sometimes it does appear a little futile, but I believe the messages, and warnings get through. Magazines and other facilitators are not likely to write back and say \"oh dear we got that wrong, thank you\" but they will, money or no money, in the end at least want to protect their reputations. And maybe slowly decide they will change their ways. Or be careful in how they report anything to do with the SES. (The Hugh Jackman article comes to mind). They would not in the bigger picture want to be associated with \" something bad\" even if they do not take time to fully check out the association that is the SES. (After all they may have to face their karma one day!!!)\nSo what I am saying is - we cannot just rely on the internet and this Forum- because the SES have some ways of getting round it, but not many- and we should do all we can at all levels to continue to expose what they are. Small things, that take a lot of effort from the likes of us, do often make a difference.\nHope this comes across as I intend Blissfully, especially as we are all on the same side here. What would we really like to happen. What is our objective - a ban on the SES in Britain, the World, the Universe? I know I would aim for that, but if it cannot happen we can at least lessen their tentacles. I've given up thinking they could change into some nice new age religion. Their reform will never happen, they have too much to lose.\nAnd yes you are right the www. does have a very big role to play.\nPostby Blissfully Sleeping \u00bb Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:20 pm\nYes, you're right woodgreen, many paths are better.\nIn hindsight I was a litle strident in my post. I forget that my writting style can appear somewhat agressive. And I apologise if I upset anyone, that wasn't my intention.\nHaving worked in Advertising and related industries for many years, I just don't believe that any corporation is going to respond to a couple of letters over the might of a multinational Advertising Agency. M&C Saatchi would buy millions of pounds/dollars etc of advertising space with newspapers around the world. They hold the power, not a handfull of \"punters\". I would love to be proved wrong....perhaps the drip effect can work in the long run.\nI'd be interested what the long term effect of the Channel 4 story has been.\nPostby woodgreen \u00bb Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:52 pm\nHi Blissfully Sleeping - no prob about your posting for me. Our tone often reflects the hazard of trying to deal with the enormous issues that c's like the SES pose to us, and the frustration of feeling that no one in higher places either cares, or is able to do anything (because, as you say,money seems to rule so much in some industries). As to the impact of the C4 expose, I think it did a lot, but these things take time to work through the system. We are seeing it now in the real world in terms of the Sky/hacking inquiry, the banking scandals and other issues. The cult problem will one day have to be put on the table and faced by those who profess to be our leaders ( for me our democratic leaders plus the bona fide religions) who exist across Europe and the world.\nI think the difficulty is that there are so many people caught up in the cults who may actually be reasonably happy in there that authorities do not want to tar them all with the same brush or cause them harm. The majority of people in cults are good law abiding people, it is only the leaders who are taking advantage. That is where the focus needs to be. And on the cults methods that keep people in when they really want to leave.\nsorry for the c word but fed up being politically correct when it is just a word.\nThe letter I have sent\nPostby ET \u00bb Sun Jul 01, 2012 4:17 pm\nBelow is the letter I sent to the magazine. I have deliberately kept the tone polite, and tried not to be too emotional, as I have found this to be counter productive in the past. I will of course post on here if I receive a reply.\nI recently picked up a copy of your new summer issue (no 69) and have been very much enjoying it. However, I do feel I need to warn your readers about an organisation which has a half page advert on page 21, headed \"Philosophy for living\". This is a local branch of a larger, nationwide organisation known as the \"School of Economic Science\" (SES), as can be seen from the small print at the bottom of the advert.\nThis organisation is officially recognised by the Church of England, among others, as a New Religious Movement (NRM). On the Church of England website, they give the following definition of a NRM:\n\"New Religious Movement (NRM) is the name used for groups, movements or gatherings which claim to have, or appear to have, a religious character, and which fall outside the major historic world religions. Some of these groups are sometimes called 'cults' or 'sects'.\"\nMy family has been badly affected by our involvement with the SES, which lasted for several decades. I don't wish to be emotive in this letter, but the abuse that took place at the children's schools they ran (and which still exist) in London has been well documented online - my siblings and I went to those schools. The techniques they use to gain total devotion from their members are also recognised by many exit counselling organisations (which help people who want to leave NRMs) as mind-controlling and brainwashing. Several members of my family still suffer from the after effects of this, which have included eating disorders and severe depression.\nI would urge anyone thinking of going along to one of their \"philosophy\" courses to think seriously about it and do some thorough online research on the SES before they go along. Of course, it is every person's right to get involved in whatever courses or organisations they wish to, but I would not be able to sleep easily if I did not warn other readers about this extremely harmful organisation.\nFor the editor - I would appreciate it if you didn't print my name or address in the magazine. I would also be very grateful if you would consider no longer allowing the School of Economic Science to advertise in your publication in the future, although I recognise that you are under no obligation to do so.\"\nPostby morrigan \u00bb Sun Jul 01, 2012 8:53 pm\nThat's a good one to send, and not in any way a \"nasty\" one that wouldn't be correct. Well done!\nRe: The letter I have sent\nPostby bonsai \u00bb Mon Jul 02, 2012 9:11 am\nET wrote: Below is the letter I sent to the magazine.\nExcellent letter. Well done.\nVery well put ET - and others of us may be able to write in similar vein if we spot more adverts.\nPostby ET \u00bb Tue Jul 03, 2012 3:33 pm\nThanks, everyone. Nothing may come of this, but I do feel that if we stay silent, then nothing will happen, period. I'm happy for anyone on here to copy and use parts of my letter if it will help.\nI can't quite believe it, but I actually got a reply! I post the relevant part of it below:\n\"Thank you for getting in touch with us. We were not aware of any of this, and so we will look into your concerns immediately... I will get back to you in due course when we are clearer about our position in relation to these advertisers.\"\nThey also apologised for not getting back to me sooner. I think this could be considered a result, although it remains to be seen if they will do anything about it. 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It has also been clarified that the qualification of software, either as a medical device or an accessory for a medical device, will be independent of the software\u2019s location or the type of interconnection between the software and a device.\nWith regards to in vitro diagnostic medical devices, genetic tests and other tests that provide information about a patient\u2019s predisposition to a specific medical condition or disease, as well as tests that provide information to predict treatment response or reactions, such as companion diagnostics, have been included within the scope of the IVDR.\nIn order to ensure consistent qualification decisions across all Member States, in particular with respect to borderline cases, the Commission will have the right to decide, on its own initiative or at the duly substantiated request of a Member State, after having consulted the Medical Device Coordination Group, whether or not a specific product, category or group of products falls within the scope of the regulations.\nIncreased identification and traceability of devices\nThe regulations seek to ensure proper identification of all economic operators to whom devices are supplied or from whom devices are purchased. Devices will have a Unique Device Identifier (UDI) to provide for traceability throughout the supply chain to the end user or patient, allowing fast and effective measures in case of safety problems.\nBefore placing a device on the market, the manufacturer will have to assign a UDI to the device and provide it to the UDI database together with other core data elements related to that device. The UDI database will be available to the public via the European database on medical devices (Eudamed). The obligation to place the UDI on the label of the device will vary from one to five years after the date of application of the regulation, depending on the class of the device concerned.\nMoreover, a summary of safety and clinical performance of high-risk devices written in a way that is clear to the intended user will be publicly available via Eudamed. The draft of this summary will have to be submitted to and validated by the notified body involved in the conformity assessment of the device concerned. Additional information will also need to be provided by the manufacturers of implantable devices, in particular via an implant card.\nAs regards safety and performance, the \u201cessential requirements\u201d established by the current directives will be replaced by the general safety and performance requirements described in Annex I of each regulation.\nAccordingly, manufacturers will have to perform a gap analysis of the consequences of the changed requirements for recertification of their existing devices.\nModified rules on classification and conformity assessment\nThe changes to the classification rules, especially concerning in vitro diagnostic medical devices, will have to be sifted through by manufacturers as they will lead to reclassification (and hence additional requirements) for certain devices. Under the new rules, most in vitro diagnostic medical devices will have to be checked by a notified body.\nAs regards conformity assessment, increased control of high-risk devices will be performed. The MDR foresees that, subject to some exceptions, notified bodies will be obliged to request expert panels to scrutinise their clinical evaluation assessment reports concerning class III implantable devices and class IIb active devices intended to administer and/or remove a medicinal product. The notified bodies will have to give due consideration to the views expressed by these expert panels before granting any certificate. They will also have to notify the competent authorities of all certificates they grant for such high-risk devices, to allow said authorities and the Commission to apply further procedures or to take appropriate measures in case they have reasonable concerns. The IVDR provides for similar notification obligations with regard to class D in vitro diagnostic medical devices.\nThe requirements applicable to the designation of notified bodies have also been strengthened. Notified bodies will amongst others need to demonstrate they have permanent availability of sufficient administrative, technical and scientific personnel as well as personnel with relevant clinical expertise.\nManufacturers will be obliged to implement a risk management system for each medical device. Risk management is defined by the regulations as a continuous iterative process throughout the entire life cycle of a device, requiring regular systematic updating. In carrying out risk management, manufacturers shall, in particular, establish and document a risk management plan for each device. They will have to identify and analyse the known and foreseeable hazards associated with each device. They will also have to estimate, evaluate and control the risks associated with, and occurring during, the intended use and during reasonably foreseeable misuse.\nMore stringent requirements regarding clinical evidence and availability of data reports\nThe regulations require manufacturers to conduct clinical or performance evaluations and to provide an appropriate level of clinical evidence given the characteristics of the device and its intended purpose. Subject to some exceptions, clinical evaluation needs to be based on clinical investigations in the case of implantable devices and class III devices. Clinical investigations also have to be performed for products without an intended medical purpose as listed in Annex XVI, unless reliance on existing clinical data from an analogous medical device is duly justified.\nAs regards in vitro diagnostic medical devices, clinical performance studies will have to be carried out, unless it is duly justified to rely on other sources of clinical performance data.\nIn any case, manufacturers will also be required to update the clinical or performance evaluations of their devices based on post-market clinical data collected throughout the life cycle of said devices.\nIncreased liability of authorised representatives\nGiven the pivotal role of authorised representatives in ensuring the compliance of the devices produced by manufacturers who are not established in the EU and in serving as their contact person in the EU, the liability of these authorised representatives will increase. In particular, they will be legally liable for defective devices if a manufacturer established outside the EU has not complied with its obligations. This liability of authorised representatives will be without prejudice to the provisions of Directive 85/374/EEC concerning liability for defective products. Accordingly, the authorised representatives will be jointly and severally liable with the importers and manufacturers. Distributor and importers will also be subject to additional obligations, including a compliance check of their immediate upstream economic actor with the MDR or IVDR.\nReprocessing and further use of single-use devices\nSome specific rules applicable to the reprocessing and further use of single-use devices have been included in the MDR. 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Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuaron tweets cinematography and editing two of the most important categories Comes after a slew of missteps by Academy trying to improve telecast Unfortunately, if you are watching the Oscars this year you might not catch who is actually considered the best cinematographer, according to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In an effort to shorten its telecast and win back viewers after a record-low 26.5 million people watched in 2018, the Academy decided to present four statues during ad breaks. This week it was announced those awards are make-up and hairstyling, live action short, editing and cinematography, with \u201cemotionally resonant\u201d moments of the winners\u2019 acceptance speeches shown later in the broadcast. The decision did not go down well, with a host of Oscar winners and nominees publicly denouncing the move.\nChris Cornell Documentary in the Works From Brad Pitt and Peter Berg\nA new documentary film centered on the life of Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell is in the works, Variety has learned. The film will be produced by Cornell\u2019s widow, Vicky, along with Brad Pitt and Peter Berg\u2019s Film 45 production company, which focuses on non-scripted entertainment and branded content. Berg (\u201cLone Survivor,\u201d \u201cDeepwater Horizon\u201d) will direct. Cornell was the lead singer of Soundgarden from the band\u2019s incarnation in 1984 until they broke up in 1997. He went on to front Audioslave with members of Rage Against the Machine before Soundgarden reunited in 2011. The band was in the middle of touring when, on May 18, 2017, Cornell died after a show in Detroit. His death was ruled a suicide. In January, Vicky Cornell and a number of the grunge icon\u2019s fellow musicians, including Pearl Jam\u2019s Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament, threw a benefit concert, \u201cI Am the Highway: A Tribute to Chris Cornell\u201d at the Forum in Los Angeles. Guest performers included Miley Cyrus, Foo Fighters, Metallica, Brandi Carlile and Chris Stapleton. Pitt also made an appearance.\nDavid Fincher\u2019s highly anticipated \u201cWorld War Z\u201d sequel is reportedly no longer in development at Paramount. Sources close to production say the budget was the issue. David Fincher was apparently willing to direct the sequel for less than the $190 million price tag of the first movie, but the money required to pull of the film was still too high for Paramount. Production on the \u201cWorld War Z\u201d sequel was going to kick off in June. The film would have reunited Fincher with Brad Pitt after films such as \u201cFight Club\u201d and \u201cThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button.\u201d Marc Forster directed the original \u201cWorld War Z,\u201d which Paramount released in theaters during summer 2013. The movie was based on Max Brooks\u2019 2006 novel of the same name and starred Pitt as a former UN employee who travels the globe to find a cure to stop a massive zombie pandemic. The film was a sizable hit with audiences ($540 million worldwide), but its $190 million budget made it less of a financial win for Paramount than the studio wanted. 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Included are lectures/presentations to introduce students to John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, and some of the controversial issues touched on in the novel. Students can also learn more about the life of migrant workers, young and old, during the 1930s through the small group oriented lesson plan \"Migrant Workers and the Great Depression.\" The contextual resources within each lesson plan will help address some of the challenges of teaching Of Mice and Men as well as place the story and its characters into historical context.\nEven though some of the controversial issues in Of Mice and Men may not seem as controversial today as they were in the 1930s, students still need to be prepared for what they will encounter in the classroom.\nThrough a brief, customizable, PowerPoint presentation, students will be introduced to John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men, its characters, the setting, and the contextual background - including the Great Depression.\nMigrant Workers and the Great Depression - Leaving Home\nSeveral hundred thousand people fled North and West during the 1930s. Yet these regions were not immune from the effects of the Depression. Why then did so many people uproot their lives and head to California and the West? Using first hand accounts archived in the Library of Congress, students will attempt to help answer this question.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 96, "original_length": 3285, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 266.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://slavenjeffcote.co.uk/art-antique-dealers/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:12Z", "digest": "sha1:HSKXBB5GH252GHZ3F46Q2G4LBBIG3LL5", "length": 913, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "slavenjeffcote.co.uk", "title": "Art and Antique Dealers, Slaven Jeffcote UK Accountants and Auditors", "raw_content": "If you are an art and antique dealer you will be aware of the peculiarities of your specific accounting requirements \u2013 in particular the necessity to maintain a stock book in order to comply with VAT regulations. At Slaven Jeffcote we have a large number of similar clients, and we consider ourselves to be expert in this arena of business. We are well qualified to be able to assist you in maintaining a VAT compliant stock book.\nBy working within specific industries it allows us to have a thorough understanding of our clients\u2019 needs, concerns, and issues, giving us the ability to provide the highest standard of service. The accounting issues affecting art and antique dealer accounts are unique, and only through exposure to a wide range of comparable clients is it possible to offer a comprehensive service that has a complete understanding of the specialised issues that affect your particular profession.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 165, "original_length": 4319, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 220.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://sleepycomics.com/blog/archive/2009/1", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:49Z", "digest": "sha1:MVVJD7IRULX4WCW6L5PMUHCDLETWT3MD", "length": 3338, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "sleepycomics.com", "title": "Sleepy Comics - News for 1/2009", "raw_content": "I've recently begun drawing again. I've improved greatly over the last few weeks. If you want, you can check out my gallery on DeviantArt: http://sleepy-comics.deviantart.com/. I draw lots of sleepy and bondage art, but also pin-ups. I can also take a commission or a request (if I like it).\nServer change end of this month; Donations accepted\nI was just informed that the person hosting this site will no longer be able to host it. That means I have to change hosts by the end of this month. Thankfully hosting is not THAT expensive. I will probably spend about $100 - $150 / year keeping this site up (I have a Photobucket pro account).\nDonations are being accepted. Donate whatever you want, $0, $1, $5. If you want, you can even order a commission from me. Did you know I do art now? Yep, $15 for a colored piece, not a bad price if you ask me.\nSo in the next few weeks you will notice that this site might go away. Don't panic! I am still here.\nDonations still being accepted\nJan 18, 2009 03:04 AM | 2\nHey there again. In like a week I am gonna need to purchase hosting. Problem is, I sort of don't have a job right now. So if at all possible, pleeeeeeeeeaaase make a donation. I promise to make it worth your while. I'm also willing to do art commissions right now. Anybody want to see Wonder Woman getting chloroformed? Or perhaps Black Canary being carried unconscious? Dude, $15 for a colored piece. Compared to other artists out there, that is cheap. I need like 5 commissions and I'll be set for the year in terms of hosting for this site. Thanks in advance! You guys are sooo awesome!\nI'm working on a new website\nFirst off, I want to thank those who donated to me. I definitely have enough for at least a year's worth of hosting. Just so you know, sometime before the end of this month, this site will go down for a short period of time. Don't panic, I'm just switching hosts.\nI also have a new web project that I am working on. It has to do with art commissions. I'm taking this quite seriously as it will be the first major website I'll launch since sleepycomics. My new website will basically try to streamline the process of art commissions. Artists can post a profile and buyers and send artists commission ideas. This will allow artists to price competetively and for buyers to find the artist of best value. It will also let you know which artists are available and which ones are closed. There are more features than that, but I just wanted to give you a taste of what is to come.\nThe ultimate goal of my new website, is for artists to make more money and for buyers to get art done.\nIf you see this message...\nIt means your ISP's DNS cache has updated and you are now viewing this site from a new server.\nMeet ZINGart (plus massive update)\nSo remember how I was telling you about my new website? Well it's currently under development. You can see some of the progress at http://www.zingart.com. It's by no means done, but a lot of core functionality is there. Take a look and tell me what you think of the idea.\nIn other news, how about another big update? I uploaded a bunch of new scenes, featuring damsels such as Batgirl, Phantom Lady and Wonder Woman. A lot of scenes that I've never seen before. So check them out. And also check out the progress on ZINGart. 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A film about people constantly trying to showcase something or other, to attract attention to something, to play tricks on each other. The introduction of the car is just a convenient occasion to free one's inner narcissistic showman. Fortunately, the basic mood is still optimistic, even hedonistical. Progress is a given, something which is about to happen anyway, so we might just enjoy it.\nThe gimmicks really take over (almost) everything. There filmic realisation stems from Del Ruth's Sennett days (i just encountered a variation of the joke with the funnel in his The Heart Snatcher), and the technologically newer sound effects are used just in the same way: A laughter, applause and even single words are used as distinct gimmicks vamping up the otherwise silent image. Some of the effects are truly astonishing, especially a series of different, stylized voices used to depict town chatter. It's a pity this transitional phase didn't last longer (and, of course, that most of the films produced with sound effects are lost).\nThere's also an old man who doesn't believe in gimmicks. He sticks to his horse, an animal which almost automatically triggers, with each of its appearances, a mode of melodrama completely absent from the rest of the film, because it clearly belongs to an older era. The last shot belongs not to the car, but to the horse - which has been transformed into a kind of sentimental gimmick. So in a way, this is also a film about the invention of nostalgia. 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Had I not won a copy, I probably would not have read it, as it falls outside of my normal reading parameters. Although this Roanoke is not to be equated with the historical colony, it shares the same haunting quality.\n\u201cAll the Roanoke girls somehow unable to grow up, stuck in a suspended childhood their entire lives.\u201d Shortly before turning 16, Lane Roanoke goes to live with her grandparents and cousin, Allegra, following her mother\u2019s suicide. Her mother\u2019s life was one of despair and darkness, with no love for herself or for Lane, and all she would say about growing up at Roanoke\u2014the name given to the family\u2019s farm in Osage Flats, Kansas\u2014was that it was a nightmare. At first, Lane finds her new life at Roanoke to be fine, enjoying Allegra\u2019s company despite her cousin\u2019s moody nature. However, as that transformative summer comes to an end, Lane\u2019s blinders start to fall off, and she realizes just how much of a curse being a Roanoke girl can be, so that her reluctant return a decade later drags her back into the storm\u2019s eye.\nThis is definitely not a feel-good story. It portrays a dysfunctional family, peeling the layers of which like an onion causes tears. Engel writes with an unflinching manner, and as a result this book contains profanity and sexual situations, although these do not detract from or overshadow the story itself. While considered a thriller, \u201cThe Roanoke Girls\u201d whispers its horror with a lingering sense of unease; don\u2019t expect jump-out-of-your-seat scenes. Instead, the plot moves along like a sordid train wreck, and those who go along for the ride will be drawn into a tale that is all the more sad and frightening for its potential reality.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 19, "original_length": 2319, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 235.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://soundtrackcentral.com/series/ori-and-the-blind-forest", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:05Z", "digest": "sha1:767PESC7LNINITGVFLP4OV2IFCFDPSUL", "length": 97, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "soundtrackcentral.com", "title": "Ori and the Blind Forest Series Soundtracks", "raw_content": "Ori and the Blind Forest Soundtracks\nNo topics have yet been posted for Ori and the Blind Forest.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 1012, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 99.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://southasiajournal.net/imran-khans-pti-opposition-parties-struggle-to-consolidate-their-position-in-parliament/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:38Z", "digest": "sha1:MJ2DC674JTT7V6I3JLHA7H62RQK6SDWB", "length": 5862, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "southasiajournal.net", "title": "Imran Khan\u2019s PTI, opposition parties struggle to consolidate their position in parliament \u2013 South Asia Journal", "raw_content": "Imran Khan\u2019s PTI, opposition parties struggle to consolidate their position in parliament\nPakistan\u2019s prime minister-in-waiting Imran Khan\u2019s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and opposition parties struggle to consolidate their position ahead of the National Assembly\u2019s inaugural session on Monday, in which all elected members will take oath of their seats. (AAMIR QURESHI/AFP)\nAAMIR SHAH August 12, 2018\nImran Khan\u2019s party has 158 seats in a 342-member National Assembly \u2013 short of 14 members to prove simple majority\nOpposition parties vow to give tough time to \u201cpuppet government\u201d through protests inside and outside parliament\nISLAMABAD: Pakistan\u2019s prime minister-in-waiting Imran Khan\u2019s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and opposition parties are struggling to consolidate their position before the National Assembly\u2019s inaugural session on Monday, in which all elected members will take oath of their seats.\nElection for the coveted slots of Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Prime Minister will take place in the coming days.\nAll the parliamentary parties are jostling for a show of strength to fill these slots through election in the House.\nThe PTI leadership has been trying to build a coalition for the federal government since the July 25 polls as the party failed to win a simple majority to form the government. The party has now mustered enough numbers in the National Assembly to elect Khan as premier, but formation of an impressive cabinet and economic team still remains a challenge for it.\nAccording to the Election Commission of Pakistan, the PTI has emerged as the largest party with 158 seats in a 342-member National Assembly \u2013 but is still short of 14 members to prove its majority in the House.\nIn the next five years to retain a simple majority in the Lower House of the Parliament and counter any move of a joint opposition, the PTI will remain dependent on its seven allied partners \u2013 Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan, the Pakistan Muslim League, the Balochistan National Party, the Balochistan Awami Party, the Grand Democratic Alliance, the Awami Muslim League and the Jamhoori Wattan Party.\nAll the seven allied parties of the PTI collectively have 27 seats in the National Assembly, enough to support the ruling coalition to run its day-to-day functions smoothly, but only if they all refrain from creating troubles for the government.\nThe PTI has still not decided about the cabinet and economic teams.\nThe party has held several sessions of discussion and brainstorming for the past two weeks at the party chairman\u2019s palatial residence in Islamabad, but they have yet to announce the cabinet members.\nThe party has, however, nominated a loyalist for position of chief minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where it has won a two-thirds majority in the elections.\nNominations for Speaker National Assembly and Governor Sindh have also been announced, but these announcements are least reflective of the party\u2019s policy to run affairs of the state.\nAzhar Laghari, head of the PTI\u2019s public relations department, said that deliberations are still under way to fill key positions in public departments, including the cabinet members who will be responsible for improving the governance of their respective departments.\n\u201cFormation of the cabinet and a robust economic team are not less than a challenge for the party that is fully committed to set new precedents of good governance in Pakistan,\u201d he told Arab News.\n\u201cImran Khan is committed to appoint the best of the best people and all the nominations will be finalized and announced in the next couple of days,\u201d he added.\nPolitical analysts, however, say it is a test of Imran Khan\u2019s leadership to have effective control of all the government functionaries and all those \u201celectable candidates\u201d of the party who won the polls on the PTI\u2019s ticket.\n\u201cIn parliamentary politics, it has never been easy for any party to run its functions smoothly, especially in a case when it does not enjoy even a simple majority in the House,\u201d Professor Tahir Malik, political analyst and academic, told Arab News. \u201cThe PTI will have to develop a good working relationship with all parliamentary parties, including the opposition, to deliver on its election promises,\u201d he added.\nOn the other hand, opposition parties including Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, the Pakistan People\u2019s Party and Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal have also been finalizing their strategy to give, as per its claims, a tough time to the government inside and outside the parliament.\nThe PML-N, party of the jailed ex-premier Nawaz Sharif, has 82 seats in the National Assembly, followed by the PPP with 53 and the MMA with 15 seats. The opposition alliance comprising these parties has decided to file its joint candidates for speaker, deputy speaker and prime minister to face the PTI.\nThe alliance is, though, not in a position to win any of the coveted seats in the House because of its low numerical strength.\nSenator Mushahidullah Khan, secretary information PML-N, said that all the opposition parties have united on a one-point agenda of protesting against the \u201crigged elections and a puppet government.\u201d\n\u201cThe opposition party\u2019s alliance is committed to expose rigging in the polls through protest at all available forums,\u201d he told Arab News. \u201cWe have no personal agenda but want to strengthen democracy in the country.\u201d\nRasul Bukhsh Rais, political analyst, said that alliance of the opposition parties is temporary and they will not be able to createany major trouble for the government as long as the PTI keeps working along with its coalition partners.\n\u201cAll parties in the opposition alliance have different ideological leanings and they have different interests in the political system,\u201d he told Arab News. \u201cThe opposition alliance can make an impact only if it comes up with some viable suggestions to fix the system and improve governance.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 162, "original_length": 9088, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 191.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://southjerseypilot.com/weld_puddle.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:42:13Z", "digest": "sha1:WSAB2DLZZIURPYOD7QXNI3FTE5IY5M3V", "length": 5877, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "southjerseypilot.com", "title": "South Jersey Skybolt :: A Radial Engined Biplane :: The Weld Puddle", "raw_content": "South Jersey Skybolt: Welding 101\nPuddle Too\nAircraft Welding 101\nor as Budd Davisson puts it, Zen and the Art of the Weld Puddle.\nWelding. YIKES !\nHow did I get myself into this thing ?\nIf I didn't really plan on learning to weld, why then, am I doing this ?\nI've taken so long to build the Skybolt that now there is a Radial Engine version of it. My original intent was to buy an existing fuselage (original version of the 'bolt) that another builder got tired of working on. That would save me from having to weld up an entire fuselage.\nWhen I got up the gumption to start building on the Skybolt again I discovered that there was now a Radial-engined version of it. (I'm a sucker for the classic look of a radial-engined biplane.) Unlike the original version of the Skybolt, the R version hasn't been out for that long.\nThe only one that I know of that is being built is in Australia. AND, that's JUST being built. It should be flying by Spring/Summer of this year, 2007. Thus my need to either, 1. Buy the $15,000 pre-welded fuselage from Steen Aero or, 2. Buy the tools and material for roughly $2500 and do it myself. Should I buy or should I build ?\nIf I decide to build/weld it's going to be a learning experience for sure. But, hey, that's what were doing this for, right ?\nI threw the question out to the biplane forum about taking a course in welding at the local Tech School. I gave them a discription of what the course consisted of and I was told that it isn't such a good idea. I need to know about welding thin-walled tubing and the Tech School, from what the write up says, is teaching the basics of industrial welding. I could possibly learn the basics there in a 15 week course, but also learn a lot of stuff that I really don't need to know. Fifteen weeks is a lot of time to be spent learning something that you're not really going to need.\nThe group on the biplane forum agreed that if someone had the confidence to build a plane they could learn aircraft welding VIA, as the military says, OJT. That's On the Job Training. They say it's not the \"Black Art\" that some people claim it is. They suggested I get a few books/videos from EAA on the subject and buy a light-duty welding unit from one of the online stores.\nMy question then was as to what type of welding unit I should invest in.\nThere are basically two types of welding units you can use for building your plane that are pretty easy to learn. There are arguments on both sides as to which is better and maybe some will say that you should use an entirely different type of welding unit, but I'm not here to debate that topic. I'm just jotting down these notes to pass on some basic knowledge of welding and how to get that biplane of yours ready for it's wings.\nThere is the old standard, the oxy-acetylene (Oxy/Acet) set-up and then there is heliarc, better known as TIG. There is also MIG set-ups, but that is the one that is harder to get a good weld on 4130 tubing and not practical for the novice welder.\nOxy/Acet is how they put airplanes together since metal airplanes were around. (It was actually discovered by two guys, Morehead and Wilson, back in 1892 when they accidentally discovered how to make acetylene. When they combined acetylene with oxygen they discovered that the hottest flame temperature was 5720 degrees F. This was well above the melting point of most metals. Soon the oxy-acetylene welding process was developed.)\nThat, my good man, says a lot for that style of welding. Oxy/Acet is the least expensive way of getting into the art of welding. The initial set-up cost (cost of the unit is between $300 and $1000 - year 2007) and the consumables are inexpensive.\nTIG on the other hand is pretty expensive to get set-up initially, ($1000.00 to $3000.00.) Once you have the TIG unit the consumables, just like the Oxy/Acet, are pretty inexpensive.\nA little on the history of the TIG process. Around the time of the BIG War, Jack Northrop wanted to build a magnesium airframe for lighter and faster warplanes. Spurred on by this, Russell Meredith, who was working at Northrop Aicraft from 1939-1941, came up with TIG welding. At that time it was called \"heliarc\" because it used an electric arc to melt the material and helium gas to shield the puddle.\nIn the TIG welding process the electrode is not consumed in the weld. No metal is added to the weld joint unless a separate filler rod is used.\nBack to my original statement... my need to either, 1. Buy the $15,000 pre-welded fuselage from Steen Aero or, 2. Buy the tools and material for roughly $2500.00 and do it myself. Me being the frugal person that I am, I decided to go the $2500.00 route and learn a little something along the way.\nTimes a wasting. Went to the EAA website and got the video/welding manual combo and saved about $8.00. I would have spent the extra for the DVD but they don't have that as of today's date. I did a search for welding equipment and found a nice Smith Airline Welder, one made for the aircraft industry, on Wag-Aero for a great price. Denise just called and the tubing for the tailfeathers is in and I have some extra tubing at home that I can practice on. I'll be cutting and fitting the tailfeathers at the same time I'm learning to burn holes in 4130. Ain't it great!\nA great article to read is one that was written by Budd Davisson for the \"Experimenter\" a few years back. I \"quoted\" it in my headline. \"Zen and the art of the Weld Puddle. Click here to go to Budd's airbum.com site to read the article.\nThis will get you started, like it did me. Now I'm off to burn a few holes into some 4130 and make a little soot fly around my shop.\nwhen a student is ready the instructor will appear.\u2014 Zen saying\n\u201cTime in the saddle\u201d as I say... learning to push the puddle. Click \"here\" to read more about my examination and experimentation in learning the art of fusing metal together.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 54, "original_length": 6288, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 333.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://southwestnews.co.uk/local-events/upcoming-event-10-ways-improve-performance-facebook-page", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:17Z", "digest": "sha1:CVKTFOED6YYVQGBS77FMBDGKD2XMUGKW", "length": 1979, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "southwestnews.co.uk", "title": "Upcoming Event \u2013 10 ways to improve the performance of your Facebook page - things to do in Devon Cornwall news", "raw_content": "Upcoming Event \u2013 10 ways to improve the performance of your Facebook page\nTime: 10 \u2013 12pm\nVenue: Old Sunday School, Broadwoodwidger, Lifton, Devon PL16 0JJ\nThe majority of businesses across Devon and Cornwall will have a Facebook page, which absolutely makes sense given there\u2019s around 48 million users in the UK alone! The problem is that many businesses won\u2019t know how to make the most of their page, or how to reach the maximum amount of potential customers and clients they could.\nFor that reason, we\u2019re holding another of our free masterclasses to help local businesses discover 10 ways you can improve the performance of your Facebook page. We\u2019ll be covering the basics from when\u2019s best to post and how to tweak your posts to reach more people, right through to how you should be boosting and using the advertising tools to boost profits. We\u2019ll also answer any questions you may have.\nThe event is aimed at any business in Devon or Cornwall wanting to understand how they can increase the performance of their Facebook page. You\u2019ll go away with some simple actions to implement which will improve your results over the coming months.\nMark Worden, Director here at MiHi Digital will be speaking. Mark has been specialising in digital marketing for more than a decade, and having set up his own business four years ago, has worked with more than 200 across a wide range of industries and generated more than \u00a31 million in client enquiries.\nThe event will be held at 10 \u2013 12PM on Tuesday 10th October 2017 at our offices on the Devon / Cornwall border. There is full parking available and the office is just 1 minute off the A30 dual carriageway.\nTo book your place please give our team a call on 01566 232323 or email us on hello@mihidigital.co.uk\nIf you have any questions we\u2019ll be happy to help.\nPrevious Article10 Bookkeepers in Cornwall to help you get your finances in order\nNext ArticleNew phone system launched specifically for region\u2019s small and growing organisations", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 152, "original_length": 5678, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 337.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://spadonedesign.com/Asset.asp?AssetID=26715&AKey=L6DFLQ9D", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:17:53Z", "digest": "sha1:AFJF5O5MTVCTWCEE4SAIDF5L6WDHZTCH", "length": 911, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "spadonedesign.com", "title": "Spadone Design, About", "raw_content": "After high school, I traveled throughout India and returned inspired to become a craftsperson. After several apprenticeships, I became frustrated with the inherent design constraints of traditional crafts and returned to university where I studied under the tutelage of Jere Osgood and Alphonse Matia earning a BFA in design at Boston University's Program in Artisanry. My work has been shown in museums including The American Craft Museum, The Rhode Island School of Design Museum, and The Portland Museum of Art. It has been published in magazines including the Architectural Record. Additionally, I was a featured artist in Patricia Conway's book, Art for Everyday: the New Craft Movement. My work has been seen in New York galleries including Pritam and Eames and the Leo Kaplin Gallery. I currently work in my Kennebunk, Maine studio where I share my home with my wife, two children, a falcon and two dogs.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 14, "original_length": 1103, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 163.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://spoonfulrecords.blogspot.com/2014/01/marco-records-columbus-ohio.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:30Z", "digest": "sha1:JVUL2CCRDGQ3Z7X7QWNNPGTX4VJAR6DU", "length": 2514, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "spoonfulrecords.blogspot.com", "title": "Spoonful Records, Columbus, Ohio: Marco Records, Columbus, Ohio", "raw_content": "Marco Records, Columbus, Ohio\nAnn, co-owner of Marco Records\nOne of the joys of being in the vinyl business is learning about old record stores and hearing peoples' stories. On January 6, 2014, we had the utmost pleasure of visiting with the last family member related to Marco Records, which was located in an old gas station at 176 S. Front Street, Columbus, Ohio through the mid 60's. Barb kindly let us into her home and let us purchase all the remaining records in her house, seven years after her husband, Steve, passed away.\nBarb dreams of going on a cruise this year, something her husband was never able to do with her, so she'll put the money from selling the records towards a little vacation.\nSteve's parents, Manny and Ann, owned Marco Records, and can be seen in the photos here. Steve had diabetes as a child, and could not go to school with the other kids unless the school had a full-time nurse. Since one was not available, Steve was home-tutored by Columbus Public Schools, but got to spend most of his days with his parents at the record store. Pretty sweet.\nWell, if you are wondering where Marco is, you'll be disappointed--Marco Records originated in Marlborough County, Kansas, borrowing the first letters from the county's name!\nBarb believed that the record store went out of business because of its proximity to Lazarus and competition with other records stores, such as Woolworth's record department.\nSteve went on to work at Recordland at Eastland Mall, which closed doors in 1981.\nThe 500 LPs and 600 7-inch collection we bought is just absolutely packed with DJ copies, white label promos, and picture sleeves. With only one owner and in the same house for fifty years, these records are in pristine condition. Many were slugged away with the intention to sell them later down the line.\nManny (right) with a customer\nWe are thrilled to offer these records back to Columbus vinyl hunters. We never sell records online or on eBay, so you can always be sure that the price fits the local market and you won't be bidding against people in Japan for these beautiful records. Just come to the store and check them out.\nIt is always bitter-sweet, to get a collection like this. To Steve, Manny & Ann, wherever you are, up in the big record store in the sky, we salute you and put this needle in the groove for you....\nWas the store front photo above the only building Marco's was in? I thought I went into the end of a trailer like building and up a few steps to buy my 45's in the mid 60's", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 87, "original_length": 4006, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 271.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://spotturkey.co.uk/2018/06/24/erdogans-a-b-c-plans/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:10:29Z", "digest": "sha1:PQMX45AV23SRPFYR37KMDYDZW674TR6N", "length": 3308, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "spotturkey.co.uk", "title": "Erdo\u011fan\u2019s A, B, C plans \u2013 SPOT", "raw_content": "People are saying that there will be a repeat of the terror environment after the 7 June elections, and repetition of the elections like on 1 November\nHDP was revealed as the real reason for the transition to the presidential system. With 80 MPs and the number of MPs projected to grow, it was assumed that HDP would become the key party in the Parliamentary System. It was thought that this situation would create the need for more and more concessions to the Kurdish voters, leading to crises like in Catalonia and Spain.\nIn the presidential system, executive power would not come from the parliament; and so, it would not be obligatory to give concessions to the other key parties in the parliament. The Leader of the biggest party would form the government in the second round [of elections] if not in the first one. Even if HDP could become the third party in the parliament, because HDP could not be the biggest party, it would remain ineffective when the other two/three parties have an alliance.\nHowever, things did not go as planned. HDP became the key party in the first try of the presidential system too. Even arresting the head of HDP and thousands of the administrators of the party did not bring a solution to guarantee the presidential game. The only choice left for the parties apart from the AKP-MHP alliance is for the HDP be represented in the parliament so thatErdo\u011fan can be prevented from being president and taking the majority in the parliament. Because of this necessity, even \u0130Y\u0130 Party, which is not very different ideologically from MHP, cannot say anything against the HDP.\nThose who thought the presidential system is not a solution, have offered an AKP-CHP coalition after June 7 elections. A group in AKP, CHP and the big bourgeoisie look at this solution positively. However, Erdo\u011fan and his supporters, thinking that the problem would be solved with a powerful presidential system, preferred the changing of the constitution and a dominant election.\nNow, it is almost certain that the AKP-MHP coalition will remain as minority in the parliament. If Erdo\u011fan cannot be elected as the president, there is likely to be a return to focusing on the parliamentary system. Maybe the German system will be tried this time: A country which is ruled by a multi-party parliament and coalition governments\u2026\nThe 7 June election, 16 April referendum, and the campaigning for the June 24 elections reveal that there is a powerful reaction in Turkey against the supporters of a Middle East type-single man dictatorship. This is why they talk about the A, B, C plans. Some people are saying that there will be a repeat of the terror environment after the 7 June elections, and repetition of the elections like on 1 November, and others who spread rumours of a civil war that a civil war and that unarmed secular segments will be purged. These are the last trump cards of the AKP and its collaborators who can see that they will lose. Despite everything, Turkey is not yet like Iraq, Syria or Libya. Although there are people who yearn for such as system [similar to Iraq, Syria or Libya], their efforts will be in vain. 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However upon doing a little digging it seems that they are a multi level marketing company (although for some strange reason they say that they are not) who have based themselves in the highly competitive health and wellness sector.\nSo what health and wellness products do they sell?\nUpon delving even further into things, it seems that Advancing With Us are closely related to, or are a subsidiary of Melaleuca. This is a green company who have been in the business of making environmentally friendly products for the last twenty five years and most of their products contain some form of Melaleuca oil. This is a kind of tea tree oil that is native to New South Wales, Australia. The products include everything from household cleaning products to health drinks and snacks. The products themselves are totally natural and do not contain ammonias, bleaches, or pharmaceuticals.\nTo join the company you will need to sell products, and in order to achieve the amount necessary you need to be selling $50 of product per month. The compensation plan runs on a 5 x 7 matrix. This means that you need to personally sponsor 5 people on your first level, for which you will receive 20% of every order of your immediate downline. They then sponsor 5 people, and so on, down to seven levels. There is also a monthly autoship policy that you will have to consider before you join.\nIt seems that so called \u201cgreen\u201d related products are definitely in right now, so there could never be a better time to sell them. There is definitely a demand for such products. Although Advancing With Us is a fairly new company, Melaleuca have been going since 1985 and therefore they are backed by strong credentials. The compensation plan is one that operates a good payout which could get you back into profit fairly quickly.\nIt seems that this MLM opportunity ticks all the right boxes, However like any business opportunity, make sure that you thoroughly do your homework first before you part with your hard earned cash. You have to remember that multi level marketing isn\u2019t easy and that\u2019s why 97% of people fail. Having said that, the health and wellness sector is a great niche to get into and it is worth knowing that the majority of multi level marketing millionaires (of which there are plenty) have made their fortunes in this particular niche.\nSo this begs the question can you make money with the Advance With Us opportunity? The answer is that if you are prepared to work your business, get to know your products and position yourself as a leader then there is absolutely no reason why you can\u2019t make money with this opportunity.\n\u2190 How to \"Cook\" Ramen Noodles With No Heat\nRenaissance and Neoclassical Historical Arts \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 26, "original_length": 3690, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 268.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://sri-aurobindo.in/workings/sa/arch_77_1/0008_e.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:09Z", "digest": "sha1:SCNZJERQGFBEVKEVTED5AF4ZV7UV756Z", "length": 1318, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "sri-aurobindo.in", "title": "Sri Aurobindo. Archives and Research. April 1977", "raw_content": "The Veda1\nAt the root of all that we Hindus have done, thought and said through these many thousands of years, behind all we are and seek to be, there lies concealed, the fount of our philosophies, the bedrock of our religions, the kernel of our thought, the explanation of our ethics and society, the summary of our civilisation, the rivet of our nationality, a small body of speech, Veda. From this one seed developing into many forms the multitudinous and magnificent birth called Hinduism draws its inexhaustible existence. Buddhism too with its offshoot, Christianity, flows from the same original source. It has left its stamp on Persia, through Persia on Judaism, through Judaism, Christianity and Sufism on Islam, and through Buddha on Confucianism, and through Christ and mediaeval mysticism, Greek and German philosophy and Sanskrit learning on the thought and civilisation of Europe. There is no part of the world's spirituality, of the world's religion, of the world's thought which would be what it is today, if the Veda had not existed. Of no other body of speech in the world can this be said.\n1 This untitled unrevised fragment was found in the notebook which contains the commentary on the Isha Upanishad which is printed on pages 37 \u2014 55. 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It was a blizzardy, blustery night, with blinding snowfall, crazy winds, and chaotic natural danger. This was what I was born into; who knew it would be a metaphor for my mind the rest of my life?\nAllow me to preface the rest of this piece by saying I grew up a cheerful kid and have many happy memories from my childhood. I did not deal with abuse or trauma. Aside from my parents not getting along, life was pretty normal and happy.\nI was always the academic, the top of my class, class president, band president\u2013basically, every nerdy job in school, I occupied. I was voted in grade school as \u201cMost Likely to Succeed,\u201d and my classmates predicted I\u2019d grow up to be a nun or the president, which I find completely laughable now; I don\u2019t think a nun would have the foul mouth I have. In retrospect, however, I see why they thought these things. I was ALWAYS pleasing everyone from my parents, to my friends, to my teachers. I wanted so badly for everyone else to be happy that I soon lost sight of my own identity. I now wonder if I purposefully lost my identity in a crusade to avoid confronting my demons.\nI remember always being a worrisome kid, thinking about things that shouldn\u2019t concern a little one. In first grade, I distinctly recall needlessly spinning a scenario in my head about my parents\u2019 finances. What if my parents lost all their money? Then we\u2019d lose our house, and then we would be homeless, and then we would starve, and then we would die. Why was I thinking like this? There was absolutely no reason or evidence to support this line of thinking, yet I, as a 6 year old, decided to send myself into a dizzying panic about this impossibility.\nThere was another time in elementary school when I thought I was going to die. I took a bite of my sandwich, and I neglected to meticulously chew it into the tiniest bits possible before I swallowed. I was not choking, nor was I having trouble breathing or talking. It wasn\u2019t even traveling slowly down my esophagus. Nevertheless, because I hadn\u2019t chewed it through to my normal standards, I thought I was going to die. I went to the nurse\u2019s office and everything. Why they didn\u2019t raise a red flag back then, I\u2019ll never know\u2026\nThe OCD and anxiety I had felt those early years had lain fairly dormant until middle school hit. That\u2019s when my mind kicked into high gear, and the overwhelming anxiety truly began. I became absolutely obsessed with praying and trying to be perfect in order to ensure protection for my loved ones. I was convinced that if I didn\u2019t do anything wrong, not only would I save myself from going to hell, but I would also protect my loved ones from any harm in the world. I thought that if I fucked up, I or someone I loved would be punished for it. I compulsively prayed to keep the devil away. I knew this wasn\u2019t normal behavior or thinking, and I was deeply ashamed of it. I spoke to my mom about it, and she comforted me the best way she knew how. I just wish that at that point, she would\u2019ve taken me to a therapist. At that time though, therapy was never an option in my family. No one ever spoke of doing such a thing. Therapy?!? Gasp! You\u2019d be considered a fucking nut job if you needed THERAPY!\nThe thing was that I felt I was a fucking nut job and continued to be one for a long time wasting precious energy and years of my life feeling lost, crazy, alone, and incredibly confused. During college, I had gone through a few bouts of deep depression. My dad helped me the best way he knew how, and it took the heaviest darkness away, but still no therapy was in the cards for me at that point. It wasn\u2019t until I had a hard-core breakdown in my mid-twenties, during which I sobbed until I puked continuously and simply wanted to die, that I finally went to therapy.\nTherapy saved my life. When I first started going, I told no one about it, not even my closest friends. I feared the sting of the stigma that surrounded mental illness. I was very soon diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Depression, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Through weekly Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and medication, I was able to start managing my issues and start to understand my life and discover myself.\nI had won the huge war that had raged within me by confronting my issues. However, I am, by no means, cured of any of these disorders; in fact, I fight smaller battles against them every day, now equipped with the tools to do so. Because I had waited so long to seek treatment, my mood disorders are aggressive. The neuro pathways in my brain have been trained to follow the worries, obsessions, and negative thoughts habitually. It\u2019s hard to retrain the brain and carve new pathways after so many years. This is the reason I so strongly desire the disappearance of the stigma associated with mental health issues.\nThe stigma silences people unnecessarily into years and possibly lifetimes of misery. I, after many years of silence, am proud not to be silent anymore. I have been incredibly open with my friends, family, and perfect strangers about what I deal with mentally and emotionally, despite any possible judgment or backlash. The more I speak, the more strength I gain. I have found that through sharing my struggles, my treatments, and my thoughts, that others become more willing to share theirs as well. I\u2019ve realized that my early days of feeling alone and isolated were all for naught; there\u2019s a whole world of beautiful, not-so-crazy crazy people out there who are my kindred spirits.\nMaria Senise, (name to change in a few short months because she is marrying the luckiest man alive), is a 32 year old mental health blogger who is also a certified language arts teacher and licensed cosmetologist. She\u2019s realized her true path is writing, and once this school year is done, she will be self-employed following this most gratifying pursuit. She is obsessed with cats, especially her own Moo, Lord of the Rings, and anything fantasy-related. You can follow her blog Head Above Water :: Life with Mood Disorders at http://lifewithmooddisorders.blogspot.com, follow her Facebook page Head Above Water : Life with Mood Disorders athttps://www.facebook.com/HeadAboveWaterLifewithMoodDisorders, or find her on Twitter @MariaCMeow.\nMaria, this quote stands out to me as being so true! \u2018I have found that through sharing my struggles, my treatments, and my thoughts, that others become more willing to share theirs as well\u2019. I believe it\u2019s a key message to get out there. 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Purchase must have been made within the last 30 days and the merchandise must be in its original condition, complete with accessories, packaging and instructions. Refunds will be issued based on the method of payment (i.e. cash for cash purchases, credit on a credit card for credit card purchases, etc.).\nFor more information visit BigLots.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 127, "original_length": 1991, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 160.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://sts-weld.com/en-default.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:03Z", "digest": "sha1:HCXF74HDQXYMI2OGRG4V2LF2AYBY4MBM", "length": 589, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "sts-weld.com", "title": "Structure Test Steel", "raw_content": "Total Visitors: 658950 Users Online Visitors: 6 Users\nAbsc News\nSTS Consultant Engineering Company was established in 2006 with the aim of giving services in different industrial fields, such as: Oil and Gas, Petrochemical, Railway and Construction. To achieve this purpose, STS has been giving brilliant services in regards to welding inspection with its advanced pieces of equipment. 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I watched old episodes of the Price is right trying to remake that wheel.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 31, "original_length": 671, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 292.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://superbhub.com/tag/australias-next-top-model/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:56:34Z", "digest": "sha1:TFN535ONG3VKWOXCITVZOQAT3VOAVVPW", "length": 597, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "superbhub.com", "title": "Australia's Next Top Model Archives - SuperbHub", "raw_content": "Home / Tag: Australia\u2019s Next Top Model\nDuckie Thot \u2013 Australian ModelDuckie Thot \u2013 Australian Model\nDuckie Thot aka Nyadak is an Australian model from South Sudanese Heritage. The beautiful model was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia. Among six siblings, she was the first to be born in Australia whereas others were born in South Sudan. The Supermodel Duckie was introduced to the modeling industry by her sister model/YouTuber Nikki Perkins in 2013. Beautiful Thot began her modeling career since then by taking part in cycle eight of Australia's Next Top Model. 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Inventory financing is typically confined to qualifying marketable commodities (e.g. raw materials such as minerals, metals and agricultural products) for which a value can be readily ascertained, and to finished goods or work in progress where a potential buyer may have already been identified and for which a contract to purchase or a purchase order may have already been issued; the requirement to identify a buyer or have a contract or purchase order in place recognises the potential lack of marketability of finished goods or work in progress.\nThe financing is usually arranged as a loan or advance against the inventory, although variations described below provide alternatives. The tenor of transactions will be short term and advances are usually made under a committed or uncommitted facility with an annual review.\nFor the financing of finished goods and work in progress, reference is made to the definition of Pre-shipment Finance (see separate SCF technique definition). The finance of goods in transit such as on-board a vessel or by air may also be included.\nFor some market participants, loans against inventory in the setting of SCF necessarily involve a seller and a buyer in a structured relationship as part of a particular supply chain. For the purposes of this standard market definition a wider view has been taken to include all types of inventory finance.\nA typical Loan or Advance against Inventory transaction involves two main parties: the client or borrower (which could be a seller or buyer, as noted earlier) and the finance provider. A third party warehouse may also be involved, which could be certified or recognised by governmental or trade bodies, and in which the existence and condition of stored inventory is continuously monitored by a reputable third party and/or by the finance provider itself. The goods may also be stored in a location under the direct control of the finance provider or on the borrower\u2019s own premises.\nThe borrower and finance provider enter into a financing agreement and a security agreement covering title to the underlying inventory and covering warehouse receipts (evidencing storage of the goods in the warehouse) where used. Ancillary agreements with a warehouse operator and third party collateral management or inspection agents may also be required.\nThe finance provider obtains title over the goods for the duration of the transaction and only releases title when the loan is repaid. Security will be obtained by means of delivery of negotiable warehouse receipts or warrants or an assignment of rights (or assignment of title such as a pledge) relevant to the location of the inventory and the specific jurisdiction concerned. Legal advice and opinions are an essential precaution in relation to any specific situation. In the case of goods in transit this may take the form of bills of lading, often consigned or endorsed to the finance provider. Other security perfection techniques may be employed depending on the relevant jurisdiction.\nDifficulties experienced by the customer in disposing of the inventory in a timely fashion under a third party sale in order to generate repayment or an inability to refinance the inventory\nQuality or damage to the inventory mitigated by inspections and property and casualty insurance\nOngoing business risks impacting the ability to repay\nAn ability to re-possess and dispose of the relevant inventory in the event of the borrower becoming illiquid or insolvent. Having and retaining the necessary industry and product experience is a key risk for the finance provider\nThe location of the inventory, for example, stored within an independent warehouse, or if on the borrower\u2019s premises stored in a way that the goods can be easily identified and carefully controlled\nThe intrinsic value and saleability of the inventory remains a continuing risk factor during the life of the transaction and this is influenced by the condition of the inventory, its importance to a critical manufacturing or sales process, market conditions, and logistics aspects in the event of the need to exercise the right to repossess and sell\nIt is common to advance only a percentage of the value of the inventory so as to establish a margin of protection. For a situation where a number of lines of inventory are financed, a \u2018borrowing base\u2019 may be established whereby an ongoing collateral pool is established against which a maximum advance is computed\nCredit analytics is applied to the borrower in the normal way to ensure on-going viability and cash generation ability especially by means of a firm take-out by means of sale to a reputable buyer, and to establish that dependence on realising security is minimised\nThere is a risk of the borrower double-pledging the same inventory. This can only be mitigated by the financing provider\u2019s due diligence and, where relevant, a good choice of warehouse provider with adequate controls\nProcedures are required for the disbursement and repayment of the financing; the perfection of the security interest through the assignment of rights; the possession and control over the inventory being financed; the continuous monitoring of the condition and value of the inventory; and the calculation of margin and borrowing base as applicable. If the value of the inventory has been hedged in the futures market this also requires continuous monitoring.\nThe main benefit of this form of SCF is the ability of the client to obtain funding based on the security of easily realisable assets and bridging the working capital gap between the point of procurement and the achievement of sales.\nFor the finance provider it provides a short term business opportunity based on an expected source of repayment and readily realisable security.\nSuch financings are typically offered by one finance provider although in the event of very large amounts distribution techniques might be used.\nPre-shipment Finance is the subject of a separately defined SCF technique. Inventory finance for goods in transit may be provided under classical trade finance mechanisms such as letters of credit or by another means of structuring the financing and taking a security interest.\nA variation of inventory finance is based on \u2018tolling\u2019, whereby finance is provided to allow raw materials or components to be submitted to a third party refining or manufacturing process prior to onward sale.\nA variation of inventory finance is based on a borrowing base, whereby a maximum level of finance is made available against a calculated market value of goods (which could be of more than one type) being financed less a margin which will vary according to the quantity or quality of the goods.\nAlthough inventory finance is normally provided as a Loan or Advance against assets remaining on the client\u2019s balance sheet and with recourse, in selected cases a \u2018true-sale\u2019 may occur and the inventory may be removed from the (original) inventory owner\u2019s balance sheet. Under such an arrangement the finance provider enters into a \u2018sale and repurchase\u2019 (repo) agreement for the goods being financed. In less common cases involving a true-sale, there may not be a repo, but a more general obligation to retire the funding.\nA further model for inventory finance may be offered by means of Floor Plan Finance whereby finished stock is placed in the hands of a distributor by a manufacturer and financed by a finance provider\nTrading parties may enter into a variety of inventory finance transactions for the management of inventory or work in progress, whereby the latter may be physically on the premises of one party but under the ownership of and financed by the other party. 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Loyal friends of the couple would do this in hopes that the spirits would take pity on the couple for already being picked upon enough, and would then leave the couple alone.\nTo update the information for The Paradise please use this form", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 99, "original_length": 2351, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 325.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://t11.wal.co/sams/baby-wipes/2110105.cp;jsessionid=EE0D4437BE8765F46AE825F1B8EC278B.estoreapp-44277956-18-70642841?xid=hdr_shop3_baby-kids_diapers-potty-training_wipes", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:01Z", "digest": "sha1:IMHYFWHYPB36M2DCTM4YBABQKCFBQFTB", "length": 3140, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "t11.wal.co", "title": "Baby Wipes - Sam's Club", "raw_content": "{{plpCtrl.showMoreLabel['Diaper Brand'] || 'More...'}}\nHuggies Refreshing Clean Baby Wipes, Disposable Soft Pack (1,008 ct.)\nBuy Baby Wipes in Bulk\nWhen it comes to keeping your baby happy and comfortable, you can count on Sam\u2019s Club\u00ae for all the essentials. New parents learn quickly that there\u2019s nothing more important than keeping your changing station stocked with plenty of diapers and baby wipes.\nBaby wipes are always on the list because they are one of the most indispensable baby care items. Disposable baby wipes are made of soft cloth that contain moisturizers and cleansers to help clean your baby\u2019s skin quickly and efficiently. Of course, they\u2019re essential when you\u2019re changing diapers. But they have other uses, too. Cloth baby wipes are also perfect for cleaning little hands after snack-time or even taking care of minor messes at home, in the car or on the go. They\u2019re also great for traveling.\nBut with so many baby wipe options out there, how do you pick the best ones for your family? Good news: There is a wide range of great options available for discerning parents like you. Sam\u2019s Club\u00ae can help you make the best choice for your baby. Here are a few things to consider:\nFragrance. Some types of baby wipes are fragrance-free while others have pleasant, soothing scents. Choosing scented or unscented baby wipes is a personal preference. If your little one has sensitive skin, you may want to opt for baby wipes without a fragrance, as they\u2019ll typically have fewer ingredients.\nPackaging. What type of packaging do you prefer? For the changing area, you may opt for a plastic package with a pop-up lid. The most common types are tubes and boxes. These packages are designed to keep the wipes moist. Plus, they are easy to open and close with one hand, which is particularly handy when you\u2019ve got your baby on the table. Sometimes, you may want different packaging. For example, when taking baby wipes with you in a diaper bag, purse or backpack, you\u2019ll appreciate a more compact package. Then, you can opt for the smaller, flatter packages. They are more like pouches which are resealable, so the wipes stay clean and moisturized.\nThickness. 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Stricken with grief, we visited her home and brought food for her surrounding family.\nAs I looked into the eyes of her children, I was deeply moved and have never been the same. The Take Heart Project was created out of motivation to bring healing and restoration to moments of despair like this one. Over the past 5 years of leading this organization, I learned the names of her children and made a commitment to help them.\nAt 12 years old, Elizabeth was the oldest and already had a child of her own. I learned she was agreeing to prostitute herself to earn food provisions for her family. Now at 17 years old, she has been brought into our family as we are supporting her vocational studies in hairdressing and beauty therapy. She currently lives with 5 other sponsored girls in an apartment in Kisii roughly 2 hours away from the village. In addition, Take Heart provides childcare support and funds tuition to secure his future educational success.\nHer younger brother Barrack is also one of our sponsored boys who is now in 11th grade and thriving in an all-boys school.\nBruce is a younger brother in 5th grade who we fund to live and learn in a local orphanage. Without support for their education and living expenses, these children and family would have no hope. I care for these children as if they were my own.\nI am so moved by their need that I will continue dedicating my life in effort to restoration and kingdom minded work.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 22, "original_length": 2077, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 317.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://tangible-memories.com/tag/exhibition/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:08Z", "digest": "sha1:RJK7JIWTX2J6AKBAU4RJ46EF2H7DOH4C", "length": 3859, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "tangible-memories.com", "title": "exhibition | Tangible Memories", "raw_content": "Tangible Memories at Digital Design Weekend\nAHRC Press Release!\nAHRC Research Showcased at V&A\u2019s Digital Design Weekend\nResearch funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) will feature at this year\u2019s V&A Digital Design Weekend.\nThe Digital Design weekend, Saturday 26 September 2015 and Sunday 27 September 2015, is a series of special events celebrating contemporary digital art and design, including interactive installations, demonstrations of robotics, tinkering and inventive electronics, workshops, family activities and more.\nThe Digital Design Weekend coincides with the London Design Festival at the V&A (19 \u2013 27 September 2015). The London Design Festival is a nine day festival of contemporary design that celebrates London as the creative capital of the world.\nFive research projects, funded by the AHRC will feature at the event including Tangible Memories, a project led by Helen Manchester at the University of Bristol. The project has been co-designing novel technologies to enable staff, families and residents at care homes across Bristol to record and share stories and to engage residents in multisensory experiences. The aim of the project is to enhance the quality of life of residents in care settings and encourage social and creative activities. You can watch an AHRC film about the Tangible Memories project here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e7S9fBJvOg\nAll the AHRC projects that are being showcased at the event are funded under the AHRC\u2019s Capital Call which sought explore the creative capacities of communities. The call, from 2013, aimed to harness the transformative power of digital technologies to stimulate innovative engagements and research co-production between communities and researchers.\nThe other AHRC-funded projects which will be showcased during the V&A Digital Design Weekend are:\nPararchive, Simon Popple, University of Leeds\nExplorations in open access community storytelling and the digital archive.\nLatin(o) American Digital Art Project: This Too Shall Pass, Professor Claire Taylor and Brian Mackern, University of Liverpool\nMultimedia artwork developed during a series of interventions with leading digital artists from across Latin America who engage with cityscapes.\nMarginalia Machine, Tom Schofield, University of Newcastle\nA drawing robot reproduces margin notes from the Bloodaxe Archive of contemporary poetry.\nAffective Digital Histories: Recreating De-Industrialised Places, 1970s-present, Dr Ming Lim, University of Leicester\nUntold stories of the people who lived and worked in former industrial buildings in the East Midlands: Leicester\u2019s Cultural Quarter and Glossop, a mill town in North Derbyshire.\nA publication supported by AHRC and including contributions from participating artists, designers and scientists will be distributed free during the event.\nMost events at the Digital Design Weekend are free and drop-in, and available on a first come, first served basis. For more information and to view a full programme please visit: http://www.vam.ac.uk/whatson/event/5566/digital-design-weekend-2015-1302807124/\nFor further information from the AHRC, please contact Danielle Moore-Chick on 01793 41 6021 or d.moore-chick@ahrc.ac.uk\nThe Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funds world-class, independent researchers in a wide range of subjects: ancient history, modern dance, archaeology, digital content, philosophy, English literature, design, the creative and performing arts, and much more. This financial year the AHRC will spend approximately \u00a398m to fund research and postgraduate training in collaboration with a number of partners. The quality and range of research supported by this investment of public funds not only provides social and cultural benefits but also contributes to the economic success of the UK. ahrc.ac.uk\nexhibitionhomepageInstallation", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 132, "original_length": 10948, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 271.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://tdne.thenews.com.pk/print/388427-let-them-dance", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:36:57Z", "digest": "sha1:S262Y7DRFUA4JCXIVRVWPM3CWAYAORUM", "length": 8066, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "tdne.thenews.com.pk", "title": "Let them dance | Opinion | thenews.com.pk | Karachi", "raw_content": "The vitriol and vilification spewed through social media against female students of Karakoram International University (KIU) for performing a local dance in the morning show of a private TV channel is alarming.\nThis week, moral crusaders on social media were full of filth against those students who were nominated for the morning show by the KIU management. The more disturbing fact of this episode is about the KUI administration jumping into the fray and condemning the dance as if these girls had committed an unforgiveable sin.\nThe KIU administration, the local government, religious extremists and political forums, such the Awami Action Committee, joined hands in a venomous campaign to turn a simple dance performance into a sacrilegious act to jeopardise our faith and culture. The desperate followers of a misogynistic culture are perhaps fighting a last-ditch battle in the face of a rapidly emerging global culture beyond religious and geographical boundaries.\nHaving said that, this form of desperation has its own dangers of squeezing secular and progressive spaces, with a possible outcome of stifling sane voices. The officials of the KIU administration, religious institutions and hate-mongers left no stone unturned to vilify students who didn\u2019t know that their passion to represent Gilgit-Baltistan would turn into a life-threatening situation for them.\nWe can expect this from bigots and moral goons in this land of the pure. But when institutions of higher education condemn creativity and the performing arts as immoral acts, we are destined to be a failed nation. This indicates our imminent downfall where the impending dark ages are knocking at our doors. I hope HEC Chairperson Dr Tariq Banuri will take notice of the partisan role of the KIU to appease the dark forces of our society.\nThe good news is that members of the Accountability Forum along with a number of civil society activists have shown interest in taking legal and political action against the vilification of these KIU students. What has gone wrong with our society? We must come up with a cogent explanation to address the menace of staggering extremism and cultural chauvinism.\nThere are various interpretations of the increasing intolerance and polarisation in society, but one particular reductionist brand of thinking holds sways on social media. The liberal supporters of dance reduce the debate only to an act of individual choice rather than the representation of a particular culture.\nThere is another brand of thinkers \u2013 cultural revivalists \u2013 who have asserted that meaningful substance rather than mere symbolism, like dance, embodies cultures. They point towards deep-rooted social issues, accumulated frustrations, and the melting-down of cohesive bonds of traditions, culture and social imagery without producing a viable alternative to sublimate the sense of lost glory. This interpretation tends to promote some nostalgic fantasies of a golden age of cultural purity and an unrealistic worldview of reversion to some magnificent past.\nEven highly educated middle-class intellectuals propagate such cyclical views, which inadvertently give legitimacy to actions directed to impose a strict regime of a puritan and unadulterated culture. This cultural orthodoxy attracts a vast majority of disgruntled educated youth in GB. These young people are in search of an identity in the face of failing political and economic institutions, and a weak and docile civil society that doesn\u2019t represent their aspirations. These two perspectives present only half-truths about increasing cultural chauvinism and patriarchy. What follows perhaps makes more sense of our dismal state of affairs, but I leave it to the reader to decide. .\nThe closet tribalism and moral piety make a deadly combination in holding back the natural progression of human societies. The historical trajectory upon which social evolution, traditions and human intellect intersect isn\u2019t a smooth confluence of multiple perspectives or pluralistic ideals. It is always confusing, vague, uncertain and unpredictable as long as the agents of this change are disengaged from the very historical process of the advancement of human society.\nKeeping the agents of change disengaged and marginalising transformative potential is the most commonly used tool of the forces of the status quo. There has always been conflict between competing ideologies and material interests to expand and shrink the spaces of expression in human society. The victor imposes order and the vanquished ones simply comply with it till they rise again.\nContrary to cyclical views, there are always strong material reasons like economic inequality, social injustice, unequal resource distribution, political victimisation, and lack of access to basic needs that lead to social conflict and political turmoil. When the fissures of divisions widen and political faultlines become prominent, they indicate an impending social conflict and political upheavals to produce a qualitatively new order.\nThe forces of the status quo strive to preempt and diffuse the likelihood of conflict by diverting it from real issues to some parochial, superficial and moral matters of mundane life. Social backwardness is a great bounty because it allows politically and intellectually uncontested control over the economic, social and cultural lives of people.\nAll that is needed is to foment tribal and religious sentiments against those who can potentially challenge the very foundations of traditional power and its cultural and moral facade. The moral police of tribal and religious piety strive to consolidate their power by reasserting their authority as custodians of culture and faith.\nBeneath this moral fa\u00e7ade there lies the struggle between the crumbling old system and an emerging new reality, which manifests itself in the form of social and political conflicts for alternatives. The emerging new reality has to undergo the travails of the birth of a new system, but the old isn\u2019t supplanted without the reconstitution of social, political and economic relations.\nThe history of social conflicts is not only about the difference of viewpoints, as the proponents of pluralism would have us believe, but it is also about a constant struggle to control the social and political spaces of expression. The suppression, oppression, assertion and expression of certain worldviews is part of a larger historical process that shapes human society as a domain of the permanent struggle of competing interests for supremacy. The disruption of order isn\u2019t negative. It is the vital force of social and political transformation for the advancement of human civilisation.\nThis is exactly what is going on in rapidly transitioning societies like Gilgit-Baltistan where the fraying of traditional social fabric is producing the possibility of an advanced socio-cultural order. But the question that arises is: whose culture matters? Is it a stagnant set of customs and practices or is it a dynamic and changing societal domain of creativity and progress? Those who dare to deviate from this imposition of morality and social norms are stigmatised as anarchists, anti-culture, anti-religion, etc.\nThe social venues of self-expression are reduced to officially permissible and morally appropriate spaces, which exclude women from participating in social, cultural, economic and political life as equal partners of men. The exclusion of women is not only an intrigue by some well-poised men at the helm of affairs, but it is also an accumulated social and political consciousness cultivated through the institutions that shape our social life.\nDo we really care about the preservation of culture and tradition or it is about controlling the social space of expression? What is culture and who is authorised to define its social and political contours? These are some tough questions that we must ask today. To me, defending these young students is not only a matter of individual choice, but it is also about defending my own social space of expression.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 219, "original_length": 21323, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 330.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://teamspeedfitness.com/article-12-things-better-than-a-holiday-food-coma.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:24Z", "digest": "sha1:N2P4FT6NHNWSFL362I4ZYSWXJXML6ZL6", "length": 4943, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "teamspeedfitness.com", "title": "Team Speed Fitness - 12 Things Better than a Holiday Food Coma", "raw_content": "12 Things Better than a Holiday Food Coma\nThe Fall, for many, marks a return to work or school. Schedules get really hectic and we start making excuses for missing workouts and eating junk food. For some people, Labor Day weekend, the unofficial start of Fall, also marks the start of tailgating season. Combine these factors and so begins the free fall to holiday weight gain.\nBefore you know it, it's Thanksgiving. You'll wonder how you've already gained weight and lost that summer beach body you worked so hard for. If you're not careful, focused, and dedicated, it will creep up on you over the next two months. The downward spiral doesn't have to start with tailgating season. I believe that food and life are to be enjoyed. Both can be enjoyed without guilt and without weight gain as long as you apply the strategies I wrote about it in two of my latest articles: \"Stop Acting Like an Adult\" and \"Back to School Fitness Tips\".\nSpeaking of food and guilt, let's talk more about Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. What's not to love? The crisp Fall weather, some time away from work, time with family and friends (without the stress of bringing gifts), homemade food, and of course football!\nWe all can agree that Thanksgiving is one of the best holidays, yet many people feel very guilty at the end of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. They feel guilty about the lack of activity and the over abundance of food.\nMaybe that's why the Monday after Thanksgiving is the single busiest day in my fitness center?\nSo what can I do to help you minimize the guilt? Perhaps, I could write an article about healthy Thanksgiving recipes. No, I won't do that. I plan on \"cheating\" a bit on that day. I plan to eat some of my mom's homemade mashed potatoes and plan to drink some of my dad's homemade wine.\nIt's OK to cheat 10% of the time as long as you do the right things the other 90% of the time.\nLike I said, food is meant to be enjoyed. Since I plan on cheating a little on Thanksgiving, I feel like it would be slightly hypocritical of ME to write a healthy recipe article. However, I do KNOW that I will find a way to get some exercise before all the festivities start that day. Therefore, I feel completely comfortable writing an article about doing something else other than passing-out after your Thanksgiving Feast. That being said, enjoy your meal slowly to avoid over eating. Then allow time to digest and enjoy some free time with your friends and family. Finally, skip the nap and replace it with any number of the activities listed below to work on your mental and/or physical well-being.\nHere, in no particular order, you will find 12 Things Better than a Turkey Coma.\n1) Go for a walk or bike ride with a friend or family member you haven't seen in a while to \"catch-up on things\"\n2) Walk to the local parade.\n3) Walk to the park and just enjoy being out doors. Maybe you can play some tennis or shoot some hoops while you're there.\n4) Toss the pigskin around with the rest of the football fans in the house. I'm sure there will be at least one other than you.\n5) Break out the old board games. It won't be difficult to get a group gathered around the table. Soon enough you'll notice the energy being generated in the room.\n6) Speaking of games, any Nintendo Wii game that requires participants to get out of their chair or off of the couch is a great way to liven up the party.\n7) Put on some music and dance like nobody is watching!\n8) Plan and participate in Thanksgiving themed arts and crafts activities for the children at your holiday gathering. They'll love you even more and you might be surprised at how much you laugh. Remember, laughter is not only infectious but it burns calories too. 15 minutes of laughter can burn 10 to 40 calories.\n9) Read a book (perhaps one about the History of Thanksgiving) to the children at your holiday gathering. Who knows, perhaps you'll learn something new. At the very least, it will get them to fall asleep and you can then enjoy some peace and quiet.\n10) Maybe other members of your party are fitness enthusiast or maybe they want to be. Get them all together, find a quiet part of the house perhaps with a carpeted floor and do 15 minutes of yoga and/or core exercises. This a great way to not only get some moral support but to also learn some new ideas/tips/exercises from each other.\n11) Meditate and/or pray. Take some time to recharge and focus on what you are thankful for and what's really important in your life.\n12) When all else fails use the internet. No I'm not suggesting you spend your entire day on twitter or face book. Instead search keywords such as \"Thanksgiving Activities\". You'll be amazed at what you'll find.\nGot your own list of 12 things Better than a Turkey Coma? Tell me, I'm all ears. Just send me your list via my profile page here: http://trainers.fitorbit.com/personal-fitness/DaveDiFabio I'll publish the top 12 in my next article!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 5278, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 321.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://teamstronginc.com/contact/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:58Z", "digest": "sha1:EQRHKBH5NXI5SELO6NG36J3O2S6QHKAF", "length": 585, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "teamstronginc.com", "title": "Contact \u2013 Team Strong Inc", "raw_content": "If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to send us a message.\n5166,5077,5144,5152,5140,5148,5151,5077,5101,5077,5148,5153,5145,5154,5107,5159,5144,5140,5152,5158,5159,5157,5154,5153,5146,5148,5153,5142,5089,5142,5154,5152,5077,5087,5077,5158,5160,5141,5149,5144,5142,5159,5077,5101,5077,5110,5154,5153,5159,5140,5142,5159,5075,5113,5154,5157,5152,5077,5087,5077,5147,5144,5140,5143,5144,5157,5158,5077,5101,5077,5125,5144,5155,5151,5164,5088,5127,5154,5101,5080,5112,5088,5152,5140,5148,5151,5101,5080,5077,5168\n699 Walnut St. 4th floor Des Moines, Iowa\ninfo@teamstronginc.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 37, "original_length": 1388, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.8, "perplexity": 14.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://tech-blog.org/software-news/cluster1889404/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:03Z", "digest": "sha1:P7LBDRHHUR3UTB4L263A7JK3E5EC2SM4", "length": 1879, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "tech-blog.org", "title": "Technology Blog :: Ten things you probably don't know about the Nintendo Switch video game console", "raw_content": "It was previously teased and speculated that The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword would be coming to the Nintendo Switch. However Nintendo later clarified that this wasn\ufffdt true, but if you are looking for a new Zelda game to play on the console, then you\ufffdll be pleased to learn that Nintendo has since announced that Link\ufffds Awakening will be coming to the Switch. For those who are unfamiliar, The Legend of Zelda: Link\ufffds Awakening is not a new game. The game was originally released on the Game Boy more than 25 years ago, but it is now being remastered and reimagined for the Nintendo Switch, giving gamers a chance to play the game if they haven\ufffdt played it already. However if you have played it already, then here\ufffds a good opportunity for you to relive the good old days. As you can see from the trailer above, the game has been remastered and given a brand new set of graphics which looks pretty cute and fun. It is also very different from Breath of the Wild which had a more \ufffdgrown up\ufffd feel, so if you do enjoy\nTech columnist Marc Saltzman lets you in on ten things you might know know about the Nintendo Switch video game console.        \nI never beat The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, but not for lack of trying. It's one of my favorite entries in the Zelda series, and I played it over and over as a kid. ...\nThe Legend of Zelda: Link\ufffds Awakening Announced For Nintendo Switch\nNintendo had a giant surprise waiting at the end of its latest Direct show: it's remaking The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening for the Switch. The company shared precious ...\nLegend of Zelda: Link's Awakening remake announced for Nintendo Switch - CNET\nThe Legend of Zelda: Link\ufffds Awakening is getting a 3D Switch remake\nNintendo is remaking the classic GameBoy game with vibrant, updated visuals and a claymation-like presentation.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 40, "original_length": 2914, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 264.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://teensdc.tripod.com/grayson3.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:09Z", "digest": "sha1:JTNYU3DARLTOVMAOZ3ICPRL3JRTLU3MY", "length": 12830, "nlines": 51, "source_domain": "teensdc.tripod.com", "title": "An DCU:NG Email Interview", "raw_content": "with Devin Grayson\nSean: Perhaps the biggest question on everyone's mind is this: After writing the definitive run on Catwoman, why leave the book? Will you revisit the two cat-fans who Selina left in jail to \"keep her family\" where she can know where they are?\nDevin: First of all, thank you for the compliment -- though as I've said before, I couldn't have even attempted the internal work I tried to do with Selina if the creators who came before me hadn't worked so hard to establish who she was externally. I'm very attached to the character and hope to do more work with her in the near future, but the return wasn't equaling the investment, and a natural stopping point emerged which, when coupled with other commitments - actual and pending -- made this seem like a judicious time to let go of the monthly. I'm afraid I won't have time to revisit Sel's jailed fans, but they're there for the next writer to play with if they so desire.\nSean: I guess this means no chance of a Cat-girl like I've seen mentioned as a wish in several places on the web.\nDevin: It may increase the chances, actually. I've never been a fan of the idea. Maybe the next writer will be.\nSean: On to the Titans, now that you've got a few issues under you belt, what's you take on the different characters? What do they dream about? What's their favorite flavor of ice cream? What kind of music do they listen to? What is it that attracted you to the each character and made you choose him or her for the team? Nightwing?\nDevin: DREAMS: Dick has nightmares about falling, and dreams about finding ways to make the people he cares about safe and happy.\nICE CREAM: Alfred's homemade passionfruit sorbet (though he secretly prefers cotton candy to any ice cream flavor).\nMUSIC: Dick loves music - he was born a performer, after all - but rarely has time to keep up with the latest scene. Alfred and Bruce have made sure he's well versed in classical and opera, and he's actually quite fond of Electronica, even though he doesn't quite know what it's called. He also likes Phil Collins, Fluke, Lloyd Cole, Moby, Inxs, and Soul Asylum, and his favorite song just might be Soft Cell's \"Tainted Love.\"\nWHY I CHOSE HIM: Dick is the brain of the Titans - their conscience. I just don't see how there could be an active Titans group without Dick taking interest in it. Unlike Batman, Nightwing is a phenomenal team player - he thinks inclusively and intuitively, and is a brilliant tactician. Also, as much as he needs and values his freedom, autonomy, and privacy, he never feels happier than when he's surrounded by people he cares about. Like Wally said - he needs his family around him. And they need him.\nFrom a structural point of view, he's a natural hero - at it's root, to paraphrase Vogler (who's probably paraphrasing Campbell) the concept of a \"hero\" is connected to themes of self-sacrifice.\nSean: Arsenal?\nDevin: DREAMS: Linda Fiorentino, Catherine Zeta Jones, Lucy Liu, that chick at the Laundromat\u00c9.\nICE CREAM: Roy actually isn't all that much into ice cream, but he does like licking things.\nMUSIC: Roy was a drummer for an eighties rock band, so he likes some of those almost cheesy but oh-so-sing-alongables like J Geils, Loverboy, White Snake, Huey Lewis and Rod Stewart. He's also a huge B.B. King fan (thanks to Ollie), digs on Primal Scream, Aerosmith, and Bush (\"everything zen, everything zen - I don't think so!\"), and understands all the nuances of Native American ceremonial music.\nWHY I CHOSE HIM: Another comic creator recently said something about Roy feeling insecure because he wasn't super-powered, and I couldn't disagree more. He's hardly aware of that at all - he just is who he is, and he knows who accepts him for it and who doesn't. He's also the ultimate adapter. When I first discovered him I was just amazed at how rich his history was - what a background story! And as much as I adore Dick for his total inability to hide his pain, I adore Roy for tucking his quietly away so that it doesn't keep him from being open. Harper's a straight shooter and a very human voice to have on the team - he lets things be what they are, and is therefore always just as intrigued as he is grounded.\nFrom a structural point of view, he provides some Trickster energy for the team.\nSean: Troia?\nDevin: DREAMS: These days, Donna's dreams are disorienting, fragmented memories of varied lives.\nICE CREAM: Donna likes Rocky-Road, and has sentimental attachments to Strawberry (Bobby's favorite).\nMUSIC: Donna, who doesn't dance much these days, used to love rock n' roll. Like Dick, she's also well-versed in classical and opera, and also quite enjoys soft jazz.\nWHY I CHOSE HER: If Dick is the head of the Titans, then Donna is its heart. I honestly don't know of anyone - pro or fan - who doesn't like Donna Troy. She's kind-hearted, level-headed, powerful, competent, and genuinely sweet. I suspect that earlier inclusions in the Titans had as much to do, for her, with being there to help her friends as with any personal gain, but now she really does need to be with people who know and care about her, and it feels great to be able to do that for her with this new Titans team.\nThese days, from a structural point of view, she's a bit of a Shape-Shifter, and has also brought some Shadow energy to the group, but she's also always had some den-mother/mentor capacity.\nSean: Tempest?\nDevin: DREAMS: Tempest dreams of fish eating Roy Harper. ;-)\nICE CREAM: Ben and Jerry's Phish Food.\nMUSIC: Garth has slightly compromised hearing on land (sounds carries much better under water) so he likes music with a loud, driving, vibrating beat. He's also partial to silence.\nWHY I CHOSE HIM: Garth is as integral to the Titans as Dick and Donna. Though traditionally somewhat softer-spoken than some of the others Titans, Garth is a passionate, trustworthy and loyal person, as well as a valuable fighter and a powerful political presence. As financier and treasurer of the Titans, these days he has more responsibilities - and therefore more of a voice - in the group than ever before. In addition, having felt like an outsider for much of his life makes Garth exceptionally compassionate and sensitive to the needs of the new, younger team members.\nStructurally, Tempest is a Threshold Guardian, literal and figurative ambassador to the watery realm of Atlantis.\nDevin: DREAMS: Flash sometimes dreams of surrendering to the Speed Force the way you or I might dream of Nirvana or Heaven.\nICE CREAM: Chocolate chip.\nMUSIC: Fast!\nWHY I CHOSE HIM: As Dick's best friend and the resurrector of Donna's past, it's clear that Wally's importance to and influence with the Titans can't be underestimated. In his own way, he's more than partially responsible for the fact that the current team's together. As a member of the JLA, too, Wal has fulfilled the \"promise of the sidekick\" and stands as a reminder of what can be accomplished if one is willing - or forced - to pay the price; which is, of course, the death of the mentor.\nStructurally, Flash currently serves as a Herald, ushering the current team into a new era of adventure.\nI'm running out of time, so I'll have to do the other five some other time! Sorry!\nSean: What about some of the characters who didn't make the cut, but still got airtime in the Secret Files: Flamebird, Harlequin, Changeling? Were those bits setting up future storylines?\nDevin: What those bits will probably end up setting up are miniseries. I know there's already a Changeling mini in the works (by Ben Raab and Geoff Johns), as well as a Raven mini by Marv Wolfman (Raven appears in TITANS #9, by the way), and that a few proposals about Flamebird have already turned up. Harlequin I do have plans for, but there are so many great Titans characters, it's nice to be able to share them a little bit.\nSean: People are asking if your run on Titans will answer some of the many unanswered questions from the previous runs. Any comments?\nDevin: Some of them, sure. But I can't let the entire focus of the book become \"continuity cleanup.\" Some of the Titan \"mysteries\" seem in more immediate need of answering than others - like I did feel it was important to clarify Donna's status quo as quickly as possible - but I want to be able to tell some of my own stories, too. If I invest too much time and energy into answering hanging questions, then I'll be perpetually moving around in other writer's storylines. I'd like to gradually help create a comprehensible history for these characters, while still actively developing an engaging present and future.\nSean: Onto the Weinbergs. Anything new you can say about it now that it's inching closer to its publishing date?\nDevin: Um, yeah\u00c9it isn't. ;-)\nThe release date for The Weinbergs (which is still just a working title, by the way - the book will almost certainly be called something else when it comes out) has been pushed back to December. It's hard on me because I'm so excited about this series, and I can't wait for people to see it, but on the other hand, it was pushed back for a really nice reason; our artist, Yvel Guichet, got the opportunity to work on a terrific assignment - Paul Dini's introduction of Harley Quinn into the DCU in No Man's Land. I'm very excited for Yvel, and pleased that more people will be familiar with his work when the Weinys does at last come out.\nAlso, DC has been very supportive of the story, and the delay gives them a chance to really think through marketing and such. So I'm honored that it's being taken so seriously.\nSean: Tell us a little bit about your writing style. How do you approach a story or a character? How do you get your plot ideas?\nDevin: Well, my answers above reveal that I'm very influenced by the \"Hero's Journey\" story structure archetype wheel, taught by Jung, Campbell, and Vogler, among others. This is a method of using universal archetypes and archetypal energies to motivated and break down classically-structured heroic journeys for individual characters (every time I talk about this I always think of a great Wilia Cather quote from O Pioneers: \"There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before,\").\nI also approach the characters as real people - that is, as nonsensical as the physical world they move through can be, I try to hold them accountable to modern theories of psychological and sociological theories. Because I'm interested in exploring facets of their personalities, much of my plotting starts with a question about a character - say, \"what would convince Dick to rejoin the Titans?\" - from which I create a cycle of events that will force that character to enter into a situation that will eventually elicit an unexpected and revealing action or response from them.\nAlso, with the Titans, since part of what they're about is representing the twenty-somethings of the DCU, I try to think a little bit about what sorts of issues and problems concern real people in that age group. Sometimes I'll be able to craft a whole villain, like Goth, out of relevant issues, and other times they'll end up addressed through sub-plots.\nThat's the high-brow craft level of it, anyway. Once I've got the ball rolling, a lot of it is, honestly, just playing - subconsciously following threads, listening to the character's voices take on a life of their own, brain-storming through plot holes, playing music really loudly and drinking too much coffee and dancing in my chair\u00c9you can't write without dancing in your chair, you know. ;-)\nSean: Anything else coming up we should know about and be looking for?\nDevin: Let's see, in addition to The Titans, Catwoman (until issue 71!), and Black Widow, which should be out in a few weeks, I'm starting work on another No Man's Land story - a one-shot Shadow of the Bat, focusing on the second NML Gotham meeting between Batman and Superman. And there's an already finished -- on my end, at least -- Leslie Thompkins/ medical zone NML story which I'm quite looking forward to, scheduled for an upcoming Batman Chronicles (with art by Dale Eaglesham). In addition, there's JLA 32, addressing the JLA's response to No Man's Land, which I co-wrote with Mark Waid, and a ten-page \"Forming of Tartarus\" story in an upcoming Villain 80-pager. Much further down the line, there's a Legends of the DCU prestige project -- hopefully with the incomparable Scott McDaniel - re-(inventing and!)telling the Kryptonian Myth of Nightwing, an,d of course, the December debut of The Weinbergs and my Vertigo project, User.\nAnd in case anyone's wondering, this summer I'll be attending: Wondercon (Oakland, April), Heroes Con (Charlotte, June), Wizard World (Chicago, July), and San Diego Comic Con (San Diego, August). 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I was having a good time, so I\u2019m not going to apologize to my 3-4 readers. (All of whom I probably saw over my trip and most likely gave you some verbal reviews of stuff I was reading. How can you complain when I literally brought you your reviews half-way around a planet in person?!)\nThis week I\u2019m taking a look at a few of DC\u2019s zero issues. Particularly, those focusing on female leads. Here are my reviews of the \u201cBat Ladies\u201d\nBATGIRL #0 (GAIL SIMONE: WRITER, ED BENES: ART)\nI\u2019ve enjoyed Gail Simone\u2019s work on Batgirl so far, but I\u2019ve always felt like there was just a little something missing. It has been a pretty solid book; a consistently GOOD book. There have been some moments of greatness, but, personally, I\u2019ve thought it needed just a little more \u201cumph\u201d to tip the scale over to an amazingly awesome book. Issue zero is that \u201cumph.\u201d\nWe are given a very narrative driven story as Barbara reflects back on her days as a criminology student. I really dug that this issue started off in the present day DC universe, but was handled as reflection / flashback instead. This is our main character reflecting back on an event that helped to define who she is today. I find this works much better than the writer just saying \u201c5 years ago\u201d and telling us a story. The fact that Babs is choosing this as the story to tell is a testament to its significance in her life.\nThis issue of Batgirl accomplishes what many other zero issues have been failing to do. It sets out to give us a solid insight into the development and drive of the titular hero, but what we get is more than that. We are given a fun, exciting book, with a lot of heart and emotion. These are things I often bring up in reviews, but I think it is important if we are going to become invested in a series. We want a return on our emotional investment, and witnessing change in our heroes is one of those returns.\n9/10 Batgirl #0 is well written origin story for both new and established readers of the series. I\u2019d say this is a must buy for anyone interested in any of the Bat Family books. It\u2019s a great one and done book that doesn\u2019t tie in to the current arc (with exception to subtle clues of things to come).\nBATWOMAN #0 (W. HADEN BLACKMAN: CO-WRITER, J.H. WILLIAMS III: CO-WRITER & ARTIST)\nBatwoman has been a pretty amazing book this past year. The 2nd arc was a little rough to read month to month, but it works well when read as a collection or in one sitting. Issue #0 continues the trend of amazing art and story. It is an issue that can fit in with the on-going series, but even on its own it stands as a very strong book.\nI mentioned in my review of Batgirl that I am in favor of characters reflecting back on their past. While in Batgirl we have Barbara Gordon writing in a journal, Batwoman has Kate Kane recording a good-bye message to her father should something happen to her.\nThis isn\u2019t too uncommon for soldiers to do before heading off on a mission. Kate being a military brat and West Point dropout it doesn\u2019t seem unnatural for her do something similar. It is revealed in the opening panels, however, that this is the first time she recorded such a message in a long time. It used to be a habit of hers, but for whatever reason she had stopped.\nIt is this very reason that pulls us in and drives this book. The result is a very emotional story. I personally did not cry, but I wouldn\u2019t be shocked if there were those out there that did.\nAfter reading this issue, I went back and read Greg Rucka\u2019s run on Detective Comics that featured Batwoman. Essentially, it is the same story that is being told in this zero issue. This is not a bad thing.\nI am glad that Blackman and Williams didn\u2019t go back and try to change Kate Kane\u2019s origin story. Instead, I feel that they have fleshed it out with giving us more of a glimpse into the mind of Kate and all the emotions she felt as she experienced those events. While this issue is a break from the current on-going story, the message is being recorded before Batwoman\u2019s next mission, so it fits in as a nice interlude between issues 12 and 13.\n9.5/10 I would highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a good comic read. It has action, emotion, and fantastic art.\nI would also recommend that if you like this issue, then go back and check out Detective #854-863. 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Burke, current patron of the Order of Malta, who is often viewed as one of Pope Francis\u2019 most vocal critics.\nThe pope denied rumors that Cardinal Burke was sent to Guam as a form of exile to be the presiding judge in a church trial investigating allegations of sexual abuse leveled against Archbishop Anthony S. Apuron of Agana.\nInstead, he was chosen, the pope said, because the former head of the Vatican\u2019s highest court is an excellent jurist and the allegations were terrible incidents. He said he was grateful for the cardinal\u2019s service to address \u201ca serious abuse case.\u201d\n\u201cI do not regard Cardinal Burke as an adversary,\u201d the pope said.\nThe pope was asked about the recent change of leadership at the Knights of Malta, in which Fra Matthew Festing, the former grand master, resigned at the pope\u2019s request, after the order\u2019s forced ouster of its grand chancellor, Albrecht Freiherr von Boeselager.\nWhile Cardinal Burke remained the order\u2019s patron, the pope appointed Archbishop Angelo Becciu as his special delegate and sole spokesman to the Knights of Malta.\n\u201cThe problem with the Order of Malta was more that (Cardinal Burke) was unable to deal with it,\u201d he said. \u201cI have not removed his title of patron. He is still the patron of the Order of Malta.\u201d\nThe pope suggested it was a question of \u201cclearing things up a bit in the order, and that is why I sent a delegate with a different charism than (Cardinal) Burke.\u201d\nPope Francis has been outspoken in his criticism against populist rhetoric that views refugees escaping war, violence and poverty as \u201cunworthy of our attention, a rival, or someone to be bent to our will.\u201d\nWhen asked by Die Zeit about the rise of populism \u2014 particularly from those on the right of the political spectrum \u2014 the pope said he uses the word populism in the sense defined in Latin America as way \u201cto use the people\u201d to gain power.\nRecalling Germany\u2019s history, the pope said Adolf Hitler rose to power promising to return Germany to its former glory after a serious economic crisis.\n\u201cHe convinced the people that he could. Populism always needs a messiah and a justification: \u2018We preserve the identity of the people!'\u201d the pope said.\n\u201cGreat politicians,\u201d such as Germany\u2019s first post-war chancellor, Konrad Adenauer, and former French Prime Minister Robert Schuman, envisioned a Europe united in brotherhood, and that \u201chad nothing to do with populism,\u201d he said.\n\u201cThese men had the gift of serving their country without placing themselves in the center, and this made them great leaders. They did not have to be a messiah. Populism is evil and ends badly, as the past century has shown,\u201d Pope Francis said.\nOther topics the pope touched on in the interview included the shortage of priests and the possibility of female deacons.\n\u201cThe call for priests represents a problem, an enormous problem,\u201d especially in Germany and Switzerland, he said.\n\u201cThe problem is the lack of vocations. And the Church must solve this problem,\u201d the pontiff said.\nHe expressed the view that an increase in prayer and outreach to youth could change the situation.\n\u201cThe Lord has told us: Pray! That is what\u2019s lacking: prayer. And also lacking is the work with young people who are seeking direction. Service to others is missing\u201d and low birth rates are also a factor, said the pope. \u201cWorking with young people is difficult, but it is essential, because youth long for it.\u201d\nHe added that youth are the ones who lose most in many modern societies because of a lack of employment.\nAsked whether the vow of celibacy could be optional for the priesthood, but not for higher offices like bishop or cardinal, the pope said, making clerical celibacy optional \u201cis not the solution.\u201d\nWhen asked about ordaining married men of proven virtue, known in Latin as \u201cviri probati,\u201d Pope Francis replied that was a topic, like others, that theologians need to study in more depth.\n\u201cThen we must determine what tasks they could undertake, for example in remote communities,\u201d he said.\nPope Francis spoke about the commission studying women deacons and the exact roles they played in early church history. The commission is an ongoing project, he said, dedicated to open dialogue.\n\u201cIt was about exploring the subject, and not to open a door\u201d on automatic approval, Pope Francis said of the commission.\n\u201cThis is the task of theology \u2014 it must research to get to the foundation of things, always. That also goes for the study of the sacred Scriptures. \u2026 What does that mean today? Truth is to have no fear. That is what historical truth and scientific truth tell us: Do not be afraid! That makes us free.\u201d\nPope Francis also discussed his personal faith experiences and beliefs about God\u2019s mercy, saying that an individual\u2019s faith grows throughout a lifetime.\n\u201cFaith is a gift. It will give itself,\u201d said the pope, adding that faith is to be prayed for.\nHe said he does not like to be idealized by others, saying that idealizing a person leads to aggression.\n\u201cI am a sinner and I am fallible,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen I am idealized, I feel attacked.\u201d\nHe said that he views himself as a normal person trying to do his best.\nHe also added that he does not become angry at people who disagree with his opinions and believes that diverse opinions are good for the world.\n\u201cSince I was elected pope, I have never lost my peace. I can understand if some people do not like my own way of going about things, and that is completely normal,\u201d said Pope Francis. \u201cEveryone may have their own opinion. That is legitimate and humane and enriching.\u201d\nIn response to a question, Pope Francis said he is not able to visit Germany this year for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, despite an invitation from Chancellor Angela Merkel.\n\u201cThe appointment calendar is very full this year,\u201d he told Die Zeit.\nAsked whether he would visit Russia, China, India or other countries perhaps this year, Pope Francis replied: \u201cTo Russia I cannot travel, because then I would also have to travel to Ukraine. Even more important would be a trip to South Sudan, but I don\u2019t believe that is possible. Also, a trip to the Congo was planned, but that will also not work with (President Joseph) Kabila. So, remaining on the program are India, Bangladesh and Colombia, one day for Fatima in Portugal, and as far as I know, a trip to Egypt is being studied. Sounds like a full calendar, right?\u201d\nCNS/Paul Haring: Pope Francis arrives to lead his general audience in St. Peter\u2019s Square at the Vatican on March 1.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 108, "original_length": 8816, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 261.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://thenervousbreakdown.com/category/arts-culture/movies/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:23:30Z", "digest": "sha1:V6RG4P7NSOG3PVVI3RVYAPYO6BRQTPJ6", "length": 7241, "nlines": 30, "source_domain": "thenervousbreakdown.com", "title": "Movies |", "raw_content": "Mira Gonzalez Live-Tweets The Oscars\nBy Mira Gonzalez\nWatching The Oscars has been a tradition in my family ever since my grandma was nominated for best costumes for the original TRON in 1982. We place our bets months in advance, then, when the night of the award show comes around, we get drunk, eat too much, become overly competitive, and lose a lot of money. It\u2019s a blood sport that usually ends in tears. Last year I live-blogged the event from a studio apartment in East Harlem. This year I am back in Los Angeles at my parents\u2019 house. The following is me live-tweeting our inevitable downward spiral.\nMonster Bisque: Hawkins and Haney Talk Frankenstein\nLast Halloween, I\u2019d asked a few Nervous Breakdown contributors to share their favorite terrifying movie scenes, and D. R. Haney was among them with his contribution from Rouben Mamoulian\u2019s 1931 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. I, on the other hand, had picked the tunnel scene from Willy Wonka, which I explain so you understand why I like collaborating with Duke. My brain grows three sizes bigger by association. He\u2019s like a cinematic moral compass for which true north is James Dean. And this year for Halloween, Duke and I decided to discuss the classic tale that produced another old-school Hollywood icon.\nRoger Ebert, RIP\nFor a film with a daring director, a talented cast, a captivating plot or, ideally, all three, there could be no better advocate than Roger Ebert, who passionately celebrated and promoted excellence in film while deflating the awful, the derivative, or the merely mediocre with an observant eye, a sharp wit and a depth of knowledge that delighted his millions of readers and viewers.\nThe Lori Problem\nAs season three of AMC\u2019s The Walking Dead wraps up, it\u2019s a good time to think about some of the much-maligned female characters in this series, starting with the most notorious example, the \u201cadulterous\u201d housewife Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies). Any visit to a Walking Dead-related message board will inevitably confirm the broad animosity viewers have toward this character. This is partly because viewers tend to, still, find adulterous women far more offensive than adulterous men (never mind that \u201cadultery\u201d seems an unnecessarily harsh word for Lori, a woman who thought her husband was dead). This is also partly because the first two seasons and opening episodes of season three were dominated by episode after episode of the love triangle between Lori, her husband Rick (Andrew Lincoln), and his best friend Shane (John Bernthal). Like many TV love triangles, this one grew stale quickly.\nA Last Minute List of 15 Oscar Snubs\nThis list was originally going to include the biggest snubs of the past 10 years, but that proved too daunting a task. Then I cut the list down to include only the past five years, but it still felt endless. The thing is, the Academy overlooks more greatness than it rewards every single year. Blame it on politics, Oscar-baiting or there just not being enough room, but deserving films and performances fall by the wayside all the time. And this year is no exception.\nSo, without further ado, here are 15 notable works (give or take) that I think deserved recognition from the Academy this year\u2026\nBad Writing Streaming for Free\nStart your New Year off with a little Bad Writing, Vernon Lott\u2019s documentary featuring Margaret Atwood, David Sedaris, Nick Flynn and more, streaming for free all month:\nTen Classic Snow-Covered\nI wanted to make a movie list for Christmas, but not a list of Christmas movies, so I decided to zero in on something we often wish for but rarely get for Christmas in Texas where I live: snow. (Funnily enough, we might actually get it this year.) What follows is a chronological list of some of the most memorable moments in film where snow has made a cameo, whether it\u2019s playing a key role or just hanging out in the background. Warning: may contain spoilers.\nFirst Look: Star Trek Into Darkness\nTechnically, fans were already given a first look at Star Trek Into Darkness when J.J. Abrams unveiled a clip on Conan in October, but fortunately this new \u201cannouncement\u201d trailer reveals a lot more than just three frames. A slightly longer version is expected to premiere with 2D and 3D screenings of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey next weekend, but those catching The Hobbit in IMAX are in for an even bigger treat: the complete first nine minutes of STID.\nThe first Star Trek was a huge hit, bringing in nearly $400 million worldwide. This Trek got off to a bumpy start when talks with Academy Award-winner Benicio Del Toro as the villain, rumored to be none other than Khan, fell through about a month before shooting. Abrams auditioned other Latino actors, namely Edgar Ramirez and Jordi Molla, before settling on Sherlock star and non-Latino Benedict Cumberbatch. Judging from the looks of this trailer, he\u2019s filling the still-unspecified role admirably.\nChris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Anton Yelchin, John Cho and Simon Pegg are all returning in the film, to be released May 17, with newcomers Cumberbatch, Alice Eve, and Peter Weller:\nLifetime\u2019s Liz & Dick: We Got Punked\nSince Lindsay Lohan\u2019s life seems to be playing out like a campy made-for-cable movie these days (She ran over a pedestrian! She\u2019s going to jail! Her family is insane!), it should have made sense that she was tapped to play Elizabeth Taylor on Lifetime. Who else would they get? Kate Winslet? Instead, when the news broke the Internet lit up with snarky speculation and gleeful derision. Then, months later, the reviews started popping up. Everyone from the Hollywood Reporter to Huffington Post urged us to watch this train wreck of a biopic and cackle until our abs ached. The reviews promised a Mommie Dearest \u201cso bad it\u2019s good\u201d kind of flick. They told us to play drinking games. They said we\u2019d have a great time. They set us up.\nLarry Clark Releases\nMarfa Girl Online\nWith the November 20 release of Larry Clark\u2019s Marfa Girl as a $5.99 pay-per-view feature-length film on his personal website, Clark (Kids, Bully) joins the ranks of indie directors (see Hal Hartley) who\u2019ve been circumventing the system and, as he notes on his site, cutting out \u201cthe crooked Hollywood distributors.\u201d Earlier this week Marfa Girl proved a hit at its Rome Film Festival premier, earning the Golden Marc\u2019 Aurelio for Best Film. The synopsis from Clark\u2019s site:\nLegendary Production Designer Sir Ken Adam Talks Bond, WW II,\nand Kubrick\nWhile the twenty-third Bond flick Skyfall enjoys its record-breaking box office debut, the auto and lifestyle online magazine Web2Carz is featuring an exclusive interview by Steve Karras with the man who\u2019d shaped the look of the franchise in its earlier years \u2013 award-winning production designer Sir Ken Adam. Adam has seven of the Bond films to his credits in addition to films like Agnes of God, The Madness of King George, and Dr. Strangelove. In the interview Adam discusses his family\u2019s escape from Nazi Germany, his time in the RAF, 007, and his work with Stanley Kubrick.\nFirst Look: World War Z and\nWorried about how you\u2019re going to get your zombie fix after the latest season of The Walking Dead is over? Well, fear no more. 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VOLA's music exists in a borderline area of rock, that is as high-flying and melodically fulfilling as it is itchy and heavy. The band forms quirky trails of distorted bass and guitars, entangling synth lines and constantly groove-driven drums that play up against wide vocal harmonies and deep-blue-textured electronica.\nThe Copenhagen-based quartet grew out of a common interest in eclectic, groove-oriented music which draws inspiration ranging from 70's progressive rock to modern day electronica, industrial and extreme metal. VOLA features Asger Mygind on vocals and guitar, Nicolai Mogensen on bass, Martin Werner on keyboards and Felix Ewert on drums.\n'Inmazes' was released digitally worldwide on the 2nd of February 2015. The album features artwork based on a watercolor/acrylic drawing by Danish artist Anders Thrane, mix by Asger Mygind and mastering by Jens Bogren of Fascination Street Studio. \"Gutter Moon\" is the first single of the album. The video for the song is animated by 'Sammenervilunkne', which is a new animation studio established by Anne Noerkjaer Bang and Nicolai Mogensen.\nFirst of all, thanks to have accepted my invite; I would start asking you to give us a short presentation of your band.\nNicolai: We are a quartet from Copenhagen who play groovy experimental rock/metal. We have been playing together in this constellation for the past five years making an EP called \u201cMonsters\u201d and a full length album named \u201cInmazes\u201d which we released February this year. (VOLA have previously recorded the EP \u201cHomesick machinery\u201d but that is with different band members).\nIt is strange the choice of Vola as moniker: you use this word taking it from Italian (means flying) or is there something more beyond this word?\nAsger: We are very fond of big soundscapes, so the idea of flying corresponded quite well to us trying to paint musical pictures that has a sense of large space. It\u2019s a also a designation from medicine for the palm of the hand. But basically we really like the simplicity of the name in itself.\nIn my review I stated that your album, 'Inmazes', could be elected as summer release, due to the freshness of its melodies, what can you say about that? And what about my describing your music as a mix of Meshuggah, Devin Townsend and Raunchy? Do you agree?\nNicolai: I have never really thought about \u2018Inmazes\u2019 sounding like a summer release. But having fresh melodies is definitely something we strive for. So thank you!\nWe are inspired by the bands you mention, but if I had to choose three myself I would probably say that we sound like a mix of Meshuggah, Porcupine Tree and Mew.\nHow 'Inmazes' was born, where it was recorded, how was the studio experience? And what about the sound progression in comparison with the previous release?\nAsger: 'Inmazes' was written partly at our respective home workstations and partly in collaboration. We are not really a jamming kind of band, so it was more a process of us sitting around a computer discussing and putting parts together. We recorded the drums at my parents place just outside of Copenhagen. They have a big common house that is shared between several houses, and we put the drums up in there. All the rest was recorded at my place in Copenhagen except the keys, which Martin did at his own place. Finally I mixed that album and sent it to Jens Bogren for mastering. The studio experience was very comfortable, but also a bit drawn-out due to us never having done a full length album before. I\u2019m sure it\u2019s gonna be a smoother process the next time.\nI think 'Inmazes' carries a lot of similarities with the 'Monsters' EP in terms of songwriting, but I think we managed a more organic sound production-wise with the album. Basically we have gotten better at dialing in the sounds we hear in our heads and we are very picky in terms of getting the mood of the songs just right.\nThe word 'Inmazes' gives an idea of 'images', am I wrong? What about the choice of this title? What about the lyrics? Is there any relationship between 'Inmazes' and the particular (and amazing) cover cd? Could you tell more about the man of the cover cd?\nAsger: 'Inmazes' is basically a contraction of \u201cin mazes\u201d. The title refers to the feeling of being trapped in mental mazes. All of the lyrics deal with this entrapment in one way or another, and the point of view varies throughout the album. The drawing we used for the artwork was actually made prior to the album by an artist named Anders Thrane, but we all thought it fit well with the mood of the songs. I was puzzled by the haunting facial expression of the person in the drawing, and that fact that it looks kind of like an xray with all the visible lines inside the persons head. To me it\u2019s threatening and welcoming at the same time, which are elements we also like to work with in the music itself.\nI\u2019m very interested in the idea of happiness and how we can get lost trying to achieve the state of mind that we think will make us happy.\nI have mentioned other influences in the review of the cd: Korn style vocals in the opening track, djent a la Born of Osiris and space rock in \"Starburns\", Depeche Mode in \"Owls\" and even Massive Attack, Archive and Portishead in \"Emily\". Was I drunk when I wrote this or do you agree with my analysis?\nNicolai: I can see where you are coming from. I have seen quite a few people mentioning Depeche Mode when they write about us. But I don\u2019t think that anyone of us have actually listened that much to them.\nIt has to be said that influences are not something we consciously think about when writing music. I think most of what we have listened to in our life so far, somehow finds a way in the music we make. Even some of the music that we listened to as children.\nWhat should we expect in the future of Vola? Is there already new material in writing? Or any video planned?\nNicolai: We have a few ideas for future songs. But they are all still on the early demo stage and need sometime to flourish. Writing 'Inmazes' was kind of a long process. So I guess we needed some time getting inspired again. But the urge to write its starting to come back!\nIf everything goes as planned we are going to release a live video or two in the next couple of months. My girlfriend and I are also working on another music video for one of the songs from 'Inmazes'. So there is something to look forward to.\nAny concert in this hot summer, festivals or whatever? Will be there the chance to see you in Italy one day?\nNicolai: Our next shows are going to be in Hamburg the 25nd of September, at Progpower in The Netherlands at the 2nd of October and at the Euroblast festival the 3rd of October. It\u2019s going to be our first shows at festivals, so we are really looking forward to this.\nPlaying in Italy is definitely something we all want to do at some point. Hopefully sometime next year?\nNicolai: Books: 'The 13 \u00bd Lives of Captain Bluebear' by Walter Moers. I have read the book a bunch of times. I love the imaginative plot and writing. I am also going to choose 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' by Gabriel Garc\u00eda M\u00e1rquez. I\u2019m reading this one at the moment, and I like it so far. The last book is probably going to be a book I haven\u2019t read yet, so I have something fresh on the island.\nRecords: 'Ballads' by John Coltrane, 'Nothing' by Meshuggah and 'Frengers' by Mew. Then I\u2019m pretty good covered vibe-vice.\nMovies: This one is hard but 'Howl\u2019s Moving Castle' by Hayao Miyazaki comes to mind I also love the atmosphere in 'The Prestige' by Christopher Nolan so I\u2019m going to choose that as well. The last one is going to be 'Tale of Tales' by Yuriy Norshteyn. It\u2019s an insanely well animated film.\nAsger: Books: 'Slaughterhouse 5' by Kurt Vonnegut, 'Oracle Night' by Paul Auster, 'The Innocent' by Ian McEwan. Records: 'Catch 33' by Meshuggah, 'Deadwing' by Porcupine Tree, 'Abbey Road' by The Beatles. Movies: 'The Lives Of Others', 'Sideways', 'Big Fish'.\nThanks a lot guys, hope to meet you soon here in Italy.\nhttps://www.facebook.com/volaband\nhttp://thepitofthedamned.blogspot.it/2015/06/vola-inmazes.html", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 366, "original_length": 47802, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 327.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://therebelheart.net/harry-and-meghan-are-now-husband-and-wife/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:55Z", "digest": "sha1:P7O3BV5CK4HSFKJPBAYDTQXK54WF45TG", "length": 1428, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "therebelheart.net", "title": "Harry and Meghan Are Now Husband And Wife! \u2013 Armina Mevlani", "raw_content": "Harry and Meghan are now husband and wife! They have been proclaimed husband and wife by the Archbishop of Canterbury in a ceremony that is being watched by hundreds of millions of people around the world. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will be known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Kensington Palace has announced. It means that Ms Markle is the first woman entitled to use the title HRH The Duchess of Sussex.\nA host of celebrities including Oprah Winfrey, George Clooney and David Beckham were among the 600 invited guests alongside senior members of the Royal family. Another 2,640 members of the public have been chosen to watch the ceremony from the grounds of Windsor Castle.\nMeghan Markle was escorted down the aisle by her future father-in-law, Prince Charles, instead of her own father. She was followed by her six bridesmaids and four pageboys including Prince George and Princess Charlotte.\nMarkle wore a gown from Givenchy\u2019s creative director Claire Waight Keller. The dress were long, white, which was topped off with a vintage-looking tiara. Her hair was center-parted and tucked behind hair ears. The make is very simply and natural only with bronze eye shadow.\nPrince Harry and Prince William walked together into the church like they have walked into every big life event together, wearing the frock coat uniform of the Blues and Royals.\nCongrats Harry and Meghan!!!\nf1Meghan MarklePrince HarryRoyal Wedding", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 78, "original_length": 3139, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 282.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://theredbuildinggroup.com/blog/page/2/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:54Z", "digest": "sha1:NF3D5FGZDGUENGCDR72L7XZKX67MG6UT", "length": 384, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "theredbuildinggroup.com", "title": "Blog | The Red Building Group | Page 2", "raw_content": "On April 12, 2014, we talked about the benefits of shooting film with the Jacksonville Film Photography Meetup Group, the first of a two-part analogue celebration commemorating Film Photography Day 2014. Following the presentation, members of the meetup group covered One Spark on film in Downtown Jacksonville, Fla., a 6-day crowd funding business, art and music festival. Read more\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 2332, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 193.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://thesalinepost.com/schools/flexible-learning-flexible-funding", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:47Z", "digest": "sha1:7VCPMPSV3SRWTGBKIBSPSGGKEICI36ZT", "length": 2048, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "thesalinepost.com", "title": "Flexible Learning: Flexible Funding | The Saline Post", "raw_content": "Flexible Learning: Flexible Funding\nby mcveym\nMs. Brothers and her student, Dani, show off some of the items she purchased.\nTeachers around the country are using technology to find additional funds for their classrooms. Some of those avenues to funding, such as Donors Choose, have been around for a couple of decades.\nTwo weeks ago, I had the opportunity to meet Oliver Hurst-Hiller and Kirk Smiley of Donors Choose (https://www.donorschoose.org/). Their organization supports teachers by inviting them to make modest proposals for such items such as specialized technology, books, alternative seating, and more. Using an interactive web site, potential donors review these proposals and select the ones they wish to fund in whole or in part. For the past 20 years, over 54 thousand of these projects have been fully funded.\nRecently I was surprised with a gift of a card I could use to make a $100 donation through the Donors Choose page. By simply typing in Saline\u2019s zip code, I found a number of proposals by teachers within fifty miles. One proposal, the only one for Saline, had been made by a teacher at Saline\u2019s Alternative High School. After reading her proposal, it was a thrill to help one of Saline\u2019s newest special education teachers, Ms. Courtney Brothers.\nHer proposal, Flexible Learning for All!, had the goal of helping her young adult students by creating a classroom they felt comfortable in. Not only was her instruction differentiated, but she believed the classroom needed to be as well. Some of her students required physical assistance and a variety of sensory inputs so her plan was to add specialized furnishings to their classroom.\nWithin hours of donating the $100 to her project, I was delighted to see that others from around town were also donating various sums of money. Within three days, her project was fully funded, months ahead of schedule.\nDuring my days as a teacher, there were several mini-grants I had applied for. Some I received and some I did not, but I think I certainly would have tried Donors Choose.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 102, "original_length": 4170, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 284.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://thesparkreport.com/study-shows-hospitals-slow-to-adapt-social-media-tools/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:36Z", "digest": "sha1:JR7TJ6GPBZA65L5SHOC2LLCH3DCWWFMN", "length": 1200, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "thesparkreport.com", "title": "Study Shows Hospitals Slow To Adopt Social Media Tools \u2013 The Spark Report\tStudy Shows Hospitals Slow To Adopt Social Media Tools \u2013 The Spark Report", "raw_content": "Advertising, Branding, Health Care, Home Building, Internet Marketing, Internet Media, Media, Social Marketing, Social Media\nDespite proven success, only 10% of U.S. hospitals and health systems are involved in social media (California HealthCare Foundation). Even worse, few of the 10% really take advantage of the \u201csocial\u201d side of this medium, instead preferring to simply push out messages about services, classes, and general news. In fact, per the study, only 6% of all tweets (in the sample) were social interactions; therefore, 94% of all hospital and healthcare tweets were simply information.\nFor social media to work, hospitals must be social. 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The search is over when you choose The Trailer Boy. I can assist you in finding the perfect one. If you are in need of a car hauler, cargo, dump, enclosed, flatbed, gooseneck, horse, motorcycle, refrigerated, snowmobile or utility trailer in Texas, I can make sure you get exactly what you are looking for. I can promise this because my selection of trailers are fully customizable to your liking. Whether its the length, hitch style, height or something as simple as the color of the outer metal, I commit to providing you with what you need. The Trailer Boy is dedicated to providing our customers with an experience they\u2019ll never forget. I go over and above in everything that I do, including customer service. You can expect professional service from start to finish. 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The search is over when you choose The Trailer Boy. I can assist you in finding the perfect one. If you are in need of a car hauler, cargo, dump, enclosed, flatbed, gooseneck, horse, motorcycle, refrigerated, snowmobile or utility trailer in Texas, I can make sure you get exactly what you are looking for. I can promise this because my selection of trailers are fully customizable to your liking. Whether its the length, hitch style, height or something as simple as the color of the outer metal, I commit to providing you with what you need. The Trailer Boy is dedicated to providing our customers with an experience they\u2019ll never forget. I go over and above in everything that I do, including customer service. You can expect professional service from start to finish. 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He was the first-ever two-time Chopped champion and is the host of the award-winning Food Network digital series Man Crafted.\nBrooke Parkhurst is a novelist, cookbook author, and former host of ABC\u2019s internet and digital cable food series. Together James and Brooke authored the Best Selling Flavor Matrix (HMH \u201918). They will soon open their first restaurant inspired by their home on the Gulf Coast and travels through Italy. Angelena\u2019s Ristorante Italiano is set to open in Fall of 2018 in Pensacola, FL.\nFord Fry\u2019s culinary inspirations cover many years and much of the country: from eating out with his family as a child in Texas, to studying at the New England Culinary Institute in Vermont, to spending time as a fine dining chef in Florida, Colorado and California\u2014and eventually as a corporate chef in Atlanta. Although the corporate chef position didn\u2019t stick, Fry\u2019s love for Atlanta stuck with him and it has proved a recipe for success so far. 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She quickly went to work building a business plan for Good Grit Magazine.\nLaura has grown accustomed to being called \u201ccrazy.\u201d She has heard more times than she can count that \u201cthe magazine industry is dying,\u201d or \u201cpaper is going away,\u201d and \u201cdigital is taking over.\u201d And while that may be true, since the inaugural issue in July of 2015, Good Grit has grown to 300,000 readers, is circulated in 17 states, and is sold in more than 2,500 retailers.\nEat Y\u2019all (EatYall.com) was founded in 2012 thru a year-long series of Chef\u2019s Table dinners hosted by Andy and Marianna Chapman, Mississippians who had a heaping plate of food media opportunity shoved in front of them in 2009 when Andy\u2019s spontaneously created Twitter account @eatjxn turned into a wildly successful food concierge service called Eat Jackson (EatJackson.com), based in their home state\u2019s capitol city of Jackson.\nToday, this husband and wife team operates Eat Y'all, where they connect chefs and discerning eaters to the most inspiring Southern grown and made products using events, digital media and personal relationships. They also own and operate The Mississippi List (MississippiList.com) that touts the best places to eat, stay and play across their home state.\nChef Brody Olive from The Perdido Beach Resort\nThe Perdido Beach Resort is proud to welcome Chef Brody Olive as the new Executive Chef to lead our culinary team encompassing all food and beverage operations throughout the hotel\u2019s four restaurants and multiple banquet facilities. Chef Olive brings to the resort an impressive background of training and accomplishments. He attended Johnson and Wales University, where he learned the culinary fundamentals. He began his career at Ocean Restaurant in Birmingham as the Sous Chef, studying under the owner and well known Chef George Reis. Ocean achieved many honors during Brody's tenure, including the AAA Four Diamond Award and Five Stars by Birmingham News. Brody then assisted with the opening of Ocean's sister restaurant, 26, known for its funky South Beach atmosphere and eclectic menu.\nPrior to joining Voyagers at Perdido Beach Resort, Chef Olive had built a great reputation for his development of creative offerings at some of the premier restaurant venues in the Orange Beach and Gulf Shores area. He initially moved to the Gulf Coast to open Villaggio Grille, where he was Executive Chef and General Manager. At Villaggio Grille, he conceptualized a menu offering \"new and old world cookery\" with Italian, Mediterranean and low country fusion. In 2011, Brody opened Elli Bistro Zen Restaurant in Orange Beach as Executive Chef and General Manager, bringing a menu of Pacific Rim flavors to Gulf Seafood before moving to The Beach Club where he served as Executive Chef.\nRouses Chef Neil \u201cNino\u201d Thibodaux\nChef Nino was born in Franklin, Louisiana, but his his food home is Italy. A stint in the Air Force as a F-15 jet mechanic included a month at a remote base near Cagliari in Sardinia. After earning a Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College in Jacksonville, Florida, and an Honorary Doctorate from Victory Baptist College in North Augusta, South Carolina, Nino returned to Italy, where he lived for 13 years. When Nino moved back to the United States, he settled in Houma, Louisiana, and started teaching private cooking classes. Inspired by his time in Italy, he then launched the Friends of Italy Culinary Institute. Nino has taught monthly cooking classes and done cooking demonstrations and events for Rouses Markets for over 10 years. Chef Nino was awarded by the American Culinary Federation 'Best Chefs of Louisiana 2015'. He has a low salt, mild, Cajun seasoning blend called Adrenaline Seasoning, which is available at all Rouses Markets in Louisiana, Mississippi and Lower Alabama. \u200b\nAlyson Sheppard is the editor in chief and publisher of Edible Lower Alabama, the only magazine dedicated to food and drink from Orange Beach to Birmingham. She lives in Gulf Shores.\nJim Smith is the Executive Chef of the State of Alabama and Chairman of the Alabama Seafood Marketing Commission. As the state chef, he has placed an emphasis on using the best local ingredients and has made strides to encourage support of local farmers and Alabama fishers. He uses his position as ambassador of food, to promote farmer\u2019s markets and events that support Alabama food products. Smith is not only responsible for the daily preparation of food for the First Family, but he is also responsible for planning and preparing menus for events sponsored by the state.\nIn 2011 he was crowned the King of American Seafood by winning The Great American Seafood-Cook-Off and became the national spokesperson for Alabama Seafood, American Sustainable Seafood, Gulf Seafood and the NOAA. As the winner he traveled the country educating the Americans about the benefits of sustainable seafood. As Chairman of the Alabama Seafood Marketing Commission, Chef Smith proudly participates in the great work being done to promote Alabama Seafood. Chef Smith is also a Chef Advocate for Wild American Shrimp. Chef Smith represented himself and Alabama in the acclaimed Bravo television cooking competition show, Top Chef. With a top ten finish and great fan support he is proud of his competitive efforts and has high hopes for the future.\nPete Blohme AKA \"Panini Pete\"\nPanini Pete began working in restaurants at the age of fourteen while growing up in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. The business immediately got into his \u201cblood\u201d and the journey began. Fortunately an early job working at the Fifteen Street Fisheries for industry legend Mike Hurst helped pave the way to bigger opportunities. \u201cHe introduced me to the idea of making a professional career of the restaurant industry, and suggested I attend the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park NY.\u201d Mike Hurst would be a frequent counselor & mentor over the next 20 years.\nPete has been Owner and Chef of Panini Pete\u2019s Caf\u00e9 since its inception in 2006! Pete\u2019s commitment to \u201cPut Real Food in his Food\u201d and his Never Met a Stranger approach to Hospitality has launched this concept to new heights, currently operating 5 units in 3 states. Pete has also opened Sunset Pointe in Fairhope, Alabama. Sunset Pointe is an award-winning waterfront seafood restaurant with farm to table local gulf seafood, local produce, and a mixology bar. It was voted one of Alabama\u2019s hottest new restaurants shortly after opening in 2015.\nPete has made appearances on 8 Different Food Network Programs and 4 Food Network Web Videos including the following: Diners Drive-ins & Dives, the \u201cBest Of\u201d Diners Drive-ins & Dives, Guy\u2019s Big Bite, Guys Grocery Games, & Guest Judge on Food Truck Wars with Tyler Florence! Pete has also performed in over 30 live Food Shows while touring with the Guy Fieri Road Show.\nAmy Sins is a mischievous host and fanatical food explorer in constant motion. Chasing down rogue chickens, spinning stories about Louisiana food traditions to eager diners, fishing for supper, traveling to far-off places, dreaming up dishes with Cajun and Creole flair \u2013 all part of Amy\u2019s unpredictable, almost unbelievable day-to-day adventures bouncing around South Louisiana (and the globe).\nBorn and raised in nearby Gonzales, Louisiana (the Jambalaya Capital of the World and home of the best damn brown jambalaya around), Amy didn\u2019t follow the typical path of a New Orleans chef. No years in culinary school or humble kitchen stints at marquee restaurants. She was wired for cooking and entertaining as a kid, watching her parents\u2019 elaborate southern dinner parties unfold. Amy walked away from a 20-year career in sales and bootstrapped her way into building Langlois from scratch in 2012 \u2014 first as an interactive dining/ open kitchen restaurant in the Marigny, and as the traveling culinary entertainment group it is today. Langlois is a tribute to her roots, combining Amy\u2019s pure love of dinner party style entertaining and Louisiana culture with authentic New Orleans culinary experiences.\nKendall Collins Gensler\nKendall Collins Gensler is a seasoned culinary professional, who received a diploma from the famous Le Cordon Bleu Cooking School and attended Johnson and Wales University for continuing culinary education. Gensler is a native New Orleanian, who has worked in the culinary industry over the past twenty years.\nAs an ambassador of the \u201cculinary current\u201d, Gensler founded Culinary Concierge Magazine in 2000. In 2005, Culinary Concierge Magazine was named as a finalist for an Award of Excellence by The International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP).\nCurrently, Kendall works primarily as a Food Stylist and Culinary Consultant across the Southeast.\nGreg Peterson is a 30-year veteran of the news business and anchors NBC15 News at 5, 6 and 10 p.m. His father was a broadcasting pioneer, working for more than three decades as a TV meteorologist, so Greg has been wandering the halls of television stations since he was old enough to walk.\nDuring his award winning career, Greg has reported from locations all across the country, from natural disasters to the White House. He has ridden a bull in the rodeo, a thoroughbred race horse from the gate and is one of the few people who has flown with both the Navy's Blue Angels, and the Air Force Thunderbirds.\nGreg and his wife Jill are owner/operators of Trattoria Pizza & Italian in Spanish Fort. Voted best pizza in South Alabama, Baldwin County, and Best Kept Restaurant Secret in Baldwin County. Their success is also moving to OWA, where they will open another Trattoria in mid summer.\nSusan Benton is a South Walton based writer, artist, and founder of 30Aeats.com. Susan has contributed to and worked with numerous national and regional in print and digital platforms that include Parade, The Daily Meal, Cooking Light, The Local Palate, and VIE Magazine to name a few. Benton was recognized in Lodge Cast Iron Nation: Cooking from Coast to Coast with other noteworthy chefs and individuals, and was awarded Top 100 Gulf Coast Seafood Blogger by The Gulf & South Atlantic Fisheries Foundation.\nDonny Rouse\nDonny Rouse grew up in the grocery business founded by his grandfather, Anthony J. Rouse, Sr.. For years he worked in his family\u2019s stores after class, and on weekends and holidays. Following his graduation from the University of Louisiana in Lafayette, Donny stepped into a management role at Rouses, working side by side with his father, Donald, and uncle, Tommy. As Rouses real estate specialist, Donny was called upon to help plan Rouses\u2019 acquisition of A&P\u2019s Southern Division, which doubled the company\u2019s size overnight, and to oversee the company\u2019s purchase of stores and shopping centers throughout Louisiana, Mississippi and Lower Alabama.\nSince becoming Managing Partner in late 2010, Donny has focused on increasing his company\u2019s fresh, organic and gourmet offerings while spearheaded new developments, including the company\u2019s first locations in downtown New Orleans, Lafayette, Baton Rouge, Denham Springs, Ponchatoula and Mobile, Alabama. Under Donny\u2019s direction, Rouses recently acquired LeBlanc\u2019s Food Stores, which included nine locations in Baton Rouge and the surrounding area. Rouses is now one of the largest independent grocers in the United States. It has repeatedly been voted \u201cBest Supermarket\u201d and \u201cBest Place to Work,\u201d by local, regional and national publications and organizations. In 2016, Donny assumed his new role as CEO of his family\u2019s 58-year-old company. He and his wife, Kara, have two daughters and a son. 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These guideline instructions in English will enable the common man to follow the correct way of daily Buddhist practice and to further his understanding of Buddhism in a substantive way.\nThis project is being carried out by Mr Thupten Tenzing, Research Officer, NIT.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 2247, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 226.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://tim-essquare.com/engsld/category_id/144.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:08Z", "digest": "sha1:L5MMX3UXPEC4BMIVUUBLUVALQNAUHUBE", "length": 8140, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "tim-essquare.com", "title": "\u5357\u56fd\u5f69\u7968\u7f51\u7ad9_\u7f51\u5740|LEADER _ CHINA COAL NO.5 CONSTRUCTION CO.,LTD", "raw_content": "LOCATION\uff1aHOME > ABOUT > LEADER\nWu ChuanqiGeneral manager, deputy secretary of the party committee\nWu Chuanqi, male, Han nationality, Pei County, Jiangsu, member of the Communist Party of China, graduated from the Australian National University in Management (Science and Technology Innovation), master's degree, senior accountant. He served as Deputy Director, Director, Finance Department, Deputy Chief Accountant and Chief Accountant of China Petroleum Fifth Construction Company, Chief Accountant of China Coal First Construction Company, Chief Accountant of China Coal Construction Group Co., Ltd., China Coal Heilongjiang Coal Director of Chemical Industry (Group) Co., Ltd., Chief Accountant, Party Secretary and Deputy General Manager of China Coal Heilongjiang Coal Chemical Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. He is currently the executive director (legal representative), general manager and deputy secretary of the party committee of China Coal Fifth Construction Co., Ltd.\nChen LongParty secretary, deputy general manager\nChen Long, male, Han nationality, Jiangsu Suining, member of the Communist Party of China, graduated from China University of Mining and Technology, majoring in mining engineering, postgraduate degree, master's degree, senior political engineer. He served successively as Minister of the Party Committee of the Second Engineering Department of China Coal No. 5 Construction Company, Deputy Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, Deputy Director of the Office of China Coal Construction Group Corporation, Director of the Office of the General Office of China Coal Energy Group Corporation, and Deputy Office of China Coal Energy Group Co., Ltd. Director, Director (Director) of the Propaganda Department (Corporate Culture Department) of the Party Committee of China Coal Energy Group Co., Ltd. He is currently the party secretary and deputy general manager of China Coal Fifth Construction Co., Ltd.\nLiu ChuanshenDirector of safety supervision\nLiu Chuanshen, male, Han nationality, Shandong Lishui, member of the Communist Party of China, graduated from the Central Party School Correspondence School, majoring in undergraduate degree, senior engineer. He used to be the director of the third engineering department and the deputy secretary of the party committee of China Coal Fifth Construction Co., Ltd., and is currently the director of the Safety Supervision Bureau of China Coal Fifth Construction Co., Ltd.\nLi Xiumeichief accountant\nLi Xiumei, female, Han nationality, Jilin Baishan, member of the Communist Party of China, graduated from China University of Mining and Technology, majoring in financial accounting, bachelor degree, bachelor degree, senior accountant. He once served as deputy secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of China Coal Fifth Construction Co., Ltd. and deputy chief accountant of China Coal Construction Group Co., Ltd., and is currently the chief accountant of China Coal Fifth Construction Co., Ltd.\nSun YongDeputy general manager\nSun Yong, male, Han nationality, Jiangsu monk, member of the Communist Party of China, graduated from the Engineering Administration College of Economics, bachelor degree, senior economist. He served as Secretary of the Party Committee and Deputy Director of the Second Engineering Department of the Fifth Construction Company of China Coal, Party Secretary and Deputy Director of the First Engineering Department of China Coal Fifth Construction Co., Ltd., Director and Party Director of the Party Committee of China Coal Fifth Construction Co., Ltd. Secretary of the Party Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee and Deputy Director of the Third Engineering Department of China Coal Fifth Construction Co., Ltd., is currently the Deputy General Manager of China Coal Fifth Construction Co., Ltd.\nGong WeidongDeputy general manager\nGong Weidong, male, Han nationality, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, member of the Communist Party of China, graduated from the Party School of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, majoring in constitutional law and administrative law, graduate degree, senior engineer. He served as Secretary of the Party Committee and Deputy Director of the Second Engineering Department of China Coal Fifth Construction Co., Ltd., Party Secretary and Deputy Director of the Third Engineering Department of China Coal Fifth Construction Co., Ltd., Director of the Mechanical and Electrical Management Department of China Coal Fifth Construction Co., Ltd. Party Secretary and Deputy Director of the First Engineering Department of China Coal No. 5 Construction Co., Ltd., Director of the First Engineering Department and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of China Coal Fifth Construction Co., Ltd., Deputy Chief Engineer of China Coal Fifth Construction Co., Ltd. Deputy General Manager of the Fifth Construction Co., Ltd.\nHe ZiqingUnion president\nHe Ziqing, male, Han nationality, Jiangsu Hai'an, member of the Communist Party of China, party school administration of the Communist Party School of the CPC Central Committee, university degree, senior political engineer. He served successively as deputy secretary of the Party Committee, secretary of the Disciplinary Committee and chairman of the Labor Union of the Fifth Engineering Department of China Coal No. 5 Construction Company; Party Secretary of the Fifth Engineering Department of China Coal Fifth Construction Company; Party Secretary and Deputy Director of the Third Engineering Department of China Coal No. 5 Construction Company Party Secretary and Deputy Director of the First Engineering Department of China Coal Fifth Construction Co., Ltd.; Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Secretary of the Disciplinary Committee of China Coal First Construction Co., Ltd. He is currently the chairman of the labor union of China Coal Fifth Construction Co., Ltd.\nLi ZhendongDeputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission\nLi Zhendong, male, Han nationality, Kedong, Heilongjiang, member of the Communist Party of China, graduated from Hebei University of Engineering, graduated in mining engineering, master's degree, professor-level senior engineer. He served as Secretary of the Party Committee of the 10th Engineering Office of China Coal Construction Corporation, Director of the 63rd Engineering Department, Director of the 10th Engineering Department, Director of the Office of the China Coal Construction and Installation Engineering Group Co., Ltd., Chairman of the Labor Union, China Coal Energy Group Co., Ltd. Full-time deputy head of the company's party committee inspection team. He is currently the deputy secretary of the Party Committee and secretary of the Disciplinary Committee of China Coal Fifth Construction Co., Ltd.\nSanhuaDeputy general manager\nSang Hua, male, Han nationality, Jiangsu Xinyi, member of the Communist Party of China, graduated from Wuhan University of Technology, majoring in engineering management, bachelor degree, senior engineer. He served as the general manager of the Overseas Development Company of the Fifth Construction Company of China Coal and the Deputy Secretary of the Party Branch, the Assistant General Manager of China Coal Fifth Construction Co., Ltd. and the General Manager of the Overseas Development Corporation and the Deputy Secretary of the Party Branch. 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We are a Christian establishment,\u201d O\u2019Connor told local news outlet WBND-TV Tuesday evening.\nThe comments sparked social-media uproar, and the company\u2019s Yelp page has been flooded with angry comments. Someone went so far as to buy the domain name www.memoriespizza.com to post a message against discrimination.\nAt the same time, people who support the owners\u2019 stance have started a GoFundMe campaign aiming to \u201crelieve the financial loss endured by the proprietors\u2019 stand for faith.\u201d The campaign has raised nearly $50,000 so far.\nIndiana\u2019s Religious Freedom Restoration Act is a law prohibiting the government from infringing on the religious beliefs of a business, organization or person. 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Crime has risen to levels that no one thought would they would ever see,\u201d Trump said, during a foreign policy address in Youngstown, Ohio. \u201cWe have enough problems in our country, we don\u2019t need another one.\u201d\nLeft unsaid was Trump\u2019s own past admiration for the German leader. Nearly a year ago to the day, on August 18, 2015, Trump gave an interview with TIME in which he said, unprompted, that Merkel was \u201cprobably the greatest leader in the world today.\u201d\nAt the time, Trump was criticizing U.S. leaders for paying to support Ukraine\u2019s government against Russian-backed separatists, while those in the region did little to help. \u201cGermany\u2019s like sitting back silent collecting money and making a fortune with probably the greatest leader in the world today, Merkel,\u201d Trump told TIME in 2015. \u201cShe\u2019s fantastic,\u201d he added. \u201cHighly respected.\u201d\nGermany was already experiencing a massive influx of refugees in the summer of 2015. On August 20, 2015, the German government announced that the number of refugees would grow to 800,000 for the year. Within weeks, the refugee issue had changed Trump\u2019s opinion of Merkel.\n\u201cFrankly, look, Europe\u2019s going to have to handle it. But they\u2019re going to have riots in Germany. What\u2019s happening in Germany, I always thought Merkel was, like, this great leader,\u201d Trump said on Face the Nation on CBS on Oct. 11. \u201cWhat she\u2019s done in Germany is insane. It\u2019s insane.\u201d\nIn December of 2015, Merkel was named TIME\u2019s 2015 Person of the Year, the fourth woman to be awarded the honor. Trump was listed as a runner up. 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However, instead of choosing to change their roster of players, it seems Na\u2019Vi are keen to change other elements of the team set up, with Andi hopefully bringing a new lease of life to the team with his coaching style.\nNa\u2019Vi\u2019s most recent tournament, IEM Katowice, saw them get knocked out in the quarter finals by Astralis, the current Major champions who also went on to win this particular event. Although on paper Na\u2019Vi have some great players, such as S1mple who moved to the team in August 2016, they have really struggled to keep a consistent form. Getting knocked out of the ELEAGUE Atlanta 2017 Major in the quarter finals was not something that many fans anticipated, as they were highlighted as favourites, losing to the eventual champions Astralis. Guardian, the teams primary AWPer, has also struggled to regain his previously consistent form since suffering from a wrist injury in early 2016.\nPrevious ArticleOverwatch PTR Update \u2013 Server Browser, Bastion Buffed, and more\nNext ArticleThe CS:GO Meta Shift \u2013 Early 2017", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 97, "original_length": 3259, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 272.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://transition.turbulence.org/networked_music_review/2007/02/03/timo-kahlen/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:36:27Z", "digest": "sha1:TXHXCYRNMSF2G7ECY7LDCYB6NO7SBK4O", "length": 1282, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "transition.turbulence.org", "title": "Networked Music Review \u2014 Timo Kahlen", "raw_content": "Ephemeral Media\n[right : \u201cMedia Dirt\u201d, 2004. Sound installation based on ephemeral, interfering radio waves at KIASMA National Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki, Finland // right : \u201cUR\u201d, 2006. Net art / interactive sound piece. Courtesy Ruine der Kuenste Berlin.] Sound and media artist Timo Kahlen (*1966, living and working in Berlin) has been nominated for the German national \u201cSound Art Prize 2006\u201d. He has been working with immaterial and ephemeral media (light, sound, wind, radiation) for more than twenty years. As part of his nomination, he has been invited to present selected sound installations at the Ruine der Kuenste Berlin, at the Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl and at the \u201cSoundART 2006\u201d special exhibition of the ART COLOGNE fair. For a detailed documentation of his experimental work see http://www.staubrauschen.de/soundsc.htm\nFrom April 27 \u2013 April 29, 2007, a new selection of web-based, generative sound works by Timo Kahlen will now be presented at \u201cThe Sonic Image\u201d: 2007 Totally Huge New Music Festival Conference in Perth (AUS). These include \u201cSound Drift\u201d (2005 in collaboration with Ian Andrews) and \u201cping tschae tschae\u201d (2005) and, for example, \u201cUR\u201d (2006).\nFor 2007, Timo Kahlen is currently preparing exhibitions in Berlin, Chemnitz and Milano.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 114, "original_length": 9534, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 304.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://travel-2-ukraine.com/excursions/city_excursions.php?id=11", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:24Z", "digest": "sha1:UPQI72HR6L5SG6TCZZPDT2MRDJGZAKN7", "length": 1172, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "travel-2-ukraine.com", "title": "Ukraine-Tours.com | Excursions in Sevastopol", "raw_content": "Home > Excursions > Sevastopol\nExcursions In Sevastopol\nMaritime and naval, captivating and intriguing, Sevastopol and surroundings are a popular destination for travel in the Crimea. Those interested in a military theme will find a lot on the WWII and the Crimean War. The Cold War times will be presented in a visit to the disbanded top secret submarine base in Balaklava. On the archeological note, you will see the ruins of the ancient polis of Tauric Chersonesos. You will see the Grafskaya Pier, from which the city founders, Catherine II and Potemkin, have once seen Sevastopol for the first time. Many changes have happened from that 1787. Enjoy seeing it with us!\nDuration: 9 hours\t Available in: English, Russian, Italian, German, French, Spanish, Ukrainian\nOne of the most sanguinary and paradoxical wars of the 19th century, the Crimean War with the siege of Sevastopol has left lots of military and history sites in Sevastopol and surroundings to visit nowadays.\nSevastopol is one of the most profound World War II military sights and symbols of the Soviet epoch. There are numerous military sites and museums to speak eloquently about this war in Sevastopol.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 53, "original_length": 2651, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 319.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://travel.goodwood.com/destinations/europe/greece/crete/aldemar-knossos-royal-village.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:27:38Z", "digest": "sha1:EA6R44RCJWZEGHKEQ45OJ7J76XBDCXO6", "length": 1073, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "travel.goodwood.com", "title": "Aldemar Knossos Royal Village, Crete - Goodwood Travel", "raw_content": "Destinations > Europe > Greece > Crete > Aldemar Knossos Royal Village\nWelcome to Aldemar Knossos Royal Village\nSituated close to Hersonissos on the northern coast of Crete, the luxurious holiday hotel Aldemar Knossos Royal Village boasts panoramic views over the eternal blue of the Sea of Crete. The restaurants, bars, taverns and shopping facilities of Hersonissos can be easily reached. The city of Heraklion and the international airport are just a short drive away.The family-friendly hotel is built in a Minoan-style architecture and surrounded by delightful gardens. The spacious rooms are beautifully appointed and excellently equipped. For younger guests, there is a mini-club, children's playground and children's pools, while not-so-young guests will love the host of sports facilities including a sandy private beach, various pools, a 45 m waterslide, a fitness centre and a sauna. Culinary options include various restaurants serving mouthwatering delicacies, such as the gourmet restaurant \u201cFontana Amorosa\u201d. A stylish way to spend a beach holiday in Greece.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 486, "original_length": 13168, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 320.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://traveler.rtx.travel/magazine_article/ski-the-berkshires/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:43Z", "digest": "sha1:A23K24EEOELBJMW53YJMUV4XZNPHM62C", "length": 5943, "nlines": 24, "source_domain": "traveler.rtx.travel", "title": "Ski The Berkshires : RTX Traveler Online", "raw_content": "Ski The Berkshires\nWith seven resorts and seven cross country ski areas within an hour drive of each other, the Berkshires offer some of the best skiing in the Northeast. Best off all the fun does not stop in the summer.\nThe Berkshires\u2019 premier ski and snowboard resort, Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort is the largest in southern New England and offers year round entertainment for the whole family.\nLocated in Hancock, Jiminy Peak opened in 1947 and has been a local and regional favorite for decades. With winter and summer activities, a modern ski village and a dedication to a green initiative it is easy to see why.\nInstalled in 2007 Jiminy Peak\u2019s wind turbine, Zephyr, generates more than 50 percent of the electrical power in the winter and nearly 100 percent during the summer. Once combined with the recently installed 2.4 megawatt solar array the resort will operate on 80 percent renewable energy, putting it on the cutting edge of ski resorts and meaning you can feel good about your visit to the mountain.\nJiminy Peak offers 43 trails that cover 167 acres with a vertical drop of 1,150 feet. An annual snowfall of more than 100 inches along with 441 snow towers and guns means Jiminy provides skiers with some of the best conditions in all of New England.\nTo access the pristine powder Jiminy uses a total of nine lifts to pepper skiers across the mountain. Anchored by a bottom to top six-passenger high-speed lift, the system also includes two quad chairs, three triple chairs, a double and two beginner conveyer lifts, meaning more time on the slopes and less time waiting in line.\nBeginners and advanced skiers alike will find plenty of terrain to keep them busy. Jiminy features a variety of glades and bump runs along with smooth corduroy surfaces for cruising around the mountain.\nThrill seekers will enjoy the three terrain parks: Alex\u2019s Ridge, Coyote Ridge and Grommetville. Varying in degrees of difficulty, each park presents its own set of challenges with strategically placed rails, jumps and quarter pipes.\nAfter a day on the slopes relax and unwind in the Village Center where you can find restaurants and bars including the popular John Harvard\u2019s Restaurant & Brewery and JJ\u2019s Lodge. There are also shops and rental equipment available in the village.\nSki season is from mid-November to mid-April, weather pending.\nJust because the snow has melted does not mean the fun has stopped at Jiminy Peak. During the summer months the mountain has a plethora of entertainment options to choose from.\nStart at the Aerial Adventure Park, a self-guided ropes course with six individual courses that all present a new challenge. Rope ladders, cargo nets, rope bridges and zip lines are just a few of the 70 different elements that will come into play as you traverse through the forest canopy.\nDescend from the trees and head over to the Mountain Adventure Park for a round of family fun. Children will love burning energy jumping around in the bounce house, or springing through the air on the Euro Bungy Trampoline.\nThe park is also home to the popular Alpine Super Slide. Two identical tracks dip and turn as they race down the side of Jiminy Peak. Those desiring more speed can try out the mountain coaster, the first of its kind on the East Coast. Reaching speeds up to 23 mph the coaster slivers down more than 2000 feet of track, darting in and out of the trees and around rock boulders.\nJiminy Peak is also home to what many consider the best mountain bike park in New England. The lift-served trails are both single track and downhill cruisers with a variety of obstacles and challenges.\nWhether you\u2019re in the Berkshires in the winter or summer Jiminy Peak Mountain Resort has plenty to keep everyone entertained.\nMore Slopes to Explore\nLocated in Great Barrington, Ski Butternut is constantly ranked in the top 10 in New England for their snow making abilities, with all 22 trails covered by machines. The 110 skiable acres are accessed by 11 lifts, meaning more runs for visitors. Ski Butternut is also known for having the region\u2019s best terrain park with a section for beginners and more advanced riders. The little ones will enjoy zooming down the hill in the tubing park.\nOpened in 1932, Bousquet is the oldest ski resort in the Berkshires and the first in the country to offer night skiing. The 200-acre resort has seen five Olympic downhill skiers evolve from the Bousquet Racing Team. In the summer Bousquet entertains guests with six water slides, a mini golf course, go-kart track and zip line course. Yankee Magazine also named the disc golf course at Bousquet the best in the Berkshires.\nOne of the largest ski areas in the Berkshires, the resort has some of the best glades skiing in New England. Six chair lifts, 162 skiable acres and 52 trails provide enough terrain to keep everyone challenged. Need a break from the slopes? Explore the tubing park or take a ride on the longest mountain coaster in North America. In the summer find adventure on the canopy tour, which includes two of the longest zip lines in the country.\nWith 11 trails and four lifts, Otis Ridge is known for its small size, making it perfect for beginners and families learning to ski. With more than 50 years of experience the ski camp is one of the oldest in the country. Don\u2019t be fooled by its size, as the mountain offers an array of trails that are perfect for more advanced skiers. After a day of conquering the mountain refuel slope side with food and drinks at the Grouse House.\nCantebury Farm\nNestled in the quaint community of Becket, Canterbury Farm offers cross country skiers more than 19 miles of groomed trails. Meandering through 320 acres, the trails accommodate all skill levels and travel through forests and open fields and past multiple lakes and rock fences. The farm also includes separate snowshoe trails and a small frozen pond for ice skating. In the summer the trails are open for hiking and mountain biking.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 129, "original_length": 9206, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 267.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://travelinsidermagazine.com/category/family-trave/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:45Z", "digest": "sha1:U5AJ2OWW2GTODD3AD3ZWIVD2WEQISBA7", "length": 266, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "travelinsidermagazine.com", "title": "Family Travel - Travel Insider", "raw_content": "On this road trip, we headed to the Greater Palm Springs area. Just about two hours from Los Angeles, Palm Springs might seem like...\nNot even two hours away from Chicago, you'll find an escape at the resort town of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. A true getaway from the...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 177, "original_length": 5031, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 137.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://trendingfortoday.com/news/Fiat-Chrysler-Cashes-In-on-$7-Billion-Auto-Parts-Sale-on-Monday/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:35Z", "digest": "sha1:7JAJHDYOYLYCX3BHNT7KV56AR7MU6I7F", "length": 2419, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "trendingfortoday.com", "title": "Fiat Chrysler Cashes In On $7 Billion Auto Parts Sale On Monday", "raw_content": "Fiat Chrysler Cashes In On $7 Billion Auto Parts Sale On Monday\nFiat Chrysler's new CEO has struck a deal to sell the company's auto parts business for more than $7 billion.\nThe carmaker announced Monday that its Magneti Marelli division is being bought by Japan's Calsonic Kansei for \u20ac6.2 billion ($7.2 billion) in a deal that will create one of the world's largest auto parts suppliers.\nFiat Chrysler (FCA) CEO Mike Manley, who took over in July following the death of Sergio Marchionne, said the automaker looked at \"a range of options\" for Magneti Marelli before deciding to sell it to the Japanese company, which is owned by private equity firm KKR.\nThe deal comes at a time when the auto industry is facing disruption from the rise of electric cars and the development of self-driving technology. Establish players like GM (GM) and Toyota (TM) are teaming up with tech companies as they try to adjust to the shifting landscape.\n\"Our industry has gone through fierce change in recent years and the phase to come will be even more dynamic,\" said Calsonic Kansei CEO Beda Bolzenius.\nThe combined business will have annual revenue of \u20ac15.2 billion ($17.5 billion) and nearly 200 facilities and research centers around the world, Fiat Chrysler said in the statement announcing the deal. It's expected to close in the first half of next year.\nThe sale will enable Manley to focus more on the weightier challenges facing Fiat Chrysler, including the need to win a larger share of the Chinese market, the world's biggest, and catching up with rivals in the development of electric and self-driving vehicles.\nThe two auto parts businesses that are merging have histories that go back decades.\nMagneti Marelli was founded in Milan 99 years ago and was bought by Fiat in 1967. Calsonic Kansei started out 80 years ago making car radiators for Nissan (NSANY), which was its largest shareholder until the buyout by KKR last year.\nThe parts suppliers specialize in some of the same product areas, including electronics and exhaust systems.\nSource : http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/20181022/NEWS02/310229994/fiat-chrysler-is-selling-its-auto-parts-business-for-7-billion\nFiat Chrysler shares fall 10 percent after weak 2019 guidance\nFiat-Chrysler workers frustrated despite biggest bonus checks in years\nBarclays Downgrades Fiat Chrysler On Unexpected North American Weakness\nFiat Chrysler profit jumps on higher revenue", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 43, "original_length": 3244, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 248.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://trulyrawgourmet.com/slim4life-reviews.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:16Z", "digest": "sha1:AZ3QZKDIDZ5R7FMLW254PYXNW3HC5SDO", "length": 6455, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "trulyrawgourmet.com", "title": "Slim4Life Reviews 2018 [WARNING] Does It Work or Scam?", "raw_content": "Slim4Life Reviews - What Is It?\nDO NOT BUY Slim4Life!!! You Must Read This Review!\nSlim4Life is not a weight-loss supplement but a program. In order to get involved into this program , you will have to attend a center to be personally evaluated. After the consultation is complete, the staff of the company will create a diet plan for you. It depends on how much weight you want to lose. The centers are located in different cities in the USA. The program was introduced to the market in 1979 with an original location in Kansas. Since that time, additional centers have been created in three states of the country. The program is associated with both positive and negative reports from users. The company behind the program is not well known but let us have a closer look at how it works. The official website is not very informative. It offers general information about the product. Slim4Life weight loss programs have been created by a team of nutritionists, medical doctors, and counseling psychologists. These involve healthy lifestyle habits and healthy eating.\nIngredients of Slim4Life - Does It Really Work? Is It a Scam?\nSlim4Life has no ingredients because it is a weight-loss program. In fact, there are many programs because they are created for each person individually. These programs are made to meet your individual lifestyle and needs. These presuppose eating grocery store foods on a regular basis. Foods should be preferably cooked at home. There is also one-on-one counseling at centers.\nSlim4Life Weight Loss programs are said to be easy-to-follow. You are expected to be supervised by professionals. You may use the service of one-on-one counseling and behavioral education. Following a Slim4Life program you are expected to eat regular grocery store foods, proteins, fats, vegetables, fruits, carbohydrates, and dairy. You should inform your Slim4Life supervisor of possible food intolerances or allergies. Special attention is paid to vegetarians. When you finish the program, you will be educated how to support your optimal weight in future.\nThe first stage of any Slim 4 Life weight-loss program is a consultation that lasts for about thirty minutes. It is meant to gather important information about you with the goal of creating a specific program according to your individual needs. As the company claims, they can design a weight loss program even for those who have certain medical issues. However, you are recommended to cooperate with your doctor on important guidelines for your weight loss.\nThe company accepts people from all walks of life, diabetics, heart patients, etc. People suffering from such health conditions as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, thyroid disease, heart conditions, arthritis/joint pain, and cancer are also considered by the company. However, I have a lot of doubts that their staff is professional enough to deal with difficult patients suffering from obesity. For this reason, it is always wise to consult your doctor before getting involved into any weight-loss program.\nAs a matter of fact, the manufacturer of Slim4Life weight-loss programs doesnot mention any health restrictions or side effects associated with their programs. However, risks always exists, especially when the user has any chronic health condition. The program involves only diet and has nothing to do with exercising. They don't give any guarantees that their program will be helpful. In any case, any diet promotes lower calorie intake, thus, it is going to help you with weight loss. The problem is that most people want to lose more than they physically can. Losing an unrealistic amount of weight is always difficult, if not impossible. According to the official website, the dieter is expected to lose between three and five pounds each week. It depends on your current weight. There is a catch. As one plan participant reports, their program does not guarantee effective weight loss. Several dieters reported losing up to 10 pounds a month, but none of the users reported any promised results.\nI am worried with the fact that there is no clinical evidence to support the effectiveness of any of Slim4Life weight-loss plans. Theoretically, any food restriction is expected to lead to weight loss, but the problem is that some patients may suffer from food restriction. It can be unsafe for their health and current conditions. According to our research, losing big amounts of weight can significantly decrease chances of long-term success. Besides, Slim4Life is associated with unsupported guarantees and unreal advertising. Let us have a look at what real people are saying about the experience of following diet plans.\n\"For me, the Slim 4 Life plan was going to cost about $2000. I wanted to lose 60 pounds, however, I refused from it after getting the initial consultation. I was disappointed because they do not guarantee your weight loss, no matter how much money you spend.\"\n\"Getting the first Slim4life consultation cost $30 for me. That's too much for showing you around, getting your weight and general description of your diet program! I wanted to lose 30 pounds and my total cost was going to be $4,300. I decided to start losing weight on my own.\"\n\"I am on Slim4Life diet and I have faced certain negative changes in my body. My heart rate has dropped to between 48-55. It is not normal for me. Has anyone else faced this? I am going to see my doctor tomorrow. I also feel tired, light-headed and cold all the time.\"\nWhere To Buy Slim4Life?\nThey say that there is no charge for the initial consultation, but it is wrong, according to the users' reviews. It costs about $30. Their programs also vary in cost depending on many factors, including your current health condition and the amount of weight you want to lose. The price for the program may reach several thousands of dollars. You will not find it on Amazon, GNC or Walmart.\nAt first, I was interested in Slim4Life, but after looking closely at the facts, I understood that it is not as good as claimed. The effectiveness of the programs is under question. Many potential users are shocked with the high price of their individual programs. That say that you have to pay for each visit the number of which may reach up to five per week. As for me, I am concerned about the lack of clinical support. Be ready to eat food that is too low in calories. There are many good weight-loss programs on the modern market. Slim4Life is not a good idea.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 24, "original_length": 7370, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 223.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://tufflove.live/2018/03/02/116-six-conversations-the-victim-archetype-in-romance-relationship-with-arielle-brown-and-jamie-thompson/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:34Z", "digest": "sha1:DGZDOG36DMBESO7CVW5GLWWCLOADI4JE", "length": 41986, "nlines": 75, "source_domain": "tufflove.live", "title": "116: Six Conversations: The Victim Archetype in Romance & Relationship with Arielle Brown and Jamie Thompson", "raw_content": "116: Six Conversations: The Victim Archetype in Romance & Relationship with Arielle Brown and Jamie Thompson\nThere are many cultures across the world where the image of women is projected as the victim archetype. For them to find true love, they must wait for their prince charming riding out into the sunset. While this fantasy works for some, women of today still need to realize that they can come from a place where they are already happy and experiencing love. There is this place of owning the experience, taking charge and mastering the relationship and not be just a damsel in distress.\nI\u2019m very happy to announce season two of Six Vulnerable Conversations Between Two Women. I\u2019m not on this podcast, I am simply producing it. I\u2019m excited to see my two friends, Arielle Brown and Jamie Thompson, and what happens in their conversations about six topics that are near and dear to their hearts. This show is called the Victim Archetype in Romance and Relationship. For more shows, my own show or more Six Conversations, please visit TuffLove.Live. If you love the show, please give us a rating on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to your podcast. Thanks so much and enjoy the show.\nWelcome to the first of Six Vulnerable Conversations Between Two Women. I have myself and Miss Jamie Thompson. I\u2019m super excited because this project actually started about four months ago when myself and the infamous talented Robert Kandell decided we want to create a space where experts in this field of intimacy, connection, relationship, where teachers, where coaches, where facilitators, and we wanted to create a project where we could pull back the veil and just speak candidly, unscripted, raw, and real about our personal experience in this realm and how we got to the places that we are.\nIt was such a powerful six weeks of conversations that we decided we wanted to keep it going, switch it up, and create different dynamics between the two people that were involved in the conversation. The natural next step felt like having a conversation between two women and starting to dive into these conversations that are deeply relevant, deeply edgy in a lot of cases, and deeply important for us as women to be speaking about so we can be living the types of lives and creating the types of relationships that we desire. I want to give Jamie an opportunity to say hello.\nThanks, Arielle. I am so excited to be here. I have connected deeply with both Robert and Arielle. When she invited me to do this, it felt both thrilling and terrifying, an interesting, juicy edge to dive into. That excited me and I\u2019m really looking forward to pulling back the kimono, as they say, to the sometimes messy process that even coaches, experts, and people who seem to have it all together actually go through to create the life that we truly desire.\nVictim Archetype: We\u2019re expecting this knight in shining armor to come and absolve us of all of our responsibility.\nI feel so much resonance with you. From the very first conversation we had, I could feel that there was going to be some rich places that we would go together. For this episode, we\u2019re going to be diving into the topic of The Victim Archetype in Romance and Relationship. This one feels like such a relevant piece to me, especially with everything that\u2019s been happening in light of the MeToo Movement, with really looking at the way we as women can embody the victim archetype and how that impacts our ability to create truly fulfilling romantic and intimate relationships.We\u2019re going to be diving into different aspects of what that means. What is the victim archetype? Where does it come from? How do we actually shift into a more empowered way of engaging in our relationships, so that desire and authenticity can be the leading mechanisms? Jamie, what personal relevance does this topic have for you as we engage in this conversation?\nFor me, one of the aspects that we\u2019re talking about here is in finding the place where either we are too rigid and boundaried, or we collapse into what someone else wants without holding our own experience, desires, and boundaries. There\u2019s a place in between that that\u2019s like a sweet spot. In my experience, when I collapse or when I\u2019m too rigid, many times I end up then projecting my own experience of this relationship isn\u2019t working onto my partner instead of coming from the place of ownership. A perspective that I have found so valuable, is standing in ownership no matter what\u2019s happening, and looking at how I can look from that perspective in like, \u201cI\u2019m not liking what\u2019s going on. This isn\u2019t what I want to be happening right now.\u201d\nHow can I shift and reorient myself such that I\u2019m now enjoying my experience? I\u2019m the master of my experience and I\u2019m in charge of my experience. If I\u2019m unhappy in a relationship, what if nobody else needs to change? Starting from there and looking at what can I do, and I\u2019m not always successful in this. This is one of those paradoxical questions that\u2019s a place to live from that can provide a lot of value and standing in a place of power with circumstances that are happening.\nI definitely relate to a lot of what you\u2019re saying, especially piece of when I\u2019m wanting to make it about the other person, like wanting to make the relationship wrong. What I find is I start wanting to push the relationship away when I get to a place where I am unwilling to take ownership for how I have created this. What I love to do is dial this back in. We\u2019re both coaches. We both work with people around intimacy, relationship, connection, and some sort. When you work with women, what is the common thread that you find? What is the biggest challenge that you find women have around being in their power in relationship?\nThe piece that you just said of looking at part of our cultural programming as women is that the man, or our knight in shining armor, in all the stuff that we watched growing up, that someone is going to save you, that implies someone is then responsible for you. I frequently see women come to my work with a lot of couples and individuals. Specifically, I see this also in couples where there\u2019s this expectation of a man to be this fantasy and to show up as the knight in shining armor that we fantasized about as young girls, and even all the way into high school and college, and sometimes adults still. We\u2019re expecting this knight in shining armor to come and absolve us of all of our responsibility.\nIt can be something where we get to come back to a place of appreciation for men, and approval and support for them to show up in their masculine power, without putting the expectation of them to then make us happy. It\u2019s really coming from the place of already being happy and being in the experience of what it\u2019s like to be loved and what it feels like to be supported. Living in that experience and then inviting that and calling the masculine forth from the feminine, instead of berating the masculine and trying to control it and trying to get what we want out of it, but rather sitting in a place of experiencing it happening already, like actually going internally in our body and finding the experience of support and love that we\u2019re desiring already.\nThere is something that emerged for me. Specifically, I feel like it\u2019s one, important for us as women to realize where the conditioning comes from. A lot of the reason that I myself have held on to playing out a victim in conscious or unconscious ways, is because I didn\u2019t want to be wrong. I felt like if I was taking responsibility for it, it meant that I deserved being a victim, it was my fault that I was a victim, and there was shame around that. That\u2019s a lot of the reason that we can attach to these roles that don\u2019t actually serve us, because we have shame for the fact that they exist in the first place. One of the first steps is realizing that we as women have been conditioned to embody this archetype of the victim. You were talking about the prince charming from the age that we could actually watch TV.\nI\u2019m pretty sure everyone who watches this video has watched some type of Disney princess movie at some point. What are we taught? We\u2019re taught in Disney movies that there\u2019s a damsel, who gets herself into some type of situation that she cannot herself get herself out of. The prince\u2019s task is to come and save her from her circumstances. Once he saves her from her circumstances, she gets on the back of his horse, rides off to his castle in the sunset, and that\u2019s where the story ends. It\u2019s so important for us to realize there are these things that exist in us that we didn\u2019t consciously choose. It\u2019s not our fault, but it is also our responsibility to create awareness around them so that we can choose a different story. I\u2019m curious what your thoughts are on that.\nWhat we did, what happened, what we\u2019re programmed with our childhood, all of that, it\u2019s not fault. There\u2019s many times responsibility and fault get collapsed. We\u2019re responsible for what we do now and from here forward. Sometimes that seems like it becomes collapsed with meaning, that everything up until now was our fault. It doesn\u2019t mean that. We can actually take responsibility from this moment forward, and learn from the past experience. I also want to go back to the thing that you said. I love that you broke down the actual archetypical story of the Disney movie. It\u2019s so interesting that as women, we were conditioned and trained to have all of our attention be on the man and what they\u2019re going to do for us. Then men are conditioned to have all their attention be on getting the woman and bringing her into their ride, bringing her on their horse to their castle.\nThere\u2019s a rigidness to that even with gender dynamics. Women and men both have masculine and feminine energy. It\u2019s conditioned in this very rigid role where the man is only doing this and the woman is only doing this, where it\u2019s actually a much more fluid than that. I\u2019ve been really interested in my life in how I can consciously bring the masculine sometimes, and then consciously bring the feminine, and then direct and then soften, and developing a fluidity and choice between that, so that it\u2019s not this conditioned, archetypical relationship that has been bestowed upon me. How can I consciously, at choice, have more choice around what energy I\u2019m bringing? It made the hole of needing a man a little bit smaller. That is actually something that can be brought from within, and so the hole of that is smaller.\nWe\u2019re responsible for what we do now and from here forward.\nThat brings up a very interesting conversation of it\u2019s not so much about needing a man, but why do we want a man in our life? When we\u2019re not carrying the underlying assumption of, \u201cI need a man to keep me safe, I need a man to support me,\u201d why do we actually desire men in our lives? I\u2019ve definitely been facing this more and more as I become more successful in my work, more aware that I am creating my reality. As a result, consciously creating it, my life is getting richer and richer. I\u2019m realizing I want men in my life to co-create with. I want men in my life to stir those energies together. If I\u2019m feeling disempowered and I need a man, I can\u2019t fully show up in my desire. That\u2019s the place that I\u2019m realizing. I\u2019ll go a little into a personal story of my primary partner that I have right now. One of the most challenging things about our relationship that has caused the most chaos has been my unwillingness to set personal boundaries and saying no.\nThere\u2019s been such a fear of setting a boundary because of the fear of losing love and have this person leave me, that I\u2019ve been wanting this man to just be able to always intuit what my yes or what my no is, and make it so that I don\u2019t have to do the work myself of standing in my power. It\u2019s been this process of getting to this place where I\u2019m realizing, for the types of relationship I want, I need to be willing to face that discomfort. I need to be willing to say the no and have the uncomfortable conversation. Through cultivating this practice, I\u2019ve gotten to this place where I feel solid enough in myself that I can actually hold him. That feels like such an important piece. If we as women constantly feel like the man needs to show up and hold us, how can we ever hold him? Some of the most meaningful moments for me have been where I\u2019ve felt strong enough in myself that I\u2019ve actually been able to allow my man to be in moments of vulnerability and not crumble because he\u2019s not in his power or strength.\nWhat I\u2019m hearing in what you\u2019re saying is you\u2019re actually calling forth the true masculine to come out when it\u2019s inspired and not because he feels like he has to, or else the relationship\u2019s going to fall apart. That then brings forth this vulnerability in men, which frequently one thing I hear from women is they want more vulnerability from their man. If you want that, do what Arielle just said. If you want to feel more vulnerability, then there needs to be a container for that. If you can hold a container of, \u201cI can hold your vulnerability right now,\u201d and you don\u2019t always have to be big, strong, masculine. Sometimes you can crumble a little bit, and I\u2019m still going to love you and I\u2019m still going to be here. When they have that kind of trust and they feel a meeting in that, it allows for them to actually soften into more vulnerability and deeper connection, which is one of the number one things that I hear women say they want to experience in men.\nI actually feel the drama triangle of the savior. The key things that we need in order to shift out of the drama triangle, out of the victim and into an empowered relationship dynamic, is to be able to take a step back and witness the dynamics that are being played out. I\u2019m curious if you\u2019d like to speak a little bit to the drama triangle and how you see that playing out in most modern day American relationships.\nI will speak to that and I\u2019m going to do it through a slightly different lens, and then you might go into the more traditional way. With the drama triangle, it\u2019s how can we move from being a victim to the creator of our own reality? There\u2019s other aspects to it as well. One piece that is really important that you also just touched on earlier is something that I call the mind reading trap. The mind reading trap is one of the ways that we victimize our self in a relationship. It\u2019s also a key to moving into that position of being a creator. As women, it\u2019s very common to have this belief that Arielle just outlined where it\u2019s like, \u201cHe should just know. Prince Charming knows. He should know what I\u2019m feeling, he should know what I want, he should know what I desire, and I shouldn\u2019t have to ask.\u201d\nThere\u2019s this sense of entitlement with that where we have this expectation, because one person knew once in the past, or because they\u2019ve known before, or because sometimes they get it, that we don\u2019t have to actually say it and we don\u2019t have to actually say what we want. The mind reading trap is when we think that they should just know. How we start to move our self out of that is by practicing and it\u2019s an art. Sometimes it can be really clunky and messy in the beginning. For me, sometimes my requests and my statements come out as a demand, and then I have to clean that up because that\u2019s not what I meant.\nTo begin speaking out loud what my desire is, what it is that I want, \u201cI would really love it if you would fill in the blank,\u201d and begin to share some of these pieces out loud in a way that we might not have done previously, that can help move from the position of feeling like a victim into the position of being the creator. We\u2019re actually speaking something into existence. Then the next key step after sharing what we want is to allow our self and our partner the grace to receive them giving that to us exactly as fully as we would have if they just knew, and really give our self that gift to still receive it as if we didn\u2019t necessarily ask. Sometimes it can be like, \u201cI asked for it, so it\u2019s not the same,\u201d but it actually can be the same. We can still open our self to receiving it and let go of this paradigm of thinking that they\u2019re supposed to be able to read our mind.\nVictim Archetype: The mind reading trap is one of the ways that we victimize our self in a relationship.\nYou\u2019re giving such beautiful insight. One of the things that stops people from doing this is the fear of not doing it perfectly and the fear of it coming out messy. I\u2019m curious if you actually have an example of how you have practiced this. I remember you saying that you can be really rigid in your boundaries, and I\u2019d love to hear a story of how that came out for you, and what that process is for you of learning how to do it right and fumble through the process.\nFor me, I have my way of asking for what I wanted. What used to happen for me a lot is I would feel entitled, like someone should know what I want, and how to do what I want. I would feel an entitlement about that. If they didn\u2019t, I become a little bit passive aggressive and start making comments. At some point there\u2019s like a blow up. I used to have a lot of blowups where it would be like, \u201cWhy don\u2019t you know what I want? I\u2019ve told you this before.\u201d I\u2019m thinking of a past relationship where I told him a few times that I really like to receive a text back. He was the kind of person that wouldn\u2019t necessarily always text back if it wasn\u2019t necessary, and I was like, \u201cI really just want to know that you got it.\u201d\nSomething completes in the circle of communication when I just get like \u201cI got it\u201d after saying something. He didn\u2019t do it over and over again. I started not texting him back, in doing this kind of passive aggressive thing. I used to be super casual also about mentioning the things that were actually really important to me, like, \u201cIt\u2019s cool if you text me back.\u201d \u201cWhat are we going to watch on Netflix tonight?\u201dWithout really giving it the space to be important. Eventually, it came to a point where he came over and I was kind of in a huff and he was like, \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong?\u201d Again, more passive aggression of getting him to ask me what\u2019s wrong by intentionally being a little bit snarky or just a little bit attitude. I was like, \u201cI didn\u2019t know when you were coming because you didn\u2019t text me back,\u201d and went into a bit of an argument. He was like, \u201cThat\u2019s actually really important to you.\u201d I was like, \u201cHow did you not know that? I\u2019ve given you so many signs that texting me back is important. Why didn\u2019t you know?\u201dHe was like, \u201cThank you for telling me. What kind of text back do you want to receive?\u201d\nWe got into the details of it, and situation remedied. , Very consistently after that, he would text me back. If he ever forgot I had more grace for it, just because I got to voice this thing and realized that it didn\u2019t mean anything, and then also get his world that he receives it, and receives it internally, and then doesn\u2019t always feel like it\u2019s necessary to send a text back, has nothing to do with me or anything, just to do with being busy in a day. It was like this really valuable experience. It\u2019s a small one, but for me it illustrates that when we bring something forth, then someone has the opportunity to really get. If we bring it forth in a way that\u2019s like, \u201cThis is important to me,\u201d then they have the opportunity to reorient around your emotional experience a little bit and work with that. It also simultaneously gives us the space to be like, \u201cThey\u2019re only human.\u201d It\u2019s actually not always that big of a deal.\nIt\u2019s really important for us to look at the story that we expect to play out. Many of us come into our relationships expecting a certain outcome because that\u2019s what we\u2019re familiar with. It\u2019s like, \u201cWhat has been my story?\u201d \u201cMy main story has been this person is going to forget about me. I don\u2019t put all the work in, this person\u2019s going to forget about me or I\u2019m going to become unimportant and I\u2019m going to be abandoned.\u201d As a result, there can be this part of me that if I don\u2019t bring consciousness to it, that can look to make that belief system true.\nA big part of moving out of victim archetype is moving out of the story that has us feel all these things are going to happen to us that make me feel like a victim. How do we actually go into our relationships believing that the ultimate desire is connection? Ultimately these two people want to figure it out. \u201cThis person has their own shit across from me. This person does not have it all figured out just as I don\u2019t. How do I come in holding the highest belief that we both desire connection?\u201d\nI want to speak to something that\u2019s like the opposite aspect here, because it\u2019s important to bring it in, the opposite of the victim. What happened, and what has happened with me previously, and still currently sometimes, is like noticing the victim and rather than experiencing an integration, I create a reaction to the victim. That\u2019s where a lot of the rigidity comes in. We become like a secret victim where the victimhood is actually still in there but we\u2019re showing up being really strong. It\u2019s a false layer of strength on top of victimhood, and then it shows up in having difficulty being really vulnerable, which is something that I\u2019ve personally struggled with. Collapsing vulnerability and victim hood is something that I\u2019ve experienced that I\u2019ve had to un-collapse a little bit.\nWe become like a secret victim where the victimhood is still in there but we\u2019re showing up being strong.\nBy collapse you mean having them be interchangeable terms?\nYes. Meaning that I don\u2019t want to be a victim, therefore I\u2019m not that vulnerable in relationship.\nIt actually sounds like a lot of modern day, independent woman.\nI feel like, I\u2019m glad that you put that word to it. I feel like part of the reaction to being this damsel in distress is this super woman, like Wonder Woman. You have these reactions to the damsel in distress. While we can gain a certain power from that, it\u2019s really important to remember that vulnerability, softness, and tenderness, and really bringing the willingness to have my heart broken. The willingness to have that broken actually doesn\u2019t make me a victim. That\u2019s where the most strength truly lies. It\u2019s not in this false independent woman role, but rather the \u201cI know who I am and I am strong. I\u2019m so strong that I\u2019m willing to be vulnerable and let you in so far that you could break my heart.\u201dThat\u2019s been my journey.\nThere are so many places we can go. I have this desire to shift course a little bit and go into the conversation of losing our self in relationship. A lot of the work that I do with women is looking at how do we stay in connection with a partner while staying deeply connected to the path that we\u2019re walking? What is important to us? I know for myself, the main reason that I\u2019m in this work of intimacy is because I spent most of my early twenties distinctly losing myself in relationships that looking back I would never go there again. Like getting myself into some emotionally abusive, toxic, intense relationships where I was so sold on the idea of finding my one and only, that I became completely untethered from my own reality and just immersed myself into this other person\u2019s world experience.\nIt would happen over and over again, and I just go so far away from who I was, that I finally get myself to this point where I was, \u201cI don\u2019t even see the shore of my soul. I don\u2019t know how to swim back.\u201d What wind up happening is I would have these intense breaks in relationship, and just create all this drama, because I allowed myself to get so far away from who I actually was before I realized, \u201cThis isn\u2019t where I want to be.\u201d This is a big part of why I\u2019ve been practicing conscious non-monogamy, ethical non-monogamy for the past several years. Not because I feel that monogamy is not a good thing, but because I was so conditioned into a certain way of perceiving what right relationship was, that I would lose connection with myself through the process. Through allowing myself to consciously connect with multiple different intimate partners, I\u2019m learning how to actually stay connected with my desires, without instantly merging myself with anyone partner.\nFor me, this practice has been so important so that I\u2019m actually grounded in who I am as I\u2019m learning how to stay in connection with another person. I know for myself the shame of losing myself in relationship with another person, like in my past relationships, and coming to that awareness of the places where I\u2019ve allowed myself to abandoned myself. I\u2019ve allowed myself to become disconnected from my values. These have definitely been some of the greatest challenges in making changes. I\u2019m sharing this because, one, it feels relevant, and two, because I imagine that I\u2019m not alone here in this experience, and it\u2019s this question of how do we as women learn how to un-guard ourselves enough to truly connect with intimate partners without sacrificing who we actually are.\nI feel a key of this, which is something that I have worked on. I feel like I\u2019ve been working on this since I was a little kid, just this part that really wants to please, and there\u2019s definitely a part of me that I have my eye on at various times, especially in relationship. For a lot of women this gets activated in romantic relationship. It\u2019s the part of us that really wants to please so that we can stay in connection, so that we can be light, so that we can be good enough, so that we can be loved, and wants and thinks that we need to change who we are in order to please someone else. It\u2019s always interesting to me because I\u2019ve noticed this pattern that happened in my early twenties where I would want to please someone. I found that I was such a chameleon in dating that I could shift to orient to exactly what I needed to be the perfect woman for whoever is in front of me. It was like I would literally shift and morph.\nI would go home at night sometimes and be like, \u201cI feel really different. Not necessarily in a way of choice, but what just happened?\u201d A little bit confused. \u201cDid I black out? What happened? Why do I feel so different?\u201d What I noticed would happen is after about the three month mark, I couldn\u2019t keep up the act anymore, and I didn\u2019t want to. I got resentful. I was like, \u201cI don\u2019t want to be this way, this actually isn\u2019t how I am.\u201dIt bred resentment and it bred a loss of self and a loss of essence in a way. It\u2019s like another one of those constant journeys. What if I just am who I am in all situations, and deal with the discomfort that that brings up in other people? That was a big piece of it for me. It was being able to deal with the discomfort that me being who I am creates in someone else. Then realizing that for me to really go deep with someone, I need to know that they can hold who I am, and that I\u2019m not changing myself in order to make it easier for them.\nI\u2019m not changing myself so they don\u2019t have to feel something. That\u2019s how I want it to be going both ways in a relationship. A big piece of this for me is really diving into this part that wants to please, and then learning to like deal with the discomfort in my body that happens when I don\u2019t please someone. When they maybe don\u2019t like something about me, or something triggers them, and I mean that\u2019s a big part also of coaching, right? So that\u2019s been a journey along with that as well, that\u2019s been super helpful. It\u2019s like dealing with the part of ourselves that that\u2019s maybe unpopular, provocative, different, or unique in some way, instead of collapsing into what we think someone else wants us to be.\nVictim Archetype: The willingness to have that broken doesn\u2019t make me a victim. That\u2019s where the most strength truly lies.\nWhat I\u2019d love to share a little bit about is we\u2019re talking about things that are confronting, we\u2019re inviting the women and people to take ownership for the places that have been terrifying, challenging, overwhelming, uncomfortable. I\u2019d love for each of us to share why we do it anyway? How has your life changed as a result of willing to take ownership for the place that you\u2019ve been a victim? As I have created alignment in my relationships, and by alignment I mean if I\u2019m a yes in here, I\u2019m a yes out there. If I\u2019m a no in here, I\u2019m a no out there. There are not people in my intimate relationship circle who I am not in alignment with. I advocate for myself. I act from integrity.\nThe more that I\u2019ve done that, the more my life has become this magical representation of my greatest desires. What I\u2019ve found is the more that I\u2019m willing to have these uncomfortable conversations, and be willing to speak the truth and stay connected in that place, the more that I attract these amazing experiences that bring such joy. As women, a lot of us are learning how do we create our lives from a place of pleasure? How do we create deeply meaningful lives that we don\u2019t feel like we\u2019re needing to force? How do we consciously create our reality? I\u2019m curious for you, what have you noticed in your life, have you\u2019ve leaned into these uncomfortable conversations?\nFor me, owning my experience, and moving through the shadows and the victimhood creates a sense of being in a fun game. That life gets to be more of a creative game and it\u2019s fun. That\u2019s one of my favorite parts about it. As a creator of my experience, it\u2019s like getting to play with a Monopoly game, where it\u2019s like life occurs, it\u2019s like being on the outside kind of witnessing and then also getting to step in playing the two roles on the outside witnessing, and then getting to step in and play the game that the part of me that was witnessing decided it wanted to play. Getting to step in and play that, and then stepping back out and it\u2019d be like, \u201cInteresting, now what?\u201d I feel like almost the breadth and the depth of experience has been able to really expand and magic happens.\nYou mentioned alignment. I really relate with being in alignment internally with what\u2019s happening externally, and noticing that experiences, people, clients, everything that I want starts to be magnetized towards me because it\u2019s coming from this creative perspective. Sometimes there are slips. It\u2019s not perfect, and there are slips back. I was sharing with Arielle, I had a difficult month. Sometimes there are slips back into this like, \u201cWhy is this happening to me? This is hard.\u201dI noticed that I can go back to these places, and it\u2019s almost like the neuro pathway to moving back into being a creator is well developed and navigated frequently, such that I don\u2019t have to stay there long. It can be, \u201cChallenging circumstance, let\u2019s roll with it. Let\u2019s play with this.\u201d How can we have fun with this as a creator instead of as a victim to what\u2019s happening.\nYou said like, \u201cI\u2019m going back to this,\u201d and I know we\u2019ve had conversation around spiral philosophy in the past. The way I look at it is it\u2019s not necessarily that we\u2019re going back. We hit this point on the spiral, and then we go around and we hit the next rung in that similar place on the spiral. I almost feel like I touched these places that seem familiar but it\u2019s a different version of it. That\u2019s just something that I wanted to add in.\nI love that it\u2019s because it isn\u2019t the same. When I feel my experience is like, \u201cI\u2019ve gone back to my old thing,\u201d it never quite feels the same as it did before. I love that with the spiral dynamics. Even the doorway that I went into an old behavior through is a different doorway than what I came out of the last time. It\u2019s almost like a different experience and it always has a different flavor when it\u2019s a game.\nThe doorway that I went into an old behavior through is a different doorway than what I came out of the last time.\nAt this point, if anyone would like to add to the conversation for me and Jamie to speak on, I\u2019ll invite you to go ahead and speak.\nArielle, how are you doing?\nI\u2019m good. How are you doing?\nI\u2019m really enjoying what you guys are saying. You\u2019ve given me some good food for thought. What I\u2019m coming up against in two of my relationships that I can\u2019t influence is I\u2019m in a situation where I want some household rules changed, but it\u2019s not an option because the person owns the place. I feel very disempowered. I see her every day. I go into this spiral of I can\u2019t influence my experience. I can\u2019t get my needs met. I tried to talk about it, I stopped trying. I\u2019ve had a situation with a lover where I\u2019m experiencing the same experience. I\u2019m feeling like if I were to say what I want, which I have been able to do in other relationships sweetly, eloquently, I know what I want, I can say what I want, but the person doesn\u2019t want to consider my needs.\nI can\u2019t influence my experience. I can\u2019t get my needs met. I stopped trying. I tried to talk about it. They\u2019re not interested in meeting my needs. I\u2019m in both of those situations. I feel like I\u2019ve done what I can and I\u2019m trying to take responsibility for my experience. At what point do you just go, \u201cIt\u2019s a lost cause and I just need to hang around people who are interested in my needs.\u201dI make myself wrong for being attached to the outcome for what I asked. I feel entitled, I feel an expectation, I\u2019m making my desire wrong, I\u2019m making myself into the victim, and then I persecute the other person in my head. I\u2019m observing this behavior. I\u2019m not interacting with those people very much, but I want to, at least the person that I live with.\nIt\u2019s an interesting question and I feel myself resisting a little bit, but I\u2019m going to say this anyway because this is what I feel. There are different frequencies that we can live in. There are different vibrational realities that we can live in. What happens is when we tolerate, let\u2019s say we\u2019ve been embodying the victim archetype for awhile, that\u2019s going to be reflected in the types of relationships that we are attracting into our lives. In order to elevate our vibration, in order to elevate our frequency, it requires us to act differently, make different choices, choose different relationships than we would have when we are in the victim archetype. The question that I would ask for you to sit on and reflect in is, are these people reflecting the reality that you desire to embody, or is this an opportunity for you to make a choice around who you want to be surrounded by, and if these people are actually matching the reality that you want to live in?\nWith the lover, I knew if I set my boundaries five years ago, that we wouldn\u2019t even be in each other\u2019s lives today. I just knew it. Now that I am not doing things he wants, giving up things that I want just to be with him, we\u2019re not seeing each other. I\u2019m perfectly fine to have it is what it is. We love each other and we just do different things, not in each other\u2019s life in that respect. The person that I live with is family, so all I can do is just figure out a way to not be in that situation. It\u2019s not budging.\nI want to share a little personal experience because it\u2019s with family as well. I have an experience where my dad used to drive me a little bit crazy. I felt like whenever we would talk, I would try to help him, and he wouldn\u2019t receive the help, and he would remain in his depressed state. It felt like this entanglement where I was actually enabling something and trying to get him to change. Then one day it hit me. First of all, we can\u2019t change anyone ever. I was like, \u201cMaybe a part of his journey is actually not about being happy in life. Maybe his journey is actually just to be this way that he\u2019s been. He knows that if he wants support, I\u2019m here.\u201d I made a shift internally where I actually just completely stopped trying to save him. I stopped trying to change him. I stopped trying to help his mood and teach him something.\nWe didn\u2019t talk for a little while. I wasn\u2019t reaching out to him anymore. I was constantly reaching out to him to try to project my ideal of happiness on him and want him to be in a better place. What I found after having a little space of distance is that it was like my orientation was in a different place, and I was like, \u201cHow\u2019s that going?\u201d No coaching. I completely stopped coaching my father and just listened, appreciated, and then asked questions. When I was done with the conversation or I felt like it was dragging on my energy, I would go. I didn\u2019t put any energy into trying to change who he was. It completely shifted my experience of him. It\u2019s funny because our relationship is much different now. Sometimes he actually calls me and asks for support and takes it. He actually receives it because I gave him the space just to be exactly how he was. I didn\u2019t need him to change so that I could feel okay.\nI get it. It\u2019s up to me to change. I have fully accepted that I can\u2019t influence their behavior. It\u2019s sad because I know what I want, it\u2019s not unreasonable. I just have to hang around with people who don\u2019t feel it\u2019s a chore to honor my desires.\nWe have time for one more.\nHello. This is Shannon.\nHi, Shannon.\nI\u2019m wanting to add into what you all are saying about how do you sit with someone who\u2019s not wanting to fulfill your desires and how to let go of that or work through that. One thing that I was reading recently was about manifestation and frequency, and how we attract everything that happens to us. I had a hard time swallowing that little pill because that means all of my suffering is because I have attracted it to me. The woman earlier was saying that she\u2019s sad about the fact that this has happened and this is where things are going. I felt that when I realized all of my suffering was due to my attracting it. The book that led me to the realization later on said, \u201cWe can either see this as something very mournful. You can get very depressed about it, if you really start thinking about it or it can be completely liberating because it means that you get to choose.\nYou are the author of your story and you get to choose exactly how you want it to be.\u201d That\u2019s what I have started to do, taking responsibility for my own happiness and responsibility for my own actions and what I have attracted into my life and making different choices. It\u2019s okay to mourn relationships. I\u2019ve got to finalize a divorce and the realization that I attracted all the stuffs that went wrong in the relationship was hard for me. It\u2019s been a very emotional process but as long as you continue to realize that it\u2019s your choice, you can choose how you react, and what you\u2019re going to do from here. That\u2019s what I\u2019ve enjoyed about it. Listening to this has helped me just reaffirm that. It\u2019s your choice to surround yourself with your tribe. Everyone comes into our life for a season a reason or a lifetime.\nVictim Archetype: You are the author of your story and you get to choose exactly how you want it to be.\nThank you so much, Shannon. Thank you for being willing to share what\u2019s going on in your life and the awareness that you\u2019re creating. I\u2019m also wanting to name this one piece surrounding yourself with your tribe. More and more what I am becoming very clear on is that community around this work, surrounding ourselves with people who are devoted to taking ownership for how we create our reality and to reflect your power back to you is so key. I\u2019m so happy that there are so many people on this show with us. There are so many people that value this conversation. Is there anything else you\u2019d like to add, Jamie?\nSome people are meant to come into our lives to teach us something, and then some people are meant to come into our lives to be a soul mate connection or a part of our tribe, and learning to differentiate and discern with that take the lesson without having to necessarily surround our self with that person for an extended period of time.\nThank you everyone. This is our first episode of Six Vulnerable Conversations between Two Women. We\u2019ll be back next time and the topic will be The Dark Side of the Goddess Movement. Me and Jamie are really excited about diving into the darker elements of this spiritual work that so many women are immersing themselves in. It\u2019s going to be rich, juicy, all of those things. Jamie, if people want to learn more about you and your work, how can they reach you?\nMy website is RelationshipFlowState.com. I\u2019m an erotic desire and intimate communication experts. That\u2019s specifically the arena that I work in. I do post a lot on my personal Facebook page. You can find me on Facebook at Facebook.com/MissJamieThompson.\nFor those of you who are interested in learning more about my work, I\u2019m an intimacy coach and educator,www.ArielleBrown.com. All the information for this is on our Facebook event page, Six Conversations between Two Women, or you can go to TuffLove.Live/Six-Conversations, and we\u2019ll make all that information available to you. We\u2019d love to hear what your experience was of this. Let us know what you want more of and we\u2019ll talk to you next week.\nThank you so much Jamie and Arielle for such a powerful, revealing, vulnerable, true, amazing conversation about this challenging, charge-y topic of victim archetype. I really enjoyed it. I hope you did too. The next episode is about The Dark Side of the Goddess Movement. Thank you so much. Go forth. Be merry. I love you. Take care.\nJamie Thompson is an Erotic & Intimate Communication Expert and founder of Relationship Flow State. She specializes in creating a safe space for conscious couples to have open communication while exploring a new edge of passion, depth, and erotic flow. Jamie combines study of the Quantum Field, communication techniques based in Neuroscience, and somatic movement reprogramming with 10 years of coaching experience to help clients harness their erotic intelligence. She also has an online program to help couples and individuals become fluent in the four \u2018Erotic Desire Languages\u2019. Mention this podcast to be considered for a complimentary strategy session and receive a discount code for upcoming programs. Email [email protected] for details. Follow Jamie on Facebook for more Exquisite Eroticism: www.facebook.com/missjamiethompson", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 118, "original_length": 44364, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 245.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://tumbleweed-2.info/BIBLE/Bible%20-%20THOUGHTS%20-%20Page%209.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:19:50Z", "digest": "sha1:A3HPWOWVSEIBPIGADR6TBUL53MESIAWB", "length": 29940, "nlines": 188, "source_domain": "tumbleweed-2.info", "title": "THOUGHTS - Page 9__FIRST-TRUMP", "raw_content": "2Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 3For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;\n4And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. (2Tim 4:2-4)\nLook down, and we appear big in our own eyes. Look across, and we try to make others, regardless of how big they are, small in our own eyes.\nLook up, and we see how infinitesimal and helpless we really are.\nWe try to put everything, and everyone into a small box that we can understand and claim as our own. Psychologists are especially well known for this practice.\nBut Doctors of the mind are by no means the only ones who function in this manner. We all do, or at least we try to keep everything in our life under our control and understanding.\nFor most of us, this means learning as little as possible, and taking on as little responsibility as we are able.\nFor those with the capacity to learn more and to retain more this means being able to take on more than the rest of us mere mortals can handle.\nFor instance, it is said that J.F.K could read and fully memorize books and many newspapers during a single flight across the country. I certainly know that there are those who can read and memorize hundreds of times faster and better than I, because I am at the bottom of the scale in both of those categories.\nTheologians, we assume, also have a great deal of both of these qualities. I certainly don't doubt this. But, like the rest of us, they too wish to catalogue and easily explain that which they have learned. So they research all they have at their disposal (I assume); then they come to a conclusion; which they label, seal and file, and then they seek to sell that conclusion to the world.\nPastors and Bible teachers, on the other hand, do not necessarily have this ability or the time, nor even the interest to pursue such endeavors (again I am assuming this to be true of at least some of them). They take the information passed on to them by the Theologians, bundle it into a pretty package, and present it to their congregation. And what the Pastor passes on must fit into the established beliefs of that church or denomination in which he has been hired to preach or he won't be preaching there long.\nNothing is particularly wrong with this scenario. Nothing, that is, as long as the Theologian has read the Bible correctly.\nAs an example, if the co-pilot on a busload of people is reading a map and instructing the driver which roads to take, then he, the driver and the passengers will all arrive at their intended destination.\nUnless the map is being held upside down.\nAnd, as I see it, with a zillion different maps being followed in the church systems of today, there has to be a lot of maps being read incorrectly.\nBelief is one of the important signposts along the way (in fact it is at the very beginning of the way) that is variously interpreted and misunderstood. Some believe one thing, and a thousand others believe another. That is one of the problems surrounding Belief.\nThat is, however, not the aspect of Belief that I have in mind for this writing.\nIs Belief a mental acknowledgment, like: \"I believe that asparagus is good for the eyesight\"?\nOr does Belief require an action, like: \"I believe that if you don't jump out of this burning building into the net below you will burn to death\"?\nIf the last definition is what Jesus meant when He spoke of \"Belief,\" then those who hold the first view will burn with the building.\nIt is clear that to be saved we must \"Believe,\" whatever that might entail. However, I see something far beyond believing, or even being \"Saved.\" In fact, what has been shown to me causes me to see being \"Saved\" as a very small thing. Being \"Saved\" is a very big thing indeed, but infinitesimal in comparison to all God has in mind for us.\nBelieving gets us to the Door. Believing lets us feed in the Pasture as His sheep. Believing Saves us from that which we were heading toward and the problems we were making for ourselves.\nOn a bridge stands a man so desperately troubled he is about to jump into the river below. In horror, you see him jump. You are a good swimmer so you jump in and rescue the man. You feel very good about yourself because you have saved a man's life. And could you in good conscience have done anything but save his life?\nThe \"Saved\" Man, on the other hand, is no better off than he was before he jumped. He still has the same troubles that caused him to try and end his life in the first place.\nIn this case, is being \"Saved\" of necessity a good thing? How about in the eyes of the one who was \"Saved?\"\n[ You can read the studies I have done on Saved here on this website, or, which I would strongly suggest, you can do one of your own.]\nBut, as I have said, being Saved is a small thing in comparison to what I see as God's ultimate goal for those who \"Diligently Seek Him,\" and are not just looking for a fire escape.\nJesus had hundreds of disciples, twelve in particular we know a lot about.\nHundreds of these disciples turned aside when Jesus said things they didn't want to hear. And one of the closest to Jesus even betrayed Him.\nBelieving and following Jesus is apparently not enough; certainly not for achieving that which is beyond Belief.\nEleven of Jesus' disciples stuck with Him through thick and thin all the way to the end. But at the end, as men, they could not endure.\nYet they achieved that which is Beyond Belief, or at least a part of it.\nBelief got these men to the end, but Belief failed to get them any farther. Jesus said, after His resurrection, that He must go away in order for the Disciples to have the ability to move Beyond Belief.\nAnd at Pentecost they, and 3,000 others received a foretaste of that which God has in mind for those who are willing to move Beyond Belief.\nWith just a foretaste, that is with but a sampling of the Holy Spirit, these men, plus Paul who had been a bitter enemy of Jesus, performed that which is absolutely impossible for mankind.\nAnd that was with but a foretaste!\nSo we have examples of Belief.\nAnd we have examples of Beyond Belief.\nIs there anything beyond that which we have had demonstrated for us?\nThere is yet....\nThe Bible tells us to do what Jesus did.\nWe are told to think as Jesus thought.\nBut more than that, the Bible tells us to Become what Jesus was.\nIs that possible? Can we in fact be what Jesus was on this earth?\nJesus said that it is. Not without His help, of course; but that help is precisely what He said He would supply.\nAnd as evidence of this, we have the Apostles.\nAre the Apostles the highest in Christ that we can expect to attain?\nThe Bible tells us of more. Much more!\nThe Apostles gave us a sampling of that which we can expect if we strive be like Jesus.\nBut, we must strive diligently, not just set back with our Saved ticket stamped with big red letters that says; \"Believer.\"\nJesus calls those who Become like him \"Overcomers.\" And He makes it clear what He means by Overcomer by describing one - Himself.\nJesus said of these Overcomers that they will not only be like the Apostles were here on earth, nor even like what Jesus was here on earth as the One able to control storms and walk on water. He said we will become one who will be like Him in His resurrected state!\n\"Let us make man in our own image, and give them dominion.\"\nJesus, the First Fruits, the only Begotten son, was the only One to have ever been \"Made in the Image of God\" and given dominion over this creation.\nJesus is the Beginning of the creation of God.\nBeginning indicates something to follow.\nHe is the \"First Fruits.\" This says there's more like Him to follow.\nJesus is the \"Seed.\" This means there's a harvest exactly like the Seed to follow.\nJesus is the \"Vine\" and we are the \"Branches.\" This means our Fruit will be the Produce of the Vine, not our own.\nI find this exciting. And I find it a great goal to work toward.\nBut I find along with it a desire to empty myself of anything that has to do with me in order that God can use me for whatever purpose He has in mind for me.\nBut why He would want to use this worthless piece of clay that I can hardly get to do what I want it to do, I cannot imagine.\nI just know He wants it.\nOr some aspect of me, and of you, that I do not yet understand, and perhaps never will.\nAnd another thing I find, that even if at the end of all this, after all He has in mind for me, He decides to cast me into the pit, I wouldn't change a thing. I still would wish to serve Him as best I am able, and to be used as He wills, regardless of the consequences.\nAnd I know this is not me, that is, not my nature. My nature is to get what is best for me, and to not be used by anyone.\nIn other words, if it sounds at any time that I am boasting, I have to say what Paul said: \"If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.\" (2Cor 11:30)\nIn the Army, in order to survive the experience and shorten the period of \"confinement,\" we usually made up what was called a \"short-timer's calender.\" On that calender we set our target date, which was the day of our future discharge, and numbered the days backwards from that date. Then day by day we marked off the days. And the closer to that date we drew, the more important that calender became.\nIt helped us pass the time, and it reassured us that the Army was not our home, but just a phase of life we were going through. That at the close of that calender, we would be taken home to our real life.\nPrisoners, both of war, and those confined in penal institutions do the same.\nThat is, those who have not made the prison (or the Army) their home.\nEarthlings have made this planet their home. This is their country. They belong to and are a part of this country (world) and desire no other. All they do, all they are, and all they care about is right here. They live and die right here, taking in all that the world has to offer, or commands, and look for nothing else with any seriousness.\nForeigners do not. Those from other lands retain interest in their homeland where their family and heart remains.\nForeigners are only in this land to get out of it what they can, and take home with them all they are able. They are not here to give as much as they are to receive what this land has to offer.\nA Foreigner may spend all his or her life here in this country; maybe even be born here - but they are, in their heart, citizens elsewhere.\nIt is easy to spot a citizen of this country - by their fruits. Citizens are planted and rooted right where they are. They show no signs of wishing to change their surroundings or their personalities. Citizens make every effort to blend in with the crowd and be like everyone else who is a citizen.\nForeigners hang on to the fruit of the land that holds their heart, where they are rooted. Foreigners do not adapt themselves to the language, the customs or the dress of the land they are venturing through.\nForeigners know that eventually, whether soon or a long time from now, they will get to go home - even if they have never seen that land.\nCitizens make every effort to keep company with other citizens, and do nothing to antagonize them for fear of not being accepted by them.\nForeigners seek out, and remain around others of their own country. They feel uncomfortable around citizens, but they are happy with those they understand and are accepted by.\nWhere citizens dig their roots deep, relishing in the World; foreigners always have their bags packed, ready to leave at a moment's notice.\nWhile citizens sleep soundly; foreigners keep one eye open for fear of missing their boarding call.\nWhile Foreigners do what they can to help and appease citizens; citizens hate and reject Foreigners.\nForeigners are ready to go.\nCitizens refuse to go.\nAre you a citizen?\nOr are you a Foreigner with a Short timer's calender?\nBLAME THE DEVIL\n\"The devil made me do it!\"\nIsn't it great having someone to blame when we make a mistake?\nMy father had my mother to blame, and he had me and my sisters. He also had to have a pet around to kick just in case none of us kids were handy.\nI am greatly exaggerating; my father was not abusive, at least not intentionally so. But the principal is still valid.\nThat is one of the main problems with remaining single as I have. When I make a mistake or I can't find something I have lost or misplaced, there is no one around to lay the blame on.\nBut the devil.\nIt is said that the more a person does for the Lord, and the stronger their walk is with Him, the more the devil will attack them. I am assuming this is true. It surely makes sense, and it has been demonstrated in the life of Peter (Satan asking to sift him as wheat), by the life of Job, and the \"thorn in the flesh\" that Paul endured.\nBut Satan never seems to bother me .\nOh, I have my problems alright. And I could make a large file of accusations to lay at Satan's door. But they would all be false charges.\nI make my own problems. I can see that whatever happens to me has been caused by my own misdeeds or miscalculations.\nAnd that may be why Satan leaves me alone. He probably knows that there isn't enough \"wheat\" in me to make it worth his while to sift.\nI am a bit troubled by this. Satan's ignoring me I mean.\nIn the past I was a mess, and I knew it. I thought I was ok, but I can see now that I was a mess.\nBut lately I think I have been doing pretty good in my walk on the \"narrow path.\" And I believe that I have been presenting some valuable information on my website that would challenge the devil and make him want to put a stop to it. At least I should think he would want to slow me down, or corrupt my work.\nIt could be that the devil is not troubled at all by what I am doing because I have little influence since no one sees this website that I know of.\nOr it could be that I haven't said anything particularly different than what others are saying elsewhere.\nOr it could be that my time just hasn't come yet.\nI don't know the reason for his avoidance, nor is it particularly important at this time. I only know that I find a peace within me knowing I am on the right track, that is, the path that God has laid out for me; and that I am enjoying the trip.\n\"I am a (Methodist, Pentecostal, Fundamentalist, Catholic, etc, adnausium), therefore I believe....\"\nIs this your statement? Then the chances are you have been given a list of things you are to believe, or/and you have grown up in a particular church and have just accepted what you have been taught all your life to believe.\nAnd you know full well that to get to Heaven, you have to \"Believe.\"\nBelieve in what?\n\"What do you believe\"\n\"I was a (Methodist, Pentecostal, Fundamentalist, Catholic, etc, adnausium) and so therefore I believe.....\"\n\"No, that is what you were taught to believe while you were a (Methodist, Pentecostal, Fundamentalist, Catholic, etc, adnausium), but now you are a (Methodist, Pentecostal, Fundamentalist, Catholic, etc, adnausium), and so therefore this is what you now believe.\"\n\"But that isn't what I believe, this is what I believe!\"\n\"Then you are not a (Methodist, Pentecostal, Fundamentalist, Catholic, etc, adnausium), you are a (Methodist, Pentecostal, Fundamentalist, Catholic, etc, adnausium), and therefore doomed to hell where you will burn forever.\"\nThe Bible tells us to search the Scriptures in order to affirm our belief. We are told to accept nothing blindly, but to only believe that which the Holy Spirit reveals to us. (John 5:39; 7:52; Mat 22:21; Acts 17:1; 2Pet 3:14-18; John 16:13)\nAnd so do the Denominations.\nAnd so do the cults.\nAnd they will tell you just which verses to \"search diligently.\"\n\"But here are some verses that contradict what you say.\"\n\"Oh, them. Don't worry about them, they mean something else altogether, and actually shouldn't even be in the Bible at all. Here, read this book, it is more up to date and more accurate.\"\nDoes that sound like I am describing a cult? All the Denominations do the very same thing, only the book they give you to memorize is called a \"commentary,\" or a \"study guide.\"\nOften I hear sermons on the radio where a very good, and what I consider enlightened, preacher says to \"Let the Holy Spirit guide you through your studies.\"\nGood advice. And I assume it is just what that preacher does himself.\nOnly I don't understand why the Holy Spirit will show this preacher an entirely different understanding of Scripture than He does me.\nThere is something else I have noticed about what has been revealed to him that is contrary to what has been revealed to me. Everything he says is exactly like every other preacher in that same denomination, yet it is often diametrically opposed to what other denominations preach, and usually very different than what has been historically believed - even by his own denomination.\nAnd, as I have said so often elsewhere, his Scriptures will somethimes run in to dead-ends and are grabbed from places that have nothing to do with the subject at hand.\nJust like the cults he condemns.\nMy suspicion is, that while that preacher may well be asking the Holy Spirit for guidance, he is also restricting Him to the commentary before him in order to keep his well-paying and ego-boosting job. Because, if the Holy Spirit should happen to lead that preacher out of that commentary, He will also be leading him out of his meal ticket.\nBelief is not something that can be handed from one person to another. Belief is like love; it has to come from the heart. If it is the head that believes, that is not belief, but opinion. And an opinion can change day by day.\nIf it is the heart that believes, it will be so deep-seated that only God can pry it out, and it will lead the believer to death, if necessary, rather than give that belief up.\n\"Well, I see you're fixing the old place up. Looks nice. Paint, fence, new roof, coordinated furniture, new garage....\"\n\"Yep. And the wife and kids are happy about it too. They can't wait to see the new living room, kitchen and playroom. And the ultra-size plasma TV should be here this afternoon. Can't wait to see the big game on it.\"\n\"That's great. I'm glad for ya'. But only, didn't you say just last month that you are moving? It sounds to me like you're making your old rabbit hole into a mansion to retire into.\"\n\"Well, yeah, I did say were planning on moving soon. But in the meantime might as well make the best of a bad situation, don't you think?\"\n\"I suppose so. But didn't you tell me that you already paid for the other place? A big Mansion, as I recall.\"\n\"Well, yeah. I did that, kind'a. But it's not like I paid anything on it yet. I mean, I did, I mean I own it, so I been told. But it's not like I done paid anything on it, or even seen the place. I just been told that it is being built for me by somebody in another country that nobody has ever set foot in, that I know of. I mean like it hasn't cost me nothing or anything. You know what I mean, don't you?\"\n\"Frankly, I don't. And to tell you the truth, I'm not so sure you do either. And I figure that if you really believe you own the place, and are wanting to live there, you'd be putting in your time and energy on that place, not this old heap you say you don't like with the neighborhood the way it is and all.\"\nSomething has been gnawing on me lately, and I couldn't quite put my finger on it. Until this morning.\nI have hinted at my dilemma a time or two, and I have outright stated it on accession, but the realization had not made itself clear to me before now.\nI hear people talking, church folk that is, about how they don't like the way the world is going. I hear them talking about having a \"Mansion in the Sky\" and how anxious they are to get there. I hear them talk about how anxious they are to be raptured out of this world and begin playing on their harp and exercising their wings.\nBut at the same time I see them \"entrenching\" themselves in this world with little or no preparation for the next. I see them gilding their present circumstances instead of laying up treasures in Heaven.\n\"I see you got your armor out. Getting ready for battle are ya'?\"\n\"Yep, the Bible says we are to be good soldiers and ready to battle the devil at all times.\"\n\"I see. Hmmm. But doesn't the Bible say we're to fight? I can't help but notice you got nothing on your front, but your loaded with armor on your back-side.\"\nIf you can't lick 'em - run and hide!\nThat's the motto of the church today, it seems to me. I hear a lot about the Armor of God. And I see people (usually preachers) waving the Weapon of the Sword around - but I see no one (or very few at least) preparing as if they really believe there is a war. And if there is, that it doesn't involve them.\n\"They tell me that old tenement house is going to be burned down tomorrow. Did you hear about that?\"\n\"Yep, I did. It's my Pa who's going to burn it down. He owns the place, you know.\"\n\"Sure, but....the place is filled with people. There's little kids and old folks and cripples in that house. Don't you think you should warn them about the fire?\"\n\"I reckon so that I should. But I'm sure there are other folks who will do that. It ain't my job to go and do the warning. That's the job of Preachers and Missionaries, not me.\"\n\"Don't you believe there's going to be a fire? Don't you care that people are going to be burned to death?\"\n\"Sure I believe, and sure I care. But like I said, it ain't my job! I can't help it if none of the Preachers has got to that building yet. I can't help it if those folks can't smell the smoke for their own self. It ain't my responsibility to go 'round telling folks about fires and all. Other folks is got that job. My job is to read this here Bible every day and make sure I gets to church on Sundays. That's my job, and I'm doing my job good.\"\nI wonder about \"Belief.\" I hear the word so much any more that I have become almost disgusted with the word. I hear the word from pulpits in almost every sermon, and I listen to plenty. Yet I haven't the foggiest idea what they mean by the word. In one breath they seem to be saying that Belief is of vital importance, and in the next they seem to be saying that it is something that can be laid on the shelf once it is heard.\nBelief to me is a very big word and has catastrophic meaning. To me Belief is like the difference between night and day, good and bad, lost and found - saved and unsaved. Unlike most all the other subject I talk about having shades of grey, and incorporating both ends as well as the middle in a picture - Belief is either on, or it is off.\nIf Belief is off, that person is without - everything! And everything includes Salvation.\nAnd if that Person is with, there will be obvious \"Fruit\" of that Belief. For instance the man fixing his house. If he believes there is a Heaven where there is a mansion being prepared for him, he would be doing all he could to help in the building of that mansion, such as supplying materials (tithes and offerings), or preparing the soil for the garden if he had no other skills.\nAnd the man putting on his armor would be testing his equipment, shining his shield, sharpening his sword and, spending much time learning how to use it properly and efficiently. But the closest I see of most anyone's \"armor\" is a dusty scabbard laying conspicuously on a coffee table.\nGod is Love; and we are to love, even our enemies. If the tenement building that is to be burned housed the man's family, could he sit casually by and wonder if some roaming missionary was going to warn them about the fire? We say we believe in hell, that all in this world except us \"wonderful\" Christians are going to burn, not just momentarily, but forever! If we really believed this, could we sit back and watch the Supebowl with a big pizza in our lap? Or would we be so busy warning people with tears, like Jeremiah and Paul, to the point that Mother Teresa would look like a novice in comparison.\nAs I read the Bible, Belief demands total sacrifice as was demonstrated by Jesus, the Apostles, the Martyrs, and the early Church of Believers. But what I hear from so many of the pulpits, and from other sources of Biblical interpretation is that Belief is just a verbal consent. That if you quietly say to yourself ; \"I believe,\" you will instantly receive the Holy Spirit and be sealed forever with a stamped ticket to a blissful Eternity.\nI find this repulsive; and far different from my own experience and understanding of the Word.\nIf such were so, and I were in God's stead, I would never have gone to the trouble and the Sacrifice He did in order to acquire some insignificant creatures like myself to pal around with. I would have just slapped Adam and Eve on the hands and said; \"Naughty, naughty,\" and warned them not to do that again.\n\"You been wallowing in a pig pen? You're clothes are the filthiest and the most ragged I done ever seen.\"\n\"They are a mess, aren't they. It don't matter none though. My wife does the washing and the mending, so I ain't out nothin'\"\n\"But don't your wife got to do all the mending and the washing by hand?\"\n\"Yeah, she do. What of it?\"\n\"Well, I mean, if she's got to go to all that bother, don't you think it would be fittin' if you at least tries to keep them clothes of yours clean and not so tore up?\"\n\"Why? It ain't my problem.\"\nIt appears to me that Christians on the whole believe Jesus died so we can do whatever we want to do and still go to Heaven. They seem to believe that Jesus died for all sins, therefore sin no longer exists. There are even some doctrines that rely heavily on this theory, and have dug up bits and pieces throughout the Bible to support such a philosophy.\nAnd from the sermons I hear, and the answers given on question and answer programs, this doctrine seems to have its strong adherents.\nThe thing that particularly strikes me is that many of those I hear tout this message do not mean for it to be accepted as it is preached. They seem very confused. And with the doctrine so mixed up and broken having limbs that can not possibly produce fruit, how can they help but be confused?\nAnd even if they full well believe and understand what they are teaching, the way they lay it out leaves the listener with a totally wrong and dangerous impression. When I hear such things, I cringe. And at times I have even burst into tears for the sake of the ones lost in their confusion.\nIt seems to me that the Fundamentalists ( and many others) are scared to death to talk, or even get close to \"works,\" so they tell people to just concentrate on grace and forget about works. But the people who are trying to understand, and are asking the questions, can easily see that the Bible is chock full of Do's and Don'ts. Telling them to forget what they have read in the Bible without taking the hours it would take to explain such a complicated and confusing doctrine, if it is explainable at all, is like a doctor handing a bottle of heart medicine to a patient without instructions or a reason why they need to take it.\nI think of it as being like the father who does not want to talk about the facts of life to his son, so tells him that the stork brought him. The child may leave thinking he has the answer to life's mysteries; but all he really has is a misconception that will serve him not at all in his life.\nIn the story of the filthy clothes, the man does not care a whit about what his wife goes through in order to keep him in clean, repaired clothes.\nWe do the same to Jesus, and teach others to do the same. We tell them that all they have to do is say \"Amen,\" and they are instantly saved.\nThe Bible says that God will give us clean white robes of Righteousness. The interpretation of this, at least the way it is understood by the layperson, and I highly suspect by the Elders of the churches as well, is that Jesus will cover our filthy bodies (or souls as the case may be) with His clean white robes that He cleansed by His sacrifice and His own blood.\nAnd I agree. I believe that without the Lord's help we can do nothing. And I believe that we can never make it to the point of being \"Overcomers\" as was Jesus. That is why He has to clothe us in white, because we can't make our own robes white - even in our own blood.\nBut to think that Jesus is going to clothe those who make no effort whatever to cleanse themselves, or to keep those clothes we have that were cleansed at Baptism clean, is completely contradictory to scripture.\nAnd this is a terrible disservice to both the Lord, and the Laity who are distracted from the Truth.\nI hear \"experts\" of the Bible do the very same thing talk show hosts and radio \"Psychologists\" do. They hear a person's problem or question for a minute or two, then out of their \"vast wisdom\" they lay out the cures for the world.\nAnd these \"experts,\" rather than have their \"client\" in mind, are more concerned with how intelligent and sophisticated they sound.\nIt reminds me of someone who says they love their spouse, but is always making him or her the butt of a joke in order to please their friends.\nOr a person who is \"lending an ear\" to their child in distress while watching themself in the mirror to make sure they look \"dignified.\"\nPreachers and Theologians are so afraid of offending, or stepping on toes, or sounding like they are preaching works that they are stepping all over the Word of God.\nI believe it is about time that the churches stop being so concerned with size and reputation, and get back to being what the church was intended to be, and that is the Church, the Body of Christ.\nWill it chase away members? By the droves. But those who remain will be more inclined to respect their \"clothes\" and wish for their Lord Jesus to have to do just as little mending and washing as possible.\nIn other words; they will Love Him, and His Body as well.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 215, "original_length": 31033, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 272.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://us.mentalfloss.com/article/558439/grandmother-finds-3-carat-diamond-arkansas-state-park", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:11Z", "digest": "sha1:6INZYIT5G5B7ZHV4WXQVP4V4X5F5NXXO", "length": 1689, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "us.mentalfloss.com", "title": "A 2.63-Carat Diamond Was Unearthed by a Grandmother at an Arkansas State Park | Mental Floss", "raw_content": "A 2.63-Carat Diamond Was Unearthed by a Grandmother at an Arkansas State Park\nVisitors to the Crater of Diamonds Park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas clearly have an objective in mind: Excavate one of the diamonds lurking on or beneath the park's soil, the onetime site of a volcanic crater. If they do, it's theirs to keep.\nEarlier this month, a 71-year-old grandmother from Colorado made the biggest discovery on park grounds of 2018: a 2.63-carat ice white diamond. And she did it in about 10 minutes.\nThe retiree, who asked media outlets not to identify her by name, visited Crater of Diamonds with her husband, son, and grandchildren. After briefly scraping away dirt, she saw the gem on the surface. The diamond was so large and clear\u2014roughly the size of a pinto bean\u2014that she assumed it was just a piece of glass. Further inspection by her family and park personnel revealed it was a diamond.\nPark officials told press that employees frequently till the soil, which can loosen the gems and allow them to catch the reflection of the sun, making them easier to spot. Roughly 33,000 diamonds have been found by visitors since the park opened in 1972.\nIt's hard to know the exact value of the diamond. While there is a certain fluctuating value assigned to a carat, appraisers also look at three other \"Cs\": clarity, color, and cut. A two-carat diamond is often more than double the price of a one-carat diamond because the larger gems are more rare. But tourists have profited from their finds: In 2015, a visitor retrieved a 8.51-carat white diamond that was cut down to 4.6 carats by a jeweler and valued by the American Gem Society at $500,000.\n[h/t WGN TV]\nenvironment geology money News", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 164, "original_length": 9730, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 246.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://useoul.edu/newsletter?bbsidx=121707", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:44Z", "digest": "sha1:V6G5BQ24L3NU6WWCEFYIFMBBHML454LZ", "length": 1066, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "useoul.edu", "title": "[Issue 92] SNU in Beijing, Tokyo, Washington and Moscow | Newsletter | SNU Media | News & Forum | SNU", "raw_content": "[Issue 92] SNU in Beijing, Tokyo, Washington and Moscow\nSNU in Beijing, Tokyo, Washington and Moscow\nMay 22, 2015 The SNU in World Program is a study abroad program launched by Seoul National University Office of International Affairs. This program was initiated in 2011 to offer SNU students a chance to deepen their understanding of major countries around the world. more\nProfessor Sung Hee BAEK\u2019s Research on Pontin and Embryonic Stem Cells\nApril 22, 2015 Professor Sung Hee Baek\u2019s research team (Department of Biological Sciences) has found that Pontin chromatin remodeling factor plays an essential role as a coactivator for Oct4 for maintenance of pluripotency in mouse embryonic stem cells. Oct4 is a protein which is critically involved in the self-renewal of undifferentiated embryonic stem cells. more\nA Glimpse of SNU Relief Efforts to Disasters\nMay 22, 2015 Throughout the years the Seoul National University (SNU) community has participated in relief efforts to aid groups that have been affected by disasters both domestically and internationally. more", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 198, "original_length": 5296, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 182.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://usingourwords.com/2013/01/21/my-work-from-home-mom-secret/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:11Z", "digest": "sha1:QFCPIKVCZ235CXDOIIOAFQSVDSJSS5SV", "length": 15203, "nlines": 62, "source_domain": "usingourwords.com", "title": "My Work-From-Home Mom Secret - Using Our Words", "raw_content": "My Work-From-Home Mom Secret\n\u201cWhat do you do with children, all the time? In Washington, she\u2019d had charge of the kids on weekends; preschools and the nanny had borne the brunt of the day-to-day child-care responsibilities. She\u2019d wanted more time with the kids, then.\nBut now? Now it was every day after school, every evening, every night, every morning, and all weekend long. How was anyone supposed to amuse them, without spending her life lying on the floor, playing with Lego? Without the kids killing each other, or making an unbearable mess, or driving her crazy?\nNow that she had what she\u2019d wanted, she was having her doubts. Which had been her worst fear about this whole thing.\u201d \u2013The Expats, page 28\nI always wanted to be a stay-at-home mom (or a work-from-home mom, at least). I adore kids and wanted to spend as much time with my own when the time came as possible.\nBut, in the time between college and becoming a mom, I built a career as a copywriter. While it wasn\u2019t easy at first, over the years I built confidence, skill, and even discovered I had a talent for it. (And a need to make the money that eventually came my way.)\nSo, after Big was born, and it was time to return to work, I did just that. It wasn\u2019t easy saying goodbye, trusting someone else to watch over him, and hoping that what I could give him in the hours in between was enough. As I built my family, I started asking for demotions instead of promotions, and I was lucky enough to work for people who respected not only my abilities, but my quest to maintain a balanced life.\nThen, a couple years ago, things changed. As my company went through yet another round of layoffs, my 8 years of holding my breath came to an end. It was my time.\nThis is the moment I\u2019d been waiting for. It was my chance to define my future, to live the life I\u2019d always dreamed of. I would get the opportunity to be at home with the kids, while doing freelance writing here and there to make some extra income. Yes, my time had come.\nIt\u2019s been two years this week. Two years.\nAnd here\u2019s my secret. I\u2019m not as good at it as I thought I\u2019d be. And that was my biggest fear.\nGoodness knows I try. I want to be the mom who patiently sits and plays Star Wars guys for hours. I want to be the mom who comes up with creative projects that have us wasting the day away (but building brilliant minds at the same time, of course). I want to be the mom who has impeccably dressed kids who shake hands with grown ups as they politely say hello. I want to be the mom who sits and talks about my expectations and hopes for behavior rather than running through the house yelling at the sound of yet another scream. I want to be the mom who volunteers for the PTA, makes homemade kale chips, and writes the great American novel in my spare time. I\u2019m none of these things, it seems.\nI didn\u2019t know it would be this hard.\nSo I find myself clinging to the thing people told me I was good at for years. Writing, making a connection with people. So I blog, I share, and I hope that I\u2019ll get a bit more positive feedback. That someone will confirm that this is what I was meant to do. Because, honestly, at times I feel lost. I\u2019m trying to reconcile who I was with who I wanted to be with who I am.\nAnd as I write, I try to remind myself that I didn\u2019t used to feel this at ease at a keyboard. I saw other writers who made it look so easy while I banged my head against a wall. It took time. And practice. One day there was a shift. What was a job became a passion.\nTwo years of being at home with three kids. That\u2019s nothing, right? I\u2019m giving it time. I\u2019m practicing. I\u2019m trying to learn from the people around me who seem to do it so naturally. And I hope that one day, not too long from now, I\u2019ll suddenly realize I\u2019m the mom I thought I would be.\nThis post was inspired by the gripping mystery thriller novel The Expats by Chris Pavone. Kate Moore happily sheds her old life to become a stay-at-home mom when her husband takes a job in Europe. As she attempts to reinvent herself, she ends up chasing her evasive husband\u2019s secrets. Join From Left to Write on Tuesday, January 22nd as we discuss The Expats. As a member, I received a copy of the book as inspiration for this post.\nFiled Under: featured, From Left to Write, Mom Musings Tagged With: confidence, from left to write, insecurity, SAHM, WFHM, working mom, writing\nBeautifully said. I\u2019m finding that this business of finding happiness and balance (more like juggling?) is taking more patience than I imagined. And I\u2019m glad you\u2019re more at ease with your keyboard. That\u2019s half the battle of writing!\nThanks, Elizabeth. It\u2019s nice to hear I\u2019m not the only one out there feeling some of these things!\nReading this inspires me to want to read the book \u2014 and check out From Left to Write \u2014 and reminds me I\u2019m not alone. Other moms make it look easy, but we only see what happens on the public side of their lives. We don\u2019t get to see all the messy, behind the scenes struggles. Unless they blog of course \ud83d\ude42 Trust Providence (and I saw that to myself as much as to you). You\u2019re exactly what and where you need to me at this very moment.\nYou are always so wise, Aimee. I did really enjoy the book, but I found most of the SAHM misery to be a bit extreme. What I liked about it is that she lived her life through the lens of her career. I think most SAHMs are that way. I see my life through a writer\u2019s lens. My teacher friends, see their lives through that. Etc. Etc. Enjoy!\nI understand that fear! I\u2019m almost nine years into the stay at home thing and I still feel like I\u2019m terrible at it! Add to that the fact that we are discussing homeschooling and I\u2019m bound to feel like I really don\u2019t know what I\u2019m doing!\nWow, my hat\u2019s off to you, my friend. I know you are an amazing mom who juggles with more grace than anyone out there. But homeschooling is an entirely different level of commitment. I admire you and wish you the best. I have no doubt in my mind that my kids are better off with professionals than me. \ud83d\ude42\nI think stay-at-home moms often sell themselves short. I know I did at the time. But in retrospect, while I wasn\u2019t good at playing Star Wars for hours, I was good at conversing with my boys. I think conversing wins every time! Keep up the good work\u2014you may just have to discover what it is.\nWhat a lovely perspective. Thank you for sharing it. I, too, think I\u2019m good at talking through things with my kids and reflecting on special moments. I\u2019ll stick with that.\nAs a work-from-home mom I feel your pain. Somehow I feel like working out of the house has made me a worse mom. Now, I am juggling a full time job, expectations of a stay at home mom (dinner anyone), soccer mom shuttling her 7 year old around, therapist for Sam\u2019s many needs, wife, etc. I feel like I have now put so much on my plate working out of the house that only some of the jobs get done well\u2026 some of the time. My hat goes off to those mom\u2019s that can do this- and mange to take care of themselves in the process!\nYou\u2019re doing a full-time job from home? My goodness, I can\u2019t even imagine. But just the fact that you made that choice to be as involved in your kids\u2019 many activities and needs says a whole lot to me about the kind of mom you are.\nThe mom we all thought we\u2019d be doesn\u2019t really exist anywhere but in our heads, I\u2019m sure. I have moments of being a great mom and moments of meh and I think the thinking about it and trying to have more of the good moments is where the victory happens.\nI also think that some of the best moments aren\u2019t necessarily the \u201cgood\u201d moments we think of. Sometimes they\u2019re the moments when we show our kids how we take care of ourselves or model how we can work on a difficult project and see it through. This isn\u2019t \u201cmothering\u201d exactly but it is mentoring and we\u2019re teaching them how to be people, right? People don\u2019t play legos all day. \ud83d\ude42\nGreat points, Kathyn. Thank you. I need to remember my drops of awesome!\nAmy, I can personally attest that you are an awesome mom, and your children are totally adorable:). When I stopped teaching, lots of people asked me if I missed it, and if I was dying to go back. The truth was, once I started staying home with my kids, I finally felt like the \u201creal me\u201d. Being at home can be grueling and intense- nonstop work and it can be really hard being around demanding, needy kids all day. But my kids have taught me that they don\u2019t need me to be perfect, they just need me. Even with all my flaws, I\u2019m still \u201cgood enough\u201d for my kids. And I\u2019ve learned to try not to take myself so seriously and to be patient with myself. I\u2019ve made lots of mistakes along the way, but I also have been given such a gift of time with my children. These are precious days and I\u2019m determined to enjoy them.\nThanks, Mary. Yes, you are certainly one of the few naturals that I continue to learn from. I, too, agree the days are precious and certainly feel lucky to spend so much time with my kids, but goodness, I look forward to the day I feel your confidence and patience.\nI don\u2019t always feel like a great mom either. I don\u2019t like playing Legos or pretend for hours. I thought once my youngest was old enough my two kids would play with each other more instead of with me. Instead they bicker and want to play with me all the time! Just like me, you\u2019re probably being too hard on yourself.\nI believe that we cannot just be a mother. We need to retain a separate identity from motherhood or we\u2019ll go crazy or lose who we are.\nNo doubt your kids will get to the point that they play together\u2026mine finally do. It just happens to be that football is the thing they agree on, so dealing with injuries is my new form of busy. (That and protecting the baby who now things she can keep up with them.) It\u2019s always something and day by day is a great way to live!\nYes! Sometimes you say exactly what I\u2019m thinking.\nIt\u2019s nice to know I\u2019m not alone in all this insecurity,\nBut I would argue you\u2019re doing it all pretty well from\nHere. So, maybe I can learn from that observation\nAbsolutely. You\u2019re one of the people that I look to and think, in a couple years I\u2019ll have it together like she does. So pat yourself on the back and hug those absolutely amazing kids you\u2019re raising.\nBeing a stay at home mom is truly the hardest job there is \u2013 and mostly because you have to check your ego at the door. There are no reviews (atta boy your awesome here is your promotion and raise), there are no projects closed and glory toasts, and there are certainly no free lunches. There are instead people judging you for your use of TV, non-organic foods and god forbid you used formula or let your child have a pacifier for too long(I did both!). It is somehow become a job that is marginilized (\u201cDo you work or are you \u201cjust\u201d a mom), and yet requires you to be everything to everyone while nothing is about you. There are no benchmarks to know if your doing it right save maybe the thank you your child proffers to an adult or an \u201cI love you mommy.\u201d But the fact is that your being home \u2013 your being there as the primary source of love, encouragement, icecream and even time-outs \u2013 its the greatest gift. You don\u2019t need to worry if your doing it right (what is right anyway?) because your doing it and if you have made that very self-less choice \u2013 then your already the world\u2019s greatest mom. This is not to say that women who choose (and I say choose because many have no choice) to work are not also great moms \u2013 everyone has to do what makes them happy because a happy mom is the best mom. But I can\u2019t seem to find anyone that would say \u2013 a happy mom who is home at least part of the time \u2013 is, however messy the wrap job, a gift to your children.\nBeautifully said, Blake. I love the idea of messy wrapping\u2026seems fitting for little kids anyway, right? Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts and experience!\nAmy \u2013 Bravo. On so many levels. And let me just tell you that I feel the exact same way. When I am at work and meeting with clients or I am with clients, I truly feel like myself. Like I have found what I am made for. I know I am really good at it.\nWhen I am at home and being a mom, I question myself endlessly. I beat myself up. I think it is the hardest job in the world. I have found for me that the right balance is working and coming home to spend time with my kids where I am happy and fulfilled and have more patience. But I feel guilty about that as well. All I know is that I am thankful for fellow mompreneurs like you to know that we are not alone. For me, I have to find the balance that is right for me. Having a business that gives me a flexible schedule but also fulfills me feels \u201cright\u201d for now.\nAnd knowing there is no \u201cright\u201d answer. Only what is \u201cright\u201d for ourselves.\nI admire you for so many reasons!\nRight back at you, Suzannah! Thank you!\nBay @Queen Mother Blog says\nAs a SAHM (not so much working, as staying, lol) I found myself reading the book from a similar angle. Kate was overly harsh on the drudgery (as both of her children were in school ALL DAY, pfft) but it brought out a lot of these same issues with me. I started to write my post about it, but I seemed like such a complainer. I think you did a great job addressing the fears we all have \ud83d\ude42\nThanks so much! Yes, I agree that she was over-the-top about many aspects of being at home. I guess when you\u2019re used to scaling buildings, coffee alone in a quiet corner doesn\u2019t sound appealing. Hmm, I can\u2019t imagine that\u2026\nMy blog began because of all those things. I wanted to be an awesome SAHM. Instead, I felt like a failure and isolated from the real world. Funny how when I got exactly what I wanted, it wasn\u2019t what I really wanted. I do much better working outside the home. And I feel like a traitor for admitting it.\nI\u2019m glad you have your passion in writing. We all need something that gives us a twinkle in our eyes and a spring in our steps. And I\u2019m sure you\u2019re a fabulous mom. You don\u2019t need to be so hard on yourself!\nThanks, Carrie. I\u2019m glad you found your calling as well. No doubt a happy mom is a good mom!\nEva @ SocaMom.com says\nThank you for sharing this! Every time my kid asks me to play cars with him, I feel a little guilty for wanting to say no\u2026 I thought I would be better at being home with the kids, but I found out that as much as I like to do crafts \u2013 I really do like to do them on my own for relaxation, not always to expand the kids\u2019 minds.\noh man, I find it hard to do anything as a SAHM, let alone work\u2026. good for you! xoxo\nThat\u2019s because you take SAHM\u2019ing to new levels of awesome. Seriously. You should be outrageously proud.\nOh my god, I\u2019m totally not the mom that can sit and play board games or play house for hours. It bores the heck out of me. \ud83d\ude42 And I think that\u2019s okay! My stepmom was always really good at coming up with games and fun stuff to do and I try to be inspired by that, but it\u2019s so not my jam. Instead, I focus on the stuff that I\u2019m good at\u2013 cooking, taking them out to do fun stuff, reading books and giving out lots of hugs. \ud83d\ude42\nGreat points! I love that. I can definitely cuddle like no other. I guess that\u2019s my mom thing.\nBook Club Day: The Expats by Chris Pavone says:\n[\u2026] Amy Heinz of Using Our Words shares her secret about being a stay at home mom [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 218, "original_length": 19391, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 312.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://ventanacustom.com/about-the-blacksmith/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:34Z", "digest": "sha1:3L3SI53OQ2KZYT7L4H73B6MXXBXATYA5", "length": 646, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "ventanacustom.com", "title": "Meet Professional Blacksmith, Collin Price", "raw_content": "Meet Professional Blacksmith, Collin Price\nCollin Price is the primary blacksmith at Ventana, Inc. He grew up among a talented family of professional artists in Big Sur, CA. By age 12, Collin\u2019s father had taught him how to work with a hammer, forge, and anvil, to transform raw metal into art. With an extensive background in carpentry, at age 34, Collin decided to pursue his passion for blacksmithing on a full-time, professional basis. He has found harmony in this old world tradition of blacksmithing by creating custom railings, gates, lighting, sculptures, etc. Collin embraces the opportunity to provide clients with a hand-crafted legacy.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 20, "original_length": 930, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 196.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://vibeghana.com/2015/06/07/fda-warns-public-on-illicit-use-of-tobacco-products/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:45:12Z", "digest": "sha1:Q6UGUM6JVJLPIWB7XS36UUX57WYYZFFD", "length": 5098, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "vibeghana.com", "title": "FDA Warns Public on illicit use of Tobacco Products |", "raw_content": "FDA Warns Public on illicit use of Tobacco Products\nin Health, Latest news June 7, 2015\nThe Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has warned the citizenry especially the young population to be wary of illicit use of tobacco products, which is impacting negatively on health, legal and economic, governance and corruption.\n\u201cIllicit tobacco products hook young people into its experiment and use because they are more affordable and misleading young tobacco users by not displaying health warnings\u201d.\nMrs Olivia Agyekumwaa Boateng, Head of Tobacco and Substances of Abuse Department of FDA gave the warning in an interview with the Ghana News Agency.\nShe explained that illicit trade was posing a serious threat not only in high-income countries; but throughout the world.\nCiting some of the threats posed by illicit trade, Mrs Boateng mentioned tax revenue, which could have otherwise been spent on the provision of public services was being directed into the \u201chands of criminals\u2019.\nShe said illicit trade strengthened corruption and weakened good governance, whilst tobacco companies were using the identified loopholes in tobacco control regulation systems to indulge in the illicit trade of tobacco products.\nIllicit tobacco market accounted for one in every 10 cigarettes consumed globally, according to studies, including information supplied by the global customs community. The European Commission estimated that illicit trade in cigarettes cost the EU and their Member States over \u20ac10 billion annually in lost tax and customs revenue.\n\u201cIn response to the threat posed by illicit tobacco trade, the international community negotiated and adopted in November 2012 the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products, the first protocol to the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC)\u201d, she added.\nThe objective of the Protocol, she said, is to eliminate all forms of illicit trade in tobacco products in accordance with the terms of Article 15 of the WHO- FCTC.\nMrs Boateng noted that nearly 6 million people worldwide were killed by the tobacco epidemic of which more than 600 000 non-smokers have died from breathing second-hand smoke.\nTobacco products are known to contain 7,000 chemicals; hundreds of which are known to be toxic and about 69 are carcinogenic, examples are Benzene, Arsenic, Cadmuim, Carbon monoxide and Formaldehyde.\nWorldwide, eight million people are estimated to die yearly by 2030 with more than 80 per cent coming from low-and-middle income countries like Ghana. Averagely, nations lose more than 1.5 trillion in healthcare, loss of labour and cleaning up tobacco litter in neighbourhoods.\nShe explained that the Ministry of Health in collaboration with FDA and other stakeholders in tobacco control have developed a Legislative Instrument (LI) which has been forwarded to the Attorney Generals\u2019 Department to be placed before Parliament for approval. The passage of the LI, will extensively support FDA to enforce the aspects of the Public Health Act 851, which falls under their jurisdiction.\n\u201cThe tobacco control provisions in the Public Health Act were introduced due to Ghana\u2019s recognition of the harmful effects of tobacco use and the need to protect her citizens from the harm of tobacco consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke. The enactment of the law is also an obligation of Ghana as a party to the WHO FCTC\u201d.\nMrs Boateng said FDA has put measures in place to eliminate illicit tobacco and these includes: strengthening regulations at the Ports of entry, Registration of tobacco and tobacco products , Registration of tobacco importers, permit authorization systems and monitoring tobacco products on the market through FDA\u2019s Post Market Surveillance Activities.\nOthers she said included, labelling requirements such as health warnings on packs, which should have the inscription \u201cFOR SALE IN GHANA ONLY\u201d displayed on the side panel of the tobacco product pack, the country of origin stated on the tobacco products pack, 18 years as the lowest age limit for sale of tobacco which is also stated on the products pack.\nShe called on Ghanaians to guard against the use of tobacco products and said the FDA was partnering with other governmental agencies and organizations to help curb the influx of unregistered products, raise awareness on the harm to people\u2019s health caused by the illicit trade in tobacco products, especially the youth and low-income groups, due to the increased accessibility and affordability.\n\u201cA person who contravenes any part of the public health Act 2012, Part six is liable to a fine of not more than 750 penalty units (fine of GH\u00a29000.00) or a term of imprisonment of not more than 3 years or both\u201d.\nIn the case of a continuing offense, a further fine of 10 penalty units applies for each day during which the offense continues and an administrative charge of GH\u00a2 25,000.00 as per fees and charges (Amendment) Instrument, 2013 (LI2206)\u201d, she added.\nAll citizens of Ghana have the right to life and the right to the highest standards of health therefore insist on a tobacco free environment. GNA", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 135, "original_length": 8374, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 311.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://viralpatient.com/paulie-malignaggi-details-conor-mcgregors-out-of-control-cocaine-habit/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:56:26Z", "digest": "sha1:RBJICEJ2KFUMYYB6NT3QPVRVMOER33GP", "length": 3454, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "viralpatient.com", "title": "Paulie Malignaggi Details Conor McGregor\u2019s Out Of Control \u201cCocaine Habit\u201d \u2013 Viral Patient", "raw_content": "Paulie Malignaggi Details Conor McGregor\u2019s Out Of Control \u201cCocaine Habit\u201d\nFormer Boxing world champion and all time great Paulie Malignaggi spoke with Fight Hub TV about his former sparring partner, UFC two division champion Conor McGregor and his out of control cocaine addiction. Paulie also takes about Conor\u2019s latest rampage at the Barclays center in New York.\nConor Anthony McGregor (Irish: Conch\u00far Ant\u00f3in Mac Gr\u00e9ag\u00f3ir;[9] born 14 July 1988) is an Irish professional mixed martial artist and boxer. He is the former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) featherweight and lightweight champion.[10] He has also competed as a welterweight in mixed martial arts (MMA), and light middleweight in boxing. He is #3 on the UFC\u2019s pound for pound rankings. McGregor started his MMA career in 2008 and, in 2012, he won both the Cage Warriors Featherweight and Lightweight Championships, holding both titles simultaneously before vacating them to sign with the UFC. In 2015, at UFC 194, he defeated Jos\u00e9 Aldo for the UFC Featherweight Championship via knockout thirteen seconds into the first round, which is the fastest victory in UFC title fight history.\nUpon defeating Eddie Alvarez for the UFC Lightweight Championship at UFC 205, McGregor became the first fighter in UFC history to hold titles in two weight divisions simultaneously. McGregor began his professional boxing career in 2017. In his debut boxing match, he was defeated by Floyd Mayweather Jr.. McGregor is the biggest pay-per-view (PPV) draw in MMA history, having headlined four out of the six highest-selling UFC pay-per-view events.[15] His headline bout with Nate Diaz at UFC 202 drew 1.65 million PPV buys, the most ever for an MMA event.\nHis boxing match with Mayweather drew 4.3 million PPV buys in North America, the second most in history. Conor Anthony McGregor[18] was born on 14 July 1988 in Crumlin, Dublin, the son of Tony and Margaret McGregor.[1] He was raised in Crumlin and attended a Gaelscoil and Gaelchol\u00e1iste at both primary and at secondary level in Col\u00e1iste de h\u00cdde in Tallaght, where he also developed his passion for sport playing association football. In his youth, he played football for Lourdes Celtic Football Club.[19] At the age of 12, McGregor also began boxing at Crumlin Boxing Club.\nIn 2006, McGregor moved with his family to Lucan, Dublin, attending Gaelchol\u00e1iste Col\u00e1iste Cois Life. Following that, he commenced a plumbing apprenticeship.[22] While in Lucan, he met future UFC fighter Tom Egan and they soon started training mixed martial arts (MMA) together. On 9 March 2008, McGregor had his first professional MMA bout, as a lightweight, defeating Gary Morris with a second-round TKO.\nAfter McGregor won his second fight against Mo Taylor, he made his featherweight debut in a loss via submission against Artemij Sitenkov. After a victory at featherweight in his next bout against Stephen Bailey, McGregor contemplated a different career path before his mother contacted his coach John Kavanagh and reinvigorated him to continue pursuing mixed martial arts. McGregor then won his next fight, also at featherweight, against Connor Dillon, before moving back to lightweight for a fight against Joseph Duffy, where he received his second professional loss after submitting to an arm-triangle choke.\nPrevious Cody Garbrandt Leaks Details Of Specific Steroid Abuse By TJ Dillashaw\nNext Kevin Lee Has Missed Weight, Not Allowed Extra Time, Fight In Jeopardy.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 35, "original_length": 4122, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 268.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://volcano.si.edu/showreport.cfm?doi=10.5479/si.GVP.BGVN201006-261160", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:22Z", "digest": "sha1:NOZLZQTFR2VPDJQFPSVDEZ4ZS3KVCTRT", "length": 83, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "volcano.si.edu", "title": "Global Volcanism Program | Report on Talang (Indonesia) \u2014 June 2010", "raw_content": "Talang (Indonesia) Episodes of elevated seismicity in August 2009 and February 2010", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 45, "original_length": 2899, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 158.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://vs.mosr.sk/historia-vs/eng", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:14Z", "digest": "sha1:GRGTSXJ4IQQKOL5BCK7NJ5AOJTW3FGLS", "length": 12097, "nlines": 51, "source_domain": "vs.mosr.sk", "title": "History of Military Intelligence | Military Intelligence", "raw_content": "until the beginning of the 19th century\nMilitary Intelligence was conducted only during war time.\nWithin the framework of the Military Archive in Vienna, the intelligence department with designation Evidenthaltungsabteilung was established as well as four intelligence offices at the regional army headquarters in border areas.\nField-Marshal Radetzky indicated the responsibilities of the Generalquartiermeisterstab, which was supposed to deal with the study of military history, creating military archive, collect intelligence on neighbouring armies, their organisation and changes. Military attach\u00e9s attached to respective embassies and well organized espionage were the preconditions for it. Radetzky also issued detailed instructions for military attach\u00e9s.\nThe detachment of the Evidenthaltungsabteilung from the military archive and its establishment within the framework of Operation and Dislocation Office attached to the Chief of the General Staff.\nEvidenthaltungsgruppe incorporated as department \u201e B\" into the Headquarters of the Quartermaster General.\nAssigned to the Kriegsgeschichtlichesburo, the management was retained.\nThe Kunschaftssektion within the framework of the Central Operating Bureau was established. The Intelligence Department was incorporated as an independent section into the Headquarters of the Quartermaster General in December 1850. Since then, it was running under the designation Evidenzbureau (hereinafter Evidenzburo).\nThe first military attach\u00e9 to Paris was appointed and followed by other military attach\u00e9s in Saint Petersburg and Berlin. Intelligence centres were established in different parts of the monarchy and closer cooperation with the Ministry of Police was founded.\nIntensive intelligence activity against Prussia relating the war.\nEvidenzburo issued written directives for intelligence service.\nThe occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina demanded increased requirements with respect to the activity of intelligence service.\nSpecial Russian section was established.\nThe guidebook \"Directives on Performing Intelligence Service in Peacetime\" dealing with intelligence activity against Russia and funded by 60,000 Guldens (Austro-Hungarian currency). This enabled to sustain a constant network of some 100 confidents.\nThe cryptographic team within the framework of the intelligence group headed by Max Ronge was set in.\nThe scandal of Alfred Redl, Colonel of General Staff, the deputy head of Evidenzburo, Chief of Staff of the VIII Armed Corps in Prague, who was selling secret information to Russia and France. Organisational changes followed. In particular, the number of employees was increased (at the beginning of 1912, there were 28 officers and in mid-1914 already 42 officers).\nAs concerning each major manoeuvres, Evidenzburo suggested to provide security measures at the final exercise in Bosnia where the crown prince was supposed to participate. However, Archduke Ferdinand refused the proposal. On 28 June, the news of the assassination in Sarajevo came.\nSerbia declared mobilisation. Evidenzburo ordered the execution of all measures by which the intelligence service could contribute to the success of the army: organising uprising of Macedonians in New Serbia, anti-war propaganda among new recruits, sabotages and other subversive activities.\nUnder the patronage of Tom\u00e1\u0161 Garrigue Masaryk, the informal conspirators\u2019 organisation Maffie \u2013 or the Secret Committee \u2013 was established as the significant centre of resistance against the Hapsburg monarchy during the World War I. It was operating on the basis of patriotic espionage. One hundred four persons were participating in the intelligence activities of Maffie. It had confidents at the Imperial Court in Vienna, too.\nIn the beginning of 1918, \"the Mafiosi\" established a wiretapping station near Prague and monitored the conversations on the telephone line between the Austrian Ministry of War and German General Staff.\nWithin the framework of the Czechoslovak legionary divisions in Russia, \"reconnaissance departments\" were operating. They covered the defence of train connection from Volga region to Vladivostok by means of intelligence.\nThe 3rd Intelligence Department within the framework of the General Staff was established in the structure of the Ministry of National Defence (MNO). Soon afterwards, it was renamed the 2nd Department of the General Staff, or also MNO, General Staff, 2nd Department. It integrated external and internal intelligence. It was of relatively independent status.\nRegional Military Command (ZVV) for Slovakia was established and based in Bratislava. On that day, the 2nd Intelligence Department started its activity in the organisational structure of the Headquarters of the Regional Military Command.\nThe competence of the 2nd Intelligence Department was defined in more details in the \"Competencies of the Ministry of National Defence from 1926\", which were the basic statute expressing its operative focus and specifying its activity from the legal perspective: the 2nd Department of the General Staff was authorised to build up intelligence vital for gathering information on foreign states and important for the Czechoslovak Military Direction.\nAdditional four main organisational units: Educational (analytical) Group, Foreign Group, General Group and Support Office completed the Detective and Defence Group of the 2nd Department.\nThe first Frontward Agency Centre (PA\u00da) was established and based in Liberec.\nThe operational work was centralized in the Frontward Agency Centres (PAUs), which took over the agent networks of the divisions and smaller units. Bratislava Intelligence Centre directed the PA\u00da in Bratislava, which focused its intelligence activity overwhelmingly against Hungary.\nEstablishment of the separate Offensive Section (P-1) and Defensive Section (P-2) within the framework of the Detective Group. P-1 developed separate intelligence extensions at some Czechoslovak diplomatic missions and in strategically neutral countries, Foreign Agency Centres (ZA\u00da) were established. P-2 was uncovering agent networks especially of German and Hungarian intelligence services on the Czechoslovak territory. P-2 carried out eavesdropping and directed the 2nd intelligence departments at the headquarters of corps, intelligence officers of divisions as well as intelligence officers of infantry, artillery and cavalry regiments.\nThe joint agency centre Poste Mixe with French intelligence service came to end. The British Secret Intelligence Service became the most important partner.\nThe Czechoslovak-Soviet operational centre VONAPO in Prague started to function as a result of the interstate treaty of alliance in May 1935, which comprised also the secret provision of mutual intelligence cooperation. The centre was aimed against the Nazi Germany.\nIn the course of reorganisation of the Czechoslovak intelligence service, Intelligence Centres I. \u2013 IV. (APS) were renamed to Agency Detective Centres I. \u2013 IV. (APS) and likewise as Regional Military Headquarters (ZVV), they were located in Prague, Brno, Bratislava and Ko\u0161ice. By means of Agency Detective Centres (APS) Frontward Agency Centres (PA\u00da) were directed. PA\u00da were dislocated in the border areas and carried out intelligence activities against Germany, Hungary, Austria and Poland.\nAgency Detective Centre IV in Ko\u0161ice was closed. Agency Detective Centre III was relocated from Bratislava to Bansk\u00e1 Bystrica. Reason \u2013 agency network APS IV was almost completely compromised by Hungarian counter-intelligence.\nResulting from the Munich dictate, intelligence activity against Germany was prohibited. Czechoslovak intelligence officers continued in the activity despite the prohibition. In the Czech regions, the APS and PA\u00da were closed, consequently, instead of them, the Operational Detective Centre Against Germany (AP\u00daN) was established with its seat in Prague.\nOne day before the Nazi occupation of Bohemia and Moravia, Colonel of the General Staff Franti\u0161ek Moravec and ten Czechoslovak intelligence officers with intelligence documents flew to London where they continued in the intelligence efforts under the name Intelligence Headquarters \u017di\u017eka, later within the scope of the Czechoslovak Government-in-Exile as the 2nd Department of the Ministry of National Defence throughout the World War II.\nIntelligence structures inherited from the former Czechoslovak Republic were assumed as unreliable in the Slovak Republic. Based on the order of the Chief of the Main Military Headquarters intelligence areas corresponding to territorial competence of higher-level headquarters were established. The Intelligence structures were subordinated to the Intelligence Department of the Ministry of National Defence \u2013 Chief Military Headquarters in Bratislava.\nA secret negotiation between vice admiral Wilhelm Canaris, the head of the German military intelligence service Abwehr and general Ferdinand \u010catlo\u0161, the Minister of National Defence of the Slovak Republic took place in Bratislava. It was agreed that \" the right to operate an offensive intelligence activity will reside within the German army, the Slovak Republic will not perform intelligence activity...\" The Slovak party did not observe this agreement.\nCzechoslovak military intelligence service in exile took part in the assassination of the Acting Reich-Protector SS-Obergruppenf\u00fchrer Reinhard Heydrich.\nBy the Order of General Ludv\u00edk Svoboda \u2013 without the knowledge of the Government-in-exile, the Military Defence Intelligence (OBZ) was established as an independent intelligence service with extensive executive competence. OBZ was controlled and abused by the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KS\u010c).\nIn the beginning of the year, the Military Defence Intelligence (OBZ) was integrated into the Chief Staff of the Czechoslovak Army as the 5th Department.\nMilitary Defence Intelligence (OBZ) as the independent Headquarters of the Military Intelligence Service was subordinated to the Minister of National Security. The Intelligence Department of the General Staff was changed to Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff.\nThe Headquarters of the Military Intelligence service was renamed to Chief Directorate of Counter-Intelligence (HS VKR).\nExternal military intelligence, which was operating under the designation Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Czechoslovak People\u00b4s Army came under the absolute control of the intelligence sections of the Ministry of Interior.\nMilitary Counter-Intelligence (VKR) was designated as the 3rd Directorate of the Ministry of Interior.\nAlso the officials and officers of the Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff were subject to purges as they had actively participated in the resistance against the Soviet occupants.\nMilitary Counter-Intelligence (VKR) was run as the 3rd General Directorate of the National Security Corps (ZNB).\nVKR became subordinated to the Ministry of Defence and was renamed to Military Defence Intelligence (VOS). The Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff renounced the agreement on cooperation with Soviet military intelligence (GRU) and was renamed to Military Intelligence Service (VSS).\nThe Federal Assembly approved the Act on Military Defence Intelligence, the Military Intelligence Service continued to operate in legal vacuum.\nThe Intelligence Directorate began its operation within the framework of the Headquarters of the Army of the Slovak Republic (Tren\u010d\u00edn) after the dissolution of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic.\nThe Act no 198 on Military Intelligence came into force.\nThe Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Army of the Slovak Republic changed its name to Military Intelligence Service of the Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic and the service fell from the subordination of the General Staff of the Army of the Slovak Republic to the subordination of the Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic based in Bratislava.\nMilitary Defence Intelligence (VOS) and Military Intelligence Service (VSS) merged into one service called Military Intelligence (VS).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 132, "original_length": 14104, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 225.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://vud.org/washerdryer.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:43Z", "digest": "sha1:2EONGQRBY2TXGAIBGOPJHVSU4KCAHQ7F", "length": 488, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "vud.org", "title": "vud.org", "raw_content": "loudspeakers (3.5\" x 3.5\"), sound\nSound Through Barriers, April 2012, Fort Collins, Colorado.\nTwo small loudspeakers produce the sound of a clothes washer and dryer. A viewer's visual experience of the piece is transformed by the sound of the washer and dryer. The sound creates a space for reinterpretation of the physicality of the speaker boxes as washing and drying machines. The object's initial strong identity as a loudspeaker is put into flux by the sonic signifiers of the piece.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 19, "original_length": 694, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 216.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://wanderingendearments.blogspot.com/2017/04/book-review-no-34-llewellyns-little.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:37:35Z", "digest": "sha1:H7HHJWZXUATXFWYXEFRQJEJ4ZVOH457W", "length": 1514, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "wanderingendearments.blogspot.com", "title": "Wandering Endearments: Book Review No. 34 - Llewellyn's Little Book of Chakras by Cyndi Dale", "raw_content": "Book Review No. 34 - Llewellyn's Little Book of Chakras by Cyndi Dale\nSalutations! I know it has been awhile, its been rough sailing here but I'm muddling through as best I can.\nWith all this uncomfortable downtime, I've been able to get some reading done. So there is that! I finished Cyndi Dale's \" Llewellyn's Little Book of Chakras\" in about a week. But really, this book is going to be a fantastic reference tool I can see myself referring to over and over again. I've read several books (and many online articles) on chakras and this is by far the best writing I've read on the subject.\nDale has an intimate knowledge of the chakra system, and that really comes through with her work. This is a well thought-out and planned book. She goes through the basics: what is a chakra, history of the chakra systems and brief explanation of what they do in our bodies. The next section of the book really in-depth and practical ways to use chakras. This portion of the book is filled with useful exercises of engaging your chakras. I've only done a few of the exercises, but I've found them extremely engaging.\nI really don't have anything negative to say about this book. If you want a really solid beginners book to chakras, I recommend. Even if you aren't a beginner, I think this book has some really fantastic exercises and information that anyone with an interest in chakra development would find incredibly useful.\nPosted by Jenny at 12:10:00 PM\nLabels: Book Review Tuesday, Chakras, Health, Meditation, Witchy", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 42, "original_length": 3497, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 310.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://wcrz.com/mid-michigan-parents-use-story-of-sons-death-to-warn-others-about-opioid-danger-video/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:37Z", "digest": "sha1:YS7ALDNUUJ7U3GL7D6FJJIGN3KTVQMTI", "length": 565, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "wcrz.com", "title": "Parents Use Son's Death to Warn Others About Opioids", "raw_content": "Mid-Michigan Parents Use Story of Son\u2019s Death to Warn Others About Opioid Danger [VIDEO]\nMark and Lisa Treiber hope other parents don't have to go through what they have. The Treibers lost their son to heroin. Andy Treiber began using opioids when he was 17 and later switched to heroin. He died of an overdose at 27.\nHis parents addressed the crowd at Western High School in Auburn.\n\"So what we are trying to do is help people to understand that we need to talk about this... that we need to break the stigma,\" Lisa Treibers told the crowd of parents and students.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 87, "original_length": 1876, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 239.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://we-creative.fr/en/we_creative-logo2017-noir-rvb-global-2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:21Z", "digest": "sha1:TQG7E7M755OFT22FR7KHDR7CY2FDEEPF", "length": 63, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "we-creative.fr", "title": "we_creative-logo2017-NOIR-RVB-global \u2014 we_creative", "raw_content": "Logo of we_creative, production agency based in Anglet, France.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 18, "original_length": 824, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 192.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://web2pro.info/blog/dedicated-to-innovation/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:11Z", "digest": "sha1:OVAHMCVPC36I5MBGDCHBSLYIYENOWXFU", "length": 6695, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "web2pro.info", "title": "Six Rising Healthcare Leaders on Innovation and Change Management | Web2pro - web2pro.info", "raw_content": "One failed at his first two healthcare start-ups. Another experienced a series of misfires on a strategy that eventually clicked on the last try. A third started her own company after she decided that a previous company she worked for wasn\u2019t putting patients first. Yet another pressed forward with an idea despite daily criticism from those who said the plan wouldn\u2019t work.\nThey all are now successful innovators in one of the country\u2019s most innovative healthcare markets\u2014Minneapolis-St. Paul, better known as the Twin Cities. A clear commonality across this group is their passionate commitment to changing healthcare for the better despite the long odds of success and a string of failed attempts at change that would have sent lesser would-be innovators into much safer corporate positions.\nAnother thread that connects them is the key tenet of each of their respective innovations. Their ideas, programs, strategies and initiatives knock down the barriers for patients to do the right things to improve their health, whether it\u2019s seeing a doctor, taking their medications or shopping for patient care services based on transparent value.\nMeet Thompson Aderinkomi, founder and CEO of , Mark Ereth, M.D., founder and CEO of , Robert Narveson, president and CEO of , Amy Nelson, founder and CEO of , Troy Simonson, CEO of .\nThompson Aderinkomi is the founder and CEO of RetraceHealth, an innovative primary-care practice that combines telehealth consulting capabilities with at-home visits to patients for fixed and transparent prices. Aderinkomi launched the company after a scary and frustrating experience he had getting care for his infant son from an established pediatric practice five miles away. \u201cI asked myself, \u2018Why is it this way?\u2019\u201d he says. He also launched RetraceHealth after two earlier start-ups he founded failed. \u201cI know I can\u2019t stop because it\u2019s actually persistence that makes people successful,\u201d he says. Read more about Aderinkomi and his commitment to making access to primary care easier and cheaper.\nMark Ereth, M.D.\nMark Ereth, M.D., is the founder and CEO of Transfuse Solutions, a healthcare services firm that offers an innovative mix of blood management solutions aimed at reducing unnecessary and inappropriate blood transfusions. Dr. Ereth\u2019s ah-ha moment lasted about 25 years as he witnessed thousands of costly blood transfusions while teaching and practicing anesthesiology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. He created a business that combines education, data and informatics, change management and diagnostic and clinical-decision support to reduce unnecessary and inappropriate blood transfusions by 50% at hospitals and other transfusion sites. The result is better and safer patient care and lower operating costs for providers. \u201cWe want to make it easy for them to do the right thing and make it hard for them to do the wrong thing,\u201d he says. Read more about Dr. Ereth and his approach to transforming blood management.\nRobert Narveson\nRobert Narveson is president and CEO of Thrifty White Pharmacy, which operates 49 pharmacies in Minnesota. Under Narveson, Thrifty White has developed an innovative medication adherence program that combines prescription refill synchronization with regular and multiple personal touch points with patients to increase their engagement with their care and with other caregivers. The approach comes after earlier efforts to improve adherence weren\u2019t achieving the desired goals. It was the mix of making it easier to fill multiple prescriptions and connecting patients with pharmacists and other caregivers that produced a potent program. \u201cIt\u2019s the touch points that make it work,\u201d he says. Read more about Narveson and Thrifty White\u2019s commitment to medication adherence.\nAmy Nelson is founder and CEO of Accurate Home Care, which provides more than two million hours of services to home care clients each year. Nelson was just 18 years old when she started Accurate Home Care in 2002. Her decision to cut her own path came after working at two other agencies. She says she learned much from those experiences \u2014 both what to do and what not to do. Neither of those agencies exist today, while Nelson\u2019s is thriving. It combines high-tech care and high-touch personal service. So personal, in fact, that potential clients interview Accurate Home Care staff prior to an engagement to see if there\u2019s a fit for both parties. \u201cI was told so many times I was not going to succeed at 18 years old, and so it just pushed me to do it more,\u201d she reflects. Read more about Nelson and her approach to quality home-based care.\nTroy Simonson\nTroy Simonson is CEO of Twin Cities Orthopedics, a specialty medical practice of 85 physicians and more than 800 employees providing care at 25 locations in the metropolitan Minneapolis-St. Paul market. In 2012, Twin Cities Orthopedics started its Excel bundled-payment program. Excel offers patients needing joint replacement surgery a coordinated and comprehensive range of pre- and post-surgical services in addition to all surgical services for a fixed price known ahead of time. The program takes the guesswork out of what patients will receive and what they\u2019ll pay, allowing them to shop for orthopedic services based on value. \u201cWhatever you create initially, everyone will tell you why it won\u2019t work,\u201d he says. \u201cFind the answers to why it will work and keep pushing forward.\u201d Read more about Simonson and Twin Cities Orthopedics\u2019s innovative bundled-payment program.\nBarbara Spurrier\nBarbara Spurrier is the administrative director of the Mayo Clinic\u2019s Center for Innovation. Though synonymous with world-class patient care for nearly 150 years, one of the Goliath\u2019s of the healthcare industry thought even it wasn\u2019t doing enough to improve the delivery of healthcare services. That recommitment to transforming the healthcare experience for patients gave birth to the center in 2008. According to Spurrier, the secret to the center\u2019s success is a combination of people and location. The center\u2019s staffers have nontraditional and diverse backgrounds, which spur the group to think differently about how to improve care. And they work in a flexible and open office setting that\u2019s conducive to free-thinking and collaboration. \u201cWe\u2019re bringing a new approach and a new methodology to human-centered innovation,\u201d she says. Read more about Spurrier and Mayo Clinic's Center for Innovation.\nHear from a core group of Twin Cities healthcare innovators on how they\u2019re enabling patients and healthcare organizations to improve their physical and business health by breaking down age-old industry barriers and traditions. 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For the blues rock band, see The Temperance Movement (band).\nThe Drunkard's Progress (1846) by Nathaniel Currier warns that moderate drinking leads step-by-step to total disaster\nThe temperance movement is a social movement against the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Participants in the movement typically criticize alcohol intoxication or promote complete abstinence ( teetotalism), with leaders emphasizing alcohol's negative effects on health, personality, and family life. Typically the movement promotes alcohol education as well as demands new laws against the selling of alcohols, or those regulating the availability of alcohol, or those completely prohibiting it. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, the temperance movement became prominent in many countries, particularly English-speaking and Scandinavian ones, and it led to Prohibition in the United States from 1920 to 1933.\n2.1 Origins (pre-1820)\n2.2 Promoting moderation (1820s\u2013'30s)\n2.2.1 Latter Day Saints\n2.2.2 Millerites and Seventh-day Adventists\n2.3 Teetotalism (1830s)\n2.4 Growing radicalism and influence (1840s\u2013'50s)\n2.4.1 The Washingtonian movement\n2.4.2 Gospel temperance\n2.5 Transition to a mass movement (1860s\u20131900s)\n2.6 Legislative successes and failures (1910s)\n2.7 Decline (1920s\u2013'60s)\n3 Beliefs, principles and culture\n3.1 Prevention, treatment and restriction\n3.2 Role of women\nIn the late-seventeenth century, alcohol was a vital part of colonial life as a beverage, medicine, and commodity for men, women, and children. Drinking was widely accepted and completely integrated in society; however, drunkenness was not. Despite that, drunkenness was common and not often seen as a social problem. [1]:5 The attitudes towards alcohol began to change in the late eighteenth century. One of the reasons for the shifting attitudes was the necessity for sober laborers to operate heavy machinery that had been developed as a result of the Industrial Revolution. Anthony Benezet suggested abstinence from alcohol in 1775. [1]:4 [2]:36\u201337 As early as the 1790s, physician Benjamin Rush researched the danger that drinking alcohol could lead to disease that leads to a lack of self-control and he cited abstinence as the only treatment option. [3]:109 Rush saw benefits in fermented drinks, but condemned the use of distilled spirits. [2]:37 As well as addiction, Rush noticed the correlation that drunkenness had with disease, death, suicide and crime. After the American Revolution, Rush called upon ministers of various churches to act in preaching the messages of temperance. [4]:23 However, abstinence messages were largely ignored by Americans until the 1820s. [2]:37\nFurther information: Temperance movement in Australia, Temperance movement in India, Temperance movement in Ireland, Temperance movement in New Zealand, Temperance movement in Sri Lanka, Temperance movement in the United Kingdom, and Temperance movement in the United States\nOrigins (pre-1820)\nIn the eighteenth century, there was a \" Gin Craze\" in the Kingdom of Great Britain. The bourgeoisie became increasingly critical of the widespread drunkenness among the lower classes. Motivated by the bourgeoisie's desire for order, and amplified by the population growth in the cities, the drinking of gin became the subject of critical national debate. [5]\nIn the early nineteenth-century United States, alcohol was still regarded as a necessary part of the American diet for both practical and social reasons. On the one hand, water supplies were often polluted, milk was not always available, and coffee and tea was expensive. On the other hand, social construct of the time made it impolite for people (particularly men) to refuse alcohol. [2]:37 Drunkenness was not a problem, because people would only drink small amounts of alcohol throughout the day, but at the turn of the nineteenth-century, overindulgence and subsequent intoxication became an issue that led to the disintegration of the family. [2]:37 Early temperance societies often associated with churches were located in upstate New York and New England, but only lasted a few years. These early temperance societies called for moderate drinking, but had little influence outside of their geographical areas.\nIn 1743, John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist Churches, proclaimed \"that buying, selling, and drinking of liquor, unless absolutely necessary, were evils to be avoided\". [6]\nIn 1810, Calvinist ministers met with a seminary in Massachusetts to write articles about abstinence from alcohol to use in preaching to their congregations. [2]:38 The Massachusetts Society for the Suppression of Intemperance (MSSI) was formed in 1813. [7] The organization only accepted men of high social standing and encouraged moderation in alcohol consumption. Its peak of influence was in 1818, but the MSSI ended in 1820 and made no significant mark on the future of the temperance movement. [8] [2]:38 Other small temperance societies appear in the 1810s, but had little impact outside their immediate regions and they disbanded soon after. Their methods had little effect in implementing temperance, and drinking actually increased until after 1830; however, their methods of public pledges and meetings, as well as handing out of pamphlets, were implemented by more lasting temperance societies such as the American Temperance Society. [2]:38\nPromoting moderation (1820s\u2013'30s)\nThis is the songbook used at the Women's Temperance Organization from Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania\nThe temperance movement began at a national level in the 1820s, having been popularized by evangelical temperance reformers and among the middle classes. [3]:109 [9] [2]:38 [note 1] There was a concentration on advice against hard spirits rather than on abstinence from all alcohol and on moral reform rather than legal measures against alcohol. [11] [note 2] An early temperance movement began during the American Revolution in Connecticut, Virginia and New York state, with farmers forming associations to ban whiskey distilling. The movement spread to eight states, advocating temperance rather than abstinence and taking positions on religious issues such as observance of the Sabbath. [1]\nAfter the American Revolution there was a new emphasis on good citizenship for the new republic. [10] With the Evangelical Protestant religious revival of the 1820s and '30s, called the Second Great Awakening, social movements began aiming for a perfect society. This included abolitionism and temperance. [10] [9] [2]:23 The Awakening brought with it an optimism about moral reform, achieved through volunteer organizations. [13]:6 Although the temperance movement was nonsectarian in principle, the movement consisted mostly of church-goers. [10]\nThe temperance movement promoted temperance and emphasized the moral, economical and medical effects of overindulgence. [12] Connecticut born minister Lyman Beecher published a book in 1826 called Six Sermons on...Intemperance. Beecher described inebriation as a \"national sin\" as well as suggesting legislation to prohibit the sales of alcohol. [2]:24\u201325 He believed that it was only possible for drinkers to reform in the early stages of addiction, because anyone in advanced stages of addiction, according to Beecher, had damaged their morality and could not be saved. [3]:110 Early temperance reformers often viewed drunkards as warnings rather than as victims of a disease, leaving the state to take care of them and their conduct. [3]:110 In the same year, the American Temperance Society (ATS) was formed in Boston, Massachusetts, within 12 years claiming more than 8,000 local groups and over 1,250,000 members. [14] [15]:93Presbyterian preacher Charles Grandison Finney, taught abstinence from ardent spirits. In the Rochester, New York revival of 1831, individuals were required to sign a temperance pledge in order to receive salvation. Finney believed and taught that the body represented the \"temple of God\" and anything that would harm the \"temple\" including alcohol, must be avoided. [2]:24 By 1833, several thousand groups similar to the ATS were formed in most states. In some of the large communities, temperance almanacs were released which gave information about planting and harvesting as well as current information about the temperance issues. [2]:39\nTemperance societies were being organized in England about the same time, many inspired by a Belfast professor of theology, and Presbyterian Church of Ireland Minister John Edgar, [16] who poured his stock of whiskey out of his window in 1829. He mainly concentrated his fire on the elimination of spirits rather than wine and beer. [11] [17] [18] On August 14, 1829 he wrote a letter in the Belfast Telegraph publicizing his views on temperance. He also formed the Ulster Temperance Movement with other Presbyterian clergy, initially enduring ridicule from members of his community. [19]\nThe 1830s saw a tremendous growth in temperance groups, not just in England and the United States, but also in British colonies, especially New Zealand [20] and Australia. [21]\nOut of the religious revival and reform appeared Mormonism and Seventh-day Adventism, new Christian denominations that established criteria for healthy living as a part of their religious teachings, namely temperance. [2]:23\nThe Word of Wisdom is a health code followed by the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and other Latter Day Saint denominations which advises how to maintain good health: what one should do and what one should abstain from. One of the most prominent items in the Word of Wisdom is the complete abstinence from alcohol. [22] When the Word of Wisdom was written, the Latter Day Saints were residing in Kirtland, Ohio and the Kirtland Temperance Society was organized on October 6, 1830 with 239 members. [23] According to some scholars, the Word of Wisdom was influenced by the temperance movement. In June 1830, the Millenial Harbinger quoted from a book \"The Simplicity of Health\" which strongly condemned the use of alcohol, tobacco, and the untempered consumption of meat, similar to the provisions in the Word of Wisdom revealed three years later. This gave publicity to the movement and Temperance Societies began to form. [24] [25] On February 1, 1833, a few weeks before the Word of Wisdom came forth, all distilleries in the Kirtland area were shut down. [23] During the early history of the Word of Wisdom, temperance and other items in the health code were seen more as wise recommendations than commandments. [26]:132\nAlthough he advocated for temperance, Joseph Smith did not preach complete abstinence from alcohol. According to Paul H. Peterson and Ronald W. Walker, Joseph Smith did not enforce abstinence from alcohol because he believed it would threaten individual choice and agency as well as that forcing the Latter Day Saints to comply would cause separation in the Church. [27]:33 In Harry M. Beardsley's book Joseph Smith and his Mormon Empire, Beardsley argues that some Mormon historians attempted to portray Joseph Smith as a teetotaler, but according to the testimonies of his contemporaries, Joseph Smith often drank alcohol in his own home or the homes of his friends in Kirtland. In Nauvoo, Illinois Smith was far less discreet with his drinking habits. [25] [28] However, at the end of the nineteenth century, second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Brigham Young said that the Saints could no longer justify disobeying the Word of Wisdom because of the way that it was originally presented. [29] In 1921, Heber J. Grant, then president of the LDS church, officially called on the Latter-day Saints to strictly adhere to the Word of Wisdom, including complete abstinence from alcohol. [14]\nMillerites and Seventh-day Adventists\nFounder of the Millerites, William Miller claimed that the Second Coming of Jesus Christ would be in 1843 and that anyone who drank alcohol would be unprepared for the Second Coming. [2]:29 After the Great Disappointment in 1843, the Seventh-day Adventist denomination was formed by Ellen G. White and her husband, a preacher, James Springer White who did not use alcohol or tobacco. [2]:29 Ellen preached healthful living to her followers, without specifying abstinence from alcohol, as most of her followers were temperance followers, and that would have been implied. [2]:30\nTeetotalism (1830s)\nSee also: Blue ribbon badge\nAs a response to rising social problems in urbanized areas, a stricter form of temperance emerged called teetotalism, which promoted the complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages, this time including wine and beer, not just ardent spirits. [2]:39 [30]:602 The name \"teetotaler\" came from the capital \"T\"s that were written next to the names of people who pledged complete abstinence from alcohol. [14] People were instructed to only drink pure water and the teetotalists were known as the \"pure-water army\". [2]:40 [31] In the US, the American Temperance Union advocated the total abstinence of distilled and fermented liquors. By 1835, they had gained 1.5 million members. This created conflict between the teetotalists and the more moderate members of the ATS. [2]:40 [12] Even though there were temperance societies in the South, as the movement became more closely tied with the abolitionist movement, people in the South created their own teetotal societies. Considering drinking was an important part of their cultures, German and Irish immigrants resisted the movement. [2]:40 In the UK, teetotalism originated in Preston, in 1833. [32] [33] The Catholic temperance movement started in 1838 when the Irish priest Theobald Mathew established the Teetotal Abstinence Society in 1838. [34] In 1838, the mass working class movement for universal suffrage for men, Chartism, included a current called \"temperance chartism\". [35] [36] Faced with the refusal of the Parliament of the time to give the right to vote to working people, the temperance chartists saw the campaign against alcohol as a way of proving to the elites that working-class people were responsible enough to be granted the vote. [37] In short, the 1830s was mostly characterized by moral persuasion of workers. [38]:25\nGrowing radicalism and influence (1840s\u2013'50s)\nSons of Temperance procession, Hill End, New South Wales, 1872\nThe Washingtonian movement\nIn 1840, a group of artisans in Baltimore, Maryland created their own temperance society that could appeal to hard-drinking men like themselves. Calling themselves the Washingtonians, they pledged complete abstinence, attempting to persuade others through their own experience with alcohol rather than relying on preaching and religious lectures. They argued that sympathy was an overlooked method for helping people with alcohol addictions, citing coercion as an ineffective method. For that reason, they did not support prohibitive legislation of alcohol. [3]:110 They were suspicious of the divisiveness of denominational religion and did not use religion in their discussions, emphasizing personal abstinence. They never set up national organizations, believing that concentration of power and distance from citizens causes corruption. Meetings were public and they encouraged equal participation, appealing to both men and women and northerners and southerners. [3]:111 Unlike early temperance reformers, the Washingtonians did not believe that intemperance destroyed a drinker's morality. [3]:112 They worked on the platform that abstinence communities could be created through sympathizing with drunkards rather than ostracizing them through the belief that they are sinners or diseased. [3]:113\nOn February 22, 1842 in Springfield, Illinois, while a member of the Illinois Legislature, Abraham Lincoln gave an address to the Springfield Washington Temperance Society on the 110th anniversary of the birth of George Washington. In the speech, Lincoln criticized early methods of the temperance movement as overly forceful and advocated reason as the solution to the problem of intemperance, praising the current temperance movement methods of the Washingtonian movement. [39]\nBy 1845, the Washingtonian movement was no longer as prominent for three reasons. Firstly, the evangelist reformers attacked them for refusing to admit alcoholism was a sin. Secondly, the movement was criticized as unsuccessful due to the number of men who would go back to drinking. Finally, the movement was internally divided by differing views on prohibition legislation. [3]:113 Temperance fraternal societies such as the Sons of Temperance and the Good Samaritans took the place of the Washingtonian movement with largely similar views relating to helping alcoholics by way of sympathy and philanthropy. They, however, differed from the Washingtonians through their closed rather than public meetings, fines, and membership qualifications, believing their methods would be more effective in curbing men's alcohol addictions. [3]:113 After the 1850s, the temperance movement was characterized more by prevention by means of prohibitions laws, than remedial efforts to facilitate the recovery of alcoholics. [3]:113\nGospel temperance\nBy the mid-1850s, the United States was divided from differing views of slavery and prohibition laws and economic depression. This influenced the Third Great Awakening in the United States. The prayer meeting largely characterized this religious revival. Prayer meetings were devotional meetings run by laypeople rather than clergy and consisted of prayed and testimony by attendees. The meetings were held frequently and pledges of temperance were confessed. Prayer meetings and pledges characterized the post-Civil war \"gospel\" temperance movement. This movement was similar to early temperance movements in that drunkenness was seen as a sin; however, public testimony was used to convert others and convince them to sign the pledge. [3]:114 New and revitalized organizations emerged including the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) and the early Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). The movement relied on the reformed individuals using local evangelical resources to create institutions to reform drunk men. Reformed men in Massachusetts and Maine formed \"ribbon\" clubs to support men who were interested in stopping drinking. Ribbon reformers traveled throughout the Midwest forming clubs and sharing their experiences with others. Gospel rescue missions or inebriate homes were created that allowed homeless drunkards a safe place to reform and learn to practice total abstinence while receiving food and shelter. [3]:115 These movements emphasized sympathy over coercion, yet unlike the Washingtonian movements, emphasized helplessness as well with relief from their addictions as a result from seeking the grace of God. [3]:116\nAs an expression of moralism, [40] the membership of the temperance movement overlapped with that of the abolitionist movement and women's suffrage movement. [41] [42] [43]\nDuring the Victorian period, the temperance movement became more political, advocating the legal prohibition of all alcohol, rather than only calling for moderation. Proponents of temperance, teetotalism and prohibition came to be known as the \"drys\". [9]\nThere was still a focus on the working class, but also their children. The Band of Hope was founded in 1847 in Leeds, UK, by the Reverend Jabez Tunnicliff. It aimed to save working class children from the drinking parents by teaching them the importance and principles of sobriety and teetotalism. In 1855, a national organisation was formed amidst an explosion of Band of Hope work. Meetings were held in churches throughout the UK and included Christian teaching. The group campaigned politically for the curtailment of the influence of pubs and brewers. The organization became quite radical, organizing rallies, demonstrations and marches to influence as many people as possible to sign the pledge of allegiance to the society and to resolve to abstain \"from all liquors of an intoxicating quality, whether ale, porter, wine or spirits, except as medicine.\" [44]\nIn this period there was local success at restricting or banning the sale of alcohol in many parts of the United States. In 1838, Massachusetts banned certain sales of spirits. The law was repealed two years later, but it set a precedent. [9] In 1845, Michigan allowed its municipalities to decide whether they were going to prohibit. [45] In 1846, a law was passed in Maine which was a full-fledged prohibition, and this was followed by bans in several other states in the next two decades. [9]\nThe movement became more effective, with alcohol consumption in the US being decreased by half between 1830 and 1840. During this time, prohibition laws came into effect in twelve US states, such as Maine. Maine Law was passed in 1851 by the efforts of Neal Dow. [46] Organized opposition caused five of these states to eliminate or weaken the laws. [12]\nTransition to a mass movement (1860s\u20131900s)\nA temperance fountain in Tompkins Square Park, New York City\nThe Temperance movement was a significant mass movement at this time and encouraged a general abstinence from the consumption of alcohol. A general movement to build alternatives to replace the functions of public bars existed, so the Independent Order of Rechabites was formed in England, with a branch later opening in America as a friendly society that did not hold meetings in public bars. There was also a movement to introduce temperance fountains across the United States\u2014to provide people with reliably safe drinking water rather than saloon alcohol. [47]\nThe National Prohibition Party led by John Russell gradually became more popular, gaining more votes, as they felt that the existing Democrat and Republican parties did not do enough for the temperance cause. [30]:602 The party was associated with the Independent Order of Good Templars, which entertained a universalist orientation, being more open to blacks and repentant alcoholics than most other organizations. [13]:5\u20136, 152\nReflecting the teaching on alcohol of their founder John Wesley, [6] Methodist Churches were aligned with the temperance movement. [48] Methodists believed that despite the supposed economic benefits of liquor traffic because of job creation and taxes, the harm that it causes society through its contribution to murder, gambling, prostitution, crime, and political corruption outweiged the economic benefits. [49]:7 In Great Britain, both Wesleyan Methodists and Primitive Methodists championed the cause of temperance; [50] the Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition, and Public Morals was later established in the United States to further the movement. [51] In 1864, the Salvation Army, another denomination in the Wesleyan-Arminian tradition, was founded in London with a heavy emphasis on both abstinence from alcohol and ministering to the working class, which led publicans to fund a Skeleton Army to disrupt their meetings. The Salvation Army quickly spread internationally, maintaining an emphasis on abstinence. [52] [53] Many of the most important prohibitionist groups, such as the avowedly prohibitionist United Kingdom Alliance (1853) and the US-based (but international) [54] Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU; 1873), began in the latter half of the nineteenth century, [55] the latter of which was the one of the largest women societies in the world at the time. [30]:602 [56]:1 But the largest and most radical international temperance organization was the Good Templars. [13]:5 In 1862, the Soldiers Total Abstinence Association was founded in British India by Joseph Gelson Gregson, a Baptist missionary. [57] In 1898, the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association was formed by James Cullen, an Irish Catholic, which spread to other English-speaking Catholic communities. [58]\nIn 1870, physicians created the American Association of the Cure of Inebrity (AACI) to treat alcohol addiction. The two goals of the organization were to convince the skeptical medical community of the existence and seriousness of the disease of alcoholism and to prove the efficacy of asylum treatments of alcoholics. [3]:116 They argued for more genetic causes of alcohol addictions. Treatment often included restraint of the patient while they reformed both physically and morally. [3]:117\nThe Anti-Saloon League was an organization that began in 1893 in Ohio. Reacting to urban growth, it was driven by evangelical Protestantism. [9] [45] Furthermore, the League was strongly supported by the WCTU: in some US states alcoholism had become epidemic and domestic violence rates were high. At the time, Americans drank about three times much as they did in the 2010s. [59] The League campaigned for suffrage and temperance simultaneously, with leader Susan B. Anthony stating that \"The only hope of the Anti-Saloon League's success lies in putting the ballot into the hands of women\", i.e. it was expected that the first act that women were to take upon themselves after having obtained the right to vote, was to vote for an alcohol ban. [45]\nActions of the temperance movement were organizing sobriety lectures and setting up reform clubs for men and children. Some proponents also opened special temperance hotels and lunch wagons, and lobbied for banning liquor during prominent events. The Scientific Temperance Instruction Movement published textbooks, promoted alcohol education and held many lectures. [30]:602 [60] Political action included lobbying local legislators and creating petition campaigns. [56]:5\nThis new trend of temperance movement would be the last but also prove the most effective. [61]:163 Scholars have estimated that by 1900, one in ten Americans had signed a pledge to abstain from drinking, [62] as the temperance movement became the most well-organized lobby group of the time. [63] International conferences were held, in which temperance advocacy methods and policies were discussed. [38]:23\u201324 By the turn of the century, temperance societies became commonplace in the US. [9]\nDuring this time, there was also a growth in non-religious temperance groups linked to left-wing movements, such as the Scottish Prohibition Party. Founded in 1901, it went on to defeat Winston Churchill in Dundee in the 1922 general election. [64]\nLegislative successes and failures (1910s)\nAn 1871 American advertisement promoting temperance, styled as a fictitious railroad advertisement\nA favorite goal of the British Temperance movement was sharply to reduce heavy drinking by closing as many pubs as possible. Advocates were Protestant nonconformists who played a major role in the Liberal Party. The Liberal Party adopted temperance platforms focused on local option. [65] In 1908, Prime Minister H.H. Asquith\u2014although a heavy drinker himself [66]\u2014took the lead by proposing to close about a third of the 100,000 pubs in England and Wales, with the owners compensated through a new tax on surviving pubs. [67] The brewers controlled the pubs and organized a stiff resistance, supported by the Conservatives, who repeatedly defeated the proposal in the House of Lords. However, the People's Tax of 1910 included a stiff tax on pubs. [68] [69]\nThe movement gained further traction during the First World War, with President Wilson issuing sharp restrictions on the sale of alcohol in many combatant countries. This was done to preserve grain for food production. [9] During this time, prohibitionists used anti-German sentiment related to the war to rally against alcohol sales, since many brewers were of German-American descent. [45] [note 3]\nAccording to alcohol researcher Johan Edman, the first country to issue an alcohol prohibition was Russia, as part of war mobilization policies. [38]:27 This followed after Russia had made significant losses in the war against the sober Japanese in 1905. [38]:35 In the UK, the Liberal government passed the Defence of the Realm Act 1914 when pub hours were licensed, beer was watered down and was subject to a penny a pint extra tax, [71] and in 1916 a State Management Scheme meant that breweries and pubs in certain areas of Britain were nationalized, especially in places where armaments were made. [72]\nIn 1913, the ASL began its efforts for national prohibition. [4]:118 Wayne Wheeler, a member of the Anti-Saloon League was integral in the prohibition movement in the United States. He used hard political persuasion called \"Wheelerism\" in the 1920s of legislative bodies. Rather than ask directly for a vote, which Wheeler viewed as weak, Wheeler would cover the desks of legislators in telegrams. He was also accomplished in rallying supporters; the Cincinnati Enquirer called Wheeler \"the strongest political force of his day\". [4]:113\u2013114 His efforts specifically influenced the passing of the eighteenth-amendment. [4]:114 And in 1920, the Eighteenth Amendment was successfully passed in the United States, introducing prohibition of the manufacture, sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages. The amendment, also called \"the noble experiment\", was preceded by the National Prohibition Act, which stipulated how the federal government should enforce the amendment. [9]\nNational prohibition was proposed several times in New Zealand as well, and nearly successful. [note 4] On a similar note, Australian states and New Zealand introduced restrictive early closing times for bars during and immediately after the First World War. [75] In Canada, in 1916 the Ontario Temperance Act was passed, prohibiting the sales of alcoholic beverages with more than 2.5% alcohol. [76] In the 1920s imports of alcohol were cut off by provincial referendums. [77]\nNorway introduced partial prohibition in 1917, which became full prohibition through a referendum in 1919, although this was overturned in 1926. [78] Similarly, Finland introduced prohibition in 1919, but repealed it in 1932 after an upsurge in violent crime associated with criminal opportunism and the illegal liquor trade. [79] Iceland introduced prohibition in 1915, but liberalized consumption of spirits in 1933, although beer was still illegal until 1989. [80] [81] In the 1910s, half of the countries in the world had introduced some form of alcohol control in their laws or policies. [38]:28\nDecline (1920s\u2013'60s)\nIn Pushkin, Saint Petersburg, a procession to promote temperance in front of the Tsarskoye Selo Railway station (1912)\nThe temperance movement started to wane in the 1930s, with prohibition being criticised as creating unhealthy drinking habits, [75] encouraging criminals and discouraging economic activity. Prohibition would not last long: the legislative tide largely moved away from prohibition when the Twenty-first Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on December 5, 1933, repealing nationwide prohibition. The gradual relaxation of licensing laws went on throughout the 20th century, with Mississippi being the last state to end prohibition in 1966. [9] In Australia, early hotel closing times were reverted in the 1950s and 1960s. [note 5]\nInitially, prohibition had some positive effects in some states, with Ford reporting that absenteeism in his companies had decreased by half. [45] Alcohol consumption decreased dramatically. Also, statistical analysis has shown that the temperance movement during this time had a positive, though moderate, effect on later adult educational outcomes through providing a healthy pre-natal environment. [61]:162,165 [30]:157 However, prohibition had negative effects on the American economy, with thousands of jobs being lost, the catering and entertainment industries losing huge profits. The US and other countries with prohibition saw their tax revenues decrease dramatically, with some estimating this at a loss of 11 billion dollars for the US. [9] [76] [note 6] Furthermore, enforcement of the alcohol ban was an expensive undertaking for the government. Because the Eighteenth Amendment did not prohibit consumption, but only manufacture, distribution and sale, illegal consumption became commonplace. Illegal production of alcohol rose, and a thousand people per year died of alcohol that was illegally produced with little quality control. Bootlegging was a profitable activity, and crime increased rather than decreased as expected and advocated by proponents. [9]\nThe temperance movement itself was in decline as well: fundamentalist and nativist groups had become dominant in the movement, which led moderate members to leave the movement. [9]\nDuring this time, in former colonies (such as Gujarat in India, Sri Lanka and Egypt), the temperance movement was associated with anti-colonialism or religious revival. [53]:310 [82] [83]\nThe temperance movement still exists in many parts of the world, although it is generally less politically influential than it was in the early 20th century. Its efforts today include disseminating research regarding alcohol and health, in addition to its effects on society and the family unit. [84]\nThe addition of warning labels on alcoholic beverages is supported by organizations of the temperance movement, such as the WCTU. [85]\nProminent temperance organizations active today include the World Woman's Christian Temperance Union, International Blue Cross, Independent Order of Rechabites, and International Organisation of Good Templars. [86]\nThe Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection and Salvation Army, for example, are Christian Churches that continue to require that their members refrain from drinking alcohol as well as smoking, taking illegal drugs, and gambling. [87] [88]\nIn youth culture in the 1990s, temperance was an important part of the straight edge scene, which also stressed abstinence from other drugs. [89]\nFitzpatrick's Herbal Health in Lancashire, England, is thought to be the last original Temperance Bar. [90]\nBeliefs, principles and culture\nTemperance proponents saw the alcohol problem as the most crucial problem of Western civilization. [38]:21 Alcoholism was seen to cause poverty, [59] and all types of social problems: alcohol was the enemy of everything good that modernity and science had to offer. [38]:23 They believed that abstinence would help decrease crime, make families stronger, and improve society as a whole. [9] Although the temperance movement was non-denominational in principle, the movement consisted mostly of church-goers. [10] Temperance advocates tended to use scientific arguments to back up their views, although at the core the temperance philosophy was moral-religious in nature. [38]:38 The alcohol problem was connected with a sense of purpose and modernity of the western nation, and was largely international in nature, in keeping with the international optimism typical for the period preceding the First World War. [38]:41\nHistorical analysis of conference documents helps create an image of what the temperance movement stood for. The movement believed that alcohol abuse was a threat to scientific progress, as it was believed citizens had to be strong and sober to be ready for the modern age. Progressive themes and causes such as abolition, natural self-determination, worker's rights, and the importance of women in rearing children to be good citizens were key themes of this citizenship ideology. [38]:25\u201326 The movement put itself at service of the state, but was also critical of it. In that sense, it was a radical movement with liberal and socialist aspects, although in some parts of the world, notably the US, allied with conservatism. [38]:40\u201341 Alcohol was often associated with oppression: not only oppression in the West, but also in colonies. [38]:35 Temperance advocates saw alcohol as a product that \"... enables a few to become rich while it impoverishes the very many\". Temperance advocates worked closely with the labor movement, as well as the women suffrage movement, partly because there was mutual support and benefit, and the causes were seen as connected. [38]:41\nPrevention, treatment and restriction\nTemperance proponents used a variety of means to prevent and treat alcohol abuse and restrict its consumption. [38]:24 At the end of the nineteenth century, medically-oriented treatment of alcohol abuse became more common. [38]:26 In a trend that was preceded by Rush's writings, alcoholism came to be seen as an illness which could be medically treated. Scientists who were temperance proponents attempted to find the underlying causes of alcohol abuse. At the same time, criticism rose toward use of alcohol in medical care. [38]:39\u201340 The notion of alcohol abuse as a disease would only become widely accepted much later, however, until after the Second World War. [38]:38\u201339\nNevertheless, restriction of consumption was most emphasized in the movement, though ideas on how to accomplish this were varied and conflicting. [38]:26 Apart from the prohibition by law, there were also ideas to establish state monopoly on all alcohol sales, [38]:27 or through law reform remove profit from the alcohol industry. [38]:28\nDuring the 1900s decade, the ideal of strong citizens was further developed into the hygienism ideology. [38]:30 Through the influence of scientific theories on heredity, temperance proponents came to believe that alcohol problems were not just a personal concern, but would cause later generations of people to \"degenerate\" as well. [38]:32 Public hygiene and improving the population through personal lifestyle were therefore promoted. [38]:30\u201331 A variety of temperance halls and coffee palaces were established as replacements for bars. Numerous periodicals devoted to temperance were published [note 7] and temperance theatre, which had started in the 1820s, became an important part of the American cultural landscape at this time. [91] The temperance movement generated its own popular culture. Popular songwriters such as Susan McFarland Parkhurst, George Frederick Root, Henry Clay Work and Stephen C. Foster composed a number of these songs. [92] At temperance inns puppet plays, minstrel acts, parades and other shows were held. [30]:602\nMuch of the temperance movement was based on organized religion, which saw women as responsible for edifying their children to be abstaining citizens. [10] [38]:23 Nevertheless, temperance was tied in with both religious renewal and progressive politics, particularly female suffrage [9] Furthermore, temperance activists were able to promote suffrage more effectively than suffrage activists themselves, because of their wide-ranging experience as activists, and because they argued for a concrete aim of safety at home, rather than an abstract aim of justice as the suffragists did. [56]:5\u20136\nBy 1831, there were over 24 women's organizations dedicated to the temperance movement. Women were specifically drawn to the temperance movement, because it represented a fight to end a practice that greatly affected women's quality of life. Temperance was seen as a feminine, religious and moral duty, and when achieved, it was seen as a way to gain familial and domestic security as well as salvation in a religious sense. [2]:47 Indeed, scholar Ruth Bordin stated that the temperance movement was \"the foremost example of American feminism.\" [93] Prominent women such as Amelia Bloomer, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony were active in temperance and abolitionist movements in the 1840s. [2]:47\nA myriad of factors contributed to women's interest in the temperance movement. One of the initial contributions was the frequency in which women were victims of alcohol abuse. In a Chicago meeting of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Susan B. Anthony stated that women suffer the most from drunkenness. The inability for women to control wages, vote, or own property added to a woman's vulnerability. [94]:7 Another contribution was related to the role of women in the home in the nineteenth century which was largely to preside over the spiritual and physical needs of the home and the family. Because of this, women believed it was their duty to protect their families from the danger of alcohol and to convert their family members to the ideas of abstinence. This new found calling to temperance, however, did not change the widely held viewpoint at the time that women were only responsible for matters regarding their homes. [94]:8 Consequently, women had what Ruth Bordin referred to as the \"maternal struggle\" which was the internal contradiction women felt with the new power to make change they had discovered, but in still believing in their nurturing and domestic roles and they did not yet understand how to use their power. [94]:8\u20139 June Sochen called women who joined movements such as women's temperance organizations \"pragmatic feminists\", because they took action to solve their grievances, but were not interested in altering traditional sex roles. [95] The missionary organizations of many Protestant denominations gave women avenue to work from; there were already all-female missionary societies that were easily changed into women's temperance organizations. [94]:9\u201310\nIn the 1870s and 1880s, the number of women in the middle and upper classes was large enough to support women participation in the temperance movement. Higher class women did not need to work and could rely on their husbands to support their families and consequently had more leisure time to engage in organizations and associations related to the temperance movement. [94]:10 The influx of Irish immigrants filled in the servant jobs left by freed African-Americans after the American Civil War, leaving upper and middle class women with even more time to participate in the community with domestic jobs being taken care of. Moreover, the birth rate had fallen, leaving women with an average of four children in 1880 as compared to seven children at the beginning of the nineteenth-century. [96] [94]:11\u201312 The gathering of people in urban areas and the extra leisure time for women contributed to the mass female temperance movement. [94]:11\u201312\nThe Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) grew out of a spontaneous crusade against saloons and liquor stores that began Ohio and spread throughout the Midwestern United States during the winter of 1873-1874. The crusade consisted of over 32,000 women storming into saloons and liquor stores to disrupt business and stop the sales of alcohol. [97] [94]:15 The WCTU was officially organized in late November 1874 in Cleveland, Ohio. [98] Frances Willard, the organization's second president, helped grow the organization into the largest women's religious organization in the 19th century. Willard was interested in suffrage and women's rights as well as temperance, believing that temperance could improve the quality of life on a family and a community level. The WCTU trained women in skills such as public speaking, leadership, and political thinking, using temperance as a springboard to achieve a higher quality of life for women on many levels. In 1881, the WCTU began to lobby for the mandation of instruction of temperance in public schools. In 1901, schools were required to instruct students on temperance ideas, but were accused of perpetuating misinformation, fear mongering, and racist stereotypes. Carrie Nation was one of the most extremist temperance movement workers and was arrested 30 times for the destruction of property at bars, saloons, and even pharmacies, believing that even alcohol used for medicine was unjustified. At the approach of the 20th century, the temperance movement became more interested in legislative reform as the pressure from the Anti-Saloon League increased. Women, having not yet achieved suffrage became less central to the movement in the early 1900s. [99]\nProhibition agendas also became popular among factory owners, who strove for more efficiency during a period of increased industrialization. [9] For this reason, industrial leaders such as Henry Ford and S.S. Kresge supported Prohibition. [45] The cause of the sober factory worker was related to the cause of women temperance leaders: concerned mothers protested against the enslavement of factory workers, as well as the temptation saloons offered to these workers. [30]:602 Efficiency was also an important argument for the government, because they wanted their soldiers to be sober. [38]:35\nAt the end of the nineteenth century, temperance movement opponents started to criticize the slave trade in Africa. This came during the last period of rapid colonial expansion. Slavery and alcohol trade in colonies were seen as two closely related problems, described as \"the twin oppressors of the people\". Again, this subject tied in with the ideas of civilization and effectiveness: temperance advocates raised the issue that the \"natives\" could not be properly \"civilized\" and put to work, if they were provided with the vice of alcohol. [38]:35\u201336\nList of Temperance organizations\nTemperance songs\nWedding of the Weddings in Poland\n^ Or, according to some scholars, in the 1790s. [10]\n^ One example was Benjamin Rush's 1784 pamphlet An Inquiry Into the Effects of Ardent Spirits Upon the Human Body and Mind, which advocated total abstinence of distilled liquors. [12]\n^ Temperance movement focused on Catholics from Irish and German descent for their alleged preference for alcohol. 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(1981), \"The WCTU and education: Canadian-American illustrations\", Journal of the Midwest History of Education Society: 115\u201333\nSmith, Rebecca (1993), The Temperance Movement and Class Struggle in Victorian England, Loyola University\nTyrrell, Ian (1991), Woman's World/Woman's Empire: The Woman's Christian Temperance Union in International Perspective, 1880\u20131930, University of North Carolina Press\nWorld Woman's Christian Temperance Union\nStandard encyclopedia of the alcohol problem\nPresident Rutherford B. 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In addition to chronic stress in social and work environments, physical and chemical exposures at home, at work, and during leisure activities are causal or contributing environmental stressors that deserve attention by the general practitioner as well as by all other members of the health care community. It seems certainly necessary now to take \"new exposures\" like electromagnetic field (EMF) into account. Physicians are increasingly confronted with health problems from unidentified causes. Studies, empirical observations, and patient reports clearly indicate interactions between EMF exposure and health problems. Individual susceptibility and environmental factors are frequently neglected. New wireless technologies and applications have been introduced without any certainty about their health effects, raising new challenges for medicine and society. For instance, the issue of so-called non-thermal effects and potential long-term effects of low-dose exposure were scarcely investigated prior to the introduction of these technologies. Common EMF sources include Wi-Fi access points, routers and clients, cordless and mobile phones including their base stations, Bluetooth devices, ELF magnetic fields from net currents, ELF electric fields from electric lamps and wiring close to the bed and office desk. On the one hand, there is strong evidence that long-term-exposure to certain EMF exposures is a risk factor for diseases such as certain cancers, Alzheimer's disease and male infertility. On the other hand, the emerging electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) is more and more recognized by health authorities, disability administrators and case workers, politicians, as well as courts of law. We recommend treating EHS clinically as part of the group of chronic multisystem illnesses (CMI) leading to a functional impairment (EHS), but still recognizing that the underlying cause remains the environment. In the beginning, EHS symptoms often occur only occasionally, but over time they may increase in frequency and severity. Common EHS symptoms include headaches, concentration difficulties, sleeping problems, depression, lack of energy, fatigue and flu-like symptoms. A comprehensive medical history, which should include all symptoms and their occurrences in spatial and temporal terms and in the context of EMF exposures, is the key to the diagnosis. The EMF exposure can be assessed by asking for typical sources like Wi-Fi access points, routers and clients, cordless and mobile phones and measurements at home and at work. It is very important to take the individual susceptibility into account. The primary method of treatment should mainly focus on the prevention or reduction of EMF exposure, that is, reducing or eliminating all sources of EMF at home and in the workplace. The reduction of EMF exposure should also be extended to public spaces such as schools, hospitals, public transport, and libraries to enable persons with EHS an unhindered use (accessibility measure). If a detrimental EMF exposure is reduced sufficiently, the body has a chance to recover and EHS symptoms will be reduced or even disappear. Many examples have shown that such measures can prove effective. Also the survival rate of children with leukemia depends on ELF magnetic field exposure at home. To increase the effectiveness of the treatment, the broad range of other environmental factors that contribute to the total body burden should also be addressed. Anything that supports a balanced homeostasis will increase a person's resilience against disease and thus against the adverse effects of EMF exposure. There is increasing evidence that EMF exposure has a major impact on the oxidative and nitrosative regulation capacity in affected individuals. This concept also may explain why the level of susceptibility to EMF can change and why the number of symptoms reported in the context of EMF exposures is so large. Based on our current understanding, a treatment approach that minimizes the adverse effects of peroxynitrite - as has been increasingly used in the treatment of multisystem disorders - works best. This EMF Guideline gives an overview of the current knowledge regarding EMF-related health risks and provides concepts for the diagnosis and treatment and accessibility measures of EHS to improve and restore individual health outcomes as well as for the development of strategies for prevention.\nhttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/reveh.2015.30.issue-4/reveh-2015-0033/reveh-2015-0033.xml\nDominique Belpomme / Christine Campagnac / Philippe Irigaray\nMuch of the controversy over the causes of electro-hypersensitivity (EHS) and multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) lies in the absence of both recognized clinical criteria and objective biomarkers for widely accepted diagnosis. Since 2009, we have prospectively investigated, clinically and biologically, 1216 consecutive EHS and/or MCS-self reporting cases, in an attempt to answer both questions. We report here our preliminary data, based on 727 evaluable of 839 enrolled cases: 521 (71.6%) were diagnosed with EHS, 52 (7.2%) with MCS, and 154 (21.2%) with both EHS and MCS. Two out of three patients with EHS and/or MCS were female; mean age (years) was 47. As inflammation appears to be a key process resulting from electromagnetic field (EMF) and/or chemical effects on tissues, and histamine release is potentially a major mediator of inflammation, we systematically measured histamine in the blood of patients. Near 40% had a increase in histaminemia (especially when both conditions were present), indicating a chronic inflammatory response can be detected in these patients. Oxidative stress is part of inflammation and is a key contributor to damage and response. Nitrotyrosin, a marker of both peroxynitrite (ONOO\u00b0-) production and opening of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), was increased in 28% the cases. Protein S100B, another marker of BBB opening was increased in 15%. Circulating autoantibodies against O-myelin were detected in 23%, indicating EHS and MCS may be associated with autoimmune response. Confirming animal experiments showing the increase of Hsp27 and/or Hsp70 chaperone proteins under the influence of EMF, we found increased Hsp27 and/or Hsp70 in 33% of the patients. As most patients reported chronic insomnia and fatigue, we determined the 24 h urine 6-hydroxymelatonin sulfate (6-OHMS)/creatinin ratio and found it was decreased (<0.8) in all investigated cases. Finally, considering the self-reported symptoms of EHS and MCS, we serially measured the brain blood flow (BBF) in the temporal lobes of each case with pulsed cerebral ultrasound computed tomosphygmography. Both disorders were associated with hypoperfusion in the capsulothalamic area, suggesting that the inflammatory process involve the limbic system and the thalamus. Our data strongly suggest that EHS and MCS can be objectively characterized and routinely diagnosed by commercially available simple tests. Both disorders appear to involve inflammation-related hyper-histaminemia, oxidative stress, autoimmune response, capsulothalamic hypoperfusion and BBB opening, and a deficit in melatonin metabolic availability; suggesting a risk of chronic neurodegenerative disease. Finally the common co-occurrence of EHS and MCS strongly suggests a common pathological mechanism.\nhttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/reveh.2015.30.issue-4/reveh-2015-0027/reveh-2015-0027.xml?format=INT\nDr. Aschermann Studies\nThe excellent studies by Dr Christine Aschermann can be found on various websites. not all together in a list as translated articles.\nhttp://www.es-uk.info/information/55-ascherman-studies.html\nNovember 2015 Consumer Reports Magazine\n\"I think the overall evidence that wireless radiation might cause adverse health effects is now strong enough that it's almost unjustifiable for government agencies and scientists not to be alerting the public to the potential hazards,\" says David O. Carpenter, M.D., director of the Institute for Health and the Environment at the University at Albany in New York and one of the authors of the recent letter to the U.N. and WHO.\nhttp://www.consumerreports.org/cro/smartphones/cell-phone-radiation\nAmbient Microwave Radiation From Wireless Technologies Linked to Higher Residential Electricity Cost\nHigh Frequencies from Neighborhood Cell Phone Antennas Found to Speed Up Utility Meters, Increasing Bills\nMight you be paying for electricity you did not use? A couple in upstate New York noticed their electricity bill had almost doubled, even though the rates had not increased and their utility usage had not changed. The utility company said they could not explain what had happened. The couple was aware a cell phone tower had been erected near their home and every time they added new antennas, their electricity bill increased.\nThis couple contacted Dr. Magda Havas of Trent University in Canada, who investigated their situation. Dr. Havas reviewed four years of the couple's utility bills and discovered the utility bills had increased dramatically when the antennas went online. She measured high levels of microwave radiation in the home as well as dirty electricity, or high frequency transients, on the electrical wiring.\nWhen RF chokes were placed near the hour-watt meter the cost of monthly bills decreased substantially\u008a almost to pre-tower levels. After installing a $10 choke, this couple saved almost $1000 annually on electricity.\nThe explanation is simple. Mechanical hour-watt meters can give inaccurate readings if frequencies higher than 60 Hz (cycles per second) are present on the wiring. The utilities know this and they have technology to keep the electrical power operating at a pure 60 Hz. However, when higher frequencies are loaded onto the line, these frequencies make the hour-watt meters spin faster, giving the appearance that more electricity is being consumed. These false readings are costing American families hundreds to thousands of dollars each year.\nIf your electricity bills are increasing without any obvious explanation and if you go on vacation and are using minimal power but your electricity bill is still high you may want to investigate this situation. You may be paying for power you are not consuming.\nThis case study suggests that further analysis of electrical utility bills pre- and post-erection of a cell phone tower is warranted in cases where utility bills in homes and offices have increased without explanation.\nNot recent news but important information\nHOW ELECTROMAGNETICALLY-INDUCED CELL LEAKAGE MAY CAUSE AUTISM\nThere has been a 60-fold increase in ASD in recent years, which cannot be accounted for by improvements in diagnostic methods and can only be explained by changes in the environment. This increase corresponds in time to the proliferation of mobile telecommunications, WiFi, and microwave ovens as well as extremely low frequency fields (ELF) from mains wiring and domestic appliances. We can now explain this in terms of electromagnetically-induced membrane leakage leading to brain hyperactivity and abnormal brain development.\nelectromagnetichealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Autism_2011_b.pdf\nOver the last 15 years I have helped my children recover from autism and have watched them develop into really remarkable young men. 10 years ago, I was able to quit my job and focus on their recovery full time. I have the time, money and access to some of the best experts in the world. I have looked at the wide range of theories around autism and talked to parents whose children have regressed into autism and also recovered.\nAutism may be Linked to Electromagnetic Radiation Levels In Mother's Bedroom During Pregnancy\n(This pilot data strongly suggests that electromagnetic radiation in the sleeping environment of mothers during pregnancy, as well as electromagnetic radiation in the sleeping environment of children, may be key undiscovered contributing if not causative factors in neurological impairments in children, including autism. Given increasing levels of ambient electromagnetic radiation in modern environments from society's use of electronic equipment, wireless technologies, such as cell phones and wireless networks, high frequency transients on electric lines, and broadband over power lines (BPL), this association needs immediate further exploration.)\nhttp://electromagnetichealth.org/media-stories/#Autism\nQuebec Coalition of struggle against electromagnetic pollution\nLots of good information at this French language site - with English translation available.\nhttp://www.cqlpe.ca/#DR\nGet rid of smart meters\nSome experts said the best way to prove you've been overcharged by your smart power meter is to have an analog meter next to it.\nhttp://www.guampdn.com/story/opinion/2015/11/29/get-rid-smart-meters/76489884/\nUK homes to get smart meters in \u00a31bn roll-out\nHow to waste one billion pounds and harm the UK population. This is just the start!\nhttps://www.energylivenews.com/2015/12/04/uk-homes-to-get-smart-meters-in-1bn-roll-out/\nBrnovich files petition to oust Susan Bitter Smith from Arizona Corporation Commission\nArizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich's office filed documents Monday with the Supreme Court seeking to oust Susan Bitter Smith, chairwoman of the Arizona Corporation Commission.\nBrnovich said Bitter Smith is ineligible to hold office because she is a registered lobbyist and executive director of a trade group of cable communication companies regulated by the commission.\nhttp://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/energy/2015/11/30/attorney-general-has-announcement-regarding-utility-regulator/76560586/\nNIEHS' $25 Million Secret\nEnvironmental Health Institute Mum about RF Animal Studies\nNIEHS could end up being in the hot seat at a time industry lobbyists and some radiation officials are trying to downplay RF's IARC designation as a possible human carcinogen. But if the ongoing animal studies were to show a cancer risk, there would be intense pressure to move in the opposite direction: An upgrade from possible to probable (and perhaps to known). It would not be a hard sell after Alex Lerchl's group in Germany reported that RF promoted cancer in mice earlier this year.\nhttp://microwavenews.com/news-center/ntp-rf-animal-studies\nNelson BC is killing my wife\nhttp://www.nelsonstar.com/opinion/351444821.html\nNelson headaches not unique\nResponse to letters -\nRe: \"Nelson is killing my wife,\" and \"Nelson headaches not unique\"\nTo the two Nelson Star readers who wrote to complain of suffering massive migraines since moving to Nelson, you may be one of the growing segment of the population who are electro-hypersensitive (EHS) to wireless electromagnetic radiation (EMR). Some European surveys put the figure as high as 13 percent, and in many countries EHS is a recognized disability.\nEHS manifests in a wide array of symptoms, including fatigue, irritability, headaches, nausea, lack of appetite, trouble sleeping, depression, problems with concentration, memory, vertigo, as well as visual, skin and vascular problems. Canada's leading expert on electromagnetic radiation, Dr. Magda Havas, reported in January 2014 on yet another independent study showing that people living within 500 metres of cell phone base stations or towers are at increased risk for cancer - some studies say the rate doubles.\nOn May 11 this year, 190 scientists from 39 nations submitted an appeal to the United Nations, UN member states and the World Health Organization (WHO) requesting they adopt more protective exposure guidelines for electromagnetic fields (EMF) and wireless technology in the face of increasing evidence of risk. Dr Robert O. Becker, twice nominated for the Nobel Prize in Medicine, said in a 2000 interview: \"I have no doubt in my mind that at the present time the greatest polluting element in the earth's environment is the proliferation of electromagnetic fields.\"\nNelson needs to adopt a municipal antenna policy and physicians should be conducting baseline health studies of their patients since the introduction of cell service. And the city most certainly should not be considering open-air Wi-Fi in parks and schools.\nIt's time to get educated on the most ubiquitous toxin of the 21st century.\nArthur Joyce, New Denver\nThe Kay Adams Programme\nRadio Scotland Interview with EMF health expert Dr Erica Mallery Blyth.\nA rather ignorant professor, Simon Wessely is then interviewed and demonstrates his lack of understanding about the known and well researched adverse health effects of microwave radiation and electro sensitivity! The interview starts at 1 hour 9 minutes\nhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/b06ptsx6?t=4267.62\nFurther news coverage about the tragic death of Jenny Fry\nSchool wi-fi led to death of my daughter, says mother\nA mother from Oxfordshire is calling for all wireless technology to be taken out of schools following the death of her 15-year-old daughter.\nJenny Fry was found in woodland near her home after texting a friend to say she would not be going to school and intended to kill herself.\nHer mother claims she suffered from Electro Hypersensitivity and was allergic to Wi-Fi. Penny Silvester reports\nhttp://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/14123065.Review_wi_fi_in_schools_urges_mum_of_suicide_teen_Jenny_Fry/\nhttps://www.wddty.com/news/2015/12/schoolgirl-killed-herself-after-wi-fi-affected-her-health-says-mother.html\nhttp://www.hcndaytonnews.com/lifestyle/teenage-girl-kills-herself-due-to-wifi-allergy\nhttp://examinerpost.com/allergy-to-wi-fi-drove-teenager-to-hang-after-texting-friend/\nhttp://www.teenvogue.com/story/teen-girl-dies-wifi-allergy-ehs\nDeath of Jenny Fry - EHS, microwave sickness, radiowave sickness.\nDear Headteacher, Teachers, Staff and School Board Members\nBecause I suffer from electro-hypersensitivity (EHS) and know of several other EHS victims who have committed suicide, I can assure you that being exposed to your school WiFi system would be a torturous experience for Jenny, that no child should have to endure. Not only did you place Jenny Fry in extreme danger, you are also exposing all your pupils to an invisible electro magnetic toxin that is likely to cause them severe long term harm. I base my statement on thousands of scientific studies that have been published over the past sixty years, which show significant adverse biological effects from exposure to microwave radiation.\nMicrowave radiation was shown to be very harmful to humans, even before mobile phones, cordless telephones, Wi Fi and other wireless devices were ever invented. If you wish to learn more about these studies please ask me for them, I will be glad to assist you. Your school has experienced a terribly tragedy, please learn from it and help to save others from the same situation and do not allow Jenny's death to be in vain. You must not allow the lie that wireless radiation is safe, to continue with your staff and pupils - it is not safe even at low exposure levels. You have an opportunity to do the right thing. You could just continue to be part of the problem, or you could be part of the solution and help to make everyone safe.\nIn the message below I responded to a story in the magazine TeenVogue. I think that you will find the links and the information of great interest.\nIn the first link you can see in the Global TV documentary (I am the test subject Martin) that a Wi Fi router immediately doubles my heart rate when turned on, it also causes atrial fibrillation, endangering my life. The Ministry of Health will tell you that there are no adverse health effects of wireless radiation, but I can assure you that there are, and you can see one of those effects for yourselves. There are a great many other adverse effects and illnesses that have been related to wireless radiation.\nDid a Teen Girl Really Die Because She Was Allergic to Wi-Fi?\nRe - http://www.teenvogue.com/story/teen-girl-dies-wifi-allergy-ehs\nDr. Kim obviously does not know what he is talking about. Perhaps he should look at this video from a Global TV documentary about Canadian children suffering from electro hypersensitivity - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwilge4FO44\nThis famous heart surgeon warns about the danger to the human heart from microwave radiation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psb8bQxF2Vs\nPerhaps he should learn about Microwave Sickness or Radiowave Sickness which have been reported in scientific literature for more than sixty years - http://www.mapcruzin.com/radiofrequency/henry_lai2.htm .\nTo learn about electro hypersensitivity he should read http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26613329\nPerhaps he should study The Bio-Initiative Report www.bioinitiative.org and see all the diseases and illnesses that scientists and medical experts have linked to wireless and EMF exposure.\nTeenagers are in great long term danger from wireless radiation. Responsible doctors and scientists are providing strong warnings about those dangers. They need to listen and take precautions now!\nTeen Suicide Spike in Silicon Valley\nThe only explanation for the tragic influx of youth suicide is the students' environment.\nhttp://www.teenvogue.com/story/silicon-valley-teen-suicide-spike-palo-alto\nThe cause? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiB7ZzayqzE\nA Message to Dad's about Wireless Safety\nThis message is for dad's who believe wireless radiation has been proven to be completely safe.\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcY0uvVmdjQ\nElectromagnetic fields from Wi-Fi routers affect liver enzymes\nSaturday Nov 2015 (foodconsumer.org). A study released in Nov 2015 suggests that exposure to electromagnetic fields from wifi routers may be bad...\nhttp://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Non-food/Environment/wi-fi_routers_affect_liver_enzymes_1129150859.html\nJournal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering, Online First\nAbstract - http://www.jbpe.org/Journal_OJS/JBPE/index.php/jbpe/article/view/455\nLetter to the Editor re BC Smart Meters\nCommencing December 7, 2015, the truth about BCHydro's flagrant disregard of our Charter Rights will be presented to the Supreme Court of BC. The proceedings center around the deployment of their microwave radiation (MWR)-emitting smart meter program.\nThe plaintiffs are applying for the judge's approval and certification of their civil lawsuit against BCHydro as a Class Action, thus providing legal representation for all BCHydro customers who have been actively and knowingly denied their constitutional rights.\nThe plaintiffs' position is that \"there exists a reasonable basis for concern about health risk so as to give rise to a right of autonomy and free choice as to whether a smart meter is operational from one's own dwelling.\" Due to BCHydro's actions, the plaintiffs experience loss of personal choice and loss of autonomy to decide for themselves whether a MWR emitting meter will operate at their respective dwellings or places of business.\nThis lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of the following conduct by BCHydro:\na) Operation of a smart meter where a customer requests that there be no operation of a MWR emitting meter.\nb) Threatening or effecting a service refusal.\nc) Exacting payment from a customer of an opt-out fee in exchange for BCHydro abiding by the customer's choice to be free from the installation / operation of a MWR emitting meter.\nd) Exacting payment from a customer of a failed installation fee related to BCHydro's attendance to install a MWR emitting meter where installation is not carried out because of either an objection made by a customer or an obstruction.\nInformation and registration for the lawsuit can be accessed here:\nFor a basic life necessity such as electricity, where participation is not a choice, consumers must have the freedom to choose.\nA ruling in the plaintiffs' favor would have positive effects down the road for FortisBC customers as well.\nOn July 18, 2013, Bill Bennett, Minister of Energy and Mines, made the following statement by way of press release announcing BC Hydro's \"Meter Choices Program\":\n\"As we have said, nobody will be forced to take a smart meter. I believe that this is a fair and reasonable solution for all British Columbians\".\nMr. Bennett is reminded to stand by his words. If he had remained true to his documented assurance, these court proceedings would not have been necessary at all.\nHans Karow\nAre Microwave Hearing Devices Slowly \"Cooking\" Our Kids?\nby Neil Bauman, Ph.D.\nhttp://hearinglosshelp.com/blog/are-microwave-hearing-devices-slowly-cooking-our-kids-2/\nNaperville Sued Over Smart Meter Patent Infringement\nIn the complaint, Atlas alleges that the smart meters and access points within infringe on the claims of the '734 patent before the expiration.\nhttp://patch.com/illinois/naperville/naperville-sued-over-smart-meter-patent-infringement-0\nCould this be the first of many? 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Smith highlighted some of the worst points in a \"consensus statement\" by a group of bioethicists. The topic was forcing doctors to participate in abortions and euthanasia. (I say \"the topic,\" though neither of these is named in the statement. However, the statement is filed on the blog under \"abortion,\" and in the social context this is clearly what the participants have in mind. The comments are somewhat interesting. One commentator points out that the much-maligned \"reparative therapy\" would have fallen within the ambit of the \"services\" that doctors can be punished for not referring for or providing, right up until the time that it was disavowed by the medical profession.) The statement was published by Oxford University and is available en toto here. It represented conclusions drawn by participants in a bioethics conference in Geneva in June of this year.\nIn the event of a conflict between practitioners\u2019 conscience and a patient\u2019s desire for a legal, professionally sanctioned medical service, healthcare practitioners should always ensure that patients receive timely medical care.\nThe assumption is that any \"legal, professionally sanctioned medical service\" is a form of necessary \"medical care\" that the patient must receive.\nPolicy makers should ensure that in any geographical region there is a sufficient number of non-conscientious objectors for patients to obtain the medical services they need in a timely manner even if some healthcare practitioners conscientiously object to providing that service. This implies that regional authorities, in order to be able to provide medical services in a timely manner, should be allowed to make hiring decisions on the basis of whether possible employees are willing to perform medical procedures to which other healthcare practitioners have a conscientious objection.\nBlatant discrimination against pro-lifers in order to insure that there are \"enough\" killer doctors in a given region.\nHealthcare practitioners who are exempted from performing certain medical procedures on conscientious grounds should be required to compensate society and the health system for their failure to fulfil their professional obligations by providing public-benefitting services.\nIf you conscientiously object to something these people think you shouldn't conscientiously object to, you should be punished by being forced to provide community service to \"compensate society\" for the alleged \"cost\" of your conscience.\nMedical students should not be exempted from learning how to perform basic medical procedures they consider to be morally wrong. Even if they become conscientious objectors, they will still be required to perform the procedure to which they object in emergency situations or when referral is not possible or poses too great a burden on patients or on the healthcare system.\nThis means everybody has to, e.g., perform abortions at some point, if only in the course of medical training. In order to learn how. Because they may be forced to do so later anyway.\nHealthcare practitioners should also be educated to reflect on the influence of cognitive bias in their objections.\nIf you try to get an exemption to performing these \"services,\" we'll put you through bullying, non-optional re-education to try to get you to change your mind.\nNow, these are a bunch of philosophers saying what they want. But this sort of thing is by no means purely theoretical. The State of Illinois isn't doing the forced re-education and community service punishment yet, but it's made it a crime to refuse to provide conscientiously objectionable \"services\" or refer for them. This is directly contrary to federal law, but the federal law is not being enforced.\nSo this is a real, practical matter. The ideas floated by these bioethicists are coming into the real world.\nMoreover, the list of objectionable activities is always expanding. For example, activists want to include euthanasia in the \"services\" that doctors must be forced to participate in when euthanasia is legal in a particular venue.\nThe New York Times is continuing the push for starving and dehydrating patients to death even when they can be spoon fed. This moves beyond the previous starvation regime in the U.S. which applies chiefly to patients who need (or are perceived to need) tube feeding, since tube feeding is considered \"medical treatment\" in the U.S. But spoon feeding is considered basic care. I recently blogged about a woman in Oregon whose life was saved from death by dehydration, which her husband insisted she \"would want,\" because she was accepting spoon feeding. The new push is to remove even this and, moreover, to permit patients to say by an advance directive that they don't want to be spoon fed and for this advance directive to be enforceable.\nThe New York Times puts this in faux neutral terms:\nThe question grows much murkier for patients with dementia or mental illness who have specified VSED under certain circumstances through advance directives. Several states, including Wisconsin and New York, forbid health care surrogates to stop food and fluids. (Oregon legislators, on the other hand, are considering drafting a bill to allow surrogates to withhold nutrition.)\nThe question intrigues bioethicists. Can your current competent self cut off nutrition and hydration for your future demented self? In a handful of court decisions, judges have declined to enforce such directives.\nVery \"intriguing.\" Also, I wonder why they say specifically that Oregon legislators are considering such legislation. No link is provided for that assertion. Does it relate to the case I have discussed? At that time readers will recall that I emphasized how everyone involved in the case spoke as if it was terribly regrettable that state law would not permit them to withhold spoon feeding.\nThe article mentions a man named Alan Alberts who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and who died by stopping eating and drinking with the \"support\" of his wife, doctor, and two caregivers. Exactly what this \"support\" consisted in and whether Alberts had any second thoughts during the process, we aren't told.\nThis obviously is relevant to medical conscience, since doctors and caregivers could potentially be required to participate in starving and dehydrating a conscious patient able to accept food by mouth. This would include giving drugs to prevent the patient from being in pain or from distressing others by requesting food and water. The NYT article refers explicitly to \"aggressive pain medication\" for thirst.\nNone of this is merely alarmist. It is all quite plausible and indeed has already been happening for a long time in the case of patients deemed to \"need\" tube feeding. This would just expand the base of patients to which it would apply. And if the Oxford group gets their way, it would make it harder, or impossible, for nurses and doctors to save the patient, since \"helping\" patients to be starved to death could be deemed a \"service\" that must be provided.\nThe usual moral I draw from this for individuals is to make it quite clear in writing that you do want food and water, so that at least there is no excuse for pretending that you would have wanted otherwise.\nBut I want to draw a different moral here in addition: With the abdication of the U.S. federal government in enforcing federal conscience protections for healthcare workers, state law becomes crucial. For right now, these matters are going to be fought out at the state level. It is easy for voters in the U.S. to get fixated on the federal government and to forget how much is still left to the states. Euthanasia/assisted suicide law varies widely across the states. Laws concerning how advance directives work also vary. With the Illinois defiance of federal law, I predict that we will see increased variation concerning conscience protection for doctors and nurses. I also predict that, with the push for starving patients who can receive spoon feeding, we will see pushes for change in state laws on this matter, and our state lawmakers will need to be alert to stop them.\nSo whatever happens at the federal level, there remains a lot of both good and bad that legislators can do at the state level, either to attack life or to protect it, either to drive good doctors out of the profession or to keep them. In your civic activities, don't neglect your state.\nPosted by Lydia McGrew on October 25, 2016 10:16 AM | Del.icio.us | Permalink\nTags: (choice devours itself) (conscience protection) (death by dehydration)\nWhether this undeniable specter of direct repression of men and women of conscience, will ever rouse our dear liberals from their soma haze, remains to be determined.\nPosted by Paul J Cella | October 26, 2016 4:56 PM\nOnly to cheer it on, I fear.\nWhat I find rather offensive about it (because it's an insult to intelligence) is the pretense in the \"consensus document\" that this is based on some neutral metaprinciple concerning medical duties and legal treatments. Rubbish. As the astute commentator implied (without quite saying it), it's quite clear that these philosophers mean this only to apply to *some* legal treatments. They would never really intend that psychiatrists in California *before* reparative therapy for minors with SSA was outlawed would have to be punished by community service if they refused to do reparative therapy. If a Catholic woman wants counseling in natural family planning but her ob-gyn thinks it's all hogwash, none of these philosopher kings is going to lobby to force the ob-gyn to undergo re-education camp in order to examine his \"cognitive biases\" against NFP. Yet such a consultation certainly falls under the heading of legal, professionally sanctioned medical services.\nAnd in contemplating a different historical era, they would no doubt think someone a far-sighted hero for refusing to engage in electroshock therapy or lobotomy, even though those were legal and professionally sanctioned at one time.\nThere is no value-neutral principle here. In principle there *can* be no value-neutral principle, because the medical community and the legal community can be *wrong*, both morally and empirically. And the individual doctor may realize that. Moreover, doctors are *constantly* making decisions to offer or not offer a particular \"legal medical service\" on the basis of what they specialize in and what they actually think is best for the patient. Anything else would be irresponsible. But they are in favor of certain *particular* \"medical services\" that happen at this moment to be legal and professionally sanctioned but to which some doctors and nurses (whom they despise) conscientiously object. So they want to play the totalitarian and force medical professionals to cooperate with *those* \"medical services.\" Yet they write up their cutesy little pseudo-intellectual \"consensus document\" in pseudo-general terms with no mention of what they actually have in mind anywhere in the text and then coyly file it on their Oxford blog under \"abortion.\"\nAs a philosopher, I find that rather disgusting. Whom do they think they're fooling?\nThe miasma of clinical and consensual blandness serves the purpose with quite a few people: it gives them the cover to look away. Nothing to see here, folks.\nPosted by Paul J Cella | October 27, 2016 7:33 AM\n\"Exactly what this \"support\" consisted in and whether Alberts had any second thoughts during the process, we aren't told.\"\nhttp://www.phyllisshacter.com/\nWhile not my first choice (hemlock is plentiful on the property), I really can't see a problem in the Alberts case.\nPosted by al | October 27, 2016 11:06 AM\nI gave strict instructions to the caregivers that I was the only person who could talk with Alan if he asked for food or water. On the fifth day, he asked me twice. Both times I reminded him why he wasn\u2019t eating or drinking. I explained that drinking water would prolong the process. Then I said to him, \u201cWould you like me to give you a glass of water, or would it be okay if I spray mists of water into your mouth until you are satisfied?\u201d Both times he said the mists of water was okay. After I had explained to Alan why he wasn\u2019t eating and drinking, if he had still asked for water, I would have, of course, given it to him.\nSo this man, who had already been diagnosed with dementia, was put entirely into the hands of his wife, who *talked him out of* receiving any significant amount of water on occasions when he *actually asked for it*, while he was dying of thirst. Sweet. She satisfies her conscience by saying that she would have given him water if he'd _persisted_ in asking for it after she'd given him her little lecture, reminding the guy that he was trying to die by not eating and drinking.\nBut of course Al still won't be able to \"see a problem.\"\nThe Times article describes another case:\nan 81-year-old attempting VSED with inadequate pain medication, crying out to his wife at night, \u201cI\u2019m dying of thirst.\u201d\nSays the advocate,\n\u201cAnd of course, he was, but slowly,\u201d Dr. Schwarz said. \u201cThis was a horror show.\u201d\nWell. I guess the solution was just to give the 81-year-old more pain meds so he wouldn't be crying out while he died of thirst.\nThanks for the thoughtful commentary. This \"philosophy\" has plenty of potential to evolve into reality in today's culture. Prop 106 in Colorado is seeking to give mentally capable people end of life options. The seed of this is not pure evil. We all have a fear of death and even more fear of a difficult death(particularly for those around us). Unfortunately, the slipperiness of this slope is beyond a Nickelodeon double dare slip and slide. In the hands of politicians that are like-minded to the above philosophers, this thing could easily evolve into \"mandatory\" services of licensed healthcare providers. It is a power too great to wield. I personally believe suicide is a sin anyhow, but also sinful would be to force a doctor to give life-stopping pills or to force with-holding life sustaining nutrients. Scary thoughts these philosophers propose. Interesting how easy it is to propose this onus on doctors. It reminds me of death penalty advocates that have never fathomed whether they would pull the lever. These philosophers seem so disconnected from boots on the ground healthcare that their conjectures come out as something from a dystopian horror novel. Oh wait, prop 106 is a reality in Colorado. Yikes. The implications along the abortion topic here give me a sick feeling in my stomach. Keep up the good work Lydia. 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Also a cabled deep sea observatory for earth and sea sciences. The observation of high energy neutrinos will open a new window on the universe. The primary aim of the experiment is to use neutrinos as a tool to study particle acceleration mechanisms in energetic astrophysical objects such as active galactic nuclei and gamma-ray bursts, which may also shed light on the origin of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays. At somewhat lower energies, non-baryonic dark matter (WIMPs) may be detected through the neutrinos produced when gravitationally captured WIMPs annihilate in the cores of the Earth and the Sun, and neutrino oscillations can be measured by studying distortions in the energy spectrum of upward-going atmospheric neutrinos. ANTARES is constructing and deploying a detector with a surface area of 0.1 km2, a first step toward a kilometric scale detector. The ANTARES collaboration is composed of around 150 engineers, technicians and physicists from numerous institutes.\nCAY - Yebes Astronomical Observatory\nSpain / Instituto geographical Nacional (IGN)\nThe Observatory of Yebes is operated by the Instituto Geografico Nacional (a Directorate General of the Ministry for Public Works, ?Ministerio de Fomento?). The site is at a height of approximately 930m above sea level in the Guadalajara province (about 80km from Madrid). It includes four main scientific installations: A. The 40m radiotelescope B. The 13.2m radiotelescope, part of the RAEGE Network (Red Atlantica de Estaciones Geodinamicas y Espaciales) C. The anechoic chamber D. The gravimetry station With three geodetic techniques (radioastronomy, gravimetry, and permanent station for reception of the global navigation satellite system, GNSS), the Observatory of Yebes is at present the fundamental geodetic station in Spain. The design and construction of a new generation Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) system, considered in this strategic plan, will complement the station with a fourth geodetic measurement technique (there are only 7 such 4-technique geodetic stations in the world). The Yebes Observatory is very well framed in the international context. The 40m radiotelescope is one of the most important nodes of the European VLBI Network (EVN), and it is a observing station of the International VLBI Service (IVS). The 13.2m radiotelescope is part of the RAEGE, which is itself one of the most important components of the VLBI2010 Geodetic Observing System (VGOS) and of the Geodetic Global Observing Systems (GGOS). The gravimetry station, designed for gravimeter intercomparisons, is being inserted in the International Gravity Reference System (IGRS). The observatory also hosts a very well equipped laboratory for the development of state-of-the-art low noise amplifiers, a laboratory for the development of radio receivers. All installations of the Yebes Observatory are available for the use of the scientific community. This RI is an ICTS (Unique Scientific and Technological Infrastructure), included in the Spanish National Roadmap for RIs.\nIt was not found publication", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 52, "original_length": 11091, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.85, "perplexity": 274.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://womenshealthsection.com/content/print.php3?title=obsm007&cat=48&lng=english", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:24:28Z", "digest": "sha1:6EKLBHKSJW2C5EPKC6XWV5XWNC6WULFI", "length": 21479, "nlines": 49, "source_domain": "womenshealthsection.com", "title": "Women's Health and Education Center (WHEC) - Seizure Disorders and Pregnancy", "raw_content": "Roughly one out of every 100 pregnancies occurs in a woman with epilepsy. These pregnancies present a unique challenge to obstetricians and neurologists due to the interrelationship of the effects of epilepsy and pregnancy, the variable effects of anti-convulsant medications on mother and fetus, and the changes in pharmacokinetics of these medications during pregnancy. The obstetricians and neurologist should work together prior to conception and throughout the patient's pregnancy to determine the safest and most effective medical therapy. Furthermore, the pediatrician selected by the patient to care for her baby should be included in pre-pregnancy discussions to address the potential increase in congenital malformations, the potential for neonatal sedation with certain medications, and questions concerning breast-feeding. The purpose of this document is to provide the current information on this issue and to offer practical advice on managing patients.\nEpilepsy: The Clinical Problem\nEpilepsy, which is defined as two or more seizures that are not provoked by other illnesses or circumstances, affects about 45 million people worldwide. In the United States, the prevalence of epilepsy is approximately 6 to 8 per 1000 population, and the incidence is approximately 26 to 40 per 100,000 person-years, with higher rates among infants and persons older than 60 years of age. Approximately 70% of adults with new-onset epilepsy have partial (focal) seizures. In the majority of cases (62%), the cause is unknown. Stroke (9.0%), head trauma (9.0%), alcohol (6.0%), neurodegenerative disease (4.0%), static encephalopathy (3.5%), brain tumor (3.0%) and infection (2.0%) account for most remaining cases (5). Although cerebrovascular causes are more common in the elderly, the cause is still unknown in 25 to 40% of patients who are 65 years of age or older. The transient occurrence of altered awareness, abnormal behavior, or involuntary movements suggests a diagnosis of epilepsy. Because epileptic seizures are rarely observed by a physician, the diagnosis is typically based on historical information supplemented by selected tests. The first step is to answer the question of whether the event was a seizure. The second is to determine whether the patient has epilepsy.\nThe neurologic examination is normal in most patients with epilepsy. According to joint recommendations of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society, patients with an unprovoked first seizure should undergo electroencephalography (EEG), computed tomographic (CT) scanning or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the head, and selected blood tests according to clinical circumstances (3). Epileptiform EEG patterns such as spikes and sharp waves can assist in the diagnosis and in classifying seizures as being either focal or generalized. However, neither a normal EEG nor interictal abnormalities alone refute or confirm a diagnosis of epilepsy. EEGs are abnormal in 50% of patients representing with a first seizure, and they show epileptiform discharges in only about half of these patients. The incidence of abnormalities increases when EEGs are repeated or performed after the patient has undergone sleep deprivation (7). Video EEG monitoring is necessary if there is concern about non-epileptic events. MRI of brain is more sensitive than CT in identifying structural lesions causally related to epilepsy. Routine blood tests rarely inform the diagnosis in otherwise healthy patients. However, a complete blood count, liver-function tests, and measurement of electrolyte levels are useful before antiepileptic treatment is initiated, since dosage adjustment may be necessary if hepatic or renal function is abnormal. A diagnosis of epilepsy can have a considerable effect on the patient's mood, interpersonal relationships, employability, social functioning, quality of life, and ability to drive. Early and repeated discussions of these issues are suggested.\nWomen with seizure disorders should seek care from an obstetrician-gynecologist as soon as they become sexually active. The use of certain anti-epileptic medications may interfere with the action of oral contraceptive agents. Patients taking low-dose oral contraceptives and certain antiepileptic medications may have more breakthrough bleeding and may be at increased risk for unplanned pregnancy. This rapid clearance does not appear to be induced by use of valproate or benzodiazepines (1). Although fertility rates may be lower in patients with epilepsy, most patients with epilepsy are able to conceive without difficulty.\nTopics to address in pre-pregnancy counseling of women with epilepsy are the possibility that seizures will become more frequent during pregnancy and teratogenic potential of antiepileptic drugs. Importance of good seizure control and adherence to the antiepileptic drug regimen should be stressed upon. Monitor of plasma levels of anti-epileptic drugs should be given to the patients. Pre-conceptional and gestational folate supplementation and vitamin K supplementation are important part of counseling.\nEffects of Pregnancy on Epilepsy\nFor some women with epilepsy, changes in the frequency of seizures will occur throughout pregnancy, but the time of greatest risk for seizures is during labor and delivery. In about 48% to 57% of women with seizures disorders the frequency of seizures during pregnancy remains stable. Increase is seen in one quarter to one third, and actually decreases in 9% to 22% (2). Patients with seizure disorders may be treated with single medications or a combination of medicines, based on the type of seizure and side effects. Serum levels of the most frequently used anticonvulsant medications (phenytoin, carbamazepine, and phenobarbitol) can change dramatically during pregnancy, generally decreasing in total concentration as pregnancy progresses. Although total levels fall, the free (active) levels tend to decrease because of a decline in serum albumin and other proteins throughout pregnancy. The drug dosage should be adjusted according to the total serum level and the patient's condition. If drug levels are carefully monitored, pregnancy should have little effect on seizure frequency.\nPotential toxic effects of commonly used anticonvulsants:\nSource: ACOG Educational Bulletin; Number 231.\nCharacteristic Potential Fetal/Neonatal Effects\nCarbamazepine Oxcarbazepine Levetiracetam Drowsiness, leukopenia,Ataxia, mild heptotoxicity Facial dysmorphisms, neural tube defects,Hypoplasia of distal phalanges\nPhenobarbital Drowsiness, ataxia Neonatal withdrawal, neonatal coagulopathy\nPhenytoin Gabapentin Nystagmus, ataxia, hirsutism,Gingival hyperplasia, megaloblastic anemia Facial clefting, hypoplasia of distal phalanges, hypertelorism, neonatal coagulopathy\nPrimidone Tiagabine Drowsiness, ataxia, nausea Neonatal withdrawal, neonatal coagulopathy\nValproic acid Ataxia, drowsiness, alopecia,Hepatotoxicity, thrombocytopenia Facial dysmorphisms, neural tube defects\nEffects of Epilepsy on Pregnancy\nMost women with seizure disorders who become pregnant will have an uneventful pregnancy with an excellent outcome. Several complications have been reported; these are: preeclampsia, still-birth, depressed Apgar scores, low birth-weight, diminished head circumference. However, studies are reassuring, that, there is no increase in the rates of perinatal mortality, preeclampsia, preterm labor, or cesarean delivery in women with epilepsy.\nFetal and Neonatal Effects\nVitamin Deficiencies: all anticonvulsants interfere with folic acid metabolism. Folic acid deficiency during embryogenesis has been associated with neural tube defects and other congenital malformations. Pre-conceptional and during pregnancy the folic acid dose of 4 mg per day is appropriate for the patients taking anticonvulsants. Neonatal hemorrhage due to decreased vitamin K dependent clotting factors (II, VII, IX, X) has occurred in infants born to mothers taking phenobarbital, phenytoin, and primidone. It is recommended these infants be given 1 mg of vitamin K intramuscularly at birth. Some authors recommend prophylactic oral vitamin K during last month of pregnancy. Therapy with phenobarbital, phenytoin and primidone may also result in increased metabolism of vitamin D. Patients should be encouraged to take prenatal vitamins that include an adequate amount of vitamin D.\nCongenital Malformations: in literature it appears to be a 6-8% chance of birth defects in infants born to women taking anticonvulsant medications. This represents a risk two to three times that of the general population. Predominate malformations are cleft lip/palate and cardiovascular malformations. A specific fetal hydantoin syndrome has been identified consisting of growth and performance delays, cranial facial abnormalities (including clefting), and limb abnormalities (including hypoplasia of nails and distal phalanges). Approximately 10-30% of infants born to women taking these drugs have been reported to have some aspects of the syndrome (3). The proportion of exposed infants having the complete syndrome is much smaller. Teenagers with seizure disorders are often treated with valproate because it has few side-effects in this age group. It has, however, been associated with specific fetal valproate syndrome of cranial-facial defects and neural tube defects. Researchers have found a statistically significant difference in IQ among children of mothers with seizure disorders compared with controls. There appears to be a small, undefined risk of a slightly decreased IQ in children born to mothers with epilepsy.\nFetal hydantoin syndrome: facial features - upturned nose, mild midfacial hypoplasia, long upper lip with thin vermilion border and lower distal digital hypoplasia.\nPossible mechanisms by which anti-epileptics may cause birth defects are:\nThe conversion of antiepileptic drugs in the embryo into highly unstable toxic metabolites (bio-activation process) may damage fetal DNA.\nAnti-epileptics may alter the endogenous concentrations of retinoids (which modulate embryonic growth, differentiation, and morphogenesis).\nAnti-epileptics like phenobarbital and phenytoin can cause folic acid deficiency by impairing its absorption, metabolism, or both. Deficiencies of folic acid can raise homocysteine levels (which are thought to underlie neural tube defects).\nDuring Pregnancy: The patients with anti-convulsant level should be monitored periodically and dosages adjusted accordingly. Good seizure control during pregnancy is important in ensuring the well-being of the woman with epilepsy and that of the fetus. If at all possible, maintain a pregnant patient with epilepsy on mono-therapy at the lowest effective dose, which ideally should be established before conception. Monitor anti-epileptic drug levels to ensure the therapeutic drug levels. Lamotrigine may require a two-fold increase by the third trimester in order to maintain stable serum concentrations, but metabolism returns to the pre-pregnancy baseline within 48 hours after delivery, necessitating a rapid postpartum reduction in dosage. Patients taking anticonvulsants should be evaluated for possible fetal neural tube defects with a combination of maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein determination and ultrasound. Amniocentesis should be offered if preceding tests are equivocal. At 16-18 weeks of gestation, the patients should undergo a comprehensive ultrasound examination to look for congenital malformations. Antepartum fetal surveillance tests should be done for obstetric indications. Monitoring and controlling risk factors like sleep deprivation or non-adherence that may provoke more frequent seizures during pregnancy are helpful in good outcome. If a woman is adhering to the therapeutic regimen and her risk factors are well controlled, but seizures increase anyway, consider increasing the dosage of her anticonvulsants.\nLabor and Delivery: With appropriate fetal monitoring, the availability of good obstetric anesthesia, the ability to measure maternal anticonvulsant levels, vaginal delivery can be accomplished safely in the patient with a seizure disorder. The delivery plan should include the availability of personnel to perform neonatal resuscitation if necessary. During labor, oral absorption of medications is erratic; if the patient vomits, it is almost negligible. When administration of anticonvulsant is necessary during labor, levels should be determined to help ascertain the appropriate dosage. If the patient's phenytoin level is normal, the usual daily dose may be administered intravenously. In patients with therapeutic serum levels of phenobarbital, a single 60-90 mg intramuscular dose will usually be sufficient for maintenance throughout labor and delivery. The usual loading dosage is 10-15 mg/kg administered intravenously at a rate no faster than 50 mg/min. Patients taking carbamazepine can be given intravenously phenytoin because there is no parenteral form. Benzodiazepines also may be used for acute seizures, but they can cause early neonatal depression as well as maternal apnea.\nOccasionally seizures will be diagnosed for the first time during pregnancy. If the seizures occur in the third trimester, they may be confused with eclampsia. The diagnosis often becomes clearer over time, but in either case action must be undertaken to prevent additional seizures. In these cases, it is best to assume the patient has eclampsia. If patient has recurrent generalized seizures (status epileptics), immediate treatment is essential. Consultation with an anesthesiologist and neurologist may be helpful. The drug of choice is intravenous phenytoin, which is highly effective, has long duration of action, and has a low incidence of serious side-effects. Alternatively, phenobarbital or diazepam may be used. Status epilepticus may lead to maternal fetal hypoxemia. The patient should be placed on her left side if possible as this will increase uterine blood flow as well as decrease the risk of maternal aspiration. Oxygen should also be administered if possible. Risk of placental abruption also exists with prolong seizures.\nBreastfeeding: Most health organizations strongly recommend breastfeeding to promote mother-child bonding and reduce the risk of infection and immunological disorders in later life (4). Antiepileptic drugs cross into breast milk in varying degrees, usually through simple diffusion, and the ratio is determined by the drug's molecular weight, pKa, lipophilicity, and most importantly the degree of protein binding. Concentrations in breast milk of phenytoin, carbamazepine, valproate, and tiagabine are negligible because they bind tightly to proteins. The best advice for most women is to seriously consider breastfeeding, keeping in mind that once started, the infant can be observed for proper weight gain and sleep cycles. Anticonvulsant metabolism and clearance remains elevated as long as patient continues to breastfeed. When patient stops breastfeeding, the mother may experience an increase in serum anticonvulsant drugs concentrations requiring a dosage adjustment. If breastfeeding is suddenly stopped, some infants who had been exposed to these medications may experience withdrawal symptoms. These usually occur in the first few days after breastfeeding is stopped. Infants may need to be started on low-dose phenobarbital and undergo gradual withdrawal.\nPostpartum Period: the levels of anticonvulsant medications may rise rapidly during the first few weeks postpartum and should be monitored frequently. One approach is measure the serum level approximately 1 week postpartum to guide dosage adjustments. Women should be counseled about contraception. No method is contraindicated for patents with epilepsy, although if oral contraceptives are selected higher doses may be required. The patient should be encouraged to continue to receive care to control her condition and receive pre-conceptional care for a future anticipated pregnancy.\nChoice of Antiepileptic Drugs in Women\nAntiepileptic drugs, and especially valproate, have been associated with reproductive endocrine disorders, most notably features of polycystic ovary syndrome (e.g. irregular menstrual cycles, weight gain, and hirsutism) (6). This association appears to be related at least in part to the epilepsy itself, but in majority of women, medication seems to play the major role. Observational studies have shown clinically important associations between the use of valproate, alone or in combination with other drugs, and the development of polycystic ovaries, anovulatory cycles, and hyperandrogenism (8). Hepatic enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs such as phenytoin, carbamazepine, and phenobarbital, as well as topiramate and oxcarbazepine, increase the clearance of oral contraceptive pills. Thus, women taking these drugs who use oral contraceptive pills are advised to use preparations containing at least 50 \u00b5g of ethinyl estradiol in order to reduce the chance of pregnancy (9). However, the contraceptive efficacy of higher-dose oral contraceptive pills has not been well studied, and alternative methods (e.g. barrier contraception) should be discussed. The dosage of lamotrigine requires adjustment when oral contraceptive pills are started or discontinued, because oral contraceptives enhance the clearance of lamotrigine. Serum concentrations of lamotrigine should be followed in this setting and in pregnancy (9), which increases the clearance of many antiepileptic drugs, but particularly that of lamotrigine.\nBabies born to women with epilepsy have an increased rate of malformations; this is believed to be attributable mostly to antiepileptic drugs (10). Studies of the effect of specific drugs during pregnancy are hampered by confounding factors such as the type and severity of epilepsy and the use of more than one agent in many patients. No antiepileptic drug can be considered to be absolutely safe. Newer drugs are less well studied, but the evidence linking valproate to an increased risk of birth defects is most convincing and sufficient to advice against its use in women of childbearing age unless there is no alternative (11). The risk of birth defects is likely to be minimized further by treating with monotherapy and drug dosages as low as possible during pregnancy, although the evidence to support these recommendations is limited. Retrospective analyses of school-age children have suggested associations between intrauterine exposure to valproate (but not other antiepileptic drugs) and lower IQ scores and development delay (12); this finding warrants confirmation in prospective studies.\nLamotrigine (Lamictal) is used for epilepsy and bipolar disorders. There are no adequate and well controlled studies in pregnancy. Patients may experience increased risk of seizures in absence of level monitoring (13). It crosses placenta and fetal exposure has not been documented to increase the risk of major anomalies. Its transfer to breast milk is low and it is considered safe for breastfeeding.\nEpilepsy posed unique challenges for both a pregnant woman and her clinician. Physiologic changes during pregnancy can influence epilepsy and conversely epilepsy and anticonvulsant medications can affect pre-pregnancy and its outcomes. Medical advances continue to help minimize fetal and maternal risk and have reduced the number of major birth defects and miscarriages among women with epilepsy. With continued vigilance among pregnant women with epilepsy and their healthcare providers, fetal and maternal outcomes will continue to improve.\nBattino D, Tomson T. Management of epilepsy during pregnancy. Drugs 2007;67:2727-2746\nMcAuley JW, Anderson GD. Treatment of epilepsy in women of reproductive age: pharmacokinetic considerations. Clin Pharmacokinet 2002;41:559-579\nKrumholz A, Wiebe S, Gronseth G et al. Evaluating an apparent unprovoked first seizure in adults (an evidence-based review): report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society. Neurology 2007;69:1996-2007\nKjaer D, Horvath-Puho E, Christensen J et al. Antiepileptic drug use, folic acid supplementation, and congenital abnormalities: a population-based case-control study. BJOG 2008;115:98-103\nBanerjee PN, Hauser WA. Incidence and prevalence. In: Engel J Jr, Pedley TA, eds. Epilepsy: a comprehensive textbook. 2nd ed. Baltimore: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2008;45-56\nHerzog AG, Schachter SC. Valproate and the polycystic ovarian syndrome: final thoughts. Epilepsia 2001;42:311-315)\nFisch B, So E. Activation methods. In: Ebersole JS, Pedley TA, eds. Current practice of clinical electroencephalography. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2003:262-264\nHarden CL. Polycystic ovaries and polycystic ovary syndrome in epilepsy: evidence for neurogonadal disease. Epilepsy Curr 2005;5:142-146\nPennell PB, Gidal BE, Sabers A et al. Pharmacology of antiepileptic drugs during pregnancy and lactation. Epilepsy Behav 2007;11:263-269\nBarrett C, Richens A. Epilepsy and pregnancy: report of an Epilepsy Research Foundation workshop. Epilepsy Res 2003;52:147-187\nDuncan S. Teratogenesis of sodium valproate. Curr Opin Neurol 2007;20:175-180\nFrench JA, Pedley TA. Initial management of epilepsy. N Engl J Med 2008;359:166-176\nBuhimschi CS, Weiner CP. Medications in pregnancy and lactation. 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WHEC is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such sites.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 4666, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 310.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://wordcandy.net/tagged/george-r-r-martin", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:22:06Z", "digest": "sha1:453G3H3UF6GBSTGJ2LKJAVWILFJBZQN4", "length": 1409, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "wordcandy.net", "title": "Home", "raw_content": "Posts tagged with george-r-r-martin\nPromising?\nI recently saw the latest trailer for Syfy's Nightflyers, based in the 1980 novella by Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin. Writing about it on his blog, Martin sounds like he's giving the series a cautious thumbs-up...\nI think we all know what to expect.\nAccording to Deadline, HBO has made the sensible decision to keep milking their cash cow until it dries up completely: they've greenlit a pilot for a Game of Thrones prequel series. Details are scarce, but the as-yet-untitled show is apparently set thousands of years before the events of A Song Of Ice And Fire...\nMaybe by 2020?\nI don't actually care about this (not a Game of Thrones fan), but George R.R. Martin nerds everywhere were chagrined to learn that he has zero chance of finishing the next installment of his best-selling series on schedule...\nIn a leave-no-stone-unturned effort to extract every possible penny from the George R. R. Martin media empire, Bantam Books recently announced that they're planning a Game of Thrones-themed coloring book. While I've written before about my love for coloring books for adults, I'll be skipping this sucker...\nI expect there will still be plenty of violence, though.\nThe Game of Thrones fan site Winter Is Coming informs me that India is planning its own TV adaptation of George R.R. Martin's wildly popular series. 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It is great that this building will be the new home of the World Film Festival. In addition to the multifunctional concert, conference and film hall, the ENM building also holds a smaller \u201eWorld Film\u201c screening space which enables to organise smaller film events at different times of the year.\nThe ENM has been the centre of ethnographic filmmaking since the 1960s, when filmmaking was an exceptional practice in the museums of the USSR. In Estonia and, to a large extent, also in the Soviet Union, it was namely the ENM that carried out the pioneering work in ethnographic recording of culture on film tape. The first ethnographic film of the museum was demonstrated in 1964 at the 7th International Congress of Anthropologists and Ethnographers in Moscow. In connection with the development of visual documentation, a foundation was laid for the film and video archives of the museum. Academic filmmaking has been a part of academic research and collecting activities at the museum ever since, and a film and video studio is also currently part of the museum.\nThis explains why the World Film Festival continues to be an event where one of the srarting points of the documentary film program, which presents a variety of genres and approaches, is academic visual anthropology. Such anthropological film festivals are important sites of public debate, where artistic and scientific knowledge and approaches to interpreting the world meet.\nThis year the festival program contains more than 50 films. It includes films which have gained attention at international film festivals, whereas other films represent promising newcomers. This is why we have gathered a number of films under the title of \u201eEmerging talents\u201c, so as to bring together films which represent very different approaches, but which are all characterised by the curious eye of the filmmakers, who are still at the beginning of their career.\nThe most volumnious sub-programmes of this year\u2019s edition deal with the world on the move and outstanding women and their \u201eplace\u201c in the world.\nWe all strive for a place to stay, a place to call home. But the world is on the move. The illusion of staying put has been shaken, causing fear and confusion in both those on who stay and those who are looking for a new place and a new life. The program \u201eOn the move\u201c portrayes the experience of being on the road, examining both forced and voluntary migration. The most radical approach here is perhaps demonstrated by the authors of \u201eThose who jump\u201c, as they gave the camera to the man on the move and stepped behind the scenes themself. The film, dealing with a politically and emotionally highly charged topic, achieves almost uncomfortable immediacy by this move. A film about the men, striving to cross the fence at the border between Morocco and the Spanisch enclave of Melilla, takes an autobiographical approach. In this way it crosses the usual distinction between the filmmakers and the subjects of a film , which is the usualapproach, setting the tone and limits of the space of interpretation.\nThere are many men in the world of the documentary film, both behind and in front of the camera. This time, the program team outlined a set of stories, where the protagonists are women with their strength, knowledge, and also skills to survive. We brought these stories together under one title, \u201eThe place of women\u201c. It is clear that one\u00b4s gender is linked to one\u00b4s destiny also in the contemporary world. Sometimes women are able to trick their gender and live their life according to their personal principles and beliefs, but there are also many places and circumstances, where a girl\u00b4s face can mean adanger which threatens specifically her, and it would have been easier to be born as a boy.\nWildscape is an empty and wild land area \u2013 a marginal space outside ordered and regulated spatial and sociocultural realities. These wild spaces have emerged withoutplanning: they are former industrial regions, urban wastelands varying in size from small plots to entire regions. These places are signs of big structural changes. The films screened at the World Film Festival turn their eye to the people living in these conditions, in a time that has stopped: two stories which can be contextualised in the history of the American working class in the legendary Harlan County; a film set in post-apocalyptic Fukushima five years after the disaster , and telling of its only inhabitant, a lonely man called Naoto Matsumura; a film on an elderly English manwho decides to step out from his grayish everyday life in order to repair a boat and navigate through the English waterways.\nThe program Finno-Ugric stories brings you two films made by Estonian filmmakers \u2013 one of them explores the traces of the earlier ethnographic field trips of the Estonian National Museum researchers to the Vepsian villages and their current inhabitants (a film by Indrek J\u00e4\u00e4ts and Maido Selgm\u00e4e). The other, a film by Liivo Niglas called \"The Land of love\", won the award of best Estonian documentary in 2016 by the Estonian Cultural Endowment.\nStimulating film experiences can be also found in rest of the sub-programmes: Animals and humans, Body and soul, Fine Arts, At the perifery of Norwegian music, War reporter, Village life and Rites of passage.\nThe festival team and the organisers \u2013 The Estonian National Museum and the Worldfilm Society \u2013 would like to thank the supporters of the festival. This involves our funders and partners the Estonian Film Institute and Tartu City. We also would like to thank our strategic cooperation partners disain studio Fraktal and Elektriteater, and the festival volunteers.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 27, "original_length": 6551, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 210.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://worldnewsbreaking.com/category/us/page/8/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:09Z", "digest": "sha1:Z4I2IM6XIQSZKW2OBAQEE4Z7KVC3SXTU", "length": 1722, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "worldnewsbreaking.com", "title": "US 8 - World News Breaking", "raw_content": "DENVER (Reuters) \u2013 Thousands of Denver public school teachers walked picket lines for a second day on Tuesday, disrupting classes for some 92,000 students as union and school district officials \u2026\nDenver union, officials reconvene as school strike enters Day 2\nCalifornia will not complete $77 billion high-speed rail project: governor\nWASHINGTON (Reuters) \u2013 President Donald Trump expressed displeasure on Tuesday with a deal by congressional negotiators on border security spending that offered no funds for his promised U.S.-Mexican border wall, \u2026\nWASHINGTON (Reuters) \u2013 U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was not happy about a tentative immigration deal reached by a bipartisan group of lawmakers, but he did not \u2026\nA woman takes photographs as snow falls in the Times Square neighborhood of New York, U.S., February 12, 2019. 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Sargent, speaking in an AgilQuest webinar, recommended a return to design basics as members of this cohort, the eldest of whom are now 15 years old, prepare to embark on their careers.\nThis preference for simplicity comes as a product of the overstimulation Gen Z faces as the first demographic cohort to be raised on devices. The director of workplace strategy cited the telling statistic that among two to five-year-olds, 70 per cent know how to use a computer mouse, while only 11 per cent know how to tie their shoes.\nSargent cautioned against confusing generational preferences based on life stage, which are prone to change, with preferences based on shared experiences that typically occur in the formative years. For example, much has been said about urbanization, or the return to city dwelling, by millennials, but she mused about what will happen in the next few years as members of Gen Y begin families.\n\u201cWe\u2019re starting to see companies like Facebook and Google for the first time start to address their employees that have kids \u2026 and how they might be able to deal with and/or assist them in those endeavours,\u201d she said.\nAlthough members of Gen Z are currently making their way through their formative years, a couple of common traits have emerged among members of this demographic cohort, Sargent noted. They are social media-savvy multi-taskers who don\u2019t compartmentalize their personal and professional lives. They may also struggle with interpersonal relationships when they arrive in the workplace, having not had to rely on face-to-face communication as much.\nWhile the role of technology in Gen Z\u2019s upbringing is clearly integral to their identity, so too is the role of their Gen X parents, who will be stepping into leadership positions as their kids launch their own careers. Parents tend to want for their kids want they never had, explained Sargent, which in the case of the \u201clatchkey kid\u201d generation is security and stability.\nShe pointed to the Strauss-Howe generational theory, which characterizes members of Gen X as nomads. The theory essentially posits that the moods of eras are cyclical, with each demographic cohort taking on the persona of one of four accompanying archetypes.\nThere are the heroes who come together in common cause (most recently the traditionalists of the WWII generation); then come the artists, who revel in a renaissance following this new high; next come the prophets, who start to question the status quo (baby boomers); and last, come the nomads, who enter adulthood during times of crisis. According to this theory, the so-called \u201cme, me, me\u201d millennials are next in line to become heroes and Gen Z, artists.\nThere are hints of this artist persona in the demographic cohort\u2019s maker culture, Sargent said. Ultimately, though, members of Gen Z want to make an impact. This may explain why opportunities for career growth topped the responses in a survey of what was most important to young professionals among options including flexible schedules and higher salaries.\nThe director of workplace strategy expects well-being, a major issue today, to remain a challenge as this next demographic cohort enters the workforce. She raised the finding that approximately 70 per cent of employees are not engaged, 18 per cent of whom are so disengaged that employers would be better off paying them to stay home.\nWhat\u2019s more, the ranking of the largest lifestyle risk factors in the U.S. workforce today has shifted dramatically over the last few decades. Whereas in the 1950s and 60s smoking was widespread, today stress, followed by obesity, lack of activity and poor nutrition, rate highest.\nWith stress so prevalent, Sargent suggested that the complex layouts and \u201cexplosion\u201d of colours, materials and patterns of today\u2019s workplaces will overwhelm members of Gen Z, who are already inundated with information. Instead, the demographic cohort will be seeking balance, choice, clarity, order and simplicity.\nNonetheless, she highlighted the fact that the various generations that co-exist in the workplace not only have differences but commonalities. With its Gen X parents, who are expected to experience eyesight issues as they age, Gen Z shares a preference for ease of navigation. As for the Millennials, Gen Z is forecast to exhibit similar job-hopping tendencies.\n\u201cWe\u2019re designing for a variety of workers today and so we have a variety of work styles that we need to plan for,\u201d said Sargent. \u201cThe next next generation is on the doorstep. The Gen Zs are coming, and we need to start planning for them.\u201d\nSource: Preparing the workplace for Gen Z \u2013 REMI Network", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 113, "original_length": 7732, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 310.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://writergrrlreads.blogspot.com/2018/05/if-you-dont-have-anything-nice-to-say.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:38Z", "digest": "sha1:3SPRZYQ7OH5MIWPMZRZ7J577KXRBBESL", "length": 2506, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "writergrrlreads.blogspot.com", "title": "If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say - Leila Sales ~ Writer Grrl Reads", "raw_content": "If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say - Leila Sales\nRating this book is almost as tough as reading it was. On the one hand, I want to give it three stars because it was a tough read with a main character that I struggled to connect with. On the other hand, I want to give it four stars for eliciting that type of reaction from my -- Winter is not a character that the reader is meant to love and for that I have to applaud this book.\nIf You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say tackles some tough subjects that are oh-so-relevant in today's online world. Winter posts a racist comment online and her post goes viral overnight, which leads to internet vigilante and mass online public shaming. Her entire world falls into ruin as a result of her \"mistake\" and, as she struggles to figure out where to go next, she also struggles to come to terms with her actions.\nWhat makes this book tough to read is Winter's lack of remorse for the majority of the book. She's such an unlikeable character and even worse than most anti-heroes I've read in recent years. Although the online smear campaign that she's subject to is definitely not deserved, she spends the majority of the book not understanding why people reacted the way that they did. This book will be eye-opening to many, many teens who would probably feel the same way as Winter: one off the cuff remark and a complete lack of understanding of the concept of the digital footprint. In today's online world, so much of who we are is encapsulated forever in our digital footprint and it's so important to be cognizant of how we portray ourselves online.\nIn the end, I settled with a four star rating for this book. Winter's character made me squirm and cringe and the reading experience was an unpleasant one but I think that was Leila's goal with this book. It saddens me that the ratings on Goodreads are quite low for this book because I think it's an important topic in today's world and Leila has handled it really well. Sometimes the best books are the ones that make us a bit uncomfortable and If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say does just that.\nI'm glad that you reviewed this one and you did it so well. I considered requesting it but thought that I would have a hard time reading it due to the main character. I'm not sure that I could have seperated my feelings from the story's importance and done it justice the way you did. You should cross post your review to get the word out. I do think it is a very important topic, especially for teens.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 146, "original_length": 5555, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 221.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.247travelinsurance.co.uk/blog/where-to-go-for-a-skiing-holiday-in-europe/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:53:42Z", "digest": "sha1:F6G5DTXASLNDEONCIRDOVHTLQODLXLIM", "length": 4647, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.247travelinsurance.co.uk", "title": "Where to go for a skiing holiday in Europe - 24/7 Travel Insurance", "raw_content": "You are here: Home / 24/7 travel insurance / Where to go for a skiing holiday in Europe\nJanuary 23, 2012 /in 24/7 travel insurance, Holiday Destinations, Winter Sports /by djeffrey\nSkiing holidays are immensely popular the world over, but some of the best destinations for a snow sports trip are located within Europe. The vast Alpine mountain range offers a huge number of different ski resorts, spaced out between several different countries, each with their own unique charms.\nPerhaps foremost among the great Alpine ski centres is St Moritz in Switzerland. It has a rightfully earned reputation for being the playground of Europe\u2019s rich and famous and its glamorous jetsetter clientele means that there is no shortage of luxury accommodation, as well as fine restaurants and nightlife. However, St Moritz is not all about excess and opulence (even if you can play snow cricket or polo, if the fancy takes you), it also has fantastic skiing over many different slopes and the natural beauty is quite astounding. In other words, it is understandable how St Moritz has become so popular among Europe\u2019s elite.\nFor a more budget-friendly and accessible resort, it is hard to go wrong with Chamonix (or Chamoniz-Mont-Blanc, to give it its full name), situated in the French Alps. Although it has its fair share of luxury hotels and expensive private villas, its sheer size means that it is popular with skiers of all means because, after all, they\u2019re here for the slopes. Here, Chamonix doesn`t disappoint, with the mighty Mont Blanc, the highest peak in Europe, providing a great challenge and attraction for many visitors, as well as plenty of smaller novice slopes and a world-renowned off-piste area. The whole region is easily accessed by an extensive network of lifts.\nElsewhere, Zell am See, in the Austrian Alps, sells itself far more on its unparalleled natural beauty and huge range of activities available there all year round, than it does on its off-slope attractions, not that it`s short on those either. It is a charming and picturesque medieval town, situated on the edge of a lake, which not only distinguishes it from the other generic Austrian ski resorts, but also broadens the range of sports available. Alongside standard skiing and snowboarding, visitors are also able to partake in trekking, climbing, mountain biking, glacier skiing and water sports on the lake. Overall, Zell am See offers a more well-rounded Alpine experience.\nAnother popular ski destination is Zermatt, in Switzerland, which in off-season times is a small village with fewer than 6000 inhabitants but which swells massively when the skiers arrive. Perhaps the main attraction of this tiny town is its proximity to the impressive Matterhorn, with its sculpted pyramid shape not only giving it a striking appearance but also many great ski runs. In addition, Zermatt is \u2018car-free\u2019 to help prevent air pollution so it is best reached by a traditional red train and the station then gives way to cobbled streets and horse-drawn sleighs \u2013 an image that makes Zermatt almost impossible not to fall in love with.\nFinally, Tignes, located in the French Alps and joined with nearby Val d\u2019Isere as part of the Espace Killy ski region, is an immensely popular winter sports destination. During the 1992 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, Tignes was home to the freestyle skiing competition and it isn`t hard to see why. The resort itself actually comprises five different villages, built around a huge dam and the nearby Grand Motte glacier provides skiing opportunities for the majority of the year. Tignes\u2019 size makes it an obvious choice for those who are looking for a budget trip with some guaranteed quality skiing, rather than those seeking exclusivity.\nOverall, Europe\u2019s ski resorts provide a huge variety of different experiences, meaning there\u2019s something on offer for everyone, whether they prefer luxury destinations, quaint villages or bustling vibrant centres. Whatever your choice a Barclays credit card is an essential for any trip, offering financial security and flexibility.\nAlso, make sure you take out winter sports travel insurance before you go and ensure any activities you are planning on participating in are covered by your travel insurance.\nTags: skiing, winter holiday\nhttp://www.247travelinsurance.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/247-travel-300x95.png 0 0 djeffrey http://www.247travelinsurance.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/247-travel-300x95.png djeffrey2012-01-23 12:25:002016-02-15 14:12:53Where to go for a skiing holiday in Europe\nAre you going skiing without travel insurance? 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With clients large and small, spanning all sectors from town and country planning and community projects to building design and industrial operations, we take great pride in our straightforward approach, communicating clearly and effectively at all times in achieving our clients\u2019 goals.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 131, "original_length": 4603, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 328.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.360-hq.com/xbox360/hardware/search/G.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:28Z", "digest": "sha1:4MKSQBGEZMC4LBBCP2UMESJMRVZSMHSM", "length": 44, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.360-hq.com", "title": "Xbox 360 Hardware & Accessories Database - Xbox 360 Gagets, Xbox 360 Bios, Xbox 360 Add-ons, Xbox 360 Homebrew, Xbox 360 Tutorials, Xbox 360 Repairs, Xbox 360 Techinical Support, Reviews, Xbox 360 Accessories Screenshots, Images and Videos at 360-Hq", "raw_content": "Displaying 2 of 2 matches for the letter 'G'", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 141, "original_length": 5713, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.71, "perplexity": 277.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.800teleservices.com/english/News_Center/New_Details.asp?ID=205", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:16Z", "digest": "sha1:MYWWHFUSSBQCPXPTKMLBSLNSRCFR5G46", "length": 986, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.800teleservices.com", "title": "800 TeleServices Assists a World-Famous Market Research Company - Company News - 800 TeleServices", "raw_content": "800 TeleServices Assists a World-Famous Market Research Company\nRecently, 800 TeleServices signed a contract with a global famous market research company to provide outbound call services for the verification of raw data that obtained from field work of the research company. Such raw data will ultimately be used to create an accurate market trend analysis report.\nThe client is among the world\u2019s foremost in market research, information and analysis industry. Over 100 countries and regions, more than 9000 (B2C) customers rely on this report to understand the competition and opportunities of their industry. Through the collection of large amounts of data plus specialized research tools and methods, the company analyzes consumers\u2019 attitudes and actions, providing a reference for subsequent promotion strategies.\nBy being rigorous and details, 800 TeleServices will do their best at reviewing the collected data, aiming at 100% accuracy to guarantee the preciseness of the report.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 41, "original_length": 1769, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 231.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.acasc.cn/school/dalian-university-of-foreign-languages-sh1108.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:23:16Z", "digest": "sha1:ZFHWUXPK4QEB5IBJY2ZI2Q4J7XSLZUYB", "length": 1309, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.acasc.cn", "title": "Dalian University of Foreign Languages China", "raw_content": "Dalian University of Foreign Languages China\nHome> Explore Universities > Dalian University of Foreign Languages\nDalian University of Foreign Languages (DLUFL) is located in the beautiful coastal city of Dalian. Formerly known as Dalian School of Japanese Language, it was founded in 1964 with the gracious attention of late Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai. It aimed at training foreign affairs officials, Japanese translators and Japanese interpreters. It is now under the administration of the Education Commission of Liaoning Province. Through 40 years of development, DLUFL has fledged into a multi-disciplinary foreign language university which also offers programs in other fields like arts, economics, management, engineering and law.\nDLUFL offers 20 bachelor programs among which 10 lead to master programs. The 20 bachelor programs include Japanese, English, Russian, French, Korean, German, Spanish, Arabic, Italian, Chinese, Chinese Literature, Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, Art Design, Tourism Management, International Economics & Trade, Computer Science & Technology, Information Management and Information System, Computer Software Engineering, Journalism and Music Studies. Japanese Language & Literature and English Language & Literature are named key disciplines at the provincial level.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 35, "original_length": 1859, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 167.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/home/whats-happening/as-you-like-it/page/16", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:43:25Z", "digest": "sha1:PLH4WDYB7UAROL3WKMG4A2HU2VLI6GXV", "length": 51463, "nlines": 191, "source_domain": "www.acpl.lib.in.us", "title": "As You Like It", "raw_content": "You are the stuff of history\nby Evan | Nov 02, 2016\nFuture historians have a great new data source: you.\nAnd you and you and you, and me.\nTechnology and determined genealogists are bringing together millions of family records at the same time high-tech geneticists are laying out human DNA records like a map. If not already, your social family history and your genetic family history will soon be matchable with mine and with that of our mutual cousin in Singapore.\nI hope it makes people happy.\nLook, I know I'm out of my depth here. If you wonder about this kind of stuff, you owe it to yourself to read Christine Kenneally's 2014 book The Invisible History of the Human Race: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures. Kenneally is an advocate; she loves where these technologies are going and thinks more knowledge about our histories will be good overall for individuals, families and society.\nOverall. With that qualifier, I can agree with her. Individuals can prevent diseases, families can see how long they've been driving each other crazy, societies can come to better grips with such things as racism and adoption.\nBut Kenneally has a lot of her own qualifiers. The biggest and most infamous is the way genealogy got wrapped up with violent racism in such places as the American South and 20th century Germany. Meanwhile DNA science can show you your genetic makeup, but will you read it scientifically or with a head full of fears and prejudices? Should you have the right to keep that information private? Or is such privacy even feasible in the Internet era?\nKenneally tells personal history discovery stories -- hers and others' -- that I found mostly distracting. More interesting are nuggets that show how genealogy and DNA science help savvy historians reveal previously unseen currents in the past. For instance, the slave trade not only hit hardest in the wealthiest African regions, but those regions are now among the poorest on that continent. This is partly because slavery fostered so much suspicion in later generations that they haven't been able to rebuild the culture of trust that is required for a thriving economy.\nAt home I have a lot of boxes of family history materials, but I'm barely making a dent in them. It's hard for me to get past the idea that genealogy is ego-driven. Kenneally, however, is trying to push people like me, who are interested in world history, to appreciate how modern genealogy, with its computer networks, can make each of us contributors to the grand story of humanity.\nSo, my little ego trip becomes less about me and more about connecting the dots on the big canvas. Add in the potential of DNA science to make its own connections among us, and the history books of the late 21st century might tell a much truer story of the past than the ones we grew up with. (Think Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemmings.)\nOK, but I'll still want to know whether the guy who fell off the Mayflower and survived really was, as I've read, one of my ancestors. That would make me almost famous.\nHistory Tidbits: Halloween\nby Allison S | Oct 31, 2016\nEditor's Note: Have you checked out The Genealogy Center's monthly E-Zine, Genealogy Gems? You should! The content for this post, written by Genealogy Librarian Allison, appeared in the September 30 issue of this year and is the first in a series of articles focusing on holiday customs.\nHalloween\u2019s background is firmly rooted in the Celtic festival of Samhain, a three-day festival to celebrate the end of the light half of the year beginning on the evening of October 31st. The Celts split the year into two halves, the light half and the dark half. They observed the end of the dark half on May 1st of each year with Beltane, modern May Day. Two other Celtic seasonal festivals, Imbolc and Lughnasadh, marked the start of spring and fall respectively but were considered less important. Samhain and Beltane carried more significance, since the Celts believed the lines between the living and the dead were blurred at those times.\nSamhain celebrated the end of the harvest. Animals were slaughtered for provisions for the coming winter. Celebrants lit huge bonfires as rituals to symbolize the holding back of winter. They would carry embers from the communal bonfire to each cold hearth to relight the home fires. Celebrations would acknowledge the importance of the harvest while encouraging raucous behavior from the young men and free-flowing alcohol. Young women would practice divination, often involving apples, to see whom they would marry.\nWhile Samhain had been around for centuries, it was incorporated into a new holy day by the Catholic Church in 609: \u201cAll Saints\u2019 Day,\u201d otherwise known as \u201cAll Hallows\u201d or \u201cHallowmas.\u201d Initially, it was celebrated on May 13th, but by the ninth century it was almost universally celebrated on November 1st. All Saint\u2019s Day began as a commemoration of the martyrs who died for the Church, though later it included all saints, not just martyrs. The following day, November 2nd, was set aside a century later as \u201cAll Souls\u2019 Day\u201d to pray for the souls of those in Purgatory. The day before All Saints\u2019 Day was referred to as \u201cAll Hallows\u2019 Evening\u201d or \u201cAll Hallows\u2019 Eve\u201d (\u201cHallowe\u2019en\u201d when abbreviated). \u201cHallowtide\u201d signified all three days together.\nSeveral factors led to many of the Halloween traditions as we now know them in the United States. As with any holiday, these traditions have roots in historical events. The Black Death, which terrorized Europe for centuries, brought a morbid fascination with skeletons. With death surrounding the culture, the festival that blurred the lines between the living and the dead found a new home for the obsession of skeletons. Witch hunts, in which thousands of men and women were executed over the centuries, brought fear and added to the dark fascination of light versus dark, good versus evil, and thus became a natural fit with Halloween.\nIrish and Scottish immigrants brought Halloween to America, which is why no mention of the holiday exists until immigration increased in the 1840s in the wake of the Potato Famine. The Irish brought their custom of the jack-o\u2019-lantern. In the old country, turnips or beets were hollowed out, and a candle was placed inside, mimicking the flashes of light seen in the peat bogs that appeared mysteriously and created suspicion of the supernatural. The name \u201cjack-o\u2019-lantern\u201d refers to a fable about a man named Jack who was left to wander the earth forever after making a deal with the devil. He is Jack of the Lantern. When the American Irish discovered the large pumpkin, they made it the lantern of choice for Halloween. Corn was also incorporated into Halloween based on the large corn crops in America.\nAnother tradition that has roots in the Celtic lore is trick-or-treating. The Celts had two traditions that required people to go door-to-door. The first was \u201csouling.\u201d The poor would go door-to-door, asking for food or money in return for prayers for the dead. Soul cakes became a popular item to give to the poor and leave out for the ghosts. Young adults would also go door-to-door in costumes in a custom called \u201cguising.\u201d They would perform tricks, sing, or tell a story for a sweet treat.\nIn the early twentieth century Halloween became fully adopted by the United States. By 1920, communities had a firm enough grasp on the celebration to make it family-friendly and not a night for boys to terrorize the citizens with pranks. Community Halloween parties and parades began. Trick-or-treating received the endorsement and assistance of local government. It became a holiday for children to have fun and get candy. For youth and adults, it became a night to embrace fear and celebration. People have always had a fascination with things they do not know or understand. Death and the blurred lines between life and death will always have an attraction for the living. Halloween has become the holiday in which it is socially acceptable to celebrate them.\nShared with permission. Each issue of Genealogy Gems examines a variety of topics related to family history. To view previous editions or to subscribe, click here.\nAuthor Visit: Newbery author Matt de la Pena\nby Marra H | Oct 30, 2016\nAuthor Visit: Matt de la Pena\nMain Library, Theater\nTuesday evening, author Matt de la Pena will be visiting the Allen County Public Library to share his powerful message about the transformative impact books can have on the lives of young people. Mr. de la Pena writes for teens and children, and was awarded the Newbery Medal in in January of this year for his book Last Stop in Market Street.\nDe la Pena is an incredible speaker, with a moving personal story and true dedication to the potential that words can unlock in young people. He will be signing books after the event. There will be a selection of books available to be purchased for this purpose.\nThank you to the Friends of the Allen County Public Library for this opportunity!\nGames, puzzles and fun!!!\nby Cathy B | Oct 28, 2016\nIn addition to all the books you would expect in the Art, Music & Media stacks (Rembrandt, Picasso, musicals, histories of music and dance), you may be surprised to find that there is a section of games and puzzles! Logic games, math games, video games, crossword puzzles, math puzzles, even magic. I\u2019ve pulled a small sampling of books that are available and, for good measure, have included photos of the actual stacks for your perusal.\nKakuro for Dummies by Andrew Heron. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2005\nI love Kakuro! I did Sudoku for a while but then a friend introduced me to Kakuro. Haven\u2019t turned back. That said, I don\u2019t really enjoy the really hard levels \u2013 I\u2019m just not that competitive. Also, I do have a \u2018cheat sheet\u2019 with all the possible combinations of addends for particular numbers. Let me try to explain:\nKakuro is a number version of crossword puzzle. The skeleton of the puzzle is exactly the same as a crossword skeleton. Instead of looking for words one looks for possible numbers that add up to the given sum printed outside but next to the beginning of each line of blocks. And then the answers have to fit across and down. And there are certain limitations, like no number over 9 or repeat numbers. Hard to explain. Perhaps you can google it?\nIt\u2019s not really a math puzzle I don\u2019t think because it\u2019s really only addition of small numbers. It\u2019s just different. Try it. You may love it! (You may not!)\nMost unfortunately some \u201cdummy\u201d (as referenced in the title) has filled in several of the easy puzzles in this book. Hey, Greg, could we get a new one?\nVirtuosos of Juggling, From the Ming Dynasty to Cirque du Soleil, by Karl-Heinz Ziethen and Alessandro Serena, Renegade Juggling, 2003\nAccording to the publishers, Renegade Juggling, this book fills \u201cthe void regarding books on the subject of international master jugglers.\u201d It \u201cis the comprehensive historical account of performance jugglers from the past 4,043 years, featuring jugglers who reached the pinnacle of the art-form and captivated audiences in many of the world\u2019s grandest venues.\u201d\nA partial listing of chapter titles can give a brief overview of what is in store: From Sacred to Profane, The Ring and the Stage, The Myth and the Emulation, Juggling in Russia and China.\nDumbstruck: A Cultural K, A Cultural History of Ventriloquism by Steven Connor. Oxford Press, 2000\nSteven Connor is Professor of Modern Literature and Theory, School of English and Humanities, Birkbeck College, University of London.\nHe follows the study of the disembodied voice \u201cfrom its first recorded beginnings in ancient Israel and Greece.\u201d \u201c\u2026this is much more than an archaeology of one of the most regularly derided but tenaciously enduring of popular arts. It is also a series of virtuoso philosophical and psychological reflections on the problems and astonishments, the raptures and absurdities of the unhoused voice.\u201d\nA Gardner's Workout, Training the Mind and Entertaining the Spirit by Martin Gardner., AK Peters, Ltd, 2001\nMr. Gardner wrote the \u201cMathematical Games\u201d column for Scientific American for 25 years. A Garner\u2019s Workout in a compilation of 41 pieces written in various academic journals and popular magazines since that time.\n\u201cProviding the tools to furnish our all-too-sluggish minds with an athletic workout, Gardner\u2019s problems foster an agility of the mind as they entertain.\u201d\nMr. Gardner covers \u201ca wide range of topics: games of chance, word ladders and mathematical word play games, tiling puzzles, magic squares, computer and calculator \u2018magic\u2019 tricks.\u201d\nA smattering of chapters: The Opaque Cube, The Propositional Calculus with Directed Graphs, Steiner Trees on a Checkerboard, Six Challenging Dissection Tasks, The Asymmetric Propeller Theorem, The Universe and the Teacup.\nFor those among us who do not find \u2018mathematical games\u2019 to be an oxymoron this book should be a treat indeed!\nThe Art of Evolve by Phil Robb, Insight Editions, 2015, Introduction by Phil Robb & Chris Ashton\nIf you are a gamer, particularly one who plays hunting types of games you may be conversant with Evolve. You may play Evolve.\n\u201cA thrilling monster-hunting game unlike any other, Evolve offers groundbreaking multiplayer and epic boss-battle experiences.\u201d\nIn this high quality, coffee table book the developers of the game take you from concept pitch through final roll out with concept sketches and full blown artwork along with commentary from the artists and developers.\n\u201cThe Art of Evolve is the essential companion to the exhilarating monster-hunting adventure bound to ensnare gamers worldwide.\u201d\nTHE PATTERN IN THE CARPET, A PERSONAL HISTORY WITH JIGSAWS, Margaret Drabble, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009\nMargaret Drabble is a Dame of the British Empire. She has written seventeen novels as well as biographies. She also edited the fifth and sixth editions of The Oxford Companion to English Literature. Her name on this book on jigsaw puzzles was what drew me to investigate further. It is now on my \u201cto read\u201d list.\nFrom the dust jacket: \u201cMargaret Drabble weaves her own story into a history of games, in particular of jigsaws, which have offered and her and many others \u201ca soothing relief\u201d from melancholy and depression. We learn that jigsaws began as dissected maps used as a teaching tool in the late eighteenth century, that the young Queen Victoria once stayed up until 11:30 p.m. assembling a puzzle with her government ministers; that in American following the 1929 stock market crash there was a boom in puzzle manufacturing\u2026. Drabble shares her thoughts on the importance of childhood play, on art and writing, on aging and memory. And she does so with her customary intelligence, energy, and wit. This is a memoir like no other.\u201d\nCruciverbalism, A Crossword Fanatic\u2019s Guide to Life in the Grid, Stanley Newman, Collins, 2006\nStanley Newman is the crossword editor for Newsday and he holds the world\u2019s record for the fastest completion of a New York Times crossword. Some of the topics covered in this little book are: \u201cWhy it\u2019s become a tradition for daily newspaper puzzles to increase in difficulty during the week, common solving mistakes, why you shouldn\u2019t feel guilty about consulting reference works, the hidden rules of the grid that will make you a better clue sleuth\u201d\n\u201cYou\u2019ll even discover a philosophy for approaching crosswords that, come to think of it, works pretty well for life, too \u2013 and makes it a lot of fun!\u201d\nThis is one of several books on crossword puzzles you can find in our stacks.\nBlock City, How To Build Incredible Worlds In MINECRAFT, Kirsten Kearney, Abrams, 2015\nI began looking at this book thinking I would hurry through it \u2013 the title is pretty self-explanatory, right? Wrong. As I began thumbing through the pages I found I was going to have slow down and get a grasp on this book. I was even afraid I might end up being pulled into Minecraft world. (You see, I do on occasion get addicted to a video game \u2013 Pokemon Puzzle League, Tetris, Candy Crush {happy to announce I broke free of that one cold turkey the day before Thanksgiving 2015}).\nBlock City is most definitely a how-to book. Thumbing through the pages I find directions on how to build such things as cities, freighter ship, palaces, holographic signage and Chernobyl, 2015. Also lamp posts, Andromeda, a gothic cathedral, whole cities and fantasy kingdoms. But I found a very philosophical bent in the foreword by Julian Gough:\n\u201cIn Minecraft we\u2019re in the world of Plato\u2019s essential forms: the sheep are the essence of sheep, the mountains are the essence of mountains. The human imagination fills in all the details. Minecraft is in some ways a philosophical world in which everything has been reduced to an essence. To its simplest form.\u201d\n\u201cMost games re-create, in their virtual worlds, all the stuff we play games to escape. They\u2019re full of people, things, bosses, terror, tasks, fear, status anxiety\u2026But in creative mode, Minecraft lets us feel alive by playing. Not playing at killing. Playing at playing.\u201d\nIn each section we are introduced to the \u2018builder\u2019 of the creation at hand and some background. There are principles of design, tips and detailed instructions for building in general and building specific. An excellent reference and helper, among the many in the stacks, for anyone interested in getting involved in Minecraft!\nThe Rise of the Indian Rope Trick, How a Spectacular Hoax Became History, Peter Lamont, Thunder\u2019s Mouth Press, 2004\nIn the Indian rope trick \u201ca rope snakes into the air. A boy climbs the rope and when he gets to the top \u2013 he vanishes. At once homespun, philosophical, and free of apparent gadgetry, the trick has enthralled generations of magic lovers in the West.\u201d But it has never existed. It was a hoax perpetrated by an amateur magician in 1890 and printed in the Chicago Tribune. It was later admitted to be false but the legend continued to spread throughout the world and throughout time. Peter Lamont \u201cexplores how easily people will believe stories that are fed to them as truth despite experience, intuition, and the laws of nature.\u201d\n\u201cPeter Lamont, the winner of the Jeremy Dalziel prize in British history, is a research fellow at Edinburgh University specializing in the history, theory, and performance of magic. He has traveled to India in search of the legendary Indian rope trick, performed as a magician and psychic, and has appeared at the Magic Castle in Hollywood.\u201d (Jacket)\nThese are but a tiny fraction of the books on our shelves that delve into games, magic, puzzles and the popular arts. Here's a glimpse at some of the rest:\nHey, Stephen King fans\nby Sara P | Oct 26, 2016\nI have been an avid reader from a young age. Visiting the Georgetown Branch Library growing up was always such a thrilling experience for me. Throughout middle school, I would often be the last person in the house up at night as I would stay up late to read long after everyone else had gone to sleep. Stephen King\u2019s short story collection, Night Shift, was probably not the best choice to read that late -- every creak and groan in the house scared me to death. But I was hooked as his writing pulls you in! The tingles of fear and dread are like a book high. A friend of mine in high school saw that I was reading The Stand and had asked breathlessly, \u201cIs it the uncut version?!\u201d Obviously the correct answer was yes, and I\u2019m glad it was true. I honestly didn\u2019t know there had been an edited version which is shunned by many King devotees (or as King would call one: Constant Reader).\nUpon becoming a librarian, I had always dreamed about hosting a Stephen King Book Club. Originally I wasn\u2019t sure if there would be enough fans to make such a club viable; luckily, there are! In 2016, the Stephen King Book Club has been meeting monthly at the Georgetown Branch (where I now work). Everyone is welcome to attend - we have a core group of several adults and have a few teen members also. We assign a title to read each month, but you are more than welcome to come even if you haven\u2019t read (ever or recently) or finished the book - though there will likely be spoilers.\nMost of King\u2019s writing can be classified as horror, but our selection for November is something with wider appeal: 11/22/63. We are meeting on 11/22, so that book was the obvious choice. It tells the story of a man who goes back in time in attempts to prevent John Kennedy\u2019s assassination on that date.\nJames Franco starred in a recent miniseries adaptation of 11.22.63 (available on DVD for 7-day checkout) if you prefer to watch your King instead of read. There are a multitude of movie and TV adaptations of King\u2019s works, which usually tend to make their way into our book club discussions as well. We read Misery last month, so there was a lot of talk about Kathy Bates\u2019 Oscar-winning performance as Annie Wilkes.\nWe always have a great time at book club. There are so many interconnected characters and and fictional towns in his oeuvre -- it is always fun to try to pick them out. We have members who have read every one of his titles, and new readers just starting out on the King journey. If you know any King fans, please let them know about our meetings. We\u2019d love to see you at the Georgetown Branch Library!\nACPL Spotlight: WELT 95.7 FM\nby Erik M | Oct 25, 2016\nAs we entered into our 7th month of operation, the ACPL\u2019s Community Radio Station has continued to hit our marks in the community. We added a second bay antenna to the mast at IPFW, which improves our signal quality for most areas. We are not allowed by FCC law to reach more than 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) and we are very, very close to that. Our next step is to purchase a digital signal processor to further enhance our sound quality. Jaime Till, chief engineer at Magic 95 has volunteered to \u201cdial it in\u201d once we install it. It\u2019s another nice example of community coming together to assist in our growth.\nWe are now providing audio on demand with two weeks worth of programming (both talk and music) via Radio Free America. They are hosting this service free of charge to all LPFM stations. The IT department has provided a link to the WELT page on the ACPL website. The IT department is still looking into the possibility to store podcasts of the talk programs that we create on the website with more content description.\nOur Programming Committee is slowly coming together. It will consist of a few community leaders as well as 4 DJs from the talk and music side of WELT-LP. The purpose of the committee is to evaluate the current programming schedule and see what is or is not working, as well as rearranging the schedule to make the station more marketable. All of the WELT-LP DJs have been told about this and are on board with the possible changes.\nWe\u2019ve also been working with the League of Women Voters to create information PSAs to educate residents about early voting, what they need for identification and so on.\nIn the coming months, we will be hosting another mixer for the DJs and planning our 1 year anniversary. Before we signed on, I had anticipated that we would lose 30-40% of our DJs and would start the growth again. Frankly, we have had a 95% retention rate among the DJs. It really points to how vital, valuable and viral this service is to the community. And we\u2019ve only just begun.\nLet our collection inspire you to add your own title to it someday!\nYou know ACPL's annual Author Fair is just around the corner, right? Have you ever considered writing as a career? We've got you covered! Here's a quick look at some new titles recently added to our collection. Click on a book cover to check availability \u2014 it\u2019s as easy as that!\nWhat's especially wonderful is that there are a lot more titles to choose from! I used a variety of subject searches for this post: Authorship, Creative Writing, Fiction Technique , Journalism, Playwriting, Television Plays Technique.\nIs there a book that you've found particularly helpful? If so, please share the author and title information in the Comments!\nSomething evil's lurking in the dark . . .\nWhy would someone build a lighthouse in the middle of the woods? A curious landmark for years, given its location in an isolated stretch of eastern Kentucky, the strange, pulsing light in the abandoned mining country hasn\u2019t warranted much attention until recently. The creation of a large-cat sanctuary nearby changes things, however. Wyatt French, builder of the lighthouse, is not happy that the sanctuary will bring visitors to his neck of the woods; Audrey Clark, owner of the sanctuary, is not happy that the lighthouse illuminates the area so brightly. Things come to a head when French places cryptic calls to deputy sheriff Kevin Kimble and local journalist Roy Darmus before committing suicide. He wants Kimble to investigate his suicide and he wants Darmus to keep the light on.\nLOVED this book!!! Part ghost story, part mystery, all thriller. The mystery hooked me \u2013 why was the town drunk obsessed with accidents occurring within the vicinity of Blade Ridge, why was he terrified of the dark, and why did he kill himself when he obviously didn\u2019t want to? The supernatural feel was perfect \u2013 an eerie blue flame that appears to a select few, the reaction of the cats to their new home, the troubled history Darmus discovers as he researches the maps and photos French had pinned up on his unfinished walls. I could not put this book down.\nWhat's the spookiest book you've read? What did you love about it?\nA condo divided\nby Evan | Oct 17, 2016\nWith talk of a second American Civil War in the air earlier this year (google \"civil war\" clinton trump), maybe I just had to read another book about Gettysburg, had to remind myself that our country has been through worse times, had to remember that eventually it pulled itself imperfectly together again.\nIn Gettysburg:The Last Invasion, Allen C. Guelzo superbly blends both details and grand themes from the high drama of 1863. Throughout, his emphasis is on the terrible impact the battle, and the war, had on people who experienced it.\nAmong many sobering questions Civil War books arouse in me is whether there was a way slavery could have been quickly eliminated without the war. I still haven't found a convincing answer that it could. Even with emancipation, African Americans were soon reduced to peonage in the South and widespread discrimination in the North. And, after the war, it was the same generation of Americans who soon completed the violent subjugation of the remaining native tribes in the West.\nCompared to that kind of trauma, Clinton vs. Trump feels tame. Even compared to the economic crisis of the 1930s, all the current noise about jobs and taxes and income disparities and government regulation sounds tinny.\nNonetheless, the political divide is stark, the worst in my memory, which includes the 1960s. At that time, there were strong feelings about civil rights and the Vietnam War, but the political center felt much stronger. Now it really does feel as though the country is cracking in half politically, even if that doesn't cause another actual civil war.\nSo it seems to me we need to remember the question that Abraham Lincoln raised in his Gettysburg Address and is movingly recalled by Guelzo: whether a nation whose rulers are chosen by the people can indeed long endure. That means that regardless how the upcoming election turns out, the tens of millions of scared and/or angry American voters -- myself included -- will show their truest patriotism by taking a lot of deep breaths, staying involved with the process and reaching out to those on the other side as much as possible.\nEasy to say, I know. But a lot better than going back to Cemetery Hill.\nUpcoming Releases!!!\nYes, it's time to add more books to that TBR pile - time to make that list of books even longer! Here are a few books due to be released between October 15 and November 16, 2016.\nMarrying the Duke series\nThe Muses Salon\nThe Knickerbocker Club series\nHarmony Harbor Series\nGinger McKnight-Chavers\nIn The Heart of Texas\nMystery/Thriller/Suspense/Romantic Suspense\nIn Bed with the Billionaire\nNine Circles series\nPromise Falls Trilogy series\nAlpha Ops series\nBay Island Psychic Mystery series\nKendra Michaels series\nJayne Ryland series\nParanormal/Science Fiction/Fantasy/Urban Fantasy\nBlackthorn and Grim series\nMountain of Kept Memory\nChronicles of Elantra\nOne Valencia Lane\nThe Shattered Vigil\nDarkwaters Saga series\nby Craig B | Oct 12, 2016\nBook Review: The Fixer by Bernard Malamud\n\"People are sitting at a table having dinner, that's all, but at the same time \u2026 their lives are being torn apart.\"\nSomething has broken, is being \u201ctorn apart\u201d in this book, this 1967 Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Bernard Malamud, The Fixer. As in Chekov\u2019s plays, things are falling apart (in Malamud\u2019s story it is specifically czarist Russia that is falling apart) and Yakov Bok, a.k.a Yakov Shepsovitch, a.k.a. The Fixer, (also as in Chekhov our character has at least three names) finds himself at the dread center of it all with a bag of tools unfitted to the task. Yakov wonders (almost endlessly) if it\u2019s his luck, his mistakes, but what becomes more and more clear as the novel winds on is that, though something is indeed broken, it is not with our main character. There\u2019s something in the system, and not just the political system of Russia, it\u2019s bigger than that; it\u2019s the brutality of man to man, the lies we tell ourselves, human brokenness that lives on the inside and there\u2019s nothing The Fixer with his awls and wood saw can do.\nThrough the story of one man, Yakov Bok/The Fixer, Malamud\u2019s novel casts the pogroms of Russia in a historical and metaphorical light that is startling. In The Fixer there lives a telling of the suffering of the Jewish people in Russia permeated with a seeming foreknowledge of the Holocaust, not to mention, the metaphorical connections of one persecuted Jewish carpenter to another. The world is broken, things are falling apart; a somewhat common literary theme, but unlike in many stories (i.e. Chekov or even Malamud\u2019s first book, that most-American of novels, The Natural, boasting a film adaptation starring Robert Redford) \u2026 there\u2019s very little dinner.\nSuggested (m)use: Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam\nI picked I Had a Dream That You Were Mine to listen to from the \u201cMust List\u201d pages of Entertainment Weekly (available at your local library) and then immediately downloaded it from Hoopla (available at your local library) and then wrote this blog post to share my immensely pleasant surprise at the nature of the album (blog also available at your local library \u2026 but you know that, you\u2019re reading it) with its prickly lo-fi production and daring dynamism (listen to the first track, \u201cA 1000 Times,\u201d I think you\u2019ll see what I mean) that wormed its way into my heart and made me glow a little. But then I like Vampire Weekend (also available at your local library) of which Rostam was once a part. What else was to be expected?\nSuggested Use: Cooking for someone else? Consider chopping vegetables and caramelizing onions to this album. With its delicate nuances and disregard for decorum it seems like just the thing for a Saturday afternoon spent brandishing a knife and indulging in an early glass of the 2009 Burgundy you bought to go with dinner (not available at your local library).\nWhat We're Reading: October 2016\n\"Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it's off to work we go\"\n\"Well, we dig dig dig\nWell, we dig in our mine the whole day through...\nHeigh-ho\" - Snow White, Disney\nOnce upon a time Mary Jo Putney wrote one of my alllll time favorite books - The Rake -\nwith one of my allll time favorite heroes, Reginald Davenport. Hence, it always saddens me when one of my old faithful authors of one of the bestessst books ever presents me with a book which is not up to her standards. Or, at least what I expect from her/him. Once a Soldier is the first book in Mary Jo Putney's Rogues Redeemed series.\nPlain speaking. I had a hard time finishing this book. It started out promising. There is the requisite set-up for future books in the series. We get to meet a number of men who just scream \"hero.\" They are in a prison awaiting execution set for the next day. While imprisoned, they have a \"I would do this if I were to live\" moment. Well, as luck would have it, our intrepid hero Will Masterson finds a way out of the prison, and they all escape. They separate, but vow to always keep in contact with each other. I enjoyed this set-up and I was very much interested in reading Will's story - but it went downhill from there.\nNapoleon has just been sent to Elba and the war seems to be over. The troops are returning to their homelands, hoping that everything hasn't been destroyed in the process of Napoleon's march to conquer all. Major Lord Will Masterson, our hero, wants to return home; but before he can, he is sent on a mission by one of the guys from the prison. He is assigned a regiment of soldiers from the little kingdom of San Gabriel. He is to return with them to their country and report on the conditions of San Gabriel. It seems that Great Britain will help out this little country if it has been devastated by Napoleon's trampling through. I guess Great Britain wouldn't have its own financial problems at the time and they could help restore little San Gabriel. Anyway, Will leads San Gabriel's sons back home - at least some of them. When he arrives in San Gabriel he finds destruction, he also finds that the ruling monarch and the monarch's heir have been taken captive or killed or something. Anyway, the king and his son are missing, and they have left the throne in the arms of a regent with Alzheimer\u2019s and an underage princess. But do not fear my little Petunia's, for you see San Gabriel has been saved by the amazonian illegitimate English woman - Athena Markham. Athena has been Princess Sophia's friend and advisor for a long time - Amazon Athena is also our heroine.\nWell, Will and Amazon Athena are attracted to each other right away, but before they can really connect there must be the traditional San Gabriel welcome home feast and celebration with music, cheese and Sangria. The Sangria is the best in all Europe, made right here in little San Gabriel. Their wine is better!\nWill and Athena wiggle their eyebrows at each other, but before they can go any further Will must call a city council meeting and listen to boring talks on how to rebuild San Gabriel. He must ponder Great Britain's role in rebuilding San Gabriel - and there is the wine to consider.\nWill and Athena gaze into each others eyes, then because Will was an engineer he goes off to the town's waterwheel and with the help of the ex-soldier's they rebuild it. While they are there they have a look at the river - you just never know when you may need to widen a river. After-all you may need to ship wine up/down that river.\nWill and Athena touch each other, then they talk about the production of wine. Athena tells Will she saved allllll of the town's wine by putting it in some caves and then sealing the caves. Will must look at the caves, he is an engineer after all.\nWill and Athena smile at each other, but then Will decides to rebuild the bridge. Will and the ex-soldiers of San Gabriel rebuild the town's bridge, then they celebrate with wine and cheese. Will's hairs on the back of his neck are twitching.\nWill looks at the destroyed vineyards. Why, he has a friend whose family owns vineyards, just over in the next country, over the hills, over the mountains, over the rivers. He sends for his friend Justin. Justin brings saplings. Justin gazes at Princess Sophia, Sophia gazes at Justin - oh dear it's the Princess falling for a commoner plot. It's also a secondary romance thrown in at a time when the main romance isn't working. Why isn't it working? Because it's time for Will to plant some saplings. Will's neck is still twitching.\nJustin mentions Will is a lord. Athena throws a hissy fit because she hatessssss all nobles. She goes off in a huff, they reconcile. But Athena knows she is not good enough for Will. Will's neck says something is wrong. Athena and Will have some wine and cheese - San Gabriel's wine is the bestest.\nWill and Athena talk. Will and Amazon Athena blow up the sealed caves. The wine is saved!!! Now, the little town can prosper!! But first let's have some wine and cheese. Hey, let's go on a picnic!! And let's take some wine and cheese. Wait a minute, Will's having that pesky hair/neck problem again! And, it's not from all the wine and cheese - it's from some remnants of the French army. After a brief kerfuffle with some renegade French soldiers we find out there's a plan afoot to invade San Gabriel. The evilllll French commander plans to marry Princess Sophia and get the wine - not necessarily in that order. Will, Athena, Justin and Sophia must come up with a plan to stop hundreds of French soldiers from invading their little city. Picnic over!\nWill and Athena do the whankee-roo. Farewell my love, I must be off to blow up the mountain and stop the invading French. I must gather the townsfolk and do some more talking. Even being outnumbered a gazillion to one, Will defeats the nefarious French wine pilferer.\nThere is more celebration! Break out the wine and cheese!! Welcome the missing king and heir back!!! More wine!! More cheese!!! Justin gets the thumbs up to court the Princess becausssseeee he can make wine!!! Will overcomes Athena's \"I can't marry you\" routine. They all have some wine and cheese. The end.\nSign. I could not connect with this story. After reading page after page of lessons on \"how to rebuild a city destroyed by war,\" I could feel my eyes glazing over. There wasn't any chemistry between Will and Athena. Too much of the storytelling was spent on other things and not on the romance. This could have been a travelogue book on wine country. Big disappointment.\nTime/Place: After the first defeat of Napoleon, San Gabriel (it doesn't exist)\nScience straight up, or with a human twist\nWhether you like your popular science books \"dry\"or \"wet,\" there are plenty of good ones to choose from these days. By dry, I mean a book that mostly tries to explain a difficult subject; by wet, I mean one that gives a lot of attention to the living, human side of the science. My preference is dry, but I've been working my way through four pop sci books this month, and I'll start with the decidedly wet one I already finished.\nJanna Levin's very human Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space is maybe 10 percent about black holes science and 90 percent about quirky, brilliant black hole scientists. Working through one adversity after another -- theoretical, technical, financial and, especially, emotional -- they put together over 30 years an amazing pair of gigantic devices that last year reportedly heard the unfathomably faint and brief sound ripple from the collision of two black holes in a galaxy far, far away. Levin herself is a black hole scientist, but in this project she writes little about how the universe works and much about how imperfect human beings try to understand it.\nJane Goodall's Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder from the World of Plants is a very personal plea by a famous zoologist who dearly loves botany. She urges people to appreciate plants on both emotional and practical levels. Like many scientists, she warns that we are rapidly destroying plant species at the possibly imminent peril of our own.\nSomewhere between wet and dry is Frans de Waal's Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? The renowned primatologist's latest book is full of the recent findings about animal intelligence, but it's also full of stories about scientists believing a lot of stupid things in regard to animals' abilities.\nOne of my favorites is that scientists said elephants were too dumb to get bananas that were too high to reach with their trunks. This ruling was based on the fact the elephants would not use a stick to reach them as some other animals do. But an intelligent human realized that holding sticks confuses elephants' sensory perception. When sturdy blocks were put in the elephants' reach, they pushed them to spots underneath the bananas, raised themselves by putting their forelegs on the blocks, and got their reward. Plenty smart.\nMy current favorite, however, is Sean Carroll's The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself. Monty Python's Meaning of Life this is not. Even with hardly any math, it is a big book on the big stuff, and I'm admittedly taking a lot of time to work through it. I'm thinking about actually buying it, which, for this life-long library addict, is high praise.\nCarroll is a physicist, but he demonstrates a deep understanding of many other challenging subjects, including philosophy and brain science. Ultimately, though, the book is less about the knowledge he conveys and more an explanation of why the scientific process itself -- for all its uncertainties -- is our best hope to understand our universe, our world and ourselves.\nBig treasures in small packages\nby Kay Spears | Sep 23, 2016\nWhat a nice read! In A Gentleman Never Tells, Eloisa James presents us with a charming short story. For those of you following along, this one is loosely connected to the Essex sisters, and I do mean loosely - so don't go wracking your brains trying to remember. Just sit back and enjoy.\nI am always impressed with an author when they can come up with a good short story and Ms. James as given us a full, well-written tale with characters who seem to be fully developed. On top of that, the romance part of the book made me smile. This story was a delight.\nWe have Oliver Berwick, a bachelor who has inherited an outrageous niece. His brain-think while his niece is nattering on was pretty funny. I'm hoping we will see more of this funny teenager in the future. Anyway, Oliver and his niece have been \"invited\" to a house party. At the house party he becomes immediately interested in Lizzie, Lady Trout. Lizzie is a widow and she wants to stay that way. She has hidden herself away from people; her protection is her books. In her books she finds a place where she belongs and there isn't anyone there to humiliate or degrade her.\nLizzie has not had very good luck in the man department. Her husband died in his mistress' arms. Now while that's bad enough, from the very beginning of her marriage her husband made it very clear that he wanted nothing to do with her. He even blamed Lizzie for his deficiency in the Mr. Toad department. So, in this case we have a legitimate virgin widow. Needless to say, Lizzie viewed herself as a failure. Hurt and dejected, she returned to her father for support. Her father's reply was also rejection, telling her she had to return to her cheese-wad husband. So, Lizzie returned to live with her husband, who in turn lived with his mistress. Not only did he return to his mistress, he was very public about it. It is not at all surprising that Lizzie has become absorbed into the world which books can create. It is also this Lizzie who Oliver falls in love with and presides to help Lizzie see herself as she actually is.\nI adored Oliver and Lizzie. They brought out the best in each other. There was plenty of humor throughout this short story. Oliver had a wonderful sense of humor, he was kind and any woman would easily fall in love with him. Lizzie had more angst in her life and was pretty down on herself in the beginning. But under Oliver's gentle hand, she blossoms. She turns into a woman who knows what she wants, knows she has more to offer people and decides on her own that Oliver is the right person for her. Ms. James as created a very memorable couple in just a few short pages. Best of all there's not enough space for a prolonged \"I can't marry you because...\"\nThe secondary characters are also fun. Lizzie's sister Cat had a very strong personality. I do admit there were times when Cat almost journeyed into overbearing territory. But I think Cat was desperately worried about her sister and was trying to help in the only way she knew how. Once again I think it helped that Cat's aggressive behavior was in a short story and not a full-length novel. If she had been given a longer time, she probably would have become an unlikable character. The most enjoyable secondary character in the book was Oliver's niece Hattie. Hattie has quite a personality. She's talkative, funny, witty but also wily. Hattie seems to have a underhanded way of getting what she wants and I hope we see more of her in future books.\nOverall - I highly recommend this little gem. It was a fast read, nothing was overdone and the couple hit just the right chord with me.\nTime/Place: England 1826\n15 Minute Pulitzer: 1966, The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter\nby Craig B | Sep 19, 2016\nBook Review: The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter\nBorn in Texas as Callie Russel Porter in 1894, Porter adopted her grandmother\u2019s name (though in alternative spellings) after her first divorce. As a distant descendant of Daniel Boone and O. Henry (who\u2019s actual last name was indeed Porter) it\u2019s not too hard to see qualities of the intrepid frontiersman and the curious wit in Porter\u2019s writing. Only moderately educated and first married at sixteen, Porter worked at acting and singing, then journalism and eventually fiction writing. She went on to a celebrated literary life, teaching at several high profile universities (i.e. Stanford) and winning the National Book Award along with her Pulitzer. The titular book of this post has become her legacy and in many ways the unofficial memoir of one of the more interesting people of the 20th century.\nI love that in the middle of this 1966 Pulitzer Prize winner, The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter, there is a funny little trilogy of short novels (not funny ha ha, believe me) ostensibly written as a reaction to the authoress\u2019 narrow survival of a flu epidemic in 1918. The first short novel in this reactionary trilogy, \u201cOld Mortality\u201d, makes sense as a response to surviving sickness thematically and mood-wise, the last in the trilogy \u201cPale Horse, Pale Rider\u201d could almost be a retelling of what Porter\u2019s survival experience might have been, but the middle story (also the story at the very middle of the book (13 stories before and 13 after)) makes almost no sense at all. As is my wont, I did not conclude that this abstruseness was due to a slippage of competence in the writer, but an effort to communicate something beyond thematicism, romanticization, and even allegory. Yes, I think perhaps Porter is trying to tell us something. So, if I was going to reread this book, I think I would begin with that middle short novel, \u201cNoon Wine\u201d, (or maybe end with it) because I think it perhaps tells us the most about Porter and her values as a writer and/or human and how her work should be read. Perhaps, however, the important point here, the takeaway, is that I would consider rereading Porter\u2019s book, I thought it was that good.\nOn that note, having read 50 years of Pulitzers, I believe it is time for me to start shopping for a cardigan sweater to go along with 1967, our Pulitzer Anniversary Year.\nSuggested (m)use: Jake Owen\nThe newest offering from Jake Owen, American Love, has a lot to do with drinking for ostensibly being about \u201clove.\u201d Other than that slightly snarky observance I would say that the album innovates pretty comfortably within its own wheelhouse and brings some strong wit to familiar lyrical territory. Admirable, really.\nSuggested Use: Do your own mechanical work? Nothing like finishing up a brake job or an oil change to the strains of Jake Owen. Turns out muttering to yourself and casting around for the half-inch drive ratchet becomes a lot more interesting when the music you\u2019re listening to reminds you of the Friday night football game and a weekend spent driving around in your VW van.\nAllen County Reads: Bruce Haines, PBS39\nby Georgean Johnson-Coffey, Manager, Audio Reading Service | Sep 12, 2016\nIn this month\u2019s Allen County Reads, Bruce Haines, president and general manager of PBS39, shares how libraries have influenced him over the years. As part of ACPL\u2019s volunteer team, Bruce reads the Sunday Journal Gazette as it is broadcast live at the Audio Reading Service for those who are print and reading impaired. As libraries have helped Bruce, he now helps our community with his service through the library. \u2013 Georgean Johnson-Coffey, manager, Audio Reading Service\nMy mother worked in my elementary school library. It was at a time when, more than books, libraries were moving to multi-service facilities. The room housed film strip projectors, opaque projectors, audio cassette players, slide strips and records, overhead projectors, microfilm. A number of student and teacher needs were addressed on any given day. Of course, the technology has certainly changed and, as the library evolved into a media center, the name has changed, too. Through the years, however, the school\u2019s needs to provide a connection to sources of information, education, inspiration and entertainment remained constant. The library as a community\u2019s \u201cconnector\u201d for individual growth and the public good holds true over time.\nIn college, I learned that beyond the resources of any one library lies a fraternity of libraries that could loan for your use the book you thought you\u2019d never find. I discovered that it was also OK to know what you didn\u2019t know about finding materials and that asking questions was expected and encouraged. In doing so, you become familiar with not just what you were looking for but also with the organization involved in helping you find that information in the first place. With that understanding, the library has become a source for answers and assistance and not for anxiety. Moving from the written word to music, movies, and now family genealogy, my library experiences are often as multifaceted as the library\u2019s offerings!\nIn the research of topics assigned to me for Fort Wayne Quest Club papers over the years, I am impressed by how much material is now available in digital form. Books and documents that would have been difficult to acquire by their age or their origin are now accessible in a most practical and useful format. It improves the ability to examine sources directly rather than depend on a review of that same source by another writer. The information connections available online to us through our library and countless others expand the scope of what can be obtained and extend the value of such original materials, all from the comfort of any computer!\nAs a birthday present, my daughter Hannah gave me a copy of Rough Riders: Theodore Roosevelt, His Cowboy Regiment, and the Immortal Charge Up San Juan Hill by Mark Lee Gardner. This book increased my interest in T. Roosevelt, which has now led me to begin reading The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism by Doris Kearns Goodwin. Having read her work on Abraham Lincoln (Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln) I look forward to the immersive journey ahead into this phase of American history!\nBruce has been the general manager of PBS39 for more than 8 years. PBS39 operates four public television channels and carries Audio Reading Service programming on an audio sub-channel of PBS39-4.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 621, "original_length": 61153, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 315.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/12753/now-what-for-the-church?utm_source=more&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=readmore", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:25Z", "digest": "sha1:J6UGOHTREMJFYBJHX2XPACEACSZTVQI7", "length": 4366, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "www.advertiser.ie", "title": "Advertiser.ie - Now what for the Church?", "raw_content": "Now what for the Church?\nWe\u2019ve had a week now to come to terms with The Ryan Report. Archbishop Diarmuid Martin warned us to expect the worst, but even so, the scale of the cruelty, neglect, and abuse - physical, emotional, and sexual - documented in the pages of this report will change forever the way the Church is viewed in this country. That those in a position of care to the most vulnerable members of society - those whom the Irish Constitution singled out for particular concern - could have inflicted the immediate pain and suffering, not to mention the long-term emotional consequences that those abused have carried with them into maturity, is terrible enough. That they acted as they did in the name of the Christian faith, whose founder took the child\u2019s trust as a metaphor for humanity\u2019s trust in God, can only be described as blasphemy.\nThe initial response of the Conference of Religious Orders in Ireland (CORI ) has been worse than disappointing; considering the level of public disgust, it could, at best, be described as woefully inadequate, at its worst, it is simply insulting, to those who suffered the abuse, and to the public, most of whom, let us not forget, continue to call themselves Catholics. That there has not been a huge falling away from the profession and practice of the faith says much about the ability of the Irish people to distinguish between the essence of that faith and some of its unworthy representatives. And here the bishops, as contrasted with the religious orders, must be commended for their unqualified condemnation of the abuses, and their expression of collective shame and remorse, with a determination to redress the wrongs and ensure such things can never happen again.\nThere are larger issues that will have to be dealt with. One of these is the identity of those who inflicted the abuse over the years. While no one wants a witch hunt - an ugly manifestation of manipulated public anger already evident in some quarters - there is a strong case for distingushing between the guilty and the innocent. Although the defence of \u2018a few rotten apples\u2019 cannot be invoked on this occasion given the evidence we have, it is important that the innocent not be tarred with the same brush as the guilty, and that the many brothers, priests, and nuns faithful to their calling be recognised.\nThere is one final matter that must be addressed, that of the wider church\u2019s responsibility. The Ryan Report has documented that the a large percentage of the money paid by the state to the religious orders did not, in fact, go to the care of the children for whom they were responsible, but to Rome. This is tainted money and should be recognised as such. While no amount of financial compensation could ever make up for the physical, emotional, and sexual abuse inflicted, it is wrong that the Church should be seen to benefit financially from what has happened. While it is hard to know how redress could be made, it is a matter of moral urgency that responsibility be assigned and recognised.\nThis has been a hard week for the Church, but to acknowledge and accept guilt, as the bishops have done and as the religious orders are beginning to do, is a necessary first step in rebuilding the trust shattered by those who disgraced the faith they purported to represent.\nIreland Ireland Abuse Rome Religion and children Childhood Archbishop Pedophilia Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Child sexual abuse Diarmuid Martin Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dublin Diarmuid Martin\nBy accident and design, Irish sailors are on top of the world\nTa siad ag teacht \u2014 they\u2019re on their way\nIs it time to rethink the issue of rates?\nLet\u2019s hope Hannon case doesn\u2019t lead to real abusers getting away\nTanks for the memories \u2014 now the race countdown begins\nTime for a toxic town for those toxic people\nCF sufferers are unlucky to be born Irish\nWhen closure is just the beginning...\nPucker up the lips, and get down on those knees\nBrace yerself for the crazy taxes\nStudents lose sight of Rag Week\u2019s traditional values\nJes to host major conference on rethinking education in Ireland\nPressure on silenced cleric to retract outspoken views\nBishop apologises for \u2018grave mistake\u2019 in wake of child sexual abuse report\nPriest group brands Vatican silencing of Athenry cleric as \u2018unfair\nSupport for new investigation into Brothers of Charity abuse", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 146, "original_length": 6199, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 333.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.advocatekhoj.com/library/judgments/index.php?go=2009/august/122.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:15Z", "digest": "sha1:GIVUHRQ37U6NA4LQJPRCQPDGFWEWEBY5", "length": 1171, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.advocatekhoj.com", "title": "Phulia & Ors. Vs. Koushal Prasad & ANR. | Judgments | Supreme Court Judgments: January, 2018 | Law Library | AdvocateKhoj", "raw_content": "Phulia & Ors. Vs. Koushal Prasad & ANR. [2009] INSC 1480 (24 August 2009)\nCIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. 5824 OF 2009 [Arising out of SLP(C) No. 22899/2008] PHULIA AND ORS. ... APPELLANT(S) :VERSUS:\nIn this matter the High Court has dismissed the second appeal on the ground that it was filed after 53 days of limitation period. The High Court in its order has mentioned that the appellants are very poor and are not conversant with the legal intricacies of the matter. But this fact did not weigh with the High Court and it did not condone the delay of 53 days and dismissed the second appeal.\nIn the facts and circumstances of this case, we deem it appropriate to condone the delay of 53 days in filing the second appeal. Accordingly, the impugned order is set aside and the matter is remitted to the High Court to decide the Second Appeal No.730/2006 afresh on merits.\nAs the matter is pending since 2006, we request the High Court to decide the second appeal as expeditiously as possible.\nThe appeal is disposed of with the aforementioned observation and direction.\n....................J (DALVEER BHANDARI)\n....................J (Dr. MUKUNDAKAM SHARMA)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 25, "original_length": 1710, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 175.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/forums/forumdisplay.php/73-AE86DC-Merchandise-amp-Car-Supplies?s=056d6acebc9e2d929e51f0480d4dea9b", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:36Z", "digest": "sha1:K5K2IS2FWXSCD343YOYX2AT6X3YWYJTN", "length": 654, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.ae86drivingclub.com.au", "title": "AE86DC Merchandise & Car Supplies", "raw_content": "Forum: AE86DC Merchandise & Car Supplies\nStarted by Matt, 25th October 2018 11:55 AM\nStarted by Matt, 2nd September 2012 08:29 PM\nStarted by Matt, 4th December 2016 08:05 AM\nStarted by Matt, 27th November 2012 08:23 AM\nStarted by Matt, 22nd January 2016 10:35 AM\nStarted by Matt, 16th April 2014 01:03 PM\nStarted by Matt, 21st April 2014 04:06 PM\nStarted by Matt, 14th May 2013 06:18 PM\nwntdae86\nStarted by Nicko, 3rd August 2010 09:06 PM\nStarted by Matt, 11th January 2013 06:58 PM\nStarted by SandyAE92, 19th June 2013 10:54 AM\nStarted by radfab, 7th June 2013 11:09 PM\nStarted by Nicko, 16th March 2010 11:09 AM\nStarted by Nicko, 23rd May 2011 11:23 PM", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 397, "original_length": 8696, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 279.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.affordableeditingservices.com/writing/a-couple-of/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:37Z", "digest": "sha1:A7RXHCJP5OZ2L5RAW6VADVQ223XLPNMW", "length": 2880, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.affordableeditingservices.com", "title": "A couple (of) \u2026 \u2014 Affordable Editing Services", "raw_content": "Writing \u203a A couple (of) \u2026\nDefinition and use of \u201ccouple\u201d\nLet\u2019s start with the word couple itself. In regular use, couple is a noun, meaning \u201ctwo of the same type considered together; pair\u201d. The word is also used specifically to identify two people considered as joined together, such as a married or engaged pair, lovers, or dance partners (e.g., They make a handsome couple.). Couple, like many collective nouns, may take either a singular or a plural verb. Most often, it\u2019s considered a plural (e.g., The couple were traveling to Texas.). But The couple was traveling to Texas. is also acceptable.\nIdiomatic use of \u201ccouple\u201d\nThere\u2019s also an idiomatic usage a couple of, meaning \u201cmore than two, but not many, of; a small number of; a few; several (e.g., It took me a couple of days to get there.). It\u2019s used in all but the most formal speech and writing. And this usage occurs mostly in measurements of time, distance, and when referring to amounts of money (e.g., They walked a couple of miles in silence. Repairs will probably cost a couple of hundred dollars.).\nThe use of the phrase a couple, without the \u201cof\u201d occurs chiefly in informal speech or representations of speech (e.g., The next gas station is a couple miles from here.). This usage occurs mostly in measurements of quantity (e.g., She bought a couple dozen eggs. It happened a couple years ago. He needed only a couple gallons of gas.).\nThis seems to be a colloquialism of the New Jersey area, and at least one well-known author regularly uses this structure. Here\u2019s another example with couple meaning \u201ctwo\u201d:\nI only went to the shore a couple times last summer.\nBut suppose the speaker went there exactly three or four times. Would the sentence look like this?\nI went to the shore a trio times. I went to the shore a quartet times.\nThis looks like gibberish. And all for the sake of a simple preposition (\u201cof\u201d).\nThere are several ways to completely avoid this idiom.\nInsert the word \u201cof\u201d (e.g., I went to the shore a couple of times.).\nBetter yet, change the word \u201ccouple\u201d to something that doesn\u2019t require using \u201cof\u201d (e.g., I only went to the shore twice (or three time, or however many) last summer. I only went to the shore a few times last summer. I only went to the shore several times last summer.).\nAnother even more informal example occurs when couple is used without\na following noun (e.g., It\u2019s clear John\u2019s had a couple too many.). Here the noun \u201cdrinks\u201d has been omitted.\nIt\u2019s one thing to put a local colloquialism into the mouth of a fictional character. It\u2019s quite another thing to have these idioms as part of a writer\u2019s narrative. If a writer chooses to write in the style of a local region, that\u2019s fine\u2014as long as that intention is made clear. However, allowing a local dialect or a local speech pattern to unintentionally creep into a work is likely to make a writer look less than professional.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 150, "original_length": 5575, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 207.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.alaska.org/detail/fairbanks-international-airport", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:21:36Z", "digest": "sha1:PTRRUFEX2JDHBVSL5RNJAU6YIIOWMQQO", "length": 1597, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.alaska.org", "title": "Fairbanks International Airport", "raw_content": "Fairbanks > Aviation > Airports > Fairbanks International Airport\nfai@alaska.gov\nWelcome to Fairbanks! It\u2019s been called America\u2019s \u201cMost Air-Minded City,\u201d and is a nexus of the world as flown from the far north. Travelers pass through here for many reasons, along with fuel, supplies, and dry goods that must be taken to small communities throughout Alaska.\nThis terminal is a great place to start learning about points of interest within the airport and the city. You\u2019ll find public art, historical photographs, and striking exhibits of Alaska\u2019s famous wildlife taken by area hunters.\nClick here to follow the Fairbanks International Airport on Facebook or on Twitter @Fly_Fairbanks.\nThe passenger screening checkpoint is open from 4 a.m. to 2 a.m. daily including holidays and the airport is open 24 hours.\nAirline check-in counters open between 4 a.m. to 5 a.m. and are closed between 11:30 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. Alaska Standard Time, depending upon flight schedules.\n6450 Airport Way\tFairbanks, AK 99709 Driving Directions\nGuide to the Fairbanks International Airport\nExplore the Fairbanks Airport\nArt installations and points of interest in and around the Fairbanks International Airport.\nArt installations and points of interest in and around the Fairbanks International\u2026\nFairbanks Aviation: Then & Now\nFascinating articles that give insight into the past and the future of aviation in Fairbanks.\nFascinating articles that give insight into the past and the future of aviation in\u2026\nFairbanks Traveler Services\nFind restaurants, parking services, paging services, lost luggage information and more.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 394, "original_length": 8801, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 228.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.alexanderpalace.org/2006pierre/chapter_X.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:33Z", "digest": "sha1:ITJXM2N6AVFU5IZISO2WNLWIY7IOFMBB", "length": 16665, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "www.alexanderpalace.org", "title": "Pierre Gilliard - Thirteen Years at the Russian Court - memoirs of Nicholas, Alexandra and their family - First Six Months of the War", "raw_content": "First Six Months of the War - Pierre Gilliard - Thirteen Years at the Russian Court\nOn August 22nd we returned to Tsarskoe-Selo, where the Tsar was to be obliged to spend some time before he could get away to General Headquarters. Decisions of the utmost importance required his presence near the capital.\nRight; Aleksey and Joy in front of the Imperial Train.\nNotwithstanding the terrible weight of responsibility on his shoulders, the Tsar never showed such firmness, resolution, and conscious energy as during this period at the beginning of the war. His personal influence had never been exerted with more authority. It seemed as if he had devoted himself body and soul to the formidable task of leading Russia to victory.\nWe felt he was inspired by some inward force and a dour determination to conquer which communicated itself to everyone with whom he came in contact.\nThe Tsar was shy and retiring by nature. He belonged to the category of human beings who are always hesitating because they are too diffident and are ever slow to impose their will on others because they are too gentle and sensitive. He had little faith in himself and imagined that he was one of the unlucky ones. Unfortunately his life seemed to show that he was not entirely wrong. Hence his doubts and hesitations. But this time it seemed as if he had changed. What was it gave him his confidence?\nIn the first place the Tsar believed that his cause was a holy cause. The events of the end of July had enabled him to see through the duplicity of Germany to which he had nearly fallen a victim. He also felt that he had never been so near to his people. He seemed to be borne along by them. His journey to Moscow had shown him how popular the war was and how much the nation appreciated the fact that his firm and dignified attitude had enhanced its prestige in the eyes of the outside world. The enthusiasm of the masses had never before been demonstrated with the same spontaneous fervour. He felt that he had the whole country behind him, and he hoped that political passion, which had vanished in the presence of the common peril, would not revive so long as the war was in progress.\nThe disaster of Soldau, in East Prussia, occurred a few days after his arrival in Moscow, but it had not shaken his confidence. He knew the cause of that terrible defeat had been that the concentration of the troops had not been complete, and that General Samsonov's army had had to advance into German territory too fast in order to attract some of the enemy forces to itself and thus relieve the Western Front. That defeat had had its compensation a week later in the victory of the Marne. It was not right to bewail a sacrifice which had saved France and therefore ultimately Russia herself. It is true that the same result could have been obtained with less loss and that the Russian High Command was not free from blame, but this was one of the misfortunes which are always possible in the early days of a campaign.\nThe Tsar thus preserved all his confidence and energy. At the very beginning of the war, and notwithstanding the opposition of many influential people, he had prohibited the production and sale of spirits. The step meant a serious loss to the Treasury, and that at a time when money was wanted more than ever. But his faith had been stronger than all the objections which had been urged. He had also acted personally in endeavouring to replace all unpopular Ministers by men who seemed to have the confidence of the Duma. In that way he desired to emphasise his wish for closer collaboration with the representatives of the people.\nOn October 3rd the Tsar had gone to G.H.Q., where he spent three days. Then after a short visit to the troops in the region of Brest and Kovno, he had returned to Tsarskoe Selo.\nHenceforth he made periodic visits to the front and the interior of the country, seeing the different sectors of the immense front, the clearing stations and military hospitals, the factories and, in fact, everything which played any part in the conduct of the terrible war.\nThe Tsarina had devoted herself to the cause of the wounded from the start, and she had decided that the Grand-Duchesses 0lga Nicolaievna and Tatiana Nicolaievna should assist her in her task. All three of them took a course in nursing, and passed several hours of every day caring for the wounded who were sent to Tsarskoe-Selo. Her Majesty, sometimes with the Tsar and sometimes alone with her two daughters, paid several visits to the Red Cross establishments in the towns of Western and Central Russia. At her suggestion, many military hospitals had been organized, as well as ambulance trains specially fitted up for the evacuation of the wounded to the rear, a process which was often very slow owing to the immense distances. Her example had been followed, and private initiative had never been displayed with the same enthusiasm and generosity.\nLastly a congress of all the zemstvos (in the 39 Governments of Russia the executive authorities were assisted by the provincial assemblies - zemstvos - who looked after the economic interest, of the Government, the establishment of schools, hospitals, etc. There were also district zemstvos in the same Governments) and the municipalities of Russia had assembled in Moscow to organize the resources of the country. Under the influence of energetic and disinterested individuals the congress had rapidly been converted into a potent piece of machinery, with immense resources at its command and in a position to give the Government the most valuable help.\nIn its scope and the patriotic fervour behind it this movement had been unprecedented in Russian history. The war had become a truly national war.\nThe month of September had been marked for Russia by alternating victories and reverses. In East Prussia the defeat of Tannenberg had been followed by that of the Masurian Lakes, where the superiority of the Germans had been demonstrated once again. In Galicia, on the other hand, the Russians had captured Lemberg, and continued their irresistible advance, inflicting serious losses on the Austrian army, which had fallen back into the Carpathians. In the following month the Germans tried to secure Warsaw, but their furious onslaught had been broken against the splendid resistance of the Russians. The losses on both sides had been heavy.\nIn December the Tsar paid a visit to the Caucasus, where the Southern Army was operating. He was anxious to spend a little time with the troops who were fighting under the most trying conditions against the Turkish divisions massed on the Armenian frontier. On his return he joined the Tsarina at Moscow, and the children also were brought there to meet him. The Tsar visited the military schools and with Her Majesty, his son and daughters, several times made the rounds of the hospitals and nursing establishments in that city.\nDuring the five days we spent at Moscow the enthusiasm of the people had been every bit as great as in August, and it was with real regret that Their Majesties left the ancient capital of Muscovy, the Tsar leaving for G.H.Q. and the other members of the family returning to Tsarskoe-Selo.\nAfter the New Year's Day celebrations the Tsar resumed his periodical visits to the front. The army was then preparing for the great offensive which was to take place in March,\nThroughout this winter the health of the Tsarevich had been very satisfactory, and his lessons could proceed along regular lines. In the early spring Her Majesty informed me that the Tsar and she had decided, in view of the circumstances, to o dispense with the appointment of a vospilatiet for Aleksey Nicolaievich for the moment. Contrary to my expectations, I thus found myself compelled to shoulder the immense burden of responsibility alone for some time longer, and to find some means of filling up the gaps in the Heir's education. I had a strong feeling that it was essential that he should get away from his ordinary environment, even if it were only for a few hours a day, and try to establish contact with real life. I applied for and obtained a General Staff map of the country, and I planned a series of motor drives which enabled us gradually to cover all the district around within a radius of twenty miles. We used to start out immediately after lunch, and often stopped at villages to watch the peasants work. Aleksey Nicolaievich liked questioning them, and they always answered him with the frank, kindly simplicity of the Russian moujik, not having the slightest idea whom they were speaking to. The railway lines of the suburbs of St. Petersburg had a great attraction for the boy. He took the liveliest interest in the activities of the little stations we passed and the work of repair on the track, bridges, etc.\nThe palace police grew alarmed at these excursions, which took us beyond the guarded zone, especially as our route was not known beforehand. I was asked to observe the rules in force, but I disregarded them, and our drives continued as before. The police then changed their procedure, and whenever we left the park we were certain to see a car appear and follow in our tracks. It was one of Aleksey Nicolaievich's greatest delights to try and throw it off the scent, and now and then we were successful.\nMy particular anxiety, however, was to find companions for the Imperial Heir. This was a problem most difficult to solve. Fortunately circumstances themselves conspired to make good this deficiency to a certain extent. Dr. Derevenko had a son who was almost the same age as Aleksey Nicolaievich. The two boys got to know each other, and were soon good friends. No Sunday, file day or holiday passed without them meeting. They were together every day ultimately, and the Tsarevich even obtained permission to visit the house of Dr. Derevenko, who lived in a little villa not far from the palace. He often spent whole afternoons there with his friend and playmate in the modest home of a bourgeois family. There was a good deal of criticism of this innovation, but Their Majesties would not interfere. They were so unaffected in their own private life that they could not but encourage the same tastes in their children.\nYet the war had already brought some very remarkable change in our life at the palace. It had always been austere, and now became even more so. The Tsar was away a good deal. The Tsarina and her two elder daughters almost always wore the costume of a nurse, and divided their time between visits to the hospitals and the innumerable duties arising out of their work for the relief of the wounded. The Tsarina was very tired even when the war began. She had spent herself without counting the consequences, devoting herself with the enthusiasm and ardour she brought to everything to which she set her hand. Although her health was severely shaken, she displayed remarkable physical elasticity. She seemed to derive comfort and strength from the accomplishment of the splendid task which she had undertaken. It was as if she found that it satisfied her craving for self-devotion and enabled her to forget the poignant anxiety and apprehension that the Tsarevich's illness caused, even in its inactive periods.\nAnother result of the war, agreeable as unexpected, was that Rasputin had retired into the background. At the end of September he had returned from Siberia completely recovered from the terrible wound which had all but ended his days. But everything pointed to the fact that since his return he was being more or less neglected. In any case, his visits were more and more infrequent. It was true that as Aleksey Nicolaevich had been so much better during the winter there had been no need to resort to his intervention, so that he had found himself deprived of what had been his great stand-by.\nBut when all is said, his power remained quite formidable. I had proof of the fact a short time after, when Madame Vyrubova was all but killed in a terrible railway accident. She was nearly dead when she was dragged from under the fragments of a shattered carriage, and had been brought to Tsarskoe-Selo in a condition which seemed desperate, In her terror the Tsarina had rushed to the bedside of the woman who was almost her only friend. Rasputin, who had been hastily sent for, was there also. In this accident the Tsarina saw a new proof of the evil fate which seemed to pursue so relentlessly all those whom she loved. As she asked Rasputin in a tone of anguish whether Madame Vyrubova would live, he replied:\n\"God will give her back to you if she is needed by you and the country. If her influence is harmful, on the other hand, He will take her away. I cannot claim to know His impenetrable designs.\"\nIt must be admitted that this was a very clever way of evading an awkward question. If Madame Vyrubova recovered he would have earned her eternal gratitude, as, thanks to him, her recovery would seem to consecrate, as it were, her mission with the Tsarina. If she died, on the other hand, Her Majesty would see in her death a manifestation of the inscrutable ways of Providence, and thus be the more easily consoled in her loss.(Madame Vyrubova survived her injuries, but her convalescence was a very long and dreary process and she was always a cripple after her accident)\nRasputin's intervention had helped him to recover his influence, but his triumph was short-lived. In spite of everything, we felt that something had changed, and that he was not so important as he had been. I was delighted to note the fact, particularly as shortly before I had had a long talk on the subject of the staretz with the Swiss Minister in Petrograd (By a ukase of August 3 1 st, 1914, the Tsar had decreed that St. Petersburg should henceforth be called Petrograd). The information he gave me in the course of our conversation left me in no doubt as to the real character of Rasputin, as I had always suspected, he was a misguided mystic who possessed a kind of psychic power, an unbalanced creature who worked alternately through his carnal desires and his mystic visions, a being quite capable of having weeks of religious ecstasy after nights of infamy. But before this interview I had never realised the importance that was attached to Rasputin's influence on politics, not merely in Russian circles, but even in the embassies and legations of Petrograd. That influence was greatly exaggerated, but the mere fact that it could exist was a kind of challenge to public opinion. The presence of this man at Court was also a subject of mystery and abhorrence to all who knew the debauchery of his private life. I fully realised that all this involved the greatest danger to the prestige of Their Majesties and furnished a weapon which their enemies would sooner or later try to use against them.\nThe mischief could only have been remedied by sending Rasputin away; but where was the power strong enough to bring about his disgrace? I knew the deep, underlying causes of his hold over the Tsarina too well not to fear the restoration of his influence if circumstances took a turn favorable to him.\nThe first six months of the war had not brought the results hoped for, and everything pointed to a long and bitter struggle. Unexpected complications might arise, for the prolongation of the war might well bring very serious economic difficulties which could foster general discontent and provoke actual disorder. The Tsar and Tsarina were much concerned at this aspect of the matter. It made them very anxious.\nAs ever in moments of trouble and uncertainty, it was from religion and the affection of their children that they drew the comfort they needed. With their usual natural simplicity and good humour the Grand-Duchesses had accepted the increasing austerity of life at Court. It is true that their own lives, so utterly destitute of the elements which young girls find most agreeable, had prepared them for the change. When war broke out in 1914, Olga Nicolaievna was nineteen and Tatiana Nicolaievna had just had her seventeenth birthday. They had never been to a ball. The only parties at which they had appeared were one or two given by their aunt, the Grand-Duchess Olga Alexandrovna. 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First, it\u2019s often considered synonymous with \u201cbig business\u201d even though less than 1 percent of businesses in the United States employ more than 500 people.\nRather, nearly 80 percent of all firms in the U.S. employ no one except the owners, and 90 percent of those firms that have any employees have fewer than 20 employees.\nIn addition, success in business is often falsely attributed to \u201cgreed\u201d or \u201cexploitation.\u201d Almost two decades spent studying and teaching entrepreneurship has taught me that the heart of every good business is service \u2014 meeting a need or solving a problem. The bigger the need, the better the solution, the greater the success.\nFurthermore, an abundance of companies creates incentives to provide better service.\nOne of the reasons someone was willing to come to our home on a Saturday afternoon was because the owner of this company knew that emergency availability would set his business apart. (It did.)\nJust think about what you came into contact with today: the food you\u2019ve eaten, the refrigerator and freezer where it was stored and the other appliances on which it was prepared; the house or apartment you live in and the place where you work (as well as virtually everything in them); the car you drove or bus you rode and the oil and gas that power those vehicles; the clothing you\u2019re wearing; the electronics you use; the music you listen to; the bar or restaurant where you meet friends; the countless services you have access to when you need or want them.\nMillions of people around the country (and the world) have devoted their lives to the businesses that provide these things for us, every day.\nBeyond cultivating an \u201cattitude of gratitude,\u201d as the saying goes, why does this matter?\nBecause there is a vital lesson here, and we\u2019re missing it. While Republicans in Congress squabble and dither over the best way to deprive President Donald Trump of any visible victories, Democrats \u2014 lacking any other message \u2014 are now coalescing around the once-fringe concept of single-payer health care. If we get saddled with such a monstrosity, it will be thanks not to Democrats, but to Republicans.\nThey seem to lack any core convictions or leadership skills including, most critically, the ability to communicate to the American public why the free market is to vital to our daily lives, and why we need a freer market in health care and health insurance \u2014 not an omnipotent, unmovable leviathan.\nThis should be an easy sell. Think about it. Food is vital to life. But if there were only one grocery in town, would they have any incentive to make sure their produce was fresh?\nWould you want only one brand of government-provided toothpaste? 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Call to find out how we can work with you as you contend with your own struggles.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 19, "original_length": 1146, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 276.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.arabnews.com/node/1302521", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:10:17Z", "digest": "sha1:6S3LLY3IDVTVYXFZUZ5MWT336LA5W3CI", "length": 7023, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.arabnews.com", "title": "A new plan is needed if Palestinian state is to become a reality | Arab News", "raw_content": "A new plan is needed if Palestinian state is to become a reality\nAlan Cunningham, the seventh and last British High Commissioner of Mandate Palestine, on May 14, 1948, drove down the hill from Jerusalem to Haifa, where he lowered the Union Flag and boarded a ship back to the UK with the remainder of the British military and civil administration. The British Mandate had ended under the pressure of fiscal reality, war and US hostility to any attempt to limit Jewish immigration. There had been violent disturbances \u2014 including the 1936-38 Arab Revolt \u2014 and fundamental differences within the British government over how to manage the situation since the 1920s. After the UN Partition Resolution of November 1947 and with the imminent prospect of British withdrawal, serious fighting between Jewish and Arab forces had broken out.\nIsrael\u2019s victory in what it has come to know as the War of Independence, the failure of the Arab armies sent to crush it, and the inadequacy of the leadership of the Arab Higher Committee \u2014 notwithstanding the heroism at Kastel of Abdul Qader Al-Husseini \u2014 was a shock to an Arab public who had been told victory was certain. And the shockwaves spread. A year later, the Syrian government \u2014 a product of the parallel French Mandate \u2014 was overthrown. Within four years, the Free Officers, many of whom had fought in Palestine, overthrew the Egyptian monarchy. In 1958, the monarchy in Iraq followed. Meanwhile, there was an attempted republican coup in Yemen, backed by a resurgent Muslim Brotherhood, which proclaimed that only it had the answer to failure. And the first shots of what would become a savage War of Independence in Algeria had already been fired.\nIt was the end of an experiment begun a quarter of a century earlier to reconfigure parts of the Middle East and North Africa as part of a European sphere of imperial interest in the flush of victory over the Ottomans in the First World War.\nThe efforts of leaders such as Yasser Arafat to construct a truly independent and unified Palestinian national movement foundered on internal rivalries.\nThat experiment failed. So has the aftermath. For the Palestinians, many expelled, dispossessed and driven into exile, the years since 1948 have been characterized by attempts by different Arab countries \u2014 Egypt, Syria, Libya and Iraq \u2014 to instrumentalize the Palestinian cause in their own interests. Jerusalem in particular became a pan-Arab and indeed a pan-Islamic cause.\nThe efforts of leaders such as Yasser Arafat to construct a truly independent and unified Palestinian national movement foundered on internal rivalries, external pressure and Arafat\u2019s own inability to move on from a model of charismatic, unquestioned and sometimes brutal leadership to one that was more collective, collegiate and accountable. As we saw at Camp David in 2000, he alone could not take decisions that would affect all Palestinians. But he would not delegate or take advice either, and his strategy of armed struggle and then negotiation failed as the Mandate had failed. He and his successors undermined others who sought to construct a state institution by institution, which is one reason why Salam Fayyad is now teaching at Princeton rather than moving the Palestinian Authority toward nationhood.\nSo where are we now? Hamas\u2019 attempts to show that it could make Gaza an exemplary state and therefore replace Fatah as the preeminent movement in Palestinian politics has also failed. This is partly because Israel continues to blockade Gaza. But it is also the result of its own incompetence and ideological rigidity \u2014 a characteristic of many Islamist movements.\nFatah remains split and fearful of what happens when Mahmoud Abbas goes. Some will say that international efforts to isolate Israel and spread the BDS movement more widely are having an impact. I think this is delusional. Israel\u2019s economy is doing fine and the fundamental alliance with the US \u2014 even if the relationship has become a more partisan issue than it has been for 50 years \u2014 remains strong. And Israel has options: China is investing significantly in Israel both because of its technical capacities and also as a path to the Mediterranean. Russia and Israel have strong ties; go to Israel at election time and you will be deluged by Russian language election material. And, most importantly, the broader context in the Middle East has changed.\nThis is not to say that political and diplomatic normalization is on the cards, beyond the treaty relationships with Egypt and Jordan. Until there is a fair settlement of the Palestinian issue and a credible Palestinian state, this is simply not going to happen, as the recent Arab League Jerusalem Summit in Dhahran made clear. But Israel as a fact has long been accepted. Some states find its technical, military and intelligence assets too valuable to ignore. And, if you look at current conflicts, the most important fault line is between Iran and its allies and the rest.\nMore important, Israeli behavior no longer seems unusual. Now that we understand the way Iraqi governments since the 1960s sought to engineer population shifts and demographic facts on the ground in Northern Iraq; the way in which the Kurds have been treated in Iraq, Syria and Turkey over the last 50 years; the clearing of the Druze from the Chouf; Iranian oppression of the Baha\u2019i; discrimination against the Copts; the pressure on Arab Christians and other non-Muslim minorities to emigrate; the way most recently the Syrian regime has barrel-bombed and gassed its own citizens and is settling Alawites and other Shiites in areas from which Sunnis have been removed \u2014 it all looks surprisingly similar to some of the tactics successive Israeli governments have used over the years. Now we have a new Syrian law that authorizes the state to confiscate the properties of those Syrians \u2014 mostly Sunni \u2014 who have fled their land. This could have been copied from the Israeli Absentee Property Law of 1951 and its successors. This is the new normal.\nAnd that leaves Palestinians with a dilemma. In these circumstances and given that they do not have enough on their own to do a deal, what is the new plan with which they can attract enough Arab and international support to make a Palestinian state a reality?\nThere is no substitute for a plan that seeks to secure wide Arab backing, on the basis of the Arab Peace Initiative, for a state in return for an acceptance of Israel into the regional fold. Israel needs to accept that its security is also the security of its neighbors. And this gives it strength to do a deal that will transform its standing. Seventy years on, if not now, when?\nSir John Jenkins is a senior fellow at Policy Exchange. Until December 2017, he was Corresponding Director (Middle East) at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), based in Manama, Bahrain and was a Senior Fellow at Yale University\u2019s Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. 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Dicamba, along with glyphosate, is the active weed-control ingredient in the Roundup Ready Xtend Crop System.\nAccording to company officials, the Luling site will play an important role in helping farmers produce better harvests and meet the global demand for food, with initial use of the new product in soybean and cotton crops. After completion in 2019, the Louisiana expansion project will create 95 new direct jobs.\n\u201cMonsanto is proud to celebrate this important milestone today,\u201d Monsanto Executive Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer Kerry Preete. \u201cThis expansion represents the single largest capital investment in Monsanto\u2019s self-manufacturing history and reinforces the confidence our company\u2019s leadership has in our Luling team and the commitment to the local community.\u201d\nMonsanto and the State of Louisiana announced the company\u2019s preliminary plans to expand the Luling site in June 2015. In April 2016, Monsanto\u2019s board of directors authorized the final investment leading to the launch of construction this month. The new investment follows a previous $200 million expansion completed by Monsanto in Luling in 2010. During the next decade, Monsanto expects to launch its Roundup Ready Extend Crop System in the U.S., Brazil and other parts of Latin America, meeting growing demand across 250 million acres of farmland in the Americas.\n\u201cThis new product is another tool that will assist farmers in fighting resistant weeds,\u201d Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture & Forestry Mike Strain. \u201cThe Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry will require training provided by Monsanto to ensure the proper use of this product. From an agricultural standpoint, our producers are always looking for ways to enhance sustainable production. From an economic standpoint, Monsanto continues to invest in Louisiana. It\u2019s an investment that will bring additional jobs to the area.\u201d\nTo secure the project, the State of Louisiana is providing Monsanto a performance-based Modernization Tax Credit of $3.75 million, along with a performance-based $1.7 million Economic Development Award Program grant to reimburse some rail and electrical upgrade costs associated with the expansion. The company will receive the comprehensive solutions of LED FastStart\u00ae, the nation\u2019s top-ranked state workforce development program, and is expected to utilize Louisiana\u2019s Quality Jobs and Industrial Tax Exemption programs.\n\u201cMonsanto\u2019s decision to expand with such a significant investment demonstrates the strength of the River Parishes as an optimal location for industrial businesses and an unwavering commitment to our community,\u201d said Michael Hecht, President & CEO of Greater New Orleans, Inc.\" GNO, Inc. congratulates Monsanto on today\u2019s groundbreaking, and we look forward to working with Monsanto to ensure their continued success.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 304, "original_length": 11499, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 246.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.areadevelopment.com/newsitems/5-2-2016/sgm-precision-northbrook-illinois678902.shtml", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:21:52Z", "digest": "sha1:YEUMCF2BEBVW3TOEV2XZINQP7GEAHRP7", "length": 1739, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.areadevelopment.com", "title": "SGM Precision Expands To New Manufacturing Center In Northbrook, Illinois - Area Development", "raw_content": "SGM Precision Expands To New Manufacturing Center In Northbrook, Illinois\nEvaluating the U.S. Corporate Tax Environment\nImproving the Commute - and Economic Development - With BRT\nPublic Partnerships \u2014 Community Support for FDI\nSGM Precision, a privately-held contract manufacturer, will relocate to a new expanded facility in Northbrook, Illinois. SGM, in operation for more than 70 years, will move from Skokie, Illinois to a 117,000 square-foot building during the fourth quarter of 2016. Located on more than four-acres of land in suburban Northbrook, the new facility is more than three times the size of its Skokie facility.\n\"This new building is a testament to our history of high-quality manufacturing and fabrication that has built our brand,\" said Howard J. Natal, President of SGM. \"Our global customers understand that to deliver the exceptional quality and exact tolerances that they demand, requires a facility that is modern, flexible and has the infrastructure to accommodate new fabrication resources.\"\nSGM is a certified contract-manufacturer of high-quality, exact tolerance plastic and metal parts for some of the most well-known Fortune 500 companies in Aerospace, Defense and the Life-Sciences industries. SGM is able to fabricate 'custom-per-print' components from a wide range of exotic metals and phenolic/thermoset laminates. SGM is an ITAR-registered AS9100-2009, Rev.C and ISO 9001:2008 certified manufacturer.\nSGM which has a quality policy of Total Customer Satisfaction, has approximately 80 employees and expects to add new hires once the move is complete. \"We appreciate the support and cooperation of the Village of Northbrook and we look forward to becoming an active member of the township,\" said Natal.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 300, "original_length": 9788, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 236.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.armadahoffler.com/properties/meeting-street/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:54Z", "digest": "sha1:JYSLN24SA2LVF3W224LAARVFEHR3OW6R", "length": 398, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.armadahoffler.com", "title": "Summit Place \u2013 Armada Hoffler", "raw_content": "Summit Place is one of two student housing properties currently under construction in historic Charleston, South Carolina. Located at the corner of Spring and Lee streets, within one mile of the College of Charleston, this five-story asset is expected to deliver over 360 new beds in time for the fall 2019 semester.\nSummit Place is a joint-venture development project currently under construction.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 37, "original_length": 884, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 117.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.as4me.net/category/practical-parenting/chores/page/6/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:33Z", "digest": "sha1:YFRPLMXRRF5RZ7GJJUTNOLIUFYWZI732", "length": 361, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.as4me.net", "title": "Chores", "raw_content": "What are some ways that we can make an unpleasant task more fun? I haven\u2019t forgotten about Tammy\u2019s legitimate concern that we don\u2019t eliminate needed discipline from the equation. Let me be up front and state that I don\u2019t think these issues are biblical\u2013 we don\u2019t have a verse that says, \u201cThou shalt discipline thy [\u2026]\nFiled Under: Chores Tagged With: motivation", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 55, "original_length": 4991, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.88, "perplexity": 316.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.asdnyi.com/what-did-carolus-linnaeus-create/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:18Z", "digest": "sha1:MVRRTPTYFRM4AVHUJ7PIQ5NCYACIJOA7", "length": 9272, "nlines": 87, "source_domain": "www.asdnyi.com", "title": "What Did Carolus Linnaeus Create? - Asdnyi", "raw_content": "Index > > What Did Carolus Linnaeus Create?\nWhat Did Carolus Linnaeus Create?\n[Summary]What did Carl Linnaeus invent? | Reference.com Full Answer Binomial nomenclature consists of naming each species by two Latin names: a genus name and a species name. Linnaeus even went so far as to place genera into orders, orders into classes and cl\nWhat did Carl Linnaeus invent? | Reference.com\nBinomial nomenclature consists of naming each species by two Latin names: a genus name and a species name. Linnaeus even went so far as to place genera into orders, orders into classes and classes into kingdoms to put organisms into hierarchies and show relationships between organisms.\nThe binomial nomenclature naming system has several advantages over using common names to denote species. Scientists from different countries can refer to a species without getting confused. Binomial nomenclature transcends cultures and dialects. Common names may be the same for several species. For example, oak trees can belong to one of several different species. Binomial nomenclature differentiates between various species, whereas common names may not.\nCarl Linnaeus, also known as Carl von Linn\u00e9 or Carolus Linnaeus, is often called the Father of Taxonomy. His system for naming, ranking, and classifying organisms is still in wide use today (with many changes). His ideas on classification have influenced generations of biologists during and after his own lifetime, even those opposed to the philosophical and theological roots of his work.\nCarolus Linnaeus (23 May 1707 \u2013 10 January 1778), also known as Carl von Linn\u00e9 or Carl Linnaeus. Swedish botanist, zoologist, and taxonomist. Established conventions for naming living organisms still in general scientific use today\u2014in particular, he popularized binomial nomenclature, which had first been developed by the Bauhin brothers (Gaspard and Johann Bauhin) more than a century before. He was the first to use binomial names consistently. As a young man he was a creationist, but he later developed an evolutionary theory of his own.\nCarl Linnaeus Invented The Index Card -- ScienceDaily\nAs a consequence of overseas discoveries, early modern scientists faced serious information overload. The sheer amount of exotic, hitherto unknown species reaching the shores of Europe forced naturalists to reconsider the ways in which information about the natural world was processed and organized.\nThe Swedish naturalist and physician Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) \u2013 the father of modern taxonomy - has been described as a \u201cpioneer of information retrieval\u201d. But exactly how he was able to master such vast amounts of data has remained something of a mystery.\n1.4: Carolus Linnaeus\nOn the Origins of New Forms of Life\nEUGENE M. MCCARTHY, PHD GENETICS\n(Continued from the previous page)\nCarolus Linnaeus (1707-1788) was the first leading naturalist openly to challenge immutability, but in his youth he had begun, as one might expect, with the same views as his contemporaries. For example, in the Fundamenta Botanica (1736) he asserted \"there are as many species as the Infinite Being created in the beginning.\"1\nCarolus Linnaeus facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Carolus Linnaeus\nLinnaeus (or von Linn\u00e9), Carl\n(b. S\u00f6dra R\u00e5shult, Sm\u00e5land, Sweden, 23 May 1707;d, Uppsala, Sweden, 10 January 1778),\nbotany, zoology, geology, medicine.\nDuring his lifetime, Linnaeus exerted an influence in his fields\u2014botany and natural history\u2014that has had few parallels in the history of science. Driven by indomitable ambition and aided by an incredible capacity for work, he accomplished the tremendous task that he had set for himself in his youth: the establishment of new systems for the three kingdoms of nature to facilitate the description of all known animals, plants, and minerals.\nIn this tutorial you will be learning about the Linnaean\nsystem of classification used in the biological sciences to describe and categorize all living things. The focus is on finding out how humans fit within this system. In addition, you will discover part of the great diversity of life forms and come to understand why some animals are considered to be close to us in their evolutionary history.\nEvolutionary Biology/Carl Linnaeus\n< Evolution before Darwin\nCarolus Linneaus (1707-1778) laid out much of the foundation of modern taxonomy\nCarolus Linnaeus (1707-1778) was a Swedish botanist and taxonomist. One of his principle contributions was the taxonomic system of binomial nomenclature. He turned away from his love of botany in order to pursue the medical field (?). While studying in the Netherlands, he published his first work, entitled Systema Naturae (1725). In this work, he introduced his idea of three (?) main kingdoms created from the use of his classification system. His systema naturae was a continuous work that ended up in multiple volumes as the concepts of classification were modified with the growing number of species of plants and animals.\nEarly Theories of Evolution: Pre-Darwinian Theories\nThe acceptance of biological evolution\nis an essential part of the modern scientific explanation of the natural world. Most scientists and major religions in the Western World have long since incorporated it into their understanding of nature and humanity. However, some churches still maintain that there was a special and independent creation of every species and that life forms do not change through time from generation to generation. 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Don\u2019t you think that that is indeed great?\nYou\u2019ll also require high scores in the exams offered by Medical College Admission Test, leadership ability, excellent references as well as the other personal qualities necessary for this career.\nOnce you will enter the medical school, you will be required to concentrate on medicine\u2019s basics such as physiology, anatomy, medical ethics as well as medical law. You will start to see the patients in your 3rd year. However, the focus will only be on the general medical training instead of anesthesiology.\nTip#2: Anesthesiology Residency:-\nYour anesthesiology training will begin in your residency, though the residency normally is four years long, your first year will consist of general medicine training, surgery or pediatrics. The remaining 3 years will generally focus on practice of anesthesiology.\nDuring your training, you\u2019ll learn to administer anesthesia, intubate patients as well as how to select the right kinds of medicines to keep the patients anesthetized for surgical procedure yet recover quickly. Note that throughout the entire training you will always be under close supervision of an experienced anesthesiologist.\nTip#3: Certification and Specialty Training:-\nThough you can start to practice as an anesthesiologist once you\u2019re done with your residency and you have accessed a medical license, still you may want to go for further training in any specialty fellowship in this course. Most of the fellowships usually last for twelve months. Anesthesiology subspecialties include cardiac management, pain management, obstetric management critical management and pediatric management.\nTip#4: Salary and Job Outlook:-\nAccording to the research conducted by BLS, anesthesiologists earned a salary of approximately 240, 000 US dollars in the year 2013. But the salary disparity between private practice i.e. work setting for most of the anesthesiologists and the hospital working condition was considerable, with annual salaries of approximately 189, 000 US dollars and 244, 000 US dollars, respectively.\nAnesthesiologists normally work for long hours and may require to work during the nights, weekends, and holidays and even to respond to emergency calls at any time of the day or night.\nLast but not the least; it is my sincere hope that you\u2019ll make use of the aforementioned tips on how to become a qualified anesthesiologist if you in deed want to become one in the coming future.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 30, "original_length": 3818, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 286.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.astrologicalassociation.com/pages/about/ofcom/itc_pr.php", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:34Z", "digest": "sha1:OAN5YFERLHVNA7EFR6I47KOXU7J4LZNW", "length": 8970, "nlines": 29, "source_domain": "www.astrologicalassociation.com", "title": "Astrological Association of Great Britain", "raw_content": "The aim of this consultation exercise is to seek views on a proposed change to section 1.10 of the ITC Programme Code which deals with The Occult and Psychic Practices.\nResponses should be sent, to arrive no later than 19 September 2003, to:\nJulia Snape, Programme Code Consultation, ITC, 33 Foley Street, London W1W 7TL\nOr e-mailed to: Julia.Snape@itc.org.uk.\nAll responses will be made public unless confidentiality is requested.\nConsultation on Paranormal Programming\n1. In 2001 the ITC published, after consultation, a revised Programme Code. One change made was the replacement of the old section on 'occult' material, which simply prohibited all 'demonstration of exorcisms or psychic or occultic practice in factual programming except where they were the subject of legitimate investigation'. Such a swingeing ban seemed inappropriate and the revised Code stated that:\nActual demonstrations of exorcisms and occult practices such as those involving supposed contact with spirits or the dead, are not acceptable in factual programming except in the context of a legitimate investigation. They should not, in any case, be shown before the watershed.\nHoroscopes, palmistry and similar 'psychic' practices are only acceptable where they are presented as entertainment or are the subject of legitimate investigation. They should not include specific advice to particular contributors or viewers about health or medical matters or about personal finance. They should not be included at times when large numbers of children are expected to be watching.\nFiction programmes containing 'psychic' phenomena should not normally be scheduled before the watershed, although a fantasy setting, for example, may justify such a scheduling.\n2. While the distinction between rules relating to the 'occult' and the 'psychic' was helpful, uncertainties remained on where the differences lay, particularly in the area of mediums claiming clairaudient or clairvoyant powers. Consequently, later that year the ITC and BSC published a research report that they had commissioned, Beyond Entertainment?, which examined attitudes to the paranormal and where viewers might draw the line on what may be shown on television.\nYou can download the Beyond Entertainment report from www.itc.org.uk/uploads/Beyond_Entertainment.pdf - you will need Acrobat Reader installed on your computer.\n3. The results indicated that it was widely felt that 'supposed contact with the dead' should be considered occult only when it involved the purported invocation of unknown spirits or negative forces. In other circumstances, clairaudience and clairvoyance were usually seen as relatively harmless, though respondents felt some uncertainties and that restrictions should still apply.\n4. The Living TV satellite channel has for the past two years been broadcasting in daytime hours programmes, notably Crossing Over and 6ixth Sense, in which mediums purport to make contact with the dead relatives or friends of members of their studio audience. In May 2003, the Commission met to consider whether such programmes complied with the Programme Code. Its decision was that the programmes did breach the Code, but would not have done so if they had been more clearly presented as entertainment. The Commission stated that the programmes could continue to be shown provided that this was rectified. The programmes now include an announcement, before and after transmission making clear that these are purely entertainment programmes and that there are different views about the claims of mediums as to the veracity of the experience.\n5. The Commission also ruled that the Code should be amended and clarified for the benefit of licensees in the light of the research and developments in certain types of paranormal and psychic programming. The amendment would take place following a consultation on the proposed changes.\n6. The ITC would therefore like to hear views on a proposed new section which sets out to make clear the distinction between that contact with the dead that falls to be considered as occult, and consequently prohibited, and that which can be accommodated under certain conditions. This is achieved, in part, by identifying clairvoyant and clairaudient practices which are presented as entertainment or in the context of legitimate investigation as a discrete segment with its own set of conditions.\n7. The proposed new section 1.10 is as follows:\nActual demonstrations of exorcisms and occult practices, such as those involving the purported invocation of unknown spirits or negative forces, are not acceptable in non-fictional programming except in the context of a legitimate investigation. They should not, in any case, be shown before the watershed.\nHoroscopes, palmistry and similar 'psychic' practices are acceptable only when they are presented as entertainment or are the subject of legitimate investigation. They should not include specific advice to particular contributors or viewers about health or medical matters or about personal finance. They should not be included at times when large numbers of children are expected to be watching.\nDemonstrations of clairvoyance, clairaudience, and similar practices are acceptable only when they are clearly and explicitly presented as entertainment, or when they are the subject of legitimate investigation. When presented for entertainment purposes, measures should include announcements before and at the end of programmes to indicate their nature as entertainment, and appropriate acknowledgement of the existence of differing opinions as to the true nature of clairaudience and clairvoyance. Programmes should not include specific advice to particular contributors or viewers about health or medical matters, the law or personal finance or include advice which might significantly influence behaviour in relation to personal relationships. They should not include advice which might be damaging or upsetting to those concerned or which might unduly disconcert the likely audience. Programmes should not be included at times when significant numbers of children are expected to be watching.\n8. It is intended that the clause, 'when large numbers of children are expected to be watching', be interpreted to mean that such material can be shown on widely available free-to-air channels such as ITV, Channel 4 and Five only after the watershed. This reflects the overall size of audiences to such channels and the finding of the research that viewers were concerned about the showing of this material on 'mainstream' channels.\n9. It should be emphasized that the ITC is not concerned here with issues about the validity or otherwise of psychic practices, nor with the status of spiritualism as a religion. Section 7.8 of the Programme Code prohibits religious programmes from including claims about the \"special powers or abilities (of living people) which are incapable of being substantiated.\" The programmes here, which do not involve the purported invocation of unknown spirits or negative forces, are being considered purely as entertainment. The Commission has made clear that it believes that programming of this sort is acceptable on Living TV provided that the entertainment nature of the material is made clear. Living TV is a service available only on cable and satellite. Its overall audiences are of restricted size (about 1% of total viewing) and the proportion of child viewers very small. The definition of 'significant numbers of children' is intended to be restrictive.\nThe key issues upon which views are sought are:\nHow appropriate and/or adequate are the conditions set out in the new paragraph in section 1.10?\nIf necessary, what other conditions or restrictions might be considered?\nNote on Definitions:\nParanormal refers to forces and agencies which are beyond scientific explanation. Forces of a paranormal nature are generally referred to as psychic phenomena; agents of paranormal phenomena are generally referred to as psychics, practitioners of which include:\nClairvoyant - an individual who can obtain impressions of information that is not known to others. These may come in the form of mental images, pictures or 'visions' for example. Clairaudient - an individual who obtains information that is not known to others - in the form of mentally hearing a voice, for example. Medium - an individual who obtains information specifically from a person who has died.\nRespondents to ITC's Beyond Entertainment? research regarded psychic as implying positive intent with positive consequences. It is thought to involve passive, indirect communication (often via a medium). It was seen as enlightening and about information gathering. Occult was seen as having negative intent with negative consequences, or as having positive intent with potentially negative consequences. It was viewed as active, direct communication with an unknown force. It was felt to be about influence and change. (Beyond Entertainment? p11)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 10112, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 291.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.asylummagazine.com/video/2016/2/2/osterwalders-business-model-canvas", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:20Z", "digest": "sha1:T7WQ7ZAU4YWWM2SJL3HOZE4G2HCUYY2R", "length": 1346, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.asylummagazine.com", "title": "asylum magazine", "raw_content": "Osterwalder's Business Model Canvas - Assisting Entrepreneurs\nThe importance of entrepreneurial capitalism to the success of our country is a topic rarely discussed. Small businesses account for 50% of the production in the US economy and are responsible for the creation of 75% of new jobs. The beauty of free enterprise is the opportunity and acceptance of newcomers. All it takes for an individual to reach great success is wise implementation of a good or service that meets a want or need of consumers. A simple concept but difficult task that results in the failure of 9 out of 10 startups. Perspective plays a big role in the success or failure of entrepreneurs. The quality that stands out in most successful entrepreneurs is the ability to imagine further into the future to develop a plan that will seem impossible to most. In every success story, the entrepreneur's ability to develop a vision is accompanied by the courage to listen to outside skepticism while remaining focused on innovation and determined for implementation. However, that doesn't mean you shouldn't listen. Osterwalder's Business Model canvas allows entrepreneurs to remain agile while testing and implementing ideas. Use this tool as you find your business model. We need more entrepreneurs.\nbusiness model canvas, osterwalder\nTesla Falcon 9 Landing - Private ...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 70, "original_length": 2752, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 268.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.atandme.com/?cat=264", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:12Z", "digest": "sha1:2OVGUZ4VPHSDIHL77TFDIGJRSJQ3RZLY", "length": 4192, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.atandme.com", "title": "Android | ATandMe", "raw_content": "Posted on January 4, 2017 by Karl O'Keeffe\nThere is of course some cross over between the different AT highlights of 2016 I have included here. An overall theme running through all the highlights this year is the mainstreaming of AT. Apple, Google and Microsoft have all made significant progress in the areas previously mentioned: natural language understanding and smart homes. This has led to easier access to computing devices and through them the ability to automate and remotely control devices and services that assist us with daily living tasks around the house. However these developments are aimed at the mainstream market with advantages to AT users being a welcome additional benefit. What I want to look at here are the features they are including in their mainstream products specifically aimed at people with disabilities with the goal of making their products more inclusive. Apple have always been strong in this area and have lead the way now for the last five years. 2016 saw them continue this fine work with new features such as Dwell within MacOS and Touch Accommodations in iOS 10 as well as many other refinements of already existing features. Apple also along with Siri have brought Switch Control to Apple TV either using a dedicated Bluetooth switch or through a connected iOS device in a method they are calling Platform Switching. Platform Switching which also came out this year with iOS 10 \u201callows you to use a single device to operate any other devices you have synced with your iCloud account. So you can control your Mac directly from your iPhone or iPad, without having to set up your switches on each new device\u201d (need to be on the same WiFi network). The video below from Apple really encapsulates how far they have come in this area and how important this approach is.\nNot to be outdone Microsoft bookended 2016 with some great features in the area of literacy support, an area they had perhaps neglected for a while. They more than made up for this last January with the announcement of Learning Tools for OneNote. I\u2019m not going to go into details of what Learning Tools offers as I have covered it in a previous post. All I\u2019ll say is that it is free, it works with OneNote (also free and a great note taking and organisation support in its own right) and is potentially all many students would need by way of literacy support (obviously some students may need additional supports). Then in the fourth quarter of the year they updated their OCR app Office Lens for iOS to provide the immersive reader (text to speech) directly within the app.\nFinally Google who would probably have the weakest record of the big 3 in terms of providing inbuilt accessibility features (to be fair they always followed a different approach which proved to be equally effective) really hit a home run with their Voice Access solution which was made available for beta testing this year. Again I have discussed this in a previous post here where you can read about it in more detail. Having tested it I can confirm that it gives complete voice access to all Android devices features as well as any third party apps I tested. Using a combination of direct voice commands (Open Gmail, Swipe left, Go Home etc.) and a system of numbering buttons and links, even obscure apps can be operated. The idea of using numbers for navigation while not new is extremely appropriate in this case, numbers are easily recognised regardless of voice quality or regional accent. Providing alternative access and supports to mainstream Operating Systems is the corner stone of recent advances in AT. As the previous video from Apple showed, access to smartphones or computers gives access to a vast range of services and activities. For example inbuilt accessibility features like Apple\u2019s Switch Control or Google\u2019s Voice Access open up a range of mainstream Smart Home and security devices and services to people with alternative access needs where before they would have to spend a lot more for a specialist solution that would have probably been inferior.\nPosted in Android, Assistive Technology, Inclusive Design, smartphones, Switch Access, universal design, voice control\t| Leave a reply", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 125, "original_length": 25480, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 318.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.austindogandcat.com/2013/11/dog-palooza-benefits-child-with-autism.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:04:31Z", "digest": "sha1:5TENANAPE2NT2BMFFX2T65D6GF7NE5EX", "length": 1073, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.austindogandcat.com", "title": "austindogandcat.com: Dog-A-Palooza Benefits Child With Autism", "raw_content": "An Austin child with autism is closer to getting an autism service dog to help him with every day life. That's thanks to a fundraiser held Sunday in West Austin called Dog-A-Palooza. The family-friendly event had contests for dogs and plenty of activities for kids. There was a silent auction and bake sale to raise money to help the family of Conor Corrigan get a service dog. Conor was diagnosed with autism at age four. His family says he is making improvements and thriving in a speech therapy class, but still struggles and autism service dog would help him tremendously.\n\"His assistance dog will help him with everyday life and he'll go to school with him and help him socialize with children and people and will help him with his, he has tantrums, and will help keep him calm,\" Conor's mother, Shelly Corrigan, tells FOX 7. According to Autism Service Dogs of America, the full cost to raise and train an autism service dog can range from $15,000 to $20,000.\nRead more: http://www.myfoxaustin.com/story/23994241/dog-a-palooza-benefits-child-with-autism#ixzz2l12p7KI6", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 177, "original_length": 6080, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 255.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.austinsamba.com/events/2012/2/4/carnaval-brasileiro-2012-o-magico-de-oz", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:37:22Z", "digest": "sha1:W2PT4GMJRCHAZ5XVGHWGVZL3VAYZQMYZ", "length": 395, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.austinsamba.com", "title": "Carnaval Brasileiro 2012: O Magico de Oz \u2014 Austin Samba", "raw_content": "The Austin Samba School will be debuting its theme for 2012, The Wizard of Oz. Join us for an entirely new drum and dance show, featuring lions, scarecrows, munchkins, witches and much more!\nCarnaval Brasileiro in Austin, Texas is on Feb. 4, 2012. Billed as possibly the largest Brazilian Carnaval party in the United States, you can\u2019t miss this huge event at the Palmer Events Center in Austin.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 30, "original_length": 819, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 173.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.autoban.com.tr/en/products/products-all/lamba-lamp", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:14:47Z", "digest": "sha1:EUVRT3WH6WKWXHE4MQZFF62D6WPYBRL2", "length": 431, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.autoban.com.tr", "title": "Lamba Lamp `", "raw_content": "Lamba is the generic name for \u2018lamp\u2019 in Turkish, and it was appropriately chosen to name this lamp, which consists of a bulb, aluminum tubes and a cast iron base with ornaments. The base was actually inspired from a mould found at a local junk shop and the rest of the materials were gathered to make it a lighting fixture. The iron-footed Lamba is a table lamp but can also be mounted to the wall.\nCast iron and injection aluminum", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 1154, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 216.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.awesomezara.com/content/not-quite-ranty", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:50:19Z", "digest": "sha1:CT6JU2XB67O5RTLMVXKXCGPQ3C2W6FFL", "length": 2476, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.awesomezara.com", "title": "Not quite ranty | www.awesomezara.com", "raw_content": "The subject format, where I select which type of rant that I'm posting, strikes me as odd now. I used to rant about specific topics because I had a regular audience that I always needed to please. Now, not so much.\nThe crickets, they keep me good company.\nI am abandoning my old fears. the ones where I wouldn't express my desires for time spent to myself or with different people. Doing things that I really want to do and don't have to corroborate with another person if it's acceptable. I am driving into LA and even the scary Hollywood, West Hollywood areas at night - by myself, in the dark, at night - and navigating just fine. My mom's voice in my head about being safe because I am a woman traveling alone is becoming a distant numb sound.\nI went to the New Beverly theater in LA/Hollywood last night, this old revival theater that directors such as Quentin Taratino and Edgar Wright helped bring back from extinction. The theater hosts grindhouse and other style double features for a low price, as well as midnight showings of cult favorites.\nThey have been trying to get SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD to catch on as their own ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW deal, which is funny because I had dressed up as a character from the movie for Halloween and while I still have the pink hair, chose not to dress in costume last night.\nWhich, I learned the hard way, was a mistake. Those in costumes got special edition comic books signed by the co-writer of the movie, the author of the books it's based on, one of the stars - the delightful Brie Larson (also on \"The United States of Tara\") and Edgar Wright himself.\nYes, the man who directed SHAUN OF THE DEAD, HOT FUZZ and SCOTT PILGRIM was there to introduce the movie, take a few questions and announce that he was running a week-long special \"Edgar Wright hasn't seen these films\" festival of double features.\nLiv was nearly in tears when I told her about it this morning, being a huge fan of Brie. Man, how do you be a mom and do this fun stuff without your kid when you've been doing all this fun stuff with your kid in the past? Granted, I had never taken her to a midnight showing of anything in LA before, but she's always been a part of my activities. And I ENJOY doing stuff without her. Which makes me feel horribly guilty. Because she's a cool kid, a good kid. The hormones though, they suck right now.\nI had such a great night. I have so many opportunities to seize. And when I seize them, it feels so satisfactory.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 40, "original_length": 3142, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 336.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.babybodbook.com/2019/01/tedx-talk-what-your-momma-never-told-you-about-pregnancy/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:05Z", "digest": "sha1:HX6EXMLV3F2K54E6JQJZBOXO3XW3Y47N", "length": 2253, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.babybodbook.com", "title": "TEDX Talk: What your mamma never told you about pregnancy \u2013 Baby Bod", "raw_content": "Some of you may know that I did a TEDx Talk last month and I have been waiting to hear if it was accepted by the Ted Talk committee.\nI am so excited because it was published yesterday!\nThe name of the talk is \u201cWhat Your Momma Never Told You About Childbirth\u201d.\nI think it is a important message and would like to ask your support. Do you think you could do me a favor and \u201clike\u201d the talk on YouTube?\nIt is my intention to help make more people aware of the need for more medical and emotional support for postpartum moms. I have a summary of the talk below.\nWhile pregnancy and childbirth can be one of the most exciting times in a woman\u2019s life, it brings with it a long list of physical issues that most women are not fully prepared for and often assume are normal changes they must accept once they become mothers. Some of the most common problem mothers experience is persistent back pain, flabby tummies, incontinence and pelvic pain (including painful sex). I remember getting lots of advice from my mother about how to take care of myself during pregnancy and how to take care of the baby, but my momma never told me about all the physical changes I would have to deal with after childbirth.\nMost of these problems can be prevented or eliminated if moms go for physical therapy treatment and learn to take special precautions to prevent developing injuries and learn how to regain strength in weakened muscles. But, when it comes to dealing with these physical problems health-care professionals in the US often drop the ball of medical care. The focus of care is switched from the mother to the baby. A new mom is often given a pat on the back for a job well done and a piece of paper showing them how to do Kegel exercises.\nAs a women\u2019s health physical therapist I became frustrated with the lack of continued care for new mothers and became determined to develop a recovery program women can use to reclaim their bodies after childbirth. After years of research and clinical trials I created the first DIY program that bridges the gap between evidence-based medical science and fitness instruction, the Baby Bod Program. 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I\u2019ve been sick, and distracted, and working my two day jobs, and worrying about whether I can afford to keep living in this apartment and in this neighborhood, and wondering about the future, and generally thinking about anything but writing.\nBut today, tonight, I made myself choose a topic on Textbroker, and did a little research, and outlined a few ideas, and then fleshed it all out, and submitted it. It\u2019s not a lot of money, and it wasn\u2019t a topic that\u2019s going to set the world on fire, but it\u2019s writing, and being paid for writing, and that\u2019s what I think I want to do with my life.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 34, "original_length": 2996, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 123.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.bangkokriver.com/event/up-the-river-during-qingming-multimedia-art-exhibition/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:41Z", "digest": "sha1:KBA5ZQRPB4A2JTFSMEG45JBNIPCH33PL", "length": 1442, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.bangkokriver.com", "title": "\ufeff Up the River During Qingming - Multimedia Art Exhibition - Bangkok River", "raw_content": "Up the River During Qingming \u2013 Multimedia Art Exhibition\nThu 18 October 2018 - Tue 12 February 2019\nNational Palace Museum (Taipei) and River City Bangkok continues to welcome visitors to Up the River During Qingming - NPM Multimedia Art Exhibition.\nFor the first time in Southeast Asia, this exhibition depicts the spirit of the original paintings collected by the Chinese Emperors throughout the ages. It\u2019s a good opportunity to get up close and experience memorable artifacts from ancient China like never before. To satisfy millennial art lovers or family group visits, this first-of-its-kind exhibition showcases valuable ancient art pieces in a new light through the use of modern multimedia technology in order to bridge the gap between the old and new. The installations use a breakthrough innovation to create an immersive virtual and augment hand-on experience where audience can step into the paintings rather than just viewing them from afar.\nThis is a once-in-a-lifetime experience of this unique melange between antiquity, art, and technology \u2013 an event not to be missed. The exhibition is hosted on the new contemporary art floor (2nd floor). Tickets can be purchased at River City Bangkok Concierge or at Thai Ticket Major.\nFor more information, please click here or click on the button.\nMore like Up the River During Qingming \u2013 Multimedia Art Exhibition\nJunior Chef Contest: January \u2013 March\nSun 13 January - Sun 10 March 2019", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 150, "original_length": 3662, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 321.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.bankruptcyforeclosureblog.com/2009/01/expand-mortgage-modification-program-to-ch-7.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:23:18Z", "digest": "sha1:M5S5IRW3SXRTX3AS2NFRBASABQ2ZUBCR", "length": 3814, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.bankruptcyforeclosureblog.com", "title": "Expand the Mortgage Modification Program to Chapter 7 Bankruptcies - Nolo\u2019s Bankruptcy & Foreclosure Blog", "raw_content": "Expand the Mortgage Modification Program to Chapter 7 Bankruptcies\nThroughout the mortgage meltdown crisis, many democrats and bankruptcy professionals have favored a change in the bankruptcy laws to allow Chapter 13 bankruptcy judges to modify residential mortgages -- something they can't presently do. Legislation to this effect was originally introduced in mid-2008, but failed because of staunch opposition by the mortgage and banking industries.\nThe legislation has been reintroduced in both houses of Congress (SB 61 and HR 200) and is expected to pass this time around (in modified form), due to the severity of the foreclosure crisis, the change in administrations, and, most recently, the support of a major bank. Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Citibank had broken ranks with the Mortgage Bankers Assocation and is supporting the new legislation -- provided that homeowners be required to seek a voluntary modification first. As with other legislation regarding bankruptcy and foreclosure prevention, its highly probable that this proposed legislation will change in many respects prior to its final passage.\nAs I've pointed out in earlier posts on this subject, I'm not against the concept of mortgage modifications in bankruptcy. I am, however, concerned that the Chapter 13 remedy for foreclosure prevention is limited to a relatively small number of would-be filers due to Chapter 13 eligibility requirements, and the associated legal costs consisting of fees that can reach upwards of $3,000. Keep in mind also that over 2/3 of Chapter 13 bankruptcies fail and are either dismissed or converted to Chapter 7 -- although it's sometimes possible to modify the plan or obtain what's known as a hardship discharge. Most importantly, modifications initially obtained in a Chapter 13 bankruptcy may no longer apply if the plan fails.\nIn short, I think the Chapter 13 remedy is being over-hyped as a solution to the foreclosure crisis. Of course, less plans will fail if mortgage payments are reduced, but there is no way to tell what effect -- if any -- the reductions will have on the success of Chapter 13 plans overall. Another less-heralded part of the proposed legislation should add to the success of Chapter 13 plans -- under the legislation, mortgage payments are to be made directly to the lender by the homeowner. This is very important because many Chapter 13 trustees currently require payments to be made as part of the plan, which entitles them to a 10% commission on all mortgage payments over the life of the plan. This extra amount often makes Chapter 13 plans unaffordable for many would-be filers. For example, 36 monthly mortgage payments of $2,000 payable through the plan would generate a trustee's fee of $7,200, whereas no fee would be generated if under the direct payment requirement, so filers will save some serious cash.\nTo address the shortcomings of Chapter 13, the mortgage modification remedy should be extended to Chapter 7 bankruptcies. Like Chapter 13, Chapter 7 has a system for assessing the current value of personal property and reducing the obligations accordingly. This same system could be used to assign a current value to homes and both reduce the mortgage to that value and reduce the interest rate to the current prime rate, plus a point (the going formula for assigning interest rates in bankruptcy).\nSimply put, Chapter 7 bankruptcy is far less expensive than Chapter 13 bankruptcy and is far more available to the millions of homeowners who may be in need of relief to prevent a foreclosure from occurring.\nTo learn more about how to use bankruptcy laws effectively, see The New Bankruptcy: Will It Work for You?, by Stephen Elias (Nolo).\nPosted by Lexi Elmore | Permalink | Email This Post\nPosted In: bankruptcy , mortgage modifications", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 131, "original_length": 7697, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 252.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.baywaterfarms.com/blog/4-reasons-buy-organically-grown-produce/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:50Z", "digest": "sha1:5Z5MD5NTQUL3EVHQ7SA7QBMJ5I43MQYR", "length": 2528, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.baywaterfarms.com", "title": "4 Reasons to Buy Organically-Grown Produce4 Reasons to Buy Organically-Grown Produce", "raw_content": "Stay on top of your health with the best organically-grown, local produce Maryland has to offer.\nIn any grocery store, you see organic options for every kind of produce. If you\u2019re like anyone else, you\u2019ve wondered what exactly are the benefits of organically-grown fruits and vegetables. There are several reasons why you should opt for organic next time you\u2019re buying produce. Stay on top of your health with the best organically-grown, local produce Maryland has to offer.\nFewer Pesticides\nOrganic produce is grown without the use of most synthetic pesticides and heavy metals. Some commonly used pesticides have been classified as probable human carcinogens. There are widely used insecticides are known to cause developmental delays in infants. Scientific studies have also shown that the prevalence of ADHD in young children can be traced to pesticide residues. When it comes to the health of your family, buying fresh, organically-grown produce is the best choice.\nResearchers have also discovered that some organic produce also carry higher levels of antioxidants. Not only are there more antioxidants in organic produce, but the antioxidants work more effectively when consumed through organic foods rather than non-organic foods. More antioxidants in your produce means a reduced risk for cancer, heart disease, premature aging, vision problems, and cognitive malfunctions.\nWhen farmers take better care of their crops, it shows in the flavors those crops produce. Organic produce takes time and consideration, and the proof is in the pudding, or in the lettuce. When you buy local, fresh, organic produce, that crop is being picked at the peak of its season. The consumer is getting produce at the best possible time which means it will have the best possible taste.\nGrowing organic produce allows for greener, more environmentally conscious farming. Harmful chemicals in pesticides don\u2019t just affect produce, they affect the entire community surrounding a farm. Once pesticides get into soil and water, they can go anywhere nearby. Buying organically-grown produce isn\u2019t only good for you and your family, but it\u2019s good for the earth as well. Take care of your earth like you take care of yourself, and your body and planet will thank you.\nWANT THE FRESHEST ORGANICALLY GROWN PRODUCE? CONTACT US TODAY!\nCategories: Organically Grown Produce | Tags: Baywater Farms, local produce, and organically grown produce\nThis entry was posted on Friday, March 23rd, 2018 at 2:07 pm. Both comments and pings are currently closed.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 4755, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 298.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.bbemuseum.com/museum/item.php?cat=11&index=82", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:02:58Z", "digest": "sha1:HDMTTLRLCXEDYOXJLNEQGQLYMQAS64IG", "length": 381, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.bbemuseum.com", "title": "BBeM: Life Before... Item", "raw_content": "...RFID tags?\nThese tiny and inexpensive electronic devices can be attached to objects and tracked\nwirelessly. They're commonly used to detect shoplifting, but have many other uses.\nThat's a grain of rice on the right.\nPosted by Duff at 5:45 pm (PDT) on Fri November 2, 2012\nI hear that some hotels are now using towels with washable RFID tags to prevent guests from stealing them.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 71, "original_length": 1580, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 261.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.beijing-kids.com/blog/2015/01/20/laymans-chronicles-the-hazards-of-intercultural-communication-expectations/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:07Z", "digest": "sha1:S2BOBUQ67JR2EURVH5J3LA5KOJKZ36RO", "length": 2267, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.beijing-kids.com", "title": "LAYman\u2019s Chronicles: The Hazards of Intercultural Communication Expectations | beijingkids online | Beijing | January 20th, 2015 | beijing-kids.com", "raw_content": "LAYman\u2019s Chronicles: The Hazards of Intercultural Communication Expectations\nThis past weekend, I had a chance to visit one of the purveyors of global goodwill and unity. Yes, I finally felt well enough to go outside and found myself in line at a busy Starbucks. As I waited to order a cup of tea, I noticed the young couple behind me. I say couple, but they may have been siblings, friends, or husband and wife \u2013 I have no idea, but there were two of them. Unlike myself, they were fashionably dressed and debating what to order. By the time I got to the register, I was fairly certain they were from Israel, but I\u2019ve seen this kind of thing happen with people from all over the world.\nAs I ordered and paid for my beverage speaking the little Chinese I know, the young woman in line asked me if I speak English. \u201cYes,\u201d I replied. She then asked if I could help her order. I asked what she wanted and she told me a mocha. Having overheard, the man at the register asked her in English, \u201cMocha \u2013 what size?\u201d Our intrepid traveler looked to me with beseeching eyes and asked, \u201cWhat did he say?\u201d I pointed to the sample cups and asked what size she wanted. She indicated the medium one that Starbucks quaintly calls a grande. Not missing a beat, the employee said, \u201cGrande mocha.\u201d Again, the young woman looked to me for interpretation. I \u201ctranslated\u201d for her, \u201cA grande mocha.\u201d She nodded her agreement with the order. Looking at the pair in line, the employee went for gold by asking, \u201cJust one?\u201d Again, all eyes turned to me. \u201cAnything else?\u201d I asked. The young woman said no and her order was made and paid for.\nThis comedy of expectations on the international stage of human communication never fails to make me chuckle. I\u2019ve seen this play out many times in China, but also in numerous other countries. Faced with the unknown, it is easy for a traveler to latch onto their own expectations of misunderstanding and completely miss the actual words coming out of a person\u2019s mouth. For the one confused, I know it can be frustrating, but hopefully they take it in stride. For the rest of us, it is a chance for a good laugh over a nice hot mocha. Whatever size you please.\nPhoto: Dawn Endico (Flickr)\nEffective Communication Family intercultural management Parenting", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 93, "original_length": 7072, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 323.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.bigbluewave.ca/2014/01/obscure-christian-movie-gets-oscar.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:56Z", "digest": "sha1:QWYRGS2ZKRN6XLGVMGIUW7FR6EWXVUAA", "length": 1292, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.bigbluewave.ca", "title": "BIG BLUE WAVE: Obscure Christian Movie Gets Oscar Nomination for Best Song", "raw_content": "Obscure Christian Movie Gets Oscar Nomination for Best Song\nAlone Yet Not Alone ...\nhad a limited release (nine cities) on Sept. 27, 2013, targeted specifically toward the Christian market. Its production company \u2014 Enthuse Entertainment \u2014 describes itself as a producer of \"God-honoring, faith-based, family-friendly films that inspire the human spirit to seek and know God.\" The film tells an alleged true-life tale from 1755 of two young sisters kidnapped by Native Americans after a raid on their family farm.\nThe plot of \"Alone Yet Not Alone\" also deals with the Native Americans (referred to as \"savages\" in the film's trailer) attempting to \"indoctrinate\" the kidnapped girls \"into native culture,\" as reported by Film.com. The women, however, retain their faith, turning the film into a tale of Christianity \"triumphing\" over other religions and practices\nI watched part of the video for the song and I thought \"meh\".\nI hate how so much of Christian entertainment is uplifting.\nWhen I hear uplifting I hear: shallow, predictable, sentimental, self-serving, not catchy, safe, saccharine, unnuanced, boring.\nThis is why most people prefer U2 to 99% of the Christian music out there.\nThe production values looked pretty good, though, I'll say that.\nCatholic|Christian|movies|music|oscars|", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 36, "original_length": 3871, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 337.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.bigwhitetaildreams.com/privacy/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:10Z", "digest": "sha1:6I3UP754QGHMJSJHOH3GT4CLYPVCYJ5I", "length": 6292, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.bigwhitetaildreams.com", "title": "Privacy - Big Whitetail Dreams LLC", "raw_content": "Navigation: Home > Privacy\nBig Whitetail Dreams LLC (\"Big Whitetail Dreams LLC\", \"we\", or \"us\") takes the privacy and protection of personal information very seriously. 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Contact Us If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our Privacy Policy please contact us by sending us an e-mail to privacy(at) wsokoly@bigwhitetaildreams.com.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 23, "original_length": 6681, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 320.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.biomassmagazine.com/articles/1529/national-forest-slash-piles-eyed-for-fuel/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:12Z", "digest": "sha1:QQKDP2E77ARNO7MLPD3OI3TJNMKST4XO", "length": 10335, "nlines": 18, "source_domain": "www.biomassmagazine.com", "title": "National Forest Slash Piles Eyed for Fuel | Biomassmagazine.com", "raw_content": "National Forest Slash Piles Eyed for Fuel\nIn national forests from Arizona to Montana, thousands of slash piles left by the timber industry could be used to produce cellulosic ethanol. Before that can happen, the language in the Energy Bill must be changed.\nBy Hope Deutscher\nFrom renewable energy companies to private organizations, many entities see the potential for energy derived from biomass sitting in piles in the United States' 155 national forests.\nThe Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, which was signed into law in December, includes an historic 36 billion gallon renewable fuels standard (RFS), a portion of which will be made from biomass. A last-minute change in the legislation's definition of renewable biomass, however, prevents almost all federal land biomass-such as trees, wood, brush, thinnings, chips, and slash-from counting toward the mandate if it is used to manufacture biofuels. \"At times we get calls for prospective biomass consumers and cellulosic ethanol investors who want to know how much wood the Black Hills can provide,\" says Blaine Cook, a forest silviculturist with the Black Hills National Forest, who is also the biomass coordinator for the forest.\nCurrently there are 3,126 slash piles in the Black Hills National Forest from saw timber harvest and thinning, which Cook says is equivalent to 239,000 green tons. And there are slash piles totaling more than a million tons (air dry) that are 1 to 4 years of age in the forest.\nU.S. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., notes that biomass was eligible to be counted toward the 2005 RFS, but when the 2007 energy package was crafted behind closed doors, it changed the way that waste material from national forests could be used. \"America's national forests provide one of our greatest renewable resources,\" Thune says. \"To exclude slash piles and other wastes from within our national forests to be counted towards the renewable fuels standard simply makes no sense. It is unfortunate that the harmful definition of renewable biomass was inserted by the House Democratic leadership at the last minute, and it is critical that Congress fix this definition before the new RFS rules take effect on Jan. 1, 2009.\"\nThe U.S. Forest Service, timber and alternative energy groups have met with South Dakota's congressional delegation to discuss the exclusion of biomass from the federal Energy Bill. Thune and U.S. Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, D-S.D., have since introduced separate bills to change the definition of renewable biomass, as it was written in earlier versions of the Energy Bill. The legislation also promotes the development and use of cellulosic ethanol derived from woody biomass on federal lands. The Black Hills National Forest, a dense ponderosa pine forest covers an area 125 miles long and 65 miles wide in western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming. \"This provision not only discourages the use of such biomass, but in doing so could result in a decrease in responsible forest management by denying land managers an important outlet for the excessive biomass loads that often accumulate on public lands,\" Herseth Sandlin says. \"Amending the definition of renewable biomass in the Energy Bill will greatly improve our ability to manufacture renewable energy from our forestlands, both public and private, all over the country. This would bring tremendous benefits, not only to our environment, to forest health, and to our national security, but it will also provide an economically viable outlet for forest byproducts that could revitalize the local economies of hundreds of small forest communities across the country, including those in the Black Hills.\"\nHerseth Sandlin's bill significantly broadens the definition of cellulosic ethanol within the RFS to include more biomass gathered from federal land and would allow RFS credit for broad categories of biomass from nonfederal and tribal lands including agricultural commodities, plants and trees, algae, crop residue, waste material (including wood waste and wood residues), animal waste and byproducts (including fats, oils, greases, and manure), construction waste, and food and yard waste. The Renewable Biofuels Facilitation Act was co-sponsored by a geographically diverse and bipartisan group, including representatives Greg Walden, R-Ore., Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., Bart Stupak, D-Mich., Mike Ross, D-Ark., Chip Pickering, R-Miss., Jo Ann Emerson, R-Mo., Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., Jo Bonner, R-Ala., and John Peterson, R-Pa. Under the proposed legislation, biomass projects conducted on federal lands would still have to comply with federal and state law, as well as applicable land management plans. On Feb. 7, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on the RFS.\nThe National Forest System and Forest Service, an agency of the USDA, manages a system of 155 national forests and 222 research and experimental forests, as well as 20 national grasslands and other special areas, covering more than 192 million acres of public land. The national forests, which were first called forest reserves, began with the Forest Reserve Act of 1891. The act allowed presidents to establish forest reserves from timber-covered public domain land. Throughout the years, leaders and visionaries have worked with scientific and conservation organizations, as well as forest professionals to retain millions of acres of federally designated forest land for future generations.\nBlack Hills National Forest officials say their goal is to have a healthy forest that is green, diverse and productive, and provides homes for wildlife and fish. The forest is actively thinned to fend off mountain pine beetles and reduce the risk of crown fires. As well, the logging and timber industry helps the forest service thin the forest. \"We're thinning and logging in areas of high risk from insects and fire so the bugs can't get established and fires can burn at low intensity,\" says Dave Thom, Black Hills national resources staff officer. Trees that are thinned and logged and treated with prescribed burns don't have to compete with so many other trees for water and nutrients. They grow faster, are healthier and result in stronger more resilient forests, Thom says.\nKL Process Design Group, a biofuels design-build company based in Rapid City, S.D., recently started a cellulosic ethanol facility in Upton, Wyo. The company is utilizing wood chips from private landowners in the Black Hills. \"The Black Hills National Forest has several pockets within it of private landowners so we will be utilizing those particular pockets of wooded area for now. And, of course, our hope is on the backend that the Energy Bill will be changed and open that up.\" A juvenile corrections facility south of Custer, S.D., which just put in a biomass furnace, and a Rapid City cabinet maker are also using wood waste from the forest. All three sources just want a couple trucks a week, Cook says. \"The remaining piles out there reach a point of starting to decay and once the wood fiber starts to go, after about a year and a half, they are burned.\"\nTom Martin, media relations manager for KL Process, says the company is working with the state's congressional leaders to change federal policy. \"We're trying to work hard with our congressional leaders in South Dakota to perhaps get some concessions on that or even turn it around,\" Martin says. \"We don't think from a useable standpoint that it makes a lot of sense, it kind of takes the teeth out of the cellulosic part of the Energy Bill, and so we're working hard to try and get that turned around a bit.\" At public meetings, KL Process President, Dave Litzen has said the biomass in the Black Hills National Forest slash piles could produce 30 million gallons of ethanol.\nIt's difficult to find anyone who is opposed to using federal forest biomass for energy. Representatives from the South Dakota Chapter of the Sierra Club have said that the national Sierra Club and the local chapter don't oppose using wood waste from the national forests for energy. However, they don't want the Black Hills National Forest to be used a as a fuel farm; any biomass gathered for alternative fuel should be done within the existing forest management plan. Headquartered in Rapid City, the Black Hills Forest Resource Association is a nonprofit membership-supported organization devoted to improving forest management, decision-making and policies on the Black Hills National Forest. BHFRA members support protecting the Black Hills' forest environment while maintaining its relationship with dependent communities and economies.\nHFRA Director Tom Troxel says the association supports Herseth-Sandlin's bill. \"When the loggers are logging, they bring the trees into the landing where the tops and limbs are cut off,\" he says. \"And so we have these great big piles at every landing. For the most part they are just burned and there's nobody that wants them left in the woods. The wildlife biologists don't want those piles left at the landings. If those [slash piles] were all left in the woods, it would be a fire hazard and really, anything that we can do now that would encourage any sort of utilization of that is common sense. If we can utilize it rather than burn it, then I think it benefits all around.\"\nAs more companies around the country research the use of wood waste as an economical alternative fuel source, Troxel says he would like to see federal policy support for that. \"I'd like to see federal energy policy such that it would encourage use of these piles,\" he says. \"It's an economic benefit and it fits into the whole energy independence a lot of folks are thinking about for the United States. If there's a way that we can produce this energy here at home with our own resources, that's a plus.\"\nTroxel says for the foreseeable future there is energy potential from the biomass supply in the Black Hills National Forest. \"I think there's going to be an ongoing and continuous need for forest management in the Black Hills,\" he says. \"What I foresee for management strategies and logging systems is that there will be slash piles for a long time into the future that will be available for some sort of utilization.\"\nHope Deutscher is the Biomass Magazine online editor. Reach her at hdeutscher@bbibiofuels.com or (701) 373-0636.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 73, "original_length": 11408, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 251.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/children-of-bodom-signs-with-nuclear-blast-records/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:03Z", "digest": "sha1:YEFWJJ2E5MHNM3L743WP3IBDSRQOG6L5", "length": 3830, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.blabbermouth.net", "title": "Children Of Bodom Signs With Nuclear Blast Records - Blabbermouth.net", "raw_content": "CHILDREN OF BODOM Signs With NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS\nFinnish metallers CHILDREN OF BODOM have inked a worldwide deal (excluding Japan) with Nuclear Blast Records. The band, which kicked off a year-long celebration of its 15th anniversary with a successful North American tour alongside labelmates ELUVEITIE, has a new studio album planned for release in 2013.\n\"We had a good, productive and long run with Spinefarm Records for fifteen years and now it's simply just time for a change,\" said CHILDREN OF BODOM frontman Alexi Laiho. \"I'm absolutely stoked to start the new chapter of CHILDREN OF BODOM's career with Nuclear Blast and look forward to working with them.\"\n\"Personally, I am so excited to get to work with Nuclear Blast again,\" adds CHILDREN OF BODOM bassist Henkka Sepp\u00e4l\u00e4 (a.k.a. Henkka T. Blacksmith). \"We have such good memories from the beginning of our career with them. We know the people already and we know how committed they are in doing metal!\"\nNuclear Blast Europe A&R representative Jaap Wagemaker shares: \"15 years ago we were introduced to a very young band from Finland who blew us away with their track 'Deadnight Warrior' from their debut album 'Something Wild' \u2014 and their music was indeed something wild! Fast-tapping guitar work combined with incredible keyboards and angry vocals\u2026 it was the start of the career of CHILDREN OF BODOM. Nuclear Blast released their first three albums outside of Finland: 'Something Wild', 'Hatebreeder', and 'Follow The Reaper', albums that became classics in the history of metal. Unfortunately, after the third album, we went separate ways but we have always been following them and stayed in contact. CHILDREN OF BODOM became a very big band worldwide and now the time has come to welcome them back home! We at Nuclear Blast are very happy to see CHILDREN OF BODOM rejoining the Nuclear family and are looking forward to working their next albums. You can be sure that 'something wild' will come your way!\"\n\"Holiday At Lake Bodom (15 Years Of Wasted Youth)\", a very special CD+DVD career retrospective in celebration of CHILDREN OF BODOM's 15th anniversary, sold around 600 copies in the United States in its first week of release.\n\"Holiday At Lake Bodom (15 Years Of Wasted Youth)\" spotlights specially selected tracks from every one of CHILDREN OF BODOM's critically acclaimed albums (1997's \"Something Wild\", 1999's \"Hatebreeder\", 2000's \"Follow The Reaper\", 2003's \"Hate Crew Deathroll\", 2005's \"Are You Dead Yet?\", 2008's \"Blooddrunk\" and 2011's \"Relentless Reckless Forever\"), plus two newly recorded (and undeniably fun) cover songs and detailed liner notes penned by the members of CHILDREN OF BODOM themselves. The DVD portion of the package includes \"candid touring and backstage footage from around the world\u201d, plus the \"Shovel Knockout\" video.\nIn an interview with MusikUniverse.net, Laiho said that the band is scheduled to commence the songwriting sessions for its next album this fall for a 2013 release. \"I have ideas, but I haven't done anything about it,\" Alexi said. \"'Cause the thing is, I can't write when I'm touring; it's not the right kind of environment for me. I know a lot of people do it, but I just can't. And it's OK, 'cause I build a lot of ideas in my head, and my memory sucks, but one thing that I never forget is the riffs; they're always in my head somehow. So it's really not a problem.\"\n\"Relentless Reckless Forever\" sold nearly 11,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 42 on The Billboard 200 chart. The band's previous CD, 2008's \"Blooddrunk\", opened with 19,000 units to land at No. 22. This number was roughly four times the opening tally of \"Blooddrunk\"'s predecessor, \"Are You Dead Yet?\", which premiered with 5,000 units back in October 2005 to enter the chart at No. 195.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 67, "original_length": 6325, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 128.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gorgoroth-singer-sentenced-to-14-months-in-prison/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:46Z", "digest": "sha1:DY5HVUUZZNLNL6UVHDMYXH42PBDS7UYP", "length": 7431, "nlines": 28, "source_domain": "www.blabbermouth.net", "title": "Gorgoroth Singer Sentenced To 14 Months In Prison - Blabbermouth.net", "raw_content": "GORGOROTH Singer Sentenced To 14 Months In Prison\nGORGOROTH frontman Gaahl was sentenced to 14 months in prison for beating a 41-year-old man and threatening to drink his blood.\nThe black metal vocalist was sentenced to one year and two months in jail by the Gulating court of appeals on Tuesday (Feb. 22), according to TV2. The original 18-month sentence, which was handed down last May, was reduced by four months while the amount in damages Gaahl is required to pay to the victim was increased from 100,000 NOK (approximately $16,000) to 190,000 NOK (approximately $30,400).\nLast year, the district court concluded that Gaahl's use of violence was severe enough for him to be charged with aggravated assault. The court of appeals agreed with the disctrict court's findings, but still chose to reduce the 29-year-old's sentence.\nThe victim, whose identity has not been revealed by the Norwegian media, explained that he went to an after-hours party in February 2002 at the invitation of Gaahl's brother and ended up engaging in a verbal disagreement with Gaahl. However, he denied that he physically attacked Gaahl, as has been claimed by the defendant.\n\"I wanted to leave,\" the alleged victim told the court last year. \"What I did was react verbally to a situation which I perceived as threatening.\"\nWhen the 41-year-old man tried to leave the party, the defendant allegedly blocked the exit by standing in the doorway. Immediately after that, the alleged victim felt a hard hit on the back of his head.\n\"From the moment I got hit, I thought to myself that this was the end. It was as if I could view the whole situation from the outside: Now I'm dying,\" the man explained.\nThe 41-year-old told the court of increased use of violence as the night progressed. He claimed to have no recollection of how long it took for the entire episode to transpire, but he indicated that it \"seemed to last for a very long time.\" He also described a situation where he was given a cup in which he was supposed to bleed. He said he was first hit once, then another time because he did not bleed enough. According to the alleged victim, the defendant said, \"I'm going to sacrifice you, I'm going to drink your blood.\"\nTaking the stand in her son's defense, Gaahl's mother testified that she found the accusation of blood drinking particularly hard to believe.\n\"My son is a vegetarian and very fussy about food. He eats absolutely no innards. That is why I do not believe this at all,\" Gaahl's mother told the court.\nThe court believed the victim's claim that Gaahl threatened to drink his blood but didn't believe Gaahl actually meant to do it.\n\"The court believes that the accused said that he would drink the blood of the victim,\" the court wrote in today's sentence. \"The court has no reason to believe that the defendant had intended to go through with it. The statement was rather made to incite fear in the victim by its brutality.\"\nAfter he was hit in the back of the head, the 41-year-old man made two attempts to get away. The first time, he thought the living room was empty. But when he tried to get up from his chair, he was pulled back down by someone behind him. The second time he managed to exit the house and find his way into his car and drive away. The alleged victim believes that there were two more persons were in the house in addition to the defendant.\nTaking the stand in his own defense, Gaahl explained that it was the 41-year-old who started the trouble which led to the physical confrontation.\n\"He jumped on me and threw me down in a chair. I also remember getting my head banged against the wall,\" Gaahl testified in court. \"He kept hitting at me without stopping. The last thing I remember is that I fell down on the couch and that I lifted my arms to protect myself. After that I must have lost consciousness. The next thing I remember is standing on the floor and [the 41-year-old] sitting in a chair. At that time he was bleeding pretty heavily,\" the 29-year-old black metal singer explained.\nWhen asked to explain the severe physical injuries suffered by the 41-year-old, Gaahl said, \"Anything I would say would be just pure speculation on my part. I don't know what happened.\"\nThe defendant's version of what transpired on the night in question directly contradicted the alleged victim's claim that he suffered a brutal assault at the hands of the defendant, causing him to continue to experience medical problems more than two years after the alleged incident took place.\nDuring his testimony, Gaahl explained that he met the 41-year-old for the first time earlier that night at a restaurant. According to Gaahl, the alleged victim made the initial contact.\nThe defendant, who appeared in court wearing a black GORGOROTH t-shirt, a leather jacket and an upside-down cross necklace, claimed that he took a cab home after closing time and that the 41-year-old was not invited to the after-hours party, but that he invited himself and turned up a bit later. Gaahl explained that the 41-year-old had been drinking at the restaurant but still ended up driving his own car for 30 minutes from the restaurant to the house.\n\"Everything was calm until we were supposed to leave the house to go to my brother's place nearby,\" Gaahl said. \"It was my brother that was originally going to have the party, but we went to my place first as my brother hadn't arrived yet. When I made the suggestion that we leave, he attacked me,\" the 29-year-old said.\nThe court was also shown a cup that is normally used for games of throwing dice. When the defendant saw that the alleged victim was bleeding heavily, he gave him the cup. Asked if he had told the 41-year-old to collect his blood in the cup, Gaahl explained, \"I gave him the cup so that he would not to make such a mess in my house with all the blood.\"\nDuring the questioning, the defendant claimed he did not remember anything that happened after he lost consciousness until he found himself standing on the floor with the 41-year-old sitting in a chair badly injured in front of him.\nIn 2001, Gaahl was sentenced to one year in prison without the possibility of parole after an episode of violence where he assaulted his victim for hours. In addition, he was ordered to pay 158,000 kronor (approximately $25,300) in punitive damages.\nIn the 2001 sentence, the court wrote that Gaahl's use of violence was \"extremely raw and brutal,\" adding that there was no \"clear motive\" for the assault.\nUnder normal circumstances, Gaahl's previous conviction would have carried a sentence of 90 days in prison, but due to the severity of the crime, the singer was sentenced to 12 months behind bars in addition to being forced to pay the monetary damages. During his court appearance, Gaahl was reportedly dressed in black and wore a plethora of Satanic symbols.\nFormed in 1992, GORGOROTH took their name from J.R.R. Tolkien's book \"The Lord Of The Rings\". Gaahl, who joined the band in 1998, is believed to be involved with at least three other projects (GAAHLSKAGG, SIGFADER, TRELLDOM), all of which feature a musical direction described as \"raw, unsophisticated black metal.\"\nGORGOROTH drew international attention in February 2004 after they were accused of \"offending religious feelings\" during a concert in Poland. The band were also suspected of breaching the Polish law on protection of animals by displaying the severed and impaled heads of sheep as part of their stage act.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 87, "original_length": 10077, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 127.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.blackstarfoundation.nl/index.php?mid=artiestenpagina&lang=en&aid=197", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:51Z", "digest": "sha1:LC3WOV7A5ZHXCOGCBN6D6SMPGPHYSYK4", "length": 551, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.blackstarfoundation.nl", "title": "Black Star - information about the artist / band", "raw_content": "Jahforth is born and raised in Montego Bay (Jamaica). At the age of 18 he came to Holland. Music has always been his second nature. Jahforth has wide interests and talents in the field of music; by playing the djembe to his role as MC.\nJahforth (also known as Jahford and/or Flex) is a regular MC for Back-A-Wall Movement and Shamba Lion Soundsystem. Nowadays he is also working with Black Star Sound!\nWould you like to receive more information about Jahforth or would you like to book Jahforth, please send an e-mail message to Black Star Foundation.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 139, "original_length": 5803, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 279.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.bookrags.com/criticism/tacitus-crit2/2/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:25:18Z", "digest": "sha1:QVRRRBN4EPZGWXXX77FL527TGMN5OST7", "length": 1128, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.bookrags.com", "title": "Tacitus | Criticism | BookRags.com", "raw_content": "Get Critical Essay by Moses Hadas from Amazon.com\nSOURCE: Hadas, Moses. Introduction to The Complete Works of Tacitus, by Tacitus, edited by Moses Hadas, translated by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb, pp. ix-xxii. New York: The Modern Library, 1942.\nIn the following essay, Hadas discusses Tacitus's life, career, and artistry and evaluates his trustworthiness as an historian.\nThe apparent insensitivity of the Romans to their greatest historian is an exasperating accident of our faulty tradition or a melancholy commentary upon their civilization. Until the end of the fourth century when Ammianus Marcellinus, an Antiochene Greek, undertook to write a continuation of Tacitus' histories no writer other than his own friend Pliny makes mention of him. It is true that the Emperor Tacitus (275-276 a.d.) is reported, not improbably though the authority is dubious, to have ordered that ten copies of his putative ancestor's works be made annually and that these be deposited in various...\nCritical Essay by Moses Hadas from Gale. \u00a92005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 35, "original_length": 1874, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 294.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.bookrags.com/criticism/zbigniew-herbert-crit2/1/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:19:21Z", "digest": "sha1:66RJ7ONCRH67QXYZB5SN3TDBG7I3JXFQ", "length": 1242, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.bookrags.com", "title": "Zbigniew Herbert | Criticism | BookRags.com", "raw_content": "Get Critical Review by Reuel Wilson from Amazon.com\nThis literature criticism consists of approximately 5 pages of analysis & critique of Zbigniew Herbert.\nSOURCE: Wilson, Reuel. \u201cThree Contemporary Slavic Poets: A View From Other Side.\u201d The New Quarterly Cave: An International Review of Arts & Ideas 1, no. 4 (October 1976): 46-58.\nIn the following excerpted review of Herbert's Selected Poems, as translated by Czeslaw Milosz and Peter Dale Scott, Wilson notes that Herbert uses poetry to order and reinterpret experience and classical myth to defy conventional attitudes.\nHerbert (1924-) and Holub (1923-) have much in common as poets and it is an interesting coincidence that they were born in adjacent countries (Poland and Czechoslovakia respectively) within a year of each other. Both have non-literary backgrounds: Herbert has a degree in civil law, while Holub is a famous clinical pathologist and scientist. Both represent, at least in my opinion, the very best kind of poetry that is being written today - anywhere. Both voice unequivocal respect for human life and individual dignity; often with humour...\nCritical Review by Reuel Wilson from Gale. \u00a92005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 35, "original_length": 1921, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 336.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.boostmedia.com/blog/uncategorized/ppc-180-percent-improvement-for-memory-games/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:25:23Z", "digest": "sha1:SWFVLE2BN4JL4WMRY3FWCGNF6QSAHSLQ", "length": 3353, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.boostmedia.com", "title": "PPC Ad Text Win of the Week \u2013 180% Improvement for Memory Games - Boost Blog", "raw_content": "PPC Ad Text Win of the Week \u2013 180% Improvement for Memory Games\nPosted June 30, 2011\u2003|\u2003CATEGORY: Uncategorized\nWhich of the two ads below got a higher CTR? Make your decision and scroll down to discover the answer.\nAs we\u2019ve seen so many times during the last 6 months, small differences in word choice can lead to massive differences in Click Thru Rate (CTR). This week\u2019s contest is no exception\u2026\nIn this case, the winner was ad number two. It was written by \u201cwordisborn,\u201d and it increased CTR by 180% \u2014 more than double the original CTR.\nLet\u2019s look at the reasons why Ad #2 performed so much better\u2026\n1. Both ads use DKI in the title field. But there are three differences with the alternate text that is used. The losing ad capitalizes only the first word; the winning ad capitalizes all three words. This may cause a slight difference in CTR. The losing ad says \u201cStop forgetting things\u201c; the winning ad says \u201cStop Forgetting Stuff\u201c. This difference is fairly significant. The word \u201cStuff\u201d seems more appropriate as it includes both physical things and intangible things \u2014 like birthdays.\n2. Last but not least, the losing ad ends the title text with a period (full stop); the winning ad does not. While all three differences influence CTR, I expect the period in the title makes the biggest difference. It visually \u201cstops\u201d the reader from going further.\n3. By starting the body copy with the word \u201cSignificantly,\u201d the losing ad may lose readers. It\u2019s a \u201cpuff word\u201d that adds no value. A better phrasing would have been to simply say, \u201cImprove your memory\u201d. Maybe even \u201cImprove your memory fast\u201d.\n4. The winning ad gets to the point faster by saying, \u201cScientific memory games\u201d. Furthermore, the ad follows a logical structure of What \u2013 Who \u2013 Why. What is it? Scientific memory games. Who is it for? Adults. Why? Because it improves your brain.\n5. The losing ad chooses to use the phrase \u201cbrain games\u201d instead of \u201cmemory games.\u201d I would argue that more people are familiar with the idea of \u201cmemory games,\u201d and more inclined to click to learn more.\n6. The winning ad uses an appropriate Call To Action while the losing ad does not. Again, small difference; big impact on CTR. If the losing ad had deleted the word \u201cSignificantly,\u201d it would have had plenty of space for a call to action. This would have been a much better use of space.\nAs we saw two weeks ago when we looked at two ads promoting gold investing, flagging down your specific audience (e.g., \u201cfor adults\u201d / \u201cFirst-Time Gold Buyer\u201d) can increase CTR by quite a bit. If you have room for it, it\u2019s worth testing.\nThe bottom line: The new ad wins because it uses better title text, better ad structure/flow, better word choice\u2026 and\u2026 uses a strong call to action.\nWhat\u2019s your takeaway from this contest? How will you apply what you learned to the next PPC ad you write? Leave a comment and let me know.\nBoostCTR writers are chomping at the bit to improve your pay-per-click ads on both Google and Facebook. It\u2019s what they do. Sign up today and put them to work.\nAbout the Author: Ryan Healy is a direct response copywriter and BoostCTR writer. Since 2002, he has worked with scores of clients, including Alex Mandossian, Terry Dean, and Pulte Homes. He writes a popular blog about copywriting, advertising, and business, and is the creator of the world\u2019s first trust seal for affiliate programs.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 243, "original_length": 53593, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 333.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.boothainsworth.co.uk/news-and-events/blog-post/whatever-size-your-business-its-time-think-strategically", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:56:28Z", "digest": "sha1:WV6LCIT26YDCEABEJOZKEQBFNHW227SN", "length": 3927, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.boothainsworth.co.uk", "title": "Whatever the size of your business, it's time to think strategically | Booth Ainsworth | Stockport", "raw_content": "You're running a small business and 'strategy' is just for the big players right? Well, maybe it's time to think again argues Sally Wood, Business Services Manager at Booth Ainsworth.\nIt really doesnn't matter what size your business is. We all have short-term objectives and longer-term goals, which means that every company can benefit from developing a strategy.\nIt's all too eary to drift or find that you are constantly focused on a day-to-day firefighting which becomes and inevitable part of running any enterprise. But what if there are long-term issues you need to solve or ambitious plans that you harbour for the future? Your strategy will be a way of cementing your vision and turning it into a mission.\nSo what's the best starting point?\nSome people like to begin with a SWOT analysis - which is where you identify your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.\nImagine you're running a local taxi company, for example. Your stregths may be the fact that people know your name in the local area nd you get work-of-mouth recommendation. It could be, however, that you have a high turnover of drivers and struggle to find new recruits. That's clearly a weakness.\nWhat about opportunities? Maybe you know that a big new employer is coming to town and there may be lots of regular taxi journeys with people travelling to and from their offices. But you're also conscious of the treats posed by local competition and the huge growth in 'ride-hail' apps, such as Uber.\nIt's when you weigh up these different factors that you're able to put your current business perpective and start planning effectively for the future.\nInevitably, a business strategy will require clear targets and points of action. It's there as a reminder of our ultimate goal and should pay out the steps you're going to take to get there.\nPerhaps you need to differentiate yourself in a crowded market place, for instance? You'll need to spend time thinking about what makes your organisation, product or service unique and how this affects your strategy moving forward. You may need to change your processes and operations, but it might also be a question of rebranding your business or promoting your message effectively through marketing.\nWhat about training? Perhaps your strategy needs to include a plan to provide staff members with new skills that will allow you to compete more effectively or break into new markets.\nOf course, the strategy only has a change of success if you communicate your vision to members of staff, so that the business is well organised and co-ordinated in its approach. In a very small company, you might be able to do this by word of mouth, although when you have a larger workforce, you'll have to consider other methods of communication.\nOnce you embark on your journey together, it's important to review your progress. A strategy is something that may change in response to events in your particular market or the wider world. You may also see that you're finding it hard to achieve certain milestones and so there's a constant process of adjustment and re-evaluation. Over time, you're looking for evidence that your business is strengthening and that operations, sales, admin and other departments are all travelling in the same direction.\nIt really pays to get your accountancy firm involved in your strategy right from the start. Your professional advisers understand the challenges you face and have experience of working with other ccompanies is a similar postion. They can also help you keep on top of deadlines and advise on the way in which you can streamline and improve your processes.\nIn the North West, many companies choose to partner with Booth Ainsworth becaue of our experience across a variety of sectors. Why not speak to one of our business specialists by calling 0161 475 0200 or email sallyw@boothainsworth.co.uk. It could be the first step towards fulfilling your business vision.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 222, "original_length": 7953, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 281.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.borondy.com/page/2/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:54Z", "digest": "sha1:77NSLW6VMHR4W3OCWYUTQU2WSWQWUCRU", "length": 2121, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.borondy.com", "title": "Still Untitled \u2013 Page 2 \u2013 Unguided Meditations on the Digital Life", "raw_content": "If you saw my deceptive tour of Burlington, Vermont, you might be considering a move to our fair city. Here are five more reasons to pack up the family and head for the fabled shores of Lake Champlain.\n1. In Burlington, we are redefining parenting one playground at a time.\nLovely Burlington, Vermont, located on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain, is a great place for the whole family to visit. Spend a few days, and you may even want to move here.\nAfter all, there\u2019s ample parking everywhere:\nThe International Institute of New England is a Boston-based nonprofit helping refugees and immigrants become active participants in the social, political, and economic richness of American life. (In addition to Boston, they work on Lowell, MA and Manchester, NH\u2014hence the \u201cNew England.\u201d)\nThey recently changed their name from the International Institute of Boston and wanted to alter their long-outdated web presence to coincide with the new moniker.\nRwanda's Kivu region produces great-tasting coffee\nI try a different coffee pretty much every week. This week I had my first taste of Rwanda, in the form of Rwandan COOPAC from local micro-roaster Barista\u2019s Beans (of Hyde Park, Vermont).\nThis coffee is uniquely flavored with honey, peach and citrus, and most importantly, it comes from a fair-trade cooperative of Rwandan coffee growers (COOPAC, founded in 2001). Their website explains how these premium beans got from the war-torn country to my local market:\nSome of Kristi\u2019s photos are on display this month at Uncommon Grounds on Church Street in Burlington. (That\u2019s Burlington, Vermont, for those of you just joining us.)\nYou might be wondering: Who is this Kristi? Does she have a website where you can view more of her little black-and-white masterpieces? Why isn\u2019t she looking at the camera?\nWell, I could answer all those questions for you, but why ruin the fun?\nWe were all witnesses: Above, jilted Cleveland basketball fans respond to the Nike LeBron ad. (via Kottke)\nChange your Decision Points: Facebook group suggests we subversively move George W. Bush\u2019s new memoir to the \u201ccrime\u201d section. (via The Rumpus)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 55, "original_length": 4026, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 331.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.boulosdevelopments.com/services", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:03:41Z", "digest": "sha1:6IDLYXGL23FDWNXJACUBB5AWM7VMFFLF", "length": 660, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.boulosdevelopments.com", "title": "Boulos Developments - Lebanon", "raw_content": "Our services cover the spectrum of the real estate industry. The most common formulas are land development into residential or commercial spaces. Our team is flexible to fit the needs of every project as we understand each one is unique in its own way. Whether be it the purchase of the property or the development of the land in partnership with the owner, we do both.\nIn addition, we specialize in the division of large plots of land (>10,000m2) into smaller sellable plots and executing all the necessary civil works associated with such a project. This formula has proven to be successful and is becoming more popular in mountainous regions of the country.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 22, "original_length": 992, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 167.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.bravingthehotmess.com/my-story.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:04:09Z", "digest": "sha1:VDHN7POHPZ4LJXCWVDSEHSJJFWMG74LW", "length": 2784, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.bravingthehotmess.com", "title": "My Story - Braving the Hot Mess", "raw_content": "Braving the Hot Mess started with a personal dream.\nA dream where the world is a more loving, kind, compassionate and gentle place for people to explore and experience.\nA dream where people recognize their own power to live happy joyful lives while fearlessly going after their dreams.\nA dream where we live wholeheartedly.\nA dream to create ripples of empowering change that radiate throughout the world. Change your mind, change the world.\nHi, I\u2019m Tracy Traeder and I am honored and grateful to have you visit my website. My hope is that my website and blog will inspire you, invoke thought, that you\u2019ll learn something new, create a shift, find a new perspective, that you\u2019ll feel loved and supported.\nI'm a motivational spiritual teacher, a\u200b happiness coach, an energy manager, a wife and mother of three amazing kids. For as far back as I can remember, I have always felt a need, a call, a nagging feeling that I needed/wanted to help people and save the world. To motivate and cheer people on to live a bigger, a richer, a more whole-hearted happier life.\nHowever, I didn\u2019t always do this, I consider this to be my second career. I started out working in corporate America as a certified public accountant at a public accounting firm for 13 years. Although I enjoyed many aspects of my career, I knew that it wasn\u2019t my passion, or my calling in life. As much as possible, I navigated my career toward working with the people side of the business and less with the numbers side of the business. I was heavily involved with recruiting and training and became a consultant for a personality and skills assessment tool called Predictive Index.\nWhen September 11th happened I decided it was time to shift gears. Time to honor the whisper in my heart\u2026it was actually more like a flashing neon sign. I engrossed myself in learning and growing and eventually sharing. I read and studied and practiced and shared, until one day I decided it was time to share my discoveries on a larger scale.\nMy approach combines ancient wisdom with modern science to create synergy of the mind, body and spirit. Synergizing my experience in the corporate world with that of energy management, mindfulness, spiritual concepts and hard-core science based evidence.\nI often say, \u201cWhat are you bringing to the table?\u201d I believe that you have to bring your whole self to the table. Your whole heart, your whole soul, your whole spirit, your whole mind, your whole amazingly beautiful energetic self!\nLife can be challenging and life can be messy. I know that sometimes I feel like it's a Hot Mess or that I'm a Hot Mess. Braving the Hot Mess, to me, means acknowledging the challenges and being brave enough to navigate your way through it with love, gratitude, compassion, forgiveness and your whole-heart.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 27, "original_length": 3103, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 336.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.brittanysbookblog.com/blog/sweet-sunshine-by-jessica-prince-cover-reveal-with-excerpt-giveaway", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:50Z", "digest": "sha1:QW2BHSN5XUQQAQCOQ33VRIXPW7YR65J3", "length": 2625, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.brittanysbookblog.com", "title": "Sweet Sunshine by Jessica Prince- Cover Reveal with Excerpt & Giveaway - Brittany's Book Blog", "raw_content": "Sweet Sunshine by Jessica Prince- Cover Reveal with Excerpt & Giveaway\nTitle: Sweet Sunshine\nShe\u2019s a romantic at heart.\nChloe Delaney had three very specific wishes, growing up. She wished to stay settled in the small mountain town of Pembrooke, where she grew up, to one day be her own boss, and to fall in love with a man who would be willing to go to the ends of the earth for her. With her roots firmly planted in Pembrooke\u2019s soil and her bakery, Sinful Sweets, thriving, two of her wishes have already come true. When a handsome single father moves to town, she\u2019s certain she\u2019s found the man to fill the role of wish number three.\nThe only problem is, you can\u2019t force a frog to turn into a prince.\nHe isn\u2019t the Prince Charming type.\nWhen Derrick Anderson moved from Jackson Hole to the small town of Pembrooke, he did it determined to wipe the slate clean. After eight years spent trapped in a miserable marriage, he\u2019s made a vow to never take the plunge again. He wants to be untethered, not tangled up in the strings that come with a committed relationship. He has his daughter, his career, and an ex-wife hell bent on making his life unbearable. His plate is already full.\nThe only problem is, he didn\u2019t have a plan in place to protect his heart from her.\nNeither of them were prepared for the course their lives would take. But once a rollercoaster begins to move, you can\u2019t just climb off, now can you?\nThe only thing they can do is strap in, hold on tight, and enjoy the ride.\n***This is Book 1 in the Pembrooke series, a spin-off of Wildflower***\nI\u2019d always thought of Chloe as cute, pretty in a girl-next-door kind of way. But when I stepped through the doorway leading to the backyard, the sight before me was one I hadn\u2019t expected. She looked\u2026 well, hot. She was the type of woman who wore minimal makeup, and it worked for her, but now\u2026 now those big doe eyes of hers stood out, and the way her hair hung down her back in wild, attractive curls\u2026 I couldn\u2019t quite put my finger on why she appeared so different, I just knew she did.\nAnd the way my dick twitched behind my fly screamed to the fact that it was not a good thing. Head out of the fucking gutter, Anderson. Chloe wasn\u2019t the type of woman I needed to ogle shamelessly. She was a friend, someone I cared about. She was the type of woman you kept, putting a ring on her finger and surrounding her with a white picket fence and a shit load of kids. And as a man unwilling to give her what she deserved, I needed to get myself in check.\nBecause she deserved better than anything I was capable of giving her.\nEnter to win one of 3 ARCs of Sweet Sunshine!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 107, "original_length": 5222, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 295.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.broadwayreviewed.com/category/shows/jekyll-and-hyde", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:33Z", "digest": "sha1:3EEQJ5ZNOL5AA6A4JDKGSFVQKCYCE47V", "length": 2025, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.broadwayreviewed.com", "title": "Jekyll and Hyde Archives - BroadwayReviewed.com", "raw_content": "Posts Categorized: Jekyll and Hyde\nSomeone Like You \u2013 Jekyll & Hyde \u2013 Lea or Linda? Who is Better?\nPosted by BroadwayReviewed & filed under Jekyll and Hyde, Lea Salonga, Linda Eder.\nToday when I was jogging I was listening to the orginal cast recording of Jekyll and Hyde starring Linda Eder. I know, I think I\u2019m one of the only people that likes to workout to showtunes instead of house music. The worst part is I sing and act out the songs while I\u2019m jogging so it\u2019s even worse than you can imagine lol. Anyways, Deborah Cox had an amazing voice when she was starring as Lucy in the touring cast of Jekyll and Hyde the Musical, but unfortunately her voice isn\u2019t able to shatter glass, instead it just fills up a cup and soothes you. I never got my fix of glass shattering notes from the show, even though there are a ton of amazing songs in it, so I listened to a couple of versions and the two that I love the most by broadway stars are Lea Salonga and Linda Eder.\nWhat\u2019s kind of cool about the videos of them performing it is that they both start out by explaining what the song means to them and comparing it to other things. The comparisons are similar, but each one has their own twist on it. The other thing I love is that both of them tweak the song a bit to make it work with them and they both do an amazing job. The problem is I can\u2019t figure out which one I like more.\nThey both shatter glass, they both make you focus on them and actually feel what they are feeling and they both have amazing tweaks to the song. That\u2019s why I could figure out which one to post so I wanted to see what you all think. Which version do you like more, Linda Eder singing Someone Like You (who was the first Lucy in the original cast) or Lea Salonga who is absolutely amazing and one of my favorite performers. I can\u2019t decide which one is better, so I\u2019d love to hear whose version you like more.\nLea Salonga singing Someone Like You from Jekyll and Hyde the musical.\nLinda Eder singing Someone Like You from Jekyll & Hyde the musical.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 407, "original_length": 19859, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 272.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.broadwayreviewed.com/category/tv/animaniacs", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:21:37Z", "digest": "sha1:53WMGX6B5NEWYSKFP4XIE5WXN76D26R4", "length": 4797, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.broadwayreviewed.com", "title": "Animaniacs Archives - BroadwayReviewed.com", "raw_content": "Posts Categorized: Animaniacs\nThe Best Animaniacs Songs to Teach You About Life \u2013 Buy the DVDs Here!\nPosted by BroadwayReviewed & filed under Animaniacs, Non Broadway Videos, TV.\nI was shopping this weekend and saw the entire series for the Animaniacs on DVD and almost bought it. The Animaniacs was an awesome warner brothers cartoon show when I was a kid and one that everyone loved. They were funny and educational, even though they were a bit off in the way they would teach you things. Even though they made a lot of comments I didn\u2019t get when I was a kid, here are ten of my favorite songs from the Animaniacs TV show. Feel free to share your own favorite songs from Animaniacs below in the comments section.\nIf you\u2019re an American like me, you should be ashamed if you cannot name all of the presidents. Although I can\u2019t, this song is kind of funny and is actually an awesome way to learn them in order, things about them and be able to repeat it. A couple of the things are offensive like when they make a joke about the first president to be assassinated, but at the same time none of us were around so it doesn\u2019t effect us like JFK does, even though it probably should. This song is awesome and is actually probably the perfect song if you have kids who need to learn about the US presidents and be able to name them in order.\nIn this video, Yakko teaches us how to Multiply. I suck at math so anything like this should be helpful, and it was, but unfortunately also got me confused at the same time. Either way he makes a ton of sense, but I still cannot follow any of his logic or the solutions without a calculator.\nI am proud to say that I can name all 5 states and most of them in alphabetical order. I learned with a song when I was younger. I am embarrassed to say that I cannot name all of the capitols of the states and which states they all belong to. Go ahead and try. I remember learning them when I was a kid, but cannot remember them all now. I know a few random ones like Bismark, but I always get messed up when you have a large city in a state and it isn\u2019t the capital of that state. If you need a song to help you learn all 50 state capitals, try the 50 state capitals song from Animaniacs.\nNow that you\u2019ve seen they are a bit crazy, here\u2019s their shrink singing about them being insane. The shrink episodes were always awesome. Not as good as some of the others, but he was always funny. Especially when they drove him crazy.\nSpeaking of driving him crazy, in this showtune about therapists, you\u2019ll actually see how they drove him crazy. In this song he tries to split them up for individual therapy sessions. Instead of getting through to them, they drove him mad instead.\nNow it\u2019s time to go from therapy to something that can cause you to need a therapist, learning another language. Even though math drove me crazy, learning another language was harder. In this showtune you\u2019ll see how they learn to speak another language,,,even if it isn\u2019t real.\nIf you cannot name all 5 senses, 6 if you\u2019re a demon kid from the movies, then this song will help you remember them. This is one of the most forgotten showtunes from the Animaniacs, but it is still a good one. It isn\u2019t one of my favorites but it\u2019s still a funny one.\nEven though Love isn\u2019t one of the senses, it still effects you and makes most of your senses react. You smell things harder, you feel tears and pain and you can also hear things when you\u2019re happy that you wouldn\u2019t have paid attention to before. When you get your first kiss from the person you fall in love with you feel and taste things you can only have when you\u2019re with that person and that\u2019s why they have a song to teach us about love.\nOne of the first things many of us do when we fall out of love is go and eat. Ice cream is one of the most popular foods you see people eating in movies when they first break up with someone. It\u2019s also something I think most of us go for. That\u2019s one of the reasons that the Animaniacs created a song about being careful what you eat.\nIf they haven\u2019t covered anything else you can think of, try their song about the universe. In this song you\u2019ll learn about everything that exists, at least in their universe. I actually forgot about this one when I was writing this post.\nThe animaniacs were famous for the showtunes. They have one where Yakko sings all of the songs in the English language, one about hay pennies and not being greedy and even parodies of actual showtunes. The animaniacs were one of the most popular shows and it was exciting to see that they are now selling the animaniacs dvds again. If you liked the videos and have a favorite song from the animaniacs, feel free to share it below. You can also buy animaniacs dvds on sale by clicking on any of the images in the widget above in the post.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 389, "original_length": 11316, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 236.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.budgetyourtrip.com/australia/newcastle", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:10Z", "digest": "sha1:MNQJOSNLOMWQNRPAVS4HOWKUYBP7G5JG", "length": 4895, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.budgetyourtrip.com", "title": "Newcastle Travel Costs & Prices - Beaches, Wineries, & Festivals | BudgetYourTrip.com", "raw_content": "Travel Budget for Newcastle\nNewcastle Overview\nHow much does it cost to travel to Newcastle?\nHow much money will you need in Newcastle? AU$112 ($79) is the average daily price for traveling in Newcastle. The average price of food for one day is AU$43 ($31). The average price of a hotel for a couple is AU$110 ($78). Additional pricing is in the table below. These average travel prices have been collected from other travelers to help you plan your own travel budget.\nHow expensive is Newcastle?\nNewcastle Hostels\nSydneyWollongongCoffs Harbour\nNewcastle On a Budget\nMerewether Beach, Newcastle, NSW (Tourism Australia0\nNewcastle is 150 kilometers north of Sydney in New South Wales. It is also the second largest city in the state, and serves as a central point to explore the area's beaches, wineries, and beautiful natural landscape. North of the city is Stockton beach, which has many miles of isolated, beautiful beaches, stretching all the way up to Nelson Bay. The wineries are inland to the west and have some of Australia's finest wine which you can taste. If you want to see rainforests, you can head northwest to Barrington Tops National Park, which has great rainforests and freshwater streams. You may even get to see a platypus. The city also has the country's oldest sea port. In the past the city's economy was centered around the steel industry, but today the University of Newcastle is one of the area's most important employers.\nNewcastle has an oceanic/humid subtropical climate. The weather is similar to the rest of central and northern New South Wales with summers that are warm and winters that are mild. Rains are heaviest during the late fall and early winter months.\nThere are several major landmarks in Newcastle. The Christ Church Cathedral offers excellent views of the area from its top. Queen's Wharf Tower also has great views\nIf you're interested in the area's history then Fort Scratchley has a military museum that is well done. The fort is open to the public and there are views to the north of town. Newcastle Region Art Gallery has a great collection of local art and several traveling exhibits.\nKing Edward Park is a great place to enjoy a picnic with nice views of the ocean.\nAs a large metropolitan area, there are many suburbs and neighborhoods in Newcastle. The city is located on the southern bank of the Hunter River mouth. There is a green belt to the west of the city that protects the area's plant and wildlife. The town of Stockton is opposite central Newcastle and is linked by ferry.\nPopular beaches in Newcastle include Bar Beach, Redhead Beach, and Nobbys Beach. Bar Beach is considered one of the best but it can get crowded during peak times. Redhead Beach is a little further out and Nobbys Beach is a great place to swim.\nIf you're visiting Newcastle during the warm months then you must take a swim in the ocean baths. Options include Newcastle Ocean Baths, Merewether Ocean Baths, and the Bogey Hole.\nIf you're really looking to experience the community, buy tickets to one of the sporting events, as most locals are avid sports fans. Consider going to watch the Newcastle Knights rugby team, or you could find tickets to football (soccer), ice hockey or even a netball game.\nPopular festivals in Newcastle include the Mattara Festival, This is Not Art Festival, Surfest, The Shoot Out, Carols by Candlelight, and Cultural Stomp.\nLike any big city, you'll find a variety of restaurants in Newcastle. If you're really on a tight budget, fast food options abound and are likely to be the cheapest available food. You can also find affordable pizza and sandwiches around town. Other options, if you're willing to spend more money, include seafood, Chinese, and Thai, among many other things. There are also plenty of bars where you can grab a drink, and some good clubs with dancing and drinks.\nMany of the city's restaurants are located along either Beaumont Street in Hamilton or Darby Street in Cooks Hill. There are also many cafes in these areas where you can grab a quick bite to eat or a coffee.\nYou can travel around Newcastle on buses and ferries, but if you really want to see everything that the area has to offer, you do need a car. There are plenty of car rental companies around town and the prices are generally competitive. If you plan to travel by bus, the tickets are sold with time-based prices. You can buy tickets that are valid for a set amount of time, including 1 hour, 4 hour, and 24 hour time periods. During that time period you can ride the bus as many times as you wish without paying a transfer fee. The buses typically start at a bus terminal near Newcastle railway station, which is on the waterfront of Newcastle's central business district. There are also major bus stations at the University of Newcastle, Wallsend, Glendale, Warners Bay, Belmont, Charlestown, Westfield Kotara, and Broadmeadow Station.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 115, "original_length": 7299, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 198.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.budgetyourtrip.com/united-states-of-america/the-south", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:26Z", "digest": "sha1:GDVRTPRWITB5INZLAOT5EEUTGLRZXD6K", "length": 4828, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.budgetyourtrip.com", "title": "The South - United States of America - The Appalachian Mountains, Coastal Towns & the Gulf Coast | BudgetYourTrip.com", "raw_content": "The South United States of America\nThe World / North America / United States of America / The South /\nFloridaGeorgiaNorth CarolinaSouth CarolinaTexasVirginiaMemphisBaltimoreWashingtonNashvilleNew OrleansChattanoogaOcean CityGatlinburg\nThe southern United States includes the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Florida and Texas. The region covers a vast distance and includes many different landscapes, cultures, and histories. Although it is one of the less visited regions in the country, there is much to offer those who take the time to explore. Many visitors limit their time to the popular states of Florida and Texas, but the region as a whole provides many unique travel opportunities.\nThe region's history is rooted in the American Civil War, when the southern states seceded from the Union. Although the roots of the Civil War are really quite complex, much of the motivation came from the growing sentiment against slavery. The south's plantations were heavily dependent on the work of slaves and after the election of President Abraham Lincoln, those states formed the Confederate States of America. Ultimately a five year war erupted and left the still intact union damaged and bruised.\nThe climate in the south is known for it's hot and humid summers when it is not uncommon for temperatures to climb into the triple digits. Winters are usually mild, but snow is not uncommon in some areas, particularly those with higher elevations. Fall and spring are excellent times to visit when the temperatures are pleasant, the crowds are less, and the natural beauty is at its peak.\nSights in the south are diverse and interesting. There are historic landmarks throughout the region that date back to the Civil War. There are also landmarks from the Revolutionary War and the Civil Rights movement. Florida is the most visited state in the region and is the notable home of the world renowned Disney World. In the nearby area you'll also find Sea World and Universal Studios as well as countless other amusement parks and entertainment venues. Beaches throughout the south are beautiful as well. Florida is famous for it's sandy beaches, but the Outer Banks in North Carolina, or the beaches along the Gulf Coast are all worth a visit. If you're interested in cooler weather, then head to the Appalachian Mountains which are particularly beautiful during the fall months when the leaves are changing colors.\nEach state in the south has its own personality and character. Florida and Texas are both distinctly different from other regions in the south. Virginia, particularly Northern Virginia, is heavily influenced by its proximity to the nation's capital. North Carolina has the Outer Banks and the mountains, making it a diverse destination in and of itself. Georgia is the home of the cosmopolitan city of Atlanta and Kentucky is the host of the famed Kentucky Derby.\nThere are many activities throughout the region that energetic travelers can enjoy. Snorkeling in Florida, skiing in the Appalachian Mountains, rock climbing, or hiking are all great options. In the major cities there are museums, aquariums, concert halls, sporting events, and theaters that have world class shows.\nSouthern food is really one of a kind. Dishes are delicious, filling, and artery clogging. Favorites throughout the region include fried chicken, fried catfish, and pretty much anything else that is fried. Barbecue is also a regional specialty. Each state has it's own version. North Carolina is known for their vinegar based barbecue while Texas makes an excellent beef brisket. Low country cuisine along the coast is also world renowned. You'll find dishes such as shrimp and grits, fish, and oysters.\nFast food is commonplace in the area as well. There are a variety of fast food restaurants that are local to the south. Favorites include Bojangles, Whatabuger, Biscuitville, and Cracker Barrel. If you're on a particularly tight budget, there are many major supermarket chains that offer ingredients and ready-made meals.\nA car is essential to travel in the southern United States. Public transportation both within and between cities is limited or nonexistent. Gas is relatively cheap and the highway system is excellent, even in the most rural areas. It is possible to fly between cities, but flights are quite expensive and once you arrive, you will still need to rent a car. Amtrak does provide limited rail transport, but the routes are infrequent, slow, and expensive.\nRenting a car is your best option if you do not have your own vehicle. Rental cars are reasonably priced and rental car agencies are available in most cities and airports. You will get the best price if you reserve your car well in advance.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 68, "original_length": 6294, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 180.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.bullittcenter.org/building/building-features/a-broad-canopy/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:31:53Z", "digest": "sha1:772NR4KC5AQMDTIT4UKWP3XH7DJAKGBQ", "length": 2283, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.bullittcenter.org", "title": "A Broad Canopy | Bullitt Center", "raw_content": "A Broad Canopy\nThe PV array generates as much electricity as the Bullitt Center uses in a year.\nThe photovoltaic array spreads out like the canopy of a tree to capture solar power for the building.\n230,000 kilowatt hours per year is the expected total energy generation by on-site photovoltaic array.\nThere are 575 solar panels in the Bullitt\u2019s array.\nA Living Building must generate as much electricity as it uses on site. In Seattle, this problem is a two-sided equation in which production must be maximized and usage must be minimized, so that production equals consumption over the course of a year.\nIn thinking about the way the site was once energized by the solar power when it was a Douglas fir forest, the designers placed a large canopy of solar panels on top of the building. The 14,000 square foot array, comprised of 575 individual panels, is fastened to a steel substructure that parallels the western slope of the site.\nNormally panels are set to face south, at the angle of the latitude so that they can collect sun in the winter. However, the designers realized that in Seattle, most of the sun is received in the summer, and the shallow-angled winter sun would not provide much benefit behind the blanket of clouds that shrouds our fair city during winter. The decision was made to optimize for summer, using the electrical grid as a battery to store power in the summer, and draw power from in the winter. The Bullitt Center energy budget shows how the summer surplus can offset a winter deficit.\nThe second part of the equation is the energy consumption of the building. A typical office building operates at 92 EUI (Energy Use Index is comparable to miles per gallon in a car). If the Bullitt Center had an EUI of 92, it would have needed an 82,000-square foot solar array on the roof to generate all its energy from the sun. Instead, with the integration of energy saving systems, such as passive ventilation, ground source heating, and natural daylighting, along with the help of tenant energy budgets, the Bullitt Center will be able to operate at an EUI of 16. With such a small EUI, the 14,000 square foot rooftop array is able to provide for all the electrical needs of the building.\nNext Building Feature: A Future So Bright \u2013 We Need Windows With Shades", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 44, "original_length": 2829, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 293.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.bullittcenter.org/vision/living-building-challenge/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:22Z", "digest": "sha1:HUW3S7SAWFM2TCWMSAZUYF2EGZF5GTQ6", "length": 1737, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.bullittcenter.org", "title": "Living Building Challenge | Bullitt Center", "raw_content": "One of the most ambitious aspects of the Bullitt Center was achieving the goals of the Living Building Challenge (version 2.0), as described by the International Living Building Institute.\nTo be certified as a Living Building a structure is required to produce as much energy as it uses in a year, and capture and treat rainwater for all its needs for at least 12 continuous months and to meet rigorous standards for \u201cRed List\u201d compliant materials and for the quality of its indoor environment.\nThe Living Building Challenge requires a project to meet 20 specific imperatives within seven performance areas (or \u201cPetals\u201d). 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We camped at Hollywood KOA in a Travel Trailer.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 1289, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 327.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.candance.ca/new-works.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:56Z", "digest": "sha1:A2CH7TTXKZM77HVZFSTQ6U6UXGHOGWMN", "length": 3090, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.candance.ca", "title": "New Works", "raw_content": "Carina Nilsson, Executive Director\nWebsite: www.newworks.ca\nAll sorts of dance for all sorts of people\nNew Works presents inspiring, culturally diverse, and accessible dance performances in and around Vancouver, B.C. Our presentation series is comprised of five distinct performance series \u2013 All Over the Map, Dance Allsorts, Pop Up Dances, New Works at Night, and our public school outreach initiative Share Dance.\nArtists may submit proposals at any time, keeping in mind that our season is normally booked by the previous spring. Proposals should include a project description and video documentation, as well as a list of upcoming performances.\nAll Over the Map is New Works\u2019 long-standing, popular summer series, promoting dance and music from around the globe. Performances are hosted over three Sundays in the month of August, at 1pm and 3pm, on the outdoor stage on Granville Island. These lively, one-hour performances take place at Ron Basford Park and are targeted to families of all ages, community members, and visitors to the island.\nDance Allsorts has been offering audiences a monthly dance experience from September to June since 1997. Each show is professional, inclusive, innovative, and appropriate for an all-ages audience. The Dance Allsorts series also includes a one-hour community workshop, designed for all ages and all abilities. These workshops take place directly after each show, and are taught by that day\u2019s featured artist. Workshops are offered for free, and are always filled to capacity.\nPop Up Dances take place during the Winterruption Festival on Granville Island in February of each year, and has been presented since 2007. These pieces are held on Granville Island in non-traditional spaces, where dancers present 5 \u2013 10 minute, site-specific performances. New Works partners with studios and businesses on the island to present these dance installations in various storefronts, galleries, and studio windows. Admission is free for the public to enjoy the performing arts in a fun and spontaneous way.\nShare Dance is an initiative which brings professional dance artists to inner city elementary schools in Vancouver, for in-school and after-school workshops. New Works runs these workshops at no cost to the schools or after-school care programs, which typically have little or no budget for artistic programming. Share Dance provides an inclusive space for children to be introduced to new forms of expression, and to experience the physical and emotional release of dance.\nNew Works at Night was launched in 2014, and is an expansion of the Dance Allsorts program. It offers mixed programs of longer and full-length works. These evening shows begin with New Works\u2019 Season Launch, and then occur 2 \u2013 3 times throughout each season. They are opportunities for artists to present work that explores deeper themes and dance experiences, and are important creative works to support and disseminate.\nThe Performance Works outdoor stage is a professionally staffed venue with a 12\u2019 by 24\u2019 stage (additional staging can be added to accommodate musicians).", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 34, "original_length": 3607, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 265.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.cannondentistry.com/new-patients", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:56Z", "digest": "sha1:PWCXIQGV2L2DPFGNTLYXINCWAFRFOQWI", "length": 463, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.cannondentistry.com", "title": "New Patients \u2014 Cannon Dentistry", "raw_content": "Thank you for considering us for your dental care. If you would like to complete the necessary paperwork before your visit, just print the \u201dHealth History\u201d form and the \u201cAcknowledgement of Privacy Policy\u201d from this page. Fill them out and bring them with you.\nThe Privacy Policy is for your information only. It is not necessary to bring a copy of this with you to your appointment.\nP.S. If you need a map, click \u201cOUR OFFICE\u201d and scroll to the bottom of the page.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 27, "original_length": 862, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 264.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.cascocontractors.com/history/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:15:18Z", "digest": "sha1:YM3N7DVOQZBJ27FY26B55IYZ4B7V3T7O", "length": 3003, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.cascocontractors.com", "title": "Casco History \u2013 Casco Contractors", "raw_content": "Casco History\nIn 2000, our Founder and President, Cheryl Osborn, set out with the intention of establishing an elite, acclaimed tenant improvement company. Over 15 years later Cheryl has achieved that and more. Casco Contractors has grown from an idea at Cheryl\u2019s kitchen counter to a Top-Ranked Tenant Improvement Company in Orange County, CA and one of Orange County\u2019s Top Women Owned Businesses. Fundamental to Casco\u2019s growth and success, our company was founded on five core values: Yes we can, respect others no matter what, relentless pursuit of \u201cwow\u201d, bleed Casco blue, and always do the right thing. From 2000 until the present day, Cheryl and her team have represented and embodied these core values in everything we do, from bidding projects through post-project follow-ups.\nSince the beginning of Casco Contractors, each project has started with the same goal in mind: To finish on time and under budget. To fulfill that goal, Cheryl developed our exclusive \u201cCountdown to Zero\u201d approach, an incentive-based program that rewards project teams for being in constant communication with clients and subcontractors, having the space walked by all parties involved, and turning over the project with zero items remaining on the punch list. Following the \u201cCountdown to Zero\u201d approach, our teams have completed over 3,000 projects, resulting in ever increasing customer satisfaction and over 90% repeat business.\nCasco has multiple qualities that set us apart from other construction companies. With every new project, there is a reliable, personalized team assigned to the job; this ensures the knowledge and prior experience of the team best suits the client\u2019s preferences and project goals. Having been in the business for over 15 years, we understand the importance of our customer\u2019s need to have their space finished on time so they can be up and running as soon as possible. Every step of the way we are communicating with all parties involved using the latest, innovative technology, Procore, which provides real-time access to updates and information for all teams and allows us to deliver the highest quality of work and to ensure there are no setbacks. In addition to these differentiating factors, one element that makes Casco unique is our Casco Design Studio.\nIn 2002 Cheryl added the Casco Design Studio to our portfolio offerings, providing customers the opportunity to receive both design and build services to save time and money. Our accomplished designers coordinate with our project managers to eliminate the excess time clients experience when coordinating with separate construction and design firms.\nFrom our accomplished project managers and superintendents to our \u201cCountdown to Zero\u201d approach and our Casco Design Studio, Casco constantly strives to go above and beyond our client\u2019s expectations. 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Therefore, it can potentially attract plenty of traffic.\nNews Articles Related To Captain Jack Casino Bonuses", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 83, "original_length": 6321, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 304.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.catacombsociety.org/why-catacombs/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:59Z", "digest": "sha1:JJSMLHIP4JDZTOKBLNNXODPOAO4LJ7JF", "length": 4523, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.catacombsociety.org", "title": "Why \u201cCatacombs\u201d? \u2013 International Catacomb Society", "raw_content": "Why \u201cCatacombs\u201d?\nThe term \"catacombs\" used as the name for a network of subterranean burial grounds has been widely accepted as being derived from the Greek kata kumbas (=Latin, ad catacumbas, or \"near the hollows\"). The expression may have been originally a topographical reference to the site of a first-century pagan cemetery between the second and third milestones of the Appian Way. The cemetery lay in a deep hollow, a former quarry, that had been left partly open to the sky and in part dug underground as a series of tunnels, well suited for various types of burials (1). In the second half of the third century, when, according to P. Testini, the site could have been \"penetrated\" by Christianity (2), it became the center for the veneration of Peter and Paul. In the fourth century, a church was built over the cemetery as a memorial or sanctuary for the cult of the two saints, the Basilica Apostolorum.\nIt is believed that the site was associated with the apostles because, during the persecutions of the Christians by the emperor Valerian in 257, the saints' relics were taken from the necropoleis where they had been buried after their deaths and reburied at the via Appia site for safety. There are records of a celebration of their cult there on June 28, 258. In the fourth century, their bones were returned to the original graves (3).\nWhen the remains of St. Sebastian were buried in the cemetery, the church was renamed for him. The cemetery under San Sebastiano was one of perhaps four that continued to be visited by pilgrims into the Middle Ages, and the special sanctity of this burial site may be the reason that the term \"catacomb\" came to be used for all such subterranean cemeteries, private or communal.\nThe names of the Roman Jewish catacombs and a number of the Christian sites are, like the word catacomb itself, toponomical, derived from street locations or from distinguishing landmarks. Other catacombs, such as those of Priscilla, Domitilla, and Praetextatus, were named for affluent Roman families who evidently had made land available to early Christians for burial places from which the catacombs were later developed. After the onset of the fourth century, many Christian burial grounds received the names of martyrs entombed within them (4). Martyr cults were particularly popular from the fourth century on, reminiscent of the hero cults of more ancient times. The building of martyrial shrines and cemetery basilicas led to an increase in the density of the burials in the Christian catacombs because of the desire of the faithful to be buried close to the venerated tombs.\nThe devotion to the memory of the Christian martyrs, as well as the impression made by the catacombs on the sensibilities of the Christians in late fourth-century Rome, were expressed in the words of Jerome (5):\nWhen I was a youth in Roe, studying liberal arts, it was my custom on Sundays... to visit the sepulchers of the apostles and martyrs. And often did I enter the crypts, dug in the depths of the earth, with their walls on either side lined with the bodies of the dead, where the darkness was such that it almost seemed as if the psalmist's words were fulfilled: 'Let them go down quick (alive) into hell.' Here and there a ray of light... filtering down as in a funnel relieves the horror of the darkness. But, again, cautiously moving forward, the impenetrable night engulfed me, and I was reminded of the words of Vergil: 'Everywhere, dread fills the soul; the very silence dismays' (6).\nP. Pergola, Le catacombe Romane, Rome: Carocci, 1998, pp. 22, 181-185. A theory of Father Ferrua was that the site might have received its name from a signboard of a nearby inn called Ad Cumbas (\"near the small boats\") or a relief depicting two or more small boats: A. Ferrua, Guide to the Basilica and Catacomb of Saint Sebastian, 1978, p. 7.\nTestini, Cimiteri cristiani, pp. 216-218, 221.\nM. Guarducci, Peter, pp. 25-26; Pergola, Le catacombe romane, pp. 184-185; J. Stevenson, The Catacombs: Life and Death in Early Christianity. Nashville: T. Nelson, 1985, p. 32.\nAn exception to the above described origins of catacomb names is the Catacomb of Callisto, which was named for the overseer of the cemetery: Stevenson, The Catacombs, p. 25.\nThe secretary of Pope Damasus, Jerome (340-420) was a Latin and Hebrew scholar whose translation of the Bible into latin is known as the Vulgate.\nJ. N. D. Kelly, Jerome, His Life, Writings, and Controversies, New York: Harper & Row, p. 22; Ps. 55:15; Aeneid 2, 755.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 122, "original_length": 7293, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 174.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.catalystproject.org.uk/projects/sprints/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:03Z", "digest": "sha1:LUN36CIAAWMFQMVXRZ5FAUUWVMQM53KK", "length": 1064, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.catalystproject.org.uk", "title": "Sprints | Catalyst", "raw_content": "What was the project challenge? The Patchworks project was set up to explore the health and communication needs of homeless people in Morecambe. 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They protested the government\u2019s surrogacy law that discriminates against gay men, raising the banner of equality and drawing\u2026\nAn Israeli twist on homophobia and racism\nAt the mass rally held by the gay movement LGBT at Rabin Square on July 22, 2018, protesters not only demanded to be accepted as different, but also called for full equality. They cried out against the injustice caused\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 62, "original_length": 1725, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 186.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.charity-pr.co.uk/tag/charity/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:18Z", "digest": "sha1:I2ATBRQZX4OBVQVU7I6YRGZUC4LYAJ2X", "length": 6870, "nlines": 32, "source_domain": "www.charity-pr.co.uk", "title": "charity Archives - PR for Charity", "raw_content": "Support Severn Hospice with a Forget Me Not flower this Christmas\nSevern Ho spice is selling Forget Me Not flowers to help raise funds this Christmas.\nThe bespoke flowers, which have been crafted by Oswestry based British Ironworks Centre, are shaped from iron and glazed with beautiful forget me not blue, before being mounted on a slim but sturdy iron pole.\nEach flower measures 17cm in diameter and 43cm in length and is packaged in a beautiful presentation box. The flowers can be purchased online and are available for delivery or collection, as well as being available in all Severn Hospice shops.\nSevern Hospice Legacy and In Memoriam Advisor Elodie Home said: \u201cOur Forget Me Not flowers will make a perfect gift this Christmas and are a fantastic way to support our hospice at this special time of year.\n\u201cOur Forget Me Not flowers have already raised an incredible \u00a380,000 for our hospice and the sale of just one flower funds two hours of nursing care for one of our patients. We need to raise \u00a37 million each year to fund our care and by giving a Forget Me Not flower this Christmas you will be helping us to support the families that need us in Shropshire and Mid Wales.\u201d\nSevern Hospice gives specialist care and support free of charge to families across Shropshire and Mid Wales who are living with an incurable illness. Since 1989, it has given free care and support to more than 27,000 patients and their loved ones during their time of greatest need. They now help more than 2,800 local people every year.\nSevern Hospice Forget Me Not flowers, priced \u00a325 each, are available to purchase in all Severn Hospice shops and at both hospice sites in Telford and Shrewsbury. Alternatively, flowers can be purchased via the charity\u2019s website at www.severnhospice.org.uk/forgetmenot.\nThis entry was posted in Fundraising, Hospices, News from charities and tagged charity, fundraising, Severn hospice, Shrewsbury, Telford on December 13, 2016 by Charity-News.\nDream comes true for \u2018Songaminute Man\u2019\nA dream has come true for \u2018Songaminute Man\u2019 Teddy Mac with the release of his first single, which will raise funds for Alzheimer\u2019s Society.\nThe 80-year-old former Butlin\u2019s Redcoat, who has dementia, is heading for the music charts after being signed up by the famous Decca Records label.\nTeddy \u2018Mac\u2019 McDermott shot to fame online as \u2018The Songaminute Man\u2018, when his son Simon posted videos of his father singing during their very own Carpool Karaoke on YouTube, which rapidly went viral and became a worldwide hit.\nSimon\u2019s aim was to raise money and awareness for Alzheimer\u2019s Society, following advice and support the McDermott family received from the charity\u2019s National Dementia Helpline following his father\u2019s diagnosis.\nThe unlikely double-act proved to be hugely successful, contributing to the country\u2019s leading dementia charity to the tune of more than \u00a3100,000 \u2013 a massive 11569% increase on Simon\u2019s initial fundraising aim of \u00a31,000.\nNow chart success beckons for Teddy with his own version of the Frank Sinatra classic You Make Me Feel So Young which was released on 23 September. Royalties from the single will be split between Alzheimer\u2019s Society and the McDermott family.\nSimon said: \u201cThis is a dream come true not only for Dad, but for the entire family. There have been some really tough days in the last few years, especially for mum. The more Alzheimer\u2019s kicked in, the more Dad became aggressive, both physically and verbally. It was incredibly difficult to manage and terrifying at times.\n\u201cWe threw an 80th birthday party last month and thought that would be his last time singing solo for people, so it\u2019s amazing to think he now has a single coming out. And it\u2019s great to help Alzheimer\u2019s Society, who provide so much support to other families going through the same things as us.\u201d\nDespite often not recognising his own son, Teddy, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer\u2019s disease in 2013, remembers the lyrics of numerous songs and that earned him the nickname, \u2018The Songaminute Man\u2019.\nJeremy Hughes, Chief Executive at Alzheimer\u2019s Society, said: \u201cWe know music can have a positive impact on people affected by dementia and that favourite songs or pieces of music can also be powerful prompts for reminiscence. This is clearly the case when Teddy sings and is transported back to his time as an entertainer.\n\u201cWe\u2019re incredibly grateful money raised from this single will be used to fund Alzheimer\u2019s Society services like our National Dementia Helpline, which supported Teddy\u2019s family. Teddy\u2019s story shows life doesn\u2019t end when dementia begins, and you can fulfil your dreams even after a dementia diagnosis.\u201d\nBuy \u2018You make me feel so young\u2019 by The Songaminute Man\nThis entry was posted in Alzheimer's, Dementia, Fundraising, News from charities, Older people and tagged alzheimers, charity, fundraising on September 28, 2016 by Charity-News.\nPreston man running in memory of POW grandfather\nJames Housden from Preston is running a half marathon to raise awareness of the plight of Far East prisoners of war in World War Two.\nJames is taking part in the Great North Run in September to raise money for national charity, COFEPOW, which manages the Far East Prisoners of War Memorial Building at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire and works to preserve the memory of the Far East Prisoners of War.\nThe charity is fundraising to replace the computer equipment at the FEPOW Memorial Building. The Memorial Building has many computer generated displays to enhance the visitor experience, but most of the equipment is now 11 years old and desperately needs replacing.\nJames is the son of COFEPOW trustee Paul Housden and last year completed the Coast-to-Coast cycle ride with his Dad to raise money to help COFEPOW commemorate the 70th Anniversary of VJ Day, when Japan finally surrendered, brining an end to the Second World War.\nMore than 200,000 Allied civilians and service personnel were taken prisoner by the Japanese in February 1942. By VJ Day on 15 August 1945, some 50,000 of these people had died.\nJames said: \u201cMy Grandfather was one of the lucky ones who returned after being a prisoner of war. The story of all the captives is told at the National Memorial Arboretum and, by raising funds to help replace the outdated computer equipment at the Far East POW Memorial Building, I can help keep alive the memory of what my Granddad and his fellow captives went through. It is really important that future generations remember what happened during the Second World War.\u201d\nIf you would like to sponsor James, please visit https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/james-housden2 and to find out more about the Far East Prisoners of War visit www.cofepow.org.uk.\nThis entry was posted in COFEPOW, Fundraising, News from charities, Running for charity and tagged charity, COFEPOW, fundraising, Great North Run on August 16, 2016 by Charity-News.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 151, "original_length": 27988, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 263.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.chefdecor.com/showartist.aspx?id=37008", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:21Z", "digest": "sha1:5KEWWT4BSMIACK33SJTZRCJDNQUXMRG2", "length": 2513, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.chefdecor.com", "title": "Leslie Clark prints and posters at ChefDecor.com", "raw_content": "Leslie Clark Art Prints\nArtist Leslie Clark travels widely and paints constantly, searching for new perspective and old wisdom. Lured by exotic cultures around the globe, she paints with the urgency of knowing they may soon be transformed by the intrusion of the modern world. Her subjects are alive and moving -- a Tuareg nomad astride his camel in the Sahara, a Bushman in a healing trance dance in the Kalahari, a Bhils tribal girl at a colorful marriage festival in India. As Clark travels, watercolors and sketches are done on site providing inspiration for the works she creates back home in her studio. She uses various media--oil, watercolor, collage, acrylic, graphite, pastel, gold leaf, stenciling--whatever she feels will best convey the spirit of her subject. The painterly realism is evident in the drips and splashes on every canvas. A fourth-generation Californian, she has always loved freedom and is driven by a sense of adventure. In her 30s, Clark returned to school and obtained a Master of Fine Arts degree from George Washington University. A twelve-month sojourn in the south of France, frequenting the cafes, beaches and hill villages of the Mediterranean, provided the inspiration for her first show -- in Monte Carlo. Since then, travel has been the inspiration for all her work. On a sailing trip near Greece someone invited her to Africa and she never completely returned. Since that first trip she has spent half of each year from one end of the continent to the other, dodging tribal wars and political unrest; looking for nomads and painting. The success of her works on display worldwide and the desire to share her passion for these intriguing cultures is the impetus for opening her own gallery in Ojai, California, where her own paintings are shown alongside traditional arts of Africa. The cultures she has visited have so enriched her life, she hopes to repay some of this gift through the Nomad Foundation, a non profit organization dedicated to the preservation of cultural and artistic traditions in Africa. Clark is not an impartial observer. She does not visit exotic cultures to document patterns of behavior or dress, but to make a human connection and interpret this in paint. \"I want to experience a little of what they feel, the love of their environment and pride in their way of life. 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As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, we are dedicated to keeping our expenses for fundraising events and administrative costs as low as possible.\nInitially, most of the funds we raised went to such large cancer research-oriented organizations as Susan G. Komen for the Cure. But now we are dedicating our efforts to helping families and organizations in our immediate community that could really use the money. We actively search for local families and organizations that may be appropriate for individual and organizational grants. Individual grant applications are reviewed on a monthly basis, while organizational grant applications are reviewed annually in December.\nProceeds from ChemoClothes are separated into two main types: Family Support and Organizational Funding.\nFamily Support Grants are determined on a monthly basis based on availability of ChemoClothes funds and number of applicants. Click here to download a copy of the Individual Grant Request form.\nOrganizational Funding Grants are evaluated on or near December 15th of every year. Amount will be based on the availability of funds raised throughout the year. Click here to download a copy of the Organizational Grant Request form.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 10, "original_length": 1543, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 186.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.cherylshops.net/2007/10/week-in-shopping-who-doesnt-love-dolce.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:11Z", "digest": "sha1:YGERXF7U324SKDLGAB5EAW5PUKJS5ZQH", "length": 2606, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.cherylshops.net", "title": "- Cheryl Shops", "raw_content": "Who doesn't love Dolce & Gabbana? Score pieces for men and women (and from lower-pried D&G line too) for up to 70% off. 10/12-10/14; 9-6 Fri., 10-6 Sat., 11-5 Sun.; 85 Spring St. (at Broadway).\nIf you're still into Calypso's boho-chic aesthetic, hit the warehouse sale for excellent bargains from the house label and other groovy designers. 10/11-10/15; noon-6 Thurs., 10-6 Fri. & Sat., 11-5 Sun.; 378 Broadway (at White St.).\nTracy Feith makes dresses that are kind of quirky but nonetheless very cool, and they're $75 and up at this sale, which I will try very hard to make. 10/12-10/14; 10-7; 410 W. 14th St. (9th Ave. & Washington St.), 2nd fl.\nLuxe, well-made glasses from Robert Marc are 50%-90% off. 10/11-10/13; 10-7; Metropolitan Pavilion, 123 W. 18th St. (6th & 7th Aves.), 4th fl.\nAt Bulga's sample sale, their buttery-soft leather bags will be somewhat more affordable (think $300-ish). 10/9-10/12; 9-7; 208 W. 29th St. (7th & 8th Aves.), ste. 203.\nGive your bedroom a dose of Italian style with Pratesi's luxe linens at up to 75% off (towels are $20 and up). 10/14-10/16; 9-6:30; 317 W. 33rd St. (8th & 9th Aves.).\nEscada's semi-flashy womenswear is up to 85% off. 10/11-10/14; 10-8 Thurs. & Fri., 10-6 Sat. & Sun.; Altman Building, 135 W. 18th St. (6th & 7th Aves.).\nMake the trek to Huntington Station, NY, and be rewarded with Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Charles R. Mackintosh furniture for up to 70% off at the Cassina USA warehouse sale. There is a shuttle from the Huntington Station stop to the sale. 10/12-10/14; noon-8 Fri., 10-6 Sat., 11-5 Sun.; 200 McKay Rd. (at Railroad Ave.), Huntington Station, NY.\nThe Bridal Garden has sample and overstock gowns from Angel Sanchez, Ulla Maija, and Melissa Sweet for 50%-75% off. 10/10-11/4; 54 W. 21st St. (5th & 6th Aves.), ste. 907; call 212-252-0661 for an appointment.\nBlibetroy's leather bags and accessories are $5-$200. 10/11-10/13; noon-6; 110 S. 1st St. (at Berry St.), Williamsburg, Brooklyn.\nIf you're a six or an eight, head to Cinzia Rocca's sample sale for outerwear for 50%-70% off. Cash only. 10/10-10/12; 9-5; 525 7th Ave. (at 38th St.), ste. 1610.\nIf you're into this sort of thing, Guiliano Teso's fur coats and jackets are up to 85% off. 10/9-10/11; 10-6; 584 Broadway (Prince & Spring Sts.), ste. 501.\nThis week, Clothingline has Free People. See website for details.\nStila's website, Stilacosmetics.com, is back after an upgrade, so take 20% off and get free shipping on a $50 order when you enter code WELCOMEBACK at checkout.\nSave 10% on select items at Design Within Reach's semi-annual sale, through 10/16.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 233, "original_length": 6986, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 316.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.churchofgirl.com/stars/thecheckers.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:31:26Z", "digest": "sha1:7HC7EZNZQUA7624OS7XN7IK2SA7Q6GEE", "length": 1230, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.churchofgirl.com", "title": "Church of Girl Radio Star: Killola", "raw_content": "myspace.com/thecheckers\nTeenacide Records\nFast, Loud and a Little Bit Dangerous\nThe Checkers lineup includes Julie Vox (Vocals), GG King (Guitar/Vocals), Lee Madcap (Bass/Vocals), and Mark Reback (Drums).\nThe band made huge waves in 2003 with Make A Move; a wonderful new-wave-inspired album called \"an almost perfect power-pop/pop-punk record in the '70s tradition\" (Teenage Depression) and \"a gum-smacking power-pop masterpiece\" (Now Wave). Make a Move also got heavy rotation on radio stations worldwide and was supported by the band in a multitude of sizzling live performances.\nThe Checkers second full-length release Running With Scissors is a bubbling frenzy of California power-pop \u2013 replete with catchy beats and hooks galore. Julie is a power pop stunner in the tradition of Blondie, Belinda Carlyle, Joan Jett, Nikki Corvette, or Penelope Houston: a cake frosted in checker-and-leopard-print icing with her brash, bad-girl voice.\nWhile new-wave inspired, the Checkers aren't about schmaltz. In fact, for a band drawing so much influence from the new wave era, The Checkers don't even have a keyboard! What we are left with is a solid power pop album guaranteed to get you worked into a lather with hip-shaking goodness.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 15, "original_length": 1440, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 312.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.civicheraldry.com/page/1442", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:09Z", "digest": "sha1:VJR36E4NWDXRM4VH6AQ56M4T3KNOQ2YE", "length": 956, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.civicheraldry.com", "title": "India, national emblem", "raw_content": "The State emblem is an adaptation from the Sarnath Lion Capital of Ashoka. In the original, there are four lions, standing back to back, mounted on an abacus with a frieze carrying sculptures in high relief of an elephant, a galloping horse, a bull and a lion separated by intervening wheels over a bell-shaped lotus. Carved out of a single block of polished sandstone, the capital is crowned by the Wheel of the Law (Dharma Chakra). In the State emblem, adopted by the Government of India on 26 January 1950,only three lions are visible, the fourth being hidden from view. The wheel appears in relief in the centre of the abacus with a bull on right and a horse on left and the outlines of other wheels on extreme right and left. The bell-shaped lotus has been omitted. 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This is a unique area in South Africa. Its beauty lies in its mountain gorges, clear streams and rolling hills which are rich with indigenous species of flora and fauna. The mountains are steeped in history with many rock art and geological sites. Once a lake and swampland area, the plateau now supports a diverse amount of vegetation and wildlife as well as some of the country\u2019s leading conservation projects. About 20% of the Waterberg is now under formal conservation management. This project is under private management \u2013 the Waterberg Conservancy is an association of landowners who have dedicated their efforts to re-establishing and conserving endangered species and habitats. Approximately 6 000 square kilometers of the Waterberg has been turned into a conservation area with elephants, white rhino, leopard and buffalo as local residents. There are over 300 bird species listed - a bird watcher\u2019s paradise. Its history dates back to the Stone Age and features significantly in the country's cultural and sociopolitical development. Towns in the area are home to different clans of the Bapedi, Tswana and Basotho tribes as well as descendants of the Voortrekkers.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 2692, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 139.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.combatptsdwoundedtimes.org/2017/05/billy-ray-cyrus-to-honor-vietnam.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:43:30Z", "digest": "sha1:SAXGTALPVWGNRVRUPLLLH6I4S5RDP5R7", "length": 994, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.combatptsdwoundedtimes.org", "title": "Combat PTSD News | Wounded Times: Billy Ray Cyrus to Honor Vietnam Veteran During Rolling Thunder Ride for Freedom", "raw_content": "Billy Ray Cyrus to Honor Vietnam Veteran During Rolling Thunder Ride for Freedom\nBilly Ray Cyrus Owes His Career to a Vietnam Veteran\n'Weston Lee died serving our country, and we should all be forever grateful for his service,' said the singer\nBilly Ray Cyrus says he owes his success to a Vietnam veteran.\nCyrus will perform on May 28 in Washington, D.C., during the Rolling Thunder Ride for Freedom. It\u2019s an annual motorcycle rally that ends at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and honors fallen servicemen and women.\nHe will perform the tune \u201cSome Gave All,\u201d which is about serving in the military.\n\u201cThis is a full-circle moment, because a week after \u2018Some Gave All\u2019 came out, I stood at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall during Rolling Thunder with Don Von Tress, who is not only the writer of \u2018Achy Breaky Heart\u2019 but also a Vietnam veteran. That man and that song changed my life,\u201d Cyrus said in a press release.\nLabels: Memorial Day, Rolling Thunder, Vietnam Memorial Wall, Vietnam veterans", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 192, "original_length": 9493, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 278.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.communionfire.com/blog/daily-communion-by-kristin", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:51Z", "digest": "sha1:DMVFSYK3WKUDVWEQT4IDTNNRFRCLVHYO", "length": 4252, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.communionfire.com", "title": "Daily Communion by Kristin - CommunionFire", "raw_content": "Daily Communion by Kristin\n\u201cDo this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.\u201d\nI picked my dad up from his meeting in the city this past Friday. I haven\u2019t seen my dad in a couple of years, but talk to him weekly. Over the past few months, he has been studying, exploring and experiencing his faith in a new way through the act of communion. He said, \u201cI feel like I did as a new Christian!\u201d\nWe arrived at my home, I put on a pot of coffee and we settled in at my table. I shared with him some sad news we had just received that afternoon. News I was still digesting and at the same time wrestling out how my husband and I could possibly share with our kids. My dad hugged me and said, \u201cI\u2019m so sorry sweetie.\u201d My daddy, here in the flesh, only for a few hour and in a moment of crisis; I was soaking in his words like rain on crumbling, cracked land.\nHe pulled out a sheet of paper with a message God has been showing him about communion. I took a sip of my hot coffee and rested into my chair to listen to him share his heart.\n\u201cWe have been sharing communion on a daily basis, in whatever place God takes us. Kristin, I\u2019ve shared communion at the hospital, in the coffee shop, at my breakfast table with strangers, believers and those grappling with God\u2019s existence. There is something sacred that happens when they share in the bread and cup. The very fact they receive and partake in communion, they are acknowledging the cross, the life and death of Jesus.\u201d\nHe went on to share that some Christians around him are offended by communion in public spaces and with those who have not professed faith in Jesus. \u201cDad, even Jesus broke bread with one who would betray him,\u201d I added. \u201cThat\u2019s right! And the others would abandon him or deny him,\u201d he finished. He didn\u2019t break bread with a bunch of pulled together guys who had passed check points in order to receive this sacred gift. My dad went on, \u201cThere is something sacred about sharing a meal with friends, but when you intentionally take a moment to recognize what Jesus did, you invite His Spirit to invade the space.\u201d\nAs my family gathered at the table for dinner, my neighbor stopped by and we quickly made a place for her. My dad asked for a piece of bread and a glass of wine. The sacrament sat in the center of my table as we exchanged stories over our meal. Before we began to clear the plates, my dad raised the bread and said, \u201cJesus said, \u2018this is My body, which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me\u2019.\u2019\u2019 He took a piece and passed it around the table. Then he raised the cup of wine and said, \u201cThis cup is my blood, my new covenant with you. Each time you drink this cup, remember me.\u201d He took a sip and passed it.\nIn that moment, something happened. My husband began to weep and excused himself from the table. One of my teen sons responded and started crying. \u201cIt\u2019s not good, is it?\u201d he asked me. And slowly, gently, my dining room became holy ground. I shared the news we had received with my oldest boys. My husband and I moved in to comfort them, pray for them and just be with them in this time of hurt. I saw my dad move to the end of the table to place his hand on my neighbor who was hunched over crying from the weight of her life\u2019s burdens. \u201cFather, help her to lay these burdens down at your feet and let you carry them,\u201d he prayed. An ebb and flow of the Spirit\u2019s presence, wove His way into the fiber of our family that night.\nOver the next couple of hours, one by one our children were told the news. And one by one, my dad, husband and I, ministered to each of our kids. By the end of the evening, with bowed heads and broken hearts we prayed as a family.\nI\u2019m in awe of what transpired in my home on Friday night and there is a fire that has ignited in my heart to return to this table and to invite others to join me.\nYou will be drawn back to this meal again and again until the Master returns. (1 Corinthians 11:26)\nI know for some, communion is to be shared at a specific time and place. After this experience, I\u2019m beginning to wonder if we shouldn\u2019t partake daily in our everyday places. I\u2019d love to hear your thoughts.\nFrom Blog Article in Deeper Church\nhttp://deeperstory.com/daily-communion/\nhttp://potlertribe.com/\nhttps://www.facebook.com/PotlerTribe", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 127, "original_length": 9128, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 300.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.constanzechmiel.com/?page_id=154&lang=en", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:15:15Z", "digest": "sha1:JN6F4WRQEAN4Q27N7VLNDFJZYYO4ZQ4U", "length": 1419, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.constanzechmiel.com", "title": "Biography | Constanze Chmiel", "raw_content": "Constanze Chmiel\u2019s specialty is the early flute. With the recorder and traverso, she is able to cover four centuries of European music; starting around the 1400\u2019s with Renaissance instruments, until the Baroque and even the Classical flute. During her studies at Berlin (Universit\u00e4t der K\u00fcnste) and at Geneva (Haute \u00c9cole de Musique) in the classes of Christoph Huntgeburth, Gabriel Garrido and Serge Sa\u00eftta, she has obtained several degrees both for the traverso and the recorder. Her participation in various master classes, (for example with Marc Hanta\u00ef, Han Tol and Dorothee Oberlinger) further enhanced her musical apprenticeship. Constanze Chmiel additionally obtained Masters Degrees in Music at the UdK Berlin and in German Language and Literature at the Humboldt University, Berlin.\nAs a member of several chamber ensembles, she has participated at Fringe concerts in Utrecht and was part of an ensemble who were finalists of the H\u00e4ndel-Wettbewerb at G\u00f6ttingen (with ombre et soleil). In 2014, she performed with the Geneva-based group, Eb\u00e1lides, who were invited to be the ensemble in residence at the Academy at Montfrin. She frequently plays with baroque ensembles such as the Ensemble Baroque de Joux, the Camerata Rousseau, Gli Invaghiti and Elyma (dir. Gabriel Garrido), performing with musicians such asChiara Banchini, Fran\u00e7ois Nicolet, Hadrien Jourdan, Bertrand Cuiller, Jonathan Rubin amongst others.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 31, "original_length": 1950, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 285.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.conveco.com/en/about-us/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:37:11Z", "digest": "sha1:H5ZFQBUTWUQW7OTWB3OZOXGTVQV44OWN", "length": 2221, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.conveco.com", "title": "About us | Conveco", "raw_content": "Experience, Trust, Continuity\nCONVECO is a landmark company and market leader as regards installations of biogas plant in Italy\nWe design, develop and build a complete range of products used for the plants for the extraction, analysis, combustion and/or use of biogas from Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) as well as leachate drainage, control and collection networks.\nCompany\u2019s know-how is continuously improved by synergy with skilled environmental field professionals and consultants, driving us beyond the technical matters in order to promote environmental awareness.\nContinuous investments in research, equipment and qualified personnel have ensured excellent development trends for our company, expanding its operations on international markets and consolidating its already extensive coverage of the national market.\nSet up in 1990, Conveco and his partner Progeco, based in Northern Italy, have always focused the unique features and synergies in the environmental protection field. We aim to build plant for disposal or exploitation of biogas that are reliable, innovative, easy to use and durable thanks to high quality standards. Being responsible for the protection of the environment and the Planet Earth is our priority and the ultimate goal of all our operations. Reducing the pollution caused by greenhouse gases and biogas emitted from MSW, as well as their use as a source of energy, means that our clients can benefit directly from these gases at the same time as protecting the environment. We seek to support our clients by offering the most appropriate solution to their problems while ensuring professional service expertise, product quality and competitive costs.\nCONVECO aims to become your partner in order to study, propose and implement the technically and economically ideal solution by ensuring experience, skills and expertise in carrying out biogas extraction and combustion plant. Safeguarding the climate and protecting the environment are primary objectives for countries all over the world and sustained by international laws and protocols. We aim to build plant for disposal or exploitation of biogas that are reliable, innovative, easy to use and durable thanks to high quality standards", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 26, "original_length": 2459, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 315.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.copenhagenize.com/2010/07/lyngby-cycle-track-design.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:35:38Z", "digest": "sha1:UKSB7ZB75FKPYMDFUJUBVV5L6AI6WSDR", "length": 1115, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.copenhagenize.com", "title": "Copenhagenize.com - Bicycle Culture by Design: Lyngby Cycle Track Design", "raw_content": "Lyngby Cycle Track Design\nI visited the town of Lyngby, just north of Copenhagen, a couple of weeks back. It's actually called The King's Lyngby - Kongens Lyngby - but this ain't no history blog, now is it. The main street through the town centre is a lively, people-friendly stretch with loads of small shops. The city has laid out rough cobblestones on the street as a kind of traffic calming measure, mixed with old school aesthetics.\nThe cycle track is also unique in it's design, small paving stones to create a smoother surface. At this intersection, the stop line for cars is a good stretch back whilst cyclists can continue up to the pedestrian crossing, from where I took this photo.\nWe're seeing a marked increase of stop lines for cars pulled back from the intersection, not least in Copenhagen, as reported a while back.\nThe pictograms are also quite unique on the cycle tracks, which adds to the general 'look and feel' of the urban design. I ain't no stone mason but the wheels tell us that cutting circles isn't the easiest task.\ntags: \"bike infrastructure\", cobblestones, graphics, lyngby, pictogram", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 99, "original_length": 7226, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 303.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.costabravanews.com/2010/04/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:39Z", "digest": "sha1:OABKRHFBORTSZBPYBXBPVYQR7Q5QWFB5", "length": 773, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.costabravanews.com", "title": "2010 April | Costa Brava News", "raw_content": "Tens of thousands of tourists are still stranded on the Costa Brava due to the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallaj\u00f6kull. The tourists mainly from Britain and Germany have no hope of leaving the area before Monday, as Airline Ryanair have stated...\nBarcelona F C are back at the top of la Liga this week, after soundly beating Real Madrid 0-2 at the Bernabeu. Goals from Messi and Pedro gave the Catalan club the victory, and let them reclaim their spot at the top, after weeks of second place behind...\nA German man died on Monday in Cadaqu\u00e9s (Alt Ampurd\u00e0) while diving with two friends. This from Police sources, who said they did not yet know the exact cause. It seems the victim suffered some kind of \u2018incident\u2019 under water, in a rocky...\nwww.travelinlocal.net", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 81, "original_length": 2686, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 283.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.cottey.edu/commencement-2017/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:19:14Z", "digest": "sha1:WNUNDUB4XJNBZI6UDRN2I7PYWP722G3Q", "length": 7488, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.cottey.edu", "title": "Commencement 2017 - Cottey College", "raw_content": "133rd Annual Commencement Ceremony videos. Tara Stuart, Cottey Class of 1952, is the honored speaker.\nIntroduction of Platform Guests \u2013 Jann Weitzel, Ph.D., President of Cottey College\nRemarks \u2013 Anita van Rooyen, Class of 2017 Baccalaureate Degree Candidate in Business Administration-Management\nIntroduction of Speaker \u2013 Dr. Weitzel\nCommencement Address \u2013 Tara Stuart, Ed.D., Class of 1952\nRemarks \u2013 Beth Ledbetter, President of International Chapter, P.E.O. Sisterhood\nRemarks \u2013 Mathilda Hatfield, Vice Chair of the Cottey College Board of Trustees\nRemarks \u2013 Aimee Meyer, Vice President of the Cottey College Alumnae Association\nFull Ceremony (copyrighted music is muted)\nIf the commencement video does not display above, reload this page or click here to watch on Cottey\u2019s YouTube channel. A new browser tab will open.\nIt has been a busy and exciting academic year at Cottey, and preparations are underway for Commencement weekend, May 12-14.\nMany of the Commencement activities are long-standing traditions at Cottey, and all students are encouraged to remain on campus until Commencement is completed. Students intending to participate in Commencement must have filed an Intent to Graduate and, if needed, complete a Late Graduation Petition form in the Office of Academic Records. As is the case each year, some students will not complete all degree requirements.\nAt Yellow and White Dinner, sophomore students are honored by the freshman students. Dressier attire is appropriate for all who attend. Seating for this dinner is limited and advanced tickets are required. There is no charge for students. Each sophomore will be able to reserve her own ticket and purchase two guest tickets in Raney Dining Room on April 12 and 13. Guest tickets are $10.00 for adults and $6.00 for children ages 6-12, and tickets must be paid for at the time the reservation is made. Additional guests will be placed on a waiting list at the time of ticket purchase, and sophomore students may purchase for those additional guests on April 14 on a space available basis. If seating is available, other Cottey students will be able to reserve their tickets on April 19, 20, and 21. At 5:45 p.m., sophomore students will meet in the Robertson Hall parlor to enter into the dining room after the guests are seated. A Baccalaureate Service follows the dinner at 7 p.m. in the Chapel.\nAt Blue and White Luncheon, senior students are honored by the junior students. Dressier attire is appropriate for all who attend. Seating for this meal is limited and advanced tickets are required. There is no charge for students. Each senior will be able to reserve her own ticket and purchase tickets for guests in Raney Dining Room on April 17 and 18. Guest tickets are $10.00 for adults and $6.00 for children ages 6-12, and tickets must be paid for at the time the reservation is made. Junior students will be able to reserve their tickets on April 19, 20, and 21. If seating is available, other Cottey students may also reserve tickets for Blue and White on those days.\nStudents are recognized for outstanding achievements at Honors and Awards Convocation on Saturday morning. Scholarships and other academic awards are presented, including the announcement of the associate students with the top grade point averages. Students who have distinguished accomplishments in athletics and state and national competitions will also be recognized. The highlight of this event is the presentation of the First and Second Lei Awards to sophomore students and the presentation of baccalaureate students graduating Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude, and Summa Cum Laude.\nAll students are required to attend the Commencement rehearsal on Thursday afternoon, May 11, at 1 p.m. Freshmen and juniors meet on the steps of Hinkhouse; sophomores and seniors meet in the gymnasium. Students must be present to receive important instructions essential for the ceremony to run smoothly. Decorated mortarboards must be brought to the Commencement rehearsal for approval by designated staff (see attached Guidelines for Decorating Mortarboards). Following Commencement rehearsal, choir rehearsal will be held in the gymnasium at approximately 2:30 p.m.\nCapping on Saturday evening is a tradition that dates to the early days of the College when each graduate of the two-year program selected a first-year student to place the traditional mortarboard upon her head the evening before Commencement. Today, each student selects two or three cappers who are special to her to participate in the ceremony, which takes place on the front steps of Main Hall, weather permitting. Graduating students will wear their academic regalia. Capping is organized by the second- and fourth year classes and further information and instructions will be shared later.\nCottey\u2019s 133rd Commencement will take place on Sunday morning, May 14, at 10 a.m. We are pleased to announce that the 2017 Commencement speaker is Dr. Tara Stuart, 1952 Cottey alum. Dr. Stuart has a diverse professional background as educator, speaker, author, illustrator, and CEO of her own business. She is a world traveler and has lived and worked in a variety of cultures and nations. Graduates will meet in the Chapel at 9:30 a.m. and each will receive daisies to carry in the procession to Hinkhouse Center, placing them in a basket in the foyer as she enters. After the ceremony, the junior students leave first, followed by the freshman students. Both classes will pick up daisies to participate in the Daisy Chain through which the new graduates walk. Passing Cottey\u2019s flower from one class to another on this occasion symbolizes the tie between past and future classes. Sophomore students who have enrolled in a Cottey baccalaureate program will receive a bouquet of three daisies from a current junior student. Freshmen and juniors participating in the Daisy Chain must wear white.\nMembers of the national two-year and four-year honorary societies, Phi Theta Kappa and Alpha Chi, are authorized by the College to wear the PTK stoles and Alpha Chi cords with their academic regalia. Baccalaureate degree students graduating with honors are authorized by the College to wear gold cords with their academic regalia. At Cottey, cords for other honoraries are not worn with academic regalia during the Commencement ceremony. This is in keeping with acceptable commencement protocol and practice.\nA brunch in Raney Dining Room immediately follows Commencement. Advance tickets are not required; guests will pay at the door. Tickets are $10.00 for adults and $6.00 for children 12 and under. The residence halls close at 5 p.m.\nThis weekend is important for Cottey, and we will have many visitors on campus. Cottey students who require accommodations or have questions about accessibility for Commencement events should contact Stephanie D. McGhee at (417) 667-8181, extension 2131 or smcghee@cottey.edu by May 1, 2017, or as soon as the need is realized. To request accessibility accommodations for guests, please contact Betsy McReynolds at (417) 667-8181, extension 2103 or bmcreynolds@cottey.edu by May 1, 2017, or as soon as the need is realized. Best wishes with your studies in these few remaining weeks.\nPhotography By Wynn will be taking pictures to capture the moment you receive your diploma. If you would like to have a photo to forever remember this important moment they will be available for purchase at photographybywynn.zenfolio.com under the Cottey College Graduation tab.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 243, "original_length": 11411, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 319.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.cotxeres-casinet.org/open/angles/angles07/information07.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:17Z", "digest": "sha1:TMX42WUQKRCAQUOMKJOJ7DYH7LZ42TA4", "length": 5678, "nlines": 68, "source_domain": "www.cotxeres-casinet.org", "title": "WEB COTXERES - CASINET", "raw_content": "IX Edition\n- Pairings & results\nLast gears\n- Art exposition\nIX INTERNATIONAL CHESS OPEN DE SANTS, HOSTAFRANCS & LA BORDETA\nIX INTERNATIONAL CHESS OPEN\n1. The tournament will be hold in 79 Sants st, Barcelona (Auditori del Centre C\u00edvic de les Cotxeres de Sants) and other halls near of this hall . Swiss FIDE System at ten rounds.\n2. There are two groups (\"A\" and \"B\"): The \"A\" will be for all players with running license; \"B\" will be for players up-to-1999 rating. Playing in group B is volunteer, as an up-to-1999 player can choose to play in group \"A\" or \"B\".\nFIDE rating will be taking into account, otherwise, FEDA rating, and finally, Catalan rating. Local & National ratings will be validated by the organization.Rating rules for Catalan Circuit are applicables.\n3. Organization reserves the right to cancel a registration.\n4. Pairings will be established with \"Swiss Manager \".\n5. Tournament will start at 22th Agust to 31th August.\n6. Rounds will be played at 16.30h, except first round at 17.30h and last round at 9'30h\n7. The time control will be 1:30 hours + 30 seconds for 40 moves and half hour + 30 seconds to guillotine.\n8. Entry Fees:\nGENERAL.........................................................................................\n>2500 FIDE RATING.......................................................................\n<16 and >65........................................................................................\n+2350 FIDE Rating with invitation...................................................\nDiscount for paying before 08-17-2008: 3\u20ac.\nGENERAL..........................................................................................\n<16 and >65.........................................................................................\nDiscount for paying before 08-17-2008: 3\u20ac\nA) Telephone: +0034 93 291 87 01 (Cotxeres de Sants) 9.30h to 14h. except 1th at 16th august\nB) Filling registration in www.cotxeres-casinet/open/formo.htm\nC) E-mail: toniayza@secretariat.org\n*THE PLAYERS WHO PAID BEFORE 17 AUGUST, WILL HAVE A DISCOUNT OF 3 \u20ac IN THE ENTRY FEE OF THIS OPEN.\nHow to play: Applicants must play the money into the following account:, 2100 3005 41 2500019132 swift CAIXESBB IBAN: ES1721003005412500019132 of \u201cLa Caixa\u201d Savongs Bank and send the receipt with the name and surname to the fax number 34 93 291 87 30.\nThe players with rating under 2000 must indicate in wich group (A or B) they want to participate.\n10. Limit date is 08-23-2007 at 14h. (+1 GMT).\n11. Missing of the 1st round without justification will be penalised with the expulsion from the tournament. This penalisation will be applied for those players who miss two rounds, too.\nThose players who have to miss a round must communicate it to arbiters during the previous round. Byes with half point are not availables.\n\u0095 Prizes: ill be delivered according with the final standings. Prizes aren\n1. 2.500 \u20ac i Trophy 8. 300 \u20ac 15. 150 \u20ac\n3. 1.000 \u20ac i Trophy 10. 225 \u20ac 17. 130 \u20ac\n4. 700 \u20ac 11. 200 \u20ac 18. 120 \u20ac\n7. 400 \u20ac 14. 160 \u20ac\nPRIZES FOR SECTIONS ELO TOURNAMENT A\nPRIZES FOR SECTIONS ELO TOURNAMENT B\nThere will be applied the retention that marks Estate.\nTrophy at 3 firsts in each section ELO.\nPRIZES FOR AGE SECTIONS\n- Trophy best sub-10 (born 1997 and years afther)\n- Trophy best sub-12 (born 1995-1996)\n- 2 Trophys best sub-14 (born 1993-1994)\n- 2 Trophys best Senior + 60 age born in 1947 and before years without International title.\n- 3 Trophys best sub-10 (born 1997 and years afther)\nTeams Chanpionship\nTrophy for champion & second in the tournaments A & B\nBeauty Prize (Trophy Tiendas de la Estaci\u00f3n)\nTrophy at the more bauty game in the tournament\nCash prizes w 't accumulables, execept age prizes ones, that can be accumulables with rating sections & generals. Age prizes can only be win according to age.\nFor players distributions in different Rating sections, FIDE rating will be taken into account; otherwise, Catalan Rating, and finally FEDA rating. Local & National ratings will be validated by organization. Players can only win prizes available in their own Rating Section, can not apply for superior section prize. The special rules for prizes in Catalan Circuit are applicable in this tournament.\n13. Tie-Breacks:\nBlitz games (by KO) will be applied only for those players who are tied and with a chance of winning a prize in general standings. For the rest of standings and for the Blitz's ranking, the tie-breacks will be:\n-Median Bucholz FIDE\n-Total Bucholz FIDE\nPlayers who get achieve a prize both in final standing and in his Rating Section must choose just one of them. Once the provisional Final Standing is established, they must communicate to the organization their choice; otherwise, it willl be supposed they choose their Rating Section prize.\nThe Blitz Games will be played on Sunday at 5pm.\nDisabled players will can to choice to play or not the blitz tie break games. If not, he can take the prize before the blitz games tiebreak according the previous standings.\n14. The player who opts to Beauty Prize must give the game to the organization.\n15. Tournament Director will be Mr. Alex Sulleva.\n16. Arbiter's decisions shall be appealed to Appeal Comitee. This Comitee will be consist of Tournament Director, and three players chosen among total of participants. Comitee's decisions will be definetely and unappealed.\n17. For mobile phones use, are applicable the FIDE rules\n18. Tournament will valid for GM, IM-Norms and for FIDE, FEDA and FCE rating.\n19. Any point unexpected in these rules, will be solved applying FIDE General Rules for open tournaments.\n20. Take part in this tournament involves total aceptation of these rules.\nCol\u00b7laboran", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 171, "original_length": 7017, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.85, "perplexity": 194.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.countryhouseinnovation.co.uk/exhibitors/farm-stay-uk/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:39:37Z", "digest": "sha1:HVHQ3IR3IVEVWYM454FISQNR4ZB2CJSC", "length": 1563, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.countryhouseinnovation.co.uk", "title": "Farm Stay UK - The Country House Innovation Show", "raw_content": "Farm Stay UK is a `Not-For-Profit` farmer owned consortium, registered under the Industrial & Provident Societies Act. The main objective is to more effectively market the accommodation provided by its members thus helping increase occupancy rates and incomes.\nFarm Stay UK is the market leader in its field, recognised for its innovation and success within the tourism industry at home and abroad. Quality is regarded as fundamental.\nFarm Stay UK was also among the first to promote its members' services and facilities through the Internet and currently operates a very powerful and productive website.\nThe company finances its entire operation through membership fees boosted, wherever possible, by income from sponsorship or advertising. All funds are used within the business ensuring every penny is utilised and not returned in dividends.\nOur Current Structure\nFarm Stay, as a national membership organisation, is run by a Board with 11 Regional Directors plus a Chairman, and managed by a Chief Executive with a small staff from our Head Office at the National Agricultural Centre, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire.\nMembers have the chance to meet together at the Annual Conference/AGM whilst each region meets separately in spring and autumn. Local groups meet more often depending upon requirements.\nThe primary functions are:\n\u2022 to promote the concept of farm tourism in the UK\n\u2022 to help members expand their businesses through pro-active marketing/sales support\n\u2022 to assist farmers in broadening their income base through diversification\nwww.farmstay.co.uk", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 3232, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 330.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.cowhampshireblog.com/tag/m-d/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:03:36Z", "digest": "sha1:PGCZ22PVSU4FBNTI4N44RD3IF2NU47VG", "length": 707, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.cowhampshireblog.com", "title": "M.D. | Cow Hampshire", "raw_content": "Tag Archives: M.D.\nMissing Places: Lucy Hastings Hospital of Manchester, New Hampshire\nThe Lucy Hastings Hospital was a small general hospital located at 1038 Union Street in Manchester, New Hampshire. The building still exists, now being used as a private home. The hospital was founded in on 25 February 1925 by George \u2026 Continue reading \u2192\nPosted in Genealogy, History, N.H. Missing Places, New Hampshire Men, New Hampshire Women, Structures\t| Tagged Allen, director, doctor, Dr., Elliot, Elliott, Foster, General, George, graduate, Hastings, health, healthcare, hospital, Lucy, M.D., Manchester, Mary, New Hampshire, NH, nurse, nursing, photograph, physician, Private, school, Street, Union\t| 11 Comments", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 132, "original_length": 4795, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 328.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.cutterassociates.com/membership/event.cfm?eid=CutterCast-5458", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:07Z", "digest": "sha1:MIGN3IXT54JXPDPNWCNRGYJBLBL7OSOP", "length": 456, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.cutterassociates.com", "title": "Login Member Portal Register", "raw_content": "Dec 14, 2017 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM ET Online\nCloud Adoption in Asset Management\nCutterResearch members share their rationale for adoption of cloud technologies. They discuss which applications and activities are best suited for hosting by cloud service providers, and why. Members also explore principles guiding effective implementation, share their thoughts about current service providers and platforms, and discuss their use of public and private clouds.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 81, "original_length": 3300, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 258.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.dairycouncilutnv.com/about-us/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:18:02Z", "digest": "sha1:ZZPF5E37SAWTIMIEXUGGFGM7GNODY5WU", "length": 5571, "nlines": 45, "source_domain": "www.dairycouncilutnv.com", "title": "About Us | Dairy Council of Utah Nevada", "raw_content": "The Dairy Council of Utah/Nevada is a non-profit organization comprised of a small team of dedicated professionals devoted to the promotion of local agriculture, lifelong health, and the enjoyment of food. We work on behalf of Utah & Nevada\u2019s Dairy Farm Families to provide timely, scientifically based nutrition information to the media, health professionals, consumers, and others concerned about fostering a healthy diet in addition to promoting fun, community-based events to showcase dairy foods and dairy farmers.\nThe Dairy Council of Utah/Nevada is a non-profit organization comprised of a small team of dedicated professionals devoted to the promotion of local agriculture, lifelong health, and the enjoyment of food. Dairy Council works on behalf of Utah & Nevada\u2019s Dairy Farm Families to provide timely, scientifically-based nutrition information to the media, health professionals, consumers, and others concerned about fostering a healthy diet.\nIn Utah, Dairy Council was founded in 1953. At that time, its staff worked solely on nutrition education projects until the council merged with the Utah Dairy Commission in 1971 to offer local dairy education and promotion. At that time, the organization became quasi-state entity whose public purpose relates to the state and its citizens. The organization\u2019s efforts are 100% funded by dairy farmer dollars \u2013 no tax payer dollars support dairy council activities. For more information on the Dairy Council\u2019s promotion and education spending, see our Financial Report below.\nThe Dairy Council of Utah/Nevada is one of 18 state and regional dairy council organizations that works in conjunction with the National Dairy Council. With a rich 100 year history, National Dairy Council was was founded in 1915 by America\u2019s dairy farmers to offer nutrition education and research.\nJenn Harrison, MBA\nJenn is in her 18th year with Dairy Council, taking over as the organization\u2019s CEO in 2014. She has a passion for the dairy industry and admires and respects the dairymen who work hard every day caring for their animals and the land. When not at work, Jenn trains and competes in triathlons. She enjoys watching her daughters achieve goals both academically and physically and is constantly running to soccer, basketball and horseback riding.\nKristi Spence, MS, RDN, CSSD\nSenior Vice President, Communications, Industry Relations, Nutrition Affairs\nAs the Dairy Council\u2019s Senior Vice President, Kristi is a registered dietitian and board certified as a specialist in sport dietetics. She oversees all aspects of communications and industry relations for the Dairy Council. Originally hailing from Los Angeles, Kristi is not a farm native, but the knowledge she has gained working with dairy farmers and her on-farm experiences have instilled a passion for connecting people with the people, the land, and the cows behind the dairy foods they enjoy. Through all aspects of her job, her mission is to tell dairy farmers\u2019 stories \u2013 from the farm to your table. Kristi loves cooking, hiking, running and spending time with her family.\nBecky Low, MS\nVice President: Schools, Culinary\nBecky is the Vice President of the Dairy Council of UT/NV and has been providing nutrition research and educational materials for schools, health professionals, and nutrition educators since 1999. Becky has also been the expert on a weekly cooking segment since 1995 on KSL\u2019s Studio 5. When she\u2019s not helping consumers integrate the science of nutrition into their diets, Becky enjoys cooking, camping, and collecting books. Becky is in charge of the Fuel Up to Play 60 program in Utah \u2013 helping students, program advisors, and schools eat healthy, get active, and make a difference.\nTim Pierson, MS\nResearch & Business Development | Accounting Manager\nOriginally from Yuma, Arizona, Tim is a true dairy fan \u2013 from the most nitty gritty dairy research related to nutrition and innovation to the most delectable cheeses, he enjoys it all. Tim recently completed his masters degree in nutrition from the University of Utah and serves local dairy farmers in a variety of capacities. Tim splits his time between bookkeeping and dairy research / business development. His hobbies include traveling, high intensity interval training, writing music, and cooking.\nDebbra Vaughn\nSince January 2010, Debbie has been the Dairy Council\u2019s Office Manager. Born in Mt. Pleasant, Utah, her grandparents were farmers, so she feels right at home working with the dedicated dairy men and women of Utah & Nevada. Debbie oversees the Dairy Ambassador Program and serves as the vendor liaison for the annual Utah Dairy Convention. She loves interior design, gardening, reading and traveling, but her main focus in life is her husband, children and four grandsons.\nCentral Cache\nSalt Lake, Tooele, Davis\nWeber, Morgan\nChace Fullmer\nSevier, Piute, Wayne, Garfield\n\u2013 Chairman \u2013\nMalarik Harrison\nWasatch, Summit, Unitah, Duchesne, Daggett\nMatt Leak\nDairy Women\nHal Olsen\nMillard, Beaver, Iron, Washington\nScott Ericson\nUtah Department of\nMentor Members\nBoard-elected, non-voting members\nTrent Bown\n2018 Mentor Member\nTrevor Munk\nDairy Women\u2019s\nThe dairy women\u2019s organization is a vibrant part of Utah\u2019s dairy community. They operate the statewide Dairy Ambassador program as well as plan and organize events throughout the year. Learn More about the Utah Dairy Women\u2019s Organization.\nUtah Dairy Commission\nNational Plan $675000\nHealth and Wellness $530000\nIndustry Relations $375000\nIntegrated Communications $300000\nStrategic Initiatives $20000\nBoard/Operations $300000", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 6272, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 332.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.danchanms.com/the-essential-laws-of-equipment-explained.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:23:56Z", "digest": "sha1:GJQIUDNOMCC6WU6HNNFJXSL5PZPYV7XJ", "length": 2591, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.danchanms.com", "title": "The Essential Laws of Equipment Explained | Business and Finance", "raw_content": "What are Good Fire Equipment\nThere are a lot of fire equipment out there that you can get because there are many fires that can happen and you never know these things will happen so you always have to be prepared and ready. You should really be ready to have fire accidents and if you do not know how you can be ready, you have come to the right place today as we are going to be talking about these things. If you really want to get good fire equipment but you are not sure which ones you should get, we are here to help you pick out some good ones.\nOne really good fire equipment that you should really go and get is a good fire extinguisher. When it comes to these fire extinguishers, they are really common as they are really helpful in putting out small fires or fires that have been started by explosions. Fires are commonly started when there are people who smoke or when there are wires that can get damaged and destroyed so you should always keep these fire extinguishers close to these places. When it comes to using these fire extinguishers, they are pretty simple to use so you will not have a hard time trying to operate them when the need be. If you are looking for a fire extinguisher to keep at your place, you will find these at any hardware store that you go to or if you have a fire store that you can get good fire equipment at, you will find these there as well. Fires will not be able to spread so much if you have these fire extinguishers as you can put them out before they go and burn more things at your place.\nThere are other protective gear that you can get when fire happens at your place and the next thing that we are going to look at is the fire mask. There are fire clothes that you can get so if there is a fire at your place, you can put these clothes on and you will not really get burned that easily; there are also fire hard hats that you can put on when your building is on fire so that if burned logs fall on you, your head is protected from these things. There are a lot of people who die of breathing in the smoke from fires instead of getting burned so you should really invest in a good fire mask so if ever a fire starts at your place, you can avoid breathing in the thick poisonous smoke with these fire masks. You should really go and get these fire protective gear as if you do not have them, you will not be protected from fires that may happen and fires that can really hurt you. There are a lot more fire equipment that you can get out there.\n\u2190 Where To Start with Experts and More\nIf You Read One Article About Electronics, Read This One \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 24, "original_length": 3113, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 309.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.deadlantern.com/splattercast/index.php?showcode=XFIL&splatepnum=35", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:26Z", "digest": "sha1:GHRWOLWOBWNO7CMYVQ2PLBM4FFPUA4SD", "length": 49, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.deadlantern.com", "title": "DeadLantern.com Presents The Splattercast", "raw_content": "The crew discuss old people, mushrooms, and rape.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 11, "original_length": 488, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 263.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.deamicis-spa.com/en/home-en/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:09Z", "digest": "sha1:X5Q6RG7OUXDHUWASXBF3ZXZ6BOELZ4QY", "length": 329, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.deamicis-spa.com", "title": "De Amicis | Meat and food supplier for restaurants - Milano", "raw_content": "At the service of the most refined clientele and top restaurants.\nProvisions for restaurants, hotel chains, catering firms.\nDelivery of meat and other foodstuffs throughout Lombardy and North Italy.\nThanks to a vast experience acquired down through the years, today we are one of the most renowned and important food wholesalers.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 1658, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 334.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.defencepage.com/2016/12/isro-upbeat-over-its-new-lunar-mission.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:47Z", "digest": "sha1:6VWJV6JFVQ4UIVYHXKC2QLHPZXUHPZXY", "length": 2790, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.defencepage.com", "title": "ISRO upbeat over its new Lunar Mission | DefencePage.com", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb China \u00bb India \u00bb Pakistan \u00bb Russia \u00bb Space \u00bb UK \u00bb us \u00bb ISRO upbeat over its new Lunar Mission\nThe Indian Space Research Organisation is upbeat over its \u2018moon\u2019 mission. In December next year, the space agency is all set to launch a spacecraft housing two \u2018private\u2019 rovers (a space exploration vehicle) atop a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).\nInterestingly, ISRO bagged the commercial launch contract just when it\u2019s own Chandrayaan-2 mission, a second shot to the moon, is gaining pace with the beginning of landing experiments inside the \u2018Science City\u2019 in Chitradurga.\nBengaluru-based firm TeamIndus will be attempting to become the first Indian private entity to land on the moon by deploying its own rover ECA. This rover will be competing in the $30 million Lunar XPrize, sponsored by Google. The landing site for TeamIndus is Mare Imbrium, the large plain visible to the naked eye on the top left of the moon. The second rover will be developed by Japanese firm Hakuto.\nK Sivan, Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram, told Express that the space agency is up for the challenge. \u201cISRO always wanted the Indian private industry to take an active part in the space explorations mission. It\u2019s a very good initiative and we wish TeamIndus all success.\nHowever, ISRO\u2019s role in the mission is limited to providing launch services and the rest is the sole responsibility of the private firm. For us, it\u2019s like any other satellite.\nHaving successfully carried out the Chandrayaan-1 mission in 2008, the PSLV is fully capable of pulling off this mission as well,\u201d he said.\nHowever, certain key interface systems like mechanical, electrical and radio systems would be analysed to ensure the rocket and satellite support the overall mission, he said.\nSivan said VSSC would design and develop the PSLV. ISRO Inertial Systems Unit at Thiruvananthapuram would develop the inertial systems for the vehicle. Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, also at Thiruvananthapuram, would develop the liquid propulsion stages for the second and fourth stages of the PSLV.\nOn the Chandrayaan-2, the official said the project was progressing at a good pace and several systems were at the developmental stage. The mission consists of an orbiter, lander and rover configuration.\nIt is planned to be launched as a composite stack by GSLV-Mk II tentatively by early 2018. The scientific payloads onboard are expected to perform elemental studies of the lunar surface.\nIn 2010, it was agreed that the Russian Space Agency ROSCOSMOS would be responsible for the lunar lander and ISRO responsible for orbiter and rover as well as a launch by GSLV.\nHowever, it was later decided that the lunar lander would be developed by ISRO and Chandrayaan-2, making it an entirely Indian mission.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 83, "original_length": 4136, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 243.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.defensepriorities.org/opinion/on-iran-trump-is-wrong", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:42:46Z", "digest": "sha1:JOQGWJAW3D2T4ZMN4PNH3JNEUDHZ4WPC", "length": 4838, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.defensepriorities.org", "title": "On Iran, Trump is wrong \u2014 Defense Priorities", "raw_content": "On Iran, Trump is wrong\nWhen President Trump outlined his Iran policy several weeks ago and explained to the American people how he would handle the Iran nuclear deal, supporters of the agreement breathed a small sigh of relief. While Trump decried the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), he went with the recommendation of his national security team to keep the United States in the deal.\nThis decision, however, was bitter sweet. The administration wants a far better accord with far better terms for the United States, and Trump is working with Senate Republicans to convert his dreams of a perfect agreement into reality. According to the Associated Press, Corker and Cotton are preparing to introduce a bill that would not only unilaterally change the JCPOA without the consent or consultation of the other parties, but also change the deal in such a way that it would add new restrictions on Iranian behavior in areas that were never part of the original deal in the first place. The bill would automatically reinstate U.S. sanctions on Tehran if the country continues to test, manufacture or deploy intercontinental ballistic missiles\u2014a valid concern to the West but a program Iranian officials have made clear is outside the nuclear file. And it would make permanent provisions on Iran\u2019s uranium enrichment and centrifuge programs that are set to sunset after 10 to 15 years.\nWashington, in short, is trying to rewrite a multilateral agreement that took three years and dozens of rounds of diplomacy to negotiate.\nThere is a way for Congress to buttress U.S. diplomacy and improve U.S. policy on Iran without doing unraveling a deal the International Atomic Energy Agency verifies is working. But it will have to involve tradeoffs on the nuclear file in order to keep Washington and its European allies together.\nAs it\u2019s reportedly drafted, the legislation lawmakers are working on would split a P5+1 bloc\u2014list countries here\u2014whose unity during the negotiations helped convince the Iranians that they needed to compromise.\nThe fact that no party in the P5+1 coalition is supportive of these moves has not deterred the Trump administration from pressing ahead. The administration either doesn\u2019t care about maintaining a unified negotiating stance with its partners; strongly believes it can use the power of the U.S. financial system to coerce the Europeans and the Iranians into adopting new terms; or is hoping that demanding more concessions from the Iranians would rise their anger to such a point that Tehran would violate the accord on its own.\nRather than a strategy to improve the deal\u2019s survivability, it is a clever way to cut it open and let it bleed out on the operating table.\nWe know the Europeans are not open to unilateral American amendments to the JCPOA because they have told U.S. officials repeatedly that they will not re-negotiate a package that is working\u2014despite some hiccups\u2014as it was intended to work. If the White House had any doubts, the U.K., France, and Germany put them to rest hours after Trump\u2019s speech when they released a joint statement expressing their commitment to the JCPOA as is. And if the White House still thought they could bring the Europeans around to a more hardline position, the EU scotched that lingering hope last week after it adopted a statement encouraging \u201cthe US to maintain its commitment to the JCPOA and to consider the implications for the security of the US, its partners and the region before taking further steps.\u201d\nIt doesn\u2019t have to be this way. If Congress plays this the right way and reinforces\u2014rather than undermines\u2014America\u2019s position relative to what Iran is doing, we can keep together a broad coalition to address the challenges Iran poses to U.S. interests.\nIt can continue on its current course and amend the Iran nuclear deal through U.S. legislation\u2014a tact that is more likely to introduce a rift among Washington and its P5+1 partners to the benefit of Iran.\nOr it can accept the JCPOA as it exists, acknowledge that this is the best agreement the international community is ever going to get, and begin initiating discussions with Europe, Russia, and China as soon as possible on what a supplemental agreement or an extension would look like.\nThe latter may not be what President Trump, his advisers, or many lawmakers in Washington would prefer. But it is the best strategy with the least risk to America\u2019s credibility as a diplomatic superpower and the only way for the U.S. to keep its commitments, conserve the high ground, and bring its allies along with it.\nDaniel DePetris is a fellow with Defense Priorities.\nThis piece was originally published by Real Clear Defense on November 2, 2017. Read more HERE.\nNewer PostDomestic reforms provide opportunity. Attacking trade doesn\u2019t.\nOlder PostAd-lib policy is neither strategic nor defensive", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 52, "original_length": 5457, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 283.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.defensepriorities.org/opinion/senators-change-the-dynamic-on-saudi-arabia", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:41:02Z", "digest": "sha1:USGPU5B5PMCJ7M2XC5T3TYLAHPVY7Q2R", "length": 4837, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.defensepriorities.org", "title": "Senators change the dynamic on Saudi Arabia \u2014 Defense Priorities", "raw_content": "Senators change the dynamic on Saudi Arabia\nThis week, Sens. Rand Paul, Christopher Murphy, Mike Lee, and Al Franken managed to singlehandedly do something that the rest of their colleagues would much rather avoid or ignore \u2014 they forced the U.S. Senate to debate the wisdom of continuing to provide Saudi Arabia with some of America\u2019s best weaponry, no questions asked.\nUsing a procedural provision buried in the 1976 Arms Export Control Act, Paul, Murphy, Lee, and Franken filed legislation that, if enacted, would block the Obama administration\u2019s latest defense sale to Saudi Arabia \u2014 a package worth $1.15 billion that includes over 150 M1A1 Abrams tanks and assorted enablers to ensure that the tanks keep running. The Arms Export Control Act allows any senator to force a debate and a vote on an arms sale if the Senate Foreign Relations Committee doesn\u2019t move on a disapproval resolution over a 10-day period. And this is exactly what the two conservative Republicans from Kentucky and Utah and the two liberal Democrats from Connecticut and Minnesota chose to do; the Foreign Relations Committee sat on their hands and chose to do nothing, so the Senate chamber was called in to debate the measure.\nThe fact that the resolution, originally spearheaded by Paul and Murphy, was soundly defeated after a short debate on the floor wasn\u2019t unexpected. Indeed, those who follow the issue expected that the motion to block the sale of U.S. tanks to Riyadh wouldn\u2019t pass. While there is a growing amount of agitation as of late over Saudi Arabia\u2019s behavior in the region from lawmakers in both the House and Senate, the U.S. Congress as a whole still considers Riyadh a valuable and irreplaceable ally in a dangerous region. Some, like Sens. John McCain and Mitch McConnell, viewed the disapproval resolution as foolish if not provocative to a major American ally at a time when Yemen is at risk of being completely dominated by an Iranian-backed militia in the Houthis.\nWhat matters here, however, is not that the Senate passed the measure, but that lawmakers debated the measure at all. On arms sales and defense exports, the U.S. Congress has been a placid institution and a spectator despite the fact that both the House and the Senate are integral components in the process under the law. Exports of defense articles on everything from air-to-ground munitions to F-16\u2019s typically proceed without so much as a wink and a nod from America\u2019s elected representatives \u2014 yet another troubling sign of the legislative branch deliberately standing on the sidelines instead of participating as an active player on the field. The Obama administration has sold $115 billion of weapons and defense services to Saudi Arabia in 42 separate deals over the past seven and a half years, and none of those deals were scrutinized by members of Congress.\nDuring a discussion at the Center for the National Interest, Sen. Murphy said this trend can only be categorized as an embarrassing abdication of congressional power. \"We are, as a Congress, at risk of putting ourselves out of business of helping to set and conduct foreign policy,\" Murphy remarked. Speaking at the same event, Sen. Paul was equally upset with the way Congress has been derelict: \"There is a war going on. In Yemen, we [the U.S.] are refueling the planes that are dropping the bombs, and we have people helping to guide the missiles.\" He then cut to the heart of the matter, saying that Americans \"can debate...whether we should do it. But we can't just have no debate.\"\nAnd debate they did. What Paul and Murphy have accomplished this week is a welcoming change to the cycle of laisse faire behavior towards every arms sale that the executive branch wants to finalize. They may have lost the vote, but they forced their colleagues to stand upon front of the American people and defend why they believe selling additional weapons to Saudi Arabia at a time when Yemeni society is increasingly being destroyed is in the U.S. national security interest. One can agree or disagree with the result of the vote, but Paul and Murphy should be given resounding applause for promoting accountable, democratic, constitutional government.\nFor the benefit of the Republic's health and welfare, the legislative branch cannot be an inactive and uninterested body on foreign policy. If Congress were to take that path, the institution would become in the words of Sen. Paul \"a lapdog to an imperial presidency.\" This week's debate and vote on a weapons sale to Saudi Arabia will hopefully bring Congress back to the proper role that the authors of the Constitution envisioned and demanded.\nThis piece was originally published by The Hill on September 23, 2016. Read more HERE.\nNewer PostThree lessons we must learn from Libya\nOlder PostReckless interventionism is a surefire recipe for corruption", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 5537, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 249.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.degc.org/living-in-detroit/advanced-learning/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:37:10Z", "digest": "sha1:237SWOOZV5P46OAHPOPBRTK4OX67CHLN", "length": 2783, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.degc.org", "title": "Advanced Learning - DEGC", "raw_content": "Living in Detroit Advanced Learning\nPREMIER CENTER OF EDUCATION\nSoutheast Michigan\u2019s University Research Corridor, which includes Wayne State University, Michigan State University and University of Michigan, is ranked second in National Innovation Power Rankings behind only southern California. Not only has Michigan set some of the most rigorous high school graduation standards in the United States, it is also home to a public university system with 15 quality and affordable institutions, including the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Wayne State University.\nThe University of Michigan includes 19 schools and colleges covering liberal arts and sciences, as well as most professions, for a total of 250 degree programs. \u00adThe faculty includes over 3,000 individuals who are tenured or on a tenure track. Lecturers, clinical faculty, research professors, librarians and archivists add over another 4,000 to the Ann Arbor campus faculty staff. According to U.S. News & World Report, the University of Michigan consistently ranks in the top five public universities.\nMichigan State University is located in East Lansing, just three miles east of the capital of Michigan in Lansing. Its 5,200-acre campus includes 545 buildings, including 103 with academic or instructional space. The university includes approximately 19,600 acres throughout the state that is used for agricultural and natural resources research and education. The university offers more than 200 programs of undergraduate, graduate and professional study. One of the top research universities in the world, federal funding for university research comes from agencies such as the Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Defense and the Department of Justice.\nLocated in Midtown Detroit, Wayne State University is attended by more than 27,000 students from every state and 70 countries. On campus, students will find 200 acres of green space, walking paths and state-of the art facilities surrounded by the renowned cultural institutions and industry-leading employers of Detroit. Beyond a location in the heart of the city, Wayne State University is also ranked in the top 0.8 percent of universities worldwide according to the Center for World University Rankings.\nIn addition to these universities, the Michigan Community College System touches every community in Michigan through its 28 public community colleges. Its entrepreneurial centers of excellence include the Center for Student Success, the Michigan Community College Virtual Learning Collaborative, the Michigan New Jobs Training Program and a Center for Global Initiatives.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 102, "original_length": 5164, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 107.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.dentalsolutions.ca/index.asp?N=dentist-Guelph-ON-Root-Canal-Therapy-In-Depth&C=1189&P=30226", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:33:16Z", "digest": "sha1:DPNUA4IC53WAWJVGLO6EHADAMH6XSV6H", "length": 11392, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "www.dentalsolutions.ca", "title": "Root Canal Therapy \u2022 Guelph, ON \u2022 Bisson Dentistry", "raw_content": "Root Canal Therapy In-Depth\nMany people who have dental issues often get scared at the thought of undergoing a root canal procedure. A root canal is often associated with excruciating pain and cost that can deplete your savings. Despite these negative conceptions about root canal treatment, it can do more good than harm, especially on your overall oral health. This is why Bisson Dentistry is here for you. We offer an array of dental services that cater to your specific dental needs, including root canal treatment. This procedure can help save your teeth from further damage.\nUnderstanding the Anatomy of a Tooth\nOur tooth has different parts. For one, the crown is the top part of the tooth that is usually seen in the mouth. It also covers the internal parts of a tooth. Our tooth is covered by a hard-outer coating called enamel. You protect the enamel from bacteria that cause tooth decay by brushing and flossing it. Meanwhile, the dentin supports the enamel and mostly forms the tooth.\nThe root, on the other hand, helps secure the entire tooth in position, so it does not wobble. The cementum covers the surface of the root. Inside our tooth contains a tissue called the dental pulp, which houses the nerves, blood vessels, and other surrounding tissues. The dental pulp covers the entire root canal system, which extends from the tooth crown up to the end of the root.\nBefore anything else, we must understand what a root canal is all about, how it is done, what to expect during the procedure, possible side effects you may encounter, and how much the entire procedure can cost you.\nFor starters, a root canal is part of a tooth. The actual dental procedure that involves treating the root canal is called endodontic therapy, from the Greek word endo which means inside and odont which means tooth. In other words, endodontic therapy is a treatment for the inside of the tooth. Bacteria live in our mouths that can cause damage to our teeth, including our root canal system. When the pulp inside our teeth becomes infected, it will eventually die out. Moreover, an infected pulp will not be able to repair itself, that is why is deemed already useless. Bacterial infection in the pulp may either be due to a chipped tooth, dental trauma, such as hitting the tooth on a hard surface, tooth decay and other tooth-related injuries. It will eventually reach into the opening of the root canal. The bacteria will then spread inside the tooth, which can result in unbearable pain and even abscess growth. In most cases, the pain will eventually disappear. However, the infection will have already done its damage, more than you will ever realize.\nIn this case, a root canal treatment is often recommended to save the tooth instead of extracting it. Aside from removing the infected or dying nerves, it can also help increase the lifespan of the tooth, and improve its biting and chewing capabilities. On the contrary, a tooth extraction can be an alternative and a cheaper option to root canal treatment. However, it can affect your bite, and it can affect the other teeth surrounding the area, which can lead to further complications. A dental implant is also another option if you do not want to undergo a root canal treatment. However, it will not feel as natural as a real tooth.\nSigns That a Root Canal Treatment Is Needed\nA person suspected of having a pulp infection may experience pain while eating or drinking, and biting or chewing. Particularly, he or she may experience heightened sensitivity to hot and cold food, which can be very unbearable. He or she may also notice a loose tooth in the affected area, as well as discoloration of the affected tooth. In worse scenarios, the person may experience recurring pain in the mouth, swelling gum, the presence of pus around the affected tooth, swollen face or part of the face.\nIf left untreated, a root canal procedure and antibiotics may not be as effective anymore because apparently, the damage has been done. If you experience any of the above symptoms, have your tooth checked and examined by our dental experts at Bisson Dentistry.\nThe entire root canal therapy takes several sessions to complete. First, the dentist or endodontist will examine and perform an x-ray on the affected tooth. Anesthetics will then be administered around to numb the tooth. Next, a \u201cdental dam\u201d will be placed to separate the tooth. This will keep the tooth clean and saliva-free during the entire procedure. Once the anesthesia takes effect, we will make a small hole in the crown of the tooth. Using small files and irrigation tools, the dentist or endodontist will clean the pulp of any debris and remove the dead tissue inside the tooth. After cleaning the tooth, we will shape the hollow area of the tooth for filling.\nWe will then fill up space with gutta-percha along with a sealing paste to cover the root canal. On occasion, a temporary filling will be placed instead of gutta-percha to fill up the tooth opening. The temporary filling usually lasts up to a week to monitor any possible recurring infection. The filling will eventually be removed before completing the entire root canal procedure. A crown may also be placed after the extraction of the dead tissue, depending on the preference of the patient. By this time, the patient will not feel any pain anymore because the dead tissue and the infection have already been removed.\nWill a root canal treatment hurt?\nAs already mentioned earlier, most people are afraid to undergo root canal therapy because they expect it to be very painful. That is why they would prefer to have their affected tooth extracted, albeit with some complications and discomfort along the way.\nThe truth is, the entire endodontic therapy should not hurt because of the administered anesthesia that can help numb the pain. On the other hand, the painful feeling is actually due to the infection from the inflamed pulp and not from the treatment itself. In fact, a root canal treatment can even help relieve the pain caused by the infection.\nOf course, it is natural to feel some kind of pain after the procedure. That is why the dentist or endodontist will prescribe over-the-counter or prescription drugs to alleviate the pain. Likewise, an antibiotic will also be prescribed to treat further or prevent the spread of infection.\nThe patient should take care of his or her teeth during the entire recovery period. For one, eating or chewing hard foods should be avoided at all cost until the treatment is deemed complete. The newly-treated tooth is still considered fragile and prone to damage. Practicing good oral hygiene, including brushing and flossing your teeth, as well as quitting smoking and regular dental checkups are also highly important during your recovery.\nUsually, recovery from the procedure takes around a few days up to several weeks. As mentioned earlier, a patient may feel pain during the first few days post-surgery, but it will eventually subside in the following days or weeks.\nDuring recovery, it is recommended to eat soft and cold foods to prevent having to come back for a tooth repair. Recommended foods to be eaten after a root canal surgery include fruits and fruit smoothies, yogurt, ice cream (minus the nuts and other chunky fruit ingredients), pudding, tofu, soup, mashed potatoes, pasta, and noodles, to name a few. Eating cold and mushy foods can also help alleviate the pain due to swelling, aside from satiating your hunger, of course. As an additional tip, you can also eat your food on the other side of your mouth that is untouched by the surgery. Also, avoid hot drinks and food while recovering from the operation. Lastly, eat and chew your food slowly.\nAlthough a root canal procedure is one of the most invasive treatments there is, it boasts of a high success rate. In fact, it is said that around 85 percent of root canal treatments can last up to 10 years, as long as the patient takes care of his or her oral health. However, like any other medical procedures, a root canal treatment can have possible underlying risks and complications. For one, any decay in some of the root canals may not be noticed immediately by Dr. Bisson, which would later show the same symptoms and worsen the condition your tooth if left untreated.\nAnother possible risk during the treatment includes small debris occurred during the drilling process that had unknowingly been stuck within the treated area. As a result, it can again lead to pain and discomfort. Thus, we have to reexamine the tooth to determine whether it can be fixed or removed entirely. However, it depends on the cause and the extent of the infection. Furthermore, gum infection may also occur, which cannot be detected immediately by an x-ray. Also, dental trauma due to the nerve removal may also occur. Fractures after the root canal procedure such as crown breakage may also occur at some point due to constant biting or chewing on hard food. Aside from that, a defective filling and sealing are also possible, although these are rare cases.\nIn some cases, though, a tooth cannot be saved anymore, either because the root canal is inaccessible for some reason, the root is severely damaged, the tooth lacks bone support, or the tooth cannot be restored regardless of any treatment.\nThe cost of dental treatment such as a root canal procedure varies per dental practitioner. The cost is usually based on the duration of the entire procedure, as well as the restorative work that needs to be done on the affected tooth.\nTypically, a root canal procedure can cost around $500 and $1,000 for incisors. For molars, it can cost around $800 to $1,500, but the rates can go up as high as an additional 50 percent of the average cost, depending on the dentist or endodontist. In other words, most dentists and endodontists will not provide you an exact price for the treatment unless extensive examination has been made. However, if you wish to have your tooth checked for a possible root canal treatment and so you can prepare for your budget, you can contact Bisson Dentistry for your concerns.\nFor Your Dental Needs, Feel Free to Contact Bisson Dentistry\nWith all the above information, we hope you have a renewed understanding of how a root canal treatment works. To sum it up, root canal treatment is a great option for treating your tooth.\nWhile a root canal treatment may be necessary for better oral health, prevention is still better than cure, so as they say. Thus, it is important to understand how important taking care of our oral health is.\nWho does not like to have beautiful teeth? Like having beautiful skin, a healthy, if not close to perfect, set of teeth will help you appreciate and enjoy life. Plus, you can make other people happy once you flash your beautiful smile. In other words, sound oral health can indeed make a difference in your life!\nBisson Dentistry is here to cater to your dental needs. We offer various products and services that suit your dental needs. We also ensure that we only use the latest technology in the dental industry for all of our procedures.\nIf you are within Guelph or nearby areas, give us a call or visit our office to learn more about our root canal treatment service, and let our accommodating, dedicated, and highly-skilled dentists who have been in the industry for decades assist you with your options and other inquiries at (226) 299-0713.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 114, "original_length": 12809, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 259.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.deperrysonthelake.com/annex-suites.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:48:34Z", "digest": "sha1:C52FESBAVSROSPN6JVACSUJN53TIQ5FE", "length": 906, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.deperrysonthelake.com", "title": "Annex Suites - DePerrys on the Lake", "raw_content": "Located in the building next to the main house are the Annex Suites 1 and 2. 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I will outline the history of the knowledge modelling paradigm, emphasise its organic synergy with research in knowledge sharing and reuse and discuss the state-of-the-art in knowledge modelling technology. I will also highlight the importance of knowledge modelling technology for a number of areas, including knowledge-based system specification, knowledge acquisition, enterprise modelling, information retrieval and knowledge management. In particular I will present in some detail the two main technologies which have been developed in the knowledge modelling area: ontologies and problem solving methods. I will describe the role of these technologies, the relevant modelling languages, support tools and applications. During the tutorial I also aim to show live demos of web-based tools for knowledge modelling. Finally, I will discuss real-world applications of knowledge modelling technology in the domains of engineering design, news publishing and knowledge management on the World-Wide-Web. The tutorial is aimed to a generically computer-literate audience. However, basic knowledge of AI and knowledge representation will be an advantage.\nLorenza Saitta (Universit\u00e0 del Piemonte Orientale \"Amedeo Avogadro\")\nDonato Malerba (Universit\u00e0 di Bari)\nKnowldge Discovery in Database is \"...the non-trivial process of identifying valid, novel, potentially useful, and ultimately understandable patterns in data\". Data Mining is currently understood to be a part of the whole KDD process, namely the application of specific algorithm(s) to pre-processed data. The KDD process involves a variety of tasks:\nCaratterization\nDiscovery of functional dependencies or associations\nOutliers identification\nTemporal series analysis.\nSeveral disciplines contribute to KDD, notably:\nArtificial Intelligence (Machine Learning, Intelligent Agents)\nData Bases (\"Query and reporting\", \"Data warehousing\")\nVisualization (Graphics, Multimedia, ...)\nHystorically, approaches to DM can be grouped into two broad classes: \"Verification-driven\" and \"Discovery-driven\".\n\"Verification-Driven\" Approaches\nA \"Verification-driven\" approach heavily relies on the experience of a human expert, who formulates a hypothesis, to be verified in the available data. Typical verification-drive metodologies are:\n\"Query and Reporting\"\nElectronic sheet\nExperiment design and Sampling\nHypothesis testing and Model ranking\n\"Esploratory Data Analysis\" and Clustering\n\"Discovery-Driven\" Approaches\nIn \"Discovery-driven\" approaches, hypotheses are formulated bottom-up, starting from the data. Interesting patterns in the data are noticed, and, then evaluated by the user/expert. Most discovery-driven approaches have their roots in Artificial Intelligence, and, specifically, in the fields:\nSymbolic Machine Learning:\nSpecial attention is given, in DM, to the integration of several methodologies, for instance, symbolic machine learning and statistics.\nEvolution of Data Memorization\nData analysis techniques evolved hand in hand with data storage techniques. In the past, it was strongly recommended to adopt a centralized model, which supports an integrated, non-redundant storage of data of interest and facilitates data analysis for decision support. Nevertheless, the dynamism of business realities and the difficulties in coordinating different sectors led organizations to equip themselves of several distributed, heterogeneous and autonomous data bases. In this context, the answer to the requirement of a support for executive decision making has been the datawarehouse, that is an integrated data base of historical, non-volatile data. While the design of a datawarehouse includes the activities of selection and transformation of data available on source databases, as well as the definition of relative metadata, the feeding of a datawarehouse requires data extraction and cleaning. This strong analogy with preliminary steps of the KDD process motivates the synergy between the areas of data analysis and information systems.\nThe alternative to the costly design and implementation of a datawarehouse is the interconnection of a set of \"Data-marts\", that is less expensive thematic datawarehouses built for individual departments and strategic business units. A recent trend in the area of information systems is the transformation of Data Base Management systems into Distributed Knowledge Management systems. Thus, data mining is becoming an important component of business intelligence, which denotes the set of processes, techniques and tools that support decision making through the application of modern information technologies.\nAlthough Data Mining might be virtually applied to all domains, promising results have already been reported in some specific applications, namely:\nIndustrial applications to the banking and financial domains (fraud prevention, risk assessment, profit analysis), to the telecommunication domain (fraud detection, customer churn), and to the retail domain (customer segmentation, analysis of customer satisfaction).\nWeb Mining applications, such as discovery of resources (documents and services) in the Web, information extraction from discovered resources, and automated acquisition of web browsing skills.\nApplications to spatial data analysis (Spatial Data Mining), where spatial data refer to objects that carries both spatial and descriptive properties. Geographic Information Systems and CAD systems are the main applications that make use of spatial data.\nApplications to the analysis of wide collections of textual documents (Text Mining) available in information retrieval systems. Problems raised in these applications partially overlaps with those of Web Mining.\nThe most important novelty in KDD and DM is the tendency to use multi-strategic approaches and the need to apply them to really large and complex real-world applications. Still, several problems remain to be solved. At the methodological level, the most relevant open problems are the following ones:\nHandling relational data, which need a first order logic language to be described.\nUse of previous domain knowledge.\nEffective interation with the user and pattern comprehensibility.\nFeature construction.\nHandling dynamic data.\nMissing data, Noise, and Overfitting.\nAlso at the systemic level there are still problems only partially solved, for instance:\nFlexible integration of different approaches\nMultimedial data integration\nIntegration with sensors and actuators\nImplementation on Intra (Extra, Inter)-Net\nDonato Malerba is an associate professor at the University of Bari in the Department of Informatics, where he teaches in the courses of \"Data Bases and Knowledge Bases\" and \"Computer Programming II\". For the past decade, he has been active in machine learning and its applications to intelligent document processing, knowledge discovery in databases, map interpretation, and intelligent interfaces. He has published several papers in refereed conferences and journals. He received the best paper award for a paper presented at the Symposium on \"Knowledge Discovery in Databases\" - 13th European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research. He has served in the program committee of the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML'96, ICML'99), of the AI*IA workshop on Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing (Turin, December 1997), and of the ICML'99 Workshop on \"Text Mining: Foundations, Techniques and Applications\". He is currently involved in the ESPRIT project SODAS 20821 (Symbolic Official Data Analysis System).\nLorenza Saitta is Full Professor of Computer Science at the University of Piemonte Orientale \"Amedeo Avogadro\" (Italy). She started her research activity in Pattern Recognition, moving soon to AI, specifically in the area of Fuzzy Logic for Expert Systems. In 1984 she started working in Machine Learning, initiating thus the research in the field in Italy. Her interests moved from inductive symbolic approaches (which produced the systems ML-SMART and RIGEL for learning first-order logic decision rules, which have been applied to real world problems) towards integrated learning strategies, based on more complex reasoning schemes involving also deductive and abductive methodologies (system WHY) and in the definition and use of abstraction mechanisms for knowledge representation. More recently, she become also interested in Genetic Algorithms (systems REGAL) and in links with Cognitive Sciences.\nShe authored (or edited) four books and more than 130 papers in journals, books and international conferences. She is (or has been) a member of various journals' Editorial Board and of many international conferences Program Committees, notably, the International Machine Learning Conference '92, '93, '94, '97, '98, '99, the European Machine Learning Conf. '91, '93, '94, '96, ECAI-92, IJCAI-97 (a responsible for the Machine Learning area).\nShe is an Action Editor for the Machine Learning Journal, the Responsible of the Research Technical Committee of the CEE Network Excellence for Machine Learning (MLNet II), and has been a Co-Director of the European Science Foundation project on \"Learning in Human and Machine\". She has been responsible of or participated to several European Research Projects.\nShe gave an Invited Survey on Machine Learning at ECAI-92, and has been Invited Speaker to the Int. Joint Conf. on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-93), the European Conf. on Machine Learning (ECML-94), the Int. Workshop in Inductive Logic Programming (ILP-94), the Int. Wokhop on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science (1994), and the Multistrategy Learning Workshop (1996).\nShe has been the Chairperson of the Int. Conference on Machine Learning in 1996.\nMoreover, she has been Co-Chairperson of the IPMU Conference (1988), of the ISMIS Conference (1988), and of the 4th Int. Workshop on Multistrategy Learning (1998).\nIntroduzione all'Estrazione di Informazioni da Testi\nRoberto Basili (Universit\u00e0 Tor Vergata - Roma)\nFabio Ciravegna (ITC-IRST - Trento)\nA system for information extraction (IE) from text automatically extracts a set of predefined information from real-word texts. This information is generally summarized in a tabular format (i.e. in a user-defined template). The user can then be presented with such a summary, or a database can be populated with the information contained. From an historical point of view the first relevant activities in IE have been carried out in the US, where comparative evaluation (Message Understanding Conferences) took place since the end of the 80s. In the last years IE applications have been defined in fields ranging from finance to medicine to industrial diagnosis. Aim of this tutorial is to provide the participants with:\nan introduction to IE,\na description of some relevant industrial experiences,\nan overview of both scientific and applicative perspectives for IE.\nRoberto Basili is researcher at Universit\u00e0 di Roma Tor Vergata, Natural Language Processing Group. He participated in a number of projects in the field of IE. Among them ECRAN, a project funded by the European Union for the definition of a new generation of IE systems. His work in ECRAN mainly concerned models for lexical acquisition.\nFabio Ciravegna is responsible for the IE project at ITC-irst, Trento. He has been ITC-irst manager of FACILE, a project funded by the European Union for text classification and IE. Within FACILE he was coordinator of the IE activity for the whole project. FACILE has been selected by the EU as one of the most successful EU-funded projects in the area of Language Engineering for 1998 (IST98 conference, Vienna). Fabio Ciravegna's work mainly concentrate on architectures and applications for IE, and parsing technologies for text analysis. From 1988 to 1993 he was researcher at Centro Ricerche Fiat where he coordinated the IE project.\nMichela Milano (Universit\u00e0 di Bologna)\nSlides (.pdf version)\nMany problems in the field of Artificial Intelligence can be modelled and solved as Constraint Satisfaction Problems. A programming paradigm suitable for modelling and solving such problems is Constraint Programming (CP). CP has been widely used in the last years for solving high dimension real life problems thanks to its modelling flexibility and efficient propagation algorithms allowing to prune the search space.\nThe goal of the tutorial will be to present some preliminaries on Constraint Programming and to show how some combinatorial optimization problems can be modelled and solved thanks to CP. Some problems will be considered such as scheduling, planning, timetabling and routing. Some commercial CP systems will be described with special attention to search strategies and propagation algorithms used.\nAntonio Chella (Universit\u00e0 di Palermo)\nThe main goal of the tutorial is to situate computer vision in the field of artificial intelligence research. The main topics of the tutorial are:\nthe review of the main computer vision architectures, starting from the architecture proposed by Marr with its related developments, to the several architectures of active vision;\nthe analysis of the problems related to the symbolic interpretation of images and the most recent systems proposed in the literature;\nthe presentation of some effective industrial applications of computer vision;\nan overview of the current reseaches on computer vision system for autonomous robotics.\nAntonio Chella was born in Florence on March 4, 1961. He received his laurea degree in Electronic Engineering in 1988 and his Ph.D. in Computer Science in 1993 from the University of Palermo, Italy. Currently, he is an associate professor of Robotics at the Department of Electrical Engineering of the University of Palermo. His research interests are in the field of autonomous robotics, artificial vision, neural networks, hybrid (symbolic/subsymbolic) systems and knowledge representation.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 113, "original_length": 15170, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 269.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/world/top-trump-aide-condemns-eu-dependence-on-russian-gas/article/530296", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:33:31Z", "digest": "sha1:Q3IFD4TMLZJTX3OF5CJVY2JAWD656BP2", "length": 2064, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.digitaljournal.com", "title": "Top Trump aide condemns EU dependence on Russian gas", "raw_content": "Top Trump aide condemns EU dependence on Russian gas\nUS President Donald Trump's national security advisor on a visit to Kiev Friday condemned the proposed Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline between Russia and Germany which will bypassing Ukraine, stressing Europe was taking a strategic risk by relying on Russian gas.\n\"It's not just the economic significance of being heavily dependent on Russia for the supply of natural gas and petroleum, but the strategic significance of it as well,\" John Bolton told journalists after meeting Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko during a visit to Kiev.\nHe said that one of the concerns Trump has about Nord Stream 2 is \"why Europe would voluntarily tie itself even more to Russian energy supplies.\"\nTrump has repeatedly condemned the Nord Stream 2 project which the Russian gas giant Gazprom hopes to launch by the end of 2019.\nIt is expected it will double the delivery capacity between Russia and Germany via the Baltic Sea and therefore avoid the route via Ukraine.\nCurrently Gazprom supplies 35 percent of the EU's gas and half of that goes through Ukraine.\n\"One alternative there for Ukraine and for other countries is to look for other sources of natural gas,\" Bolton said.\n\"There are other potential sources of natural gas as well from the major gas fields found in the eastern Mediterranean off Israel, from America's capacity to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) and a variety of other possible sources,\" he added.\nAt a meeting on Saturday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Angela Merkel said Ukraine should \"play a role in the transit of gas to Europe\" even after Nord Stream 2 is launched.\nPutin said the pipeline project \"addresses the growing demand of the European economy for energy resources\".\nOn Wednesday, he said he was ready for \"honest\" competition with all countries.\nThe United States, a major producer of natural gas, has recently embarked on a commercial offensive in search of new markets, an idea which is supported by Trump.\nMore about US, Ukraine, Russia, Energy, Gas\nUS Ukraine Russia Energy Gas", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 3259, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 289.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.discoverconservation.org/jenni-serrano-poison-dart-frogs-peru-crees/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:28Z", "digest": "sha1:KTOVZSODNZUBJQBEDBM6JXQFLB6K4R3P", "length": 11685, "nlines": 46, "source_domain": "www.discoverconservation.org", "title": "Jennifer Serrano: Discovering Poison Dart Frogs - Discover ConservationDiscover Conservation", "raw_content": "One day during a survey of the new species of poison frog, I found one male individual who was looking after 25 eggs. This was the most exciting moment that I have had during my research. I saw how this male displayed parental care behaviour by positioning himself in front of the eggs to defend them from my approach. It was such an amazing behaviour that showed me how marvelous these poison dart frogs are; risking their lives to protect their offspring.\nName: Shirley Jennifer Serrano Rojas\nTwitter: @JenniFrog25\nBio: I have been leading the herpetological monitoring program at the Manu Learning Centre (MLC) research station, which is located in the Peruvian Amazon and operated by conservation NGO, the Crees Foundation. Crees\u00b4 biodiversity research programme aims to assess the potential biodiversity and conservation value of different land uses throughout the Manu Biosphere Reserve; from primary tropical rainforest to land utilised by local peoples for agriculture.\nWhat do you work on currently and how did you get into conservation?\nI studied biology at the National University in Cusco, Peru (UNSAAC) because I was always interested in nature and wildlife. However, I didn\u2019t have much opportunity to go to the jungle until I applied for a scholarship programme, with the Crees Foundation. Since then, I have been working with Crees, starting off as junior field staff, researching for my undergraduate thesis and now, I am a senior field staff member.\nAll of the surveys that I lead help us to understand the biodiversity and conservation value of regenerating forest by comparing forest types once subjected to different types of human disturbance: completely cleared regenerating forest and selectively logged regenerating forest. I have been working in the jungle for almost three years, which has taught me the key roles that many species play in tropical forest ecosystems and the importance of their conservation.\nWhich species do you focus on?\nWithin the study of amphibians, I am particularly interested in the Dendrobatidae, which is the Poison Dart Frogs family. Their complex behaviour and attractive appearance are what made me fall in love with them. Sadly, a recent study shows that poisonous amphibians are becoming extinct more quickly than other amphibians.\nYour research has lead to some surprising discoveries, can you tell us more?\nIn 2013, I had the opportunity to carry out a study on the habitat selection of an endemic poison dart frog of the Ameerega genus, which is a new species to science! This was an awesome finding; the beauty of this frog is astonishing!\nIt has a black dorsum with bright orange dorsolateral stripes and a blue venter with black marbling. Over the course of two years of herpetological monitoring at MLC, this species was found only in our selectively logged regenerating forest near streams. This was the reason that motivated me to investigate which resources were limiting its distribution to this forest type. These results have a significant impact on tropical forest conservation.\nABOVE: Ameerega sp. The newly discovered poison dart frog.\n\"It has a black dorsum with bright orange dorsolateral stripes and a blue venter with black marbling. \"\nSo forest disturbance can be important?\nThe modification of rainforest habitat, due to historic anthropogenic disturbance, has a considerable impact on the structural features of streams and riparian zones. Selectively logged and now regenerating forest, provides an important suitable habitat for this endemic but poorly know species of poison dart frog. Contrastingly, areas once subjected to complete clearance (with more than 30 years of regeneration) didn\u2019t provide a suitable habitat and as such, there is a potential for local extinction of this new species if suitable forest habitats are subject to clearance for agriculture. This study highlights the importance for landscape managers to protect areas of once selectively logged forest, as they still contain species of considerable conservation concern and important habitat for them to thrive.\nYour live and work at the famous Manu Learning Center (MLC), tell us about life in the field.\nThe MLC is situated in the cultural zone within the Manu Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site which is considered a biodiversity hotspot. However, being located in the cultural zone makes it a vulnerable area to human disturbance.\nTo get to the MLC from Cusco it is an eight hours journey by road and a further one hour boat ride down river. This trip is breathtaking! We pass through different ecotones as we drop in altitude, from high altitude grasslands, down to cloud forest, and finally, into the tropical lowland Amazon.\nMLC is home to an average of 50 people (between staff, volunteers, and tourist). We are lucky to have a comfortable space to live in with showers and rooms for two/three people. All the organic waste is composted, and this compost is used in our bio-garden to grow fruits and vegetables, which we then incorporate into our meals. On a weekly basis, we source as much local produce from the nearby community of Salvaci\u00f3n as possible and we also receive a bimonthly food delivery from Cusco. Fresh vegetables don\u2019t last long in the jungle, but produce from our bio-garden helps to supplement our meals. We don\u2019t have electricity, so we used candles for eating, reading or doing some work at the base camp. We do have regular access to a generator in order to charge laptops, head-torches and other electronical equipment, but this is limited to specific hours during the week. Tasks such a cleaning, tidying, and washing up are shared between all of us.\nTOP: Phyllomedusa camba. This charismatic arboreal monkey frog was found in our selectively logged regenerating forest close to a semi-temporary pool of water. BOTTOM: Hypsiboas geographicus. This is a frog found in our wetland at MLC.\n\"One day during a survey of the new species of poison frog, I found one male individual who was looking after 25 eggs.\"\nWhat is your daily routine like in the forest?\nMy research consisted of early morning and late afternoon surveys due to the crepuscular activity of this species. Therefore, I had to take boxed-breakfast to eat in the field, which was usually granola. After a month eating granola everyday, except Sundays, I have to admit that I got tired of it! but I had to continue eating it for another three months. What was funny was that volunteers who would join me on surveys loved to take part in the survey just because they knew they would eat granola! Despite the fact that I became tired of eating granola, I do think that there is no better place in the world than eating a meal on a stream in the middle of the jungle.\nWorking in the Amazon is a dream for many conservationists, what have been the most memorable moments?\nLiving in the Amazon is the most wonderful experience: waking up in the morning with noisy birdcalls, going into the jungle for surveys and encountering amazing wildlife along the way and going to sleep with the sound of insects and frog calls is something that I wouldn\u2019t change for anything in the world.\nOne day during a survey of the new species of poison frog, I found one male individual who was looking after 25 eggs. This was the most exciting moment that I have had during my research. I saw how this male displayed parental care behaviour by positioning himself in front of the eggs to defend them from my approach. It was such an amazing behaviour that showed me how marvelous these poison frogs are; risking their lives to protect their offspring.\nGoing out at night and finding a new record of amphibian or reptile to the reserve are moments that I will never forget because of all the excitement that they create. They remind me of how much is still left to be discovered and how much work there still is for me and other researchers to do.\nTOP: Environmental education for children. During the year a group of students from the Amazon Peru come to MLC, this is an opportunity for us to teach them why we care about conservation. BOTTOM: Processing snakes. All the herps need to be measured and weight.\n\"They remind me of how much is still left to be discovered and how much work there still is for me and other researchers to do.\"\nIs there anything that scares or worries you in the forest?\nLeishmaniasis \u2013 this is an illness caused by a protozoan parasite, which is transmitted by the bite of female sandfly, producing ulcerative lesions in the skin. The treatment here in Peru is really painful; it consists of daily intravenous injections of a compound that contains antimony and the course of treatment is 20 days.\nWorking as a herpetologist increases the risk of getting Leishmaniasis because sandflies are active at the same time that frogs become active. However, this is just part of life when you work in a tropical forest.\nTOP: Ceratophrys cornuta. This is a frog found in the leaf litter during one of our expeditions to the Manu National Park. MIDDLE: Dendrophidion dendrophis. This is a snake caught in one of the night surveys. Its English name is Tawny Forest Racer. It is considered one of the most beautiful snakes of the Neotropics. BOTTOM: Enyalioides palpebralis. This is a lizard caught during one of the night surveys in the selectively logged regenerating forest. Its English name is the horned forest dragon.\nCREES-Manu\nCREES Foundation\nLastly, what advice do you have for anyone embarking on fieldwork?\nThere are three things that I wish I had known before I started fieldwork.\nStatistics \u2013 I would have liked to have known more about statistical analysis of data. This was one part of my project that I struggled with most during my research. However, the scientific coordinator at MLC and fellow researchers helped me with this aspect and so I was able to learn a lot.\nEnglish \u2013 Many people at the MLC are native English speakers, so to be able to communicate and learn and teach, an advanced level of English is required. This is not a problem for me anymore because my English has improved a lot, but at the beginning of my time with Crees, I found it really hard. This was however a great opportunity for me to become immersed in the language and I feel will really assist me with my future career to be a successful international researcher.\nKnowledge \u2013 By the time I began studying the habitat of the poison dart frogs, I wish I had read more about these incredible animals before I started researching them. I didn\u2019t record all the information observed because I didn\u2019t think it was necessary. Now, I know that information would be useful to write another paper about this frog.\nThere is a lot of work to do to conserve biodiversity. There are many, many species we haven\u2019t yet discovered and there are many ecological interactions that we still don\u2019t understand, and therefore there is a lot of research waiting for people to do. Working in tropical forests may sound a bit challenging for many people because of all the risks you may come across, however the experience of living and conducting research in such an amazing place is the most wonderful experience for someone who loves wildlife.\nThe idea of doing something to protect these areas so that future generations can have the chance to enjoy it makes every effort worthwhile.\nThanks, Jenni!\nAndy Whitworth: Regenerating Tropical Forests Campbell Plowden: Working With Amazon Communities Jonny Miller: Atlantic Rainforest Capuchins Dan Ingram: Counting Carbon in the Ecuadorian Rainforest Jake Bicknell: Tropical Forests of Guyana Claudia Santori: Cloud Forests of Coastal Ecuador\nOne thought on \u201cJennifer Serrano: Discovering Poison Dart Frogs\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 91, "original_length": 14231, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 307.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.dmsolutions.ca/foss4g-2009-registration-open/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:17:25Z", "digest": "sha1:GFUPFEWUGKI5TR4J4RIJTVQX7RVLWNQ5", "length": 475, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.dmsolutions.ca", "title": "FOSS4G 2009 Registration Open - DM Solutions Group Inc.", "raw_content": "FOSS4G 2009 Registration Open\nAt no other event can you learn more about open source geospatial technologies then at the annual FOSS4G conference put on by the Open Source Geospatial (OSGeo) Foundation. The event is being held in Sydney, Australia this year and regularly attracts both the developers of the core technologies and many users from around the world.\nMore information about DM Solutions Group\u2019s participation in the event will be posted over the next few months.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 9, "original_length": 817, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 245.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.dnndaily.com/Home/catpageid/2", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:51Z", "digest": "sha1:RHT5M7SKP42I2SITSSWBLWFZOJZ5BTQ2", "length": 5173, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "www.dnndaily.com", "title": "DotNetNuke Daily Tips", "raw_content": "Remember remember this coming Movember\nIf you follow any of my blogs, you may remember all the discussion last fall about Movember. Yes, you read that correctly, Movember, take the N in November and replace it with an M, Movember!\nWhy would you ever rename November to Movember? To raise awareness for cancers that affect men, primarily prostate cancer, but others as well. The basic premise of Movember is this, for the entire month, you grow a mustache. How simple is that? Start on November 1st, clean shaven, and finish on November 30th, clean shaven except for your mustache! All while raising awareness, and money for research into cancers that affect men.\nEarlier this year my father was diagnosed with prostate cancer. While he is fortunate that they believe it to be caught very early there is always the risk that it can spread, He is getting ready to start the process of treatment. So obviously, my connection to Movember this year is even stronger than last year.\nLast year we formed a DotNetNuke team on Movember.com, which we plan to do again this year, just as soon as they open up the process. I\u2019ll post a blog, and update this blog post as well, with a link to the team and how you can join.\nWe had 38 folks join the team, and a lot more donate to the cause. While not everyone who joined the team worked for DotNetNuke Corporation, a number of the members were from our offices around the world. Check out this slide show comparing some of the employees to famous Mo\u2019s (mustaches)\nMustache presentation\nView more presentations from Will Strohl\nThen of course there is the fact that last year I said if I personally raised $1,000, I would shave my head at the end of the month. Well, I did, and I did.\nTo be honest, my wife was NOT happy about the head shaving thing, and most of the office was pretty put off by it as well! I won't be making that challenge again, not this year, but perhaps I will come up with something.\nIn 2010 we raised almost $7k for Movember, for 2011 we\u2019re setting a goal of $10k, doable, but it is definitely going to take some work to get there! We\u2019re going to need to grow our team, and we\u2019re going to need to get everyone involved to try and raise money. I think everyone should set a goal\nSo you have just under two months to start getting ready for Movember. Most importantly, prep your significant other for the fact that you are going to grow the mustache! If you can't grow a MO, then perhaps you can find a surrogate to do it for you!\nTags: Movember,DNN,Charity,DotNetNuke,Cancer,Mustache,Men\nDotNetNuke 6 Videos\nIn case you didn\u2019t hear, DotNetNuke 6 was released yesterday. In preparation for the release I went up to our Engineering office in Langley Canada (I work out of our San Mateo, California office) to sit down with some of our developers and have them do some demonstrations of some of the new features in DotNetNuke 6.\nThese are all relatively short videos, with the goal of them being under 10 minutes, one or two is slightly longer than that. They are all free to watch! Here\u2019s a listing of those videos, and URLs to them in the DotNetNuke Video Library. In no particular order.\n(Read the full post)\nTags: dnn6,DotNetNuke 6,Videos,Video,Library,Features\nCategory: Extension Forge\nSo you are excited about DotNetNuke 6, yes? No? Well you should be! It was released today. If you are excited about the new TextProvider, the RadEditorProvider then you are going to love DotNetNuke 6. Unless of course you are doing an upgrade, then unfortunately you won\u2019t get the provider! Why? Well, unfortunately a slight oversight in the packaging process missed the RadEditorProvider in the Upgrade package. But never fear, the fix is simple!\nBig thangs baby, today is a big day in the world of .NET. DotNetNuke 6 has been released. I won\u2019t go into all of the details, Joe Brinkman has done that with a blog post over on DotNetNuke.com, but I will cover some of the highlights. First though, a little Too Short \u2013 Big Thangs (lyrics NSFW, and may be offensive, it is rap, get over it) (read the full post)\nI received an email earlier this week from a company called the MarketGraphics Research Group. They are looking to fill an \u201cAdvanced Programmer and Analyst\u201d position, I am assuming out of their Franklin Tennessee office. If you\u2019re a DotNetNuke developer, or able to quickly get up and running on DotNetNuke (check out the DotNetNuke Training Subscription if you need to get up to speed) you should give the position a gander. Read the full post for more info\nSpeaking at the St. Louis Day of .NET 2011\nSo this year will be my 3rd year, (would be my 4th if I hadn\u2019t bailed at the last minute on year 1), that I will be speaking at the St. Louis Day(s) of .Net. If you haven\u2019t been to the STLDODN you should definitely check it out. It is a great two day event, and at $125 (if you register by 7/8/2011) the price can hardly be beat!\nThe event is being held this year on August 5th and 6th, 2011. Again at the Ameristar Casino in St. Charles, MO, about 10 minutes from where I used to live (two moves ago now).\nRead the full blog post for all the details.\nTags: DotNetNuke,NetDuino,DNN,Training,St. Louis,World,DNNWorld", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 110, "original_length": 9523, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 311.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.donnabentolila.com/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:30Z", "digest": "sha1:FJGOKFOFSCG53ZMXNQYQHTL3FFHP5BKL", "length": 1057, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.donnabentolila.com", "title": "Donna Bentolila - Home", "raw_content": "Psychodynamic psychotherapy is therapy that Heals: Awakening Possibility, Alleviating Suffering and Empowering You to Regain Freedom from events that happened in the past and to become responsible for the Direction and Future of your life.\nDonna Bentolila trained as a Clinical Psychologist and a Psychoanalyst in Argentina and is an internationally recognized expert in her field with over thirty-five years of experience. She specializes in the treatment of depression, anxiety and trauma. She also works with adolescents as well as couples who are experiencing difficulties in their relationship.\nShe is a teaching and supervising analyst at the Southeast Florida Institute for Psychoanalytic Psychology in Fort Lauderdale and is also affiliated with the Florida Psychoanalytic Institute in Miami. She has been an Erik Erikson Scholar at the Austen Riggs Center in Stockbridge Massachusetts and has on two occasions been honored with a Most Distinguished Analyst Award.\nTo learn about D. Bentolila\u2019s clinical and teaching experience download her CV here.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 19, "original_length": 1426, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 173.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.dotcommob.org/papunya.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:16Z", "digest": "sha1:4YOUW4XV4RJZLAJA6MA5SBR5SAGDPEFX", "length": 3360, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.dotcommob.org", "title": "Papunya", "raw_content": "Papunya Computer Room\nPupunya is a remote Aboriginal community located around 300 kilometers north-west of Alice Springs on the fringes of the Western Desert of the Northern Territory. The community is most famous for being the likely birthplace of the contemporary Aboriginal art movement.\nLike all Indigenous communities it has its own set of social challenges but the rise of petrol sniffing amongst its youth late last century has been one of the most problematic. Papunya youth were engaged in petrol sniffing and other substance abuse instead of attending school during the 1990s and early 2000s, that is, the demographic now aged 15 \u2013 30 years.\nThe Central Australian Youth Link-Up Service (CAYLUS) is a program that was established in 2002 within Tangentyere (pronounced Tung-en-gera) Council\u2019s Family and Youth Services Division in Alice Springs. CAYLUS\u2019 mission is to support community initiatives that improve quality of life and address substance misuse affecting young people. In enabling youth to reconnect with society, their intention is to help empower them to build a better future for themselves.\nCAYLUS started a Community Computer Room in Papunya in March 2009 with the informal support of the local government to meet a community need for an accessible adult education facility and an alternative to substance abuse. CAYLUS has continued to manage this resource under the same mandate to date. The Computer Room project was specifically aimed at the generation of youth who had been engaged in petrol sniffing and other substance abuse.\nThe Papunya Community Computer Room provides community members of all ages with the use of ten donated computers, a printer/scanner and laminator. These resources are supplemented with limited free access to the internet. The room is currently managed by volunteers, a dedicated on-site manager and a local Indigenous employee.\nThe computer room significantly expands the opportunities and everyday experiences of local indigenous people. The absence of a mobile phone network, library, newspapers and magazines, post office to buy stamps or envelopes and with variable levels of literacy and English language proficiency, people do not lead a text-based life. Besides an IT and wider social education, the busy Computer Room provides a world of text based activities to exercise often dormant literacy and numeracy skills across all age groups. The success of the computer room was recently featured on the ABC PM program.\nThe internet is also taking up an increasingly significant proportion of local interest. The access provided by the Computer Room enables people to organise their lives through web banking, Centrelink, booking travel arrangements and the like. Additionally people stay in touch with students at boarding schools, family and friends and businesses in Alice Springs.\nApart from CAYLUS there are other organisations that are chipping in to keep this centre successful. The Dot Com Mob are helping to fund the internet access costs and the wages of the local employees. Dot Com Mob raised money last year through the Yoga Aid challenge. St Kilda Youth Service has recently visited Pupunya to install some brand new Macs. If you would like to support this computer room we are always looking for funds to employee local staff. Please donate to the Dot Com Mob.\nComputer Usage Survey", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 31, "original_length": 3662, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 247.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.dslrbodies.com/accessories/software-for-nikon-dslrs/software-news/older-2013-software-news/cloudy-days.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:19:18Z", "digest": "sha1:EPMXDGOMDO2DUHP25BITFM3CC6CTYNSQ", "length": 9471, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.dslrbodies.com", "title": "Cloudy Days | DSLRBodies | Thom Hogan", "raw_content": "Having had two long bus rides yesterday staring into the looming clouds, I have a few more words to write about Adobe's move to Creative Cloud applications (see Monday's story, below). I probably got more email on Adobe's change than any other subject in recent history; I'm still digging through it. Thanks for the feedback, it has helped me focus my own thoughts a bit more.\nFirst a clarification/update: Tom Hogardy sent me an email while I was traveling to clarify the ACR/Photoshop CS6 relationship. I had quoted him as saying there would be one more ACR release for CS6 users. He wrote \"I intend to provide Camera Raw updates for as long as we continue to sell CS6.\" Of course, we don't know how long Adobe intends to sell CS6, so this is still a bit of a vague promise, but it's still potentially better than the way I originally wrote it. Thanks, Tom, for the correction.\nNow, onto my further thoughts:\nCurrent pricing \u2014 Some are pleased, some aren't. This is part of the problem with making a major disruption like this. The ones that are pleased tend to be users of multiple Creative Suite applications. The more Adobe applications you use, the more you tend to be pleased, mainly because the pricing is essentially \"one app = x a month, two or more apps = 2x a month. Adobe's key accounts--businesses, bigger agencies, etc.--are likely to be pleased because the pricing is on the favorable side for them and they can turn \"seats\" on and off at will, which is great when you have temps, interns, and other folk that come and go in your organization.\nIt's really the individual users that are mostly upset with the change, and for quite a few reasons. One is just timing. Before, I could advance or delay my update based upon my cash flow. Now, once you're in the cloud with Adobe, it's \"pay every month or we shut you down.\" That, more than anything, is the bad takeaway that individual users seem to have: they no longer have control over if and when they update, and they've just added YAMP (yet another monthly payment) to their growing stack of those (phone, cable, mobile data, etc.).\nOverall, the pricing is at least initially acceptable: US$10/month for Photoshop is US$120/year, or about US$180 for \"a typical Adobe upgrade cycle.\" That's reasonable. But it goes up to US$20/month after your first year. Now we're at US$240/year or about US$360 a previous typical upgrade cycle. That's close to what a lot of people have been paying, more than others have.\nHow many? \u2014 Obviously, Adobe must have studied this change to death in order to commit to it. Note that there will certainly be people who value the change from boxed product to cloud. Those people will tend to be multiple product users who need to stay at the forefront of the software categories Adobe includes in the cloud. They're essentially getting a discount, they'll see more frequent updates, they have a predictable \"per seat\" cost that can be turned on and off as they add or lose employees, and much more. The cloud program has an advantage for multi-platform users, too, as you can switch between Mac and Windows at will. I don't at all question whether or not there will be people that are happy with the change. There will be many.\nThe real question is how many will be negatively impacted by the change, and what will they do? Given that there aren't a lot of deep, broad replacements for Photoshop, I suspect that most Photoshop users will move to the cloud in order to keep up with the latest features. But Adobe just put a target on their back, and the incentive for an independent software shop to try to pick off those dissatisfied users is now in place. Whether that will happen or not, I don't know. But for the near term, Photoshop is more vulnerable to competition than it has been in the recent past. As I note below, Adobe has slowly lost me as a customer for most of their products, with Lightroom/Photoshop really being the only ones I'm likely to continue using.\nAdobe's legacy \u2014 They invented PDF, but the last several versions of Acrobat not only suck, but they're simply so terrible that suck no longer a strong enough word. They invented Flash (actually they bought it), but it was always a pain, buggy, and never really deployed to mobile devices well. They bought Pagemaker, killed it. They bought Framemaker, killed it. They bought Dreamweaver and managed to not make any substantive changes and it still has legacy bugs that seem to never get fixed. They bought other Web products, as well, killed them. For a long time they dropped Macintosh support for a key product, Premiere, suffered the consequences and were forced to get back on the platform.\nAbout the only product that has had a long, relatively smooth history at Adobe is Photoshop. And now it's taking on some rough water during this transition.\nTeaching \u2014 I've been considering doing a number of workflow videos for the new site (coming Real Soon Now, as Jerry Pournelle would write). But Adobe's change puts a hesitation in my step, and I'm sure others might be thinking the same thing. If enough individual users (my typical site visitor) balk at the change to the cloud, the number of people interested in a Photoshop-centric workflow falls. This is both an opportunity and a curse. It's an opportunity because it opens up the road to start exploring and demonstrating new workflows, and plenty of others will be looking for how they replace Photoshop. But the problem is curse is that there isn't a great replacement for Photoshop that bridges both major OS versions and does all the things a user wants to do.\nScott Kelby's Q&A about the change was mostly supportive, but somewhat subdued (note the answer to \"So have you talked to Adobe about all this new pricing stuff?). With 70,000 NAPP members, a magazine devoted to Photoshop, and two PhotoshopWorld expos a year, I'm sure he's at least a little concerned about whether the Adobe change will have impacts on his company and all the Photoshop training products it has.\nThis is an opportunity for Nikon. The \"opportunity\" for Nikon was to make good software in the first place. They tried and failed. They tried again and failed. They tried some more and failed. What makes anyone think that another try will succeed?\nBeyond that, Photoshop is not the same product as Capture NX2. Capture is essentially ACR, not Photoshop. ACR is built into Lightroom and Lightroom runs rings around View NX2 and Capture NX2 in design, stability, updates, integration with other software, performance, and feature depth.\nIs Nikon happy about Adobe's change? Probably. But Nikon is delusional when it comes to their software ability and quality to start with. There's no new opportunity here for Nikon, just the same one they've had for nearly 20 years now: write good software that solves photography workflow problems.\nThe change solves piracy. I doubt it. I'll bet that someone will figure out how to break the \"check in\" process, and then we'll have people subscribing for a month to get the product, stopping their subscription and running a cracker on the install. And that will eventually end up on Torrents, just like every other cracked piece of software. So I don't think this was a DRM enforcement move, at all. If it was, like all DRM attempts, it will be broken.\nDon't I need lots of bandwidth for this? Probably not for most of you, unless you're saving documents into the cloud. The full program(s) is (are) downloaded to your computer. The only Internet need is to check at least once a month for monthly subscribers, once a quarter for yearly subscribers. Adobe does plan to make program updates more frequent now, but I doubt that this is going to be bandwidth hog for most of you. Adobe's announcements and marketing weren't exactly clear on this point unless you read down into the details. While it was demonstrated in the cloud, the product manager tells me that, when deployed, the function will run on the desktop. Still, the Internet connection need is going to disrupt Department of Defense users, amongst others.\nWhat will Thom do? Frankly, I don't think I need any updates to InDesign. I'm already moving away from Dreamweaver due to Adobe's neglect. Acrobat isn't part of the Creative Suite, so it doesn't matter in the decision. I don't use Flash. I did use After Effects, but not very often. I stopped using Premiere and went back to Final Cut Pro X once Apple fixed a few things. I don't use Flash or any of the other suite tools. Basically, Adobe is going to lose revenue from me, as I'll simply move from upgrading the suite to subscribing to one product, Photoshop. I'm pretty sure that wasn't Adobe's hope in making this change. They're hoping that people will go the other way: move from updating one product to subscribing to the suite. But there you have it: I'm swimming downstream, and I suspect quite a few others will, too.\nWhat do I recommend you do? Here's the only pragmatic way I see of looking at it: take Adobe up on the US$10/month price for Photoshop CC. Essentially, you're getting the next update to Photoshop for US$120, which is a bargain. But there's a catch: the product stops working 365 days from when you do that. Essentially you've bought a short term solution on the cheap while you contemplate what to do next. You may decide that it's worth US$240/year moving forward, or you have twelve months to figure out what your new workflow will be. 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Prof. Graeme Meintjes (University of Cape Town) and his team showed that a moderate dose of prednisone given over four weeks to patients with HIV-TB co-infection most at risk of developing TB IRIS, reduces their risk by 30%. The results have already influenced national and international guidelines for managing HIV-TB co-infection.\n\u201cWe are very pleased with the results from this important study demonstrating that an affordable steroid drug, prednisone, reduces the risk of damaging inflammatory responses in TB-infected HIV patients by 30%. Moreover, the research consortium that has generated these results demonstrates the true value of North-South collaboration which promotes African scientific excellence and leadership.\u201d\nTB-IRIS is a common complication in patients treated for HIV-TB co-infection. As Prof. Meintjes explained in the press release from the Wellcome Centre for Infectious Diseases research in Africa at the University of Cape Town: \u201cIn patients with HIV, tuberculosis and very low CD4 counts, it is critical to start antiretrovirals within the first two weeks of treatment for tuberculosis, because this saves lives. But this also comes at the cost of a two-fold higher risk of developing a common inflammatory complication\u2014TB-IRIS. Until now no management strategy existed for preventing this complication. The findings of our study provide clinicians with a strategy for reducing the risk for this complication occurring.\u201d\nThe PredART study was conducted at the Site B HIV\u2013TB clinic (a public primary care clinic for outpatients) in Khayelitsha, a community of 500,000 people on the outskirts of Cape Town. In 2015, EDCTP published a video on the trial:\nThe PredART study was sponsored by the University of Cape Town, South Africa and funded by EDCTP supported by the European Union (grant number SP.2011.41304.074), and by the South African Department of Science and Technology, the Wellcome Trust (United Kingdom) and the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium.\nGraeme Meintjes et alii for the PredART trial team: Prednisone for the Prevention of Paradoxical Tuberculosis-Associated IRIS 15 November 2018, N Engl J Med 2018; 379:1915-1925 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1800762\nPreliminary results were presented at CROI on 15 February 2017\nPress release: \u2018Prednisone reduces risk of TB-IRIS during antiretroviral treatment, shows CIDRI-Africa team\u2019 (WellCome Centre for Infectious Diseases Research in Africa / University of Cape Town, South Africa)\nTwitter account of CIDRI-Africa Welcome Centre including the message highlighting the contribution to treatment guidelines\nEDCTP YouTube channel.\nHome\u203aNews\u203aPredART trial shows TB-IRIS can be prevented in patients with HIV-TB co-infection", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 3929, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 206.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.eden-online.org/about-us/history-of-eden/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:23Z", "digest": "sha1:7LI52IM27JQCQ4GBIMABBNLZCWIT2ZT3", "length": 1977, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.eden-online.org", "title": "History of EDEN | EDEN", "raw_content": "What is EDEN? / History of EDEN\nA special collection of the President's Blog anniversary posts - now available for download\nPast and Future Think-tank\n'Twenty Years of EDEN - Professional Development, Networking and Integration from strategic perspective' was the title of the session reflecting the history and future of the Association at the Anniversary Conference in Dublin. 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You can feel the intense ceramic stare of decrepit gnomes and fairies of some kind as you wander through the garden, trying to piece together what happened to take society here.\nWelcome to Dark Garden, the latest installation from Albany artist, Linda Huey, presented by the Erie Art Museum.\nArtist and New York native, Huey, grew up using her hands to create in the garden\u2014 something she believes influenced her to become an artist \u2014 with the subject matter of this installation taking direct inspiration from those earlier days. This influence is all but apparent in this collection of works, ranging from flowerbeds full of nails and rebar, to the ominous sphere that watches over the room, presenting a dire reflection of the consequences of pollution on our planet.\nStarting Jan. 30, 2016, art lovers in the Erie area and curious minds alike can visit the museum and explore Huey\u2019s vision of a garden plagued by the advancements of modern life, such as technology and the prevalence of disposable items with a subtle juxtaposition of nature with the man-made objects we surround ourselves with.\nHuey will present a unique inside look into the Dark Garden on Gallery Night for members at 6:15 p.m. Friday, Mar. 11, prior to the opening reception that will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. The installation will be featured in the museum until Jan. 8, 2017, providing those who appreciate art ample time to experience Huey\u2019s vision for themselves.\nIn addition to the Dark Garden installation, the Erie Art Museum and its collection of over 8,000 objects is open yearround, Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, from 1 to 5 p.m., with school tours and education programs available. 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Things accumulated over decades, provides insight into the personal history of the man responsible for the house as it is today.\nThis project features photo documentation of Elmo's clothes, keepsakes and random multitudes in danger of disintegrating against the effects of time. The goal is to eventually digitize the entire collection.\nCovers of the 90s\nSelection of Button-downs\nThe Reincarnation of Elmo's Clothes\nA Look Inside Elmo's Warehouse", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 98, "original_length": 2079, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 304.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.embedded-computing.com/embedded-computing-design/current-and-future-possibilities-with-wireless-energy-harvesting", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:42Z", "digest": "sha1:ZAOSK5WFO2HVMSMUSN7GKG7V5DJX3SVW", "length": 10797, "nlines": 40, "source_domain": "www.embedded-computing.com", "title": "Current and future possibilities with wireless energy harvesting", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb Embedded Computing Design \u00bb Current and future possibilities with wireless energy harvesting\nCurrent and future possibilities with wireless energy harvesting\nEnergy can be found everywhere \u2013 in the movement of doors and windows or machine components, the vibration of motors, changing temperature or variances in luminance level. These energy sources, which usually remain unused, can be tapped by means of energy harvesting to power electronic devices and transmit wireless signals. This technology is just starting to unfold its potential. The improvement of components and system design setup will open up new applications, particularly in the field of the Internet of Things (IoT).\nWireless energy harvesting technology is already well established in the building automation sector, and has bridged control of lighting, HVAC, and other elements of building technology to smart home, smart metering, and energy management systems. From these industries, platform-based approaches to wireless energy harvesting have evolved that can be transferred to many other applications where data capture and processing are combined with wireless communications. Such platforms incorporate energy converters, wireless transmitters, energy-efficient radio protocols, and development tools that, depending on the energy requirements, can enable wireless applications that work independent of cables and batteries.\nTo date, energy harvesting technology provides three primary sources of energy to power wireless modules: motion, light, and temperature differences. But before further researching platform approaches for these various modalities, it is necessary to understand the basic principles of a wireless energy harvesting system.\nBasic principles of energy harvesting\nSince most energy harvesters deliver only very small amounts of power, it is a pre-requisite that they accumulate energy over time while losing only a small fraction of it in the process. Therefore, a fundamental requirement of such systems is an extremely low idle current so that only a tiny amount of energy is consumed while in sleep mode.\nStandard consumer electronics devices today have a standby current in the range of a few milliamps (mA), whereas power-optimized embedded designs typically achieve standby currents in the range of a few microamps (\u00b5A), an improvement factor of 1,000. In comparison, the latest generation of energy harvesting wireless sensors requires standby currents of 100 nanoamps (nA) or less, an improvement by a factor of 10,000 or more.\nWhen in active mode, the available energy has to be used as efficiently as possible. This requires an optimized communication protocol used for transmitting data wirelessly. There are protocols in sub-1 GHz and 2.4 GHz spectrum ranges that are optimized for ultra-low-power communication, such as the ISO/IEC 14543-3-1X standard. Transmissions are just 0.7 milliseconds in duration and transmitted at a data rate of 125 kilobits per second (kbps). Although the transmission power can be up to 10 milliwatts (mW), only 50 microwatt seconds of energy are required for a single transmission. The range is up to 100 feet in buildings and 1,000 feet in the free field.\nSelecting the appropriate energy harvesting technique is dependent upon the application, with factors for selecting motion, light, or temperature as a system\u2019s primary power source contingent upon environment, output power, and other variables. Once identified, however, leveraging a complete platform that provides room for component optimization can help ease product integration and improve overall performance of the energy harvesting system.\nA core element of many wireless energy harvesting solutions is an electro-mechanical energy converter, which, as its name suggests, converts mechanical energy into electrical energy that becomes immediately available.\nIn electro-mechanical energy converters a magnetic flux is passed through two magnetically conductive laminations by a small but very strong magnet, and enclosed in a U-shaped core wrapped in induction coil (Figure 1). The magnetic parts are held in position by a plastic frame and spring-loaded clamp, but the U-shaped core leading through the coil is movable and can be positioned in either of two ways. In each position the core touches the opposite magnetic pole, resulting in a reversal of the magnetic flux in the U-core. This design ensures maximum magnetic flux alteration through the coil with minimal movement of the core, and therefore high efficiency with the smallest amount of energy waste.\nLight is one of the most popular sources of renewable energy, and solar modules are often used to power different kinds of sensors, including temperature, window and door contacts, humidity, light level, occupancy, or CO2 sensors. However, using miniaturized solar modules, indoor light can also be used to supply electricity for ultra-low-power wireless radio modules.\nFor example, sensor modules can be outfitted with modern solar cells that generate an operating voltage of 3 V at 200 lux \u2013 enough power to transmit a measured value every 15 minutes in uninterrupted operation mode after just 3.6 hours of daytime charging. An additional charge capacitor can ensure an adequate power reserve to bridge intervals when little or no light energy can be harvested, such as in complete darkness where a fully charged energy storage device can ensure reliable operation for up to four days.\nFurthermore, radio modules that execute sensor and actuator operations rapidly and turn off promptly when not in use can help save energy. For this purpose, sensor modules must incorporate special timers that only draw about 100 nA of current, fully deactivating all other components during sleep phases and waking them again when they are required to operate.\nEnergy of temperature\nTemperature differentials contain a lot of power and are ideally suited as a source for energy harvesting. The yield from temperature variances can be enough to operate not only wireless sensors, but wireless actuators as well.\nEnergy delivered by thermo generators (so-called Peltier elements) often have a pronounced drawback \u2013 namely that they only produce very small voltages of about 10 milliVolts (mV) per 1 \u00baC. Electronic circuitry connected to this, such as a sensor module, requires a typical supply voltage of 3 V. A DC/DC converter closes this gap, with such optimized oscillators beginning to resonate upwards of 10 mV input voltage (Figure 3). At 20 mV or more (about a 2 \u00b0C temperature differential), a useful output voltage of more than 3 V is generated.\nWhen using a heatsink, approximately 100 \u03bcW of energy is produced from a temperature difference of only 7 \u00b0C. A typical battery-less wireless module that is waked every two minutes to send a transmission only requires about 5 \u03bcW, and the remaining 95 \u03bcW is enough to power a number of actuators, such as heating valves, air flaps, or other mechanical devices.\nAdvances in energy harvesting: More efficient, lower consumption, higher capacity storage\nThe next generation of radio technology will enable up to ten times longer radio ranges for wireless transmissions of more than three kilometers for outdoor applications with high range requirements. The increased energy demands for such long distances will need to be met through progression of energy harvesting technology and the associated building blocks.\nLowering device energy consumption is an important adjustment for improved performance, especially for critical functions such as the sleep and receiver current of sensor nodes. Tests have already shown that a 10x reduction in timer currents is technically achievable for the next generation of sensor modules.\nAdvances are also being made that will improve the efficiency of motion, light, and temperature-based energy harvesting technology in the coming years, with research revealing efficacy of new designs and innovative deployment models:\nMotion \u2013 New types of mechanical energy harvesters using rotational motion, for example, can make use of energy of flowing gases and liquids.\nLight \u2013 Light will remain one of the most frequently used energy sources, as next-generation products will combine higher efficiency solar cells with improved performance under low light conditions. While today\u2019s limit of operation is light intensities of about 100 lux at 5 percent efficiency, tomorrow\u2019s solar cells based on organic material or dye-sensitized technology will operate down to 10 lux light intensity with more than 10 percent efficiency.\nTemperature \u2013 Harvesting temperature differentials is only beginning, with one new option being to harvest day and nighttime temperature differences in outdoor applications. These harvesters, which already work in the laboratory, will enable very robust sensor nodes that operate independently of light and are not sensitive to dirt. For example, they may be deployed underground, which is often the case in industrial environments.\nBesides the energy need, research is also evaluating improved storage components. The target is to store harvested energy for weeks to several months without new ambient energy impulses being required. This could enable battery-less sensors that can \u201csleep\u201d for much longer periods of time, retaining energy stores until an incident wakes them to measure and send signals. This is particularly interesting for alarm systems in dark environments, for example in a forest or other poorly illuminated areas.\nFuture applications for energy harvesting wireless\nCurrent wireless energy harvesting architectures and emerging technologies are enabling new applications in almost every field of industry based on communications powered by the surrounding environment. The specific benefits of energy harvesting are currently contributing to the improvement of existing systems and the development of new IoT use cases in applications that include structural health monitoring, environmental monitoring, healthcare applications, and automated logistic processes, though the potential applications are almost as unlimited as the available energy sources themselves.\nFrank Schmidt is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer at EnOcean GmbH.\nwww.enocean.com/en\n@EnOcean_EN\nLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/groups/2260971/profile\nFacebook: www.facebook.com/enocean\nYouTube: www.youtube.com/user/EnOcean\nFrank Schmidt, EnOcean GmbH\n3D printing explained, and how it will rock the world\n3D printing is not just one process. \"3D printing\" and \"additive manufacturing\" are umbrella terms for many...\nHarvesting nanowatts to milliwatts from ambient sources using advanced energy harvester integrated circuits\nIn the context of energy harvesting, advanced power management integrated circuits (PMICs) function like a ...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 188, "original_length": 18209, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 286.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.enterthebible.org/blog.aspx?m=3783&tag=apocalypse", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:27:55Z", "digest": "sha1:4OX5LTQASMAB2S3JR2Q2YTJSAFBDLQFY", "length": 652, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.enterthebible.org", "title": "Blog - Enter the Bible", "raw_content": "How is the Bible Organized? - Karoline Lewis\nWell, it depends on whose Bible you are talking about.\nIf you are a mainline Protestant, that is, not Roman Catholic, your Bible is made up of two parts, the Old Testament and the New Testament.\nThe Old Testament is organized into four parts: the Pentateuch, the Historical Books, the Writings, and the Prophets.\nThe Pentateuch is the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. You may also hear it referred to as the Torah.\nThe Historical Books \u2026\nTags: Bible, Pentateuch, Writings, Prophets, Gospels, Epistles, Apocalypse, Bible Reading Tip, Karoline Lewis", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 126, "original_length": 2747, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 263.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.episcenter.psu.edu/ETI_Home/Prevention_Planning", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:03:50Z", "digest": "sha1:B76ESXXMQGOEBNUGVNAY5MU5S457ZFTG", "length": 1101, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.episcenter.psu.edu", "title": "Comprehensive Prevention Planning Learning Center | EPISCenter", "raw_content": "Home \u00bb EPISCenter Training Institute \u00bb Comprehensive Prevention Planning Learning Center\nCommunities are faced with numerous issues related to the health and safety of children and families\u2014including: alcohol and other drug use, juvenile delinquency, school drop-out, teen pregnancy, and mental health concerns. Prevention science has proven that these issues can be prevented by using a comprehensive, risk-focused approach to understanding the causes of these issues and developing effective health promotion and early prevention strategies. Additionally, community coalition building plays a key role in comprehensive prevention planning and implementation of effective strategies by empowering the local community to be a part of the solution.\nThe CPP Learning Center is the perfect stop for local human services providers, coalitions of all types, state and local leadership, and anyone who is interested in learning more about the most effective methods for comprehensive prevention planning and coalition development.\nWestern/Region 4 Winter Prevention Meeting Regional Meeting February 1, 2019", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 96, "original_length": 3266, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 211.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.espn.com.au/boxing/story/_/id/24618578/boxing-yordenis-ugas-dominates-cesar-barrionuevo-earns-shot-wbc-welterweight-title", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:54Z", "digest": "sha1:5IWZUNH73PW3HDBTHC5XTXQMM7HXKLGB", "length": 9817, "nlines": 42, "source_domain": "www.espn.com.au", "title": "Boxing - Yordenis Ugas dominates Cesar Barrionuevo, earns shot at WBC welterweight title", "raw_content": "Ugas beats Barrionuevo, earns WBC title shot\nYordenis Ugas dominates Cesar Barrionuevo, earns shot at WBC welterweight title\nCesar Barrionuevo, right, didn't have an answer for Yordenis Ugas, who won a clear unanimous decision. Frank Franklin II/AP\nNEW YORK -- Welterweight contender Yordenis Ugas won his eighth fight in a row and earned a mandatory world title opportunity as he easily outpointed Cesar Barrionuevo in a dreadful fight on Saturday night in the co-feature of the Shawn Porter-Danny Garcia card at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.\nUgas' victory put him in position for a crack at the WBC world title Porter won after defeating Garcia by unanimous decision, but he is also in position for a possible mandatory fight against IBF titleholder Errol Spence Jr., who was ringside.\nUgas, a close friend of New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman, won 120-108, 120-108 and 119-109 in a fight in which Barrionuevo spent most of the fight backing up and refusing to engage.\n\"We won today and I think I showed my talent,\" Ugas said. \"I'm happy with my performance. I showed enough. Now I'm ready for a championship fight. I'm ready for whoever comes my way. I'm ready for a title.\n\"I want the winner of Danny Garcia vs. Shawn Porter. I'm here to compete with the top-level guys in the sport.\"\nUgas (23-3, 11 KOs), 32, a Cuban defector fighting out of Las Vegas, was the more skilled fighter and controlled the fight from the outset. He jabbed, landed whipping body shots and had Barrionuevo backing up. But the lack of action had the crowd booing at various points during the bout.\nUgas, who hasn't lost since moving up to welterweight in 2016 -- and has beaten solid opposition including Jamal James, Thomas Dulorme and Ray Robinson -- continued to press Barrionuevo and connected with two clean right hands that momentarily buckled him in the sixth round.\nThe crowd came to life midway through the eighth round when Ugas, who earned $100,000 to Barrionuevo's $35,000, forced him into a corner and unloaded punch after punch before he was able to move away. But then the crowd quickly quieted down as the fight reverted to its previous form. The crowd came back to life only to boo lustily when the fight was finally over.\nBarrionuevo (34-4-2, 24 KOs), 29, of Argentina, saw a 10-fight winning streak since 2014 come to an end in his first fight in the United States.\n\"I just didn't have the right distance,\" Barrionuevo said. \"It was hard to catch him and attack. He countered well and attacked the body. I showed my heart but he was the better fighter. Just the heart is not enough, but I'm going to keep working hard and getting better. I got beat by a great fighter tonight.\"\nKownacki outpoints Martin\nHeavyweight Adam Kownacki, right, defeated Charles Martin by unanimous decision in a very entertaining fight. Frank Franklin II/AP\nWith his legion of Polish fans cheering, heavyweight contender Adam Kownacki scored his most significant victory, winning a unanimous decision over former world titleholder Charles Martin in an entertaining fight.\nAll three judges scored it surprisingly close, however, 96-94, in a fight Kownacki appeared to win more convincingly.\n\"I think the fans liked it. It was a good fight. I worked really hard to look impressive tonight,\" Kownacki said. \"Charles Martin gave it all in the ring tonight. He put up a good fight. I think I proved tonight that I'm a top-10 fighter at heavyweight. I need a few more fights before the title shot. But it's coming.\"\nThe 6-foot-3, 263-pound Kownacki got the better of the 6-5, 246-pound southpaw Martin, who failed to use his height advantage, rarely jabbed to keep Kownacki at bay and often resorted to holding.\nKownacki (18-0, 14 KOs), 29, a Poland native fighting out of New York, appeared to be in command for most of the fight and poured it on in the fourth round by unloading several heavy blows to the head and body to shake Martin up. Martin (25-2-1, 23 KOs) took the shots but looked exhausted by the time the fight got to the late rounds. Kownacki landed the sharper punches while Martin's were often wide arm punches.\nKownacki had Martin in a bit of trouble in the 10th round when he connected with a right hand that knocked him off balance, but Martin, 32, of Carson, California, came back to nail Kownacki and hurt him as they traded bombs over the final minute of the final rousing round, and Kownacki had to settle for the decision.\n\"I thought I won the decision a little wider than the cards, but Charles came to fight all night. He was in shape and coming forward and I had to dig deep,\" Kownacki said. \"The Polish fans were awesome tonight. It definitely gave me a boost. It's a blessing, they're the best in the world.\"\nMartin, who earned $100,000, as did Kownacki, was returning to the ring where he won a heavyweight belt in January 2016 when he was credited with a second-round knockout of Vyacheslav Glazkov, who could not continue after severely injuring his knee. Three months later Martin lost the belt by one-sided second-round knockout to Anthony Joshua in London.\nA yearlong layoff followed the loss and Martin had won two fights since, against low-level opposition before stepping in with Kownacki.\n\"I believed I got the win. I did work on the inside and no one saw that. I did really good work on the inside,\" Martin said. \"I will get back in the gym. I'll keep on going. Looks are very deceiving. I put up a hell of a fight and I came up just short.\"\nSerrano makes women's history\nAmanda Serrano, right, defeated Yamila Esher Reynoso by unanimous decision to win a title in a sixth different division. Frank Franklin II/AP\nAmanda Serrano, already the only female boxer to win world titles in five weight classes, added No. 6 to her r\u00e9sum\u00e9 as she won a lopsided unanimous decision over Yamila Esther Reynoso in a hard-fought fight to claim a vacant women's junior welterweight belt.\nSerrano (35-1-1, 26 KOs), 29, a Puerto Rico native fighting out of Brooklyn, had already won world titles at bantamweight, junior featherweight, featherweight, junior lightweight and lightweight. Her previous fight was at featherweight, but she moved up three divisions to face Reynoso and did not appear troubled by facing a bigger opponent. All three judges scored the fight 99-91.\n\"This means everything to me,\" Serrano said. \"I work so hard and I hope this fight shows the fans that girls can fight and we can give it our all just like the men do. We deserve to have this platform and we deserve to be shown.\"\nSerrano was busy and landed a lot of punches, but Reynoso, 22, of Argentina, stalked forward throughout the fight but missed with numerous overhand lefts. She did get to Serrano a few times though, nailing her with a few good punches in the fourth round, but Serrano, the quicker, more skilled fighter, rebounded and boxed circles around her.\nIn the fifth round, as Serrano did as she pleased, Reynoso motioned for Serrano to come to her and she did -- and landed punches. In the later rounds there were several fierce exchanges in which they both landed clean punches.\n\"She was tough and she came to win,\" Serrano said. \"I give her a lot of credit for pushing forward and engaging. I'm hoping to be on Showtime next time. I'm a six-division world champion and I'm ready for anything next.\"\nReynoso (11-5-3, 8 KOs) dropped to 0-3 in world title fights, having lost previous opportunities at junior welterweight and junior middleweight.\nMore undercard results\nBrooklyn junior lightweight prospect Chris Colbert (9-0, 3 KOs), a 21-year-old southpaw, nearly stopped Fatiou Fassinou (28-11-3, 15 KOs), 32, of Fort Washington, Maryland, in the final round but had to settle for a shutout decision, 80-72 on all three scorecards. Colbert won easily but had Fassinou in major trouble in the final round as he nailed him repeatedly with heavy punches. But Fassinou takes a good shot as he lost his fifth fight in a row, each by decision.\nFloyd Mayweather-promoted junior welterweight Richardson Hitchins (6-0, 3 KOs), 20, of Brooklyn, who represented his parents' home country of Haiti at the 2016 Olympics, shut out Cesar Valenzuela (7-3, 2 KOs), 32, of Mexico. Hitchins dropped Valenzuela with a right hand in the first round and cruised, winning 60-53, 60-53 and 60-52.\nBantamweight Dylan Price (6-0, 5 KOs), 20, of Philadelphia, rolled to a near-shutout of Rwanda native Mulapi Enjani (4-5-2, 2 KOs), 32, of San Diego. Price, who is fast and flashy, dominated and won 60-54, 60-54 and 59-55.\nCruiserweight Marsellos Wilder (2-0, 2 KO), the 29-year-old younger brother of heavyweight world titleholder Deontay Wilder, blew out Ryan Williams (0-2), 39, of Turlock, California, in a first-round knockout victory. Wilder pounded Williams with an assortment of punches from the opening bell and beat him all over the ring. As Wilder pounded Williams with a flurry of punches in a corner referee Michael Griffin waved off the fight at 2 minutes, 34 seconds as Williams sagged into the ropes. Wilder, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, who turned pro on May 25, has scored first-round knockout wins in both of his fights, both of which came against winless opponents.\nJunior middleweight Brandon Quarles (20-4-1, 10 KOs), 31, of Alexandria, Virginia, eked out a split decision over Marcus Willis (18-6-2, 5 KOs), 31, of Fort Myers, Florida. Two judges scored the fight for Quarles, 78-74 and 77-75, and one had it 78-74 for Willis.\nFeatherweight Ricky Lopez (20-4, 6 KOs), 31, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, took a hard-fought unanimous decision against Ramsey Luna (14-6, 6 KOs), 26, of Corpus Christi, Texas, winning 78-74, 78-74 and 77-75.\nJunior welterweight prospect Jeffrey Torres (5-0, 3 KOs), 21, of Philadelphia, stopped Emmanuel Valadez (5-6, 4 KOs), 30, of Mexico, with a right hand at 1 minute, 58 seconds of the first round.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 175, "original_length": 12375, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 312.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/24273358/nhl-weekly-reader-gary-bettman-wants-cut-gambling-just-wants-profit-data", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:26:51Z", "digest": "sha1:E6PPKTUVMKAS64PYZMG6WRBVAWG43PYC", "length": 13457, "nlines": 67, "source_domain": "www.espn.com", "title": "NHL - Weekly Reader - Gary Bettman wants cut of gambling, or just wants to profit from data?", "raw_content": "Weekly Reader: The NHL's approach to gambling\nThe NBA became the first U.S. sports league to partner with a casino. What's the NHL's next move? Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports\nLegalized sports wagering presents the greatest opportunity for the National Hockey League to grow its product since the expansion boom 25 years ago.\nThis might seem like hyperbole, given that more people likely wager on the coin toss at the Super Bowl than wager on professional hockey in a given season. \"We're about 1 percent of the book. Our game doesn't lend itself to gambling in the same way that football and basketball do,\" said commissioner Gary Bettman in 2016.\nThis has been true for decades. Simply put, hockey doesn't traditionally have enough events to entice widespread interest from gamblers. Even in a season where scoring was at its highest levels league-wide since 2006, we're still talking about more 2-1 games than 7-6 games. It's not a sport that lends itself to straight up point spreads. And let's face it: a novice bettor could develop a migraine if they're staring at a wall of money lines.\nTrade grades: Sabres earn an 'A' in Skinner deal\nThe Sabres landed a scorer to play with Jack Eichel and didn't have to give up a first-round pick to do it. We grade both GMs.\nInside Chris Kreider's journey back to the ice\nThe 27-year-old missed nearly two months with blood clots. He offers detailed insight on his recovery, along with thoughts on the Rangers' future.\nNHL Century Club: Which teams will get to 100 points?\nNo team with 100 points has ever missed the playoffs. We break down the path for every club -- and the chances of actually getting there.\nThe key, then, is to find ways in which hockey does lend itself to gambling, and that's what makes legalized sports wagering in the U.S. so tantalizing: It brings us closer to mobile, in-game betting in real time that could revolutionize the way fans watch a hockey game.\nBets on which team or player scores the next goal. Bets on overtime. Bets on something as frequent as power play success. The mind races thinking about these opportunities, and how they could attract new demographics to watch a game.\n\"All the best data providers are ready. It's a matter of integration time with the appropriate platform providers and how quickly the new operators want to bring in-play betting product to market,\" Craig Mucklow, COO of Don Best Sports told SportsHandle.com last December. \"Being first out to market with a flawed offering does more damage than good. Having the right product with stable technology and the best user experience is what will lead to customer retention.\"\nIn other words, creating a product whose integrity wins the hearts, minds and bank accounts of fans.\nWhich is why Gary Bettman wants someone to buy his data.\nBettman made waves this week when an Associated Press podcast played an interview conducted in June with the commissioner in which he appeared to advocate for the NHL to get a cut of the money wagered on it.\n\"From our standpoint, we believe that whether it's our intellectual property or data, whether it's video of our game, we have important assets. And if somebody is going to avail themselves or want to avail themselves of those assets in order to conduct their business, then we're going to need to have a negotiation,\" he said.\nThis was interpreted by many as the NHL asking for some kind of \"vig\" from casinos based on the money wagered on hockey. But Bettman never said he wanted a cut of gambling profits, nor has he shown a desire for the NHL to be too actively involved in sports betting. He's framed it as somewhere in between a necessary evil and a potential benefit for the league, provided it's stringently regulated. Getting a direct cut of the profits would lead to issues of integrity, and potentially to ones of liability. That goes for the NHL, or any sports league.\nWhich is why after the Supreme Court ruled that sports gambling would be legal in the U.S., leagues like the NBA and the NHL disguised their desire share in the windfall with something called \"integrity fees.\" In essence, they wanted state legislatures to mandate that sportsbooks fund the mechanisms that these leagues use to maintain the \"integrity\" of their products in light of legal sports wagering.\nThey asked, and lawmakers laughed it out of the state house. Especially since these leagues are already funding mechanisms to maintain their own integrity. (The NHL has had a multiyear deal with Sportradar to monitor betting patterns on hockey.)\nSo the leagues changed tactics. Instead of having sportsbooks pay for \"integrity\" as a nebulous concept, they're going to ask them to pay for the \"integrity\" of the leagues' official data. Which, again, seems ridiculous on its face because game results and stats are public domain; but, perhaps, that's not the end game here.\nPerhaps mobile in-game wagering, using proprietary data, is the end game.\nThe AP publishing Bettman's desire to negotiate with sportsbooks over intellectual property coincided with the NBA's announcement that it had entered into a three-year, $25 million deal to make MGM Grand the \"official gaming partner\" of the NBA and WNBA. It can use NBA logos and trademarks to promote its product. But, more importantly, it has access to the official league data feed. As our own David Purdum wrote: \"The NBA believes the reliability and speed of the feed will become increasingly valuable in the future, especially for in-game betting, which is expected to take off in the U.S.\"\nWhich brings us back to the NHL. This is, essentially, what they're after: They want partners to ante up for the \"official data\" from the league.\nIn one way, it's not all that different than a pizza chain paying for the right to be \"the official pie of the NHL\" or some such. A sportsbook with an official endorsement likely means additional marketing from the NHL, and perhaps a preference from hockey fans.\nIn another way, it truly is about the data. We're not talking about goals and assists here; we're talking about the treasure trove of data that the eventual adoption of player tracking tech is going to create in real-time, and the wagering possibilities that arrive with it. And it's not just about the bets themselves -- it's about the full picture of information that could aid in wagering on games.\nThe array of figures on the board at a sportsbook can be mystifying for novice bettors. Ethan Miller/Getty Images\nGoing back to the NBA, commissioner Adam Silver wasn't sure if Second Spectrum, which provides optical-tracking data and analytics to teams in the NBA, would be included in the MGM Grand data stream. But he didn't say it wouldn't be, definitively. \"What underlies the question is Second Spectrum data that tracks players throughout the arena; it's unclear how that data might be used in some sort of proposition bet or some in-play bet. And I think that's something we have to work out,\" Silver said.\nThe NHL knows that a lack of interest from gamblers has stunted the league's growth in the U.S., in comparison to the popularity of pro and college football and basketball. It's made some nascent attempts at creating ways to wager more on hockey: Like, for example, restructuring the Stanley Cup Playoffs into an office pool-ready bracket without reseeding.\nSo hopefully it knows that leaning into the wave of sports betting that's crashing over the nation is better for the league's growth than swimming away from it. The fact is that the NHL might have to swallow some pride and concede on a few things -- Bettman, for example, has been loathe to have in-arena betting like they have in European soccer leagues. Mobile wagering, one assumes, renders that concern moot.\nThe opportunity is there for legalized sports betting to expand the NHL's consumer base, especially given where the tech is headed. Whether Bettman and the NHL are bold enough to foster and encourage that growth ... well, all bets are off.\nElmira, New York, is getting a franchise in the Federal Hockey League one year after the ECHL's Jackals folded after 17 seasons. As is tradition, they held a \"name the team\" contest. The winning nickname?\nThe Elmira Enforcers.\nOh, did my eyes do a 360 when I read that name. It's 2018. Fighting is at an all-time low all around hockey. While a certain amount of knuckle-dragging and fisticuffs are expected in the bush leagues, this just seemed a bit trite in the current climate.\nBut then I saw the logo:\nThe similarity between the Elmira Enforcers logo and team owner Robbie Nichols is no coincidence. He said it was his wife's idea. Continuing with the family theme, the logo was designed by daughter Witley. https://t.co/vcYa4M4X0l pic.twitter.com/AmzzYRK1k0\n- Andrew Legare (@SGAndrewLegare) August 2, 2018\nThe Elmira Enforcers are, in fact, named in honor of local law enforcement. \"I have always been a huge fan of law enforcement and police officers,\" owner Robbie Nichols told the Star Gazette. \"I just thought it was a way to give back, especially to our correctional officers. There's a lot of them in the area and we want to be known as the Elmira Enforcers. We're not the bad guys who are going to beat you up; we're the good guys.\"\nThe cop was modeled after Nichols, whose daughter designed the logo. According to the Gazette, Robbie joked \"the mustache was a bit exaggerated while the arm was a little small.\"\nI can't tell you how much I love that this logo now exists. You can keep your bears and your dogs and your bear-dogs and all your other team mascots. Elmira has been blessed with a burly man in a way-too-tight police officer's uniform, with a mustache that puts Lanny MacDonald to shame, tossing his skates over his shoulder like a sassy hitchhiker.\nIt's tremendous.\nCommemorating the Caps\nThe Washington Capitals' road to the Stanley Cup was one of the more memorable ones in recent memory -- and the celebrations thereafter weren't too shabby either. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin\nEvery year, one of my favorite theories about the eventual Stanley Cup champion is that the team with the greatest story for the commemorative Blu-ray is the one that usually wins. Which is why, one imagines, a franchise that had become a punchline for postseason futility ended up defeating three previous playoff tormentors -- and then an expansion team constructed by its former general manager -- for the Stanley Cup, with their star player forever silencing critics by winning playoff MVP.\nBecause that's quite a story.\nThe 2018 #StanleyCup Championship Blu-Ray/DVD and iTunes download is available now!\n\ufffd\ufffd: https://t.co/OhaH9qlnZG\n\ufffd\ufffd: https://t.co/oTdKdvJRlf#ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/rtoKCDNbhH\n- Washington Capitals (@Capitals) August 2, 2018\nThe Washington Capitals' official Stanley Cup champions video was released on Blu-ray combo pack, DVD and digital last week. And it was a challenging one to create, according to Steve Mayer, NHL executive vice president and chief content officer.\nThus, the totality of the pain and suffering for the Capitals in the playoffs wasn't completely chronicled, although their back-to-back playoffs losses to the Penguins were mentioned. This video is, after all, a celebration.\n\"I learned a long time ago that you have to know your audience. In this case, the audience is Washington Capitals fans. That's the majority of our sales. Capitals fans that want that keepsake forever. What's that DVD that, 20 years from now, someone wants to show their kids?\" Mayer said.\nHence, there isn't a lot of time spent on the other side of the bracket and the history-making run of the Vegas Golden Knights. But Mayer said a chronicle of their season is forthcoming. \"We are in talks with some companies that want to do a full Vegas documentary. Something for a network,\" he said.\nI enjoyed the Capitals' commemorative video, which does a good job capturing the highs, the lows, the behind the scenes and eventually the euphoria. In fact, Mayer said this video has more coverage of the post-championship celebration than others typically have. Although he does have one regret:\n\"We couldn't get the rights to Alex Ovechkin in the fountain. We couldn't find who shot it,\" he said.\nWilliam Karlsson's arbitration hearing is going to be nuts. [Knights On Ice]\nThe Buffalo News feels that the Jeff Skinner deal was a big win for Buffalo (ICYMI, we agree). [Buffalo News]\nThe NHL front office confidence rankings. One of those deals where you just write down Ottawa, Montreal and Edmonton and then see where the other 28 teams fall ahead of them. [The Athletic]\nGM Jim Benning denies it was his knife that twisted in the back of former team president Trevor Linden before he left the Canucks. [Sportsnet]\nAn incredible Humboldt Broncos tribute goalie mask:\nVideo of the recent Humboldt Broncos mask I finished to help show the ghosted features. #HumboldtStrong pic.twitter.com/am6HyIaEP0\n- Schinny Designs (@SchinnyDesigns) July 30, 2018\nWhy the waiving of Troy Brouwer is a cautionary tale. [Hockey News]\nFare thee well to Daren Millard, who left Sportsnet after 20 years to pursue new challenges. He was always a gracious guy in our interactions, and someone who was always adept at covering this stuff was a bit of a wink. Best of luck in at what's next. [Millard]\nThe NHL pipeline rankings. Hey, good to see Buffalo ranked No. 1 at something again. [Sporting News]\nInside Chris Kreider's return to the ice from a gruesome issue with blood clots, from Emily Kaplan.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 191, "original_length": 15728, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 330.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.eurasiareview.com/23112017-commercial-terms-call-into-question-chinas-win-win-belt-and-road-initiative-analysis/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:13Z", "digest": "sha1:JIKIM5GZWVTJHVNOHZB3KZKXT2QBBXOF", "length": 7230, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "www.eurasiareview.com", "title": "Commercial Terms Call Into Question China\u2019s Win-Win Belt And Road Initiative \u2013 Analysis \u2013 Eurasia Review", "raw_content": "Commercial Terms Call Into Question China\u2019s Win-Win Belt And Road Initiative \u2013 Analysis\nNovember 23, 2017 James M. Dorsey 0 Comments\nIn a rare challenging of Chinese commercial terms that underlie the country\u2019s ambitious Belt and Road initiative, Pakistan and Nepal have withdrawn from two dam-building deals. The withdrawal coincides with mounting questions in Pakistan, a crown jewel in Chinese geo-strategic ambition, about what some see as a neo-colonial effort to extract the country\u2019s resources.\nThe withdrawals and questioning call into question China\u2019s economics-centred approach to geopolitics based on the long-standing win-win principle of Chinese policy, the notion that all parties benefit from Chinese investment and largesse.\nCritics have charged that the principle boils down to China wins twice, a notion that is supported by Chinese plans for Pakistan\u2019s agricultural sector; the extraction of Pakistani onyx, granite, and black gold marble; the disagreement over the dams; and the debt traps that forced countries like Sri Lanka to surrender control of key assets.\nPakistan and Nepal announced their withdrawals last week in separate statements. Pakistani Water and Power Development Authority chairman Muzammil Hussain charged that \u201cChinese conditions for financing the Diamer-Bhasha Dam were not doable and against our interests.\u201d China and Pakistan were also at odds over ownership of the $14 billion, 4,500 megawatts (MW)-hydropower project on the Indus River in the country\u2019s problematic region of Gilgit-Baltistan near disputed Kashmir.\nNepal\u2019s Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Minister Kamal Thapa announced his government\u2019s decision to scrap a US$2.5 billion deal with China\u2019s Gezhouba Group to build a hydroelectric project on the Budhi Gandaki River in the west of the country two days before the Pakistani decision. With India\u2019s National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) waiting in the wings and expectations that the incumbent, Nepali Congress (NC) will be returned to power in elections scheduled for November 26 and December 7, the project plays into Eurasia\u2019s Great Game for regional influence.\nThe Diamer-Bhasha project was intended to be part of the Chine Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a key node on the Belt and Road, that with planned investments into infrastructure, including the port of Gwadar in the volatile province of Balochistan; energy, telecommunications and information technology, of more than $50 billion, constitutes China\u2019s largest financial commitment to any one country.\nThe Pakistani withdrawal takes on added significance because it was included in CPEC after the government had failed to secure funding from international institutions like the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) because of Indian objections that it was in disputed territory. The government has broken ground on the project five times in the past 15 years. Mr. Hussain said that the government now has a five-year funding plan for the project that would be completed in 2026.\nChinese analysts suggest that the Pakistani and Nepalese withdrawals could set a precedent.\n\u201cIt will not be a big surprise if similar problems happen in China\u2019s future overseas projects. And that would not change the big picture. There is a common misinterpretation internationally that the Belt and Road is something China would want to push forwards at all cost. But in fact, all projects are commercial so they have to be justifiable economically, and agreed mutually,\u201d said Zhao Gancheng, a South Asia expert at the Shanghai Institute for International Studies.\nChina is likely to encounter greater resistance not only on its financial terms, but also regarding assessments of what economic benefit investment target countries can expect.\nA State Bank of Pakistan study concluded that exports of marble to China, Pakistan\u2019s foremost rough-hewn, freshly-excavated marble export market, and the re-export to Pakistan of Pakistani semi-processed marble was \u201churting Pakistan\u2019s marble industry to a significant extent.\u201d\nPakistani marble exporter and retailer Shakil Khan told Asia Times that \u201cthe Chinese buyers go for the square slabs, while the local quarrymen tend to excavate oval-shaped blocks which reduce to smaller bits\u201d and are only of interest to the local Pakistani handicrafts and tile market. The Chinese approach discriminates against mines with cracked marble.\n\u201cThe Chinese pick only the rare and quality stuff like onyx, black gold marble and high-quality granite from the market. Local processing units don\u2019t have the high-tech processing equipment here to treat these costly marble products,\u201d added Zahid Shinwari, president of the Sarhad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCI), in Peshawar.\nThe Pakistani marble industry\u2019s experience strokes with the overall suggestion of the leaked long-term plan for CPEC that projects risks of economic domination, the creation of a surveillance state, and would allow China to shape Pakistan\u2019s media landscape. It projected an approach that has already sparked popular resistance and setbacks in countries and regions such as Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Balochistan.\nThe plan envisioned Chinese state-owned companies leasing thousands of hectares of Pakistani agricultural land to set up \u201cdemonstration projects\u201d in areas ranging from seed varieties to irrigation technology. The Chinese companies would be offered \u201cfree capital and loans\u201d from various Chinese ministries as well as the China Development Bank.\nEffectively turning Pakistan into a raw materials supplier rather than an added-value producer, a prerequisite for a sustainable textiles industry, the plan sees the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps in China\u2019s troubled north-western province of Xinjiang, as the vehicle for the introduction of mechanization as well as new technologies in Pakistani livestock breeding, development of hybrid varieties, and precision irrigation. Added value would be produced in Xinjiang as part of China\u2019s bid to quell ethnic unrest among the Uighur population.\nThe plan envisaged the Pakistani textile sector as a supplier of materials such as yarn and coarse cloth to textile manufacturers in Xinjiang. \u201cChina can make the most of the Pakistani market in cheap raw materials to develop the textiles & garments industry and help soak up surplus labour forces in (Xinjiang\u2019s) Kashgar,\u201d the plan said. Chinese companies would be offered preferential treatment regarding \u201cland, tax, logistics and services\u201d as well as \u201centerprise income tax, tariff reduction and exemption and sales tax rate\u201d incentives.\nPakistan and Nepal\u2019s withdrawal from the dam projects suggests that for China to secure economic dominance in Eurasia, it will have to ensure that win-win amounts to equitable terms and distribution of benefits among those that need the investment.\n\u201cChina needs to nurture better understanding of its intentions and visions\u2026to prevent unnecessary suspicions about its geopolitical ambition,\u201d The Jakarta Post said earlier this year in an editorial that acknowledged that \u201cwe badly need the huge infrastructure spending that China is bringing.\u201d\n\u2190 Argentina: Macri\u2019s Power After Last Election \u2013 Analysis\nAfghanistan: Tourism Soars At Historic Site \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 127, "original_length": 11944, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 307.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.europeanstraits.eu/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:49Z", "digest": "sha1:O4JHLPWQMT2TJSLEGFLA76PE3KMKV5AP", "length": 3343, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.europeanstraits.eu", "title": "European Straits Initiative (english version)", "raw_content": "What is the European Straits Initiative?\nThe European Straits Initiative (ESI) is a multilateral cooperation launched in 2009 by Pas-de-Calais County Council (France) and Kent County Council (United-Kingdom), the lead partners on the shores of Dover Strait. ESI now brings together 11 straits, representing 24 partners from Albania, Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Morocco, Spain, Sweden and the United-Kingdom.\nIn light of the lack of consideration of the economic, environmental, social and human challenges that affect straits, providing real links between the hinterlands and outside territories, as well as laboratories for the implementation of an integrated maritime policy, ESI works towards the recognition of the specificities of European straits in current debates and the launch of structuring projects in these territories.\nThe objective of the European Straits Initiative is to connect local and regional public authorities around a shared geographical specificity. The two main aims of cooperation are:\nBetter acknowledge and have the specificities of European straits recognised in European, national and regional policies\nEncourage exchange of experiences between partners facing similar issues, for example through European cooperation projects.\nIn November 2010, fifteen European local and regional authorities bordered by a strait signed the network's founding Memorandum of Understanding. On 22 October 2014, in Brussels, joined by new authorities, partners have confirmed their committment with the renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding (picture). In October 2015, a political conference in Vlora (Albania) enabled new partners to join the network.\nVideo of the launch of the European Straits Initiative, on 23 November 2010:\nAfter 6 months in Lecce in the framework of a voluntary service, 4 young people from Pas-de-Calais are ready to come back to France to share the results of their experience. [Read more]\nPartners of the European Straits Initiative have defended their position to save maritime cross-border cooperation programmes after 2020. [Read more]\nIn the framework of PASSAGE project, straits\u2019 territories have expressed their position to the European Commission [Read more]\nOn 21 May 2018, the Kvarken Council annual general meeting has taken an historical decision: transforming the Council from a registered association to an EGTC. [Read more]\nTen years after their first meeting, partners of the European Straits Initiative are looking forward to renew their commitment. [Read more]\nThe draft regulations published on 29 May confirm the misgivings of straits\u2019 territories: maritime cross-border cooperation is the \u201cpoor relation\u201d of the European Commission\u2019s proposals. [Read more]\nSeveral European Straits Initiative members gathered in Paris on 29 May, in the offices of the Permanent Representation of the European Parliament. [Read more]\nA new study published by EY analyses the value of trade travelling through the Channel Tunnel between the UK and EU countries. [Read more]\nAfter the proposals for the new Multiannual Financial Framework, the European straits express their strong concerns regarding the future of cross-border cooperation on maritime borders. [Read more]\nDirection Europe et partenariats ext\u00e9rieurs\nKeep in touch with ESI events and news!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 65, "original_length": 4514, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 293.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.euroworld.info/tag/kremlin/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:05Z", "digest": "sha1:6PIS7QT74XRBWSTXPULBYRPBQBR4HYNA", "length": 146, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.euroworld.info", "title": "Kremlin \u2013 The European World", "raw_content": "Kremlin Says Charges Over US Election Tampering Prove Nothing \u2013 U.S. News & World Report\nU.S. News & World Report Kremlin Says Charges Over US [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 6738, "original_length": 56107, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.58, "perplexity": 201.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.examfocus.com/mcat/mcat-test-center.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:00:30Z", "digest": "sha1:CKO4MD2S2NH6HZIBJLTZT3GSL2MWWWCB", "length": 3114, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.examfocus.com", "title": "MCAT Test Center", "raw_content": "The Most Preferred MCAT Test Centers\nMedical College Admission Test, or MCAT, is an exam taken by medical school aspirants in the United States and Canada. It is the result of this exam that decides which health professions school they can apply to. Unlike other exams, registration for the MCAT can only be done online. The exam is conducted on several dates from January through September each year in test centers all over the world.\nIf you are a resident of the United States, Canada, Guam, Puerto Rico or U.S. Virgin Islands, you will be considered as giving the exam at a nationalMCAT test center. Taking the exam at any other location would be considered as taking it at an international MCAT test center. In order to find a MCAT test center near you, visit this link - https://services.aamc.org/20/mcat/sitelisting. Choose state/province if you are looking for a national test center. Otherwise, go to the country drop down menu and choose your country. If you are an international applicant, you might not find a test center in your city and might have to travel to another city to take the exam. To get a test center of your choice, it is advised - especially to the international students - that you register for the test at least 60 days prior to the test.\nPreparing for Contingencies\nThough your test center is not subject to change, there could be circumstances such as storms and cyclones in which it does. Therefore, you must be careful and provide up-to-date contact information so that you can be informed about any such changes. Most candidates also do a trial run of the test day by driving to the test center a day before the exam. This would help you to reach in time.\nEvery test center for MCAT tries to accommodate students with disabilities who might require special testing environments. Special testing environments include anything from carrying food or beverages in the examination hall to having extra testing time to testing in a separate room. Such students are urged to apply for these accommodations at least 60 days prior to their chosen test date.\nHere are some a list of the disabilities you could be suffering from to apply for special accommodations:\nTo apply for special accommodations, a student must first create an AAMC ID. This ID awards a special 8-digit number to each applicant so as to keep track of students who have applied for special accommodations. All this needs to be done around 60 days prior to your chosen test date as you have time before the AAMC announces their decision and can work out the other kinks of your registration. If you have been awarded special accommodations, test centers will try their best to provide you with such accommodations and make your test-taking experience comfortable. 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According to Walt Disney, \"All of us have cause to be proud of our country's history, shaped by the pioneering spirit of our forefathers. Our adventures are designed to give you the feeling of having lived, even for a short while, during our country's pioneer days.\" Frontierland is home to the Pinewood Indians band of animatronic Native Americans, who live on the banks of the Rivers of America. Entertainment and attractions include Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, the Mark Twain Riverboat, the Sailing Ship Columbia, Pirate's Lair on Tom Sawyer Island, and Frontierland Shootin' Exposition. 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Please check the calendar of events for our next get together. All women are welcome to join in.\nLWML National Site\nLWML District Site\nMite Box Information\nOnline home of Faith Lutheran Church in Kingston, WA.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 55, "original_length": 1655, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 230.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.falmouth.cornwall.sch.uk/61/news/article/265/will-speaks-at-house-of-commons", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:16Z", "digest": "sha1:ZTHSBDCGU63NV6HL2WKMECP5DXYE2DMU", "length": 1728, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.falmouth.cornwall.sch.uk", "title": "Will speaks at House of Commons - News - Welcome to Falmouth School's Website", "raw_content": "Will speaks at House of Commons\nFalmouth College student Will Daniell spoke at the House of Commons earlier this month, as part of his duties as the West Cornwall Youth Parliament President. Over 250 members of youth parliament entered the House of Commons chamber to debate five issues voted for by 1.1 million youths across Britain. Topics debated in the chamber were homelessness, lowering the voting age to 16, knife crime, mental health and introducing an equal minimum wage regardless of age.\nIn the final debate of the day Will addressed the house on the importance of tackling the knife crime epidemic saying 'any issue that affects the health and wellbeing of the young people of Great Britain deserves to be [the Youth Parliaments] campaign' and that members of youth parliament should take it upon themselves to back the motion and 'help make society safer for [their] constituents'. Will received a standing ovation from those in the room, including the leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn, who happened to be in the chamber at the time.\nWill's speech featured not only in a stream by Parliament TV on Friday, but also in the parliamentary highlights the following day on BBC Parliament. Once all five motions had been debated, MYPs cast their vote for which topic they think the Youth Parliament should focus their campaign and efforts on for 2019, with knife crime and votes at 16 coming out on top.\nWill said \u201cit was an honour and privilege to be given the opportunity to speak on a very important and relevant issue in such a historic building. It is something I will never forget.\u201d\nYou can watch Will\u2019s speech by following the link and watching from 3hrs 50mins. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE2mKkU-AeA", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 131, "original_length": 4781, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 208.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.febank.com/2072/mirror/per-safe-deposit-box.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:58:39Z", "digest": "sha1:BP7EQF5567CKNB7CJJFYJSJ33LVD3QQD", "length": 376, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.febank.com", "title": "Safe Deposit Boxes -", "raw_content": "Sleep easy knowing that important documents and other valuables are protected in a First Eagle Safe Deposit Box. With a range of sizes from 3\u201d x 10\u201d to 10\u201d x 10\u201d, we have the perfect size to fit your needs.\n(DuPage County Office Only) $40.00\n5 x 5 x 21 $55.00\n3 x 10 x 21 $60.00\n10 x 10 x 21 $150.00\n*An account relationship is required to open a First Eagle Safe Deposit Box.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 73, "original_length": 1513, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.85, "perplexity": 218.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.femulate.org/2016/07/passable-vs-presentable.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:12:30Z", "digest": "sha1:IRF5EWACYVJFTCXAK4U6XAKPYCUTIUDK", "length": 7451, "nlines": 34, "source_domain": "www.femulate.org", "title": "Femulate: Passable vs. Presentable", "raw_content": "I like to think that I pass. Just today, I received an e-mail from a dear friend who wrote, \"You pass so well.\"\nI am six feet, two inches tall (or a more dainty five feet, 14 inches tall) and I always wear heels of some height when I am out en femme. There are not too many women out there who are six-feet-two. So, when I am out en femme, my height is my biggest giveaway.\nI can hear some of you saying to yourself, \"Well, Girl, don't wear heels, then you will be shorter.\"\nMy response to that is even without heels, my height is still my biggest giveaway and adding three or four inches will not make much difference.\nLast Friday at the mall, I passed some of the time.\nWhile I was walking through the mall, I passed a few women walking in the opposite direction, who looked me in the eye and smiled. Of course, I returned the smile. When a woman smiles at another woman, it is a sign of camaraderie, so when a woman smiles at you when you are out en femme, it is a good sign that they have accepted you into the club.\nOn the other hand, I have also passed women in the mall, whose smiles indicate that they have read me as a male. Their smiles (or smirks) indicate that they are mildly amused by my attempt to pass. Go out en femme for awhile and you will begin to recognize the difference between smirks and genuine smiles.\nAt the mall last Friday, there were times when I did not pass.\nFor example, the saleswoman at Sephora referred to me as \"he,\" then quickly corrected herself and referred to me as \"she.\" I was not offended. When you are up close in another person's face, as when you are dealing with a salesperson, it is more difficult to pass because they are concentrating on you and therefore, are more likely to pick up telltale signs that you are male.\nI have gone out en femme enough to resign myself to the fact that sometimes I pass and sometimes I do not pass. There is not much I can do about my ability to pass because I believe I have pushed the envelope about as far as I can to emulate a woman without undergoing surgery.\nAdmittedly, my ultimate goal is to be passable, but since that is not always possible, I always try to make myself look presentable. If I present as the best woman I can be, then I will be less likely to attract attention and will blend in with the real women out there.\nOn the other hand, if I go to the mall wearing my highest heels, shortest skirt, largest breasts, biggest hair, and thickest makeup, I am going to attract a lot of attention. Dressed so, more people will check me out and thus increase the chances that people will figure me out.\nSo, I try to present myself as a real woman would present herself in a similar situation. Last Friday, I even wore dress slacks instead of a skirt in order to be more presentable and I believe that helped.\nWhile I was at Sephora perched on the makeover seat at the front of the store, I did attract the attention of a lot of passerbys, but none of them gave any indication that they recognized me as a male. All they saw was a woman getting a makeover, so they gave me an interested passing glance and went on their way.\nIt probably helped that I was seated, so that my height was hidden, but I think more important was the fact that I looked presentable in that situation. I really looked like a woman who had been shopping in the mall and stopped at Sephora for a makeover.\nOne more thing: if you are presentable, other people are more likely to respect you and treat you like a lady even if they know you are not really a lady. If I dress like a teen queen, I am not going to get much respect, but if I dress like a middle-aged woman (with impeccable taste, by the way), I have found that I get respect because I am trying to be a female clone, not a clown.\nSo, the bottom line is that, of course, you want to be passable, but before you can be passable, you must be presentable. And once you hone your presentation, you may or may not pass, but at least you know you did your best come what may.\n(Thank you, Michelia, for suggesting this topic.)\nSamantha Mohr in blue.\nArtur Chamski femulates Irena Santor on Polish television's Twoja Twarz Brzmi Znajomo (2015).\nLabels: crossdresser, crossdressing, femulate, femulate her, femulator, out en femme, passing, presentation, stana, transgender, transsexual, transvestite, transwoman\nLeann Lapine July 27, 2016\nI agree! I have a hard time wearing slacks though. Luckily, more women seem to be wearing casual dresses these days and I spend my dressed time near NYC where I think more women wear dresses for work and therefore are out and about on their way home.\ntg_captioner July 27, 2016\nit's strange that it seems the more you dress less femme, the more you pass. You'd think it would be the opposite, but it seems as though as soon as you try to look pretty, then people challenge you in their mind \"Oh yea? you think you look pretty? I bet I can find a flaw... oh wait, I think I found it, she's a dude!\". Reminds me of the movie \"she's out of my league\" where a 10 female dates a 5 guy, and he does everything he can to find flaws in her to bring her down to his level because he can't handle the difference in attractiveness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6M9UfytUPM\nVery nice post today! I agree with all the excellent points you made.\nSally Stone July 27, 2016\nI couldn't agree more. Like you I am tall, extremely tall. Additionally, and unlike you, I do not pass very effectively; it's all those secondary male characteristics. Just like you, however, I put great effort into presenting well, and I believe that has made all the difference for me. Back when I worried all the time about passing it adversely affected my feminine experiences and when I let go of the need to pass, my feminine persona was liberated making my experiences much more positive. I know I do not pass yet I no longer care. By presenting well, I am almost always accepted and my interaction with others in public is quite positive. In short, I am enjoying my womanhood even though others probably know I wasn't born a woman. Thanks for such a great subject.\nHugs, Sally\nRobin Peterson July 27, 2016\nLucky for me winter will be here before we know it and everyone will be in pants. Then my problem will be do have have a nice butt in jeans...LOL, A no still too male.\nI read your blog daily and this is the best thing you have ever written! You are 100% right. Most of us are not at all passable, but if we make ourselves presentable, we can move easily through society. That is my experience. I fool no one, but simply go about my business dressed as a woman my age would and have never had a negative experience. The best part is that I usually make new friends every time I am out. Well said!\nThis is very interesting and I can definitely relate to the \"Trying to look too feminine\". After nearly 7 months of HRT, I get ma'am-ed about 50% of the time while in boy mode and I can make it 100% by just simply blowing in my hair and wearing a touch of eyeliner. Then I get all done up, wear a dress and bang. There you go sir. Annoying by very fascinating.\nThe age old question - do I pass? I have no one to give me the critical final once over, and it would be a comfort. I have a good style sense and as a professional actor know my way around the make up table. But I don't have a close personal coach. 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Based on a real Al Jazeera investigation, the user has to interact with hackers, coders, and activists to collect the maximum amount of information in the shortest possible time without risking the safety of sources and without getting hacked. Exciting real life journalism presented in an immersive game format that results in a personalised experience of a serious news story.\nPoland \u2022 2016 \u2022 00:24 \u2022 Drama \u2022 New Talent\n1. Structural or functional evolution of an organism towards higher chance of survival. 2. Process of an individual becoming better suited to environment and more resistant to outer stress. 3. The ability of eyesight to adjust to seeing in the dark.\nSpain, France \u2022 2016 \u2022 01:25 \u2022 Documentary \u2022 Competition\nThe film follows Ada Colau for one year, from her time spent organizing the anti-eviction fight in Barcelona to her election as mayor. The intimate chronicle featuring Colau\u2019s own video diary and privileged access to the inner-workings of a new citizen platform reveals an extraordinary journey in which two prevalent themes are united: a historic victory illustrative of the political changes taking place in southern Europe, and the inner struggle of someone who fears becoming what she has so often questioned.\nNorway, Palestine \u2022 2016 \u2022 01:20 \u2022 Reportage and Investigation \u2022 Competition\nA raw, first-person account of the last war in Gaza, July 2014. Mohamed Jabaly, a young man from Gaza City, joins an ambulance crew as war approaches. What is it like to grow up under constant threat? How can Mohamed find his place in a country under siege, where at times there seems to be no foreseeable future? We experience the war through Mohamed\u2019s eyes as he comes of age among broken bodies, terrified families, and the constant risk of sudden death.\nThis transmedia project encourages the audience to examine the society in which they live, their rigid personal and collective beliefs, and the impact these have on others. It is an interactive narrative of eight love stories, all condemned by society. Each episode comprises a short documentary, insight into the cultural context of the country and the consequent issues faced by the couple, and the work of a local photographer. A call for personal testimonies invites internet users to share their own experiences.\nCanada \u2022 2016 \u2022 01:38 \u2022 Documentary \u2022 Competition\nA tale of revenge, change of heart, and forgiveness. In the wake of 9/11, Mark Stroman was sentenced to death in Texas for having murdered two immigrants he believed to be Arabs. While on death row, his hatred crumbled away as he began to question his most unwavering beliefs. At the same time, Rais Bhuiyan, the sole survivor of his shooting spree, led a campaign to appeal Stroman\u2019s sentence in the name of Islam. A human drama with a powerful message of hope.\nIndia \u2022 2016 \u2022 01:38 \u2022 Reportage and Investigation \u2022 Competition\nA non-fiction drama chronicling the most outrageous political debut in the largest democracy in the world. The film follows Arvind Kejriwal and his insurgent party as they look to shake up Indian politics while struggling to keep their own idealism alive. Capturing moments of triumph and despair, the film is a moving cinematic journey through the narrow lanes of Delhi\u2019s slums to the closed corridors of political power.\nBelgium, Poland \u2022 2016 \u2022 00:14 \u2022 Documentary \u2022 New Talent\nThis documentary follows a 7-year-old from the children\u2019s home she lives in to the kennels where her dog is kept. Angelika moves with courage and determination. The director films her with a sensitive and intimate approach, as the girl seems to recall warmer times, thanks to the affection offered to her by her locked-up dog. It was made as part of the \u201cRegards Crois\u00e9s\u201d project, a collaboration between young artists from Brussels and Lodz.\nSeal hunting, which is as important culturally as it is financially to the Inuit way of life, has been a controversial subject for a long time. But a new generation of Inuit, inspired by feelings of injustice and gifted with a remarkable sense of humour, is taking advantage of social media (#sealfie) to confront the opponents of this practice and to insert themselves into the running dialogue within international authorities.\nAustralia \u2022 2016 \u2022 00:50 \u2022 Reportage and Investigation \u2022 Competition\nThis film revealed the shocking truth about the treatment of children behind bars in the Northern Territory of Australia. A system that\u2019s jailed 10 year olds, and placed 13 year olds in solitary confinement. A place where young offenders have been stripped naked, assaulted, gassed, and placed in restraint chairs. The image of one boy, hooded & shackled to a chair, sent shockwaves around the world & prompted an immediate public inquiry.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 156, "original_length": 6839, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 254.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.fitnyc.edu/admissions/apply/international-students/index.php", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:17Z", "digest": "sha1:U4QY7HCBPPUL7GRFZY7AXDWT42DLS3CC", "length": 3060, "nlines": 27, "source_domain": "www.fitnyc.edu", "title": "Undergraduate International Applicants | Fashion Institute of Technology", "raw_content": "Home / Admissions / Apply / International Students\nMore than 8% of FIT's students come from outside the United States. We are proud to be a diverse institution preparing students for a global economy.\nWhen applying to FIT, here are a few additional items to consider.\nIf you attended secondary or post-secondary school(s) outside the U.S., you must have your credentials from those schools evaluated by a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services. To ensure that your evaluation includes all of the information FIT requires, please note:\nFIT's requirements may differ from the evaluator's country-specific requirements.\nFIT requires secondary school documents from all applicants, including transfer applicants who have completed post-secondary study.\nAll schools attended must be listed on the NACES member application.\nAll applicants educated outside the U.S. must have their credentials evaluated by a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services.\nATTENTION: Evaluations constitute non-binding advisory opinions only. Where FIT's assessment of any credential(s) differs from that the evaluator, FIT makes all final determinations regarding course/grade/credit/GPA equivalencies, degree equivalencies, and the award of any transfer credit for coursework completed (as provided in FIT's transfer credit evaluation).\nApplicants with Three-Year Bachelor's Degrees\nRegardless of the outcome of the evaluation, FIT does not recognize the three-year bachelor's degree (from India, for example) as equivalent to a U.S. bachelor's degree.\nA current TOEFL, IELTS, or PTE score is required.\nTOEFL: A minimum TOEFL IBT score of 80 must be met.\nIELTS: A minimum band score of 6.5 in the academic module must be met.\nPTE: A minimum score of 53 must be met.\nYour scores must be no more than two years old from the date of anticipated enrollment.\nEven if you have completed an English composition course at a college in the United States, you must still take the TOEFL, IELTS, or PTE.\nStudents who have completed less than four years of English (not ESL) at a U.S. high school are required to take the TOEFL, IELTS, or PTE.\nSchedule an Exam or Obtain Score Reports\nTOEFL or call (609) 771-7100\nApplicants who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. must provide a permanent home mailing address outside the U.S. Please provide a temporary mailing address where you wish us to mail correspondence. Please indicate whether you are a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.\nIf you require F-1 student status to study at FIT, you must submit the International Student Financial Statement (ISFS) after you have been admitted. This is the only document accepted by FIT for issuance of the I-20 Form, Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant (F-1) Student Status, which is needed to apply for an F-1 visa.\n\u00bb Obtaining an F-1 Visa\nFIT does not accept the following forms included in the SUNY application:\nFSA-2 (Autobiographical Essay)\nFSA-3 (English Proficiency Report)\nFSA-4 (Foreign Student Financial Statement)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 133, "original_length": 5321, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 226.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.foodreference.com/html/fmacaroon.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:20:20Z", "digest": "sha1:QCINGQXRSO4BG5B3WGTTLEM3FXRXYFM4", "length": 161, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.foodreference.com", "title": "Macaroon : Food Facts & Trivia", "raw_content": "Macaroons, small cookies made from ground almonds, sugar and egg whites, probably originated in Venice in the 14th or 15th century.\nM&Ms to MANGOSTEEN > Macaroon", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 19, "original_length": 1768, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 115.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.fortthomasmatters.com/2018/07/fort-thomas-police-department-to-deploy.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:06:16Z", "digest": "sha1:TVATCQ3QBNOZTINGU3TREYZJBY66UTQP", "length": 6018, "nlines": 26, "source_domain": "www.fortthomasmatters.com", "title": "FORT THOMAS MATTERS: Fort Thomas Police Department to Deploy Officer in New Role as School Resource Officer", "raw_content": "Fort Thomas Police Department to Deploy Officer in New Role as School Resource Officer\nFort Thomas Independent Schools, the City of Fort Thomas, as well as St. Thomas and St. Catherine Schools have jointly agreed to deploy a Fort Thomas Police Officer as a dedicated Student Resource Officer to be housed within the Fort Thomas Independent School District and the two Parochial Schools within the city.\nFort Thomas Officer, Zac Rohlfer, will move into his new role starting this school year.\nThe agreement comes after months of talks between the schools and the city and was introduced simultaneously during the Fort Thomas Independent School Board of Education meeting and the City Council meetings on July 16. Both boards passed the agreements unanimously.\nThe agreement is for one year and will be financed by the City of Fort Thomas for the 2018-2019 school year.\nAccording to the National Association of School Resource Officers, researchers at Canada\u2019s Carleton University conducted a two-year study of an SRO program in the Regional Municipality of Peel. In their 2018 report, they concluded that for every dollar invested in the program, a minimum of $11.13 of social and economic value was created.\n\u201cWe meet annually with the schools prior to each school year. In those meetings and through the course of the year this topic has come up repeatedly because of the events nationally,\u201d said Ron Dill, City Administrative Officer. \u201cThis year because we are fully staffed, the police department felt they could place an officer in as an SRO for this year.\nWe\u2019ve had a great collaboration with the schools and we wanted to be certain that we include the parochial schools because they are also in our community and can be served the same way. It\u2019s important for our residents to know if their children are in our schools, in our city, that we are equally concerned with them regardless of their school location, whether it\u2019s the independent school district or at a parochial school.\u201d\nRohlfer, who was selected as the SRO by the Fort Thomas Police Department, will maintain an office at Highlands High School. Newly minted Police Chief, Casey Kilgore, said that the timing was perfect.\n\u201cWe\u2019re very excited and we\u2019re very happy for this new position. We\u2019ve had questions from several people throughout the community about the SRO program, and we felt the time was right to do it now that we could get one of our own officers could serve in that capacity on a full-time basis.\nThe timing of it worked out so well. We barely got him into the SRO class that started Monday. There was only one seat left when we decided whom we were going to pick. We got him in for today so we\u2019re happy.\u201d\nRohlfer has been with the Fort Thomas Police Department for his entire career, hired in 2008. He will perform a regular workweek of hours with such hours and pay to be based on duties and pay equivalent to a regular police officer.\n\u201cI\u2019m most excited to get to interact with students regularly and hope it allows them to have far more good interactions with an officer,\u201d said Rohlfer. \u201cMy main goal, initially, is to form relationships with the schools and make sure together we're doing everything possible to keep students safe.\u201d\nJamee Flaherty, Assistant Superintendent of Student Services in the Fort Thomas Independent School District, outlined the responsibilities for Rohlfer during the Board of Education meeting, Monday.\nShe said that in addition to being the first point of contact for all visitors and serving as the liaison between the schools and the police department, Rohlfer would have some instruction responsibilities within the schools as well.\n\u201cThere is an educational opportunity that will go beyond just being in the buildings. We hope to have engagement in classrooms with formal interaction with students at each school regarding citizenship and bullying, offensive behavior, drugs, violations of city ordinances, state laws, school policies or any other conduct that\u2019s expected of students.\n\u201cWe\u2019re very excited about the partnership and that the city\u2019s in a position to provide an officer to be involved with our students at the outset of each day.\u201d\nShe said that when requested by the principal, the SRO could be involved in parent or faculty meetings to support and understand the program.\nAdditionally, Rohlfer will be available for conferences with students, parents and faculty members to assist them with problems of law enforcement or of a crime prevention nature. He\u2019ll also assist the principals with developing plans and strategies to prevent or minimize dangerous situations. But Rohlfer will not be the school disciplinarian.\n\u201cThat\u2019s a school responsibility,\u201d said Flaherty. \u201cThe SRO is also not to be used for regularly assigned lunchroom duties, as hall monitors, or other monitoring duties.\u201d\nThe most recent available data on how many districts employ a SRO comes from a 2018 report by the National Center for Education Statistics (a part of the U.S. Department of Education), based on a survey of public schools conducted in the spring of 2016. The Center reported that 42 percent of public schools reported that they had at least one SRO present at least one day a week during the 2015-2016 academic year.\nSince then, it\u2019s widely thought that that number has increased significantly.\n\u201cHaving a police presence within our schools is going to be a positive experience for the students, staff, and our community,\u201d said Dr. Karen Cheser, Superintendent of Fort Thomas Independent Schools. \u201cWe feel strongly that basing Officer Rohlfer at Highlands High School, with him also being available to our other schools in the city, is going to allow him to build rapport with everyone within the district. Our District has always been forward thinking and this is another step in that direction.\u201d\nLabels: Fort Thomas Police Department, School Resource Officer\nJulie Viltrakis July 19, 2018 at 1:47 PM\nZac will be amazing at this!!! He is such a great fun guy and wonderful with kids!! Congrats to Zac!!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 402, "original_length": 16615, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 225.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.foryoursociety.com/category/world/international-law/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:35Z", "digest": "sha1:422UWB3EAZBLIW2AFKUEVUXNKT6CQJFI", "length": 9767, "nlines": 37, "source_domain": "www.foryoursociety.com", "title": "Category: International Law | For Your Society", "raw_content": "International Law / World | Video\n\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 General Motors sued, accused of ignoring racism | Al Jazeera English\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AiqAN8MTYc\nThe world\u2019s largest carmaker is offering a $25,000 reward for information about a string of racist threats at one of its plants. Graffiti and nooses were found at a General Motors factory in the US state of Ohio almost two years ago. Now the company is being sued by former employees who say it did little to combat racism. Al Jazeera's John Hendren has more from Toledo, Ohio. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #GeneralMotors #Racism #RacismAtGM\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVbRLcFbXaM\nAuthorities in the Philippines have arrested journalist Maria Ressa, who leads a news website that has clashed with President Rodrigo Duterte's administration. In a live stream posted by Rappler on Wednesday, officials of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) cybercrime unit were shown speaking to Ressa inside the news website's headquarters. The NBI is a government agency under the Department of Justice. Rappler earlier said that an officer has prohibited its journalists from taking photos and videos inside her office, where the arrest warrant was served. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LQt9CGfSDM\nChina's alleged treatment of Uighur Muslims has sparked an international outcry. This week, Turkey's Ministry of Foreign affairs released a statement, accusing China of torturing Uighurs in these camps and subjecting them to political brainwashing. Turkey also stated it had information that the Uighur folk poet Abduraheem Hayat, who has been detained for over two years, had died under China's custody. But state-owned China Radio International's Turkish edition released this video to show that the poet is still, in fact, alive. Al Jazeera's Andrew Chappelle has more. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDAC93n-WHI\nApple and Google are being pressed to remove an app that lets men track their wives and daughters in Saudi Arabia. In a letter addressed to the CEOs of both tech giants, US Senator Ron Wyden requested that Apple's App Store and the Google Play Store stop promoting the Saudi e-government portal \"Absher\" which he said was being used to continue the \"abhorrent surveillance and control of women\". Available to download for free, Absher allows Saudi citizens and residents to access a host of services including getting a passport, a birth certificate or paying traffic violations. Political science professor Bessma Momani tells Al Jazeera that while the app is an example of gender discrimination, it does make it easier for women to travel by replacing the need for filing paperwork. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axfs6d4gJSI\nDuring the second world war, hundreds of thousands of African men joined the British army. Many endured prejudice during the war and neglect afterwards, as they received smaller salaries and pensions than British soldiers. As the number of African veterans that are still alive dwindles, there are growing calls to acknowledge the sacrifice made the African troops. Al Jazeera's Katia Lopez Hoda-yan reports. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGuZiRuESgU\nAt least five people have died in anti-government protests in Haiti which have been ongoing for almost a week. There is anger over rising costs, economic stagnation and corruption. Demonstrators want President Jovenel Moise to step down. Al Jazeera's Laura Burdon-Manley has more. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/\n\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf7 Iran\u2019s govt blamed for failing economy 40 years later | Al Jazeera English\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d6J_7zd6Tc\nUnemployment and economic inequality were among the biggest factors behind Iran's Islamic Revolution in 1979 when millions of people brought down a corrupt monarchy. Forty years later many say they are yet to see the prosperity they were promised. Al Jazeera's Zein Basravi reports from Tehran. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Iran #IranianEconomy #IranSanctions\n\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded Thailand to free Bahraini refugee footballer Hakeem al-Araibi | Al Jazeera English\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7wmEo4Eq6I\nThailand will free a Bahraini footballer, arrested more than two months ago after Bahrain abandoned its bid to seek his extradition, a prosecutor in the case has said. Monday's decision comes after the 25-year-old footballer Hakeem al-Araibi was jailed for weeks in Bangkok's Klong Prem Remand Prison. Bahrain wanted him returned to serve a 10-year prison sentence he received in absentia in 2014 for an arson attack that damaged a police station. Al-Araibi denies those charges. Al-Araibi, who fled Bahrain in 2014 and received refugee status in Australia, was arrested in November at a Bangkok airport while on his honeymoon following an Interpol notice issued at Bahrain's request. Al Jazeera's Wayne Hay reports from Bangkok. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/\n\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udde6 Adel al-Jubeir: \u2018We\u2019ll investigate Khashoggi murder on our own\u2019 | Al Jazeera English\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCmIpSch4g4\nSaudi Arabia doesn't need a United Nations-led probe or an international investigation into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi because its \"competent legal system\" can handle the matter, said its minister of state for foreign affairs. Adel al-Jubeir told the US TV programme Face the Nation on Sunday that the October 2 slaying of the journalist inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul was \"a massive tragedy\" and denied it was sanctioned by Saudi Arabia's leadership. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #khashoggi #AdelAlJubeir #SaudiArabia\n\ud83c\uddfb\ud83c\uddea Venezuela\u2019s vulnerable elderly on a lonely quest for survival | Al Jazeera English\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlcJZi22ojA\nIn a country with so many desperate needs, hyperinflation has led to widespread poverty and scarcity of almost everything in Venezuela. Venezuela's economic hardship has been especially painful for vulnerable elderly people. Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman went to a care home to see how residents are coping. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Venezuela #VenezuelaCrisis #VenezuelaElderly\nThere\u2019s Still No Inflationary Pressure in the Economy\nToday\u2019s Secret Code Phrase\nPBS NewsHour full episode, November 9, 2018\nAP Explains: Trump targets birthright, stokes fear\nMigrant caravan struggles each day for food, care and shelter | Al Jazeera English\nPessimism Looms Over Prospect of a Sweeping China Trade Deal\nParis to Pittsburgh - Full Episode | National Geographic\nFacebook Finally Removes Another 22 Alex Jones Accounts\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMiJCClj_uY (12 Nov 2018) A camp founded by a Ukrainian nationalist group teaches children to use assault rifles to kill Russians and their sympathizers. They are also being inculcated with nationalist ideology, including derision of LGBT rights. (Nov. 12) Subscribe for more Breaking News: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Website: https://apnews.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP Facebook: https://facebook.com/APNews Google+: https://plus.google.com/115892241801867723374 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ \u200b You can license this...\nWASHINGTON \u2014 The day after President Trump announced his support for a bipartisan criminal justice overhaul bill in the Roosevelt Room, Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, arrived in the Oval Office to give him a dose of political reality. He was not going to bring the bill to the Senate floor until next year, Mr. McConnell told the president....\nFormer Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke attends his sentencing hearing in Chicago for the 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald.Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/AP/Pool Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Jason Van Dyke, the white former Chicago police officer who was convicted of second-degree murder in October for killing black 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in 2014, has been sentenced...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 203, "original_length": 15121, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 227.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.francescadalfonso.com/portfolio/ef10-11-12-ceramic-sculpture/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:42:28Z", "digest": "sha1:XESS226JVPGKQ7LZIB5NAXXFKB5ZFG5R", "length": 37, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.francescadalfonso.com", "title": "Esencia f\u00f3sil Ceramic sculpture Francesca D'Alfonsofrancesca d'alfonso _ sculpture", "raw_content": "(180 x 150 x 25 cm) Ceramic sculpture", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 866, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.68, "perplexity": 186.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.froginawell.net/china/2010/05/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:48Z", "digest": "sha1:3VJIA3YSGTK4STUCWMTVBZZ744MV5UCL", "length": 9808, "nlines": 36, "source_domain": "www.froginawell.net", "title": "May \u2013 2010 \u2013 Frog in a Well China", "raw_content": "The Will of a Traitor\nChina-Korea\nThere is a lot of treason to be found in the vicinity of LOC number DS777.5195.W34 in the Harvard-Yenching library. It\u2019s Wang Jingwei (\u6c6a\u7cbe\u885b) territory, infamous puppet lord of wartime occupied China, and reviled former patriot turned running dog of Japanese imperialism. He is also known as Wang Zhaoming (\u6c6a\u5146\u9298 Wang Chao-ming), Wang Jingwei being his pen name. On the shelves nearby we find books by and on his underlings Chen Gongbo and Zhou Fohai, equally reviled figures who lived long enough to go on trial for being Chinese traitors, or hanjian (\u6f22\u5978).\nIn the Harvard-Yenching library\u2019s English language collections, this section houses an unusual volume only a few pages in length:\nWill of Wang Chao-Ming\nTranslated by Bonggi Kim\nThe Korean Republic\nIt opens, \u201cThis translation of Wang Chao-ming\u2019s will into English is intended to look into his cause in collaborating with imperialist Japan.\u201d1 Following a short introduction is the dozen page translation of what claims to be Wang Jingwei\u2019s final written testament. It is signed October, 1944 \u2014 he would die in November, before Japan\u2019s defeat and the text is now known as \u201cMy Final State of Mind\u201d (\u6211\u6700\u5f8c\u4e4b\u5fc3\u60c5), a document whose authenticity has been contested ever since the original was first published in the Hong Kong Chunqiu (\u6625\u79cb) in early 1964.2 Its publication was also widely reported in Japan, including the English language Japan Times.3\nJustifying Collaboration\nThis text attributed to Wang, if real, is of historical interest because its author offers detailed justifications for collaboration with Japan, and writes about his plans for the postwar period.4 \u201cWe planned to hand over to the Nationalist government the areas recovered from the enemy occupation,\u201d he writes, though at the time, the \u201cenemy\u201d Japan is his military ally. Using the famous \u201cShield\u201d argument used to justify Vichy collaboration with Nazi Germany, Wang goes on to say, \u201cthe Nanjing government entered into an alliance with Japan as a means to fight for lost sovereignty and get as many materials as possible under Japanese occupation.\u201d5 He writes of his successes so far in supporting Japan\u2019s war effort including the overturning of unequal treaties, recovering foreign concessions, and claims that he has \u201cnot tolerated any foreign intervention in domestic affairs\u2026\u201d6 He worries about the fate of Manchuria, which Japan refuses to return to China, but claims that he must press on in his efforts. \u201cI am well aware of the forthcoming surrender of Japan,\u201d and is optimistic since the Japanese show renewed sincerity in their negotiations with him.7\nIn his closing, Wang even expresses hope for the future of Sino-Japanese relations after Japan\u2019s defeat, which will ultimately hinge upon a thorough enlightenment of the Japanese people and the magnanimity of the Chinese government.8\nKim Bonggi \u2013 The Korean Translator\nThe translation of this text is, perhaps ironically, interesting for a similar reason. Following the copy of the translation, we find attached a letter from the translator, addressed to the chief librarian of the \u201cUniversity of Colombia\u201d in New York.9 In it, Kim writes with what can only be interpreted as a significant degree of sympathy for Wang. In the letter, dated August 10, 1964, we find the following passage.\nWang, A leading political figure in modern China, played a vital role in the formation of the country. His collaboration with the [sic] however, tarnished his image as the great patriot with lifelong devotion to his country.\nMany Chinese people, in fact, did not hesitate to call him a traitor, but others think that he was forced to bow to the inevitable and that what he did was a risk that had to be assumed in the interests of the Chinese people.\nWhether servile collaboration with the Japanese militarists is precisely the term for the acts of Wang is still open to debate, but it is not difficult to suppose that his actions proceeded from the difficulty of finding solutions to the problem of a war that had been dragging on with no end in sight. He strove to regain the lost sovereignty of the Chinese people, but he fell short of the affecting it despite his determination. Even his death was at one time rumored to be an unnatural one.\nWhatever his real motive was, it cannot be denied that the last words of Wang himself will be helpful in determining why he made the decision to establish the Nanking government with the support of the invading Japanese. As far as his will is concerned, it is apparent that he did not act for personal gain, but rather with the hope that he could restore the lost land of China through negotiations\u2014not through force of arms against the overwhelming odds with which China was forced at the time.\nIn order to avoid attaching undue significance to his real motives which resulted in the establishment of the Nanking regime in collaboration with the invading Japanese militarists, I had better refrain from commenting on the issue; nevertheless, I sincerely hope thet [sic] the material which I send you will be of some interest in helping your studies on matters that concern the modern history of China.\nKim Bonggi, born in 1921 or 1920, was one of the founders, in 1953, of the English language newspaper, The Korean Republic, and at the time of writing this letter, its \u201cPresident-Publisher.\u201d That newspaper later became The Korea Herald but during the anti-government protests and martial law atmosphere of 1964 it was, like most of South Korea\u2019s media, barely more than a propaganda pamphlet and devoid of criticism for the dictatorship of Park Chung-hee.\nAccording to this biographical entry, \uae40\ubd09\uae30(\u91d1\u9cf3\u57fa) was born in Seoul, graduated from Seoul University10 and held positions in two conservative newspapers, the Chungang ilbo and Chos\u014fn ilbo, as well as serving on the council of the Asian People\u2019s Anti-Communist League.11\nWhat led Kim to translate this Chinese text into English, or even if he merely posed as its real translator, go through the trouble to have it sent to an American university?\nKim was under 25 at the time of Japan\u2019s defeat in 1945 so this did not leave him much time to progress along the careers paths under Japanese colonialism that could have given him the brand of collaborator.12 However, at the peak of Japan\u2019s power in 1942, he was surely old enough to have been caught up in the excitement of Japan\u2019s seemingly unstoppable military advances against the colonial powers of the West or to at least have begun thinking about what his place would be as a Korean in a Japanese empire.\nOn the highly symbolic March 1st and August 15th anniversaries in 1964, Kim\u2019s Korean Republic was filled with stories of a valiant Korean resistance to Japan and reported on celebrations commemorating Korea\u2019s final liberation from its colonial master, but reading Kim\u2019s August letter I think we can see clearly the sympathy many Koreans who had lived through the Japanese colonial period felt for the collaborator\u2019s dilemma, and believed, though they might be careful where and how they expressed their views, that even despised figures like Wang Jingwei might ultimately be remembered one day as national heroes.13\nUPDATE: For one more location which has a more rich, if very dated, discussion about the mysterious document and the controversy surrounding it, see John Hunter Boyle\u2019s bibliographical note in his China and Japan at War, 1937-45: The Politics of Collaboration (1972) on pages 395-397.\nWang Jingwei, Kim Bonggi trans. Will of Wang Chao-Ming Unpublished manuscript in Harvard-Yenching library. Hollis number 009048141. [\u21a9]\nSee \u6c88\u7acb\u884c \u300a\u6c6a\u7cbe\u536b\u7684\u300a\u65e5\u8bb0\u300b\u548c\u201c\u9057\u5631\u201d\u4e4b\u8c1c\u300b\u7eb5\u6a2a 2000.2, 56-57 for an inconclusive discussion of its authenticity. [\u21a9]\nI haven\u2019t checked the microfilm of their early May, 1964 issues to see if their reporting on the will included any translation of the document but if they did, it might be interesting to compare it to Kim\u2019s. [\u21a9]\nThe Chinese text can be found online at \u4eba\u6c11\u7f51 here as of 2010.4.12. Wang Jingwei justified his collaboration in a number of other texts as well, including in a March 30, 1939 open letter \u201cA Reply to an Overseas Chinese\u201d (\u590d\u534e\u4fa8\u67d0\u541b\u4e66). See \u5289\u5091 \u300c\u6c6a\u5146\u9298\u3068\u300c\u5357\u4eac\u56fd\u6c11\u653f\u5e9c\u300d\u2015\u5354\u529b\u3068\u62b5\u6297\u306e\u9593 in \u5289\u5091, \u694a\u5927\u6176, \u4e09\u8c37\u535a eds. \u300e\u56fd\u5883\u3092\u8d8a\u3048\u308b\u6b74\u53f2\u8a8d\u8b58\u2015\u65e5\u4e2d\u5bfe\u8a71\u306e\u8a66\u307f\u300f (Tokyo, \u6771\u4eac\u5927\u5b66\u51fa\u7248\u4f1a 2006) for the full text in Japanese. [\u21a9]\nIt is remarkable that he sees only the need for the magnanimity of Chinese government policy, and not by the Chinese people who suffered under Japanese occupation. The original Chinese is, \u201c\u5c07\u4f86\u6230\u5f8c\u5169\u570b\u80fd\u5426\u6709\u81ea\u52d5\u63d0\u651c\uff0c\u4e92\u5229\u4e92\u8cf4\uff0c\u4ecd\u6709\u8cf4\u4e8e\u65e5\u672c\u6c11\u65cf\u4e4b\u5fb9\u5e95\u89ba\u609f\uff0c\u53ca\u6211\u653f\u5e9c\u5c0d\u65e5\u4e4b\u5bec\u5927\u653f\u7b56\u3002\u201d [\u21a9]\nI assume Columbia University Starr East Asia library has the original letter and document. A CLIO library search reveals an entry for the translation and attached letter located at DS778.W3 [\u21a9]\nUnless he actually graduated from the Japanese run Keij\u014d Imperial University and someone changed the name to its postwar equivalent, this would seem to suggest he completed his university education after the summer of 1946. [\u21a9]\n\u4e9e\u7d30\u4e9e\u53cd\u5171\u806f\u76df in Korea, these organizations, founded throughout Asia in the 1950s still exist but have changed their names. They are national chapters of the World League for Freedom and Democracy, formerly the World Anti-Communist League. Kim was also involved in the \u5927\u97d3\u516c\u8ad6\u793e, which appears to have published a number of things, but I don\u2019t know much about the organization. [\u21a9]\nSomeone by the name \uae40\ubd09\uae30(\u91d1\u9cf3\u57fa) is listed on a recently published list of suspected Japanese collaborators, in the category of \u201cpro-Japanese\u201d organizations, but I am not sure this is the same person. Another \uae40\ubd09\uae30(\u91d1\u9cf3\u57fa) was executed in 1907 for his anti-Japanese resistance efforts. [\u21a9]\nThe political cartoon shown here is by \u9ea6\u975e, and can be found in \u6c88\u5efa\u4e2d ed. \u6297\u6218\u6f2b\u753b (Shanghai, \u4e0a\u6d77\u79d1\u5b66\u9662\u51fa\u7248\u793e, 2005), 206. [\u21a9]\nDid you know that May 4th is Star Wars Day? Yet another example of how history piles up.\nComments Off on May Fourth", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 317, "original_length": 14231, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 310.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.frontlinegenomics.com/blog/7659/movie-review-road/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:57:00Z", "digest": "sha1:PDKUXXCL4FKQA4WXJ2YQ6UPEUAXHHCEC", "length": 3204, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.frontlinegenomics.com", "title": "MOVIE REVIEW: On the road again | Front Line Genomics", "raw_content": "MOVIE REVIEW: On the road again\nAn action movie franchise that leaps straight out of the history books to give you an outrageous look at how the world could end up. Carl Smith reviews Mad Max:Fury Road.\nTwo movies were up for review for this issue of the magazine. X-Men: Apocalypse, and Star Trek Beyond. One offering us an intriguing look at the prejudices associated with human genetics in society, the other giving us a look at the nature of space exploration and man\u2019s responsibility to harness technology for peaceful and intellectual means. Unfortunately, both movies were extraordinarily boring. You can\u2019t help but leave the movies feeling that you\u2019ve seen it all before. So rather than tell you why you shouldn\u2019t watch either of those movies until they appear on Netflix and you\u2019re already pretty bored, we thought we\u2019d bring you a cinematic gem that didn\u2019t get the FLG treatment upon it\u2019s release. Mad Max: Fury Road.\nJust in case there are some of you out there who don\u2019t know, Mad Max was a reasonably popular series of movies that catapulted Mel Gibson onto our screens. The last of the trilogy (Beyond Thunderdome) graced our screens back in 1985. In those 30 years, a tremendous amount has happened in the world we live in. Surprisingly, not a lot has changed in the Australian wasteland we remember Mad Max patrolling as the Road Warrior.\nThat\u2019s what really makes this movie special. It\u2019s not trying to fit itself into the current template of major Hollywood action blockbusters. It doesn\u2019t have an over complicated, or \u2018clever\u2019 plot, it isn\u2019t bathed in CGI, it isn\u2019t making any grand statement or commentary. It\u2019s just a very fun movie, that\u2019s doing it\u2019s own thing exceptionally well, and is seriously cool.\nOn paper, this movie shouldn\u2019t work. The titular character is essentially a fringe player with a handful of lines. The majority of the movie is one very long car chase. And it makes very little sense. So why did it work? It made millions at the box office, because it does the simple things very well and delivers what it\u2019s audience wants: to be entertained.\nWe work in a field with a staggering amount of start-ups popping up all over the place. Some fail, some go on to achieve great things. Fury Road is demonstration of an important lesson: if you do the basics right and give your target demographic what they want, you\u2019ll do very well.\nThis movie could very easily have gone a different way. George Miller could very well have looked at today\u2019s Hollywood blockbusters and just put a Mad Max skin on that formula. It would have been forgotten pretty quickly. Instead, he has put something out there that not only differentiated itself, but helped to reset the bar as to what you should expect from an action movie: something outrageously cool. If you haven\u2019t seen it already, go make some pop corn and settle in for a good time.\nVerdict: GREAT \u2013 8/10\n\u201cAn epic car chase through the desert, with flames, guitars, big wheels, eye-popping visuals, and breath-taking stunts. Asking for more would be greedy.\u201d\nThe guitar car\nCould have made a little more of Max\nIf you don\u2019t like chase scenes, this probably isn\u2019t the movie for you\nImmortan Joe is a little too slapstick at times", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 51, "original_length": 4178, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 252.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2009/03/prosperity-myth-and-liberty/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:19Z", "digest": "sha1:PLJZHHBD36YNKXKFG6DF6UAHN77EKWPK", "length": 16249, "nlines": 51, "source_domain": "www.frontporchrepublic.com", "title": "Prosperity, Myth and Liberty | Front Porch Republic", "raw_content": "Home Articles Economics & Empire Prosperity, Myth and Liberty\nProsperity, Myth and Liberty\nE.D. Kain identifies a paradox in modern American conservatism that will be familiar to students of George Grant. Forty years ago, Grant wrote this in his essay, \u201cIn Defence of North America\u201d:\nIt may be inded that, like most of us, the \u2018right\u2019 want it both ways. They want to maintain certain moral customs, freedoms of property and even racial rights which are not in fact compatible with advancing technological civilisation. Be that as it may, the North American \u2018right\u2019 believes firmly in technical advance. Indeed its claim is that in the past the mixture of individualism and public order it has espoused has been reponsible for the triumphs of technique in our society.\nAt the root of this desire to have it both ways, indeed to \u201chave it all,\u201d is the belief in progress. Crucial to sustaining the myth that progress is both possible and desirable is the intensified exploitation of nature through technology, which necessarily means the greater mechanization of life and the deepening dependence of everyone on this technology. In the end, this must eventually mean the exhaustion of nature and the discovery that we advanced as far as we did at the expense of later generations who will have to make do with even less. In truth, then, we have not made any permanent progress, but have prepared coming generations for a painful correction as they pay for the gains we already enjoyed. As ingenious as research into various forms of alternative energy undoubtedly is, the creation of these new technologies is an attempt to accommodate appetites rather than curb them and to evade significant changes in behavior for as long as possible. Equally important to keeping the myth alive is the obscuring or indeed denial of real costs, or indeed the celebration of devastation as proof of progress. As I said a few years ago in response to the mentality that we can \u201chave it all\u201d:\nWe know perfectly well that \u201cmaterial advancement\u201d results from this system (at least for a while)\u2013that is, if I may be so bold, precisely one of the things wrong with it. It assumes that endless material advancement is good in itself and that it has no serious, negative consequences for human life.\nAs Professor Deneen has argued elsewhere, the very habits we cultivate as consumers may in the end sabotage our economic and political life:\nYet, what if we were to widen our aperture a bit and consider whether a nation of self-defined consumers is a good thing? What if the very self-definition of ourselves as \u201cconsumers\u201d \u2013 now used unselfconsciously as the one universally valid term to describe Americans (not \u201cworkers\u201d and certainly not \u201ccitizens\u201d) \u2013 is deeply damaging to the civic and moral culture of a nation? What if economic and political policies that promote consumption over good, hard work induce very bad habits that in turn lead to very bad economic outcomes?\nAs he observed again on Monday, all current policy debates are focused on how best to rehabilitate an unstable and unhealthy system and revive the bad habits that brought about its implosion, and all the while avoiding any responsibility ourselves for our role in any of it:\nWe are proposing \u2013 without any debate, discussion or reflection \u2013 to, as best we can, reconstitute the economic \u201cengine\u201d that now, and then, too, mercilessly displaces people from positions when cheaper labor can be found, and just as much has sought to collectively reshape the American and world landscape so that it is as uniform and commercially homogeneous as possible, an economy dictated by and trapped in the throes of short-term thinking. We are witlessly striving to shore up the massive concentrations of private corporate power by means of increasing concentrations of \u201cpublic\u201d power \u2013 \u201cpublic\u201d only insofar as it remains deeply beholden to, and enmeshed in, the success of those massive private entities. Rather than entertaining the possibility that a private organization that is too big to fail is perhaps for that reason too big to exist, we instead like narcotized adolescents accept that Big Daddy will take care of us in the end and we bear no special burden to consider our own complicity in what has befallen us. We are content to look elsewhere for the perpetrator of crimes against our innocence \u2013 if on the Left, to blame to greedy corporate interests (as if we have not been blithely shopping at Wal-Mart or Target or Home Depot while local shops have withered on the vine); or, if on the Right, to accuse the depredations of Government and especially Barney Frank. And, above all, we yearn to revisit our blithe state of unconscious belief that the good of life consists in getting what we want without cost, travail, or consequence.\nNo less important to maintain faith in progress is the false definition of freedom as the absence of restraint and restrictions. Concentrated wealth and power gain ground and are actually rewarded for their failures because they can provide \u201cwe want\u201d (though not without cost), and for the most part we have ceased to want real liberty and independence. Lukacs observed in At the End of an Age:\nProbably much more important and fundamental is something else: the decline of healthy appetites for freedom at the very time when, together with other phenomena of licentiousness, an immense coarsening of civilized life has risen all around us. In this respect\u2013illustrated by their behavior\u2013there is hardly any difference between conservatives and liberals, or between self-designated Rightists and Leftists.\nMaking a related point, Bacevich writes in The Limits of Power:\nAs individuals, our appetites and expectations have grown exponentially. Niebuhr once wrote disapprovingly of Americans, their \u201cculture soft and vulgar, equating joy with happiness and happiness with comfort.\u201d Were he alive today, Niebuhr might amend that judgment, with Americans increasingly equating comfort with self-indulgence.\nAnd freedom has been deformed to mean self-indulgence. This brings us to prosperity, which is ultimately not a material state but a moral and spiritual one, which is to say that it is a state of happiness or flourishing. We cannot enjoy prosperity if we misunderstand freedom and if we forget this other point Lukacs made:\nFreedom means the capacity to know something about oneself, and the consequent practice or at least the desire to live according to limits imposed on oneself rather than by external powers. This appetite for freedom is not extinct, not even in today\u2019s world; but the present \u201ccultural\u201d atmosphere provides something very different, indeed contrary to its proper nourishment.\nThe task before us, then, is to create an atmosphere conducive to the proper cultivation of this healthy appetite for freedom and to make clear what liberty it is we are seeking to restore.\nCross-posted at Eunomia\nE.D. Kain\nPrevious articleHomes, New and Old\nNext articleDavid Brooks Does (In) Edmund Burke\nDaniel Larison is a Ph.D. graduate from the University of Chicago, where he recently completed his dissertation on the sixth ecumenical council and the monothelete controversy. A convert to Orthodox Christianity since 2003, he serves as a reader at a local Russian Orthodox parish in the Chicago area. He is contributing editor at The American Conservative and writes a column for The Week online. His work has also appeared in The Dallas Morning News, The New Pantagruel and at Takimag.com. He writes on the blog Eunomia.\nEmpedocles March 4, 2009 at 5:43 pm\nNice post. Is Kunstler a contributor to Front Porch Republic or just listed in the blogrole on the right? His opinions would fit right in with the viewpoints of this site and would be a welcome addition of someone who (for some strange reason given his views) identifies himself as being on the left.\nDaniel Larison March 4, 2009 at 7:04 pm\nThanks. I believe all of the contributors are listed at the top of the page, but I may be wrong about that. I think it is certainly the case that many of us who are contributing here pay attention to what Kunstler is saying and have taken his arguments into account in making our own.\nChristopher March 4, 2009 at 7:15 pm\n\u201cRather than entertaining the possibility that a private organization that is too big to fail is perhaps for that reason too big to exist, we instead like narcotized adolescents accept that Big Daddy will take care of us in the end\u2026 \u201d\nThis is simply not true. If one take the time to actually follow the crises in detail, the realization that banking consolidation is a problem is not new. I guess this would not have given Mr. Deneen the literary chance to say \u201cnarcotized adolescents\u201d\u2026\n\u201cAnd, above all, we yearn to revisit our blithe state of unconscious belief that the good of life consists in getting what we want without cost, travail, or consequence.\u201d\nBAH! Give me a break. As a traditional conservative, and have never understood the agrarian, crunchy con, etc. tendency for gross exaggeration. This sentence is pure straw man\u2026\n\u201cNo less important to maintain faith in progress is the false definition of freedom as the absence of restraint and restrictions. \u201d\nLook around you, this is a central problem of the left, not the right. Property rights has always been a check on unfettered materialism (as counter intuitive as that sounds). It\u2019s your leftist friends who will make human beings an object of manufacture.\nAs to the proposition that there is no difference between right and left, that is just silly. I think you are confusing Big Business Libertarian GOP with the conservatives of various flavors. It\u2019s a common mistake\u2026\nRussell Arben Fox March 4, 2009 at 8:05 pm\n\u2026someone who (for some strange reason given his views) identifies himself as being on the left.\nI assume you write this, Empedocles, because you assume that the political left couldn\u2019t, or shouldn\u2019t, hold views friendly to cultural conservatism and localism? And that therefore anyone who holds said views ought to consider themselves on the right? But that\u2019s simply incorrect\u2013incorrect because, first, while \u201cleft\u201d and \u201cright\u201d remain at least minimally useful broad ideological categorizations the sort of specific viewpoint packages long associated with them have completely broken down and apart, and because, second, there are entirely legitimate \u201cleftist\u201d arguments of conservatism out there. Some of us, in fact, find them a lot more persuasive than those which label themselves as coming from the right\u2026\nPhilip Kibbey March 4, 2009 at 8:22 pm\nGreat piece. Although I do have one objection:\n\u201cAs ingenious as research into various forms of alternative energy undoubtedly is, the creation of these new technologies is an attempt to accommodate appetites rather than curb them and to evade significant changes in behavior for as long as possible.\u201d\nI\u2019m not sure this can be a blanket statement. It is true that there are some capitalists and those in the \u201cGreen Revolution\u201d that see renewable energy and sustainable technology as a way to evade changing behavior. But there are significant amounts of people investing and pushing for sustainable technologies that are trying to make it easier for changes in behavior to happen. It is difficult and impossible for a large amount of people to live truly sustainable lifestyles with the technology options available. But as new sustainable technologies develop, more and more people will hopefully have the resources for a sustainable lifestyle. I think now is the best time to educate people on what a sustainable lifestyle is and how to achieve it, so that their behaviors will change (over time), and they will embrace and use the new technologies in \u201cgood faith.\u201d Like I said, your position is true, but only partially. And the other side to the argument is crucial to help facilitate the true behavior change we all seek.\nWell I think that just as there are neo-cons and paleo-cons I think there are paleo-libs and neo-libs. The traditional left found it greatest support among labor groups which required the existence of big business for their own existence. They might have been against management, but they were comfortable with big business as long as it played by certain rules. The neo-libs are interested in economic localization. There many reasons for this movement: environmentalists support how localization reduces energy costs and protects local farmland from development, anti-corporate activists support local independent small businesses from corporate chains, economic activists argue for keeping dollars on the local community rather that going to Wall Street or China. Although all of these movements are associated with the Left, the Democratic party is the party of strong centralized government, not decentralized local government. The localization movement on the left still seems to love centralized political power. It is the Republicans who are mostly associated with Federalism, although through the neo-cons the Republican party has become the party of big government conservatism. Most of those who champion localization have not yet taken the step from local business to local government, but there is an opportunity for a new political coalition of the paleo-cons and neo-libs seeking decentralized government and to push power as far as possible to localities and to demand the ability to make decisions concerning the course of their communities. I used to think that if the Republicans can break the grip of the neo-cons, and re-brand their philosophy \u201clocalization\u201d rather than Federalism, they have the best chance of attracting those interested in localization. Now I think that this is probably not ever going to happen and sites like Front Porch Republic need to exist to bring paleo-cons and neo-libs together into something new.\nOh, and as far as Kunstler goes, he\u2019s artistically conservative in his painting and support of traditional small towns, he\u2019s socially conservative in his attacks on \u201ctattood barbarians\u201d and baggy pants, he\u2019s economically conservative in his protectionism and like for small business, he\u2019s politically conservative in his desire for localization. He\u2019s also a non-interventionist, and anti-immigration. He gets a %100 rating on the archconservative paleo-con scale \ud83d\ude42\nTim Rohde March 4, 2009 at 9:45 pm\nThis article is like water in the desert. I think the critique is spot on and the philosophical position regarding work and excess is spot on. I wish I could simply say that without reservation but I can\u2019t. For a free market to work there has to be some type of match between the need for goods and services and the need for labor. Even the rabid, undignified consumption spree that has characterized this country for the last 25 years or so hasn\u2019t created enough demand to employ people who want to be useful in useful positions.\nWe appear to be in the position of a slave culture. Big and growing gulf between rich and poor\u2026 disappearing middle class\u2026 labor costs set by people who live in abject conditions with few rights\u2026. Right now we can still point to exploited human beings in this slave relationship but every year we add more sophisticated automation. The day is practically upon us when the work of human hands will not be required for necessities. I understand and respect that you\u2019re talking about a far deeper philosophical problem regarding work and consumption but eventually an ideal must have an implementation path or its a dead end.\nI for one believe that automation is often a good thing and that automata can do things in sustainable ways where groups of humans never could. I just fear that this rocket ship of increased efficiency will simply leave most people permanently behind.\nDylan Hales March 4, 2009 at 10:27 pm\nI rather like Kunstler, but the evidence of his non-interventionism is speculative at best.\nVery good essay Daniel. I have written about the links between Richard Weavers anti-categorization and John Zerzan\u2019s anarcho-primitivism before. That may be a bridge too far for some, but these sort of strange parallels run across a broad spectrum, which is one of many reasons they ought to be taken seriously.\nIf you haven\u2019t read Jerry Mander\u2019s \u201cIn The Absence Of The Sacred\u201d you ought to.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 159, "original_length": 18422, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 292.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ft.lk/energy/Camso-Loadstar-launches-largest-rooftop-mounted-solar-system-in-bulk-consumer-category--2-8-MWp/10509-659704", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:28:23Z", "digest": "sha1:EFACMHV5SYCSQ6T6VISVG2BDKNK5HIPS", "length": 2424, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.ft.lk", "title": "Camso Loadstar launches largest rooftop mounted solar system in bulk consumer category: 2.8 MWp | FT Online", "raw_content": "Home / Energy/ Camso Loadstar launches largest rooftop mounted solar system in bulk consumer category: 2.8 MWp\nCamso Loadstar launches largest rooftop mounted solar system in bulk consumer category: 2.8 MWp\nCamso Loadstar, one of the leaders in the \u201coff the road\u201d tyre manufacturing in Sri Lanka, has launched the single largest roof top mounted solar system with a capacity of 2.8 MWp under the HT/I3 bulk consumer category in its largest manufacturing facility in Midigama.\nThis green initiative spans across a total roof area of approximately four acres which accounts for more than 2,000 tons of CO2 savings per annum, which in other words, is equivalent to more than 45,000 trees that could absorb CO2 annually. Further, it generates and delivers to the CEB grid, 34% of the day time demand of the Midigama factory.\nThis project was initiated as a support for the \u2018Sooryabla Sangramaya\u2019 initiative taken by the Sustainable Energy Authority under the Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy.\nCamso \u2013 The Road Free Company is a Canadian based multinational organisation which designs, develops and manufactures specialised tires, wheels, tracks, components, assemblies and sub-systems for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and after-market of \u2018off the road\u2019 vehicles. It operates in USA, Canada, Europe and Asia committing to be the best at satisfying customer needs at each location with a vast product portfolio of Construction Tires, Construction Tracks, Material Handling Tires, Agricultural Tracks and Power sports (Snow) Tracks. Most of these products are supplied to the assembly lines of the world leading OEMs like Toyota, John Deere, Bobcat, Komatsu, JCB and Caterpillar. Camso Loadstar is the Sri Lankan manufacturing division of Camso which operates with 5,500 employees in 10 manufacturing plants possessing a proud history of 34 years as the largest rubber based manufacturer and exporter in Sri Lanka. Recently Michelin has announced its intention to take over Camso and its subsidiaries. By joining forces with Camso, Michelin will create the world\u2019s number one OTR market player, headquartered in Quebec.\nThe single largest roof top mounted solar system is just the beginning for Camso Loadstar in its journey towards sustainable growth. Camso Loadstar Central Engineering Division will continue in expanding this initiative up to 7MWp covering the rest of the manufacturing facilities in Sri Lanka.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 188, "original_length": 7692, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 318.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.gadgetsboy.co.uk/htc-prepping-next-flagship-phone-launch-march-25/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:40Z", "digest": "sha1:XDMGZALEYGZLW2YYN3FIU5O575LQN2UP", "length": 1825, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.gadgetsboy.co.uk", "title": "HTC prepping next flagship phone launch on March 25", "raw_content": "You are at:Home\u00bbAndroid\u00bbHTC prepping next flagship phone launch on March 25\nHTC prepping next flagship phone launch on March 25\nThe HTC M8 has been a topic of discussion for the past few months, but considering the small amount of changes being made between the HTC One and the next flagship, more emphasis has been put on the Galaxy S5 and iPhone 6.\nStill, HTC believes their primary flagship device for 2014 can break into several markets and will reveal all at two events on March 25, one in London and the other in New York, at the same time.\nThe HTC event will reveal the HTC M8, likely to be called the HTC One again. The company may also reveal the wearable they are working on and some other smartphones, possibly the One Mini for 2014 or the Desire 8.\nDespite the phone remaining largely unchanged, there will be a few new ideas thrown onto the device, including the dual-camera on the back, possibly to take better photos or allow the user to pick different megapixel sensors.\nThe size of the device should be bumped up, from a 4.7-inch screen we may see the HTC M8 come with a 5 or 5.25-inch screen. We believe the company will stick to a 1080p resolution, despite Samsung adding a 2K display onto the Galaxy S5.\nInternally, it should be more of the same, the 2.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage, Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi ac, LTE-A and possibly NFC.\nThe March 25 launch date is odd, considering Samsung and LG will be announcing their flagship devices at Mobile World Congress. We believe Sony will also come to MWC to launch the Xperia Z2, although it has not been set in stone.\nHTC may feel the dual-launch in New York and London will bring more press to the table, where Mobile World Congress is a minefield of launches and announcements, one the HTC M8 could get lost in.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 85, "original_length": 4070, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 329.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.gajrajtravels.com/2018/09/15/the-pros-and-cons-of-charcoal-and-gas-grills/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:57:13Z", "digest": "sha1:LO3H45UK77TKAXI7SAPU35MKB3YODALL", "length": 2766, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.gajrajtravels.com", "title": "The Pros and Cons of Charcoal and Gas Grills \u2013 Gajraj Travels- Travel thirst", "raw_content": "Most people around the world like barbecues, but which is better,a coal or gas grill? You should consider these problems and facts about the charcoal and gas grill before issuing a verdict or choosing which is better. You can check out this site if you want a more detailed version, or carry on reading below!\nHere are some differences between the charcoal grill and gas\nPros and cons of a gas grill:\nThe gas grill is more convenient to use\nTo illuminate, simply turn the knob and the fire comes on. With the knobs, you can adjust the temperature. There are areas with high temperature, medium temperature, and low temperature. The reserve of liquid propane gas in reusable containers is easy to obtain and is not difficult to find. The gas grill is a little more expensive than coal.\nEasy to clean after each use\nThere are no ashes to clean. However, it\u2019s necessary to clean the grills from the accumulation of carbon and grease under the burners, which is necessary every few months after use.\nConsidering the accessories\nSome gas grills come with a wide range of accessories. There are side burners, bedside lamps, side tables, spice stands, storage boxes, bottle openers, and others.\nWhen safety is considered, the gas is explosive\nThis is very dangerous if it\u2019s mistreated. To prevent this from happening, it\u2019s necessary to replace some parts that are broken.\nAlso, of course, taste. In the technical aspect, the gas burns and does not transmit this smoky aroma of the products cooked on the grill.\nAdvantages and disadvantages of a charcoal grill:\nGrilling with charcoal is not as convenient and easy to use as a gas grill. The preparation takes a long time until the fire is illuminated. There are no temperature regulators where you adjust the temperature. It\u2019s necessary to distribute the coals manually to cook the food evenly. It\u2019s cheaper than gas. It can be delivered to the beach or parks.\nCleaning is a dirty part. From the grill to the ash drops.\nThere is a certain risk of using the grill on the coals. Many residential houses and local fire codes prohibit the use of coal because this can cause a fire from the sparks of coal. Therefore, when working with coal, it\u2019s recommended to use it outdoors.\nThere are also limited accessories that come with a charcoal grill set unlike the set for gas grills.\nGrilling with charcoal will give you a smoky flavor, like bacon. When the food is cooked properly with charcoal, it will harden on the outside but remain juicy on the inside with a smoky flavor.\nTherefore, before choosing which grill set to buy or which grilling method you choose at thebestgrillsever.com, you should consider all these advantages and disadvantages. Each person has different taste preferences for cleaning and, of course, safety.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 3707, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 325.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/FabianFischer/20141201/231243/Criteria_for_Strategy_Game_Design.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:23:16Z", "digest": "sha1:HHPUZVI7QF22B5RRSH5NU52W67CDHZBK", "length": 17246, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "www.gamasutra.com", "title": "Gamasutra: Fabian Fischer's Blog - Criteria for Strategy Game Design", "raw_content": "Criteria for Strategy Game Design\nIn the context of this article, strategy games are defined as \u201ccontests of decision-making\u201d and therefore a very specific form of interactive system. These potentially highly replayable games are usually played in matches and demand creative finesse in coping with diverse challenges. They can\u2019t be \u201cbeaten\u201d and are therefore fundamentally different from linear games with a preset story or level structure (such as Uncharted or Super Mario Bros.). The following article elucidates the core concepts underlying these systems to then derive specific quality criteria for their gameplay design.\nDissecting Decisions\nDesigner and author Keith Burgun would simply call decision-making contests \u201cgames\u201d in his taxonomy of interactive forms, thus separating them from goal-less toys, solvable puzzles, and \u201cpure\u201d contests (which measure a single specifically defined skill). A decision is defined as a situation, wherein the player has enough and insufficient information at the same time: On the one hand he can\u2019t be completely sure as to which action alternative is the best one, else there would be nothing to decide since the correct solution is already known. On the other hand the player must have some information on which to base his choice, otherwise every alternative would effectively be the same, again destroying the decision (in other words, it might just as well be \u201cdecided\u201d by a die roll). On top of that the decision has to come with permanent consequences. If it didn\u2019t the player wouldn\u2019t decide anything, but merely try out the options.\nFurther, a contest of decision-making is an interactive system wherein at least one player makes decisions, whose quality is then evaluated in the context of a specific goal, and finally leads to winning or losing. The word \u201ccontest\u201d does not necessarily imply multiple human players or an AI simulating a human opponent. In the case of single-player strategy games the system itself is the \u201copponent\u201d. An obvious criterion for the quality of such a system is the interestingness of the decisions themselves, which is directly connected to the range between solution and guess (see slide on the left, taken from Burgun's talk at Practice 2013): How difficult is it to choose between the given alternatives? Do I have enough knowledge to make a well-founded assumption as to what the optimal option could be? Do I, at the same time, have too little knowledge to be completely sure of the qualitative ranking of all the actions? Then I\u2019m probably facing an interesting decision. The following sections will explain a few more (possibly less obvious) criteria by which to assess the design of a decision-making contest.\nEfficiency describes the frequency with which interesting decisions occur during gameplay. It can thus also be called \u201cdensity\u201d. Assuming the (primary) value of the system really lies in making these decisions, more decisions per second are of course better (given equally high interestingness). In general as little time as possible should be spent waiting or performing mentally trivial tasks. Besides obvious examples such as cutscenes, housekeeping busywork and manually adjusting the camera, this also concerns more subtle elements such as animations in turn-based games. They have no mechanical meaning and therefore do not affect the decision-making process (in contrast to real-time games where the time an animation needs to play out is an actual resource). Therefore they should either not exist or run asynchronously to the player\u2019s input so that he can still issue commands as quickly as possible. Essentially this principle comes down to valuing the player\u2019s time and making sure not to simply waste it. Along similar lines Keith Burgun calls for efficiency in strategy games: \u201cIf players give you five minutes, that\u2019s a huge gift and you owe it to them to make sure it is completely rewarded.\u201d\nAnother factor of central importance for strategy games is transparency, the clarity of the game\u2019s mechanics. This does of course not mean that players should know what their best action is in any given case (again, this would destroy the decision). However, it should always be clear how the current situation came to be, which action alternatives exist and what their immediate consequences are regarding the game state. Transparency is concerned with clearly laying out the rules of the game at any given moment. A non-deterministic system can also be completely transparent if all the odds are known, for example when rolling a six-sided die to find out if a monster was hit or missed. Soren Johnson views transparency as the primary difference between board and video games. While the former are usually mechanically very well-defined, the latter (intentionally or not) often obfuscate their exact inner-workings (simple example: huge and mysteriously calculated scores).\nElegance and Variety\nA little less tangible but at least as important is the concept of elegance. Jesse Schell describes it in \u201cThe Art of Game Design\u201d as follows: \u201cElegance is one of the most desirable qualities in any game, because it means you have a game that is simple to learn and understand, but is full of interesting emergent complexity.\u201d Thus the basic principle is \u201ceasy to learn, hard to master\u201d. This means that the overall system has to consist of elements that are easy to understand (having little inherent complexity), and only in working together create a lot of depth and possibilities (emergent complexity). In other words the system does a lot with relatively little. A game can be immensely complex and still elegant if it just creates far more depth than it has by the inherent complexity of its rules alone. The other way around, a simple game can be inelegant if there\u2019s actually not much more to it than what can be seen on the surface (see Tic Tac Toe). In general though, a great design expresses itself in as few and simple components as possible. This allows players to access the actual strategic depth more quickly and makes for a much more pleasant learning curve throughout the game\u2019s lifecycle. In short, elegance is the foundation of efficient value delivery.\nThe mentioned emergence in turn contributes to another criterion: variety. A good strategy game allows for and generates a broad range of possible situations. Warren Spector, on that note, calls system-based games \u201cengines of perpetual novelty\u201d. Players will consistently be facing novel situations. Therefore they cannot simply rely on memorized knowledge but have to employ their systemic understanding to find creative solutions. Richard Garfield and his colleagues describe this behavior in \u201cCharacteristics of Games\u201d as the application of heuristics: Players develop \u201crules of thumb\u201d over time as they learn to better understand the system. In any given situation they then decide whether to follow these rules or not, or maybe even discard or revise them altogether. Deep multiplayer games offer an especially high potential for variety since the opponent\u2019s actions can never be truly predicted, therefore potentially making each match a novel experience. Additionally, input randomness affecting the game\u2019s initial setup (such as random map generation in Civilization) can support the emergence of varied game states. In single-player strategy games this form of randomness is in fact absolutely necessary. Without it there can be no decisions since long-term it would just come down to memorizing and executing the perfect solution.\nCoherence and Balance\nThe coherence of a gameplay system describes the interconnectedness of the mechanisms of a decision-making contest, i.e. the number and strength of the connections between the individual elements. In general many solid connections are desirable, because not only do they support the idea of emergent complexity (in multiple mechanisms working together closely), they also tend to make for a more elegant game. If one element is linked to many others, it potentially serves multiple purposes within the overall system. Conversely this also means that no element should be added to the design that\u2019s more or less isolated from the rest of the system. Even an only loosely coupled element should be questioned: Can the link be strengthened somehow? Can connections to other elements be created? If that\u2019s not the case, it might be worth removing this element altogether. Keith Burgun, in \u201cGame Design Theory\u201d, even describes the concept of arranging a design around one single core mechanism: \u201cIdeally, every single thing that\u2019s inside the game should be in direct support of the core mechanism - and anything that has nothing to do with the core mechanism can probably be removed from the game.\u201d\nNext up, a game\u2019s balancing is not only concerned with the systemic elements but also the decisions themselves. When a decision-making contest is \u201cin balance\u201d, all the action alternatives are weighed against one another. There can\u2019t be dominant strategies because those are essentially solutions, decisions already made before they\u2019re even considered. On the other hand, there shouldn\u2019t be obviously inferior elements that never play a role, since in an otherwise coherent system those would in the end just be \u201cdead weight\u201d - noise obfuscating the systemic clarity. For example, consider a fighting game that has a \u201cstrong kick\u201d and a \u201cweak kick\u201d attack. Assuming strength and speed are the only factors, the strong kick can\u2019t also be the faster one. If it were, the weak one would never be used in a competition between rational players, and shouldn\u2019t even exist in a well-balanced system. Every single element has to serve a particular purpose and have \u201cits place\u201d in the overall game. The act of balancing saves elements from irrelevance.\nSecondary Criterion: Creativity\nA strong sense of coherence and the potentially resulting emergence in combination with well-balanced action alternatives will in turn incentivize players to employ their creativity. Decision-making contests live by the fact that not every small step the player could take and the according reaction of the system is pre-planned by the designer. Situations aren\u2019t manually assembled but emerge dynamically in-game. Indeed a lot of videogames allow for creative play, but in most cases that\u2019s just a \u201ccool shenanigan\u201d, a move that will get the player imaginary \u201cstyle points\u201d in front of his friends but has no actual relevance in the game because it\u2019s far from the optimal way of doing things. A good decision-making contest enforces creative play by making the \u201ccool\u201d move the mechanically optimal one that causes the best possible systemic feedback.\nTo exemplify this concept we can take a look at Auro: A Monster-Bumping Adventure by Dinofarm Games. The core idea of the turn-based tactics game is that all actions work indirectly, centering around the core mechanism of \u201cbumping\u201d. The player for example doesn\u2019t shoot fireballs at monsters, but he tries to maneuver those monsters (by several means) into previously placed flame traps. Monsters are never directly attacked for damage, but only ever pushed one tile further. The player has to find ways of moving them into fire or water, over ice, through the air and any imaginable combination of all those. There are \u201conly\u201d nine different skills but they were balanced and honed for years to be maximally interesting on their own and in combination with each other. Additionally, they also interact with the terrain and all the different monsters (who in turn all have their own tactically relevant special abilities) in a myriad of ways. The resulting emergent complexity is absolutely massive. But on top of all that, the most spectacular and clever way of dealing with a situation is usually the one that\u2019s most rewarded by the game system. Players receive the highest amount of points for big action chains, cunningly combining various skills in multiple consecutive turns - i.e. for employing their creativity in repeatedly coming up with these satisfying little strokes of genius.\nLuck and Execution\nBy contrast, a \u201cnatural enemy\u201d of the decision-making contest is the dependence of a player\u2019s success on mere luck, for example caused by output randomness (like rolling dice to determine the amount of damage done in an RPG) or input randomness with unfairly high variance regarding its effects on different matches or players. These elements are in immediate conflict to the system\u2019s core: the decisions. The more the outcome of a match depends on luck and randomness, the less weight a player\u2019s decisions have in the end. On top of that, the systemic feedback is distorted by chaos: Did I win because I made better decisions? Or was it just luck? In most cases it\u2019s simply not possible to draw a clear line between the two factors. The phenomenon of \u201cimagined agency\u201d is therefore closely related to this problem: In the case of defeat many players assume they were just out of luck. Any victory however they quickly ascribe to their superior skill. This may seem like a positive feature at first from a psychological point of view, but it is actually completely based on players willing to consistently fool themselves. And a design relying on such a thing can only be called dubious at the very least.\nBesides dependence on luck, a big impact of motoric execution on the outcome of a game is also problematic. If the result for example depends to a non-negligible amount on who has more dexterity, the decisions are of accordingly reduced importance. For example, in a match of Starcraft it\u2019s possible that one player constantly makes better decisions but loses in the end because his opponent was able to click way faster and more accurately. In an ideal contest of decision-making though, the end result wholly depends on the choices that were made. Decisions are questions of \u201cShould you do X?\u201d, whereas an execution requirement asks \u201cCan you do X?\u201d. In this sense real-time games always call for a bit of skepticism. A borderline case is for example Spelunky which has an important execution component, but its relevance is at least rivaled, and often trumped by decision-making.\nOf course all these criteria and observations are mostly mechanical and systemic affairs. And indeed in terms of the ruleset design (which is the focus of this article), things like story, characters, setting and even theme play a subordinate role. For a decision-making contest the main purpose of a theme is to make the mechanisms feel more intuitive. It\u2019s for example easier to grasp and internalize that \u201cthe sword fighter can only attack adjacent enemies, while the archer can attack enemies in a distance of two tiles\u201d than a more abstract \u201cthe square stone can only remove adjacent stones, while the round stone can remove stones in a distance of two tiles\u201d. Theme means using the player\u2019s common knowledge to ease him into learning the rules. By extension, the presented criteria inherently incentivize innovation: Two decision-making contests that only differ in terms of theme (not in terms of how intuitive they are), but are mechanically equivalent, do actually not differ at all. In the case of the newer of the two, there was basically nothing to design except the packaging or, to say it with Raph Koster, the \u201cdressing\u201d.\nThen again, said \"dressing\" has without a doubt been a major focus throughout the whole industry for decades. And although the form of the decision-making contest lost a lot of momentum in the 1990s and 2000s due to rapid technological advancements enabling audiovisual spectacle to take over in terms of popularity, there has been kind of a revival over the last years. Permanent consequences and skill-based games count for something again. Games like FTL, The Binding of Isaac or Crypt of the NecroDancer are very successful. The term \u201croguelike\u201d has almost become a marketing buzzword and often basically an indicator of whether or not a system actually is a decision-making contest or not. On top of that there has been a fusion of the digital realm with board games (which have essentially always been dominated by decision-making contests), especially indicated by a huge amount of board game adaptations taking over the strategy game genre on iOS. This could just be the beginning of a golden age of strategy games.\nIn the end, what\u2019s truly unique about the decision-making contest and provides it with \u201cevergreen\u201d potential is the systemic learning it allows for. To master a deep strategy game is to see through a complex web of interconnected parts (whose cautious and elegant composition can be of immense aesthetic value) and be able to reliably manipulate it to one\u2019s own advantage. It\u2019s about finding correlations between individual elements through the repeated examination of hypotheses about the system, and piece by piece building a mental model of the game\u2019s possibility space, a giant network of heuristics. In witnessing one\u2019s own understanding and the resulting finesse of play grow, is where the core value of strategy games lies. It truly is, as Frank Lantz put it, \u201cthought made visible to itself\u201d.\n231243 blog /blogs/FabianFischer/20141201/231243/Criteria_for_Strategy_Game_Design.php 982840 34179213 Loading Comments", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 169, "original_length": 20399, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 274.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.gameofgods.ca/chapter-4-excerpt/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:50Z", "digest": "sha1:6YVBTNO63DVOBTDBKUGCTSQ7OKTIQKQ4", "length": 12911, "nlines": 40, "source_domain": "www.gameofgods.ca", "title": "Chapter 4 Excerpt | Game of Gods", "raw_content": "* The following is an excerpt from the first pages of chapter four.\nScience is a religion, science alone will henceforth make the creeds, science alone can solve for men the eternal problems, the solution of which his nature imperatively demands. \u2013 E. Renan.[1]\nYes, we are going to destroy everything, and on the ruins we will build our temple! \u2013 V.I. Lenin.[2]\nChristianity, \u201cthat infamous thing,\u201d was to vanish in revolutionary fervor. Politicized Christendom would be overthrown by the enlightened masses who, armed with reason and guided by passion, were themselves led by men of conviction. Churches were vandalized, mounds of hymn books burned, and \u201cceremonies of mockery\u201d witnessed priests denouncing their faith. Even the Gregorian calendar was dissolved, with its seven-day week replaced by a ten-day cycle dedicated to the veneration of nature. And as each month was structured with an even thirty days, the year would end with an extra five-day block set aside for humanist festivals.[3]\nFraternity, liberty, and equality: The citizen\u2019s Republic would replace the monarchy and aristocracy. Catholicism would be pushed out, not to be replaced by Protestantism \u2013 itself having been expelled years earlier[4] \u2013 but with a devotion to rationalism, naturalism, and civic patriotism. France was \u201cenlightened,\u201d and the world would never be the same.\nOn November 10, 1793, this new faith was celebrated through the Festival of Liberty and Reason, held in the \u201cliberated\u201d and re-purposed Cathedral of Notre Dame. Yale professor Franklin Baumer described the spectacle,\n[As the spectators] entered the cathedral, they saw, some doubtless with astonishment, the insignia of Christianity covered up and their place taken by the symbols of a strange new religion. Rising up in the nave was an improvised mountain, at the top of which perched a small Greek temple dedicated \u2018To Philosophy\u2019 and adorned on both sides by the busts of philosophers\u2026 Halfway down the side of the mountain a torch of Truth burned before an altar of Reason. Then ensued a bizarre ceremony which culminated in the emergence from the temple of a beautiful woman, an actress of the Paris Opera, dressed in red, white, and blue garments, who personified Liberty. The spectators proceeded to render homage to Liberty by stretching out their arms to her and singing a hymn\u2026 \u2018Come, holy Liberty, inhabit this temple, Become the goddess of the French people.\u2019[5]\nThe liberty of Reason was costly. Heads rolled, for this was the Terror and the guillotines chopped daily. Paris was the epicenter of total transformation, and society\u2019s evolution required a revolution to birth the New Man.\nLong before the uprising, Renaissance voices like Pico and the Italian diplomat, Machiavelli \u2013 whose book, The Prince, illustrated a secular and amoral pragmatism \u2013 contributed to Enlightenment thinking. More immediate personalities such as Voltaire and Rousseau, England\u2019s John Locke, Scotland\u2019s David Hume and Prussia\u2019s Immanuel Kant, had and were changing the way European intellectuals viewed the world. But if a starting line is to be drawn for the era of Modernity, the French Revolution is a logical choice.[6]\nThe Paris uprising would become a beacon illuminating the path for future revolutionary experiments.\nPrelude to Planning\nModernity is an umbrella label for an epoch that witnessed a number of movements and ideas expressing a similar outcome \u2013 the humanist progression of society, wherein authentic knowledge and meaning are discovered by naturalistic determination and not Christian revelation. In general, Modernity, often used interchangeably with Modernism,[7] upheld humanist rationalism as the arbitrator of truth. Reason, therefore, proclaimed the goodness of Man over the Christian teaching of original sin, celebrated individual autonomy without moral guilt, worked through industry to harness the beast of nature, and looked to naturalism for social guidance.[8] Man became the center of the universe.\nScience, the testable exploration of creation \u2013 an honorable quest reflecting a Biblical worldview[9] \u2013 became saddled with a naturalistic outlook: Nothing exists outside of Nature, and Man is the measure of all things.\nUnlike Christendom during the Pre-modern era, lasting approximately 1500 years, the lifespan of Modernity was short, diminishing and morphing by the late 1960s.[10] Granted, we still experience aspects of Modernity today just as we have carry-over from the previous period. There will always be fluidity and flux in the shifting of cultures and values, and Modernity\u2019s impact was too profound to just drop away.\nThe trendsetters of Modernity were many. However, two French citizens, the teacher-student duo of Henri de Saint-Simon and Auguste Comte, deserve special mention. As the fathers of sociology, literally the science of society, their ideas formed the seedbed for the technically ordered and managed state \u2013 the planned society of collectivism and socialism.\nIn the planned society, economic and civic life are directed to achieving social targets: Equality, racial harmony, social justice, or the classless state. Assurances of peace and prosperity dangle before the toiling masses, for social and economic problems \u2013 so the promise goes \u2013 may be overcome by technically attuning community life through economic structuring, regulations, and social management.\nIt is true that in all nations and societies a certain measure of administrative planning is necessary, within limits. Today it is practically impossible to find a country that does not incorporate socialist elements. Differences in how this is arranged can be seen from place to place, and each nation\u2019s history, social environment, and culture-of-elites plays a role in setting the tone. Nevertheless, there is an observable history of negative consequences.\nWith state socialism the difficult and honorable road of free enterprise is softened through group solutions, and the slower-to-come social benefits of capitalism[11] are apparently accelerated through the promise of planning. But there are costs. Private property and the means of production are interfered with, including the ability to dispose of assets. In full state control of production, private ownership becomes moot \u2013 you are an owner in name only, at best. Socialism\u2019s history of property management is abysmal.\nThe expense is not just the damage to private ownership in the name of the \u201cgeneral good,\u201d nor the price tag for supporting larger government,[12] but a host of important civilizing characteristics are ultimately devalued: Personal incentive and responsibility, ethics and morality, and the mindset of personal liberty \u2013 requirements for civilization to flourish. Each are eroded in time, representing hidden costs that, in a generation or two, exhibit themselves in social, civil, and economic decline.[13]\nNot surprisingly, the poor remain locked in poverty as society is gutted and property ownership displaced \u2013 slowly or quickly \u2013 for the \u201ccommon good,\u201d or the \u201cpublic interest,\u201d or the other \u201cgods that collectivists worship.\u201d[14]\nOrganizing begets more organization, and expenses and complications arise, intensifying as \u201ccollective solutions\u201d impede or nullify promised benefits.[15] But the solution can only be more organization, for the centrally planned civilization assumes that the social organ is of higher value than the individual. It inherently declares the person to be made in its likeness. This becomes more troubling when the organizing party, the director, emotionally fuels the masses to encourage planned uniformity.[16]\nDuring Modernity and continuing today, such planning has been expressed as Progressivism, Socialism and Fascism, Communism, and Technocracy. Each are related, have variations, and are often in competition; the common thread is a technically driven collective ideal.\nAmerican Progressive, Stuart Chase, in comparing systems of central planning, favorably classified this trend as Leftism.[17] One could call it a form of socio-political monism. It is the Positivism of Saint Simon and Auguste Comte applied to politics and social order.\n[1] Ernest Renan, The Future of Science (Chapman and Hall, 1891), pp.90-91.\n[2] Quoted by Robert Payne, The Life and Death of Lenin (Simon and Schuster, 1964), p.419.\n[3] Simon Schama, Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution (Alfred A. Knopf, 1989), pp.767-779.\n[4] The Protestant Huguenots were driven out of France after being militarily defeated by the Catholic aristocracy. A nationally-stable Protestant base never took hold. Will and Ariel Durant write, \u201cFrance bypassed the Reformation, and went directly from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment.\u201d Rousseau and Revolution (Simon and Schuster, 1967), p.881.\n[5] Franklin L. Baumer, Religion and the Rise of Scepticism (Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1960), pp.35-36.\n[6] Why not the American Revolution instead of the French? Professor J.L Talmon neatly compares: \u201cThe French Revolution compared with the American Revolution had been an event on quite a different plane. It had been a total revolution in the sense that it had left no sphere and no aspect of human existence untouched, whereas the American Revolution had been a purely political change-over.\u201d Talmon, The Origins of Totalitarian Democracy (Frederick A. Praeger, 1960), p.27.\n[7] Modernism is generally associated with the artistic and literary movements that correspond to Modernity.\n[8] Stewart E. Kelly lays out a number of conditions in respect to Modernism. See his book, Truth Considered and Applied: Examining Postmodernism, History and Christian Faith (B&H Publishing Group, 2011).\n[9] \u201cThe works of the Lord are great, studied by all who have pleasure in them.\u201d \u2013 Psalm 111:2.\n[10] Some scholars place Modernity\u2019s end at the Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and others position it at the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.\n[11] Works to consider in the study of economic systems: Thomas Sowell, Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy (Basic Books, 2007); Hernando de Soto, The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else (Basic Books, 2000); The Freedom Philosophy (Foundation for Economic Education, 1988); Milton Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom (The University of Chicago Press, 1962); Ludwig von Mises, Socialism (Liberty Fund, 1981); Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Democracy: The God That Failed \u2013 The Economics and Politics of Monarchy, Democracy, and Natural Order (Transaction Publishers, 2001/2007). The Champions of Freedom series by Hillsdale College Press has a wealth of knowledge regarding associated topics.\n[12] In socialist economies, the primary and largest welfare recipient is the government.\n[13] Rarely is it recognized that cultural decline stems from collective endeavors. For by the time society experiences the hidden costs, the solutions are almost always couched in the need for more socialism. Occasionally governments see the futility of their previous collective actions and make corrective measures, but usually it takes a massive economic crisis \u2013 or a series of crises \u2013 to recognize the need for reform.\n[14] For other \u201cgods,\u201d see Robert Formaini, \u201cLaissez-Faire: Let Each Individual Choose,\u201d Between Power and Liberty: Economics and the Law (Hillsdale College Press, 1998), p.103. To expand on the overall costs of socialism, see Thomas Sowell, Intellectuals and Society (Basic Books, 201). See also, American Perestroika: The Demise of the Welfare State (Hillsdale College Press, 1995). On the issue of poverty and economics, see E. Calvin Beisner, Prosperity and Poverty: The Compassionate Use of Resources in a World of Scarcity (Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2001); D. Eric Schansberg, How Poor Government Policy Harms the Poor (WestView Press, 1996); Arthur C. Brooks, Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism (Basic Books, 2006). See also, Ludwig von Mises, Socialism (Liberty Fund, 1981).\n[15] A fantastic book on the growth and problems of the organizing principle is Haga\u2019s Law: Why Nothing Works and No One Can Fix It and the More We Try the Worse It Gets, by William J. Haga and Nicholas Acocella (William Morrow and Company, 1980).\n[16] See F.A. Hayek, The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents (The University of Chicago Press, 2007, edited by Bruce Caldwell). Hayek\u2019s consideration of a world federation at the end of his book is, I believe, misguided. He is correct in that an association or voluntary organization for international discussion is needed, but to grant it legislative and moral power to ensure \u201cworld peace\u201d is problematic and potentially dangerous.\n[17] Stuart Chase, A New Deal (The Macmillan Company, 1932), pp.154-155. Chase was not the first to have used the term, but as a leading Progressive and the intellectual father of America\u2019s New Deal, his argumentation for it is of special importance.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 66, "original_length": 13992, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 241.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.gci275.com/log/2003/08/body-count-keeps-growing-looking-back.shtml", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:51Z", "digest": "sha1:LYHVIWFJEBBAPXIT7IIX2I4Y46TAS4AL", "length": 959, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.gci275.com", "title": "La Esquina del Movimiento: The body count keeps growing, looking back on the violence [an error occurred while processing this directive]", "raw_content": "The body count keeps growing, looking back on the violence\nPeru Report Says 69,000 Died in 20 Years of Rebel War: \"The report's nine volumes, thousands of pages long, provide details about the massacres in Indian villages, the brutal crackdown on prison uprisings and the operation of a secret paramilitary unit called the Colina group. Commission workers said it also explained in detail the effects of the conflict on the Indians, an isolated people, victims of racism and indifference.\" NY Times And to think, we're just scratching the surface. If you do not want to register (free) with the Times, you can see the same article at Yahoo.\nAlso see Reuters's Chilling truth about Peru's rebel wars and AP's Peru's powerful military upset with study on political violence , Peru's Truth Commission ready to explain two decades of political violence and Peru's Truth Commission ready to explain two decades of political violence in the San Francisco Chronicle.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 80, "original_length": 2905, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 297.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.geekmelange.com/2013/07/orson-scott-card-and-false-equivalence/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:55:33Z", "digest": "sha1:LZ65ADXNBADOOX7VLSZKZIMRQ2XUDAKR", "length": 5624, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.geekmelange.com", "title": "Orson Scott Card and False Equivalence \u2013 Geek Melange", "raw_content": "I still can\u2019t quite wrap my head around the fact that the same author who wrote such beautiful reflections on the need for empathy, seeing the humanity in those marked as The Other, and the importance of compassion, in a book like Speaker for the Dead, is the same man who wrote:\n[Trigger Warning for rampant homophobia in that link and below]\nI liked Ender\u2019s Game, but I loved Speaker for the Dead. Getting to meet Orson Scott Card at a book signing for the final installment of the Ender Quartet, Children of the Mind, when I was in college, was a high point. I\u2019ve been looking forward to a decent adaptation of Ender\u2019s Game on film since I discovered the book in my dad\u2019s study almost 15 years ago. To say that I was disappointed to learn that OSC was in fact a homophobic bigot is an understatement.\nHis homophobia has led to much of the fan community speaking out so vehemently that DC Comics ended up canceling a proposed Adventures of Superman title with OSC as the writer. Fans are threatening to boycott the Ender\u2019s Game film adaptation because they don\u2019t want their money to go toward OSC.\nApparently OSC (or at least the movie studio) was concerned enough that Card recently saw the need to comment on the film in the wake of the Supreme Court\u2019s declaration of the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, as well as the defeat of California\u2019s Prop 8:\n\u201cEnder\u2019s Game is set more than a century in the future and has nothing to do with political issues that did not exist when the book was written in 1984. With the recent Supreme Court ruling, the gay marriage issue becomes moot. The Full Faith and Credit clause of the Constitution will, sooner or later, give legal force in every state to any marriage contract recognized by any other state. Now it will be interesting to see whether the victorious proponents of gay marriage will show tolerance toward those who disagreed with them when the issue was still in dispute.\u201d\nSigh \u2013 it\u2019s really disappointing when the mind that created Ender\u2019s Game and Speaker for the Dead can\u2019t recognize the false equivalence in his own thinking.\nNo, Mr. Card, calling out your narrow-minded homophobic bigotry for what it is, is not the same kind of intolerance you\u2019ve shown toward LGBTQ people when all they\u2019ve asked is to be given the equal rights & protections that are their due as US citizens. Now, if same-sex marriage proponents were to ram through laws nullifying your marriage because you\u2019re a homophobic bigot, then you might have a leg to stand on with this pathetic plea for \u201ctolerance.\u201d But we\u2019re not, so your comparison falls flat.\nAdditionally, this pearl-clutching faux concern plea for \u201ctolerance\u201d is rather rich coming from the same person who swore to \u201cdestroy the government and bring it down\u201d if gay marriage were legalized & declared himself to be the \u201cmortal enemy\u201d of marriage equality.\nIt\u2019s since come to light that OSC has removed himself from the board of the National Organization for Marriage (NOM), a group dedicated to fighting against same-sex marriage rights that OSC joined in 2009. In an interview before appearing on the Ender\u2019s Game panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Harrison Ford, who plays Colonel Hyrum Graff, had this to say:\n\u201cI don\u2019t think [OSC\u2019s homophobia] rears its head in the work. No part of the story concerns Mr. Card\u2019s theories about society in terms of gay issues or homosexual issues,\u201d Ford said. \u201cSo I hold it completely separate. I think it\u2019s an imaginative and complex story. And I\u2019m glad he told it. And I\u2019m glad I had a chance to be a part of it. I think he has a right to his opinions and I think he has also made it clear that it was a battle that he fought and lost and would like to get on with the rest of life.\u201d\nAnd that right there is the crux of the problem with OSC\u2019s plea for marriage equality supporters to \u201ctolerate\u201d his bigotry (and go see Ender\u2019s Game). OSC has spent years\u2019 worth of time, energy and money poured into actions and words supporting policies designed to harm LGBTQ people and deny them their civil rights. It doesn\u2019t matter that maybe now he\u2019s realized fighting marriage equality is a lost cause and he\u2019s given up because it doesn\u2019t erase the massive amount of harm that he caused along the path to realizing he was on the losing side of history. Regardless of who boycotts Ender\u2019s Game and who goes to see it, OSC is at the point in his life where any damage he\u2019ll suffer from the criticism he\u2019s receiving is arguably minimal. The movie\u2019s been made and is being released. People will still be going to see it. The book is considered one of the seminal pieces of American sci-fi literature and will continue to be printed and sold for the foreseeable future. For all intents and purposes, OSC will get to walk away and \u201cjust get on with the rest of life\u201d just fine. The discriminatory policies and societal views that he supported and perpetuated, on the other hand, mean that there a great deal of people who don\u2019t get the luxury of \u201cjust getting on with the rest of life,\u201d because as the targets of OSC\u2019s bigotry, they\u2019re still fighting against and living with the consequences of his actions.\nSo despite the fact that OSC would like for everyone to forget that he\u2019s a homophobic bigot who actively supported harmful policies so they\u2019ll go see Ender\u2019s Game, the least we can do is not allow him to be excused from being criticized for it and suffering the consequences of his own words and actions.\nThis entry was posted in Culture, TV/Film and tagged boycott, criticism, Ender's Game, false equivalence, homophobia, Orson Scott Card, straight privilege by Michi Trota. Bookmark the permalink.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 118, "original_length": 9508, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 173.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.generac.com/Industrial/professional-resources/news-whitepapers/industry-news/fuel-flow-equals-data-flow", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:20Z", "digest": "sha1:FNON7DPWNDYWBMLIDJRJTAGJ6RHYENWT", "length": 13387, "nlines": 37, "source_domain": "www.generac.com", "title": "Generac Industrial Power - Industry News | Fuel Flow Equals Data Flow NASA Mars Research Station | Generac Industrial Power", "raw_content": "Designing a standby power system for a data-intensive application requires not only the right generator for the load requirements but also the most reliable fuel available.\nYou will likely design many standby generator applications to ensure the uninterrupted flow of data. Hardened data centers, for example, guarantee uptime for their customers, even in a catastrophe. Smartphone users expect their telecommunication providers to ensure 24/7 access to e-mail and the Internet, no matter the circumstances. Even large manufacturers sharing process information via SCADA require an uninterrupted supply of power to avoid costly downtime.\nA key to ensuring reliability in backup power solutions for these applications is determining the most reliable fuel supply.\nReliability, however, can mean different things to different people. For example, some markets define reliability by the amount of run time required for the application. Both federal and local regulations have attempted to address this issue for certain markets, like healthcare. In other cases, reliability means storing fuel on-site, so that there is no question of its availability. On-site fuel storage, however, leads to questions of fuel quantity (how much is enough) and efficacy over long periods of time.\nUltimately, the final arbiter of reliability in a generator application is the authority having jurisdiction (AHJ), the organization, office, or individual responsible for enforcing codes, standards, or regulations. The AHJ varies from place to place, and could include one or more departments of local or federal government. You must consult the AHJ to find whether the generator\u2019s fuel supply is considered a reliable one.\nFirst, though, you should understand your fuel options as they relate to reliability in order to make the most appropriate power system recommendations and work most effectively with the AHJ.\nDiesel fuel: The historical fuel of choice\nYou\u2019ve likely specified many a diesel-fueled generator. Indeed, they have been the market norm for large-kilowatt standby power applications. Because of diesel fuel\u2019s high thermal efficiency, a diesel-fueled generator delivers a lower capital cost per kilowatt of electricity than a gaseous-fueled generator in applications of 150 kW or more. Diesel-fueled generators also provide your customers access to backup power if they do not have access to a gaseous-fuel infrastructure.\nHowever, diesel may not always be considered the most reliable fuel. Issues of fuel storage, contamination, and breakdown can impact reliability.\nConsider storage, for example. As a general rule, diesel fuel can be stored for 12 months or more at an ambient temperature of 68 F, and an average of six to 12 months at a temperature of 86 F or higher, without significant degradation. As it ages, though, it will suffer the effects of oxidation, contamination by microorganisms, and fuel tank corrosion. Additionally, a diesel-fueled generator with a tank sized for 72 hours of full-load operation could easily take about 20 years to turn a single tank of fuel (this assumes a 60% typical load level, weekly no-load exercising, and average power outages of only four hours per year).\nThen there is the issue of fuel breakdown due to oxidation. Oxidation occurs when the diesel fuel hydrocarbons react with oxygen to form a fine sediment and gum. If pulled into the engine, this could clog the fuel filter and fuel injectors, which will stop the engine from operating. You might even have to dismantle the entire fuel delivery system to address this problem. Additionally, the gum and sediments do not burn well in the engine, which could lead to carbon and soot deposits on injectors and other combustion surfaces. This might lead to a major\u2014and likely premature\u2014engine overhaul.\nWater, which can enter the fuel system as condensation, promotes the growth of microorganisms like bacteria and fungi. These microorganisms feed on the fuel itself. If allowed to grow, they can form gelatinous colonies that can also clog fuel systems. They also excrete additional water, and expel acidic waste that can lead to fuel tank corrosion. This corrosion in turn introduces metal alloys to the fuel, which are catalysts for oxidation. It is a regenerative cycle.\nOther conditions can compromise diesel fuel as it ages:\nExposure to high temperatures. This could occur by return fuel and normal exposure to ambient temperatures.\nExposure to dust and dirt. These contaminants can contain trace elements of copper, iron, zinc, or nickel that can cause the fuel to oxidize more quickly.\nFuel composition. Some components in diesel fuel just naturally age quickly.\nThe bottom line is that unless properly maintained, diesel fuel will lose its efficacy. Before considering a diesel-fueled generator, talk to the AHJ to see if an ongoing fuel maintenance program will allow the generator to meet the AHJ\u2019s reliability standards. If so, suggest a program to your customer that includes the removal of both water and dirt from the diesel tank. Water should be drained from the tank monthly\u2014weekly in more active systems. Recommend that the customer keep the fuel tank full to reduce available oxygen and space for water to condense. Be aware, though, that this could present an additional challenge, as extended run times require more fuel storage. Some federal facilities are now requiring 96-hour run times. For very large tanks, see if your customer has other needs for the fuel. The NFPA 110 dedicated tank requirement could be upheld with demand-draw piping.\nAvailability of diesel for refueling in an emergency can also impact system reliability. According to the Edison Electric Institute, severe weather events account for 62% of unexpected power outages in the United States. These events can close roads and cripple municipal infrastructures, making it difficult or impossible to refuel the diesel generators used in standby applications. Talk with the AHJ to ensure that you size the fuel tank to address the aforementioned issues of fuel contamination or breakdown but avoid having too little fuel on-site and running out of fuel in an emergency.\nGaseous fuel: Becoming more popular\nGaseous-fueled generators are increasingly being considered for large-kilowatt standby generator applications. Technological innovations, such as optimization of engine speed (rpm) and integrated approaches to generator paralleling, are making gaseous-fueled generators both more powerful and more cost-effective. Furthermore, gaseous fuels do not pose the kinds of environmental risks inherent in diesel fuel storage and do not require ongoing maintenance. The improved emission profiles of spark-ignited over compression-ignited engines are also making gaseous-fueled generators more attractive to the ever-growing number of companies looking to reduce their overall carbon footprint.\nYour concern, however, is fuel reliability. Let\u2019s look first at natural gas (methane). Generators fueled by natural gas avoid the reliability challenges faced by diesel fuel storage because the fuel is supplied by the natural gas infrastructure, which has proven to be extremely robust in many situations that cause power outages. Through four Florida hurricanes in 2004 and the Northeast grid failure of 2003, for example, the natural gas supply was unaffected.\nNevertheless, natural gas is delivered by a utility, and it can be shut off. This is more likely to occur in earthquake-prone areas, as all natural gas distribution lines are shut off during a seismic event. Talk to the AHJ to see whether the natural gas supply is considered reliable. If it is not, you can consider specifying a generator that runs on LP fuel, or runs in a dual-fuel configuration\u2014with natural gas as the primary and LP as the secondary fuel. LP fuel can be stored on site for several years, more affordably and safely than diesel fuel, and without the need for routine maintenance.\nOne other issue to consider which might impact reliability: gaseous-fueled generators tend not to have the load response capabilities of diesel-fueled generators. This lack of response could cause the generator to produce oscillating voltage and frequency, which might cause problems with some loads. One such critical load is a UPS system. A UPS system could have difficulty synchronizing to an oscillating voltage source. You can minimize this risk, however, by properly sizing the generator to the UPS system.\nBi-fuel technology: The newest option\nOne way to alleviate the reliability challenges of diesel and gaseous fuel while building upon their strengths is to specify a system that burn both fuels at the same time within a single engine. Such is the case with bi-fuel technology.\nA bi-fuel engine is a compression-ignited engine modified for simultaneous combustion of both diesel fuel and natural gas. Diesel fuel, which ignites at 500 to 750 F, is injected into the combustion chamber as a pilot fuel. The ignition of the diesel fuel in turn ignites the natural gas, which has a much higher ignition temperature of 1150 to 1200 F.\nBi-fuel generators start up using 100% diesel fuel. After certain criteria are met\u2014such as acceptance of the electrical load\u2014the generator\u2019s controller introduces natural gas to the fuel mixture. The controller slowly reduces diesel fuel injection while adding natural gas, until the unit is running more on natural gas than on diesel fuel. It is common to see fuel spreads of 75% natural gas to 25% diesel fuel. If the load increases, more diesel fuel will be added to increase engine rpm and the natural gas will backed off. Natural gas will once again be increased when the load stabilizes.\nBi-fuel technology has been around for many years, but recent technology advancements have made it more reliable and efficient in power generation applications.\nIn most bi-fuel engine designs, the diesel fuel is introduced using existing injectors, while the natural gas is added through one of three proven techniques:\nLow-pressure injection. Natural gas is injected via port injectors, so that it mixes with the air just before it enters the cylinder. This is done at moderate pressure\u2014usually 50 psi or less. This approach requires installing individual natural gas fuel injectors onto the engine. Additionally, because many diesel engines use turbochargers to feed air into the engine, a gas compressor is required so that the natural gas injection pressure is higher than the boost pressure from the turbocharger. These extra components typically result in significantly higher costs.\nHigh-pressure injection. The natural gas is delivered directly to the combustion chamber at the end of the compression stroke. This requires very high injection pressure\u2014usually about 3,000 psi. Because it requires a sophisticated\u2014and costly\u2014fuel delivery system, it is more commonly used in very large applications, such as municipal prime power.\nCombustion air gas integration. Sometimes referred to as fumigation, natural gas is introduced into the engine\u2019s air intake, right before the turbocharger, at a very low pressure\u2014usually 5 psi or less. The turbocharger then ensures that there is a good air-to-gas mixture going into the combustion chamber. No engine modifications are required, so system costs are minimized. Additionally, advanced microprocessor, sensor, and actuator technologies economically provide precise and responsive system control. This approach has seen the broadest application in the standby power market.\nBi-fuel generators capitalize on the reliability benefits of both diesel and gaseous fuel while minimizing their respective drawbacks. For example, generator running times are extended while on-site fuel storage requirements are decreased. This is because natural gas, not diesel, is the predominant fuel in a bi-fuel system. Assuming a typical fuel ratio of 75% natural gas to 25% diesel, you can spec a bi-fuel unit with a diesel tank sized for 24-hour continuous operation at full load and expect a running time of about seven days.\nAdditionally, because on-site fuel remains part of the system, reliability is improved. Should the natural gas supply fail\u2014because it was shut off at the utility or was otherwise interrupted\u2014the generator can run on 100% diesel.\nMaintenance costs are reduced as well. Testing has shown that bi-fuel engine oil remains cleaner compared to an engine running on straight diesel, thanks to the clean burning characteristics of natural gas. More importantly, though, the cost of diesel fuel maintenance is reduced because less fuel is stored on site.\nDesigning a standby power system for a data-intensive application requires not only the right generator for the load requirements but also the most reliable fuel available. Fortunately, you have several options at your disposal\u2014diesel, gaseous, and bi-fuel. You should understand the reliability issues of all these options before consulting with the AHJ to determine which fuel choice will best meet its definition of reliability while simultaneously meeting the needs of your customer.\n- Barbersek is power solutions manager for Generac Power Systems with more than 25 years of experience in the energy industry. He has served in the United States Navy, where he completed Electrician\u2019s Mate \u201cA\u201d School, and is a member of IEEE, 7x24 User Group, EGSA, and the North Carolina Healthcare Engineering Assn.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 230, "original_length": 17561, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 274.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.germany.travel/cz/mesta-kultura/mesta/freiburg.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:39Z", "digest": "sha1:5RM2X4JJXYYMMZ2IA6FCUGZX355J6JF2", "length": 8867, "nlines": 36, "source_domain": "www.germany.travel", "title": "Turistika v N\u011bmecku - z\u00e1jezdy, dovolen\u00e1, pr\u00e1zdniny", "raw_content": "\u00a9FWTM GmbH & Co KG (Karl-Heinz Raach)\nOld town and Minster of Freiburg\nFreiburg: a city with a sunny disposition.\nFreiburg has more to offer than friendly faces alone, including one of Germany's prettiest old quarters, with its characteristic b\u00e4chle \u2013 the narrow channels of water that run alongside the pavements. Add to that a wealth of culture and history, lots of caf\u00e9s and cosy bars, delicious regional food and scenic surroundings. What's more, the overall atmosphere is easygoing, laid-back and more carefree than most. It's almost \u2013 in a word \u2013 mediterranean. Experience it for yourself with a stroll through the old quarter overlooked by the 116-metre-tall spire of the stunning minster, one of Germany's most beautiful religious buildings. The square on which it stands is the largest in the city centre, and hosts a market every day except Sunday. The square's main sights are the Historical Merchants' Hall from 1532 with its deep-red facade and colourful corner towers, the Museum of Municipal History in the Haus Zum Sch\u00f6nen Eck from 1761, and the Alte Wache, now the House of Badensian Wines \u2013 certainly not the worst use for this beautiful old guardhouse! The other major square in the old quarter is Augustinerplatz. Overlooked by an Augustinian abbey and the remains of the city wall, this is a popular rendezvous for locals, which probably has something to do with the stone steps that flank one side. The lively atmosphere here is strongly reminiscent of the Spanish Steps in Rome. It's then onto Rathausplatz, location of the Old and New Town Hall, gothic St. Martin's Church and a fountain with a statue of monk and alchemist Berthold Schwarz, who supposedly invented gunpowder here in the city.\nOberlinden and Unterlinden are two rather more peaceful squares in the centre of Freiburg, and both have a beautiful old lime tree as their focal point. True Freiburg connoisseurs describe pretty little Adelhauser-Platz, which lies away from the beaten track, as the city's loveliest square. These marvellous locations provide an ideal backdrop for the dozens of celebrations, both large and small, which take place every year in Freiburg's old town. The programme kicks off in January with the international 'trade fair' of culture and the grenzenlos festival, and continues uninterrupted through to December, when the Christmas market and the Circus Festival round off the season. Among the highlights in between are the colourful antics of the Freiburg Carnival, the city's marathon, film seasons, open-air cinemas, a summer film festival, various fun fairs, the Summer of Culture, the Sea You music festival and the Tent-Music-Festival, as well as plays performed in the town hall courtyard, the 'Lake Night' Festival and a wine festival. It's hard to believe there could be so much going on, but just ask anyone who's been! And if all the celebrations get a bit too much, you can unwind in the many parks and green spaces, such as Schlossberg hill, Mundenhof wildlife park, 1,284m Mount Schauinsland on the doorstep of Freiburg and lots of lakes in and around the city. After all, Freiburg values Mother Nature, and never wavers in its commitment to its environmental policies of sustainability and renewable energy. This has been a great success. As a green city, Freiburg has become a global benchmark for eco-friendly living. But you don't have to be an energy expert to be impressed by Freiburg \u2013 even if you visit on one of those rare occasions when the sun has decided to take a day off.\nTypically Freiburg: the B\u00e4chle \u00bb\nGothic grandeur: Freiburg Minster \u00bb\nArchitectural monuments and zest for life: the old quarter \u00bb\nA worthy setting for beautiful art: the Augustinian Museum \u00bb\nMuseum of Modern Art \u00bb\nWentzingerhaus Museum of City History \u00bb\nColombischl\u00f6ssle Archaeological Museum \u00bb\nMuseum of Natural History and Ethnological Collection \u00bb\nRodinn\u00fd z\u00e1bavn\u00ed park Funny World \u2013 z\u00e1bava pro v\u0161echny \u00bb\nEuropa Park v Rustu \u2013 absolutn\u00ed vrchol mezi n\u011bmeck\u00fdmi z\u00e1bavn\u00edmi parky \u00bb\nTypically Freiburg: the B\u00e4chle\nFreiburg's B\u00e4chle are one of the distinctive features of the historical old quarter. The water splashes and gurgles its way through the narrow streets in these tiny channels running alongside the pavements. Originally, they were probably built to supply water for everyday use and for putting out fires, or as drainage canals. Today they are a quirky attraction popular with locals and visitors alike and a great way to cool off in the summer. Superstition has it that if a visitor steps in one by accident, this will not be their last visit to Freiburg.\nGothic grandeur: Freiburg Minster\nBuilt between 1200 and 1500, Freiburg's mighty Minster of Our Lady is regarded by art historians around the world as an architectural masterpiece of the Gothic period and a cultural monument of great importance.\nThe 116-metre tower of this impressive red sandstone construction is clearly visible from afar and is often referred to as \"the most beautiful spire in Christendom\". Inside the church are a number of medieval works of art: altars, stained glass and sculptures, including many images and sculptures of the Virgin Mary to whom the minster is dedicated and the patron saints of the town, George, Lambert and Alexander.\nArchitectural monuments and zest for life: the old quarter\nFreiburg's old quarter is dominated by the medieval minster. Another characteristic feature are the much-loved B\u00e4chle, a system of narrow, flat channels that runs for several kilometres and is filled with water from the Dreisam river. Other attractions include a variety of beautiful ensembles and individual buildings that have been reconstructed in their original medieval style, many of them featuring decorative guild crests. Some of the town's pharmacies have a mosaic staff of Aesculapius or a mortar and pestle set into the cobbles on the pavement outside, and in front of some of the bakeries you'll see a pretzel.\nA worthy setting for beautiful art: the Augustinian Museum\nFirst mentioned in 1278, the Augustinian friary in Freiburg is almost as old as the town itself.\nThe chancel roof dating from the 14th century is the oldest in Freiburg after the one on the minster. At the beginning of the 18th century, the church was extended and remodelled in the baroque style, but the friary was secularised in 1810. The Augustinium Museum opened in 1923 and houses the municipal collections including medieval sculptures and pictures, baroque art, 19th century paintings, a collection of prints and drawings, and collections of applied arts and everyday culture.\nIn the Museum of Modern Art in Freiburg, masterpieces from the classic modern period up to the present day bear witness to the major artistic movements of the past 100 years.\nArtists such as Feininger, Dix, Heckel, Hofer, Macke, Scherer, Kanoldt, Dischinger and Scholz represent diverse schools from Expressionism to New Objectivity. Post-war abstraction is featured in the form of works by Baumeister, Schumacher, G\u00f6tz, Ackermann, Geiger and others, while recent trends can be observed in works by regionally and nationally acclaimed artists.\nWentzingerhaus Museum of City History\nLocated in the late-Baroque residence of the artist Johann Christian Wentzinger (1710-1797), this Freiburg museum displays treasures from 900 years of Freiburg history.\nAmong the topics dealt with are the city's founding by the House of Z\u00e4hringen, monasteries and foundations, and crafts and coinage. As a preparation for a tour of the town, take a look at the model showing Freiburg in about 1600 with its medieval walls and city gates and a further model showing the town within its baroque star-shaped moated fortification in about 1700. In the salon there is a model of the cathedral construction site.\nColombischl\u00f6ssle Archaeological Museum\nFrom the oldest artworks of southern Baden to medieval Freiburg, the Archaeological Museum takes you on a journey through the millennia.\nBuilt as a neo-Gothic villa from 1859 to 1861, Colombischl\u00f6ssle contains Stone Age female statuettes, examples of metal production from the Bronze Age and treasures from royal Celtic tombs, including the oldest glass bowl to be found north of the Alps. Newly refurbished rooms display Roman achievements in skilled trades and daily and military life.\nMuseum of Natural History and Ethnological Collection\nFreiburg's Museum of Natural History is a fun and educational day out for all the family.\nThe 'Time' and 'Earthly Riches' sections invite you on a voyage of discovery and deal with topics concerning the geological history and natural resources of the region. Three habitat areas featuring exhibits from the biological collections are also being planned. The Ethnological Collection is displayed in one-off exhibitions. Every year the traditional Easter exhibition 'From Egg to Chick' is enjoyed by young and old visitors alike.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 519, "original_length": 21231, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 275.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/734/cornelis-bega-the-alchemist-dutch-1663/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:32:12Z", "digest": "sha1:BKQLRBDPV2P2I6MGZWWKLMO34MKR4EUK", "length": 6023, "nlines": 48, "source_domain": "www.getty.edu", "title": "The Alchemist (Getty Museum)", "raw_content": "Cornelis Bega (Dutch, 1631/1632 - 1664) 36.2 \u00d7 32.2 cm (14 1/4 \u00d7 12 11/16 in.) 84.PB.56\nCornelis Bega (Dutch, 1631/1632 - 1664)\n84.PB.56\n36.2 \u00d7 32.2 cm (14 1/4 \u00d7 12 11/16 in.)\nCenter, on blue paper: \"A\u00b0 1663 C bega\"\nDer Alchemist (Published Title)\nOblivious to his cluttered surroundings, the unkempt figure of an alchemist sits among a chaotic jumble of paraphernalia. He holds a scale while weighing out a substance for one of his experiments in making gold. By the seventeenth century, alchemy was no longer considered to be a respectable science, and its practitioners were often the subject of ridicule.\nIn this genre scene, Cornelis Bega commented on time wasted on materialistic and futile pursuits. Like other Dutch artists of his time, Bega was a close observer of natural appearances. Textures and surfaces of the assorted cracked clay and glass vessels are accurately described. Light pouring in through the open window and the harmonious tones of brown, gray, and blue give the painting a cozy warmth.\nLouis-C\u00e9sar de La Baume Le Blanc, duc de La Valli\u00e8re, 1708 - 1780 (Paris, France), upon his death, held in trust by the estate.\nEstate of Louis-C\u00e9sar de La Baume Le Blanc, duc de La Valli\u00e8re, 1708 - 1780 [sold, La Valli\u00e8re sale, Paillet, H\u00f4tel de Bullion, Paris, February 21, 1781, lot 78, to Jacques Langlier (Lenglier).]\nSource: Paillet, Paris. Catalogue des tableaux [...]. February 21, 1781 (annotated catalogue).\nJacques Lenglier, French, 1732 - 1814 (Paris, France)\nFrederick Augustus, duke of York, 1763 - 1827 (London, England) [sold, York sale, Christie's, London, April 7, 1827, lot 93, to Norton.]\nJohn Charles William Sawbridge-Erle-Drax (Bilting House, Olantigh, Wye, Kent, England) [sold, Sawbridge-Erle-Drax sale, Christie's, London, May 10, 1935, lot 70, to Davey.]\nafter 1935 - 1939\nSir William Jackson Pope, 1870 - 1939 (Cambridge, England)\nFisher Scientific Company (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)\nH. Shickman Gallery (New York, New York), sold to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1984.\nMasters of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Genre Painting (March 18 to November 18, 1984)\nPhiladelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia), March 18 to May 13, 1984\nElegance and Uncouth Manners - Cornelis Bega (1631/32 - 1664) (March 15 to October 2, 2012)\nSuermondt-Ludwig-Museum (Aachen), March 15 to June 10, 2012\nGem\u00e4ldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preu\u00dfischer Kulturbesitz (Berlin), July 1 to October 2, 2012\nArt of Alchemy (October 11, 2016 to February 12, 2017)\nThe Getty Research Institute (Los Angeles), October 11, 2016 to February 12, 2017\nPaillet, Paris. Catalogue des tableaux pr\u00e9cieux, des plus grands ma\u00eetres des \u00e9coles flamande & hollande; qui composoient le Cabinet de Monsieur le Duc de la Valliere. February 21, 1781, p. 30, lot 78.\nChristie's, London. A Catalogue of the Valuable [...] Pictures of his Royal Highness, the Duke of York. April 7, 1827, p. 7, lot 93.\nChristie's, London. Pictures by Old Masters. The Property of J.C.W. Sawbridge-Erle-Drax and others. May 10, 1935, p. 15, lot 70.\nRead, John. \"The Pope Collection of Alchemical Paintings and Engravings.\" Nature 147 (February 22, 1941), p. 243.\nLennep, Jacques van. \"L'alchimiste: Origine et d\u00e9veloppement d'un th\u00e8me de la peinture du dix-septi\u00e8me si\u00e8cle.\" Revue belge d'arch\u00e9ologie d'histoire de l'art 35 (1966), p. 160, no. 11.\nBader, Alfred. \"Cornelis Bega's Alchemist: A Problem in Art History.\" Aldrichimica Acta 4, no. 2 (1971), pp. 17-20, cover ill.\nKremers, Edward, and Georg Urdang. Kremers and Urdang's History of Pharmacy. 4th ed., rev. by Glenn Sonnedecker (Philadelphia and Toronto: Lippincott, 1976), p. 44, ill.\nMcTavish, David, ed. Pictures from the Age of Rembrandt: Selections from the Personal Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Alfred Bader, exh. cat. (Kingston: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, 1984), p. 62.\nScott, Mary Ann. \"Cornelis Bega (1631/32-1664) as Painter and Draughtsman.\" Ph.D. diss. (University of Maryland, 1984), p. 334, no. 146.\nSutton, Peter C., ed. Masters of Seventeenth-Century Dutch Genre Painting, exh. cat. (Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1984), pp. 133-34, no. 3, pl. 34, entry by Peter C. Sutton.\n\"Acquisitions/1984.\" The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal 13 (1985), pp. 208-9, no. 135, ill.\nSutton, Peter C. \"Recent Patterns of Public and Private Collecting of Dutch Art.\" In Great Dutch Paintings from America, exh. cat. Ben Broos et al., eds. (The Hague: Mauritshuis, with Waanders, 1990), p. 107.\nKelso, William M. Jamestown Rediscovery I: Search for 1607 James Fort (Jamestown: Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, 1995), p. 11, fig. 17.\nScott, Mary Ann. \"Cornelis Bega.\" In The Dictionary of Art. Jane Turner, ed. Vol. 3, B to Biard (London: Macmillan, 1996), p. 495, ill.\nJaff\u00e9, David. Summary Catalogue of European Paintings in the J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1997), p. 8, ill.\nKelso, William M., and Beverly A. Straube. Jamestown Rediscovery VI (Jamestown: Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, 2000), p. 37, fig. 36.\nFranits, Wayne. Dutch Seventeenth-Century Genre Painting: Its Stylistic and Thematic Evolution (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2004), pp. 140-42, 282n43, fig. 126.\nClippel, Karolien de. \"Two Sides of the Same Coin? Genre Painting in the North and South During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries.\" Simiolus 32, no. 1 (2006), pp. 30, fig. 12.\nGlatstein, Jeremy. \"Sigismund Bacstrom's Alchemical Manuscripts.\" Getty Research Journal 2 (2010), pp. 166-67, fig. 4.\nLindemann, Bernd Wolfgang. \"Begas malerische Virtuosit\u00e4t.\" In Cornelis Bega: Eleganz und raue Sitten, exh. cat. Peter van den Brink and Bernd Wolfgang Lindemann, eds. (Aachen: Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, with Belser, 2012), p. 33.\nBrink, Peter van den, and Bernd Wolfgang Lindemann, eds. Cornelis Bega: Eleganz und raue Sitten, exh. cat. (Aachen: Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, with Belser, 2012), pp. 243-46, 283-84, no. 70, ill., entry by Sylvia B\u00f6hmer.\nAudio: The Alchemist (Family)\nAudio: The Alchemist", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 331, "original_length": 11881, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.71, "perplexity": 186.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.geyc.ro/2011/07/survey-how-intercultural-competence-and.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:29:28Z", "digest": "sha1:PKARUS2STUMIXFCIHAMX6ZTPM7D7RWGG", "length": 1296, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.geyc.ro", "title": "GEYC: Survey: how intercultural competence and sensitivity can be developed through different non-formal education experiences", "raw_content": "Survey: how intercultural competence and sensitivity can be developed through different non-formal education experiences\nThe Group of the European Youth for Change - GEYC supports Marianna Kosic in a research project on how intercultural competence and sensitivity can be developed through different non-formal education experiences.\nI'm preparing an article on how intercultural competence and sensitivity can be developed through different non-formal education experiences. The paper will be presented at \"Across Languages and Cultures\" conference to be held in Venice from 1 to 3 September, but I need to submit the draft paper before 10\nI would like to gather some quantitative/qualitative data also to strengthen the reflections. Would you help me by replying to the online survey I prepared as soon as possible :)? If there will be enough respondents I might\nbe able to use the data for the paper. Answering the questionnaire should take you approximately 20 minutes.\nThe link to the survey is: http://www.surveymonkey.com/ s/INTERCULT\nWe kindly ask you to support this project by completing the survey and sending the link to your friends and contacts, inviting them to complete the questionnaire as well.\nLabels: employment, experience, intercultural, non-formal, research, youth exchange", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 76, "original_length": 3812, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 294.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ghosthuntingtheories.com/2014/07/civilization-of-tiny-people-uncovered.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:05:40Z", "digest": "sha1:IBMQKNY6UOPOF6YKLVG4N33L7OHCOUYH", "length": 17887, "nlines": 51, "source_domain": "www.ghosthuntingtheories.com", "title": "Ghost Hunting Theories: Civilization Of Tiny People Uncovered In America!", "raw_content": "Civilization Of Tiny People Uncovered In America!\n(San Pedro Mountains Mummy discovered in Wyoming in 1932)\nWe spend a lot of focus on the tall people of the Americas - ancient giants and Sasquatch, but what of the \"little people\" of as I call them, \"Littlefoots.\"\nWhat? You haven't heard of the Littlefoots?\nWell, let's delve into this, both in legends and archaeological digs around America (and the world).\nFrom the book The Natural and Aboriginal History of Tennessee by John Haywood (starting page 200 on reprint edition from Amazon):\nReferred to as \"pygmies,\" these skeletons were found buried in crypts just outside of Sparta, Tennessee in the County of White and reported in the Nashville Whig in June 1820.\nThese graves had many bodies, all of them quite small. Some of the crypts were as small as 18 inches by 12 inches. The first grave was 2 feet long and inside the small skeleton and its teeth had the researcher wondering if it was canine or monkey. He had them sent off to be examined.\nThey were buried with care in a stone crypt and had shells and urns with them. The bones were so old they crumbled quite easily. One skull the examiner held up was 5\" across from side to side. Most individuals were from 18 inches to 2 feet 10 inches long. One find was a 5 foot 5 inch individual found with the smaller ones. The taller skeleton had a head that was longer, eyes much wider asunder, the forehead much higher above the eyebrows, and the under jaw measured one inch longer on each side than the smaller fellows. Atop the head of one skull had bright silver grey fine hairs.\nThere was great dissimilarity in skull shapes, the size and shape of the bones, and looked to belong to different tribes of people. Just 8 miles away, a 7-foot giant was found.\nThese finds were packaged and sent for examination in Nashville. The prevailing opinion was that they were not children. No 1 skull belonged to some carnivorous animal of the canine genus; but that the skull belonged on an adult person of small size, not much exceeding 3 feet in length. Cylindrical bones and teeth appeared canine. Others gave the same odd opinion.\nSource: V.R. Pilapil, for example, asserts that the disputed Tennessee graves really did contain pygmy remains. Not only that, but he hypothesizes that the pygmies arrived in ancient times from southeast Asia, probably the Philippines, where today's diminutive Aetas live. To support his case, Pilapil recalls B. Fell's examination of the Tennessee skeletal material. Fell noted that: (1) The skull brain capacity was equivalent to only about 950 cubic centimeters, about the volume of a non-pygmy 7-yearold; (2) The teeth were completely developed and showed severe wear characteristic of mature individuals; and (3) The skulls were brachycephalic (flat-headed like dogs) with projecting jaws (like dog). Fell had, in fact, described skulls very much like those of today's adult Philippine Aetas. Another line of evidence adduced by Pilapil involved the traditions of British Columbia tribes, which recognized a tribe of very small people called the Et-nane. More significant is the oral history of the Cherokees, which mentions the existence of \"little people\" in eastern North America.\nNot from blog author: Remember my saying \"kernels of truth\" found in ancient Native legends - they add magic to explain odd occurrences or things they cannot compute that actually happened or exist- kind of like what our archaeologists and anthropologists do when they find stuff they can't fit into their educational model.\nSource: Anthropological Institute, Journal, 6:100, 1876:\nAn ancient graveyard of vast proportions has been found in Coffee county. It is similiar to those found in White County and other places in middle Tennessee, but is vastly more extensive, and shows that the race of pygmies who once inhabited this country were very numerous. The same peculiarities of position Observed in the White County graves are found in these. The writer of the letter says: \"Some considerable excitement and curiousity took place a few days since, near Hillsboro, Coffee county, on James Brown's farm. A man was ploughing in a field which had been cultivated many years, and ploughed up a man's skull and other bones. After making further examination they found that there were about six acres in the graveyard. They were buried in a sitting or standing position. The bones show that they were a dwarf tribe of people, about three feet high. It is estimated that there were about 75,000 to 100,000 buried there. This shows that this country was inhabited hundreds of years ago.\"\nNote from blog author: It would appear that in the 1800s, they had no concept of the age of these graves - as the first find the bones crumbled, showing they were thousands of years old, not hundreds\nSource: The Native peoples of North America told legends of a race of \"little people\" who lived in the woods near sandy hills and sometimes near rocks located along large bodies of water, such as the Great Lakes. Often described as \"hairy-faced dwarfs\" in stories, petroglyphs illustrations show them with horns on their head and traveling in a group of 5 to 7 per canoe.\nA graveyard unearthed in the 1830s in Coshocton County, Ohio was believed to contain skeletons belonging to a pygmy race. In fact that the graves, only about three feet long, were \"bone burials\" containing disarticulated or bent bones packed together.\nThe physical remains of tiny people have been reported found in various locations in the western United States, particularly Montana and Wyoming. Typically these are described as being found in caves with various details such as descriptions that they were \"perfectly formed\", dwarf-size.\nSource: Yunwi Tsunsdi. The Little People of the Cherokee are a race of Spirits who live in rock caves on the mountain side. They are little fellows and ladies reaching almost to your knees. They are well shaped and handsome, and their hair so long it almost touches the ground. They are very helpful, kind-hearted, and great wonder workers. They love music and spend most of their time drumming, singing, and dancing. They have a very gentle nature, but do not like to be disturbed.\nCROW: The little people of the Pryor Mountains. Crow folklore says the \"Little People\" live in the Pryor Mountains, a small mountain range in Carbon County, Montana. Petroglyphs on rocks in the mountains, the Crow said, were made by these demon-like creatures. Because the Little People live there, the mountains are sacred to the Crow. The Little People are said to be no more than 18 inches (46 cm) (or knee) high. Crow folklore differs slightly from that of other tribes in describing the Little People of the Pryor Mountains as having large, nearly round bellies; incredibly strong but short arms and legs; and little or no neck.\n(San Pedro Mountains Mummy was discovered in Wyoming in 1932)\n(Palau skull finds)\nSource: The South Pacific Nation of Palau (just east of the Phillipines) has unearthed thousands of human bones that are rather unusual. The bones reportedly are 900 to 2500 years old and appear to be homo sapiens, but also reveal signs of archaic or primitive breeding. The bones were found in a cave. These people were 3-4 feet tall, perhaps 70 to 90 pounds (similar in size to the Homo floresiensis found in Indonesia). Some of these people lacked chins and had deep jaws, large teeth, and small eye sockets. Anthropologist, William Jungers, anthropologist, points out that the hobbit is distinguished from modern humans by jaw structures called transverse tori, which are seen in human ancestors, such as australopithecines and some Homo erectus fossils, he noted.\nIn the case of the homo floresiensis (Hobbit) from Indonesia; unlike the Palauan bones, the hobbit fossils include a skull with an exceptionally small braincase. Its volume is much smaller than that of small-bodied peoples living today on other Pacific islands and in the forests of Africa. It is also smaller than that of the early Palauans.\nDean Falk is an anthropologist at Florida State University in Tallahassee who received National Geographic funding to compare the Flores skull with both microcephalics and modern humans without disease. She and colleagues from the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology concluded in a study published last year that the hobbit was not microcephalic. Falk said the finding closed the microcephaly argument. The Palauan remains, she added, are just a set of small bones, representing small-bodied people.\"But being small does not make one comparable to Homo floresiensis,\" she noted. \"It makes one small\u2014period.\nTiny tribes have been reported throughout the islands of the South Pacific. Some scientists suggest that limited resources made them smaller, but that would take hundreds of thousands of years and that lack of resources would have killed them long before then. So, I will hazard a guess that they originated from Madagascar as an evolutionary offshoot of the lemur/lorises branch of the tree, whereas homo sapiens came from the primate branch.\nIt may seem like a wild idea, but so is man from primate! We came from the same tree as lemurs/lorises and in the isolation of Madagascar for millions of years, a race could have not only evolved long before we did, but were intelligent enough to take to other islands and look for more resources, hence populating the South Pacific, ending up in Peru finds and up into America re we ever considered leaving Africa 100,000 piddly years ago.\nAs you can see, there was a common ancestor and a division with one branch going to tarsiers, monkeys, apes and humans and another branch that goes to lemurs and lorises. *Please take note of the lemur/lorices branch's skeleton dude with no name - down below I explain him*\nSource: The discovery, in China, of some fossilized foot-bones believed to be from Eosimias, an early species already known of from fossilized jawbones, led to the announcement, in 2000 A.D., of Eosimias as a candidate for consideration as an early ancestor present in the family tree of humans / primates. (guess whose side of the tree? Mr. Lemur/lorices )\n(above: New graphic that includes the Eosimias)\nSource: Most of the mammals that evolved after the age of dinosaurs are known for their enormous sizes, but not so Eosimias, a tiny, Eocene primate that could easily fit in the palm of a child's hand. Judging by its scattered (and incomplete) remains, paleontologists have identified three species of Eosimias, all of which probably led a nocturnal, solitary existence (sound like anyone we know??? - more on a future post) high up in the branches of trees (where they would be beyond the reach of bigger, land-dwelling carnivorous mammals, though still presumably subject to harassment by prehistoric birds). The discovery of these \"dawn monkeys\" in Asia has led some experts to speculate that the human evolutionary tree had its roots in the prehistoric primates of the far east rather than Africa, though few people are convinced.\n(Eosimias were the oldest primate found - but found in China, not Africa)\nNote from Blog author: I will be talking more about a potential lineage on the lemur/lorises limb coming up on GHT.\nIn summary, I'd like to say shame on archaeologists and anthropologists. They have really fed us a line of bull about the evolutionary process of man and that there was only homo sapiens in the human genus after the 29,000 year mark when they say Neanderthal ended.\nThere appears to be strong evidence of hairy giants in our woodlands, elongated skull people in Peru found to not be of homo sapiens or Neanderthal lines (DNA testing of elongated skulls), and there are so many variations in skull shapes, teeth, height and more that it's obvious that there were many lines of man and perhaps not all from the primate branch, maybe even the lemur/lorises branch. And, imagine the hybrid variables if the lemur branch of man and the primate branch of man were to mate?\nI wish researchers would quit discarding anything that is \"out of place/out of time\" because these insane standards they have are arbitrary. There is much more in the ground and in caves yet to be found than has already been found and a vast majority we had no idea about like the recently discovered Denisovans. In fact, this newest find in China was just 14 years ago and it proved to be the oldest primate that they never knew about and from OUTSIDE of Africa - a notion they wouldn't entertain. So, be humble, keep your minds open, and don't think you know how everything relates, let the evidence tell you how it relates, don't tell the evidence how it relates!\nNext time someone scoffs at the existence of Sasquatch, they might want to take a look at recent finds of ancient giants and elongated skull people (ones that were not flatboarded), and the Littlefoots before they dispute the notion. We honestly have missed a huge amount of variations of humans that have lived on the earth and it's time to get to the ground and make more finds, as well as poking in every cave - the places earlier men sought refuge. There is a whole world yet to be uncovered, so long as the finds come to light and aren't buried away in some warehouse or morphed into something they aren't depending on covert agendas.\nNative Tribes from around the country consistently have stories of the little people. That nearly all of them have explanations of little people tells us that there was likely a universal influence around America that made the legends need to be born to explain something they encountered.\nCalifornia sprites were called Akeki. Pains are tiny magical spirits in the traditions of many California Indian and Northwest Coast tribes. Pains usually take the form of miniature, fairy-like people, although in some tribes they appear as tiny animals or magically powerful inanimate objects. Pains may be summoned by medicine people or witches, or they may remain within a Native American family through generations. In some tribes, Pains are primarily positive spirits, seen as guardians and granters of magical powers (though they can also cause harm to people.) In other tribes Pains are viewed more negatively, associated with disease, curses, and witchcraft (though they can still be a source of healing power to properly trained medicine people.)\nAlbawitches (Pennsylvania, Chickies Rock, Lancaster County): These little people are reported even today and explained as a population that nearly went extinct in the 19th Century, but are still seen today upon occasion.\nKawi Anukasha (Choctaw): The Little People in Choctaw folklore. They have strong magic and can be very dangerous, but they sometimes also bestow powers upon people who treat them respectfully. Their name literally means \"forest dwellers.\"\nNemirigar (Shoshone/Paiute): Although benign races of small magical creatures exist in many Native American tribes, the Little People of the Shoshone and Paiute tribes are dangerous man-eaters and enemies of humankind. \"Nimerigar\" is a corruption of the Shoshone and Paiute words meaning \"people-eaters\", and \"Nunumbi\" (and its many variants) means \"little person.\"\nMemegwesi (Canadian Tribes): Memegwesi are small riverbank-dwelling water spirits. They are generally benign creatures, but sometimes blow canoes astray or steal things when they are not shown proper respect. In some Ojibwe traditions, Memegwesi can only be seen by children and medicine people; in others, they can appear to anyone, and may help humans who give them tobacco and other gifts. Most often Memegwesi are described as being child-sized and hairy with a large head and a strange voice that sounds like the whine of a dragonfly. The Cree and Innu describe them as having narrow faces, and some Menominee storytellers have said that they have no noses. It is sometimes said that Memegwesi were originally created from the bark of trees. Memegwesi are said to carve symbols on rocks and sometimes carve small canoes for themselves out of stone. Some people believe that their name comes from the Ojibwe word for \"hairy,\" memii, since Memegwesi are usually described as having hairy faces and bodies. Other people believe that their name is related to the word for butterfly, memengwaa.\nLittle people are reported in legends of nearly all the world's people from Australian aborigines to the Norse, the Celts to the Greeks. Just some are Tommyknockers, fairies, elves, trolls, gnomes, brownies, pixies, leprechauns.\nThe interesting thing is the running theme throughout - they are earth beings, mischievous, can be friendly and help you or play nasty pranks and hurt you. They accept gifts and that keeps them from causing more harm.\nWhen people around the world report giants that want to eat them and little people within their woods, you have to wonder about those \"kernels of truth.\" Are they reporting actual beings they shared the earth with, whom they could not seem to console their existence and so made up extraordinary and spiritual backgrounds for them?\nToday, people often report seeing \"little ones\" and most often in the company of \"big ones,\" or as we know them, Sasquatch. Some believe you don't speak of the little ones or even look at them, that it could cause some kind of bad or evil. Others revere them as old knowledge within the woodlands, keepers of nature of a sort. Most people today see them as mythological or mystical or even make believe, but there are those who say that the little people that once openly lived around the world, are still there, like the tall ones, only know to stay hidden....\nSo far as the subject of the Littlefoots, I can't stop thinking of this scene from \"Trilogy of Terror.\" A little guy can do a lot of damage!\nUPDATE 2017: The oldest man found in South Africa of 3.67 million years shows a being referred to as \"Little Foot\" (LINK)\nLabels: fav, favs", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 226, "original_length": 23442, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 305.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.globalholidays-paris.com/arc-de-triomphe/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:21:14Z", "digest": "sha1:DHDBYI2L56PERMHTVBR5RGJCS2GDFACD", "length": 1864, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.globalholidays-paris.com", "title": "Arc de Triomphe \u2013 Global Holidays", "raw_content": "One of the most popular attractions in Paris, Inspired by Rome\u2019s Arch of Titus, the Arc de Triomphe is located in Paris in the world\u2019s largest traffic roundabout and is the biggest and tallest triumphal arch in the world \u2013 about 49 meters (161 ft.) high and 44 meters (144 ft.) wide. Arc de Triomphe (Paris) is located 2 kilometers northwest from the place de la Concorde in the middle of the well know and extremely busy \u201cPlace Charles de Gaulle\u201d (or better known to Parisians as \u201cPlace de l\u2019\u00c9toile\u201d). This 161 foot triumphal arch was commissioned by Napol\u00e9on in 1806 to honor his imperial victories but it is only 20 years after he died that the Arc de Triomphe was finished, in 1836.\nSome important events took place under the great Arc de Triomphe. The greatest state funeral, for one, was of Victor Hugo. His coffin was placed in 1885 here while many Parisians came to place their last respect. On the other hand, some of France most humiliating moments are also related to this place, notably in 1871 and 1940. The sights of German troops walking under the arch are not to be forgotten by the French people.\nImportant tip \u2013 do not cross the square in order to reach it as this is Paris\u2019s busiest traffic circuit and this is either dangerous or practically impossible. Instead, use the easily accessible underground passage.\nIt is well worth climbing the stairs to the top of the arch from which you can see the 12 radiating avenues that goes in and out of the circuit. You can view across the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es from the Arc all the way to the Place de la Concorde and the further away Mus\u00e9e du Louvre (the Louvre Museum).\nBefore you leave, take a closer look at the Arc as it is also well known for its magnificent sculptures by Fran\u00e7ois Rude. Pay a special notice to The Departure of the Volunteer, to the right of the arch when viewed from the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 40, "original_length": 2584, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 140.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.goleap.us/goleap/wallfountain-water-popularity-backyards-japanese-features.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:21Z", "digest": "sha1:SCXQAJMPPHIV3TQZCOIRZP24QOTYLL5U", "length": 6151, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.goleap.us", "title": "The Popularity of Water Features in Japanese Backyards", "raw_content": "Japanese gardens usually include a water element. Since Japanese water fountains are considered emblematic of physical and spiritual cleansing, they are often positioned in the doorway of buildings or shrines. Since water is supposed to be the central point of a fountain, you will notice that the designs are kept very straightforward.\nMany people also get a water fountain that includes a bamboo spout. The basin, which tends to be built of stones, collects the water as it flows down from the bamboo spout. It should have a worn-down, weathered look as well. People want their fountain to look as natural as possible, so they put plants, flowers, and stones around the fountain. Needless to say, this fountain is something more than just a regular decoration.\nFor something a bit more distinctive, start with a bed of gravel, add a stone fountain, and then decorate it imaginatively with live bamboo and other natural elements. After some years it begins to really blend into the surrounding nature as moss covers the stone.\nThere are different alternatives if you do not want to put water in your Japanese fountain.\nPretty rocks, sand, or gravel are good alternatives to actual water, as they can be used to represent the water. The impression of a creek with moving water can also be achieved by putting flat stones very closely together.\nA very important first step is to think about the proportions of the outdoor wall fountain with regards to the space you have available for it. It will need a solid wall to support its overall weight. Areas or walls that are small will call for a lightweight fountain. In order for the fountain to have power, a nearby electrical plug is needed. Since there are many varieties of outdoor wall fountains, installation techniques vary, however the majority include easy to follow instructions.\nThe general outdoor wall feature is available in an easy-to-use kit that comes with everything you need and more to properly install it. In the kit you are going to find all the needed essentials: a submersible pump, hoses and basin, or reservoir. If the size is average, the basin can be hidden away amongst your garden plants. Since outdoor wall fountains need little care, the only thing left to do is clean it consistently.\nReplenishing and purifying the water on a routine basis is very important. Remember to remove debris like leaves, twigs or dirt as fast as possible. Ensure that your outdoor wall fountain is shielded from bitterly cold winter temperatures. If kept outdoors, your pump could break as a result of freezing water, so bring it inside during the winter. The bottom line is that if you properly maintain and care for your outdoor fountain, it will bring you joy for many years.\nA lot of people forget the need for an electrical socket or water source close by when contemplating where to put their garden fountain. Occasionally new owners get so caught up in the romanticism of their new purchase that they forget vital details. If you require an extension cord to reach a 120v wall socket, feel free to use one, as typical power cords are only 12 feet long. A convenient place to get water is essential since you will need to fill your fountain. Carrying large amounts of water requires strength so you do not want to have to carry it a long distance. A nearby hose can make filling the fountain much less demanding. A water fountain autofill will make your life less complicated in the long run, but this requires a professional to install since it must be attached to an external water line.\nThe Many Ways You Can Flourish from Water Elements\nThere are countless benefits to be gained from outdoor fountains including improved air quality as well as wonderful sounds and sights. They provide many health benefits and create a lovely atmosphere to entertain loved ones. Different people, however, discover that their fountain is important to them for many personal reasons. Perhaps it takes you back to a certain place you once visited. It might bring back memories of that special friend. You might choose to make it into a memorial to someone deceased. Whatever it contributes to your life, you will undoubtedly enjoy it for a long time.\nWall Water Fountains: So Many Types Available to You\nWhen you are limited on space, a garden wall fountain is the perfect option. They are beautiful and quick to put up, and you do not need a great deal of space. There are so many different price ranges and types so that everyone can find their ideal fit. You can pick from an array of colors and sizes as well. Many people go for these attractive water fountains because they add so much charm to their outdoor walls. If there is enough wall space, you might consider buying multiple fountains as they will produce a lovely waterfall effect.\nGarden fountains come in a vast range of options from which to select. The type you want and where to mount it are the first things to figure out.\nMulti-talented individuals, fountain artists from the 16th to the late 18th century often functioned as architects, sculptors, artists, engineers and highly educated scholars all in one person. Exemplifying the... read more\nThe first implementation of a sugary drinks tax in the USA came in February 2014, when it was passed by the city of Berkley, California. The goal is to have individuals drinking more water and other natural beverages by raising the price of soda... read more\nSculptors ornamented the elaborate columns and archways with renderings of the greek gods until the time came to a close and most Greeks had begun to think of their theology as superstitious rather than sacred; at that time, it grew to be more common for... read more\nYou can beautify your living area by putting in an indoor wall fountain. Your eyes, your ears and your health can be favorably influenced by including this type of indoor feature in your home. The research behind this theory supports the fact ... read more\nIf what you want is to breathe life into an otherwise boring ambiance, an indoor wall fountain can be the solution. Setting up this type of indoor feature positively affects your senses and... read more", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 32, "original_length": 7041, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 337.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.granit-publishing.cz/en/minerals/mineralogy/minerals-gemstones-and-rocks/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:00:45Z", "digest": "sha1:KDQ4YHT7IENILPCYUCOCVLVSJGPAYZTQ", "length": 153, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.granit-publishing.cz", "title": "Publishing House Granit", "raw_content": "More than 400 species and varieties of minerals, gemstones, rocks, meteorites and tectites. Outstanding photos by an international team of photographers.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 965, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 160.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.grantfortn.com/grant_starrett_campaign_unveils_foodstampscott_website", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:12Z", "digest": "sha1:2SOLKTWIEZSX6DSIIIQKODGU6YMWBSDJ", "length": 2745, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.grantfortn.com", "title": "Grant Starrett Campaign Unveils FoodStampScott Website - Grant Starrett for Congress", "raw_content": "Posted by Grant Starrett for Congress 33sc on October 27, 2015\n\u201cScott DesJarlais voted for more than $700 billion in Food Stamps over the next ten years\u2014a major problem not just because of its cost to taxpayers, but its effect on recipients,\u201d said Grant Starrett, Republican candidate for Congress in Tennessee\u2019s 4th Congressional District. \u201cThe Food Stamp program is one of the terrible examples of the federal government discouraging work and disincentivizing marriage. We need to stand for jobs, not welfare, and the government needs to stop distorting the American family.\n\u201cConservatives had some great success in reforming welfare in the 1990s, but liberals in both parties have expanded alternative programs, most notoriously Food Stamps, that gut those essential reforms. Nearly half of all Food Stamp recipients are on the program for more than eight years\u2014a sorry tribute to two terms of President Barack Obama.\n\u201cThe last reason we should be accumulating debt is to turn America's safety net into a hammock. And yet that's exactly what Congressman DesJarlais is borrowing from China for. In fact, in 2014, Tennessee sent $56 billion in taxes to Washington, D.C., and then the federal government turned around and spent all of that and more on Food Stamps. Let's stop the madness.\u201d\nThe website can be viewed at www.FoodStampScott.com.\n-In 2013, Scott DesJarlais voted for more than $700 billion in Food Stamps.\n-From 2009-2011, Food Stamp fraud cost $858 million each year. Scott DesJarlais voted to continue this program.\n-We have trillion dollar deficits yet Scott DesJarlais voted to spend more than every dollar Tennessee sends to Washington on Food Stamps. In 2014 Tennessee sent $56 billion to D.C. and the federal government spent $74 billion that year on Food Stamps.\n-Scott DesJarlais voted for $700 billion in Food Stamps, now one of the fastest growing and top 5 largest entitlement programs. In $5 bills, that would cover the entire playing surface of the football field at Floyd Stadium and stack 97 feet high!\n-The Obama administration admitted to meeting approximately 30 times between 2009-2012 with the Mexican government to specifically promote Food Stamps and other programs to non-U.S. citizens. Approximately 1.6 million non-U.S. citizens were on Food Stamps in 2012, quadrupling from 2001.\n-In Obama's economy, Tennessee had the 5th largest share of households on Food Stamps in 2013.\n-In 2001, only 8.3% of Tennessee households were on Food Stamps. In 2013, 17.2% were.\n-Food Stamps penalize marriage, encouraging broken families. By 2015, 42 states (including Tennessee) also waived the work requirements for Food Stamps for able-bodied adults.\n-49.6% stay on Food Stamps for 8+ years. 65.1% stay on for 4+ years.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 32, "original_length": 3703, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 204.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.grcrunning.com/chris-bain.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:36:35Z", "digest": "sha1:KISA3E4MXHK3JQ6655ZNYOIMGHYFQFTA", "length": 928, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.grcrunning.com", "title": "Chris Bain - Georgetown Running Club", "raw_content": "Chris Bain started long distance running the summer before his sophmore year in high school. High school honors include All Prep (VA Prep League) junior and senior year and All State (VA Independent Schools) senior year in cross country. After a hiatus from competition during the first two years of college, Chris began running marathons, starting with the Marine Corps Marathon in 1997. Having qualified for the Boston Marathon, he initiated a streak of Bostons in 1998 and has been running it every year since. Upon graduating college, Chris moved to the DC area in 1999 and soon began racing in the local scene, running distances from 5K to the marathon. He now trains and races with the Georgetown Running Company.\n10M - 54:18\n3rd Place Rock 'n' Roll Arizona Marathon (2013)\n2nd Place Baltimore Marathon (2014)\n1st Place Seneca Creek Greenway Trail Marathon (2012, 2015, 2017)\n21 consecutive Boston Marathons (and counting)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 37, "original_length": 1471, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 196.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.greenbeanteenqueen.com/2008/09/sun-and-moon-ice-and-snow-by-jessica.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:36Z", "digest": "sha1:SSPNCW7APHN6CFWKQPPURI37PJ7YKOJT", "length": 2182, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.greenbeanteenqueen.com", "title": "GreenBeanTeenQueen: Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George-Teen", "raw_content": "Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George-T...\nBarnaby Grimes: Curse of the Night Wolf\nSun and Moon, Ice and Snow by Jessica Day George-Teen\nAbout the Book: The lass is the youngest of the woodcutter\u2019s children. Her mother was so upset that she had another child, let alone another girl, that she refused to even give her a name. The lass grows up, and is delighted when her older brother Hans Peter comes home from the sea. Hans Peter is cursed upon his return and is forever depressed, but he enjoys the lasses company and teaches her how to read the strange symbols in his wood carvings.\nWhen the lass is sixteen, rumors of an isborjn, a white polar bear, surround the village. The lass has been gifted with the ability to talk to animals. Upon hearing of this gift, the white polar bear seeks the lass out and asks her to join him at the palace of ice for one year. Hans Peter tries to argue that she can not go, but the bear promises her family riches if the lass joins him. The lass agrees and travels with him to the ice palace.\nThanks to Hans Peter\u2019s carvings, the lass realizes she can read the carvings on the wall, which tell stories of the spells and curses the troll princess has cast. When the lass\u2019s own isborjn is taken away by the troll princess, the lass must risk everything she can to find the palace East of the sun and West of the moon and break the curse upon him.\nGreenBeanTeenQueen Says: I enjoy reading fairy tales and fairy tale re-tellings. Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow is based on a Nordic folktale called East of the Sun, West of the Moon (which I had not heard of until this book came across my desk). This was a richly told story, with hints of Beauty and the Beast, one of my all time favorite stories. The author adds depth and background to the tale and the story itself is magical. If you enjoy fairy tales, especially fairy tales with strong female characters, be sure to add this to you must read pile. You'll be swept away and won't want to come back until you've read the last page.\nCarmenink October 13, 2008 at 6:02 PM\nThe book description reminds me a lot of East by Edith Pattou. (Harcourt, 2003). It is based in the same fairy tale.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 178, "original_length": 5483, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 245.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.greenwichneighborsunited.com/the-ever-receding-climate-goalpost-ipcc-and-al-gore-12-years-to-save-the-planet-again/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:15:56Z", "digest": "sha1:EPIEUOJ3XI7DEFXHW5FCP3ONIZCUZN5Z", "length": 279, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.greenwichneighborsunited.com", "title": "The ever receding climate goalpost: IPCC and Al Gore \u201c12 years to save the planet\u201d (again) | Wind energy, not cheap, not free, not green, not a farm or a park, not reliable, not dispatchable, not an answer, ..call it what it is..A SCAM!", "raw_content": "Ah, it\u2019s beginning to sound like a broken record. The same message over and over again. It\u2019s as if these folks don\u2019t pay attention to history. The United Nations has once again is\u2026\nSource: The ever receding climate goalpost: IPCC and Al Gore \u201c12 years to save the planet\u201d (again)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 763, "original_length": 51721, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 182.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.gurgaonpropertybazaar.in/residential-projects/under-construction/sohna-road.php", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:02:52Z", "digest": "sha1:P5ORGESTGYRZUG2DNUPS52T755QPLFHQ", "length": 546, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.gurgaonpropertybazaar.in", "title": "Sohna Road Ongoing Under Construction Projects", "raw_content": "UNDER CONSTRUCTION RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS ON SOHNA ROAD, GURGAON\nSohna Road has various segments of real estate on either side of the road: commercial spaces, residential apartments, villas, IT parks and retail. The location has over the years become the centre of Gurgaon. Over the last year, real estate values in Sohna Road have shown a significant appreciation in the residential segment, making it a sought after destinations in underconstruction properties for investors.\nFlats, Apartments and Villas Under Construction on Sohna Road, Gurgaon", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 133, "original_length": 5377, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.87, "perplexity": 336.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.haccof.com/class-of-2017/webber-j-charles/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:54Z", "digest": "sha1:A7XVWFTWWDNSCQUBGV4AXP34KFM6V3R7", "length": 3123, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.haccof.com", "title": "Webber J. Charles - HACCOF", "raw_content": "Webber J. Charles\nWebber J. Charles is a first generation Haitian-American, born and raised in Miami, Florida. After receiving a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Liberal Studies from Florida International University (FIU), Charles served as one of the managing principals of Concepticom, LLC, a design firm that developed marketing collateral and websites for Luxury Resorts in the Turks and Caicos. Charles has spent the last twelve years passionately working with children and young adults from all walks of life. He first found his passion for children and their intellectual development during his tenure at Edison Park Elementary. In addition to his primary role as Art Teacher, Charles developed and facilitated an Art and Chess Club and tutored Math and Science to boost academic achievement. He served as the 5000 Role Models mentor, coached the schools highly decorated chess team, and developed an Art/Writing club. Charles\u2019 work at Edison Park Elementary has been well documented in local print and TV media including WSVN, CBS, The Miami Herald, and The Miami Times. With a growing passion to reach more young people, Charles saw in his new role as Associate Site Director at Breakthrough Miami \u2013 Ransom Everglades School an opportunity to leverage private school resources in his efforts in the community at large. Managing a number of the school\u2019s community outreach programs he served as a faculty sponsor of the Black Student Association and RE Chess Club. In his efforts to establish greater diversity on campus he served as a faculty committee member of Diversity Council, the Booker T. Washington Student Exchange Program, and the Haiti Initiative. Through his dynamic leadership style, Charles worked diligently to develop organizational synergies between Breakthrough Miami and Ransom Everglades School. In the community Charles serves in various leadership roles with several non-profit organizations. He currently serves on the executive board of NLC Miami as Curriculum Co-Chair, the Advisory Board of the Nyah Project, the Executive Board of Footprints Across Haiti, and on the Board of Excelsior Charter School, Miami Gardens. In the past two years Charles\u2019 work with Miami\u2019s youth has been recognized by local leaders and professional organizations. He has been awarded the \u201940 Under 40 Black Leaders of Today and Tomorrow 2014\u2019 and \u2018The Top Black Educators of 2016\u2019 award by Legacy Magazine of the Miami Herald and Sun Sentinel. He has been awarded the Miami Foundation\u2019s Miami Leaders Grant \u2013 a $5,000 grant to attend Columbia Business School\u2019s Developing Leaders for Non-Profits program. Most recently, he received the 2016 Genius Award from BMe Community \u2013 a knight funded organization that identifies black men building community and highlights their story via a national media strategy. Charles is currently the Senior Site Director of Breakthrough Miami \u2013 Ransom Everglades School. His continued focus on factors motivating high achieving, low-income students guide his professional and community work. He is currently a thesis candidate \u2013 Master\u2019s Degree in Communications \u2013 at St. Thomas University.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 67, "original_length": 4234, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 186.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.halperinlaw.net/alan-halperin-named-to-2018-chambers-usa-list-of-leading-bankruptcy-and-restructuring-lawyers/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:11:50Z", "digest": "sha1:K5TV7K73GA2KSTGTXHDPN5NFPASIQTHC", "length": 700, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.halperinlaw.net", "title": "Alan Halperin Named to 2018 Chambers USA list of Leading Bankruptcy and Restructuring Lawyers | Halperin Battaglia Benzija, LLP", "raw_content": "Alan D. Halperin was recently named to the 2018 Chambers USA list of leading bankruptcy and restructuring lawyers. As reported in the Chambers guide:\nSources say Alan Halperin of Halperin Battaglia Benzija, LLP \u201chas an excellent understanding of the law and, importantly, he applies it practically to achieve excellent results in a cost-effective manner. He is very good at identifying core issues and problem solving to resolve them.\u201d He is frequently sought out to serve as trustee in high-stakes liquidations and also has significant experience with creditor-side representation. One source says: \u201cHe is a dogged and insightful lawyer who is bright and practical. I trust his judgment implicitly.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 1416, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 308.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.hamptonu.edu/hr/jobdetail.cfm?id=847", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:30Z", "digest": "sha1:2K6FTEPOD6MNPVNHUN25GERCSNXYH6U7", "length": 1128, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.hamptonu.edu", "title": "Hampton University : Human Resources : Employment Opportunities", "raw_content": "Hampton University is seeking a secretary who will assist the office of the Department of English and Foreign Languages with various administrative and clerical support tasks.\nMaintains the Chair\u2019s calendar of meetings, presentations, and deadlines.\nPerforms all clerical tasks, including typing, copying, retrieving, sorting and sending mail.\nAssists in the preparation of meetings and events including school and committee meetings organized by the Department of English and Foreign Languages.\nManages front desk operations (including answering the telephone and greeting visitors at the reception area).\nProvides information and referrals.\nPrepares presentation materials including power point presentations and handouts.\nCollects and disseminates department-related information.\nInterfaces with repair personnel, vendors, delivery personnel, and equipment-service providers.\nOther duties as assigned by the Department Chair.\nThe ability to work independently and as a member of a team.\nDemonstrated initiative and sense of ownership for projects.\nAble to work from Hampton University.\nAble to live in the Hampton Roads area.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 137, "original_length": 3649, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 306.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.happyrachael.com/2009/12/forget-wise-men.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:19Z", "digest": "sha1:WWEFLRJKQJH6JBZZ2MZEAJQKFVWBTGUG", "length": 207, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.happyrachael.com", "title": "HappyMommy HappyRachael: Forget the wise men....", "raw_content": "FORGET THE WISE MEN\n\"Three wise women would have asked directions, arrived on time, helped deliver the baby, cleaned the stable, made a casserole, brought practical gifts, and there would be Peace On Earth.\"", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 104, "original_length": 2230, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 306.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.harrybliss.com/store/sports/i-ve-seen-him.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:51:53Z", "digest": "sha1:HVHEAK26E5RP67VULVCMOKG6VGXQGW66", "length": 68, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.harrybliss.com", "title": "I've seen him... The Bliss cartoon collection by Harry Bliss", "raw_content": "I've seen him...\nI've seen him bench-press\nfour rubber tree plants.\u2018", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 77, "original_length": 1271, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 326.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.hats-n-rabbits.com/2014/04/me-chrisme-like-bang-drums.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:30Z", "digest": "sha1:NB2DGV76GP72S6RA6YM3KWOMXDUFGI37", "length": 2872, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.hats-n-rabbits.com", "title": "Hats and Rabbits: Me Chris...Me Like Bang Drums.", "raw_content": "I think I finally figured it out the gist of something. For years, comedians and critics of both sexes have been getting a lot of mileage out of joking that men are \"simple\" women are \"complex.\"\nI think most people realize this is silly. All people are complex, even when they seem simple. The human brain is complex beyond comprehension, male or female. Still, it makes for good jokes and it seems true: men can appear to be simple oafs. But I think it has more to do with (can I use this term?) \"primality\" than with simplicity.\nMen are not, generally, simpler than women, but they have remained more connected to their primal roots than women seem to have. Maybe this means women have actually evolved further than men. I don't know. But I do know that even the most philosophical and most metaphysical of men still have a bit of the chest-beater in them even when they pretend not to.\nA Japanese Taiko drummer.\nWe want to be strong and tough. These two qualities might not be as immediately and as literally useful as they were when we were living in fear of being ingested by three-headed swamp creatures or of getting clubbed by someone from the tribe over the hill during a cattle raid, but the primal need for these qualities remains. How they manifest themselves is up to us.\nIf we pick fights in bars, we are being morons. Those of us who do this are the ones who deserve the whatever oafish label they get. There are a lot of these guys around.\nThe rest of us (the majority) tend to channel our strength and toughness into other directions.\nSports, for one. In sports, we can be warriors for the required number of periods. No one gets killed, but we get to \"fight\" for a certain time -- we get to prove our toughness and strength. Sports are the most literal parallel to our survivalist/warrior ancestry.\nWhen we are not on the field, though, what do we do? Again, bar-brawlers are idiots, but the primal connection remains. I think we all need a way to assert our strength, because, for us, it is still important, even if it is not as important to our female counterparts and even if we think they value toughness in us more than they actually do.\nI know I lost my interest in sports some years ago, but I may not have if it wasn't for playing the drums. Drums are a physical instrument -- and talk about a literally and metaphorically primal thing... So, I admit it. There is a reason I play rock drums as opposed to jazz. I like to make loud noise; I like to drive a band; I like being able to play fast, strong drum fills. I take pride in my calloused hands. I like people to watch me play and to be impressed by my strength on the instrument -- but only if it amounts to the making of art. And for me, on drums as in life, strength without finesse and subtlety is just chest-beating.\nThat's not simple, but it sure is primal.\nLabels: masculinity, strength", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 180, "original_length": 6067, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 308.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.hawaii.edu/dl/courses/?action=course_info&crse_id=24248", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:26Z", "digest": "sha1:26XAPPX7KCAXCOI6TAGZ3KLP2ACWVX35", "length": 109, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.hawaii.edu", "title": "ANTH415 | Human Ecological Adaptation | Fall2018@UH West Oahu | 68748 | 24248", "raw_content": "ANTH 415 :: Human Ecological Adaptation\nThis class has mandatory chat times on Thursdays, 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 27, "original_length": 667, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.81, "perplexity": 180.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.healthcarenews.in/emirates-and-apollo-healthcare-join-hands-to-bring-international-patients/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:52:29Z", "digest": "sha1:U2PZKRCX6V7RBNQS3TUB73CG72ZJSLYW", "length": 2127, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.healthcarenews.in", "title": "Emirates and Apollo Healthcare Join hands to bring international patients", "raw_content": "You are at:Home\u00bbHealthcare News\u00bbLatest News\u00bbEmirates and Apollo Healthcare Join hands to bring international patients\nEmirates and Apollo Healthcare Join hands to bring international patients\nUnder the agreement, the hospital\u2019s customers from India can save up to 6% on return business class and up to 4% on return economy class bookings across Emirates\u2019 network from India.\nOne of India\u2019s private healthcare providers Apollo Hospitals has teamed up with Dubai-based Emirates airline to connect international patients seeking healthcare in India.\nAs part of the tie-up, patients and their attendants from 19 countries across the Middle East and Africa can come to various Apollo hospitals in Chennai, Hyderabad, New Delhi, Kolkata, Ahmedabad and Bangalore to avail these specially formulated fares for round-trip flights on Emirates.\nApollo Hospitals has provided health services to 37 million people across 120 countries, the release said.\nThey can also save up to 10% on business class and up to 5% on economy class bookings from selected points of origin to India.\nThe countries in Middle East would include Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and UAE.\nPatients from African countries including \u2013 Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe, Cote d\u2019Ivoire can avail this facility.\n\u201c\u2026Access to better healthcare facilities, good quality and cost related challenges still exist. Therefore, we have entered into a strategic partnership with Emirates involving patients and attendants coming from this region to Apollo Hospitals,\u201d Apollo Hospitals CEO K Hariprasad said.\n\u201cFurthermore, all Apollo Hospitals customers can also enjoy special Emirates fares to selected destinations. We are delighted to team-up with Emirates Airline and reach-out to these patients who value quality healthcare,\u201d he added.\nUnder the partnership, the travellers coming to Apollo Hospitals from the above mentioned locations can avail the special fares through the ticket booking section of the Emirates Airline microsite using the passcode, which is mentioned on the website.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 86, "original_length": 5218, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 288.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.healthlinkster.com/profile/2779/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:38:07Z", "digest": "sha1:GKFZXBIV7GKXT3OIF4CIIM3RDG3X3UJS", "length": 21, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.healthlinkster.com", "title": "Healthlink | Gill Associates, Inc.", "raw_content": "Gill Associates, Inc.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 19, "original_length": 389, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.7, "perplexity": 125.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.heberts.net/tag/exercise/page/2/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:18:01Z", "digest": "sha1:OVHY5THAN54YWDILAXNTH5MN2OCZ5NHL", "length": 349, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.heberts.net", "title": "page 2 / exercise / Scott Hebert", "raw_content": "Tag Archive 'exercise'\nPosted in home on Jun 1st, 2008\nI like Vans. They look good, they feel good \u2014 they\u2019re just good. Heck, I wore a pair of brown Vans to one of Emeril\u2019s restaurants in New Orleans. But my wife insists that I need to start wearing different shoes for different activities. For the last 15 years, I would have called that bunk, [\u2026]", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 43, "original_length": 1385, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 228.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.hellers.com/steve/resume/p150.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:58:20Z", "digest": "sha1:DRU4UPQJNYPFOAHWVAATPMWJC7MYLUFZ", "length": 19802, "nlines": 46, "source_domain": "www.hellers.com", "title": "Transition from Paper Study Panel", "raw_content": "Management of the New Infrastructure for Electronic Publications\nPaper for the Transition from Paper Study Panel\nE-mail: srheller@nist.gov\nWWW: www.hellers.com/`steve\nPredicting and envisioning the future can be a tricky and dangerous task. After all it has been some two decades the phrase \"the paperless office\" was first used, and their seems to be more paper used today than at that time, notwithstanding the millions of PC's that are now in use. Predicting the future with details for the management of a new structure is both foolish and dangerous. However, since any journey must start with a first step, this discussion of the issues at hand here will, it is hoped, provide at least a strawman structure which others will modify, refine, and improve upon. After providing the background as to how we got to the current situation, this paper then proposes the outline of an organizational structure for future electronic publishing. One important point for the infrastructure of the electronic journals of the future is that the scenario envisioned here assumes and requires some institutionalized operation, not a free-for-all self publishing operation. Much of the final proposed organizational structure, while similar to the current publishing model of today, is similar in functionality only, not in form or content. The transition from the structure and organization of the publisher of the 20th century to the publisher of the 21st century may not be possible. Like General Motors and the Saturn automobile, one may still have the goal of building a car, but to do it differently required starting, literally, from scratch in Tennessee, not by modifying a car plant facility in Michigan.\nWhile the current organization and management of scholarly publishing, in both the scholarly professional societies and commercial publishing industry, is both well established and adverse to real change (1), there appear to be sufficient new technological innovations in the past few years which are most likely to cause a major upheaval from the current situation. For the past 50 years or so, since the end of World War II, commercial and non-commercial publishers have been living in their own Garden of Eden. In the area of scientific and technical publishing there has been, up until recently, an explosion of funding for science, coupled with an even greater explosion of publishing by scientists. While funds were readily available scientists did research, published, and both scientists and libraries bought books and journals. As the reality of decreasing funding (that is, funding has not kept up with the increased number of scholars and increased number of journals being published and the increased costs of journals) took hold and settled in on the scientific community and the library support associated with it, a slow financial squeeze on book and journal budgets started some 10-15 years ago. The need for credit and recognition (i.e., grounds for job promotion, tenure, and other rewards) and the normal ego of scientists led to both more scholarly works being published, and more journals, mostly in specialized areas, being developed to feed this frenzy. The publishers, as any good business person would do, saw this community need, and proceeded to provide the community with what it wanted, making (often very large) profits in return for this pandering.\nWith the recent reality of shrinking (or at best non increasing) budgets at both the funding level and the library budget level, problems began to arise. The initial response from the publishers, for the most part, was to act as if it was not their problem, and continue business as usual. This was both easy and possible since their were no alternatives in the print publishing field. Scientists need an acceptable outlets for their scholarly results and libraries need patrons to help justify their existence. Furthermore, very few people like change. As long as libraries are funded out of central overhead budgets researchers may complain about having fewer journals in their libraries, but they are not likely to seriously consider changing over to electronic publishing until their own budgets are directly affected. The entire print publishing system is a large and complex one, and not easy for an individual to provide a real alternative. Into this system someone has thrown, to put it mildly, a large monkey wrench. Computers and computer networks, coupled with software that is approaching a product that can actually be easily used by a large audience without extensive (and regular) training (making it similar in ease to use as a printed manuscript), have created a new world, a new paradigm. In the area of scientific publishing it is now possible for developing countries, for the first time, to have the ability to be part of the main-stream of activities of their area of scholarly research and be as up-to-date as researchers in any developed country. This new world has come upon us in the matter of just a few years. In a paper written in mid 1992 and published in 1993, I peered into my crystal ball and wrote what I though would happen in a number of areas, including networks and publishing. At best I was off by 3-4 years out of 7. At least I did speak of the Internet. The move towards electronic publishing using the Internet has been faster than virtually anyone (Bill Gates included) could have predicted a few years ago.\nWhile commercial and non-commercial publishers still control the vast majority of scientific publishing, there are a number of signs that this changing. Electronic journals are starting up which do not come from traditional print publishers (2). There are many problems and difficulties in this area. Many of these publications are not peer-reviewed, may not be archived properly, are not indexed by the major secondary indexing services, and lack a sufficient base to be a major factor in scholarly information dissemination. However it would seem this is just a transitory matter. Time is not on the side of the print publisher, and their large and costly bureaucracy. It s on the side of new technology and the new generation of scientists who are growing up with it. But like any new ideas, as Max Planck once said: \"New scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.\" (3) In other words, it will take time for any change to take place. Furthermore, it will also take some good planning for these changes to take place. Having a new idea and actually reducing it to practice are two very different things. Without a realistic and solid infrastructure the suggestions from this study panel will be, at best, a footnote in some manuscript of the future.\nPrint publishing is really not any different from other businesses or organizations. It is just that the times has not yet caught up with it. In the past few years many companies and organizations have discovered the old ways of doing business will not work. Sears, the giant retailer, looked down on Walmart and their sales policy of everyday low prices, and now Walmart is a larger company. IBM was afraid to cannibalize on their lucrative and successful mainframe computer business, and Microsoft and Intel are now computer giants. The Soviet Union is now Russia. History is full of giants who couldn't adapt. In the case of scholarly publishing the print publishers have a very serious problem with today's technology. Computers and the Internet, and the related infrastructure, are really a better way to provide the customer with the product they want and need. The print publisher is, for the most part (although they say it is not true) is really just a middleman. They obtain manuscripts from authors are no cost, have them peer-reviewed at no cost (other than postage and handling), pay an editor a trivial sum of money to oversee the process, spend a good deal of money to process, print, market, and sell the manuscripts, and then charge a large sum of money to deliver the product back to the person who had given it away at no cost. Now clearly there is a cost to do this middleman work in electronic form. The remainder of this presentation is devoted to a proposed infrastructure of publishing in the future.\nJust as insurance companies did not benefit from going from paper to computers in the beginning because at first they did not change their process, only added to its cost by having computers, the infrastructure proposed here will not be just an electronic version of what there is now in print. First there needs to be a responsible organization to own or control the scholarly electronic publication. Just as in print publishing it can be a company, a society, a university or a library. There needs to be an editor of each scholarly publication - as there is in print. One needs competent reviewers too, and these will be harder to find in the beginning as not everyone is computer literate and computer \"comfortable\". Manuscripts need to be in computer readable form (more on this below).\nThe new structure of a 21st century publisher starts not with a building and a printing press, but with computer systems. It starts with a staff competent and literate in the technology and needs of the community it serves. From the organizational view one needs a number of computer systems, connected to the Internet, for the system. One needs a computer for administrative and business activities (subscriptions, accounting, payroll, and so on - but some all of these can be outsourced), a computer for articles being reviewed, and a computer for the public, operational scholarly publication. One also needs a computer and system for archiving the database. One will also want a computer for software development work, but it likely that software such as Netscape or Explorer (and their associated add-ons and extensions) will handle most all needs . Subscriptions, to save costs, will be handle in a totally electronic manner, either using credit cards or electronic money (CyberCash (5a), e-cash (5b), etc.). Electronic money is probably the best as it requires no manual intervention. As electronic publishing of scholarly manuscripts and information is just a small part of the Internet most of the standards that will be used will be developed Internet community, such as The Internet Engineering Task Force (2).\nWhile editing will not disappear in the electronic journal, its cost can be reduced substantially by having work done by piece-meal contracting work to competent copy editors around the world, via the Internet. (Why should this be any different than going to third world countries for less expensive manufacturing and programming labor?) However for a journal that publishes 100-200 or more papers per year, there will need to be a part-time to (eventually) full-time person to manage all the remote copy editors, even if they are all part-time outside contractors. The manager will also be needed to take the final manuscript and actually mount it on the operational server and notify the subscribers that a new manuscript have been published or released and is available.\nOnce an article is completed it goes directly to the operational computer and is made available to the customer immediately. There is no staff to watch over articles, make sure they fit on a page, make sure there are the right number of pages for a particular issue etc. An e-mail message will then be sent to the author and all subscribers notifying them of the availability of this article, and lastly the abstracting services which include this article in their products are also notified.\nOne very important issue, stressed by both scientists and librarians, is that of archiving. Right now, if a journal or publisher ceases to exist, there are always some copies of that journal in some libraries. Librarians and researchers also seem very happy to believe the large publishers and professional societies will \"always\" exist, and therefore always archive their electronic products. One way in which new players in this field could show credibility in this area is to make arrangements with a few major, forward thinking, libraries to archive their e-journals. Libraries could be an ideal repository for electronic journals. If that is not possible some other archiving source will need to be found. It is critical to the credibility of a new e-journal that they initially state there intention and method to archive their journal in a manner which the community will believe and accept. The important issue of the future accessibility and readability of this archived information is a matter that will need to be addressed (just as libraries are now looking into how to preserve current print materials and convert print materials into digital form), but as this is a universal issue for the electronic era, no suggestions will be given here as to how to undertake this task. It is a task for which the scholarly community has no need to take the lead, and for which it has no clout or muscle to have any possible solution it develops implemented in the larger, real (commercial) world.\nThere will still need to be some marketing and sales staff, along with advertising. This will especially true at the start, when it will be important to inform the community that there is a new form of publishing and a new way to obtain information. Even today scholarly authors market themselves and their work, not by just publishing, but by presenting their research results at meetings and corresponding and talking with their colleagues. Often in some areas of science authors now cultivate the media, and appear in the general press, on radio, and on TV. Most of the successful scientists have come out of their ivory towers and live more and more in the real world. This need to market and sell an electronic journal is costly, and will keep the cost of electronic publications higher than many might expect. One cost that can probably be substantially reduced is that of secretaries and related support staff who process large amounts of paperwork. (With manuscripts being created, manipulated, transferred, and delivered by all electronic means, the typical mail room activities and costs can be very greatly reduced.) The current typesetting costs can probably be reduced by some amount by initially having the copy editors do the SGML coding. In the long run the authors will need to prepare their manuscripts in SGML. It would be expected that automatic SGML software will be written and incorporated into the popular word processors. Even today, the modern state-of-the-art word processors produce HTML code as one of the stanard features of the software.\nThe systems needed to search the online journal of the 21st century do not yet, for the most part, exist. Virtually all current efforts underway and operational involve (full) text searching of electronic editions of print journals. Libraries, such as OCLC, are concerned mainly with provide easy, less expensive, and convenient access to electronic editions of print journals. While this is certainly important and needed, and will make access to the current scholarly literature easier and more wide-spread, it does not address the future. The future will be multi-media - grahics, amination, sound, color, multi-dimenional information, and so on. The future will require much more than text searching. One organization, the Stanford University High-Wire Press (6), is moving in the direction of the future by providing both a service to professional societies for providing electronic versions of their jorunals as well as developing new all electronic scholarly publication products.\nWhile there are few working examples of all electronic journals, those that have been started appear to working the way as outlined above. The Internet Journal of Chemistry (2), an independent journal is costing about $40,000 - $50,000 per year to produce and the Spinger-Verlag journal, The Chemical Educator (7) is costing \"under $100,000 per year\" to produce (8). Both these figures are well below what King and Tenopir proposed (1) and are reasonable amounts of money to enable many organizations to experiment with developing new all electronic journals. One organizations, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), is in the process of converting their paper based Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data (JPCRD)(9) into an all elctronic product. Details and discussion of the estimated cost of less than $150,000 to start up and under $100,000 per year to operate the journal has been presented elsewhere (10).\nStaff of the 21st century journal\nEditor (paid)\nEditorial Board (still unpaid - or perhaps given a payment based on the success of the publication)\nManager - (replaces current production & copy supervisor in print system and is someone who understands the new technology)\nhandles correspondence with authors\nfollows up on reviewers\noversees copy editors\nArchivist - someone to handle the long term database management of the journal\nCopy Editors - perform editorial and needed HTML/SGML coding\nWebmaster - responsible for computer systems\nobtains/writes all needed software for system\nAccountant - handles user accounts/passwords and billing\nOversees payroll of staff and editor/editorial board\nAdvertising person - publicizes and sells journal\nWhat this structure provides is a very slim staff, virtually all of which is outsourced, since outsourcing makes technical and financial sense for this endeavor. With salaries a major cost of print publishers, this electronic journal staff should provide for additional reduced costs, over and above the removal of high (and growing) printing and postage costs.\nThis presentation has tried to show that the technology of the internet and the lack of willingness on the part of the current publishers of scholarly journals to change their ways and processes of doing business has set the stage for this disruptive technology (11) to changes the names and faces of the players in the field within a decade. It will be interesting to see how this all works out in 10 years.\n(1) By real change I mean a truly electronic publication, not an electronic edition of a printed, page oriented, manuscript.\nFor example see Donald W. King and Carol Tenopir Economic Cost Models of Scientific Scholarly Journals\", Proceedings of ICSU Press Workshop on Economics, real costs and benefits of electronic publishing in science - a technical study.(http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/icsu/). The cost models developed in this presentation assume the same 16th century publishing practices will be used in the 21st century. It is not likely that any publisher who follows and uses the resources specified this paper will be in business for very long into the next century.\n(2) For example: (a) The Internet Journal of Chemistry (www.ijc.com), (b) MIT Press electronic journals\n(3) \"Scientific Autobiography and Other Papers\", Williams & Norgate, London (1950), pages 33-34.\n(4) The home page for The Internet Engineering Task Force is http://www.ietf.org/.\n(5) (a)CyberCash\n(b)e-cash\n(6) High Wire Press, Stanford University (http://highwire.stanford.edu/)\n(7) The Chemcial Educator is published by Springer-Verlag.\n(8) Robert Badger, Springer-Verlag, March 1999, private communication.\n(9) The Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data is currently pubished for NIST by the ACS and AIP.\n(10) S. R. Heller, Databases - The Journals of the 21st Century, Internet J. Chem., 1, #32 (1998).\n(11) C.. M. Christensen, \"The Innovators Dilemma - When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail\", Harvard Business School Press, Boston, 1997.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 58, "original_length": 20040, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 245.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.highpointholidays.co.uk/cycling-holidays/grades.asp", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:28:44Z", "digest": "sha1:TWGDTL52OKTZ3JNTKNH6MZQSXXNFGHYL", "length": 1065, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.highpointholidays.co.uk", "title": "Cycling Holidays in France Grades for Cycling Holidays", "raw_content": "Gentle riding on mainly flat terrain where minimum effort is required. Suitable for most people, including non-cyclists and families (with the exception of very young children.) Distances are generally less than 30 miles per day. Some days are reserved for rest or for local exploration.\nA mixture of flat and hilly terrain, although the gradients are reasonably gentle. Suitable for most ages and degrees of fitness. Distances are normally no more than 35 miles per day. There are generally days which allow for rest or for local exploration.\nMODERATE/CHALLENGING\nA mixture of flat and hilly terrain, where the climbs could be longer and more numerous. Suitable for those with a moderate degree of fitness and for those who have some limited cycling experience. Distances are generally no more than 40 miles per day.\nHilly areas with numerous and lengthy climbs over greater distances. Suitable for regular cyclists with a good level of fitness who are looking for a challenge.\nPlease note: More specific information about the cycling is provided with each holiday", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 111, "original_length": 2520, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 250.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.hillpark-sec.glasgow.sch.uk/PlainText/PlainText.aspx?SectionId=d66f6b37-22da-4427-9412-61d4ea6cacbc", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:21Z", "digest": "sha1:RE5OHIRXF5IXOIRQH4QYS3EGNVFC3RNO", "length": 653, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.hillpark-sec.glasgow.sch.uk", "title": "Hillpark Secondary School", "raw_content": "In June, we were delighted to be awarded for Social Enterprise in Scotland. This was presented by John Swinney. Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Sustainable Growth at The Hub in Edinburgh. It felt fantastic to be recognised for all the diverse work done by the Young Co-operative from selling fairly traded goods to supporting charities to awareness raising of injustice to music, performance events, songwriting, art, film ....the list of our pupils\u2019 achievements is endless! 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Furthermore, this is an automated product generated by computer for quick reference, erroneous data may slip through quality checks in spite of the best of our intentions.\nFor a brief background information and interpretation of the isohyet chart, please click here.\nFor other rainfall information, please visit the following webpages:\nRainfall recorded in various regions of Hong Kong\nRainfall extracts of weather stations\nWeather Information for Schools\nRegional Information on Heavy Rain and Thunderstorm\nIf you have any comment on the isohyet chart, please send us an e-mail.\nLast revision date: <09 Oct 2018>", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 21, "original_length": 1925, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.76, "perplexity": 63.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.hnhs.org/news/2019-herts-bird-clubbto-conference", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:16Z", "digest": "sha1:RKTODEDS23VDPYZIH6NUDGMYNM42V2AA", "length": 121, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.hnhs.org", "title": "News | HNHS | 2019 Herts Bird Club/BTO Conference", "raw_content": "4:00 Review of the Year, including the finding of the pallid harrier at Therfield Heath \u2013 Graham Knight and Stuart Cossey", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 69, "original_length": 2701, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 302.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.hopeinthehills.org.au/connect/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:55:58Z", "digest": "sha1:4XZMFNPTANS5SFN7EBX26RHNWG6FLZCI", "length": 17, "nlines": 1, "source_domain": "www.hopeinthehills.org.au", "title": "Connect | Hope in the Hills Christian Church", "raw_content": "Children, Youth &", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 29, "original_length": 508, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.83, "perplexity": 151.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.horror-asylum.com/news/article.asp?item=11391", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:53:43Z", "digest": "sha1:RIBJBJYWQDEBZRUB6WYCDHIIGEI3AGB2", "length": 2675, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.horror-asylum.com", "title": "Shriekfest Film Festival Announces 2014 Schedule, Horror Movie Entertainment News and Reviews", "raw_content": "SHRIEKFEST FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2014 SCHEDULE\nRelated Tags: shriekfest los angeles film festival kill game time lapse drudge chrysalis berkshire county\nSHRIEKFEST INTERNATIONAL HORROR/SCI FI FILM FESTIVAL is thrilled to announce the full, expanded schedule for the FOURTEENTH annual horror film festival, returning to Raleigh Studios Chaplin theatres, October 2-5th, 2014. Festival Director Denise Gossett says 'We are so honored to once again be at the same location we've been at for all 14 years! That says a lot about a location's quality and a festival's continuity, filmmakers walk out of their screening saying their film has never looked so good'!\nFestival goers will once again enjoy the finest in independent cinema from around the globe, selected from submissions that came in everywhere from the United Kingdom to New York; from Texas to Portugal. From our opening night screening of ALICE D, starring Kane Hodder, to the shorts from Australia, Germany, Canada, United Kingdom, and finally to the WORLD PREMIERE of HOUSE OF PURGATORY featuring Brian Krause!\nThe 14th Annual Shriekfest Horror/SciFi Film Festival has worked hard to present a festival as diverse as the fans of the Los Angeles city itself. American independent films are also well represented this year, on Friday, October 3rd \u2013 NIGHTMARE CODE, as well as KILL GAME, which is screening on Saturday, October 4th. We can't leave out ZUGZWANG starring Joanna Cassidy, BERKSHIRE COUNTY, TIME LAPSE, and CHRYSALIS. Not to mention our fabulous selection of short films. Movies like SOBREVIVO, ONE PLEASE starring Michael Berryman, CANNIBALS AND CARPET FITTERS, HONEY starring Ed Gale, TICE, EDWARD THE DAMNED, and the clever EAT THE CAT challenge the viewers with provocative, well crafted original stories.\nOnce again SHRIEKFEST Film Festival exceeds at challenging the idea of what a horror film festival should screen, with eclectic selections (MACK BLASTER), to science fiction (THE DEVELOPER), comedy (SWALLOW), and even the disturbing (DRUDGE). Entrance to SHRIEKFEST Film Festival 2014 is $10.00 per block, an All-Fest Pass, good for all four days of the festival, is now available on our website, for just $140.00, this pass includes the opening night party and guaranteed entrance to all films/Q&A's.\nAll films are un-rated, and unless specifically noted no one under 17 will be admitted without a parent or guardian's accompaniment or permission. For more information on THE 2014 SHRIEKFEST FILM FESTIVAL, as well as news about other related events, including the Opening Night Party and the networking events, please visit their website: www.shriekfest.com\nSource: http://www.shriekfest.com", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 5847, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 273.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.houdeasianart.com/index.php?main_page=product_reviews_info&products_id=615&reviews_id=234&zenid=4de78c026cf3e6b60729d4aef350b15f", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:15:10Z", "digest": "sha1:JZ4C35OQUOM4EGYY4KDDX3XPISFWRONM", "length": 254, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.houdeasianart.com", "title": "Reviews: 2001 MengKu \"Yuan Yieh Xian\" of MengSa, Thick-papered 357g - $525.00 : Hou De Asian Art & Fine Teas, - Formosa High Mountain Oolong, Yunnan Pu-erhs, Yixing / Taiwan Teaware.", "raw_content": "by Young Kim Date Added: 12/10/2008\nNot as good as the thin paper version. This tea has a slight taste of wet storage, which will go away after being dry stored. Never-the-less, a very fine tea that can be had everyday even though it is still very young.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 1527, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 262.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.houston240sx.com/printthread.php?s=9f6efbcf1f001548c161634160551820&t=73392", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:26:47Z", "digest": "sha1:SB2DWJEGIPGFMFQ7LIQYZDGEKMWTNRE7", "length": 205, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.houston240sx.com", "title": "Houston240sx.com Forums - End Abortion Now", "raw_content": "- - End Abortion Now (http://www.houston240sx.com/showthread.php?t=73392)\nMakotoS13 04-11-2017 07:09 PM\nHey guys, this is worth a share. Please raise your voice to stop the murder of children in our state.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 10, "original_length": 573, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.79, "perplexity": 261.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/hsrc-in-the-news/economic-performance-and-development/sa-plods-ahead-with-land-reform", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:21:53Z", "digest": "sha1:INNLJ7TFDJN7MS3NYCOOLHXNVC57LDP3", "length": 771, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.hsrc.ac.za", "title": "HSRC", "raw_content": "SA plods ahead with land reform\nAUTHOR: Zimbabwe Daily\nSouth Africa\u2019s ruling African National Congress (ANC) is forging ahead with plans to amend the constitution to make it easier to seize land without paying for it, overriding complaints from some opposition parties that it isn\u2019t following proper procedure.\nParliament\u2019s Joint Constitutional Review Committee is set to adopt a report Thursday (today) that recommends that the wording of section 25 of the constitution be changed to explicitly allow for expropriation without compensation. The report will then be referred to the National Assembly for approval \u2013 a fait accompli since the ANC enjoys an outright majority and the change is backed by the populist Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), the third-largest party.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 166, "original_length": 5139, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.9, "perplexity": 186.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/hsrc-in-the-news/south-african-social-attitudes-survey-sasas/predictions-of-anc", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:47:19Z", "digest": "sha1:K433T74OJRHN34RX224XEKFOUXKPPSOS", "length": 688, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.hsrc.ac.za", "title": "HSRC", "raw_content": "Take predictions of ANC win with a giant dose of scepticism\nCATEGORY: South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS)\nAUTHOR: Power987.co.za\nElection projections are an interesting phenomenon.\nThey\u2019re often presented as an objective litmus test. But are they?\nThe Institute of Race Relations (IRR) poll on South Africans\u2019 2019 election choices, predicting strong support for the ANC and its new leader, made its way into almost every news publication in the country.\nIn a highly-contested election year, there is deep interest about which way the vote may go. There\u2019s been talk about a realignment of South African politics for years, and an end to the ANC\u2019s seemingly effortless dominance.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 168, "original_length": 5005, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 274.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.i-sis.org.uk/BWTID.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:04:30Z", "digest": "sha1:JZWGBBVUBIPYOU7PVAW2OVHCKNJDHRGM", "length": 6077, "nlines": 22, "source_domain": "www.i-sis.org.uk", "title": "Biotech Wonder Tool in Disarray", "raw_content": "DNA sequence information can't predict the rich tapestry of life, and researchers are turning to analysing downstream processes using the biotech microarray wonder tool, only to end in disarray Dr. Mae-Wan Ho\nGene microarray studies (Box 1) have been growing exponentially since the mid-1990s. By 2003, thousands of studies were carried out; but that was when things started to unravel.\nMicroarray for comparing gene transcript\nA microarray of short DNA sequences stuck on a glass plate allows two populations of gene transcripts coding for proteins from different cells (e.g., disease versus controls), or the same cells exposed to different conditions, to be compared. One of them is labelled with a green fluorescent dye, the other with a red fluorescent dye.\nSpots that appear green are genes expressed preferentially in the green-labelled population; those that appear red are preferentially expressed in the red-labelled population. Those that appear yellow are expressed to the same extent in both populations. The intensity of the colour is proportional to the degree of gene expression.\nMargaret Cam, director of DNA Microarray Core at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases wanted to use microarrays to study gene expression in pancreas cells. She and her research team used the same RNA samples on DNA microarrays from 3 leading suppliers: Affymetrix, Agilent, and Amersham, and got wildly discordant results. Out of 185 genes common to all three arrays, the expression pattern of only 4 genes agreed with one another. In other words, the noise level could be as high as 98%. The results were in Nucleic Acids Research in 2003.\nMarc Salit, a physical chemist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology said Cam's findings caused \"one's jaw to drop\". Hers was not the first paper to find such inconsistencies. A few ex-enthusiasts think that the promise of gene arrays may have been oversold, especially for diagnostics. Richard Klausner, former director of the National Cancer Institute, now at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle, Washington, admitted to having been \"na\u00efve\" to think that new hypothesis about disease would emerge spontaneously from huge files of gene-expression data. The more data he gathered on kidney tumour cells, the less significant they became.\nEach company used different short DNA sequence probes spotted onto the array; and they were not telling what exactly these sequences were, so each sequence could be picking up different genes.\nSupposedly different probes were responding to pieces of the same gene. Targeting different parts of the same gene can be a problem because genes contain many components that can be spliced into variant mRNAs. The probes have not been designed to be specific to gene-splice variants, and no one has even created a master list of variants for any gene.\nAnother confounding factor is promiscuous matches. Probes often respond not only to gene products that exactly fit the sequence but also to those that cross-hybridize with near matches. Moreover, many probes don't correspond to the annotated sequences in the public database.\nThe results from several high-profile papers have already proved difficult to reproduce. Statistician Ulrich Mansmann and his team in the University of Heidelberg pointed out that a series of papers published in high prestige journals like Nature, NEJM, and The Lancet base their impressive results on ad hoc methods, so it is nearly impossible to assess the quality of the studies. They referred to microarray studies as \"a methodological wasteland\".\n\"So, despite considerable hype, the published studies are far from the level of evidence that would be accepted for virtually any other medical test.\" Said the senior editors of PloS Medicine, one of whom, Virginia Barbour is on the advisory board of the Microarray Gene Expression Data Society.\nThe problem doesn't end there. Many aspects of modulation and regulation of cellular activity cannot be investigated on the level of DNA or RNA transcripts, but require analysis of the proteome (complete profile of proteins). So microarrays of antibodies to proteins have already been contemplated.\nSeveral studies in yeast and higher organisms demonstrated a poor correlation between mRNA and protein, due to a number of additional processes such as posttranscriptional control of protein translation, post-translational modification of proteins, and protein degradation. The current estimate is that there are more than 200 types of protein modification; and that 5-10% of the mammalian genes code for proteins that modify other proteins.\nConsequently, the human proteome is expected to range from 100 000 to several million different protein molecules, in striking contrast to the small number of genes. Furthermore, no function is known for more than 75% of the predicted proteins of multicellular organisms, and the dynamic range of protein expression can be as large as 107.\n\"Knowledge of genomic sequences and transcriptional profiles do not allow a reliable description of actual protein expression, let alone an examination of protein-protein interaction or prediction of the protein's biochemical activities.\" Said Wlad Kusnezow and Jorg Hoheisel of Functional Genome Analysis in Heidelberg, Germany.\n\"Getting the noise out of gene arrays\", E. Marshall, Science 2004, 306, 630-31.\nTan PK, Downey TJ, Spitznagel Jr EL, Xu P, Fu D, Dimitrove DM, Lempicki RA, Raaka BM and Cam MC. Evaluation of gene expression measurements from commercial microarray platforms. Nucleic Acid Research 2003, 31, 5676-84.\nRuschhaupt M. Huber W, Poustka A and Mansmann U. A compendium to ensure reproducibility in high-dimensional classification tasks. 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It generates an estimated Rs. 16,000 crore per annum in spite of the fact that the per capita consumption of liquor in India is the lowest in the world. The total liquor industry is worth Rs. 2,000 crore. IMFL accounts for only a third of the total liquor consumption in India. Most IMFLs are cheap and are priced below Rs. 200 per bottle. Alcohol sales proceeds account for 45% of the total revenue collection in the country. Whiskey accounts for 60% of the liquor sales while brandy any vodka account for 17% 18% and 6% respectively. MNCs share is only 10% and they have been successful only in the premium and super premium ranges. Post WTO the government may have opened India to foreign distilleries, but the duty has been increased from 222% to 464-706%.This is due to the fact that there is a 100% customs duty, 150%contravening duty, local taxes, distributor's margin, retailer's margin and publicity charges. The cost is finally borne by the consumer. Though the government claims that this is being done to protect the domestic liquor industry, the domestic industry accounts for 99% of the market share. This protectionist policy could prove to be counterproductive and lead to smuggling. As of now, only 45% of the sales are through legal channels and only 25% of this is duty paid for. Within India itself, the policy of alcohol retail differs form state to state. While some states like Maharashtra. 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If you look at people who have\u2026 Read more \u00bb\nSimone Biles \u2013 An Olympic Champion Who Worked Her Way To The Top\nNineteen year old Simone Biles is one of the best gymnasts who has ever lived. She has won more Olympic medals than any other American gymnast. And while she now makes gymnastics look simple, her road to the top was anything but easy! When she was young, Simone\u2019s parents were not\u2026 Read more \u00bb\nZion Harvey \u2013 New Hands and New Hope!\nTopics: charity, health, invention, special needs, teamwork,\nSubjects: Character Education, English, Health, Language Arts, Phys Ed, Science, Technology,\nNine-year-old Zion Harvey from Maryland is, hands down, one of the most amazing kids you\u2019ll ever meet! He recently made medical history as the first child to have double hand transplant surgery! When Zion was a toddler, his hands and feet had to be removed due to a bad infection. 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But the new changes in large measure aim to address one of the primary complaints previous designs, namely that the site was too confusing and cluttered.\nThe new home page highlights several content-oriented features such as photos, applications and games with links to dashboards in a column on the left side of the page.\nThe applications and games dashboards will display the content users have interacted with the most recently, and showcase the recent activities of people's friends.\n\"You will also start to see counters next to the applications you have bookmarked on your home page,\" Facebook engineer Jing Chen said in a blog post. \"Counters will notify you when you have a specific action to take, so that you never miss your turn in a game or an update from a friend in an application.\"\nIn a nod to the privacy concerns that have arisen about third-party applications on the site, Facebook has created a new setting that allows users to prevent their activities in games and other apps from showing up on friends' pages.\n\"We're also working on a more granular set of controls for specific applications, so that you can turn off activity for certain applications while leaving it on for others,\" Chen said. \"We'll have more information to share on this soon.\"\nFacebook's instant messaging product is also getting more exposure. Now, a partial list of a user's friends who are online appears on the left side of the page. That list is selective, displaying the people the user communicates with the most frequently. The full list of online friends is still available as a pop-up in the chat bar at the lower right-hand corner of the screen.\nAlerts about notifications, requests and messages are now consolidated in the top menu, which displays a red bubble that expands to a drop-down menu displaying the information. That information was previously scattered throughout the right side of the screen.\nLike clockwork, the more than 4,000 comments appended to the Facebook blog post announcing the changes contain a mixture of enthusiasm for the new look and invective against the company, both for its design choices and the unilateral decision to impose the redesign on its users.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 50, "original_length": 4168, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 292.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.internwise.eu/events/details/1879-Radio-Station-Management-Internship/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:16:29Z", "digest": "sha1:XSWSJAHUWIWEEA2JOH4M6TB4WQBTAGAM", "length": 1111, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.internwise.eu", "title": "Radio Station Management Internship - Dublin, Rest of the world | Babylon radio", "raw_content": "Radio Station Management Internship\nThe Station Manager is responsible for the day-to-day running of the radio station. They lead the management team and ensure that the key objectives of the station are met in terms of output and audience. They help to determine the station\u2019s objectives and it is then their job to provide leadership and motivation to station staff to ensure they are met.\nbe able to generate original ideas, and to think creatively about how to communicate them\nhave excellent presentation and communication skills\nexercise sound editorial judgement\nbe able to give and receive constructive feedback and manage performance\nbe able to work calmly effectively under pressure, react quickly, and meet tight deadlines\nhave IT skills, including word processing and data handling\nThe ideal candidate should have a keen interest in the radio station field and positive and creative attitude. The person has to demonstrate passion and willing to learn and actively participate in Babylon Radio\u2019s projects. Excellent communication and relational skills are key elements to fulfill this role position.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 65, "original_length": 2764, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 326.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.investleedscityregion.com/invest/news/us-ambassador-endorses-investment-region", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:00Z", "digest": "sha1:YUCLBQIZDEAGIHMT65RV23BYO43DZEDM", "length": 1210, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.investleedscityregion.com", "title": "US Ambassador endorses investment in the region | Leeds", "raw_content": "Woody Johnson visited Leeds in July and spoke to the Yorkshire Evening Post\nWoody Johnson, US Ambassador to the UK visited Leeds recently and took the opportunity to encourage American businesses to invest in the city and wider City Region.\nIn an interview with the Yorkshire Evening Post Mr Johnson said:\n\"The business relationship that Leeds has with the US, fintech, hi-tech, medical tech, you have a fabulous, world class teaching hospital here and four universities.\n\"It\u2019s a blossoming community in a very nice setting. \u201cI haven\u2019t met that many people but I suspect they are a very well educated workforce, hard workers, perfect place for Americans to invest and to encourage local people to explore expanding into the US, because the US is exploding with prosperity now.\n\"I was very impressed with Leeds, I think this city has so much to offer with the university, the people here the diversity of the community, so you can solve problems in a really, really interesting way.\n\"The only way I see is up, this community is going to really, really do well, and particularly when we stop talking about Brexit and start talking about prosperity for everybody.\"\nYou can read the original and full article here.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 642, "original_length": 33026, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 295.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.irishhealth.com/askdoc.html?q=919&qasect=3", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:59:48Z", "digest": "sha1:HRVVNQJZEF5H5JXI2IMUSMMOD2FV64EM", "length": 1065, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.irishhealth.com", "title": "Medical Q&As", "raw_content": "Mammogram - advisable?\nMy sister has been diagnosed with breast cancer having undergone a screening mammogram. My other sister has had a mammogram and has been called back for further tests. What can I do to avoid breast cancer? Help......I'm about to crack up.\nThe scenario you are describing must be terrifying for you but you must try to keep a grip. A mammogram is a screening test and is not diagnostic of breast cancer. A positive mammogram result simply means that more testing is necessary. You need to wait for the test results in relation to your second sister. The doctors may not be overly worried about your second sister\u2019s mammogram result but are simply running further tests to exclude cancer especially in view of the confirmed diagnosis in your other sister. If the uncertainty is becoming intolerable for you it is possible for you to have a mammogram provided you are over the age of 50. The mammogram is not a reliable screening tool in women under the age of fifty. My main message to you is to hang on and wait for your sister\u2019s test results.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 61, "original_length": 2105, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 307.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.isaacawards.com/jurymaster/?year=2018&jury_type_id=1&judge_id=6058", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:13:58Z", "digest": "sha1:UWFWYXHAEDRDTLCHO2LFWH2DY53DQ572", "length": 1453, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.isaacawards.com", "title": "Adweek Project Isaac 2018", "raw_content": "Lisa Cecchini is the Vice President of Media and Analytics at Situation. She has been with the agency for over twelve years leading initiatives and innovations in online media, search engine marketing, quantitative research, and data analysis. As a digital-first marketing agency, Situation has pioneered the emergence of digital as a primary platform for the marketing of live events and connecting people to amazing experiences. Lisa has worked on a variety of clients including long-running Broadway hits Wicked and MAMMA MIA!, institutions such as The Metropolitan Opera, and live event brands like Wanderlust.\nLisa actively leads agency initiatives that further the community development in digital through Situation-produced events and TEDxBroadway. Lisa is also a weekly contributor to The Broadway Briefing, the industry\u2019s leading newsletter, penning articles about data trends within Broadway. She has also spoken on panels and given presentations at Google and BroadwayCon and has guest lectured on digital marketing for graduate students at Yale, Columbia, and Brooklyn College. Lisa holds a BS in Communication Studies and a BA in Theatre from James Madison University as well as a Masters in Marketing from Baruch College. In her spare time, you can find Lisa leading volunteers at a soup kitchen in Manhattan the first Saturday of every month or at Carnegie Hall three times a year where she performs with the Oratorio Society of New York.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 67, "original_length": 3034, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 245.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.just1word.com/gntce/mark/7:24", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:08:04Z", "digest": "sha1:LSAUELBGWKQHV36A2EMCJE5SPND7CCMI", "length": 183, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.just1word.com", "title": "GNTCE - Mark 7:24", "raw_content": "Back to Mark 7\n24Then Jesus left and went away to the territory near the city of Tyre. He went into a house and did not want anyone to know he was there, but he could not stay hidden.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 273, "original_length": 3630, "language": "en", "language_score": 1.0, "perplexity": 219.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.kalamaki-zakynthos.com/en-links.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:52:28Z", "digest": "sha1:XKT7T4IHYSZHW65M3REB5QPJTLDTGARP", "length": 779, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.kalamaki-zakynthos.com", "title": "Links - Kalamaki Zante Greece - Holidays in Zakynthos Island", "raw_content": "Links - Kalamaki Zakynthos - Zante Island Greece\nLinks - Kalamaki Zakynthos\nThere are many websites dedicated to various tourist resorts separately as well as the whole of the island of Zakynthos. Have a look at the following list for extra information that will come in handy when on the island or get some ideas about a few other Greek islands worth visiting.\nZakynthos Related Sites\nDiscover Zakynthos - http://www.zanteweb.gr\nIonian Islands - http://www.ionian-islands.com\nAlykes Alykanas Amoudi - http://www.alykes.com\nZante Hotels - http://www.zante-hotels.gr\nZakynthos Hotels - http://www.zakynthos-hotels.com\ne-Zante - http://www.e-zante.com\nTsilivi - http://www.tsilivi.com\nArgassi Zakynthos - http://www.argassi-zante.com\nLaganas Zakynthos - http://www.laganasweb.co.uk", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 64, "original_length": 1824, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.63, "perplexity": 278.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.katiescourage.com/2016/03/katie-is-campaiging-to-make-oi.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:56:42Z", "digest": "sha1:LXV5J5ODV7ELUWLAXBBQ2HCTEM4IUSY2", "length": 1879, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.katiescourage.com", "title": "Katie's Courage: Katie is campaiging to make O.I. Awareness Week officially recognized in the state of Ohio and nationwide. You can help by sending this proclimation to your state representiatives.", "raw_content": "Katie is campaiging to make O.I. Awareness Week officially recognized in the state of Ohio and nationwide. You can help by sending this proclimation to your state representiatives.\nHere is the page to be completed by a Ohio resident: http://www.governor.ohio.gov/contact/contactthegovernor.aspx\nSELECT ISSUE (drop down option): Requesting Proclamation/Special Letter\nYou can Copy/Paste the rest! (Also send to John Patterson and anyone else you want from the ohio.gov list)\nI became aware of the OI Foundation and OI Awareness week by way of 16 year old Katie Petro who suffers from Qsteogenesis Imperfecta.\nAs a concerned citizen of this country, and a supporter of the Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation, I would like to request that you, along with mayors, representatives, senators, and governors from across the United States, issue a proclamation declaring April 30 - May 7, 2016 as National OI Awareness Week in Ohio.\nVolunteers are joining the Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation, the only voluntary national health organization dedicated to helping people cope with the problems associated with osteogenesis imperfecta, to promote April 30 - May 7, 2016 as National OI Awareness Week. These efforts will improve the quality of life for people with osteogenesis imperfecta by increasing the awareness of this rare disease among the public, media, government, and medical communities.\nWhereas, the Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation is declaring April 30 - May 7, 2016 to be National OI Awareness Week, board members, staff, medical professionals, and volunteers are joining together to focus attention on OI in an effort to increase awareness;\nTherefore, I, Governor of the state of Ohio do hereby proclaim April 30 - May 7, 2016 as National OI Awareness Week in Ohio in support of the Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation\u2019s efforts to raise awareness of this rare disorder.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 64, "original_length": 4253, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 250.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.kileylawfirm.com/recent-law-news.php?news=CASE-A575&city=Farmingville", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:09Z", "digest": "sha1:PZNAVWFYVSSWC4ICZO3DXGC2MEMJ3DJ7", "length": 9861, "nlines": 39, "source_domain": "www.kileylawfirm.com", "title": "Recent News (Farmingville, NY) - Kiley, Kiley & Kiley obtains 1.5 Million dollar settlement for the wrongful death of a construction worker", "raw_content": "Recent News (Farmingville, NY) - Kiley, Kiley & Kiley obtains 1.5 Million dollar settlement for the wrongful death of a construction worker\nRecent News (Farmingville, NY): Kiley, Kiley & Kiley obtains 1.5 Million dollar settlement for the wrongful death of a construction worker (2010-Jun)\nView more 'Recent News' (Farmingville, NY) from Kiley Law Firm:\n(Farmingville, NY - Misc, 2018- Sept) - NEWSDAY - Don Kiley, a prominent Great Neck attorney who was remembered for his selflessness and as a loving patriarch to his large family, died Sept. 10 from cardiac arrest at North Shore University (Read more...)\n(Farmingville, NY - Real Estate, 2012- May) - The First National Bank of Long Island, headquartered in Glen Head, New York, operates 36 branches and is the largest commercial bank on Long Island with over 2 Billion in assets. Kiley, Kiley & Kile (Read more...)\n(Farmingville, NY - Medical Malpractice, 2012-July) - James D. Kiley settled a medical malpractice action against a physician for the negligent replacement of a PEG feeding tube in a elderly woman. Mr. Kiley successfully argued that the physician departe (Read more...)\n(Farmingville, NY - Personal Injury Litigation, 2012- August) - James D. Kiley settled the claim of a retired Nassau County woman who sustained multiple foot fractures in a motor vehicle accident. Mr. Kiley argued that the defendant driver was negligent in making (Read more...)\n(Farmingville, NY - Real Estate, 2011-Feb) - James D. Kiley represented Shore Haven Apartments in the defense of a bodily injury action brought by an employee of the defendant's sister company. Mr. Kiley moved for summary judgment arguing that t (Read more...)\n(Farmingville, NY - Personal Injury Litigation, 2010-Jun) - Donald T. Kiley, Jr. reached a $1.5 million settlement for a Queens construction worker who fell nine floors from a Manhattan skyscraper. Kiley, Kiley & Kiley, PLLC took over the case from a large Ne (Read more...)\n(Farmingville, NY - Trusts and Estate Planning, 2010-Jul) - Donald T. Kiley, Jr. obtained a 1.4 million dollar award for a Nassau woman who was disinherited from her father's estate by the execution of a codicil to a living trust. Mr. Kiley successfully argue (Read more...)\n(Farmingville, NY - Personal Injury Litigation, 2010-Mar) - James D. Kiley obtained a jury verdict on liability for a Suffolk man who was injured when a piece of his neighbor's retaining wall broke off causing him to fall seven feet onto the neighbor's propert (Read more...)\n(Farmingville, NY - Personal Injury Litigation, 2009-Oct) - James D. Kiley settled a lawsuit brought by an injured airport worker struck by a vehicle at Kennedy Airport. The plaintiff alleged an L5 S1 herniated disc. The defendant argued that the herniated dis (Read more...)\n(Farmingville, NY - Personal Injury Litigation, 2009-Jan) - James D. Kiley successfully argued before the Appellate Division Second Department and obtained a reversal of a Suffolk Supreme Court order which granted summary judgment to defendant dismissing plain (Read more...)\n(Farmingville, NY - Medical Malpractice, 2009-May) - Donald T. Kiley, Jr. obtained a $375,000 settlement in a medical malpractice action for a Queens women who suffered a re-fracture of her elbow while undergoing physical therapy. Mr. Kiley obtained evi (Read more...)\n(Farmingville, NY - Real Estate, 2009-Apr) - James D. Kiley obtained a judgement of $170,000 in the case of a Queens woman who sued the owner and contractor of an attached home that was undergoing renovation. The Building Department of the City (Read more...)\n(Farmingville, NY - Misc, 2009-Jan) - Kiley, Kiley & Kiley, PLLC is celebrating its 35th anniversary in 2009. Originally formed in 1974 by our father and mentor, Donald T. Kiley, Sr., we are proud to be entering our 35th year as a full se (Read more...)\n(Farmingville, NY - Misc, 2008-Oct) - The Church of St. Aidan, Williston Park, New York will honor Kevin J. Kiley with the Jack Zwiebel Community Service Award for outstanding service to the community on Friday, October 3, 2008. Mr. Kiley (Read more...)\n(Farmingville, NY - Personal Injury Litigation, 2008-Aug) - James D. Kiley successfully argued for Summary Judgment before the Hon. Marguerite Grays, Justice Supreme Court, dismissing the claims of a Queens woman against Trump Management, Inc. for alleged inju (Read more...)\n(Farmingville, NY - Medical Malpractice, 2008-Mar) - Donald T. Kiley, Jr. obtained a $550,000.00 settlement for a 78 year old woman who sustained loss of vision in one eye as a result of the failure of her opthamolgist to properly monitor her intra-ocul (Read more...)\n(Farmingville, NY - Personal Injury Litigation, 2007-Nov) - Donald T. Kiley, Jr. obtained a $1,000,000.00 structured settlement for the wrongful death of a 30 year old man who was crushed in a cardboard bailer while at work. Video of the incident revealed that (Read more...)\n(Farmingville, NY - Trusts and Estate Planning, 2007-Oct) - Donald T. Kiley, Jr. and Kevin J. Kiley gave a seminar on estate and elder law planning before a group people at Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Church, Bayside, New York. The event was sponsored by (Read more...)\n(Farmingville, NY - Personal Injury Litigation, 2007-Feb) - James D. Kiley obtained a $150,000.00 settlement for a car accident victim who sustained a fractured vertebra in her spine. Mr. Kiley successfully argued the case in which the defendant claimed to hav (Read more...)\n(Farmingville, NY - Personal Injury Litigation, 2006-Dec) - Donald T. Kiley, Jr. obtained a $425,000.00 settlement for a bus driver who tripped over a step that violated the local building code. Mr. Kiley successfully defeated a motion for summary judgement an (Read more...)\n(Farmingville, NY - Personal Injury Litigation, 2006-Oct) - James D. Kiley obtained a $175,000.00 settlement for a bus passenger who sustained a torn rotator cuff when the bus driver suddenly hit the brakes on a rural highway. Mr. Kiley successfully argued tha (Read more...)\n(Farmingville, NY - Personal Injury Litigation, 2006-Jul) - In a case of first impression after recent Federal legislation eliminated the vicarious liability of leased and rental vehicle owners in New York State, Donald T. Kiley, Jr. obtained a $300,000.00 set (Read more...)\n(Farmingville, NY - Personal Injury Litigation, 2006-Jun) - The Hon. Joseph Giamboi rendered a $75,000.00 arbitration award for a Queens car accident victim who sustained a herniated disc to her neck. Donald T. Kiley, Jr. argued the case successfully after rej (Read more...)\n(Farmingville, NY - Personal Injury Litigation, 2006-Apr) - A Richmond County Supreme Court Judge recently awarded Trump Management, Inc, Summary Judgement in an action brought by a tenant who claimed serious bodily injuries as a result of a fall on snow and i (Read more...)\n(Farmingville, NY - Misc, 2006-Apr) - Kevin J. Kiley was recently appointed the Prosecutor for the Village of Williston Park. The Village Court sits every other Wednesday and hears disputes related to violations of the New York State Vehi (Read more...)\n(Farmingville, NY - Personal Injury Litigation, 2006-Mar) - Kevin J. Kiley obtained a $210,000.00 settlement for an 87 year old woman who fractured her humerus in a fall on a city sidewalk. Mr. Kiley successfully argued that the adjoining landowner and contrac (Read more...)\n(Farmingville, NY - Medical Malpractice, 2006-Feb) - Donald T. Kiley, Jr. achieved a $150,000.00 settlement for an elderly woman in a malpractice claim against her Internist for neglecting to diagnose kidney failure. After jury selection and a trial con (Read more...)\n(Farmingville, NY - Real Estate, 2005-Dec) - Flatbush Federal Bancorp, Inc, the holding company of Flatbush Federal Savings and Loan Association (\"the Association\"), announced the purchase of the building of its Bensonhurst branch at 6410 18th A (Read more...)\n(Farmingville, NY - Real Estate, 2005-Dec) - Trump Management retained Kiley, Kiley & Kiley as counsel in the sale of several parcels of vacant land in the Coney Island and Gravesend sections of Brooklyn valued at approximately $10 million. Jame (Read more...)\n(Farmingville, NY - Misc, 2005-Nov) - The 50th Anniversary of Holy Cross High School, Flushing New York was celebrated on November 11, 2005 at Russo's on the Bay, Howard Beach. Many dignitaries were in attendance, including Queens Borough (Read more...)\n(Farmingville, NY - Misc, 2005-Jul) - New York Law Journal, July 21, 2005 \"No Liability for Pile of Wet Leaves\"\n(Farmingville, NY - Medical Malpractice, 2005-May) - Donald T. Kiley, Jr. successfully obtained a $400,000 settlement with Mt. Sinai Hospital in a malpractice claim brought by the Estate of a Queens man who claimed injuries caused by the negligent admin (Read more...)\n(Farmingville, NY - Real Estate, 2005-Feb) - James D. Kiley recently argued the case of Murphy v. Lawrence Towers Apartments, LLC 15 A.D.3d 371 before the Appellate Division Second Department. As counsel for the defendant, Mr. Kiley successfully (Read more...)\n(Farmingville, NY - Real Estate, 2004-Jun) - James D. 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Thus, for all those who've missed to see the show in Frankfurt: Here you go!\nMarch 30, 2012 till September 2, 2012", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 24, "original_length": 1679, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 270.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.lambertwelchkitchens.co.uk/wifi-appliances-what-they-can-bring-the-consumer/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:21:05Z", "digest": "sha1:33E6226K6FJG43THZQ724SNZKPYPUIYB", "length": 3467, "nlines": 7, "source_domain": "www.lambertwelchkitchens.co.uk", "title": "WiFi Appliances - What They Can Bring The Consumer", "raw_content": "Kate Lambert - July 16, 2018\nNew studies show that dependency on WiFi has outgrown consumer dependency on smartphones, and with more appliances beginning to integrate this element into their technology, it\u2019s no surprise to see WiFi top the list. Now, you can change the lights, turn on the oven and change the heating at the touch of a button, whether you\u2019re in the house or out of the house. Smart homes are now all the rage and the appliances that we stock here at Lambert Welch Kitchens are becoming the next rung in the ladder to full home automation. Here, we\u2019re taking a closer look at what WiFi appliances are set to hit the market and what they can truly do for you.\nBosch have already begun to create a number of washers and dryers which are able to be controlled by a tablet or smartphone through their Home Connect feature. All of the washing can be done remotely so you no longer have to wait until you get in for the washing to be done. You can set push notifications on your tablet to give you an update on the wash, such as how long is left and the temperature of the wash. You can choose each and every setting and have your wash ready for when you walk in the door so all you have to do is switch it to the tumble drier. Convenient and time-saving, remote washing and drying is the new stage of innovation in WiFi appliances.\nStaying in control of some of the most mundane things in life can be time-consuming, but with the help of WiFi appliances, you no longer need to miss a beat. If you have a habit of forgetting to close the fridge door, then you can find a smart fridge which will be able to send you a push notification as soon as you walk away to remind you that you\u2019ve left the fridge open. Now, there\u2019s no reason for you to accidentally leave the fridge open during the day, leaving your food to spoil.\nAre you tired of going to the shop without a list, and wondering what you actually have in your fridge while you\u2019re in the shop? With a smart fridge, you no longer need to worry. Some smart fridges have internal cameras which can give you a glimpse of each shelf so you can see exactly what is in your fridge, when you\u2019re in the middle of the supermarket. Unsure if you have enough cloves of garlic for the family-size Bolognese you want to whip up tonight? No need to fret, just simply pull out your phone and check! Further to this, your smart fridge can even provide you with information about where is best to store each type of food, depending on how cold each part of your fridge is. No more spoiled food, and no more unhygienic habits!\nAre you a fan of entertaining guests who love great coffee, but you\u2019re not exactly a skilled barista? We all know that there are coffee machines out there with pods that can give you the taste of one of the big brand coffee stores, but what if we told you that some coffee machines can be automated and controlled by your phone? Now you don\u2019t need to disappear into the kitchen for 10 minutes while you make an array of different coffees. Simply take out your phone, place your order and your coffee machine will work its magic, meaning all you have to do is pick up the coffee and bring it in.\nThere are a huge number of WiFi appliances that offer you are more streamlined experience in the home. Smart home automation is only going to get bigger, so jump on the trend now! 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At the first rumble of thunder and crack of lightning, my father would call my three siblings and me out to the porch swing where we all cuddled under the blanket and sang the songs he taught us. As the rain came down in sheets, bathing the green yard, we were bathed in the warmth of a father\u2019s love singing \u201cDown in the Valley.\u201d There was a feeling of peace in the midst of the storm.\nThe writer of Psalm 29 seems to have a similar positive experience with storms. While there is certainly awe of those mighty energies of nature that can break trees and cause the wilderness to shake, there is also a feeling of comfort hearing the voice of God over the waters. The psalmist recognizes that nature gives testimony to God\u2019s ultimate power over the forces of nature. In the temple of Earth, all say, \u201cGlory!\u201d\u2014both humankind and other-kind.\nInsurance agencies and power company crews have a less positive view of these energies of nature. Interestingly, when major weather events happen they are called \u201cacts of God.\u201d But the attitude is not necessarily one of reverence. When those broken trees fall on houses and cars, snapping lines strung between poles and cutting off electricity, very few are saying \u201cGlory.\u201d More likely they are cursing or lamenting the destruction left behind.\nSomething has happened to the quality and quantity of storms in the last few decades, however, that has fundamentally changed the nature of these weather events. In an interview with Bill Moyers on climate change, scientist Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication, described the situation: \u201c2011 was an all-time record year in the United States, for example. We had 14 individual climate and weather related disasters that each cost this country more than $1 billion. That was an all-time record, blew away previous records. And in 2012 we had events ranging from the summer-like days in January in Chicago with people out on the beach, clearly not a normal occurrence, an unusually warm spring, record setting searing temperatures across much of the lower 48, one of the worst droughts that America has ever experienced, a whole succession of extreme weather events.\u201d (http://billmoyers.com/segment/anthony-leiserowitz-on-making-people-care-about-climate-change/)\nAre these really \u201cacts of God\u201d? Or should they be described as \u201cacts of human-induced climate change\u201d? How easy it is for some to wave away these new climate realities as just \u201cpart of the natural cycle of the earth.\u201d But the refusal to recognize that climate change is caused by humanity\u2019s addiction to fossil fuels that leads to greenhouse emissions that warm the planet and cause untold counts of destruction and suffering is actually a form of evil. Ecotheologian Cynthia Moe-Lobeda calls it \u201csystemic evil\u201d that enlists the \u201cover-consuming class\u201d of society in its never-ending greed for more, at the cost of untold suffering of billions across the planet (Cynthia Moe-Lobeda, Resisting Structural Evil: Love as Ecological-Economic Vocation, Fortress Press, MN, 2013).\nSo what is the voice of the Lord saying today, in the midst of these catastrophic weather events and the climate crisis? Where is Wisdom-Sophia when we need her most? At a time when our little boat of Planet Earth is more threatened than it has ever been \u2013 by a storm of our own making\u2014it appears that someone is blithely asleep on the deck below.\nThe reading from Job reminds us that God\u2019s wisdom is sometimes hidden. There is a mystery, a profound unknownness to the inner workings of God\u2019s mind, so to speak. And, according to verse 28, the way to access that wisdom is through fear of the Lord and departing from evil. The Hebrew word for fear in this passage is yi\u2019rah, meaning fear, reverence and respect. The problem with the corporations who profit so mightily from our addiction to fossil fuels is that they have no fear of the Lord. In fact, they think of themselves as gods, and, indeed, appear to have the power to affect wind and water just as much as God.\nThe preacher of today\u2019s readings may want to give the congregation an example of someone or some entity departing from evil because they finally \u201cget it,\u201d grasping the import of their decisions and actions. Moe-Lobeda\u2019s book gives excellent examples of individuals and groups of citizens who are, in a sense, waking up to the reality of the state of our planet. They are realizing the way in which our purchases and choices of energy sources are connected with the storms and droughts that ravage our communities and lives. They are rousing from sleep, as it were, and finally taking up the work of rebuking those economic systems that cause the raging wind and waves. Perhaps that is one way to understand the story of Jesus being roused from sleep to calm the storm. It may be that his actions were a kind of parable: \u201cThe kingdom of God is like waking from sleep to confront the storm.\u201d\nVerse 24 of the First Corinthians passage reminds us that we are called. In what way do we understand our calling as Christians to stand up together to confront the storm of systemic evil and call for another way to live? It can feel intimidating to stand up to the mighty Goliaths of industry who laugh at our tiny, insignificant voices. To paraphrase verse 26, many in the environmental movement are neither powerful nor of noble birth. Aside from the handful of celebrities who lend their name-recognition to the cause, the majority of those who work in the environmental movement are ordinary citizens, many of whom had never been politically active, but now are compelled to do something to respond to threats to their children\u2019s and community\u2019s air, water, land and public health. And those individuals are often despised and publicly derided by bloggers and pundits directly or indirectly paid through polluting corporations. Yet we have faith that the actions of those who are \u201clow\u201d will \u201creduce to nothing things that are.\u201d And as Christians, we proclaim this action as initiated by God and ultimately giving glory to God.\nThe good news for me as a Christian environmental activist who is storm-weary from skirmishes ranging from confronting fracking to standing up to a proposed tire burner in my community, is that ultimately the powers that think themselves greater than God will fall just as easily as the waves and wind before the hand of Jesus. Internally, the storms that rage in me are just as answerable to the command of Jesus. 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He has been a licensed Certified Public Accountant since 1994 and a licensed member of the Florida Bar since 1998.\nHe has 25+ years of experience working in Federal tax as well as State and Local Tax (\"SALT\"), including at a \"Big 5\" CPA firm and a tax consulting firm handling a wide variety of state tax planning and consulting work for Fortune 1,000 companies. Since 2001, James has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at Stetson University College of Law teaching State and Local Tax, Accounting for Lawyers, and Federal Income Tax I and also at Boston University College of Law's LLM of Taxation program teaching Sales and Use Tax. He is also the State and Local Tax Chairman of the American Academy of Attorney - Certified Public Accounts and now dedicates his time defending companies and individuals against the aggressive tactics of the Florida Department of Revenue.\nBirthplace: Columbus, Mississippi\nEducation: Bachelors in Accounting, Stetson University; Masters in Accounting specializing in Taxation, Mississippi State University; Juris Doctorate, Stetson University College of Law\nCareer: I\u2019ve worn a lot of hats in my career, but all seem to have complimented each other to make me into a better professional. I started out working for a regional CPA firm doing both audit and tax work. The firm did FDIC audits around the country, which was an interesting aspect of the job. In law school I worked part time for a law firm doing estate planning and probate work, which is what I went to law school to become. What I learned was that estate planning work wasn\u2019t my cup of tea. After my LLM, I worked for Arthur Andersen for a number of years in the SALT department and loved the work. My father also worked for Arthur Andersen back in the 1960\u2019s, so there was some nostalgia in the position too. I rode Andersen to the ground as everyone jumped ship following Enron and joined two other state tax professionals to form a new state tax consulting firm that didn\u2019t get much traction. During the consulting firm venture, I was asked to partner up with someone in a residential construction company. I agreed and became the in house counsel/CFO for the company \u2013 learning a completely new industry from the ground up. We had several years of success until the residential housing market tanked around 2008. Then I was asked to join a commercial construction company that built hotels and jumped at the opportunity, again learning new things every day. I ended being more valuable on the sales side of the hotel business while also being the in-house counsel/CFO. By the end of 2010, funding for the hotel market dried up in the recession and I was again face with what to do next in my career. I decided to go back into the tax professional world and started exploring option. The next step was my best career move.\nBest Career Move: When I was ready to move back into state tax law in 2011, I had the choice of hanging up my own shingle or partnering up with someone. I decided to partner up with someone that had 30+ plus years of experience in state tax law, but they were located on the other side of the state. So I opened a new office for the firm in a completely different city as the sole attorney in that office. The combination of having a partner to lean on when I needed it and the freedom to be almost a solo practitioner in my own office was a perfect combination for me. The result\u2026 we have an extremely successful state tax practice and we don\u2019t step on each other\u2019s toes! I will say, choose your partner well. I did!\nCareer Goals: To enjoy whatever I do (not \u201cdo what I enjoy\u201d) and, hopefully, make good money along the way. I don\u2019t think I\u2019ll ever quit working because when you enjoy what you do, it doesn\u2019t feel like work!\nMost difficult situation faced on the job: Being responsible for it all and having the patience and focus to stay on target until success.\nCareer tips for students: Get out of your comfort zone. Learn something new every day. Be the most positive person around you. Even if you don\u2019t realize it at the time, every step you take in your career is either a step forward or a step sideways, but never a step back. Never give up!\nRole Models: These days, Elon Musk. In my early career days, probably my dad. My dad died from ALS before I started my career and we didn\u2019t discuss a whole lot about his career before he died. My role model was probably what I idolized his career to be.\nFamily: Married to a woman that is much smarter than I am. She is a college professor teaching finance. I have two girls, who turn 12 and 15 in 2018. I\u2019m relishing the time with them while they are still at home and looking forward to more travel with my better half when they are starting their own lives.\nPastimes: Mountain biking is my favorite hobby. I got into it while doing my LLM at University of Florida and still do it 3 or 4 times a month. We have some great places to go around Tampa, believe it or not! I also enjoy fishing and any crazy adventure my kids get me into (paintball, zip lines, hiking, camping, etc).\nMost memorable book: Basic Economics, Seventh Edition by Thomas Sowell. Not kidding. Amazingly good with short, real life scenarios to describe economic concepts and mistakes people make in both business and politics. Highly recommended and it\u2019s available on audiobook.\nFavorite Restaurant: Louie\u2019s Backyard in Key West, the best food/wine and amazing sunsets. I got engaged there!\nIdeal vacation: Adventure! Scuba diving, fishing, and good food with family and good friends. As long as these things are present, the location doesn\u2019t matter.\nI hope you enjoyed meeting James.\nThank you James for sharing.\nNewer PostState Tax Knowledge Update (59 items) - February 7, 2018\nOlder PostINTERVIEW #3 - ADAM KOELSCH", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 240, "original_length": 20546, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 274.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.lexykassan.com/rules-of-analytics/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:20:35Z", "digest": "sha1:FYIBAKGRJTLFF4XHKWPNQ53BLUUR3EV6", "length": 4376, "nlines": 23, "source_domain": "www.lexykassan.com", "title": "Rules of Analytics \u2022 Lexy Kassan", "raw_content": "A number of people have asked me what it takes to make it in data analytics. This is a tough question because often the answer is more a function of where you\u2019re going to be working and what will be expected of you in your role. Some companies believe that a Data Analyst should be wholly responsible for an analytics project from soup to nuts (or in this case, from need identification to detailed strategy). Others have some resources doing the requirements gathering, others pulling queries, others using the results of those queries for analysis, and still other people reviewing the analysis to arrive at a strategy.\nRegardless of where in the expectation spectrum your situation falls, here are some rules that I\u2019ve mapped out along with my team to lay the groundworks for a good analyst.\nRule #0: Know Thy Data\nI mean intimately know your data. This is the foundation for any good analyst. If you don\u2019t know what you\u2019re looking at, you\u2019ll never be able to find what you\u2019re looking for. Maybe more importantly, you have to know the data so you know where to avoid the pitfalls that you might otherwise stumble into.\nRule #1: No Dying\nThis applies to you, your queries, your servers, your computer, your pet\u2026 take your pick. Dying is unhelpful when you\u2019re trying to do analysis and tends to distract others. It is therefore forbidden.\nRule #2: In Case Rule #1 is Violated, Double Tap\nStraight out of Zombieland, ensure that anyone who has violated Rule #1 is no longer a danger. They deserve it anyway.\nRule #3: Know Thy Code\nHand-in-hand with Rule #0, this is absolutely crucial to being a good analyst. You have to know what your code is doing to the data in order to appropriately identify any possible SNAFUs along the way. This includes:\nKnowing at least a good chunk of the code that got the data into your hands\nKnowing the code you\u2019re using to query the data\nKnowing the code used for any data transformations\nKnowing the code and algorithms behind any analysis you intend to perform\nViolations of this rule are pretty egregious and very difficult to recover from.\nRule #4: We Do Not Talk about Rule #4\nWhile this is indeed a reference to Fight Club, it is also used in place of whatever project it is that will haunt you to the end of your days. This is the project that you thought you\u2019d finished\u2026 except the fix didn\u2019t work\u2026 and the system blew up (violating Rule #1)\u2026 and the data had to be adjusted manually\u2026 and\u2026 and\u2026 and\u2026\nRule #5: Know Thy Data Types\nTechnically, this one came about as an evolution of a reduced statement: Timestamp != Date. More than any other data type, temporal data types seem to be the most troublesome. I once did an enormous amount of work on a statistical analysis with a date field improperly cast as text. Hundreds of hours of work down the drain because I wasn\u2019t aware that the data was stored in an incorrect data type. The same holds true of trying to aggregate numbers stored as text, or casting integers as dates\u2026 the list goes on. Knowing what data type you have and what it should be (and, ideally, how to cast it appropriately from one to the other as needed) is an invaluable skill.\nRule #6: Apples + Oranges = Pear-Shaped\nThe dangers of comparing apples to oranges are numerous (obviously, since this rule comes with its own saying). Mixing data types, time periods, member groups, or many other types of data or summaries can create results that *should* make no sense\u2026 except that people will assume you\u2019ve followed this rule and try to read into these results. This tends to lead to erroneous conclusions and faulty strategies that can cost quite a bit to the client/company.\nRule #7: Tables are Fragile. Do Not Drop!\nOK, this isn\u2019t really a hard and fast rule. There are many times when you want to drop a table (or, more precisely, when you should be dealing with temporary tables and not cluttering up the storage drives with tables that then need to be dropped). Most of the time, it is imprudent to drop a table, especially if you are in violation of Rule #0. There have been plenty of times when I\u2019ve seen tables dropped that then required hours or even days worth of rework to recover. If you\u2019re smart about it, you ought to have backups of tables this important (and difficult to re-create) so that you can avoid the additional work to get back, but I\u2019ve seen backups fail as well. Best to follow the rules.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 5506, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 282.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.libertylol.com/steemit/fisa-702-the-next-government-abuse", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:01:11Z", "digest": "sha1:CWSM7JWP3EST3VLNZX6ADV7X4JGX6JJ2", "length": 153, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.libertylol.com", "title": "libertyLOL's Steemit Blog - libertylol", "raw_content": "FISA 702: The Next Government Abuse\nI'm glad that the Republican memo has been released. It makes many conclusory assertions, some of which are serious.\u2026", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 55, "original_length": 1436, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.99, "perplexity": 191.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.lilyblogslife.com/2016/07/30/another-travel-update/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:43Z", "digest": "sha1:H4L5XBG4VWU6IAU2BGIJVADZUL6PM562", "length": 1454, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.lilyblogslife.com", "title": "Another Travel Update - Lily Blogs Life", "raw_content": "Just a quick post to let you know where I am in the world at the moment! After getting back to England from my wonderful week in Mallorca I had planned to fly straight back out to Australia. However, I had by this point started to worry about how likely it was that I could immediately find myself a full-time job on my return to Oz (which I needed to have guaranteed in order to fund the second half of my trip).\nAfter thinking it all over, I got in touch with my old boss in the UK to ask what he had available and I was made a temporary job offer I really couldn\u2019t refuse. After this, I decided to bite the bullet and stick it out with full-time work in the UK for three more months. Living at home is also saving me a lot on day-to-day expenses, so it really made the most sense for me.\nI\u2019m now just over halfway through that time in England and I\u2019ve added two weeks in Bali to my trip as a stopover on my way back to Australia (I\u2019ll be leaving the UK on the 21st September). After that we have two months in Australia, two months in South America, and two months in the USA. We\u2019ve booked flights back from New York to London on the 14th March 2017. My parents are also going to join Oliver and I for the last week in New York, which should be a lot of fun.\nIf you want to get hold of me I am in the UK at the moment and I\u2019m available to contact for London-based PR requests at lilyblogslife@hotmail.com.\nPrevious Una Boda de Mallorca\nNext Bali Style", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 38, "original_length": 2258, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 204.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.lisadawnmartinez.com/social-media-friend-or-foe/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:48:57Z", "digest": "sha1:YDUDKBDT7QX2XSQMCK3MYEDNX24FX6HN", "length": 5017, "nlines": 20, "source_domain": "www.lisadawnmartinez.com", "title": "Social Media ~ Friend or Foe \u2013 Lisa Dawn Martinez", "raw_content": "Social media\u2014we can\u2019t escape it. Even if you\u2019ve been living under a rock you likely have an Internet-enabled Smartphone and a Twitter account ~ maybe something clever like: @rockdweller or @stonesthrowaway\u2026I mean, the birds in the oak tree next door are Tweeting, right? It stands to reason that you should be too. No one wants to be left back.\nI admit I was one of the reluctant ones. I had my reasons. I finally moved past those reasons and embraced social networks. I am so glad I did.\nI have had the opportunity to connect (all too briefly, unfortunately) with a long-lost aunt before she passed on to another dimension. I am infinitely grateful for that. I have always had a strong belief in family and our own personal history\u2014I have used Facebook to have a relationship with family members and friends that I otherwise may have never spoken to again as a result of the transient nature of life as we know it.\nI have met new friends that I couldn\u2019t have met without these tools. I have discovered, and shared with others, great books and their authors. I have made friends with said authors. I have found opportunities for personal and professional growth. The fulfillment of my lifelong dream of being a writer has come to this point, and will go further, because of it.\nThe point is, there is no going back; so, how do we move forward and get the benefits of social networking WITHOUT letting it take over our entire lives?\nThe answer to that is probably a little different for each of us, dependent on whom we are and why we are using these sites. The best reasons are:\nSo we can connect with new friends/family from around the world and old ones we have lost touch with,\nSo we can build a strong network to expand our chosen career, and\nSo we can share our knowledge or expertise in order to help others.\nI don\u2019t think I need to list all the WRONG reasons\u2026\nSome people are intimidated by these sites. Others are quite savvy. Still others are careless or clueless and do not follow simple protocols to keep their information safe. However, I am not going to address those issues here. The purpose of this blog is to examine how to use social networks without becoming obsessed.\nWe all know, or have heard of, at least one person who is completely governed by Facebook or Twitter. They post anything and EVERYTHING. A constant stream of TMI (for the uninitiated: Too Much Info). No one is so important that we care if you are stopped at a really long red light or going to the bathroom. Seriously, I promise.\nAnd speaking of red lights\u2026I even saw one woman taking and retaking selfies while stopped at a red light. Really? You need right then, right at that very moment, to post a selfie of you at a red light? There was nothing obviously special going on around us that indicated the moment needed to captured for posterity.\nEven though my career as a writer ensures that I am plugged in for a good portion of the day, most of us do have Internet-enabled phones and potential access 24/7. How do we not let a potentially great tool become an addiction? Internet addiction is going to be added as a clinical diagnosis; it is that prevalent. In fact, just Google it\u2014another term that was unknown just a few years ago. At time of writing, there were 8,140,000 hits.\nIt\u2019s okay to go a little overboard when you first start using a site. It is expected. You are learning the ropes and connecting with friends. Great! If it starts to overtake your life though, you need to dial it back. It really just comes down to what used to be referred to as common sense\u2014I say \u2018used to\u2019 because, as my one son pointed out when he was around six years old, if not everyone has it, it\u2019s not that common is it. So now, I shall just refer to it as good sense.\nWe need to have this in order to balance our lives. Just because some of our friends are e-friends, in that we have not and may never actually sit down at a Starbucks and drink a latte together, doesn\u2019t mean they are not real friends. Having said that, we cannot\u2014should not\u2014ignore the people that are IRL (again, for those of you who don\u2019t know: In Real Life).\nPersonally, I have decided to schedule my social networking time along with my writing, editing, household maintenance and family/friends/me time. It\u2019s not like I can just turn off my Internet connection and write; quite often I need to spontaneously research a term or look up a long-forgotten grammar rule. So, I need the good old standby: self-discipline.\nIt is no different than if we are trying to stick to a healthy eating plan or get to the gym. Discipline. If you log out for awhile and come back to 937 missed Tweets or Instagram posts, so what? Odds are there is nothing you missed that is more important than the thing or person you logged out for.\nSo, feel free to connect, network with like-minded people, gratuitously self-promote or post a link to that ROTFL (Rolling On The Floor Laughing) YouTube video\u2026just just make sure you connect to real life too!\nTagged Facebook, Socail media, Twitter", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 46, "original_length": 5594, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 278.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.livelaughlovetolearn.com/2012/07/getting-excited.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:08:44Z", "digest": "sha1:QESIRKI53RYZBVXP5RP2DDWJBNTT7IM2", "length": 622, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.livelaughlovetolearn.com", "title": "Getting Excited! - live laugh love to learn", "raw_content": "Only about 2 more weeks of summer left before I head back into the classroomto start setting up and I'll have to admit I'm a little excited. I've been spending my summer relaxing, reconnecting with my family and reading but ALSO planning for the new school year.\nI've been making some things for the new year that I thought I'd share. I saw a writing activity on Pinterest and I've adapted it and made it my own. I think it'll be a fun first day of school activity. I'll also make it into a cute display for \"Back to School Night\".\nClick on \"Glad To Be in Grade 3\" to get your copy!\nLeave a Comment Back to School, Grade 3", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 2969, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 316.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ljfrank.com/archives/1896", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:50:18Z", "digest": "sha1:YCMLU6WTP5DYOUV3IKBTEVKCD2YJI3VM", "length": 3290, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.ljfrank.com", "title": "Selective Memory and the Rolling Stones | NPJ", "raw_content": "One day as a recent holiday approached I sat in a coffee shop somewhere a few miles off a state highway and not far from the Intracoastal on the East coast where a boat docked, cargo stowed, fuel tank filled, and a crew partner waited for me to head south.\nI sat there thinking about my past when I received a call from a gregarious and fashionable distant friend several states away. I thought at first this charming, intelligent and gorgeous woman apparently was experiencing \u201cthe want of a desired memory\u201d when she called and reflected on a specific nostalgic past event in which she suggested, \u201cwe were both very intimate participants.\u201d\nWe talked for over thirty minutes when I realized my cellular phone was in need of a recharge, so while conversing with her I plugged it into a nearby receptacle, as she recited that evening\u2019s event over the ensuing remainder of the hour\u2026and the rather exotic and intense affair we allegedly enjoyed. \u201cIt was the Rolling Stones\u2019 effect,\u201d she noted.\nThe problem was her memory of what took place was at variance with mine. I pointed out to her that perhaps she experienced that wonderful evening with someone else, as I never attended a Rolling Stones rock concert over twenty years ago.\n\u201cShame on you!\u201d She said. And proceeded to describe in salacious detail what occurred after the concert ended, causing me to wish I\u2019d been there with her. The problem was, I was not even in that city or country of which she spoke about during the particular time period. So I began wondering with whom she was talking about.\nShe said, \u201cplease don\u2019t you dare deny it, you know what that night and the following two days meant to us\u201d and then proceeded to tell me how she reflects on it now and then and that\u2019s why in part she called. She wanted to know what I was doing and why. I wasn\u2019t about to tell her it was a private matter, so I politely said, my life was rather mundane and for the sake of recall I keep a journal that I write in every week and I would definitely review that wonderful time.\n\u201cI\u2019d be delighted to hear what you wrote about us.\u201d\n\u201cThank you,\u201d I replied, \u201cMay I ask something?\u201d\n\u201cDo you think memories overlap? I mean\u2026because we want something to happen or believe in something strongly we might confuse it with another alternative and so we may end up planting perhaps a mistaken memory in our mind, even when the facts are shown we are in error?\u201d\n\u201cIt wasn\u2019t a fanciful memory, if that\u2019s what you mean,\u201d she said. \u201cI wrote it down in my journal just last year.\u201d\n\u201cHmm\u2026Please believe me, I\u2019m glad we had such a wonderful evening, I apologize for the memory lapse..it\u2019s those type of stimulating experiences one truly misses as one ages.\u201d\n\u201cI agree,\u201d She said.\nAfter we said our good byes, I said to no one in particular, \u201cSelective memories can be at times the most amusing and wistful on the canvas of life\u2026with a colorful expression applied by an abstract artist.\u201d\nI walked out to my car and then it dawned on me just as I sat down behind the steering wheel looking out the front windshield. \u201cOh my goodness! She mistook me for my \u2018brother\u2019\u2026he was the true Rolling Stones fan\u2026\nPosted in Inquiries and tagged Rolling Stones. nostalgia, Selective memory. Bookmark the permalink.\nReally enjoyed the kicker at the end and the whole conversation! \ud83d\ude42", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 103, "original_length": 5670, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 323.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.llangewydd.co.uk/our-school-blog/archives/12-2012", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:08Z", "digest": "sha1:W5TRFN3BVD7FLBXU5B3PGGSLG5EKJTPF", "length": 530, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.llangewydd.co.uk", "title": "Blog Archives", "raw_content": "Year 6 Christmas Card Sale.\nYear 6 pupils have been working hard on a mini-enterprise project in their DT lessons. They have formed business groups to plan, make and sell Christmas cards. Please support our year 6 pupils by coming to the Card sale next week. The sale will be open on Tuesday December 11th between 9:00 and 10:30 am for parents and families and on Wednesday 12th at the same times for pupils. There will also be an opportunity to buy cards before the year 6 Christmas Concert performance on Thursday 13th December.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 1589, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 312.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.logls.org/site/ms.asp?sec_id=180002008", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:59:50Z", "digest": "sha1:OQ3TJPUGZLRITC7A3D77FME64Z6IFLCZ", "length": 1096, "nlines": 16, "source_domain": "www.logls.org", "title": "Welcome to Lamb of God Lutheran School - Our Program", "raw_content": "What is available through Lamb of God Ev. Lutheran School?\nPre-School programs for three-year olds\nThree-year olds meet five mornings per week\nA 4K program for four-year olds\nThe class meets five full days per week (Half days are offered as an option.)\nTransitional bridge to grade school\nExperienced, dedicated staff\nIndividual classrooms with a 10:1 student \u2013 teacher ratio\nFull, well rounded curriculum, with all subjects taught from a Christian viewpoint\nNewly remodeled Computer Lab\nExtra-curricular activities include a full athletic program, piano, band, and other academic competitions\nBefore and after school childcare programs\nOpen from 7:00 a.m. \u2013 5:30 p.m.\nHalf-days are dismissed at 11:30 a.m. Full days go to 3:00 p.m.\nLamb of God Ev. began its joint ministry in 2001. However, both Jordan and Woodlawn congregations have supported a Christian school for more than 70 years.\nThe Lord has greatly blessed Lamb of God Ev. Lutheran School with a fine educational building. The school building has eight classrooms, a spacious gym, locker rooms, library, office space, and computer lab.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 48, "original_length": 1738, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 264.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.looptt.com/content/ladera-named-top-st-lucian-resort-13th-caribbean-0", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:31Z", "digest": "sha1:RXT4L6D5XPWJZB3FTS3PAONV3ST3VZQC", "length": 2993, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.looptt.com", "title": "Ladera named top St Lucian Resort, 13th in Caribbean | Loop News Skip to main content", "raw_content": "Ladera named top St Lucian Resort, 13th in Caribbean\nLoop News Created : 10 October 2018 Caribbean News\nCond\u00e9 Nast Traveler announced the results of its 31st annual Readers\u2019 Choice Awards with Ladera Resort, the eco-luxe adults-only oasis on the beautiful island Saint Lucia ranked as the top property on the island and 13th in the Caribbean.\nDaly Mariatte, Vice President and General Manager of Sales and Marketing at Ladera Resort, said the company is grateful for the honour.\n\u201cWe are overjoyed to be voted as the thirteenth resort in the Caribbean and number one overall in Saint Lucia in Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler\u2019s 2018 Readers\u2019 Choice Awards. We at Ladera Resort value this prestigious honour as it is chosen by the readers and our wonderful guests, who have supported our unique resort throughout the past 30 years.\"\n\"We thank them and all the voters for always keeping Ladera in their hearts and memories. Our guests mean the world to us, and we will continue to provide them with unbeatable service and authentic Saint Lucian experiences that will leave lasting memories for many years,\u201d she said.\nNearly half a million Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler readers submitted a recording-breaking number of responses rating their travel experiences to provide a full snapshot of where and how we travel today.\nLadera Resort is the only property on Saint Lucia that is located on the island\u2019s UNESCO World Heritage site, perched on a volcano ridgeline 1,000 feet above the sea.\nThe intimate resort offers 37 uniquely designed suites and villas that incorporate an open-air three-walled concept built with local tropical hardwoods, tiles and stones, relaxing in-room amenities and treatments as well as award-winning Caribbean cuisine at the resort\u2019s signature restaurant, Dasheene.\nThe Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler Readers\u2019 Choice Awards are the longest-running and most prestigious recognition of excellence in the travel industry and are commonly known as \u201cthe best of the best of travel.\nThe resort was also named as the boutique luxury hotel of the year in the Caribbean Journal's Caribbean Boutique Hotel Awards. Ladera was the only St Lucian resort to make the cut.\n\u201cWe are honoured to have been recognized by the editors at Caribbean Journal as the Boutique Luxury Hotel of the Year in their award\u2019s inaugural year along with other fantastic properties and leaders in the Caribbean, said Daly Mariatte, Vice President and General Manager of Sales and Marketing at Ladera Resort.\n\u201cThis achievement could not have been possible without our wonderful staff who have been dedicated to providing our guests with a truly elevated and authentic St. Lucian experience along with personalized service that continues to bring guests back to the island time and time again.\u201d\nFor more information or to book a stay, visit https://www.ladera.com\nLadera named 5th top resort in Caribbean\nSt Lucia Wins Half of USA Today's Reader's Choice Caribbean Tourism Awards\nJamaica dominates in Caribbean category of World Travel Awards", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 143, "original_length": 5804, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 299.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.lorealusa.com/media/press-releases/2001/may/the-winning-team-of-the-l%E2%80%99or%C3%A9al-e-strat-challenge", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:49:24Z", "digest": "sha1:IVHSCSDX4MA6QXRTDHM2G2SM564LSKSN", "length": 1882, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.lorealusa.com", "title": "; The Winning Team Of The L\u2019Or\u00e9al E-Strat Challenge - L\u2019Or\u00e9al Group", "raw_content": "The Winning Team Of The L\u2019Or\u00e9al E Strat Challenge\nThe Winning Team Of The L\u2019Or\u00e9al E-Strat Challenge Careers - 05.04.2001\nParis, Friday 4th May 2001 - L'OREAL e-Strat Challenge, the first international on-line strategy competition, has just awarded the winning team from the United States, followed by the teams from Turkey and Spain.\nThe winning team was officially announced during the L'OREAL e-Strat Challenge Awards ceremony held at the L'Or\u00e9al head office in France (Clichy) in the presence of Mr. Vachey, Vice President of the Human Resources Department, representatives from Strat X (virtual-reality/simulation game designers), journalists and the families of the winning teams.\nFirst prize went to the team from the United States, made up of David Yung, Vikram Kaul and Shantanu Chakrabortv, all Business students at New-York University.\nSecond prize was handed to the Turkish team, represented by Umit Apak, Ozan Temizkan and Tarik Toprak, three Economics students from the University of Bogazici in Istanbul.\nThird prize was given to the Spanish team, made up of Daniel Martin, David Roldan and Enrique Pena, three Engineering students from the Universidad Politecnica of Madrid.\nA special participation prize was also awarded to the Japanese team from the University of Keio.\nIn addition to the trophy especially created for the occasion by the artist designer Martha Rodriguez, the teams won a holiday voyage, a laptop or a personal digital assistant.\nDuring the ceremony, which was broadcasted live on the www.e-strat.loreal.com website, the three finalist teams explained the decisions they made and their strategies throughout the contest period.\nDue to the immense international success of the e-Strat Challenge, L'OREAL management plans to \"take up the Challenge\" again next year.\nFor more information: www.e-strat.loreal.com\nContacts \u00e0 L\u2019OREAL\nFr\u00e9d\u00e9rique SANDRETTO", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 200, "original_length": 5959, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 299.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.loudouncountytraffic.com/2012/06/final-worksession-on-financing-phase-ii.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:23Z", "digest": "sha1:SPYPJM5RNN3BOLLDYTRZ6IQLVYXLJQQH", "length": 548, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.loudouncountytraffic.com", "title": "Final Worksession on Financing Phase II of Dulles Rail", "raw_content": "Final Worksession on Financing Phase II of Dulles Rail\nThe Loudoun County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to hold its final worksession on financing Phase II of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project beginning at 5 p.m., Friday, June 29. The meeting will be held in the Board Room of the Loudoun County Government Center, 1 Harrison Street, S.E. in Leesburg.\nThe Board of Supervisors is facing a deadline of July 4, to decide whether to commit to the Dulles Rail project.\nMore information about the project is online at www.loudoun.gov/dullesrail.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 90, "original_length": 5291, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 266.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.louisianachess.org/tournament-history/paulmorphybirthplaceopen", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:43:46Z", "digest": "sha1:EDERERPXM5NMK3VTZGU4WLSC4HBDWXHR", "length": 1894, "nlines": 17, "source_domain": "www.louisianachess.org", "title": "Paul Morphy Birthplace Open - Louisiana Chess Association", "raw_content": "Paul Morphy Birthplace Open\nposted Jan 7, 2015, 2:56 PM by Louisiana Chess [ updated Feb 9, 2015, 3:15 PM ]\nAt the historic LeCarpentier-Beauregard-Keyes House\n1113 Chartres Street, New Orleans, LA 70116\nBuilt in 1826 by architect Francois Correjolles for Paul Morphy\u2019s grandfather, Joseph Le Carpentier, the LeCarpentier-Beauregard-Keyes House was the family residence of LeCarpentier's daughter, Louise Therese Felicite Thelcide LeCarpentier, and her husband, Michel Alonzo Morphy, from 1829-1841. It was there that their son, world chess champion Charles Paul Morphy, was born on June 22, 1837. Chess NOLA is excited to present the first Paul Morphy Birthplace Open on January 24-25, 2015.\n5SS, G/90 d/5. Two sections: Open & U1800.\nEntry: $50 if mailed by January 17, 2015, to Chess NOLA, 459 Audubon Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70125; $60 if received by January 23, 2015; $70 thereafter & on site. For credit card registration, call 504-432-1201.\nPrize fund: $1500 b/50 full paid entries; 50% guaranteed. Open: $350-250-150; Top U2000: $150. U1800: $200; 100; 50 Top U1500: $150; Top U1300: $100.\nSchedule: 1/24 - On-site registration, 8:30-9:30 a.m. Rds. 10, 2, 6; 1/25 Rds. 10, 2.\nName: _____________________________________; USCF i.d. __________________\nRating:___________________ Section: ____ Open - or - _____ U1800\nCity_________________State_______________Zip______________\nEmail:________________________________ Phone:_______________________\nMail with entry fee to Chess NOLA, 459 Audubon Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70125.\nQuestions? Email ChessNOLA@yahoo.com or call Leila D\u2019Aquin at 504-432-1201.\nNote: This is an adult event held in an historic home & museum. Serious chess players under 15 years old will be admitted at the organizer\u2019s discretion upon approval. Call Leila D\u2019Aquin at 504-432-1201 by January 22nd to apply for admission of youth players.\nPAUL MORPHY BIRTHPLACE OPEN.docx", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 75, "original_length": 3052, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 108.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.lowerdarwenprimary.co.uk/an-introduction-from-the-headteacher/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:03:59Z", "digest": "sha1:Q5COTXJV6BOZJAYKZS672WPO5N44QWIQ", "length": 792, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.lowerdarwenprimary.co.uk", "title": "An introduction from the Headteacher | Lower Darwen Primary School", "raw_content": "On behalf of everyone at the school, pupils, staff, governors and parents , I would like to thank you for your interest and welcome you to our website.\nI hope you will find the information on this site helpful and informative. The website has been designed to give you an insight into life at Lower Darwen, but the school also warmly welcomes visitors. I would only be too happy to give you a guided tour of the school.\nOne of the first things, most visitors comment upon is our polite and friendly children and our quiet, calm working atmosphere. These things don't happen by accident and I am fortunate to have a caring, skilled and dedicated staff team.\nEnjoy the website and we are always open to suggestions on how we can improve it.\nSteven Cumbo\nHeadteacher, Lower Darwen Primary School", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 137, "original_length": 3559, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 287.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.lucyflores.com/lucy/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:24:58Z", "digest": "sha1:QCN6LLEL4ILJUCLNYGK4CH4JTW65BM2S", "length": 5185, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.lucyflores.com", "title": "Bio | Lucy Flores", "raw_content": "My Story, My Manifesto\nIn 2009 I decided to run for office to help more people get the opportunities they need to get ahead in today\u2019s America. I was privileged to serve two terms in the Nevada House, then run as the Democratic Nominee for Lt. Governor, and later, for Congress. I didn\u2019t have the background of a typical politician then, and I don\u2019t have it now, but I have personally experienced the impact an investment in people can have on their future. It is what motivates me to give back to our community and what inspired me to run for office. I grew up in a challenging environment, and like too many kids in Nevada and across this country, I fell through the cracks. After my mother left my family when I was 9 years old, and without a support structure at home or in school, I got involved in the only thing I had left: gangs and negative influences. Law enforcement and inadequate school policies pushed me to the school to prison pipeline \u2013 a pipeline that is all too present for so many young people in our country still today. By 15 I was on juvenile parole and by 17 I had dropped out of high school. But I got lucky. I ended up with a juvenile parole officer who was the first person to treat me like a kid with problems instead of just a bad kid. Like so many, I was released into the same environment, the same friends, the same family, with no tools but was expected to do better. I didn\u2019t. But when my parole officer had the opportunity to revoke my parole, she did what so many others wouldn\u2019t have done \u2013 she gave me another chance. And by doing so she was the first person to make me feel like I could do better. I didn\u2019t know how. I didn\u2019t know when or what, but I knew that I was given a chance and I needed to figure it out. Through hard work and the continued investment of people who cared for and believed in me, I got my GED, enrolled at the Community College of Southern Nevada Cheyenne Campus, and earned my bachelor\u2019s degree at the University of Southern California as a transfer student. I went on to earn my law degree at the UNLV Boyd School of Law and was recognized with multiple awards for my work and accomplishments in the community.\nIn my last year of law school, I ran for office to represent my community, serving as State Assemblywoman representing Assembly District 28, serving the same community I grew up in and had also spent so much of my youth incarcerated in. While in office, I successfully passed systemic change and improvement to the way young people are tested by our high schools, protected consumers from predatory practices, and shielded victims of domestic violence from abusers.\nAfter my last election in 2016; a high profile full-of-controversy race; I took everything I learned about effective communication to the digital and social media space. As a media executive, I began adding to my arsenal of tools to understand the changing landscape of communications, but also better advocate for underrepresented voices in main stream media.\nAs co-founder and CEO of Luz Collective, my mission continues to be what it always has been: fighting for systemic change that puts underrepresented voices first. We have so much work to do \u2013 income inequality is the worst it\u2019s been since post World War II with no end in sight for the continued widening of the income gap. Our political system is dominated by enormous amounts of money coming from corporations and the wealthy elite. Healthcare access in many ways is even more inaccessible now than before the passage of the Affordable Care Act and we are still fighting the billion-dollar insurance industry to make healthcare a right, not a privilege. Small businesses and middle class taxpayers struggle under the burden of a tax system that works perfectly fine for the biggest corporations and the wealthiest of people, but is slowly squeezing the middle class and small businesses into non-existence. The jobs of the future require strong schools for our children and access to free college education. Active duty service members, veterans and their families who have sacrificed so much should be taken care of abroad and at home. And Social Security and Medicare should be expanded \u2013 Period. The struggle for women\u2019s health, reproductive justice and economic empowerment feels never ending. And the continued systemic racism, bias and abuse against people of color is a stain on what this country stands for. With an inhumane and completely broken immigration system that makes criminals of families and dampens our economic growth potential, it\u2019s obvious that this country is in need of radical change. We\u2019ve reached the tipping point for our economy, our environment and our future. Having gone through so many personal challenges and in learning from my Dad that there is nothing in life that can\u2019t be overcome, I know that the only thing that can be done is to continue the fight until we finally level the playing field for our children, families, and workers. The struggle must continue until everyone who desires has the opportunity to achieve their version of the American Dream, no matter who they are, what family they come from, or what zip code they grow up in.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 17, "original_length": 5380, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 190.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.lynnefoote.com/art-overview-of-premarital-counseling.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:58:29Z", "digest": "sha1:5RU5NW6L7VJQHG64YC4YUE3CXTWBNSBI", "length": 9363, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.lynnefoote.com", "title": "OVERVIEW OF PREMARITAL COUNSELING - Lynne Foote, MA, LPC", "raw_content": "OVERVIEW OF PREMARITAL COUNSELING\nIntimate relationships have experienced a major paradigm shift over the past forty years. We are reshaping our core dynamics from a role-based model to a partnership model, but not without consequences. We have a divorce rate in the United States where more than half of our marriages end in divorce. What is happening here?\nMarriages used to serve family and society and the quality of the man/woman connection was secondary. Community pressure would hold it together. Now, for the first time in history, couples are on their own. We have shifted from a community (or village) to a nuclear family so that we have one person, rather than many, to meet our needs. We have also shifted from a survival mode to one of self-actualization so that we are demanding deeper levels of intimacy which puts pressure on each partner to fulfill more needs. We live in a youth addicted culture that promotes romantic ideals of love rather than images of couples who have matured after years of finding their way together. We also live in a throw-away society that reinforces the belief that we can have what we want by giving up what we have for the promise of something better. The divorce rate for second marriages is even more sobering at 67% and 74% for third marriages according to the Forest Institute of Professional Psychology.\nThe good news is that new models for developing strong, healthy relationships have been emerging, giving us maps for how to find our way in this new paradigm. Premarital counseling uses these models to help a couple build a strong, conscious foundation for their marriage. We need to remember that relationships are created; they are dynamic and perennially evolving. The relationship that you yearn for is not the one you start out with but the one you co-create with your partner over time. This takes commitment, trust, and the willingness to look more closely at your own process rather than that of your partner.\nWe come together from different families of origin. We have learned and have been imprinted, for better or worse, by these early experiences of connection. We come into a marriage with different personalities and temperaments, differing values and needs, and baggage from previous intimate connections. We come into the co-creating of a life together without a training manual or toolkit for how to manage the sometimes treacherous waters of our differences. Premarital counseling can provide this guidance so that each person can mature to their fullest potential within the boundaries of a vital, fulfilling relationship. Through counseling, a couple can explore their dreams, their fears, their differences, and come to a greater understanding of what is sourcing their choices and behaviors.\nWhat does premarital counseling look like? It is as varying and unique as the personality and background of the therapist. Finding someone that you can trust, and who honors your unique situation, is essential. All too many couples get caught up in spending time planning their weddings without developing a plan for their marriage. The early stages of relationship, when the feelings for your partner are usually positive, is the ideal time to become more conscious and intentional in the ways you interact and work together. Counseling can give you insights into where your particular relationship dynamics might be heading in the wrong direction. There is an educational aspect to premarital counseling as well so that you can learn better communication skills and how to negotiate conflict so that you can resolve your differences in a way that actually strengthens your connection. Finally, there is a coaching aspect to premarital counseling where couples can practice, with the therapist's help, to use the new perspectives and the new skills that they are learning.\nWhen I work with couples, I teach Relationship as a Spiritual Path. I believe that we have everything that we need to wake up, find the Self beyond the ego, and mature into fully alive, compassionate human beings by working through the difficulties and often painful struggles that are in our most intimate relationship. We do not need to retreat to a cave to discover our inner truth. It is mirrored to us daily by our partner, by how we show up, or fail to show up, in this most important connection. We can learn to keep our hearts open to what is arising by knowing when to set good boundaries, by knowing what is and is not my responsibility, and by not going numb in a status quo state of co-existing.\nAnother important aspect of premarital counseling is to normalize what can happen in the early years of a marriage. Many of us have been seduced by the fairytale of the prince and his princess finding their perfect love. But the story really begins when they move into the castle together. Sometimes a newly married person experiences what could be called a post-marriage depression. The commitment can feel like a weight that is taking them down. They have said \"yes\" to this particular individual but \"no\" to all the other potential partners. There is a grief factor here. But ironically, the pain of this condition can deepen one's ability to connect because by working through the impulses to run, by overcoming the belief that the grass is greener over there and by making the grass greener here, this individual can find the freedom and joy that is possible in a long-term, committed relationship.\nIt is my intention to write monthly articles over this next year that give couples ways to build or enhance a conscious and healthy foundation for their relationship. I will provide both new perspectives and time-tested tools that can make a difference between thriving and surviving. Together, we will look at the elements that create a strong, lasting relationship. We will see how personality differences can show up as obstacles and how to turn them into strengths. We will learn how to balance the WE and ME needs so that we mature as an individual and as a couple. I will provide you with tools that will develop better communication and conflict resolution skills. We will look at the importance of Wedding Vows and how to use them to grow. We will dialogue about common issues that arise around sex, money, parenting, extended family, and daily household tasks. We will examine the roots of the Power Struggle stage and how this can paradoxically mature you into a more loving connection. It is my hope that whether you are about to enter a marriage or committed relationship, or you are ready to change the relationship that you are in, that you will gain what you need to create the relationship of your dreams.\nSam and Patricia are in their early thirties and they are stuck in the dating phase of their relationship because even though Sam feels a strong love for Patricia, he suffers from an even stronger fear of commitment. In therapy, Sam discovers that the root of his feeling entrapped is related to a belief that he has to give up what he wants and needs in order for Patricia to be happy. His behavior becomes defensive and he stays away from a deeper connection to her by \"doing his own thing\". During therapy, he discovers that Patricia is open to working with him, and to giving him what he wants, when she knows more clearly what it is that he wants. He finds that when he opens to her emotionally, she feels more connected and becomes less demanding. This enhances the ability and desire in Sam to give Patricia more of what she needs, knowing that this does not mean sacrificing what he needs. Through this therapeutic work Sam comes to experience the freedom that exists inside a commitment.\nJulie and Peter are about to be married and come into premarital therapy to learn how to communicate more effectively. They have a pattern where each partner's style triggers the other. Julie grew up in a family that met conflict head on. Her family would often become very loud and passionate in their arguments. By contrast, Peter's family did not talk about important things and stayed more distant in their interactions. What attracted Peter to Julie was her warmth and ability to engage with him but as the wedding approaches, her emotionality has become too much to handle and he has started to withdraw and cut off the conversation. Julie is feeling a sense of panic and tries even harder to engage Peter who then feels even more overwhelmed and withdraws further. In therapy, this dance step of approach/avoidance becomes more clearly defined. The therapist facilitates a process so that each partner plays the role of the other. Both partners gain a greater understanding and compassion for how to meet on common ground. Peter learns how to stay present and feel safe when a conversation gets heated. Julie learns to trust Peter's need to withdraw and that he will return to engage with her when his system has calmed down.\nJourney of the Heart by John Welwood, 1996.\nConscious Loving: The Journey to Co-Commitment by Kathleen and Gay Hendricks, 1992.\nThe Heart's Wisdom: A Practical Guide to Growing Through Love by Joyce and Barry Vissell, 1999.\nSeven Principles for Making Marriages Work by John Gottman, 2004\nHold Me Tight by Sue Johnson, 2008\nGetting the Love You Want by Harville Hendrix, 2007\nPassage to Intimacy by Lori Gordon, 2001\nThe Wise Heart by Jack Kornfield, 2009", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 56, "original_length": 10398, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 298.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.maasgallery.co.uk/british-pictures-2017/british-pictures-2017/british-pictures-2017-12-2053", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:43Z", "digest": "sha1:OPLC7J42H32MBNJM2Z7WWLUHJAAJYM4C", "length": 1054, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.maasgallery.co.uk", "title": "British Pictures 2017 - Category: British Pictures 2017 - Image: 12. George Henry Boughton, 1833-1905", "raw_content": "Maclean's Gallery, 1876\nBoughton was born near Norwich, raised in New York, and educated in Paris before he made his career in London. The subject is from an anonymous Middle English allegory, The Floure and the Leafe, which for hundreds of years was mistakenly believed to be one of Geoffrey Chaucer\u2019s finest poems. Two companies of knights and maidens, one of the Leaf and the other of the Flower, dance and sing in the forest. The maidens of the Leaf are faithful and enduring, and their goddess is Diana the huntress. The maidens of the Flower are pretty, but they love idleness, and their goddess is Flora. The female narrator finally decides she will join the company of the Leaf.\u000bThese paintings were exhibited at Maclean\u2019s Gallery in 1876, where they were noticed by the critic of The Graphic magazine: \u2018Mr. G.H. Boughton has seldom painted anything better than his two studies from Chaucer The Leaf and The Flower. In either case the young ladies are distinguished by a certain quietude and severity of style which is appropriate to the period\u2019.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 24, "original_length": 2187, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 144.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.mainplaza.org/blog/2018/10/30/visit-main-plaza-home-of-the-saga", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:25:38Z", "digest": "sha1:VPL56PCOCU45ZMLBY6DKJBAEC4WQOCBW", "length": 229, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.mainplaza.org", "title": "VISIT MAIN PLAZA, HOME OF THE SAGA \u2014 Main Plaza", "raw_content": "VISIT MAIN PLAZA, HOME OF THE SAGA\nOctober 30, 2018 Jane Pauley-Flores\nhttps://travelswithcarole.blogspot.com/2018/10/sights-to-see-main-plaza-san-antonio.html\nMAIN PLAZA made the list of the best things to do in San Antonio!!! \u2192", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 59, "original_length": 1680, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.69, "perplexity": 240.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.mangosmarket.com/promog/ConditionCenter.asp?ConditionID=14&ArticleID=2963&StoreID=D9339NK282S92NV700AKHLBD3LHF7NV2", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:17:16Z", "digest": "sha1:6PDQTFQTJ25D25UACTSJ4MDHPOSY5HKU", "length": 2494, "nlines": 13, "source_domain": "www.mangosmarket.com", "title": "Mango's Market Diabetes", "raw_content": "Diabetes : Fitness in Youth May Be Key to Diabetes Risk Decades Later\nMONDAY, March 7, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Teens with poor physical fitness are at higher risk for diabetes much later in life, even if they're not overweight or obese, a new study finds.\nThe research involved about 1.5 million Swedes who all underwent physical fitness tests when they were conscripted into the military at age 18. Their health outcomes were then tracked up to the age of 62.\nPoor aerobic fitness and low muscle strength at age 18 was linked to a tripling of risk for diabetes in adulthood, regardless of the person's body weight, reports a team led by Dr. Casey Crump of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City.\nThe study was funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and published March 7 in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.\nInactivity is a known risk factor for type 2 diabetes, but little was known about how physical fitness levels at a young age might affect diabetes risk later in life, Crump's team said.\nThey believe the findings support programs to boost aerobic and muscle fitness in young people. The study also sends an important message to out-of-shape people who don't think they're at risk for diabetes because they are not obese, the researchers said.\n\"A healthy lifestyle at any age reduces the risk of chronic disease throughout the life cycle,\" said Dr. Howard Selinger, chair of family medicine at Quinnipaic University's School of Medicine in Hamden, Conn.\n\"No pills, no tests -- just good physical exercise to condition the heart and lungs and musculature obviously improves physiologic function for years to come,\" Selinger said.\nDr. Gerald Bernstein coordinates the Friedman Diabetes Program at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. He called the study \"important,\" because it echoes findings from other research showing that \"exercise, especially aerobic, improves insulin sensitivity.\"\nInsulin sensitivity involves the body's response to the hormone, and is a key factor in whether or not a person develops diabetes.\n\"The population data from the CDC show that approximately 52 percent of the U.S. population have either diabetes or prediabetes, both adding to cardiovascular risk,\" Bernstein noted.\n\"The implication [from this study] is that physical education programs in all levels of early education should be fully implemented prior to age 18 with the hope that progression to prediabetes and diabetes is minimized in later life,\" he noted.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 74, "original_length": 4440, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 225.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.maolislipper.com/products/sexy-beautiful-summer-women-flip-flops.htm", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:54:39Z", "digest": "sha1:QFLJZIKVNXLQKYAAWJJLYXUZHXHTO7XC", "length": 505, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.maolislipper.com", "title": "china sexy-beautiful-summer-women-flip-flops manufacturers,factory,suppliers,Wholesale | Maoli \",e.querySelectorAll(\"[selected]\").length||i.push(\"\\\\[\"+O+\"*(?:checked|disabled|ismap|multiple|readonly|selected|value)\"),e.querySelectorAll(\":checked\").length||i.push(\":checked\")}),K(function(e){e.innerHTML=\"", "raw_content": "China sexy-beautiful-summer-women-flip-flops\nMaoli is a professional manufacturer, supplier of sexy-beautiful-summer-women-flip-flops, we provide sexy-beautiful-summer-women-flip-flops OEM & ODM wholesale, sexy-beautiful-summer-women-flip-flops price and more questions, please contact us and follow our Facebook , We will respond in a timely manner, we are not the lowest price of sexy-beautiful-summer-women-flip-flops, but we will provide you with better service.\nsexy-beautiful-summer-women-flip-flops", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 118, "original_length": 28554, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.86, "perplexity": 325.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.mapleleafvermont.com/three-little-words/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:25:52Z", "digest": "sha1:S7AUDEWJFBPPZZOHDIM5DM3XVDS6A77E", "length": 1347, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.mapleleafvermont.com", "title": "Three Little Words \u2022 Southern Vermont and Eastern New York Real Estate", "raw_content": "Home > Three Little Words\nThere are three little words that can make buyers very anxious: Offer To Purchase.\u00c2 However, there need not be any mystery or fear attached to that phrase.\u00c2 With an experienced professional guiding the process, feelings of trepidation can quickly turn to excitement and enthusiasm.\nWhile many terms and conditions may be attached to an offer, the real biggie, of course, is price.\u00c2 While you may have heard that your offer should be a certain percentage below the asking price, or even a percentage below what you are willing to pay, consideration of your offer will always be affected by the laws of supply and demand.\nWhen buyers compete, sellers often see full-price offers.\u00c2 However, when inventories are high and demand is lower, an offer below asking price could be in order.\u00c2 Typically, your offer will be presented to the seller(s) and/or their representative(s).\u00c2 The seller may accept or reject the offer, but it\u2019s quite common for the seller to reply with a counter-offer.\nSince it\u2019s often not a simple Yes or No answer, it is absolutely critical for you to stay in close contact with your representative, so that negotiation is handled smoothly and in a timely manner.\u00c2 Take heart that a counter-offer is not a rejection.\u00c2 As long as the offer is on the table, you can nearly always negotiate your way to Yes!", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 48, "original_length": 2283, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 304.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.marketing-consultants-uk.co.uk/ripley", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:50:15Z", "digest": "sha1:C3YBJ4IIRY6C3UHU4RSLBXTTLDG7UDYE", "length": 500, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.marketing-consultants-uk.co.uk", "title": "Marketing Agencies in Ripley - Marketing & Communication Solutions", "raw_content": "creative media design experts and marketing agencies in Ripley. Here is the place where\nFull Circles Integrated Marketing\nRipley, Derbyshire, DE5 3EH\nfullcircles.co.uk\nWe love our work, whether it's building corporate identities, planning advertising campaigns or managing marketing strategies. Here are a few examples of some projects that we've been working on... recently for our clients. It's hard to believe how fast the web is still evolving as a tool for business for commerce and information.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 64, "original_length": 1352, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 335.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.marklackey.net/teaching.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:46:47Z", "digest": "sha1:NT33JUNGPL6S7WJBHPQNQ5WKDZXOV4A4", "length": 2438, "nlines": 42, "source_domain": "www.marklackey.net", "title": "Teaching - Mark Lackey", "raw_content": "Dr. Lackey is Assistant Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in Music at Samford University where he teaches theory and composition. He has also served on the faculty at Towson University, at The Peabody Conservatory, and at Johns Hopkins University, with courses in music theory, musicianship, American music history, and an introduction to computer music. His work in education has been recognized with a Johns Hopkins University Arts Innovation Grant and a Samford University Innovative Technology Grant.\nClick here for instructional videos and more, hosted by YouTube.\nDoctor of Musical Arts, Music composition, 2009\nThe Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University\nAdvisory Committee: Sharon Levy, PhD, DMA; Stephen Stone, PhD, DMA; Christopher Theofanidis, DMA; Elizabeth Tolbert, PhD\nMaster of Music, Music theory pedagogy, 2009\nMaster of Music, Music composition, 2002\nBachelor of Science, Majors in music and psychology, 1988\nDavid Lipscomb College, now Lipscomb University\nPrivate study with Christopher Theofanidis, J. Nicholas Maw, Bruno Amato, Jerome Reed, John Anthony Lennon (informally)\nSchool of the Arts, Division of Music\nAssistant Professor of Music: Fall 2013 to present\nDirector of Graduate Studies in Music: August 2018 to present\nPrivate Composition Lessons\nMusic theory I, II, III, IV, V\nMusic theory lab I, II, III, IV\nAnalytical Techniques (Graduate)\nGraduate Theory Review\nCollege of Fine Arts and Communication, Department of Music\nInstructor, Music Theory and History Divisions: Fall 2007 to present\nMusicianship I, II, III, IV\nMusic theory I, II, III, IV\nMusic theory for Non-Majors\nIntroduction to Music in the U.S.\nThe Peabody Conservatory\nInstructor: Fall 2006; Fall 2008 to Spring 2011\nMusic Theory 1\u20132, 3\u20134\nGraduate Music Theory Review\nInstructor: Fall 2011, Fall 2012\nAcademic Exploration Instructor, Intersession, Winter: 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012\nDigital Sound Art\nThe Peabody Preparatory\nInstructor, ages 10 to 17: Fall 2003 to Spring 2006, and Fall 2009 to Spring 2010\nMusic Theory Comprehensive I, II, III\nMusic Theory Accelerated I, II, III\nThe Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth\nDistance Education Instructor, CTYOnline: Fall 2009 to Spring 2010\nMcDaniel Orchestra Camp\nInstructor: 2009, 2010\nComposition Class, Musicianship Class, Chamber Music Coach\nInstructor, English Language Program: 1999 to 2000\nWorked with students from countries including Bosnia, Viet Nam, and Somalia", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 77, "original_length": 3217, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.8, "perplexity": 298.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.marybethvolpini.com/2012/10/making-strides.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:19:09Z", "digest": "sha1:O5AXL3HVQEYXOTBU2POXJDMPQPCVSYUH", "length": 312, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.marybethvolpini.com", "title": "Mary Beth Volpini: Making Strides", "raw_content": "www.creativitytribe.com/blog said...\nWhat an inspiring post, Mary Beth. I am cheering for you. My grandmother was a breast cancer survivor. She survived a good 20 years after treatment. It didn't get the best of her. Bless your journey and thank you for sharing it through your art. It helps give hope to others.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 195, "original_length": 4782, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 241.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/learning/programme-course/programme.cfm?prog_id=93521", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:12:06Z", "digest": "sha1:V6RN7LFQE3TQNLVDTGAQYGUJI6VTIFY5", "length": 6316, "nlines": 36, "source_domain": "www.massey.ac.nz", "title": "Bachelor of Design with Honours (Bachelor of Design with Honours) - 2019 - Massey University", "raw_content": "Become a designer and make the world a better place. Massey\u2019s College of Creative Arts in Wellington offers a broad range of programmes in Fashion design, Industrial design, Photography, Spatial design, Textile design, and Visual Communication design. With a history that can be traced back to 1886, our School of Design is the largest design school in NZ, and has produced many of our country\u2019s most renowned designers.\nVisit the College of Creative Arts website\nAll design degree students enrol in honours. Towards the end of third year, you decide whether you want to stick with the honours route, where your 4th year will be strongly research-led. The non-honours path is less research-focused and gives you room for more electives in 4th year.\nAs a Massey design student, you will spend most of your time making and thinking in studios, workshops and media labs, whatever your major. There are many opportunities to explore other design fields through electives and cross-disciplinary collaboration is encouraged. There is also a focus on real world problem-solving and students in their 4th year have the opportunity to engage with live briefs and external clients.\nMassey\u2019s College of Creative Arts is ranked in the top 100 by QS University rankings, first in Asia Pacific for design concept, and is NASAD approved as Substantially Equivalent.\nIf you are an international student, please check out how to apply.\nMassey High Achievers scholarships for school leavers\nMassey University offers a range of scholarships for high achievers. Find out more about creative arts scholarships.\nHow to plan your degree\nThere is more detail under the \u201cPlanning\u201d tab at the top right of this page, and at creative.massey.ac.nz\nSelection for the design degree is by portfolio, but high-achieving students may be eligible for automatic entry. The application due date is 1 October each year. Late applications will be considered if space is available. See the College of Creative Arts website for more detail.\nIt is recommended that international students apply at least three months before the start date to allow for processing.\nBachelor of Design with Honours (Fashion Design)\nBachelor of Design with Honours (Industrial Design)\nBachelor of Design with Honours (Photography)\nBachelor of Design with Honours (Spatial Design)\nBachelor of Design with Honours (Textile Design)\nBachelor of Design with Honours (Visual Communication Design)\nAre passionate about design and getting hands-on in the studio\nWant to re-define the way people live, work and play through great design\nEnjoy pushing the boundaries of creativity through individual as well as group projects\nWant to work alongside with the best creative talent in New Zealand, creating systems and experiences as well as products\nLove the Wellington vibe - the coolest little capital in the world\nJosie Schultz, Steph Tidey, Rachael Jupp, Rhianna Field\n\u201cThe 12 week project was completed within the Creative Enterprise paper, where a client comes to Massey with a strategic problem or opportunity, and students decide how to address it with a design solution\u2026\u201d\nHere\u2019s what happens when a community\u2019s vision is put in the hands of talented designers.\nBachelor of Design honours students, Josie Schultz, Steph Tidey, Rachael Jupp, Rhianna Field and Oliver Ward were tasked with helping to make the Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park more inclusive for new mountain bikers and walkers, while maintaining the area\u2019s strong conservation values.\nThe project won two Designers\u2019 Institute Best Awards in 2015 and in 2017 won a Merit award from the Society for Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD) in Seattle.\n\u201cThe 12 week project was completed within the Creative Enterprise paper, where a client comes to Massey with a strategic problem or opportunity, and students decide how to address it with a design solution,\u201d said Oliver Ward.\nThe client for this project was the Makara Peak Supporters group. Rhianna Field said, \u201cWe rode the park and got lost, so came back with a way-showing system which drew from the visual language of ski fields and an international sign language.\"\nMakara Peak has more than 40 kilometres of track and gets more than 100,000 visitors per year. The Massey students developed a system of colour-coded signage to inform users where they are, the direction they are heading, distance, grade and level of difficulty. Helpful biking tips are placed on beginner and easy grade tracks and the students adjusted the signs depending on whether a user would be seeing it while riding uphill or speeding downhill. A new map was also developed.\n\u201cThe Council initially only had money for signage to go in a new entranceway from the carpark, but the Supporters group did some fundraising and in the following year Rhianna and I worked out the plan for 500 signs to be installed by volunteers - that happened the year after we graduated,\u201d Oliver said.\nThe result was a client \u201cblown away\u201d by what the student designers achieved, users giving them great feedback and the Council is over the moon. So much so they have come back to the School of Design with many other live projects.\nThe Wainuiomata and Colonial Knob mountain bike parks have both been inspired by the Massey students\u2019 design. There is a real opportunity in New Zealand to spread the system and it has already been installed on Waiheke Island as a result of our Makara work,\u201d Oliver said.\nThe judges in Seattle had this to say: \u201cIt\u2019s hard for me to accept that this is a student project. The visual identity and way-finding system is beautiful, in harmony with the park and designed with visitor needs at its centre\u201d, noted one of the judges. While another wrote: \u201cGive these design students jobs, immediately!\u201d\nThe 21st century is already rewarding people who are creative, innovative and engaged. Graduates leave the College of Creative Arts with a portfolio of creative design work, solid technical and analytic skills, a strong research ethos, and a great network. Our design graduates are sought after by employers in a range of industry, business, and marketing-related activities, with 93% employed in relevant industries within 6 months of completing their degree. 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There might still be changes.\nThe minicourse by Annette Huber-Klawitter will be on on \"Periods and Motives\".\nA programme containing the abstracts for the talks and lectures can be found here.\nIn addition to the contributed talks, participants have the opportunity to present their research on posters. 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She has been instructed in two leading and important inquiries: the Undercover Policing Inquiry (UCPI) and the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA). Maya also specialises in criminal law and domestic human rights law cases.\nRachel Etheridge has a broad practice in civil liberties and public law and specialises in representing migrants in judicial reviews challenging decisions of local and central government in community care and immigration detention. She also has expertise in representing survivors of sexual violence and child abuse in public law and civil claims against public authorities.\nClick below to read Maya and Rachel\u2019s full profiles:\nMaya Lal", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 47, "original_length": 1899, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 278.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.matthewlandrum.com/2014/10/love-in-time-of-ebola.html", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:18:00Z", "digest": "sha1:RMBF4PM5EIBKJC6YZLCZX36LAHTHSEWZ", "length": 2297, "nlines": 3, "source_domain": "www.matthewlandrum.com", "title": "Works and Days: Love in the Time of Ebola", "raw_content": "For the last weeks, the news has been dominated by stories of the outbreak of Ebola virus in West Africa and its subsequent spread to limited areas of Europe and America. One of the reasons, I think Ebola has captured so much public attention (besides its horrific symptoms and high mortality rate) is that it exposes the interdependence of our systems and the interconnectedness of the world. An outbreak of a disease in Africa doesn't stay in Africa anymore. It travels via plane, train, and automobile. It can spread and infect, crossing borders and entering new circles of connectivity. This sort of issue and its accompanying anxiety goes well beyond a medical threat. The 2008 breakdown of the global financial markets spread in much the way of virus might. Describing bank failure, the news used the word infection.\nSo much of life is now at the mercy of global forces and systems. On any given day, I might eat a nectarine from Chile, receive a wire transfer from my magazine in England, or chat with a friend in Sydney. Everything I do or think is fair game for a Facebook post that will be shared with 1000+ friends. If I want strawberries in January, I don't have to wait until the season. I can hop on a plane and be in Brest or Berlin in half a day. Social media gives me windows (well-dressed ones) into other people's lives, importing dissatisfaction and the sense that there is something else better out there than what I'm doing, someone better than who I'm with. It can be hard for me at times feel anchored, to feel engaged with the people in my life. Lately I've been thinking about all this, wondering what place love has in this time of Ebola.\nMy answer \u2014 love is local. It supersedes the banks of computer scattered around the world that are involved in the simplest debit card transaction. It gives value perspective to the litany of likes one might receive on a Facebook post. It draws us back to the present moment and present location. There is no FOMO in love. Like John Donne says: love, all love of other sights controls, / and makes one little room an everywhere. 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This is no joke, the Torch is currently being reviewed by The Guinness Book of World Records. With a retina damaging 4100 lumens of light, the Torch can also melt plastic, light paper on fire within seconds, and even fry an egg (as shown in the video above).\nThe Torch accomplishes this by using an halogen light bulb running at 100 Watts using a custom build high voltage circuit. To keep the front lens from shattering due to the immense heat generated, The Torch flashlight is equipped with a specialized heat resistant glass lens and is encased in a durable, military grade aluminum case.\nThe Torch will set you back $299 and is available now from Wicked Lasers.\nDISCLAIMER: You probably won\u2019t want to use this as a flashlight or around kids\u2026 plus it only runs for about 10 minutes and is recommended to be used for around 3 minutes with about 2 minutes of \u201crest\u201d time to let it cool down.\nTags: flashlight, laser, torch", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 63, "original_length": 3097, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 336.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.mbmiresources.com/s/NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=788531&_Type=News-Releases&_Title=MBMI-Announces-Completion-of-Share-Consolidation-and-Private-Placement", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:11:13Z", "digest": "sha1:JCRSIU2V2FV63WEMFCOLYN2IBFAQONIL", "length": 3171, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.mbmiresources.com", "title": "MBMI Resources Inc. - News Releases - MBMI Announces Completion of Share Consolidation and Private Placement - Fri Feb 15, 2019", "raw_content": "MBMI Announces Completion of Share Consolidation and Private Placement\nMarkham, Ontario, May 1, 2017 -- MBMI Resources Inc. (the \"Company\" or \"MBMI\") is pleased to announce the completion of its previously announced consolidation of common shares in the capital of the Company on a 3 for 1 basis (\"Consolidation\") and a non-brokered private placement of 4,444,443 post-Consolidation common share units (\"Units\") at a price of $0.135 per Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of $600,000 (the \"Private Placement\"). Each Unit consists of one common share in the capital of the Company and one common share purchase warrant. Each warrant entitles its holder to purchase one common share in the capital of the Company at an exercise price of $0.18 per share for a period of 1 year from the date of issuance. The closing of the Private Placement remains subject to final acceptance by the TSX Venture Exchange.\nThe Consolidation and the Private Placement were conducted pursuant to the partial revocation orders (the \"Partial Revocation Orders\") issued by the British Columbia Securities Commission (the \"BCSC\") and the Alberta Securities Commission (the \"ASC\", together with the BCSC, the \"Commissions\") on February 3, 2017. The Partial Revocation Orders were issued in respect of the cease trade orders (the \"CTOs\") issued by the BCSC and the ASC on June 7, 2013 and September 6, 2013 respectively, as a result of the failure of the Company, under its previous management, to file audited financial statements and related management discussion and analysis for the year ended January 31, 2013.\nNo insiders of the Company participated in the Private Placement and no finder's fees were payable pursuant to the Private Placement. The proceeds of the Private Placement will be used to bring the Company's continuous disclosure record up to date, complete an application to the Commissions for a full revocation of the CTOs, settle the Company's outstanding accounts payable, finance the Company's continuous efforts to reinstate the Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement with the Government of Philippines with respect to the Company's Palawan nickel properties, and for general working capital.\nAll securities issued pursuant to the Private Placement are subject to a four-month hold period pursuant to the applicable securities laws with an expiry date of September 2, 2017.\nMBMI Resources Inc. is a Canadian-based mining company which operates 7 nickel mineral properties in the Philippines, which include the Alpha Property, Bethlehem Property and Northern Rio Tuba Property located in Palawan Philippines covering an area of 12,560 hectares (collectively, the \"Palawan Properties\"), and the Borongan-Maydolong Property, Gen. 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Therefore the cake is probably the most important attribute of each important event in our lives. If you would like to eat cakes in London uxbridge ub8, you should certainly contact Mery-Sony. Each cake of ours is a symbol of precision, quality and mastery, as well as a unique combination of great taste and appearance. 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The standard of knowledge, experience and work has truly benefited our whole family. - R.G\nThe Mews Dental Clinic is a purpose built practice fitted with the latest state of the art equipment and technology, enabling us to provide high quality dental care. Only the best dental materials and up to date techniques are utilised, so that we may achieve the very best long lasting results for our patients and avoid the need for frequent replacement .The dental technicians we use are highly skilled and are able to provide personal colour matching for cosmetic treatments.\nSuccessful dental care is not only about making teeth look their best. About one third of the population have some form of gum disease and more teeth are lost through gum disease than tooth decay .Our top priority is to help all our patients to have healthy teeth and gums, and we therefore place a strong emphasis on prevention and patient education. Prevention is always better than cure, with many long term health benefits. Some patients may be more prone to dental decay and gum disease, so regular preventative advice and care is essential.\nOur hygienist plays a key role in this, helping you to avoid or combat dental disease. By keeping your mouth in tip top condition you are likely to need fewer visits to the dentist for treatment or toothache. Smile with confidence and keep your teeth for life. Hygienists differ greatly in their approach, so it is important to find one that you feel relaxed and comfortable with, and are happy to see on a regular basis.\nDedication To Continued Development\nWe are dedicated to a programme of continued professional development for our whole team, to constantly update knowledge and develop further skills. Our dentists and hygienist regularly attend dental courses and national conferences. 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It is the second largest art fair in the world and it is an excellent time to add a piece of work to your collection. Often in remodeling, a piece of artwork is used as a focal point. Designers often will take a cue from colors or textures in a piece of art to design a room around. Before you go to Art Basel and choose a piece for yourself, we have a few tips for buying art for the home. If you are looking to sell your home with an art collection, contact us today.\n1. Preparation: Before you head into the art fairs, make sure you have the measurements of the area you are looking to fill. Length versus width in inches is what is used in the art world. Consultants are on hand at booths so you will not be alone, however it is also a good idea to ask your interior designer to come with you as well.\n2. Emotion: You will be living with a piece of art every day and it is important that it makes you feel a certain way that you can live with. 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Gian Carlo has always had to fight hard against adversities, but the love and passion he has always harboured for his Team, for the world of F.1 and for his supporters, gave him the strength to go forward and take part in the F.1 racing world, running with cars whose technical features were improved year after year and which were driven by Italian and foreign promising young drivers. Gian Carlo has always paid great attention to young drivers and he has always contributed to support their debut in the top category.\nThe beginning of a great passion. The passion for cars harboured by Gian Carlo Minardi has a 60-year-history. It is dated back to September, the 18th 1947, when the eldest son of Giovanni Minardi and Elena Marina was born.\nAfter getting a chartered accountant qualification in 1966, Gian Carlo began to help his mother running the family business: the \u201cGiuseppe Minardi and Brothers\u201d FIAT official dealer, founded in 1927 by Giuseppe, Vincenzo and Luigi Minardi. Since the beginning it was clear that the intentions of the young guy from Faenza were so different, so, in 1967 he took part in some rally races driving a Fiat 124, but, as a consequence of a terrible accident occurred while he was driving a Formula 850 (luckily the accident had no bad consequences), he decided to change his mind about becoming a preeminent racer, taking care of his family, so, April the 16th 1970, he got married with Mara and November the 6th 1974 they had a baby, Giovanni Minardi\u2026\u2026\nThe first chapter of the book called \u201c Minardi\u2019s great history\u201d will be soon available. Every month you will have the opportunity to live a Formula 1 racing season again. 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For Alabama attorneys, it\u2019s an extremely difficult\u2014but necessary\u2014task to continuously analyze and apply them to your cases.\nUse this on-demand webinar, when W. Evans Brittain will provide a comprehensive review of the latest developments in the rules of evidence. Among other issues, Mr. Brittain will address character evidence, medical records, and evidence of subsequent remedial measures. You\u2019ll learn about:\nPractical applications of the \u201cBig Six\u201d to real-world courtroom events\nCollecting evidence through discovery\nEvidence of a person\u2019s habit\nEvidence of subsequent remedial measures\nSexual assault, child molestation and sex-offense cases\nMedical records, charts, and X-rays\nOther records (business, public)\nOther unique evidence\nAdmission and Exclusion of Unique Evidence: The Latest Rules and Updates for Alabama \u2014 is just $99.\nW. Evans Brittain is a partner in the Montgomery office of Ball, Ball, Matthews & Novak, P.A. He has tried numerous jury trials to verdict, serving as lead counsel in the majority of those cases. Mr. Brittain focuses his practice on defending insurance companies in suits by consumers and individuals alleging fraud, breach of contract, bad faith, and inadequate performance of the insurance policy. He has defended lawsuits covering a wide array of areas, including commercial disputes, premises liability, products liability, and motor vehicle liability. Mr. Brittain is an active member of the Montgomery County Bar Association and the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association where he has served as a board member. He has also spoken on numerous occasions to various national insurance companies, providing advice about litigating claims and defending lawsuits. 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The sad fact is that the mortgage that you sign up for will be around whether or not you can continue to pay it. If you go to your bank, you might not be given the options that you may be given at a reputable mortgage broker, so you should choose wisely. Once you\u2019ve settled on a plan, however, you need to make a few evaluations of your financial standing and your commitment. You need to be sure that you are sitting on just the right foundations both financially and mentally before you take the plunge, and it is a plunge, because once you jump in, it\u2019s going to take a lot to get back out anywhere near the same you were when you jumped in.\nFinancially, you need to start at square one and determine if you have what it takes, simple and plain. In the event of mishap at work, can you afford to continue payments for a few months while you determine what your next move is? If you\u2019re going to be living with a spouse or roommate, can you both support the home in the event the other must go for a short while without paying? There are a lot of questions that you need to ask yourself. You should realistically be able to afford three or four months\u2019 worth of monthly payments flat out without generating income so that you can live financially comfortably, else you might want to consider an apartment. If you are living with others, you and they need to make to serious and binding financial agreements that you have to trust each other on. In the event of an emergency, you need to be able to afford repairs or other maintenance. Also you must have the ability split the electric water and internet bills. All this, mind you, does not include insurance, phones and car payments.\nWhile your new home is exciting, it is also dangerous to your well-being, your financial comfort and your credit. It is highly encouraged that before you enter this life changing deal with your mortgage in Coral Springs, FL, you make sure your life is structured, on strong foundations and not subject to change suddenly besides from some freak accident or other completely random event. If you know, deep inside, that things will be alright, even if takes some adjusting, some catching up and some getting used to, then by all means jump in. It\u2019s a big step but it is well worth it. It is not worth, however, ruining you financial life because you took the plunge too early. Step back from the vertigo of the idea of owning your own home and be a little realistic and evaluate where you really stand financially. If you do this, then your next step will be the right one.\nThis entry was posted in broward county mortgage, FHA Mortgage Loan Coral Springs FL, home loan, mortgage broker. 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Click here to send an e-mail to Matt Thompson.\nClick here to view the comics version of this document. Click here to send an e-mail to Matt Thompson.\nI met Scott on a sunny afternoon at Fresno State after his Cal Summer Arts workshop had let out for the day.\nMatt: First thing i want to ask is if you would sign my editor's copies of Understanding Comics and Reinventing Comics * \u2026 that's just in case anyone accuses me of having any journalistic integrity.\nScott: Haha! I didn't design this one as well for signatures \u2026\n* Scott's famous books about comics. Great stuff.\nI've kind of started, especially recently, to delve into at least what my friends tell me is good: Watchmen, just finished reading two of Joe Sacco's books, Maus (the first part at least) \u2026 But I'm wondering, do you feel comics is casting about for respect as a medium?\nI think some comics are. I think some creators are casting about for respect. It's interesting, though, because some of the comics that are earning us the most respect now are done by people that I don't think are too obsessed with respect. I don't think they really care whether anybody respects what they're doing or not, they're just so driven, and they're so interested in the ideas that they're conveying through their work that I don't think they're looking up much from the drawing board to find out if anyone is peering over their shoulder or readying the pulitzers. They really just want to create something that they like, that they think is worthy of attention, and they're willing to just let the cards fall where they may beyond that.\nMatt: Being from a newspaper web site ... I can understand a medium being underrespected ... The internet now being about 15 years old, depending on whom you ask, we're still trying to get them to remove the \"New Media\" sign from outside our office. But 15 years old, still. Comics, by some estimations, are older than books. How come, in so many years, how come it's not thought of as the most venerable medium we've got?\nWell, that's actually one of the great unanswered questions with comics is why, for example, compared to movies, which have been developing and growing throughout the 20th century alongside comics. Why is it that we've accepted the idea that movies can be art, even if they usually aren't, but that's still a harder pill to swallow for people regarding comics?\nI think some of it may have to do with just the fact that comics hasn't reached into as many lives as movies, partially because the world of comics isn't as easy to slip into. Because each artist brings their own voice and their own style to comics.\nAnd because of that every new artist we encounter, we have to get in sync with their world in order to see past the lines and the paper and the style, and simply dive into the world of the story. It's easier in motion pictures, despite all the different styles of acting and directing and set design and writing, it all still looks like life. because it's photography. Because we know that when we see a car pull up next to a building and somebody get out of that car in film, it looks like a car and it looks like a person and we believe it instantly. In comics, however, it takes a little while, because every new artist has their own way of drawing that car and their own way of drawing that person, and so the filters between us and the world inside the comic are a little thicker. and so that instant reality is harder to come by -- comics takes more work. And because it takes more work, it hasn't been quite as quick to become the mass -- mass phenomenon that leads to people being willing to respect it, because it's easier to respect something that's such an integral part of your life.\nMatt: You draw the tie between comics and movies \u2026 And that's something I'm actually pretty curious about. There've been a lot -- it seems like at least in recent years, there's been a lot of experimentation with translating comics to cinema. Sin City was one, Ghost World, American Splendor, Ang Lee took on The Incredible Hulk --\nScott: Oh, and there have been some that people don't even know are comics, like Road to Perdition, Men in Black \u2026 A History of Violence, coming up with Viggo Mortensen, were all graphic novels.\nMatt: First of all, what do you think have been the most successful stabs at that?\nScott: Artistically, I think some of the most really successful comics movies have included, say, Ghost World, American Splendor, I think these were just terrific little movies.\nScott (cont'd): Crumb, the documentary about the artist Crumb, though not an adaptation, per se, I think was very well-done. Spiderman I think is one of the best of the superhero movies. Sin City is maybe unique of all of them in the way that it just adapted Frank Miller's comics straight without any mediation at all. Rodriguez listed Miller as co-director,\nin part because Miller's comics served as a storyboard from beginning to end. These are all, I think, very interesting, very successful comics adaptations -- the latest crop has definitely been a lot better than when I was a kid, when comics adaptations were just a trail of tears, one disappointment after another. Now it's easy to see why Hollywood is so in love with comics still.\nLet's talk about definitions for a sec. ... Comics are defined at one moment in Understanding Comics as being \"Juxtaposed ...\"\n\"... pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence.\" I'm not suggesting anybody like trot that out every time they go to the comics store, you know, ask the guy behind the counter if they can have some juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence. That's more just to help us to separate it from things like animation and other things that also use images in sequence.\nRight. And you distinguish it also from cartoons. They're related, but not --\nYeah, Cartooning is, I think, a way of drawing and a way of seeing, but it doesn't necessarily have to appear in sequence the way that comics do.\nAnd to keep up the talk about comics and movies, you mention at one point that a movie is a series of images kind of juxtaposed through time.\nYeah, they're occupying the same space at different times, as opposed to comics where the images exist at the same time, but exist at different spaces. That's the only real difference.\nAnd what happens in between those two panels of a comic strip?\nScott: Well, obviously a lot happens between the panels, because if it didn't, comics would never come alive in our minds. Comics has a kind of call-and-response rhythm that you don't see in any other art form, where the artist gives you something to see inside of the panel and then the reader provides something between panels, they imagine something in between the panels. And it goes back and forth like that throughout ... It's this dance of imagination.\nVery different from, say, prose, where the reader has to constantly construct the story and the artist never takes over. Very different from movies where you just sit back and let the whole thing wash over you. And the illusion of movement is automatic in motion pictures, you know, because it's just your eyes registering motion from that series of static images. You can't help but see motion in film. But in comics, you need to do the work, the reader needs to do the work. And there's an enormous amount of work being done between the panels, you have to imagine so much in terms of motion and emotion. And beyond the panels too, you have to imagine the world beyond that little slice, that little camera shot.\nMatt: And then the meat, what's drawn, what's within the panel -- what are a few of the things that are going on there? One thing I like about Joe Sacco's work for example ... is the reconstruction, that in no other medium, not in documentary, not in text obviously, not in photo essay, can you actually draw what these people -- or paint a portrait of what these people are telling the interviewer. He spends, you can tell, just an enormous amount of time on drawing those reconstructions. And a lot of it seems like it's shading, it's --\nScott: Hard work. Yeah, a lot of it's very, just, scrubbing the floors. It's drudgery, a lot of it. Most cartoonists will tell you it's hard, hard work, doing that sort of thing. Especially people like Joe Sacco, who spends so much time just getting the mud right, you know, in the Gaza Strip, in Palestine. Getting that mud to look like the mud, getting the old jeeps driving around to look just right, the tin roofs to look just right. But it's worth it.\nAnd part of it too is that it can't just be a photograph, right?\nWell, I think that, you know, a photo can tell you a lot. But when you render it as pen-and-ink, and you render the characters as pen-and-ink, the settings as pen-and-ink, what happens is you're giving us a few lines that have to be shored up, that have to be filled out with the imagination and with our own experience. And we have to imagine the sounds of the cars driving around in the mud, and we have to imagine the cacophany in the marketplace \u2026\nScott (Cont'd): All of these things, you as the reader have to supply all of this. And yet it's not just being handed to you on a silver platter, right? It's something that you have to do a little bit of work for. You need to walk in the shoes of these characters. You need to walk through these drawings, because you need to bring them to life ... You need to conjure up the life that exists within these. And so when you're done reading something like Sacco's books, you're a participant in that world. You're not just sitting back and watching it on CNN. You're part of it.\nWhat -- from someone who's truly connected to the form -- what are experiments going on right now in comics?\nWell, you know, it's funny. The experimental side of things, they're always on the margins. The guy at your local comics shop may not even have a line on some of the real hardcore experimental comics going on. The experimenters are kind of one of what I think of as four tribes in comics ...\nScott (Cont'd): ... They're --\nThe Formalists\nOur research and development wing. Some of that stuff is going on online. Some of that stuff is going on with paper and ink. Some of the more adventurous comics are being done as just one-off constructions in cardboard or denim or wood. In fact, right now I think there's a show in Brooklyn where people are exhibiting sequential art that's been done as actual objects, you know, in a gallery. I think that stuff is absolutely fascinating.\nThe Animists\nBut while that's going on, you have its opposite number, which are the pure storytellers, who don't want you to think about the form at all. Don't care about experimentation, they just want you to think about the characters and the stories and forget you're even reading a comic. Forget about the panels, forget about the paper, forget about the ink, just lose yourself in the story. So you have that war between form and content, and these are two perfectly legitimate ways to treat comics, but you need both of them in order for the medium to be healthy and progress forward.\nThe Classicists\nAnd then you have other people for whom the excitement is just in working on their craft and creating something beautiful and well-done and up to a certain standard of excellence.\nThe Iconoclasts\nAnd then you have other people for whom the point of it all is just to create something raw and real and truthful and that speaks to the lives of the people who make it. All of these things go together to keep comics a healthy ecosystem.\nNow I've dwelled in the experimental wing a lot. You know, I like to hang out with the nerds, with the ones who are coming up with crazy weird little web comics that you can read in any direction. But I've long been aware that that's just part of the picture.\nTell me briefly about yourself. Tell me, first of all, where you were born, where you grew up, what besides drawing you've done to make a living, and I understand that your father was a world-class inventor?\nI don't know about world-class, but he was certainly well-respected. He was chief engineer at Raytheon's missile system's division. He's an interesting guy, 'cause he was blind from an early age. So he was literally a blind genius rocket scientist inventor, which is kind of a cool thing to have on your resume. In fact, I had the pleasure of meeting Dean Kamen, who's probably the most famous inventor in the world today, the man who invented the Segway and a lot of other less-hyped but equally impressive inventions. And we had a fun conversation because he is an inventor son of a comic book artist and I'm a comic book artist son of an inventor. I was raised in Lexington, Massachusetts, in New England, which is kind of high-tech, silicon valley of the '70s. And stayed in New England for quite a while and went to school at Syracuse. Then I got a job at D.C. Comics when I was right out of college, so I went straight into the comics industry. And I've stayed in Comics ever since. It was only a couple years later I sold my own series, and I've made my living either through making comics or through talking about making comics.\nAnd then my walkman conked out, so thus ends the interview. And then tickets for Scott's lecture at Fresno State sold out before I could snag a ticket. Fortunately I caught his Thursday morning Cal Summer Arts lecture, which was awesome.\nAnd if you haven't had your fill of Scott, worry not. 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To receive maximum reimbursements, ACOs must meet cost and quality metrics surrounding population health, as well as patient and family experiences. To meet these requirements, many providers focus on sharing pertinent clinical information. Unfortunately, it is easy to get caught up in what has been deemed the \"Goldilocks\" or \u201cthe porridge is too hot, the porridge is too cold\u201d conundrum. READ MORE\nThe value of deploying a social determinants screening tool in EHR\nAs accountable care organizations and multi-sector groups seek to identify the causes of poor health in their communities, they are starting to develop social determinants of health screening tools within their EHRs to combine with clinical registry data. READ MORE\nA year of managed care rate reductions\nAs the health care environment continues to evolve, we see one steady trend: Medicaid and Medicare enrollment are steadily increasing. However, new trends are also emerging as we analyze data and strategize for the future of the industry. READ MORE\nMissouri adds new Medicaid leverage for managed-care companies\nTension between managed-care contractors and Medicaid-reliant hospitals is boiling in Missouri, where the state is docking Medicaid payments for providers who don't join one of the three managed-care networks. Missouri's move, which went into effect July 1, has sparked an outcry from hospitals, who frame it as the state tipping its hand in what are often fraught negotiations with payers. READ MORE\nFolic acid linked to mental illness prevention in womb\nWomen may be able to prevent severe mental illness in their children by consuming enough folic acid \u2014 found in foods such as grains, rice, cereal and bread \u2014 while they\u2019re pregnant, according to researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital. \u201cThe idea that the risk for these illnesses begins in the womb has gained biological support in recent years,\u201d said Dr. Joshua Roffman of the MGH Department of Psychiatry and senior author of the report. \u201cThe field is really moving in the direction of prevention.\u201d READ MORE\nNew app from Northwestern University rates nutritional value of packaged foods\nWTTW-TV\nMaking healthy decisions at the grocery store just got easier, thanks to an app developed by Northwestern University researchers that not only rates the nutritional value of packaged foods but also suggests healthier alternatives. Rather than tell you what to eat, the app, FoodSwitch, tells you how healthy the packaged goods you choose are, in easy-to-digest terms. READ MORE\nWhile the use of telemedicine systems has been expanding in recent years, especially as more payers have begun reimbursing for some telehealth services, the industry is on the verge of more widespread virtual care. But what will that ultimately look like? The next generation of tools will feature enhancements ranging from chatbots, machine learning and genomics to remote diagnostic tools and better sensors. READ MORE\nMayo Clinic researchers are using precision genomics to search for undiscovered, inheritable genetic mutations that cause accelerated aging. In a study recently published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, researchers conducted a study assessing 17 patients with short telomere syndromes -- rare conditions that result in premature DNA and cellular deterioration. The ability to pinpoint the genetic abnormalities associated with short telomere syndromes is key to finding better ways to screen, diagnose and treat patients. READ MORE\nIs there an alternative to diagnosing mental illness?\nThe DSM is perhaps the best-known document in the field of psychology. The current fifth edition catalogs an astounding 265 ways that people can experience emotional, cognitive and behavioral difficulties. The DSM does a lot of good, of course, having helped mental health professionals to better understand and treat millions of suffering people over the decades. But some psychologists believe there may be a better way. READ MORE\nMass shootings and mental health: What can be done?\nIt has become routine. Reports come in on another mass shooting. This time it\u2019s at a school. A church. A newsroom. Politicians express their deepest sympathies and the grieving public offers their thoughts and prayers. Then the questions begin. What was the perpetrator\u2019s motive? Should he have had access to guns? Did he have a history of domestic violence or any mental health issues? What is the scale of the mental health crisis in this nation? Where have we fallen short in our attention to mental health care? READ MORE\nArtificial intelligence in oncology: Fantasy or reality?\nArtificial intelligence and machine learning are (not that) new technologies that have been recently boosted thanks to hardware improvements. Through algorithms, they can learn, predict and advise based on vast amounts of data. One of the areas where AI is expected to have a major impact is health care, where it can be used to interpret the data from the massive databases gathered over the years by companies, health care providers and payers. In particular, the treatment of cancer could greatly benefit from the arrival of AI technology. 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READ MORE\nMedicare spent $2 billion for one drug as the manufacturer paid doctors millions (CNN)\nStudy rebuts idea that Medicare is wasted on the dying (\tMcKnight's Long-Term Care News)\nPayment reform must keep patient equity in mind, consumer group says (\tHealthcare Dive)\nFinally, some answers on the effects of Medicaid expansion (\tThe New York Times)\nCoffee drinkers are more likely to live longer NPR)\nStudy: People do not wash hands correctly 97 percent of time (\tNews12)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 86, "original_length": 11987, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.95, "perplexity": 338.5, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.myseoulsearching.com/2011/06/shilla-kings-and-ancient-things.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:05:28Z", "digest": "sha1:HXAK2MJIP5QA6QWIFIRO3ZOF47O7V3JY", "length": 9028, "nlines": 19, "source_domain": "www.myseoulsearching.com", "title": "Shilla Kings and Ancient Things |Seoul Searching", "raw_content": "Shilla Kings and Ancient Things\nMay is one of the best times to visit Korea. The weather is delightful, the countryside is green, and the people seem to be happier this time of year. There\u2019s always something going on and the festivals around the country are seemingly innumerable. With Children\u2019s Day and Buddah\u2019s Birthday being national holidays, I decided to take advantage of my time off to do a little sightseeing of my own and head to Gyeongju: the ancient capital of Korea.\nGyeongju is located on the southeastern coast of the country and is easily accessible by train, car, or bus. It is also a city serviced by the free shuttle promotion for foreigners sponsored by Visit Korea Year. I can\u2019t pass up free stuff, especially when it involves travel, so I applied for a ticket a few weeks previous to my trip and was fortunate to be chosen at random for a spot on the luxury bus. The four and a half hour ride didn\u2019t seem long at all, what with the super comfy reclining seats and the lush scenery of the mountains dotted with the pink of the azaleas that outlined our route.\nOne of the great things about Gyeongju, in particular the downtown vicinity, is that it is relatively small in area and is fairly walkable. It didn\u2019t take long to find Nahbi Guesthouse, the hostel where I\u2019d be staying for the weekend. TJ, the owner, and Peter, his assistant, were hospitable from the start and after setting my things down in one of the dorms, they pointed out all of the sightseeing spots they recommended on a map of the city. Not wanting to waste time, I rented a bike from the guesthouse and set out to see the highlights of the central downtown area.\nSome of the first things a visitor notices in Gyeongju are the immense tumuli, hill-like structures that are speckled throughout the area. Similar to the pyramids of Egypt, these mounds of earth are actually burial tombs of the ancient kings of the Shilla dynasty, arguably the most influential of the three kingdoms of ancient Korea. While they are quite numerous, they are most concentrated at Tumuli Park. This park houses 23 tombs in addition to some beautiful ponds and wooded areas. There is even one tomb which has been renovated so that visitors can see what the tomb would have looked like on the inside: a wooden coffin which held the king\u2019s body, in addition to valuable objects, sat at the bottom of the tomb which was then covered by layers of large rocks in a dome-like fashion. The structure was topped with a thick layer of clay, which was then covered with dirt and grass. Inside the model tomb, there are also artifacts such as pottery and jewelry that were commonly placed in the tomb alongside the king or member of the royal family.\nTumuli Park is beautiful as it is historical.\nAfter taking a look around the tombs, I hopped back on my bike and headed in the direction of the Cheomseongdae Observatory. Built in the 7th century, it\u2019s apparently the oldest surviving star-gazing mechanism in Asia. Honestly, I doubt that people were able to view the stars very well from the thing, as it wasn\u2019t very high. Not so much impressed, I cycled down through the Wolseong Park and watched hundreds upon hundreds of families flying kites. It happened to be Children\u2019s Day so I imagine every parent in Gyeongju had the idea to take their kids to this park. There were also plenty of young lovebirds wandering the grounds, decked out from head to toe in some very creative couples' outfits, a true sign that spring has arrived in Korea. Despite the crowds, it was still really beautiful and it was nice to see so many people enjoying themselves. I made a few laps in the Gyerim Forest, the supposed location in which the first Kim of Korea was found as an infant in a golden box alongside a rooster. I finally stopped for a rest at the Rape Flower Field and bought an ice cream from a kind gent selling out of an icebox attached to his bicycle. As people passed me, they waved and smiled and timidly said hello. I was loving this place already.\nSpring flowers outline walking paths in Wolseong Park in the center of Gyeongju.\nAnapji Pond was my final destination for the day. Having once been a playground of the royalty, it still retains its stately charm. With traditional Korean architecture settled alongside the pond, it\u2019s without a doubt one of the most striking landmarks in central Gyeongju. I tried to wait for the sun to set, as it is said that its beauty is intensified amongst the flood lights in the evening, but a chill was building in the air and I didn\u2019t want to be stuck in the cold. So, I biked back to Nahbi just in time to join the other guests for the nightly rooftop party.\nAnapji Pond was once a playground of Shilla royalty. Nowadays, it's a picturesque tourist spot popular with both Korean and foreign visitors alike.\nThere was a great group of people staying at the hostel and each hailed from a different corner of the globe. I was pleasantly surprised to meet a family from just a few hours from my own hometown and was caught up chatting about Southern food and culture for a good while. As we all threw back a few brews, we shared travel experiences and some good laughs while the staff cooked us a midnight snack of spaghetti. I slept well in the comfortable dormitory before heading off early the next morning.\nAfter befriending a few fellow Americans the night before, we decided to head out together to visit Bulguksa Temple and Seokguram Grotto, the cultural jewels of Gyeongju. We caught a bus to Bulguksa only to be herded onto the temple grounds with hundreds of other tourists. It was a free-for-all but fortunately we were able to eventually get away from the crowds as people dispersed throughout the complex. We passed pagodas, wandered through bamboo groves, and added prayer rocks to an impressive stony garden near one of the temples. Bulguksa was all very beautiful and the architecture, said to be the best existing example of Shilla architecture, was a visual treat. Still, we were anxious to get up to Seokguram. Opting out of the hour long hike, we hailed a cab up the mountain and soon found ourselves following a woody walkway. Just as we were enjoying the peaceful stroll amidst the hanging lanterns displayed for Buddha\u2019s Birthday, we ended up at the tail of the line of hundreds to see the grotto.\nCamera-toting tourists scrambled throughout the temple grounds during our visit to Bulguksa; nevertheless, the temple exuded spirituality.\nLanterns decorated Bulguksa and Seokguram in preparation for Buddah's Birthday.\nThe weather was nice, and the scenery from the mountain top was stunning, so there was no reason for complaining about the line. We reached the grotto soon enough but were a bit upset to learn that we would not be able to take pictures once inside. We would only have a few moments to view the grotto, then we would be moved along. For the short time we were there, however, we marveled at the architectural splendor of the construction of the site. A large Sakyamuni Buddha sits peacefully amongst lesser deities in a geometrically flawless domed cave carved into granite at the mountainside. Having been built in the 8th century, it was no doubt an engineering feat, considering poor access to the site and limited tools. To this day, Seokguram is regarded as one of the most impressive examples of Buddhist art in the world. Harmonious as it is aesthetic, just a look at the peaceful, smiling Buddha is enough to soothe the most discomforted traveler.\nAfter we got back into town, we enjoyed a hearty lunch of ssambap, a famous Gyeongju dish. Or should I say dishes. Like 30 of them. Ranging from marinated mushrooms to beanpaste stew to fermented stingray (yuk!) we were able to try many different vegetables and meats that we rolled up in lettuce leaves with various sauces. It was, with a few exceptions, delicious and after having our desert of Gyeongju bbang (sweet bread stuffed with red bean), we headed back to the hostel lethargically for a nap. After a final rooftop party, I packed my bags and prepared for checkout in the morning.\nWe were able to get a little taste of everything at a ssambap restaurant. A typical spread includes meat, vegetables, soup, and sauces.\nBefore leaving, I visited the Gyeongju National Museum to learn more about Korea\u2019s history. There were halls of artifacts, like those found at the excavation of Anapji Pond, and all of the exhibits offered a lot of interesting information about various aspects of Korean life throughout the years; it was the perfect way to end my adventure into the ancient capital. I wasn\u2019t quite ready to head back into the modernity and fast-pace of Seoul; my little getaway to Gyeongju had provided an interesting glimpse into what Korea was like thousands of years ago and had enthralled me with its old-world allure. But, the bus wasn\u2019t stopping, so as I dozed off as the sun set, back to the future I went.\nLabels: Cheomseongdae, Gyeongju, Gyerim, Korea Travel, Nahbi Guesthouse, ssambap, Visit Korea Year | 0 comments", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 111, "original_length": 13039, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 280.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.mystikka.com/2006/10/it-seems-like-everyone-i-know-is-going.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:07:22Z", "digest": "sha1:ASZIISYCS7F66MMBO2MNYP5TM2S3YJK2", "length": 1684, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.mystikka.com", "title": "Mystikka Jade", "raw_content": "It seems like everyone I know is going through some sort of major transformation in their lives, now more so than what I have seen over the last few years.\nI am most aware of my own changes. I feel like I\u2019ve been throwing a bunch of seeds into the soil, all the while being unsure of the nature of the seeds. Do they grow gardenias or watermelons? I don\u2019t know, but let\u2019s toss \u2018em around and see what happens, just for the hell of it.\nOver the past few months I\u2019ve noticed that some seeds have grown into really amazing flowers. Others have begun to sprout through the soil, only to die before they can reach the next level. Some spouts are thriving yet growing very slowly but steadily, not yet showing the destination of their form. Others are unresponsive, even with extra TLC and the best minerals, water and organic compost available on the market.\nIn my 'Truffle Sundae Metaphor' entry, I said something to the effect of, \u2018dreams that have died can be recycled, just turn them into compost that can fertilize the growth of new dreams.\u2019 I feel that the plants, flowers and vegetables that never came to be are still a part of the compost. There is purpose beneath the surface of our lives, deeper than what we see with the cognitive, judgmental categorizing mind.\nIf we were to take a teaspoon of the soil and run it through tests after our crops have failed, we would see that the mineral composition of that soil has changed. The new composition of the soil may be better suited toward future crops. The same concept applies to our lives. What looks like failure on the outside isn\u2019t actually failure, but rather part of our adversity, refining, learning, growing and defining.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 42, "original_length": 2337, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 260.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.nancyscounselingcorner.com/let-go-to-live-your-best-life/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:21:16Z", "digest": "sha1:5Q35OQ4TCTDCISNM7T5GVAUPA3ULLFYE", "length": 3648, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.nancyscounselingcorner.com", "title": "Let Go to Live Your Best Life - Nancy's Counseling Corner", "raw_content": "Let Go to Live Your Best Life\nMost of us think in terms of things to acquire to live our best lives\u2014like skills, knowledge, a great partner, or a dream house. But equally important\u2014maybe more important\u2014are the things we learn to shed like old skin. Things we can get rid of to free ourselves. Once we do, we can get the most from life. Here\u2019s what you can give up:\nOvernight Success. There are people who spend their entire lives trying to get rich quick, with one scheme after another. Before they know it, they\u2019ve spent a very long time not getting rich at all. There are no shortcuts. Successful people know they have to work at what they want to achieve, making small gains every day. Over time, they will build the success they seek. There is not a one-shot magic bullet. Instead, there is hard work and persistence. And patience.\nLame Excuses. If the barrier to your success is always the other guy\u2019s fault, you\u2019re just not being honest with yourself. You may feel better blaming other people\u2014that way you don\u2019t have to face up to your shortcomings. But you will never achieve your goals unless you do. Because only then, when you admit your faults, can you address what\u2019s wrong and make changes for the good.\nThinking Small. Your brother is the artist of the family so you don\u2019t want to even try watercolors, although you did once and you were pleased with the results. Or your sister wasn\u2019t great at sports so you don\u2019t want to outshine her with your marathon exploits. Or maybe it isn\u2019t cool to be smart so you deliberately don\u2019t get the great grades you\u2019re capable of achieving. It\u2019s a sad, passionless way to live your life. When you give up restraining yourself out of fear or worry, you give yourself permission to shine. And when you do that, you inspire others to liberate themselves, too.\nYour Old Narrative. You were first in your family\u2019s birth order and you were always the responsible one. The serious one. The obedient one. But you\u2019re grown up now and you can rewrite your narrative. Give up who you were expected to be and become who you wish to be. Who you really are. Your old narrative no longer applies if you don\u2019t want it to. All you have to do is realize you can be who you want to be. Which is no small thing, but entirely possible.\nThe Need to Be Perfect. It\u2019s understandable if you are striving to be as close to perfect as you can be in your profession. It\u2019s your livelihood and your reputation. So, good for you. BUT, perfectionism has a way of paralyzing you into never taking action and never achieving anything. If you find perfectionism blocking your progress and your opportunities, then think about it. Is it better to put something out in the world that is slightly less than perfect than to put nothing out at all?\nYour Stubborn Child-Self. You have an image of yourself from childhood. You\u2019re not the smart one. Or you\u2019re not the creative one. Or whatever. But if you want to be successful you will understand that you can change and grow. You can learn new things; you can take classes, read books. You can be someone new that you weren\u2019t before by acquiring knowledge and changing your life.\nWanting to Be Liked. Of course you want to be liked. You\u2019re human. But nobody is loved by everybody. No matter what you do, there will always be somebody who is not happy with you. The only thing to do is do what you think best. That means saying \u2018No\u201d when it\u2019s hard to turn someone down because you want to please them. But you will have to say no from time to time or you will never achieve what you want to achieve. You cannot be everything to all people. You must do what your heart and soul tell you to do.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 39, "original_length": 4854, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 254.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.nasdaqdubai.com/press/sheikh-ahmed-bin-saeed-rings-bell-to-celebrate-listing-of-two-emirates-nbd-bonds-totalling-951-milli", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:03:06Z", "digest": "sha1:I67KTWW4X2KZLY2ODOB4WRZFMYKJRBK7", "length": 3961, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.nasdaqdubai.com", "title": "Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed rings bell to celebrate listing of two Emirates NBD bonds totalling 951 million dollars on Nasdaq Dubai", "raw_content": "Sheikh Ahmed Bin Saeed rings bell to celebrate listing of two Emirates NBD bonds totalling 951 million dollars on Nasdaq Dubai\nBanking group is largest issuer of conventional bonds on Dubai\u2019s exchanges at 4.78 billion dollars\nListings underline Nasdaq Dubai\u2019s key role in supporting capital-raising activities\nHis Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Emirates NBD, today rang the market-opening bell to celebrate the listing of two conventional bonds totalling 951 million US dollars on Nasdaq Dubai.\nThe two debt issues, one of 550 million euros (601 million US dollars) and the other of 350 million US dollars, reflect Emirates NBD\u2019s continuing expansion as a leading regional financial institution. The Emirates NBD group is the largest issuer of conventional bonds on Dubai\u2019s exchanges, with a total nominal value of 4.78 billion US dollars from its eight listings.\nThe bell ceremony took place in the presence of His Excellency Essa Kazim, Governor of Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and Chairman of Dubai Financial Market (DFM); Hesham Abdulla Al Qassim, Vice Chairman of Emirates NBD; Abdul Wahed Al Fahim, Chairman of Nasdaq Dubai; Shayne Nelson, Chief Executive of Emirates NBD; and Hamed Ali, Chief Executive of Nasdaq Dubai.\nHis Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Emirates NBD, said: \"As we expand our banking activities in the UAE and internationally, Emirates NBD views Nasdaq Dubai as the ideal exchange to underpin our\nfund-raising needs. Nasdaq Dubai\u2019s close links to investors around the world and its first class regulatory standards create a reliable and effective listing structure.\u201d\nHis Excellency Essa Kazim, Governor of DIFC and Chairman of DFM, said: \"Emirates NBD's latest bond listings further strengthen Dubai\u2019s role as a capital markets centre of excellence, able to accommodate listings in diverse international currencies and providing global reach and visibility. Dubai\u2019s exchanges will continue to enhance their procedures and framework to meet the needs of market participants.\u201d\nAbdul Wahed Al Fahim, Chairman of Nasdaq Dubai, said: \"As the region\u2019s international financial exchange, Nasdaq Dubai is committed to supporting economic growth and wealth creation in the region. It is achieving these goals by facilitating capital-raising by a range of private and public sector issuers that are active in a growing range of industries.\"\nThe total nominal value of Nasdaq Dubai\u2019s conventional bonds has now reached 8.77 billion US dollars as a result of Emirates NBD's latest two bonds with nominal value of 550 million euros and 350 million US dollars, which listed on March 24, 2015 and May 7, 2015 respectively.\nHesham Abdulla Al Qassim, Vice Chairman of Emirates NBD, said: \"The successful collaboration between Emirates NBD and Nasdaq Dubai is providing strong support for the growth of the capital markets in the UAE. The exchange\u2019s responsive infrastructure and strong links to investors make it an ideal platform for Emirates NBD and other issuers to showcase their securities.\u201d\nShayne Nelson, Chief Executive of Emirates NBD, said: \"We continue to diversify our sources of funding by issuing debt in a wide range of currencies. Emirates NBD's euro-denominated bond issuance, the first euro benchmark issue by a Gulf bank since 2007, was extremely well received and allowed us to successfully broaden our European investor base. Nasdaq Dubai's world-class market infrastructure and unique access to regional and global investors makes it an ideal exchange partner for Emirates NBD\u2019s debt listings.\u201d\nHamed Ali, Chief Executive of Nasdaq Dubai, said: \"The exchange will build further on its success as a leading venue for debt listings, both conventional and Islamic, through innovation and by expanding its regional and international links. In post-listing services its focus includes streamlining its custody and transfer framework and promoting on-exchange debt trading.\u201d", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 162, "original_length": 7038, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 293.3, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.nationalrockreview.com/tag/muddy-waters", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:30:02Z", "digest": "sha1:QOD4TAYPXEHJHFELJD2FBSQXAOSMPEKY", "length": 653, "nlines": 9, "source_domain": "www.nationalrockreview.com", "title": "Muddy Waters Archives - National Rock Review", "raw_content": "Roy Wood at the Sage Gateshead in Gateshead, UK\nRobby Takac of the Goo Goo Dolls\nTagged Muddy Waters\nBlack To Blues EP by Black Stone Cherry\nBlack Stone Cherry dig deep into their roots and influences with their brand new six track EP. (more\u2026)...\n34th Annual Chicago Blues Festival at Millennium Park in Chicago, IL\nThe 34th Annual Chicago Blues Festival brings Grammy Award winners to the masses for the largest free Blues festival in the world. (more\u2026)...\nZakk Wylde At Gas Monkey Live In Dallas, TX\nZakk Wylde began the North American leg of his Book of Shadows II\u00c2 tour with openers Jason James Nichols and Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown. (more\u2026)...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 285, "original_length": 6837, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.89, "perplexity": 272.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.nevadadailymail.com/search/browse/stories/2012-03-09", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:23:39Z", "digest": "sha1:F52LP72TZB4B6WCMWWHBJDOCEBISAHBZ", "length": 2614, "nlines": 14, "source_domain": "www.nevadadailymail.com", "title": "Stories from Friday, March 9, 2012 | Nevada Daily Mail", "raw_content": "3M appeals assessment to Missouri State Tax Commission (Local News ~ 03/09/12)\nThe largest employer in Nevada, 3M, has challenged Vernon County Assessor Cherie K. Roberts' appraised value of $11,068,020 on the company owned property at 2120 E. Austin Boulevard in Nevada. In an effort to bolster its claim that Roberts' appraisal was too high, 3M engaged the services of the Appraisal and Consulting Services Co. ...\nStudents soak up Barcelona history (Local News ~ 03/09/12)\nEditor's note: Second-year students have gone on an educational trip to Barcelona, Spain. Cottey College Public Information Officer Steve Reed is sharing the experience with the Nevada Daily Mail's readers in daily accounts, in the form of letters back home. Here's how Day 2 went:...\nVCAD offers Community Emergency Response Team training (Local News ~ 03/09/12)\nThe Vernon County Ambulance District will conduct a series of Community Emergency Response Team classes, beginning the second week of April. The course will last for several weeks and is designed to make people more \"self reliant,\" said VCAD director James McKenzie...\nPuckett job shadows state representative (Local News ~ 03/09/12)\nNevada High School senior DeeAnna Puckett, one of more than 50 Missouri FCCLA members, recently got an inside look at a day in the life of a state official through the Legislative Shadowing Project. Now in its 12th year, the project is conducted by the Missouri Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, the Career and Technical Student Organization for family and consumer sciences education...\nCooperation in action (Local News ~ 03/09/12)\nJennifer Thomas' efforts highlight 'Word of the Month'\nValentino (Val) Villamaria (Obituary ~ 03/09/12)\nValentino (Val) Villamaria, 75, Nevada, passed from this life Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Mo., following two years of ill health. He was born Jan. 6, 1937 in Corona, Kan., to Frank and Katie Villamaria. He was united in marriage to Joan Hill Nov. 15, 1958, at the Columbus Catholic Church...\nNEVC takes second at district tourney (High School Sports ~ 03/09/12)\nThe Northeast Vernon County High School basketball team poses with the second place trophy at the Drexel Class 1, District 7 Tournament last Saturday night. In back row, left to right, are Jayson Owsley, Jacob Bell, Tanner Stutzman, Jacob Maus, Richard Lyness, and Cody DeOrnellis. In front are Drue Hoagland and Grant Davis. Not pictured is Mitchell Longstreth, due to an injury during in the game. The Knights advanced to the title game of the district tourney, but lost to host Drexel...", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 67, "original_length": 3330, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.93, "perplexity": 282.7, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.newyorkcitydocs.com/thedoctors", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:40:18Z", "digest": "sha1:NZ5K6ULVYHCPEL3PJ6LIOXYK4ITQRLUG", "length": 2531, "nlines": 8, "source_domain": "www.newyorkcitydocs.com", "title": "thedoctors - Michael Frank MD and Sheila Cain MD", "raw_content": "thedoctors\nDr. Michael Frank\nDr. Michael Frank is both an Internist and a Gastroenterologist. He received his medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1974, trained for an additional three-year residency in internal medicine at the Bronx Municipal Hospital and was granted a fellowship in gastroenterology at Montefiore Hospital Center. Upon completion of his studies and training in 1979, he served as an instructor at Montefiore and Albert Einstein and then entered private practice. He has authored more than twenty publications and lectures on topics in internal medicine and gastroenterology. Today Dr. Frank, who has been elected as a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, the American College of Gastroenterology and the American Gastroenterological Association, is an Associate Clinical Professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the New York University School of Medicine and has privileges at Einstein, NYU Langone Medical Center and Lenox Hill Hospitals. He was recently asked to serve as Associate Program Director for the Division of Gastroenterology at Lenox Hill Hospital. Dr. Frank can also be found in \"How to Find the Best Doctors,\" published by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd and was featured in NY Magazine's Best Doctor's of 2012.\nDr. Sheila Cain\nDr. Sheila Cain is an Internist with an interest in Women's Health. She received her medical degree from Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1996 after receiving her undergraduate Bachelor of Science degree from Stanford University in 1992. She went on to complete a three-year residency in internal medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center. Upon completion of her training in 1999, she went on to become an instructor at Lenox Hill Hospital, where she held the title of Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program and the Medical Director for the Pace University Lenox Hill Program in Physician Assistant Studies. She has lectured on numerous topics in internal medicine and has served as both a Clinical Instructor of Medicine at New York University's School of Medicine and a Clinical Professor of Physician Assistant Studies at Pace University.\nBoth Dr. Frank and Dr. Cain have admitting privileges at Lenox Hill Hospital which is located at 77th Street and Park Avenue and at New York University Langone Medical Center which is located at 550 First Avenue.\nLenox Hill Hospital Information:www.lenoxhillhospital.org\nNew York University Langone Medical Center:nyulangone.org", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 18, "original_length": 2867, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 65.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.nissat.org/fresh-report-hints-the-existence-of-apple-iphone-6c-in-pipeline-details/", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:34:58Z", "digest": "sha1:OGW7RIYP2L7SAZJ7D4Z4AT5EAVMZOC3B", "length": 2019, "nlines": 10, "source_domain": "www.nissat.org", "title": "Fresh report hints the existence of Apple iPhone 6c in pipeline [Details]", "raw_content": "You are here: Home / Apple / Fresh report hints the existence of Apple iPhone 6c in pipeline [Details]\nThere are two things I\u2019m going to start this thread. We all are aware of the first one while of the second one, only a few ones were aware. I do have a friend who was always confident that Apple is going to make its way back to the 4inch display size, and somehow I believed him.\nIf you are also the one who wants Apple to bounce back to the basic smartphone size, which is very comfortable to use, then here is a good news.\nThis report isn\u2019t directing straight towards the existence of this 2015 4inch model of iPhone, but it is still good enough for us to speculate that the device is in the pipeline.\nSony\u2019s camera units are the part of iPhone lineup. And so Apple has demanded a large number of those units. At the moment, Sony is capable of completing only the 50% of the total market demand because their camera units are not only used by high-end brands like Apple, but also by fresh comers, most the Chinese ones.\nThis report came from a Chinese analyst Pan Jiutang, and so we don\u2019t have any doubt believing it.\nAll such reports are making it clear that Apple is working on a cheaper version iPhone 6c which is going to be released in the month of September, this year.\nSince, the device name holds to the \u2018c\u2019 alphabet, it clearly indicates that it will have a plastic shell, just like the iPhone 5c.\nIt will be too early to talk about specifications and features of the upcoming iPhone 6c, so we will wait for more leaks to the surface. Till then, we just hope that this report comes out to be true as there are lots of consumers who are still happy with the 4inch size of their smartphone but looking for upgraded specifications.\nJust to update you, Apple isn\u2019t going to be the only one affected by this supply shortage, as companies like ZTE, OPPO, are also in line. This shortage may force them to turn towards other brands like Samsung, OmniVision, and Toshiba who also manufacturers similar components.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 53, "original_length": 4127, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.97, "perplexity": 256.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.nonnativespecies.org/factsheet/factsheet.cfm?speciesId=1668", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:03:01Z", "digest": "sha1:5KIDCIN32RGK3R6N4P56MESX46TVS7F3", "length": 6955, "nlines": 43, "source_domain": "www.nonnativespecies.org", "title": "Harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis - GB non-native species secretariat", "raw_content": "Click Harmonia axyridis, Harlequin ladybird for more images\nShort description of Harmonia axyridis, Harlequin ladybird\nHighly variable in appearance. Adults, 5-8 mm in length, occur in three colour forms: yellow-orange to red with 0 to 21 black spots, black with two red spots and black with four red spots. Larvae are covered with branched spines and have orange sides.\nDescription of Harmonia axyridis, Harlequin ladybird status in GB\nThe harlequin ladybird is well established in England and Wales and spreading rapidly. Local in Scotland, but likely to invade further.\nHabitat summary: Harmonia axyridis, Harlequin ladybird\nHarlequin ladybirds are still found mainly in towns but are spreading to other habitats within the wider countryside. They occur especially on lime and sycamore trees, which support large aphid populations in late summer.\nAsia-Temperate, China, Kazan-retto, Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto, North Korea, Russia Central, Russia East, Russia North, Russia Northwest, Russia South\nSible Hedingham (19)\nInvasion history: Harmonia axyridis, Harlequin ladybird\nThe harlequin ladybird is native to central and eastern Asia\nEssex (September, 2004)\nThe harlequin ladybird was intentionally introduced as a biological control agent to several European countries. Harlequins arrived by flight across the Channel and also on fruit, vegetables and flowers from Europe and in packing cases from Canada.\nThe harlequin ladybird has a long history of introduction as a biological control agent of coccids and aphids around the world. The first release was in North America, in 1916. It has been sold commercially in Europe since 1982 but never in GB. It is known to be invasive in Europe, North America, South America, South Africa and the Middle East. It has spread rapidly in GB, extending its range by about 100 km per year over the first four years of establishment.\nEcology & Habitat: Harmonia axyridis, Harlequin ladybird\nHarlequin ladybirds fly readily between aphid host plants during breeding periods, seeking high-density aphid populations. They can migrate over long distances, as shown by their ability to cross the English Channel. Their use as a biological control agent in agriculture has enhanced worldwide dispersal.\nAn adult produces 20-50 eggs per day (1000-4000 eggs per life time). In temperate regions the egg stage will take four to five days, the larval stage about three weeks and the pupal stage one week. The adults typically live for a year and are reproductively active for about three months. They have two generations a year in GB.\nNatural enemies of native ladybirds in GB include: a pathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana, a predatory bug Deraeocoris ruber,& two parasitic wasps (Dinocampus coccinellae, Oomyzus scaposus), two parasitic flies (Phalacrotophora fasciata, P. berolinensis), the sexually transmitted mite Coccipolipus hippodamiae, a number of pathogenic fungi including Beauveria & bassiana and Hesperomyces virescens, and a variety of male-killing bacteria (Wolbachia, Spiroplasma, Rickettsia). Many of these are present in the harlequin ladybird\u2019s native range but their impact on harlequin ladybirds is unclear.\nHarlequin ladybirds survive the winter as adults, often in large aggregations, in a metabolically inactive state (diapause).\nHarlequin ladybirds inhabit towns, orchards, gardens, woods and hedges.\nDistribution: Harmonia axyridis, Harlequin ladybird\nImpacts: Harmonia axyridis, Harlequin ladybird\nHarlequin ladybirds are larger than most other predators of aphids, and often devour the larval stages of other ladybirds. They reduce aphid populations, leaving less food for other species. Both of these effects are likely to lead to a reduction in the population size of some native species, but the eventual magnitude of their effect in GB is still unclear.\nDuring autumn and winter large aggregations of harlequin ladybirds occur in buildings. When disturbed, they emit coloured blood (reflex bleeding), which stains soft furnishings. Some people have reported allergic reactions and others have complained of bites.\nOrchards:\nHarlequin ladybirds are a pest of apple and pear orchards in other countries. In late summer and autumn aphids become scarce and the ladybirds feed on soft fruit causing blemishing and an associated reduction in market value.\nReferences & Links: Harmonia axyridis, Harlequin ladybird\nHarlequin Survey website\nLadybird Survey website\nKenis, M., Roy, H.E., Zindel, R., Majerus, M.E.N. (2008) Current and potential management strategies against Harmonia axyridis. Biological Control, 53, 235-252.\nKovach, J. (2004) Impact of the multicolored Asian lady beetle as a pest of fruit and people. Amateur Entomologist, 50, 165-167.\nMajerus, M.E.N., Strawson, V., Roy, H.E. (2006) The potential impacts of the arrival of the Harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), in Britain. Ecological Entomology, 31, 207-21.\nBrown, P.M.J., Roy, H.E., Rothery, P., Roy, D.B., Ware, R.L., Majerus, M.E.N. (2008) Harmonia axyridis in Great Britain: analysis of the spread and distribution of a non-native coccinellid. Biological Control, 53, 55-68.\nBrown, P.M.J. et al. (2008) Harmonia axyridis in Europe: spread and distribution of a non-native coccinellid. Biological Control, 53, 5-22.\nKoch, R.L. (2003) The multicoloured Asian lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis: A review of its biology, uses in biological control and non-target impacts. Journal of Insect Science, 3(32), 1-16.\nKoch, R.L., Burkness, E.C., Wold, S.J., Hutchison, W.D. (2004) Phytophagous preferences of the multicolored Asian lady beetle (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) to autumn ripening fruit. Journal of Economic Entomology, 97, 539-544.\nKoch, R.L., Galvan, T.L. (2008) Bad side of a good beetle: The North American experience with Harmonia axyridis. Biological Control, 53, 23-36.\nPell, J.K., Baverstock, J., Roy, H.E., Ware, R.L., Majerus, M.E.N. (2008) Intraguild predation involving Harmonia axyridis: a review of current knowledge and future perspectives. Biological Control, 53, 147-168.\nRoy, H.E., Brown, P.M.J., Rothery, P., Ware, R.L., Majerus, M.E.N. (2008) Interactions between the fungal pathogen Beauveria bassiana and three species of ladybird: Harmonia axyridis, Coccinella septempunctata and Adalia bipunctata. Biological Control, 53, 265-276.\nRoy, H.E.,Wagnberg, E. (2008) From biological control to invasion: the ladybird, Harmonia axyridis, as a model species. Biological Control, 53, 1-4.\nRoy, H.E., Baverstock, J., Ware, R.L., Clark, S.J., Majerus, M.E.N., Baverstock, K.E., Pell, J.K. (2008) Intraguild predation of the aphid pathogenic fungus Pandora neoaphidis by the invasive coccinellid Harmonia axyridis. Ecological Entomology, 33, 175-182.\nWare, R.L., Majerus, M.E.N. (2008) Intraguild predation of immature stages of British and Japanese coccinellids by the invasive ladybird Harmonia axyridis. Biological Control, 53, 169-188.\nGallery: Harlequin ladybird", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 176, "original_length": 9482, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.83, "perplexity": 254.2, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.nwrha.com/developments/white-laurel", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:47:28Z", "digest": "sha1:6UZKJLWP7S47DU33LO64GKQ5A4XW55JO", "length": 1783, "nlines": 4, "source_domain": "www.nwrha.com", "title": "White Laurel | Northwestern Regional Housing Authority", "raw_content": "White Laurel Lane\nThe Regional Housing Authority is sponsor/developer for the White Laurel community in Boone/Watauga County, North Carolina. The development consists of forty-two (42) dwelling units of family and large family affordable housing in duplex style. Four (4) of these dwellings are fully outfitted for handicapped accessibility and use. Each dwelling unit is supplied with quality kitchen appliances and has space and hook ups for tenant supplied washers and dryers. Site amenities include a playground and walking trails. Architectural and land use planning takes advantage of existing indigenous growth on the mountain rising behind the development. With site acquisition and improvements financed separately-the Regional Housing Authority provided twenty (20) lots to the west of the rental development to be made available to first time and low to moderate income homebuyers.\nThe full site consists of 23.635 acres of wooded land directly adjoining the corporate limit of the Town of Boone. Cooperative efforts with the Town resulted in arrangements for mutual benefit for municipal water and sewer improvements to serve this development, as well as, the larger community. While the majority of the site is utilized for the affordable rental housing development, a section of the property up slope and to the west is being reserved for lots for first time homebuyers. This portion of the land is being financed separately from the rental development and will enhance the Regional Housing Authority's self sufficiency initiatives.\nThe property adjoins the Appalachian District Health Department, New River Mental Health and a Caldwell Community College facility. It is located one and one half miles from a major shopping center and the Hardin Park Elementary School.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 58, "original_length": 3250, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 254.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.oache.org/news/index.php?start=2009-3-01&end=2009-4-01", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:07:26Z", "digest": "sha1:XX3LTRNIFEMZP44DMFVVQBFUNZUMHTFD", "length": 3106, "nlines": 15, "source_domain": "www.oache.org", "title": "Ohio Appalachian Center for Higher Education", "raw_content": "Update on OACHE Budget Status\nGiven the current economic climate in our nation, the State of Ohio is facing difficult decisions as it develops the 2009-11 biennial budget. The OACHE, which has received significant operating support from the State since 1993 and is codified in state law, is currently not included in the executive version of the budget. The OACHE leadership and board are working to address this problem. Calls and other expressions of support have been greatly appreciated. We will be posting updates as the budget development process progresses.\nIt should be noted that this situation does not affect the OACHE\u2019s current grant projects or its federally funded Educational Opportunity Center.\nBelow are links to brief overviews of the OACHE and its recent accomplishments, as well as a directory of the Appalachian Delegation in the Ohio General Assembly. Please contact OACHE Executive Director Brenda Haas (866-466-2243) for more information.\nOACHE Overview\nOACHE Year 2008 in Review\nDirectory of State legislators representing Appalachian Ohio\nGrant to Provide AP Fee Assistance for Low-Income Ohio Students\nThe Ohio Department of Education\u2019s Office of Career Technical Education has received a $244,766 discretionary grant to waive Advanced Placement (AP) test fees for low-income (free- or reduced-price lunch eligible) students. The grant is designed to increase AP course and test access for students who might otherwise be discouraged by financial requirements. AP offerings are aligned with Ohio Core and STEM initiatives. Test waiver funds are also available to Ohio International Baccalaureate (IB) programs within economically disadvantaged schools.\nThe cost for AP tests is $86 per test. In 2008, 3,397 exams were completed by low-income students in Ohio. In 2009, the participation is expected to be up 25 percent with 4,371 exams completed by low-income students in the state.\nFor more information, download the two-page overview, or contact Nenna Davis, ODE\u2019s consultant for College Tech Prep and Advanced Placement, at 614.466.9514 or nenna.davis@ode.state.oh.us\nARC Announces Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency For Schools Program\nThe Appalachian Regional Commission is accepting grant proposals to help implement energy efficiency and renewable energy programs in K-12 schools. This program will underwrite costs of installing renewable energy and energy efficiency equipment in K-12 schools in Appalachia, and will provide support for the implementation of associated science, environment, and business curricula in the classroom. Renewable energy equipment eligible for this RFP will include wind power; solar power, both solar thermal and photovoltaics; fuel cells; biofuels; and geothermal systems. A range of energy efficiency technologies are also eligible for this grants program.\nA total of $250,000 is available for grants. The ARC anticipates providing six to ten awards under this program, with a maximum grant size of $45,000. The application deadline is May 29, 2009. Awards will be announced on June 30, 2009.\nView an overview of the grant opportunity", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 182, "original_length": 6221, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.94, "perplexity": 321.6, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.onestopstrategy.com/article/32374-Red+Bull+%27will+look+to+Verstappen%27+in+2019+-+Horner.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:10:16Z", "digest": "sha1:CJTW4TSK5HY2D4J2H7X3XH6AUMAVNJMI", "length": 1263, "nlines": 12, "source_domain": "www.onestopstrategy.com", "title": "Onestopstrategy.com >> Article >> Red Bull 'will look to Verstappen' in 2019 - Horner", "raw_content": "Red Bull 'will look to Verstappen' in 2019 - Horner\nThursday 20 December at 06:35 : Dec.20 (GMM) Max Verstappen will have a more significant role at Red Bull next year.\nThat is the view of Christian Horner, the energy drink owned team's boss.\nSpeaking to the Dutch publication Formule 1, Horner is referring to the fact that the more experienced Red Bull driver, Daniel Ricciardo, has left the team.\nWhen asked if he understands why Ricciardo quit for the Renault works team, Horner said: \"Not really.\n\"I'm still surprised, but I respect that he wanted something new.\"\nHorner said he made every effort to change Ricciardo's mind, \"as did Dietrich Mateschitz\".\n\"But I think he'd already made his choice by then. Whether he would take the same decision now? I don't know.\n\"But he made his choice and we are very happy with Pierre (Gasly).\"\nHorner, however, said Frenchman Gasly is the \"inexperienced guy\" who will sit next to 21-year-old Dutchman Verstappen next year.\n\"Max is now the experienced one,\" Horner said. \"So the team will be looking towards him more now.\n\"Pierre of course has the potential to develop and make life difficult for Max. Hopefully they'll push each other and help to get the best out of each other, just like Max and Daniel did,\" he added.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 60, "original_length": 2648, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 300.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.orangesenqurak.com/governance/governance+roleplayers/river+basin+organizations.aspx", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:01:40Z", "digest": "sha1:2FNX5ENC5DTWONM3D3DLTWIJDVKIAL2G", "length": 3146, "nlines": 11, "source_domain": "www.orangesenqurak.com", "title": "River Basin Organisations - Orange-Senqu River Awareness Kit", "raw_content": "Integrated river basin management coordinates the management of land and water resources for multiple purposes. For this purpose transboundary river basin organisations are typically established either to ensure coordinated water resources management between riparian countries on a shared water course or to enable joint development and management of water resources infrastructure between two or more countries. The respective agreements provide the legal framework and mandate for the functioning of these organisations. National governments\u2019 water departments or ministries engage with these institutions in terms of their national interests.\nFor more information on the main functions of River Basin Organisations, please refer to the River Basin Organisations section.\nAt the basin level, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa are members of the Orange-Senqu River Commission (ORASECOM). The objectives of ORASECOM are to advise the riparian states and provide recommendations on the protection, preservation and management of the resources of the Orange-Senqu River. The agreement recognises the objectives of the Revised Protocol on Shared Watercourses in the Southern African Development Community\u201d. ORASECOM is a fairly young organization that is still developing.\nA number of international bodies are stakeholders of river basin organisations like ORASECOM:\nThe African Ministerial Council on Water (AMCOW), established in 2002, operates across the continent and is the highest political water management body in Africa. Recommendations are being finalised to make AMCOW a Specialised Technical Committee of the African Union.\nRegionally, the SADC Water Division has been tasked with creating an enabling environment for the integrated management of shared watercourses. Supporting this integrated approach are the Revised Protocol on Shared Watercourses and the Regional Strategic Action Plans.\nBilateral Level\nBilateral agreements and institutions for transboundary water resources management have also been established in the Orange-Senqu River basin and are extremely relevant for the work of ORASECOM. The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) in Lesotho and the Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA) in South Africa supervise and coordinate the work on the Lesotho Highlands Project. The Permanent Water Commission (PWC), formed by Namibia and South Africa in 1992, advises both governments on the development possibilities of the Lower Orange, the section of the river that forms their mutual border.\nThe ORASECOM Agreement stipulates that agreements that came into force prior to the ORASECOM Agreement remain unaffected by the new agreement (GEF 2008). Furthermore, the rights and obligations stipulated in bilateral agreements remain unchanged by the ORASECOM Agreement. Therefore, ORASECOM has no formal role related to the pre-existing institutions. However, there is a formal expectation that the institutions will communicate items that impact other members, as stipulated in the ORASECOM Agreement.\nNext: National Governments\nYou are here: Home Page > Governance > Stakeholders > River Basin Organisations", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 79, "original_length": 4886, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 310.0, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.orphagen.com/orphagen-pharmaceuticals-presents-pharmacology-ror-beta-antagonists-keystone-symposium-nuclear-receptors/", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:06:39Z", "digest": "sha1:NE4SR2EGOEUXWGKB3C3BRJNJLVHTZWMH", "length": 2348, "nlines": 5, "source_domain": "www.orphagen.com", "title": "Orphagen Pharmaceuticals Presents Pharmacology of ROR-beta Antagonists at the Keystone Symposium on Nuclear Receptors - Orphagen Pharmaceuticals", "raw_content": "Orphagen Pharmaceuticals, a privately-held emerging pharmaceutical company, described for the first time properties of small molecule antagonists to ROR-beta, an orphan nuclear receptor, at the Keystone Symposium on Nuclear Receptors taking place January 10-14 at Snowbird, Utah. Orphagen\u2019s ROR-beta antagonists suppress critical photoreceptor genes, suggesting that this compound class could treat pathological conditions involving photoreceptor degeneration.\n\u201cROR-beta is highly expressed in the mammalian retina where it has a vital role in the differentiation of photoreceptors, the light-sensitive cells of the visual process,\u201d said Scott Thacher, CEO at Orphagen. \u201cWe have obtained small molecule drug-like compounds with potencies of less than 10 nM. To the best of our knowledge, we are the first to identify and characterize such compounds. We speculate that, due to the high level of ROR-beta expression in the photoreceptor, ROR-beta ligands have the potential to modulate photoreceptor survival in degenerative disease. This poster provides the first detailed description of the pharmacology of ROR-beta antagonists. We anticipate that there may be implications for therapeutic use of ROR-beta ligands in other tissues as well.\u201d\nOrphagen started its ROR-beta antagonist program with the support of SBIR grants from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and from NCATS (National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences).\nOrphagen holds a strong intellectual property position because of its first-to-ligand approach in several programs, and aims to pursue future drug development through partners with complementary capabilities in preclinical and clinical research.\nAbout Orphagen: Orphagen discovers drug candidates for potential drug targets from the nuclear receptor family for which small molecule ligands\u2013potential drug-like molecules\u2013have yet to be identified. Its goal is to identify, characterize, and position a new class of drug so that pre-clinical and clinical development can be initiated with commercial partners. Orphagen successfully partnered its first program for ROR-gamma with Japan Tobacco, several years ahead of competitors. Additional first-in-class drug discovery programs, such as for ROR-beta, have been developed with partnership revenue and other non-dilutive funding sources, including grants.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 28, "original_length": 3330, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 304.9, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.ourcoloradolife.com/Blog/itemId/150/Out-and-about-in-Colorado", "date_download": "2019-02-16T00:23:27Z", "digest": "sha1:RBE7LUIRMYNLKGCPIHLYW2J2TMQXACSZ", "length": 134, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.ourcoloradolife.com", "title": "Out and about in Colorado", "raw_content": "Last Updated Saturday, September 12, 2009 2:32:07 AM\nTags: 14ers, 14rs, 14'rs, Colorado, Fourteeners, Hiking, Mountains, Rock Climbing", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 110, "original_length": 4308, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.84, "perplexity": 311.8, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.outandaboutinparis.com/2011/08/normandy-american-cemetery-and-memorial.html", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:46:41Z", "digest": "sha1:KGEKX362VCOOLWP3I3FLPXJW4V5G3C3Q", "length": 18912, "nlines": 88, "source_domain": "www.outandaboutinparis.com", "title": "The American Cemetery in Normandy and the story of Pvt. John A. Daum", "raw_content": "Pvt John Daum\nThe American Cemetery in Normandy and the story of Pvt. John A. Daum\nLatin Crosses: 9,238; Stars of David: 149; Missing in Action: 1,557; Sets of Brothers: 41; Women: 4\nSeeing row after row of crosses and Stars of David at the American Cemetery in Normandy, it's hard to hear the individual voices of the men who lost their lives while fighting to liberate France from Nazi Germany. There are thousands of dead soldiers, each with his own story. Here's the tale of one of them, Private John A. Daum, a paratrooper from a small town in Wisconsin.\nAccording to the testimony written by John's nephew, John worked for a farmer and at the Weinbrenner Shoe Factory in Marshfield, Wisconsin before enlisting. After completing his basic training at Camp Robinson, Arkansas, he joined the paratroopers. Letters home told of the daily five to ten mile runs and how he was taught to pack his parachute, to jump from towers and finally from a plane. In a letter to his father, John proudly mentioned that even though it was \"really hot and a lot of soldiers were getting sick\" that the \"Daum blood kept him going.\"\nJohn received his wings on October 2, 1943 and joined the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne at Camp Mackall. From there he traveled to Northern Ireland and then to Nottingham, England, where he said that there wasn't much to do except train and go to town. Fortunately, the young man from Wisconsin found the girls from England to be \"nice\". In the last letter to his family, John thanked them for the candy that they had sent and asked them to send socks. He told them not to worry and that he hoped to return to Wisconsin in a year. John never did return home. He was killed in battle at the age of 20.\nJohn A. Daum was just a regular guy. So, why did I pick him out of the 9,387 people who are buried at the American Cemetery? I didn't. But since I found myself fighting back tears when our tour guide read the following letter that a visitor left by John's grave in 2007, I wanted to learn more about one soldier, who just happened to be John, as a way of honoring all of the men and women who lost their lives during World War II.\nThe following letter was written by a man from Saint-Symphorien, Belgium and was left on John A. Daum's grave at the American Cemetery. Our tour guide kindly gave me a copy of it.\nLe 1 november 2007\nWe don't know each other, we know nothing of each other's lives and even so, I feel I owe you so much. I know nothing of you or so little.\nI don't know what were your tastes, your hobbies, your favorite music or if you had a girlfriend back home. I don't know what you loved in life, your too short life.\nJohn, you've been buried here for over 60 years, in this land of France that saw your last days. These last days where you fought for the liberation of a country, a whole continent and a civilization. When I found your picture, I started thinking a lot about you, your face, your pink cheeks, almost the face of a child. Your smile tells me you must have been mischievous, cheerful and full of life.\nThen I felt a deep sorrow because I know that on that day of June 6 th, 1944, when you jumped into the cold black night on the Normandy beach, you must have been terrified. Terrified before the unknown, terrified at the thought of never seeing your family again, of loosing your army companions, of being alone, of death itself. Nevertheless, you survived that historic night and fought for two long days, before you fell on June 8 th.\nI wonder how were the last moments of your life, with who you were. From the bottom of my heart, I hope that you were not alone. Because I know that your comrade-in-arms must have done everything to protect you, reassure you and comfort you.\nI read the letters that were addressed to your parents when you passed away and realized that you were very much appreciated by your army companions.\nBefore I leave John, I would like to tell you how much I am aware that your ultimate sacrifice and the one of thousand of men like you has allowed me and all of us, to live in a land of freedom and peace.\nFor all of this, I am sincerely grateful. So, I promise you that every time I will travel to Normandy, I will come visit you to honor your memory. I will lay my hand on your white cross, so that you are not alone in the dark anymore. I will keep your memory alive in my heart and I will never forget what you have done for me, for our liberty, for all of us.\nSee you soon and may god bless you.\nYvan -----\nThe average age of the soldiers buried in the American Cemetery is 24 years.\nThe families of 60% of the 30,000 American soldiers killed during Operation Overlord decided to have the bodies of their loved ones repatriated. Others, like John Daum's mother, did not bring the body of her son back to the United States \"because a neighbor had brought her son home for burial and it was like losing him all over again....Plus, Bud [John] was resting where they had buried him.\"\nJohn's body is buried in Plot F, Row 23, Grave 42 in the American Cemetery in Normandy.\nWhile it's distressing to see the graves of so many young men, the American Cemetery and Memorial is a beautiful tribute to the soldiers who lost their lives. If you're going to visit Normandy, be sure to schedule enough time to see the excellent exhibits in the Visitor Center, to walk through the cemetery, and to watch the film, Letters. Free guided tours are offered in English at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. during the summer and at 2:00 p.m. during the winter. For additional information, please visit the official website of the American Battle Monuments Commission.\nThis is already a long post, but I'm including some more pictures just in case you don't have the opportunity to travel to Normandy to visit the American Cemetery.\n[Edit] After publishing this post, I discovered that there is additional information about John A. Daum in the section marked \"Photogallery\" on the website for the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Please take some time to visit \"the Home of the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment - the famed Red Devils of the All-American Division in World War II.\"\nIf you live near Normandy, please think about \"adopting\" a soldier. A French couple founded Les Fleurs de la Memoire, an organization that encourages French families to put flowers on the graves of the soldiers buried at the American Cemetery. Many thanks to Sally Byrne for telling me about her adopted soldier, 1st Lt Frank Trippensee from Missouri.\nThe reflecting pool overlooking Omaha Beach at the Visitor Center at the American Cemetery in Normandy\nThe view of Omaha Beach from the American Cemetery in Normandy\nOur tour guide telling us about the divisions that landed on Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword Beaches\nLines of Latin Crosses at the American Cemetery with Omaha Beach and the English Channel in the background\nStatue symbolizing the spirit of American youth at the American Cemetery\nA peaceful path at the American Cemetery in Normandy\nLabels: American history Colleville-sur-Mer Normandy Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial out of Paris Pvt John Daum tours World War II\nIt's hard to look at the innocent face of this young soldier without thinking of the pain and sorrow of his family back home. You and I both have sons at the same age and can only imagine what it would be like to let them go to war in a foreign, far-away country. I'm so glad that our sorrows with them are relatively small...\nHeidi, I know - I can't imagine what it would be like if Philippe was fighting in a foreign land. The thought crossed my mind many times, both at the American Cemetery and at the German Cemetery. I read a report from a 23 year old American officer who said that he was an \"old\" man compared to the 17 and 18 year old boys under his command. Give your sons a hug and be thankful that they are nearby and out of danger. That's what I kept doing to Philippe yesterday.\nIt was also very meaningful for Philippe to visit the cemetery and to realize that it was men his own age who fought in the war. The average age of the soldiers buried in the German Cemetery is 21.\nJumpmaster@www.508pir.org August 16, 2011 at 4:42 PM\nThank you for this beautiful, heartfelt, message regarding Pvt John A. Daum, a member of the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment who now rests in Colleville-sur-Mer with so many of his comrades who gave their lives in the liberation of France. Your readers may enjoy researching John and other members of the 508th at www.508pir.org\nRichard J. O'Donnell\nFamily and Friends of the 508th PIR Association\nthat's wonderful of you to write that for us.\nMany thanks for your comment. I sincerely hope that people will visit your website and read about the other men in the 508th and perhaps \"adopt\" one of them like Yvan, the Belgian man, did with John. There was a single red rose resting on John's grave and I couldn't help but wonder if it was left by Yvan or by someone else who heard John's story during a previous visit to the American Cemetery.\nP.S. I just discovered that there is an album with additional information about John on your website. I'm going to include a link for it in the blog post.\nFascinating an very moving blog, MK...Interesting to see a single Star of David in a the cemetery shot, proving once again that on the battlefield and in death we are all equal.\nMary Kay August 17, 2011 at 10:15 AM\nWhen I was trying to decide between two photos for the beginning of the post, I felt that I had to go with the one with the Star of David even though the other picture was shot at a better angle. Thanks for noticing it.\nGreat blog Mary Kay. I live in Normandy and we were at the cemetery to la flowers on the grave of our \"adopted\" soldier, 1st Lt Frank Trippensee from Missouri. He was 29 years old and died on 29th July, liberating our village just south of Saint Lo. We could find very little about him other than he was married and had a sister and his dad too died at the age of 29, in 1918 and I often wonder if he was killed in the 1st world war. You can officially adopt a solder at www.lesfleursdelamemoire.com 8,500 of the graves have now been adopted. On 4 July the association asked people to leave a single rose on the grave of any soldier who has not yet been adopted.\nSally Byrne\nSt Louet sur Vire, 50420\nKala Dulle June 1, 2013 at 5:17 AM\nFrank Trippensee was my great uncle. I never new him but he was my dad's uncle (maternal side of the family)I want to come to France to pay tribute to him and just wanted you to know how incredible I think it is that you adopted him.\nJim Dulle\nEmail:jdulle@live.com\nHello Sally:\nFrank Trippensee was my uncle. His mother was Minnie Edna Trippensee and his Father was Victor E. Trippensee. His sister (my mother) was Dorothy Lorine Trippensee Dulle. Dorolthy passed away in 1969.\nHis father Victor died in the 1929 outbreak of the flu. Edna passed away in 1977 at the age of 86 after outliving her husband and both children. Your generosity and caring is appreciated more than you can ever know. Thank you so much.\nPhil Dulle\nphil@dulle-noted.com\nThanks for telling me about Les Fleurs de la Memoire. I'm going to include the link in the post so that people can click on it and visit their website.\nI was truly touched by how the people of Normandy feel about the soldiers. The official guide at the American Cemetery told us of how she grew up visiting the cemetery with her school and how it became a part of her life. So much that she works there now. While I was standing at the cemetery, surrounded by the graves of those who died, it was comforting to know that they are still remembered. I wish that all Americans could visit the cemetery where they would see that men like \"your\" 1st Lt Frank Trippensee and John Daum are not forgotten.\nOur tour guide told us that the people of Normandy have always felt a great deal of gratitude to the Allies even though 18,000 (I never knew that!) civilians were killed during the bombing raids.\nDid you pick Frank because he died while liberating your village or did the Fleurs de le Memoire suggest that you adopt him?\nMary Kay -- which is the nearest town to the American Cemetery? Normandy is such a large region and I am not even sure where to plan to stay when I plan my trip there (by public transport). -- Maddie, always enjoying your blog\nMaddie, The American Cemetery is in Colleville-sur-Mere. We stayed in a B&B that was halfway between the beaches and le Mont St-Michel. But after visiting Bayeux, which is a lovely town that wasn't destroyed by the bombing, I told my husband that we should stay there the next time that we go. Plus, we saw the famous Bayeux tapestry (post coming soon).\nAre you planning to take a tour when you're in Normandy? Because then I would say to stay wherever your starting point is. I'm not sure but my impression is that it would be difficult to get from one village to another with public transport. There is a Normandy forum at TA and the people who are more familiar with the region would be able to tell you what would be best.\nWe did a full day tour with a private guide and visited the German Cemetery, Ste-Mere-Eglise, Omaha and Utah Beaches, and Pointe du Hoc.\nWe visited the American Cemetery on our own and I'm REALLY glad that we did because we ended up on the free tour where I learned about John Daum. I've since been in contact with both John Daum's nephew and Yvan, the man who left the letter for John. Their's is a heartwarming story (post coming soon!)\nIf you're able, I would recommend doing a bit of research about one soldier (perhaps at the airborne website that is linked above) and visiting his grave while you're there or perhaps visit John or Elizabeth's grave. Their headstone locations are noted in the post. You may want to take a flower....I wish that I would have brought 9,387 with me.\nWhen I went to Normandy in 2009 we stayed at 2 places. The first was with Hand Maid Tours owned by John & Elaine Flaherty. It was in a 300 year old house. All lodging, food and tours were included in the pricing.\nThe second was the hotel 6 juin in St. Mere Eglise. This small family owned hotel is within blocks of the church, Airborne Museum and temporary Cemetery which is now a soccer filed. It is also about 5 miles from Utah Beach as well as where most of the famous paratrooper battles were fought.\nMy husband, our 21 year old daughter and I had the opportunity of visiting the American Cemetery while we were on a tour to Normandy & Brittany in early August. It was a particularly sunny day with clear blue sky & gentle wind blowing from across the English Channel. We saw the exhibits in the Visitors Centre as well as watched the film, Letters. It was a very moving film & It stirred the emotion in us. We saw people discreetly wiping tears off their eyes & when we left the hall, all faces looked so sombre. We did not join the free guided tour but we walked through the cemetery, appreciating the well kept cemetery, the scenery & spent few moment in silence in respect to the many brave men & women who, at such young age, left this world.\nWe came from the other side of the world & eventhough we knew little about the history of Normandy, the day trip has touched our hearts. Our thanks to you for your wonderful post.\nKBgal\nMary Kay, this is just wonderful. His family must be so proud, and you and Yvan have ensured that his memory lives on to a wider audience, which is also a significant act. I only spent an hour at the cemetery but of all the places I have visited it is this one I remember most clearly. As you say, John's story represents all those brave souls who rest with him. What a man he was, they were. I look forward to your follow up.\nAfter my short visit I made a short video of the German gun battery at Longues-sur-Mer, Pointe du Hoc, the NAC. This is the link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tqT1TxYk3g\nI will return one day and pay proper respect to those who sacrificed everything for us all.\nTom, Thanks for the helpful suggestions about where to stay in Normandy. We really enjoyed our short visit to St Mere Eglise and wished that we would have had more time there. It's definitely a good location to use as a base for exploring the area.\nKBgal, Many thanks for reposting your comment here! As I said over at TA, I think that there's something about visiting the American Cemetery with our own children who are the same age as many of those who died that makes it even more poignant. I felt very thankful to have my 21 year old son next to me...alive. Unfortunately, there are still too many mothers in the world who can't say the same thing. My heart goes out to them.\nTony, Hearing the sounds of the German gun battery on your YouTube video sent shivers down my spine. The beaches were so quiet while I was there that it's important to remember that it was an entirely different scenario during battle. Thank you for including the link. I hope that people will have the opportunity to watch it!\nLudwik Kowalski August 23, 2011 at 7:26 PM\nI was at this cemetery exactly one year ago. Thank you for the link. I was also touched. Yes, their ultimate sacrifices allowed us to live. We should always remember this. I was only 12 when John was killed, living near Moscow.\nLudwik, Your surname name gave me a bit of a jolt because my mother's maiden name is Koalska. It was Koalski (alternatively spelled Kowalski) but one of my ancestors was misunderstood when he spelled his name for the census officer. As far as I know, there aren't that many people with that surname, although maybe I'm mistaken.\nLife couldn't have been very easy in Moscow in 1944. You must have a lot of fascinating stories to tell.\nWhile we were touring Normandy, our guide kept telling us how pleased the German soldiers were to be there prior to D-Day rather than at the Russian front.\nLudwik, In my excitement about your surname, I forgot to say \"thank you\" for posting. I just took a look at your blog and see that you have written about your past. I look forward to exploring your blog further. Thanks again.\nSomebody necessarily assist to make seriously articles I'd state. That is the first time I frequented your website page and up to now? I surprised with the analysis you made to make this particular publish extraordinary. Excellent process!\nMy website :: online shops\nMy family and I visited this very sacred place a few years back and believe me it takes your breath away. The cemetery is on very sacred ground which is considered part of the United States. It is supervised by one American officer and a staff of french citizens. If you ever have the opportunity to go to the American Cemetery please do. As you walk through this sacred place you can almost hear the battle that took place decades ago and believe me your breath will be taken away as you star out at all those brave men and woman buried there.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 2624, "original_length": 60184, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.98, "perplexity": 250.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199874002/obo-9780199874002-0111.xml", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:44:12Z", "digest": "sha1:KUCQGJA7GB3DJSMMBCSB5ESMONTHJZWQ", "length": 10692, "nlines": 31, "source_domain": "www.oxfordbibliographies.com", "title": "The Anthropocene and Geography - Geography - Oxford Bibliographies", "raw_content": "In This Article The Anthropocene and Geography\nGeological and Environmental Science Debates\nScience-Society Relationships\nCritical Responses in the Social Sciences and Humanities\nContributions to Debate by Physical and Environmental Geographers\nHuman Geography and the End of the Holocene\nSocial Implications of Earth and Environmental Science\nSocial Responses to an Earth Transformed\nThe Ontological Status of the Human\nCoined by two environmental scientists, the term \u201cAnthropocene\u201d is currently a buzzword in the earth and environmental science community, as well as in the social sciences and humanities. It may in time assume the status of a \u201ckeyword\u201d and become an established part of the academic lexicon. It describes human-induced changes to the earth\u2019s biophysical and chemical environment of such scope, scale, and magnitude as to mark the end of the Holocene (i.e., the roughly 11,700 years prior to the 21st century). The Anthropocene is thus an epochal term: it proposes that modern humans possess powers equivalent to the global forces of nature, although unwittingly in the form of countless everyday activities (e.g., driving to work) undertaken by billions of people. Many geographers began to focus on a range of issues relevant to the Anthropocene even before the term was invented. Their interests cover the entire discipline, from physical to environmental to human geography. This makes the Anthropocene an unusually promiscuous concept, even eclipsing \u201cnature\u201d and \u201cenvironment\u201d in its semantic reach, because it describes not merely \u201cthe human impact\u201d on the nonhuman world but also the folding of human activity into earth-surface systems, such that it becomes in some sense endogenous to those systems. This is not to imply that humans somehow \u201cdominate\u201d or \u201ccontrol\u201d the earth, but simply to acknowledge their newfound capacity to alter biophysical \u201cboundary conditions\u201d across multiple large-scale environmental systems. It is thus no surprise that a wide range of geographers have been attracted to the Anthropocene idea and its younger sibling: the concept of \u201cplanetary boundaries.\u201d Some physical and environmental geographers advocate one or both of these ideas, along with others in the wider biophysical sciences. Meanwhile, several others seek to verify or falsify these ideas empirically. These interventions have contributed to what thus far has been a debate centered on the environmental sciences and in geology (stratigraphy). A number of human geographers who are less concerned about scientific issues of definition and measurement of planetary change have concurrently begun to explore what the Holocene\u2019s end might mean for the future of humanity. Overall, current writings by geographers about the Holocene\u2019s proclaimed end are not cohesive; and no practitioners have yet called for a more unified approach. They are a vibrant part of a much wider academic debate, about whether we are in a new epoch of earth history and what it portends for human and nonhuman life on the planet. This debate should be seen as a continuation (perhaps even an amplification) of older discussions about the sort of \u201csustainable development\u201d that is possible or desirable in the future. In the discipline of geography this debate might eventually reprise, in new forms, grand discussions of human-environment relations that characterized its early decades as a university subject over a century ago. The difference is that these newer discussions will not presume there is a single approach that might reunite geographers across the long-standing intellectual divide separating their subject\u2019s physical and human components.\nThe Anthropocene is a profoundly geographical idea in that it represents modern humans as, quite literally, \u201cgeo-graphers\u201d (i.e., \u201cEarth writers\u201d or \u201cterraformers\u201d) on an epic scale. Yet it originates outside geography in a network of environmental scientists: this network was strongly linked to the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP), which was one of the several \u201cglobal environmental change\u201d research programs established by leading governments in the late 1980s (it closed in 2016). Because the \u201cAnthropocene hypothesis\u201d is still relatively new, having first being proposed in print in 2000 and not really pushed by its originators until 2007 onward, as yet few general overviews of the subject cover the environmental science, social science, and humanities dimensions. An exception is Bonneuil and Fressoz 2016. Instead, there is a set of (mostly) readable articles authored by several scientists writing together in various combinations who are keen to explore the idea that the Holocene may now be ending. As the Anthropocene is older than the related idea of \u201cplanetary boundaries\u201d there are more articles pertaining to it. Regardless, almost all the articles treat the Holocene\u2019s end as a scientific question in the first instance, wherein rates of current environmental change can be compared to past rates in order to ascertain if a qualitative shift has already occurred in earth\u2019s history (or is now occurring). But this scientific focus notwithstanding, these publications all have a clear (though often implied) normative edge: namely, that modern humans must, via their governmental representatives and other means, fundamentally change their activities to ensure the Holocene\u2019s end does not mark the beginning of an inhospitable planet for humans and many other species. This normative agenda amplifies existing scientific research about anthropogenic climate change and biodiversity decline that goes back at least to the 1980s. In this sense, scientists hypothesizing that the Holocene has ended (or is now ending) can be seen as \u201cconcerned scientists\u201d building on a decades-old tradition of experts speaking out when they perceive erstwhile scientific issues to have large societal implications. Some environmentalists would like them to be even more outspoken. The inaugural statement of the Anthropocene hypothesis was made in Crutzen and Stoermer 2000, followed two years later by a high-profile solo statement in the journal Nature by Crutzen. Thereafter, a more complete statement was made in Steffen, et al. 2011a and in Steffen, et al. 2011b. Prior to these, the Anthropocene was discussed in the first big book to come from the IGBP: Steffen, et al. 2004. A pithy attempt to identify the societal implications of the Holocene\u2019s proclaimed end is Slaughter 2012. Lorimer 2016 offers a succinct survey of the different ways that Anthropocene has been discussed by academic researchers across the disciplines.\nBonneuil, Christophe, and Jean-Baptiste Fressoz. The Shock of the Anthropocene. London: Verso, 2016.\nThe first in-depth, systematic overview of a range of academic perspectives on the causes and implications of the science of the Anthropocene. Beginning with a summary, it explores a range of social scientific and humanistic perspectives, often at odds with each other. Highlights the fact that there is no \u201cneutral\u201d lens to examine the drivers and effects of the end of the Holocene. Anthropocene science, the authors show, is freighted with questionable assumptions about society\u2019s role in ending the Holocene, also giving different interpretations of the causes and effects of the Anthropocene.\nCrutzen, Paul. \u201cGeology of Mankind.\u201d Nature 415 (January 2002): 23.\nDOI: 10.1038/415023aE-mail Citation \u00bb\nCrutzen reprised the hypothesis put forward in Crutzen and Stoermer 2000, only this time a much wider scientific audience is targeted.\nCrutzen, Paul Joseph, and Eugene Stoermer. \u201cThe Anthropocene.\u201d Global Change Newsletter 41 (2000): 17\u201318.\nA short essay published in a newsletter circulated to those formally part of and interested in the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program. It proposes that the Holocene may have ended and suggests a date (1800) when the Holocene \u201cboundary conditions\u201d began to alter significantly. This hard-to-find essay has recently been republished in an anthology of writings about global environmental change edited by environmental historian Libby Robin and others.\nLorimer, Jamie. \u201cThe Anthropo-Scene: A Guide for the Perplexed.\u201d Social Studies of Science 47 (October 2016): 117\u2013142.\nThe most succinct yet comprehensive survey of how the Anthropocene has been received by a range of academic commentators beyond geoscience. The paper describes the analytical \u201cscene\u201d inspired by the science of the Anthropocene.\nSlaughter, Richard. \u201cWelcome to the Anthropocene.\u201d Futures 44 (2012): 119\u2013126.\nDOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2011.09.004E-mail Citation \u00bb\nExplores the profound implications a new earth environment would have for future humans. It calls for a series of changes in ways of thinking and acting conducive to a cooperative human response to the Holocene\u2019s end. The author places modern universities at the center of future attempts to foster new thinking and new measures to respond to a possibly hotter, wetter, and more volatile earth.\nSteffen, Will, Jacques Grinevald, Paul Crutzen, and John McNeill. \u201cThe Anthropocene: Conceptual and Historical Perspectives.\u201d Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 369 (2011a): 842\u2013867.\nDOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0327E-mail Citation \u00bb\nOne of two 2011 papers that offer an extended presentation of the idea that the Holocene is finished. Written for a general scientific audience, this paper does two things. First, it presents evidence demonstrating the accelerating rate of global environmental change, including but extending well beyond anthropogenic climate change. Second, it attempts to periodize the Anthropocene, distinguishing the \u201cIndustrial Era\u201d (1800\u20131945) from \u201cThe Great Acceleration\u201d (1945\u2013).\nSteffen, Will, \u00c5sa Persson, Lisa Deutsch, et al. \u201cThe Anthropocene: From Global Change to Planetary Stewardship.\u201d Ambio 49.5 (2011b): 739\u2013761.\nDOI: 10.1007/s13280-011-0185-xE-mail Citation \u00bb\nThis essay extends the argument presented in Steffen, et al. 2004 in two ways. First, it assumes the Holocene has, in fact, ended and explores how humanity should respond. Highlights the need for \u201cplanetary stewardship.\u201d Second, it discusses the concept of \u201cplanetary boundaries,\u201d which is also discussed under Planetary Boundaries.\nSteffen, Will, Regina Angelina Sanderson, Peter D. Tyson, et al. Global Change and the Earth System: A Planet under Pressure. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2004.\nThis work of scientific synthesis uses an earth system science approach to highlight the massive, interconnected environmental changes instigated by humans in the modern era. Much of the evidence assembled in the book forms the basis for later papers by IGPB researchers arguing that the Holocene may have now ended.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 392, "original_length": 18550, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.92, "perplexity": 237.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.parkingspacefaith.com/home/a-surrendered-heart", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:49:27Z", "digest": "sha1:DFWVVJPNB3GXYCBIWGWT3TVWJDSBPLTD", "length": 1379, "nlines": 6, "source_domain": "www.parkingspacefaith.com", "title": "A Surrendered Heart - Parking Space Faith", "raw_content": "What do you do when the pain is so deep or the fear is overwhelming? Do you shut down? Do you pray? What if the prayer isn\u2019t answered quickly and the circumstance that you find yourself in continues? What if the answer is \u201cNo\u201d? Then what?\nAnd when we pray, do we pray out of fear or trust? Do we pray that the circumstance changes or that we change?\nCertainly, we should ask God to intervene- Jesus did. Three times He ask His Father to change the circumstances. Three times He asked that He not have to walk the path that was before Him. Three times. But then, He surrendered His will.\nJesus didn\u2019t want to walk the path before Him. He was in agony as He pleaded with His Father in the garden that night. But even more than being released from the fearful road ahead, He wanted to obey. He wanted His Father to be glorified more than He wanted to be released from the pain before Him.\nBut Luke goes on to say that after Jesus surrender, an angel from heaven appeared and strengthened Him.\nThe link below is an amazing testimony to the power of a mother\u2019s surrendered heart in dealing with the heartache of a child with cancer. Please watch it. I promise you will be blessed beyond measure by her faith. And for those in the midst of painful and fearful circumstances, take courage in knowing that our God is able to do far beyond all that we could ask or think. (Ephesians 3:20)", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 123, "original_length": 3612, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.96, "perplexity": 331.4, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.passivhaustrust.org.uk/research_and_guidance.php", "date_download": "2019-02-15T22:53:40Z", "digest": "sha1:NZKOZ7YWPLUVIV6OOETBVI2GVY3X6YRR", "length": 543, "nlines": 2, "source_domain": "www.passivhaustrust.org.uk", "title": "Research & Guidance", "raw_content": "The Passivhaus Trust runs technical working groups to investigate detailed aspects of applying Passivhaus in the UK, examining issues such as UK weather conditions, thermal bridging values, and feedback on the use of the PHPP package. The findings from these working groups will result in a series of technical guidance notes, aiming to ensure the integrity and success of Passivhaus buildings in the UK.\nThe Trust is also working on a series of introductory guidance notes, to help new clients, designers and others to engage with Passivhaus.", "cc_segment": "crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-09/segments/1550247479627.17/wet/CC-MAIN-20190215224408-20190216010408-00082.warc.wet.gz", "original_nlines": 57, "original_length": 1594, "language": "en", "language_score": 0.91, "perplexity": 174.1, "bucket": "head" }, { "url": "http://www.patentsencyclopedia.com/app/20140080882", "date_download": "2019-02-15T23:25:23Z", "digest": "sha1:2KYNA4FZTFP2JWNNI2VBYELJGC5WR5XY", "length": 37525, "nlines": 132, "source_domain": "www.patentsencyclopedia.com", "title": "CRYSTAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION CONTAINING THE SAME CRYSTAL - Patent application", "raw_content": "Patent application title: CRYSTAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION CONTAINING THE SAME CRYSTAL\nInventors: Takaaki Masuda (Kanagawa, JP) Takaaki Masuda (Kanagawa, JP) Makoto Gotoh (Tokyo, JP) Yoshiyuki Miyata (Tokyo, JP)\nAssignees: NIHON NOHYAKU CO., LTD. POLA PHARMA, INC.\nClass name: 1,3-diazoles imidazoles additional hetero ring\nAn object is to provide means for improving the solubility of luliconazole. Disclosed is a crystal consisting of luliconazole and short chain alcohol having a number of carbon atom or atoms of 1 to 4.\n1. A crystal consisting essentially of luliconazole represented by the following formula and short chain alcohol having a number of carbon atom or atoms of 1 to 4: ##STR00004##\n2. The crystal according to claim 1, wherein a content of the short chain alcohol is 100 to 10,000 ppm with respect to a total amount of the crystal.\n3. The crystal according to claim 1, wherein the short chain alcohol is ethanol.\n4. The crystal according to claim 1, wherein the crystal is produced by recrystallizing with the short chain alcohol which may contain water, followed by being dried, and added with the short chain alcohol if necessary.\n5. An active pharmaceutical ingredient, containing the crystal as defined in claim 1.\n6. A pharmaceutical preparation obtained by blending the active pharmaceutical ingredient as defined in claim 5.\n7. A method for producing a pharmaceutical preparation, comprising a step of dissolving, in a solvent, the crystal as defined in claim 1.\n8. A pharmaceutical preparation produced by the method as defined in claim 7.\n9. A pharmaceutical preparation comprising the crystal according to claim 1 and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.\n10. A method of treating a fungal infection comprising administering an effective amount of a composition comprising the crystal of claim 1 to a subject in need thereof.\n11. The method of claim 10, wherein the fungal infection is caused by a fungus selected from the group consisting of tinea pedis, tinea corporis, tinea versicolor, and tinea unguim.\n12. The method of claim 10, wherein the fungal infection is selected from the group consisting of athlete's foot, candidiasis, and trichophytosis of hard keratin.\n13. The method of claim 10, wherein the fungal infection is a dermatomycosis.\n14. The method of claim 10, wherein luliconazole in the composition is administered at a dose of 0.01 to 1 g per day.\n15. The method of claim 10, wherein the composition is applied externally.\n16. The method of claim 15, wherein the composition is applied to a nail.\n17. A method of preparing the luliconazole crystal of claim 1 comprising: (a) crystallizing luliconazole from a mixture of ethyl acetate and n-hexane; (b) recrystallizing the crystal of step (a) with ethanol; (c) collecting the crystals; and (d) drying the luliconazole crystals.\n18. The method of claim 17, wherein the ethanol contains water.\n[0002] The present invention relates to a crystal of luliconazole and a pharmaceutical preparation containing the crystal.\n[0003] 2. Brief Description of the Related Art\n[0004] Luliconazole is an antifungal agent which has the structure shown below and which has an excellent action on fungi. At present, luliconazole is widely used as a pharmaceutical or medicine for treatment of infections caused by tinea pedis and tinea corporis, and will be used for treatment of infections caused by tinea unguium. In relation to the pharmaceutical preparation (medicament preparation) of luliconazole, recognized problems to be solved are that luliconazole is converted to stereoisomers, such as the SE isomer and the Z isomer, and that the crystallization of luliconazole occurs immediately after the application (see, for example, WO2007/102241; WO2007/102242; WO2007/102243; WO2009/031642; WO2009/031643; WO2009/031644). These problems limit the effectiveness of luliconazole as an antifungal agent. In particular, as for the isomerization, the present inventors have confirmed that both of the SE isomer and the Z isomer are influenced by the components of the preparation, temperature, and light. A storage condition of 3 weeks at 60\u00b0 C. is used to evaluate the stability of luliconazole, in which the effects of the above factors are evaluated. To control undesirable conversion to stereoisomers, it has been necessary to shorten the heating step as much as possible in the production of luliconazole.\n[0005] However, luliconazole has low water solubility. In order to dissolve luliconazole along with other components of a pharmaceutical preparation, it is necessary to perform a heating step. There is a need to develop any means for improving the solubility of luliconazole and shorten the heating time in the heating step. The shortening or reduction of the heating step reduces the generation or formation of any isomer generated or formed in this step and additionally the long-term stability is secured by lowering the initial isomer amount. In other words, the shortening or reduction of the dissolving step results in great improvement in quality.\n[0006] A method is known, in which luliconazole as an active ingredient is produced by performing recrystallization from ethyl acetate and n-hexane (see, for example, JP9-100279A). However, nothing is known at all about recrystallization with alcohol or any step in which alcohol is added to an active ingredient. Therefore, nothing is known at all about a luliconazole crystal containing short chain alcohol(s) and a composition for an active pharmaceutical ingredient containing luliconazole crystal containing short chain alcohol(s).\n[0007] The present invention has been made to address the problems described above, an object of which is to provide means for improving the solubility of luliconazole in order to improve the stability of a pharmaceutical preparation. Thus the basic and novel characteristics of the present invention are improved solubility to shorten heating time, reduction in formation of SE and Z isomers, and improvement in long term stability of the desired RE isomer.\n[0008] Taking the foregoing circumstances into consideration, the present inventors have repeatedly performed diligent research and effort in order to seek any means for improving the solubility of luliconazole so that the stability of the pharmaceutical preparation is improved. As a result, it has been discovered that a luliconazole crystal containing short chain alcohol(s) and a composition for an active pharmaceutical ingredient containing luliconazole crystal containing short chain alcohol(s) have desirable characteristics, and thus the invention has been completed. That is, the present invention resides in the gist or essential characteristics shown below.\n[0009] <1> A crystal consisting of luliconazole represented by the following formula and short chain alcohol having a number of carbon atom or atoms of 1 to 4:\n[0010] <2> The crystal as defined in <1>, wherein a content of the short chain alcohol is 100 to 10,000 ppm with respect to a total amount of the crystal.\n[0011] <3> The crystal as defined in <1> or <2>, wherein the short chain alcohol is ethanol.\n[0012] <4> The crystal as defined in any one of <1> to <3>, wherein the crystal is produced by recrystallizing with the short chain alcohol which may contain water, followed by being dried, and added with the short chain alcohol if necessary.\n[0013] <5> A composition for an active pharmaceutical ingredient, containing the crystal as defined in any one of <1> to <4>.\n[0014] <6> A pharmaceutical preparation obtained by blending the composition for the active pharmaceutical ingredient as defined in <5>.\n[0015] <7> A method for producing a pharmaceutical preparation, comprising a step of dissolving, in a solvent, the crystal as defined in any one of <1> to <4> or the composition for the active pharmaceutical ingredient as defined in <5>.\n[0016] <8> A pharmaceutical preparation produced by the method as defined in <7>.\n[0017] <9> A pharmaceutical preparation comprising the crystal as defined in <1> to <4> and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.\n[0018] <10> A method of treating a fungal infection by administering an effective amount of a composition comprising the crystal as defined in <1> to <4> or the pharmaceutical preparation defined in <8> or <9> to a subject in need thereof.\n[0019] <11> The method as defined in <10>, in which the fungal infection is caused by a fungus such as tinea pedis, tinea corporis, tinea versicolor, and tinea unguim.\n[0020] <12> The method as defined in <10>, in which the fungal infection is athlete's foot, candidiasis, or trichophytosis of hard keratin.\n[0021] <13> The method as defined in <10>, in which the fungal infection is a dermatomycosis.\n[0022] <14> The method as defined in <10>, in which luliconazole in the composition is administered at a dose of 0.01 to 1 g per day.\n[0023] <15> The method as defined in <10>, in which the composition is applied externally.\n[0024] <16> The method as defined in <10>, in which the composition is applied to a nail.\n[0025] <17> A method of preparing the luliconazole crystal as defined in <1> by one or more of the following steps:\n[0026] (a) crystallizing luliconazole from a mixture of ethyl acetate and n-hexane;\n[0027] (b) recrystallizing the crystal of step (a) with ethanol;\n[0028] (c) collecting the crystals; and\n[0029] (d) drying the luliconazole crystals.\n[0030] <18> The method as defined in <17>, in which the ethanol contains water.\n[0031] According to the present invention, it is possible to provide means for improving the solubility of luliconazole.\n[0032] FIG. 1 shows results of a solubility test for crystals of Examples and a crystal of Comparative Example.\n<1> Crystal of the Present Invention\n[0033] The crystal of the present invention is characterized in that the crystal contains luliconazole and short chain alcohol(s). In other words, the crystal of the present invention can also be referred to as a crystal composite (complex) containing luliconazole and short chain alcohol(s), or a crystal matrix containing luliconazole and short chain alcohol(s). In this specification, these terms are used synonymously and each mode represented by these terms is included within the scope of the present invention.\n[0034] The short chain alcohol described above can be preferably exemplified, for example, by alcohol having a straight chain or a side chain and having a number of carbon atom or atoms of 1 to 4 such as methanol, ethanol, isopropyl alcohol, and butanol [for example, methanol, ethanol, 1-propanol (propyl alcohol), 2-propanol (isopropyl alcohol), 1-butanol (n-butyl alcohol), 2-butanol (sec-butyl alcohol), 2-methyl-1-propanol (isobutyl alcohol), and 2-methyl-2-propanol (tert-butyl alcohol)]. In particular, it is preferable to use ethanol. The crystal may contain a single alcohol or two or more alcohols selected from the alcohols as described above. The content of alcohol having a short chain as described above is preferably 100 to 10,000 ppm and more preferably 500 to 5,000 ppm with respect to the total mass of the crystal, for the following reason. That is, if the content is too small, the effect to improve the solubility is not provided in some cases. If the content is too large, the stability of the whole crystal is deteriorated in some cases. The content of luliconazole is preferably not less than 95% by mass and more preferably not less than 99% by mass with respect to the total mass of the crystal.\n[0035] The crystal as described above can be produced by, for example, recrystallizing luliconazole with a short chain alcohol which may contain water, collecting crystals by filtration, drying the crystals while performing blowing, and allowing the short chain alcohol to be contained as desired, by measuring the amount of the short chain alcohol and adding the short chain alcohol if the amount of the short chain alcohol is not within a preferred range. On the other hand, if the amount of the short chain alcohol is too large, the adjustment can be performed by further performing drying while performing blowing.\n[0036] The recrystallization may be performed using water-containing alcohol, or water may be used as a poor solvent. In the poor solvent method water, which is in an amount sufficient to cause deposition, is added to an alcohol solution containing luliconazole. In a preferred form, the recrystallization is performed with alcohol containing 10% water, which is preferred in view of the purity to be finally obtained.\n[0037] The recrystallization can be performed in accordance with any ordinary recrystallization method.\n[0038] The alcohol as described above may be used together with water. Alternatively, the alcohol as described above may be used in a state in which the alcohol contains water. In both cases, the amount of usable water is preferably exemplified, for example, by 9 to 80%, 30 to 80%, 50 to 75%, or about 70% at the maximum with respect to the total amount of the alcohol which may contain water.\n<2> Composition for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient of the Present Invention\n[0039] The composition for the active pharmaceutical ingredient of the present invention can contain substances, impurities, and isomers within a range permitted as the active pharmaceutical ingredient, other than luliconazole and the short chain alcohol. However, it is especially preferable that the composition consists essentially of luliconazole and short chain alcohol(s).\n[0040] The crystal of the present invention and the composition for the active pharmaceutical ingredient obtained as described above have excellent solubility with respect to the solvent. Therefore, the crystal of the present invention and the composition for the active pharmaceutical ingredient are able to suppress, for example, the production of any isomer when forming the pharmaceutical preparation which is produced by performing the production steps including the dissolving step. Therefore, the crystal of the present invention and the composition for the active pharmaceutical ingredient can be used as the raw material for producing the pharmaceutical preparation as described above.\n<3> Pharmaceutical Preparation of the Present Invention\n[0041] The pharmaceutical preparation of the present invention is characterized in that the crystal of the present invention or the composition for the active pharmaceutical ingredient described above is contained therein. The crystal or the composition for the active pharmaceutical ingredient as described above has excellent solubility in a solvent such as ethanol or the like. Therefore, it is preferable to adopt the pharmaceutical preparation which is produced by the production step that includes the dissolving step. Examples of pharmaceutical preparations include but are not limited to a solution, an emulsion, and an ointment of the liquid droplet dispersion type. In particular, the pharmaceutical preparation, in which the content of luliconazole exceeds 5% by mass, requires a considerable period of time to perform the dissolving step. Therefore, the pharmaceutical preparation of the present invention is preferred in view of the shortening or reduction of the dissolution time. The preferred content of luliconazole is 0.1 to 30% by mass with respect to the total amount of the pharmaceutical preparation. More preferably, the content of luliconazole is 0.5 to 15% by mass. Of course, when the pharmaceutical preparation is processed into an oral administration agent such as a tablet or the like, the rate of dissolution is excellent, which is preferred. The oral administration pharmaceutical preparation as described above also belongs to the pharmaceutical preparation of the present invention.\n[0042] The time required for the dissolving step depends on, for example, the processing condition (treatment condition) and the content of luliconazole in the pharmaceutical preparation as well. However, the time required for the dissolving step, which is required when the crystal of the present invention or the composition for the active pharmaceutical ingredient is used in the dissolving step to prepare, for example, a pharmaceutical preparation in which the content of luliconazole is 0.1 to 30% by mass with respect to the total amount of the pharmaceutical preparation, may be not more than 80%, preferably not more than 75%, and more preferably not more than 70% as compared with the time which is required for the dissolving step when any conventionally available luliconazole is used.\n[0043] The pharmaceutical preparation of the present invention can be produced by performing the process or treatment in accordance with any ordinary method while appropriately adding thereto, for example, solvent, coloring agent, antioxidant, chelating agent, emulsifier/dispersing agent, solubilizing agent, disintegrating agent, excipient, binding agent, coating agent, and taste/odor-correcting agent other than the crystal of the present invention or the composition for the active pharmaceutical ingredient.\n[0044] The pharmaceutical preparation of luliconazole of the present invention obtained as described above is characterized in that the amounts of isomers are suppressed in relation to the initial values obtained immediately after the production of luliconazole. The amounts of isomers (SE isomer, Z isomer), which are obtained in relation to the initial values provided immediately after the production of luliconazole, may be as follows as compared with the case in which the crystal having such a crystal habit that the (11-1) plane is the specific growth surface produced by conventional methods such as a method by recrystallizing from n-hexane-ethyl acetate is used. That is, for example, in the case of the SE isomer, the amount of isomer may be not more than 80%, preferably not more than 70%, and more preferably not more than 60%. In the case of the Z isomer, the amount of isomer may be not more than 70%, preferably not more than 60%, and more preferably not more than 50%. In the case of the sum of those of the SE isomer and the Z isomer, the sum may be not more than 80%, preferably not more than 70%, and more preferably not more than 60%.\n[0045] In particular, there is a high possibility that the isomers as described above may be produced during the dissolving step in the solvent. Therefore, the luliconazole crystal or the composition for the active pharmaceutical ingredient is especially preferred as the active ingredient for the pharmaceutical medicament preparation to be produced while including the step as described above.\n[0046] The pharmaceutical preparation or the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention is preferably used to treat or cure a disease caused by any fungus or prevent the worsening of the disease by utilizing the characteristic of luliconazole. The pharmaceutical preparation of the present invention is also preferably used to treat the disease caused by any protozoa such as Trichomonas vaginalis or prevent the deterioration of the disease. The disease caused by any fungus can be exemplified by tinea pedis such as athlete's foot, tinea corporis such as candidiasis and tinea versicolor, and trichophytosis of hard keratin portion such as tinea unguium. It is especially preferable to use the pharmaceutical preparation or the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention for treating a disease of the hard keratin portion such as tinea unguium, because the effect thereof is remarkable. The effect of the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention is expressed on the nail especially preferably. However, the effect is also exerted on any ordinary dermatomycosis. Therefore, the pharmaceutical composition, which is directed to dermatomycosis and which fulfills the construction of the present invention, also belongs to the technical scope of the present invention. The dermatomycosis as described above can be exemplified, for example, by the tinea pedis and the trichophytosis of the propagation in horny substance type, the trichophytosis of the propagation in horny substance type appearing, for example, in the heel and being included in the tinea pedis. As for the dermatomycosis described above, it is preferable to apply a luliconazole crystal preparation according to embodiments of the invention to trichophytosis propagated in horny substance as ordinary antifungal agents or drugs have little effect. However, the effect of luliconazole crystal preparation according to embodiments of the invention is remarkable.\n[0047] The mode of use can be appropriately selected while considering, for example, the body weight, the age, the sexuality, and the symptoms or condition of the patient. However, in the case of an adult, it is preferable to administer luliconazole in an amount of 0.01 to 1 g per day in ordinary cases. Reference can be made to the amount of use of luliconazole ordinarily used for the disease caused by any fungus.\n[0048] For example, in the case of any preparation for external use, it is possible to apply an appropriate amount to the disease portion once or several times a day. It is preferable that the treatment as described above is performed every day. In particular, in the case of the tinea unguium, luliconazole as the active ingredient in an amount that cannot be brought about by any ordinary pharmaceutical preparation can be transferred into the nail. Accordingly, the tinea unguium can be cured by means of only the external administration alone without the need for oral administration of an antifungal agent for a long period of time. Further, the recurrence and the reinfection cause great problems, particularly for infections due to tinea unguium. However, it is possible to avoid the recurrence and reinfection as described above by administering the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention for 1 week to 2 weeks after the disappearance of symptoms. In such a mode, the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention has a preventive effect for recurrence or reinfection.\n[0049] The present invention will be explained in further detail below as exemplified by Examples. However, the present invention is not limited to Examples described below.\n[0050] Luliconazole, which was obtained by performing recrystallization from a mixture solution of ethyl acetate and n-hexane, was used to perform recrystallization from ethanol containing 10% water. Crystals were collected by filtration, followed by being dried in a desiccator in which phosphorus pentaoxide was placed. The ethanol content of this sample was measured by means of gas chromatography. As a result, the ethanol content was 3,500 ppm, and hence ethanol was contained. Therefore, it was confirmed that this sample was the crystal (Crystal 1) of the present invention. Luliconazole (Raw Material 1), which was the raw material of the crystal of the present invention and which was obtained by performing recrystallization from ethyl acetate and n-hexane, had the content of ethanol which was not more than the detection limit.\n[0051] The single crystal X-ray structure analysis was performed for Crystal 1 of the present invention (name of machine type of apparatus: RU-H2R, name of manufacturer: Rigaku Corporation, Condition: X-ray source: CuKa, measurement temperature: 26\u00b0 C., tube voltage: 50 kV, tube current: 180 mA, 2\u03b8max: 150.0\u00b0, structure analysis method: direct method (SHELX 86)). The crystal system, the space group, the lattice constant, and the R factor, which were obtained from measured values, were as follows.\n[0052] Crystal system: monoclinic crystal\n[0053] Space group: P21\n[0054] Lattice Constant:\n[0055] a=9.0171(9) \u212b\n[0056] b=8.167 (1) \u212b\n[0057] c=10.878(1) \u212b\n[0058] \u03b2=95.917(9)\u00b0\n[0059] R Factor:\n[0060] R=0.046\n[0061] Rw=0.047\n[0062] An elution test (stirring condition: 50 rpm) was performed for Raw Material 1 (Crystal of Comparative Example) and Crystal 1 of Example 1 to investigate the elution dynamics. After confirming the dissolution of all crystals, the Z isomer and the SE isomer, which were isomers produced in the solution, were analyzed and quantitatively measured by means of HPLC.\n[0063] In the elution test, 500 mL of anhydrous ethanol was used as the solvent, wherein 1 g of the sample was dissolved at room temperature while stirring, and the time, which was required for the dissolution, was simultaneously measured. Results are shown in Table 1. Accordingly, it is understood that the time, which is required for the dissolution, is short for Crystal 1, and thus the production of the Z isomer and the SE isomer as the isomers is suppressed in the dissolving step.\n[0064] The condition for HPLC was as follows. Column: CHIRALCEL OD-RH 4.6\u00d7150 mm, column temperature: 35\u00b0 C., mobile phase: mixture solution of methanol/2% aqueous solution of potassium hexafluorophosphate (85:15, v/v), flow rate: 0.6 mL/min., detection: 295 nm).\nTABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Time required Amount of Amount of until dissolution generation of generation of Sample (minutes) Z isomer (%) SE isomer (%) Crystal 1 200 0.06 0.06 Crystal of Comp. Ex. 300 0.13 0.09\n[0065] The alcohol contents of crystals (Crystals 2, 3) obtained by changing the recrystallization condition of Example 1 were measured, and the state of dissolution in ethanol was also observed with the naked eye. Results are shown in Table 2. Crystal 2 and Crystal 3 are the crystals of the present invention, wherein the dissolution state was satisfactory as well. That is, the solubility is especially improved when ethanol is contained at a concentration of not less than 1,000 ppm.\nTABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 Recrystallization Ethanol Sample solvent content Solubility Crystal 2 ethanol containing 3,700 ppm solubility is 75% water satisfactory Crystal 3 ethanol containing 1,278 ppm solubility is 50% water satisfactory\n[0066] A pharmaceutical preparation (lotion preparation) was manufactured by using Crystal 1 of the present invention. That is, formulation components were heated, stirred, and solubilized. After confirming the solubilization, agitation and cooling were quickly performed to obtain a pharmaceutical preparation according to embodiments of the invention. The time required for the dissolution was not more than 5 minutes. This sample was measured for the Z isomer and the SE isomer. The content of the Z isomer was not more than the detection limit, and the SE isomer was 0.03%. It was confirmed that the production was successfully performed without deteriorating the stability.\nTABLE-US-00003 TABLE 3 Component % by mass Luliconazole 1 N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone 8 Diisopropyl adipate 5 1,3-Butanediol 30 Water 10 Ethanol 46\n[0067] The alcohol content of Crystal 4 obtained by changing the recrystallization condition of Example 1 was measured, and the state of dissolution in ethanol was also compared with those of Crystal of Comparative Example of Example 1 and Crystal 3 to compare the solubility.\n[0068] Crystal 4 was prepared as follows. That is, 150 mL of ethanol was added to 5 g of luliconazole, followed by being refluxed and solubilized. Cooling was performed slowly to a temperature of 70\u00b0 C. while stirring, and this temperature was retained for 20 minutes. After that, 20 mL of water was added thereto, followed by stirring and cooling. Deposited crystals were collected by filtration, followed by drying for 48 hours while performing blowing at 30\u00b0 C. to obtain Crystal 4 of the present invention. This sample had an ethanol content of 262 ppm. As for the solubility, there is given Comparative Example<